An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language

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601 O. Fr. _padou-ir_, L. B. _padu-ire_, to pasture; whence _padouen_ and _paduentum_, pasture. PAITLATTIS, _s. pl._ Uncertain. _Dunbar._ PALAD, _s._ V. ~Pallat~. PALAVER, _s._ Idle talk, S. Hisp. _palabra_, Fr. _palabre_, a word. _To_ ~Palaver~, _v. n._ To u 2024-4-22
602 Fr. _paille_, id. _Sir Gawan._ PAMPHIL, _s._ 1. A square inclosure made with stakes, Aberd. V. ~Paffle~. 2. Any small house, ibid. _To_ PAN, _v. n._ To correspond, to tally, to unite; A. Bor. id. from _pan_, a cross-beam in the roof of a house, closing wi 2024-4-22
603 PANNEL, _s._ One brought to the bar of a court for trial, S. _Erskine._ E. _panel_, a schedule, containing the names of a jury. PANS, _s. pl._ The timbers of a house, extending between the _couples_, parallel to the walls, S. Su. G. _tak-panna_, s.h.i.+ng 2024-4-22
604 PARAGON, _s._ A rich cloth imported from Turkey. _Watson._ Fr. _parangon de Venise_, id. PARAMUDDLE, _s._ The red tripe of cattle, the atomasum, S. B. _To_ PARBREAK, _v. n._ To puke. V. ~Braik~, _v._ and ~Braking~. _Z. Boyd._ _To_ PARE, PAIR, PEYR, _v. a. 2024-4-22
605 A. S. _pearroc_, septum, clathrum. PARROT-COAL, _s._ A species of coal that burns very clearly. S. _Statist. Acc._ Pa.r.s.eMENTIS, _s. pl._ Perh. for _partiments_, compartments. _Douglas._ Pa.r.s.eNERE, _s._ A partner. _Wyntown._ Fr. _parsonnier_, id. PAR 2024-4-22
606 _Crosraguel._ L. B. _pa.s.s-us_, locus. _To_ PASE, _v. a._ To poise. V. ~Pais~. PASH, _s._ The head, a ludicrous term, S. _Watson._ PASMENTS, _s. pl._ 1. Strips of lace or silk sewed on clothes. 2. Now used to denote livery; p.r.o.n. _pessments_, S. B. _A 2024-4-22
607 _To_ PATTER, _v. a._ To repeat in a muttering way without interruption, S. _Dunbar._ Arm. _pater-en_, to repeat the Lords prayer. ~Patterar~, _s._ One who repeats prayers. _Douglas._ ~Pattering~, _s._ Vain repet.i.tion. _Lyndsay._ PATTLE, PETTLE, _s._ A s 2024-4-22
608 _Kelly._ Teut. _pad_, _patte_, the paw of a beast. PAW, _s._ Quick motion. V. ~Pavie~. PAWIS, _s. pl._ Parts in music. _Bannatyne Poems._ p.a.w.n, _s._ A narrow curtain fixed to the roof, or to the lower part of a bed, S. Belg. _pand_, a lappit, a skirt. 2024-4-22
609 _Burns._ PECHLE, _s._ (gutt.) A budget carried clandestinely, Loth. Su. G. _packa_, sarcina. Germ. _paeck-lin_, fasciculus. PEDDIR, PEDDER, _s._ A pedlar. _Douglas._ L. B. _pedar-ius_, nudis ambulans pedibus. _To_ PEEL, PEIL, _v. a._ To equal, to match, L 2024-4-22
610 _Acts Ja. V._ Either to _pile_, or to pair. V. ~Peel~. PEILD, _adj._ Bald. Fr. _pele_, id. _Gl. Sibb._ PEILOUR, _s._ A thief. V. ~Pelour~. _To_ PEYNE, _v. a._ To forge. V. ~Pene~. _To_ PEYR, _v. a._ To impair. V. ~Pare~. PEIRS, _adj._ Sky-coloured. _Dougl 2024-4-22
611 PELURE, PILLOUR, _s._ Costly fur. _Wyntown._ O. Fr. _pelure_, peau; Roquef. PENCH, PENCHE, _s._ 1. Belly. _Semple._ 2. _Penches_, pl. the common name for tripe, S. PEND, _s._ 1. An arch, S. _Minstr. Bord._ 2. The arch of heaven. _Chron. S. P._ Lat. _pend- 2024-4-22
612 PENNY-MAILL, _s._ 1. Rent paid in money. _Acts Ja. VI._ 2. A small sum paid to a proprietor of land, as an acknowledgment of superiority. V. ~Mail~. _Maitland P._ PENNYSTANE, PENNY-STONE, _s._ A flat stone used as a quoit. _To play at the pennystane_, to 2024-4-22
