Part 36
Fr. _mousse_, moss; Teut. _mos_, moisture.
_To_ MOOTER.
V. ~Mout~ _awa'_.
MOOTH, _adj._ Misty, foggy, S. B.
Belg. _mottig_, id. _mottig weer_, drizzling weather.
MORADEN, _s._ Homage.
V. ~Manrent~.
MORE, MOR, _adj._ Great.
_Wyntown._
MORE, _s._ A heath.
V. ~Mure~.
MORGEOUN, _s._
V. ~Murgeoun~.
MORIANE, _adj._ Swarthy, resembling a _Moor_.
_Diallog._
Fr. _morien_, id. from Lat. _Mauritanus_.
MORMAIR, _s._ An ancient title of honour in S. equivalent to _Earl_; from Gael. _mor_, great, and ~Mair~, q. v.
MORN, MORNE, _s._ Morrow; _to morne_, to-morrow; S. _the morne_, id.
_Douglas._
A. S. _morghen_, _morgen_; Isl. _morgun_, morrow.
MORNING-GIFT, _s._ The _gift_ conferred by a husband on his wife, on the _morning_ after marriage.
_Acts Ja. VI._
A. S. _morgen-gife_, Germ. _morgan-geba_, Teut. _morghen-gave_, id.
MOROWING, MOROWNING, _s._ Morning.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _maurgins_, A. S. Isl. _morgen_, id.
MORT, ~a mort~, Died, or dead.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Fr. _meurt_, 3. p. s. ind. improperly used.
~Mort~, _adj._ Fatal; _a mort cold_, i. e. a deadly cold.
_Ruddiman._
~Mort-cloth~, _s._ The pall carried over the corpse at a funeral, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Mortfundyit~, _part. pa_. Cold as death.
V. ~Mort~ and ~Fundy~.
~Mortmumlingis~, _s. pl._ Prayers muttered or _mumbled_ for the dead.
_Bannatyne P._
MORTAR, _s._
1. Coarse clay of a reddish colour, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. This clay as prepared for building, S.
MORTAR-STONE, _s._ A stone hollowed out, formerly used as a mortar, for preparing barley by separating it from the husks, S.
_Pinkerton._
MORTERSHEEN, _s._ A fatal species of glanders; q. _mort aux chien_, a carcase for dogs.
_Spalding._
_To_ MORTIFY, _v. a._ To give in mortmain, S.
_Erskine._
L. B. _mortificare terras_, id.
~Mortification~, _s._
1. The act of giving in mortmain, S.
_Erskine._
2. Lands or money thus disponed, S.
_Stat. Acc._
MORTYM, MORTON, _s._ Supposed to be the common martin; _mertym_, South of S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
MORUNGEOUS, _adj._ In very bad humour; _morungeous cankert_, very ill-humoured, S. B.
MOSINE, _s._ The touchhole of a piece of ordnance; metaph. S. _motion-hole_.
_Z. Boyd._
MOSS, _s._
1. A marshy place, S.
_Barbour._
2. A place where peats may be digged, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _mose_, _mossa_, id., locus uliginosus.
~Moss-bummer~, _s._ The Bittern, S. A., from its _booming_ sound.
~Moss-cheeper~, _s._
1. The Marsh Titmouse.
_Sibbald._
2. The Tit-lark, S.
_Fleming._
~Moss-corns~, _s. pl._ Silverweed, S.; also _Moss-crops_, and _Moor-grass_.
~Moss-crops~, _s. pl._ Cotton-rush, and Hare's-tailed Rush, S.
_Lightfoot._
~Moss-troopers~, _s._ Banditti who inhabited the marshy country of Liddisdale, and subsisted chiefly by rapine.
_Lay Last Minstrel._
MOSSFAW, _s._ A ruinous building, Fife.
MOT, _v. aux._ May.
V. ~Mat~.
MOTE, _s._
1. A little hill, or barrow.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _mot_, Isl. _mote_, conventus hominum, applied to a little hill, because anciently conventions were held on eminences. Hence our _Mote-hill_ of Scone.
2. Sometimes improperly used for a high hill.
_Bellenden._
3. A rising ground, a knoll, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ MOTE, _v. a._
1. To pick motes out of any thing, S.
2. To _mote_ one's self, to louse, S.
3. To use means for discovering imperfections, S.
_Douglas._
MOTH, _adj._ Warm, sultry, Loth.
