Part 52
Fr. _trentel_, id. from _trente_, thirty.
_To_ TREST, to trust.
V. ~Traist~.
TREST, TRAIST, TRIST, _s._
1. The frame of a table, S. _tress_.
_Pal. Hon._
2. A tripod.
_Douglas._
3. The frames for supporting artillery.
_Acts Ja. V._
Fr. _tresteau_, fulcrum mensae.
TREST, _s._ A beam.
V. ~Trast~.
TRET, _adj._ Long and well proportioned.
_Wallace._
Fr. _traict_, _trait_, drawn out, lengthened.
TRETABYL, _adj._ Tractable, pliable.
_Douglas._
_To_ TRETE, _v. a._ To entreat.
V. ~Treit~.
~Tretie~, _s._ Entreaty.
_Henrysone._
TRETIE, _s._ A treatise.
Fr. _traité_.
_Dunbar._
TREVALLYIE, _s._ A train or retinue, implying the idea of its meanness, Clydes.
C. B. _trafull-iaw_, to bustle extremely.
TREVISS, TREVESSE, TRAVESSE, _s._
1. Any thing laid across by way of bar, S.
2. A counter or desk in a shop, S. B.
L. B. _travacha_, _travayso_, Fr. _travaison_, intertignium.
3. Hangings, a curtain.
_King's Quair._
_To_ TREW, _v. a._ To trust.
V. ~Trow~.
TREW, _s._ Often in pl. _trewis_, a truce.
O. Fr. _treu_, also _treves_, id.
_Barbour._
~Trewyd~, _part. pa._ Protected by a truce.
_Wyntown._
TREWS, _s. pl._ Trouse, trousers, S.
Ir. _trius_, Gael. _triubhas_, Fr. _trousse_.
TREWAGE, _s._ Tribute.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _truage_, _treuage_, toll, custom.
TREWANE, _adj._ _Auld trewane_, anciently credited.
V. ~Tronie~.
_Knox._
Su. G. _troen_, fidus.
TREWBUT, _s._ Tribute.
_Wallace._
TRY, _s._ Means of finding any thing that has been lost, S. B.
* TRIAL, _s._ Proof, S.
_Spalding._
TRIAPONE, _s._
_Burel._
TRIG, _adj._ Neat, trim, S.
_Macneill._
_To_ TRIGLE, TRIGIL, _v. n._ To trickle.
Isl. _tregill_, alveolus.
_Douglas._
* _To_ TRIM, _v. a._ To drub, to beat soundly, S.
TRIMMIE, _s._ A disrespectful term applied to a female, S. B.
TRYNE, _s._ Art, stratagem.
_Godly Sangs._
Fr. _traine_, id.
TRYNE, _s._ Train, retinue.
_Burel._
Teut. _treyn_, comitatus.
TRINES, _s. pl._ Drinking matches.
_Polwart._
TRINKETING, _s._ Clandestine correspondence with an opposite party.
_Baillie._
O. Fr. _trigaut_, one who uses shifts and tricks.
_To_ TRINKLE, TRYNKLE, _v. n._ To trickle, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ TRINKLE, _v. n._ To tingle, to thrill.
_Baillie._
_To_ TRINSCH, _v. a._
1. To cut, to hack.
Fr. _trench-er_, id.
_Douglas._
2. To cut off, to kill.
_Douglas._
_To_ TRINTLE, TRINLE, _v. a._ to trundle or roll, S.
Fr. _trondel-er_, id.; A. S. _trendel_, globus.
TRIP, _s._ A flock, a considerable number.
C. B. _tyrfa_, a flock.
_Henrysone._
TRIST, _adj._ Sad, melancholy.
_Douglas._
Fr. _triste_, Lat. _trist-is_.
TRYST, TRIST, TRISTE, TRYIST, _s._
1. An appointment to meet, S.
_Wynt._
_To set tryst_, to make an appointment to meet, S.
_To keep tryst_, to fulfil an engagement to meet, S.
_To break tryst_, to break an engagement, S.
_Spalding._
_To crack tryst_, id.
