Part 29
2. To move by succussation, Loth.
~Houd~, _s._ The act of wriggling, S. B.
_To_ HOVE, HOW, HUFE, HUFF, _v. n._
1. To lodge.
_Barbour._
2. To stay, to tarry.
_Douglas._
Germ. _hof-en_, domo et hospitio excipere.
_To_ HOVE, _v. n._
1. To swell, S.
_Hogg._
2. To rise, to ascend.
_Polwart._
Dan. _hov-er_, to swell.
HOVE. ~Arthur's Hove~, the ancient building called _Arthur's Oon_, S.
_Bellenden._
HOUFF, _s._ A haunt.
V. ~Hoif~.
_To_ ~Houff~, _v. n._ To take shelter, S.
HOUFFIT, _part._ Heaved.
_K. Hart._
HOUGH, _adj._ Having a hollow sound.
_Glanville._
HOUGH, _adj._ (gutt.)
1. Low, mean; pron. _hogh_.
_Ramsay._
2. In a poor state of health, S.
_To_ HOUK, _v. a._ Expl. To heap.
_Gl. Sibb._
HOUK, _s._ A large ship.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _holk_, navis oneraria.
HOURIS, _s. pl._
1. Matins.
_Bellenden._
2. Metaph. the chanting of birds.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _heures_, a book of prayers for certain hours.
HOURS. _Ten hours_, ten o'clock, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
Fr. _qu'elle heure_, S. _what hours?_
HOUSS, _s._ A castle.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _hus_, castellum, arx.
HOW, _adj._ Hollow.
V. ~Holl~.
~How~, _s._
1. Any hollow place, S.
_Ross._
2. A plain, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. The hold of a ship.
_Douglas._
4. _Dung in the howes_, overturned.
_Baillie._
HOW, _s._ A tumulus, Orkn.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _haug_, Su. G. _hoeg_, a sepulchral mound.
HOW, _s._
1. A coif or hood. S. B. pron. _hoo_.
_Kelly._
Belg. _huyve_, Dan. _hue_, id.
2. A chaplet.
_Douglas._
A. S. _hufe_, tiara.
3. _Sely how_, also _happy how_, a membrane on the head, with which some children are born; pron. _hoo_, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
HOW, HOU, HOO, _s._ A piece of wood, which joins the _couple-wings_ together at the top, on which rests the roof-tree of a thatched house, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _huf_, summitas tecti.
HOW, _s._ A hoe, S.
Fr. _houe_.
_Barbour._
HOW, HOU, _s._
1. The sound made by the owl.
Fr. _hu-er_, to hoot.
_Doug._
2. A sea cheer.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ HOWD, _v. a._ To act as a midwife, S.
Isl. _iod_, childbirth, _iod sott_, the pangs of childbirth.
~Howdy~, _s._ A midwife, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _iodgumma_, id. i. e. as frequently expressed in S. a _houdy-wife_.
_To_ HOWDER, _v. n._ To move by succussation, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ HOWDER, _v. a._ To hide, Loth.
_Ramsay._
~Howdrand~, _part. pa._ Hiding.
_Dunbar._
S. B. _hode_, to hide; or Teut. _hoeder_, receptaculum.
HOWE, _interj._ A call. S.
_Douglas._
Dan. _hoo_, Fr. _ho_, id.
HOWIE, CASTLE-HOWIE, _s._ The name given Orkn. to such of the Picts' houses as still appear like tumuli.
From How, a tumulus, q. v.
HOWYN, _part. pa._ Baptised.
_Wynt._
HOWLLIS HALD, a ruin; q. an owl's habitation.
_Dunbar._
HOWPHYN, _s._ A term of endearment, equivalent to E. _darling_.
_Evergreen._
C. B. _hoffdyn_, one who is beloved.
HOW SA, _adv._ Although.
_Barbour._
HOWTOWDY, _s._ A hen that has never laid, S.
Fr. _hustaudeau_, _hutaudeau_, any well-grown pullet.
HUBBILSCHOW, HOBBLESHOW, _s._ A hubbub, a tumult, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _hobbel-en_, inglomerare; _schowe_, spectaculum.
_To_ HUCK, _v. n._ To hesitate as in a bargain, q. to play the _huckster_,
_Z. Boyd._
HUCKIE-BUCKIE, _s._ A play, in which children slide down a hill on their _hunkers_, Loth.
