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Quotation dates: 1597
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Sirfootfeattis, n. pl. [Nonce-word, derived, according to Donaldson Suppl. to Jamieson's Sc. Dict., f. OF sorfait excess, and fait, faict a part, portion, article; cf. Surfet n.] ‘Fragments left after a banquet or feast, scraps of delicacies’ (Donaldson Suppl. to Jamieson's Sc. Dict. 220). — 1597 Misc. Spald. C. II lxi.
Ane tabill coverit at the Croce, quhairon war sirfootfeattis, cumfeattis, and vtheris confectiounis 1597 Misc. Spald. C. II lxi.
Glasses broken; sirfootfeattis cassin abrode on the cassy: gadder quha so plesis!
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