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

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_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ To push or jog with the fist or elbow, S.

Teut. _dons-en_, pugno percutere.

DUNCH, _s._ One who is short and thick, S.

~Dunchy~, _adj._ Squat, S.

DUNDERHEAD, _s._ A blockhead, Loth.

V. ~Donnart~.

DWMMYSMAN, _s._ A judge.

_Wyntown._

DWN, _pret._ of the _v. Do_.

_Wyntown._

DUNGEON _of wit_, One having a profound intellect, S.

_Boswell._

DUNGERING, _s._ The dungeon of a castle.

_S. P. Repr._

DUNIWASSAL, DUIN-WASSAL, _s._

1. A nobleman.

_Colvil._

2. A gentleman of secondary rank.

_Garnet._

3. Used to denote the lower class of farmers, generally in a contemptuous way, Ayrs.

Gael. _duine_, a man, and _uasal_, noble.

_To_ DUNNER, DUNDER, _v. n._ To make a noise like thunder.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ DUNT, _v. a._ To strike so as to produce a dull hollow sound, S.

_Popular Ball._

_To_ ~Dunt~ _out_,

1. To bring any business to a termination, S.

_Ross._

2. To come to a thorough explanation, after a variance, S.

Su. G. _dunt_, ictus.

_To_ ~Dunt~, _v. n._ To palpitate.

_Ramsay._

~Dunt~, ~Dount~, _s._

1. A stroke causing a flat and hollow sound, S. O. E. id.

_Peblis to the Play._

2. Palpitation of the heart, S.

_Ross._

3. _At a dunt_, unexpectedly, Stirlings.

Isl. _dunt_, a stroke given to the back or breast, so as to produce a sound.

~Dunting~, _s._ Continued beating, causing a hollow sound, S.

_Melvil._

DUNTER-GOOSE, _s._ The Eider duck.

_Brand._

Su. G. _dun_, down, and _taer-a_, to gnaw, because it plucks the down from its breast.

DUNTY, _s._ A doxy.

_Gl. Ramsay._

DUNZE.

V. ~Doyn~.

DUR, DURE, _s._ Door.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _dure_, id.

DURGY, _adj._ Thick, gross, Loth.

Isl. _driug-r_, densus.

DURK, _s._ A dagger, S.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

Gael. _durc_, a poniard; Teut. _dolck_, sica.

_To_ ~Durk~, _v. a._

1. To stab with a dagger, S.

_Cleland._

2. To spoil, to mismanage, S.

_To_ DURKEN, _v. a._ To affright.

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ DUSCH, _v. n._

1. To move with velocity.

_Douglas._

2. To twang.

_Douglas._

3. _To dusch doun_. To fall with noise, id.

_Douglas._

Germ. _dosen_, strepitum edere; Isl. _thus-a_, tumultuose proruere.

~Dusche~, _s._

1. A fall; as including the crash made by it.

_Douglas._

2. A stroke, a blow.

V. ~Doyce~.

_Barbour._

Isl. _thys_, Alem. _thuz_, _doz_, fragor.

DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ A musical instrument.

_Poems 16th Cent._

DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ An indorsement.

_Leg. Bp. St Androis._

Fr. _douss-er_, to indorse.

_To_ DUSH, _v. a._ To push as a ram, ox, &c. S.

Teut. _does-en_, pulsare cum impetu; Isl. _dusk-a_, verbera infligo.

DUST, _s._ A tumult.

Su. G. _dyst_, id.

DUST _of a mill_, what flies from a mill in grinding, S. Teut. _duyst_, pollen.

DUST _of lint_, what flies from flax in dressing, S.

Teut. _doest_, lanugo lintei.

DUSTIE-FUTE, DUSTIFIT, _s._

1. A pedlar.

_Skene._

2. One who is not resident in a country.

_Burr. Lawes._

3. Used to denote revelry.

_Godly Ball._

_To_ DUTE, DUTT, _v. n._ To dose, S. B.

Belg. _dutt-en_, to set a-nodding.

~Dut~, _s._ A stupid person, S. B.

Dan. _doede_, stupidus; Belg. _dutt-en_, delirare.

DWABLE, DWEBLE, _adj._ Weak, flexible.

Su. G. _dubbel_, double.

