Etymological Dic
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals
作者:Jamieson, John, 1759-1838
体例:段 章数:58
字数:1,174,905 来源:Project Gutenberg
章节目录
共 58 段- Su. G. _e_ marriage, and _lackey_, Fr. _lacquay_, a runner.
- ARK _of a Mill_, the place in which the centre-wheel runs, S
- V. the termination ~Lingis~.
- _Bannatyne Poems._
- A. S. _binnan_, Belg. _binnen_, intus, (within); _binnen-kam
- Denominated, perhaps, from the strong hold that it takes of
- BLE, BLIE, _s._ Complexion, colour.
- BOO, BOW, _s._ A term sometimes used to denote a farm-house
- BRANDED, _part. pa._ Bordered, having a margin.
- Isl. _brogd_, astus, stratagemata, Verel. _brigd_, id.
- BURDLY, BUIRDLY, _adj._ Large and well-made, S. The E. word
- ~Caps~, _s. pl._ The combs of wild bees, S.
- Apparently corr. from the E. v. _chine_, used in the same se
- _To_ CLIP, CLYP, _v. a._
- COUATYSE, COVETISE, COWATYSS, _s._
- CULDEES, _s. pl._ A body of teaching presbyters, who, from t
- ~Demellitie~, _s._ A hurt, Ang. q. the effects of a broil.
- O. Fr. _les douz pers_, or _pairs_.
- _Burr. Lawes._
- _Bannatyne P._
- FLOOKED, _adj._ Barbed.
- FRIM-FRAM, _s._ Trifle.
- _Gl. Shirr._
- A. S. _godsib_, Su. G. _gudsif_. lustricus; from _God_ and _
- 2. A frame suspended from the roof for drying cheeses, S.
- HEAD-LACE, _s._ A narrow ribbon for binding the head, Ang.
- Isl. _hof_, atrium, Germ. _hof_, area, _kirchhof_, area ante
- 1. The _evil_, or fatal effects ascribed to the influence of
- ~Kenspeckle~, _adj._ Having so singular an appearance, as to
- ~Lairdship~, _s._ A landed estate, S.
- _Watson._
- V. ~Luit~.
- 2. To be in a state of intimacy, S. B.
- _To gang oure the Month_, to cross the Grampians, S. B.
- 2. To straiten; applied to bounds.
- _Barbour._
- 5. To talk more of a matter than it deserves, S.
- _To_ POW, _v. a._ To pluck, to _pull_, S.
- Alem. _quad_, dixi.
- _Ross._
- Su. G. _rynka_, a wrinkle, a fold.
- A. S. _scade_, umbra.
- _To_ SCUTLE, _v. a._ To pour from one vessel to another, oft
- 2. Low in present circumstances.
- * SLACK, _adj._
- SNEESHIN, SNEEZING, _s._
- _Wyntown._
- ~Sterand~, _part. pr._ Active, lively.
- V. ~Stech~.
- O. Fr. _tes-er_, to bend a bow.
- A. S. _thirl-ian_, perforare.
- Teut. _toe-val_, eventus; _toe-vall-en_, cadendo claudi.
- TRULIS, _s. pl._ Some kind of game.
- _Douglas._
- _To_ WANEISE _one's self_, _v. a._ To put one's self to trou
- V. ~Verlot~.
- _To_ WISS, _s._ To wish, S.
- ~Yemar~, ~Yhemar~, _s._ A keeper, one who has any object in