recognised, S.
_J. Nicol._
From _ken_, and A. S. _specce_, a mark.
KENE, KEYNE, _adj._
1. Daring.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. Cruel.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _cene_, Su. G. _koen_, audax.
KENERED, _pret._ Stirred.
_Sir Gawan._
From C. B. _cynhyrv-u_, to move, to stir.
KENT, _s._ A long staff used by shepherds for leaping over ditches or
brooks, S.
_Ross._
_To_ KEP, KEPP, KEIP, _v. a._
1. To intercept, S.
_Douglas._
2. To receive in the act of falling, S.
_Bellenden._
3. To meet in a hostile way.
_Barbour._
4. To meet in an amicable way, S. B.
_Gawan and Gol._
5. To meet accidentally, S.
A. S. _cep-an_, Teut. _kepp-en_, captare.
~Kepar~, _s._ One who catches at a thing.
_Dunbar._
KEPE, _s._ Care, heed. _To tak kepe_, to take care.
_Wallace._
A. S. _cep-an_, curare, advertere.
KER, KAR, _adj._ Left, S.
_Skene._
Gael. _caerr_, id.
KER, _s._ The soft kernel of suet, Ang.
KERB, KIRB STONES, The large stones on the borders of a causeway; or
_curb-stones_, because serving as a fence to the rest, S.
_Statist. Acc._
KERS, KERSS, _s._
V. ~Carse~.
KERSSES, _s. pl._ Cresses, S.
A. S. _caerse_, Belg. _kerss_, id.
KEST, KEIST, _pret. v._
1. Threw.
_Complaynt S._
2. Threw off in the chase.
_Douglas._
3. Contrived, formed a plan.
_Wallace._
KEST, _part. pa._ Cased.
_Houlate._
KET, KETT, _s._ The flesh of animals that have died of disease or from
accident, Loth. Bord.
Su. G. _koett_, Isl. _kaet_, caro?
_To_ ~Ket~. _v. a._ To corrupt.
_Henrysone._
KET, KETT, _s._ A matted fleece, S.
_Burns._
C. B. _caeth_, bound; Ir. _caitin_, shag.
~Kett~, _s._ The weed called quick-grass. S. A.
~Ketty~, _adj._ Matted, S. A.
KETCHE-PILLARIS, _s. pl._ Players at ball.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _kaetse-spel_, ludus pilae.
KETHAT, _s._ A robe or cassock.
_Dunbar._
KETRAIL, KYTRAL, _s._ A term expressive of the greatest contempt and
abhorrence.
V. ~Kytral~.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _ketter_, haereticus.
KETTRIN, _s. pl._
V. ~Cateranes~.
_To_ KEVE, _v. a._ To toss.
V. ~Cave~.
KEVEL.
V. ~Kavel~.
_To_ KEVEL, _v. n._ To wrangle, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
Alem. _kyffel-n_, Su. G. _kifw-a_, _kaeb-la_, id.
KEWIS, _s. pl._ Line of conduct.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _queue_, conclusion of a business.
KY, _s. pl._ Cows, S.
O. Fris. _kij_.
_Douglas._
_To_ KIAUVE, _v. a._ To work, to knead, Moray.
_Popular Ball._
Isl. _kef-ia_, supprimere.
KIBBLE, KYBILL, _adj._ Strong and active, S. B.
_Wyntown._
KICK, _s._ A novelty. S.
Isl. _kaek-r_, gestus indecorus.
~Kicky~, _adj._
1. Showy, gaudy, S.
_Shirrefs._
2. Aiming at what is above one's station, S.
_To_ KID, _v. n._ To toy, Fife.
Su G. _kaet-jas_, lascivire.
KID, KAID, _s._ The tick or sheep-louse.
_Polwart._
KYDD, _part. pa._ Manifested; from _kythe_.
_Sir Gawan._
KIDDY, _adj._ Wanton, Ang.
V. ~Caigie~.
KIDE, _s._ Perh. q. _Kith_, q. v.
_Sir Gawan._
KIGH, _s._ A slight tickling cough, S.
Germ. _keich-en_, tussire.
KIGHENHEARTED, KICKENHEARTED, _adj._ Fainthearted, S.
