ˈspulyier rare.
Also 5 spoliar, 6 spulyear.
[f. as prec.]
A spoiler.
| c 1400 Apol. Loll. 7 Feiþful curats owen to sorowe as wel of þe spoling of þer sogetis, as also of þe synne of þe spoliars. 1562–3 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 231 The ressait..makis the said Thomas expres spulyear and approvar of the spulye libellit. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 62 They forc'd and flappit to the yird That spulyier and fae. |