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1. A vein.
_Douglas._
2. A fibre, or shoot.
_Douglas._
~Vane-organis~, _s. pl._ The veins of the flank.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _veines organiques_, id.
VANHAP, WANHAP, _s._ Misfortune, S.
_Complaynt S._
Isl. _van_, signifies want, privation.
VANQUISH, _s._ A disease of sheep, caused by a species of grass which debilitates or _vanquishes_ them, Galloway.
_Stat. Acc._
VARIANT, _adj._ Variable, Fr.
_K. Quair._
VARLOT, VERLOT, _s._
1. An inferior servant.
_Priests Peblis._
2. It sometimes denotes a groom.
_Doug._
O. Fr. _varlet_, jeune homme, jeune galant.
VASSALAGE, WASSELAGE, _s._
1. Any great achievement.
_Bellenden._
2. Fortitude, valour.
_Barbour._
Fr. _vasselage_, valour; a valiant deed.
_To_ VAUCE, _v. a._ To stab, to kill.
_Doug._
O. Fr. _fauss-er_, to pierce through.
VAUDIE, WADY, _adj._
1. Gay, showy, S. B.
2. Vain, Aberd.
_Forbes._
3. It sometimes denotes any thing great or uncommon, Ang.
O. Fr. _vaud-ir_, rejouir, egayir.
VAUENGEOUR, _s._ An idler, a vagabond.
_Acts Ja. II._
L. B. _wayv-iare_, relinquere; or corr. from O. Fr. _vavasseur_, the subject of a vassal.
VAUNTY, _adj._ Boastful, S.
Fr. _vanteux_.
_Ritson._
UDAL, _adj._ A term applied to lands held by uninterrupted succession, without any original charter, and without subjection to feudal service, or the acknowledgment of any superior.
_Barry._
Isl. _odal_, bona avita, fundi, _allodium_; from _od_, anc. _aud_, _oed_, possession.
~Udal-man~, ~Udelar~, ~Udaller~, _s._ One who holds property by _udal_ right.
_Fea._
VEES, _s._ Some kind of disease.
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _vaese_, delirium; Isl. _vas_, tumultuarius impetus et gestus.
VEYLE, _adv._ Well.
_Barbour._
VEIR, VER, WERE, WAIR, VOR, _s._ The spring; _wair_, S. A.
_Barbour._
Isl. _vor_, Su. G. _waar_, Lat. _ver_, Gr. εαρ, Gael. _earrach_, id.
VELE, VEYL, _s._ A violent current or whirlpool.
_Bellenden._
The same with S. _wele_, _wallee_; Isl. _vell_, ebullitio.
V. ~Wele~.
VELVOUS, _s._ Velvet; Fr. _velous_.
_Maitland P._
VENDACE, _s._ The gwiniad, salmo lavaretus, Linn. S.
_Stat. Acc._
VENENOWS, WENENOUS, _adj._ Venomous.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _veneneus_, Lat. _venenos-us_.
VENESUM, _adj._ Venomous.
_Complaynt S._
VENALL, VINELL, _s._ An alley, a lane, S.
Fr. _venalle_, id.
_Skene._
VENT, _s._ A chimney, S. as being a place of egress for the smoke.
VENTAILL, _s._ The breathing part of a helmet; Fr. _ventaille_.
_Gawan and Gol._
VENUST, _adj._ Beautiful, pleasant; Lat. _venust-us_.
_Douglas._
VER, VERE, _s._ The spring.
V. ~Veir~.
VER, _adj._ Worse.
_S. P. Repr._
VERES, _s. pl._ Glasses.
Fr. _verre_.
_Sir Gawan._
VERGELT, WERGELT, _s._ Ransom, or restitution legally made for the commission of a crime.
_Reg. Maj._
A. S. _wergeld_, the payment of the _were_, or price at which the life of every individual was estimated.
VERGER, _s._ An orchard.
_Pal. Hon._
Fr. _vergier_, Lat. _viridar-ium_, a green place inclosed.
VERLOT, _s._
V. ~Varlot~.
VERNAGE, WERNAGE, _s._ A kind of white wine.
_Wallace._
L. B. _vernachia_, _vernac-ia_, O. Fr. _garnache_, id.
VERRAYMENT, _s._ Truth.
