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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1489-1517
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Wattirmail(l, n.2 Also: wattermaill, -mal(e, watermail(l, -mal(e, -mayl(l, -mel(e, -mel(l. [?] Appar. fur of some sort. Also attrib.1489 Treasurer's Accounts I 136.
For watermayllis to lyne the saim gowne, vxxxij, price of the peyce v s. 1489 Treasurer's Accounts I 137.
For lynyng to the lang gown [of velvet], vxxxij watermaillis 1505 Treasurer's Accounts III 43.
Watermelis 1507–8 Treasurer's Accounts IV 60.
For xij elne wellus to the Princis nuris, be the kingis command … for lynyng and bordowring of it with watermales, be the quenes command 1512 Treasurer's Accounts IV 216.
For … ane lynyng … of wattirmaillez put in ane goune of crammesy welvot … ekit in the purfele, fent and collar of the sam vj wattirmaillez 1513 Treasurer's Accounts IV 425.
Ane goune of blak velwet, in the quhilk thar wes put ane lynyng of watermellis of the quenis awin stuf 1513 Treasurer's Accounts IV 426.
Twa new skynnis of watermellis to put in twa narow cuffis of the quenis 1517 Caldwell P. 57.
Ane goun of tanny, lynit with wattermalisattrib. 1512 Treasurer's Accounts IV 215.
Item, put in ane stomok of the quenis of blak satin, sex wattermaill skynnis
