S.
2. Disease, malady.
_Barbour._
ILL-BEST, _adj._ The best of those who are bad, S.
_Baillie._
ILL-DEEDIE, _adj._ Mischievous, S.
_Burns._
ILL-EASED, _adj._ Reduced to a state of inconvenience, S.
ILL-GAINSHON'D, _adj._ Mischievous.
V. ~Gaishon~.
ILL-GAITED, _adj._ Having bad habits, S.
_To_ ILL-HEAR, _v. a._ To chide, to scold S. B.
ILL-LESS, _adj._
1. Inoffensive, S.
2. Without evil design.
_Spalding._
ILL-MUGGENT, _adj._ Evil-disposed, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Germ. _mog-en_, _moog-en_, to incline.
ILL-PRATTIE, _adj._ Mischievous, S. B.
V. ~Prat~.
ILL-SAR'D, _adj._ Ill-savoured.
ILL-SCRAPIT, _adj._ Rude, S.
_Forbes._
ILL-WILLIE, ILL-WILLIT, _adj._
1. Ill-natured, envious, S.
_Kelly._
2. Niggardly, S.
_Ferguson._
5. Reluctant, S. B.
_Popular Ball._
Isl. _illvilie_, malevolentia.
YMAGE, _s._ Homage.
_Wallace._
YMAGERIS, _s. pl._ Images.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _imager_, _-ere_, belonging to images.
IMBASSET, _s._ L. _inbasset_. Ambassador.
_Wallace._
IMMER GOOSE, The greater ducker, Orkn.
_Sibbald._
_Barry._
_Immer_, id. Norw. Dan. &c.
IMMICK, _s._ An ant, S. apparently corr. from E. _emmet_.
IMMIS, _adj._ Variable.
V. ~Emmis~.
_To_ YMP, _v. a._ To ingraff.
_Henrysone._
A. S. _imp-an_, Su. G. _ymp-a_, id. E. _imp_.
IMPERTINENT, _adj._ Uncivil, indiscreet, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ IMPESCHE, _v. a._ To hinder.
Fr. _empescher_, id.
_G. Buchanan._
_To_ IMPYRE, _v. n._ To bear sway.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ IMPLEMENT, _v. a._ To fulfil, S.
_Law Case._
YMPNE, _s._ A hymn.
_Douglas._
_To_ IMPONE, _v. a._ To impose.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ IMPRIEVE, _v. a._ To disprove; also to impeach; a forensic term.
_Acts Sedt._
Lat. _improb-are_, to disallow.
IMPRESTABLE, _adj._ What cannot be performed.
_Wodrow._
Lat. _in_ neg. and _praest-are_, to perform.
IN, _prep._ Into.
Moes. G. A. S. _in_, id.
_Wallace._
IN, a termination denoting the feminine gender; as in Germ. and Su. G.
IN, INNYS, _s._
1. A dwelling, A. S.
Su. G. Isl. _inne_, id.
_Barbour._
_Inns_, in vulgar language, S. a house of entertainment.
2. The tents of an army on the field.
_Barbour._
IN ANE, _adv._
1. Together.
_Douglas._
2. Without cessation, always.
_Id._
3. Anon, quickly.
_Houlate._
A. S. _on an_, simul, continuo; Teut. _aeneen_, id.
INAMITIE, _s._ Enmity.
_Knox._
INBEARING, _part._ Embracing every opportunity of ingratiating one's
self, S.
INBY, _adv._
1. Nearer to any object, S.
_Ross._
2. In the inner part of a house, S.
_To_ INBRING, _v. a._ To import.
_Acts Ja. II._
_To_ INCALL, _v. a._ To invoke.
_R. Bruce._
INCH, INCHE, _s._ An island, S.
_Bellenden._
C. B. _ynis_, Ir. _innshe_, Gael. _insh_, id.
INCOME, _s._ Any bodily infirmity, not apparently proceeding from an
external cause, S.
INCOMIN, _part. pr._ Ensuing, S.
INCONTINENT, _adv._ Forthwith, Fr.
INCOUNTREY, _s._ The interior of a country.
_Spotswood._
IND, for _in_ prep.
_Bannatyne P._
INDILLING.
