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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Oil-, Ole-, Ule-doly, n. Also: oyl(e)-, oyll-, oll-, ul- and -dolie, -dolé, (-doling), -dolly, -dollei, -doillie, -doolie; and oydollie. [Sc. reduced var. of Oil-dolive. Cf. also Olȝe-doly(e.] Olive oil.(a) 1494 Edinb. Hammermen 7.
For vle doly to scour the hers candill 1496 Ib. 14.
Vle dole 1556–7 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 76.
Ule dolie 1598 Household Bks. Jas. VI and Anne 27 Aug.
Vldolie 1610 Brechin Test. II. 57.
Vldoly(b) 1531–2 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 93.
For ane muchekyn of oledoly to mak the bandis and crukis of the durris the glaider 1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 89.
Olldoling 1583–4 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 211.
Oledolie(c) 1540 Lynd. Sat. 4057 (B).
[To] mix … saffroun with oyldolly [Ch. oyl-dolie] 1574 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 26.
Oildoly a1585 Polwart Flyt. 234 (H).
With fasting stomack, tak oyldolie [v.r. oydollie] 1596 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 46.
Oyle doly 1598 Household Bks. Jas. VI and Anne 24–25 Apr.
Ane pynt oyldoolie 1601 Dundee Shipping P. 72.
For oyll dollei to the feysch 1 r. 1617 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II. 73.
Oyledoillie 1626 Ib. 191.
For butter and oyldolie at the hinging of the ȝett 1662–3 Peebles B. Rec. II. 203.
b. Attrib. with -pig. —1615 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. 271.
Sex oyldolie pigis 1639 Ib. LIX. 122.