MOTHER, _s._ _The mother on beer_, &c., the lees working up, S.
Germ. _moder_, id.
MOTHER-NAKED.
V. ~Modyr-nakyd~.
MOTHER-WIT, _s._ Common sense, discretion, S.
_Ferguson._
MOTTIE, _adj._ Full of motes.
_Ross._
MOVIR, MOUIR, MURE, _adj._ Mild, gentle.
_Wyntown._
Belg. _morwe_, _murw_, Su. G. _moer_, mollis.
~Movirly~, _adv._ Mildly.
_Wyntown._
MOULY HEELS.
V. ~Mules~.
_To_ MOULIGH, _v. n._ To whimper, to whine, Ayrs.
Isl. _mogl-a_, to murmur.
MOUNTAIN DULSE, mountain laver, S.
MOUNTH, _s._ A mountain.
V. ~Month~.
_To_ MOUP, MOOP, _v. a._
1. To nibble, to mump, S.
_Douglas._
2. To impair by degrees.
_Ramsay._
Most probably corrupted from E. _mump_.
MOUSE, _s._ The bulb of flesh on the extremity of the shank of mutton, S. pron. _moose_.
Teut. _muys_, carnosa pars in corpore.
MOUSE-WEB, _s._
V. ~Moose-web~.
_To_ MOUT, _v. n._ To moult, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
Teut. _muyt-en_, plumas amittere.
_To_ ~Mout~ _awa'_ (pron. _moot_) _v. a._ To take away piecemeal, S.
~Moutit~, _part. pa._ Diminished, scanty, bare.
_Palice Honour._
_To_ MOUTER, _v. a._ To take multure for grinding corn, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ MOUTER, (pron. _mooter_) _v. a._ The same with _mout awa'_, S.
MOUTON, _s._ A French gold coin brought into S. in the reign of David II., having the impression of the _Agnus Dei_, which the vulgar mistook for a sheep; hence called _mouton_.
_L. Hailes._
MOW, MOUE, _s._ A heap, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _mowe_, acervus.
MOW, (pron. _moo_) _s._
1. The mouth, S.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _moue_; Su. G. _mun_, Teut. _muyl_, id.
2. A distorted mouth.
_Roull._
3. Used in pl. in the sense of jest. _Nae mows_, no jest, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
_To_ ~Mow~, _v. n._ To speak in mockery.
_Lyndsay._
~Mowar~, _s._ A mocker.
_Palice Honour._
_To_ ~Mow-band~, _v. a._ To mention, to articulate, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _muyl-band-en_, fiscellam ori appendere.
~Mow-bit~, _s._ A morsel, S.
_Ferguson._
~Mow-frachty~, _adj._ Palatable, S. B.
From _mow_, the mouth, and _fraucht_, perh. a lading.
MOWCH, _s._ A spy, an eave-dropper.
Fr. _mousche_, _mouche_, id.
_Lyndsay._
MOWE, _s._ Dust, S.
_peat-mowe_, peat-dust.
_Ruddiman._
MOWE, _s._ A motion.
_Douglas._
MOWENCE, _s._ Motion, or perhaps dependance.
Fr. _mouvance_, id.
_Barbour._
MOWSTER, _s._ Muster.
_Bellenden._
MOZY, _adj._ Dark in complexion, S.
Isl. _mos-a_, musco tingere.
_To_ MUCK, _v. a._ To carry out dung, S.
Su. G. _mock-a_, stabula purgare.
~Muck-fail~, _s._ The sward mixed with dung, used for manure, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
~Muck-midden~.
V. ~Midden~.
MUCKLE, _adj._ Great.
V. ~Mekil~.
MUD, _s._ A small nail, used in the heels of shoes, Loth.
Isl. _mot_, commissura, a joining close.
_To_ MUDDLE, _v. a._ To overthrow easily and expeditiously.
_Chr. Kirk._
Perh. a dimin. from Teut. _maed-en_, Isl. _maed-a_, secare, desecare; q. to mow down.
_To_ MUDDLE, _v. n._ To be busy at work, properly of a trivial kind, while making little progress, S.