_Z. Boyd._
2. An appointed meeting, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
3. The appointed time of meeting.
_Wallace._
4. The place appointed, S.
_Houlate._
5. A concurrence of circumstances or events.
V. ~Traist~, _v._
_Fleming._
6. A trial, an affliction.
_K. Hart._
_To_ ~Tryst~, _v. a._
1. To engage a person to meet one at a given time and place, S.
_Fountainhall._
2. To meet with; used in relation to a divine ordination.
_Baillie._
_To_ ~Tryst~, _v. n._
1. To agree to meet at any particular time or place, S.
_Wodrow._
2. To concur with; used metaph. as to circumstances or events.
_Fleming._
3. Often used in a passive sense, in relation to one's meeting with adverse dispensations, S.
_Fleming._
~Tryster~, _s._ A person who convenes others, fixing the time and place of meeting.
_Baillie._
~Trysting-place~, _s._ The place of meeting previously appointed, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Tristres~, _s. pl._ The stations allotted to different persons in hunting.
_Sir Gawan._
L. B. _tristra_, id.
_To_ TRODDLE, _v. n._ To walk with short steps, as a little child does, Ang.
_Morison._
Germ. _trottel-n_, tarde et pigre incedere.
TRODWIDDIE, _s._ The chain that fastens the harrow to what are called the _Swingle-trees_, S. B.
Isl. _troda_, terra, and _vijd-er_, vimen; q. the _withe_ which touches the earth.
TROGGERS, _s. pl._ The designation given to one species of Irish vagrants, q. _trokers_, Wigton.
_Statist. Acc._
TROISTRY, _s._ The entrails of a beast, offals, S. B.
Isl. _tros_, trash, Sw. _trastyg_, trumpery.
TROYT, _s._ An inactive person, S. B.
Su. G. _tryt-a_, pigere, taedere; _troett_, fessus, lassus.
_To_ TROKE, _v. a._
1. To bargain in the way of exchange, to barter, S. _truck_, E.
Fr. _troqu-er_, to exchange.
_Ferguson._
2. To do business on a small scale, S.
3. To be busy about little, in whatever way, S.
~Trock~, ~Troque~, _s._
1. Exchange, barter, S.
Fr. _troc_, id.
2. _Troques_, pl. small wares, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
3. Small pieces of business that require a good deal of stirring, S. B.
4. Familiar intercourse, S. B.
_Morison._
TROLY, TRAWLIE, _s._ A ring through which the _sowme_ passes betwixt the two horses, or oxen, next the plough, Ang.
V. ~Sowme~.
Isl. _travale_, impedimentum; Teut. _traelie_, clathrus, a bar.
TROLOLLAY, _s._ A term which occurs in a rhyme used by young people, on the last day of the year, S.
It has been viewed as a corr. of Fr. _trois rois allois_, three kings are come.
TRONACH, _s._ The crupper used with a pack-saddle; formed of a piece of wood, connected with the saddle by a cord at each end; Mearns.
TRONE, _s._
1. An instrument, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar; used for weighing heavy wares, S.
_Stat. Dav. II._
L. B. _trona_, statera publica; Isl. _tra-na_, a crane; rostrum longiusculum.
2. The pillory, S.
_Acts Sed._
~Trone-weight~, _s._ The standard weight used at the _Trone_, S.
~Tronare~, _s._ The person who had the charge of the _Trone_. L. B. _tronar-ius_.
_Stat. Dav. II._
~Trone-men~, _s._ Those who carry off the soot sweeped from chimneys; denominated from their station at the _Trone_, Edinburgh.
_To_ ~Trone~, _v. a._ To subject to the disgraceful punishment of the pillory.
_Kennedy._
TRONE, _s._ A throne.
Fr. id.
_Douglas._
TRONIE, _s._ A traditionary saw, generally in rhyme; any thing frequently repeated, S. B. apparently the same with ~Trewane~.
TROOD, _s._ Perh. wood for fences.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _trod-r_, lignum, quod materiam praebet saepibus construendis.
TROPLYS, _s. pl._ Expl. _troops_.
_Barbour._
Teut. _troppel_, globus, congeries.
_To_ TROSS, _v. a._
1. To pack up, to truss, S.
2. To pack off, to set out, S. B. also _turs, truss_, S. A.
Fr. _trouss-er_, to truss.
TROSSIS, _s. pl._ The small round blocks in which the lines of a ship run.