V. ~Werrayment~.
VERT, WERT, _s._ A term used in old charters, to signify a right to cut green wood.
_Chart. Q. Anne._
Fr. _verd_, Lat _virid-is_.
VERTUE, _s._ Thrift, industry, S.
~Vertuous~, _adj._ Thrifty, industrious, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ VESIE, VISIE, VISYE, WESY, WISIE, _v. a._
1. To visit.
_Douglas._
2. To examine accurately, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
3. To send good or evil judicially.
_Wallace._
4. To take aim, to mark, S.
Fr. _viser_, id. Lat. _vis-o_, to visit; also, to survey.
VETIT, _adj._ Forbidden; Lat. _vetit-us_.
_S. P. Repr._
VEUG, _s._ Amorous.
_Houlate._
A. S. _fog_, conjunctio; whence _fogere_, a wooer.
_To_ UG, _v. a._ To feel abhorrence at, S.
_Ramsay._
~Ugertfow~, _adj._ Nice, squeamish.
V. ~Ogertful~.
~Ugsum~, ~Ougsum~, _adj._
1. Frightful.
_Doug._
2. Exciting abhorrence.
_Wyntown._
~Ugsumnes~, _s._ Frightfulness, horror.
_Doug._
VICTUAL, _s._ Grain of any kind, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Victualler~, _s._ A corn-factor, S.
VIER, VYER, _s._ One who _vies_ with.
_Watson._
VIFELIE, _adv._ In a lively manner.
_A. Hume._
VYIS, YYSS, _adj._ Wise.
_Henrysone._
VYLAUS, _adj._ Perh. deceitful, q. _wilous_.
_Wyntown._
VYLD, _adj._ Vile, S.
_Burel._
VYLT, _s._ Apparently, vault.
_Monroe._
_To_ VIOLENT, _v. a._ To do violence to.
Fr. _violent-er_, id.
_Fleming._
VIOLER, _s._ One who plays on the fiddle or violin, S.
O. Fr.
VIRE, _s._ The arrow called a _quarrel_, used only for the crossbow.
Fr. _vire_, id.
V. ~Wyr~.
_Douglas._
VYREENIN, _part. pr._ Veering, turning or winding about.
Fr. _vironnant_, id.
_N. Burne._
VIRIDEER, _s._ The keeper of the grass or green wood in a forest.
_For. Lawes._
L. B. _viridar-ius_, Fr. _verdeur_, id.
VIRLE, _s._ A small ring put round any body, to keep it firm, S. _ferrule_.
O. E. _vyroll_, Fr. _virolle_.
_Ramsay._
VIRR, VIR, _s._ Force, impetuosity, S. B.
V. ~Bir~.
_Shirrefs._
VIRROCK, _s._ A corn, or bony excrescence on the feet, S. _wirrock_.
Lat. _ver-ruc-a_, a wart; A. S. _wearrig_, callosus, nodosus.
_Dunbar._
VYSE. _Bowys of vyse_, bows worked by screws.
Fr. _vis_, Belg. _vijs_, a screw.
_Wynt._
_To_ VISIE, _v. a._
V. ~Vesie~.
VISORNE, _s._ A mask or visor.
_Knox._
VIVDA, _s._ Beef or mutton hung and dried without salt, Orkney.
VIVE, VIUE, _adj._
1. Lively, representing to the life, S.
Fr. _vif_.
_Rollocke._
2. Brisk, vigorous, S.
~Vively~, _adv._ In a vivid light, S.
_Ross._
VIVERIS, VIEVERS, _s. pl._ Provisions for the sustenance of life, victuals, S.
Fr. _vivres_, id.
_Knox._
ULIE, _s._ Oil.
V. ~Olye~.
ULISPIT, _pret. v._ Lisped; MS. _wlispit_.
A. S. _wlisp_, dentiloquus.
_Barbour._
UMAN, the pron. of _woman_, Ang.
UMAST, UMEST, UMAIST, _adj._ Uppermost, highest.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _ufemest_, supremus; from _ufa_, above, and _mest_, most.
~Umast claith~, a perquisite claimed by the vicar, in the time of popery, on occasion of the death of any person.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ UMBEDRAW, _v. n._ To turn about.
_Douglas._
Belg. _omdraaij-en_, to turn about.
UMBERAUCHT, _pret._ Encompassed.
