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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1532-1646
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Silo(u)rit, ppl. adj. Also: syloureit, syllerit, sayloured, ciellered. [Late ME syluryd, cyluerde (both Prompt. Parv.); Silour v.] a. Ceiled, wainscotted. b. Provided with a top or canopy. Cf. Silour n. 1. —a. 1532 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. 5 (Elphinstone v. Innes).
Ane oratour … silorit with ane altar and desk of fyr 1599 Coll. St. Leonard 218.
The chambers ciellered abone, and the floors beneath laid with buridis 1646 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III 490.
Six high chalmbers sayloured at 30 s. the peice … One high chalmber unsayloured —b. c1555 Lynd. (STS) IV 276.
Ane meit almery syloureit [pr. sylomeit] 1587 Edinburgh Testaments XVIII 196b.
Ane syllerit stand bed
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