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Wylecot(e, Welycote, Walicot(e, n. Also: wyly-, wyl(l)i(e)-, wyl(l)e-, vyle-, vyli(e)-, vylli-, wile-, wily-, wili(e)-, vile-, vily-, vil(l)i-, wel(l)i-, weyle-, weyli(e)-, weilie-, weilli(e)-, weylli-, wella-, waly-, walli-, wailli(e)-, val(l)i-, vallie- and -cot(e, -cott, -coit(t, -coyt, -coat(e, -coatt, welicat, wallikot. [? and Cote n.¹ Also in the later dial.] a. A waistcoat or similar garment worn under the doublet in male attire. b. A woman's undershirt or petticoat. Also attrib. c. A night shirt or gown.a., b., c. sing. 1478–9 Acta Aud. 83/1.
A doublat of bukkessy with a wyle cot of quhit in it 1501 Treas. Acc. II 42.
v quarteris of the samyn to the barne to be ane cote and ane wylycote 1502 Treas. Acc. II 58.
vj quarteris quhit fustian to be ane wyly cote to him 1505 Treas. Acc. III 109.
For ane wyly cote undir his cote,v s. vj d. 1517–8 Treas. Acc. V 146.
Fyne skarlot to be the king ane vylecot and hois 1544 Treas. Acc. VIII 326.
Tua elnis and ane half scarlot to be hir ane wyle cote 1552–3 Treas. Acc. X 156.
vj elnis reid unwaterit champlat to be hir ane vylecote a1585 Maitl. Q. 2/32.
Sum wyfes … Thair gounis ar coistlie … of fyne silk thair furrit cloikkis … Thair wylie coittis man weill be hewit Broudrit richt braid with pasmentis sewit … Thair wovin hois of silk … Sumtyme thay will beir vp their goun To schaw thair wylicot hingand doun 1585 Perth B. Ct. 27 April.
Vylicot 1603 Philotus 146.
Maistres … Put on ȝour wylicote for it cuillis(b) 1488 Treas. Acc. I 157.
ij elne and a half of reid cayrsay to be a wylecoyt and hoyse 1494 Treas. Acc. I 225.
v quarteris of Inglis quhit, to be the king ane wyly coit 1512 Treas. Acc. IV 423.
Ane wylecoit to my Lord Prince the said tyme 1512–13 Treas. Acc. IV 424.
Ane wylecoit with slevis to my Lord Prince 1538 Treas. Acc. VII 102.
For ane elne of reid scarlot, to be Lady Jane ane wyle coit 1550–1 Treas. Acc. IX 472.
To be hir ane wylicoit, vij quarteris Inglis reid 1551 Treas. Acc. X 33.
Ane furrit vylecoit to my Lady Gordoun c1564 Glasgow Test. II 61.
I leif to … Anne ane wylecoitt 1568 Edinb. Test. I 160.
Vyliecoit a1568 Sempill in Sat. P. xlviii 94.
A wylie-coit … Quhilk … held my cost werme 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 63.
To rander … to Issobell Alesoun … ane kirtill of mellay claith ane vylecoitt of quhite 1571 6th Rep. Hist. MSS VI 655/1.
Wylycoitt 1640 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B 33b.
Ane govne & vylicoit of peinke coiller 1643 Justiciary Cases III 611.
Wyliecoitt(c) 1553 Treas. Acc. X 183.
Tua elnis reid stemyng of Myllane to be hir vylecott and hois 1569 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. App. 324.
Vylicott 1585 Edinb. Test. XV 20.
To Jonet Dikson … ane red vyliecott 1602 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 2.
Ane wylicott of Androw Lindsayis 1628 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 368.
Wylliecott(d) 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II 256.
Haveing put on ane white wylie coate of ane servant womans thinking in that disguised habite to have convoyed her selffe away 1633 Black Bk. Taymouth xxii.
Wylie coat(e) 1586-7 Acc. Lady Bellenden 1.
To be a wyllicot to my lady twa ells thre quarters of skarlet searge 1589–90 Lanark B. Rec. 96.
Ane ryd wylle coit of gray steming bodyis and lang slevis c1600 Pont Cunningham 196.
Twa Scottis scarlot wyliecoittis, estimat to xiij lib. c1600 Pont Cunningham 207.
Ane taffatie gowne and dames wyllicoitt, and ane taffatie wyllicoitt with my sylwir belt 1602 Tailor's Acc. Bk. A 23.
For ane blew lais to ȝour ladyschip wyllicot & bodyis 1605 Tailor's Acc. Bk. A 33.
Wyllicoit 1606 Dunblane Test. III 104.
To Margrat Trunbell hir Sondayis saifgairde hir oulk dayis wyllicot 1611 Brechin Test. II 133.
Vyllicott 1611 Brechin Test. III 169b.
Ane skarlot wyllicott with blak eikis & blak sleiffis 1627 Brechin Test. IV 291b.
Ane skarlot vyllicot with sewin balgareis about the taill 1629 Dumfries Test. IA 164.
Wyllie cote 1642 Dumfries Test. I 113b.
Wylliecoate 1645 Edinb. Test. LXI 193b.
Ane freiz wylliecoatt ane moy hair wylliecoatt 1645 Elgin Rec. I 179.
Wylliecote 1646 Aberd. Council Lett. III 40.
