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PRICKMEDAINTY, _s._ One who is finical in dress or carriage, S.; q. I _prick_ myself _daintily_.

Teut. _pryck-en_, ornare.

PRICKSANG, _s._ Pricksong.

_Pal. Hon._

PRIDEFOW, _adj._ Proud, S.

PRIDYEAND, _part. pr._

_Houlate._

Q. setting themselves off. Su. G. _pryd-a_, id.

PRIEST.

_To be one's priest_, to kill him, S. B.

_To_ PRIEVE, _v. a._

V. ~Preif~.

_To_ PRIG, _v. n._

1. To haggle, S.

_Doug._

2. To importune, S. B.

_P. Buch. Dial._

Belg. _prachg-en_, to beg.

~Prigging~, _s._

1. Haggling, S.

_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 one's self in a stiff and affected manner.

~Primpit~, _part. pa._

1. Stiffly and affectedly dressed, S.

2. Ridiculously stiff in demeanour, S.

Su. G. _pramper-a_, to be proud.

_To_ PRIN, _v. a._

V. ~Prein~, _v._

PRYNES, _s. pl._ Cribs of some kind for catching fish.

_Acts Ja. III._

_To_ PRINK, To deck, to prick, S.

Teut. _pronck-en_, ornare.

_Evergreen._

_To_ PRINKLE, _v. n._ To thrill, to tingle, S.

_Hogg._ _Kelly._

PRINTS, _s. pl._ Newspapers, S.

PRYS, _s._ Praise.

V. ~Pryce~.

PRIVY SAUGH, Common privet, S.

_Lightfoot._

_To_ PRIZE UP, _v. a._ To force open a lock or door, S.

Fr. _press-er_, to force.

PROBATIONER, _s._ One who is licensed to preach in public, as preparatory to his being called by any congregation, S.

_Acts Assembly._

_To_ PROCESS, _v. a._ To proceed legally against one, S.

_Baillie._

_To_ PROCH, _v. a._ To approach.

_Wallace._

Fr. _proche_, near.

PROCHANE, PROCHENE, _adj._ Neighbouring, Fr.

_Complaynt S._

PROCURATOR, _s._

1. An advocate in a court of law.

_Acts Ja. VI._

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 the top of a gable, to which the ropes, fastening the roof of a cottage, were tied, S. B.

_Prod_, and perh. _crap_, the top.

PROG, PROGUE, _s._

1. A sharp point, S.

2. An arrow.

_P. Buch. Dial._

~Prog-staff~, _s._ A staff with a sharp iron point in its extremity, S. B.

V. ~Brog~, _v._

_To_ PROYNE, PRUNYIE, _v. a._

1. To deck, to trim; applied to birds.

_K. Quair._

2. Denoting the effeminate care of a male in decking his person.

_Doug._

Germ. _prang-en_, to make a shew; Su. G. _prydn-ing_, trimming.

PROKET, _s._ _Proket of wax_, apparently a small taper.

Fr. _brochette_, a prick or peg.

PROLOCUTOR, _s._ An advocate.

_Quon. Att._

Lat. _pro_ and _loqui_, to speak for.

_Praeloquutour_, id.

_Acts Ja. VI._

PROLONG, _s._ Procrastination.

_Wallace._

_To_ PROMIT, _v. a._ To promise.

Lat. _promitt-o_.

_Bellenden._

~Promit~, _s._ A promise.

_Pal. Hon._

_To_ PROMOVE, _v. a._ To promote.

Lat. _promov-eo_.

_Acts Parl._

PRON, _s._ Flummery, S. B.

Gael. _pronn_, pollard.

PRON'D, PRAN'D, _part. pa._ Bruised, wounded.

_Buchan._

Gael. _pronn-am_, to bruise.

PRONEVW, PRONEPUOY, _s._ A great grandson.

Lat. _pronepos_.

_Wynt._

PROP, _s._ An object at which aim is taken, S. _prap_.

