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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1578
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Beriall, n.1 Also: berial, -yall, -eall, -iale; birral; buriall, -iell, -eall, burriall; burrell. [ME. beral(byral), berel, beril, -yl, etc., OF. beril, beryl, L. bēryllus, from Greek. The spellings with bur- are due to the analogy of n.2]
1. A beryl; fine crystal.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 28.
Saphir of assay & berial clere a1500 Golagros and Gawane 896; a1500 Ib. 952.
With bright gold and beriallis bright a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 463; a1500 Ib. 472.
With stanis of beriall deir 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 81.
Twa berialis and a grete bene c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxvii. 34.
Moir … bricht na is the beriall schene 1539 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXIV. 49.
Ane septour with ane grete bereall 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 37/16.
Ane fresche reueir as cleir as berial 1561 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 330.
To deliuer to the said Patre the beriall within xxiiij hourisfig. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxvii. 1.
Blyth Aberdein, thow beriall of all tounis 1540 Lynd. Sat. 132 (B).
Fair lady Sensualitie, The beriall of [1602 buriall of all] bewtie(b) 1535 Stewart 12707.
With breist plait … as the bureall bricht c1552 Lynd. Mon. 6203.
The erth sall [be] … brycht lyke buriall a1578 Pitsc. I. 174/20.
Ane pretius stone callit ane burriall(c) c 1450 Misc. Maitl. C. III. 202.
Ane gret monstir [= monstrance] of siluer with ane burrell in the myddis
2. Attrib., usually in the sense of ‘clear, sparkling’. Also beriall glas, pig, a crystal glass or vessel. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 53.
The beriall stremis c1515 Kennedy Asloan MS II. 273/10.
The beriale bosome that our blis in bred c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 23.
The rosis … War powderit brycht with hevinly beriall droppis c1500-c1512 Ib. 39.
Beriall bemes 1511 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 532.
The silvir of the gretest brokin beriall pig 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 60.
Forgane thir stannyris schane the beriall strandis 1531 Treasurer's Accounts V. 415.
For twa buriell glassis with thair caisis 1531 Ib. VI. 21.
For twa beriall glas with case 1535 Stewart 11895.
Thair basnetis brycht as ony bureall stone
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