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* INTRODUCTORY NOTE *
* *
* This dictionary is an abridged edition of the two-volume quarto *
* dictionary published in 1808. Numerous entries are prefixed by *
* an asterisk, for which no explanation is given. According to *
* the four-volume edition published in 1879-1882, "The asterisk *
* signifies that the word to which it is prefixed, besides the *
* common meaning in English, is used in a different sense in *
* Scotland." *
* *
* Some entries are alphabetically out of sequence. *
* *
* Some entries are undefined. A full list is included in the *
* Transcriber's Notes at the end. *
* *
* Some cross-references have spellings at variance with the word *
* referred to. This reflects the fluidity of the spelling of *
* Scottish words at the time the dictionary was compiled. *
* *
* A number of words for which a cross-reference is cited do not *
* in fact appear in the dictionary. A full list is included in *
* the Transcriber's Notes. *
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AN
ETYMOLOGICAL
DICTIONARY
_OF THE_
SCOTTISH LANGUAGE.
AN
ETYMOLOGICAL
DICTIONARY
OF THE
SCOTTISH LANGUAGE;
IN WHICH
THE WORDS ARE EXPLAINED IN THEIR DIFFERENT SENSES,
AUTHORISED BY THE NAMES OF THE WRITERS BY WHOM THEY ARE USED,
OR THE TITLES OF THE WORKS IN WHICH THEY OCCUR,
AND
DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS.
_ABRIDGED FROM THE QUARTO EDITION,_
BY THE AUTHOR,
JOHN JAMIESON, D. D.
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH,
OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, AND OF THE
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, AND
ALEXANDER JAMESON, EDINBURGH,
_By Abernethy & Walker._
1818.
PREFACE.
~The Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language~, which was
published in the year 1808, has been so favourably received, that
although the impression was large, a set is now rarely to be found; and
at any rate cannot be purchased at less than double the price paid by
Subscribers.
As many, who would wish to possess the original work, cannot now be
supplied; while it has still been out of the reach of others, not less
interested in our national literature; the Author has been advised to
give it to the Public in an abridged form.
He has followed the same plan with that of the abridgment of Dr
~Johnson~'s English Dictionary; in giving all the terms contained in the
larger work, in their various significations, the names of the writers
by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur,
and their derivations. In one instance only has he deviated from the
plan of the great English Lexicographer, in placing the etymons after
the definitions. This mode is undoubtedly the most simple; as a reader,
when looking into a Dictionary for the origin of a word with which he is
familiar, or for the signification of one with which he is unacquainted,
must be supposed to turn his eye first to the definition, that he may
know whether this is the word that he looks for, or whether, in the
passage in which it has occurred, it can bear the sense there given,
before he thinks of examining its origin, or can form any judgment as to
the propriety of the etymon that may be offered.
While this work contains a variety of words which are not to be found in
the quarto edition, the Author flatters himself that he does not claim
too much in supposing, that during ten years which have elapsed since it
was published, he has had it in his power, from many sources formerly
unexplored, to make considerable improvements both in the explanatory
and in the etymological department. This, he trusts, will be evident to
any who will take the trouble to compare the one work with the other.
In most instances, where he has met with new significations of the words
explained in the larger work, he has inserted them in this, with their
authorities. Such, indeed, is the copiousness of our vernacular
language, that he is far from pretending that he has had it in his
power to give a complete view of it. From the recent publication of many
of our old acts formerly imprinted, from his own researches, and from
the liberal communications both of friends and strangers, who have been
anxious to render what they are pleased to consider a national work as
complete as possible, the Author has been supplied with a great variety
of terms which were formerly unknown to him. These he hopes to have it
soon in his power to give to the public in an additional volume in
quarto, in order to complete the former work. This, as far as he can
calculate at present, will be equal in size to any of the preceding
volumes.
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_An Explanation of the Contractions used in this Work._
_A. Bor._ Anglia Borealis, North of England.
_Adj._ Adjective.
_Adv._ Adverb.
_Alem._ Alemannic language.
_Ang._ Angus, county of.
_Arm._ Armorican, or language of Bretagne.
_A. S._ Anglo-Saxon language.
_Belg._ Belgic language.
_C. B._ Cambro-Britannic, or Welsh language.
_Celt._ Celtic.
_Clydes._ Clydesdale.
_Conj._ Conjunction.
_Contr._ Contracted, or Contraction.
_Corn._ Cornish, or language of Cornwall.
_Corr._ Corrupted, or corruption.
_Dan._ Danish language.
_Dimin._ Diminutive.
_Dumfr._ Dumfriesshire.
_E._ English language.
_Fr._ French language.
_Franc._ Frankish, Theotisc, or Tudesque language.
_Fris._ Frisian dialect of the Belgic.
_Gael._ Gaelic of the Highlands of Scotland.
_Germ._ German language.
_Gl. Gloss._ Glossary.
_Gl. Sibb._ Glossary by Mr James Sibbald.
_Gr._ Greek language.
_Heb._ Hebrew language.
_Hisp._ Spanish language.
_Ibid._ In the same place.
_Id._ Having the same signification; also, the same writer.
_Imper._ Imperative.
_Ir._ Irish language.
_Isl._ Islandic (or Icelandic) language.
_Ital._ Italian language.
_Lat._ Latin language.
_L. B._ Barbarous Latin.
_Loth._ Lothian.
_Metaph._ Metaphor, Metaphorical.
_Moes. G._ Moeso-Gothic, as preserved in Ulphilas's
Version of the Gospels.
_Mod._ Modern.
_MS._ Manuscript.
_N._ Note.
_O._ Old.
_Orkn._ Orkney.
_Part. pr._ Participle present.
_---- pa._ ---- past.
_Pers._ Persian language.
_Perh._ Perhaps.
_Pl._ Plural.
_Prep._ Preposition.
_Pret._ Preterite.
_Pron._ Pronoun; _also_, Pronounce, pronunciation.
_Prov._ Proverb.
_Q._ or _q._ Quasi.
_q. v._ Quod vide.
_S._ Scottish, Scotland.
_S._ Denotes that a word is still used in Scotland.
_S. A._ Scotia Australis, south of Scotland.
_S. B._ Scotia Borealis, North of Scotland; also Northern Scots.
_Shetl._ Shetland.
_Shirr._ Shirrefs.
_S. O._ Scotia Occidentalis, West of Scotland.
_s._ Substantive.
_Su. G._ Suio-Gothic, or ancient language of Sweden.
_Sw._ Swedish language, (modern.)
_Term._ Termination.
_Teut._ Teutonic.
_Tweedd._ Tweeddale.
_V._ Vide, see.
_v._ Verb.
_vo._ Voce.
_Rules for rendering the use of this Dictionary more easy._
Y vowel, used by our ancient writers promiscuously with _i_, being in
fact only double _i_, and printed _ij_ in other northern languages, is
to be sought for, not as it stands in the English alphabet, but in the
same place with the letter _i_, throughout the work.
Words not found in SH, to be sought for under SCH.
Those, in like manner, not found in WH, to be sought for under QUH,
expressing the sound of the old Gothic guttural.
Words, improperly printed in our old books with _Z_, to be looked for
under Y consonant.
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AN
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DICTIONARY
OF THE
SCOTTISH LANGUAGE.
A
The letter A has, in the Scottish language, four different sounds:
1. _A_ broad, as in E. _all_, _wall_. _U_ is often added, as in _cald_,
cold, written also _cauld_; and sometimes _w_; both as marks of the
prolongation of the sound.
