† ˈtirlery, a. (or ? n.) Obs.
Also tyr-, -liry, -lary.
[? Related to tirl v.3]
? Whirling, flighty, trifling, trumpery: in a few obs. combs.: see quots., and cf. terlerie.
| 1546 Bale Eng. Votaries i. (1550) 24 b, Bertha the quene..then beynge a Frenche woman caused kynge Ethelbert to admit them wyth al theyr tyrlery trashe. c 1560 Dr. Doubble Ale 437 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 321 Farewell and adewe, With a whirlary whewe, And a tirlary typpe; Beware of the whyppe. 1638 Ford Lady's Trial iii. i, The best..prove themselves but flirts, and tirliry-pufkins [see puffkin]. |