DR.

JAMIESON'S

SCOTTISH DICTIONARY,

AND SUPPLEMENT.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. IAT.

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 SUPPLEMENT
TO
THE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
OF
SCOTTISH
K A B K
A D D to introductory remarks on the letter K, i.
1(J,after S.B. ;
It seems, however not to have been restricted to
diminutives, but to have been used in the formation
of nouns of a general description. Thus renk, rink,
a race, was probably from rinn~an to run. It lias
the same general use in German.
K A B B E L O W , s. 1. Codfish, &c.] Add;
il. T h e name given to cabbage and potatoes mash-
ed together, Loth.
K A B E , s. A thowl, or strong pin of wood for
keeping an oar steady, Shetl.
Perhaps from Dan. Icieb, a stick.
T o K A C K Y , v.n. " T o dung; 1 G l Slnrrefs
and Picken. V. CACKIE.
T o KACKY, CACKIE, v. a. T o befoul with or-
dure, S.
Out at the back dore fast she slade,
And loos'd a buckle wi' some bends ;
She cackled Jock for a' his pride, &c.
Country Wedding, Herd's Coll. ii. QO.
K A D E S , s. p i . Given as the designation of a dis-
ease of sheep; Campbell's Journ. i. 227. V.
FAGS.
T o K A E , r. a. E x p l " to invite."
a" Kae me, and I'll kae you," S. Frov. ; cc spoken
when great people invite and feast one another, and
neglect the poor/' Kelly, p. C2c27-
I am not acquainted with this word. It may have
been used alter the S. form Ca , in the same sense
with E. call, as it occurs in Luke xiv. ] 2, 1 3 ;
" When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not
thy friends :—but—call the poor," &c. I suspect,
however, that it is a vitious orthography.
K A E , interj. Pshaw ; tush ; expressive of dis-
approbation or contempt; pron. like E. jdi)\
Angus, Mearns; as, iC Kae w? your halvers,"
away with your nonsense ; Kaigvi, Fife, id.
VOL. I I .
THE
LANGUAGE.
A I
It is equivalent to Gel away in E. As Kciraa,
(pronounced so rapidly that the e is scarcely heard,)
is pretty generally used for Gac air a, i.e. go away ;
kae seems merely a further abbreviation. Tent, ke
however is rendered, Interjectio varios affectus ex-
pl icans, Kilian.
K A l l ) , a. The sheep-louse. Y. KID.
KAIF, adj. Tame ; also familiar. Y . C A I F .
T o K A I I ) , 7*. a. T o desire the male ; applied
to cats, Dumfr. V. GATE.
RAIDING, S. The state of a cat desiring the
male. ibid.
K A I D I N G - T I M K , s. The period, during which cats-
are thus inclined, ibid.
K A I K B A I K A l t , -v. A baker of cakes.
" The kaikbaikaris wer conwict for the selling of
penne kaiki^/" Aberd. Eeg. A. 1541, V. Caik-
baxteris, ibid.
K A I L , KALE, S. 1. T h e herb in E. called cole-
wort.] Add;
The village was more than half a mile long,
the cottages being irregularly divided from each
other by gardens, or yards, as the inhabitants call
them, of different sizes, where (for it is Sixty Years
since) the now universal potatoe was unknown, but
which were stored with gigantic plants of kale or
colewort, encircled with groves of nettles, and here
and there a large hemlock, or the national thistle,
overshadowing a quarter of the petty inclosure."
Waverley, i. 104.
Wedderburn has been at pains to distinguish the
different kinxls of colewort commonly used in his time.
" Brassica, great kail, unlocked. Brassica capi-
tata alba, white locked kail. Brassica erispa, friesled
or curled kail. Brassica minor, smaller kail.—Caul is
a kail-slockVocab. p. 18.
Broth made of greens, but especially of cole-
worts, &e.] A d d ;
A
 K A I K
u A.Bor. cole, Jceal, or kail, pottage or broth made
of cabbage ;" Grose. The learned Lliuyd mentions
Arm. kawl, id.; adding, that "tins word runs through
many languages or dialects, and is nothing but the
Latine Caulis, a synonyme ofbrassica, called thence
Cole wort." Ray's Collect, p. 124, 125.
I hesitated for some time, wh.etl.ier the generally
received idea, that the name of kail is given to broth
in S. as always implying the idea of its being made
with vegetables, and especially with eoleworts, was
altogether well-founded. The ground of hesitation
was the circumstance of C.B. catrf being given by
William Richards as the general name for porridge
or pottage, and also for broth ; and leek-porridge be-
ing rendered eairl cetuiin, where the sense of the ge-
neric name appears as limited bv the addition. But,
oil further examination , i lind that the term ca n Inot
cm 1 v signifies kk any kind of pottages or gruel, in
which there is cabbage, or a mixture of any other
herbs, a hodge-podge," hut al.-o cabbage, cole wort,
in their natural state; ami Owen .-eem- juMly
to have given th" I.liter a> the priumry >ignihcatioii ;
whereas Thomas Richards has inverted t i; i unler.
( V///7, in A.S., is confined to the sen>,e of Bra>siea,
('aulis, 41 coles or eoleworte,'" Sonmcr. It also as-
sumes the forms of ran! and catreL Lye.
{'<ed nutonymically for the whole dinner, as
ovnst ii lit lug,among our tempcrateaneestm-s. the
principal p a r i , S.
Hence, in giving a friendly invitation to dinner, it is
common to say, ei Will you come, and tak your kail
wi' me?" This, as a learned friend observes, resem-
bles the French invitation, Voulez vous venir manger
la soupe chez moi ?
" But hear ye, neighbour,—if ye want to hear ony
thing about lang or short sheep, I will be back here
to my kail against ane o'clock." Tales of my Land-
lord, p. SI.
B A R E E I T , or B A R E F O O T K A I L , brotli made with-
out meat, L o t h . ; the same with Water-kail^ S.
The allusion is evidently to a person who is not
encumbered with stockings and shoes.
T o Cxi E one HIS K A I L TIL ROW T H E R E K K , 1.
give one a severe reproof, to subject to a c o m -
plete scolding-match, S.
" They set till the sodgers, and I think they gae
them their kale through the reek ! Bastards o* the
whore of Babylon was the best words in their wame."
Tales, of my Landlord, iii, 12.
2. T o punish with severity, including the idea o f
something worse than hard language, S.
c: If he brings in the Glengyle folk, and the Glen-
fin las and Balquhidder lads, lie may come to gie you
your kail through the reek " Rob Roy, iii. 75.
T o G E T one\s K A I L T H R O W T H E R E E K , 1. T o
meet with severe reprehension, S.
2. T o meet with what causes bitterness, or tho-
rough repentance, as to any course that one has
taken, S.
In allusion to broth being made bitter and unpa-
iateable in consequence of being much smoked.
K A I L - B E L L , s. T h e dinner-bell, S .
But hark ! the kail-hell rings, and I
Maun gae link aff the p o t ;
o
A I
Come see, ye hash, how sair I sweat
T o stegh your guts, ye sot.
Watty and Madge, Herd's Coll. ii. 199-
From time immemorial, one of the town-bells has
been daily rung, at a certain hour, on every lawful
day except Saturday, to remind the good citizens
of Edinburgh to repair to dinner, lest they should
be apt to forget this necessary part of the work of
the day ; or perhaps to give a hint to customers, who
might be so indiscreet as to prolong their higgling
at a very unseasonable time. At this summons, half
a century ago, shops were almost universally shut
from one to two o'clock, p. M.
" I n j 7b;j—it was a common practice to lock the
shops at one o'clock, and to open them after dinner
at two." Stat. Ace. Edin. vi. 6*08.
K i r,-ii L A DJ'. ,y. A leaf of cole wort, S.
Xachariah Smylie's black ram—they had laid
in Mysie's bed, and keepit frae baaing with a gude
fathering of kail-blades." R. Gilhaize, ii. 218.
K A I L-< A :-TOI K , T h e stein of the colewort, S.
— . A beg-jar received nothing but a kail-castock
&C. E d i n . MAG. V . P E N , S. 2 . , a n d CASTOCK.
KAIL-PAT, "KAIL-FOX, s . A pot i n which broth
is made, S.
" Set ;ine of their noses within the smell of a kail-
}><>(, and their lugs within the sound of a fiddle, and
whistle them back if ye cam" The Pirate, i. 256.
" Kale-pot, pottage-pot, North." Grose.
KATL-SKKD, S. T h e seed of colewort, S.
" Declaration, containing a description, of the me-
thod of raising kail-seed, from burying the blades in
the earth. Transmitted by the Lord Colvil." Max-
well's Sel. Trans, p. 2()(J.
K A r L- s E Li,kn, .v. A green-man, one who sells ve-
getables.
Among those belonging to Aberdeen, who were
slain in a battle with Montrose, mention is made of
" John Calder kail-seller there." Spalding, ii. 241.
This profession, even so long ago, was distinct from
that of fruiterer ; for in the same list we find- " J o h n
N i colson fruit man th ere."
T o K A I L-W I F E , s. A green - worn an. ] A dd ;
iC The whole show—came into the Hall; a stately
maiden madam, in a crimson mantle, attended b y
six misses carrying baskets of flowers, scattering
round sweet-smelling herbs, with a most majestical
air, leading the van. She was the king's kail-wife,
or, as they call her in London, his Majesty's herb-
woman." The Steam-Boat, p. 215.
K A I L - W O R M , s. 1. T h e vulgar designation o f
a caterpillar, S.
2. Metaph. applied to a slender person, dressed
in green.
" I heard that green kail-worm of a lad name his
Majesty's health/' Tales of my Landlord, ii. 77.
Dan. kaalorm, id., orm signifying vermis.
K A I L - Y A R D , s. A kitchen-garden.] Add;
, ec I was told, that when any of those houses was
grown old and decayed, they often did not repair it,
but, taking out the timber, they let the walls stand as
a fit enclosure for a Cale-Yard, i. e. a little garden for
coleworts, and that they built anew upon another
spot." Lett, from a Gentleman i n North of S. i. 33,
 K A 1 K
T o CA 1 OUT o 1 A K A I L - Y A I I D . V . C A L L , C A W , tr.
KAILIE, adj. Producing many leaves fit for the
p o t ; a term applied to cole worts, cabbages, &c. ?
Clydes.
KAILKEMXIX, S. Cabbages and potatoes beat
together or mashed, L an arks.
This has probably been originally the same with
C.B. cawl-cennin, leek-porridge.
K A I L - S T R A I K , s. Straw laid on beams, an-
ciently usedinsteadofiron,for drying corn, R o x b .
KAIM, A comb.] Add;
This term bears a figurative sense 211 a proverb com-
mon 111 Teviotd. ; " Y e hae brocht an ill kaim to
your head signifying that one has brought some
mischief on one's self.
K a m y n g CLAY TIT.
"" Item, ane kamyng clayth sewit with blak silk,
and ane buird claith thairto.—Item,ane kais of kamys
of grene velvot." Inventories, A. 1579> P- 282.
This is part of the clething for the kingis Ma-
jesty," while a boy. The use of the combing cloth
will be easily conjectured. V . K A I M , K A M E , V.
K A I M , .9. 1. A low ridge.] Add;
This term in Ayrs. is used to denote the crest
of a hill, or those pinnacles which resemble a
c o d e s comh, whence the name is supposed to
have been given.
The term has a similar application 111 Shetland.
<c Kaim is a name generally given to a ridge of
high hills." Edmoiiston's Zetl. Isl. i. 13,9-
3. A camp or fortress, S.
Cf T h e three lairds were outlawed for this offence;
and Barclay, one of their number, to screen himself
from justice, erected the kaim (i. e. the camp, or for-
tress) of Mathers, which stands upon a rocky, and
almost inaccessible peninsula overhanging the Ger-
man ocean." Minstrelsy Border, ii. 878, N.
" His rout, which was different from that which
tie had taken in the morning, conducted him past
the small ruined tower, or rather vestige of a tower,
called by the country people the Kaim of Dern-
cleugh." Guy Mannering, iii. 123.
It is said of one in the Parish o f Newton, a few
miles South-east from Edinburgh : It is evident-
ly altogether artificial. The people of the coun-
try have always called it the kaim, supposed by some
to be a corruption of the word camp, but which in
the Scottish dialect is of the same import with the
English word comb. What is here called the kaim,
has no resemblance to a Roman camp, or to the rings
already described, as existing in mountainous dis-
tricts. It must have been a work of great labour, and
resembles more the rampart of a city than any infe-
rior object. Throughout all Scotland, small ridges,
though evidently, 01* at least apparently, formed by
nature, receive the appellation of Kaims." Beauties
of Scotland, i. 329*
-c East from Mortonhall are the two Kaims, in
which there have been various fortifications. And
these are the origin of the name; for Kaims, in our
old language, signifies camps or fortifications." Acc.
P. Liberton, Trans. Antiq. Soc. i. 304.
Perhaps it may deserve to be mentioned, that D u
Cange gives a similar sense to the Fr. word combe.
Agrum fossa seu terra in tumuli moduin elevata ran-
3
A K
nitum, Combe alieubi vocant. V. Tumha, 2. col. 133J.
4. J{ai?n3 as occurring in the designation o f a place,
has been explained " crooked hill."
" In the middle of these appearances is the Hole-
haugli-knowe;—and a little way above them Dun
Kaim, originally Dun Cam, the fort on the crooked
hill, from Dun, a fortified hill, and Cam, crooked."
Notes to Pennecuik's Descr. Tweedd. p. 122.
T o K A I M down, v. a. T o strike with the fore-
feet, applied to a horse. W h e n he strikes so
as to endanger any one near him, it is said, I
thought he wad hae kairrfd him down ; Selkirks.
KAIRDIQUE, Corr. from Quart <Tecu, a
Fr. coin, in value 18d. sterling.
cc Ordaines the spaces [species] of money to passe
in the kingdom e for the availes after specified;—The
Rose Noble eleven punds, the Kairdique twentie shil-
lings." Acts. Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 197.
K A I R D T U R N E R S , C£ small base money made
b y t i n k e r s G l . Spalding.
sc The kaircl turners simpliciter discharged, as false
cuinyies." Troubles, i. 197. V . C A I R O and T U R N E R .
K A I R N E Y , s. A small heap of stones.
I met ayont the kairney,
Jenny Nettles, Jenny Nettles,
Singing till her bairny, &c.
Herd's Coll. ii. 6U
Apparently" a dimin. f r o m CAIRN, q. v,
K A I R - S K Y N , ,9. A c a l f s skin.
ff Ane half himder lam skynnis, xx kair skynnis."
Aberd. Reg. A. 1551.
T o K A I T H E , v. n. T o appear, to shew one's self
Be blaithe, my merrie men, be blaithe,
Argyll sail haue the worse,
Giue lie into this countrie kaithe.
Battell of Balrinnes, Poems 16th Cent. p. 349.
Not " come," as in GL It is merely a vitiated or-
thography of Kit he, q. v., as blaithe is put for blithe.
K A I T 1 1 S P E L L , CAITJISFELL, S.
"Ouresouerane lord—vnderstanding that the hous-
sis, biggingis, girnellis, orcherdis, yardis, doueattis,
kadhspell, cLoistour, and haill office cituat within the
boundis—of the priori e and abbay place of Sanctan-
drois,—is for the maist pairt alreddie decay it—grant is
full powar and libertie to—Lodouik Dink of Leve-
il ox— to sett in fewferme—quhatsumeuir particular
pairt or pairtis of the place within the said precine-
tis,—ducait, kaithspell, cloister and grenis, and haill
waist boundis/' &c. ActsJa. VI. I 597, Ed. 18 14, p. 155.
In the same act it is written CaithspeM.
This most probably should have been Kaiclispell
and Caichspcll, a tennis-court, or place for playing
at ball; Tent, kaets-spel, sphaeristerium loeus exer-
citio pilae destinatus. V . C A C H E - P O L E , C A T C H PULE.
XAY-WITTE-D, adj. Hare-brained.] Add;
That kae-wiiled bodie o' a dominie's turned his
Ci
barns a' thegither." Campbell, i. 3^9.
IlAIZAIi, A frame in which cheeses are sus~
pended from the roof of a room, in order to their
being dried or preserved ill safety, File.
KAKEIilSS, pi.
Tlie geir vnderwrittin, viz. ane spinyne quheill,
ij d. kakeriss, tua d. burdis aik & fir, als mekiil gn:.-
thite burdis as wald be ane kist." Aberd, Reg. V.
It), p. 651.
 K A T K E A
Can this denote chess-boards, from Fr. cschequier, viation o f the name Catherine, that this mode was at
a checker., orL.B. scacar-ium, id., the .v. being thrown first confined to girls. For the last part of the word,
away ? V . H U N K E R , v. a n d H U N K E R S , .V.

KALLIVER, T h a t species o f fire-arms called K A U C H ( g u t t . ) 5 s. G r e a t l)ustle 5 c o n f u s i o n ? p e r -

a caliver. turbation, Gall.
This (lav, or a day before. Jhone Coekhnrnis " T o be in a kauch> to be in an extreme flutter ;
schip come in out of FUmleris, wherin w.-s ikrie not knowing which way to turn ; over head and ears
kistis <»{' kallivcrh: ; in ilk kk-t :;o or [/h')j peices ; in business." Gall. Eneych
four or IV vc la.-L o f poidder, with siiiic ii!<i:i"v in ur~ It seems to be the same word that is used as a v.
kin Is." Ik Ikmnatvne's Tran-act. p. Sae laughing, and kaucldng,
K A M I N G ( ' L A V rF 11. V. under K A I M , «r. Thou fain would follow me.
K A M S I I A C I I E E , adj. A p p l i e d to what is d i f - Auld Sang, ibid. p. 349-.
ficult to repeat, South o f S. This must be viewed as the same with Kcach,
v* ]hit then the dilogue [ d i a l o g u e j comes in, and D u m f r . ; and most probably with Caigh, denoting
it is sat? kainshavfde I eaima. word. it. though I eanna anxiety, Renfr. Isl. kiagg expresses a similar idea :
say it's misleard either." b r o w n i e of ikidsbeek, i. Vagatus difficilis sub onerc ; kiagg-a, aegre sub onere
~ 1 7- V. ('A.MSIIAL.CIIF.KI). procedere ; Haldorson.
K A P r a L -v. A piece of cake, co\ cred with b u t - T o K A V E , v. a. " T o clean to leave ihe corn,
!er. and a .slice o f ehee.-.o a b o v e it. \ . CAI'EU. to separate the straw from the c o r n ; " Gall. E n -
K A R R 1 E W f f [ T C I IV V, .v. A fondling tenn evek Vk CAVE, and KI<:VE.
for a child, A u g . | Add ; K A V E L L I N G AND D F k L I N G , d i v i d i n g b y AX-
Cane."V.7/;V i.- u-td i)V ilei .Jons,on to d. note the vcl or lot, A c t . F)om. Cone. Vk C A V E L L , v.
u.mioii r I.-]' a low wnuld-he wit ; as if it were a parody K A V E L - M E I . L , .v. A sledge hammer, a ham-
of crofrfir!, as :gml\ing it perverse* cenerit." mer o f a large size used for breaking stones
Ail the fowle 1' the Fayre, I meane, all ihe dirt &c., L o t h .
:n Siuithfiehl (khatV one of AI r. I J tile wit's ru neildiets This is apparently allied to Isl. kefii baeulus. cy-
now ) wiii he tJ; row neat oar banner tu-dav, if ike mat- lindrus ; item palanga ; Haldorson. V. C A V E L ,
ter do'.-» not j;if.t.-,e the people." iku thohneu r ay re, KAWli, pL Calves, Jkmffs.
p. (><). Whan left alane, she cleant tlie house,
ivA R T I K , KEIITIE, .v. A specie.-, o f iou.-e. in Pat on a bra' fire i' the ehimly,
form re.NvinbSiii^ii era!), winch i h 'pu.-nliy nifesls Than milkt tlie kye an' fed the kamr.
the ptibc.-i o f snn-ie oi ihe lowest ciusses, S. lAuflors S. Poems, p. 7 1 - VR, C A U R I . ,
E. Cr.'ibiousc ; P e d i e u i u 1 nguina]is, or Pubis o f KAZZIE-CIIA1R. V. under C A S S I E .
i /inn. K E A C H , KKAOII, Uneasiness o f mind, ari-
In Tent, k k> denominated jiftdhnj.^ in S\.\ //#//. sing from too great anxiety about domestic af-
/ /.v. lroiii the fial, ir-.^ of a-, form, a- i\ ibau o! ;.-<•>• v: •> ; fairs, or hurry and pressure o f business o f any
V a igo, "oi'ci iea h i - pkmu.-, a ir ft. i.juludnie cor- s o r t ; bustle, anxious exertion ; D u m f r . T h i s
poris : Ital. piatUjIe. is only a variety o f Kauchy q. v.
Tent. kerte is cx])i. crena, ineisura. also podex, c i m - K E A G E , K E Y A G E , .V. D u t y paid at a quay.
nus ; and keti-e/i. crenare, subagitare ; I k a r i ' u i is " The office of eollectory of the keage off the peir
rendered remordens, ( b Andr.; pur^vus, 1 laldorsoii. [ p i e r ] & duety tharoff'A A herd. Reg. " Semblable,
T h e latter give.- karia as signifying seabnlk a so the office of keyage." Ibid.
-tcnleas, a s'.aaki nail. O.Fr. quaiage, quayage, droit que le raarchands
T o MA T H , ii. T o (leSiiV the male or h-mcde ; payoient pour deposer leur marchandises sur la qua!
a term m-ed o i d v <^f cats. S. V. ( 'ATK, ( 'ALT. d'uii p o r t ; Roquefort.
This ijii$st !>e iie.'dly >:tme wilh O.Ik fc* K n c - KEAP-STONE, A copestone.
. u ii i: s c a • ; \ s. Calv-iio. — A' < /(' / . :s:;<; : i > t:;; 111 s. ('at i 11 a"- One James Elder, a seaman in Dysert, being ait
tie-." rr."-mpi.. Leith, by the fall of a heap-,si one or 2 of some lod-
K A T ' L L J V A T I K , .v. Alilirev. ot Cfd/n-rhic. ging, his head was bruised into pieces, and [ l i e ] ne-
K A T Y - i 1AN ArA), adj. Left-handed, A yrs. ver spake after." Lamont's Diary, p. 246k
T h e Doctor iind mo had i»"re:;t ;tbouc liie T o K E A V E , r. a. T o toss the horns in a threa-
sourtle-sword,—1k-r it was very iac-ammodkms t o m e tening way, a term properly applied to horned
;>:• the left side. a.-> I liave ];eeii .all my days I:u!;j- cattle ; to threaten, Ettr. F o r .
ha.idt'd." TiiC Steam-l^iat, p. i<;l. —Claw the traitors wi' a flail,
iv/idcntlv a ^V(..rd of O k i e origin. Gael. ciiu-aAi ; That took the midden for their bail.
Ir. kliuch ; C.kS. Anrllh, chivithig, id. A n d kiss'd the cow ahint the tail,
K A T I E - I I T ; N K E R S , adv. A term used to ex- That keavd at kings themsel.
wivss a jK-.rlicular mode of sliding on the ice, Jacobite Relics, ii. 40.
"Special!v where there is a declivity. T h e per- This does not seem to be different from Cave, Kei e.
v.m sits on his or her h a m s ; and in this atti- K E A V I E - C L E E K , -SV A crooked piece o f iron used.
t i:-.!e is ei tlier moved onward by the first impulse f o r c a t c h i n g crabs, F i f e .
reccivt-d. or is drawn b y a c o m p a n i o n h o l d i n g K E A Y L E , .v. 41 T h e part of a field which falls
eae.b luu-d, i-oili. to one on a division bv lots G l . Surv. M o r a v.
]t may be cunj-cturecL, from the use of the abbre- V,. C A V E L .
 K E B K
K E A W , s. A jackdaw, Gall.
Aukl farnyear stories come athwart their minds,
O f bum-bee bykes, pet pyats, doos, and kcaws.
Davidson s Seasons, P. 5. V. KAY.
K E R , s. A n insect peculiar to sheep, the tick or
sheep-louse, A b e r d . T h i s also is the only name
for it in Orkney ; synon. Ked, Kid, and Fag.
(c Tabanus, a cleg.—Accari, mites. Keduvio, a keb**
Wedderburn's Vocab. p. l6*.
T o KEB, v. n. T o cast a lamb immaturely.] Add;
£C The legend accounted for this name and appear-
ance by the catastrophe of a noted and most formid-
able witch who frequented these hills in former days,
causing the ewes to keb, and the kine to cast their
calves, and performing all the feats of nm-clm f a-
scribed to these evil beings." Tales Land!, i. Li.
2. A ewe is said to keb> when, site lias abandoned
her lamb, or lost it bv death, or L; whatever
way, Ettr. For.
I am assured, as the result of accurate inquiry,
that this is the sense of the word in Selkirk's., Pee-
bles, and the upper part of Dunifr. It would seem
to be the sense also in Galloway. V. KEB, .V.
"KEB, ,$'.] Define ; A ewe that has lost her lamb,
in whatever way, Ettr. F o r . ] Add;
(( Keb-eives, ewes that have lost their lambs, so
fattened for butchers/' Gall. Eneyel.
The late ingenious Dr. Leyden, in his Compl., has
said that " a hob-lamb is a lamb the mother of which
dies when it is young." Yet it is denied by shep-
herds of the south that this phrase is in use among
them. I have reason, however, to believe that, in
Roxb., the phrase kebbit lamb" is applied to a lamb
that has been born immaturely.
2. A sow-pig that has been littered dead, R o x b .
This may have been the original sense ; as most
nearly approaching to that of the Teat. word. V.
etymon under KEB.
K E B , s, 44 A blow A y r s . , GL Picket); id. Gall.
Encycl.
C.B. cob, a knock, a thump ; cob-lam, to thump ;
Armor, coup, a stroke.
KEBAR,
Weel, tak' thee that!—vile ruthless creature !
For wha but hates a savage nature ?
Sic fate to ilk unsocial kebar,
Who lays a snare to wrang his neighbour.
The Spider, Tannahill's Poems, p. 136.
Perhaps a figurative use of the term Kebbre, caber,
a rafter, a beam, like Cavel and Hung. Gael, cab aire,
however, signifies a babbler, and cabhar any old bird.
T o K E B B I E , v. a, T o chicle, to quarrel.] Add;
T o these Gael, ciapal-am, to contend, to quarrel,
is most probably allied.
K E B B I E - E E B B I E , -V. Altercation, especially as
carried on b y a variety of persons speaking at
one time, A u g .
A while in silence scowl'd the crowd,
And syne a kebhij-lehln/ loud
Gat up, an' twenty at a time
Gae their opinions of the crime.
The Piper of Peebles, p. 15.
K E B B I E , K E B B I E - S T I C K , s. A staff or stick with
a hooked head, R o x b . ; Crumm\e-staff\ synon. S.
" Ane o' them was gaun to strike my mother wi'
&
E E
the side o' his broadsword. So I gat up my kebhie
at them, and said I wad gie them as glide." Tales
of my Landlord, iii. 11.
I>!. kepp-r fust is, rudis, clava ; Su.G. haepp bacu-
1:i whence the diminutive kaefle ; Dan. kiep, id.,
k'wppe .slag, a cudgelling; Ital. ceppo, i d . ; Moes.G.
kau put - ja u v e j'l) i - rare.
K E i U U ' C K , K I;HHOCK, S. A cheese, &c.] Add;
In the south of S. this designation is appropriated
to a cheese made of mixed milk.
" A huge kebbock (a cheese that is made with ewe
milk ulived with c o w ' s milk), and a jar of salt but-
ter, were it: common to the company." Tales of my
Landlord, ii. 170.
K E B U I T C I I , A\ Very lean meat, R o x b . ; the
same with ( 'a brock, cp v.
I\ E L - R U C K , .v. Meat unfit for use, F i f e ; the
same with Kcbritch, also with Skeebroch.
K E C11 f r , -v. 4; A consumptive c o u g h G a l 1. Eno.
Tent, kick, asthma; kick-en, lev iter atque inaniter
t us.si re. V. KIOII.
T o K E C K , z\ n. T o draw back in a bargain,
to Hindi ; as, 15 I've kecJS'f I have changed
my mind, and decline adhering to the offer I
formerly made ; R o x b .
T e u t keeke, fallacia, dolus ; Isl. keik-iaz, recurvari.
T o K E G I C , V. N. T o faint or swoon suddenly,
Roxb.
Isl. heik-ia, supprimere, keik-iaz, defieere, are the
only terms I have met with which seem to have any
affinity.
T o K E C K L E , v. n. 1. T o cackle as alien, S.
e{ Crocio, voeifero ut corvus, to crow, to erowp,
Glocio, to heckle, Cueurio,—to crow." Despaut.
Gram. E. 7, b.
2. T o laugh violently, S.
K E D , .9. T h e louse of sheep.} Add ;
iC The ked (hippohosca ovitia) molests all sorts and
ages, but particularly hogs or young sheep. Ithai%
bours in the wool, bites the sheep, and sucks their
blood :—The tick (acarus rediivius), is a distinct
species of vermin, harassing the lambs and trembling
sheep 111 spring." Essays Llighl. Soe. iii. 435.
T o K E D G E , v. 11. T o toss about, to move a
thing quickly from one place to another, S. V
CACHE, CAICH, CADGE.
K E D G I E , adj. Cheerful, &c. V. C A I G I E . ]
Add to e t y m o n ;
There can be no doubt that O. L. kijde has a com-
mon origin. " Ki/de or ioly, [ j o l l y ] . Jocundus.
Vernosus. Hilaris." Prompt. Par v.
K E E C H 1 N , ,y. In distillation, the liquor after
it has been drawn from the draff or grains, and
fermented, before going through the still, Fife.
A f t e r passing once through the still, it is called
Loxdns,
Gael, caochan, whisky in the first process ofdfiliation.
T o K E E K , K E I K , v-. n. 1. T o look with a pry-
ing eye.] Add;
iC Kehjii or pryuely way ten. Speeulor. Intueor.'?
Prompt. Parv.
£. T o look by stealth.] Add;
It is understood as signifying, " to look suddenly
and slily into any place," Diimfr.
 K E E K E E
3. T o make the first appearance; applied to in- monoterygio minor. This seems to be the Gadus
animate objects, S. Aeglefinns o f Linn., w h i c h he says is in Sweden
The fowk were in a perfect fever, called kolja. The northern name keila may have
•—Turning coats, and mending breeks, passed, in the inaccuracy of ii slier men, from the had-
New-seating where the sark-tail keeks. dock to the cod.
Maijnes Si Her (Inn, p. 1 1. K E E L I V I N E , .9. A black lead pencil, S . ] Add;
KEEK, S. A peep, a stolen glance, S.] Add; Put up your pocket-book and your keelyvine pen
He by his shouther gae a keek, then, for I downa speak out an' ye hae writing ma-
And tumbl'd wi' a wintle, terials in your hands—they're a scaur to unlearned
Out-owre that night. Ihints, iii. 1 34-. folk like me." Antiquary, iii. 187.
K K K K - I I O L K , .V. A cb.ink or small orifice through It Is observed by one literary friend, that kceUvine
which p r y i n g persons p e e p , S. pen is a pen of keel, or black lead, in a vine.
Dan. kiizhidy a peep-hole. It has been also suggested to me, that perhaps the
K E E L , KF.II., .v. Ruddle, S.] Add; word keelivine may rather have been imported from
Gael. cil, ruddle ; Shaw. France; as, in some provinces, the phrase cue ill de
T o K KKL, JYKIL, v. a. 1. T o mark with r u d d l e ,
vigne is used for a small slip of the vine, in which
a piece of chalk, or something of this kind, is fre«
S . | Add;
cjuently inserted, for the purpose o f marking. It is
ftI. M e t a p h . to mark any person or t h i n g ; as e x - believed, that the other end is sometimes formed
pressive o f jealousy or dissatisfaction, S. into a sort of pen.
K E E L , K L T I X , «V. A lighter, A b e r d . R e g . ; Keel
It lias occurred, ho\ve\er, that, it may be quilled*:
id. A . R o r . vigne, from Fr. guilt,', a. kind of quill.
<r Aeeat'imn, a keel or lighter." Wedd. Voe. p. 22. It would appear from a letter o f the Tinclclaria»
A.S. ceole, tiavicula, celox, " a small barke or other Doctor Mitchell, A. 1720, that in his time keelivine
vessel;" Somner. But Du Cange observes that it was cried in our streets for sale. H e mentions an-
rather signified a long ship, cad being distinguished other kind o f pencil that had been sold bv the same
from navicula, and paying fourpence of toll, when hawkers.
one penny only was exacted for a small vessel. It <f I f God's Providence were not wonderful, I w o u l d
was in such keels that the Saxons found their way to long since been crying Kilie vine, and Kilie vert, con-
.England, when they invaded it. Malmesb. de Gest. sidering I began upon a crown, and a poor trade."
Angl. L. 1. Kilie-vert seems to have been made of a green mi-
K E E L , s. A cant term f o r the backside, A b e r d . neral. Fr. verd de terre, "a kind of green minerail
K E E L A C K , -v. A pannier used f o r carrying o u t chaulke or sand ;" Cotgr. He gives vert as the same
d u n g to the field, Banff's. ; the same with Kel- with verd.
i'lelt, (j. v. K E E L - I t O W , s. " A Gallovidian c o u n t r y - d a n c e ;
Hence the proverbial phrase, T h e witch is in the the Keel-row is in Gromek's Nithsdale and G a l -
krefuck," n>ed when the - u peril aa'ty o f the produce, on loway S o n g ; " Gall. Fluey el.
auv spot, of ground, is attributed to the dung which T o K E E P Land in, to crop it, Dunbartons.
is carried out in the keel tick or pannier; i. e. " the T o K E E P Land out, not to crop it, ibid.
charm lies in the manure." Strange as it may seem, there are instances, even
K E E L I C K , s, 2. A b l o w . ] Add; in Dumbartonshire, where tenants are bound to keep
Keeliek, as used in this sense, seems radically the their lands three years in and six years out, i. e. to
same with A.Bor. " kelks, a beating, blows. I gave take three white crops in succession, and then leave
him two or three good kelks/' Gl. Grose. the exhausted soil to recruit itself, as it best may,
This may be allied to 'Isi. kiaeike the cheek, as for six successive years." Agr. Surv. Dunbart.
mailv denoting a blow on the chops, like Teut. p. 50.
k it'i'k-si(1i^h j alapa, colaphns, a stroke on the cheek ; K E E R I E - O A M , s. A game common in Perth.
and Su.G. kindhaesl colaphtis, from kind the cheek:
One o f the boys, selected by lot, takes his sta-
or to 14. kelk-ia, adverso famine [V. numinc] nitor,
tion by a wall with his face turned to it a n d
obnitor ; G. A n d r . p. 141.
covered with his hands. T h e rest o f the party
K E E L I E , 8. A h a w k , chiefly applied to a y o u n g
run off to conceal themselves in the closes in the
one, L o t h . , T e v i o t d .
: : A combination of young blackguards in Edin-
neighbourhood ; and the last who disappears
calls out, Keerie-oam. T h e b o y , who has had
burgh hence termed themselves the Keelie Gang."
his face at the wall, then leaves his station, and
Sir W . S.
Can this be eorr. from Fr. eilUer-find eon, a seeled searches for those who have hid themselves;
"hawk ? 1.4. keila is expl., foemina animalium rapa- and the first whom he lays hold of takes his
ciuni; Haldorson. It is, howrever, more probably place in the next game, which is carried on as
allied to C.B. givalch, or cidyll, both which terms de- the preceding one.
note a hawk. If we shall suppose that this species of Hide and
K E E L I N G , K EL i KG, SEC. s. Cod of a large size.] Seek has been introduced from the L o w Countries,
Add; we may view the term as derived from Teut. keer-en
Kehjtig in O.E. denotes a fish. Palsgr. expl. it by vertere, and om cirenin, in composition omkeer-en ;
Fr. nun on ; B. iii. F. 42. Cotgr. also renders Aunon, as it is merely the call or warning given, to him who
a keeling (fish)." has his face turned to the wall, to turn about and be-
According to Haldorson, Isl. keila is Gadus dorso gin the search.
 K E E K E N
K E E R I K I N , .v. A smart and sudden blow which
turns one topsy-turvy, Fife.
It may be a diminutive, by the addition of kin,
from Teut. keer-en vertere, also propulsare; as sug-
gesting the idea of overturning.
K E E R O C H , s. A term used contemptuously to
denote any strange mixture ; sometimes applied
by the vulgar to medical compounds, A b e r d .
T h u s they speak o f " the IceerocJis of thai D o c -
tors."1 Apparently synon. with Soss.
Perhaps from the same origin with Kcir to drive,
often applied to a mess that is tossed, in the vessel
containing it, till it excite disgust.
X E E I t S , s. A thin gruel given to feeble sheep
in spring, Kt.tr. For.
As gruel corresponds with Lat. jus avenaeeum,
this word is most probably a remnant of" the Welsh
kingdom, w hich extended to Ettr. For., and includ-
ed at least part of it. C,B. ceirck signifies avena, or
oats; ceirckog, avenaceus. W . Richards renders Oat-
meal-grout, rkynion ceirck. Corn, kerk, Armor, kerck,
and lr. koirh:r, all signify oats. Owen derives ceirck
from carr, fruit ; berries. The learned and ingenious
ri udbeck asserts, th;it the C i ot n. name of (V/v-v, the
godde-s of corn, was Kaera : Aliant. ii. -1-1-«S.
K I T ' S I T 1\ .9. 1. T h e stomach o f a calf, used
for curdling milk, Teviotd. ; synon. Kami ny
Ycarnin. Keslop, id., North. Grose.
T exit. kaes-Ubbe, coagulum; kacse signifying cheese,
and libbc, lebhe, belonging to the same stock with our
Lappered, coagulated. Isl. kaesir, coagulum ; A.S.
cys'lib, id.
This name, or that o f Keeslip, is given to an
herb, which grows in gardens, nearly resembling
s o u t h e r n - w o o d, Loth.
The Galium is called cheese rennet in E., as it is
used both there and in S. as a substitute for rennet.
KEEST, Sap, substance, R o x b . Hence,
KEESTLESS, KYSTLESS, adj. 1. Tasteless, insi-
pid, ibid.
ifc' Kystless, tasteless f Gl. Sibb.
CZ. W i t h o u t substance or spirit, ibid.
3. Affording no nourishment; pron. Kizless, Ettr.
For. ; Fizzenless, synon. B'otli are generally
said of hay and grass.
Probably akin to Teut. kecst, the pith of a tree;
Medulla, cor, matrix arboris ; keesl-en gerininare,
pullulare, i. e. to send forth the pith or substance;
applied also to the sprouting of corn. C.B. cys sig-
nifies torpid, void of feeling; and cysgva numbness.
K E E V E , A*. Used as synon. with tub, E .
<c As for the bleaching-hotise, it ought to be fur-
nished with good coppers and boilers, good keeves or
tubs for bucking, and also stands and vats for keep-
ing the several sorts and degrees of lyes." Maxwell's
Sel. Trans, p. 343.
This is evidently the same with Kive, in D i r r . ,
although expl. by Kelly a masking-vat. Mr. Todd
refers to this, article, and remarks that Kive appears
to be of English usage, and by an old author of great
credit. This is Sir W. Petty, in his History of Dyeing.
Mr. Todd is certainly right in viewing this as an
old E. w o r d ; and had he looked a little farther, he
would have found it, according to the orthography
7
here given, in Kersey's D i e t Anglo-Brit., and also
in his edition of Phillips, in the very same words.
Keeve or Keever, a brewing-vessel, in which the ale
or beer works before it is tunn'd." Grose also men-
tions it as a local term. " Keeve, a large vessel to fer-
ment liquors in. Devonsh."
All these lexicographers have been silent as to the
origin of this term. There can be no doubt that this
is A.S. cyj) eyfe, dolium, eadus, a " tonne or barrel;"
Somner. It would appear that this learned writer
was not acquainted with the O.E. word. Teut. kuype,
dolium, as well as Lat. cup-a by which it is expl.,
seem allied; to which we may add Alem. cuphe, and
Dan. kube, id. Ilire observes, vo. Kypare, that in
Gothland hjp-a signifies, to draw water with a pit-
cher, or any other instrument,
K E E Z L I E , adj. Unproductive, barren; applied
to soil that is. good for nothing, or that scarcely
brings any thing to perfection, Ayrs.
Keezlie knotves, knolls where the soil is like a caput
mor iuum.
Perhaps from Teut. kesel, keesel, a flint; Germ, •
kiesel, id., also a pebble; kiess, gravel.
K E F F , .v. One is said to be in a gay keff\ when
one's spirits are elevated with good news, Ayrs.
Isl. alcaje and akefd signify fervor, praecipitantia;
kyf-a contendere ; kif\ kyj\ lis, eontentio ; Dan. k'u\
id. Or shall we view it as a variety of S. cave, a toss?
K E Y , .V. T h e seed of the ash. V. A S H - K E Y S .
K E I ES, hV.Yiso/y/r Court, a. phrase melaph. ap-
plied to cerium ofnce-bcarers m courts of law.
" Al comas by and attour the ordinal* persons of
the judge, the porsewer «S: the defender, Mild haue
certanc vther persons & members, quhilks ar caliea
claucs curiae, Ike kcics nj'lftc court, that is, ane lauchf ui
official or seriand," ^c. Skene, Verb. Sign. vo. Curia.
" The keyis of court are thir, viz. 1. Ane Justice
that is wyse, and lies knawlege of the lawis," &c\
Balfour's Bract. p. 273.
.Besides the Justice he mentions a Sehiref, Coroner,,,
Serjandis, Clerk, and Dempster. l i e adds an Assise
and Witnesses, not in Skene's enumeration.
According to the Lat. version given of the figure
by Skene, it seems to convey the idea, that the court
could not be regularly opened without the presence
of the office-bearers mentioned. Whether the idea
lias been borrowed from the phrase Claves Ecclesiae,
as denoting ecclesiastical power, I shall not pretend
to determine.
Cowel. renders Key us, Keys,n guardian^ warderi,
or keeper; conjoined with senesehallus, constabula-
rius, hailivi;s, S:c. in Monast. Angl. ii. 71.. He adds,
that in the Isle of Man, the.24 Commoners, who are
as it were the conservators of the liberties of the pee-,
pie, are called the Keys of the island. According to.
Camden, the number of these is twelve. Brit. iv. a 04,
I.) u Cange also mentions Cei as signifying Judicatures.
But the term, as used by our writers, seems to have
no connexion. For it includes the inferior officers of
a court as well as the judges.
K I N G ' S K E Y S . TO mak King's Keys> to force open
the door of a house, room, chest, &c. by virtue
o f a legal warrant in his Majesty s name, S.
" A n d what will ye do, if I car en a to thraw the
keys, or draw the bolts, or open the grate to sic a
 K E L K E L
clamj am frier' said the old dame scoffing!}'. e Force K E E O H Y N , KELTEN, s. A mulct paid f o r man-
our way wi' the king's keys, and break the neck of slaughter.] l i . the last sentence o f etymon thus;
every soul we find in the house," &e. Tales, Black Ar llniy Vv hich occurs only in the Index to the trans-
Dwarf, p. 173, 17L lation of Keg. Mag., and in the Notes to the Lat. copy,
This is an old Pr. phrase. Fairela clef' le Roy, ou- is mentioned by Skene as a various reading.
vrir les clefs et les eoflres avec des instruments de K E L I X G , .v. L a r g e cod. Y. KEELING.
serrurier ; Roquefort. K E L I N G T H E I S . <c Knappel & hdmg trek
T o K E I K , r . n. T o pry. V . KEEK. Aberd. Reg.
K E I K , KEIG, $. A sort of wooden trumpet, long As, in (Kir old writings, foreign wood is generally
and. sonorous, formerly blown in the country at denominated from the country, district, or sea-port,
5 o'clock r. m., A b e r d . In some places they whence it had been brought ; this may be wood from
still blow a horn at this hour. hiid, a town of the dutcby of flolstein, situated on
K K Y L , .v. A bag, or sack. the Pal tic. Or diall we \ iew it as denoting wood fit
Ane keij! lull of eldin," i. e. of fuck Aberd. Rig. Ibr making kects ; either ibr the formation of the keel
A. ] fm.a, v. X Y . AG- strictly so denoiumated, or for ship-building in ge-
This is most probably the same word with iVi. kij!!, neral? A.S. (•(/(•!(', real, carina,Teut. kief Su.G. koel, id.
•id,us, saccus, G. Aodr. ; ut.tr, mamiea. I i;dd->r>on ; K I ) I, L , .y. 1. A dress for a woman's head.] Add ;
e \pi. be Dan. lat'der-sttek and (a.ske, both den./t mg a Then up and gat her seven sisters,
k-athern sack or bag: A///, saccus, p.ra ; \ i-r.-b lud. And sewed to her a kell;
I-'.HiUit, 'Lilian, id. V. $ iii". \ ID. hi!, -e.i-e !•. 'To Aud every steel; that they put in
t:;e-.e we must add A.>-. ////V-', u'.er. ea-'iu-. 5 geoa ; Sewed to a ..ilier bell.
:>. bottle, a barrel i, a ilagon • and eitle aM'op.-ra, a }la!lad, Gay Goss Hawk.
a -at hern b a g ; " Somner. It has been suggested to me, that up and m a y be a
K E Y L F , .V. j i u d d l e ; s . keek coi r, of some old form of the a d v . up. A n d it is b y
k- Thelordis assignis to Thomas Symsoun—to prufe no means improbable that it m a y b e a relique o f A . S .
that the g u d b that he distrenyeit ibr the larde of vjjpan, supra. This, however, is u s e d as a p r e p ,
Peruyis dettis—war one the lard of Fernyi-5 a*, ne Kell. Reticulum." Prompt. Parv.
iandis, & had hi> kn/lc Ik his mark." Act. Dom. ('one. 'j. rAfarj)n\ or scurf on a chikPs head, A y r s .
A . IPSO, p. a7- V- Put foul as the capital then was, and covered
K Ell A,, .V. A lighter. V. K EKL. w i d i the leprosy o f i d o l a t r y , — t h e y so m e d i c a t e d h e r
T o K E I i /Ft i f . v. a. i. T o heave u p ; said of with tin; searching m e d i c a m e n t s o f the R e f o r m a t i o n ,
a burden which one ha.^ already noon ,be b.iek. that .-lie was soon :-crapit of all the s c u r f and kell o f
but which is falhng too low, Fair. For. her abou.illations." ii. Gilhaize, i. 2 7 P
T o jog Willi the eibow, ibid. I ••!. It a I and iprtt' signiiy, ii jcpiinamentum, leal-a in-
Perhaps, no? withstanding the t ran.oio-afion, 1 rom (j li iiiaYe.
the same fountain with Teui. / / < > / , p u b a r-a p u I - K L L S O H O O T S , heavy shackles put; upon the
tare, Lluts-en, fjii'i-er.-, eoueUieiv or /.Vs/'/, lelu- re- icg- <if prisoners ; by some supposed to be a
sonans, klets-en, re>,ono ict.u verberare. Or shall we soil. <>f stocks, r ] 1 eviotd.
prefer Su.G. kilf-a, «>jlAdi-a. 1 ).m. kdt-er to truss, KiOLSO G O N V O Y , an accompaniment scarcely
to tie or tuck up ? deserving the name, South o f S.
£- Ye uccdna ga..ng iiiglier than the loan-head—it's
I/rr.n, .V. One who h i t s heaves, or pushes up-
wards, Phir. For. no expected your honour suld leave the land—it's
K E I 1 \ .v. H e e d , care. V . KECE, ju>t n he!so convoy, a step and a half ower the door-
Tak ke'tp to my capill that" na man liim ("ail. strme.' ' And vliy a A elso convoy more than any
h v. drive away. khn-j i \>}!;j*-ae, (A iij, a. other A—' I I(JW should I ken? it's just a bye-word."
Antivjiiary, -iii, o.
K E I P I T S , .v. pL
'i'liis is ratlier far titer than a Scotch convoy, which
*• .^iluer wark. bra.-* in Wark, keipp.s : a id on r. cnli^
is only to the door. It is, however, expl. b}'others,
of tin; paroche kirk." Aberd. Peg. \ . X-i. ( ope* ?
its Mgmlying that one goes as far as the friend whom
KEYS ART, A hack, or frame of wood, in
he accompanies lias l o g o , .although to his own door.
which cheeses are hung up ibr being dried, Fife.
K E L S O R U N G S , generally classed with Jed-
Tent, kaes-hordc, iiscella, IFema easearia; from /.v.-.v/e, Air! A/ .'"/i"<'.y, but. otherwise unknown, ibid.
l->:sc. a cheese, and horde a frame of wood. Yids is T o ] C l / i b E l l , t'. n. 1. T o move in an u n d u -
cvidentl y the same with Kuisarl, although different- lating manner.J Add;
ly used, in the dliferent counties : as hcisarl in Angus il. Often applied to tlie stomach, as expressive o f
denotes the cheese-vat. the great nausea felt before puking, S.
X E I S T , pre!. Tlirew. V. KEST. T o till up ; as, a balance is said to heller, when
KVA'VH, .v.] Define;— \ bar laid across a river i!m one end of the beam mounts suddenly u p -
or stream, for pre vent tug salmon from g e A o i g Vvanb,; or when a cart, in the act of unyoking,
farther up, Berths. escapes from the bold, so that the shafts get too
K K I T YOU", G e t away, AJierd. V. KIT YE. ibr up, Lanarks.
Ky.k LI .v. T h e act u-C cuekhng, S. 4. T o tumble or fall he:u:long, South o f S.
•• 'i1;ie crowing' of cocks, kekfi/tg of hens, calling The twasome warsefd here and there,
of partridge,-.." Crquh :rt\s Rabelais, B. iii. p. 10b. Till owre a form they keller'd.
A--id to etymon ; — i A . g'oeiregaihhiarum. A. Scotts Poems, p. lG.
 K E M K
5. T o struggle violently, as a fish to release itself
from the hook, Perths.
T o K E L T E R , a. a. T o overturn, to overset, Fife,
Roxb.
C.B. chwyldroi, to revolve, to whirl, chwyldro, a
circular turn ; from chivy!, and fro, both signifying
a turn : Su.G. hdlr-a, in orbem ferri, in caput prae-
ceps ferri, from kull vertex,
KELTER, S. A fall in which one is thrown heels
over head, a somerset, A y r s .
K E L T I E , .v. A large glass or bumper, &c.] Add;
It is a singular fancy that the ingenious Sir .James
Foul is throws out as to the origin of this custom.
When describing the manners of the ancient Alba-
nicli of Scotland, he says :
£F A horn was twisted so as to go round the arm.
This being filled with liquor, was to be applied to
the lips, and drunk off at one draught. If, in with-
drawing the arm, any liquor was left, it discovered
itself by rattling in the windings of the horn. Then
the company called out cor neigh, i. e. the horn cries;
and the delinquent was obliged to drink keltic, that
is, to fill up his cup again and drink it out, accord-
ing to the laws of the hells, for so ought the word
Celt to be pronounced. W e have from hence a clear
proof that they were jolly topers." "Trans. Antiq.
Soc. S. i. 23.
But the good Baronet should have told us, whe-
ther the term originated with the Etonians, or the
Picts, or what other nation, for it was never form-
ed by the people to whom he refers. They never
designed themselves either Celts or Kelts, but (la el.
It is not likely, at any rate, that they would borrow
from themselves a name for this custom.
KELTIC AFF. Cleared he/lie aff\ a phrase used to
denote that one's glass is quite empty, previous-
ly to drinking a bumper, S.
" Fill a brimmer—this is my excellent friend, Bai-
lie Nicol Jarvie's health—I kend him and his father
these twenty years. Are ye a' cleared, keltie ajf? Fill
anither. Here's to his being sune Provost." Rob
Eoy, iii. 32.
K E M E S T E R , s. A wool-comber, S ] Add;
Balfour writes Camesteris ; Praetieks, p, 74.
•KEMMIN, $. xV term commonly used in U p p .
Lanarks. in relation to children or small animals,
to denote activity and agility; as, " t i e rims like
a /«x?mmin^ he runs very fast; i£ Fie wirks like
a Jc einmhi" he works with great activity ; lie
fechts, i. e. fights like a hemming &c\
This term, belonging to Strat-Clyde, is very pro-
bably of Welsh origin. C.B. cammin, a peregrine
falcon ; or ceimmyn-, one that strives in the games.
K E M P , S. I. A champion.] Add;
3. One who is viewed as the leader of a party, or
as a champion in controversy.
if I exhorte ye cause your prophete Jolnie Knox,
and your Superintendant Johne Spotiswod, to irn-
preve Sanctis Hierom and Augustine as leand wit-
nessis in the premissis.—Bot peradventure albeit
thir twa your Kan pis dar not for schame answeir in
this mater, ye wyll appeill to the rest of your lernit
theologis of a gret numbir in Scotland and Geneva,"
N. Winyet, Keith's Hist. A pp. p. 217-
VOL, I L 9 B •
E M
KEMPER, .?. 1. One who strives on the harvest-
field.] Add;
tc Mark, I see nought to hinder you and me from
helping to give a hot brow to this bevy of notable
kempers." Black w. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 401.
Add to. etymon ;
This class of words had been also used by the Celts.
C.B. camp, a circle; a feat; a game; also the prize
obtained in the games ; camp-iair, to contend at
games ; campirvr, one who contends in the games ;
Owen. Gael, campur, a champion. Whether C.B.
camp, as denoting a circle, or Eat. camp-us, be the ra-
dical term, I shall not pretend to determine.
KEMPEN, K E M P I X G , s* 1. T h e act o f s t r i v i n g . ]
Add;
2. Used to denote warfare,7 or a strneide
oo
for su-
p e r i o n t y m whatever w a y , S.
" Is nae there the country to fight for, and the
burn sides that I gang daundering beside, and the
hearths o' the gudwives that gie me my bit breach
and the bits o' weans that come toddling to play wi'
me when I come about a landward town con-
tinued, grasping his pike-staff with great emphasis,
c An I had as glide pith as I hae gucle-will, and u
gude cause, I should gie some o' them a day's kewp~
in g" Antiquary, iii. 526'.
" I wad. hae gien the best man in the country the
breadth o' his back, gin he had gien me sic a kemp-
ing as ye hae dune." Rob 1103-, ii. 26'0. .
K E M P , >Ss. T h e name given to a stalk of Rtbgrass,
Plantago lanceolata, L i n n . ; Teviotck, Loth.
2. A game thus denominated; also inpkiicmps y ib.
T w o children, or young people, pull each a dozen
of stalks of rib-grass; and try who, with Inks kemp, can
decapitate the greatest number of those belonging
to his opponent. He, who has one remaining, while
all that belong to the other are gone, wins the game ;
as in the play of lieggar-my-iieighbour with cards.
They also give the name of soldiers to these stalks.
" Says Isaac, with great simplicity, c Women al-
ways like to be striking kemps with a handsome and
proper man." Perils of Man, iii. 318.
As this stalk is also called Carldoddy, from its
supposed resemblance to an old man with a bald
head ; it seems to have received the name of kemps
for a similar reason, because of its fancied likeness to
a helmeted head; or perhaps from the use made of
the stalks by young people, in their harmless combat,
I have elsewhere had occasion to remark it as a
singular circumstance, that many of the vulgar names
of plants, in our country, are either the same with
those which are given them in Sweden, or have a
striking resemblance. Sometimes they seem merely
to have passed from one species to another. This is
the case here. The Sw. name of the Plantago media,
or Hoary Plantain, is in pi. kaempar, Linn. Flor.
Suec.; literally, warriors, champions. V. KEMP. We
learn from Kilian, that, in Holland, clover or trefoil
is called kemp. Meadow Cat's Tail, Phleum pratense,
is in Sw. called ang-kampe, q. the meadow-champion ;
and Phleum alpinum jiaeU-kampe, the chieftain of
the fells or mountains; Linn. Flor. Suec. N. 56*, 57-
K E M P - S E E D , ,9. 1. A variation o f the name-given
to Rib-grass, Ettr. For.
 K E N K E N
T h e seeds o f oat-, when mea. is maiie. t.r the 6 . Kcnnnig be kenning^ a c c o r d i n g to a p r o p o r -
? - < : t v o f the sieve, are oaded in pi. ix mj-.-rcd.i. tional g r a d a t i o n , r e g u l a t e d b y the terms o f a
Tevioid, f o r m e r bargain.
E : j - S Y . \ ;•:<•'. -v. A M<>n;' " G i f the master o f ane ship hyris marineris—tf>
e<( a< i h r b o u n d -
a r / v . hich has been }'i-aelh-d by ti:e iirst v ho ony heavin or t o w n , and it liappin tliat the ship can
find na fraucht to g o quhair scho wasfrauchtit to, and
f y .<:n, • or d r i v e s at (lie / v / / / / / o - . y / o / o * . l i e who
throws f;ii"! 1 je.-'i bevond it is the v i c t o r ; F i l e . swa is constraint to g o farder ; — t h e wages o f thame
V. 'i Ti TUX I*. that w e r h y r i t upon the master's costis sou Id b e a u g -
K KM S T O C K , .V nautical U.-rm, used as if' mentit, kenning he kenning, and course b e course, efter
\ lib { ' a pxtune. the rate o f thair liyre, until thay cum to the port o f
Vs ;th t:ir- Pan urge took t wo great cal>ies o f the discharge." Ship Lawis, Balfour's Pract. p. OK).
:-. a.ei -jed them to the K E N 3 J I L L I N G , s. P e r h a p s cloth o f K e n d a l in
or eapstane which
w;.s tin.- deck towards the hatehe-. and la.-tened England.
t i the g r o u n d . " Xx . I rowh. Pah. B. ii. p. 1 6 !•. " A n e coitt o f g r e n e kendilling, ane galcoit." A b e r d ,
r r > K E N . r . rt. P e g . \r. 16.
1. T o k n o w , S. j Del. v, ha! is
££ A n e grene kendeh/ing cloik." Ibid.
li'iv,-:; us >«. m e and Tn.-erl ;
Kelt, or kendall freese," is mentioned, among the
T o .',<// widow to her /V/v.'. to set apart l u r
cloths imported ; Pates, A . 16*11.
pr >].••••": nil; (>;' ihe land-- v.hieh belonged to her
T o I v E N D L E , i'. 7i. T o b r i n g forth ; applied to
(.(WVM'i. lui.-baiid. to div Kle \ I* "iii Let Ween her
hares.
! iu-.r : a piira-e .-..[•.. 1 1 m o u r court•>
W h e n man as mad a k y n g ol* a capped man.
hen moil is lev ere other mones thyng than isowen.
i /: e Seiiirei" of the sell ire souid /.ryj hir to hir
When londe tliouys lbrest, ant fon;st ys felde.
Liv.'iu part thairnf, he ane breif oi' divisioun, git' seho
W h e n hares kendles othe herston, «S:c.
I>I,f£to rais oiiv thairupon, or be onv uthei' way
i. e. on the hearth-stone.
eon form to the iasvb, of thi> reaime." 17 Nov. l o j - j .
Prophecy ascribed lo Thomas of Ercildon,
!Balfour's Prat, t i c k s , p. KHi.
Mail land Poems, Introd. lxxviii.
" T h e widow has no nglit oi* po.~.ses>ion, and so Skinner gives E . kindle, parere, which b e o b -
cannot. reeeive the rents in virtue of her terce till serves, is used concerning rabbits. In the book oi
be served to it ; and iii order to this, she must St. Albany, the .v. is applied to the feline r a c e : " A
obtain a brief out of the chancery, directed to the lufndifll of yonge cattes." E. iiii. O f I l a w k y i n g ,
S h - T l b who c;d is an impe-st:, to tak<* proof that she c ; Kijiidhju or bi'inge forthe. i'eto. Kijndhfd a.s in
v a " wife to the decea-ed ; and that t.he deceased (bed foithe [jriuginge o f bestis. Fetatus.—Kijmllimjc or
i. ; -i) '.a the o b j e c t s contained in the brief. T h e ser- forthe Ormginge o f vol ige best is. I-'etura. Ki/din^t
* . • {.. -.t'litaiice of ihe din"/, findi'mr these points or yongc- bee.-t. 1'etu.^." Pr<nupt. Parv.
p 'iocs, without the neee-.-itv of a retour to
Aj)})arently irom Germ, /v/^/a child, u hence kin-
the e.hancc:^., entitle the wife to enter into tiie pos-
dct-bicfj the feasting upon the christening o f r.
se;-,dm ; — b u t she can only possess, with the heir
child,'' kindcl-tag, " childermass-day Euclwig. "jlie
; hidniso, and so cannot remove tenants, till the
radical word appears in A.S. cijn p r o p a g o , or cen/i-an
Sheriff /.#:ns her to her terce, or divides the land3 be-
parere, to bring forth or b e a r / ' Somner. Verste-
tween iter and the heir." Ih skhie's Princ. B. ii. Tit. J).
gan observes ; " W e yet say o f certain beasts, that
they have kenled,when they have b r o u g h t forth their
T h i - use of the term would seem to claim a G o -
y o u n g . V o . Acenned. A l e m . chind, soboles. N o t k e r
thic origin. Sn.G. hum an is used in various cognate
uses this term in the sense o f foetus animalis, in re-
.v::se.-> ; as. coguoscere. sensu rbrensi. Kaenna mailt,
lation to lambs. Bringent imo diu ehint dero uuidero,
"•*;:sam cu^no-cere. Also, aitribuere ; Kaenna kongi Afferte D o m i n o filios arietum ; Psa. 28. i.
/. • •/.' ar oc hallaeri ; iiegi tam feiicem (juam duram T o K B N D L E , v. a. T o k i n d l e , S.
i; • s ' : i assignare; Ileims Kr. i. o 1<. ( h d . Periiigsk.) fc C o n s i d d e r i n g — h o w diligent thair adversaries
J *'.' <' .7/ /1 ar.i .v/g. rem quandam sibi vindicare ; whence
w i l b e — t o kendle and interteine factiounes/' &c. A c t s
i.: the I w s of the Westrogoths sanhaoina and met-
Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V . 3 I S .
r>!;':: -•'{>. rem (piaiularn i'urto ablatam, lit vere suam,
*. i.e.keare. Oijposed to kaenna act .v/g, is afhaemio K E N E I I E D . ] Add ;
.. a phrase u^ed when one appears in court and This w o r d u n d o u b t e d l y signifies, m o v e d or stir-
su'.emnlv reisouiiees his right to any heritable p r o - red. Kenely kenered, q. " keenly excited h i m s e l f ; "
p-.-rt v. V. Ihre. vo. Kae/ma. f r o m C.B. la/nnhyrv-?/, cijnhyrv-u, to move, to stir ; to
r\"o K..x d c-lie's .st7/, to l)e aware, A b e r d . raise, to trouble or disturb; L h u y d and O w e n . Co-
Ki-.;:>:ix. 1. A c q u a i n t a n c e . ] Add; nerde, how r ever, occurs in Edit. 1822.
x- A'. /:.• )rn})K anv thing so small as to be merely R E M G T J D F J , s. A lesson or caveat, warning g o t
: • .avertible b v tlie senses, b . b y e x p e r i e n c e ; as, " T h a t ' 1 1 b e a kengude to
I ^. 'oiirier now, siif J *m iu clatter-— y e q . that will teach y o u to know good f r o m
1 iow hips can thro' the ocean squatter evil, T e v i o t d .
F o r sice en stuff, K E N Y I E , s. P L kenyies, u fighting f e l l o w s ; "
'I 7 rL ;.e'er m;:ks tbwk ac ke/rn'm better, G l . A b e r d .
W a' their buff. U p the k i r k - y a r d he fast did jee,
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 63. I wat he was na hoilie.
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 R E N
And a" the kenyies glowr'd to see
A bonny kind of tulyie
At ween them twa.
Christmas Baing, Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 131.
Tins is substituted for Ahlachs, Ed. 1805.
Allied perhaps to Su.G. koen, kyn, ferox, aiidax.
Ihre mentions Isl. kioen as having the same meaning,
and okiaen as signifying ignavus. Or shall we trace
the term to Gael, ceannaich strife ?
K E N L I N G , s. Brood.
C£Fra the confortable signe of the croce contenit
in the vi. Questioun following, thai abhorre na les
than dois the auld serpent, and his poysonit tenting
Juliane the Apostate d i d / ' N.\Vinyet\s Quest. Keith's
Hist. App. 246', N.
It is evidently the same with Germ, kindlein, a
baby or young child. V. KENDLE, v. to bring forth.
K E N N A W H A T , s. A nondescript, S*.; from
ken to know, na, the negative, and what.
K E N N E 8 , K E N S , s. pi. T h e same with can is,
customs in kind.
— £C Fewmales, fermes, kennes, customes, annual
rents/' &c. Acts Ja. VI. I 6 1 K d . I 814, p. 475.
— " Approvis the signatour, ike. of the fewmail-
les, few fermes, ken ties, customes—few fermes, kens"
&c. Acts Cha. I . Ed. 18I4,V. 444). V . C A N E , K A I N , .V.
K E N N E T , .v. Some kind of hunting dog.
" Kennctis, hounds; perhaps a diminutive from
Lat. can is." Gl. Sibb.
I know not whence Sibb. lias quoted. But this is
an O.E. word. " Kan el, hounde.Eepararius.'' Prompt.
Par v. I have not met with, either the E. or Lat. word
in any other dictionary. Kenet is evidently from
O.Fr. chiennet, petit chieii; chenet, en bas Lat. che-
vet us ; Roquefort.
K E N S , j)L Duties paid in kind. V . K E N N K S .
KENT, 1. A long staff, &c.] Add; Hence,
T o K E N T , \\ a. T o set or put a boat, by using
a long pole, or kent^ South of S.
£C They will row very slow', said the page, c or kenl
where depth permits, to avoid noise." Abbot, iii. 261.
52. u A tall person Gall. Encych
K E N Z I E , KENSIE, S.
Then Itobene Roy begouth to revell,
A n d Towsie to him drugged ;
Let be, quo' Jock, and cawd him Jevel,
And be the tail him tuggit.
The koizie clicked to a kevel
— wots if thir twa luggit.
Christ's Kirk, st. vii.
Callender renders this, cc the angry man," from
A.S. kene, kene wer, vir aeer, iracundiis. Ane. Scott.
Poems, p. 127- As it is Roy, a highlander, who is
called the kenzie, perhaps there is an allusion to his
clanship in this term. ,It does not indeed belong to
the clan Macgregor, being the designation of that
of the Maekenzies, or family of Kenneth. But it
might be a sort of soubriquet, used in the time of
James L, for a clansman- in general.
I suspect that it is the same word, that occurs in.
the following passage :
Curris, kenseis, and knavis,
Inthrang and dan sit in thravis.
Coik ethic Sow, F. i. v. 352.
11
K E R
The proper pronunciation appears to be Kefiyie,
q. v.
K E O C H ( g u t t ) , s. A wooded glen, Fife ; pro-
nounced as a monosyllable, q. kyogh.
T o K E P , KEPP, v. a. 1. T o catch, to intercept.]
Add;
It often signifies to stop the progress o f any ob-
ject ; as, " Run and stop the road, kep that horse
"Stand ye there and kep the sheep, I'll wear them;" S.
2. T o receive in the act of falling.] Insert, after
proof from Deser. A l b . ;
Infekit wratter sowllit thame, cheik and chin :
Persauing that, sorrow mair tliay socht it,
Bot keppit standfulis at the sklatis thair in.
Sege Juliub. Castel, Poems I Gth Cent. p. 290.
5. T o meet accidentally, S.
G. To KEP q/f to ward off.
7. T o KEP bach, to prevent from getting for-
ward, S.
8 . T o KEP in, to prevent from issuing out by
guarding the passage, or rather by suddenly op-
posing some barrier to what is issuing or endea-
vouring to do so, S.
9. T o KEP aid, to prevent from entering by sud-
denly opposing some obstacle, S.
The difference between the e. to l"p <> .vwr
consists in this : Wear denotes that the actmn con-
tinued for some time, and does not necessarily nn-
ply the least degree of difficulty or agitation; 'vntjrt'-.
as kep always signifies that the action is Midde.\ t;u*
opposition being quickly interposed, a?id generaiiy.
if not always, implies some degree of diiricu'ty at:-5
agitation.
10. To KEP up the hair, to bind up the hair,
Mearns, Lanarks.
The Lord's Marie has keppd her Jocks
Up wi' a gowden kame,
And she's put on her net silk hose,
An' aw a' to the try ste has gane.
Song, The Lords Marie.
K E P P I N G - K A I M , 5. T h e large comb used b y wo-
men for tucking up the hair on the back part
of the head, ibid.
It is sometimes called a bnckling-kame.
K E I l , Car, adj. 1. Left, applied to the hand.] Add;
52- A u k ward, Galloway.
8. W r o n g , in a moral sense, S.; like Lat, and I v
sinister.
K E R B I T , adj. Peevish, Mearns.
It has been supposed that this may be a eorr. of
Crabbed. Another might view it q. Care-bit, q. bit leu\
by care.
K E l t E F U L L , 5.. A s much as fills a sledge or <w\-
c: That Michell. M'Adam sail restore—mr xij kert
full of hay, vj." &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1-iO 5, p. 3U3.
T o K E I I F , v. a, T o carve, D o u g . Yirg.
K E 1 1 - H A N D I T , part adj. Left-handed, S.
V. CAR.
KERNE, 1. A foot soldier, armed with a dart
01* a sice an
Then ne'er let the gentle Norman blude
Grow eald for highland Kerne.
Antiquary, iii. 224,
 K E T K
It is used in a similar sense by E. writers in re-
ference to the Irish.
2. A vagabond or sturdy beggar, S.
For the origin of the word, V. GALLOGLACII.
K E R B , K E E S S , -y. L o w land, adjacent to a river.]
Add;
Under C A R S E I have mentioned A.Bor. Carre, " a
boll,ow place in which water stands/' as probably a
sxnonyme. It is undoubtedly the same word that
or;:;!!'-, under a different orthographv, in the mo>t
ancient >pecinien of Fnglbh 1 ,exiographv.
where trees or owe by water or fen. Cardetum. Krr
far aiders. Alnetum." Prompt. Parv. Cardehnn\s
e>:ph, Locus earduis plcnus ; I)u Cange.
K E R T , .v. A seaman's chart.
— Praeting no thing expert
cunnyng eumpas- nor kerf.—
(Joel:Abie Sutr. F. i. v. pS.whence eeaiharnaeh a soldier. V. CATIII:RANKS.
\ eut. f.aerfe, id.
T o K E K T I I , r. //. Apj.ar, miv. make demon-
:•>! .•'. ? I i on s, tu a .-lime a
;; j ,j )••.•: r..i, :'e.
• Tiierioj" >iii(v t'\ { nmg >> a.- ap>;roaeim:g.— \«. ee Cox's Ireland, i. p. 100.
••• --.io v, uhoiit being seen of them. or .-nib-ring our
s »gf;v; t»> see them, put a great luii betwixt them and
••: ,, and lei our hordes be Lerihing in their view, till
\"ree.foot, were inarched an houre ; and then come oil"
another wav bv help of guides wer there." Sir Pat.
I bime's Narrative, p. (j-j.
Allied perhaps to Fr, c/irlre, a leiler of d'-fianre. a
ehaiienge. It maw however, be an error lor Leith,
e. /VY///R, show theniM'lve-,.
• K E i t T I E , .s\ A species of lolise. V. K A R T I E .
K EIIVOUU, Carver.
— Aj>previs the gift maid vnder ear -oimr-tne
f.r ii-. u ret sele to (Fry Nt< .\ art, nnd.-Jer krr:;,nr to
o soli era lie lord, oj" the od'e-- of (iinetour of the
ehaneejiary f e. Art- da. V. I J 1, hah J <S i 1. p.
:!S7 ; h c. principal carver."
K E S T , Keis*r. pret. t'. E T h r o w . ] Add;
" With these words tlie herald, in Ifaddo'- own
f-e r - rive his arms, and h.usi them over tlie scalfold."
Spaltiing, ii.
4. Turned to a particular course or employnmnt.
** l i e heist himself to lucrchandice R^'g-
A herd.
~ Gave a coat of lim-'oi* ae-aer, S. V. CAST, v.a.
?'> Y.V'.V/. t o ca<T ; C u e d u-rhmd.
M E T , -v. Carrion, ] Add;
P. s""iiis more nearly allied to 4Vi. had foetus re-
faetuum in 1 an tin prima, item coram imbecilli- T o K E VEiL, v. a. T o wield in an auk ward man-
{a.-; or. s m a l e s .
K K T , KETT, .v. A matted -fleece, &c.] Add;
{\\1. caeth, bound, confined; Ir. caileach a mat,
-'•a:; in shag ; Obrien.
K e t , K E T T , .y. 1. T h e weed called quick grass,
S . A . ] Add;
2, A spungy peat, composed o f tough fibres o f
moss and other plants, U p p . Clydes., D m n f r .
d. Exhausted land, wdiat is reduced to a caput
mortuam^ Clydes.
KETTY, ad). 1. Matted, &c. S . A . ] Add;
2. Applied to peats of the description given above,
U p p . Clydes.
K E T , adj." Irascible, G alio wav, D u m f r .
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Sh ad we view this as an oblique sense of Su.G. J: a ei
lasci vus, as animals when hot, are easily irritated;
or as allied to Isl. kit-a, ki/t-az, litigare, altereari.
whence kiling-r contentio? Fenn. kyl-en is rendered,
foveo in me ignem ; Jiislen Lex.
KETCHE-PILLARIS, pi.} Add;
My worthy old friend, Sir Alexander Seat on of
Preston, viewed this term as signifying tennis-play-
ers. Katedi spiel, in Einlithgow, he observes, denotes
the tennis-court. V. C A C H E - P O L E .
K E T H R E S , .v. pi
J\n\
Dominus Duncan us de Carrie, A.D. 12£5, grants
certain privileges to the clergy of Carriek, and among
these, " Corrcdium ad opus servientium suorum qui
Kef It res nuncupantirr a elericis lion ex i get memora-
tis." Eee. Glasg. liegist. Vet. f. 48.
Gael, oath fir signifies warriors, ceatharh, a troop ;
K E T O N , ,9.
f ' Tlie king ordered b',000 loot men to meet him
armed with a kefon, a. wallet and gloves of m a y l e f
This must certainly be viewed as an abbreviation
of Fr. lioquelott, O. Fr. auqiieiori} a soldier's cassock.
V. A C T O N .
T o K E U C H L K (gutt.) 5 r. w. T o cough, U p p .
Clydes.
KEECHLE, .V. A c o u g h , tlie act o f coughing, ibid.
Formed as if a diminutive from Teut. kuch-eu,
Belg. kuchg-en, tussire.
IvE U L I N Vv. Perl laps tl i e same wi th6V///^// ? Aberd,
Ih.it i' the mids o's windy tattle,
A eiiiel came wi' a feugh,
Box'd him. (jifs arse wi' a bauki brattle,
'idil a' tlx/ I:euHas leug})
At him that day.
Skinners Christm. Biting, First Ed. st. 15.
It may denote young people in general; Su.G.
kid!, proles.
T o K E V E , v. a, V . C A V E .
K E V I N S , s.pi r i'iie refuse separated from grain, S.
i'K\ EE. On the hvvee, possessing that How o f
spirits that borders on derangement, having a
bee in one's bonnet, Stidings.
Fr. etre sur le qui rive, to be on tlie alert.
T o K E V E L , i'. w. T o scold.] Add;
Alam. kjiffe!-n, Isl. kiij-ay Su.G. kif-wa, kaebbl-a,
rixari ; Su.G. h'rf\ strife.
K E V L L , A-. A lot. V. C A V E L .
ner, Elttr. For.
K l A r I v R , .v. A gentle breeze, so as to cause a
slight motion of the water; a term used on the
coast in the eastern part o f Ayrshire.
Perhaps a derivative from Kcve, Cave, to toss ; q.
what moves or tosses the boat.
T o K E L T I L L zcith, to have intercourse with,
Sel kirks.
I airghit at keuilh/ng withe birr in that thraward
paughty m o o d e f Flogg's Winter Tales, ii. 41.
As keul signifies a lot, corrupted from cavil or kavtf,
the term seems to refer to the mode of settling a mat*
ter of dispute by lot. Teut. kavel-en, sortiri.
KEUL, s. A lot, R o x b .
 K I F K
"" Cavillis, now commonly pronounced ken Is, lots."
'GL. Sibb. V . CAVEL.
I V E W J s. E x p l . " an overset,11 A y r s . ; probably
denoting too much fatigue.
Su.G. kufw-a supprimere.
K U W L , 6*. One who rides a horse, that is not
tinder proper command, with a halter, when he
brings the halter under the horse's jaws and
makes it pass through his mouth, is said to put
a kewl on, R o x b .
C.B. chwyl, a turn ; or corr. from E. coil.
KIBBLING, A cudgel, Gall. "Kibbling,
rude stick or rung; 1 1 Gall. Eneyel.
Gael, cuaill denotes a staff or pole. But this seems
varied from what is perhaps the origin of Kibble. It
is probably a dirnin. from Cavel, Kavil, &c. a pole,
a long staff; Isl. kefli, baculus, cylindrus; palanga.
K I C H E , ,9. Apparently cp kitchie, the name
given to a kitchen, S.B.
Hes skaythit the Jciche of the inland of the for-
said land in the distroying, byrning, & away taking
of the caber is, treis, & tliaik [thatch] of the said
kicker Aberd. Reg. V. I 6, p. 1 r,-l, 135.
KICKY, adj. 2. Iligh-minded.] Add;
Lancash. "keck, to go pertly/' seems allied to Kicky
in sense L2. But 1 have remarked an Isl. term which
seems to give a more natural etymon than that for-
merly mentioned. This is kcik-r, erectus aninio et
eorpore, Haldorson ; analogous to Dan. kick, daring,
hardy, pert. G. A p.dr. mentions keik-cst, retrorsum
td at us fleeter.
K I C K - U P , s. A tumult, an uproar, R o x b . , A -
berd.; from the vulgar phrase, to kick up a dust.
K I D , KAID, KED,<S*. T h e l o u s e o f sheep, S.] Add;
cc Ticks or Iceds, the hippobosca ovina." Agr. Surv.
Peeb. p. 3f)P
Called also Sheep-laids in Clydesdale.
K I D D E T , pari. adj. I n a state of pregnancy,
with child, A y r s .
This might seem allied to Kid, as denoting a spu-
rious child. V. K I L T I N G . But the term there used
seems rather to contain an allusion to one who has
stolen, and wishes to conceal, a young goat in her lap.
This is most probably a word of great antiquity; and
may be allied to Moes.G. qui thus, Su.G. qwed, A 1cm.
quiliy Isl. qwid-ur, uterus ; whence Isl. q-widog praeg-
rians, qmid-a ventrem imp!ere. It seems, Indeed, to
have a common origin with Kyle, the belly. It has,
however, strong marks of affinity to the Welsh. For
C.B. cyd-io signifies coire, copulare; and cyd coitus,
copula, eonjunctio.
KIDDIE, W a n t o n , A n g . ] Acid; ^
O.K. kyde. " Kyde or ioly. Jocund us. Vernosus.
Hilaris." Prompt. Par v.
K I D G I E , adj. L o v i n g l y attached, A y r s . ; the
same with Caigie, Cmdgy, q. v.
K I E D , part. pa. Detected, discovered, Shetl.
It seems a corr. of kijt/ied, q. made known.
T o K I F F L E , v. n. T o cough from a tickling
sensation in the throat, although not proceeding
from cold 5 R o x b .
KIEELE, A troublesome or tickling cough,
Roxb.
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s. A slight cough, caused as
K I F F L I N 1- C O U G H ,
above, ibid.
This seems merely a variation of Kighle, used to
denote a short tickling cough. Teut. kick, spirandi
difficultas, kick-en, difficulter spirare, leviter atque
inaniter tussire.
T o K I G H L E (gutt.), v. n. T o have a short
tickling cough, S. ; tlie same with Kigh, v. "
KIGIILE, S. A short tickling cough, S.
K I G I I E R , .v. T h e same with Kighle, A n g .
K i G 11 E it, IvicKEitj.y. A restrained laugh, a titter, S.
a K Y I S , pi. Cows.
Preists, take na kyis,
The vmest claith ye sail quite claime;
Fra sax pure bairnis with their dame,
A vengeance on you cry is.
Poems 1 (it h Cent. p. 183.
This refers to the exactions of the priests, during
Popery, after the death of the head of a family.
This form of the word is anomalous. V. Kv.
KY-HERD, A cow-herd, Lanarks.
T o K I L C H (hard), v.n. 1. T o throw up behind,
applied to a horse, especially when tickled on
the croup, R o x b .
SI. To Icilek up. A person, seating himself on one
end of a board or form, when, by his weight,
lie suddenly raises up the other, is said to make
IL kilrk ap, ibid.
Most probably from the v. to Kilt.
K 1 L C 1 L -v. 6C A side hiow ; a catch ; a stroke got
unawaivs Gail. Eucycl.
Transpo-ed perhaps from Teut. ktiss-cu, which sig-
nifies both adhaerere, (the idea suggested by catch,
whence Pelg. klisscn, bur), and ailhgere.
J\Ii,C-]IES, ,v. pi. T h e name given to the wide-
mouthed Irowscrs or puntaloons worn b y male
child rem Slirsings., h p ; : . ('Ivdes.
.-is !ms dre.-s immediately succeeds the kill, it
might seeni that the name had been formed from the
latter term, as if softened from kilt-nuse. Fr. chausse,
however, denoting hi a aches, may he the origin of the
Ja>t syllable. But 1 can scarcely view it as composed
from two languages, lianlt de chausse is a Fr. phrase
for breeches; and calsons for short and close breeches
of linen.
K Y L E , s. A sound, a strait, S.] Add;
" After the battle of Largs, in ltli)3, in which the
invading army of Haco, king of Norway, was de-
feated ;—the king was overtaken in the narrow pas-
sage which divides the island of Skve from the coasts
of Inverness and Ross, and, along with many of his
followers, he himself was killed, in attempting his
escape through the channel dividing Skve from Loch-
alsh. These straits, or kyles, bear to this day appella-
tions, commemorating the events by which they were
thus distinguished, the former being called Kyle llkee,
or the King's Kyle, and the latter Kyle Ida ken." Min-
strelsy Border, iii. 871- Add to etymon;
Belg. kit, a channel, de kit enter riviere, the channel
of a river ; Sewel. Teut. kille, Iciel, kiele, locus in li-
tore sintiosus, sinus; Kilian. Sw. Ml, sinus; Seren.
KILE, KYLE, A chance.] Add, before the
second quotation ;
 K I L K
Hence the proverbial phrase, Kyle about, an equal
chance; or, one good deed for another, S.B.
K Y L E OF H A Y , a hay-cock, the small heap into
which hay is at first gathered when it is raked
from the ground, South of S . ; Coll, A n g .
This has been deduced from Fr. ciieill-ir} to gather.
T o K Y L E , to K Y L E H A Y , to put it into cocks, ib.]
K I L L , J. A kiln, S.
Than he bear kendling to the kill,
But scho start all up in a low.
Wife of Aucktermuclily9 JBann. Poems, p. 218.
The E. word kiln retains the A.S. form of cylne,
which seems an abbrev. of cylene, id. Kill, however,
had also been used in O . E . ; as Somner renders the
A.S. word, " a kill or kilne." But I do not observe
a single cognate term in A . S . ; and am therefore in-
clined to give considerable weight to what is said by
Hire concerning the Su.G. synon. Koelna, also under
Kol. He remarks that Su.G. kyll-a signifies to kindle
a fire, ignem accendere, also written quill-a ; and in
West-Gothland kylle denotes dry wood, ligna arida,
quae ignem eitius arripiunt. He views Lat. colina, or
culina, as originally the same with Su.G. koelna, a
k i l l ; observing, that this term did not properly de-
note a kitchen, or place for cooking, but according to
Nonius, p. 1248, a place, ubi largtor ignis eolitur.
C.B. cylyri signifies a kiln, or furnace. This Owen
traces to cijl, used in the same sense. But he gives as
its primary meaning; " W h a t surrounds, incloses,
or hems in."
Under the word Kol, Hire mentions a phrase used
by the ancient Icelanders, which I w ould have quot-
ed in illustrating the S. phrase, A cauld coal to blaiv,
had I observed it sooner. This is, Brenna atholdum
kol/irn, incendio penitus delere, ut nil supersit prae-
ter carhones; OI. Tryggv. S. It seems literally to
signify " to burn to a cauld coal." V. CAULD COAL,
under C A L D , adj.
K I L L , $. 1. The IcilVs on fire, a phrase used to
denote any great tumult or combustion, S.
2. To Fire the Kill9 to raise a combustion, &c.l
Add;
C£ The kiln's on fire, the fairs on fere,
The kiln's on fire, she's a' in a lowe.
" He was pleased to inform me,—that the Hi elands
were clean broken out every man o' them." Rob Roy,
iii. 271.
The same idea is also thus expressed, The kiln was
in a bleeze, S.; i. e. every thing was in a state of com-
bustion.
ce Sae then the kiln was in a bleeze again, and they
brought us a' three on wi' them to mak us an ex-
ample as they ca't." Tales of my Landlord, iii. 12.
3. To Set ihe Kill on fire, &c.
— " Confound him/ said Montrose,— f he has con-
trived to set the kill on fire as fast as I put it out."
Leg. Montr. Tales, 3d Ser. iv. 262.
To Set the Kill a-lon, is used in the same sense, S.
The Captain's a queer hand, and to speak to him
about that or any thing else that crosses the mag-
got, wad be to set the kiln a-low " Heart Mid Loth.
iv. 179, ISO. .
KILL-FUDDIE, 6'. T h e aperture b y which the fuel
is put into the kiln, Mearns.
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This is different from the Killogie, as the kilty ud-
die is in the interior part of the killogie, immediately
forming the mouth of the kill.
Fuddie may be allied to Teut. voed-en, vued-en, alere,
nutrire, q. the place by which the kiln is fed or sup-
plied. Isl.ftid-r, however, signifies calor, heat; and
Gael.fad, fold, a turf, a peat.
KILL-LOOTE, KILN-LOGIE, s. A vacuity before
the fire-place in a kiln, S.
This night lie was laid in the kiln-logie, having
Leonard Leslie—upon the one arm, and a strong
limrnar called M'Griman on the other." Spalding's
Troubles, i. 38.
K J LI..MAX, «Y. T h e man w h o has the charge o f the
hill, S.
Kill man, the man who attends to the kiln in a
mill." Gall. EncycL
KILL-.M EAT, .v. A perquisite or small proportion
of the .shilling or sheetings o f a mill, which falls
to ihe share of the inider-millcr, R o x b .
KILX-HOCIE, .v. Shcth, the same with S. Killogie.
K I L L OF A S T A C K , .v. T h e opening to that
vacuity which is left in a stack of corn or hay,
for the admission of air, in order to prevent ib-
being heated, R o x b .
Probably from its resemblance to the opening hi
a kiln for drying grain. Teut. kuyl, however, signi-
fies love,'!, fodina, specus ; viewed as allied to GreiK
xo/A-er, hollow. Germ, kule, foramen in terra. I'eig.
latj'l is expl. by Sewel " a hole, cave, den, pit. Su.G.
Ltd a antrum, specus. These terms must, i tlnnk, bt
viewed as originallv the same with Ir. and Gae.. r<</.\
veil I, cadi, a. cell or hermit's cave ; Lat. cell-a : ami
(Mi. ci/., a recess, a corner.
FILL-COW, A matter o f consequcncc, a se-
rA>us affair: as, Y e needna mind, FIJI sure it's
nae sic great hill-cow Teviotd.
Li reference, most probably, to a blow that is suf-
ficient to knock down or kill a cow.
K I L L I C K , * . I . " T h e flue of an a n c h o r G a l l
Eneych This must denote the Hook.
2. ki T h e mouth o f a pick-axe ibid.
Allied perhaps to Isl. hlick-r curvamen, aduncitas;
q. Cleik, S.
K I L L I E , s. 1. A n instrument o f amusement I or
children. A plank or beam is placed on a wall,
so that one end projects a good way farther than
the other. A child then places himself upon the
long end,while two or three press down the short
end, so as to cause him to mount, R o x b .
2. A n act of amusement in this way5. ibid.
T o KILLIE, v. a. T o raise one aloft in the man-
ner above described, ibid.
KILLJCOUP, s. A somerset, R o x b . ; from hiUle, ex-
plained above, and covp, a fall.
tf That gang tried to keep vilent leasehaud o' your
ain fields, an' your ain ha', till ye gae them a killi-
coup/3 Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 286'.
There is an Isl. term, which resembles this in its
formation and sense; Kyllijlal-r, ad fundtim pro£-
tratus.
KILLIEMAIIOU", A n uproar, a confusion,
Ettr. For.
 K I L K
K I L L Y V I E , s. A state of great alertness or e x -
ci ten lent, W e s t of S.
, r Since t!iey were on the killyric to see tin? King,
a pound or two, more or less, a hundred year.-? henee,
would "never be missed." i>h Mag. Sept. 1 p.:; J .5.
1'r. qui vice ? De quel parte etes-veus r D i e t / I rev.
Perhaps q. Qui la rivr, w h o lives there?
K I L L Y - W I M P E E , .v. A. g e w g a w , a fictitious
nnuiment; as, Site lias der many killy~\ciatjties
•r-} kcr s i n g i n g ; she sings whh too m a n e qua-
vers and affected d e c o r a t i o n s : .Loth.
K I L L M O L L I S , .s. T h e name given in K o x b . io
a h o b g o b l i n represented, a - h a v i n g n o m o u t h . l i e
is cclebraled in some old iradilionarv' rh vinos.
Aiiid Kilmoulis, wanting the m o w ,
Come to me ye now, &c.
C.Ik gteyll, a goblin. T h e latter part o f the designa-
tion ,-aems to be -mow less, i . e . without a mouth.
T o K 1 L L O G U E , v. n, T o hold secret and close
conference together, as apparently laying a plot;
sync)]), willi Cognostj Clydes.
This seems merely a corr. o f the obsolete E. v. to
Colleague, still used in the sense given above. John-
son scenes to view this v. as formed f r o m Lat. collega.
11 the origin rather seems to be collig-are, tobe con-
federate. Kitlogue may, however, be corr. from the
low E. v. to col toque, to'wheedle, to decoy with fail-
words ; deduced from Lat. colloquor.
K 1 L L R A V A G E , 6*. E x p l " a m o b o f disor-
derly persons Gall. Encvcl. V. G i LK A V A O E .
& I L M A 1 1 N O C K W H I T T L E , a emit phrase
used for a person of either sex who is already
engaged or betrothed, l l o x b .
K Y L O E , s. 1. T h e designation given to an in-
dividual of the small black cattle brought from
the Island of Sky, S.
'•'Would it not be a subject of regret, that the beau-
tiful varieties of Kyloe.y, such as are bred in Sky, and
the line cattle of Argyleshire, should disappear in the
English markets ?" Essays Highl. Soe. iii. 548.
2. Applied to Highland cattle without distinction, S.
" W e may suppose these to have been kyloes or
highland cattle, as Cardros was at the entrance into
the west highlands." Kerr's Hist. Rob. I. vol. ii. 497-
Killancureit talked in a steady unalterable dull
key, of top-dressing and bottom-dressing, and year-
olds, and gimmers, and dinmonts, and stots, and runts,
and kyloes, and a proposed turnpike." Waverley, i.
148-9.
I have at times thought that the term might be
traced to Gael, collach, " a fat heifer," Shaw. Some
might object to this, indeed,, that the quality speci-
fied is seldom to be found in cattle of any kind, as
imported from the Highlands. Armor. LeuL and Corn.
kehiCy denote a cow with calf, and Ir. coll aid, a hei-
fer of two years. But perhaps these cattle have ori-
ginally been denominated from their passage across
the Kyle, or strait, which separates Sky from the
niaiirland, or the coast of Glenelg; especially by rea-
son of the mode of transportation over this sound,"
where the velocity of the current is said to be equal
to nine knots an hour. {C The black cattle from Sky,
and part of the Long Island, are made to swim; and
though the current is so very strong, yet very few
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accidents happen."' Stat. Acc. xvi. 270. Thus they
are said to be " ferried over the Kyle.1' Index, vol.
xxi. vo. Cattle.
K Y L O E , adj. O f o r b e l o n g i n g to the description
of cattle called kyloes; as, " a hyloe c o w , " a
highland c o w o f a small size ; " a hyloe stot," a
b u l l o c k o f this description ; "hyloe beef, 1 " he. S.
T o K I L S H , v. a. T o push, Dumfr. Hence,
XILSH, s. A p u s h , ibid.
Perhaps of Welsh origin ; C.B. cilgwth signifies a
push, cilgivth-iaw, to drive back, to repulse.
K I L T , KELT, A loose dress, &e.] Add;
As the Goth, term denotes that part of the gown
which is above the girdle, it deserves remark, that,
among the Highlanders, the kilt seems to have been
originally formed by folding and girding up the lower
part of the mantle or plaid.
It has also been written Quell.
€£ Those among them who travel on foot, and have
not attendants to carry them over the waters—vary
it {The Trouse] into the Quelt, which is a manner I
am about describe.
— A small part of the plaid—is set in folds and
girt round the waist to make of it a short petticoat,
that readies half way down the thigh, and the rest
is brought over the shoulders, and then fastened be-
fore, below the neck, often with a fork, and some-
times with a bodkin, or sharpened piece of stick."
Letters from a Gentleman in the N. of S. ii. 184-5.
K I L T E D , part, aclj. Dressed in a kilt, as distin-
guished from one who wears breeches, S.
f* The shepherd—received from the hands of some
killed menial, his goan and his cake." liiaekw. Mag.
July 1820, p. 375.
K I L T I E , S. O n e w h o is dressed in a hilt, C l y d e s .
T o K I L T , V. a. 2. T o elevate o r lift u p any thing
q u i c k l y , A u g . ] Add; Aberd.
She has na play'd wi' me sic pranks,
As raise me up just wi' a bla'
Syne wri' a vengeance lat me fa',
As many ane she's kiltet up.
Syne set them fairly on their doup.
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 6$.
3. To hilt awcC wi\ also to hilt out o\ to carry off
q u i c k l y , S o u t h o f S . ; apparently an o b l i q u e use
o f the v. as signifying to truss, as it is said to
pach off with a thing.
He's a clever fallow, indeed ! maun kill air a ni
ae bonnie lass in the morning, and another at night,
less wadna serve him ! but if he doesna kill himself
out o' the country, I'se kilt him wi' a tow." Tales of
my Landlord, 1st Ser. i. 341.
I11 the last phrase, the v. is evidently used in sense 2 .
Idence, as would seem,
K I L T , S. 1. T h e slope of a stone, especially in the
erection of a staircase; a term in masonry, Loth.
Dan. kille, a taking in.
A p p l i e d , in a figurative sense, to an unnatural
o r ungraceful elevation o f the voice in music,
Loth.
T o K I L T , v. a. T o overturn, to upset, l l o x b *
K I L T , S. A n overturn, the act o f overturning, ib.
A s the v. to Kilt signifies fC to lift up any thing
q u i c k l y , " this seems merely art oblique use of it nearly
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in the same sense; as suggesting the idea of an ob-
ject being suddenly lifted up in the act of overturning.
T o K I L T cfer, v. a, T o turn over, rather b y slight
than by strength ; as, " See gin ye can kilt that
stane der? South of S.
It is synon. with Cant, Cant oer ; apparently im-
plying that the help of an angle is taken in the ope-
ration, if it can be had.
K I L T , s. T h e proper mode of management, Gall.
" Kilt, proper method, right way.—We say of such
a one that is not properly up to his trade, that lie has
not the kill of it, and of those who well understand
what they are doing, that they have the kilt o't."
Gall. Eneych
Mactaggart seems disposed to view this as a secon-
dary sense of kill, a loose garment; as used in regard
to "those who were, or were not, of the same clan. It
would have been preferable, surely, to have referred
to the cognate i\, signifying to tuck up, to truss ; as
intimating that one was either qualified to do a thing
neat lv. or the reverse. But it rather seems allied to
Kill, as s in-! ii lying to turn a thing quickly over, by
f.r-t setting it on its end or on a corner.
K I L T E R , -v. Cheer, entertainment.] Add;
A.Bor. kelter. frame, order, condition." Gl. Grose.
K I L T I E , .v. E.cpl. " a spawned salmon Gall.
Encvck This must, signify, one that has been
spawning. V. KELT, id.
K I M , adj. 1. Keen, spirited, Aberd., Mearns.
And ne'er shall we a better story hear,
Than that kirn banter with the brigs of Ayr.
W. Beat tie's Tales, p. 4«7-
Spruce, A b e r d .
Isl. him-a deritlere ; kinunri derisor, kimbi subsari-
nator, kimbing ]e>cus invectivus, Haldorson. Eg kyme
jocor, faeetias fundo, kyme facetus jocus, kyndnn fa-
cetus, kymeleg-r joeularis, G.Andr. The latter ren-
ders the cognate terms' in a more favourable sense
than the former. It is probable, that our adj. had
been originally applied to mere jocularity. It is not
used in the sense of bantering or derision.
K I M M E R , s. 1. A gossip. V. C U M M E R .
52. Used as denoting a married woman, Gall.
" Kimmer, a gude-wife ; " Gall. Encyel.
T o K I M M E R , v. a. 1. T o gossip, or to meet for
gossiping, South of S.
At times when auld wives kimmer thraimv, • o3
And tongues at random glibly gang,
Oft hae I seen thee bide the bang
O f a' was there ; —
Address to Tobacco, A. Scott's Poems, p. 31.
2. T o bring forth a child, Lanarks.; a ludicrous
term.
This might seem to be corr. from Belg. kinder-en,
" to be in child-bearing," Sewel. But perhaps it is
rather from O.pr. commer-er, " to gossip it, to play
the gossip/' Cotgr.; as originally denotihg the assis-
tance given to a woman in childbed ; as Cummer, or
'Kimmer, not only denotes a gossip in general, but in
Shetl. a midwife..
K I M M E R I N , s. A n entertainment at the birth of
a child, Gall.
Kimmerins, the feasts at births. These the Kim-
mer s, or gucle-wives, have to themselves ; no men
are allowed to partake along with them AGall.Encycl.
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K I M M E N , K Y M M O N D , s. 1. A milk-pail, S.O.
A large shallow tub used i n brew-ho uses; U p p ,
Clydes.
" Ane quheill, ane grvte kijmmond ;" Aberd. Reg,
A, 1538., V. 16.
3. A small tub, A n g u s .
Gael, cum an, <£ a skimmer, a sort of dish, a pail
Shaw. C.B. crmnan, £i a large wooden vessel, a tub ;
a kive, or brewing tub Owen.
A.Bor. Kimliii may perhaps, be viewed as a dimin.
from these. Both it and Kimnel denote " a powder-
ing-tub. North." Grose.
K I N , s. Kind, S. Ony kyneA\ Insert;
Than, bwt any ki/ne remecle
Thir ray is pwt tins 'Lord to dede.
IVynlown, vi. 14, 118,
Folow in-til successyown
In nuif huiie lynedou'D command.
I hid. viii. -1, x'i.
It has been el >e where observed that diminutives
are formed bv the addition of k. V. the <etter A'.
But it seems to have been rather overlookers,
not merely k and kr arc used as marks of diminution,
but ken, or kin. Til us we have E. mannikin, <k a !i:-
tie man, a dwarf;" which .Johns, erroneously derives
from -man, and klein little; " lambkin, a little iamb :
•pipkin, a small earthen boiler; kilderkin, a small bar-
rel ;" which he .still more strangely deduces from
Belg. hiitdekin, " ababv," instead of* deriving it from
the word of the same form signifying a smaii vesse..
The Teill., indeed. ])oints out the true origin of
this termination ; for it frequently occurs in this lan-
guage : as in kinnckcn, parvum mention, a little chin,
from kmnc mcntum ; kistken, a little chest, from
k-isle CJ-ta ; hutlef:.-!: TAignriohani, from hutte tuguriioa,
e'vC. Belg. kindekm, a little child, from kind, kinde
a child. 1 am satisfied, that this diminutive has had
its origin from kind, or the cognate terms in other dia-
lects, denoting a child. Thus E. mannikin is merely
a child-man, i. e. a dwarf; kindeken, a child-child% or
a little child ; a lambkin, a lamb in its earliest stage.
This word, as denoting a child, must be viewed as
originally the same with that which signifies gen us
or kind, as well as witli kin, kindred. Thus, A.S.
cyn or cynn signifies not only semen, progenies, but
cognatio, and also genus. Su.G. koen, anciently kytu
signifies generatio, cognatio, and genus ; LI. kyn g e -
nus, gens, tarn ilia, kynd sobol.es ; Alem. chind, kind,
clninn, chunne, kunni, films, in fans, puer ; semen, ge-
rms, familia. Germ, kind proles, foetus animalis ;
kunn, genus, generatio, cognatio; Moes,G. lain genus,
generatio.
Nor is it surprising, that the same term should ori-
ginally denote children or relations, and kind. For
what is kind, as predicated of any animal, but the
closeness of its relation to others tliatpossessthe same
distinguishing qualities, or to those that are o f one
blood, originally sprung from one stock? Even as
extended to vegetables, it denotes that affinity which
proceeds from the same seed. Thus it is said; " The
earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after his
kind, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind,
whose seed is in itself." Gen. i. 12. Seo eorthcjbr-
thateah growende wirle [ V o r t ] and sacd berende be
hire chine, andlreow—gelnrilc sued Itaebhendeaej\er his
hitve; A.S. Vrers,.
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From the affinity which can be distinctly traced
in some languages or dialects, we may venture to
conclude that all the terms of this form, denoting
both relation by blood, and by kind, have originated
from verbs expressive of generation or birth. A.S.
cyn is undoubtedly from cenn-an parere, parturire ;
also generare ; Germ, kind and ktinn are both from
kenn-cn parere, gignere. Gr. yivoq progenies, familia,
also genus, as opposed to species, is from gene-
ro, progigno, or ytv^u^i, ylyvo^zi, nascor, gagnor. As
the same A.S. v. which signifies to beget, also signi-
fies to k n o w ; besides the verbal resemblance be-
tween yivo^icti and yUu<rr-ia, ytyvuc-Ku, to know, it de-
serves observation, that one of its oblique senses is,
eoeo cum aliqua, a sense of the term know retained
in E. I need scarcely add, that Lat. genus, as it has
all the three senses of kindred, offspring, and kind,
is evidently formed from the obsolete v. ge?i-o, whence
gcnui, id., I begot, andgigno, retaining the significa-
tion of the ancient verb.
K I N E O T , s. T h e reparation to b e made f o r the
sudden slaughter o f a relative, & c . j Add;
Besides the compensation in money or goods,
required by the kindred of one who had been slain,
(V. CRO), a sort of public penance was at least occa-
sionally demanded of those who had been concerned
in the slaughter. We have an interesting account of
this ceremony, in one of our old Acts. It respects
the slaughter of John the Bruce of Airth, by Wil-
liam of lYIenteith, of the Carss, Knyclit, his brothers
Archibald and Alexander, and kindred.
" I t is appointit, aggreit, &e. anent the (led [death]
& slauchter of vmqnhile Johne the Broiss, faider to
the said Robert, & for nmendis, kynbuie, & frendschip
to be & stand betuix the saidis partiis in tymetocum,
in maner as folowis. In the first, the said Archibald
Menteth & sa mony personis as ar now one lif, &
present in this tonne ([Edinburgh"], that were com-
mittal-is of the said slauchter, sail apoim Twisday the
xx day of the said monethe now instant cum to the
merkat corss of Edinburgh in thair lyning [[linenJ
claithis, with her [[bare] swerdis in thair handis, &
ask the said Robert & his fr end is forge uance of the
deth of the said Johne, as the maner is vsit tharof,
& to remitt to thaim the rancour of thair hartis; &
sail for the saule of the said Johne seik or ger seik
the four bed [principal] pilgramage of Scotland, &
thare say mess for the saule: and further, the said
Robert the Broiss sail within xx dais nixt to cum
enter ane prest to signe [[sing] in the kirk of Arth
for the space of twa yeris, the said Robert payand
the tanhalf of his fee, Sz the said Archibald of Men-
teth the tother half; the quhilkis twa yeris beand
past, the said Rob1 sail ger ane prest signe in the sa-
myn kirk for the said saule." Act. Dom. Cone. A.
14f)0, p. 153.
This is also written kynbuie.
£c That Walter Blare sail—pay to Robert of Car-
gill—xxv mercis, for the quhilk lie is bundin to the
said Walter be ane obligacioune schewin—before the
lordis for a kynbuie :—alss for xx merkis that the said
Robert pait to a preist that sange for the man that
was slayne." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1478, p. 9.
KINCHIN, A child in cant l a n g u a g e .
Tins is one o f the very f e w terms of this descrip-
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tion that can be traced. It is undoubtedly a corrup-
tion of Belg. kindeken, a little child, a diminutive from
kind a child.
KINCHIN-MORT, A Y O U N G girl educated in
t h i e v i nog 7; a cant term. V . G r o s e ' s Class. D i e t .
" T h e times are sair altered since I was a kinchin
frior!" G u y Mannering, ii. 97-
A ini-hin-umrts is also expl. beggars'children car-
ried at their mothers' hacks in sheets; 5 ' Grose. F r o m
hinelun a child, and mart a woman, i.e. a female child.
K I N D , -v. Not their Ic'tnd, not belonging to them ;
o r , not p r o p e r or natural for them.
<k' T h e y took one of the town's colours o f A b e r -
ueen, and gave it to the town of Aberbrothock's sol-
diers, because they had none, of their own, and whilk
was not their kind to carry." Spaiding, i. 1()3.
This singular mode o f expression is am A.S. idiom.
Fur cyn prop ago, also indoles, lias a similar applica-
tion, as signifying, congruus, condignus: Swylc cyn
sy ; si cut c o n g r u u m sit; I , eg. Inae 42. Siva cyn,
macs; uti condignum fuit; Boet. 35. 4. Gecynd is
synon., being used as an adj. in the sense o f naturalis,
nativus.
K I N D G A b L O W S , a designation given to the
fatal tree at Cried'.
6i A 'na!i*tdh))rs. T h e galiow., at: Crielf was so called,
but wi.}' we know not.— It stood till within the last
twenty years, and was jocularly said to he greeted
by tin: Highlanders as the place 1 where her nainscli's
father and mother died, and 'v/.h'ere s!,e hoped to die
herselh" Gh Antiquary, iii. 3i)5.
i can eoncvive no reason for this singular designa-
tion, unless we should suppose that the good peo]>le
o f that district, from a certain degree of conscious-
ness, wished as far as possible to bespeak tile favour
o f this rougii friend, in the same manner as they
were wont to protect themselves against injury from
fairies and v, itches '.) : e,•.!!!.".•; them neighbours.
K v x j j m i: i l o w ;•:, er ,ssKs:- s u , the land held
m lea.se b v u Jiiudltj Tcnihil. V. K v x i i L i i - :
T E N NE NTS.
— c c His kin and friends of Clanchattan—began to
call to mind how dames earl of Murray, their mas~
ter, had easten diem out o f their kindly pussessio/is,
whilk past memory o f man their predecessors ami
they had kept for small duty, but for their faithful
service, and planted in their places, for payment o f
a greater duiy, a number of strai y.vrs and u ebie per-
sons, uiihabile to serve d-e earl their master, as they
could have done, by which means ihese gentlemen
were brought tiuamgii necessity to greai misery/ -w,
Spalding's Troubles, i. 3.
— f < Hir hienes with auise of the thre estatis in this
present parliament lies statute and ordanit, that na
kyndlie, lauchfull, possessour, tennent or occupyar of
ony of the saidis kirk landis be removit fra thair
kyndelie roinne. steiding or possessions be the allegeit
fewaris or takaris of the saniiii in lang takkis," &c.
Acts Mary 1563, c. 12, Ed. 1566.
K I N D L I E , s\ A man is said to have a Jdndlie to a
f a r m , o r possession, which his ancestors have held,
and which h e has himself l o n g tenanted, S . O .
Sixty or seventy years ago, if one took a farm over
the head o f another w h o was said to have a kindUe to
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it, it was reckoned as unjust as if he had been the King and Queen o Cantelon,
real proprietor. H o w mony mile to Babylon ?
4 Six or seven, or a lang eight,
K Y N D L I E T E N N E N T S , a designation given to those
tenants, whose ancestors have long resided on the T r y to win there by candle-light.'
same lands, S. " When out, they run in hopes to get to Babylon,
" Some people think that the easy leases granted or the other doon; but many of them get not near
by the kirk-men to the kindly tennants, (i. e. such as that place before they are caught by the runners."
possessed their rooms for an undetermined space of Gall. Encycl.
time, provided they still paid the rents), is the rea- A conjecture is thrown out, that this game con-
son that the kirk-lands throughout the kingdom were tains an allusion to "the time of the Crusades." This
generally the best grounds." Keith's Hist. p. 521, N. is founded on the mention of Babylon. Cunlclcm b
K Y N D N E S , A-. Apparently, the right on which a fancifully supposed to be ('hanged from Caledon.
man claimed to retain a farm in consequence o f As Teut. haul signifies margo, ora, could this play
long possession ; the same with Kindlic. be meant to represent the contentions about the I)>. -
— " T o vesie and considder the infeftment & con- b(d cable Land.s on the border Y Or, as it is the same
firmatioun to be past to the said erll of the saidis game whieh is otherwise called Abvg'.v Caccna ntcr.
landis, and or thai pass the sarnin to sie that the saidis shall we view it as a designation invented by the
kyndlie tennentis be satisleit for thair kyndnes;• and Tories, to ridicule the cant which they ascribed to
quhiH die sain in he done d i scha rg is," &e. Acts Ja. tile adherent.-, of t h e Covenant r
V I . ! "7S, Kd. 1 Si r, p. 1 I t. K E V E S C E A V E R , -v. i\!eli!ot, an h e r b ; \ief~
]\ I N 1 „K\ MSS, .v. T h e name given to a d.sease ]»;! us oiiivana.:-., i unn. ; s\ non. \,r hn.Hl''*' rasr
which prevailed in Scotland, A . loSO. Roxb.
[ 'pnu the 2atl'i of June, being Saturday, betwixt Called claver, or clover, as being a species of Tre«.
three o'clock afternoon and Sunday's night 1 hereafter, foil.
there blew such a, vehement tempest of wind. that it K I N G ' S C O V E N A N T E R , a game of children,
was thought to be the cause that a great many of the R o x b . , Loth.
inhabitants of Ivdhiburgh contracted a strange sick- One takes possession of the middle of a street or
ness, which was CM lied Kindness: It fell out in the lane, and cmlea\ ours to catch those who cross over
court as \uTi as sundry parts of the country, so that With in a given di-tanee; and. the captive replaces
some people who were corpulent and aged deceased the captor, a< in / J 'ill/.-- / I 'a\( be. " King Covenant a
very suddenly. It continued with every one that Come if ye dare n en: ure," k, the cry made.
took it, three days at least." Moyes* .Viem. p. ;•,'>'. rf 1 : i g a m e ha- had its origin, it '.vimid seem, dur-
The only conjecture I can fbrm as i.<> tins name, ing the troubles under ('iiarles i.
wh.icfi appears so ludicrous as given to a. <m ease, is M I N G ' S ( ' b S H b ) N , a. seat formed by two per-
that, it mav ha\e been the vulgar corruptIOIi of the .'•(/!:.-, i-e.v-b oi wliaia grasps ihe v. n t of his left
lech/bea! i a : : r a tumid im'iaim: a; i hm i1 ? th-- i h r-. <:\i,
hand wiih die- right, while he laws bold of the
snguuancij. (now t-miisnj, or perhaps rat].:-*' oi* er.
right wrist oi' his companion with his left hanth
scjiiinancey id.
and vice versa, Loth.
K I N G L E - K A N G L E , s. L o u d , confused, and
This is properly a sort of play among children,
ill-natured talk, Fife ; a reduplicative term
who while carrying one in this manner, repeat the
formed from Cangle, q. v.
following rhyme ;
K I N G - C U P , T h e common species of Meadow-
Lend me a pin to stick i my thumb,
ranunculus, Loth.
T o carry the lady to London town.
" She thought' she wad be often thinking on the
It is, however, often used as a substitute for a
bonny spots of turf, sae fu' of gowans and king-cups,
chair in conveying adult persons from one place to
among the Craigs at St. Leonards." Heart M. Loth.
another, especially when infirm. In other counties,
iv. 102. as in Fife, it is called Queen's Cushion, and Queen
K I N G OF C A N T L A N D , a game o f children, Chair ; in Loth, also Cat's carriage.
in which one of a company being chosen King £C He £Porteous] was now mounted on the hands
d Cantland, and twro goals appointed at a con- of two of the rioters, clasped together so as to form
siderable distance from each other, all the rest what is called in Scotland the King's Cushion" Heart
endeavour to run from the one goal to the other; M. Loth. i. 168.
and those, whom the king can seize in their K I N G ' S E L L W A N D , the constellation properly
course, so as to lay his hand upon their heads, called Orion's Girdle, R o x b . , Clydes.
(wdiich operation is called winning them), be- Yonder the king's ellwand already begun to bore
come his subjects, and assist him in catching the h i l l ; ay, there's ane o' the goud knobs out o;
the remainder, D u m f r . T h i s play, in R o x b . , sight already." Perils of Han, i. 261.
is called King's Covenanter. K I N G ' S H O O D , KING-HOOD, .5. 1. T h e second
T h i s game is in Galloway, denominated King and of the four stomachs, &c.] Add;
Queen of Cant don. fcfi T w o o f the swiftest o f 2. It is used to denote the great g u t , Gall.
the boys are placed between two doons. A l l the Right o'er the steep he leans,
other boys stand in one of these doons, when When his webUplenish'd king-hood voiding needs.
the two fleet youths come forward, and address Davidson's Seasons, p. 3.
them with this r h y m e — This is a Teut. designation. Koninghsluufd, ven-
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tricnli bubuli pars posterior; Kilian. This literally tie." But whether the word is, or has been, used in
signifies, <c the king's head." this sense, I know not.
KING'S KEYS. V. KEYS. K I N S C H , K I N C H , S. 1. T h e twist or doubling
T o K I N K , t>. n. 1. T o labour for breath.] Add; given to a cord or rope.] Add;
5. T o p u k e ; an oblique sense o f the term, as in % u A cross rope capped about one stretched
the chin-cough what is called the kink often along, and tightening i t G l . Surv. Moray.
produces v o m i t i n g ; Dimrfr. 3. Used mctaph. to denote u an advantage unex-
Now, 'Gibby eoost ae look belli n', pectedly obtained Ibid.
Wi' eyes wi' fainness blinkin, This is evidently the same with E. kenk, a sea-
T o spae the weather by the sin, term. ce Kcnks are doublings in a cable or rope,
But co u ldn a stan' for kin km when it does not run smooth when it is handed in
Rainbows, that day. or o u t ; also when any rope makes turns," &c. Phil-
Davidson s Seasons, p. 18. lips. -Sw. kink, id.
KINK, S. 1. A violent fit o f coughing, & c . ] In- We may add that there are several Isl. words which
sert, as sense seem allied; keng-r curvatura, king-r id., king-ia in-
2. A regular fit of the cliin-cougb, S. cur v are. Ad kippa kings, curvuni ad se raptare ali-
3. A convulsive fit of laughter.] Add; quem. This, although differing in sense, is nearly
" I gae a sklent wi' m y ee to Donald Roy Mac- allied in sound to our phrase, to kep kinsches.
pherson, and he was fa'n into a kink o' laughing." T o K I N S C H , v. a.~\ Define;—1. T o tighten a rope
Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 24. b y twisting it with a rack-pin, S . ] Add;
4. A faint, a swoon, Ettr. E o r . 2. T o cast a single knot on the end o f a piece o f
—Ci" With his eyes fixed on the light, he rolled over, cloth, or of a web ; a term commonly used b y
and fainted.— f M y masters, it is nae for naething weavers in the northern counties of S.
that the honest man's gane away in a kink; for, when T o K E P KINCIIKS, a metaph. phrase, signifying
I held up the bonnet, I saw a dead man riding on a to meet any particular exigence; to manage any
horse close at his side." Perils of Man, i. 8 1 0 , 3 1 1 . thing dextrously, when the conduct of one per-
To Gae in eie Kink, to go at once like one who son ought to correspond to that of another, or
goes off in a convulsive laugh, Ettr. Eor. when the act is exactly fitted to the peculiar cir-
" B e l t on how, buckler, and brand, and stand for cumstances; as, I eanna hep khudies wi him,
life, limb, gear, and maidhood, or n'sgane in ae kink Stirlino-s.
o
Perils of Man, iii. 203. The phrase seems borrowed from a work in which
I V I N K - H O S T , .V. T h e hooping-cough, S.] Add;
two persons are engaged that the one may assist the
The inhabitants of Galloway have a cure which other ; as, in packing a bale of goods, or perhaps in
seems peculiar to that district. twisting ropes.
cc Kenkhoast, the chin-cough. T o cure this, the
K I N S C H - F I N , S. A pin or stick used in twisting
mothers put their children through the happers of the ropes which bind any thing together, to
mills, when they fancy it leaves them." Gall. Eiicyck make ihem firmer, S . ; Rack:-pin synon.
K I N K , -v. 1. A bend 111 the bole of a tree, A y r s .
K I N S 11, s. A lever, such as is used in quarry-
2. In a general sense, a bending of any kind, ibid. iug siunos, or in raising them, R o x b . ; synon.
This must be originally the same with Kinsch, Pinch, Punch.
Kinch, as denoting the twist or doubling given to a This term has probably had a C.B. origin. As E.
r o p e ; Belg. kink, a bend. fever is from Fr. tev-er, Lat. lev-are, to lift up, to
KINKIT, part. pa. W h e n two ropes, or the
raise ; perhaps kinsh m a y b e allied to cwn-u, to arise,
different folds of one rope, which have been transitively used as signifying to raise. Or it might
firmly twisted, are let loose, so that, in conse- be traced to cynnwys compressus, ci/nnhwijs-o eom-
quence o f the spring given in untwisting, knots pingere; although I am disposed to prefer ci/n, cu-
are formed on different parts o f the rope or fold,
neus, a lever being used nearly as a wedge. This in
it is said to be kink it; Fife. Ir. and Gael, assumes the form of f'in, giim,
KIN KEN, A small barrel, a c a g . ] Add ;
KINTYE, T h e roof-tree, F i f e ; a term used
This measure, I am informed, is in Aberdeen equi- b y those who are of Highland descent.
valent to a peck. Gael, ccann, the head, and tig he, genitive, of the
The unquestionable origin is Teut. hindehen, kin-* house.
neken, vasculum, octava pars cadi. Kilian refers to K I P , s. Haste, hurry, Ettr. F o r .
E. kylderkin. Thus the term originally denoted the This may be allied to Isl. kipp-a raptare; or Dan.
eighth part of a hogshead. kipp-cr, to pant, to leap.
K I N K Y N E , 6*. Kind, S. V. K I N . K I P , s. 44 A n e litill kip Aberd. R e g . A . 1585,
The reduplication seems used for emphasis. Thus V. 15, p. 32.
aw kin kind seems properly to signify, 4V every kynd Kip denotes a hook, also, a jutting point, Ettr. For.
possible," or imaginable ; " nae kin hjne, 110 kind K I P , KIPP, 1. A sharp-pointed hill, Twecdd.
whatsoever; q. every,—or no,—sort of kind. " The Kipps, above this, are remarkably steep and
KINSCH, Apparently, kindred.] Add; pointed hills." Armstrong. V. Notes to Pennecuik's
In an edit, of The Cherry and the Slae, modernized, Descr. Tweedd. p. 2 2 8 .
&c. by S. D. Aberd. 1792, .kinsch is expl. cc cow-cat- I hae sax score o' Scots queys that are outlyers.
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If I let the king's ellwand ower the hill, I'll hae them " most properly, her mariners, and sou Idlers;" Cotgr.
to seek frae the kips o Kale." Perils of Man, i. 261. 1. e. those on board a vessel.
When I saw the bit erookit moon come stealing The use of this term in our records, especially as
o'er the kipps of Bower-hope-Law, an' thraw her expl. by the Black Letter Acts, shews how kippage
dead yellow light on the hills o' Meggat, I fand the had come to be applied in the sense which it still
very nature and the heart within me changed." bears. This has undoubtedly been by an oblique
Brownie of Bodsbeek, ii. 35. use of the word in its more general sense; as de-
2. Those parts of a mountain which resemble round noting the bustle or disorder caused in a house by
knobs, jotting out by the side o f the cattle-path, the arri val of some person of distinction with a great
are called hipps, A y r s . equipage or retinue.
Isl. lapp-r signifies Interstitium l o c i ; but in sense 2. Discorder, confusion, S . ] Add ;•
a We serve the family wi1 bread, and he settles wi'
our term seems more allied to Icepp-r tumor, ex tu-
ber anti a, q. a tumor on a hill. C.B. cefn, a hill. buz ilka week—only he was in an unco kippage,
K X P P I E , s. A small hill, South o f S. when we sent him a book instead of the nick-sticks."
Antiquary, i. " Turmoil," Gh
T o K I P , v. ii. T o be turned up at the points;
o. It often denotes the expression or symptoms of
spoken of the horns of cattle, Clydes.
a parox vsni of rage.
T o KIP np> v. a. T o turn u p ; as, the side o f a
hat or bonnet. A lapped up 'nose, a nose cocked "''•'The Coloncl'sin an unco kippage* said Mrs.
Elockhart to Evan as iie descended ; c I wish he
up, R o x b . , ]\learns.
may he week—llie very veins on his brent brow are
K I P P I E , K I P P I T , adj. A lAvppic. coio, a cow with
swelled like whip-cord." Waverley, iii. 77-
horns turning; upwards, ibid.
it may a b o hear this .seme in the lb) lowing passage.
Isl. kipp-a iipp, in faseieulos colligere. Only dinna pit yourscl into a kippage, and ex-
K I P - N E B D I T , adj. Synon. with/l*ip-nosed^EAXr. F o r .
pose yonrsel before the weans, or before the Mar-
K I P - N O S E D , adj. Having the nosed turned up at quis, when ye gang down bye.—The best and warst
the point, S . ; having what is called in vulgar is just that the tower is standing hail and feer, as
E . a pug' nose. safe- and as; empt}' as when ye left it." Bride of Lam-
KIT,,9. A term denoting any tiling that is beaked. mcrmoor, ii. " Kippage—passion," Gb
¥ . KIPPER. To be in an unco kippage, to he highly offended
K I P , -v. A can.! term for a brothel, C!vdes. or dbpu-ased, South of S.
it niav, however, he corr. from Belg*. kuj\ id. KIPPER, l . | Add ;
T o K I T . v. a. T o take tlie properly of another i find that the term kipper, as used by fishers, pro-
bv fraud or violence.] Add; perly denotes the male fish, South of S., Annandale.
u I\i/j>j )'/">;(' or hen tinge. !'apt us." Prompt. Par v. This fact is unfavourable to the idea of the term be-
Cdh t Ip-iinr, to .-natch, to take oiT .-uddeuly; tip, ing d e n e d from Teut. Icipp-cn to .spawn ; as from
a :• addm .-natch. the act. of -pawning the female is denominated a
I v Y P E , s. 1, A small round hole made in the Siiedder. Another etymon is assigned for the first of
these terms. Kip is used in the South of S. to de-
ground b y boys, in one of their games at mar-
note any thing that is beaked or turned up ; and I am
bles or taw, A b e r d .
assured, by those who have paid attention to the
2. Transferred, as a name, to that particular game
subject, that every full-grown male salmon has a
which requires this hole, ibid.
beak.
Teut. kip, clecipula ; as perhaps being originally
Kipper may therefore literally signify, " a beaked,
meant for a hazard or snare. Isl. kipp-r, intersti-
fish." Kip has a similar sense in S. V . K I P - N O S E D .
tium loci. Isl. kipr-a is to contract. But it rather seems allied
K Y P I E , s. A man who uses his left hand in- to Germ, h'iffe, kippe, summitas, extremitas, promi-
stead of tlie right, Lanark's.; corresponding with nentia eujuscunque rei, Wachter.
L a t . scaevus. Corr., perhaps, from C.B. chxcWi- K I P P E R - X O S E , a. A beaked or hooked nose, Ettr
id. For.
K I P P A G E , <?.] Insert, as sense " This scene went on—the friar standing before
I . T h e company sailing on board a ship, whether the flame, and Tarn and Gibbie, with their long kip-
passengers or mariners. per noses, peeping over his shoulder." Perils of Man,
" That tlie provest, baillies, &c. vesie and consld- ii. 50.
der diligentlie how mekill flesche may serve euerie Tins application is understood to be borrowed from
schip and thair kippage for that present veyage, and what is properly called the kipper or male salmon,
according to the nowmer of the kippage & cumpanie often, especially during the spawning season, having
appoint to euerie schip sa niony barrellis or puntionis his nose beaked down like a bird's bill.
Q)11ncheonsJ as for that present veyage sail suffici- K I P P I N G L Y N E .
ent!)' serve thame to the first port thay ar frauchtit (e Item, ane long fishing lyne, mounted for dryves,

