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oat-cake
[f. oat n. + cake n. 1 a.]
A ‘cake’ made of oatmeal; = cake n. 1 b.
[1599Shakes. Much Ado iii. i. 11 Hugh *Ote-cake sir, or George Sea-coale.] a1640Peacham (J.), A blue stone they make haver or oatcakes upon. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 151 The Derbyshire Miners in winter, prefer oat cakes to wheaten bread; finding that this kind of nourishment enables them to support their strength, and perform their labour better. 1865Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 291 Mr. C. eats it to his oat-cakes. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. xi. 358 With an oat-cake and butter—for I was always a gourmand. |