Part 43
1. To rub with a file, S. _rasp_, E.
2. To rub hard bodies together; as _to risp the teeth_, S.
~Risp~, _s._ Coarse grass that grows in marshy ground, S.; q. grass for _rasping_.
_Dunbar._
_To_ ~Risp~, _v. n._ Denoting the sound caused by the friction of hard bodies, S.
RITMASTER, _s._ A captain of horse.
_Wodrow._
Belg. _rit-meester_, Teut. _rid-meester_, magister equitum.
RITTOCH, _s._ The greater tern, Orkn.
_Barry._
RIVE, _s._ A rent or tear, S.
Isl. _ryf_.
RIVE, _s._ Shallows.
_Sir Tristrem._
Isl. _rif_, _reif_, brevia.
_To_ RYVE, _v. a._ To rob.
_Barbour._
~Ryuer~, _s._ A robber.
V. ~Reif~.
_Douglas._
_To_ RIZAR, _v. a._ To dry in the sun, S.
Fr. _ressoré_, dried by the sun.
~Rizar~, _s._ Drying by means of heat, S.
RIZARDS, RIZZER-BERRIES, _s. pl._ Currants, S.
_Brand._
ROBIN-HOOD, a sport, condemned in our old acts of Parliament; in which the predatory exploits of this celebrated outlaw and his companions were represented.
_Evergreen._
ROCH, ROCHE, ROTCHE, _s._ A rock; Fr. _roche_.
_Douglas._
ROCKAT, _s._ A surplice, E. _rochet_.
_Gl. Sibb._
Arm. _rocket_, Fr. _rochet_, an outer garment.
ROCKING, _s._ A friendly visit, in which neighbours meet, during the moon-light of winter or spring, and spend the evening, alternately in one another's houses. Ayrs.
_Burns._
Supposed to have had its name from females formerly bringing their _rocks_ or distaffs with them.
ROCKLAY, ROKELY, _s._ A short cloak, S. Ang.
_Ritson._
Su. G. _rocklin_, a surplice.
RODDEN-FLOUK, ROAN-FLOOK, _s._ The turbot, S. B. _roan-fleuk_, Loth.
_Pinkerton._
RODDIKIN, _s._ The fourth stomach of a cow, or other ruminating animal, S.; the same with ~Reid~, q. v.
RODDING-TIME, the time of spawning.
V. ~Red~, ~Redd~, _s._
_Stat. Acc._
RODEN-TREE, _s._ The mountain-ash, S. B.
V. ~Roun-tree~.
~Rodens~, _s. pl._ The berries of the roan-tree, S. B.
ROEBUCK-BERRY, _s._ The stone-bramble berry, S.
_Stat. Acc._
ROY, _s._ King; Fr. _roi_.
_Wallace._
_To_ ROY, _v. n._ To rave.
_Dunbar._
ROID, ROYD, RIDE, _adj._
1. Rude, severe.
_Barbour._
2. Large.
_Wallace._
A. S. _reothe_, _rethe_, rough.
ROYET, ROYIT, _adj._
1. Wild.
_Doug._
2. Dissipated, S.
_Ferguson._
3. Romping, much given to sport, S.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _roid_, _roide_, fierce, ungovernable.
~Royetness~, _s._ Romping, S.
ROIF, ROVE, RUFF, _s._ Rest.
_Houlate._
Alem. _rauua_, Su. G. _ro_, Isl. _roi_, quies.
ROIK, _s._ A thick mist.
V. ~Rak~.
ROIK, _s._ A rock.
_Douglas._
_To_ ROIP, _v. a._ To sell by auction.
V. ~Roup~.
ROIS, ROISE, _s._ A rose.
_Douglas._
ROISS.
V. ~Roif~.
_Bannatyne P._
ROIST, _s._ A roost.
_Kennedy._
ROYSTER, _s._
1. A freebooter.
_Buchanan._
L. B. _Rustarii_, the same with _Rutarii_, freebooters who committed great devastation in France, in the eleventh century; O. Fr. _rustre_, a ruffian; _ruster-ie_, brigandage, devastation.
2. A dog, apparently of the bull-dog species.
_Cleland._
_To_ ROYT, _v. n._ To go about idly, S. B.
