Part 19
_Daily dud_, the dish-clout, S. B.
2. _Duds_, _dudds_, pl. clothing, especially of inferior quality, S.
_Polwart._
Gael. _dud_, a rag, and _dudach_, ragged. Isl. _dude_, indumentum levioris generis.
~Duddy~, _adj._ Ragged, S.
_Ramsay._
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._
4. _Dwelt behind_, left behind.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _dwael-ias_, id. Isl. _duel_, moror.
~Duelling~, _s._ Delay, tarrying.
_Barbour._
DUERGH, _s._ A dwarf.
V. ~Droich~.
_Gawan and Gol._
DUKE, DUCK, _s._ A general.
_Evergreen._
DUKE, DUIK, _s._ A duck, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DULCE, _adj._ Sweet; Lat. _dulc-is_.
_Lyndsay._
DULDER, _s._ Any thing large, S. B.
_To_ DULE, _v. n._ To grieve.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _doul-oir_, Lat. _dol-ere_.
~Dule~, ~Dool~, _s._ Grief, S.
_Wyntoun._
_To sing dool_, to lament.
_Gl. Shirr._
DULE, DOOL, _s._ The goal in a game.
_Chr. Kirk._
Teut. _doel_, aggesta terra, in quam sagittarii jaculantur sagittas.
DULL, _s._ Hard of hearing, S.
_Sir John Sinclair._
DULSE, _adj._ Dull, heavy, S. B.
Isl. _dollsa_, appendere ignavum.
DULSE, _s._ The fucus, a species of seaweed, S.
_Martin._
Gael. _duilliasg_, Ir. _dulisk_, id.
DUM TAM, a bunch of clothes on a beggar's back, under his coat, S. B.
_To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ To confuse, to stupify, S.
DUMBIE, _s._ pron. _Dummie_. One who is _dumb_, S.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ DUMP, _v. a._ To strike with the feet, Ang.
Sw. _domp-a_, rudius palpare.
DUMPY, _adj._ Short and thick; also used as a _s._, S.
Isl. _doomp_, ancillula crassa.
DUMSCUM, _s._ A game of children, much the same as _pallall_, or the _beds_.
DUN, _s._ A hill, eminence, S.
_Stat. Acc._
A. S. _dun_, mons; Gael. id. a fortified hill.
_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ To push or jog with the fist or elbow, S.
Teut. _dons-en_, pugno percutere.
DUNCH, _s._ One who is short and thick, S.
~Dunchy~, _adj._ Squat, S.
DUNDERHEAD, _s._ A blockhead, Loth.
V. ~Donnart~.
DWMMYSMAN, _s._ A judge.
_Wyntown._
DWN, _pret._ of the _v. Do_.
_Wyntown._
DUNGEON _of wit_, One having a profound intellect, S.
_Boswell._
DUNGERING, _s._ The dungeon of a castle.
_S. P. Repr._
DUNIWASSAL, DUIN-WASSAL, _s._
1. A nobleman.
_Colvil._
2. A gentleman of secondary rank.
_Garnet._
3. Used to denote the lower class of farmers, generally in a contemptuous way, Ayrs.
Gael. _duine_, a man, and _uasal_, noble.
_To_ DUNNER, DUNDER, _v. n._ To make a noise like thunder.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ DUNT, _v. a._ To strike so as to produce a dull hollow sound, S.
_Popular Ball._
_To_ ~Dunt~ _out_,
1. To bring any business to a termination, S.
_Ross._
2. To come to a thorough explanation, after a variance, S.
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. _dunt_, a stroke given to the back or breast, so as to produce a sound.
~Dunting~, _s._ Continued beating, causing a hollow sound, S.
_Melvil._
DUNTER-GOOSE, _s._ The Eider duck.
_Brand._
Su. G. _dun_, down, and _taer-a_, to gnaw, because it plucks the down from its breast.
DUNTY, _s._ A doxy.
_Gl. Ramsay._
DUNZE.
V. ~Doyn~.
DUR, DURE, _s._ Door.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _dure_, id.
DURGY, _adj._ Thick, gross, Loth.
Isl. _driug-r_, densus.
DURK, _s._ A dagger, S.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
Gael. _durc_, a poniard; Teut. _dolck_, sica.
_To_ ~Durk~, _v. a._
1. To stab with a dagger, S.
_Cleland._
2. To spoil, to mismanage, S.
_To_ DURKEN, _v. a._ To affright.