613 V. ~Dulse~. _Lightfoot._ _To_ PEPPIN, _v. a._ To c.o.c.ker, Banffs. _pettle_, synon. V. ~Pappant~. O. Fr. _popine_, a puppet. _To_ PER, _v. n._ To appear. _Wallace._ O. Fr. _per-er_, id. PERANTER, _adv._ Peradventure. _Lyndsay._ _To_ PERBREK, _v. a._ To s 2024-4-22
614 PERJINK, _adj._ 1. Precise. 2. Trim, so as to appear finical, S. Qu. _parjoinct_; Fr. _par_ and _joinct_. PERLASY, _s._ The palsy. _K. Hart._ Fr. _paralysie_, id. PERLIE, _s._ The little finger, Loth. q. _peerie_, little, and _lith_, joint. PERMUSTED, _pa 2024-4-22
615 V. ~Pays~. _Lyndsay._ PESS. V. ~The~. PESSMENTS, _s. pl._ V. ~Pasments~. _To_ PET, PETTLE, _v. a._ To fondle, to treat as a pet, S. _Z. Boyd._ PETE-POT, _s._ A hole from which _peats_ have been dug, S. _Wyntown._ Teut. _put_, lacuna. PETERS STAFF (~St.~), 2024-4-22
616 V. ~Finnack~. _Pennant._ PHIOLL, _s._ V. ~Fyell~. PITHONES, _s._ A Pythoness, a witch. _Barbour._ _To_ PHRASE, FRAISE, _v. a._ To talk of with boasting. _Rutherford._ ~Phraser~, _s._ 1. A braggart, braggadocio. _Bp. Galloway._ 2. A wheedling person, S. To 2024-4-22
617 Su. G. _pikande_, Fr. _piquant_, id. PICKEREL, _s._ The dunlin. _Sibbald._ PICKERY, _s._ V. ~Pikary~. PICKIE-MAN, _s._ A millers servant, from his work of keeping the mill in order, S. B. V. ~Pik~, _v._ PICKLE, PUCKLE, _s._ 1. A grain of corn, S. _Abp. Ha 2024-4-22
618 V. ~Pig~. _Davidson._ PIGHT, _pret._ Pierced, thrust. Germ. _pick-en_, pungere. _Sir Tristrem._ PYGRAL, _adj._ V. ~Pegrall~. PIGTAIL, _s._ Twisted tobacco, S., resembling the _tail_ of a _pig_. _To_ PIK, _v. a._ To strike lightly with any thing sharp-poin 2024-4-22
619 PYK-MAW, PICK-MAW, _s._ A kind of gull. _Houlate._ PILCH, _s._ 1. A gown made of skin. A. S. _pylece_, toga pellicea. _Douglas._ 2. A tough skinny piece of meat, S. 3. Any thing short and gross, S. ~Pilch~, _adj._ Thick, gross, S. PILE, PYLE, _s._ 1. In p 2024-4-22
620 _Mellvills MS._ PINCH, PUNCH, _s._ An iron lever, S. Fland. _pinsse_, Fr. _pince_, id. _To_ PYNE, _v. a._ To subject to pain, S. Isl. _pyn-a_, A. S. _pinan_, torquere. _Wall._ ~Pyne~, _s._ 1. Pain, S. _Wyntown._ 2. Labour, pains. _Douglas._ A. S. _pin_, T 2024-4-22
621 PINKIE, _s._ The little finger, Loth. Belg. _pink_, digitus minimus. PINKIE, _s._ The weakest kind of table beer, S. PINKIE, _s._ The smallest candle that is made, S. O. Teut. _pincke_, cubicularis lucerna simplex. PINNER, _s._ 1. A female head-dress, hav 2024-4-22
622 Isl. _prion-a_, to weave. ~Pirn~, _s._ The wheel of a fis.h.i.+ng-rod, S. _Sir J. Sinclair._ ~Pirnyt~, ~Pyrnit~, _part. pa._ Striped with different colours. _Douglas._ ~Pirnie~, _adj._ Having unequal threads, or different colours, S. _Cleland._ Isl. _prio 2024-4-22
623 PLACAD, PLACKET, _s._ A placard, S. _Pitscottie._ Teut. _plackaet_, decretum, from _placken_, to fix. PLACE, _s._ 1. The mansion-house on an estate, S. _Spalding._ 2. A castle, a strong hold. _Keith._ Fr. _place_, a castle. PLACEBOE, _s._ A parasite. _Kno 2024-4-22
624 _Pitscottie._ PLAINSTANES, _s. pl._ 1. The pavement, S. 2. The exchange, as being paved, S. _To_ PLAINT, PLENT, _v. n._ To complain of, S. _Knox._ PLAYOKIS, _s. pl._ Playthings, S. O. _Wyntown._ PLAITINGS, _s. pl._ Pieces of iron which go below the plough 2024-4-22
625 PLAT, PLATT, PLATE, _s._ 1. A dash. _Douglas._ 2. A blow with the fist. _Lyndsay._ A. S. _plaett-as_, cuffs, blows. _To_ PLAT UP, _v. a._ To erect. _Baillie._ PLATFUTE, _s._ A term of reproach; applied to a _plain-soled_ person, and thence ludicrously to 2024-4-22