V. ~Hunker~.
HUD, _s._ The trough employed by masons for carrying mortar, Loth.
_To_ HUD, _v. n._ To hide.
V. ~Hod~.
_Leg. St Androis._
HUDDERIN, HUDERON, _part. adj._ Flabby in person, and slovenly. Ang. pron. _hutherin_.
_Kelly._
2. Ugly, hideous, Aberd.
_Journ. Lond._
3. Empty, ill-filled, Orkn.
Teut. _huyder-en_, to have the udder distended.
~Huddroun~, _s. Belly-huddroun_, _s._ A gluttonous sloven.
_Dunbar._
HUDDY CRAW, HODDIE, _s._ The carrion crow, S. B. _hoddy craw_, S. A. _huddit crau_.
_Complaynt S._
HUDDS, _s._ A kind of clay hardened, used for a back to a grate, Dumfr.
_Stat. Acc._
HUDDUM, HUDDONE, _s._ A kind of whale.
_Douglas._
HUDGE-MUDGE, _adj._ Clandestinely, S. B.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
Su. G. _miugg_, secretly, compounded with _hug-a_, to meditate, O. Teut. _huggh-en_, to observe.
HUD-PYKE, _s._ A miser.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _pick-hogad_, qui avide desiderat.
HUFUD, _s._ A stroke on the head, S. B.
HUGGRIE-MUGGRIE, _adv._ Hugger-mugger, Fife.
V. ~Hudge-mudge~.
HUICK, _s._ A small rick of corn, Banffs.
_To_ HUIK, _v. a._ To consider, to regard.
_Chron. S. P._
Teut. _huggh-en_, observare, considerare.
HUKEBANE, _s._ Huckle-bone, S. B.
Su. G. Isl. _huk-a_, inclinare se.
_Dunbar._
_To_ HUKE, Perhaps, to tack; Teut. _huck-en_, incurvare.
_Maitland P._
HULGIE-BACK, _s._ Hump back.
_Gl. Ross._
~Hulgie-backed~, _adj._ Hump-backed, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. _hulkig_, convexus, E. _hulch_.
HULY, HOOLIE, _adj._ Slow, moderate, S. _heelie_, Aberd.
_Douglas._
_Hove_, to stay, S., or Su. G. _hoflig_, moderate.
HULLION, _s._ A sloven, Fife.
HULLCOCK, _s._ The Smooth hound, a fish, Orkn.
HULTER CORN, _s._ The same with _shilling_, Aberd. q. _hulled_.
_Stat. Acc._
HUM, _s._ A sham, S.
Su. G. _hum_, an uncertain rumour.
_To_ HUM, To feed, as birds do their young, by billing, Ang.
HUMANITY, _s._ The study of the Latin language.
Hence _the Humanity Class_, that in which this is taught; and the teacher, the _Professor of humanity_.
Lat. _Literae Humaniores_.
_Stat. Acc._
HUMDRUM, _s._ Dejection, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _humm-a_, admurmurare, and _drom-a_, tarde et lente gradi.
HUMEST, _adj._ Uppermost.
V. ~Umast~.
_Wallace._
HUMLY, _adj._ Humble.
_Bellenden._
HUMLOIK, _s._ Hemlock.
_Lyndsay._
HUMMEL, _s._ A drone.
_Dunbar._
Germ. _hummel_, fucus.
_To_ HUMMEL, _v. a. To hummil bear_, to separate the grain of barley from the beards, S. B.
~Hummel-corn~, _s._ Grain which wants a beard, as pease, &c. S. B.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. _haml-a_, to mutilate.
HUMMEL, _adj._ Wanting horns.
V. ~Homyll~.
HUMMIE, _s._ The game otherwise called _shintie_, Loth.
HUMSTRUM, _s._ A pet.
_Gl. Shirr._
_Hum_, as in _hum-drum_, and _strum_, q. v.
HUND, _s._
1. A dog, S.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _hunds_, A. S. _hund_, canis.
2. An avaricious person, S.
Teut. _hond_, homo avarus.
HUNE, _s._ Delay.
V. ~Hone~.
_Dunbar._
_To_ HUNE, _v. n._ To emit a querulous sound, Ang.
Su. G. _hwin-a_, lugere.