2. _A_ short, in _lak_, _mak_, _tak_, S. as in _last_, _past_, E.
3. _A_ open, in _dad_, _daddie_, a father, and some other words, S. as
in E. _read_ pret., _ready_ adj.
4. _A_ slender or close, in _lane_, _alane_, alone, _mane_, moan, S.
like _face_, _place_, E. The monosyllables have generally, although not
always, a final _e_ quiescent.
_A_ is used in many words instead of _o_ in E.; as _ane_, _bane_,
_lang_, _sang_, _stane_, for _one_, _bone_, _long_, _song_, _stone_. For
the Scots preserve nearly the same orthography with the Anglo-Saxons,
which the English have abandoned. Thus the words last mentioned were
written in A. S. _an_, _ban_, _lang_, _sang_, _stan_. In some of the
northern counties, as in Angus and Mearns, the sound of _ee_ or _ei_
prevails, instead of _ai_, in various words of this formation. _Ane_,
_bane_, _stane_, &c. are pronounced _ein_, _bein_, _stein_, after the
manner of the Germans, who use each of these terms in the same sense.
When this letter is written with an apostrophe, as _a'_, it is meant to
intimate that the double _l_ is cut off, according to the pronunciation
of Scotland. But this is merely of modern use.
_A_ is sometimes prefixed to words, both in S. and old E., where it
makes no alteration of the sense; as _abade_, delay, which has precisely
the same meaning with _bade_. This seems to have been borrowed from the
A. S., in which language _abidan_ and _bidan_ are perfectly synonymous,
both simply signifying, to remain, to tarry.
_A_, in composition, sometimes signifies _on_; as _agrufe_, on the
_grufe_ or belly, S.; Isl. _a grufu_, cernuè, pronè. Johnson thinks that
_a_, in the composition of such E. words as _aside_, _afoot_, _asleep_,
is sometimes contracted from _at_. But these _terms_ are unquestionably
equivalent to _on side_, _on foot_, _on sleep_; on being used, in the
room of _a_, by ancient writers.
_A_ is used, by our oldest writers, in the sense of _one_. The
signification is more forcible than that of the indefinite article in
English; for it denotes, not merely an individual, where there may be
many, or one in particular, but one exclusively of others, in the same
sense in which _ae_ is vulgarly used.
ABAD, ABADE, ABAID, _s._ Delay, abiding, tarrying; the same with ~Bad~,
~Bade~.
A. S. _abid-an_, manere.
_Wallace._
ABAID, _part. pa._ Waited, expected.
A. S. _abad_, expectatus.
_Douglas._
_To_ ABAY, ABAW, _v. a._ To astonish. _Abayd_, part. pa. astonished;
_abawed_, Chaucer.
Fr. _esbah-ir_, id.
_K. Hart._
_To_ ABAYS, _v. a._ To abash, to confound. _Abaysyd_, part. pa.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _abass-ir_, id.
ABAITMENT, _s._ Diversion, sport.
_Douglas._
Arm. _ebat-a_ ludere, _ebat_ ludus; O. Fr. _ebaud-ir_ recreare,
_ebattement_ recreatio.
ABAK, _adv._ Back, behind; Chaucer, id.
_Douglas._
Isl. _aabak_, retrorsum, A. S. _on baec_, id.
ABANDOUN. _In abandoun_, _at abandoun_, at random.
_Barbour._
Chaucer uses _bandon_ as denoting free will, pleasure.
Fr. _en ábandon_, _à l'ábandon_, id. from _à_, _ban_, and _donner_,
to give up to interdiction.
_To_ ABANDON, _v. a._
1. To bring under absolute subjection.
_Barbour._
2. To let loose, to give permission to act at pleasure.
_Wallace._
3. To destroy, to cut off.
_Wallace._
Fr. _abandonn-er_, id.
ABANDONLY, _adv._ At random, without regard to danger.
_Wallace._
ABASIT, _part. pa._ Confounded, abashed.
_Douglas._
ABATE, _s._ Accident; something that surprises one, as being unexpected.
_King's Quair._
Fr. _abatt-re_, to daunt, to overthrow; or _abet-ir_, stupidum,
_hebet_-em, reddere.
_To_ ABAW.
V. ~Abay~.
ABBEIT, _s._ Dress, apparel, O. E. _abite_.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Arm. _abyt_, _abyta_, Lat. _habit-us_, Fr. _habit_, id.
ABBACY, ABBASY, _s._ An abbey.
L. B. _abatia_, id.
_Acts. Ja. III._
ABBOT OF UNREASON, a sort of histrionic character, anciently exhibited
in Scotland, but afterwards forbidden by Act of Parliament.
_Acts Marie._
This was one of the Christmas sports; and, as the ancient
_Saturnalia_ levelled all distinction of ranks, the design of this
amusement was to ridicule the solemnity of the proceedings of an Abbot,
or other dignified clergyman. It is the same with the _Abbot of
Misrule_, and distinguished in name only from the _Boy-Bishop_,
characters formerly well known both in England and in France. The
principal personage was denominated the _Abbot of Unreason_, because his
actings were inconsistent with _reason_, and merely meant to excite
mirth.
ABEE. _To let abee._ To let alone, to bear with, not to meddle with, S.
_To let be_, E.
_Ritson._
ABEECH, ABIEGH, _adv._ Aloof, "at a shy distance," chiefly used in the
west of S.
_Stand abeigh_, keep aloof.
_Burns._
Fr. _aboy_, O. Fr. _abai_, _abay_, _abbais_; E. _at bay_, O. E.
_abay_.
ABERAND, _part. pr._ Going astray.
Lat. _aberrans_, E. _aberring_.
_Bellenden._
_To_ ABHOR, _v. a._ To fill with horror.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ ABY, _v. a._ To suffer for.
O. E. _abeye_, _abie_. A. S. _byg-an_, to buy.
_Henrysone._
ABIL, _adj._ Able.
_Wyntown._
Lat. _habil-is_, Fr. _habile_, C. B. _abl_, Teut. _abel_, id.
ABIL, _adv._ Perhaps.
V. ~Able~.
ABYLL, _adj._ Liable, apt.
V. ~Abil~.
_Bellenden._
ABITIS, _s. pl._ Obits, service for the dead.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Lat. _obit-us_, death; also, office for the dead.
ABLACH, _s._ A dwarf, an expression of contempt, S. B.
_Gl. Shirrefs._
Gael. _abhach_, id.
ABLE, ABLIS, ABLINS, _adv._ Perhaps, peradventure, S. _Yeable-sea_, id.
_Montgomery._
A. S. _abal_, Isl. and Su. G. _afl_, strength, properly that of the
body; _afl-as_, to be _able_.
ABLINS, _adv._
V. ~Able~.
ABOWYNE, ABONE, ABOW, _prep._ Above, S. Yorks. Westmorel.
_Barbour._
A. S. _abufan_, id. The radical term is evidently _ufan_, supra.
_To_ ABREDE, _v. a._ To publish, to spread abroad.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _abraed-an_, propalare.
_To_ ABREDE, _v. n._ To start, to fly to a side. Chauc. _abraide_, id.
_Henrysone._
ABREID, ABRADE, ABREAD, _adv._ Abroad, at large, S.
_Burel._
A. S. _abred-an_, extendere, or Isl. _a braut_, forth, in via.
ABSTINENCE, _s._ A truce, cessation of arms.
_Spotswood._
Fr. id. L. B. _abstinentia_.
