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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lilles, Lyl(l)is. Also: lylys, -es, -as, lyellis. [Lille, the name of the town of French Flanders.] a. Chiefly attrib. in Lyl(l)is worset (also, camlet), = made or as made at Lille. b. Also n., = ‘Lisle’ cloth, cloth of Lille Also half-Lylys.a. (1) 1539 Treas. Acc. VI. 439; 1542 Ib. VIII. 96, etc.
For x quarteris of lylis worset to be him ane doublet 1549 Stirling B. Rec. I. 57.
Ane kirtill of lyllis worset 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 293.
Payit for x elnis of fyne tannay Lyllis worsatt to Richard Dowglas, masser 1562 Treas. Acc. XI. 230.
iij elnis lylis wirsate to stuffe the said hois 1565 Prot. Bk. G. Grote (S.R.S.) 69. 1567 Treas. Acc. MS. 215.
Twa elnis of dowble lylis wirsett xl s. 1567 Edinb. Test. I. 12. 1575 Bk. Univ. Kirk I. 335.
That thair [ministers'] haill habite be of … wirssett chamlet growgrame lyles [pr. lytes] wirssett or sicklyke 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 313.
Grogranes called Lilles worsett: Lilles grograne and moccadoes the single peice narrow, xii li.; … of English making narrow the single peice of fourtene elnis, viii li. 1622 Wedderburn Compt Bk. 185.
A stik lylas virsett(2) 1627 Edinb. Test. LIV. 49.
lxij ellis blake Lyellis camletb. 1567 Edinb. Test. I. 34.
Thre elnis of blak half lylys price of the eln sex s. viij d.; … twa elnis … of blew lylis price of the eln sex s.