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. 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._