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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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.