_Sir Gawan._
_To_ DUSCH, _v. n._
1. To move with velocity.
_Douglas._
2. To twang.
_Douglas._
3. _To dusch doun_. To fall with noise, id.
_Douglas._
Germ. _dosen_, strepitum edere; Isl. _thus-a_, tumultuose proruere.
~Dusche~, _s._
1. A fall; as including the crash made by it.
_Douglas._
2. A stroke, a blow.
V. ~Doyce~.
_Barbour._
Isl. _thys_, Alem. _thuz_, _doz_, fragor.
DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ A musical instrument.
_Poems 16th Cent._
DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ An indorsement.
_Leg. Bp. St Androis._
Fr. _douss-er_, to indorse.
_To_ DUSH, _v. a._ To push as a ram, ox, &c. S.
Teut. _does-en_, pulsare cum impetu; Isl. _dusk-a_, verbera infligo.
DUST, _s._ A tumult.
Su. G. _dyst_, id.
DUST _of a mill_, what flies from a mill in grinding, S. Teut. _duyst_, pollen.
DUST _of lint_, what flies from flax in dressing, S.
Teut. _doest_, lanugo lintei.
DUSTIE-FUTE, DUSTIFIT, _s._
1. A pedlar.
_Skene._
2. One who is not resident in a country.
_Burr. Lawes._
3. Used to denote revelry.
_Godly Ball._
_To_ DUTE, DUTT, _v. n._ To dose, S. B.
Belg. _dutt-en_, to set a-nodding.
~Dut~, _s._ A stupid person, S. B.
Dan. _doede_, stupidus; Belg. _dutt-en_, delirare.
DWABLE, DWEBLE, _adj._ Weak, flexible.
Su. G. _dubbel_, double.
_Ross._
DWALM, DWAUM, _s._
V. ~Dualm~.
_To_ DWANG, _v. a._
1. To oppress with labour, S. B.
2. To bear, or draw, unequally, S. B.
3. To harass by ill-humour, S. B.
Teut. _dwingh-en_, domare, arctare.
_To_ ~Dwang~, _v. n._ To toil, S. B.
_Morison._
~Dwang~, _s._ A rough shake or throw, S. B.
_Morison._
_To_ ~Dwyne~, _v. n._
1. To pine, S.
_A. Nicol._
2. To fade, applied to nature.
_Ferguson._
3. To dwindle, S.
_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, _v. n._ To breathe.
V. ~Aynd~, _v._
EARLEATHER-PIN, _s._ An iron pin for fastening the chain by which a horse draws in a cart, Fife.
_To_ EARM.
V. ~Yirm~.
_To_ EARN, _v. n._
1. To coagulate, S.
2. To cause to coagulate, S.
Germ. _ge-rinnen_, Su. G. _raenn-a_, coagulare.
~Earning~, _s._ Rennet, S.
A. S. _gerunning_, id.
EARN-BLEATER, _s._ The snipe, S. B. _earnbliter_.
_Ross._
EARNY-COULIGS, _s. pl._ Tumuli, Orkn.
Isl. _ern_, ancient, and _kulle_, tumulus, Su. G. summitas montis.
EASING, EASINGDRAP, _s._ The eaves of a house, S.
A. S. _efese_; Belg. _oosdruyp_, id.
_To_ EASSIN, EISIN, _v. a._
1. To desire the bull, S.
2. Applied to strong desire of any kind.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _yxna_ or _oxna_, vitula appetens taurum.
~Eastning wort~, Scabious, an herb, S. A.
_Pennecuik._
EARN, _s._ The Eagle.
V. ~Ern~.
EARTH, _s._ The act of earing, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
Sw. _ard_, aratio, from _aer-ia_, to ear.
EASTIE-WASTIE, _s._ An unstable person, Ang.; q. one who veers from _east_ to _west_.
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; pron. _eassilt_, _wessilt_, Loth.
A. S. _east-daele_, plaga orientalis.
EAT, _s._ The act of eating, S. B.
A. S. _aet_, Teut. _aet_, food.
EATIN BERRIES, Juniper berries, S. B.
V. ~Etnagh~.
EBB, _adj._ Shallow, S.
_Rutherford._
~Ebbness~, _s._ Shallowness.
_Rutherford._
ECCLEGRASS, _s._ Butterwort or sheep-rot, Orkn.
