WISS, _s._ The moisture that exudes from bark, in preparing it for being
tanned; Perths.
Isl. _vaes_, _vos_, humiditas.
WYSS, _adj._
1. Wise, prudent, S.
_Wall._
2. Knowing, informed; _wysser_, better informed, S.
A. S. _wis_, sapiens; Su. G. _wiss_, certus.
3. In the full exercise of reason; more commonly used with a negative,
S.
_Ferguson._
~Wyss-wife~, ~Wise-wife~, _s._ A periphrasis for a witch, S.
_Spotswood._
Germ. _weissen-frauen_, witches.
~Wyss-like~, _adj._ Possessing the appearance of propriety, prudent, S.
A. S. _wis-lic_, prudens.
~Wyss-like~, _adv._ Properly, decently, S.
Germ. _weislich_, discreetly, judiciously.
_To_ WISSEL, _v. n._
1. To exchange.
2. To club in drinking, Ang.
~Wissel~, _s._ Change.
V. ~Quhissel~.
_To_ ~Wistel~, _v. a._ To wager, to stake, to bet, Ang.; an improper use
of the _v._ _Quhissel_, to exchange.
WYSURE, _s._ Perh. consideration; Teut. _visouwe_, id.
_Dunbar._
_To_ WIT, WITT, _v. a._ To know.
_Wall._
Moes. G. A. S. _wit-an_, scire, noscere.
~Wit~, ~Witt~, _s._ Intelligence, information, tidings, S.
_To get wit of a thing_, to obtain information with respect to it, S.
_Wallace._
_To let wit_, to make known, to communicate intelligence, S.
A. S. _wit_, _ge-wit_, scientia, notitia.
_To_ WYT, _v. a._ To shun, to avoid.
Lat. _vit-are_, id.
_Barbour._
WITCH-BELLS, _s. pl._ Round-leaved bell-flower, S.
Sw. _maerebiael_, i. e. the bell of the Night-mare, viewed as an
incubus.
_To_ WITE, _v. a._ To blame, to accuse; the prep. _with_, or _for_,
being added, S.
_Kelly._
A. S. _wit-an_, Su. G. _wit-a_, imputare, exprobrare.
~Wite~, ~Wyte~, _s._ Blame, S.
_Douglas._
~Wyteless~, _adj._ Blameless.
_Ramsay._
WYTENONFA, _s._ A disease.
V. ~Wedonypha~.
WITH. _To gae with_, _v. n._ To miscarry, to fail, as respecting either
one's circumstances, or moral conduct, S.
A. S. _with_, Su. G. _wid_, against; A. S. _with-ga-en_, to oppose.
WITH THAT, _adv._ Upon that, thereupon.
Isl. _vid that_, id.
_Wallace._
WITH THI, _conj._
1. Wherefore.
_Poems 16th Cent._
2. Provided, on condition.
_Barbour._
A. S. _with_, propterea, and _thy_, quod.
WITHERWECHT, _s._ The weight thrown into one scale, to counterbalance
the paper, or vessel, in the opposite scale, which contains the goods
bought, S. B.
A. S. _wither_, against, and _wiht_, weight, q. opposite weight.
WITH-GANG, _s._ Toleration, permission to pass with impunity.
_Skene._
From _gang_, to go, and the prep. _with_.
WITH-GATE, _s._ Liberty, toleration.
_Acts Ja. VI._
S. _with_, and _gate_, A. S. _gat_, via.
_To_ WITHHALD, _v. a._
1. To withhold, S. _l_ quiescent.
2. To hold, to possess.
_Douglas._
WITHOUTYN, _prep._ Without.
_Wall._
A. S. _with_, versus, and _utan_, extra.
WITHLETTING, _s._ Obstruction.
_Barbour._
A. S. _with_, and A. S. _let-an_, to permit.
_To_ WITHSAY, _v. a._ To gainsay, to oppose.
_Barbour._
A. S. _with-saegg-an_, to deny, to gainsay.
_To_ WITHSET, _v. a._ To beset.
_Barbour._
A. S. _with-sett-an_, to resist.
_To_ WITHTAK, _v. a._ To lay hold of, to seize.
