2. Orion's girdle, a constellation.
_Douglas._
From _eln_ and _wand_, a rod.
EMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.
V. ~Amaille~.
EMBER GOOSE, A fowl which inhabits the seas about Orkney.
_Sibbald._
EMERANT, _s._ Emerald.
_King's Quair._
~Emerant~, ~Emerand~, _adj._ Green.
_Douglas._
EMMIS, IMMIS, _adj._
1. Variable, Ang.
2. _An immis nicht_, a gloomy night, Banffs.
Su. G. _ymsa_, _oemsa_, to vary, alternare; Isl. _yms_, _ymiss_,
varius.
_To_ EMPASH, EMPESCHE, _v. a._ To hinder.
Fr. _empescher_.
_Bellenden._
EMPRESS, EMPRISS, EMPRISE, ENPRESS, _s._ Enterprise.
_Barbour._
Fr. _empris_.
ENACH, _s._ Satisfaction for a trespass.
Gael. _enach_, a ransom.
_Reg. Maj._
ENARMED, _part. pa._ Armed.
_Douglas._
~Enarmoure~, _s._ Armour.
_Douglas._
ENBRODE, _part. pa._ Embroidered.
_Id._
_To_ ENBUSCH, _v. a._ To lay in ambush.
Fr. _embusch-er_, id. q. _en bois_.
_Barbour._
~Enbuschyt~, _s._ Ambuscade.
_Barbour._
~Enbuschment~, _s._
1. Ambush.
_Barbour._
2. Used in describing the testudo.
_Douglas._
ENCHESOUN, _s._ Reason, cause.
O. Fr. _acheson_, occasion.
_Barbour._
END, EYNDING, Breath.
V. ~Aynd~.
_Polwart._
~Enday~, _s._ Day of death.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _and-as_, to die.
~Enfundeyng~, _s._ Perhaps, asthma.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _andfaadd_, cui spiritus praeclusus est.
ENDLANG, ENDLANGIS, _adv._ Along; S. _enlang_.
_Barbour._
A. S. _andlang_, per; Su. G. _aendalongs_, id.
ENDORED, _part. pa._ Adorned; Fr. _endoré_; Lat. _inaur-utus_.
_Sir Gawan._
ENE, _pl._ Eyes.
V. ~Een~.
ENERLY.
V. ~Anerly~.
ENEUCH, YNEWCH, _s._ Enough, S. pl. _ynew_.
A. S. _genoh_, satis.
_Wallace._
ENFORCELY, _adv._ Forcibly.
_Barbour._
ENGAIGNE, _s._ Indignation.
_Barbour._
Fr. _engain_, choler.
_To_ ENGREGE, _v. a._ To aggravate.
Fr. _engreg-er_, id.
_Diallog._
_To_ ENGREVE, ENGREWE, _v. a._ To vex.
Fr. _grev-er_, id.
_Barbour._
ENKERLY, ENCRELY, INKIRLIE, _adv._
1. Inwardly.
_Barbour._
2. Ardently, keenly.
_Douglas._
Fr. _en coeur_, q. in heart.
EMPRESOWNÉ, _s._ A prisoner.
_Wyntown._
ENPRISE, _s._ Enterprise.
_King's Quair._
ENSEINYIE, ENSENYE, ANSENYE, _s._
1. A mark, or badge.
Fr. _enseigne._
_Lyndsay._
2. Ensign, or standard.
_Knox._
3. The word of war.
_Barbour._
4. A company of soldiers.
_Knox._
ENSELYT, _pret._ Sealed.
_Barbour._
ENTAILYEIT, _part. pa._ Formed.
Fr. _entaill-er_, to carve.
_Palice of Hon._
ENTENTYVE, _adj._ Earnest, intent.
Fr. _ententif_.
_Barbour._
~Ententely~, _adv._ Attentively.
_Barbour._
ENTREMELLYS, _s. pl._ Skirmishes.
_Barbour._
Fr. _entremel-er_, to intermingle.
ENTRES, ENTERES, _s._ Access, entry.
_Bellenden._
ENTRES, _s._ Interest.
_Acts Sedt._
EPISTIL, _s._ A harangue or discourse.
_Dunbar._
ER, _adv._ Before.
V. ~Air~.
_Barbour._
~Erar~, ~Earer~, _comp._
1. Sooner.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. Rather.
_Wyntown._
~Erast~, _superl._ Soonest.
