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tuilyier Sc.|ˈtøl(j)ɪər| Forms: 5 tuilyeour, -your, (tulyhour), 6 tulȝear, -ȝeour (-zeour), -yeour, tuilyair, -ȝour, -ȝeour (7 -zeour), 7 tuilȝier. [ME. tuilȝeour, agent-n. from tuilȝie tuilyie v.: see -our.] A quarrelsome person, a brawler. Also in comb. tuilyier-like a., quarrelsome.
1444Aberdeen Regr. (1844) I. 12 A common tulyhour and rebellour. c1480Henryson Test. Cres. 194 Lyk to ane bair quhetting his tuskis kene Richt tuilyour-lyk. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 440 Semdill[is]..Ane mydding tulzear in ane battell bydar. 1583Burgh. Rec. Edinb. (1882) IV. 295 Tuilyairs and trubleris of the quyett estaitt of this burgh. 1650in Butler Ch. & Parish Abernethy xxv. (1897) 389 Fighters and tuilȝiers to satisfy publicly by siting on a seat in face of the congregation. |