_Douglas._
A. S. _umb_, circa, and _raucht_, from _raec-an_, to extend.
UMBERSORROW, _adj._
1. Hardy, resisting disease, or the effects of severe weather, Border; sometimes _number-sorrow_.
2. Rugged, of a surly disposition, Loth.
Teut. _on-be-sorght_, negligens curae; or Su. G. _ombaer-a_, portare, and _sorg_, aerumna.
_To_ UMBESCHEW, _v. a._ To avoid.
_Douglas._
A. S. _umb_, about, prefixed to _eschew_.
_To_ UMBESET, _v. a._ To beset on every side.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ymb-saet-an_, id. circumdare.
_To_ UMBESEGE, _v. a._ To encompass with armed men.
_Douglas._
_To_ UMBETHINK, _v. n._ To consider attentively.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ymbe-thinc-an_, cogitare de.
UMBEWEROUND, _part. pa._ Environed.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ymbe-hwearf-an_, circumcingere.
UMBOTH, _adj._ Alternate; as belonging to different possessions by rotation, Shetl.
_MS. Acc. P. of Unst._
Isl. _um-bod_, tutela, procuratio.
UMBRE, _s._ Shade.
Fr. _ombre_, Lat. _umbra_.
_King's Quair._
UMQUHILE, _adv._
1. Sometimes, at times.
_Barbour._
A. S. _hwilum_, aliquando, inverted; from _umb_, circum, and _hwile_, intervallum temporis.
2. Used distributively, in the sense of _now_ as contrasted with _then_.
_Priests Peblis._
3. Sometime ago, formerly.
_Douglas._
~Umquhile~, _adj._ Former.
_Reg. Maj._
UMWYLLES, _s._ Reluctance.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _un-willes_, cum reluctatione.
UN, a negative particle in composition.
V. ~On~.
UNABASYT, _part. pa._ Undaunted, E. _unabashed_.
_Douglas._
~Unabasitlie~, _adv._ Without fear or dejection.
_Pal. Honour._
_To_ UNABILL, _v. a._ To incapacitate.
_Knox._
UNAMENDABLE, _adj._ What cannot be remedied.
_Baillie._
UNBEIST, _s._ A monster.
V. ~Onbeist~.
UNBEKENT, _part. pa._ Unknown, S. B.
Belg. _onbekend_, Germ. _unbekaunt_, id.
UNBODIN, _adj._ Unprovided.
V. ~Bodin~.
_Acts Ja. II._
UNCAIRDLY, _adv._ Carelessly, without care.
_Burel._
UNCANNAND, _adj._ Possessing preternatural power.
_Sir Egeir._
UNCANNY, _adj._
1. Not safe, dangerous, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. Not tender, harsh, S.
_Ferguson._
3. Incautious, imprudent, S.
_Baillie._
4. Mischievous, not safe to meddle with, S.
_Baillie._
5. Applied to one supposed to possess preternatural powers, S.
V. ~Canny~.
_Mannering._
6. Severe; applied to a fall or blow, S.
_Waverley._
UNCASSABLE, _adj._ What cannot be annulled.
_Reg. Maj._
_In_ negat. and L. B. _cass-are_, irritum reddere.
UNCHANCY, _adj._ Not lucky, not fortunate, S.
_Bellenden._
UNCO, _adj._
1. Unknown.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _uncuth_, id.
2. Not acquainted, being in the state of a stranger, S.
_Bellenden._
3. Not domestic, S.
_Ross._
4. So much changed as scarcely to be recognised, S.
_Glenburnie._
5. Unusual, surprising, S.
A. S. _uncuth_, alienus.
6. Strange, as applied to country, S.
_Mannering._
7. Distant, reserved in one's manner towards another, S.
~Unco~, _adv._ Very, S.
_Ross._
~Uncos~, used as a _s. pl._ News, S. B.
_Morison._
UNCOFT, _adj._ Unbought, S.
V. ~Coff~, v.
_Bellenden._
UNCORDUALL, _adj._ Incongruous.
_Wallace._
UNCORNE, _s._ Wild oats, S. B.
_Doug._
UNCOUDY, _adj._
1. Dreary, causing fear, S. B.
2. Under the influence of fear, S. B.
V. ~Coudy~.
UNCOUNSELFOW, _adj._ Unadviseable, S. B.
