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Part 28

_K. Ja. VI._

A. S. _idel tid_, tempus vacuum.

YDRAW, _part. pa._ Drawn; metaph. advanced.

_Douglas._

_To_ JEALOUSE, _v. a._ To suspect, S.

_Wodrow._

JEBAT, _s._ A gibbet.

_Bellenden._

JEDDART JUSTICE, A legal trial after the infliction of punishment, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

~Jedburgh staff~, A kind of spear, for making which the artificers of Jedburgh were formerly celebrated.

_Spalding._

JEDGE, _s._ A gauge.

_Acts. Ja. VI._

O. Fr. _jauger_, to gage.

_To_ JEE, _v. n._

1. To move, to stir, S.

_Ross._

2. To move to one side, S. _Gee_, E.

Sw. _gaa_, to budge; also to turn round; Isl. _gag-ast_, in obliquum ferri.

_To_ JEEG, _v. n._

1. To creak, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To _jeeg at_, to work so as to make a creaking noise, S.

Isl. _jag-a_, eadem oberrare chorda; or _gigia_, a fiddle.

JEEGLER, _s._ An unfledged bird, Loth.

JELLY, adj.

1. Upright, worthy, S. B.

_Shirrefs._

2. Excellent in its kind, Moray.

_Popular Ball._

Su. G. _gill_, able; also denoting the moral qualities.

JELLILY, _adv._ Merrily, Moray; _jollily_, E.

_Popular Ball._

JILLET, _s._ A giddy girl, S. perhaps corr. from E. _jilt_.

_Burns._

JEMMIES, _s. pl._ A species of woollen cloth, Aberd.

JENEPERE, _s._ Juniper.

_K. Quair._

JEOPERD, _s._ A battle.

_Bellenden._

~Jeoparty trot~, _s._

1. A quick motion between running and walking, Dumfr.

2. A contemptuous designation, perhaps as equivalent to _coward_, _poltroon_, Dumf.

IER-OE, _s._ A great grandchild, S. O.

_Burns._

Ir. _iar_, after, and _ua_, a grandchild.

JEROFFLERIS, GERAFLOURIS, _s. pl._ Gilliflowers.

_King's Quair._

Teut. _gheroffel_, Lat. _caryophylla_, id.

JESP, _s._ A gap in the woof, S.

JEVE, _s._ A shove with the elbow, S.

Germ. _scheib-en_, Su. G. _skufw-a_, propellere.

_To_ ~Jevel~, _v. a._ To joggle, Ang.

_To_ JEVEL, _v. n._ To move obliquely, Loth.

JEVEL, JEFWELL, JAVELL, _s._ A contemptuous term; meaning unknown.

_Chr. Kirk._

YFERE, _adv._ In company.

V. ~Fere~.

JIFFIE, _s._ A moment, Loth. _Jiffin_, S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._

JIMP, _s._ Thin slips of leather, put between the outer and inner soles of a shoe, S.

Isl. _skaemt-a_, brevem reddere; so _short_ as to be of no proper use.

_To_ JIMP, _v. n._ To leap, S.

JYMP, _s._ A quirk.

V. ~Gymp~, _s._

JIMP, _adj._

1. Neat, slender, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

2. Scanty, S.

V. ~Gymp~, _adj._

JIMPS, _s. pl._ A kind of easy stays, S. _Jumps_, E.

~Jimpey~, _s._ The same with _Jimps_.

_Pop. Ball._

JINGLE, _s._ The smooth water at the back of a stone in a river, Ang.

_To_ JINK, _v. n._ To elude a person who is trying to lay hold of one, S. _jenk_, S. B.

_Burns._

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 of eluding another, S.

_Burns._

~Jinker~, _s._

1. A gay sprightly girl.

_Ramsay._

2. A horse quick in its motions.

_Burns._

_To_ JIRBLE, _v. n._ To spill liquids, Fife.

JIRGLE, _s._ Any small quantity of liquor left in the bottom of a glass, or that has been emptied from one vessel to another, S.

_To_ ~Jirgle~, _v. n._ To empty any small quantity of liquor from one vessel to another, S.

_To_ JIRK, _v. a._

V. ~Chirk~.

JIRT, _s._ Expl. "jerk."

