DOWF, DOLF, _s._
1. Destitute of courage or animation, S.
_Douglas._
2. Melancholy, gloomy, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Lethargic.
_Douglas._
4. Hollow; applied to sound, S.
5. Silly, frivolous, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _dauf_, stupidus; Isl. _daup-r_, subtristis.
~Douf~, ~Doof~, _s._ A dull stupid fellow.
_Dunbar._
~Dowfart~, ~Dofart~, _adj._
1. Destitute of spirit, S.; pron. as Gr. υ.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. Dumpish, melancholy, S.
3. Feeble, inefficient, S.
From _dowf_ and Su. G. _art_, Belg. _aert_, disposition.
~Dowfart~, ~Doofart~, _s._ A dull, inactive fellow, S.
_Ramsay._
~Duffie~, _adj._
1. Soft, spungy, S. _fozie_, synon.
2. Stupid, transferred to the mind, S.
DOWY.
V. ~Dolly~.
DOWYD, _pret._ Endowed.
Fr. _dou-er_.
_Wyntown._
DOWKAR, _s._ A diver.
_Kennedy._
Su. G. _dokare_, Belg. _duycker_, id.
DOWNCOME, DOUNCOME, _s._
1. Act of descending.
_Douglas._
2. A fall, in whatever sense, S.
3. Overthrow.
_Ruddiman._
DOWNDRAUGHT, _s._ Whatsoever depresses, S.
DOWNLYING, _s. At the down-lying_, about to be brought to bed, S.
DOWNLOOK, _s._ Scorn, contempt, S.
_Ross._
DOWNSITTING, _s._ Session of a court, S.
_Baillie._
DOWNTAK, _s._ Cause of imbecility, S.
DOWRE. Q. _dourly_. hardly.
_Wyntown._
DOWRIER, DOWARIAR, _s._ Dowager.
Fr. _Douairiere_, id.
_Acts Marie._
DOWTIT, _part. pa._ Feared.
_Barbour._
Fr. _doubt-er_, to dread.
DOXIE, _adj._ hazy, restive, S.
Isl. _dosk-a_, to delay, _dosk_, inactivity.
_To_ DOZEN, DOSEN, _v. a._
1. To stupify.
_Barbour._
2. To benumb. _Dozent with cauld_, S.
3. Denoting impotency.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _daase_, stupified; Isl. _das-ast_, languere.
_To_ ~Dozen~, _v. n._ To become torpid, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ DRABLE, DRAIBLE, _v. a._ To befoul, to slabber, S.
DRABLE, _s._ Perhaps a servant.
_Houlate._
DRAFF, _s._
1. Grains, S.
_Wallace._
2. Metaph., any moral imperfection, S.
Teut. Isl. _draf_, siliquae excoctae.
~Draff-pock~, _s._
1. A sack for carrying grains, S.
2. Metaph., any imperfection.
_S. Prov._
DRAGON, _s._ A paper kite, S.
DRAGOUN, _s. To raiss dragoun_, to give up to military execution.
_Barbour._
_To_ DRAKE, DRAIK, DRAWK, _v. a._ To drench, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Isl. _dreck-ia_, aquis obruo.
~Draiks~. _In the draiks_, in a slovenly disordered state, S. B.
_Popular Ball._
DRAM, _adj._
1. Melancholy. S.B. _drum_, synon.
_Douglas._
2. Indifferent, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _draums_, melancholicus.
DRAMOCK, DRAMMACH, DRUMMOCK, _s._
1. Meal and water mixed in a raw state, S.
_Watson's Coll._
Gael. _dramaig_.
2. Any thing boiled to the state of pulp, Ang.
_To_ DRANT, DRUNT, _v. n._
1. To drawl, S.
2. To pass in a tedious way, S.
Isl. _dryn, drunde_, mugire.
_Ferguson._
~Drant, Draunt~, _s._
1. A drawling enunciation, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A slow and dull tune, S.
DRAP, _s._
1. A drop, S.
_Chron. S. P._
2. A small quantity of drink, S.
_Ross._
_To_ ~Drap~, _v. n._ To drop, S.
_S. Prov._
DRAP-DE-BERRY, _s._ Fine woollen cloth, made at Berry in France.
_Watson's Coll._
_To_ DRATCH, DRETCH, _v. n._ To linger, S. B.