_Wyntown._
ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, _s._
1. The earth, S. pron. _yird._
_Wyntown._
2. Ground, soil, S.
A. S. _eard_, Isl. _jaurd_, id., from Isl. _aer-a_, _er-ia_, to
plough.
_To_ ~Erd~, ~Yerd~, _v. a._
1. To inter a dead body, S. B.
_Barbour._
2. Denoting a less solemn interment.
_Barbour._
3. To cover with the soil, for concealment, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Su. G. _iord-as_, sepeliri; Isl. _iard-a_.
~Erd houses~, Habitations formed under ground.
Isl. _jard-hus_, domus subterranea.
~Erddyn~, ~Yirden~, s.
1. An earthquake.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _eorth-dyn_, terrae motus.
2. Thunder, S. B.
ERE, EIR, _s._ Fear, dread; Ang.
V. ~Ery~.
ERF, _adj._
1. Averse, reluctant, Loth. Fife.
2. Reserved, distant, Loth.
V. ~Ergh~.
To ERGH, ARGH, ERF, _v. n._
1. To hesitate, to feel reluctance, S.
_Baillie._
2. To be reluctant from timidity, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _earg-ian_, torpescere pro timore.
~Ergh~, _adj._
1. Hesitating, scrupulous, S.
2. Timorous, S. B.
~Ergh~, ~Erghing~, _s._
1. Doubt, apprehension, S.
2. Fear, timidity, S.
A. S. _yrhth_, id.
ERY, EIRY, EERIE, _adj._
1. Affected with fear, from whatever cause.
_Douglas._
2. Under the influence of fear, excited by wildness of situation.
_Douglas._
3. Denoting the feeling inspired by the dread of ghosts, S.
_Ross._
4. Causing fear of spirits, S.
_Burns._
Belg. _eer-en_, vereri, Isl. _ogr-a_, terreo.
~Eryness~, ~Eiryness~, _s._ Fear excited by the idea of an apparition,
S.
_Evergreen._
ERYSLAND, ERLSLAND, EUSLAND, s. A denomination of land, Orkn.
_Barry._
Su. G. _oeresland_, the eighth part of a Markland.
ERLIS, _s._ Earnest.
V. ~Arles~.
ERN, ERNE, EIRNE, EARN, _s._
1. The eagle, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. The osprey.
_Houlate._
A. S. _earn_, Isl. _aurn_, _ern_, aquila.
ERNAND, _part. pr._ Running.
A. S. _eorn-an_, currere.
_Maitland P._
ERN-FERN, _s._ The brittle fern, S. q. "the eagle-fern."
ERSE, _adj._ used as a _s._ The dialect of the Celtic spoken by the
Highlanders of S. i. e. _Irish_.
ERTAND, _part. pr._ Perhaps, ingenious, from _Airt_, _v._ to aim.
_Gawan and Gol._
ESCH, s. The ash, a tree.
_Douglas._
~Eschin~, _adj._ Belonging to the ash.
_Doug._
To ESCHAME, _v. n._ To be ashamed.
_Douglas._
ESCHEL, ESCHEILL, _s._ A division of an army.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _eschielle_, a squadron.
To ESCHEVE, ESCHEW, _v. a._ To achieve.
Fr. _achev-er._
_Barbour._
ESCHEW, _s._ An achievement.
_Barbour._
ESFUL, _adj._ Producing ease.
_Wyntown._
ESK, _s._ A newt, S.
V. ~Ask~.
_To_ ESK, EESK, YESK, _v. n._ To hiccup, S. B.
A. S. _gisc-ian_, id.
~Eskin~, ~Eeskin~, _s._ The hiccup, S. B.
A. S. _geocsung_, id.
ESPERANCE, _s._ Hope, Fr.
_Bellenden._
ESPYE, _s._ A spy.
Fr. _espie_.
_Douglas._
~Espyell~, _s._ A spy.
_Knox._
ESPINEL, _s._ A sort of ruby. Fr.
_Burel._
ESPOUENTABILL, _adj._ Dreadful.
O. Fr. _espouventable_.
_Lyndsay._
ESS, _s._ Ace.
_Bannatyne P._
ESSYS, _pl._ Advantages.
Fr. _aise_.
_Wyntown._
ESSONYIE, _s._ Excuse offered for non-appearance in a court of law.
Fr. _essoine_, id.
_Reg. Maj._
~Essonyier~, _s._ One who legally offers an excuse for the absence of
another.
