A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1596-1628
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(Oill,) Oyl(e, Oyil(l, v. See also Olȝeing vbl. n. [Late ME. (Prompt. Parv.) and e.m.E. oyl(e, oil.] tr.To apply oil to; to lubricate with oil; to paint with oil-paint. — 1596 Elgin Rec. II. 45.
That scho oyilit Nicoll Vatsounes hand and that it wes oyle peter that wes layid to his hand 1603 Paisley B. Rec. 257.
That the said John Wallace sall not onlie keip and oyill the knock 1610 Hilderstoun Silver Mines II. 101 (see Oil-olive n.).
Oyle 1628 Dumbarton B. Rec. 27.
To … causs color the stak of the cross efter it beis oylit
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