_Knox._
A. S. _with-taec-an_, ad capere.
_To_ WITTER, WYTYR, _v. a._ To inform, to make known.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _witr-a_, notum facere, indicare.
~Wittir~, _s._
1. A mark, a sign.
_Douglas._
2. A pennon, a standard.
_Godscroft._
3. In _curling_, the mark towards which the stones are pushed, S. A.
_Davidson._
~Witterly~, _adv._ According to good information.
_Barbour._
~Wittryng~, ~Wyttring~, ~Wittering~, _s._
1. Information, knowledge.
_Douglas._
2. Information with respect to future events, or of a prophetic kind.
_Barbour._
Isl. _vitr-a_ is synon. with Sw. _foreboda_, to prognosticate.
~Witter-stone~, _s._ Apparently, a stone originally placed as a _witter_
or mark.
_Fountainhall._
WITTER, _s._ The barb of an arrow or fishhook, S.
_To_ WITTER, _v. n._ To fight, to fall foul of one another, Gl. Sibb.;
perh. to take one by the throat.
V. next word.
Belg. _veter_, a point; Teut. _wette_, acies cultri.
WITTER, _s._ The throat, Aberd.
_Journ. Lond._
This seems corr. from Lat. _guttur_.
WITTINS, _s. pl._ Knowledge. _Without my wittins_, without my knowledge,
S.
A. S. part. _wittende_, knowing.
WITTIS, _s. pl._ The senses.
_Henrysone._
WIZEN, _s._ The throat. S.
_Journ. Lond._
E. _weasand_, the windpipe.
_To_ WIZZEN, _v. n._ To become dry.
V. ~Wisen~.
WLONK, _adj._
1. Gaudily dressed; superl. _wlonkest_.
_Sir Gawan._
2. Rich.
_Ibid._
~Wlonk~, _s._ A woman of rank, or one splendidly dressed.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _wlonce_, _wlance_, gay, splendid, rich.
WOAGE, _s._ A military expedition.
V. ~Wiage~.
WOB, _s._ A web, S. _wab_.
_Douglas._
~Wobster~, ~Wobstar~, _s._ A weaver, S. _wabster_.
_Lyndsay._
WOBAT, _adj._ Feeble, decayed; _wobart_, Ang.
V. ~Vowbet~.
_Dunbar._
WOCE, _s._ Voice.
_Barbour._
WOD, WODE, WOUD, _s._ A wood.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wudu_, Belg. _woud_, S. _wud_, id.
WOD, WODE, VOD, _adj._
1. Mad, S. _wud_.
_Wallace._
A. S. _wod_, amens, insanus.
2. Furious with rage; denoting the act, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wod_, furiosus; Isl. _od-ur_, insanus, ira percitus.
3. Having a fierce or fiery temper; expressive of the habit, S.
4. Ravenous; in relation to appetite.
_Douglas._
5. Wild, as opposed to an animal that is domesticated.
_Wallace._
~Wod~, ~Wud~. _In the wud o't_, an expression applied to a person, when
eager to obtain or do any thing, or when greatly in need of it, S. B.
~Wodnes~, _s._ Fury, madness, S.
_Wyntown._
Alem. _uuotnissa_, dementia.
~Wodspur~, _s._ A forward, unsettled, and fiery person, S.
WODERSHINS, _adv._
V. ~Widdersinnis~.
WODEWALL, WOOD WEELE, _s._ Variously explained, as a thrush, a
wood-lark, a redbreast.
_Pop. Ball._
WODROISS, _s._ A savage; perh. rather _wodwiss_.
_Houlate._
A. S. _wude-wase_, satyra, faunus.
WOFT, _s._ The woof.
V. ~Waft~.
_To_ WOID, _v. a._ To divide.
_Wallace._
WOYELEY, _adv._ Wickedly.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _wolice_, prave, inique; _wo-lic_, pravus.
WOIK, _pret. v._ Fled, wandered.
_Doug._
A. S. _woc_, _woce_, ortus est, from _waec-an_, suscitari.
WOYNE, _s._ Perh. labour.
_Maitland P._
Sw. _wonda_, difficultas; _wond-a_, laborare.