_Dunbar._

Q. something supported above the level of the ground as a butt.

PROPYNE, PROPINE, _s._

1. A present, S.

_Douglas._

2. Drink-money.

_Rutherford._

3. The power of giving.

_Minstr. Bord._

Gr. προπιν-ω, Lat. _propin-o_, id. Hence Fr. _propine_, drink-money.

_To_ ~Propine~, _v. a._

1. To present a cup to another.

_Rollocke._

2. To present, in a general sense.

_Muse's Threnodie._

_To_ PROPONE, _v. a._ To propose.

Lat. _propon-o_.

_Douglas._

_To_ PROPORTE, _v. n._ To mean.

E. _purport_, L. B. _proport-are_.

_Doug._

PROSPECT, _s._ A perspective glass, S.

Fr. _prospective_; Lat. _prospicio_.

_Baillie._

PROT, _s._ A trick.

V. ~Pratt~.

PROTEIR.

L. _protegere_.

_Dunbar._

PROTY, PROTTY, _adj._

1. Handsome, elegant, S. B.

_P. Buch. Dial._

2. Possessing mettle, S. B.

_Ross._

Isl. _prud-r_, decorus, A. S. _praete_, ornatus.

PROTICK, _s._

V. ~Prattick~.

PROTTY, _adj._

V. ~Pratty~.

PROVENTIS, _s. pl._ Profits.

_Knox._

Lat. _provent-us_.

PROVOST, _s._ The mayor of a royal burgh, S.

PROW, _s._ Profit.

_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. a._ To trim.

V. ~Proyne~.

PTARMIGAN, _s._ The white game, S.

Gael. _tarmoch-an_.

_Sibb._

PUBLIC-HOUSE, _s._ An inn, a tavern, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

PUCK HARY, _s._ A certain sprite or hobgoblin, S.

_Colvil._

Isl. Su. G. _puke_, daemon, spectrum.

PUD. _Inkpud_, _s._ An inkholder, Loth.

Teut. _enck pot_, atramentarium; or _puyd_, suggestus, q. what supports.

PUD, _s._ A fondling designation for a child.

Isl. _ped_, homuncio, puer.

PUDDIE, PUDDY, _s._ A kind of cloth.

Teut. _poote_, pellis cervaria.

_Ritson._

PUDDILL, _s._ A pedlar's pack or wallet.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _buydel_, Fris. _puyl_, sacculus.

PUDDINGFILLAR, _s._ A glutton.

_Dunbar._

_To_ PUDDLE, PUDLE, _v. n._

1. To work diligently in a mean way, S. from E. _puddle_, a mire.

_Statist. Acc._

2. Applied to laborious and frivolous engagement in the Popish ceremonies.

_R. Bruce._

PUDGE, _s._ A small house, a hut, Perths.

Isl. _bud_, Teut. _boede_, casa; O. Teut. _poest_, an ox-stall.

_To_ PUG, _v. a._ To pull, Perths.

PUIR, _adj._ Poor.

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~, _part. pa._ Sprinkled.

_Douglas._

PULLAINE GREIS, _s._ Greaves worn in war.

_Wallace._

L. B. _polena_, pars qua genua muniuntur.

PULL LING, _s._ A moss plant, S.

PULLISEE, _s._ A pulley, S. _pullishee_.

_Ramsay._

PULOCHS, _s. pl._ Patches, S. B.

Mod. Sax. _pulten_, id.

PULTRING, _part. adj._ Rutting, Perths.

Fr. _poultre_, a horse-colt.

_To_ PUMP, _v. n._ To break wind softly behind, S.

Isl. _prump-a_, pedere.

~Pump~, _s._ The act of breaking wind softly, S.

_To_ PUNCH, _v. a._ To jog with the elbow, S. O. E.

Sw. _bunk-a_, cum sonitu ferire.

~Punch~, _s._ A jog, a slight push, S.

