† demeinen.
Obsolete.
Bread of the finest quality.
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maine bread1443
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court-bread1600
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1288 Liber Albus (Rolls) I. 353 Panis dominicus qui dicitur demeine ponderabit wastellum quadrantis.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xxxvii Thre soppus of demayn..For to cumford his brayne.
1859 H. T. Riley Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis I. Introd. p. lxvii The very finest white bread, it would seem, was that known as Demeine or lords' bread.
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