ˈguilery Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 4 gelori, gilerie, gill(e)ry, gilri, -ye, gyl(e)ry(e, 4–5 gil(e)ry, gylory, 9 dial. gil(l)ery.
[ad. OF. gillerie, f. guiler: see guile v.]
1. Deception, deceit, cheating, trickery.
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 6611 Hyt ys a tokene of felunnye To weyte hym wyþ swych gylrye. c 1340 Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 11 Here es forbodene gillery of weghte. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, George 732, I persawe wele Þi gilry euir-ilke dele, Þat þu wald lede me yddir quhare. 1426 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 10 Wyth outen any gylory, fraude, or deceyt. c 1440 York Myst. xxxvii. 160 He leuys with gaudis and with gilery. 1863 Mrs. Toogood Yorksh. Dial., Take care, there's a good deal of gillery about him. |
2. With a and pl. An instance of deceit, an act of treachery, a trick.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 215 It was a gilery. a 1340 Hampole Psalter ix. 25 When he suffirs him or any oþer come til honures & riches thorgh gilrys & syn. 1483 Cath. Angl. 156/1 A Gillry (A. Gylery), prestigium. |