Part 53
VIVDA, _s._ Beef or mutton hung and dried without salt, Orkney.
VIVE, VIUE, _adj._
1. Lively, representing to the life, S.
Fr. _vif_.
_Rollocke._
2. Brisk, vigorous, S.
~Vively~, _adv._ In a vivid light, S.
_Ross._
VIVERIS, VIEVERS, _s. pl._ Provisions for the sustenance of life, victuals, S.
Fr. _vivres_, id.
_Knox._
ULIE, _s._ Oil.
V. ~Olye~.
ULISPIT, _pret. v._ Lisped; MS. _wlispit_.
A. S. _wlisp_, dentiloquus.
_Barbour._
UMAN, the pron. of _woman_, Ang.
UMAST, UMEST, UMAIST, _adj._ Uppermost, highest.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _ufemest_, supremus; from _ufa_, above, and _mest_, most.
~Umast claith~, a perquisite claimed by the vicar, in the time of popery, on occasion of the death of any person.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ UMBEDRAW, _v. n._ To turn about.
_Douglas._
Belg. _omdraaij-en_, to turn about.
UMBERAUCHT, _pret._ Encompassed.
_Douglas._
A. S. _umb_, circa, and _raucht_, from _raec-an_, to extend.
UMBERSORROW, _adj._
1. Hardy, resisting disease, or the effects of severe weather, Border; sometimes _number-sorrow_.
2. Rugged, of a surly disposition, Loth.
Teut. _on-be-sorght_, negligens curae; or Su. G. _ombaer-a_, portare, and _sorg_, aerumna.
_To_ UMBESCHEW, _v. a._ To avoid.
_Douglas._
A. S. _umb_, about, prefixed to _eschew_.
_To_ UMBESET, _v. a._ To beset on every side.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ymb-saet-an_, id. circumdare.
_To_ UMBESEGE, _v. a._ To encompass with armed men.
_Douglas._
_To_ UMBETHINK, _v. n._ To consider attentively.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ymbe-thinc-an_, cogitare de.
UMBEWEROUND, _part. pa._ Environed.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ymbe-hwearf-an_, circumcingere.
UMBOTH, _adj._ Alternate; as belonging to different possessions by rotation, Shetl.
_MS. Acc. P. of Unst._
Isl. _um-bod_, tutela, procuratio.
UMBRE, _s._ Shade.
Fr. _ombre_, Lat. _umbra_.
_King's Quair._
UMQUHILE, _adv._
1. Sometimes, at times.
_Barbour._
A. S. _hwilum_, aliquando, inverted; from _umb_, circum, and _hwile_, intervallum temporis.
2. Used distributively, in the sense of _now_ as contrasted with _then_.
_Priests Peblis._
3. Sometime ago, formerly.
_Douglas._
~Umquhile~, _adj._ Former.
_Reg. Maj._
UMWYLLES, _s._ Reluctance.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _un-willes_, cum reluctatione.
UN, a negative particle in composition.
V. ~On~.
UNABASYT, _part. pa._ Undaunted, E. _unabashed_.
_Douglas._
~Unabasitlie~, _adv._ Without fear or dejection.
_Pal. Honour._
_To_ UNABILL, _v. a._ To incapacitate.
_Knox._
UNAMENDABLE, _adj._ What cannot be remedied.
_Baillie._
UNBEIST, _s._ A monster.
V. ~Onbeist~.
UNBEKENT, _part. pa._ Unknown, S. B.
Belg. _onbekend_, Germ. _unbekaunt_, id.
UNBODIN, _adj._ Unprovided.
V. ~Bodin~.
_Acts Ja. II._
UNCAIRDLY, _adv._ Carelessly, without care.
_Burel._
UNCANNAND, _adj._ Possessing preternatural power.
_Sir Egeir._
UNCANNY, _adj._
1. Not safe, dangerous, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. Not tender, harsh, S.
_Ferguson._
3. Incautious, imprudent, S.
_Baillie._
4. Mischievous, not safe to meddle with, S.
_Baillie._
5. Applied to one supposed to possess preternatural powers, S.
V. ~Canny~.
_Mannering._
6. Severe; applied to a fall or blow, S.
_Waverley._
UNCASSABLE, _adj._ What cannot be annulled.
_Reg. Maj._
_In_ negat. and L. B. _cass-are_, irritum reddere.
UNCHANCY, _adj._ Not lucky, not fortunate, S.
_Bellenden._
UNCO, _adj._
1. Unknown.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _uncuth_, id.
2. Not acquainted, being in the state of a stranger, S.
_Bellenden._
3. Not domestic, S.
_Ross._
4. So much changed as scarcely to be recognised, S.
_Glenburnie._
5. Unusual, surprising, S.
A. S. _uncuth_, alienus.
6. Strange, as applied to country, S.
_Mannering._
7. Distant, reserved in one's manner towards another, S.
~Unco~, _adv._ Very, S.
