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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAKEN, v., pa.p. Baked or kneaded. [′bekən or ′bekn or ′bekŋ]Sc. 1722 Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 389:
I'll tell ye, Bawse, I've laid a plot That only wants your casting vote, And, if you'll gie't, your bread is baken. [See Bake, v., 1.]Abd. 1904 W. A. Farquhar The Fyvie Lintie 23:
Lang afore your firlot's baken.Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 22:
A scull [hat], made up o' Hawkie's hair, Just baken thick wi' batter.Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) vii.:
Half a peck of shortbread, baken by Thomas Burlings.
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