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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fulȝe, Fuilȝe, v. Also: fuylȝe. [ME. foyle, foile (13 … ), OF. foler, fuler, fouler].
1. tr. To trample under foot; to beat down; to overcome.(a) c1475 Wall. iv. 256.
Sone wndir feit fulȝeid was men of wer Ib. vi. 258. Ib. xi. 21.
Hagis, alais, be laubour that was thar, [Thay] fulȝeit and spilt a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 928.
He … fulyeit of the fyne maill ma than fyfty Ib. 1110.
Or thow be fulyeit … in the fight, I do me in thi gentrice 1533 Boece xvi. v. 616 b.
Quhen … be confluence of pepill the cornis … war fulȝeit and trampit 1535 Stewart 54158.
Seand his men so fulȝeit in that fecht, … ouir the toun he gaif c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1908.
Pure orphelenis vnder feit ar fulȝeit(b) 15.. Clar. iv. 633.
If we fuilȝe, or dois him suppryse, To take him with us c1550 Lynd. Meldrum. 100.
Fair wemen vnderfute wer fuilȝeit 1571 Sat. P. xxvii. 79.
Forayne forces … Quha fuilȝeit syne thair fredome, force, and lawe
2. To defile, defoul.1505 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 106.
Ony hors … on the hie gaitt eittand on the gait or fuilȝeand the samyn 1509 Ib. 125.
Ilk hors … swa standand and fuilȝeand the gaitt 1531 Bell. Boece I. 165.
He, with unbridillit lust, fulyeit his anttis, his douchteris, his sisteris 1622-6 Bisset I. 43/9.
He that fuilȝeis ane uther mannis bed, salbe put to death