_Burns._

JISP, _s._ A flaw, fracture, or small orifice, S.

Isl. _geisp-a_, hisco, _geispe_, q. a chink.

JIZZEN-BED, GIZZEN, _s._ Child-bed.

_To lie in jizzen_, to be on the straw, S. B.

_Forbes._

O. Fr. _gesine_, lying in child-bed; _gesir_, to be in child-bed; L. B. _gesina_, puerperium.

IK, IC, _pron._ I.

A. S. _ic_.

_Barbour._

IC, _conj._ Also.

_Barbour._

A. S. _ic-an_, to add.

ILD, _v. imp._ Would not.

_Wyntown._

_Ill they_, _will they_, S. B.

Isl. _ill-a_, controvertere.

ILK, ILKA, _adj. pron._ Each, every; _ilk-ane_, every one, S.

_Barbour._

A. S. _aelc_, _elc_, omnis, singulus.

ILK, ILKE, _adj._ The same.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ylc_, _ylca_, id. _Of that ilk_, of the same; denoting that he, who is thus designed, has a title the same with his surname.

_Bellenden._

~Ilkaday~, _s._ A lawful day, as distinguished from that which is appropriated to Christian worship, S. from _ilk_, every, and _day_.

_Falls of Clyde._

_Ilkadays claise_, the clothes worn on ordinary days, by the working classes, as distinguished from those reserved for Sabbath. S.

ILL, _s._

1. The _evil_, or fatal effects ascribed to the influence of witchcraft, S.

2. Disease, malady.

_Barbour._

ILL-BEST, _adj._ The best of those who are bad, S.

_Baillie._

ILL-DEEDIE, _adj._ Mischievous, S.

_Burns._

ILL-EASED, _adj._ Reduced to a state of inconvenience, S.

ILL-GAINSHON'D, _adj._ Mischievous.

V. ~Gaishon~.

ILL-GAITED, _adj._ Having bad habits, S.

_To_ ILL-HEAR, _v. a._ To chide, to scold S. B.

ILL-LESS, _adj._

1. Inoffensive, S.

2. Without evil design.

_Spalding._

ILL-MUGGENT, _adj._ Evil-disposed, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Germ. _mog-en_, _moog-en_, to incline.

ILL-PRATTIE, _adj._ Mischievous, S. B.

V. ~Prat~.

ILL-SAR'D, _adj._ Ill-savoured.

ILL-SCRAPIT, _adj._ Rude, S.

_Forbes._

ILL-WILLIE, ILL-WILLIT, _adj._

1. Ill-natured, envious, S.

_Kelly._

2. Niggardly, S.

_Ferguson._

5. Reluctant, S. B.

_Popular Ball._

Isl. _illvilie_, malevolentia.

YMAGE, _s._ Homage.

_Wallace._

YMAGERIS, _s. pl._ Images.

_Bellenden._

Fr. _imager_, _-ere_, belonging to images.

IMBASSET, _s._ L. _inbasset_. Ambassador.

_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._ To ingraff.

_Henrysone._

A. S. _imp-an_, Su. G. _ymp-a_, id. E. _imp_.

IMPERTINENT, _adj._ Uncivil, indiscreet, S.

_Baillie._

_To_ IMPESCHE, _v. a._ To hinder.

Fr. _empescher_, id.

_G. Buchanan._

_To_ IMPYRE, _v. n._ To bear sway.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ IMPLEMENT, _v. a._ To fulfil, S.

_Law Case._

YMPNE, _s._ A hymn.

_Douglas._

_To_ IMPONE, _v. a._ To impose.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ IMPRIEVE, _v. a._ To disprove; also to impeach; a forensic term.

_Acts Sedt._

Lat. _improb-are_, to disallow.

IMPRESTABLE, _adj._ What cannot be performed.

_Wodrow._

Lat. _in_ neg. and _praest-are_, to perform.

IN, _prep._ Into.

Moes. G. A. S. _in_, id.

_Wallace._

IN, a termination denoting the feminine gender; as in Germ. and Su. G.

IN, INNYS, _s._

1. A dwelling, A. S.

Su. G. Isl. _inne_, id.