Isl. _dratt-a_, segniter procedere.
_To_ DRAUCHT, _v. a._ To draw the breath in long convulsive throbs, S.
Sw. _drag-as_, id.
DRAUCHT TRUMPET, War trumpet.
_Douglas._
DRAUCHT, DRAUGHT, _s._
1. Lineament of the face, S.
_Z. Boyd._
2. An artful scheme, S.
_Rutherford._
Teut. _draght_, vestigiae.
DRAVE, _s._
1. A drove of cattle, S.
2. A shoal of fishes, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. A crowd, S.
A. S. _draf_, agmen.
_To_ DRAWL, _v. n._ To be slow in action, S.
Teut. _drael-en_, cunctari.
_To_ DRE, DREE, DREY, _v. a._ To endure, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _dreog-an_, pati.
_To_ DRE, DREY, _v. n._ To endure.
A. S. _adreog-an_, pati.
_Barbour._
DREICH, DREEGH, _adj._
1. Slow, S.
_Ross._
2. Tedious, S.
_Montgomerie._
3. Denoting distance of situation.
Goth. _drig_, _driug-r_, prolixus.
_Ritson._
~Dreich~, ~Dregh~. _On dreich_, _adv._ At a slow pace.
_Douglas._
DREDOUR, DRIDDER, _s._
1. Dread; _drither_, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. Apprehension, S. B.
A. S. _draed_, timor.
_To_ ~Dridder~, _v._ To dread, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ DREEL, _v. n._ To move quickly, Ang.
Teut. _drill-en_, motitare.
_Ross._
DREFYD, _pret._ Drave.
_Wallace._
DREGY, DERGY, _s._
1. The funeral service.
_Dunbar._
2. The compotation of the funeral company, S.
_Herd._
From the Lat. word _dirige_, frequently repeated in the office for
the dead.
DREGGLE, _s._ A small drop of any liquid, S.
Su. G. _dregel_, saliva.
_To_ DREGLE, DRAIGLE, _v. n._ To be tardy, S.
V. ~Dreich~.
DREIK, _s._ Excrement.
Teut. _dreck_.
_Gl. Sibb._
To DREIP, _v. n._ To distil in drops, S.
_Sel. S. Ball._
A. S. _dryp-an_, Isl. _dreip-a_, id.
DREIRE, _s._ Leg. _deire_, hurt.
_Fordun._
DRENE, _s._ Constant repetition.
_Dunbar._
_To_ DRESS, _v. a._
1. To treat well or ill.
_Wyntown._
2. To chastise, to drub, S.
3. To iron linens, S. _Dressing_-iron, a smoothing iron, S.
DRESSE, _s._ Exhibition.
_Godly Ball._
DRESSER, _s._ A kitchen table, S.
Teut. _dressoor_, Fr. _dressoir_, a sideboard.
DREVEL, _s._ A driveller.
_Dunbar._
DREUILLYNG, DRIUYLLING, _s._ The vagaries of the mind, during unsound
sleep.
_Douglas._
Isl. _draefl_, _drafl_, sermo stultus; also apinae, fooleries.
DREW, _s._
1. A species of sea-weed that grows very long, Orkn.
_Neill._
2. Sea laces, Fucus filum, S.
Isl. _driugr_, prolixus.
DREW, _s._ A drop.
_Palice Honour._
DRIB, DRIBBLE, _s._
1. A drop, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Drizzling rain, S.
_Burns._
Belg. _druppel_, a drop.
DRY GOOSE, a handful of the finest meal, pressed very close together,
dipt in water, and then roasted among the ashes of a kiln, S. A.
DRYCHYN, DRYCHYNG, _s._ Delay.
V. ~Dreich~.
_Wallace._
_To_ DRIDDER, _v. a._
V. ~Dredour~.
_To_ DRIDDLE, _v. n._
1. To spill from carelessness, Loth.
2. To have a diarrhoea.
_Montgomerie._
_To_ DRIDDLE, _v. n._
1. To move slowly, S. B., same as _druttle_, q. v.
2. To be diligent without progress, Border.
DRIDDLES, _s. pl._ The intestines of a slaughtered animal, Fife.
DRIDDLINS, _s. pl._ The knotted meal left after baking, S.
Germ. _trodel_, _treidel_, veteramenta.
DRIESHACH, _s._ The dross of a turf fire which glows when stirred, S. B.
