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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1612
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(Wadnet,) Woadnet, n. (e.m.E. wodnut(te, wodenut(te (both 1545), woodnet (1583), woadnet (1642) ‘? a ball of woad’ (OED).) —1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 333.
Woadnettis for listeris the hundreth weght, vi li.