adv. Obs. Also 4 atrayt. [a. F. à trait at a draught. The spelling after 1300 would have been atreat.] At one draught, continuously; straight off, distinctly.
1340. Ayenb., 50. Þe wombe zayþ, þou sselt et longe and atrayt.
1388. Wyclif, Nehem. viii. 8. Thei redden … distinctli, ether atreet, and opynli to vndurstonde.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 17. Atreet (1499 atrete), Tractatim, tractim, distincte.
