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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mete-, Meit-burd(e, -buird, n. Also: met(t)-, meite-, meitt-, mait-, meat- and -buyrd. [Mete n.¹, Burd(e n. 2.] A dining-table.(a) 1482 Acta Aud. 109/1.
A mete burde, twa kystis(b) 1529 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 230.
Ane meite burd coverit with singill dornewek werk 1533–4 Selkirk B. Ct. MS. 177 b (24 Mar.).
Ane meit burde vith the pertinens, trest and formes 1546–7 Reg. Great S. 20 n. 1556 Prot. Bk. G. Grote 12.
Ane meit burd of 3 ellis lang, set in ane creddill 1567 Bamff Chart. 70. —1570 Canongate Ct. Bk. 189 (see Mete-almery (a)). — 1575 Edinb. Test. III. 402 b.
Ane meit burde with twa falding levis of eistland burde 1575 Inverness Rec. I. 244.
Meit buyrd 1583 Elgin Rec. I. 172. 1587 Edinb. Test. XVIII. 196 b.
Meitt buird 1591 Ib. XXIII. 209.
My lang meit burd ane lang furme with the couer claytht to the burde 1612 Ib. XLVII. 63 b.
Ane counter, meit buird, almerye(c) 14.. Burgh Laws c. 104 (A).
The met burd 1478 Acta Aud. 82/1.
ij mett burdis iiij s. 1572 Elgin Rec. I. 135.
Ane met buird with the treslis and furmis thairof(d) 1580 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 35.
Ane mait buird of ayik branderit, pryce … ten lib. 1585 Elphinstone Mun. 12/1.
Ane lang mait buird of fir, with tua lang furmes(e) 1617 Edinb. Test. XLIX. 273 b.
Ane meat buird tua fir tafillis