626 V. ~Plaint~. PLENTEOUS, _adj._ Complaining. _Bar. Courts._ PLEP, _s._ Any thing weak or feeble, S. B. ~Pleppit~, _adj._ Not stiff; creased. A _pleppit dud_, a garment become quite flaccid by wearing or tossing, Ang. Perh. q. _flappit_, E. flapped; or from 2024-4-22
627 PLODDERE, _s._ A banger, a mauler. _Wyntown._ O. Fr. _plaud-er_, to bang, to maul. PLOY, _s._ 1. A harmless frolic, properly of a social kind, S. _Sir J. Sinclair._ 2. A frolic, which, although begun in jest, has a serious issue, S. _Ross._ A. S. _pleg-an 2024-4-22
628 V. ~Pleuchirnes~. _To_ PLUNK, _v. n._ To plump, S. C. B. _plwngk-io_, id. _To_ PLUNK, _v. n._ To play the truant, S. O. Teut. _plenck-en_, vagari, to straggle. PLUNTED, probably for painted. _Leg. St Androis._ POB, POB-TOW, _s._ Refuse of flax, S. B. also 2024-4-22
629 _Erskine._ ~Poinding~, _s._ The act of poinding, S. ~Poynder~, ~Pundare~, _s._ One who distrains, S. _Stat. Rob. I._ POINER, _s._ One who lives by digging and selling _feal_, _divots_ or clay, Inverness. _Law Case._ O. Fr. _pionnier_ is used in a similar 2024-4-22
630 L. B. _pomell-us_, globulus. POYNYE, POYNYHe, POYHNe, PONYHe, s. A skirmish. _Barbour._ O. Fr. _poignee_, id. Lat. _pugna_. PONYEAND, _adj._ Piercing. _Wallace._ Fr. _poignant_, id. PONNYIS, _s._ Weight, influence; Teut. _pondigh_, ponderosus. _Gl. Sibb._ 2024-4-22
631 PORT, _s._ A catch, a lively tune, Gael. id. S. _Kelly._ ~Port-youl~, ~Port-yeull~. _To sing Port-youl_, to cry, S. _Kelly._ _Port_, and _youl_ to cry. PORTAGE, _s._ Cargo put onboard s.h.i.+p, Fr. _Douglas._ POTATIBUS, not understood. _Houlate._ PORTEOUS 2024-4-22
632 _Ruddiman._ 4. A deep hole scooped out in a rock, by the eddies of a river, S. _Minstr. Bord._ 5. A moss-hole from whence peats have been dug. V. ~Pete-pot~. Teut. _put_, fovea; lacuna, palus; given as synon. with _pool_. POTARDS, _s. pl._ L. dotards. _Mo 2024-4-22
633 1. To push, S. _Bp. Forbes._ 2. To drive clothes hastily backwards and forwards in the water in the act of was.h.i.+ng, S. Teut. _polss-en int water_, quatere aquas. ~Pouss~, _s._ A push, S. Fr. _pousse_. POUST, _s._ Bodily strength, S. O. Fr. _poeste_, _ 2024-4-22
634 _Statist. Acc._ 4. The wharf itself, ibid. Radically the same with E. _pool_. POWART, _s._ A tadpole; _powrit_, Fife. _Statist. Acc._ POW-EE, _s._ A small fresh haddock, Montrose. POW-HEAD, _s._ A tadpole; p.r.o.n. _powet_, S. _powie_, Perths. _Gl. Tristr 2024-4-22
635 4. An artful means. _Dunbar._ 5. A trick of legerdemain, S. _Gl. Sibb._ 6. A necromantic exploit, S. _Dunbar._ 7. A mischievous trick, or any wicked act, S. _Ramsay._ Su. G. _praktik_, craft; Mod. Sax. _practycke_, astrology. _To_ PRECELL, _v. n._ To exce 2024-4-22
636 1. Print, S. _Abp. Hamiltoun._ 2. Impression of a die. _Acts Ja. III._ 3. A deep impression made on the mind. _Wallace._ 4. Likeness. _Douglas._ ~Prentar~, _s._ A printer. PRES, _s._ Throng. V. ~Preis~. PRESERVES, _s. pl._ Spectacles which magnify little 2024-4-22
637 2. Witnesses. _Acts Ja. VI._ PRYCE, PRICE, PRYS, PREIS, _s._ 1. Praise. _Henrysone._ Su. G. _prisa_, Dan. _prise_, Belg. _prijs_, id. 2. Prize. Teut. _prijs_, pretium. _Douglas._ p.r.i.c.k, _s._ 1. A wooden skewer, securing the end of a gut containing a p 2024-4-22
