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Wylecot(e, Welycote, Walicot(e, n. Also: wyly-, wyl(l)i(e)-, wyl(l)e-, vyle-, vyli(e)-, vylli-, wile-, wily-, wili(e)-, vile-, vily-, vil(l)i-, wel(l)i-, weyle-, weyli(e)-, weilie-, weilli(e)-, weylli-, wella-, waly-, walli-, wailli(e)-, val(l)i-, vallie- and -cot(e, -cott, -coit(t, -coyt, -coat(e, -coatt, welicat, wallikot. [? and Cote n.1 Also in the later dial.] a. A waistcoat or similar garment worn under the doublet in male attire. b. A woman's undershirt or petticoat. Also attrib. c. A night shirt or gown.a., b., c. sing. 1478–9 Acta Aud. 83/1.
A doublat of bukkessy with a wyle cot of quhit in it
1501 Treas. Acc. II 42.
v quarteris of the samyn to the barne to be ane cote and ane wylycote
1502 Treas. Acc. II 58.
vj quarteris quhit fustian to be ane wyly cote to him
1505 Treas. Acc. III 109.
For ane wyly cote undir his cote,v s. vj d.
1517–8 Treas. Acc. V 146.
Fyne skarlot to be the king ane vylecot and hois
1544 Treas. Acc. VIII 326.
Tua elnis and ane half scarlot to be hir ane wyle cote
1552–3 Treas. Acc. X 156.
vj elnis reid unwaterit champlat to be hir ane vylecote
a1585 Maitl. Q. 2/32.
Sum wyfes … Thair gounis ar coistlie … of fyne silk thair furrit cloikkis … Thair wylie coittis man weill be hewit Broudrit richt braid with pasmentis sewit … Thair wovin hois of silk … Sumtyme thay will beir vp their goun To schaw thair wylicot hingand doun
1585 Perth B. Ct. 27 April.
Vylicot
1603 Philotus 146.
Maistres … Put on ȝour wylicote for it cuillis
(b) 1488 Treas. Acc. I 157.
ij elne and a half of reid cayrsay to be a wylecoyt and hoyse
1494 Treas. Acc. I 225.
v quarteris of Inglis quhit, to be the king ane wyly coit
1512 Treas. Acc. IV 423.
Ane wylecoit to my Lord Prince the said tyme
1512–13 Treas. Acc. IV 424.
Ane wylecoit with slevis to my Lord Prince
1538 Treas. Acc. VII 102.
For ane elne of reid scarlot, to be Lady Jane ane wyle coit
1550–1 Treas. Acc. IX 472.
To be hir ane wylicoit, vij quarteris Inglis reid
1551 Treas. Acc. X 33.
Ane furrit vylecoit to my Lady Gordoun
c1564 Glasgow Test. II 61.
I leif to … Anne ane wylecoitt
1568 Edinb. Test. I 160.
Vyliecoit
a1568 Sempill in Sat. P. xlviii 94.
A wylie-coit … Quhilk … held my cost werme
1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 63.
To rander … to Issobell Alesoun … ane kirtill of mellay claith ane vylecoitt of quhite
1571 6th Rep. Hist. MSS VI 655/1.
Wylycoitt
1640 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B 33b.
Ane govne & vylicoit of peinke coiller
1643 Justiciary Cases III 611.
Wyliecoitt
(c) 1553 Treas. Acc. X 183.
Tua elnis reid stemyng of Myllane to be hir vylecott and hois
1569 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. App. 324.
Vylicott
1585 Edinb. Test. XV 20.
To Jonet Dikson … ane red vyliecott
1602 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 2.
Ane wylicott of Androw Lindsayis
1628 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 368.
Wylliecott
(d) 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II 256.
Haveing put on ane white wylie coate of ane servant womans thinking in that disguised habite to have convoyed her selffe away
1633 Black Bk. Taymouth xxii.
Wylie coat
(e) 1586-7 Acc. Lady Bellenden 1.
To be a wyllicot to my lady twa ells thre quarters of skarlet searge
1589–90 Lanark B. Rec. 96.
Ane ryd wylle coit of gray steming bodyis and lang slevis
c1600 Pont Cunningham 196.
Twa Scottis scarlot wyliecoittis, estimat to xiij lib.
c1600 Pont Cunningham 207.
Ane taffatie gowne and dames wyllicoitt, and ane taffatie wyllicoitt with my sylwir belt
1602 Tailor's Acc. Bk. A 23.
For ane blew lais to ȝour ladyschip wyllicot & bodyis
1605 Tailor's Acc. Bk. A 33.
Wyllicoit
1606 Dunblane Test. III 104.
To Margrat Trunbell hir Sondayis saifgairde hir oulk dayis wyllicot
1611 Brechin Test. II 133.
Vyllicott
1611 Brechin Test. III 169b.
Ane skarlot wyllicott with blak eikis & blak sleiffis
1627 Brechin Test. IV 291b.
Ane skarlot vyllicot with sewin balgareis about the taill
1629 Dumfries Test. IA 164.
Wyllie cote
1642 Dumfries Test. I 113b.
Wylliecoate
1645 Edinb. Test. LXI 193b.
Ane freiz wylliecoatt ane moy hair wylliecoatt
1645 Elgin Rec. I 179.
Wylliecote
1646 Aberd. Council Lett. III 40.
3 new plaid wyllicoats for women
1666 Trans. Glasg. Archaeolog. Soc. I 435.
Cloathes to Thomes Maler, viz., ane clock, Stand of cloathes, sark, Wyllie coat
(f) 1513 Doug. vii Prol. 90.