HUNGRY GROUND, ground, by superstition, believed to be so much under the power of enchantment, that he who passes over it would infallibly faint, if he did not use something for the support of nature, West of S.
_To_ HUNKER, _v. n._ To squat down.
_Gl. Shirr._
_To_ ~Hunker~, _v. a._ The same.
_Pop. Ball._
~Hunkers~, _s. pl. To sit on one's hunkers_, to sit with the hips hanging downwards, S.
Isl. _huk-a_, incurvare se modo cacantis.
HUPES _of a mill_, _s. pl._ The circular wooden frame, which surrounds the millstones, Loth. q. _hoops_.
_To_ HUR, _v. n._ To snarl.
_Muses Thren._
Lat. _hirr-ire_, id.
HURBLE, _s._ A lean or meagre object, S. B.
HURCHAM, _adj._ Like a hedgehog.
_Dunbar._
HURCHEON, _s._ A hedgehog, S.
HURD, HURDE, _s._ A hoard, S.
_Wyntown._
HURDIES, _s. pl._ The buttocks, S.
_Lyndsay._
HURDYS, _s. pl._ Hurdles.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _hurd_, Belg. _horde_, Fr. _hourde_.
_To_ HURDLE, _v. n._ To crouch like a cat or hare, S. B.
_Gl. Shirrefs._
HURE, HORE, _s._ A whore, S.
_Godly Sangs._
A. S. _hure_, Teut. _hur_, Belg. _hoere_.
~Huredome~, Whoredom, id.
_To_ HURKILL, HURKLE, _v. n._
1. To draw the body together, S.
_Douglas._
2. To be in a rickety state.
_Dunbar._
3. To be contracted into folds.
_Ritson._
~Hurkle-backit~, _adj._ Crook-backed, S.
_Godly Ball._
Belg. _hurk-en_, to squat, to sit stooping.
HURL, _s._ The act of scolding, S.
HURLE BEHIND, the diarrhoea.
_Dunbar._
HURLEBARROW, _s._ A wheel-barrow, S.
_Watson._
HURLY, _s._ Expl. the "last."
_Poems Buch. Dial._
HURLIE-HACKET, _s._ Sliding down a precipice, S. A.
_Lyndsay._
Su. G. _hurr-a_, whence E. _hurl_, and _halk-a_, to slide.
HURLOCH, URLOCH, _adj._ Cloudy, Gael. _obherlach_.
_Popular Ball._
HURRY-SCURRY, _s._ An uproar, Ang.
Su. G. _hurra_, cum impetu circumagi; _skorra_, sonum stridulum edere.
HURSTIS.
V. ~Hirst~.
HURTHY, L. _hurtly_, promptly.
_Houlate._
Germ. _hurtig_, expeditus; _hurt_, impetus.
HUSBAND, _s._ A farmer.
_Barbour._
A. S. _husbonda_, L. B. _husbanda_, paterfamilias agriculturam exercens.
~Husband-land~, s. A division of land.
_Skene._
HUSCHER, _s._ An usher.
_Sir Tristrem._
Fr. _huissier_, id. from _huis_, a door.
HUSE, L. _hufe_, tarry.
_Houlate._
HUSH, _s._ The Lump, a fish, S.
_To_ HUSH, _v. n._ To rush, Loth.
HUSHEL, _s._ Any implement that is worn out, Ang.
HUSHION, _s._ Apparently the same with _Hoeshin_.
_Burns._
HUSSYFSKAP, _s._ Housewifery.
V. ~Hissieskip~.
HUSSILLING, _s._ A rattling or clashing noise.
_Douglas._
_To_ HUSTLE, _v. n._ To emit such a sound as an infant does when highly pleased, Ang.
Isl. _hwisl-a_, in aurum susurrare.
HUT, An overgrown and indolent person, Ang.
~Hut~, ~Hand-hut~, _s._ A small stack built in the field, S.
HUT, _s._ A square basket, formerly used in Galloway for carrying out dung to the field, of which the bottom opened to let the contents fall out.
HUTHER, _s._ A wetting mist, S. B. ~It's hutherin~, it rains slightly, ibid.
Isl. _hiufrar_, parum pluit; _hiufr_, pluvia tenuis.
HUTHERIN, _s._
1. A young heifer, Ang. Loth.
V. ~Hudderin~.
2. A stupid fellow, Orkney.
HUTTIS ILL, some disease.
