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Wele bakyn, Weill ba(i)kin, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. well baked (1632); Bakin ppl. adj.] Properly or thoroughly baked. — c1420 Bute MS 167a.
The halpeny lafe wele bakyn & new 1456 Hay II 122/33.
Gude brede sum part levayned and wele bakyn 1527–8 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 233.
That the baxteris baik … weill baikin breid and dryit 1555 Aberd. B. Rec. I 287.
That the baxteris … sall baik and sell twenty tua vnce of quhyt breid, sufficient stuf, and weill bakin, for four penneis 1603 Rec. Old Aberd. I 32.
Ten kaikis to be bakin in the pect meill and contein xv vnce off guid weill bakin breid
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