_Ross._
~Uncos~, used as a _s. pl._ News, S. B.
_Morison._
UNCOFT, _adj._ Unbought, S.
V. ~Coff~, v.
_Bellenden._
UNCORDUALL, _adj._ Incongruous.
_Wallace._
UNCORNE, _s._ Wild oats, S. B.
_Doug._
UNCOUDY, _adj._
1. Dreary, causing fear, S. B.
2. Under the influence of fear, S. B.
V. ~Coudy~.
UNCOUNSELFOW, _adj._ Unadviseable, S. B.
UNCOUTHNESSE, _s._ Strangeness, want of acquaintance.
_Ferguson._
UNCREDYBLE, _adj._ Unbelieving.
_Douglas._
L. B. _incredibilis_, incredulus.
_To_ UNCT, _v. a._ To anoint.
Lat. _unct-us_.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
~Uncting~, _s._ Anointing.
_Hamilton._
UNCUNNANDLY, _adv._ Unknowingly.
V. ~Cunnand~.
_Dunbar._
UNCUNNANDNES, _s._ Ignorance.
_Douglas._
UNDEGEST, _adj._
1. Rash, imprudent.
_Douglas._
2. Untimely, premature.
_Douglas._
UNDEIP, _s._ A shallow place.
_Douglas._
Teut. _on-deipte_, vadum, brevia.
UNDEMIT, UNDEMMYT, _adj._ Uncensured.
_Gl. Sibb._
UNDEMUS, _adj._ Incalculable, inconceivable; _undeemis_, _undeemint_, S. B.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _un_ negat. and _dem-an_, to judge, to reckon.
_To_ UNDERLY, _v. a._ To undergo, S.
Belg. _onderlegg-en_, to lie under.
_To_ UNDERLOUT, WNDYRLOWTE, _v. n._ To stoop, to be subject.
A. S. _underlut-an_, id.
_Wyntown._
~Underlout, Wndyrlowte~, _adj._ In a state of subjection.
_Wyntown._
_To_ UNDO, _v. a._
1. To cut off.
_Douglas._
2. To unravel.
_Douglas._
3. To disclose, to uncover.
_Douglas._
A. S. _un-do-en_, aperire, solvere.
UNDOCH, UNDOCHT, UNDOUGHT, WANDOUGHT, _s._
1. A weak or puny creature; applied both to body and mind, S., _wandocht_, S. B.
_Calderwood._
2. Expl. as signifying a coward.
_Rudd._
Teut. _on-deughd_, vitium; _on_ negative, and _deughd_, virtus.
UNDON, WNDON, _part. pa._ Explained.
_Wyntown._
UNE, _s._ Oven, S.
V. ~Oon~.
_Bellenden._
UNEGALL, _adj._ Unequal.
Fr. _inegal_.
_G. Buchanan._
UNEITH, ONEITH, UNETH, S. UNETHIS, UNEIS, UNESE, WNESS, UNEIST, _adv._ Hardly, with difficulty.
_Wallace._
A. S. _un-eathe_, vix, scarcely.
UNERDIT, _part. adj._ Not buried.
_Doug._
UNESCHEWABIL, _adj._ Unavoidable.
_Douglas._
UNESS, _adv._
V. ~Uneith~.
UNFANDRUM, _adj._ Bulky, unmanageable, Ang.
UNFERY, ONFEIRIE, _adj._ Infirm, unweildy, S.
V. ~Fery~.
_Pop. Ball._
Su. G. _wanfoer_, imbecillis.
UNFLEGGIT, _part. pa._ Not affrighted.
_Ferguson._
UNFORLATIT, _part. adj._
1. Not forsaken.
_Ruddiman._
2. Fresh, new.
_Douglas._
Belg. _wyn verlaat-en_, to rack wine.
UNFORSAIN'D, _adj._ Undeserved.
_Ross._
Perhaps originally, irremediable; Teut. _on_, negat., and _versoen-en_, Sw. _foerson-a_, to expiate.
UNFRE, _adj._ Discourteous.
_Sir Tristrem._
UNFRELIE, UNFREELY, _adj._ Not handsome.
V. ~Frely~.
_Houlate._
UNFRELIE, UNFREELIE, _adj._
1. Frail, feeble, S. B.
2. Heavy, unweildy, S. B.
Isl. _un_, negat., and _fralig-r_, fleet; also powerful.
UNFREND, UNFRIEND, _s._ An enemy, O. E.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _on-vriend_, inimicus, parum amicus.
UNFUTE-SAIR, _adj._
_Priests Peblis._
A. S. _fota-sare_, dolor pedum, with the negat. prefixed.
UNGAND, _part. pr._ Unfit, not becoming,
_Douglas._
UNGEIR'D, UNGEARIT, _adj._ Not clad, unharnessed.