UNCOUTHNESSE, _s._ Strangeness, want of acquaintance.
_Ferguson._
UNCREDYBLE, _adj._ Unbelieving.
_Douglas._
L. B. _incredibilis_, incredulus.
_To_ UNCT, _v. a._ To anoint.
Lat. _unct-us_.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
~Uncting~, _s._ Anointing.
_Hamilton._
UNCUNNANDLY, _adv._ Unknowingly.
V. ~Cunnand~.
_Dunbar._
UNCUNNANDNES, _s._ Ignorance.
_Douglas._
UNDEGEST, _adj._
1. Rash, imprudent.
_Douglas._
2. Untimely, premature.
_Douglas._
UNDEIP, _s._ A shallow place.
_Douglas._
Teut. _on-deipte_, vadum, brevia.
UNDEMIT, UNDEMMYT, _adj._ Uncensured.
_Gl. Sibb._
UNDEMUS, _adj._ Incalculable, inconceivable; _undeemis_, _undeemint_, S. B.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _un_ negat. and _dem-an_, to judge, to reckon.
_To_ UNDERLY, _v. a._ To undergo, S.
Belg. _onderlegg-en_, to lie under.
_To_ UNDERLOUT, WNDYRLOWTE, _v. n._ To stoop, to be subject.
A. S. _underlut-an_, id.
_Wyntown._
~Underlout, Wndyrlowte~, _adj._ In a state of subjection.
_Wyntown._
_To_ UNDO, _v. a._
1. To cut off.
_Douglas._
2. To unravel.
_Douglas._
3. To disclose, to uncover.
_Douglas._
A. S. _un-do-en_, aperire, solvere.
UNDOCH, UNDOCHT, UNDOUGHT, WANDOUGHT, _s._
1. A weak or puny creature; applied both to body and mind, S., _wandocht_, S. B.
_Calderwood._
2. Expl. as signifying a coward.
_Rudd._
Teut. _on-deughd_, vitium; _on_ negative, and _deughd_, virtus.
UNDON, WNDON, _part. pa._ Explained.
_Wyntown._
UNE, _s._ Oven, S.
V. ~Oon~.
_Bellenden._
UNEGALL, _adj._ Unequal.
Fr. _inegal_.
_G. Buchanan._
UNEITH, ONEITH, UNETH, S. UNETHIS, UNEIS, UNESE, WNESS, UNEIST, _adv._ Hardly, with difficulty.
_Wallace._
A. S. _un-eathe_, vix, scarcely.
UNERDIT, _part. adj._ Not buried.
_Doug._
UNESCHEWABIL, _adj._ Unavoidable.
_Douglas._
UNESS, _adv._
V. ~Uneith~.
UNFANDRUM, _adj._ Bulky, unmanageable, Ang.
UNFERY, ONFEIRIE, _adj._ Infirm, unweildy, S.
V. ~Fery~.
_Pop. Ball._
Su. G. _wanfoer_, imbecillis.
UNFLEGGIT, _part. pa._ Not affrighted.
_Ferguson._
UNFORLATIT, _part. adj._
1. Not forsaken.
_Ruddiman._
2. Fresh, new.
_Douglas._
Belg. _wyn verlaat-en_, to rack wine.
UNFORSAIN'D, _adj._ Undeserved.
_Ross._
Perhaps originally, irremediable; Teut. _on_, negat., and _versoen-en_, Sw. _foerson-a_, to expiate.
UNFRE, _adj._ Discourteous.
_Sir Tristrem._
UNFRELIE, UNFREELY, _adj._ Not handsome.
V. ~Frely~.
_Houlate._
UNFRELIE, UNFREELIE, _adj._
1. Frail, feeble, S. B.
2. Heavy, unweildy, S. B.
Isl. _un_, negat., and _fralig-r_, fleet; also powerful.
UNFREND, UNFRIEND, _s._ An enemy, O. E.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _on-vriend_, inimicus, parum amicus.
UNFUTE-SAIR, _adj._
_Priests Peblis._
A. S. _fota-sare_, dolor pedum, with the negat. prefixed.
UNGAND, _part. pr._ Unfit, not becoming,
_Douglas._
UNGEIR'D, UNGEARIT, _adj._ Not clad, unharnessed.
