subs. (old).—Embroidered stockings. Fr., bas-de-tire; tirants brodanchés. Spanish, demias; tirantes. German, Zehnling. It., tiranti.

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  1567.  HARMAN, A Caveat or Warening for Common Cursetors (1814), p. 65, s.v.

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  1610.  ROWLANDS, Martin Mark-all, p. 38 [Hunterian Club’s Reprint, 1874], s.v.

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  1671.  R. HEAD, The English Rogue, pt. I., ch. v., p. 48 (1874), s.v.

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  1706.  E. COLES, English Dictionary, s.v.

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