AB-THANE, ABTHANE, _s._
V. ~Thane~.
ABULYEIT, ABULYEID, ABILYEIT, _part. pa._
1. Drest, apparelled.
_Douglas._
2. Equipped for the field of battle.
_Acts Ja. II._
Fr. _habill-er_, to clothe.
ABULIEMENT, _s._ Dress, habit; Fr. _habiliment_.
_Bellenden._
AC, EC, _conj._ But, and.
_Barbour._
A. S. _aec_, _eac_; Moes. G. _auk_; Alem. _auh_; Su. G. _och_,
_ock_; Belg. _ook_; Lat. _ac_, etiam.
ACCOMIE, _s._ A species of metal, S.
V. ~Alcomye~.
_To_ ACCORD. Used impersonally; _as accords_, or _as accords of law_, i.
e. as is agreeable or conformable to law. It has greater latitude of
signification than the phrase, _as effeiris_, which denotes any thing
proportional, convenient, or becoming, as well as conformity.
_Laws of S._
_To_ ACHERSPYRE, _v. n._ To shoot, to germinate, E. _acrospire_.
_Chalmerlan Air._
A. S. _aechir_, an ear of corn, _aecer_, Su. G. _aakar_, corn, and
_spira_, the projection of any thing that is long and slender. Gr.
ακρος, summus, and σπειρα, spira.
ACHERSPIRE, _s._ The germination of malt at that end of the grain from
which the stalk grows, S.
ACHIL, _adj._ Noble.
V. ~Athil~.
_To_ ACRES, ACRESCE, _v. n._
1. To increase, to gather strength.
_Burel._
2. Used us a law term in S. to denote that one species of right, or
claim, flows from, and naturally falls to be added to, its principal.
Fr. _accroist-re_, Lat. _accrescere_, id.
_To_ ACQUEIS, _v. a._ To acquire.
_Burel._
Fr. _acquis_, _acquise_, part. pa.; Lat. _acquisitus_.
ACQUART, AIKWERT, _adj._ Cross, perverse, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _acwerd_, aversus, perversus, E. _aukward_.
ACTON, _s._ A leathern jacket, strongly stuffed, anciently worn under a
coat of mail.
_Stat. Rob. I._
O. Fr. _auqueton_, _haucton_, L. B. _aketon_, _acton_, id.
ACTUAL, _adj._ _An actual minister_, or _an actual man_, a phrase still
used by the vulgar to denote one who is in full orders as a minister of
the gospel, S.
_Wodrow._
L. B. _actus_, officium, ministerium.
ADDETTIT, _part. pa._ Indebted.
_Douglas._
Fr. _endebté_, id.
ADEW, used as an _adj._ Gone, departed.
_Douglas._
From Fr. _adieu_, used in an oblique sense.
ADEW, _part. pa._ Done.
_Wallace._
A. S. _adoa_ facere, _adon_ tollere.
ADHEILL, _s._ The district in S. now called Athol.
_Barbour._
Gael. _Blair-adh-oll_, Blair-Atholl, expl. "the great pleasant
plain."
ADDILL, ADDLE, _s._
1. Foul and putrid water.
_Douglas._
2. The urine of black cattle, Renfrews.
A. S. _adl_, filthy gore, Teut. _adel_, filth, mire.
Hence,
_To_ ADDLE, _v. n._ To moisten the roots of plants with the urine of
cattle, Renfrews.
Su. G. _adl-a_, mejere.
ADIST, _prep._ On this side, S. It is opposed to _ayont_, i. e. on the
other side.
_Kelly._
Perhaps from Germ. _diss_. hoc, E. _this_.
_To_ ADORNE, _v. a._ To worship, to adore.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
ADRED, _adv._ Downright.
_Douglas._
Fr. _adroit_, or _droit_, right, straight, Lat. _direct-us_, Rudd.
ADREICH, _adv._ Behind, at a distance.
_To follow adreich_, to follow at a considerable distance, S. B.
_Adrigh_, O. E.
From the adj. _Dreich_, q. v.
_Bellenden._
ADREID, _conj._ Lest.
_Palice Hon._
Imper. of A. S. _adraed-an_ timere.
ADRESLY, _adv._ With good address.
_Wyntown._
AE, _adj._ One, S.
V. letter A.
_Ramsay._
AE, _adv._ Always; E. _aye_.
_Z. Boyd._
Isl. _ae_, semper, Moes. G. _aiw_ aeternum.
AER, _s._ Oar.
V. ~Air~.
_Stat. Gild._
_To_ AFAYND, _v. a._ To attempt, to endeavour, to try.
_Wallace._
A. S. _afand-ian_ tentare.
AFALD, AFAULD, AEFAULD, AUFAULD, EFFAULD, _adj._
1. Honest, upright, without duplicity, S.
2. Used to denote the unity of the divine essence in a trinity of
persons.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _ainfalth_, Isl. _einfauld_, A. S. _anfeald_, simplex.
Immediately from S. _a_ or _ae_ one, and _fald_ fold.
AFF, _adv._ Off, S.
_Ross._
Moes. G. Isl. Su. G. Dan. Belg. _af_, Gr. απο, αφ', Alem. and
Lat. _ab_.
_Aff at the knot_, lunatic, deranged, S. B.
_Gl. Shirrefs._
_Aff and on_.
1. Applied to those who lodge on the same floor, S.
2. Without any permanent change, used in relation to the sick, S.
_Aff or on_, determined one way or another, as in regard to a commercial
transaction, S.
AFFCAST, _s._ A castaway.
_Bruce._
From _aff_ off, and _cast_.
AFFCOME, _s._
1. The termination of any business, the reception one meets with, as, "I
had an ill _affcome_," S.
2. Sometimes used in the sense of escape, S. q. "_coming off_."
AFFECTUOUS, _adj._ Affectionate.
V. ~Effectuous~.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
AFFER, AFEIR, EFFEIR, EFFERE, _s._
1. Condition, state.
_Barbour._
2. Warlike preparation, equipment for war.
_Wallace._
3. Appearance, shew.
_Barbour._
4. Demeanour, deportment.
_Maitland P._
V. ~Fair~, ~Fere~.
AFFERD, _part. pa._ Afraid, O. E. _affered_, vulgar E. _afeard_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _afaered_, territus.
AFFERIS, EFFEIRS, _v. impers._
1. Becomes, belongs to, is proper or expedient; frequently used in our
laws.
_Barbour._
2. It sometimes signifies what is proportional to, S.
_Acts Counc._
O. Fr. _affer-ir_, appartenir, Lat. _affero_.
AFF-HAND, _adj._ Plain, honest, blunt, given to free speaking. S.
_affin-hand_, Ang.
AFF-HAND, _adv._ Without premeditation, S.
_Ramsay._
AFFLUFF, AFFLOOF, _adv._
1. Without book, off hand.
To repeat _aff lufe_, to deliver merely from memory, without having a
book or notes, S.
2. Extempore, without premeditation, S.
_Ramsay._
From S. _aff off_, and _lufe_, the palm of the hand.
AFFPUT, _s._ Delay, or pretence for delaying. S.
AFFPUTTING, _adj._ Delaying, trifling, dilatory, _putting off_, S.
AFFRAY, _s._ Fear, terror; Chaucer, id.
Fr. _affre_, _effroi_, terreur.
_Barbour._
AFFROITLIE, _adv._ Affrightedly.
Fr. _effroy-er_, to frighten.
