▪ I. fulyie, n.1 Sc.
(ˈfuljɪ)
Also 5–9 fulye, 6 fulȝe, 9 fulzie, foolyie.
[var. of foil n.1]
† 1. A leaf. Obs.
| 1513 Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 89 Euery faill Ourfret with fulȝeis of figuris full diuers. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 113 Sae thick they [Bees] owr the fulȝies stalk. |
2. Gold-leaf.
| c 1450 Golagros & Gaw. 939 The fulye of the fyne gold fell in the feild. 1488 in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1877) I. 85 A buke with levis of gold, with xiij levis of gold fulȝe. 1808–80 Jamieson, Fulye 2. Leaf gold.. We still use fulye in the same sense, without the addition of the term gold. |
▪ II. fulyie, fulzie, n.2 Sc.
Also 5–6 fulye, 8 foulyie, 9 foulzie, fuilzie.
[app. f. next vb.; the primary sense appears to be ‘what is trampled underfoot’. Cf. fullage.
The prevailing spelling in official documents and newspapers is fulzie, which often receives the anglicized pronunciation (ˈfʌlzɪ). The z, however, historically represents ȝ= y, and the purely popular pronunciation is (ˈfuljɪ) or (ˈfulɪ).]
1. The sweepings or refuse of the streets.
| 1538 Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) 154 Assis nor fulze. 1692 Act Sederunt 4 Aug., The muck and fulzie of the towne. 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 174 When towns' bodies..are pestilential wi' filth and foulzie. 1833 Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 46 §111 Scavengers..to remove the dung or fuilzie thereof. 1863 Daily Rev. 22 Oct., They received about {pstlg}7000 for the fulzie of the town. |
2. Manure.
| 1492 Acta Dom. Conc. 289/2 Þe tatht & fulye of þe said nolt & scheip. 1721 Kelly Sc. Prov. 308 The Master's Foot is the best Foulzie. |
3. Comb.: fulyie-man, a scavenger.
| 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 197 A ginshower aneuch to sicken a fulzie-man. |
▪ III. † ˈfulyie, v. Sc. Obs.
[Sc. var. of foil v.]
trans. in various senses of foil. a. To trample on. b. To injure, destroy. c. To defeat, overcome. d. To dishonour, violate (a woman).
| c 1450 Golagros & Gaw. 928 He..Pertly put with his pith at his pesane, And fulyeit of the fyne maill ma þan fyfty. c 1470 Henry Wallace iv. 456 Sone wndir feit fulȝeid was men of wer. Ibid. xi. 22 Hagis, alais, be laubour that was thar, Fulȝeit and spilt. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 350 Seand his men so fulȝeit in that fecht. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 165 He, with unbridlit lust, fulyeit his anttis. a 1807 Christmas Ba'ing xxvi. in J. Skinner Misc. Coll. Poet. (1809) 131 Tam Tull..Saw him sae mony fuilzie [ed. 1805 foolyie]. |
Hence ˈfulyeit ppl. a., exhausted, worn out. Also ˈfulyear, one who dishonours (women).
| 1508 Dunbar Tua mariit wemen 63 Birdis..lattis thair fulȝeit feiris flie quhair thai pleis. Ibid. 86 Nothir febill, nor fant, nor fulȝeit in labour. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 20 He wes ane..fulyear of matronis. |