638 _Rutherford._ 2. Entreaty, S. _To_ PRYK, _v. n._ V. ~Prek~. _To_ PRYME, _v. a._ To stuff. _Douglas._ PRIMSIE, _s._ Demure, precise, S. from E. _prim_. _Burns._ _To_ PRIMP, To deck ones self in a stiff and affected manner. ~Primpit~, _part. pa._ 1. Stiffly 2024-4-22
639 2. A solicitor, who is allowed to speak before an inferior court, although not an advocate; corr. _procutor_, S. L. B. _procurator_. PROD, _s._ A wooden skewer, Ang. Su. G. _brodd_, Dan. _brod_, cuspis, aculeus. ~Prod~, ~Craw-prod~, _s._ A pin fixed in th 2024-4-22
640 _Dunbar._ Q. something supported above the level of the ground as a b.u.t.t. PROPYNE, PROPINE, _s._ 1. A present, S. _Douglas._ 2. Drink-money. _Rutherford._ 3. The power of giving. _Minstr. Bord._ Gr. p??p??-?, Lat. _propin-o_, id. Hence Fr. _propine_, d 2024-4-22
641 _Maitland P._ Fr. _prou_, id. PROWAN, _s._ Provender. _Kelly._ Fr. _provende_, id. PROWDE, _adj._ Magnificent. _Wyntown._ Su. G. _prud_, id. PROWDE, _s._ Fair, beautiful woman. _Maitland P._ Su. G. _prud_, ornatus; Isl. _frid_, pulcher. _To_ PRUNYIE, _v. 2024-4-22
642 V. ~Pure~. _To_ ~Puir~, _v. a._ V. ~Pure~, _v._ PULAILE, POULAILE, _s._ Poultry. L. B. _poyllayllia_, id. _Barbour._ _To_ PULCE, _v. a._ To impel. Lat. _puls-o_. _Complaynt S._ PULDER, _s._ Powder, dust. O. Fr. _puldre_, id. _Complaynt S._ ~Pulderit~, _pa 2024-4-22
643 _To_ PUNGE, _v. a._ V. ~Punye~. PUNGER, _s._ A species of crab. _Sibbald._ PUNYE, _s._ A small body of men. _Barbour._ Fr. _poignee de gens_, a handful of people. _To_ PUNYE, PUNGE, _v. a._ 1. To pierce. _Wallace._ 2. To sting. _Fordun._ 3. To sting; appl 2024-4-22
644 PURL, _s._ 1. A portion of the dung of sheep or horses, S. _Ess. Highland Soc._ Su. G. _porl-a_, scaturire. 2. Dried cow-dung, used for fuel, Fife, S. A. PURLICUE, PARLICUE, _s._ 1. A flourish at the end of a word in writing, Aberd. Fr. _pour le queue_, q 2024-4-22
645 _To_ ~Put~, _v. n._ To throw a heavy stone above-hand, S. _Ramsay._ C. B. _pwt-iaw_, to push, to thrust. ~Put~ _and_ ~Row~, _adv._ With difficulty, S. _Ross._ ~Putting-stone~, _s._ A heavy stone used in _putting_, S. _Pennant._ _To_ ~Put~ _out_, _v. a._ T 2024-4-22
646 QUEET, _s._ The ancle, Aberd. V. ~Cute~. _Ross._ QUEY, QUY, QUOY, QUYACH, QUOYACH, QUEOCK, QUYOK, _s._ A cow of two years old, S. _Acts Malc. II._ Dan. _quie_, Su. G. _quiga_, id. QUEYN, QUEAN, _s._ A young woman, S. _Gl. Sibb._ A. S. _cwen_, Su. G. _qwin 2024-4-22
647 QUERRELL, QUAREL, _s._ A quarry, S. B. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ Fr. _quarrel-er_, to pave with flat stones. QUERT, _s._ _In quert_, in a state of hilarity. _S. P. Repr._ C. B. _chwaer-u_, to be active; _chwar-eu_, to sport; _chwareuad_, _chwuareuaeth_, sport, m 2024-4-22
648 QUHA-SAY, _s._ A sham, a pretence. _Leg. St Androis._ Corr. perh. from Lat. _quasi_, as if. QUHATKYN, QUHATEN. What kind of; S. _whattin_. V. ~Kin~. _Barbour._ QUHATSUMEUIR, _adj._ Whatsoever. _Crosraguel._ _To_ QUHAUK, _v. a._ To beat, S. E. QUHAUP, _s._ 2024-4-22
649 V. ~Quhich~. QUHY, _s._ A cause, a reason. _K. Quair._ _To_ QUHICH, QUHIGH, QUHIHHER, (gutt.) _v. n._ To move through the air with a whizzing sound, S. B. _Minstrelsy Bord._ A. S. _hweoth_, _hwith_, flatus, aura lenis. _To_ QUHID, WHUD, _v. n._ 1. To whis 2024-4-22
650 QUHILLY BILLY, the noise made in violent coughing or reaching. V. ~Hillie-billow~. _Lyndsay._ QUHYLUM, QUHILOM, _adv._ 1. Some time ago. _Wyntown._ 2. At times. V. ~Umquhile~. _Barbour._ 3. Distributively; now, then. _Dunbar._ A. S. _hwilom_, _hwilum_, al 2024-4-22
