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cheese-vat
ˈcheese-vat, † ˈcheese-fat [see vat.] The vessel or mould in which the curds are pressed and the cheese shaped in cheese-making.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. lxxiv. (1495) 904 Chese is wronge other pressyd in a chese fatte. 1401 Pol. Poems II. 99 Thi tong likkith the chesefat, and the garner also... Oxford English Dictionary
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cheese-fat
cheese-fat obs. form of cheese-vat. Oxford English Dictionary
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vat
▪ I. vat, n.1 (væt) Forms: 3 ueat, 3–4 uet, 5– vat, 4, 6 vatte, 8 vatt; 4–5 vaat, 4, 6–8 vate, 6 vaette. [Southern variant of fat n.1 The long vowel in the obs. forms vaat, vate, is derived from the OE. pl. (fatu, etc.) or from late forms of the gen. and dat. sing. (fates, fate).] 1. a. A cask, tun,... Oxford English Dictionary
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chesford
† ˈchesford Obs. exc. dial. Also 7 chesfoord, chesseford, 9 dial. cheeseford. [f. cheese + ford, possibly a corruption of fat in an unaccented syllable; but not certainly explained (can it have been mixed up with the -hood of chessart, chizzard?).] A cheese-vat.1596 Wills & Inv. N.C. (1860) II. 271,... Oxford English Dictionary
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cheese
▪ I. cheese, n.1 (tʃiːz) Forms: 1 cese, cyse, 2 cease, cæse, 5 schese, 6 chease, cheise, chiese, ches, 2–6 chese, 4, 6– cheese. [OE. (Anglian) cése, (WSax.) *c{iacu}ese, c{yacu}se (with i- umlaut from céasi, cǽsi) = OHG. châsi (MHG. kæse, Ger. käse), OLG. kâsi, kêsi (MDu. kâse, Du. kaas):—WGer. *kâs... Oxford English Dictionary
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