V. ~Eldnyng~.
_Dunbar._
INDING, _adj._ Unworthy.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _indigne_, id.
INDRAUGHT, _s._ A strong current.
Su. G. _indrag-a_, to draw in.
_St. Acc._
INDULT, _s._ A papal indulgence, Fr. id.
_Bellenden._
INEFFECTIONAT, _adj._ Candid; from _in_ neg. and _affectionate_, q.
without partial attachment.
_Crosraguell._
INFAL, _s._ A hostile attack.
_Wodrow._
Teut. _in-val_, illapsus.
INFANGTHEFE, _s._
1. A thief apprehended by a baron within his own territory.
_Skene._
A. S. _infangenthef_, a thief taken within.
2. The privilege conferred on a landholder of trying a thief taken
within his territory.
V. ~Fang~.
INFAR, INFARE, _s._
1. An entertainment given by the possessor, on newly entering a house.
_Barbour._
2. The entertainment made for the reception of a bride in the
bridegroom's house, S.
_Spalding._
A. S. _infaere_, ingress.
INFIELD, _adj._
1. Applied to land receiving manure, and still kept under crop, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. To corn growing on this land, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
~Infield~, _s._ Land continually cropped, S.
_Statist. Acc._
INFORTUNE, _s._ Misfortune.
_Lyndsay._
INGAN, _s._ Onion, S.
_Ramsay._
INGER, _s._ Expl. as signifying a gleaner, Loth.
O. Teut. _inghe_, angustus; _ingher_, exactio.
~Ingher's pock~, a quantity of all kinds of grain dried in a pot, and
ground into meal, Loth.
INGYNE, ENGYNE, ENGENIE, _s._
1. Ingenuity, genius, S.
_Douglas._
2. Disposition.
_Pitscottie._
3. Mind in general.
_Pitscottie._
4. Scientific knowledge.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _engin_, _engien_, esprit, volonté, genie, Roquef.
_To_ INGYRE, INGIRE, _v. a._ To introduce one's self into any situation,
by artful methods.
_Douglas._
Lat. _in_ and _gyr-o_, q. to wind one's self into favour.
INGLE, INGIL, _s._ Fire, S. A. Bor.
Gael. _aingeal_, Lat. _ignis_.
_Doug._
~Ingle-nook~, _s._ The corner of the fireside, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ INHABLE, _v. a._ To render unfit.
_R. Bruce._
L. B. _inhabil-itare_, incapacem declarare.
INHADDIN, _adj._ Applied to fuel which must be constantly _held in_, or
supplied, to the fire, S. B.
~Inhaddin~, _s._ Frugality, S. B. q. _holding in_.
INIQUE, _adj._ Unjust, Fr.
_Balnaues._
INKIRLIE.
V. ~Enkerly~.
_To_ INLAKE, _v. a._ To want.
_Pitscottie._
_To_ ~Inlake~, _v. n._
1. To be deficient, S.
_Maitland P._
_In_ and Teut. _laeck-en_, diminuere; diminui.
2. To die, S.
_Journ. Lond._
~Inlaik~, ~Inlake~, ~Inlacking~, _s._
1. Deficiency, of whatever kind, S.
_Pitscottie._
2. Death, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
INLYING, _s._ Childbearing, S.
INMEATS, _s. pl._ Those parts of the intestines used for food, S.
Sw. _inmaete_, intestines.
_To_ INN, _v. a._ To bring in corn from the field, S.
O. E. Teut. _inn-en_, colligere.
INNERLY, _adj._ Affectionate, compassionate, S. A.
Sw. _innerlig_, id. from _inner_, interior.
INNYS, _s._
V. ~In~.
INOBEDIENT, _adj._ Disobedient, Fr.
_Lyndsay._
~Inobedient~, _s._ A disobedient person.
_Lyndsay._
~Inobedience~, _s._ Disobedience.
_Lyndsay._
INNOUTH, _adv._ Within.
V. ~Inwith~.
YNOM, _pret._ Took.
_Wallace._
A. S. _genom_, id.
INORE, _s._ Perh. honour.
_Sir Gawan._
O. Fr. _enor_, id.
INORME, _adj._ Atrocious.
