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† demi-ˈostade, -ostage Obs.
Also 6 Sc. damyostage.
[a. OF. demie ostade, hostade, estade, f. demi, -e half + ostade, hostade, austade, ‘the stuffe worsted or woosted’ (Cotgr. 1611)]
A stuff: apparently half-worsted half-linen, linsey-woolsey.
1537Ld. Treas. Accts. Scot. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. 290 Twa steikis of double Damyostage to hing about the Quein [at her funeral]. 1538Aberd. Reg. V. 16 (Jam.), A hogtone of demyostage begareit with veluot. [1593tr. Guicciardini's Descr. Low Countreys 33 b, Sarges or Sayes, Wosteds, Demi-wosteds [It. ostate, mezze ostate] or Russels. 1764Anderson Orig. Commerce (1787) II. 112 To England, Antwerp sent..linen both fine and coarse, serges, demy ostades (quære if not worsteds?), tapestry. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Demyostage, a description of Taminy, or woollen cloth, formerly used in Scotland. ] |