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Tempil(l, -el, Temple, n.² [e.m.E. tempylle (Cath. Angl.), temple (1688), Eng. L. templis (pl.) (York Fabric Rolls, 1421), OF temple.] a. A rod used in building, ? specif. in thatching. Also attrib. See also Wikkir n. a. Also in the later dial. b. A rod, ? some part of a wool-winder, loom or some other mechanism used in weaving. —a. 1336 Cal. Doc. III 356.
In empcione … de wekir et tempil per vices xij d. 1512 Treas. Acc. IV 379.
For lyme, sand, caberis, werkmenis wagis, lath, nalis, haddir, wekir, tempill, wattillis, crukis, bandis, and otheris necessar spendit on biggyng of the brewhous —attrib. 1675 Stirling Common Good 95a.
10 lead of templeryses leading and cutting, £8 —b. 1624 Edinb. B. Rec. VI 259.
Ane uther sey lume … ane pair of warping staiks, ten flaiks for drying wooll … ane bobbing wheill with tempels and rods [etc.]