In dowbill garmont cled and wily coyt … Agane the stern wyntir forto stryve
1522 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 209.
Vilecot
1533–4 Treas. Acc. VI 187.
To lyne the foirsaid coit, and to be the barne ane wilecoit, iij½ elnis domegrane
1534 Treas. Acc. VI 190.
iii elnis Myllane fusteane to be ane wile coit to James Stewart
1536 Treas. Acc. VI 297.
Wilecott
1551–2 Treas. Acc. X 64.
ij elnis and ane half elne demygrane, to be hir ane vilycoit
1552 Treas. Acc. X 123.
Tway elnis and ane half reid stemmyng of Myllane to be hir ane vilecoit
1562 Coll. Rebus Alban. 144.
Wilicote
1562 Treas. Acc. XI 227.
v elnis of chamlot of merkie to be ane wiliecote bodie and slevis
1565 Perth B. Ct. 291 (3 April).
He haid ane lynnyng sark price iiij s. ane vilicot price xij d.
1565–6 Treas. Acc. XI 468.
Vilicote
1570 Treas. Acc. XII 227.
Vilicoit
1571 6th Rep. Hist. MSS VI 655/1.
Wilycoitt
1586 St. A. Test. II 56.
Wilecot
1645 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXX 148.
8 elne and ane halfe to be the servantis under wilicoat
1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 50.
Wily-coat
(g) 1612 Brechin Test. II 230b.
Villicot
(h) 1569 Crail B. Ct. 14 June.
Ane plaidyne welycote vj s. viijd
1583 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 164b.
Weylecott
1592 Edinb. Test. XXIV 189.
Velicoit
1593 Edinb. Test. XXV 264.
I leive to … my sister sone ane reid welicoit
1595 Brechin Test. I 128b.
Wellicott
1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 171.
The Devill … causit thé dans … with Our Ladye, quha, as thow sayes, was a fine woman, cled in a quhyt walicot
1600 Brechin Test. I 197.
Ane auld welicott and ane bodie west
1607 Edinb. Test. XLIII 161.
Weyllicoit
1612 Dunferm. B. Rec. II 95.
Welicat
1622 Edinb. Test. LI 198b.
Weyliecoit
1623 Edinb. Test. LII 21.
Ane auld goun with ane auld rid weyllicoitt
1626 Edinb. Test. LIV 25b.
Welicot
1636 Philorth Baron Ct. 39.
Ane casting wellacoitt
1657 Brechin Test. VI 98b.
Weillie coattis
1675 Kirkcudbr. Test. 24 March.
Weiliecoat
(i) 1606 Dunblane Test. III 104.
Ane pair of bodeis … ane rid wallikot twa wylliecotis of quhyt … ane pair of blak bodies with thair sleivis
1615 Inverurie 209.
Wallicoat
1627 Orkney & Shetl. Test. I 171.
Walicote
1629 Dumfries Test. IA 194.
Waillie cote
1634 Spottiswoode Misc. II 65.
That she was seen … at 12 hours at even standing bare legged and in her sark-vallie-coat [Sharpe Witchcraft lviii, valicot]
1649 Edinb. Test. LXIV 148.
Waillicot
c1650 Spalding II 233.
Scho gettis wp out of hir naiked bed in hir night walycot, bairfut and bairleg
1660 Rothesay B. Rec. 53.
Johne Roy Campbell … robbit … ane schagg vallicoatt of him
pl. 1515 Treas. Acc. V 9.
Vile cottis
1516–17 Treas. Acc. V 112.
v elne of quhit holmes fustean to be ij vyle cottis to the king
1549–50 Perth Guildry 265.
Quhite claitht … tobe his dochteris wilycottis
1561 Inv. Wardrobe 129.
Foure wylie coittis of quhite lambskynnis
1568 Hay Fleming Q. Mary 511.
Weylicoittis
1575 Treas. Acc. XIII 82.
Twa elnis and twa quarteris quhyte Spanye taffateis to be twa nycht wyliecoittis
1576 Digest Justiciary Proc. I 25.
Thome … layit doune to hir ane grene silkin lais … and bad hir tak it to thair wylicoittis and knit about the left arme and … the seik woman sould be delyuer
1579 Edinb. Test. VII 272b.
xxij quhyt lynningis for wommanis cloikis or wyliecottis
1580 Treas. Acc. MS 38.
Quheitt grosgrane taffaty to be tua double welycoittis
1604 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 45.
Ane narrow pece quhyt clayth … to be my lassis weylecottis
1658 Brechin Test. VI 157.
Tua weillicotts … tua sark weilliecotts
(b) 1515–16 Treas. Acc. V 65.
Wylicotis
1599 Treas. Acc. MS 54.
To be tua nicht welicoitis iij elne of plaiding
c1600 Pont Cunningham 207 (see (e) above). 1606 Dunblane Test. III 104 (see (i) above).
Wylliecotis
1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 31.
Wylycoats
attrib. 1655 Nicoll Diary 168.
That gentill women and burgessis wyffes haid moir gold and silver about thair gown and wylicoat tayles nor thair husbandis haid in thair purses

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