tuilyie

noun or verb

tuil·​yie

variants or tuilzie

ˈtülyi

chiefly Scottish

: quarrel, struggle

Word History

Etymology

Middle English (Scots) tulze, from Middle French tooil, toeil battle, trouble, from Old French

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