An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 269 : ESPINEL, _s._ A sort of ruby. Fr. _Burel._ ESPOUENTABILL, _adj._ Dreadful. O. Fr. _esp

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.

Fr. _essoine_, id.

_Reg. Maj._

~Essonyier~, _s._ One who legally offers an excuse for the absence of another.

_Reg. Maj._

ESTER, _s._ An oyster.

_Lyndsay._

ESTLER, _adj._ Hewn.

V. ~Aislair~.

_Ramsay._

ETH, _adj._ Easy.

V. ~Eith~.

ETHERINS, _s. pl._ The cross ropes of a thatched roof or stack, S. B.

A. S. _ether_, a covert, _heather-ian_, arcere.

ETHIK, ETICK, _adj._

1. Hectic.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

2. Delicate, S. B.

Fr. _etique_, hectic.

ETIN, _s._ A giant.

V. ~Eyttyn~.

ETION, _s._ Lineage, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Su. G. _aett_, _ett_, family.

ETNAGH BERRIES, Juniper berries, Ang.

_Ross._

_To_ ETTIL, ETTLE, ATTEL, _v. a._

1. To aim, to take aim, S.

_Douglas._

2. To make an attempt, S.

_Ramsay._

3. To propose, to design, S.

_Douglas._