WOISTARE, WOUSTOUR, _s._ A boaster, S. _vouster_.
V. ~Voust~.
_Doug._
WOLK, _pret._ Walked.
_Douglas._
WOLROUN, _s._ Perh. impotent person.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _gall_, testiculus; Teut. _ruyn-en_, castrare.
_To_ WOLTER, _v. a._ To overturn.
_Maitland P._
Teut. _woelter-en_, volutare.
~Wolter~, _s._ An overturning, a change productive of confusion; S.
_walter_.
_Knox._
WOMENTING, _s._ Lamentation.
V. ~Wayming~.
_Douglas._
_To_ WOMPLE, _v. a._ To wrap.
V. ~Wimpil~.
_To_ WON, _v. n._ To be able, to have any thing in one's power.
V. ~Win~, _v. n._
_To_ WON, WIN, WYN, _v. n._ To dwell, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wun-ian_, Germ. _won-en_, id.
~Wonnyng~, ~Wyning~, _s._ A dwelling.
A. S. _wununge_, mansio.
_Barbour._
_To_ WON, _v. a._ To dry by exposure to the air.
~Wonnyn~, _part. pa._ Dried.
V. ~Win~, _v._ 2.
WON, _part. pa._ Raised from a quarry; also, dug from a mine.
V. ~Win~, _v._ 3.
_To_ WOND, _v. n._ To depart; used for _wend_.
_Gawan and Gol._
WONGE, _s._ The cheek.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _waeng_, Isl. _vong_, maxilla.
WONNYT. L. _wemmyt_, q. v.
_Barbour._
WOO, _s._ Wool, S.
_Kelly._
_It's aw ae woo_, S. Prov. It is all one.
WOOD-ILL, _s._ A disease of cattle, the same with ~Muir-ill~, q. v.
WOOERBAB, _s._ The garter-knot below the knee, with a couple of loops,
S. O.
_Burns._
WOR, _pret._ Guarded, defended.
V. ~Wer~.
_Wallace._
WOR, _adj._ Worse.
V. ~War~.
_Kennedy._
WORDY, _adj._ Worth, worthy, S.
_Ramsay._
WORDIS, _v. imp. It wordis_, it behoves, it becomes.
_Wallace._
_Bee worde of_, become of.
V. ~Worth~, _v._
_Z. Boyd._
Belg. _word-en_, O. Su. G. _woerd-a_, Isl. _verd-a_, interesse,
pertinere.
WORLIN, _s._ A puny and feeble creature.
_Dunbar._
A dimin. from _worl_, _wurl_, _wroul_, all corr. from _Warwolf_,
q. v.
_To_ WORRIE, _v. a._ To strangle.
_Kennedy._
_To_ ~Worry~, _v. n._ To choak, to be suffocated, S.
_Ramsay._
WORRI-COW, _s._
V. ~Wirrycow~.
WORRYOURIS, _s. pl._ Warriors.
_Gawan and Gol._
WORSCHIP, WIRSCHIP, _s._
1. A praiseworthy deed, a valorous act.
_Barbour._
2. Honour, renown.
_Henrysone._
A. S. _weorthscipe_, honour, estimation.
WORSET, _s._ Corr. of E. _worsted_, S.
_Spalding._
_To_ WORSLE, _v. n._ To wrestle.
_Z. Boyd._
~Worsling~, _s._ Wrestling.
V. ~Warsell~.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ WORT, WORT UP, _v. a._ To dig up.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _wrot-an_, versare rostro; Belg. _vroet-en_, _wroet-en_, id.
_To_ WORTH, WOURTH, _v. n._
1. To wax, to become; part. pa. _wourthin_.
_Barbour._
A. S. _weorth-an_, Teut. _word-en_, fieri, esse, fore.
2. _It worthis_, _v. imp._ It becomes.
_Him worthit_, it was necessary for him, &c.
V. ~Wordis~.
_Barbour._
WORTHELETH. Perh. for _worthelich_.
A. S. _weorthlic_, insignis.
_Houlate._
WORTHYHED, _s._ The same as _worschip_.
