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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language.by John Jamieson.PREFACE.~The Etymol
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language.by John Jamieson.PREFACE.~The Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language~, which was published in the year 1808, has been so favourably received, that although the impression was large, a set is no
- 201 _Robertson._ CROWNER, _s._ The name of a fish. V. ~Crooner~. CROW-PURSE, _s._ The ovarium of a skate, Orkn. CRUBAN, _s._ A disease of cows, S. B. _Ess. Highl. Soc._ CRUBAN, _s._ A wooden pannier fixed on a horses back, Caithn. _Statist. Acc._ CRUDS, _s. p
- 202 Teut. _krull-en_, intorquere, sinuare. ~Crulge~, _s._ A confused coalition, or conjunction, S. Isl. _krull_, confusio. CRUMMIE, CRUMMOCK, _s._ A name for a cow that has crooked horns, S. _Ramsay._ Isl. _krumme_, Gael. _crom_, crooked. ~Crummock~, ~Crummie
- 203 CUDDING, _s._ The char, a fish, Ayrs. _Statist. Acc._ _To_ CUDDLE, CUDLE, _v. n._ To embrace, S. _Ramsay._ Teut. _kudd-en_, coire, convenire. CUDDLIE, _s._ A secret muttering among a number of people, S. B. Teut. _quedel-en_, garrire. _To_ CUDDUM, CUDDEM,
- 204 _Ferguson._ CUIST, _s._ A reproachful term. _Polwart._ CUITCHOURIS, _s. pl._ Gamblers; also smugglers. _Gl. Sibb._ CULDEES, _s. pl._ A body of teaching presbyters, who, from the sixth century downwards, had their establishments in Ireland, the Hebrides, S
- 205 3. To rise to honour, S. _Presb. Eloq._ ~c.u.md~, _part. pa._ Come, Loth. _Burel._ c.u.mERLACH, c.u.mBERLACH, _s._ A servant attached to a religious foundation. ~c.u.merb~, id. _Chart. MS._ Gael. _comhairleach_, an adviser; _com-harba_, a partner in churc
- 206 Sw. _kaningaard_, from _kanin_, id. and _gaard_, an inclosure. V. ~Yaire~. CUNYSANCE, _s._ Badge, cognisance. Fr. _cognoissance_, id. _Gawan and Gol._ c.u.n.tENYNG, _s._ Generals.h.i.+p. V. ~Contenyng~. CUPPIL, _s._ Rafter. V. ~Couple~. CUPPLIN, _s._ The
- 207 2. Natural clover, S. Orkn. _Neill._ ~Curldoddies~, _s. pl._ Curled cabbage, S. CURLIES, _s. pl._ Colewort, of which the leaves are _curled_. S. B. CURLOROUS, _adj._ Churlish, n.i.g.g.ardly. _Bannatyne Poems._ A. S. _ceorl_, rusticus. CURMURRING, _s._ Gru
- 208 Fr. _cussot_, id. from _cuisse_, the thigh. CUSCHETTE, _s._ A ringdove. V. ~Kowschot~. CUSHLE-MUSHLE, _s._ Earnest and continued muttering, S. B. _Ross._ Su. G. _kusk-a_, to soothe; _musk-a_, to hide. CUSYNG, _s._ Accusation. _Wallace._ CUSSER, _s._ V. ~C
- 209 CUT-POCK, _s._ The stomach of a fish, S. B. _Ross._ CUTTIE, _s._ The Black Gulliemet, S. O. _Fleming._ CUTTY, CUTTIE, _adj._ Short, S. Gael. _cutach_, short, bobtailed. Hence, ~Cuttie~, ~Cutie~, _s._ 1. A popgun. _Bp. Galloway._ 2. A spoon, S. Gael. _cuta
- 210 _Acts Ja. VI._ A. S. _da_, Dan. _daa_, id. DA, _s._ A sluggard. V. ~Daw~. _To_ DAB, DAUB, _v. a._ 1. To peck, as birds do, S. _J. Nicol._ 2. To p.r.i.c.k. _Popular Ball._ ~Dab~, _s._ 1. A stroke from the beak of a bird, S. 2. A smart push. _Creichton._ DA
- 211 2. To waddle, to wriggle, S. 3. _To daddle and drink_, to tipple, S. V. ~Dawdie~. DADDLE, DADDLIE, _s._ A larger sort of bib, S. _To_ DAFF, _v. n._ To be foolish. _Polwart._ Sax. _dav-en_ insanire; Su. G. _dofw-a_, sensu privare, _dofn-a_, stupere. ~Daffe
