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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cumseil, -sy(i)ll, v. [f. Cowme n., Syll v. Cf. Coomesyle n.] tr. To furnish with an arched ceiling; to ‘coomceil’. Also cumsylling vbl. n. 1586–7 Ayr Common Good Acc.
To Johnne Change wrycht for the cumsyilling of the powpet … Item for naillis to the cumsyilling and to the kirk dur 1632–3 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 504.
To Patrik Colquhouns men, in drink silver for cumsylling of the tolbuith 1684 Glamis Bk. Rec. 38.
Wheras the third storry was cumsylled above, which sort of sylling is a nest for ratts, I gested it over and gaind rowms above 1699 Ayr Presb. Rec. in Rogers Social Life III. 400.
[The manse to be] threttie six feet in lenth, and fourteen feet wide, … and cumseiled