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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1575
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(Paste,) Paist, n.2 [e.m.E. paste (1548–9), payste (1562), special use of Pasten.1; cf. also Pase n.] Pasteboard. — 1575 Dickson & Edmond Ann. Sc. Printing 279.
The said Bible weel and sufficientlie bound in paist or tymmer
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