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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
- 401 _To_ HARK, _v. n._ To whisper, S. _Cleland._ _To_ HARLE, _v. a._ 1. To trail, S. _Doug._ 2. To drag with force, S. _Kelly._ 3. To draw to ones self by griping or violent means, S. _Ramsay._ 4. To roughcast a wall, S. _Statist. Acc._ _To_ ~Harle~, _v. n._
- 402 HARP, _s._ A kind of searce, S. HARPER CRAB. V. ~Tammy Harper~. HARRAGE, _s._ Service due to a landlord. V. ~Arage~. _Statist. Acc._ HARRAND, _s._ Snarling. _Chr. S. P._ HARRO, _interj._ An outcry for help; also, an encouragement to pursuit, S. _Douglas._
- 403 1. To slash, S. Fr. _hacher_. 2. To abuse, to maltreat, S. _Ferguson._ ~Hash~, 1. A sloven, S. _Ramsay._ 2. A foolish fellow. _Burns._ ~Hashly~, _adv._ In a slovenly manner, Loth. _Ramsay._ ~Hashmethram~, _adv._ In a state of disorder, S. Isl. _thraum_, s
- 404 HATE, HAIT, HAID, _s._ A whit, an atom, S. Isl. _haete_, the smallest object that can be imagined. HATHILL, HATh.e.l.l, _s._ A n.o.bleman. V. ~Athill~. _Sir Gawan._ HATHER, _s._ Heath. _Acts Ja. VI._ HATRENT, _s._ Hatred. _Compl. S._ HATRY, _adj._ Disorde
- 405 _Burns._ ~Haveril~, _adj._ Foolish in talk, S. HAVES, _s. pl._ Goods, effects. _Gl. Sibb._ HAUGULL, _s._ A cold and damp wind blowing from the sea, Ang. Isl. _hafgola_, flatus ex oceano spirans. HAVINGS, HAVINS, HAWING, _s._ 1. Carriage, behaviour. _Barbo
- 406 _Ross._ ~He and He~. 1. Every one. _Douglas._ 2. The one and the other, id. HE, HEE, HEY, _adj._ High. _Wyntown._ A. S. _hea_, _heh_, id. ~Hely~, _adv._ Highly. _Wyntown._ A. S. _healice_, id. _To_ ~He~, ~Hee~, ~Hey~, _v. a._ 1. To elevate. A. S. _he-an_,
- 407 HEARTSOME, _adj._ 1. Merry, S. _Ramsay._ 2. Causing cheerfulness, S. _Ramsay._ HEATHER _s._ Heath, S. V. ~Haddyr~. ~Heather-bells~, _s. pl._ Heath blossoms, S. _Burns._ ~Heather-birns~, _s. pl._ The stalks and roots of burnt heath, S. V. ~Birn~. ~Heather-
- 408 Teut. _haeck-en_, to fix with a hook. _To_ HECKLE, _v. a._ 1. To dress flax, S. 2. Metaph. to examine severely, S. _To come oer the heckle-pins_, to be severely examined, S. Teut. _hekel-en_, pectere linum. _To_ ~Heckle~ _on_, _v. n._ To continue in keen
- 409 2. Without particular enumeration, S. HEEPY, _s._ A fool, S. _Ramsay._ Su. G. _haepen_, attonitus. HEER, HIER _of yarn_, Sixth part of a _hesp_ or hank, S. _Statist. Acc._ Su. G. _haerf-wa_, a handful of yarn. _To_ HEEZE. V. ~Heis~. _To_ HEFT, _v. n._ 1.