DRIFLING, _s._ A small rain.
_Baillie._
Isl. _dreif-a_, spargere.
DRIFT, _s._ Drove; as of cattle, Ayrs.
Teut. _drifle_, id.
_To_ DRIFT, _v. n._ To delay.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ ~Drift~, _v. a._ To put off.
_Z. Boyd._
~Drift~, _s._ Procrastination.
_R. Bruce._
DRIGHTIN, _s._ Lord.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _drichten_, Alem. _drohtin_, id.
DRIMUCK, _s._ The same as _Dramock_.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ DRING, _v. a._ To obtain with difficulty, S. B.
_Henrysone._
Belg. _dring-en_, to urge, to press.
_To_ DRING, _v. n._ To be slow, S. B.
~Dring~, _adj._ Dilatory, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ DRING, DRINGE, _v. n._ To sound as a kettle before boiling.
_Ramsay._
~Dring~, _s._ The noise of a kettle before it boils.
DRING, _s._
1. A servant.
_Lyndsay._
Sw. _dreng_, id.
2. A miser.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DRINK-SILVER, _s._ A vale given to servants, S.
_Rutherford._
DRYNT, _pret._ Drowned.
_Douglas._
A. S. _adrenct_, mersus.
DRITHER, _s._ Dread.
V. ~Dredour~.
_To_ DRIZZEN, _v. n._
1. To low as a cow or ox, Ang.
2. Applied to a sluggard groaning over his work, S. O.
Teut. _druyssch-en_, strepere.
_To_ DRIZZLE, _v. n._ To walk slow; Gl. Shirr.
Isl. _drosl-a_, haesitanter progredi.
DRIZZLING, _s._ Slaver.
_Gl. Shirr._
_To_ DROB, _v. a._ To prick, Ang.
Isl. _drep-a_, perforare.
~Drob~, _s._ A thorn, a prickle, Perths.
DRODDUM, _s._ The breech.
_Burns._
DROG, _s._ A buoy attached to the end of a harpoon line, S.
DROGARIES, _pl._ Drugs.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _drogueries_, id.
DROICH, _s._ A dwarf, _droch_, S. B. _dreich_, Border.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _dweorh_, Isl. _droeg_, homuncio.
~Droichy~, _adj._ Dwarfish, S.
DROILE, _s._ A slave; Isl. _driole_, id.
_Z. Boyd._
DRONACH, _s._ Penalty, S. B.
Isl. _drungi_, molestia, onus.
DROTES, _pl._ Nobles.
_Sir Gawan._
Su. G. _drott_, a lord.
DROUBLY, DRUBLIE, _adj._
1. Dark, troubled.
_Dunbar._
2. Muddy; applied to water.
Teut. _droef_, turbidus.
_Henrysone._
DROUERY, DROURY, _s._
1. Illicit love.
_Barbour._
2. A love-token.
_Douglas._
3. A gift of any kind.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _drurie_, la vie joyeuse.
_To_ DROUK, _v. a._ To drench, S.
_Douglas._
DROUTH, _s._
1. Drought, S.
_Chron. S. P._
2. Thirst, S.
_R. Bruce._
~Drouthy~, _adj._
1. Droughty, S.
2. Thirsty, S.
_Pennecuik._
DROW, _s._ A fainting fit, Ang.
A. S. _throw-ian_, pati.
DROW, _s._ A squall.
_Mellvill's MS._
Gael. _drog_, motion of the sea.
DROWP, _s._ A feeble person.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _driup-a_, tristari.
_To_ DRUG, _v. a._ To pull forcibly, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _thrug-a_, premere, vim inferre.
~Drug~, _s._ A rough pull, S. B.
_Ross._
DRUGGARE, _adj._ Drudging.
_King's Quair._
Isl. _droogur_, tractor, bajulus.
DRUM, _adj._ Melancholy, S. B.
V. ~Dram~.
DRUM, _s._ A ridge, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Gael. _druim_, id.
Applied, S. B. to little hills, which rise as ridges above the level of
the adjacent ground.
_To_ DRUMBLE, _v. n._ To raise disturbance.
_Ramsay._
~Drumly~, ~Drumbly~, _adj._
1. Troubled.
_Douglas._
2. Muddy, S.
_Douglas._
3. Having a gloomy aspect, S.
_Ramsay._
4. Confused; as to mind.
_Ferguson._
5. Troubled; applied to the state of public matters, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ DRUNE, _v. n._ To low in a hollow or depressed tone, Ang.
