oatcaken.
/ˈəʊtkeɪk/, U.S. /ˈoʊtˌkeɪk/ A thin unsweetened bread or cake made of oatmeal. Also as a mass noun. See cake n. 1b.
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c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. vii. 179 (MED) Hungir hem helide wiþ an hot [v.rr. hote, ote; oten] cake.
1588 in G. P. McNeill Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1901) XXI. 366 For broun breid and ait caikis, spendit in his majesties hous.
a1634 ‘J. Read’ tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. 358 Shoe took thinne oat cakes, baked according to the custome of Scotland.
1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd iii. i. 58 Let Taffy go seek for his bliss in a Leek, And Teag in hot Isquebagh slobber. Jocky be doing with Oatcakes and Sowing, And sup up their brave Bonny clabber.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xvii. 151 (heading) To make Muffings and Oat-Cakes.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. iii. 132 The Derbyshire miners in winter, prefer oat cakes to wheaten bread.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. ix. 410 He had rushed away..for a fishing ramble in Scotland..and had been for three weeks living on oatcake, mutton-hams, and whiskey.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xi. 358 With an oat-cake and butter—for I was always a gourmand.
1918 M. Gyte Diary 1 Feb. (1999) 161 Mr. Hartropp and Mr. Teddy Fearn called here and had lunch, bread and cheese and tea and a bit of oatcake.
1986 Here's Health Dec. 9/2 Oatcakes have been around since the 14th century, but they are right up to date when it comes to healthy eating.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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