tuilyier Sc.
(ˈt{obar}l(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.
| 1444 Aberdeen Regr. (1844) I. 12 A common tulyhour and rebellour. c 1480 Henryson Test. Cres. 194 Lyk to ane bair quhetting his tuskis kene Richt tuilyour-lyk. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 440 Semdill[is]..Ane mydding tulzear in ane battell bydar. 1583 Burgh. Rec. Edinb. (1882) IV. 295 Tuilyairs and trubleris of the quyett estaitt of this burgh. 1650 in Butler Ch. & Parish Abernethy xxv. (1897) 389 Fighters and tuilȝiers to satisfy publicly by siting on a seat in face of the congregation. |