Isl. Sw. _kikn-a_, spiritum amittere.
_To_ KIGHER, KICKER, _v. n._ To titter, S.
Germ. _kicker-n_, id.
KIL, A term entering into the formation of many names of places in S.
_Stat. Acc._
From Gael. _cill_, a cell, as denoting that this was once the abode
of a religious.
KYLE, _s._ A sound, a strait, S.
_Martin._
Gael. _caolas_, id. Isl. _kyll_, gurges.
KILE, KYLE, _s._ A chance.
_Ross._
Corr. from _Cavil_, q. v.
KILL, _s._ A kiln, S. _To fire the kill_, to raise a combustion.
_Wodrow._
~Kill-spendin~, _s._ An old term for the fire of a kiln, Ang. from the
great _expenditure_ of fuel.
_To_ ~Kill~, _v. a._ To kiln dry, S.
_Fountainhall._
KILLING, _s._ Cod.
V. ~Keeling~.
KILLOGIE, _s._
V. ~Logie~.
KILLYLEEPY, _s._ The common sandpiper, Loth.
KILT, KELT, _s._ A loose dress, extending from the belly to the knee, in
the form of a petticoat, S.
_Boswell._
Su. G. _kilt_, _kiolt_, Isl. _kellta_, sinus vestis anterior.
_To_ ~Kilt~, ~kilt up~, _v. a._
1. To tuck up, S.
_Douglas._
Dan. _kilt-er op_, Su. G. _upkilt-a_, id.
2. To lift up any thing quickly, Ang.
_Cleland._
~Kilting~, _s._ The lap of a woman's petticoat that is tucked up, S.
_Kelly._
KILT-RACK, _s._ That which lifts up the rack of a mill, Ang.
V. ~Kilt~, _v._
KILTER, _s._ Entertainment.
_Ramsay._
The same with E. _kelter_, preparation.
KIN, _s._ Kind, S. as _alkin_, all kind of.
_Palice Hon._
A. S. _cinne_, Isl. _kin_, id.
~Kinbot~, _s._ The mulct to be paid to survivors for the sudden
slaughter of a relative.
_Fordun._
A. S. _cin_, kindred, and _bot_, compensation.
KYND, _s._ Nature.
_Wyntown._
~Kynd~, ~Kyndly~, _adj._
1. Natural, kindred.
_Wyntown._
2. Native.
_Douglas._
KINGERVIE, _s._ A species of wrasse.
_Sibbald._
KING'S-HOOD, _s._ The second of the four stomachs in ruminating animals,
S.
_Burns._
KING'S-WEATHER, _s._ The exhalations arising from the earth in a warm
day, Loth.
_To_ KINK, _v. n._
1. To labour for breath, in a severe fit of coughing, S.
Teut. _kink-en_, difficulter spirare.
2. To laugh immoderately, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
3. To puke, Galloway.
_Davidson._
~Kink~, _s._
1. A violent fit of coughing, attended with suspension of breathing, S.
_Morison._
2. A convulsive fit of laughter, S.
A. S. _cincung_, cachinnatio.
~Kinkhost~, _s._ The hooping-cough, S.
_Montgomerie._
Belg. _kink-hoest_, Su. G. _kikhosta_, id.
KINKEN, _s._ A small barrel, a cag, S. B.
_Spalding._
KINNEN, _s._ A rabbit, S.
V. ~Cuning~.
KINRENT, KYNRENT, _s._ Kindred.
A. S. _cynrene_, _cynryn_, id.
_Wallace._
KYNRIK, _s._
1. Kingdom.
_Wallace._
2. Possession of a kingdom.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _cynric_, regnum.
KINSCH, _s._ Apparently, kindred.
_Montgomerie._
KINSCH, KINCH, _s._
1. The twist or doubling given to a cord or rope, S.
2. A cross rope capped about one stretched longitudinally, and
tightening it, S.
_Gl. Moray._
3. An advantage unexpectedly obtained.
_Ibid._
Isl. _kinka_, artuum nodus; Belg. _kink_, a bend.
_To_ ~Kinsch~, _v. a._ To twist and fasten a rope, as above described,
S.
KIOW-OWS, _s. pl._
1. Silly tattles, trifling discourse, S. B.
2. Things of a trivial nature, S. B.
Corr. perhaps from E. _gewgaws_.