_Barbour._

_Inns_, in vulgar language, S. a house of entertainment.

2. The tents of an army on the field.

_Barbour._

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 one's self, S.

INBY, _adv._

1. Nearer to any object, S.

_Ross._

2. In the inner part of a house, S.

_To_ INBRING, _v. a._ To import.

_Acts Ja. II._

_To_ INCALL, _v. a._ To invoke.

_R. Bruce._

INCH, INCHE, _s._ An island, S.

_Bellenden._

C. B. _ynis_, Ir. _innshe_, Gael. _insh_, id.

INCOME, _s._ Any bodily infirmity, not apparently proceeding from an external cause, S.

INCOMIN, _part. pr._ Ensuing, S.

INCONTINENT, _adv._ Forthwith, Fr.

INCOUNTREY, _s._ The interior of a country.

_Spotswood._

IND, for _in_ prep.

_Bannatyne P._

INDILLING.

V. ~Eldnyng~.

_Dunbar._

INDING, _adj._ Unworthy.

_Bellenden._

Fr. _indigne_, id.

INDRAUGHT, _s._ A strong current.

Su. G. _indrag-a_, to draw in.

_St. Acc._

INDULT, _s._ A papal indulgence, Fr. id.

_Bellenden._

INEFFECTIONAT, _adj._ Candid; from _in_ neg. and _affectionate_, q. without partial attachment.

_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 of trying a thief taken within his territory.

V. ~Fang~.

INFAR, INFARE, _s._

1. An entertainment given by the possessor, on newly entering a house.

_Barbour._

2. The entertainment made for the reception of a bride in the bridegroom's house, S.

_Spalding._

A. S. _infaere_, ingress.

INFIELD, _adj._

1. Applied to land receiving manure, and still kept under crop, S.

_Statist. Acc._

2. To corn growing on this land, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

~Infield~, _s._ Land continually cropped, S.

_Statist. Acc._

INFORTUNE, _s._ Misfortune.

_Lyndsay._

INGAN, _s._ Onion, S.

_Ramsay._

INGER, _s._ Expl. as signifying a gleaner, Loth.

O. Teut. _inghe_, angustus; _ingher_, exactio.

~Ingher's pock~, a quantity of all kinds of grain dried in a pot, and ground into meal, Loth.

INGYNE, ENGYNE, ENGENIE, _s._

1. Ingenuity, genius, S.

_Douglas._

2. Disposition.

_Pitscottie._

3. Mind in general.

_Pitscottie._

4. Scientific knowledge.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _engin_, _engien_, esprit, volonté, genie, Roquef.

_To_ INGYRE, INGIRE, _v. a._ To introduce one's self into any situation, by artful methods.

_Douglas._

Lat. _in_ and _gyr-o_, q. to wind one's self into favour.

INGLE, INGIL, _s._ Fire, S. A. Bor.

Gael. _aingeal_, Lat. _ignis_.

_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 fire, S. B.

~Inhaddin~, _s._ Frugality, S. B. q. _holding in_.

INIQUE, _adj._ Unjust, Fr.

_Balnaues._

INKIRLIE.

V. ~Enkerly~.

_To_ INLAKE, _v. a._ To want.

_Pitscottie._

_To_ ~Inlake~, _v. n._

1. To be deficient, S.

_Maitland P._

_In_ and Teut. _laeck-en_, diminuere; diminui.

2. To die, S.

_Journ. Lond._

~Inlaik~, ~Inlake~, ~Inlacking~, _s._

1. Deficiency, of whatever kind, S.

_Pitscottie._

2. Death, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

INLYING, _s._ Childbearing, S.

INMEATS, _s. pl._ Those parts of the intestines used for food, S.

Sw. _inmaete_, intestines.

_To_ INN, _v. a._ To bring in corn from the field, S.

O. E. Teut. _inn-en_, colligere.

INNERLY, _adj._ Affectionate, compassionate, S. A.

Sw. _innerlig_, id. from _inner_, interior.

INNYS, _s._

V. ~In~.

INOBEDIENT, _adj._ Disobedient, Fr.

_Lyndsay._

~Inobedient~, _s._ A disobedient person.

_Lyndsay._

~Inobedience~, _s._ Disobedience.