Su. G. _rut-a_, discurrere, vagari.
ROYT, _s._ Perh. rambling fellow.
_Polwart._
ROK, _s._ Perhaps, a storm.
_S. P. Repr._
Isl. _rok_, _roka_, id. procella.
_To_ ROLE, _v. a._ To ply the oar.
_Doug._
~Rollar~, _s._ A rower.
_Douglas._
ROLK, _s._ A rock.
_Douglas._
ROLLYD, _part. pa._ Enrolled.
_Wyntown._
ROLLOCHIN, (gutt.) _adj._ Lively, free-spoken, S.
_Rallack_, to romp, A. Bor.
Isl. _rugl-a_, effutire; Sw. _rolig_, merry.
_To_ ROLP, _v. n._ To cry.
V. ~Roip~.
ROMANYS, ROMANIS, _s._
1. A genuine history.
_Barbour._
2. A work of fiction.
Ital. _romanze_, Fr. _roman_, id.
ROMBLE, _s._ A blow.
_Barbour._
Teut. _rommel-en_, strepere.
ROME-RAKARIS, _s. pl._ Those who pretend to bring relics from Rome.
_Bannatyne P._
RONDELLIS, _s. pl._ Small round targets;
Fr. _rondelles._
_Complaynt S._
RONE, _s._ Sheep-skin dressed so as to appear like goat-skin; S. _roan_.
_Wynt._
Perh. from _Roan_, _Rohan_, in France; like _cordovan_, from Cordova.
RONE, RON, _s._
1. A shrub.
_Wallace._
Isl. _runn_, a bush or shrub.
2. Brushwood.
_Henrysone._
RONE, _s._ A coarse substance adhering to flax, which, in hackling, is scraped off with a knife, Perths.
Isl. _hrion_, roughness.
RONE, _s._ The mountain-ash.
V. ~Rountree~.
_Maitland P._
RONE, _s._ A run of ice, S.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _hroenn_, sparsa congeries ex nive.
RONE, _s._ A spout for carrying from the roof, S. O.
Sw. _raenna_, id.; Mod. Sax. _ronne_, a canal.
RONGED, _part. adj._ Gnawed.
_Knox._
Fr. _rongé_, id.
RONGIN, _pret._ Reigned.
_Bellenden._
RONK, _s._ Moisture.
_K. Hart._
RONKIS, _s. pl._ Folds.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _rynka_, a wrinkle, a fold.
RONNACHS, _s. pl._ Couch-grass, Aberd.
RONNYS.
V. ~Rone~, 2.
ROOD-DAY, _s._
V. ~Rude-day~.
ROOD GOOSE, RUDE GOOSE, the brent goose, Ross.
_Statist. Acc._
Dan. _radgaas_, Norw. _raatgaas_.
ROOF-TREE, _s._
1. The beam which forms the angle of a roof, S.
2. A toast, expressive of a wish for prosperity to one's family, S. B.
ROOK, _s._ A sort of uproar, Loth.
Germ. _ruck-en_, movere; _ruck_, impetus.
ROOK, _s._ Thick mist, S.
V. ~Rak~, _s._ 3.
~Rooky~, _adj._ Misty, S.
_Hamilton._
ROOM, _adj._ and _s._
V. ~Rowme~.
ROON, _s._ A shred.
V. ~Rund~.
_To_ ROOSE, _v. a._ To extol.
V. ~Ruse~.
_To_ ROOSE _fish_, to throw a large quantity of fish together, with salt among them; allowing them to lie in that state for some time, before curing them, S.
ROOST, _s._
1. The inner roof of a cottage, composed of spars reaching from the one wall to the other, S.
2. A garret, S. B.
Su. G. _roste_, the highest part of a building.
ROOT-HEWN, _adj._ Perverse, S. B.
Sw. _rothugg-a_, to root up.
_Ross._
_To_ ROOVE, RUVE, RUIFF, _v. a._
1. To rivet, to clinch, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
2. To settle a point beyond the probability of alteration.
_Baillie._
Fr. _riv-er_, id.; Isl. _rauf-a_, perforare.
ROPEEN, _s._ A hoarse cry.
V. ~Roup~.
_Complaynt S._
ROSE, _s._ The erysipelas, a disease, S.
