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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1566-1682
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Tweillit, Tueillit, adj. Also: twelit, twe(i)ld, tueil(i)t, tueild, tuielit, tuelit, tuelled, tuil(l)ed. [North. ME and e.m.E. twylled (c1423), twilte (1536).] Twilled, having the appearance of twill.(a) 1566 Facs. Nat. MSS III li.
Item of tveilit [pr. treilic] buccharem 1572 Treasurer's Accounts XII 314.
iij elnis of twelit bombasie to be ane dowblett 1572 Edinburgh Testaments II 240b.
Tuelit 1574 Edinburgh Testaments III 185b.
Sex elnis of mydling tuelit quhite price of the eln vj s. viij d. 1579 Edinburgh Testaments VII 116a.
Nyne elnis alleman tuelit bumbasie price of the eln xij s. 1584 St. A. Test. II 36b.
xviij elnis of twelit hardin price of the eln xxx d. 1586-7 Acc. Lady Bellenden 1.
Tweld 1587 St. A. Test. II 76b.
Tweild 1588 Colquhoun Chart. II 350.
Aucht elnes of tueillit seck claytht 1592 Edinburgh Testaments XXV 27a.
Tua steik of fyne burreit ane tueillit ane plane 1595 Brechin Testaments I 128a.
Thrie spyndle tuielit lyneing ȝarne 1598 Black Bk. Taymouth 328.
Hardin tueillit towallis 1610 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI 166a.
Ten ellis … blak dowbel tueild burret 1647 Edinburgh Testaments LXIII 56a.
Tueilt 1658 Edinburgh Testaments LXIX 141a.
xl ellis of round tueild att sex lib. the scor 1677 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 246.
16 ell of tweillit plaiding 1682 Berw. Doc. No. 107.
Ane bout tuelled knittines [4 s.](b) 1663–6 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp MS 42b.
For 2 holland tuiled night capis £2 8 s. 1666 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp in Misc. Maitl. C. II 539.
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