PUNDELAYN, _s._

_Barbour._

Fr. _Pantaleon_, the name of a saint much celebrated in former ages.

PUNDIE, _s._ A small tin mug for heating liquids, Perths.; originally containing a _pound_ weight of water.

PUNDLAR, PUNDLER, _s._ An instrument for weighing, resembling a steelyard, Orkn.

_Barry._

Su. G. _pundare_, statera; from _pund_, libra.

PUNDLER, PUNLER, _s._

1. A distrainer, Ang.

V. ~Poinder~.

_Bann. MS._

2. A stalk of peas bearing two pods, Ang.

_To_ PUNGE, _v. a._

V. ~Punye~.

PUNGER, _s._ A species of crab.

_Sibbald._

PUNYE, _s._ A small body of men.

_Barbour._

Fr. _poignée de gens_, a handful of people.

_To_ PUNYE, PUNGE, _v. a._

1. To pierce.

_Wallace._

2. To sting.

_Fordun._

3. To sting; applied to the mind.

_Wallace._

O. Fr. _poign-er_, Lat. _pungere_.

PUNYOUN, _s._ Side, party.

V. ~Opinion~.

_Wallace._

PUNSIS, PUNCIS, _s. pl._ Pulses.

Corr. from _pulse_.

_Montgomerie._

PURCHES, _s._

1. An amour.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _porchaz_, intrigue.

2. Space for exertion, S.

3. _To live on_ one's _purchase_, to live by one's wits, S.

PURE, PUIR, _adj._ Poor, S.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _poure_, id.

~Puirlie~, _adv._ Humbly.

_K. Hart._

~Pure man~, _s._ A beggar, S.

_K. Quair._

To ~Pure~, ~Puir~, _v. a._ To impoverish.

_Wallace._

PURED, _part. adj._ Furred.

_Sir Gawan._

PURELLIS, _s. pl._

V. ~Pouerall~.

PURFLED, PURFILLIT, _part. adj._ Short-winded, S.

PURIE, _s._ A small meagre person, Orkney.

PURLE, _s._ A pearl.

_Watson._

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. for the tail.

2. In pl. whims, trifling oddities, Ang.

PURLIE-PIG, _s._

V. ~Pirlie-pig~.

PURPOSE-LIKE, _adj._ Apparently well qualified for any business, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

PURPRESTRE, _s._ A violation of the property of a superior.

_Reg. Maj._

Fr. _pourprendre_, invadere.

PURRAY, PURRY, _s._ A species of fur.

Fr. _fourrée_, id.

_Acts Ja. I._

PURRY, _s._ A kind of porridge, Aberd.

_Pop. Ball._

PURRING-IRNE, _s._ A poker, Ang.

Teut. _poyer-en_, fodicare.

PURSY, _s._ Short-breathed and fat.

O. Fr. _pourcif_, id.

_Gl. Sibb._

PURSILL, _s._ As much money as fills a purse, S. B. q. _purse-fill_.

PURS-PYK, _s._ A pickpocket.

_Dunbar._

PURTYE, POORTITH, _s._ Poverty.

S. O. Fr. _poureté_.

_Bannatyne P._

_To_ PUT, _v. n._ To push with the head or horns, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _bott-en_, C. B. _pwt-iaw_, id.

To ~Put~ _at_, _v. a._ To push against.

_Knox._

To ~Put~ _on_, _v. a._ To jogg, to give a gentle push, S.

_Leg. St Androis._

~Put~, ~Putt~, _s._

1. A thrust, a push, S.

_Knox._

2. Metaph. an attempt.

_Pennecuik._

_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._ To discover, to make a person known who wishes to conceal himself, S.

PUTTER, _s._ Acorr. of _petard_.

_Spalding._

Q

QUAICH, QUEYCH, QUEGH, QUEFF, _s._ A small and shallow drinking cup with two ears.

_Ferguson._

Ir. Gael. _cuach_, a cup or bowl.