_Barbour._
WOSCHE, WOUSCHE, _pret. v._ Washed; S. _woosh_, pron. _wush_, S. B.
_weesh_.
_Douglas._
WOSTOW. _Wotest thou_, knowest thou.
_K. Quair._
WOT, _s._ Intelligence, S. _wat_.
_Ferguson._
WOTLINK, _s._ A wench; used in a bad sense.
_Dunbar._
WOUCH, WOUGH, _s._
1. Evil, pravity.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. Injustice, injury.
_Quon. Att._
3. Trouble, fatigue.
_Sir Tristrem._
4. Wo, mischief; in a physical respect.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _wo_, _woh_, _wohg_, _weoh_, perversitas, pravitas, error.
WOUDE, _pret._ Waded.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _wad-an_, vadere; imperf. _wod_.
WOUF, WOWF, _s._ The wolf, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Wouff~, _v. n._ To bark, S.
Su. G. _ulfw-a_, ululare, from _ulf_, a wolf; Belg. _guyv-en_, to
howl as a dog.
_To_ ~Wow~, _v. n._ To howl, Moray.
_Pop. Ball._
WOUK, _pret._ Watched.
_Barbour._
WOUK, WOUKE, _s._ A week, S. B. _ook_.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _wuca_, Dan. _uge_, _wge_, id.
WOUND, used as a superlative.
_Gawan and Gol._
Perhaps from _wond_, the pret. of A. S. _wand-ian_, vereri, to
dread.
WOUNDER, WONDIR, _adv._ Wonderfully.
_Douglas._
WOUNDRING, _s._ A monster, a prodigy.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wundrung_, admiration.
WOURSUM, WORSUM, _s._ Purulent matter, S., pron. _wursum_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wyr_, pus, and _sum_, as denoting quality.
WOUSTOUR, _s._ A boaster.
V. ~Woistare~.
WOUT, _s._ Countenance, aspect.
V. ~Vult~.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ WOW, _v. a._ To woo or make love to.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _wog-an_, nubere; _wogere_, procus, amasius, a wooer.
_To_ WOW, _v. n._
V. under ~Wouf~.
WOW, _interj._ Expressive of admiration, S., often _vow_.
V. ~Vow~.
_Douglas._
WOWN, _s._ Wont, custom.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _wuna_, Alem. _uuone_, mos.
~Wowne~, _adj._ Wont, accustomed.
_Wynt._
WRA, _s._ Hiding-place.
_Douglas._
Dan. _vraae_, a corner, a lurking-hole.
_To_ WRABIL, _v. n._ To move in a slow undulating manner, like a worm;
to wriggle; S. _warble_, _wurble_.
_Douglas._
_Warple_ is used in the same sense, S. B.
_Ross._
Teut. _wurbel-en_, Belg. _wervel-en_, gyros agere, in orbem versare.
WRACHYS, ghosts.
V. ~Wraith~.
_Doug._
WRACK, _s._ For its different senses, V. ~Wrak~.
WRAIGHLY, _adv._ Strangely, or awkwardly.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _wraeclice_, peregre.
WRAIK, WRAK, _s._
1. Revenge, vengeance.
_Douglas._
2. Anger, wrath.
_Douglas._
3. Destruction; _wreck_, E.
_Wyntown._
4. Denoting one who threatens or brings vengeance or destruction.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wraec_, _wraece_, Belg. _wraecke_, ultio, vindicia.
WRAITH, WRAYTH, WRAITHE, WRETH, _s._
1. Properly, an apparition in the exact likeness of a person, supposed
by the vulgar to be seen before, or soon after death, S.
_K. James._
2. Sometimes used, but improperly, to denote a spirit supposed to
preside over the waters.
_Lewis._
Moes. G. _ward-jan_, A. S. _weard-an_, custodire; as the apparition,
called a _wraith_, was supposed to be that of one's _guardian_ angel.
A. S. _weard_, a guardian, a keeper.
WRAITH, _s._. Provision, food.
_Henrysone._
Su. G. _ward_, Isl. _verd_, id.; from Su. G. _war-a_, to eat.
WRAITH, _adj._ Wroth.
_Douglas._
~Wraithly~, _adv._ Furiously.