_To_ ~Kiow-ow~, _v. n._ To trifle either in discourse or conduct, S. B.
_To_ KIP, _v. a._ To take the property of another by fraud or violence,
Loth.
Su. G. _kipp-a_, to seize violently.
_To_ KIP, _v. n._ To play the truant, Loth.
KIPPAGE, _s._ Disorder, confusion, S. Loth.
KIPPER, _s._
1. Salmon in the state of spawning, S. A. _reid fische_, synon.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Teut. _kipp-en_, excludere ova.
2. Salmon salted, hung and dried, S.
_To_ ~Kipper~, _v. a._ To cure fish by means of salt and pepper, and by
hanging them up, S.
_Statist. Acc._
KIR, _adj._ Cheerful, Ayrs.
Isl. _kirr_, tranquillus.
KIRK, _s._
1. The body of Christians adhering to one doctrine, S.
_Scots Confess._
2. A house appropriated for public worship, S.
A. S. _cyrce_, ecclesia.
_Knox._
_To_ ~Kirk~, _v. a._ To carry to church; as to _kirk a bride_, &c. S.
_Wallace._
~Kirk the gussie~, a play in which a large ball, called the _gussie_, is
beat with clubs into a hole, one party opposing another. When the ball
is lodged, the _gussie_ is said to be _kirkit_, Ang.
~Kirkine~, _adj._ Belonging to the church.
_Houlate._
~Kirk-maister~, _s._ A deacon in the church.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Teut. _kerk-maester_, aedituus.
~Kirkman~, _s._ A churchman.
_Knox._
~Kirk-town~, _s._ A village or hamlet in which the parish-church is
erected, S.
_To_ KIRN, _v. a._
1. To churn, S.
_Ferguson._
A. S. _cern-an_, id.; Teut. _kern-en_.
2. To throw any thing into a disorderly state, S.
~Kirn~, _s._
1. A churn, S.
_Kelly._
Teut. _kerne_, id.
2. Metaph. applied to a mire, S.
~Kirnen~, _s._ Familiarity, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
~Kirn-milk~, _s._ Buttermilk, S.
Teut. _kern-melck_, id.
_Complaynt._
~Kirn-staff~, _s._ The instrument employed for agitating the cream in
churning. S.
_Ferguson._
KIRN, _s._
1. The feast of harvest-home, S.
_Burns._
2. The last handful of grain cut down on the harvest-field S.
KIRNEL, KYRNEILL, _s._ An interstice in a battlement.
_Barbour._
L. B. _kernellae_, id.; Fr. _crenelé_, embattled.
KISH, _s._ A shining powdery matter, which separates from pig-iron long
kept in a melted state.
KISSING-STRINGS, _s. pl._ Strings tied under the chin, S.
_Ross._
KIST, KYST, _s._
1. A chest. S.
_Wallace._
2. A coffin, S., sometimes _dead-kist_.
_Spalding._
A. S. _cest_, Germ. _kist_, Su. G. _kist-a_, Lat. _cist-a_, a chest,
in general. A. S. _cyste_, a coffin, Belg. _doodkist_, id.
_To_ ~Kist~, _v. a._ To inclose in a coffin, S.
_Spalding._
~Kisting~, _s._ The act of putting a corpse into a coffin, with the
entertainment given on this melancholy occasion, S.
KIT, _s._ _A' the kit_, or _the haill kit_, all taken together, S.
_R. Galloway._
Su. G. _kyt-a_, to exchange, q. _the haill coup_, the whole barter.
KITCHEN, KITCHING, _s._
1. Solids, as opposed to liquids.
_Balfour._
2. Any thing eaten with bread, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. An allowance instead of milk, butter, small beer, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _kiot_, Su. G. _koett_, flesh; or Dan. _kiokken_, dressed food.
_To_ ~Kitchen~, _v. a._ To serve as _kitchen_, S.
_Burns._
KITCHEN, _s._ A tea-urn, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
KITCHEN-FEE, _s._ The drippings of meat roasted before the fire, S.
KYTE, _s._
1. The belly, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. The stomach, S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _kwid-r_, Moes. G. _quid_, venter; Isl. _quidar fylli_, S.
