† arˈtailye Obs. Sc.
Also 5–6 artailȝe, 6 -ȝee, artalȝe, -allie, -aillie.
[Form not satisfactorily explained; the termination suggests F. artillé, pa. pple.]
Scotch form of artillery.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace vii. 994 The Sotheron men maid gret defens that tid, With artailye, that felloune was to bid. 1548 Compl. Scot. 41 Gunnaris cum heir, and stand by ȝour artailȝee. 1552 Lyndesay Papyngo 947 Nor cum within the schote of thare artailȝe. 1565 R. Lindesay Cron. (1814) 310 (Jam.) Artallie, pouder, and bullettis. Ibid. 326 They heard the artaillie schott on both sides. |