_Douglas._
AFFSET, _s._
1. Dismission, the act of putting away, S.
2. An excuse, a pretence, S.
_Ross._
Moes. G. _afsat-jan_, amovere.
AFFSIDE, _s._ The farther side of any object, S. Su. G. _afsides_,
seorsum.
AFLOCHT, AFLOUGHT, _part. pa._ Agitated, in a flutter, S.
V. ~Flocht~.
_Bellenden._
AFORGAYN, _prep._ Opposite to; the same with ~Foregainst~, q. v.
_Barbour._
A. S. _onforan_, ante, coram, and _gean_, contra; _on_ being changed
into _a_ in S. and E., as _onweg_ into _away_. _Foran ongean_, ex
adverso.
AFORNENS, _prep._ Opposite to.
V. ~Fore-anent~.
_Wyntown._
AFTEN, _adv._ Often, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _aeft_, iterum.
AFTER ANE, _adv._ Alike, in the same manner, in one form, S. i. e.
_after one_.
AFTER-CLAP, _s._ Evil consequence, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
AFTERHEND, _adv._ Afterwards.
V. ~Eftirhend.~
AFTERINGS, AFT'RINS, _s. pl._ The last milk taken from a cow, S.
Lancash. Derbysh. id.
A. S. _aefter_ post.
_Morison._
AGAYNE, AGANE, _prep._ Against, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _gean_, _agen_, _ongean_, Su. G. _gen_, _igen_, Isl. _gegn_,
_gen_, contra.
AGAIT, _adv._ On the way or road.
V. ~Gait~.
_Wallace._
_A_ in the sense of _on_, and _gait_, a way.
AGATIS, _adv._ In one way, uniformly.
_Barbour._
_A_, one, and _gatis_ the plur. or genit. of A. S. _gat_, a way.
AGEE, A-JEE, _adv._
1. To one side, S. _To look agye_, to look aside, Gl. Yorks.
_Ramsay._
2. A-jar, a little open, S.
_Burns._
From _a_ on, and _jee_, to move, to turn.
_To_ AGENT, _v. a._ To manage, whether in a court of law, or by
interest, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ AGGRISE, _v. a._ To affright, to fill with horror. _Agryse_,
Chaucer, to shudder, to make to shudder.
_Douglas._
A. S. _agrys-an_, horrere.
AGLEY, A-GLY, _adv._ Off the right line, obliquely, wrong, S.
_Burns._
V. ~Gley~.
AGRUFE, _adv._ In a flat or grovelling position, S.
V. ~Grufe~.
AGWET, _s._ The name anciently given to the hill on which the castle of
Edinburgh stands.
_Hardyng._
Corr. from C. B. _Agned_, _Castel mynyd Agned_; perhaps, q. "the
castle of the rifted mount," _agen_, signifying a cliff, _ageniad_, id.
_agenedig_, rifted.
AHIND, AHINT, _prep._ Behind, S.
_Buchan Poems._
A. S. _hindan_, post, _aet hindan_, a tergo, _on-hinder_, retrorsum.
AHIND, AHINT, _adv._
1. Behind, in respect of place, S.
2. Late, as to time, S.
3. Applied to what remains, or is left, S.
_Ross._
AICH, _s._ Echo, S. B.
AIGARS, _s._ Grain dried very much in a pot, for being ground in a quern
or hand-mill. S. B.
Moes. G. _akran_, Su. G. _aker_, Isl. _akur_, corn; A. S. _aecer_,
an ear of corn.
Hence,
AIGAR-MEAL, _s._ Meal made of grain dried in this manner, S.
AIGAR-BROSE, _s._ A sort of pottage made of this meal, S.
To AIGH, _v. a._ To owe, to be indebted; _aighand_, owing, S. B.
Su. G. _aeg-a_, Isl. _eig-a_, debere; Moes. G. _aig-an_, A. S.
_ag-an_, habere, possidere.
AIGHINS, _s. pl._ What is owing to one, especially used as denoting
demerit. When one threatens to correct a child who is in fault, it is a
common expression, "I'll gie you your _aighins_," S. B.
Moes. G. _aigins_, possession.
AIGLET, _s._
1. A tagged point.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. A jewel in one's cap.
_Gl. Sibb._
Fr. _esguilette_, id. q. _aculeata_.
AIK, AYK, _s._ The oak, S. Plur. _akis_, oaks.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ac_, _aec_, Alem. Germ. _eiche_, Su. G. _ek_, Isl. _eik_,
quercus.
AIKERIT, _part. adj._ Eared; _weil yaikert_, having full ears; applied
to grain, Tweedd, Pron. _yaikert_.
V. ~Aigars~.
AIKRAW, _s._ Pitted warty lichen, L. scrobiculatus, Linn. South of S.
V. ~Staneraw~.
_Lightfoot._
AYLE, _s._
1. A projection from the body of a church, one of the wings of the
transept, S.
2. An inclosed and covered burial place, adjoining to a church, though
not forming part of it, S.
_Spalding._
Moes. G. and A. S. _alh_, templum.
AILICKEY, _s._ The bridegroom's man, he who attends on the bridegroom or
is employed as his messenger at a wedding, Ang.
Su. G. _e_ marriage, and _lackey_, Fr. _lacquay_, a runner.
AIN, _adj._ Own, S.
V. ~Awin~.
AYND, END, _s._ The breath; also written _end_; A. Bor. _Yane_, id.
_Barbour._
Isl. Su. G. _ande_, A. S. _ond_, halitus, spiritus.
_To_ AYND, EAND, _v. a._ To breathe upon.
_Bellenden._
Isl. _and-a_, Su. G. _and-as_, respirare.
AYNDING, _s._ The act of breathing.
_Douglas._
AYNDING-STEDE, _s._ A breathing-place.
_Douglas._
AYNDLESSE, _adj._ Breathless, out of breath.
_Barbour._
AINS, _adv._ Once.
V. ~Anis~.
AIR, AYR, AR, ARE, _adv._
1. Before, formerly.
_Wallace._
2. Early.
_Fell air_, very early in the morning.
_Airer_, compar.; _airest_, superl.
_Wyntown._
_Are morrow_, early in the morning.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _air_, A. S. _aer_, Alem. _er_, Belg. _eer_, ante, prius;
also tempus matutinum.
AIR, _adj._ Early, S.
_Journ. Lond._
AIR, _s._ Expl. "hair, used for a thing of no value."
_Bannatyne Poems._
Isl. _aur_, the smallest thing imaginable.
AIR, AIRE, AYR, AYRE, AR, _s._ An oar; still used, S. B.
_Wallace._
A. S. Alem. _are_, Isl. _aar_, Dan. _aere_, Su. G. _ara_.
AIR, AIRE, AYR, _s._ An heir.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _arbi_, Su. G. _arf_, Lat. _haeres_, id.
AYRSCHIP, _s._ Inheritance, S.
_Acts Ja. III._
AIR, AYRE, AYR, _s._ An itinerant court of justice; E. _Eyre_.
_Wallace._
Lat. _iter_, O. Fr. _eire_.
AIRN, _s._ Iron, S. _Airns_, pl. Fetters.
Isl. _iarn_, Su. G. _iern_.
V. ~Irne~.
AIRT, ART, ARTH, AIRTH, _s._
1. Quarter of the heaven, point of the compass, S.
_Douglas._
2. A particular quarter of the earth.
_Wallace._
_On every art_, on every hand, on all sides.