_fow kyte_.
~Kyte-fow~, _s._ A belly-full, S.
KITH, _s._
1. Acquaintances or relations, S. _Kith or kin_.
_Burns._
2. Shew, appearance.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _cythe_, notitia.
_To_ ~Kythe~, ~Kyith~, _v. a._
1. To shew, S.
_K. Quair._
2. To practise.
_Sir Tristrem._
3. To cause, to produce.
_Id._
A. S. _cyth-an_, ostendere.
_To_ ~Kythe, Kyith~, _v. n._ To be manifest, S.
_Maitland P._
KYTRAL, _s._ A contemptuous designation.
V. ~Ketrail~.
_Montgomerie._
KITTIE, KITTOCK, _s._
1. A loose woman, S. B. _cuttie_, S. A.
_Dunbar._
2. A term of disrespect for a female, though not necessarily implying
lightness of carriage, S.
V. ~Caigie~.
Su. G. _kaett_, wanton.
_Chr. Kirk._
KYTTIT, _part. pa._ Daubed with a viscous substance.
_Bannatyne P._
Dan. _kitt-er_, Sw. _kitta_, to cement.
KITTIWAKE, _s._ The tarrock, S.
_Sibbald._
KITTY-WREN, _s._ The wren, S.
_To_ KITTLE, _v. a._
1. To litter.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. To bring forth kittens, S.
Su. G. _kitsla_, id. from _katt_, a cat; or Isl. _kad_, foetus
recens.
~Kittling~, _s._ A kitten, S.
_To_ KITTLE, KITILL, _v. a._
1. To tickle, S.
A. S. _citel-an_, Belg. _kittel-en_, Isl. _kitl-a_, id. Perh. the
root is Isl. _kid-a_, molliter fricare.
2. To excite a pleasant sensation in the mind.
_Douglas._
3. To enliven, to excite, S.
_Ramsay._
4. To puzzle, to perplex, S.
~Kittle~, _adj._
1. Easily tickled, S.
Teut. _keteligh_, id.
2. Attended with difficulty, in a literal sense; as, _a kittle gait_, a
road that one is apt to lose, or in which one is in danger of falling,
S.
3. Not easily managed; as, _a kittle horse_, S.
Teut. _ketelig peerd_, id.
_Mellvill's MS._
4. Not easily articulated; as _kittle words_. S.
_Hogg._
5. Variable, applied to the weather, S.
6. Nice, intricate, in a moral sense; as, _a kittle question_.
_Wodrow._
7. Squeamish, applied to the conscience, S.
_Spotswood._
8. Vexatious, implying the idea of danger, S.
_Beattie._
9. Likely, apt.
_Burns._
~Kittlie~, _adj._ Itchy, S. B.
~Kittle-the-cout~, ~Kittlie-cout~, a game among young people, in which a
handkerchief being hid, one is employed to seek it, S.; q. puzzle the
colt.
KIVE, _s._ "Mashing-fat."
_Kelly._
KLIPPERT, _s._ A shorn sheep, S.
_Journ. Lond._
KNAB, _s._
1. One who possesses a small independence; _a little laird_, S.
_Forbes._
2. A leader or general.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Germ. _knab_, puer nobilis; Isl. _knap-ar_. vulgus nobilium.
~Knabby~, ~Knabbish~, _adj._ Possessing independence in a middling line,
S.
_To_ KNACK, KNAK, _v. a._ To taunt.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _knack-a_, to tap, to pat, q. to strike smartly; or Isl.
_nagg-a_, litigare.
~Knack~, ~Knak~, _s._ pron. _nack_.
1. A gibe, a sharp repartee, S.
_Douglas._
2. A trick, S.
_Ramsay._
~Knacky~, _adj._
1. Quick at repartee, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Acute, but at the same time facetious, S.
_Ruddiman._
3. Applied to what is entertaining; as, _a nacky story_, S.
_Ramsay._
~Knackety~, _adj._ Self-conceited, S.
KNAG, _s._ A knob on which any thing is hung, S.
_Popular Ball._
Su. G. _knoge_, condylus.
~Knaggie~, _adj._
1. Having protuberances.
_Burns._
2. Tart and ill-humoured, _knaggit_, Fife.
_Cleland._
KNAGGIE, _s._ A small cask, Aberd.
