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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1637
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Perlit, Peirlit, ppl. a.1 Also: perlot, pearleit, pairlit. [ME. and e.m.E. perled (Gower), pearled (c 1586), f. Perle n. 1] a. Furnished, set or adorned with, or as with, pearls. b. Pearly. = Perly a. a.a. 1561 Inverness Rec. I. 53.
Ane siluer wche gilt with gold and perlot a1568 Bannatyne MS 228 b/43.
With peirlit prenis of pacience 1564 Reg. Privy C. I. 308.
Ane cowip of silver dowbill ouregilt with ane cover peirlit with cristallyne within 1575 Edinburgh Testaments III. 361 b.
Foure peirlit beltis at vj s. vij d. the pece c1590 J. Stewart 24/352.
Ane chiftan quhyt … Vith perlit helm 1622 Edinburgh Testaments LI. 250 b.
Four peirlit rignis pryce of all xl merkis 1628 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. ix. 43.
One pearleit cheinȝie of gold and muisc beidis 1637 Edinburgh Testaments LVIII. 216 b (see Perle n.1 1 b).
Pairlitb. c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 14 (B) (see Perly a.).
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