A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1538-1539, 1700+
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(Pele,) Peil(l, n.2 (ME. and e.m.E. pele (a 1380) the ringing of a bell or bells, ? orig. as a call or summons, perh. orig. the same as Pell n.1: cf. Pale n.2) —1538–9 Protocol Book of Thomas Johnsoun 35.
He and the said barnis behufit to enter in the kirk to Goddis service at the latter peils on festuale dais 1701 Fugitive Poetry II. xlv. 3/63.
Our lawyers nodles he turns round With hotch-potch peills of empty sound
