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císe-fæt

  • noun [ neuter ]
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císe-fæt, (cís-), es; n.
A vessel in which the curds are pressed and the cheese shaped in cheese-making
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  • Cýsefæt

    calathus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 42.
  • Man sceal habban cyrne, cýsfæt,

      Angl. ix. 264, 12.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. cheese*-*vat. Cf. O. H. Ger. chási-, chás-char calatum, formella.]
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  • císe-fæt, n.