Teut. _moddel-en_, lutum movere, fodicare.
_To_ MUDGE, _v. n._ To stir, to budge, S.
~Mudge~, _s._ The act of stirring, S.
O. Fr. _muete_, Lat. _motus_, C. B. _mud_, a motion.
MUDYEON, _s._ A motion of the countenance, denoting discontent, scorn, &c. _mudgeon_, Renfr.
_Montgomerie._
Isl. _modg-a_, irritare.
_To_ MUE, or MOO, _v. n._ To low as a cow, S.
Germ. _mu_, vox vaccae naturalis; _muh-en_, mugire.
MUFFITIES, _s. pl._ Mittens, either of leather or of knitted worsted, worn by old men, Ang. Orkn.
Isl. _muffa_, Dan. _moffe_, chirotheca pellita, hyberna.
MUFFLES, _s. pl._ Mittens, S.
Fr. _mouffle_.
MUGGS, _s. pl._ A particular breed of sheep, S.
_Statist. Acc._
MUIR, _s._ A heath, &c.
V. ~Mure~.
~Muir-burn~.
V. ~Mure-burn~.
~Muir-ill~, _s._ A disease to which black cattle are subject, S.
_Statist. Acc._
MUIS, _s. pl._
1. Bushels.
_Complaynt S._
O. Fr. _mui_, a bushel; Lat. _mod-ius_.
2. Heaps, parcels.
_Gl. Sibb._
MUIST, MUST, _s._ Musk, Border.
Corr. from Fr. _musque_, id.
_Douglas._
MUKERAR, _s._ A miser.
V. ~Mochre~.
_Douglas._
MULDES, MOOLS, _s._
1. Pulverised earth, in general, S.
2. The earth of the grave, S.
_Ramsay._
3. The dust of the dead.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _mulda_, Su. G. _mull_, A. S. _mold_, dust, _mol-a_, comminuere.
~Mulde-mete~, _s._
1. A funeral banquet.
_Douglas._
2. The last food eaten before death.
_To give one his muld meat_, to kill him, S.
_Ruddiman._
MULDRIE, _s._ Moulded work.
_Palice Honour._
_To_ MULE, MOOL, _v. a._
1. To crumble, S.
Isl. _mol-a_, id.
2. _To mule in_, to crumble bread into a vessel, for being soaked, S.
_Ramsay._
3. _To mule in with_, to have intimacy with, q. to eat out of the same dish, S.
_Ross._
~Mulin~, ~Mulock~, _s._ A crum, S.
Teut. _moclie_, offa; C. B. _mwlwg_, refuse.
MULES, _s. pl._ Kibes, chilblains, S.
Fr. _mules_, id.
MULIS, _s. pl._ A term of contempt.
_Montgomerie._
MULL, MAOIL, _s._ A promontory, S.
_Barry._
Isl. _muli_, frons montis, promontorium; Gael. _maol_, id.
MULL, _s._ A virgin.
_Kennedy._
A. S. _meoule_, id. Moes. G. _mawilo_, a damsel.
MULL, _s._ A mule.
_Knox._
_To_ MULLER, _v. a._ To crumble, S.
V. ~Mule~.
MULLIS, MOOLS, _s. pl._ Slippers, without quarters, anciently worn by persons of rank.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _mules_, Ital. _mulo_, Teut. _muyl_, sandalium.
MULTIPLÉ, MULTIPLIE, _s._ Number, quantity.
_Wallace._
Fr. _multiplie_, manifold.
MULTURE, MOUTER, _s._ The fee for grinding grain, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _mouture_, L. B. _molitura_.
~Multurer~, _s._ The tacksman of a mill, S.
MUM, _s._ A mutter, S. B.
Teut. _momm-en_, larvam agere.
MUM CHAIRTIS, _s. pl._ Cards with figures: or for _mumchancis_; _mumchance_, being an old game at cards.
_Maitland Poems._
MUMMING, _s._ Perh. muttering.
_Burel._
_To_ MUMP, _v. n._ To hint, to aim at, S.
_Shirrefs._
MUMM'D, _part. pa._ Tingling from cold, Loth.; apparently corr. from E. _numb_, torpid.
~Mumt-like~, _adj._ Having the appearance of stupor, Loth.