- 410 3. To defend, to save. _Douglas._ A. S. _hel-an_, Isl. _hael-a_, tegere. ~Heildyne~. _s._ Covering. _Barbour._ _To_ HEILD, HEYLD, _v. n._ 1. To incline. _Palice Honour._ 2. To give the preference. _Barbour._ A. S. _held-an_, _hyld-an_, Su. G. _haell-a_, i
- 411 _To_ HEIS, HEYS, HEEZE, _v. a._ To lift up, S. _Douglas._ Su. G. _hiss-a_, Belg. _hys-en_, id. ~Heis, Heeze, Heisie~, _s._ 1. The act of lifting up. _Douglas._ 2. Aid, furtherance, S. B. _s.h.i.+rrefs._ 3. The act of swinging, Loth. 4. Denoting any thing
- 412 _Porteous of n.o.bilness._ Teut. _helpelick_, auxiliaris. HEM, _s._ Edge; applied to stones, S. B. HEM, _p.r.o.n. pl._ Them. _Sir Gawan._ A. S. _heom_, dat. pl. illis. HEM, _s._ A horse-collar. V. ~Haims~. HEMMIL, _s._ A heap, a crowd, S. B. _To_ ~Hemmil~
- 413 HEPTHORNE, _s._ The briar, S. _Doug._ HER, HERE, _s._ 1. A person of rank. _Douglas._ 2. A chief, a leader. _Douglas._ 3. A magistrate. _Wallace._ 4. A master. _Barbour._ A. S. _hera_, Su. G. _herre_, Teut. _herr_, Belg. _heer_, Lat. _her-us_, dominus. HE
- 414 HERE, used in the composition of several names of places in S. p.r.o.n. like E. _hair_. A. S. _here_, Su. G. _haer_, an army. HEREAWAY, _adv._ 1. In this quarter, S. 2. In the present state, S. _Rutherford._ HEREFT, _adv._ Hereafter. _Wallace._ _To_ HERE
- 415 _Barbour._ 2. To ruin by extortion, S. _Maitl. P._ Su. G. _haer-ia_, depraedari, from _haer_, an army. ~Herryment~, _s._ 1. Plunder, S. 2. The cause of plunder, S. _Burns._ ~Herrie-water~, _s._ 1. A net so formed as to catch or retain fish of a small size
- 416 HESS, _adj._ Hoa.r.s.e. _Lyndsay._ Su. G. _haes_, _hes_, A. S. _hax_, id. HET, HAT, _adj._ 1. Hot, S. _Ramsay._ 2. Keen, metaph. _Wallace._ ~Hetfull~, _adj._ Hot, fiery. _Wallace._ ~Hetly~, _adv._ Hotly, S. _Ross._ ~Het pint~, The _hot_ beverage, which yo
- 417 A. S. _heafud_, id.; q. what is _heavd_ or lifted up. HEWYD, HEWYT, _part. pa._ Coloured. _Barbour._ HEWIS, _o. p. v._ Perhaps, for _haves_, has. _Henrysone._ HEWIS, _s. pl._ Forms; ghosts. _Philotus._ A. S. _heawgas_, simulacra. HEWIT, _pret._ Tarried. _
- 418 HIDDIRTYL, HIDDIRTILLIS, _adv._ Hitherto. _Douglas._ HIDWISE, _adj._ Hideous. Fr. _hideux_, id. _Gawan and Gol._ HIEGATIS, _s. pl._ High ways, S. _Acts Ja. VI._ HIE HOW, _interj._ Bravo. _Douglas._ _To_ HYGHT, _v. a._ To promise. V. ~Hicht~. HY-JINKS, HIG
- 419 1. Extremity, S. 2. Termination, S. _Ferguson._ HYNE, _s._ 1. A person. _Douglas._ Su. G. _hion_, individuum humanum. 2. A young man, a stripling. _Barbour._ 3. A farm-servant, S., _hind_ E. A. S. _hine_, id. _Bar. Courts._ 4. A peasant. A. S. _hineman_.
- 420 _Wallace._ Su. G. _haent-a_, id. manu prehendere, from _hand_, ma.n.u.s. ~Hynt~, _s._ Act of exertion. _K. Hart._ HINT, _s._ An opportunity, S. B. _Ross._ Su. G. _haend-a_, accidere. HINT. _In a hint_, in a moment, S. B. _Ross._ HINT, _adv._ _To the hint_
- 421 HIRLING, HERLING, _s._ A small trout shaped like a salmon, its flesh reddish, Dumfr. _Statist. Acc._ HIRNE, HYRNE, _s._ 1. A corner. _R. Bruce._ 2. A retirement, a recess. _Douglas._ A. S. _hyrn_, anc. Su. G. _hyrn_, angulus. HYRONIUS, _adj._ Erroneous. _
- 422 _Douglas._ Su. G. _har_, locus lapidosus. 2. A sand bank on the brink of a river, S. B. _Law Case._ 3. Equivalent to _shallow_, in a river, S. B. _Law Case._ 4. A resting place, S. B. _s.h.i.+rrefs._ 5. A small wood. _Gl. Sibb._ A. S. _hurst_, silva. HISS
- 423 A. S. _heo_, id. _Sir Gawan._ HO, _s._ A stocking, S. HOAM, _s._ The dried grease of a cod, Ang. HOAMD, HUMPHD, _part. adj._ Having a fusty taste, Clydes. h.o.a.rSGOUK, _s._ The snipe, Orkn. Sw. _horsgjok_, id. _Barry._ HOAS, Not understood. _Law Case._ H
