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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhete-stray, Quheit-stra(a, -stray(e, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. whete-stro (15th c.), wheate-strawe (a1534).] Wheat-straw. — 1531 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 69.
For iiii thraiffis and ane half of quhete stray
1570 Canongate Ct. Bk. 198.
Quheit straa
1577–8 Glasgow B. Rec. I 465.
For xij threif of quheit straye, to theik the grammer scole
1616 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II 7.
Quheit stray
1617 Ib. 68.
For a stouk of quheit stra to be brechimes

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