Part 40
POTTINGAR, _s._ An apothecary.
_Evergreen._
L. B. _Potagiar-ius_, coquus pulmentarius.
~Pottingry~, _s._ The work of an apothecary.
_Dunbar._
POUDER, POWDER, _s._ Dust; Fr. _poudre_.
_R. Bruce._
POUERALL, PURELL, _s._ The rabble.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _povrail_, _paurail_, paupertinus.
POUNCE, _s._ Long meadow-grasses, Orkn.
_Neill._
Isl. _punt-r_, gramen barbatum, a sharp-pointed grass.
POUNE, POWNE, _s._ A peacock; S. _pownie_.
_Douglas._
Fr. _paonneau_, a young peacock.
_To_ POUNSE, PUNSE, _v. a._ To carve, to emboss.
_Douglas._
Teut. _ponts-en_, _punts-en_, caelare, scalpere.
POURIN, _s._ A very small quantity of any liquid, S., from E. _to pour_.
POURIT, _part. adj._ Impoverished.
V. ~Pure~, _v._
_Gl. Sibb._
POURPOURE, _s._ Purple.
_Douglas._
Fr. _pourpre_, id.
_To_ POUSS, _v. n._
1. To push, S.
_Bp. Forbes._
2. To drive clothes hastily backwards and forwards in the water in the act of washing, S.
Teut. _polss-en int water_, quatere aquas.
~Pouss~, _s._ A push, S.
Fr. _pousse_.
POUST, _s._ Bodily strength, S.
O. Fr. _poesté_, _pooste_, id.
~Pousté~, ~Powsté~, _s._ Power.
_Douglas._
_Lege poustie_, full strength, i. e. _legitima potestas_.
_Reg. Maj._
~Pousture~, _s._ Bodily ability. _To lose the pousture_ of a limb, to lose the power of it, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
POUT, _s._
1. A young partridge or moor-fowl, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Fr. _poulet_, a pullet; Lat. _pullus_.
2. The chicken of any domesticated fowl, S.
3. A young girl, a sweetheart.
_Ross._
_To_ ~Pout~, _v. n._ To shoot at young partridges; also, _to go a-pouting_, to go to shoot at _pouts_, S.
_Antiquary._
_To_ POUT, POUTER, _v. n._ To poke, to stir with a long instrument, S.
_Waverley._
Su. G. _pott-a_, digito vel baculo explorare; Belg. _poter-en_, fodicare.
~Pout~, _s._ A poker, S. A.
~Pout-net~, _s._ A round net fastened to two poles, by means of which the fishers poke the banks of rivers, to force out the fish, S.
_Courant._
~Poutstaff~, _s._ A staff or pole used in fishing with a small net.
_Wallace._
_To_ POUZLE, _v. n._ To search about with uncertainty for any thing, S. B.; q. to _puzzle_.
_To_ ~Pouzle~, _v. n._ To trifle, Fife.
Teut. _futsel-en_, nugari.
POW, _s._ The head, the _poll_, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ POW, _v. a._ To pluck, to _pull_, S.
_Wallace._
POW, _s._ A pool.
_Sir Tristrem._
POW, POU, pron. _poo_, _s._
1. A slow-moving rivulet in flat lands, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. A watery or marshy place, Stirlings.
_Statist. Acc._
3. A small creek, affording a landing-place for boats, Clackm.
_Statist. Acc._
4. The wharf itself, ibid.
Radically the same with E. _pool_.
POWART, _s._ A tadpole; _powrit_, Fife.
_Statist. Acc._
POW-EE, _s._ A small fresh haddock, Montrose.
POW-HEAD, _s._ A tadpole; pron. _powet_, S. _powie_, Perths.
_Gl. Tristrem._
Mod. Sax. _pogghe_, a frog, q. _pogghe-hoofd_, the head of a frog.
POWIN, _s._ The peacock.
_Evergreen._
Fr. _paon_, id.
POWLINGS, _s. pl._ Some disease.
_Montgomerie._
POWSOWDIE, _s._
1. Sheepshead broth, q. _poll-sodden_.
_Ritson._
2. Milk and meal boiled together, S. B.
PRAELOQUUTOUR, _s._ An advocate.
