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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1584-1648
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Say-bumbacie, Sey-bombasie, n. Also: sea-, sy(e)- and -bombacie, -sis, -bumbas(s)ie, -bumbeshe, (-bamsey). [Say n.1 and Bombasie n.] A type of bombasine, ? finely woven like serge. Also attrib.For further examples see Bombasie n. 1584 Edinburgh Testaments XIV 132.
viij elnis of say bumbacie … at xx s. the eln 1610 Tailor's Acc. Bk. A 84.
Aucht elnes of blak seybamsey to be ȝour sone ane stand of claithis 1612 Edinburgh Testaments XLVII 87.
Ane lowise goun of sey bumbasie 1615 Glasgow Weavers 26.
To acquent him and instruct him with sey bumbasie that is brocht to him to work 1632 Inv. Newark 2a.
Of gingillane saittin seybumbassie 1639 Justiciary Cases II 371.
Ane wob of sey bombasie 1643 Dunferm. B. Rec. II 194.
Seabumbacieattrib. 1610 Tailor's Acc. Bk. A 84.
For balling to hir sey bombasis goune xiij s. iiij d. 1620 Ib. 103b.
To ȝour seabumbeshe clais 9 ellis of pleding 1621 Edinburgh Testaments LI 66.
Ane pair of grein sey bumbasie courtenis 1621 Ib. 86.
To … Marioune Littill ane blak sybumbasie gowne 1635 Haddington Mem. II 303.
Ane stand of gingiling sybombasie courtenes 1648 Edinburgh Testaments LXIII 349.
Ane reid sye bombacie coatt — 1621 Glasgow Weavers 25.
To teache … James Calder in thir four poyntis of his weifer craft, viz. the wound loome, sea bombacie loome, the playd loome, and playding 1632 Inv. Newark 3b.
Of grein seybumbassie skreines
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