_Lyndsay._

INNOUTH, _adv._ Within.

V. ~Inwith~.

YNOM, _pret._ Took.

_Wallace._

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.

_Ross._

_To_ IN-RIN, _v. a._ To incur.

_Acts Ja. II._

INSCALES, _s. pl._ Racks at the lower end of a cruive.

_Law Case._

INSICHT, _s._

1. Furniture of a house.

_Burr. Lawes._

2. The implements of husbandry on a farm.

_Bellenden._

3. Means of subsistence.

_Bellenden._

A. S. _insaete hus_, casa, casula.

~Insight~, _adj._ In relation to household furniture.

_Spalding._

2. As to agricultural implements.

_Id._

_To_ INSYLE, _v. a._ To infold.

V. ~Syle~.

_Douglas._

INSPRAICH, _s._ Furniture of a house, Loth.

V. ~Spraichrie~.

_Leg. St. Androis._

INSPRENT, _pret. v._ Sprung in.

V. ~Sprent~.

INSTRUMENT, _s._ A written document, given in proof of any deed of a court, or transaction of an individual in that court, S.

1. _To ask an instrument_, or _instruments_; to demand a legal document with respect to a deed.

_G. Buchanan._

2. _To take instrument_ or _instruments_, to throw down money to the clerk of a court, as claiming the benefit of a deed, or as confirming a protest against it; used improperly, S.

_Spalding._

L. B. _instrumentum_, a document.

_To_ INSWAKK, _v. a._ To throw in.

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 principal stream, S.

_Law Case._

4. A fraud, a swindling trick, S.

5. A swindler, Aberd.

_To_ INTEND, _v. n._ To direct one's course.

L. B. _intend-ere_, id.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ INTEND, _v. a._ To prosecute legally, a forensic term.

_Acts Sed._

L. B. _intend-ere_, judicio contendere.

_To_ INTENT, _v. a._ Same as the preceding _v._

L. B. _intent-are_, id.

_Wodrow._

_To_ INTERCOMMUNE, _v. n._ To have any intercourse with one denounced a rebel.

_Wodrow._

~Intercommuner~, ~Intercommoner~, _s._

1. One who holds such intercourse.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. One who treats between parties at variance.

_Baillie._

INTERKAT, _adj._ Intricate.

_Henrysone._

_To_ INTERMELL, _v. n._ To intermingle.

V. ~Mell~.

_To_ INTERPELL, _v. a._ To importune, Lat.

_R. Bruce._

_To_ INSIST, _v. n._ To continue in a discourse, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

_To_ INTERTRIK, _v. a._ To censure.

_Douglas._

Fr. _entre_ and _triquer_, to cull out.

INSUCKEN, _s._

V. ~Sucken~.

INTEST, Perhaps, troubled.

_Houlate._

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. B. _intromitt-ere_, id.

~Intromission~, _s._ The act of intermeddling in this way, S.

_Erskine._

~Intromitter~, ~Intrometter~, _s._ One who intermeddles, as defined above, S.

_L. Hailes._

_To_ INTRUSS, _v. a._ To intrude.

_Henrysone._

Fr. _intrus_, _intruse_, intruded.

INVAIRD, L. _Invairt_, inwardly.

_Houlate._

_To_ INVAIRD, INWARD, _v. a._ To put inward.

_Gl. Sibb._

INUASIBIL, _adj._ Invading.

_Douglas._

INVICTAND, _part. pa._ Carrying.

_Douglas._

L. B. _invect-are_; or perh. _infecting_.

INUNTMENT, _s._ Ointment.

_Doug._

Lat. _inungo_.

INWITH, INNOUTH, _adv._ Within, S.

V. ~Outwith~.

_Bellenden._

Sw. _inuti_, within.

~Inwith~, _adj._ Inclining downwards, S.

_Ross._

_To_ INYET, _v. a._ To infuse.

V. ~Yet~.

_Douglas._

JO, JOE, _s._

1. A sweetheart, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Expressing affection, and some degree of familiarity, S.

_Lyndsay._

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._

From _Jacques de Liege_, the name of a celebrated cutler.

_To_ JOGILL, _v. a._ To jog, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _schockel-en_, vacillare.