_Complaynt S._
Sw. _trissa_, Dan. _tridse_, a pulley.
* TROT, _s._
1. _Schaik a trot_, seems to have been an old phrase for, _Take a dance_.
_Complaynt S._
2. An expedition by horsemen, synon. _raid_.
_Spalding._
Teut. _trot_, cursus, gressus.
TROTCOSIE, _s._ A piece of woollen cloth, which covers the back part of the neck and shoulders, with straps across the crown of the head, and buttoned from the chin downwards on the breast; for defence against the weather, S. properly _throatcosie_, as keeping the throat warm.
_Waverley._
TROTTERS, _s. pl._ Sheeps' feet, S.
_Ferguson._
TROVE, _s._ A turf, Aberd. _toor_, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. Isl. _torf_, id. _torfa_, effodere.
TROW, _s._ The wooden spout in which water is carried to a mill-wheel, S.
Su. G. Belg. _trog_, Dan. _trou_, E. _trough_.
_To_ TROW, TREW, _v. a._
1. To believe, S.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _traw-an_, Isl. _tru-a_, credere.
2. To confide in.
_Barbour._
3. To make believe; often in sport, S.
TROW, _s._
1. The devil, Orkn.
2. In pl. an inferior order of evil spirits, ibid.
O. Goth, _troll_, a spectre, an incarnate goblin.
_To_ ~Trow~, _v. a._ Apparently, to curse.
_Wallace._
_To_ TROW, _v. a._ To season a cask, by rinsing it with a little wort, before it be used, Ang.
A. S. _ge-treow-ian_, purgare.
TROWENTYN, L. _tranouwintyn_.
V. ~Tranont~.
_Barbour._
TROWIE GLOVES, a name given to sponges, Caithn.
_Stat. Acc._
Q. _make-believe gloves_.
TROWTH, _s._
1. Truth.
_Wyntown._
2. Belief.
_Wyntown._
TRUBLY, _adj._ Dark, lowering.
_Doug._
Fr. _troublé_, overcast, obscure.
TRUCKER, _s._
V. ~Trukier~.
TRUDGE-BAK, a humpback.
_K. Hart._
Su. G. _trutn-a_, to swell.
TRUDGET, _s._ A trick, a mischievous prank, Loth.
Alem. _trug_, fraud; O. Fr. _trick-er_, to deceive.
TRUE-BLUE, _adj._ An epithet given to those accounted rigid Presbyterians, from the colour of the cockade worn by the Covenanters, S.
_True Bleu Presb. Loyalty._
TRUFF, _s._ Corr. of E. _turf_, S.
_Ferguson._
TRUFF, _s._ A trick, a deceit.
_Douglas._
Ital. _truffa_, id. _truff-are_, to cheat.
_To_ ~Truff~, _v. a._ To steal.
_Gl. Shirr._
~Truffure~, _s._ A deceiver.
_Douglas._
TRUGS, _adv._ A mode of profane swearing, used among the vulgar, S. B.
Moes. G. _triggua_, Su. G. _trigg_, faithful.
TRUKIER, TRUCKER, _s._
1. A deceitful person.
_Polwart._
O. Fr. _trikeur_, a deceiver.
2. A designation often given to a female in contempt, as equivalent to "worthless hussy," S.
TRULIE, _adj._ True, not factitious. _A trulie story_, S. B.
Su. G. _trolig_, credibilis.
TRULIS, _s. pl._ Some kind of game.
_Dunbar._
TRULLION, _s._ A sort of crupper, Mearns.
Teut. _treyl-linie_, helcium, the trace of a cart-horse.
_To_ TRUMP, _v. n._ To march, to trudge, S.
_Barbour._
Isl. _tramp-a_, calcare; Germ. _trump-en_, currere.
_To_ TRUMP _up_, _v. n._
1. To trumpet forth.
_Douglas._
Teut. _tromp-en_, canere tuba.
2. To break wind backwards.
_Wynt._
TRUMP, _s._ A Jews-harp.
_Kelly._
Teut. Fr. _trompe_, Germ. _trompff_, id.
_To_ TRUMP, _v. a._ To deceive.
_Barbour._
Fr. _tromp-er_, Teut. _tromp-en_, id.
