Obs. Also coley, coly. [a. OF. coleier, coloier, collier to turn the neck, f. col, cou neck: cf. manier to handle.] intr. To move or turn the neck; to turn the head from side to side: said of birds.

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c. 1430.  Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, II. lxxxiv. (1869), 106. While the brid goth coleyinge [colliant], hider and thider turnynge the nekke.

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1486.  Bk. St. Albans, A vj b. Yowre hawke colyeth and not beckyth.

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1610.  Guillim, Heraldry, III. xx. (1660), 223.

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1678.  Phillips, Collieth.

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1715.  in Kersey s.v. Colly. Hence in Bailey.

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1783.  Ainsworth, Lat. Dict. (Morell), I. She collieth [of a hawk], annuit.

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