Middle English Dictionary Entry
thil n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thil n. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE þille floor, flooring; cp. MnE dial. (Northern) thill a thin bed or stratum of fire clay. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A hard, clayey stone capable of withstanding high temperatures, fire clay.
Associated quotations
- (1329-30) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100515 : Ad. Scot. et Reginald cementant. Thill per 2 Ebd., 3 s.; Quatuor bayardours portant. Thill et focale in Abbathiam per 10 septimanas, 23 s. 6 d.
- (1454-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103634 : Operanti circa le ryddyng ac adquisicione de le Thill pro eodem furno, 16 s. 11 d.
- (1466-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103641 : Operantibus super le riddyng et adquisicione de le Thyll in quarera abbathie ex altera parte Wire versus abbathiam pro furno infra abbathiam, 17 s.