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Beriall, n.1 Also: berial, -yall, -eall, -iale; birral; buriall, -iell, -eall, burriall. [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 Leg. S. vi. 28.
Saphir of assay & berial clere a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 896; Ib. 952.
With bright gold and beriallis bright a1500 Rauf C. 463; Ib. 472.
With stanis of beriall deir 1488 Treas. Acc. I. 81.
Twa berialis and a grete bene c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxvii. 34.
Moir … bricht na is the beriall schene 1539 Soc. Ant. XXIV. 49.
Ane septour with ane grete bereall 1549 Compl. 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
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 Asl. 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 Ib. 39.
Beriall bemes 1511 Treas. Acc. IV. 532.
The silvir of the gretest brokin beriall pig 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 60.
Forgane thir stannyris schane the beriall strandis 1531 Treas. Acc. V. 415.
For twa buriell glassis with thair caisis Ib. VI. 21.
For twa beriall glas with case 1535 Stewart 11895.
Thair basnetis brycht as ony bureall stone
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