_Ross._

DWALM, DWAUM, _s._

V. ~Dualm~.

_To_ DWANG, _v. a._

1. To oppress with labour, S. B.

2. To bear, or draw, unequally, S. B.

3. To harass by ill-humour, S. B.

Teut. _dwingh-en_, domare, arctare.

_To_ ~Dwang~, _v. n._ To toil, S. B.

_Morison._

~Dwang~, _s._ A rough shake or throw, S. B.

_Morison._

_To_ ~Dwyne~, _v. n._

1. To pine, S.

_A. Nicol._

2. To fade, applied to nature.

_Ferguson._

3. To dwindle, S.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

Teut. _dwyn-en_, attenuare, extenuare.

_To_ ~Dwyn~, _v. a._ To cause to languish.

_Montgomerie._

~Dwyning~, _s._ A decline, S.

Isl. _dwinar_, diminutio.

E

E, ~Ee~, _s._ The eye, S.

_Douglas._

EA, _adj._ One.

V. the letter A.

_To_ EAND, _v. n._ To breathe.

V. ~Aynd~, _v._

EARLEATHER-PIN, _s._ An iron pin for fastening the chain by which a horse draws in a cart, Fife.

_To_ EARM.

V. ~Yirm~.

_To_ EARN, _v. n._

1. To coagulate, S.

2. To cause to coagulate, S.

Germ. _ge-rinnen_, Su. G. _raenn-a_, coagulare.

~Earning~, _s._ Rennet, S.

A. S. _gerunning_, id.

EARN-BLEATER, _s._ The snipe, S. B. _earnbliter_.

_Ross._

EARNY-COULIGS, _s. pl._ Tumuli, Orkn.

Isl. _ern_, ancient, and _kulle_, tumulus, Su. G. summitas montis.

EASING, EASINGDRAP, _s._ The eaves of a house, S.

A. S. _efese_; Belg. _oosdruyp_, id.

_To_ EASSIN, EISIN, _v. a._

1. To desire the bull, S.

2. Applied to strong desire of any kind.

_Ferguson._

Isl. _yxna_ or _oxna_, vitula appetens taurum.

~Eastning wort~, Scabious, an herb, S. A.

_Pennecuik._

EARN, _s._ The Eagle.

V. ~Ern~.

EARTH, _s._ The act of earing, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

Sw. _ard_, aratio, from _aer-ia_, to ear.

EASTIE-WASTIE, _s._ An unstable person, Ang.; q. one who veers from _east_ to _west_.

EASTLAND, _adj._ Belonging to the east.

_Baillie._

EASTLIN, _adj._ Easterly, S.

_Ramsay._

~Eastlins~, _adv._ Eastward, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _east-laeng_, oriente tenus.

EASTILT, _adv._ Eastward, _westlit_, westward; pron. _eassilt_, _wessilt_, Loth.

A. S. _east-daele_, plaga orientalis.

EAT, _s._ The act of eating, S. B.

A. S. _aet_, Teut. _aet_, food.

EATIN BERRIES, Juniper berries, S. B.

V. ~Etnagh~.

EBB, _adj._ Shallow, S.

_Rutherford._

~Ebbness~, _s._ Shallowness.

_Rutherford._

ECCLEGRASS, _s._ Butterwort or sheep-rot, Orkn.

_Neill._

ECHER, ICKER, _s._ An ear of corn, S.

A. S. _aecer_, _aechir_, id.

_Douglas._

ECHT, _s._ Ought.

_Barbour._

EDROPPIT, _part. pa._ Dropsical.

_Bellenden._

EE, _s._ Eye.

V. ~E~.

~Ee~ _of the day_, Noon, mid-day, S. B.

~Ee-list~, ~Eye-list~, ~Eye-last~, _s._

1. A deformity, an eye-sore.

_R. Bruce._

2. An offence.

_Godscroft._

3. A break in a page, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

A. S. _eag_, oculus, and _laest_, defectus.

~Ee-stick~, ~Eistick~, _s._ Something singular or surprising; q. that which causes the _eye_ to _stick_ or fix, S.

_Ferguson._

~Ee-sweet~, ~Eye-sweet~, _adj._ Acceptable, S.

_Rutherford._

~Ee-winkers~, _s._ The eye-lashes, S.

_Rutherford._

~Een~, ~Ene~, _pl._ of ~Ee~, Eyes, S.

_Douglas._

EEBREK CRAP, The third crop after lea, S. B.

