Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1700-1753
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†FIALL, n. Also fie(al)l, fial.
1. Payment for services, wages. Sometimes in pl.Ayr. 1700 Arch. and Hist. Coll. Ayr. and Wgt. IV. 197:
Item, alsoe clames thirtie shilling of hirdis fieall.Slg. 1724 Slg. Burgh Rec. (B.R.S.) 182:
4 June: Allow him the same weekly sallery or fiall of twenty four shilling Scots . . . besides the ordinar jaylor fialls.Sc. 1733 Lumsden and Aitken Hammermen Gsw. (1912) 272:
To his officer for his fial . . £8Gsw. 1753 Records Trades Ho. (ed. Lumsden, 1934) 393:
To John Gilles his quarterly fiall . £0 5 0
2. A hired servant.Fif. 1709-20 St Andrews Baxter Bks. 154, 158:
Alexander Weyms . . . bound serwantt and ffiall to Helen Tialliar. . . . Alexander Burt was bound fiall to Michaell Balfour, brother of traid.
