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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1605
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Brulȝe, Bruilȝe, n. Also: bruleȝe, browlye, broillie; bryle. [e.m.E. breull (1525), bruill, broyle, app. f. the verb broyle, F. brouiller, to disorder, confuse.] A broil or turmoil. 1533 Boece iii. vi. 99 b.
In this sorte was this bruleȝe dantit 1533 Ib. 103.
To … dant all bruleȝeis within the ile 1559 Maxwell Mem. I. 22.
The browlye that the Franche men hes maid in thir partis 1558-66 Knox II. 157.
The Papistis and Bischoppis … did yet mak broillie for trouble 1600 Dundee Acc. MS.
Quhan the King send to the towne anent the bruilȝe of Perthe 1605 Melrose R. Rec. I. 3.
That he sould … mak na trubill, tuilȝe nor bryle … be word nor deid
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