▪ I. spulyie, n. Sc. Now arch.
(ˈsp{obar}ljɪ, ˈsp{obar}lɪ)
Forms: α. 5 spolȝe, 6 -ȝie, spoylȝe, -ȝie, spoillȝe, -ȝie, spoilȝe, -ȝie (7, 9 -zie), -ȝy; 6 spoylie, -llie, spoilie, spollie, 8 spoolie. β. 6 spulȝe (spuleȝe, -iȝe, spullȝe), 7– spulzie (8 -zy), 9 spulyie; 6 spuilȝe (spwilȝe), -ȝie, 7– spuilzie; 8 spulie, spuilie, 9 spuilly.
[ad. OF. espoille, espuille spoil n.]
1. The action of despoiling; spoliation; an instance of this.
| 1464–5 Sc. Acts Parlt. (1875) XII. 31/2 Þe lordis..sall knaw apone..all spolȝeis mayde sene the tyme of þe cessing of þe last sessionis. 1507 Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 205/1 Actioun..for the spulȝe of the teynd schevez of the personage of Petcokkis. 1588 A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 39 All vnlauchfull..vsurping of vthir mens geir be thift, spollie,..iniust winning. 1678 Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. xxxi. §iii. (1690) 156 Like as by the constant Custom, many Actions of Spulzie were founded upon this Act. 1715 Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. ii. i, There had been mair blood and skaith, Sair harship and great spulie. 1765–8 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. iii. vii. §16 When a spuilzie is committed, action lies against the delinquent [etc.]. 1814 Scott Wav. lxv, Doubtless officers cannot always keep the soldier's hand from depredation and spulzie. 1877 C. M. Yonge Cameos III. i. 7 Graham further collected three hundred caterans in the Highlands, men always ready for bloodshed and spulzie. 1898 Paton Castlebraes 44 The yin o' us'll mak' a spuilly, or ma name's no Heather Jock. |
† b. Law. An action for spoliation. Obs.
| 1678 Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. xxvi. §iv. (1699) 132 If the Executor did any wrong, he was lyable to a spuilzie, and his sentence was reduceable. 1686 in J. J. Vernon Parish of Hawick (1900) 197 Thomas Briggs..was onlawed and amerciatt..in ane Spuylyea for abstracting and resetting of lyme from the church style building. 1765–8 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. iv. i. §15 Spuilzie is not only competent against the spoliator,..but against all abettors. |
2. Spoil, booty, plunder.
| 1507 Acc. Ld. High Treas. III. 393 To Marchemond herald and his fallowis for the spulȝe of the feild, xx Franch crounis. 1513 Douglas æneid i. v. 106 Quham,..Chergit with the spuilȝe of the orient, Amang the numer of goddis resaue thou sall. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. II. 280 Thay..tak thair schipis to Ingland ladne with spoylȝie. 1719 Hamilton Ep. to Ramsay iii. viii, We'll bring aff but little spulzie In sic a barter. 1720 Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 120 There was odd scrambling for the spulzy. 1789 Davidson Seasons 122 He got the spuilie to himsel' As they fled hame to toon. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 192 Ha! Satan's toy-shop now is taen! Look up and see your spulzie! 1882 J. F. S. Gordon Hist. Moray II. 319 The spulzie taken or destroyed..gives a good idea of the plenishing of a wealthy baron's residence in those days. |
▪ II. ˈspulyie, v. Chiefly Sc. Now arch.
Forms: α. 4 spoly, 5 spolyon, 6 spolȝe (spoll-, spoulȝe), 7 spolze; 5 spoilȝe, 6 spoillȝe, -ȝie, spoylȝe, -ȝie, 6–7 spoylie, 7 spoilyie. β. 5–6 spulȝe (5 spwl-, 6 spvl-), 6 spuleȝe, -iȝe, spullȝe, 7 spulze; 6 spulȝie (spull-), 7– spulzie, 9 spulyie, -ye; 6 spuilȝe (spwil-), spuilȝie (spuill-), 8 spuilzie.
[ad. OF. espoillier spoil v.]
1. trans. To despoil or plunder (persons, etc.).
| 1375 Barbour Bruce xiii. 459 Quhen thai nakit spulȝeit war That war slayne in the battale thar. c 1375 Cursor M. 2503 (Fairf.), Siþen þai spred to spoly þe lande. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 470/1 Spoylyn, or spolyon,..spolio, dispolio. c 1470 Henry Wallace iii. 211 The Scottis..Spoilȝeid the feld, gat gold and othir ger. 1533 Bellenden Livy iii. ii. (S.T.S.) I. 247 At last he ischit at þe grete porte of his tentis, and spuleȝete his inemyis liand but ordoure. 1567 Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 59 He..spolȝeit Sathan, hell and sin, And heuinlie gloir to vs hes win. 1588 A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 151 That widoues might becum thair pray, and that thay might spulȝie the fatherles. a 1670 Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1850) I. 4 Thay..first began to rob and spoilyie the Erllis tennentis. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 46 He spulzied fock and did them hang. |
b. To despoil or deprive of something.
| 1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 397, I spittit quhen I saw That super spendit euill spreit, spvlȝeit of all vertu. 1513 Douglas æneid v. iv. 119 Syne Gyas schip..gaif hym place alswa, For scho wes spulȝeit of hir sterisman. 1562 Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 72 Qvhy spulȝe and denude ȝe ws of this part of our Catholik beleif? 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 55 He qvha is spolzeid of his possession, sould be first restored. 1834 H. Miller Scenes & Leg. xxii. (1857) 316 Spulyieing women of their yarn. |
2. To take as spoil or plunder.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace iv. 95 Syne spoilȝied thai the harnais or thai wend. 1508 Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 277 Than spulȝeit thay the haly stane of Scone. 1587 in Scott. Hist. Rev. July (1905) 358 He reft, spulzied, and took certaine wairs, guids, and geir out of a bark. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii. 16 The moueable gudes (spulzeit) or the land. 1754 Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 451 It is a relevant defence, that the defender..made voluntary restitution..of the goods spuilzied. |
3. intr. To commit spoliation.
| 1834 H. Miller Scenes & Leg. xxii. (1857) 317 They ate and drank, and then rose to spulzie. 1894 W. D. Latto Tam. Bodkin i, The haill lot o' them reivin' an' thievin' an' spulyiein'. |
Hence ˈspulyied ppl. a.
| 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 934 The spuilzied property may be evicted from bona fide purchasers. 1875 Sc. Acts Parlt. Index 1137/2 The lords of session to have power to order the restoration of spulzied goods. |