_Reg. Maj._
ESTER, _s._ An oyster.
_Lyndsay._
ESTLER, _adj._ Hewn.
V. ~Aislair~.
_Ramsay._
ETH, _adj._ Easy.
V. ~Eith~.
ETHERINS, _s. pl._ The cross ropes of a thatched roof or stack, S. B.
A. S. _ether_, a covert, _heather-ian_, arcere.
ETHIK, ETICK, _adj._
1. Hectic.
_Bellenden._
2. Delicate, S. B.
Fr. _etique_, hectic.
ETIN, _s._ A giant.
V. ~Eyttyn~.
ETION, _s._ Lineage, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Su. G. _aett_, _ett_, family.
ETNAGH BERRIES, Juniper berries, Ang.
_Ross._
_To_ ETTIL, ETTLE, ATTEL, _v. a._
1. To aim, to take aim, S.
_Douglas._
2. To make an attempt, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To propose, to design, S.
_Douglas._
4. To direct one's course.
_Houlate._
Isl. _aetla_, destinare.
~Ettle~, ~Etling~, _s._
1. A mark, S.
_Ross._
2. Aim, attempt, S.
_Burns._
3. Design.
_Barbour._
_To_ EVEN, _v. a._
1. To equal, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
2. To bring down to a certain level.
_Rutherford._
3. To talk of one as a match for another in marriage, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
EVENDOUN, _adj._
1. Perpendicular, S.
2. Honest, downright, S.
3. Denoting a very heavy fall of rain, S.
EVERICH, _adj._ Every; _everichone_, every one.
_King's Quair._
A. S. _aefre eac_, id.
EUERILK, _adj._ Every.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _aefre ealc_, id.
~Euirilkane~, _adj._ Every one.
_Barbour._
EUILL-DEDY, _adj._ Wicked.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _yfel daeda_, prava agens.
EVINLY, _adj._
1. Equal.
_Douglas._
2. Indifferent, impartial.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _efen-lic_, aequalis, aequus.
EVIRLY, _adv._ Constantly, continually, S. B.
_To_ EVITE, _v. a._ To avoid, Lat. _evit-are_.
_Cleland._
EULCRUKE, _s._ Perhaps, oil-vessel.
_Burrow Lawes._
EVLEIT, _adj._ Active.
V. ~Olight~.
EUOUR, EVEYR, _s._ Ivory.
_Douglas._
EWDEN-DRIFT, _s._ Drifted snow, Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
EWDER, EWDRUCH, _s._ A disagreeable smell, S. B. Clydes.
_Journal Lond._
Fr. _odeur_.
EWDER, _s._ Ablaze, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
EW-GOWAN, _s._ Common Daisy.
EWEST, _adj._ Contiguous.
_Acts Ja. VI._
EWIN, _adv._ Straight, right.
_Dunbar._
EWYNLY, _adv._ Equally.
_Barbour._
_To_ EXAME, _v. a._ To examine, S.
_Diallog._
_To_ EXCAMBIE, _v. a._ To exchange, S.
L. B. _excamb-iare_.
~Excambion~, _s._ Exchange, S.
_Spotswood._
_To_ EXEME, EXEEM, _v. a._ To exempt.
_Skene._
EXPECTANT, _s._ A candidate for the ministry, not yet licensed to preach
the gospel.
_Acts Assembly._
_To_ EXPISCATE, _v. a._ To fish out by inquiry, S.
_Wodrow._
Lat. _expisca-ri_, id.
_To_ EXPONE,
1. To explain.
_Baillie._
Lat. _expon-ere_.
2. To expose to danger.
_Knox._
_To_ EXPREME, _v. a._ To express.
_Doug._
EXPRES, _adv._ Altogether.
_Douglas._
Fr. _par exprés_, expressly.
EXTRÉ, _s._ Axle-tree, S.
V. ~Ax-tree~.
_Douglas._
_To_ EXTRAVAGE, _v. n._ To deviate in discourse.
V. ~Stravaig~.
_Fountainhall._
F
FÁ, FAE, _s._ Foe.
A. S. _fa_, id.
_Douglas._
FA, _v._ and _s._
V. ~Faw~.
FABORIS, _s. pl._ Suburbs.
Fr. _faux-bourg_.
_Wallace._
FABURDOUN, _s._ Counterpoint in music; Fr. _faux-bourdon_.
_Burel._
FACHENIS, _pl._ Faulchions.