to." Acts Ja. VI. 1578, Ed. 1814, p. 104. Equip- and three kipping lynes" Deprecl. on the Clan Camp-
paigv, Aci< printed A. 157-). bell, p. 104.
Kip,;.? :v and Kcippage. occur in Aberd. Reg.; but Perhaps from Teut. kip decipula, as denoting a
no hint is given as to the connexion. grin for catching fish. Dryves may signify that the
This is not from the E. word, which is not used line was meant for floating; Teut. dryu~en fiuctuare.
in a similar sense, but from Fr. equipage d'un navire> supernatare.
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K I P P L E , S. A rafter, R o x b . Y. C O U P L E .
T o KIPFLE to, v. a. T o fasten together, to c o u -
ple, S.O.
Yer bonny verses, wi* yer will,
Hae hit my taste exactly ;
Whar rhime to rhime, wi' kanny skill,
Ye hippie to compactly.
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 75.
KIPPLE-FIT, T h c j b o t or lower part o f a raft-
er, S.O.
The cloken hen, when frae the kipple-jlt
She breaks her tether, to the midden rins
W i ' a her burds about her, fyking fain
T o scrape for mauks.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 5. V. COUPLE.
K I P P L E - H O E , S. A straight piece of wood laid
across the top o f the couple or rafter, the cop
being covered with jcetl so as to form the angle,
Roxb. V. P l o w , ITou, -v.
K I R , adj. E Cheerful, &c.] Add;
" Kirr, blythe, cheerful, &c. ; a person so inclined
is said to be a Mr body." Gall. Encycl.
Olaf III. king of Norway, A . 10(>7., was surnamed
Kyrre, or the Peaceable. V. Pink. Enquiry, ii. 33<).
Germ, kir, tractable, mild, kirr-en, kirr mac hen,
to assuage, to mitigate; Isl. kprr, tranquil, placid,
kf/rr-a pacare, kyrr-az mitescere.
2. F o n d , amorous, wanton, Galh, Ayrs., D u m f r .
• Syne, at his heels, in troops
The rest rin brattlin after, kir and crouse,
Like couts an' fillies starting frae a post.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 25.
There is no evidence, that the term, in other nor-
thern languages, has been used in a bad sense.
3. Consequential, D u m f r . ; as, " H e looks as hir
as a rabbit."
The journeymen were a' sae gaucy,
T l f apprentices sae kir and saucy,—
Til' applauding heart o* niony a lassie
Was stown aw a'.
Mapne's Siller Gun, p. 23.
C.B. cir-iaw signifies to cherish.
K I R K , K I R K E , S.] 1. Define ;—The true catho-
lic church, including all on earth who hold the
fundamental doctrines o f Christianity.
Cf It is ane tiling maist requisite, that the true Kirk
be decerned fra the filthie synagogues," &e, as i n D i c x .
The Kirk of God is simietymes largelie takin,
for all them that professe tlie evangill of Jesus Christ,
and so it is a company and fellowship not onely of the
godly, but also of hypocrites professing al way is out-
wardly ane true religion." Second Buik of Disc. c. i.
2. T h e church invisible, consisting of all who are
true believers, to whatever society they b e l o n g ;
or whether they be in heaven or yet on earth.
— " Sa do we maist constantly beleeve, that from
the beginning there lies bene, and now is, and to the
end of the warld sail be, ane Kirk, that is to say, ane
company and multitude of men chosen of God, who
rightly worship and imbrace him be trew faith in
Christ Jesus,—quhilk Kirk is catholike, that is, uni-
versal, because it contends the elect of all ages, of
all realmes, nations and tongues :.—-out of the quhilk.
Kirk there is nouther lyfe, nor eternall felicitie.—This
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Kirk is invisible, knawen onelie to God, quha alane
knawis whome he lies chosen ; and comprehends nls-
weill—the elect that be departed, coninioiilie called
the Kirk Triumphant, and they that yit live and feeht
against sinneand Sathan, as sail live hereafter." Scots
Conf. of Faith, c. 16.
£C Tlie Kirk is takin in three different senses.—>
Uther tyiTies it is takin for the goalie and elect onlie."
Second I>. of Disc. c. i. § 1.
3. A b o d y of christians adhering to one doctrine,
government, and worship.
<c The notes therefore of the trew Kirk of God,
we beleeve, confesse, and a sow to be, first, the trew
preaching of the worde of God.—Secundly, the right
administration of the sacraments of Christ Jesus.—
Last, ecclesiastical discipline uprightlie ministred,
as Goddis worde prescribes.—Wheresoever then thir
former notes are seene, and ofony time continue,—
there, without all doubt, is the trew Kirk of Christ."
Scots Conf. of Faith, c. 18.
4. T h e church of Scotland, as distinguished from
other reformed churches, or from that o f R o m e .
(t We believe with our heartis,—that this only is
the trew christian faith and religion,—quhilk is now
—received, believed arid defendit by nionie and snn-
drie notabil kirk is and realmes, but chiefly be the
Kirke of Scotland.—And finallie, we detest all his vain
allegories, ritis, signes, and traditions brought in
e. into] the kirk, without or againis the word of
God, and doctrine of this trew reformed Kirk." Ge-
neral Conf. of Faith, A . 1580; Duiilop's Coll. Conf
ii 104, 106.
" Therefore it is, that in our Kirk our ministers
tak publick & particular examination of the knaw-
ledge and conversation of sik as are to be admitted to
the Table of the Lord Jesus." Scots Conf. of Faith,
c. 23.
" The G Act Park 1, &c. declares the ministers of
die blessed evangel!, &e. and the people that pro-
fessed Christ as lie was then offered in the evangel 1,
—to be tlie true and holie Kirk of Christ Jesus
within this realrne." National Co v. A. 16*38.
Therefore it is that we flee the doctrine of the Pa-
pistical Kirk in participation!! of their sacraments."
Scots Conf. c. 22.
The latter is also denominated the Pope's Kirke.
£( Act I(), <SJC. doe condemne all baptism conforme
to the Pope's Kirke, and the idolatrie of the Masse."
Nat. Cov. ut sup. Coll. of Conf. ii. 126.
5. A particular congregation, assembling in one
place for tlie worship of G o d , as distinguished
from the whole b o d y of the church, S.
u The minister may appoint unto him a clay when
the whole Kirk convenes together, that in presence
of all lie may testify his repentance," Sec. First Ik
Disc. c. <), § 4.
Every several Kirk must provide for the poore
within itself." Ibid. c. 5, §, ().
" III. Assembly, March 147§. Sess. 6. ordains all
and sundrie supcrintenclants and commissionars to
plant Kirks," Szc. Acts, Coll. of Conf. ii. 750.
fC There—is the trew Kirk of Christ.—Not that
universall, of quhilk we have before spoken, hot par-
ticular, sik as wes at Corinth us, Galatia, Ephesus,
and other places, in quhilk the minis trie wes planted
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be Paull, and were of himself named the Kirks of 2.) Tli ese Sessions were originally denominated
G o d ; and sik Kirks, we the inhabitants of the realme Particular Kirks.
<: Assemblies ar of four sortis. For aither ar they
of Scotland professis our selfis to have in our cit-
ties, to wires, and places, reformed, for the doctrine of particular Kirks and congregations ane or ma, or
taueht in our Kirkis, conteined in the writen worde of a province, or of ane hail nation, or of ail and
of God," &c. Scots Conf c. 18. divers nations professing one Jesus Christ." Sec.
Hence, in the Notes, the version of the New Tes- Buik Disc. c. 7, § 2.
tament then in use, is quoted in the different places, From the passage quoted from the Sec. Buik of
—1 Cor. i. 2. and 2 Cor. i. 2. Unto the congre- Discipline, a little above, it would appear that the
gacijon of God whych is at Corinthus."—Gal. i. 2. designation, particular kirks, came to be applied to
Unto the congregacyons of Galacia. Acts xx. 17. And Sessions, because these were the courts which im-
from Myleton he sent messengers to Ephesus, and mediately possessed ecclesiastical authority <<r within
called the elders of the congregacyon." particular congregations."
0. T h e term Kirk is frequently applied to ecclesi- It should be observed, however, that the phrase,
astical judicatories of different denominations. Particular Kirk, was not so strictly understood as
1.) It sometimes denotes those who hold ecclesiasti- Session or Kirk-Session in our time ; as the latter al-
cal office in any particular congregation, collectively most universally denotes the office-bearers in one
viewed, in contradistinction, from the congregation particular congregation. Our reformers did not
itself, and from all who are only private christians. make any absolute distinction between the particu-
This use of the term is coeval with our reformation. lar kirk in reference to a single congregation, and
" The Kirk of God—is takin sumtymes for them that which had the oversight of several congregations
that exercise spiritual function aniongis the congre- adjacent to e a c h oilier; or in other word-, between
gation of them that professe the truth. The Kirke sl particular etdersckij) and what we now call a Pres-
in tins last sense lies a certaine power grant it be God, bytery. For they say ;
rf When we speik of the elders of the particular
according to the quhilk it uses a proper jurisdiction
and gov era em en t, exerciseit to the confer t of the congregations, we rnein not that every particular
hole Kirk." Sec. Bulk of Disc. c. 1. parish Kirk can, or may have their awin particular
" The first kynde and sort of Assemblies, although Elderscfdps, specially to land wart, hot we think thrie
they be within particular congregations, yet they or four, rnae or fewar particular Kirks may have one
exerce the power, authoritie and jurisdiction of the common Eklerschip to them all, to judge their eccle-
Kirk with mutual 1 consent, and therefore heir suni- siastieall causes.—The power of thir particular JAlder-
ty me the name of Ike Kirk." Sec. Buik of Disc, schips, is to use diligent labours in the boundis com-
e. 7- mittit to tli air charge, that the Kirks be kepit in gude
The quhilk day the Kirk p . e. the Session] or- order," &c. Sec. Buik of Disc. c. 7- § 10, 1 1 . °
dains the officer to warne bothe the Aide Kirk, and As the Session of Edinburgh is often called the
also the New, to he present the next Setterday." Kirk, sn also the Particular Kirk, as contradistinguish-
Buik of the Kirk, [or Session] of Cannogait, April ed from the General Assembly, denominated the Ge-
21, 156*6". neral or Universal Kirk.
A . 1-618, June 18 and 19, the Aulcl Session of Ca- " Johnne M'Call, &e. gaiff in their supplicaciouncs
nongate is required to meet with the New on the befor the Minister, eldaris & deaconis;—and thare-
20th ; and when they actually meet, the Minute forwes content to ressaue the in i unction es of the Kirk,
begins thus : 20 June 1613. The quhilk day the of the quhilk the tennor folio wis." Buik Gen.
Session ressavit the answers of the Auld Kirk," &c. Kirk.
The phraseology, Auld tm&Nem Kirk, signifies the " Crystiane Oliphant vedow being ordanit be the
Old and New Session ; as the language refers to the examinouris of the quarteris for the tyme to comper
custom which then prevailed of electing the session this day be foil* the particular kirk to answer to sic
annually. thingis as suld be inquyrit of her, quha compeirit,"
In the record of the Session of Edinburgh also, &c. " Ibid.
the phrase, Auld Kirk, is used to distinguish the Ses- " The said day the haill brethering (i. e. of the Ge-
sion as it was constituted during the preceding year, neral! Assernhlay),beingconuenit in the saidtolbuith,
with particular reference to the elders and deacons the particular kirk being also call it and compeirand,"
who had vacated their seats to make way for others : &c. Ibid.
and, on questions viewed as momentous, they were, Compeirit Masteris Johnne Spottiswod superin-
at least occasionally, called in as assessors. t e n d e n t o f ] Laudiane, and Dauid Lyndisay minis-
<<r The Minister is, eldaris and deaconis of the Par- ter in Leyth, and Johne Brand minister of Haly-
ticular Kirk, ane greit number of the brether of rudhous, as commissionaris send from the GeneralI
the Auld Kirk, eftir long reasoning had thairin, Kirk of this real me, and offerit them reddie to ad-
the said Kirk and breihering concludes and decamis," ioyne with the Ministeris, eldaris and deaconis of
A c . Buik Gen. Kirk. E d i n b u r g h ] for taking off try all and cognesioun of
The reason of this practice is obvious. It being sclander," &e. Ibid.
declared that " eldaris, anis lawfully call it to the The Session of Edinburgh is also sometimes called
office,—may not leive it again," the change of per- the Particular Assemblies
sons was chiefly meant that one part of them might c: Anent the mater of Robert Gurlayis repentance,
ee reiiefe another for a reasonable space." Sec. Buik —the modificatioune thairof being remittit be the Gc-
of' Disc. c. 6, J 2. ii-eral Kirk to the Particular Assemblic of the Minis-
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tens, eldaris and deaconis, t h a j a l l in ane voce/' &c.
Ibid.
T h e r e was a deviation from this phraseology in the
practice of Edinburgh, whether from a claim oi' su-
periority as being the metropolis, or from the great
number o f members, does not appear. As the mi-
nisters and elders o f the different parishes .have still
f o r m e d one collective body- now called toe General
Session, the name, Particular Kirk, seems gradually
t o have given place to that of the General kirk; and
their record was hen.ee called ike Jn/ik of the Ge-
neral Kirk. T h e designation, however, which they
take to themselves, in t'bs rccor.'h b e:i:her that of
the Kirk, or ihe Kirk of Kdinbnrgh. This alternates
with " t h e M in isteris, eldaris and deaconis."
S.y T h e term verv often occurs, as by -.vaj.' o f emi-
nence denoting the General Assembly of tAo Church
o f Scotland.
" Assembly, Aprile I 5S i, Sess. o. Anenf. the Con-
fession iaitlie set furth be the Kings Majesties p r o -
clamatione, and subscribit be has Hemes ; the Kirk,
in ane voyce, acknawledges the said Confession to be
ane trew, christian, an: 1 faithful! Confession," Ac.
Coll. Co-it: ii. i o i .
u F o r thir causes, the I. irk presently as.-xm-
blit.bes statute and ordainit, that ail sic oifemlers sail
be called here alter, be the snpe; mmndants,—to com-
peir belbre them in their synodal conventions." A c t
Ass. 1 5 7 0 - 1 . Coll. Conf.'ii. 75-k
T h i s term is used as equivalent to Assembly, which
is sometimes conjoined with it as explanatory.
The Kirk and Assembly present hes enjoy nit
and con chid it, that all mimVcers and pastors within
their bounds—excent the tenor of his Majesties pro-
clamatione." Acts Ass. Oct. 3..OS I, Sess. .0.
T h e General Assembly early received the name o f
the Universal Kirk of Scotland. Hence their records
are denominated the llnih of the \ 'nicersal 'Ark of
Scotland. A t times they take the designation o ? the
haill Kirk ; although 1 hesitate, whether this is not
rather to be viewed as in some instances regarding
their unanimity in the decision, than the universal
authority o f the asssembiy.
T h e r e is one passage, however, as to the meaning
o f which there can be no doubt.
T h e nationall Assemblie, quhilk is generall to us,
is a lawful! convention o f the haill Kirks o f the
realm or nation, where it is us it and gather! t for the
common affaires o f the Kirk ; and may be cubit the
generall elderschip o f the haill Kirk within the real me."
Sec. Biiik o f Disc. c. 7, § 21.
^ Anent the mareing of the queen with the Earl
Bothwell be Adam call it lb of O r k n e y , the haill Kirk
findis, that he transgressit the act of the Kirk in
mareing the divorcit adulterer. A n d th are fore de-
pry ves him fra all functioun of tlie ministrie con forme
to the tenor o f the act maid thairupon, ay & quhill
the Kirk be satisfeit o f the sclander committit be
him." Buik of Univ. Kirk, D e c . 30, 15()7.
7. T h e c h u r c h v i e w e d as established b y law, o r
as legally c o n n e c t e d with the state, S.
" Declaris, that there is na vther face of Kirk,
nor vther face of religioun, then is presentlie, be the
fauour o f G o d , establish it within this real me, and
that thair be na vther iurisdictioun ecclesiasticall ac-
knawledgit witliin this realme vther then that quhilk
S3
is and sal be within the samyne Kir A." Acts Ja. V I .
1519, Ed. 1814, I I I . 188.
— " The renewing 1 o f the National Covenants and
oath o f this Kirk and Kingdom, in February 1.6*38.
was most necessare." Assembly Glasg. Sess. 26.
— " There resteth nothing for crouni.ug o f his
Majesties incomparable g(Kjdness towards us, but
thai: ad the members of this Kirk and King-dam be
jo\ ncd in oiie ami the same Confession and Cov enant
with C o d , with the Kings Majestic, and amongst our-
selves." A c t diss. Edin. i(,;:J<J. Cull. Coiif. ii. 115.
Give, as sense
8. A house appropriated for p u b l i c worship, S . ]
Add; Kyrh, A.Bor.
" We. detest and refuse—his canonization of men,
— w o r s h i p p i n g of imagerie, reliques, and crocis ; de-
dicating o f hirIds, altares, dayes." Gen. Conf. of
Faith, A . 15S0.
" T h e principal] and maist commodious Kirks to
stand, and be repairit surlicicatlj':—and the nther
A irks, enhiik ar not fund neces-ar, may be s;lifer;t
to decay." Sac. Buik o f Disc. c. 12, §
la T h e term bad been used, m connexion with
another, at the time o f our Reformat:<;n, to d e -
note u n c i is usually called a conventicle,
privn'e anaaing o f a religious -amm; v.
O f the principalis of thame that v.* or f m m m c ' m
be men o f gude conversatioun ami honest fame iii t'm
privij A irk, v e r chosen elders and deacons to rend
wnh the minister in the publike A.'/vV." Ordour of
the Election:! of Fdderis, &c. Knox's Hist. p. 2 b 7.
Ii i n ]•: and A: nm. Ye may nude a !:irl: and a r.f-ll
dl" a phrase very c o m m o n l y used, to exprc.-a
tlie indiilbivnce o f tlie speaker as to the fn ; .mo-
use that m a y be m a d e o f the p r o p e r t y o f which
he speaks, S.
u Make a Kirk and a Mill (fit ; that is, make
your best of it." S. Prov. ; Kelly, p. 252.
But n o w at least, it is not used in the same ^crm .
It often expresses indifference bordering m>
tempt. " D o with it what you will; it is of no con-
sequence to me."
" T h e property is m y o w n conquesting, Mr. Keeli-
vin, and surely I may male a kirk and a mill (it an I
like." T h e Entail, b 147-
It is more fully expressed in some o f tlie northern
counties; ce Male a kirk and a mill of, and t;ea gdi.t
plewsi'
I can form no satisfactory conjecture a- to the ori-
gin of this phrase. It would seem, hi feed, to hm.v
originated with one w h o thought mam i mr.gs mmv
necessary than either kirks or m'dls, who had perhaps
felt tlie burden o f both erect ioi is. O n e dh'iicuhy
occurs, however. T h e whole phrase does not seem
applicable to the same individual. Ibr* while the
building o f a kirk was often severe on the proprie-
tor, the oppression of the mill fell on the temmr.
IIIRK-BKLL, T h e bell which is r u n g n> sum-
mon to church., the c h u r c h - g o i n g b e d , S.
K I R K - D O IIE, K I - I I K - D U I B , S. T h e door o f A
c h u r c h , S.
" The said Kirk concludis and decern is the saidis
personis—sail present thameselffis vpone Son day
nixt to cum, at the eist kirk duir—in saccloth,—hair
heclit, thair to stand quhill the prayar and sp dine
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(sic) be endit, and thaireftir be broeht in to the pub-
lic t place of repentance to heir the sermound, and
eftir the sermound be endit—brocht agane to the
same kirk duir be tua of the eldaris of the Kirk,
quhair thai sail stand and requir the haill brethering,
that sal happin to cum in and pas forth, to pray for
thame, that thai myeht be remittit off thair vekit of-
fence and disobedience, and to declair to thame thair
said offence." Buik Gem Kirk, A . 1574.
To do a thing at ike kirk-dore" to do a thing
openly and unblushingly, Lanarks.
K I R K L K , K I R K I X G , -v. T h e first appearance of a
newly married couple at church, S.
On Sunday comes the h"irking. The bride and
bridegroom, attended by their office-bearers, as also
the lads and lasses of tlie village, walk to the kirk,
seat themselves in a body, and, after service, the pa-
rishioners rank up in the kirk-yard to see them pass."
Ed in. Mag. Nov. 1818, p. 414.
KIRK-LADLE, A n instrument somewhat resem-
bling a ladh\ stiil used in some country-churches
for receiving the money given for the support
of the poor, or for other pious purposes, S.
ce Kirk-Laddies, the laddies or implements elders
use in rustic kirks,—to gather—for the poor." Gall.
Eneyel.
K I R K LAND, L a n d belonging to the church, S.
— " With all manssis, gleibs, kirklands " &c. Acts
Cha. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V. 128.
K I I I K - M A I S T E R , .s. 1 . A deacoiiiii the church.] Add;
2. I t was also used to denote a deacon of any in-
corporated trade.
Compeired—in the tolbuith of the said burgh,
the Kirk Master, and brother of the Surgeons and
Barbaris within the same," & c . — " Your dayly ser-
vitors tlie Kirk Master and brether of the surgeons,"
&e. A. 1505—Blue Blanket, p. 52, 53.
" Deacon, or chief master of the incorporation," N.
It is evident that this is a secondary and improper
use of the term.
K I R K - M A X , s. 1. One who has an ecclesiastical
function, or an office in the church, S.
tc It is agreed, &c. that if ony Bischopis, Abotis,
or ony uther Kirk men, sail plaint or alledge thame to
have reeeaved ony injuries,—the plaint sail be sein
and considdered be the estaits in the said convention!!
and parliament," See. Artiklis agreed on by the B»
of Vallance, &c. A. 15()0, Knox's Hist. p. 233.
" Thereby the Five Articles of Perth, and tlie
government of the Kirk by Bishops, being declared
to be abjured and removed, and the civil places and
powers of Kirknien declared to be unlawful; we sub-
serive according to the determination of the said free
and lawful General Assembly hoi den at Glasgow."
Act Assembly, A. 1638, Coll". Conf. ii. 115.
2. A member of the Church o f Scotland, as con-
tradistinguished from one who is united to some
other religious society, S.
Ki R K - M O U S E , . A mouse that is so unfortu-
nate as to be the tenant of a church ; a term
which occurs in a Prov. commonly used to con-
vey the idea of the greatest poverty, u I'm as
puir's a kirk-mouse" S.
KIRK-RENT, 6-. T h e rent arising from ecclesias-
tical lands.
I R
" As for the kirk rents in general!, we desyre that
order lie admittit and mentainit amangis us, that
may stand with the sinceritie of God's word," &c.
Sec. Buik of Disc. c. xii. § 12,
K I R K - S K A I L I N G , s. T h e dispersion o f those
who have been engaged in public worship at
church, S.
" When tlie service is over at any particular place
of worship—(for which moment the Scotch have in
their languagean appropriate and picturesque term,
the kirk-skailing)—the rush is, of course, still more
huge and impetuous." Peter's Letters, iii. 265.
KIRK-STYLE, .v. 1. T h e gate o f the inclosure
around a church, S.
ff ddier was no money gathered att the tabells,
both [ h o t ? ] at the kirke style and at the cloore, and
at the k. cloore onlie afternone." Lamont's Diary,
p. 47.
2. T h e steps in the wall o f a church-yard b y wdiich
persons pass over, S.
" Kirk-stiles, the stepping stones people walk over
church-yarcl dykes on." Gail. Encycl.
K I R K - S U P P E R , S. T h e entertainment after a newly
married pair have been kirlcedj Galloway.
The applause at a country wedding, at a Kirn
dancing, at a Kirk-supper after a bridal, satisfied the
bard's vanity." Introd. to Rem.ofNithsd.Song, xviii.
KIRK-TOWN, .?. T h e village or town in which the
parish-church is erected, S. ] Add;
" Often, d uring the days in wdiich he leisurely wan-
dered through this pastoral country, would he dis-
mount on reaching a remote Kirk-town, and gaze
with soft complacency on the house of God, and the
last dwelling of man." Clan Albin, ii. 247-
KIRK-WERE, ,V. T h e reparation o f churches.
" At na drink si liter be tane be the maistcr nor his
d oar is vnder pain aboue writtin, & a tone [Tun] fraueht
to the kirk ?rerk of the tonne." Park Ja. III. A. 1467,
Acts Ed. 1814, p. 87-
Teut. kerck-werck, opus solidum, et fir mum : quale
solet esse tempi or um ; Kilian.
K I R K - Y A R D , S. T h e church-yard, S.
" They took up tlie town of Turriff, and placed
their muskets very advantageously about the dykes
of the kirk-yard." Spalding, i. 107-
cc She was to be frozen to death—and lie there till
tile thaw might come : ami then her father would
find her body, and carry it a way to be buried in the
kirk-ucrdA Eights and Shadows, p. 117-
ft is used by Ben Jon son, in his Sad Shepherd, as
a word common in the north of E.
— Our dame Heeat
Made it her gaing-night, over the kirk-yard.
V. BUNEWAND, Suppl.
K I R K S E T T , K y i i K s e t , $. A term occurring in
various forms in our ancient M S B .
At first view one might be disposed to consider
this as a modification, or a corruption, of H Y R S E T T ,
q. v. But from any idea that I have been able to
form on tlie subject, I am much inclined to think
that ILjrselt is itself the corruption, from the error
of some copyist who had mistaken A for II; and also,
that as Skene had most probably seen it in no other
form, he had been thus led to misapprehend its sig-
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nifi cation. 1. In ten different examples, with which " But do you not clean the churn before ye put in
I have been furnished by the kindness of my learned the cream ?'— Na,na/ returned Mrs Mac CI arty, that
f

friend, Thomas Thomson, Esq. Deputy Clerk Regis- wad no' be canny, y e ken. Naebody hereabouts
ter, it is found only twice with the initial II; and would clean their kirn for ony consideration. I never
both these occur in one MS., that of Monynet heard o' sic a thing i' my l i f e / — f I ne'er kend gude
IIy resell, and Hyreset. In others, it appears in the come o' new gaits a' my days. There was Tibby Bell
varied forms of Kirksett, Kyrkset, Kyrsel, Carsel,Ker- at the head o' the Glen, she fell to cleaning her kirn
set, Kerselh, Kirkest, Kyrosel. 2. In an old MS. of the ae day, and the very first kirning after, her butter
Leg.Rurg. in Lat., tlie work which Skene himself pub- was burstet, and gude for naething.—Twa or three
lished, and which he afterwards translated, where he hairs are better than the blink o' an ill ee/' Cotta-
writes Jlirset, it is Kirksett. gers of Glenburnie, p. 201, 261, 26*2.
Quieimque fact us fuerit novus burgensis de terra K I R N A N - R U N G , S. T h e instrument employed foi
vasta,et nullam terrain habuerit liospitatem, in primo stirring the milk in a churn, S.O.
anno potest habere Kirksett. Drummond MS. — Gin ye please our John an' me,
3. There seems reason to suspect that Skene has Ye'se get the kirnari rung
mistaken the meaning of the t e r m . — " H e may have
To lick, this day.
respit, or continuation for payment of his burrow
A. Wilson s Poems, 17,90, p. 5f).
mailes for ane yeare, quhilk is called hyrsett/' In
explaining Hyrsett, I have understood Skene as ap- KIRN-STAFF, S. T h e same with the preceding
plying this word to " t h e payment of burrow mails word Kiman-Rung.
for one year." It is possible, however, that his mean- " Kim-staff, that long staff with a circular frame
ing is, that tlie rc spite is called hyrsett. It would ap- on the head of it, used anciently when upstanding
pear, indeed, that this, whatever it signify, denotes kirns were fashionable." Gall. Encycl.
the possession of a privilege. in one MS. it is thus KINN-S WEE, 6*. A n instrument for facilitating the
expressed ; Poles I habere respect ualionem que dicitur churning of milk. It is composed of an axis
knroscf. IN. Jae. V. e. 13. In another ; De novo moving between two joists—into which axis are
hnrgio-e kirkset habeiito. In prhno anno potest ha- mortised two sticks at right angles, the one a
bere kf/j-.sct vel carset. Id est terrain suani inhospi- great deal longer than the other. T h e churn-
tatam. MS. Cromaity, c. 2f). staff is attached to the shorter one, and the
In the first of these, it is evidently mentioned as longer one is held in the hand, and pushed back-
equivalent to respit, i. e. respite. The sense of the wards and forwards, which greatly lightens the
second is more obscure. In a third MS. it is again labour of churning; it being much more easy to
exhibited as a pri viiege or exemption.— £ ' ( ) f kirk set move a vertical b o d y from side to side than up-
and waist laud o<a bigg it. Gis'ony man be maid now
wards and downwards, S.
burges of waist iami-v, and ha£ kirk set, and has na
" A gentlewoman in the vicinity o f Edinburgh,
land higgit, In the first yer he may haf that kirk set,
who has been much accustomed to the management
and eflir that ver }.e sail big that lande," ike. A u -
of a dairy, states, that she has always been used to
chinl. MS. Adv. la!:. V/. 4. ult. fo. v. 13 1.
churn the whole milk in a plunge churn, with a swee,
It cannot w e l l be doubted, that it is t h e same w i t h a lever applied to the end of the churn-staff." Agr.
the term (7///r<-he,v.>;•,', Chirset, or ( 'n.TScef, in the O.K.Sin*v. Mid-Loth., p. 148. &
law, modified from A.S. e\yrie-scec.t, k> eeelesiae cen-
sus. vectigal c celesias.t ieum : ch ureh-scot: a cert can K I H N , S . 2. T h e last handful of grain, &c.] Add ;
cc The Cameronian—reserved several handfuls of
tribute or payment made to the church." Sonmer.
This Ingulphus writes Kirkset, others ('iriccal. It is the fairest and straightest corn for the Harvest kirn."
agreed on all hands, that this denoted a revenue due Blaekw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 400.
to the church, i. e. the tithes, as Lambard explains T o CRY THE KIRK, after the kirn is won, or the
it. Some view it as compounded of eyrie and saed, last handful o f grain cut down, to g o to the
semen, q. the seed or first-fruits to be offered to the nearest eminence, and give three cheers, to let
church : others, with greater probability, of eyrie and the neighbours know that harvest is finished,
scent, vectigal, in modern E. Scot. Teviotd., Loth. A f t e r this the ceremony o f
What, then, is the sense of the term, as used in our throwing the hooks takes place. V. HOOK.
old laws? The only idea I can form is, that the per- TO W I N THE IURN, to gain the honour o f cut-,
son who possessed waste or uninhabited property,
ting down the last handful of corn on the har-
might for the first year be permitted habere kirkset,
to retain the usual tithes, or be exempted from that vest-field, S.
contribution to the church, which would have been " I shall either gain a kiss from some fair lip for
claimed, had the land been in a better state; with this winning the kirn, or some shall have hot brows for
proviso, that he should build upon it and cultivate it it/' Blackw. Mag. ut step.
the next year. V. Spelman, Lambard, Dec. Script., K I R N - C U T , S. u T h e name sometimes given to
Cowel, Du Cange, Roquefort, vo. Ky tic-seal, See. the last handful o f grain cut down on the har-
KIRN, 5. 1. A churn, S.] Add; vest field South o f S.
Miss Hamilton, in her useful work meant for the " From the same pin depended the kirn cut of
instruction of the peasantry, introduces, on this sub- corn, curiously braided and adorned with ribbons."
ject, a singular superstition, which is directly at war Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 260. V. M A I D E N .
with cleanliness. ft If thou wilt be my partner, I have seen as great
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a marvel happen as the kirn-cut of corn coming to
as sackless hands as thine and mine." Blackw. Mag.
Jan. 1821, p. 400.
K I R N - C O L L I E , »9. A sort of female figure made
o f the last handful of corn that is reaped in the
harvest-field, R o x b . ; the same with Maiden,
and Loth. Kim-baby. V . K H I N , sense
Dollie is a dhnin. from E. Doll, a little girl's p u p -
pet. This is perhaps allied to Isl. docll nympha, if
not to dole, doll, servus.
K I R N I E , .?. " A little pert impudent b o y , who
would wish to be considered a m a n ; " Gall.Erie.
C.B. coryn, a dwarf or pigmy, from cor, id. Lhuyd
writes it korripi.
K O I R Y W E R Y , CAIIRIWARY, .9. A sort of bur-
lesque serenade; the noise of mock-music, made
with pots, kettles, frying-pans, shouting,scream-
ing, &c. at or near the doors and windows of
old people who marry a second time, especially
o f old women and widows who marry y o u n g
men, W . Loth., Fife.
Fr. cfairiearls is used exactly in the same sense.
" A publique defamation, or traducing o f ; a foule
noise made, blacke Santas rung, to the shame and drink, S.
baptism arises from their being born within the
pale of the church. Hence,
K I R S N I X ? s. Baptism, S.
K I R S P , s. Fine linen, or cobweb lawn.
" Item i I ii pecis o£ kirsp" Inventories, A. I 51.6*, p. 25.
— " A n e stik of kirsp, contenand x x i j eln Flemis,
•—twa stikkis of kirsp " &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A.
11,0 b p. 199.
KIRST, Viewed as an abbrev. of the female
name Christian ; Chr. Kirk.,
K Y S L E - S T A N E , IVEISYL-STANE, " A flint
stone. T e u t . kesel-steen, si l e x G l . Sibb. V.
K 1: K Z L T E .
K I S L O P , .V. 1. T h e fourth stomach of a calf,
containing the substance which has the power
o f coagulating milk, Ettr. F o r . ; Itcid, synon.
T h e same virtue is here ascribed to the stomach
o f a land).
2. T h e bag which contains rennet, ibid.
T o K I S S the capj to " put the cap or mug to the
mouth, a phrase Ibr drinking,*'" S., G l . Shirrefs.
" I wadna kiss your cap " I would not taste your
<c I wadna kiss caps iv'i him," I woiddhave

disgrace of another; hence, an infamous (or infam- no fellowship with him in drinking, S.
ing) ballade sung, by an armed troope, under the KIST, 1. A chest.] Add;
window of an old dotard married, the day before, unto 3. Used to denote some kind of cruive, or per-
a young wanton, in mockery of them both.,—The haps what is otherwise called an ark, for catch-
carting of an infamous person, graced with the har- ing fish.
mony of tinging kettles, and frying-pan musicke;" - Togidder v. b.h privilege—of tlirie kisf.es within
Cotgr. the said water wrae! as vse is, with all the kistcs, prof-
I.. B. charira ri-uw, Indus turpis tinnitihus et d a - feit'ds and commo.-Ueis thairof."* Acts Cha. I. Ed,
rn ori bus variis. cjiubus illudunt iis, (jui ad secundas IS] j., V.
convolant mo t ia>. Cangc, in vo. r fhe council K I S T - N O O K , 'V. T h e corner o f a chest, S.
of Tours, A. 1 ; o, prohibited this ab.-urd ;unu<e- Ifer blankets air'd a' feil and dry,
ment under nab. of e.\eonmu! meat ion. A partieii lar And in the kist-nook iauldit by, &e.
account is ^i'.'eii of the irregularities denoted by this A. Scotts Poems, p. SO.
term, in the statutes of the Synod, of Avignon, A. K I S T I T , adj. Dried up, withered, without sub-
1337- When the bride reached the house of the stance, not having its proper distinguishing qua-
bridegroom, the rioters violently seized part of the lity, Clydes. ; Foisonless, synon.
household-goods, which they would not give up un- Teut. Iceest must have had a similar signification,
less redeemed by money, which they expended in as Kilian renders 1ceest.-h.oen, gallina sterilis, infoe-
tliemost dissolute manner; makingsuch odious sports cunda. Quist also signifies tritus, from quist-en terere,
as, say the good fathers, cannot be expressed i n d e -
atterere.
cent language. Kb vo. Chulearicinu, Chcdvarilum.
K Y S T L E S S , adj. Tasteless, R o x b . V. K E K S T -
The term is also written (. 'heleralel.
LESS.
W e learn, i'rom 'the bict. Trev., tli at this uproar
was made on occadon of great inequality of ages be- * X I T , -v. A wooden vessel or pail in which
tween the persons v, no were married, or when they dishes are washed, R o x b .
had married a second or a third time. The origin This is dilt'erent from the sense in which the word
of the term is totally uncertain. It has given rise to is used in E.
a good deal of controversy among the learned. T o KIT, v. a. T o pack in a kit, S.
<f Until the last season, the Thurso salmon were
T o K I R Y A U W , v. n. T o caterwaul, Fife.
W e might suppose that the first syllable were al- all boiled and kitted at Wick, after being carried 20
lied to Teut. karr-en, kerr-eu, strepere, concrepare, miles over land on horseback." Stat. Ace. xx. 523.
Kilian ; q. to make a noise in concert; did it not seem K I T C H E N , K I T C H I K G , K I C I I I X G , s. 1. A n y
most probable that the last part of the word has been thing eaten with bread.] Add ;
formed from the sound. I11 Loth, kail is opposed to kitchen. Thus one says,
T o K I R S E N , v. a. T o baptise, S., W e s t m o r e l . ; ee I've gotten my kail, but I had nae kitchen "

kersn, Lancash. ; corr. from E . christen;-a term 3. It was applied to solids as contradistinguished
used improperly, in whatever language, as pro- from liquids.
ceeding on the false idea, that the children o f Gif ony ship happens to be at Burdeaulx, or ony
church-inembers are not to be accounted Chris- uther steid, the shipmen may bear furth of the ship
tians before baptism; although their right to sic kit eking as use of the ship is, viz.—ane mess, or ane
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half mess of melt that is cauld, with als meikle hreid It does not properly signify ei c o m e / ' as in CI, ;
as he may gudelie eat at an is ; hot he sail not heir but " make his appearance."
furth of the ship ony drink" Ship Lawis, Balfour's 2. T o come in sight, to appear to view, R o x b .
Praet. p. 616. One of the senses of A.S. cyth-an is, ostendere.
The term occurs in the same sense in the E. of 3. T o appear in proper character, S. This is the
Mar's Houshold Book for 156?. established acceptation o f the term in S., as re-
" The kicking for the maistores nutrix, rokkaris, specting a person or thing not fully known as
See. Kicking to the violaris : Item, ij quarteris of yet, or not seen in its true light. In this sense
muttoun; rfpowterie, with potagis, and fische, &c. are we to understand the Prov. " Cheatrie game
Kicking : Item, in the flesche-day, ane quarter of will ay kythcA
mouttoun," &c. Chalmers's Mary, i. 178. Thus it has been well expl. by Pick en. " Kythe,
T o KITCHEN, v. a. T o serve as kitchen.] Add; to appear in one's own likeness, to make a discovery
to any other f o o d , S. of one's self." Gl.
T o save, to be sparing o f ; synon. with Haiti, cc He'll kythe in his a in colours, he'll appear without
Tape; as, "Kitchcn weed," make your kitchen disguise, he'll be known for the man he is." Gl, Shir.
last, Ettr. For. T h e idea evidently is. Manage Th?s exactly corresponds with one sense given of
this so carefully, as to shew that you view it as A.B. cyth-an, notum facere, probare, to make known,
kitchen, or as something partaking of the nature to p r o v e ; Somner.
o f dainty food. 4. " T o keep company with," Gl. Spalding.
K I T C H E N - F E E , s. T h e drippings of meat, ^ The lord Aboyn upon his own reasons caused
&c .]Add; break up his army;—and to his majesty goes he.
£C Mr. O. E. W. S. .-aid tlie managers were satisfied His departure was joyful to his enemies, and sor-
that fat drippings and kitchen-fee were preferable to rowful to his friends, who had Lytlied with him, es-
the proposedVid)-^ituie." baled. Mere. Nov. 2d, 1823. pecially the lairds of Gight, Haddo,Fovcran, &c. who
K I T C I I Y , -v. T h e vulgar name ibr the kitchen, had followed him after they had subscribed the co-
Ang. venant." Troubles, i. 148.
" Ye'll ken the road to the kitchy, uncle Kenny, Perhaps rather, to be in a state of intimacy ; as A.S.
though ye hinna seen it this monie a lang day." St. cyththe signifies, familiaritas.
Kathleen, iii. 158. KYTHE, S. Appearance, Aberd.
K Y T E , .v. <2. T h e s'.omaeh, S . ] Add ; But nature, thy feature,
111 guidin sure mA:s wather cawl, An' mien o' various kythe ;
All' Juuigry kytes mak beasts leuk auf. The/ dour-like, or sour-like,
Tarras's Poems, p. 52. Ye make me knief an' blytlie.
KYTE-CLUNG, adj. Having tlie belly shrunk from Tarras's Poems, p. 32,
hunger, S. K Y T H S O M E , adj.
Douce wife, quoth I, what means the fizz, Still be it mine, in pensive mood
That ye shaw sic a frightfV gizz Tlie halesome breeze to meet ;
Anent a kyte-elung poet? I hid. p. 107. An' blythsom, an' kythsorne,
KJTE-EOW, KYTKEUE, S. A bellyful.] Add; Enjoy a dander sweet.
cc Ileh, Sirs, what a kylefid o pride's yon'er 1" Sinclair s Simple Lays, p. <).
The Entail, h <). Blyihsome and kythsorne is a conjunct phrase used
KYTEE, adj. Big-bellied, or corpulent, especially in Perths., as signifying, " happy in consequence of
in consequence of full living, L o t h . , Lanarks., having abundance of property in coirs." The word
Clydes. V. KYTE. must thus have been formed from Ky cows, with the
K I T Y E , a phrase used A y r s . , as signifying, addition of some as denoting conjunction, or at times,
" Get you out of the way." Gl. Surv. A y r s . , as would seem, abundance. V. SUM.
p. 690. Also pron. Kiltie. In A b e r d . Keit-ye. K I T T , <9. Expl. as denoting a brothel, Ayrs.
cc Kitty a b a w d y - h o u s e G l . Pick en.
This -is traced to Fr. qniU-er, to void, to withdraw
from, to quit; imperat. quittez. Perhaps an oblique use of A.S. cyle, tuguriolum ;
K I T H , s. 1. Acquaintance. Kith or ten.] Add ; as Fr. bordeau, whence E. brothel, is from horde, cc a
This phrase is also used in Ireland. little house, lodging, or cottage of timber, standing
Ever since lie had lived at the Lodge of his own, alone in the fields Cotgr.
he—was grown quite a gentleman, and had none o f T o K I T T , v. a. T o relieve a person of all his
his relations near him—no wonder he was no kinder ready money at play. Kitt, part, pa., plucked
to poor Sir Condy than to his own kith and kin" in this manner, R o x b .
Edgeworth's Castle Raekrent, p. 111. It is often thus used ; CC IT1 either be kitt, or a gen-
T o K Y T H E , K Y I T H , v.n. l . T o appear, &e.] Add; tleman i. e. I will either go away without a penny
It is the same word which is disguised by an auk- in my pocket, or carry off something handsome.
ward orthography, in the Battel7 of Balrinnes. This may be from Fr. qidtte, freed, released;
Be blaithe, my rnirrie men, be blaithe, O.Fr. kit-er, laisser, abandonner; Su.G. gaa quilt,
Argyle sail haue the worse, privari, bonorum jacturam facere; in imitation, 111 re
Gine he into this country kaithe, thinks, of the French, wdio say, etre qidtte cle quel que
I houpe in God's cross. chose. Isl. kveit-a signifies, violenter jaetare et dis-
R. Godis corss. Poe?ns 16th Century, p. 349. jieere inviturn.
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 K I T
T o K I T T E R , v. n. T o fester; used c o n c e r n i n g
a s o r e ; to inflame, to gather as a boil d o e s ,
Ettr. For.
C.B. cwlliyr signifies an excretion, an excretory ori-
fice ; cylhr-u, to eject, to cast off. Isl. kylr-a, in an-
gulo latere, has perhaps as much appearance o f affi-
nity. In the same'language kyte signifies, ulcus, a-
postema.
K I T T I E , s. A n a m e g i v e n to any kind o f c o w ,
Gall.
" Kiltie, a common name, or rather an universal
one, for all cows." Gall. Encycl.
This seems merely a corr. of Cowdy. V . Cow DA,
a n d COWDACH.
K I T T I E - C A T , ,9. A bit o f w o o d , o r any thing
u s e d in its place, which is hit a n d driven a b o u t
at Shintie and other games, R o x b . V . H O J I N I E -
HOLES.
K I T T I T , part. pa. Stripped o f all that one pos-
sessed, bereaved o f one's p r o p e r t y , whether b y
misfortune or otherwise. So. o f S. V. K I T T , v.
T o K I T T L E , v. a.\ Insert as sense 1. T o litter.
Conjoin, as proofs the extracts f r o m Minstrelsy B o r -
der, Maitl. Poems, and Palsgrave.
2 . T o b r i n g forth kittens, S . ] Add ;
T o K I T T L K , v. n. T o b e generated in the ima-
gination or affections, A y r s .
— D o w n fell the honest auld town of St. Ronarms,
where blythe decent folk had been heartsome eneugh
for m o n y a clay before ony o' them were born, or ony
sic vapouring fancies kittled in their cracked brains."
St. Ronan, i. 52.
" I would be nane surprised if something had>h7-
tled between Jamie and a Highland lassie, ane Nell
Friz e l / ' The Entail, ii. 282.
K I T T L I N G , s. A kitten.] Add;
T h i s w o r d lias f o r m e r l y b e e n u s e d as a c o n -
t e m p t u o u s designation f o r a child.
— " C a l l i n g of him theiff, geytt, howris geyt, preistis
kitlyncr Aberd. Reg. A . 1541, V . 17-
ce Kytlinge, Catellus. Catun cuius." Prompt. Par v.
Catulus,—kyttelynge " Ort. V o c a b .
T o K I T T L E , v. a. 1. T o tickle, S . ] Add;
This word occurs in a curious passage in our old
laws, from the Book o f Scone.
G i f it happin that ony man be pas sand in the
King's gait or passage, drivand befoir him twa sheip
festnit and knit togidder, be chance ane horse, hav-
and ane sair bak, is lying in the said gait, and ane
of the sheip passis be the ane side o f the horse, and
the uther sheep be the utlier side, swa that the band
quhairwith thay ar bund tuich or kittle his sair bak,
and he thairby movit dois arise, and earyis the said
scheip with him heir and thair, untill at last he cumis
and enter is in ane miln havand ane fire, without ane
keipar, and skatteris the fire, quairby the miln, horse,
sheep, and all, is b r u n t ; Quaeritur, Qulia sail pay
the skaith : Respondetur, The awner o f the horse sail
pay the sheip, because his horse soulcl not have been
lying in the King's hie-streit, or commoun passage;
and the miliar sail pay for the miln, and the horse,
and for all utlier damage and skaith, because he left
ane fire in the miln, without ane keipar." Balfour's
Pract. p. 509, 510.
K I T
" H e took great liberties with his Royal Highness,—
poking and kittling him in the ribs with his fore-
finger." T h e Steam-Boat, p. 2 50,
5. U s e d ironically as d e n o t i n g a. fatal stab., S.
<£ Had 1 my race to rm again, las.-,, I wadnae draw
m y dirk in the dark, as I have done, at the whisper
o' a Morison ; 1 wad kiltie the pume-proud earie.- un-
der the fifth rib wi' the bit cauld -meI for mv-cl'.
lass." Black\v. Mag. J u l y 1820, p. mdh
Add to etymon ;
Perhaps the root is I d . kid-a. mo!liter frieare.
T o KITTLK, v. n. A term used in regard to the
wind, when it rises. t c l b s b e g i n n h b to kittle
i. e. It is b e g i n n i n g to rise, i b i d .
T o KITTLK aj>, v. n. A p p l i e d to the; v, hid, when it
rises so as to blow irregularl v with considerable
violence, Eile.
KITTLE, adj. 1. T i c k l i s h , easily t i c k l e d , S . ] In-
sert* as sense
il. l)il!ieuit r m a s>11\ mad .-.mr-e ; who!: applied
to a road which mm m verv :'p: \>> io-. .
which o n e is in d a n g e r o f falling. T h i s is >•?!«•]
to be a kiltie g-ait, or to baa." kittle slaps in it, S.
" He'll mavbe no ken the way, though it's no
difficult to hit. if lie keep the home-road, and mind
the turn at the Capperch-uch, and duma—miss ony
(>' the kittle staps at. the Pu.-,s o' W a l k w a y . " Tales *.f
my Landlord, ii. 25p.
tj. I )hiicu 11, n i c e : used in a mora! sense, like E .
ticklish.
4. Xoi. easily managed ; as, a kittle hnrs> , S.
" ' T h i s y e a r riding up to Carnbw- —upon a kittle hot
ridden horse,—he euht mo o\mr on the other hank,
with the .-adf- b r t w i x t m y le^s," ttc. Mel lvill's MS
p. is:;.
5. Not easily pronouneed or articuluted. r r b i i s it is
usual to speak o f kittle Ycords or kittle names, S,
H e was learned, and every tittle
E'er he read believed it t r u e ;
Savin' chapters cross an' kittle,
H e cou'd read his Bible through.
Hogg's Mountain Bard, p. 154.
6 . Variable, applied to the weather, S.
Kittle weather, ticklish, changeable or uncertain
weather. South." Grose. This term is also used,
A.Bor. " Uncertain, d o u b t f u l ; as when a man knows
not his o w n mind Ray.
7. Nice, intricate, in a moral s e n s e ; as, a kittle
question, O . S . U n d e r this insert the p r o o f f r o m
Wodrow.
8. A s d e n o t i n g a nice sense o f h o n o u r , S.
" Til stand on mine honour as kittle as ony man,
but I hate unnecessary bloodshed." R o b R o y , iii. £4.
9. S q u e a m i s h , applied t o the conscience, S. V . the
p r o o f f r o m Spots w o o d .
10. V e x a t i o u s , i m p l y i n g the idea o f d a n g e r , S . ]
Add to p r o o f s f r o m Beattie and R a m s a y ;
Syne y o u must cross the blasted heath
W h e r e fairies oft are seen,
A vile uncanny kittle gate
T o g a n g on Halloween.
Train s Mountain Muse, p. 50, 51.
" A n d n o w , gaule wife, I maun ride, to get to the
 K I V K
Liddel or it be dark, for your Waste has but a kittle
character, ye ken your sell/' Guy Mannering, ii. 13.
11. Likely, apt. Barns.
12. S h a r p ; as applied to an angle, A b e r d . It is
not used, however, in the strict mathematical
sense o f acute; for an angle may be obtuse, and
yet (as is expressed) owre kit tie.
K I T T L E - B R E E K S , s. pi. A term applied as a nick-
name to a person of an irritable temper, A b e r d .
K I T T L E - S T R I P S , s. pi. A rope with a noose at each
end, into which the feet of a person are put, who
is placed across a joist or beam. His feat is to
balance himself so exactly, (and it is rather a
kittle attempt), as to be able to lift something
laid before him with his teeth, without being
overturned, R o x b .
K I T T L E - T I I E -CO (J T , K I T T 1.1 E - C O V T , S.\
It is the same game that in some parts of the coun-
try is called KUtlie-kow. All the players, save the per-
son who hides, shut their eyes till the handkerchief,
glove, or whatever is used, be hidden. When the task
of hiding is finished, the hider cries, Kittlie-kow, or
Kittlie-cout. Then every one attempts to find it. The
only information,that is given by the person who has
hid it, is that he cries Cold / when the seeker is far oft
from the thing hidden, and Hot ! when he is near it.
When very near, it is often said Ye re blazing ! q. burn-
ing-hot.
(c The terms of hot and cold, used in the game of
Kitllie-cout, &c. as they are often heard in the play-
grounds, must awaken the most pleasing recollec-
tions in the minds of those who have formerly enjoy-
ed these pastimes." Blaekw. Mag, Aug. 1821, p. 37.
K I T T I L L TO S C H O B E H I N D , noT to be depended on,
not worthy o f trust.
— < c Lat nather ony knawlege come to my lord my
brother is earis, not yit to Mr. W. Ik, mylordis auld
pedagog ; ffor my brother is kittill to scho behind, and
dar noclit interpryse for feir, and the vther will dis-
suade ws fra our purpose with ressones of religioun
quhilk I can nevir abyd." Lett. Logan of Restalrig,
Acts Ja. VI. 1609, p. 2-14.
K I T T L I E , adj. Itchy, S . ] Add ;
2. Susceptible, sensitive, S.
" Mrs. Gorbals—seemed to jealouse that I was
bound 011 a matrimonial exploit; but I was not so
kiftly as she thought, and could thole her progs and
jokes with the greatest pleasanee and composure."
The Steam-Boat, p. 155.
KITTLING, 1. A tickling, S.
<c On the hill o' Hawthornside—I first saw the face
o* an enemy. There was—a kind o' kittling, a sort
o* prinkling in my blood like, that I fand wadna be
cured but by the slap o' a sword or the point u a
spear." Perils of Man, ii. 234.
2. Something that tickles the fancy, Ayrs.
f<r Luk up, luk up, can yon be booits too ?' and she
pointed to the starns in the firmament with a jocosity
that was just a kittling to hear." Steam-Boat, p. 264.
K I T S , s.pl. T h e name given to the public jakes
o f the Grammar-school, A b e r d .
Fr. quitt-er, to void?
K I V A N , S. " A covey, such as o f partridges
Gall. Encycl. V . K29 IVIN.
N A
T o K I V E R , v. a. T o cover, Lanarks.
This word occurs in the Ipjjc of Virgilius, And
as he was therein, Virgilius kyverd the hole agayne
with the bourde close."
K I V E R , S. A covering o f any kind, ibid.
I v I V I L A I V I E , -v. A numerous collection, a
crowd, properly of low persons, Lanarks.
This word has obviously been left by the Strat-
el yde Welsh of this district. C.B. cyveiUiaw, to join
company. Cyvaill in like manner denotes a friend,
an associate ; cyvail, matched, or joined together; cy-
vallen, to match or connect with; cyvalhuuv, to make
co-equal; eye Iaw, being uttered in concord : from cijv
a prefix in composition, equivalent to E. conrdmlcon,
in compare and connect. The latter part of the word
may be from lliaw, to cause to flow, q. to cause to
A (111 ,*
flow together; or allied to lliaw s a multitude, a great
quantity.
K I V I N , s. A collection of people, a crowd pro-
miscuously gathered together for amusement, a
bevy, Teviotd.
Tins seems merely a corr. of Covyne, a convention.
V. under COXUYNK. It must be originally tlie same
with O.E. covin, covine, cc a deceitful agreement be-
tween two or more," &c. Covyne, as used by our
writers, is evidently from O.Fr. covin, convention
secrete, concert; Lacombe, Sup pi. p. 118.
T o K I Z E N , KEISIN, v. n. T o shrink, especially
in consequence of being exposed to the sun or
drought, A y r s . , R e n f r .
The grave, great glutton, swallows a
But ne'er will swallow me ;
My kizuing corps must dangling hang
Upon a gallows tree.
Trust me wha'm grown auld and keisin f.
Poems in Engl. Scotch and Latin, p. 1(35.
" Khend, dried up, North." Grose. V. G E I Z E .
K L A C K , .v. T h e denomination of fishing ground
that is near the shore, Shetl.; as opposed toHiifji
which denotes that which is distant.
K L E M , adj. Unprincipled. V. C L E M .
K L I N T , s. A rough stone, an outlying stone.,
Tweedd.
Isl. klett-ur, rupes mari imminens, Ver el. ; rupesy
scopulus, G. An dr.; Su.G. Mint, scopulus, vertex
montis excelsioris; also Melt, which Ihre views as the
original form of the word, the Swedes having in-
serted the letter n.
T o K N A B , v. a. T o beat, S el kirks.; the same
with Nab.
I care not for his sword ;
I'll smash it all to pieces, thus ! O how
111 knab him. Hogg's Dram. Tales, ii. 52.
K N A B , S. A severe stroke, Ettr. For.
" Sure am I that I never gae sic a straik sin syne,
nor ane wi' sic good will. I dinna think that I clave
his helmet, but I gae him sick—a knab on the temple,
that he was stoundit, and fell as dead as a stane at
my horse's feet." Perils of Man, ii. 241.
This seems to be the same with Knap, although
the latter is generally used to denote a slight stroke.
The word most nearly allied is Su.G. biaepp. D u o
denotat, ictum nempe etsonitum ictus; ut solenthaec
 K N A K
duo saepe in una voce conjungi. Knaepp-a resonar e
et ferire ; Belg. knapp-en ; Hire.
IVNABBV, KNABBISH, adj. Possessing independ-
ence, &c.l Add;
The herds o mony a knabbie laird
War trainin for the shambles ;
An' browz'd the hardly springan braird
"Mang ruthless thorns an' brambles.
Pic ken's Poems 1788, p. 178.
It is to be observed that Knab, as a .v., is used in a
derisive way.
K X A B I I I E , ,S*. T h e lower class of gentry, properly
such as cock-lairds who cultivate their own pro-
perty, or who live on a narrow income, Ayrs.
" T h e swaping o* the court,—and the peetiefu'
gait whilk the fouk spak thereawa, soon gart our
knahrie tynea' that auncient greeshoch whilk they had
for their forbears." Etlin. Mag. Apr. 1821, p. 353.
K N A B B L I C K , adj. Expl. " sharp-pointed,"
GL ; applied to small stones or pebbles that have
several angles, and which either start from un-
der the foot, when one treads on then), or bruise
it, S.B.
O'er a hiahblick stane,
H e rumbl'd down a rammage glyde.
Christmas Ba ins;, Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. 127-
V . KNIBLOCH.
T o K N A C K , K N A P , v.a. Totaunt,tomock.]Add;
c: Knacket, s n e e r e d G l . Westmorel.
T o K N A C K , v. n. T o make a harsh sound with
the throat," somewhat resemblingty the clinkingo of
a mill, S.A.
K X A C K , S.T h e sound described above, as made
by the throat, S . A .
K N A C K Y (pron. nacky), adj. 1. Sharp-witted,
S.] Add; '
4. It is used in Berwicks. in the sense of cunning,
crafty.
KNACKSY-, adj. T h e same with Knacky, Perths.
Brawlie can the call and gie—
A knacksy joake, wi' mirth an' glee,
In prose or rhyme. Duff's Poems, p. 35.
KKAOKUZ, S. U A person who talks quick, snap-
pish, and ever c h a t t e r i n g G a l l . Encycl. V.
KXACKY.
KNAG, A knob, &c.] Add;
Ir. Gael, cnag, a knob, a peg.
K N A G , s. T h e name given to a certain bird in
Sutherland.
In these forrests, and in all this province, ther
is great store of—dowes, steares or stirlings, lair-
igigh or knag, which i%a foull lyk vnto a paroket, or
p arret, which inaks place for her nest with her beck,
in the oak trie." Gordon's Geneal. Hist. Sutherl. p. 3.
The woodpecker ismostprobably meant, from Su.G.
g??ag~a, to gnaw, or Dan. knaeck-er, to crack ; as it is
in Sw. called hack-spik, from hack-a seeare, because
it cuts the bark of trees with its bill.
K N A G , 6s. Apparently synon. with E . Keg or
Ka^ a small barrel, Aberd.
— T o slock our drouth's a knag o' berry brown,
Which Symmie coft last gloinin i' the town.
Tarras's Poems, p. 8.
SO
N A
Ane knag of vhiaear [Vinegar] impute in the
schip." Aberd. < 'ent. Hi.
KNAG OIK, .v. A ca^, a si n a. II cask, Aberd. | Add;
2. A small wooden ves.-*.-l with a handle, Eiir. For.
K N A G , s. A knob, a pin on which any thine* "15
hung, S. ] Define;—A wooden hook fixed in the
wall, on which clolhes, tv.c. are bung. It is w r v
often one of tin; upper growths of the Scottish
pine, which is fastened to the joist o f a. hut, the
branches serving as so manv pegs.
K n a g g r 1:, adj. 1. Having protuberances, j Add;
" Knaggy, knotty;" I.ancash. T. Bobbins.
KKACI.IK, adj. b'sed in the same sense with
Jvna^m'ic, having many protuberances, S.
K N A P , -v. 1. A knob, a. protuberance, S.
" It is a good tree thai hath neither kuaj) nor gaw f
S. Prov. There is nothing altogether perfect/
K e l l y , p. 2 IS.
'Teut. k nappe, nodus.
2. A hillock, Aberd.
Ilk knaj> and brae .-miles ,-weet. in >imnier clean
All' a' the birdies hit in tunefu7 me<ah
Tarrus's Por/us, )). lJ.
3. Knap of the causey, the middle stones in a Mret r.
Aberd. To keep the knap of the cause//, used
in the same metaph.sense w ith keej/ntn- the cro'ccn
of the causey, ibid.
fsh knajtp-r, kuOf>j)-r, globulus, caput.
* T o K N A P , v. //. T o break in two, Ettr. For.
K N A P , .9. Some sort of wooden vessel, S.
But stoups are needed, tubs, and pails, and knaps,
For ail the old ar * yband into staps.
J'tHwjr Fair. tUacj. ir. MJan. J j \} p.
Su.G. l.-il. kitapi), ,'jloi a 1 i i is.
K N A P K , -v. 1. A jervanl. l>. I hsed contemptu-
ously, J Add;
This term seems to be still retained by the boys of
the High School of Edinburgh ; as they call one <c a
queer nap" or " knap" who is a sort of quizz, or in
low E. <f an odd fish."
K N A P P A P T S , s. pi. W o o d or heath pease.] Add;
The best of liquorice other soils produce,
Is far inferior to the knanperts' juice.
Don, a Poem. p. 1 8.
cc Knapperts is a root that tastes like liquorice,
but is much sweeter." Note, Leyden's Scot. De-
script. Poems, p. 11 <).
As these are much dug up, hence the proverbial
phrase, " I'll gar your niz [ n o s e ] hole knapparts " I'll
knock you clown on your nose; Aberd.
K N A P P E L , s. Staves of oak brought from
Memel, & c . ] Add;
The great hundreth knapplc, contenand xxiiii.
small hundreth is, is twa last. Item, ane hundreth
wanescot, contenand sax score, is twa last." Balfour's
Prac ticks, Oust una s, p. 88.
Knapplc would seem to be applied to staves, and
wanescot to planks.
K N A P P E R S , $. pi. E x p l . as denoting the mast
o f oak, &c.
Glandes, knappers." Wedderb. Vocab. p. 19. In
•a later Ed. knoppers.
Perhaps from Teut. laiapp-cn, to crack, from the
 K N A K
noise they make; or Sw. knapr-a, to gnaw, as chll-
clren are fond of eating them.
K N A P P I N G H A M M E R , a hammer with a
long shaft, for breaking stones into small pieces,
chiefly used to prepare materials for making or
mending roads, L o t h . ; from E . knap, to strike
smartly.
KNAPPING-IIOLE, A term, in the game
o f Shin tie, used to denote the hole out o f which
two players try to drive the ball in opposite di-
rections, D u m f r .
From Knap, v., as signifying to hit smartly.
K N A R L I E , adj. Knotty, Lanarks.
— T h e crashan' taps o' knarUc aiks
Cam doupan* to tlie grun'.
Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 3 2 8 . V. K N O R R Y .
K N A R R I E , s. A bruise, a hurt, Aberd.
Isl. gner-a, affricare, to rub, Verel.; q. a hurt pro-
duced by friction.
T o K N A S H , v. a. T o gnaw.] Add;
T o strike, U p p . Clydes.
K N A S H I P , s. V. KXAVESIIIP.
K N A V E -B AIIIN, A male child, South o f S.
" VVha durst buy Ellangowan that was not of Ber-
tram's blncle? and wdia could tell whether the bonny
knave-bairn may not come back to claim his ain?"
Guy Mannering, ii. 15, 1 6. V. JIMP, adv.
K N A V E S I i I P , KNASIIIP, 6'. A small clue, in
meal, established b y usage, which is paid to the
under-rniller, S. V. under K X A W , K N A I F , .V.
Cf Produce wytnes in jugement for prewing of the
auld statutis & vse that thai bed wownt to hef of the
multiir of ilk boll, & quhat knaschipAberd. Reg.
T o K X A W A T O N E , V. A. T o use judicial cogniz-
ance of, to j u d g e .
" The cans sis that the lordis of the Sessione sail
Jmaw aporie. In the first all spoliacioune, &c. the lordis
of the Sessione haifande na powere to knaw ((pone
thame eftir that the said yere be outrunyn." Pari.
Ja. II. A. 1456, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 17- Sit vpone, Ed.
1566, where first used above.
K N A W , I V N A W E , KNAIF,,?. 2, A boy,See.]Add ;
A man, who lies ane oyne j~ovend of his awbu—
sail not hald ma servandis nor four, viz. ane maisler,
twa servandis, and ane Icnaive." Leg. Burg. Balfour's
Practicks,p. 69. " A n e b o y ; " Skene, Burr. I,awes, c. 66.
K N A W L E G E , S. 1 . Knowledge, S.R., I T pp. Lanurhs.
2. Trial, examination, scrutiny. To bide
lege, to bear investigation, applied to persons in
regard to conduct or integrity in management.
— " He sail cheiss lele men and discret; and sik
as he will answere for, the qnliilkis sail byde knaw-
lege befor the king gif thai haif done thair deuoir at
the end of the taxacione." Pari. Ja. I. A. 1424, Acts
Ed. 1814, p. 4.
T o K N A W L E G E , v . ? i . T o acknowledge, A b e r d .
— " The said princess—has considerit and knaw-
legis that quhat thing the said per son is did in that
matter touching hir, thai dide it ofgude zele and mo-
tife, and of grete truth and leaute," &c. Pari. Ja. II.
A. 1439, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 54, c. 3.
K N E D N E U C H (ch gutt,), s. A peculiar taste
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or smell; chiefly applied to old meat or musty
bread, F i f e ; synon. Knaggim, S.
Gael, cnaoidh-eam, to consume ?
T o K N E E , V. N. T o bend in the middle, as a nail
in being driven into the wall, A b e r d .
K N E E , S. T h e instrument in E . called cranky
" the end of an iron axis turned square down,
and again turned square to the first turning
down,''' S.
K N E E - B A I R N , s . A child that sits on the knee,
as not being yet able to walk, S.
K N E E E , K N E I F , adj. 1. Active, lively, brisk,
S.] Add;
The term is very often applied to persons as re-
covering their animation after severe illness.
il. Intimate, synon. with Cosh, (fer kneef sug-
gests the idea o f criminal intercourse, Fife.
Haldorson expl. Isl. knaef-r fortis, acer, and naef'-r
acutus, acer. Gnaef-r, procerus, is radieally the same.
K N E I F L Y , adv. W i t h vivacity.] Add;
My pouch is plackless :
Which gars them compliment some chiel,
Wha kneijly kytiies in snugger b\el.
Tarras's Poems, p. 24. " Briskly Gl.
K N E L L - K N E E D , adj. ' T h e same with Nulc-
kneed, q. v., Ettr. For.
T o K N E T , i'. a. T o knit timbers ; as, " to hiet
ctipples,"" S.B.
Paid to ane wrycht for knelling of the tymmer
thairof."— cc Knet the tymmer." Aberd. Beg.
T o K N E V E L L , v.a. T o beat with the fists, giv-
ing the idea o f a succession of severe strokes, S.
— t c Twa landloupers jumpit out of a peat-hag on
me or I was aware, and got me down, and kncvclled
me sair aneuch, or I could gar my whip walk about
their lugs." Guy Mannering, ii. 3 9 . V , N E V E L L ,
under NEIVE.
KN E\Y E L , KXOOL, .V. A wooden PIMPED] Add ;
Knewel, however, may !ia\ e U-en originally tlie
same with Isl. knapphedda, compes eoaoram, sive
vinculum globulo et iaqueo comie:-;am ; i'rom knapp
a knot, and helld, halld~a, to hold.
K N Y A F F , s. A dwarf, a very puny person, Fife.
From this Nejfli is formed, q. v.
Isl. knip-^r, curvum et contractum corpus, k nippin
curvus ; Haldorson,
I I N I B L O C H , K X I B L A C H , S. A small round stone,
&c.] Add;
cc Lancash.^/n^/oc/t^littlelumps of coals al.)ovit the
size of eggs; kuohlings, knaplingsf id. Gl. T. Bob-
bins.
K N I C K I T Y - K N O C K , adv. To/a ' knickity-
hmock, to fall in the way of striking tlie head,
first on one side, then on another, Ayrs.
No to let us just fa' hiickity knock, frae side to
side, till 0111* barns are splattered at the bottom o' the
well o' despair,—I'll gie you a toast." Entail, iii. 77-
A word meant to represent the sound made by such
a fall, and formed from E. knock.
T o K N I D D E R , v. a. T o keep under.
O R — n ! thou prince o' lear !
(Tho' for't you've a gucle fee got)
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1 wat you knidderd gay and sair
Ilk canting, cappit bigot.
The General Assembly, Toe/. Museum, p. 374.
Tlie same with Kidder, q. v., which is the common
and the preferable orthography.
K N I D G E T , s. A malapert and mischievous b o y
or girl. ?dearns.
Shall we view it as allied to Teut. knodsen, knads-
en, To heal, or Dan. knid-er, to r u b ?
Y E E, K N Y F E , s. A hanger or dagger.] Add;
Thi* 1 arm occurs in this sense in our old acts.
• tin 1. vthir yemcn—salbe suffieiandly bo wit &
schrdiii, withi suerde, buklare, & knyfeA Park Ja. I.
A. i ! i.Y. Acts hah 18K), p. 10, c. 17-
The term lias the same sense in Su.G., as denoting
a short sword.
Torre s/raerd ok knif war jamslort fall:
Enses sicaeque aequam stragern edidere.
Hist. Alex. M.
Hire derives the term from Su.G. knip-a scindere,
-eeare ; V*. achter from Gr. kvuoj seco. Hence the
<>hrase,
K KXIFE, a small dirk, Perths.
ThA is a literal translation of Gael, skian duhlt, the
denomination given to this weapon by the High-
landers.
K \ Y P, -v. A blow ; as, " 111 gie ye a kn/jp oV*
tlie head A Aberd.
Teut. kuij) talitrum,crepitus digiti, a fillip; knipp-
rn, taiilro ferire, Su.G. knaeppdenotat ictum,et soni-
Tom ictus; knaeppa, resonare, et ferire. Isl. knip-pa,
impingere.
K N I P S I E , .v. A malapert and. mischievous b o y
or giri, Mearns ; synon. Knidgct.
a>. .-dim dying " a little malapert person,"
A herd.
Did we s u p p o s e that this term had originated from
the pony appearance of the person, it might be traced
Vo L b htdp-r, curvum et contractum corpus, hiipp-a,
i;nepp-a, curvare ; if from the pert conduct of such
a person, perhaps to knapi, puer pedisequus.
IvxiTCiiELL, A*. A small bundle.] Add;
In I .- :, we find not only knyti fasciculus, but knytil,
id... boih from knyl-a nodare.
T o KA Y T E , v.a. r Po strike smartly. V.KNOIT,^.
FXYT A smart stroke. Y. ICXOIT, s.
E'.\ l\ .ALA CI I, " A stroke which raises a
ti.mov:"' G1. S11rv. Moray.
This is perhaps the same with Knibloch, q. v. sense
. i t miglit,however,be deduced from Su.G. naefwc,
.' / t . - j e fist, and laeg-a to strike, or lag a blow.
K N O C K , -9. A clock, S.] Add ;
\ am content on Sounday nixt to cum afoire none
;r.L ten houris of the knoke, to cum till ony lugene
within t1ie town of Ayr, and bring with me twelf
ivsenable and honest men to be auditoris for my
'dWillokJ bringand twelf sicklike ; provid-
; a: d aluays that there be na ma bot £4 person is
la'. mvde for baith the sydes," &c. Kennedy's Cor-
iv-o-u.deiice with Willok, Keith's Hist. App. p.
hhdi 1. ,v. A hill, a knoll, S . ; evidently from
Caei. and Ir. cnoc, which L h u y d , Shaw, and
Ubrien simply render a hillA
N O
Round the rock,
Down by the knock,
Mornauehty, Tunnachty, Moy and Glentrive.
Jacobite Relics, ii. 148.
" It proceeded till its extremity was over the knock,
an insulated hill behind the church." Glenfergus,
i. 1 0 8 .
This Gael, term is understood as exactly corre-
sponding in sense with E. knoll, S. know.
K N O C K , s. A wooden instrument, used by the
peasantry for beating yarn, webs, &e. common-
ly when bleaclririg, R o x b . 11 resembles abeetle;
but is longer, and flat on both sides.
A.S. cnuc-ian, tundere.
K N O C K of a Y E T T , " knocker o f a gate Gl.
tf Ilk ane had in his cap or bonnet a rip of oats,
wdiilk was his sign; our town's people began to wear
the like in their bonnetts, and to knit them to the
knocks of our yells, but it was little safeguard to us,
albeit we used the same for a protection." Spald-
ing, ii.
K N O C K D O E G E E , adj. Shorl and thick, Ebb.
Asthe r. Dodgel signifies to walk in a. stiff and hob-
bling way, perhaps knock is prefixed as denoting the
striking of the knees against each other. Teut. knoke,
however, is the ancle.
KNOCK I V M EEE, A mallet for beating the
J lulls off barley, S.
'* This was in a very rude manner in a stone-mor-
tar with a wooden mallet , (called the knocking-stane
and knocking-n/ell,) almost every family having otseA
Agr. Surv. Mid-Loth. p. 101.
KNOCKIN-STANE, A stone-mortar in
wdiich the hulls were beaten off barley with a
wooden mallet. Tlie hole in the stone was like
an inverted hollow cone, and the mallet was
made to fit it loosely, S. V. Knockin-mcll.
K N O C K I T , A. A piece o f bread, eaten at noon
as a luncheon, D u m f r . ; Twall-hours synon. In
Galloway Nackci.
Most probably from the ske of the piece of bread,
Su.G. kneck globulus. V. NOCKET.
K N O C K I T B A R L E Y OR B E A R . ] Add ;
The pure men plentis that duellis besyde him,
How Q m j creipis in a hoill to hyde him,—
When they come there to crave their debtis ;
For kail.1, candle, and knocked heir,
Herbis to the pot, and all sic geir,
He never pay is ane penny he takkis.
Legend dtp. Sl.Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 323,324,
K N O G , s. A n y thing short, thick, and stout;
as " a knog of a chieM," " a knog o f a stick,""
&c., Clydes.
This is evidently the same with Knag, q. v.
T o K N O I T , & c . V a. 1. T o strike with a sharp
sound, S . ]
Etymon, 1. 3, after—Worm. Liter. Jnsert ;
— ; allidebatur, verb, impersonale, Gl. Lodbrokar-
Qui da, p. 77; knyl-a, verb er are.
KNOIT, S. A smart stroke.] Add;
My vera flesh an' saul ar gnaw in,
T o see ye gruntin, sough in, blawiri,
An' whiles yir heavy noddle fa'in,
W i ' lazy knyle. Tarrasys Poems, p. 99
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T o K N O O F F , v. n. T o converse familiarly. V.
KNUFF.
K N O O P , 8. The Jcnoop of a hill.] Add ;
Knop is used in the same sense in Shetland. Brand
introduces it, when giving an account of a very sin-
gular mode of fishing, which, it may be supposed,
is now unknown in these islands.
^ About a mile from Tingwal to the North, there
is a hill called the Knop ofKebister, or LugtgiesKnoiv,
nigh to which hill there is a house called Kebister
where a varlet or wizard lived, comonly designed
Lu*r<rie, concerning whom it was reported, that when
the sea was so tempestuous, that the boats durst not
go off to the fishing, he used to go to that hill or
know, wherein [ w a s ] a hole, into which he let down
his lines and took up any fish he pleased, as a cod,
or ling, &c. which no other could do but himself:
Also wdien fishing at sea, he would at his pleasure
take up any rosted fish with his line, with the intrals
or guts out of it, and so ready for his use." The
writer very gravely adds ; " This was certainly done
by the agency of evil spirits, witli whom he "was in
compact and covenant." Descr. of Zetl. p. 110, 111.
Add to etymon ;
Isl. gnop prominentia.
K N O T , s. A protuberance, a knob.
item ane pair of bedis of garnettis, knoppU with
gold, and within the knoppis ane of the said bedis."
Inventories, A. 1542, p. 6*2.
" It was a well-wrought piece, having three crowns
uppermost, and three other kind of crowns beneath,
well carved with golden knopsSpalding, ii. 63.
IvxopriT, pmi. pa. H a v i n g knobs.
" Item ane pair of bedis, blew, Jcnoppit with gold."
Inventories, ut. sup. V . K N O P , .9.
K N O O S T , K N U T S T , S. A large l u m p . ] Add;
Sicanib.w0c.si,Belg. knoest, nodus in arbore; Kilian.
K N O R R I E , N O J U I I E , -V. A wheal raised b y a
blow, A b e r d . ; the same with Nor lick.
K N O T L E S S , adj. N o t having a knot; usually
applied to a thread, which, instead of keeping
hold, passes through the seam, S.
This term is used metaph. of one who disappears
from a company without being observed, or without
giving any previous intimation: " He slipt awa just
like a knot less thread;" S. Pro v.
K N O T T Y T A M S , a cant designation for the
knots skimmed off oatmeal porridge, before they
are completely made ; used as a dish in Renfr.
I n making the porridge, these should be bro-
ken, when it is not meant to use them b y them-
selves. Knotty Tammies, id., E . Loth.
K N O U T , s. T h e ball or bit o f wood that is
struck in the game of Shinty, F i f e ; synon. Doe,
and Nacket.
Isl. knud-r signifies nodus, globus; also hmf-r,
Ver eh; knolt-r pi la, globus, hnud-r tuber, Dan. knude,
Su.G. laud, nodus. Isl. hnatt-leikr, ludus pilae lig-
neae super glaciem, q. the knatt-play, or knout-play.
K N O W I E , adj. F u l l of knolls, C l y d e s .
K N U D G E ^ <?. A short, thick, hard-grown, and
strong person or animal; as, " He's a perfect
kmidge Dumfr.
VOL. I I . " 8 3
Teut. knodse, Jcnudse, clava nodosa ; knoest, nodus
arboris. Isl. knettin signifies rotund us, compaetus.
KXUDGIE, adj. S h o r t , thick, hard-grown, and
strong, ibid.
T o K N U F F ' , v.n. T o converse familiarly.] Add;
" But scho skyrit to knuife lownly or siccarlye
on thilke sauchnyng." Hogg's Winter Tales, ii. 41.
KNULL, KXULE, A bit of wood tied in the
end o f a rope, which enters into an eye in the
other end of it, for fastening a cow or any other
animal, F i f e ; A b e r d .
This is evidently the same with Knew el, q.v. Teut.
k nolle, globus; knovel, nodus; Su.G. knula, tuber.
K N U L ' D , part. adj. H e n p e c k e d , F i f e ; synon,
SnuTd. V. SXOOL.
T o K N U S E , K N O O S E , v. a. T o bruise.] Add;
A.S. enys-an, cnijss-an, premere, concutere; con-
tundere; " to hit or dash against, to overthrow;"
Somner. Ge-cnijsed, " beaten, bruised ;" id.
K N U S K Y , adj. T h i c k , g r o s s ; applied to persons;
L an arks.
K X U S K Y , S. u A strong firm boy; 11 G l . S u r v . Ayrs,
p. 692.
Isl. knusk-a, hnusk-a, con tun d ere, q. well put to-
gether ; knusk-r tuber, expl. by Dan. knude, a knot,
K N U S L Y , adv. Snugly, comfortably, Perths...
Stirlings.; pron. Knussly.
A clear peat ingle bleez't on the h earths tan e,
Foregainst whilk Bawty crap, wagging his tail,
Turn'd him about, and laid him knushj down,
Thinkiif of neither bogles nor the storm.
The GJurist, p. 4.
Isl. hnisse apparo, ad or no, compono; hi as sin, com-
posite adornans supellectilem vel res domesticas; G.
An dr. p. 117 ; q. putting things into proper order.
Perhaps Jmuslij refers to the pains taken by a dog to
lay itself down, so as that it may recline with ease;
especially as the words, Turn'd him about, respect the
caution with which he proceeds. It is well known
that in Isl. hn and kn are constantly interchanged. If
we suppose the term properly to signify softly, gent-
ly, as descriptive of the manner in which a dog lays
himself d o w n ; it may seem allied to A.S. hnaesef
hnijse, mollis, soft, tender, delicate, nice, dainty. V.
Somner. The Moes.G. synon. is Jinasiiga, mollis.
llnasugaim vastjom gawasidai, " Clothed in soft rai-
ment;" Matth. xi. 8.
T o K N U T , v. n. T o halt slightly; especially
used to denote the unpleasant jerk which a horse
sometimes gives on his pastern, when he sets his
foot on a round stone, Stirlings.
K N U T , S. A motion of this kind, ibid.
This seems the same with the v. Knoil, Knilc, sense
2., differing only in provincial pronunciation.
Isl. hniot-a, (pret. Jinaut) signifies to stumble.
T o K N U T L E , v. a. 1. T o strike with the
knuckle, Renfr.
Isl. Jvnola, Icniita, nodus artuum ; hnilla, paululuni
•pimgeve, hnudla cligitis prensare. Su.G. Jcnut, as signi-
fying a knot, gives perhaps the primary idea; as the
joints are as it were the knots between the bones.
2, T o strike with feeble blows frequently repeat-
ed, R o x b .
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T o K N U Z L E , z\ a . T o squeeze, to press, pro-
perly with the knees, Teviotcl. V. N O O Z L E .
K O A B , QUOAB, s. A reward ; a gift, a bribe,
Shetb ; as, " Esc doe what du wants me, bit
fath I maun hae a gud KoabT
I see no northern term which can be supposed to
have any affinity, unless perhaps Isl. qrvabb, molesti
petitio seu rogatio, qwabh-a, kwabb-as, rogitare, pe-
tit are; q. what is obtained in consequence of conti-
nued solicitation. It is singular that it should per-
haps more nearly resemble €. B. gwobr, which sig-
nifies both a reward and a bribe.
KOEE-CA.RYLL, A contemptuous designa-
tion, q. " old pedlar."
£f C o n v i c k i t f o r the trublance o f h i m in w o r d is,
call and him koff-caryll one the oppin gait." Aberd.
Reg. Cent. lb.
KoJJ' had been always accounted a contumelious
term. V . COFFE, and CARL.
T o K O O K h v. n. T o appear and disappear by
fits ; the same with Cook', v., A y r s .
cc I was o f a firm persuasion, that all the s c u l d u d -
dery of the business might have been well spared
from the eye of the public, which is of itself suffici-
ently prone to keek and kook, in every possible way,
for a glimpse of a black story." Ayrs. Leg. p. 271.
These terms are conjoined, to denote that the at-
titude is frequently changed in the act of prying,
L.
L, after broad a, as occurring in E. words, is changed
into silent u, or w ; as, maut, sard, for malt, salt, &c.
T o L A B , v* a. T o b e a t , L o t h . To lam is u s e d in
t h e s a m e sense i n v u l g a r E . , w h i c h M r . H e r b e r t
p r o p e r l y d e d u c e s f r o m I s l . lamd-i, s l a u g h t e r e d .
C . B . llab-iaw, to slap, to strap, t o rap.
LAB, S. A stroke, a blow, A n g . ] Add ; Loth.
C.B. I lab, a stripe, a w h i p p i n g , a s t r o k e ; O w e n ;
lab, ictus, Lhuyd.
T o L A B , v. a. T o pitch, to toss out of the hand,
L a n a r k s.
T h i s t e r m expresses the act o f d i s c h a r g i n g a n y
thing, b y bringing the hand suddenly forward, and
k e e p i n g the arm in a vertical position ; the swung b e -
i n g similar to that o f a p e n d u l u m ,
G a e l , lamh-aigham, ( p r o n . lav-) t o t h r o w , f r o m lamh
the h a n d . C.B. llav, cf that e x t e n d s , or goes o u t ; "
Owen.
LAB, T h e act o f t h r o w i n g as d e s c r i b e d a b o v e ,
ibid. Penny-sianes, q u o i t s , Szc. are said to b e
thrown with a lab.
T o L A B B E R , L E B B E R , v. a. T o soil o r b e s p a t -
ter. A c h i l d is said t o labber i t s e l f , w h e n it d o e s
n o t t a k e its f o o d i n a c l e a n l y w a y ; L o t h .
It s e e m s to claim the same origin w i t h E . slabber,
w i t h w h i c h it is s y n o n .
84
L A B
that, a m o r e m i n u t e v i e w o f the o b j e e t o f fcrutir. v
m a y , if p u s d b l c , bo o b t a i n e d .
K O R K I K , s. A red d y e , S . B .
" With the top o f heath they m a k e a y e l l o w
C o l o u r ; with a red mo.— , g r o w i n g on .-'ones, are!
called korkir, they d y e red ; v. Ill: th-- bark o f the
alder or ailar-tree t h e y d y e b l a c k . " > h a w \ M o r a y ,
p. 156.
T h i s is p r o b a b l y the same with w h a t b- eaiied
coir I in Shetland. (bach vorculr, red, p u r p l e , a r<
d y e ; " Shaw's (bieh D i e t .
r i\j K ( )\V K,;*. a. T o i'each f r o m n a u s e a . V.(Nr.v
K R I M i L E , ('R.I N'FI L F.~B I; F AD, .V. A bind
b r e a d b r o u g h t f r o m N o r w a y , j Add ;
T h o s e w h o c o m m o n l y frequent this count ry, d
trade with the inhabitants, are i f . m i b u r g i i e r a n d
sometimes Bremers, and other-, v. h o — s e t u p b-.>oT: s
or shops, w h e r e they .-rb h q u o m s , a - b e e r , braudie,
t\*e., and w h e a t - b r e a d , a-, that w h i c h t h e y call Crt/i^c;
Lraui, a n d ti/e like." Brand'* Z e t l a n d , p. I I .
JVFEOK, adj. I l a i v b r a b i e d . Y . C1 r n E, ( V ; u, a m :
( h ' s T K IF.
K U S T R i L , KOOSTKIL, .V. A f o o i i s h f e l l o w . \ .
CFSTIUF.
T o K F T F i i , C F T E R . I V / O T o c o n v e r s e in aclande-.-.
t m e w a v , with a ] ) p e a r a n c e oi*great i n t i m a c y ,
" T o ccth r. to w h i s p e r A.Bor. ( b o a -
T o L A E E , L A V E , T. a. T o lade, to lay on a
burden ; terms used in Leadhills.
L A B E Y , 5. T h e Jlap or skirt of a man's coat,
Roxb.
T o him his tails he quickly pu'd,
Wi' as great haste as may be ;
B u t in the t r o u g h , t h e c o u ' t e r t h r o ' t
H a d b u r n t his n e w coat labey.
Country Smiddy, A. Scott's Poems, p. (jg,
V. LEBBTE.
T o L A B O U R , L A B Q F E E , r . a. T o p l o u g h the
ground, to car, S.
Cf That the tennandis sail laboure & manure the said
landis q u h i l t h e s a i d t y m e , & thareftir p a y thar malis
to the p a r t i j t h a t o p t e n i s t h e landis." A c t . D o m . C o n e .
A . 1479, p . 44.
" T h e y k e e p e d t h e fields in their h i g h l a n d w e e d
u p o n f o o t , w i t h s w o r d s — a n d other h i g h l a n d arms,
and first b e g a n t o r o b a n d s p u i l y i e the earls tenants
w h o laboured their possessions o f their haill g o o d s ,
g e a r , i n s i g h t p l e n i s h i n g , " & c . S p a l d i n g , i. 4.
Cf W i t h p o w e r — t o the saidis Bailleis, eounsall and
c o m m w n i t i e , t o laubour a n d m a n u r e sic pairtis &
p o r t i o u n e s o f thair c o m m o u n t i e as t h e y sail t h i n k
e x p e d i e n t , " & c . A c t s Cha. I. E d . 1 8 1 4 , V . 576.
T h i s sense o f the t e r m had f o r m e r l y b e e n c o m -
m o n in E .
 L A D
<cllaboure the yerthe as plowemen, or gardayners,
or tliay that haue vynes do.—Tullye prayseth the
pastyme to labour the yerthe aboue all other exer-
cyses." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 274, a.
It is a Fr. idiom; Je laboure la terre. Ibid. F .
L a b o u r i n g s. Insert, as sense 1. T h a t part of
agricultural work winch denotes the prepara-
tion of the soil for receiving the seed, S.
L A W B O R A B L E , adj. In a state fit for being plow-
ed ; Fr. labour able.
—-cc That the said four husband landis offerit, to
hir in Gulane, wer ourdrevin with sand, and nocht
arable nor lawborable, hot barane & waist." Act.
Dom. Cone. A. 1402, p. 2Q3, 2£)4.
L A C H T , s. A fine or penalty ; Aberd. R e g .
passim. V. UNLAW.
L A C H T E R , s. 1. Lachter o f a f o w l , & c . ] Add;
Ijaughter, I find, is expressly given as a local term
in E. tf Laughter} laying; as, a hen lays her laugh-
ter, that is, all the eggs she will lay that time." Ray's
Lett. p. 331.
2. I t is said metaphorically o f a female who goes
beyond truth in narration. She^s tclFdane more
than her laud iter, i. e. she has made addition to
the story Roxb.
L A C H T E R , L A I C H T E R , L A U G H T E R , s. 1. A
layer, &c.] Add;
It is used in the same sense in Galloway. A lach-
ter of corn is as much as the hand can hold.
" I wish—the lad bairn wad tak counsel, and no lose
time by keeking ay in the maiden's face ilka lauchter
he lays down." Blackw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 402.
2. A lock ; as, a lauchter of hair, S.
He gae to me a cuttie knife,
And bade me keep it as my life ;
Three lauchtcrs o his yellow hair.
For fear we wad ne'er meet mail*.
Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 208.
A ' that he gied me to my propine,
Was a pair of green gloves and a gay gold ring;
Three lauchters of his yellow hair,
In case that we shou'd meet nae mair.
Bothwcll, Herd's Coll. i. 84.
L A D , s. 1. One in a menial situation, S.] Add;
cc Lad or knaue. Garcio." Prompt. Par v.
2. A sweetheart, S . ] Add, as sense
3. A young man who is unmarried ; as, u He's no
married yet, he's only a l a d ? S.
AULD LAD, an old batchelor, A n g u s .
LAD-BAIRN, A male child, S.
When forty weeks were past and gane,—
This maiden had a braw lad, beam.
Herd's Coll. ii. 149.
" I noticed, in the course of this year, that there
was a greater christening of lad bairns, than had ever
been in any year during my incumbency ; and grave
and wise persons—said, that it had been long held
as a sure prognostication of war, when the births of
male children outnumbered that of females." Ann.
of the Par. p. 180.
T o L A D D E R , LEDDER, v. a. T o apply a lad-
der to, for the purpose of ascending, S.
" His friends came rushing forward to ladder the
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L A D
walls and rescue him." Pltscottie, p. 191. Ed. 18145
ledder.
L A D E , LEAD, L E I D , MILL-LADE, Add;
" Gif ony man happenis to destroy or cast down
ane uther man's mi In-dam or leid,—he sail be com-
pel! it to pay the awner thai rof the damn age/' & c .
Balfour's Pract. p. 494.
This learned lawyer seems to use the term as un-
derstood in his time to signify the passage which led
to the miln. For he speaks of ane water passage,"
which " cumis, leidand and conduccand the water fra
the dam to the miln." Ibid. p. 493.
L A D E - M A N , LAID-MAN, 6'. 1. A man who has
the charge o f a horse-load, or of a pack-horse.
The laid men, that persawyt weill,
Thai kest thair ladys doun in b y ;
A n d thair gownys deliuerly,
That heylvt thaim, thai kest away.
The Bruce, vi. 406', Ed. 1820.
I Aide-men, Ed. 1620.
2. T h e servant belonging to a miln, who has the
charge of driving the loads to the owners, as
well as of lifting them up, S.
T o L A D E N , LAI DIM, ix a, T o load, S.
— " With power to pak and peill,—and alss to
laidin and disladin the saidismerchandice and guidis."
Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 580.
Sair laidint, heavily loaded, S. This is not the
part. pa. of the old v. Lade, for this would be laden.
'The latter, however, seems to be the root of our verb.
V. LOOXIX.
L A D E N I N T I M E , the time of laying i n winter
provisions, S.] Add;
It seems doubtful whether we ought not to derive
this from another Scandinavian word, which was most
probably of general use. Magnusen has observed that
Isl. hlada, in the most ancient speech, signified to
slaughter or fell men or beasts. Forsog til Porklar-
ing over noglesteder af Ossian's Digte, p. 14. Thus
ladenin time might be originally the same as slaugh-«
terij/g time.
* L A D Y , s. T h e title universally given, in for-
mer times, to the wife of a landholder in Scot-
land. It is still used in some parts o f the couii-
try.
" The lard, or laird, was designed from his estate-
and his wife was lady by the same designation even
down to modern times." Pink. Hist. Scotl. i. 35()a
L A D Y - B R A C K E N , s. T h e female f c r m D u m f n ,
Roxb.
Amidst the deep solitude of the moor I found
one or two of the martyrs' grave stones, and having
removed the heather and decayed leaves of lady-*
bracken which covered the inscription, and having
recited aloud * Satan's Lamentation for Grierson of
Lagg,' I renewed my journey." Blackw. Mag. June
1820, p . 278. V. BRACHEN.
LADY-DAY. V. MARYM ESS.
L A D I E S - F I N G E R S , s.pl W o o d b i n e or H o -
ney-suckle, R o x b .
In E. the name Lady's- Finger is given to Kidney^
vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria.
L A D Y - G A R T E N - B E R R I E S , s.pl T h e fruit
of the bramble, Teviotd.
In Sweden the stone-bramble is denominntedjvng*
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frubaar, or Young Lady's berry, and Mar'mhaur, or
the Virgin Mary's berry.
L A D Y - P R E I N , s. T h e same small kind o f pin
in E . called Minikin, Loth. ; evidently as being
o f no use but tor ladies in the nicer parts of dress.
L A D Y ' S ( O U R ) E L W A N I ) , the vulgar desig-
nation of the constellation called Orion's Girdle,
S.B. V. ELWAND.
L A D Y ' S ( O U R ) H E N , a name given to the
lark (alauda) in Orkney.
u There is one day in harvest, on which the more
ignorant, especially in Rousa, say, if any work the
ridges will blood [bleed]. The Lark some call Our
Lady s lien. And some such Popish dregs are to be
found." Brand's Orkn. p. (il.
I need scarcely add, that this name has been con-
ferred in compliment to the Virgin Mary. V. LAN-
DERS.
L A D R O N E , LAYDROX, LATHERIX, A lazy
knave, S.] Add;
But Maggy wha fu' well did ken,
The lurking lather'ms' meaning,
Put a' the lads upo' the scent,
An' bade them stanch their greening.
Davidson's Seasons, p. f)0.
L A D ' S - L O V E , s. A name given b y the coun-
try girls in Aberdeens. to Southernwood. Y.
OVEREXYIE.
L A D - W E A N , s. A man-child, S.
I hae nocht left me ava,
Ochon, oehon, oehrie,
But bonny orphan, lad-weans twa,
To seek their broad wi mo.
ducobi/c li'-ti'S, ii. ]
L A F F Y j t t d j . Soft, not pressed together; as.
Iqffy ha\r that has not hirti trodden into a,
compact mass; a Injjyjcatlwr bed. kc. 5 Lanarks.
Teut. laf flaccidus, Kilian. Isl. Iqfe. denotes what
Is loose in a certain sense,being applied to what hangs
in this state; pendulus lacer sum; whence loej la-
ciniae pendulae ; G. An dr.
L A F T , s. A floor, always as distinguished from
the ground floor, S.
Mail- elegant than thine my lafts are found.
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 11.
2. A gallery, S.
" I—observed a peeress from her seat in the front
of the laft opposite to me, speaking vehemently to
a fat lord at the table below." Steam-Boat, p. 220.
Su.G. loft, superior contignatio; C.B. lloft, id.
L A F T , L O F T , s. T h e fitness of any soil to re-
ceive one species of seed, or produce one kind
o f grain, In preference to another ; the actual
state o f ground in relation to agricultural pur-
poses ; as, a T h a t land's in fine laft for aits,"
L e. oats; Loth. Thl and Ply may be viewed
as synon. terms.
In one of the oldest copies of Talc your auld cloak
about you, the sixth verse is thus given :
It's ilka land has its ain laft,
Ilk kind of corn has its ain h o o l ;
I think the warkl be gane daft,
When ilka wife her man wald rule.
In Thomson's Select Collection, vol. iii. laugh is
the word used; in Pinker ton's Comic Ballads ii. 110,
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hugh. In both the third line does not rhyme with
the first;
I think the warld is a' run irraioj.
If laft be not the original word, lunch seems to
have the best claim, as -igniAing law or em-tom.
Dan. lav-e aptare ; saetfe i tarr: eomponere, d b p o -
Tiere ; Baden.
L A G , adj. u Sluggish, slow, tardy. It is out of
use, but retained in Scotland;" Johns,
Sink iii wi' care we aft.cn fag ;
Strummin about a gill we're lag,
Syne drowsy hum.
Tarrass Poems, p. IdxX
L A G A E A G , s. T h e bind mo-!, o r laM., F i f e ;
a p p a i v n l l v from A/jg and tdtacl;.
L A G E.\ E , E.\<;(;EN, -v. 1. T h e p r o j e c t i n g part
o f the staves, tvc. | Add to e i v m o i i ;
LI. lor:r\i is defined in the same manner ; T e r m i -
nus fundi, seu ineisnra, (put fumhi- eum corpore va-
sis eou-t met i eoi? ; G. Audr. j). 1 o'o. .\largo, vel in-
cisnra lignei a liiado ; ! aiMor-on.
T o LAO EX, h.M.i;i-;x, a. T o repair the a.
o f a ves>el, C l v d c s .
L h laj:ir-a, fundum per incEura- aptare va-d
neo : Haldorson.
L A O E \ " - C I st!), -v. A hoop, CV.c. ] Add;
— < c Hodie V addressing the fiddler, ' ye'il souk
htguen-gird off t he enough, and mar \our m u M r c V e
and our mirth." Pla.ckw. Mag. Jan. IS i l , p. l-o;.
L A ( l ( i E K E F , parl.jni. 1. B c m i r e d , & e . S. | Add;
'1 his word oppears iu a. more primitive form in
O.K. " Lagged or beiIrahelyd. Lahefaetiis. PaJudo.,
si is." Prompt. I)ar\'.
L A v ' , .v. T h e sin y of a loom, S. | Add ;
l l ' y I f ' - m . i e a d e o" - t o u t ad-a-u rung.
Had >air'i him saxi y simmer,
Tho' in- laug lay, v. i: 1'eaiTu' fungs,
Shook a' the roofing tim'er.
A. IVilson's Poems 17f)0, p. ^Oo.
T o L A Y , v. ct. T o smear or salve sheep with ,i
mixture o f tar and butter, Stirling's., R o x b
It was, till o f late, the almost universal practice
to lay or smear the whole stock with an ointment c o m -
posed o f butter and tar." A g r . Snrv. Stirl. p. 2f)5.
LAYINO-TIME, S. T h e season when shepherds
besmear their sheep with butter and tar. t o g u a r u
them against the cold o f winter. R o x b .
This is about tlie beginning o f Novc mber. The
term is formed, I suppose, from the circumstance o f
their laying this mixture on the skins o f the sheep.
T o L A Y BY, v. a. T h i s v., i n d e e d , is used in
two forms. " H e has laid himsell by wi' o'er
m u c k l e w a r k , " h e has so o v e r d o n e himself b y
i m p r o p e r exertion, that h e is laid u p . " u H e ' s
laid byf h e is confined b y ailment, S.
T o L A Y DOWN, to sow o u t in grass, S.
It is a prodigious error to overcrop ground, be-
<e
fore laying it down with grass-seeds." Maxwell's Sel.
Trans, p. 52.
To L A Y GOWD, to embroider.
A n d ye maun learn my gay goss hawk
T o weild baith bow and brand ;
And I sail learn your turtle dow
T o lay gowd wi' her hand.
Fause Foudrage, Minstrelsy Border, ii. 85,
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T o L A Y IN, v. a. T o throw back into the state
o f a c o m m o n , to p u t into a waste state.
— O r d i n i s thatt all persones quha lies toil lit, lau-
bourit, sawin, parkit, &c. ony pairt or portioun of
his maiesteis commoun mures or vtheris e o m m o u n -
teis,—within yeir & day eftir the said try ell lay in
the samyn commounteis agane." Acts Ja. VI. 1600,
Ed. 1814, p. 228.
T o L A Y ON, v. a. T o give blows.] Add;
cc Gif the master [ o f a ship] lay is on his men, and
gevis ony of thame ane buffet with his neif, or with
his pal me, he sail pay vii d. Bot gif he strikes him
mair, he that is strucken may turn and strike agane."
Ship Lawis, Balfour's Fract. p. 62J.
It was, however, anciently used in E. in the same
manner. " I Iaye vpon one, I beate hym or bundle
hym.—She layde vpon hym lyke a maulte sacke, and
the poore boye durste nat ones quytette." Palsgr.
B. iii. F. 274, b.
T o L A Y ON", v. impers. T o rain, to hail, to snow,
heavily ; as, It's layin on o1 mawS.O.
T o L A Y T I L L one, to allot, to ordain. " Laid till
fated that she should Gl. Antiquary.
T o L A Y C H , v. n. T o linger, to delay.]' Add;
" Lalche ortariynge. Mora. Tarditas." Prompt. Par v.
L A I C H , L A Y C H E (gutt.), adj. L o w in situa-
tion. V. L A I o n , adj.
L A I C H , -V. A hollow. V . LAIGII, S.
L A I C II of a coil.
u Item, iyve ellis andthre quarters of fresit claith
of gold reinyeit with blak, contening in the haill to
fyve litle peces, a half of the laich of a coit thairin
eontenit, figurit with scaillis.—The claith of gold wes
employ it Feb. 1566, and the laich of the coit deli-
verit in Jan. 1 5 6 6 . " Inventories, A . 1 5 6 L , p. 14.9.
Laich seems to be the same with Laih, q. v., as here
sign i fy in g cl o th i n ge n er al. Half eft h e Ia ich (fa coil,
"half as much cloth as is necessary for making a coat."
L A I D , s. People, the same with Leid, Lcde.
Gif thow meitis ony laid lent on the ling,
Gar thame boan to this burgh, I tell the mine
intent. Rauf Cody ear, B. iij. 6.
Those writers, who were so fond of alliteration as
the author of this tale, often paid little attention to
the sense of terms which they used. The phrase fol-
lowing, lent on the ling, may however signify, dwel-
ling, or tarrying, on the heath.
L A I D GALLON, a vessel f o r containing liquids.
" The air sail liaue—the best brewing leid, the
mask-fat, with tub, bar r ell is, and laid gallon." Bal-
four's Practieks, p. 234, also 235.
Although this term seems to be now quite obso-
lete, it is evidently given by Balfour as the transla-
tion of Lagenam, the word used in our Leg. Burg,
e. 125. § 1. It denotes either a flagon, or a measure
of four sextarii, i. e. six pints. It may perhaps be
allied to Germ, and Dan. lade, Su.G. tarda, area, cis-
ta, theca. L.B.lad-us is expl., Species vasis; Du Cange.
L A I D D R A I N , a drain in w h i c h the stones are
so laid as to f o r m a regular opening for the
water to pass, S.
" I f a stream of running water, or small fountain,
enters at the top, and runs along the whole course o f
the drain, it is generally found adviseable to use a
laid drain, i. e. a r o w o f stones laid on each side, with
87:
A I
an opening of from six to ten inches between them,
and a course of flat stones laid above these." Agr.
Surv. Aberd. p. 426.
L A I D I S , s. pi
But he may ruse him of his ryding,
In London for his longsome by ding.
Thair Holieglas begane his gaidis,
As he was learned aniangis the laidis.
LegeudBp. St. And wis} Poemsl6t.lt Cent p. 328.
Either, among the people, for Jedis from L.cid ; or,
in the languages, as Leid also signifies. V. LEID,
2. and 3.
L A I D - M A N , s. V . LADE-MAX.
L A I D N E R , S. 1. A larder, S . V. L A D X A I I T E .
A winter's stock of provisions, East of File ; a
secondary use o f the term.
L A I D N I N G , ^ . Lading, freight, S . A b e r d . l l e g .
L A I F F , L A Y F F , S. T h e remainder. V. L A F E !
L A I F S O U N D A Y , L E I F S O U N D A Y , L A W SON-
DAY.
" A n d hecaus thai haif bene sa lang out o f vseof
making of wapinschawing. it is thocht expedient that,
tlie samin be maid thrive for the ihvt voire : And tiie
/ir.Vc tyme to be one the morne eftir l.aif Snandau :d::t
to cum." Aets Ja. V. i.Vi-O, Ed. !ftI k p. '
A n d becaus it is vuderstand that tiiir v/apius
& names may noclit he eompletiie guttin at tlie .'ir.-t
wapinsehawing, that is to say, one the inorue eftir
Leif Soujida(j nixt tocum, therfor it is db;,endt; bv-
tlie kingis grace at thai mad-: thar sclutwhigis cc nioi:-
stouris with sic harness and wapnis as thai haif,"
Ibid. p. 363.
In both passages Jjiiv Son day occurs in Ed. j 5 b'-;.
fob 130, b. 131, b. Lam Snnduy, ;siw:K/s Jul.
This term must have been .still more obscure than
it is, had it appeared merely, as in old editions, Li'::
Sunday. Even the form of LcifSonndaij would searcv-
ly have led to the origin. 11 would sec in that the edi-
tors of Ed. !;>;,'() had taken a. liberty very cowmen
with their successors in A n d r o Hart's thee, oi" sub-
mit uting their own conjectural ememia'dous, win:.,
ti.ey did net understand a A IS., or o f using a term,
which they supposed might be more intelligible, in-
stead of cue nearly obsolete. Leisom, A.S. ar-lraf
aim icij'Dd, being often used as equivalent to luirju! ;
they had thought proper to convert L.cif Soundai/ in
jMS. into Law Sou day, as well as monslouris into motY~
stouris.
La if Sounday is undoubted!)' q, Loaf-Sun day."
A considerable dniiculty remains, hov:e\ er. Tit
name wouhl correspond wbh that of Lanonas^ hi A >
hlaf-mi-csse, feslum primitiarum, pa:.is vel fr-amen-
taiiionis lestam. Y. Scanner, and Hickes The»;;,-ur
i. 210. But this does not quadrate with the times ap-
pointed for these weapontakes.
Another passage in the Records, in which the term
appears in the form of Law Sonday, goes further to
fix the time.
— " V p o u n the quhilk sevint day of Januar thay sail
sitt down, and sitt daylie, except vpoun the Sonday,
but ony vacance at Fasterisewdn, quhill Palme-son-
day ewin mclusiue, and than ryiss and liaue vacance
quhill the nixt Mononday efter the Law Sonday, vp-
oun the quhilk Mononday thay sail sitt doun, and sitt
daylie, except on the Sonday, without ony vacance
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•it W i t sunn ay, quhili the said tent day o f J u i i j A A c t s
Jii. V I . l o T s / f - d - ESI b ]>.
Pa hue. So.mha/i* the Sunday before Easter, w h i c h
is tile Sunday alter tin- drst fall m o o n that f o l l o w s
the iJJst o f March'. I.air Sunday m u s t t h e r e f o r e b e
hetweei! the cud o f Glare's and W h i t s u n d a y ,
T h e iirsf Sunday alter Easter, or D i e s D o n d n i c u s
in Alois, is called by the E n g l i s h Low Sun day ; M«i-
re-eha!!, Observ. iii Vers. A . S . p. 5.fJ5. T h i s c i r c u n i -
staJ- Co. indeed, can t h r o w no light on o u r subject, m i -
les-. w e c o u l d suppose that the r e a d i n g o f E d . J -OfiG same sense.
were the g e n u i n e one. b u t the origin o f the E. d e -
signation seems as o b s c u r e as that, o f Pa{f Sotutday. L A , I K , L A I K K , .y.
A . S . lilaeier, E. low, loo, are expl. b y S o m n e r , after
Du<_;d:de, as denoting the " h e a p s of earth to b e f o u n d
in all parts of E n g l a n d , " and pointing o u t the iS way
o f buriali us"d of the ancients." b u t w e cannot sup-
pose that this clay had originally received its name
f r o m the circumstance o f our Lord's h a v i n g left the
.i-raee. because this was not on the ( ///w/ Sunday after
Easter, but on Easter itself.
LA Y-E T I T , ml). I In \ i ryu; the sole o f t h e L a v k v . \ ( . . .v.
juof r p u t c plain o r llat, without a n y s p r i n g in it,
a J id a l s o m u c h t u r n e d o u t , E i f e , Lo» h. Sdeetin-
fif.fi t, Caithn.
T h i s is viewed as c o r r e s p o n d i n g with E . Splay-
footed, as given by b a i l e y , " O n e w h o treads his toes
much outward."
The superstitious view it as an evil omen, if the
first fit, i. e. the first person who calls, or who is met,
in the beginning of the New Year, or when one sets
out on a journey, or engages in any business, should
happen to be lay-fill it.
T o L A I G , f . a. T o talk loudly and foolishly,
A bird.
Isl. legg-ia a, verediee aut fatidiee imprecare. Hut
it may he allied to tiug-a mentiri; or to leik-a illudere.
L A I G A N , -v. A large quantity o f any liquid,
Lanark s.
Gael, lochan, G.B. lagueri, alittlepool or lake. V. LOCH.
L A I G H , L A I C H , S. Flat, low part, S . B . ] Sub-
stitute;—1. A hollow, S.
2. A plat of low-lying ground, S.
" The fauglis (here including low wet lands, called
taighs, and bun it lands,) vary from four to ten shil-
lings, in new leases, and are perhaps eight shillings
at a medium." Ag r - Surv. Aberd. p. 172.
A burn ran in the laigh, ayont there lay
As mony iceding oil the other brae.
Moss's PIden,ore, p. -1-7-
" All the low fields that have been taken in, either
from mosses or marshes, go under the general name
of laighs" Surv. Banffs. A pp. p. 72, 73.
In an account of marches, this term occurs about
1450.
— " Swa passand eist down wart to the greyn laigh
to Gemylis myr, and fra that passand down our awn
landis, the laif beand in commone." Chart. Aber-
broth. Fob 79-
To L A I G H E X , v.a. T o lower, in whatever way, S.O.
Teut. leegk-en demittere, deprimere.
LAIGJFXESS, ,?. L o w n e s s , S.
L A Y I S , s. T h e alloyr mixed with gold or sil-
ver.] Add;
88
L A 1
l ne c o r r e s p o n d e n t term in E.!>. is I in--a, whie.h l'r-:
Cange del ne.>. Ah;netarum in meiaUo probita
requi.-it.a ac definita, < i.ill. loi, a/oi, ital. tega.—
iierent detiaru,—.->ui> forma cunbo ac r e u m d i b I in a*
& ponderis sibi conce.-.d< iii o p c r e m o n e t a r u m . ( ' o m -
pU t. A . 1 [j. V)). 1 Ins definition, ho v, -r. f l o e - not id vc
a clear idea o f the meaning- o f the w o r d . \w the
quotation, the phrase Jtc/nediis Idgac j> erpd . ah-nt t-s
our Rena'id, (j. v.
L<\r, in the Eat. o f t h e m i d d l e ages, was u<ed in th»
It is e x p l . iii tlie v e r y same t e r m - a-
JJga, by D u C a n g e . V. I.ex, col. J 5 S .
I . A stake at p l a y , S . J Ada
to etymon ;
T o the same o r i g i n must w e trace the r. to I .air.
t o play ; a w o r d c o m m o n to all the North c o u n t r y . '
Hay's Coll. p. -1 .\>. T i n s >\ Skims, d e d u c e s , without
any p r o b a b i l i t y , f r o m A . S . placg-an ludere, o r JJelg.
larh-rn riderc. b a y m o r e p r o p e r l y refers to Dan.
Irrg-er to play. Thi> is radiedl\ tin* same uith th.--
Isl. e t y m o n already id \ en. I i e n c e tens pia\' ; \Vohf.
r i a \ ; ;ij>jd'u-< 1 \ ^ j a s ( i n<_>\
Ramsay til h y m c o y m in iiy,
A n d g e r t h y m entre. S w n e than h e
Sayd, ( h i d m o t at y h o u r e lauki/n<j" b e ! "
S y n e sayd he, £ E o r d i s , on (jwhat m a n e r e
' Vv ill y h e ryn at this j u s t y ng b a r e r '
Wijutoiru, viii. :J5. 70". V. E\p>- v ",
LAIK,
— " A l l & b a i l ! the s a l m o n d l i s e h e i n g — w i t h i n the
w a t t e r o f A n n a n e — w i t h all vtheris garth is, pull is,
haldis, laikis, a n d n e t t i s , & c . T l i e salmond fischeing
•—of C u m m e r t r e i s — w i t h all vtheris skarris, d r a u c h -
tis, haul dis, laikeis, and nettis witltin the bounclis
a b o n e w r i t t i n . " A c t s Ja.. V I . I b'0<j, hal. J 8 M« p
L A v Y A l E , L I : K M , adj. Earthen.
^ A s the fyii'e preiflis and sciiawis the taipue ves-
seilih maid b e ane pottar, sa. temp-tatioun o f trouhii
preiilis Si s c h a w i s iust m e n . " A h p . I l a m i l t o i u f s C a -
t e c h i s m e , F o b 187, b. In definition del. irare
" A r e we not God's lecni vessels ? and yet when they
cast us over an house we are not broken in shearcls."
Ruth. Lett. P. i. ep. 48.
" Item the figure of ane doig maid quhite laym"
Inventories, A. I06T, p. 158.
" Next that heauenly treasure the g-ospell, that is,
the vnsearehable riches of Jesus Christ, care (I say)
should be had of the lahnc vessell, wherein it is con-
tained. 2 Cor. •%. 7. A man is but a lainie vessell
wherein the Lord puts so rich a treasure." Rollock
on ^ Thes. p. 121. V . LAME.
L A Y N , ,9.'
Item ane bed of Jayn sewdt with silk of divers
cullouris garnisit with thre curtenis and with thre
uther litle peces and the heidpece of the same." In-
ventories, A. 1561, p. 150.
Fr. lain'e denotes wool. But the bed here described,
as belonging to Q. Mary, would scarcely correspond
with this idea, for it was deemed of such value, as to
be kept in a coffer of silk. V. CAMMES. I therefore
view it as signifying lawn; the same with I^aync, q. v.
LAJNG, A s m a l l r i d g e o f l a n d , as d i s t i n -
guished from Shift, which signifies a broad
ridge; Orkn.
 L A I L
T o L A I N G , v. n. T o m o v e with l o n g steps,
F i f e ; the same with Ling, q. v.
L A Y - P O K E , T h e ovarium o f fowls, S . ; s y -
non. Egg-hed.
L A I R , L A K E , S. A mire, a b o g , S . ;
L A I HI E, L AI E. B o g g y , m a r s h y . La i rtj springs,
springs where o n e is apt to sink, Berths.
Saw y o u m y ewes ? H o w feed they ? weel or ill ?
D i d ony, in a far-fetched wdnding turn,
Come near the lain) springs, or cross the burn ?
Donald and Flora, p . Ip.
L A I R , s. A laver, c o r r u p t l y f o r haver, with
which it is evidently the same.
" 1 basing and lair, wdth aipis, worines, and ser-
p e n t i s . — T w a brokin eoveris in form ovhnreris. F i v e
platis. A n e lamer gilt. A n e larver with a eowp and
a cover o f copper ennamallit." Inventories, A . 1
p. 158.
L A I R , s. L e a r n i n g , education. V. L A RE.
L A I R A C H ( g u t t . ) , s. T h e site o f a b u i l d i n g ,
Banff S. Y . L E R R O C H .
L A I R B A R , L A R B A U , s.} Add;
Isl. lar-a debilitare.
L A I R D , L A R D E , S. 1. A lord, &c.]
Mr. Binkerton also observes; " A lord and a lard
are the same, and the Latin only admitted dominus
for either.
<c T h e lesser barons or lairds, corresponding with
the English lords o f manors, f o r m such a singular
and amphibious classs, in the Scottish parliament,
that they excite curiosity and d i s q u i s i t i o n / ' — I n
England the baron was a lord, a peer : in Scotland he
was only a laird, a man of landed p r o p e r t y / ' History
o f Scotland, i. 359, 36.3.
Wedderburn in his Vocab. k n e w no other Lat. w o r d
corresponding to ours. cc Dominus, a Laird p. 11.
Lord and Lauerd are used, &e.
Insert before etymon, col. 2. after 1. 89 ;
In confirmation o f what has been said in regard to
the restriction o f this term to one w h o held of the
crown, w e may quote the authority o f Sir G. Macken-
zie. " A n d this remembers m e o f a custom in Scot-
land, w h i c h is but gone lately in dissuetude, and that
is, that such as did hold their lands o f the Prince were
called Lairds ; but such as held their lands of a sub-
ject, though they were large, and their superiour very
nobl °, were only called Good-men, f r o m the old French
w o r d Bonne homme, w h i c h was the title o f the master
o f the f a m i l y ; and therefore such f e w s as had a j u -
risdiction annext to them, a barronv, as w e call it, do
ennoble: for barronies are establisht only b y the
Princes erection or confirmation." Science of H e -
raldry, p. 13, 14. Add, as sense
4. T h e proprietor o f a house, or o f more houses
than one, S.
L A I R D S H I P , s. A n estate.] Add;
Sir Thomas Urquhart by this term expl. Fr. cha~
tellenic.
f f W e have with the help o f G o d conquered all the
land o f the Dipsodes. I will give thee the chastelleine,
or lairdskip o f Salmigondin/' Rabelais, B. ii. p. 214.
fC Mr. A n d r e w Murray, minister o f Ebdie, having
been, b y D a v i d viscount Stormont, preferred to the
lairdskip o f B a l v a i r d ; and afterwards, in the year
39
A I
Idds, knighted by bis majesty, was now m;dd ;ord
Balvaird." Guthrey's Mem. p. I u.">.
e< A hardship1 is a tract oi' land with a.-. - -•/..<
house upon it. where a gentleman hath his re-nk nc •.
and the name of that house he is distinguisi.e.. ,.y/ :
Hence,
Defoe's Journey through Scoth p. -h
This short );assage aifords different p r o o f - of :::e
inaccuracy of rise ideas even o f those w h o are m a r
neighbours. For an estate is called a hardship, not
only when the proprietor is non-resident, but though
there should be no inansion-h«»use on it ; and often
the name o f the estate is quite different from that m
the mansion-house.
L A I R D I E , s. A small proprietor ; a d i m i n u t i ve
f r o m Laird, S.
— " Our norland thristles wiuna pi, .
F o r a wee bit German lairdie.
Jacobite Relics b .v.,
L A I R - I G I G I T , eS\ T h e name o f a b i r d , S i h b e r b
kk' Ther Is great store o f — d o w e s , .Nteeres or stir-
lings, lair-igigh or knag (which is a foull lyk viitu <?.
parroket, or parret, which maks place for .her c.esr
wdth her b e c k in the oak-trie,) duke, draig, widgeon,
teale, wild gouse, r'mgwme, routs, w h a i p s -bor-
Add;
wdiaips, w o o d c o k , larkes, sparrowes, snyp>.
burds or osills, meweis Quavit el, thrusb.es, aa.a a.,
other kinds of whhlfoule or birds, which ar : > be
had in any pairt of this kingdom of' Sir It. Gordon's
Hist. Sutherl. p. 3.
The description o f tins "bird resembles that r,i the
Woodpecker. This term, in a ([notation from the
same work, A g r . Surv. Sutherl. p. 16<J, is ammubt-
eclly misprinted Lair jligh.
L A I R - S I L U E R , s. Apparently, money for
e d u c a t i o n ; A b e r d . R e g . A . 1 5 4 3 ; or perhaps
the dues paid f o r a g r a v e ; ibid. Cent. 16b
L A I R - S T A N E , s. A tomb-stone, A b e r d .
From Lair, sense 3. a burying place.
L A I T , L A Y T E , &C\, s. 1. Manner.] Add;
8. Lad is still used to denote a practice, l u b a , iu
custom. B o r d e r . Ill luHs is a c o m m o n pbiMSi
in A n go u s f o r " b a d customs." #
Thus gaed they on wi' deavin clin,—
Coost up auid Iaits o kith an' kin,
A n ' did like gypsies c o w ither.
A. Scoifs Poems, p. 15,
But i f for little rompish Iaits
I hear that thou a pandy gets,
W i ' patience thou maun bear tlie b r u m .
It,id. ],. I,
Add, as sense
4, A trick. I t is used in this sense in the South
o f S., generally with an adj. p r e f i x e d ; as, eh bbr.y.
mischievous tricks.
T o L A r r , v. n. T o personate.] Add ;
Isl. I act-a is used precisely in the same sense ; si-
mulare, Haldorson.
LAITLESS, adj. U n c i v i l , unmannerly, u n b e c o m -
ing, Ettr. F o r .
" Richt laithe to lay ane laitless finger on her, I
brankyt in m y n e gram." H o g g ' s Wint. Tales, ii. 42,
F r o m S. Lait manner, and the negative less.
T o L A I T , v. a. T o allure, to entice; an old
word, Teviotdale.
 L A M L A 1
Isl. lel-ia dissuadere, dehortari; lad-a, alliccre, T h i s c o r r e s p o n d - with t h e general sen.-e of A . S
Olav. Lex. Runic. lac, ha-a, n< Hgnifjt ing s t a g n u m , '' a s t a n d i n g pool :"'
T o L A I T , r . a. A term used to d e n o t e the m o d e iSornner.
o f r e d u c i n g tlie t e m p e r o f iron o r steel, w h e n it T o L A K E at, v. a. E E x p l . ^ T o g i v e heed
is t o o h a r d . T h i s is d o n e b y h e a t i n g it, S. t o ; u s e d a l w a y s with a n e g a t i v e , a:*, He vwi'c*
Ish la! flexibility.-. V. E\T!X LMKT. /*. lak'it at it. H e g a v e n o h e e d to it A O r k n .
T o L A I T U at. v. a. T o l o a t h , to h a v e a d i s - 52. " T o g i v e c r e d i t t o , t o trust ibid.
g u s t at. F i f e ; s y n o n . f / g , Scunner, S. T h e r e m u s t b e s o m e o b l i q u i t y in the u>e o f t h b
A.S. lalhAau, dete-tari. phrase, o r a deviation f r o m the p r i m a r y signification
o f the radical t e r m , ft m a y p r o b a b l y b e c o n j e c t u r e d
EA :T!I, I< A'I H I-:, .v. Ax l o a t h i n g , a d i s g u s t ; a w o r d
of prett v general use, S. that at first it was used in a p o s i t i v e f o r m . lb
A.S. !r.r>hlhi', odium, '' hatred, envy, loathing A la kit at it A as allied to Ish laeck-a d e p r i m e r e ; T e u t .
Sor.nn-r. (jifh, ini\uicitia; -bye. Isl Atdde, {'aMidmm; laeck'Cn, d i m i m u re, d e t r a h e r e a l i c u i ; B e l g . laak-en, t<.
Sv;. I edit. loat hing. As A.S. talk primarily signilies slight, to d e s p i t e : cj. so far f r o m g i v i n g c r e d i t or
malum, an;! oalv m a secondary acceptation m i r n i - h e e d to it, h o treated it l i g h t l y . "
c.itia ; the same t h i n g may be observed of Germ. leal, L A K I E , .V. I r r e g u l a r i t y in t h e t i d e s . ] Add;
deduced f r o m leid-'n, hmdere, to injure. Hence P r o b a b l y allied to Ish loka-straum, m i n i m u s ae.--
Wachter observes ; A bid fit leiden pati malum, et h\< maris, q. a v c r v small f l o w , a neap-title.
feu: en aversari m\h:m. The connexion is \ ery strik- L A L I E , -v. A 'child", t o v , Shot.].
iv.'j. F o r what b h111 a v er> i; a s iri»m >ome- L h lath' p n e j l a a hov, "\\ lien m a k i n g his fhxt a ; -
thing tha't e i t h e r i s o r i s s u p p o s e d to he, eyil ? teiupts to uad-: o u t ; G . A n d r .
K : . IT I! R. A X :>.
<"•';. Eh t' '-table, loathsome. 1, A E E . .y. A. n i n a c t i v e , I landless p e r s o n , A v i x .
'i'iioeiit Lathing apperit mair sikker than habty v i e w e d as c a r r y i n g t h e i d e a o f i n c a p a c i t y f o r
a;id dangerus weris approeheand be the Tarquinis; w o r k f u r t h e r than 7 ' a i c p i e .
yet the saminyves mair lailheand. than it semit." Bel- L I . lall-a, lente g r a d i , G . A n d r . ; a e g r e arnbulare.,
lend. T . Liv. }). 110. Id quod non timebant, Eat. Haldorson. H e n c e , tad, t h e first use that c h i l d r e n
A . S . latlnrend, odiosus, infe^tns, invisas. make; o f their f e e t ; la Hi, o n e w h o w a l k s a b o u t in a
L A I T I I E O W , adj. 52. S h y o f a c c e p t i n g an i n v i t a - tottering w a y . S u . G . la/fa, fcrnina fatua, inepta.
tion t o eat, & c . ] Add ; Hire r e m a r k s tlie affinity o f G r . B a r b . Xco/.-o-, stolidu>.
It may be subjoined, that la'dhfom includes the idea I d i e l b v. to loll seems to h a v e a c o m m o n fountain.
of great abstemiousness in eating, after an invitation L A L L A N , adj. Belonging to the Lowlands o f
lias been accepted.; lest one should seem to abuse Scotland, S.
discretion, or, (to use the term contrasted with it,) Far a AT our gentles for their poets flew,
seem to be rncnseless. A n d scoriTd t o o w n that Lallan, sangs t h e y k n e w .
F hesitate much, whether Burns did not use the A. Wilsons Poems 18 Hi, p. 10.
term in tin's very sense, in the passage quoted, above
T o L A M B . ] Add;
under sense I. as this acceptation is very common in
" As for the sheep, I take them to be little less
the West of S., and as the passage refers to their sit-
than they are In many places of Scotland; they lamb
ting at table; for it follows :
not so soon as with us, for at the end of May their
T h e cheerfu' supper done, &c.
lambs are not come in season." Brand's Zetl. p. 75.
8. Disgustful, loathsome, Moray.
LAMBIE, LAMMIE, 1 . A y o u n g l a m b , S. •
L A I T H L Y , L A I D L Y , adj. 1. Loathsome, kcx] Add;
2. A fondling term for a lamb, without respect to
A lascivious person is commonly designed " a
Its age, S.
laidhj lown," Aug. But it seems very doubtful whe-
For tweesh twa hillocks the poor lambie lies.
ther this be radically the same word.
Ross's Helenore, p. 14.
L A I T l I B J I T N . p a r t . p r . Lazy,loitering,Perths.;
S. A darling, S.
apparently the same wdtli Ladrone, q. v.
I held her to my beating heart,
L A I T H L O U N K I E , adj. A term applied to one
who is dejected or chopfallen, A y r s . ; synon. My young, my smiling lammie I
Down-V-the-mouth) S. Macneill's Poems, ii. 84.
The origin is quite uncertain. Laitli may here L A M B ' S T O N G U E . ] R. Corn mint, S. Mentha
have its ordinary meaning, like E. loth. Teut. lonck- ar veil sis, Linn.
L A M E , adj. E a r t h e n , See. S . ] Add;
en signifies, retortis oculis tueri, q. to look askance.
cc C a p e d o , cape din is, a lame vessel/' Despaut.
T o L A I V E , v. a. T o throw water by means o f
a vessel, or with the hand, S. Gram. B. 8, a.
This is very nearly allied to one sense of E. lave. T o L A M E , IX a. T o p r e p a r e w o o l b y d r a w i n g ,
But it properly signifies to lade, to throw out what Shed.
is useless, redundant, or threatens danger. This, Isl. lam, segmcn semifractum, lawn lamina; G,
W)V,~eveix respects tlie terminus ad quern ; as in laiv- Andr. Ijim-a debilitare, frangere.
in<_'• water on linens that they may be bleached, laiv- L A M E N T , s. 1. A sort o f elegiac composition,
ii ur the face to reeovcr from a swoon, &c. in memory of the dead, S.
* L A A 1 A .v. A small stagnant pool, R o x b . ; Loch Hence the title of one of Dunbar's Poems, " LAI-
is always used in the same district, to denote a ment for the Detb of the Makkaris." Bann. Poems, p. 74.
c,l T h e music to "which such a composition is set, S-
large body of water.
 L A M L
They delighted in the warlike high-toned notes
of the bagpipes, and were particularly charmed with
solemn and melancholy airs or Laments (as they call
them) for their deceased friends." Col. Stewart's
Sketches, i. 84.
L A M E R , s. A thong, Teviotdale.
O.Teut. lammc, lemmcr, i 1 npedimentum,might seem
allied, a thong being used as a mode of restraint.
L A M I T E R , s. A cripple.] Add;
(c Though ye may think him a lamiter, yet, grippie
for grippie, friend, I'll, wad a wether he'll gar the
blude spin frae under your nails." Tales of my
Landlord, i. 33S.
i£ The Lamiters of Edinburgh and its vicinity are
respectfully informecl that a festival will be cele-
brated by the Ready-to-halt Fraternity, at M'Lean's
Hotel, Prince's Street, on Thursday next, the 14th
of September. All such Cripples and Lamiters as
wish to consociate and dine together will please give
in their names at the Hotel before the 14th instant.
No Procession. W . T. Secretary.
Caledonian Merc. Sep r . 9, 1820.
L A M I T E R , adj. Lame, Ayrs.
<c What few elements of education—she had ac-
uuin:d were chiefly derived from Jenny Hirple, a
/emn'( r woman." The Entail, i. 95.
L A a I M A S E L U D E OR S P A T E , the heavy fall
of rain which generally takes place some time in
the month of A u g u s t , causing a swell in the
waters, S.
" Lammas Spates, those heavy falls of rain, com-
mon about Lammas." Gall. Encycl.
L A M M E R , LAMER, A m b e r , S . ] Add;
" Redis []beads] of correll & lammerAberd.
Reg. A . 1548, V. 20.
As amber, when heated, emits an agreeable odour;
the custom of wearinga necklace of amber, which was
formerly so common, and is not yet extinct among
old women—in our country, is attributed to this cir-
cumstance. In olden time, the present made by a
mother to her daughter on the night of her marriage,
was a set of lammer heads, to be worn about her
neck, that, from the influence of the bed-heat on the
amber, she might smell sweet to her husband.
It is not improbable that it was originally used as
a charm. The ancients, at least, viewed it as effica-
cious in this way. Though Pliny takes no notice
of its connubial virtue, he admits its agreeable odour;
observing that ff the white is most redolent, and
smels best." A little downwards, he adds ; " True
it is, that a collar of ambre beads worne about the
neck of yong infants, is a singular preservative unto
them against secret poyson & a eountercharme for
witchcraft and soreerie. Calii stratus saith, that such
collars are very good for all ages, and namely, to
preserve as many as wearethem againstfantasticall il-
lusions and frights that drive folke out of their wdts."
Nat. Hist. R. \r{, e. 3. Transl. by Holland.
L A M M E R , L A M O U R , adj. O f or belonging to am-
ber, S.
ec Dinna ye think puir Jeanie's een wi' the tears in
them glanced like lamour b e a d s ? " Heart M . Loth,
i. 332.
A learned friend suggests that S. Lammer may be
from Fr. Vamhre, id.
VOL. I. 41
A M
LAMMER-WINE, S. Amberwine, Clydes.
" This imaginary liquor was esteemed a sort of
elixir of immortality, and its virtues are celebrated
in the following infallible recipe.
Drink ae coup o' the lammer-wine,
An' the tear is nae mair in your e'e.
An' drink twae coups d the lammer-wine.
Nae dule nor pine ye'll dree.
An' drink three coups o' the lammer-wine,
Your mortal life's awa.
Aif drink four coups o' the lammer-wine,
Ye'll turn a fairy smab
An' drink five coups o' the lammer-wine,
O' joys ye've rowth an' wale.
An' drink sax coups o' the lammer-wine,
Ye'll ring ower hill and dale.
An' drink seven coups o' the lammer-wine,
Ye may dance on the milky way.
An' drink aught coups o' the lammer-wine,
Ye may ride on the fire-flaught blac.
An' drink nine coups o' the lammer wine,
Your end day ye'll ne'er see ;
An' the nicht is gane, an' the day has come
Will never set to thee."
Marmaiden of Clyde, Edin. Mag. May 1 8 2 0 , p. 452.
Among all the properties, according to Pliny, as-
cribed by the ancients to amber, this of conferring
immortality seems to have been totally unknown.
L A M M E R M O O R L I O N , a sheep, Loth.
se You look like a La mmermoor lyon—S. Pro v.
€C Lammermoor is a large sheep walk in the east of Scot-
land. The English say, An Essex Lyon." Kelly, p. 380.
LAMMIE. V. LAMBIE.
LAMMIE SOTJROCKS, the herb sorrel, Teviotd.
Analogous perhaps to the E. name of Sheep's-sor-
rel, given to the Rumex acetosella; q. Lamb's-sorreb
This is in fact the Isl. name, lamb a-sura, rumex
foliis acutis ; Haldorson.
LAM00, A n y thing that is easily swallowed,
&c.] Add ;
It may be doubted, whether this phrase has not a
reference to Lamb's wool, in another sense than that
which would occur at first sight. " The Wassel
Bowl," says Warton, ^ is Shakspeare's Gossip's Bowl.
The composition was ale, nutmeg, sugar, toast, and
roasted crabs or apples. It was also called Lamb's
JVoolJ' Edit, of Milton, 1785, p. 51. Polwhill, in his
Old English Gentleman, p. 117, speaking of the bowd
drunk at the New Year, says;
It welcomed with Lamb's Wool the rising year.
Valiancy, in his usual mode, gives this an Irish
origin. " The first day of November wras dedicated
to the angel presiding over fruits, seeds, &c., and was
therefore named La Mas ribhal, that is, the day of
the apple fruit, and being pronounced Lamasool, the
English have corrupted the name to Land/s-Wool.'3
Collect, De Reb. Hib. iii. 459.
T o L A M P , v. a. T o take long steps.] Add;
i£ It was all her father's own fault, that let her run
lamping about the country, riding on bare-backed
nags, and never settling to do a turn of work within
doors, unless it were to dress dainties at dinner-time
for liis ain kyte." Monastery, iii. 205.
J .ampin Tibbie Deemster saw us
Tak a kindlv kiss or twa;
F
 L A N
Syne aw a she bang'd to hi aw us,
Mummling what she heard an' saw.
Remains Nilhsd.and Gail Song, p. 104.
Fowk frae every door came lamping,
Maggy curst them ane and a'.
A. Wilsons Poems 1816, p. 9-
LAMP, A long and h e a v y step, L a n a r k s . ; s y -
non. Bind, D u m f r .
XjAMPEit, s. O n e w h o takes l o n g a n d h e a v y steps,
Lanarks.
L A M P E R E E L , a lamprey, Galloway.
Lam-per eels—common in spring wells during
summer/' Gall. Encycl. V. RAM PAR EEL.
L A M P E T , L E M P E T , .V. A limpet, &c.] Add;
<( He—stuck like a lampil to a rock—a perfect
double o f the Old Man of the Sea, w h o I take to have
been the greatest bore on record." St Ronan, hi. 106*.
L A N C E , s. A surgeon's lancet, S.
L A N D , s. A house consisting of different stories,
&c.] Add;
" In the actioune—aganis Wilyaim Eery for the
wrangwiss occupatioune of diuerss housis, that is to
say, a hal, a chavmir, a kychin, twa loft is, twa sel-
laris, ane inner houss, with a loft abone, & ane vnder
sellar, lying in the brugh of Edinburgh, on the north
side of the strete,—betuix the land of Johne Pater-
aon & the land of Micol Spedy on the est." Act. A u -
dit. A. 1482, p. 1.07.
cc That—the annuellar, liauand the ground annuell
vpone any brint land, quhilk is or beis reparellit,—
that makis na contribution!! to the bigging of the
samin, sail want the saxt part of the annuell," &c.
A. 1555, Ed. 1814, p. 431.
— " G i f thair beis ony coniunct fear or liferentar
o f ony brint land," &c. Ibid.
The act indeed is entitled, " O f the Articles—
twiching the brint landis and tenementis within the
Burgh of Edinburgh and vthers burghs and townis
Within the realme of Scotland, brint be the auld ini-
meis of Ingland."
; — " By the way, they call a floor a house ; the whole
building is called a land; an alley—is a wipide ; a
little court, or a turn-again alley is a closs ; a round
stair-case, a turnpike ; and a square one goes by the
name of a skate-stair:1 Burt's Letters, i. 63.
The definitions here are not quite correct. The
term closs is indiscriminately applied to an open and
to a blind alley. The former is sometimes more par-
ticularly denominated, " a throughgang close." V.
CLOSE.
T o L A N D , v. n. T o end, S. Callander's M S .
N o t e s o n I h r e , v o . Laenda, appellere; pertinere.
But our term is merely a metaph.
etaph. use of the E. v.,
f r o m the idea of terminating a voyage. How did ye
land ? H o w did the business terminate ? q. Ho^ ow did
y e come
come to land ?
L A N D , L A N D I N , L A N ' E N , S. T h a t portion of a
field which a band o f reapers take along with
them at onetime, L o t h . , D u m f r . ; synon. Win,
Clydes.
O f Gath'rers next, unruly bands
D o spread themsels athwart the Lands ;
A n d sair they green to try their hands
A m a n g the sheaves. TheHar'sti?%,st.25.
" Lan-en, the end o f ridges ;" Gall. Encycl.
L A N
The complete sameness of idea with that convey*
ed by 11 in obviously refers us to Isl. landwinna, ope-
ra ru-lica, as the origin. Tout- landwin, landwinncr,
agricola, land win mnishc Mgrieidtura ; from land Bgcr,
terra, and irinn-cn, oolerc agrum, A.S, winn-an labo-
rare, used in the same sen>e ; n in labor. Isl. winn-a
laborare, winna, opus, labor.
L A N D OF TUE L E A L . V . LIUL.
L A X D E - I L L , S. S o m e species o f disease.
" A n d alss the tandv id—was so violent that thar
deit ma that ye re than euir thar deit ouder in pesti-*
lens or yit in ony vtliir seikness in Scotland." A d -
die. to Scot. Corniklis, p. 1.
Perhaps a disease of the loins; Teut. lende lumbus.
L A N D II R S . Lad if Landers. ] Add;
She added, laughingly, " And so ye thought I was
marvelling at the red mantle o' the Icddij-ldunncrs?"
Spaewife, ii. 8.
The rhyme, as used by children in Clydes., is thus
given more full v.
r< When any of our cidldreu lights upon one o f
these insects, it is carefully placed on the open pairn
of the hand, and the following metrical j a r g o n i* re-
peated, till the little animal takes w i n g and flie>
away:—
Lady, Lady Lanners,
Lady, Lady Lanners,
Tak up your elowk about your head,
An' flee awa to El aimers.
Flee ower firth, and flee ower fell,
Idee ower pule and rinnan' well,
Flee ower muir, and flee ower mead,
Flee ower livan, flee ower dead,
Flee ower corn, an' flee ower lea,
Flee ower river, flee ower sea,
Flee ye east, or flee ye west,
Flee till him that lo'es me b e s t "
Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 326,
A s the ingenious writer o f this article has observ-
ed, it appears that f £ this beautiful little insect, still
a great favourite with our peasantry," had formerly
been " used for divining one's future helpmate,"
though not n o w , as far as he can learn, viewed as
subservient to this purpose.
This insect is also called the King, and King CoL
owa, Mearns, A b e r d .
W h e n children have catched one, which they be-
lieve it w o u l d b e criminal to kill, they repeat these
lines,
King, King Colowa,
U p your wings and flee awa',
O'er land, and. o'er sea;
Tell me whare m y love can be.
L A N D - G A T E S , adv. T o w a r d s the interior o f a
c o u n t r y ; q. taking t h e g m t f o r road inland, S.Ik
A n d she ran aff as rais'd as ony deer ;
Landgates unto the hills she took the irate.
A f t e r the night was g l o o m ' d and g r o w i n g late.
Ross's Hetenore, p. 95.
In signification, this term resembles Landwart.
L A N D - L I O R S E , s. T h e horse on the p l o u g h -
man's l e f t - h a n d ; q. the horse that treads the
mi ploughed land, S . B .
LANDIER, A n andiron, F r .
" Brasen worke, sic as Landiers, Chandeliers, Ba-
sons," See. Rates, A . 16' 11.
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LANDIMER, Add;
A march or boundary oflanded property, Aberd.
To Ride the Landimeres, to examine the marches,
ibid., Lanarks.
Once in seven years the magistrates of Aberdeen
have to this day been in use to go round all the li-
mits of their burgage and country lands to the ex-
tent of many miles. This is called Riding the Lan-
dimeres. In Lanarks. this is done every year. The
day in which the procession is made is called Lan-
dimere's day. When they come in their progress, to
the river Mouse, every one in the procession who
has not passed this way before, must submit to a
ducking in the stream. This is also called Jjinds-
mark Day, q. v.
L A N D I N G s. T h e termination
. . of a ridge;
O a
term used by reapers in relation to the ridge on
which they are working, S. V. L A N D , L A X U I N " .
L A N D L A S H , s. A great fall of rain, accom-
panied with high wind, Lanarks.; q. the lashing
of the land.
Whan comes the landlash wi' rain an' swash,
I cowd 011 the rowan' spait,
And airt its way by bank an' brae,
Fulfillan' my luve or hate.
Marmaiden of Clyde, Edin. Mag. May 1820.
L AND-LOUPER, A vagabond, &c.] Add;
This word occurs in O.E.
" Peter Warbeck had been from his childhood
such a wanderer, or (as the king called him) such a
land-toper, as it was extreme hard to hunt out his
nest and parents. Neither could any man by com-
pany or conversing with him, be able to say or de-
tect well what he was, he did so flit from place to
place." Bacon's Elist. Hen. VIE Works, iii. 44S-.9.
L A X D - L O U P I X G , adj. Rambling, migratory, shift-
ing from one place to another, S.
cc Yea, the laws of our own land, defective as they
are at present, have declared these Iand-tonping vil-
lains impudent sturdy beggars, and idle vagabond
rascals." Player's Scourge, p. 1.
rf I canna think it an unlawfu' thing to pit a bit
trick on sic a land-loupmg scoundrel, that just lives
by tricking honester folk." Antiquary, ii. 293.
L A N D M A N , s. A n inhabitant of the country,
as contradistinguished from those who live in
burghs ; or perhaps rather a farmer.
"" The tounne is hauely murmowrit be the land-
men, that the wittell byaris of the merkatt scattis
thame grytlie," &c. Aberd. Reg. \R. S C A T T , V.
A.S. land-mem, terrae homo, col on 11s. Teut. id.
agrieola, agrieultor ; Su.G. landzman, ruricola ; Isl.
landzmadur, in col a.
L A N D - M E T S T E R , s . Land-measurer, Argylls.
The Moderator—administered the oath dejideli
to—John Currie, land-melsier, and instructed said
John Currie to measure out one half acre, in the
meantime, on a field called Faslin,—as site for manse
and office-houses." Law Case, Rev. D.Macarthur,! 822.
L A N D R I E N , adv. In a straight course, di-
rectly, as opposed to any delay or taking a cir-
cuitous course, and as implying the idea of ex-
pedition ; Lie came r'mnin landrien, He came
running directly. I cam landrien, I came ex-
pressly with thisor thatintention, Selkirks. Roxb.
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L A N
It might seem to be an old Goth, word, all led to
Isl. land terra, and renn-a rump ere,; as alluding to
waves breaking 011 the shore, (like Land-hirst, q. v.),
or rinn-a, currere, q. to run to land, a term borrowed
from the sea-faring life. But as it is occasionally pron.
landrifn, and as snow is said to be land-driven or land-
drien, when drifted by the wind after it has fallen to
the ground, I have no doubt that the idea is borrow-
ed from the violence of the drift; especially as in the
southern counties dri'en is the vulgar pronunciation
of driven ; and the phrase, "like drift land drien" is
often used to denote velocity of motion. Drift is a
common metaphor through S. lie lees like drift;
He tells lies with the greatest volubility.
L A N D S L I P , s. A quantity of soil which slips
from a declivity, and is precipitated into the
hollow below, Mearns.
" In general, through the whole extent of this
course, springs of water from the circumjacent
grounds were continually oozing to the banks, and
forming into marshes and quagmires: which, from
time to time, burst, and were precipitated by land-
slips, into the river." Agr. Surv. Kincard. p. 324.
L A N D S M A R K - D A Y , the day on which the
marches are rode, Lanarks.
" The other [custom] is the riding of the marches,
which is done annually upon the day after Whitsun-
day fair, by the magistrates and burgesses, called
here the lands-mark or langemark day, from the Saxon
langemark." Stat. Acc. P. Lan. xv. 45, 4(5.
The A.S. word referred to must be land-gemercuy
the same with land-mearc, terrae limites, fines.
A similar custom is observed in London. The
boys of the different charity schools, accompanied by
the parish officers and teachers, go annually round
the boundaries of their respective parishes, and, as
it is called, " beat the bounds" with long wicker
wands.
LAND-STAXL, That part of a dam-bead
which connects it with the land adjoining.
" Sir Patrick craved power to affix the land-stail
of his dam-head on the other side of the river/where-
of Lin tli ill has either right or comrnoiity." Foun-
tain h. i. 313.
Land and A.S. stael, Su.G. staelle locus, q. land-place.
L A N D - S T A N E , s. A stone found among the
soil of a field, Berwieks.
cc In all free soils, numerous stones, provincialiy
termed land-stones, are found of various sizes, from
the smaller gravel up to several pounds weight, and
often in vast abundance." Agr. Surv. Berw. p. 35.
L A N D TIDE", s. The undulating motion in the
air, as perceived in a droughty day ; the effect
of evaporation, Clydes. Sumuier-eouis synon.
They scoupit ower a dowie waste,
Whar flower had never blawn,
Wharthe dew ne'er scanc't, nor the landtide dane'd.
Nor rain had ever fawn.
Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 328,
Q. the tide that floats on the land or ground, from
the resemblance of the exhalations to the motion of
the waves of the sea.
L A N D W A Y S , adv. By land, overland, as op.
posed to conveyance by sea.
<4" He lists a number of brave gentlemen to serve
 L A N
in the said guards, well horsed, and he has them
landways to London, and from thenee transported
them by sea over into France/' Spalding, i. 20.
Teut. land-wegh, iter terrestre.
L A N D W A R T , adj.] Insert, after the extract
from Sir J. Sinclair's Observ. ;
The term kind wart, however, as used by itself,
has no reference to the sea-coast, but merely to the
country.
A literary friend remarks that being opposed to
a town or burgh, it hence signifies rude or unpo-
lished ; as in Lat. civilis from ciris, rustic us from rus ;
and in Gr. krmog, urbanus, civilis, scitus, from
urbs.
L A N D - W A S T E R , s. A prodigal, a spendthrift,
Clydes.
L A N E , s. L o a n . ] Add;
" That nane of his liegis tak vpown hand—to tak
ony greittar proffeit or annualrent for the lane of mo-
ney—hot ten for the hundreth." Acts Ja. VI. 151)7?
Ed. 3 814, p. 120.
L A N E , part. pa.
" Gran tit be vmquhile king James the secund—
to the said burgh of Kirkcudbright—power to by
and sell lane skynes, hydes, and all vther kynd of
merchandice." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, v. 524.
This, I apprehend, has the same signification with
laid, as now used. Skinners call those laid skins, that
are bought with all the tar and grease on them, with
which they had been besmeared for the defence of
the sheep through the winter; q. lain.
L A N E , .v. 1. A brook, of which the motion is
so slow as to be scarcely perceptible, Galloway,
Lanarks. Expl. the hollow course of a large
rivulet in meadow-ground," D u m f r .
2. A p p l i e d to those parts of a river or rivulet,
which are so smooth as to answer this descrip-
tion, Galloway.
Isl. Ion intermissio, also stagnum; lon~a stagnare
Idcm-a tepescere, tabescere. But perhaps it is still
more nearly allied to laena, locus maris vel stagni,
a tempestate immunis, ob interpositos et ohjectos
montes ; Haldorson. Biacrglaena is used in the same
sense ; Siaelon, a pool of this kind in the sea-shore.
A literary friend refers to Gr. Xw-oc, lac us, canalis.
L A N E , adj. Lone, alone.] Add;
By a peculiar idiom in the S. this is frequently
conjoined with the pronoun ; as his lane, her lane, my
lane; sometimes as one word, himlane ;
Fie—quait, aside the fire himlane,
W a s harmless as the soukin' wean.
Pickens Poems, i. 8.
G a win Douglas uses myne alane. V . ALAXE.
Hence the phrase, It lane. This is the idiom of
Angus for its lane in other counties.
Then Nory says, I see a house it lane,
But far nor near of house mair spy I nane.
Pass's Ilelenore, p. 75.
L A N E L Y , adj. L o n e l y , South and W e s t of S.
The hares, in monv an amorous whud,
Did scour the grass out-through,
A n d far, far in a lanely wood,
I heard the cushet coo.
T. Scott's Poems, p. 376,
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L A N
" B<*ing a lanely w i d o w - w o m a n , f \va A d a t e aruang
strangers in the hoatA T h e Steam-Boat, p. :JN.
T o court the Mu.NO'S help in sang,
W a d gi e me ibut.h <>' pleasure ; —
Or, in some lanely ru-tie bower,
T o tunc the lyre im-e'-n.
Pickens Vnem.s i p. .'A
Laxki.FXESS, s. Loneliness, S . O .
E A X K U L V , adj. T h e same with Laaehu A \ rs. ,
apparently from an i m p r o p e r use o l A i l a a c r l y .
— P u r p o s i n g — t o devisee—in what manner she
should take revenge upon the profligate prodigal for
having thought so little o f her principle, merely be-
cause she was. a luncrlif widow bent with age ano
poortilh." lb Gdhaize, ii.
Idle same use of the term occur- ihah p. -JoA.
b . W K s o M K, adj. L o n e l y , S.
£w Stately and green in your bonny boiuiv rank* —
green wi' \'ere sii n mer 1 i ver v v. ere ye whan i first saw
this lanesome glen." Black w. .Mag. dime 1 ;s i o. p. ^H:,.
I wud like to d;e here, up m my am b i t g a r n t .
for a' my freem- are now dead, and I am a lam-xtniu
body on the 3-erth." M. EymUay. p. 'io'X
LANG, EAX(.Iadj. Long.) Add;
2. C o n t i n u a l , incessant ; as, " the lung din o
schule,T> i. e. school, A b e r d .
L A X G DAYS. Afore lang days, ere long, A n g .
We's hae you coupled then afore lang days.
Moss's Ilelenore, p.
Here Lang is used in the sense of remote.
LANG, used in different forms as a .V. Mom) a
lang, for a long time, A n g .
Was ye a-field that day,
Fan the wild Kettrin ca'd your gueeds away r
Na, na, she says, I had na use to gang
Unto the glen to herd this many a lang.
Moss's Ilelenore, p. 31.
At the lang, at length, South o f S.
" At the launge, I stevellit backe, and, low ten
downe, set mai nebb to ane gel! in the dor." Hogg's
Wint. Tales, ii. 41.
L A N G B O A I I D , <9. T h e long table used in a farm-
house, at which master and servants were wont
to sit at meat, Loth.
— A ' the langboard now doesgrane,
Wi' swacks o' kale—
The liar st Rig, st. 137.
They a' thrang round the lang board now,
Where there is meat for ilka mou'.
Farmer s II'a*, st. 62.
L A N G - H O W L S , s.pi A game, much used in A n g u s ,
in which heavy leaden bullets are thrown from
the hand, t i e who flings his bowl farthest, or
can reach a given point with fewest throws, is
the victor.
T o L A N G - E L , v. A . ] Insert, as sense
1. Properly, to tie together the two legs o f a horse,
or other animal, on one side; as, to langel a
horse," A b e r d .
Langelyn, i. e. to tangle, is an O.E. v.
(C Langelyn or bindyn togeder. Colligo. Compe-
dio." Prompt. Par v. The latter Lat. term shows that
it has been used to denote the act of tying the feet
together.
 L A N
A rope, &c.] Add;
L A N C E T , L A N G E L L , S.
This is Lang lit, or L angelt, 111 R o x b . ; whence
L A N G L E T I T , part. pa. Having the fore and hind
legs tied together, to prevent running, ibid.
L A N G E A I L L I E , s.
" Ane compter rowndell, compter clayth with twa
hingfadliesr Aberd. Reg. A. 1538, V. 16.
Teut. and Fr. fa lie signifies a large vail, or long
robe worn by females.
L A N G E R , L A N G O U R E , S. 1. Weariness, &c.]
Add to etymon ;
It ought to be observed that to Langure is an O.E.
v. to which Mr. Todd has given a place in the E. Dic-
tionary. Not only does Huloet use i t ; but it occurs
in Prompt. Far v. (£ Languryn in sekeness. Langueo."
L A N G H A L T E R T I M E , a phrase formerly in
use, in Loth, at least, to denote that season o f
the year, when, the fields being cleared, travel-
lers and others claimed a common right of oc-
casional pasturage.
fc The country was very little inclosed.—At Dal-
keith fair, when the crops were off the ground, it was
called—long halter time. The cattle during the fair,
got leave to stray at large." Nicol's Advent, p. 203.
LANG-KAIL, .5-. C o l e worts n o t s h o r n , S . ]
She wad nae eat nae bacon,
She waclnae eat nae beef,
She wadnae eat nae lang-kad,
For fyling o' her teeth. Herds Coll. ii. 213.
The Icelanders use the same w r ord,but as denoting
chopped coleworts ; langkal, minutal oleracium.
L A N G - H E A D I T , adj. Having a great stretch of
understanding, having much foresight, S.
se Then he's sic an auld-farran lang-headit ehield
as never took up the trade o' kateran In our time."
Rob R o y , ii. 28Q.
Fle's a langheadit fallow, that Hector MacNeill.
Pickens Poems, ii. 131.
Ii ANG-LUGGED, adj. Quick of hearing, S.
— <c I'll tell ye that after we are done wi' our sup-
per, for it will may be no be sae weel to speak about
it while that lang-legged limmer o' a lass is gaun disk-
ing in and out o' the room." Guy Mannering, iii. 101.
L A N G - N E B E I T , adj. Having a long nose.] Add;
T o shaw their skill right far frae liame,
Many lang-nehbed carlins came,
Some set up rown-tree in the byre,
Some heaved sa't into the fire,
Some sprinkled water on the floor,
Some figures made amang the stoor.
Train's Poetical Reveries, p. 23.
52. A c u t e in understanding, Fife, Perths.; synon.
with Lang-hcadit; q. piercing far with his beak,
3. Prying, disposed to criticise, S.
O ye lang-nebbit pry in' race,
W h o kittle words an' letters trace,
Up to their vera risin' place, &c.
Ihcickhies Address to Critics, p. 188.
4, A p p l i e d to a staff; respecting its^ro??^ or point,
Ettr. F o r .
" He had a large lang-nebbit staff in his hand,
which Laidlaw took particular notice of, thinking it
would be a good help for the young man in the rough
way he had to gang." Blackw. Mag. Mar. 1823,p.317.
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5. Used to denote preternatural beings in gene-'
ral, Ayrs.
" O, sir, Hallowe'en among us is a dreadful night !
witches and warloiks, and a' langnebbit things, hae
a power and dominion unspeakable on Hallowe'en."
R. Gilhaize, ii. 217.
6. Applied to learned terms, or such as have the
appearance of pedantry. W h a t a R o m a n would
have denominated sesquipedalia verba, we call
lang-nebbit words, S.
£C He'll no be sae lang-nebbit wi' his words the
morn at ten o'clock, when a' the Cardinal's glide Ca-
nary's out o' his head." Pennant's Card, Beaton, p.93,
L A N G O U S , prep. Alongst. V. L A N G I S , id.
" Als gud hagyng throucht the cloiss, & langous
the hous syd." Aberd. Reg. A. 1535, V. 15, p. d3<).
LANG-SADDILL RED.
" Item ane langsaddil-bed.'' Inventories, A. 1566,
p. 1 7 3 . ^
This is a vitious orthography of Langsellil, q. v.l
We find the phrase Langsadillform also used. rr Ane
langsadillform of fyr Qir] worcht iiij sli." Ibid. V. 17-
L A N G S A I L D BED,perhaps an errat. ^ovLangsaddiL
It is also written Langsedd, ibid. V. L A N G -
Add; SETTLE.
" Ane langsaild bed, ane compter, ane cop almery,
and candill kyst," ike. Aberd. Reg. Y. 1 ().
L A N G SANDS. TO Leave o n e to the Lang Sands,
to throw one out of a share in property, to which
he has a just claim.
"" There was an express quality in the assignation
in favours of Pitreichy.—Notwithstanding of this
clog, it would appear Udney transacts for the haill,
pays himself, and leaves Pitreichy to the lang sands."
Foimtainh. Dec. Suppl. ii. 53Q.
A singular metaphor, borrowed from the forlorn
situation of a stranger, who, deserted by others, is
bewildered, in seeking his way, among the traetless
sands on the sea-shore.
L A N G - S E A T , S. T h e same with Lang-settle^Ahard,
£C The master commonly QsaCJon a kind of wooden
sofa, called a long-seat ; from the back of which a
deal or board of wood, three feet long and one foot
broad, fixed by a hinge, was let down at time of
meals, to supply the place of a table." Agr. Surv,
Aberd. p. 130.
L A N G - S E T T L E , L A N G - S A D D L E , S. A long wooden
seat, resembling a settee, which formerly used
to constitute part of the furniture of a, fanner's
house ; it was placed at the fireside, and was ge-
nerally appropriated to the gudeman, South
of S.
The air sail haue ane langsettUhed wdth ane arras
work, ane mantle, ane napsek, ane ruif of ane bed,
ane pair of bed-courtinis." Balfour's Pract. p. 234.
Qu. a settee-bed, a bed made up as a seat in the day-
time ; A.S. lang long, and sell a seat; heahsetl, a high
seat.
An* f Let us pray,5 quo' the glide old carle,
An' ' Let us pray,' quo' he ;
But my luve sat on the lang-setlle,
An' never a knee bent he.
Be mains of Nithsdale So??g, p. 25.
cc Lang-settle, a bench like a settee; North." Grose.
 L A N
LANGSUM, LANGSOME, adj. 1. Slow, tedious, S.]
Add to definition;—in a general sense.
" T h a t efter the tedious, chargeable and langsum
persute in obtening o f thair d e c r e i t i s , — t h e e x e c u -
tioun o f the decreitis g e v i n he q u h a t s u m e u i r J u g e i s
— a l t h o e h t ohtenit b e maist Iangsum p r o c e s , w e r al-
t o g i d d e r frustrat," &c. A c t s Ja. V I . 158 1, hah 1 8 1 4 ,
p. 300-d Add, as sense
Tedious, in relation to time, S.
Hegh hey, she says, as soon as she came near,
There's been a langsome day to me, my dear.
lloss's Uelenore, p. 66.
3. Denoting procrastination ; as, " YeVe ay lang-
sum in com in to the schule,-" S.
4, Used to denote teciiousness in regard to local
extension ; as, a langsome gait, a long road, S.
But yet nae country in her sight appears,
But dens an' burns, an' bare an' langsome moors.
Ross's Hclcmrc, First Ed. p. 54.
L A N G SUM L I E , adv. Tediously, S.
LANGSUMNESS, .V. Teciiousness, delay, S. It is
sometimes improperly written as if an El word.
" We—must entreat your favour, both for our
shortness in the abrupt abridgment of our answer,
and for our longsomeness in sending." Society Con-
tendings, p. 289.
LANGSPIEL, A species of harp, Shetl.
— (C A knocking at the door of tlie mansion, with
the sound of the Gue and the Langspiel, announced,
by their tinkling chime, the arrival of fresh revel-
lers." The Pirate, ii. 40.
Isl. spit, lusus lyrae; spd-a, ludere lyra, G. Andr. ;
spit, ficlium cantus, spd-a, tibia canere, spilamadr,
tibieen, Haldorson ; Su.G. spel-a ludere, spehnan au-
loedus, tibieen. The word, I find, is Norwegian ;
Langspel, la angspel, defined by Hal lager, " a kind of
harp, on which country people play."
L A N G - T A I L E D , L O N G - T A I L E D , part. adj. Prolix,
tedious, S.
<<r I t is said this long-tailed supplication was well
h e a r d o f b y the b r e t h r e n o f the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y . " vensis) Teviotdale.
S p a l d i n g , ii. 95.
L A N G - T O N G U E D , adj. Loose-tongued, too free in
conversation, S.
" The foul fa' you, that I suld say sae,' he cried to bind.
out to his mother, f for a lang-tongued wife, as my
father, honest man, aye ca'd ye ! Coud na ye let the
leddy alane wi' your wliiggery ?" Tales of my Land-
l o r d , ii. 1 5 4 .
L A N G - W A Y E S , prep. Alongst.
— " O r ellis to grant p o w e r — t o sett, i m p o s e , and
v p l i f t certane n e w c u s t u m e s f o r a certane space o f all
scheip, k y , o x in, horssis, seckis o f w o o l , h y d i s , and
sic v t h e r i s that pas sis lang ivaycs the said b r i g to the
effect a b o n e writtin." A c t s Ja. V I . 1 5 8 7 , E d . 1 8 1 4 ,
p . 519- T h e same in the A c t i m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g .
I have met with 110 term exactly similar, Sw. lang- 1814, p. 484. Lapronis, ph, ibid. p. 486.
vaega signifies from a distance, from abroad; Wideg.
L A N N I M O I I , s. A person employed by con-
terminous proprietors to adjust marches be- slauchter of the young Lambis, Lapronis and young
tween their lands, Ayrs.
T h i s is e v i d e n t l y a c o r r u p t i o n o f t h e legal term persoun tak vpone hand to slay ony Lapronis or
Landimer, q. v.
L A N T , 6'. Commotion, confusion, Aberd.
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L A P
L A N T , s. T h e old name for the game at cards
now called Looy S. Hence perhaps,
L ANT IT, part. adj. Reduced to a dilemma, Ettr.
For.
LANTEN-KAIL. V. LENTKIX.
T o L A P , v. a. I . T o environ—in order to a
siege.] Add;—It has the prep, about added.
<<r Monseoor Tillibatie—-forced thame to tak ane
peill hous in Linlithgow, for saiftie of thair lyves.
—Bot this noble regent lap manlie about the hous,
and seidgit it evir till he constrained thame to ren-
der the same." Pitseottie's Cron. p. 806.
" Seeing him so few in company, they followed
hastily, being under cloud and silence of night, lap
about the house, and tried to tirr it." Spalding, i. 30.
As lap about is also used as the pert, of the v. to
Loup, it is at times difficult to ascertain to which of
the verbs this p h r a s e belongs. V. LOUP, V.
* L A P , .v. Metaph. applied to the extremity of
one wing of an arm v.
" With him the laird of' ('<-Toon! and Farnihurst.
to the n u m b e r o f f o u r s c o r e >pears,—set on freshly
on the lap and w i n g o f the laird o f JhiecleughV field,
and shortly b u r e them b a c k w a r d to the g r o u n d .
Pitscottie, V o l . E d . p. Lid. In E d . 18 14, " Sett on
fresehlie on the vtmost w i n g , " p. 32 1.
A . S . lacppa not only signifies fimbria, but in a g e -
neral sense, pars, portio, c u j u s v i s rei. It is s o m e -
times applied t o irround.
LAPIS, jile^c lapis.
£< A chayn o f Idem tapis garnist with g o l d and perl!
c o n t e n i n g x x x i i i i tapis." I n v e n t o r i e s , A. ) p.'~o3.
Can this mean Lapis Lazuli? I scarcely think that
the sapphire b referred to, thi.-. b e i n g m<aU ioned by
its jjroper n a m e in other p a r t - »>f'thr I n v e n t o r y , as
in p. I ; whereas the IJctc lajds o c c u r s again in p.
It may also b e o b s e r v e d that l b azure, t h r o u g h
the m e d i u m o f i lisp, lazur, id., is d e d u c e d f r o m A r a b .
lazuli, a b l u e stone. V . J o h n s . , v o . Azure.
LAPLOVE, 1. Corn convolvulus, (C. ar-
2. Climbing buckweed, ibid.
In Smalandia in Sweden the Convolvulus Poly-
gonum is called loef-hinde, from toe fa leaf, and binda
T o L A P P E R , v. a. Used as signifying to be-
smear, or to cover so as to clot.
— " Sic grewsome wishes, that men should be
slaughtered like sheep—and that they should tapper
their hands to the elbows in their heart's blude !"
Rob Roy, iii. 73.
L A P R O N , LAPROUN, S. A young rabbit; Gl.
Sibb. Fr. laperau, lapreau.
" Item the cuning ij s. vnto the Feist of Eas-
ter ni sen in nixt to cum, and fra thine furth xij d.
Item the laproun ij d." &c. Acts Mary 1551, Eel.
" Forsamekill, as the derth of scheip, cuningis,
and wylde meit daylie incressis, & that throw the
poutis of pertrik or wylde foule:—that 11a mailer of
young poutis, except genti linen and vthers nobillis
with halkis," &c. Acts Mary 1551, c. 24, Ed. 1566.
 L A S L A S
Lnpron, in E. Loth., as I am informed, denotes a present berer, Mr. Whitlawe, m y g h t be lasaryl."
' ' " o f Arran, Sadler's Papers, i. 706. V. LASARE.
One w o u l d almost suppose that the Fr. term, L A S C H E , adj. Relaxed.] Add;
immediately to originate, had ~~ " , far o m
been formed from Lat. lep-us, oris,
had been viewed as o f the same with the T o L A S I I out, v. n.
hare. It certainly has more affinity to the Lat. term Laxed in a moral
than lievre or levraut. D u Cange conjectures that « O shelter mee and saue me from the
L B. lepora may have signified a y o u n g female hare; nesse o f a deceitful! heart, that I lash not out into

