v. Sc. ? Obs. Also 6 cuilȝe. [app. the same as CULLY v.1, and like it related to CULL v.2; but the form seems to represent F. cueillir: cf. Sc. assalȝe, assailȝe, F. assaillir.] To cherish, coax, draw forth by coaxing or flattery.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, I. x. 27. Now him withaldis the Phenitiane Dido, And cuilȝeis him with slekit wordis sle. Ibid., VIII. x. 86. Scho [the she-wolf] … can thaim culȝe baith.
a. 1605. Montgomerie, Misc. Poems, Invect. agst. Fortune. Sho causles culȝies, and but falt defames.
1862. Hislop, Prov. Scot., 160. Ower narrow counting culyes no kindness.
Hence † Culyour.
1510. in Pitcairn, Crim. Trials Scot., I. *66. Item, gif þair be ony Culȝouris, nycht-walkaris, or Sorneris?
