brulyie, brulzie, bruilzie
(ˈbryʎɪ, ˈbrylɪ)
Also brully.
Sc. and north. form of broil, a fray, disturbance. (The z stands for ȝ, y.)
| 1785 Burns Ep. W. Simpson Postscr. xiii, We Bardies ken some better Than mind sic brulzie. 1790 ― Election Ballad xvii, And Hell mix'd in the brulyie. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. xvi, As forward in a bruilzie as their neighbours. 1826 ― in Lockhart (1839) VIII. 277 On the whole I am glad of this bruilzie. 1875 Robinson Whitby Gloss. (E.D.S.) Brully, a broil or squabble. |
¶ See also broil n.1 and v.2