- 212 _To_ DAG, _v. n._ To rain gently, S. Isl. _dogg-ua_, rigo, Sw. _dugg-a_, to drizzle. ~Dag~, _s._ 1. A thin, or gentle rain, S. Isl. _daugg_, pluvia, Sw. _dagg_, a thick or drizzling rain. 2. A thick fog, a mist, S. Su. G. _dagg_, dew. DAY-NETTLES, Dead ne
- 213 _Wyntown._ DAYS _of_ LAW, LAWDAYIS, The time, when those are summoned to attend, who have interest in a court of justice. _Wallace._ Isl. _lagdag_, dies lege praefinitus. DAIT, _s._ Destiny. _Wallace._ DAYWERK, DAWERK, DARK, _s._ A days work, S. _darg_. V
- 214 _To_ DANDER, _v. n._ 1. To roam, S. 2. To go about idly, to saunter, S. _Ramsay._ 3. To roam, without a fixed habitation, S. _Ferguson._ 4. To trifle, to mispend ones time, S. 5. To bewilder ones self, from want of attention, or stupidity, S. _Burel._ DAN
- 215 _Abp. Hamiltoun._ ~Danter~, _s._ A tamer, a subduer. _Douglas._ _To_ ~Danton~, _v. a._ To subdue, S. Fr. _domter_, _donter_, id. _Pitscottie._ _To_ DARE, (p.r.o.n. _daar_) _v. n._ To be afraid, to stand in awe, Ang. Sw. _darr-a_, to quake, to tremble. _To
- 216 Lat. _de_ and _scando_, whence E. _scan_. _To_ DASE, DAISE, _v. a._ 1. To stupify, S. _Wyntown._ 2. To benumb. _Douglas._ Su. G. _das-a_, languere, _dase_, stupidus. DASE. _On dase_, alive, q. _on days_. _Gawan and Gol._ _To_ DASH, _v. a._ 1. To flourish
- 217 A. S. _daeg-ian_, Sw. _dag-as_, lucescere. ~Daw~, _s._ Day; O. E. _dawe_. ~Dwne of Daw~, dead. _Wyntown._ DAW, DA, _s._ 1. A sluggard, S. _Douglas._ 2. Appropriated to a woman, as equivalent to E. _drab_, S. B. _Kelly._ Isl. _daa_, defect, fainting; deliq
- 218 _Sherrifs._ ~Dawt.i.t~, ~Dauted~, _part. pa._ Fondled. DAY NOR DOOR. _I canna hear day nor door_, I can hear nothing for noise, S. B. _Journal Lond._ _To_ DE, DEE, _v. n._ To die. _Douglas._ ~Done to de~, Killed. _Douglas._ DEAD MENS BELLS, Foxglove, S. D
- 219 Fr. _debat-re_, to strive. DEBAITMENT, _s._ Contention. Fr. _debatement_, id. _Palice Honour._ _To_ DEBORD, _v. n._ To go beyond proper bounds. _More_. Fr. _debord-er_, to exceed rule. ~Debording~, _s._ Excess. _To_ DEBOUT, _v. a._ To thrust from; Fr. _de
- 220 DEER-HAIR, DEERS-HAIR, _s._ Heath clubrush, S. _Minstrelsy Border._ _To_ DEFAIK, _v. a._ To relax, to remit; Fr. _defalqu-er_. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ _To_ DEFAILL, _v. n._ To wax feeble. Fr. _defaill-er_. _Wallace._ _To_ DEFAISE, _v. a._ To deduct. _Acts Mari
- 221 DEGOUt.i.t, _part. pa._ Spotted. _Kings Quair._ DEY, _s._ A dairy-maid, S. B. _Dee_, Loth. Sw. _deja_, a dairy-maid. _Ross._ _To_ DEY, _v. n._ To die. _Wyntown._ DEIL, DEILLE, _s._ Part, quant.i.ty. _A deille_, any thing. _Wallace._ _Half dele_, the one h
- 222 L. B. _delat-are_, id. ~Delator~, _s._ An accuser, S. _Rollocke._ DELF, _s._ 1. A pit. _Douglas._ 2. A grave. _Wyntown._ Belg. _delve_, a pit; _delv-en_, to dig. 3. Crockery, S. Hence _delf-house_, a pottery, S. DELIERET, DELIRIE, _adj._ Delirious. _Burns
- 223 1. Insane, S. _Wodrow._ 2. Unsettled in mind, S. _Baillie._ Lat. _demens_, insane. ~Dementation~, _s._ Derangement. _Wodrow._ DEMPSTER, DEMSTER, _s._ 1. A judge, S. B. 2. The officer of a court, who p.r.o.nounces doom. _Justice Air._ A. S. _dem-an_, to ju
- 224 _Douglas._ DEPAYNt.i.t, Painted. _Kings Quair._ _To_ DEPAIR, _v. a._ To ruin. _Palice Hon._ Fr. _deper-ir_, to perish. _To_ DEPART, DEPERT, _v. a._ To divide. Fr. _depart-ir_, id. _Barbour._ _To_ DEPESCHE, DEPISCHE, _v. a._ To dispatch. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