_Chr. S. P._
_To_ INPUT, _v. a._ To put in.
_Spalding._
INPUT, _s._
1. Share in a contribution, S.
2. Balance, in change of money, S.
3. Aid, metaph.
_Ross._
_To_ IN-RIN, _v. a._ To incur.
_Acts Ja. II._
INSCALES, _s. pl._ Racks at the lower end of a cruive.
_Law Case._
INSICHT, _s._
1. Furniture of a house.
_Burr. Lawes._
2. The implements of husbandry on a farm.
_Bellenden._
3. Means of subsistence.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _insaete hus_, casa, casula.
~Insight~, _adj._ In relation to household furniture.
_Spalding._
2. As to agricultural implements.
_Id._
_To_ INSYLE, _v. a._ To infold.
V. ~Syle~.
_Douglas._
INSPRAICH, _s._ Furniture of a house, Loth.
V. ~Spraichrie~.
_Leg. St. Androis._
INSPRENT, _pret. v._ Sprung in.
V. ~Sprent~.
INSTRUMENT, _s._ A written document, given in proof of any deed of a
court, or transaction of an individual in that court, S.
1. _To ask an instrument_, or _instruments_; to demand a legal document
with respect to a deed.
_G. Buchanan._
2. _To take instrument_ or _instruments_, to throw down money to the
clerk of a court, as claiming the benefit of a deed, or as confirming a
protest against it; used improperly, S.
_Spalding._
L. B. _instrumentum_, a document.
_To_ INSWAKK, _v. a._ To throw in.
V. ~Swak~.
_Douglas._
_To_ INTAKE, _v. a._ To take a fortified place.
_Baillie._
Sw. _intag-a_, to take a town.
INTAKE, _s._
1. The bringing in of the crop, S.
2. A contraction, in sewing, S.
3. That portion of running water which is _taken_ off from the principal
stream, S.
_Law Case._
4. A fraud, a swindling trick, S.
5. A swindler, Aberd.
_To_ INTEND, _v. n._ To direct one's course.
L. B. _intend-ere_, id.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ INTEND, _v. a._ To prosecute legally, a forensic term.
_Acts Sed._
L. B. _intend-ere_, judicio contendere.
_To_ INTENT, _v. a._ Same as the preceding _v._
L. B. _intent-are_, id.
_Wodrow._
_To_ INTERCOMMUNE, _v. n._ To have any intercourse with one denounced a
rebel.
_Wodrow._
~Intercommuner~, ~Intercommoner~, _s._
1. One who holds such intercourse.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. One who treats between parties at variance.
_Baillie._
INTERKAT, _adj._ Intricate.
_Henrysone._
_To_ INTERMELL, _v. n._ To intermingle.
V. ~Mell~.
_To_ INTERPELL, _v. a._ To importune, Lat.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ INSIST, _v. n._ To continue in a discourse, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
_To_ INTERTRIK, _v. a._ To censure.
_Douglas._
Fr. _entre_ and _triquer_, to cull out.
INSUCKEN, _s._
V. ~Sucken~.
INTEST, Perhaps, troubled.
_Houlate._
O. Fr. _entest-er_, to trouble.
INTHRANG, _pret._ Pressed into.
V. ~Thring~.
_Dunbar._
INTILL, _prep._
1. In, S.
_Barbour._
2. Into, as denoting entrance, S.
_To_ INTROMIT, _v. n._ To intermeddle with goods that belonged to one
deceased, S.
_Erskine._
L. B. _intromitt-ere_, id.
~Intromission~, _s._ The act of intermeddling in this way, S.
_Erskine._
~Intromitter~, ~Intrometter~, _s._ One who intermeddles, as defined
above, S.
_L. Hailes._
_To_ INTRUSS, _v. a._ To intrude.
_Henrysone._
Fr. _intrus_, _intruse_, intruded.
INVAIRD, L. _Invairt_, inwardly.
_Houlate._
_To_ INVAIRD, INWARD, _v. a._ To put inward.
_Gl. Sibb._
INUASIBIL, _adj._ Invading.
_Douglas._
INVICTAND, _part. pa._ Carrying.