MUN, _v. aux._ Must
V. ~Mon~.
~Mundie~, _s._ Perhaps, prating fool.
Teut. _mondigh_, loquacious.
_Philotus._
MUNDS, _s._ The mouth. Loth.
Germ. _mund_, id.
MUNKS, _s._ A halter for a horse, Fife.
Isl. _mundvik_, canthus oris; Gael. _muince_, a collar.
MUNN, _s._ A short-hafted spoon, Galloway.
_Stat. Acc._
Perhaps from Isl. _munn_, the mouth.
MUNSIE, _s._ A designation expressive of contempt or ridicule, S. perh. a corr. of Fr. _monsieur_, vulgarly pron. _monsie_.
MUR, _adj._
V. ~Movir~.
MURALYEIS, _s. pl._ Walls.
_Douglas._
Fr. _muraille_, a wall.
_To_ MURDRES, MURTHREYS, _v. a._ To murder.
_Bellend._
Moes. G. _maurthr-jan_, id.
~Murdresar~, _s._
1. A Murderer.
_Bellend._
2. A large cannon.
_Compl. S._
Fr. _meurtriere_, id.
MURE, MUIR, MOR, _anc._ MORE, _s._ A heath, a flat covered with heath, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _mor_, ericetum, heath-ground, Isl. _mòr_, id.
~Mure-burn~, _s._
1. The burning of heath, S.
_Acts Ja. IV._
2. Metaph. strife, contention, S.
~Mureland~, ~Moorland~, _adj._ Of or belonging to heathy ground.
_Ramsay._
_To_ MURGEON, _v. a._
1. To mock, by making mouths.
_Chr. Kirk._
Fr. _morguer_, to make a sour face.
2. To murmur, to grumble, S.
~Murgeon~, ~Morgeoun~, _s._
1. A murmur, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Muttering, in reference to the Mass.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ MURGULLIE.
V. ~Margulyie~.
MURYT, _pret._ Walled.
_Barbour._
Fr. _mur-er_, to wall.
MURLAN, _s._ A round narrow-mouthed basket, S. B.
V. ~Murling~.
_Pop. Ball._
_To_ MURLE, _v. a._ To moulder.
C. B. _mwrl_, crumbling.
_Priests Peblis._
~Murlie~, _s._
1. Any small object, Ang.
2. A fondling term for an infant, also _murlie-fikes_, Ang.
MURLING, MORTHLING, MURT, _s._ The skin of a young lamb, or of a sheep soon after it has been shorn.
_Gl. Sibb._
This is merely E. _morling_, _mortling_.
MURLOCH, _s._ The young piked dogfish.
_Statist. Acc._
MURMLED, MURBLED, _adj._ Having sore or tender feet, so as to go lame, Loth. S. A.
O. E. _mormall_, a sore, or swelling on the feet, or elsewhere.
_To_ MURR, _v. n._. To purr as a cat, a term applied to infants. S. B.
Isl. _murr-a_, Teut. _murr-en_, murmurare.
~Murling~, _s._ A soft murmur, Ang.
Su. G. _morl-a_, mussitare.
MUMRELL, _s._ Murmuring.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _murmul-en_, submurmurare.
MURRIOW, MURRIOWN, MURREON, _s._ A helmet.
_Knox._
Fr. morion, morrion, id.
MURTH, MORTH, _s._ Murder.
Su. G. _mord_, id.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ MUSALL, MISSEL, _v. a._ To veil.
Su. G. _musla_, occultare.
_Acts Ja. II._
~Mussal~, ~Myssal~, ~Mussaling~, _s._ A veil.
_Philotus._
MUSARDRY, _s._ Musing, dreaming.
Fr. _musardie_, id. _musard_.
_Douglas._
MUSH, _s._ One who goes between a lover and his mistress, Fife.
Fr. _mousche_, a fly; metaph. an eave-dropper, a promoter.
V. ~Mowch~.
MUSHINFOW, _adj._ Cruel, W. Loth. apparently q. _mischantfou_.
MUSKANE, MUSCANE, _adj._
1. Mossy. Teut. _mosch-en_, mucere.
_Pal. Hon._
2. Putrid, rotten.
_Bellenden._
MUSLIN-KAIL, _s._ Broth made of water, barley, and greens, S. q. _meslin-kail_.
