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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2. Small wares, S. B.

_Morison._

NICNEVEN, _s._ The Scottish Hecate or mother-witch.

_Montgomerie._

_To_ NIDDER, NITHER, _v. a._

1. To depress, S.

_Ross._

2. To straiten; applied to bounds.

_Douglas._

3. _Niddered_, pinched with cold, Ang. Loth.

4. Pinched with hunger, S.

5. Stunted in growth, S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._

6. Plagued, warmly handled, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

Su. G. _nedr-as_, _nidr-as_, deprimi; Teut. _ver-nedr-en_, id.

_To_ NIDDLE, _v. n._

1. To trifle with the fingers, S.

2. To be busily engaged with the fingers, without making progress, S.

Isl. _hnudl-a_, digitis prensare.

NIEVE, _s._ The fist, S.

V. ~Neive~.

_To_ NIFFER, _v. a._

V. ~Neive~.

NIFFNAFFS, (pron. _nyiffnyaffs_), _s. pl._

1. Small articles of little value, S.

2. Denoting a silly peculiarity of temper, displayed by attention to trifles, S.

Fr. _nipes_, trifles, Sw. _nipp_, id.

_To_ ~Nifnaff~, _v. n._ To trifle, to speak or act in a silly way, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ NIGHT, _v. n._ To lodge during night.

Isl. _natt-a_, pernoctare.

_Spalding._

NIGNAYES, NIGNYES, _s. pl._

1. Gim-cracks, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Whims, peculiarities of temper or conduct, S.

_Cleland._

NYKIS, _3. p. pres. v._

_Gawan and Gol._

Perhaps allied to Su. G. _nek-a_, to deny.

NILD, L. _could_.

_Maitland Poems._

NYMNES, _s._ Neatness.

_Burel._

_To_ NIP, NIP _up_, or _awa_, _v. a._ To carry off cleverly by theft, S.

_Ross._

Isl. _knippe_, raptim moto.

~Nip~, ~Nimp~, _s._ A small bit of anything, S.

Su. G. _nypa_, id.

~Nip~, _s._ A bite, a term used in fishing, S.

~Nipcaik~, _s._ One who eats delicate food clandestinely, S.

_Dunbar._

~Nippit~, _adj._

1. Niggardly, S.

Su. G. _napp_, Isl. _hnepp-er_, arctus.

2. Scanty in any respect, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Niplug~, _s._ _To be at niplug_, to quarrel, S.

NIPSHOT, _s._ _To play nipshot_, to give the slip.

_Baillie._

Perhaps, q. to _nip_ one's _shot_.

V. ~Shot~.

NIRL, _s._

1. A crumb, S.

2. A small knot, S. B.

3. A puny dwarfish person, S. B.

Teut. _knorre_, tuber, E. _knurle_.

~Nirled~, _adj._ Stunted; applied to trees, Loth.

NIRLES, _s. pl._ A species of measles, S. which has no appropriate name in E.

_Montgomerie._

NISBIT, _s._ The iron that passes across the nose of a horse, and joins the _branks_ together, Ang.

From _neis_, nose, and _bit_.

_To_ NYTE, _v. n._ To deny.

_Douglas._

Isl. _neit-a_, Dan. _naegt-er_, id.

_To_ NYTE, _v. a._ To strike smartly.

V. ~Knoit~.

NITHER, NIDDER, _adj._ Nether, S.

Isl. _nedre_, id.

_Ruddiman._

_To_ NITHER, _v. a._

V. ~Nidder~.

NITTIE, NEETIE, _adj._ Niggardly, covetous, S.

Su. G. _gnetig_, Mod. Sax. _netig_, id.

_To_ NYVIN, _v. a._ To name.

V. ~Neven~.

NYUM, Houlate.

L. _nyvin_, name.

NIVLOCK, _s._ A bit of wood, round which the end of a hair-tether is fastened, S. B.

From _nieve_, Su. G. _naefwe_, the fist, and _lycka_, a knot.

NIVVIL, _s._

V. ~Neive~.

NIXT HAND, _prep._ Nighest to.

_Doug._

NIZ, _s._ The nose, Ang.

V. ~Neis~.

NIZZELIN, _part. adj._

1. Niggardly, S. B.

2. Spending much time about a trifling matter, from an avaricious disposition, S. B.

Su. G. _nidsk_, _nisk_, covetous.