_Neill._
ECHER, ICKER, _s._ An ear of corn, S.
A. S. _aecer_, _aechir_, id.
_Douglas._
ECHT, _s._ Ought.
_Barbour._
EDROPPIT, _part. pa._ Dropsical.
_Bellenden._
EE, _s._ Eye.
V. ~E~.
~Ee~ _of the day_, Noon, mid-day, S. B.
~Ee-list~, ~Eye-list~, ~Eye-last~, _s._
1. A deformity, an eye-sore.
_R. Bruce._
2. An offence.
_Godscroft._
3. A break in a page, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _eag_, oculus, and _laest_, defectus.
~Ee-stick~, ~Eistick~, _s._ Something singular or surprising; q. that which causes the _eye_ to _stick_ or fix, S.
_Ferguson._
~Ee-sweet~, ~Eye-sweet~, _adj._ Acceptable, S.
_Rutherford._
~Ee-winkers~, _s._ The eye-lashes, S.
_Rutherford._
~Een~, ~Ene~, _pl._ of ~Ee~, Eyes, S.
_Douglas._
EEBREK CRAP, 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_, justus.
~Eeksie-peeksie~, _adj._ Equal, Ang.
EEL. _A nine-ee'd eel_, a lamprey, S.
Su. G. _neionoogon_, Germ. _neunauge_, id.
~Eel-backit~, _adj._ Having a black line on the back, applied to a dun-coloured horse, S.
~Eelpout~, _s._ The viviparous Blenny, S.
EERIE, _adj._ Timorous.
V. ~Ery~.
EFFECTUOUS, _adj._ Affectionate.
L. B. _affectuos-us_, id.
_Douglas._
_To_ EFFEIR, _v. n._
1. To become, to fit.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. To be proportional to.
_Knox._
~Effeir~, _s._
1. What is becoming.
_Maitland Poems._
2. A property, quality.
_Dunbar._
_To_ EFFERE, EFFEIR, _v. a._
1. To fear.
_Lyndsay._
2. To affright.
_Douglas._
A. S. _afaer-an_, terrere.
_To_ ~Effeir~, _v. n._ To fear.
_Lyndsay._
~Effray~, ~Effraying~, _s._ Terror.
_Barbour._
Fr. _effray-ir_, to affright.
~Effrayitly~, _adv._ Under affright.
_Barbour._
EFREST, Best; Isl. _ypprist_.
_Houlate._
EFT, _adv._ After.
A. S. id.
_Wallace._
~Eft castel~, Hinder part of the ship.
_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._ After. Id.
~Eftremess~, _s._ A dessert.
_Barbour._
A. S. _aefter_ and _mess_, a meal.
EFTSYIS, _adv._ Ofttimes, Rudd.
_Douglas._
A. S. _eft_, iterum, and _sithe_, vice.
EGG-BED, _s._ The ovarium of a fowl, S.
EGGLAR, _s._ One who collects _eggs_ for sale, S. A.
EY, A termination of the names of many places; signifying an island, also written _ay_, _a_, or _ie_.
Isl. _ey_, id.
EIDENT, _adj._ Diligent.
V. ~Ithand~.
EIDER DOUN, Down of the eider duck.
Sw. _eiderdun_, id.
_Pennant._
EYE-LIST, _s._ A flaw.
V. ~Ee-List~.
EYEN, _pl._ Eyes.
V. ~Een~.
EIFFEST, _adv._ Especially.
_Barry._
Isl. _efst-r_, supremus.
EIK, _pron._ Each.
_Douglas._
EIK, EKE, _s._ An addition, S.
_Baillie._
EIK, _s._ Lineament used for greasing sheep, S. A.
_To_ EILD, ELD, _v. n._ To wax old.
A. S. _eald-ian_, veterascere.
_Bellenden._
~Eild~, ~Eld~, _s._
1. Any particular period of life, S.
_Barbour._
_Euin eild_, Equal in age.
_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._ Equals in age.
_Burns._
A. S. _efen-eald_, coaevus, inverted.
_To_ EYNDILL, _v. n._ To be jealous of; _eenil_, Fife.
_Maitland Poems._
~Eyndling~, ~Eyndland~, _part. pr._ Jealous.
_Semple._
EIR, _s._ Fear, Ang.
V. ~Ery~.
EIRACK, _s._ A hen-pullet, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Gael. _eirag_, id. Germ. _jahrig_, one year old.