V. ~Maschlin~.
_Burns._
MUSSLING, _adj._ Uncertain.
_Z. Boyd._
MUST, _s._ Mouldiness.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _mos_, _mosse_, mucor.
MUST, _s._ Musk.
V. ~Muist~.
MUST, _s._ Hair-powder, or flour used for this purpose, S.; perhaps as anciently scented with _musk_, S. _must_.
MUSTARDE-STONE, _s._ A stone used for bruising _mustard_ seed, S.
_Dunbar._
_To_ MUSTUR, _v. n._ To make a great parade; q. To shew one's self.
_Douglas._
_To_ MUT, _v. n._ To meet.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _mot-jan_, Su. G. _moet-a_, id.
MUTCH, _s._ A head-dress for a female, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _mutse_, Su. G. _myssa_, id.
MUTCHKIN, _s._ A measure equal to an English pint, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
Belg. _mutsie_, denotes a quart.
MUTE, _s._
1. Meeting.
_Wallace._
2. A parliament, an assembly.
_Kennedy._
_To_ MUTE, _v. n._
1. To plead; an old law term.
_Baron Courts._
2. To treat of.
_Barbour._
A. S. _mot-ian_, tractare, discutere.
~Mute~, ~Mote~, _s._
1. A plea.
_Reg. Maj._
2. A quarrel.
_Rutherford._
_To_ MUTE, _v. n._
1. To articulate.
_Lyndsay._
2. To mention what ought to be kept secret, S.
_Godscroft._
3. To complain, S.
_Wallace._
Lat. _mut-ire_, to mutter.
Used also as a _v. a._
_Kennedy._
MUTH, _adj._ Exhausted with fatigue.
V. ~Mait~.
_Wyntown._
N
NA, NAE, NE, _adv._ No, not, S.
A. S. _na_, _ne_, id.
_Barbour._
NA, NE, _conj._
1. Neither.
_Douglas._
2. Nor.
_Barbour._
3. Used both for neither, and nor.
A. S. _na_, _ne_, neque, nec.
_Douglas._
NA, _conj._ But.
_Douglas._
NA, _conj._ Than.
_Wallace._
C. B. Gael. Ir. _na_, id.
NA, _adj._ No; none.
_Barbour._
_To_ NAB, _v. a._ To strike, S.
NACHET, NACKET, _s._
1. An insignificant person.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _nacquet_, a lacquey.
2. _A little nacket_, one who is small in size, S.
NACKET, _s._
1. A bit of wood, stone, or bone, used at the game of _Shinty_, S.
Su. G. _kneck_, globulus lapideus, quo ludunt pueri.
2. A quantity of snuff made up, or a small roll of tobacco, S.
NACKETY, _adj._
V. ~Knack~.
NACKIE, _adj._
V. ~Knacky~.
NACKS, _s._ A disease in the throat of a fowl.
V. ~Knacks~.
NAES, _nae is_, is not, S. B.
NAGUS, _s._ An abusive designation, Dunbar.
Su. G. _Necken_, _Neccus_, Old Nick.
NAIG, _s._
1. A riding horse, S.
_Burns._
2. A stallion, S.
NAIL. _Aff at the nail_, destitute of any regard to propriety of conduct, S.
NAILS, _s. pl._ Refuse of wool, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
NAIP, _s._ The summit of a house, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _nap-ar_, prominet, _nauf_, prominentia.
NAYSAY, NA-SAY, _s._ A refusal, S.
_To_ ~Naysay~, _v. n._ To refuse, S.
NAIPRIE, _s._ Table linen, S.
_Knox._
Ital. _napparie_, id.
NAITHLY, _adv._ Perh. industriously.
A. S. _nythlice_, studiosus.
_Douglas._
NAKYN, _adj._ No kind of, S.
_Barbour._
NAKIT, _pret. v._ Stripped.
_Pal. Hon._
NAM, am not, q. _ne am_. Chaucer, _n'am_.
_Sir Tristrem._
NAMEKOUTH, _adj._ Famous.
_Doug._
A. S. _namcutha_, nomine notus.
NANE, _adj._ No, none, S.