V. ~Geir~.
_Gl. Shirr._
UNGLAID, _adj._ Sorrowful.
_Douglas._
A. S. _un-gladu_, tristis.
UNHALSIT, _part. pa._ Not saluted.
V. ~Halles~.
_Douglas._
UNHEARTSOME, _adj._ Melancholy.
_Rutherford._
_To_ UNHEILD, _v. a._ To uncover.
V. ~Heild~.
_Pal. Hon._
A. S. _unhel-an_, revelare.
UNHELE, _s._ Pain, suffering.
_Houlate._
A. S. _un-hele_, crux, tormentum.
UNHIT, _part. pa._ Not named.
V. ~Hat~.
_Douglas._
UNHONEST, _adj._ Dishonourable.
_Bellenden._
Lat. _inhonest-us_; Fr. _inhoneste_.
~Unhonestie~, _s._ Injustice.
_Acts Ja. VI._
UNIRKIT, _adj._ Unwearied.
_Douglas._
UNKENSOME, _adj._ Unknowable.
_Minstr. Bord._
UNKNAW, _part. pa._ Unknown.
_Douglas._
UNLATIT, _part. pa._ Undisciplined, destitute of proper breeding.
V. ~Lait~.
_Fordun._
UNLAUCHFUL, _adj._ Unlawful.
_Acts Ja. VI._
UNLAW, UNLACH, _s._
1. Any transgression of the law, O. E.
_Quon. Att._
A. S. _unlaga_, _unlage_, quod contra legem est.
2. A fine exacted from one who has transgressed the law.
_Wallace._
3. Used improperly, to denote a law which has no real authority.
_Baillie._
_To_ ~Unlaw~, _v. a._ To fine.
_Burr. Lawes._
UNLEIF, _adj._ Unpleasant, ungrateful.
V. ~Leif~.
_Douglas._
UNLEILL, _adj._ Dishonest.
V. ~Leil~.
_Lyndsay._
UNLESUM, _adj._ What cannot be permitted.
V. ~Lesum~.
_Douglas._
UNLUSSUM, _adj._ Unlovely.
V. ~Lufsom~.
_Douglas._
UNMODERLY, _adj._ Unkindly.
_Wyntown._
_Un_ negat. and A. S. _mothwaere_, meek.
UNPAUNDED, _part. adj._ Unpledged.
_Baillie._
UNQUART, _s._ Sadness.
_Gawan and Gol._
The reverse of _Quert_, q. v.
UNRABOYTYT, _part. pa._ Not repulsed.
V. ~Rebut~, _v._
_Wallace._
UNREASON, UNRESSOUN, _s._
1. Injustice, iniquity.
_Priests Peblis._
2. Disorder.
_Acts Marie._
UNREDE, UNRIDE, _adj._ Cruel, severe.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _un-ge-reod_, _un-ge-ridu_, barbarous, cruel.
UNREST, _s._
1. Trouble.
_Wallace._
2. A person or thing that causes disquietude.
_Baillie._
Teut. _on-raste_, _on-ruste_, inquies.
UNRYCHT, _s._ Injustice, iniquity.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _un-richt_, Teut. _on-recht_, injustitia.
UNRUDE, _adj._ Vile, impure.
_Douglas._
Teut. _on-raed_, sordes, immundities.
UNSALL, _adj._
V. ~Unsel~.
UNSAUCHT, UNSAUGHT, _adj._ Disturbed, troubled.
_Gawan and Gol._
Teut. _on-saecht_, durus, asper, rudis.
~Unsaucht~, _s._ Dispeace, trouble, S. B.
A. S. _un-saeht_, _un-seht_, discordia, inimicitia.
_To_ UNSCHET, _v. a._ To open.
V. ~Schete~.
_Douglas._
UNSEY'D, _part. adj._ Not tried, S.
V. ~Sey~, _v._
_Ferguson._
UNSEL, UNSALL, UNSILLY, _adj._
1. Unhappy, wretched.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _un-saelig_, Su. G. _usel_, infelix.
2. Naughty, worthless.
_Montgomerie._
Moes. G. _unsel_, malus.
~Unsele~, ~Unsell~, _s._
1. Mischance, misfortune.
_Barbour._
A. S. _un-saelth_, infelicitas, infortunium.
2. A wicked or worthless person.
_Bannatyne P._
Moes. G. _unsel_, evil, wickedness.
UNSELYEABLE, _adj._ Unassailable.
_Houlate._
UNSETT, _s._ An attack, for _onset_.
_Doug._
UNSIKKIR, UNSICKER, _adj._
1. Not secure, not safe.
_Douglas._
2. Unsteady, S.
V. ~Sikkir~.
_Burns._
UNSILLY, _adj._
V. ~Unsel~.
UNSNARRE, _adj._ Blunt, not sharp, S. B.