_Douglas._
L. B. _invect-are_; or perh. _infecting_.
INUNTMENT, _s._ Ointment.
_Doug._
Lat. _inungo_.
INWITH, INNOUTH, _adv._ Within, S.
V. ~Outwith~.
_Bellenden._
Sw. _inuti_, within.
~Inwith~, _adj._ Inclining downwards, S.
_Ross._
_To_ INYET, _v. a._ To infuse.
V. ~Yet~.
_Douglas._
JO, JOE, _s._
1. A sweetheart, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Expressing affection, and some degree of familiarity, S.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _joye_, _joie_; _mon joie_, my darling.
JOCKEY-COAT, _s._ A great coat, S.
JOCKY-LANDY, _s._ A lighted stick, wisp, or any thing blazing, foolishly
given as a plaything to children, S. B.
_Jack-a-lent_, E.
JOCKTELEG, _s._ A folding knife, S.
_Burns._
From _Jacques de Liege_, the name of a celebrated cutler.
_To_ JOGILL, _v. a._ To jog, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _schockel-en_, vacillare.
JOG-TROT, _s._
1. Slow motion on horseback, S.; corr. _dog-trot_.
2. A particular mode of operation to which one pertinaciously adheres,
S.
JOHN'S (St) NUTT, two nuts growing together in one husk; the possession
of which is supposed to secure against witchcraft; Dumfr., Perths.
_Legend St Androis._
JOHNSTON'S (St) RIBBAND.
V. ~Ribband~.
IOYALL, _adj._ Causing delight.
_Burel._
JOYEUSITY, _s._ Jollity.
_Knox._
Fr. _joyeuseté_.
JOINT, _s._ A word out of joint, one that is improper in any respect, S.
_To_ JOIS, JOYS, IOS, _v. a._ To enjoy.
_Douglas._
JONETTE, _s._ Apparently, marsh marigold.
Fr. _jaulnette_, id.
_K. Quair._
JORDELOO, a cry which servants in the higher stories in Edinburgh were
wont to give, after ten at night, when they threw their dirty water, &c.
from the windows; also used to denote the contents of the vessel.
JORNEYE, JORNAY, JOWRNÉ, _s._
1. Day's work.
_Wyntown._
2. Battle, fight.
_Douglas._
3. Single combat.
_Wyntown._
4. Warlike expedition.
_Wallace._
Fr. _journée_, a day's work; also, a battle, from _jour_, a day.
JOT, _s._ A job, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
_To_ JOT, _v. a._ To take short notes, S.
E. _jot_, a point, a title.
~Jotting~, _s._ A memorandum, S.
JOUCATTE, JOUCAT, _s._
1. A measure of liquids.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. Now used as synon. with _gill_, Loth.
E. _jugg_, Dan. _jugge_, urna.
JOUGS, _s. pl._
V. ~Juggs~.
JOUGS, _s. pl._ Bad liquors, S. B.
_To_ JOUK, JOWK, JOOK, _v. n._
1. To incline the body forwards with a quick motion, S.
_Douglas._
2. To bend in consequence of a stroke.
_Douglas._
3. To make obeisance.
_Knox._
4. To act deceitfully, S.
5. To yield to any present evil, by making the best of it, S.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _zuck-en_, to shrink or shrug, in order to ward off a blow.
~Jouk~, ~Juik~, _s._
1. An evasive motion, S.
_Douglas._
2. A bow, a genuflexion.
_Godly Ball._
3. A slight curtsey, S. B.
_Ross._
4. A shelter of any kind, Perths.
5. A trick.
_Leg. St Androis._
~Jouking~, ~Jowking~, _s._
1. Shifting.
_Doug._
2. Artful conduct, S.
~Joukry-pawkry~, _s._ Trick, juggling, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
_To_ JOUNDIE, JUNDIE, _v. a._ To jog with the elbow, S. _junnie_, S. B.
_Ross._
Sw. _skynd-a_, to hasten, to push forward.
~Joundie~, ~Jundie~, _s._ A push with the elbow, S.
_Ramsay._
JOURDAN, JORDAN, _s._ A chamberpot, S. O. E.