_Buchan._
Su. G. _ros_, Germ. _rose_, id. from the colour of the eruption.
ROSEIR, _s._ A rose-bush; or arbour of roses.
Fr. _rosier_.
_Gl. Sibb._
ROSET, _s._ Rosin, S.
_Douglas._
ROSIGNELL, _s._ A nightingale.
_Burel._
Fr. _rosignol_, id.
ROST, _s._ A current.
V. ~Roust~, _s._ 2.
ROTCOLL, _s._ Horse-radish, S. B.
Su. G. _rot_, root, and _koll_, fire.
ROTE, _s._ An instrument, in Fr. now called _vielle_, in low E. _hurdygurdy_.
_Houlate._
According to Ritson and Roquef. from Lat. _rota_, a wheel.
ROTHOS, _s._ A tumult, Ang.
V. ~Ruthar~.
ROTTACKS, _s. pl._
1. Grubs in a beehive, Moray.
2. Old musty corn, ibid.
_Pop. Ball._
ROUBBOURIS, _s. pl._ Perh. hampers.
Dan. _rubbe_, a basket?
ROUCH, _adj._
1. Rough, S.
_Douglas._
2. Hoarse, S.
Germ. _rauh_, id.
3. Plentiful, S.
_Kelly._
_Rouch and round_, id. Clydes.
4. As denoting immoral conduct, S.
~Rouch~, _s._ The coarser and larger part of any thing, S. O.
~Rouch-rider~, _s._ A horse-breaker, S.
ROUCH, _s._ Rowing.
V. ~Routh~.
ROUCHT, _pret. v._ Reached.
_Barbour._
ROUCHT, _pret. v._ Cared.
V. ~Rak~.
_Wallace._
ROUDES, _adj._ Haggard.
_Minst. Bord._
~Roudes~, _s._ An old, wrinkled, ill-natured woman, Fife; pron. _rudes_.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _rudesse_, harshness; or C. B. _rhaadair_, noisy.
_To_ ROVE, _v. n._ To be in a delirium, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
~Roving~, _s._ Delirium, S.
_Rutherford._
_To_ ROVE, _v. a._ To card wool or cotton into flakes, S.
_Statist. Acc._
ROVE, _s._ Rest.
V. ~Roif~.
_To_ ROUK, ROWK, _v. n._ To crouch.
Isl. _hruk-a_, coarctatio.
_Lyndsay._
ROUK, _s._ Mist, S.
~Rouky~, _adj._ Misty, S.
V. ~Rak~.
ROULK, ROLK, _adj._ Hoarse.
Fr. _rauque_, Lat. _rauc-us_.
_Houlate._
_To_ ROUM, _v. a._
V. ~Soum~ and ~Roum~.
ROUN, _s._ Roe of fish.
V. ~Raun~.
_Bellenden._
ROUN, ROUNE, _s._
1. Letters, characters.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. Isl. _run_, Su. G. _runa_, litera.
2. A tale, a story.
_Sir Tristrem._
3. Speech in general.
_Ibid._
_To_ ~Roun~, ~Roune~, ~Round~, ~Rown~, _v. n._ To whisper, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _run-a_, A. S. _run-ian_, id.
~Rounar~, ~Rownar~, ~Roundar~, _s._ A whisperer.
_Dunbar._
~Rounnyng~, ~Rownnyng~, _s._ The act of whispering.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Round~, _v. n._
V. ~Roun~, _v._
ROUND, _adj._ Abundant.
V. ~Rouch~.
ROUN-TREE, ROAN-TREE, ROWAN-TREE, _s._ The mountain-ash, S.
_Lightfoot._
Su. G. _ronn_, _runn_, sorbus aucuparia.
ROUND, _s._
1. A round dance, S. _roundel_.
Fr. _dance à la ronde_.
2. The tune appropriated to a dance of this kind.
_Douglas._
ROUND-ABOUT, _s._ A _circular_ fort.
_Statist. Acc._
ROUNDAL, _s._ A poetical measure, generally of eight verses.
_Douglas._
Fr. _rondeau_, Teut. _rondeel_, rhythmus orbicularis.
ROUNDAR, _s._
V. ~Rounar~.
ROUNDEL, _s._ A table.
