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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Alb(e, Ab, n. [ME. albe (also aube, awbe), OE. albe, L. alba, sc. tunica or vestis, a white tunic or garment.] An ecclesiastical vestment with sleeves.(a) c1420 Wynt. i. 1062.
Before Sylvestre, the haly Pape, Revestyde weylle in albe and cape 1454 Old Dundee II. 14.
Vestments of claith of gold, with tonakils, albs, and the lave 1495 Reg. Episc. Brechin II. 316.
Eftir the lady mess daily to pass in the albys to the grayf 1504 Treas. Acc. II. 291.
For xxiij elne Bertane clath to be thre albes 1510 Stirlings of Keir 293.
A chesabill … , ane alb, a stole 1530 Lindores Chart. 32.
Ane albe maid for the kyrk 1533 Treas. Acc. VI. 93.
To be the alb, twa towellis, and the amicce, xvj elnis lynnyng 1560 Reg. S. Trin. 159.
For xl ellis of lynning to mak albis of(b) 1502 Treas. Acc. II. 158.
To the wife … making the Grey Freris abbis and surplis 1516 Fam. Rose 189.
Tua abbis with chesabillis 1529 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 230.
Ane chessable … with stoile, ab, and fannale 1540 Maxwell Mem. I. 409.
Ane ab, ane chesabill, ane amet c 1555 Crail Ch. Reg. 64.
Twa tunykillis, with abbis, stolis, and fannonis