_Wallace._
WRAK, WRAIK, WRACK, WRECK, WREK, _s._
1. Whatever is thrown out by the sea, as _broken_ pieces of wood,
sea-weed, &c., S.
2. Often appropriated to sea-weed, S.
_Barry._
This receives different names in different parts of S.; as, _button
wrack_, _lady wrack_, &c.
_Stat. Acc._
3. The weeds gathered from land, and generally piled up in heaps for
being burnt, S.
_Pennecuik._
4. Trash, refuse of any kind.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Su. G. _wrak_, E. wreck; also, any thing that is of little value,
mere trash; Dan. _vrag_, id.
_To_ WRAMP, _v. a._ To sprain any part of the body, S. Cumb.
Belg. _wremp-en_, to distort the mouth.
~Wramp~, _s._ A twist or sprain, S.
_Watson._
WRANG, _s._ Wrong, S.
_Barbour._
~Wrangwis~, ~Wrangwiss~, _adj._
1. Wrong, not proper.
_Wallace._
2. Wrongful, unjust.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _wise_, manner, used as a _term._, changes the _s._ to which
it is affixed into an _adj._ as _riht-wise_, whence E. _righteous_.
WRANGIS, WRAYNGIS, _s. pl._ The ribs or floor timbers of a ship; Fr.
_varangues_, id.
_Douglas._
Radically the same with S. _rung_.
_To_ WRAPLE, _v. a._ To entangle, to warp, also _warple_, S. B.
_Ross._
Originally the same with _Wrabil_, q. v.
WRAT, _s._ A wart or hard rough excrescence, chiefly on the fingers, S.;
the _Verruca_ of physicians.
Belg. _wratte_.
_Z. Boyd._
WRATACK, _s._ A dwarf, S. B.
_Ross._
Gael. _bridach_, _cruitecan_, id.; Dan. _vreden_, tortus.
_To_ WRATCH, WRETCH, _v. n._ To become niggardly, S.
_Kelly._
Belg. _vrek_, _vrekkig_, niggardly.
WRATE, _pret. v._ Apparently, died.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _wrat-on_, Isl. _rat-a_, peregrinari.
WRE. L. _vre_, chance.
_Barbour._
WREAD, WREATH, _s._ A place for inclosing cattle, Ang.
A. S. _wraeth_, an inclosure. Su. G. _wreit_, _reit_, Isl. _reit-r_,
id.
WREE, _s._ An instrument for cleansing grain, by separating that which
is shelled from what retains the husks, Loth.; pron. also ~Ree~, q. v.
_To_ ~Wree~, _v. a._ To separate shelled from unshelled grain, Loth.
_To_ WREE, _v. a._ To writhe.
V. ~Wry~.
WREGH, _s._ Wretch.
_S. P. Repr._
A. S. _wraecca_, an exile; also, a wretch.
_To_ WREIL, WRELE, _v. n._ To wriggle, to turn about.
_Douglas._
Perhaps merely a corr. of E. _wriggle_.
_To_ WREIST, WRIST, WREST, _v. a._ To sprain any part of the body, S.
_wramp_, synon.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _wraest-an_, intorquere.
~Wreist~, _s._
1. A writhe or twist.
_Pal. Hon._
2. A sprain, S.; _wramp_, synon.
_Watson._
WREK, _s._ Refuse.
V. ~Wrak~.
WRETCH, WRECHE, _s._ A niggard, a covetous person, S.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ WRETH one's self, _v. a._ To be wroth, or filled with indignation.
_Barbour._
A. S. _wraeth-ian_, indignare; or _wreoth-ian_, _wreth-ian_,
intorquere.
~Wrethly~, _adv._ Wrathfully.
_Henrysone._
_To_ WRY, WREYE, _v. a._ To turn, to twist, O. E.
_Douglas._
A. S. _writh-an_, intorquere.
_To_ WRY, _v. a._ To cover, to conceal.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wre-on_, _wri-on_, _wrig-an_, tegere, celare.
WRIBLE, _s._ A quaver, the act of warbling; also, _werble_.
_Douglas._
Teut. _wervel-en_, to twirl; literally, to turn round.