plaint ii made that some, whether churchmen is not B^yd^L^

said, as soon as morning blushed, listened with MoesG.
"" " laus-jan,
" "Su.G. locs-a, liberare, solvere.
to the huntsman's horn than to * T o L A S H , ' v. n. T o fall or be poured d o w n
j ; s Den, and heard
^ ^with
. - with f o r c e ; applied to rain or any b o d y o f wa-

L A R A G H , .v. T h e site o f a b u i l d i n g , in S. stance.

„ , ^ '- s w l t h °an'
a n ^swow,
\ v o t f the
theTn«-ry
angry i o w
— " A very honest and respectable family o f far- C a m lashan> d m m i t h e b r a e s
° ' J
mers date their introduction to this parish from that Marmaiden of Clyde, Edin. Mag. May 1820.
p e r i o d ; and—amidst the various changes and r e v o - A neuter verb expressive o f the pouring o f an
lutions o f time and proprietors they have continued irresistibie torrent. a J lashan> rahlj aLhan'spait."

a
s. L A heavy fall o f rain, L a n a r k s . ;
so that when people speak o f a very remote circum- S y n o n / with
synor
o
it is a common saying; amongst them, It is as ^ Lash of water, a great quantity o f water thrown
old as the Lobans o f Drumderfit." Stat. A c c . P. y Q
Kilmuir Wester, xii. 2 7 3 , N . toiciDly, b
- T h e site o f those round houses is denominated T c ! L a s h w a t e r ? . o r a n y llcluld> t o t h r o w f o r c i b l y

by the people Larach tai Draonaich, the foundation i n g r e a t quantities, L a n a r k s .

o f the house o f a Draoneach.—Zar signiEes the ground It is often used impersonally;

upon which a house is built, and is also applied to the I T " S LASHIX 1 o x , it rains heavily, S. I t evidently
floor o f a house : hence the Lares or familiar deities owes its origin to the idea o f the rain 7
o f the Romans." Grant's Origin o f the Gael, p . 174. the g r o u n d , or p r o d u c i n g a sound
Gael, laithreach, ruins o f an old h o u s e ; S h a w : Ir. that m a d e bby y a lash,
lash.
laithreacha, id. L h u y d . L A S S , s. 1. A sweetheart, S . ] Add;—To gang
L A R B A L , adj. L a z y , sluggish, A y r s . to see the lasses, to g o a - w o o i n g , S.
L A R E , L A I R , L E A R , L E R E , S. Education, &c.] % A maid-servant, S.
Add; « A s far as the lass has cash or credit, to procure
" Lare, or lair, learning, s c h o l a r s h i p / A.Bor. bran s, she will, step by step, follow hard after what
Ray ; Grose. she deems grand and fine in her betters." P. Glenor-
" Y e see, Ailie and me are weel to pass, and w e chay, Stat. A c c . viii. 350.
would like the lassies to hae a wee bit mair lair than " — I t will may be no b e sae weel to speak about
and to be neighbour-like—that w o u l d w e . " while that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun 1
G u y Mannering, ii. 321. ing in and out o ' t h e room." G u y Maimering, iii. 10E
L A R E , s. A stratum ; corr. f r o m E . layer. L A S S - B A I R N , S. A female child, S.
L a y in a lare o f the beef, and throw- on on it
it plenty
pie L A S S I E , S. 1 . A y o u n g g i r l ; strictly
met with more spice, salt and fruits, do so lare the age o f p u b e r t y , S.
after lare, till it be full." Receipts in Cookery, p. 11. « I t was a common remark,—that the lassies, w h o
L A R G E S , LERGES, 2. L i b e r a l i t y in g i v i n g . ] had been at Nanse Banks's school, were always well
Add ; spoken of, both for their civility, and the trigness o f
Ray, in his East and South Country words, p. 104, their houses, when they
shews that this exclamation continued to be used in Ann. o f the Par. ar. p. 29.
his time. M y love she's but a lasssie O ! Old Song.
« A largess, largitio ; a gift to harvest-men par- Sometimes, to mark the inferiority of age more de-
ticularly, w h o cry a Largess so many times as tZ'e t e r m i n a t e d hit is prefixed, S.
are pence given. " " Her bit lassies, Kate and Effie, were
LARICK, T h e larch, a tree, So. o f S., R e n f r . Annals, ut sup. p. 28.
it also bears. ^ T h e lassie weans, like
beskirted the spot,
A planting beskirted mounted on the carts that stood before Thomas BirE
W
Where
h e r e pilches an
an' laricks
laricks were seen ; penny the vintner vintner'ss door."
cloor. Ayrs. Legatees, p.
A n ' the savoys to season his pot, 52. A f o n d l i n g term, S.
A t the back o f his dwallin, green. It has been observed that the S. "
A. Scott's Poems, p. 197- degrees o f diminution, as besides Lassie, Lassock is
L A S A R Y T , part. pa. A t leisure. used for a little girl, and Lassikie, ,
W e hartelie thanke y o u o f this y o u r liberalitie, little girl. On the same plan, we have lad, laddie,
— s o the present necessitie compelled! us to accept laddock, and laddikin or laddikie ; wife, wife, ivijoek,
the same, but hes postponit to this tyme, till this an
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 L A T
LAS.son:, .v. A dimin. from E. lass, W e s t o f S.
" f wadna for over sac muokle that even the las-
sock Mattie kenn'd ony thing about it, I wad never
hear an end o'tA Rob Roy. iii. 267.
LASS-OCEAN. s. A female servant, rather a con-
temptuous designation, West of S.
it's in v jade to gang to my bed—precisely at ten
o'clock ask the lass-quean there, if it isna a fun-
d a m e n t a l ride in my household." Rob ttoy, ii. 195.
LASS-WEAN, S. A female child, Fife.
LA S T , .v. A measure used in Orkney.] Add;
This seems to be from Isl. Idas, quantum portat
trail a vel currus, (j. a carriage-load ; from hless-a
onerare, to load; ( b Andr.
I , A S T , s. Durability, lastingness, S.
L A ST IE, L A S T Y , adj. Durable, FA lasting, S.
<c If you be hasty, you'll never he tasty,3' S. Prov.;
" spoken ironically to lazy people." Kelly, p. 210.
L A S T E R (comp.), adv. M o r e lately, A b e r d .
L A S T E S T (superb), adv. Last, ibid.
L A S T LEGS. A man is said to b e on his last
legs, either when his animal strength is almost
entirely exhausted b y exertion, age, or disease,
or when he Is supposed to be on the borders o f
bankruptcy, S.
The phrase seems to be borrowed from a beast,
which although still able to move about, is totally
unfit for labour or exertion.
T o L A T , v. a. 2. To lat be, to let alone.] Add;
This is O.E. 1 lei be, I let alone. Je laysse.—
'Let he this nycenesse, my frende, it is tyme, you be before," &c. Spalding, ii. 1-7-
nat yongeA Palsgr. R. iii. F. 279, a.
In compagnie we wdln have no debat :
Telleth your tale, and tei the Sompnour be.
Chancer, Pre res Pro!. 6871 -
4. To Lat Gae, to let off, to let fly, S.
'Twas then blind Cupid did lat gae a shaft,
A n d stung the weans, strangers to his craft.
Rosss Ilelenore, p. 14.
5. To Lat Gae, to break wind, S.
6. To Lat Gae, to lose the power of retention, S.
7. To Lat Gae, to raise the tune, S. V. LET, V.
8. To Lat O'er, to swallow ; as, " She wadna lat Lament's Diary, p. 156.
der a single drap," S.R. Hence,
LAT-O'ER, 1 . T h e act of swallowing, S.R.
Appetite, ibid.
9. To Lat Wi, v. a. and n. T o yield to, not to
debate or contest with, Aberd.
10. To Lat Wi\ v. a. T o indulge; as, a child, ib.
L A T C H , 1 . A dub, a mire, R o x b . ] Add;
If we were ance by Wifhersh ill's latch, the road's
no ne'er sae saft, and we'll show them play for't.—•
They soon came to the place he named, a narrow
channel through which soaked, rather than flowed,
small stagnant stream, mantled over with bright
.<rreen mosses."—" D ample, left to the freedom of L A U A N D E R , L A Y A X D E I I , S. Laundress ; Fr.
id, own will, trotted to another part of the latch.''
( d i e M'annering, ii. SO, 31.
- L A T E , adj. At late, at a late hour, A n g .
The morn at late, that dreary hour,
Fan spectres grim begin their tour,
An' stalk in frightfu' forms abroad, Sec.
Piuer of Peebles, p. 11.
48 '
L A U
L A T H E R O N , L A sloven, S. V . J ^ u u n o s r . .
2. It. seems used as equivalent, to L"tmnio\ A\rs.
" We then had the. talhrmn summoned before the
session, and was not long of making Jier confess that
the father was N»col Snipe, Lord Gmncairn's game-
keeper." Ann of the Par. p. b 1.
I , AT11 n o x , L ATn ERi x, adj. 1. Laz Eiie.
il. L o w , vulgar, Ayrs.
(C She Liarl a genteel turn, and would not let me.
her only daughter, mess or mell wi' the lathron lasses
of the elacham" Ann. of the Par. p. 22 1.
L A T E E N G E , s. Leisure ; a word mentioned bv
Gallatider, M S . Notes on Ihre, vo. Lis-a, mora,
otium.
This seems the same with S.B. Leeshins, id. V.
LEASH.
L A T I N E R , $. One who is learning the Latin
language, Fife.
This can hardly be traced to so respectable an ori-
gin as Fr. La tinier, L.B. Latinar-ui.s, a dragoman, an
interpreter.
L A T R I N E , L A T u o x , L A T K O K S , s. A privy ;
F r . latrine.
" The latrone of the oratorio of the hospital i A
Aberd. Reg. Cent. l(j.
" 1628 and 1629, tlie ]mblick tafrones (removed
from the north gavel of the great hall) were built
where now they stand." Crauf. Lniv. Kdm. p. loo,
f<r He also tirred the lat turns in the c o l l e g e , w h e r e -
b y the students had not such natural easement as
"" —-The sea—is the latrons and receptacle of the
universe." Fountainhall. V. J)IMIT, r.
L A T T E R - M E A T , L E A T E R - M E A T E , .V. \ ic-
tuais brouglit from the muster's to i he scrvantA
table," S.
Anes thrawart porter wad na let
Him in while latter meat was hett;
Fie gaw'd fou sail*.
Ramsaifs Poems, i. 237-
Ci Johne Paterson, meason in Auchtermouehtie,
strake throw new doores in the leater meate rourneA
L A T T O U C E , s. T h e herb lettuce.
He mycht weill serve for sic a cuire.
Sic lippis, sic lattouce, lordis and lownes ;
Auld creased work is pay it with crackt-crownes.
IjCg. Bp. St. Androis, Poems 1 6th Cent. p. d22.
" Like lips, like lettuce. This is in the old collec-
tion from the Latin. Similes habent labra laetucasA
S. Prov.; Kelly, p. 241.
L A T T O U N , $. 1. A mixt kind of metal.] Add;
It is singular, that this term had in O.E. signified
a brazier. c<r La ten or Laton. Erarius. Auricalca-
rius." Prompt. Parv.
lavendiere.
<c To the lavander iij gret bred," &c. Chalmers's
Mary, i. 177.
L A U A X D R I E , S. T h e laundry.
e< IAiuandrie; Margaret Balcomie, lauanderA Ibid.
V. LAYNDAR.
Lauender wassher. LotrixA Prompt. Parv.
 L A V L A W
Launder is used both as the masculine and femi- La Pen* in a string should lav rock kick hing,
nine. ff Launder. Lotor. Lotrix." Ibid. Till his banes be weel pick'd by the crows a."
LAVATUR, A vessel to wash in, a laver. * La Pena, N. A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 130.
Item, ane gryt clam shell gilt for the lav at nr." L A V E R O C K ' S - L I N T , S. Purging-flax, an herb, L i -
Inventories, A. 1542, p. 58. n um Catharticum, L i n n . ; L a narks.
Fr. lavaloire, id., L.B. lavalor-ium, the name given L A U G H , Law. V. LAUCH.
to the vessel in which monks washed their hands be- L A U G H , s. A lake, Selkirks. V . L O C H .
fore going to the refectory, or officiating priests be- L A U I T - M A N , s. A layman, one not in cleri-
fore performing divine service. cal orders.
L A I T C H , L A U G I I T , S . 1 . L a w . ] Insert, afterl.1G; The said officiall considering that the said Harlo
This is more emphatically expressed ; " Ilka land had na commission!! to mak sic preaching, hot [ w e s ]
has its ain lauch." Antiquary, ii. 281. an lauil-man,—required him, of quhais authoritie,
T o L A U C H (gott.), v. n. T o laugh, S. Pret. and quhagaif him commissioun to preach, he being
leuch, part. pa. leuchin, Clydes. ane lauil-man, and the Quenis r eh aid, and excom-
L A U C I I , S. A laugh, S. municate, and wes repelled furth of utlier partis for
L A U G H E R , S. A laugher, S. the said eausis." Keith's Hist. App. p. 90. V. LA WIT.
L A U G H T E R , .y. A lock. V. LACHTER. * T o L A U R E A T E , v. a. T o confbr a literary
L ATJ D E , Sen ten ce, d ecision, j u dgmen t degree.
" Dauid Wod, &c. and all vtheris haifand interes After Dr. Rollock had la ureal the first classe, he
in the mater vnder specifeit to here and se the de- betook himself to the general inspection of the col-
crete, laude, and sentence of forfaltour gevin in our lege, under the title of principall and rector/' Crau-
souerane lordis parliament," &c. Acts Mary 1542, furd's Hist. Univ. Edin. p. 45.
Ed. 1814, p. 416. T o L A U R E A T E , V. N. T o take a degree in any
- Sentence, laude & decrete of forfaltoure, allegit, faculty, S.
led, gevin & pronouneit," &c. Ibid. p. 41?. 4'£ It is—certain that laureated was originally ap-

,—" Thai & ilkane of thaim to berestorit,—as thai plied to those who took their degrees in Scotland."
—war befor the geving of the said laude and dome Bower's Hist. Univ. Edin. i. 42.
of parliament." Ibid. The author thinks that the phraseology originated
L.B. Laud-um, sententia arbitri. Rex Angliae die- (c from the laurel which, from the earliest antiquity,
to eo rum (arbitrorum) et laudo sub cert a obligatione formed the chaplet of the victors in the games."
se submittet. Trivet. A. 12Q3—Oiniii laudo arbitrio, L A U R E A T I O N , S. T h e act o f conferring degrees,
dito, diffinitione, & pronuntiationi ejus. Chart. A . or the reception of them ; graduation.
1345. Hence Laud-are, arbitrari, arbitrii sententiam ce At the very time wdien Rollock had given the

proferre; and Laudator, arbiter. DuCange. Laudieni most substantial proofs of his ability in instructing
is expl. by Kersey or Phillips, ec in ancient deeds, a the youth at St. Andrew's, in consequence of the re-
decisive sentence, determination, or award of an ar- markable progress of his pupils, and the public ap-
bitrator, or chosen judge." plause which he received at their laureation, the pa-
Laudare seems to have received this oblique? si-nse trons of tlie university of Edinburgh were—anxious-
in the dark ages, in consequence of the lega! a-e of ly looking for a person of his description." Bower's
the term by Roman writers in regard to the wb;.thm Hist. Univ. Edin. i. 79-
of a witness. In this sense it is used by Phialus. L A U R E W , s. Laurel.
This may have been the reason why it properly de- — " He wakl not ressave the croun of laurem, to
notes the deed of an arbiter, rather than of an ordi- have the samin deformit with the publick doloure."
nary judge ; an arbiter being one as it were called or Bellend. T. Li v. p. 181. Lauream, Lat.
cited, by one or both parties, to determine. L A U T E F U L L , adj.
L A U D E , adj. O f or belonging to laymen. V. iC As to the phrase and dictioun heirof, guid it

L A WIT. war to remembir, that the plane and sempill trewth

L A V E - L U G G J L T , adj. Having the ears hang- of all thingis requiris only amangis the lavtefull and
ing down, R o x b . faith full peple, plane, familiar, and na cu ri us nor af-
C.B. lav; cc that extends, or goes o u t ; " Owen. fect at speche." N. Winyet's Fourscoir Thre Ques-
L A V E N D A R , A laundress. " T h e King's tion is, Keith's Hist. App. p. 223.
lava alar Treasurer's Acts. V . L A Y N D A R . Apparent!y, full o'i loyally, or truth. V . L A W T A .
L.B. lavender-ia, lotrix. Lav an da r-ius, fullo ; D u L A W , r . q } ' L o w . ] Add;
Cange. — " T!H- lord Oliphant for the lam land of the schir-
L A V E R O C K , s. T h e lark.] Add ; refilome of Perth, Strathebravne, and tlie bischoprik
ic Alauda, a laverock." We dderb urn's Vocab. of Ei.rdu-lden. The lord Gray, the lord Glammys,
p. 16. the iYlaister of Craufurde for Anguss hie land and lurv
There is an old traditionary adage, illustrative of land." Acts Ja. IV. 1488, Ed! 1814, p. 208.
this term, which contains good counsel. In order This obviously points out the origin of the term
to be healthy, gang to bed wi* the hen, and rise wi' I jaw landis or Lowlands.
the laverock," S. V . L I F T , S. L A W , <9. c2. T h e tomb, grave, or mound.] Add;
LAVEROCK-HIECH, adj. A s high as the lark It must be observed, however, that when Ulphi-
when soaring; apparently a proverbial phrase, his uses Jdiaw for rendering the Gr. word denoting
Roxb. a monument, he must be viewed as using It because
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the Goth, language had no other term for a m o n u -
ment but that which properly signified a mound.
T o L A W , v. a, 1. T o litigate, to subject to legal
investigation and determination, S.
2. Transferred to the legal d e f e n d e r ; as, " I'm
resolvd Fll laze him iced Jar tj'"' 4C I will take
every advantage that law can g i v e in this busi-
ness S.
LA WAINE, T h e eve o f A l l - h a l l o w s .
Wide, wide abroad were spread its leafy bran-
ches
But the topmost bough is lowiv laid !
T h o u hast forsaken us before E-mrarnc. "
Coronach. (jf Sir I janddan. Chic)' of Maclean,
I.adtj of ihv Eahc, Notes, ]\ii.
* Halloween.
This does not appear to he a Ca<']. or Ir. word, bur
merelv a poetical abbreviation of the de.-ignatioa
used in tlie low eount ry.
L A Y 1 / A I t , LAWMJK, -V. A I;;Yei\ or Vessel to
wash in.
" ii a i i \v i; !i iiuiar f' A herd. ib'g. A. I/iJH. \ . lb'. L A W I T , adj.
In the first, ane baling and ane lairarc o i ' g o l d ,
with thris-illis ;md blb-is round about the samyne. 5 tin
Inventories, A . l.>:ki,p. 110.
I A . W - B I T ) A N D , LAW-BIDING, pari. pr. L Culler in hurting of landc patronage & the uniaor-
W a i t i n g the: regular course o f law, as o p p o s e d
to f l i g h t ; a forensic term,
Gif the vassal 1 is fugitiue for slauehter, and not E A W L A M ) , LACLAXD, adj. B e l o n g i n g TO IB.-
Jaic-lniUuid} the Miperiour may recognosce the land
balden of himselfe, sa lang as the felon or manslayer
happeiii- to line." Skene de Verb. Sign. vo. Jlecog-
hi! ion. \ . lb,*)!•:. c.
ii. A b i e fo answer a charge or accusation Gl.
(* ui brie.
" The soul is pursued for guilt more or less, and
is not law-bid mis ; ( hrist Jesus is the city o f refuge,
and the high-priest there;, during whose lifetime, and
that is, for ever, the poor man w h o wins hither, is
safe." Guthrie's Trial, p- 112.
L A W - B O A R D , .?. T h e board on which a tailor
irons Ins cloth, S. * to the E r s e o r G a e l i c , S.
Jock, a little hump-backed creature, brought the
goose behind him, "bearing the law-hoard over his
shoulder." Sir A. W y l i e , i. 51.
L A W - l i O I t l i O I S , LAW-BORROWS, .9. pi] 'Add;
Bp. Burnet gives a ludicrous account of the ori-
gin of this term.
" W h e n all other things failed so evidently, re-
course was had to a writ, which a man w h o suspects
another o f ill designs towards him, may serve him
with : and it was called Law-horroifghs, as most used
in hor roughs." Hist, of His own Time, ii. 185.
'To L A \ Y E , r. a. T o lower. South o f S.
But yet tho' pnvert}- should worrie.
O r starve us quite,
T o /;?ire their price they will be sorry,
A c single doit. J. Scoil's Poems, p. 33S.
J..\ 1 Y E 11, ,<;. A pre)fessor o f 1 aw.
'I hat the hurcr and mathematieiane o f befoir in
the new college sail now be in Sanetsaluatouris col-
lege, and haue thair stipendis and buirdis vpoime the
fruictis thairoi:" A c b , Ja. V I . 1579 ; Ed. 1814. p. I SO.
50
L A W E I l , s. A washing vessel, E . hivcr.
<c T u o new basines worth eight merles the1 peiee.
ane hiirer worth four merks." Acts Cha. II. Ed,
1 3 1 4 , V I I . 6*1. V. LAWATL
L A . W - F . R E E > adj. N o t legally convicted or c o n -
demned.
" T h e earl answered, he would prefer him to his
good-brother Frend.ranght ; b u t to quit him who had
married his sister, so long as he was luw-j rev, he
could not with his honour." Spalding, i. 17-
LAWI N-KRP,K, adj. Scot-free, e x c l u d e d f r o m pay.*
ing any share o f a tavern-bill, S.
She took' me in, she set me down,
She heeht to keep me lairin-J) cc ;
But; wvlie carl in that .she was,
She gart me birl m y bawbee.
Song, Andro wi his Culhj (Inn.
Fm no for letting ye, y e see,
( A s I ware rich) gang fa win J'rcc.
Forms, En id. Scolrh and I,alia. n. ]'%':
V . H\I M ! . -V- I .
L a y . | Add ;
" Ordains that our o u e 1* a i n lord 1 s h-i t rez be r it -
ehargeing the said dames, Straitliauehh 1 to j,-ti:•
na dale nor int.romett.ing witht. the said beuehn ,
sale gud of the realme." Act. i)om. Cone. A. I-l.V;.
]>• I*'*-
lo'iC country o f Scot land, S.
Ci Th.at Krgile, with the bondiee [['bounds'] ,V th--
Justiee tharof. it hah! the Ju.-tiee are t.barof in
Perth, o u h e n t h e kiiigis grace ple.-i>, sa. that euh'iik
behind man t'v hi/dand mane 111 euni & a-!-, ec ha\(
J u.-tiee." \ cx - da. IV. I 5<):;, p.* hi.
— " T w o bie-iand regiment - ; - • f he ot her five /an'-
land regiments." Acts Cha. i. Kd. ] ,S 1 4, \"i.
LAWI.AN'IJS, LAWLAXS, .V. j)l. r Fiie plain com* •
try of Scotland, as distinguished from the H i g h -
lands ; ]>ron. Lallans-.
T h e l a n g u a g e o f the l o w country,, as o p p o s e d
L A W I 1 I E , 6-. A designation f o r the f o x , S*
V. FOWRIE.
L A W S Q N D A Y . V . L K I F SOUKDAY.
LAWTXFUI.L, adj. M o s t loyal, full of loyalty.
— " A n d allowing thame, and euerie ane o f thame,
in thair reparing and ahydiiig with his M'aiestie, to
haue done the dewtie o f maist loving and lawtifull
subieetis to thair souerane lord." A c t s Ja. V I . 1 5 H 4 > }
Jul. 1814, p. 327; concerning the Raid of Uuthven.
V. LA\VTA; &C.
L A X , -v. A salmon, A b e r d . ] Add;
" In the aecioune persewit be James o f Douglas
chaumerlane o f the lordschip o f Murray aganis James
Innes o f that ilke^ for the wrangwis oecupaeioune
of oiire souerane lordis fisching o f the w a Iter of
Spey,—docrettis—that the said James sail — content
& pay to the said James of D o w g l a s the prollitis o f
the sade fisching o f xx yeris bigane, extending yerely
to ix x x o f salmond I axis takin v p he Iiim, as wes suf-
ficiently prefit before the lordis/' Act. D0111. Cc>nc»
A . Ub-8, p. 89.
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c r Ane "half barrel! o f salmotmd or xij sufficient lax"
Abord. Beg. A . 1538, V . 16,
C£ He askit at him tua Son dais laxis" &c. Ibid.
V. 20.
A mi)iIdle-lax, a salmon of a middle size. " T h e
baillies decernit him to pay ane my Mill lax for him-
s e l f " Ibid.
L A X - F I S H E R , S. A salmon-fisher, A b e r d . ] Add>
' e : 'Upon the 11th of May there was wonderful high
tempestuous winds, marvellous in M a y , whereby sun-
dry persons died, and nlax-fisher [ w a s ] drowned [ i n ]
the water of D o n , and a ship going with victuals to
Durnbritton likewise perished." Spalding, i. 210. ( 2 d )
H e also b y direction frae the General Assembly,
charged the masters and lax-Jishers of D e e and I )on,
— t o forbear fishing upon Sunday, viz. frae Saturday
at midnight till Sunday at the same time.—This as-
sembly got some obedience with great difficulty, for
it was thought no sin to fish upon the sabbath-day
before." Ibid. p. 299, '300.
L A Z Y - E E D S , s. pi. A plan o f planting pota-
toes, f o r m e r l y much- in use, a c c o r d i n g to which
the root was laid on the g r o u n d undressed, some
d u n g b e i n g spread u n d e r i t ; the seed and m a -
nure were then covered with earth d u g f r o m a
sort o f trench which surrounded the bed* S.
In ley ground, they are c o m m o n l y , in Scotland,
planted in Lazy-beds, as they are called, thus : A f -
ter the ground is marked out into beds, which can-
not conveniently be above two yards broad, the same
is covered with dung and litter/ 3 &e. Maxwell's Sel.
Trans, p. 159- '
" Lazy-beds, a mode o f dressing land peculiar to
some parts o f the highlands. It is most appropriately
named." Saxon and Gael, iv. 59.
E E , L I E , &C., .V. 1. Shelter.] Add;
u The lee o f the hill/' is a common phrase for the
shelter afforded, by a rising ground, S.
L E , L I E , a sort o f demonstrative article often
prefixed to the name o f a place o r thing, in our
o l d deeds, signifying the.
fff JL/emylne clap and h a p p e r / ' Cart.Priorat. Plus-
car den, A . 1552. V . LEID. 13reiving Lcid.
It seems to be merely the Fr. article, le> c£ the, the
said, the same / ' Cotgr. This, although properly the
masculine pfon., and declinable, in one o f its uses is
indeclinable, and used both as masculine and femi-
nine. V . Diet. Trcv.
T o L E A , L E E , v. a. T o leave, A b e r d . V. LEED.
T o L I E LEA, to remain sometime without b e i n g
c r o p p e d , S.
" It [ t h e exhausted l a n d ] was then left to nature
to recover verdure and fertility, by a number o f years
pasture without the aid of any artificial grasses. This
was called allowing the ground to lie lee " A g r . Surv.
Ber wicks. p. 210.
LEAD., T h e name given to the course o v e r
which the stones are driven in curling, A u g . ,
Stirling's., Clydes. H e n c e , to gae to the leach,
to g o a curling ; A n g .
In Loth., Ayrs.j and some other counties, this is
called the rink. Some curling societies have an office-
bearer w h o is called Master of rinks, it being his p r o -
vince to see that the course b e properly swept, and
that the rides o f the game be observed. In Lanark s.
oi
L E A
the course is called the rack, although the term, rink
be also used. -" *
T h e name Lead may have originated from the first
player taking the lead in the g a m e ; and he is still
said to lead.
L E A D E R , S. I n curling, one w h o takes the lead
in the g a m e , who first lays down his stone, S.
Next Robin o' Mains, a leader g o o d ,
Close to the witter d r e w —
Rateliff went b y , an' cause he miss'd,
Pronoune'd the ice untrue.
Davidson's Seas-mis, p. ldd.
" L E A 1)-B j? A S I L .y. A disease to which bnr.e
animals are subject at Lendhi'l,v.
<: Fowls o f anv kind iil not live iiwmv d;iv^ at
Lc;idhills. They pick up arsenical particles wiih
their food, which soon kills them, i lorses, cows,
dogs, cats, are liable to the lead-brash. A eat, when
seized with that distemper, springs like lightning
through every corner of the house, lulls into convul-
sions, and dies. A dog fills into strong eonvulsions
also, but sometimes recovers. A cow grows perfectly
mad in an instant, and must be immediate!v killed.
Fortunately this Ui stem per does not a {feet the hum.Ui
species." Stat. Ace. A p p . x.\i. OS. <)<). Y. IA::,--i.
T o L E A D C O U N , lo drive corn from l he held
to the c o r n - y a r d , S.
L E A D D R A P S , small shot, used in f o w l i n g
L E A D E N "11 E A H T , a spell, not yet totally d o -
used in Shetland, which was supposed to restore
health to those whose ailments could not be ac-
counted f o r .
"Norna knotted the leaden heart to a chain o f gold,
and hung it around Minna's n e c k ; — a spell, which,
at the moment I record these incidents, it is known
has been lately practised in Zetland, where any de-
cline of health, without apparent cause, is imputed
b y the lower orders to a demon having stolen the
heart from the bodv of the patient." The Pirate, iii.
T h e lead, in a state of fusion, must be cast into
water, receiving its form fortuitously, and be pre-
pared with a variety of incantations.
LEADING,
"" P r o d ama con is wes maid the tent day o f the said
iiioneth (Feb. 1591) to all noblemen, baronis, and
vtheris, within a great number of schirefdomes, to
ryse in armos with twentie dayes leading." Bel ha-
ven MS. Mem. J:;. VI. F. 50.
Provisions ere undoubtedly meant. But the term
w o u l d seem strictly to signify as much as one can.
carry at a laid or road.
L E A l ) I S , -s4. pi. Languages. V . L E I D , S.
T o L E A G E 1 1 , v. n. T o encamp.
T h e army leager'd at PitarroA Spalding.
Tent. !eidier-en _eastrametari
. :
7 Sw. lae<iT-a
o o ' id.
si<?
LEA'GIKU LADY," a soldier's wife ; a campaign-
e r ; a camp-trotter,'S. ; Gh Antiq.
L E A L , adj. L o y a l ; honest, &RC. V . L E I L .
L E A L A I K , x. A natural shelter f o r cattle,
such as. is p r o d u c e d b y glens or over-hanging
rocks, A y r s .
LEALAIKE-GAI ii,<s-. W e l l s h e l t e r e d grazing g r o u n d ;
sometimes applied to the place where two lulls
j o i n t o g e t h e r , and form a kind o f b o s o m , A y r s ,
 L E A
I f the first part of the word is not merely lea like,
I. e. like lea ground, it might seem allied to Isl. hliae,
umbra, and hlaka aer ealidus, q. a warm shelter ; or
to C.B. llechy what lies flat; a covert. V . GAIR,
G A R E , ,V. 2.
To L E A M , v. a. T o take ripe nuts out of the home, vsing the counsali oi' the prm t E and cardi-
husk, J l o x b .
LEA ME it, LEEMER, s. A nut that separates ea- p. '•',{'). V. Ei:rr, r. to deiav.
sily from the husk, as b e i n g f u l l y ripe, ibid.
" Leaners, nuts which leave their husks easily
Gall. Encycl.
A.Bor. "laem, to free nuts from their husksf'Grose.
Flan dr.' leme, aens, palea. Isl. Um-a, membratim
dividere ; Dan. soender-lcmm-cr, id.
T o L E A N D O W N , v. n. T o b e seated ; also,
t o lie d o w n , to recline ; often with a reciprocal
p r o n o u n , S.
T o L E A P O U T , R.'. N. T o break o u t in an i l -
L E G
Evidently the same with Tent, laede, pecten, men-
tioned under EA v, <p V.
T o L E A T l L v. //. T o loiter.
e£ The earlc o f A ngn- <-•• • wi habtilie to E d i n b u r g h ,
to the govcrnour, .shewing him, ii'IK- Irathcd still at
nal!, he would tyne all Scotland." Tit coitie s (Von.
T o L E A T H E R , r . a. 1. T o lash, to flog, j Add;
2. T o b a ' i e r s o u n d i v ; transferred to battle,
i c:im to a. p S a c where there had been some clean
lea!her'nay, ami a/ the puir cbields were lying thare
busk it v. i' their elaes just as they had pet them <.n
that: morning." T;i!"s o i ' m v Landlord, iii. ! f)[}.
o . T o tie t i g h t l y , Et.tr. F o r . ; c|. to bind villi a
tb.ong.
LK.\TU;:KIN'. A I).-ating, a d r u b b i n g , S.
Ll Then* was a w 11v• 11 chaps hero .sp« <-:*in' aft, r

legal or disorder!V wav. v ••:;?. :.n' ' E w V e g'au.i to gic \ on a l< •atlc rut*.' 1 A
t ime grieving* t F *;: s he had not lea'herin', friend !' said E what may that mean?'
£k J So, in ad 1

that; |»:;\vrr in court, tb-t he thoaght, hE !>irih end * "Tis what W{* ea' tln't ski:!' anr'h s!Jn i* som*,• places •
place <!cs: rved, leapt oat, and made sundry out-red* or, a drubbing, as an Englishman w a d e a ' t / rcturii-
the king ; o n c i n Falkland, and aiiother uc;;r {••:[ hi-/' I i'o'.jg'-: Winter Tales, i. 'liyi.
Edinburgh." Scot's Staggering State, p. lo.'b T o E E A T i 1 l A l , v. n. T o g o cheerfully, n
Sw. luepa ii! t o r u n e u t ; Belg. uijlloDp-eii in bre;d-: out. move brisklv, ; a. low woi-d.
A n ' shearers frae the hamlets roun"
L E A P I N G I L L , the name given to a diseo.se
Wi' souple siia.nk:-; war Icalh'Tra.
o f sheep, A n n and ale; the same with Tbarter
Her. J. .'Siroi's Pi)-a1' , !.
III, q. v.
- I / l E l T f E E l l . Loose leather. V. under L o r s E . r .
L E A R , adv. R a t h e r ; i. e. liefer.
j ; i v A U ( ; n , adj. L o w ; Sel kirks. V. 'Lb:i:en,
I Iear b y far she dy'd like Jinken's hen.,
T o L E B E R , LKHBHR, v. a. T o b e d a u b , lo b e -
Or w e again met yon unruly men.
sL-dibar:. T h a i bairns ha- U'hcrt -X the Sa-
Ross's Jlclenore, First Ed. p. 88.
Loor, Ed. Third. V . LEVER.
id ; lefier'ni^, 1 '-e aci (X\ >e.dai )bcri. r F: .tf{
L E A S E - ! I A L I), .v. Possess!on ; q. hold!ag I>y Isl. lap, Daai. laln'ii, sorbillnm. V. E -we: i:i.\ r.
a lease, Selkirks. Ei:jnii;a~i;I:A .V. //A E r o t b , used i > v I b e pea-
c* That g a n g tried to keep vilent lease-hand o' your ss'nlre, made o f gi'c-ns, ibi'ckened v.ilb a little
ain fields, an' your ain h a , till ye gae them a killi- oat-meal, l l o x b .
coup." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 286. L!.lip,Kits, .<;. pi. D r o p p i n g s f r o m the nu;uti] ? Lc,
L E A S H , 'adj. C l e v e r , agile, S . A . in eating or d r i n k i n g , iliid.
She replaced the hares on the floor, evidently T o L E C H E , v. a. T o c u r e , to h e a l ] Add;
affected b y their association with her lover, and his ^ To Icich I he sare, S c o t / ' Callander's M.S. Notes
favourite pursuits.—' Even take some o f the ripest, on Eire, vo. f.aeh a, mederi.
and greet about his gifts again, and get another ; he L E C H , L E C H E , L E I C H E , S, 1. A physician, &c."j
was a leash lad and a leal." Blackw. M a g . M a y Add ;
I 820, p. 1 6 0 . c* Lcrhe," says Stnr!t. *'• was tlie name s :ach
L E A S I N G - ? ! A I C E IT, L E A S I N G - M A K I N G . V. all pro]caS(jrs o f surgery and physic were a c i e n t i v
L E S I N G - M AICAU distinguished ; and in s:auc p a n s o f tlie k i n g d o m to
LEASUMLIE, adv. L a w f u l l y ; a term used in o u r this day, a c ; ;/c doclor is Called, a cow lecher °AiiigeU
o l d laws. cvnmm. ii. "J-;.
" G i f ony man lies sum landis pertening to him Lcicfit o c c u r s A b e r d . I l e g . , as d e n o t i n g a b a r -
as heritage, and sum uther landis as conqueist, he ber ; as surgeons and barbers originally b e l o n g -
may leasumlie give all* and hail his conqueist landis, ed to one incorporation.
or ony part tliairof, without consent of his eldest L E I C H I N G , L E I C H M E N T , S. M e d i c a l aid.
sone, to his secund or ony uther efter born sone, to A s so on as the said preist saw the king, he knew
rem.ane with tlianie perpetuallie in ail time cuming." him incontinent, and kneeled d o w n upon his knee,
Leu*. Barg\ Balfour's Pract. p. 162. V . LESUM. and speired at the king's Grace, if he might live if
L E A T E E ME ATE. V . LATTER-MEAT. he had g o o d leicking." Pitscottie, Fol. E d . p. ()().
LEATU, T h e lay o f a weaver's l o o m . Leichment, Ed. 18EA, p. 221.
•• T o e weaver should hold his foot firmly and* " Nicolas Pirotus—sett his wholl studie to abolich
sti\>r.giy i>n his treddles whilst he weaves, and like- the old rud nianer of leichment> and to garnisch and
wise be easeful each time he throws the shuttle, that teach the youth Vvdth eloquent language, in all kyndis
he draws thread straight and light [ t i g h t ? ] to o f sciencies.** Pitscottie's Cron. p. 1 (ii.
the cloth, before he strikes with the leafh, or removes L E C H E G E , /a L e a k a g e . « H i s defalt & lech-
his feet." Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 342, ege o f the wyne. 1 ' A b e r d . I l e g . A . 1 5 4 5 , V . 19*
 L E E L E E

L E C K , s. T h e n a m e g i v e n to a n y stone that LEE-LIKE, adj. H a v i n g the appearance o f false-

stands a strong fire, as greenstone, trapp, &c. or hood ; as, " I t was a v e r y lee-lilce s t o i y , " S.
such as is generally used in ovens, F i f e , L o t h . T o L E E C H , LKETCH, v. a. T o pin or splice
f c These [[trap, whinstone, and amorphous basalt] two pieces o f w o o d tog-ether. T i m s , when the
often graduate into each other, and are often inter- shaft o f a cart is broken, it is said to be Ieelcked7
mixed, in their imperfect, irregular, and troubled when spliced with a piece to supply t h e p l a c e
stratification,-with a half lapidified tough and c o m - o f that which has been b r o k e n off, l l o x b .
pact clay, called leek by tlie quarriers/' A g r . Surv. LEECH, A picce o f w o o d nailed across the
Berw. p. 41. b r o k e n tram or shaft o f a-cart, or any kind o f
This, perhaps, is the same substance which, in w o o d e n utensil for supporting it, Seikirks.
Ireland, is called lack-clay. There can scarcely be a doubt that this is merely
ci Immediately under the moor, is a thin stratum a metaph. use of Leech as signifying to .act the part
o f what they call lack-clay, which is like baked clay, of a physician ; q. to cure, to heal. V. LECIIE, V.
the thickness o f a tile, and no wet-a gets through it. L E E F U L , L F E F O U - H E A E T I T , adj. Compassion-
Under it lime-stone gravel." Young's T o u r in irel. ate.] Add;
i. 285. — A n e leifu mayden stude at her knee,
LEDDY-LAUNNERS. V. LANDERS.
With ane sylver wand, and melting ee.
L E D D Y R , s. Leather. c : Insufficient schone
— T h e leifu niayde with the roeltynp; eye,
& leddyrr A b e r d . R e g . A . 1 5 3 8 . V . 10.
Seho droppit ane tear,, and passit bve.
" T o q u y t thaimselfis for the bying o f roeht kddi/r
(bice,:* I rake, p. 17fb
on the get anil in land wart i. e. b u y i n g wroog.xt
L E E . F O W , adj. Vrilf'ab obstinate, T e v i o t d .
leather on the way to th.e town. ioa!.
As A.Bor. /.-v/Vtiul leere. (Ib 1'ref) sigr.ify Aviilingly,
L v: D!>i:n A>: t:, L i-: i» i> :iix n. t>dj. ?.!::• \c;.f i ea?her,
tiiis t\-rni may i)-j aiial'--gii;is to icUftd. q. all of one's
le.'ulicrn.
cc Four sark is of behind lyrnh.eg v e i l : - iiij 1 .bv, ir.ic
own win."
L E E M , ad;. Earthen. V. LAWK.
\Uleeav.e coil worth taa crovnis of the sone., ; i j
LEEMERS, s. pL Y.
r"lemb ell of S•:11b;• i 11 th-. prb- 1 ••;:>: lib., & ane >tik
T O L I ; ] E X ( F E , v. u. T o slouch ; as " a leengin
o f C'olyne silk 1br beltis& <rart;e;;s the price viij sh.
grit." A b e r d . Keg. A . V. 1;). g a n g e r , " one wlio slouelics in Ins ga.it, R o x b .
Awe leddenntc coil i:mst here maa.n a burl" coat, or S n . ( b /aci.'^-a retaiaiaae : ur co:*r. fi\)ai i b (0 lounge.
lioqucton, used for defence. LEEXGYiE, adj. A. w.^wx-S* wel), wlien It is
" Item in a led den tig pars beand in the said beak o f a raw or ihin tv-xlure, ir; said to have u a ken-
coifre, tuelf score & xvi s;h atis/' fnventorics, p. 12. gjjc ai^pi'iu-anvv;' Avyrs.
L E D F A R M , a f a r m on which the tenant does A.S. laeJiig fragiiis ; macilentus, tenuis; /frail; le«*m,
not reside, S. thin ; from lacne, id. Soniner,
L E D G I N , s. A parapet, lliat especially o f a L E E N O , LEEKON, <V. T h e name g i v e n b y the
b r i d g e , S. c o m m o n people to the fabric called thread g a u z e ,
H e raise up, an' g b d a gl >war ;»s gi;i be fa and Lolh., Fife.
the tow round his neck ; an' ay at , Yvi' a v<ll lihr a I duo a is the Pi\ U^an 'br b-iwn. This, however,
sticket bulb lor.pit richt o r lay head. /:.r bawau 1.s synon. with I'lnoniple, deiineil by (Vsgr. <f a fine,
the ledgin o' the brig." Mi. K:tlhL. .n h . I »l.inne, or v-;pcin-v» ai -d linnen much ns^ d iu PieanKe
L E D L N G T O N , s. A kind o f a r : . I e , S. [s:\lere it is m;aLj ibr wom^ji's kerclu-rs."
" Apples. While. Lcdhirdon, Green Le'/htg'o?!, T o L E E F , f . a. 1. T o heat. La ail, parboiled.
Grey Ledinglon." P. C'.-uIisko, .Stat. A c c . v iii. V . LI-:pe.
" W e have ab*o—for t b e l.Laben the Codhng, Lid- 2. u To htii-R sliglitlv; to scorch the outside o f
ingiown, and Rubies." Ileid's Scots Gard'ner, p. Ibi 1. anv thing roasted, wiiile it is raw in the m i d d l e ; "
This has evident!3' receive d its nanie from i,eding- GJ. Surv. M o r a y .
ton, or Lethington, in the county o f ITaddingtoiv, f o r - T o L E E P , r . a." T o co:^en, to deceive, S.]>.
merly a seat of the Lauderd.ae family,, now, miller Lcep, to cheat one m a C'b M' ara e.
the name o f L e n n o x - L o v e , the property of L o r d This is given a.? if it were an obii<pie sen.,e of Use
Ivhmtvre. v. signify ina" to licart; to barn slight jy, 6'cc. l b it !
L E E , s. Liiih La\ apparently slender means o f am convinced dim. is vaalica.lly di;'lbi'ent. It
escape. T o set tu /ba<7e i'i\'.} b; I. :r. e revdy any to claim the same origin avi-V; Tent. lcej> craoay ; cad-
means o f shelter. T h i s phrase I have met with lid us, vcrMitns, vaier, sab del as ; Lilian. Tins lie
o n l y in one passege. views as an obiione sense o f lecp, lappns, blear-
T h e n H o b b l e Noble is that c b - r ! e v e d ; because, he sa}'s, tiiose ^.vb.o are bk\ir-eyed.,
I wait lie carries the style fu' h i e ; blind of one eye, or ]>ink-eved, are generally crafty
A f t has he driven oar bhbdbunds back, and deceiifnl : .^iiaot c-a.im Hvaji^ ha^ci, peti plernm-
A n d yet ourselves /,•/ ,7:7 .v I.e. (rue versipelles, vmVi, siibiL;oi. Leejj-en lip})ire; lee-
Hobby Xobie, Mix sir. J'urdcr, i. 1 Mf). ]>.'g/te>'d, iippitndo et cailidiL-as^, a.stutia ; leepaerd
Dan. lac shelter; A.S. Lieu, hLrjw, iinibracidum ; p c i u s ; et liom.o caliithis. Telg. lcep is still used in
asylum, refiigium. V . LE, LIE. both s I y• 11 i i i e a t i o n s.
L E E , s. Shelter. L E E T E I t E A T , adj. Xevy fat, S . A . ] Add;
LKE, adj. Sheltered. V . L E , L I E , &e. I f not corr. from Ish lyrefeit~er3 Jdyrjeil-r, prae-
LEE All, A liar, o n e w h o utters falsehoods, S. pinguis ; or hleyp-a, coagulare, q. to curdle, like what
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is tapper d ; perhaps from C.B. lleipyry flaccid, glib,
smooth, as we say vulgar]}', that fine's skin is lying in
•iirks wi'fat, S. S. lype itself signifies a crease or fold.
L E E K I E , .v. T h e designation given b y children
to a lamp-lighter, A b e r d . , E d i n . , L a n a r k s .
Probably of Welsh extract. C.B. lie try r radiance,
lle-wyr-air to radiate; llewyrch illumination. Isl. liori
.signifies a window.
L E E K O C H , ,y. A term used in A y r s . and b o r -
ders o f G a l l o w a y , to denote a peat-moss. " W i l l
ye g a n g a d a y to the Lceroch f W i l l you go
to the moss and cast peats for a day ?
1 can find no proof that this word is of Celtic ori-
gin. Ish leir signifies argilla ; latum, eoenum ; lei-
rug-r lutulentus ; leirg-a collutare, lutulare.
L E E I i O C H , s. l G F h e site o f an old house, or
the vestiges o f ancient battlements, R e n f r e w s .
f l Local position, A y r s . ; the same with Lcrrach, q.v.
T o L E E S E , v. n. 1. T o pass a coil o f ropes
through the hands in unwinding it, or in g a -
thering it again after it lias been u n w o u n d ,
Etlr. F o r .
2. T h e term is also used to denote the act o f ar-
r a n g i n g a n i n n b e r o f entanglec I bits o f pack thread
b y collecting them into one hand, ibid.
3. T o gather any thing, as straws, or rushes, neat-
ly into the grasp of the hand, E o x b .
ce To Leese, to arrange, to trim, to sort Gall. En c.
T o L E E S E out, v. a. T o be prolix in narration.
O n e w h o , in telling a story, makes us much of
it as possible, is said to leese it out, ibid.
It is given assynon. with thev./o Tome, or Ton nt, out.
A.S. les-an liberare, solvere. O f this e. we liave
a vestige in O.K. " Les'uige or losinge o f t h i n g e bown-
den. Solutio." Prompt. Pare. Isl. leijs-a, id. Moes.G.
A.S..lis-an colligere, congregare ; Aiem. Belg. les-en,
id. Indeed E. lease signifies to glean.
T o L E E S L I , v. n. T o move quickly forward,
Aberd.
She sees him leeslun up the craft
An' thinks her whittle's i' the shaft.
TV. Beat ties Tales, p. 51.
Probably from the idea o f applying the leash or lash.
L E E S O M E , adj. Easily moved to pity, T w e e d d .
V. LETS,SUM.
L E E S U M , adj. Speaking in a lying o r hyper-
bolical manner ; as, t c I f it's nae lee, it's e'en
u n c o Icesum like G l l o x b . V . L E E , .V. a lie.
L E E T , - s. 1 . One portion o f many, a l o t . ] Add;
This term is used to denote a division in an oblong-
stack o f grain or pulse which may be taken down
and thrashed at one time, without exposing the stack
to be injured b y the weather, Berwieks.
C£ Sometimes, however, they [Beans] are built in
oblong stacks, having interruptions without spaces,
dividing them into portions o f convenient size for
being thrashed at one time.—These long stacks are
provincially called Sows, and the separate divisions
are termed leets." A g r . Surv. Berw.
T o L E E T , L I-,IT, v. a. T o p u t in nomination, in
order to election, where there are m o r e candi-
dates than one, S.
" And to present ane leit'to my Lord an el it ner-
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aminos :—.and to /,-// and present twa. persounes with
the atild the.-aurar to t.iirr the-aurar ie of t he said eie -
tie." v\c. A'-ts .hi. \ I. nip>, Ed. i s j p. ;,j,s.
Mr. Da1, id ('aiders. coi!—has p r e y e d so a. nev.-'
way of leeifiig tile Moderator I'm- time to come, that
puts in the hand of ba-e men to g--t, one whom they
please, to our great danger." l E G . e ' - J,«-P. II. -JO'J.
T o L E E T , r.n. T o pre'n-nd. V. L : . n .
T o L E E T , r . a. T o ooze verv slowly he o c c a -
sional d r o p p i n g , i'hie.
C.B. 11 aid, a humid state; leith-iaiv, to dissolve, to
become moist.
T o L E E T ////, v . a . T o a l i c n d to. Fife.
" Do ve think 1 was na, Sued wi' Air. 1 )oig. at
haiklau M-hool, \vli:i could hae learned the verv kaes
tha>. higii.t m the auld palace to .-peal. L."iin, a - mv
auld grannv gin ihe\ had only leefed till him J"
Ld.ii,. Momh. Mag. i;i k i <s ! ] , p. 1
h/d-a ;i!L EL /d./d-a, audio-, -mres ad;- r-
tei-e ; lyilii audit me I i r i ' i r < >. K. lith, lithe, ///Mr.
/,d»„( i >fli, i\-rry>. I':/, i. I i t .
\ t E E T i « E ( ) \ V, adj. S y m pat 1 n/n ig, J i >.
A corr. of Li'cful, companionate, <p v.
L E E Y I N L A N E , quite alone.
J have been.' said she, ' o'ei* the sea, bv inv
rin lane, for nae ither end-—hut to :-i*e tiie place w herr
the great battle was fought and v. (•;.." Tin: Steam-
Boat, p. '.»"(.
This may be a provinciality in Ayrs., hut certain-
ly anomalous. Lvejbm lane is undoubtedly the pro-
per pi irase.
L E F T , pre I. Jlemained ; used in a passive sense,
V. L K V K , v. n.
h K M . ' I - L, 1 fi;!. ? adj. F.awfid. J Add to p r o o f
from W i c l i f ;
Le/'idl, [ L r . J licite ;" Palsgr. B. hi. F. ()(), a.
T o L E G , v. n. T o r u n ; a l o w w o r d , S . ] Add;
Some spunkies, or some same-like ills,
Fast after him they leggit;
A n ' rnony a day he ran the hills,
H e was sae sairly fleggit.—
Tarras.s Poems, p. 70.
T o L E G eaeaip v.n. T o walk clumsily, Berwick's.
Perhaps from a common origin with E. Lag, to
loiter; Sn.G. la^<:, extremitas.
1 E G A L I E , ,y. T h e state or office o f a pupal le-
gate.
^ This prior Johne I-Iepljurne—sliew how bischope
Formaii had u'aihered all the substance o f Scotland
he hi.s le-joeie." Fitscottie's Cron. p. 296. Legates/rip,
Iv.Ilr.
L 1 ^ G A ( E E , -9. S u p p o s e d to signify lecdcage o f a
ship, A b e r d . Ileg." A . 1 5 3 5 , V . 1 5 , p. 20.
I IGeATXAIT, Add;
r ['he language is still retained in France, or was so
till very lately. It is applied to counsellors, legates,
cardinals, &e. U n tel eveque est Conseiller-//c d'mi
tel Farlement—nn tel Prelat est Legat-ne du S. Siege.
I / A b b e de Wuidoine est Cardinal-^e, a droit de p o r -
ter un chapeau rouge sur ses amies. Diet. Trev. vo.
Naitre. T h e idea obviously is, that the person refer-
red to has, from his office, the same right which ano-
ther has, in a different respect, b y his birth. •
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L E G - B A I L , 6-.] Add; ^ vrnquhill Alex* K a y b a x t e r in his leg powder."'*
The phraseology is occasionally varied. A b e r d . R e g . V. 524.
" Bonne Market.—There were some notorious cha- A ludicrous corr. o f the forensic phrase Liege
racters, w h o , upon a general search, gave leg had j or Ponstie, " a state o f health, in contradistinction to
their honesty : but these faithful constables—expect deathbed. A person possessed o f the lawful p o w e r
that some of them will return to the ensuing mar- o f disponing the legitima pot est as is said to be in liege
ket, when they will be better recognised, and may pons tie." Bell's L a w Diet. "
depend i i p o n / m > quarters" Edin. Correspondent, L E I C H M E N T , .v. Cure o f diseases. Y . under
Nov. 10. 1814. LKCHIS, V.
L E G - B A N E , s. T h e shin, S. Callander's M S . L E V C O W , L E A C o w , a c o w that is neither with
Notes on Hire, vo. Laegg, os. calf nor O
gives milk, as distinguished f r o•m _a
1 « J
L E G - D O L L O E , perhaps a. dollar o f Leige.
I

c£ Taken a w a y — o f m o n e y ttio leg

dollarsDe~
pred. on the Clan Campbell, p. 81.
W e find, however, the plm-fse " ane leggil dollar
Ibid. p. 100. .
L E G G A T , LEGGET, LEOGIT, -V. A term used
in play. A stroke at handball, g o l f , &c. which
is not fair, or which, on account o f some acci-
dental circumstance, is not c o u n t e d , is said to
b e leggat, i. e. n u l l ; Loth,.
L E G G I N , s. T h e angle in the b o t t o m o f a cask,.
or w o o d e n vessel, S.
T o L I P A N D L E G G S X . A. phrase applied to drink
in a vessel. T h e person to w h o m it is oilered,
holds the vessel o b l i q u e l y , so as to try whether
the liquid contained in it will at the same time
touch the leggin5 o r angle in the b o t t o m , and
reach to the lip or rim. I f it does not, he re-
fuses to receive it, saying, " T h e r e ' s no a drink
there, it "ill no Up and legging Fife. V. L A G E W
L E G G I N S , s. pi. L o n g gaiters, reaching u p
to the knees, S . ; evidently f r o m E . leg.
Strong clouted shoes, studded with hobnails,
and gramoehes, or tcggins, made of thick black cloth,
completed his equipment." Tali s Landlord, ii. 14.
L K G - J L L L , -V. A disease o f sheep. eau.-iug lame-
\iess, railed also J Unclc /Vj.>\ Sout h o f S.
Black leg, Mr. Beaitie. Leg ilL Air. Seott."
Essays Kighl. SoC. iii. f-S1.
LEGLM, adv. Astride. To ride leg'rni^ or on
leg'mu to ride after the masculine m o d e , as o p -
posed to sitting sideways, l l o x b . ; synon. stride-
legs\ S.
Su.G. la egg, I si. legg-r, crus, the leg-bone ; p o r -
haps q. hteggonij having the " leg a r o u n d " the horse.
L E G I T I M , s. T h e lawful portion o f moveables
to which a child is entitled on the death o f a
father ; a law term, S.
" No legit ini can be claimed b y children but out
o f the moveable estate belonging to their father at
the time of his death." Ivrsk. Inst. B. iii. t. (). § 17-
Fr. legitime, L.B. legit im-a, pars haeriditatis legi-
bus eonstituta, .13ii Cange.
L E G L I N , s. A m i l k - p a i l . ] Add ;
Isl. leigill, ampulla, seria, assumes a form still
nearer in -dat. pi. leiglhunn. 'Her gutlar a levl'mum,
" It chinks, or guggles in the leglinV. Hal dor son 3
vo. (Ui:In.
L E C i - l T E R - I M , adv. H a v i n g o n e l e g over the
o t h e r ; or, as a tailor sits on his b o a r d , l l o x b .
J,EG P O W S T E 1 L " A n e testament maid b e
Ferry core, which t h o u g h not pregnant c o n -
tinues to g i v e milk, S . B . ; pron. q. lap core.
Supposed to be denominated from the idea o f
g r o u n d not under crop, or what lies ley.
LEU), P e o p l e . ] Add to e t y m o n given under
Leid, a man ;
This word seems to have been o f general use
among both Goths and Celts. Tor besides the C J L
1 r. Gael, luehd, folk, is defined as corresponding with
hat. gens: and fr. liachd, a groat many, a mufti-*
tnde." is probable the same term a little varied. Ir.
Gael. .stcae//d, or xliocht, a tribe, may be merely liachd
or tnehd, with tlie sibilatiun prefixed.
L E I D , LR.N E, L E K D , L E E T , .V. 1. Language, J
Add; ll also assumes the form o f Lead and Leed.
A 1 so they could speak sundrie lead is." Pitscot-
tie's Cron. p. ^-J-7- La nguages, Kdit. 1 72$.
'Twii.^ that grim gossip, chandler-chafied. want,
— G a r ' d him ery on thee, to b!a\v throw his pen,
Y\T Iced that, well might help him to come ben.
Ross's 11 el en ore, Invocation.
LEID, A load, A b e r d ,
L E I D , -y. L e a d (metal), A b e r d . l i e g .
LEID,
'flie Regent then gart mak ane tioun,
T«> lene the spuilye vnder pane of den > :
1 !e euris for i i a tiling la it the kiugis munition ;
As for the lane, thair was hot lytill tcid.
Scge Kdin. ( 'as!el, Poems 16th Cent. p.
T h e sense seems to be, " as for the rest, there was lit-
tle coneern." Ihit i know o f no similar word, whieh
can bear tins seme. It is, therefore, probable, that
the author had written he id, i. e. heed, attention.
L E I D , A mill-race. V. LADE.
LEID. Urereing Laid, an implement f o r m e r l y
used in brewing.
He that is riehteous air—may, be ressoun of air-
sehip, challenge—the best brewing tcid, the mask
fit, with till), bam'iii;-.. and 1 aid-gal Ion," ^ c . Bal-
four's ih'act. o. 'b'JL
This is tile translation o f — M e l i u s plnvdruni cum le,
mash-W\i, enpam, barrellam, lagenam. Leg. Burg. e.
1 § 1. Whatever was the use o f this vessel, it has
evidently la en of lead.
Ane mekill Ave', ane 1 itil 1 leid, tua litsaltis, tua
eruibis, 6c ane .schiiill." A b e r d , Reg. A . 1,5-ia,
V.<J1.
It seems doubtful, whether it lias been denomi-
nated from the metal of whieh it was made, or from
T e n t tacdc, Germ, lade, Su.G. laada, cist a, theca,
local a m en turn.
L 1 5 I F , L E L I ' E , .y. L e a v e , permission.] Add:
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To Give a servant Leif, or Leave, to dismiss or It occurs in a curious attempt at wit, at the
discharge from service ; a phrase still common- pense of Lauderdale and Rothes.
ly used, S. But Scotland's plague's, a plague of D u k e s :
" Sche disehargit Iiir of hir said seruice and gaif But they're such. Dukes as soon do tyre
hir hir leif." Aberd. Reg. A. 1540. V. 20. T o plash together in one my re,
LEIF, Remainder. And so the one the other out pakes,
— " The foirsychtis cramasy sating, and the leif Wliieh makes folk think they're al 1 b ut D rakes.—
with reid taffate." Inventories, A. 1542, p. 100. V. For pareing time, and all the year,
LAFE.
Is one to them, they never lein ;
T o L E I F , L Y E , V. N. T o live.] Add;
Harvest and Flay time they're as keen
A:S. be-lif-an signifies snperesse, to be left, to re- In their debating, as it were
main; bc-l'ificnd, vivens, superstes, remanens, living, After the last of Januare.
ClelatuVs Poems, p. FJ6. V . L E E N .
surviving, remaining; Sonmer.
T o L E I N D , &e. v. ?i. 1. T o dwell, to abide.]
L E I F S U M , adj. 1. Proper, desirable.] Add,
Add to etymon ;
as sense
I prefer, however, tracing tin's term to Isl. lend-a,
5. Easily moved to pity, T w c e d d . sedem si hi figere; a secondary sense of the v. as pri-
Ye wives ! whase leesome hearts are fain marily signifying, navem appellere, to land.
T o get the poor man's blessin, L E I N F O U , InaxFou-iiEAETIT, adj. Kind-
Your tram])it girnels dinna hain, hearted, feeling, compassionate, A b e r d .
What's gien will ne'er be rnissin. Tliis may be allied to Belg. lecnig, tractable, soft;
Rev. J. Nicol's Poems, i. 27- Su.G. ten mollis ; Dan. Ibid, soft, mild, gentle, ten-
L E I F IT"', adj. Discreet, moderate; Sel kirks. der, compassionate; Isl. hlyrnta, favere, bene velle ;
The ewes had been very mensefif that night, tin-a 1 en ire; whence Unkind, also hlinkind, dementia,
they had just corned to the merch and nae farther; benevolentia; propitiatio.
sae, I says, puir things, sin ye hae been sae leifu, L E I N G I E (g liquid), ,9. T h e loin, Clydes.
w e l l sit down and rest awhile, the dog an' me, an' L E I N G I E - S H O T , S. H a v i n g the loins dislocated;
let ye tak a pluck an' fill yersels or we turn ye back spoken of horses, ibid.
up to your eauld lairs again/' Brownie of Bodsbeck, Tent, he,v./«.', loagic, lumbus vitelnms. Shot is here
i. 141. V. L A I F I I F O W , of which this seems to be Ur.ed for dislocation, in the same way as Su.G. skiul-a
merely a corrupt pronunciation. is applied any thing that is extruded from its pro-
L E I L , adj. A le'il stroke. ] Add; 1v. t Ids s-nse, per place ; E/aod IOLO motum est, et prominet, Ihre.
although, figuratively, it isapplied t.Minmodiclioas.. T o E E l E , i). -n. A j . - p a r e n t ! ! o bod.
This phrase also sig:»'dle-: a :-m:irl: or .~.e\ < ra sitr-a^e, J \ a v, i>; is !a -.-> !:;- :.iIit oI'{. vv h h %vyne ;
what is oI'm:i call -d a home .-.trokeA S.i>. And J . A a", i my >\> m-. k whh halt Imtis leip.
Aa ? on thai :drc:U E'.ysses head lih.g I La i i i . b\j, V. L E P E , V.
Sad curses down (k;es bicker ; L E I P P I E, .sa T h e fourth part o f a peek, S. Y .
I f there be gods aboon, I'm seer
L I P PIE.
He'll get them leel and sicker.
Poems in the Buchan Dialict, p. 6. L E 1 R I C H I E - L A R I C H I E (gutt.), s. Mutual
With that stepp'd forward Tulle eh— whispering, Mearns.
An' (saying, to hit he'd try) T o L E I I I I C H I E - L A I I I O H I E , v. n. T o speak in
A leal shot ettled at the cock, mutual whispers, ibid.
Which shov'd the winner by. Teut. laeri-en signifies ineptire, inigas ineptiasque
Davidson s Seasons, p. 167- dicere autfacere, ins tar vanae mulieris; from L aerie,
Leil share has been expl. fall share. But it seems mulier vaiiiloqua.
properly to signify due proportion, as belonging to L E I S , Perhaps a load. T u a leisis o f Uil-
sense 4. lowne." A b e r d . Ileg. V. 25.
cf I have had my leal share of wrongs this way." Su.G. lass, Isl. hlas, vehes. Last, onus, a load, ac-
Pedens Life by Walker, p. 134. knowledges the same origin. A.S. hlaesLe,'navis onus.
LEIL, adv. Smartly, severely, A b e r d . L E I S E - M A J E S T Y , LEISS-MAIESTIE, LESE-
MAJESTY, s. 1. T h e crime o f high treason;
L E L E L Y , L E L I L Y , adv. Faithfully.
Fr. lese-majestc.
Thair fr ends chip woux ay mar and mar ;
For he serwyt ay lelely, " That quhat sumeuer persoune or persounis in
A n d the tothir full willfully. ony tyme tocum tak is ony bischeppis places, cas-
Barbour, ii. 17 E MS. tellis, or strenthis,—sail in cure the cry me of tre-
et The said William tuk apone him & maid faith soune & Iciss maiestie." Acts Ja. V. 1526, Ed. 1814,
to minister lelily tharintiil as efferit of law." Act. p. 310.
Audit. A. 14Sfb p. 135. Fr. les-er to hurt, Lat. laed-ere, whence lacs-io, a
This had evidently been pronounced as a word of hurt or injury.
three syllables. Used, in a religious sense, to denote treason
LE1LL, A single stitch in marking on a sam- against
O Jesus Christ as Sovereign ^ O of his church.
pler. A double Mil is the going over a single — f c The men are really breaking down the church—
stitch, which makes it more lasting, Mearns. in coming to bow before, and beg and take from, and
T V L E I N , v. n. T o cease. render thanks too unto the usurper,—while doing
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tliat which makes him guilty o f Lese-MajestySec. and lemanrye with Elenir L a d y e o f H u m e . " H o g g ' s
M ' W a r d ' s Contendings, p, 6, Winter Tales, ii. 4 0 - 4 1 .
<•' A faithful minister—considering the hazard the T o L E M E , v. n. T o blaze, &c., S.] Add ;
subjects o f their blessed K i n g are in, to be seduced
c:Lcmyn as l o w e of fyre. F l a m m o . " Prompt. Parv.
into acts o f high disloyalty and lese-majesty, must set H e n c e the old s. " L o w y n g e or lemynge o f fyre.
himself, with an open-mouthed plainness,—to wit- Flammacio." Ibid.
ness and testify against b o t h — t h e indulging usurper, L E M E , S. Gleam.] Add;
and his indulged." Ibid. p. 271.
£C Leme or lowe. Flamma." Prompt. Parv.
L E I S I I , adj. Active, clever. V . LIESH. LEX, LEAXE, L E N D , S. A loan, S.J Add;

