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▪ I. † waile1 Obs. rare—1. [? Alteration (for rhyme) of welde rule: see wield n.]
13..R. Brunne's Chron. Wace (Rolls) 5334 + 8 (Petyt MS.) Tenuacius..had þe regne all in his waile. ▪ II. † waile2 Sc. Obs. rare—1. ? A willow.
a1510Douglas K. Hart ii. 311 Thocht I be quhylum bowsum as ane waile [rhymes begyle, quhyle, oursyle], I sal be cruikit quhill I mak [him fule]. ▪ III. waile ? obs. var. quail v.1
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 81 There be men also of v. cubites, whiche dye not, neither waile [L. nec languescunt]. ▪ IV. waile see vail n.1, veil n.1, wale n.1 and n.2, weal. |