V. ~Wrabil~.
WRIG, _s._
1. The youngest or feeblest bird in a nest, S.
2. A weak or puny child, or the youngest of the family, S.
Isl. _warg_, an exile.
V. ~Wallidrag~.
WRIGGLE, _s._
V. ~Windskew~.
WRIGHT, _s._ The general name used for a common carpenter, S., Yorks.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _wryhta_, a workman, one by whom any thing is framed; from
_wryc-an_, to work.
_To_ WRIK, _v. a._ To wreck, to avenge.
A. S. _wric-an_, id.
_King Hart._
WRINGLE, _s._ A writhing motion, S. B.
V. next word.
WRINK, WRYNK, _s._
1. A turning or winding.
_Douglas._
2. A trick, a subterfuge.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _wrenc_, _wrence_, fraus, dolus, stratagema; Isl. _reinki_,
fraudulentus; Teut. _renck-en_, to bend, to turn; _rencke_, flexus;
also, fallacia.
~Wrinklit~, _part. adj._ Intricate, having many turnings.
_Douglas._
WRITER, _s._ An attorney, S.
_Burns._
WRO, WROO, _s._ Perhaps inclosure; S. B. _wrae_.
V. ~Rae~.
_Pop. Ball._
WROIK, _s._ Spite, revenge.
_Douglas._
WROKEN, _part. pa._ Revenged.
_Doug._
A. S. _wraec-an_, ulcisci.
WROUL, _s._ An ill-grown person, or puny child, S.
V. ~Warwolf~.
WUGGLE, _s._ A bog or marsh, S. B.
V. ~Waggle~.
_To_ WURBLE, _v. n._ To wriggle.
V. ~Wrabil~.
WURDY, _adj._ Worth, deserving.
V. ~Werdy~.
WULLCAT, _s._ A wild cat, S.
_To tumble the wullcat_, to whirl heels over head, S.
WULLSOME, _adj._ Wild.
V. under ~Will~, _adj._
Y
Y consonant corresponds to A. S. _G_ before a vowel. This has generally
in S. been printed Ʒ, from the resemblance of the A. S. letter to the
form of the Roman Ʒ, although there is not the least affinity as to
power.
This, I apprehend, must be ascribed to the inaccuracy, or to the
ignorance of the writers or copyists of MSS., who, misled by the very
near resemblance of the letters, substituted the long _z_, or Ʒ, for the
A. S. _g_.
In the south of S., _y_ consonant is prefixed to a variety of words
which are elsewhere pronounced without it; as, _yaik_ for _ache_,
_yield_, age, for _eild_, &c.
YA, YHA, _adv._ Yea, yes, Moray.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _ja_, _jai_, Su. G. _ja_, A. S. _ia_, _ya_, id.
_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ To gabble, Fife.
YAD, _s._ A piece of bad coal, which becomes a white ashy lump in the
fire, Fife; _gaist_, synon.
YAD, YADE, YAUD, _s._ Properly, an old mare, S.; E. _jade_, a worn-out
horse. A. Bor. _yaud_.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _jad_, or _jada_, denotes the failure of the teeth.
~Yad-skyvar~, _s._ Apparently, one who drives an old mare.
_Dunbar._
_Yad_, and perh. Su. G. _skiufwa_, to drive.
_To_ YAFF, _v. n._
1. To bark; properly denoting the noise made by a small dog, to yelp, S.
_A. Scott._
2. To prate, to talk pertly; used as expressive of contempt, S.
A. S. _gealp-an_, exclamare, gloriari; Isl. _gialf-ra_, incondita
loqui.
_To_ YAIK, YAICK, _v. n._ To ache, S. A.
_L. Scotland._
_To_ YAIK, _v. n._ To quiver, to shake.
_Burel._
YAIR, YAIRE, YARE, _s._
1. An inclosure, stretching into a tideway, for the purpose of detaining
the fish when the tide ebbs, S.
_Stat. Rob. I._
2. A sort of scaffolding, which juts out into a river or frith in a
straight line, S.
