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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bate, Bait, n. ¹ Also: bat, batt-; baite, bayt(e, beytt. Cf. Bote n. [Northern ME. bate, bat (ME. bote, boot, bot), OE. bát.]

1. A boat.(a) 1375 Barb. xiii. 645.
He with sevintene in a bat a1400 Leg. S. xvi. 210.
A bat apone the se bot gouernale Ib. xxvii. 497.
In the se The carle wod to the bat 14.. Acts I. 360/2.
Schippis, forcastis [sic], or battis c1420 Wynt. viii. 4225.
Wyttale gud … Thai gert in to thare battis lay 1458 Reg. Great S. 143/1.
Of ilke gret bat, sex pennys 1489 Treas. Acc. I. 124.
For a dusane of aris to the bat 1560–1 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 344.
To the foure officiaris that keipit the newe hevin that na battis suld pas furth(b) 1375 Barb. iii. 418.
Tyll Jamys of Dowglas … Fand a litill sonkyn bate Ib. iv. 401.
The vndirwardane arivit was With thre batis a1400 Leg. S. i. 32.
Of the bate he lape belyfe Ib. iv. 248.
Thai lad it in a bate c1420 Wynt. vi. 2032.
Fra scho sawe that bate sayland Ib. viii. 4136.
In a bate Fra Rothisay thai held the gate 1447 Dundee Chart. 24.
Of ilk greite bate, … of ilk small bate 1458 Reg. Great S. 143/1.
Batis cumand within the said hawin 1488 Treas. Acc. I. 98.
The bate that the King past our in 1568 Edinb. Test. I. 228.
Ane half bate estimat to tuentie poundis(c) a1400 Leg. S. xvi. 561.
Thare bayt in thai hynte c1420 Wynt. vi. 1451.
Schype, na bayt, na yhit galay c1475 Wall. ix. 1305.
With his bait thai mycht weill passage hawe 1489 Treas. Acc. I. 123.
Thre baytis that brocht the gun callit Duchal 1494 Ib. 247.
For a bayte that careit the wrychtis … to the loche c1515 Asl. MS. I. 209/12.
Eduard … stall away in a bait 1513 Doug. ii. viii. 106.
Our al the feildis … thai may row a bayt 1522 Acta Conc. MS. XXXIII. 33.
The teynd fisch of twa baytis 1533 Bell. Livy I. 282/13.
Ane bait was brocht to Rome to bring him oure Tyber 1553 Lanark B. Rec. 24.
To byg, beit, and uphald the half of the said bait c1550 Rolland C. Venus ii. 683.
In ane small bait the ferrie ouir he wan 1563 Acts II. 543/2.
Be schip, crayar or ony bait or vther veschell 1572 Sat. P. xxxi. 101.
Intil a bait upon Lochlowmond But boddum, air, or ruther a1578 Pitsc. II. 104/12.
[The Scots] ȝeid betuix tham and thair schipis and baittis 1607 Urie Baron Ct. ii.
Oney of the beyttis keippeyche

2. Attrib. with croft, hire, stoup (= post). 1494 Treas. Acc. I. 240.
To the gunnaris batehire 1517 Reg. Privy S. I. 456/1.
The ferry bate of Spey … with the bate croftis pertenyng thairto 1603 Lanark B. Rec. 113.
The gait that passis … direct southe to the bait stoup of the said watter