- 424 Isl. _aukaise_, h.o.m.o nihili. _To_ HOD, HODE, _v. a._ To hide, S. B. _Morison._ Belg. _hoed-en_, Alem. _huod-en_, id. HODDEN-GREY, _adj._ Applied to cloth worn by the peasantry, which has the natural colour of the wool, S. _Ramsay._ E. _hoiden_, rustic,
- 425 _Burns._ Isl. _hogg-a_, to strike. _To_ ~Hogshouther~, _v. a._ To justle with the shoulder. _Burns._ _To_ HOY, _v. a._ 1. To incite, a term used as to dogs, S. _Burns._ 2. To chase or drive away. _Lyndsay._ Isl. _ho-a_, greges convocare vel agere. HOYES,
- 426 _Douglas._ _To_ HOLL, _v. n._ To excavate, S. A. S. _hol-ian_, id. ~Holl~, ~Howe~, _adj._ 1. Hollow, deep; _how_, S. _Palice Hon._ 2. Concave. _Douglas._ 3. Giving a hollow sound, S. _Burns._ Isl. _hol-ur_, cavus, concavus. ~Holl~, _s._ Hold of a s.h.i.+p
- 427 ~Honest-like~, _adj._ 1. Goodly; as regarding the person, S. 2. As respecting dress; not shabby, S. 3. Having the appearance of liberality, or of plenty, S. ~Honesty~, _s._ 1. Respectability. _Wyntown._ 2. Liberality, S. _Rutherford._ 3. Decency, as becom
- 428 _Doug._ ~Horn-daft~, _adj._ Outrageous; perhaps in allusion to an animal that pushes with the _horn_, S. HORRING, _s._ Abhorrence. _Buchanan._ HORSE, _s._ A faucet, S. B. HORSE-COUPER, _s._ A horse-dealer, S. _Colvil._ HORSE-GANG, _s._ A certain quant.i.t
- 429 Fr. _hostelier_, id. _Wallace._ ~Hostillar~, ~Hostillarie~, s. An inn. Fr. _hostelerie_, id. _Acts Ja. I._ _To_ HOTCH, _v. n._ To move the body by sudden jerks, S. Teut. _huts-en_, Belg. _hots-en_, Fr. _hoch-er_, to jog. HOTCH-POTCH, _s._ A dish of broth,
- 430 _To_ HOUK, _v. a._ Expl. To heap. _Gl. Sibb._ HOUK, _s._ A large s.h.i.+p. _Douglas._ Su. G. _holk_, navis oneraria. HOURIS, _s. pl._ 1. Matins. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ 2. Metaph. the chanting of birds. _Dunbar._ Fr. _heures_, a book of prayers for certain hou
- 431 _Barbour._ HOW, HOU, _s._ 1. The sound made by the owl. Fr. _hu-er_, to hoot. _Doug._ 2. A sea cheer. _Complaynt S._ _To_ HOWD, _v. a._ To act as a midwife, S. Isl. _iod_, childbirth, _iod sott_, the pangs of childbirth. ~Howdy~, _s._ A midwife, S. _Ramsa
- 432 HUD, _s._ The trough employed by masons for carrying mortar, Loth. _To_ HUD, _v. n._ To hide. V. ~Hod~. _Leg. St Androis._ HUDDERIN, HUDERON, _part. adj._ Flabby in person, and slovenly. Ang. p.r.o.n. _hutherin_. _Kelly._ 2. Ugly, hideous, Aberd. _Journ.
- 433 HULY, HOOLIE, _adj._ Slow, moderate, S. _heelie_, Aberd. _Douglas._ _Hove_, to stay, S., or Su. G. _hoflig_, moderate. HULLION, _s._ A sloven, Fife. HULLc.o.c.k, _s._ The Smooth hound, a fish, Orkn. HULTER CORN, _s._ The same with _s.h.i.+lling_, Aberd. q
- 434 Teut. _hond_, h.o.m.o avarus. HUNE, _s._ Delay. V. ~Hone~. _Dunbar._ _To_ HUNE, _v. n._ To emit a querulous sound, Ang. Su. G. _hwin-a_, lugere. HUNGRY GROUND, ground, by superst.i.tion, believed to be so much under the power of enchantment, that he who p
- 435 _G.o.dly Ball._ Belg. _hurk-en_, to squat, to sit stooping. HURL, _s._ The act of scolding, S. HURLE BEHIND, the diarrhoea. _Dunbar._ HURLEBARROW, _s._ A wheel-barrow, S. _Watson._ HURLY, _s._ Expl. the "last." _Poems Buch. Dial._ HURLIE-HACKET,
- 436 Isl. _hwisl-a_, in aurum susurrare. HUT, An overgrown and indolent person, Ang. ~Hut~, ~Hand-hut~, _s._ A small stack built in the field, S. HUT, _s._ A square basket, formerly used in Galloway for carrying out dung to the field, of which the bottom opene
