Bread-fleigh

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of bread flake. obsolete

    "he also made bread- or "brade- fleighs" (the latter syllable with a guttaral sound), to hang horizontally under the kitchen ceiling — rectangular wooden frames several feet square, with cross-bars of wood or cord, on which might be placed the oat-cake bread to dry and harden;"

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bread flake

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"he also made bread- or "brade- fleighs" (the latter syllable with a guttaral sound), to hang horizontally under the kitchen ceiling — rectangular wooden frames several feet square, with cross-bars of wood or cord, on which might be placed the oat-cake bread to dry and harden;"

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