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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1503, 1567-1568, 1643
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Plite, Plyt(e, Pleite, n.2 [ME. and e.m.E. plite (1387–8), plyt(e (14–15th c.), also pliȝt (c 1460), plyght (1463–4), of the same origin as Plite,n.1] a. A pleat in a garment. b. A fold or wrinkle in the skin. — 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 209.
For vij ½ elne taffeti to lyne the Quenis goun … For ane elne Scottis blak to tak up the plytis of the samyn 1503 Ib. 225.
Plitis 1643 Edinburgh Testaments LX. 204 b.
Ane rydmg caipe with ane pleite thairin —b. a1568 Bannatyne MS 227 a/8.
Hir lyre is lilly lyk plesand forowttin plyt
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