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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1563-1580
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Felt, n.1 Also ? erroneous for felt: selt. [ME. and OE. felt.] The material felt. Also attrib. with hat. —1563 Protocol Book of Gilbert Grote 56.
[Together with twenty seven dozen] Spainȝe seltis [(piliorum nigrorum) … at 30 shillings Scots per dozen]1574 Edinburgh Testaments III. 105 b.
xxvij feltis of hattis 1580 Treasurer's Accounts 11 b.
For making of the saidis hattis and bonnettis and for feltis thairto 1580 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 36.
Ane felt hatt with the creip