NOB, _s._ A knob.

_Houlate._

NOBLAY, _s._

1. Nobleness, faithfulness.

_Barbour._

2. Courage, intrepidity.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _noblois_, nobilitas.

NOBLES, _s._ The armed bullhead, Loth.

NOCHT, _adv._ Not.

_Barbour._

A. S. _naht_, _noht_, nihil.

~Nocht for thi~, _conj._ Nevertheless.

_Barbour._

NOCK, NOK, NOKK, _s._

1. The notch of a bow or arrow.

_Douglas._

2. The extremity of the sailyard.

_Doug._

3. The notch of a spindle, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

_Bannatyne Poems._

Teut. _nocke_, crena, incisura.

~Nockit~, ~Nokkit~, _part. adj._ Notched.

_Doug._

NOCKIT, NOKKIT, _s._ A luncheon, S. Aust.

_To_ NODGE, _v. a._ To strike with the knuckles, S. B.

V. ~Gnidge~ and ~Knuse~.

_To_ NOY, _v. a._ To annoy.

_Lyndsay._

Teut. _noy-en_, _noey-en_, id.

~Noyit~, _part. pa._

1. Vexed, S.

2. Wrathful, S. B.

~Noy~, _s._ Annoyance.

_Barbour._

~Noyis~, _s._ Annoyance.

_Wyntown._

~Noyous~, _adj._ Noisome.

_Houlate._

NOYRIS, NORYSS, NURICE, _s._ Nurse, S. _noorise_.

_Wallace._

Norm. Sax. _norice_, Fr. _nourisse_, id.

_To_ NOIT, NYTE, _v. a._ To strike smartly, S.

V. ~Knoit~.

NOK, _s._ A notch.

V. ~Nock~.

NOLD, would not.

_Douglas._

A. S. _nolde_, noluit.

NOLDER, _conj._

V. ~Nouther~.

_To_ NOLL, NULL, _v. a._ To press, beat or strike with the knuckles, S. B.

Alem. _knouel_, a knuckle.

~Noll~, _s._ A strong push or blow with the knuckles, S. B.

V. ~Neive~, ~Nevell~.

~Noll~, _s._ A large piece of any thing, S. B.

Su. G. _knoel_, tuber, a bump.

NOLT, NOWT, _s._

1. Black cattle.

2. A stupid fellow, S.

_Surv. Moray._

Isl. _naut_, Sw. _noet_, an ox.

~Nolthird~, _s._ A neatherd, S.

_Douglas._

NOME, _pret._ Taken.

_Wallace._

A. S. _nim-an_, to take; part. _nom._

NONE, _s._

1. Noon.

_Barbour._

A. S. _non_, Fr. _none_, id.

2. Dinner.

_Diallog._

NON-FIANCE, _s._ Want of confidence.

_Baillie._

Fr. _non_, neg. and _fiance_, confidence.

NON-SOUNT, _s._ A base coin.

_Knox._

Fr. _Messieurs de non sont_, men who are imperfect in a physical sense.

NOR, _conj._ Than, S.

_Dunbar._

NORIE, _s._ The Puffin, Orkn.

_Statist. Acc._

NORIES, _s. pl._ Whims, Perths.

Sw. _narr-as_, illudere.

NORYSS, _s._ Nurse.

V. ~Noyris~.

NORLAN, NORLIN, NORLAND, _adj._ Belonging to the North country, S. B.

_Percy._

Isl. _nordlingr_, Dan. _nordlaend-r_, id.

~Norlins~, _adv._ Northward, S. B.

_Ross._

NORLICK, KNURLICK, _s._ A tumor occasioned by a blow, S. A.

E. _knurl_, a knot.

_Journal Lond._

NORTHIN, NORTHYN, _adj._ Northerly.

_Complaynt S._

NOSEWISS, _adj._

1. Having an acute smell, S.

2. Metaph. denoting one, who either is, or pretends to be, quick of perception.

_Bp. Galloway._

Germ. _naseweis_, self-witted, critical.

NOST, _s._ Noise; speculation about any subject, S. B.

Su. G. _knyst-a_, mussitare; Isl. _hnist-a_, stridere.

NOT, know not.