V. ~Prolocutor~.
PRAY, _s._ A meadow.
_Douglas._
Fr. _pré_, id. Lat. _pratum_.
PRAP, _s._ A mark, S.
V. ~Prop~.
_To_ ~Prap~, _v. a._
1. To set up as a mark, S.
2. _To prap stanes_ at any thing, to throw stones, by taking aim at some object, S. B.
PRAT, PRATT, _s._
1. A trick, S.
_Doug._
2. A wicked action, S.
_Forbes._
A. S. _praett_, craft, Isl. _prett-ur_, guile.
~Pratty~, _adj._ Tricky, S.; _pretty_, S. B. often _ill-pretty_.
_Ruddiman._
PRATTIK, PRETTIK, PRACTIK, PRACTIQUE, _s._
1. Practice, experience.
_Lyndsay._
2. A stratagem in war; _protick_, S. B.
_Douglas._
3. Form of proceeding in a court of law; a forensic term.
Fr. _practique_.
_Baillie._
4. An artful means.
_Dunbar._
5. A trick of legerdemain, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
6. A necromantic exploit, S.
_Dunbar._
7. A mischievous trick, or any wicked act, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _praktik_, craft; Mod. Sax. _practycke_, astrology.
_To_ PRECELL, _v. n._ To excel.
_Lyndsay._
PRECLAIR, _adj._ Supereminent, Fr.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ PREFFER, _v. a._ To excel; Lat. _praefer-o_.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ PREIF, PRIEVE, PREVE, PREE, _v. a._
1. To prove.
_Douglas._
2. To taste; corr. _prie_, S.
_Pal. Hon._
3. To find by examination.
_Wallace._
PREYNE, PRENE, PREIN, PRINE, PRIN, _s._
1. A pin made of wire, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A thing of no value, S.
_Wallace._
Su. G. Dan. _pren_, any sharp instrument; Isl. _prionn_, a needle, or large pin.
_To_ ~Prein~, ~Prene~, ~Prin~, _v. a._ To pin, S.
_Dunbar._ _Ramsay._
~Prein-cod~, _s._ A pin-cushion, S.
PREIS, PRES, _s._ Heat of battle.
_Wyntown._
_To_ PREK, PRYK, _v. n._ To gallop.
_Douglas._
A. S. _pricc-ian_, Belg. _prick-en_, pungere.
_To_ PRENE, _v. a._
V. ~Prein~, _v._
_To_ PRENT, _v. a._
1. To print, S.
_Acts Marie._
Isl. _prent-a_, typis excudo.
2. To coin.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _prent-a_, imprimere; from _pren_, a graving tool.
~Prent~, _s._
1. Print, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. Impression of a die.
_Acts Ja. III._
3. A deep impression made on the mind.
_Wallace._
4. Likeness.
_Douglas._
~Prentar~, _s._ A printer.
PRES, _s._ Throng.
V. ~Preis~.
PRESERVES, _s. pl._ Spectacles which magnify little or nothing, S.
PRESOWNE, _s._ A prisoner.
_Wyntown._
PRESSYT. L. _prissyt_, praised.
_Barbour._
PREST, PRETE, _part. pa._ Ready. Fr.
_Douglas._
PRESTABLE, _adj._ Payable.
_Act Sed._
Fr. _prest-er_, Lat. _praest-are_.
PRETTY, _adj._
1. Small; pron. _e_ as _ai_ in _fair_, S. B.
2. Including the idea of neatness, conjoined with smallness of size, S. B.
3. Mean, contemptible.
_Douglas._
4. Handsome, well-made, S.
_Spalding._
5. Polite, accomplished, S.
V. ~Proty~.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
PRETTY-DANCERS, _s. pl._ The aurora borealis, S. B.
_To_ PREVADE, _v. n._ To neglect.
_Baillie._
_To_ PREVENE, PREVEEN, _v. a._ To _prevent_.
Lat. _praevenio_.
_Douglas._
PREVENTATIVE, _s._ Preventive, S.
_To_ PREVERT, _v. a._ To anticipate.
Lat. _praevert-o_.