- 225 _To_ DEREYNE, DERENE, DERENYHE, _v. a._ To determine a controversy by battle. _Barbour._ O. Fr. _derainier_, prouver son droit en justice; Roquefort. ~Dereyne~, ~Derenye~, s. Contest, decision. _Barbour._ _To_ DERENE, _v. a._ To disorder. _Dunbar._ DERETH
- 226 _To_ DEUAIL, DEUAL, _v. n._ 1. To descend. _Douglas._ 2. _v. a._ To let fall. _Palice Honour._ Fr. _devall-er_. ~Devall~, _s._ A sunk fence, Clydesd. _To_ DEVALL, DEVALD, _v. n._ To cease, to intermit, S. _Ferguson._ Su. G. _dwal-a_, to delay. ~Devall~, ~
- 227 Fr. _Dieu garde_. DEWGS, _s. pl._ Rags, shreds, S. _Ramsay._ _To_ DEWYD, DEWOYD, _v. n._ To divide. _Wallace._ _To_ DEWYSS, DIUISS, _v. a._ To divide. Fr. _devis-er_, id. _Barbour._ DEWYT, deafened, stunned. V. ~Deve~. DEWOR, DEWORY, _s._ Duty. _Barbour._
- 228 11. To make an end of. _Douglas._ ~Dichtings~, _s. pl._ 1. Refuse, S. _Ross._ 2. The refuse of corn, S. synon. _s.h.a.g_. _To_ DICT, _v. a._ To dictate. V. ~Dite~. _To_ DIDDLE, _v. n._ 1. To move like a dwarf, S. _Ramsay._ 2. To shake, to jog. _Burns._ Is
- 229 _To_ ~Dill Down~, _v. n._ To subside. _Baillie._ DILATOR, _s._ A delay; old law term. L. B. _dilatare_, to delay. _Baillie._ DILP, _s._ A trollop. _Ross._ Sw. _toelp_, an awkward fellow. _To_ DYMENEW, _v. a._ To diminish. _Douglas._ _To_ DIN, DYN, _v. n._
- 230 _Poems Buchan Dial._ 15. _To ding throw_, to pierce. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ 16. _To ding to dede_, to kill with repeated strokes. _Wallace._ Isl. _daeng-ia_, Su. G. _daeng-a_, tundere. _To_ ~Ding~, _v. n._ 1. To drive. _Douglas._ _Its dingin on_, it rains, or
- 231 DIRD, _s._ An achievement; used ironically, S. B. _Poems Buchan Dial._ Teut. _dagh-vaerd_, Isl. _dagferd_, a days journey. ~Dirdum~, _s._ Deed, achievement, S.B. ibid. ~Dirdum-Dardum~, _s._ A term, expressive of contempt for an action. _Chr. Kirk._ DIRD,
- 232 DIRR, _adj._ 1. Torpid, benumbed, Loth. 2. Insensible, used in a moral sense, Loth. Su. G. _daer-a_, infatuare. _To_ ~Dirr~, _v. n._ To be benumbed, ibid. DIRT, _s._ Excrement, S. ~Dirtin~, _adj._ 1. Defiled with excrement, S. 2. Mean, contemptible, S. _b
- 233 _Wyntown._ DIs.h.i.+LAGO, _s._ The vulgar name of Tussilago or colts-foot, S. DISHORT, _s._ 1. Displeasure. _Chron. S. P._ 2. A disappointment, Aberd. 3. Any thing prejudicial, S. From _dis_, and _short_, _v._ to recreate. DISJASKIT, _part. pa._ 1. _Disja
- 234 _Wyntown._ _To_ DISPLENISH, _v. a._ To disfurnish, S. V. ~Plenys~, _v._ _Baillie._ DISSAIF, _s._ Insecurity. _Wallace._ DISSEMBILL, _adj._ Unclothed. Fr. _deshabill-e_, id. _Wallace._ DYSTANS, DISTAWNS, _s._ Dissension. _Wyntown._ L. B. _distenc-io_, cont
- 235 Lat. _defod-ere_, to dig. DIUINE, _s._ A soothsayer. _Douglas._ Fr. _devin_, id. DYVOUR, _s._ A bankrupt. _Skene._ Fr. _devoir_, duty. ~Dyuourie~, _s._ Declaration of bankruptcy. _Skene._ DIXIE, _s._ Severe reprehension, S. q. the sentence of a pedagogue,
- 236 DOCKUS, _s._ Any thing very short, S. DOCUS, _s._ A stupid fellow, S. Germ. _docke_, a puppet. DOD, _s._ A slight fit of ill-humour, S. Gael. _sdoid_, id. ~Doddy~, _adj._ Pettish, S. Gael. _sdodach_. _To_ DODD, _v. n._ To jog, _Fife._ Isl. _dudd-est_, seg
- 237 _Polwart._ 2. Crazed, S. _Gl. s.h.i.+rr._ Su. G. _dwal-a_, stupor; _ligga i dwala_, jacere in sopore. DOYN, DONE, DOON, DOONS, DUNZE, _adv._ Very, in a great degree, a mark of the superlative, S. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ _Doon weil_, or _dunze weil_, very well,