V. ~Nat~.

_Douglas._

_To_ NOTE, _v. a._

1. To use, S. B.

_Doug._

A. S. _not-ian_. Isl. _niot-a_, id.

2. To use as sustenance, S. B.

Teut. _nutt-en_, uti; vesci; Isl. _nautin_, eating, _neitte_, vescor.

3. To need, Ang. Mearns.

_Ruddiman._

~Note~, ~Nott~, _s._

1. Use.

_Douglas._

2. Occasion for, S. B.

Alem. _not_, Su. G. _noed_, id.

NOTELESS, _adj._ Unnoticed, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

NOTOUR, NOTTOUR, _adj._

1. Notorious, S.

Fr. _notoire_.

_Pardovan._

2. Avowedly persisted in, notwithstanding all warnings, S.

_Erskine._

NOURISKAP, _s._

1. The place of a nurse, S.

2. The fee given to a nurse, S.

From A. S. _norice_, a nurse, and _scipe_. Su. G. _skap_, denoting state.

NOUT, _s._ Black cattle.

V. ~Nolt~.

NOUTHER, NOWTHIR, NOLDER, _conj._ Neither, S.

_Douglas._

NOUVELLES, NOUELLES, _s. pl._ News, S.

_Complaynt S._

NOW, _s._ The crown of the head.

A. S. _hnol_, vertex.

_Polwart._

NUB BERRY, _s._ The Knoutberry.

_Stat. Acc._

NUCE, NESS, _s._ Destitute, Aberd.

_Ib._

Su. G. _noed_, necessity, _nisk_, parsimonious.

NUCKLE, _adj._ Applied to a cow which has had one calf, and will calve soon again.

V. ~Newcal~.

NULE-KNEED, _adj._ Knock-kneed, S. perhaps q. _knuckle-kneed_.

V. ~Noll~.

NUMMYN, _part. pa._

1. Taken.

_Doug._

2. Reached, attained.

V. ~Nome~.

NUNREIS, _s._ A nunnery.

_Bellenden._

NURIS, _s._ A nurse.

V. ~Noyris~.

_To_ NUSE, _v. a._ To knead.

V. ~Knuse~.

O

O, _art._ One, for _a_.

_Sir Tristrem._

O, _s._ Grandson.

V. ~Oe~.

OAM, _s._ Steam, vapour.

Su. G. _em_, _im_, vapour.

OAT-FOWL, _s._ The name of a small bird, Orkn.

_Stat. Acc._

_To_ OBFUSQUE, _v. a._ To darken, Fr.

OBIT, _s._ A particular length of slate, Ang.

_To_ OBLEIS, OBLYSE, _v. a._ To bind, to oblige.

_Oblist_, part. pa. stipulated.

_Douglas._

OBLIUE, _s._ Oblivion.

_Douglas._

OBSERVE, _s._ A remark, S.

_Wodrow._

OCHIERN, _s._ One equal in dignity with the son of a Thane.

_Reg. Maj._

Gael. _oge-thierna_, the young lord.

OCKER, OCCRE, OKER, _s._

1. Usury.

2. Interest, even when legal.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

Su. G. _ockr_, _okr_, increase, usury; Teut. _oecker_.

~Ockerer~, _s._ An usurer.

_Reg. Maj._

Sw. _ockrare_, id.

OCTIANE, _adj._ Belonging to the ocean.

_Douglas._

ODAL LANDS.

V. ~Udal~.

ODIN. _Promise of Odin_, a promise of marriage, or particular sort of contract, accounted very sacred by some of the inhabitants of Orkney, the contracting parties joining hands through an orifice in the _Black Stone of Odin_.

_Trans. S. Antiq. S._

ODOURE, _s._ Nastiness.

_Douglas._

OE, O, ~Oye~, _s._ A grandson, S.

_Wallace._

Gael. _ogha_, id. Ir. _ua_, id.

O'ERBLADED, _part. pa._ Hard driven in pursuit.

V. ~Blad~.

_Watson._

O'ERCOME, _s._ The overplus, S.

_Ramsay._

O'ERWORD, _s._ Any term frequently repeated, S.

OFFSET, _s._ A recommendation, S.

_Ramsay._

OFTSYIS, _adv._ Often.

OGART, _s._ Pride, arrogance.

_Wallace._

Sw. _hogfard_, Alem. _hohfart_, pride.