_Priests Peblis._
Teut. _rondeel_, id.
ROUNG, _s._ A cudgel.
V. ~Rung~.
ROUNGED, _part. adj._
V. ~Ronged~.
_To_ ROUP, ROWP, ROPE, ROIP, ROLP, _v. n._
1. To cry, to shout.
_Doug._
2. To cry hoarsely.
_Knox._
3. _v. a._ To sell by auction, S.
Teut. _roep-en_, clamare.
_Fountainhall._
~Roup~, ~Rouping~, _s._ An outcry, S.
_Pennant._
~Rouper~, _s._ One who cries.
_Montgomerie._
~Rouping-wife~, _s._ A female auctioneer, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
ROUP, _s._
1. Hoarseness, S.
_Beattie._
Isl. _hroop_, vociferatio.
2. The disease otherwise called the _croup_, S. B.
_Watson._
3. A disease affecting hens in the mouth or throat, S.
~Roupy~, ~Roopit~, _adj._ Hoarse, S.
_Burns._
ROUP, _s._ A close mist, Border.
ROUST, _s._ Rust, S.
_Douglas._
~Rousty~, _adj._ Rusty, S.
Teut. _roest_, and _roestigh_.
ROUST, ROST, _s._ A strong tide or current, Orkn.
_Brand._
Isl. _roest_, _raust_, aestuaria.
_To_ ROUST, _v. n._
1. To cry with a rough voice, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. To bellow; applied to cattle, S. B.
_Douglas._
Isl. _raust_, vox canora; Dan. _roest_, a cry.
~Roust~, _s._ The act of roaring, S. B.
~Rousty~, _adj._.
1. Hoarse.
_Ruddiman._
2. Not refined.
_Pal. Hon._
ROUSTREE, _s._ The cross bar on which the crook is hung, Aberd.
Su. G. _roeste_, suprema aedificii pars.
_To_ ROUT, ROWT, _v. n._
1. To bellow, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _raut-a_, rugire belluarum more.
2. To make a great noise.
_Douglas._
~Rout~, ~Rowt~, _s._
1. The act of bellowing, S.
_Douglas._
2. A roar, a loud noise, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ ROUT, _v. a._ To strike, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _rot-a_, percutio; _rot_, ictus.
~Rout~, ~Rute~, _s._ A severe blow, S.
_Barbour._
ROUTAND, _part. pr._ Assembling.
Isl. _rot-ast_, conglobare.
_Barbour._
ROUTH, ROUCH, _s._
1. The act of rowing.
_Douglas._
2. A stroke of the oar.
_Douglas._
A. S. _rewete_, _rowette_, remigatio.
ROUTH, ROWTH, _s._ Plenty, S.
_Ramsay._
C. B. _rhwth_, large, capacious.
~Routhie~, _adj._ Plentiful, S.
_Burns._
ROUTHLESS, _adj._ Profane, Fife.
E. _ruthless_ used in a particular sense.
ROUTHURROK, _s._ The bernacle goose, Orkn.
_Leslie._
Isl. _hrota_, bernacla.
_To_ ROW, _v. a._
1. To roll.
_Douglas._
2. To elapse.
_Douglas._
3. To revolve.
_Id._
_To_ ~Row About~, to be in an advanced state of pregnancy, S.
ROWAN, ROWING, _s._ A flake of wool, S.
_Edin. Encycl._
_To Cast a Rowan_, to bear an illegitimate child.
_Gl. Sibb._
ROWAN, _s. Auld rowan_, a bawd, who, by wheedling, endeavours to entice a young woman to marry an old man.
_Philotus._
Germ. _rune_, Su. G. _runa_; _al-runa_, or _alte-runa_, mulier fatidica.
ROWAN, _s._ A turbot, Fife.
_Stat. Acc._
ROWAR, _s._ A moveable wooden bolt; q. a _roller_.
_Wallace._
ROWY, _s._ King; Fr. _roi_.
_Bannatyne P._
ROWKAR, _s._ A whisperer, a tale-bearer.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Zeland. _roeck_, delator, Alem. _ruog-en_, to defame.
_To_ ROWME, ROUME, _v. n._ To roam.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ruman_, Belg. _ruym-en_, diffugere.
