Obs. Also 4 casteyn(e, kasteyne, 5 castany, 6 kastainy. [a. ONF. castanie, castaine (mod.F. châtaigne):—L. castanea chestnut.] A chestnut.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVII. lxxxviii. (Tollemache MS.). Kasteynes [1535 Casteyns] bredeþ swellynge yf men eteþ to many þerof. Ibid., XVII. lxxxviii. (1495), 656. The casteyne tree is a grete tree and an highe … Suche trees ben callyd Castanie. Ibid., cxxii. 684. The colour of a castane.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 73. Castany [1499 chesteyne], frute or tre.
1480. Caxton, Ovid’s Met., XIII. xv. Thou shalt have also castaynes, grete plente.
1567. Maplet, Gr. Forest, 48. The Kastainy is a tree of good high growth.