V. ~Geir~.
_Gl. Shirr._
UNGLAID, _adj._ Sorrowful.
_Douglas._
A. S. _un-gladu_, tristis.
UNHALSIT, _part. pa._ Not saluted.
V. ~Halles~.
_Douglas._
UNHEARTSOME, _adj._ Melancholy.
_Rutherford._
_To_ UNHEILD, _v. a._ To uncover.
V. ~Heild~.
_Pal. Hon._
A. S. _unhel-an_, revelare.
UNHELE, _s._ Pain, suffering.
_Houlate._
A. S. _un-hele_, crux, tormentum.
UNHIT, _part. pa._ Not named.
V. ~Hat~.
_Douglas._
UNHONEST, _adj._ Dishonourable.
_Bellenden._
Lat. _inhonest-us_; Fr. _inhoneste_.
~Unhonestie~, _s._ Injustice.
_Acts Ja. VI._
UNIRKIT, _adj._ Unwearied.
_Douglas._
UNKENSOME, _adj._ Unknowable.
_Minstr. Bord._
UNKNAW, _part. pa._ Unknown.
_Douglas._
UNLATIT, _part. pa._ Undisciplined, destitute of proper breeding.
V. ~Lait~.
_Fordun._
UNLAUCHFUL, _adj._ Unlawful.
_Acts Ja. VI._
UNLAW, UNLACH, _s._
1. Any transgression of the law, O. E.
_Quon. Att._
A. S. _unlaga_, _unlage_, quod contra legem est.
2. A fine exacted from one who has transgressed the law.
_Wallace._
3. Used improperly, to denote a law which has no real authority.
_Baillie._
_To_ ~Unlaw~, _v. a._ To fine.
_Burr. Lawes._
UNLEIF, _adj._ Unpleasant, ungrateful.
V. ~Leif~.
_Douglas._
UNLEILL, _adj._ Dishonest.
V. ~Leil~.
_Lyndsay._
UNLESUM, _adj._ What cannot be permitted.
V. ~Lesum~.
_Douglas._
UNLUSSUM, _adj._ Unlovely.
V. ~Lufsom~.
_Douglas._
UNMODERLY, _adj._ Unkindly.
_Wyntown._
_Un_ negat. and A. S. _mothwaere_, meek.
UNPAUNDED, _part. adj._ Unpledged.
_Baillie._
UNQUART, _s._ Sadness.
_Gawan and Gol._
The reverse of _Quert_, q. v.
UNRABOYTYT, _part. pa._ Not repulsed.
V. ~Rebut~, _v._
_Wallace._
UNREASON, UNRESSOUN, _s._
1. Injustice, iniquity.
_Priests Peblis._
2. Disorder.
_Acts Marie._
UNREDE, UNRIDE, _adj._ Cruel, severe.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _un-ge-reod_, _un-ge-ridu_, barbarous, cruel.
UNREST, _s._
1. Trouble.
_Wallace._
2. A person or thing that causes disquietude.
_Baillie._
Teut. _on-raste_, _on-ruste_, inquies.
UNRYCHT, _s._ Injustice, iniquity.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _un-richt_, Teut. _on-recht_, injustitia.
UNRUDE, _adj._ Vile, impure.
_Douglas._
Teut. _on-raed_, sordes, immundities.
UNSALL, _adj._
V. ~Unsel~.
UNSAUCHT, UNSAUGHT, _adj._ Disturbed, troubled.
_Gawan and Gol._
Teut. _on-saecht_, durus, asper, rudis.
~Unsaucht~, _s._ Dispeace, trouble, S. B.
A. S. _un-saeht_, _un-seht_, discordia, inimicitia.
_To_ UNSCHET, _v. a._ To open.
V. ~Schete~.
_Douglas._
UNSEY'D, _part. adj._ Not tried, S.
V. ~Sey~, _v._
_Ferguson._
UNSEL, UNSALL, UNSILLY, _adj._
1. Unhappy, wretched.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _un-saelig_, Su. G. _usel_, infelix.
2. Naughty, worthless.
_Montgomerie._
Moes. G. _unsel_, malus.
~Unsele~, ~Unsell~, _s._
1. Mischance, misfortune.
_Barbour._
A. S. _un-saelth_, infelicitas, infortunium.
2. A wicked or worthless person.
_Bannatyne P._
Moes. G. _unsel_, evil, wickedness.