_Douglas._
PREVES, _pl._
1. Proofs.
2. Witnesses.
_Acts Ja. VI._
PRYCE, PRICE, PRYS, PREIS, _s._
1. Praise.
_Henrysone._
Su. G. _prisa_, Dan. _prise_, Belg. _prijs_, id.
2. Prize.
Teut. _prijs_, pretium.
_Douglas._
PRICK, _s._
1. A wooden skewer, securing the end of a gut containing a pudding, S.
_Kelly._
2. An iron spoke.
_Mellvill's MS._
_To_ ~Prick~, _v. a._ To fasten by a wooden skewer.
_Kelly._
~Pricksworth~, _s._ Any thing of the lowest imaginable value, S.
PRICKED HAT, part of the dress required of those who bore arms in this country.
_Acts Ja. II._
PRICKER, _s._ The basking shark, S. B.
_Brand._
PRICKER, _s. pl._ A light horseman.
V. ~Prek~.
_Spotswood._
PRICKMEDAINTY, _s._ One who is finical in dress or carriage, S.; q. I _prick_ myself _daintily_.
Teut. _pryck-en_, ornare.
PRICKSANG, _s._ Pricksong.
_Pal. Hon._
PRIDEFOW, _adj._ Proud, S.
PRIDYEAND, _part. pr._
_Houlate._
Q. setting themselves off. Su. G. _pryd-a_, id.
PRIEST.
_To be one's priest_, to kill him, S. B.
_To_ PRIEVE, _v. a._
V. ~Preif~.
_To_ PRIG, _v. n._
1. To haggle, S.
_Doug._
2. To importune, S. B.
_P. Buch. Dial._
Belg. _prachg-en_, to beg.
~Prigging~, _s._
1. Haggling, S.
_Rutherford._
2. Entreaty, S.
_To_ PRYK, _v. n._
V. ~Prek~.
_To_ PRYME, _v. a._ To stuff.
_Douglas._
PRIMSIE, _s._ Demure, precise, S. from E. _prim_.
_Burns._
_To_ PRIMP, To deck one's self in a stiff and affected manner.
~Primpit~, _part. pa._
1. Stiffly and affectedly dressed, S.
2. Ridiculously stiff in demeanour, S.
Su. G. _pramper-a_, to be proud.
_To_ PRIN, _v. a._
V. ~Prein~, _v._
PRYNES, _s. pl._ Cribs of some kind for catching fish.
_Acts Ja. III._
_To_ PRINK, To deck, to prick, S.
Teut. _pronck-en_, ornare.
_Evergreen._
_To_ PRINKLE, _v. n._ To thrill, to tingle, S.
_Hogg._ _Kelly._
PRINTS, _s. pl._ Newspapers, S.
PRYS, _s._ Praise.
V. ~Pryce~.
PRIVY SAUGH, Common privet, S.
_Lightfoot._
_To_ PRIZE UP, _v. a._ To force open a lock or door, S.
Fr. _press-er_, to force.
PROBATIONER, _s._ One who is licensed to preach in public, as preparatory to his being called by any congregation, S.
_Acts Assembly._
_To_ PROCESS, _v. a._ To proceed legally against one, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ PROCH, _v. a._ To approach.
_Wallace._
Fr. _proche_, near.
PROCHANE, PROCHENE, _adj._ Neighbouring, Fr.
_Complaynt S._
PROCURATOR, _s._
1. An advocate in a court of law.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. A solicitor, who is allowed to speak before an inferior court, although not an advocate; corr. _procutor_, S.
L. B. _procurator_.
PROD, _s._ A wooden skewer, Ang.
Su. G. _brodd_, Dan. _brod_, cuspis, aculeus.
~Prod~, ~Craw-prod~, _s._ A pin fixed in the top of a gable, to which the ropes, fastening the roof of a cottage, were tied, S. B.
_Prod_, and perh. _crap_, the top.
PROG, PROGUE, _s._
1. A sharp point, S.
2. An arrow.
_P. Buch. Dial._
~Prog-staff~, _s._ A staff with a sharp iron point in its extremity, S. B.
V. ~Brog~, _v._
_To_ PROYNE, PRUNYIE, _v. a._
1. To deck, to trim; applied to birds.
_K. Quair._
2. Denoting the effeminate care of a male in decking his person.
_Doug._
Germ. _prang-en_, to make a shew; Su. G. _prydn-ing_, trimming.