EYRE FALCONS, Leg. _Gyre_.
_Houlate._
EITHER, _adv._ Or, Ang.
_Knox._
Isl. _eda_, _edr_, seu.
EITH, EYTH, ETH, _adj._ Easy, S.
A. S. _eath_, facilis.
_Barbour._
_Eith_ is also used adverbially.
_Ramsay._
~Eithar~, ~Ethar~, _comp._
_Douglas._
~Eithly~, _adv._ Easily, S.
EYTTYN, ETTYN, ETIN, EATEN, _s._
1. A giant.
_Complaynt S._
2. _Redeaten_ occurs as equivalent to _canibal_.
Isl. _jautun_, _jotun_.
_Mellvill's MS._
EIZEL, AIZLE, ISIL, ISEL, _s._
1. A hot ember, S.
_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_, Alem. _elnboga_, from A. S. _eln_, the arm, and _boge_, curvature.
~Elbow-grease~, _s._
1. Hard work with the arms, S.
2. Brown rappee, Ang.
ELDARIS, ELDRYS, _s. pl._ Ancestors.
_Barbour._
A. S. _aldor_, Su. G. _aeldre_, senior.
ELDER, _s._ Among Presbyterians, one ordained to the exercise of government without having authority to teach, S.
_Buik of Discipline._
ELDERSCHIP, _s._
1. The ecclesiastical court, now called a Presbytery.
_Buik of Discipline._
2. The Kirk-session of a particular congregation, S.
_Baillie._
A. S. _ealdor-scipe_, principatus.
ELDFADER, _s._
1. Grandfather.
A. S. _eald fader_, id.
_Barbour._
2. Father in law.
_Douglas._
ELDIN, ELDING, _s._ Fuel of any kind, S.
A. S. _aeled_, Su. G. _eld_, fire.
_Ferguson._
ELDING, _s._ Age.
V. ~Eild~.
_Maitland P._
ELDIS, _adv._ On all sides.
_Douglas._
A. S. _eallis_, omnino.
ELDMODER, _s._ Mother in law.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ealde-moder_, avia.
ELDNING, ELDURING, _s._ Jealousy.
A. S. _ellnung_, emulation.
_Dunbar._
ELDREN, ELDERIN, _adj._ Elderly, S.
_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 of flint, S.
_Pennant._
2. Disease, supposed to be produced by the stroke of an elf-arrow, S.
_Glanville._
Norv. _allskaadt_, Dan. _elleskud_; i. e. _elfshot_.
_Elf-shot_, _adj._ Shot by fairies, S.
_Ramsay._
ELIMOSINUS, _adj._ Merciful.
_Burel._
ELYTE, _s._ One elected to a bishopric.
O. Fr. _elite_.
_Wyntown._
ELLER, _s._ The Alder, a tree, S.
_Lightfoot._
ELLIS, _adv._ Otherwise.
A. S. _elles_, id.
ELLIS, ELS, _adv._ Already, S.
_Barbour._
ELRISCHE, ELRICHE, ELRAIGE, ELRICK, ALRISCH, ALRY, _adj._
1. Expressing relation to evil spirits.
_Dunbar._
2. Preternatural, as regarding sound, S.
_Douglas._
3. Hideous; respecting the appearance.
_Douglas._
4. Frightful, respecting place, S.
_Burns._
5. Uncouth; in relation to dress.
_Bellenden._
6. Surly, austere.
7. Fretted; applied to a sore, Ang.
A. S. _aelf_, and _ric_, rich; q. abounding in elves.
ELS, ELSE, _adv._ Already.
V. ~Ellis~.
ELSYN, ELSON, _s._ An awl, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _aelsene_.
ELWAND, ELNWAND, _s._
1. An instrument for measuring, S.
_Burr. Lawes._
2. Orion's 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.
_King's Quair._
~Emerant~, ~Emerand~, _adj._ Green.
_Douglas._
EMMIS, IMMIS, _adj._
1. Variable, Ang.
2. _An immis nicht_, a gloomy night, Banffs.
Su. G. _ymsa_, _oemsa_, to vary, alternare; Isl. _yms_, _ymiss_, varius.
_To_ EMPASH, EMPESCHE, _v. a._ To hinder.
Fr. _empescher_.