OGERTFUL, OGERTFOW, UGERTFOW, _adj._

1. Nice, squeamish, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

2. Affecting delicacy of taste, S. B.

_Beattie._

A. S. _oga_, Isl. _uggir_, fear, horror.

OHON, _interj._ Alas, S.

Gael.

OYE, _s._ Grandson.

V. ~Oe~.

OIL ~of~ HAZEL, a sound drubbing, S.

OYL-DOLIE, _s._ Oil of olives.

Fr. _huile d'olive_.

_Chron. S. P._

_To_ OYNT, OYHNT, _v. a._ To anoint.

_Wyntown._

OYSE, OYCE, _s._ Inlet of the sea.

_Brand._

Isl. _oes_, Su. G. _os_, ostium fluminis.

_To_ OYSS, _v. a._ To use.

_Wallace._

~Oyss~, ~Oys~, _s._

1. Custom.

_Wyntown._

2. Manner of life.

_Wallace._

OIST, _s._ Army, Fr. _ost_.

_Douglas._

OIST, _s._ A sacrifice, Lat. _host-ia_.

_Doug._

OLDER, _conj._ Either.

V. ~Othir~.

_Crosraguel._

OLY, OLY-PRANCE, _s._ Jollity.

_Peblis Play._

OLYE, OYHLÉ, OULIE, ULYE, _s._ Oil; S. B. _ulie_.

_Douglas._

Belg. _olie_, Fr. _huile_, id.

OLIGHT, OLITE, _adj._ Nimble, active, S. B.

_Kelly._

Su. G. _oflaett_, too light; fleet.

OLIPHANT, _s._ An elephant.

_K. Quair._

Teut. _olefant_, O. Fr. _oliphant_, id.

OMAST, _adj._ Uppermost.

V. ~Umast~.

_Wallace._

OMNE-GATHERUM, _s._ A miscellaneous collection, a medley, S.

_Leg. St Androis._

ON, in composition, a negative particle, S. B.

Germ. _ohn_, id.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

ONANE, ON-ANE, ONON, _adv._

1. One in addition.

_Douglas._

2. Forthwith.

_Barbour._

A. S. _on-an_, in unum, continuo.

ON-BEAST, UNBEIST, VNBEASTE, _s._

1. A monster.

_Sir Eglamour._

2. Any wild or ravenous creature, S. B.

_Z. Boyd._

3. The toothach, S. B.

4. A noxious member of human society, Ang.

ON BREDE, _adv._

1. Wide open.

_Douglas._

2. Extensively.

_Douglas._

A. S. _on_, in, and _braed_, latitudo.

ONCOME, _s._ A fall of rain or snow, S.

ONCOST, _s._

1. Expence before profit, Loth.

2. Extra expence, Fife.

ONDANTIT, _part. pa._ Untamed.

_Complaynt S._

ONDING, _s._ A fall of rain or snow, but especially of the latter, S. B.

V. ~Ding on~.

ONEITH, _adj._ Uneasy.

V. ~Uneith~.

ONESCHEWABIL, _adj._ Unavoidable.

_Douglas._

ONFALL, _s._ A fall of rain or snow, S.

ONFALL, _s._ A disease which attacks without any apparent cause.

Germ. _unfall_, casus extraordinarius, sed fatalis.

ONFEIRIE, _adj._ Infirm.

V. ~Unfery~.

ONGOINGS, _s. pl._ Procedure, S. _ongains_, S. B.

ONY, _adj._ Any, S.

_Wyntown._

ONKEND, _part. adj._ Not known.

_Knox._

ONMAUEN, _part. adj._ Unmown.

_Complaynt S._

ONSTEAD, _s._ The building on a farm, S. A.

_Pennecuik._

A. S. _on_, and _sted_, locus.

_To_ ONTER, _v. n._ To rear, used of horses.

_Pitscottie._

ON-WAITER, _s._ One who waits patiently.

_Rutherford._

ONWAITING, _s._

1. Attendance, S.

_Wodrow._

2. Patient expectation of what is delayed.

_Rutherford._

_To_ ONTRAY, _v. a._ To betray.

_Sir Gawan._

_On_ and Fr. _trah-ir_, to betray.

ONWALOWYD, _part. pa._ Unfaded.

_Wyntown._

OO, _s._ Wool, S.

_Aw ae oo_, S. all to the same purpose.

OON, UNE, _s._ An oven, S.