_Douglas._
Gael. _aird_, a cardinal point; Germ. _ort_, _wart_, Belg. _oorde_,
a place or quarter; Isl. _vart_, Moes. G. _wairths_, versus, towards.
_To_ AIRT, ART, ERT, _v. a._
1. To direct, to mark out a certain course, used with respect to the
wind, as blowing from a particular quarter, S.
_Law Case._
2. To give direction or instruction, in order to find out a certain
person or place, or any other object, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
3. _To airt on_, to urge forward, Galloway.
_Davidson._
AIRT and PART.
V. ~Art~.
AISLAIR, _adj._ Polished, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
AISMENT, AYSYAMENT, _s._ Used in the same sense with E. _easement_, as
denoting assistance, accommodation. Fr. _aisement_, commodum.
_Stat. Rob. I._
AIT, oat or oaten.
V. ~Aits~.
_Douglas._
AITS, _s. pl._ Oats, S. _Wild aits_, bearded oat-grass, S. Avena fatua,
Linn.
A. S. _ata_, _ate_, avena.
AITEN, _adj._ Oaten, S.
_Ritson._
AITH, AYTHE, _s._ An oath.
V. ~Athe~.
AITH, or AIFTLAND, _s._ That kind of land called _infield_, which is
made to carry oats a second time after barley, and has received no dung.
Ang.
Perhaps from A. S. _aeft_, iterum.
AITH-HENNES, _s. pl._ Apparently _heath-hens_, as being bred on the
heath.
_Skene._
AYSYAMENT, _s._
V. ~Aisment~.
AIZLE, _s._ A hot ember.
V. ~Eizel~.
AKYN, _adj._ Oaken.
_Douglas._
ALAGUST, _s._ Suspicion.
V. ~Allagust~.
ALAIS, _s. pl._ Alleys.
_Wallace._
ALAK,
_Wallace._
V. ~Lak~.
ALAMONTI, ALLAMOTTI, _s._ The storm finch, Procellaria pelagica, Linn.
Orkn. The same with the _Assilag_ of St Kilda. _Allamotti_ is the proper
pronunciation.
_Neill._
Ital. _ala_, a wing, and _moto_, motion.
ALANE, ALLANE, _adj._ Alone, S.
_Wyntown._
Alem. _alain_, Germ. _allein_, alone; from _all_ omnis, and _ain_,
_ein_, unus.
ALANERLIE, _adv._
V. ~Allanerly~.
ALAREIT.
V. ~Lareit~.
ALARS. _Alars yet_, apparently, the gate overspread with alder.
_Palice Hon._
A. S. _alr_, Alem. _ellra_, the alder; Su. G. _alar_, of or
belonging to the alder-tree.
ALAWE, _adv._ Downward, below.
V. ~Law~, ~Lawe~.
ALBLASTRIE, _s._ Apparently, the exercise of the cross-bow.
V. ~Awblaster~.
ALCOMYE, _s._ Latten, a kind of mixed metal still used for spoons.
Hence, _Accomie spunes_, spoons made of alchymy, S. B.
_Douglas._
From Fr. _alquemie_ or O. E. _alchymy_.
ALD, ALDE, AULD, _adj._ Old, S. Yorks. O. E. _ald_, id.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _eald_, Alem. _alt_, vetus; derived from A. S. _eald-ian_, to
remain, to stay, to last, Alem. _alten_, to prolong.
_To_ ALEGE, _v. a._ To absolve from allegiance.
Fr. _alleg-er_, id.
_Wyntown._
ALEUIN, _adj._ Eleven.
_Complaynt S._
ALGAIT, ALGATE, ALGATIS, _adv._
1. Every way.
_Douglas._
2. At all events, by all means.
_Douglas._
O. E. _all gate_, R. Brunne; _all gates_, Chaucer. From _all_, and
_gait_, or _gatis_, i. e. all ways.
ALHALE, ALHALELY, _adv._ Wholly, entirely.
_Douglas._
From _all_, and _hale_, _hail_, whole.
ALIENARE, _s._ A stranger.
_Douglas._
Lat. _alien-us_.
ALYA, ALLIA, ALLYA, ALLAY, _s._
1. Alliance.
_Wallace._
2. An ally.
_Acts Ja. VI._
3. Sometimes used as a plural noun, signifying allies.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _allie_, with a Saxon termination.
ALYAND, _part. pr._ Keeping close together.
_Wallace._
Fr. _alli-er_, to join, to knit.
_To_ ALYCHT, _v. a._ To enlighten.
_Douglas._
A. S. _alyht-an_, illuminare; _alyht-nysse_, illuminatio.
ALIST. _To come alist._ To recover from faintness or decay, applied both
to animals and vegetables; to recover from a swoon, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _lios_, light; _aliost_, the dawn of day; _at koma i liosi_, to
make manifest.
ALYTE, _adv._ A little.
V. ~Lite~.
_Lyndsay._
ALLAGRUGOUS, _adj._ Grim, ghastly.
_Journ. Lond._
Perhaps from _all_, Moes. G. _alla_, and _gruous_, ghastly, q. v.
ALLAGUST, _s._ Suspicion.
_Journ. Lond._
Fr. _a le goust_, has a taste or smack.
_To_ ALLAYA, _v. a._ To ally.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _alli-er_.
ALLANERLIE, ALANERLY, ALLENARLY, _adv._ Only, solely, S.
From _all_, and _anerly_, only.
_Reg. Maj._
ALL ANYS, _adv._ Together, in a state of union.
_Wallace._
From _all_, A. S. _eall_, and _anes_, the genit. of _an_ unus, q.
all of one.
ALLARIS, ALLERIS, Common, universal, an old genitive used adjectively.
O. E. _alre_, id.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _allera_, genit. pl. of _all_, omnis; Belg. _aller_, id.
V. ~Aller~.
ALLA-VOLIE, ALLE-VOLIE, _adv._ At random, S.
Fr. _à la volée_.
_Philotus._
ALLA-VOLIE, ALLE-VOLIE, _adj._ Giddy, volatile; "An _alle-volie_
chield," a volatile fellow, S.
ALLE-MEN, _adj._ Common, universal.
_Popul. Ball._
Su. G. _all-maen_, communis, Teut. _alle-man_, omnis homo,
_al-ghemeyn_, universus.
ALLAR, ALLER, _s._ The alder, a tree, S.
_Statist. Acc._
ALLER, _adv._ Wholly, entirely, altogether. _Aller-hale_, a pleonasm.
_Barbour._
O. E. _alder_, id. often prefixed to a superlative.
V. ~Allaris~.
ALLERIS, _s. pl._ The same with ~Allaris~.
_Douglas._
ALLEVIN, _part. pa._ Allowed, admitted.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _alef-an_, concedere, permittere; Su. G. _lofw-a_, Moes. G.
_laub-jan_, id.
ALLIA.
V. ~Alya~.
ALLYNS, _adv._ Altogether, thoroughly.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _alleingis_, _allaengis_, A. S. _allinga_, _eallenga_,
omnino, prorsus.
ALLKYN, ALKIN, _adj._ All kind of, _Aw kin kind_, S. B.
_Douglas._
A. S. _eall-cyn_, omnigenus.
ALL OUT, _adv._ In a great degree, beyond comparison.
_Barbour._
_To_ ALLOW, _v. a._
1. To approve of, generally with the prep. _of_ subjoined.
_Rollock._
2. To praise, to commend.
_Douglas._
Fr. _allou-er_, approbare, Su. G. _lofw-a_, laudare.