- 437 _Watson._ 2. To pierce. _Douglas._ Germ. _zack_, cuspis; _zeichnen_, to p.r.i.c.k. JAG, _s. Jack_, or hunter, fas.h.i.+on of boots. Teut. _jagh-en_, agitare feras. _Ritson._ JAGGET, _s._ A full sack dangling at every motion. _To_ JAIP, j.a.pE, _v. a._ To
- 438 _Complaynt S._ ~Janglour~, _s._ A prater. _Bannatyne P._ Fr. _jangleur_, id. _To_ JANK, _v. n._ 1. To trifle, Loth. _Cleland._ Isl. _kiaenk-a_, arridere, might seem allied. 2. _To jank off_, to run off, Loth. JANKIT, _part. adj._ Fatigued, jaded, Loth. JA
- 439 JAW, JAWE, _s._ 1. A wave, S. _Douglas._ 2. A flash of water, S. 3. Coa.r.s.e raillery, petulant language, S. _Burns._ 4. Loquacity, S. _To_ ~Jaw~, _v. n._ 1. To dash, S. _Minst. Bord._ 2. _v. a._ To spirt, S. _Ramsay._ 3. To a.s.sault with coa.r.s.e rail
- 440 YDY, _s._ An eddy, a pool. _Houlate._ Isl. _ida_, vortex aquae, _id-a_, more fluentis aquae circ.u.mcursito. IDLESET, _s._ The state of being idle, S. Q. _set_ or placed _idle_. _R. Bruce._ YDILTETH, _s._ Idleness. _K. Ja. VI._ A. S. _idel tid_, tempus va
- 441 JEMMIES, _s. pl._ A species of woollen cloth, Aberd. JENEPERE, _s._ Juniper. _K. Quair._ JEOPERD, _s._ A battle. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ ~Jeoparty trot~, _s._ 1. A quick motion between running and walking, Dumfr. 2. A contemptuous designation, perhaps as equiv
- 442 2. To cheat, to trick, S. _P. Buch. Dial._ 3. To make a quick turn. _Burns._ 4. To escape, to avoid, S. _Ferguson._ 5. To spend time idly, S. A. _J. Nicol._ Su. G. _swink-a_, subterfugia quaerere, Germ. _schwink-en_, celeriter movere. ~Jink~, _s._ The act
- 443 _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ ~Ilkaday~, _s._ A lawful day, as distinguished from that which is appropriated to Christian wors.h.i.+p, S. from _ilk_, every, and _day_. _Falls of Clyde._ _Ilkadays claise_, the clothes worn on ordinary days, by the working cla.s.ses,
- 444 IMBa.s.sET, _s._ L. _inba.s.set_. Amba.s.sador. _Wallace._ IMMER GOOSE, The greater ducker, Orkn. _Sibbald._ _Barry._ _Immer_, id. Norw. Dan. &c. IMMICK, _s._ An ant, S. apparently corr. from E. _emmet_. IMMIS, _adj._ Variable. V. ~Emmis~. _To_ YMP, _v. a
- 445 IN ANE, _adv._ 1. Together. _Douglas._ 2. Without cessation, always. _Id._ 3. Anon, quickly. _Houlate._ A. S. _on an_, simul, continuo; Teut. _aeneen_, id. INAMITIE, _s._ Enmity. _Knox._ INBEARING, _part._ Embracing every opportunity of ingratiating ones
- 446 _Crosraguell._ INFAL, _s._ A hostile attack. _Wodrow._ Teut. _in-val_, illapsus. INFANGTHEFE, _s._ 1. A thief apprehended by a baron within his own territory. _Skene._ A. S. _infangenthef_, a thief taken within. 2. The privilege conferred on a landholder
- 447 _Doug._ ~Ingle-nook~, _s._ The corner of the fireside, S. _Ferguson._ _To_ INHABLE, _v. a._ To render unfit. _R. Bruce._ L. B. _inhabil-itare_, incapacem declarare. INHADDIN, _adj._ Applied to fuel which must be constantly _held in_, or supplied, to the f
- 448 A. S. _genom_, id. INORE, _s._ Perh. honour. _Sir Gawan._ O. Fr. _enor_, id. INORME, _adj._ Atrocious. _Chr. S. P._ _To_ INPUT, _v. a._ To put in. _Spalding._ INPUT, _s._ 1. Share in a contribution, S. 2. Balance, in change of money, S. 3. Aid, metaph. _R
- 449 V. ~Swak~. _Douglas._ _To_ INTAKE, _v. a._ To take a fortified place. _Baillie._ Sw. _intag-a_, to take a town. INTAKE, _s._ 1. The bringing in of the crop, S. 2. A contraction, in sewing, S. 3. That portion of running water which is _taken_ off from the
- 450 O. Fr. _entest-er_, to trouble. INTHRANG, _pret._ Pressed into. V. ~Thring~. _Dunbar._ INTILL, _prep._ 1. In, S. _Barbour._ 2. Into, as denoting entrance, S. _To_ INTROMIT, _v. n._ To intermeddle with goods that belonged to one deceased, S. _Erskine._ L.