_To_ ROWME, _v. a._
1. To clear.
_Wyntown._
2. To enlarge.
_Wyntown._
Teut. _ruym-en_, vacuare; ampliare.
3. To place.
_Keith._
Germ. _raum-en_, in ordine disponere.
~Rowme~, ~Roume~, _s._
1. Space.
_Wyntown._
2. A possession in land.
_Bellenden._
3. Situation as to preaching.
_Spotswood._
4. Official situation.
_Baillie._
5. Ordinal relation.
_R. Bruce._
6. Place in a literary work.
_Wodrow._
A. S. Su. G. _rum_, place of any kind.
~Rowme~, ~Roume~, ~Room~, _adj._
1. Large.
_Wallace._
A. S. Su. G. _rum_, Teut. _ruym_, amplus.
2. Clear, empty.
_Ferguson._
Teut. _ruym_, vacuus.
~Rowmly~, _adv._ Largely.
_Wyntown._
_To_ ROWMYSS.
V. ~Rummyss~.
_To_ ROWT, _v. n._ To snore.
_Barbour._
A. S. _hrut-an_, Isl. _hriot-a_, id.
ROZET, _s._ Rosin.
V. ~Roset~.
RUBIATURE, _s._ Robber.
_Leg. St Androis._
L. B. _rubator_, Ital. _rubatore_, latro.
_To_ RUCK, _v. n._ To belch.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _roeck-en_, Lat. _ruct-are_.
RUCK, _s._ A heap of corn, S. B.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Isl. _hrauk_, Su. G. _roek_, cumulus.
RUCK-RILLING.
V. ~Rewelynys~.
RUD, _adj._ Red.
_Wallace._
A. S. _rude_, _reod_, Alem. _ruod_.
~Rude~, _s._
1. Redness.
_Douglas._
2. Those parts of the face, which in youth and health have a ruddy colour, S. B.
_Chr. Kirk._
A. S. _ruda_, rubor, vultus.
_To_ RUDDY, _v. n._ To make a loud reiterated noise, S. B.
Isl. _hrid_, a storm; force in general.
RUDE, _adj._ Strong, stout.
_Douglas._
RUDE, _s._ Spawn, Ayrs.
V. ~Redd~.
_Kennedy._
RUDE, RWD, _s._ The cross.
_Douglas._
A. S. Su. G. _rod_, Germ. _rode_.
~Rude-day~, _s._ The third day of May, S. B. called the Invention of the Cross.
RUDE-GOOSE.
V. ~Rood-goose~.
_To_ RUFE, _v. n._ To rest.
V. ~Roif~.
_Chron. S. P._
~Ruff~, _s._ Rest.
V. ~Roif~.
_To_ RUFF, _v. n._ To roll a drum, S.; also _ruffle_.
_Wodrow._
Germ. _ruff-er_, to cry.
2. To give a plaudit, S.
~Ruff~, s.
1. Roll of the drum, S.
_R. Galloway._
2. Beating with the feet, as expressive of applause.
~Ruffe~, _s._ Fame, celebrity.
_Godscroft._
RUFFIE, _s._ A ruffian, Ang.
_Lyndsay._
Su. G. _rof-wa_, to rob.
RUFFY, _s._
1. A wick clogged with tallow, Tweed.
_Stat. Acc._
2. The blaze used in fishing by night, with the lister, S. A.
Sw. _roe-lius_, a rush light.
RUFFILL, _s._ Loss, injury.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _ruyffel-en_, terere, verrere.
RUFLYT, _pret. v._ Annoyed.
_Barbour._
_To_ RUG, _v. a._
1. To pull hastily or roughly, S.
_Pop. Ball._
2. To tear, S.
_Douglas._
3. To spoil, to plunder.
Teut. _ruck-en_, Dan. _rag-er_, to pluck.
RUG, _s._
1. A rough or hasty pull, S.
2. A great bargain, S.
~Ruggair~, _s._ A depredator.
_Monroe._
RULLION, _s._
1. A shoe made of untanned leather.
V. ~Rewelynys~.
2. A coarse-made masculine woman, Fife.
RUM, _adj._ Excellent, Loth. Cant E.
RUMBLEGARIE, _adj._ Disorderly, S.
_Ramsay._
Qu. _ready_ (A. S. _gear-u_) to _rumble_.
