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† tailyevey, v. Sc. Obs. rare.
In 6 tailȝevey, taillȝewe.
[Origin obscure.]
intr. To reel from side to side, move to and fro. Hence † tailȝevey n., a reeling or rocking from side to side.
1513Douglas æneis v. xiv. 77 Quhow that the schip did rok and tailȝevey For lak of a gud sterisman on the se. a1568in Satir. Poems Reform. xlvi. 8 Scho will sale all the wintirnight, And nevir tak a telȝevie. c1579Montgomerie Misc. Poems xlviii. 157 Betuixt the tua [Charybdis and Scylla] we tuik sik taillȝeweis, At hank and buick we skippit syndrie seis. |