651 QUHITE MONEY, _silver_. _Acts Ja. V._ Su. G. _hwita penningar_, silver money. QUHITHER, _s._ A slight illness. V. ~Quhidder~. QUHYTYSS, _s. pl._ _Barbour._ O. Fr. _heutte_, a hat worn by military men; L. B. _huveti_, vestis species, viewed as a sort of ma 2024-4-22
652 QUICKEN, _s._ Couch-gra.s.s. _Lightfoot._ Sw. _qwick-hwete_, _qwick-rot_, _qwicka_, id. QUIERTY, _adj._ Lively. V. ~Quert~. QUIETIE, _s._ Privacy. _Lyndsay._ _To_ QUIN, _v. a._ To con. _Maitland P._ QUYNYIE, QUYNIE, QUEINGIE, _s._ A corner. O. Fr. _coing_ 2024-4-22
653 _Act Sed._ Fr. _quote_, L. B. _quota_, portion. R RA, RAA, RAE, _s._ A roe. _Acts Ja. I._ Isl. _ra_, Su. G. Dan. _raa_, id. RA, RAY, _s._ The sail-yard. Isl. _raa_, Su. G. _segelraa_, id. ~Rabandis~, ~Raibandis~, _s. pl._ The small lines which fasten the 2024-4-22
654 Su. G. _ragl-a_, huc illuc ferri; Isl. _ragalinn_, perverse delirans. RACK, _s._ A frame fixed to the wall, for holding plates, &c. S. RACK (of a mill), _s._ A piece of wood used for the purpose of feeding a mill, S. RACKABIMUS, _s._ A sudden or unexpecte 2024-4-22
655 _Wyntown._ O. Fr. _rador_, the same with _roideur_, durete. RADE, RAID, _s._ An invasion, an attack by violence. _Wyntown._ A. S. _rad_, _rade_, invasio, incursio. RADE, RAID, _s._ A road for s.h.i.+ps. _Douglas._ Fr. _rade_, Belg. _rede_, Su. G. _redd_, 2024-4-22
656 2. A rhapsody. _Douglas._ 3. An account, in order to a settlement. _Dunbar._ Ital. _ragionamento_, a discourse. RAGMANS ROW, or ROLL, a collection of those deeds by which the n.o.bility and gentry of Scotland were constrained to subscribe allegiance to Ed 2024-4-22
657 _Douglas._ 4. To be copious in discourse. _Dunbar._ Su. G. _rek-a_, to roam; _rak-a_, to go swiftly. ~Raik~, ~Rayk~, ~Rake~, _s._ 1. The extent of a course or walk, S. Hence, _sheep-raik_, and _cattle-raik_, S. _Wyntown._ 2. A swift pace. _Ross._ 3. The a 2024-4-22
658 1. To excite, S. _Burns._ 2. To madden; _raisd_, delirious, S. Alem. _raiz-en_, irritare; Su. G. _ras-a_, insanire. RAISE-NET FIs.h.i.+NG, allowing the lower part of the net to _rise_ and float with the flowing tide, and to fall down with the ebb, Dumfr. 2024-4-22
659 _Dunbar._ RAKE. L. _wrake_, wreck. _Sir Tristrem._ RAKE, _s._ A swift pace. V. ~Raik~. RAKYNG, _part. pr._ Perhaps wandering. _Dunbar._ RAKKET, _s._ Uncertain. _Bannatyne P._ RAKLESS, _adj._ Careless, rash, S. A. S. _recceleas_, id. ~Rakleslie~, _adv._ Un 2024-4-22
660 RAMMASCHE, _adj._ Collected; Fr. _ramma.s.se_. _Complaynt S._ RAMMEKINS, _s._ A dish made of eggs, cheese, and crumbs of bread, mixed in the manner of a pudding. _Gl. Sibb._ Flandr. _rammekin_, panis escharites. RAMMEL, RAMEL, _s._ Small branches. Fr. _ra 2024-4-22
661 RAM-RAIS, RAM-RACE, _s._ The act of running in a precipitous manner, with the head inclined downwards, S. Teut. _ramey-en_, arietare. _Douglas._ RAMSH, _adj._ 1. Strong, robust, S. B. Su. G. _ram_, Isl. _ramm-ur_, id. 2. Lascivious, salacious, S. Teut. _r 2024-4-22
662 3. A frequent repet.i.tion of the same sound. _Houlate._ Germ. _raun_, an incantation. Isl. _runa_, sermo non intermissus. _To_ ~Rane~, _v. a._ To cry the same thing over and over, S. O. _rainie_, Ang. _Douglas._ RANEGALD, _adj._ Acting as a _renegado_. _ 2024-4-22
663 _Journ. Lond._ Sw. _rundel_, a round building. 2. The end of a rafter or beam. _Gl. s.h.i.+rr._ Su. G. _rand_, extremity, and _tilia_, A. S. _thil_, a joist. 3. A tall raw-boned person, S. A. _Mannering._ RANTREE, _s._ V. ~Rountree~. RAP, RAPE, _s._ A rop 2024-4-22
