Also brully. Sc. and north. form of BROIL, a fray, disturbance. (The z stands for ȝ, y.)
1785. Burns, Ep. W. Simpson, Postscr. xiii. We Bardies ken some better Than mind sic brulzie. Ibid. (1790), Election Ballad, xvii. And Hell mix’d in the brulyie.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xvi. As forward in a bruilzie as their neighbours. Ibid. (1826), in Lockhart (1839), VIII. 277. On the whole I am glad of this bruilzie.
1875. Robinson, Whitby Gloss. (E. D. S.), Brully, a broil or squabble.
¶ See also BROIL sb.1 and v.2
