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▪ I. † ˈlettice Obs.
Also 5 letuse, -uce, letvis, 6 letewis, letuis, lettewys, lettis(e, -yce, -ys, -ushe, 6–7 letwis. See also lituit.
[a. OF. letice, -is(s)e, etc., app. a. OHG. illitī̆so, mod.G. iltiss polecat; but the application of the name has varied at different times.]
A kind of whitish grey fur (Cotgr.).
[1363Act 37 Edw. III, c. 12 Qels ne usent revers dermynes ne de letuses esclaire. 1373in Exch. Rolls Scot. II. 440 In empcione trium timbrarum de letysses cum dimidio, et septem letisses varii precii.] a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 65 Her good and gay clothing, and furres of gray meniuere and letuse. 1457Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) II. 49/2 As to þeir gownys þt na woman weir mertrikes nor letviss. 1502Will of Wrattesley (Somerset Ho.), My secunde cap of letewis. 1542Inv. R. Wardrobe (1815) 100 Ane gown..quhairof the slevis hes bein liynit with letuis. a1548Hall Chron., 25 Hen. VIII (1809) 803 The lorde Chauncellor in a robe of Scarlet open before bordered with Lettice. 1662Stat. Irel. (1765) II. 406 Letwis tawed, the timber, containing forty skins 8s. 4d.
b. attrib. and Comb., as lettice-bonnet, lettice-fur; lettice-cap, a cap of this fur, apparently worn as a means of inducing sleep; lettice-ruff, a person wearing a ruff or collar of this fur.
1599Minsheu Sp. Dict., A *Lettice bonnet or cap for gentlewomen, v. Albanéga. [Ibid., Albanega, a kind of networke coife that women weare on their heads.]
1544Will of R. Cressey (Somerset Ho.), *Lettys cappes. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 69 Some weare Lattice cappes with three hornes, three corners I should saie, like the forked cappes of Popishe Priestes. 1619Fletcher M. Thomas iii. i, Bring in the Lettice cap. You must be shaved sir, And then how suddenly wee'l make you sleep. 1621― Thierry & Theod. v. ii. K 2 Phisitians, some with glisters, Some with lettice caps, some posset drinkes, some pills.
1533Wriothesley Chron. (1875) I. 20 Gownes of scarlett edged with white *lettushe furre.
1624Fletcher Wife for month ii. iv, Is this *Lettice Ruffe your husband?
▪ II. lettice
obs. form of lattice, lettuce. |