A. S. _gor_, stercus, _den_ cubile.
JOURNELLIE, _adv._ Daily.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ JOW, _v. n._
1. To move from side to side; _to jow on_, to jog on, S.
2. To toll, S.
_Burns._
_To_ ~Jow~, _v. a._ To move, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
2. To toll a large bell by the motion of its tongue.
_Gl. Sibb._
3. To ring.
_Knox._
~Jow~, _s._ A single stroke in tolling, S.
_Percy._
JOW, _s._ A juggler.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _jou-er_, to play.
JOW-JOWRDANE-HEDED, _adj._
V. ~Jourdan~.
_Dunbar._
IOWIS, _s. pl._ Jaws.
_Douglas._
Fr. _joue_, the cheek.
_To_ JOWK, _v. n._ To play tricks.
_Houlate._
_To_ IRK, _v. n._ To tire.
_Wallace._
~Irk~, _adj._ Indolent.
V. ~Ergh~.
_Henrysone._
A. S. _earg_, piger.
YRLE, _s._ A dwarf.
_Kennedy._
IRNE, YRN, AIRN, _s._
1. Iron; _ern_, S.
_Douglas._
2. In _pl._ fetters, S.
3. _New aff the airns_, recently come from finishing one's studies, S.
Isl. _iarn_, Su. G. _iern_, id.
IRRESPONSAL, _adj._ Insolvent.
_Rutherford._
IRRITANT, _adj._ Rendering null.
_Acts Sedt._
L. B. _irritare_, irritum facere.
IRUS, IROWS, _adj._ Angry.
_Wyntown._
Lat. _ira_, anger.
~Irusly~, _adv._ Angrily.
_Barbour._
IS, _term._ The mark of the genitive sing., as _manis_, of man; in A. S.
_es_.
_To_ ISCH, ISCHE, _v. n._ To issue.
O. Fr. _yss-ir_, id.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Ische~, _v. a._ To cause to issue.
Isl. _ys-a_, expellere.
_Acts Ja. V._
~Isché~, _s._ Issue.
_Douglas._
ISE,
1. I shall.
_Ross._
2. I am, West of S. q. _I is_.
ISECHOKILL, _s._ An icicle, S. _ice-shogle_, S. A.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ice-gicel_, Belg. _yskegel_, id.
ISILLIS, _pl._ Embers.
V. ~Eizel~.
ISK, ISKIE, _interj._ The word used in calling a dog, S.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _icy_, hither; or Teut. _aes_, _aesken_, a dog.
ITHAND, YTHEN, YTHAND, _adj._
1. Busy, diligent; S. _eident_.
_Doug._
2. Steady, uniform.
_Barbour._
3. Constant, continual.
_Bellenden._
Su. G. Isl. _idin_, laborious, industrious; _idne_, labour,
industry; from _id_, work.
~Ithandly~, ~Ythanly~, ~Ithinglie~, _adv._
1. Busily, diligently; S. _eidentlie_.
_Doug._
2. Without interruption.
_Barbour._
YTHRANGIN, _pret. v._ Thrust upwards.
V. ~Thring~, _v. a._
JUCAT, _s._ A measure.
V. ~Joucate~.
JUFFLER, _s._ Shuffler.
_Dunbar._
JUGGS, JOUGS, JOGGES, _s. pl._ A kind of pillory; the criminal being
fastened to a wall or post, by an iron collar which surrounds his neck,
S.
Lat. _jug-um_, a yoke.
_Stat. Acc._
IVIGAR, _s._ The Sea Urchin.
_Sibb._
JUM, _adj._ Reserved, not affable, S.
JUNCTLY, JUNTLY, _adv._ Compactly.
_Wallace._
JUNDIE, _s._ A push.
V. ~Joundie~.
_To_ JUNE, _v. a._ To join.
_Bellenden._
JUNT, _s._ A large piece of any thing, S., perhaps q. a _joint_.
_Ramsay._
JUPE, _s._
1. A kind of short mantle for a woman, S.
2. A wide or great coat, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
3. A bed-gown, Clydes.
4. _Jupes_, pl. a piece of flannel, used instead of stays, Ang.
Fr. _jupe_, a long coat.
