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Fulȝe, -ȝie, Fuilȝe, -ȝie, n.² Also: fulȝee, fullȝe, foulȝie, foulie, foulay, fouley; fwil-, fwylȝe, fuillȝe, fuilȝea, fuillie, fuilley; foylȝe, foilȝie, foilé, foyl(l)ie, folȝie, follȝe. [Of obscure origin.] a. Excrement; droppings of cattle or sheep. b. Filth, foul matter or refuse used as manure.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xvii. 44.
Quha to fle mad hyme faste His foylȝe [L. stercus] eftir hyme can he [sc. the dragon] caste(b) 1493 Acta Conc. 289/2.
For the wanting of the tatht and fulȝe of the said nolt and scheip 1516 Reg. Cupar A. I. 291.
The fulȝe that belangit to the acris wtwith the ȝet 1524 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 109.
To … charge all the pynouris that usis till leid fulȝe to pass and clenge the kingis get 1551 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 160.
That all … personis haueand fulȝe and middingis in the Hiegait … tak the samyn away 1577 Lanark B. Rec. 72.
To by fulȝe … and to leid the fulȝe … to his landis 1612 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 327.
That na manir of persoun cast turfis on the commoun to be maid in middingis for fulȝe(c) 1505 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 105.
All maner of mwk, filth of fische and flesche, and fulȝie weit and dry 1593 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 61.
The Egiptianis enterit in his barne, it being hesped, and he himself filland fulyie the tyme of thair entrie 1607 Glasgow Prot. X. 132.
The bailleis and counsell … ordanis the awneris of the fulȝie and middingis to remove thair fulȝie 1669 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 254.
To caus erect … timber fish stands for keeping and preserveing the fishes from the fulȝie and filth of the calsie 1685 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 371.
Peoples letting middings and fulȝie ly … and not clatting the streets as they owght to doe(d) 1565 Glasgow Prot. III. 66.
This to be for all thair esiamentis to lay thair fuilȝe upone 1568 Edinb. Test. I. 114 b.
Certane fuilȝe and muk lyand in the linkis of Leyth 1608 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 285.
That na maner of fewall or fuilȝe sould be … keipit vpone the streitis(e) 1583 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 297.
That all middings, red, fuilyie and swyne cruvis be putt of the hie streitts and venellis 1594 Edinb. Test. XXVII. 92.
Ane midding of fuilȝie lyand vnder the castell wall 1636 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 97.
To tak ordour with these that layes fuilȝie on the kinge his streit 1653 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 260.
It sall not be lisome to any landwart … man to buy ony fuilȝie … quhill efter the first of May nixt 1679 Corshill Baron Ct. 149.
For seven score sextine coups of fuilȝie(f) 1555 Prot. Bk. T. Dalrymple 14.
The said Thomas Coilȝar haid brocht furtht certane fwylȝe of the place of Broutoun 1589 St. A. Test. II. 129 b.
Muk and fwilȝe estimat to x merkis(g) 1595 Glasgow Burgesses 22.
For making of ane calsaye … fornentis the Kirk dur sua that na fuillie ly thairupone 1599 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 195.
Strangers … byis fuilley fra the inhabitantes of this towne … throw the quilk the fuilley hes growin to ane exorbitant derthe 1658 Melrose R. Rec. I. 199.
Wee ordainet him to have the fuillie of the whole gate(h) 1595 Paisley B. Rec. 162.
The said John haifing cassin furtht sum foulȝie furtht of his barne 1602 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 227.
[The statute] anent transporteris of folȝie furth of this burght Ib.
The vse of transporting of folȝie to thair landis 1638 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 396.
To have the calsayes frie of middingis and foulay Ib.
Middings or fouley 1647 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 80.
These wha permits thair foyllie and middings to ly on the streitis, &c. 1680 Corshill Baron Ct. 151.
The pryce of the foilȝie of the said towne left be him