~Trumpe~, _s._
1. A trifle, a thing of little value.
_Douglas._
2. In pl. goods.
_Douglas._
Belg. _tromp_, a rattle for children.
~Trumpour~, ~Trumper~, _s._
1. A deceiver.
Fr. _trumpeur_, id.
_Dunbar._
2. Used as a contemptuous designation, without any definite meaning.
_Philotus._
TRUMPH, _s._ The principal card, S. _trump_, E.
_To_ ~Play trumph~ _about_, to be on a footing with, to retaliate, S. B.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
TRUNCHER SPEIR, a pointless spear.
Fr. _tronc-ir_, to cut off.
_Evergreen._
TRUNSCHEOUR, _s._ A plate, a trencher, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _trencheoir_, quadra mensaria.
TRUSTFUL, _adj._ Trust-worthy.
_Baillie._
TUAY, _adj._ Two.
V. ~Twa~.
TUCK, _s._ _Tuck of drum_, beat of drum, S.
V. ~Touk~.
_Wodrow._
TUEIT, _s._ An imitative word, expressing the short shrill cry of a small bird,
_Complaynt S._
TUFF, _s._ A tuft of feathers or ribbons.
_Watson._
Fr. _touffe_, a tuft, applied to hair, ribbons, feathers, &c.
TUFFING, TOFFIN, _s._ Tow, ockam; wadding.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _estoupe_, O. Fr. _stoupe_, id. Lat. _stupa_.
_To_ TUFFLE, _v. a._ To ruffle, to put any thing in disorder by frequent handling, S. _Tifle_, A. Bor. _tyfell_, O. E. to employ the fingers much about any thing.
_Nithsdale Song._
Isl. _tif-a_, manus celeriter movere; or O. Fr. _touell-er_, souiller, gâter; to soil, to waste, to turn upside down; also, _touill-er_, salir, tacher.
TUG, _s._ Raw-hide, of which formerly plough-traces were made, S. O.
V. ~Teug~.
_Burns._
_To_ TUGGLE, TUGLE, _v. a._
1. To pull by repeated jerks, S.
_Ross._
2. To toss backwards and forwards, to handle roughly.
_Polwart._
3. To fatigue with travelling or severe labour, to keep under, S. B.
_Gawan and Gol._
From Su. G. _toeg-a_, to draw, or E. _tug_.
TUG-WHITING, _s._ A species of whiting.
_Spalding._
TUIGH, _s._ Suspicion.
_S. P. Repr._
A. S. _tweog-an_, dubitare, _tweo_, a doubt.
TUILYIE, TULYE, TOOLYIE, _s._ A quarrel, a broil, S.
_Polwart._
Fr. _touill-er_, to mix in a confused manner.
_To_ ~Tuilyie~, ~Toolie~, _v. n._ To quarrel, to squabble, S.
_Skene._
~Tuilyie-mulie~, _s._ The same with _Tuilyie_, S. B.
Teut. _muyl-en_, to quarrel.
~Tuilyeour~, _s._ One who is addicted to fighting or engaging in broils.
_Chalm. Air._
~Tuilyiesum~, _adj._ Quarrelsome, S. Prov.
TILL, _s._ Toil, trouble.
_Maitland P._
Teut. _tuyl_, labor.
TULCHANE, TULCHIN, _s._
1. A calf's skin, in its rough state, stuffed with straw, and set beside a cow to make her give her milk, S.
~Tulchane bishop~, one who received the episcopate, on condition of assigning the temporalities to a secular person.
_Calderwood._
2. A bag or budget, generally of the skin of an animal, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
3. Applied to a chubby, sometimes to a dwarfish, child, Ang.
Isl. _tulk-a_, pellicere.
TULSURELIKE, _adj._ Apparently, fierce or furious.
_Henrysone._
Gael. _tulchoir_, obstinate.
TUMDEIF, _s._ Perh. swooning.
_Roull._
Isl. _tumb-a_, cadere praeceps; and _deyfa_, hebetudo.
_To_ TUME, _v. a._ To empty, S.
V. ~Teym~.
Dan. _tomm-er_, Su. G. Isl. _toem-a_, vacuare.