_Gordon._

Moes. G. _auhn_, S. G. _ugn_, id.

OON EGG, _s._ An addle egg, S. O.

Sw. _wind-egg_, id.

_Mary Stewart._

_To_ OOP, OUP, WUP, _v. a._ To bind with a thread or cord, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

Moes. G. _waib-jan_, Su. G. _wef-wa_, to surround.

OORIE, OURIE, OWRIE, _adj._

1. Chill, bleak, S.

2. Having the sensation of cold, S. _Ourlach_, id. Buchan.

_Burns._

3. Having the hair on end, S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._

Isl. _ur_ rain, Su. G. stormy weather.

~Ooriness~, _s._ Tendency to shivering, S.

OPINIOUN, _s._ Party, faction.

_Bellend._

L. B. _opinio_, id.

_To_ OPPONE, _v. a._ To oppose, Lat. _oppon-ere_.

_Knox._

_To_ OPTENE, _v. a._ To obtain.

_Douglas._

OR, _adv._

1. Before, ere, S.

_Barbour._

_Or thys_, before this time.

_Douglas._

_Or than_, before that time.

_Id._

2. Rather than, S.

_Barbour._

The same with _ar_, before.

OR, _conj._

1. Lest.

_Wallace._

2. Than.

_Douglas._

ORAGIUS, _adj._ Tempestuous.

_Burel._

Fr. _orageux_, id.

ORATOUR, _s._ Ambassador.

_Bellend._

ORATOURE, ORATORY, _s._ An oracle.

_Douglas._

ORCHLE, _s._ A porch, Mearns.

Germ. _erker_, projectura aedificii.

ORD, _s._ A steep hill or mountain.

Gael. _ard_, a hill; Isl. _urd_, montes impervii.

ORE, _s._ Grace, favour.

_Sir Tristrem._

Isl. _oor_, _aur_, largus, munificus; _aur oc blidr_, largus et affabilis, Verel.

ORERE, OURERE, _interj._ Avaunt.

Fr. _arriere_, aloof.

_Houlate._

ORETOWTING, _part. pr._ Muttering.

Teut. _oor-tuyt-en_, susurrare.

_Burel._

ORFEVERIE, ORPHRAY, _s._ Work in gold, Fr.

_K. Quair._

ORISON, _s._ An oration.

_Bellend._

Fr. _oraison_, id.

ORLEGE, ORLAGER, ORLIGER, _s._

1. A clock, a dial.

Fr. _horloge_, Lat. _horolog-ium_, id.

2. Metaph. applied to the cock.

_Doug._

3. Denoting strict adherence to the rules of an art.

_Douglas._

4. The dial-plate of a church or town-clock. S.

ORLANG, _s._ A complete year, Ang.

Su. G. _aar_, _or_, annus, and _lange_, diu.

ORNTREN, _s._ The repast taken between dinner and supper, Galloway.

A. S. _ondern_, breakfast; also dinner.

_To_ ORP, _v. n._ To fret, or chide habitually, S.

_Ramsay._

~Orpit~, _part. adj._

1. Proud.

_Douglas._

2. Fretful, habitually chiding, S.

_Bp. Galloway._

ORPHANY, _s._ Painters gold.

Fr. _oripeau_, id.

_Pal. of Hon._

ORPHELING, _s._ An orphan.

Fr. _orphelin_, id.

_Knox._

ORPHIR, _s._ Embroidery.

Fr. _orfrais_, id.

_Burel._

ORPIE, ORPIE-LEAF, _s._ Orpine, S.

ORROW, ORA, _adj._

1. Not matched, S.

2. What may be viewed as an overplus, S.

_Ramsay._

3. Not appropriated.

_Shirrefs._

4. Not engaged, S.

5. Occasional, accidental, S.

Su. G. _urwal_, rejectanea; _urfiall_, lacinia agri separata.

~Orrows~, _s. pl._ Things that are supernumerary, S.; _orels_, Ang.

Perh. q. _over alls_.

_To_ ORT, _v. a._

1. To throw aside provender, S.

2. To crumble, S. B.

3. Denoting rejection in whatever sense, S. O.

Ir. _orda_, a fragment.

OSAN, _s._ Hosannah.

_Poems 16th Cent._

OSNABURGHS, _s. pl._ Coarse linen cloth manufactured in Angus, from its resemblance to that made at _Osnaburgh_ in Germany, S.