_Roull._
HUTTIT, _adj._ Hated, abominable.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _hutta_, cum indignatione et contemtu ejicere.
HUTTOCK, _s._ Perhaps mitre.
_Pal. Hon._
Fr. _haute toque_, high cap.
_To_ HUZZH, _v. a._ To lull a child, S.
Isl. _hoss-a_, id.
HWINKLE FACED, _adj._ Lantern-jawed, Orkn.
I, J, Y.
J corresponds to Germ. Belg. _sch_, Su. G. Isl. _sk_. Y, as prefixed to verbs, participles and verbal nouns, is merely the vestige of A. S. _ge_, corresponding to Moes. G. _ga_. _Ie_ is a termination used for forming diminutives.
JA, _s._ The jay.
_Bannatyne Poems._
JABB, _s._ A net for catching the fry of coal-fish.
_Stat. Acc._
JABBIT, _adj._ Fatigued, jaded.
_Gl. Shirr._
JABBLE, _s._ Soup, Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
JACINCTYNE, _s._ Hyacinth.
_Douglas._
Fr. _jacynthe_, id.
JACKSTIO, _s._ Jack-pudding.
_Polwart._
Su. G. _stoja_, tumultuari; Isl. _stygg-r_, insolens.
_To_ JAG, _v. a._
1. To job, S.
_Watson._
2. To pierce.
_Douglas._
Germ. _zack_, cuspis; _zeichnen_, to prick.
JAG, _s. Jack_, or hunter, fashion of boots.
Teut. _jagh-en_, agitare feras.
_Ritson._
JAGGET, _s._ A full sack dangling at every motion.
_To_ JAIP, JAPE, _v. a._ To mock.
_Doug._
A. S. _gabb-an_, Su. G. _gabb-a_, irridere.
~Jaip~, ~Jape~, _s._
1. A mock.
_Douglas._
2. A deception.
_Douglas._
~Jaiper~, ~Japer~, _s._ A buffoon.
_Gl. Sibb._
JAY-PYET, _s._ A jay, Ang. Perths.
_To_ JAK, _v. n._ To spend time idly, S. _jauk_, q. v.
_Priests Peblis._
~Jaukin~, _s._ Dallying, S.
_Burns._
JAKMEN, _s. pl._ Retainers kept by a landholder, for fighting in his quarrels.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _jaque_, a short coat of mail worn by them.
JAM, _s._ A projection, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Fr. _jambe_, a corbel.
_To_ JAMPH, _v. a._
1. To mock, S.
_Ross._
2. To shuffle, S.
_Ross._
3. To act the part of a male jilt.
_Id._
4. To trifle, S.
Su. G. _skymf-a_, to scoff, _schimpf-en_, id. Su. G. _skaemta tiden_, tempus fallere.
~Jampher~, _s._ A scoffer, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _schamper_, derisor.
JANGEALAR, _s._ A juggler.
_Dunbar._
_To_ JANGIL, JANGLE, _v. n._ To prattle.
Fr. _jangl-er_, id.
_Complaynt S._
~Janglour~, _s._ A prater.
_Bannatyne P._
Fr. _jangleur_, id.
_To_ JANK, _v. n._
1. To trifle, Loth.
_Cleland._
Isl. _kiaenk-a_, arridere, might seem allied.
2. _To jank off_, to run off, Loth.
JANKIT, _part. adj._ Fatigued, jaded, Loth.
JANTY, _adj._ Cheerful, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
Su. G. _gant-as_, to sport like children.
_To_ JAPE, _v. a._ To mock.
V. ~Jaip~.
_To_ JARG, _v. n._ To make a sharp shrill noise, to creak, Bord.
_Douglas._
2. To flinch.
_Mellvill's MS._
Su. G. _jerg-a_, eadem oberrare chorda.
_To_ ~Jargle~, _v. n._ To produce reiterated shrill sounds, Bord.
A dimin. from _Jarg_, or from O. Fr. _jergouill-er_, to mumble, to mutter.
~Jargolyne~, _s._ Chattering.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ JARR, _v. n._ To make a harsh and grating noise; E. _jar_.
_Douglas._
_To_ JARR, _v. n._ To stir with a staff in water.
Alem. _girr-en_, turbare.
_Douglas._
JASP, _s._ Jasper.
Fr. id.