- Fs be even hands wi' them an'mair, an' then I'll
laugh at the leishesl o them." Perils of Man, i. 325.
LKISIIIN, part, adj. 1. T a l l and active, applied
to a person o f either sex, Lanarks. I t differs
f r o m S t r a p p i n g as not i m p l y i n g the idea o f
handsomeness.
2 . E x t e n s i v e , as applied to a field, f a r m , parish,
&c. 5 ibid.
3. L o n g , as referring to a j o u r n e y , ibid.
LEISHER, S. 1. A tall and active p e r s o n , ibid.
A n extensive tract, ibid.
3 . A l o n g j o u r n e y , ibid.
T h e idea seems borrowed from that of letting loose;
Ish leis-a, leys-a, solvere, expedire ; q. that which e x -
pands or extends itself in whatever way.
L E I S O M E , adj. W a r m , s u l t r y ; G l . Shirr. V .
LIESOIUE.
E E I S S U R E , LIZZURE, s. Pasture between two
corn fields; sometimes used, m o r e g e n e r a l l y , f o r
any grazing g r o u n d , A y r s . V . LESURES.
T o LEISTER, v. a. T o strike with a fish-spear,
Stirling's., A y r s . V . L E I S T E R , L I S T E R , S.
(C T h e messenger was ably supported b y his first
prisoner, w h o , although he could not understand upon
what reasonabls grounds a man should be placed in
fetters for liestcrin a salmon, felt it his duty to assist
the constable in the detection o f theft." Caled. Merc.
D e c . 11, 182.'?.
T o L E F T , to L E T ON, sense 1 . ] Add;
« While I pray, Christ lellclh not on him that he
either heareth or seeth me." Z. Boyd's L . Battell,
p . 315. Add to sense 2 ;
But they need na let on that he's crazie,
His pike-staff wull ne'er let him fa'.
Rev. J. Nicol's Poems, ii. 157-
T o L E I T , v. a. T o p u t in nomination. V .
E E I T , pret. V . L E T at.
LEIT, A link o f h o r s e hair f o r a fishing line,
U p p . C l y d e s . ; synon. Tippet, Snood,
T o L E Y T C H , v. n. T o loiter, T w e e d d .
Su.G. laetl-jas pigrari, otiari; lat p i g e r ; A l e m . laz,
E . lazy.
L E I W A R , ,5. L i v e r , survivor.
A n d to the langest leiwar o f thame twa in l y f -
rent," Sec. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V . 538.
L E - L A N E , b e quiet, g i v e o v e r , R o x b . ; appa-
rently abbreviated f r o m the imperative phrase,
Let alane, or q. lea [i. e. l e a v e ] alanc.
L E L E , adj. L o y a l , faithful, &c. V . LEIL.
L E L E L Y , L E L I L Y , adv. F a i t h f u l l y . V . u n d e r L E I L .
LEMANRYE, S. Illicit l o v e ; an a m o u r .
" It is entitled, A n e speetsli and defens maide b y
Norm aim cl Huntyr of P o o m o o d e on ane wyte o f royet
VOL. I I . 57
" T h e Marquis of Huntly was advised to dwell in
N e w A b e r d e e n ; it is said he wrote to his cousin the
Earl Marisehal for the lend of his house in A b e r d e e n
to dwell in for a time (thinking and taking Marisehal
to b e on the king's side, as he was not), but he was
refused." Spalding's Troubles, i. 104.
Balfour writes lenne. " Quhat is ane lenne, and of
the restitution thairof." Pract. p. 197-
Lane, id. Yorks. ^ For tli la?ig lane is when a thing
is b o r r o w e d with an intention never to be pay'd a -
gain." Clav. p. 10£>.
L E J T O I N G S , s; pi, P a y o f an a r m y , arrears.
— " H e thought it was then fit time to make a
reckoning with the armie, for their by-past tendings,
and to cast some thing in their teeth, being m u c h
discontented. T o satisfie our hunger a little, w e did
g e t of by-past tendings three paid us in hand, and
bills o f exchange given us for one and twentie lead-
ings more, which should have been paid at A u s b u r g . "
Monro's E x p e d . P. I I . p. 131.
Belg. leening, « souldiers p a y ; " Seweh Germ.
lelmung stipendium, aes militare ; Waehter. Leh-
nung primarily signifies concessit} fundi, f r o m lehri
feudum. For, as Waehter observes, a gift o f land
was originally the stipend o f soldiers. Afterwards,
was retained.
T o L E N E , v. a. T o g i v e , t o grant.
Sythens scho ask, no licence to her lene.
Kins; Hart. V . SYTIIENS a n d LENIT.
L E N Y , s. T h e abbrev. o f Leonard. Lenij
Irving A c t s ill. 3 9 3 .
L E N Y I E , L E X Y E , adj. l . L e a n . ] Add to e t y m o n ;
T o A.S. laenig, I apprehend, w e may fairly trace
I am cash. «lennoek, slender, p l i a b l e ; " G l . T . B o b b i n s ;
and A . 13or.Cf lingey, limber Ray. " Leeny, alert,
LEET. active," ( G r o s e ) , seems originally the same with the
latter; as those w h o are limber are generally most
alert in their motions.
L E N K , s. A link o f horse-hair which c o n n e c t s
Tome.
the hooks a n d line in a n g l i n g , Clydes.
T h e same withE.link,only pronounced like Su.G.
laenh, lenk, id.
L E N N E R , s. Lender.
" Ordaines the lenners to pay the same yeirlie and
termlie." A c t s Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V . 40.
L E N S H E R , s.
" With the only p o w e r — t o have and make are-
holes [ a i r h o l e s ] sinks, levells, lenshers, aqueducts,
"waterdrawghts, water workes, and vthers vsefull and
necessar for winning and vpholding of the saids
coal Is and c o a l l h e w g h s / ' & c . A c t s Cha. II. v m . 13Q.
L E N T H I E , adj. Long, S.O.
It wad b e right some ane wad tak
A knthic stout horse tether,
II
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Faulcl yont yer liauns ahint yer back,
A n ' bind them firm thegither.
Pickens Poems, i. 108.
L E N T , adj. Slow.
" T h e last trick they have fallen on to usurp the
magistracy, is, by the diligence of their sessioners to
make fictions in every craft, to get the deacons—
created o f their side. But this lent way does not sa-
tisfy. It is feared, b y Wariston's diligence, some or-
ders shall be procured b y Mr. Gillespie, to have all
the magistrates and council chosen as he w i l l / ' Bail-
lie's Lett. ii. 435.
Pr. lent, Lat. lent-us, id. This is perhaps to be p r e -
ferred., as the origin of Lent-fire,to that given i r i D i c x .
In p r o o f of this being the true origin, we may also
refer to another use of the same term.
£%" Sir James Balfour says he died o f a lent jever/*
Keith's Hist. p. 22.
L E N T , s. T h e g a m e at cards in E . called Loo ;
perhaps f r o m being m u c h practised about the
time o f Lent, G a l l .
That Scottish game at cards, called Lent, is g e -
nerally played at for money." Gall. Encycl. p. 36.
V . LANT.
L E N T E B , part pa. B e a t in this g a m e , l o o e d , Gall.
" O n e o f the gamblers—is lerited, which is, out- nement of the saidis landis, cpdull xx dais efter that
played/" &c. Ibid. p . 87- V. LANTIT.
LENT R E N V A RE , .V. A denomination o f skins ; said James will nocht giff to the said Jame- and CPS-
those o f lambs that have died soon after b e i n g
d r o p p e d ; still called Lentrins, S . ; q. those that & the barony o f Glasclune." A c t . D o m . Cone. A .
have died in L e n t r o n or spring.
— " Skynnis imderwrittin, call it in the vulgar
toung scorlingis, scaldingis, fateful lis, lenlrenvare
& c . " A c t s J a." A'T. 1592. V . SCORLING.
" Lerdrene vcyr skynnisf* Aberd. Reg. V . FUTFAILL. more accurate view o f this weight.
L E N T R I N K A I L , L A N T E N K A I L , broth made o f v e -
getables, without animal f o o d , S . ; denominated
f r o m the use o f this meagre dish d u r i n g Lent.
O lentrin hail, m e e d of my younger clay s,
A grateful bard no feigned tribute pays.
- ^ W e l c o m e thy wallop in m y humble pot,
T h o u healthsome beverage of the poor man's lot.
T h y chief constituent, water,, free to all,
T h e poor man shares., nor deems that blessing
small.
Recumbent o'er the scanty blaze, thou leans
T h y simple adjuncts, barley, salt, and greens.
In thee no lunch pops peeping to the brim, Sec.
Lentrin Kail, A. Scott's Poems, p. 3940.
T h e b o w l that warms the fancy
A n ' promps the tale,
Must mak, neist day, m y lovely Nancy
Sup lentrin kail!
Rev. J. Nicol's Poems, i. 182.
" W e are in the m o o d o f the monks, when they are
merriest, and that is when they sup beef-brewis for informatioune o f his liienes to his baronis and liegis,
kmten-kail" T h e A b b o t , i. 292.
This, I am informed, is more properly defined,
according to the use of the term in lloxb., Cabbage lordis, baronis, and liegis.' A
first b o i l e d in water; which, being drained off, has
its place supplied b y milk.
LEGMEN, A l e g , A b e r d . ] Add ;
T h e b o u g h o f a tree, ibid.
LEPIT PEATS, peats d u g out o f the solid moss,
"without being b a k e d , l l o x b .
58
E S
L E R D , .9. Lord ; Aberd. Reg.
LEI1ROCH, L A I R A C i r , L A I R O C H , ( g u t t . ) , .v. 1.
T h e site o f a b u i l d i n g , o r the traces o f an o k !
one ; G a e l , larach. id.
2 . A site o f any kind, L o t h .
In its auld lerroch yet the deas remains,
Whare the gudeman aft strerks him at his ea>e.
Pergnssfnis Poems, ii. 5S.* V. I) K i '<.
8. T h e artificial bottom o f a stack, made o f b r u d u
wood, , Stirling's ; .stack-lairoeh ^ id. Berths.
4. A quantity or collection o f any m a t e r i a l s : as.,
" a lairoch u dirt,"' L a n a r k s .
5 . It. isa!>o used m a c o m p o u n d f o r m ; as, M'uh.h //-
lairaeh, the site o f a. dunghill ; Banfls.
L P ' J U I O G K G A I U N , .v. T h i s term L used hi
a proverbial phrase, c o m m o n in A y r s . It is
said o f any thing that is rare, or that does not
o c c u r every d a y , that 4 ; i f s no to be gotten al
ilka lerrorle-cairaA
Although at fir.-t view this might seem to refer to
the seat o f a tarn;!; or lark ; I prefer tracing it to
J,erroch, the Mte of a building.
L . E S , con//. Les na, les nm\ unless. | Add;
Ci Nasall lui state be gevin to h i r — o f the lVankteii-
Dauid l l e r i n g — d e c e s s ; A n d noclit than les na the
tiane twentj pundis worth o f land band in T u l y b o l e
1490, p. 194.
L E S F I F U N D , LEISPUNI>, LISPUND,,9. A w e i g h t
used in the O r k n e y islands.]' Add;
T h e f o l l o w i n g comparative statement may give-a
24 Marks make 1 Settin or Lispund, F u n d , B y s -
mar or Span.
" 6 Settins, &c. make 1 Meil.
ftf 24 Meils make 1 Last or the Bear-Pundler.
" 36 Meils 1 Chalder or the Bear-Pundler.'
c<r A last and chalder, are always applicable to the
bear pundler only." A g r . Surv. Orkn. p. 159-
" A b o u t 7 1 stones make a bear-pundler meil, and
11 i stones a malt-pundler m e i l ; each stone b e i n g
1 7 t lbs. and 16 oz. to the l b . " Ibid. p . 160.
. L E S I N G - M A K A R E , L E A S I N G , - M A K E R , 6*. O n e
w h o calumniates the king t o his subjects, o r
vice- versa.
cc It is ordanyt—that all leshigis makaris & tellaris
o f thaim, the quhilk may ingener discorde betuix
the king & his pe pill,—salbe challangit b e thaim
that p o w e r has, & tyne lyff & gudis to the k i n g . "
A c t s Ja. I. 1424, E d . 1814, p. 8. Les tug makerris,
Ibid. Ja. Y . 1540, p. 360. There it is declared,
" that g i f o n y maner o f persoune makis ony ewill
that thai salbe punist in sic maner, and b e the samin
pan is, as thai that makis lesingis to his grace o f his
LEASING-M AKING,,S. T h e crime o f uttering false-
h o o d against the k i n g and his counsellors to the
p e o p l e , o r against the p e o p l e to- the k i n g o r g o -
v e r n m e n t ; a forensic term, S.
Yerbal sedition, which in our statutes gets the
name of/easing-making, is inferred from the uttering
 l e t L E T
of words tending to sedition, or the breeding of ha-
tred and discord between the king and his people."
Ersk. Inst. R. iv. T. 4. § 29.
L E S I O N E , L R S S I O U N ^ S. Injury-; Eat. laesio,
-nis, Fr. lesion, id.
His Majestie—rescinds all infeffments &c. maid
b y . his Majestie or—father—in thair minoritie to
thair hurt and lesionc.'' Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 24.
" The earle of Moirtoun—directit sum men of his
to the lands perteining to the capitane of the castell
of Edinburgh in Fyffe, quha brunt and distroyed all
his coinies and housses, to his great enorme lesion n
Hist. James the Sext, p. lG'1.
L E S S , eoaj. Unless.
" I hop in eternal! God that he will nocht suffer
us to be swa plagit to tak fra us sic ane princes>
quhilk gif he tlois for our iniquity is, we luk for na-
thing hot for gryt troubill in thir partis, less God in
his gudenes sell aw his mercy upoim us." B. of Ross
to A bp. of Glasg. Keith's Hist. App. p. 135. V. LES.
L E S S I O U N , s. Injury, loss. Y . L E S I O N E .
L E S U R I S , s. pi Pastures.] Add;
Lizor, p a s t u r e G l . Surv. Ayrs. p.
L E T - A B E E , eonj. N o t to mention, not call-
ing into account, S.
£*' I hate fords at a5 times, lei ahe when there's thou-
sands of armed men on the other side." Bride of
Lafnmermoor, ii. 246.
2. Used as a s. denoting forbearance ; Let-abe for
let-abe, mutual forbearance, S.
It occurs in a S.Prov. which is improperly given by
Kelly; "" Let alone makes many a lown," p. 233. But
the more common form is, Let abe maks mony a
loon." It denotes that forbearance increases the num-
ber of rogues.
T o L E T at, to give a stroke, to let drive at any
object, S.
Rob Roy, I wat he was na dull,
He first led at the ha'.
Christmas Ba'ing, Skinner's Misc. Poet, p., 124.
T o LET gae, or go, v. a. T o shoot, S. Let go,
part. pa. shot.
— " At the delivery of thir keys, there was a sud-
den fray among them, occasioned by a shot rack!ess-
ly let go in the same house, where the governour and
lady with others were together." Spalding, i. 125.
The E. say to let ojfin this sense.
T o LET Ucht, v. a. T o admit, to allow ; as, " I
ay said the naig was shaken i the shouther;
but he wadna let it lichtS.
This seems merely a peculiar use of the E. v. to
light, as signifying to fall or descend; q. to prevent
from falling on any person or object.
T o LET o'er, v. a. T o swallow, S. V . LAT. v.
T o LET one to wit, to give one to know ; to give
formal intimation to one, S.
Formerly, in many towns in Scotland, the invita-
tion to a funeral was given by the bellman, or pub-
lic crier, who went through the streets, ringing his
bell, and giving this notice ; " Brether and Sisters,
I lat you to wit, that is dead, at the pleasure of
the Almichty, and is to be buried—at" such a time.
When he came to these words, " At the pleasure of
Sec." he, in token of reverence, lowered his voice, and
lifted off his bonnet.
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T o LET stand, v. a. 1. T o suffer any thing to
remain in its former state, not to alter its posi-
tion, S.
2. A l s o , not to meddle with a particular point, in
conversation, as to avoid controversy, S.
I have not observed that this is used in E. It is
evidently a Tent, idiom. J, act en staen, relinqu ere, de-
sin ere ; Kilian.— ff To let alone ; to leave o f f S e w el.
L E T H , S. A channel or small run o f water.
— " Swa thence descendand down the hillsyde till
a moss, and swa throw that moss—til. it cum to the
bitriie of Tuledesk, quhar it and the Icthis of Pittolly
metis togidder, and swa ascendand that leth til it cum
til a let It laid on ilke syde with rnannys hands, and
swa a.' cen(land a mekil leth to the hede of it on west-
half the Stokyn stane," & c . — A n d swa ascendand
that burne til it worth [wax ; or become] a leth, and
swa ascendand that leth til it cum to the Karlynden."
Merches of Bishop Brynnes 1437, Chartub Aberd.
Fol. 14. M T a r h M.S.
O.Teut. Iale, leyde, also water-leijde, aquae ductus,
aquagium. A.S. lade, fluentum, canalis ; from Iadd an
pur gar e.
LETHIE, S ' a A surfeit, a disgust, L o t h . V.
u n d e r F O I I L E I T H , Z\
L E T T , s. Lesson, a piece o f instruction ; gene-
rally conjoined with an adj. expressive o f vitu-
peration, A b e r d .
Ir. Gael, leacht, C.B. llith, a lesson.
L E T T E N , part pa. Permitted, suffered, S . ;
f r o m the v. to Let.
All this he behoved to suffer for the king's cause,
who wras never letten to understand the truth of this
marquis1 [Tluntly's] miseries, but contrarywise by
his cruel and malignant enemies, the king was in-
formed that the marquis had proved disloyal/ 3 &c.
Spalding's Troubles, i. l 6 l .
LETTEN EA\ let fall, S.B.
A clear brunt coal wi' the bet tongs was ta'en,
Frae out the ingle-mids ftf clear and clean.
And throw the corsy-belly letten ja,
For fear the weeane should be tane aw a'.
Boss's Helenore, p 13.
LETTER, A spark on the side of the wick
o f a candle ; so denominated b y the supersti-
tious, who believe that the person to whom the
spark is opposite will soon receive some intelli-
gence b y letter, S.B.
L E T T E E O N , LETTILON, s. 1. T h e desk, &e. j
Add;
£C Let r on or leet run or deske. Leetrinum. Leo
torium. Pulpitum. Discus." Prompt. Par v.
2. A writing desk, &e.] Add;
ee He was bred to the Leltron " H e was bred a wri-
ter ; a phrase still used by old people in Edinburgh.
3. T h i s formerly denoted a desk at which females
wrought, in making embroidery, &c.
" Deskes or let terns for wemen to work on, co-
vered with velvet, the peece vi 1." Rates A. l6l 1.
4. A bureau, scrutoir, or cabinet.
ee The erle of Hiuitlie beand deid,—Adam imme-
diate! ie causit heir butt the deid corps to the chai-
mer of dav ice, and eausit bier in to the chahner, whair
he had Iven, the whole coffer is, boxis, orletlronis, that
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the erle him self had in handling, and had ony geit
in keping in ; sic as writtis, gold, sillier, or golding
worke, whairof the key is was in ane lettroneEarl
of Huntly's Death; Bannatyne's Journ. p. 486.
ff The whole expenses of the process and pices of
the lyble, lying in a severall buist by themselves in
my lettron, I estimate to a hundred merks." Melvtll's
MS. p. 5.
LETTERS. To Raise Letters, to issue an o r ,
der f r o m the signet, for a person to appear with-
in a limited time before the proper court.
" The committee resolved to raise his [lord Na-
pier's] bones, and pass a sentence of forfaulture there-
upon ; and, for that end, letters were raised, and or-
dained to be executed at the pier and shore of Leith,
against Archibald lord Napier his son, then under
exile for his loyalty, to appear upon 60 days' warn-
ing, and to hear and see the same done." Guthry's
Mem. p. 250.
L E T T L R M A R E D A Y , s. T h e day o f the
birth o f the Virgin.
The nativite of our Lady callit the Lettirmare-
day nixt to cum." Aberd. Reg. A. '1541, V. 17.
This, according to Macpherson, is the 8th of Sep-
tember. Wyntown, ii. 524. It seems to be thus de-
nominated q. latler, because preceded b y Lady day,
or the day of her assumption, which falls on Aug. 15.
There is an incongruity between this and what is
said in another place, where it is called the day of
her assumption. " A t the assumptions of our Lady
callit the letter Mareday." Ibid. V. 15, p. 617-
L E T U L S , LET wis, s. A species o f fur.
" In primis, ane gown of blak velvott lynit with
quhyt taffate, quhairof the slevis has bein lynit with
letuis, and the samyn tain furth." Inventories, A.
1542, p. 100.
" Furres callet lelwis tawed, the timber cont. 40
skins—iiii 1." Rates A . l 6 l l .
Fr. letice, " a beast of a whitish gray colour;" Cotgr,
L E U C H , LEUGH, pret. L a u g h e d , S.
The lordis, on the tother side, for liking thay leugh.
c : Then all the bischope's men leugh, and all the car-
dinallis thamselffis ; and the Pope inquyred quhair-
at they leugh ;—quhairat the Pope himselff leugh
verrie earnestlie." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 255.
A.S. hleoge risisti, hloh risit.
L E U C H , LEUGH, adj. 1. L o w in situation ;
synon. with Laigh, L o t h . ; Leucher lower, R o x b .
I heard a horn fu' stoutly blawn,
B y some far distant swain;
A lilting pipe, in the leugh lawn,
D i d echo back the strain.
T. Scott's Poems, p. 375.
— T h e moon, leugh i' the wast, shone bright.
A. Scott's Poems, 1811, p. 8.
Wad they mak peace within a year,
A n mak the taxes somewh*
I'd rather see't than farm the
Hogg's Scot. Pastorals, p. 19.
N o t tall, squat, ibid.
LEUCHLY, adv. In a low situation, ibid.
Auld Reekie stands sweet on the east sloping dal e>
A if leuchly lurks Leith, where the trading ships
sail. A. Scotts Poms 1811, p. 144.
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L E U
LEUCHNESS, LEUGHNESS, S. 1. Lowness o f si-
tuation, R o x b .
2. Lowness o f stature, ibid.
T o L E V E , v. w. T o remain, to tarry behind,
to be l e f t ; Left, pret., remained, tarried.
" It is the layndar Schyr," said ane,
That hyr child ill rycht now has tane ;
" And mon leve now behind ws her :
£f Thar for scho makys yone iwill eher."
The Bruce, xi. 275. Edit. 1820.
The editor of l6'20, from want of attention to an
ancient idiom in S., has changed the language in or-
der to give it something like an active form.
ff And mon leaue now behind you here."
In Edit. 1714, a still more ridiculous change is
made, evidently for the same reason :
a And mon cleve now behind us here."
Bot thai, that left apon the land,
War to the king all obeysand.
Ibid. vii. 420.
Off In gland to the chewalry
H e had thar gaderyt sa clenly,
That nane hjl that mycht wapynnys weld.
Ibid. viii. (JO.
Were is inserted in both places, Edit. 1.620, p.
186, 210.
L E V E N , «?. A lawn, an open space between
woods. Lily leven, a lawn overspread with lilies
or flowers.
And see not ye that braid braid road,
That lies across that lily leven ?
That is the path of wickedness,
Tho' some call it the road to heaven.
Thomas the Rhymer, Bord. Miustr. ii. 271.
Leven gives nearly the sound of the first part o f
the word in C.B. which signifies planities. This is.
llymidra. Llyvn signifies planus. Bra i s a n affix in
the formation of nouns.
T o L E V E R , v. a. T o unload from a ship. V,
LIVER.
" For beside that they might fall on us at sea, and
smke us all, we could not get time for them to lever
and take out our store." Sir P. Hume's Narrative,
L E V E R , LEIR, &C., adj. Rather.} Add;
" Leer, rather G b Surv. Ayrs. p. 6f)2.
L E V I N , s. 1. Lightning, a flash of fire.] Add;.
O.E. " Leuyn. Coruscacio. Fulgur. Fulmen. L i g h -
tyn 01* leuennyn. Coruscat." Prompt. P a r v . F u l g u r , .
that brenneth [burns]." Ort. Vocab.
LEUG, * A tall ill-looking fellow Gall. E n c .
Gael. Hug, " a contracted, sneaking look Shaw
LEUGH,"adj. Low. V . LEECH.
L E U Y N T , LEVINT, adj. Eleventh,
" A n d sa endis the leuynt buke of thir Croniklis/ 4
Bellendyn, K k, 4, b.
Cokobenar the levint his mark thay call.
Collielbie Sow, v. S ? l .
T o L E L T K , v. a. T o look, S.O.
Just leak to the flocks on the lea.
H o w sweetly contentit they stray.
Pickens Poems, i. 17-
LEUK, S. A look, S.O.
I ken, tho' leuks I wadna niffer,
I didna mak mysel to differ. Ibid. p. 66,
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L E U R E , s. A gleam ; as, " a leure o1 licht, w
a gleam, a faint ray, A y r s .
A.S. lior-an, leor-an, transire, Isl. Icon, foramen
pinnaculi domus, the place through which light is
admitted. Gael, leir signifies sight, leur seeing, and
lannuir gleaming, splendour.
L E W , s. T h e denomination of a piece of French
crold coin formerly current in S.
« That the money of vther realmis, that is to
say, the Inglis Nobill, Henry, and Edwart with the
Rose, the Frenche Crowne, the Salute, the Lew, and
the Rydar, sail haue eours in this real me of our
money to the valew and equiualence of the cours
that thay haue in Flanders.-—The Lew to xv. s. vi. d."
Acts Ja. III. A. 1467, c. 22, Ed. 1566.
This, I think, must be the same coin that is else-
where called in pi. the Lewis. The name had been
softened into Lew in imitation of the French mode of
pronouncing it.
" Item tuelf Lewis!' Memor. A 1488. Inven-
tories, p. 1.
ff Item, in a purs of ledder in the said box four
hundreth tuenti & viii Lewis of gold, and in the same
purs of ledder of Franche crounis fyve hundreth thre
score & sex, and of thame twasalutis and four Lewis."
Ibid. p. 13.
This seems to be the same coin that is still deno-
minated Louis d'or. Whether it received its name
from Louis X L , who was contemporary with James
III., or from one of his predecessors of the same
name, I have not been able to find. It is obvious,
however, that the coin has been denominated in the
same way as those called Dariuses, and Philippi, and
in latter times, Caroluses, Jacobuses, &c.
L E W A N D S , s. pi Buttermilk and meal boiled
together. Clydes. ; synon. Bleiric.
Probably from S. Lew tepid, or Isl. hlyn-a cale-
LEW, S. A heat, Gall.
" Stacks of corn are said to take a lew, when they
heat/' in consequence of being built in a damp state.
Gall. Encycl. V. the adj.
L E W A R N E BORE. L e g . Tew, iron har-
dened with a piece o f cast-iron, for making it
stand the fire in a forge, R o x b .
Wi' short, wi' thick, an' cutting blast
A s he did ply them sore;
Thro1 smeekie dame they him addrest.
Thro' pipe and lew arne bore.
Smith and Bellows, A. Scott's Poems, p, 144.
V . T E W , V.
LEWDER, A handspoke for lifting the mill-
stones ; the same with Lozvder.
Appeared a miller, stern and stout,-—
A n d in a rage began to swear;
— I wish I hang, if we were yoked,
But I shall neatly tan your hide
So long's my lewder does abide.
Mestons Poems, p. 211.
LEWDER, A b l o w with a great stick ; as,
" Fse gie ye a lewder^ A b e r d .
Perhaps originally the same with Lewder, a hand-
spoke, &c. as denoting a blow with this ponderous
implement.
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LEWER, A lever, R o x b .
L E W R A N I ) , part. pr. E x p l . " lowring f ra-
ther, lurking, laying snares.
The legend of a lymmeris lyfe,
Ane elphe, ane elvasche incubus,
Ane lew rand lawrie licherous.
Legend Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p, 309.
It is merely a different orthography of Lot/re, v. q.v.
The sense given is confirmed by the junction o f the adj.
with the s. lawrie, a crafty person ; as the passage
contains a farther illustration of Lowrie, id. sense'2.
L E W R E , s. E x p l . " a long pole, a l e v e r ; "
Gall. Encycl. ; the same with Lewer.
L E W R E . s.
The Kynge cam arayd of a jackette of cramsyn
velvet horded with cloth of gold. Hys lewrc be-
hinde hys bake, hys beerde somthynge long," &e.
Fyan cells of Margaret, by John Younge, Leland's
Collect, vol. iv. 283.
" His lew re, apparently a kind of hood hung be-
hind his back/' Pink. Plist. Scot. ii. 433.
I can find no proof that this signified a hood of
any kind. It seems to have been a piece of orna-
mental dress, worn only by Sovereigns and persons
of the highest rank ; the same, perhaps, with L.B.
Ior-urn, vestis imperatoriae et consularis species : Gr.
Xm^cv. It is described as—Superhumerale, quod im-
periale circundare assolet collum; Du Gauge. It
was ii fascia, or fillet, which, surrounding the breast,
fell down from the right shoulder to the feet, then
embraced the left shoulder, and being let fall round
the back, again surrounded the breast, and enwrap-
ped the lower part of the left arm; the rest of it
hanging loose behind. This, in later ages, was adorn-
ed with precious stones. Its form was also occasion-
ally varied. It was worn b y Peter IV. of Arragom
Hoffman, in vo., gives a very particular account of it,
L E W S , s. pi Watson's Coll. i. 27. Dele what
follows the extract, and substitute ;
<—This is a eorr. of Loves or Lewis, an island on
the western coast of Scotland. In con sequence of
the bloody contentions among the Macleods, with
respect to the succession to this island, a grant was
made of it by James VI. to a number of proprietors
in Fife. There is a pretty full account of this
business in the History of the Conflicts among the
Clans.
" The barons and gentlemen of Fife, hearing these
troubles, were- enticed by the persuasion of some
that had been there, and by the report of the ferti-
lity of the island, to undertake a difficile and hard
interprise. They conclude to send a colony thither,
and to civilize (if it were possible) the inhabitants
of the island. To this effect, they obtain, from the
King, a gift of the Lewes, the year of God 1599, or
thereabouts, which was alleged to be then at his Ma-
jesty's disposition.'1 Conflicts, p. 76, 77- They were
therefore called the undertakers, ibid., and hence said,
as here, to take the Lews.
Moyses designs them "the <
to take the Lewes and speaks of their
ing the journey towards the Lewes in the end of O c -
tober that same year [ l 599]." Memoirs, p. 260, 263,
It is also written Lowis.
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Thr.t the act —madeof before—aiicnt the fisching
e, making of hering <Sc vlhir ihch at the wi.-t sey
mi Lo/ris, he ob>cruii <S: kepit, in tyme to emu as
V/P- ordanit of before he the parliament." Act.-, J a.
III. : i s ; . IAL n<i i. p. IN.;.
L I A M , s. A string, a thong, j Add;
Tiiss word is .-till n.-ed In Tweetld. tor a rope made
m'haif.
I. V A li D L Y , a J i'. Sparingly.
—•• And the peple are to he de^yred to be help-
'a: to sic as will give themsel to any vertue, and as
lor utliers to deall tyurdty wv them to dryve them to
seik el\rr vertue." Hee. Session Anstruther Wester
Melville'* Life, ii. 1<JS.
id-, tiard-er, " to get poorely, slowly, or by the
penny 1'rom Hard, a small coin, iC the fourth part
o f a W ' ; " Color.
L Y A R E , .y.
J icin, ane lyarr of' craim ue<y velvett, with twa
e::-c hmgisuf craiume>y \ el vett. burdourit withtressis
i,:' ;_•/;{]. Item, ane lyare of purpure velvett, with
tv/., cu.-chiiigi> oil the suiiyiic." &c. Inventories, A.
i ,-;,;(>, p. -IMS.
Apparently, from its being still conjoined with cu-
shions, a kind* of carpet or cloth which I a if on the floor
under these; used only perhaps at the hours of de-
votion.
Tent. Icgh-rcercl; is expl. aulaea, stragula picturata,
tap' i tum, text lira. ; Kilian. It may, however, denote
some kind of couch : Teut. laeisher stratum, Belg.
t.-u-.-r a bed.
L I A R T , LYAILT, adj. L Having grey hairs, &c.]
Add;
It is applied to a horse of a grey colour. " Ane
liar: ih/i's f A herd. I .'eg. Cent, i b.
8. spoilt d, of various hues, (iallou a \ .
Hah, lovely Spring ! thy bonny tyarl lace,
And head wi' plumrocks deek'd bespeak the surfs
Return to bless this isle. Davidsons Seasons, p. 1.
Into the flood
O f fiery frith the hjart gear is cast
And addled eggs, and bardies without doups.
Ibid. p. 6".
This is what is designed " spreckled store" a few
lines before.
L Y A R T , .9. The French coin called a Bard;
Aberd. R e g . "
LIBART, LIBBEUT, A leopard.] Add;
O.E. Lebbard. Leopardus" Prompt. Parv.
T o L I B , L I B B , v. a. T o castrate, to geld, S.
S O W - L I B B E R , S.
Teut.
tor.
L I B B E R , s. " A lubberly f e l l o w G l . Picken.
Merely a slight change of E. lubber.
LIBBERLY,
— T w a men, and ane varlot at his bak ;
And ane libberly ful lytil to lak.
Priests of Peebles, p. II .
This is expl. to me by Sir W . Scott, as signifying,
two serving men and a boy in one livery
L I B E L T , ,y. A long discourse or treatise, Ettr.
For. ; merely, as would seem, a corr. o f E . lu
M, if not from L . B . libcllat-icwn.
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I €
L Y - B Y , .v. 1. A neutral, q. one who lies aside.
1 appeal in this matter to the experience and ob-
servation of ail who take notice of their way ; and
how little they trouble others, their master [Satan]
j'earing little/or finding little damage to his domi-
nion,—-by theselazy ty-bic>s and idle loiterers." Postscr.
to Kuth/Lett. p. o'lih
Such an heroick appearance, now in its proper
season, would make you live and die ornaments to
your profession, while hj-bys will stink away in their
sockets." M f Ward's Contending, p. 854.
A mistress, a concubine, Fife.
This is analogous to old Teut. hifliggher, concu-
bines, from hij-ligghen concumbere.
T o L Y or LIE out, v. n. T o delay to enter as heir
to property ; a forensic phrase.
" A is married on n \V that is apparent
heir to lands.—She, to defraud her husband either
of the jus in arid or the courtesy, lies out and will
not enter." Fountain!.!. Dec. Suppl. iii. I4(i.
L Y I N G OUT, not entering as heir.
" Anent lying out unentered." Tit. ibid.
T o L Y to, z\n. Gradually to entertain affec-
tion, to incline to love, S.
1 do like him sair,
An' that he wad ly to I hae nae fear.
Boss's Helenore, First Ed. p. 79-
And that he wad like me I hae nae fear.
Ed. Third, p. 8.7.
For what she fear'd, she now in earnest land.
About this threap, was close come till her hand:
And that tho' Lindv, may be, might ly too,
The lass had just as gueed a right as she.
' I bid. p. 8 6.
Too is here undoubtedly meant to express the S.
pronounciation of to; but improperly, as this cor-
responds with Gr. t/.
Teut. toc-leggh-en, animum applicare.
T o L Y to, v. n. A vessel is said, to ly to., when
b y a particular disposition of the sails she lies
in the water without making way, although not
at anchor, S.
I find this word in no Dictionary save Widegren's.
L I C E N T , part. adj. A c c u s t o m e d ; properly,
permitted.
Beeaus thay war companyouns to Tarquinis,
thay war lie en t, during the empire of Kingis, to fre-
quent thair lustis with mair opin renyeis." Bellend.
T. Liv. p. 110. Assueli, I,at.
L I C U T OF D A Y . " She canna see the licht o
day to him," she cannot discern a fault in him,
S. ; q. « day-light has n o brightness in compa-
rison with him."
L I G H T E R , adj. Delivered o f a child.] Add ;
At this word 1 find the following marginal by
one whose good taste will not be called in ;
" This is a very elegant phrase." Sir W .
Of these lines,—
O ! is my corn a' shorn, he said ;
Or is my tours a' won ? —
he gives a different recitation, which is undoubtedly
preferable
O ! is my barns broken, b o y ;
Or are m y towers won ?
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The same mode of expression is used by Sir James
Balfour.
" Quhen selio is Itchier of hir birth, or quhen the
time thairof is bypast, seho sail be justify it and de-
man it for hir trespass, as ane woman not beand with
bairn." Pract. p. 550.
T o LRCIITER, L I G H T E R , v. a, 1. T o u n l o a d , S .
& T o deliver a woman in childbirth, A b e r d .
T o L I C H T L I E , &C. v. a. T o undervalue.]
Add;
3. Applied to a bird, when it forsakes its nest. I t
is said to Ikhtlie its nest, S.
T o L I C I I T L I E F I E , L Y C H T L E F Y E , v. a.
with IAchtlie, to slight, to undervalue, I l o x b .
" Mucht it pleiz mai sovrayne lege, not—to lycht-
lefye myne boner sa that I can ill bruke." Hogg's
Winter Tales, ii. 41.
It occurs also in a proverbial expression common
in Dumfr. <f When the Laird light UJces the Lady,
sae does a' the kitchen-boys/'
L I C K , s. As salt's lick, a phrase used in S. to
denote any thing that is very salt.
The word may originally have signified a lye made
from ashes; as being the same with Tent, lecke, lixi-
vium exeolatum a eineribus ; A.S. leag, id. Or it
may be allied to Sax. lake, muria, salsugo ; Kilian.
L I C K I E , s. A small piece o f wire hooked at
one end, used for drawing the thread through
the hack (or eye o f the iron spindle on which
the pirn is placed) o f a spinning-wheel, U p p .
Clydes.
L I C K OF G O O D W I L L , a small portion of meal
given for grinding c o m , in addition to the fixed
multure. T h i s had been at first entirely gratui-
tous, but came afterwards to b e claimed as a
part o f the payment for the work done at the
mill, S .
— " George Smith depones, that the multure paid
is 1 J. pecks of sheeling out of every 18^ peeks, with
one half peck of sifted meal, by weight, for the boll
of sheeling, as a lick of good-will, but claimed as due." feudi vel subjection is fidem omnem contra quem vis
Abstract Proof respecting the Mill of Inveramsay, praestat; 1)u Cange. It is derived from Lat. lig-alus,
A. 1814, p. 3.
— " p. Wilson depones, that he did not measure
or weigh the lick of good-will." Ibid. p. 3.
This is paid to the under miller, not to the tacks- cidentally risen from the former, the lord of liege men,
man of the mill.
" That he paid the 17th peck to the tacksman of
the mill, as multure : That he also paid a lick of good- c< accidentally" or C( by mistake."
will to the miller, and the quantity was according to
his deservance." Ibid. p. 87.
The term lick seems meant to express a small quan-
tity, as if only as much were demanded as one would
lick up from one's hand at a time. It is apparently
the same which is otherwise called lock.
(C The sequels are the small parcels of corn or meal
given as a fee to the servants, over and above what guage. Nor has it been confined to Britain. The
is paid to the multurer; and they pass by the name
of knaveship,—and of bannock, and lock, or gowpen. As
the quantum of these is not usually expressed in the has quoted two charters in which it occurs, the first, A.
constitution of the right, it is regulated by custom."
Erskine's Instit. p. 314.
L I C K U P , s. 1. A bat o f iron which prevents the
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elk-ends f r o m slipping off the swingletrees in a
plough, Clydes.
2. A martingale for a horse, Ettr. For.
Isl. liklda, a fibula, a clasp, hleek-r a chain ; hicik-
ia, vinculis nectere.
3. A scrape, a difficulty, Clydes.
L I D D E R , L t d d i r , adj. 1. Inactive.] Add;
This is undoubtedly allied to the O.E. v. ££ Lilcn
or longe tariyn. Moror :" whence " Ly tinge or tary-
inge. Mora." Prompt. Parv.
LIDDERIE, adj. " Feeble and lazy Gall. Encyl.
In the sense of feeble, this word might seem al-
lied to O.E. ec Lethy or weyke. Flexibilis." Prompt.
T h e same
Parv. V . LIDDER.
L I D D I S D A L E D R O W , a shower that wets an
Englishman to the skin, Belkirks. V . D R O W .
T o L I D E , v.n. T o thicken, to become in el low; as,
" the kail haena had time to Vide yet,'" A n g , , Gall.
" Lided, mixed, thickened," &c. Gall. Encyl. V.
L I T H E , v. i d .
L I E , s. T h e relative position; applied to ground;
as, " It has a warm lie" A n g .
L Y E , .v. " Pasture land about to be tilled,*"
G a l l . Encyl. V. LEA.
LYE-COUCH, A kind of bed.
" In his chamber a lye-couch, or bed." ()rein's
Descr. Aberd.
L I E F , LEEF, s. T h e palm of the hand, A b e r d . ;
for L a f e , q. v.
Come near me, Nell, let's kiss thy cheek an' lief.
Tarras's Poems, p. 121.
L I E F U " , adj. Lonely, solitary. V. LEEFGW.
LIEGE, A subject, S.
It was concluded, that the king's letter should be
printed and published, that thereby it might come to
the knowledge of the lieges." Guthry's Mem. p. 124.
This word is not used as a ,?. in E. In O.E. we
find ff Lyche man. Ligius. Lyche lord. Dominus
lights." Prompt. Parv.
Fr. liege, lige, vassal; used,however,as an adj. with
homme, man. L.B. lig-ius, qui domino suo rati one
b o u n d ; whence al§o ligia, confcederatio, fcedus.
On Liege adj., as signifying sovereign, Dr. Johns,
has observed, " This signification seems to have ac-
being by mistake called liege lord "
But it cannot well be thought that this has risen
For we have seen,
that the phrase is used by one who may be supposed
to have known the language of England as well as
any man in his time ; and this in a very early period.
Fraunees, a preaching Friar, having compiled the
Prompt orium, A. 1440. V. Langtoft's Chron. ii. 624,
625. Tyrwh. Chaucer, 4to, ii. 536". It has obviously
been introduced as a metonymy very common in lan-
phrase Dominus Ligius, used by Fraunees, had pro-
bably been borrowed from the continent. Carpentier
120:;. Ego Hugo castellan us Yitriaci notum facio—
quod ego in plegiam mi si dojninam me am Ligiam
Bkncham illustrem comitissam, See. It is found in
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another of the year 1221. Veni ad fidelitatem do- landers, out of Frendraught's grou
... , but Frendraught himself;
palatinae, et domini mei IJ^ii Theobaldi nati ejus, eo- , followed sharply, and brought"
iiiitis Campaniae et Briae Palatini, & eiadem feci ho- his Laill goods again, without straik of sword." Spal-
rn agium atrium. It occurs also in an arret of Philip of ding's Troubles, L 32.
France, iC'lSf)!"); Quklqukl tenetur de domino Ligie, A; ' " me, that a cer-
&c. Da Can/re, vo. Ligie Tenere. tain chief ot a < clan, in rummaging late-
L I E S \ \ , a d j . Tall and active, R o x b . V . L E I S B I N 1 . ly an old charter chest, found a letter directed b y
When f came to the brow, what does I see but chief to his grandfather, who is therein as-
twa lang Uesh chaps lying sleeping at itlier's sides, of the immediate restitution of his lifted, that
baith happit wi' the same maud ?" Brownie of Bods- is, stolen cows ; for that he (the writer of the letter)
beck, i. 39. had thought they belonged to the Lowland Lairds of
L I E S O M E , adj.] Add; Murray, whose goods and effects ought to be a prey
This, which is rendered in Shirref's Gl. " warm, to them all." Letters from a Gentleman in the North
sultry," is, 1 am assured, merely the Aberdeen pro- of S. ii. <)3.
44 The gathering in of rents is call'd uplifting them,
nunciation for Lit some or lovely.
L I E S O M E - L O O K I N G , adj. H a v i n g the ap- and the stealing of cows they call li/tintf, a soft'ning
pearance o f falsehood and lies. word for theft'; as if it were only collecting their
" I never thought 1 would have remembered half duos. The principal time for this wicked practice is
o' the liesome looking lines o' tlie auld ballad." Blackw, the M ieJiaclmas moon, when the cattle are in condi-
Mag. Aug. 1.820, p. 518. tion fit for markets held on the borders of the L o w -
L I E T H R Y , -v. A crowd. V. L i T I I K T . lands." i h-nee, he observes, the " malicious saying
of t lie Low landers, viz. That the Hi-bland lairds tell
L I E U T E N A N T R Y , .v. Lieutenantsbip, lieu-
out their daughters' tochers by the light of the Mi-
chaelmas moon." Ibid. p. 2^<j-2.';i/
to the lodging, and in
It is to be observed, however, that the Highlan-
laid down11 his patent under the great
ders generally applied tin; term to the act of driving
" Spalding's Troubles, i. H).
off a considerable number of cattle; viewing him
x, L i v e l y , spirited, S . ; Callander's
only as deserving the name of a thief who did his
M S . Notes 011 Hire. business in a piddling way, contenting himself with
L I F E - L I K E AND D E A T H - L I K E , a phrase a single carcase.
commonly used, in urging a regular settlement " But to be the daughter of a cattle-stealer,—a
of any business, from the consideration of the common t h i e f ? ' — ' Common t h i e f ! — N o such thing ;
uncertainty of life, S. Donald Bean I,can never lifted less than a drove in
« But —we are a life-like and death-like, Elshie, his life.—He that steals a cow from a poor widow,
and there really should be some black and white on or a stirk from a cottar, is a thief; he that lifts a
this transaction." Tales of my Landlord, i. 209. drove from a Sasenach laird is a gentleman drover."
The idea i s , — H o w healthy soever we appear, /averley, i. 271, 272.
Waverlev,
we are in common with others liable to death.; and The English w riter quoted above, acids; " It has
this may take place without previous warning." to me, that We have the word shop-
L Y E , LYFF, s. Life. On hjf alive, A b e r d . R e g . lifting, in the sense of stealing, which I take to be
An A.S. idiom, Tha he on life waes ; Quum ille an old English compound word." Lye, indeed, when
in vita erat. Matt, xxvii. 63. V . O N L Y F F . explaining the Moes.G. word, says;
LIFE-THINKING. I f one proposes the q u e r y , — lifter, in nearly the same sense, chiefly in 1
" Is such a one living y e t ? " it is a common reply, however, as ^op-lifter," &c. But even although the
" A y e , he's leevhC and life-thinking A n g u s ; latter should be allied to the Moes.G. term, it is
having no expectation or appearance, but of the scarcely supposeable that the word used in S. should
continuance of life, i. e. in a vigorous state. Lee- have had an origin which would acknowledge that
vir? and lifelike, in other counties. very guilt which it is meant to veil.
Kelly mentions it as a coldrife answer given to the L I F T E R , S. One who forcibly drove cattle as a
question, H o w do you do ? — L i v i n g and iife think- booty, S.
ing;" Prov. p. 400. " Ye needna ask whae Rob Roy is, the reiving lifter
L I F T , LYFT, 6'. T h e firmament, &c."| Add, after that he is." Rob Roy, iii. 41.
1.12.; " Why, man, the lads of Westburnflat, for ten lang
A proverb is . sed in Holland, which is descents, have been reivers and lifters." Tales of
perfectly ~ Alsde lugt wdt zyn alle de leeu- my Landlord, i. 126.
wrikken ' " : When the lift falls, all the * T o L I F T , v. a. T o remove from one place to
lavrocks are dead." another ; synon. Flit.
T o L I F T , r. a. T o < off by theft, S.] Add, « The marquis lifted his household and flitted has-
after 1. 6 . ; tily to Strathboggie." Spalding, i. 68.
This term hadl adopted in the low L I F T I N G , S. R e m o v a l . L At the Lifting, just
country, even so early as in the ^ of the se- about to r e m o v e ; used in an active
Venteenth century. " This army, b y and attour 10,000
« In September there came a company of High- is now at the lifting." Spalding, i. 262.
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At the lifting, in a very debilitated state, ap-
or Dc
plied to either man or beast, S. ; used in a pas-
It seems to have been originally used in relation
to a brute animal, so enfeebled by severe exertion,
or by disease, as to have fallen to the ground, or to
be unable to raise itself after lying down. It may
have been borrowed from the pastoral life, as pri-
marily applied to an await sheep.
T o L I F T , v. a. T o plow or break u p ground,
A y r s . ; an old word.
L I F T , S. T h e first brealc or plowing, ibid. V.
AITLTFF.
I have met with no vestige of this idiom in any
other language.
• L I F T , 1. A heave, the act o f heaving, as
applied to the chest, expressive o f great diffi-
culty in breathing, or oppressive sickness. " H e
has an unco lift at his breast," S.
S. " Lift, in Scotland, denotes a load or surcharge
o f any t h i n g J o h n s . ^ ^
has had lang a heavy lift o a sick man," S.
Dr. Johns, adds ; " If one be disguised much with
liquor, they say, He has got a great lift:' For this
I know of no authority.
3. A trick at cards, Lanarks., Mearns.
T o GIE one a LIFT, to aid one, to give one ef-
fectual assistance, either literally, b y bearing
part o f a heavy burden, or metaphorically, S.
" Now the principal thing in hand just now—is
this job of Porteous's ; an ye can gie us a lift,—why,
the inner turnkey's office to begin wi', and the cap-
tainship in time." Heart M. Loth., ii. 85.
T o L I F T , v. 7i. A term signifying that the
company at a funeral are beginning to move for-
ward to the place o f interment; as, cc T h e b u -
rial will lift at twall o^clock," that is, the proces-
sion will commence at that hour, S.
" Lift, a term much used at rustic funerals.; let
us lift, say those people at these occasions, when they
have had five or six services," &c. Gall. Encycl.
This use of the v. originates from the solemn cere-
mony, performed in some parts of the country, of
the nearest relations of the deceased, with their heads
uncovered, lifting the coffin in which the corpse is
contained, and placing it in the tl hearse, called in
T o L I F T , v. a. " To Lift a Brae, to
brow Gall. Encycl.
* L I F T E D , part pa. I n high spirits, trans-
ported, elated, A b e r d .
L I F T E R , s. A shallow broad wooden bowl in
which milk is put f o r casting u p the cream,
Sutherl.
LIFT-HAUSE, Said to be an old term, de-
the left hand, R o x b . I strongly suspect,
r, that it is a cant or Gipsey designation.
L I F T I E , adj. A p p l i e d to the dirt on the streets,
when in such a state o f consistency, as to adhere
to the feet, q. apt to be lifted; alow w o r d ; R o x b .
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T o L I G , L I G G E , W. n. T o lie, to recline.] Add;
Thou sonsiest, hamart, auld, clay biggin,—
— Shapeless, on the grun' thou's Uggin,
O grief, an' d o o l !
Pickens Poems, 1788, p. 180.
2. Used as equivalent to lodge, q. to reside during
night.
' f He—would liggc in pure menis houssis as he had
beine ane travellour through the countrie, and would
requyre of thame quhair he ludged, quhair the king
was, and quhat ane man he was," Sec. Pitscottie's
Cron. p. 245. Lodged, Ed. 1728.
3. T o have carnal knowledge of, Clydes.
A.S. lig-an dearnunge, moeehari;forligan fornicari.
L I G , s. A league, a covenant; Fr. ligue.
" All Schireffis sould have ane clerk deput to
thame be the K i n g ; the quhilk sail have na Eg nor
band, or ony wayis be bund and oblist to the Schiref,
bot to the King allanerlie." E x Lib. Sconen. Bal-
four's Practicks, p. 18.
T o L I G , v. n. T o fall behind ; corr. f r o m E . to
lag, Euchan.
" Lig—to fall behind ; Uggin,—falling behind
Gl. Tarras.
T o L I G , v. n. T o bring forth. Ewes are said
to be ligging, South of S.
L I G G A T , .5-. A gate.] Define ;—A gate, so hung
that it may shut o f itself, Gall., D u m f r . *
A.S. hi id-ge at signifiespseudothyrum/'afalsegate,
a postern gate, a back d o o r ; " Somner. But I sus-
pect that Lye gives the meaning more truly, when
he renders hlid-gata and hlid-geai, valvae, i. e. fold-
ing doors. Beforan hlid-geat, prae foribus. The term
seems to be formed from hlid~an operire; or Mid
opertorium, whence E. lid; q. a gate with lids.
Mactaggart, however, explains " Ligget, a reclin-
ing gate, from lig to recline, and gale." Gall,
Encycl.
T o L I G H T , v. a. T o undervalue, A y r s .
" If your worthy father had been to the fore, ye
would na daur't to hae spoken wi' sic unreverence
to me. But—when the laird lights the leddy, so
does a' the kitchen boys." The Entail, iii. 81.
A.S. Ughl-an levare. The common S. i>. is Lichtlie.
T o L I G H T L I E F I E , v. n. " T o despise Gl.
Picken. V . under L I G H T L I E .
L I G H T I N ' - I N - E L D I N , small brushy fuel, such
as furze, thorns, broom, &c.; thus denominated,
because it must be constantly attended to, so as
to be stirred, to prevent its dying out, R o x b .
L I G L A G , S. 1. A confused noise of tongues.]
Add; J
3. Lig-lag is often used to express the idea which
one has of a strange language, or of unintelli-
ble discourse, S.
Such is the term which a lowlander applies to a
conversation in Gaelic ; Sic a lig-lag as they had.
L I G N A T E , ,9. A n ingot or m a s s o f metal which
has been melted.
" Thir persons were executors to one Hoy 11, who
was copper-melter to the defenders, and had o f them
a bond for some lignates of copper furnished by him
to them." Fountainh. Dec. Suppb i i 477-
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Fr. lingoty id. Menage derives this word from Lat.
lingua, q. "u tongue of m e t a l o t h e r s from its dimin.
Ii ngu la. V . L i \ o A T .
LYING-ASIDE, s. The act of keeping
aloof.
" Stilly, For absolving, from the just imputation
of disloyalty and unfaithfulness to Christ, our un-
hallowed and cause-destroying and betraying hp
ings-aside from testimonies, in their proper season,"
M'Ward's Contendings, p. 82.
L I K , s. A dead b o d y . ] Add to etymon ;
To the same origin are we to trace Exmore leech-
way, cc the path in which the dead are carried to he
buried," (Grose). O.E. " Lyche or dede body. Fu-
n us. Cabaris." Prompt. Par v.
* L I K E , adv. 1. A b o u t ; as, " Like sax fouk
" Like three ouks," S.
2. A s if, as it were ; sometimes prefixed, at other
times affixed, to a ph rase, S.
" The lady, «i) ilka Christina-: niglit as it came
round, gae twelve >iiler pennie> to ilka puir body
about, in honour of the twelve apostles like.** Guy
Mamie ring, i. <j().
LIKING, LTKYXG, .9. 2. A darling.] Add;
In this sense lei kin is given b y Hay as a Northum-
brian term ; amasius, amasia.
L Y K S A Y , adv. Like as. " Lyksay as he war
present h y m s e l f A b e r d . Reg. Cent. 16.
A.S. lie similis, and sir a sic.
L Y K - W A I K , s. T h e watching of a dead b o d v ,
&C-] Add;
Customs had prevailed, in some parts of the coun-
try at least, that were more analogous to the occa-
sion of meeting. The reason why those were dis-
charged, by the covenanters in the reign of Charles
I., it is not easy to conceive.
"Reading of holy scriptures, and singing of psalms
were discharged at lyketrakes, by act of the town
council of Aberdeen, by persuasion of this Cant and
his fellows.—Yet they could notget singing of psalms
andreading atlikewakesaltogether supprest." Spald-
ing, ii. 68, 6,9-
L I L Y , .v. T h e aphthae, a disease of children, S.
L I L Y - C A N , ,9. T h e yellow water-lily, N y m -
ph aea lutea, Fife., Perths.
Denominated perhaps, q. " t h e lily in the form of
a cup or can."
L I L Y LEVEN. V. L E V E N .
L I L Y - O A K , s. T h e vulgar name for the flower-
ing shrub called Lilach, S.
L I L L , s. T h e hole of a wind instrument.] Add;
lc He—could play weel 011 the pipes;—and he had
the finest finger for the back-lill between Berwick
and Carlisle." Redgauntlet, i. 227-
LILLILU, Lullaby, Selkirks.
Nae mair the dame shall young son rock,
And sing her lilli-lu the while.
Hogg's Hunt of Litdon, p, 323. V. B A L O W .
T o L I L T , v. n. 3. A s denoting the lively notes
of a musical instrument, S . ] Add;
But wlia's he lilting i' the rear,
Sae saft, sae tunefu', and sae clear ?
It's Dingwall, to the Muses dear—>—>
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•—Aft, when, the Waits were playing by,
I've mark'd his viol with a sigh.
Maine's Siller Gun, p. 44.
" Playing—softly Gl. ibid. p . 151.
In Lancashire there is a similar use of the term.
" Lilt, lilting, to do a thing cleverly or quickly."
Gl. T. Bobbins.
LILT, S. 1. A cheerful air.] Add;
2. Used in the sense o f lay or song.
I dinna covet to be reez'd,
For this feel lilt.
Skinners Miscellaneous Poetry, p. 111.
3. I t is at times used for a mournful tune ; but, I
appreh end, i mpr< >perly.
Quo' I, " M y bird, my bonny bonny bird,
Is that a tale ye borrow ?
Or is't some words ye've learnt by rote,
Or a lilt o' dool and sorrow ?"
Jacobite Relics, ii. JQ3.
L I L T I N G , part. pr. L i m p i n g , S.O., synon.
Billing, Perths.; allied to Ish la 11-a lente g r a d i ;
hence a little b o y is denominated lalle from the
slowness o f his walking. Ish loll-a is synon.
with lall-a.
* L I M R , s. A mischievous or wicked person ;
as, " Y e T e a perfect limb,1 R o x b .
This is an elliptical expression, used for a " limb
of Satan," or a " devil's limb*'
L I M E Q U A1111E L , .v. A lime quarry.
—** To haue & win lymestaneis in the lymequar-
7'cltis, pairtis & boundis of the toun & landis of Pais-
ton," Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 540.
L I M E - R E D , .v. T h e rubbish, of lime walls, S.
Win ii >old it fetches less than half the price that
is paid for the lime rubbish, provincially lime red, of
Aberdeen." Agr. Surv. Aberd. p. 437-
LI ME-SIIELLS, pi. Eurned lime before it
is slaked, often simply shells, S.
With this firlot we measure? both shells, or burnt
stones, and slacked lime.—Shells wrill weigh about 25
stone weight the boll." Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 1 p I.
iC To strong land they give from 40 to 70 bolls of
lime shells to the Scotch acre." P. Kinneff, Stat. Aec.
vi. 202.
L I M E S T O N E - R E A D S , ,9. pi T h e name given
b y miners to the LAitroehi, Lanarks.
The Lnfrochi—by workmen in Kilbride are-—
called limestone-beads." Ure's Hist. Ruthergle^ p.
319, 320.
L I M E - W O R K , L I M E - W A U K , .9. A place where
limestone is d u g and burnt, S.
" Lime is much used in the district of Urquhart,
which is disposed of at Gartaly, a lime-work belong-
ing to Sir James Grant of Grant." Agr. Surv. I ri-
ver 11. p. 41.
L Y M F A D , T9. A galley. V . L Y M P H A D .
L I M I T O U R , ] Add;—Tyndale gives a d i f f e r
ent view o f the meaning o f this word.
Iiowbeit suehe rnaiier sendynges are not worldlj',
as prynces sendetheyr Ambasadours, no nor as freres
send theyr lymyters to gather theyr brotherhedes
wlriehe muste obeye whether they wyll or wyll not,"
Obedyence of a Crysten man, F. 50, a.
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with brushwood." It indeed denotes any place where
LIMM, Synen. with Limmer, as applied to a
there are steep rocks and water, though there is no
female ; generally, a wildlimm, Upp. Lanarks.,
waterfall.
S.A. V. LIMB.
T o LIN, v. a. T o hollow out the ground by force
L I M M A R , L I M M E R , S. 1. A ^ scoundrel.] Add;
of water, R o x b .
Ben Jon son uses limmer lowne in a similar sense, LIN-KEEPER, A large fresh-water trout, which
in his Sad Shepherd. is supposed to keep possession o f a particular
—Hence with 'hem, limmer lowne, pool or linn, Kinross.
Thy vermin, and thy selfe, thy felfe (sic) are one. LIN-LYAR, .V. T h e same with Lin-Keeper, Fife.
Dan. lummer denotes ^ a long lubber, a looby, a T o L I N , L I N N , T>. a. T o cease.] Add;
b o o b y ; " Wolff. In a similar sense we call an idle For tlf uncle and the nephew never tin,
indolent woman a lazy limmer."
ee
Till out of Canaan they have chac't them clean,
2. A woman of loose manners.] Add; Z. Boyd's Garden of 'Lion, p. 26.
<c Kate and Matty, the limmers, gaed aff wi' twa o'
e( Never tin, signifies not to tire or give over."
Hawley's dragoons, and I hae twa new queans in- Clav. Yorks.
stead -i>' them." Waverley, iii. 216.
. This term is still used in the same sense, Ettr. For.
3. Limmer, however, is often used as an oppro-
" Weel, the gled, he fand them sae fat and sae
brious term, expressive of displeasure, when it
gusty, that he never linned till he had taen away
is not absolutely meant to exhibit the charge o f
every chicken that the wife had." Perils of Man,
immorality, S.
i. 238.
L Y M M A R I S , S. pi. Traces for drawing artillery.
cc. Item, als thair ane singill falcoun of found, L I N , LINE, S. Flax, or what is elsewhere called
lint, Dumfr.
mountit upoun stok, quheillis, aixtre, and lymmaris
This, although provincial in S., is given by Junius
g amis sit with iron," &c. Inventories, A . 1566, p.
and Johns, as E. it seems to have been formerly the
167. V. LYMOURIS.
general pronunciation in S., as far as we may judge
L I M M E R S , s. pi. T h e shafts o f a cart, T e -
from the composite term Lin get or Lin-seed. A.S.
viotdale. V . L Y M O U R I S .
lin-y C.B. llin, Belg. Hjn, Fr. lin, Eat. lin-mn, id.
L Y M O U R I S , L I M M O U R , & C . ] Add;
L I N A R I C H , s. A sea-plant,
The shafts or trams of a cart are still called the
They use the sea-plant Linarich to cure the
limmers, Teviotdale.
wound, and it proves effectual for this purpose, and
L Y M F H A D , L Y M F A D , S. " T h e galley which also for the megrim and burning.—The green sea-
the family of A r g y l e and others o f the Clan- plant Linarich is by them apply'd to the temples and
Campbell carry in their arms.11 forehead to dry up de flux ions, and also for drawing
c< Our loch ne'er saw the Campbell lymphads ; said
up the tonsels." Martin's West. Isl. p. 77.
the bigger Highlander.— c She doesna value a Caw- L Y N C B U S , s.
mil mair as a Cowan, and ye may tell Mac-Callum- Then did the elders him desyre
more that Allan Iverach said sae." Rob Roy, iii. 44. Vpon tli." lYiornp to m;ik a fyre,
cc The achievement of his Grace John Duke of
T o burne the witches both to deid :
Argyle,—a galley or lyniphad, sable." Nisbet's He- But or the lnorne he fand remeid.—•
raldry, i. 31. Laieh in a lynebus, whair tliay lay,
" Appoint is thrie of the baronis—to meit with the Then Lowrie lows it them, long or day.
etle of Eglintoune,—to take to thair consideratioune, Legend dip. Si. Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 320.
be way of estimatioune or conjecture, the nomber of u Bush," Gl. But the sense requires that we should
boittis, or lynifadis, within the pairtis of this king- understand the term as denoting a jail, or place of
dome lying opposite to Iriand, may be had in readi- confinement; as they are said to be laieh or low in it,
ness, and wdiat nomber of men may be transported probably under ground. It seems necessary, there-
thairin." Acts Cha. I, 1641, Ed. 1814, V . 442. fore, to view this as an errat. for limb us ; as it is still
Apparently corr. from Gael, long fha da, a galley. vulgarly said, in the same sense, that one is in limbo.
L I M P U S , s. A worthless woman, Mearns. That this must be the case, is evident from what
Isl. Hmp-iaz, deficere. follows.
L I N , L Y N , L Y N N , S. 1. A cataract.] Add; Yet with the people he was suspected,
3. T h e face of a precipice, Selkirks. Trowing the teallis [tales] befoir was spocken,
" After much labour we completed this cave, Beeaus they saw no presone brocken.
throwing the stuff into the torrent below, so that the T o L I N C H , r. n. T o halt, to limp, Ettr. F o r .
most minute investigator could not distinguish the Su.G. -link-a, Germ. Hnek-en, claudicare.
smallest difference in the linn, or face of the pre- L I N D E K , s. A short g o w n . ] Add;
cipice." Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 70. This garment, which is generally made of blue
4. A shrubby ravine, R o x b . ; Clench synon. woollen cloth, sits close to the body, and has a num-
This is only a slight variation from the preceding ber of flaps or skirts all round, hanging down about
sense. six inches from the waist. The tradition 111 Ang. is,
Delete the four last lines in DICT., and add ; that it was borrowed from the Danes, and has been
This is obviously the sense of lyn given by Sibb., in use since the period of their invasions.
" two opposite contiguous cliffs 'or heiighs covered L Y N E R , s. One who measures land, &c.] Add;
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 L I N L I N
The Baillies ordanit the hjnaris to pass to the
of the said tenement, and lyne and marche
" &c. Aberd. Reg. A. 1544. ¥ . 17.
LING, -v. 1. A species o f grass, A y r s . ] Insert,
2. u Draw ling, Scirpus cespitosus, L i n n . " A g r .
Surv. Ayrs. p. 485.
3. Pull ling, &c.] Add to e t y m o n ;
This seems indeed the primary and proper sense.
Isl. ling erica, parva virgulta proferentia baccas ; G.
Andr/p. 167. Ling, in Berwieks., denotes heath of
the first year, when it has the form of a thin long
grass. Afterwards it is called heather. The shep-
herds speak of " heather-bells, bent and ling," in
distinction from each other.
L I N G A N , 1 . Shoemaker's thread, S. V . L I N G E L .
A lash or taw to a whip, Fife.
This corresponds nearly with the Isl. term men-
tioned under Lingel
LINGAT, A n ingot ; Fr. I'm got.
« Item twa lingattis of gold." Inventories, p. 10.
T o L I N G E , LYNGE, T;. a. T o flog, to beat, Gall.
" Linged,, lashed, beaten." Gall. Encycl.
^ I know not if this can have any connexion with the said Johne & Patrik of Balbirny 'isremittit &
L I N G E L , ' LINGLE, S. 1. Shoemaker's thread.]
Add;
In the same sense it occurs in O.E. " Lyngell
that souters sowe with, [ F r . ] chefgros, lignier j"
Palsgr. B. iii. F. 45. Add to etymon;
Isl. lengia lamina, saepius coriacea oblonga; Hal-
T o LINGEL, a. T o bind firmly, a
do leather witli their thread.
Come like a cobler, Donald MacGillavry,
Jacobite Relics, i. 102.
L I N G E R , S.
« The same day they spoiled my lord Eegentis
ludgene, and tuik out his pottis and panes, &e. hi 3
linger about his hous with sum canabie beddis, al-
beit they were of little importance/' Bannatyne s
Journal, p. 145.
Apparently the furniture, q. what belongs to the
Teut. langh-en promere, suppeditare; ver-
L I N G I S , LINGS, term.] Add;
to Johnstone, Gloss. Lodbrok, p. 59,
It would seem, however, in Isl. i
vey the idea expressed b y alongst, S. alangis, q. by
the length o f the object referred to. Thus baklengis
:rorsum,Verel. S.grufehjngis
appears to suggest! I the same idea; q. extended at one's
full length on1 the the bbelly.
In common pronunciation what was formerly writ-
ten lingis, or lings, is softened into tins.
In Dan. i
backwards. At ^
, W o l f f ; Baden expl.
,b jliggendepaa r ssa
" ei
laengde longitudo.
L I N G I T , ' adj. 1. Flexible, p l i a n t ] Add;
This term, includes a variety of ideas, length or
tallness, limberness, and agility, South of S.
<f Flout;—said auld John, c try him, he's but a
saft feckless-like chiel; I think ye needna be sae
feared for him/ f It is a* ye k e n / said another ; 4 do
nae ye see that he's lingit like a grew [ g r e y h o u n d ] ,
—and he'll rin like ane;—they say he rins fester
than a horse can gallop/' Anecd. Pastoral Life,
Edin. Month. Mag. June 1817, p. 248.
2. T h i n , lean, wantliriven; especially applied to
an animal that is very lank in the b e l l y ; as,
" the lingit cat." " She's just like a lingit
haddoRoxb.
L I N G L E - B A C K , s. " A long weak back
Gall. E n c y c l .
LYXYXG, .9. T h e act of measuring land, or o f
fixing the boundaries between contiguous pos-
The accioun—persewit be Johne of Redepeth
again the personis that past apone the lynyng bet nix
referrit to the lordis/' &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A .
1 4 8 4 , p. 14. V. LYNE, LYN, V.
T o LINK, V. n. T o walk smartly, &c.] Add;
The part, linking is used in the sense o f active,
agile, S.
— A man that can whistle ye up a thousand or
feifteen hundred linking lads t o do his will, wad
hardly get fifty punds on his band at the Cross o'
Glasgow." Rob Roy, ii. c2Ql.
3. T o do any thing quickly ; very commonly used
to denote diligence in spinning ; as, " She's
I m U r i awa' at the w h e e l S o . o f S., G h Sibb.
T o LINK aff\ v. a. T o do any thing with clever-
ness and expedition, S.
— " She cloutet a' our duels till' they leukit like
new frae the steek, and linkit aff her twa hasps every
day." Saxon and Gael, i. 109.
The verbs to lamp, to ling or laing, and to link, all
denote the action of the body in walking, but in
different respects. To lamp is to walk rather in &
prancing manner, lifting the feet high. To ling, or
laing, is to take long steps, to move with a sort of
swing, synon. with the phrase naigin awa. To link,
which is apparently a frequentative from Ling, is to
walk with short and quick steps.
T o L I N K , v. n. T o walk arm in arm, S.
" Linked.—Persons walking arm in arm, are said
to be linked or huiked," i. e. hooked. Gall. Encycl.
L I N K , s. A division o f a peat stack, Gall.
" Links d Peats.—Each division—is called a link;
so the stack is made up of links." Gall. Encycl.
LINKIE, adj. Sly, waggish; as, « a linkie loonf
Roxb.
LINKIE, S. 1. A roguish or -
much given to tricks, R o x b .
2. A deceitful person, one on whom there can b e
no dependance, S . A .
This may be from E. link; as the term is often il-
lustrated in this
 L Y O L I P
in his tail." But Dan. links, sinister, is also used in
the sense of " sly, dexterous, crafty;" Wolff.
L I N K S , s. pi Used as signifying locks.
Her twa rosy lips are like kamedrappit hinney,
Her twa laughing een amang lads are uncanny;
Her links o black hair owre her shouthers IV bon-
nie. Rem. Nithsd. and Gall. Song, p. 93.
L I N K U M - T W I N E , s. Packthread, A b e r d .
" His hose were linkmn-twine." Old Song.
Perhaps originally brought from Lincoln, like
Lincitm screen.
L I N - P I N , LINT-PIN, T h e linchpin, S., L a n -
cash.
Su.G. lunta, paxillus axis, Belg. londse.
L I N S , a termination common in S. as halflins,
blindlins, &c. V . L T N G I S .
T o L I N S H , v. n. T o hop, D u m f r . Hence,
L I N S H , s. A hop, ibid. V . L I N C I I , v.
T o L I N T , v. a. To lint one's hough, to sit
down for a little while, Shetl.
Isl. lend-a, sedem sibi figere, pret. lendti; from the
idea of reaching land, a figure borrowed from a nau-
tical life. Dan. lent-e, v. n. signifies to stay, to tarry.
T o L I N T , v. n. " H e wadna let me lint or I
did i t ; " he would not let me rest, or he would
give me no peace, Mearns.
Isl. Su.G. linn-a, Und-a, cessare, desinere.
L I N T - B E L L S , s. pi T h e blossom or flower of
flax, when growing, S.
The little wifie garrulous could tell,
It was a towmont auld when lint was in the bell.
Burns.
L I N T - B O W S , S. T h e pods containing the seeds of
flax, S. V. B o w , s. %
L I N T - B R A K E , S. A n instrument used for break-
ing or softening flax, in place of the fluted rol-
lers of the flax-mill, previous to the operations
o f rubbing and swingling, Teviotd.
L I N T - R I P P L E , S. V. RIPPLE.
L I N T - S T R A I K , S. A head or handful o f new
" Full to the lip of the vessel, like E. Brimmer, from
dressed flax Gall. E n c y c l .
L I N T - T A P , S. A S much flax as is usually laid on
a rock for being spun off, S.
L Y N T H , s. Length ; A b e r d . R e g . passim.
L I N T I E , s. T h e linnet, S.
She wrought like a negro, sang like a Untie, was
always contented and cheerful." Campbell, ii. 75.
L Y O N , s. T h e name o f a gold coin anciently
struck in S.
" That thair be strikin ane new penny of gold callit
a Lyon, with the prent of the Lyon on the ta syde
and the image of the Sanct Androw on the tot her
syde, with a syde coit euin to his fute, balding the
sam in wecht of the half Inglis n obi 11.—And that the
said new Lyon fra the day that it be cryit haue cours*
and sail rin for vi. s. viii.d. of the said money, and the
half Lyon of wecht—-haue eours for iii. s iiij. d. Acts
Ja. II. A. 1421, c. 34, Ed. 1566.
This is obviously designed the new \yow, because
a coin nearly the same had been in currency from
the time of Robert II. There is this difference, how-
ever, that on the coins of the preceding kings, St,
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Andrew appears extended on the cross, here lie only
holds it in his hands. They differ also in the legend.
According to Cardonnel, this coin, because o f the
device, was also called the St. Andrew ; Numism.
Pref. p. 28.
T o L I P , v. a. T o break pieces from the face o f
edge-tools, as ; " I've lippit m y p e n - k n i v e / '
S. ; evidently from E . lip, s.
LYPE, A crease, a fold, S. Ir. lub, i d .
LYPIT, part. adj. Creased, A b e r d .
L I P P E N I N G , part. adj. Occasional, accidental,
Loth.
" I aye telled the gudeman ye meant weel to him ;
but he taks the tout at every bit Uppening word.5"
Bride of Lammermoor, i. 312.
This has no proper connection with Lippin, Lippen,
to expect. It indeed conveys an idea rather directly
the reverse. Shall we suppose that it has originated
from A.S. hleapcnde, saliens, exsiliens; q. a word
leaping out without previous intention ? Isl. hliop is
used to denote precipitancy, from hlaup-a currere.
L I P P E R , a term used as forming a superlative.
T h u s cattle are said to be Upper fat^ when very
fat, R o x b .
LIPPER, adj. 1. Leprous.] Insert, as sense
2. Still commonly used with respect to those whose
bodies are covered with the small-pox, measles,
or any general eruption ; Fife.
Lyper is the orthography of Aberd. Reg. It is
conjoined with its synonyme mesell.
" The quhilk swine wes fundin lyper mesell." Y. 15.
LIPPERJAY, A jackdaw or j a y , D u m f r . ;
perhaps q. leaper-jay, from its perpetual skip-
LIPPY, A bumper, A y r s .
I'll gie you a toast, a thing which, but on an oc-
casion, I ne'er think o* minting, and this toast ye
maun a' mak a lippy." The Entail, iii. 77*
l"c H e then held the glass to the mistress, and she
made it a lippy" R. Gilhaize, iii. l6().
Brim.
L I P P I E , s. T h e fourth part o f a peck.] Add;
Synon. For pet.
T h e usual way o f reckoning grain in S.is by Lades,
Bolls, Firlots, Pecks, and Lippies.
This is also written hippie in the oldest example
o f its use, as far as I have observed.
— " O f qnheit nyne bolls, tua firlotts, tua pecks,
tua lippies, half hippie, and four quarters of ane half
hippie," &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 116.
" Give each beast twice a day, morning and even-
ing,—a lippy and a half [ J of a p e c k ] Linlithgow
measure, of the best oats, mixed with half the quan-
tity of the bruised peas." Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p.
572. Insert, after extract from W i c l i f ;
" Lepe or basket.. Sporta. Calathus. Corbis. Ca-
nistrum." Prompt. Parv. " Lepe, or a basket, [ T r . J
corbeille ;" Palsgr. B. iii. F. 44, b. Lepe had been
also used to denote a sort of fish-net. ^ Lepe for-
fisshe takyng or kepinge. Nassa." Prompt. Parv,
" Nassa, a pyche or a fysshe lepe." Ort. Vocab.
T o L I P P I N , LYFPXN, LIPPEN.J Read, v. a,.
 L I R L I S
i - T o e x p e c t , to look for with confidence. all its b o d y ; the trim kf of it lirks, and it contracts
Conjoin with this seme the extract from W y n - it, and draws it in, and dilates and lets it out, as it
town. vii. 4. l.'J-S. pleases/' L a w ' s Memorialls, p . 17(5—7-
<•" Quharerbre. f r c p n r e y o m in iny maht harfiie L i h k , 8. 2. A f o l d , a d o u b l e . ) Add;
maner, to send to me v nr resolut T h e mare, w h o look'd both fat and p l u m p ,
<T thainmto
in writ with this b< rar, that 1 may perfitiie under- A n d had n o lirh: in all her leather,
stand uidiat J may f;ti>j//n." Lord H u m e , Speller's More than what's in a full blown bladder,—»
Pap-r-% i. :>*)<). -—The mare, I say, when wind got \ent,
i / i ' j ' N ' v x c , .v. E x p e c t a t i o n , c o n f i d e n c e . ]L o o k ' d lean like butchers dogs in Lent.
Add;
This was afterwards corr. to I.ippimns, as appears Mcslon's Poems, p. 1 45..
from an autograph letter o f Q . Mary, .1 fith July ioh'o. Insert, as sense
This w e doubt not hot ye will do according to our 3. M e t a p h . a d o u b l e , a s u b t e r f u g e .
ii])p'rnlns with all possible haist." Keith, p. lJ.(j,(j. " It is the L o r d we have to do with, w h o k n o w s
L I P P I N G , LiJ'iMN-i-'ow, adj. 1. Fall to the
h o w to seek out the I irks of our pretences." M 'Ward's
b r i m , or Dp.v of the vessel, K o x b . , G a l l . Contending^, p. 307.
/dffpin-J'u, brimming full to the lip.s." Call. Knc. L I E K I E , adj. F u l l o f creases, w r i n k l e d , S .
2 . A river when f l o o d e d , is said to b e tipping? L Y S E - H A Y , s. 6\I l a y m o w e d o f f p a s t u r e - g r o u n d
M earns. Gall. E n c y c l .
T o L I R E , r. a. r l o sip, A b e r d . Lyse is undoubtedly the genitive of Ley or Lea,
Isl. lepra, sorbilhnn, might s c m allied ; or corr. pasture ground.
from Dan. libber til, deli bo, (h-g-i -to. 1,1 > K , LEKSIC, .v. T h e flank, the g r o i n , S. ] Add;
L I R E , L Y I I , L Y R E , .V. I . T h e fleshy or mus- O . K . " Lcske. Inguen." Prompt. Par v. " Leake, b y
cular parts, See.] Add ; the belly,* [ T V . ] ayne, i. e. the groin f Palsgr. B. hi.
T h e latest instance I havemet with of the use of the F. 44, b.
phrase, bone and lyre, \> in Spalding's Troubles, when L I S L E B U R G H , s. A n a m e said to h a v e been
h e gives an account of that melancholy event, the given to the city o f E d i n b u r g h .
£C About ten or twelve days ago, the Queen at our
b l o w i n g u p of the Castle o f Dun glass, i. 258.
cc Haddington with his friends and followers, re- request came to this town o f Lisleburgh, to g i v e her
j o i c i n g h o w they defended the army's magazine frae orders about some affairs of state, which, without her
the English garrison of Berwick, came altogether to personal presence, could not b e got dispatched/* Lett,
Dunglass, having no fear o f evil, where they were all f r o m Privy-Council of Scotl. to the Queen-mother o f
suddenly blown up with the roof of the house in the France, 1566, Keith's Hist. p. 848.
air, by p o w d e r , whereof there was abundance in this ff m ; i n y a i u j incontestable evidences, I n o w see
place, and never bone nor lyre seen of them again, that Lisleburgh was the1 French appellation for E d i n -
nor ever trial got how this stately hou.se was blown burgh ; but w h y they came so to call it, 1 k n o w
up to the destruction of this nobleman, both worthy not." Note, ibid.
and valourous, and his dear friends." Could the French think o f g i v i n g this name to our
3 . Lyre signifies the lean parts o f b u t c h e r - m e a t , capital, q. I' isle bourg, the island-city, because in an-
Ettr. E o r . cient times, f r o m the loch on each side, it was nearly
I i Y R E D , part. adj. H a v i n g some l o c k s o f hair o f in an insulated situation ; or f r o m any supposed re-
a lighter colour than the rest, S . B . V . L I A R T . semblance to Lisle, a fortified city in Flanders, d e -
L Y R E , -9. T h e Shear-water.] Add; nominated f r o m the streams with which it was sur-
Brand gives the same account, as that already quo- rounded? V . Lisle, Diet. Trev.
ted, of the fatness of this bird. L I S P U N D , A weight c o m m o n l y used in O r k n .
" The Lyre is a rare and delicious sea-fowl, so a n d S h e t l . V . L E S I I P U N D , L E I S I M ; XD.
very fat, that you would take it to be wholly fat/' T o L I S S , v. n. T o cease, to stop. It never lisses,
Descr. of O r k n e y , p. 22. it never ceases, R o x b .
This quality being so very remarkable, as to he Allied to Isl. leys-a, A.S. tys-an, solvere; Dan. Us-
apparently characteristic of the animal ; may we not er, to ease, to help, to relieve; Use, ease, relief, c o m -
derive its name from Isl. lyre, q. the fat jowl ? V. fort. But the affinity is more evident from the A.S.
the etymon of LIRE, LYR. noun, from which our v. might be formed. Lissc, re-
L I R E , s. T h e u d d e r o f a c o w , or other animal, mis si o, relaxatio, cessatio; a Cf a slacking or loosing, a
Aberd. ¥ . LURE. ceasing," Somner. H e n c e lysing, lesing, lesnesse, li-
L Y R I E , s. O n e o f the names given, o n the F r i t h beratio, ^ a loosing."
o f F o r t h , to the P o g g e . L i s s , s. 1. Cessation ; a state o f quietness, R o x b .
" Cottus Cataphractus. P o g g e or A r m e d Bull- I t most c o m m o n l y denotes an Interval in the
head ; Lyrie." Neill's List o f Fishes, p. (). time o f sickness, ibid.
Isl. hlyri is defined b y Hal dor son, Anarrieha marina, LESSENS, S. R e l e a s e , an interval f r o m t r o u b l e ; as,
inter lupos marinos pinguissima. Pie adds in Dan. 64 H e has nae lissens frae the c o u g h h e has n o
" a kind o f Stenbider / ' N o w , the Pogge is denomi- cessation in c o u g h i n g ; the c o u g h harasses h i m
nated in Germ. Stein-bicker; Schonevelde. w i t h o u t intermission L o t h . Leeshins, S.A.
T o L I R K , r . n. T o contract, to shrivel.] Add; I was at first diposed to view this s. as the same
" It [ t h e elephant] has no hair upon the skin o f with E. license. But, in consequence o f b e c o m i n g ac-
it but a r o u g h tannic skin, and Urk'uas throughout quainted with the use o f the v., I am satisfied that
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they must be viewed as having the same origin. The
Lat. v. indeed, lie-ire, whence Ucenlia, would seem
radically the same with leys-a and Us-an.
L I S T , adj. Agile.
"" When any of his disciples were not just so list
and brisk as they might have been—he thought no
shame, even on the Golf-fields,—to curse and swear
at them, as if he had himself been one of the King's
cavaliers." R. Gilhaize, ii. 130.
Chaucer lissed, eased, relieved, is the only term I
have observed, which may perhaps be allied.
L I S T , '?. Apparently f o r Last, as denoting a
certain quantity of fish,
viij / w / o f f y s c h e ; " Aberd. Reg. A. 1535. V. 15.
T o L I T , r. n. T o blush deeply, to b e suffused
with blushes; as, u H e r face littitFife.
Ish lit-ast tingor, colorem muto. V. LIT, V. A.
L I T , LITT, 1. Colour, dye, tinge.] Add;
2. Dye-stuffs, S.
fC Lit called orchard lit, the barrell—xx 1." Rates,
A. l 6 l t .
Perhaps we have the root in C.B. lliw color, whence
Uimydd tinctor, our lit star.
L I T S T A R , L I T S T E R , s. A dyer, SEE. S . ] Add;
This, I find, is also O.E. " Litstar. Tinctor. Lif-
ting e of clothe. Tinctura." Prompt. Par v. The v.
was also in use. ff Lilly n clothes. Tin go." Ibid.
LITTIXG-LEID, ,9. A vessel used b y dyers.
f<r Ane gryt lifting leid price tuenty poundis, ane
litill lifting leid price sax poundis, ane masar of sil-
lier/5 Aberd. Reg. A. 1541, V. 17-
A t first view one might suppose that this had been
called a leid as being formed of lead. But this origin
seems very doubtful, as Teut. laede signifies capsa,
cist a, theca, lo cuius, areula.
* L I T A N Y , <9. A l o n g unmeaning effusion, A b e r d .
T o L I T C H , v. a. u T o strike o v e r ; " Gall.
Encycl. Perhaps eorr. from E . Leash.
T o LYTE, v. n. T o nominate, to propose for elec-
tion ; the term always implying that there is an
opportunity given of preferring one to another.
Cf The saidis pro vest, baillies, and counsel! |7sall~]
n om in at and lyte thrie personis of the maist discreit,
godlie, and qualifeit personis of euerie one of the
saidis fourtene craft is, maist expert hand lawbora-
ris of thair awrin craft;—-and euerie craft be thame
selffis furth of thir names sail elect a persoun quha
salbe thair deacone for that yeir." Acts Ja.VI. 1584,
Ed. 1814, p. 362.
L I T E , .v. Synon. with Sham, A b e r d . V. E o r r .
L I ITT, 1. A limb, S . } Add;
Lyth or lymme. Membrum.—Lyth fro lyth. Mem-
hratim." Prompt. Par v.
5. A division in any fruit ; as, " the lith of an
o r a n g e r , " — u of an ingan," &c. S.
4. T h e rings surrounding the base of a cow's horn,
M . Loth.
" The horns of the Mysore cow are without an-
nulets, or liths as we call them." Agr. Surv. M.
Loth. p. 155.
T o LIT IT, v. a. T o separate the joints, &c.] Add;
Ish lid-a, articulatim dividere, deartuare.
T o L I T H E , v. a. 1. T o soften, &c.] Add;
I am inclined to think, that this is the original
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L I T
idea of A . Bor. leatk, C£ ceasing, intermission ; ' espe-
cially as Ray gives this example, ff no tenth of ^rdh-
i. e. I apprehend, no mitigation. Lie very unnatural:/
derives it from the word C£ leave, no leaving of pa:e."
Coll. p. 44. This may also be the origin of " Lathe,
ease or rest," ibid. p. 43, which, with more verisimi-
litude, he deduces from A.S. lalian differre, tardare,
cunctari.
3. A p p l i e d to water, when thickened b y j n u d .
Old colliers and sinkers—report that the pro-
gress made in sinking through hard stone was so very
slow, that the eoalmaster frequently inquired if the
sinkers were lything the water, that is, making it
of a thick and muddy colour by their operations."
Bald's Coal-trade of S. p. 13.
LYTHE, adj. O f an assuaging quality.] Add;
£i Lythe, soft in felinge. Mollis. Leuis." Prompt.
Parv.
LYTHIE, adj.. W a r m , comfortable, S.
There, seated in a lythie nook,
You'll tent my twa-three lammies play ;
A n d see the siller burnie crook,
And list the laverock's sang sae gay.
Campbell, ii. 68.
LYTHIE, LYTHY, adj. Thickened or mellowed ;
as applied to broth or soup, Teviotcl. V. LYTIIE,
v. ato soften.
This is the howr and hungry hour,
When the best cures for grief,
Are eogfous of the lythy kail,
And a good junt of beef.
Watty and Madge, Herd's Coll. ii. 198.
£CI am a bit of a leech rnysel: He maun be cockered
up wi' spice and pottages, strong and lithy." Tour-
nay, p. 2S().
LITHIN, s. A mixture of oatmeal, and sometimes
o f milk, poured into broth for mellowing it, S.
E I T H E R , adj. L a z y , sleepy, Ett. For.
Su.G. lat, Ish latirr, piger.
LTTHERETK, adv. Lazily, ibid.
e< I hurklit Uthcrlye down, and craup forret alang
on myne looffis," &c. Wint. Tales, ii. 41. V. LIDDEII.
L I T I I E l i , adj. A lilher shy, a yielding sky, when
the clouds undulate, R o x b .
Perhaps merely the E. adj., as signifying pliant.
L Y T H O C I V S , <9. pi. " A mixture of meal and
cold water stirred together over the fire till they
b o i l ; applied to tumours, A y r s . , Gl. Picken.
This may be formed from Lythe, to soften to niel-
lo w, q. v. with the addition o f the termination ode,
so common in the West o f S., as expressive of dimi-
nution. It however nearly resembles the A.S. r.
litliewaee-an, to become mellow. Lilhewac is used
as an adj., signifying pliant, flexible.
LITHIIY,^. A crowd.] Add;
This seems originally the same with Ladry.
As this term is also pronounced Leithry, and is
much used in Aberdeenshire, it has been said that
it was " originally derived from Leith. of Hart-
hill, and his clan, who were a very violent, rude, an
quarrelsome people." But according to this rule of
derivation, many other northern clans must have
given rise to terms of a similar signification.
* L I T I G I O U S , adj. 1. Prolix, tedious in dis-.
 L I T L
course; a metaph: use o f the term, among the
vulgar, borrowed from the procrastination o f
courts o f law, Loth.
Vindictive; also pron. Latigious, Aberd.
L I T I S , s.pl Strifes, debates ; Lat. lites.
— " That the kingis hienes gar wryte his lettrez
to baith the said prelatis, exhorting and praying
thame to Ieif thair contentiounis, litis and pleyis con-
tra re till vtheris now mouit, and dependand betuix
thame in the court of Rome." Acts Ja. IV, 1493,
Ed. 1814, p. 232.
L I T I S C O N T E S T A T I O U N E , s.
T h i s term properly
signifies that state o f a case, in which both par-
ties having been fully heard before a j u d g e , it
is understood that both agree that he should
give a final decision.
Jame Spark protestys that Ilechert Watsoun be
excmmyt or Utisconlestatioinie be maid in. the said
eauss." Aberd. Reg. V. 1 6, p. 601. Or, before.
L I T S A L T I S , s.pl
c£ Ane mekill leid, ane litill leid, tua Htsalth" &c.
I V
LITTLE-DINNER, A morsel taken in the
morning before going to work, T e v i o t d . , Loth,
LITTLE-GUDE, T h e devil, A y r s .
— T h e mim maidens nowadays have delivered
themselves up to the Little-gude in the shape and
glamour o' novelles and Thomson's Seasons." The
Entail, ii. 284.
" The Little-gude was surely busy that night, for I
thought the apparition was the widow." T h e Steam-
Boat, p. 301.
" Neighbours began to—wonder at what could be
the cause of all this running here and riding there,
as if the liftlegude was at his heels." Annals of the
Parish, p. 384.
L I T T L E It, comp. o f L i t t l e ; less, S.R.
LITTLEST, superl Least, ibid.
L I T T L E W O R T H , adj. W o r t h l e s s ; a term
often applied to a person who has a bad charac-
ter, and is viewed as destitute o f moral princi-
ple, S. lies a littlezvorth body or creature.
€£ He returned for answer that he would not come

Aberd. Reg. A. 1545, V. 19. to a stranger.'—-He defended himself by saying, f He

Perhaps it should be read litfallis, or litfatlis, q. had once come to a stranger who sent for h i m ; and
fats for lit, or dye-stuffs ; as the phrase, " ane lit he found him a little north person." Bos well's Jour-
fait," occurs elsewhere. V. 21. nal, p. 62, 63.
L Y T T , s. A list used in the nomination of per- The phrase, though not used in a composite form,
sons with a view to their being elected to an occurs in E. Hence it is said, Prov. x. 20. " The
office; the same with Lcet, q. v. heart of the wicked is little worth "
" Anent the hjtts to be Baillies, they sail not be di- LITTLEWORTH, S. T h i s term is used substantive-
videt nor casten in four ranks,—hot to be chosen in- ly in D u m f r . ; as, He1 s a litilewortk. V . MUCKLE-
differently, ane out of the twelff lytts" &c. Blue WORTII.
Blanket, p. 114. L I T T L I E , adj. Rather little, L o t h .
T o L Y T T , v. a. T o nominate. It is not always used in this sense. For the ex-
" Tliat nane have vote in lytling, voiting, electing-, pression, unco lilt lie, is sometimes used.
&e., but the persons hereafter following.*—-There- Perhaps formed from the A.S. v. lytlig-an} to de*
after the saids Provest, &c. shall nominat and lytt crease. That ic lytlige, ut decrescam ; Lye.
three persons of the maist discreet, godly and qua- T o L I V E R , v. a. T o unload.] Add;
lified persons—of the saids fourteen crafts." Ibid, " I f any of that victuall shall happin to be liver ed
p. 114. 116. within their bounds—that they also detaine and sease
X J T T A R , 3. the victuall," &c. Acts Cha. II. Ed. 1814, V I I I . 6.1.
cc Item half a Hilar of crammosie velvot freinyelt
L I V E R , adj. L i v e l y , sprightly, T e v i o t d . ; the
with gold and silk." Inventories, A. 1561, p. 146. same with Deliver.
Apparently a sort of bed carried by horses, a horse- L I V E R - C R U K E , LIVER-CROOK, s. A n inflam-
litter for travelling ; Fr. litiere, lie tie re, from lid, a
mation o f the intestines o f calves, R o x b .
bed, Lat. lect-us.
" Calves, during the first three or four weeks, are
L I T T E R S T A N E , s. A stone shaped into the sometimes seized with an inflammation in the intes-
form o f a brick, about two feet in length, and tines, provincially called liver-crook or strings. It
one foot in other dimensions, A b e r d . is attended with a strangury, and seldom cured."
The stones are called litter stones, because, be- Agr. Surv. Roxb. p. 149.
fore the roads were formed, they used to be carried L I V E R Y - M E A L , s. Meal given to servants as
in a litter to the builders, and were sold at fourpence a part of their wages, S.
each, delivered at the foot of the wall; Agr. Surv. " About the time of the Union, the common day's
Aberd. p. 57* wages of a labourer were from 5d. to 6d. per day.
LITTLEANE, A child.] Add; When livery-meal wTas given, 2 pecks or 16 lb. weight
Hamilton writes this as a compound term; " The per week, seems to have been always the fixed quan-
declaration—of thy wordis lichtens, and gewis trew tity. Those ploughmen, who did not live in the far-
intelligence to the lyiil anes" Facile Traictise, mer's house, had, besides their livery-meal, 6 | bolls
p. 69- per annum, and 4d. per week, under the name of
L I T T L E - B O U K I T , adj. 1. Small in size, &c.] kitchen money." P. Alloa, Stat. Acc. viii. 626, N.
V. BOUKIT. Fr. livree, the delivery of a thing that's given ;
The carlings Maggy had so cleuked—- and (but lesse properly) the thing so given.—La
They made her twice as little bonked. Livree des diamines, their—daily allowance in
Forbes s Dominie Deposed, p. 37. victuals, or in money." Cotgr. Hence L.B. livreia
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 L O A L
used in a similar sense. Liber-ata, prsebitio, is sy-
non.
L I X I E , s. T h e female who, before a Penny-
bridal, goes from place to place borrowing ail
the spoons, knives, forks, &e. that may be ne-
cessary for the use of the company, A n g . She
is entitled to her dinner gratis, as the payment
of her services. L . B . I'uv-are, munclare?
L I Z , L I Z Z I E , L E E Z I E , S. Abbreviations of the
name Elizabeth, S.
L O A G S , s.pl. Stockings without feet, worn by
the labouring classes during summer, Stirlings.,
South of S . ; Logs, Loth. ; synon. Hoeshins,
Heyggers, Moggans, q. v.
Ye're gaini withonten shoon or boots,
But slorpin loags about your coots.
Hoggs Scot. Pastorals, p. 17-
L O A L L I N G , s. L o u d mewing, Teviotdale.
—<<r They were agreeably surprised with the hai-
ling of cats ; which, upon making their appearance
on the floor, were all transmogrified into women."
Eclin. Mag. June 1820, p. 534.
A word perhaps transmitted from the Danes of
Northumbria ; Dan. lall-er, Ci to sing, as a child go-
ing to sleep, to sing lullaby," W o l f f ; also hdl-er;
I si. lall-a, id. Lat. tall-are. V. the etymon, of L I L T .
L O A M Y , adj. Slothful, inactive, Loth. Synon.
lop, S.B.
Old Belg. lome, tardus, p i g e r ; Kilian. Perhaps
both this, and Tent, loen, homo stupidus, insulsus,
have a common origin with Loy, q. v.
L O A N , L O N E , L O A N I N G , S. 1. A n opening be-
tween fields.] • Add ;
Hence the phrase a hale loan of kye, i. e. all the
cows belonging to a farm, S . ; all the milch-cows be-
ing assembled in the loan.
Kimmer can milk a hale loan of kyc.
Yet sit at the ingle fif snug an' i\i dry.
"" She possessed a sympathetic milking peg which
could extract milk from any eow in the parish." lie-
mains of Nithsdale Song, p. 291.
Mr. Cromek here gives an account of the means
used for restoring milk, when the sly Guidwyfe
compounded with the mother of cantrips for her hale
loan of kye."
Cumb. Lwonin is rendered lane; Gl. Relph. "Looan,
or looanin," id. Grose.
L O A N I N G - D Y K E , S. " A wall, commonly o f sods,
dividing the arable land from the pasture; 1 '
A g r . Surv. C a it! in. p. 143.
LOAN-sour, s. A draught o f milk given to a
stranger who comes to the place where the cows
on a farm are milked; milk fresh from the cow,S.
" You are as white as a loan soup," S. Prov. " Spo-
ken to flatterers who speak you fair, whom the Scots
call White Folk:" Kelly, p. 371.
Milk given to strangers when they come where
theJr are a milking," N. ibid.
" In the mutual declarator of property between
Mr. George Wilson of Plewlands and George Dun-
das of that ilk, concerning the right of a loaning,—.
found Dundas's disposition to Plewlands, being of
the same tenantry, lying on the east and west side
of the loaning, it could not include or comprehend
the same." Fountain!!. Suppb Dec. iv. 236.
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3. In some towns it is used to denote a narrow-
street, S. like E . Lane.
L O A N , LONE, S. Provisions.
ff It concerns his Majesty's lieges—to repair when
and where he thinks fitting, upon 48 hours adver-
tisement, with 15 days lone. These are therefore to
require and command you,—to be in readiness, and
prepared with 15 days provision."—ftr Ilk heritor to
furnish his prest men with 40 days loan, and arms
conform." Spalding, i. 115. 248 ; also 116, ii. 234.
Spalding elsewhere gives us a curious and particu-
lar account of the equipment of the troops raised, in
Aberdeen, as part of the army of the covenanters,
who went to join General Lesly in England, A. 16*44.
Ilk soldier was furnished with twa sarks, coat,
breeks, hose and bonnet, bands and shoone, a sword
and musket, powder and ball for so many, and other
some a sword and pike, according to order; and ilk
soldier to have six shilling every day for the space
of 40 days, of loan silver ; ilk twelve of them had a
baggage horse, worth 50 pound, a stoup, a pan, a
pot for their meat and drink, together with their hire
or levy or loan money, ilk soldier estimate to 10 dol-
lars." Troubles in S. ii. 150.
It seems properly to signify wages, pay ; Germ.
lohn, id. Teut. loon, Su.G. loen, merces, from laen-a,
to give. V. Laen, Hire, p. 30.
T o L O A V E , v. a. 1. T o expose for sale, Lanarks.
This is probably an old Belgic word in our coun-
try ; as it exactly corresponds to mod. Belg. loov-en,
<c to ask money for wares, to set a price on goods, to
rate ; " Sewel. Teut. lov-en om te verkoopen, (i. e. with
a view to sale,) in die are, aestimare, pretium statu ere
rei venal is. Kilian views it as an oblique sense of
Lov-en, laudare; as, according to Horace, he praises
his goods, who wishes to dispose of them. Hence
lover, Belg. hover, " an asker of money," and loeving,
£C asking of money for wares."
2. T o lower the price of any thing in purchasing,
to offer a smaller price than has been asked ; as,
64 W h a t did ye niak by loavirC my beast?"" Loth.
L O B B A , s. T h e same with LUBBA, q. v.
On the berry heather and lobba pastures they
[ s h e e p ] are at their prime from five to seven years
old." Agr. Surv. Shetl. App. p. 46.
L O B S T E R - T O A D , the Cancer Araneus. V.
DEEP-SEA-CRAB.
T o L O C A L , v. a. T o apportion an increase of
salary to a minister among different landhold-
ers, S.
— " And anent thair prouision, to loeall sufficient
stipendis, and augmentatioun of thair present sti-
pend is, and assignatioun furth of the thriddis be the
takkismen of teyndis," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1593, Ed.
1816, p. 34.
— " Where that quantum, is—localled or propor-
tioned among the different landholders liable in the
stipend, it is styled a decree " of modification and
locality." Erskine's Inst. B. ii. T . 10, § 47.
" Worthy Dr. Blattergoul was induced, from the
mention of a grant of lands,—to enter into a long ex-
planation concerning the interpretation given by the
teind court in the consideration of such a clause,
which had occurred in a process for localling his last
augmentation of stipend." Antiquary, ii. 93.
K
 L O C L O C
LOCALITY, s. 1. THE apportioning o f AN increase
o f the parochial stipend on the landholders, ac-
cording to certain r u l e s S.
" The whole tithes of the }>;iri-ii out of winch the
stipend is modified. are understood to be a security
to the J11iiJJ>11 r. till, by a decrcv of hwahlif, the pro-
portions p.'ivable by each landholder hi* a-eert nne.b
— A f t e r a decree of lord (ill/, no landlord is liable in
more than the proportion that he is charged with by
that decree.'' Kr>kilie's ln>t. ut sup.
L . ^ e d a i s o m relation to the liferent o f a widow, S.
T h e term Awahtij is also applied to >.uch lands a> a
widow has secured to her by her contract in liferent.
These are said to be her locality lauds." Bell's Diet.
L O C H , L o r o u , . v . \i. A n arm o f i h c s e a , S.\Add;
tl There arc, in several par Is of the Highlands,
"winding hollows between the feet of the mountains
wheremto the sea flow>, o f which hollows some are
na\igable for ship- of })urden !br ten or t went y mile-;
together, inland: T h o - " t h e natives call lochs or ia k e
although the\ are.-alt, and have a liux and. reiiux,
and then ;bre, more prop-rlv diould be called Arms
of the Sea." Hurt's Letters, ii. \io6, ;i07.
Add to etymon ;
K. I,arc, to throw out water, or to throw it up, h.vs
been derived from Lat. lar-o to wad). T h e v. to lave,
its used in S., properly signifies to throw water, in the
way of dashing it on the face, or any other object.
It includes the idea, both of copiousness, and of force ;
and is most probably allied to LI. taac-ar, flint, iiuc-
titat; as denoting the motion of the waves, 03* their
dashing on the rocks. Eckc laav-ar inustcmia ; \ o n
adfluit unda. seopulo. Ilence Lai/g-r j)rimarily sig-
nifies liquor fluens. IJence also la/tg-a lavo, abluo ;
laun, iavatio, abiut.10. I'he term loch, (ot/<jh, as ap-
plied to an arm of the sea, may thus have originai 1 \
meant a body of flowing water.
L O C I I A B K i t A X K, ,y. A sort o f halbert o f a
large size, having a strong h o o k b e h i n d f o r lay-
ing hold o f the o b j e c t assaulted, S.
" That they be furnisched with halbert, Loehwabcr
axes, or Jedburgh staffes and swordis." Acts Cha.
I. 3 642, E d . IS I 4, V I . 43.
" Our hero set forth,—accompanied b y his new
friend Evan Dim, and followed b y the gamekeeper
aforesaid, and by two wild Highlanders, the attend-
ants o f Angus, one of whom had upon his shoulder
a hatchet at the end of a pole, called a Lochabcr axe
Waverley, i. 238.
" I have had great loss on the death o f m y wor-
thy auld friend, Serjeant M ' F ad i gen, o f the town-
guard, which is all destroyed, with it's fine LochabeF-
axes, which, sure enough, was a great ornament to the
city." Saxon and Gael, i. 89.
It is evident that in Moray this is viewed as a D a -
nish instrument. For M r . Douglas, town-clerk of
Elgyn, in 1643, asserts that—there were only audit
score—able bodied men—in the t o w n ; — a n d o f these
only fourscore could be furnished with muscattis
[ m u s k e t s ] , pickes, gunnis, halberds, 'Den s-aixes or
Lochabcr aixcs." V. Statist. A c c . V. p. 16, N.
T h e opinion o f the inhabitants of this province is of
considerable w e i g h t ; as it may be supposed that the
fact had been handed down, from the time that the
Danes had a temporary settlement in their country,
that their invaders used weapons o f this description.
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The name o f this instrument has been varied h?
different countries and .ages, according to the fancy
of the people, or their ideas as to these who first used
it. In Iceland it had been \iewed as of Roman ori-
gin. For G u d m . Andr. explain-, atgcir, .^ecuris h o -
rn an a, adding in Sw. era hctb'hord, a. halbert. This
name is formed from ^r/r, a. sort of hooked .--word, a
scimitar, abo a spear, and at-a tingo, colore-, heleeo.
properly cntcnto ; as denoting the execution done by
this weanoii, <{. a weapon died with gore. A.S. actisar
b undoubtedly the -ume word ; defined by Lye. g e -
nu- teii, also framca. Somner calls it a javelin or
short kind of -near.
it must certandv be viewed res properly a. Goth,
weapon. It might re--ei\ e ns vulgar name, a - have.'/
been borrowed, bv the inhabitant-- of ij'••i/ajn >\ from
! he Nor'A e-iaiis who s«'i tied on the norlh-wc.-t *•<•;,:•!.
(;r Irom the Seand! na v ia n-- v. line thev possessed the-
1 lebudac. Hut. th'* weapon it.-a If does not seem to
ha ve been ( 'elt ic.
( ' i 1 d a s meiiti ,u< that tie- Picts had a kind o f
hooked .-pi ars, with which thev drew the Pritons
down from tiie battiements of the wall o f Gaiiio.
Such .-pears w ere Used among the Seandinav ians ;
and Bartholin gives us a print o f one found in Ice-
land. Sidonius ApoHinaris, describing the Gothic
princes, says, M nnicbant ur tanccis uncatis." Pinker-
ton's Fnijuiry, i. 37 h 3 7">.
T h e drawing remrrcd to as given by Bartholin,
faces ]>.'.',<)I of his Autiq. Dame. T h e hoof, strongly
rcr-embles that o f the I.nchabcr axe, hut the >ide, c o r -
responding to the hatchet, does not project sufficient-,
ly. V. I ) K \ S A I X ES.
L O C I L \ X , .v. A rmall lake, (bull.
The rumour spreading round the lorhtut,
The cau.-e could not be told for laughin,
1 iow brithers jfmgled at their brochan,
.And made a din. Davidson'.s Seasons, p. 36.
fe In the depth of the valley, there is a lochan (the
diminutive of loch), of superlative beauty." Mrs.
(brant's Superstitions, i. 266.
Corn, lagueu, a l a k e ; Ir. lochan, a pooh
L O C H D E N , s. T h e name given to L o t h i a n .
T h e vulgar n a m e is Louden.
iC Nixt to the merehes Piehtland hordereth, n o w
termed Lochden.—The same river devydeth againe,
f r o m Lochden> a countrie cpuliair ar many tonnes, as
Dumfermling, Coupar," 8cc. Pitseottie's Cron. I n -
trod. xvi. The w o r d may have been written Lothden,
LOCILLEAIIOCK, A small g r e y water-
bird, seen on L o c h l e v e n ; called also a Whistler.
This seems equivalent to the la crock or lark o f the
lake.
L O C H M A W , .9. A species o f m e w .
L a m s , a loch-maw." Weclderburn's Vocab. p. 16.
LOCK, A small q u a n t i t y , & c . ] Add ;
u T h e expression lock for a small quantity o f any
readily divisible dry substance, as corn, meal, flax,
or the like, is still preserved, not only popularly, but
in a legal description, as f the lock and gowpen/ or
small quantity and handful, pa3 r able in thirlage cases,
as in town multure." Heart M . Loth. ii. 23, N.
L O C K A . N T I E S , L O C K I N T E E , inter]. Expres-
sive o f surprise, equivalent to " 0 ! strange
A y r s . ; perhaps q. lack~a-da?j.
" Lockanlies ! that sic guid auld stoops o' our kin-^
 L O G
ira language sould be buriet." Edin. Mag. A p r . 1821,
p. 352.
" Lockinl.ee I O strange !" Gl. Picken.
L O C K E R , s. A ranunculus, T w e e d d . , Selkirks.
T h e name of the Ranunculus nemorosus in Scania,
a province o f Sweden, is luck. In West-Gothl. it is
called Ilwitlockor ; perhaps from lock, v. Su.G. lyck-a,
as " the flower, during rain, is carefully shut;" Linn.
L O C K E R B Y . A Lockcrby lick, a severe stroke
or wound on the face.
" A great number were hurt in the face, which
was called a Lockcrby lick, especially the laird o f
Newark : Maxwell was all mangled in the face, and
left for dead." Moyses' M e m . p. 221.
I f the phrase was not formerly in use, it must
have had its rise from the circumstance o f the action
referred to taking place in the vicinity o f I.ockcrby.
L O C K E R I E , a d ? . R i p p l i n g ; applied t o a stream,
Roxb.
I know not if it b e allied to Isl. hlick-r curvamen,
q. forming c u r v e s ; or to Dan. lok, a curled lock.
L O C K E T , <9. T h e effect o f b e l c h i n g , what is
eructed.
Ben ower the bar he gave a broeht,
And laid about them sic a locket;
With eruclavit cor meum,,
H e hosted thair a liude full fra him.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Poems 107A Cent. p. 313.
A t first view I was disposed to render this b y the
common S. phrase a lock dt, a " quantity o f it." But
I find that it must be an old A.S. word, f r o m loccei-
an eructare ; L y e .
L O C K F A S T , L O K F A S T , adj. P r o p e r l y secured
b y bars and locks.
' ee In respect the said gudis was in a lockfast house,
so that the off car is could not cum at them, ordanis
the four Baillies, & c . — i f need beis to make open
doors, and take out the same gudis." Acts T o w n -
Coune. Edin. A . 156*0.
Lockfast hemes, instruments of whatever descrip-
tion that are under lock.
A n d g i f neid beis, to make oppin durris and
vther lokfast lwmes, and to vse his Maiesties key is
to that effect." Acts Ja. V I . 1592, Ed. 1814, p. 5(il.
L O C K - H O L E , s. T h e key-hole, S.B.
L O C K I N ' - T R E E , s.
Theduckiii tree syne h e did fling,
A n d owre the barn did throw't.
I). Anderson*s Poems, p. 79-
Qu. if the rung used as a bar for the door ?
L O C K M A.N, 6'. T h e p u b l i c e x e c u t i o n e r . ] Add,
after 1. 1(1 ;
" T h e Provost and Bah lies o f Edin! MI rgh, as She-
riffs within themselves,—do j u d g e Ak-xander Coek-
burn their Hangman or Lock*/nan within three suns,
•—for murdering in his own house mie of the licensed
Blue-gown beggars." &e. Fountainh. i. 1(U).
{C Lock in an—hangman, so called from the small
quantity of meal (Scottice, lock.) which he was enti-
tled to take out of every boll exposed to market in
the city. In Edinburgh the duty has 'been very long
commuted ; but in Dumfries, the finisher of the law
still exercises, or did lately exercise, his privilege,
the quantity taken being regulated b y a small iron
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L O G
ladle, which he uses as the measure o f his perqui-
site." Heart M . Loth. ii. 23, N .
LOCUMTENENT, Lieutenant.
— T h e furnissing of thei f y f t y men that suki pas
to the locumtcnent to Elgene for resisting o f the His
men." Aberd. Reg. a ! T i 5 4 3 , V . 18.
• — T h a t passis to Innerness to the locumtcncnt
for the tyme." I bid.
L O C U S , s. A s h e s so light as to b e easily b l o w n
about, Dunifr.
C.B. llwch, dust or powder, from the, that winch
has aptitude of m o t i o n ; Owen.
L O D D A N , s. A small p o o l , G a l l
" Loddans, smallpoolsofstanding water." Gall. Ene,
T h i s is evidently Gael, lodan, " a light puddle,"
S h a w ; a dimiii. from tod, a puddle, whence lodaigh-
am, to stagnate. Isl. Ion signifies stagnum, lacunar,
and lon-ar stagnat, vel stagni scatet, G. A n d r . ; but
I d o not suppose that there is anv affinity.
L O D I S M A N , <y. A pilot. V . LEDISMAN.
L O D N I T , LADXTT, prct. L a d e d , p u t ' o n b o a r d .
fC That—thair b e takin be the customer o f the
porte wheir the good is &c. ar embarkit, ane b o n d or
obligatioun—l>y the maister of the schip and the fae-
tour or pairtie that lodnit the g o o d i s . — W e the Ibir-
saidis—hes schippit and ha In it at the porte of Leith,"
&c. Acts Ja. V I . 16'07, Ed. 1814, p. 3?0.
T o L O F T , v. a. T o lift the feet high in walk-
ing, Ettr. For.
Dan. loeft-er to heave or lift up.
L O F T E D H O U S E , a house o f more stories than
one, S.
ec T h e chief and his guest had b y this time reached
the house of Glennaquoich, which consisted of Ian nan
ChaistcTs mansion, a high rude- looking square tower,
with the addition o f a lofted house, that is, a building
o f t w o stories, constructed b y Fergus's grandfather,
when he returned from that memorable expedition,
well remembered by the western shires, under the
name o f the Highland Host." Waverley, i. 298.
This seems to have been anciently denominated a
lofthouss, as in. A b e r d . Reg. A . 1538, V. 16.
Loft house, Aberd., still denotes the upper part of
any building, used as a warehouse; or the w h o l e
building, the loft o f which is thus appropriated.
LOGAN, L A h a n d f u l o f m o n e y , or a n y
t h i n g else, thrown a m o n g a m o b or parcel o f
b o y s , so as to p r o d u c e a scramble, A b e r d .
2. T h e act o f throwing in this manner, ibid.
Isl. lagan signifies abalienatio, f r o m loga alienare,
to give away, to part with.
But: perhaps we should rather trace it to Gael, la-
gan, the hollow o f the hand, or hnnhagan [lavagaif\
handling, g r o p i n g ; ( M b It are, larrv7 the hand, whence
lov-i, to handle, and gan capacity, gdn-u to contain.
T o L o o A x, R. a. T o throw anv thing a m o n g a
n u m o e r oi persons, f o r a s c r a m b l e ; to t h r o w
u p any tiling, which is kept as property b y him
w h o catches it, ibid.
L O G G , adf Lukewarm, Gall.
" Loggwater, lukewarm water." Gall. Encycl.
Gael, luighe signifies a cauldron, a kettle. But it
seems to be rather a corr. o f the first syllable o f the
E . word. V . LEW.
 L O K L
To LOGGAll, 7i. T o bang loosely and large-
ly, D u m f r . V. L O G G A R S .
L O G G A R S , s.pl Stockings without feet, tied
up with garters, and hanging down over the
ancles, Dumfr. V. L O A G S .
C.E. Hod ran hose, llarrdyr trowsers.
L O G G E R IN", adj. Drenched with moisture,
Dumfr. Locherin (gutt.) id., U p p . Clydes.
Originally the same with Laggery and Laggerit.
Ish langur thermae, baths. With the ancient Goths
Saturday was denominated Laugurdag, because they
were accustomed to bathe on this day.
L O G S , ,9. pi Stockings without feet. V . L O A G S .
L O Y , adj. Sluggish.] Add;
This is merely Sicamb. Joy, Sec.
It has the same sense in Shctl. signi ly ing lazy. Wc*
may add to the etymon, Ish lid ks.Mi udo ; 11 ••d(ior->n.
L O I C I I E N (gutt.), .9. A quantity o f any .-oft.
substance, as of pottage, llinniiicrv. k e . . Ayrs.
Gael. lot/ton, a little pool, or lake ; Ica^ioui, liquor;
Icog, a marsh; and lagan, flummery; may 11 ii;)\c
had a common origin, as denoting what in a ;-t:tte
of moistness.
L O Y E S T E R , ,9. A stroke, a blow, Euchan.
Ish hsl'uuij verberatus, percussus. This is the part,
pa. of liosl-a ferire, verberare. Hence, lysterhoegg, a L O M E , LOOM, .9. 1. A n utensil or instruinent
stroke with a stick given from above.
L O Y N E , ,9. Used for S. Loan, Lone, an opening
between fields.
— " And all and sundrie mures, mossis, waist your handwriting in that cleft morion—Some one
ground, comoun wayes, loynes, and vthers comoun- take it from the lad, and give him a bonnet, which,
ties/' &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, Vol. V. 94.
L O I T , s. L A spirt of boiling water, ejected tJlat broken loom." Q. Durward, ii. 107.
from a pot by the force of the heat, Gall.
Loits, those—drops whieh leap out of pots when
they are boiling, a n d . t h o s e persons seated round
the ingle " Gall. Encycl.
C.B. Iloch v, spirting or squirting, llodrvy, a spirt, a L O M O N , s. A leg,
squirt; llwd, ejected.
2. A n y liquid suddenly thrown out b y the sto-
mach, and falling on the ground, D u m f r .
L O K A D A I S Y , interj. Used as expressive of
surprise, Loth., Bcrwicks.
It is merely a eorr. of E. alack-a-day. Johns, views
alack as a eorr. of alas. I can offer nothing more
satisfactory. Junius, vo. Alas, gives Belg. ey-lacey.
But I suspect that it is an erratum ; as I can find the
term nowhere else. Roquefort derives O.Er. las, lasse,
alas, from Lat. lass-us, fatigued.
L O K E , inter j. Used both as expressive of sur-
prise and of gleesomeness,Loth.,Clydes.,Roxb.
This might be viewed as changed from E. alack,
were it not frequently used in the form of an irre-
verent prayer, Lake keep me, &c., whieh plainly shews
that it is a eorr. of the divine name Lord. It is cu-
rious, that those who have introduced this mode of
expression, should have accidentally hit on the name
of one of the false deities of our Gothic ancestors.
Th is is Lake, whose attributes nearly resemble those
of the evil principle of the oriental nations. He pro-
duces the great serpent which encircles the world,
viewed by some as an emblem of sin. He is also the
parent of 11 ela or Death, and of the wolf Fenris, that
is to attack the gods, and destroy the world. V.
Mallet's North. Antiq. 7b
O N
L O K F A S T , S e c u r e d b y a l o c k . V.LOCJKFAST.
L O L L , ,s*. 1. A n idle inactive person, a slug-
gard, A b e r d .
Ere he could, change t1f uncanny lair,
And nae help to he gi'en him,
There tumbled a mischievous pair
()' mawten'd lolls aboon him.
Christinas Baing, Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 130.
This is undoubtedly allied to the E. v. to loll, to
lean idiv, whieh John-, oddly inclines to trace to the
reproachful term Lollard. Serenius refers to Sw.
iutt-a a* *ynon. with the K. v., rendering it bv Lat.
inniti. Su.G. lot la signifies ioanina fatua ; Feme
lotli hupolitus, Or. Barb, /.iv.-o- stoiidus. Is!, loll-a
'ieiite moveri, loft mot us reiui-sus ; (I. Andr. 1 htl-
dor-oil renders the latter, seguities, lardatio ; /o//-r;
M-gnilcr agere ; and loltari ig navus-, mentioning K.
J,of lard as a eugn;u<- tcrni.
in tiit- We.-.t of S. 1!t<; term loll is applied to
human e\eivn:rni. A .'.oval loll magna merda
To LOLL, v. //. T o emit a v, d d s o i l o f e r v , as a
>1 range cat d o c s ; to mew loudi v, to caterwaul,
R«)xb., Brru icks.
To f.oll, to how 1 iii the manner of a cat." G l . S i b b .
V. LOALLINO.
o f any kind, &c.] Add ;
Thus it is used to denote a head-piece.
" A y , ay/ answered Lord Crawford ; ' I can rend
with its steel lining, will keep his head better than
2. A. tub or vessel o f any kind, &c.] Add ;
The tottTing chairs on ither clink,—
The looms, they rattled i' the bink.
Piper of Peebles, p. 18.
Aberd. ; pron. with a liquid
sound, q. hjornon. V. LEOMEN.
Lsl. himma, magna et adunca man us.
L O M P N Y T , part, pa.] Add to etymon ;
It is singular, that the Gael, retains the same word
with, that in Ish, only with a slight change of the
vowel: Loan, timbers laid under boats in order to
launch them the more easily, Shaw.
L O N E , ,9. A n avenue, an entry to a place or
village, S.
I11 this sense it nearly corresponds with E. lane,
" a narrow way between hedges/' In S., however,
the lone is often broad. V . L O A N .
L O N E , s. Provision for an army. V . L O A X .
* T o L O N G , v. n. T h i s r. occurs in a sense in
which I have not observed it in E . ; to be-
come weary.
Galat. 6. chap. 9. vers, lie speakes this matter
more planely, Let vs not wearie in doing good, and
he addes to the promise, we shall reape the frute o f
our good deeds in our own tyme, if we long not, but
go forward ay to the end/' Bollock on 1 Thes. p. 2[)7.
I have not met with this use of the v. except in
Dan. laeng-er ; £: to be ^.eary, to be tired Wolff.
* L O N G , adv. A n elliptical form of expression
occurs in Scottish writing, which I have not ob-
served in E . T h i s is long to, evidently for.,
u long to the lime" referred to.
 L O Y LOU
All this telles vs in that great day what glorie
and honour the faithfull ministers of Christ shall haue,
for they shall shine as starres : byde a little while,
it is not long to." Rollock on 1 Thes. p. 34.
T o L O N G E , v. n. T o tell a fair tale, to make
a flattering speech, A y r s .
C.B. llun-iaw, to fabricate.
L O N G E I T , pret.
One aliane come frome beyond the se
—Longeit with me suppoiss that I be peur.
Colkefhie Sow, v. 52 7.
If this be the reading, it signifies, tarried, sojourn-
ed ; A.S. long-ian taedere, or rather leng-ian prolon-
gare. But it may be read longeit, lodged ; Fr. lag-
er, O.Fr. loiase, barraque de planche, Roquefort.
LONGIE, T h e Guillemot, Shetl.
" Collymbus Troile, (Linn. Syst.) Longie, Lom-
givieof Pontoppidan, (Nat. Hist. P. II. p. 82.) Guil-
lemot, Foolish Guillemot, Sea-Hen." Edmonstone's
Zetl. ii. 276.
Evidently a corr. of the Norw. name. In Norw.
it is also called Langivie. Peim. Zool. p. 410.
L O N G U E V I L L E , s. A species of pear, S.
£e The Longueville is very generally spread over
the northern part of Britain, where aged trees of it
exist in the neighbourhood of ancient monasteries."
Neill's Hortic. Edin. Encycl. p. 211.
Old lie id writes it Longavil.
£C Dwarfe pears on the quince: but no pear holds
well on it that I have tryed, save Red pears, Achans,
and Longavil." Scots Gard'ner, p. 88.
L O N Y N G , s. 1. A narrow inclosed way, S.
I find the word lonyng, used in this sense, so early
as the year 1446.
Thai—gaf furth the march is and meris betwix
the said lands debatabile, in maner as folowis, that
is to say, A lonyng lyand throw the mur betwix twa
aid stan e dykes; begyimand at the merkate gate ly-
and to Aberdene, and extendand to tlie hichtof the
hill at the south end of the der [f. deer] dyke/'
Cartui. Aberd, Macfarlan's Transcript,p. 8. V . L O A N .
2. T h e privilege of having a common through
wdiieh cattle pass to or return from the places of
pasture, S.
— c c Alse to appoint manssis and gleibis—with pas-
turage, fbggage, fewall, faill, devet, lonyng, frie ische
and entrie." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 400.
L O N A C H I E S , L o N N A € i i s 5 t ? . p Z . 1. Couch-grass,
Tritieum repens, Linn., S.B.
Couch-grass, (here called Lonachies), in several
varieties, is very apt to introduce itself into the ge-
nerally free and gravelly soil of this county." Agr.
Surv. Kineard. p. 076.
Used also to denote couch-grass, as gathered
into a heap on the fields, for being burnt; synon.
with Wrack, Mearns.
As this is also called Dog's-grass, allied perhaps
to.Gael. luany a dog, a grey-hound. We might con-
jecture that the latter part of the word had been
formed from acais poison, because eating of this plant
inakes dogs vomit.
L O N K O I L s. u A hole built through dykes, to
allow sheep to pass Gall. Encycl.
Most probably from C.B. llwnc, also llwng, the
77
gullet. IJong, from the same fountain, signifies,
" opening a passage;" Owen.
T o L O O , v. a. T o love. V. LUF, R.
L O O T 1 , s. I . T h e palm o f the hand; pi. loaves. V .
LUFE, L U J F , ,Y.
LOOF-BAXE, s. " T h e centre o f the palm o f the
hand Gall. Encycl.
O O T S I D E OF TILE L O O F ; the u back of the hand ;
i. e. rejection and repulse;" Gl. Antiq.
L O O F Y , S. A stroke on the palm of the hand,
S. Y . under L U F E , L U I F , .V.
L O O F I E , .V. A flat or plane stone, resembling the
palm of the hand, Gall.
ce Loofie Channel sialics. When curling first be-
gan, it was played by flat stones, or loojies ; these are
yet to be found in old lochs." Gall. Encycl.
L O O F I E S , s.pl. " Plain mittens for the hands ib.
L O O K I N ' ~ O N , j)art.pa. W a i t i n g the exit of one,
o f whose recovery there is no hope ; as, " H o w ' s
J o h n , ken y e ? " " D e e d , he's sae vera bad, they Ye
just loohhi on "un," Teviotd.
A.S. on-luc-ian, intueri.
L O O K 1 N - T O , -v. A prospect, in regard to what
is future, R o x b . ; synon. To-look, S. A s a
g 11 de lookiu'-tor
T o L O O L , v. n. T o sing in a dull and heavy man-
ner, Ettr. Fur.
This is nearly allied to the E. v. to Lull V. the
e t y m o n o f LILT, V.
L O O M , <9. Mist, fog, Galloway.
Ck' This word [Lwmnwg] and loom, a mist or fog,
are of kindred." Gall. Encycl. V. LUMMING. It has
been conjectured, however, that the adj. m a y b e al-
lied to the E. sea-phrase, to Loom, to appear large at
sea ; 01* Loom-gale, a fresh gale.
LOOMY, adj. Misty, covered with mist, Galloway,
This, 1 suspect, is not a word of general use,
—Whiles glow ring at tlie azure sky,
And homy ocean's tire, ^c. (udt. .Encycl.
L O O P , s. 1. T h e channel of any running water,
that is left dry, when the water has changed its
course, U p p . Lanarks.
This term is of very ancient and general use as
denoting the course of a stream; Isl. Jdaup, Dan. lo-
be n ; Tent, loop cursus, from loop-en, currere, flu ere ;
loop der rivieren, alveus fhivii, fossa per quam labitur
flu m e n ; K iii an.
2. PL I.oops, the windings of a river or rivulet.
Lanarks. ; synon. I,inks, Crooks.
It seems to be used, in Galloway, in the savne sense
in the singular.
" He frequented the loop of a burn much ; this
was an out-of-the- way ntiik." Gall. Enc. vo. Heron.
L O O P I E , adj. Crafty, deceitful, &c.] Add;
Ci When I tank! him how this loopy lad, Allan Fair-
ford, had served me, he said I might bring an action
on the case." Redgauntlet, iii. 206.
L O O S S I E , adj. Eull of exfoliations of the cuti-
cle of the skin ; applied to it when it is covered
with dan drift", R o x b . , Peebles.
Evidently from Luss, although differently sounded,
L O O T , pret. Permitted ; "S. from the v. to Lei
" Loot, did l e t G L Shirr,
 I, o s L O T

L O O T E N , pari. pa. o f the same r. V. f x r r . of ('•'•' I and Chri.-t, 'sow soon m i g h t tin? rudo su'air r,
L O O T I N ( f , I. C.'o/: tviir!:!,' 1 . / / , *// Ijt' ft IN' >/.", O the c /iiiiti'v l'j'>sfl, tie clownish boor, th,: whistling
Urdin o\ he u ill n->i h:-in-..-i t •,]••• ?>•• held in e.di- plowman tin; earth \ drudge, find out a way for no-
luaJiou, Lanarks. \ . i n. i . a. T o reckon. Xj(\ imitating his famiiv, a?M g - n t i l i z c i n g oi' Jhm.-elf, in
L O O V E S . .V. />/. I\d - <>f the hands. V. L r i' i-:. ob v"i'vinu'i i,e ruh'- and <;i'(ler> belonging to the bad^'e
and pr<jfes-ion o f the go>}»cl r" A nuaiul's M '/sferiuoi
•• The ^oiril </ mortal hf< •—ha- h; en departed frae
Pi ri a Its. p. p I.
h Circa.-'' tin-, •-; rick m hour. The f,jo| Ih-nd ha-
t-nfers-d into th • empty tabernacle. and JT e'en work- L O ^ f f , u coi'i'upfion o f the name Lord; some-
hig a' the wicked pranks w hi; k we now wdtne>s, sic times used us an in!crp cxprcv-ave oj -urprise,
a-> the spreading o' loners, and the rowing o ' e m , and woiider„ o;* a-t<am-bnient, and at other t nnes ui-
the.-e mute benedictions whbk pa-- wi' >hnpie iuwk ti red as an unwarrantable p r a y e r for the (bviue
for eort.run sign.> o' holiness." Ihackw. Mag. .'Vug. keeping, S.
I S'jO, p. 0 1 3 . ' L:,s!i man ! hae mercy wi' your natch.
Thi* refers to the M. range -up.'iv* :ti<-n which pre- Jlnrnx, n:stir In a Tai/lor.
vails in some parts of S.. n 11.b:m;-dj it as-mims diiie- ft as-uinc1-' a '. arlets' o - f ibrms ; as, Loslnr, f\o;-;/i(t:~
it forms. For, wh.lie it .s here supposed that the UK', /.>>s j> a'- {/ash it\ Losf {>', :\ 1)''rd.
<i"vil may for ;t tinm be p'-m.-it'ed to animate the " Nl. Ainli-fv. -a—()'e. cil izens ha ve long been ceie~
corpse of one new1y < h ; cd. < • t.: i t -: - h i ;a-vetha! t h e - p bra'.-d
i- ibr i-;\;dly. .\ot cootent witii the i'otivi? iea
n t of the departed ma v be ivc-dced Uv thr nimmdr- < > e«. i ^ e , t i . " i -nil of August is also observed as
rate grief of the sin \'i\ ors. This b vh-u < d as not the / >i r! i - ; ho of'ou!' S«i\crei'.-n. • A".;//,' (pu^t h
«>!.; ea u n g real • ,.o departed, hut a> a id own in the f;< n\ hi-^ a-Lomn !t*d cars were sa~
I'M • -'.-big i he oi- ;U (lien; mourn"! to diailgel- of bu- h,t ;•! wdth t h e u h; o f | , * wh a e \ e r bet i d t f t h e
ddy harm from the peiv.on ia-cme-d. likv o'
1 a ) • • a»i b'.-rn * v. u'e in aV \<-ar?' ' Whislit
T o L O l ' i ' i T t . v. n. T u coagulate, South o f S. man,' (piolh hi- ct)mp:e.i!t/!i, '' ill.a man's no a king."
V. L A r p h i i . Dundee Ad wrt i / e r , A u g . 1 4 ,
L O I T E R - G O W A N , .v. T h e yellow R a n u n c u - L O S l I -I \ 1 D E , perhaps the skin o f a. l y n x .
lus which g r o w s bv the sides ol streams, Llvdes. ft Lordi hides tine piece s." Hates, A. 1 o70.
Whether this name has any relation to the plant Sax. los.se, Oerm. halts, lynx, hipas cer\'arius.
being ever usedas a su bM.it ute for rennet, i cannot say.
L ( )SJ N , part. pa. " A n e new said; lusi/i u i i h bhd;
I A ) U S . ,v. r r h e (VcMod ('oi"\omnt, Shell.
werk r A b e r d . I t e g . V . 1 6.
Pelecanus Cristas us, ( i d n n . >}'.-!..) Lorn, ( H u i d -
T o I , O S S , 7'. a. T o unload, applied to a. ship, f n
iaaring of Poiitoppidanj Crusted Cor\orant." Fal-
monrtone'.^ Xcth ii. the same sense it is now said tu liver, S.
Lorn m a b e a corruption oi' the S.;lt.« i' part of the .\!1 hm'semen and footmen went furti. doun to
Vorw. name given l>y i'oi 11 opmd ; m Levtit to the I ' i s s - m o f the sand hark, which incon-
T u h f ) S , { .01 v.a. T o u n p a c k ; applied to g o o d s tinent v as b r i g h t vp to the ea n il efter their loss-
i,/.'." o.:!-;;a> \ l i e ' s Jouruad, p . I 17-
oi' merchandise.
Ih'lg. (os-v-en. to unload. Gcduur,g lusscn en laadi n..
" T h e coiiseruatour sad not—admii onye coequei.
— e x c e p t the mercheandis, <Scc. euerie ane of thame, to unload and load continually ; Sewek From the
befoir the loissing of onie ol* tliair gudis, mak iaitii— form oi'the w o r d , it seems originally the same with
that lie lies na forbiddin gudis, &c. And gif th;n los that which signifies lo loose. But in Su.(b, lass-a is
onie gudis and geir eumaml frame Scotiande loeibir to load, hissa af\ and aj-la.ssa, to unload, from las.s\
the g(fving o f the said aitiie,—it salbe lesion to the vehes, a load; Isl. Idas, id. whence hless-a onerare.
conseruatotir to arreist the .-ai:l .-ehipe." A c t s j'a. v'l. I sus'ject, however, that the Belg. term is radically
],0<j7, I'M- KSM, ]). "IJ7• V. i.o.-s and hor-.K. di lie rent.
L O S . - W I ' ] . .y. A lozenge or I'hombouhi! iigure. L o s s i x c ; , s. T h e act o f unloading. V. the r. I n
— ^ On the vther svde ane losunc witii ane thri.^siii the passage q u o t e d a b o v e , the .v. also o c c u r s .
on euery nuke in forme oi' a croee, with thi^ eircum- — ' - W e n t i'urth—to the tossing of the said bark."
scriptioun, Oppkhun Ed'jihurgi" Acts Ja. \ J. l o p J , L O S S ! l'),adj. A p'plied to braird, ov the first shoor-
Ed.'lSM/p.^S. i n g o f grain, fields o f grain, pulse, &c. in which
Item ane uther dyamont, ground oure with h - there are vacancies or e m p t y s p o t s ; as, " A
sanls, ennamelit with the freir knott." Inventories, lassie braird " T h e corn-laif is u n c o lassie the
A . 1542, p. 66. year; 1 1 C l y d c s .
This is the same with the vulgar term Lozen, q. v. LOSSINESS, T h e state o f b e i n g lassie, ibid.
T o L O S E THE H E A D , to suffer a diminution C.B. lloes-i to eject, to throw out, lloesawg, having
o f strength, South o f S. ; a metaph. apparently a throwing o u t ; Teut. los, loos, vacuus, in an is.
b o r r o w e d f r o m the vegetable world. * L O T , >5. A certain quantity o f grain, generally
L 0 S E L , £ . E x p l . " i d l e rascal,worthless wretch.*'1] the tw enty-fifth part, given to a thrasher as his
Add ; wages, S . A .
It is apparently used in a softer sense, b y a Scottish W h e r e the allowance to the thrasher was either
writer of the 17th century, as if equivalent to E. lout a proportion o f the produce, k n o w n b y the name o f
or clown. But perhaps he uses it improperly'. lot, generally a twenty-fifth part, or when he was
" I f Cuichf, or Knight, in our old Saxon English, paid in money, at so much per boll, the temptation
be interpreted a servant, as James and S. Paul were, to do work in a slovenly manner was so great, that
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a quantity, perhaps double of what was required for
seed, was lost." Agr. Surv. Roxb. p. 75.
T o L O T C H , v. n. T o j a g ; applied to the auk-
ward motion of one who rides ungracefully,
South of S. ; Hatch, synon.
Flandr. luts-en is given by Kilian as of the same
signification with loler-cn, which he renders, vacil-
lare, to wag from side to side.
L O T C H , " L o A T C i r , .v. A corpulent and lazy per-
son ; as, a muclde latch, Lanarks.
" Ia) (itch, corpulent person." Ayrs.Gl. Surv. p. ()f)2.
This seems nearly allied to lb lout, Ci a mean auk-
ward fellow ; a bumpkin; a clown;" Johns. O.Teut.
loeie, homo ngrestis, insulsus, bardus, stolidus. Teut.
luts-en. signifies to loiter. Su.G. loelsker, tardus.
LOTcIT, adj. L a z y , Ayrs.
L O T C H , s. A handful or considerable quantity
o f something in a semi-liquid state; as, £i a latch
o f tar," Ettr. For.
L O U C I T F N G , part. pr. Bowing down.] Add;
Isl. lock-a signifies demittere. Tims loelca ha tan is
applied to a dog when hanging his tail.
L O V E - B E G O T , s. A n dlegitiniate child, S . A .
Down came this Malcolm, the love-begot," &c.
Antiquary. V. L O U N , adj. sense 6.
L O V E - D O T T E R E L , 1 ,y. T h a t kind of love
which old unmarried men and women are seized
with, So. of S . ; from Dottcr, to become stupid.
L O V E I T , LOVITE, LOVITT, a forensic term used
in charters, dispositions, proclamations, See. e x -
pressive of the royal regard to the person or per-
sons mentioned or addressed, S.
It is properly the part, pa., signifying beloved;
but it is used as a both in singular and plural.
" T o his Majesties Lovitt m r Alexander Belsehcs
o f Toftis," &c. " To his hienes louittis sehir Alexr
Leslie now of Balgonie kny 1 —and dame Agnes
Hen ton his spous," &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V.
532. 538.
c< We—haue in fauouris of our Louitlis the pronest
and maisteris of Sanetandrois for ws and our suc-
cessouris perpetuallie declarit," &c. Acts Ja. VI.
1578, Ed. 1814, p. IOC).
A.S. lufad, ge-hrfad, dilectus.
L O V E N S , L O V E N E N S , interj. A n exclamation
expressive of surprise; sometimes with eh pre-
fixed. as, Eh lovens, R o x b .
L O V E A N E N B I E , inter]. T h e same with the pre-
ceding term, Galloway.
cc Loveanendiel an exclamation, O ! strange." Gall.
Encycl.
Lovenentu is used in the same sense, Ettr. For. and
Tweedd.
It may perhaps be a relique of A.S. Leqfne, D o -
mine ; or allied to leaftv end, gratus, acceptus, q. leof-
wend us, ec make us accepted." In the latter form, it
might seem to conjoin the ideas of life and death ;
from A.S. leqf-an vivere, and ende daeg, dies mortis.
L O V E R I N - I D D L E S , inter]. Viewed as a sort
o f minced oath, similar to Losh! expressive o f
astonishment at any thing, R o x b .
A.S. Mafordin liydels, q. Lord, have us in hiding!
V. HIDDILS.
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L O V E R S - L I N K S , s. pi Stone-crop, W a l l pen-
nywort, Kidney wort, an. herb, Sedan), R o x b .
L O V E - T R Y S T E , A-. T h e meeting o f lovers,
Duniin
" All things change that live or grow beside thee,
from these breathing and smiling and joyous images
of God running gladsome on thy banks to the decay-
ing tree that has sheltered beneath its green boughs
the love-trijsles of many generations." Blackw. Mag.
July 182(1, p. 37*.
L O Y I T C H , adj. Corr. from E . lavish, F i f e ,
Lanarks.
L O U N , L O W N E , L O W E N , adj. 2 . Sheltered.] Add;
iC See ye not the well-affected people seeking the
lee and low en-side of the house, and drawing to it
with all their might?" M. Bruce's Lectures, p. 12.
Hence the substantive used, West of E. " Lun,
under cover or shelter. Under the tun or lewe of a
hedge." Grose. Lewe is completely synon., being
merely A.S. hleo, hleow, umbraculum, apricitas; also,
asylum, refugium; and corresponding to our LE, LIE,
q. v. Le and Lewe more nearly resemble the primi-
tive word; while Loan and Lun are formed from the
derivative; as will more fully appear from the ety-
mological part of this article. Give, as sense
5. To be Unvri.~\ Add;
6. Used in relation to concealment, as when any
report, or calumny, is hushed, S. 66 Keep that
lore a j' be silent about that matter, do not di-
vulge it to any one, D m n f r .
ce Sir Richard wi' the red hand, he had a fair off-
spring o' his ain, and a' was lound and quiet till his
head was laid in the ground. But then—down came
this Malcolm, the love-begot, wi" a string- o' lang-
1 egged Highlanders at his heels, that's aye ready for
ony body's mischief, and he threeps the eastle and
lands are his ain as his mother's eldest son, and turns
a' the Wardours out to the hill." Antiquary, ii. 242.
I have some hesitation, however, whether the word,
as used in this sense, be not radically different. It
has great appearance of affinity to Su.G. loen-a oecul-
tare, which, Hire informs us, anciently was written
hlaun-a, synon. with la egg a a loen, also signifying to
conceal. This must be a very old word, as Ulphilas
uses ana la a£> ^n in the sense of hidden, J and osmlauooi-
o
jan to hide.
7. Metaph, applied to tranquillity o f state, habits,
or mode of life.
But do you think your brother will like Nether-
place? It will be oure lown for him/ ' The lowncr
the better for one who has led his life." M. L y n d -
say, p. 270.
T o S P E A K LOWNE, to speak with a low voice, as
in a whisper, Galloway,
I rede ye speak lowne, lest Kiminer should hear y e ;
Come sain ye, come cross ye, an' Gude be near ye.
Remains of IS it lul ale Song, p. 6*0.
**' ' D o not mention his name,' said the widow, press-
ing his lips with her fingers, f I see you have his
secret and his password, and I'll be free with you.
But—speak lound. and low.—I trust ye seek him not
to his hurt." Tales of my Landlord, iv. 278.
L O U N , LOWN, 1. Tranquillity of the air, S ,
2. Tranquillity in a moral sense, S.
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" But the hwn o f that time was as a het clay hi wark ;—rnair chappin and loundrm , I hotip, ere we
win tor." \i. Gilhaize, iii. fi.J. gang down to the coast/' Tennant's Card. Beaton,
S. A. s h e l t e r ; as, the ln.cn o" t!ie d i k e , S. p. ir,;.
LOI X J . I K , L O W W C V , adv. I. IN a s h e l t e r e d state, L o i r x n i T , beaten.] Add;
screenrd from the w i n d ; as, W e ' l l stand braw Isl. I doe nun denotes a club, also a b e a t i n g ; but tin-,
and hneidp ahinl. the wa","' S. won id require a change of m into n. 1Mam. itjon j,-',
9.. I r nder prob eiion, u-ed in a. moral sense, S. rendered ferio, verbero, caedo. T h e consonant is
i i i s todhn wee ar.es, risan fair, changed, however, in the s.; lyoma, verber, laesio.
H e g h i ilka j o y t l g l i d e , L O U N - H . L , «V. P r e t e n d e d sickness, o r that to
Xnrs't hntnhj u p aneath his care, which servants or w o r k i n g p e o p l e are occasion-
( ) n solid kintra food. ally subject, when seized with a fit o f laziness,
Pickens Poems, 1788, p. 56. S. V. L o u x , a rogue.
3. S o f t l y , or with a low voice, S. T o L o u r , v. •//. 1. T o l e a p . ] Insert, as sense
£* But scho skyrit to kmiil'e Inmly or ,-icearlye on 2. T o run, to m o v e with celerity.
rf But it's just the laird's command, and the loan
thilke sauelming." H o g g ' s W'iiiter Tales, ii. I I .
L O U X, L O W N ' K , he. s. A rogue.] Add ; maun loup: and the never another law hae they but
te Sundry hoiie>t mens houses in Aherdecn were the length o' their dirks." B o b B o y , ii. 271.
robbed .Mid >poih ied. anil the people gric\ousiy o p - It is said that the natives lap to arum, about
pressed by loir us and iimmeis that camc hero at this 20,000 men." Spalding, i. 33 1.
tune, Mud w ere hi; the to he o.uit ol'tiieou" &c. Spai- It still bears this sense, S.B.
liimr'-' Troubles, i. i ki, This made my lad at length to loup,
il. Used a.> equivalc.-nt to whore. A n d take his heels.
1 hae nae houses, I hae nae land, Forbes s Dominie Deposed, p. 27- Hence,
I hae nae gowd. or fee, Sir ; L A N D - L O U P E a, q. v., q. one w h o jlees the country.
I am o'er low to be your bride. In most of the Northern languages, this is the pri-
Y o u r lown I'll never be, Sir. mary sense. I lire gives eurrere as the most ancient
Herd's (ML ii. 7- Then Add ; sense of Su.G. loepa. It seems to be that also of
T h e term loun-queyn, &c. as in D I C T . Teut. loop-en ; as well as o f Alem. looph-en. Germ,
L O U N I U E , L O W N I I Y , s. Yillany.] Add; laujl'-en, Isl. Icip-a, Dan. lob-er, to run. Su.G. lopp,
ec Againe when thou art so fixt on the things of cursus, loepa re cursor.
this world, yea even in thy lawful exercise (for in thy 3. T o burst open. 1 Add;
hmmry thou cannot haue an eye to O o d ) that thou O f any piece o f dress that is too tight, if it burst,
cannot get a peece o f thy hart to G o d , it may be start open, or rend, it is said that it lias luppin, S.A,
that thou haue a carnall and false j o y : but true j o y 4. T o g i v e w a y ; applied to frost, S.
and comfort hast thou not." Bollock on 2 Thes. 5. A p p l i e d to a sore when the skin breaks, or
p. 114. when this is the effect o f swelling, S.
L O U S , LOW-N, s. A boy, S.j Add; In a sense nearly similar, it Is said o f one w h o has
2. O n e in a low or menial station, an adherent to over-heated himself b y violent exertion, his face is
a s u p e r i o r , South o f S. like to loup ; i. e. it appears as if the b l o o d would
<c I I I b e Ms second/ said Simon of Hackburn, < and burst through the skin, S.
take up o n y twa o ye, gentle or semple, laird or loon, 6. T o c o v e r , S. U s e d in the same sense with
it's a ane to Simon," Tales of m y Landlord, i. 289. S u . G . loej)-a, &c.
A n O . E . writer gives an erroneous orthography. T o c h a n g e masters, & c . ] T h e n Add ;
" Anoother and not the meanest matter was, their 8. T o L o u r about, to run hither and thither.
armour among theim so little differing-, and thair ap- — " James Grant—presently bends an hagbutt,
parail so base and beggerly, wherein the Lurdein was and shoots him through both the thighs, and to the
in a maner all one with the Lorde, and the Lounde g r o u n d falls h e ; his QMaegregor's] men leaves the
with the Larde: all clad a lyke in iackes coouerd with pursuit, and loups about to lift him up a g a i n ; but
whyte leather, doublettes of the same or o f fustian, as they are at this work, the said James Grant, with
and most commonly al white hosen." Patten's E x - the other two, loups frae the house and flees, leaving
pedicion D . of Somerset, p. 69. his wife behind him." Spalding's Troubles, i. 31.
" A Larde with them (I take it) is as a Squycr 9. T o L o u r baclc, suddenly to refuse t o stand t o
w y t h vs. A Pound is a name of reproch, as a villain, a bargain, C l y d e s .
or suche lyke." Ibid. Marg. This relates to the fatal 1 0 . T o L O U P dozen, suddenly to refuse to g i v e so
battle of Pinkey. m u c h f o r a c o m m o d i t y as was at first o f f e r e d , ib.
L O U N D , adj. Quiet, tranquil. V. L O U N , L O W X . 1 1 . T o L O U P home, to escape to one's o w n c o u n -
L O C N D E R I X G , L O U N D E R I N ' , s. A d r u b b i n g or try ; apparently i m p l y i n g the idea o f e x p e d i -
b e a t i n g , S. tion, q. to 44 run h o m e . "
— £ £ H e r daughter had never seen J o c k Porteous, T h e king o f Scotland said to thame, if they came
alive 01* dead, since he had gi'en her a loundering wi* againe in sick forme to perturb his coast is, that It
his cane, the niger that he was, for driving a dead cat might be they w o u l d not be so weill inter tain ed, nor
at the provost's w i g on the Elector o f Hanover's loup home so d r y schod." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 245.
birth-day." Heart M. Loth. ii. 148. Explained Ed. 1728, so as greatly to enfeeble the
" Week, here we're met again, lads, for some braw l a n g u a g e , — " nor escape so well in time coming. 5 '
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The Sw. phrase, Han hpp in i kusct, C( he ran into
the house/' nearly resembles this.
12. T o L O U P in, to make a sudden change from
one side or party to another.
Seaforth—forgetting his great oath before God,
his duty towards his prince, and this nobleman his
majesty's general, he lap in to the other side." Spald-
ing, ii. 299.
ISL T o L O U P on, to mount 011 horseback, S.
" The marquis—hups on in Aberdeen. H e lap on
—about 60 horse with him." Spalding, i. 107-
The prep, is sometimes inverted. " At his onhuping
the earl of Argyle—had some private speeches with
hi 111/' Ibid. if. 91.
1 4 . T o L O U P on, v. a. T o mount, or perhaps to
equip.
Pitcaple loups on about SO horse in jack and
spear, (hearing of Frendraught's being in the Bog),—
and came to the marquis, who before his coming had
discreetly directed Fr en draught to confer with his
lady/' Spalding, i. 9.
1 5 . T o L O U P out, to run (or spring) out o f doors.
When gentle-women are convoy'd,
He soon hups out to bear their train.
Many's Truth's Travels, Pennecuik's Poems, p. 104.
16. T o L O U P up, suddenly to demand more for a
commodity than was at first asked, Clydes.
1 7 . To be like to L O U P out 6' one^s shin, a phrase
used to express a transport o f j o y , S.
There is a similar one in Su.G., with this differ-
ence, that it seems far more feeble, the comparison
being borrowed from creeping, Krypa ur skinnet, li-
terally, " to creep out of the skin." Dicitur de iis,
qui prae gaudio 1 uxuriante sui quasi impotentes sunt;
Hire, vo. Krypa.
T o L O U P , v. a. T o burst, to cause to snap.
Our ladiedow do nought now but wipe aye her een,
Her heart's like to hup the gowd lace o' her gown.
Lament L. Maxwell, Jacobite Relics, ii. 85.
L O U P , s. A leap, a spring, S . ] Add;
<c At the sound of these words, Winter ton gave a
hup, as if he had tramped on something no canny,
syne a whirring sort of triumphant whistle, and then
a shout, crying, c Ha, ha! tod lowrie ! hae I yirded
ye at last?" R. Gilhaize, i. 159.
LOUP,*?. A cataract.] R. 1. A small cataract,which
fishes attempt to leap o v e r ; generally a salmon -
hup, W e s t o f S.
A place where a river becomes so contracted
that a person may leap over it, Lanarks.
Thus there is a hup in Clyde about half a mile
above the Stonebyres Lin.
LOVER'S L O U P , 1 . T h e leap which a despairing
lover is said to take, when he means to termi-
nate his griefs at once, S.
2. A designation given to several places in Scot-
land ; either from their appearance, or from
some traditional legend concerning the fate o f
individuals.
Yonder the lads and lasses groupe,
To see the luckless Lover s hup.
Mayne's Siller Gun, p. GO.
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quently given to rocky precipices/' N. ibid. p. 1S4»
LOOPING, S. T h e act o f l e a p i n g , S.
" Saltus,—louping/' Despaut. Gram. C. 8, b.
Tin's term was also used in O.E. " Lou pinge, or
skyppinge. Saltus/' Prompt. Par v.
LOCPEN-STEEK, S. 1. Literally a broken stitch in
a stock inoo; S.
Metaph., any thing wrong. Hence.
T o T A X up a L O U P E N - S T E E K , to remedy an evil,
Ayrs.
— I hae nothing to say, but to help to talc up the
loupen-steek in your stocking wi' as much brevity as
is consistent wri' perspicuity." The Entail, iii. 27-
L O U P I N - I L L , L O U P I N G - I L L , S. A disease of sheep,
which causes them to spring u p and down when
moving forward ; by some, supposed to proceed
from a stoppage in the circulation, by others,
ascribed to some defect 111 the head, Teviotd.
ee There is a considerable loss of lambs by what is
called the louping ill, which is an affection of a paraly-
tic nature, sometimes lingering, sometimes so speedy,
that they are often dead before the disease is suspect-
ed." Prize Ess. liighl. Soc. Scot. iii. 852.
ec Though he helped Lambride's cow weel out of
the moor-ill, yet the louping-ill's been sairer amang
his sheep than ony season before/' Tales Landl.i. 200.
LOUPIN-ON-STAKE, ^ J J(j(J ;
" He—sallied forth from the Golden Candlestick,
followed by the puritanical figure we have describ-
ed, after he had, at the expense of some time and
difficulty, and by the assistance of a huprng-on-stanes
or structure of masonry erected for the traveller's
convenience, in front of the house, elevated his per-
son to the back of a long-backed, raw-boned, thin-
gutted phantom of a broken-down blood-horse, on
which Waverley's portmanteau was deposited." W a -
ver ley, ii. 118.
" On each side of the door stood benches of stone,
which—served as huping-on-stanes." Blaekw. Mag.
Nov. 1 8 2 0 , p . 1 4 9 .
LOUP-THE-BULLOCKS, .9. T h e game in E . called
Leap-Frog, G al 1 o way.
'' Loup-the-Bullocks.—Young men go out to a
green meadow, and,—011 all fours, plant themselves
in a row about two yards distant from each other.
Then he who is stationed farthest back in the bullock
rank starts up, and leaps over the other bullocks before
him, by laying his hands on each of their backs; and,
when he gets over the last, leans himself down as be-
fore, whilst all the others, in rotation, follow his exam-
ple; then he starts and leaps again," &c. Gall. Encycl.
LOUP-T 11 E-1)YK E, adj. G i d d y , unsettled, runaway,
Ayrs.
c<r I'll—make you sensible that I can bring mysell
round with a wet finger, now I have my finger and
my thumb on- this loup-t he-dyke loon, the lad Fair-
ford." Redgauntlet, iii. 295.
She jealouses that your affections are set on a
loup-ihe-dyke Jenny Cameron like Nell Frizel." The
Entail, ii. 27b.
LOUP-THE-TETIIER, adj. Breaking loose from
restraint, rambling ; nearly synon. with Land-
louping\ South o f S.
Think of his having left my cause in the dead-
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thraw, and capering off into Cumberland here, after
a wild loup-t he-Id her lad they ca Darsie Latimer."
Red gauntlet, iii. 307-
L O U P E G A R T H I E , s. T h e g a n t l o p o r gantlet.
" Other slight punishments w e enjoy ne for slight
faults, put in execution b y their comeracles ; as the
Loupegarthe^hnw a souldier is stripped naked above
the waste, and is made to runne a furlong betwixt
two hundred souldiers, ranged alike opposite to
others, leaving a space in the midst for the souldier
to runne through, where his comerades whip him
with small rods, ordained and cut for the purpose
by tho (tardlegcr ; and all to keepe good, order and
discipline." Monro's Exped. P. i. p. 1-5.
Apparently from Su.G. lacp-a currere, and guard
sepimentuni ; (}. to run through the hedge made by
the soldiers. The Sw. name for this punishment
is datulojjp, whieh Jhre derives from teims of the
same signification. For in explaining d a t a platea,
he gives t h b as one seme : Notat. ordinem hominum
duplication, qui reiicto in medio spalio sepis in m o -
dum c o m b t n n t . (.iallice hayr. E.-t liine quod galtf-
loj)i) dieam us, ubi ad verbera danmati per similem
sejjem viventem et virgis armatam cur^iUuit.
L O U P - l I U N T I N G , ,v. ] Add;
Al the Loup-hunts, is a phrase used in Aberdeen-
shire, intimating that one goes out as if a-lmnting,
but in fact on some idle errand.
L O U R , s.
•—A japer, a j u g l o u r ;
A lase that lufis hot for lour.—
Colkelbie Sow, F . i. v. 81.
Ck' A lass w h o pretends love merely as a lure."
L O U R D , adj. D u l l , lumpish ; F r . kl.
" The first viall is p o w r e d on the earth.—It must
be taken, as the order o f arising degrees in compa-
rison requireth, for the firste and lightest degree o f
j u d g m e n t , as the earth is the lowest and hardest of
elements." Forbes on the Revelation, p . 150.
2. G r o s s , stupid, sottish ; applied to the mind.
" If I had but put these wordes for all (seeing out-
ward ordination servelh but for out war de order), they
might, with any honest hearted reader, have freed
me from all suspicion o f so lourd an absurditie."
Forbes, T o a Recusant, p. 22.
Well ! this is his least, al-be-it even a lourd error."
Forbes's Eubulus, p. 23.
Isl. lur ignavia ; lur-a ignavus haerere ; ITaldorson.
LOURDLY, adv. S t u p i d l y , sottishly.
<c Howsoever both he and the Easterne churches
with him might have fallen so lourdly, yet would all
the Westerne churches and the Bishoppes of R o m e
— h a v e not only beene silent at so sacrilegious a de-
rogation o f the faith ; b u t also have keeped still c o m -
munion with Nectarius and the Easterne churches."
Forbes, Discoverie o f Pervers Deceit, p . 9.
T o L O U R E , v. n. T o lurk.] Add;
T h e term seems to b e still used in this sense, Fife,
as in A . Douglas's Poems, p. 141.
Kate had been hinmaist ay before,
A n ' in her bed lang lour in.
L O U R 8 H O U T F I E R T ) , adj. Round-shoulder-
ed, E t t r . F o r .
Fr. lourd, " lowtish, clownish," Cotgr. Isl. lur,
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igna\ ia ; lur-a, ignavu-. haerere ; hi,1, h o m o torvus
et defornib ; lurn'-r, tcrgum bruti birMiti.
T o L O G S l b bo\\ M<:, r. a. 1. T o u n b i n d , S . ; the
same with E . loose, m its, various senses.
2. T o free f r o m i n c u m b r a n c e in c o n s e q u e n c e of
])ecumarv obligation ; a f o r e i g n : term.
Ci T h e said William sail h a i f o f his fader alssmekle
land & annuel 1 rent in life rent as he had o f before
of him, or (J)efore^ the landis war lo/rsit (jiihilkis are
n o w Ion sit, o f the quhilkis landis the said William
wes in liferent before the loirs/,/ig." A c t . D o m . Cone.
A . 11.9 t, p. :>i)I.
o. "To take o u t o f tl»e b o l d o f a ship ; the reverse
o f .v/oie, and synon. with S. liver.
Tlie king's ships are daily taking our Scottish
ships, to the number of 80 -mall and *iivat; they are
had to Berwick, Newcastle, Holy island, and such
like ports, their <rood.s lou.scd, and invcntaried and
closely kept." Spalding, i. Here the ortho-
graph v is improper.
•I. T o release ; as, to louse a juiwn, to redeem a
p l e d g e , S.
1 do not k n o w that any one of these'significations
is found in E. T h e y are, at any rate, overlooked by
Johnson.
5, T o pay f o r ; as, " G i e m e siller to louse m y
coals at the h i l l , " F i f e , L o t h .
" A s for the letters at the post-mistress's—they
may bide in her shop-window—till Beltane, or I hose
them." St. Ronan, i. 34. H e r e it is rather impro-
perly printed after the E. orthography.
This use o f the term is apparently b o r r o w e d from
that denoting the redemption o f a pledge or captive.
Su.G. loes-a, pectmia redimere. Loesa sin pant,
pignus data pecunia recipere, quod jurisconsult! R o -
ll 1 an or um dixerunt pignus lucre ; Hire. Teut. loss-en
liberare; lossen den panel, lucre p i g n u s ; los-ghcld,
ransom.
L O W S E L E A T H E R . 1. A phrase used to d e n o t e the
skin that h a n g s loose a b o u t the c h o p s o r else-
where, when o n e has fallen off in flesh; as " H e ' s
a b a n tie lowse leather a b o u t his c h a f t s , " S.
Su.G. Iocs notat id quod molle et flaccidum est,
opponiturque firrno et duro.—Loesl hull, corpus flac-
cidum.
T r a n s f e r r e d t o t h o s e w h o set n o g u a r d on theirtalk.
<e Y o u have o'er miekle lose [j\ hose or hrose~\
leather about your lips S. P r o v . ; u spoken to them
that say the thing that they should not." K e l l y , p. 38.
L O W S E S I L L E R , change, as distinguished f r o m
oguineas or bank-notes,7 S.
Sw. Iocspen gar j change, small money. liar du nagot
best hosdig ; Have you any change about you ? W T ideg.
T o L O U S E , v. n. T o g i v e o v e r w o r k o f any
k i n d , S.
T o L O U S E , L O W S E , v. n. A c o w is said to b e
loivsing, when her u d d e r b e g i n s to e x h i b i t the
first appearance o f h a v i n g milk in it, A v r s .
T o L O U T C H (pron. looteh), v. n. 1. T o b o w
d o w n the h e a d , a n d m a k e the shoulders p r o -
minent, F i f e .
2. T o have a suspicious appearance, like that o f
o n e w h o is a c c o u n t e d a b l a c k g u a r d , ibid.
 L O W
3. To-gang huiclrin" about, to go about in a loi-
tering way, ibid.
Either from old Belg. lode homo agrestis, insulsus,
sordidos; or a deriv. from the cognate v. to Lout, q. v. nomical housewives.
LOUTHE, Abundance, Nithsdale.
ec I' the very first pow I gat sic a lout he o fish that
I carried till my back cracked again/' Remains of
Nithsdale Song, p. 286.
Allied perhaps to Isl. lod (prom loud), proventus
animus terrae, ut pote gram en, &c. Hal d orson * usus-
fructus territorii, fructus quem tell us fert annuus,
cum omni usufructu ; G. An dr.
T o L O U T H E R , v. n. 2. T o walk with diffi-
culty, &c.] Add;
This term is used in Fife, and expl. as signifying
to move in an aukward and hobbling manner, ap-
parently in haste, but making little progress/'
Isl. Icedurmanlega, impotenter; and Icedurmenska,,
delectus fbrtitudinis; Haldorson.
LOUT II EKING, part. adj. A loulherbig hizzie, or
/allow, one who does any thing in a lazy and
aukward manner, Fife.
L O U T H E R , s. A good for nothing person.
Their claes inaist leisurely they cast
About their shouthers ;
The master calls, Mak' haste, mak' haste,
Ye lazy lout hers. The liar si Rig, st. 117* use of hliod, sound.
Teut. ladder, scurra; nebulo; Isl. loedurmenni, ho-
muneio vilis, from loedr spuma ; Iodda re, impurus et
invisae notae tenebrio, G. An dr. ; loddari, nequam,
tenebrio. P rob ally allied to LOUT HER, V.
L O U T - S I I O U T I I E U ' N , L O U T - S H O U L D E R E D , adj. 1.
Having shoulders bending forward, S.
2. Metaph. applied to a building, one side o f which
is not perpendicular.
ee It has been a sore heart to the worthy people of
Port-Glasgow to think it is a received opinion,—-
that their beautiful steeple is lout-shouldered, when,
in fact, it is only the town-house that is lap-sided/'
The Steam-Boat, p. 119.
L O U V E R , 6'. T h e lure of a h a w k ; F r . leurrc.
— O u t of Canaan they have chac't them clean, L O W I E ,
Like to a east of falcons that pursue
A flight of pigeons through the welkin blew ;
Stooping at this and that, that to their louver,
( T o save their lives) they hardly can recover.
Z. Boyd's G-arden of Zion, p. 26.
T o L O W , v. a. T o higgle about a price, Loth. L O W I N S , s. pi. L i q u o r , after it has once passed
T o L O W , ZK N. T o stop, to stand still; used in
a negative sense; as, u H e never lows frae morn-
ing till night," Dumfr.
This seems equivalent to the vulgar phrase, " bend-
ing a hough," S.
Su.G. log, humilis. I find the v. only in Teut. leegh-
en, submittere, demittere; and in O.E. low to sink.
" Lowyn, or make lowe & meke. Idumilio." Prompt.
Parv.
T o L O W , v. 7?, T o burn, &c.] Add;
S* Used to express the parching effect o f great L O W I S , ,9. T h e island o f Lewis. V. LEWS.
thirst, S.
Wi' the cauld stream she quenclit her low an drowth,
Syne o' the eaten berrys eat a foutli,
That black an' rype upo' the bushes grew,
An' were now water'd wi' the evening dew.
Ross's Helenore, First Edit. p. 58.
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L O W
Add to etym.; Dan. lue, to flame; Isl. logandi ardens.
Low-, LOWE, S. 1. Flame, blaze, S . ] Add;
This term occurs in a S. Prov. often used by eco-
There's little wisdom in his pow,
Wha lights a candle at the low.
Maynes Siller Gun, p. 73.
More commonly; " T h e r e is little wit in the pow ,"&c.
O.E. lowe. " heme 01* lowe. Flamma." Prompt.
Parv. u Lowynge or lemynge of fire. Flammacio." lb.
This word evidently enters into the formation of
A.B01*. Lilly-low, ££ a BeUibleiz, a comfortable blaze;"
Ray's Coll. p. 47- The origin of lilly is not so ob-
vious. But it is most probably cp Ugly, from A.S.
lig flamma, in pi. fulgur, lightnings ; and lie similis.
JJglic would thus be, flammae, vel fulguri, similis.
This etymon indeed makes the term redundant. But
this is very common in composite terms.
Laye, East and South of E., seems the relique of
A.S. lig, Ray expl. it; " as Lowe in the North, the
flame of fire/"' Ibid. p. 104.
To LOWDEN. 2. T o speak little, &c.] Add;
I am now satisfied that this word, though synon.
with Loun, is radically different; as Isl. hliodn-a sig-
nifies tristari, demittere vocem ; and hliod-r is taci-
turn us ; Haldorson. Tata i hliodi, submisse loqui,
ibid. It is singular that this should be an oblique
L O W D E R , L O U T K E R - T R E E , S. A handspoke,
&c.] Add;
In Stirlingshire loothriek, as it is pronounced, and
lowder in Moray, signify a wooden lever. It is, be-
yond a doubt, originally the same word.
I11 the old Grotta-Saungr, or Quern-Sang of the
Northern nations, luthr signifies a hand-miln. Thaer
at luthri leiddar varo; cc They were led to the quern."
In genitive it is lutliur; as in the next stanza.
This is also written Lewder, q. v.
2. T h i s , pron. lewder, or hjerwder, is used to de-
note any long, stout, rough stick, Aberd.
3. A stroke or blow, Buchan.
A drone, a large, soft, lazy person,
R o x b . ; evidently from the same origin with
Lay, q. v.
L O W I E - L E B B I E , S. One that hangs on about
kitchens, ibid.
L O W Y I N G , part. adj. Idling, lounging, ibid.
through the still, F i f e ; either a corr. of the E .
phrase low wines; or, as has been supposed,
because o f the lowe or flame which the spirit
emits, in this state, when a little o f it is east
into the fire.
T w a pints of weel-boilt solid sowins,—
Syn't down wi' whey, or whisky to wins,
Before he'd want,
Wad scarce hae ser't the wretch.—
A. Wilson's Poems 1790, p. 9 1 .
L O W K I S , s.
6£ Item, xxj elnis of blak velvott of Lowkis." In-
ventories, A. 1542, p. ] 02.
This seems to be meant of Lucca, the capital of
the small republic of the same name in Italy; Fr.
Lucepues. The republic is denominated Lucquois. It
 L U C L U C
]s celebrated for the great quantity o f - t u i L of »iik, to the ear of n stranger q. luchkafach. It may be
whieh are made by it* inhabitant.-. V. Diet. Tree. observed, that luchd i> obviously from the same foun-
L O W - L I l i d ) , (alj. .Mean, having low propen- tain with LI. hod, lid, hjd, populus, comitates, mili-
sities or hubils. S. te> ; whence mo.-t probably Su.G. h/d-a to obey, hjd-
L O W K I E, I,Au i!ir..v. \l. A crafty person.] Add: acldig obedient, in a state of Mdqection. V. Li<:n>.
The legend of a lymmeris iyfe L L C ! IT, hrciiT, A lock of hair, Ettr. For.
44 flout fie! Wha ever saw young chields hae sic
Our Metn.politane of kyife ;—
Ane Irwrmul hnrric licherou- ; luchts o' \ el low hair hinging fleeing in the wind r"
Ane faU, tbrloppon, fenyeit freir, <S,:e. Teriis of Man, iii. 20 t.
I j'l: cud l>. St. And mix, Poems If)/// Petit. )). "Of). Su.G. lugg villus, floeeus quicunque; crines sin-
I ,ovvj> 11*-i.i K K, adj. I laving the crafty downcast eipitis.
iook of a fox, (' 1 vdes. h l ' C H T E R , ,v. c ; A n handful of corn in the
L ( ) \ V T T I E , adj. Heavy and inactive; as, a straw;" Gall. Encycl.; merely a variety o f Laeh-
lo:etfie 1 allow,"'" Life. t( r or Loehter.
E. lorrl, O.Tcut. facte, homo in-ulsus, stoiidus. L I ( K, .v. I j)oa tack's heady on chance, in a way
L O Z E \ \ -v. A pane of gla^s, S. | Add; of peradventure.
—Spider web.-, in dozens, " 'fhei'efore upon luck's head, (as we use to say)
I ling mirk athort tin- wiiuioek neuks, take your till of hi.-, love." Ruth. Lett. P. II. ep. 28.
Mai.-t dark'ning uj) the hr;cns. To LI'OK, n. T o have good or bad fortune,
./. 'll'itsous Vinms I.Sio, p. ;s8. S. ] Add;
L L l h .v. A nv thing hea vv and unwieldy, Dunii'r. The r. oee11is in an acti ve >en>e in O.E. I luekc
(M>. /A//, an unwieldy lump. one, I make hym 1 nekye or happye.— I h is a. happy
E L H B E R T I E , adj." L a z y , sluggish, L o t h . ; ])crso!i, for he hicketh euery place he Cometh i n ; —
Lubberly, E. II heure toutes les places oil il se treuue." Palsgr.
Junius derives E. lubber from Dan. lubhed, fat, \\. iii. F. iiS.5, 1).
gross. (The word, however, is lubbeii.) Haldorson L U C K E N , part. pa. 1. Closed, shut up, con-
gives the E. term as synon. with Isl. liibbi, which tracted.] Add;
primarily signifies hirsutus, shaggy like a d o g ; and Nelly's gawsy, saft, and gay,
in a secondary sense, servus ignavus. Fresh as the lucken flowers in May.
L U B I S , L I J B Y E S , L U B B I S , adj. Of or belonging Tib by Fonder, Herd's (ML ii. 104.
to Lubec. The term is retained in Yorks. <f Lucken-brow'd,
C£ Ane thousand lubifcs stok fish is ane last. Item, is hanging knit brows." Clav. Dial. Insert, as sense-
Twentie four hering barellis full of corn is ane last, 52. W e b b e d , S.
and auehtene boliis in Dauskcne" Balfour's Praet. The teal, insensate to her hapless fate,
Custumes, p. 88. At setting sun, amidst the loosen'd ice
Stock fish caught in the gulf of Lubec, which forms Her station takes. The lappcr'd ice, ere morn.
part of the Baltic.. Cementing firm, frae shore to shore involves
" xij Lubbis sh." Shillings of Lubec; Aberd. Reg. Her lucken feet, fast frozen in the flood.
Cent. lG. " xx merkis Lubis." Ibid. Davidson's Seasons, p. job.
L U C E , s. Scurf, Ettr. F o r . ; the same with Luss. In Judg. iii. 15. we read of a man left-lianded."
Generally used in relation to the head; but, accord- In Heb. it is,
cc shut of his right hand."

