▪ I. † ˈtuly, a. (n.) Obs.
Forms: 4 tuli, tule, tuely, twily, 4–5 tuly, 4–6 tewly, 5 toly.
[app. from a place-name. The quots. from Gaw. & Gr. Knt. suggest connexion with Toulouse.]
An attribute of silk, tapestry, etc. of a rich red colour; perh. orig. applied to such fabrics imported from Toulouse. Also absol. Any fabric described as ‘tuly’.
| 1321 in Legg & Hope Inv. Ch. Ch. Canterb. (1902) 52 Casula..de rubeo sindone de tuly cum rosis brudato. Ibid. 55 Capa..de Rubeo panno de Tuly. 13.. Coer de L. 67 Her ropes wer off tuely sylk, Al so whyt as ony mylk. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 568 Fryst a tule tapit, tyȝt ouer þe flet. Ibid. 858 Tapytez tyȝt to þe woȝe, of tuly & tars. [Cf. 77 A selure..Of tryed Tolouse, of Tars tapites.] 1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel 798 Reche me that skane of tewly sylk. |
b. transf. Of a deep red colour, like that of ‘tuly’ silk; absol. or as n. the red colour of this.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De. P.R. xvi. lxxxi. (Tollem. MS.) Ofte it gendreþ semely coloure and feyre, as tewly reed and stibium. a 1400–50 Alexander 4335 Nouthire to toly ne to taunde transmitte we na vebbis, To vermylion ne violett ne variant littis. 14.. MS. Sloane 73 lf. 200 Resseit..for to make bokerham tuly or tuly þred. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 505/2 Tuly, colowre, puniceus. |
▪ II. tuly
obs. f. tewly a., sickly.