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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tyn fuilȝ(i)e, n. Also: tyn fulyie, tyne fuilyie, tin(e) fuilȝie, tin fulȝe, (tine fuilȝea); tunn foulie. [Late ME and e.m.E. tynfole (1467-8), tynfule (1525-6); Tyn n. and Fulȝe n.1] Tinfoil.(a) 1581 Edinb. Test. IX 184b.
Foure dosane of tyn fuilȝe 1583 Edinb. Test. XIII 118.
xxij peces of tyn fuilȝe price xvj s. 1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII 288.
Sax gros of tinfuilȝie 1595 Edinb. Test. XXVIII 296b.
Tyn fuilȝie 1598 Edinb. Test. XXXI 322.
Thrie buistis of tine fuilȝie 1615 Edinb. Test. XLVIII 224b.
Tin fulȝe 1615 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 363.
Tyne fuilyie 1617 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II 63.
For a dossen of tyn fulyie to the plait of the knock 1653 Edinb. Test. LXVII 9b.
Aught dussane tine fuilȝea(b) 1673 Leith Customs 12.
2 groce tunn foulie

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