664 _To_ RASCH, _v. a._ To dash, to beat. Isl. _rask-a_, frangere. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ ~Rasch~, _s._ 1. Dash, collision. _Douglas._ 2. The clas.h.i.+ng of arms. _Douglas._ A. S. _hraes_, impetus. _To_ RASCH, RASHE, _v. n._ To make any forcible exertion, to rus 2024-4-22
665 RATCH, _s._ The little auk, Orkn.; _rotch_, Shetl.; _Rotges_, Martin. _Neill._ RATCHEL, _s._ A hard rocky crust below the soil, S. Fr. _rochaille_, rocks. RATH, _adj._ Quick. V. ~Raith~. RATH, _adj._ Strange, savage in appearance. A. S. _rethe_, savage. _ 2024-4-22
666 RAVERY, _s._ Delirium. _Wodrow._ Fr. _resverie_, id. RAUGHT, _s._ The act of reaching, S. B. A. S. _raec-an_, to reach. _Journ. Lond._ RAUCLE, _adj._ Rash. V. ~Rackel~. RAVIN, _adj._ Ravenous. _K. Quair._ RAUISANT, _part. pr._ Violent. Fr. _ravissant_, id 2024-4-22
667 ~Raxes~, _s. pl._ Andirons, S. _Ramsay._ READ FISH. V. ~Reid Fische~. READILY, _adv._ Probably. _Baillie._ REAKE, REAK, _s._ A trick, a prank, S. A. _Z. Boyd._ _To play reakes_, to play tricks. Isl. _hreck-r_, dolus; nequitia. REALE, _adj._ Royal. O. Fr. 2024-4-22
668 _Barbour._ O. Fr. _ribaudaille_, canaille. ~Rebaldie~, ~Rybbaldy~, _s._ Vulgarity of conversation. _Barbour._ O. Fr. _ribaudie_, libertinage. REBAT, _s._ Cape of a mantle. _Watson._ Fr. _rabat_, id. REBAWKIT, _pret. v._ Rebuked. _Houlate._ REBBIT, _s._ A 2024-4-22
669 _To_ RED, REDE, _v. a._ To counsel, S. A. S. _raed-an_, Isl. _rad-a_, id. _Ritson._ ~Rede~, ~Reide~, ~Rad~, _s._ Counsel, S. _Burns._ ~Will of rede~, dest.i.tute of counsel. _Barbour._ A. S. Teut. _raed_, Isl. _rad_, id. ~Rede~, _adj._ Aware, Fife. _A. Do 2024-4-22
670 _Wallace._ 2. Order, S. Isl. _raud_, id. 3. Rubbish, S. V. ~Outredd~. ~Red~, ~Redd~, _part. adj._ 1. Put in order, S. A. S. _hraed_, paratus. 2. Used as E. _ready_, S. B. 3. Distinct; opposed to confusion, S. B. ~Redding-straik~, _s._ The stroke which one 2024-4-22
671 REDE, _s._ A being, apparently of the fairy kind, S. A. _Gl. Compl._ Isl. _rad_, a demon or genius. _To_ REDY, _v. a._ To make ready. _Barbour._ REDYMYTE, REDEMYTE, _adj._ Decked, beautiful. _Douglas._ Lat. _redimit-us_, crowned. RED LAND, ground turned u 2024-4-22
672 REEKIM, _s._ A smart stroke, Fife. REEL, REILL, _s._ 1. Violent or disorderly motion, S. _Guthrie._ 2. A particular kind of dance, S. _Rudd._ 3. Bustle, hurry. _Diallog._ 4. A loud sharp noise, S. Isl. _ryl-a_, to be blended; Su. G. _ragl-a_, to stagger. 2024-4-22
673 REFUT, _s._ s.h.i.+ft, expedient. _Wallace._ Fr. _refuite_, evasion, avoidance. REGENT, _s._ A professor in an university, S. _Stat. Acc._ L. B. _regens_, Fr. _regent_, id. _To_ REHABLE, REABILL, _v. a._ To reinstate; a law term. _Skene._ REHATOURE, _s._ 2024-4-22
674 1. Robbery. _Acts Ja. VI._ 2. Spoil, plunder. _Barbour._ A. S. _reaf_, Isl. _rif_, rapina. ~Reyffar~, ~Reaver~, ~Reuer~, _s._ A robber. _Wallace._ A. S. _reafere_, Su. G. _roefware_, id. To REIK, _v. a._ To reach, S. _Douglas._ Belg. _reyck-en_, A. S. _re 2024-4-22
675 Isl. _rym-ia_, to bellow or roar. _Ross._ _To_ REIOSE, _v. a._ To possess. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ REIRBRa.s.sERIS, _s. pl._ Armour for the back of the arms. _Acts Ja. I._ Fr. _arriere_, behind, and _bra.s.sart_, a defence for the arm. _To_ REIRD, RERDE, _v. n 2024-4-22
