A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pele,) Peill, n.3 Also: peyll, peale; pyle. [f. Pele v.1 5: cf. Pele a.] Of fish: Only in the phr. in pele = not packed (= Pele a.). —1541
Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XVII. (J).
Ane thousand corf keyling in peyll 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Bvllion.
For … ilk three hundreth of drie fisch ij ounce [of bullion], ilk thousand ling or killing in peill vj ounce 1614 Mar & Kellie MSS. 73.
The commodaties that the sea randeris yeirlie … of fishe in peale … at £10 the hundrethe 1707 Conv. Burghs IV. 427.
That ther be payed for each hundred of codd, ling or syth fish either dry or in pyle … sixteen shillings and eight pence
