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Atis, Aitis, Aittis, n. pl. Also: atys, attis, ates, ats; aites, aittes, aitts, aits; aettis; eittis, eattis, eattes, eatis, eates; haittis. [Northern ME. atis (ME. otes, oten), OE. átan, pl. of áte Ate n.] Oats.(a) 1388 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 294.
Land to the sawing of sex ferlotis of bere and five bollis of ates c1420 Wynt. i. 1340.
Off all corne thare is copy gret, Pese, and atys, bere and qwhet Ib. vii. 3611.
A bolle off atys pennys foure Of Scottys moné past noucht oure 1476 Peebles B. Rec. 176.
The childer that sall serve in the sayd myllis sall nocht … tak knayfchep of na corn bot of attis 1497 Treas. Acc. I. 314.
For xviij … bollis of atis of Galloway met 1503 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 74.
That ilk place will gif the thrid querne of ats and the ferd querne of beir 1554 Reg. Cupar A. II. 117.
Thay payand thairfor ȝerelie … tway bollis, thre ferlottis, tway peckis blak atis 1596 Dalr. I. 6/10.
Amang the mountanis … ates is mair prosperous than quheit(b) 1490 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 248.
Extending to x chalderis of aitis sawing 1498 Dunferm. B. Rec. 79.
For the wrangws withthaldin … ix bollis of aittis witht the cherite c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 133.
He sayis, thow skaffis and beggis mair beir and aitis Nor ony cripill in Karrik land abowt 1520 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 201.
That … the mercat for the selling of aitis and hors corne be halden at the govis aboue the Tolbuith stair 1542 Reg. Privy S. II. 742/2.
The gift of twa chalderis of aittis to his hors corne, to be taken up ȝerle of his hienes kane aittis of his landis of Ovir Dynmure 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 181.
Certane aittis and peis growand thairabout was … eittin be thair horse a1570-86 Maitl. F. xxxiv. 52.
Thay tap the beir and cheipis the meill, The ladie sellis the aittis 1596 Dalr. I. 14/27.
Thair is beir and aits meikle bettir … , than with vthires natiouns 1608 Ellon Presb. 73.
Gif he war in this countrey out of Edinburgh with his aittis quhilk he wes to sell thair 1624 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 137.
He put sex meillis of aittis upoun his kill to dry 1647 Misc. Spald. C. III. 197.
Thretein bolls quhyt aits(c) 1570 Black Bk. Taymouth 413.
Twentie fyve bollis eatis prysit in the stouk 1609 Acts IV. 409/1.
Malt beir and eattis, quhilkis of before wer vsit to be mesurit be heip, … sould be mesurit be straik 1611 Dunblane Test. III. 129 b.
Of eittis thressin and vnthreschin xxxvj bollis 1636 Sutherland Corr. 166.
I shall … keipe grasse and some eates for your horses(d) 1509-10 Alloway Baron Ct. MS.
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