v. Sc. Obs. rare. In 6 tailȝevey, taillȝewe. [Origin obscure.] intr. To reel from side to side, move to and fro. Hence † Tailȝevey sb., a reeling or rocking from side to side.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, V. xiv. 77. Quhow that the schip did rok and tailȝevey For lak of a gud sterisman on the se.
a. 1568. in Satir. Poems Reform., xlvi. 8. Scho will sale all the wintirnight, And nevir tak a telȝevie.
c. 1579. Montgomerie, Misc. Poems, xlviii. 157. Betuixt the tun [Charybdis and Scylla] we tuik sik taillȝeweis, At hank and buick we skippit syndrie seis.