ALLPUIST, APIEST, APIECE, _conj._ Although, S. B. _abies_, Loth.
_Jour. Lond._
Perhaps corr. from _albeit_.
ALLRYN, _adj._ Constantly, progressive, applied to time.
_Barbour._
A. S. _all_ omnis, and _rinn-an_, currere.
ALLSTRYNE, _adj._ Ancient.
_Maitland Poems._
A. S. _ald_, old, and _strynd_, generation, or _stryn-an_, to beget.
ALLTHOCHTE, _conj._ Although.
_Douglas._
A. S. _all_, all, and _thohte_, part. pa. q. "every thing taken into
consideration."
V. ~Thocht~.
ALLUTERLIE, ALLUTTERLY, _adv._ Wholly, entirely.
_Douglas._
A. S. _all_ omnis, and _uter_, _utter_, exterior, from _ut_ extra.
ALL-WEILDAND, _adj._ All-governing.
_Wallace._
A. S. _all_, all, and _weald-an_, to govern; Franc. _alluualt_, Isl.
_all-valdur_, omnipotent.
ALMANIE WHISTLE, a flagelet of a very small size, used by children,
Aberd. Thus denominated, because whistles of this kind were originally
imported from _Almanie_, i. e. Germany.
ALMASER, ALMOSEIR, _s._ An almoner, or dispenser of alms.
_Dunbar._
From _Almous_, alms.
ALMERIE, ALMORIE, _s._ Anciently a place where _alms_ were deposited or
distributed; in latter times used to denote a press or cupboard, where
utensils for house keeping are laid up; the same with E. _ambry_.
_Dunbar._
O. Fr. _almoire_, _aumuire_, A. S. _almerige_, repositorium,
scrinium.
ALMOUS, ALMOWS, AUMIS, _s._ Alms, S. _Almesse_, O. E.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _almes_, _almesse_; Sw. _almosa_; Gr. ελεημοσυνα.
ALPE, _s._ An elephant. _Alpes bon_, ivory.
_Gl. Complaynt S._
A. S. _elp_, Lat. _eleph-as_; Heb. _alaph_, bos.
ALQUHARE, ALLQUHARE, _adv._ Every where.
_Douglas._
From _all_, and _quhare_ where.
ALRY, _adj._
For its different senses, V. ~Elrische~.
ALRYNE, _s._ Apparently a watch-tower, or the highest part of a castle.
_Maitland Poems._
Su. G. _hall-a_ defendere, _hallare_ praesidium, _hallarena_
watchmen.
ALS, _conj._ As; generally employed in the first part of a comparison;
"_Als_ fers as a lyoun," i. e. "As fierce as a lion."
_Wallace._
From A. S. _ealles_, omnino; or _eall swa_, ita, tam.
ALS, ALSE, _adv._ Also, in the same manner.
V. ~Sua~, ~Alsua~.
_Barbour._
A. S. _eall swa_, etiam.
ALSAME, ALSAMEN, _adv._ Altogether.
_Douglas._
From A. S. _eall_ all, and _same_ together. Alem. _alsamen_, simul.
ALSMEKLE, _adv._ As much.
_Acts Ja. I._
From _als_, and _mekle_, much, great.
ALSONE, _adv._ As soon, with _as_ subjoined.
_Barbour._
Properly _als sone_, A. S. _eall swa sona_.
ALSUA, _adv._ Also.
_Barbour._
A. S. _alswa_, sicut.
ALSWYTH, _adv._ Forthwith.
_Barbour._
From _all_, and _swith_, quickly, q. v.
ALUTERLY, _adv._
V. ~Alluterlie~.
ALWAIES, ALWAYIS, _conj._ Although; notwithstanding, however.
_Bellenden._
AMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.
_King's Quair._
Fr. Belg. _email_, Dan. _amel_; Teut. _mael-en_ pingere, A. S.
_mael_, imago.
AMAIST, _adv._ Almost, S. _ameast_, Westmorel.
_Ross._
A. S. _ealmaest_, Belg. _almeest_, id.
AMANG, AMANGIS, _prep._
1. Among; _amang_, S. Westmorel.
_Wyntown._
2. At intervals, occasionally.
_Barbour._
A. S. _meng-an_, Su. G. _maeng-a_, Isl. _meng-a_, to mix, to
blend.
AMBASSATE, AMBASSIAT, _s._ An embassy, as denoting the persons sent
considered collectively.
_Douglas._
Fr. _ambassade_, id.
AMBRY, _s._ A press in which the provision for the daily use of a family
in the country is locked up, S.
V. ~Almerie~.
_To_ AMEISE, AMESE, AMEYSS, _v. a._ To mitigate, to appease.
_Barbour._
Franc. _mezz-an_, Germ. _mass-en_, moderari, mitigare; C. B. _masw_,
soft.
AMENE, _adj._ Pleasant.
_Douglas._
Lat. _amoen-us_, id.
AMERAND, _adj._ Green, verdant; probably written _ameraud_.
_Douglas._
From the colour of the emerald, Fr. _emeraud_.
AMERIS, AUMERS, _s. pl._ Embers; aumers, S. B.
_Douglas._
A. S. _aemyria_, Belg. _ameren_, Isl. _eimyria_, favilla.
AMYRALE, _s._ An admiral.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _amiral_; Arab. _amir_, a lord, _ameer al omrah_, prince of the
princes.
_To_ AMIT, _v. a._ to admit.
_Wallace._
AMMELYT, _part. pa._ Enamelled.
_Douglas._
Fr. _emaill-er_, L. B. _amayl-are_, id.
_To_ AMMONYSS, _v. a._ To admonish, to counsel.
V. ~Monesting~.
_Barbour._
AMORETTIS, _s. pl._ Loveknots, garlands.
_King's Quair._
Fr. _amourettes_, love-tricks, dalliances, Cotgr.
_To_ AMOVE, AMOW, _v. a._ To move with anger, to vex, to excite.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _emouv-oir_, id.
AMOUR, _s._ Love.
_Douglas._
Fr. id. Lat. _amor_.
AMSCHACH, _s._ A misfortune. S. B.
_Ross._
Ir. Gael. _anshogh_, adversity, misery.
AMSHACK, _s._ Noose, fastening; probably the same with ~Ham-shackel~, q.
v.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ AN, _v. a._
1. To appropriate, to allot as one's own.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. To owe, to be indebted to.
_Sir Trist._
Su. G. _egn-a_ proprium facere, from _egen_ proprius; A. S. _agnian_
possidere, from _agen_ proprius.
AN, AND, _conj._
1. If, S. "_If_, and _An_, spoils mony a gude charter," S. Prov.
_Barbour._
2. Sometimes used as equivalent to E. _although_.
_W. Guthrie._
Su. G. _aen_ si, et; Isl. _end_, id.
_To_ ANALIE, _v. a._ To dispone, to alienate; a juridical term.
_Reg. Maj._
By transposition from Lat. _alien-are_.
ANALIER, _s._ One who alienates property, by transporting it to another
country. Lat. _alien-ator_.
_Stat. Rob. I._
_To_ ANAME, _v. a._ To call over names, to muster.
_Wyntown._
_To_ ANARME, ANNARME, _v. a._ To arm.
_Acts Ja. I._
ANCLETH, HANCLETH, _s._ The ancle.
_Gl. Sibb._
AND, _conj._
V. ~An~.
ANE, _adj._ One, S.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _ain_; A. S. _an_, _ane_; anc. Su. G. _an_; mod. Su. G.