RUMGUMPTION, RUMMILGUMTION, _s._ Common sense, S.
_Beattie._
A. S. _rum_, _rum-well_, spatiosus, and _geom-ian_, curare.
_To_ RUMMIL, RUMLE, _v. n._ To make a noise, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _rommel-en_, strepere.
_To_ RUMMYSS, RUMMES, ROWMYSS, _v. n._ To bellow, S.
_Henrysone._
Isl. _rym-a_, id.
RUMPLE, RUMPILL, _s._
1. The rump, S.
_Ramsay._
2. The tail, S.
_Bellenden._
RUNCHES, _s. pl._ Wild mustard; also, wild radish, S. A. Bor.
_Polwart._
RUND, ROON, _s._
1. A border, a selvage, S.
_Burns._
2. A shred, a remnant, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
Isl. _rond_, _raund_, margo, extremitas.
_To_ RUNDGE, _v. n._ To gnaw.
V. ~Ronged~.
_Evergreen._
RUNG, _s._
1. Any long piece of wood, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. A coarse heavy staff, S.
_Maclaurin._
3. Used to denote the stroke of poverty.
_J. Nicol._
Moes. G. _hrung_, virga; Isl. _raung_, pl. _rungor_, the ribs of a ship.
_To_ RUNK, _v. a._ To deprive of, whether by fair or foul means, S. B.
Isl. _rank-or_, fraud; or perh. corr. from E. _rook_, to cheat.
RUNK, _adj._ Wrinkled, Aberd.
_Journal Lond._
Su. G. _rynka_, Dan. _rincke_, a wrinkle.
_To_ RUNKLE, _v. a._
1. In part. pa. _runkled_, wrinkled, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To crease, to crumple, S.
A. S. _wrincl-ian_, Su. G. _rynck-a_, rugare.
~Runkle~, ~Runkill~, _s._
1. A wrinkle, S.
_Douglas._
2. A rumple, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
RUNRIG, lands are said to lie _runrig_, where the alternate ridges of a field belong to different proprietors, or are occupied by different tenants, S.; qu. _ridges running_ parallel.
_Erskine._
RUNT, _s._
1. Trunk of a tree.
_Pal. Hon._
2. A hardened stalk; as, _a kail runt_, the stem of colewort, S.
_Burns._
3. The tail of an animal, Galloway.
4. A contemptuous designation for a female, more generally applied to one advanced in life, with _auld_ prefixed, S.
Germ. _rinde_, bark, crust.
_Davidson._
RUNT, _s._ An old cow, S. B., one that has given over breeding, Caithn.
Germ. _rinde_, an ox, or cow.
RURYK, _adj._ Rural, rustic.
_Wallace._
_To_ RUSCH, RWYSS, _v. a._ To drive.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _rus-a_, _rusk-a_, irruere.
~Rusche~, ~Rwhys~, _s._ Drive.
_Wyntown._
_To_ RUSE, ROOSE, _v. a._ To extol; sometimes _reese_, S.
_Douglas._
_Ill rused_, discommended.
_Kelly._
Isl. _raus-a_, jactabundè multa effutio, _ros-a_, extollere.
RUISE, RUSSE, RUSS, _s._
1. Boast.
_Douglas._
Isl. _raus_, gerrae, loquacitas.
_To mak a tume ruse_, to boast where there is no ground for it, but the reverse, Ang.
2. Commendation, praise, S.
_Ritson._
Su. G. _ros_, _roos_, praise.
~Ruser~, _s._ One habituated to self-commendation.
_Kelly._
RUSHIE, _s._ A broil, Fife.
Teut. _ruysch_, Isl. _rusk-a_, strepitus.
RUSKIE, _s._
1. A basket, made of twigs and straw, for carrying corn, Perths. Loth.
2. A vessel made of straw for holding meal.
_Kelly._
3. A bee-hive, S. B.
Su. G. _rusk_, congeries virgultorum; _rysia_, Germ. _reusche_, a bee-hive.
RUTE, _s._ A blow.
V. ~Rout~.
RUTE, _s._ A fowl.
V. ~Rood-goose~.
_Acts Marie._
RUTHER, _s._ An uproar, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _hruth_, commotio, C. B. _rhuthr_, impetus.