- 451 Fr. _joye_, _joie_; _mon joie_, my darling. JOCKEY-COAT, _s._ A great coat, S. JOCKY-LANDY, _s._ A lighted stick, wisp, or any thing blazing, foolishly given as a plaything to children, S. B. _Jack-a-lent_, E. JOCKTELEG, _s._ A folding knife, S. _Burns._
- 452 E. _jot_, a point, a t.i.tle. ~Jotting~, _s._ A memorandum, S. JOUCATTE, JOUCAT, _s._ 1. A measure of liquids. _Acts Ja. VI._ 2. Now used as synon. with _gill_, Loth. E. _jugg_, Dan. _jugge_, urna. JOUGS, _s. pl._ V. ~Juggs~. JOUGS, _s. pl._ Bad liquors,
- 453 _To_ JOW, _v. n._ 1. To move from side to side; _to jow on_, to jog on, S. 2. To toll, S. _Burns._ _To_ ~Jow~, _v. a._ To move, S. B. _s.h.i.+rrefs._ 2. To toll a large bell by the motion of its tongue. _Gl. Sibb._ 3. To ring. _Knox._ ~Jow~, _s._ A single
- 454 ~Irusly~, _adv._ Angrily. _Barbour._ IS, _term._ The mark of the genitive sing., as _manis_, of man; in A. S. _es_. _To_ ISCH, ISCHE, _v. n._ To issue. O. Fr. _yss-ir_, id. _Barbour._ _To_ ~Ische~, _v. a._ To cause to issue. Isl. _ys-a_, expellere. _Acts
- 455 _Stat. Acc._ IVIGAR, _s._ The Sea Urchin. _Sibb._ JUM, _adj._ Reserved, not affable, S. JUNCTLY, JUNTLY, _adv._ Compactly. _Wallace._ JUNDIE, _s._ A push. V. ~Joundie~. _To_ JUNE, _v. a._ To join. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ JUNT, _s._ A large piece of any thing,
- 456 ~Juttie~, _s._ A tippler, Ang. _To_ ~Juttle~, _v. n._ To tipple, S. JUTE, _s._ A term of reproach applied to a woman, a jade, Clydes. JUXTER, _s._ A juggler; q. _joukster_. V. ~Jouk~, _v._ K KA, _s._ V. ~Kay~. KABBELOW, _s._ Cod-fish salted and hung for a
- 457 _Minstr. Bord._ Gael. _cam_, expl. a crooked bill; or rather Mod. Sax. _kam_, the summit of a mound. KAYME, KAME, _s._ A honeycomb. _Barbour._ KAIN, KAIN-FOWLS. V. ~Cane~. KAIR, _s._ A mire, a puddle, Fife. Isl. _ker_, palus; Sw. _kiaerr_, paludes. KAIRD,
- 458 _To_ KEB, _v. n._ To cast a lamb immaturely, Bord. ~Keb~, _s._ A ewe that has brought forth immaturely, or been prevented accidentally from rearing. _Complaynt S._ _To_ KEBBIE, _v. a._ To chide, Ang. Su. G. _kifw-a_, id. Su. G. _kif_, a quarrel. _To_ ~Keb
- 459 KEELICK, _s._ 1. Anger, vexation, Ang. Isl. _keli_, dolor. 2. A stroke, Ang., also _keelup_. KEELING, KELING, KEILING, KILLING, KILLIN, _s._ Cod of a large size, S. _Sibbald._ Isl. _keila_, Sw. _kolja_, a haddock. KEELIVINE, KEELIVINE-PEN, _s._ A black-le
- 460 KELL, _s._ 1. A dress for a womans head. _Douglas._ 2. The hinder part of a womans cap, the _caul_, S. Belg. _kovel_, a coif. KELLACH, KELLACHY, _s._ A small cart of wicker, fixed to a square frame and tumbling shafts, Ang. _Statist. Acc._ Isl. Su. G. _ka
- 461 _Bannatyne Poems._ 3. The champion of a party in controversy. _Winyet._ Dan. _kempe_, a giant; Isl. miles robustus. ~Kemp~, _s._ The act of striving for superiority, S. _J. Nicol._ ~Kemper~, _s._ 1. One who strives; now generally applied to reapers strivi
- 462 2. Cruel. _Sir Tristrem._ A. S. _cene_, Su. G. _koen_, audax. KENERED, _pret._ Stirred. _Sir Gawan._ From C. B. _cynhyrv-u_, to move, to stir. KENT, _s._ A long staff used by shepherds for leaping over ditches or brooks, S. _Ross._ _To_ KEP, KEPP, KEIP, _
- 463 Su. G. _koett_, Isl. _kaet_, caro? _To_ ~Ket~. _v. a._ To corrupt. _Henrysone._ KET, KETT, _s._ A matted fleece, S. _Burns._ C. B. _caeth_, bound; Ir. _caitin_, s.h.a.g. ~Kett~, _s._ The weed called quick-gra.s.s. S. A. ~Ketty~, _adj._ Matted, S. A. KETCH
- 464 _To_ KID, _v. n._ To toy, Fife. Su G. _kaet-jas_, lascivire. KID, KAID, _s._ The tick or sheep-louse. _Polwart._ KYDD, _part. pa._ Manifested; from _kythe_. _Sir Gawan._ KIDDY, _adj._ Wanton, Ang. V. ~Caigie~. KIDE, _s._ Perh. q. _Kith_, q. v. _Sir Gawan.
