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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375-1420, 1533-1534, 1610
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Ray(e, Rae, n. and adj. [e.m.E. and ME ray a kind of striped cloth (14th c.), also attrib. or as adj. (1362), ‘a word attributed to cloth neuer coloured or died’ (1607 in OED), OF *raié, *reié f. raie stripe, streak (cf. mod. F. étoffe de raies). Cf. med. L. radius (1265 in Latham), radiatus (Du Cange).]
A. noun. A kind of striped cloth.1329 Exchequer Rolls I 255.]
[De iij beginis de radiato 1534 Treasurer's Accounts VI 192.
x½ quarteris raye to be the king ane coit 1534 Ib. 195.
To be twa pair of schort hois to the kingis grace, ij elnis raye
B. attrib., or as adj.
a. Made of striped cloth; striped.c1420 Wynt. ix 593 (C).
A raye [R. araye] fayr towalle 1533–4 Treasurer's Accounts VI 188.
To begary ane doublet raye [etc.] … to the kingis grace, ij elnis veluot 1534 Ib. 190.
To begary ane ray coit … , ane elne veluot
b. Rae-cullourit, ? uncoloured, ? undyed.Cf., however, Colour-de-roy n. of which this may be an altered variant.1610 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI 98b.
Nyne elnes of inglis rae cullourit claith at iiij li. the elne