QUAID, _adj._ Evil.

_Pal. of Hon._

Alem. _quad_, Belg. _quaad_, malus.

QUAIFF, QUEIF, _s._ A coif.

_Philotus._

Teut. _koyffe_, Su. G. _kwif_, id.

QUAIK, _s._ The wheezing sound emitted in consequence of great exertion.

_Douglas._

Teut. _quack-en_, Lat. _coax-are_.

QUAILYIE, QUALYIE, _s._ A quail.

_Acts Marie._

QUAIR, QUERE, _s._ A book.

_Lyndsay._

Isl. _kwer_, libellus, codicillus; O. Fr. _quayer_, a book, id.

QUAKING ASH, _s._ The asp or aspen, S.

QUALIM, _s._ Ruin.

_Douglas._

Alem. _qualm_, excidium.

QUARREL, _s._ A stone quarry, S.

V. ~Querrell~.

QUARTER-ILL, _s._ A disease among cattle, affecting them only in one limb or _quarter_, S.

_Pop. Ball._

_To_ QUAT, _v. a._ To quit, S.

~Quat~, _adj._ Released from, S.

_Ramsay._

QUAUIR, _s._ A quiver.

_Douglas._

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. _qwinna_, mulier.

QUEINT, QUENT, _adj._

1. Curious.

_Douglas._

2. Strange, wonderful.

_Douglas._

3. Cunning, crafty.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _coint_, bien fait, sage; Arm. _coant_.

~Quentis~, _s._ Elegant device.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _cointise_, ornement, ajustement.

~Queint~, ~Queynt~, _s._ A wile, a device;

O. Fr. _cointe_.

_Wyntown._

_To_ QUEINTH, QUEITH, _v. a._ To pacify, or to bid farewell to.

_Douglas._

Su. G. Isl. _qwaed-ia_, salutare; valedicere.

QUELLES, _s. pl._ Yells.

_Sir Gawan._

Su. G. Isl. _qwill-a_, ejulare.

_To_ QUEME, _v. a._ To fit exactly; _queem_, Lanerks. _Quemit_, _part. pa._

~Queme~, _adj._ Exactly fitted, used as an _adv._ _Queem_, Lanerks. id.

_Douglas._

Teut. _quaem_, _be-quaem_ aptus.

QUEMIT, _part. pa._ Exactly fitted.

_Pal. of Hon._

Franc. _biquam_ congruit, convenit.

QUENRY, _s._ Abundance of bad women.

_Chr. S. P._

A. S. _cwen_, mulier, and _ric_, dives.

QUENT, QUENTISS.

V. ~Queint~.

QUENT, _adj._ Familiar, acquainted.

Fr. _accoint_, id.

_Bellenden._

QUERRELL, QUAREL, _s._ A quarry, S. B.

_Bellenden._

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, merriment; _chwarth_, a laugh; Arm. _choar-i_, jouer.

~Quierty~, ~Querty~, _adj._

1. Lively, possessing a flow of animal spirits, S.

2. Active, Ayrs., Dumfr.

QUESTES, _s. pl._ Noise of hounds.

_Sir Gawan._

Fr. _quest-er_, to open as a dog.

QUETHING.

V. ~Queinth~.

_Douglas._

QUH, expressing a strong guttural sound, S.

QUHA, QUHAY, _pron._ Who; _quhays_, whose, S.

_Douglas._

QUHAYE, _s._ Whey.

_Flot quhaye_, a delicate sort of curd which floats at the top of whey when boiled, S.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _hweg_, Belg. _weye_, _huy_.

QUHAYNG, WHANG, _s._

1. A thong, S.

A. S. _thwang_.

_Bellenden._

_Ay at the whittle and the quhang_, S. Prov. Still in a broil; Sw. _tweng_, id.

