A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1460, 1513, 1669
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(Tyrleist,) Tyrlyst, Tirlist, Tirllest, Tirlizd, Treilȝeit, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. trillest (1472, north.), trellised (1656).] a. Furnished with trellises. (Tyrle(i)s n. b.) b. Furnished with lattices or gratings. (Tyrleis v. a, Tyrle(i)s n.) —a. 1460 Hay Alex. 13538.
Sidlingis the palis … was Ane treilȝeit vergiere … Off gold was all the veingȝe trie and treilȝeis And precious stanis the rasingis —b. 1513 Doug. iii iii 10.
The ful moyn … Inthrou the tyrlyst [Sm. tirlist, Ruddim. tirllest] wyndo schane by nycht 1669 Master of Works Accounts MS Ptfl. xvii.
The hen house ane tirlizd door and tirlizd window
