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?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 25^v (MED) Medulle panis fermentacei, i. crommez of leuen brede [?c1425 Paris soure brede; L. panis frumentacei]..be þai infused bi an houre in ferment water..and be þer made a softe emplastre.

1522 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) I. 209 Ane laven tub, ane bakbred, ane girdill.

1566 Protocol Bks. T. Johnsoun (1920) 102 The Girnale. Ane bowtyne fatt. Ane laven trouch.

1608 Closet for Ladies & Gentlewomen 76 Put in some crummes of leauen bread, and boyle them well together.

1644 S. Rutherford Lex, Rex xlii. 432 The Prelate, by office, was more in two elements, in Church and State, then any Frogs even in the Kings Leaven-tubs ordinarily.

1776 Crit. Rev. Apr. 326 A shining table..loaden with a leaven loaf, a cheese, and scatter'd leeks.

1845 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 19 Apr. 256/2 We defy your..leaven bread.

1880 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 4) VI. vi. 134 The army of General Canrobert was often..able to provide itself with good leaven bread.

1911 E. Phillpotts Fight to Finish xiv. 106/1 He thought of white leaven loaves baking in the oven.

1957 V. W. von Hagen Anc. Sun Kingdoms of Americas ii. ii. 240 Until 600 B.C. the Greeks ate..a coarse leaven bread baked in ashes.

2008 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 16 Apr. 4 The law forbids merchants from displaying leaven products in public for sale or consumption.