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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bracelet, Bra(i)slet, n. Also: bracelleit, -elat, brassalet, -elat, -illat; braissillet, braicelet; braschelet; braslat, -lit, braislat, -lait, breslet, -lit (breastlit), breislet, brislit; braclet, braic(e)let. [ME. bracelet (1438; also e.m.E. bracelette, brasselet), OF. bracelet.] A bracelet.(a) 1488 Treas. Acc. I. 81.
A brassalet of gold sett with precious stanis Ib. 82.
A brasselat of gold 1538 Ib. VII. 123.
Two brasillatis 1540 Ib. 408.
For chenȝeis, ringis, … bracelattis … and vther gold wark 1549 Compl. 120/9.
I tuke … his brascheletis fra his armis 1578 Maxwell Mem. I. 313.
[Deponent] knawis na braissillet 1583 Edinb. Test. XII. 292 b.
Ane pair of bracelattis of gold estimat to xl li. 1612 Bk. Rates 292.
Bracelettis of coorall 1675 Carnegie Lett. & Chart. 358.
Ane pear of gold bracelleitts(b) 1507 Treas. Acc. IV. 88.
Ane braslat quhilk the King gaif away to the Lady Mastres on New Ȝeir Day 15.. Clar. ii. 651.
He hir gave ane lustie braslet 1578 Maxwell Mem. I. 311.
Braslettis of gold c1590 J. Stewart 79/221.
Ane braslat rair, quhilk gloriuslie did glance Vith diamonts decorde and rubeis fyne 1649 Wemyss Chart. 233.
An pair of ambir braslits(c) 1546 Acta Conc. MS. XXII. 126 b.
Ane pair of braislettis of fyne gold 1549 Treas. Acc. IX. 269.
A pair of braislaittis 1550 Ib. 452.
For halsbedis, braislattis, and certane uthir gagis … to my Lady Anne 1574 Edinb. Test. III. 113.
To my dochter … ane pair of braisletis 1582 Treas. Acc. MS. 102.
Braislettis and vtheris goldsmyth wark 1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII. 48.
The braislettis, cheinȝie, and tablet of gold gevin to hir 1628 Soc. Ant. XXIII. 267.
Ane aggat breslet … ane pair of gold breislettis 1649 Wemyss Chart. 233.
An pair of koural brislits 1663–6 Thanes of Cawdor 321.
1 pr of blak breastlettis 1683 Wemyss Chart. 255.
A breslit of cornelians(d) 15.. Clar. i. 450.
He … gave to hir ane braclet wroucht with gold 1628 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. ix. 42.
One pair of braiclettis 1688 Wemyss Chart. 257.
A Turkish braclett
