A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1489-1490, 1549-1628
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Borell, Borrel(l, n. Also: borale. [f. Bore v.] An auger.1489 Acts Lords of Council 106/2.
ij hewin axis, a womyll, a borale 1490 Ib. 132.
A wowmill, a borell 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 11/1.
Tha vald gar ane instrament serue for … ane knyf and ane borrel 1569 Protocol Book of Thomas Johnsoun 162.
1 womyll, 1 swingletree borell, 1 nail borell 1578 Maxwell Mem. I. 312.
Ane pair of irne boyis, ane borrell, ane wymmill 1612 Bk. Rates 290.
Borrellis for wryghtisattrib. 1628 Master of Works Accounts XX. 4.
For sex borrell yrones … for boiring the quheillis with 1628 Ib. 27.