_Stat. Acc._

OSZIL, OSILL, _s._ The ring-ousel, S. A.

A. S. _osle_, the blackbird.

_Compl. S._

OSTYNG, _s._ Encampment.

_Wallace._

OSTLEIR, OSTLER, _s._ An innkeeper.

V. ~Hostillare~.

_Dunbar._

OSTRYE, OSTRÉ, _s._ An inn.

_Wallace._

Ital. _hostaria_, Fr. _hostelerie_, id.

OTHEM UPOTHEM, cold flummery, used instead of milk, with boiled flummery, Aberd.; q. _of them_, as well as _upon them_.

OTHIR, OTHIRE, ODYR, _adj._

1. Other.

_Wyntown._

2. The second, also _tothir_.

_Wyntown._

3. Each other, S.

_Wyntown._

OTHIR, OWTHYR, _conj._ Either, S.

Isl. _audr_, Germ. _oder_, id.

_Bellend._

~Othir~, _adv._ Besides.

_Douglas._

~Othirane~, _conj._ Either, _etherane_, _etherins_, S.

_Wallace._

OTTER-PIKE, _s._ The common weever.

_Sibbald._

OUER, OUIR, OVIR, _adj._

1. Upper, _uvir_, S. B.

_Douglas._

2. Superior, as to power. The _uvir hand_, the upper hand, S. B.

Su. G. _oefwerhand_, id.

_Wyntown._

~Ouerance~, _s._ Superiority.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

OUER, _prep._ Over.

V. ~Our~.

OUER ANE, _adv._ In common.

_Al ouer ane_, all together.

_Douglas._

_To_ OVERBY, _v. a._ To procure indemnity from justice by money.

_Priests Peblis._

_To_ OURFLETE, _v. n._ To overflow.

Teut. _over-fleit-en_, superfluere.

_Doug._

OUERFRETT, _part. pa._ Embroidered.

A. S. _fraet-wan_, ornare.

_Douglas._

OUERHEDE, _adv._ Without distinction, S.

_ourhead_, in the gross.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _oefwer hufud_, id.

_To_ OUERHEILD, _v. a._ To cover over.

V. ~Heild~.

_Douglas._

_To_ OUERHIP, _v. a._ To skip over.

V. ~Hip~, _v._

_Douglas._

OVERLY, _adj._ Careless, superficial, S.

A. S. _overlice_, negligenter.

OUERLYAR, _s._ One who oppresses others, by taking free quarters.

_Acts Ja. II._

OUERLOFT, _s._ The upper-deck of a ship.

_Douglas._

OUERMEST, _adj._ The highest.

_Doug._

OVER-RAGGIT, _part. pa._ Overhaled.

_Priests Peblis._

Dan. _over_ and _rag-er_, to stir.

OUER-RAUCHT, _pret._ Overtook.

_Douglas._

_To_ OUER-REIK, _v. a._ To reach over.

_Douglas._

_To_ OUERSET, _v. a._

1. To overcome.

_Douglas._

2. To overpower, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ofer-swith-an_, praevalere.

_To_ OUERSYLE.

V. ~Oursyle~.

OVERSMAN, OUREMAN, _s._

1. A supreme ruler.

_Wyntown._

2. An arbiter.

_Wallace._

3. A third arbiter, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

Teut. _over-man_, a praefect.

OUERSWAK, _s._ The reflux of the waves.

V. ~Swak~.

_Douglas._

OUER THWERT.

V. ~Ourthort~.

OUER-VOLUIT, _part. pa._ Laid aside.

_Douglas._

OUGHTLINS, _adv._ In the least degree, S.

_Ramsay._

OUGSUM, _adj._ Horrible.

V. ~Ugsum~.

OULIE, _s._ Oil.

V. ~Olye~.

OULK, OWLK, _s._ A week; S. B. _ouk_.

A. S. _uca_, _wuca_, id.

_Bellenden._

OULTRAIGE, _s._ An outrage.

O. Fr. _oultrage_, id.

_Complaynt S._

OUR, OURE, OUER, OWRE, _prep._

1. Over, beyond, &c., S.

_Barbour._

2. Denoting excess, S. Sometimes used as a _s._

OURBELD, _part. pa._ Covered over.

V. ~Beld~.

_Houlate._

_To_ OURCOME, _v. n._ To recover, S.