2. A thick slice of any thing eatable, S.

_Burns._

To ~Quhang~, ~Whang~, _v. a._

1. To flog, S.

2. To lash in discourse.

_Burns._

3. To cut in large slices, S.

QUHAIP, QUHAUP, WHAAP, _s._ A curlew, S.

_Acts Marie._

~Quhaip~, ~Quhaup~, _s._ A goblin supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after night fall, having a long beak, Ayrs.

QUHAM, _s._

1. A dale among hills, S.

2. A marshy hollow, Loth.

Isl. _hwamm-r_, convallicula seu semivallis; _hwome_, vorago.

QUHARE, _adv._ Where.

_S. P. Repr._

~Quhairintil~, _adv._ Wherein.

_R. Bruce._

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._ A curlew.

V. ~Quhaip~.

QUHAUP, WHAAP. _There's a whaap in the raip_, S. Prov. There is something wrong.

_Kelly._

QUHAUP, _s._ A pod in the earliest state, S.

_To_ ~Whaup~, or to be ~Whauped~, _v. n._ To assume the form of pods, S. B.

_To_ ~Quhaup~, _v. a._ To shell peas, S. B.

_To_ QUHAWCH, _v. n._

V. ~Quaik~.

QUHAWE, _s._ A marsh, a quagmire.

C. B. _chwi_, a whirl; _chwiawg_, full of whirls.

_Wyntown._

QUHEYNE, QUHENE, QUHOYNE, QUHONE, _adj._ Few, S.

_Barbour._

~Quhene~, S. _wheen_, _s._ A small quantity.

A. S. _hwaene_, _hwene_, aliquantum, paulo.

_To_ QUHEMLE, WHOMMEL, _v. a._ To turn upside down, S. _whummil_.

_Bellenden._

Su. G. _hwiml-a_, vertigine laborare.

QUHETHIR, THE QUHETHYR, _conj._ However.

_Barbour._

A. S. _hwaethere_, tamen, attamen.

_To_ QUHETHIR, _v. n._

V. ~Quiddir~.

_To_ QUHEW, _v. n._ To whiz, to whistle.

C. B. _chwaw-iaw_, to blow.

_Burel._

~Quhew~, _s._

1. The sound produced by the motion of any body through the air with velocity; S. B. _few._

_Douglas._

2. A disease which proved extremely fatal in Scotland, A. 1420; occasioned, as would appear from the description, by the unnatural temperature of the weather.

_Fordun._

C. B. _chwa_, _chwaw_, a blast, a gust.

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 whisk, to move nimbly, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To fib, to equivocate, S.

C. B. _chwidraw_, to move quickly; also to juggle; _hwidrar_, pernix fertur.

~Quhyd~, ~Whid~.

1. A quick motion, S.

2. A smart stroke.

_Burel._

3. _In a whid_, in a moment, S.

_R. Galloway._

4. A lie, properly in the way of evasion.

Isl. _hwida_, fervida actio; C. B. _chwid_, a quick turn.

_To_ QUHIDDIR, QUHETHYR, _v. a._ To whiz, S.

V. ~Quhich~.

_Barbour._

A. S. _hwother-an_, to make a booming noise.

~Quhidder~, _s._ A whizzing sound, S. _whithir_.

_Douglas._

QUHIDDER, _s._ A slight and transient indisposition, S. _quhither_.

A. S. _hwith_; q. a passing blast.

QUHIG, WHIG, _s._ The sour part of cream, which separates from the rest, S.

A. S. _hwaeg_, serum, whey.

_Gl. Compl._

QUHILE, QUHILIS, _adv._ At times.

_Wyntown._

Moes. G. _quheil-a_, A. S. _hwil_, time.

~Quhile~, ~Quhil~, _adv._ Some time, formerly.

_Barbour._

~Quhile~, ~Quhille~, _adj._ Late, deceased.

_Barbour._

QUHILK, _pron._ Which, who, S.

_Wynt._

A. S. Dan. _hwilc_, Belg. _welk_, id.

QUHILK, _s._ An imitative word expressing the cry of a gosling.

