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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mandill, n. Also: -eil(l, -el(l, -al(l, mandle. [Late var. of Mantil(l n.: cf. 15–16th c. F. mandil, -ille, Sp., Port. mandil and Mantele n.] A kind of cloak or cape. Also attrib. = Mantill n. 1, 1 e.(1) 1579 Inv. Wardrobe 281.
Ane pair of breikis of blew velvott with ane mandill thairto 1587 Carmichael Etym. 20.
Chlamys, a mandeil 1599 Treas. Acc. MS. (1599–1600) 44 b.
Lang taylid buttonis to the mandallis of thair coittis 1625 Balfour Heraldic Tracts 102.
Led by a lackey in … a mandeill with his masters cognisance 1650 Misc. Maitl. C. II. 487.
[Montrose,] being clothed in a scarlot mandall covered with gold lace, … was broght to the scaffold 1672 Thanes of Cawdor 326.
6 dozen liveray mandles(2) 1581–2 Elgin Rec. I. 165.
To pay … sax schillingis monie for the making of ane mandeill coit … Item for the schewing of ane mandeill … thre s. 1637 Elphinstone Mun. 25.
Tua mandell coittis for fitmen 1667 Edinb. Test. LXXIII. 86. 1679 Somerville Mem. II. 431.
Young Corhouse had a large mandell coat — 1651 Edinb. Test. LXV. 175.
Fyve gros of mandel buttounes estimat all to ix lib. 1660 Bk. Dunvegan I. 187.
7 dusan gold and silver mandell butons at 34 s. 1668 Orkney Antiq. Soc. V. 39.
Thrie dozen of mandal counterfeit buttons 1679 Cunningham Diary 113.
11 dozen mandel buttons at 3s., £1.13s. 0d. 3 dozen small buttons, 4s. 6d. — 1669 Edinb. Test. LXXIV. 9.
A new weiring cloack ane old mandeil jowp — 1662 Haigs of Bemersyde 472.
For making a mandle sute and furnertur