V. ~Snarre~.
UNSNED, _part. pa._ Not pruned or cut, S.
UNSONSIE, _adj._
1. Unlucky, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Mischievous, S.
V. ~Sonsy~.
_Ramsay._
_To_ UNSNECK, _v. a._ To lift a latch, S.
_Pop. Ball._
UNSOUND, _s._ A pang.
_Gawan and Gol._
Teut. _on-ghe-sonde_, morbus.
UNTELLABYLL, UNTELLIBYLL, _adj._ What cannot be told.
_Bellenden._
~Untellably~, _adv._ Ineffably.
_Douglas._
UNTHINKABILL, _adj._ Inconceivable.
_Lyndsay._
UNTHOCHT, _To haud_ one _unthocht lang_, to keep one from wearying.
_Pop. Ball._
Teut. _ondeuchtigh_, curae et timoris expers.
UNTHRIFTY, _adj._ Unfriendly.
V. ~Thryft~.
_Douglas._
UNTILL, _prep._ Unto.
V. ~Skair~.
UNTYNT, _part. pa._ Not lost.
V. ~Tyne~.
_Douglas._
UNTRAIST, _adj._ Unexpected.
V. ~Traist~, _adj._
_Lyndsay._
UNTRETABYLL, _adj._ Unmanageable, untractable.
_Douglas._
Lat. _intractabil-is_.
UNTROWABILL, _adj._ Incredible.
V. ~Trow~, _v._
_Lyndsay_.
UNWAR, UNWER, _adj._ or _adv._ Unwary; or unawares.
_Douglas._
A. S. _unwar_, _unwaer_, incautus; Isl. _war-a_, videre.
UNWARYIT, _part. pa._ Not accursed.
V. ~Wary~.
_Douglas._
UNWARNYST, _part. pa._ Not warned, S.
V. ~Warnis~.
_Unwarnistly_, _adv._ Without previous warning.
_Douglas._
UNWEMMYT, _part. adj._ Unspotted, unstained.
_Douglas._
A. S. _un-waemme_, _un-waemmed_, immaculatus.
UNWERD, _s._ Sad fate, misfortune, S.
V. ~Weird~.
_Ruddiman._
A. S. _un-wyrd_, infortunium.
UNWYNNABILL, _adj._ Impregnable.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _un-winna_, invincibilis.
UNWINNE, _adj._ Extreme.
_Sir Tristrem._
V. ~Win~.
A. S. _un-winna_, invincibilis, injucundus, inamoenus, asper.
UNWROKIN, _part. pa._ Unrevenged.
A. S. _un-wrecen_, inultus.
_Douglas._
UNYEMENT, _s._ Ointment.
_Bellenden._
O. Fr. _oignement_, id.
VOCE, _s._ Voice, S. B.
_Douglas._
VODE, _adj._
1. Empty, void.
_Douglas._
2. Light, indecent.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Vode~, _v. a._ To void, to empty.
_Douglas._
VOE, _s._ A long narrow bay, Orkn. Shetl.
_Barry._
Isl. _vog-r_, sinus maris angustus.
VOGIE, VOKIE, _adj._
1. Vain, S.
_Ross._
Fr. _vogue_, Ital. _voga_, fame.
2. Merry, cheerful, S. B.
VOICER, _s._ A voter.
_Baillie._
VOLE MOUSE, the short-tailed field mouse, Orkn.
_Barry._
A. S. _wold_, planities; Su. G. _wall_, solum herbidum; Isl. _voell-r_, campus, pratum.
VOLLAGE, _adj._ Fickle; Fr. _volage_.
_Complaynt S._
VOLOUNTÉ, _s._ The will; Fr. _volonté_.
_Douglas._
VOLT, _s._ Perh. cupola or dome.
Fr. _voulte_, a vaulted or embowed roof.
_Maitland P._
VOR, _s._ The spring, Orkn.
V. ~Veir~.
VOSTING, _s._ Boasting.
_Hamilton._
VOTE, _s._ A vow.
_Bellend. Cron._
O. Fr. _vot_, _vote_; Lat. _vot-um_.
_To_ VOTE, _v. a._ To devote.
_Votit_, part. pa.
_Bellenden._
VOTH, _s._ Outlawry.
V. ~Vouth~.
_Skene._
_To_ VOUST, _v. n._ To boast, S.
_P. Buch. Dial._
~Voust~, ~Voist~, ~Vosting~, _s._ Boasting; a boast, S.
C. B. _bostio_, to boast.
_Douglas._
~Vouster~, _s._ A boaster, S.
_Ruddiman._
~Vousty~, _adj._ Vain, given to boasting.
_Beattie._
VOUT, _s._ A vault, S. O. E. id.
Fr. _voute_, id.; Sw. _hwalfd_, arched.
VOUTH, _adj._ Prosecuted.
_Skene._
A. S. _wothe_, clamor.
~Vouth~, _s._ Prosecution in course of law.