JUPPERTY, JEPERTY, _s._
1. A warlike enterprise.
_Barbour._
2. A battle, or conflict.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _jeu parti_, any thing uncertain.
JUPSIE, _adj._ Big-headed, dull, and of a slothful appearance, Orkn.
JUSTICOAT, _s._ A waistcoat with sleeves, S. B.
Fr. _just-au-corps_, a close coat.
_To_ JUSTIFIE, _v. a._ To punish with death.
_Complaynt S._
L. B. _justificare_, meritis poenis afficere.
~Justifying~, _s._ Subjection to capital punishment.
_Pitscottie._
JUSTRY, _s._
1. Justice.
_Wallace._
2. The justice eyre.
_Wyntown._
_To_ JUTE, _v. a._ To tipple, S.
Su. G. _giut-a_, A. S. _geot-an_, fundere.
~Jute~, ~Joot~, _s._ Sour or dead liquor, S.
Belg. _jucht_, slight beer.
_Ramsay._
~Juttie~, _s._ A tippler, Ang.
_To_ ~Juttle~, _v. n._ To tipple, S.
JUTE, _s._ A term of reproach applied to a woman, a jade, Clydes.
JUXTER, _s._ A juggler; q. _joukster_.
V. ~Jouk~, _v._
K
KA, _s._
V. ~Kay~.
KABBELOW, _s._ Cod-fish salted and hung for a few days, Ang.
Belg. _kabbeliauw_, cod fish.
KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ A jack-daw, S.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _kae_, A. S. _ceo_, Alem. _ka_, id. _Ka-wattie_,
_kay-wattie_, S. B. id. Teut. _kauwett-en_, to chatter like a jack-daw.
~Kay-witted~, _adj._ Hare-brained, S.; q. giddy as a jack-daw.
KAIL, KALE, _s._
1. The generic name for colewort, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. Dan. _kaal_, id.
2. Broth made of greens, especially of coleworts, S.
_Godly Sangs._
~Kail-brose~, s. A sort of pottage made of meal and the scum of broth,
S.
V. ~Brose~.
~Kail-stock~, _s._ A plant of colewort, S.
_Colvil._
Sw. _kaalstok_, the stem or stalk of cabbage.
~Kail-gully~, _s._ A large knife for cutting and shearing down
coleworts, S.
_Popular Ball._
~Kail-runt~.
V. ~Runt~.
~Kail-wife~, _s._ A green-woman, S.
_Cleland._
~Kail-yard~, _s._ A kitchen-garden, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Sw. _kaalgard_, a garden of herbs.
To KAIM, KAME, KEME, _v. a._ To comb, S.
_To Kame against the hair_, to oppose, S.
_Ross._
~Kaim~, _s._ A comb, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
_Su_. G. Dan. Belg. _kam_, A. S. _camb_, id.
~Kamtster~, _s._ A woolcomber.
V. ~Keme~.
KAIM, _s._
1. A low ridge, Lanerks.
2. A camp or fortress, South of S.
_Minstr. Bord._
Gael. _cam_, expl. a crooked bill; or rather Mod. Sax. _kam_, the
summit of a mound.
KAYME, KAME, _s._ A honeycomb.
_Barbour._
KAIN, KAIN-FOWLS.
V. ~Cane~.
KAIR, _s._ A mire, a puddle, Fife.
Isl. _ker_, palus; Sw. _kiaerr_, paludes.
KAIRD, _s._ A gipsey.
V. ~Caird~.
KAIRS, _s. pl._ Rocks through which there is an opening, S.
A. S. _carr_, a rock.
KAISART, _s._ A cheese-vat; also called _chizzard_, S. B.
Teut. _kaese-horde_, id.
KAY-WATTIE, _s._ A jack-daw.
V. ~Kay~.
KAY-WITTED, _adj._ Brainish, hot-headed, hair-brained, S.
V. ~Kay~.
KANNIE, _adj._ Prudent, &c.
V. ~Canny~.
KAR, _adj._ Left-handed.
V. ~Ker~.
KARRELYNG.
V. ~Caralyngis~ and ~Carolewyn~.
KARRIEWHITCHIT, _s._ A fondling term for a child, Ang.