_Bellenden._
EMPRESS, EMPRISS, EMPRISE, ENPRESS, _s._ Enterprise.
_Barbour._
Fr. _empris_.
ENACH, _s._ Satisfaction for a trespass.
Gael. _enach_, a ransom.
_Reg. Maj._
ENARMED, _part. pa._ Armed.
_Douglas._
~Enarmoure~, _s._ Armour.
_Douglas._
ENBRODE, _part. pa._ Embroidered.
_Id._
_To_ ENBUSCH, _v. a._ To lay in ambush.
Fr. _embusch-er_, id. q. _en bois_.
_Barbour._
~Enbuschyt~, _s._ Ambuscade.
_Barbour._
~Enbuschment~, _s._
1. Ambush.
_Barbour._
2. Used in describing the testudo.
_Douglas._
ENCHESOUN, _s._ Reason, cause.
O. Fr. _acheson_, occasion.
_Barbour._
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_.
_Barbour._
A. S. _andlang_, per; Su. G. _aendalongs_, id.
ENDORED, _part. pa._ Adorned; Fr. _endoré_; Lat. _inaur-utus_.
_Sir Gawan._
ENE, _pl._ Eyes.
V. ~Een~.
ENERLY.
V. ~Anerly~.
ENEUCH, YNEWCH, _s._ Enough, S. pl. _ynew_.
A. S. _genoh_, satis.
_Wallace._
ENFORCELY, _adv._ Forcibly.
_Barbour._
ENGAIGNE, _s._ Indignation.
_Barbour._
Fr. _engain_, choler.
_To_ ENGREGE, _v. a._ To aggravate.
Fr. _engreg-er_, id.
_Diallog._
_To_ ENGREVE, ENGREWE, _v. a._ To vex.
Fr. _grev-er_, id.
_Barbour._
ENKERLY, ENCRELY, INKIRLIE, _adv._
1. Inwardly.
_Barbour._
2. Ardently, keenly.
_Douglas._
Fr. _en coeur_, q. in heart.
EMPRESOWNÉ, _s._ A prisoner.
_Wyntown._
ENPRISE, _s._ Enterprise.
_King's Quair._
ENSEINYIE, ENSENYE, ANSENYE, _s._
1. A mark, or badge.
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._ Earnest, intent.
Fr. _ententif_.
_Barbour._
~Ententely~, _adv._ Attentively.
_Barbour._
ENTREMELLYS, _s. pl._ Skirmishes.
_Barbour._
Fr. _entremel-er_, to intermingle.
ENTRES, ENTERES, _s._ Access, entry.
_Bellenden._
ENTRES, _s._ Interest.
_Acts Sedt._
EPISTIL, _s._ A harangue or discourse.
_Dunbar._
ER, _adv._ Before.
V. ~Air~.
_Barbour._
~Erar~, ~Earer~, _comp._
1. Sooner.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. Rather.
_Wyntown._
~Erast~, _superl._ Soonest.
_Wyntown._
ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, _s._
1. The earth, S. pron. _yird._
_Wyntown._
2. Ground, soil, S.
A. S. _eard_, Isl. _jaurd_, id., from Isl. _aer-a_, _er-ia_, to plough.
_To_ ~Erd~, ~Yerd~, _v. a._
1. To inter a dead body, S. B.
_Barbour._
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~, ~Yirden~, s.
1. An earthquake.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _eorth-dyn_, terrae motus.
2. Thunder, S. B.
ERE, EIR, _s._ Fear, dread; Ang.
V. ~Ery~.
ERF, _adj._
1. Averse, reluctant, Loth. Fife.
2. Reserved, distant, Loth.
V. ~Ergh~.
To ERGH, ARGH, ERF, _v. n._
1. To hesitate, to feel reluctance, S.
_Baillie._
2. To be reluctant from timidity, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _earg-ian_, torpescere pro timore.
~Ergh~, _adj._
1. Hesitating, scrupulous, S.
2. Timorous, S. B.
~Ergh~, ~Erghing~, _s._
1. Doubt, apprehension, S.
2. Fear, timidity, S.
A. S. _yrhth_, id.
ERY, EIRY, EERIE, _adj._
1. Affected with fear, from whatever cause.
_Douglas._
2. Under the influence of fear, excited by wildness of situation.
_Douglas._
3. Denoting the feeling inspired by the dread of ghosts, S.
_Ross._
4. Causing fear of spirits, S.
_Burns._
Belg. _eer-en_, vereri, Isl. _ogr-a_, terreo.