- 465 2. To lift up any thing quickly, Ang. _Cleland._ ~Kilting~, _s._ The lap of a womans petticoat that is tucked up, S. _Kelly._ KILT-RACK, _s._ That which lifts up the rack of a mill, Ang. V. ~Kilt~, _v._ KILTER, _s._ Entertainment. _Ramsay._ The same with
- 466 V. ~Cuning~. KINRENT, KYNRENT, _s._ Kindred. A. S. _cynrene_, _cynryn_, id. _Wallace._ KYNRIK, _s._ 1. Kingdom. _Wallace._ 2. Possession of a kingdom. _Acts Ja. I._ A. S. _cynric_, regnum. KINSCH, _s._ Apparently, kindred. _Montgomerie._ KINSCH, KINCH, _s
- 467 _Wallace._ ~Kirk the gussie~, a play in which a large ball, called the _gussie_, is beat with clubs into a hole, one party opposing another. When the ball is lodged, the _gussie_ is said to be _kirkit_, Ang. ~Kirkine~, _adj._ Belonging to the church. _Hou
- 468 KIT, _s._ _A the kit_, or _the haill kit_, all taken together, S. _R. Galloway._ Su. G. _kyt-a_, to exchange, q. _the haill coup_, the whole barter. KITCHEN, KITCHING, _s._ 1. Solids, as opposed to liquids. _Balfour._ 2. Any thing eaten with bread, S. _St
- 469 V. ~Caigie~. Su. G. _kaett_, wanton. _Chr. Kirk._ KYTt.i.t, _part. pa._ Daubed with a viscous substance. _Bannatyne P._ Dan. _kitt-er_, Sw. _kitta_, to cement. KITTIWAKE, _s._ The tarrock, S. _Sibbald._ KITTY-WREN, _s._ The wren, S. _To_ KITTLE, _v. a._ 1
- 470 KNAB, _s._ 1. One who possesses a small independence; _a little laird_, S. _Forbes._ 2. A leader or general. _Poems Buchan Dial._ Germ. _knab_, puer n.o.bilis; Isl. _knap-ar_. vulgus n.o.bilium. ~Knabby~, ~Knabbish~, _adj._ Possessing independence in a mi
- 471 KNAP, _s._ A slight stroke, S. _Ramsay._ KNAPE, _s._ 1. A servant. _Douglas._ 2. As equivalent to _valet_. _Douglas._ A. S. _cnapa_, Teut. _knape_, puer, servus. ~Knappare~, _s._ A boor. _Douglas._ KNAPPARTS, _s. pl._ Heath pease, S. B. Teut. _knappen_, m
- 472 _To_ KNEE, _v. a._ 1. To press down with the knees, Ang. 2. To bend into an angular form, Ang. 3. The wind is said _to knee corn_, when it breaks it down so that it strikes root by the stalk, Ang. Isl. _kny-a_, adigere; _hneig-ia_, flectere. KNEEF, KNEIF,
- 473 KNOCK, _s._ A clock, S. _Watson._ KNOCKIT BARLEY or BEAR, barley stripped of the husk, by being beaten in a hollow stone with a maul, S. _Ramsay._ _To_ KNOIT, KNITE, NOYT, _v. a._ 1. To strike with a sharp sound, S. _Chr. Kirk._ 2. To amble or hobble in w
- 474 Teut. _knolle_, a hillock. _Douglas._ KNUBLOCK, _s._ A k.n.o.b. V. ~Kniblock~. _To_ KNUFF, KNUVE, _v. n._ To converse familiarly, S. Su. G. _knaefwe_, the fist; q. to be "hand and glove." KNURL, _s._ A dwarf, S. O. _Burns._ A metaph. use of E. _
- 475 _To_ KUTER, CUTER, _v. a._ 1. To c.o.c.ker, to nurse delicately, S. 2. To coax, to wheedle. 3. To converse clandestinely and intimately, S. Germ. _kutter-n_, Su. G. _quittr-a_, garrire. L _L_, in our language, as in Germ., often denotes diminution; as _ba
- 476 2. A fondling term, applied to a young man, S. _Ritson._ LADE, LAID, _s._ A load, S. _Ross._ A. S. _hlad_, id. LADE, LEAD, MILL-LADE, _s._ The ca.n.a.l which carries water to a mill, S. _Chalm. Air._ A. S. _lade_, Teut. _leyde_, aquaeductus. LADENIN TIME,