_Skene._
~Vouthman~, _s._ An outlaw; one who has been legally called, but not having presented himself in court, has been outlawed.
_Skene._
VOW, _interj._ Expressive of admiration or surprise, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _vo_, metuendum quid.
VOWBET, WOUBIT, OUBIT, _s._
1. A hairy worm, S. A.
V. ~Wobat~.
A. S. _wibba_, a worm.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. A puny dwarfish creature.
_Montgom._
_To_ UP-BANG, _v. a._ To force to rise, especially by beating.
_Watson._
_To_ UPBRED, _v. a._ To set in order.
V. ~Braid~ _up_.
_Houlate._
_To_ UP-BULLER, _v. a._ To boil or throw up.
V. ~Buller~, _v._
UPCAST, _s._ Taunt, reproach, S.
_Henrysone._
UPCASTING, _s._ The rising of clouds above the horizon, especially as threatening rain, S.
UPCOIL, _s._ A kind of game with balls.
_Evergreen._
UPCOME, _s._ Promising appearance, perh. from the first appearance of the blade after sowing.
_Godscroft._
A. S. _up-cyme_, ortus.
_To_ UPDAW, _v. n._ To dawn.
_Dunbar._
Belg. _op-daag-en_, to rise, to appear.
UPGANG, _s._ An ascent, an acclivity.
A. S. _up-gang_, ascensus.
_Barbour._
UPGASTANG, _s._ A species of loom anciently used in Orkney.
_Stat. Acc._
UPHALD, _s._ Support, S. _uphadd_.
_G. Buchanan._
Isl. _uphellde_, sustentatio, victualia.
_To_ ~Uphald~, ~Uphadd~, _v. a._ To warrant; as, _to uphadd a horse sound_, to warrant him free of defect, S.
_To_ UP-HÉ, UPHIE, _v. a._ To lift up, to exalt; pret. _upheit_.
_Dunbar._
Dan. _ophoy-er_, Belg. _ophoog-en_, to exalt.
UPHEILD, _part. pa._ Carried upwards.
_Douglas._
A. S. _up_, and _hyld-an_, inclinare.
_To_ UPHEIS, _v. a._ To exalt, S.
V. ~Heis~.
_Douglas._
_To_ UPHEUE, _v. a._ To lift up.
_Doug._
A. S. _up-hef-an_, levare, Isl. _upphef-ia_, exaltare.
UPHYNT, _part. pa._ Snatched up.
V. ~Hint~.
_Douglas._
UPLANDS, UP OF LAND, UPON-LAND, UPPLANE, _adj._
1. One who lives in the country, as distinguished from the town.
_Burr. Lawes._
2. Rustic, unpolished.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _up-land_, highland; also, a midland country.
_To_ UPLOIP, _v. n._ To ascend with rapidity.
V. ~Loup~, _v._
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _oploop-en_, sursum currere.
UPPIL ABOON, clear over-head, S. B.
Sw. _uphaalls vaeder_, dry weather; from _uphaalla_, to bear up.
_To_ ~Uppil~, _v. n._ To clear up, S. B.
UPPISH, _adj._ Aspiring, ambitious, S.
Su. G. _ypp-a_, elevare; _yppig_, superbus.
UP-PUT, _s._ The power of secreting, so as to prevent discovery.
_Cleland._
_To_ UPRAX, _v. a._ To stretch upward, to erect.
V. ~Rax~.
_Douglas._
_To_ UPREND, _v. a._ To render or give up.
_Douglas._
UPREUIN, _part. pa._ Torn up.
_Doug._
_To_ UPSET, _v. a._ To recover from; applied to a hurt, affliction, or calamity, S.
_A. Douglas._
_To_ UPSET, _v. a._ To overset; as, _a cart_, _boat_, &c. S.
_To_ UPSET, _v. n._ To be overturned, S.
UPSET, _s._ Insurrection, mutiny.
_Wynt._
Su. G. _uppsaet_, machinatio.
UPSIDES, _adv._ Quits, q. on an equal foot, S.
_Pop. Ball._
_To_ UPSKAIL, _v. a._ To scatter upwards, S.
V. ~Skail~, _v._
_Dunbar._
_To_ UPSTEND, _v. n._ To spring up.
V. ~Stend~.
_Douglas._
UPSTENT, _part. pa._ Erected.
_Douglas._
Teut. _op_ and _stenn-en_, fulcire.
_To_ UPSTOUR, _v. n._ To rise up in a disturbed state, as dust in motion.
_Doug._
V. ~Stour~, _v._
UPSTRAUCHT, _pret._ Stretched up.
V. ~Straucht~.
_Douglas._
UPTAK, UPTAKING, _s._ Apprehension, S.
_Bp. Galloway._
UPWELT, _pret._ Threw up.
V. ~Welt~.
UPWITH, _adv._ Upwards, S.