- 238 DOLLYNE, _part._ Buried. _Dunbar._ A. S. _be-dolfen_, id., Teut. _dolv-en_, inhumare, humo tegere, sepelire, Kilian. DOLPE, _s._ A cavity, S. _dowp_. _Douglas._ Belg. _dop_, a sh.e.l.l or husk. DOME, _s._ Judgment, sentiment. _S. P. Repr._ DOMINIE, _s._ 1
- 239 _To_ DOODLE, _v. a._ To dandle, S. B. Fr. _dodin-er_, _dodelin-er_, id. DOOF, _s._, A stupid fellow. V. ~Dowf~. DOOK, _s._ A peg, S. Belg. _deuvig_, id. DOOL, _s._ The goal in a game. V. ~Dule~. DOOL, _s._ To _thole the dool_, to bear the evil consequence
- 240 2. Saucy, malapert, S. 3. Applied to a female who is saucy to her suitors, S. _Ramsay._ 4. Applied to plants, when difficult to rear, S. B. Gael. _dorrda_, austere. ~Dortyness~, _s._ Pride, arrogance. _Douglas._ DOROTY, _s._ 1. A doll, S. 2. A female of a
- 241 DOUCE, DOUSE, _adj._ 1. Sedate, S. _Ramsay._ 2. Modest, opposed to wantonness, S. B. 3. Of a respectable character, S. _Burns._ Fr. _doux, douce_, mild, gentle. ~Doucely~, _adv._ Soberly, prudently, S. DOUD, _s._ A womans cap with a caul, Ang. _To_ DOVER,
- 242 _To_ DOUP, _v. n._ To incline the head or shoulders downwards, S. _Evergreen._ Teut. _dupp-en_, verticem capitis demittere. ~Doup~. _In a doup_, _adv._ In a moment. _Ramsay._ DOUP, DOWP, DOLP, _s._ The breech or b.u.t.tocks, S. _Ramsay._ 2. The bottom, or
- 243 1. Hesitating. _Nat. Cov._ 2. Uncertain, as to the event. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ _To_ DOW, _v. n._ 1. To be able. _Pret. docht_, _dought_. _Dunbar._ A. S. _dug-an_, valere. 2. To avail, to profit. _Douglas._ Teut. _doogh-en_, prodesse. ~Dow~, _s._ Worth, avai
- 244 2. Melancholy, gloomy, S. _Ramsay._ 3. Lethargic. _Douglas._ 4. Hollow; applied to sound, S. 5. Silly, frivolous, S. _Burns._ Su. G. _dauf_, stupidus; Isl. _daup-r_, subtristis. ~Douf~, ~Doof~, _s._ A dull stupid fellow. _Dunbar._ ~Dowfart~, ~Dofart~, _ad
- 245 Fr. _Douairiere_, id. _Acts Marie._ DOWt.i.t, _part. pa._ Feared. _Barbour._ Fr. _doubt-er_, to dread. DOXIE, _adj._ hazy, restive, S. Isl. _dosk-a_, to delay, _dosk_, inactivity. _To_ DOZEN, DOSEN, _v. a._ 1. To stupify. _Barbour._ 2. To benumb. _Dozent
- 246 _Watsons Coll._ Gael. _dramaig_. 2. Any thing boiled to the state of pulp, Ang. _To_ DRANT, DRUNT, _v. n._ 1. To drawl, S. 2. To pa.s.s in a tedious way, S. Isl. _dryn, drunde_, mugire. _Ferguson._ ~Drant, Draunt~, _s._ 1. A drawling enunciation, S. _Rams
- 247 A. S. _adreog-an_, pati. _Barbour._ DREICH, DREEGH, _adj._ 1. Slow, S. _Ross._ 2. Tedious, S. _Montgomerie._ 3. Denoting distance of situation. Goth. _drig_, _driug-r_, prolixus. _Ritson._ ~Dreich~, ~Dregh~. _On dreich_, _adv._ At a slow pace. _Douglas._
- 248 _To_ DRESS, _v. a._ 1. To treat well or ill. _Wyntown._ 2. To chastise, to drub, S. 3. To iron linens, S. _Dressing_-iron, a smoothing iron, S. DRESSE, _s._ Exhibition. _G.o.dly Ball._ DRESSER, _s._ A kitchen table, S. Teut. _dressoor_, Fr. _dressoir_, a
- 249 DRIESHACH, _s._ The dross of a turf fire which glows when stirred, S. B. DRIFLING, _s._ A small rain. _Baillie._ Isl. _dreif-a_, spargere. DRIFT, _s._ Drove; as of cattle, Ayrs. Teut. _drifle_, id. _To_ DRIFT, _v. n._ To delay. _R. Bruce._ _To_ ~Drift~, _
- 250 _To_ DRIZZLE, _v. n._ To walk slow; Gl. s.h.i.+rr. Isl. _drosl-a_, haesitanter progredi. DRIZZLING, _s._ Slaver. _Gl. s.h.i.+rr._ _To_ DROB, _v. a._ To p.r.i.c.k, Ang. Isl. _drep-a_, perforare. ~Drob~, _s._ A thorn, a p.r.i.c.kle, Perths. DRODDUM, _s._ Th
