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Quotation dates: 1513, 1577-1625
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Hede-, Heid-lace, n. Also: hed-lays, -les, heid-lays, -lais, head-les. [Hede n.1; Lace n.] A fillet, a hair-ribbon. = Hede-band n. 1513 Doug. vii. vi. 27.
Sum tyme hir hed lays [v.rr. heid lays, hedelace] forto knyt hir hair a1578 Pitsc. I. 301/12.
It was said his hair was lang lyke wemens and plat in ane heid lace 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Vitta, tænia, a head-les or ribband 1597 Misc. Spald. C. II. 137.
The cruell binding of the said Margret with hir belt and hedles 1625 Brechin Testaments IV. 184.
Aucht grois heidlaisis
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