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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1673
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Tyn fuilȝ(i)e, n. Also: tyn fulyie, tyne fuilyie, tin(e) fuilȝie, tin fulȝe, (tine fuilȝea); tunn foulie. [Late ME and e.m.E. tynfole (1467-8), tynfule (1525-6); Tyn n. and Fulȝe n.1] Tinfoil.(a) 1581 Edinburgh Testaments IX 184b.
Foure dosane of tyn fuilȝe 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XIII 118.
xxij peces of tyn fuilȝe price xvj s. 1591 Edinburgh Testaments XXIII 288.
Sax gros of tinfuilȝie 1595 Edinburgh Testaments XXVIII 296b.
Tyn fuilȝie 1598 Edinburgh Testaments XXXI 322.
Thrie buistis of tine fuilȝie 1615 Edinburgh Testaments XLVIII 224b.
Tin fulȝe 1615 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 363.
Tyne fuilyie 1617 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 63.
For a dossen of tyn fulyie to the plait of the knock 1653 Edinburgh Testaments LXVII 9b.
Aught dussane tine fuilȝea(b) 1673 Leith Customs 12.
2 groce tunn foulie
