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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bed-plaid, n. [Bed n.] A plaid used as a bed-cover. 1580 Coll. Aberd. & B. 391.
Item … of bed plaidis sevin 1596 Edinb. Test. XXIX. 321 b.
Tua pair of bed plaidis 1605 Ib. XL. 103 b.
Tuelf pair of bed plaidis with thrie pair of gray plaidis 1630 Bamff Chart. 223.
Of blankets and bed plaidis … sewintein pair 1642 Edinb. Test. LX. 145 b.
Tuelff pair bed plaidis 1685 Soc. A nt. LVIII. 355.
4 pair of bedplaids, one of them a stryped pair