~Eryness~, ~Eiryness~, _s._ Fear excited by the idea of an apparition, S.
_Evergreen._
ERYSLAND, ERLSLAND, EUSLAND, s. A denomination of land, Orkn.
_Barry._
Su. G. _oeresland_, the eighth part of a Markland.
ERLIS, _s._ Earnest.
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. "the eagle-fern."
ERSE, _adj._ used as a _s._ The dialect of the Celtic spoken by the Highlanders of S. i. e. _Irish_.
ERTAND, _part. pr._ Perhaps, ingenious, from _Airt_, _v._ to aim.
_Gawan and Gol._
ESCH, s. The ash, a tree.
_Douglas._
~Eschin~, _adj._ Belonging to the ash.
_Doug._
To ESCHAME, _v. n._ To be ashamed.
_Douglas._
ESCHEL, ESCHEILL, _s._ A division of an army.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _eschielle_, a squadron.
To ESCHEVE, ESCHEW, _v. a._ To achieve.
Fr. _achev-er._
_Barbour._
ESCHEW, _s._ An achievement.
_Barbour._
ESFUL, _adj._ Producing ease.
_Wyntown._
ESK, _s._ A newt, S.
V. ~Ask~.
_To_ ESK, EESK, YESK, _v. n._ To hiccup, S. B.
A. S. _gisc-ian_, id.
~Eskin~, ~Eeskin~, _s._ The hiccup, S. B.
A. S. _geocsung_, id.
ESPERANCE, _s._ Hope, Fr.
_Bellenden._
ESPYE, _s._ A spy.
Fr. _espie_.
_Douglas._
~Espyell~, _s._ A spy.
_Knox._
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.
_Bellenden._
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._
4. To direct one's 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.
_Rutherford._
3. To talk of one as a match for another in marriage, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
EVENDOUN, _adj._
1. Perpendicular, S.
2. Honest, downright, S.
3. Denoting a very heavy fall of rain, S.
EVERICH, _adj._ Every; _everichone_, every one.
_King's Quair._
A. S. _aefre eac_, id.
EUERILK, _adj._ Every.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _aefre ealc_, id.
~Euirilkane~, _adj._ Every one.
_Barbour._
EUILL-DEDY, _adj._ Wicked.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _yfel daeda_, prava agens.
EVINLY, _adj._
1. Equal.
_Douglas._
2. Indifferent, impartial.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _efen-lic_, aequalis, aequus.
EVIRLY, _adv._ Constantly, continually, S. B.
_To_ EVITE, _v. a._ To avoid, Lat. _evit-are_.
_Cleland._
EULCRUKE, _s._ Perhaps, oil-vessel.
_Burrow Lawes._
EVLEIT, _adj._ Active.
V. ~Olight~.
EUOUR, EVEYR, _s._ Ivory.
_Douglas._
EWDEN-DRIFT, _s._ Drifted snow, Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
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.
EWEST, _adj._ Contiguous.
_Acts Ja. VI._
EWIN, _adv._ Straight, right.
_Dunbar._
EWYNLY, _adv._ Equally.
_Barbour._
_To_ EXAME, _v. a._ To examine, S.
_Diallog._
_To_ EXCAMBIE, _v. a._ To exchange, S.
L. B. _excamb-iare_.
~Excambion~, _s._ Exchange, S.
_Spotswood._
_To_ EXEME, EXEEM, _v. a._ To exempt.
_Skene._
EXPECTANT, _s._ A candidate for the ministry, not yet licensed to preach the gospel.
_Acts Assembly._
_To_ EXPISCATE, _v. a._ To fish out by inquiry, S.
_Wodrow._
Lat. _expisca-ri_, id.
_To_ EXPONE,
1. To explain.
_Baillie._
Lat. _expon-ere_.
2. To expose to danger.
_Knox._
_To_ EXPREME, _v. a._ To express.
_Doug._
EXPRES, _adv._ Altogether.
_Douglas._
Fr. _par exprés_, expressly.
EXTRÉ, _s._ Axle-tree, S.
V. ~Ax-tree~.
_Douglas._
_To_ EXTRAVAGE, _v. n._ To deviate in discourse.
V. ~Stravaig~.
_Fountainhall._
F
FÁ, FAE, _s._ Foe.