Isl. _dryn-ia_, Sw. _droen-a_, mugire.
~Drunt~, _s._ A drawling enunciation, S.
DRUNT, _s._ Pet, sour humour, S.
_Burns._
O. Fland. _drint-en_, tumescere.
DRUSH, _s._
1. Atoms, fragments.
_Watson._
2. The dross of peats, Banffs.
Moes. G. _drauhsna_, a fragment, from _drius-an_, to fall.
_To_ DRUTTLE, _v. n._
1. To be slow in motion, S.
2. To trifle about any thing, S.
Teut. _dreutel-en_, pumilionis passus facere.
DUALM, DWALM, DWAUM, _s._
1. A _swoon_, S.
_Ross._
2. A sudden fit of sickness, S.
_Ritson._
Alem. _dualm_, caligo mentis stupore correptae.
~Dualmyng~, ~Dwauming~, _s._
1. A Swoon.
_Douglas._
2. Metaph. the fall of evening, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
DUB, _s._
1. A small pool of rain-water, S.
_Douglas._
2. A gutter, S.
Ir. _dob_, a gutter; Celt. _dubh_, canal.
DUBLAR, _s._
V. ~Dibler~.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DUCHERY, _s._ Dukedom.
_Bellenden._
DUCK, _s._ A leader.
V. ~Duke~.
DUCK, _s._ Sail-cloth.
V. ~Doock~.
DUD, _s._
1. A rag, S.
_Ross._
_Daily dud_, the dish-clout, S. B.
2. _Duds_, _dudds_, pl. clothing, especially of inferior quality, S.
_Polwart._
Gael. _dud_, a rag, and _dudach_, ragged. Isl. _dude_, indumentum
levioris generis.
~Duddy~, _adj._ Ragged, S.
_Ramsay._
DUDDROUN, _s._ Sloven, drab.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _dudr-a_, to act in a slovenly manner.
DUDE, for _do it_, S.
_Diallog._
_To_ DUEL, DUELL, DWELL, _v. n._
1. To delay, to tarry.
_Douglas._
2. To continue in any state.
_Barbour._
3. To cease or rest.
_Wallace._
4. _Dwelt behind_, left behind.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _dwael-ias_, id. Isl. _duel_, moror.
~Duelling~, _s._ Delay, tarrying.
_Barbour._
DUERGH, _s._ A dwarf.
V. ~Droich~.
_Gawan and Gol._
DUKE, DUCK, _s._ A general.
_Evergreen._
DUKE, DUIK, _s._ A duck, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DULCE, _adj._ Sweet; Lat. _dulc-is_.
_Lyndsay._
DULDER, _s._ Any thing large, S. B.
_To_ DULE, _v. n._ To grieve.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _doul-oir_, Lat. _dol-ere_.
~Dule~, ~Dool~, _s._ Grief, S.
_Wyntoun._
_To sing dool_, to lament.
_Gl. Shirr._
DULE, DOOL, _s._ The goal in a game.
_Chr. Kirk._
Teut. _doel_, aggesta terra, in quam sagittarii jaculantur sagittas.
DULL, _s._ Hard of hearing, S.
_Sir John Sinclair._
DULSE, _adj._ Dull, heavy, S. B.
Isl. _dollsa_, appendere ignavum.
DULSE, _s._ The fucus, a species of seaweed, S.
_Martin._
Gael. _duilliasg_, Ir. _dulisk_, id.
DUM TAM, a bunch of clothes on a beggar's back, under his coat, S. B.
_To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ To confuse, to stupify, S.
DUMBIE, _s._ pron. _Dummie_. One who is _dumb_, S.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ DUMP, _v. a._ To strike with the feet, Ang.
Sw. _domp-a_, rudius palpare.
DUMPY, _adj._ Short and thick; also used as a _s._, S.
Isl. _doomp_, ancillula crassa.
DUMSCUM, _s._ A game of children, much the same as _pallall_, or the
_beds_.
DUN, _s._ A hill, eminence, S.
_Stat. Acc._
A. S. _dun_, mons; Gael. id. a fortified hill.
_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ To push or jog with the fist or elbow, S.