KATABELLA, _s._ The Hen harrier, Orkn.
_Barry._
KATHERANES, KETHARINES.
V. ~Cateranes~.
KATOGLE, _s._ The Eagle-owl, Orkn.
Sw. _katugl_, id.
_Barry._
KATOURIS, _s. pl._ Caters.
_Houlate._
KAVEL, KEVEL, CAVEL, _s._ A mean fellow.
_Dunbar._
KEADY, _adj._ Wanton.
V. ~Caige~, _v._
KEAVIE, _s._ A species of crab.
_Sibbald._
_To_ KEB, _v. n._ To cast a lamb immaturely, Bord.
~Keb~, _s._ A ewe that has brought forth immaturely, or been prevented
accidentally from rearing.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ KEBBIE, _v. a._ To chide, Ang.
Su. G. _kifw-a_, id. Su. G. _kif_, a quarrel.
_To_ ~Kebbie-lebbie~, _v. n._ To carry on altercation, Ang.
KEBBRE, _s._ A rafter.
V. ~Cabor~.
KEBBUCK, KEBUCK, CABBACK, _s._ A cheese of a larger size, S.
_Ramsay._
Gael. _cabag_, a cheese.
KEBRACH, _s._ Very lean meat, Loth.
V. ~Cabroch~.
KECKLING-PINS, _s. pl._ Wires for knitting stockings. Aberd.
KED, _s._ The sheep-louse, Tweed.
V. ~Kid~.
KEDGIE, _adj._ Cheerful, &c.
V. ~Caigie~.
KEEK, _s._ Linen dress for the head and neck, Ang.
_Ross._
_To_ KEEK, KEIK, _v. n._
1. To look with a prying eye, S.
_Dunbar._
2. To look by stealth, S.
_Peblis Play._
Su. G. _kik-a_, Belg. _kyk-en_, intentis oculis videre.
_To_ ~Keek through~, _v. a._
1. To prospiciate, S.
2. To examine with accuracy.
_Burns._
~Keek~, ~Keik~, _s._ A peep, S.
_Burns._
~Keekers~, _s. pl._ A cant term for eyes, S.
~Keek-bo~, _s._ Bo-peep, S.
Belg. _kiekebo_, id.
~Keeking-glass~, _s._ A looking-glass, S.
_Ritson._
~Starn-keeker~, _s._ A star-gazer.
Su. G. _stiernkikare_, id.
KEEL, KEIL, _s._ Ruddle, S.
_Douglas._
Gael. _cil_, ruddle; Fr. _chaille_, a rocky earth.
_To_ ~Keel~, ~Keil~, _v. a._ To mark with ruddle, S.
_Kennedy._
KEELICK, _s._
1. Anger, vexation, Ang.
Isl. _keli_, dolor.
2. A stroke, Ang., also _keelup_.
KEELING, KELING, KEILING, KILLING, KILLIN, _s._ Cod of a large size, S.
_Sibbald._
Isl. _keila_, Sw. _kolja_, a haddock.
KEELIVINE, KEELIVINE-PEN, _s._ A black-lead pencil, S. Perhaps q.
_guille de vigne_, a quill made from the vine.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
KEEPSAKE, _s._ A token of regard, S.
KEEST, _pret._ Puked, S. B.
KEETHING SIGHT, the view of the motion of a salmond, by marks in the
water, S. B.
_Law Case._
This is the same with ~Kythe~, q. v.
_To_ KEIR, _v. a._ To drive, S. B.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Isl. _keir-a_, S. G. _koer-a_, to drive.
KEIR, _s._ In some parts of S., an ancient fortification.
C. B. _caer_, a fort.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ KEYRTH, _v. a._ To scratch.
Su. G. _kratt-a_, id.
_Dunbar._
_To_ KEYTCH, _v. a._ To toss, S.
V. ~Cache~.
_Ramsay._
~Keytch~, ~Kytch~, _s._ A toss, S.
_Kelly._
KEITH, _s._ A sort of dam, Perths.
_Stat. Acc._
Germ. _kette_, Su. G. _ked_, a chain.
