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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1612-1653
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Tinsel(l)ed, p.p. [e.m.E. tynseld (1532-3), tynselde (1545), tinselled (1634).] Embellished with gold, etc. thread. — 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 327.
Satyne tinseled the eln iiii li. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i lvi 244.
Figured sattin tinselled and overcast with golden threads
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