Teut. _dons-en_, pugno percutere.
DUNCH, _s._ One who is short and thick, S.
~Dunchy~, _adj._ Squat, S.
DUNDERHEAD, _s._ A blockhead, Loth.
V. ~Donnart~.
DWMMYSMAN, _s._ A judge.
_Wyntown._
DWN, _pret._ of the _v. Do_.
_Wyntown._
DUNGEON _of wit_, One having a profound intellect, S.
_Boswell._
DUNGERING, _s._ The dungeon of a castle.
_S. P. Repr._
DUNIWASSAL, DUIN-WASSAL, _s._
1. A nobleman.
_Colvil._
2. A gentleman of secondary rank.
_Garnet._
3. Used to denote the lower class of farmers, generally in a
contemptuous way, Ayrs.
Gael. _duine_, a man, and _uasal_, noble.
_To_ DUNNER, DUNDER, _v. n._ To make a noise like thunder.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ DUNT, _v. a._ To strike so as to produce a dull hollow sound, S.
_Popular Ball._
_To_ ~Dunt~ _out_,
1. To bring any business to a termination, S.
_Ross._
2. To come to a thorough explanation, after a variance, S.
Su. G. _dunt_, ictus.
_To_ ~Dunt~, _v. n._ To palpitate.
_Ramsay._
~Dunt~, ~Dount~, _s._
1. A stroke causing a flat and hollow sound, S. O. E. id.
_Peblis to the Play._
2. Palpitation of the heart, S.
_Ross._
3. _At a dunt_, unexpectedly, Stirlings.
Isl. _dunt_, a stroke given to the back or breast, so as to produce
a sound.
~Dunting~, _s._ Continued beating, causing a hollow sound, S.
_Melvil._
DUNTER-GOOSE, _s._ The Eider duck.
_Brand._
Su. G. _dun_, down, and _taer-a_, to gnaw, because it plucks the
down from its breast.
DUNTY, _s._ A doxy.
_Gl. Ramsay._
DUNZE.
V. ~Doyn~.
DUR, DURE, _s._ Door.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _dure_, id.
DURGY, _adj._ Thick, gross, Loth.
Isl. _driug-r_, densus.
DURK, _s._ A dagger, S.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
Gael. _durc_, a poniard; Teut. _dolck_, sica.
_To_ ~Durk~, _v. a._
1. To stab with a dagger, S.
_Cleland._
2. To spoil, to mismanage, S.
_To_ DURKEN, _v. a._ To affright.
_Sir Gawan._
_To_ DUSCH, _v. n._
1. To move with velocity.
_Douglas._
2. To twang.
_Douglas._
3. _To dusch doun_. To fall with noise, id.
_Douglas._
Germ. _dosen_, strepitum edere; Isl. _thus-a_, tumultuose proruere.
~Dusche~, _s._
1. A fall; as including the crash made by it.
_Douglas._
2. A stroke, a blow.
V. ~Doyce~.
_Barbour._
Isl. _thys_, Alem. _thuz_, _doz_, fragor.
DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ A musical instrument.
_Poems 16th Cent._
DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ An indorsement.
_Leg. Bp. St Androis._
Fr. _douss-er_, to indorse.
_To_ DUSH, _v. a._ To push as a ram, ox, &c. S.
Teut. _does-en_, pulsare cum impetu; Isl. _dusk-a_, verbera infligo.
DUST, _s._ A tumult.
Su. G. _dyst_, id.
DUST _of a mill_, what flies from a mill in grinding, S. Teut. _duyst_,
pollen.
DUST _of lint_, what flies from flax in dressing, S.
Teut. _doest_, lanugo lintei.
DUSTIE-FUTE, DUSTIFIT, _s._
1. A pedlar.
_Skene._
2. One who is not resident in a country.
_Burr. Lawes._
3. Used to denote revelry.
_Godly Ball._
_To_ DUTE, DUTT, _v. n._ To dose, S. B.
Belg. _dutt-en_, to set a-nodding.
~Dut~, _s._ A stupid person, S. B.
Dan. _doede_, stupidus; Belg. _dutt-en_, delirare.
DWABLE, DWEBLE, _adj._ Weak, flexible.
Su. G. _dubbel_, double.
