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Cristalline, -yne, a. and n. Also: crystallyne, cristallin, -alleine, -ellyne, -ellene, -elling, -illyne, -ilane. [ME. cristallyne (14th c.), crystallyn, etc., OF. cristallin, L. crystallīnus. Cf. Christellyne.]

1. Clear or bright as crystal. c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 5.
Wp sprang the goldyn candill matutyne, With clere depurit bemes cristallyne Ib. xlvi. 10.
A revir bricht, Of balmy liquour, cristalline of hew 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 19.
Aurora … The hevynly portis cristallyne Vpwarpis braid 15.. Clar. v. 2184.
Full gudlie knightis cleir and cristallyne

2. Made of crystal. 1526 Treas. Acc. V. 276.
Gevin … to by cristallin werris and tassis to the Kingis grace 1531 Ib. 417.
Deliverit to the said James twa crystallyne verris to be had to Striveling 1535 Stewart 60453.
Chalices and crowattis all of siluer fyne, Weill gilt with gold and stonis cristillyne 1549 Compl. 48/5.
The nynte spere, callit the hauyn cristellyne, be cause that there can nocht be na sternis seen in it 1592 Thanes of Cawdor 214.
Ane cristilane glas 1575 Edinb. Test. III. 362 b.
xi myrrouris cristelling 1586 Ib. XVI. 126.
Sevin cristellene murrours les and mair

3. n. Crystal. 1535 Stewart 7452.
Ane scalbert … Wondourlie wrocht with gold of cristillyne 1539 Soc. Ant. XXIV. 49.
Ane pair of tabillis of silvir ourgilt with gold, indentit with jasp and cristallyne c1550 Rolland C. Venus ii. 691.
In ane palice … Of glitterand gold … Circundat all with the cleir cristalline 1586 Edinb. Test. XVI. 205.
Of doublettis, garnettis, wermeillis, & cristalleine, xij dissone