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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1398-1574
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Wa(l)t, v. Also: waut, wate, vat. P.p. also watted, wallit. [e.m.E. walte (Cath. Angl.), welt (1580).] tr.To bind, decorate or reinforce (the edges or seams of) a garment, etc. with strips of material, etc. Also in fig. context.(a) 1489 Treasurer's Accounts I 162.
Thre quartaris of veluus to waut hir gowne 1538 Treasurer's Accounts VI 401.
Wat 1538 Treasurer's Accounts VI 434.
½ elne gray velvet to wat the saidis sadillis with 1546 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS XXI 52b.
Ane hugtoun coit of Pareis blak wattit with welwot 1561 Treasurer's Accounts XI 85.
Wate 1574 Glasgow B. Rec. I 32.
Vatit(b) 1537 Treasurer's Accounts VI 330.
To be hois … lycht tanny velvet … Item, mair to him to walt ane doublat 1538 Treasurer's Accounts VII 93.
For purpure welvot to walt the samin [sc. a cassock] with, and to be buttonys … xl s. 1572 Edinburgh Testaments I 268b.
Ane pair of cloikis of Pareis blak waltit with weluot(c) 1398–1552 Kennedy Aberd. Ann. I 102.
[A Spanish cloak] watted [with velvet](d) 1540 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS XIV 75b.
Ane cloik of Scottis blak wallit with weluotfig. a1568 Bannatyne MS 228b/27.
Hir kirtill suld be of compacience … Weill watit with benevolence
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