~Tume~, ~Toom~, ~Tome~, _adj._
1. Empty, S.
_Wyntown._
2. Untenanted, S.; as, a _tume house_.
_S. Prov._
3. In a state of inanition, as to food, S.
4. Lank, tall and meagre, S.
5. Shadowy, unsubstantial.
_Douglas._
6. Vain, having no real cause for boasting.
_Douglas._
7. Unprofitable, what brings no return, S.
_Ramsay._
8. Deficient in mind, S.
~Tume~, _s._ _A tume of rain_, a sudden and heavy fall of rain, S. B.
~Tume-handit~, _adj._ Empty handed, in whatever respect, S.
_Ross._
Dan. _tomhaendet_, id.
TUMFIE, _s._ A dumpish sort of fellow.
~Tumfie~, _adj._ Dull and stupid, S. O.
Dan. _dumt-fae_, a blockhead.
TUP, _s._
1. The common term for a ram, S.
2. A foolish fellow, S.
3. An unpolished store-farmer, S. A.
_Mannering._
TUQUHEIT, TEUCHIT, _s._ The lapwing, S.
_Houlate._
Probably meant to imitate the sound made by this bird.
TURBOT, _s._ The name commonly given, in our markets, to halibut, S.
_Stat. Acc._
TURCHIE, _adj._ Short and thick, squat, Perths.
Gael. _dorcha_, gross; or radically the same with ~Durgy~.
TURCUME, _s._ Clotted filth.
_Lyndsay._
C. B. _tywarchen_, a covering, a stratum, Owen; clotty, Richards.
TURDION, _s._ A species of galliard or gay dance; Fr. _tordion_.
_Compl. S._
TURKAS, TURKES, TURKESSE, _s._ Pincers, nippers, S.
_Dunbar._
Arm. _turcques_, _turkes_, id.
TURN, _s._ _To do the turn_.
1. To perform any piece of work or business, S.
_Reg. Maj._
2. To be sufficient for any purpose; to give satisfaction, S.
_Ross._
TURNER, _s._ A copper coin, formerly current in S., in value two pennies Scots money, and equivalent to a _Bodle_.
_Spalding._
Fr. _tournois_, the _tenth_ part of a penny Sterling.
TURNGREYS, _s._ A winding stair.
_Wallace._
Fr. _tourn-er_, to turn, and _gre_, a step.
TURN-TAIL, _s._ A fugitive.
_Spalding._
TURNE-PYK, TURNEPECK, TURNPIKE, _s._
1. The winding stair of a castle.
_Wyntown._
2. Any stair of a spiral form, built without a house, S.
_Cant._
Teut. _torn_, a tower; _baecke_, a place for observation.
_To_ TURS, TURSS, _v. a._
1. To pack up in a bale or bundle, S.
2. To carry off hastily.
_Wallace._
3. To take one's self off quickly.
_Doug._
4. _To turss furth_, to bring out what has been kept in store.
_Wallace._
~Tursable~, _adj._ What may be carried away.
_Spalding._
TURTOUR, TURTURE, _s._ The turtle-dove.
Lat. _turtur_.
_King's Quair._
TUSCHÉ, _s._ A girdle.
V. ~Tische~.
_To_ TUSH, _v. n._ To express displeasure.
_Rutherford._
E. _tush_, Su. G. _tyst_, silens; _tyst-a_, silere.
TUSK, _s._ The _torsk_ of Pennant, S.
Isl. _thosk-r_, asellus.
_Martin._
TUSKER, _s._ An instrument made of iron, with a wooden handle, for casting peats, Orkn.
Perhaps, q. _twaeskaer_, Sw. _twae_, two, and _skaer-a_, to cut.
TUSSOCK (_of wheat_), _s._ A tuft of wheat in a corn-field, generally owing to the vegetating of the nest or granary of a field-mouse, Loth.
C. B. _tusw_, a tuft; _tuswawg_, having a wisp or bundle.
_To_ TUTE, _v. n._ To jut out, to project, S. B.
~Tute~, _s._ A jutting out, a projection, S. B.
Su. G. _tut_, Teut. _tuyte_, rostrum, a beak.
~Tute-mowitt~, _adj._ Having the nether jaw projected.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _tuyte-muyl_, having the nether jaw projecting more than the upper.
TUTIE TATIE, _interj._ Pshaw.
Isl. _taut-a_, murmurare.
