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Quotation dates: 1501-1531, 1590-1672
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Muldry, -ie, n. Also: muildry, -ie, muyldry, mwildry. [f. Muld(e n.2 Only Sc. Cf. also Mouldering.] Moulded work, moulding; ornamental shaped or carved masonry on the cornices, lintels etc. of a building, also similar ornamental work in joinery.Also comb. with -werk, -table. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1436.
Subtile muldrie wrocht mony day agone On buttereis, jalme, pillaris and plesand springis 1529–30 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 16.
For the haile and compleit hewing of x lychtis muldry 1529–30 Ib. 19.
For iii lychtis hewyn with muldry 1529–30 Ib. 49.
vi peis … for lyntalis … and chymnais mwildry 1530 Ib. 38; 1530 Ib. 47.
To x virkmen … at … Ravilstoune for lang aislaris and rabettis muildry 1530 Ib. 53.
For ix peis vi futis lentht in lyintalis muldry 1531 Bell. Boece II. 227.
Ane toure of the said castel quhilk was thekit with copper and hewin with maist subtill muldry of sindry flouris and imageryis 1590 Burel Pilgr. ii. ii.
This temple … The stairs thairof wer marbell sound Lyke to the lamer bead: This muldrie and buldrie Wes maist magnificallcomb. (1) 1530 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 47.
For … vi peis of vi fut lentht lang muyldry werk 1661 Edinb. B. Rec. IX. 252.
The twa southmost rowmes … to be weill wroght of good firre in muldrie worke in pressis 1672 Mylne Master Masons 177.
To alter … the haill doores [etc.] … and to work the samyne in fyne handsome and neat muldrie work 1672 Ib. 179.
And to cutt hewe and build all the gates and publicke doores of fyne muldrie work(2) 1597 (1650) Dundee B. Laws 145.
[Under the window soles] ane muldrie table circuiting [was to be placed]
b. Also plur. in:same sense. — 1616 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 339.
Chapture heidis … with hewen muildries
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