_Ross._
DWALM, DWAUM, _s._
V. ~Dualm~.
_To_ DWANG, _v. a._
1. To oppress with labour, S. B.
2. To bear, or draw, unequally, S. B.
3. To harass by ill-humour, S. B.
Teut. _dwingh-en_, domare, arctare.
_To_ ~Dwang~, _v. n._ To toil, S. B.
_Morison._
~Dwang~, _s._ A rough shake or throw, S. B.
_Morison._
_To_ ~Dwyne~, _v. n._
1. To pine, S.
_A. Nicol._
2. To fade, applied to nature.
_Ferguson._
3. To dwindle, S.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
Teut. _dwyn-en_, attenuare, extenuare.
_To_ ~Dwyn~, _v. a._ To cause to languish.
_Montgomerie._
~Dwyning~, _s._ A decline, S.
Isl. _dwinar_, diminutio.
E
E, ~Ee~, _s._ The eye, S.
_Douglas._
EA, _adj._ One.
V. the letter A.
_To_ EAND, _v. n._ To breathe.
V. ~Aynd~, _v._
EARLEATHER-PIN, _s._ An iron pin for fastening the chain by which a
horse draws in a cart, Fife.
_To_ EARM.
V. ~Yirm~.
_To_ EARN, _v. n._
1. To coagulate, S.
2. To cause to coagulate, S.
Germ. _ge-rinnen_, Su. G. _raenn-a_, coagulare.
~Earning~, _s._ Rennet, S.
A. S. _gerunning_, id.
EARN-BLEATER, _s._ The snipe, S. B. _earnbliter_.
_Ross._
EARNY-COULIGS, _s. pl._ Tumuli, Orkn.
Isl. _ern_, ancient, and _kulle_, tumulus, Su. G. summitas montis.
EASING, EASINGDRAP, _s._ The eaves of a house, S.
A. S. _efese_; Belg. _oosdruyp_, id.
_To_ EASSIN, EISIN, _v. a._
1. To desire the bull, S.
2. Applied to strong desire of any kind.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _yxna_ or _oxna_, vitula appetens taurum.
~Eastning wort~, Scabious, an herb, S. A.
_Pennecuik._
EARN, _s._ The Eagle.
V. ~Ern~.
EARTH, _s._ The act of earing, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
Sw. _ard_, aratio, from _aer-ia_, to ear.
EASTIE-WASTIE, _s._ An unstable person, Ang.; q. one who veers from
_east_ to _west_.
EASTLAND, _adj._ Belonging to the east.
_Baillie._
EASTLIN, _adj._ Easterly, S.
_Ramsay._
~Eastlins~, _adv._ Eastward, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _east-laeng_, oriente tenus.
EASTILT, _adv._ Eastward, _westlit_, westward; pron. _eassilt_,
_wessilt_, Loth.
A. S. _east-daele_, plaga orientalis.
EAT, _s._ The act of eating, S. B.
A. S. _aet_, Teut. _aet_, food.
EATIN BERRIES, Juniper berries, S. B.
V. ~Etnagh~.
EBB, _adj._ Shallow, S.
_Rutherford._
~Ebbness~, _s._ Shallowness.
_Rutherford._
ECCLEGRASS, _s._ Butterwort or sheep-rot, Orkn.
_Neill._
ECHER, ICKER, _s._ An ear of corn, S.
A. S. _aecer_, _aechir_, id.
_Douglas._
ECHT, _s._ Ought.
_Barbour._
EDROPPIT, _part. pa._ Dropsical.
_Bellenden._
EE, _s._ Eye.
V. ~E~.
~Ee~ _of the day_, Noon, mid-day, S. B.
~Ee-list~, ~Eye-list~, ~Eye-last~, _s._
1. A deformity, an eye-sore.
_R. Bruce._
2. An offence.
_Godscroft._
3. A break in a page, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _eag_, oculus, and _laest_, defectus.
~Ee-stick~, ~Eistick~, _s._ Something singular or surprising; q. that
which causes the _eye_ to _stick_ or fix, S.
_Ferguson._
~Ee-sweet~, ~Eye-sweet~, _adj._ Acceptable, S.
_Rutherford._
~Ee-winkers~, _s._ The eye-lashes, S.
_Rutherford._
~Een~, ~Ene~, _pl._ of ~Ee~, Eyes, S.
_Douglas._
EEBREK CRAP, The third crop after lea, S. B.