_Compl. S._

QUHILL, _conj._ Until, S.

_Barbour._

A. S. _hwile_, donec, until.

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_, aliquando.

QUHYN, QUHIN-STANE, _s._ Green-stone; the name given to basalt, trap, &c. S.

_Douglas._

Isl. _hwijn-a_, resonare; _hwin_, resonans; q. "the resounding stone."

_To_ QUHYNGE, _v. n._ To whine, S. wheenge.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _weng-a_; plorare.

_To_ QUHIP, WIPP, _v. a._ To bind about, S.

Moes. G. _waib-jan_, to surround; Isl. _wef_, circumvolvo.

~Quhippis~, _s. pl._ Crowns.

_Gl. Sibb._

Moes. G. _waips_, corona.

_To_ QUHIRR, _v. n._ To emit such a sound as that of a partridge or moorfowl, when it takes flight, S. _whurr_.

E. _whirring_ is used as an _adj_. Su. G. _hurr-a_, murmurare, cum impetu circumagi.

~Quhirr~, _s._ The sound of an object moving, as above expressed, S. _whurr_.

_To_ QUHISSEL, WISSIL, _v. a._

1. To exchange.

_Douglas._

2. To change; used as to money, S. B.

_Acts Ja. V._

Belg. _wissel-en_, Germ. _wechsel-n_, Su. G. _waexl-a_, id.

~Quhissel~, ~Whissle~, ~Wissel~, _s._ Change given for money, S. B.

_Burns._

Belg. _wissel_, Germ. _weschell_, id.

~Quhysselar~, _s._

1. A changer of money.

2. A person employed privately to raise the price of goods sold by auction.

Teut. _wisseler_, id.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ QUHYTE, WHEAT, _v. a._ To cut with a knife; usually applied to wood, S.

A. S. _thwit-an_, _thweot-an_, id.

QUHYTE, _adj._ Hypocritical, dissembling.

_Douglas._

_White_ used metaph. like _fair_, specious.

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 mantle.

QUHITRED, QUHITTRET, _s._ The weasel, S.; _whitrack_, Moray.

_Sibbald._

Isl. _hwatur_, Su. G. _hwat_, quick, fleet; C. B. _chwidrad_, unsteady motion; _chwid-rawg_, full of giddiness.

QUHITSTANE, _s._ A whetstone.

_Doug._

Teut. _wet-sten_, cos.

_To_ QUHITTER, QUITTER, _v. n._

1. To warble, to chatter, S.

_Douglas._

2. Applied to the quick motion of the tongue.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _qwittr-a_, Belg. _quetter-n_, garrire instar avium.

QUHOYNE, _adj._ Few.

V. ~Quheyne~.

_To_ QUHOMMEL, _v. a._

V. ~Quhemle~.

QUHONNAR, _adj._ Fewer.

V. ~Quheyne~.

_Barbour._

QUHOW, _adv._ How.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

_To_ QUHRYNE, _v. n._

1. To squeak.

_Montgomerie._

2. To murmur, to whine.

_Douglas._

A. S. _hrin-an_, Isl. _hrin-a_, ejulare, mugire.

~Quhryne~, _s._ A whining or growling sound.

_Douglas._

QUY, QUYACH, _s._

V. ~Quey~.

QUIBOW, _s._ A branch of a tree, S. B.

Ir. Gael. _caobh_, id.

QUICH, (gutt.) _s._ A small round-eared cap for a woman's head, worn under another, Ang.

Su. G. _hwif_; C. B. _penguwch_, id., from _pen_, head, and _cuwch_, the brows, or knitting of them.

QUICKEN, _s._ Couch-grass.

_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_, id.

_Journal Lond._

QUINK, QUINCK, _s._ Golden-eyed duck, Orkn.

_Acts Marie._

Norw. _quink-e_, to pipe.

QUINTER, _s._ A ewe in her third year; q. _twinter_, her second year being completed.

