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▪ I. † lile, n. Obs. [f. name of Lille in France. Cf. lisle.] ? A kind of grogram (more fully lile grogram).
1640in Noorthouck Lond. (1773) 843/1 Stuffs, liles, broad or narrow, the piece not above 15 yards, 2d. 1660Act 12 Chas. II, c. 4 Sched. s.v. Buffin, Buffins, Mocadoes, & Lile Grograns narrow the single peece..iij. li. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 65 Lile Grograins. ▪ II. lile, a. and adv. dial.|laɪl| [app. repr. a contraction of ON. lītell, lītl- little: cf. mod.Sw. lilla, Da. lille.] Little.
1633King & Poore N. Man 89 Full lile we know his hard griefe of mind. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton vii. (1882) 17/1 He'll have a hard death, poor lile fellow. 1863― Sylvia's L. Novels (1874) 127, I trust to thee to look after the lile lass. ▪ III. lile see lille v. and lily. |