Now dial. [f. STEAL sb.1] trans. To furnish with a handle.
1543. Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees), 356. Payd to viij masons, every of them, for stelyng of ther ger, 12d. To ij prentec’ for ther stelyng sylver, 2s. Ibid. (1570–80), 117. For mendinge and styling four chesells.
1573. in Rep. MSS. Ld. Middleton (Hist. MSS. Comm.), 434. For steeling an axe for John Dune … xij d.
1580. Nottingham Rec., IV. 194. For mendyng and stelyng of a pycke iij s. vj d.