PROKET, _s._ _Proket of wax_, apparently a small taper.
Fr. _brochette_, a prick or peg.
PROLOCUTOR, _s._ An advocate.
_Quon. Att._
Lat. _pro_ and _loqui_, to speak for.
_Praeloquutour_, id.
_Acts Ja. VI._
PROLONG, _s._ Procrastination.
_Wallace._
_To_ PROMIT, _v. a._ To promise.
Lat. _promitt-o_.
_Bellenden._
~Promit~, _s._ A promise.
_Pal. Hon._
_To_ PROMOVE, _v. a._ To promote.
Lat. _promov-eo_.
_Acts Parl._
PRON, _s._ Flummery, S. B.
Gael. _pronn_, pollard.
PRON'D, PRAN'D, _part. pa._ Bruised, wounded.
_Buchan._
Gael. _pronn-am_, to bruise.
PRONEVW, PRONEPUOY, _s._ A great grandson.
Lat. _pronepos_.
_Wynt._
PROP, _s._ An object at which aim is taken, S. _prap_.
_Dunbar._
Q. something supported above the level of the ground as a butt.
PROPYNE, PROPINE, _s._
1. A present, S.
_Douglas._
2. Drink-money.
_Rutherford._
3. The power of giving.
_Minstr. Bord._
Gr. προπιν-ω, Lat. _propin-o_, id. Hence Fr. _propine_, drink-money.
_To_ ~Propine~, _v. a._
1. To present a cup to another.
_Rollocke._
2. To present, in a general sense.
_Muse's Threnodie._
_To_ PROPONE, _v. a._ To propose.
Lat. _propon-o_.
_Douglas._
_To_ PROPORTE, _v. n._ To mean.
E. _purport_, L. B. _proport-are_.
_Doug._
PROSPECT, _s._ A perspective glass, S.
Fr. _prospective_; Lat. _prospicio_.
_Baillie._
PROT, _s._ A trick.
V. ~Pratt~.
PROTEIR.
L. _protegere_.
_Dunbar._
PROTY, PROTTY, _adj._
1. Handsome, elegant, S. B.
_P. Buch. Dial._
2. Possessing mettle, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _prud-r_, decorus, A. S. _praete_, ornatus.
PROTICK, _s._
V. ~Prattick~.
PROTTY, _adj._
V. ~Pratty~.
PROVENTIS, _s. pl._ Profits.
_Knox._
Lat. _provent-us_.
PROVOST, _s._ The mayor of a royal burgh, S.
PROW, _s._ Profit.
_Maitland P._
Fr. _prou_, id.
PROWAN, _s._ Provender.
_Kelly._
Fr. _provende_, id.
PROWDE, _adj._ Magnificent.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _prud_, id.
PROWDE, _s._ Fair, beautiful woman.
_Maitland P._
Su. G. _prud_, ornatus; Isl. _frid_, pulcher.
_To_ PRUNYIE, _v. a._ To trim.
V. ~Proyne~.
PTARMIGAN, _s._ The white game, S.
Gael. _tarmoch-an_.
_Sibb._
PUBLIC-HOUSE, _s._ An inn, a tavern, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
PUCK HARY, _s._ A certain sprite or hobgoblin, S.
_Colvil._
Isl. Su. G. _puke_, daemon, spectrum.
PUD. _Inkpud_, _s._ An inkholder, Loth.
Teut. _enck pot_, atramentarium; or _puyd_, suggestus, q. what supports.
PUD, _s._ A fondling designation for a child.
Isl. _ped_, homuncio, puer.
PUDDIE, PUDDY, _s._ A kind of cloth.
Teut. _poote_, pellis cervaria.
_Ritson._
PUDDILL, _s._ A pedlar's pack or wallet.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _buydel_, Fris. _puyl_, sacculus.
PUDDINGFILLAR, _s._ A glutton.
_Dunbar._
_To_ PUDDLE, PUDLE, _v. n._
1. To work diligently in a mean way, S. from E. _puddle_, a mire.
_Statist. Acc._
2. Applied to laborious and frivolous engagement in the Popish ceremonies.
_R. Bruce._
PUDGE, _s._ A small house, a hut, Perths.