EEGHIE ~nor~ OGHIE. _I can hear neither eeghie nor oghie_, neither one
thing nor another, Ang.
_Ross._
Su. G. _igh_, or _eighi_, not.
EEKFOW, _adj._ Equal; also, just, Ang.
Su. G. _ekt-a_, Germ. _eicht_, justus.
~Eeksie-peeksie~, _adj._ Equal, Ang.
EEL. _A nine-ee'd eel_, a lamprey, S.
Su. G. _neionoogon_, Germ. _neunauge_, id.
~Eel-backit~, _adj._ Having a black line on the back, applied to a
dun-coloured horse, S.
~Eelpout~, _s._ The viviparous Blenny, S.
EERIE, _adj._ Timorous.
V. ~Ery~.
EFFECTUOUS, _adj._ Affectionate.
L. B. _affectuos-us_, id.
_Douglas._
_To_ EFFEIR, _v. n._
1. To become, to fit.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. To be proportional to.
_Knox._
~Effeir~, _s._
1. What is becoming.
_Maitland Poems._
2. A property, quality.
_Dunbar._
_To_ EFFERE, EFFEIR, _v. a._
1. To fear.
_Lyndsay._
2. To affright.
_Douglas._
A. S. _afaer-an_, terrere.
_To_ ~Effeir~, _v. n._ To fear.
_Lyndsay._
~Effray~, ~Effraying~, _s._ Terror.
_Barbour._
Fr. _effray-ir_, to affright.
~Effrayitly~, _adv._ Under affright.
_Barbour._
EFREST, Best; Isl. _ypprist_.
_Houlate._
EFT, _adv._ After.
A. S. id.
_Wallace._
~Eft castel~, Hinder part of the ship.
_Douglas._
~Efter~, ~Eftir~, _prep._ After.
A. S. _eftyr_, id.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
~Eftir ane~, _adv._ Uniformly, S.
_Douglas._
~Eftirhend~, _adv._ Afterwards, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Su. G. _efter_, and _haen_, hence, dehinc, posthac.
~Efterhend~, _prep._ After. Id.
~Eftremess~, _s._ A dessert.
_Barbour._
A. S. _aefter_ and _mess_, a meal.
EFTSYIS, _adv._ Ofttimes, Rudd.
_Douglas._
A. S. _eft_, iterum, and _sithe_, vice.
EGG-BED, _s._ The ovarium of a fowl, S.
EGGLAR, _s._ One who collects _eggs_ for sale, S. A.
EY, A termination of the names of many places; signifying an island,
also written _ay_, _a_, or _ie_.
Isl. _ey_, id.
EIDENT, _adj._ Diligent.
V. ~Ithand~.
EIDER DOUN, Down of the eider duck.
Sw. _eiderdun_, id.
_Pennant._
EYE-LIST, _s._ A flaw.
V. ~Ee-List~.
EYEN, _pl._ Eyes.
V. ~Een~.
EIFFEST, _adv._ Especially.
_Barry._
Isl. _efst-r_, supremus.
EIK, _pron._ Each.
_Douglas._
EIK, EKE, _s._ An addition, S.
_Baillie._
EIK, _s._ Lineament used for greasing sheep, S. A.
_To_ EILD, ELD, _v. n._ To wax old.
A. S. _eald-ian_, veterascere.
_Bellenden._
~Eild~, ~Eld~, _s._
1. Any particular period of life, S.
_Barbour._
_Euin eild_, Equal in age.
_Douglas._
2. A generation.
_Douglas._
3. An era.
_Wyntown._
4. The advanced period of life.
_Douglas._
A. S. _yld_, aetas, aevum.
~Eild~, _adj._ Old.
A. S. _eald_, id.
_Douglas._
~Eildit~, _part. pa._ Aged.
_Douglas._
~Eildins~, ~Yealings~, _s. pl._ Equals in age.
_Burns._
A. S. _efen-eald_, coaevus, inverted.
_To_ EYNDILL, _v. n._ To be jealous of; _eenil_, Fife.
_Maitland Poems._
~Eyndling~, ~Eyndland~, _part. pr._ Jealous.
_Semple._
EIR, _s._ Fear, Ang.
V. ~Ery~.
EIRACK, _s._ A hen-pullet, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Gael. _eirag_, id. Germ. _jahrig_, one year old.
EYRE FALCONS, Leg. _Gyre_.
