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diet n OED ~ sb1 5 obs (1533-1671); EDD sb1
2 Ir. Board, keep, esp for fishing servant or 'shareman' or member of a sealing crew. Cp
WINTER DIET.
1613 Willoughby Papers l6a/28 12 pounds of
bred one hogged full of pease 3 tonnes of beere 6 hundred ofdry fish 2 [gallons] of
butter more for vittells p[ai)d in Plymoth for there dyett £3/8s/10d. [1822] 1856
CORMACK 51 ... the employer providing diet. 1857 Courier 6 May [p. 2] ... for his
diet [on sealing vessel].
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