Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1876
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MAZZIEL, n. ? Some kind of fine cloth.Slg. 1876 A. B. Grosart Wilson's Poems I. xxxiv.:
There's a mazziel for a kirk waistcoat.
[Poss. some corruption of Eng. mazarine, mazarien, a kind of blue cloth, said to be so called from Cardinal Mazarin of France.]