JOG-TROT, _s._

1. Slow motion on horseback, S.; corr. _dog-trot_.

2. A particular mode of operation to which one pertinaciously adheres, S.

JOHN'S (St) NUTT, two nuts growing together in one husk; the possession of which is supposed to secure against witchcraft; Dumfr., Perths.

_Legend St Androis._

JOHNSTON'S (St) RIBBAND.

V. ~Ribband~.

IOYALL, _adj._ Causing delight.

_Burel._

JOYEUSITY, _s._ Jollity.

_Knox._

Fr. _joyeuseté_.

JOINT, _s._ A word out of joint, one that is improper in any respect, S.

_To_ JOIS, JOYS, IOS, _v. a._ To enjoy.

_Douglas._

JONETTE, _s._ Apparently, marsh marigold.

Fr. _jaulnette_, id.

_K. Quair._

JORDELOO, a cry which servants in the higher stories in Edinburgh were wont to give, after ten at night, when they threw their dirty water, &c. from the windows; also used to denote the contents of the vessel.

JORNEYE, JORNAY, JOWRNÉ, _s._

1. Day's work.

_Wyntown._

2. Battle, fight.

_Douglas._

3. Single combat.

_Wyntown._

4. Warlike expedition.

_Wallace._

Fr. _journée_, a day's work; also, a battle, from _jour_, a day.

JOT, _s._ A job, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

_To_ JOT, _v. a._ To take short notes, S.

E. _jot_, a point, a title.

~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, S. B.

_To_ JOUK, JOWK, JOOK, _v. n._

1. To incline the body forwards with a quick motion, S.

_Douglas._

2. To bend in consequence of a stroke.

_Douglas._

3. To make obeisance.

_Knox._

4. To act deceitfully, S.

5. To yield to any present evil, by making the best of it, S.

_Ramsay._

Germ. _zuck-en_, to shrink or shrug, in order to ward off a blow.

~Jouk~, ~Juik~, _s._

1. An evasive motion, S.

_Douglas._

2. A bow, a genuflexion.

_Godly Ball._

3. A slight curtsey, S. B.

_Ross._

4. A shelter of any kind, Perths.

5. A trick.

_Leg. St Androis._

~Jouking~, ~Jowking~, _s._

1. Shifting.

_Doug._

2. Artful conduct, S.

~Joukry-pawkry~, _s._ Trick, juggling, S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

_To_ JOUNDIE, JUNDIE, _v. a._ To jog with the elbow, S. _junnie_, S. B.

_Ross._

Sw. _skynd-a_, to hasten, to push forward.

~Joundie~, ~Jundie~, _s._ A push with the elbow, S.

_Ramsay._

JOURDAN, JORDAN, _s._ A chamberpot, S. O. E.

A. S. _gor_, stercus, _den_ cubile.

JOURNELLIE, _adv._ Daily.

_Lyndsay._

_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.

_Shirrefs._

2. To toll a large bell by the motion of its tongue.

_Gl. Sibb._

3. To ring.

_Knox._

~Jow~, _s._ A single stroke in tolling, S.

_Percy._

JOW, _s._ A juggler.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _jou-er_, to play.

JOW-JOWRDANE-HEDED, _adj._

V. ~Jourdan~.

_Dunbar._

IOWIS, _s. pl._ Jaws.

_Douglas._

Fr. _joue_, the cheek.

_To_ JOWK, _v. n._ To play tricks.

_Houlate._

_To_ IRK, _v. n._ To tire.

_Wallace._

~Irk~, _adj._ Indolent.

V. ~Ergh~.

_Henrysone._

A. S. _earg_, piger.

YRLE, _s._ A dwarf.

_Kennedy._

IRNE, YRN, AIRN, _s._

1. Iron; _ern_, S.

_Douglas._

2. In _pl._ fetters, S.

3. _New aff the airns_, recently come from finishing one's studies, S.

Isl. _iarn_, Su. G. _iern_, id.

IRRESPONSAL, _adj._ Insolvent.

_Rutherford._

IRRITANT, _adj._ Rendering null.

_Acts Sedt._

L. B. _irritare_, irritum facere.

IRUS, IROWS, _adj._ Angry.