- 251 2. Thirst, S. _R. Bruce._ ~Drouthy~, _adj._ 1. Droughty, S. 2. Thirsty, S. _Pennecuik._ DROW, _s._ A fainting fit, Ang. A. S. _throw-ian_, pati. DROW, _s._ A squall. _Mellvills MS._ Gael. _drog_, motion of the sea. DROWP, _s._ A feeble person. _Dunbar._ I
- 252 _Burns._ O. Fland. _drint-en_, tumescere. DRUSH, _s._ 1. Atoms, fragments. _Watson._ 2. The dross of peats, Banffs. Moes. G. _drauhsna_, a fragment, from _drius-an_, to fall. _To_ DRUTTLE, _v. n._ 1. To be slow in motion, S. 2. To trifle about any thing,
- 253 DUDDROUN, _s._ Sloven, drab. _Dunbar._ Isl. _dudr-a_, to act in a slovenly manner. DUDE, for _do it_, S. _Diallog._ _To_ DUEL, DUELL, DWELL, _v. n._ 1. To delay, to tarry. _Douglas._ 2. To continue in any state. _Barbour._ 3. To cease or rest. _Wallace._
- 254 DUM TAM, a bunch of clothes on a beggars back, under his coat, S. B. _To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ To confuse, to stupify, S. DUMBIE, _s._ p.r.o.n. _Dummie_. One who is _dumb_, S. _Z. Boyd._ _To_ DUMP, _v. a._ To strike with the feet, Ang. Sw. _domp-a_, rudius
- 255 Su. G. _dunt_, ictus. _To_ ~Dunt~, _v. n._ To palpitate. _Ramsay._ ~Dunt~, ~Dount~, _s._ 1. A stroke causing a flat and hollow sound, S. O. E. id. _Peblis to the Play._ 2. Palpitation of the heart, S. _Ross._ 3. _At a dunt_, unexpectedly, Stirlings. Isl.
- 256 _Barbour._ Isl. _thys_, Alem. _thuz_, _doz_, fragor. DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ A musical instrument. _Poems 16th Cent._ DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ An indors.e.m.e.nt. _Leg. Bp. St Androis._ Fr. _douss-er_, to indorse. _To_ DUSH, _v. a._ To push as a ram, ox, &c. S
- 257 _Poems Buch. Dial._ Teut. _dwyn-en_, attenuare, extenuare. _To_ ~Dwyn~, _v. a._ To cause to languish. _Montgomerie._ ~Dwyning~, _s._ A decline, S. Isl. _dwinar_, diminutio. E E, ~Ee~, _s._ The eye, S. _Douglas._ EA, _adj._ One. V. the letter A. _To_ EAND,
- 258 EASTLAND, _adj._ Belonging to the east. _Baillie._ EASTLIN, _adj._ Easterly, S. _Ramsay._ ~Eastlins~, _adv._ Eastward, S. _Ross._ A. S. _east-laeng_, oriente tenus. EASTILT, _adv._ Eastward, _westlit_, westward; p.r.o.n. _ea.s.silt_, _wessilt_, Loth. A. S
- 259 EEBREK c.r.a.p, The third crop after lea, S. B. EEGHIE ~nor~ OGHIE. _I can hear neither eeghie nor oghie_, neither one thing nor another, Ang. _Ross._ Su. G. _igh_, or _eighi_, not. EEKFOW, _adj._ Equal; also, just, Ang. Su. G. _ekt-a_, Germ. _eicht_, jus
- 260 _Douglas._ ~Efter~, ~Eftir~, _prep._ After. A. S. _eftyr_, id. _Abp. Hamiltoun._ ~Eftir ane~, _adv._ Uniformly, S. _Douglas._ ~Eftirhend~, _adv._ Afterwards, S. _Abp. Hamiltoun._ Su. G. _efter_, and _haen_, hence, dehinc, posthac. ~Efterhend~, _prep._ Aft
- 261 _Douglas._ 2. A generation. _Douglas._ 3. An era. _Wyntown._ 4. The advanced period of life. _Douglas._ A. S. _yld_, aetas, aevum. ~Eild~, _adj._ Old. A. S. _eald_, id. _Douglas._ ~Eildit~, _part. pa._ Aged. _Douglas._ ~Eildins~, ~Yealings~, _s. pl._ Equa
- 262 _Burns._ 2. Wood reduced to the state of charcoal, S. 3. In _pl._ metaph. for the ruins of a country desolated by war. _Douglas._ A. S. _ysle_, embers, Isl. _eysa_, carbones candentes sub cinere. ELBOCK, ELBUCK, _s._ Elbow, S. _Ramsay._ A. S. _elboga_, Al
- 263 _Ross._ Dan. _aldrende_; Isl. _aldraen_, senex. ELEVEN-HOURS, _s._ A luncheon, S. ELFMILL, _s._ The sound made by a wood-worm, viewed by the vulgar as preternatural, S. q. "_fairy_-mill." ELFSHOT, _s._ 1. The name vulgarly given to an arrow-head