ing to M'Taggart, applied differently in Galloway. LUCKE\t-GOWAN, the globe flower.] Add ;
Luce, a blue matter which is scraped off the face The blossom of the globe-flower or lucken-gowan
in shaving;" Gall. Encycl. expands only in bright sunshine. In dull or cloudy
L U C E , s. Brightness, Ettr. For. weather, it remains closed, and forms a complete
This is undoubtedly allied to Fr. lueux, lueux, bright, globe.
shining. But perhaps it ought to be traced to Isl. This might seem to receive its name from Tent.
UoSy Su.G. liiis, lux, lumen, of which A.S. lias, flam- luyck-en claudere, to shut up, q. to lock ; in the same
mae, is evidently a cognate. manner as the Wood Anemone, A. nemorosa, is in
L U C H K T A E H , s. T h e name given to the b o d y - some parts of Sweden called Hwit/oe7«-or, and in others
guard of a chief in the Hebudae. Luck, because it shuts its flower during rain. Flos
" There was a competent number of young gen- sub pluvia caute clauditur; Linn. Flor. Suee. No. 485.
tlemen callM Luchklaeh, or Guard dc corps, who al- T o LUCKEN, v. a. 1. T o l o c k . ] Add;
ways attended the chieftain at home and abroad. 3. T o gather u p in folds, to pucker ; applied to
They were well trained in managing the sword and cloth.
<f Haddo prepared himself nobly for death, and
target, in wrestling, swimming, jumping, dancing,
shooting with bows and arrows, and were stout sea- caused make a syde boll and cloth sark, luckned at the
men." "Martin's West. Ish p. 103. head, for his winding-sheet." Spalding, ii. 218.
The Gael, exhibits several terms which seem al- " Luckned, gathered, applied to garmentQs]." GL.
lied : luclid, folks, people, equivalent to Fr. gensj Spald.
hichairt, retinue; luchd-coimhaidachd, id., servants in T o LUCKEN, v. n. T o adhere, to grow closely
waiting. O f the latter luchklaeh seems a corruption. together. A cabbage is said to lucken, whert
Especially as there are several quiescent letters in it grows firm in the heart, Ettr. F o r .
luchd-coimhaidachd, in pronunciation it would seem LUCKEN, S. A b o g , Ettr. F o r ,
84?
 L U F L U G
LUCKEN, S. " A n un split haddock half DRY;"
Gh Surv. M o r a y . Luck en-haddock, id. A b e r d .
It seems to be called lucken, as opposed to those
that are split or opened up.
LUCKEN-BIIOW'D, adj. Having the eye-brows close
on each other, Loth., Y o r k s . , id.
It is reckoned a good omen, if one meet a person
of this appearance as the first foot, or first in the
morning.
L U C K Y , adj. 1. B u l k y , S . ] Add ; Behald my liaise lufsum, and lilie quhyte.
Full, extending the due length, S.
" The sun has been set a lucky hour, and ye majr
as weel get the supper ready," It. Gilhaize, ii. 315.
3. Superabundant. Lucky measure, that which
exceeds what can legally be demanded, S.
LUCKY-PI10ACH, s. " T h e Fatherlasher,
fish, Frith of Forth.
" Cottus scorpius. Fatherlasher, or Lasher Bull-
head; Luchj-proach." Neill's List o f Fishes, p. 9.
LUCKIE'S-MUTCH, s. Monkshood, an herb, A c o -
nitum Napellus, L i n n . ; Lanarks.
Evidently denominated from the form of the flower,
wdience it has also received its F., and also its Swe-
dish name. For it is denominated Stornihait ; Linn.
Flor. Suec. No. 477.
L U C I V I I A S , s. " A cross-grained, cankered
gudewife Gall. Encycl.
The term is also used in the same sense in Berths.;
and is understood to be a contemptuous change of
the word Luckie, as applied to a woman. C.B. luch-
vrys and luchwres denote ardent heat, violent passion.
T o L U C I I I F I E , v. a. T o get in the way o f gain,
to gain.
<<r Peter—'exhorting the wyues to be obedient to
their husbands, say es, They lucrijie soules vnto Christ,
by their lyues without any speach. A woman will
winne soules by her life, albeit she speake not one
word." Rollock on 2 Thes. p. 144.
From Lat. lucri/i-eri, understood in an active sense.
L U D I B R I E , <v. Derision, object of mockery ;
Lat. huUbri-um.
<c By Popish artifice, tricks and treasure—the most
renowned court in the world is made the ludihrie and
laughing-stock of the earth." M 4 Ward's Contend-
ings, p. 346.
T o L U E , v. a. T o love, S.
Auld Rob Morris is the man ye maun hie.
Auld Rob Morris is the man I'll ne'er lue.
Herd's Coll ii. 12. V. LUF, V.
L U E L Y , adv. Softly, Perths.; most probably
from the same origin with Lor/, q. v.
L U E L Y , ,9. A fray, Strathmore.
L U F E , LUIF, &c. T h e palm.] Add to etymon ;
C.B. I tori, to handle, to reach with the hand, is un-
doubtedly allied. Owen writes not only Haw, but
Uawv, as signifying the hand ; the palm of the hand ;
pi. llovau.
L U F F I E , S. 1. A stroke, & e . ] Add;
% A sharp reproof, or expression of displeasure
in one way or another, S.
r " I'm playing the truant o'er lang; and if Mr.
Vellum didna think I was on some business of Lord
Sandy ford's, I wouldna be surprised if he gied me a
hofy when I gaed liame." Sir A. Wylie, ii. 26*0.
85
L U F R E N T , Affection, love.
The said gudis war frelie geivin and deliuerit by
him to his said dothir for dothirlie kindness and life-
rent he had to hir," &c. Aberd. Reg. A. 1543.
Perhaps from A.S. /co/dilectus, and raeden, law,
state, or condition ; corr. to rent, as in Manrenl.
Rent, however, in Norm. Sax. signifies eursus, also
redditus. V . D O T I I I K I U E .
L U F S O M E , L U S O M , adj. L o v e l y , S . ] Add;
Chat in. lajndsay, i. 375.
L U G , ,9. 1. T h e car, S.] Add}
Ben Jon son uses it in his Staple of Nerves, p. 69.
Your cares are in my pockety knave, goe shake
them,
a The little while you have them.
A fine round head, when those two lugs are off,
T o trundle through a pillory. J use/1, as sense
2. T h e short handle of any vessel when it projects
from the side; as, u the lugs o f a b i c k e r , — o f
a b o y n , " &c. T h e " lags of a pat" are the little
projections in a pot, resembling staples, into
which the bout or handle is hooked, S.
" Ansa, the lug of any v e s s e l D e s p a u t . Gram.
B. iv. a.
6. To Ilirigy or Liang by the Lag of any thing*
to keep a firm hold of it, as a bull-dog does of
his p r e y ; metaph. to adhere firmly to one's p u r -
pose, or steaddy to observe one course, S.
ec Since the cause is put in his hand, ye have ay
good reason to king by the lug 1fit." Mich. Br Lice's
Lectures, Sec. p. 54.
7. He has a Flea in his Lug, a proverbial phrase
equivalent to that, 44 There's a bee in his ban net-
l u g , " i. e. he is a restless, giddy fellow, L o t h .
8. To lay one's Lugs in, or amcing, to take c o -
piously of any meat or drink, S. ; a l o w phrase,
borrowed perhaps from an animal, that dips or
besmears its ears, from eagerness for the f o o d
contained in any vessel.
T o L I J G , V. a. T o cut off one's ears, A b e r d .
L U G - B A B , s. A ribbon-knot, or tassel at the ban-
net-lug, Fife. V. BAB, <?..
L U G G I T or L O W G I T B I S C H , a wooden bowl or ves-
sel, made of small staves, with upright handles;
cp an eared dish.
" The air shall haue—ane beif plait, ane luggit
disch," &c. Balfour's Praetieks, p. 235.
" Item, ane luggit dische without ane cover." In-
ventories, A. 1542, p. 72.
Here the term is used in reference to silver work.
" vj lowgit dischis of pewtyr, v j chandlerris, ane
quart of tyne, tua gardinaris, vj gobillattis of tyne,
iiij plaittis, iij compter futtis, ane sauser, v trim-
ehouris of tyne, ane keist [chest]." Aberd. Reg. A.
1 5 3 5 , V. 1 5 , p. 6 7 4 .
This denomination seems to fix lug, the ear, as ex-
clusively the origin of S. Luggie, q. v.
L U G - K N O T , 6-. A knot o f ribbons attached to the
ear or front of a female's dress; synon, Lug-bab.
A n d our bride's maidens were na feu,
W i ' top-knots, lug-knots, a' in bleu.
Muirland Willie, Herd's Coll. ii. 76.
L U C - L A C I I E T , 6'. A b o x on the ear, Aberd.
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LUG-MAIIK, $. A mark cut in the ear o f a sheep, A ran for the t o p o f a c h i m n e y , S . O .
L T / M - 1 ' T O , .S\
that it m a y he known, S. T h e doors did ring—lum-piiss down tuml'd,
Thev receive tin* artificial marks to distinguish T h e straw n - gush'd b i g — t h e .synk.s loud ruml'd.
to whom they belong ; which are. the farmer's initial I'annuhitl' Poems, p. J lM). V. PIG.
stamped upon their no-e with a hot iron, — and also L U M B A l l T , .y. .Apparent lv, the skirt o f a coat.
marks into the ear with a knife, designed Ing-tnark." fC Item, the b o d y and lumbar lis of ane jornay o f

Agr. Surv. JYeb. p. J'Jl. V. I b n x , 15IR\K. velvott of the col lour of seiche skin." Inventories,
T o 1' j r (»- M A a K . r. a. I. T o m a k e a slit, o r notch in A . 1 1 - J , p. {)[).
llit.1 ear o f a sheep : as, tc a lug-murk'it e w e , " S. Fr. Ittmhuire, o f or belonging to the flank or loin ;
When the wearing of patches came first in fashion, Lat. linn ha.
an old A n g u s /turd, w h o was making a visit to a L U M M I N G , adj. A term applied to the weather
neighbour baronet, on observing that one o f the when there is a. thick rain, G a l l o w a y .
y o u n g ladies had both earrings and patches, cried " T h e weather is said to be I urn minx when raining
out in apparent surprise, in obvious allusion to the thick ; a him <: a da if, a very wet day ; the rain is just
means employed by .store-farmers for preserving Coming lamming d o w n , when it rains fast." (bail. Enc.
their sheep ; W o w , w o w ! Mrs. Janet., vour father < I have met with no cognate term. V. LOOM v.
been michtilie flevd for tyning vou, that he's, baith L I • M P I ' J L -v. T h e name given to one w h o f u r -
[ng-nuirkif ve and tar-markit \c." nishes ballast for ships, G r e e n o c k ; apparently
T o punish bv c r o p p i n g the ears. S. from lis being put on board by the lump.
W e ha*, e—iii;' fury of the open enemv to abide, L U N G I K , v. ' TJ U . G u i l l e m o t .
who are employ ing all their might,— in imprisoning, " i \\a--> a ban Id craigsnian -ance in m y life, and
.stigmatising, hinan-Ling, bani-hing. and killing.'" monv a kilt leu ake's and IH//L TVS ne.-.t hae I harried
Society Contending.-, p. i S l . up aiming thae very black rocks." Antiquary,
LUG-SKY, .v. T i l e same with Kar-xkij, O r k n . V. 1. I b l , lb.J. V. L o m m l
SKY, ,v. 1 . U ' N V I l b .v. (proii. as if I'/nn-ic.) A wallet.
L U G G E N I S , s.pl Lodgings; Aberd. Eeg. " Here's to the pauky loun, that gaes abroad with
Cent. 1 6 . a tume }>ock, and comes hame with a l o w lunyic."
L U G G I E , .9. " T h e h o r n e d o w l G a l l . E n c . ; V. H u m p h r y ('linker.
evidently denominated from its l o n g ears. L e x YiK-JoixT, ,y. T h e joint o f the loin o r h i p ,
" Its horns or ears are about an inch l o n g , and con- Roxb.
sist o f six feathers variegated with yellow and black." LuNYIE-SHOT, adj. H a v i n g the h i p - b o n e d i s -
Penn. Zool, i. 155, 156. j o i n t e d , S.
L U G G I E , adj. 1. A p p l i e d to corn which g r o w s <f T.unieshotl—the loin bone gone out of its socket."
mostly to the straw, S . B . Gall. Kncycl.
H e a v y , sluggish, S. L U N K EI H J L E , .v. A hole in a stone wall f o r
LUGHT, " A lock. V. L I J C H T . t he eon venieney o f shepherds, Ay r rs.
L U G I N A R , .5*. O n e w h o lets l o d g i n g s . Perhaps f or tlie purpose of taking a peep at their
<4' That all prowest & balyeis within ony b u r g h e flocks. Teut. Iouch-en, limis obtueri.
or tovne—aviss with, thar luginaris & hostiilaris with- L U N K I E , $. A n aperture in a d y k e , E t t r . F o r . ;
in thar bondis anent the lugin, the honesty tharof, synon. Can die. E v i d e n t l y the same with the
& the price that sail be pait thar for." A c t s J a. I V . preceding word.
1508, Ed. 1814, p. 243. L T J N K I E , adj. Close and sultry, d e n o t i n g the
L U G I S . Inventories, p. 266. V. HINGARE, oppressive state o f the atmosphere b e f o r e rain
L U I E E , s. Luife and lie, a sea-phrase used m e - o r t h u n d e r , Stirling's.
taphorically. L U X K I E N K S S , S. T h e state o f the atmosphere as
— This lies drowned hole dioceis, y e sie, a b o v e d e s c r i b e d , ibid.
Wanting the grace,"when he s h u l d g y d e t h e ruther, Dan. lunkcn lukewarm, lunk-er to m a k e l u k e -
H e lattis his scheip tak in at luife and lie. warm ; Isl. lunkaleg-r calidus, blandus ; Su.G. Hum
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Pref. p. 307- tepid us. T h e radical word is Su.G. hj, id.
A s ruther means rudder, scheip is certainly an L U N K I T , adj. Lukewarm.] Add;
errat. for schip, ship. This is said to tak in, or Lunlcit sow ens, sowens beginning to thicken in
leak, both on the windward and on the lee side, boiling, Loth.
both when the mariners luff, and when they keep LUNNER, A smart stroke, D u m f r .
t o the lee. Yet, hopes that routh o' g o u d he'd find
L U I G , s. A hovel, Strathmore. B e l g . log, a O'er's love did come a lunner
mean h o v e l . V . LUGGIE, and LOGE. Right fell that day.
L U M , LUMB, S. 1. A c h i m n e y , S . ] Add; Davidson's Seasons, p. 18.
3. T h e w h o l e o f the b u i l d i n g appropriated for one This is evidently a provinciality for Lou?ider.
or m o r e chimneys, the stalk, S. L U N T , s. 1. A s in E . a m a t c h . ] Insert, as sense
D a v i d Broune did point the low-gallery totally 2. A torch.
on the back syde and from the yeate to the lumni only T h e said Captane passed furth with his men o f
on the foresvde." Lamont's Diary, p. 174. warre, as t h o u g h they went to see some m e n that
C.B. llumon a c h i m n e y ; which Owen deduces from was going u p o n the croftis with lunttis." Bannatyne'a
limn, that w h i c h shoots up, or ends in a point. Journal, p. 1 3 2 .
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$. A piece o f peat, or purl (hardened horse or cow
dung), or rag, used for lighting a fire, L o t h .
4. T h e flame of a smothered fire which suddenly
bursts into a blaze, T e v i o t d .
T o LUNT, v. n, 1. T o emit smoke in columns,
S.] Add;
2. T o blaze, to flame vehemently, South o f S.
" If they burn the Custom-House, it will catch
here, and will lunt like a tar barrel a thegether."
Guy Mannering, iii. 173.
. T o LUNT arm, often used in the same sense ; g e -
nerally applied to the smoking of tobacco ; as,
c< She's I an tin awa w*f her pipe," 1 S.
T o LUNT, v. a. T o emit smoke in puffs, S.
The luckies their tobacco hinted.
And leugli to hear.—
Davidson s Seasons, p. 39-
Auld Simon sat I anting his euttie
An' loosing his buttons for bed.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 1Q0.
T o L U N T , v. 7i. T o walk quickly, R o x b . ; to
walk with a great spring, Dimifr.
Up they gat a greenswaird mountain;—
This they clam, the twasome I an tin*
To keek oure the stretching dales.
A. Scott's Poems, 1811, p. 174.
* Lunt in—cr Walking at a brisk pace," N. ibid.
Most probably an oblique sense of Lunt as denot-
ing the sudden rising of smoke.
LUNT, S. U A great rise and fall in the mode o f
walking,11 D u m f r .
L U P , LUPIS. Lup schilling, apparently a coin
o f Lippe in Westphalia; Lat. Lupia.
" Aucht daleiris & tuelf Lup schillingis." Aberd.
Reg. A . 1568, V, 25. J o pay x sh. for ilk mark
lupis that he was awand." Ibid.
L U R D , s. A blow with the fist, Aberd.
Isl. lur-a signifies coereere, and lurad-r quassatus.
L U R D A N E , LUIIDON, -v. E A worthless per-
son.] Add;
" Upon Yool-even James Grant goes some gate
of his own, leaving Balnadallach in the kiln-logic
betwixt tliir two lurdanes," &c. Spalding's Troubles,
i. 38. Gl. " lurdane, a vagabond." In the preceding
sentence, the same persons are called " lymmers."
Insert, in etymon, 1. 4. before—Bullet;
Palsgr. expl. lurdayne by Fr. lourdault; B. iii. F. 46.
Elsewhere he gives the following phrase ; " It is a
goodly syght to se a yonge lour day nc play the lorell
on this lacy on : II fait beau veoir vng ieune lourdault
loricardei* en ee poynt." F. 318, a.
LURDEN, adj. Heavy ; as, a hir den nevvil
a heavy or severe blow, Berwicks. V.. LUR-
D A N E , ,9.
LURE, A n u d d e r . ] Add ; pell em fraetam, nec assiblays cum auro vel^argento ;
Both Lluyd, in his list of Welsh words omitted by
Davies, and Owen, mention llyr, Ihyr, as signifying
an udder. * °
L U S B I R D A N , * . pi. Pigmies, West. Isl.
" The Island of Pigmies, or, as the natives call it,
the Island of Little Men, is but of small extent. There
lias [have] been many small bones dug out of the
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ground here, resembling those of human kind more
than any other. This gave ground to a tradition
which the natives have of very low-statured people
living once here, eall'd Lusbirdan, i. e. Pigmies."
Martin's Western Islands, p. 19-
Th is term might seem to have some resemblance
of Gael, luchurman, which signifies a pigmy. But I
suspect it is rather of northern origin. In Isl. tin/ling
is an elf, a fairy, a good genius ; Daemon mitis, says
G.Andr. p. I(i8. ihit it may have been formed from
Su.G. Isl. litis light, also clear, candidus, and hir ting
manifestatio, from birt-a manifestare; q. appearing
bright. Birting, persona vel res albicans; Haldorson.
Or perhaps from by rd germs, familia, q. "the white,"
or bright family."
L U S C A N , s. E x p l . " a lusty beggar and a
thief ^ Gall. Encych
O.Flandr. luyss-ch-cn, Germ, lusch-en, latitare; in-
sidiari. Su.G. toesk, persona fixas sedes non habens.
L U S E R V I E , s.
" Item ane pair of slevis of luservie fly pan d bak-
wart with the bord of the same." Inventories, A.
1561, p. 128.
Perhaps for lulervie. This might be a corruption
of Fr. loutre vive, live otter. But I know not how the
designation would be applicable. This must be a
species of fur; for the title is Furrenis, i. e. Furrings.
LUSTING,
" The setting, lusting Sz rasing of the said fysell-
ing." Aberd. Reg. A.°l 538, V. 16.
Can this mean invading; as allied to Su.G. lysc-a,
Isl. liost-a, per cute re.
L U S T Y , adj. 2. Pleasant, delightful.] Add;
The term occurs in this sense in a song, the first
verse of which is quoted in The Com.playnt of Scot-
land, printed A. 1548.
O lustie Maye, with Flora queen,
The balmy drops from Phoebus sheen,
Prelusant beams before the day, &c.
Herd's Coil. ii. 212.
L U T E , prct. L e t out.
— t c The personis quha lute thair money to proffelt,
<—lies compellit the ressauearis of the money to pay
in tyme of derth the annuelrent of tua, three, or four
bollis victuall yeirlie for ilk hundreth in ark is money."
Acts Ja. VI. 1597, Ed. 1814, p. 120. V. L U I T .
LUTERRIS, pi.
" Item ane gowne of purpour velvot, with ane
braid pasment of gold and silvir, lynit with luterris-,
furnist with buttonis of gold." Inventories, A. 1539,
p. 32. Luterdis, p. 77.
Fr. loutre, Lat. Intra, L.B. luter, an otter. Lu I err is
here evidently denotes some fur used as lining ; and
we find lout res conjoined with ermines, in the Catalan
Constitutions, in a statute of James E king of Aragon.
Nec portet—nee ermini 11111^ nec lutriam, nee aliam
sed erminium, vel lutriam integrant simplicem solum-
modo in longitudine incisam circa capuciam capae,
&e. V. Du Cange, vo. Luter, and Cidlellare.
L U T T E N , part.pa. L e t , suffered, permitted, S
Pd—syne play'd up the runaway bride,
And bitten her tak the gie.
Runaway Bride, Herd's Coll ii. 38. V. LUIT.
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LUWME, L W M E , -V. A V. RAVING l o o m . ane pair o f warpein staikis." A b e r d . Reg. A . 1545,
This orthography occur.- in conjuction w i t h vari- v . 1 y.
ous correlate terms not ea-y to he understood. Wounc seems to b e for woollen, as hjning is for linen.
cs The tvmmer of* ane in mm- limine, ane lyninta Pi/rij quheilf, prol)ably small or little wheel. Fidis
lwme, twa fid is, ane w arpein fat, ane pyrv quheid, may be treadles, from Jil the foot, q. Jit lies.

M.
M A , pron. pcm. M y , Tweedd, direetaris of .-de lettres, deliuer thame m f eme Cum-
" I shuck ma pock clean toom—at twalhour's ing to he execut. be the ordinar hei'anldb, ami pur-
time." Saint. Patrick, i. 71- M'iuouh^ bcrand coittis of a m i e s or natxari.s, to be
\\ A A . M A W , A wlsit, E o l b . AVCT F/ v.dt he thame a ^ o f bef..h\" Ibid. A. i.VS', p. 555.
///////, never a wlnt, L a i . ne hiuu.i. — " Tile nomination of the t/taecrs hath, for two
In the s m i c form, tins wnnl is al-o preceded, Cent urie.> pa-t. been eit her m the crow 11, or in pri v ate-
(doubtless under the idea o f greatly increasing the families, in \ irtue oi' special grant*, iroui tlu. c r o w n . "
emphasis), with the favourite terms, Foul Fiend, Deil. Er.ddne^ In>t. B. i. tit. iv, i 3:;.
M A A 1 ) , M A W D , .9. A plaid, fccc. V. M A C n . L.Ik masser-ius, qui massa/a seu clavam fert,—
M A A D E l t , inter). A term used to a horse, to serviens armorum, nostris olim Masser, vel Serjeant
make h i m g o to the left hand, A b e r d . a masse, nunc Massier; l)u Cango. Ital. ma:.:Siere ;
ALA H E R , ,5'. M a r b l e , perhaps an erratum for Car pen tier.
mar her, f r o m F r . marhre.
M A C F A R L A N E ' S B O U A T , the moon. V.
£ : Item, an figure of a rnanis lieid o f nailer."
BOIJAT.
In-
M A C H C O L I N G , .v. V . MACHICOULES.
ventories, A . 15(il, p. 158.
MAOIII (JOULES, ,9. pi The openings in the
M A C A L I V E C A T T L E , those a p p r o p r i a t e d ,
floor o f a battlement.
in the H e b r i d e s , to a child wdio is sent out to
" I have observed a difference in architecture b e -
be fostered.
£- These be.istsareconsidered as a portion, and eaded
twixt the English and Scotiid) towers. T h e latter
usually have upon the top a projecting battlement,
Moeahee cattle, of which the father ha.-, the produce,
with interstices, anciently called machicoules, betwixt
but is supposed not to have the full property, but to
the parapet and the wall, through which stones or
o w e the same number to the child, as a portion to the
darts might be hurled upon the assailants. T h i s kind
daughter, or a stock for the son." Johnson's Journey,
o f fortification is less common 011 the south b o r d e r . "
W o r k s , viii. 374. V . DALT.
Minstrelsy Border, i. Introd. lxxvi. N.
This term seems of Gael, origin, and com p. o f mac
K . James V . grants to John L o r d D r u m m o n d the
a son, and oilcamh-nam (oileav-narn) to foster, q. the
liberty o f erecting a castle at his Man our o f D r u m -
cattle belonging to the son that is fostered.
m o n d — " fundandi, &c.—eastrum et for tali eium m u -
M A C D O N A L I T S D I S E A S E , the n a m e given
ris lapideis et fossis, ac cum le fowseis et barm kin
to an affection o f the l u n g s , Perths.
fortifieaiidi, et circumcingendi portisque ferreis et
There is a disease called Glacach, b y the H i g h -
clausuris revoeandi firm an di et muniendi, ac c u m le
landers, w h i c h , as it affects the chest and lungs, is
inachcoling, batteling, portculicis, drawbriggis, et
evidently o f a consumptive nature. It is called the
omnibus aliis apparatibus," &c. A p u d Edin. Oct- 20,
Macdonald's disease, because there are particular
1 4 9 1 . — O r i g . in Charter-room at D r u m m o n d Castle.
tribes of Macdonalds, w h o are believed to cure it with
Fr. machecouUs, maschecoidis, used as a s. singular,
the charms o f their touch, and the use of a certain set
" t h e stones at the foot o f a parapet (especially over
o f words. T h e r e must b e no fee given o f any kind.
a gate) resembling a grate, through which offensive
Their faith in the touch o f a Macdonald is very
things are throwne upon pioners, and other assail-
great." Stat. A c c . P. Logierait, V . 84.
ants ; " Cotgr. It is compounded o f masch-er, to
M A C E R , M A S SEE, M A S AIL, S. A mace-bearer,
c h e w , to champ, to grind, and coulisse, " a portcullis,
one w h o bears the mace b e f o r e persons in au-
01* any other d o o r , or thing, w hich, as a portcullis,
thority, a n d preserves o r d e r in a c o u r t , S .
falls, or slips, or is let, d o u n e ; " ibid. This is evi-
— O f late yeiris there is enterit in the office of
dently from coul-er to slide, to glide. T h e idea, c o n -
amies si 11 d r y extraordiner masseris and pursevantis,"
v e y e d b y the c o m p o u n d term, seems to be, some-
&e. Acts James V I . 1587, c. 30, p. 4 4 9 , E d . 1814.
thing that is let fall or glides down for the purpose o f
Maissers and Maisseres, Skene.
grinding the assailants.
fC That our souerane lordis thesaurair, and vtheris
O . F r . maclie-coules, mache-coulis, &c. is described
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by Roquefort as a projecting parapet on the top of holding meal; pronounced maider, like Gr. -/,;
towers and castles, from which the defenders showered W e s t of S. T h e southern synon. is Handle.
down perpendicularly on the besiegers stones, sand, C.B. meidijr, medr, a measure, math ar vesyr, m o -
and rosin or pitch in a state of fusion. di us, a bushel. Sicambr. and Mod. Sax. malder, mai-
Rabelais uses the term in the form of maehicolis, ler, mensurae aridae genus; synon. with Teut. mudde,
Prol. B. iii. This is rendered by our Sir T. Urquhart, modi us. In L.B. this term assumes the forms of
Port-cidleys. Maldrus, ]\Iald rum, Mailer, 2Ial(ra, Mall rum, Sec. de-
The ancient kings of England, when they give a noting a measure of four •modii. But the extent is
right to build a castle, mention this as one of the pri- uncertain.
vileges granted, imbattellaiidi, kernillandi, } Inch la il- M A D D E I I S ' - E U L L , as much as would fill the corn-
ia) id i. Hence Du Cange gives Machicoll-are as a L.B. measure called a -madder, S.().
v. formed from the Fr. s. Machacollandura occurs in The prosecutor again implored his Lordship'to
the same sense with the term under consideration. make the young man marry bis daughter, or free
Spelnian deduces the word from Fr. masccl or nili- her to the session, which sure enough was not easy,
cit il, maiidibalum, ajaw-bone, and coulisse a cataract; seeing she had oaths of him; and was there at home
either because it projected from the wal I like a j a w - crying out her eyes madders' j'idI, fit neither for mill
bone, or because it crushed the assailants as our jaw- nor moss/' Saxon and Gael, i. 2.
bones do meat. M A D D I E , S. A large species o f muscle, Isle o f
• M A C U L E (gutt.), v. a. • T o busy one's self do- Harries.
ing nothing to purpose, to be earnestly engaged About a league and a half to the south of the
yet doing nothing in a right manner, Perths. ; island f lermetra in Harries, lies Eoch-AIaddy, so
" Y e l l maclde yoursell in the mids o f your call'd. from the three rocks without the entry on the
wark —perhaps a variety of 3lag-il^ q. v. south .side. They are eail'd Maddies, from the great
M A C H L E S S (gutt.), adj. " Feebler T h i s is the quantity of big nm.sele^, called Maddies. that grow.-;
pronunciation of Loth. I t is generally used in upon them/' Marine's West. Is), p. ,>k
an unfavourable sense ; as, Get up, ye nine It- Gael, j/'iai(IC(;g, theshell culled ConchaVeneris; Shaw.
less brute V V. MAUCIITLESS. M A D I M E , s. One abbrev. of Ma glial en., S. V.
M A C K , MAK, adj. Neat, t i d y ; nearly synon. MAI: sr..
with Purpose-like, R o x b . V. M A C K L I K E . M A D G E , ,y. 1. A designation given to a female,
MACKLIKE, adj. 1. A very old word, expl. tight, partly in contempt and partly in sport, Lanarks.
neat, Ettr. For. ; synon. Purpose-like. Synon. Ilussie, E. Quean.
<: We had na that in our charge ; though it would (< That glaikit madgeheddy Sibby's aff to the half-
be far mail* mack-like, and far mair feasible,—to send merk wi' the Count; but after a' its neither stealin
yon great clan o' ratten-nos'd chaps to help our mas- nor murder." Saxon and Gael, iii. 106'.
ter, than to have them lying idle, eating you out o* A n abbrev. of Magdalen, S.
house and hauld here." Perils of Man, ii. 70. M A D - L E E X ) , adj. "Expl. a " mad strain; 1 GL
Teut. mackelick, ghe-mackcUck,, commodus, facilis, Tarrus. It is occasionally used in this sense ;
lentus, leu is. Ghe-mackctick •mensch, homo iron d it'- B u chain
ll cil is aut morosus, tractabilis, faeilis. Belg. •maldik, Wiiare will ye laud, when days o' grief
easy; from Teut. •mack commodus, Belg. •mak, tame, Come sleekin in, like midnight thief,
gentle. Tlie term in its simple form corresponds
A n d nails yir mad-Iced vauntin ?
with Su.G. mak commoditas, Isl. mak quies, whence
Tarrass Poems, p. 1?'.
maklig commodus. These words in Dan. assume the
Q. the language of a madman. V. LEID, language.,
form of mag ease, comfort, mage lie commodious.
M A D L I N G S , adv. In a furious manner.
Macklike must be viewed as originally the same
" Satan—being cast out of men, he goeth madlings
with Makly, adv. evenly, equally, q. v. The transi-
in the swine of the world:—putting forth his rage
tion from the idea of easiness or commodity to that
where he may,, seeing he cannot where hee would/"
of neatness is \ ery natural; as denoting something
that suits the purpose in view. A similar transition Forbes on the Revelation, p. 103. V. L I N G I S , term.
is made when it is transferred to a person. M A D L O C K S , M I L K - M A - D L O C K S , s . pi. Oatmeal
Seemly, well-proportioned, S . A . brose made with milk instead of water, Renfr.
M A C K E H - L I K E , adj. M o r e proper, in ore beseem-, Should we view this as mat-locks, it might be traced
ing, or becoming, Ettr. For. to Ish mat cibus, and lock-a alii cere; q. "enticing
This is merely the comparative of Macldike, the food/' But any derivation must be merely conjectural.
mark of comparison being interposed between the M A E , s. A bleat, S.J Add;
c2. A name used to denote a sheep or lamb,Dumfr.
component parts of the word, euphoniae causa, in the
same manner as Thiefer-like, &c. T h i s has probably been introduced by children^
M A D , MAUD, S. A term, used in Clydesdale, to if not confined to them.
denote a net for catching salmon or trouts, fixed M A E , adj. M o r e in number. V . MA.
in a square form by four stakes, and allowed to T o M A G G , v. a. T o defraud a purchaser o f
stand some time in the river before it be drawn. coals, b y laying off part of them by the way,
C . B . mazvd,—that is open, or expanding. Loth.
M A D D E R , 6-. A vessel used about milns for u They were a bad pack—Steal'd meat and rnault,

VOL. I I . 89 M
 M A G M A I
and loot the carters niagg the coals." Heart of Mid this princess has been mistaken for that o f the
Loth. iv. 115. work.
M A G G I E. MAG,; v. -v. A spec IT s of till, a. term M A ! I K R S . >;./,/. A tract of low, wvt-ivnm land.,
u<( (1 ! > v coal lie is, Lanark^, o f a mar-h v and moorv nature;*" (bail. Kncve!.
"l'he i.u.'**1 i i » M i n o i i variety <*f till, in this coun- Gael. .-aarho/re binplv d e n o t e a field, a nlaio
trv, is one t h.'it hv tin; miners is called d/7/e'e</. It Shaw ; from magh, a level conntrv. (Mb mar, what
i.- iurinnh'-nt on a eoaise iron-stone." l.'re'.-> Hist. is flat; whence moron, a flat, a homea
J? lit i'u-!''ldt-ii - })• 25.J. M A. V . .v. A b b re v. of Marhric. S. V. aIVSIK.
M A G G I 1 I T X D Y . a. deHgnation given to a, fe- .'J A V , .v. T i m name of the fifth month. This L
male who is rnjod at t u f t i n g for herself, Koxb. reckoned unlock v for marriage, S.
V. F i >; i > v. M ]-.< E'/.y and me. we were married on the 2iM.il
M A G G I H M O N Y F E E T , a centipede. V. dav of A pi'i b v. 111 i -• >m.• i!:{'n! i \ (-iiicncc t o hot h .sides,
M ON'Y 1' K K T . on account of the dread that we had of being mar-
H A G G L E R A H , M A C C Y R O B B , 1. A bad half- ried in >;a v : f< -r \< .- aid,
penny, S. O f the marriages in May,
91. A bad vile ; as, " l i e ' s a very guid man, but Tiie bairns die (,[' a. d""av."
I trow he's gotten a Ma^tj Rob <) u wife Ann. of the Par. p. W.
.\s a woman v. iii not marry in May, neither will
Aberd.
she .v,, -//// (wean) her child in that month." .Edin.
T o M A G I L , M A ro I L, M A G G L K , a. T o
Mag. Nov. ISIS, p. MO.
lii.'iii'jir. j , '(/(/;
The ancient Romans deemed May an unlucky
•• '{ ia-v C an n . it: ed I; ["lb.- W'ol'k < J * rs'LOR; aat mil"]
month for matrimony.
TO VH: wlu-.Ie and HJIDH! at vour d o o r ; and whist, a
Those days are om'nous to the nuptial tye,
nt a n it led work you have made of it now, the heavens
For she who marries then ere long will die;
and the earth may bear witness." .Mich. Bruce "s
And let me here remark, the vulgar say,
So\d Confirmation. p. 21. f Unlucky are the wives that wed in May.'
M A G I S T R A N 1 ) , MAGESTHAXD, 1. T h e
Ovid's Fasti., by Masseif, p. 278.
denomination given to those who are in the
M A Y - B I U D , .y. A person born in the month of
highest, philosophical class, before graduation.
M a y , S.
It. is retained in the University o f Aberdeen ;
The use of the term bird, in relation to man, is
prim. Maoistrami,
evidently borrowed from the hatching of birds.
"l. T h e designation given to the M o r a l Philoso-
It would seem that some idea of wantonness is at-
piiv ( l a s s , Aberd.
tached to the circumstance of being hatched or born
The Maisest rands (as now) convened in the high
in this month. Hence the Pro v. " May-birds are ay
bail : which wa>. also the solemne place of meeting
wanton," S.
at. pnblick acts examinations and graduations."
M A T C H , M A C I T , (gutt.), Son-in-law. J Add;
< 'ran bird's Jibt. bniv. Edin. p. 24. ic Mauf denotes a brother-in-law, N. of E." Grose.
" Maoist rand Class.—The science of astronomy This is evidently a corr. pronunciation formed from
employs the beginning of the fourth year, and com- A.S. maeg, mag, the guttural sound being changed
pletes the physical part of the course. Under the into that of f, as in laugh, See. It is merely a varia-
term moral philosophy, which forms the principal tion of nieaugh mentioned above.
part of the instruction of the fourth year, is compre- M A I C H L E S S , adj. Feeble, wanting bodily
hended every thing that relates to the abstract sci- strength, Eife. V . M A U C H T L E S S .
ences," &c. Thorn's Hist. Aberd. ii. A pp. p. 8 9- M A Y - B E , adv. Perhaps, S .
L.B. m agist, rari, academica laurea donari. Magis- " Your honour kens liiony things, but ye dinna ken
Irand would literally signify, " about to receive the the farm o' Charlie's-hope—it's sae weei .stocked al-
degree of Master of Arts." ready, that we sell maybe sax hundred pounds off it
M A G N I F I C K N E S S E , s. Magnificence. ilka year, flesh and fell thegitber." Guy Mannering>
— I look upon it [ X y o n s j as one of the best and iii. 2 2 4 .
c e

most important towns in France, both for the magni-

M A I D , A maggot, S . B . ] Add;
Jieknesse of the buildings, [ a n d ] the great trafique
O.E. " Mathe worme" is given as synon. with
it hath with almost all places of the world, to which
Make ; Prompt. Parv.
the situation o f it betwixt two rivers, the So ane and
In Galloway, made, obviously the same word,
the Rhosiie is no small advantage." Sir A . Balfour's
is restricted to the larvae o f maffo-ots.
Letters, p. 86. (i Mades, the larvae, or seed of mawks ; maggots as
M A G U E I T , s. T h e designation given to one
laid by the blue douped maw king flee, or maggot fly,
o f the books in the royal library.
fC The magreit of the queue of Navarre."
on humplid or putrid flesh." Gall. Encycl.
Inven-
tories, A. 157S, p. 245. Add to etymon ;—C.B. 7nagiad, a worm.
This must have been a misnomer of the person M A I D , M A D E , adj. Fatigued, A b e r d . V . M A I T .
who made the catalogue, or who pretended to read M A I D E N , A n instrument for beheading.] Add;
the titles of the books to him. The work undoubt- W e learn from Godscroft, that Morton had caused
edly was the celebrated Coxites et Nouvelles de this instrument to be made " after the patterne which
Marguerite, Reine de Navarre. But the name of he had seen in Halifax in Yorkshire;" p. 856.
90
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M A I D E N , s. 1. T l i e name given to the last
handful of corn, &c.] A f t e r quotation from
Douglas, Insci't ;
His young companions, on the market-day,
Now often meet in clusters to survey
Young Gilbert's name, in gowden letters grace
The largest building in the market-place ;—-
And if they have a trifle out to lay,
T o put it in a former neighbour's w a y ;
— W h o had with them for wedding bruises run,
And from them oft the harvest maiden won.
Train's Moan lain Muse, p. Q5.
The natives of the Highlands seem to have bor-
rowed the name from those of the Lowlands. For
the}* call this last handful of corn Maidhdean-buain,
or Maidhdean-puain, i. e. the shorn maiden. When
expressed literally, it is denominated mir-garr, i. e.
tlie last that is cut.
I am much disposed to think that the figure of the
Maiden is a memorial of the worship of Ceres, or the
goddess supposed to preside over corn. Among the
ancients, ears of corn were her common symbol. II ud-
beck has endeavoured to shew that the very name of
Ceres is the same with Kaera and Kacrna, the desig-
nations given by the idolatrous Goths to the goddess
o f corn. V. Atlaiit ii. 447. 449. It is remarkable,
indeed, that the name of kirn-balri/, or kern-babjj,
should still be given to the little image, otherwise
called the Maiden. Fancy might suggest, that the
struggle for this had some traditionary reference to
the rape of Proserpine, the daughter of Ceres.
" At the IIa wide, as it is called/' says a learned
traveller, " or Harvest-Home Qn the city of Cam-
bridge] I have seen a clown dressed in woman's
clothes, having his face painted, his head decorated
with ears of corn, and bearing about him other sym-
bols of Ceres, carried in a waggon, with great pomp
and loud shouts, through the streets ;—and when I
inquired the meaning of tlie ceremony, was answer-
ed by the people, that " the if were drawing the HAR-
V E S T - Q U E E N . " Clarke's Travels through Greece, &c.
p. 229, N.
O that year was a year forlorn !
Lang was the har'st and little corn !
And, sad mischance! the Maid was shorn
After sunset * !
As rank a witch as e'er was born,
They'll ne'er forget!
The Har'st Rig, st. 142.
* " This is esteemed exceedingly unlucky, and
carefully guarded against." N. ibid.
As in the North of S., the last handful of c o m for-
feits the youthful designation of Maiden, when it is
not shorn before Hallowmas, and is called the Car-
tin ; when cut down after the sun has set, in Loth,
and perhaps other counties, it receives the name of a
witch, being supposed to portend such evils as have
been by the vulgar ascribed to sorcery. Thus she
makes a transition from her proper character of Kaer-
na, or Ceres, to that of her daughter Ilecale or Pro-
serpine.
Add to etymon, penult 1. after Verel. Ind.;
Rabelais alludes to a similar custom, of being li-
beral to brute animals, at the beginning of the new
year which has formerly prevailed in France. Fie
91
A 1
speaks of those " w h o had assembled themselves,—-to
goa handsel-getting on the first day of the new yea! e.
at that very time when they give brew is p>:-o>ej to
the oxen, and deliver the key of the coau.s to the
countrey-girles for serving in of the oates to the
dogs." Urquhart's Transl. 13. ii. c. xi, p. 7->.
M A I D E N , s. " A n ancient instrument for hold-
ing the broaches o f pirns until the pirns b e
wound o f f ; " Gall. Encycl.
M A I D E N , -v. A wisp of straw put into a hoop o f
iron, used by asmith for watering his fire, R o x b .
This seems to be merely a ludicrous application o f
the term used to denote the last handful of grain cut
down in harvest.
M A I D E N , s. A sort of honorary title given to
the eldest daughter of a farmer, S.E. She is
called the Ma iden o/'such a place, as the farmer's
wife is called the Goodie]fc of tlie same place.
I I A - M A I B E X , S. A farmer's daughter who sits ben
the house, or apart from the servants, Berwicks.
A phrase introduced when farmers began to have
a but and a ben. Hence the proverb ; A ha*-maiden,
and a hynd's cow, are ay eatin'."
2. T h e bride's maid at a wedding, S.B.
3. T h e female who lays the child in the arms o f
its parent, when it is presented for baptism,
Lanarks. V. MAIDEN-KIMMEIL. Hence,
T o M A I D E N , v. a. T o perform the office of a
maiden at baptism, ibid.
The phraseology is. To maiden the wean.
M A I D E N - H A I R , S. " T h e muscles o f oxen when
boiled, termed fix-faux towards the border
Gall. Encycl.
MAID-HEID, Virginity ; maidhood,, Shakesp.
Yet keep it shee her maid-heid vnforlorne.
Poems 3 6th Cent. p. 136,
A.S. maeden-had, maegden-had, id.
M A I I ) I : \ - K I M M UU, s. 44 T h e maid who attends
the kimmcr ; or matron who lias the charge o f
the infant at Idmincrings and baptisms ; who
lifts the babe into the arms of its father," &e, ;
Gall. Encycl.
M A I D E N - M Y L I E S , Orach, an herb.] Delete this
article, as the name is given erroneously; trans-
ferring the etymon to Midden-mylies.
M A I D E N - S K A T E , S. T h e name given to the T h o r n -
back and Skate, while young, Frith of Forth.
f<r The young both of the thorn back and the skate
are denominated Maiden-skateNeill's List of
Fishes, p. 2S.
This observation is also applicable to Orkney. V".
Barry, p. 296.
MAID-IN-THE-MIST, Navel wort, C o t y -
ledon umbilicus Veneris, Linn., South of S.
Skinner supposes that it receives its botanical and
E. names from its having some resemblance to the
navel. Perhaps it has the S. name for a similar rea*
son ; as well as that of Jack-i-lhe-Bush.
M A I G S , more commonly M A G S , s.pl. The
bands ; as, " H a n d aff yer maigs, man," R o x b .
The hands being the principal instruments of
power, this term might perhaps be traced to A.S.
 M A I M A 43
w / « r poion*, iitns-a/f, Su.G. m":/-a. po-<e ; 'I <*iit:- Rom. paid her a hnu.v. j Add ;
VtitrirJif vis, poteiitia. Hut ( hn'l. tna>j<i <\>iot <'.-- t! n * " 1 leav follow ed d m r t b t he uplift dig o f — t h e tenth
paw, (MacFarlaifs \ m - e k ; tin'- in;i\ be viewed as penny oi dk trm.-, mndt \\ hhm t he town,—re^ervm"-
the origin. Shavr l* v«' - //'-"l- a term c o i v e - p o n d i n g the bigj;ing where the heritor h i m - - i f dw elt free, al-
with it'ituL h i- d a e a ! u\ linwr; er, that there b no 1 - n i a r i y . S p a i d d i g , i. Add, .a- sen-e
similar term i,i any of th* other Celtic tongue-. 4. 7 o jCitf the taa'd. to atom- for a eiinie b y suf-
T o MAIC, a. 1. T o handk' anv t h i n g keenlv fering: t;-. d nielapho.'-ie.alU", S.
and r o i i j h i .. o-pee: all v a -o't substance. so as to My - h m r , br.-ive J(/ck A m M m u g ' s bidde,
render it u-ei.--s or d i ^ u - ! f u l ; a.-, 11e*> mat g i t f .he f d r . > t MoWer of 1 a d d b daie,
that hit ii.--h.-ae. that i l l ha.- n n n c f d , " R o x b . by Kihot ba.-.'-ls' betravM ;
'idie term is often applied to the h u i d h n g of meal And iNJumily ha-1 he paid the mail.
in baking. Hogg's Mountain Bard, p. Ifjfj.
II. T o handle. a-; c o u b i u h n g the act. a l t h o u g h not To pay {/,,• c,;ti'\ -, ;!!,;i.
implying* tin- ah-a o f rough treatment ; as, I'oKu.\fn-., .v. A j>p;,i\-iil b>- root p;n:S per advance..
L a v d o w n that kitim, la — se, vedl maig it ii <1 .j'»re-nad.\ i. m paid te-fin'e. \ . ."d \ i, u k.
awav to na.ithum-." b e d . I'OK.UA i.i NO, .v. Jn ji>nwd'tin the st.Ue o f p a y -
M A K i MILS, prep.' In spite of, Ad earns. nig I'elit I o i ' e il be (hue.
Fr. i/tfi/'j/'c. id. " (^uiiilk laud he hat! iu j\,mudn>g to him S* his
M A 1(11 i i n E, s. term u-cd to denote m o n e y air!-." Aberd. b e g . A. 1551, V. - I.
< /!" ^ aim dd.- e .'!'••: < M >; i- • \.\ so ha- deceased, M A i f.n r s:. M «•; \ i. i. s:v... ,v. A cot t;«ger o f a parti-
il >\id. //'./. / /'.• a r i j tn-didi ric'' T h e ivpiv cuiar (\vMTi p! i ( i . .\berd.„
£* 'flic great body of t he } .e.>; )le i.^di'.ideU i n i o t w o
iuav he, A hi it ml a gadll deal (>)' spraich-
;\V ; thr latter h'-iu'^ u.-ed to sigmfv wliat is o f cla ! '--cs tenants and c . t t a g e r s ; or, a-, the latter are

1 ss vahu-, a collection oi' trifling articles. T h i s

1 called
old term i s t i l l u.-.rd in Fife.
Isl. /nag-a acquiivre, periiaps from Teut. maeghe
rognatus, A.S. •/nag, id., and ric, potens ; (j. denoting a stipulated term o f years."
che riches left by one's I,'ml red.
M A I K , .v. A. m ; e b. mate-, o r e q u a l . ]
This u nil i- tea d b\ Patten.
Touch v:i'j;e von; we;:les ii'iwc, ye m}'nde not, I
1
am >ure, to Ivim la'/, le- and hedles without a Prmce,
hut. so to be-to\vo \aarr Ouene. a- whoose make anmt
he your Kvioj/--." S<»ieer-.et's h'.xpedition, Pref. xv.
Also bv I>e:). .fohn-on.
M.n h and tin ii* makes.
At dancing-;, and wakes,
Had their napkins, and poses,
A n d the wipers for their noses.
Works, ii. 127- Add, as sense
2. The ma/k, the like, the same.
" G if euir seho dois the made in tym c u m y n g , " &c.
Aberd. Beg. l b ; and so in other places ; whence
the phraseology s^ems to have been common. It is
also written Mack.
c': A n d gif euir he dois the mack to hir, or to ony
siclik burgess," Sec. Ibid. A . 1535, V. 15.
M A I L , M A L E , S. A spot in cloth, &c._] Add ;
A n d all the waters in Liddisdale,
A n d all that lash the British shore,
Can ne'er wash out the wondrous made !
It still seems fresh with purple gore.
Hogg's Mountain Bard, p . 144.
T h e ingenious author, as in many other instances,
has here adopted an arbitrary orthography, which
makes his terms occasionally assume a more antique
f o r m than is necessary. T h e diphthong ae seldom
occurs in Scottish.
MAIL, MALE, 2. R e n t paid f o r a farm,. &c.J
Add;
<: T h e lord is—ordanis that oure souerain lordis
lettres be direct to distrenye him for the said f y v e
pund o f male, and to mak the said Sir Robert be pait
tharof." A c t . Audit. A . 1467, p. 8.
92
here, ma/th- rs. 'i he m, a titers ai\.. tho.-e poor peo-
ple who build huts on barren ground, and improve
spots around them, for which time pav nothing for
P. lTr;i\, Stat. A c e .
vii. £J5 t.
£w' T h e number o f inhabitants has of late been much
Add;
increased by a species o f cottagers, here called meal-
lers, who build a small house for themselves, on a
wa-te spot of ground, with the consent of the pro-
prietor. and t here are ready to hire themselves out as
day-iabo;!r< rs." 1\ h'o^keen, Stat. Arc. ii. 5bY).
Matl-'r is undoubtedly the proper orthography.
V . MAIL, tribute.
MAIL-GARDEN:, S. A. g a r d e n , the p r o d u c t s o f
which are raised for sale, Sdj Add;
<€ T h e chief o f these are the mad, gardens around the
city of Glasgow, f r o m wdiich that populous place is
supplied with all the variety o f culinary vegetables
p r o d u c e d in this country." A g r . S u r v . € l y d e s , p . 1 31.
M A I L I E , .V. A pet ewe, D u m f r . V* MAILLIE*
MAILYIE, T h e denomination, o f an o l d
F r e n c h coin.
" That na deniers o f France, cortis nor rnaihjeis
be tane, nor brocht hame." Balfour's Pract. p. 5 2 ] .
V. CORTES.
Fr. maille, c: a ( F r e n c h ) h a l f p e n n y ; the halfe o f
a p e n n y j " Cotgr.
L . B . maillia,
... madia.
. D u Cange O O saves the same
account of it, saying that it is the half o f a denier or
p e n n y . H e views it as contracted from Medallia ;
and considers the latter as itself a corruption o f Me-
tedium, a word wdiich was inscribed on some o f the
silver coins of L e w i s the Pious and.Charles the Bald.
Y . v o . Medal la.
M A I L L I E , .9. A n affectionate term for a sheep,.
Gall. V . Mactagrrart.
Do Mailie, 7 D u m f r .
H e derives the term from Mae the bleat o f a
sheep but it may be deduced from C.B. mat, f o n d ,
doating; or rather from Gael, mejjlaieh, Ir. maileadh,
meligh-am, bleating, meilaicham,i£ to bleat as a sheep/*
H e n c e , as w o u l d seem, melinach, a ewe.
 M A I M
From Burns's " Death of Poor Mailie/' it would
appear that the term is used in Ayrs. also, not merely
as an arbitrary denomination for an individual, but
as that of any pet yowe.
M A I L L I E , <9. T h e same with Molly, used for
Mary, A b e r d . , G b Shirr.
M A I L S , ,9. pi A n herb, A y r s .
" Chenopodium several species, Goosefoot, wild
spin age, or mails." Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. (j75.
Undoubtedly the same with Milch, Miles, Loth.,
and Midden My lies, q. v.
M A I N E B R E A D , MAIN-BRED, S. Apparently
manehet-bread.
Far der thair was of meattis, wheat bread, maine
bread, and ginge bread, with fleshis beiff and mut-
ton/' &c. Pitseottie's Cron. p. 345. Mainbread in
other editions.
The bread of mane," says Mr. Pinkerton, Cf seems
to have been enriched with spices." Hist. Scot. ii. 433.
V . M A N E . Breicl of Mane.
M A I N L I E , adv. Apparently for meanly.
" After they were apprehended, they were all put
into English ships, and bot mainlie used." Lament's
Diary, p. 41.
M A I N - R I G , adv. A term applied to land, of
which the ridges are possessed alternately b y
different individuals, F i f e ; exactly synon. with
liwrrig.
This term has every appearance of being very an-
cient, as compounded of A.S. maene, Su.G. men, Alem.
me en, communis, and rig a ridge. The A.S. term is
often used with the augmentative prefixed, ge-maene,
as Teut. ghe-meen; q. ridges held in common."
Thus A.S. gemaene lacs is rendered compeseuus ager;
Lye.
M A I N ' S M O R E , ,9. Free grace or goodwill, Ayrs.
£t' Some thought it wasna come to—pass, that ye
would ever consent to let Miss Mary tak him, though
lie had the mains more" Sir. A. Wylie, iii.
This, I am informed, is a Gael.phrase. Ma/hamh-
nas more, pron. maanish more, great grace, complete
pardon.
M A I N S W E A T , the phrase used by the vulgar
to express that violent perspiration which often
immediately precedes death, S.
Perhaps from A.S. ?nacg?i, vis, robur, q. that by
which the strength of the body is evaporated.
It is also called the Death-sweat.
M A I N T O , MF.NTO, <9. To be hi one's main to, to
be under obligations to o n e ; out (S one's menio,
no longer under obligations to one, A b e r d .
T o M A J O R , v. n. T o prance about, or walk
backwards and forwards with a military air and
step, S. ~
— u Mr. Waverley's wearied wi' majoring yonder
afore the muckle pier-glass." Waverley, ii. 2f)0.
" He cam out o* the very same bit o' the wood,
majoring and looking about sae like his Honour, that
they were clean beguiled, and thought they had let-
ten aff their gun at crack-brained Sawney, as they
ca' him." Waverley, iii. 238.
£<" Then in comes a witch with an ellwand in her
hand, and she raises the wind or lays it, which ever
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she likes, majors up and down my house, as if she
was mistress of it/' &e. The Pirate, iii. 53.
I am at a loss to judge, whether this idea has been
borrowed from the gait of a major in the army, or
of a dru?n-major. When viewing the state of the lat-
ter, one would rather suppose that he had originated
the term. Or it may be traced with equal propriety
to that important personage a major-domo.
M A J O R - M I N D I T , adj. Haughty in demeanour; q .
resembling a military officer, who has attained
considerable rank, Glydes.
M A I l l , M A T R E , M A R E , <9. 1. A n officer attend-
ing a sheriff, &e.] Add;
This is conjoined with Messenger as synon.
It were absurd to make either the Sheriff or I,yon
accountable for the malversations of their mairs or
messengers; but here the sheriff-officers were only
brought pro more" Fountainh. Dec. Suppl. iv. 564.
2. Maire of fee.] Add, cob 4, 1. 14 from bottom ;
This assertion of Obrien, that among the Scots
Maorrnor was anciently the same with Earl, is con-
firmed by what is said by Sir Robert Gordon.
^ The Earl of Southerland—is yet to this day call-
ed in Irish, or old Scottish language, Monvair Cat-
ley, that is, the Earl of Cattey, so that the bishopriek
took the denomination rather from Cattey, (which is
the whole), then from Cattey-nes, winch is but a
part of the dyacie." Hist. Earls of Sutherl. p. 434.
Mormhaor, as the term is written by Shaw, is pro-
nounced More air.
M A I R , adv. Used in the sense o f moreover, or
S. mairattour, q. " in addition to what has been
already said.11
" Item, ten pece of caippis, chasubles, and tunicies,
all of claith of gold."—Marg. " In Merche 1567 I
cleliverit thre of the farest qiihilk the Q. £Queen]
gaif to the Lord Bothuil. And mair tuke for hir
self ane eaip, a ehnsable, foure tunicles, to mak a bed
for the king. All brokin and cutlit in her aw in pre-
sence." Inventories, A. I of) I, p. Io6.
This bed seems to have been made for the prince
James, ackno w ledged as A ing w hen themarginal notes
were made. This gift had been made to Bothwell
in the month following that in which Darnley was
murdered. For in the preceding page, it is said of
another article, in Marg. ^ In Feb. 1567 sex peces
wes tynt in the K. ehalmer."
Item, mair Mr. Jolmne Balfoure cleliverit ane
mytir to Madam mosel cleRalle, quhilk mytir wes en-
rychit with sindrie stanes not verie fyne, all the rest
eoverit with small perlis." Ibid. p. 157.
Mair is evidently synon. with Item, which is
generally used in. these curious Inventories. V
MARE.
M A I R B Y T O K E N , especially, South o f S.
<fAne
suldna speak ill o the dead—mair by token,.
o'ane's cummer and neighbour—but there was queer
things said about a leddy and a bairn or she left the
Craigburnfoot." Antiquary, iii. 237.
The import of the phrase seems to be, " the more,
to give an example." It is allied in signification to
the phraseology used in Angus, To the mair meen tab
kin. V. TAKIN.
M A I S , conj. But; Fr.] Add;,
 M A 1
Candour requires that I -h«>;il<I in-.-rt the follow-
ing marginal note on \ \ i word by ><r W . Scott.
Dubious. The instance s c - - ! t o he an error of
a transcriber for nuusi gent.
M A T S C H L C K T L .v. M i x - d grain. V M A S H -
LIN. T h e article might properly be transferred
to this orthography.
A learned friend remarks: "Perhaps from its va-
riegated or spotted appearance, when made into
bread, it may be derived from Su.G. maslig scabio-
sus, from mas macula; whence Measles, &e."
M A I ST), part. adj. Mellow ; as, " a maisd ap-
ple," one that has become mellow, Fife.
Evidently the same word, used in a literal and
more original sense, with Meise, Maise, to mitigate,
q. v. See also A M E I S E .
M A I S E I 1 , A drinking-cup. V. M A S A I I .
M A I S E 1 1 Y , s. Corr. of the name Margery,
or Marjory, Moray. V . S A I I B I T .
M A 1 S T , adv. Almost, S.
Mai si dead seldom helps the kirk yard." Ang.
It is thus expressed in Lanarks.; " It's lang ere gain
to Me fill the kirkyard."
Y e may speak plainer, lass, gin ye incline,
As, by your mumping, I maist guess your mind,
Shi reefs' Poems, p. 94.
M A I S T L Y , adv. 1 . F o r the most or greatest part,
S. Maistlies, Ettr. For.
Almost, nearly, S.B.
An' lusty thuds were dealt about,
An' some were maislh) thrappl't.
Cock's Simple Si rains, p. I
M A I S T E I l , s. ± In composition, &eb] Add ;
Maister-man is also used as equivalent to Dekt/n,
I. e. the deacon of an incorporated trade in a royal
borough.
" That in ilk tovne—of ilk sindry craft vsyt thar-
in thai* be chosyn a wyss man of thar craft,—the
quhilk sail be haldyn Dekyn or maister man oure the
layff for the tyme till him assignyt till assay & g o -
uerne all werkis that beis maide be the werkmen of
his craft, sua that the kingis liegisbe nocht defraud-
yt & scathyt in tyme to cum as thai haue bene in
tyme bygane throw vntrew men of craftis." Pari.
Ja. I. A.'1424, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 8.
S. A designation given, by the courtesy of the
country, to the eldest son of a Baron or Vis-
count, conjoined with the name from which his
father takes his title, S.
" About this time the Lord Banff and Master of
Banff's grounds were plundered, and the master (his
father being in Edinburgh) unhappily hurt a Ser-
jeant." Spalding, ii. 263.
Mr. Pinkerton, speaking of the Laird, says; His
tenants indeed called him Master, not landlord, but
this was a slavish relique of the days of villenage :
and hence apparently the Scottish phrase of Master,
for the heir apparent to an estate, thus Master of
Huntley, of Darnley, and the like, frequent in our
history and records, and still retained where there
is no second title." Hist. Scotl. i. 366.
4). T h e designation given to a farmer by those
who are employed by him, S.
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M A K
t pon 1 h>* morn t be y/.w */•*/• in..I. -
To - >* -ill a' hi - tbu k hae bom ...
\\ hen I b e \ iebe a' tiie.r place- ta < n
Th( master gaiej - lVa»e alio to alio.
'J hr Hi//>,/ A'/--, 4. 17. .i11,
M.\i-t r i.i.i i:. m/b\ \ loleislA. v. n h tim -iron.'
band.
" Ciifonvman mai steel nlbe tabb- ane mimr. ami
haldb hb pemoun in captivitie. until the time he o b -
tene anv contract,—the sa.nnn b of nane a\ ,nh force,
nor eiibel." A. I lEh'burb Ibact.p. IS.'.
Maisn-rfutlic 'oral-; >\ j> the durrb, <!v theifveuu.-be-
st a i\ tuk a way g u d i s " \e. Aberd. lb-g.
M i sri: i; i; i e, -v. A title of iv.-peet formerly
given to the Magistrates of Aberdeen.
— " Ane a bib eon wen v»-n 1 di-cre.t man to b-- ma. •• -
ter of* the Cramer Skoibh b.-eikami th br - / e . n r -
sch'pfns ihehahl t o u n e t - j re-— ane Ii \ m t ban k toby
for .-be - n in' i\ ple.-iir he m\eijl do ibann. Aberd.
Pen m Tb
*v)uhanbbr I be-evk \ our Ma/.-.ters'7///m/.v ve wald
com p -I ! >• j u n A \ e. 1 lib!. \ . i ; .
M A l S T L i E \l.\- i \.li. .v. I i' 1! i e. •.(-. | Aad ;
4* Take m-ar a tub-foil of old nm\'rr or mum
[Yhamber-dye fand mix it with ammmh -a.it. a.- u In a
dm-olved, will make an eg- swiiu.— i'nt tbm-ein a-,
much of your v. heat yon design to -ow a.-> it can con-
veniently h<j1 d«Ki c. Max well\ S«-k 'I ran -, p. :jb,;
I find that (laid, maisitr .-ignilie., urine.
MAISTKII-CAX, A n earthen vessel u.-eai tor
preserving e 11aniberdye.
Siie's dung down the bit skate on the brace.
And 'tis fben in the sowen k i t ;
'Ti- out cb the sowen kit —
And 'tis into the maistcr-can ;
It; will be sae fiery sa*t,
Tv. b! p,b nil . Ml r ^uidi.f.ni.
i\altfrnja the Cut, Herd's, Cull. ii. i.np
M A I S T E I I - T I . ' H J .?. A wooden V E - . D U-ed for pre-
ser\ing (diamber-1 ve, S.
" M A I T , M ATI;, adj. 1. F'atioued, uverpowcri-d,
See.] Add;
Male occurs as a v. in O.E. c> I mate or overcomer
[ F r . ] Je amatte." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 299, a.
M A I T I T , s. Son-in-law.
a Quhen king Terquine had socht in sundry partis
quhare ony persoun mieht be wourthy to haue his
dochter in mariage, thare wes nane fund as wourthy
to be his mail It as the said Servius." Bel lend. T. lav.
p.7E V. MAICII. Perhaps thisisthe true reading here.
T o MAK, T». v. 3. T o counterfeit.] Add ;
4. T o become fit for the peculiar purpose for
wdiich any thing is intended ; applied to sub-
stances undergoing some kind of fermentation
or chemical process ; as, " M u c k maun be laid
in a heap to mak" Clydes.
5. T o M A K qff\ or T o MAK affwf one's self, v.n.
T o scamper off, S.
6. T o M A K at, v. n. T o aim a blow at one ; as,
s H e maid at me wi1 his neive," C ydes.
7. T o M A K douiu v. ci. T o dil ute, to reduce the
strength of spirituous liquors, S.
8. To Mak doun a bed, to fold down the bed-.
 M A K M A L
clothes, so as to make it ready for being entered, Such cattle as would not drive they houghed
S. This is opposed to making it up, when a and slew, that they should never make stead." Spal-
bed-room is put in order for the day. ding, ii. 269.
9. T o MAK for, v.n. T o prepare ; to take pre- This might seem at first view to be an anomalous
paratory steps ; as, c£ He's no up yet, but he's use of A.S. sled locus. But as Teut. staede signifies,
makirC for rising" S. not only static, locus, hut commoditas, utilitas, our
phrase is analogous to staede do-en, tisui esse,prodesse,
10. T o MAK t for 9 v. a. T o prepare for, as cer-
cominodo esse. The Teut. also supplies one exactly
tainly laying one's account with the event re-
correspondent with the E. phrase. This is given as
ferred t o ; an elliptical phrase,, equivalent to
synon. with the other ; in staede sta-en.
" make ready for." M A K E , <9. Abbrev. of Malcolm, Aberd. R e g .
" So the force of the argument is,—that they be- M A K E R - L I K E , adj. V. MACKER-LTKE. "
hoved to mala* for trouble, as being inevitable, con- M A K L Y 9 adv. Evenly, equally.] Add ;
sidering they are not of the world." Hutcheson on O.E. " Macly apte." Prompt. Far v.
John xv. 10. MAKLY, adj. Seemly, well-proportioned ; Gl.
11. T o MAK in wi one, v. n. T o get into one's Ramsay.
favour, to ingratiate one's self, S. MAL-ACCORD, Disapprobation, dissent, re-
12. T o MAK out, v. n. T o extricate one's self, S. fusal.
18. T o MAK throw 101, v. n. T o finish, to come —~c< Wherefore we heartily desire your subscrip-
to a conclusion, after surmounting all difficul- tions and seal to thir reasonable demands, or a pe-
ties ; as, " H e maid throw wP his sermon after remptory or present answer of b011-accord or mat-
an unco pingle," S. accord." Spalding, i. 21(3 (2d).
14. T o MAK up, v. a. T o raise with difficulty, Fr. mat evil, and accord agreement. I question if
Clydes. either of these words has ever been properly natu-
1 5 . T o M A K up, v. ??. T o rise with difficulty, S . ralized. They are used by Colonel Monro, of the
16. T o MAK op, v. a. T o be of avail men t to. worthy Scots Regiment, who employs a good many fo-
Thus when we receive any thing useless or in- reign terms in his diction.
adequate to our expectation or necessities, it is ironi- M A L A P A V T S , <?. A mischance, a misfortune,
cally said, " Ay ! that will mak me up / " or serious- U p p . Lanarks.
ly, fC Weel, that wirina mak me sair up" S. Perhaps from Fr. mal evil, and pavois-ier, to de-
17. T o MAK up, to remunerate, to enrich, S. fend ; q. ill-defended, (V. PAUIS) ; 01* from PAVIE,
His tabernacle's without the camp, M A L A R E , M A L A R , ,s-. One who pays rent for
To join them go you thither ; a farm.
1 — A n e n t the keping of the said Margret scaith-
A n d though you bear the world's reproach,
He'll make you up for ever. les & harmeles of the riialis & fermes of the land is of
Scotland's Glory and, Shame, p. 2. Dalquhillray of x yeris bygane, takin & resavit be the
18. T o MAK up, v. a. T o contrive, to invent, S. said Donald & his spouss fra the said vmquhile James
19. T o "MAK ?/]), v. a. T o compose ; as applied the malare," &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1479, P- o3.
to writing, as in sense 1. without the prep., S. 2. One who rents a house in a town.
20. T o "MAK up, v. a. T o fabricate ; regarding " It is nocht tlie vss nor consuetude within this
a groundless story, S. burgh to ane maker to byg & reperall ony thing that
21. T o MAK up til I one, v. a. T o overtake one, is yerdfest or nalit fest with the hous." Aberd. Ileg.
A . 1 5 3 5 , V . 15, p. 6 3 8 . V . MAILER.
implying some difficulty in doing so, S.
To M A L E , a. T o stain. V. M A I L .
T o MAK, V. a. as conjoined with nouns substan- M A L E - A - F O R R E N , " A meal o f meat,
tive. over and above what is consumed ; a meal be-
1. T o M A K E O R E , v. n. T o be o f advantage ; fore hand Gall Encycl.
as, " Dearth frae scarcity males naejfbre to the M A L E F I C E , A bad action, F r .
farmer," Clydes. V. F O R E , I find this word only as used by Kelly, in explain-
2. T o M A K U E R I N G , to cure herrings. ing the Prov. Before I rcecn'd uoir I wal ; t: Spoken,"
" The haill burro wis of the west cuntrie—hes he says, upon the full discovery of some malefice,
yeirlie in all tymes bygane resortit to the fisching of whieh before we only suspected." Prov. p. 69. V.
Loch Fyne and vthers Lochis in the north His for MALIFICE.
making of hering.—Nottheles certaine cuntrie men M A L E - F R E , adj. W i t h o u t r e n t ; synon. Rent-
adiacent—hes rasit ane greit custume of euerie last free, s. -
of maid he-ring that ar tane in the said Loch," &c. Acts £k' That the said Johne of Blaekbume sail brouk &

Mary, 1555,"Ed. 1814, p. 498. joysethe tak of the saidelandis of Spensarfelde for the
3. T o M A K P E N N Y , to sell, to convert into money. termes contenit in the said letter of tak made to him
ff The prouest, &c. chargit the oiliciaris to mak
be the said Alex1' Thane, & male-f,re for the form ale
penny of the claith prisit." Aberd. Meg. Cent. 16. pait be him to the said Alex1", efter the forme & te-
This is equivalent to the Belg. phrase ietsie gelde 110111* of the samyn letter." Act. Audit. A. 1 4 7 L P-
maaken, and indeed to the E. one, corresponding with It is also improperly written meal-free.
this, cc to make money" of a thing. " But the truth is, that many of you, and too many
4 . T o M A K S T E A D , to be of u s e ; E . to stand in also of your neighbour church of Scotland, have been
stead. like a tenant that sitteth meal-free, and knoweth not
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 M A M M A N
his holding while his rights be questioned." Ruth. ('.WVrK MAMhVT. V . CA\\\4K.
P. I. ep. 3. M A .Mi K 1 - V. K 1 K. -v. A -mait >o;m<l blow, Rc,\i;„
M A L E G K R G R O L ' S , M// (*RNN.| Add ; T h b j - perhan- a cant term ; but f! m • :at t'T j >a rt. of
Often prou. ntalfa>jrugnti;<. It inay be of ( e a i . ori-the Willi i r- * f • • 11a-..ad to Ten?, tin' elu'ck,
gin, from mala, mullaeh, primarily denoting the eye- J-!. / >''//.•',id., a- if :t had i.rijmaiiy denoted a blow ,
brow, and hence applied to knotted or gloomy eye- on the chop-, like Tent. /.//cc/-.',/.-/v//, alapa.
brows ; and (h'uamach, a female giant, abo a ubo>t M A M M O N R IE, .v. Idulairy.
supposed to haunt hou-es, called in Scotland a brow- Qilha d o e - ; i d' > n i e idoiatrie,
nie (Shaw); (]. the gho.Vc with the gloomy eye-brows, L con* rair tin- haly u ril ;
synon. with I io-multach. \ . BAMIIJ.O. I'or -i< ck ami Maim b. Mam nam nc.
M A L E S O N , M A L I S O M , S. A curse.] Add; V<-.ems <>j (be Su tec'/l/' Criifari;, p. O.s.
2. Hoise-malison, a person who is cruel to his ('hrht iam, from the time of tin- ciu-adr~. either
horse, Clydes. tVom i;_: nora nee. or from hatred, :sc< u -ed tin- Moha ni-
M A L G R A C E , s. T h e opposite of a state o f fa- ne dan - «-. . i d< fia t er •, l:cc, m.-e of their In fief in the fa l'-<"
v o u r . ] Add ; prophet. V. M.MIoi n.
C£ Tlie lord Gordon lodged in Tulliesoul and staid T o A? A . l i f . ,'/. 1. T o nibble, |<. mop.
no longer there, only exhorting the Strathboggie men a • a {«. r t v. h<; bu • in> tee I h ; * A 1 r -., < i!. Pick t - n
to be ready upon their own peril, and so rode Jo's I-!. I .nn : , r . id.
way, being in nutIgrace with his father, and returned 2. - T o -peak quel ulou-I v ibid.
to Aberdeen." Spalding, ii. 123, P24. A tho < la v I ;„', met and e riimoiie,
M A L G R A T I O I ' S , adj. Surly, ungracious.
— A forlarn falcortar, W h i l e - hiv |; 1;;i111 I //,'//;//o and n n n m n l e ,
A malgratioKs millare. Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. (J4. v\ h.n* iho b U i' i: • > ' toi !l- - bv.
Fr. malgrace, disfavour, displeasure. VleLen's Pnrmx, I 1 tS»
T o M A L I G N N E , v. n. T o utter calumny. d his is merely a vari* ty of the I.. \ . {., M'n/ip. >c
Seing the said slanderous, seditious, and lals renin- ^n.'o-S v.. mumx-fi a^ o.act U • \ ;a >;•.. v,iiie|. h,
brute altogither ceissis not in sic as malign ne aganis deri\e-, from man os, <j. muns-a, oj-e 1 djf.r. re, to uo?\k
the treuth, I can not now, quhen your maiestie hes \v it !i the mouth. T!s i - den \ at ion b- ^ ;t i \ <•• a i linnet •
your nobiletie & estatis of parliament convenit in sa bv that, of 1'eut. mompel-ruy mtirmubnv, nm —'Jata-,
emutiiT, oi' \'.hie!i the prim;iry forn) i-, mono
full nowmer, abstene fra my complaint." Erie of
i rom utoti d. the health.
Mortoun's Deelaratioun, 157[)., Acts Ja. VI. Ed. 181 4,
V.':- i'Ol 'V, A :-)H>iled child, ToiiotcL
p. 175.
MALICEFU', adj. Sickly, in bad health, Orkn. Teat-, ma mum mater, and S. f oilt\ / irJe, brood. \
boo;:.
V. MALicI:, M a l e - E I S .
M \ \V:> P F . T , .v. Synon. v.iib MnuT I\>uL
M A L X E I C E , .y. Sorcery, witchcraft; Lat. in a- •• lb- ha - f;! i! t f '„! re;j l jy h ei the a 111 j of a wife,
lefic-iaai, id. ih..l .;;'/////'.', I'r/.' S. Pi«e,. .\l.iid- tliat
<c There was also Bessie Weir hanged up tlie last
ha."•. e been much indulged by their mo; b.a- and hav<-
of the four, one that had been taken before in Ire- liad mu(hofthei)' will>, seldom prove good v. in-.-,
land, and was condemned to the fyre for malijice be- Kelly, p. 1 .">:;.
fore," Law's Meraorialls, p. 128. T o M A N , M A C S ' , \\a. 1 . rP<> acc<anpli>h b\
M A L I G R U M P F I , s. Spleen, R o x b . mean>. o f strength, S. Maant, mmi't^ j>rci.
Perhaps a corr. of Molligrubs or Molligrant, q. v. c: Man, to effect., to aceomplhh bv much exertion f

M A L L , M A L L Y , -V. Abbrev. of Mary, S. Gl. Pieken.

M A L L E U R I T E ' , .9. T h e same with' Malhure. Death's ma/hil at la>t to dini£ me oure,
" T h e Veanis lamentit hevelie in thare counsellis—• All' I'll .-oon hae to lea' ve.
d red and tlie same chance and malleuritc to fall to A. U'dsuns / " 'at ., 1~(J0, p. 201.
thare toim of Veos as was now fallit to Fidena." Bel- Bllt ont. la 4. I men;! to -pori ;
lend. T. Liv. p. 345. F a r mair than e'er I t h o u g h t aiAVeel. Ib, p . 225.
Fr. malheurele, mischance. 1 .iiled aii unea th'aw.
* M A L T , s. Malt abune the meal V. MAIJT. All' man7 to rive m\'--el awa.
M A L V E R S E , s, A crime, a misdemeanour, ru-L-cu.s Poemv I 788, p. 42.
Clydes.; IT. malvers-er, to behave one's self ill. lie II no maul, >poken of any tiling Avhieh, it is sup-
<c If any skaith was done, the sheriff and his offi-
posed, one cannot eifeet. Til er<di eneuch mant"
cers must be answerable for it, who, by the Acts o f I'll hardly accomplish it, I ^anai'ivs.
Parliament, are entrusted with the execution of ejec- 2. T o effect by whatever means, S.
tions; and so, if any vial verse was committed, he must Sud ane o' time, by lan^ experience, man
be countable." Fountainh. Dec. Suppl. iv. 563. To spin out tales frae mony a pawky plan,—.
ec He often deprives them for no malverse in their And should some stripling, still mair light o' heart,
office, but only for not paying in their dues to him." A livelier humour to his cracks impart,—
Ibid. p. 716. Wad mony words, or speeches lang* be needed,
M A M E N T , s. Moment, A n g . , Fife. To tell whase rhymes were best, were clearest
" A y , there's news for you, Janet. It's just the headed? A. Wilsons Poems 1 8 1 p . 46.
haill town's clatter at this ma me/it." Tennant's Card. The first by labour mans our breast to move,
Beaton, p. 24. The last exalts to extasy and love. Ibid. p. 47.
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Isl. mann-az,in virum evaclere: A.S. Moes.G. mag-
em posse ;valere, prevalere. Ne magon; non potuerunt.
Or perhaps rather from the s. maegn, Ish niagn, vis,
robur ; magn-a vires dare, magn-as, corpus facere
adolescere. Some, indeed, derive the name expressing
our nature from maa or mag-a, posse. V. M A U N .
MAN-BOTE, T h e compensation fixed b y the
law, for killing a man. Y . B O T E .
M A N - B R O W D , adj. H a v i n g hair growing be-
tween the eye-brows, Teviotd. H e r e it is deemed
unlucky to meet a person thus marked, especially
i f the first one meets in the morning. Elsewhere
i t is a favourable o m e n .
The term, I should suppose, had been primarily
applied to a woman, as by this exuberance indicating
something of a masculine character, cp having brows
like a man. V. L U C K E N - B R O W ' O .
M A N D , ,5. P a y m e n t . ] Add;
On this term Sir W . Scott observes ; " It is simply
amende, and nothing more. The word, spelled arnand,
is daily and hourly used in the Court of Session to ex-
press the penalties under which parties are appointed
to lodge written pleadings against a certain day."
M A N D , MAUND, S. A kind of broad basket, in
the shape of a corn-sieve, generally made of straw
and willows plaited together, A b e r d . , Mearns.
The guidwife fetches ben the mand>
Fu' o' guid birsled cakes.
Bur/i ess's Poems and Tales, p. 184.
Goodman, hand me in o'er the maiend
Yonder, anent ye. W. Bealties Tales, p. 7.
E. maund, for which Johns, gives 110 authority, and
which seems to be properly a north-country word,
denotes " a hand-basket with two l i d s G r o s e . A.S.
mand, corbis, " a coffer, a basket,—a pannier;" Som-
it er. Teut. Fr. mande, id.
T o M A N D E J I , R. A. T o handle ; to deal; L o t h .
M A N D 1 L L , s. A loose c a s s o c k ; E R . mandil.
£C Item, ane pair of breikis of blew velvott, with
ane nun a la I thair to broderit with gold." Inventories,
A . 1579, p. 2 81.
In O.E. called a mandllion ; Phillips.
MANDMENT, A n order, a mandate.] Add;
cc Sarvais wrait to me, gif I wald he suld send the
movables to my hous, and gif my reeepisse of it con-
forme to the Quenis and Regentis mandment, quhilk
I wes content he did." Inventories, A. 1573, p. 185.
M A N D R E D , MANDREY, S. T h e same with
Manrcnt, q. v .
M A N E . B R E I D OF M A N E . ] Add;
Since writing this article, I have observed that the
term was not unknown to Palsgrave. Fie renders
pay?ie mayne by Fr. payn de Louche ; B. iii. F. 52.
This Cotgr. gives as synon. with pain mot let, which
lie exph, " a very light, very crusty, and savoury
white bread, fall of eyes, leaven and salt."
Breid of Mane is one of the articles of entertain-
ment at the upsittingfeast of one of James the Fourth's
mistresses, stated in the Treasurer's Accounts, 1502.
" The Lady," as she is called, had been on the straw.
M A N E R I A L L I S , s. pi. Minerals.
" Our said souerane lord—hes sett, gran tit, and
disponit—to the said Eustachius £Koghl &c. the
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haill gold in, siluer, copper, tin, and leidin mynes and
inane rial lis within this realme of Scotland," &c. Acts
Ja. VI. 1584, Ed. 1814, p. 86f).
MANG, To mix one's mang.] Add;
Sweet was the sang, the birdies plaid alang,
Canting fif cheerfu' at their morning mang,
An' meith ha fown content in onie breast,
Wi' grief like tier's that had na been opprest.
Moss's Ilelenore, First Edit. p. 58, 5<).
This undoubtedly signifies "morning meeting," i.e.
the state of being mingled together in the morning.
It is used also in a different form, Angus.
A mo' the bushes birdies made their mang,
Till a' the doughs about with musick rang.
Ross's Ilelenore, First Edit. p. 20.
This, in Edit. Third, is changed to
Upon the busses, birdies sweetly sang, &c.
MANGLER, S. One who smoothes linen with a cal-
e n d a r , S.
M A N G E U M T E W , .9. A heterogeneous mix-
ture, Clydes.
Teut. men gel-en, (E. mingle). Tew may here sig-
nify taste ; q. having the taste of substances quite
incongruous.
M A N I I E A T ) , s . Bravery,fortitude; JL.manhood.
<c The said Sir Andrew Wood prevealed be his sin-
gular manliead and wisdome, and brought all his
fyve sehipis to Leith as prisoneris." Pitscottie's
Cron. p. 240. Id. p. 244.
The termination is the same with Belg. heyd, and
nearly allied to Germ, licit, denoting quality, person,
state, &c.
M A N I A B L E , adj. T h a t may easily be handled
or managed.
~ < e The little booke, being eaten, giueth to the
eaters a faculty to discerne the true church from the
false ;—and this is by applying the rule and measure
thereof, sound and straight as a reede, strong, apt,
and maniable as a rod, and as Aaron his rod, which
deuoured the rods of the enchanters." Forbes 011
the Revelation, p. 88.
Fr. id. "tractable, weildable, handleable," & c. Cotgr.
MANYIED, MAINYIEDepart.pa. H u r t , &c.] Add;
Mayne occurs in the same sense in O.E. " I mayne,
or I mayne one, I take the vse of one his lymmes from
hym.—Je mehaigne.—But Mehaigner is Normante."
Palsgr. B. iii. F. 286*, b.
M A N I T O O D L I E , s. " A n affectionate term
which nurses give to male c h i l d r e n G a l l . Fa 1 eye.
Teut. totel-manneken is the name given to those
grotesque figures which form spouts in some old
buildings. But this seems to be rather from Mannie
a dimin. from Man, and S. Toddle, a term applied to
the motion of a child.
T o MANK, v. n. T o fail, Aberd.
His cousin was a hierly swank,
A derf young man, hecht R o b ;
T o 111 ell wi' twa he wad na mank
At staffy-nevel job.
Christmas Ba'ing, Skinner s Misc. Poet, p. 128.
Teut. manck-en, defieere, deesse; Kilian.
MANK, adj. 1. Deficient, in whatever way, &c.]
Add;
« Mr. Wodrow in his large, but mank and partial
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History, hath given the world to believe, that t h e - "
w h o disowned those tyrants authority, and withdrew
f r o m the Indulged and their abettors-, were not Pre>-
byterians, but as a seet ol'sedition-. schi>matick.>. <?vc.
making their actings and sufferings to be a reproach
to Presbyterians." MAVard's Contending-. >;ii.
M A N - K J v K P K R , .<?. A designation given to t!ie
newt, or s . esL\ b y the inhabitants of D u m f r .
and l l o x b . , b e c a u s e they believe that it waits
on the adder to warn man o f his danger. 'Plus
liiav be supposed to originate from the great at-
tachment which has been ascribed to this animal
to the human race, and their antipnthy to ser-
pents. V. H o f f m a n , L e x . v o . Lacerta.
T o M A N ' K I E , V. H. TO miss, to fail, Mearns.
MAXIV.1 K, .Y. A t the game o f pears, ov pcarh\ w hen
a pear misses its aim, and remains in the ring,
it is called luaaldtr, ibid.
I'd'. iuampi-er, to fail, to hedefeetive; maniple, defect.
M A N ]\ l i b v. T h e general name o f the stuff
properly called caUiiaay/ro, S.
u Man/die, an ancient kind of worsted stulf, much
glazed, worn by females." Gall. Encvcl.
M A N - M E I I 1 1 0 1 J I I , s. A waster o f men.
— A n d a ma?i-?nerror3
An evill wyffis mirrour.
Collcelhie Sow, F. i. v. 83.
A.S. nian-?ny?*ring, hominum dissipatio, j a c t n r a ;
from man, and myrr-an, merr-an, dissipare; whence
E . io marr.
M A N - M U C K L E , adj. C o m e to the height o f
a full-grown male, L o t h .
M A N N A C H , -v.
" Item,a mannaeh o f silver." Inventories, A. 1488, p.6.
Perhaps a puppet, or little man, made of s i l v e r ;
q. Fr. mannequin,
T o M A N N E R , r . a . T o mimic, to m o c k , D u m f r .
M A X ^ E R I X , S. M i m i c r y , m o c k e r y , ibid.
As would seem, from the E. or Fr. noun ; q. to
imitate one's manner.
MANNIS TUAS.
T h e n A n d r o w Gray, wpone ane horss,
Betuixt the battillis red,
Makand the signe of holy cross,
In maun is luas he said.
Balled of Balrinncs, Poems 1 6th Cent. 353.
For, he said, In manus luas ; referring to the lan-
guage of the Psalter, Psa. xxxi. 5. " Into thine hand
I commit my spirit."
M A N - M I L N , M A X N -MILN, s. A. hand-miln f o r
grinding.
C( Item, ane mann^miln for making of poulder, wdth
thre mortar is, nyne pestellis wanting the kapis o f
brace." Inventories, A . 156*6, p. 173.
£<r Item, twa man milnis for grinding of quheit."
Ibid. p. 174.
" Item, in the over hall of the nedder bail ye ane man
myhi with all hir ganging geir." Ibid, p, 302.
This might seem at first view to signify a mihi
which might be wrought b y a man. But it is more
probably formed in conformity to the continental de-
signations ; Fr. mo id in a main ; I tab mo Ia di mano ;
His p. rnucla di mano, i. e. a hand-miln,
M A N OF L A W .
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ft would appear that t h b old F. phra for a lav,-
ver wa- u-ed ;d-o m S.
— D a u i d I J. :! 11' 11 ]* o f (A rra id -t .mm we- „ian <,f
I air for o ur --vd -uueran-- mrd :n t'-e mat lii.itt'!.''
Act. i)om. ( oile. I if; F p . ' M b .
1 need -.carrelv ob-rr*. e that tin- i - the de. in-na1 ion
which baa! been oo.uinoii in the d;<\ - e-i' ( h iiieer.
j ! < a ic- 77/e Mau of' I.a ires 'J'alc. l i e b m -o called
a - V , f i r ! <d' //••' f.an'e.
MASS: Id M A X K V , .V. A little m a n , S.
At la-t and at, length, up come- a d-emil. b ' t m
auld manna. in a black coat and velveteen lem-ehe-:,
riding'on a bit broken kneed Inrplin h r a - t o f a I lee-
land p o " . ' u " V v \ e . p e g . Dalton, i. I'm.
1 A S N O . .'.'. A hm; man ; occasional I n . d i i i c n n .
t radi-! met ion fV;>,:i }[tnudr,\ a h . ' f *•!.*••. .\ b. rd.
Dr. (ieddes vie\ve(I the letter o a- a!i ancient aug-
ment at i \ -e i.l our 1 '' i 1 'j ! i a'' • *.
41 Nor were the Scot-, entirely without aiigmenta-
tive-'. T h " • W<Ve jmmmd h\ at !«»:;•- to ud|rr-
t i\ e , a n d o to - i d a ot i'. r : a-. 'mm "om/inii,
l/eadn. mailt). It not man1. \ - e v e -nice f
heard a lanm-rV wife kumhim..; h« irt by ; 1 her m i;.h~
hour, for calliim; a imr-.e of t he maid«e i / c a hm •./.•• /
1 He is more like a hor.so>aid -he." ddanm. Ant up
Soe. i. MS.
M A N R E N T , .v. H o m a g e , b e . ] Add;
k I m p r o p e r l y used to denote a bond oi' nmtmar
defence bet W eell c< juals.
It i- from tlie mutual bami, or contract, of a, a •/-
dm/, that we have any light., eit her o f t he per-ois t o
whom, or t he t viue about w h ich Sii* \\ a 111a- of W w -
bigginy wa - nu-rryed.—The band Ihihn.ve. ;
l b - it k t • n d , :\r. m e . S i r W a i t e r « T \ - - u hi g - i n .
a n d i:ii\ > i r 1 >a\ id <,<f ' b o w ir. f o r a!! th. - da \ < - o f o u r
l y v e - , t o b e o h j r i d ' j e d a n d l o n m l b e t !e • f.ot h ot' m i r
h o d i e - . - i u d t! 111* p r e - e n t let t«-r- iu matidi e<c. a n d - v. o r u e
c o u n s e i l a^ b r o i i i t r.-. in l a w , t o b e wit h o n e -.not h<T in
all a c t i o n e s , " vS:e. A i e m o r i e o f t h e S o m e r , d b . i. ? 1 7
Maud red approaches mo-t nearlv to th" A.S. ami
old F. lbnn manred. Jlandrey seems rather to have
been a vulgarism.
T o Ma!: Manred or Manredi/n, in the lan^uaLi'r <T
Barbour l>, merely the A S. phrase ; Hi hadden him
minired /naked; ilii ei homagium prae-tltcraiit : ('!:/.
Sax. A . I I I d .
MANSING. In 7na?isi//g\ aj)parentiy in r e -
mainder.
—•• '1 he Ford- found t.aat the piu'-uer'- i:i!t beim/
given in .\ugu-t. and hearing >neeia'h\ di >p. i« m
of g o o d - pertaining to the rebel, at th'.* lime o f h?;
reheihon, ami of the gift which wa- granted with:::
the year, could not extend to that whole vear'^ :'ai'n:,
but only to the half thereof, viz. to the Widt-umia v's
term beibre the gift, and to the Alartinma.A- term
after tlie g i f t ; but the L o r d s found, that the farms
o f the rebel's own labouring pertained to the dona-
tary ; and that tlie gift, albeit it was in Augu.-t, e x -
tended to tlie whole farms o f that crop, wdiich were
in the rebel'?* hand in mansing, e\ en as if lie had died-
in Augu.-t, nat being rebel, the ^mm woulci have
pertained to his executors." Dury's Deeds. Feb.
I(>J7, P- -h'7. Hope's Mem. Prael. p. N.
This is erroneously printed in i h-pe'.- ih'act. Manx-
ing Been, as if some term or eve of a Festival were
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meant. It is given correctly in Morison's Diet. Dec.,
xii. p. 5075.
It seems corr. from L.B. remans a, reliquium, re-
siduum, q. in remansam. It might, however, signify
the lands used as a demesne, from L.B. ?nensa, quic-
quid ad in ens am, instruendam con d licit; O.Fr. men sc.
V. D u Cange. Mension, depense; Gl. Roquefort.
M A N S S , s. A manor, a m a i i s i o n - h o u s c ; used
as synon. with mansioune.
That Da aid Lindcsay—has done na wrang in
the occupacioune & manurin of the th.rid ])arte of
the landi:-. of (1 restoune, except the auld mansioune
tisat William Ingiis has in tak <Sc twa. akeris liand
besid the said manss ; and in the vptakin of tlie malez
tharoi' except the raid manss ik akeris." Act. i)om.
(..'one. A. 1 M)0, p. 1 i q .
L.I5. maus-nm is used in this sense as mansion re-
gale. Castrum Alvecestre, regale tunc mansum. j]Ian-
siini cajjilale, quod vulgo cajjut maasi, nostris ehejmez.
Du Cange. Hence our Chemys, a manor-house.
It seems most probable that hence the term manse
has been conferred on a parsonage-house ; though
it is supposed by some learned writers that it origi-
nally denoted the land appropriated to a churchman.
MAXTKK, One who stutters 111 speech, S.
IS 1 A \ T 1 X\ A stuttering in speech, S.
5 I A N T V , s. A gown, S ; mania a, E .
" ;Mie said to herself, I wonder how my cousins
silk manly, and her gowd watch, or ony thing in the
world, can be worth sitting sneering all her life in
this little stifling room, and might walk on green
braes if she liked." Heart M. Loth. iii. 383.
Perhaps b y a change of sense from Fr. manleau,
a cloak. I cannot think with Mr. Todd, that E. Man-
teau is directly from Gr. pxvdvc..
M A N T I L L IS OF B A N I S . V . BANIS.
M A N U A R I E , ,9. A factory.
— " Or by making of societies and ma marries in
all the principal! burrowis for making of stuffes and
other waires,"&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 178.
O.Fr. manauivrc, ouvrage des mains, Itoquefort ;
whence L.B. manuarius, operarius. I hesitate, how-
ever, notwithstanding the aukwardness ofthephrase,
" making of manuaries," whether it be not meant of
providing manufacturers.
M A N U M E N T , s. Management,
cc The saidis James and maister Jolme had the
governament anel maniiment of his hail! rentis, leving,
and affairis." Acts Ja. VI. lCOO, Ed. 1814, p. 245.
The only example I have observed of a similar
term is in L.B. manumunit-iis, rei domesticae admi-
nistrator, procurator ; Du Cange.
* T o M A N U M I T , M A N U M I S S , V. A. T o confer
a literary degree ; synon. to laureate.
tc 1635. The 47th class, (some 45 in number),
bred under Mr.Robert Rankin, were solemnly vain li-
mit led in the lower hall of the Colledge." Craufurd's
Hist. Univ. Edin. p. 12().
fi' The 20th class—were manumitted with the ma-
gisterial! dignity, some 27 in number." Ibid. p. 65.
* M A N U M I S S I O N , S. Graduation.
" The disputation being ended,—the Primar call-
ing the candidates before him, after a short exhor-
tation to an vertuose and pious life, performeth the
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ceremony, by imposition of a bonnet (the badge of
man amission) upon the head of every one of the can-
didates." Ibid. p. 62.
L.B. manwnissio, licentiam, vel facultatem, dare
aliquid faciendi. A person was, in this sense, said
to be manumitted ad clericalum et tonsuram elerica*
lent; a strange idea, as he was in fact merely per-
mitted to wear a badge of slavery, as becoming, ac-
cording to the language of our forefathers, one of the
Pope's schavelings. Perhaps this term was transfer-
red to graduation, because the person who received
it was henceforth a Master, and supposed rather able
to instruct others than in a state of subjection.
T o M A P , r. n. " T o nibble as a sheep Ayrs.,
Gl. Picken, Loth. E x p l . " to crumble a hard
substance with the jaw-teeth," Gall.
This would seem nearly allied to Mantp, r.
MAPSIE. " A pet-sheep, called so from its map,
mapping with its lips; young hares are also
mapsies Gall. Encycl.
This may be originally the same with E. to mop, to
make wry mouths. It is by no means improbable,
that, as Skinner thinks, Mop is the same with Mump,
the m being ejected, for the softer sound ; especially
as Moup>, Moop, is with us the term used instead of
Mump. It is possible, however, that the origin is
Su.G. mop-ci illudere.
M A P P I E , -v. A term used in speaking to or call-
ing a rabbit, l i o x b . V. MAP, V.
MALLB, T h e marrow; 1 Ayrs. Gl. Picken.
This word, which I have met w ith no where else,
if given accurately, must be a corr. of C.B. mcr id.
or some similar term.
M A I I B E L , adj. Feeble, inactive, L o t h . ] Add;
Gael, mcirbh, slow, weak ; meirbhe, weakness, dill-
ness ; marbh, dead, heavy, benumbed ; marbh-am, to
kill; marbh-an, a corpse. C.B. mariv, to die, also
dead; deduced by Owen from mar flat, laid down ;
marwdawl, deadening; manveidd- dra, heaviness;
Richards.
2. Slow, lazy, reluctant, Ayrs.
T o M A 11 CUE, v. a. T o distinguish boundaries
by placing landmarks.
" The Bail lie or dan it the lynaris to pass to the
ground of the said tenement, and lyne and mcirche
the same." Aberd. Reg. A. 1541, V. 17.
T o MARCH, M E R C H , V. N. T o be on the con-
fines of, to be closely contiguous to, to be bound-
ed by, S.
<c There's a charming property, I know, to be sold
just now, that marches with Glenfern." Marriage,
iii. 311.
" That—portion of the lordschipe of Dumbar—
me re hit as eftirfollowes." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814,V.l 03.
MARCH-BALK, S. T h e narrow ridge which some-
times serves as the boundary bet ween lands be-
longing to different proprietors.
" In regard the witness had deponed upon her
tilling and riveing out the march-balk, they appoint
Forrel—to visit it in the vacancy, and to consider the
damage, and to report." Fountainhall, i. 224.
MARCH-BIKE, 6'. A wall separating one farm or
estate from another, S.
" I11 the moor country inclosing comprises chiefly
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t w o objects : 1st, T o divide farms from each other
b y what is termed march-dykes." A/jr. Stir v. (htilo-
w a y , p. 81.
M A R C I I E T , .9. T h e fine, & c . j Add; _
T h e mavchel, whatever was the origin of t h b bad-re
o f feudal bondage, was claimed at lea>t a- late a- the
year For in an act of this date, we iind !?<>-
bert Mure of' Rowalane and his son "jmrsuiii^* A r c h i -
bald Crawl urd of Crawfurdland, " tor the w r a n - w i s
spoliacioun, awaytakin withhaldin frae thaim of
cert an e hereyeldis, bludwetis & 'mcrchcf tx, as is c o n -
tenit in the sunnnondis,"&c. A c t . l )om.Conc. p.t-'JJ I •
MARCH-MOON.
T h e Druids, it is well known, made i>-rcat n-e of
the missel toe; and although, {'rem its being iinkiiown
in S., there can he no supciv-titious appropriation o f
it, we find that its only .substitute in this country i-
used in a similar manner.
W e learn from Pliny that " on theb'th of the Marc,1)
moon, a priest, eiad in white, climbed the tree, ami
Cut the Misseltoe with a golden bid, and OHMTS in
white standing round, reecheii it.; after which they
olfered at their Cain-1 "ires with mirth."
- — " 111 the increase of the Mi(r<h .»/o^y/.the H i g h -
landers cut withes of the wood-bind that about,
the oak. These the}' t w b t into a wreath or circle,
and carefully preserve it till the next March.. A n d
when children are troubled with hectic!, fevers, or
when anv one is couMmipthe, they make th< m pa~s
through tliis circle thrice, by putting it over their
heads, and conveying" it down about their bodie-.
T h e like they do to cattle in some di-tempers. This
I have often seen." SI law's Mora}', p. 1.
M A U O K I S P O I N T , the obmci directly aimed,
at:, ({. the bull's e y e ; a metaphor borrowed from
archers.
— " J o h n Knox dois not m e i t t h e heid of my par-
tickle,—([uhairin (efter my iudgment) con>istes the
marckls point of the purpose." [lessoning betuix
Crosraguell and J. Knox, E. iij. b.
M A R E , M A I it, adj. M o r e , S . ] Add;
W I T H T H E M A R E , a singular phraseology o c c u r -
r i n g in our old acts.
— " A n d als to refound and pay to the said Johne
the malez, proffitis, and dewiteis that lie micht haue
hald of the thrid parte of the saidis landis of thre
yeris bigane, with the mare, extending yerely to v j
merkis/' Act. Audit. A . 1488, p. I l k
— f f For the w rang wis detention ne & with hald In
fra Mr of the malez & fermez of hir landis of Dan ids-
toune o f thre yeris bigane with the mare, extending
yerely to v j chalder o f aitis/' &c. Ibid. p. 115.
It may signify more or less; or perhaps, " with the
overplus/' q. whatever more; as would seem to be its
signification in the p h r a s e , — D o i s wrang in the oe-
c u p a t i o un e, 1 a whoring, &manurin of viij akeris, with
the mare, o f the landis of Estir Cotis/ 5 Ibid. p. 132,
But I have met with no parallel phrase in any other
dialect.
With the May seems to be used in the same sense.
— c t Jolnine Mathesone spuilyeit & tuk fra him out
of his maling of Kynnard v x x [five s c o r e ] of vow is
with the may, x x x j h o g g i s / ' &c. Ibid. A . 149% p. 305.
May signifies more in number. V . MA,
100
A It
' M A R i b TiMHKi; m .v. A niiiharx pui,
** He cau-e- pul up bet w ' lie' a hn,
mart', when-on knave- and I'IIIMW a} -OBH'V- dioind
ride." ddinir. i. :IS7- \ - Tin s , M \ .
M A R I O , -v. A trough for earn, in-- hum or ]nor_
1ar, eve. | Add;
fi* 1 think i -"t u"/ apron and J/1/.•/•//•»• a v."' ; - -•
Vou voiii* a;»f)-n*'.-L'' T e s m a n f - C a r d . I5-.it-;;;. p. i
M A i; i. !•' i'", -v. A hodfid L apphed to hiur or mor! a j\S.
I' \ e a hHm-\'<f o* ^ude lime here a < \ er ear :
out o' a. lime-kid." I bid.
M A R K, .v. A w o o d e n frame which uni-ou- -
a-- a Mip| >«>r'i on v.. Inch to r < a -e;d*< -Id. A be; d . :
also e : d f ' d a in>rsr : m M. a /•/".-/.
" Th'- three were - ; . t c d aiei'i j>n a h'vh -1.
]>repare(i <;ii p»irpo-e with tw<> i.-inr< and
(lea b. ' Alili. of t he 1'ar. p. i\\'>.
Ps'rliap- from its re. embiance to t In • ooden tti>ii\.
\ I -ed a - a ! 11 ; ! : t ;! r P I!:;.-; i i i e •! it .
Al A R M . Il i:- a .-inguhir -oper-t ili< :ii vdneb pre-
\ a-lv i 11 ;he -oiith o f S., tha? if a !n r:d,- l.o:,:^
to the briile/jroonf:-. b(iii-e on a fur, <\ lier c h i l -
dren will lor mnnv v» ar.i (oii the ;:'.vu!i,;t) ,,,ta;i*
the pow'ei" I'eleiit lull.
>in)ii as the bride wa.~> led into the hori >.\ old
Ne' 1 \ , the bridegroom mother, w m i a.od-- -;o
the bea-t. «»n which her dan.<j'hter-m-la ]i;.d
brought bfaiie ; and perc"i \ iiej' it. w:is a :uner. -h" a 1
a crying and. wrinidny ha-r hand-. 1 inquired -.\itii
.Nome ;ti;n'm, what. wa» the matter. 4 ( ) dea;\ >ir,' re-
turned -he, 1 i f - for the pool" bairjiie- t!t *|j \ i:.,t
t'» dn e 1 b j - mduekv n i;-ci i a 11 ee. ! i!. < • a d,;\ , p».o?-
waeiu' I >i'a t - I tie'\'li iio be In a dr\ b*-d i<>r a d o / - : :
o' year- to c o m e ! " halin. M.,:/. Maj, i •• ! , p. i !7-
M A\{ MI > A Y , .v. A da v con : crated ( o I ite \ i>'r>;\u.,
in the P o p i d i calendar. V . I . i / r r i i: :-.JAIM.;» \ V,
In another place, 14 the letter Alary d a y , " it b, . ai d.
is callit the pativite o f our lady." A b e r d . Keg. A.
1.53H, V. Id).
M A R K I L I / H X , .v. O n e of the names o f ;n..
] 4, r(ig-fi:-h, L o p h i u s pir-catonu.-, on the i'h-'e.b oi
Foitli. V. \:lii i-:i x .
M A R M - S T A N i v v . A rough MOM*. reM •nd; b o -
th e stone-hatchc-t m >h;i|.»e : oi-en < »:•• i !i:jr i i a s
lieeii taken out of the bed o f a n\. r. anil worn
down l>v co lb si on or IVjci i<ni, U) admit <;f
ii cord Luang iix< d l ound it, A n g u - .
ri'hi> is hun:^ up in a .-laide : hi-ing \ iew<-d hv the
supcr.-truou-: as a certain aniioete t<; t.beir hor.-es
bein;^ rode bv the ha v called, ihr Mur,\ ( ) a e o f the.-v
I iia\'e in my pf)sses.-i<;n, wbi'.'h was ibrinerie ap-
propriated to this important use.
M A H I E S , s. pi. T h e designation g i v e n to tile
maids o f h o n o u r in S c o t l a n d . ] Add;
O n e of the oldest writers w h o uses this term is
Pitscottie.
" H e called vpoun his doehter Mae-dalen \ the
queine o f Scotland, and eau>ed hir pa.- to hU wair-
d r o p , — a n d take his stiekis oi* claith </i' ^old. velvet
and satines etc. as shoe pleased to el oath bur and hir
maries, or any other tapbtrie oi' paill ur robbis tliat
shoe could find in his wairdrop." Cron. p.
 M A R
M A R I K E N , M A R Y S K Y N , S K I N , a dressed goat-
skin.
" Mariken shines made in Scotland ilk hundred/'
&c. Acts Cha. II. Ed. 1814, V I I . 253.
ee Marekin skinnes." Rates, A . 1(511.
ff Marikin skins." Rates, A. lf>70, p. 76.
" iiij dosoim of maryskyn skylines."—Afterwards,
marykyn skynnis. Aberd. Reg. A. 1518, V. 20.
Fr. marroquin, " Spanish leather, made of goats'
skins, or goats' leather not tanned, but dressed with
galls Cotgr.
M A l l Y MESS,
" That—William erle Marscliell sail-pay to the
said Johne lord Drummond the soume of J c merkis
—at the test of Sanct Johne the baptist called mid-
sommer nixt tocum, & ane vther J c merkis at the
latter Marymcss nixt thareftir," &e. Act. Dom. Cone.
A. 1492, p. 265. V. also p. 266.
This denotes the day appointed in the Roman ca-
lendar for commemorating the nativity of the Vir-
gin, September 8th, which was denominated the Ial-
ter Marymcss, as distinguished from the day of her
Assumption or Lady day, which falls on August 15th.
" The provest, bailleis, &c. of Irwin lies bene ae~
custumat thir mony yeiris bigane to Iiaif twa fairis
in the yeir to be haldiii within the said burgh ;—the
first fair beginnand vpoun the xv day of August,
quhilk is the first Ladle day, and the nixt vpoun the
viij day of September, quhilk is commonlie callit I he
letter Lady day, being only xxiij dayis betuix thame/'
&c. Acts ,Ja. VI. 1578, Ed 1814, p. 103.
Evidently from the Virgin's name, and S. mess, a
mass, L.B. missa, A.S. maessa.
W e find the phrase indeed, On haerfeste tha fLil-
ian wucan aer Sanctam Marian maessan, expl. by J.
Bromton, " In Augusto plena hebdomada ante fes-
tum sanctae Mariae ; i. e. In August, a full week be-
fore MarymcssV. Mareschall. Observ. in A.S. vers,
p. 517- Bromton Chron. col. 82().
MARYNAL, A mariner.] Add;
cc A stout and prudent marineU, in tyme of tem-
pest, seeing but one or two sehippis—pas through-
out any danger, and to win a sure liarborie, will have
gud esperance, be the lyke wind, to do the same."
Dr. M'"Cries Life of Knox, first Ed. p. 4:3fj.
M A R I O N , s. T h e Scottish mode o f writing and
pronouncing the name Marianne, the Mariamne
o f the Jews.
Every one is acquainted with that fine old S. song;
Will ye gang to the ewe-buchts, Marion ?
M A I i Y 1 1 Y A L L , the legal denomination o f that
silver coin of Q. Mary of Scotland, vulgarly de-a
signed the Crookstcmc Dollar.
cS That thair be cunyeit ane penny of silvir callit
the Mary lit/all,—of weiclit ane unce Troie weicht—
havand on the ane syde ane palme-tree crownit," &c.
Act. Dom. Cone. A . 15()5. Keith's Hist. A pp. p. 118.
ff Queen Mary having returned home to Scotland
in the year 1561 ; and being married to Darnley, in
four years after, these large pieces of money began
to be coined among us, which were then called reals
or royals, but now crowiis." Ruddiman's Introd. to
D i p l o m . p . '131. V . Sc11ELL-PADnoCK, aiId RYAL.
MARY'S (ST.) K N O T . To Tie with St. Marijs
101
M A It
hiot^ to cut the sinews o f the hams of an animal,
Border.
Then Dickie into the stable is gane,—
Where there stood thirty horses and three;
He lias tied them a' wi St. Mary's knot*
A ' these horses but barely three.
* Ham-stringed the horses, N.
Poetical Museum, p. 27.
H o w such a savage practice should have been de-
nominated from her, who in these times was even by
savages daily celebrated as Maler Gratiae, and Did-
cis Parens clcmcntiae, is not easily conceivable. The
designation min t have originated with some of those
ruthless marauders, who, from the constant use of
the sword, had become so daring as even in some in-
stances to cut the Gordian knot of superstition ; and
who over their cups might occasionally laugh at the
matins and vespers of those whom they spoiled.
M A U I T A G E , s. 64 T h e casualty b y which the
superior was entitled to a certain sum of money,
to be paid by the heir of his former vassal, who
had not been married before his ancestors death,
at Ins age of puberty, as the avail or value of
his tocher Ersk.
— " That the—vassals, whose holding shall be
changed, or who shall compone for their maritage,—-
their heires and successours shall bruik their lands
in all time thereafter, free of any such burden of ma*
ritager Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 332.
L.B. mariiag-iuni. This is explained by Skene as
equivalent to Dos, c< toehcr-gud," vo. Dos ; De Verb.
Sign. This corresponds with the primary definition
given by du Cange : Maritagium, donatio, quae a pa-
rente filio fit propter nuptias, sen intuitu matrimonii.
He then refers to Reg. Maj. Lib. ii. c. 18. § 1. He
afterwards limits the term ; Maritagiuni servitio ob-
7ioxiinn illud est quod datur cum special! reservatione
servitii debiti domino capitali.
cc It was not the precise tocher which one got by
his wife that fell to the superior as the single avail
of marriage, but what his estate might have been rea-
sonably supposed to entitle him to." Stair, ap. Ersk.
B. ii. tit. 5. § 20.
* M A R K , s. Consequence, importance. Men of
mark, the same with the E . phrase, men of note.
" No lords, nor barons, advocates, clerks, or other
men of mark, had entry into this assembly." Spald-
ing, i. 315.
T o M A R K , v.a. T o set (on the ground) ; ap-
plied to the foot, and conjoined with words
meant to express whether the person be able to
do so or not.
He is sae weak that he canna mark a fit to the
grand or, " He's beginnin' to recruit, for he can
now mark his fit to the grund Clydes.
Perhaps originally borrowed from the circumstance
of one, who treads on the ground, leaving the mark
or impression of his foot on it. The v.} however,
may be here used as signifying to point, to direct,
the ground being the object in view; in the same
sense as it is said in other counties, tf He canna point
a fit to the grund/'
M A R K , MEEK, A nominal weight used ir\
Orkney.] Add;—and Shetland.
 M A R M
c' Mark, it answers to their pound weighty but
really containeth eighteen ounces." MS. Expl. of
Norisli words.
M A R K L A K D , ,9. A division of LAND, S.
By a decree of the Exchequer (March I J, 1585),
a 40 shilling for 3 mark-land) of old extent (or S ox-
gangs, should contain 104 acres. Consequently, 1
merk-la.nd should be 33 1-3(1. The denomination of
mark-lands still holds in common use of speech ; and.,
in general, one mark-land may give full employ to
one plough and one family in the more arable parts
of the county." Agr. Surv. Argyles. p. 33. V. M E R K ,
M ELL K LAND.
M A R K , ,S\ A denomination of Scottish money.
V. MEIIK.
MAUK :\IAIRIV L Y K E , one mark f o r another, in
equal quantities o f money, penny for penny.
Ci That the said—Maeolme & Art!lure sail pay
in like proporcioune of* the said annuel, efferand to
the part of the land that ather of thaini lias, mark
war/: Ijjke, comptand be the aid extent." Act. Dom,
Cone. A. l-i80, p. 71. V. Merk.
M A R K , adj. Dark, S . B . ] Add;
It was sae mark, that i'the dark,
He tint his vera sheen.
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 120.
M A R K A L , s.
c: But wrhat manners are to be expected in a coun-
try where folks call a ploughsoek a mark at The
Pirate, ii. 10-1.
This is expk as if it signified the ploughshare. That
this, however, is nut the meaning will appear from
MERCAE, q . v.
M A U K XOJL ] > U R N , a phrase synon. with Hilt
•>:a;r Hair, S.
\\ iu n one loses any thing, and finds it not again,
we are said never to see mark nor burn of i t G a l l .
Eneycl.
Mactaggart seems to confine the original sense of
the phrase to the burning of the sheep with a red hot
iron on the horns and nose." But mark, I apprehend,
is the same with tar-mark, or that made by ruddle.
M A R K o1 M O U T H . 1. " A mark in the mouth,
whereby cattle-dealers know the age of the ani-
mal," S. Gall. Encycl.
This in E. seems to be called " mark of tooth"
V . J O H N S , VO. Mark.
2. Transferred to persons advanced in life, S.
<<r Old maids are sometimes said to have lost—
mark o' moutlu * Gall. Encycl.
This, although oddly expl. by Mactaggart, refers
to their loss of teeth.
MARKSTANE, A landmark, G a l l o w a y ;
synon. Marchstane.
<£ Markstancs, stones set up on end for marks,—
that farmers might know the inarches of their farms,
and lairds the boundaries of their lands." Gall. Eneycl.
V. MARCI-ISTANE.
T o M A R L E , v. a. T o wonder, corr. from Mar-
vely South of S.
"I marlethe skipper took us onboard, said Richie."
Nigel, i. 79.
M A R L E D , M E R L E D , M I R L E D , part. pa. 1. Va-
riegated, mottled, S . ; as, " marled stockings/''
10,(>
A It
those made o f mixed colours, twisted together
before the stockings are woven or knitted ;
u marled paper," &c.
They delight to weare marled clothes, specially
that haue long stripes of sundry coloures ; they love
chieflypurpleandblew." Monipennie'sS.Chron.p.46*.
2. Chequered; as, " a marled plaid,"' a chequered
plaid," l i o x b .
If not corr. from E. marbled, from O. Fr. ma relief,
marbre, raye, bigarre ; Roquefort.
M A U L E D S A L M O N , a species of salmon. V. I E S K -
DIMJIMIN.
M A H M A I X ) , &c. ,9. T h e Mermaid.] Add;
The figure of the Mermaid, it appears, was seme-
mes worn as an ornament of royalty.
Item, ane gryt tnrgat with the mammdin, srtt.'ii;
with dyamonttis, rubris, and am* gryt auK-raMi.''
1nvt-iitA. p. 65.
That was a res>rrsoi 1?a(ion of thr s!-:i-mi.»n>trr
thus denominated, appears from another pa>>age.
Ci Item, am- bo.'iet <;fMak wlvott with ane tergal,
of the ma rmrali n, his' tajjll of dyanmnlt.i>, sv 1C1 k
ane rubie and table dyamont, sex settis of gold, with
ane gryt rul)ie in every ane of thanie, arid \ii ; ( ttis
with twa gryt perle in every ane of thame." lb. p. OS.
M A R l v , .v. A n obstruction, an injury.
— T h e r e b y we could do nothing but render our-
selves a prey to the enemy, if not a marr to the Lord's
work." Society Contendings, p. 66.
Serenius derives the E. v. from A.S. mar, morbus,
damnum ; but the only word he can refer to is mara,
the night-mare. The origin certainly is, as given by
Johns., A.S. amyrr-an, or amcrr-an, impedire.
M A K IIA T , M AII KIOTVS'. A b b r e v . of M a r g a r e t , ^ .
M A R R E S T , s. T h e same with Mares^ Afarres.
" — T o g i d e r with the—pa,rkes, meadowes, mures,
mossis, mar-rests, commounties, pasturages," &c«
Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 149.
L.R. marisl-us, palus.
MARRIAGE.
A variety of curious customs and superstitions still
prevail in S. in regard to marriage, some of which
evidently claim great antiquity, and may even be
traced to the times of the ancient Romans, or mani-
fest a striking resemblance.
In Angus, the bride's furniture is sent to the bride-
groom's house a day or two before the wedding. A
spinning-wheel and reel are considered as essential
parts of this. Among the Romans, one thing indis-
pensable in the procession of the bride was a distaff
dressed up with a spindle and flax, as an emblem of
her industrious disposition.
If any part of the bride's furniture be broken in
the' removal or carriage, it is viewed as an omen of
unhappiness in the connubial relation.
In the same county, as soon as the bride enters the
house of the bridegroom, he leads her forward to
the fire, and gives into her hands the longs and crook,
01* instrument 011 which the pot for dressing food is
suspended. On this occasion, the Roman husband
delivered the keys to his spouse. Both these cere-
monies seem to denote the same thing, the manage-
ment of household affairs. The Roman ladies also re-
ceived from their husband fire and water. Hence
 M A R M A It
Ovid, speaking of the virtue of these two elements, It is singular that the omen should be inverted in
says that by means of them marriage is made : regard to death. Hence the old distich ;
His nova fit conjux.—• Fasti, Lib. iv. Happy is the corpse the sun shines on,
The lort<[u and crook are emblems nearly allied ; But happier is the corpse the rain rains o n ;
the one being the instrument for man aging t //re, and Or as it is otherwise expressed ;
the other that for boiling water. By the way, I do Happy the bride the sun shines on.
not know whether there may not be some reference And happy the corpse the rain rains on.
to this ancient matrimonial custom in S., in the com- " ] have repeatedly heard the following rhymes,
mon idea. thai;, the4 tonus is th;* woman's weapon. on the occasions to which tiiev refer:
The custom in Sweden, although differing in form, West wind to the bairn
has a similar meaning. Thr? bride i.> ]>i,esented with When ga'an lor its name;
foehs and /vy/.v, as a symbol of the trust committed to And rain to the corpse
her in the management of domestic concerns. Svm* Carried to its lang hame.
nolo sera rum c! clarium sponsa mat erfamiiias con.^ti- A bonny blue sky
luitur, el; pars potestatis ae. rei domesticae adminis- To welcome the bride,
traiidae, bonurmnqne (juae cla\ ibus et >era elaudiun- As she gangs to the kirk,
tur, diligens cura et fida custodia ei comimltitur, quod Wi' the sun 011 her side."
etiam moribus (iraccorum et Romannruin coiivcnii. Ed in. Mag. Nov. 1818, p. 412.
Nam apud (iraecos x.Aubxy/>r3 etaiiisera, diceb.-nur ma- Mr. Allan-Hay has mentioned a superstition, in
terfamilias, eodem fine et usu ; ut notat IJesychius. regard to marriage, which, I suppose, is confined to
Loccenii Anti(j. Suco-Goth. p. 10(i. the Highlands:
In Angus, and perhaps in other northern counties, " As the party leaves the church, the pipes again
it is customary for the bridegroom to present the strike up, and the whole company adjourns to the
bride with a pair of pockets, made of the same cloth next inn, or to the house of some relation of the
as his own wedding-suit; these are never sent empty. bride's; for it is considered mdiickjj for her own to
If tlie bridegroom can afford it, they contain every be the first which she enters." Bridal of Caolchairn,
species of coin, current in the country, even down to N. p. 812.
the farthing. The money is generally tlie freshest
M A R R O W , <?. One thing that matches an-
that can be got.
other.] Add;
This custom might have tlie same origin with that
An' wi' the laird o' Cairnyhowes,
of the Germans who were of the same stock with the
A curler guid an' true,
Goths. Among them, the wife brought no dowry
Good Ralph </ Tithesbore, an' Slacks,
to her husband, but the husband gave a dowry to his
Their marrows there are few.
wife. Dotem non uxor marito, sed uxori maritus of-
Davidson s Seasons, p. 16*4.
fert. Tacit, de Mor. Germ. Or it may correspond
to the arrhac, tlie earnests, or as one would say in 4. A person who is equal to another, S.
the language of S., the arks, sent by the bridegroom 5. A n y thing exactly like another, S. ; as, cc Y o u r
to the bride before marriage. V. liosin. p. Per- joktaleg"s the very mar rote- o mine; or, " our
haps, tlie custom established in one part of Hritain, of knives arc juist viarrazcx.''
wedding with the ring, may be traced to this source. M A R R O W , adj. Equal, so as to match something
The Roman women wore it, as with us, on the third of the same kind.
finger. For this custom they assigned the following At my being in England I boeht scvintone pece
reason ; that there is a vein in this linger which com- of peril, and, as said is, at capitane Brucis returning
municates with the heart. They also called it the me- bak to England I ressavit of the vuirroiv garnishing
dicinal finger. Ibid. of thir fourtene pece thre chattonis, qnhilk makis
The bride presents the bridegroom with his mar- xvii in the haill." Inventories, A. 1585, p. 320.
riage-shirt. This is generally preserved for what T o M A R R O W , v.a. 2. T o associate with. ~]Add;
is called a dead-shirt, or that which is to be put on kC That thir lord is vnderwritten be nenunit and
liim after death. The only reason of this may be, put for keping of the q 11 en is grace, or ony tua of
that it is generally finer than the rest of their linen. thai 111 quarter! ie, & ane to be put and mar row it to
It is possible, however, that the custom may have th aim by my lord gouemour at his plesoure." Acts
originated from a religious motive, in order to im-
Mary, 1542, Ed. 1814, p. 414.
press the mind with a sense of the uncertainty of all
T o M A R R O W , , v. ?l T O co-operate with others in
human felicity.
husbandry.
Although it was customary among the Germans
To marrow and nychtbour with wtheris, as thai
for the newly-married wife to make a present to her
wald ansur to the king & tone [[toun] thairupoun."
husband, it was not of ordinary dress, but of a piece
of armour. Invicem ipsa, adds Tacitus, armorum Aberd. Reg. A. 1538, V . 16.
aliquid viro offert. Among the Goths the bride made M A R R O W L E S S , adj. 1. Without a match.
a present to the bridegroom. V. Pinkerton's En- 2. A p p l i e d to two tilings of the same kind, that
quiry, i. $93. do not match with each other; as, u ye hae on
Rain, on a wedding-day, is deemed an unlucky omen. marrrcncless hose " S.
" Oh, my heart's blythe/ said she to Winifred, M A R H O W S C I I I P , S. Association.
to see the sun shine sae brightly; for rain's no canny, Throucht fait of marrowschip or insufficient-
on a wedding-day/' Llewellyn, iii. 283. nychtbourschip/' Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16,
103
 M A R 3! A S
Throw wanting of •lit iiece-dfv of' re 1J i j (p t! diinu their pnrpo-e for that da v.
Alx-d. Reg. A . 1 i."». V . !;•. On the -ee. a a L \ heir attempt u a - defeat "d b ) the
M A R ' S Y L A Ii. a cfihiiiinu p-Tipbra-U a m o n g sMiie mean «. In diort. t h > • v eon tamed in their <>b-
the vulvar lor di I m - m - h m - : im a ! H.non m ha~ f4iiia< ;. -'.ill repeating the former iu-ult, till aft* r
M