Isl. _bud_, Teut. _boede_, casa; O. Teut. _poest_, an ox-stall.
_To_ PUG, _v. a._ To pull, Perths.
PUIR, _adj._ Poor.
V. ~Pure~.
_To_ ~Puir~, _v. a._
V. ~Pure~, _v._
PULAILE, POULAILE, _s._ Poultry.
L. B. _poyllayllia_, id.
_Barbour._
_To_ PULCE, _v. a._ To impel.
Lat. _puls-o_.
_Complaynt S._
PULDER, _s._ Powder, dust.
O. Fr. _puldre_, id.
_Complaynt S._
~Pulderit~, _part. pa._ Sprinkled.
_Douglas._
PULLAINE GREIS, _s._ Greaves worn in war.
_Wallace._
L. B. _polena_, pars qua genua muniuntur.
PULL LING, _s._ A moss plant, S.
PULLISEE, _s._ A pulley, S. _pullishee_.
_Ramsay._
PULOCHS, _s. pl._ Patches, S. B.
Mod. Sax. _pulten_, id.
PULTRING, _part. adj._ Rutting, Perths.
Fr. _poultre_, a horse-colt.
_To_ PUMP, _v. n._ To break wind softly behind, S.
Isl. _prump-a_, pedere.
~Pump~, _s._ The act of breaking wind softly, S.
_To_ PUNCH, _v. a._ To jog with the elbow, S. O. E.
Sw. _bunk-a_, cum sonitu ferire.
~Punch~, _s._ A jog, a slight push, S.
PUNDELAYN, _s._
_Barbour._
Fr. _Pantaleon_, the name of a saint much celebrated in former ages.
PUNDIE, _s._ A small tin mug for heating liquids, Perths.; originally containing a _pound_ weight of water.
PUNDLAR, PUNDLER, _s._ An instrument for weighing, resembling a steelyard, Orkn.
_Barry._
Su. G. _pundare_, statera; from _pund_, libra.
PUNDLER, PUNLER, _s._
1. A distrainer, Ang.
V. ~Poinder~.
_Bann. MS._
2. A stalk of peas bearing two pods, Ang.
_To_ PUNGE, _v. a._
V. ~Punye~.
PUNGER, _s._ A species of crab.
_Sibbald._
PUNYE, _s._ A small body of men.
_Barbour._
Fr. _poignée de gens_, a handful of people.
_To_ PUNYE, PUNGE, _v. a._
1. To pierce.
_Wallace._
2. To sting.
_Fordun._
3. To sting; applied to the mind.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _poign-er_, Lat. _pungere_.
PUNYOUN, _s._ Side, party.
V. ~Opinion~.
_Wallace._
PUNSIS, PUNCIS, _s. pl._ Pulses.
Corr. from _pulse_.
_Montgomerie._
PURCHES, _s._
1. An amour.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _porchaz_, intrigue.
2. Space for exertion, S.
3. _To live on_ one's _purchase_, to live by one's wits, S.
PURE, PUIR, _adj._ Poor, S.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _poure_, id.
~Puirlie~, _adv._ Humbly.
_K. Hart._
~Pure man~, _s._ A beggar, S.
_K. Quair._
To ~Pure~, ~Puir~, _v. a._ To impoverish.
_Wallace._
PURED, _part. adj._ Furred.
_Sir Gawan._
PURELLIS, _s. pl._
V. ~Pouerall~.
PURFLED, PURFILLIT, _part. adj._ Short-winded, S.
PURIE, _s._ A small meagre person, Orkney.
PURLE, _s._ A pearl.
_Watson._
PURL, _s._
1. A portion of the dung of sheep or horses, S.
_Ess. Highland Soc._
Su. G. _porl-a_, scaturire.
2. Dried cow-dung, used for fuel, Fife, S. A.
PURLICUE, PARLICUE, _s._
1. A flourish at the end of a word in writing, Aberd.
Fr. _pour le queue_, q. for the tail.
