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tailye (iou)



tailye noun & verb. Scot. Also tailzie, taillie. LME.
[Partly formed as TAIL noun2, partly from Old French tailliee, taille, taillie fem. of pa. pple of taillier: see TAIL verb1.]
A. noun.
A cut piece; a cut or slice of meat. LME.
Arrangement, fixture. Only in LME.
Scots Law. A legal disposition regulating the tenure and descent of an estate or title; an entail. LME.
An account, a reckoning. L15-E16.
b. verb trans.
Determine, settle, appoint, arrange. Only in LME.
Keep account or tally of. L15-M16.
Scots Law. Make a legal disposition regulating tenure and descent of (an estate or title); entail. M16.
Cut; cut to shape. Only in L16.