_Wyntown._

Lat. _ira_, anger.

~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 Ja. V._

~Isché~, _s._ Issue.

_Douglas._

ISE,

1. I shall.

_Ross._

2. I am, West of S. q. _I is_.

ISECHOKILL, _s._ An icicle, S. _ice-shogle_, S. A.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ice-gicel_, Belg. _yskegel_, id.

ISILLIS, _pl._ Embers.

V. ~Eizel~.

ISK, ISKIE, _interj._ The word used in calling a dog, S.

_Ramsay._

Fr. _icy_, hither; or Teut. _aes_, _aesken_, a dog.

ITHAND, YTHEN, YTHAND, _adj._

1. Busy, diligent; S. _eident_.

_Doug._

2. Steady, uniform.

_Barbour._

3. Constant, continual.

_Bellenden._

Su. G. Isl. _idin_, laborious, industrious; _idne_, labour, industry; from _id_, work.

~Ithandly~, ~Ythanly~, ~Ithinglie~, _adv._

1. Busily, diligently; S. _eidentlie_.

_Doug._

2. Without interruption.

_Barbour._

YTHRANGIN, _pret. v._ Thrust upwards.

V. ~Thring~, _v. a._

JUCAT, _s._ A measure.

V. ~Joucate~.

JUFFLER, _s._ Shuffler.

_Dunbar._

JUGGS, JOUGS, JOGGES, _s. pl._ A kind of pillory; the criminal being fastened to a wall or post, by an iron collar which surrounds his neck, S.

Lat. _jug-um_, a yoke.

_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.

_Bellenden._

JUNT, _s._ A large piece of any thing, S., perhaps q. a _joint_.

_Ramsay._

JUPE, _s._

1. A kind of short mantle for a woman, S.

2. A wide or great coat, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

3. A bed-gown, Clydes.

4. _Jupes_, pl. a piece of flannel, used instead of stays, Ang.

Fr. _jupe_, a long coat.

JUPPERTY, JEPERTY, _s._

1. A warlike enterprise.

_Barbour._

2. A battle, or conflict.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _jeu parti_, any thing uncertain.

JUPSIE, _adj._ Big-headed, dull, and of a slothful appearance, Orkn.

JUSTICOAT, _s._ A waistcoat with sleeves, S. B.

Fr. _just-au-corps_, a close coat.

_To_ JUSTIFIE, _v. a._ To punish with death.

_Complaynt S._

L. B. _justificare_, meritis poenis afficere.

~Justifying~, _s._ Subjection to capital punishment.

_Pitscottie._

JUSTRY, _s._

1. Justice.

_Wallace._

2. The justice eyre.

_Wyntown._

_To_ JUTE, _v. a._ To tipple, S.

Su. G. _giut-a_, A. S. _geot-an_, fundere.

~Jute~, ~Joot~, _s._ Sour or dead liquor, S.

Belg. _jucht_, slight beer.

_Ramsay._

~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 few days, Ang.

Belg. _kabbeliauw_, cod fish.

KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ A jack-daw, S.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _kae_, A. S. _ceo_, Alem. _ka_, id. _Ka-wattie_, _kay-wattie_, S. B. id. Teut. _kauwett-en_, to chatter like a jack-daw.

~Kay-witted~, _adj._ Hare-brained, S.; q. giddy as a jack-daw.

KAIL, KALE, _s._

1. The generic name for colewort, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Isl. Dan. _kaal_, id.

2. Broth made of greens, especially of coleworts, S.

_Godly Sangs._

~Kail-brose~, s. A sort of pottage made of meal and the scum of broth, S.

V. ~Brose~.

~Kail-stock~, _s._ A plant of colewort, S.

_Colvil._

Sw. _kaalstok_, the stem or stalk of cabbage.

~Kail-gully~, _s._ A large knife for cutting and shearing down coleworts, S.

_Popular Ball._

~Kail-runt~.

V. ~Runt~.

~Kail-wife~, _s._ A green-woman, S.

_Cleland._

~Kail-yard~, _s._ A kitchen-garden, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Sw. _kaalgard_, a garden of herbs.

To KAIM, KAME, KEME, _v. a._ To comb, S.