- 477 LAGMAN, _s._ The president in the supreme court formerly held in Orkney. _Barry._ Su. G. _lagman_, judex provincialis. LAGRAETMAN, _s._ One acting as an officer to a _lagman_. _Barry._ Su. G. _lag_, law, and _raett_, right. LAY, _s._ Law. O. Fr. _lai_. _D
- 478 ~Laigh~, _s._ Flat, low part, S. B. _Stat. Acc._ LAYIS, _s._ Alloy. _Acts Ja. IV._ Fr. _lier_, id. ~Layit~, _adj._ Base, applied to money. _Knox._ LAIK, LAKE, _s._ Fine linen cloth. _Sir Egeir._ Belg. _lak_, cloth in general. LAIK, _s._ Gift, pledge. _Sir
- 479 LAYNERE, _s._ A thong. _Wyntown._ Fr. _laniere_, id. LAING, _s._ A small ridge of land, Orkn. _To_ LAIP, LAPE, _v. a._ To lap, S. _Dunbar._ LAIP, _s._ A plash, Loth. V. ~Lappie~. LAIR, LAYRE, LARE, _s._ 1. A place for lying down, S. _Montgomerie._ 2. The
- 480 V. ~Lever~. LAIT, LAYTE, LATE, LETE, _s._ 1. Manner, gesture. _Chr. Kirk._ 2. Mein, appearance of the countenance. _Barbour._ Isl. _lat_, _laete_, gestus; _laet_, me gero. _To_ ~Lait~, _v. a._ To personate. _Fordun._ Teut. _laet-en_, apparere, prae se fer
- 481 _Wallace._ ~Lak~, _adj._ Bad, deficient; comp. _lakker_, worse; superl. _lakkest_. _Douglas._ Isl. _lakr_, deficiens. LAK, _s._ Hollow place. _Houlate._ Isl. _lag_, _laegd_, locus depressus. LAKIE, _s._ Irregularity in the tides. Su. G. _lack-a_, deficere
- 482 LAND, _s._ A clear level place in a wood. O. E. _Lawnd_, mod. _Lawn_. _Wyntown._ LAND, _s._ A hook in the form of the letter _S_, S. B. LAND, _s._ The country; _on land_, _to land_, in the country. _Acts Ja. II._ A. S. Su. G. _land_, rus. ~Land~, _s._ A h
- 483 _Douglas._ _To_ LANG, _v. n._ To long, S. _Ross._ Germ. _lang-en_, A. S. _laeng-ian_, desiderare. ~Lang~, ~Lange~, _adj._ Long, S. _Wyntown._ _To think lang_, to become weary, S. ~Lang~, _adv._ For a long time, S. _Burns._ ~Langare~, ~Langayr~, ~Langere~,
- 484 ~Lang-tongud~, _adj._ Babbling, S. _Ramsay._ _To_ LANS, LANCE, _v. a._ To throw out. Fr. _lanc-er_, id. _Wallace._ _To_ ~Lans~, _v. n._ 1. To spring forward. _Douglas._ 2. Denoting the delicate and lively strokes of a musician on his violin. _Chr. Kirk._
- 485 _Leard_, instructed, S. ~Lare~, ~Lear~, ~Lere~, _s._ Learning, S. _Doug._ A. S. _laere_, Belg. _leer_, id. ~Lare-maister~, _s._ A teacher, S. Belg. _leer-mester_, id. LAREIT, LAUREIT, _s._ A chapel dedicated to _our Lady of Loretto_. _Lyndsay._ LARG, LARG
- 486 LASKAR, _s._ A large armful of hay or straw, Tweedd. Isl. _hlas_, a load, Su. G. _la.s.s_, id. La.s.s, _s._ A sweetheart, S. _R. Galloway._ LAST, _s._ A measure, Orkn. _Skene._ Su. G. _laest_, mensura 12 tonnarum. _To_ LAT, _v. a._ 1. To suffer, to permit
- 487 LATIENCE, _s._ Leisure; S. B. _lees.h.i.+ns_. _Callender._ LATIOUSE, _adj._ Unrestrained. _S. P. Repr._ LATRON, _s._ A privy. _Spalding._ Fr. _latrine_, id. LATTER, _adj._ Inferior. _Bar. Courts._ LATTER-MEAT, _s._ Meat brought from the masters to the ser
- 488 LAVE, _s._ The remainder. V. ~Lafe~. LAVELLAN, _s._ A kind of weasel, Caith. _Pennant._ LAVER, _s. Fro laver to layre_. _Sir Gawan._ LAVEROK, LAUEROK, _s._ The lark, S. often q. _lerrik_, _larick_. _Complaynt S._ A. S. _laferc_, _Lawerc_, id. LAUGHT, LAUC