_Stat. Acc._
A. S. _waer_, _wer_, piscina, septum; Su. G. _fisk-gaerd_, id.
~Yair-net~, ~Yare-net~, _s._ A long net extending into the bed of a
river inclined upwards, and fixed by poles, S. B.
_Law Case._
YAKEE, _s._ A double tooth, whether in man or beast, Orkney.
Isl. _iaxl_, dens molaris.
_To_ YALD, _v. a._ To yield; pret. _yald_.
_Douglas._
Isl. _gialld-a_, retribuere, luere.
YALD, YAULD, _adj._
1. Sprightly, alert; active, vigorous, S. A. Loth.
Isl. _gilld-r_ expresses the same idea; viribus et virtute
praestans.
2. Niggardly, parsimonious, Galloway.
YALLOCH, _s._ A shout, a shrill cry; the act of _yelling_. S. also
_yalloch_.
_Doug._
Su. G. _gal-a_, to cry; _gell-a_, to resound.
_To_ YAMER, YAMMER, YAWMER, _v. n._
1. _To_ shriek, to yell.
_Douglas._
2. Now generally used, as signifying, to fret, to whine, to whimper. S.
Germ. _jammer-en_, plangere; A. S. _geomr-ian_, _geomer-ian_, to
grumble.
~Yamer~, ~Yawmer~, _s._ A cry, a yell.
_Dunbar._
~Yamering~, _s._ A continued whining, S.
_To_ YAMPH, YAMF, _v. n._ To bark, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _gamb-r_, gannitus; _gamb-ra_, gannire.
YAPE, YAP, YAIP, _adj._
1. Having a keen appetite for food, S.
_Ross._
2. Eager, having an earnest desire for any thing, S.
_Henrysone._
3. Forward, S. B.
_Skinner._
Isl. _gypa_, vorax, from _gap-a_, hiare.
_To_ ~Yape~, _v. n._ To be hungry.
_Ramsay._
_Yaply_, _adv._ Keenly, with a sharp appetite, S.
_Ross._
YARD, YAIRD, _s._ A garden; properly of pot-herbs; also called a
_kail-yard_, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _geard_, Su. G. _gaerd_, Belg. _gaarde_, sepes, area clausa.
YARE, YHAR, YORE, _adj._ Ready, alert, in a state of preparation, S. B.
O. E.
_Barbour._
It is evidently the same with ~Gare~, q. v.
YARE, _s._ A wear, for catching fish.
V. ~Yair~.
_To_ YARK, _v. a._ To beat.
V. ~Yerk~.
YARNE, YERNE, _adv._ Eagerly, diligently.
_Barbour._
A. S. _georne_, _georn_, studious, careful, _earnest_; Su. G.
_gerna_, libenter.
YARNETS, _s. pl._ An instrument for winding yarn, S.
YARPHA, _s._
1. Peat full of fibres and roots, Orkn.
2. Peat combined with clay or sand; a denomination of soil, Orkn.
_Barry._
Isl. _joerfi_, lutum; Norw. _joerme_, black marshy earth, by the
common change of _f_ into _m_.
V. Haldorson.
Isl. _jarp-ur_, black, dark-coloured, seems to be the root.
YARR, _s._ Spurrey; a weed found in poor land, S.
YARRING, _adj._ Snarling, captious, troublesome.
V. ~Yirr~.
_Gl. Shirr._
_To_ YARROW, _v. a._ To earn, to gain by industry, S. B.
A. S. _gearw-ian_, to prepare; Su. G. _garfw-a_, _gora_, id.
YAAVE, _s._ Awe, Banffs.
YAVIL, _adj._ Flat, Aberd.
V. ~Auale~, ~Awail~, and ~Awalt~.
_Journ. Lond._
YAUD. _Far yaud_, the signal made by a shepherd to his dog, when he is
to drive away some sheep at a distance.
_Minstr. Bord._
A. S. _eode_, ivit, from _gan_, ire; or from _gath_, accede.
_To_ YAUL, _v. n._ To yell.
V. ~Yalloch~.
_Sir Gawan._
YAULD, _adj._ Alert, &c.
V. ~Yald~.
_To_ YAUP, _v. n._
1. To yelp, S.
2. Denoting the incessant crying of birds, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _galp-en_, gannire instar vulpis.