UNSELYEABLE, _adj._ Unassailable.
_Houlate._
UNSETT, _s._ An attack, for _onset_.
_Doug._
UNSIKKIR, UNSICKER, _adj._
1. Not secure, not safe.
_Douglas._
2. Unsteady, S.
V. ~Sikkir~.
_Burns._
UNSILLY, _adj._
V. ~Unsel~.
UNSNARRE, _adj._ Blunt, not sharp, S. B.
V. ~Snarre~.
UNSNED, _part. pa._ Not pruned or cut, S.
UNSONSIE, _adj._
1. Unlucky, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Mischievous, S.
V. ~Sonsy~.
_Ramsay._
_To_ UNSNECK, _v. a._ To lift a latch, S.
_Pop. Ball._
UNSOUND, _s._ A pang.
_Gawan and Gol._
Teut. _on-ghe-sonde_, morbus.
UNTELLABYLL, UNTELLIBYLL, _adj._ What cannot be told.
_Bellenden._
~Untellably~, _adv._ Ineffably.
_Douglas._
UNTHINKABILL, _adj._ Inconceivable.
_Lyndsay._
UNTHOCHT, _To haud_ one _unthocht lang_, to keep one from wearying.
_Pop. Ball._
Teut. _ondeuchtigh_, curae et timoris expers.
UNTHRIFTY, _adj._ Unfriendly.
V. ~Thryft~.
_Douglas._
UNTILL, _prep._ Unto.
V. ~Skair~.
UNTYNT, _part. pa._ Not lost.
V. ~Tyne~.
_Douglas._
UNTRAIST, _adj._ Unexpected.
V. ~Traist~, _adj._
_Lyndsay._
UNTRETABYLL, _adj._ Unmanageable, untractable.
_Douglas._
Lat. _intractabil-is_.
UNTROWABILL, _adj._ Incredible.
V. ~Trow~, _v._
_Lyndsay_.
UNWAR, UNWER, _adj._ or _adv._ Unwary; or unawares.
_Douglas._
A. S. _unwar_, _unwaer_, incautus; Isl. _war-a_, videre.
UNWARYIT, _part. pa._ Not accursed.
V. ~Wary~.
_Douglas._
UNWARNYST, _part. pa._ Not warned, S.
V. ~Warnis~.
_Unwarnistly_, _adv._ Without previous warning.
_Douglas._
UNWEMMYT, _part. adj._ Unspotted, unstained.
_Douglas._
A. S. _un-waemme_, _un-waemmed_, immaculatus.
UNWERD, _s._ Sad fate, misfortune, S.
V. ~Weird~.
_Ruddiman._
A. S. _un-wyrd_, infortunium.
UNWYNNABILL, _adj._ Impregnable.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _un-winna_, invincibilis.
UNWINNE, _adj._ Extreme.
_Sir Tristrem._
V. ~Win~.
A. S. _un-winna_, invincibilis, injucundus, inamoenus, asper.
UNWROKIN, _part. pa._ Unrevenged.
A. S. _un-wrecen_, inultus.
_Douglas._
UNYEMENT, _s._ Ointment.
_Bellenden._
O. Fr. _oignement_, id.
VOCE, _s._ Voice, S. B.
_Douglas._
VODE, _adj._
1. Empty, void.
_Douglas._
2. Light, indecent.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Vode~, _v. a._ To void, to empty.
_Douglas._
VOE, _s._ A long narrow bay, Orkn. Shetl.
_Barry._
Isl. _vog-r_, sinus maris angustus.
VOGIE, VOKIE, _adj._
1. Vain, S.
_Ross._
Fr. _vogue_, Ital. _voga_, fame.
2. Merry, cheerful, S. B.
VOICER, _s._ A voter.
_Baillie._
VOLE MOUSE, the short-tailed field mouse, Orkn.
_Barry._
A. S. _wold_, planities; Su. G. _wall_, solum herbidum; Isl. _voell-r_, campus, pratum.
VOLLAGE, _adj._ Fickle; Fr. _volage_.
_Complaynt S._
VOLOUNTÉ, _s._ The will; Fr. _volonté_.
_Douglas._
VOLT, _s._ Perh. cupola or dome.
Fr. _voulte_, a vaulted or embowed roof.
