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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1502-1617
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(Tild stane,) Tyld(e stane, Tile stan(e, n. Also: tyle stane, tyld stone, tyllit stane. [ME and e.m.E. tile stan (Wyclif), tyleston (1432-50), tyle-stone (1668); Tild n.1] A brick or tile. = Tild n.1 1. —(a) 1617 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 27.
For tyld stane to sett up thrie ovenis 1579 Despauter (1579).
Later, an tylde stane [1617 a tyld stone] —(b) 1583 Transcribed Accts. (1577-1613) in Argyll Mun. 7 Nov.
To the man that maid the tyllit stanes —(c) 1502–3 Treasurer's Accounts II 271.
vijm tyle stanes … ilk thousand iij li. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 59/6.
The lyft did rane tile stanis