_en_; Isl. Germ. _ein_; Belg. _een_, id.
ANE, _article_, signifying one, but with less emphasis.
_Barbour._
_To_ ANE, _v. n._ To agree, to accord. Pret. _anyd_.
_Wyntown._
Germ. _ein-en_, concordare, convenire; Su. G. _en-a_, firmiter
aliquid proponere; Isl. _eining_, unio; Su. G. _enig_; Germ. _einig_.
concors.
ANEABIL, _s._ A single woman; properly one who is used as a concubine.
_Reg. Maj._
O. Fr. _anable_, habile, capable, convenable, from L. B.
_inhabil-is_, valde habilis; Gl. Roquefort.
ANEDING, _s._ Breathing.
V. ~Aynd~, _v._
_Barbour._
ANEFALD, _adj._ Honest, acting a faithful part, the same with ~Afald~.
_Douglas._
ANELIE, _adv._ Only.
_R. Bruce._
ANELYD, _part. pa._ Aspired; literally, panted for.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _anhel-er_, to aspire after; Lat. _anhel-are_, L. B. _anel-are_.
ANENS, ANENST, ANENT, ANENTIS, _prep._
1. Over against, opposite to, S.
_Barbour._
2. Concerning, about, in relation to; still used by old people, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
Gr. αναντι, oppositum; A. S. _ongean_, ex adverso.
_To_ ANERD, ANNERE.
V. ~Anherd~.
ANERLY, ANYRLY, _adv._ Only, alone, singly. Hence _allanerly_.
_Barbour._
A. S. _anre_, tantum; Germ. _einer_, solus, from _an_ and _ein_,
unus.
ANERLY, ANERLIE, _adj._ Single, solitary; only.
_G. Buchanan._
ANETH, _prep._ Beneath, S.
_Bord. Minstrelsy._
A. S. _on_ in, and _neothan_, deorsum; Isl. _nedan_, Belg. _neden_.
Su. G. _ned_. id.
ANEUCH, _adv._ (gutt.) Enough, S.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _genog_, _genoh_, satis, deduced by H. Tooke from _genog-an_,
multiplicare; perhaps rather from Moes. G. _janoh_ multi, many.
ANEWIS, _s. pl._ "Budding flowers," Tytler.
_King's Quair._
Perhaps rings, from Fr. _anneau_, annulus.
ANGELL-HEDE, _s._ The hooked or barbed head of an arrow.
_Wallace._
A. S. Dan. Germ. _angel_, a hook, an angle; Teut. _anghel_, a sting,
O. Teut. _anghel-en_, to sting.
ANGIR, _s._ Grief, vexation.
_Wyntown._
Gr. ἀγγρις, grief; Isl. _angr_, dolor, moeror; Su. G. Isl. _angra_,
dolore afficere, deduced by Ihre from _aung-a_ premere, arctare.
_To_ ANHERD, ANERD, ANNERE, ENHERDE, _v. n._ To consent, to adhere.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _anhraed_, _anraed_, signifies constans, concors, unanimis;
apparently from _an_ one, and _raed_ counsel. But I find O. Fr.
_enherdance_ rendered by Roquefort, adherence, attachment. Lat.
_inhaerere_, to cleave, or stick fast in, or to, is therefore the more
probable origin.
ANIEST, _adv._ or _prep._ On this side of, Ayrs.; q. "on the nearest
side." This is opposed to _Adist_, _adiest_, on that side.
A. S. on _neawiste_, in vicinia, prope ad; or _on_ and _neahst_
proximus, from _neah_ near, E. _nigh_.
ANYD, _pret._ Agreed.
V. ~Ane~, _v._
ANYNG, _s._ Agreement, concord.
_Wyntown._
ANIS, ANYS, AINS, _adv._ Once; pron. as _ainze_, or _yince_, S. _eenze_,
S. B.
_Douglas._
The genit. of A. S. _an_, unus, one, _anes_ unius, also rendered
semel, q. actio unius temporis.
ANIS, ANNIS, _s. pl._
1. Asses.
_Chron. S. P._
2. Metaphor used for foolish fellows.
_Bannatyne P._
Fr. _asne_, Lat. _asinus_; Su. G. _asna_, Isl. _esne_.
ANYS, the genitive of _Ane_, one.
V. ~Anis~.
ANKER-SAIDELL, HANKERSAIDLE, _s._ A hermit, an anchorite.
_Philotus._
A. S. _ancer-setle_, an anchorite's cell or seat, a hermitage; from
_ancer_, a hermit, Lat. _anachoreta_, Gr. αναχωρητης.
ANKERSTOCK, _s._ A large loaf, of an oblong form. The name is extended
to a wheaten loaf, but properly belongs to one made of rye, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Q. an _anchorite's_ stock, or supply; or from some fancied
resemblance to the _stock_ of an _anchor_.
ANLAS, _s._ Properly "a kind of knife or dagger usually worn at the
girdle," as the term occurs in Chaucer; but used to denote a pike fixed
in the cheveron of a horse.
_Sir Gawan._
Franc. _anelaz_, _analeze_, adlaterale telum, from _lez_ latus, the
side; C. B. _anglas_, a dagger; L. B. _anelac-ius_, id.
ANN, _s._ A half-year's salary legally due to the heirs of a minister,
in addition to what was due expressly according to the period of his
incumbency, S.
_Acts Cha. II._
Fr. _annate_, L. B. _annata_.
ANMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.
V. ~Amaille~.
_To_ ANORNE, _v. a._ To adorn.
_Douglas._
L. B. _inorn-are_, Tertullian.
ANSE, ANZE, ENSE, _conj._ Else, otherwise, Ang.
Allied perhaps to Su. G. _annars_ alias.
_To_ ANTER, _v. n._
1. To adventure, S. B.
_Ross._
2. To chance, to happen, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
3. In the form of a participle, as signifying occasional, single, rare.
An _antrin ane_, one of a kind met with singly and occasionally, or
seldom, S.
_Ferguson._
To be viewed as the same with ~Aunter~, q. v.
ANTERCAST, _s._ A misfortune, a mischance, S. B.
_Ross._
_Anter_, or _aunter_, adventure, and _cast_, a chance, q. something
accidental.
ANTETEWME, _s._ "Antetune, antiphone, response," L. Hailes.
_Bannatyne P._
ANTYCESSOR, ANTECESSOWR, ANTECESTRE, _s._ An ancestor, a predecessor.
Lat. _antecessor_.
_Wallace._
APAYN, _part. pa._ Provided, furnished.
_Barbour._
Fr. _appan-é_, having received a portion, _appan-er_ to give a
portion, L. B. _apan-are_, id. from _pain_, Lat. _pan-is_, as originally
denoting the supply of bread and other necessaries of life.
APAYN, _adv._
1. Reluctantly, unwillingly; sometimes written distinctly, _a payn_.
_Barbour._
2. Hardly, scarcely.
_Wallace._
3. It seems improperly used for _in case_.
_Wallace._
4. Under pain, at the risk of. In editions, _on payn_.
_Wallace._
Fr. _à peine_, "scarcely, hardly, not without much ado," Cotgr.
A PER SE, "An extraordinary or incomparable person; like the letter _A
by itself_, which has the first place in the alphabet of almost all
languages;" Rudd. Chaucer id.