_Maitland P._
VOR, _s._ The spring, Orkn.
V. ~Veir~.
VOSTING, _s._ Boasting.
_Hamilton._
VOTE, _s._ A vow.
_Bellend. Cron._
O. Fr. _vot_, _vote_; Lat. _vot-um_.
_To_ VOTE, _v. a._ To devote.
_Votit_, part. pa.
_Bellenden._
VOTH, _s._ Outlawry.
V. ~Vouth~.
_Skene._
_To_ VOUST, _v. n._ To boast, S.
_P. Buch. Dial._
~Voust~, ~Voist~, ~Vosting~, _s._ Boasting; a boast, S.
C. B. _bostio_, to boast.
_Douglas._
~Vouster~, _s._ A boaster, S.
_Ruddiman._
~Vousty~, _adj._ Vain, given to boasting.
_Beattie._
VOUT, _s._ A vault, S. O. E. id.
Fr. _voute_, id.; Sw. _hwalfd_, arched.
VOUTH, _adj._ Prosecuted.
_Skene._
A. S. _wothe_, clamor.
~Vouth~, _s._ Prosecution in course of law.
_Skene._
~Vouthman~, _s._ An outlaw; one who has been legally called, but not having presented himself in court, has been outlawed.
_Skene._
VOW, _interj._ Expressive of admiration or surprise, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _vo_, metuendum quid.
VOWBET, WOUBIT, OUBIT, _s._
1. A hairy worm, S. A.
V. ~Wobat~.
A. S. _wibba_, a worm.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. A puny dwarfish creature.
_Montgom._
_To_ UP-BANG, _v. a._ To force to rise, especially by beating.
_Watson._
_To_ UPBRED, _v. a._ To set in order.
V. ~Braid~ _up_.
_Houlate._
_To_ UP-BULLER, _v. a._ To boil or throw up.
V. ~Buller~, _v._
UPCAST, _s._ Taunt, reproach, S.
_Henrysone._
UPCASTING, _s._ The rising of clouds above the horizon, especially as threatening rain, S.
UPCOIL, _s._ A kind of game with balls.
_Evergreen._
UPCOME, _s._ Promising appearance, perh. from the first appearance of the blade after sowing.
_Godscroft._
A. S. _up-cyme_, ortus.
_To_ UPDAW, _v. n._ To dawn.
_Dunbar._
Belg. _op-daag-en_, to rise, to appear.
UPGANG, _s._ An ascent, an acclivity.
A. S. _up-gang_, ascensus.
_Barbour._
UPGASTANG, _s._ A species of loom anciently used in Orkney.
_Stat. Acc._
UPHALD, _s._ Support, S. _uphadd_.
_G. Buchanan._
Isl. _uphellde_, sustentatio, victualia.
_To_ ~Uphald~, ~Uphadd~, _v. a._ To warrant; as, _to uphadd a horse sound_, to warrant him free of defect, S.
_To_ UP-HÉ, UPHIE, _v. a._ To lift up, to exalt; pret. _upheit_.
_Dunbar._
Dan. _ophoy-er_, Belg. _ophoog-en_, to exalt.
UPHEILD, _part. pa._ Carried upwards.
_Douglas._
A. S. _up_, and _hyld-an_, inclinare.
_To_ UPHEIS, _v. a._ To exalt, S.
V. ~Heis~.
_Douglas._
_To_ UPHEUE, _v. a._ To lift up.
_Doug._
A. S. _up-hef-an_, levare, Isl. _upphef-ia_, exaltare.
UPHYNT, _part. pa._ Snatched up.
V. ~Hint~.
_Douglas._
UPLANDS, UP OF LAND, UPON-LAND, UPPLANE, _adj._
1. One who lives in the country, as distinguished from the town.
_Burr. Lawes._
2. Rustic, unpolished.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _up-land_, highland; also, a midland country.
_To_ UPLOIP, _v. n._ To ascend with rapidity.
V. ~Loup~, _v._
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _oploop-en_, sursum currere.
UPPIL ABOON, clear over-head, S. B.
Sw. _uphaalls vaeder_, dry weather; from _uphaalla_, to bear up.
_To_ ~Uppil~, _v. n._ To clear up, S. B.
UPPISH, _adj._ Aspiring, ambitious, S.