_Dunbar._

OURCOME, O'ERCOME, _s._ Overplus, S.

_Ramsay._

OURE-MAN, _s._

V. ~Ouersman~.

_To_ OURGAE, OURGANG, _v. a._

1. To overrun, S.

2. To exceed, to surpass, S.

_Ramsay._

3. To master, S.

_Many._

4. _v. n._ To elapse.

_The ourgane year_, the past year, S.

A. S. _ofer-gan_, excedere.

_To_ OURHARL, _v. a._ To overcome.

_Maitland Poems._

_To_ OURHYE, _v. a._ To overtake.

_Wallace._

A. S. _ofer_ and _hig-an_, to make haste.

OURIE, _adj._ Chill.

V. ~Oorie~.

OURLAY, OWRELAY, _s._ A cravat, S.

_Ramsay._

OURLORD, OURE-LARD, _s._ A superior.

_Wallace._

OURLOUP, OURLOP, _s._ An occasional trespass of cattle.

_L. Hailes._

A. S. _ofer-leop-an_, transire.

OURNOWNE, _s._ Afternoon.

_Wallace._

A. S. _ofer non_, id.

OUR QUHARE, _adv._

V. ~Quhare~.

OURRAD. L. _Our rad_. Too hasty.

_Wallace._

A. S. _ofer_, nimis, and _hraed_, celer.

OUR-RYCHT, OURYCHT, _adv._ Awry.

_Dunbar._

Q. _beyond_ what is _right_, Fland. _over-recht_, praeter rectum.

_To_ OURRID, _v. a._ To traverse.

_Barbour._

A. S. _ofer-ryd-an_, equo aut curru transire.

_To_ OURSYLE, OUERSYLE, OVERSILE, _v. a._

1. To cover, to conceal.

V. ~Sile~.

_Hudson._

2. Also rendered, to beguile.

OURTANE, _part. pa._

1. Overtaken, S.

2. Overtaken by justice, brought to trial.

_Barbour._

OURTHORT, OUERTHWERT, OUERTHORTOURE, _prep._ Athwart; _athort_, S. _ourter_, Dumfr.

_Wallace._

Sw. _twert oefwer_, id. inverted.

OURTILL, _prep._ Above, beyond.

_Dunbar._

_To_ OUR-TYRVE, OWR-TYRWE, _v. a._ To turn upside down.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _tyrv-a_, to overwhelm.

_To_ OURWEILL, _v. a._ To exceed.

_Evergreen._

A. S. _ofer-well-an_, superfluere.

OURWORD, OWERWORD, _s._

1. Any word frequently repeated, S.

_Burns._

2. The burden of a song.

_Dunbar._

OUSEN, OWSEN, _pl._ Oxen, S.

_Burns._

Moes. G. _auhsne_, id. _auhs_, bos.

~Ousen milk~, _sowens_, or flummery not boiled; used instead of milk, Dumfr.

OUT, OWT, _adv._ Completely.

_Wyntown._

_To_ OUT, _v. a._ To expend; or, to find vent for.

_Rutherford._

~Outing~, _s._ A vent for commodities.

_Id._

_To_ OUT, _v. n._ To issue.

_Barbour._

OUT-ABOUT, _adv._ Out of doors, S.

_Ross._

OUT-BY, _adv._

1. Abroad, without, S.

2. Out from, at some distance, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _ut_, ex, extra, and _by_, juxta.

_To_ OUT-BRADE, _v. a._ To draw out.

_To_ ~Outbrade~, _v. n._ To start out.

V. ~Brade~.

OUTBREAKING, _s._

1. Eruption on the skin, S.

2. An open transgression of the law of God, S.

_Rutherford._

_To_ OUTBULLER, _v. n._ To gush out with a gurgling noise, S.

_Douglas._

OUTCAST, _s._ A quarrel, S.

_Rutherford._

OUTCOME, OUTCUM, _s._

1. Egress.

_Barbour._

2. Termination, S.

_R. Galloway._

3. Increase, product, S. Belg. _uytkomen_, to come out.

4. That season in which the day begins to lengthen.

_Watson._

OUTFALL, _s._ A contention, S.

_Pennant._

Sw. _utfall_, a hostile excursion.

OUTFIELD, _adj._ and _s._ Arable land, which is not manured, but constantly cropped.