_Doug._
A. S. _nan_, id.
NANES, NANYS, _s._ For the nanys, on purpose.
Su. G. _naenn-a_, to prevail with one's self to do a thing.
NAPPIE, _adj._ Brittle.
_J. Nicol._
Q. what _knaps_, or is easily broken.
NAR, _conj._ Nor.
_Douglas._
NAR, were not.
_Sir Tristrem._
NAR, _adj._ Nigher.
_Poems 16th Cent._
A. S. _near_, id.
_To_ NARR, NERR, NURR, _v. n._ To snarl as dogs, S. O.
_Gl. Sibb._
E. _gnar_, A. S. _gnyrr-an_, id.
NARROW-NEBBIT, _adj._ Contracted in one's views with respect to religious matters, S.
V. ~Neb~.
NARVIS, _adj._ Belonging to Norway.
Sw. _Norwegz_, Norwegian.
_Skene._
NAS, was not.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _nas_, i. e. _ne was_, non erat.
NAT, _adv._ Not.
_Douglas._
NAT, know not.
_Douglas._
A. S. _nat_, i. e. _ne wat_, non scio.
_To_ NATCH, _v. a._ To lay hold of violently, S. B.
NATE, _s._ Use.
_Douglas._
Isl. _not_, id.
V. ~Note~.
NATHING, _s._ Nothing, S.
_Barbour._
_To_ NAVELL.
V. ~Neive~.
NAVEN, NAWYN, _s._ A navy.
_Barbour._
Germ. _nawen_, navis.
NAWISS, NAWYSS, _adv._ In no wise.
_Barbour._
NAXTÉ, _adj._ Nasty.
_Sir Gawan._
NE, _conj._ Neither.
V. ~Na~.
NE, _adv._ No.
V. ~Na~.
NE, _prep._ Nigh.
A. S. _neah_.
_Douglas._
NE WAR, Unless.
_Douglas._
Alem. _ne uuare_, nisi.
_To_ NE, _v. n._ To neigh.
_Douglas._
Teut. _naey-en_, id.
~Ne~, _s._ Neighing.
_Douglas._
NEAR-GAWN, NEAR-BE-GAWN, _adj._ Niggardly, S.
_Ferguson._
From _near_ and _gaand_, going.
NEASE, _s._ Nose.
_R. Bruce._
NEATY, NEATTY, _adj._
1. Mere, S. B.
_Ross._
2. Identical, S. B.
_Ross._
NEB, _s._
1. The nose, used ludicrously.
_Lang-nebbit_, _Narrow-nebbit_, q. v.
_Sharp-nebbit_, having a sharp nose, S.
A. S. _nebbe_, Isl. _nef_, nasus.
2. The beak of a fowl, S.
_Kelly._
A. S. Belg. _nebbe_, rostrum.
3. Applied to the snout.
_Kelly._
4. Any sharp point, S.
NECE, _s._ Grand-daughter.
V. ~Neipce~.
NECKIT, _s._ A tippet for a child, S. B.
NECK-VERSE, _s._ The beginning of the 51st psalm, _Miserere mei_. &c.
_Lay Last Minstr._
NEDMIST, _adj._ Undermost, S.
A. S. _neothemest_, id.
NEDWAYIS, _adv._ Of necessity.
A. S. _neadwise_, necessary.
_Barbour._
NEEDLE-FISH, _s._ The shorter pipe-fish.
_Sibbald._
NEEF, _s._ Difficulty.
_P. Buch. Dial._
A. S. _naefde_, want.
NEERDOWEIL, _s._ One whose conduct gives reason to think that he will _never do well_, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ NEESE, _v. n._ To sneese, S.
A. S. _nies-an_, Belg. _niez-en_, id.
_To_ NEESHIN, _v. n._ To desire the male, S. B.
V. ~Eassin~.
NEFFIT, _s._ A pigmy, S. pron. _nyeffit_.
Belg. _nufje_, a chit; or from _neive_.
_To_ NEYCH, NICH, NYGH, NYCHT, (gutt.) _v. a._ To approach.
_Chr. Kirk._
Moes. G. _nequh-jan_, A. S. _nehw-an_, id.
NEIDE, _s._ Necessity.
