ˈculye, culȝe, v. Sc. ? Obs.
Also 6 cuilȝe.
[app. the same as cully v.1, and like it related to cull v.2; but the form seems to represent F. cueillir: cf. Sc. assalȝe, assailȝe, F. assaillir.]
To cherish, coax, draw forth by coaxing or flattery.
| 1513 Douglas æneis i. x. 27 Now him withaldis the Phenitiane Dido, And cuilȝeis him with slekit wordis sle. Ibid. viii. x. 86 Scho [the she-wolf]..can thaim culȝe baith. a 1605 Montgomerie Misc. Poems, Invect. agst. Fortune, Sho causles culȝies, and but falt defames. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scot. 160 Ower narrow counting culyes no kindness. |
Hence † ˈculyour.
| 1510 in Pitcairn Crim. Trials Scot. I. *66 Item, gif þair be ony Culȝouris, nycht-walkaris, or Sorneris? |