vour f»t" tilt- StiiMri . !.•» Hp* year \ ] i o . S. fbrtv dav^ triai, being erne, meed that it \\a- vain t<>
Co: ;t' a i I With :i -a;:,1 v, i:o h 'd tie- <•.< ' iju-nt , - ( . m u c h
Thi:- 1- aNi) r.i!I d the / ' / / / ? , .- a. ami ,S7,;rrr.
under his controul, thev gave him h i - o w n wav.
lua'r. V. Si:i a a a - M o o i s
Foon as Swithin\ body vat- depodted in t!ie plaec
Ii I,., ]-,.•(•«•:•.(! thi- fh nominat a .n irons the liar!
which he had p/Jiiited out. be V, a - .sppe.,- ( "i ; ,eot •')
M'n. v, ho tool: tin* mad in thi- in-urrection, ami
eompietfi y , i.owm, u\ that he -houid .e-a oee.-j dm ;a ' iy
commanded the rebel army in Scotland.
remmd the <h -eend.ant <>t' tije.-f ob .'naate p f *op;e of
M A R T . .v. 1. A c o w , k r . kided and -ailed for
the permam-t ms r h i - p«»v, er.
winter provi.-.:on, S. | Insn7, a - s i i - r
( amden. ijj h;. Britain, ha\ing mentioned th":
A c o w killed at any time for tanuiv n s a A b e n l .
Savint, f l o m m d ha-> the loi) o i n g note:
Add t'» etymon :
ill J i o p J M - v ; .at W ' i m J J ' • -11 r , in t h e pt!« n - n t u r y .
As unn I denotes a r o w in Oaeh. it ha- hern ,-up-
H e - t n i e o o t m m - - «»f r e - ; t e t l a m e not - o a i u d i ioi'
|><j-.t-e 1 that t hi-, li'i \ e- t 11'* pro] »er ong in of t he >. t enmi n - - a n e ! it \ . a - f »r t h e rain w h i c h u u.«;i\ f . o ' aa^e.t
15ut as it occurs in m» other dialect of the Oatim tiie \:a hi t r a n - i a t ion m j m i . b 1 r , -.ntln -un
as far as 1 can find. eaeept the {ride (v. Inch i-indeed t h e n e o • , ; eai i y \*. ith P r a e - e p e a! id A - r a i ; n o t e d
the same lamocme- } and e\en in it om.ted. I >>>t:i b a u c h a ' i t nt< i\- t o b e r a i u 1 , ca»n t«-;;a\ iiai •, a11d n o t
bv Lhu w! and ( J'Briem In 1J a # - of I i • . • 1..•:// ' f-o r h; - v, ( e p . i ; o r o t h e r v, e r p n i v " - a m i s M ! '.• ar< *
and m- harl. .• i 'j i, i i \ m g a in ; h r ; e*<: i . una d thatthe \ ii';.::. \i the \ he, v. !.-.• e : a. t i . •
it i- not t<> in- v ;e ,ved a- an on-j ma, ( «;:e,. woiai. de- b . ' a t n - r . a. • • - m e • i p « - r ! ; t : m t (atdi.e-*a li,;.' !•-
li o t i m_: the - p e c a - - ; but that it ha- been 1 sorrow <-d a- l i e ; e d . ' B r i t . i . I n p . V .
a denominat ion lor a cow appropriat ed lor f mbl v u-e. In a very am i; nt \elhnn calendar, Mia! ten i ! I
T o M A R T K R Y Z K , r. a. T o butcher. in souse oft.be northern countie- 1 .nghmd, >t. >v. i-
£' Men o f valour—before were wont, to fight \ a-
1.11i11 i> represented with a horn a • hi, badge. Ibid,
liantiy and long with the sword and haunce, inun.' for ii. A - t hi.- ha- been often u- ed a the . ymbol «»f
the honour of victory, then for any de-ire of dmd- drinking, the appropriation of it might rc.-peci the
ding of b l o o d : but now men are .-na rtcnr/.cd and cut \augar dedg nation of the ,-aint.
(lowiif; at. more than ha!fe \i mile of distance bv t ho-e
r i'o M A R T Y IL r. //. ii. One i , said to be
furmu- and thundering eng inc.- of g r« .:t cannon, t liat
f/jr'it% v . h e i i " - o r e v, o n n d e d ov b r u i - e d , " b:c. L / ' / / / :
.sometimes shoote fiery bullet-, abh- to burne v, hole
Bot thi W i m a m M e i d r u m oh B i n e u;,' h5
cities, ea-tles hom-e- or bridge v.lmre they chance
i / t a r f h f r d . f o r h i - h e h i - w a r e u t ^ - d . a n d t i e - i. n o p p i s
to light." Monro'- imped. 1\ l\. p. 1 h!.
t ia ! ' n t h ! o W
Teut. i/nt r/<r-r/j, e\r armfieare, ;;f{hg i re, e \ t • r' l <' r» •<>f; h i < i b o V . i ' ! r ; h m a i h . a i i d v. a

vulu'o mar/<if-i(U< \ \ marfjjn:.-are ; K i h an. \ . M m:- t i i e b . - d i e , o t h . h r w a • n o •: g n e o h j \ l i ' i n . h . n u " P i t -

scot' ;e'. ( [<,.:.. ;aaf,.
TVH.,
'1 h i - i - i n a l o u b t e d i v t h e -aaine Squ ver Meidrnni
MAUTIh M a r r c w . E i t r . Vur.
Ymquhiie Laird of ( lei-ehe and B u r n e r who-e hi —
T w a wanton glaikit uillifs, I'll upliand,' said
torie i, retauaied by Sir David L y m b a y . His c u . -
Pate ; — ' o'er muckh: marth. V the back, an meidar i'
nies, he says,
the bruiftket." Perils of Man, i. 5-5.
— C a m e behind him cowartlie,
Corr. from A.S. mrarh, mvnh, id.
And hackit on hi., huehis and theis.
M A R T Y , .s*. A p j ) a r e n t l v a house-steward.
Till that he fell upon his knei-,
« 1 ();">.">—W alter Compbell ca])tain and Marly of
('halm. Ijjud.siUj^ \\.
Skipnes.s/' Hou.-liold Bc.<>k (d" Argyll.
Jr. Gael, maor, a. -teward. and !><_ih. h/, a hou-e. M A R T E I - y r . .v. A marl in.
M A R T I N (St.) o f l i T / L I / l O V S ] ' ) A V . | ( ol. Marllr!. move commonly Mrrfr/cJ:, a. kind o f
after extract from Gav"> T i r n a , insert ; large wee-el, which bears a rich fur." Oh >ibb.
T h e same mode of proirm^tication was taken no- M A IIY A L . YIari>l". A v i s . , ( i h T i c k e n
tice of long before b y Ben Johnson : nm-t be v ie\'» e<l as ,a ].ua.j\incial cau'ruption.
O here, St. Swithins, the xv day, varia.ble wea- ]\I A S A IL .v. A drinking c u p .
ther, for the most part raine :—why" it should rnine - Item foure masaris callit King Robert the Brocis,
forty daies after; n o w , more or lesse, it was a rule with a cover." Inventtaries, p. 7-
held before I was able to hold a p l o u g h / ' Even- Item the hede o f silver of ane o f the coveris of
Man out of his Humour. masarJ1 Ibid. p. 8.
T h e vulgar in England give the following tradi- Janus Dolmerus, in his Notes to the Jus Aulicum
tionary account of the reason of the rainy weather at Norvegkum, p. 16*1 ? says that cups made o f maple
this season. St. Swithin had given orders that his were in ancient times held in grec among
b o d y should be interred in a particular spot. His the N o r w e g i a n s ; A p . D u Cange.
friends, for what reason is not known, not It must be acknowledged that the learned D u
to c o m p l y with the injunction o f the saint Cange, on the authority of an old Lat. and Fr. Glos-
to bury him in another place. He, as may well be sary, supposes that masar cups are the same with
supposed, was so highly offended at this mark of dis- those which the Latins called MurrMna ; for in this
obedience, that he deluged them, while on their way, Gl. Murrha is expl. Hanap de madre. Murha, ac-
With such torrents o f rain, that they were under a cording to some, denoted agate ; according to others,
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p ,;x im! i can -ee no proof of* a satisfactory 1' .•'•••ins certain, indeed, that tlie Teut. ie/m h-
JrtLlii'f in -'"Up! lO/t. of t'l r 1 i (* r of these oj *nUO] is. i.-om the r. .-igiiilying to mix. Eor the svi ;,i)4 <,i
Mr. I'iiil.f rion has the lb!lowing remark on J l a - •r,;a:J> i"jjn 1 - ////.'./>'!tnjn. irdssclae'/njn, evidently fjaaii
',:r r. 'iiusstdu'l-en nhscere.
" \j • p-.,ia. ////•/;;,'/• er.p> are mentioia-d bv 1 !.•* AE\siii..\cn 5 adj. M i n g l e d , l u e n d e d , S.Ik
S'a/d • h poetx 'J hi.- sub-tanea, ca;ria>oiifjiJ!<4- v. <th An' thu- gaed on the ynashiaeh f e g h t ;
tin- i '-a !.ch ?//// 7/vx appe;>r> to b - cniua. or e aE - a 10 (.a 'a ni them a' John Ploughman heght, See.
wa,re, paintefl iike the old van-s. ridicuiotiAy a-cribed Tajjiuvs S. Poems, p. it,a.
to Raphael." 11i.-t. i. -l:;:;, N. M.-. - a ;.oak. -v. f I he name u'lven to a coarse kind
But IT. in ad re E delha d by Eofgr. Ci a tliicke- of bread.
streaked graine In wood." A n d the value of ti :e d-s/t — " ihi -.ap ye in crowdy, aaid nek-r mint at bak-
>,<\", 11-. to Ittv e (h*j)i' it lad oil t ho beauty of the \ arie- ieg another bannoek a- lang^ tlHa-e'< a. mouthlu' o*
gai ion. Madec, at any rate, floes not -eem to be the a-- ,•.'•./:/-/. .a Haa-ad made nearly all of bran) to be had
cor:a pu-aEnt term. J f we tru-t Pal-grave, our old- ni the 11,v. n d J p . " St. .1 (••hn.-toisn, ih :;7-
e.-t i • •:;<•!» 1 > oa: i a;; a n a n , it t masten ; and he La , es .M a - o 1.1 M. adj.
-
M i x e d , aj>p!ied to grain. S.
h aa , e r o f i i l of it. as to exclude the idra of iN Eet Ikmidi'- drive the pe;tM- and 'neav nu-ai to
being of eart hen ware. l i e aEo ;dibrd.- Us a proof
the camp at. Unnsielog—he's a \vIiiaa and wa.- the
of the t*aaa being u*-ed in O.K. "* Mas'ir of woode ;
auld gudev.!Ie's phaiglnnan. The mashiinn banaock -
[ 1 r. j tiifi.ii- /'a, haiaap." I l iii. E. 1 7, b.
Vvili suit their moorland stamachs weed." "Jkilesj of
It, had he a kn«»'A n in England so iate as the age
my Eandlord, iii. J 17k EES. V. M A . S M U N .
o f 1 E a a m o n t and I a-teher :
M Asii IJ;M, .9. A. m i x t u r e o f any kind o f edibles.
Eanee npoii the ma:.' r's brim.
< Vvih-S.
In t he eEm-oii lajii-ar w in:. r ik) M A SIC, vx a. rJ'(* eaten in a net.) Add;
/ ' ( ti r/lh U Kl/I, p. 1 .J|)S.
M a - i : . -a A ter-ui Used to da-nole a crib for catch-
I Eink he/ eap of t hi- kind had been eommon a-
ueg tish, a~ svtioii. with cn/'ree.
m o a g' t la* (lot me nation-. M . Minis'/ r Loth, i. e. a.
" i 1 -ic erirn. e- ami mash is ( iiaiclunar jjo.cfiriae]}
??>/,. re inn /. 1 t o w n bv \ ereka - a- \ nou\ moo v. ith
S w . tr.-ttno and d. > / , .*,,( g//. and explained. 1'oenhis 1 X and he. thairof. >all ha\ e at the h-ot tv.aa, indie,
bet a ia ad ait a i , uodos.ori, a'ieta; ue duriori eonfec- a.al t hi'!- inehe in breidt.h, sv.aa tliat. the -in<;it or fry
ta ; lad. o. 17 1. m.av fr»-)ie - v, im upaiul down the v, ,ater, vvitiiout ony
iiupefiituent." Ikillour'.^ Praet. p. o i-.'J.
M A . - C ' u i >P. A n heib.
'J'i.E seems merely an (J>ii<pie sen-e ol' the term
A r^eot *!:. ,1 ;,«• //'f/.se/v,^.'' \\'e»ideru. \"ocal). ]). ip.
a- properly -iii'iiifv in^ the washes ol'a. lit t.
Ui a hater hah nui.si'ropi.
T o m ' a s ' K , VX VJ\> infuse.] Add;
1 hnd. the name As>jvnt'nutgi V'en to t he j'otentiila,
An-ei'iiia, (Jh \ aa'vt eed, or Wild T / i n a y j IJun. E;»y them into a tub like unto a brewing-keave,
i'hir. Su«"\ N. -iO l. <)r .shall "we vi«-w tin.-, as corr. wfierein brewers mask their drink." Aiaxwell's Sek
i*. Marlcr-irorf, which Skinner ek])!. Angelii-.n; 'J'ran -. p. .".a J.
— 1 !a;pe your honours will tak tea before you
ide ma-d gang to the palaee. ;md I maun go and mask it for
MA H E A. kind o f net. v. I'll v
\ oa." \'aa eries . ii. 'ipp.
m a d e 0 f t v, a-.ted straw m p e s ; llM-d in Oaks ie\X
T o M a - k , r . //. Tk) he in a state o f infusion, S.
E is hea 1 aaia^s tlit* back oi a hol's-a , for fa-t en-
" Vv'iiiie t h e t e a w a s v/^/.v/Jz/gx for M i s s M a l l y s a i d
i n g on Ai\ : e s «»f corn, ha v, tax ; dso i< sr su p . it. \wadd t."ke a long time to draw, she read to him
the f o l l o w i n g letter."' A y r s . I.egatees, p. 181.
boriie paiiha-:'-, o:ic on eacil side oi a horse. I\Eisic-: AT. .v. A vat l o r brewing, S.
It is nio-t probably denominated from its form ; " John Eindesay—sail—restore—a k o w o f a de-
SU.CJ. nur.L 11, Dan. ma.sk, Teut. masciic, signiiyjng, ibrce. a salt mert, a mash fed" ike. A c t . D o m . Cone.
macula reti>, tin mesh oi'a net. A . M-7<k p. oo'.
M A S E U , MAZI-:K, .v. M a p l e , a tree.] Add; MASKix*-ia;xG, .sx 1. A l o n g r o u n d stick used in
M A S K - : , A L\Z ui sir, A drinki/ig vessel m a d e stirring malt in masking, S.B.
o f map!-.', S. AuId Kate brought ben the mashbi rung,
Masur in >-w. denotes a particukai- kind o f birch. Syne j o c k flew til f t wi' speed,
2. Transferred to a c u p or bowl oi'metal. Gae Waitie sic an awfu' fung
A;a- >iiver ;.u:*.ar of the wcyciit of xv vnce 6c a That maistly dang 5 im dead.
half." Aberd. Ueg. Cock's Simple Strains, p. 136.
Ane in-.b^er with a.ne cop <u'tre. contenaiid M A S iC E N I S . .<?. vL A p p a r e n t l y , masks or visors,
ten wnee- of -iaaer." ibid. A. 1 1U. used in a masquerade.
M A S ! 1 - l i A M M VAl, .v. A large weighty ham- E y v e masking- gar mentis o f crammosie satine^
iner for breaking stones. is:c. A'oerd. freinyeit with gold, CSc bandit with claitli of gold ;
M A S I I I J C i l ( g u t t . ) , .v. M i x e d grain, generally Sex maskf/d:s of the same, pairt o f thame unconipleit."
pease and oats. Baidis. \\ MASHI.LN. in*, entui'ies, A . I.a7s, p. £37.
M A S H L E X , cS:(a 1. .Mixed grain. S.] Aid; Er. ;>> as'jtd;it_\ " the representation o f a lion's head,
ik-usgrave mentions maxvhjne eorne. altliougii with- i-poii the elbow or knee of some old-fashioned
out giving any explanation; B. iii. F. But it is g a r m e n t C o t g r . H e n c e it has been used to denote
undoubtedly the same word. any o d d face used on a visor.
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MASLE, M i x e d grain ; K. 'maAh). M A T E D O C T , e x h a u s t e d w i t h f i t b j s i e , Tto>J>.
" Simila^o it/ft\/i\ or uinii^-f orn." ^ • •dd',rb. \ il- \ . AI -or.
eal). p. !. V. AI %-n u M A T H i;iCFC\ T h e fill o f the d i , h d e n o -
S'unihrjn b not the correspondent term, a- thh fir- minated a iinifht'}\ (i.ddov. av.
n o t e - fine m e a l . The laird <>' Mumfie'd merry irn• '.v,
M A S S . .v. Prid.-, hau'JiUne—. -e!!"-conr< n : k t i r . Atf Maggy Ibyth wa-. fainer—
Fo!". ' An' M irha«•; \vi' a an'it< r-\u'.
("rv-. " W e:eu;nc to the n. narr."
.A f - ' J.. AI \ — v. (ft//. T llll oi' .-el t-(•( UiCei t or •;
/)?u td\<>/t'.', Sf.'ti,•>'>/! '<, p. Sp.
i::ij,< »r!aiiee. and d i - p o - r d to b r a g , R c r w i e k - . ,
R o v b. \*. M\uru.i:. M \ M..
Thb. - e e . r . to be the- sen-e in the following pas- M A T H I T , jfiirf. J>-L M'lthii (lit t.Uiil
sage. Tile -ibv pig to red'.rw
I can p k v with the broadsword a- weel as Cor- Ai! the .-: !: n\n ar»- t!;av m : , t tr»*w ;
pora! In^'lk there. I hae broken hi-; head or now, be tlian \\r- //,-//lint on moid
lor a- ///.7.v.v// as he'^ riding ahint u-." Tale- of A h moU', a- !;i < v v. oid.
l.andlord, iii. '10. r.i/.C-//,;,- !•'. ; V. i 1 :.
" I sat hinging me head then. an" look vrry T h : - -liou'd u ! ;doid <t ei b \ !»»• n- /< /•.'/, " :.«iat ril-
hlate. hut 1 was nneo massif for a' that.' Urou na* ed, - ' nrpitt'-d a -/a; n -1 r.-n-Ji otiier •• on t.he fe-:d. '
o f Bod-berk, ii. M ATTV. I'iie abi/j'e*. . ( d ' l b e f.-m.de name o f
u I wa- a nniss'1 bladr that flay when J gaed o'er M<u S.
(Yai!.-( <<r-r ridin-j; at my f i l l e r ' - d d e . " I V r f - of kraunco- -ji\ e • M,nl'. </// or Mimic" for •* AI.i! *.-
Man, ii. .». d b ; Matiid.i." 1 . k .
kr. nni.,:. d\ Tent. Sw. id., iirm, -t rong\ unbroken ; M A T ' i T K , v. A!)l»ivv. o f Mnffh-..-. - M.tffn 1 r-
tr.m ferred to the mind. \ing caii'-d Aleg'ii-. A c ! , m.
Ai A SSI A! ( ) R K, -v. T h e dungeon o f a p r k o n . T o M A T T b b f//, w if. T o l o b b f - , :t a i;md)
6:c. j Add; (h irs gras-, d'evi, >t<lale.
(irose gives a different orthography, in his descrip- k l. unalt-a detrahere parum, mint! pal", a itcrata
tion of Crm hton Ca-tlr. kdinbur<„didhre. detractio. A/MO//V, id. la^th.
t-; The du n j;eon called the \1 as- More b a deep hole,
M A k C H . M,\r u, AI \ el;. .V. A m n - m ^ S . j And :
with a narrow mouth. Tradition -ays, that a per-on The e 1 o e j j hen to the midd. n li.i- ,
of some rank in the eountrv v. a - io\\< red into it, ibr Wi" a' her biird about her, f\l.!:e:;' f,nn.
irreverent 1 y pasdmi - the c;i*.t Se without paying h;s T o -erapr Ibr m-nd..:. \)n ni.,i>n';; Si •</-.ous, p. r>.
re.-peet< to the owner," Anfhp of Scotland, i. ."..I. Thi«term i • u -ed pro s rb; i\iv —perl sap • in aiiu n.n
1 ai!i informed bv a. learned friend, that " Ma~- to the fecbie Ii }',• «,f ;i m.'/'-o} " A . d i •. >! |' • .1 mtinL . '
r.nrera i- at thb, day the common name in >pain for ( ) man, pray loo!, what asb m\ v.ateli,
a dungeon." .She'-, faint it clean aw a \ »
Tile term man, which a- u-ed bv Koman writers A - dead - a an/c/., hrr r ; e r i - .-uch,
seems to liave assumed the form of Massa. wa- u-ed Her pulse, M-C, uiima play.
in the Moorish territories at least early as the third A. Scott's I'oe/H.v, p. MOiK
century. For the designation of A/f/,svo- ('undida was ci
O . K . Make or maggot worme. Taxhuir,. Ci-
given to a place at Carthage into which, during the inex." Prompt. Far v.
reigns of the persecuting emperors, the christians, M A E C I I , M A weir ( g u t t ) . ^ R M a r r o w , Fbfe ;
who would not sacrifice to their gods, were preci- the same with Match, A n g u s ,
pitated. It was a pit full of chalk, whence called L2. Rower, pit h. abibt v, ibid.
liiv •ir/ti/i- pit. Priulentius refers to it, Perkteph.
Ant. Su.C. /miL'-a, A.S. uuns-au, valere.
Hvin? I. •!<.
^ r A I . ' C H V , adj. ' Dirty, b i i b y . S.J Add.;
Candida Massa dehinc dici meruit per omne sccluin.
It is probable, however, that t.hk i> origiualiv the
V . Du Cange, vo. Massa, b.
same with ' f o r k - . " m>nr L t>-. fun of maddoch- Clav.
M A S T E R , ,s\ Stale urine. V. M A I S T K R .
1. e. neig'j ot
M A S T E R - T R E E , * . T h e trace-tree or .s:
frce which is nearest the plough in O r k n . T h i s AI A ( T.' 1 i ' k , AI A rest r . part. adj. 1. rVlred, wc »n\
in Lanarks. is called the threep-trce. o u l , so as to io>e ail heart for g o i n g o n with
M A S T E R - W O O D , T h e principal beams o f anv business. R o x b .
wood in the r o o f o f a house, Caithn. 2. P u z z l e d , defeated, ibid.
— " T h e tenant being always bound to uphold the Evidentlv the same with Mail, Male, with the in-
original value of the masler-ivood, as it is termed," terjection of the guttural.
A g r . Surv. Caithn. p. SO. M auciiti,ESS. M t:<; 11ti.i:s s, adj. Teeble,Sec.] Add;
M A T , M O T , aux. v. May.] Add; Its black effects ye'Il shortly fnf,
It occurs i n the f o r m o f mote in one o f the oldest Whan ma tight less ye'll be laid
specimens o f the E. language. Some wael'if night.
Eft he sevde to hem selfe, W o e mote y e worth en Coc/Sx Simple Strain.';. p. 1^7-
That the toumbes o f profetes tildeth vp heighe. MAUD, A g r e y striped plaid, o f the k i n d
P. Ploiighmanes Crede, D. ij. a. c o m m o n l y worn bv shepherds in the south o f
" May w o he to v o u / ' or <( befal y o u . " S. T h i s seems the proper o r t h o g r a p h y .
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- • id»\- t}:r» ji.'ittir;ji produce of the conntrv. Id. -!!:<-L>n-a. valeo e Hi cere, jxdleia- ; a derivative
-hero v, run. ,-kin-'. %*; J r 1 i. -toek )U'J>'. blanket-. nnmds ii'om nan;, i;/r<j-a. valere, M o e - . f i . A.S. nni[--(ii\, 'x^.:,
{ plans butter, c h ee - e, coal, iime, and free-t ui; e, J I.-net- Id. tm-isn, vires. V. M a s , r.
fI o M A (,'N. r. a. rVu shake the head, f r o m pal.-v.
are cm]-iderabie articles of commerce : and .-nnii'
.id , a i n • « h a v e lately been made to e.-tab!i di a f»-w Shell. ' " "
branehe- of the woollen manuldet w re- at. I I -ee no terms to which this can be allied, unless
Ai m Wrong's Comp. to Map of iVebh--, Introd. pernap- >iidf. nn'u debi i itatus. iix'ii-ii iiunc'dire; I .-J.
I le soon recognised hi. worthy Iio-t. though a n>! m. impeduueritum, me'udak violenta attrcctatio
tmiud, as it i> called, or a grey shepherd's plaid, sup- nieiii;,rorsim t«-nerriiiiiji'iiiii, '/itr'udak-a, \ iolenter tor-
plied hi-t ravelling jocke\ coat, and a cap, faced with fjaei-f membra ; Ha-dor-on. Tlni- it -eem-^ to claim
wild-cat's fur. more eo.nmodiou-i v covered h;- ba:i- aihni'y jth >.. Mamfn'. a hurt or n;aini, o. y.
d i»ed lead than a hat would have done." Guy Man- T o M A I N. v*. a. 'T(J conmiaiid in a hanghtv
lier in <_r. ii. a". ann l m p e i ' i o n - m a n n e r ; as, ^'e manmia maun
A .nmrd, i f-d check d, v f fiance and dice, 3ne : an unco uiaaani v. in-; dio •j.'ars
i le o'er hi - di« »uld«-r-- drew .
i:!:a l;ody i in whan .-bo o n e - /.'••.• ('Udi
I.tnt<nn: (I rem. p. I i. V. M \ • n.
'1 hi-, 1 .-uppo.-e, i- niereiy a jjeendar apj>]ic.ition
M A V I S. .v. A tbi'iidi, T u r d u - i i n i r . i e u L i n n . . S. of the auxiliary and impersonnl /. Maun, ime-l ; as
T 1 1 i i - an < >.F. word : but although obsolete ir! denoting the a..->umption o f such authf<ritv a^ iiaphcs
South b n t a m , it. J- the common name, and almost the nrre.vsifr/ of giving obedience on the part of tin*
the oniv one known among the pea-aiitrv in S. person to whom the term is addressed, it re-embie.-
M A \ i S ~ > K A T F , MAV-MVATK, -V. T h e S h a r p - the ibrmatiuii of the French lulmjer, Ironi the pro-
iH)se<i K a y . V. Fi; $ ,\ii-K.ri i:. noun hi. tfiou.
TVT a :" K III. adj. Full o f n a m g o t S . .MA F N . ,/,/.,-. v. M i l , ! . ] Add :
Al \i i. I \ i - •. T i n ' !a! c o l b e m g I uli of ma'/'^'ot ^F'.i \ . ; u i; • I not. 1 roil! maun and, the ne^aii ve..»,v/.
M A F K I \ . M \ WKIN-. .V. 1. A i ia re. S. I Add: I hit a. boinne las- man ski he pa'd till - . ps
"• Tla- countr\ pi-iiple are \'!-r\ forward to tell u Or shell melt awa. like the-naVv IVai t'.'-fb.ke.
\\ *:«-;•»- th»- ma n L i .'t I-. a- thf\ C.JU a hart*, and a re Iirmatnx Silk \ uii' S(u/::\ u. i^s.
pi'-a -.»*d to -'•(• thrni d«--t ro\ed. a - they do hurt to 1 /fi tut a ea-t thee a v. a o n t.he c o / s e an auld
then* i-tdr-j/iird.\." Hurt'- Letter-, i. i b i . c.iriine." 1 back \v. Mag. A tig. i Ju. p. ."> i
1). I -rd pr« >verbiai 1 y. T h e maale'in was rjvmn M .M a - . v . A n act o f iiecessil\'? (Jlvdc-. V.
u p tin- i 1111 ; " /. r. matter- v. en- ucceedmg, M o v . ;\
bu.-.iiit > wa- prospering, K o \ b . MA1W. MaclAe aifuta, },fe'tlde muun.\ Add;
T h i s proverb refer-, it. would .-rem, lo the fact in (,'ncanny nick^ticks
natural hi-torv, that a> the hind le<j.- of a hare an? — A it en gie the maiden^ sick licks^
longer than the foi e, it. always ehuse> to rim up hid, As mak them biyt.li to screen their faces
by which the speed o f its pur.-uer.- is diminished, W f h.a.s and niucJdc maun bon-graces.
while it.- own remain.- the -.nae. In thI- directi«>n, Ver^ussini s I'ltems, ji. h-o.
it. ha-;, of c o! i ~ i * f j u e!! c e. t h • br.-t chance of e - c a p i n . \\ a- \ e er 'm ( rail town ?
V < ' < > a b 11 i i' h ' A nini. Nat. iii. i J I . 1 / i d \ e -er Clark 1) i - h i ngt own ?
M A ? ' K I N , .v, A term u-rd in l b ».!>. to d'-note Hi- wi'j v.a- like a drouket hen.
a. ball-;: r<>wn h-maie. e.-peeiail \ when enu;auvd as And the tail ort liang down,
Like a un i/de matin lang draket grav go(;sr-;")C-;i.
a s e n ant ior lighter work : e. ^ a hi-- and a
Sir J(din Malcolm, Herd's Coll. ii. [){).
vunddniA a maid->ervant and a girl t o a s s M her.
T o ^ M A r X D J v R , v. 7t. T o talk incoherently,
I cannot view this word as originally the same
Jdtr. f o r . ; Mauuncr, Ayrs.
with that signifying a hare ; for there is no link be-
ih-other, ye're maininering ;—I wish ye would
tween the. ideas. It might be deduced from Su.G.
be .-till and compose yourseh" Sir A . W y l i e . iii.
make, s o c i u s a companion. Dut as Ma-.s.G. matri
Slawiv frae his hame he wanii(*rs,
signifies pueda, Dan. i/toe, J>1. ?//r//, a\ irgin ; it may
Siawly, slawiv tlimlis a brae,
be a diminutive, the termination k'tn being the mark
Whare nae tell-tale eelio manners,
of diminution, but w e may trace it directly to Tent. A n c e to mock hirn when sue wae.
wue-jfah km, \ irgnncula. a little maid ; which has been T. Scoifs iV?e.v. p. d.VS.
undoubtedly formed as a dimin. from maeghd, virgo. While her exclamations and howls sunk into a
pueila., by the adtbtio:i ot'ken or km. low, vunniderimi\ grow ling tone of voice, another per-
I\I A i : L V . .9. The same with Mal[fuj}\ - a fe- sonage was added to this singular party." Tales of
m a l e without energy."* . \ b i r d . my Landlord, il Ser. iii. 08.
T o M A 1'N. v . a . T o attain, to be able to ac- Fxpl. •*' palavering; talking i d l y ; " Gk Antiq.
c o m p l i s h , South o f S. I lire, o sometimes been disposed to view the S-
F/en some (/ thy unequal I'd lan'. v. to manner as the same with the E. v. to maunder, to
Whare hills like heavafs Strang pillars stan', murmur, to grumble. But there is no analogy in
l i o u g h Mars himsell could never maun., sense ; and it seems far more probably corr. from
W i ' a' the crew ineander, as denoting discourse that has many wind-
O ' groosome chaps he cou'd command ings in it. Perhaps Maundrels ought to be traced
Yet to s u b d u e ! T. Scott's Poms, p. 350. to the same origin.
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M Ar\*yrTii sr., .v. J m-ohes-a! da c< niv>< Ayr-. f>. I ' o lio IIS d t ; I:,; 1 ^Vialhe ; ; { pp-i d SS ad l i s '
f : I favillg 1oppei 1 >nim* time. ; S 1 e m 11 g to 4 he MJ- s, not |>r<)]ii r , f i r . < h
n o u s ///ao////mshm of M'S-a 1 rn-r to e o n m a wa y ; but y . T i a m ' b rieti to a p- »- - ho i dud d «e,
she laid her hand on m y arm. m y h : s , • N o . > i s \ e gi'-ii, ( );i- - o f tin i!» -m 1' «n : r a .ain »;d v
maun ta-te before vr g a n u . " Anna-'.- oh the P a r M i . (a'dled a m>r<eL e ^ oy tmr, •'> e, a ima', y
M A E N D K E B , /A A CONTEMPT m A S D-D-CA- i i r i f t t v e p'.-r-'^n, A u j . ; • M.-kl MH.. a'<{ hri.
tion l o r a. f m h s b c h a ' %ahng o r ga, :p:n j • r- ilia-ham
son ; s m i e t i m i ' S a h a i v c r i n m n-ntln E o : h., Tf ma- famdhe } a nd e " ! h ; s oa pa.' •
(Sal ( )" ///• • a '!>"h *;/ laii - a»!.»o- US h h e .
u \\"ha11'- 1 hat, Y w i n d ' s that. ? ~ dd km. f O a rV/h^ee/., fitl'i/rj , \ ' ii,"••/., M > m P, p. I . a j.
hit mon-m-H eb, Sir ; the be-t; t h i n s f>r a.' !:in hind ATA \ Y , Si \ "J.*s-v% aa 1 b e coiinia »n g i\i. S. J ./»/»/;
o* w o u n d s and b r u s e - . ' * j laud y o u r t ong sue " It i^, iea*e | * i b-a hot<*d tlsat. m» a s s a a ',vav < « n
mmnidr*7/ cried the s u r g e o n . t h r o w i n g the c o b - in the lode- ot" \e*s or O l d A herd •{ n -inr., |! jf .
w e b o n t h e floor, and a p p l y i n g a dre~, d u g . " Savon ,'j'inaiii:; o f t ! d r t r o u b d - - » a m i eom.dm oi' tidi-r- to
and ( i a c l , iii. S i. A i n s d e - a i . V. I* "ima il ah ; n ; d e e • i • ! in o « m • .t
T o M AC Km r . a. T o b d h d e ; to j hay the abundaia'-. that it v, a pi- a h m t >» h :d e -
viifu/i'irt /. ( " 1 \ (h s i n g abee, e , h e a d •. M a ; n 1 ^a.-m mm, <• r ,td i.-ei'"
M A C N d M i l d S , .v. / / . j ./</'/ ; c < and h i s i -h* Sj>. .• Ii:is' j. ..' «
J>. agaries ; o f t e n im-d to d e n o t e t b o n - o f a p>T_ It d H'- not. app-"ar t h t i a • a a h«.r . i - *. tin a«*
son in a i'sa-r. o r in a •dumbernig -hale, I s l e . } n man v h; .i. a r eesa ;iaa -a> • • oh . " • ,. 'e e t ,u4c e, a».
* .V. O n e a b b i W . o f M d ^ i u L V / , S. a pja > t i • o f aemm.aahh. e e ...it h . 1h• ,
M A i ' T , .v. M a l l , S. t here-1 iia % t o la PP" »••« a t * s * ! !,«• • • ;a • , ' f t S o ! < a d if a"
77 •: ///ma' i-i .-••id to b e alinti tin' ///e/,7, S, Pro', ., to A!)' rdeen had t he a me eta-et mi t Im me , v. i i- h
when o n e get-, d r u n k . a - intimating that he ha.> a th.e \ ulgar a c r i b e to eatnion- -h«,t in the i h e a h r>f*
larger proposdmu o f drink than o f - o l i d f o o d . i.fith. bos- it i , be " h ! • *d by nam;,, t! ,:t doriie. . in •
S y n e , shortly w e b e g a n to reel, u a r with ranee the great .-earthy nf v. ieS- U hi ha
F o r n o w the maid's nhutMi thr t be 1 rit.h, in c o m n a r i - o n oi' idiaiaa" t hue .. w.mt.ob»-
IV. Jii't'li'n 'a 7 W. .v, p. i attri'rated ta» 1 lieiV-apn-nt firing o i ' s u a it! t la* Iha a! ,
F a r e y e week m y p \ k e - C d h in con e11 a' • i J c' • <.f v, hiem it i .aid, the h h .
YVi' you na * mair my wife I'll h a l f ; fri'j ht' aed a v. :r: iVooi o a r eoa -t .
Thr i/iali'.\ (t'>'i')H the meat th-- night T u M A \\\ .' (•. 1. T o m o w , hsa | . / , / < / ;
c" Is* s i o t \adsia\; in the i nn u m 'aaa i i o p pre • s o i m
W i ' -oiaa*, soine. .-onie. I f,-r a" x ( i i . ^
Ma/t if !>>(:/,' thr mcaL e*. pre - m - the a . ; t r oh lit (•« uUiuitt it — i m h u s d n a <aoh thaii - Imu * e. ,rt>in.~
int-r; ieat am, fehh • - a - re., er ; " < d. A at hp i.'t o f t hair gaa a! a * coiaii f ' h.ta Act. . J.j, \ J. 1 . m, h.
77/a y/m/sv it'>ut e thr unutt if Jit gsm S. I Yo V. ; t hat i a h i ' S, p. i S
i s You .are drunk K e l l y , p. :o. In - u n n n e r I uhnenl np/ n ma do v. -g
M AI:T-M I.LKIT, .v. 1. I a t e r a d y , m o n e y tie- w i l L S. Jn haryt.^t J .dmre m y c o r n . the.
i/r /a/'.v ( 'nit. ii. S - 0
tl. M o s t f r e q u e n t l y u*ed in a l i g u r a t i \ e smmc ; a - ,
< i l 1 ba.th^ilUpatd /aa^,/-67//(:r;" a p r o v e r b i a l phrase
M AW, ,V. A s i n g l e swet p with tin: a e \ t b e , ( d y d e s .

s i g n i f y i n g that a b e n e f i t has b e e n ill r e q u i t e d , S. MA\y 1-:li, -v. A m o w e r . S. ; J/^asa'Y/-, (» a ! b s s t v .

P r o b a b l y in allusion t o the fraud o f a m a n n e r , l i a y m<SvV(!<l oft' pa.-lare land b e.a»re dihieuit !e.
w h o , after m a k i n g use o f the grain r e c e i v e d from a m o w tlian a.ny other kind, for it l a s what nnnt^it m
farmer, d e n i e d ins o b l i g a t i o n , or quarreled about the call a matted - o l e ; 5 ' Gail. J i n c y c h \a>. iey.va-//my.
c; Ma/t .s/er, a m o w e r Ibid, in \ o.
stipulated p r i s e S o m e t i m e s , if I m i s t a k e not, it is
used in another f o r m , a l t h o u g h in the >ame ,-eiise ; Beiga iiiuaijcr, id.
Weed ! ye'\'e g o t t e n y o u r ma ril-xdh/\ I think M A WIN, ,sa I . T h e tpnmlii v t h a t i -; hievmal in s u e
uttered as the language o f ridicule, to o n e w h o m a y L
have b e e n vain o f s o m e n e w scheme that has p r o v e d .l. A s m u c i i gra.ss as v s d r m p n r e Hie w o r k o f a
unsuccessful. d a y in m o w i n g ; a \ W - wiii b a e f ; . a
T o M A C T E N ; , M A W T F . X , v.n. T o b e g i n to s p r i n g : in that n i e a d o w S.
a t e r m a p p l i e d to g r a i n , w h e n s t e e p e d in o r d e r M A W , .y. Ai whit ca* j o t . V. AIAA.
t o b e c o n v e r t e d i n t o m a l t , S. M A U T T I T Y R , .v. T r o b a b l y , m o i n d r .
E v i d e n t l y f o r m e d f r o m A . S . malt, o r the S u . G . v. ^ A n e d o w b i e t t of vauvclttifr, teem coit oh ie.'Idi r. d
maelt-a, h o r d e u m p o t u i preparare. I h r e derives the ane pair off b r e x . " A b e r d . Keg. Cent. 1 oh
t e r m malt f r o m S u . G . miacll soft, ( E . mellow,") q. sof- T o M A A Y N E R , r . a. T o m o c k b y i n i i n i m s ; as.
tened grain. Hence, " l i e s a y maienerhC m e ; " " h e s.ldl r e p e a t s JUV
MAUTEN, M A W T E p a r t pa. 1 . A p p l i e d t o g r a i n w c >rd s al t e r n i e ; 1) 11 n d r .
w h i c h has a c q u i r e d a p e c u l i a r taste, in c o n s e - ;iAV\'S5 T h e herb called J / W ' m s s o f y b i c h
q u e n c e o f not b e i n g t h o r o u g h l y dried, Lanarks. term this s e e m s m e r e l y an abbi\sha;i jh;a!:
T h i s m o s t f r e q u e n t l y originates f r o m its s p r i n g i n g M A W S I E , .9. A drab, a trollop.] Add;
in the sheaf. T h e S w . v. is used in a similar sense; Masse in o l d T e u t . signifies a female. rvant, fa-
Komet macliar, the b a r l e y spoils, W i d e g . ; S. the corn inula, Elisp. moga. Vnyl mosxe, >c;rdida .-mcilla, sordi-
is mauleni. da m u l i e r situ et squalore i b e d a ; Kiiiaii,
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M A W S I E , adj. IvxpL strapping, as synon. with
So•>•.'/('. A v r
Tent. kr. n,tr.ji\ -olidus ; '* well knit." r.
M A Z E , -v. A t»Tin applied to herrings, d e n o t i n g
t !m n u m b e r o f five hundred.
1'*rid;;y: the -apply of fredi Imrrhe.^ at tin- Broo-
nhebiw, Glasgow, was uneonmionl y bnyn ; twi i\e
boat-, some oi' the.n with s forty i,i<r.j> (a ma .>- / ] >. 'beat. fK'l.sh'.jbd. (>:: hsliood. id. V. 'I'odd.
is five hundred j, l e . v i n / arrived in the laorUiiig.''
r.'Ued. Mereurv, / b. h Jtilv bS ! o. V . Mi:,k.
M A X I lb \\ straw tiVt. Sin *t b
A p p a n utiv d'i-ived i'rom M i . b . inaska, macula re-
t i a-, r*-'.'err in-/ to the ,//«/.«//e.v or" a net. Dun. mask, s'' ' tie - o.at^-li ht t V. een the laird of Kiltie^ irth'.s black
He]y. *>!<;.'.ill b b /no id.
;M 1 y A l b ) A d .V. A b o g prod-icing bay. S.
" ll mav b" p:'op> r to remark, that tin term "mee-
,/e/r, u -<'d 1 »y M r. H o m e , is a pne. meial name for
green bog, (si* mar djy ./round, producing coarse
g r o s , mo-? by c o m o o o - d o f rushes ami other aquatic
p!a nt ~y and tint the word h a . n o reference to what
b> called ;,;r,:dow in k n y k n d , w h k h b here t'-rn." -d
old-gra hmd. and which b ery lorn cut for ivy
hi Scot land." Ayr. Snrv. I'-rv;. p. / p .
M K \ iiu',v.ii.\ v, T h e hay vdnch is made from
! x >'• >• . s .
4* Meadme-!i>ai~—b; terine 1 in hVnfrew.- "lire hag-
hmf" A".-. > 1:i". . h'eufr. p. II V. I h i i - n w .
A! K A Y \ b b b Mine,.
— V , i-'i ad aii'! .dndrie a,ra y//eay of f pi hat - mu-
cin r uuabt ie of inett..»ib., n«inerai!is and materia hi
A--. Act % . J; i. V k jbOM, b.d. I S i [, p. g ! p.
?d H A k , T i n - • j-ianti! v o f inhk which a cow
yields at one n u b . ; n g , ( d vdes.
T h i s b not t.o be \ \'.w ed as a secondary ,-en-f of
the K. word oi' the same form, denoting a repa-t.
It is, from A.S. marl, the origin o f k. m.-al. in ;T> pri-
mary senMy which is pars, port in, a b o mensura. l)i\
.Johns., in Co! s.- e( p; r i: ce of o\ erlool.:1 ;g t he structure
oi' the radical king n,y_< e. ha - in t li: a - m !:ian\- other
instance-. i\ en " p a r t , fragment,'' a.- merely an i .!>-
licpie signbic. J ion. Mtii! denote.-, a n. a- being
the pojlion oi' meat aboil ed to eat h bidi\ itbiaJ, or
that yb. en at the b;:e i time.
T h e qua:/itv or jj^eiaju of milk vie:vied, at one time
is, in the >;.mc mmnmr. cabed tiie cow's nirUdJi or
hirl/id, Aug. V. M m / i r / r i i .
MJ-1A I,. .v. T h e flour o f oats, barley, or pea-e,
as disimguished fVoni that o f wheat, which bv
"wav o f e / n n e m v is called / 7 o / / / \ S.
I b r two i "\t were gone to Inverness to
buv /a-';!/, bv which ncf-nical is always meant." Jour-
ney to the \\\ 1 s 1. Johi:<f»n's Works, viii. 5-1-0.
Tb) M i/\! . / . //. bh - prodnce meal : applied to
g r a i n ; a-. ** T h e 1 a-.-r d i - i / i //.a ai ti;a; ctuiize
Vv'eel the \v;'.r T h e ba.rh-y of I hi is year is not
ver\' prodik-ib.v in t!a; g r i n d i n g ; S.
MEAL-A>: y-Tii yy.'i M \ . Tbn;AM MI:L.
] \ [ ] - : A L - A i; .v. large e'wst appropriated to the
use o f holding liieab in ii d V, eding-hoiiSe. S.
H e wa* a cotifes-nr in her cause tiie year
1715, vrb.en a whiggish niob destroyed bis meeting-
house, tore Ins snrpiice, and plundered liis dwelling-
place ol' ibur silver s]>uons, intronbtting also witli in's
mart and his .-tcal-ark, and with two barrels, one of
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siny a- and one o f double ale, lie hue- three b-.ule.-; of
brandy."' Vv'averley, i. I b'fi, lb'?.
d h;*, even in hous.es, i., .sfinietiiiies calleal tlie m-'ul-
Larna!. S.I>. V. A itk.
AIJ.AI-HO<-; vi/RR, .v. ££ A barrel f o r h o l d i n g OR.^T-
me.'d : (rail, lyticvcl.
A enrr. of larj/'/cad, a- the hogshead is often named
3d; / i / : : , .A ciie-l for holding irwul, A b e r d . ;
>ynon. (})ntnL
/[i..//.;u\i<!.!!. One wbodeals in meal.S. |Add;
' — d h»- bay be lore I nmsV be at ("a\ ertoiiedge to
!
mare •;,! | Jii'm -ton t / e tui'id-j/ajn^i'rs four-\e(ir old
coir." Aride of kannaermoor, bi.
Ali.Ai. « o i ; : a u.-ed to denote i.-ver y spt cues o':'
grain. ./ faictm b/.v/V// jand earn ii/i1 Caitj ; I
iiave eat nothing to-dav that has ever been in
the form o f grain, S.
And will and willsom was she. a?id her breast
With wae was bowden, ami just like to hirst.
Nil" su-teiiancc got, that of na'(d'x corn grew,
but only at the canld h'nherrics gnew.
/eev,'.', Ilrfeiiorc, p. bb .
ii--. .v. jd. r bb:.t part (»f the outer husk
in on", s liieii is sijb-d out of the meal, S.
d iie\ n ed for i:r,kii)g :.mt ens or bununerv.
rd-.'.Ai.•- , .:oui: 5 l i v e r so much. T i n s tertu
apnin d to fa ; e v. ho is yiven tf> pi"' •<bgaht y :
4* ( i m them /la'fd-,an,/'(', tbe\*ll be ooor : ' Fife.
.y i
. hah v.'- trace it to A.S, nna'try^ ph u\ marl p;srs, por-
v
ta?, and a/'tr m;tgiA ; rp additional shares or portions r
AI J-..M.S'1'A i., .v. A ston;.' Used in weighing uieal, S.
Mi n'/.-,/a//r.v. Ibu'e stone- oi' seventeen and a heif
pound - weight used in w e i g h i n g ; / / ^ / . " Gall. Kncycb
d ' o M i-'AI.-vvi x n , v. a. r Fo mml-ic'nul a batuiocL' or
cake, to rub it over With mcul. after it is baked,
before ii i- put on the o'/Vf//r, and again a b e r
il is tirrt. turned, S. 1 >.; Ali'U-waltd* South of S.
A.S. mrhra fa rma, and iraeiul- ant \ erleia: ; tor the
act A performed l>y turuing the cake or bannock over
several ton •• .• ui the dry meal ; or Teut. waid-vn m-
\ on\a-re. u. " to rod up in meal."
T o 31 Y.AS. to l a m e n t ; o r , to merit sympathy.
V. Mi-.xi:, r .
M E A REN\ slip o f uncidtivrited g r o u n d
o f various breadth, between two corn ridges ; r
S . B . , G k Surv. A l o r a v ; svnon. IIaak.
Tiiis seems the same with Mere, a boundary, tp v.
Only it has a |)b ibn-p Ijeing precisely the same with
Teut. //ucr. in ph ..ev/ve, boundaries. T h e term may
have b'-en nrst u-ed hi the province by some settlers
fianni tlie I .ow t ountries. Gael, niircia. however, sig-
nifies a portion, a share, a bit.
m r » • > •> r• 1 ] , xr f
± o ; , b \ i-.7s r. (L i o ailav, to settle1. \ . aIKTSK.
3d l'b\ S ( ; i " 1 . v . A niace-bearer, one wiio carries
t b m t u / bv f< )i'e j;ei'so/s. in iiuthorit v, S. JJaccr.
My k-rdb. ke-.tcuantis. and lord is <;f secreit coiin-
saii. ordaiui- at.e or vtuer i,diiciare ofannes^
to pa> and charge William Ilariaw, minister, at St.
(bitlibcrtls kirk, to ]iray for tlie quenis rnaiestie,—
in all and sindric, his sermoiulis and prayeris,"
It. Bannatyne's Tnin^act. p.
Itichard" must be mistaken in supposing that they
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ordered ministers to convert their very sermons into
a liturgy. V. M A C E R .
M E A T - H A L E , adj. Enjoying such a state o f
health, as to manifest no failure at the time of
meals, S. ; synon. Par ridge-hale, Spune-hale.
a xiie introductory compliment which poor Win-
penny had carefully conned, fled from his lips, and
the wonted ' A' meat hale, mony braw thanks/ was
instinctively uttered/' Saxon and Gael> i. 44.
I have met witli no similar idiom.
M E A T - L I K E , adj. Having the appearance o f
one who is well-fed. C4 He's baith meat-like and
daub-like," a common phrase in S.
M E A T - R I F E , M E I T - I I Y F E , adj. A b o u n d i n g
with meat or food, S.O., R o x b .
t£ Meit-ri/fe, where there is plenty of m e a t G l . S i b b .
M E C K A N T , adj. Romping, frolicsome, A b e r d .
Shall we trace this to Fr. •mvchant, mischievous,
viewed in relation to boyish pranks?
M E D I A T , adj. Apparently used for Vanaediate,
as denoting an heir next in succession.
<c And. this is to be extendit to the 'medial air that is
to succeid to the persoune that happinnis to deceiss
during the tyme and in maner foirsaid." Acts J a.
VI. 1571, Ed. 1814, p. 63.
M E D I C I N E R , s. A physician.
ff Tell me now, seignor—you also are somewhat
of a mediciner—is not brandy-wine the remedy for
cramp in the stomach ?" St. Jolmstoun, ii. 228. V.
MEDICINARE.
MEEDWIF, A midwife, A b e r d . Reg.
M E E R - B l l O W ' D , ^ . Having eye-brows which
meet together, and cover the bridge of the nose,
Loth.
Fris. marr-en ligare ; q. bound togetlier.
T o M E E T in to meet with, S.B.
M E E T - C O A T , .v. A term used b y old people for
a coat that is exactly meet for the size of the
b o d y , as distinguished from a long coat, S.
M E E T I I , M E I T H , adj. 1. Sultry, hot.] Add;
Ross writes meith in his first Edit.
But meith, meith was the day,
T h e summer cauls were dancing brae frae brae.
Ross's Ilelenore, p. 82.
—Hid, het was the day.— Ed. Third, p. 87-
MEETH, A mark, &c. V. M E I T I I .
M E E T I I , adj. Modest, mild, gentle, Border.
Allied perhaps to A.S. myth-gian 1 en ire, quietem
praestare. This may also be the root of the adj. as
used in a preceding example from Ross.
M E E T H S , s. pi. Activity ; applied to bodily
motion. One is said to have nae meeths, who is
inert, S. Perhaps from A.S. maegihe potestas.
M E G , M E G G Y , M A G G I E , 1. Ahbrev. of the name
Margaret, S. " Mathe Irving called Meggis
M a the." Acts iii, 392.
2. Meg is used b y Lyndsay as a designation for a
vulgar woman.
A n e mureland Meg, that milkes the yowis,
Claggit with clay abone the how is,
In barn, nor byir, scho will nocht byde
Without her kirtill taill be syde.
SuppL against Syde TailIis, Chalm. Ed. ii. 201.
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MEGGY-MONYFEET, T h e centipede,
R o x b . ; in other counties Mcg-wP-the-mony-
feet. V. M o x v r v. E T.
M E G I R T I E , ,s\ A particular kind o f cravat,.
I t differs from an (Jarlay. F o r instead of being
fastened wish a loop in the same f o r m , it is held
b y two clasps, which would make one unac-
quainted with it suppose that it were part o f
an under-vest, Ayrs.
Probably a relique of the old Stratelyde Welsh ;
as C.B. myngwair has tlie very same meaning ; col-
lar e, Davies. Tlie root seems to be muting, mwnwg,
the neck ; Ir. main, id.
MEGRIM, A whim, a foolish fancy, Ettr.
F o r . ; probably an oblique use of the E . term,
of the same form, denoting u disorder o f the
head.""
M E G S T Y , inter], A n exclamation, expressive o f
surprise, Ayrs., 1 ,oth.
" Eh ! megsty, rnaister. I thought ye were sourf
sleeping.'5 Sir A. Wylie, iii. 284.
" Eh, Megsti/ me /' cried the leddy ; f whaks yon
at the yett tirling at the p i n ? " The Entail, i. 16*6".
The phrase in tins form is often used by children
in Loth.
M E Y , pron. M e , pron. as Gr. s/, S el kirks.; also
hey, he ; to sey, to see, &c.
M E ID, Appearance, port.
Wi* cunning skill his gentle meid
T o chant, or warlike fame,
Ilk damsel to the minstrels gied
Some favorit elneftan's nam*'.
Lmrd <f It (Htdhonsbe, Sent. Trail. Hall. i. (J t,
Neir will I forget tliv -eiiuJy mc'rd,
Nor Vet thy gentle hire.
Lord Livingston, ibid. p. 10E
A.S. macth persona; also, modus; dignitas.
M E I N E , . s a Apparently as signifying insinuation.
Cf Quhair he makes ane 'meine} that J go by natu-
rall res son is to persuade, to take the suspicion of men
iusdy of me in this heid, I say and do affirme, that
I haue done not fnocht in that cause as yit, hot
conforme to the scriptures althrouch." Ressoning
betuix Crosraguell and J. Knox, E. iii. a. V. M B N E ,
M E A N , V. sense 3.
T o M E I N G Y I E , v. a. T o hurt, to lame, Fife.
V, MAXYIE, MANGYIE, &C.
T o M E I N G Y 1 E , v.n. T o mix; applied to grain,
when it begins to change colour, or to whiten,
Fife. V . M E I N G , V.
M E I N G I N G , S. T h e act o f mixing, Selkirks.
This term occurs in a specimen of a very strange
mode of prayer, which had been better kept from
the eye of the public;— f C the meinging of repent-
ance." Brownie of Bodsbeek, i. 288.
MEYNTYM, T h e mean while.
fk' The lordis contenewis the said summondis in
the meyntym in the same forme & effect as it now is."
Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1489, p. 126k
M E I R , S. 1. A mare, S. Yorks. meer.
" Ane soir [scrrelf] broune meir." Aberd. Reg,
A. 1545, V. 19.
To ride on a meir, used metaph.
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Nor yit tafc thai this cair and paine, ed or found out. The sense, however, is obscure,
On fute travellan on the plaine, The word intended may have been me nit or met/nit>
Bot n/dcs ryeht softlie on a meir, complained of.
Weil mountit in thair ryding geir. M E K Y L , & c . adj. 1. Great.] Add;
Mail land's Poems, p. 183. It is customary in vulgar language in S. to en-
This, as would seem, denotes pride, but it gives hance any epithet by the addition of one of the same
the universal pronunciation of S. meaning; as, great big, mite hie maun, i. e. very b i g ;
M E I R I E , S. A diminutive from IL/CVR, S. little wee, very little. This, however, rarely occurs
Meere, a mare—Dimin. meerie'' GL Pieken. in writing. But our royal inventory exhibits one ex-
M E F R D E L , s. A confused crowd of people or ample of it.
animals; a numerous family of little children; " Item, twa great mekle bordelaithis of dornik con-
a huddle of small animals, Moray. ten and fouretene ellis the twa." I11 v. A. 1561, p. 150.
Gael, mordhail, an assembly, or convention; from 3. Denoting pre-eminence.] Add;
mor, great, and daily a meeting. —They've plao'd this human stock
T O M E I S E , M A I S E , v. a. T o mitigate,See.] Add; Strict justice to dispense;
cc Therfor the saidis Lordis for mesing of sic sus- Which plainly shews, yon meildefdk
pieioune/' &c. Acts of Sed. 2[) Nov. 1535.
L
Think siller stands for sense.
c : The king offendit heir with wes measit be my lord Tannahill's Poems, p. 137-
Hamiltoun." Bel. M. Mem. of J as. VI. fo. 32. v. This is a very common phrase, S.O.
2. T o force on ripeness ; as, b y putting fruit into T o M A K M E K I L or M U C K L E of one, to shew one
straw or chaff, R o x b . great attention, S . ; to make much of one.
T o M E Y S E L 3 M E Y Z L E , ? ; . « . T o crumble d o w n ; In I si. this idea, or one nearly allied, is expressed
applied to eating, Gall. by a single term j mfda, magnifacio; G. Andr.
MEKIS, pi
Tent, mcjisel-en pitissare, clam degustare paulatim.
<c I11 the laich munitioun hous. Item, sex cut-
M E I T - B U I l l D , s. A n eating table.
" Item, thre meit-huirdis with thair formes." In- throttis of ime with thair melds" Inventories, A.
ventories, A. 15(ifj, p. 173. 1566, p. 169.
M E I T U , M E E T H , &c. S. 3. A landmark, a T o M E L , M E L L , v. n. T o speak.] Add;
boundary.] Add; Peirce Plowman, as the learned Iii ekes has ob-
In this sense the term is synon. with Lat. mct-a, a served, often uses the term in this sense.
boundary. To Mede the mayde mcllelh these words.
T o M E I T I T , V. A. T o define b y certain marks. — T o Mede^ the mayde he melled these words.
It may be observed in addition, that, as the form
" Gif the King hes gevin ony landis of his domain,
of the Moes.G. verb is mathl-jan, this had been its
at his awin will, merchit and mail hit be trew and
original form in A.S. It had indeed gone through
kill men of tlie countrey, chosin and sworn thairto,
three stages before it appeared as E. mell; matheU
or yit with certain meitliis and merchis boimdit and
an, maedl-an, mael-an.
limit in the infeftment, lie to quliom the samin is
gevin sail bruik and joise peciabillie and quietlic in, 5. 1. T h e quantity of meal ground,
M E L D E R ,
all time to cum the saidis landis, be thair said boundit &c.] Add ;
meithis and marchis/' Ike. Balfour's Pract. p. 438. DUSTY MELDEE. 1. T h e last milling of the crop
V . M Y T H , v. of oats, S.
— " That—portioun of the lordschipe of Dumbar 2. Used metaph. to denote the last child born in
boundit, mcithit, and merchit as eftiriollowes/' &c. a family, Aberd.
Acts Cha. I . Ed. 1 8 1 4 . V . 1 0 3 . V . M E I T I I , 5*. M E L D R O P , M E L D E A P , S. 2. A drop o f mucus
" I will also give—that land lying beyond the at the nose, whether produced by cold or other-
Cart, which I and Allan, my son, meithed to them/' wise; R o x b . , U p p . L a n a r k s . V . M I L B R O P , D I C T .
Transl. Charter of Walter, Steward of Scotland, There is a common phrase among the peasantry in
about the year 1160. In the original the word isper- Roxb., when one good turn is solicited, in prospect
ambidavhnus. It is also written Meath. of a grateful requital ; " Dig lit the meldrop frae my
-—" The said nob ill lord and remanent per son is—- nose, and I'll wear the midges frae yours."
bind is and oblissis thameselvis—to met cleuyd ex- 2. It is often used to denote the foam which falls
cam b seperat mcath and mairch the foirsaid outfeald from a horse's mouth, or the drop at the b i t ;
arrable lands naymit Burnliet and I l o w Menr," &c. South of S.
Contract, 16*34. Mem or. Dr. Wilson of Falkirk v.
3. It also denotes the drop at the end of an icicle,
Forbes of Callendar, A pp. p. 2.
and indeed every drop in a pendant state, ibid.,
M E I T H , adj. H o t , sultry. V . M E E T 11.
Roxb.
M E Y T I T , pari. pa.
ec Grantes to the said lord Robert Stewart—full This word is obviously very ancient. It can be no
power, special! raandment and charge, all and sindrie other than I si. meldrop-ar, a term used in the Edda
inhabitantis and in d 11 el la r is within the saidis boundis, to denote the foam which falls to the ground from
for quhatsumeuir crymes and offenses dilaitit, mejjtit, the bit of a horse. It is defined by Verelms; Spurna
Siccus it, and convicte, to punisch as the cans requi- in terrain cad ens ex lupato vel fraeno, ab equo de-
ris," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1581, Ed. 1814, p. 255. mor so. It is formed from mcl, Sw. myU a bit, and
A.S. mcl-an signifies invenire ; perhaps q. dicover- drop-a stillare. Lye gives A.S. mael-dropiende as sig-,
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r Eying phlegmatic-US. But I question whether the
first part of the word is not mad pars, or from mad-
on ioqui, (j. speaking pieee-me.il, or slowly. For the
A.S. word signifying i raenum. lupatum,is mull. It is
.singular, that this very ancient word should he pre-
served, as far as I can learn, only in S. and in Iceland,
V/J'K re the old language of the Cloths remains more
uncomipted than in any country on the continent.
M E E G , 'V. T h e milt (of iishes), A b e r d .
(keek mealag, id. This, however, seems to be a
word 'borrowed from the Goths ; as not only is there
no correspondent term in any of the other Celtic dia-
lects, but it nearly resembles Su.G. mioelk, id. In
piscibus inioelk dicitur album illud. quod mares pro
intestinis habent ; Germ. wileher ; Hire. Isl. miolk,
iactes piscium ; Dan. wad ken i Jlsl a the white and
soft row in fishes ; Wo I if.
M E L G It A F , IvJ ria.cRAVK,.?. A quagmire, L a -
m>rks.
This is ])ron, Mr!j-rare. (ha!loway. M'Taggart
ex "a k it a break in a h i g h - v / a y . "
] : is said that a horse with its rider once sunk
in a we//grave somewhere in Ayrshire, and were
never more heard of." Gall. Encycl.
Isl. mad-ur signifies solum salebris obsitum, a
rough or rugged place; G. Arulr. p. 1 77. The same
word, written mcl-r, is thus defined by Haldorson ;
Solum arena, glarea, vel argilla, obsitum, glabretum
planitieL As graj-a is to dig, and graf any hole that
is d u g ; melgrqf might originally denote the hole
whence sand, gravel, &c. were dug.
M E L L , 6a 1. A maul, mallet, or beetle, S.]
After extract from Ferguson's S. ProvAdd;
This proverb is given in a, different form by Kelly,
p. 156*.
" He that gives all his geer to his bairns,
Take up a beetle, and knock out his hams."
" Taken from the history of one John Bell, who
having given his whole substance to his children was
b y them neglected. After he died there was found
in Ms chest a mallet with this inscription;
I John Bell leaves her a mell, the man to fell
W h o gives all to his bairns, and keeps nothing
to liimsell."
3. Used to denote a custom conjoined with the
Broose or Br use at a wedding, South of S.
<rc The shouts of laughter were again renewed,
and every one was calling out, Now for the mell!
Now for the mell!'
— " I was afterwards told that in former ages it
was the custom on the Border, when the victor in
the race was presented with the prize of honour, the
one who came in last was, at the same time, present-
ed with a mallet, or large wooden hammer, called a
mell in the dialect of the country, and that then the
rest of the competitors stood in need to be near at
hand, and instantly to force the mell from him, else
lie was at liberty to knock as many of them down
with it as he could. The mell has now, for many
years, been only a nominal prize; but there is often
more sport about the gaining of it than the princi-
pal one/' Hogg's Wint. Tales, ii. 193.
It is scarcely worth while to form a conjecture as
to the origin of a custom apparently so absurd. It
would have certain! v been more natural to have gi-
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ven the power of the mallet to the victor than to him
who was defeated, as the writer speaks of " the dis-
grace of winning the mell."
Whatever was the original meaning o f the phrase,
it seems to occur in the same sense in the following
passage.
Since we have met we'll merry be,
The foremost hame shall hear the mell:
Ell set me down, lest I be fee,
For fear that I should bear't myselk
Herd's Coll. ii. 47, 48.
T o M E E T , , v. //. 1. T o meddle with, &e. ] Add:
This sometimes assumes the lbrm oi* a reflective 1 .
41 Yiit he ni el led him not with no public affaires,
hot ba.id ane better tvme, quhill he sneld have beine
purged be ane a.ssvs"," Pit .-cuttle's Crou. j,.
M-ddled not witli," Edit. I 7"-<s, p-
This is the Fr. idiom, meler d>\, to kotermedd.u•
with. Hence,
M K L L I X G , .sa T h e act of intermeddling.
— f f Inhibiting the personis now displacet of all
further ? ridling and intromission!! with the saidia
rentis." Acts\ja. VI. 1 579, Ed. IS*4, p. 182.
T o M E L L , v.n. T o become d a m p ; applied
solely to corn in tlie straw, TJpp. Clydes.
C.B. melli softness; mell, that shoots out, that is
pointed or sharp ; Owen. These terms might ori-
ginally be applied to grain beginning to sprout from
dampness. Iskmygl-a,however,signifies,mouldiness,
and mygl-a to become mouldy, mucere, mucescere.
M E L L A , M E T . L A Y , adj. Mixed. Mellay Juiv,
mixed colour, id.
<c The price kitting of the stane of mellay hew xxxii
sh." &C. Aberd. Beg. A. 155E V. 2 k " Ane 'mella
kirtiilE Ibid. V. 24. Mellay -wool, mixed wool, ibid.
Fr. melee, id.
It seems to be the same article that is meant un-
der the name of Mellais, in pi. iiij ell is & :> of mel-
lais that is rycht gud." Ibid. V. 1 5 . V . CHAN*
M E L L E , M E L L A Y , S. 1. Gontest, battle.] Add;
" You know Tacitus saith, In rebus bellieis ma.rime
dominatur Fortnna, which is equiponderate with our
vernacular adage, f Luck can maist in the me lice.
Waver ley, ii. 855.
Hence A.Bor. a mell, also am eld among, betwixt;
Ray's Collect, p. 2.
2. In medic, in a state of mixture or conjunction.
MELLER, T h e quantity of meal ground at
the miln at one time, Nithsdale; the same with
Melder, q. v.
Young Peggy's to the mill gane>
T o sift her dad die's meller.
Remains of Nithsdale Song] p.
M E L L G R A V E , s*. " A break in a highway," GalL
Obviously the same with Mel graf, q. v.
MELL-IN-SHAFT. To keep rnellinshafL V.
under M E L L , S. a maul. Define;
1. T o hold on in any course or condition; as, to re-
tain a g o o d state o f health. L o t h . ; a metaphor, &c.
52. T o be able to carry on one's business, ibid., Gall.
"" When a person's worldly affairs get disordered,
it is said the mell cannot be heeped in the shaft; now,
unless the mell be heeped in the shaft, 110 work can
be done :-—and when, by struggling, a man is not
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overset, he is said to have heeped the mell in the shaft." Fife ; also written " Sanct Mynnanisf Aberd
Gall. Encycl. Reg. A . 1545, V. 19.
M E L MO N T B E R R I E S , juniper berries, Mo- M E N C E , ,9.
ray. " The blessed sea for me nee and commerce f said
M E L T E T H , M E L T I T I I , S. A meal, &c.] Add; a familiar voice behind." Saxon and Gael, ii. 99.
cc And vpone the fishe day xviij or xx dische as M E N D I M E N T , s. Amendment; pron. memii-
thay may be had at every mellelh at the MR of hous- ment, Abend
haldis discretion!!." Estate of the King & Quenis M E N D S , s. 1. Atonement, expiation.] Add;
Mateis houshald, &c. 1590, MS. G. Reg. House. In this sense it occurs in O.E. Mendes for a tres-
2. A ecnos mcltit, the quantity of milk yielded by pas, [ F r . ] amende." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 48.
a cow at one time, Aug., Berths. V. MEAL, id. 2. Mead—Amelioration of conduct, S.]
' M E L T - H O L E , A-. T h e space between the ribs and Add, as sense
the pelvis, whether in man or in beast, Clydes. 4. Revenge. To get a mends of one, to be re-
Y . M . E L T , S. venged on one, S.
T o M E L W A N D , v. a. T o rub with meal; as, " Ego ulciscar te, si vivo; I shall get a mends of
Lassie, melwand that banna," Roxb. V. M E A L - you, if I live/' Wedderb. Vocab. p. 31.
WIND. This seems nearly allied to sense 1. q. " I shall
M E M O R J A L L , adj. Memorable. forcey ou to make atonement for what you have clone/'
" Among all his memoriall workis ane thing was T o M E N E , M E Y X E , M E A N E , v. a. 1. To mean
maist apprisit," <S;c. Bellenden's T. Liv. p. 3?. one's self] Add;
M K M . T , pari. adj. Connected by, or attached cc Then the marquis said, he should take order
from, blood, alliance, or friendship, Ayrs. therewith ; win Ik he did in most politick manner ;
Perhaps from Tent, memm-en mitricem agere, from to stamp it out he means himself to the parliament ;
vat-mine vbrr ; (j. attaclied like a child to its nurse. the lord Ker is commanded to keep his lodging,"
M E N , adj. Apparently for main, Iv prineipal. &c. Spalding, i. 324,
Th: it t! a* ;-.a i( I George—salhaue power to de- In nearly the same sense it is said in vulgar lan-
!i!i!K'c th.a me rebel lis,—and inbring all thair movable guage, CKJC.] Add ;
guidis, and naaaaie the mat half to his ain particu- Your bucks that birl the forain berry,
lar vse." Acts da. VI. 1581, Ed. 1811, p. 359. Claret, and port, and sack, and sherry,
A.S. ?naegu maegen, magnus ; Su.G. niegn, po- —1 dinna meia them to be merry,
testas. And lilt awa\
M E N A G E , ,9. A friendly society, of which every Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. 178.
member pays in a fixed sum weekly, to be con- M E N E , M E I N , M A I N , S. 1. Moaning, lamenta-
tinued for a given term. A t the commencement, tion, S. u He maks a great mene for hiniseli/'
the order of priority in receiving the sum col- N.B. The quotation from Wallace, vo. Main,
lected, is determined by lot. He, who draws s. affords an example.
No. 1. as his ticket, receives into bis hands the 2. Condolence, expression of sympathy, S. (C I
whole sum collected for the first week, on his didna mak mickle mem for him " M y mcnc^s
finding security that he shall pay in his weekly made."'"
share during the term agreed. He who draws M E N F O L K , .9. pi Males, S .
k* Air. Tyrrel/ she said, this is nae sight for men
No. 2. receives the contributions of all the mem-
bers for the second week ; and so on according folk—ye maun rise and gang to another room." St.
to their order. Thus every individual has the Ron an, iii. 308.
advantage of possessing the whole weekly con- Women-folk is also used to denote females.
tribution for a term proportionate to the order T o M E N G , v. a. T o mix, to blend, Berwicks.; as,
of his drawing. Such friendly institutions are " to mcng tar," to mix it up into a proper state
common in Edinburgh and the vicinity. T h e for smearing sheep, greasing carts, &e. ; Roxb.
members usually meet in some tavern or public T o M E N G , v. 7i. T o become mixed. The conts
house ; a certain sum being allowed by each hegmnin to meng" the standing corn begins to
member for the benefit of the landlord. change its colour, or to assume a yellow tinge ;
O.Fr. mesnage, " a houshokl, familie, or meyney;" Berwieks. V. M I N G , V.
CotgT. It is not improbable that the term, as de- M E N I E , M A I N I E , A*. One abbrev. of Marianne;
noting a friendly institution, might be introduced by in some instances, of Wilkelmina, S.
the French, when residing in this country during M E N Y I E , &c. s. 1. T h e persons constituting
the reign of Mary. It might be used in reference one family.] Add;
to the retention of the money in the manner de- (c Men ij, a housholde, £Fr.j menye ;" Palsgr. B.
scribed above. L.B. menagium occurs in this sense iii. f. 48, a. Insert, as sense
in a charter by John Baliol. Fidelitatem et lioma- 5. A crowd, a multitude; applied to persons,Dumf.
gium—rati one terrarum quas in nostro regno, et Three loud huzzas the menijie gaed,
etiam ratione Menagii, seu retention is nostrae—red- And el ear'd the stance, that ilka blade
dimus. Chron. Trivet. V. Du Cange. The mark might view.
M E N A N I S (SANCT), apparently St. Monan s in Mayne's Siller Gun, p. 38.
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6. A multitude, applied to tilings, S . ] Add;
In this sense it occurs in O.E. "Company or nieyny
of shippes; [ F r . ] fiottef Palsgr.B. iii. f.25. " Meny
of pi antes, [ F r . ] plantaige / ' F. 48. " A n d they can
no more sky 11 of it than a meany of oxen." Ibid. F.
180, a, b.
MENISSING, T h e act of diminishing. #
" Braking of commoimd ordenans & statutis of
this gude towne, in menissing of the past [paste or
crust] of quliyt breyd, & selling thairof." Aberd.
Reg. V. 16.
T o M E N S E , v. a. T o grace. Nithsdale Song,
242. V . MENSE, ZK
M E N ' S - H O U S E , 5. A cottage attached to a
farm-house where the men-servants cook their
victuals, S.B.
" Some of the landed proprietors, and large far-
mers, build a small house called the bothy, and some-
times the men's house, in which their men-servants
eat and prepare their food." Agr. Surv. Aberd.
n. 518.
M E N S K , MENSE, S. 2. H o n o u r . ] Add;
— Blythly I took up the spring,
A n d bore the mense aw a, Jo !
Rem. Nithsd. Song, p. 47. Add, as sense
4. It is obliquely used in the sense of thanks or
grateful return, S.
We've fed him, cled him—what's our mense for't a'?
Base wretch, to steal our Dochter's heart aw a' !
TannahUrs Poems, p. 12.
This, indeed, seems the meaning of the term as
used in the Pro v. " I have baith my meat and my
mense."
5. Credit, ornament, or something that gives re-
spectability, Soutli of S.
An' moimie day thou was a mence,
At kirk, i' market, or i' spence,
An' snug did thou my hurdies fence,
Wi' cozie biel',
Tho' in thy pouches ne'er did glance
Nae goud at weil.
Old Breeks, A. Scott's Poems, p. 105.
8. It is said of any individual in a family, who,
either in respect of personal or mental accom-
plishments, sets out or recommends all the rest,
sc H e " or " She's the mense of the f a m i l y , " or
" o f a' the family," Dumfr., Loth.
T o MENSE, MENSE, V. A. 2. T o d o honour t o . ]
Add ;—to grace.
Sit down in peace, my winsome dow ;
Tho' thin thy locks, and beld thy brow,
Thou ance were armfu' fit, I trow,
T o mense a kintra en', Jo.
Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 47.
3. T o d o the honours of, to preside at. To mense
a board, to do the honours of a table, Dumfr.
Convener Tamson mens'd the board,
Where sat ilk Deacon like a lord.
May tie's Siller Gun, p. 57.
4 T o fit, to become, Ettr. For.
They'll rin after a wheen clay-cakes baken i'
the sun, an' leave the good substantial ait-meal ban-
nocks to stand till they moid, or be pouched by them
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that draff an' bran wad better hae niensed / " Brownie
of Bodsbeck, &c. ii. 16'4.
MEXSKFUL, MEXSKFUL, Insert, as sense
4. Becoming, particularly in regard to one's sta-
tion, S.
— " Lay by your new green coat, and put on your
raploch grey ; it's a mair mensefu' and thrifty dress,
and a mair seemly sight, than thae clanglingslops and
ribbands." Tales of my Landlord, ii. 1 8<J.
5. Mannerly, respectful, S. &e.
MENSEFULLIE, adv. I n a mannerly way, with
propriety, S.
T o M E N t , v. n. 1. fi£ T o lift up the hand af-
fectedly, without intending the blow Gh
Surv. M o r a y .
2. " T o attempt i n e f f e c t u a l l y I b i d .
This seems merely a provincial pronunciation of
the v. Mini, to aim, &x\ q. v.
M E N T , prat. Mended, South o f S.
O faithless Watty, think how aft
I me.nl your sarks and hose !
For you how many bannocks stown,
H o w many cogues of brose !
Watty and Madge, Herd's Coll. ii. 199,
I've seen when wark began to fail,
The poor man eou'cl have men I a meal,
Wi' a hare-bonk or sa'mon tail;
But let him try
To catch them now, and in a jail
He's forc'd to lie.
T. Scott's Poems, p. 32c),
M E N T E N E N T , s. One who assists another-;
Er. mai/ilen-ir.
cc With povvar—-to the said burcht of Inuernes,
proveist, bailleis, &c. and tliair successouris, thair
menlenent is and servant! is, off sail ling, passing, re-
t u r n i n g / ' &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 18.14, V. 080.
M E N T I C A P T E , s. Insanity, derangement;
a forensic term.
" In the accioune—persewit be Robert lord Fle-
myn aganis James lord Ilammiltouiie—and Archi-
bald erle of Anguss—for his wrangwis—preced-
ing in the seruing of ane breif of inquesicion—impe-
trate be the said Archibald erle of Anguss, of menti-
capte, prodigalite & furiosite of the said Robert lord
Fiemyn," &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 14<)i, p. 195.
Lat. menle c api us, mad ; Cic.
MERCAT, A market. Hence,
MEIICAT-STEAD, -V. A market-town ; literally,
the place where a market stands.
At the mouth of the water, stands the tonne of
Air, a notable mercatstead." Descr. of the King-
dome of Scotland.
M E l l C I I , MERGII, (gutt.), 1. M a r r o w . ] Add;
3. Transferred to the mind, as denoting under-
standing.
" The ancient and learnit—Tertulian sayes, that
the trew word of God consistes in the merch and in-
11 art intelligence, and not in the vtuart seruf & ex-
ternel word is of the scriptures." Hamilton's Facile
Traietise, p . 31.
MERCHY (gutt.), adj. Marrow, S.B.
^ The Lord is reserving a merchy piece of the word
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of his promise to be made out to many of his friends
& people, till they get some sad hour of trial and ten-
tation."—" The merchie bit of the performance of
this he keeped till a black hour of temptation, and a
sharp bite of tryal." Mich. Brace's Soul-Conf. p. 18.
M E R C H I N E S S , s. T h e state o f being marrowy ;
metaph. used.
cr The Israelites had never known the mcrchincss of
that promise, if a Red sea had not made it out." Ibid.
M E R C F I A N G U I D , s. " Sufficient merchan-
giadsufficient or marketable merchandice ;
A herd. R e g . V . hfk
* M E R C H A N T . 1. A man's eye is proverbially
said to be his merchanty when lie buys any ar-
ticle entirely on his own judgment, without any
recommendation or engagement on the part o f
another, S.
" Esto the horse had been insufficient, s'/bi impalet,
his eye being his merchant ; unless he will—offer him
to prove that the seller—promised to warrant and up-
hold the horse," Sec. Fountaiiih. Dec. Suppl. iii. 34.
A shopkeeper, S.
Cf A peddling shop-keeper, that sells a pennyworth
of til read, is a Merchant.—The word Merchant in
France—signifies no more than a shop-keeper, or
other smaller dealer, and the exporter or importer
is cabled mi Negotiant." Burt's Letters, i. 77, 78.
M E R C H I T ^ part.pa. Bounded. V. M A R C H , V.
M E R C I M E N T , .sr. 1. M e r c y , discretion, S.Ik
641 m a n n be at," or " c o m e in, your merciment
1 must put myself completely under your power.
Most probably abbrev. from O.Fr. arnerchner/t,
L.B. amcrciamcnt-um, amende pecuniaire imposee
pour un delit; Roquef. The term is very commonly
used in money-matters.
Du Gauge views L.B. amerciamenlum (a fine) as it-
self formed from Fr. merci, because the offender was
in the mercy of the judge as to the extent of the fine.
5K A fine, E. amerciament, A b e r d . Iieg. Gent. 16.
M E R C U R Y L E A F , the plant Mercurialis pe-
rennis, South o f S.
M E R E , -v. 1. A march, a b o u n d a r y . ] Add;
O.E. " Mere or marke betwyx two londys [lands].
Meta. Limes." Prompt. Par v.
The same term occurs in the Cartulary of A b e r -
deen, A. 1446.
ce Than they fullily aecordit amang thaim of the
assys ; nam an discrepand, deliuerit and gaf forth presses it, and feels gritty in the mouth.
the marchis and mer is betwix the said lands debata- M E R L E D , M I R L E D , part. pa. Variegated. V .
b l e , " &c. Maefarlan's Transcr. p. 8.
M E R E , s. 1 . - T h e s e a . ] Add ;
O.E. mer had been used in the same sense. " Mer
watyr. Mare." Prompt. Par v. Water is not added q. marvellings.
as a part of the denomination, but as determining the M E R M A I I T S - G L O V E , s. T h e name given to
object spoken o f ; which is the mode observed by the
good monk Fraunces.
2. A n arm of the sea.
— f f The river of Forth, commonly called the Frith, P. Unst, Stat. Ace. v. 186.
—maketh gritt armes or meres, commonly called the
Scottis sea: quhairin, besyd vtheris, is the illand of stone's Zetl. ii. 325.
St. Columbe, by name callit Aemonia." Pitscottie's
Cron. Introd. xvi.
3. A small pool, caused b y the moisture of the The Icelanders call coral marmennils-smidi, i. e. the
soil; often one that is dried up b y the heat, A n g . workmanship of mermen.
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It differs in signification from the E. word, which
commonly" denotes cc a large pool or lake," Johns.
T o M E R E S , t>.
" Eneas—callit baith thaim and the Trojan is un-
der ane name of Latinis ; to that fyne, that baith the
pepill sulci meres togidder, under ane minde and
lawis." Bellenclen's T. Livius, p. 6.
As the corresponding word in Livy is concUiaref,
should this be meise, i. e. incorporate?
M E R E S W I N E , s. A porpoise.] Add;
Cepede adds Dan. marsouin, Germ, meerschrvein.
Hist, de Cetaeees, p. 250.
M E R E T A B I L L , adj. Laudable.
" Sen neidfull it is & meretahill," &c. Aberd. Reg.
A. 1543, V. 18.
T o M E R G L E , v. n. T o wonder, to express sur-
prise, Fife.
Perhaps the-term was first used to express won-
der at quantity., or caused by the appearance of a
multitude, from Su.G. marg, multus ; as, " Eh ! mer-
gie me I" is a phrase used in Fife denoting surprise.
MERITOR, u Sene [since] raeritor is to heir
lei 11 & such ties t witnessing.11 Aberd. Reg.
Cent. 16.
I know not if this can denote one who makes pro-
fit by a bargain, from L.B. merit-um, pretium ; pro-
vent us.
M E I I K , s. A term used in jewellery.
" A chayn of rubeis, with tuelfw/7b,s- of diamantis
and rubeis, and ane merlz with tua ruby is." Inven-
tories, A. 1578, p. 262. It is written mark, p. 318.
Fr. merques, " Be, in a paire of beads, the biggest,
or least," Cotgr.
M E R K E R I N , ,9. T h e spinal marrow, A ug.] Add;
Isl. Jiiarne, medulla, nucleus, vis, cremor; Dan.
kaerne, id. This is the obvious origin of E. kernel;
Su.G. kaerne signifying nucleus.
M E R K I E - P I N , ,9. ' That part of a plough on
wliieh the share is fixed, Orkn.
T o M E R E , v. n. T o candy ; applied to honey,
&c., Galloway. V. M E R L I E .
u Sandy and sweet; when honey
M E R L I E , adj.
is in this state, it is said to be merlie; when it
is beginning to grow this way, it merles Gall.
Encycl.
Allied perhaps to C.B. mtvrlfreestone ; also friable,
because it becomes cf sandy," as Mactaggart ex-
MARLED.
M E R L I N S , 2 n terj. Expressive of surprise, Loth.
Formed from Fr. mervcille a prodigy ; or perhaps
the sponge, Shetb
tc The sponge, called Mermaid's Glove, is often
taken up, upon this coast, by the fishermen's hooks."
" Spongia Palmata, Mermaid's Glove" Edmon-
A very natural idea for these islanders who, in
former times, were well acquainted with mermaids.
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MERMAID'S P U R S E , the same with the in some part of the country:—A sport of female
Mermaid\s Glove, Gall. children, in which they form a. ring, dadoing round
A beautiful kind of sea-weed box, which is found in it, while they hold each other by the hand-, and
driven in on the shores, of an oblong shape—about singing as they move. In the progress oi'the play,
three inches and a half one way, and three the other they by the motion of their hands imitate the whole
— o f a raven-black colour on the outside, and sea- process of the laundry, in washing, starching, dry-
green within." Gall. Encyl. ing, and ironing, S.
This, I am informed by an approved judge in these MERSE, 1. A flat and fertile spot of ground
things, can be nothing else than the hollow root of the between bills, a hollow, Nitbsdale.
Fueus polyschlcles; not unfrequent on the western There's a maid has sat o' the green merse side,
coast of S. Thae ten lang years and mair ;
* M E R R Y , adj. A term used by a chief or com- A n ' every first night o' the new moon,
mander in addressing his soldiers ; My merry She kames her yellow hair.
men. Mermaid, of Galloway.
cc Sit down i the gloming dew fall on a green
Sir W . Scott deduces merry as thus used, from
Teut. mirigh, strong, bold. But I cannot find this 7ner.se side, aiming the flowers," &c. Remains of
word in any lexicon. Nithsdale Song, p. 230, 247.
M E 11R Y - D A N (J E11S, -v. />/.] Add ; 2. Alluvial land on the side of a. river, Durnfr.
2. Tile vapours arising-Vom the earth in a warm 3. A l s o expl. u Ground gained from the sea, con-
dav, us seen flickering ill the a! mosphere, R o x b . verted into moss," Dutnir.
Perhaps as having been originally a marsh, or
I've seeu tike merru-da ,;e>'r.v," is a phrase com- under water, from Tent, merscdie, mar.se, palus. But
monly used, when it is meant to iolimate thai one I rather think that it is from. C.B. meryz, <; that is flat
has remarked a oresage of good ueaiher. or low, a wet place," meryz y mor, " the sea-sledge
M E R R Y - i i VN K, 'sa 1. A meeryAnjne to him or Owen. Fie refers to mer, " that is down or stagnant,"
•it, a pbra-e u*.ed bv persons whei1 ibev ha*. e g\)1: and gwys, a bottom, also, " low."
quit o f what has raiher annoyed ilieni, A b e r d . M E R V A D I E , adj. Sweet, and at the same time
2. To get (we.'iuierrjj-hym'* to rec«-i vi: om-'s (hs- brittle, Galloway.
t: Any fine sweet cake is sadd to be /.</. n a,rte ; lids
inission rather n; a disgraceful manner ; applied
to servanis, ibid. ; from ILjite, hence. Word and merlie. are some way co:meote !." / h l|. K;;e.
M E R R Y - M E A T , s. T h e same with frhn- (hi*, niereedig sigililies in-ipid. But * his does not
mering, the leas!; at a birth Gall Encycl. correapoad. V. MEUVIK, whicli must bo radically
Y . B L I T H E - M I'.AT.
the same word.
M E H R Y - M E T A NX I E , s. A game among M E R V Y , M A H V I K , adj. 1 . R i c h , m e l l o w ; ap-
chihkv.i, genera !iv girls, in Tweeddale, Fife, plied to fruits, potatoes, &c., D u m f r .
and other parts of Scotland. T h e y form a ring, 2. Savoury, agreeable to the taste, ibid. ; synon.
within which one goes round with a handker- Smervy, S.B.
chief, with which a stroke is given in succession Dan. marl), marrow; whence marvaglig, full of
to every one in the r i n g ; the person who strikes, marrow.
or the taker, still repeating this rhyme ; M E R V I E , adj. Inactive ; applied both to b o d y
Here I gae round the jingie ring, and mind, R o x b . ; evidently the same with
The jingie ring, the jingie ring, Marbcl, L o t h .
Here I gae round the jingie ring, C.B. manvaaiel, of a deadening quality ; mar maid-,
And through mv mernj-nielanzie. torpid ; inarwat-au3 to deaden.
Then the haralherchief is thrown at one in the A I E S A L L , M v s i a , adj. Leprous. | Add;
ring, who is obliged to take it up and go througa It is applied to swine, Aberd. Keg. Ane my sell
the same proce^. swyue." V. 15, p. odd.
It is also conjoined v» ith the synon. term lyper,
The only probable conjecture I cam form is. that
or leprous. " Tile quail k swyiivj wes fandin lyper
the game had been originally used in grammar-
mesell.ry Ibid.
schools, in which Latin seems to have been employed
O.E. lily.sell. Leprosus." Prompt. Parv.
even in their plays; and that thus it has been de-
M E S E OF H E U I I I N G , fi vehundred herrings. ] Add;
nominated from the principal action, Me tange,
Armor, maes, a bushel; Roquefort, vo. Mui.
" touch m e " This may have been combined with
an E. adjective supposed to characterise the game. M E S L I N , MASLIN, M i x e d corn, S.O., GJ.
Though apparently insipid enough, it might be ac- Sibb. Y . M A S H L I X .
counted a very merry pastime by those who had Wheat, rye, meslhi." Aberd. Reg. A. 1545, V. 19.
broke loose from their confinement under a peda- M E S O X J R , Measure, A b e r d . R e g .
gogue. .1 ?erri) may, however, be from Fr. mire, pried T o M E S S A N D M E L L , 1 . T o have familiar

into, narrowly observed; in allusion to the eye of intercourse, A y r s .

the person 'who watches the ring, in order to throw " But this is an observe that I have made 011 the
the handkerchief to most advantage. intellectual state of my fellow-citizens, since I be-
The following account of the game has also been gan, in my voyages and travels, to mess and mell more
given me, which must be descriptive of the mode with the generality of mankind." Steam-Boat, p. 88,
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2. T o mingle at o n e mess. I t seems to b e a
proverbial phrase in the W e s t o f S.
M E S S A N , «<?. 1. A small d o g , S . ] Add;
T h i s term occurs in a pro v. expressive o f the strong-
est contempt and ridicule that can well be conceived.
" W e hounds slew the hare, quoth the messan ;—•
spoken to insignificant persons when they attribute
to themselves any part o f a great atchievemeiit."
Kelly, p. 84.9-
M.ESSANDEW, A n hospital, S. T h e term
is often written in this manner in legal deeds.
V. A ! AS SON 1>KW.
M E S S - H R E E l ) , ,v. T h e bread used in cele-
b r a t i n g mass.
" A n e pair ofa/r.v.v-breid Enis." Me;.brrid i vruis."
A b e r d . iteg. A . 1.04::, V. IS ; i . e . irons ibr bringing
the waters into proper 1brm.
M E S S I G A T J1], s. T h e road to the church, G r k n .
Obviously from Isl. vtessa, missa, ceiebratio sa-
crorum, and gala, via, semita; like messnbuk, liber
ritualis, rnessu-klaedi, amictus sacer, t':c.
M E S S I N G E R 1 E , .v. T h e o.UEe o f a m e s a - i -
ger-at-arms.
'ikiat he omia.wyss ressane ony manor of person's
to the office of v;.vo/grr/r in tyme cumm.'/, xceut
ii be in the pla.ee oi' ane of the persouE that s-Ibe
tiioiabt meit to be r e i e a i l — be his deeeiss or depriva-
tionnf' /lets Ja. V E E>;7, lad. J s J 4, p. b b g
M E S S - K A Y K i t , s. T h e c o n t e m p t u o u s term used
b y o u r R e f o r m e r s asdeiiominating a mass-priest.
Let any uiess-saaer or erne^t mantyner thereof
be deprekeuded ir. any of the forenamed tr vines, na.
execuikmn can be had, for all is done in haircut c f
h:s r e l i g i o u n , " & c . K n o x ' s I l i s t . ]).
"\i E T , r. at:.v. M a y ; used f o r J ltd or J. lot.
( ) wae be to thee, thou silly auld carle,
A n d aye an ill dead ,,iel ye d i e !
Jacob'df rb'Iiii. Y . M AT.
M K T , M KTT, 1. .Pleasure.] Add ;
Jr. Av m e a s u r e of a d e t e r m i n a t e k i n d , S . j Add;
" Tiiel f m ell Is <;f salt." A b e r d . Reg. (ka.t. I J.
METIIOWSS, -sa A. house lor measuring. u Ame
c o m m o n ne melhoicss for v let it all.*1 A b e r d . R e g .
MKTU:YMi-:, -v. A n in.;trument ibr measuring.
cc Quhilk he met & mesurkt with his av»in nek o;
mclluuiueAberd. 11 eg. Cent. l b .
A!ETST£U, S. 1. A person legally authorised to
measure, S. Metxtar" Aberd. Reg.
cl. T h e designation given to the cosnmlssioiicrs
appointed bv Parliament f o r regulating the
weigh is and measures o f the kingdom.
" Reference to tlie Secreit Coe.nsell anenr met-
star is." Tit. Act. Ja. Y E HE'E Ed. IS 14, p. Eai.
M E T - S T I C K , <v. A wooden instrument or E t o f
w o o d useil ikr tailing the measure o f ihe S.
Arrested brats around, their grandsire kneel,
W h o takes their measurement from toe to keel ;
T h e nicl-stick parkl away to so.it the size1,
H e bids at length the impatient captives lise.
Ullage Fair, Black u\ Mag. Jan. I s ^ i , p.-EJx!.
M E T T E G E , <V. Measurement.
'4 T h e mettege o f coiis, [[coals] salt, iyrn, c o m e ,
fruit, and sic mensturable gudis." A b e r d . Reg. V . 2 4 .
117
Mensturable is obviously for Mensurable.
M E T A L , s. T h e n a m e g i v e n to stones used for
making a road, S.
T o M E T A L a Road, to m a k e or repair it with
stones broken d o w n , S.
" With regard to the form o f these turnpike roads,
they are from 30 to 40 feet wide, independent [r.
i n d e p e n d e n t l y ] of the drains on each side. T h e y are
metalled, as it i s called, with stones broken to a small
size, in the middle, to a depth of 10 or 12 inches, gra-
dually decreasing to four inches at the sides." A g r .
Surv. Stir lings, p. .'jxi 1.
M E T - R U R D I S , MKTT-BURDIS, s.pl.
That Thomas Kirk patrick—sail restore—twa
kistis ne,a. ark, price XL s.; twa met-burdis, a we-
sehale almcry," Ik v. Act. Dom.Conc. A . 1488, p. 92.
" T h a t Schir Jolme—content andpaye f o r — j i n e w
tub bis, xii d . ; a pare o f new cardis, x x x d. ; ii meti-
bard is, iiii s." A.ct. Audit. A . 1478, p. 82.
Perhaps boards or tables for holding meat; tables
for family use at meals. A.S. met, cibus, and bord,
n)en:-;a.
M E T E GUDIS.
J (dm I diuiissay—sail restore—akow of a deforce,
a sail mert, a inasL fat, iij mete gudis," &c. Act. Dom.
( one. A. .1 4 7 - , p.
-Most proba.Idy NU-aisures, q . vessels for meting
gaaa'V; unless we should suppose that gudis is for
ardis, tubs.
" E r l E l T l I N I \ , v. irnpers. 1\Iethinks.] Add;
Semj/s me is a n example of the same construction;
Doug! Virgil, 19/
O douchty King, thou askis counsale, said he,
O f that matere. (luhilk as semjjs me,
Is nouthir dirk nor doutsum, but full clere.
Him t hoe at is used in a similar manner; Barbour,
iv. 648, MS.
; iim t h 'a •/« f Ave ill he saw a fyr, &c.
M E T I N D , -sa glove called a mitten.
(i Item a pare ol* tne'ingis for hunting." Inven-
tories, p. 1 1 . \ k )d ITT K S S.
M E T T L E , adj. ('up-able o f enduring m u c h
iatigtie, Ehlr. I ; or.
N e a r l y a l l i e d to kk mettled, spritely. Serenius^ h o w -
ever, derives the E. word, n o t from Metal, but from
EE nucte, excellentia. I n this language mettelldenotes
a wedge FOR catcing iron : and meill-a is to cut iron
v/itii such a. AVED^-E.
T o M E E T L , M IOL, n. T o mew, or cry as a
cat, S. L a i . !u}a;t!;:.-arc, F r . miaul-cr, id.
PJiOLixe, ,sa ./l term 'borrowed from the cat, to
denote the cry o f the tiger.
— " MINTING o f TJ g e r s , brtizzing of bears," &C.
E E q u h a r t ' s ikik?elai.^. V. CHEEPING.
M E W , ,v. lUa'ce 11a twa mews o f ae daughter;' 1 '
FERGUSOIFS S. E r o v k ] Axhl;
1 am NOW sallafied t l i a t this must be a corr. of the
S. word MAIEH, a son-in-hiAV. Thus it appears that
Eeliv, aiti 10ugh lie says 1,4 the sense I do not under-
stand," CMNAS very near the truth in a d d i n g , — " ta-
ken from tke L.atin,
K a e d e m iiiiae duosgeneros p a r a r e . " Prov. p. 255.
THIS m o r e neaidy approaches the pron. of A.Bor.,
me a ugh, id.
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MEWITIL p. r. Mnveih :'J Add ; Par v., ii .>eems strictly to signify a pilferer. M'f*
Meue wa> the forID <4'the r. in < >.E. " I mcwc or chyn or prively Vi.'-lyn sniale thyngs. Surrij)i<>."
styrre from ;j jilarc ;" P.als;«r. B. in. F. M00; b. Fr. Michr. a crumb, a small fragment. !,.!'>. ntich-u
T o M E W T . ' r. //. T o iiis.v as a cat. J Add; id., lunar-uis, qui m i c s vivit, vol ea.s recolligit, Do
Although thi-- term ha.- been understood by Kelly Caiige ; q. one who live.-, bv gathering fragments.
in this sen^c, vetfmding no synon., 1 hesitate whether M I L I l ' T E L L E , adj. M i g h t y , powerful.
it is not to he ox pi. with greater latitude, as signify- — T a k ane gude h.ert, and put your confidence
ing to murmur ; as allied perhaps to Teut. vinyl-en in him, he is ane nncldj'ul God, quha will releif vow
murmurare, J ait. mul-ire. of it, and semi yow your helth, a.> he did tho Krle
M Y , hiterjs Denoting great surprise, R o x b . of Murray, quha wes brutit to banc gottin the like
Perhaps the same with Teut. my, m e ; used like wrang l_l)\ poi.\on^] in France." Supplicatioun Coun-
Lat. me, O me perclitum ! Miseram me! tess of Athole, J ,V7<), Acts ,Ia. VI. Fd. I Si 4, p. I 7b".
T o M 1 A I J V E , v. n. T o mew, as a cat, Euehan. M I G H T ! E, adj. Strange, surprising.] Add.;
V. the letter W . 4. .Potent, intoxicating; applied to liquors, and
M I C E - D I E T , s. T h e dung of mice, S. synon. with Starh\ S.B.
" Had I as muckle black spice, as he thinks him- "Stark mtjchfy wynes, & small wjnes." Ah< rd
self worth of mice-dirt, I would be the richest man Reg. Cent, i b.
of my kin." S. Prov. " Spoken satyrically of proud M I C K E E - M O L ' T I R I ) , M R < KI.I-:-M<>UH>, adj
beams, whom we suspect to be highly conceited of Having a large or wide mouth, S. V. !>1I;KYL.
their own worth." Ke 11 y, |>. 1 a3. V. Diitr, s. e* Micldr-w'siith'd folk are happy to their meat," S.

M I C E L E D , pret. v. E x p h Did eat .somewhat Prov. ; " .--ajm'aai by, or to them who come oppor-
after the way of mice Gall. Encycl. tunely to eat with us." Kelly, p. L'53.
This, 1 think, must be improperly spelled, to suit I havealwa\s heard it thus: M ucldc-nnntlh'd folk
the idea of its formation from, mice. The word, I hae a luck to their meat;" and applied only as a sort
am informed, is prom q. Metjsel or Meyssle, q. v. of consolation to one whose face is rather disfigured
Teut. mens el-en seems to include the idea. Pitis- by the disproportionate size of the mouth.
sare, ligurire, et clam degu stare paulatim. Miesel- M I D D E N , &c. 1. A dunghill, S . j Add;
en, nebulam exhalare, can have no affinity. 2. Metaph. used to denote a dirty slovenly woman,
M I C H A E L M A S M O O N , L A designation S. ; synon. heap.
commonly given to the Harvest M o o n , S. 3. An eating midden, used as a phrase expressive
" The Michaelmas Moon rises ay alike soon. of the highest possible contempt for one who is
" T h e moon, at lull, being then in the opposite sign, a mere belly g o d , who sacrifices every thing to
bends for some days towards the tropick of Cancel*,
the gratification of appetite, Angus.
and so-rising more northerly, rises more early. M y
Mii)dkx~])i:a, s. A hole into which the juice or
country people believe it to be a particular provi-
sap of a dung-bill is collected, S.O.
dence of God that people may see to get their corn
" A causeway about 6 feet broad, formed of large
in." Kelly, p. 3 3 4 , 3 3 5 . V. L I F T , V.
stones carelessly laid down, led to the fore-door, be-
2, Sometimes used to denote the produce o f a raid
yond which at the distance of 8 or 10 feet, was the
at this season, as constituting the portion of a
dungstead, with a pond of putrid water, termed the
daughter.
midden-dub, into which the juices of the dung were
" Anciently, this moon was called the Michaelmas collected; and dead dogs, cats, &c. were thrown."
moon, was hailed by some of our ancestree as a mighty Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. 115.
useful thing for other purposes,—viz. in reaving and
M I D D I N G - D U N G , 5. Manure from a dunghill, S.
making inroads, many a marauder made a good for- cf Midding-dung, either unmixed or compounded
tune in her beams. The tocher which a doughty bor-
with earth,—if it be designed for grain, it should be
derer gave a daughter was the result of his reaving
plowed into the ground as soon as possible after it
during this moon." Gall. Encycl.
fC Mary Scot, the flower of Yarrow—was descended is laid on it, to prevent waste by exhalation." Max-
from the Dry hopes, and married into the Harden well's Seh Trans, p. 200.
M I D D E N - I I E A D , s. T h e summit o f a dunghill, S.
family. Her daughter was married to a predecessor
of the present Sir Francis Elliot, of Stobbs.—There To be heard on the midden-head, to quarrel
is a circumstance, in their contract of marriage, that o p e n l y ; a metaph. borrowed from dunghill-
merits attention, as it strongly marks the predatory fowls, S.
spirit of the times. The father-in-law agrees to keep And that he wad like me, I hae no fear ;
his daughter for some time after the marriage, for Had of the bargain we made an outred,
which the son-in-law binds himself to give him the Wese no be heard upon the midden head.
profits of the first Michaelmas moon." Stat. Acc. Par. Ross's Helenore, p. 85.
Selkirk, ii. 437, 438. M I D D I N G - M O U N T , M I D D E N - M O U N T , S. A singu-
M Y C H A R E , s. A covetous sordid fellow. lar species o f rampart used b y the inhabitants
Seho callit to hir clieir— of the city o f Edinburgh, during the reign o f
A milygant and a mychare. Charles I . , in defending themselves against the
Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 56. batteries of the castle.
It is written micher by Chaucer and Skinner. Ac- " They raise fortifications to defend the town a-
cording to the meaning attached to mycJiyn, Prompt. gainst the violence of the castle; they raise viidding
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mounts upon the causeway, and fill up sundry houses She's got, I fear, what wedding she will gett,
with sand and water to resist fire works. Before any That's wi' the miclds, sae that need's be nae lett.
answer came frae the king, the truce expired, where- Moss's IIele no-re, First Ed. p. 74.
upon the town of Edinburgh began again to their for- Mould, Ed. Third, p. 51.
tifications, raised midden mounts at Fleriot's Work, and " Married to the mools," a proverbial phrase used
upon the causeway, and sundry other parts within and of a young woman, whole sole bridal-bed is the grave.
about the town for their defence." Spakling, i. 215. V . M U L D E S .
This is a use to which it is not generally known M I E N E , s. Interest, means used; the same with
that thefidyie of the Good Town has been applied. Moijen.
M I D D E N - S T E A D , .V. T h e spot where a dunghill " Gif it happen is the said Sehir Alexander to de-
is formed, S. cess,—his said son and ay r—sal be obliste to delyuir
" If you had challenged, the existence of Red-cowl the said castel freli to hir,—sa that nouthir the said
in the castle of Glenstirym, old Sir Peter Pepper- Sehir Alexander, &c.be nought the neirrar the deede
brand would have had ye out to his court-yard, made [yicath] be the miene of the said princesse, hir pro-
you betake yourself to your weapon, and if your trick curatioune or seruantis." Park Ja. II. A. 1439, Eik
o f f e n c e were not the better, would have sticked you 1814, p. 54.
like a paddock on his own baronial middenstecul" A n - M I F F " , s. A pettish humour, S .
tiquary, i. 1.97. " Mr. Old!)uck—always wished to be paid with
" I was e'en taking a spell o' worthy John Quackle- regularity ; Sir Arthur was not always, nor indeed
ben's Flower of a Sweet Savour, sawn 011 the Midden- often, prepared to gratify this reasonable desire; and,
stead of this World,' said Andrew." Rob Roy, ii. 69. in accomplishing an arrangement between tendencies
M I D D E N - T A P , S. T h e summit of a dunghill. I f so opposite, little?/?/*//*? would occasionally take place."
a crow lly over a dunghill, it is viewed in some Antiquary, i. lOf).
places as a certain presage of bad weather. I hesitate whether this should be viewed as a me-
This morning bodes us ill, taph. use of Teut. nntfj'e,mucor, mephitis ; as regard-
For the gray crow flew o'er the midden-lap, ing meat which has contracted a bad smell.
An' croak'd his hollow notes before the ra'en. M Y I D , M E I D , .5. A mark, Fife. V. M E I T H .
lid en, raven. Davidson s Seasons, p. 9o. M Y I S , (ph of Mas) m i c e ; A . S . Isk rnys.
* M I D G E , s. T h i s not only denotes a gnat as in As he wes syttand at the mete,
I k , but is the only term used by the vulgar for Wytil myis lie wes swa wmbesete,
a musqueto. That wyth hym and hys menyhe
" Midges, gnats; masque toes;" Gl. Antiq. He mycht 11a way get sawfte.
M I D L E N T I I E N , MIDLENTBAJJE, MYDLEN- Wynlomn, vi. 14. ] 07-
TEitENE, x. T h e middle of the fast of Lent. M Y LI),

" At myd lenLrane nix thareftir following."—" Be-
tuix this & Sonday mydlentrene nixt to cum." Aberd.
Reg. A. 1538, V. 16.
££ And gif he outtit noeht the said, &c. betuix this
& mydlenlroue uixt cinuis." Ibid.
This nearly resembles the A.S. phraseology, Mid-
lencten, Midlent,- Mid-lenclenes sannan-daeg, Midlent
Sunday. V . L K N T K Y N E .
M I D L Y N G I S , .9. pi. Apparently, a particular
description of pins.
(-c xviij paper is of prenis f the price xxvij sh., ane
bout of midlyngis the price vj sh., & tua hankis of
wyir [/wire] the price xxiiij sh." Aberd. Reg. A .
1543, V. 18. Perhaps pins of a middling size.
T o M I D S , v. a. T o strike a medium.
— " The two great sects of the antient lawyers
were divided.—But Trebonian midselh the matter
thus, that if the product can easily be reduced to the
first matter, the owners of the matter remain pro-
prietars of the whole, as when a cup or other artifact
is made of metal," &c. Stair's Inst. B. ii. T. 1. sec. 41.
M I D W I N T E R E D A Y , .9. T h e name anciently
given to the brumal solstice.
cf From the time of celebrating our Lord's advent,
in order of nature our days lengthen, our nights shor-
ten, and was of old called Midwinter-day, 01* 1Mid win-
ier-mas, or feast." Ann and's Mysterium Pietatis,p. 27.
This term is expk vo. Y U L E - E ' E N , q. v.
M I E L D S , s. pi T h e north-country pronuncia-
tion of Moold?, dust o f the grave,
119
" Foure spindillis of vron for myldis of double and
quarter falcoun." Inventories, A. 1578, p. 254.
" Nyne spindillis of yron sum for bowing and u-
tlieris mijld spindillis for nioyane, double, and quar-
ter falcoun." Ibid. p. 255.
M I L D S , M I L E S , S. pi T h e Chenopodium album
et viride, Loth., R o x b . V. M I D D E N - M Y L I E S .
Norv. melde, Chenopodium urbieinn ; Hallager.
M I L E , W i l d celery, A p i u m graveolens, Linn.;
R o x b . , &e.
The tradition of the South of S. asserts that those
who were persecuted for their adherence to Presby-
tery, during the reigns of Charles Ik and James Ik,
in their hiding places often fed 011 this plant.
M Y L E S , <?. Expl. 44 wild s p i n n a g e I , o t h .
This is the Chenopodium album et viride ; the
same with Midden-Mylies. In Ettr. For. this is some-
times eaten with salt,, in times of scarcity.
MILES, pi. A small animal found 011 the dis-
eased intestines and livers of sheep, R o x b . , Sel-
kirk s., Eiddesd.; called in other counties a Flock.
It seems originally the same with Teut. miluwe,
acarus, teredo ; a little worm in ships, also a moth
that frets garments.
M Y L I E S , s.pl. T h e small links,on a fishing-rod,
through which the line runs, S . V. M A I L Y I E .
M I L Y G A N T , M Y L I G A N T , <9. A false person.
Sclio callit to hir cheir—
A mihjgant and a mychare.
Coikelbie Sow, F. b v. 5(>\
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— A l l the suynis awnaris— Tins term was used in O. F. Mi Ike melt' or mete
Her and thair awin swyne cry, made ofm\ 1 k e. Fact at um. Facticinimu." Pro-opt, Parv.
With thir myliganlis mac hit, Jni. miofkr-tnatr, Dan. melke-mad. lacticinia. esca
Afferd the fulis had thame kaehit. gaiatica.
Ibid. v. 205, M ILK XESS, ,Y. 2. Milk iiseU", improperly, S. ] Add:
O.-Fr. male-gent, mediant, mauvais ; Roquefort. This use of the term is at least more than three
* T o M I L I T A T E , v. ?I. T o have effect, to centur-es old.
operate ; but not as including the idea of oppo- —tf> The saidis personis sail—pay—for tide proffit
sition, as in the use of the word in E . of the iiujllniess of the said five ky he the said space
" Whatever reasons persuaded the modelling and [three years] extendin to xv stain; of cheis<, price of
reducing the several associations,—the same militated the staue ij s. For the proHit of the miflknes of the
still to enforce the necessity and reasonableness of said iiij1' of yowis be the said thre yeris xlviij stane
assuming new arts and trades that come in request." of chciss, price* of the stane ij s." Act. i)om. (.'one.
Fountainh. Dec. Suppl. iii. 66 ; also in p. 67. A. 1 b02, }>. 2;s(j.
fJ'i 1 is act is curious and interesting, as it affords the
T o M I L K , v. a. " T o s t e a l G l . Picken. V .
M I L L , V. ratio of calculation as to the animal product- of W\r.
stock, and also the profits arising from tin-Mi.
M I L K - A N D - M E A L , -V. T h e common designation ] cannot help thinking the .-tirks t h r o w better
for milk-porridge, S.B. in the ouid ! );iiry'> iiiiir, though, to be sure, m ma-
This phrase is certainly of northern origin : for naging the milk//ess, she; \\ as none of the cleanest."
Isl. mioehn'n/lk is rendered by i bddorson, eractogala, Saxon and (da-el, i. I5d.
and by the Dan. term melkerelling, i. e. porridge made Ji. A dairy.] Add;
of milk, q. tndk-bof/i nu. A dairy, in the North, is called the Milkness ; as.
MILK-UiioTH, <v. Froth, in making which milk the Dairy-maid is, In nil parts, a Milk-maid." (dowel,
has been used instead of water, S. vo. Dayeria. Add, as sense
u The most economical way of using bear, or bar-
4. T h e produce of the dairy, in whatever form, S,
ley, is when it is—boiled with a little butter,—or — " Grass and corns were burnt up and dried in
with milk, when it is called milk-broth." Agr. Stirv. the blade, wdiilk made also great scarcity of all milk"
Aberd. p. 518. V. BAKEFOOT-BROTH. 71 ess, butter and cheese." Spalding, ii. 27.
M I L K K K , .V. A COW that gives milk, S/| Add ; The passage from Ross, given sense 1., properly
cf In the countries situated on the Murray ^nd i'eau-
belongs to this.
ly Friths, the cattle art; heavier and better milkers, M I L K O U T S , MiLKWORTSrs*.pi. T h e name given
than the Highland cows." Agr. Surv. Invern. p. 25]. to the root of the Campanula. liotundifolia, S.B,
(C J hue s;.x kye—a' as famous -ilkers as e'er r-t rid- T o M I L L , a. T o steal, Jlcnfk
dled agoan,bu'i now asyeli as my pike-stalk" Black w. Ii is dearie glad o' sicean routh,
Mag. June 1320, p. To mill a note was aye right ready.
M I L K - G O W A N , s. A yellow flower whose stem con- A. Wilson's Poems 17.90, p. 7'>.
tains a humour similar in consistence and ap- Undoubtedly the same with the E. cant verb Mill,
pearance to butter-milk ; Dandelion, Leonto- to r o b ; and also with that in D I C T . , to Mill one out
don taraxacum, L i n n . ; Ettr. F o r . of a thing. Picken gives to Milk, as synon. with Mill,
From the description given, this seems to be the iC to steal." This can only be viewed as a figurative

same with that called the Witch-gowan, Dumfr. use of the E. v.