_Douglas._
Fr. _fauchon_.
FACHT, Leg. _flicht_, flight.
_Houlate._
FADDIS, _s. pl._ Boats.
_Bellenden._
Gael. _fada_.
FADE, FEDE, _adj._ Appointed; A. S. _fad-an_, ordinare.
_Sir Tristrem._
FADE, _s._ A company of hunters.
_Doug._
Isl. _veid-a_, to hunt, Gael. _fiadh_, a deer.
_To_ FADE, _v. a._ To fall short in.
Isl. _fat-ast_, deficit.
_Wyntown._
FADER, FADYR, _s._ Father.
_Barbour._
A. S. _faeder_, Isl. _fader_, id.
FADGE, _s._ A bundle of sticks, Dumfr.
Sw. _fagg-a_, onerare.
FADGE, FAGE, _s._
1. A large flat loaf or bannock.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. A flat wheaten loaf, Loth.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _wegghe_, libum oblongum; Fr. _fouace_, a thick cake.
3. A lusty and clumsy woman, S.
_Ritson._
_To_ FADLE, FAIDLE, _v. n._ To waddle, Ang.
FADOM, _s._ A fathom, S.
Isl. _fadm-r_.
FAGALD, _s._ Faggot.
_Barbour._
FAY, _s._
1. Faith, O. Fr. _fe_.
_Wyntown._
2. Fidelity, allegiance.
_Barbour._
_To_ FAIK, _v. a._ To grasp.
_Douglas._
Fland. _fack-en_, apprehendere.
_To_ FAIK, _v. a._ To fold, S.
_Burns._
Sw. _veck_, a fold.
~Faik~, _s._
1. A fold, S. B.
_Bannatyne P._
2. A plaid, Ang. _Faikie_, Aberd.
_Journal Lond._
FAIK, _s._ A stratum of stone, Loth.
FAIK, _s._ The razor-bill, a bird.
_Neill._
_To_ FAIK, _v. a._
1. To lower the price of any commodity, Loth. Perths.
2. To let go with impunity, Loth.
Su. G. _falk-a_, to cheapen.
_To_ FAIK, FAICK, _v. n._ To fail, S. B.
Su. G. _wik-a_, cedere.
_Ross._
_To_ FAIK, _v. n._ To stop, S. B.
_Ross._
FAIL, FALE, FEAL, _s._
1. Any grassy part of the surface of the ground.
_Doug._
2. A flat grassy clod cut from the sward, S.
_Bellenden._
Su. G. _wall_, (pron. _vall_), sward.
~Fail-dyke~, _s._ A wall built of sods, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
_To_ FAILE, _v. n._
1. To fail.
2. To be in want of any thing.
_Barbour._
~Failyie~, ~Faylyhé~, _s._
1. Failure.
_Act Sedt._
2. Legal subjection to a penalty.
_Spalding._
3. Penalty in case of breach of bargain, S.
_To_ FAYND, FAND, _v. a._
1. To tempt.
_Wyntown._
2. To put to trial.
_Sir Tristrem._
3. To endeavour.
_Barbour._
A. S. _fand-ian_, tentare.
_To_ FAYND, _v. n._ To shift.
V. ~Fend~.
_Wallace._
FAYNDING, _s._ Perhaps, guile.
_Barbour._
FAINY, _adv._ Not understood.
_Houlate._
FAINTICE, _s._ Dissembling.
_Barbour._
Fr. _faintise_.
FAIPLE, _s._ _To hang the faiple_, to be chopfallen, S.
_A. Scott._
FAIR, _adj._ Calm, Orkney.
FAIR, FERE, FEYR, _s._ Appearance.
A. S. _feorh_, vultus.
_Douglas._
FAIR, FAYR, FAR, _s._
1. Solemn preparation.
_Barbour._
2. Funeral solemnity.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _feyr-en_, to celebrate.
FAIR, _s._ Affair.
_Priests of Peblis._
FAYR, _adj._ Proper.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _fagr_, idoneus.
FAIRD, _s._
1. Course.
_Complaynt S._
2. Expedition, enterprise.
_Calderwood._
FAIRDED, _part. pr._ Painted.
V. ~Fard~, _v._
FAIRDING, _s._ Violent blowing.
_Burel._
FAYRE, FARE, _s._ Course.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _far_, iter.
FAIR-FARAND.
V. ~Farand~.
FAIRFASSINT, _adj._ Having great semblance of discretion, Ang.
