† terlerie, -lery Obs.
[? Related to OF. tire-lire, a kind of rhythmical utterance or refrain in singing or dancing.]
In the following combinations applied to jinking or whisking about, or performing rapid circumvolutions, with the accompaniment of rhythmical meaningless words. Cf. tirra-lirra.
| [Cf. ? c 1500 Cov. Corpus Christi Plays 31 They sange terli terlow; So mereli the sheppards ther pipes can blow.] 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 25 So many heades so many whirle⁓gigs; and if all these haue terlery-ginckt it so friuolously of they reckt not what, I may [etc.]. 1611 Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burning Pestle v. iii, With hey tricksy terlerie-whiskie, The world it runs on wheels. |