_Houlate._
EITHER, _adv._ Or, Ang.
_Knox._
Isl. _eda_, _edr_, seu.
EITH, EYTH, ETH, _adj._ Easy, S.
A. S. _eath_, facilis.
_Barbour._
_Eith_ is also used adverbially.
_Ramsay._
~Eithar~, ~Ethar~, _comp._
_Douglas._
~Eithly~, _adv._ Easily, S.
EYTTYN, ETTYN, ETIN, EATEN, _s._
1. A giant.
_Complaynt S._
2. _Redeaten_ occurs as equivalent to _canibal_.
Isl. _jautun_, _jotun_.
_Mellvill's MS._
EIZEL, AIZLE, ISIL, ISEL, _s._
1. A hot ember, S.
_Burns._
2. Wood reduced to the state of charcoal, S.
3. In _pl._ metaph. for the ruins of a country desolated by war.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ysle_, embers, Isl. _eysa_, carbones candentes sub cinere.
ELBOCK, ELBUCK, _s._ Elbow, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _elboga_, Alem. _elnboga_, from A. S. _eln_, the arm, and
_boge_, curvature.
~Elbow-grease~, _s._
1. Hard work with the arms, S.
2. Brown rappee, Ang.
ELDARIS, ELDRYS, _s. pl._ Ancestors.
_Barbour._
A. S. _aldor_, Su. G. _aeldre_, senior.
ELDER, _s._ Among Presbyterians, one ordained to the exercise of
government without having authority to teach, S.
_Buik of Discipline._
ELDERSCHIP, _s._
1. The ecclesiastical court, now called a Presbytery.
_Buik of Discipline._
2. The Kirk-session of a particular congregation, S.
_Baillie._
A. S. _ealdor-scipe_, principatus.
ELDFADER, _s._
1. Grandfather.
A. S. _eald fader_, id.
_Barbour._
2. Father in law.
_Douglas._
ELDIN, ELDING, _s._ Fuel of any kind, S.
A. S. _aeled_, Su. G. _eld_, fire.
_Ferguson._
ELDING, _s._ Age.
V. ~Eild~.
_Maitland P._
ELDIS, _adv._ On all sides.
_Douglas._
A. S. _eallis_, omnino.
ELDMODER, _s._ Mother in law.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ealde-moder_, avia.
ELDNING, ELDURING, _s._ Jealousy.
A. S. _ellnung_, emulation.
_Dunbar._
ELDREN, ELDERIN, _adj._ Elderly, S.
_Ross._
Dan. _aldrende_; Isl. _aldraen_, senex.
ELEVEN-HOURS, _s._ A luncheon, S.
ELFMILL, _s._ The sound made by a wood-worm, viewed by the vulgar as
preternatural, S. q. "_fairy_-mill."
ELFSHOT, _s._
1. The name vulgarly given to an arrow-head of flint, S.
_Pennant._
2. Disease, supposed to be produced by the stroke of an elf-arrow, S.
_Glanville._
Norv. _allskaadt_, Dan. _elleskud_; i. e. _elfshot_.
_Elf-shot_, _adj._ Shot by fairies, S.
_Ramsay._
ELIMOSINUS, _adj._ Merciful.
_Burel._
ELYTE, _s._ One elected to a bishopric.
O. Fr. _elite_.
_Wyntown._
ELLER, _s._ The Alder, a tree, S.
_Lightfoot._
ELLIS, _adv._ Otherwise.
A. S. _elles_, id.
ELLIS, ELS, _adv._ Already, S.
_Barbour._
ELRISCHE, ELRICHE, ELRAIGE, ELRICK, ALRISCH, ALRY, _adj._
1. Expressing relation to evil spirits.
_Dunbar._
2. Preternatural, as regarding sound, S.
_Douglas._
3. Hideous; respecting the appearance.
_Douglas._
4. Frightful, respecting place, S.
_Burns._
5. Uncouth; in relation to dress.
_Bellenden._
6. Surly, austere.
7. Fretted; applied to a sore, Ang.
A. S. _aelf_, and _ric_, rich; q. abounding in elves.
ELS, ELSE, _adv._ Already.
V. ~Ellis~.
ELSYN, ELSON, _s._ An awl, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _aelsene_.
ELWAND, ELNWAND, _s._
1. An instrument for measuring, S.