Baken

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    alternative past participle of bake; baked. Northern-England, UK, alternative, dialectal, form-of, participle, past

    "And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle."

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broilair-dryanhydratebarbecuebastebe in heat

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"And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle."

Etymology

From Middle English baken, from Old English bacen, ġebacen, past participle of bacan (“to bake”). Cognate with Scots baken (“baked”), Dutch gebakken (“baked”). More at bake.

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