FAIR-FUIR-DAYS.
V. ~Fure-dayis~.
FAIRHEID, _s._ Beauty.
_Dunbar._
FAIRIN, FARNE, _part. pa._ Fared.
_Barbour._
FAIRY-HILLOCKS, _pl._ Verdant knolls, denominated from the vulgar idea
that these were anciently inhabited by the fairies, or that they used to
dance there, S.
_To_ FAIRLY.
V. ~Ferly~, _v._
FAIRNTICKL'D, _adj._ Freckled.
FAIT, _s. To lose fait of_, to lose one's good opinion of, S.
Fr. _faire fête de_, to joy in.
_To_ FAYT, _v. a._ Perhaps, frame.
_Sir Tristrem._
_To_ FAIZLE, _v. a._ To flatter, S. B.
Su. G. _fios-a_, id.
FALD, FAULD, _s._
1. A sheep-fold, S.
_Ross._
2. An inclosure of any kind.
_Douglas._
A. S. Isl. _fald_, septum animalium.
_To_ ~Fald~, ~Fauld~, _v. a._ To inclose in a fold, S.
Sw. _faella_, id.
_To_ FALD, _v. n._ To bow, S.
_Garden._
A. S. _feald-an_, plicare.
_To_ FALE, _v. n._ To happen.
_Wyntown._
FALK, FAUK, _s._ The Razor-bill.
_Martin._
_To_ FALL, _v. n._
1. To fall to, as one's portion, pron. _faw_, S.
_Peblis to the Play._
2. To be one's turn. _It fawis me now_, S.
_To_ ~Fall~ _by_, _v. n._ To be lost, S.
_Rutherford._
_To_ FALL _with child_, to become pregnant, S.
FALL, (pron. _faw_) _s._ A measure six ells square, S.
_Skene._
Su. G. _fale_, pertica, a perch.
FALL, FAW, _s._ A trap, S.
_Evergreen._
Germ. _falle_, Su. G. _falla_, decipula.
FALLBRIG, _s._ A bridge used in a siege, which the besiegers let _fall_
on the walls, that they might enter by it.
_Barbour._
FALLEN STARS, a gelatinous plant, found in pastures, &c. after rain, S.
~Sea fallen stars~, ~Sea lungs~, An animal thrown on the sea-shore, S.
_To_ FALLOW, _v. a._ To follow, S.
_Douglas._
FALOW, FALLOW, _s._ Fellow.
_Wyntown._
_To_ ~Fallow~, _v. a._ To equal.
_Dunbar._
FALSAR, FALSARIE, _s._ A falsifier.
_Acts Marie._
FALSED, FALSETTE, _s._
1. Falsehood.
_Dunbar._
2. A forgery.
O. Fr. _faulsete_.
_Acts Mar._
FALT, FAUTE, FAWT, _s._ Want.
O. Fr. _faute_.
_Barbour._
FAME, FAIM, FEIM, _s._
1. Foam, S.
_Douglas._
2. Passion, S. B.
A. S. _fam_, _faem_, spuma.
_To_ ~Fame~, _v. n._ To be in a rage, S.
FAMEN, _pl._ Foes.
_Wallace._
A. S. _fah-mon_, foe-man.
FAMYLE, FAMELL, _s._ Family, race.
Fr. _famille_.
_Douglas._
FAMOUS, _adj._ Of good character.
Fr. _fameux_, of much credit.
_Wodrow._
_To_ FAND, _v. a._ To try.
V. ~Faynd~.
FAND, _pret. v._ Found, S.
_Hudson._
_To_ FANE, _v. a._ To protect.
_Dunbar._
FANE. _In fane_, fondly.
_Gawan and Gol._
FANG, _s._
1. Capture.
_Wallace._
2. What is seized or carried off, Ang.
_Morison._
_With the fang_, having in possession, LL. S.
3. In pl., claws or talons, S.
4. The bend of a rope.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _fang_, Teut. _vanghe_, captura, captus.
_To_ FANK, FANKLE, _v. a._ To entangle, especially by knots, S.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _vanck_, tendicula.
FANNOUN, FANNOWNE, _s._ A linen handkerchief carried on the priest's arm
at mass.
Fr. _fanon_.
_Wyntown._
_To_ FANTISIE, _v. a._ To regard with affection.
Fr. _fantas-ier_.
_G. Buchanan._
~Fantise~, _s._ Vain appearance.
_K. Quair._
FANTON, _s._ Swoon.