_Wallace._
NEID-FYRE, _s._
1. Fire produced by the friction of two pieces of wood, S.
_Gl. Complaynt._
A. S. _nyd_, force, and _fyr_, fire; q. forced fire.
2. Spontaneous ignition, S.
_Bellenden._
3. The phosphoric light of rotten wood, S. A.
_Gl. Complaynt._
4. A beacon, S. A.
_Lay Last Minstr._
NEIDFORSE, _s._ Necessity.
_Compl. S._
Q. the _necessity_ arising from _force_.
NEIDLINGIS, _adv._ Of necessity.
_Doug._
_To_ NEIDNAIL, _v. a._
1. To fasten by clinched nails, S.
2. A window is _neidnail'd_, when so fastened with nails in the inside, that the sash cannot be lifted up, S.
Sw. _net-nagla_, to rivet; from _naed-a_, to clinch, and _nagla_, a nail.
NEIGRE, _s._ A term of reproach, S. borrowed from Fr. _negre_, a negro.
NEIPCE, NECE, _s._ A grand-daughter.
Lat. _neptis_, id.
_Skene._
NEIPER, _s._ Corr. of E. _neighbour_, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ NEIR, NERE, _v. a._ To approach.
_Douglas._
Germ. _naher-n_, propinquare.
NEIRS, NERES, _s. pl._ The kidneys, S.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _nyra_, Su. G. _niure_, Teut. _niere_, ren.
NEIS, NES, _s._ The nose, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _naese_, _nese_, Su. G. _naesa_, id.
~Neis-thyrle~, ~Nes-thryll~, s. Nostril, S.
A. S. _naes-thyrlu_.
_Douglas._
NEIST, NAYST, NEST, NIEST, _adj._ Nearest, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _neahst_, Su. G. Dan. _naest_, id.
~Neyst~, _prep._ Next.
_Wyntown._
~Neist~, _adv._ Next, S.
_Ramsay._
NEIVE, NEIF, _s._
1. The fist, S.; pl. _neiffis_, _nevys_, _newys_, _newffys_.
_Douglas._
_To fald the nieve_, to clinch the fist, S.
2. _Hand to nieve_, hand and glove, S.
_R. Galloway._
Isl. _nefi_, _knefe_, Su. G. _knaef_, _naefwe_, id.
~Nievefu'~, ~Neffow~, _s._ A handful, S.
Su. G. _naefwe full_, id.
_Burns._
~Nivvil~, _s._ The same, S. B.
_To_ ~Nevell~, ~Navell~, ~Neffle~, _v. a._
1. To strike with the fists, S.
_Philotus._
Su. G. _hnuff-a_, pugnis impetere.
2. To take hold with the fist, S.
Isl. _hnyf-a_, pugno prendo.
~Nevel~, ~Nevvel~, _s._ A blow with the fist, S.
_Ramsay._
~Nevelling~, ~Neffelling~, _s._ Fistiecuffs, S.
_Knox._
_To_ ~Neiffar~, ~'Niffer~, _v. a._ To barter; properly, to exchange what is held in one _fist_, for what is held in another, S.
_Rutherford._
~Neiffer~, ~Niffer~, _s._ A barter, S.
_Burns._
~Niffering~, i. e. The act of bartering.
_Rutherford._
_To_ NEK, _v. a._ To prevent receiving check, a term at chess.
_Montgomerie._
Su. G. _nek-a_, to refuse.
NEPUOY, NEPOT, NEPHOY, NEPHEW, NEVO, NEVW, NEWU, _s._
1. A grandson.
_Wyntown._
Lat. _nepos_, a grandson.
2. A great grandson.
_Douglas._
3. Posterity, though remote.
_Douglas._
4. A brother's or sister's son.
_Wallace._
A. S. _nepos_, _brother sune_, vel _suster sune_.
5. Any relation by blood.
_Wyntown._
NER, NERE, _prep._ Near, S.
A. S. _ner_, Su. G. Dan. _naer_.
~Nerhand~, ~Near hand~, _prep._ Near, S.
_Barbour._
~Nere hand~, _adv._ Nearly.
_Wyntown._
~Ner til~, _prep._ Near to, S.
~Ner-sichtit~, _adj._ Shortsighted, S.
Su. G. _naarsynt_, id.