_To_ KEKKIL, KEKIL, _v. n._
1. To cackle, S.
_Complaynt S._
2. To laugh aloud, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _kackel-en_, Su. G. _kakl-a_, id.
KELCHYN, KELTEN, _s._ A mulct paid by one guilty of manslaughter,
generally to the kindred of the person killed.
_Reg. Maj._
Gael. _gial_ and _cinnea_, expl. "paid to one's kinsmen;" or A. S.
_geld_, compensatio, and _cynn_, cognatio.
_To_ KELE, _v. a._ To kill.
_Douglas._
A. S. _cwell-an_, id.
KELL, _s._
1. A dress for a woman's head.
_Douglas._
2. The hinder part of a woman's cap, the _caul_, S.
Belg. _kovel_, a coif.
KELLACH, KELLACHY, _s._ A small cart of wicker, fixed to a square frame
and tumbling shafts, Ang.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. Su. G. _kaelke_, a dray or sledge.
KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, _s._
1. The spirit of the waters, who, as is vulgarly believed, gives
previous intimation of the destruction of those who perish within his
jurisdiction, by preternatural lights and noises, and even assists in
drowning them, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
Alem. _chalp_, Germ. _kalb_, a calf?
2. A raw-boned youth.
_Gl. Shirr._
KELT, _s._ Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool, S. used
both as a _s._ and _adj._
_Gl. Shirr._
_Leg. St Androis._
Isl. _kult_, tapestry, or any raised work.
KELT, _s._ A salmon that has been spawning, a foul fish, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Belg. _kuytvisch_ id. _kuyt_, Teut. _kiete_, spawn.
_To_ KELTER, _v. n._ To move in an undulating manner, S.
Germ. _kelter_, vivarium.
KELTER, _s._ Money, Dumfr.
Germ. _gelt_, id.
KELTIE, _s._ A large glass or bumper, imposed under the notion of
punishment on those who, as it is expressed, do not _drink fair_, S.
_Keltie's mends_, id.
_Statist. Acc._
KELTIES, _s. pl._ Children, Ang.
Su. G. _kullt_, a boy.
KEMBIT, _s._ The pith of hemp, Ayrs.
Gael. _cainab_, hemp.
To KEME, _v. a._ To comb.
V. ~Kaim~.
KEMESTER, _s._ A wool-comber, S.
_Burrow Lawes._
_To_ KEMP, _v. n._ To strive, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _camp-ian_, Su. G. _kaemp-a_, certare.
~Kemp~, _s._
1. A champion.
_Douglas._
A. S. _cempa_, miles; Su.G. _kaempe_, athleta.
2. Sometimes it includes the idea of strength and uncommon size.
_Bannatyne Poems._
3. The champion of a party in controversy.
_Winyet._
Dan. _kempe_, a giant; Isl. miles robustus.
~Kemp~, _s._ The act of striving for superiority, S.
_J. Nicol._
~Kemper~, _s._
1. One who strives; now generally applied to reapers striving on the
harvest-field, S.
2. One who is supposed to excel in any respect, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _kaemper_, is the pl. of _kaempe_.
~Kempin~, _s._ The act of striving on the harvest-field, S.
_A. Douglas._
_To_ KEMPEL, _v.a._ To cut into separate parts, S. B.
Su. G. _kappa_, L. B. _kapul-are_, to amputate.
KEMPLE, _s._ Forty wisps or bottles of straw or hay, S.
_Courant._
_To_ KEN, _v. a._
1. To know, S.
O. E.
2. To make known.
_Wyntown._
3. To direct, in relation to a course.
_Douglas._
4. To direct, as to the means, S. B.
Isl. _kenn-a_, docere, instituere.
_Barbour._
5. To be able.
_Wyntown._
6. _To ken a_ widow _to her terce_, to set apart her proportion of the
lands which belonged to her deceased husband; a forensic phrase, S.
_Fountainhall._
Su. G. _kaenn-a_, cognoscere, sensu forensi.
_To_ ~Ken~, _v. n._ To be acquainted.
_Wallace._
~Kennin~, _s._
1. Acquaintance, S. B.
2. A taste or smack of any thing, S.
3. A small portion, S.
_J. Nicol._
4. A slight degree, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _kaenn-a_, to discover by the senses.