† joute, jowte Obs.
Also 5 iouute, eowte, iute.
[In form identical with OF. joute (jote, jute) vegetable, pot-herb (L. olus), later esp. beet; in med.L. juta (cf. jutta in Du Cange).]
In pl., Pot-herbs; usually, soup or pottage made chiefly of vegetables. (Cf. Sc. kale.)
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 158, I was þe priouresses potagere ..And made hem ioutes of iangelynge. 1390 Gower Conf. III. 162 To gadre some [herbs] In his gardin, of whiche his joutes He thoghte have. c 1400 Mandeville viii. (1839) 58 Þei..lyuen porely & sympely, with ioutes & with Dates [Fr. des ioutes et des dates]. c 1440 Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 426 Joutes on Flesh Day. Take cole, and borage, and lang de beeff, and parsell, and betes, and arage, and avence, and vyolet, and saveray, and fenelle, and sethe hom;..hewe hom smalle..put thereto gode brothe..and serve hit forthe. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 265/2 Iowtys, potage, brassica,..juta. 1513 Bk. Keruynge in Babees Bk. 274 Than serue potage, as wortes, Iowtes, or browes. |