_Kelly._
~Upwith~, _s._ _To the upwith_, taking a direction upwards, S.
Isl. _uppvid_, sursum tenus.
~Upwith~, _adj._ Uphill, S.
_Wallace._
_To_ UPWREILE, _v. a._ To raise or lift up with considerable exertion.
V. ~Wreil~.
_Douglas._
VRAN, _s._ The wren, Loth.
A. S. _wraen_.
_Complaynt S._
WRANDLY, _adv._ Without intermission; or, with much contention.
_Wallace._
Fris. _wrant_, a litigious person, _wrant-en_, to litigate.
URE, _s._ Chance, fortune.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _eur_, hazard; Teut. _ure_, vicissitudo.
URE, _s._ Practice, toil.
_Maitland P._
Teut. _ure_, commoditas, temporis opportunitas.
URE, _s._ The point of a weapon.
_Acts Ja. I._
Su. G. _or_, anc. _aur_, a weapon; Isl. _aur_, an arrow.
URE, _s._
1. Ore; in relation to metals, S.
_Douglas._
2. The fur or crust which adheres to vessels, in consequence of liquids standing in them, S. B.
~Ury~, _adj._ Furred, crusted, S. B.
URE, _s._ A denomination of land in Orkney and Shetland.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _auri_, octava pars marcae, tam in fundo, quam in mobilibus.
URE, _s._ Colour, tinge, S. B.
Belg. _verw_, Sw. _ferg_, id.
URE, _s._ Soil. _An ill ure_, a bad soil, Ang.
Ir. Gael. _uir_, mould, earth.
URE, _s._ Sweat, perspiration, Ang.
~Ury~, _adj._ Clammy, covered with perspiration, ibid.
URISUM, URUSUM, _adj._
1. Troublesome, vexatious.
_Douglas._
2. Frightful, terrifying, S.
_Ruddiman._
Su. G. _orolig_, inquietus; _oro_, inquies.
URLUCH, _adj._ Having a feeble and emaciated appearance, S. B.
V. ~Wroul~.
Perh. q. _wurl-like_.
_Ross._
_To_ URN, _v. a._ To pain, to torture, Ang.
_Wallace._
Isl. _orne_, calor, _orn-a_, calefacio.
To USCHÉ, _v. n._ To issue.
_Dunbar._
V. ~Ische~, _v. n._
_To_ ~Ushe~, _v. a._ To clear.
_Acts Sed._
USTE, _s._ The host, the sacrifice of the mass.
O. Fr. _oiste_.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
UTASS, WTAST, corr. of _Octaves_.
_Wallace._
UTELAUY, WTELAUY, _s._ An outlaw.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ut-laga_, Isl. _utlaeg-r_, exul.
UTERANCE, _s._
1. Extremity, in any respect.
_Douglas._
2. Extremity, as respecting distress.
V. ~Outrance~.
_Douglas._
UTGIE, UTGIEN, _s._ Expense, expenditure, S.
Belg. _uytgaave_, id.
UTOUTH, _prep._
V. ~Outwith~.
UTTERIT.
V. ~Outterit~.
UVER, UVIR, _adj._
1. Upper, in respect of situation, S.
_Bellenden._
2. Superior in power. _The uver hand_, the superiority, S.
V. ~Ouer~.
VULT, _s._ Aspect.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _vult_, Lat. _vult-us_.
_To_ VUNG, _v. n._ To move swiftly with a buzzing or humming sound, Aberd. _bung_, S. O.
_Shirrefs._
W
WA, WAY, _s._ Wo, grief, S. _wae_.
_Doug._
A. S. _wa, wae_, Moes. G. _wai_.
~Wayis me~, wo is me.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _vaes mer_, va mihi sit.
~Wae worth you~, wo befal you, S.
V. ~Worth~.
WA, _adj._ Sorrowful, S. _wae_; comp. _waer_, superl. _wayest_.
_Barbour._
A. S. _wa_, moestus, afflictus.
WAAH, _s._ Any thing that causes surprise and admiration, Orkn.
Isl. _va_, any thing unexpected; commonly used in a bad sense.
WABRAN LEAVES, Great plantain or waybread, S.
A. S. _waeg-braede_, Teut. _wegh-bree_, plantago.
_To_ WACHLE, _v. n._ To move backwards and forwards, S.; E. _waggle_.
Teut. _wagghel-en_, id.
_To_ WACHT, _v. a._ To quaff.
V. ~Waucht~.
WAD, WED, WEDDE, _s._
1. A pledge, S.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. A wager.
_Kelly._
Su. G. _wad_, A. S. _wed_, Isl. _vaed_, pignus.
~Wadds~, _s. pl._ A youthful amusement, in which much use is made of pledges, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ ~Wad~, ~Wed~, _v. a._
1. to pledge, to bet, to wager, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. To promise, to engage, S.