YAWS, _s. pl._ Apparently the disorder called _Syphilis_; also
_Sivvens_, Orkn. Galloway.
YAXE, _s._ An axe, Buchan.
YE, YIE, (corr. printed _zei_.)
This seems to have originated from an imitation of the liquid sound
used in Fr., in consequence of _g_ preceding _n_; or, where this was not
the case, in consequence of the S. noun following the form of the verb
which retained the sound of the Fr. infinitive or participle; as,
_en-chainer_, _en-chainé_; whence S. _chenyie_.
YEABLES, _adv._ Perhaps, Loth. Border; _yeablesea_, A. Bor.
V. ~Able~.
YEALD, _adj._ Barren.
V. ~Yeld~.
_To_ YED, _v. n._ To contend, to wrangle, Loth. Isl. _odd-a_, _ydd-a_,
excerto.
_Ramsay._
~Yed~, _s._ Strife, contention, Loth.
_Ramsay._
~Yealings~.
V. ~Yieldins~.
YEDDLE, _adj._ Thick, muddy; applied to water, Loth.
V. ~Adill~.
YEDE, YEID, YHED, YHUDE, YOWDE, _pret. v._ Went. _Yede_ is still used in
Ang., _gaid_, S.
_Barbour._
Norm. Sax. _gede_, A. S. _geode_, Moes. G. _idd-ja_, Isl. _od_,
ibat.
YIEL, _s._ (Printed _zeil_.)
_Bellenden._
Apparently the same with next word.
YIELD, _s._
1. Recompence, or rather compensation.
_Priests Peblis._
2. A subsidy.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _geld_, _gild_, a tax, tribute; from _geld-an_, _gild-an_, to
pay.
YIELDINS, YEALINS, _s. pl._ Persons who are coeval, S.
V. ~Eildins~.
YEILL, _s._ "Age."
V. ~Eild~.
_Douglas._
It may, however, be the same with _yeil_, q. return.
_To_ YEISK, YESK, YISK, _v. n._
1. To hiccup, S.
_Douglas._
2. To belch; S. B. _eesk_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _geocsa_, singultus; Germ. _gax-en_, _gix-en_, singultire.
~Yeisk~, ~Yesk~, _s._ A single affection of hiccup, S. _eesk_, S. B.
YELD, YEALD, YELL, EILD, _adj._
1. Barren, S.; _yell_, _eill_, Border. A. Bor. _yell_.
_Montgomerie._
2. A cow, although with calf, is said to _gang yeld_, when her milk
dries up, S. B.
_A yeld nurse_, a dry nurse.
_Stat. Acc._
3. Denoting cattle or sheep that are too young to bear, Dumfr.
4. Applied metaph. to broth without meat.
_Kelly._
Isl. _gelld_, _gall_, infaecundus, effaetus; Dan. _gald_, Su. G.
_gall_, id. _galko_, vacca sterilis.
YELDRING, YELDRIN, _s._ A yellow-hammer, S. tautologically
_yellow-yeldrin_, also _yellow-yite_.
_Sibbald._
A. S. _geole_, yellow, and _ring_; perh. from the yellow _ring_,
which at least partly adorns the neck of this bird.
_To_ YELL, _v. n._ To roll, a term applied to a ship. _Yawl_, E.
_Mellvill's MS._
YELLY, YEALTOU, used as an _interj._ expressive of surprise, S. B.
_Yelly_, yea will ye? _yealtou_, yea wilt thou?
_Shirrefs._
_To_ YELLOCH, _v. n._ To scream, to shriek, S. B. Fife.
_Gl. Shirr._
~Yelloch~, ~Yellough~, _s._ A yell, S.
_Cleland._
~Yellowchin~, _s._ Yelling, S.
_Ferguson._
YELLOW GOWAN, the name given in S. to different species of the
ranunculus.
V. ~Gowan~.
_To_ YEME, YHEME, YYM, _v. a._ To keep, to take care of.
_Barbour._
A. S. _gem-an_, _gym-an_, to take care of, to keep; Isl. _geym-a_,
animum attendere, custodire.