_Henrysone._
JAUDIE, _s._
1. The stomach of a hog, Roxb.
2. A pudding of oat-meal and hogs' lard, with onions and pepper, inclosed in a sow's stomach, Loth. S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
C. B. _gwaedogen_, omasum, a fat tripe; Arm. _guadec_, a pudding; _guadegen kig minset_, a haggis.
JAVEL.
V. ~Jevel~.
JAUELLOUR, JEVELLOUR, _s._ A jailor.
_Bellenden._
_To_ JAUK, _v. n._ To trifle, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _jack-a_, continuo agitare; or Teut. _gack-en_, ludere.
JAW, JAWE, _s._
1. A wave, S.
_Douglas._
2. A flash of water, S.
3. Coarse raillery, petulant language, S.
_Burns._
4. Loquacity, S.
_To_ ~Jaw~, _v. n._
1. To dash, S.
_Minst. Bord._
2. _v. a._ To spirt, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To assault with coarse raillery, S.
_A. Douglas._
_To_ JAWNER, _v. n._ To talk foolishly, Clydes.
_Falls of Clyde._
JAWP, JAUP, JALP, _s._
1. A flash, a dash of water.
_Douglas._
2. A spot of mud or dirty water, S.
3. Dregs, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
Pron. _jalp_, both in the North and South of S.; in the West _jawpe_.
Isl. _gialf-ur_, a hissing or roaring wave; _gialfr-a_, _gialp-a_, obstrepere, allidere, applied to the dashing of waves; Belg. _zwalp_, a flash of water.
_To_ ~Jawp~, _v. n._ To dash and rebound as water, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Jawp~, ~Jalp~, _v. a._ To bespatter with mud, S.
_Kelly._
JAWTHERS, _s. pl._ Idle, frivolous discourse, S.
Isl. _gialfra_, incondita loqui.
YBET, _part. pa._ Supplied.
_Pal. Hon._
A. S. _gebette_, emendatus.
ICHONE, YCHONE, Each one.
_Doug._
YCORN, _part. pa._ Selected.
_Sir Trist._
A. S. _gecoren_, selectus; _ge-cur-an_, Su. G. _kora_, eligere.
ICKER, _s._ An ear of corn.
V. ~Echer~.
ICTERICK, _adj._ Of or belonging to jaundice.
Fr. _icterique_.
_Mellvill's MS._
YDANT, _adj._ Diligent.
V. ~Ithand~.
YDY, _s._ An eddy, a pool.
_Houlate._
Isl. _ida_, vortex aquae, _id-a_, more fluentis aquae circumcursito.
IDLESET, _s._ The state of being idle, S.
Q. _set_ or placed _idle_.
_R. Bruce._
YDILTETH, _s._ Idleness.
_K. Ja. VI._
A. S. _idel tid_, tempus vacuum.
YDRAW, _part. pa._ Drawn; metaph. advanced.
_Douglas._
_To_ JEALOUSE, _v. a._ To suspect, S.
_Wodrow._
JEBAT, _s._ A gibbet.
_Bellenden._
JEDDART JUSTICE, A legal trial after the infliction of punishment, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
~Jedburgh staff~, A kind of spear, for making which the artificers of Jedburgh were formerly celebrated.
_Spalding._
JEDGE, _s._ A gauge.
_Acts. Ja. VI._
O. Fr. _jauger_, to gage.
_To_ JEE, _v. n._
1. To move, to stir, S.
_Ross._
2. To move to one side, S. _Gee_, E.
Sw. _gaa_, to budge; also to turn round; Isl. _gag-ast_, in obliquum ferri.
_To_ JEEG, _v. n._
1. To creak, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To _jeeg at_, to work so as to make a creaking noise, S.
Isl. _jag-a_, eadem oberrare chorda; or _gigia_, a fiddle.
JEEGLER, _s._ An unfledged bird, Loth.
JELLY, adj.
1. Upright, worthy, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
2. Excellent in its kind, Moray.
_Popular Ball._
Su. G. _gill_, able; also denoting the moral qualities.
JELLILY, _adv._ Merrily, Moray; _jollily_, E.
_Popular Ball._
JILLET, _s._ A giddy girl, S. perhaps corr. from E. _jilt_.
_Burns._
JEMMIES, _s. pl._ A species of woollen cloth, Aberd.