RUTHER, RUTHYR, _s._ Rudder.
_Wallace._
RUTILLAND, _part. pr._ Croaking.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _rotel-en_, grunnire, murmurare.
RUTOUR, _s._ A spoiler.
V. ~Roysters~.
_Bellenden._
_To_ RUVE, _v. a._
V. ~Roove~.
RUWITH, Uncertain.
_Sir Gawan._
S
This letter, as occurring in the beginning of words, cannot, in many instances, be viewed as a radical. While prefixed in some Goth. dialects, it was thrown away in others; especially before _k_. The same term sometimes appears with _s_, and sometimes without it; as in _cry_ and _scry_; _creek_ of day, and _skreek_. _Ss_ is often used by our old writers as the mark of the pl.; as, _horss_ for _horsis_, horses.
SA, SUA, SWA, _conj._
1. So, consequently, S. _sae_.
_Gawan and Gal._
2. In such a manner.
_Barbour._
3. As, in like manner.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _swa_, _swe_, A. S. _swa_, Su. G. Dan. _saa_, ita.
_To_ SA, _v. n._ To say.
_Douglas._
Alem. Germ. _sag-en_, A. S. _saeg-an_, id.
SACKE, _s._ Sackcloth.
_Godly Sangs._
SACK, _s._
V. ~Sak~.
SACKET, SAKKET, _s._ A small sack, S. B.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ SACRÉ, _v. a._ To consecrate.
Fr. _sacrer_, id.
_Douglas._
_To_ SACRIFY, _v. a._
1. To sacrifice.
Fr. _sacrifi-er_, id.
_Douglas._
2. To consecrate.
_Douglas._
3. To appease, to propitiate.
_Id._
SAD, _adj._
1. Grave.
_Wallace._
2. Wise, prudent.
_Wallace._
3. Firm, steady.
_Wallace._
C. B. _sad_, firm, wise, discreet, sober.
4. Close, compact, S.
C. B. _sathru_, calcare, to tread; _syth_, solidus.
5. Heavy, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
6. Weighty, applied to evidence.
_Buchanan._
7. Flat, close to the ground, S.
8. Denoting a grave colour.
_Inventories._
~Sadly~, _adv._
1. Steadily.
_Wallace._
2. Closely, compactly.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Sad~, _v. n._ To become solid, S.
_To_ SAD, _v. a._ To make sad.
_Baillie._
SAEBIENS, SAEBINS, _conj._ Since, i. e. _being sae_, or _so_.
_Ramsay._
SAFER, _s._ Damages.
V. ~Sefor~.
_Spotsw._
SAFT, _adj._
1. Opposed to what is fatiguing, S.
_Ritson._
2. Pleasant.
_Ritson._
3. Tranquil, at rest, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _saft_, suavis, mollis.
~Saft~, ~Saftly~, _adv._ Softly.
_Ferguson._
2. Lightly.
_Minstr. Bord._
_To_ ~Saft~, _v. n._ To mollify.
_Dunbar._
_To_ SAGHTIL, _v. n._ To be reconciled.
A. S. _sahtl-ian_, reconciliare.
_Sir Gawan._
~Saghtlyng~, _s._ Reconciliation.
V. ~Saucht~.
_Ibid._
_To_ SAY, _v. n._ _I yow say_, I tell you.
A. S. _sege me_, dic mihi.
_Barbour._
_To_ SAY, SEY, _v. a._
1. To put to trial, S.
_Pitscottie._
2. _v. n._ To endeavour, S.
O. Fr. _say-er_, essayer, tenter.
SAY, SAYE, _s._ A water-bucket, Inverness, Orkn.; a milk-pail, Dumfr.
_Acts Ja. I._
Su. G. _saa_, vas quo aqua portatur.
SAYARE, _s._ A poetical writer.
_Doug._
A. S. _saeg-an_, narrare; _sage_, narratio.
SAIKYR, HALFSAIKYR, a species of cannon, smaller than a demi-culverine, named from a species of hawk.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _sacre_, "the hawk, and the artillerie so called;" Cotgr.
