Loafed, loaved

a. [f. LOAF sb.¹ + -ED².] Having a ‘loaf’ or ‘head’ (see LOAF sb.¹ 5).

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1578. Lyte, Dodoens, 552. In the steede of the thicke cabbaged or lofed leaves, it [cauliflower] putteth foorth many small white stemmes.

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1585. Higins, trans. Junius’ Nomenclator, 128. Lactuca sessilis,… loafed or headed lettice.

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1817–8. Cobbett, Year’s Resid. Amer. (1822), 19. We have fine loaved lettuces. Ibid. (1825), Rural Rides, 26. All [farm animals] like these loaved cabbages.

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