TUTIVILLARIS, _s. pl._ Perh. rustics.
Ir. _tuatamhail_, _tuatavail_, rustic.
TUTIWING, _s._ L. _tutilling_, a blast or blowing of a horn.
V. ~Toot~.
_Barbour._
TUT-MUTE, _s._ A muttering or grumbling between parties, that has not yet assumed the form of a broil, S. B.
Teut. _tuyt-en_, to buzz; _muyt-en_, Su. G. _mutt-a_, to mutter.
TWA, TUAY, TWAY, _adj._ Two, S.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _twa_, _twai_, A. S. _twa_, id.
~Twa-faced~, _adj._ Double, deceitful, S.
~Twa-fald~, ~Twa-fawld~, _adj._ Double, twofold, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _twe-feald_, Sw. _twefallt_, duplex.
~Twa-handed crack~, a familiar conversation between two persons, S.
~Twa part~, two-thirds.
_Douglas._
_The twa part and third_, i. e. two-thirds, S. B.
~Twasum~, _adj._ Two in company.
V. ~Sum~, _term_.
~Twa-three~, _s._ A few, S. q. _two or three_.
TWAY, _adj._ Two.
V. ~Twa~.
TWAL, _adj._ Twelve, S.
_Barbour._
_To_ TWEDDLE, TWEEL, _v. a._ To work cloth in such a manner, that the woof appears to cross the warp vertically, kersey-wove, S.
A. S. _twaede_, duplex; or _twa_, and _dael_, part.
~Tweddlin~, _s._ Cloth that is _tweeled_.
~Tweddlin~, _adj._ Used in the same sense, S.
_To_ TWICHE, TWITCH, _v. a._
1. To touch, S. B.
_R. Bruce._
2. To engage with.
_Douglas._
~Twiching~, _prep._ Touching, concerning.
_Douglas._
_To_ TWIG, _v. a._ To pull hastily, S. B.
_Morison._
E. _tweag_, _tweak_; A. S. _twicc-ian_, vellicare; Germ. _twick-en_, id.
~Twig~, _s._ A quick pull, a twitch, S.
TWYN, _adj._ _In twyn_, in twain, asunder.
_Wallace._
A. S. _twegen_, twain, from _tweg_, two.
_To_ ~Twin~, ~Twine~, _v. n._ To part, to separate.
_Wallace._
_To_ ~Twin~, _v. a._ _To twin_ one out of a thing, to deprive him of it, S. B.
TWYNRYS, _s. pl._ Pincers, nippers.
Teut. _dwingh-en_, arctare.
_Douglas._
TWINTER, _s._ A beast that is two years old, S, corr. _quinter_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _twy-winter_, duos annos natus.
TWIST, TWYST, _s._ A twig.
_Barbour._
Teut. _twist_, rami abscissi, ramalia.
_To_ TWITCH, _v. a._ To touch.
V. ~Twiche~.
TWITTER,
1. That part of a thread that is spun too small, S.
2. Any person or thing that is slender or feeble, S.
_Kelly._
TWO-PENNY, _s._ A weak kind of beer, sold at two-pence the Scots pint, or two quarts, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Two-penny~, (or ~Tippeny-~) ~house~, _s._ An ale-house, S.
V
VADMELL, _s._ A species of woollen cloth manufactured and worn in the Orkneys.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _vadmaal_, pannus rusticus.
VAGEIT, _part. pa._ Mercenary, waged.
_Pitscottie._
VAGER, VAGEOURE, _s._ A mercenary soldier.
V. ~Wageour~.
_To_ VAIG, _v. n._
1. To wander, to roam. _Vagit_, pret.
_Complaynt S._
2. Metaph. applied to discourse.
_Mellvill's MS._
Isl. _vag-a_, _vakk-a_, vagor; Lat. _vagari_.
~Vaiger~, _s._ A stroller.
_Baillie._
_To_ VAIK, VAICK, WAKE, _v. n._ To be vacant, to be unoccupied.
_Crosraguel._
Fr. _vaqu-er_, Lat. _vac-are_.
_To_ VAIL, VALE, _v. n._ To make obeisance, to bow.
_Priests Peblis._
Fr. _veill-er_, to watch, studiously to attend.
VAILYE QUOD VAILYE, at all adventures, be the issue as it will.
