Sc. Forms: see prec. sb.; also 6 teulie. [a. OF. tooillier, toillier, touillier: see prec. and TOIL v.1]
† 1. trans. To harass; to quarrel with, assail contentiously, assault. Obs.
1375. (MS. 1487) Barbour, Bruce, IV. 152 (Camb. MS.). Þai on twa halfis war assalit: Within with fyre, þat þame sa brulȝeit, Without with folk þat þaim sa tulȝeit [Edinb. MS. (1489) broilȝit, toilȝit].
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VI. xv. 1477. (Wemyss MS.). Fell tyrandis, þat had delite Possessionis and pilgrymage to tulȝe.
1595. in Maitl. Cl. Misc., I. 70. To have followit Thomas McNair, and to have teuliit him in the porche of Govane kirk.
2. intr. To quarrel, fight, contend. Hence Tuilyieing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1444. Aberdeen Regr. (1844), I. 12. Conuicte thrise for barganyng and tulyheing.
1565. Reg. Privy Council Scot., I. 333. Ony Scottismen that fechtis, tulyeis, or drawis bluid.
1725. Ramsay, Gentle Sheph., I. ii. Sic wee tots toolying at your knee;… to be made o’, and obtain a kiss.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, xxvi. That they suld let folk tuilzie in their yards.
1862. Hislop, Prov. Scot., 27. A toolying tike comes limping hame.
1895. Crockett, Men of Moss-Hags, 55. Let there be no more tullying and brawling.