SAIKLESS, SAYKLES, _adj._
1. Guiltless, S.
_Douglas._
2. Free, in a general sense.
_Douglas._
A. S. _sacleas_, Isl. _saklauss_, sine culpa.
SAIL-FISH, _s._ The basking shark, S., denominated from a large fin which it carries above water.
_Stat. Acc._
SAILYE, _s._ An assault.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _sail-ir_, to assault.
SAILL, _s._ Happiness.
V. ~Seile~.
SAYN, _s._ Narrative.
_Wallace._
Dan. _sagn_, saying.
_To_ SAIN, _v. a._ To bless.
V. ~Sane~.
SAYND, _s._ Message or messenger.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sand_, legatio; legatus.
_Send_, an embassy, S. B.
~Sayndis-man~, _s._ Messenger.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sandes-man_, nuntius.
SAIP, _s._ Soap, S.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. Dan. _saepe_, id.
SAIR, SAYR, SARE, _adj._
1. Painful, S.
2. Sorrowful; as, a _sair heart_.
3. Violent.
_Wallace._
4. Severe; as _sair sickness_, S.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _saar_, A. S. _sar_, gravis, molestus.
5. Niggardly, as, _sair master_, _a sair merchant_, S.
~Sair~, _s._ A sore, a wound, S.
_Ferguson._
A. S. Isl. _sar_, Su. G. _saar_, dolor; vulnus.
~Sair~, ~Sar~, ~Sare~, _adv._
1. Sorely, S.
A. S. _sare_, graviter.
_Barbour._
2. In a great degree, S.
_Douglas._
Germ, _sehr_, Belg. _seer_, valde.
~Sair Head~, a headach, S.
_A. Nicol._
~Sairly~, _adv._ Sorely.
_Douglas._
_To_ SAIR, _v. a._
1. To serve, S.
_Ross._
2. To fit, to be large enough, S.
3. To satisfy; as, with food, S.
_Ross._
~Sairing~, _s._ What satisfies one, S.
_Ross._
SAIRLES, SARELESS, _adj._ Tasteless, S. B.
V. ~Sawr~.
_Diallog._
SAIT, _s._ The Court of Session in S.
_Dunbar._
SAK, SACK, _s._ The privilege of a baron to prosecute, try and judge his vassals in his own court.
_Reg. Maj._
A. S. _sac_, actio, causa forensis.
SAKE, _s._ Blame, guilt.
_Sir Tristrem._
Su. G. _sak_, guilt, crime.
SALE, SAIL, SAILL, _s._
1. A palace.
_Douglas._
2. A hall, a chamber.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. Su. G. _sal_, aula, palatium.
SALEBROSITY, _s._ A rough place.
_Baillie._
SALIKE, SAELIKE, _adj._ Similar, of the same kind, S. B.
Moes. G. _swaleiks_, Isl. _slyke_, talis.
SALER, _s._ A salt-cellar.
_Sir Gawan._
SALERIFE, _adj._ Saleable, S.
SALERYFE, _adj._ Abounding with sails or ships.
_Douglas._
SALL, L. _stal_, stole.
_Houlate._
SALSS, _s._ Sauce.
_Barbour._
Germ. _salz-en_, sale condire.
SALT, SAWT, _s._ Assault.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _saut_, id.
SALT, _adj._
1. Having bitter consequences, S.
_Douglas._
2. Costly, expensive, S.
~Salt Se~, or ~Sea~, the sea; from the ancient use of the term as denoting the sea itself.
_Douglas._
_To_ SALUS, _v. a._ To salute.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _salus_, salutation.
SALUT, _s._ Health, safety; Fr.
_Compl. S._
SAMBUTES, _s. pl._ Housing for a horse.
O. Fr. _sambue_, id.
_Sir Gawan._
SAMIN, SAMYN, _adj._ The same, S.
Abl. of Moes. G. _sama_, idem.
_Compl. S._
SAMYN, SAMIN, _adv._
1. Together.
_Barbour._
2. At the same time.
_Douglas._
3. As soon, with _as_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _samne_, Belg. _samen_, simul, una.
SANAPÉ, _s._ Mustard.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. Dan. _senep_, Gr. σιναπις, id.
SAND-BLIND, _adj._ Having that weakness of sight which often accompanies a very fair complexion, S. synon. _blind-fair_.
SANDE, _part. pa._ Girt.