_Palice of Hon._
FANTOWN, _adj._ Fantastic.
_Wyntown._
FAR, _s._ Pompous preparation.
V. ~Fair~.
FAR, _s._ Appearance.
V. ~Fair~.
_Barbour._
FAR, FARE, FAYR, _s._ Expedition.
_Barbour._
FARAND, FARRAND, _adj._ Seeming.
_Douglas._
~Auld-farand~, _adj._ Sagacious, S.
~Fair-farand,~ _adj._
1. Having a goodly appearance.
_S. P. Repr._
2. Having a fair carriage.
_Houlate._
3. Having a specious appearance, S.
~Euil-farand~, _adj._ Unseemly.
_Douglas._
~Foul-farren~, _adj._ Having a bad appearance.
_Kelly._
~Weill-farand~, _adj._
1. Having a goodly appearance.
_Barbour._
2. Handsome.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _far-a_, agere; Teut. _vaer-en_, gerere se.
FARAND, _part. pr._ Travelling.
_Barbour._
~Farandman~, _s._ A traveller.
_Skene._
A. S. _farende_, itinerant.
FARAR, _compar._ Better.
_Gawan and Gol._
FARCOST, _s._ A trading vessel.
_Stat. Acc._
Su.G. _farkost_, any instrument of travelling.
FARAR, _s._ A traveller.
_Douglas._
_To_ FARD, FAIRD, _v. a._
1. To paint.
_Z. Boyd._
2. To embellish.
_Compl. S._
Fr. _fard-er_, id. _fard_, paint.
~Fard~, _s._ Paint.
_Z. Boyd._
FARD, _adj. Weill fard_, well favoured.
_Lyndsay._
FARD, FARDE, FAIRD, _s._
1. Course.
_Douglas._
2. Force, ardour.
_Bellenden._
3. _To make a faird_, to make a bustle.
Su. G. _faerd_, cursus, iter.
_Ramsay._
FARDER, _adj._ Further, S.
_R. Bruce._
FARDILLIS, _s. pl._ Shivers.
_Gawan and Gol._
Teut. _vier-deel_, quadra.
FAREFOLKIS, _s. pl._ Fairies; _fair-folk_, Banffs.
_Douglas._
Q. _fair folk_, or _faring folk_.
FARY, FARIE, _s._
1. Bustle, tumult.
_Dunbar._
2. Confusion, consternation.
V. ~Fiery~.
_Douglas._
FARING, _s._ Leading of an army.
_Barbour._
Isl. _faer-a_, Su. G. _foer-a_, ducere, ducem esse.
FARLAND, _adj._ Coming from a distant country.
_Maitland P._
A. S. _feorlen_, _feorlend_, longinquus.
FARLE, FARTHEL, FERLE, _s._ Properly, the fourth part of a thin cake,
whether of flour or oatmeal; but now used often for a third, S.
_Wodrow._
Teut. _vier-deel_; A. S. _feorth dael_, quarta pars.
FARRACH, _s._ Force, vigour, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Isl. _faer_, validus; Gael. _farrach_, force.
FARSY, _adj._ Having the _farcy_.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _farcin_.
FARTIGAL, _s._ A fardingale.
Fr. _vertugale_, id.
_Maitland P._
FAS, _s._ Hair.
A. S. _feax_, id.
_Douglas._
_To_ FASCH, FASH, _v. a._
1. To trouble, applied to the body, S.
_Baillie._
2. Denoting what pains the mind.
_Baillie._
3. To molest, in a general sense, S.
_Evergreen._
_To fash one's thumb_, to give one's self trouble, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Fasch~, _v. n._
1. To take trouble, S.
2. To be weary of, S.
_Chron. S. P._
3. To intermeddle, so as to subject one's self to trouble, S.
Fr. _se fach-er_, to grieve; Su. G. _faas widen_, tangere aliquem,
_to fash with_, S.
~Fasch~, ~Fash~, _s._
1. Trouble, S.
_Burns._
2. Pains taken about any thing, S.
3. Denoting a troublesome person, S.
~Fascheous~, ~Fashious~, _adj._ Troublesome.
Fr. _facheux_, _facheuse_, id.
_Baillie._
~Facherie~, Fr. ~Fashrie~, _s._ Trouble, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
FASSE, _s._ A hair.
_S. P. Repr._
FASSON, _s._ Fashion, S. B. _fassin_.