M I L K - H O U S K , s» A dairy, a house in which the T o M I L L one, v. a. T o give one a beating, to
milk is kept previous to its being made into drub, &c., Ilenfrews.
cheese or butter, S. Probably from Isl. mel-ia eontundere, q. to bruise
A milk-house must be cool, but free from damp, as in a mill.
and admitting of the circulation of air." Agr. Surv. M I L L , A snuff-box.] Add;
Peeb. p. 8 1 . As soon as I can find my mill,
Sw. mioelk-hus, id. Ye'se get a snuff wi right guid will.
* M I L K Y , adj. Denoting that particular state which Pickens Poems, i. 117-
the farinaceous part o f grain assumes when the M I L L A R T , M I L L E R T , s. A provincialism for
ear is filled, but not begun to grow white, Clydes. Miller, A b e r d .
<c Green pease and barley, when the ear is just be- The nullart's man, a suple fallow,
come milky—spoiled by 4 degrees [ o f cold]." Agr. Han's he had been red wud.
Surv. Clydes. p. 11. Christmas Ba'ing, Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. ISO.
"" Oats, when the ear is milky, by 6." Ibid. p. 12, In Edit. 1S05, The millert lad, &c.
MILK-MADLOCKS. Y . MADLOCKS. M I L L - B A N NOOK, S. " A circular cake of oat-meal,
M I L K M A I D ' S P A T H , the milky way, a constellation, with a hole in the centre,—generally a foot in
Dumfr. diameter, and an inch in thickness. It is baked
" Waes me but that lang baldric 0" stars, called the at mills, and haurned or toasted on the burning-
milkmaid'spath, looks ripe andready for rain." Black w. seeds of shelled oats, which makes it as brittle as
Mag. Nov. 1820, p. Mb. if it had been baked with butter;" Gall. E n c .
T h e name given to a small pock
M I L K - M E A T , s. Milk and meal boiled together, M I L L - B I T C H ,
and served up as a dish, S.B.; synon. Millc-and- or bag, clandestinely hung up by the miller, so
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a.s i ; i cei v e a' j uantity of meal, for his own profit,
ihrough a chink made for the purpose, S . A .
This is a. cant term, originally invented by the
miiier for concealment; as he was wont to say to his
knave or servant, in allusion to the use of a dog,
IIae ye set the bitch ?
M I L L - C L O O S E , S. u T h e boxed wood-work which
conducts the water into the m i l l - w h e e l s G a l l .
Encycl.
MILL-EE, MILL-EYE, T h e eye or opening in
the lutpes or cases o f a mill, at which the meal is
let out, S.
<r The wretches are obliged to have at least fifty
in each parish,—under the thatch of a roof no big-
ger than a bee-hive, instead of a noble and seemly
baron's mill, that you would hear the clack of through
the haill country; and that casts the meal through
the mill-eye by forpits at a time." Pirate, i. 264.
A pawky cat came frae the mill-ee,
Wi' a bonnie bowsie tailie.—
Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 67»
An' ay whan passengers bye war gaun,
A doolfu' voice cam frae the mill-ee,
On Saturday's night when the clock struck one,
Cry'n, " Q Ha.i> Riddle, hae mercy on me !"
Hogg's Mountain Bard, p. 1 (J.
Mill-ee is often, in leases, used as signifying the
whole mill and pertinents, Mearns.
M I L L E R OF C A R S T A I R S , a proverbial allu-
sion.
f£ Sir G. Lockhart said the Lords were like to the
miller of Car stairs, drew all to themselves. And truly
this decision has no shadow of reason but the clerks'
advantage." Fountainh. Dec. Suppl. ii. 588.
To Drown the Miller, 1. A phrase commonly
used in regard to baking, when too much water
is put in, and there is not meal enough to bring
the dough to a proper consistence, S.
It obviously alludes to the miller having such an
overflow of water that he cannot carry on his opera-
tions.
2. A p p l i e d to the operation o f making punch or
toddy, when more water is poured in than corre-
sponds to the quantity of spirituous liquor, S.
" He shall drink off the yawl full of punch.'
* Too much water drowned the miller,' answered
Triptoleimis." The Pirate, ii. 64.
3. Transferred to any thing, which, however ac-
ceptable in itself, defeats the end for which it is
desired, by its excess or exuberance, S.
" Turning to Edie, he endeavoured to put money
into his hand. £ I think/ said Edie, as he tendered it
back again, c the hale folk here have either gane
daft, or they hae made a vow to ruin my trade, as
they say ower muckle water drowns the millerThe
Antiquary, ii. 176.
4. I t seems used to denote bankruptcy.
Honest men's been ta'en for rogues,
Whan bad luck gars drown the miller,
Hunted 'maist out o* their brogues,
Fortune-smit for lack o* siller.
A. Scott's Poems, p . 3 4 .
M I L L - R E E K , S. T h e name given to a disease
among miners, Lanarks.
VOL. I L 121
The miners and smelters are subject here [Lead-
hills,] as in other places, to the lead distemper, or
mill-reek, as it is called here; which brings on palsies,
and sometimes madness, terminating in death in about
ten days." Pennant's Tour in S. 1772, p. 130.
MILN-RYND, MILL-IIYND, A piece o f iron, re-
sembling a star or the rowel of an old spur, sunk
in the centre of the upper mill-stone. There is
a square orifice in the middle of it, for receiv-
ing the iron spindle, fixed in the lower stone,
on which spindle the upper one turns, S.
" Gif ony man—violentlie and masterfullie spuil-
yies and takis away the miln-rynd, or ony uther ne-
cessar part of the miln, without the quhilk seho can
nather grind nor gang, he audit and sould refound—
the damnage," &c. Balfour's Pract. p. 496.
Allied perhaps to Isl. rind-a, Su.G. rend-a, pellere,
propellere; as denoting that by which the stone is
driven round.
M I L L - R I N G , S. 1. T h e open space in a mill be-
tween the runner and the wooden frame sur-
rounding it, by making which very large and
wide the miller collected for himself a great
deal of meal, S. Hence the phrase, to Rin^ the
Mill V. R I N G .
2. T h e meal which remains in the ring, or round
about the millstones, S. This is considered as
a perquisite belonging to the miller.
" A number of the mill-masters apply the mill-ring
(i. e. the corn that remains about the mill-stones,)
to the feeding of horses." Agr. Surv. Aberd. p. 506.
M I L L - S T E E P , S. A lever fixed to the machinery
o f corn-mills, by which the mill-stones can be
put closer to, or more apart from each other,
at pleasure, R o x b .
MILL-STEW, T h e dust of a mill, S . ] Add;
Teut. molen-slof signifies pollen, pollis, meal.
T h e sluice of a mill-lead, Gall.
M I L L - T I I O W S E , .V.
u Mill-Cloose, the same with Mill-trowseGall.
Encycl.; q. the troughs that conduct the water.
M I L O R D , M Y L O R D , a designation very com-
monly given to a haggles in the South o f S.,
probably from the idea of its being the " chief-
tain of the pudding race."
M I L S I E , M I L S E Y , s . A strainer. V. M I L K - S Y T I I .
M I L S I E W A L L , 1. A wall with crenated
battlements; a word still used by old people,
Peebleshire.
The king granted to Mr. Thomas Craig, advocate,
in 1582, a licence " to set forth before the syde wall
of that tenement of land lying 011 the north side of the
high street of Edin r . at the head of the close called
Robert Bruce's close, pertaining to the said Mr. Tho-
mas Craig in heritage, towers or high street pillars of
stone, as far forth as the next adjacent neighbours had
any stairs 01* steps thereof, at the least so far forth
as the drop of the said tenement fell off before: And
above the said Pillars to big a Milsie wall as many
houses height as he should please, and to make the
same with battieling on the forewall, and other parts
thereof as he should think good." Act Pari, in fa-
vour of Baillie of Jer vis wood, July 11, 1695.
Fr. milicc, O.Fr. mililie, warfare, q. resembling the
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wails raised tor military defence. It lias been con-
jectured, indeed, thai a wail ofthis description mignt
receive its name from a fancied resemblance to a Milk-
or M'dsie, a. milk-strainer, as perhaps being por-
ed or grated. Hence, perhaps,
2. Milsic-:ca' is used to demote the wall of a dairy,
in which there is a sorted' window made of per-
forated tin, Berwicks.
MU\l,«dj. 1. Affectedly modest, prudish.] Add ;
4a Affecting sqtteamishncss in admitting what can-
not justly be denied.
" I must say, that as the best of our synods (for
as vdm as we have made it to this day) are justly
chargeable with the blood of that renowned martyr
[[Guthrie] who died allenarly on the head of his
Lord's supremacy in not owning him in that hour
( O indelible shame !), so God hath left these assem-
blies, as a justpimishmentfor deserting this standard-
bearer, to do this which is a plain and palpable re-
linquishing— of his cause/' M f Ward's Cont. p. 323.
5. Quiet,'mute, S.B.
It seems highly probable, that mini is merely a mo-
dification of E. mum, silent.
M I ML IE, adv. Prudishly, S.
M I M X E S S , S. Pruclishness, S.
M I M - M O U E D , adj. 1 . Reserved in discourse, not
communicative, implying the idea o f affectation
o f modesty.
" Em whiles jokin5 an' tellin' her it's a stound o'
love; but you young leddies are a1 sae mhn-rnoued, if
I wud lay the hair o my head aneth her feet, I can
get naething out o' her/' Saxon and Gael, i, 1 b'l.
" Em no for being mim-mou'd when there's no rea-
son ; but a man had as glide, whiles, cast a knot on
his tongue/' The Smugglers, i. L()4.
2. Affectedly moderate at the table, S.
3. Affected in the mode of speaking, S.
" Mim-moud, having an affected way of speaking/*
Gall. Encycl.
M I M - M O U ' D N E S S , $. Affected or fastidious mo-
desty in conversation, S.
M I M E N T I S , s.pl. Memorandums.
— " A n d thar to ansuer to oure souueran lord—
apoun the treasonable mimentis & writing!s to the
tressonable confederacioime of Inglismen, &c., and
apoun the tressonable ressaving of ane persewant of
the king of Inghmdis, callit Blewma?itle, with tress-
onable lettrez, mimentis and writingis." Pari. Ja. HE
1 4 8 3 , Ed. 1 8 1 4 , p. 1 5 1 .
Evidently used in a similar sense with manoran-
dum, from Lat. memento.
T o M I N D , v. n. 1. T o remember, S . ] Add ;
O dinna ye mind, Lord Gregory,
As we sat at the wine,
W e chang'd the rings frae our fingers ?
And 1 can shew thee thine.
Minstrelsy Border, ii. 62.
M I N D , MYND, <9. Recollection, remembrance.]
Add;
O.E. meende was used in the same sense. cf Meende.
Mem or i a. Recordatio.—Meende hauer. Mem or/'
Prompt. Par v.
O F G U D E M Y K D , a phrase often used in our old
Acts, in relation to deceased sovereigns.
" That all & sindri landis & possessiounis im^
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monabie, of t;;e qnhilkE oi unite inijnii>' king Jarm -a
quhame ( h>d a—ei lye, fadir til our sotierane Erde
that now is, the d i v of his deceiss liad in peeeabhi
posse>doune, -a! abide o; n-mayn withe oure sai l
souerane iordo that now is," &c. Acts Ja. IE 14 Ie,
Ed. ESI 4, p. .EE
Tliis at lir>t view might seem to express the good
or praiseworthy intention of the prince reibrrt d to
Hut it is unquestionably equivalent to the phra-e..
of good memory," of blessed memory." 11
correspond- io lutue memorie in the Eat. Acts.
T o M V X D l ' k v. a. 1. T o undermine.
(C Tin- aetioune—aganis Robert abbot of Ilahrud-
houss—lor the wrangwis causing of James Anerome
ma<ounc to mi/ne'e E cast doun a kicking iv a stane
wall of a land <x tenement belauging to the said Mar-
gret/' <Sa\ Act. Audit. A. i E^s, p. l^b.
.2. T o dig in mine, T w e e d d ,
Mvn'o:-., M I : ; n n , .v. A mine in which metals -n
mineral - are dug, T w e e d d .
" Aueiit tile—bringnig hame of bill voiine gold ami
sihiii'e, a].!•! ;,'ie having Eirthe of the gold of tin
vnjndeo:e. Acts .Ja. \k EVJb', Ed. J 8 1 E p. h'ub.
He maid ane minde undir crde, avitE sic ithanu
and con til mall hauboure, that he ceissit nouthir day
nor nicht, quhil ane passage wes maid fra the tenths
to the castell of Eidena." ' Bellend. T. Eiv. p. ;; 1 1.
M I N E X T , .sa Gorr. from IE minute, E l l r . Ek-r
<% The v then spaak aiming; themsels fur five trr
•mineids ;—an' at last the judge tauld me, that, -he
prosecution against me was drappit for tiie presen:. '
Brownie of ikaEheck, ii. -J.a.
T a M t x c , M v x o , v.n. T o mix, to mingle, Lanark a,
— T i u a m the negligence and avirice of the wir-
karisand guide smithis, the said sihicrgevin to thaim
is unfitting with la ye & vther stuife [ s t u f f ] that as
put in the said werk." Pari. Ja. 111. A. I 47":', Acts,
Ed. 1814, p. 10.
M i n g , s. A mixture, Peebles.
" We have heard of some managers of stock in a
neighbouring county having, this season, salved their
flocks with various sorts of mixtures, in none of which
tar is an ingredient.—These mings do not clot the
fleece as tar does, and of course, when the wool is
greased with them, the process of manufacturing is
rendered easier/' Caled. Merc. Dec. 4, 1823.
A . S . mencg-an3 meng-an, miscere. V. M E N G , V.
M I N I K I N (pron. mcemkin), $. A term used to
denote any thing that is very small, Fife.
M i x i o x g adj. O f the smallest size ; as, a minikin
prein, i. e. the smallest that is made, while one o f
the largest size is denominated a corkinpreinS.
In regard to signification, the most natural origin
wrould seem to be Teut. min minus, wdience mi nek-en
minuere, dim inn ere, as Isl. mynh-a, id., from minne
minor. It may, however, be worthy of remark, that
in form our term closely corresponds with Teut. min~
nek en, Venus, arnica, corculum; blandientis particula,
says Kilian. This term, however, is a diminutive
from minne, Belg. min, primarily denoting love, and
secondarily a wet-nurse, from the tenderness of her
affection to the child that is nourished at her breast.
Sewel gives minne kind, a nurse-child, as if it were difk
ferent from minnekyn, a Cupid. But, for the reason
assigned above, we are inclined to view them as orE
ginally the same. V. the termination KIN
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MYN1VER, A species of fur brought f r o m T o M I N T , M Y N T , v. 7i. 1 . T o aim, to take aim,

Russia, that o f the Mus Ponticus; E . meniver
and minever.
C£ My nicer the mantle—iiii 1." Rates A. 1 Gl 1.
I mention this word, as I have found it traced only
to Fr. menu vair, id. But the term seems very an-
cient; C.B. mynfyr, genus quoddam pellitii, Boxhorn.
M I N K , s. " i . A^ noose, A b e r d . ; nearly synon.
with Jfunics, q. v. M aukie, M earns.
2. A ring of straw or rushes, used in adjusting the
bow on an ox's back, Aberd.
&c.] Add;
O.E. mente. " I mode, I gesse or ay me to hytte a
thyng that I shote or thro we a t ; Je esme.—I dyd
went at a fatte bucke, but I dyd hyt a pricket; Je
esuioye a vug gras dayn, mays ie assenay vug sail-
lant." Palsgr.'B. iii. F. 299," b.
rl. T o attempt, to endeavour, S.] Add;
This sense also occurs in O.E. " Myrtlipi or ame
to wor or assay en. Attempto." Prompt. Par v.
T o MINT at] Add;

He—sits him down upcf the bink, I find the phrase, to mini al, used by Sir R. Con-
An' plaits a theet, or mends a mink, stable, an unworthy Yorkshireman, who acted as a
To sair an after use. spy during the great insurrection in the north of
IV. Bealties Tales, p. 31. England A. 156<)-70.
a He would have had me to have prevented the en-
M Y \ K F S , s. A species of furr.
Kurres called Mynkcs, vntawed the timber cont. terprise, and to have taken it in England, but I tould
40 skins—xxiiii 1." Rates, A. l 6 T l . him if I shuld inynt ai it and mis, so should I ut-
T o M Y N N E S , v. a. T o diminish. " Mynnes- terly undo myself, and never after be able to do him
n;i>- oi' the paiss of bred o f quhit of xxij vnce." pleasure." Sadler's Papers, ii. 112.
A b e r d . Reg. Cent, l u ; i . e . " the weight o f T o M I N T with, used to denote the object with
v.'l'en ten bread."' which an aim is taken.
Ai 1 N X Ik', M i . v x v , -V. 1. A mother, S.] Add ; The bride she minted, wi' a bane,
b. 'Tin* dam, amcug sheep, S. And griii'd []girn'(Q at me because I said it,
She said, says she, say that again,
— " A lust .dnvp—comes bleating back a the gate
And I'se gar you make ae thing twa o't.
—11; "die very gair where it was lambed and first fol-
Herd's Coll ii. 217-
',-d its ///.b/.v//." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 28(5-
1. e. " She took aim at me with a bone, as threaten-
T u J,h\:siK l a m jjs, to join each lamb, belonging
ing to throw it."
to <i bock, to ib> own dam, after they have been
MINT, 2. A n attempt.] Add;
irate 1 for some time; Loth. 3. Apparently used in the sense of E . threat.
It is given as a proof of the aeeuracy of a shep- " He grantit that he gaif him ignorantly a mynt of
herd b. acquaintance with his 'lock, how incredible ane cuf, & tuechit him tharewith." Aberd. Reg. A .
soever it may seem to those who are strangers to a 15(50, V. 24.
na tural life, that, after the lambs have been sepa- T o M I N T , v. 7i. T o insinuate, to hint, to com-
i d from the ewes, he can m'ninie ilka land/. municate bv inuenclo, Ayrs.
d : : x x i K\S HASI; X. t h e m o t h e r ' s f a v o u r i t e , S.
The *)oc: rr has been 'minting to me, that there
Tiiere is many folk, they have ay a bice to the is an address from Irvine to the Queen; and he be-
•.'lid eo: npany, bu y ha\e fa.ee ibr goUlie folk, and bia- -a> near a neighbour to your town, has been think-
t key have a face for persecutors of godlie folk, and ing it) pav his respecs with it, to see her near at
the Vv'iU be ! )a< id ic'.s Hair its .ii/yz/mb' 1 la tens noth. hand." ' blackw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 869.
They will be Prelats bairns, an id they will he Ma- A km. gi-anin-cn commimicare ; pret. gi-meinla.
lignant's bairns, and they will Ije the people of God's A11NI : T E , T h e first draught of a writing, S.
bairns." Mich, Aruce's Soul-Con Urination, p. S. " Y: ir rate—the first draught of any agreement in
M I N N O Y T , pari. pa. Annoyed ? writing; this is common in the Scottish law: as,
Suppose a cbdel wou'd be a poet, Have you made a minute oi that contract?" Johns.Dict.
An' is na i' the least minnoyi, T o M I N U T E , V. a. T o take short notes, or make
Tho' wise fowk say he is begoyt, a first draught of any writing, S.
Or something worse; T o M Y P E , v. n. 1. T o speak a great deal, R o x b .
T o him the dogs may than be hoyt 2, T o be very diligent; as, " a mypiti b o d i e d one
Wi' a' their force. who is constantly engaged, or eydent, ibid.
Taylor s Scots Poems, p. 8.
M I N S H O C I I (gutt), " A female goat two T o M I R I T o m e d d l e , to attempt, S.B.] Add;
iC I stirred my owne minde to find out what so
years old;*'"' Gall. Encyck
Gael, minnsagh, " a young she-goat," Schaw. notable a slippe that could bee, which hee had so
Mionnan signifies a kid ; Ir. mionan, mcannan, id. singularly noted. But in my dulnes could see no-
Gael, and Ir. mion is a term signifying small, little, thing, except that there perhaps he thought some
frequently entering into the composition of words, occasion might be catched to calumniat, or that there
as mionairneis, small cattle. Sagh, in both languages, was ministred to him some matter of nurding." For-
denotes a bitch; thus mionsagh might literally sig- bes, To a Recusant, p. 27-
nify, a little bitch. But the origin is more probably T o M X H D , v. 7i. T o make amorous advances ;
C.B.myn, a kid (Armor, id.), whence mynnyn, and to toy in an amorous manner, D u m f r . ; as,
mynnen, hoedulus et hcedula; Davies. The last syl-
ci Mird wi1 your maiks, ye smatchet. ,,
lable of Min shock may be merely the mark of dimi- This may be merely a secondary sense of Mird,
nution, with s intervening euphoniae causa. to attempt. But Gael, mirag signifies play, and
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miragach sportful; mcar, merry, wanton ; whence,
as would seem, immeari and iniirt, gaming, play.
T o M I R E , v. a. T o entangle in a dispute, S.
" They finding themselves mired, stood not to deny
it." Society Contendings, p. 194?.
The v. to Bog is used in the same sense.
M I R E - S N I P E , .v. T h e snipe, Scolopax galli-
nago, Linn. I si. mjjr snippe, id.
M I I I E S N I P E , s. A n accident, Strathmorc ; " I
met wi" a mire snipe"
Whence this metaph. use of the E. word has ori-
ginated, it is hard to say ; as I find nothing analo-
gous in any other dialect. Perhaps it may be meant
to express the idea of entanglement in difficulty, as
we say of one that he is mired ; and this often lite-
rally bet;ills him who pursues the snipe. Or, as de-
noting something unexpected, can it refer to the
sudden spring of this bird from its miry b e d ?
The snipe, rous'd by the early traveller,
Starts frae the slimy drain.—
Davidson s Seasons, p. 15(i.
Or may it refer to the snipe, which lives on gnats
and other small insects, lying in wait for them, with
open beak ? As it receives its Fr. name beccasse from
this circumstance, the same etymon is given of its
Teut. name, sneppe, Germ, schnepfe, Su.G. snaeppa;
some deriving these from nebb, snebbe, rostrum, others
from snapp-en, schnapfen, to catch, to lay hold of.
T o C A T C H A M I R E S N I P E , to get into a b o g , to mire
one's self, Sel kirks.
M I R K , MYHK, adj. Dark.] Add;
2, It is used in the sense of duskish, and as dis-
tinguished from dark.
At length the sun does wear down l o w —
'The Fmibrugh wives cry, " L e t us go
" And quit our wark ;
" Tis after six, and mirk does grow ;
" ' Twill soon be dark."
The Bar st Rig, st. 100.
Both myrke and myrkenesse occur in O.E. f<r Myrke
or dirke. Tenebrosus. Myrkenesse or dirkenesse.
Tenebrositas." Prompt. Parv.
Dan. moerk is explained " duskish," as well as
" dark;" Wolff.
M I R K M O N A N D A Y , a day of uncommon darkness,
often referred to in the conversation of old
people, S.
" In 1652,—a total eclipse of the sup—happened,
.—on Monday the 24th of March, which hence re-
ceived the appellation of Mirk MondayEdin.
June 1818, p. 29-
T o M I R K , v. a. T o darken.
Deep in a glen, a burnie winds it way,
Where saughs and osiers mirk the face o' clay.
Poetical Museum, p. 45.
Isb myrh-a, Su.G. moerk-a,foermoerk-a, obscurare.
Mirke is used by Lydgate, as a v. a. cc I myrke, I
darke, or make darke ;" Palsgr. iii. F. 801, a.
T o MTRKEX, v. n. T o grow dark.] Add ;
This nearly resembles the form of the Dan. v. n.
moerk n-a. Del moerhies, it grows dark.
MIRKNESS, 1. Darkness.] Add ;
2. Mental darkness.
— " The ministeris of mirknes, knawing in thair
auiu consciencis that thair maist vngodlieprofessione
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is contrare not onlie to the authoritie of the halie
scripture, and definitionis of the General eoneiles,
hot also to tin.* iudgement and aggreance of;d eatho-
lik doctor is that euer lies bene .-.en the day is of our
Saluiour : thay labore vith al diligence, that thair
doctrine cum neuer in diseu>,>ion, iusttryal, and ex-
amination, suppressand sa far as thay may, al bakes
quhilk ar vrytthi for confutatione of erroris.
Nicol Burne, Dedic. to the K ing's M.
M I R K 11a, adj. Smiling, hearty, | Add;
It is used in the same sense in Fife and South of S.
This might at first seem to be radically the same
with E. smirk. But A.S. jncrc-an is used in the sense
of tricariy to jest and toy, to shew tricks. it may,
however, more properly be traced t-> A.S. murga,.
hilaris, Lye ; tnt/rc<.r, mi/m, jucundit a-.
M I 1 1 L I E , MutEEV,' adj. Speckled, :hO
What woe
Gars thee Mt mourning here below ,
And rive th.v mirlfi/ breast?
A. l\ 'ilsons Poem:; I 7<jO, p. "I 8S.
M I R L Y - H R E A ST E I ) ,.V. I 1 a V I I i g IBID j r e a M s J H/EK 1 E' L H .
Now on the budding slaethorn bank
She spreads her early blossom ;
And wooes the mirly-breasled birds
T o nestle in her bosom.
Tannahiirs P(,ems, p. 151.
MIREIT, MIRLET, MERLE n, part. pa. ; t Yarie~
gated with small interwoven spols ; v vv.<\vd
with various colours, Clydesch
There ware an' hairst ilk ither hawse,
L'pon the self-sam tree ;
An' spread their robe o' mirlet lines,
Outover fell and lea.
Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 32.9.
Corr. from E. 'marbled.
M I R L I E G O , , ? . A small upright spinning-wheel,
Mearns; denominated, as would seem, from the
quickness o f its motion, q. what goes merrily.
M I R R E I T I S , 8. pi Merits.
—Lykmartiriskillit, off quhome the mirrcilis rysis
Sanctis in hevin
Colkelbic Sow, v. 822. V. also v. 909.
M I R R O T . ] Add;—Meeran signifies a carrot,
Aberd. ; Mir ran, Buchan.
Gael, miiiron, i d . ; miuron geal, a parsnip ; Shaw.
This is q. a white carrot; geal signifying white.
M I S B E H A D D E N , pari, pa, ' 1. Unbecoming
or indiscreet; applied to language. S . ] Add;
2. Ill-natured ; as, " a mishehadden geit," a child
Rev. that is very ill-trained, S . R . ; from mis and A . S ,
heheald-an, as signifying eustodire.
M I S C IT A N T E R, s. Misfortune, disaster.] Add;
— a n unlucky chance; as, " a sair mischan-
ierS.
2. This is used in profane language as a designa-
tion for the source of all e v i l ; like Mischief*
Sorrow, &c., S.O.
" Go to the mishanter, goto the devil;" Gl.Picken.
At first view this might seem to be formed from
the adj. Mischant. But, as it is totally different in
signification, it must undoubtedly be viewed as com-
pounded of the particle mis and S. aunfer, O.E. an I re,
adventure, q. ?nis-aunter. O.Fr. mesavodure, infor-
tune, mauvais succes; Roquefort.
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M I S C H A N T N E S S E , S. Wickedness.
" So they for their greater satisfaction, and con-
tentment, delight to play out their sceane ;—which
Iconfesseis so profound and deep a folly, and mis-
chantnesse, that I can by no means sound it," &c.
Hume's Hist. Doug. p. 153.
* M I S C H I E F , s. (often pron. misshUff.) 1. A
vexatious or ill-deedie person; as, u W r e a per-
fect mischief" S.
ct. Equivalent to " the devil as, c£ l i e ' s gain to
th.e mischief' last, as he can, 1 S.
T o M T S C 1 1 F E V E , v. a. T o hurt, S.B.
M I S C O M F I S T , part. adj. Nearly sulfocated
wlib a bad smell, Fife Scorn ;!.\i .t NY»IOU.
M I S C O N T E X T , adj. Dissatisfied.'
l i e [The ear! Traquairj renounces his commis-
sion, and none in'n.ci.nlmf, and shortly thereafter rides
back to the king." Spalding, I. 201.
MISCONTENTMEMT, A ground o f discontent-
ment or dissatisfaction ; Fr. mescontentment.
cc It pleased his majesty to send tbir misconlenl-
nients in paper with the lords Find say and Fond on,
and to report the combinators reasons in write, with
their reasons why the nobles and others, whom his
majesty sent for in particular, came not to him, ac-
cording to their bounden duty." Spalding, i. 184.
T o M . I S C O O K , v. a. 1. T o dress food impro-
perly, S.
Metapb.to mismanage any business; as, " Y e V e
miscookit a7 your kail S.
M I S D I M A B L E , ad}. ^
iC It was a gay bit misdimable house, wi' a but and
a ben, an' a fireside," &c. Ii. Blyd's Contract, p. 5.
Q. a house not to be misdeemed, or despised. For
the narrator is often made to say the contrary of what
lie means.
* T o M I S D O U B T , v. a. F T o doubt, to dis-
trust, S. ; used also by old E . writers.
" I should do as certainly, bating sickness or
death, as that two and two make four.' c Aweel,
Mr. Owen/ resinned the citizen,— f I dinna misdoubt
ye, and I'll prove it, sir." Bob Roy, ii. 200.
^ If yon lads stand to their tackle,—we'll hae some
chance o' getting our necks out o' the brecham again;
but I misdoubt them,—they hae little skill o' arms."
Tales of my Landlord, iii. 77.
2. Very generally in a derisory or sarcastic sense,
when the offer made is agreeable to him who
makes it, or suits his own interest. I dinna
misdoubt ye; I have no hesitation as to y o u r
doing what you say, S.
M I S D O U B T , M ISDOOT,S. D o u b t , a p p r e h e n s i o n , S . O .
cc I hae a misdout that a's no right and sound wi'
her mair than wi' him." The Entail, ii. 284.
M I S E R I C O R D E , adj. Merciful, Fr.
The Lord is meike, and mercifull is hee,
Slaw to reuenge, and to forgiue redie.
Courtes and kinde till all men is the Lord,
In all his warkes hee is mi.se ri corde.
Poems Sixteenth Century, ii. 1.
Flow sulci wee thanke that Lord
That was sa misericorde ? Ibid. p. 158.
MISERLY, MISERT, adj. Extremely parsimo- grugg-ugr feculentus; grugga, commotare faeces,
nious^ Aberd.
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M I S E R T I S H , ad}. Very avaricious, Gall.
" Misertish, having the manners of a miser f Gall.
Encycl.
T o M I S E A Y R , M I S F A R E , V. N. T o miscarry.]
Add;
2 . T o fare ill, to be unfortunate.
Erlis, Lords and Barons, hurt not your commons,
In body, guclis, nor geir;
Do ye the contrair, your housis will misfair.
Poems Sixteenth Century, p. 210.
Mr. Todd lias incorporated Mis/are, " to be in an
ill state," as an E. word, from Gower.
M I S F A L T , .9. Misdeed, improper conduct.
ce We desire nonthir the goddis nor men to tak ony
wraik—on you, and eovatis nocht hot you to be pe-
nitent of youre misjattBellend. T. Fiv. p. 302.
Fr. mesfaire, to misdo ; O.Fr. "mefail, coupable,
criminel; Roquefort.
* M I S F O R T U N E , * . A soft term used to denote
a breach of chastity, especially as announced by
a third party, S.
. She wi' a misfortune met,
And had a bairn.
The liar's I Pi is, st. 5d,
M I S F O R T T . J N A T E , adj. Unfortunate, S.
" Your Lordship's so early appearance for lenitie
and mercy has gained you the sincere affection even
of the misfortunat." Culloden Bap. p. 478.
" I dinna bid ye mind what I said at our partin*
anent my poor father and that misjortunate lassie."
Heart M Loth. iii. 68.
u Laid law, ye shall never rue your kindness o'
heart and attentions to that puir misjortunate bairn/'
Perils of Man, ii. 254.
M I S G A R , s. A kind of trench, in sandy ground,
occasioned by the wind driving away the sand ;
Orkn.
Perhaps from Isl. misgiori, misgera, delinquere :
misiserd, delictum, used in a literal sense.
T o M 1 S G F E , v. n. T o misgive, S.
M I S G Y D I N S , s. Mismanagement.
We liaue, then, ower guid cans this day,
Through misgydins to spill.
Poems 167h Cent. p. 853. V. M I S G U I D E .
T o M I S G O G G L E , v. a. To spoil, applied to
any work; as, u He's fairly misgogglit that j o b , "
Teviotdale.
Evidently a variety of Misgruggle, q. v.
T o M I S G R U G G L E , v. a. 2. T o disfigure, to
deform.] Add;
Now, waes me for't, our commonweal
Maist gars me greet.
Misgrugl'd now, an' torn to thrums, &c.
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 90.
Misgugle seems to be a provinciality.
" There was not a doctor in Perth or Stirling would
look near the poor lad, and I cannot blame them ;
for Donald had been m/sguglcd by one of these doc-
tors about Paris, and he swore he would fling the
first into the loch that he catchecl beyond the Pass."
Waverley, i. 279., 280. V. also Heart M. Loth. L 202.
Insert, in etymon, 1. 3. after—Lat. ruga, id.;
It may, however, be allied to Isl. grugg feces,
(C to stir the grounds or sediment."
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* T o M I S G U I D E , r. a. 1. T o abuse, to spoil, S. 2. T o illude, to deceive, Renfrew's,
2. T o mispend, to waste, to squander, S. I haflins think his een hae him mistippcri d;
3. T o use ill, to maltreat, S. But oh ! it's hard to sae what may hae happened,
M I S G U I D I N G , S. Tlie act or habit o f wasting, S. TannahiWs Poems, p. 27-
H e ne'er was gik-n to sair misgiddin, 3. T o neglect any thing put under one's charge.
But coin his pouches woud na bide in, &c. Bums. To mislippen one's business, to pay no proper
T o M I S G U L L Y , v. a. T o cut in a clumsy man- attention to it, S.
ner, to mangle in cutting, Fife ; q. to use the And now, be sure, the ycarding o' my bains
gully or knife amiss; synon. Margulyie, Guddle. Dinna mislippen—O remember me.
MISH Misdemcaned, acted improperly. The Ghaist, p, 6k
cf And ferther, gefe ony tyme had bene that we 4. T o suspcct, S.
had mishadws in that part, we haue ane remissioune I thought it best to slip'out quietly though, in
of his grace for all thingis before the case she should mislippen something of what we are
clay/' &e.
Acts Ja. V. 1526, Ed. 1814, p. 323. gaun to d o / ' Black Dwarf, eh. 4. par. 2.
This terra occurs in a very curious paper in de- T o M I S M A C K , M I S M A K E , v. a. 1. T o shape
fence of the Earl oi" Angus and those of his name, or form improperly; applied to clothes, S.B.
now pnblk-hod Iron) tin* lEeords. Teut. mis-maech-en deformare, male formare.
Eiaaa /,. Js and Lad the • 'el. of have. A.S. mishah- 2. T o trouble, to disturb ; as, " Dinna viismalce
hen da, male se hah elites. yoursell for me,"' don't put yourself to any in-
7\11Si 1},1" A S H , K11SmASHknIK, s. Whatever is convenience, Ettr. For.
in a hmhdEd <a' c< »nfined stale, S. SU.G. misk- To M J S M A E , a. T o disturb ; as, " She never
•nHisk. V. AE x t i k-M a x t i ;••:. mismaed her mind," D u m f r .
M V S i E , s. r idie abbivv. Marjory, S. Monas- As this has the same meaning with Mismake, sense
tery, ii. I E ; also oi' Maria aae. 2., it seems to be compounded of mis and the old v.
M I S K , .v. Land covered with coarse, rough Ma, to make (q. v.), used by our venerable Barbour.
moorish grasses, XIpp. Clydes.; otherwise de- T o M I S M A G G L E , v. a. 1. T o spoil, to dis-
fined ; " A piece of ground partly earth, partly order, S . B . ] Add;
moss," A v r s . 2. T o mangle, Fife.
Tiiis term h.as been traced to E. mix'd* But it is Ci I meith hae een made as gude a shift for a creep-

evidently from E.lk miesu moss. Mwsivg gwyn, in', eatin' caterpillar o the Pope, as ony deboshed
aEo /i.'tgirijti. whiie mo.--,; () wen. shavelhf in a the Priory. But my face, my face,
a-E - a-f; IT.\S-s.' .v. Trie I<«-ra-s
""") w hich o<»TOWS onoground
has mismaggilled my fortune !" Garth Beaton, p. f)0.
c.E i i n - d e s e r i p t IOIU A y r s . M I S M A I N N E R S , .sa pi, 111 breeding, indis-
kk .. ; e. ; h\, ;a a. kk T o overlook, &ck| Add; cretion, Ettr. For.
Emmd that it was not res judicata quoad such " I do hinnbiye beseetsh ver pardoune for myne
aieditors who were not called, and were either in grit follye and mismainners" Wint. Tales, ii. 42.
pos.-es.don at the time of the raising his summons, or T o M I S M A U C H E R (gutt.), v. a. T o spoil, or
stood publicly infeft; for such he ought not to have render useless, Aberd.
mid-en ned." Fountainli. Dec. Suppl. iv. 270. Perhaps eorr. from Teut. mis-maeck-en deformare,
->. T o seem to be ignorant o f . ] Add; deturpare; or from mis, and ruaegher-cn, macerare :
— c - air. Alexander Jaffray was chosen provost of Isl. magr, macilentus ; q. reduced to a state of lean-
Aberdeen for a year.—Many thought little both of ness, rendered meagre.
ike man and the election, not being of the old blood T o M I S M I N N I E , v. a. A p p l i e d to lambs when
: :" m a n , but the oy of a baxter, and therefore they lose their dams, or are put to suck strange
va set down in tlie provost's desk to sermon with ewes, Clydes.
a E; hen pee before him. Tins was done several From mis denoting defect, and minnie a mother.
Ernes, but he miskenned all, and never quarrelled the T o M I S M U V E , r . a. E T o d i s c o n c e r t , E t t . F o r .
samenE Spalding, i. If). Add to sense 4 ; 2. T o alarm, to put in a flurry; as, " Y e necdna
EL is still used, in Tweedd. and Ayrs., in a sense very mismidve y o u r s e l l C l y d e s . ; q. to move one's
nearly allied to this. One says to another, Mis-ken,
self amiss.
when he wishes him to desist or abstain from any
T o M I S P E R S O N , M Y S P E R S O N , v. a, T o give
thing that he is doing, or is about to do.
disgraceful names to one, to abuse in language,
T o M I S L I K E N , M I S L I K L Y , v. a. T o form a ff Ele had mispersonit the bailye, calland him skaf-
wrong estimate of, to slight, to depreciate, S . O . ;
far." Aberd. Reg. A. 1543, V. 18.
synon. Lichthj.
cc I canna say, Mr. Keelevin, that I like to hear you " Ele had myspersonit hir with ewill word is, callyng
hir huyr & coyne [[queaii]]." Ibid. A. 1535, V. 15.
•m isli ken the lad saeE The Entail, i. 152.
Teut. misprys-en is synon. For it signifies vitu-
" It's baith my part as a liege, and a christian, no
per are, improbare. But our term must have been
to require ony tiring at your hands that would mis-
formed from mis an ([person, q. mistaking the person.
liken the favour of Providence wherewith you have
MISPERSOXIXG, <?. T h e act o f giving abusive
been blessed." Sir. A. Wylie, iii. 13E \ o o
A.S. niis-lic, misse-Uc, dissimilis, mislicnysse, dis- names to another.
similitude ; Isl. mislik-r dissimilis, mislegg-ia dispa- " Mispersoning of him, calland him skayit fear 11."
riliter construere. Aberd. Reg. A. "t 543, V. ES.
T o M I S L I P P E N , 1 . Todisappoint, S . ] A d d ; INEdy Awaiil wes conwickit, Sec. for the stru-
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Mens & my spersowing of Besse Goldsmyeht, call and ower and subscribe it before famous witnesses."
hir peltys hoy 11, & bad hir gang hame to hir ho us, Tales of my Landlord, i. 210.
& sche wald fynd a preyst in that ane end, 8c ane M I S S L I E , adj. Solitary, South of S . ] Add ;
rostit halme £ham] in the glangoir in that wder This is commonly pron mist lie, Loth. ; and seems
e n d ; & diuerss wder vicius word is nocht to be ex- formed from the common Goth, particle miss denot-
premit." Ibid. A. 1535, V. 15, p. 6'92. ing privation, or Su.G. mist-a to want, and lie, lik, the
M I S - H I D , part. pa. Entangled, Galloway ; sy- termination expressing resemblance ; q. resembling
non. RavclPd, a state of privation. Teut. misselick signifies ambi-
All-vivifying Nature does her work, guus, in cert us, in quo errari, aut de quo dubitari,
Though slow, yet sure, not like a raekless coof potest ; Kilian.
O' prentice wabster lad, who breaks his spool, Applied to one whose absence is regretted, Hi-
A n d wastes the wait npo' a mis-rid pirn. re marked, Galloway.
Davidson s Seasons, p. 10. cc We say such a one is missile, when his presence

i. e. not redd. V. RED, v. to loose, &c. is missed any where." Gall. Eneycl.
MISS, 1. A fault. V. MYS. M I S S L I E N E S S , s. Solitariness, from the absence
2. A false stroke, when one fails to hit the object of some favourite person or thing, Clydes.
meant to be struck ; a term common in various T o M I S S P E A K , v. a. T o praise one for a virtue
sports, S. or good quality, which his conduct immediately
" Frustra es, That is a miss. Vel, irritus hie co- after shows that he does not possess, Clydes.
natus est." Wedderb. Vocab. p. 38. This is nearly synon. with Forspeak, v., sense 1. :
Teut. misse, van us ictus, j actus, &c. and it is reasonable to suppose that it had been, if
T o M I S S A Y E , v. a. T o abuse, to rail at.] Add ; it is not still, used as including the superstitions idea
O.E. id. " I myssaye, I say yuell of a thing ; Je that a high degree of commendation had an evil in-
mesdis.— I neuer myssayde hym worde, and he toke fluence on the person.
on with me like a serpent." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 802, a. As mis-sprcken is the Teut. word corresponding
M I S S A Y I N G , .V. Calumny, or depreciation. with Misspeak ; I find that it did not merely signify
*'4' The missaying and lichtleyng of the guid townn." to speak improperly, but to curse ; Labi verbis ; et
Aberd. Reg. A. 15-15, V. 20. " Missaying Si diflam- Maledicere, Kilian.
ing," b e. defaming. Ibid. V. 17- T o M I S T A I K , r>. //. T o neglect, to be charge,
M I S S E L L I S , s. p i able with oversight concerning, so as not to
iC Item, sex missellis of irne." Inventories, A. make necessary provision.
1 5 6 6 , p . 170. " Sehir George Home of Wedderburne knychi,
Mentioned in the list of Artillery, in Edinburgh comptroller, promesit—to furneis thair majesties
Castle. Apparently,, fireworks, from Fr. missile, " a houssis ;—and that befbir ony payment of ony debt is
squib, or other fire-work thrown;" Cotgr. auchtand be his maiestie;—and that the kingis inaies-
T o M I S S E T , v. a. T o displease. tie suld not be mistaikit in the premissis." Acts Ja.
Scotland I socht, in houpe for to get hir, V I . 1597, Ed. 181 f, p. 166.
Quhilk I may rew, as now is cum the chance, This ought to be written misslaik, from Mis, and
And vthers learne be me experience, Slaik, to accommodate, See. q. v.
In time be war fra ainis the work missel hir, To MI STENT, a. T o neglect, Berwick*. :
Testament K. Henrie, Poems 16th from Mis, and Tent, to attend, q. v.
Cent. p. 2 5 7 - V . M I S S E T T A N D . M I S T E R , s. 1. W a n t , necessity.] Add;
M I S - S E T , part. pa. 1. Disordered, put out of This term was also used in O.E. " Mistyr or nedc.
sorts, South o f S. Indigencia." Prompt. Par v.
" I did not say frightened, now.—I only said mis- T o B E I T A M I S T E I I . V . B E I T , V.
set wi' a thing—And there was but ae bogie, neither T o M I S T E R , M r s T H E , v. n. I . T o be necessary.
—Earnscliff, you saw it as weel as I did." Tales of 2. T o be in necessitous circumstances.
my Landlord, i. 70. Gif ony burges be constraint with mister and
Out o f humour, South o f S. necessitie, swa that it behovis him to sell his heri-
" Our mmine's sair mis-set, after her ordinar, sir. tage, he sould offer the samin at thre lieid eourtis to
.—She'll hae had some quarrel wi' her auld gude- his narrest airis.—And gif the air, throw evill will
man,—that's Satan, ye ken, sirs." Heart M. Loth, or malice, absent himself efter the time ah one expre-
ii. 1 52. mit, it is leasum to the annalyier that mister is to dis-
Teut. mis-sell-cn, turbare, confundere, perturbare, pone upon the landis as he pleasis." Leg. Burg. Bal-
inquietare ; Kilian. four's Pract. p. 162.
* M I S S I V E , s. 1. A letter sent, S . ; Fr. id.
MIST-FAWN, A word formed from fancy,
Dr. Johns, justly observes, " that it is retained in
to denote the resemblance which mist sometimes
Scotland in this sense."
assumes, o f a white spot o f ground. V . F A W N .
2. It is most generally used to signify a letter on
" If it be a mi si-fawn, as I dare say it can be nae-
business, or one containing an engagement which
thing else, it has drawn itself up into a form the
is afterwards to be extended in form.
likest that of a woman of ought ever I saw." Perils
— " There really should be some black and white
of Man, ii. 256.
on this transaction. Sae just make me a minute, or
missive, in ony form ye like, and 1'se write it fair T o M I S T R A M , v. a,
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£C Satan'—being cast out of men, lie goetli macllings
in tlie swine of the world, and that out of God his
house, he furiously misframmelh his o w n o : putting
forth his rage where he may, seeing he cannot where
liee would." Forbes on the P.evelatinn, p. 10.'>.
f<r Being, by the power of the gospel 1, east out of
heaven, and falling downe thence as lightning, then,
seeing he cannot brooke a roome in God his house,
liee furiouslie vdstranuneth his own." Forbes's De-
fence, p. 7-
This term, being applied to a house, most proba-
bly denotes a misplacing or disordering the beams of
it, from the privative mis, and Irani lignum; trabs;
as expl. b y Wachter; whence, it has been supposed,
the A.S. v. irimm-an, aedificare. This learned writer
speaks of an ancient right as still existing in Ger-
many, denominated Iram-recht, Iraum-recht, i.e. " the
right of supporting a roof on the wall of a neigh-
bour."
M I S T R E S S , -V. 1. A sort of title given in the
Highlands, Islands, and South of S., to the wife
o f a principal tenant.
The tacksmen, or principal tenants are named by
their farms, as Kingsbu?*gh, Corricliatachin; and their
wives are called the mistress of Kingsburgh, the mis*
tress of Corricliatachin." Boswell's Journal, p. 146.
" The active bustle of the mistress (so she was
called in the kitchen, and the gudewife in the par-
lour) had already signed the fate of a couple of fowls."
Guy Mannering, ii. 44, 45.
—"Several of the neighbouring way/rm^? (a phrase
of a signification how different from what it bears
in more fashionable life) had assembled at Charlies-
hope to witness the event of this memorable even-
ing." Ibid. p. 71 •
2. In the same manner, in the Lowlands, the wife
of a minister is designed by the vulgar, especially
in the country, S. She is called the Mistress.
Ci Although Mr. Keckle had been buried but the
week before, the mistress, as a' ministers' wives o'
the right kind should be, was in a wholesome state
of composity." The Steam-Boat, p. 296.
T o M I S T R Y S T , v. a. 1. T o break an engage-
ment with.] Add;
cc Feind of me will misirysl you for a' my mother
says." Black Dwarf, chap. 4. par. 2.
T o disappoint, to bring into confusion b y dis-
appointing, S.
" Pate Macready does say, that they are sair mis-
try steel yonder in their Parliament-House about this
rubbery." Rob Roy, ii. 12.
3. T o alarm, to affright; implying the idea o f
meeting with something quite different from
what was expected.
— e c Having been mistrusted—with ae bogle the
night already, I was dubious o' opening the gate till
I had gane through the e'ening worship." Rob Roy,
ii. 94.
It is used in this sense both North and So. of S.
M I T C H E L L , s:
Bot menstrallis, serving man, and maid,
Gat Mitchell in an auld pocke nueke.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 330.
This term may refer to some old proverbial phrase
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now lost; or is perhaps formed from Fr. miche, one
who finds himself duped. V. DIHA.
T o M Y T H , M y IT IT, r. a. 1. T o mark.] Add to
etymon, h ij. after—L1. inid'U locum signo ;
— o r as explained by Vcrelius, eollhuaro, to look
straight at the mark.
M I T H , M K I T H , (tax:, v. M i g h t . ] Add;
Tho' ye had spairVl
The ta»k to me, Pate meith nu been a la ha a
Boss's Helenore, Invocation.
Meith is also used in Fife.
— " My father an' mither meith hae e'en made me
a monk, or a little bit o' a friar, o' ony colour." Ten-
nant's Card. Beaton, p. 90.
<c I mith maybe speak English mysel*, and I dare-
say I could ; but, waes me I maist naebody here wad
understand it but the minister, and he likes the Scots
just as week" Glenfergus, i. 3HS.
Cunib. mud, might or must; Gl. Kelpli.
M ' I T I I N A , might not, S.B.
— " It milium be amh* to try Tibbie Maereddie/'
&c. Glenfergus, hi. 5 1. V. Ih.no n\xnna
M Y T H , s. " Marrow, Selkirks. Hence,
M Y T H I E , adj. O f or belonging to marrow ; as,
a mythie bane, a marrow-bone, or a bone full
o f marrow, ibid.
I si. meid, larclum pinguissimum balaenarum ; C.II
mwyd-ion, medulla ; Boxhorn.
M I T H E R , ,sa A mother, S.
Now had ye'r tongue, my cloughter young,
Replied the kindly mither. Herd's Coll, ii. 59'»
M I T I I E R E I E , adj. 'Motherly, S.
M I T H E R L i N E S S , s. Mother] in ess, S.
IVIit.iieRs-pet, " T h e youngest child o f a
family ; the mother's greatest favourite S..
Gall. Encycl.
M I T H R A T E S , E x p l . « the heart and skirts
o f a bullock Ayrs.
This seems originally the same with Mithret, q. v.
M I T H I I E T , T h e midriff; Ettr. F o r .
This is pure A.S. Mid-hrythe, the midriff or dia-
phragm.
T o M I T L E , v. a. T o eat away, applied to the
action o f mites ; Gall., A n n and.
" When siller is chynged [^changed] it is said to—
mi tie away." Gall. Encycl.
C.B. mudawl, belonging to a removal, moveable,
M I T T E N S , <sa pi 1. W o o l l e n gloves.] Add;
With cloke, and hude, I dressit me belyve,
With dowbill sehone, and mit tains on my handis.
— M y miltanis held my handis weill in heit.
Lyjidsay's Dreme.
Although the term is immediately from the Fr.,
perhaps it should be traced to Belg. mouwtjes, half
sleeves, a dimin. from mouw, a sleeve.
3. To Claio up) one's Mittens.
1. T o k i l l ; applied to shooting a hare, &c. Fife;
also, to killing a man, Roxb.
2. T o overturn, ibid.
<c Claw up their mitt ins, £r. mittens^, give them the
finishing stroke ;" Gl. Antiq.
This is equivalent to laying up one's mittens, Aberd-
But the direct allusion in either of these phrases I do
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VKM perceive. If laying up signifies that there should
)><• no iiiure use lor mittens, the wearer being dead ;
clawing up would admit of a similar sense, by tracing
it to Teut. klouw-en globare, q. rolling them up, as
one does wlien a piece of dress is laid aside.
P I N - M I T T E N S , s. j)L W o o l l e n gloves wrought
upon a wooden pin, b y males, instead of the
wires used by women, Teviotd. Cowherds and
shepherds are particularly expert at this work.
T o M I T T L E , v. a, T o hurt or wound.] Add ;
" Haud ye5r tongue, ye haverhf taupie,—I'se war-
rant nae ghaist come your wye, save it be the gliaist
o' the stirk that ye hit get itsel' mi tiled the ither day." veyed by mochy, as regarding smell.
St. Kathleen, iii. 213.
M F I T E L A T , .v. To male a mitillat ci one, to
disable a person as to the use of any o f his limbs,
Aberd. V. M J T T L E , V.
M I T T S , s. pi T h e same with Mittens, S.
It is said that mil is the original word, whence
mitten, the plural;" Johns. I, however, observe no-
thing nearer than Belg. mouwljes.
* T o M I X , v.n. T o change c o l o u r ; applied to
grain, S. ; synon. Mcing.
M I X T , part. pa. 1. Disordered; applied to one whereof the like was never seen before ; doubtless
who is in some decree ailing, Banff's.
2. Denoting-partial intoxication, S. muzzy, l o w E .
M I X T I E - M A X T I K , M i x i E - M A X I E , adv.] Add;
—Mixie-rrmxic nations meet
Frae yont the sea.
D. Andersons Poems, p. 115.
T o M I Z Z L E , v. a. T o speckle, S.B.
M I Z Z L I E , M I Z L I E , adj. 1. Synon. with Mizzled,
or nearly so, Strath earn.
2. Variegated ; applied to the effect o f fire on the
limbs, Soutli of S.
And when the callans, romping thick,
Did croud the hearth alang,
Oft have I blawn the danders quick
Their mizlie shins amang.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 14f>.
T o M O A C P I ( g u t t ) , v. 7i. T o be approaching to a
state o f putridity. V. under M o c i r , M O C H I E .
M O A G R E , <9. A confusion, U p p . Clydes.
Isl. mug-r, turba, colluvies ; mogur multitudo.
M O A K I E , s. tc A fondling name for a calf; 1 1
. Clydes., Edin. M a g . Oct. 1818, p. 327.
" Three ca's an' twa queys war brainit; an' it was
a waesome thing to hear the wee bits o' saikless moa~
hies mainan' in the deadthraws." Ibid. p. 503.
K iii an mentions mocke as old Germ, for a sow that M O D G E L , A noggin ; " I've gotten my mod-
hath had pigs. C.B. mock, a sow. The term has been
traced to Moe, v. q. v.; but perhaps it is rather allied
to Germ, muh-cn mugire. Thus the designation may
have arisen from its cry.
M O C H , M O C I I I E , adj. 1. Moist, clamp; applied
to animal food, corn in the stack, meal, &c.,
S. V . quotation, sense 2. Flisp. majo, id.
2. Read, T h i c k , close, hazy; as, " a mochie day,"
S.; a hot misty day. Moch, adj., is now obsolete.
Nae sun shines there, the mochie air
Wi* smuisteran' rowks stinks vyld.
Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 327-
We say of the weather, when it is warm and M O E M , s. A scrap, Galloway,
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moist, that it is mochy weather; and of every thing
else in a similar way, that it is mochy." Gall. Enc,
It should be observed, that mochy is not applied to
mist indiscriminately ; but to that only which is pro-
duced by great heat, or an accompaniment of it, when
the air is so close as to affect the organs of respira-
tion. This is originally the same with E. muggy,
which Johnson strangely views as corrupted from
mucky. Add, as sense
3. Applied to meat when it begins to be putrid,
Lanark s.
The E. word fusty nearly expresses the idea con-
T o M O A C I - I , M O C H , V. N. T o begin to be in a
state approaching to putridity. T h e term is now
generally used in the part. pa. Moclit meat, or
flesh, is animal food in a state of incipient cor-
ruption, when it sends forth a disagreeable, al-
though not an absolutely foetid, smell, S.
Ci Upon the 3d of October in the afternoon there
fell out in Murray a great rain, dinging on night and
day without clearing up while the 13th of October;—
the corns well stacked began to moach and rot till
they were casten over again ; lamentable to see, and
a prognostiek of great troubles within this land."
Spalding's Troubles, i. 59.
To moach properly respects the effect of dampness,
as accompanied with heat. Isl. mokk-a mucere.
M O C H (gutt.), .v. A ' m o t h , Aberd. V . M O G H .
M O C H I E , adj. Filled with moths, ibid.
Plence the proverbial rhyme;
A heap of hose is a mochy pose.
M O C K A G E , .v. Mockery.
— " The Prophet doeth, as it were in mockage, pro-
uoke idolaters, and the idoles to produce for them-
selues some euident testimonies by the which men
might be assured that in them was power." Knox's
llessoning with Crosrairuell, Prol. ii. a.
M O C K I U F E , adj. "Scornful, Clydes.
Loud leuch the elf wi' mockrije glee,
An' thrise about can brade,
Whill a gallant man, in youdith's blume,
Fie rase afore the maid.
Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 7.
M O D E R A N C E , s. Moderation.
ee Altho' it became a prince to be revenged on re-
bels, yet he would use such moderancc herein as he
could." Pitscottie, p. 79. Duod. Edit.
M O D I E - B R O D , ,9. V. M O W D I E - B R O D .
gel? I have got my usual quantity o f drink.
To Tale one's Modgel, to partake of a social glass;
sometimes denoting a morning dram, Fife.
Perhaps from P.B. modiol-us, a term latterly used
in monasteries to denote a certain quantity of liquor ;
as much, it would seem, as was appropriated to each
of the monks. V. Du Cange. This provincial term
has probably been borrowed from the good fathers
belonging to some religious foundation.
T o M O E , v. n. T o cry as a calf; Mue being
used to express the lowing o f a cow, Clydes.
V. MUE, and MOAKIE.
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" Moems, scraps of any thing, such as moans of
curiosity.—
Than moans o' poems
I will sing unto thee." Gall. Encyel.
Apparently a corr. contraction of Gael, meomhrae-
haii, a memorandum. Teut. moeme signifies an aunt.
Can it refer to scraps of nursery tales ? C.B. mym
denotes what is incipient.
M O G E N , adj. Apparently signifying common,
public ; synon. Mem.
u A mogen pot never played well." Agr. Surv.
Peeb. p. 340.
Su.G. mage multitudo.
M O G G A N S , A*. H o s e without feet.] Add;
This word has been of general use; for Shaw ex pi.
Gael, memiu O
cc a boot-hose." He renders GalUu-askin
o ' T w a s then a bardie to bis labour g a d e ,
b y the same term.
M O G G A N S , s.pl T h e legs, Iloxb. Hence..
T o M i x M O G G A N S xoith one, to be joined in mar-
riage ; a vulgar phmse used in Fife.
M O G I I I E , adj. Having maggots; as moghie
meat, animal food when fly-blown, Lanarks.
M O Y , s. A certain measure; " A n e moy of salt."
Aberd. 'Reg. A . 1538, ¥ . 16.
" Twenty twa moys of gryt salt." Ibid. A. 1535,
V. 16, p. 6f)3.
Fr. moge is a measure containing about six bush-
els ;" Cotgr. • Maid and muy, ec a great vessel, or mea-
sure ;" ibid. O.Fr. moy an, a tun. Ir. Gael, mioch, a
bushel.
M O I C H (giitb), a d j . Giving the idea of moist-
ness conjoined with putridity ; applied to taint-
ed meaty Ayrs. adj.
V. M O O T ,
M O I C H N E S S , S. Dampness causing corruption, ib.
Your mother's spence it pleases me ;
But its moichness hurts me sairly. Old Ballad.
T o M O I D E I i , v. a. T o stupify with blows, or
in whatever other way, lam arks. Hence,
MOIDEBT, part. adj. Dull, stupid, ibid., Dumfr.
" What, man ! is your brain sae moiderl you canna
see that ?" Duncan's S, Country Weaver, p. 48*
It often signifies, rendered stupid from too intense
thought, or musing too long on one subject. Gall., id.
Allied, perhaps, to Teut. moede lassus, defessus,
moed-cn, mued-en, fatigare, molestare, inquietare. Ish
modnr defatigatus, Alem. muoder, id.
" One whose intellects are rendered useless, by
being in the habit of taking spiritous liquors to ex-
cess, is said to be moidert" Gall. Encyek
According to this explanation, it might claim affi-
nity with C.B. muyd-wr, a soaker, from muy d-aw, to
moisten, to steep.
A.Bor. moider, bears a general sense perfectly ana-
logous. " T o puzzle, perplex. North." Grose.
Moytherd is expl. " Confounded, tired out. Glouc." id.
MO YEN, 2. Interest.] Add;
In this sense, it is sometimes obviously distin-
guished from means.
— ee Whatsomever they craved, the king is forced
to yield unto them, and leaves his true subjects wreck-
ed in means and moy an, distressed, and under great
misery, tyranny, bloodshed, and oppression, and ilk
ane to do for himself" Spalding, i. 331.
Add, as sense
ISO
O L
4. Temporal substance, property.
— « T h a t T h o m a s F o u d i s g o l d s m y f d i and R o b e r t
Jow.vie b:uf not o n l i e deburst the m a k t pairt o f tba,ir
a w m iUiiijiiaaod g u l d ' - iu hi-: ! : « - i ! i i s ' - r v h v , boc a k u
IKS eonirac'cit m o n y gr<*I d e b t r , ibr furnesing bis rna-
l e s t i e — i n j o w e l i i s , ciey thing., r e d d y e i o n v , a n d v t h e r
n e c e s s a r i e s / ' See. A c t s da. V I . 15f)?*, E d . 1V; M-, p . ibb'.
i . m i n e ui'-ari;-, s u c h as s e c r e t i n f l u e n c e , b r i b e r y .
b\)'Ali . I b e . Sll»ij)I. o. diS.
AH ) i ':.{ r b \ , .v. S p i g n e l , A t h a m a n i a m e i i m , E c r t h s .
Theatbauianta meum (spignel) here called ntnikcu
or made ion,!, rows in—the forest of Cdunie." Stat.
Ace. P. ("noiie, b\\ \tS.
.Its proper ( OK*!. Hasne is mu'j'lehmn ; Light foot, i. 1 57-
M O l L , .v. Hard and constant labour, S.
\\ hose d a i l y 'mod at s o m e g a v distance lay :
A r c as lie,' d a n d e r ' d o'er the f r o z e n g l a d e ,
i m a d . ' d the features o f a. winter d a y .
A. Scull's Poems, n. l25.
Tne e. is : . • b., but no: die noun. Joilli:-;
gi v ' e s Fr. i;t'jii di-i'r. to to nmbten, a.Wihe origin
But. it seems rather alii eel to Sw. mol-a. iaborare du-
riter; Seren.
M O Y L I E , s. E " A bullock wanting horns
Gall. Encycl. *
Gael. Ir. maol, " bald, blunt, without 'horns ;" C.B,
rnoel, bald, blunt, moel-i, to make bald. Davies re-
fers to Chald. malag, depilare.
" A niild good-natured person, tame—even to
silliness," ibid.
Tb;* Ir. and ( be• b term seems t o admit, a figurative
s - u s e m id d e n vat i ees. Mmdaigh-im, to b e c o m e d i d l
orslii;.! b i.n';t!-(t;g.\i(:ii;eh, du!!-\\ ilted, srupio1; inaol-
cidiais ti'/i. uiii!!'. it.iinactive, 'f.h' •-earmmalogous
to \ .d. a 1 i e.aasieier a.s tiie s e c o n d a r y sense o f Moy lie
MOV Nl), Ap[iarently use<i for mine.
u Item, ane at her peice of gid.d of tin; moynd, un«
nioltin." [nventories, A. 151^, }). 60.
M O I S T - B A L I , , a ball for holding musk.
" IteiU twa tuth})ikis of gold, with a chenye, a peri
& erepike, a moist hall of gold," Szc. Inventories, A.
l-lnSS, p. 5. V . MUIST.
T o M O I S T I E Y , v. a. T o moisten, Gk Shirr. ;
alow word, generally used, in a ludicrous sense,
in regard to topers, S.
M O L L A N " , 6'. u A long- straigkt pole, such as
fishermen use at their fish-yards;" Gall. E n c y c l .
JSIoL must have denoted a beam in Gael.; for mot
muili'iti is the beam that sets am ill in motion;" Shaw.
M O L L E T S , ,9. p i . 1. Eantastic airs, R o x b .
2. Sly winks, ibid.
This might almost seem to be q. mowlaits, from Mow
an antic gesture, and Lai.is manners, q. v. It may,
however, be allied to Fr. model, delicate, effeminate ;
mollete, delicacy, effeminacy.
M O L L I G R A N T , T h e act of whining.] Add;
Molligrunt; Loth.
Isl. mogl, refragrantium obmnrmuratio. Midi sig-
nifies cloudy, gloomy. Nokot litit midin : Vultu tristi
et nubilo; Verek Perhaps the last syllable is from
E. grunt, Sw. gryml~a, id.
MOLLIGIIUB, MCJLLYGRUB, S.] Add;
" T o be in his grubs or mully grubs/' expl. b y Se«
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ren. as signifying to be melancholy. Grub primarily
denotes a worm or maggot; hence transferred to the
imagination or humour.
M O L L - O N - T H E - C O A L S , S. A glormuMTiinded
person, Ayrs.
" A s for our Meg, thy mother, she wns ay one of
your Moll-on-the-coals, a sigher of sadness, and I'm
none surprised to see her in the hypon dor leaks." The
Entail, iii. 76.
Tins is merely a silly play on the E. wma! mrianchoiu.
T o M O L L U P , M o in.ci i', t<. n. T o toss the head
in a i n a u g h t y o r d i s d a i n f u l wnv, Teviotd.
tc AI i s Peggy! 8 nulls o5 tobacco ! Meg's good
a . n . — ''ni r.ane o : y o u r 'inolbif.'precise
vies, thai w a n t t o be m i s s ' d , an' b e c k it. an' booed: t o . "
Eirownie oi* I > o d s b e c k , ii. J 0 1 .
The term seems to be borrowed from a trouble-
some or unmanageable horse, who is still tossing up
his head. Teut. mujjl, the mouth, also a halter, or
bit, and op up; win/1an, probosckk m ex tend ore; miiy-
ten oj, inn a/"Jen. simultates habere cum aliquo.
iEIOLOSS, adj. Loose., dissolute m conduct, A y r s .
This, i suspect, is the same with Muiash'd, a l o w
word us ail in the west of S., signifying that one is
iI:be. i'••'d . !Vo;: 1 1\. 1 no! a . as an omen of plenty during the month ; and at the
i \ I C ) : r (k( ' A N U T , used as a charm in the
\ Western Islands.
Tin re is \ ariety cX nuts eallY Mid!ul:(i3 some of
v.Eich are used as amulets against witvhcralt, or an
evil eye, 'particularly the white one: and upon tin's
account they are wore about children's necks, and if
any evil is intended to them, they say the nut changes
into a black colour. That they did change colour I
found true by my own observation, but cannot be
positive as to the cause of it.
Ma!com (ham]',bell. Steward of Harries, told me,
thai some weeks before my arrival there, all his cows
gave flood instead (if milk, for several nays together:
o n e o f the neighbours told Ins wife that this MAST be
witchcraft, and it would be ea.-y to remove it, ii' .-be
would but take the white nut, called the Virgin
Mary's nut, and lay it in the pail into which she was
to milk the cows.-—Having milled one cow into the
pail with the nut in it, the milk was all blood, and
the nut changed its colour into dark brown: she us'cl
the nut again, and all the cows gave pure good milk,
which they ascribe to the virtue o f the nut." Mar-
tin's West. Isl. p. 38, 39. V. C R O S P U N K .
* M O M E N T , .sa A second of time, S.
MOND, T h e technical or heraldic term used
to denote the globe that surmounts an imperial
crown.
" Our crown of Scotland, since King James the
Sixth went to England, has been ignorantly repre-
sented b y herauld painters, engravers, and other
tradesmen, after the form of the crown of England
with crosses patee, whereas there is not one, but that
"which tops the mond, but all crosses floree, such as
we see on our old coins, and these which top our old
•churches." Inventories, p. 337*
" The imperial mond, or globe, though an ensign
of sovereignty, as well as the imperial crown, is car-
ried as an armorial distinguishing figure by Earn out,
or Lamond, of that ilk, as relative to the name."
Nisbet's Heraldry, i. 418.
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Fr. monde, the world, the universe. • Terme de
Blason se dit d'une boule, ou representation du
monde, &c. Diet. Trev.
M O N E , s. M o n e y ; A b e r d . I l e g .
M O N E , .s*. Mane.] Instead o f — T h i s is used, &c.
Head, Not used rhythmi causa, as I at first sup-
posed ; but evidently allied to Isl. mocn> jtiba
equina.
M O N E Y S . T h e M o o n . ] Add, after 1. 10 ;
In O.E. the orthography was the same. <c Mone.
Luna." Prompt. Parv.
Insert, col. 2. 1. 30, before—Y. BRUGI-I ;
In Renfrews., however, as I am informed, the idea
Haga-
is inverted.
Same col. after 1. 46, insert;
It is a singular proof of the permanent influence of
superstition, and of the affinity of nations that have
been separated for thirteen centuries, that the very
same idea is still retained among the native Irish.
" Next to the sun was the moon, which the Irish
undoubtedly adored. Some remains of this worship
may be traced even at this day; as particularly
borrowing, if they should not have it about them, a
piece of silver on the first night of a new moon,
same time saying in Irish, c As you have found us
in peace and prosperity, so leave us in grace and
mercy." OTIalloran's ITist. Irel. i. 113.
Col. 3. after 1. 10, insert ;
In Renfrewshire, if a man's house be burnt during
the wane of the moon, it is deemed unlucky. If the
same misfortune take place when the moon is waxing,
it is viewed as a presage of prosperity. In Orkney,
also, it is reckoned unlucky tojlit, or to remove from
one habitation to another, during the waning of the
moon. To secure a prosperous change of habitation,
indeed, popular superstition requires the concurrence
ok three circumstances . ; that the moon .be waxing*, O'
that the tide be flowing, and that the wind blow 011
the back of the person who removes. O f such im-
V; or lance is the last circumstance, that, even when
there Is a concurrence of the other two, some people,
rather thanjlit with an adverse wind, will make the
circuit of a whole island, in order to gain, as far as
possible, the prosperous breeze.
Col. 4. after 1. 20, insert;
It appears that the ancient Irish swore by this planet.
"WhenUgaine the Great prevailed on the national
estates to swear allegiance to himself and to his poste-
rity, in exclusion of the other branches of the royal
family, the oath they took was— f By the sun, the
moon, and stars.' The same was taken to Tuathal and
his issue; and it was ' by the sun, moon, and stars,'
that Loagaire vowed to exonerate the province of
Leinster from an heavy tribute, long paid by them."
OTIalloran's Hist. Irel. i. 113, 114.
Same col. after V . Y E R D F A S T , 1 . 2 1 from bot. insert;
The same custom, with some slight variation, was
formerly, at least, observed in England. Aubrey,
whose mind must have been deeply imbued with su-
perstition, with great gravity relates the virtue of
this magical rite. Speaking of the various modes
of obtaining information as to one's future lot in
wedlock, he says :
" Another way is, to charm the inoon thus : At
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the first appearance of the new moon after new-year's
day, go out in the evening, and stand over the spars
of a gate or stile, looking on the moon, and say,
All hail to the Moon, all hail to thee !
I prithee, good Moon, reveal to me,
This night mho my husband (wife) must he.
(C You must presently after go to bed.
" I knew two gentlewomen that did thus when
they were young maids, and they had dreams of
those that married them.5' Miscellanies, p. 138.
M O K E T H , S. A month.] Insert, at the end of the
article ;
The passage referred to is thus rendered by Creech:
But now 111 charm him ; • Moon ! shine bright and
T o thee 1 will direct my secret prayer ; (clear,
T o th.ee, and Hecate, whom dogs do dread,
When stahfd with, gore, she staik> amidst the dead.
Nov/, now, 1 strew the fiow'r ; Munn, you can how
E'en Rhadaniant h, and. ;dl that's fierce below.
The following address to this In miliary Ibrms the
chorus of the greatest part of the na.^toral
Teli, sacred Moon, what first, did raise my flame,
And wheneemy pain, and whence my pa>shai came.
Idy Hi urns, p. 11, 15.
M O N Y C O R D X S , s. pi A musical instrument.]
Add;
This is also written Manieords.
" I have a gentlewoman here—that sometimes
brings you fresh to my memory, by playing on the
manieords such lessons as I have oft heard from you."
Lett, to John Forbes, Culloden Papers, p. 11.
I)u Cange defines L.B.monochordum, Instrumenturn
musicum, quod unica chorda constat. Nostris vulgo,
Manicordion. By Cotgr. manieordion is said to be " an
old-fashioned elaricord."
The authors of Diet. Trevoux say that D u Cange
is. mistaken, as this instrument has seventy cords,
although. Sealiger reduces the number to thirty-five.
It is in form of a. spinet; and its strings are covered
with scarlet cloth, to deaden and soften the sound.
Hence it is denominated in Fr. epinette sourde or
muette. It is especially used by nuns, who are learning
to play, and are afraid of disturbing the silence of the
dormitory.
MONYFEET. " Joeh ?ci the Mony feet? the
more common name o f the Centipede, S. In
Ayrs. its sex is changed, it being called Jenny
with the Manyfeet; and also in R o x b . , where it
is Maggie M ony feet..- •
cc The worm—the worm is my bonny bridegroom,
and Jenny with the manyfeet my bridal-maid. The
mill-dam waters the wine o' the wedding, and the
clay and the clod shall be my bedding." Annals of
the Parish, p. 311.
In Angus, also, it is viewed as of the feminine
gender, being called Maggie wi the Manyfeet.
M O N Y L A N G , This mony lang, for a long
time past, S.B.
" You took up the tune for him, and sung sae weel
that there has na been the like o't i' the kirk of
Knockfergus this mony lang—may be never." Glen-
fergus, i. 346.
M O N I P L I E S , $. pi 1. T h a t part of the tripe,
SEE.] Add;
132
Coarsely and vulgarly applied, in a ludicrous
sense, to the intestines o f man, S.
It temper'd weel our monipliesy
Cad ripples frae our backs.
Taylor s S. Poems, p. 143.
M O N K R I E , M U N K R I E , S. A monastic f o u n -
dation or establishment.
— " Be diuerss actis of Parliament maid of befoir
concerning the reformation!! of religioun within this
realme, the monkreis ar altogidder abolishit, and thair
places and ahbayis ar for the maist pairt left waist,"
&c. Acts Ja. VI. 1581, Ed. 1814, p. 276.
Here the places and ahbayis are distinguished from
monkreis.
" l i e that said, Pray continually, the same said, Go
labour and win thy living, otherwise thou shall: not
eat. Away with Munkries and Nunries." Kollock
on 1 Thes. p. 3 07-
Johns. restricts the E. word monlcerif to cc the mo-
nastiek life." 'The word is evidently formed of A.S.
monecor munuc tnonaehus, and rice nunuis. dominium.
M O N O N D A Y , M O N A N B A Y , s. Monday, S.]
Add; before—V. MOKE.
Some, who might well be supposed more enlight-
ened, will not give away money on this day of the
week, or on the first day of the Moon.
The idea is completely inverted in Ireland, Mon-
day being accounted the most lucky day in the week.
" No great undertaking can be auspiciously com-
menced in Ireland on any morning but Monday morn-
ing. ( O, please Cod we live till Monday morning,,
we'll set the slater to mend the roof of the h o u s e -
On Monday morning we'll fall to and cut the t u r f -
On Monday morning we'll see and begin mowing,"
&c. Falge worth's Castle Rackrent, Gl. 185*
This is undoubtedly a relique of the ancient pagan
worship of the Moon in Ireland. V. M O N E .
M O N S T O U R , M U N S T O U R , .V. A muster.
" It is thoyeht necessare that wapensellawingis b e
maid—at sic day or day is and place as sail pleiss the
schirefF &c. till assigne eftir the quantite of the sell ire,
gif the monstouris can nocht be all tane in one day.
And at the said munstouris be tane be the schirefF."
Acts Ja. V . 1 5 4 0 , Ed. 1 8 1 4 , p . 362. V . L A I F S O U N D A Y .
Monstouris, in both instances, in Ed. 1566, fob 130,
b. The reading of the MS. had been viewed as an
error. But it is evidently from Fr. monstre, id. L.B.
monslruni, militum reeensio; monst r-are, milites cen-
ser e, Matth. Paris, 1253 ; from the.primary sense of
the v. in Eat., to shew, to, exhibit.
MONSTRANCE, Perhaps shew, display,
<c Ane greit monstrance of sylver." Aberd. Reg.
O.Fr. monstrance is used in the sense of preuve,
exhibition; Roquefort.
M O N T H , M O U N T I I , S. 1. A mountain.] Add;
C.B. mynyth, mynydd, id. The latter is also the
Armoric form of the word.
M o X T II is R O R D , the ridge of a mountain. V . B O R D .
M O O , s. T h e act o f lowing, S.
Like poor Italian piper, douf and dry,
Thou rangest o'er thy food, among the queys,
A fearless o5 thy moo, or capTing tail.
Davidsons Seasons, p. 46*. V. MUE,,
M O O , s, T h e mouth, Galloway,
 M O O M
But Jock the bill dispersed the tribe;
H e smell'd her moo and smirked.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 49- V. Mow.
M O O D I E , adj. Gallant, courageous.
O mony were the moodie men
Lay gasping on the green.
Ballad of Captain Carre.
V . M O D Y , M U D Y , adj., sense 1.
MOODIE-HILL, A mole-hill.
He has pitched his sword in a moodie-hill,
And he has leap'd twenty lang feet and three,
And on his ain sword's point he lap,
And dead upon the ground fell he.
Minstrelsy Border, iii. lOd. V . M O U D I E .
M O O L , s. A slipper ; Spalding. V. M U L L I S .
T o M O O L A T , M O O L E T , v. n. T o whine, to
murmur, A y r s . ; synon. with Chirm. Hence,
M O O L E T I N , part. pr. W h i n i n g , ibid.
Perhaps radically allied to Teut. muyl-en, mutire,
mussitare, cum indignatione et stomacho, (Kilian) ;
whence muylaerl mussitator. The root is muyl, the
mouth or snout; for the e. primarily signifies, to push
out the mouth, to pout. Isl. mull, however, and Sw.
nudity signify cloudy, and mctaph. sad, especially as
ap])lied to a sorrowful countenance.
M O O L I E - F I E E L S , chilblains, S. ; from Mules,
s. pi used in the same sense.
" Moollie-hecls, a kind of chilblain troublesome to
the heels in frosty weather." Gall. Encycl. V. MULES.
M O O L L I E P U D D I N G , a school-game, Gall.
" Moollie Pudding.—One has to run with the hands
locked, and laen p . e. lay his hands on the heads o f ]
the others." Gall. Encycl.
M 0 ON L I G H 1 \ F L I T T I N G , a decampment
by night, in the way of carrying off one's goods
or furniture, for the purpose of escaping from
one's creditors, or from arrestment, S.
"Conscious of possessing some secrets connected
with the blessings of liberty and equality, winch, he
was well aware, if disclosed, would render his present
situation no longer tenable, he made, what is termed,
a moon-light jlitling." Campbell, ii. 1. V. F L I T , V. n.
M O O N O G , s. " A name for the cranberry or
c r a w b e r r y G a l l . Encycl,
C.B. mwiDvg denotes that which shoots out as a
spire. But I scarcely think that this can apply.
M O O I I A T , M O O R I T , adj. E x p l . brownish co-
lour in wool," Sheth
" T h e y [the sheep] are of different colours; as
white, grey, black, speckled, and of a dusky brown
called moorit." Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 2 1 0 .
Evidently from Isl. moraud-r, bad i us, ferrugineus,
i.e. " b r o w n mingled with black and r e d ; " Nigro-
purpureus, suffiiscus, Vereb This is the colour called
murrey in E., in Fr. moree, darkly red. Johns, views
Moro, a Moor, as the root. But Ihre gives morrocd
as the Su.G. term, color subfuscus, qualis esse solet
terrae paludosae, quae ad pingendum vulgo adliibe-
tur. It is sometimes written roedmorug. It is evi-
dently from Su.G. Isl. mor, thus defined by Verelius ;
Terrae quaeclam species, unde color qui dam suffusus
[suffuscus] conficitur ad tingendum pannum.
M O O B A W A V r y . A thick shower o f snow, Shetl,
133
O O
M O O R - G R A S S , $. Potentilla anserina.] Add;
It has the same name in Upland as in E., silvcroert.
V. MURRICK.
MOOR-ILL, A disease o f black cattle. V.
M I ; IR-ILL.
M O O R S . Brown Man of the Moors. V. .under
BROWN.] Add;
<c The Brown Man of the Moors is generally re-
presented as bewitching the sheep, causing the ewes
to keh, that is, to cast their lambs, or seen loosening
the i mpending wreath of snow to precipitate its weight
on such as take shelter, during the storm, under the
bank of a torrent," &c. Concluding paragraph of the
Black Dwarf.
M O O S E W E B , MOUSEWEB, 1. T h e gossamer,
&C. S . ] Add;
The Swedes call a cobweb dwaergsnaet, from
dwaerg, whence apparently S. droieh, a species of
malevolent fairy or demon; very ingenious, and sup-
posed often to assume the appearance of a spider,
and to form these nets. The peasants of that country
say, Jar den ii act jar sig, " t h e earth covers itself with
a net," when the whole surface of the ground is co-
vered with moose-ret hs, which, it is commonly be-
lieved, indicates the seed-time. V. Ihre, vo. Naet.
2. Denoting a spiders web, S.] Add;
" It's a fell accident; but if I might gie my ad-
vice, an' I sud hae some experience, seeing the fa-
mily I hae born an' brought to man's estate, I wad
just pit a bit mouscweh till't. It was ay wdiat I used
when ony of the bairns gat broken brows," Saxon
and Gael. iii. 80.
The term occurs in this sense in the version of Psa.
lxxxi. in the description of idols.
They liaue hands can noutlier feill nor grop,
Their fund yit feete can nouther gang nor loupe.
They can pronounce no voyce forth of their throts,
They are ouergane with mnse-nmhs and motes.
Poems Sixteenth Cent. i. 102.
M O O S E - W E B B ' D , adj. Covered with spider's webs.
I was musin' i' my mind,—
Wi' a toom pouch, an3 pi en i shin but mean,
In a wee hut mouse-mebb'd, an' far frae clean.
Taylors Scots Poems, p. 3,
M O O T H L Y E , adv. Softly, Ettr. For.
— c c I harde ane chylde unhaspe thilke sneck, as
moot hiye as ane snail quhan sclio gaungs snowking
owir thilke drowkyt swairch" Whit. Ev. Tales, ii, 41,
V . MUITH. .
M O O T I F ' , adj. Parsimonious, niggardly, Loth,
This, I suspect, has the same origin with Moat it.
V. MOUT, V.
M O O T I T - L I K E , adj. _ P u n y , having the ap-
pearance of declension in size, S.
" I thought I saw ye lying in a lonesome place,
an' no ane in the wide world to help or heed ye, till
there was a poor bit black mootit-like corby came
down frae the hills an' fed ye." Brownie of Bods-
bock, ii. 134.
Corr. from E. Moult, to cast the feathers.
T o M O O T L E , v. ci. T o nibble, to fritter away.
T h u s a child is said to mootle it's piece, Loth. r
Roxb,
 M O R M O R
Evidently a dimin. from M'out, v., q. v . ; although <r; Morning, morning dram ;" Gl. Anticp

it has been deduced from I,at. nut til-are.
M ( ) ] T A r I > . A n imlnnneiit ibr cleaning or wet-
tin the inner >kk: of a cannon.
ff Item. nyne ncajptdis mountit, all serving to sin-
rh'le j;ec.E A Inventories, A. 1566, p. 168.
E. />•(,•;,'. Eat. n;(I :):)(<.
M O R A Y C O A C H , a cart, Banff's.; a cant term,
used :n i idicaie ol* a neighbouring county ; like
the phrase, a Tijhurn Coach.
M O R G A N - S T E R N E , s. A warlike instrument
ibrmcrl y uaeil by those who were besieged in
defending themselves against their assailants.
tc Tlie iEuteh one morning taunting us, said, they
did heau'e, there was a. ship come from Denmarketo
us, laden with tobacco and pipes ; one of our soul-
diers shewing them over the worke a morgan slcrnc,
made of a, large stock e banded with iron like the shaft
of a halberg wink a round globe at the end with
crosse iron pike *, saitk, mere is one of the tobacco
pin. s, wkeia,-.,EE v;e will beate out your braines,
when v; mtend to atomic us.'3 Monro's Exped. P.
E p. EE
SU.C'K Dan. nayrgen-slicrnc, literally the morning-
rXiiY ; but the Teut. synon. morghen-sterrc is not only
expk Euelfor, ]>ut also clava aculeafa; Kilian. Belg.
•nuayrnsiur, a club or cudgel with pricks; Sewel.
This is obviously a figurative, rend partly a ludicrous, M O U S I N G P O X T L D E R , apparently powder
use of the term.
M O ' l l G O Z T ) , earl, ad}. Confused, Galloway.
Any thing nut into dborder, so that it cannot be tories, A. Embk p. 1 71. fESex barrellis of culvering
righted, is said to be •morgoz'd." Gall. Eneyck
ikaakap ; ongEalk/ a sea term. C.B. morgaseg, a
breaker in the sea. I'll is seems to be a figurative
wo* d, bemg tra< ; d to mor sea, and caseg a mare, q. de-'-ription of artillery which is thus denominated ?
a. sia-rid<r. A- a:»ri>y>s-ia-fr is to try greatly ; mawr- M O A T , s. T h e skin of a sheep or lamb which
ir.vv/:a a great fall. It may be allied, however, to Gael.
•more/ ids ianmp ; because of the disorder often caused
by a great dbplay of grandeur.
MOEIG UE,.y. A solemn face, an imposing look, Fr.
"Finding tlie ennemie efrronted, their heartes may
bee,, t.hereupon, so far re stayed, as to stande and per-
eeave that ail this supercilious shewe of a fierce as-
sault is but a vaine and weakly backed bravado,
which, to offer vs with a newe and high morgue, our
adversaries have newdie bene animated by their late
supplement of freshe forces from beyond sea." For-
besks Defence, p. 65.
M O R I A N E , adj. Black, swarthy, & c . ]
Instead o f — I t is probably a contraction of Lat.
Mauriianus, a Moor, Read,—Fr. morien, id. Armor.
maun/an, moriein ; from Lat., &c.
* MORNING, s. 1. T h e designation given to
a glass o f spirits taken before breakfast, not on-
ly in the Highlands, but b y many Lowlanders,
who pretend that this shocking custom is ne-
cessary to whet their appetite, S.
•*- Oi" this lie took a copious dram, observing, he chien."
k ; d already taken his morning with Donald Bean Lean,
berk re his departure." Waverley, i.
1 laving declined Mrs. Flockhart's compliment James H o m e and James S trail an, anent the horse in-
, fit morning, k e. a matutinal dram, being probably fected with the mord de chienA Fountainhall, i. 406k
tne only man in the Chevalier's army by whom such
.a courtesy wouh; have keen rejected, he made his the hopeless nature of this disease ?
udEus, and departed v i k i CalhmiA Ibid. ii. 320.
2. A\ slight repast taken at rising, some hours be-
fore what is culled breakfast, Durafr.
M O B N I X G G I F T , the gift conferred b y a hus-
band, ^cc. J Add';
In the Records, the reading isMoroiving Gift. Acts,
Ed. 1814, p. 565. V. Mono WING.
M O R N E E - M O R N I N G , the morn after day-
light breaks, Gall.
k'f Morn le-morrung, in the dead of winter, begins
not until near eight o'clock." Gall. Encyel.
T o M O R R O C E I , v. a. T o soil, Galloway.
" When any thing is trampled in a gutter, we say
it is morroch'iL" Gall. Encycl.
Corr. perhaps from C.B. malhrach, a laying flat; a
trampling down; from mathr-u, to trample, tea tread.
M O R R O W , 5a A companion; or one thing which
matches another, Shcth V. M A R R O W .
H O U S I N G - H O R N , .v. A flask for holding p o w -
der, or a priming bora.
•—" In sua far as is possible, that all the thre bun-
clrethe men be hagbutteris furnisehit with powdir,
flask, morsing-hor ills, and all uthir geir belanging thair-
to." Sedk Coune. A . 1552, Keith's Hist. A pp. p. 67-
Buff-coats, all frounced and broidered o'er,
And mor sing-horns* and scarfs they wore.
* Powder-flasks. IMy of the Last Minstrel, p. 115.
used ibr priming.
Ite: i 1 sex barrel lis of morsing potdder" Inven-
pou idar" are mentioned immediately before.
Shall wo suppose that this kind of powder was
1 ir>t used hi mo/tars ; as Germ, worser denotes that
dies; pron. mart, R o x b .
c< Moris are the skins of sheep or lambs which
die." Agr. Surv. Roxb. N. p. 25.9-
M O R T - W O O , S. W o o l o f such skins, ibid.
MORTAGE, A particular mode o f giving
pledges; also denominated Deid Wad. V.
W A D ,
* M O R T A L , adj. Dead drunk, S.
M O R T A R - S T O N E , 6a A stone formerly used
for preparing barley, b y separating it from the
husks ; as serving the same purpose with a mor-
tar in which substances are beaten, S.
M O I I T E H S H E E X , 6*. T h a t species of glanders, & c . ]
Add;
And now he's tane the morter sheen,
See how he runs at nose and een,
He'll poison a' thing there that's green.—•
The Old Horse, Duff's Poems, p. 86.
— ^ The other two regiments—was scattered here
and there, and many of the horses dead in the mortem
Spalding, ii. 275.
This is otherwise spelled rnord de ckien.
" Drumcairne reported the debate betwixt Mr.
Fr. mort aux c hi ens, a carcase for the dogs ; from
MORTFUND YIT, part, pa.] Add;
 M O R M
The O.E. v. is evidently the same. cc I morfonde,
as a horse clothe that wexeth styffe by taking of a
sodayne eolde: Je me morfons,—Je morfondis. And
you morfonde your horse, he wyllbe the worse while
he lyueth after ;" Palsgr. B. iii. F. 304, a. V. also F.
373 in I stance for eolde. Tie derives the last part of
the word fromfond-re to melt. Morfondre is still used
in Fr. in the sense given above : and as there is no
evidence of a different orthography, it seems doubt-
ful whether the first syllable has been originally mort3
q. dead.
M O R T F I (f C AIT L I ) . " T h o s e who receive a
severe cold, get what is termed a rriorth () caukl;
which means, their death from cold Gall. Ene.
Fr. mort, death, or C.B. manvyd dying, marth-aw
to become dead.
M O R T - I I E A D , s. 1. A death's head, S.
2 . A large turnip excavated, with the representa-
tion of a face cut through the side, and alighted
candle put within. T h i s is carried about under
night, by mischievous boys, as an object o f
terror, S.
M O R T I F I C A T I O N , 1 s. 1 . T h e act of O O IN mort-
AIVINIR
main, Sbj Add;
English visitors luive soinetimesbeen much puzz 1 ed
by the use of tins term, so different from that with
which they have been acquainted.
" We have lately got a mortification here/ said a
northern burgess to a gentleman from England. ' I
am very sorry for it/ replied the Englishman.—The
other stared, and added, f Yes, a very considerable
mortification ; an old miser died the other day, and
left us ten thousand pounds to build an hospital/
f And call you that a mortification ?' said the stran-
ger.— £ Y e s / replied the Scotchman, f and we think
it a very great one." Sir J. Carr's Caledonian
Sketches, p. 212> 213.
The term lias sometimes afforded scope for the
humour of our own countrymen. V. next article.
MASTER OF M O R T I F I C A T I O N S , an officer in a
buro-hO
who #
has the charge O
of all the funds mor-
tificd to pious uses, S.
cc In one great borough (Aberdeen, if I remember
rightly) there is a municipal officer who takes care
of these public endowments, and is thence called the
Master of Mortifications. One would almost presum e,
that the term had its origin in the effect which such
settlements usually produce upon the kinsmen of
those by whom they are executed." Guy Manner-
ing, ii. 314.
M O R T I F I E R , S. One who gives property in mort-
main, S.
The founder of the charity is—called Mortifier
Sir J. Carr's Caledonian Sketches, p. 212.
M O R T Y M , M O R T O N , S. A species of wild fowl.}
Add;
This is supposed to be the common Martin, Pli-
rundo urbica, Linn.; often called Mertym, So. of S.
M O R T - S A E E , S. A frame of cast iron with
which a coffin is surrounded during five or six
weeks, for the purpose of preventing the rob-
bery o f the grave, Fife.
M O R W Y N G l F T , s. T h e same with Morning
Gift.
18.5
O T
" Our souerane lorcie ratify t»—C<: he :ne ;-a tonic
of parliament confirmit the donatio! m o; isii i oi ;
souerane lady the qwenis drowry & mor rain'/ft.'
Acts Ja. IV. 1503, Ed. 1814, p. 240.
M O S S , s. T h e Eriophorum vaginatum, R o x b . ;
synon. Moss-crops.
ec Early in spring, sheey,, In marshy districts, feed
much upon the Eriophorum raginatum tabbed by the
farmers and their sheobe:\L ^e.-ss." A Surv.
Roxb., p. 108.
MOSS-BLUTER, S. T h e snipe, linxb.
M O S S - C H E E P E R , s. l . T h e Marsh Titmouse J
Add;
2. This term is also used to denote the Tit-lark,
Alauda pratensis, Linn.
<c In descending the Uriocli hill, 1 found the nest of
a titlark, or Moss-cheeper." Fleming's Tour in Arran.
MOSS-BOIL, A fountain in a moss, Gall.
" Moss-boilsfax ge moorland fountains, the sources
of ri vers / ' Gall. Encyel.
.Denominated, most probably, ".Vom their hui/inu
up. Is), hull eballitio, 'bull- v ebibbre.
M o S S C O R M S , s. S i l v e r w e t .1. J Ad,! ;
f c ; - a ! l his e x e r l i a n , be ba:.i.\ ./:.:• / .o ;ave
o n e or t w o wo.v.veo/v/.v, ami a g.-o.m I "•••.•:-b:r, w . b .
which !aa was obliged to hbasbb'." J re wale
oi" l e a h - b e c k , ii. 2b;
Til oss-C HOPS, s. pi. Collon-rta-h. ] A'Id ;
" The chief food of sh< a;; hi 'vaster, is tli'i grass
which tliev reject in summer.—'t ,a "a ea!\ie./; . ;rh: *
food is a plant bearing a white (a.-, a a: : a ' a b ; s. j a i a y
designed Moss-crop.—This is Can a so cfteu
used by Ossian, and other northran bards, in their
descriptions of the beaut\ of women." Fen necnik'.s
Descia Tweedd. Ed. 18 15, p. 53, X.
MOSS-EA'E x, adj. A term applied to trees, which
have been hewed d o w n , ER o v e ' r i b r . AVP, bv I em-
pest or inundation, and grab ably ro\ ered with
'a:oss. as ivnig w here a tue.v.e- has : ecu ibrmed;
(\. ntcss-fitllcn* S. i b
This is pro]>ably the origin of Muss-jaw, in Fiic
used to denote a ruinous building. It may bave re-
ceived this senseonly in a.secondary way, or obb^uely.
M O S S F A W , S. A n y building in a ruinous state,
Fife.
M O S S - H A G , s. Moss-ground that has formerly
been broken up.
" I ne'er gat ony gude by his doctrine, as ye cabl,
but a gude fit o' the batts wi' sitting aiming the wat
moss-hags for four hours at a yoking." Tales of my
Landlord, ii. 107- V. IIAG.
M O S S M I N G U S T , <?. T h e name given in Clydes. to
the Cranberry, Myrtilkis occyccos.
M O S T E D , adj. Crop-eared, Moray.
" The elf-bull is small, coirqiared with earthly
bulls, of a mouse-colour ; moiled (crop-eared) wita
short corky horns." Kortlierii Anthq. p. 405.
Fr. mousse, dulled, blunted, made edgelesse, or
pointlesse Cotgr.
M O T , aucc. v. M a y , S.
I find that the y, occurs in this form in O.E. V . M A T .
MOT, A word, F r .
" Yet I may wryte un mot to your L. quhilk the
 M O IJ
Laird of Loffynorys scheu rues -ayand, That thair
WW deverse of the new sect of the principaiiis that
are in thir partis, that said till him, that 1 wes nocht
qualifier in ressone with Wiilnk, becau.-e he wes cho-
sen Priniat of thair religioun in this reahne, and 1
ures hot ant- mey ne man in ouresta.it ; swa that thair
wes n a n e qiialifiet to ressoune wit!) him bot my Lord
of Sanct Androis." Crosraguell to Abp. of Glasgow,
Keith'.*- Hist. A pp. }>. 1.04.
* M O T P , , -v. A crumb, a very small piece of any
tiling, R o x b .
T o M O T E , v. a. L T o pick motes out o f any
thing, S . ] Insert, as sense
2. Used, b y the vulgar, as a more delicate word
for the act of lousing one's self or another, S.
3. v. n. Metaph. to use means for discovering im-
perfections.
Err ethar is, tpiha list syt down and mote,
Ane vt'hor savaris faltis to spy and note,
Than but offence or fait thame . s e l f to wryte.
Bong. Virg. 485. 42.
M O T T I E , M O T T Y , adj. Abounding in motes, S.
Mottie, full of motes or atoms Gh Sibb.
M O T H E R - B R O T H E R , s. A maternal uncle.
.—" The lordis would in no waves—consent that
the king sould pas in In gland at that time himself, to
vse sick rigour and malice to his mot her-brother" Pit-
scottie's Cron. p. 401.
" Avunculus, the mother-brother Wedderburn's
Vocab. p. 1 1 .
Sw. moderbroder, an uncle by the mother's side.
M O T H E R - S I S T E R , A-. A maternal aunt.
Matertera, the mother-sisterWedd. Vocab. p. 1J.
M ( ) T T V O C H T ) , j M r t adj. Matted. V. MUTT-
VOCII'D.
M O U , -v. T h e notch in the end of the beam, in-
to which the rope used in drawing a plough, is
fastened, Orkn.
M O U - P I N , s. A pin which fastens this rope to the
beam, ibid.
MOUD, A moth, Selkirks.
His coat was tilted about wi' green,
The mouds had Wrought it muckle harm,
The poutches war an ell atween,
The cuff was faldit up the arm.
Hoggs Mountain Bard, p. 1Q3.
The friendly breeze, and nipping frost,
The mouds assail'd ;
And put to rest ilk fretting host,
That had prevail'd.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 83.
Chaucer writes moughte. Alem. modo id.
M O U D I E , M O W D I E , S. A mole, S. V . M O W D I E .
" It's better than lying deep i' the cauld grund
amang moudies and shank banes." Blackw. Mag.
June 1820, p. 288.
I have been at times apt to consider this as an
abbrev. of Moldienmrp, or Moldiwart. But as Su.G.
mullwad has the same meaning, perhaps Moudie is
rather a dimim from this source.
M O T . ' D I E - S K I x , s. A mole's skin.
The shilling moves the prison hold within,
And scorns the limits of the moudy-skin.
Village Fair, Blackw. Mair. Jan. 1821, p. 425.
136
M O XT
u Mole-skin, o f which the purses of the Scottish
peasantry were frequently made. It was reckoned
lucky to possess one." Note.
T o M O V E O F , x\ n. T o descend according to
a certain lineage, in reference to heritable pro-
perty.
" The said personis has erritbecauss thai land the
said James Callirwood lauehfule are to the said vm-
quhile Patric Moffet, of the saidis landis, he nocht
beand lauchfully descendit of the kyne & blucle that
the landis movil of, nouthir of faderis side nor moderis
side." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 14-79, p- 42.
Fr. mouv-oir " a s retever, to hold land o f ; " L.B.
mov-ere, dependere. Defeudis dicitur, quae certis ser-
vitiis sunt obnoxia, et ab alio dependunt; DuCange.
M O U L D - B O A R D , ,9. A wooden board on the
Scottish plough, which turned over the furrow, S.
C( She—endeavoured to counteract the effects it
might produce—by such an education as might put
him above the .slightest thought of sacks £socks
coulters, stilts, mould-boards, or any thing connected
with the servile drudgery of the plough." The
Pirate, i. 72.
T o M O U L I G 1 I , v. n. T o whimper, to whine,
Ayrs.
Isl. moegl-a to murmur, moegl act of murmuring.
Tent, mujjl-en, to project the snout from displeasure
or indignation, to mutter, to murmur ; from muyl,
the mouth. This nearly resembles Moolat, v.
Tr. (bud. nuaduigh-am to become dull, stupid.
M O L L S , MOWI.ES, S. pi. Chilblains ; now vul-
garly denominated Moohj heels.
" Pernio, the mouls." Wedderb. Vocab. p. If),
" The Monde.-,-." Despaut. Cram. B. 7s b.
Monde had been used in O.E. in a general sense.
Moirle soore, [d. e. a sore]. Pustula." Prompt. Parv.
This had been the ancient name. V . M U L E S . The
Dutch seem to view this disease with particular de-
testation, if we may judge from two of the names
given to it, both referring, pike the vulgar designa-
tion, to the heel. These are Kakhielen and Schythielen.
V . Nemnich, vo. Perniones.
* T o M O U N T , v. n. T o make ready, to make
all necessary preparation for setting off, S.
I plays my part, and lats them win aw a',
I mounts, and with them a If what we could ca'.
Boss's Ilelenore, p. 70.
Borrowed, it would seem, from the idea of getting
on horseback, in order to set off on an expedition.
It is often used actively in regard to apparelling
one's self, S. Johns, gives a sense of the v. in E.
though wdthout any example, nearly allied, " to em-
bellish with ornaments." This seems, however, to
respect jewellery and other work of a similar kind.
MOUNTAIN-DEW, A cant term for ITigh-
land whisky that has paid no duty, S.
ec One of the shepherds, who had all come down
from the mountain-heights, and were collected to-
gether, (not without a quech of the mountain-dew, or
water of life,) in a large shed, was sent out to bring
the poor girl instantly into the house." Lights and
Shadows, p. 372.
f<r The spectators and combatants adjourned to the
inn, where bread, cheese, and mountain-dew were li-
 M O U M O W
be rally provided for tliem." Edin. Even. Corn*. Jan.
1821.
M O U N T A I N - M E N , s. pi 1. T h e name given
to those persecuted Presbyterians in Scotland,
who, during the tyrannical reigns of Charles I I .
and his brother James, were under the neces-
sity o f betaking themselves to the mountainous
districts for refuge, and for enjoying the privi-
lege of worshipping G o d according to their con-
sciences, S. ¥. HILL-FOLK.
" You know, said he, my son is come over to me
lately, by whom I heard from my friends in the High-
lands and Lowlands, and have good assurance of as-
sistance from them, as also from those a foot of our
party in Scotland, called the Momitaine Men." Sir
P. Hume's Narrative, p. 22.
2. T h i s distinctive name is still given to those
Presbyterians in this country, who do not ac-
knowledge the lawfulness o f the present civil
government; as adhering to the principles o f
those who disowned the authority o f Charles I I .
and James ; S.
M O U N T I N G , .v. T h e ornamental furniture o f
any piece of dress, S.
" There is a lightness in cloathing as to colour,
mounting as they call it, 8cc. and in dressing of the
body, winch may be seen in these dressings of the
hair, in powderings, laces, ribbon, points, Sec. which
are so much in use with gallants of the time." Dur-
ham, X . Command, p. 363.
In E. mount is used as a v. signifying " to embel-
lish with ornaments/'
T o M O U P , v. 71. T o fall off, to f a i l ; He's be-
ginnin to moup, he begins to fall off, S.
It is more generally applied to the external ap-
pearance, and equivalent to the phrase, He looks
moupil-Uke, He resembles what has been nibbled or
frittered away.
T o MOUPETI, v. a. T o eat in the way o f continued
nibbling, I l o x b . ; a diminutive from Moup, v. a.
M O U R Y , adj. Apparently, mellow, S.
Make the land moury and soft, and open the
same before it be sown with any sort of seed." A .
Napier's New Order of Gooding and Manuring,
Trans. Antiq. Soc. ii. 154.
Su.G. Isl. mior, tener, whence Isk miork-a tenuare;
mor, pulvis minutus; moer arvina; Su.G. mocr mol-
lis ; Teut. mor we, mollis, tener; Sax. moekr; A. S.
maerwa, id.
MOURIE, Gravel mingled with sand in its
natural stratum, Moray.
Isk moer, solumgrumis sterilibus obsitum; G.Andr.
T o M O U T , z;. n. T o moult.] Add ;
It was written mute in O.E. ff I mule as a hauke or
birde dothe his fethers." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 305, b.
M O U T C H I T , M U T C H I T , s. A disrespectful
term applied to children ; similar to smatchet,
Teviotd. Fr. mouschette, a small fly.
T o M O U T E R , v. 7i. T o fret, to fall off in conse-
quence of friction or some similar cause, Loth.
I hesitate whether the term, as thus used, is not
a corr. of E. moulder, as it is applied to friable stones,
rotten wood, Sec.
VOL. II. 137
M O U T H - P O K E , s. T h e bag out o f which a
horse eats his corn ; used b y carters, and sus-
pended from the horse's neck, S.
T o M O U T L E , v. a. T o nibble, to fritter away ;
pron. q. mooile, Clydes. Mout synon. R o x b .
T o M O U Z E , v. n. T o act clandestinely in a
predatory way.
" I would exhort by the way all worthy soul-
chers, who aime at credit, never to give themselves
to mouzc or plunder aside from the armie, lest they
be punished, in dying ignominiously by the hands
of cruel! tyrants." Monro's Exped. P. II. p. 124.
Teut. muys-en, tacite quaerere, abdita magno si-
lentio inquirere; an emblem borrowed from the cat.
M O W , M O U E , S. A heap, a pile, S.] Add;
Palsgrave explains hey-mowe, las de foyne; B. iii.
F. 39, b.
I'le instantly set all my hines to thrashing
Of a whole reeke of corne, which I will hide
Under the ground; and with the straw thereof
I'le stuff the out-sides of my other mowes.
That done, I'le have 'hem emptie all my garners.
Ben. Jonson's Works, i. 83.
The term is used more generally than in E . ; for
we say, a Peat-mow, a rick of peats, as well as Bar-
ley-mow, &c. S. Hence the phrase, " Success to the
Barley-mow
M O W , s. 3. Used in the sense of iest. 1 Add;
O.E. " mowe, a scorne, [ F r . ] move;" Palsgr. B.
iii. F. 49, b.
T o M o w , v. n. T o jest, &c.] Add;
O.E. id. " I mowe (with the mouthe), I mocke
one; Je fays la moue;" Palsgr. B. iii. F. 304, b.
MOW-BAND, S. A halter, Ayrs.
" Mow-band, halter;" Gk Surv. Ayrs. p. 6,92.
Teut. mtiyl-band, capistrum; muyl-band-en, capis-
trare.
M O W B E I R A R I S , s.pi
" That tlier sail he na mowbeiraris upon paine of
sliting of their sheitis, and standing in the Braid-
yeaneCouncil-Book B. of A y r ; A. 15—
As this seems to respect the practice of gleaning
in harvest, the term must denote bearers of heaps,
viz. of ears gathered, to which they might occasion-
ally add handfuls taken from the sheaves; from A.S.
mowe acervus, strues: whence, says Lye, nostra Mow,
acervus foeni, hordei, Sec. As they carried home their
spoil in sheets, part of the punishment consisted in
slitting these, that they might be prevented from again
employing them for the same purpose. V . B R A I D -
YEANE.
M O W C H , s. A spy, an eavedropper.] Add;
This is evidently the same with Mush, as it is now-
pronounced. V . MUSH.
A twisted halter used for curbing
M O W - C U E , S.
a young horse, R o x b .
Perhaps from S. mow, the mouth, or Su.G. 771 id,
id., and kufwa, Isk kug-a, supprimere, subjugare.
M O W D E W A R P , S. A mole, S.
" Let the bishops be mowdewarps; we will lay
our treasures in heaven, where they be safe." Lett
A . Melville, Life, ii. 446, 447-
This seems in its formation a different word from
Modywart, q. v.; being from mold terra, and rveorp-
s
 M U A M
an jactare. It is provincial E.; for Verstegan says,
vo. Awcirpen, " We call, in some parts of England,
a mole, a mouldivarp, which is as much as to say a
cast-earth."
M O W D Y , M O W D I E , M O U D I B , $. A mole, S . A . ,
Dumfr., Gall.
Wi' hungry maw he scoors frae knowe to knowe,
In hopes of food in momdy, mouse, or streaw.
Davidson s Poems, p. 4.
V . what is said, as to the origin, under M O U D I E .
M O W D F E - B I I O D , s. A wooden board on the Scot-
tish plough, which turned over the furrow, now
exchanged for a cast-iron plate denominated a
Fur-side, S.
This is probably a eorr. o f Mould-hoard. V. Mow-
n IE WO IIT- B U11D.
M O U D Y - H F L L A N , ,v. A mole-hill, Gall.
They—round a tammoek wheel, an', fleggin, toss
The inoudy-hdlan to the air in stoor.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 25. V . H I L L A N .
M O W D T E - H I L L O C J C , S. A heap of earth thrown
up by a mole, South o f S.
M O W D I E - H O O P , S. A mole-hill, F i f e ; f r o m i l / o w -
die, a mole, and Teut. hoop, a heap.
MOWDIE-MAN, A mole-catcher, Gall.
" Mowdie-mcn, mole-catchers ;" Gall. Encycl.
M O W B I E W A U K , s. A mole, U p p . Lanarks. V.
MODYWAILT.
MOWDIEWOIIT-BIIIID, .S-. T h e mould-board of a
plough, F i f e ; elsewhere mowdicioai-p-burd; as
throwing up the moldy like a mole.
M O W ! ) I V V A R T , s. A designation improperly
given to a com.
— " My kind master took out from between se-
veral of the hullon-holes In the breast ol" mv great
coat, two gold mon ducat ts, three silver marks, and
several placks and hodles." Perils of Man, p. ,'J0(>.
The Portuguese denomination of a gold coin,
moidor, had been running in the author's head when
he wrote this; for such a term was never applied to
Scotti sh m oney.
M O W E L E , adj. Moveable, Aberd. R e g .
M O W R , .v. " M o c k , jeer, flout;" U p p . Clydes.
Wi' mop an' rnoirr, an' glare an' glowr,
Grim faces girn ower the waves.
Marmaiden of Clyde, Edin. Mag. May 1820.
O.Teut. morre, os cum prominentibus lahris; tnorr-
en, grunnire ; murmurare; tacite stomaehare; Ki-
lian ; q. ce to make mouths." Thus morvr is nearly
allied in sense to E. mop conjoined with it, which is
defined by Johnson, " a wry mouth made in con-
tempt,"
MOZIE, " A moidertdooking person ; a be-
ing with silly i n t e l l e c t s G a l l . Encycl.
M O Z I E , adj. Sharp, acrimonious, ill-natured,
having a sour look, Ayrs.
This would not seem to have any alliance, in sig-
nification, with Mozy. Gael, muiseag is expl. cc threat-
ening," and mosach iC rough, bristly ;" Shaw.
M U A S I C K N E S S , a disease of sheep, Zetk
" The Mua sickness, or rot, is also one of the
diseases with "which the Zetland sheep are affected.
The insects which infest the liver in this complaint,
138
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are often three quarters of an inch in diameter, and
flap vigorously on a table when removed from their
nidus." Echnonstone's Zetk ii. 224.
Norw. moe signifies dampness, moisture, and my,
Dan. mtfg, soft; Isl. miove, tenuis fio.
M U C H T , v. aux. M i g h t , S.O.
Through miles o' dirt they mucM hae struted
As dry's a cork.
Pickens Poems 1738, p. 3Q. V. Mo CUT.
T o M U C K , v. a. 1. T o carry out d u n g , &c.,
S . ] Add;
2. T o lay on d u n g , to manure, S.
But now she's gane to muck the land,
An' fairly dead.
Ruickhic's Wayside Cottager, p. 177.
Isk myk-ia, stercorare, is used in the same sense:
for Haldorson gives it as synon. "with Dan. gioed-ery
S. to gtale, gndin, i. e. to enrich by manure.
Mi;civ, .v. D u n g , S.
I give this term, common to E. and S., merely to
take notice of a coarse, but very emphatical, ex-
pression proverbially used in S., and applied to one
who is regarded as a drone in society, and a burden
to others. Yerejustjil to mak muck a> meal, good for
nothing but to consume food, literally to convert it
into dung. V. Proof under GANGREL, Suppk
MUCK-CREEL, s. A large hamper formerly used
for carrying out dung to the fields, S. This
was sometimes carried b y women on their
backs, to the disgrace of the gallantry o f man;,
at other times b v horses.
<c Ane pair of maker el. is ;" Aberd. Reg. A. 1538,
V . 16. V. HOUGIIAM.
" He will say, I cannot put my hand to such a
worker No, put thy hand to the pleugh, and lead
muck creeles, and goe to the vylest exercise, that is.
rather ore thou win not thy liuing by worke." Pol-
lock on 2 Thes. p. 147.
MUCK-MIDDEN, S. A dunghill.
ff The council 1703, ratifies ane old act, order-
ing the inhabitants, that nane of them sell, on any
pretence, muckmiddins, or foulyie, to any persone
not a burgess or inhabitant of the toun's territories
Ure's Hist. Rutherglen, p. G[).
MucKLE-cifAiit,«9. A n old-fashioned arm-chair, S.
" Mackle-chair, the large arm-chair, common in
all houses, whose inmates revere the memory of
their forefathers." Gall, kncyck
MUCKLE-COAT, S. A great coat, S.
Our goodman came hame at e'en,
And hame came he,
And there he saw a muckle coat,
Where nae coat shou'd be.
Herd's Coll. ii. 174.
'Tis true I have a muckle coal,
But how can I depend on't ?
For ne'er a button's frae the throat,
D o w n to the nether end on't 1
Ruickhic's Wayside Cottager, p. 158.
M U E I C L E - M O U ^ D , adj. Having a wide mouth, S.
—What though her mou' be the maist I hae seen*
—Muclde-mou'd lock hae a luck for their meat.
Hogg's Mountain Bard, p. 63,
MUCKLENESS, S* Largeness in size, S.
 M U G M U
Muc: X L E - W O R T I T , ad). O f great value, S.
To M U D D L E , 'n. T o be busy, &c.] Add;
2. T o be busy in a clandestine way, doing work
although unperceived, Ayrs. ; nearly synon.
with Gr-ubble.
iC 111 gang warily and cannily o'er to Castle Rooks-
borough mysel, and muddle about the root o' this af-
fair till I get at it." Sir A . Wylie, ii. 21.
£( The worthy lawyer—had been for some time in
ill health, and unable to give regular attendance to his
clients at the office, £ symptoms/ as the Leddy said
when she heard it,— r that he felt the eaukl hand
o' death muddling about the root o life." Entail,
ii.
It has been remarked to me, that Muddle and Pud-
dle convey nearly the same idea; with this difference,
that the one regards dry, and the other wet, work.
8. T o have carnal knowledge of a female, S. I n
this sense it occurs in an old song.
T o M U D D L E , v. a. T o tickle a person, while
he who does so at the same time lies on him to
keep him down, Clydes.
This seems allied to Teut. rnoddel-en, fodicare, scru-
tari; as he who tickles another as it were pokes with
h i s finger.
T o M U D G E , v. a. T o move, to stir, S.
" My brither tuke the naig by the head, to lead
him hame.—Nowther fleechan nor whippan could
mak him mudge a fit." Edin. Mag. Sept. 1818,
p. 155.
" Ye may gang,—and lay the black kist F the
kirk-yard hole, but I'll no mudge the ba' o' my m u c -
kle tae in ony sic road." The Entail, i. 30Q.
MUDGEONS, pi. Motions o f the counten-
ance denoting discontent, scorn, &c\, Border,
R o x b . , Renfr.
This is quite a different word from Murgeon, which
is now used to signify expressions of discontent, &c.
by the voice ; although the e. seems to have admit-
ted formerly greater latitude of signification. They
have still been viewed as totally different. Tor Mud-
geon is evidently the same with that anciently writ-
ten Mialyeon, and generally conjoined with it. V.
MUDYEON.
Perhaps it is allied to Isl. moedg-a irritare, mocdgan
irritatio, from Su.G. modira, animi fervor; Moes.G.
mods id., whence rnodags iratus. For what are mud-
gems, but expressions o f the anger or irritation of
the mind, appearing in the countenance ?
M U F F I T I E S , s. A kind of mittens.] Add;
T h e term is used in the same sense, Orkn.
T o M U G , M U G G L E , V. N. T o drizzle, Aberd.
M U G , M U G G L E , S. A drizzling rain, ibid.
M U G G Y , M U G G L Y , adj. Drizzly, ibid.
Isl. mugga, caligo pluvia vel nivalis; ??iygling-r$
caligo cum tenuissimo ningore; Flaldorson.
T o M U G , v. a. T o soil, to defile. Muggm, part,
pr. soiling one's self, using dirty practices in
whatever w a y ; Renfrews.
Dan. moug, soil, dirt; the same with E. muck.
T o M U G , u. a, " T o strike or buck a ball out
from a wall, as is done in the game o f the iuC
bene r Gall. Encycl.
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I
C.B. mwch, hasty, quick ; mwch-iam, to hasten, to
be quick.
M U G G E D , adj. Probably, rough ; as formed
from Gael, mogach, shaggy.
It occurs in " a Prophesie of the Death of the Mar-
quis of Argyll,"—said to be " imprinted at Inverlo-
chie," A. Id 56".
It hath been prophesied of old.
And bv a preacher then foretold,
That rnugiU'd, mantle thou hes on
In pieces shall be rent and torn, &c.
Ap. Lares Memo rial Is, p. 11 7.
M U G G E R , s. One who deals in fcarthen vessels
or mugs, hawking them through the country.
South o f S.
" Now their common appellation is Muggers, 01%
what pleases them better, Potters. They purchase,
at a cheap rate, the cast or faulty articles, at the dif-
ferent manufactories of earthen ware, which they
carry for sale all over the country." Scottish Gypsies,
Edin. Month. Mag. May 1817, p. 157.
M U G G E R , 6a T h e herb properly called Mug-
wort, Ayrs. ; Mvggart, Gall.; Muggert, S.B
cc Muggart, the mug wort :" Gall. Encycl.
M U G G Y , adj. T i p s y , a low word, S., from mvg,
as denoting a drinking vessel.
MUGGIE, T h e hole into which a ball is rolled,
R o x b . ; Capie-hole, Lanarks.
Perhaps from its resemblance to a round vessel, E.
mug. As, however, Su.G. miugg signifies clandes-
tinely, muggie might originally respect the hiding of
the ball in the hole.
T o M U G G I E , V. a. T o put the ball into the hole
M U G G S , s.pl. A particular breed o f sheep.] Add;
cc A pollard, or polled sheep, Scot. A. Mug.—Fan a
longissima, mollissima. Cornutis mitior, delicatior,
morbisque proclivior." Dr. Walker's Essays 011 Nat.
Hist. p. 522.
The characteristic distinction in Galloway would
seem to be different.
" Mngg-sheep, sheep all white-coloured,—lowland
sheep." Gall. Encycl.
C.B. mmyg might seem to correspond with Dr.
Walker's description; "" That is soft or puffed;"
Owen.
M U I R - B A N D , <?. A hard subsoil composed o f
clayey sand impervious to water.
Ck' Some jjimirs] are of a thin poor clay, upon a
bad till bottom; others of a thin surface of peat moss,
wasted to a kind of black light earth, often mixed
with sand, upon a subsoil of impervious till, or a
compacted clayey sand, apparently ferruginous, like
a bad species of sandstone not perfectly lapidified.
This peculiar species of subsoil is provineially called,
Moor-band, and, like the coarse clay or till bottom, is
absolutely impervious to water." Agr. Surv. Berw.
p. 32.
M I L L RE O W L EGG, a species of pear, S.
The Muirfoivl egg is another pear of good quali-
ties, said to be originally Scottish." Neill's Hortic.
Edin. Encycl. p. 212,
M U I R - I L L , MOOK-ILL, A disease of black
cattle.] Add;
 M U L M U M
" Mure-ill, a disorder common among cattle, and
thought to proceed from the animals eating poison-
ous herbs." Gall Encycl.
<f Though he helped Lambside's cow weel out of
the moor-ill, yet the louping-ill's been sairer amang
his this season than ony season before." Tales of my
Landlord, i. 200.
M U I S T , MUST, M u s k , S . ] Add ;— Hence,
M C J I S T - B O X , ,9. A b o x for smelling at, a musk-box.
" Til tell you news, Sirs, I carry a little muist-box
(which is the word of God) in my bosom, and when
I meet with the ill air of ill company, that's like to
gar me swarf, I besmell myself with a sweet savour
of it, and with the name of God, which is as oint-
ment poured out." Mich. Bruce's Lect. &e. p. 6*8.
M U I T H , adj. 1. W a r m and misty, as applied
to the weather. ;£ A muith morning," a close,
dull, warm, foggy morning, R o x b . ; pron. as
Fr. u.
2. Soft, calm, comfortable, ibid.
5. Cheerful, jovial, ibid., Lanarks.
C.B. mwijlh mollis, <e smooth, soft, mwyih-am to
mollify, to soften," Owen,, Teut. moedigh corres-
ponds with Muith, both as signifying soft, and cheer-
ful; lenis; also, animosus. As denoting closeness of
the air, it might seem allied to I si. moeda, obscura-
men, fuligo ; G. Andr.
This is the same with Mooth, S.B., q. v. Both are
pronounced alike.
It assumes the form of Mecth in Aberdeens.
M U K I T L A N D A I T T E S , oats raised from
ground that lias been manured.
— T h r i e chalders vietuall, half heir, half muJut-
land aitles? &c. Acts. Cha. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V". 144.
V . M U C K , V.
M U L D E S , MOOLS, Ǥ?. pi 1. Earth in a pulve-
rized state.] Add;
Now fields convuls'd like dashing waves,
Wild row alang,
And out the ripen d treasure laves
The mools amang.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 37.
" Laid in the mouls, means laid in the grave." Gl.
Antiquary.
T o M U L E , Moor,, v. n. 3. T o mule in with one.]
Add;
And there will be Al aster Sibbie,
Wha in mi black Betsy did moot.
Bhjlhsome Bridal, Herd's Coll ii. 24.
MULIE, adj. Full of c r u m b s ; or of earth broken
into very small pieces, Clydes.
M U L I N E S S , s. T h e state of being full o f crumbs,
&c., ibid.
M U L E , s. A m o u l d ; as, a button-mule, S.; corr.
from the E . word.
M T J L E S , s. pi Kibes, chilblains.] Add;—South
of S.
" Mules, Moolie heels, childblains j" Gl. Sibb. V.
M O O LIE H E E L S .
MULETTIS, pi Great mules.
—Syne to Berwick on the morne,
Uhair all men leueh my lord to scorne;
Na mulettis thair his coffer is caries.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 328,
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Er. mulct, £C a great mule ; a boast much used in
France for the carriage of sumpt.ers," (See. Cotgr.
M U L I N , M o o i . i N', AI CLOCK, s. A crumb. j Add,-
c£ He's blawing his moolins ;" a proverbial phrase.
Loth. ; which signifies that a man is on his last legs,
that he is living on thi? last remnants of his fortune.
This is borrowed from the practice of boys, par-
ticularly of herds, who after they have eaten the piece
of oat-bread, which the\ had carried to school, or to
the field, take out the crumbs and blow the dust from
them, that thev may eat these also. Add to etymon;
C.B. nnrhcc, jinchrg, refuse, sweepings ; from anvl,
a mass, a lump. ftal. inolcmi, a crumb of bread.
M U L L I G R U M PI I S,.v./,/. In the nialligrumphs,
sullen, discontented, sulky, R o x b .
Waes n e, the mtdii^rumph-s she's taVn,
An' toss'd him wi' a vengefu' wap
Frae. out her silk ^aft downy hap.
A. Salt's I'ucms IS! I, p. 1<).
A variety of the low F. term mulligrubs ; with this
difference that the last, syllable seems to refer to the
grunting of a sow as an expression of ill humour.
M U L L 1 S , .v. A kind of slippers. ] Add;
i : l i e had no coat, but a. pair oi'black brooks, white
socks, and a pair of ^/oo/.von his feet." Spalding, ii. 2 1 8.
Mules still denotes slippers, Lpp.Clydes. Y . M U L I S .
M U X , L O C I I, ,v. " T h e crumbled offal of a peat-
stalk Gl. Surv. Moray.
This must be merely a determinate sense of Mu-
lock, a crumb ; q. the crumbled remains of a peat-
stack. V . M U L I N , M U L O C K .
M U L R E I N , s. T h e Frog-fish, Frith o f Forth.
" Lophius piscatorius, (L. Europaeus of Dr. Shaw);
Frog-fish; Toad-fish ; Mulrein.—Here it is named the
Mulrein, or Mareillen ; sometimes the MerlinAlsh."
NeilTs List of Fishes, p. 23.
From the description of this fish, we might suppose
the name to have been formed from Isl. mule, os pro-
cerum ac eminens rostrum, and raen-a rapere, q. the
fish that snatches with its mouth. This corresponds
with another of its vulgar names, Wide-gab, q. v.
MUM, A mutter, S . B . ] Add;
£C Let none pretend the gospell of Christ to their
idlenesse : fy on the mouth that speaks of Christ, and
then is out of all calling and idle; speake not one word,
or one mum of Christ, if thou hast not a calling and
be exercisde therein." Eollock on 2 Thes. p. 140.
I'll wad my head,
A t the neist courting bout, but y e l l come speed.
But wha wad hae you, whan ye sit sae dumb,
And never open 111011' to say a mum ?
Ross's Ilelenore, p. 37-
M U M C H A I R T I S . ] Add;
An intelligent correspondent asks; tc May not this
mean the same as E. whist, so named from the silence
observed during the game," q. the silent cards?
Urquhart translates, A la chance, one of the games
played by Gargantua, " A t the chance or mum chance!'"
Rabelais, p. 94?.
T o M U M G E (g soft), v. n. T o grumble, to
f r e t ; generally applied to children, when any
request is refused, R o x b .
" Gae away when I bid ye—What are ye mumgin
at?" Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 5. V. T o M U N G E .
M U M M ' D , part. pa. T i n g l i n g ; used to denote
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that disagreeable sensation which one has in the
I lands, when one warms them too quickly after
being very cold, Berwicks.
It seems merely a corruption of E. benumbed.
M U M N E S S , s. T h e state of being benumbed,
want o f feeling in any part o f the b o d y , L o t h .
T o M U M P , v. ii. T o speak in an affected style,
and so to disguise tlie words, in attempting fine
pronunciation, that they can scarcely be under-
stood, Ettr. For.
T o M U M P , v. a. 1. Apparently signifying to
mimic in a ludicrous way.
ec He nodded his head, and said to himself c Now,
if I hae nae mumpit the minister, my name's no John
Gray o' Middleholm." Hogg's Wint. Tales, i.
2 . " T o hint, to aim a t ; ^ G h Shirrefs.
This is often used in the proverbial phrase;
ken your meaning by your mumping; S. Kelly gives
it in an E. form, with know, adding ; I know by
your motions and gestures what you would be at, and
what you design/' P. 188.
T o M U M P , r. n. T o hitch, to move by suc-
cussation, R o x b . Hence,
M U M P - T H E - C T I D D I E , S. A play of children, in
which they sit on their hunkers or hams, with
a hand in each hough, and, retaining this posi-
tion, hop or bitch forward ; he who arrives first
at the fixed goal gaining the prize ; Iloxb.
This is nearly the same with what is elsewhere
called Dancing Curcuddie. V. C U E C U D D O C I I .
Although the termination be the same, it would
seem, in the South, to have some reference to the
Cuddie or ass.
M U M P , S. A " whisper, surmise." G L . Surv.
Ayrs. p. 693.
T o M I J M P L E , v. n. " T o seem as if going to
v on lit A G all. E n cy c 1.
This may be corr. from C. !E num y;'ud, to speak
from the throat; as one might IK: said to do who
reaches from nausea. Or it may be a dimim from
Mump, as signifying to make faces.
M U N , M u x x , s. A short-hafted spoon.] Add;
—Donald, tir'd wi lang-kail in a mun,
At's ain fire side, long'd for the slipp'ry food
A n d dainty cleading o' some unken'd land.
Davidson s Seasons, p. 12.
M U N , s. A small and trifling article, U p p . Clydes.
C.B. mwn, a separate particle; mon, a point.
MUN, Used for man ( h o m o ) , Clydes.> Renfr.
T o M U N G E j v. ri. T o mumble, to grumble; to
gae mourighH about, to g o about in bad humour,
Ettr. For., R o x b . ; sometimes Munch, R o x b .
Allied perhaps to Su.G. mums-a, incertum man-
ducare ; as a mumbling sound might be supposed to
resemble the feeble and munching action of the jaws,
where teeth are wanting. Perhaps it is a Border re-
lic of the Northumbrian Danes. For Dan. umnd-
hugg-es signifies to scold, to quarrel, and ?nundhitggen
is expl. by Baden, lixa, jurgium, lis, contentio. C.B.
mmngial, however, mentioned above, not only sig-
nifies to speak from the throat, but also to mutter, to
speak indistinctly.
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Munger is expl. " to mutter to one's self, or mur-
mur ; Shropsh." Grose.
M U N Y M E N T , MUNIMENT, A legal docu-
ment or writ in support o f any claim ; an old
forensic term.
— " The ryehtis, resones, muni)mentis, & instru-
mentis of the sade Margretis herd, sene, 8c vnder-
standin; The lordis auditoris decretis," 8cc. Act.
Audit. A. 1482, p. 102.
" And all sic parteis tocum within the realme,
bringing with thame thair ryehtis, bullis, writtis, and
munimentis." Acts Ja. IV. 1498, Ed. 1814, p. 253.
L.B. muntmina, privilegia, praecepta, diplomata
principum pro ecclesiis et in earum favorem, quod
iis eae miiniantiir ad versus invasores bonorum eccle-
siasticorum. Munimentiim, Vocabular. utriusque ju-
ris ; miinimenia dicuntur probationes et instrumenta
I quae causam muniunt. Chart, ap Rymer. an. 1881 ;
D u Cange.
Fr. munimens, "justifications of allegations in law;"
Cotgr.
T o M U N K , v. a. T o diminish, so as to bring
any thing below the proper size, Upp. Clydes.;
Scrimp is given as synon. ; corr. perhaps front
M ank.
C.B. man, small.
M U N K I E , s. A small rope, with a loop or eye
at one end, for receiving a bit of wood, called a
Jcnool, at the other; used for binding up cattle
to the sta-treC) or stake in a cow-house, Mearns.
Gael, muince a collar, from muin the neck. Muin-
giall is also mentioned by Shaw, as, according to his
belief, signifying ee the headstall of a bridle." C.B.
myngei, mungei, a collar; nmnwg, the neck.
M U N K R I E , .sa A monastic foundation, a mo-
nastery. V. MoNK III E .
M U N K S , ,sa A halter for a horse, Fife.
For the origin of this word V. M U N K I E .
M U N N , .sa 4t A n old person with a very little
face E Gall. Encycl.
Mactaggart views it as allied to Munn, in Cutty-
miin, a short-shanked spoon. But more probably it
is corr. from Gael, muigeiu, a surly little fellow.
M U N S , s.pl. T h e hollow behind the jaw-bone,
Ettr. For.
This seems originally the same with Munds, as de-
noting the mouth. The Goth, terms had been used
with considerable latitude, as Isl. and Su.G. viunne
denotes an opening of any kind ; foramen, orificiuni,
ostium.
MUNSHOCK, T h e name given to the red
Bill-berry, or Yitis Idaea, by those who live in
the Ochill hills.
Gael, moin a mountain, or moine a moss. Subh de-
notes a f erry.
M U N T E R , s. A watch or clock of some kind.
" All—clocks, watches, and munters, boots and
shooes, shal be given up by the merchant-sellers there-
of, under—declaration to the commissioners," &c«
Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 152.
Fr. moustre, montre, £C a watch or little clock that
strikes not;'" Cotgr.; from monstr-er, montr-cr, to
shew, because it points out the time,
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MUPETIGAGE, A fondling compellation
addressed lo a child, Ea.->t Loth.
Fr. won petit i w e , ({. my little pledge.
M U P t D i E - G R F P S , -v. ]/!. T h e belly-ache, a
cc-iic, L p p . Clyde-.
Either from Fr. mord-rc, and O.Fr. grip-cr, both
shrndVing to gnaw, to pinch ; or the first part of the
word may be nun i de, q. " ready to die with grip-
ing p-iin."
M F R 1 ) R E S A R , .?. il A large cannon.] Add;
I find that 1 am mistaken in my conjecture, that
murdresar may be a corr. of Germ, morscr, a mortar;
as it corresponds with Fr. meurtricre, a a murdering
peeee Cotgr. Murthesers are mentioned by Grose,
in reference to the reign of Edw. VI., Milit. Hist-
i. 402, 403.
M U I I E - B U H X , A'. 1 . T h e act of burning moors,
kc.\ Add;
£i When aaiy tiling like bad news spreads fast, we
say, c It goes like murdrumGall. Kncycl.
Mctaph. strife, contention.] Add;
Ci Muirburn, a contest, dispute ;" Gl. Picken.
MURE-ILL, V. MUIE-ILL.
M U R I S I I , ^ / / . O f or belonging to mure or heath, S.
" The murish soil in East Lothian is of consider-
able extent." Agr. Surv. E. Loth. p. 283.
M U R E - L A I N D , S. T h e higher and uncultivated part
of a district, opposed to Dale-land, S.
M U R E - L A K D E R , S. A n inhabitant of the higher
and uncultivated ports of a district, S . ; also
ATurc-tnictu Clydes.
M I ; U I > S ! C I C \ ' K S S , .V. A wasting disorder which
af'acks sheep, Shell.
c- A pining, or wasting, provincially called the
moors} r/v/c.v.s, aiieet s sheep, cine fly in autumn, though
also at ail other seasons. The cure for this disease
is taking the sheep to good fresh grass ; if on a lime-
stone; bottom, so much the better/' Agr. Surv. Shetl.
p. 66.
M U R G E O N , 5. 1. A murmur, &c., S . ] Add
8. Murgeons, violent gestures or twistings of the
body, Ettr. For.
As Fr. morguef signifies to make a sour face, to
make strange mouths, here there is merely a transi-
tion from the face to the body.
M U R K I N , adj. Spoiled by keeping, applicable
to grain, Shetl.
Isl. morkbin murcus, morkna murcus fio, putresco ;
Haldorson. Su.G. murken, id.
M U R K L E , <9. A term o f reproach or contempt,
Fife.
Then but he ran wi' hasty breishell,
An' laid on Hab a badger-reischell:
Gae tae ye'r wark, ye clernan murkle,
An' ly nae there in hurkle-durkle." MS. Poem.
Tent, mark el-en grunnire ; murmurare, mussitare.
T o M . U R L E , v. n. T o moulder.] Add ; Ayrs.
— T h a t sic guicl auld stoops o' our kintra lan-
guage- soud be buriet few kens wharefor ne'er a
th '"ijucli-stiine marks out whare they're murling wi'
their mither clay." Ed. Mag. Apr. 1821, p. 352.
And to etymon ; Mrvrl also signifies, a crumbling
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M L R L O O i i , ,9. E x p l . the young piked d o g -
fish.j Add ;
i o b s e r v e that m y ingenious friend M r . N e i l l v i e w s
this as the Squalu- M u l l e i n - . " S. Mustelus. Smooth
Hound ; MurlochA List of Fishes in the Frith of
F o r t h , p. 24.
M U R M E L L , .9. Murmuring.
And, for to save us fr a murmcll,
Schone Diligence fetch us Gude Counsell.
Scot. Poems, Reprint. ii. 223.
Mr. Chalmers says that this is " for murmur, to
suit the rhyme ;" Gk Lynds. But the word is O.Fr.
Murmel-er ; murmurer, m arm otter, parler indistinct-
merit; murmurare ; Roquefort.
M U 1 1 M L E D , adj. A man or beast is said to be
murmled ahont thejeet, when going lame, L o t h . ?
S . A . ; sometimes murbled.
Probably from A.S. maerira, Su.G. wocr, Teut.
me nee, munve, Germ, •murb, tener, mollis, q. made
tender. Teut. jnonven moll ire.
\\ is hi^hh. p r o b a b l e , h o w e v e r , that it: mav ha- iron*
the O.K. word " mtmnudl, a sore," expl. bv Fr. loup,
Pal>gr. iii. F. 4f). T h i s s h o u l d p e r h a p s be loupe,
w h i c h C o t g r . r e n d e r s " a i l e g m a t i c k e luiupe, w e n n e ,
b u n c h , or s w e l l i n g o f flesh under the throat, bchlie..
<Sce. ; also a little one on the wrist, j'cct, or other joint,
gotten by a blow whereby a sinew being wrested
rises, and grows hard." Skinner expl. it gangraeria,
q. malum mortuum sen mortificans.
T o M U R M U L L E , MURMOWR, V. A. 1. T o ca-
lumniate b y secret reflections.
" Giff onymaner of personne munnuris ony Juge
temyjorale or spirituale, als Weill lordis of the Ses-
sioune as vtheris, and previs nocht the samin suffi-
cient! ie, he salbepvnist in semblable manor and sort
as the said Juge or persoune quliam he murmu?ds.3P
Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 1814, p. 374.
2. T o complain upon.
" The tounne is hauely Qieavily] murmowrit be
the landmen, that the wittell byaris of the merkatt
scattis thame grytlie," &c. Aberd. Reg. V. SCATT, x\
Fr. murnatr-er, " to repine at, or gainesay between
the teeth Cotgr.
M U R P F I Y , S. A cant term for a potatoe, sup-
posed to have been introduced from Ireland,
Lanark s.
T o M U R ll,v.n. T o purr, as a cat.] Add; Selkirk^.
Though the priest alarmed the audience,
An' drew tears frae mony een,
Sandy heard a noise like baudrons
Murrin' i' the bed at e'en !
Hoggs Mountain Bard, p. 157-
Teut. murr-cn, morr-en, grunnire, murmurare, Su.G,
murr-a mussitare.
M U R R I C K , s. E x p l . as signifying an esculent
root, or vegetable, Shetl.
I find that Isl. mura signifies radix argentina, Sil-
ver-weed or Wild Tansey, Potentilla anserina. Whe-
ther this be meant, I cannot determine. Perhaps it
is the same with Mir rot, a carrot, q. v., in Sw. ?nar*
rot. The S. name of Sil ver-weed is Moor-grass.
M U R R L I N , <9. " A verv fro ward child. ever
whining and i l l - n a t u r e d G a l l . Encycl.
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Apparently a tlimin. from one of the verbs men-
tioned under Murr, as signifying to murmur.
M U R R O C H , s. A designation given to shell-
fish in general, A y r s .
Gael, maorach, shellfish; perhaps from muir, the sea.
Murac denotes one species, the murex or purple-fish.
C.B. morawg, <: that belongs to the sea ;" Owen.
H U R T , s. A lamb-skin before castration-time,
Teviotd. Y. H U R L I N G .
T o M U R T I T E R , v. n. T o murmur softly as a
child, U p p . Clydes.
M U S C I T E , adj.
u Ane of plane blak taffetie. Ane of blak niusche
taffetie." Inventories, A. 1 578, p. 228.
Cotgr. expl. la j] el us jnousckelr, cf tuftuffata, or tuf-
ted taffata." This is most probably the sense, as
"blak musche taffetie" is distinguished from that which
is "plane blak." In Diet. Trey., however, we find
mouche defined as signifying a patch of black taffeta
worn by ladies on the face, tin petit morceau de
taffetas noil* que le Dames mettent sur leur visage
pour ornement, on pour faire paroitre leur teint plus
blanc. It might thus signify that kind of taffeta usu-
ally worn for patches.
M U S ( . ) I f 1 T , part. pa. Signifying, notched, or
spotted.
Certane pecis of masehcl arming furing." In-
ventories, A. 1578, p. 231.
If the former be the sense, it is from the v. Mash,
q. v. It may, however, denote armine with spots ;
from Fr. mouschete, part. pa. of the v. ?nouschet~er, to
spot; ce to powder, or diversifie with many spots of
sunclrie, or the same,colours,especially black;" Cotgr.
M U S C H I N P R AT,<9. A great or important deed;
used ironically; as, " T h a t is a miischinprat
Fife.
It had been originally applied to an improper ac-
tion ; Fr. mechanl, bad, and. prat, q. v.
M U S E - W O B , s. A spider's web. V. M O O S E W E B .
M U S H , s. One who goes between a lover and his
mistress, &e.] Add;
This word is undoubtedly from Fr. mousche, mouehe,
properly a fly, from Lat. musc-us; also used to de-
note " a spie, eave-dropper, informer, promooter;"
Cotgr. Hence the v. mousch-er, " to spy, pry, sneake
into corners, thrust his nose into every thing;" ibid.
Mouche, se dit fig u rem en t d'un Espion, de celui
qui suit un autre pas a pas. Explorator. Entre les
Sergens il y en a mi qui fait la mouche, qui suit tous
les pas de celui qui veulent prendre, et qui marque
sa pist an coin de tous les rues ou il passe; e'est
dela qu'on a dit, ime fine mouche; pour dire, un
homme, qui a de la finesse, de 1'habilite, pour attraper
les autres. II y avoit a Athenes one courtisane qui
s'appelloit Mouehe ; et en se joiiant sur son noin, on
lui reprochoit qu'elle piquoit, et qu elle sucoit ces
arnans jusqn' au sang-—Est aussi un jeu d'E coders,
ou l'un d'eux, choisi au sort,fait la mouche, sur qui
tous les autres trap pent, comme s'ils la vouloient
chasser. Diet. Trev.
The gooxl fathers seem disposed to deduce the
term, as figuratively used, from the Athenian cour-
tezan. But the source of this derivation seems rather
to have a strong resemblance of the legendary tales
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of the monastery. A fly, being still in motion, and
buzzing from place to place, the term, denoting it,
seems to be properly enough transferred to a spy,
because of the unremitted activity required in one
who sustains this despicable character.
Hisp. nwsca, corresponding with Fr. mousche, is
the designation given to one of those spies used with-
in the Inquisition, who endeavour to gain the confi-
dence, and to discover the secrets, of the prisoners,
that they may betray them to their persecutors. Tra-
vels of St. I,eon, iii. 222.
M U S H , M u t t e r i n g ; Neither hush na mush,nei-
ther a whisper nor the sound of muttering, A n g .
This seems evidently allied to Isk musk-ra urns-
si to, niusk-ur mussitatio, G.Andr.; muskr, id. Lex.
Haldorson.
T o M U S H , x\ a. T o cut out with a stamp, to
nick or notch, to make into flounces. It is
commonly applied to grave-clothes, S.
His clothes were all mustid,
And his body lay streek'd. Old Song.
YY.mouschel-er, " to pinke, or cut with small cuts,"
Cotgr. ; also, mouche, curtailed ; id. V. M U S C H E T .
MUSH, A nick or notch, that especially which
is made by scissars, ibid.
M U S H I N F O W , adj. Cruel, W . Loth.; perhaps
q. mischa?it-fo7ch
M U S I I O C H " " (gutt.), " A heap o f grain,
thrashed out and laid aside in a corner for seedy"
Gall. Encycl.
Shall we view this as a derivative from Musk, a
confused heap ; or as allied to Gael, mosach rough,
bristly, mosan, rough trash, such as chaff, &e. ?
MUSIIOCH-IIAPES, pi. Ropes for surrounding
grain, Gall.
Tins grain is confined into as small a bulk as
possible, by surrounding it with mushoch-rapes, thick
ropes twi*ied on purpose." J bid.
M U S I C K E i l . s. A musician, S.O.
—kk 'Idie shout got up t'nat the musickers were
coming." The Kntail, ii. 2
M r s k , s. a pulp ?
Boil all these very well, till the grain is reduced
to a musk ; and keep the kettle or caldron covered."
Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 146.
M U S K , s. A confused heap, Galloway.
" Musk—a vast of matters tossed together, such
as straw, grain, hay, chaff, &c." Gall. Encycl.
Perhaps from Fr. musse, "da privy hoord,—an odd
nook to lay a thing out of the way in Cotgr.
Isk mosk, however, comes very near the sense given
in the definition : Acus, quisquiliae, palea; item,
pulvis ; Haldorson.
M U S K , 8: I t would appear that this term was
formerly used in S. as denoting moss.,, and synon,.
with modern j'og\
:c Muscus, musk orjog of walls or trees ;" Despaut.
Gram. D. 4, !>.
Evidently from the Lat. word, or Ital. mosc-o, id.
6i Brose made from muscles.
M U S S L E - B R O S . E , S.
These shell-fish are boiled in their own sap,
and this juice, when warm, is mingled with oat-
m e a l " Gall, E n c y c l
 M IT T M U Z
To MUST, MOUST, v. a. To powder, S. M U T H E R , s. A term denoting a great num-
Ye good-fbr-naething souter hash, b e r ; as, <c a miither o beasts," a great drove o f
Tho* musled is your carrot pash, cattle; 44 a muthcr o folk," & c . ; sometimes mur~
Tell nie, I say, thou Captain Flash,— ther, Fife ; rnijler, Perths.
What right ye ha'e to wear this sash ? Teut. mijte strues, meta. Gael, mothar, a tuft of
May tie's Siller Gun, p. 66. trees. Or shall we trace it to Teut. madder, still sig-
" Sae I ge'd my \va' hame, musled my head, and nifying puddle, modder-en to draw up the mud ; or
made ready a clean oerly, my purlt handit sark, a from Sax. molder, a sort of dry measure, as expressive
staff an' a blew bonnet." FL Blyd's Contract, p. 4. of quantity ?
" Can ye say wha' the carle was wi' the black coat M U T I N G , s. Apparently, assembly, meeting.
and the mousted head wha was wi' the Laird of Cairn- All thair dansis and play
vreckan?" Waverley, ii. 197- Thay movit in their mad muting.
" 11 out aw a', ye auld gowk,—would ye creesh his Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 386.
bonny brown hair wi' your nasty ulyie, and then A.S. mut conventus. V . M U T E , .V.
moust it like the auld minister's w i g ? " Antiquary, MUTTER, T h e same with Multure, S.
L 229- " Midler, the miller's fee for his melders ; if the
To M U S T E R , n. T o talk with exceeding melder be six bolls, the mutter is about the fortieth
volubility, Clydes. p a r t ; " Gall. Encycl.
M U S T E K , <?. Excessive loquacity, ibid. M U T T I E , .v. T h e name given to the vessel,
M U S T E K E R , ,?. A n incessant talker, ibid. used in a m i l l , for measuring meal, L o t h . Its
Perhaps allied to Flandr. ??ruyster-en perscrutari, contents amount to half a stone webdit. o
inquirere; loquacity being frequently the adjunct of It seems allied to Su.G. malt a measure ; Alem.
great curiosity. mutlu, id. Fr. muid, a measure of wine.
M U T C H , s. 1 . A cap or coif, &c.] Add; M U T T YOCFIT), M O T T Y O C H T ) , part. adj. Mat-
2. I t seems also to have been occasionally used to ted, Galloway.
denote a nightcap for a man. " When sheaves of corn grow together, after be-
" Fie had on his head a white pearled mutch ; he ing cut in moist weather, we say that they are mut-
had no coat, but a pair of black breeks, white socks, tyoch'd, or matted together;" Gall. Encycl.
and a pair of mools on his feet. Thus is he and John I can scarcely think that this is from E. mat. It
Logie brought to the scaffold." Spalding, ii. 218. has very much of a Celtic apperance; and may be
MUTCH-CAP, A night-cap, R o x b .
either from Gael, maothuigh-am to moisten, as refer-
N I G H T - M U T C H , S. A night-cap for a female, S.
ring to the cause ; or from meadaigh-am to grow, as
Mutches called night mutches, of linning plane, regarding the effect. Multaiche, Ir. vail aid he, how-
the dozen, l . s . " Rates, A. 1 (> 11. ever, signify ineuldhiess, which may have been the
The same article affords a proof of the length to original idea connected with the term. C.B. mwylhach
which luxury in dress bad been carried, in our coun- denotes the state of being puffed up; from mivyth-aw,
try, in this early period. For it follows : to mollify, to soften, evidently allied to Gael, maoth-
"Night in ut dies emb r o u der e d w ith silke and goulde, idgh-am.
the peece vi. 1." " Night mutches embroudered MUTTLE, A small knife, Shetl.
with gould and silver, the peece xii. 1." Perhaps q. murtlc, from Isl. mora, cultellus, also
Thus it appears that some ladies had been willing to knifmora.
pay twelve pounds Scots of mere duty for a nightcap. M U T T O N , s. A sheep ; F r . mouton, a wed der.
M U T C H K I N - S T O U P , S. T h e vessel used for mea- —<<r Sic derth is rasit in the countrie, that ane mut-
suring a mutchkin, or English pint, S. ton buck is deirar and flu* surmountis the price of
That ?nutcI/ken-stoup it hads but dribs, ane boll of quheit." Acts Ja. V I . 1 5 9 2 . V . B U C K .
Then let's get in the tappit hen. T o M U Z Z L E , v. a. T o mask.
Herd's Coll. ii. 227. They danced along the kirk-yard, Geillie Dim-
M U T E , M O O T , S. A whisper, Fife. V . M U T E , can playing on a trump, and John Flan, muzzled,
t'., to articulate, &c. Add to etymon ; led the ring." Newes from Scoth 1591. Law's
Teut. muyt-en, susurrare. Mem or. Pref. xxxvii. V. M U S S A L , V.
M U T H , adj. W a r m , cheerful, &c. V. M U I T H .