_Shirrefs._
A. S. _wedd-ian_, to be surety, spondere.
WADSET, _s._ A legal deed, by which a debtor gives his heritable subjects into the hands of his creditor, that the latter may draw the rents in payment of the debt; a forensic term, S.
_Reg. Maj._
_To_ ~Wadset~, _v. a._ To alienate heritable property under reversion, S.
_Skene._
Su. G. _wadsaett-a_, Isl. _vaedsett-ia_, oppignerare.
~Wadsetter~, _s._ One who holds the property of another in _wadset_, S.
_Erskine._
~Wad-shooting~, _s._ Shooting at a mark for a _wad_, or prize which is laid in pledge, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
WADAND, _part. pr._ Expl. fearful.
Ir. _uath_, fear.
_Wyntown._
WADD, _s._ Woad, used in dyeing.
_Chalm. Air._
A. S. _wad_, _waad_, Teut. _weede_, woad.
WADDER, _s._ Weather.
V. ~Weddyr~.
WADDIN, _part. pa._ Vigorous.
_Henrysone._
Isl. _valld-r_, validus, potens.
WADER, _s._ A bird, supposed to be the water-hen, or the water-rail, Aberd.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ WADGE, _v. a._ To shake in a threatening manner, to brandish, S. B.
Su. G. _waeg-a_, Belg. _weeg-en_, librare.
WADY, _adj._ Vain.
V. ~Vaudie~.
WAE, _s._ Wo.
V. ~Wa~.
~Waeful~, _adj._
1. Woful, sorrowful; _waefu'_, S.
_Burns._
2. Causing sorrow, S.
_Ritson._
~Waeness~, _s._ Sorrow, vexation, S.
~Waesucks~, _interj._ Alas, Clydes.
_Falls of Clyde._
A. S. _wa_, and Dan. Sax. _usic_, vae nobis.
WAFF, WAIF, WAYF, _adj._
1. Strayed, and not as yet claimed.
_Quon. Att._
Fr. _guesves_, _vuayves_, strays; Isl. _vof-a_, to wander.
2. Solitary, denoting the awkward situation of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance, S.
3. Worthless in conduct, immoral, S.
4. Low-born, ignoble, S. A.
_Mannering._
~Waff-like~, _adj._ Having a very shabby or suspicious appearance, S.
~Waffie~, _s._ A vagabond, Ang.
_To_ WAFF, WAIF, _v. n._ To wave, to fluctuate, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _waf-ian_, Sw. _weft-a_, vacillare.
_To_ ~Waff~, ~Waif~, _v. a._ To wave, S.
_Douglas._
~Waff~, ~Waif~, _s._
1. A hasty motion, the act of waving, S.
_Arnot._
2. A signal, made by waving.
_Cromarty._
3. A transient view; as _I had just a waff o' him_, S.
_Guthrie._
4. A slight stroke from any soft body, especially in passing, S.
5. A sudden affection, producing a bodily ailment; as _a waff of cauld_, S.
6. The contagion of evil example.
_Walker._
WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, _s._ The woof in a web, S.
_Adam._
A. S. _wefta_, Su. G. _waeft_, id., from _waefw-a_, to weave.
WA-GANG, WAYGANG, _s._
1. A departure.
_Ramsay._
2. A disagreeable taste in swallowing, or after a thing is swallowed, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
Teut. _wegh-ga-en_, abire, _wegh-ganck_, abitus.
WAGE, _s._ A pledge, a pawn.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _guaige_, sureté.
~Wageoure~, _s._ A stake, E. _wager_.
_Doug._
O. Fr. _guaigiere_, gage.
~Wageour~, ~Vageoure~, ~Vager~, _s._ A mercenary soldier.
_Barbour._
WAGGLE, _s._ A bog, a marsh, S. B., also _wuggle_.
_Law Case._
Teut. _waggel-en_, agitare, motitare.
WAG-STRING, _s._ One who dies by means of a halter.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ WAIDE, _v. a._ To render furious.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wed-an_, insanire, furere.
_To_ WAIDGE, _v. a._ To pledge.
_Montgomerie._
Su. G. _waedja_, sponsionem facere; L. B. _guag-iare_, id.
WAYEST, _adj._ Most sorrowful.
V. ~Wa~.
_To_ WAIF.
V. ~Waff~, _v._
_To_ WAIGLE, WEEGGLE, _v. n._ To waddle, to waggle, S.
Belg. _waegel-en_, _waggel-en_, Su. G. _wackl-a_, motitare.
_To_ WAIK, _v. a._ To enfeeble.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _wek-a_, vacillare.
_To_ WAIK, _v. a._ To watch, S. _wauk_.
A. S. _wac-ian_, vigilare.
_Barbour._
_To_ WAIL, WALE, _v. a._ To veil.
_Doug._
WAIL, _s._ The gunwale of a ship.
