▪ I. † ˈsailyie, sailȝ(i)e, n. Sc. Obs.
[Aphetic var. assailȝe, assail n.]
Hostile attack, assault.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace xi. 18 Still saxte dayis at sar sailȝe thai baid. Fortrace, and werk..Thai brak, and brynt, and put to confusioun. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 13 The Romanes..maid ane sailȝe baith be se and land. Ibid., Instrumentis..That neidful war to mak sailȝie or salt. 1550 Lyndsay Sq. Meldrum 952 Now, vailȝe quod vailȝe, Upon the Ladie thow mak ane sailȝe. 1819 Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 169 Their hands wagg'd wapons a' kinkinds; And sic varietie o' graith, Gather't for sailzie and for skaith. Ibid. 204 Dissim'lar men, but sim'lar minds, In formidable sailyie, Cam whurrin' in. |
▪ II. † ˈsailyie, ˈsailȝ(i)e, v. Sc. Obs.
[Aphetic var. assailȝe assail v. See sail v.2]
a. trans. To assault, make a hostile attack upon. b. intr. To make an attempt.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace v. 992, I wald sailȝe..Lowmaban hous. 1533 Bellenden Livy ii. vi. (S.T.S.) I. 151 And þocht my aventure was first, euery ane of þame sall sailȝe as þai best may. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 22 He and the clerk..shall no be laith To raise the mob,..And sailzie kirk wi' weir and wraith. |