_Doug._
Fr. _vaille que vaille_, Lat. _valeat quantum valere potest_.
_To_ VAKE, _v. n._ To watch, to observe.
Lat. _vac-are_.
_Douglas._
VALE, _s._ The gunwale of a vessel.
V. ~Wail~.
_Douglas._
_To_ VALE, _v. n._ To descend.
_K. Quair._
O. Fr. _aval-er_, id.
VALENTINE, _s._
1. A billet, which is folded in a particular way, and sent by one young person to another, on St Valentine's day, the 14th of February, S.
2. A sealed letter sent by royal authority, for the purpose of apprehending disorderly persons.
_Acts Ja. VI._
VALISES, _s. pl._ Saddlebags, S. _wallees_.
V. ~Wallees~.
_Godscroft._
VALOUR, VALURE, _s._ Value; Fr. _valeur_.
_Quon. Att._
_To_ VAMPER, _v. n._ To make an ostentatious appearance, S. A.
C. B. _gwemp_, splendid.
VANE, _s._
1. A vein.
_Douglas._
2. A fibre, or shoot.
_Douglas._
~Vane-organis~, _s. pl._ The veins of the flank.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _veines organiques_, id.
VANHAP, WANHAP, _s._ Misfortune, S.
_Complaynt S._
Isl. _van_, signifies want, privation.
VANQUISH, _s._ A disease of sheep, caused by a species of grass which debilitates or _vanquishes_ them, Galloway.
_Stat. Acc._
VARIANT, _adj._ Variable, Fr.
_K. Quair._
VARLOT, VERLOT, _s._
1. An inferior servant.
_Priests Peblis._
2. It sometimes denotes a groom.
_Doug._
O. Fr. _varlet_, jeune homme, jeune galant.
VASSALAGE, WASSELAGE, _s._
1. Any great achievement.
_Bellenden._
2. Fortitude, valour.
_Barbour._
Fr. _vasselage_, valour; a valiant deed.
_To_ VAUCE, _v. a._ To stab, to kill.
_Doug._
O. Fr. _fauss-er_, to pierce through.
VAUDIE, WADY, _adj._
1. Gay, showy, S. B.
2. Vain, Aberd.
_Forbes._
3. It sometimes denotes any thing great or uncommon, Ang.
O. Fr. _vaud-ir_, rejouir, egayir.
VAUENGEOUR, _s._ An idler, a vagabond.
_Acts Ja. II._
L. B. _wayv-iare_, relinquere; or corr. from O. Fr. _vavasseur_, the subject of a vassal.
VAUNTY, _adj._ Boastful, S.
Fr. _vanteux_.
_Ritson._
UDAL, _adj._ A term applied to lands held by uninterrupted succession, without any original charter, and without subjection to feudal service, or the acknowledgment of any superior.
_Barry._
Isl. _odal_, bona avita, fundi, _allodium_; from _od_, anc. _aud_, _oed_, possession.
~Udal-man~, ~Udelar~, ~Udaller~, _s._ One who holds property by _udal_ right.
_Fea._
VEES, _s._ Some kind of disease.
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _vaese_, delirium; Isl. _vas_, tumultuarius impetus et gestus.
VEYLE, _adv._ Well.
_Barbour._
VEIR, VER, WERE, WAIR, VOR, _s._ The spring; _wair_, S. A.
_Barbour._
Isl. _vor_, Su. G. _waar_, Lat. _ver_, Gr. εαρ, Gael. _earrach_, id.
VELE, VEYL, _s._ A violent current or whirlpool.
_Bellenden._
The same with S. _wele_, _wallee_; Isl. _vell_, ebullitio.
V. ~Wele~.
VELVOUS, _s._ Velvet; Fr. _velous_.
_Maitland P._
VENDACE, _s._ The gwiniad, salmo lavaretus, Linn. S.
_Stat. Acc._
VENENOWS, WENENOUS, _adj._ Venomous.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _veneneus_, Lat. _venenos-us_.
VENESUM, _adj._ Venomous.
_Complaynt S._
VENALL, VINELL, _s._ An alley, a lane, S.
Fr. _venalle_, id.
_Skene._
VENT, _s._ A chimney, S. as being a place of egress for the smoke.
