baillie (2), bail ye

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 44
[Old Fr. baillie = the jurisdiction of a bailiff; from O. & Mod. Fr. bailler to deliver; Ital bali a, bali a to = power, authority; Low Lat. bailia = guardianship.] [BAIL (1), BAILIFF, BAILLIE (1).] Care, management; government of, custody, guardianship. "Than drede had in her baillie The keeping of the constablerie Toward the North." Rom. of the Rose, 4,217. ( Boucher .) bāil-li-er-ie, s. [BAILIARY.] ( Scotch .)
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