_Gl. Sibb._

QUIRIE, _s._ The royal stud.

_Spotswood._

Fr. _ecurie_, id.

QUISQUOUS, _adj._ Nice, perplexing, S.

Lat. _quisquis_.

_Wodrow._

QUYTE, _part. pa._ Requited.

_Gawan and Gol._

_To_ QUITTER, _v. n._

V. ~Quhitter~.

_To_ QUYTCLEYME, _v. a._ To renounce all claim to.

_Wallace._

~Qwyt-cleme~, _s._ Renunciation.

_Wyntown._

QUOD, _pret. v._ Quoth, said, S.

Alem. _quad_, dixi.

_Complaynt S._

QUOY, _s._ A young cow.

V. ~Quey~.

QUOY, _s._

1. A piece of ground, taken in from a common, and inclosed, Orkn.

2. _Sheep quoy_, a penn; synon. with _bucht_, Orkn.

Isl. _kwi_, claustrum, ubi oves includuntur.

3. _A ringit quoy_, one which has originally been of a circular form, ibid.

QUOTT, QUOTE, QUOITT, _s._ The portion of the goods of one deceased, appointed by law to be paid for the confirmation of his testament, or for the right of intromitting with his property.

_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 sail to the yard.

Su. G. _refband_, robbins.

_Douglas._

RABBLE, _s._ A rhapsody, S.

_Baillie._

Teut. _rabbel-en_, garrire, nugari.

_To_ ~Rabble~, ~Raible~, _v. n._ To rattle nonsense.

_Gl. Shirr._

RABIL, _s._ A disorderly train.

_Douglas._

_To_ RABETE.

V. ~Rebute~.

RACE, _pret. v._ Dashed.

V. ~Rasch~.

_Wall._

RACE, _s._

1. A current.

V. ~Raiss~.

2. The current which turns a mill, S. B.

_Law Case._

3. The train of historical narration.

_R. Bruce._

RACE, _s._ Course at sea.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _resa_, id. Belg. _reys_, a voyage.

RACHE, (hard), _s._ A dog that discovers and pursues his prey by the scent.

_Bellenden._

Isl. _racke_, canis sagax, L. B. _racha_; Norm. _racche_, id.

RACHE, Houlate.

V. ~Raith~.

RACHLIE, (gutt.) _adj._ Dirty and disorderly, S. B.

Isl. _hrakleg-r_, incomtus, male habitus.

RACHLIN, _adj._

1. Unsettled, hare-brained, S. B.

2. Noisy, clamorous, S. B.

Su. G. _ragl-a_, huc illuc ferri; Isl. _ragalinn_, perversè 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 unexpected stroke or fall, Ang.

RACKEL, RACKLE, RAUCLE, _adj._ Rash, fearless, S.

_Burns._

Isl. _rack-r_, strenuus, arduus.

~Rackel-handit~, _adj._ Careless; rash, S. corr. _rackless-handed_.

_Gl. Shirr._

RACKET, _s._ A dress frock, Loth.

Su. G. _rocke_, Arm. _roket_, Fr. _rocket_, toga.

RACKET, _s._ A smart stroke, S.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _hreck-ia_, propellere; Belg. _rack-en_, to hit.

RACKLE, _s._ A chain, S. B.

RACKLESS, _adj._ Regardless, S. O. E.

V. ~Rak~, _s._

_Kelly._

RACKLIGENCE, _s._ Chance, accident, S. B.

_Ross._

RACKMEREESLE, _adv._ Higgledy-piggeldy, Fife. Perths.

RACKSTICK, _s._ A stick used for twisting ropes, S. from E. _rack_, to extend.

_To_ RACUNNYS, _v. a._ To recognise in a juridical sense.

_Wallace._

L. B. _recognosc-ere_.

RAD, RADE, RED, _adj._ Afraid; Clydes. Dumfr.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _raed-as_, _radd-a_, terreo, timeo; Su. G. _raedd_, Dan. _raed_, _red_, afraid.