- 264 _Burr. Lawes._ 2. Orions girdle, a constellation. _Douglas._ From _eln_ and _wand_, a rod. EMAILLE, _s._ Enamel. V. ~Amaille~. EMBER GOOSE, A fowl which inhabits the seas about Orkney. _Sibbald._ EMERANT, _s._ Emerald. _Kings Quair._ ~Emerant~, ~Emerand~,
- 265 END, EYNDING, Breath. V. ~Aynd~. _Polwart._ ~Enday~, _s._ Day of death. _Wyntown._ Su. G. _and-as_, to die. ~Enfundeyng~, _s._ Perhaps, asthma. _Barbour._ Su. G. _andfaadd_, cui spiritus praeclusus est. ENDLANG, ENDLANGIS, _adv._ Along; S. _enlang_. _Barb
- 266 Fr. _enseigne._ _Lyndsay._ 2. Ensign, or standard. _Knox._ 3. The word of war. _Barbour._ 4. A company of soldiers. _Knox._ ENSELYT, _pret._ Sealed. _Barbour._ ENTAILYEIT, _part. pa._ Formed. Fr. _entaill-er_, to carve. _Palice of Hon._ ENTENTYVE, _adj._
- 267 2. Denoting a less solemn interment. _Barbour._ 3. To cover with the soil, for concealment, S. _Poems Buchan Dial._ Su. G. _iord-as_, sepeliri; Isl. _iard-a_. ~Erd houses~, Habitations formed under ground. Isl. _jard-hus_, domus subterranea. ~Erddyn~, ~Yi
- 268 V. ~Arles~. ERN, ERNE, EIRNE, EARN, _s._ 1. The eagle, S. B. _Douglas._ 2. The osprey. _Houlate._ A. S. _earn_, Isl. _aurn_, _ern_, aquila. ERNAND, _part. pr._ Running. A. S. _eorn-an_, currere. _Maitland P._ ERN-FERN, _s._ The brittle fern, S. q. "t
- 269 ESPINEL, _s._ A sort of ruby. Fr. _Burel._ ESPOUENTABILL, _adj._ Dreadful. O. Fr. _espouventable_. _Lyndsay._ ESS, _s._ Ace. _Bannatyne P._ ESSYS, _pl._ Advantages. Fr. _aise_. _Wyntown._ ESSONYIE, _s._ Excuse offered for non-appearance in a court of law.
- 270 4. To direct ones course. _Houlate._ Isl. _aetla_, destinare. ~Ettle~, ~Etling~, _s._ 1. A mark, S. _Ross._ 2. Aim, attempt, S. _Burns._ 3. Design. _Barbour._ _To_ EVEN, _v. a._ 1. To equal, S. _Sir J. Sinclair._ 2. To bring down to a certain level. _Ruth
- 271 EUOUR, EVEYR, _s._ Ivory. _Douglas._ EWDEN-DRIFT, _s._ Drifted snow, Aberd. _s.h.i.+rrefs._ EWDER, EWDRUCH, _s._ A disagreeable smell, S. B. Clydes. _Journal Lond._ Fr. _odeur_. EWDER, _s._ Ablaze, S. B. _Poems Buchan Dial._ EW-GOWAN, _s._ Common Daisy. E
- 272 V. ~Ax-tree~. _Douglas._ _To_ EXTRAVAGE, _v. n._ To deviate in discourse. V. ~Stravaig~. _Fountainhall._ F Fa, FAE, _s._ Foe. A. S. _fa_, id. _Douglas._ FA, _v._ and _s._ V. ~Faw~. FABORIS, _s. pl._ Suburbs. Fr. _faux-bourg_. _Wallace._ FABURDOUN, _s._ Co
- 273 Teut. _wegghe_, lib.u.m oblongum; Fr. _fouace_, a thick cake. 3. A l.u.s.ty and clumsy woman, S. _Ritson._ _To_ FADLE, FAIDLE, _v. n._ To waddle, Ang. FADOM, _s._ A fathom, S. Isl. _fadm-r_. f.a.gALD, _s._ f.a.ggot. _Barbour._ FAY, _s._ 1. Faith, O. Fr. _
- 274 _To_ FAILE, _v. n._ 1. To fail. 2. To be in want of any thing. _Barbour._ ~Failyie~, ~Faylyhe~, _s._ 1. Failure. _Act Sedt._ 2. Legal subjection to a penalty. _Spalding._ 3. Penalty in case of breach of bargain, S. _To_ FAYND, FAND, _v. a._ 1. To tempt. _
- 275 Moes. G. _f.a.gr_, idoneus. FAIRD, _s._ 1. Course. _Complaynt S._ 2. Expedition, enterprise. _Calderwood._ FAIRDED, _part. pr._ Painted. V. ~Fard~, _v._ FAIRDING, _s._ Violent blowing. _Burel._ FAYRE, FARE, _s._ Course. _Wyntown._ Isl. _far_, iter. FAIR-F
- 276 _Garden._ A. S. _feald-an_, plicare. _To_ FALE, _v. n._ To happen. _Wyntown._ FALK, FAUK, _s._ The Razor-bill. _Martin._ _To_ FALL, _v. n._ 1. To fall to, as ones portion, p.r.o.n. _faw_, S. _Peblis to the Play._ 2. To be ones turn. _It fawis me now_, S.