EEGHIE ~nor~ OGHIE. _I can hear neither eeghie nor oghie_, neither one thing nor another, Ang.

_Ross._

Su. G. _igh_, or _eighi_, not.

EEKFOW, _adj._ Equal; also, just, Ang.

Su. G. _ekt-a_, Germ. _eicht_, justus.

~Eeksie-peeksie~, _adj._ Equal, Ang.

EEL. _A nine-ee'd eel_, a lamprey, S.

Su. G. _neionoogon_, Germ. _neunauge_, id.

~Eel-backit~, _adj._ Having a black line on the back, applied to a dun-coloured horse, S.

~Eelpout~, _s._ The viviparous Blenny, S.

EERIE, _adj._ Timorous.

V. ~Ery~.

EFFECTUOUS, _adj._ Affectionate.

L. B. _affectuos-us_, id.

_Douglas._

_To_ EFFEIR, _v. n._

1. To become, to fit.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. To be proportional to.

_Knox._

~Effeir~, _s._

1. What is becoming.

_Maitland Poems._

2. A property, quality.

_Dunbar._

_To_ EFFERE, EFFEIR, _v. a._

1. To fear.

_Lyndsay._

2. To affright.

_Douglas._

A. S. _afaer-an_, terrere.

_To_ ~Effeir~, _v. n._ To fear.

_Lyndsay._

~Effray~, ~Effraying~, _s._ Terror.

_Barbour._

Fr. _effray-ir_, to affright.

~Effrayitly~, _adv._ Under affright.

_Barbour._

EFREST, Best; Isl. _ypprist_.

_Houlate._

EFT, _adv._ After.

A. S. id.

_Wallace._

~Eft castel~, Hinder part of the ship.

_Douglas._

~Efter~, ~Eftir~, _prep._ After.

A. S. _eftyr_, id.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

~Eftir ane~, _adv._ Uniformly, S.

_Douglas._

~Eftirhend~, _adv._ Afterwards, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

Su. G. _efter_, and _haen_, hence, dehinc, posthac.

~Efterhend~, _prep._ After. Id.

~Eftremess~, _s._ A dessert.

_Barbour._

A. S. _aefter_ and _mess_, a meal.

EFTSYIS, _adv._ Ofttimes, Rudd.

_Douglas._

A. S. _eft_, iterum, and _sithe_, vice.

EGG-BED, _s._ The ovarium of a fowl, S.

EGGLAR, _s._ One who collects _eggs_ for sale, S. A.

EY, A termination of the names of many places; signifying an island, also written _ay_, _a_, or _ie_.

Isl. _ey_, id.

EIDENT, _adj._ Diligent.

V. ~Ithand~.

EIDER DOUN, Down of the eider duck.

Sw. _eiderdun_, id.

_Pennant._

EYE-LIST, _s._ A flaw.

V. ~Ee-List~.

EYEN, _pl._ Eyes.

V. ~Een~.

EIFFEST, _adv._ Especially.

_Barry._

Isl. _efst-r_, supremus.

EIK, _pron._ Each.

_Douglas._

EIK, EKE, _s._ An addition, S.

_Baillie._

EIK, _s._ Lineament used for greasing sheep, S. A.

_To_ EILD, ELD, _v. n._ To wax old.

A. S. _eald-ian_, veterascere.

_Bellenden._

~Eild~, ~Eld~, _s._

1. Any particular period of life, S.

_Barbour._

_Euin eild_, Equal in age.

_Douglas._

2. A generation.

_Douglas._

3. An era.

_Wyntown._

4. The advanced period of life.

_Douglas._

A. S. _yld_, aetas, aevum.

~Eild~, _adj._ Old.

A. S. _eald_, id.

_Douglas._

~Eildit~, _part. pa._ Aged.

_Douglas._

~Eildins~, ~Yealings~, _s. pl._ Equals in age.

_Burns._

A. S. _efen-eald_, coaevus, inverted.

_To_ EYNDILL, _v. n._ To be jealous of; _eenil_, Fife.

_Maitland Poems._

~Eyndling~, ~Eyndland~, _part. pr._ Jealous.

_Semple._

EIR, _s._ Fear, Ang.

V. ~Ery~.

EIRACK, _s._ A hen-pullet, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Gael. _eirag_, id. Germ. _jahrig_, one year old.

EYRE FALCONS, Leg. _Gyre_.