_Complaynt S._
FASTAN REID DEARE, Deer of a deep red colour.
_Acts Ja. VI._
FASTRINGIS-EWYN, _s._ The evening preceding the first day of the Fast of
Lent. _Fasterns-een_, S.
_Barbour._
Belg. _Vastenavond_, id.
FATHERBETTER, _adj._ Surpassing one's father, S. B.
_Baillie._
Isl. _faudrbetringr_, id.
FATHER-BROTHER, _s._ A paternal uncle, S.
_Skene._
~Father-sister~, _s._ A paternal aunt.
_Id._
FATT'RILS, _s. pl._ Folds or puckerings, S. O.
_Burns._
O. Fr. _fatraille_, trumpery.
FAUCH, FAW, FEWE, _adj._ Pale red, fallow; dun, Aberd.
_Douglas._
A. S. _fah_, _fealg_, _fealh_, helvus.
_To_ FAUCH, FAUGH, _v. a._
1. To fallow ground, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. To beat. _He faught him well_, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
Isl. _faag-a_, Su. G. _faei-a_, purgare.
~Fauch~, ~Faugh~, _adj._ Fallow, not sowed, S.
~Fauch~, ~Faugh~, _s._
1. A single furrow, from lea, Ang.
2. The land thus managed, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
3. Applied to the tearing of character, Ang.
FAUCHT, _pret._ Fought.
V. ~Fecht~.
FAUTE, FAWT.
V. ~Falt~.
FAUCUMTULIES, _s. pl._ Perquisites due by the tenant to the proprietor,
Ang.
FAVELLIS, _pl._ Perhaps, savours.
_K. Hart._
FAULTOUR, _s._ A transgressor.
_Lyndsay._
FAUSE-HOUSE, _s._ A vacancy in a stack, for preserving corns, q. _false
house_.
_Burns._
FAW, _adj._ Pale red.
V. ~Fauch~.
~Faw~, _adj._ Of diverse colours.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _fag_, _fah_, versicolor.
To FAW, FÁ, _v. a._
1. To obtain.
_Burns._
2. To have as one's lot, S.
_Popular Ball._
~Faw~, ~Fá~, _s._
1. Share, S.
_Ross._
2. Lot, chance, S.
_Burns._
FAW, FÁ, _s._ A fall, S.
_To_ ~Shak a Fá~, _s._
1. To wrestle, S.
_Ross._
2. To strain every nerve, S. B.
_Baillie._
~Faw-cap~, _s._ A stuffed cap for guarding a child's head from the bad
effects of a fall, S. B.
FAW, _s._ A trap.
V. ~Fall~.
FAWELY, _adv._ Few in number.
_Wallace._
FAX, _s._ Face, visage.
_Douglas._
Isl. _fas_, conspectus, gestus.
FAZART, _adj._ Dastardly.
_Kennedy._
Su. G. _fasar_, horreo.
~Fazart~, _s._ A dastard.
_Montgomerie._
FE, FEE, FEY, FIE, _s._
1. Cattle.
_Barbour._
2. Small cattle, sheep or goats.
_Douglas._
3. Possessions, in general.
_Barbour._
4. Money.
_Wyntown._
5. Wages, S.
_Statist. Acc._
6. Hereditary property in land.
_Wyntown._
7. Hereditary succession.
_Barbour._
8. Absolute property, as distinguished from liferent, LL. S.
_Skene._
Isl. _fe_, Su. G. _fae_, A. S. _feo_, _pecus_, _pecunia_.
~Fear~, ~Fiar~, _s._
1. One to whom property belongs in reversion, S.
2. Connected with the term _conjunct_, a liferenter, S.
_Skene._
FEALE, _adj._ Faithful, loyal, O. Fr. _feal_.
_Bannatyne Poems._
FEATHER CLING, A disease of black cattle, S.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
_To_ FEBLE, _v. n._ To become weak.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Feblis~, _v. a._ To enfeeble.
Fr. _foiblesse_, weakness.
~Febling~, _s._ Weakness.
_Douglas._
_To_ FECHT, _v. a._
1. To fight; pret. _faucht_, _fawcht_.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _feaht-an_, Germ. _fecht-an_, id.
2. To toil, S.
_Burns._
~Fecht~, ~Facht~, ~Faught~, _s._
1. Fight, S.
_Douglas._
2. Struggle, of whatever kind, S.
_Burns._
~Fechtar~, _s._ One engaged in fight, S.