_To Kame against the hair_, to oppose, S.

_Ross._

~Kaim~, _s._ A comb, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

_Su_. G. Dan. Belg. _kam_, A. S. _camb_, id.

~Kamtster~, _s._ A woolcomber.

V. ~Keme~.

KAIM, _s._

1. A low ridge, Lanerks.

2. A camp or fortress, South of S.

_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, _s._ A gipsey.

V. ~Caird~.

KAIRS, _s. pl._ Rocks through which there is an opening, S.

A. S. _carr_, a rock.

KAISART, _s._ A cheese-vat; also called _chizzard_, S. B.

Teut. _kaese-horde_, id.

KAY-WATTIE, _s._ A jack-daw.

V. ~Kay~.

KAY-WITTED, _adj._ Brainish, hot-headed, hair-brained, S.

V. ~Kay~.

KANNIE, _adj._ Prudent, &c.

V. ~Canny~.

KAR, _adj._ Left-handed.

V. ~Ker~.

KARRELYNG.

V. ~Caralyngis~ and ~Carolewyn~.

KARRIEWHITCHIT, _s._ A fondling term for a child, Ang.

KATABELLA, _s._ The Hen harrier, Orkn.

_Barry._

KATHERANES, KETHARINES.

V. ~Cateranes~.

KATOGLE, _s._ The Eagle-owl, Orkn.

Sw. _katugl_, id.

_Barry._

KATOURIS, _s. pl._ Caters.

_Houlate._

KAVEL, KEVEL, CAVEL, _s._ A mean fellow.

_Dunbar._

KEADY, _adj._ Wanton.

V. ~Caige~, _v._

KEAVIE, _s._ A species of crab.

_Sibbald._

_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_ ~Kebbie-lebbie~, _v. n._ To carry on altercation, Ang.

KEBBRE, _s._ A rafter.

V. ~Cabor~.

KEBBUCK, KEBUCK, CABBACK, _s._ A cheese of a larger size, S.

_Ramsay._

Gael. _cabag_, a cheese.

KEBRACH, _s._ Very lean meat, Loth.

V. ~Cabroch~.

KECKLING-PINS, _s. pl._ Wires for knitting stockings. Aberd.

KED, _s._ The sheep-louse, Tweed.

V. ~Kid~.

KEDGIE, _adj._ Cheerful, &c.

V. ~Caigie~.

KEEK, _s._ Linen dress for the head and neck, Ang.

_Ross._

_To_ KEEK, KEIK, _v. n._

1. To look with a prying eye, S.

_Dunbar._

2. To look by stealth, S.

_Peblis Play._

Su. G. _kik-a_, Belg. _kyk-en_, intentis oculis videre.

_To_ ~Keek through~, _v. a._

1. To prospiciate, S.

2. To examine with accuracy.

_Burns._

~Keek~, ~Keik~, _s._ A peep, S.

_Burns._

~Keekers~, _s. pl._ A cant term for eyes, S.

~Keek-bo~, _s._ Bo-peep, S.

Belg. _kiekebo_, id.

~Keeking-glass~, _s._ A looking-glass, S.

_Ritson._

~Starn-keeker~, _s._ A star-gazer.

Su. G. _stiernkikare_, id.

KEEL, KEIL, _s._ Ruddle, S.

_Douglas._

Gael. _cil_, ruddle; Fr. _chaille_, a rocky earth.

_To_ ~Keel~, ~Keil~, _v. a._ To mark with ruddle, S.

_Kennedy._

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-lead pencil, S. Perhaps q. _guille de vigne_, a quill made from the vine.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

KEEPSAKE, _s._ A token of regard, S.

KEEST, _pret._ Puked, S. B.

KEETHING SIGHT, the view of the motion of a salmond, by marks in the water, S. B.

_Law Case._

This is the same with ~Kythe~, q. v.

_To_ KEIR, _v. a._ To drive, S. B.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Isl. _keir-a_, S. G. _koer-a_, to drive.

KEIR, _s._ In some parts of S., an ancient fortification.

C. B. _caer_, a fort.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ KEYRTH, _v. a._ To scratch.

Su. G. _kratt-a_, id.

_Dunbar._