Su. G. _ypp-a_, elevare; _yppig_, superbus.
UP-PUT, _s._ The power of secreting, so as to prevent discovery.
_Cleland._
_To_ UPRAX, _v. a._ To stretch upward, to erect.
V. ~Rax~.
_Douglas._
_To_ UPREND, _v. a._ To render or give up.
_Douglas._
UPREUIN, _part. pa._ Torn up.
_Doug._
_To_ UPSET, _v. a._ To recover from; applied to a hurt, affliction, or calamity, S.
_A. Douglas._
_To_ UPSET, _v. a._ To overset; as, _a cart_, _boat_, &c. S.
_To_ UPSET, _v. n._ To be overturned, S.
UPSET, _s._ Insurrection, mutiny.
_Wynt._
Su. G. _uppsaet_, machinatio.
UPSIDES, _adv._ Quits, q. on an equal foot, S.
_Pop. Ball._
_To_ UPSKAIL, _v. a._ To scatter upwards, S.
V. ~Skail~, _v._
_Dunbar._
_To_ UPSTEND, _v. n._ To spring up.
V. ~Stend~.
_Douglas._
UPSTENT, _part. pa._ Erected.
_Douglas._
Teut. _op_ and _stenn-en_, fulcire.
_To_ UPSTOUR, _v. n._ To rise up in a disturbed state, as dust in motion.
_Doug._
V. ~Stour~, _v._
UPSTRAUCHT, _pret._ Stretched up.
V. ~Straucht~.
_Douglas._
UPTAK, UPTAKING, _s._ Apprehension, S.
_Bp. Galloway._
UPWELT, _pret._ Threw up.
V. ~Welt~.
UPWITH, _adv._ Upwards, S.
_Kelly._
~Upwith~, _s._ _To the upwith_, taking a direction upwards, S.
Isl. _uppvid_, sursum tenus.
~Upwith~, _adj._ Uphill, S.
_Wallace._
_To_ UPWREILE, _v. a._ To raise or lift up with considerable exertion.
V. ~Wreil~.
_Douglas._
VRAN, _s._ The wren, Loth.
A. S. _wraen_.
_Complaynt S._
WRANDLY, _adv._ Without intermission; or, with much contention.
_Wallace._
Fris. _wrant_, a litigious person, _wrant-en_, to litigate.
URE, _s._ Chance, fortune.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _eur_, hazard; Teut. _ure_, vicissitudo.
URE, _s._ Practice, toil.
_Maitland P._
Teut. _ure_, commoditas, temporis opportunitas.
URE, _s._ The point of a weapon.
_Acts Ja. I._
Su. G. _or_, anc. _aur_, a weapon; Isl. _aur_, an arrow.
URE, _s._
1. Ore; in relation to metals, S.
_Douglas._
2. The fur or crust which adheres to vessels, in consequence of liquids standing in them, S. B.
~Ury~, _adj._ Furred, crusted, S. B.
URE, _s._ A denomination of land in Orkney and Shetland.
_Stat. Acc._
Isl. _auri_, octava pars marcae, tam in fundo, quam in mobilibus.
URE, _s._ Colour, tinge, S. B.
Belg. _verw_, Sw. _ferg_, id.
URE, _s._ Soil. _An ill ure_, a bad soil, Ang.
Ir. Gael. _uir_, mould, earth.
URE, _s._ Sweat, perspiration, Ang.
~Ury~, _adj._ Clammy, covered with perspiration, ibid.
URISUM, URUSUM, _adj._
1. Troublesome, vexatious.
_Douglas._
2. Frightful, terrifying, S.
_Ruddiman._
Su. G. _orolig_, inquietus; _oro_, inquies.
URLUCH, _adj._ Having a feeble and emaciated appearance, S. B.
V. ~Wroul~.
Perh. q. _wurl-like_.
_Ross._
_To_ URN, _v. a._ To pain, to torture, Ang.
_Wallace._
Isl. _orne_, calor, _orn-a_, calefacio.
To USCHÉ, _v. n._ To issue.
_Dunbar._
V. ~Ische~, _v. n._
_To_ ~Ushe~, _v. a._ To clear.
_Acts Sed._
USTE, _s._ The host, the sacrifice of the mass.
O. Fr. _oiste_.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
UTASS, WTAST, corr. of _Octaves_.
_Wallace._