~Raddour~, ~Reddour~, _s._ Fear.

_Wallace._

Su. G. raedde, id.

~Radness~, _s._ Fear, timidity.

_Barbour._

RAD, _s._ Counsel.

V. ~Red~.

RADDMAN, _s._ A counsellor, Orkney.

V. ~Lagraetman~.

RADDOWRE, REDDOUR, _s._

1. Vehemence, violence.

_Douglas._

2. Rigour, severity.

_Wyntown._

O. Fr. _rador_, the same with _roideur_, dureté.

RADE, RAID, _s._ An invasion, an attack by violence.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _rad_, _rade_, invasio, incursio.

RADE, RAID, _s._ A road for ships.

_Douglas._

Fr. _rade_, Belg. _rede_, Su. G. _redd_, id.

RADE, _adv._ Rather.

V. ~Rath~.

_Priests Peblis._

_To_ RADOTE, _v. n._ To rave, particularly in sleep.

Fr. _radot-er_.

_Burel._

_To_ RADOUN, _v. n._ To return.

_Wallace._

Fr. _redond-er_, to return.

RAE, WRAE, _s._ An inclosure for cattle, S. B.

Isl. _ra_, secessus domus; latibulum.

RAE, _s._ A roe.

V. ~Ra~.

RAF. _In raf_, quickly.

Su. G. _rapp_, citus; _rafsa_, celeriter.

RAFF, _s._ Plenty, abundance, S. B.

_Ross._

A. S. _reaf_, spolia; C. B. _rhav_, diffusion.

RAFF, _s._ A flying shower, Ang.

Su. G. _rafs-a_, celeriter auferre.

RAFFAN, _adj._ Merry, roving.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _raf-a_, vagari.

RAFFEL, _s._ Doe-skin.

_Chr. Kirk._

From _ra_, _rae_, a roe, and _fell_, a skin.

_To_ RAG, _v. a._ To rally, to reproach, S.

Isl. _raeg-a_, Alem. _ruag-en_, to accuse.

_To_ RAGGLE, _v. a._

1. To ruffle the skin, S.

2. In architecture, to jagg, to groove, S.

C. B. _rhugl-aw_, to rub, to chafe; at-terere, Davies; _rhygl-o_, to rub, to fret; Lhuyd: also, to groove, striare.

RAGMAN, RAGMENT, _s._

1. A long piece of writing.

_Wyntown._

2. A rhapsody.

_Douglas._

3. An account, in order to a settlement.

_Dunbar._

Ital. _ragionamento_, a discourse.

RAGMAN'S ROW, or ROLL, a collection of those deeds by which the nobility and gentry of Scotland were constrained to subscribe allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. 1296.

_Rudd._

Isl. _raeg-a_, to accuse, _raege_, an accuser; hence the devil is called _Rageman_, P. Ploughm.

RAGWEED, _s._ Ragwort, S.

_Burns._

_To_ RAY, _v. a._ To array.

_Wallace._

~Ray~, _s._ Military arrangement.

_Id._

RAY, _s._ Uncertain.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _ra_, Isl. _raege_, daemon.

RAY, REE, _adj._ Mad, wild.

V. ~Ree~.

_Gl. Sibb._

RAYATT, Barbour. L. _ryotyt_, rioted.

RAID, _s._ An inroad, S.

V. ~Rade~.

RAID, _s._ A road for ships.

V. ~Rade~.

RAYEN, RAYON, _s._ A ray.

_Hume._

Fr. _rayon_, id.

RAIF, _part. pa._ Rent.

_Pal. Hon._

Su. G. _rifw-a_, to rive.

RAIF, _s._ Robbery.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _reaf_, spolia; _reaf-ian_, to rob.

_To_ RAIF, _v. n._ To rave.

_Douglas._

Belg. _rev-en_, Fr. _resv-er_.