A. S. _fa_, id.
_Douglas._
FA, _v._ and _s._
V. ~Faw~.
FABORIS, _s. pl._ Suburbs.
Fr. _faux-bourg_.
_Wallace._
FABURDOUN, _s._ Counterpoint in music; Fr. _faux-bourdon_.
_Burel._
FACHENIS, _pl._ Faulchions.
_Douglas._
Fr. _fauchon_.
FACHT, Leg. _flicht_, flight.
_Houlate._
FADDIS, _s. pl._ Boats.
_Bellenden._
Gael. _fada_.
FADE, FEDE, _adj._ Appointed; A. S. _fad-an_, ordinare.
_Sir Tristrem._
FADE, _s._ A company of hunters.
_Doug._
Isl. _veid-a_, to hunt, Gael. _fiadh_, a deer.
_To_ FADE, _v. a._ To fall short in.
Isl. _fat-ast_, deficit.
_Wyntown._
FADER, FADYR, _s._ Father.
_Barbour._
A. S. _faeder_, Isl. _fader_, id.
FADGE, _s._ A bundle of sticks, Dumfr.
Sw. _fagg-a_, onerare.
FADGE, FAGE, _s._
1. A large flat loaf or bannock.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. A flat wheaten loaf, Loth.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _wegghe_, libum oblongum; Fr. _fouace_, a thick cake.
3. A lusty and clumsy woman, S.
_Ritson._
_To_ FADLE, FAIDLE, _v. n._ To waddle, Ang.
FADOM, _s._ A fathom, S.
Isl. _fadm-r_.
FAGALD, _s._ Faggot.
_Barbour._
FAY, _s._
1. Faith, O. Fr. _fe_.
_Wyntown._
2. Fidelity, allegiance.
_Barbour._
_To_ FAIK, _v. a._ To grasp.
_Douglas._
Fland. _fack-en_, apprehendere.
_To_ FAIK, _v. a._ To fold, S.
_Burns._
Sw. _veck_, a fold.
~Faik~, _s._
1. A fold, S. B.
_Bannatyne P._
2. A plaid, Ang. _Faikie_, Aberd.
_Journal Lond._
FAIK, _s._ A stratum of stone, Loth.
FAIK, _s._ The razor-bill, a bird.
_Neill._
_To_ FAIK, _v. a._
1. To lower the price of any commodity, Loth. Perths.
2. To let go with impunity, Loth.
Su. G. _falk-a_, to cheapen.
_To_ FAIK, FAICK, _v. n._ To fail, S. B.
Su. G. _wik-a_, cedere.
_Ross._
_To_ FAIK, _v. n._ To stop, S. B.
_Ross._
FAIL, FALE, FEAL, _s._
1. Any grassy part of the surface of the ground.
_Doug._
2. A flat grassy clod cut from the sward, S.
_Bellenden._
Su. G. _wall_, (pron. _vall_), sward.
~Fail-dyke~, _s._ A wall built of sods, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
_To_ FAILE, _v. n._
1. To fail.
2. To be in want of any thing.
_Barbour._
~Failyie~, ~Faylyhé~, _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.
_Wyntown._
2. To put to trial.
_Sir Tristrem._
3. To endeavour.
_Barbour._
A. S. _fand-ian_, tentare.
_To_ FAYND, _v. n._ To shift.
V. ~Fend~.
_Wallace._
FAYNDING, _s._ Perhaps, guile.
_Barbour._
FAINY, _adv._ Not understood.
_Houlate._
FAINTICE, _s._ Dissembling.
_Barbour._
Fr. _faintise_.
FAIPLE, _s._ _To hang the faiple_, to be chopfallen, S.
_A. Scott._
FAIR, _adj._ Calm, Orkney.
FAIR, FERE, FEYR, _s._ Appearance.
A. S. _feorh_, vultus.
_Douglas._
FAIR, FAYR, FAR, _s._
1. Solemn preparation.
_Barbour._
2. Funeral solemnity.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _feyr-en_, to celebrate.
FAIR, _s._ Affair.
_Priests of Peblis._
FAYR, _adj._ Proper.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _fagr_, 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-FARAND.
V. ~Farand~.
FAIRFASSINT, _adj._ Having great semblance of discretion, Ang.
FAIR-FUIR-DAYS.
V. ~Fure-dayis~.
FAIRHEID, _s._ Beauty.
_Dunbar._