NES, _s._ A promontory; _ness_, S.
_Doug._
A. S. _nesse_, Su. G. _naes_, Belg. _neus_, id.
~Nes-thryll~.
V. ~Neis-thyrle~.
NESS. S. pl. _nessis_, Vallies.
_Wallace._
A. S. _nessas_, loca depressa.
NET, _s._ The _omentum_, the caul, S.
Teut. _net_, A. S. _net_, _nette_, id.
NETH, _prep._ Below.
_Wallace._
A. S. _neothan_, Su. G. _ned_, infra.
NETHELES, _conj._ Nevertheless.
A. S. _na the laes_, id.
_Douglas._
NETHIRMARE, _adv._ Farther down.
A. S. _nither_, and _mare_, more.
_Doug._
NETHRING, _s._ Depression.
V. ~Nidder~.
_Barbour._
NEUCHELD, (gutt.) _part. pa._ With calf, Perths.
_To_ NEVELL, _v. a._ To strike with the fist.
~Nevell~, _s._ A stroke of this kind.
V. ~Neive~.
NEVEW, NEVO, NEVOW.
V. ~Nepuoy~.
_To_ NEVIN, NEUIN, NYVIN, _v. a._ To name.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _nafn_, Dan. _naffn_, a name; _naevner_, to name.
NEVYS, _pl._ Fists.
V. ~Neive~.
_To_ NEW, _v. a._ To renovate.
A. S. _neow-ian_, id.
_Gawan and Gol._
NEWCAL, _s._ A cow _newly calved_, Loth.
_Ramsay._
NEW'D, _part. pa._ Oppressed, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _nu-a_, conterere, the same with _gny-a_, subigere.
NEWYN, Renewing; or perh. naming.
_Wallace._
NEWINGS, _s. pl._ Novelties.
_Rutherford._
NEWIT, _part. pa._ Renewed.
V. ~New~.
NEWIS, NEWYS, NEWOUS, _adj._
1. Earnestly desirous, Loth.
2. Parsimonious, covetous, greedy, Loth.
A. S. _hneaw_, tenax, O. E. _niggish_, covetous; Su. G. _nidsk_, _nisk_, avarus, parcus.
NEWLINGIS, _adv._ Newly; S. _newlins_.
_Barbour._
NEWMOST, _adj._ Nethermost, S. B.
A. S. _neothemest_, id.
_Journ. Lond._
NEWTH, _prep._ Beneath.
V. ~Neth~.
_Barbour._
_To_ NYAFF, _v. n._
1. To yelp, to bark, S.
2. Applied to the pert chat of a saucy child, or of any diminutive person, S.
V. ~Niffnaffs~.
_To_ NIB, _v. a._ To press or pinch with the fingers.
_Montgomerie._
Isl. _hneppe_, coarcto.
* NICE, _adj._ Simple.
_Bannatyne P._
Fr. _niais_, simple.
~Niceté~, ~Nyceté~, _s._ Simplicity.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _nice_, dull, simple; _niceté_, simplicity.
_To_ NICH, NYGH, _v. a._
V. ~Neych~.
NYCHBOUR, NYCHTBOUR, _s._ A neighbour.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _neah-ge-bure_, Germ. _nach-bauer_, _neah_, _nach_, nigh, id.; and _ge-bure_, _bauer_, an inhabitant.
_To_ NICHER, NEIGHER, (gutt.) NICKER, _v. n._
1. To neigh, S.
_Rams._
A. S. _gnaeg-an_, Isl. _hnaegg-ia_, id.
2. To laugh in a loud and ridiculous manner, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Nicher~, ~Nicker~, _s._
1. A neigh, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. A horse laugh, S.
NYCHLIT, _pret. v._ Uncertain.
_Houlate._
NYCHTYD, _pret._ Drew to night.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. Isl. _natt-as_, ad noctem vergere.
_To_ NICK, _v. n._ To drink heartily, S. B.
_To_ NICKER, _v. n._
V. ~Nicher~.
NICKSTICK, _s._ A tally, S.
_Trans. Antiq. Soc._
S. _nick_, a notch, and _stick_.
NICKET, _s._ A small notch.
_Gl. Sibb._
NICK-NACK, _s._
1. A gim-crack, S.