_Douglas._
APERSMAR, APIRSMART, _adj._ Crabbed, ill-humoured; _snell_, _calschie_,
S. synon.
_Douglas._
A. S. _afor_, _afre_, Isl. _apur_, _asper_, (as _apurkylde_, acre
frigus); and A. S. _smeorte_, Su. G. _smarta_, pain. Haldorson remarks,
that the Isl. term is also applied to one of austere manners.
APERT, _adj._ Brisk, bold, free.
_Barbour._
Fr. _appert_, expert, prompt; Lat. _apparat-us_, prepared.
APERT. _In apert_, _adv._ Evidently, openly.
_Barbour._
Fr. _apert_, _appert_, open, evident; from _appar-oir_, Lat.
_appar-ere_, to appear.
APERTLY, _adv._ Briskly, readily.
V. ~Apert~, _adj._
_Barbour._
APIEST, APIECE, _conj._ Although.
V. ~Allpuist~.
APILL RENYEIS, _s. pl._ A string, or necklace of beads; q. a _rein_ or
bridle of beads, formed like _apples_.
_Dunbar._
APLIGHT, _adv._ Completely; O. E. _apliht_.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _on_ and _pliht_ periculum, _pliht-an_ periculo objicere se.
APON, APOUN, _prep._ Upon, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ufa_, Su. G. _uppa_, insuper, and _on_.
APORT, APORTE, _s._ Deportment, carriage.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _apport_, from _apport-er_, to carry; Lat. _ad_ and _port-are_.
_To_ APPAIR, _v. a._ To injure, to impair, O. E. _apeir_.
_Detect. Q. Mary._
Fr. _emper-er_, id.
V. ~Pare~, _v._
APPARELLE, APPARYLE, APPARAILL, _s._ Equipage, furniture for warfare,
preparations for a siege, whether for attack or defence; ammunition.
_Barbour._
Fr. _appareil_, provision, furniture, preparations for war.
APPIN, _adj._ Open, S.
_Complaynt S._
Dan. _aaben_ apertus; Isl. _opna_ foramen. Wachter derives Germ.
_offen_, apertus, from _auf_ up.
APPLERINGIE, _s._ Southernwood, S. Artemisia abrotanum, Linn.
Fr. _apilé_ strong, and _auronne_ southernwood, from Lat.
_abrotanum_, id.
_To_ APLEIS, APPLESS, _v. a._ To satisfy, to content, to please.
_Wallace._
Apparently from an obsolete Fr. v. of the form of _applaire_.
APPLY, _s._ Plight, condition.
_Sir Egeir._
Fr. _pli_ state, habit.
_To_ APPORT, _v. a._ To bring, to conduce.
Fr. _apport-er_, id.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ APPREUE, APPRIEVE, _v. a._ To approve.
_Douglas._
Fr. _approuver_, Lat. _approbare_.
AR, ARE, _adv._ Formerly; also, early.
V. ~Air~.
_To_ AR, ARE, ERE, _v. a._ To plough, to till, S. _to ear_, E.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _ar-ian_, Su. G. _aer-ia_. Isl. _er-ia_, A. S. _er-ian_,
Alem. _err-en_, Germ. _er-en_, Gr. αρ-ειν, Lat. _ar-are_. Ihre views
Heb. ץאר _ar-etz_, earth, as the fountain.
ARAGE, ARRAGE, ARYAGE, AUARAGE, AVERAGE, _s._ Servitude due by tenants,
in men and horses, to their landlords. This custom is not entirely
abolished in some parts of Scotland. "_Arage_ and carriage" is a phrase
still commonly used in leases.
_Skene._
L. B. _averag-ium_, from _aver-ia_, a beast for work; and this
perhaps from Fr. _ouvre_ work.
_To_ ARAS, ARRACE, _v. a._
1. To snatch or pluck away by force.
_Wyntown._
2. To raise up.
_Douglas._
This sense is so different from the former, that it might rather
seem to be put for _arraise_, q. to raise up.
Fr. _arrach-er_, to tear, to pull by violence; to pull up by the
roots, from Lat. _eradic-are_.
ARBY, _s._ The sea-gilliflower, Orkn.
_Neill._
ARBY-ROOT, _s._ The root of the sea-pink, or Statice armeria, Orkn.
ARCH, ARGH, AIRGH, ERGH, (gutt.) _adj._
1. Averse, reluctant; often including the idea of timidity as the cause
of reluctance, S.
_Douglas._
2. Apprehensive, filled with anxiety, S. Chaucer, _erke_, weary,
indolent.
_Popul. Ball._
A. S. _earg_, desidiosus, iners, slothful, sluggish, _earh_ fugax,
"timorous, and ready to run away for fear," Somn. Isl. _arg-ur_,
reformidans; _arg-r_ piger, deses; Su. G. _arg_, ignavus. Among the
Goths _argur_, L. B. _arga_, denoted a poltroon, a coward.
_To_ ARCH, ARGH, _v. n._ To hesitate, to be reluctant.
V. ~Ergh~, _v._
ARCHNES, ARGHNESS, _s._
1. Reluctance, backwardness.
_Wodrow._
2. Obliquely used for niggardliness, q. reluctance to part with any
thing.
_Legend Bp. St Androis._
_To_ AREIK, ARREIK, _v. a._ To reach, to extend.
_Douglas._
A. S. _arecc-an_, assequi, to get, to attain.
AREIR, _adv._ Back. _To rin areir_, to decline.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _arriere_ backward; Lat. _a retro_.
ARESOUND, _pret._ Perhaps, called in question; Fr. _aresoner_,
interroger, questionner, demander; _ratiocinari_; Gl. Roquefort.
_Areson_ is used by R. Brunne in the sense of persuade, or reason with.
_Sir Tristrem._
ARETTYT, _part. pa._ Accused, brought into judgment.
_Barbour._
L. B. _rect-are_, _ret-are_, _arett-are_, accusare, in jus vocare,
Du Cange.
ARGENT CONTENT, Ready money. Fr. _argent comptant_, id.
_Bellenden._
_To_ ARGH, _v. n._ To hesitate.
V. ~Arch~, and ~Ergh~, _v._
ARGIE, _s._ Assertion in a dispute, the specific plea which one uses in
disputation, S. B.
Su. G. _ierga_, semper eadem obgannire; Isl. _iarg-r_, keen
contention.
_To_ ARGLE-BARGLE, AURGLE-BARGIN, _v. n._ To contend, to bandy backwards
and forwards, S. _Argle-bargin_, Loth. _Eaggle-bargin_, synon.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _arg_ enraged, _jarg-a_ to contend.
_To_ ARGONE, ARGOWNE, ARGWE, ARGEW, _v. a._
1. To argue, to contend by argument.
_Bannatyne Poems._
2. To censure, to reprehend, to chide with.
_Wallace._
Fr. _argu-er_, Lat. _argu-ere_.
ARGUESYN, _s._ The lieutenant of a galley; he who has the government
and keeping of the slaves committed to him.
_Knox._
Fr. _argousin_, satelles remigibus regendis et custodiendis
praepositus, Dict. Trev.
_To_ ARGUMENT, _v. a._ To prove, to shew.
_Crosraguel._
Lat. _argument-ari_, to reason.
ARK, _s._ A large chest, especially one used for holding corn or meal,
S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _arce_, _erce_, a chest, a coffer; Alem. _arca_; Su. G. _ark_,
Lat. _arca_, Gael. _arc_.
Hence,
~Eel-Ark~, _s._ That kind of box which is placed in lakes, ponds, &c.,
for catching and retaining _eels_; a term common in old deeds.