_Gl. Shirr._
KNAGGIM, _s._ A disagreeable taste, S.
_Journal Lond._
KNAIVATICK, _adj._ Mean, from _knave_.
_Evergreen._
_To_ KNAP, KNOP, _v. n._
1. To speak after the English manner, S.
_Watson._
_To knap suddrone_, _v. a._ To speak like those who live _South_ from S.
_Hamilton._
2. To clip words by a false pronunciation.
E. _knap_, to break short.
_Colvil._
KNAP, _s._ A slight stroke, S.
_Ramsay._
KNAPE, _s._
1. A servant.
_Douglas._
2. As equivalent to _valet_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _cnapa_, Teut. _knape_, puer, servus.
~Knappare~, _s._ A boor.
_Douglas._
KNAPPARTS, _s. pl._ Heath pease, S. B.
Teut. _knappen_, mandere, and _worte_, radix.
KNAPPEL, _s._ Oak for staves, brought from Memel, Dantzick, &c, S.
_Acts Cha. II._
Isl. _knapp-r_, rigidus, q. hard wood.
KNAPPISH, _adj._ Tart, snappish.
Teut. _knapp-en_, to bite.
_Z. Boyd._
KNAPSCHA, KNAPISHAY, KNAPSKALL, _s._ A headpiece.
_Stat. Rob. I._
Su. G. _knape_, a servant, and _skal_, a shell, a covering.
_To_ KNASH, _v. a._ To gnaw.
_Watson._
Isl. _knatsk-a_, arrodo.
_To_ KNAW, KNAWE, _v. a._ To know.
A. S. _cnaw-an_, id.
_Wyntown._
KNAW, KNAWE, KNAIE, _s._
1. A male child.
_Wyntown._
2. A male under age.
_Barbour._
3. A male servant.
_Wyntown._
4. A man in an inferior rank.
V. ~Knape~.
_Bannatyne Poems._
~Knawship~, ~Knaveship~, _of a mill_, the dues given by those who have
grain ground, for paying the servants in a mill, vulgarly _kneeship_, S.
_Erskine._
Teut. _knaep-schaep_, servitus.
KNECHT, KNYCHT, _s._
1. A common soldier.
_Douglas._
2. A commander.
_Douglas._
Franc. _knecht_, A. S. _cneoht_, a boy, a servant.
_To_ KNEE, _v. a._
1. To press down with the knees, Ang.
2. To bend into an angular form, Ang.
3. The wind is said _to knee corn_, when it breaks it down so that it
strikes root by the stalk, Ang.
Isl. _kny-a_, adigere; _hneig-ia_, flectere.
KNEEF, KNEIF, _adj._ Active, alert, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _knaef-r_, Dan. _knov_, robustus.
~Kniefly~, _adv._ With vivacity, S.
_Ferguson._
KNEEF, _adj._ Arduous, Aberd.
Su. G. _knapp_, difficult, strait.
KNEE-ILL, _s._ A disease of cattle, affecting their joints, S.
KNEESHIP.
V. ~Knawship~.
KNEEVICK, _adj._ Griping, Fife.
Isl. _hnyf-a_, to grasp with the fist.
KNEWEL, KNOOL, _s._ A wooden pin in the end of a halter for holding by
_To hadd the knewel_, to hold the reins, Ang.
Belg. _knevel_, a knot; _knevel-en_, to pinion.
KNIBLE, _adj._ Nimble, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. Teut. _knap_, alacer.
KNIBLOCH, KNUBLOCK, _s._
1. A small round stone or hardened clod, S.
_Ross._
2. A knob of wood, S.
_Ramsay._
3. The swelling occasioned by a blow or fall.
_Gl. Shirr._
Belg. _knobbel_, a knob, a knurl.
~Knibblockie~, _adj._ Rough, applied to a road in which many small
stones rise up, S. B.
KNYFF, _s._ A hanger or dagger.
_Wallace._
O. Teut. _knyf_, culter, gladius, Kilian.
KNYPSIT, _pret._ L. _knappit_.
_Knox._
KNITCH. _s._ A bundle, S.
Sw. _knyte_, id., _knyt-a_, to tie.
