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Cristalline, -yne, a. and n. Also: crystallyne, cristallin, -alleine, -ellyne, -ellene, -elling, -illyne, -ilane; christellyne, christellyng, christelling. [ME. cristallyne (14th c.), crystallyn, etc., OF. cristallin, L. crystallīnus.]

1. Clear or bright as crystal.c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 5.
Wp sprang the goldyn candill matutyne, With clere depurit bemes cristallyne c1500-c1512 Ib. xlvi. 10.
A revir bricht, Of balmy liquour, cristalline [B. cristallyne, M. christelling] of hew 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 19.
Aurora … The hevynly portis cristallyne Vpwarpis braid c1552 Lynd. Mon. 687.
The sterry heuin and christellyne c1552 Ib. 6045.
Boith sterny heuin and christellyng15.. Clariodus v. 2184.
Full gudlie knightis cleir and cristallyne

2. Made of crystal.1526 Treasurer's Accounts V. 276.
Gevin … to by cristallin werris and tassis to the Kingis grace 1531 Ib. 417.
Deliverit to the said James twa crystallyne verris to be had to Striveling 1535 Stewart 60453.
Chalices and crowattis all of siluer fyne, Weill gilt with gold and stonis cristillyne 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 48/5.
The nynte spere, callit the hauyn cristellyne, be cause that there can nocht be na sternis seen in it 1592 Thanes of Cawdor 214.
Ane cristilane glas 1575 Edinburgh Testaments III. 362 b.
xi myrrouris cristelling 1586 Ib. XVI. 126.
Sevin cristellene murrours les and mair

3. n. Crystal.1535 Stewart 7452.
Ane scalbert … Wondourlie wrocht with gold of cristillyne 1539 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXIV. 49.
Ane pair of tabillis of silvir ourgilt with gold, indentit with jasp and cristallyne c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii. 691.
In ane palice … Of glitterand gold … Circundat all with the cleir cristalline 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XVI. 205.
Of doublettis, garnettis, wermeillis, & cristalleine, xij dissone