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ˈguilery Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 4 gelori, gilerie, gill(e)ry, gilri, -ye, gyl(e)ry(e, 4–5 gil(e)ry, gylory, 9 dial. gil(l)ery.
[ad. OF. gillerie, f. guiler: see guile v.]
1. Deception, deceit, cheating, trickery.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 6611 Hyt ys a tokene of felunnye To weyte hym wyþ swych gylrye. c1340Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 11 Here es forbodene gillery of weghte. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, George 732, I persawe wele Þi gilry euir-ilke dele, Þat þu wald lede me yddir quhare. 1426in Surtees Misc. (1888) 10 Wyth outen any gylory, fraude, or deceyt. c1440York Myst. xxxvii. 160 He leuys with gaudis and with gilery. 1863Mrs. Toogood Yorksh. Dial., Take care, there's a good deal of gillery about him.
2. With a and pl. An instance of deceit, an act of treachery, a trick.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 215 It was a gilery. a1340Hampole Psalter ix. 25 When he suffirs him or any oþer come til honures & riches thorgh gilrys & syn. 1483Cath. Angl. 156/1 A Gillry (A. Gylery), prestigium. |