- 277 2. Pa.s.sion, S. B. A. S. _fam_, _faem_, spuma. _To_ ~Fame~, _v. n._ To be in a rage, S. FAMEN, _pl._ Foes. _Wallace._ A. S. _fah-mon_, foe-man. FAMYLE, FAMELL, _s._ Family, race. Fr. _famille_. _Douglas._ FAMOUS, _adj._ Of good character. Fr. _fameux_, o
- 278 _Wyntown._ FAR, _s._ Pompous preparation. V. ~Fair~. FAR, _s._ Appearance. V. ~Fair~. _Barbour._ FAR, FARE, FAYR, _s._ Expedition. _Barbour._ FARAND, FARRAND, _adj._ Seeming. _Douglas._ ~Auld-farand~, _adj._ Sagacious, S. ~Fair-farand,~ _adj._ 1. Having a
- 279 ~Fard~, _s._ Paint. _Z. Boyd._ FARD, _adj. Weill fard_, well favoured. _Lyndsay._ FARD, FARDE, FAIRD, _s._ 1. Course. _Douglas._ 2. Force, ardour. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ 3. _To make a faird_, to make a bustle. Su. G. _faerd_, cursus, iter. _Ramsay._ FARDER, _
- 280 FAS, _s._ Hair. A. S. _feax_, id. _Douglas._ _To_ FASCH, FASH, _v. a._ 1. To trouble, applied to the body, S. _Baillie._ 2. Denoting what pains the mind. _Baillie._ 3. To molest, in a general sense, S. _Evergreen._ _To fash ones thumb_, to give ones self
- 281 O. Fr. _fatraille_, trumpery. FAUCH, FAW, FEWE, _adj._ Pale red, fallow; dun, Aberd. _Douglas._ A. S. _fah_, _fealg_, _fealh_, helvus. _To_ FAUCH, FAUGH, _v. a._ 1. To fallow ground, S. _Statist. Acc._ 2. To beat. _He faught him well_, S. B. _Gl. s.h.i.+r
- 282 1. To wrestle, S. _Ross._ 2. To strain every nerve, S. B. _Baillie._ ~Faw-cap~, _s._ A stuffed cap for guarding a childs head from the bad effects of a fall, S. B. FAW, _s._ A trap. V. ~Fall~. FAWELY, _adv._ Few in number. _Wallace._ FAX, _s._ Face, visag
- 283 Fr. _foiblesse_, weakness. ~Febling~, _s._ Weakness. _Douglas._ _To_ FECHT, _v. a._ 1. To fight; pret. _faucht_, _fawcht_. _Wyntown._ A. S. _feaht-an_, Germ. _fecht-an_, id. 2. To toil, S. _Burns._ ~Fecht~, ~Facht~, ~Faught~, _s._ 1. Fight, S. _Douglas._
- 284 _Burns._ FEDDERAME, FEDREM, _s. pl._ Wings. _Douglas._ A. S. _faether-ham_, a dress of feathers. _To_ FEDE, _v. a._ To nurture. _Sir Trist._ A. S. _fed-an_, educare; Su. G. _foed-a_, alere. _To_ FEE, FIE, _v. a._ To hire, S. V. ~Fe~. _Knox._ FEEDING STORM
- 285 ~Feydom~, _s._ The state of being near death, or that conduct which is supposed to indicate it, S. FEY, _s._ 1. A fief, held of a superior. _Barbour._ 2. A kingdom; improperly. _Wyntown._ FEY, _s._ A foe. V. ~Fa~. _Maitland Poems._ FEID, FEDE, _s._ Enmity
- 286 FELCOUTH. L. _selcouth_, strange. _Wallace._ _To_ FELL, _v. a._ To kill, S. _Poems Buchan Dial._ _To_ FELL, _v. n._ To befal. _Ross._ FELL, _adj._ 1. Hot, biting, S. _Burns._ 2. Singular, strange, S. 3. Clever, mettlesome, S. _Keith._ 4. Acute, transferre
- 287 FELT GRAVEL, the sandy gravel. _Spotswood._ FELTIFARE, _s._ The red shank, S. _Gl. Complaynt._ FEN, _s._ Mud, filth. A. S. _fenn_. _Douglas._ A. S. _fenn_, lutum, sordes, Moes. G. _fani_, lutum. Lat. _foen-um_. _To_ FEN. V. ~Fend~, _v._ 2. _To_ FEND, _v.