JENEPERE, _s._ Juniper.
_K. Quair._
JEOPERD, _s._ A battle.
_Bellenden._
~Jeoparty trot~, _s._
1. A quick motion between running and walking, Dumfr.
2. A contemptuous designation, perhaps as equivalent to _coward_, _poltroon_, Dumf.
IER-OE, _s._ A great grandchild, S. O.
_Burns._
Ir. _iar_, after, and _ua_, a grandchild.
JEROFFLERIS, GERAFLOURIS, _s. pl._ Gilliflowers.
_King's Quair._
Teut. _gheroffel_, Lat. _caryophylla_, id.
JESP, _s._ A gap in the woof, S.
JEVE, _s._ A shove with the elbow, S.
Germ. _scheib-en_, Su. G. _skufw-a_, propellere.
_To_ ~Jevel~, _v. a._ To joggle, Ang.
_To_ JEVEL, _v. n._ To move obliquely, Loth.
JEVEL, JEFWELL, JAVELL, _s._ A contemptuous term; meaning unknown.
_Chr. Kirk._
YFERE, _adv._ In company.
V. ~Fere~.
JIFFIE, _s._ A moment, Loth. _Jiffin_, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
JIMP, _s._ Thin slips of leather, put between the outer and inner soles of a shoe, S.
Isl. _skaemt-a_, brevem reddere; so _short_ as to be of no proper use.
_To_ JIMP, _v. n._ To leap, S.
JYMP, _s._ A quirk.
V. ~Gymp~, _s._
JIMP, _adj._
1. Neat, slender, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
2. Scanty, S.
V. ~Gymp~, _adj._
JIMPS, _s. pl._ A kind of easy stays, S. _Jumps_, E.
~Jimpey~, _s._ The same with _Jimps_.
_Pop. Ball._
JINGLE, _s._ The smooth water at the back of a stone in a river, Ang.
_To_ JINK, _v. n._ To elude a person who is trying to lay hold of one, S. _jenk_, S. B.
_Burns._
2. To cheat, to trick, S.
_P. Buch. Dial._
3. To make a quick turn.
_Burns._
4. To escape, to avoid, S.
_Ferguson._
5. To spend time idly, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
Su. G. _swink-a_, subterfugia quaerere, Germ. _schwink-en_, celeriter movere.
~Jink~, _s._ The act of eluding another, S.
_Burns._
~Jinker~, _s._
1. A gay sprightly girl.
_Ramsay._
2. A horse quick in its motions.
_Burns._
_To_ JIRBLE, _v. n._ To spill liquids, Fife.
JIRGLE, _s._ Any small quantity of liquor left in the bottom of a glass, or that has been emptied from one vessel to another, S.
_To_ ~Jirgle~, _v. n._ To empty any small quantity of liquor from one vessel to another, S.
_To_ JIRK, _v. a._
V. ~Chirk~.
JIRT, _s._ Expl. "jerk."
_Burns._
JISP, _s._ A flaw, fracture, or small orifice, S.
Isl. _geisp-a_, hisco, _geispe_, q. a chink.
JIZZEN-BED, GIZZEN, _s._ Child-bed.
_To lie in jizzen_, to be on the straw, S. B.
_Forbes._
O. Fr. _gesine_, lying in child-bed; _gesir_, to be in child-bed; L. B. _gesina_, puerperium.
IK, IC, _pron._ I.
A. S. _ic_.
_Barbour._
IC, _conj._ Also.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ic-an_, to add.
ILD, _v. imp._ Would not.
_Wyntown._
_Ill they_, _will they_, S. B.
Isl. _ill-a_, controvertere.
ILK, ILKA, _adj. pron._ Each, every; _ilk-ane_, every one, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _aelc_, _elc_, omnis, singulus.
ILK, ILKE, _adj._ The same.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ylc_, _ylca_, id. _Of that ilk_, of the same; denoting that he, who is thus designed, has a title the same with his surname.
_Bellenden._
~Ilkaday~, _s._ A lawful day, as distinguished from that which is appropriated to Christian worship, S. from _ilk_, every, and _day_.
_Falls of Clyde._
_Ilkadays claise_, the clothes worn on ordinary days, by the working classes, as distinguished from those reserved for Sabbath. S.
ILL, _s._
1. The _evil_, or fatal effects ascribed to the influence of witchcraft, 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.