676 REIST, REYST, _s._ 1. The socket in which the bolt of a door _rests_. _Douglas._ 2. The hinge of a door. _Gl. Sibb._ 3. The support of a warlike instrument. _Wallace._ _To_ RELE, _v. n._ To roll. V. ~Reile~. _To_ RELEISCH, _v. n_. To go at large. Fr. _rel 2024-4-22
677 _Doug._ _To_ RENYE, _v. a._ To rein. _Complaynt S._ ~Renye~, _s._ A rein; Fr. _resne_. _Douglas._ RENYIT, _part. pa._ Forsworn. _Barbour._ Fr. _renie_, id. RENK, RYNK, RINK, _s._ 1. A course, a race; also _reik_, Gl. s.h.i.+rr. _Douglas._ 2. The act of ru 2024-4-22
678 L. B. _replaud-are_, repulsare. REPLOCH GRAY. V. ~Rapplack~. _To_ REPONE, _v. a._ To replace. _Baillie._ Lat. _repon-o_. _To_ REPOSE, _v. a._ Same with _Repone_. _Baillie._ _To_ REPREME, _v. a._ To repress; Lat. _reprim-ere_. _Complaynt S._ REPRISE, _s._ 2024-4-22
679 _Sir Egeir._ _To_ RESILE, _v. n._ 1. To flinch, S. _Wodrow._ 2. To resist, in reasoning. _Cleland._ Fr. _resil-er_, id. RESING, _adj._ Perhaps foolish. _Dunbar._ Teut. _ries-en_, temere agere. RESP, RISP, _s._ A kind of coa.r.s.e gra.s.s, S. _Gl. Sibb._ _ 2024-4-22
680 1. To make a return in writing, as to the service of an heir, S. _Skene._ 2. To make a legal return as to the value of lands, S. _Baillie._ 3. _v. n._ To return. _Wyntown._ ~Retour~, ~Retoure~, _s._ 1. Return. _Doug._ 2. The legal return made to a brief, 2024-4-22
681 _Douglas._ 2. To clothe anew. _Douglas._ Fr. _revest-ir_, id. ~Revestre~, _s._ A vestry. _Douglas._ Fr. _revestiare_, id. REUK, _s._ Atmosphere. V. ~Rak~. _Barbour._ REURY, _s._ Robbery. V. ~Reuere~. _To_ REW, _v. n._ 1. To repent, S. _Gawan and Gol._ 2. 2024-4-22
682 _Barbour._ _To_ REWM, _v. n._ To roar. V. ~Rame~. O. Fr. _ruim-er_, id. _Wallace._ ~Rewmour~, _s._ Tumult. _Wallace._ Germ. _rumor_, id. REWME, _s._ Realm; O. Fr. _reaume_. _Wyntown._ RHIND MART, RYNMART, a carcase from the herd. _Russel._ Teut. Isl. _rin 2024-4-22
683 2. In the exercise of reason, S. _Fountainhall._ _To_ ~Richt~, _v. a._ To put to rights; often to mend, S. Franc. _rihtente_, rectificantes. RICHT NOW, _adv._ Just now. _Barbour._ A. S. _nu rihte_, jam, nunc. ~Rychtswa~, _adv._ In the same manner. _Acts J 2024-4-22
684 _To_ RIFT, _v. n._ To belch, S. _Ramsay._ Dan. _raev-er_, eructare; _raeven_, eructatio. ~Rift~, _s._ An eructation, S. _Ferguson._ RIG, _s._ A tumult; also, a frolic, Loth. V. ~Reake~. RIG, RIGG, _s._ 1. The back of an animal, S. _Douglas._ 2. A ridge, S 2024-4-22
685 RIMBURSIN, _s._ A rupture in an animal, in consequence of which the belly sometimes bursts, Bord. _Roull._ From _rim_ (of the belly), and _burst_. _To_ RIN, _v. n._ 1. To run, S. _Douglas._ Moes. G. _rinn-an_, Su. G. Isl. _rinn-a_. 2. To become curdled, S 2024-4-22
686 To ~Ride at the ring~, to strive, at full gallop, to carry off, on the point of a rod, a ring suspended on a cross-beam resting on two upright posts, S. Su. G. _rida till rings_, hastiludium exercere. RING DANCIS, circular dances, in which the parties fre 2024-4-22
687 RIP, RIPP, REIP, _s._ A handful of corn not thrashed, S. _Burns._ A. S. _ripe_, id. RIP, _s._ An ozier basket, Ang. Isl. _hrip_, id. formio. RIP, _s._ 1. Any thing base or useless, S. 2. A cheat, S. Isl. _ref-iaz_, fidem fallere. _To_ RIPE, RYPE, _v. a._ 2024-4-22
688 RISE, RYS, RICE, RYSS, _s._ 1. A small twig, S. _Chr. Kirk._ 2. In _pl._ brushwood, S. _Dunbar._ ~Stake and rice~, 1. Stakes driven into the earth, and thin boughs nailed across, S. _Acts Ja. II._ 2. A part.i.tion-wall in a cottage, S. _Ruddiman._ Isl. _h 2024-4-22
