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Quotation dates: 1474-1666
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Artilȝerie, Artailȝerie, n. Also: artilȝery, -(e)ary, artiliȝirie, -il(l)iarie; artalȝerie, -ery, -eirie, -arie, arttalȝery, artallierie, -ery; artailȝery(e, -eiry, -earie, -iarie, -errie; artelȝerie, -earie, arteil(l)ȝerie, -errie, artelliarie; altailȝerie, altelȝerie. (Freq. printed with y for ȝ.) Also late variants: artelerie; artillarie (also in e.m.E.). [ME. artellerye, artyllerye, OF. artillerie, arteillerie.] Artillery, ordnance.(a) 1474 Treasurer's Accounts I. 69.
Certane thingis … according to artilȝery 1479 Acts II. 126/2.
Gunnis, apparalingis, pulderis & artilȝeary a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 2536.
Al his vthir artilȝery also He dowblith hath 1521 Reg. Privy S. I. 488/1.
Ane lettre of Francois Brosses, Frenchman, makand him maister of artilȝery 1525 Edin. B. Rec. 221.
The artilyery, gunnis, pulder, bullettis, or vther municiouns … in the castell 1657 Balfour Ann. IV. 204.
Generall of the Artiliȝirie 1641 Acts V. 382/2.
The Generall of the Artilliarie(b) 1489 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 45.
His tresour, strincates and artalȝery 1505 Treasurer's Accounts III. 133.
To pas to Wedirburn for certane artalȝery thare 1535 Acts II. 345/2.
The schott of gunnys, hagbutis … and vther small artalȝerie 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 13.
The said Robert was maid … maister of artalȝeirie 1569 Reg. Privy C. II. 26.
The said artallierie and furniteur thairof 1589 Coll. Aberd. & B. 355.
Timmer wark, artalyerie, wther furnitour(c) 1496 Treasurer's Accounts I. 281.
To mak quhelis for the Kingis artailȝerye 1513 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 84.
For the … vpmakin of thar blokhouse for thair artailȝerie 1541 Reg. Privy S. II. 661/2.
Kepar of oure soverane lordis artailliery 1541 Ib. 751/1.
Principall makar and meltar of his gracis gunnis and artailȝerie 1570 Leslie 85.
Ane greit schip, … full of artailyerie, pulder and wyne 1587-99 Hume vii. 78.
Demolist all … With great and iust artailȝerie celest 1622-6 Bisset II. 239/18.
Mettellis serving for artailȝearies 1647 Aberd. B. Rec. 75.
The wther [belonging] to the generall of artailyerie(d) 1540 Acts II. 371/2.
Gunnis, hagbuttis, handbowis & vther small artelȝerie now commounlie vsit in all cuntreis 1558-66 Knox II. 48.
With artelȝearie, munitioun, and all uther instrumentes of warr 1559–60 Misc. Spald. C. V. 112.
For bringing the artelȝarie our the wattir 1585 Acts III. 388/1.
Vsing of fyre work, munitioun or artelliarie 1651 Wemyss Corr. 56.
Prepairing of a traine of artelyearie to goe alongs with the armie(e) a1578 Pitsc. I. 228/33.
He … caussit his gounaris to charge his arteillȝerie 1644 Peebles B. Rec. 378.
Within the generall of arteilyeries regiment(f) 1578 Glasgow B. Rec. 67.
The peice of altelyerie callit ane ring dog 1592 Edinburgh Testaments XXIV. 359 b.
Ten pece of altailȝerie callit bars, with ane ȝetling of Irne(g) 1666 Wemyss Chart. II. 247.
General of your Majesties artelerie(h) 1628 Fam. Innes 216.
Ther is an Italian wardit … for transporting of artillarie and pultre and bullet
b. Attrib. with burde, regiment, werk. 1496 Treasurer's Accounts I. 278.
For twa hunder sparris to the artailȝeiry werk 1496 Ib. 280.
To pas to seke the … artailȝery burdis 1647–8 Misc. Spald. C. V. 109.
The officieris of the artelȝerie regiment
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