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Tulȝe, Tolȝe, v. Also: tulȝie, tulye, tuilȝ(i)e, tuil(l)ye, toilȝe, tewlȝae, toyl(e, towle, tyle. Pres. t. also tulyais. P.p. also teuliit, toiled, toullit. [ME and e.m.E. toyle (c1380), toile(n (c1394), toille (c1400), OF toellier, tooillier, toillier.]

1. tr. To assail, attack, harass, fight. 1375 Barb. iv 152.
Thai on twa halfys war assailyt In with fyr that thaim swa broilȝit And wtouth with folk that thaim swa toilȝit [C. tulȝeit] That thai brynt magre thaim the ȝat
a1400 Leg. S. xxix 331.
The feynd … it ourtyrwit tyt & tolȝeit & of his tresoure hym dispoilyt
c1420 Wynt. vi 1477 (C).
Mysdoaris, that hade delyte Pilgramys to tak and tulȝe
1595 Misc. Maitl. C. I 70.
Robert Matthow … accusit to have followit Thomas McNair, and to have teuliit him in the porche of Govane kirk

b. To exhaust, wear out, fatigue (a person). 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 260.
I am glad to hear … that ye have made Him your ‘one thing’, whereas many are painfully toiled in seeking many things and their many things are nothing
1680 Dunlop P. III 9.
[He] … maide hast to his death … and how Sir how I have been toyled since I wil not trouble you to tel

2. intr. To quarrel, fight. ?14.. Ship Laws c. 24 (H1).
Cace fall that ony of thame pas out of the schip withoutin leif of thair maistir and ony of thaim contak or tulȝe and ony of thame be woundit or hurt [etc.]
1462 Peebles B. Rec. I 146.
Gyfe thair be ony that fechtis or tulyais other … in distrowbyllyng of the town
1563 Dumfries B. Ct. 221a.
It is decernit … geif ewir he … tuillyeis in tymetocum to be expellit the burcht for ewir
1565 Reg. Privy C. I 333.
Ony Scottismen that fechtis, tulyeis, or drawis bluid
1567 Lanark B. Rec. 36.
That thair be nain persone nor personis that beis within this brucht funding tuilyeand ane with ane uther
a1570-86 Maitland in Maitl. F. 309/39.
Strangeris … will not spair to spulȝe Or ellis thai will tulȝe [Maitl. Q. tuilȝie]
1595 Perth Kirk S. in Lawson Bk. Perth 222.
John Jack and Archibald Steedman tulȝied in the kirk
1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Melletvm.
Ane French word, melle, dissension, strife, debate, as we saye, that ane hes melled or tuilȝied with ane vther
1607 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 54.
Thai gaid in gribis [sic] and tuilȝeit
1618 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 24 April.
George Miller … allegit … to haif bein wirkand thairin towleoun, dunschein, & railling upoun the said Rachaell in hir awin hous
1633 Dundonald Par. Rec. 372.
Adame Wallace … to mak his repentance … for being fund tuilȝeing and feychting with ane wther man wpone the Saboth day

b. fig. To live, carry on one's life or ‘struggle’ as a follower of Christ. 1561 Q. Kennedy Compendious Ressonyng (ed.) 181 (G).
Thaj … wailȝeantlye tewlȝae wnder His baner quheirto thaj ar sworne the day off thair baptyme

3. tr. To dispute, argue, discuss. 1588 Events Q. Mary & Jas. VI 51.
Mony thingis war toullit to and fro bot few thingis solidly resolvit

4. intr. To struggle, work hard, labour. 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æneas ii 137.
Then Trojane toyles with burning minde to heere, Oft she entreats, and gives most watchfull eare
a1649 Drummond II 28/4.
That space … Was some-time land, and where tall shippes doe glide, Once with deare arte the crooked plough did tyle
c1679 Red Bk. Menteith II 171.
There is nobody … has toyld so much for honor as I have don
1712 Inverness Kirk S. 236.
By reason of the infirmitie of their old age, they were not able to work or toyle for their living as formerly

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