1765 Gilderoy (new ed.) in T. Percy I. 300 His stockings were of silken soy, Wi' garters hanging doune.
1803 J. Mayne 10 Ev'n little maids..clip, wi' care, the silken soy For Ladies' braws.
1840 W. Prideaux 126 Our tents are spread with gossamer thread, More delicate far than silken soy.
1850 Apr. 267/2 Next, under pennons flaunting high, Barons in cloaks of silken soy And caps of velvet go.
1927 L. Spence 5 And like a castel sewn in soye The turrets o' the Scottish Troy Atowre that meikle moat rise up.