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