A. S. _feohtere_, pugnator.
_Wallace._
FEGHIE-LEGHIE, _adj._ A contemptuous term, conjoining the ideas of
insipidity, inactivity, and diminutive size, Aberd.
FECK, FEK, _s._
1. A term denoting, both space and quantity or number, S.
_Dunbar._
2. The greatest part, S.
_Wallace._
3. _Of feck_, of value.
_Montgomerie._
A. S. _faec_, space, or Fr. _effect_.
~Feckful~, ~Feckfow~, _adj._
1. Wealthy, S. _Feckfow-like_ having the appearance of wealth, S.
2. Possessing bodily ability, S.
_Hamilton._
3. Powerful.
_Ramsay._
~Fecky~, _adj._ Gaudy, S. B.
_Ross._
~Feckless~, _adj._
1. Weak, applied to the body, S.
_Ross._
2. Feeble in mind.
_Polwart._
3. Spiritless, Ang.
~Feckly~, ~Fectlie~, _adv._
1. Partly, S.
_Watson._
2. Mostly, S.
_Ross._
_Fecklessness_, _s._ Feebleness, S.
_Rutherford._
FECKET, _s._ Under-waistcoat, S.
_Burns._
FEDDERAME, FEDREM, _s. pl._ Wings.
_Douglas._
A. S. _faether-ham_, a dress of feathers.
_To_ FEDE, _v. a._ To nurture.
_Sir Trist._
A. S. _fed-an_, educare; Su. G. _foed-a_, alere.
_To_ FEE, FIE, _v. a._ To hire, S.
V. ~Fe~.
_Knox._
FEEDING STORM, One that is on the increase, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ FEEL, _v. a._ To smell, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
FEENICHIN, _adj._ Foppish, Fife.
FEER ~for~ FEER, Every way equal, S. B.
V. ~Fere~, companion.
FEERICHIN, _adj._ Bustling, S. B.
V. ~Fiery~.
FEERIE, _adj._ Clever.
V. ~Fery~.
FEETH, FEITH, _s._ A net, fixed and stretching into the bed of a river,
Aberd.
_Statist. Acc._
Moes. G. _fatha_, sepes; Dan. _vod_, a net.
_To_ FEEZE, _v. a._ To twist, S. A.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Feeze about~,
1. To turn round, S.
2. To hang off and on, S. B.
_Skinner._
Belg. _vyz-en_, id.
_To_ ~Feeze on~, _v. a._ To screw, S.
_To_ ~Feeze aff~, _v. a._ To unskrew, S.
_To_ ~Feeze up~, _v. a._
1. To flatter, S.
Su. G. _fias-a_, id.
2. To work up into a passion, S.
FEY, FEE, FIE, _adj._
1. On the verge of death, S.
_Wallace._
2. Unfortunate, unhappy.
_Douglas._
3. _A fey puckle_, a grain of corn, that has lost its substance, S. B.
Isl. _feig-r_, Su. G. _feg_, A. S. _faege_, moribundus, morti
appropinquans, Belg. _veeg_, Fr. _fée_, fatal.
~Feydom~, _s._ The state of being near death, or that conduct which is
supposed to indicate it, S.
FEY, _s._
1. A fief, held of a superior.
_Barbour._
2. A kingdom; improperly.
_Wyntown._
FEY, _s._ A foe.
V. ~Fa~.
_Maitland Poems._
FEID, FEDE, _s._ Enmity; a quarrel, S.
_Wallace._
Isl. _faide_, _fed_, Su. G. _fegd_, A. S. _faehth_, E. _fewd_.
~Feidom~, _s._ Enmity.
_Evergreen._
FEIGH, FEECH, _interj._ Fy, S.
_Ramsay._
Alem. _fig-en_, A. S. _fi-an_, odisse.
FEYK, _s._ Restlessness, proceeding from nervous affection, the
_fidgets_.
V. ~Fyke~.
_Polwart._
FEIL, FEILE, FEILL, FELE, _adj._ Many.
_Barbour._
Isl. _fiol_. pluralitas; A. S. _feala_, _fela_, many.
~Fell~, ~Fiel~, _adv._ Denoting degree, S. as, _fell weill_.
_Burns._
_To_ FEIL, _v. a._ To understand.
_Wallace._
~Feil~, ~Feille~, _s._ Knowledge.
_Dunbar._
FEIM, _s._ Foam.
V. ~Fame~.
FEIR, _s._ Demeanour.