v. Cookery. Obs. Also enbane. [? var. of EMBAIN to bathe, steep.] trans. ? To baste; to steep.
c. 1420. Lib. Cure Coc., 26. Enbene hit [a capon on the spit] wele withe þy ryȝt honde. Ibid., 27. With ȝolkes of eyren enbene hit [þo ox tonge] ay whille þat hit rostes.
c. 1450. Noble Bk. Cookry (Napier), 107. Take whit bred and lay it in a disshe, and enbane it with wine. Ibid., 118. Enbane it with yolks of eggs.
