Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶KEULY, adj. The reading of the MS. of the quot. below is obscure. The word may represent kin(d)ly.Sc. 1722 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 166:
As Lang's I see a Lady sweet and fair with keuly looks mix'd with a princly air.