2. In pl. whims, trifling oddities, Ang.
PURLIE-PIG, _s._
V. ~Pirlie-pig~.
PURPOSE-LIKE, _adj._ Apparently well qualified for any business, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
PURPRESTRE, _s._ A violation of the property of a superior.
_Reg. Maj._
Fr. _pourprendre_, invadere.
PURRAY, PURRY, _s._ A species of fur.
Fr. _fourrée_, id.
_Acts Ja. I._
PURRY, _s._ A kind of porridge, Aberd.
_Pop. Ball._
PURRING-IRNE, _s._ A poker, Ang.
Teut. _poyer-en_, fodicare.
PURSY, _s._ Short-breathed and fat.
O. Fr. _pourcif_, id.
_Gl. Sibb._
PURSILL, _s._ As much money as fills a purse, S. B. q. _purse-fill_.
PURS-PYK, _s._ A pickpocket.
_Dunbar._
PURTYE, POORTITH, _s._ Poverty.
S. O. Fr. _poureté_.
_Bannatyne P._
_To_ PUT, _v. n._ To push with the head or horns, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _bott-en_, C. B. _pwt-iaw_, id.
To ~Put~ _at_, _v. a._ To push against.
_Knox._
To ~Put~ _on_, _v. a._ To jogg, to give a gentle push, S.
_Leg. St Androis._
~Put~, ~Putt~, _s._
1. A thrust, a push, S.
_Knox._
2. Metaph. an attempt.
_Pennecuik._
_To_ ~Put~, _v. n._ To throw a heavy stone above-hand, S.
_Ramsay._
C. B. _pwt-iaw_, to push, to thrust.
~Put~ _and_ ~Row~, _adv._ With difficulty, S.
_Ross._
~Putting-stone~, _s._ A heavy stone used in _putting_, S.
_Pennant._
_To_ ~Put~ _out_, _v. a._ To discover, to make a person known who wishes to conceal himself, S.
PUTTER, _s._ Acorr. of _petard_.
_Spalding._
Q
QUAICH, QUEYCH, QUEGH, QUEFF, _s._ A small and shallow drinking cup with two ears.
_Ferguson._
Ir. Gael. _cuach_, a cup or bowl.
QUAID, _adj._ Evil.
_Pal. of Hon._
Alem. _quad_, Belg. _quaad_, malus.
QUAIFF, QUEIF, _s._ A coif.
_Philotus._
Teut. _koyffe_, Su. G. _kwif_, id.
QUAIK, _s._ The wheezing sound emitted in consequence of great exertion.
_Douglas._
Teut. _quack-en_, Lat. _coax-are_.
QUAILYIE, QUALYIE, _s._ A quail.
_Acts Marie._
QUAIR, QUERE, _s._ A book.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _kwer_, libellus, codicillus; O. Fr. _quayer_, a book, id.
QUAKING ASH, _s._ The asp or aspen, S.
QUALIM, _s._ Ruin.
_Douglas._
Alem. _qualm_, excidium.
QUARREL, _s._ A stone quarry, S.
V. ~Querrell~.
QUARTER-ILL, _s._ A disease among cattle, affecting them only in one limb or _quarter_, S.
_Pop. Ball._
_To_ QUAT, _v. a._ To quit, S.
~Quat~, _adj._ Released from, S.
_Ramsay._
QUAUIR, _s._ A quiver.
_Douglas._
QUEET, _s._ The ancle, Aberd.
V. ~Cute~.
_Ross._
QUEY, QUY, QUOY, QUYACH, QUOYACH, QUEOCK, QUYOK, _s._ A cow of two years old, S.
_Acts Malc. II._
Dan. _quie_, Su. G. _quiga_, id.
QUEYN, QUEAN, _s._ A young woman, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _cwen_, Su. G. _qwinna_, mulier.
QUEINT, QUENT, _adj._
1. Curious.
_Douglas._
2. Strange, wonderful.
_Douglas._
3. Cunning, crafty.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _coint_, bien fait, sage; Arm. _coant_.
~Quentis~, _s._ Elegant device.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _cointise_, ornement, ajustement.
~Queint~, ~Queynt~, _s._ A wile, a device;
O. Fr. _cointe_.
_Wyntown._
_To_ QUEINTH, QUEITH, _v. a._ To pacify, or to bid farewell to.