_Statist. Acc._

OUTFORNE, _pret. v._ Caused to come forth.

_Montgomerie._

A. S. _utfore_, egressus est.

OUTGAIT, OUTGATE, _s._

1. A way for egress.

_Douglas._

2. Escape from hardship of any kind.

_R. Bruce._

OUTGANE, _part. pa._ Elapsed, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

OUT-HAUAR, _s._ One who carries or exports goods from a country.

_Acts Ja. I._

OUTHIR, _conj._ Either.

V. ~Othir~.

OUTHORNE, _s._

1. The horn blown for summoning the lieges to attend the king in _feir of were_.

_Acts Ja. II._

2. The horn blown to summon the lieges to assist in pursuing a fugitive.

_Acts Ja. I._

3. The horn of a sentinel.

_Maitland P._

OUTHOUSE, _s._ An office-house, S.

Sw. _uthus_, id.

OUTLAY, _s._ Expenditure, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Sw. _utlagg-a_, to expend.

OUTLAK, _prep._ Except.

_K. Hart._

_Out_ and _lack_, to want.

OUT-LAIK, OUT-LACK, _s._ The superabundant quantity in weight or measure.

_Gl. Sibb._

OUTLER, _adj._ Not housed, S.

_Burns._

~Outler~, _s._ A beast that lies without, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

OUTLY, _s._ Applied to money which _lies out_ of the hands of the owner, S.

OUTLY, _adv._ Fully, S. B.

_Ross._

OUTLYER, OUTLAIR, _s._ A stone not taken from a quarry, but _lying out_ in the field, S.

OUT-THE-GAIT, _adj._ Honest; q. one who keeps the straight road, S.

OUT-OUR, OUT-OWRE, _adv._

1. Over, S.

_Barbour._

2. Out from any place, S.

OUTOUTH, _prep._

V. ~Outwith~.

OUTQUENT, _part. pa._ Extinguished.

V. ~Quent~.

_Douglas._

OUT-RAKE, _s._

1. Expedition.

V. ~Raik~.

2. An extensive walk for sheep or cattle, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

OUTRANCE, _s._ Extremity.

_Maitland P._

Fr. _oultrance_, id.

_To_ OUT-RED, _v. a._

1. To extricate, S.

2. To finish any business, S. B.

3. To clear off debt.

_Mellvill's MS._

Isl. _utrett-a_, perficere negotium.

~Outred~, _s._

1. Rubbish, S.

2. Clearance, finishing, S. B.

_Ross._

OUTREYNG, _s._ Extremity.

_Barbour._

Fr. _outrer_, to carry things to extremity.

OUTSCHETT, _part. pa._ Excluded.

_Palice Honour._

A. S. _ut_ out, and _scytt-an_, obserare.

OUTSET, _s._

1. Commencement, S.

2. The publication of a book, S.

OUTSHOT, _s._ A projection, S.

Sw. _utskiutande_, id. _skiut-a ut_, to project, Belg. _uytschiet-en_, id.

OUTSIGHT, _s._ Goods, or utensils out of doors, S.

_Erskine._

OUTSPECKLE, _s._ A laughing-stock.

_Minstrelsy Border._

OUTSPOKEN, _adj._ Given to freedom of speech, S.

OUTSTRIKING, _s._ An eruption, S.

OUTSUCKEN, _s._

1. The freedom of a tenant from bondage to a mill, S.

_Erskine._

2. Duties payable by those who are not _astricted_ to a mill, S.

_Id._

~Outsucken~, _adj._ Used in the same sense, S.

V. ~Sucken~.

_Id._

OUT TAK, OWTAKYN, OWTANE, _prep._

1. Except.

_Douglas._

_Tane_ or _taken out_.

2. Besides, in addition.

_Barbour._

OUTTERIT, _pret._ Ran out of the course.

Fr. _oultrer_, to run through.

_Lyndsay._

OUTWAILE, OUTWYLE, _s._ Refuse, S.

Isl. _utvel-ia_, eligere.

_Henrysone._

_To_ OUTWAIR, _v. a._ To expend.

V. ~Ware~.

_Arbuthnot._

OUTWITH, OWTOUTH, WTOUTH, _prep._

1. Without, on the outer side.

_Bellenden._

2. Outwards, out from.

_Barbour._

3. Separate from.

_R. Bruce._