_Houlate._

EITHER, _adv._ Or, Ang.

_Knox._

Isl. _eda_, _edr_, seu.

EITH, EYTH, ETH, _adj._ Easy, S.

A. S. _eath_, facilis.

_Barbour._

_Eith_ is also used adverbially.

_Ramsay._

~Eithar~, ~Ethar~, _comp._

_Douglas._

~Eithly~, _adv._ Easily, S.

EYTTYN, ETTYN, ETIN, EATEN, _s._

1. A giant.

_Complaynt S._

2. _Redeaten_ occurs as equivalent to _canibal_.

Isl. _jautun_, _jotun_.

_Mellvill's MS._

EIZEL, AIZLE, ISIL, ISEL, _s._

1. A hot ember, S.

_Burns._

2. Wood reduced to the state of charcoal, S.

3. In _pl._ metaph. for the ruins of a country desolated by war.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ysle_, embers, Isl. _eysa_, carbones candentes sub cinere.

ELBOCK, ELBUCK, _s._ Elbow, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _elboga_, Alem. _elnboga_, from A. S. _eln_, the arm, and _boge_, curvature.

~Elbow-grease~, _s._

1. Hard work with the arms, S.

2. Brown rappee, Ang.

ELDARIS, ELDRYS, _s. pl._ Ancestors.

_Barbour._

A. S. _aldor_, Su. G. _aeldre_, senior.

ELDER, _s._ Among Presbyterians, one ordained to the exercise of government without having authority to teach, S.

_Buik of Discipline._

ELDERSCHIP, _s._

1. The ecclesiastical court, now called a Presbytery.

_Buik of Discipline._

2. The Kirk-session of a particular congregation, S.

_Baillie._

A. S. _ealdor-scipe_, principatus.

ELDFADER, _s._

1. Grandfather.

A. S. _eald fader_, id.

_Barbour._

2. Father in law.

_Douglas._

ELDIN, ELDING, _s._ Fuel of any kind, S.

A. S. _aeled_, Su. G. _eld_, fire.

_Ferguson._

ELDING, _s._ Age.

V. ~Eild~.

_Maitland P._

ELDIS, _adv._ On all sides.

_Douglas._

A. S. _eallis_, omnino.

ELDMODER, _s._ Mother in law.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ealde-moder_, avia.

ELDNING, ELDURING, _s._ Jealousy.

A. S. _ellnung_, emulation.

_Dunbar._

ELDREN, ELDERIN, _adj._ Elderly, S.

_Ross._

Dan. _aldrende_; Isl. _aldraen_, senex.

ELEVEN-HOURS, _s._ A luncheon, S.

ELFMILL, _s._ The sound made by a wood-worm, viewed by the vulgar as preternatural, S. q. "_fairy_-mill."

ELFSHOT, _s._

1. The name vulgarly given to an arrow-head of flint, S.

_Pennant._

2. Disease, supposed to be produced by the stroke of an elf-arrow, S.

_Glanville._

Norv. _allskaadt_, Dan. _elleskud_; i. e. _elfshot_.

_Elf-shot_, _adj._ Shot by fairies, S.

_Ramsay._

ELIMOSINUS, _adj._ Merciful.

_Burel._

ELYTE, _s._ One elected to a bishopric.

O. Fr. _elite_.

_Wyntown._

ELLER, _s._ The Alder, a tree, S.

_Lightfoot._

ELLIS, _adv._ Otherwise.

A. S. _elles_, id.

ELLIS, ELS, _adv._ Already, S.

_Barbour._

ELRISCHE, ELRICHE, ELRAIGE, ELRICK, ALRISCH, ALRY, _adj._

1. Expressing relation to evil spirits.

_Dunbar._

2. Preternatural, as regarding sound, S.

_Douglas._

3. Hideous; respecting the appearance.

_Douglas._

4. Frightful, respecting place, S.

_Burns._

5. Uncouth; in relation to dress.

_Bellenden._

6. Surly, austere.

7. Fretted; applied to a sore, Ang.

A. S. _aelf_, and _ric_, rich; q. abounding in elves.

ELS, ELSE, _adv._ Already.

V. ~Ellis~.

ELSYN, ELSON, _s._ An awl, S.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _aelsene_.

ELWAND, ELNWAND, _s._

1. An instrument for measuring, S.

_Burr. Lawes._

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.