3 new plaid wyllicoats for women 1666 Trans. Glasg. Archaeolog. Soc. I 435.
Cloathes to Thomes Maler, viz., ane clock, Stand of cloathes, sark, Wyllie coat(f) 1513 Doug. vii Prol. 90.
In dowbill garmont cled and wily coyt … Agane the stern wyntir forto stryve 1522 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 209.
Vilecot 1533–4 Treas. Acc. VI 187.
To lyne the foirsaid coit, and to be the barne ane wilecoit, iij½ elnis domegrane 1534 Treas. Acc. VI 190.
iii elnis Myllane fusteane to be ane wile coit to James Stewart 1536 Treas. Acc. VI 297.
Wilecott 1551–2 Treas. Acc. X 64.
ij elnis and ane half elne demygrane, to be hir ane vilycoit 1552 Treas. Acc. X 123.
Tway elnis and ane half reid stemmyng of Myllane to be hir ane vilecoit 1562 Coll. Rebus Alban. 144.
Wilicote 1562 Treas. Acc. XI 227.
v elnis of chamlot of merkie to be ane wiliecote bodie and slevis 1565 Perth B. Ct. 291 (3 April).
He haid ane lynnyng sark price iiij s. ane vilicot price xij d. 1565–6 Treas. Acc. XI 468.
Vilicote 1570 Treas. Acc. XII 227.
Vilicoit 1571 6th Rep. Hist. MSS VI 655/1.
Wilycoitt 1586 St. A. Test. II 56.
Wilecot 1645 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXX 148.
8 elne and ane halfe to be the servantis under wilicoat 1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 50.
Wily-coat(g) 1612 Brechin Test. II 230b.
Villicot(h) 1569 Crail B. Ct. 14 June.
Ane plaidyne welycote vj s. viijd 1583 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 164b.
Weylecott 1592 Edinb. Test. XXIV 189.
Velicoit 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV 264.
I leive to … my sister sone ane reid welicoit 1595 Brechin Test. I 128b.
Wellicott 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 171.
The Devill … causit thé dans … with Our Ladye, quha, as thow sayes, was a fine woman, cled in a quhyt walicot 1600 Brechin Test. I 197.
Ane auld welicott and ane bodie west 1607 Edinb. Test. XLIII 161.
Weyllicoit 1612 Dunferm. B. Rec. II 95.
Welicat 1622 Edinb. Test. LI 198b.
Weyliecoit 1623 Edinb. Test. LII 21.
Ane auld goun with ane auld rid weyllicoitt 1626 Edinb. Test. LIV 25b.
Welicot 1636 Philorth Baron Ct. 39.
Ane casting wellacoitt 1657 Brechin Test. VI 98b.
Weillie coattis 1675 Kirkcudbr. Test. 24 March.
Weiliecoat(i) 1606 Dunblane Test. III 104.
Ane pair of bodeis … ane rid wallikot twa wylliecotis of quhyt … ane pair of blak bodies with thair sleivis 1615 Inverurie 209.
Wallicoat 1627 Orkney & Shetl. Test. I 171.
Walicote 1629 Dumfries Test. I^A 194.
Waillie cote 1634 Spottiswoode Misc. II 65.
That she was seen … at 12 hours at even standing bare legged and in her sark-vallie-coat [Sharpe Witchcraft lviii, valicot] 1649 Edinb. Test. LXIV 148.
Waillicot c1650 Spalding II 233.
Scho gettis wp out of hir naiked bed in hir night walycot, bairfut and bairleg 1660 Rothesay B. Rec. 53.
Johne Roy Campbell … robbit … ane schagg vallicoatt of himpl. 1515 Treas. Acc. V 9.
Vile cottis 1516–17 Treas. Acc. V 112.
v elne of quhit holmes fustean to be ij vyle cottis to the king 1549–50 Perth Guildry 265.
Quhite claitht … tobe his dochteris wilycottis 1561 Inv. Wardrobe 129.
Foure wylie coittis of quhite lambskynnis 1568 Hay Fleming Q. Mary 511.
Weylicoittis 1575 Treas. Acc. XIII 82.
Twa elnis and twa quarteris quhyte Spanye taffateis to be twa nycht wyliecoittis 1576 Digest Justiciary Proc. I 25.
Thome … layit doune to hir ane grene silkin lais … and bad hir tak it to thair wylicoittis and knit about the left arme and … the seik woman sould be delyuer 1579 Edinb. Test. VII 272b.
xxij quhyt lynningis for wommanis cloikis or wyliecottis 1580 Treas. Acc. MS 38.
Quheitt grosgrane taffaty to be tua double welycoittis 1604 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 45.
Ane narrow pece quhyt clayth … to be my lassis weylecottis 1658 Brechin Test. VI 157.
Tua weillicotts … tua sark weilliecotts(b) 1515–16 Treas. Acc. V 65.
Wylicotis 1599 Treas. Acc. MS 54.
To be tua nicht welicoitis iij elne of plaiding c1600 Pont Cunningham 207 (see (e) above). 1606 Dunblane Test. III 104 (see (i) above).
Wylliecotis 1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 31.
Wylycoatsattrib. 1655 Nicoll Diary 168.
That gentill women and burgessis wyffes haid moir gold and silver about thair gown and wylicoat tayles nor thair husbandis haid in thair purses