~Knitchell~, _s._ A small bundle.
_Dunbar._
KNITTING, _s._ Tape, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
KNOCK, _s._ A clock, S.
_Watson._
KNOCKIT BARLEY or BEAR, barley stripped of the husk, by being beaten in
a hollow stone with a maul, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ KNOIT, KNITE, NOYT, _v. a._
1. To strike with a sharp sound, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. To amble or hobble in walking, S.
Isl. _hniot-a_, _niot-a_, ferire.
~Knoit~, ~Noit~, _s._ A smart stroke, S.
_A. Nicol._
2. The sound occasioned by a stroke or fall on any hard body, S.
_Journ. Lond._
_To_ KNOIT, _v. a._ To gnaw; expressive of the manner in which infants
eat, Ang.
Isl. _hnot-a_, to rub.
KNOIT, _s._ A large piece of any thing, S. B.
V. ~Knoost~.
Isl. _knott-ur_, globus.
KNOOP, _s._
1. A protuberance, S.
2. A pin, on which any thing is hung, S.
3. _Knoop of a hill_, that part which towers above, or projects from the
rest, S.
Isl. _gnup-r_, jugum montis.
KNOOST, KNUIST, _s._ A large lump, Loth.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _hnaus_, a lump of earth.
_To_ KNOP, _v. n._ To knap.
_Burel._
_To_ KNOP, _v. n._ To put forth buds.
_Montgomerie._
Su. G. _knopp-u_, gemmas emittere.
KNORRY, _adj._ Knotty.
_Douglas._
Teut. _knorre_, tuber.
KNOT, _s._ A pretty large piece of any thing round or square, S. B.
KNOT-GRASS, _s._ Tall oatgrass, S.
KNOUL TAES, toes having swellings on the joints.
_Evergreen._
Teut. _knovel_, nodus; Su. G. _knoel_, a bump.
_To_ KNOW, _v. a._ To press down with the fists, or knees.
_Watson._
Sw. _knog-a_, pugnis genibusque eniti.
KNOW, KNOWE, _s._ A little hill, S.
Teut. _knolle_, a hillock.
_Douglas._
KNUBLOCK, _s._ A knob.
V. ~Kniblock~.
_To_ KNUFF, KNUVE, _v. n._ To converse familiarly, S.
Su. G. _knaefwe_, the fist; q. to be "hand and glove."
KNURL, _s._ A dwarf, S. O.
_Burns._
A metaph. use of E. _knurle_, a knot.
~Knurlin~, _s._ The same as knurl, S.
_Burns._
_To_ KNUSE, NUSE, _v. a._
1. To press down with the knees, S. B.
2. To beat with the knuckles or fists, S. B.
3. To knead, S. B.
Isl. _hnos-a_, _knos-a_, contundere, Belg. _knues-en_, to crush.
KOBBYD, _pret._ Perhaps, fretted.
Belg. _kopp-ig_, stubborn.
_Wyntown._
KOBIL, _s._ A small boat.
V. ~Coble~.
KOY, _adj._ Secluded from view.
_Doug._
Teut. _koye_, a cave, Isl. _kui_, id.
_To_ KOYT, _v. a._ To beat, to flog, S. B.
Isl. _kyt-a_, contendere; _kytla_, ferire.
_To_ KOPPIE, _v. a._ To chide, to reprove, Mearns.
Su. G. _kapp-as_, certare.
KOW, _s._ A goblin.
V. ~Cow~, 2.
KOW, _s._ Custom.
V. ~Kewis~.
_Lyndsay._
KOWSCHOT, CUSHAT, _s._ The ringdove; _cushie-dow_, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _cusceote_, id.
KRANG, _s._ The body of a whale divested of the blubber.
KRINGLE, _s._ Bread brought from Norway.
Sw. _kringla_, a kind of bread.
_To_ KRUYN, _v. n._ To murmur.
V. ~Croyn~.
_Douglas._
_To_ KUTER, CUTER, _v. a._
1. To cocker, to nurse delicately, S.
2. To coax, to wheedle.
3. To converse clandestinely and intimately, S.
Germ. _kutter-n_, Su. G. _quittr-a_, garrire.