_Douglas._
Su. G. Isl. _qwaed-ia_, salutare; valedicere.
QUELLES, _s. pl._ Yells.
_Sir Gawan._
Su. G. Isl. _qwill-a_, ejulare.
_To_ QUEME, _v. a._ To fit exactly; _queem_, Lanerks. _Quemit_, _part. pa._
~Queme~, _adj._ Exactly fitted, used as an _adv._ _Queem_, Lanerks. id.
_Douglas._
Teut. _quaem_, _be-quaem_ aptus.
QUEMIT, _part. pa._ Exactly fitted.
_Pal. of Hon._
Franc. _biquam_ congruit, convenit.
QUENRY, _s._ Abundance of bad women.
_Chr. S. P._
A. S. _cwen_, mulier, and _ric_, dives.
QUENT, QUENTISS.
V. ~Queint~.
QUENT, _adj._ Familiar, acquainted.
Fr. _accoint_, id.
_Bellenden._
QUERRELL, QUAREL, _s._ A quarry, S. B.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _quarrel-er_, to pave with flat stones.
QUERT, _s._ _In quert_, in a state of hilarity.
_S. P. Repr._
C. B. _chwaer-u_, to be active; _chwar-eu_, to sport; _chwareuad_, _chwuareuaeth_, sport, merriment; _chwarth_, a laugh; Arm. _choar-i_, jouer.
~Quierty~, ~Querty~, _adj._
1. Lively, possessing a flow of animal spirits, S.
2. Active, Ayrs., Dumfr.
QUESTES, _s. pl._ Noise of hounds.
_Sir Gawan._
Fr. _quest-er_, to open as a dog.
QUETHING.
V. ~Queinth~.
_Douglas._
QUH, expressing a strong guttural sound, S.
QUHA, QUHAY, _pron._ Who; _quhays_, whose, S.
_Douglas._
QUHAYE, _s._ Whey.
_Flot quhaye_, a delicate sort of curd which floats at the top of whey when boiled, S.
_Complaynt S._
A. S. _hweg_, Belg. _weye_, _huy_.
QUHAYNG, WHANG, _s._
1. A thong, S.
A. S. _thwang_.
_Bellenden._
_Ay at the whittle and the quhang_, S. Prov. Still in a broil; Sw. _tweng_, id.
2. A thick slice of any thing eatable, S.
_Burns._
To ~Quhang~, ~Whang~, _v. a._
1. To flog, S.
2. To lash in discourse.
_Burns._
3. To cut in large slices, S.
QUHAIP, QUHAUP, WHAAP, _s._ A curlew, S.
_Acts Marie._
~Quhaip~, ~Quhaup~, _s._ A goblin supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after night fall, having a long beak, Ayrs.
QUHAM, _s._
1. A dale among hills, S.
2. A marshy hollow, Loth.
Isl. _hwamm-r_, convallicula seu semivallis; _hwome_, vorago.
QUHARE, _adv._ Where.
_S. P. Repr._
~Quhairintil~, _adv._ Wherein.
_R. Bruce._
QUHA-SAY, _s._ A sham, a pretence.
_Leg. St Androis._
Corr. perh. from Lat. _quasi_, as if.
QUHATKYN, QUHATEN. What kind of; S. _whattin_.
V. ~Kin~.
_Barbour._
QUHATSUMEUIR, _adj._ Whatsoever.
_Crosraguel._
_To_ QUHAUK, _v. a._ To beat, S. E.
QUHAUP, _s._ A curlew.
V. ~Quhaip~.
QUHAUP, WHAAP. _There's a whaap in the raip_, S. Prov. There is something wrong.
_Kelly._
QUHAUP, _s._ A pod in the earliest state, S.
_To_ ~Whaup~, or to be ~Whauped~, _v. n._ To assume the form of pods, S. B.
_To_ ~Quhaup~, _v. a._ To shell peas, S. B.
_To_ QUHAWCH, _v. n._
V. ~Quaik~.
QUHAWE, _s._ A marsh, a quagmire.
C. B. _chwi_, a whirl; _chwiawg_, full of whirls.
_Wyntown._
QUHEYNE, QUHENE, QUHOYNE, QUHONE, _adj._ Few, S.
