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wyliecoat Sc. (and north.).|ˈweilɪkot, -kɔt|
Forms: 5–6, 9 wyle-, 6 vyle-, vile-, wile-, wele-; 5–7 wyly-, 6 vily-, veli-, 6–7 weyli- (8 weily-), 6– wylie-, 8– wylicoat (9 wili-, wilie-); 7 wylli(e)-, 9 willy-, willey-, welli-; 7 waly-, vali-, 7, 9 walli-, 9 walacoat; also 5 -coyt, 5–8 -cot, 5–7 -cott, -cote, -coit, 5, 7– -coat. (Occas. as two words, or with hyphen.)
[Of obscure origin: the forms of the second element agree throughout with those of coat n., but the first has not been identified, and may be an alteration of some foreign term.]
1. An under-waistcoat, in earlier use esp. one worn under a doublet; an under-vest, woollen or flannel under-garment. ? Obs.
In latest quots. applied to some kind of outer garment.
1478Acta Auditorum (1839) 83/1 A doublat of Bukkessy with a wyle cot of quhit in It. 1494Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 225, v quarteris of Inglis quhit, to be the King ane wyly coit. 1505Ibid. III. 109 For ane wyly cote undir his cote,..v s. vj d. 1513Douglas æneid vii. Prol. 90 In double garmont cled and wyly coyt. 1561in Inv. de la Royne Descosse (Bann. Cl.) 23 Foure wylie coittis of quhite lambskynnis. 1645Rec. Elgin (New Spald. Cl.) I. 179 To delywer to James Walker ane wylliecote worthe thrie poundis four shillingis. 1786Burns To a Louse vi, I wad na been surpris'd to spy You on..some bit duddie boy On 's wyliecoat. 1820Scott Abbot i, A hardy little boy..did not hesitate a moment to strip off his wylie-coat, [and] plunge into the water. 1823Mirror I. 285/2 A wallicoat of white drugget, deep blue inexpressibles.
Prov.1737Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1750) 107 We can shape their wylie-coat, but no their wierd.
2. An under-petticoat.
1544Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VIII. 326 Tua elnis and ane half scarlot to be hir ane wyle cote. 1551Ibid. X. 33 Arche Clerk, send..with ane furrit vylecoit to my Lady Gordoun. a1586Sir R. Maitland in M. Quarto MS. (S.T.S.) 2 Sumtyme thay will beir vp their goun, to schaw thair wylicot hingand doun. 1604Compt Bk. D. Wedderburne (S.H.S.) 45 Ane narrow pece quhyt clayth..to be my lassis weylecottis. 1686G. Stuart Joco-ser. Disc. 31 The Sisters skewed their Wylycoats. 1715Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. ii. xxii, The bride she made a fen, To sit in wylicoat sae braw. a1725Cock-laird in Orpheus Caled. 26, I man' ha'e a Silk Hood,..wylie coat, And a Silk snood. 1797Pinkerton Hist. Scot. I. 154 The kirtle, or close gown, was rarely accompanied..with the wylicot or under petticoat. 1895Crockett Men of Moss-Hags xxxii. 235 We are a pack o' silly craiturs. A' thing that wears willy-coats; no yin muckle to better anither! 1895― Grey Man iii. 23 Nell Kennedy with her wylicoats kilted.
Prov.1721Kelly Scot. Prov. 54 A Wife knows enough, who knows the good Man's Breeks from Weilycoat.
b. A feminine (or esp. in later use, a child's) night-dress.
c1634in C. K. Sharpe Pref. to Law's Mem. (1818) p. lviii, She was seen..standing bare-legged and in hir sark valicot..conferring with the devill. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1851) II. 233 Scho gettis wp out of hir naiked bed in hir night walycot, bairfut and bairleg. 1894–9in Northumb. and Cumb. glossaries. |