L
_L_, in our language, as in Germ., often denotes diminution; as
_bagrel_, a child; _gangarel_, _gangrel_, a child beginning to walk, &c.
_To_ LA, _v. a._ To lay.
_Douglas._
LAB, _s._ A lump, S.
E. _lobe_, a division.
_To_ LAB, _v. a._ To beat, Loth.
C. B. _llab-iaw_, id.
~Lab~, _s._ A stroke, a blow. Loth.
C. B. _llab_, id.
_To_ LABOUR, _v. a._ To plough, to ear, S.
O. Fr. _labour-er_, id.
~Labourin~, _s._ A farm.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
LACHTER, _s._ A lecher.
_Philotus._
Germ. _laich-en_, lascivire, scortari.
LACHTER, _s._ All the eggs laid by a fowl at one time, S. _Lochter_,
Perths.
_Morison._
Teut. _eyeren legghen_, ova ponere.
LACHTER, LAICHTER, _s._
1. A layer; as a _lachter of hay_, Ang. _lochter_, id. Perths. Tweedd.
Teut. _logh-en_, componere foenum in metam.
2. A lock, a flake; a _lachter of woo_, a flake of wool, Ang.;
_lochter_, Perths.
Isl. _lagdr_, cirrus.
LACHTERSTEAD, _s._ The ground occupied by a house, S. B.
Su. G. _laegerstad_, a lodging-room.
_To_ LACK, _v. a._ To slight.
V. ~Lak~.
LAD, _n._
1. A young man-servant, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. A sweetheart, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _leode_, juvenis. Isl. _lydde_, servus.
~Laddie~, _s._
1. A boy, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. A fondling term, applied to a young man, S.
_Ritson._
LADE, LAID, _s._ A load, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _hlad_, id.
LADE, LEAD, MILL-LADE, _s._ The canal which carries water to a mill, S.
_Chalm. Air._
A. S. _lade_, Teut. _leyde_, aquaeductus.
LADENIN TIME, the time of laying in winter provisions, S.
Su. G. _lad-a_, to heap together.
LADE-STERNE, LEIDE-STERNE, _s._ The polestar, E.
_Douglas._
Teut. _leyd-sterre_, Isl. _leidar-stiarna_, cynosura, polus.
LADNAIRE, LARDNER, _s._ A larder, S., _laidner_.
_Barbour._
Fr. _lardier_, id., from _lard_, fat.
LADRY, _s._ The rabble.
_Priests Peblis._
A. S. _leod-wera_, incola, _leod-weras_, common people, Isl.
_lydur_, plebs.
LADRONE, LAYDRON, _s._ A lazy knave, a sloven; _laithron_, S.
V. ~Lidder~.
Su. G. _lat_, lazy.
_Lyndsay._
LAFE, LAIFF, LAVE, LAW, _s._ The remainder; _laive_, S.
_Wallace._
A. S. _lafe_, Isl. _leif_, id. from the verbs signifying to _leave_.
LAGABAG, _s._ The hindmost, Fife; from E. _lag_, and _aback_.
LAGENE, LAGGEN, pron. _leiggen_, _s._
1. The projecting part of the staves at the bottom of a cask, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. The angle within, between the side and bottom of a cask, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _lagg_, id.
~Lagen-gird~, _s._ A hoop securing the bottom of a wooden vessel, S.
_To cast a lagen-gird_, to bear a spurious child, S.
_Ramsay._
LAGGERY, _adj._ Miry, dirty, S. B.
~Laggerit~, _part. pa._
1. Bemired, S.
_Doug._
2. Encumbered, from whatever cause, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Su. G. _lag_, Isl. _laug-ur_, water.
LAGMAN, _s._ The president in the supreme court formerly held in Orkney.
_Barry._
Su. G. _lagman_, judex provincialis.
LAGRAETMAN, _s._ One acting as an officer to a _lagman_.
_Barry._
Su. G. _lag_, law, and _raett_, right.
LAY, _s._ Law.
O. Fr. _lai_.
_Douglas._
LAY, _s._ Foundation.
_Wodrow._
Teut. _laeghe_, positus.
LAY, _s._ The slay of a loom, S.
_Adam._
Teut. _laede_, pecten; _leggh-en_, ponere.