VENTAILL, _s._ The breathing part of a helmet; Fr. _ventaille_.
_Gawan and Gol._
VENUST, _adj._ Beautiful, pleasant; Lat. _venust-us_.
_Douglas._
VER, VERE, _s._ The spring.
V. ~Veir~.
VER, _adj._ Worse.
_S. P. Repr._
VERES, _s. pl._ Glasses.
Fr. _verre_.
_Sir Gawan._
VERGELT, WERGELT, _s._ Ransom, or restitution legally made for the commission of a crime.
_Reg. Maj._
A. S. _wergeld_, the payment of the _were_, or price at which the life of every individual was estimated.
VERGER, _s._ An orchard.
_Pal. Hon._
Fr. _vergier_, Lat. _viridar-ium_, a green place inclosed.
VERLOT, _s._
V. ~Varlot~.
VERNAGE, WERNAGE, _s._ A kind of white wine.
_Wallace._
L. B. _vernachia_, _vernac-ia_, O. Fr. _garnache_, id.
VERRAYMENT, _s._ Truth.
V. ~Werrayment~.
VERT, WERT, _s._ A term used in old charters, to signify a right to cut green wood.
_Chart. Q. Anne._
Fr. _verd_, Lat _virid-is_.
VERTUE, _s._ Thrift, industry, S.
~Vertuous~, _adj._ Thrifty, industrious, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ VESIE, VISIE, VISYE, WESY, WISIE, _v. a._
1. To visit.
_Douglas._
2. To examine accurately, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
3. To send good or evil judicially.
_Wallace._
4. To take aim, to mark, S.
Fr. _viser_, id. Lat. _vis-o_, to visit; also, to survey.
VETIT, _adj._ Forbidden; Lat. _vetit-us_.
_S. P. Repr._
VEUG, _s._ Amorous.
_Houlate._
A. S. _fog_, conjunctio; whence _fogere_, a wooer.
_To_ UG, _v. a._ To feel abhorrence at, S.
_Ramsay._
~Ugertfow~, _adj._ Nice, squeamish.
V. ~Ogertful~.
~Ugsum~, ~Ougsum~, _adj._
1. Frightful.
_Doug._
2. Exciting abhorrence.
_Wyntown._
~Ugsumnes~, _s._ Frightfulness, horror.
_Doug._
VICTUAL, _s._ Grain of any kind, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Victualler~, _s._ A corn-factor, S.
VIER, VYER, _s._ One who _vies_ with.
_Watson._
VIFELIE, _adv._ In a lively manner.
_A. Hume._
VYIS, YYSS, _adj._ Wise.
_Henrysone._
VYLAUS, _adj._ Perh. deceitful, q. _wilous_.
_Wyntown._
VYLD, _adj._ Vile, S.
_Burel._
VYLT, _s._ Apparently, vault.
_Monroe._
_To_ VIOLENT, _v. a._ To do violence to.
Fr. _violent-er_, id.
_Fleming._
VIOLER, _s._ One who plays on the fiddle or violin, S.
O. Fr.
VIRE, _s._ The arrow called a _quarrel_, used only for the crossbow.
Fr. _vire_, id.
V. ~Wyr~.
_Douglas._
VYREENIN, _part. pr._ Veering, turning or winding about.
Fr. _vironnant_, id.
_N. Burne._
VIRIDEER, _s._ The keeper of the grass or green wood in a forest.
_For. Lawes._
L. B. _viridar-ius_, Fr. _verdeur_, id.
VIRLE, _s._ A small ring put round any body, to keep it firm, S. _ferrule_.
O. E. _vyroll_, Fr. _virolle_.
_Ramsay._
VIRR, VIR, _s._ Force, impetuosity, S. B.
V. ~Bir~.
_Shirrefs._
VIRROCK, _s._ A corn, or bony excrescence on the feet, S. _wirrock_.
Lat. _ver-ruc-a_, a wart; A. S. _wearrig_, callosus, nodosus.
_Dunbar._
VYSE. _Bowys of vyse_, bows worked by screws.
Fr. _vis_, Belg. _vijs_, a screw.
_Wynt._
_To_ VISIE, _v. a._
V. ~Vesie~.
VISORNE, _s._ A mask or visor.
_Knox._