- 288 V. ~Faird~. _Baillie._ FERDE, _s._ An army. _Sir Gawan._ A. S. _faerd_, id. FERDELY, _adv._ Perh. actively. _Wallace._ FERDER, _adv._ Farther. _Douglas._ FERDY, FEIRDY, _adj._ Strong, active, S. _Poems Buchan Dial._ Su. G. _faerdig_, paratus. FERDLY, _adv
- 289 FERIS, _v. n._ Becomes. V. ~Afferis~. _Douglas._ FERYS, _s. pl._ Marks. V. ~Fair~. _Douglas._ FERYT, FERRYIT, _pret. v._ Farrowed. Sw. _faerria_, porcellos parere. _Barbour._ FERYT, _pret. v._ Waxed. _Wallace._ FERITIE, _s._ Violence. _Bp. Forbes._ FERLIE
- 290 FERRARIS, _s. pl._ _Barell ferraris_, casks for carrying liquids. _Barbour._ Fr. _ferriere_, a large leathern bottle. FERRY COW, a cow that is not with calf, S. Belg. _vare koe_, a cow that yields no more milk. FERRYAR, FERREAR, _s._ A ferryman. _Acts Ja.
- 291 _Journal Lond._ Isl. _fiuk-a_, vento agitari. ~Feuch~, _s._ A whiff, S. B. FEUCH, _s._ A sounding blow, S. B. _Gl. s.h.i.+rr._ FEVERFOULLIE, _s._ Feverfew, S. _Featherwheelie_, S. B. FEVER-LARGIE, _s._ Expl. Two stomachs to eat, and one to work. FEU, FEW,
- 292 _To_ FICKLE, _v. a._ To puzzle, Loth. _Wall._ A. S. _ficol_, versipellis, Su. G. _vickla_, complicare, _in-vekla_ to puzzle. ~Fickly~, _adj._ Puzzling, Loth. FIDDER, _s._ A mult.i.tude. V. ~Fudder~. _Burel._ _To_ FIDDLE, _v. n._ To trifle, though apparent
- 293 1. To be in a restless state, without change of place, S. _Cleland._ 2. To move from place to place unsteadily, S. _Burel._ 3. To be at trouble about any thing, S. Su. G. _fik-a_, cursitare; _fiack-a_, hunc illuc vagari. _To_ ~Fike~, ~Feik~, _v. a._ 1. To
- 294 FILLOK, FILLY, _s._ 1. A young mare, S. 2. A giddy young woman. _Douglas._ 3. _Filly_, a frothy young man. _Bannatyne P._ Isl. _foelja_, fem. of _fil_, pullus equinus. FILSCH, _adj._ Empty, faint, Loth. FILSCH, _s._ Weeds or gra.s.s covering the ground, S
- 295 FINNIE, _s._ A salmon not a year old, S. B. FINNIN, _s._ A fiend, Ang. _Pitscottie._ Su. G. _fanen_, _fianden_, _fanden_; cacodaemon. FINNISON, _s._ Anxious expectation, Fifes. Teut. _vinnigh_, acer, vehemens. _To_ FIPPIL, _v. n._ To whimper. _Peblis Play
- 296 _Ferguson._ ~First-fit~, _s._ The name given, in the calendar of superst.i.tion, to the person who _first_ enters a house, on any day which is particularly regarded as influencing the fate of a family, S. _J. Nicol._ ~Fitsted~, _s._ Print of the foot, S.
- 297 2. To flutter. _Douglas._ _To_ ~Flaffer~, _v. n._ To flutter, S. B. FLAG, _s._ A piece of green sward, cast with a spade, S. Isl. _flag-a_, glebas tenues exscindere. FLAG, _s._ A squall. Teut. _vlaeghe_. _Doug._ FLAG, _s._ A flash of lightning. _Douglas._
- 298 2. To faulter in evidence or narration, Ang. Isl. _flane_, erroneus, praeceps fatuus. _To_ FLARE, _v. a._ To cajole, Loth.; _flairy_, Fife. Isl. _flaar_, crafty, _flaerd_, guile. ~Flare~, _s._ Flattering language, Loth. FLASH, _s._ A depository for timber
- 299 3. A sudden flash of fire. _Wyntown._ 4. Rage, pa.s.sion, Ang. V. ~Flag.~ _To_ FLAW, _v. n._ To fib. _Ramsay._ FLAW, _pret._ Flew. A. S. _fleah._ _Doug._ FLAW. _Fiery Flaw_, The sting ray. _Sibbald._ FLAW, _s._ 1. An extent of land under gra.s.s, Orkn. 2.
- 300 A. S. _fleog-an_, volare. FLEG, _s._ A stroke. _Hamilton._ FLEGGAR, _s._ One who magnifies in narration, Loth. Su. G. _flick-a_, to patch; _skoflickare_, a cobler. _To_ FLEY, FLEE, _v. a._ 1. To frighten, S. _Douglas._ 2. To put to flight, S. _To_ ~Fley~,