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† ˈoutnal(l Obs.
[Origin unascertained.
It may be orig. a place-name, but no suitable local name has been found in France or the Low Countries.]
A kind of linen thread: see quot. 1812.
1662Book of Rates in Statutes at large (1786) II. 417 Lions or Paris thread, the bail,..{pstlg}3; Outnall thread, the dozen pound, {pstlg}3; sisters thread, the pound, 15s. 1721C. King Brit. Merch. I. 290 (An Account of Goods imported from France 1686)..Onions, Pease, Quails,..Outnall Thred, Ticking, Copperas. 1812J. Smyth Pract. Customs (1821) 257 Outnal is the Flemish and Dutch brown flaxen thread. |