- 489 2. A tomb, grave, or mound. _Sir Gawan._ Moes. G. _hlaiw_ signifies monumentum. LAW, _s._ The remainder. V. ~Lafe~. LAW-BORROIS, LAW-BORROWS, _s. pl._ The legal security which one man is obliged to give, that he will not do any injury to another in his pe
- 490 LE, LIE, LEE, LYE, _s._ 1. Shelter, security from tempest. _Douglas._ 2. Metaph. peace, tranquillity. _Wynt._ Su. G. lae, locus tempestati subductus; Isl. _hle_, _hlie_, id. ~Le~, ~Lie~, _adj._ Sheltered, warm. _Houlate._ LE, _s._ Law. O. Fr. _ley_. _Wynt
- 491 Moes. G. _leik_, _lek_; A. S. _laec_, id. _Barb._ ~Leching~, ~Leiching~, _s._ Cure. _Wallace._ LECK, _s._ Any stone that stands a strong fire, as greenstone, trapp. &c. S. LEDE, _s._ A person. V. ~Leid~. LEDISMAN, LODISMAN, s. A pilot. _Douglas._ A. S. _l
- 492 3. A list. A. S. _hlete_, a lot. _Ramsay._ _To_ ~Leet~, _v. a._ To nominate with a view to election, S. _Baillie._ LEET, _s._ Language. V. ~Leid~. LEETHFOW, _adj._ Loathsome, S. B. V. ~Laith~. _Journal Lond._ LEEZE ME. V. ~Leis me~. LEFULL, LEIFULL, _adj.
- 493 LEID, LEDE, _s._ Language, S. B. _Leet_ is also used. _Douglas._ Isl. _hliod_, sonus, Dan. _lyd_, vox. LEID, LEDE, LUID, _s._ A song, a lay. _Douglas._ A. S. _leoth, lioth_, Belg. _lied_, Isl. _hliod_, _liod_, id. LEID, LIED, _s._ _A leid_ of a thing, is
- 494 3. Upright, S. _Reg. Maj._ 4. Honest in dealings. _Priests Peblis._ 5. _A leil stroke_, one that hits the mark, S. B. O. Fr. _leall_, loyal, faithful, honest. _To_ LEIN, _v. a._ To conceal. V. ~Layne~. _To_ LEIN, _v. n._ To cease. _Cleland._ _To_ LEIND, L
- 495 _Acts Ja. VI._ _To_ LEIST, _v. n._ To incline, E. _list_. _Dunbar._ LEIST, _adj._ Least. _Douglas._ LEISTER, LISTER, _s._ A spear, armed with three or more p.r.o.ngs, for striking fish, S. _Burns._ Su. G. _liuster_, id.; _liustra_, to strike fish with a t
- 496 A. S. _laen-an_, Su. G. _laen-a_, id. ~Len~, ~Leane~, ~Lend~, _s._ A loan, S. A. S. _laen_, _lean_, id. _Acts Ja. VI._ _To_ LEND, _v. n._ To dwell. V. ~Leind~. LENDIS, _s. pl._ 1. Loins. _Chr. Kirk._ 2. b.u.t.tocks. _Kennedy._ Isl. _lend_, clunis; in _pl.
- 497 A. S. _leome_, a limb. _Journ. Lond._ _To_ LEP, _v. n._ To go rapidly. _Barbour._ Isl. _leip-a_, _hleip-a_, to run. _To_ LEPE, LEIP, _v. a._ To heat, to parboil, S. _Douglas._ A. S. _hleap-an_, to leap; q. to wallop in the pot. ~Lepe~, ~Leep~, _s._ A slig
- 498 LESUM, LEISOM, _adj._ What may be permitted. _Douglas._ A. S. _ge-leafsum_, licitus, allowable, from _leaf_, permissio. LESURIS, LASORS, _s. pl._ Pastures. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ A. S. _leswe_, a pasture; Ir. _leasur_, a meadow. _To_ LET, _v. n._ To reckon. _
- 499 A. S. _laeththe_, id. _Wyntown._ 2. A disgust, S. B. _Wyntown._ LETTEIS, _s._ Gray fur, Fr. _Acts Ja. II._ LETTER-GAE, _s._ The precentor or clerk in a church, S. _Ramsay._ V. ~Let Gae~. ~Letteron~, ~Lettrin~, _s._ 1. The desk in which the clerk or precen
- 500 _Douglas._ LEUINGIS, _s. pl._ Loins, or lungs. _Douglas._ LEUIT, LEWYT, _pret._ Allowed. A. S. _lef-an_, permittere. _Wallace._ LEVYT, LEWYT, _pret._ Left. _Barbour._ Isl. _leif-a_, linquere. _To_ LEW, _v. a._ To make tepid, S. B. Teut. _lauw-en_, tepefac