689 ROCKAT, _s._ A surplice, E. _rochet_. _Gl. Sibb._ Arm. _rocket_, Fr. _rochet_, an outer garment. ROCKING, _s._ A friendly visit, in which neighbours meet, during the moon-light of winter or spring, and spend the evening, alternately in one anothers houses 2024-4-22
690 ROIK, _s._ A rock. _Douglas._ _To_ ROIP, _v. a._ To sell by auction. V. ~Roup~. ROIS, ROISE, _s._ A rose. _Douglas._ ROISS. V. ~Roif~. _Bannatyne P._ ROIST, _s._ A roost. _Kennedy._ ROYSTER, _s._ 1. A freebooter. _Buchanan._ L. B. _Rustarii_, the same wit 2024-4-22
691 ROMBLE, _s._ A blow. _Barbour._ Teut. _rommel-en_, strepere. ROME-RAKARIS, _s. pl._ Those who pretend to bring relics from Rome. _Bannatyne P._ RONDELLIS, _s. pl._ Small round targets; Fr. _rondelles._ _Complaynt S._ RONE, _s._ Sheep-skin dressed so as to 2024-4-22
692 ROOD GOOSE, RUDE GOOSE, the brent goose, Ross. _Statist. Acc._ Dan. _radgaas_, Norw. _raatgaas_. ROOF-TREE, _s._ 1. The beam which forms the angle of a roof, S. 2. A toast, expressive of a wish for prosperity to ones family, S. B. ROOK, _s._ A sort of upr 2024-4-22
693 ROSIGNELL, _s._ A nightingale. _Burel._ Fr. _rosignol_, id. ROST, _s._ A current. V. ~Roust~, _s._ 2. ROTCOLL, _s._ Horse-radish, S. B. Su. G. _rot_, root, and _koll_, fire. ROTE, _s._ An instrument, in Fr. now called _vielle_, in low E. _hurdygurdy_. _Ho 2024-4-22
694 ~Roving~, _s._ Delirium, S. _Rutherford._ _To_ ROVE, _v. a._ To card wool or cotton into flakes, S. _Statist. Acc._ ROVE, _s._ Rest. V. ~Roif~. _To_ ROUK, ROWK, _v. n._ To crouch. Isl. _hruk-a_, coarctatio. _Lyndsay._ ROUK, _s._ Mist, S. ~Rouky~, _adj._ M 2024-4-22
695 Fr. _dance a la ronde_. 2. The tune appropriated to a dance of this kind. _Douglas._ ROUND-ABOUT, _s._ A _circular_ fort. _Statist. Acc._ ROUNDAL, _s._ A poetical measure, generally of eight verses. _Douglas._ Fr. _rondeau_, Teut. _rondeel_, rhythmus...o. 2024-4-22
696 ROUST, ROST, _s._ A strong tide or current, Orkn. _Brand._ Isl. _roest_, _raust_, aestuaria. _To_ ROUST, _v. n._ 1. To cry with a rough voice, S. B. _Douglas._ 2. To bellow; applied to cattle, S. B. _Douglas._ Isl. _raust_, vox canora; Dan. _roest_, a cry 2024-4-22
697 _Burns._ ROUTHLESS, _adj._ Profane, Fife. E. _ruthless_ used in a particular sense. ROUTHURROK, _s._ The bernacle goose, Orkn. _Leslie._ Isl. _hrota_, bernacla. _To_ ROW, _v. a._ 1. To roll. _Douglas._ 2. To elapse. _Douglas._ 3. To revolve. _Id._ _To_ ~R 2024-4-22
698 2. A possession in land. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ 3. Situation as to preaching. _Spotswood._ 4. Official situation. _Baillie._ 5. Ordinal relation. _R. Bruce._ 6. Place in a literary work. _Wodrow._ A. S. Su. G. _rum_, place of any kind. ~Rowme~, ~Roume~, ~Room 2024-4-22
699 A. S. _ruda_, rubor, vultus. _To_ RUDDY, _v. n._ To make a loud reiterated noise, S. B. Isl. _hrid_, a storm; force in general. RUDE, _adj._ Strong, stout. _Douglas._ RUDE, _s._ Sp.a.w.n, Ayrs. V. ~Redd~. _Kennedy._ RUDE, RWD, _s._ The cross. _Douglas._ A 2024-4-22
700 _Pop. Ball._ 2. To tear, S. _Douglas._ 3. To spoil, to plunder. Teut. _ruck-en_, Dan. _rag-er_, to pluck. RUG, _s._ 1. A rough or hasty pull, S. 2. A great bargain, S. ~Ruggair~, _s._ A depredator. _Monroe._ RULLION, _s._ 1. A shoe made of untanned leathe 2024-4-22