_Barbour._
~Quhene~, S. _wheen_, _s._ A small quantity.
A. S. _hwaene_, _hwene_, aliquantum, paulo.
_To_ QUHEMLE, WHOMMEL, _v. a._ To turn upside down, S. _whummil_.
_Bellenden._
Su. G. _hwiml-a_, vertigine laborare.
QUHETHIR, THE QUHETHYR, _conj._ However.
_Barbour._
A. S. _hwaethere_, tamen, attamen.
_To_ QUHETHIR, _v. n._
V. ~Quiddir~.
_To_ QUHEW, _v. n._ To whiz, to whistle.
C. B. _chwaw-iaw_, to blow.
_Burel._
~Quhew~, _s._
1. The sound produced by the motion of any body through the air with velocity; S. B. _few._
_Douglas._
2. A disease which proved extremely fatal in Scotland, A. 1420; occasioned, as would appear from the description, by the unnatural temperature of the weather.
_Fordun._
C. B. _chwa_, _chwaw_, a blast, a gust.
V. ~Quhich~.
QUHY, _s._ A cause, a reason.
_K. Quair._
_To_ QUHICH, QUHIGH, QUHIHHER, (gutt.) _v. n._ To move through the air with a whizzing sound, S. B.
_Minstrelsy Bord._
A. S. _hweoth_, _hwith_, flatus, aura lenis.
_To_ QUHID, WHUD, _v. n._
1. To whisk, to move nimbly, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To fib, to equivocate, S.
C. B. _chwidraw_, to move quickly; also to juggle; _hwidrar_, pernix fertur.
~Quhyd~, ~Whid~.
1. A quick motion, S.
2. A smart stroke.
_Burel._
3. _In a whid_, in a moment, S.
_R. Galloway._
4. A lie, properly in the way of evasion.
Isl. _hwida_, fervida actio; C. B. _chwid_, a quick turn.
_To_ QUHIDDIR, QUHETHYR, _v. a._ To whiz, S.
V. ~Quhich~.
_Barbour._
A. S. _hwother-an_, to make a booming noise.
~Quhidder~, _s._ A whizzing sound, S. _whithir_.
_Douglas._
QUHIDDER, _s._ A slight and transient indisposition, S. _quhither_.
A. S. _hwith_; q. a passing blast.
QUHIG, WHIG, _s._ The sour part of cream, which separates from the rest, S.
A. S. _hwaeg_, serum, whey.
_Gl. Compl._
QUHILE, QUHILIS, _adv._ At times.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _quheil-a_, A. S. _hwil_, time.
~Quhile~, ~Quhil~, _adv._ Some time, formerly.
_Barbour._
~Quhile~, ~Quhille~, _adj._ Late, deceased.
_Barbour._
QUHILK, _pron._ Which, who, S.
_Wynt._
A. S. Dan. _hwilc_, Belg. _welk_, id.
QUHILK, _s._ An imitative word expressing the cry of a gosling.
_Compl. S._
QUHILL, _conj._ Until, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _hwile_, donec, until.
QUHILLY BILLY, the noise made in violent coughing or reaching.
V. ~Hillie-billow~.
_Lyndsay._
QUHYLUM, QUHILOM, _adv._
1. Some time ago.
_Wyntown._
2. At times.
V. ~Umquhile~.
_Barbour._
3. Distributively; now, then.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _hwilom_, _hwilum_, aliquando.
QUHYN, QUHIN-STANE, _s._ Green-stone; the name given to basalt, trap, &c. S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _hwijn-a_, resonare; _hwin_, resonans; q. "the resounding stone."
_To_ QUHYNGE, _v. n._ To whine, S. wheenge.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _weng-a_; plorare.
_To_ QUHIP, WIPP, _v. a._ To bind about, S.
Moes. G. _waib-jan_, to surround; Isl. _wef_, circumvolvo.
~Quhippis~, _s. pl._ Crowns.
_Gl. Sibb._
Moes. G. _waips_, corona.
_To_ QUHIRR, _v. n._ To emit such a sound as that of a partridge or moorfowl, when it takes flight, S. _whurr_.