A. S. _weal_, munimentum.
_Douglas._
WAILE, WALE, _s._ Vale, avail.
V. ~Wale~, _v._
_Wallace._
WAILE, _s._ A wand or rod.
_K. Hart._
Su. G. _wal_, C. B. _gwal-en_, id.
WAILYE QUOD WAILYE.
V. ~Vailye~.
WAILL, _s._ A vale, or valley.
_Wallace._
WAILL, _s._ Advantage, contr. from _avail_.
_Wallace._
WAYMYNG, WAYMENT, _s._ Lamentation.
_Sir Gawan._
O. Fr. _guement-er_, se plaindre.
WAYN, WAYNE, _s._ Plenty.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _winn-a_, sufficere.
WAYN, _s._ A vein.
_Wallace._
_To_ WAYND, _v. n._ To change, to swerve.
_Houlate._
A. S. _waend-an_, mutare, vertere.
_To_ WAYND, _v. n._ To care, to be anxious about.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wand-ian_, Isl. _vand-a_, curare.
WAYNE. _In wayne_, in vain.
_Wallace._
WAYNE, _s._ Help, relief.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wen_, spes, expectatio.
_To_ WAYNE, _v. n._ To strike.
_Sir Gawan._
Su. G. _waan-a_, to labour, _winn-a_, id., also to fight.
_To_ WAYNE, _v. a._ To remove.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _wan-ian_, demere, auferre.
_To_ WAIR, _v. a._ To spend.
V. ~Ware~.
WAISTY, _adj._ Void, waste.
_Douglas._
WAISTLESS, _adj._ Without a waist.
_Dunbar._
_To_ WAIT, VAIT, WATE, _v. n._ To know, S. _wat_.
_Compl. S._
Su. G. _wet-a_, A. S. Moes. G. _wit-an_, pret. _wait_.
_To_ WAYT, WATE, _v. a._ To hunt, to persecute.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _waeth-an_, Su. G. _wed-a_, venari.
WAITER, _s._ A token, Border.
V. ~Witter~.
WAITH, _s._
1. Raiment.
_Philotus._
Su. G. _wad_, A. S. _waede_, indumentum.
2. Such a plaid as is worn by women, S. B.
_Ross._
WAITH, _s._ Danger.
_Barbour._
O. Su. G. _wade_, danger.
WAITH, WAITHE, WAITHING, _s._
1. The act of hunting.
_Sir Gawan._
2. The game taken in hunting, or the sport in fishing.
_Wallace._
Isl. _veid-a_, venari, piscari; _veidi_, venatio, vel praeda venatione capta.
~Waith~, ~Wayth~, _adj._
1. Wandering, as _a waith horse_, S.
2. Impertinent.
_Douglas._
3. Wandering, roving.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _wathe_, vagatio, a straying, a wandering.
~Waithman~, ~Waythman~, _s._ A hunter.
_Wyntown._
Teut. _weyd-man_, venator, auceps.
WAK, _adj._
1. Moist, watery, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. Rainy; _A wak day_, a rainy day, S.
_Bellenden._
3. Damp, S.
_Chalm. Air._
Teut. _wack_, id., _wack weder_, aër humidus.
~Wak~, _s._ The moistness and density of the atmosphere.
_Douglas._
~Waknes~, _s._ Humidity, S. B.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ WAKE, _v. n._ To be unoccupied.
Lat. _vac-are_.
_Wyntown._
WAKERIFE, _adj._
V. ~Walkrife~.
WALA, WALÉ, _s._ Vale.
_Wallace._
WALAGEOUSS, WALEGEOUSS, _adj._ Wanton, lecherous.
_Barbour._
A. S. _gal_, libidinosus; L. B. _volagius_, levis.
WALD, _s._ The plain, the ground.
A. S. _wold_, planities.
_Douglas._
WALD, _v. aux._
1. Would.
_Barbour._
A. S. _wold_, vellem, from _will-an_, velle.
2. Should; as denoting necessity.
_Crosraguel._
_To_ WALD, WALDE, _v. a._
1. To wield, to manage.
_Wyntown._
2. To govern.
A. S. _weald-an_, Su. G. _wald-a_, dirigere, dominari.
3. To possess.
_Wyntown._
~Waldyn~, _adj._ Able, powerful.
_Bellenden._
~Walding~, _s._ Government.
_Burel._
_To_ WALE, _v. a._ To choose, to select; also _wyle_, S.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _wal-jan_, Su. G. _wael-ia_, eligere.
~Wale~, ~Wail~, _s._
1. The act of choosing, S.
_Rutherford._
2. That which is chosen in preference to other objects, S.
_Douglas._
3. A person or thing that is excellent, S.
_Ritson._
Su. G. _wal_, O. Belg. _waele_, electio.
WALE, _s._ A well, a fountain; S. _wall_.
_Skene._