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Wastel
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Wastel, n. [OF. wastel, gastel, F. gâteau, LL. wastellus, fr. MHG. wastel a kind of bread; cf. OHG. & AS. wist food.].
A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread , and wastel cake . [1913 Webster]
"Roasted flesh or milk and wasted bread." [1913 Webster]
"The simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility." [1913 Webster]
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