_To_ LAY, _v. a._ To alloy.
_Acts Ja. IV._
_To_ LAY ~on~, _v. a._ To strike, S.
_R. Bruce._
Su. G. _laegga pa en_, aliquem verberare.
_To_ LAYCH, _v. n._ To linger.
_Douglas._
Fr. _lach-er_, to unbend.
LAICHLY, _adj._ Perh. for _laithly_.
_Lyndsay._
LAID, _s._ The pollack.
V. ~Lythe~.
LAIDLY, _adj._
V. ~Laithlie~.
LAID-SADILL, _s._ A saddle used for laying burdens on.
_Bannatyne Poems._
LAYER, _s._ The shear-water.
V. ~Lyre~.
LAIF, LAEF, _s._ A loaf, S.
_Pop. Ball._
Moes. G. _hlaifs_, A. S. _hlaef_, _laf_, id.
_To_ LAIG, _v. n._ To wade.
_Gl. Sibb._
LAIGH, LAYCHE, _adj._
1. Low, S.
_Wyntown._
2. Not tall, S.
Su. G. _laag_, Teut. _laegh_, non altus.
~Laigh~, _s._ Flat, low part, S. B.
_Stat. Acc._
LAYIS, _s._ Alloy.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Fr. _lier_, id.
~Layit~, _adj._ Base, applied to money.
_Knox._
LAIK, LAKE, _s._ Fine linen cloth.
_Sir Egeir._
Belg. _lak_, cloth in general.
LAIK, _s._ Gift, pledge.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _lac_, munus.
LAIK, LAIKE, _s._
1. A stake at play, S.
Isl. _leik_, Su. G. _lek_, id.
_Montgomerie._
2. Used metaph. to denote the strife of battle.
_Sir Gawan._
~Laykyng~, _s._ Justing.
_Wyntown._
LAIK, _s._ Lack, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _laecke_, id. Su. G. _lack_, id.
LAYKE, _s._ Paint.
_Philotus._
Fr. _lacque_, sanguine colour.
LAIKIN, LAIKY, _adj._ Intermittent, applied to rain, S.
Su. G. _lack-a_, deficere.
LAIKS, _s. pl._ Perh. _laits_, gestures.
_Dunbar._
LAYME, _adj._ Earthen.
V. ~Lame~.
LAYNDAR, LAUENDER, _s._ A laundress.
Fr. _lavendiere_, id.
_Barbour._
_To_ LAYNE, _v. n._ To lie.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ LAYNE, LEIN, _v. a._ To conceal.
_Minstrelsy Border._
Su. G. _hlaun-a_, Isl. _leyn-a_, id.
LAYNE, _n._ Lawn, fine linen.
_Acts Ja. VI._
LAYNERE, _s._ A thong.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _laniere_, id.
LAING, _s._ A small ridge of land, Orkn.
_To_ LAIP, LAPE, _v. a._ To lap, S.
_Dunbar._
LAIP, _s._ A plash, Loth.
V. ~Lappie~.
LAIR, LAYRE, LARE, _s._
1. A place for lying down, S.
_Montgomerie._
2. The act of lying down.
_Douglas._
3. A burying-place, S.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _laeger_, Germ. _lager_, Dan. _laijer_, a bed; also, a
sepulchre.
_To_ ~Lair~, _v. a._ To inter.
_Ferguson._
LAIR, _s._ A stratum, S.
_Ruddiman._
LAIR, LARE, _s._ A mire, S.
_Ruddiman._
Isl. _leir_, lutum, coenum.
_To_ ~Lair~, _v. n._ To stick in the mire, S.
_Law Case._
_To_ ~Lair~, _v. a._ To mire, S.
_Pitscottie._
LAIRBAR, LARBAR, _s._ One in a torpid state; _larbitar_, Ang.
_Philotus._
~Larbar~, ~Larbour~, _adj._
1. Sluggish.
_Dunbar._
2. Ghastly.
_Evergreen._
LAIRD, LARDE, _n._
1. A person of superior rank, a lord.
_Wyntown._
2. A leader, a captain.
_Douglas._
3. A landholder, under the degree of a knight, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _hlaford_, _lavord_, Isl. _lavard-ur_, Su. G. _Laward_,
dominus.