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† ˈdryfat, dry-fat Obs.
Also 6 drievat, 6–7 drifat(te, driefat(te, etc.; also as two words.
[f. dry a. + fat n.1 = vat.]
A large vessel (cask, barrel, tub, case, box, etc.) used to hold dry things (as opposed to liquids): see fat n.1 3.
1526Tolls in Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 89 For evry dryfatt with merchandyce iiijd. 1540, etc. [see fat n.1 3]. 1558W. Towrson in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 127, 2 Driefats of bread. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. II. 196 Unlesse it come out of their owne drievat. 1625B. Jonson Staple of N. iii. iv, I am a broken vessell..a shrunke old Dryfat. 1677A. Yarranton Eng. Improv. 45 The Thread..is brought down the Elbe and Rhine in dry Fats for Holland and Flanders. |