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terlerie
† terlerie, -lery Obs. [? Related to OF. tire-lire, a kind of rhythmical utterance or refrain in singing or dancing.] In the following combinations applied to jinking or whisking about, or performing rapid circumvolutions, with the accompaniment of rhythmical meaningless words. Cf. tirra-lirra.[Cf. ...
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tirlery
† 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 a...
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turlery ginke
† turlery, turlery ginke see terlerie.1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 158 Where [can be found] such a Turlery-ginkes of conceit, or such a gibbihorse of pastime as Straunge Newes?
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