A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1492-1575
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Attyrement, n.1 Also irregular variant: entyrment. [e.m.E. attirement (1566), attyrement, OF. atirement. Cf. Attyre n.] Attire. — 1492 Myll Spectakle of Luf 275/15.
Lyk as the precius entyrmentis prouokis men to the syn of lechory 1533 Boece vi. xv. 217 b.
Larouns ... dispuleȝeit hir of hors, money, clething, and all attyrement 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 68.
Thrie fair virgynnis all cled in maist precious attyrement
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