adjective
Etymology
Origin of oaten
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at oat, -en 2
Example Sentences
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These are oaten cakes, sometimes containing seeds, fruits or nuts, as well as spices and were either round or triangular in shape.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2023
There was black bread and honeycakes and oaten biscuits; there were turnips and pease and beets, beans and squash and huge red onions; there were baked apples and berry tarts and pears poached in strongwine.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
These were the dulcet breathings of the "oaten stop" of the Member for Edinburgh at the Peace gathering.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
No sooner were the tiny people free than they began to run eagerly about the table, eating the crumbs of oaten bread and the grains of sugar which the untidy giantess had scattered.
From Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box by Myrick, Frank
You have oaten cakes baked some months before; or bread with anise-seed and coriander in it, or perhaps a little pine bark.”
From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
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