N .

i\r appears, in the Goth, dialects, as often holding a transition from one language to another, although
merely the place of a servile or redundant letter. In unknown in the original language ;or in the same lan-
many instances it has been inserted in words making guage in the lapse of ages. Thus Teut. blinck-en cor-
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Yn scare, appears also as blick-en, id. Some have traced
Germ, blinck-en, to winck, to the v., as signifying
to shine: and indeed, the idea is not unnatural, as
tlie brightness of the light of the sun often so affects
the organ of vision, as to cause winking. But Hire,
with more verisimilitude, deduces Su.G. blink-a nic-
tare, from blig-a, intends oculis aclspicere. For,"
be says, ce what does he who winks, but frequently
shut and again open his eyes for a more distinct view
of objects ?"
T o N A A G , v. a. T o tease. V . N A G G .
T o N A B , v. a. T o peck, D u m f r . ; perhaps from
ncb^ the beak ; as Serenius defines Peck, v.,
Hack a rued ruiebben.
N A B , s. A smart stroke, Ettr. F o r . , Gall.
" Ane o' them gave me a nab on the crown that
dovered me." Perils of Man, iii. 416*.
" Nab, a blow 011 the head;" Gall. Encycl. V.
K N A P , .9. i d .
N A C A D E E D I , a phrase used in Orkn., as
equivalent to c£ I will not.""
Perhaps by a transposition, q . N o indeed, quoth I."
N A B B L E , s. " A narrow-minded, greedy, la-
borious person Gall. Encycl.
This, I suppose, is from the lleb. name Nabal,
which, from the character given of the man in scrip-
ture, is a designation pretty generally conferred 011 a
covetous person, S. Hence also,
N A B A L I S I I , adj. Covetous, griping, S.
N A C K E T , s. 1. A small cake or loaf, R o x b .
2 . A luncheon, ibid. ; a piece of bread eaten at
noon ; the same with Nockit, Galloway.
A hurly burly now began,
An' cudgels loud were thumpin—
The gazing crowd together ran
O'er cranes o' nackets jump in.
Davidsons Seasons, p. 78. V. K N O C K I T .
<rf Poor Triptolemus—seldom saw half so good a
dinner as his guest's luncheon.—She could not but
say that the young gentleman's nackei looked very
good." The Pirate, i. 254—5.
Denominated, perhaps, from its being made up as
a small parcel, to be carried by one in travelling.
5. A small cake or loaf baked for children, R o x b .
N A C I V E T I E , adj. Particularly expert at any
piece o f nice work, R o x b . ; synon. Nick-
nackie.
N A C E I E , -9. " A loaf o f bread Gl. Picken.,
Ayrs. V. N A C K E T .
N A C K S , K N A C K S , N A I T K S , s. pi. A disease to
which fowls are subject, in consequence o f hav-
ing taken too hot food, as warm porridge, &c.
R o x b . , Loth. I t causes severe wheezing and
breathlcssness, resembling the croup in children.
The same account is given of its symptoms as of
those of the pip in E . ; as " a horny pellicle," re-
sembling a seed, " grows on the tip of the tongue."
The vulgar cure in Loth, is to smear the nostrils
with butter and snuff.
NAUKIE, adj. Asthmatical, short-winded; as,
" Fie wheezes like a naukie hen ibid.
Teut. knoke, callus, tuber; or Isl. gnak-a striclere,
gnalc stridor, from the noise caused by this disease,
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A I
as the E. name pip is deduced from Lat. pip-ire, and
Fr. pi-pic id. from pep-ier, to peep.
N A D K I N , s. 1. T h e taint which meat acquires
from being too long k e p t ; Natkin, icE, Roxb.
2. A n y close, or strong and disagreeable o d o u r ;
as, " Jock's brought in a natkin wE him," ibid,
I,otin, Clydes.
3. It is applied to a taste o f the same kind, ibid.
As it may have originally denoted a damp smell,
it may be allied to Teut. nut moist, nalheyd moistness.
Perhaps Knaggim is originally the same.
N A E G A I T 7 adv. In no wise, S.
N A E L I N S , adv. Used interrogatively, Aberd.
NAFFING, Frivolous chat or prattle, S.
V. NYAFF.
T o N A G , v. a. T o strike smartly, Lanarks.
Perhaps merely a corr. of E. knack, q. to strike so
as to make a sharp noise. I scarcely think that it is
formed from A.S. gnaeg-an, Su.G. gnag-a, Sec. sig-
nifying to gnaw.
T o N A G , v. n. T o gibe, to taunt; to attack
in a taunting way, to tease with unkind reflec-
tions ; as, " He's aye naggin at ane Loth.
Naag> id., Shell.
This at first view might seem originally the same
with the v. Knack, to taunt, q. v. But we must cer-
tainly trace it to Dan. nagg-er, i£ to torment, to vex,
to fret, to mortify," Sec. Wolff. This use seems bor-
rowed from the idea of gnawing. This is the primary-
sense given of the v. by Baden ; Rodo, eorrodo. The
sense of the term in Shetl. affords a presumption that
it is from the latter origin. Perhaps we might add, Isl.
nagg, vilis et taediosa contentio. Haldorson gives
nagg-a as not only signifying c outer ere, affricare. but
litigare ; and expl. nagg—vilis et taediosa contentio.
N A G G I E 3 s. A cup, Lanarks. This is evi-
dently a corr. of E . noggin.
N A G S , 6". pi. A particular game at marbles or
taw, in which the loser is struck a certain num-
ber of times on the knuckles by the other play-
ers, with their bowls, Aberd.
Probably from Teut. knack-en, confringere.
NAG, s. A stroke at the play of Nags, Aberd.
N A Y , adv. Tyrwh. remarks that this cc seems to
be used sometimes as a noun. It is no nay ; It
cannot be denied."
Heir is ryaltie, said Rauf, aneuch for the nan is,
With all nobilnes an o urn it, and that is na nay.
Pa iff Coil year, C. iij. b.
This world is not so strong; it is no nay,
As it hath ben in olde times yore.
Chaucer, Clerkes Talc, v. 9015.
N A I G , s. 1. A riding horse, S.] Add;
The ladies came out with two gray plaids, and gat
two work naigs, which bore them into Aberdeen."
Spalding, ii. 183.
T o N A I G A W A \ v.n. T o move like a horse, or nag,
that has a long, quick, and steady pace, Fife.
The most probable origin of naig or nag, as de-
noting a horse, is Isl. hnegg-ia, A.S.hnaeg-an to neigh,
Su.G. gnegg-a, id.
N A I L , s. A particular pain in the forehead, S.
Teut. naeghel in d' ooghe, pterygium, unguis.
T
 N A K N A P
NAIL. Affat the Nail] Add ;
I t frequently signifies mad, wrong-headed, S.B.
8. T h e phrase is also used in another form ; AJf
or off the nail It occurs as denoting inebriety.
<c When I went up again iiitil the bed-room, I was
what you would call a thought a[f the nail, by the
•which my si eepwasna just what it should have been."
The Steam-Boat, p. 300.
N A I L S , paring of.
Dr. Shaw, when giving an account of the super-
stitious customs, retained in the province of Moray,
which he considers as handed down from the Druids,
gives the following account:
Ct In hectick and consumptive disease, they pare the
nails of the patient, put thc>e parings into a rag cut
from his clothes, then wave their hand with the rag
thrice round his head, crying; ! * - S o i l , alter which
ihcy bury tin: rag in >ome unknown place. J' have
seen thi-: done: and Fliny, in !•'•< XaiuraJ :ii>iorv,
mentiwn.v It practised by tin- Magians or Druids
of his time." I list, of Moray, p. 2 bS. V. Plin. L.
xxvbb e. Lb 7-
\ b l l N, adj. Own, S. ; in A n g u s , q. ; as,
" his n / j . c e a f his own.
Aft, whan I sanjj; o' Peggy's jet-black ecu,
Or plav'd the charms </ my nain bonny jean,
In joy IT raptures, ilka pleasant chiel
Admir'd the tune, and said I play'd it wecb
l^icken's Poems P- 1.0.
" But your address is no tint, 1 teak it hame v/i!
me when f sent a.wa'mynatn." Oonala^nkid, Thorn's
Works, p- 310.
Bock in red bleed the deep, mair eawm..
ttan hame to Jus naiu mammv.
Christmas /ja'ing, Ski ma r's Misc. Poet. p. bib.
This has originated, !ike YW.v' a: d Tidhcr, entirely
from the accidental connection of letters. Mine a in,
my own, (A.S. miu agenj ; and ihine ain, thy own,
(A.S. thin ageu) being pronounced as if one word ;
or the n, as if belonging to the latter part of the word;
the same mode of pronunciation has been occasion-
ally adopted where it did not intervene. V. NAWX.
N A I P R 1 E , it. Table linen, S.] Add to etymon;
It has, however, been formerly in use. For Palsgr.
expl. naprie iC store of linen," giving Fr. linge as sy-
non. B. iii. F. 40, b.
N A Y S A Y , s. A refusal.] Add;
Her laugh will lead you to the place
Where lies the happiness you want;
And plainly tells you to your face,
Nineteen nay says are half a grant.
Ramsay s Poems, ii. 207-
This is borrowed from the old S. P r o v . — " Nine-
teen nay says of a maiden is but half a grant/ spoken
to encourage those who have had a denial from their
mistress to attack them again." Kelly, p. 269.
N A Y S A Y E a, s. One who denies or refuses, S.
" A sturdy beggar should have a stout nay say er."
S. Prov. Kelly, p. 21.
NAIT, Need.
—-I had niekill mair nail sum friendschip to find.
Ranf Coilyear, Aij, b.
Moes.G. nant'h, Isl. naud, necessitas.
N A I T H E R A N S , eonj. Neither. V . N E T H E R A X S .
148
N A K I T , pret. Stripped, deprived.] Add;
He callit the pepill to ane counsall, and nakit him
— o f al ornamentis perteining to the dignite consular."
Bell end. T. Li v. p. 117.
2. Destitute o f , Nakit of coivrisall^ devoid o f coun-
sel ; Bellend. Cron. p. 27. Repr.
N A L E , -v. G i v e n as an old word signifying an
ale-house, I t o x b .
This, I suspect, is a cant term used as an abbre-
viation, q. an ale, for " an alehouse." 1 observe :io
similar word.
T o N A bl, v. a. T o seize quickly, and Trith sonic-
degree of violence, R o x b .
It sometime,- includes the idea of the disappoint-
ment Lne noram meets with, of* whom tho advantage
is taken; a..-;, A h a ! Fve uam\d. ye there, my lad."
This -a in its form most nearly re.- em I >1'-s Su.G.
nam-a, id. V. Xo.u 1: and Nb M . w \ >,a
N A M E L Y , adj. Famous, celebrated ; a term
L:se( 1 bv Highlanders, uhei 1 they condescend to
speak a,von.
u May, for that matter;' said Moome, f Sky was
always namely for witches." Clan Albin, i. 2(i6b
N A M M O N I E , s. A little while, Orkn.
It has been supposed that this may be eorr. from
mawientie, used in the same sense, Perths., q. " a little
moment." But the idea is inadmissible. Isl. namunda
signifies, circa id tempus; also, ad maims; frommnnd,
denoting both an indefinite time, and the hand, with
na, a particle indicating proximity. Mimd is also
rendered momentum ; so that na mund might mean
" about a moment."
N A N C Y , s. T h e name substituted for A g n e s ,
S.; although some view it as belonging to Anne.
Nat in ie an (1 Naaze are u ndo ubted 1 y for Agnes, S.
NANCY-PRETTY, L o n d o n Pride, a flower;
corr. from None so pretty.
N A P , s. 1. A little round wooden dish made of
staves, D u m f r .
2. A milk vat, ibid. Boyn5 synon.
The Nap is of the same form with the Goan, but lar-
ger. " Napps, small vessels made of wood, for hold-
ing milk ; little tubs termed hoynes in some places of
Scotland, and eoags in other [V] ;" Gall. Encycl. The
boyn, however, generally denotes a larger vessel.
This is undoubtedly the same with Teut. nap cya-
thus, scyphus, pater, poculum, Kiiian. Germ, napjf1
ITence the old Teut. designation for a toper, nap-
lion der, q. a nap-holder, pocillator. This term lias,
indeed, been generally diffused. For A.S. nappe and
knacp, signify cyathus, " a cup, a pot, a dish, a plat-
ter," Soniner. In this language it was expressly used
in the sense retained in our times; And gates meolext
lliri nappesf idle; Et tres cyatlios lactis caprini plenos.
MS. ap S011111. Hnaep is used in the same sense.
Gloss. Pez. naph crater, nap ho craterarum. Naph id.
Wilier am. Alem. naph, Isl. nap, Su.G. napp, I tab
vappo, Armor, anaf O.Fr. lianap, id. Verebitis ren-
ders the Isl. term poculum argenteum; for nap and
silparnap seem to have been used as synonymous,
This word is viewed by some as formed from IsL
hnyp-a, poculum usque ad ftuidum ebibere, to empty
one's cup to the bottom. Others prefer Su.G. naf
which denotes what is concave. Here we have o b v k
 N A P
Ousi \r U iC' o i-igm of E. nappy applied to ale, as denot-
ing it.-, inebriating quality, though Dr. Johns, views
it; a.-. a'hiding to the nap of cloth, q. frothy.
NAI'MK, S. u A wooden dish,1' A y r s . , Gl. Picken.
N A P , s. A cant term for ale, or a stronger kind
of beer, Aberd.
Nor did we drink o5 gilpin wTater ;
But reemin nap, wi' houp we el heartit.
Tar r as's Poems, p. 24. V. N A P P Y .
N A P , N Y A P , S. A bite, a morsel taken hastily,
a snatch, I ) urn IV.
Nap and S/oo is communicated as a Dumfriesshire
phrase, eqni valent to " a Bite and cutting entirely."
k .-(ems to signiiy complete consumption of any
\:aia;-. Xap is the same with Gnap, S.B., q. v.
* N A P K I N , -V. " A. handkerchief. Obsolete. This
sense is retained in Scotland Johns.
It may be observed that it is used in two senses,
pocket-napkin, also a neck-napkin or cravat, S.
Johnson deduces the term from nap, as signifying
cc down, villous' sxtbatemce-.-" the
origin ; from A.S. knoppa, " villus, the nap of the
cloth. Belgis, nappe;" Somner. Su.G. nopp, id. The
termination kin seems to denote that this is napery,
or cloth of a small size. V. KIN, term.
N A P P E 11 o" N A P S , s. Asheep-stealer, R o x b . ;
given as old.
This is a cant phrase inserted by Grose in his Class.
Diet. Napper is expl. by itself " a cheat or thief;"
and to nap, " to cheat at dice." It may, however, be
an ancient term; as Teut. knapp-cn signifies to lay
hold o f ; prehendere, apprehendere, Kilian.
N A P P Y , s. A l e , S.(X
An* whyles twapennie worth o' nappy
Can mak the bodies unco happy.
Burns's Works, iii. 6.
This is merely an elliptical use of the E. adj., q.
<c nappy drink."
* N A P P Y , adj. T i p s y , elevated with drink, S.
The aidd wives sat and they eliew'd,
A n d when that the carles grew nappy,
They dane'd as weel as they dow'd,
W i ' a crack o* their thumbs and a kappie.
Patie's Wedding, Herd's Coll ii. 1£)1.
The E. word has been expl. by some writers, " ine-
briating." But this sense seems unknown. Serenius,
vo. Nappy, refers to Isl. hnyf-a exhaurire. This is
expl. by Verelius, Poculum usque ab fundum ebibere.
Haklorson renders it, cornu evacuare.
N A P P I E , adj. E x p l . " Brittle.""] Add to etymon ;
It indeed properly signifies that which breaks with
a knack.
N A P P I E , adj. Strong, vigorous ; " a nappie
callan," a strong b o y , Ayrs.
Isl. knapp-r, arctus ; knappir hostir, res arctae.
N A P P L E , s. " A sweet wild root," Gl. Gallo-
way ; apparently Orobus tuberosus, or heath-
pease, S.B. lenapparts.
— T h e pied nappie rankly grows,
An" winnlestraes excel the grov'ling fog.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 441.
This is what Mactaggart calls Napple-root, " the
black knotty root of an herb, diligently digged for
and greedily chewed b y boys ; its taste being rather
pleasant" V. K N A P P A R T S .
147
N A T
N A P P I T , pari. adj. Crabbed, ill-humoured,
A b e r d . ; Cappit, synon.
Teut. knapp-cn, crepitare; or knap, alacer, agilis.
N A P S I E , A little fat animal, such as a
sheep;"'" Gall. Encyl.
Allied perhaps to nap, E. a knop, as denoting what
is protuberant.
N A R , prep. Near, S., Yorks. V. NEE.
N A l i , Poems, 10th Century, p. 292, given in Gl.
as not understood, means nighcr, being merely
the comparative in its A . S , form, near, propiri-
quior, from neah, propinquus.
Qulien all wes done, we had not bene the nar.
NAR-SIDE, T h e left side, as opposed to Ajf-
sidcy the right side of any object, Mearns ; be-
ing the side nearest to him who mounts on
horseback, drives a team, &c.
T o N A S H , v. n. T o prate, to talk impudently, S.;
most probably from Teut. lenasclien, frendere,
striderc, Hence the phrase, a a nashiri5 body,'"'
a little pert chattering creature.
N A S I I - G A B , 6?. Insolent talk, R o x b .
" There's the Philistines, as ye ea' them, are gaun
to whirry aw a' Mr. Harry, and a' wi' your nash-galj."
Tales of my Landlord, ii. 1£)4. In other counties,
it is Snash-gab.
N A S K , s. A withe for binding cattle, Caithn.
" The tenants residing near a lake paid a given
number of trout annually, and if there was any wood
01* shrubbery on the farms, they paid so many nasks
(binders made of birch twigs), to secure the laird's
cattle in the byre." Agr. Surv. Caithn. p. 41.
T o N A T C H , v. a. T o notch, Aberd.
N A T C H , S. A notch, ibid.
It is probably in this sense that the term is used,
as denoting the notch or incision made by a taylor
in cutting cloth.
Losh man ! hae mercy wi' your natch.
Burns s Epistle to a Taylor.
T o N A T E , v. a. T o need, Clydes. V. N O T E ,
N A T H E L E S S , adv. Notwithstanding, never-
theless, S.
— " But if you liked a barley scone and a drink of
bland—natheless it Is ill travelling on a full stomach."
The Pirate, i. 254.
A.S. no the lacs, id. nihilominus.
N A T T I E R , conj. Neither.
— G i f nather his Hienes, nor Advocat, be warnit
to the said service, the samin, with the retour, sa-
sine, and all that folio wis thair up 011, maybe reducit."
Balfour's Pract. p. 425.
A.S. nather, namther, id. from ne the negative
particle, and ather uterque. V . A T H I R .
N A T I E , adj. Tenacious, niggardly, Shetl. ; sy-
non. with Nit tic and Neetie, q. v.
N A T Y R - W O O , .9. 1. Fine wool, Mearns.
2. W o o l that has been pulled off a sheep's skin from
the root, and not shorn, ibid.; q. Nature-wool
N A T I V E , s. T h e place o f one's nativity, Perths.
N A T I O N , s. A disagreeable taste or smell,
Y. N A D KIN.
N A T R I E , N Y A T R I E , AD;. Ill-tempered, crabbed,
irascible, Aberd., M e a r n s ; p r o a q.Nyattrie.
This may be merely a provincial variety of A try,
 N A T
Atlrie, stern, grim. Or, as this seems to be formed
from Su.G. etter venerium, nalrie may be allied to
A.S. naedre, nacddre serpens, Isl. nadra vipera. See,
however, N A T T E R , V.
T o N A T T E R , v. n. T o chatter, conveying the
idea of peevishness, ill humour, or discontent-
ment, R o x b . ; Nyutter, D u m f r . , Gall.
fc'c Nyaltcrin—to keep chattering when others are
speaking ;" Gall. Eneyk It is expl. cc chiding,
grumbling continually," Dumfr.
N A T T E I U M , part. adj. Chattering in a fretful
way, ibid.
Teut. knolcr-en, garrire, mimitiznre, murmurare.
In modern I>eig. the sibilation is prefixed. ; suatcr-en,
:e to chatter, to talk impudently ;" Sewe.l. 'i'iu; Teut.
word appears to he formed from I sl. gnaud-a ianieu-
tari, rnisere qu'Ma.gv/rt.W, querela miserorum; gnudd-a
nun'murare, gundd murmnr, frequens rogatio ; Su.G.
fni tl-a, submurnuirare. \ . N V A T T I U I .
T o N A T T I i Ik v. a. 1. T o nibble: to chew with
di'ijcukv, as old people do with the ^tuinp.i oi'
their teeth, R o x b .
2. T o nip ; as, " T o nattlc a rose," to nip it in
pieces, ibid.
Isk Jcnhl-a exactly corresponds: Vellieo, paululum
pungo,-vel petito ; G. Andr. Haldorson overlooks
this verb; but mentions knot-a vellicare.
N A T U R A I L L , adj. Used in a sense directly
the reverse of that of the term in E . ; signifying
lawful, as opposed to illegitimate.
:e Th.*it ane richt excellent jjrince Johne duke ol'
Albanv, 8-:c. tutour to the kingis grace, «SJ gouernour
of dds red-no. auarlie tmluraill & latichfull soue of
rmro.hde Ah*v' duke of Albany, and oi" ane
no; d d lad v dame Agnes of ihudoigne, i- the seem id
pcrsoune of this reahne, <S: anelie air to his said vm-
(pihlle fader. And that—Alexander Stewart, com-
mendatour ol* [n(diecheffray,/;r/.v^OY/sone of the said is
vrnquhile Alex;mder and Katherene [hSinclar the Erie
of Catlmes dochtir] is & vndoutable sudd be lvput
borne .bastard, and vnlegittimate be ony manage."
Acts Ja. V. 1516, Ed. 1814, p. 283. It is repeated
ibid. p. 388.
cc pj e i s natural? sone of vmquhill George Fresser,
lawcht hi die get 1 in in the band of rnatrirnone," &c.
A herd. K e g / A. 1 443, \r. 18.
He is lauchfull naturalI sone/' &e. " gottin
hiuchfallie in the band of matrimonie," &c. Ibid.
V. 2 4 , p . Id 9-
" Dochter naturall 8c lauchtfull," Sec. Ibid. V. 26.
* N A T U R A L , adj. Kind, genial; used in re-
gard to the weather, S.B.
N A T U R A L I T I E , ,9. Natural affection, that af-
fection connected with propinquity o f blood, S.
N A T U R A L I T I E , s. Naturalization ; Fr. na-
tural itc.
cc The maist cristin king of France hes grant it ane
lettre of naturalitie for him and his suceessouris, to
all and sindrie Scottismen being in the real me of
France, or salhappin to be in the samyn in ony
tynies to cum, makand thame liable to brouke landis,
lieretageis, offices, digniteis, and benefices/' Sec. Acts
Mary 1558, Ed. 1814, p. 507-
N A T U R E , adj. 1. Fertile in spontaneously
producing rich, succulent herbage ; as, nature
148
N A Y
grund, land that produces rich grass abun-
dantly, without having been sown with any
seeds, S.O.
% R i c h , nourishing: applied to grass; as, nature
gerse, nature hay, that is, rich grass and hay,
produced b y the ground spontaneously, S.O.,
Roxb.
" When they see a field carpeted wdth rich grasses,
or those that grow luxuriant, they say that field
produces nature grasses." Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. 2 9 T
N A T U R E X E S S , .V. 1 . Fertility in spontaneously
producing rich herbage, S.O.
2. Richness, exuberance: applied to grass pro-
duced spontaneously, S.O.
These words are pronounced naitur and nailurness.
NAUCIILE, A d w a r f ; synon. Crute, C p p .
Clyde*.
The n has the liquid sound as if // followed it,
nyauchle.
Isl. knockc, metaphorice pusillus, pusio, G.Andr.
N A V I E . Jiid name.
(£ Magnus Rid, knyght of the ordour of the garter
—was called be the Scottismen Magnus with the rid
name!' Pitscottie's Cron. p. 76.
In the Addenda, in regard to the reading of more
recent manuscripts, it is said; " Magnus Reid is called
Magnus Red-man, 'named with the Scots mans
[Mans, the abbreviation of Magnus,] with the red
mained The reading 1. 12. should probably be rid
ueirr." P. (j K).
The conjecture is very natural, neive denoting the
fist. But if this was the original term, it must have
proceeded from a mistake, similar to that particular-
ized by Godscroft.
He was remarkable by his long and red beard,
and was therefore called by the English Magnus lied*
heard., and by the Scots, in derision, Magnus with the
red, Maine, as though his beard had beene an horse
maine, because of the length and thicknesse thereof.
The manuscript calleth him Magnus wit hihe red handy
taking the word (Maine) for the French word which
signifieth an hand : but the attentive reader may per-
ceive the error, and how it was a word merely Scot-
tish [[English, he should have said], and used by the
Scots in derision." Hist. Dough p. 17S.
N A V Y I S , adv. N o wise ; the same with Net-
xvayes, Naiciss.
•—a That all his hienes subjectis sail communicate
anis everie yeir, and sail navy is pretend onyexcuiss
of deicllie feid, rancour, or malice to appeir towardis.
thair nychtbouris—to abstene or to debar himself fra
participation!! of the said sacrament," &c. Acts Ja.
VI. 1598, Ed. 1814, p. 173.
N A U M , s. A heavy blow with a bludgeon,
Ettr. For.
N A U R , prep. N e a r ; the pron. o f some districts,
in S.
Sir John Cope took the north right far.
Yet ne'er a rebel he came nau)\
Until he landed at Dunbar,
Right early in a morning.
Jacobite Relics, ii. 1 1 1 . V. NER.
N A V U S - , N A W U S - , or N A W V U S - B O R E , S. A hole-
in wood, occasioned by the expulsion o f a knot*,
Aberd.
 N E B N
The superstitious believe that, by looking at a
dead-candle through such a hole, one will see the per-
son's face whose death the candle portends.
For fear the poor dumb brutes sucl smore,
He staps wi' strae ilk namis-borc,
An' ilka crevice darns.
IV. Realties Tales, p. 30.
This is evidently the same word which has been
given under the form of Aiiwis-bore.
Isl. nqfar and Dan. navcr signify terebra, an augre
or wimble.
This, however, there E reason to believe, is not the
true orthography. A very intelligent friend in Aber-
deenshire, whom i have consulted <m this sin. ject,
says; f ' i find that dims-, oi" An ir!<\~f)on\ is the origi-
nai and proper word. \\ . IEatt:c nun4' E : ve mistaken
a. navus-bore, for an anis-bore. Tlie word is variously
pronounced by dilferent people, aims, at tens, aeus, a-
wus, yamus."
N A W A Y E S , a d v . . N o wise.
" The samin lykwayes n aw ayes previt tliat heid
nor article of the said summontlis." Acts Ja, VI.
1597, Ed. 1814, p. ] 28.
— a That the carle of Annandaill. his taking place
befor him in this present parliament souhl nawayes
preiudge him of his Edit," Ec. Acts Cha. I. Ed.
ISM-, vol. V. 13f).
N A W N , N Y A W N , adj. Own. His mjazm, lbs
own, what properly belongs to h i m ; Angus.
The proper S. term is aivin, awn, to which n has
been prefixed from the sound which it assumes when
connected with the possessive adj. denoting the first
person; mine amin. V. N A I N .
N A Z E , .s\ A promontory, a headland, S.1E ;
the same with Ncs, Ness.
cc Naze, ess, and mull> are also used to signify re-
markable parts of land stretching out info the sea."
Ewing's Geogsn Ed. 1st, p. 24.
NEA1TILE, A trifle, a thing of no value,
Dumfr.
Fr. nipes, trifles ; Su.G. nif/p, a trifle.
N E A L T , adj. N i g g a r d l y , V.. B.
N E A H - I I E I I A 1 ) A) I N , "pari. adj. Niggardly, NEB-CAP,
I l o x b . ; Near-bc-gaua, synon.
N E A J L - I I A N T ) , adj. Near, nigh, S.
N E A R - H A N D , adv. Nearly, ahnost, S . V . N E E -
HAND.
N E A R H I M S E L L , a phrase applied to a man mation to the chin has sometimes exposed the owner
who is very niggardly or tenacious o f his pro- to the imputation of sorcery.
perty, S.
Em no a man that's near mysel* ;—walth-—I
wad like to use in moderation." Saxon and Gael,
iii. 59.
N E A l l - SIG- II T E D , a d j . Short-sighted, S.
N E B , .<?. 1. T h e nose.] A d d ;
— H o w e in a Ttato fur
There may Willie lie,
Wi' his neb boonermost,
An' his doup downermost, &c.
Jacobite Relics, i. 25. neck-break and their snare; the man thought ay on
'Twas on a cauld November e'en,—
The snell frost-"win' made nebs an' een
To rin right sail*. T. Scott's Poems, p. 323.
149
E C
Add, as sense
3. Applied to the snout. " Y o u breed of Kilpike's
swine, your neFs never out [ o f ] an ill turn."
S. Prov. p. 362.
The following passage conveys the same idea.
So ae morning sicean a fright as I g o t ! twa un-
lucky red-coats were up for black-fishing or some sic-
ean ploy, for the neb o them's never out of mischief."
Waverley, iii. 238.
5. To gie a thing a neb, to make it pungent, S.B.
NEB AND FEATHER, used as an adv. Completely,
from top to toe ; as, cc She's dinkit out neb and
J eat her TEVIOTD.
N E B AT THE GRUNSTANE. TO Jcccp one's neb at the
grimstane, to keep one under, or at hard work, S.
NEB <f THE MIRE-SMIPE. T o come to the neb
o1 the mire-snipe to come to the last push ;
S.A.
" There was nae time to lose—it was come fairly
to the neb 0' the mires nipe wi' me." Brownie of Bods-
beck, i. 39.
N E B O' T H E M O R N I N G , " that part of the day be-
tween daylight and sun-rising Gall. Encycl.
This phraseology seems borrowed from the sharp-
ness of the beak of a bird, as it follows; " There are
few who do not love to keep the bed until the neb
gangs off the morning. It is when the neb is on the
?noming that the hoar-frost is produced." Ibid.
T o N KB, v. n. T o bill, to caress as doves do,
L o t h . ; from neb, the beak or bill.
Near to him let his grace of Gordon stand,
For these two drakes may neb, go hand in hand.
Jacobite Relics, i. 241.
N E B R X T , part. adj. 1. Having a beak or nose, S.
Tliis term is frequently used in composition, as in
1,ang-uet)bit, A arroir-neubit, (itthairp-nehbit, q. v.
2. Having a hooked head. Thus Nebbed Majf
would seem to be synon. with Kcbldc and Nibble.
m v d a d d y left m e gear e n o u g h ,
A coote:\ <me an a u l a b c a n i - p E u g h ,
A nebbed statj', ike.
EE/v ii V/v/vV'.v Testament, Herd's i 'oil. ii. i ]-;>.
T h e iron used for fencing the pome
of a shoe, Ettr. For. V . C A P - N E B .
N E B S I E , $. A n impudent old woman, Roxb.
Perhaps from Neb the nose, as in advanced life the
nose often becomes a marked feature, and its approxi-
N E C E S , s.pl.
e£ Item ane pair of the like sievis of the skynnis of
ncees with the bord of the same." Inventories, A,
156'!, p. 128. V. NETES.
Fr. niais, a nestling; niez, a species of hawk.
N E C E S S A R , adj. Nccessary, SA.. Fr. neccs-
saire. " T h e gryt adois necessarj1 A b e r d . R e g .
T o N E C K , OR N I C K , with nay. V. N n a s . "
N E C K - B R E A K , s. R u i n , destruction.
" Folks poring over much on the tentation is their
these things—till he wracked his conscience by
them." W. Guthrie's Serin, p. 14.
The term is inverted in F,
 N E E N
— I 111 ll:*:t
£• oi>ai-;e the Cf/iiri : clo i o. no, i.-' certain
1 o nit- a (jri'uk-/!ccL
Sh.u,;;j(\'!n:,v II inter s Title.
N E C K - V E R S E , h. A cant term, k e . ] Add ;
Tins %,»hra.-e ha- ')(en common in 1 le:\ry V i ! i / s N E E A l I T . NIMAIKT, -v. Dinner; in Loth, nec-
time. ih-ne,- Tyndale sivV.s of tin- lioman clergy :
i;at hatlliv neyghboiiru as moche thou wylt,—.
robbe hvm, morthcr hvm, and then come to them
an'.: wi-icoiiii1. They haae a sanctuary for the, to sane
the. vea id a. //re/'r -uerse. if thou canst rede but a
lytic latuiily thonghe it he neuer so soryly, so that
thou be retry to reeeyae the bra.-ies marke." Obe-
dyenee (if;t ('r\>ten man, F. C> )3 a.
NTEDEUM, k cc A gnawing pain," Gall
Puir Gir/.ey \vi' her up-el; chin,
A ncdciun pilaws her av with;:':.
Call. I'.mjjiL :;('»>, :.!(Ii.
T o K E D K T M , V. ;/. T o thrill will) pain, ibid.
When a corn is biting a lot- ^rievou.dy, that toe
is s;<id to be nalru/niius f ibid.
( '.]>. cn'tr-lcjr to aiilict; c/,i/\ troiibu, pain ; ctdv-
'jarL HH.H'M !n;.»* : cmaind, .'j/nav. im.:;.
NEED-BE, Necessity, expediency; applied
t<> an ahhelive dispensatiun of Pro\idien.ee, and remotely from the synon. Lat. word nap-us, whence
apparently borrowed from 1 Pet. i. (), S.
" lie afterwards saw a remarkable provi'ienee In
;t. ami /Ht'i)-(>(' for it." Walker'*.-. Penen, p. (?•.
\T:;Ei)EE-E"'H, .v. Throrgh I he Av<v//;-rY, a N E E P - H A C K ,
j > ' ; ; a m o n g children, in wmeb, cirem "being
farmed, ea.eb takes one of his neighbours by the
iiaiuU. 1 be arms being ext ended ; and fie-, who N E ' E I t - B E - L I C K E T , a vulgar phraseology
tabes the lead, passes under the nvin< of every
seeond pirsuii, backward* and forwards, the rest
following in the same order. while they repeat tliat then was, made wi' aidd Rab Tub's assistance;
a certain rhyme, S.
Another game played by a number of children, purpose." Antiquary, i. 200.
with a hold of one another, or iicidc-lads, as it is tech- N E E I L - D O - G O G D , N E E R - D O - G U D E , s. Synon,
nically called in Scotland, is Through the nccdle-ee.
The immemorial rhyme for this alluring exercise is
this:—
Brother Jack, if ye were mine,
I would give you claret wine;
Claret wine's glide and fine—
Through the ncedlc-ee boys !55
Blackw. Mag. Aug. 1821, p. 86.
It is the same game that in E. is called Thread-
I he-Needle.
It is played in a different manner in Teviotdale.
Two stand together, facing each other, having their
hands clenched, and lifted above their breath, so as
to form an arch. Under this perhaps twenty or thirty
children pass, holding each other by their clothes.
When all have passed save one, the arms of the two,
like a portcullis, fall down and detain this individual
as prisoner. He, or she, is asked in a whisper,
iC Will ye be Tod or Fern-buss.33 If Tod is the an-
swer, the person takes one side, and must wait till
all are caught one by one. This being done, the Tods
draw one away, and the Ferns another, the two can-
didates till keeping hold of each other's hands; and
he, who can draw the other and his party to the op-
posite side of the street, and separate their hands,
gains the victory.
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E E
i hi-- like many of the sports of children, has an
evident, inference to a si,-de of warfare.
N E E D - M A D E - U P , adj. and ,9. Applied to
any thing hastily prepared, as immediately ne-
ce.^ary. Aberd.
71 lit* in Teviotd. nirnmct.
This must be a corr. of A.S. non-mete, <e refectio,
vel prandium, a meale or bever at that time. How-
beit of latter times noone is midday, and non-mcLe,
dinner Somner. This corresponds with the Sw..
name for dinner, middag, i. e. mid-day or noon;
Tent, nocn-inael, nocn-macl-tyd, prandium. In Nor-
folk noonings denotes cf workmen's d i n n e r G r o s e .
N E E P , NEIP, T h e old, though now vulgar,
name for a turnip, S.
" Polling of thair nepls " Aberd. Reg. A. 1 538, V. 16",
But he maun liame but stocking or shoe,
To mump his neaps, his sybows, and leeks.
Jacobite Relics, i. 97,
Raphanus, a radish. Ilapurn, a neipJ3 Wed-
derburn's Voeab. p. 1 8.
It is evidently from A.S. nacp, id. rapa ; perhaps
Pr. naveau, O.E. navero.
isl. nepnareit, septum raparum, a place inclosed with
rapes; veil signifying a hedged inclosure.
A pronged mattock for taking
turnips from the ground during severe frost,
Aug., Mearns.
equivalent to—nothing whatsoever,not a whit, S.
" 1 was at the search that our gudsire, Monk barns
but I'leer-be-lickel could they find that was to their
with Ncer-do-weel, S.
" D'ye hear what the weel-favoured [[weel-faur'd]
young gentleman says, ye drunken ne'er-do-good
Waverley, ii. 124.
" Back came the same reckless ?ie'er-do-gude to
night, i' the very midst o' the thunder and fire,—to
make a like attempt on our laird's roost of fat ca-
pons." Blackw. Mag. May 1820, p. 163.
N E ' E R - D O - W E E L , adj. Past mending, 8 .
' f E h ! see if there isna 0111* auld ne'er-do-weel dee-
vil's buckie o' a mither—Hegh, sirs ! but we are a
liopel'u' family, to be twa o' us in the Guard at ance/'"
Heart M. Loth. ii. 151.
£f Some of the ne'er-do-weel clerks of the town were
seen gaffawing—with Jeanie," &c. Provost, p. 279*
NEESE, u T h e nose," S.O., Gl. Picken.
A.S. Dan. naese, Su.G. naesa, id.
T o N E E S E , tJ. 7i. T o sneeze.] Add;
cc Sternuto, to neize. Sternutatio, neizing "
Wed-*
derb. Voeab. p. 19- In a later Ed., perhaps in ac-
commodation to the this is changed to sneize and
sneizing.
N E E S I N G , s. Sneezing, S. V. the v.
N E E T , s. A parsimonious person, a niggard,
Aberd.
This has been supposed to be merely a figurative
 N E I N E I
use of E. nil, from its close adherence to the liaii% as complislied. The fire in the farmer's house, &e. was
fitly transferred to one who keeps a<firm hold of pro- immediately quenched with water, a fire kindled
perty. J3ut this etymon is very doubtful. from this Jieed/ire, both in the farm-house and offices,
N E E T I E , adj. Avaricious, S. V. N X T T I E , where and the cattle brought to feel the smoke of this new
this adj. is traced to a different source. and sacred fire, which preserved them from the mur-
N E F F , <?. T h e nave of a church. rain. So mucli for superstition.—It is handed down
cc The embalmed body is yet to be seen, whole and by tradition, that the ancient Druids superintended
intire, in a vault built by his grandchild King Janes a s.nuia-' ceremony of mining a sacred lire, annually,
VI., in the south-east corner of ih.<* .vc//'of that statelyon tie.1 fust; nay of may. That dav is still, both in
church which stands to this any." Kc-itli's 11 ist. p. 'J I.the Gaelic and Irish dialects, called Im-Ih id-l'm, c.
Fr. nef du temple, id. For the different opinions the or.y of Baal's fere, or the lire dedicated to Baah
as to the origin of this term, V. Naf\ Hire. err the Sim." Agr. Sure. Calthn. p. !J(H), ^oi.
NEFF, A hand. it is very probable,says Borlase, ^ that the
"Mantiolae,wc//.V,or hands." Wedderb. Vocal).}). 14. 7\-A---CL:/// or ibre'd fire, not mng since used in the
It seems to be used for some kind of covering' for i.^ie.-. .a- an antidote against the plague or murrain in
the hands, as •milieus ; being conjoined with Maniea Ca{tle, is the remamuer of a Druid custom/" Antiq.
the sleeve, Sudarium a napkin, &c., under the ar- of Cornwall, p. I,';(). lie then quotes Martin, v. iui
ticle, De Vestibus. V. N E I V E , N E I F . givea toe Allowing account of it.
T o N E F F O W , v. a. 1. T o take in handfuls, Loth. " The inhabitants here did also make use of a Arc
2. T o handle any animal; as, " Sandie, call ant, cad led 77,7-AAA, i.e. a forced fire, or fire of necessi-
lay down the kitlin ; ye baggit, yell neffbzed ty, which tiiey used as an antidote against the plague,
away, that will ye,*1 Hoxb. ; also pron. Kiciju. or murrain in cattle : and it was perfornAI thus : ail
Ki/j'u. V. N'EIVE a n d N K V E L .
the fires iii the parish were extinguish'd, and then
To NEYCII, zf. a. T o approach.] Add; eighty-one marrvV. men. being thought the ueees-
aary number Ar effecting thA eloign, tos.k two Lf.-eai
I i drawe nere to a thing." Palsgr. B. iii. planks of w<:oA and nine of 5 em were eean.noy'd by
F. i>. turns, who by their repented efforts rubb'd one of the
N E I D - F Y U E , N E E D F I R E , s. 1. T h e fire pro- planks against the other until the heat thereof pro-
duced by the friction of two pieces of wood, S.] due'd fire ; and from this ibre'd lire each family is
Add, after definition; suppAAl with new /ire, which is no so.au r kindled
The following extract contains so distinct and in- than a pot full of water is quickly set on it, and after-
teresting an account of this very ancient superstition, wards sprinkled upon the people infected with tin-
as used in Caithness, that my readers, I am per- plague. or upon tile cattle that have the murrain.
suaded., would scarcely forgive me did I attempt to And this they all say thew find successful by experi-
abridge it, ence : it was practis'd on the main land, opposite to
" In those days, [[1788] when the stock of any the south of Skie, within these thirty years.'" Descr.
considerable farmer was seized with the murrain, he Western Islands, p. 113.
would send for one of the charm-doctors to superin- As the Romans ivlieved that 'die extinction of th<
tend the raising of a need//re. It was done by fric- perpetual lire of Vesta, whether this proceeded from
tion, thus; upon any small island, where the stream carelessness or any oilier cause, \v;w a certain proguos-
of a river or burn ran on each side, a circular booth tie of some great public cahnniiy, it was noi dammed
was erected, of stone and turf, as it could be had, in "lawful to rek'nnli" it in eny wa v La': !••• AaA'A'a
which a semicircular or highland couple of birch, or The ceremony \va.« performed in the same manner as
other hardwood, was set; and, in short, a roof closed that described move. The Vestal \ h*gin.> kept boring
on it. A straight pole was set up in the centre of at a wooden table, till it eatched tire. V. Fest. vo.
this building, the upper end fixed by a wooden pin Ignis. Simplicius, an ancient philosopher, gives an
to the top of the couple, and the lower end in an ob- account of the process in language perfectly analo-
long trbik in the earth or floor; and lastly, another O gous to that used in . the definition of our term. Jo--
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pole was set across horizontally, having both ends neni e .1 ignis excutmnt, alterum lignoruin, tanquam
tapered, one end of which was supported in a hole terebram, in altero circumvertentes. In Aristot. dc
in the side of the perpendicular pole, and the other Coelo, iii. We learn from Plutarch, that among the
end in a similar hole in the couple leg". The hori- Greeks, if the sacred fire was extinguished, it might
zontal stick was called the auger, having four short not be rekindled from any ordinary lire, but by
arms or levers fixed in its centre, to work it by; the means of vessels made of tiles in which they col-
building having been thus finished, as many men as lected the rays of the sun, as in a focus. V. Pitisc.
could be collected in the vicinity, (being divested of Lex. vo. Ignis, p. 307. Maerobius informs us, that,
all kinds of metal in their clothes, &c.), would set to although this sacred fire had not gone out, it was
work with the said auger, two after two, constantly annually extinguished, and rekindled on the first day
turning it round by the arms or levers, and others of March, which was with the Romans the first day
occasionally driving wedges of wood or stone be- of the year. For the use of Neid-Jire, 01 forced Jirc
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hind the lower end of the upright pole, so as to as a charm for curing cattle, V . BLACK-SPAUL.

press it the more on the end of the auger: by this T o N E I D N A I L , v. a. 1. T o fasten, &c.] Add;
constant friction and pressure, the ends of the au- This term is used figuratively by Niniane Winyet.
ger would take fire, from which a fire would be in- " Ye yourself, brother, of your magnificence and
stantly kindled, and thus the needfire would be ac- liberal hand, lies oppinit the yettis of Iievin to the
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faytliful Fatheris, afore our Salviotir, be in* ca-ihe.
resurrection!!, and glorious asccnsioun, had preparit
thairto this way to man; and utheris your seoleris,
y e knaw, mail* cruelie lies in thare ima.u'inaiioim
cloisit up, slotit, and neidnalit the saniin veUis of our
heretage (albeit now alraciy oppinit to the just) quhill
the latter day of all/' Fourscoir Thre Questionis.,
Keith's H i s t App. p. 255.
NEIF, Difficulty, A b e r d .
W o w , sirs ! whan I first fill'd the tack
O f Mains of Mennie,
The farmers had nae neif to mak
An" orrow penny.
W. Beat ties Tales, p. 10. V. N E E F .
T o N E I E E A R , v. a. T o exchange. V . under
Nr. iv
N E I G H H O I T R - L I K E , adj. 1. Resembling
tliose around us, in manners, in appearance, or
111 mora 1 conduct, S.
2. Oil en hnpiviiia"
I o the idea of assimilation in cri-
minaht v, S.
— 1 f ye gie me an order for my fees upon that
money—I dare say Glossin will make it forthcom-
i n g — i ken something about an escape from Ellan-
gowan—aye, aye, hell be glad to carry me through,
and be neighbour-like" Guy Mannering, iii. 85.
An old crabbed fellow, who had been attending a
meeting of creditors, when going home, was over-
heard by a friend pouring out curses b y himself,
without any restraint, on some unknown culprit.
Who is this," said the other, " who has so deeply
injured you now ?" Nobody/ 5 replied lie, cf has
injured me. But I am just thinking of the greatest
rascal in the universe." <f Who can this be ?" rejoined
his friend. It is that scoundrel Neighbour-like,"
said he, " who has ruined more than all other rascals
put together."
N E I P , $. A turnip. V . N E E F .
N E I P E I I T Y , s. Partnership, A b e r d .
N E Y P S I E , adj. P r i m , precise in manners,
U p p . Clydes.
The term may have been first applied to affectation
in language; Teut. knipp-en, resecare, tondere, as we
still speak of clipping the King's English, as our an-
cestors did of cc k-napping Southron/' i. e. imitating
the E. mode of pronunciation. Or it may be allied
to Teut. knijp-en, arctare, to pinch, q. doing every
thing in a constrained way.
N E I I I S , N E R E S , s.pl T h e kidneys, S . ] Add;
" Laborat nephritide, he hath the gravel in the
neirsWedderb. Vocab. p. 19-
" O.E. Nere, Ren." Prompt. Par v.
NEIS, T h e nose. V . N E S . ] Add ;
— H i r Majestie gat sume releif, quliilk lestit
quhill Furisday at Ten hour is at evin, at quhilk tyme
hir Majestie swounit agane, and failyiet in hir sicht,
hir feit and hir nets wTas cauld, quliilkis war handlit
be extreme rubbing, drawing, and utheris cureis, be
the space of four houris, that na creature culd indure
gryter paine." Lett. B. of Ross to Abp, of Glasgow,
Keith's Hist. App. p. 134.
NEITTIERS,NETI-IERINS,adv. Neither, Benfr.
Their auld forefathers,
Wha war nae blocks at dressin' neithers,
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U acl ran as iang as ti:ev ii/ul sight
To .-eon their M;ji- lis >\V ii plight.
S }> ( /:(//''/ 1 'oans ! 7'«S ^, j"> • b I ,
N E I Y E , N k i f , //. 1. T h e f i s t . j Add to etymon ;
It is used, however, by Shak.^pearo, who probably
knew it. to be a X « country wore!. In some edi-
tions it Is written neaje, in others neif.
Gi\e me thy neaje, Moie-leiir M ustard.-'oed.
MuL\uuiuht N. i)ream.
Sweet knight, [ kiss thy rwif. iV. llenrij // .
N E T VEI- R", N E K K O W , .V. 1. A handful.] Add;
2. A. small quantity of any dry sub.-lance coni"
posed of various parts ; as, 66 a ncjjbio o"1 woo/"*
i. e. wool, Civdes.
3. A n y person or tiling verv small and p u n y , ibid.
.Before the extract from ]>urns, insert;
4. t Tsed metaphorical! v, and con;ernptuonsly, to
denote what is cr>nq>ara.ti\vi v little, or o f no
vai.ae. J,/,/, scn.H'
5. Applied {o ;; (le:' dfs-iioh i of what IS viewed US
wort by of grasping.
O wae be u> the hand whilk drew na the glaive,
And cowed nae the rose frae the capo'the brave ;
To hae thri'en'mang the Southron as Scotsmen
ye thrave.
Or ta'en a bloody neievefi o' fame to the grave.
Lament /,. Ma swell, Jacobite Relics, ii. 234.
T o N e i i'ka a, N i rvr.R, v. ft. E T o exchange, S»
— ( \ - A \ i \ » is—that lie staw £stole] ane gray staig
of twa year old from James Weir at Carlok ;—and
that he nijj'e/ i! that: staig with ane John Buchannan,"
&c. Acis Cha. 1. lad. i 8 I -1>, V. 4-l<7. V. N e i v e .
f>. T o higgle. Sou iii of S.
Ci Wees, faalclil:e, 111 no stand /ti[j'ering wi' ye; ye
ken the way that ]'avour's g<;tten in my office ; ye
iiianii be usefu'." Heart M. Loth. ii. 85.
Tliis is an oblique sense of the r. a.} as people oiten
iii bartering.
N E I V I E - N I C K N A C K , -v. " A fire-side g a m e ; a
person puts a little trifle, such as a button, into
one hand, shuts it close, the other hand is also
shut; then they are whirled round and round one
another,—before the one who intends to guess
what hand the prize is in Gall. Eneyel.
While the fists are whirled, the following lines are
repeated, according to the Gallovidian form ;
Neiveie, Neiveie, nick, nack.
What ane will ye take ?
The right or the wrang ;
Guess or it be lang.
Plot awa and plan;
I'll cheat ye gif I can.
Elsewhere the second line generally is ;
Whilk hand w i l f y e talc?
<c He is a queer auld cull.—He gave me half a
crown yinee, and forbade me to play it awa' at pitch
and toss.' A n d you disobeyed him, of course? 5 c Na
— I played it awa' at neevie-neevie-niek-nack.'' St,
Ronan, iii. 102.
<f It would, perhaps, be in vain now to expect—
that a gambler at cards or dice should stop the ruin
of his own or of another's fortune, by playing at nivy-
nick-nack or pitch and toss " &c. Blackwr. Mag. Aug.
1821, p. 37-
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It is a kind of lottery; and seems to have been o f her ioue that he went nerehande madde for her sake;"
French origin. Rabelais mentions A la nieu< < uc as Palsgr. B. iii. F. 147, a.
one of the games played by Gargantua. This s "en- " He played so long tyll he hade nerehande brokyn
dereel b y Urquhart, Nivinivniack. Transl. p. 94-. ' < 'he the glaise." Ibid. F. 454.
first part of the word seems to be from Neive> the N E S , N E S S , s. A promontory, S . ] Add; '-
fist being employed in the game. Shall we view nick — " B e f o r e the last bell was rung, eertane scholars
as allied to the E. v. signifying ^to touch luckily?" came in pertly to the kirk, and took up thir haill
T o N E L L , v. n. To Nell and Talk, to talk service books, and carried them down to the Ness
loudly, loquaciously, and frivolously, Clydes. with a coal of fire, there to have burnt them alto-
Now and Talksynon. Hence, cc a nellintalk.^ gether ; but there fell out such a sudden shower,
Probably from E. knell; A.S. cnyll-an to ring. that before they could win to the Ness the coal was
Perhaps the word appears in its primary sense in drowned out." Spalding, i. 04.
I si. knall-a, fuste tudere, to beat with a rope. Ness is used in the same sense in E. as a termina-
N E L L , N E L L Y , $. A b b r e v . of Helen^ S. tion ; but not by itself.
N E P I S , pi. Turnips. V. N E E P . N E S S C 0 G K , 6 \ A small boil; Nesscockle,Strath-
N E P S , .v. T h e abbrev. o f Elspeth or Elizabeth, more.
N E P U O Y , N E P O T , &C. 1. A grandson.] Add; " Furunculus, a nesscock" Wedderb.Vocab. p. 20,
<c The King beand deceist, his eldest sone, or his This seems merely a corruption ot'Arsecockle, q. v.;
eldest nepole,—sail succeid to the crown. The nepote formed perhaps by the separation of the letter n from
gottin be the King's sone sail be preferrit to the ?ie~ an or ane, the article, when prefixed to the word.
pole gottin on the King's doehter." Auld Lawis, Bal- N E T E S , s. pi.
four's Pract. p. 6*82. " Item, ane pair of the like slevis of jennetis with
It is evident that this sense, in relation to a grand- the bord of the same. Item, ane pair of the like
son, was given to the term, not only by ordinary slevis of the skynnis of neies with the bord of the
writers, and individual lawyers, but legally admitted same." Inventories, A. 1561, p. 128. ¥. NECES.
in the supreme courts o f the nation. This is undoubtedly the same that is elsewhere
ec Anent the summondis maid be Johne Carlile denominated peudenelc, pitdinele, i. e. <r the skin of
apoun Gawin of Jolmestoune, ncvo & are Qieir] of the neic." But I despair of ever covering myself
vmquhile Gavin of Johnestoune, to here lettrez de- with the fur of this animal; as it seems to be a non-
c-emit to distrenye him, his landis & gudis for the descript.
soume of an hundreth merkis recouerit of before N E T H E R , s. A n adder. This in some coun-
apoun his said grantschir. Bath the saidis partiis ties is the invariable pron., a nether.
beand personaly present, the said Gawin deny it that I had almost rejected this, under the idea of its
he wes are to his said grantschir " &c. Act. Dom. being produced by the connexion of the n in the ar-
Cone. A . 1494, p. 368. ticle with the following w o r d ; as S.B. a numan for
NEPUS-GABLE, an woman, &c. But I find that this is one of the
<f There being then no ronns to the houses, at every O.E. forms. " Neddyr or eddyr. Serpens." Prompt.
place, especially where the ncpus-gahles were towards Parv. This corresponds with A.S. naeddre, nedder,
the streets, the rain came gushing in a spout." The neddre, serpens, anguis, &c. a serpent, an adder ;
Provost, p. 201. Somner. Neidr is the C.B, term, written by Lhuyd
Perhaps q. knap-house, Su.G. knappy knaepp, ver- neidir; Corn, naddyr; Ir., Gael, nathair ; L.B. nader-a
tex, summitas, and has domus ; kyrkonapp, vertex id. Mr. Todd has inserted the term Nedder in the
tempi i vel svunma turris. S. Timpan synon. E. Dictionary, on the authority of Chaucer.
N E E B Y , N E A R B Y , prep. Near to. Nerby Gleis- N E T H E R , adv. Nearer, Ettr. For. •
goto, near to that city, S. N E T H E R A N S , NAITHEKANS, NAITHERS, con].

It is also used as an adv. signifying nearly, al- Neither, W e s t of S.

most ; as, I was nerby dead, I was almost lifeless, S.
The Germans invert the synonyme, bey-nahe.
N E R B Y , N E A R B Y , aclv. Nearly, S .
" Sae aff I set, and Wasp wi' me, for ye wad really
hae thought he kent where I was gaun, puir beast,
and here I am after a trot o' sixty mile or near
bye." Guy Mannering, iii. 107.
N E R - B L U D I T , adj. Nearly related, q. near in blood,
Clydes.
NEEHAND, N E A R H A K D , - p r e p . Near.] Add;
" Hamilton, Lanerk his brother, the lord Gordon
his sister's son, and the earl of Argyle—went quietly
frae court, and rode toaplace of Hamilton's mother's
called Kinneil, where for a while they remained to-
gether, nearhand Linlithgow, syne went to Hamil-
ton, and therefrae to Glasgow in sober manner, as
they thought lit." Spalding, i. 326, 327-
It also occurs in O.E. " He was so sore taken with
VOL, I I . ' 153
ff I was for thinking at first it was—the houlets
an' the wulcats tryin' wha wad mak the loudest
scraigh; yet it was na like them netherans I thought
again/' Saint Patrick, i. 167.
" Naitherans, Naithers, neither, e. g. I dhrna like
it naitherans, I do not like it neither." Gl. Picken.
N E T H E R E N D , the breech, S.
Meanwhile twa herds upo' the shiny brae
Forgathering, straught down on tammocks clap
Their nether ends, and talk their unco's o'er.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 5.
NETHMIST, NETHMOST, adj. Undermost,
Aberd., Ettr. F o r . ; the same with Ned-mist,q.v,
N E T T E R I E , adj. Ill-tempered, Tweedd.
Perhaps from A.S. naeddre, Teut. natcr, an adder,
a serpent.
N E T T Y , 5. A woman who traverses the coun-
try in search o f wool, Ettr. For.
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N E T T Y , adj. Mere, Abercl. X EUK A T V K E, L A designation given tc?

The ne'er a bod] em air I'll spend a mllie, or shepherd's dog, that is rough or
On ale or liquor ; >hnirgv, Fife.
Except it be for netty drouth, Applied to a man who masters another easily in
I tak a drap to wet my mouth. a struggle or broil ; lie .shook him Hire a neiil:a-
W. Be alliens Tales, p. 1 (I tyke, \. e. as easily as a. power {hi collie does a
N E T T L E - B R O T H , 5. Broth made of nettles, small dog, ibid.
as a substitute for greens, especially when ga- To ca' a dog after sheep, or any other animal, is to
thered young in spring, S. hound him on them. The most natural idea, there-
N E T T L E - E A R N E S T , * In nettle-earnest, no fore is, that the phrase had originally been a -new cad
longer disposed to bear jesting, but growing tyke, i. e. a dog that is quite fresh and vigorous, as
testy, S el kirks. being only newly hounded out, one that is not ex-
" It's a queer place this/ quo he f ane canna hauster 1 by running.
speak a word but it's taen in nelite-ea rnest/* Brownie X E r L L T ) , N C X I / D , adj. Having very short
of Bodsbeck, ii. 10. Perhaps q. stinging like a nettle. horns, or rather mere stumps of horns, R o x b . ;
N E T T L I E , adj. Ill-humoured, peevish, S.A. Nittled, synon.
I si. knit tileg-r is rendered aeer, as equivalent to Tent, kitovel, kiievcl, nodus.
Dan. snildy sharp, our snail. But I suppose that the N E V O Y , A n e p h e w , S. V. NKIM;OI\
adj. is formed from the name of the weed, as refer- To NEW, a. T o renovate.] Add;
ring to its stinging quality. Mr. Todd has inserted this as an O.E. word, used
N E U C I v - T I M E , .v. T h e designation given,, in by Gower and Chaucer. It occurs in Prompt. Parv.
W . Loth., to the twilight; immediately in re- " Newijn or innutryn. Irmouo.— Ketvcri or maken
ference to its being the season for pastime or newe."
gossiping among the working people. T o N E W , v.a. T o curb ; to master, to humble,
I si. knauk, labor taediosus, opus servile ; knauk-a, to maul, A b e r d . ; pron. Nyow. Y.N'EW,I), which
cernuus laborare. Perhaps merely q. a nook, angle, is the part, of this v.
or small portion of time. f N E W , aclL OF NEW, newly, anew.
T o N E V E L L , v. a. 1. T o strike or beat, &c. ff It was reformed againe of nor, bet ter nor wrs
V. under NEIVE.} Add; befoir." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 07. O.K. id., i h.mct r.
3. T o knead well ; to leave the marks of the Ther can no man in Jtumblesse him aconite
knuckles on bread, Ayrs. As woman can, ne can be half so tivwe
Thick never I scones, beer-meal, or pease,— As women ben, but it be falle uf n>>h\-.
T'd rather hae—• Clrrki's Talc, \ . s 1 :.
Than a' their fine blaw-flums o' teas, Obviously a Lat. idiom : de nw-o, i. i.
That grow abroad. N E W C H E E S E , a sort of pudding made i>y sim-
Pickens Poems ITS 8, p. 63. mering the milk of a new-called cow, A'nerd.
4. T o pommel, to beat with any kind o f instru- N E W ^ I ) , p a r t . pa. Oppressed, kept, m u.ideM
ment ; used improperly, Ayrs. Add;
" When we came to the spot; it was just a yird As I have not met with this word any where else,
toad, and the laddie w7eans nevelled it to death with it may be proper to give another example.
stones, before I could persuade them to give over." Your sell, as well as 1,
Annals of the Parish p. 104. Has had bad hap, our fortun's been but thrv.
N E V I L - S T O N E , s. T h e key-stone o f an arch. Anes on a day, 1 thought na to hae been,
" I admire the roofe of it [the Pantheon], being Sae sadly nac'd, or sick mischances seen,
so large and so flat without any pillar to support it ; [loss's Iletenure. First Edit. p. \ ».
and alt ho' it be a vault, it hath no nerd-stone to bind In Edit. Third, hard; undoubtedly to be ' ieweu
it in the middle, but in place thereof a round hole as an crrafntti. Add to etymon ;
so wide that it lights the whole roome abundantly, Haldorson gives the fsl. r. in various forms : as it
nor is there any other window in the fabrick." Sir is well known that g, h, and k, are almost indiscri-
A. Balfour's Letters, p. 137- minately used as the initial letter in many Gothic
Qu. if q. navel-stone, as being the central part ? words; and that they are all occasionally thrown out
N E U K , s. Corner, S,; same with nook, E . V. Oo. before n. Gny-a, gnyd, gnuddi, fricare ; also, subi-
gere ; vi exponere. Kny-ct, cogere, urgere; whence
Far nook, the extremity of any thing, S. ; q. the
knyer, viri bellaces. Nu-a conterere, part. pa. .runt,
utmost corner.
kf He will have us trained up in the exercise of the same with Gny-a and Kny-a. I need scarcely
believing and waiting ; but I trow, instead of wait- say that new'd nearly resembles nuit. He gives Dan.
ing, many a one of us be come to the far nook of our gnid-e, to rub, to grate, and noed-e, to force, to con-
patience." Mich. Bruce's Lectures, &c. p. 48. strain, as synonymous.
In the neuJc, in child-bed, Galloway. NEW-YEAR'S-DAY.
" He was sent to Wigton for a bottle of wine, and Among the many superstitions connected with this
another of brandy, to comfort a few gossips who were day, the following is one which still keeps its place
attending his first wife, then in (he neult" Caled. Merc. in Ayrs.
JIar. 3. 1823. She was removed from mine to Abraary^ ..
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bosom on Christmas day, and buried 011 Hogmanae;
for it was thought uncanny to have a dead corpse in
the house on the new-year s-day. Annals Par. p. 50.
N E W I N G I S , N E W I N G S , s.'pl 1 . News, a fresh
account of any thing,
— " Quhair ye say, your camming in this cuntrie
Mas—simplie to propone vnto the people Jesus Christ
crucified, to be the only Sain our of the warld, praise
be to God, that was na neivingis in this cuntrie, or
e wan* borne." Q. Kennedy, Reasoning with J.
Knox, iii, I).
() •;! hn ir ye ar glaid to knaw, quhat ye suld im-
piua.-a aoperanlie til at sould be 11a ncwingis to y o w / '
Ibid. I), ii, a.
.veilics, what one is not familiar with,
robes were not newings to him ; and neither
.re they to y o u f Ruth. Lett. P. iii. ap. 27-
X h \ V o r s , adj. Newfangled, fond or full o f
what is new, Clydes.
N nworsuj E, adv. I n a newfangled way, ibid.
N !•: w<) 1; s x ES s, .v. Newfangled 11 ess, ibid.
(Mb nc;ryz,\\lew ; newyz-iaw, to make new; nemyz-a,
te ho-ovato.
T< i N E \ V S E , v. n. T o talk over the iwws, Aberd.
N v. s 1 E, ddj. Fond, of bearing or rehearsing nczcs,
bf.d,
N H L U V A H , adj. Diminutive and meagre,
Aberd. ; resembling* what is picked by the
;. //,' or beak of a fowl.
N l h l U E, «y. A stick or walking-staff with a
hooked head, used by shepherds, like the an-
cient crook. " Gin I get had cf my nibble, Fse
reesle yer riggin for ye Teviotd.
Gibbie is mentioned as synon. This, I suppose,
is only a variety of Kcbbie, id. Nibble seems to sig-
nify a stall' with a nib, neb, 01* beak.
N I B B I T , s. " T w o pieces of oatmeal bread,
spread over with butter, and laid face to face,"
Ayrs.
Br aw butter'd ni bints ne'er wad fail
T o grace a cog o' champ it kail,
Sent down wi' jaws o nappy ale.
Pickens Poems I ?aS8, p. 63.
This may be q. nieve-bil, a piece of bread for the
hand; or knave-hit, the portion given to a servant,
as the uppermost slice of a loaf is called the lawn's-
jiiece.
N 1 C E - G A B B I T , adj. Difficult to please as to
food, Fife. V. GAB.
N Y C H B 0 U 1 1 , N Y C H T B O U R , S. A neighbour.]
Add;
g. A n inhabitant; or perhaps rather, a fellow-ci-
tizen. T h u s the phrase, u the vychtbouris o f
this towne," is used for the inhabitants, &c.
A b e r d . l i e g . Cent. 16.
T o N Y C H T B O U R , v. n. T o co-operate in an ami-
Cable manner, with those living in the vicinity,
in the labours of husbandly.
" T o marrow & nychtbour with wtheris, as thai
wald ansur to the king & tone [Town] thairupoun."
Aberd. Reg. A. 1538 ^V. 16.
N Y C H T B O U I I H E I D , N Y C H T B O U R S C H I P , S. That aid
which those who lived adjacent to each other,
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were legally bound to give one another in the
labours o f husbandry; synon. Marrozcschip.
Ci That he mycht nocht fynd him the nychtbourheid
contenit in the said peticioun." Aberd.* Reg. V. 16.
To find William Anderson sufficient nychtbour-
•heid in bygging of his dykis." Ibid. V. 16".
" Ide intendis to find me na nychtbourschip to the
teling [tilling] & laboring of the said landis." Ibid.
fc He was ehargit to fynd nychtbourschip to him,
& big his dikis wp." Ibid. Cent. Kb
<c He wald nocht fynd me nychtbour ship, quhar-
throw my gudis deid [died], swa that I may nocht
fynd him nychtbourhcid this yeir, &c. sen he wran<»"-
ously deferrit to find me nychtbourschip the 1 est yeir
foirsaid, that I be dischargit of his nychtbourschip
this yeir, beCaus my gudis ar deid." Ibid. V. id.
From the last passage it is evident that neigh-
bours were bound, by an act of the town-council at
least, to give mutual aid in the labours of husbandry.
N Y C H B O U K L Y K E , adj. Like one's neighbours, S.
" Thairfoir sail the proprietar—be bimdiii—to re-
found the thrid part of the money quhilkis thay de-
burse—in necessare and proffitabill expensis,—the
land being alsweill biggit as of befoir, and nychbour-
lyke" Acts Mary 1555, Ed. 181 t, p.
This term is still much used. It occurs in the use-
ful proverb; cc Nei^hbourlike ruins half the world," S.
T o N I C H E I l , N e 1 o 11 eit, (g 1111.v.'ii. T o neigh.]
Add to etvirion,—after Bu.G. gnacgg-ia;
Isl. hna<gg-ia, (Sec.—to E. a nag. Then add; Our
term retains the very form of the Arab, synonyme
" l m , n a char, per nares duxit; n a char, ronehus.
N I C I I T - C O ' W T , ,9. A night-cap, S.
N I C H T E D i p a r t . p a . Benighted, S . V . N I C I I T I T .
N I C H T - H A W I v , s. 1. A large white- moth,
which flies about hedges in summer evenings,
Clydes.
2. A person who ranges about at night, ibid.
Probably the same with A.S. nihi-hultorjleoge,
night-butterfly, blatta ; Lye.
NicitT-iiAWKIX, adj. Addicted to nocturnal roam-
ing, ibid.
N Y C H T Y E T A L E , , ? . Be nychtyrtale, by night,
in the night-time.
Bot a grete plane in till it was.
Thiddyr thoucht the lord of Dowglas,
Be nychtyrtale, thair ost to bring.
' The Bruce, xiv. 52(><). Edit. lSi20.
When publishing this edition of Barbour, I he*i-
tated whether this might not be the name of a place.
But a learned friend has since supplied me with de-
cisive proof that it must signify " by night on.
nychtyrtale occurring in this sense in a very ancient
translation of the Burgh Laws ascribed to David I,
" The propyr fleschewaris of the tonne sal by
bestis to the oyse of the ton 11 e al tyme of the day at
hym lvkis. Ande na flesehewar sal sla na by na best
on nychljjrtale bot on lycht day in thair bothys, ande
thair wyndowis beancle opyn." Leg. Quat. Burg,
e, iki De nocte, Grig. Lat.
This word is used by Chaucer.
So bote he loved, that by night ertale
He slep no more than doth "the nightingale.
Prol v. 97.
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Before observing Tvrwhitt's note, it occurred to rally given to the Queen of the Fairies, was proba-
vue that it mi-Jit he q. nlcht erne-tale, from A.S. niht- bly bestowed upon her on account of her crimes."
' me nocturnus, and tale, computus, as denoting the Pref. to Law's Memor. xxviii, N.
reckoning or computation of the hours during night. N I D D E R , s. " T h e second, shoot grain makes
But perhaps Ins idea is preferable, that it is q. niht- when growing ; in dry seasons it never bursts
t'm dad, noctmvia portio. Lydgate uses nighlertyme. the nidder Gall. Encyel.
N ! C f I T I T , part. pa. Benighted, S. " This and niddering," it is subjoined, to pine
^'in;it ted is usee, by Shakspeare in the sense of and fret, to seem in a withering state, are the same/'
darkened, black. Perhaps rather from A.S. nither-ian, as signifying
N I C H T Q U A I F F I S , night-coifs. V. QUAIFFIS. detrudere, to thrust out, because here the grain
T o N I C K , v. a. T o strike off a small bowl, by pushes itself forth.
a quick motion of the first joint of the thumb T o N I D D E R , N I T H E R , t<. a.] Read;
pressing against the forefinger; a term used at 3. T o pinch or bind up with cold, S.
the game of marbles or taw, S. Tho' snaw bend down the forest-trees,
N I C K , -v. T h e angle contained between the beam An' burn an' river cease to flow;
of a plough and ihc handle on the hinder side, Tho' nature's tide hae shor'd to freeze,
i )rkn. A see .synon. An' winter nither s a' below,
N I C K , >•. A narrow opening between the sum- Blyth are we, &c. Pickens Poems, i. 99.
mii.s of tv::> hills. South of S. Add ;—Niddered, pinched, &c.
TlnsE perhaps merely a, peculiar useof the E. word. 4. T o pinch, as referring to hunger; used both
A'/r/,-. a ho!:<;-, oas>. through moors, from which in the N. and S. of S. ; Niddercd, " hungered,
a at <>,i "nci> m monr view is to be had." Gall. Enc. half-starved," Shirr. Gl.
«—Ilame gaed I straught, an' telFd the weans r
i'<i>'!<A-lt.. it.-c!f, ja'Dp.Tly signifies a pass.
Wi' joy they a' set up a rair,
N I C K E E E E S , .v. ///. A cant term for new shoes,
For they wi' want war nither d sair.
Roxb. ; pruoalm, from iheir making a creaking Picken's Poems, i. 61. Insert, as sense
noise. 5. T o stunt in growth, R o x b .
N I C K E R I E, -v. J Mile tnekcric, a kindly com- ('Nidderit,Nitheryt, marred or stunted in growth
pel I at ion of a child, I a>t h. Gl. Sibb.
N i (' KI E, \ i K s v., .v. Tim abbrev. of the nameC. T o put out of shape, as by frequent handling and
Nicol; sometimes cf tlie female name Nicolas, tossing. "Nidderit & deformeit Aberd. Reg.
S. " Ar;/,/V 1-iI -"" Acts, iii. 7. Plagued, warmly handled, q. crushed down
Nr KMC I'M, Ki( Kt'M, .V. A wag, one given to by suffering, Shirr. G L ] Add ;
mischievous tricks, aiirmigh not as implying •—A fim-stane does Sisyphus
the idea of immorality, Kile, Aberd. "Down to the ycrd sair gnidge.—•
Perhaps q. n'tch him. if so, it has originally cle- But wrhy a thief, like Sisyphus,
iKited deception. f si. hrdek-r dolus, also apprehensio That's nidder d sae in hell,
violenta, hn'wk-ia rantave ; Haldorsoii. Sud here tak fittininment,
NICIvN A C K E T / s . A trinket, S.A. Is mair na I can tell.
ce Nick-nackets, trinkets ;" Gl. Antiq. Ajaxs Speech, Poems Buch. Dial. p.
N I C K N A C K I K , adj. Dextrous in doing any piece T o N I D D L E , v. a. " T o overcome Gall.Enc.
of nice work, l l o x b . ; synon. Naclcetie. A.S. nid-ian urgere, cogere; whence nidiing, ex-
NICKSTICK, A piece of wood, &c.] Add; actor ; nydling, qui ex necessitate servit.
a We serve the family wi' bread, and he settles T o N I D G E , v. n. T o squeeze through a crowd,
wi' huz ilka week—only he was in an unco kippage or any narrow place, with difficulty, R o x b . V.
when we sent him a book instead o the nick-sticks, G N I D G E , V. A.
whilk, he said, were the true ancient way o' count- N I D G E E E , .9. 1. " A fat fro ward young man
ing' between tradesmen and customers." Anti- Gall. Encycl.
quary, i. 321. 2. iC A stiff lover, one whom no rival can dis-
N I C K S T I C K B O D I E , one who proceeds exactly ac- place ibid.
cording to rule; as, if he has had one to dine C.B. cnodig signifies fleshy, corpulent, fat, from
with him, he will not ask him again without enawd, human flesh ; and nozlid, juicy, sappy. In
having a return in kind, Teviotdale. the second sense it might seem rather allied to Teut.
T o N I C K S , N I X , v. n. T o set up anything as knuds-en, tundere, batuere.
a mark and throw at i t ; to take aim at any N I E E , s. A female bond-servant.
thing near ; as, to nix at a bottle, lloxb. ^ A Nief (id est, a villain woman) marrying a free-
Teut. nacck-en appropinquare; attingere; A.S. man, is thereby made free, and shall never be Nief
nihsta, nyest, proximus; q. a trial who shall be after, without a special act done by her, as divorce,
nearest to the mark, or confession in a court of record." Spotiswoode's
N I C N E V E N , * . The Scottish Hecate, &c.] Add; Practicks, p. 309.
cc From that he past to St. Androis, quhair a no- Cowel has given this term in the form of Neife,
tabill sorceres eallit Nieneven was condemnit to the rendering it vativa. He quotes the Stat, of Edw.
death and brunt." Historic Ja. Sext, p. 66. 6. and of It. (apparently Richard) 2. cap. 2. The
Mr, C. K. Sharpe remarks ; This name, gene. word is also in Jacob's Diet.
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It had occurred to me that Nief being explained
by the singular phrase, " a villain woman/' might
be a corr. pronunciation of knave, which is equiva-
lent to L.B. villamis. But Cowel more properly re-
fers to Fr. naif, natural is, a term applied, in that
language, to one horn a servant: Naif\ serf de nais-
sance ou d'origine; nativus, Roquefort. It is also
written neif, ibid. Du Cange quotes the laws of Wil-
liam the Conqueror, in proof that ancillae,—servitute
obnoxiae, were denominated nief ex wwAuaijs, ute con-
tra viri, Villani ; vo. Nativus.
NIEVESHAKING, Something dropped from the
hand of another, a windfall.
-*< Next her bosom bane—she wears Ronald Mori-
son's gowden chain, whilk was won by the dour
and bauId Lord Allan Morison at the storming o'
Jerusalem, i' the days o' the godless Saracens. Sic
a braw nieve-shakings no to be got when the warld's
wind leaves the carcase of ilka uncannie carl in."
B l a c k w . M a g . A u g . 1820, p. 508. V . NEIVE.
NIEL, T h e abbrev. of Nigel, S.
T o N I F F E R , N Y F F E U , v. a. " l . T o exchange.
" Be way of nyffering, coffing, & ex cambium'" Semple.
Aberd. Reg. A . 1541, V. 17.
2. T o higgle. V. under N E I F F A I I , V.
T o N I F F L E , v. n. T o trifle, to be insignificant
in appearance, in conversation, or in conduct;
as, " He's a niffiiri body Fife.
Belg. nieuweling, a novice ; or knuffelen, to fumble.
I si. hnef-a prehendere, arripere, from hnefe the fist,
S. neive; q. one who plays or trifles with his hands.
N I F F - N A F F S , s.pl 1. Small articles,&e.] Add;
3. In singular, itsometimes denotes a small person,
or one who has not attained full strength, S. A .
Wha's this stripling that rides the good dun
mare?' That's my bit niff-naff of a call a n t s a y s
f
my father." Perils of Man, ii. 229-
N I F F - N A F F Y , adj. Troublesome about trifles, S.;
66 fastidious; a phrase of contempt;"" Gl.Antiq.
— " She departed, grumbling between her teeth,
that she wad rather lock up a hail ward than be lik-
ing about thae niff-naffy gentles that gae sae muekle 2, That piece of beef that is cut out immediately
fash wi' their fancies." Guy Mannering, iii. Q2.
N I G E R ( g hard), s. Corr. of negro, S,
— H o w graceless Ham leugh at his Dad,
Which made Canaan a niger. Burns, iii. 6'3. ner, as extending the whole length of the ribs of the
N I G G A R , NIG RE, S. A miser, S.
A nephew he had, at the news he was glad,
An' leugh in his sleeve like to rive,
That by help of the button, he came to be put in
What stored the auld niggars hive.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 122.
Corr. from E. niggard. Isl. nauggur, hnauggur,
parens, ten ax, Sw. iiiugg, niugger, id.
NIG G A R S , s. pi T w o pieces of black iron, in I say, die as they will, the Lord vouchsafes not a nip
the form of brick-bats, placed on the sides of cast- 011 them except they worke." Ibid. p. 150.
metal grates for contracting them in size, Iloxb.
A.Bor. "Niggar ds, iron cheeks to a grate," Grose; * N I P ,
evidently'from E.niggard, as it is a parsimonious plan.
T o N I G H T , v.mi. T o lodge during night.
" They nighted for their own pay in the Old town." * N I P P E R S , s. pi The common name for pin-
Spalding i. 291.
T o N I G H T T H E G I T I I E R , to lodge under the same
roof, S,
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N I P
— I hae sworn to myself, and Til keep my aith.
that you and I shall never night thegitiier again in
the same house, nor the same part o' the country."
Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 53.
Isl. natt-a, noctem peragere, pernoctare.
N I G H T - H U S SI NG, A night-cap for a fe-
male, Sel kirks.
"" Her mutch, or nighl-hitssing, as she called it,
wTas tied close down over her cheeks and brow ;—
her grey locks hanging dishevelled from under it/''
Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 209.
This might seem to be q. housing ; Fr. housse co-
vered with a foot-cloth. But it is more probably al-
lied to How, Hoo, a cap or covering for the head ;
perhaps from Su.G. hiftea, hwif a cap, and saeng a
bed, q. a bed-cap."
N I G - M A - N I E S , s. pi " Unnecessary orna-
ments;" Gall. Encycl. V. N I G N A Y E S .
N I G N A G , s. A gimcrack; a variety of Kiel'-
outvie, Teviotd.
N Y K I T , 3. p. pres. v.] Add;
The same phrase was used so late as the time of
And sua he neckit tliame with may,*
And brocht the teale bravelie about.
How Pluto come and pullit them out.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Poems \ 6th Cent. p.
Read nay.
N Y L E , s. Corr. of navel, Fife. " Her nylcs
at her rnou," a coarse phrase applied to a wo-
man far advanced in pregnancy.
A.S. nan el, nafel, Su.G. najle} id. Ihre views naf
eavitas, as the root.
N I L E Y E , W I L L Y E , a phrase still used in S.,
signifying, " Whether ye be reluctant or well
pleased." A.S. nillan, nolle.
N I M E - E Y E D - E E L , the Lesser Lamprey, Frith
of Forth. V. EEL.
N I N E - H O L E S , s. pl 1. The game of Nine
men's Morris, S,
below the brisket or breast, S.; denominated
from the vacancies left by the ribs.
The piece next to the nine-holes is called the run-
fore-part of the animal, S.
N I P , NIMP, S. A small bit of any thing.] Add;
" If thou hast not laboured but lies bene idle all
day, looke that thou put not a nip in thy mouth:
for there is an inhibition, Let him not eate that la-
bours not." llollock on 2 Thes. p. 140.
Then must it not foil owe, he workes n o t ; there-
fore he must not eate? O ye will say, that is very
strait, if men and wemen eat not they will die. But
Bread, and especially cheese, is said to
have a nip, when it tastes sharp or pungent, S.;
evidently an oblique sense of the E. word.
cers, South of S. In E. the word denotes
" small pincers,'"
N I P P E R T Y - T I P P E R T Y , adj. Suggesting
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the idea of what is childish!y exa::t. or ash-ciceiy 2. X i g ^ i n i i y : as. n'trl'ic creature;1*' L o t h .

Deal, in reference, as it won Iii s.ceiu5 to the re- 'I his nngbt seem allied to Isi. niched ; vir parvus
gular return of rhymes. S.A. et soialidu-; Adnirbta s;ainan smalide o]>es comparare;
— H e ' s crack-brain*' dand cockle-headcti abont lib G. Andr.
n'ippcrl'/-fin/x'/i// poetry nonsense." Uob Po\\ ii. 1 aS. N I U L T I S , .v.pi. A species ofnicasle.-;, See.] Add;
Jlifj/icrdc-iipjM'rlic L the 'pronunciation in iurib., Morbilli. the s/irtcw" Wrdderb. \'ocab. p. If].
and s u p p l e d to he the right one ; from the v. hip to NTSTl, .v. Nose ; })rc;perly n't::. S.H.
hop. and tiptoe, q. hopping on the tiptoes." See, The "wa.]>ster's ni.se was dung ajee,
h o w e v e r , TJIM'KHTY a n d TIIU'KUTI.W It is a p p l i e d , The bluid run o'er his beaiah
i.) To a light unstable person ; as, t: a hi ppcrly-tip- ( 'ocl/s Simple Strains, P. "I :tt>. V. X EIS.
perin: ia.ss." T o X YSTl, T'. a. r f o beat, to pommel ; a word
::.) To songs or tunes that are quick and rattling in used among boys, Loth.
their r h v t h m . Perhaps radically the same with Suse. V. K X C S E .
N L I M M T * (til). N i g g a r d l y , S. ] Add ; N F S S A C , .v. T h e :iame given to n ])orpoise, Shell.
—4< Xa, na, I ne'er likit to he nippit or pinging ; " i)elp]iinus Plioca(-na, (Linn, syst.) ATissac, (Niss
mo roiiihrie o' a' 1 liiii»_»•." Saxon and Gael, i. of Pontoppidan), Peliach, lJ(.i-])Us;." .Lclmonstone'e
N I P U L K I X , .v. A sniMii morsel, Roxb. Xctl. ii.
Apparently the same with nip',)-. v/7//, which Sere- ]']\'ident!a dimin. from N'orw. . e\pl. he
nius lidVi s as an K. u ord eonv-ponding with I,at. Lr;i;kiger, De!p!ihn:s Phoe^i'iia. LI. h/n/sa reli-
>! huh'/. 'Icii-'fl in g a small mea-nre. It. would >.ecm, dei'e; i" i L'b :!; i;:, i • minimum
indeed, that A. tpperkm is sometimes Used. Grose N I T . -v. L 11i:t, ;he fruit of the hazel, S
I: r, f . iI a- a emit term. 2 . Tile wheel i'f a ei'i >• .• sLow.
U ma-/ oa \ e orig!: iat"(! Ironi n-.p^ a smai! bit, or 11 em, se:: corsbialis with thair /-it/is, and eer-
Vein. /. nj/jj~cjt arctare, whence /' n<}pn\ hoioo prae-lane aub.l gae.yeis." inventeu'ies, A. I oh'fi, p. j 7;-.'.
i In the opposite :-ude of the circumference wa<
X I P - S C A K T , -v. 1. A niggardly person, Teviotd. a much smaller notch, by the means of which the
\t. A crabbed or peevi-h person. ( lydes. spring of the triekcr kept the wheel firm, and in it?
The phra.-e \ipprf war/, used ;n Angus, corre- place; this wheel is called the turf of the cross-bowf
sponds e:-;ac t! v with the lirst sense ; a civ) idling to Grose's Military HLt. ii. 'JS7-
v hich Lut.: w oiai in iglit. seem to be eoui pr I of other X r r - o i ! n\' adi. </
i )\ tiie size of a na!.7 as lar^'eo i>i
two. both giving the idea of great; parse.ion v. Did srrcah, South of S.
we view tiie second as the primary s:m:i;ieation, we N I T CI I, A'. A bundle or truss. V. IVNTTen.
mi.;-iit consider the ten11 as meant to intimate that T o X T T E , z\ a. T o raj), to strike with a smart
tue person, to whom it is applied, :s (h.-poseJ to e>;- b l o w , S.
his ill humour bv tnppui's, or pinchnig, and And ye're baith Kin/;'.- oi'hee!'., t• »o ! — i f it w;irna.
.^cratch;ng ail who approach hum for tiie biota! !jial's i' \'our mast«-r's vein.-, I wad nite
XI11;L •> '*. 1. A n y thing of stunted growth, your twa bits [>ows thegilher." Brownie of I3ods-
Tit I r. ]'or. beck, i. 117. V . K N O I T .
il. A . d w a r f , i b i d . V. XIULTE. N T T H E E I E , adj. Wasted, growing f e e b l y ; as,
N I I t L , ,v. 1. A crumb.] Add; u QiUherie corn," that which is so feeble that it
It is often used to denote a puny dwarfish per- can scarcely be cut, R o x b . T h e same with Nid-
son, whether man or child, S.l>. Sometimes an dered. V. N i d d e r , v.
adj. is conjoined; as, a iccarjj mrl, a feeble NITTEHS, ct A greed)-, grubbing, impudent,
]>i<_p iiv. withered female Gall. Ivncvcl.
Von ane? Why, he lias na mail* calf to his leg Avarice is obviously tile prominent idea. Thus the
than a grcv-hoand.—And sic a whey face I—a per- term must claim a common origin v. iih X I T T I E , q. v.
fect nirl! as 1. sail answer, I've seen as boardly a N I T T Y , .V. i'lxpi. a u hide knaver Gh A b e r d .
chicl in a glass bottle upon a doctor's shelf.''' Peg. But ibwks will s a i t %/;is na. pretty
Dal ton, iii. 119- To yoke sic twa in conp.mct ditty,
T o N I R L , v. a. 1. T o pinch with cold, Loth. j'hem liaitii to hit;
52. T o contract, to make to shrink. " Thai pickles And ca; you but a twa-fae'd hilly,
(grains of corn) hae been nirled wr the drowth," W1 a5 your wit.
or c£ w'f the frost," Loth. Hence, Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 187-
NIRLED, adj. Stunted ; applied to trees, L o t h . ; This may be viewed as claiming the same origin
most probably q. knui'led. " That's puir mrlie with the adj. Nittie, q. v . ; if not from Teut. nectigh.
grain as ever I saw," Loth. inutilis, nullius valoris.
In this sense Nirl is allied to " O.E. Nyruyll. Pu- N I T T L E S , -v. pi. 1. Horns j ust appearing above
sillus." Prompt. Par v. It is indeed printed Nynyll. the skin, on the head of an animal, Clydes.
But this must certainly be viewed as an erratum. 2. Applied to the small stunted horns of sheep, ib.
For under the synon. term, we read u Nuruyll dwerfe. I si. hnytla nodulus, a little knot, Jtom hnnt-r nodus.
Supra in A'yrnyll." N I T T L E P , adj. Having horns of this description.
N I it LIE, adj. I. Very small, synon. with Nirled ; ibid. NculTd, synon.
as, " Nirlle-headcd w h e a t S o u t h of S, N I V I E - N I C K N A C K , 6'. Y . N E I V I E - N I C K N A C K ,
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N Y U C K F I T , .s\ T h e snipe; a name supposed to cond sense of our term, has had a common origin; to
be formed from its cry when ascending, Clydes. which may be added Isl. hnjjs-a, Sw. nos-a defined by
N I V L O G K , s. A bit o f wood, around which the Sercuius in the very words used by Kilian.
end of a hair-tether is fastened, for holding b y , * N O , adv. This negative has peculiar emphasis
Banff's., A b e r d . ; from -ii'icvc, Su.G. nacfioe, the in the Scottish language; and converts any adj.
list, and perhaps lycfca, a knot, fibula, nodus ; to which it is prefixed, into a strong affirmative
Hire. of the contrary of its proper meaning; as, no
lajss, mad ; no hiuii\ impudent, arrogant; no
N I X IF", s. A naiad, a water-nymph. canny, dangerous, often including the idea o f
She who sits by haunted well, witchcraft or supernal urai power.
Is subject to the Nix ids spell; N O A I T S A B K. an appearancc in the atmosphere,
She who walks on lonel)T beach. when the clouds are parted in an elliptieai form,
T o the mermaid's charmed speech. so as to assume somewhat, of the likeness
lite Pirate, iii. If), boat or yawl, pointed at both ends, S.
ft* a Pixie, *eek thy ring, " The grey and ml-vy appearance of the :::: ; iu-
If a Nixie, .seek thy spring. jftid. ii. 2 l-b. phere, by which the present good weather was usier-
ft might >,eem that this term i- originally the same ed in, is held by country people to be the -tnmgest
V, it!I X or w. A/A-.VC, thus defined by 1 Ja! lager, " iiTrottd, proof of its continuance, in addition to this, the Ko~
(monger), or a long-consumed substance, which bin Redbreast has carolled from the house-tops am!
pear:-, as a little boy in. a grey jacket with a red cap Noalis Ark been *een in the heavens—omens wliich,
oil Iks head. Me dwells especially in houses: audit in the opinion of many, are more to he depended oa-
Is believed, that he brings good luck with .him, for th an either the rising or the falling of the barometer."
<vhich reason they set down merit to him about even- Dumfries Courier, Kdin. Kv. f o u r . Sept. 1 S.
in^. Me is also known in Denmark."' This hob-
^obiin is obviously the llrotniie of our own country. The prognostic, concerning the state n f f v zi-
lint the aitributes of Xt.swe do not agree with those ther, is formed from the direction of this ark J:e
:

.A' Xixie. We must therefore turn our eye to Isi. heavens. If it extends irom south to north, it is
viewed
X i/,'-)', h i ppo pot a m u s, m on s t r 11 m v el d;; ei i u > 11 aij a aid is. as an indication of good weather ; from
(t. Andr. Wan. nickc/i} /iockcu, Su.G. /teeke/i, Oerm. east to west, a squall of wind or rain is certainiv
nicks, Ik'ig. necker, all signify, according to Hire, looked for. Hence the old adage ;
daemon aquaticus. Hence also li. nick. Xik/tr was East and wast ( w e s t ) , the sign of a bla-t :
one of the names of Odin. North and south, the sign of drouth.
The change, it is observed, generally takes ;/ac e
N I X I N , s. A play, in which cakes of ginger-
within twenty-tour hours after this pheuomeno:i.
bread being placed on bits of wood, he who
It is singular that this prognostic should be inter-
gives a certain sum to the owner of the cakes,
preted quite in aai opposite way on the other sice ot
lias a right to throw at a given distance, with a the Border. For Clarke, in his Survey of the Takes
rung about a yard long, and to claim as many of Cumberland, ^e. expresses him-elf thus :
cakes as he can displace, or clean ones in lieu o f ff I will add to those already mentioned
them, Itoxb. pearance in the heavens, called A mdi\s Art,• nh-h
Su.G. rujek signifies eoiicussio. But it is most pro- being occasioned by a brhk west- w iml robing ,_e-
bably a cant term, ther a lar^'e number of small brig lit clouds :n;o t'u-
N I X T I N , adj. Next. form of a si lip's hull, ami exhibiting a beautiful mot-
The firsten shot was to neir,—~ tled texture, is pointed North and South, am! -aia to
The nixtin shot thair foes hurt. be an infallible sign of rain to happen within twenty-
Battetl of Batrinnes, Poems 16th Cent. p. 353. four hours/' Introd. xlii.
Botl\firsten and nlrtiu retain the A.S. form of the da- N O B L E S , Read Noble, s. T h e Fogge, &c\]
tive and accusative; next an from nexst, nest, proximals. Addj
N I X T O C U M , adj. Next. A b e r d . l i e g . Cottus Cataphractus. The Pogge or Armed. ih;
N I 2 Z A R T I T , part. pa. Stunted in growth, head;—Noble/' Neill's List of Fidies. p. o.
L a narks. NOCHTGAYNESTANDAN1), N. i-
withstanding, Brechine B e g . F. o l .
Kidder d is used in the same sense. V. the v.. sense
r>.
N O C H T I S , s. Naught, of u , vahv.
It might perhaps be viewed as a corr. of this ;
" In qiihat proud arrogance and dtaimiaoil >Acri.\'g<
did not Alem. neiz denote affliction, nez-en to hate,
is he specialie, and the utheris his fad low is in thair
and IMoes.G. neiths, invidia, rancor.
degre, sliddin ; usurping the auctoritie of godly bi^-
N I Z Z E 1 J N , part. pa. 1. Niggardly.] Add to chopes and utheris pastouris and prcistis,—aluter/e
etymon; aganis all lauchfull power c.nyway gevin be man :<•;
It seems more nearly allied to Teut.:neusel-en, fri- ony ministerie, that thai use in the kirk, ,?xcepr aioy
vola agere. The primary sense of this Teut. word be that titill, quhilk thai esteme nocIdisA X. V/m-
seems to be, to be clandestinely poking into every yet's Quest. Keith, Hist. App. p. 222.
corner, or searching with the nose like a dog ; Nasu Kaides, gen. of A.S. noki nihil, q. " o f nougiu/*
give rostro taeite scrutare; Kilian. The-root is nense
N O C I I T I E 3 adj. 1. P u n y in size, and at xh-.-
the nose. It is probable that Dan. noeste, " t o be busy,
same time contemptible in appearance ; O'
to be taken up about some trifling thing, to be full of
slie's a nochtic creature Z1 A n g .
bustle," &c. (Wolff), which corresponds with the sc-
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2. Bad, unfit for any purpose; applied to an in-
strument, Aberd.
Q. a tbing-of nought, A S. no-wild.
N O C K , N O K , N O K K , S. 1 . T h e nick or notch of
a bow or arrow,] Add;
(i Nocke of a Imwe, [ F r.] oche de larc : Nocke of a
shafte, [ T r . ] oche de la f l e s c h e P a l s g r . B. iii. P.
50, 1).
N O C K I T , N O C K E T , N O K K E T , S. A luncheon,
&c.] Add; lloxb., Gall.
" Nockci—a meal between breakfast and dinner."
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 160, N.
NOCKET-TIME, /y. T h e time for taking a luncheon,
lloxb.
Wi' hamely cottage fare regal'd to be
At nocket-time, an' whan 'tis afternoon,
By the moss-banks upcf the velvet lea
Their table spread, ilk circle sits them down.
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 1 O'O.
ft Nockci, a mid-day lunch;" Gall. Encycl.
NOCKS, pi " Little beautiful hills; 1 ' Gall.
Encycl. ; the same with Knock, q. v.
* NOD, ' The Land of Nod, the state of sleep.
" He's awa to the Land of Nod? he has fallen
asleep, S. Lands of Nod, Aberd.
" And d'ye yen, lass/ said Madge, f there's queer
things chanced since ye hae been in the Land of Nod."
Tales of my Landlord, S. 1. Vol. iii. 124.
This figure is evidently borrowed from the use of
the E. word, as denoting " the motion of the head in
drowsiness/' But it has most probably been at first
employed as containing wdiat is often mistaken for
wit, a ludicrous and profane allusion to the language
of scripture in regard to the conduct of the first mur-
derer, Gen. i v. I (>. " A n d Cain went out from the
presence of the L O R D , and dwelt in the land of Nod."
NODDY, A one-horse coach, moving on two
wheels, and opening behind, S.
£c There was a noddy at the door, bound for the
town of Greenock; so I stepped into it." The Steam-
Boat, p. 121.
The name may have been given from its nodding
motion.
N ( ) D ] ) E E - A I I A I D , adv. Head foremost, T e -
viotdale.
The latter part of this word may be allied to Isl.
aracdi impetus.
N O D G E , S. A push or stroke, properly with the
knuckles, A y r s . ; Dunsh, Pimsh, synon.
— T h e y came to a cross-road, where my grand-
father, giving Master Kilspinnie a?iodge, turned down
the one that went to the left." R. Gilhaize, i. 85.
" As we were thus employed, Mrs. Pringle gave
me a nodge on the elbow, and bade me look at an el-
derly man, about fifty—something of the appearance
of a gausey good-humoured country laird." The
Steam-Boat, p. 253.
To N O D G E , v. 7i. 1 . To sit or go about in a
didi, stupid kind of state, Ettr. For.
'R. T o N O D G E alang, to travel leisurely, Dumfr.
( .B. iit/giad denotes " broken motion." Butper-
i • a]. s tin- c. is allied to Teut. knodse, clava nodosa,
a.< denoting stiffness of motion, or Isl linos, nisus de-
! >iii.s, q. feeble exertion.
ICO
O L
NOG, 1. A knob ; a stake, driven into the
wall, having its extremity hooked, for keeping
hold of what is hung on it, S.
Nought left me, o' lour and twenty gude onsen
and k y , —
But a toom byre and a wide,
And the twelve nogs on ilka side.
Minstrelsy Border, i. 207.
2. Avery large peg driven through divots, to keep
them in their proper place on tlie roof of a cot-
tage, Dumfr.
It seems originally the same with Teut. knocke a
knot in a tree, Sw. knagg, E. knag ; and perhaps with.
Sw. knoge the knuckle. The radical affinity of terms
of this form and signification is illustrated by Hire,
vo. Knae, the knee.
N O G G A N , part. pr. " Walking steadily, and
regularly nodding the head Gall. Encycl.
Allied perhaps to C.B. vug-iaw, to shake, to quiver,
nug a shake. Su.G. nyck coneussio ; Isl. linok-a moto.
N O G G E E , .?. A small wooden vessel with an up-
right handle, Dumfr.
The Coag is a Noggie of a larger size, for milking
in ; the Luggie being of an intermediate size. In
Galloway, it is pron. Noggin, like the E. word.
" No<rgins, little wooden dishes ;" Gall. Encycl,
T o N O Y , v. a. T o annoy.] Add ;
ccI noye, I yrke one; I greue one;" Palsgr.iii.306,b.
N O Y N S A N K Y S , s.pl
Ci The Abbot and the Convent sail fynd all mailer
of gratht that pertenys to that werk quhil is wyrk-
ande—Willam sal haf alsua for ilk stane fynyne that
he fynys of lede iii ci, and a stane of iike hunilyr that
he fynys til his travel. And that day that he wyrks
lie sal haf a penny til his noynsankis." Chartul. Aber-
broth. Fol. 24, A. 1394.
This undoubtedly signifies either meridian or din-
ner. It is originally the same word with A.S. non-
sang, cantus ad horam diei nonam, the noon-song ;
and seems, from the refection taken at this hour, to
have been occasionally used in the same sense with
A.S. non-mete, cc Refectio, vel prandium. A meale
or bever at that time;" Somner. This accurate wri-
ter adds ; Howbeit of latter times noone is mid-day,
and non-mete dinner."
Lye has shewn that A.S. sane is used for sang song,
Hence the termination sankys.
N O I S O M E , adj. Noisy, A b e r d . ; q. noise-some.
NO I T , A small rocky height.
£C Noils, little rocky hills Gall. Encycl.
Isl. hnul-r nodus; hnott-ur globus ; hnytbiarg, sax-
urn praerupturn.
NOITING, S. A beating, Lanarks.
N O I T L E D , part. adj. " Intoxicated with spi-
rits Gall. E n c y c l
Teut. nenlel-en, frivole agere ; q. brought into that
state in which one talks incoherently or foolishly.
To N O L L , v. a. T o press, &c., S.B.] Add;
But the v. has more direct affinity to Germ, knidl-
en, used in the same sense; " to knubble, to cuff
soundly," See. Ludwig.
N O L T , NOWT, 1. Black cattle.] Add;
2. Metaph. used to denote " a stupid fellow ; M GL
Surv. Moray.
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f,; What garr'd ye blaw out the erusie, Davie, ye
stupid nowt ?" St. Kathleen, iii. 159.
3. I have heard the phrase, a great muckle nont,
applied to a big, lumpish man, generally inclu-
ding the idea of inactivity, S.
NOLT-TATII, S. Luxuriant grass proceeding from
dung, S. V. TATE.
N O W T - H O R N , S. T h e horn of an o x or cow, used
for collecting cattle, &c., S.
A lang kail-gully hang down by his side,
And a meikle nowi-horn to rout on had he.
Humble Beggar, Herd's Coll. ii. 29-
Of a very cold day it is proverbially said, " It's
enouch to pierce a noul-horn " S.
N O N F I N D I N G , part. pr. Not finding.
cc In caiss of nonfinding souirtie, to denunce thaim
rebellis lik as mene slaaris." Acts Ja. V. 1525, Ed.
1814, p. 298.
N O N O B S T A N T , notwithstanding. " Non ob-
stant that," &c. Aberd. Reg. Cent. 1 6 ; from
Lat. non obstante.
N O N R E D D I N G , <9. Not cleaning, or clearing
out. 64 T h e nonredding of his buicht," keep-
ing his booth in a state of disorder. Aberd.
Reg. Y. 15, p. 651.
N O N - S U C H , s. One without a parallel, S.
If that nonsuch amongst mere men, the meek
and zealous Moses, might have his spirit so provok-
ed, as to speak unadvisedly with his lips, who ought
not?" M'Ward's Contend, p. 65.
N O N E - S U C H , adj. Unparalleled.
" This would have discovered our iniquity—pre-
venting that day of none-such calamity." Ibid. p. 88.
N O O F , NUFE (Fr. adj. 1. Neat, trim, spruce,
Galloway, Dumfr.
His tenement it was but sma',
Aught scrimpit roods, aiT that was a*;
And yet his wife was always bra%
An' unco noof. Davidson's Seasons, p. 65.
2. Snug, ibid.
€CNoof snug; sheltered from the blast;" Gall. Enc.
T o N O O K , N E U K , V. a. 1. T o check, to snib;
to put down, to humble, Aberd.
I l l wad her cuintray fouk sail no be dring
In seeking her, and gar us sadly rew
That ever we their name or nature knew;
Nae farther back 'bout them need we to look,
Than how of late they you and me did nook ?
Ross's Helenore, First Edit. p. 88.
In the third edition it is hook, undoubted by mistake.
2. T o trick, to outwit, to take in, ibid.
This may be allied to Isl. hnauk-a cernuus labor-
are, servire, whence hnokinn cernuus, pronus; hnauk,
labor taediosus, opus servile ; Haldorson. I suspect,
however, that the t). has been formed from the <9. nook
or neuk, understood figuratively, as the s. itself is used
in this sense in the same district.
NOOK, NEUK, S. 1. TO Keep> or Hald o n e in his
am NooJc, to keep a person under, to keep one
in awe, Aberd.
2. To Turn a Nook upon, to outwit, to over-
reach, ibid.
N O O L , s. A short horn, Galloway.
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He views the warsle, laughing wi' himsel
To see auld brawny glowr, and shake his nools»
Davidson's Seasons, p. 45.
ft' Nools, small horns which are not connected with
the scull-bone;" Gall. Encycl.
Su.G. hioel, a bump or knob; Germ, knoll, id.
Waehter observes that it is from nol a hillock, which
the ancients wrote fowl, and applied to any kind of
protuberance in the body, trees, &c. resembling a
small eminence.
N O O P I N G , part. pr. " Walking with eyes on
the ground, and head nodding;'' Gall. Encycl,
Isl. gnocf, nasus prominens, gnapte prominet; hnip-
in, g est u tristis, et se eoarctans membris, G. An dr.
NOOST, The action of the grinders of a horse
in chewing his food, Roxb.
Isl. gnust-a stridere, gnist-r stridor, whence tanna-
gniost-r, stridor dentium.
T o N O O Z L E , v. a. T o press down, Teviotdale.
" YeTe still but a young man yet, son, an5 expe-
rience may noozle some wit in til ye." Winter Ev.
Tales, i. 14.
This might seem to be the same with E. nuzzle;
as referring to the act of rubbing with the nose, or
digging with the snout. Teut. neusel-en, naso sive
rostro, scrutari: from ncusc, nasus. But it is more
probably a derivative from Knuse, v., especially as it
properly signifies to press down with the knees.
N O O Z L E , S. A squeeze, a crush, Ettr. For.
e<r Ane grit man trippyt on myne feet, and fell belly-
flauglit on me with ane dreadful noozle " Winter Ev.
Tales, ii. 42.
Belg. kneuseUen is mentioned by Hire (vo. Kmjstcr)
as synon. with kneus-cn, to bruise. V. KNUSE.
N O P B E D , a bed made of locks of wool, in E.
denominated a flock-bed.
Ci That Thomas Kirkpatrick of Closebarne sail—•
pay to Johne of Grant—for twa nop beddis with the
bousteris XL s., for a fedder bed with the bouster XL S.,
five pare of schetis, price of the pare x s." Act. Dom.
Cone. A. 1488, p. 98.
A.S. hnoppa villus, Su.G. nopp, id.; Teut. noppe,
villus, floccus, tomentum.
NOP SEK.
" That Henry Leis burgess of Edinburgh sail re-
store—the ruf of a bed, the eourtingis of the samyn,
a nop sek, iij paire of schetis/' &c. Act. Audit. A.
1478, p. 67. Also Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1490, p. 176,
Apparently a sack or bag made of hard or coarse
cloth. Su.G. noppa, stupae.
NORIE, T h e Puffin.] Add ;
c: Did I not hear a halloo ?' 4 The skriegh of a
Tammie Norie,' answered Ochiltree, f I ken the
skirl weelf* Antiquary, i. 168.
• Brand uses the term Tominorie.
cc The fowls have their nests 011 the holms in a
very beautiful order, all set in raws in the form of
a dove-coat, and each kind or sort do nestle by them-
selves ; as the Scarfs by themselves, so the Cety-
waicks, Tominories, Mawes,&c." Descr.ofZetl.p. 119.
N O R I E , s. A whim, a reverie, a maggot, S.
" Dear gudeman, whaten a question's that to speer
at me ? What can hae put sic a norie f your head
as that ?" Brownie of Bodsbeck, i.
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Let nae daft none sae blass us, 2. T h e cypher 0, ibid.

As gar us dread.'—• Probably a corr. of S. nocht, or of A.S. no~wiht, nihil.,
Taylors Scots Poems, p. 5. N G U D S , N O W D S , s.pl. Fishes that are counted
N O M E , s. T h e abbreviation of Eleanor, or of little value, Ayrs., Gall.
Eleanor a, S. <c Nouds, little fish, about the size of herring, with

N O R L O C , s. An encysted, growing on the head a horny skin, common in the Galloway seas." Gall.
of some persons, even to the size of an orange, Encycl. ; perhaps the Yellow Gurnard orDragonet.
S.B.; expressed S.A. by the use of the E . word N O V I T Y , s. Novelty ; Fr. nouveaulc.
Wind-gall. a William Bailie alleged, no process, because the
This is evidently a dimin. from E. knurlc, a knot. active title not produced. Hal ton repelled it. Mr.
Teut. knorre, tuber, tuberculum. William huffed at the noviiy, and offered a doller
N O i r L O C I T , the corr. of North loch, the name for the Lords' answer." Fount. Dec. Suppl. iii. 146.
tc A round-headed eminence,"
of a body of stagnant water, which formerly lay N O I J P , N I J P S , S.
in the hollow between the High Street of Edin- Shetl., Dumfr. (Fr. u.)
burgh and the ground on which Prince's Street By slack, and by skerry, by noup and by voe,&c.
now stands. Hence, The Pirate, ii. 142. V. AIR.
N o it*'LOCH TROUT, a cant phrase formerly used to This is the same with Knoop, sense q. v.
denote a joint or leg of mutton, ordered for a N O U I U C E , s. A nurse, S.O.
club of citizens who used to meet in one of the " The little n our ice from the manse laid down on
closes leading down to the North loch. Tlie in- the turf without speaking, but with a heartsome
vitation was given in these terms ; u W i l l ye smile, her small wage of four pounds." Lights and
gang and eat a Nor loch trout rfn Shadows, p. 218.
The reason of the designation is obvious. This O.E. Noryce. Nutrix." Prompt. Parv.
was the only species oifish which the North loch, on N O U B I C E - F E E , S. T h e wages given to a wet
which the shambles were situated, could supply. nurse, S.
Another said, O gin she had but milk,
N O U T H A R T , ad). Northern, of or belonging
Then sud she gae frae head to foot in silk;
to the north, Ayrs. ; corr. from Northward.
With castings rare and a gueed nourice-jee,
Far o'er the braes, the Norlluirt cauld
To nurse the King of Elfin's heir Fizzee.
To distant climes had ta'en it's way.
llosss Helenore, p. 6*3.
Pickeris Poems, i. id.
N O U S T , .9. 1. A landing-place, an inlet for ad-
N O S E B I T T , s. Any thing that acts as a check mitting a boat to approach the shore, especially
or restraint. where the entrance is rocky ; Orkney.
.—.— I will augment my bill 2. It is also expl. " a sort of ditch in the shore,
As I gett witt in mail* and mair into which a boat is drawn for being moored.""
Of his proceidingis heir and tliair. A term evidently retained from the Norwegians ;
I sail leive blank is for to imbrew thame, as it preserves not only tlie form, but nearly the sig-
That he a nosebilt m[Y]y beleive thame, nification of Isl. naust, statio navalis sub, tecto ; Hal-
Whome to my buik sal be directit. dor son. It seems originally to have signified the
Legend Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th Cent,. p. 343, place where a vessel was stationed under cover, after
N O S E L , N O Z L E , S. A small socket or aperture, it had reached the shore. Verelius expl. it, navale;
S.A. and gives Sw. bothus, i. e. boat-house, as the syno-
N O S E W I S E , adj. 1. Having—an acute smell] nyme. Navis statio ; G. An dr.
Add; N O W , s. T h e crown or top o f the head.] Add;
Teut. neuswis, odorus, sagax ; nasutus; curiosus. Isl. kalk, kiaetke, literally the cheek, metaph. de-
NOSS, A term apparently of the same mean- notes an isthmus, a promontory; G. Andr. p. 13f),
ing with Ness, a promontory, Shetl. O.E. nole was used in the same sense as S. now,
" Who was't shot Will Pater son off the Noss ?— winch is probably corr. from it. <k" Heed, pate or
the Dutchman that he saved from sinking, I trow." nole, [Fr.] eaboche." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 39, a. Nolle,
The Pirate, i. 246. occiput; Prompt. Parv.
Su.G. nos, the nose. It is generally admitted that the * N O W , adv. It is commonly used S. in a sense
terms, denoting a promontory, are borrowed from unknown in E .
ff He was never-pleased with his work, who said,
that member which projects in the human face. Isl.
nos indeed denotes a promontory. V. Ihre, vo. Naes. Now, when he had done with i t S . Pro v. " Now,
NOST, Noise, talking, &c.] Add ; at the having done a thing, is a word of discontent."
We may add Isl. gnysl-a, g nest-a, stridere, stre- Kelly, p. 144, 145.
pere; gnist stridor. " Now is now, and Yule's in winter," S. Prov.;
NOTAR, s A notary public. « Ane noier? a return to them that say, Now, by w ay of resent-
id. Aberd. Reg. ; Noter, Gl. Lynds. ment [rather, dissatisfaction]; a particle common in
" They took instruments in the hands of two no- S." Ibid. p. 256.
iars brought there for the purpose." Spalding, i. 68. This is evidently a paronomasia, as tlie second now
T o N O T E , c>. a. T o use.] Add ; respects the common meaning of the term as regard-*
cc Nate or note, uti; Northumb." Ray's Coll. p. 4.6. ing the present time.

NOTH, 1. Nothing, Aberd, T o N O W , v. n. To Now and Talk, to.,talk loud.

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iv, loquaciously, and in a silly manner, Clydes.
Hence the phrase, " a nowan talker."51
Perhaps from Isl. nog satis, nog~r suffieiens, abun-
dans, q. superabundant; or A.S. hneaw, ten ax, "that
holdeth fast," Somner ; q. persisting in discourse ;
or Fr. nou-er, to knit, to tie. The latter has un-
doubtedly the best claim, the v. being used in a mo-
ral sense concerning the bonds of friendship and
society. Cet liomme est entrant, flateur, il a hi en-
tot none I conversation. II faut noiter line partie pour
se divertir. Diet. Trev.
N O W D E R , cortj. Neither.
— ce The said Marie Flemyng, comperand perso-
nal ie, nowder did exhibit nor present the saidis jow-
ellis, nor y it schew ony ressonabill cans quhy scho
sould not do the sarnyn." Inventories, A. 1577* p.
194. V. NOUTHER.
N O - W Y S S , adj. 1. Foolish, without thought
or reflection, Ang.
2. Deranged; as, " T h a t ' s like a wo-KT/wbody," ib.
T o N O W M E R , v. a. T o reckon, to number.
" Noivmerl money," a sum reckoned; Aberd. Reg.
N O W T I T , part. adj. A potatoe is said to be
nowtU, when it has a hollow in the heart, Aberd.
IsL hnud-r, Dan. kmide, tuber, tub ere alum ; q.
swelled, or puffed up : or A.S. cnolta, a knot.
N U B - B E 1 1 R Y , s. Cloud-berry, Rubus chamae-
niorus, &c.] Add;—Dumfr., Ettr. For.
It has been conjectured that the name is q. knob-
berrv, from the fruit appearing like a knob or pro-
tuberance. As knot-berry is the more general E.
name, although knout-berry is also used, (V. Light-
foot) ; Skinner thinks that it has received this name,
either because the root is somewhat knotted, 01* be-
cause the flowers seem to exhibit the form of a "true
lover's knot."
N U B B I E , s. A walking-staff with a hooked head;
perhaps q. hnobbie, a stick with a knob, Roxb.
Dan. knub, a knot in a tree.
N U B B I E , s. " A n unsocial person, worldly, yet
lazy Gall. Encycl.
Su.G. nubb, quicquid form am habet justo mino-
rem ; knubb, truncus brevis et nodosus, knub big, no-
dosus ; as transferred to man, obesus. En knubbig
karl, one who is plump, or whose corpulence ex-
ceeds the proportion of his stature, who is as braid's
he's tang, S.
N U D G E , s, A push or stroke with the knuckles,
S.A.
" Macallum brought a pair of pipes might have
served the piper of Donald of the Isles. But he gave
my gudsire a nudge as he offered them ;—so he had
fair warning/' &c. Redgauntlet, i. 252. V. NODGE,
v. a n d G N I D G E .
N U F E , adj. Neat, spruce. V. NOOF.
N U G E T , s. Expl. " one who is short of stature,
and has a large belly/' South o f S.
Nudget, I suspect, is the proper orthography; q. gnorr-en, knorr-en, knerr-cn, grunnire; frendere, fre-
resembling a thick stick or rung; Teut. k/iudse, hiodse, mere ; Su.G. knorr-a, murmurare ; Isl. knurr-a, id,
fustis, clava; clava nodosa.
NTJIF, adj. Intimate, Ettr. For. V. KNUFF, V. nally the same with E. guar, also gnarl, to snarl.
N U I K , s. The corner of any thing, S. ?wok> E . Su.G. knorr-a, id.; Sax-, gnarr-en ; proprie de cani-
N U I K I T , N U I K E Y , part. adj. Having corners ; as, bus hirrientibus.
" a three-nuiMt hat/ 1 S.
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N XI E
T o N U I S T , v. n. T o eat in continuation, to be
still munching, Roxb.
From the same origin with Knuse, Nuse, v.; or
more immediately from that given under Noost, s.
T o N U I S T , v. a. T o beat, to bruise, Lanark s.*
Gall.
:c When two are boxing, and one gets the other's
head beneath his arm, he is said to nuist h m with
the other hand/' Gall. Encycl.
Alem. gc-chnislet eollidetur, Psa. 37. 84. He shall
not be bruised or broken. This is undoubtedly from
the same origin. Lsl. knus-a, knos-a, contundere,
Dan. kmist, part, pa., crushed, mangled. V. KNUSE.
N U I S T , S. 66 A blow/ 1 ibid.
N U I S T , s. u A greedy, ill-disposed, ignorant
person Gall. Encycl.
NUIST, A large piece of any tiling, Upp.
Clydes. V . KNOOST.
T o N L T M P , v. a. Apparently a corr. of E . mump,
to nibble.
He maun hame but stocking or shoe,
To miinp his neeps, his sybows, and leeks,
And a wee bit bacon to help the broo.
Jacobite Relics, i. 97-
NIJNCE, s. The Pope's legate, or nuntio.
cc The Quenis Majestie is sa waik in hir per so 1111,
that hir Majestie can nocht be empeschit with ony
besines concerning the Nunce.—Thairfoir it is gude
ye solicit the Card mall of Lorraine to cans the Nunce
tak patience, for hir Grace is verry tlesyrous to haif
him heir, but alwayis wald haif his dimming dif-
ferrit to the Baptisme war endit." Bp. of Ross to
Abp. of Glasg. Keith's Hist. App. ii. 135.
N U P E , .9. A protuberance. V. Noup.
N U R D A Y , NOORSDAY,^. New-year's-day,S.O.
N U R D A Y , adj. What is appropriate to the first
day of the year, S.O.
Bra' canty chiels are a' asteer,
To glad their sauls wi5 Nurday cheer.
Pickens Poems 178S, p. 14.
N U R G , N U R G L E , S. " A short, squat, little, sa-
vage man Gall. Encycl.
N U R I S F A T H E I L , s. Nursing-father.
— H i s hienes lies very lyvlie expressit, to the
unspeakable joy and confort of the saidis estaitis,
his most godiie and religious dispositioun as nuris-
father of the kirk of God within his Maiesteis do-
mini onis, to advance the trew ancient apostolik
faith," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1609, Ed. 1814, p. 406. V.
NOYRIS.
N U R L I N G , s. " A person of a nurring dispo-
sition Gall. Encycl. V. N U R R , V.
N U R R , s. A decrepit person, Roxb.
Teut. hiorrc, tuber, nodus. V. KNURL.
T o N U R R , v. n. T o growl or snarl, like a dog
when irritated, Roxb., Gall.
A.S. gnyrr-an, stridere, to gnash, Somner; Teut.
Dan. gnurr-er, to growl. Our term has been origi-
N U R R I S - B R A I D , adv. A word applied to per-
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sons who begin to work in so furious a way NYARGIE, adj. Jeering, ibid.
that they cannot hold on, Iloxb. Isl. narr-a, ludibrio exponere, narr-az, scurrari.
Referring, perhaps, to the active exertions of a N Y A R G L E , s. " A person fond of disputation/
nurse, when she enters on her service. V. B R A D E , who " reasons as a f o o l G a l l . Encycl.
to move quickly. N Y A H G L I N G , part.pa. " Wrangling ibid.
N U l l J U T , s. A little insignificant or dwarfish It might seem to be compounded of Su.G. ny no-
person, Roxb. Y. N U R I I . vus, and ierg-a obgannire, Isl. jarg-a contendere, q.
Perhaps a dimin. from Tent, knorre, tuber, tuber-, " taking delight in renewing strife."
culum, nodus, E. knur, whence knurled, stunted in T o N Y A R R , N Y A U B , V . n. T o fret, to be dis-
growth. In Dan. however, to which many Border
contented, Aberd.
words must be traced, noor signifies an embryo.
This liquid sound nearly approaches that of Isl.
Norw. 7iacre piiellus, pusio; and norlur, a diminutive
from the other, homuncio ; G. Andr. p. 186. knurr-a murmur are; Tent. lmarr-en stridere.
N U T T I N G - T Y N E , s.
N Y A T , NYIT, A smart stroke with the knuc-
My daddy left me gear enough,— kles ; as, " H e gae me a nyit i" the neck;" Fife.
A nebbed staff, a nutting-tyne, Perhaps radically the same with Knoit, Noit, al-
A fishing wand with hook and line. though explained somewhat more strictly. It still
Willie Winlde's Testament, Herd's Coll ii. 143. more nearly resembles Isl. hniot-a, niot-a, ferire. The
Qu. if a forked instrument for pulling ?mts from origin may be hnue, the Isl. term for the knuckles;
the tree? Tine E . , A fork. V. T Y N D . or perhaps q. neivit, from Neive, the fist.
N Y A F F I X G , part. adj. Idle, insignificant, con- T o NYAT, V. a. T o strike in this manner, ibicl.
temptible ; as, " Had your tongue, ye uyaffing T o N Y A T T E R , v. n. 1. T o chatter, Gall.
thing," Loth. It seems to include the idea of 2. T o speak in a grumbling and querulous man-
chattering*. V. N Y A F F , V., after Ncwih. ner, to be peevish, ibid., Aberd. Y . N A T T E R .
T o N Y " A M , v. a. T o chew, Ettr. For. N Y A T T E R I E , N Y A T R I E , adj. Ill-tempered, crusty,
Gael. cnamh~am has the same meaning ; but this peevish, Aberd.
must be sounded gnav. A.S. naeddre serpens ; as, dltrie, id,, is from ater,
To N Y A U G , z^n. T o jeer, to taunt, Abred. aetler, venenum; Isl. nadra, vipera.

o.
GAFF, OOFF, adj. Decrepit, worn clown with
disease, Ayrs.
Isl. ofViy languor. The provincial term Is proba-
bly allied to E. oaf] a dolt.
T o D A G , v. n. * T o creep, Shetl.
Allied perhaps to Isl. a a, ver miliar e.
D A Y , adv. Yes, S.
This has been mentioned as a word formed from
Fr. oiri ; Gl. Surv. Ayrs. p. 690.
O B E D I E N C I A R E , s. A term applied to
churchmen of inferior rank.
— f c Als the vnhonestie and misreule of kirkmene,
baithe in witt, knawlege, and maneris, is the mater
and causs that the kirk and kirkmene are lychtlyit
and contempnit, for remeid hereof the kingis grace
exhort is and prayis oppinly all archibischopis, ordi-
naris, and vthir prelatis, and euery kirkmane in his
awne degre, to reforme thare selfis & obedicnciaris,
and kirkmene vnder thame in habit and maneris to
God and mane," &c. Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 1814,
p. 370. ^ nasteriis dependentes, quod monaehiab abbate ill 11 e
L.B. obedientiarius occurs in two senses, as denote
ing the highest order of Canons belonging to a ca-
thedral, and also those who were usufructuaries. 1.
Prima dignitas, ut vocant, inter canonicos Sancti
Justi Lugduni. Chart. A. 1287- 2. Usufructuarius.
I) n Cange.
O B E F O R ,prep. Before; q. of before.
The mercatt day immediat obefor, ay quhill the
nixt mercatt day, & sua furth ay as the mercatt
gangis for the tym." Aberd. Reg. A. 1541, V. 17.
T o O B E Y , X'. a. T o grant; " Thai wald obey
thair supplicatioun." Aberd. Reg. A . 1560,
V. 24.
T o B E O B E Y " I T O F , to receive in regular pay-
ment, to have the full and regular use of.
— c ' Hir grace optenit ane decret of the lordis of
counsale decernyng and ordanyng hir to be ansuerit
and obey it of the malis, formes, proffetis, and dewi-
teis of all landis & lordschippis, and siclik of all cas-
tellis and houssis, gevin & grantit to hir in dowry
be vmquhile our souerane lord of guid mynd," &c,
Acts Mary 1543, Ed. 1814, p. 442.
This corresponds with the sense of O B E D I E N C I A R E ,
q. v. The term is evidently borrowed from the an-
cient ecclesiastical institutions. Obedieniiae praeser-
tim clictae, Cellae, Praepositurae, et grangiae, a mo-
mitterentur vi ejusdem obedientiae, ut ear urn curam
gererent, aut eas deservirent. Ad Obedient i am. Te«*.
nerey idem quod jure precario sen usufructuario pos-
sidere. Hence, the name was transferred to lands or
territories. Obedientia, rcgio obediens seu subdita
alicui principi, quae ejus ditionis est. Infra. terras
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patrias, dominia, Obedient las, portus, &c. Rymer, A .
1502. V. Du Cange and Carpentier.
O E E Y S A N C E , s. T h e state o f subjection to
or holding of another, the state o f a feudal
retainer ; an old forensic term.
f< This man that this thief or revare Is in seruice
with,—or vnder his obeysance, salbe haldin and ob-
list to produce and bring him to the law befor the
justice, schireffis," &c. Acts Ja. V. 1536, Ed. 1814, p.351.
Fr. ohe'issance, obedience; L.B. obcdieniia, (also
obeissantia)hoinagium, vel ea quam vassallus erga do-
minum profitetur obedientia, sen potius servitium,
relevium, uti accepi videtur vox ohe'issance in Con-
. suet. A ndegav. Obeissantia occurs in the same sense,
A. 1264. Du Cange.
O R E I I I N G , s. " A hint; an inkling of something
important, yet thought a s e c r e t G a l l . EncycL
* O B J E C T , s. One who is very much deformed,
or who has lost all his ability, or who is over-
run with sores, S. He's a mere object, H e is a
perfect lazar.
cf What f roars Macdonald— f Yon puir shaugh-
lin' in-kneed scray of a thing 1 Would ony christian
body even yon bit object to a bonny sonsy weel-
faured young woman like Miss Catline r" Reg. Dal-
ton, iii. 119.
This use of the E. term may be viewed as origin
11 ally elliptical, q. an object of compassion, or of cha-
rity, requiring the means of support from others.
O B I E T S I L V E R , money exacted by the priest,
during the time o f popery, on occasion of death
in a family.
" The chaiplanrie o f Sanct Marie—togielder with
the obiet silver of the said brucht, extending yeirlie
to the sowme of fourtie shillingis." Acts Clia. I. Ed.
1 8 1 4 , V . 545. V. ABITIS.
T o O B L E I S , O B L Y S E , V. a. T o bind, &c.] Add;
The v. has had a similar form in O.E. " (Jblycion
or bynde by worde. Obligo." Prompt. Par v.
O B L I S M E N T , O B L E I S M E N T , S. Obligation.
— " A n d likwyis to gif to thame sufficient assig-
natioun for pament of the rest at reassounable termis
conforme to thair oblismenlis and contractis respective
maid with the said Colonell thairvpoun." Acts Ja.
VI. 1584, Ed. 1814, p. 325.
In all and sundrie heades, articles, claussis, ob-
leisment s, points, passis, circumstands/' &c. Acts
Cha. I. E d . 1 8 1 4 , V . 1 5 2 . V . OBLEIS, OBLYSE, V.
0 1 3 R 0 G A T I 0 U N , s. Abrogation.
" The obrogatioun & braking of this glide town is
ordanans & statutist Aberd. Reg. A. 1535, V. 15.
* O B S C U R E , adj. Secret, concealed.
" In effect we had 110 certainty where he went, lie
was so obscure." Spalding, ii. 294.
Milton uses the v. in a similar sense.
T o O B S E T , O B S E T T , V. A. 1. T o repair.
— " Skayth thae sustane throw want of the fysche,
becaus scho had cassin done thair scheill, that thai
ma obsct the samyn 011 hir." Aberd. Reg. V. 16.
" Chargit him in judgment till obsett the skaycht
done/" Ibid. V. 17 ; i. e. to repair the damage.
" That he be indettit to obsett the samyn." Ibid.
Teut. op-sett-en, erigere, tollere; Dan. opsaett-er,
to set, to put up. It had been primarily applied to
the reparation of the injury done to buildings.
165
C H
I t is sometimes used as equivalent to E . refund.
" T o obsett & refoimd." Ibid. V. 17.
O P / T A K E N , part. pa. T a k e n up, A b e r d . Reg.
T o O B T E M P E R , v . a. T o o b e y ; Yr.obicmper-er,
— " A n d we decerne the saids haill persons—to'
obtemper, fulfill and obey this our detenninatioun/
&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V. 202.
O C , OCK, a termination primarily denoting dimi-
nution, but sometimes expressive of affection, S.
It is generally applied to animated objects, as in
the names of children, Jamock, Bessock, Jeamck, &c.;
sometimes to young animals, as in Quyach, Uncock,
a young cow, Eirack or Yearock, a hen-pullet; and
also to inanimate objects, as Bittock, a little hit,
TV hi lock, a short while, &c.
I am inclined to think that this termination had
primarily respected the time of life; and, as it pre-
vails most in those counties in which Celtic had been
the general tongue, that it is from Gael, og young,
whence oige youth. This term had entered into the
composition of several words in that language..—
differing from the Scottish use, as being prefixed.
Thus, in place of Quy-ock, it is og-bho i\ young cow .
ogchulloch, a grice, from og young, and. cu!L^:h hoar
or sow. According to this analogy, Jamuei: i -: aie-eiy
ci the young James." I11 Gael, diminutive- are .Us*,
formed by the addition of ag; as, from -/en d i s -
coloured, ciarag a little dark-coloured creature. V
Stewart's Gael. Gramiii. p. 180.
In the Teutonic dialects, it is well known that k,
or perhaps ik, marks diminution, as in mennike ho-
muncuhis, from man homo. Whether this has a ra-
dical affinity to Gael, og, I 'shall not presume to de-
termine. But I strongly suspect that the latter, and
E. young, have had a common origin. Though this is
immediately related to A.S. geong, there is reason to
suppose that the n had been interjected, as it is not
found in geogaih youth, or Moes.G. jugga young.
Soniner has called the A.S. termination ing a pa-
tronymic. But there can be little doubt that it is
merely a modification of the word signifying young,
which appears not only in the form of geong, but of
ging. Thus Aetheliiig is merely "the young noblef 3
q. uclhel-ging.
I may add that, as Boxhorn gives C.B. Jiogg as
signifying par villus, and Owen renders og young,
youthful;" we may view these terms as originally
the same with Gael. og.
OCCASIOUN, Setting.
a He came nocht quhil ane litil afore the -JCC.*
sioun of the 81111." Leileud. T. Liv. p. 87.
Lat. o.\\(s~;:s. O.e r. trjcu-se; couciior de soluil
OCCASION, A term used, especially among
the vuig::r, lo denr-te ihe dispensation -.A' rue
Sacrament of the Supper, S.
" It i:-> no uiicaranao.i tiling for servants when ihev
are being ifired, to ;T:;uuate for permission to at-
tend at s«: mau e saci aaionts—or, as they style tile: 11
in their way—o,-fusions; exactly as is elsewhere cus-
tomary in regard to fairs and wakes." Peter's Let-
ters, iii. 3D (J.
Mr. Janer thought that the observe on the great
doctor Drystour was very edifying; and that they
should see about getting him to help at the summe-
occasion." Ayrs. Legatees, p. IS.
O C H H O W , interj. A h , alas, S.
 O i• 1 o E R
•• Bui Ui.-h ianv! thi- wa . tin- -l happy summerof tne -aid Margaret Stewart, &c\ Referrit he tlie
that we had for in.-my a yeai .'ii the p,i rhh." Annals saidis pairteis to certane indifferent personis and
cd' the Pari.di. p. I in. ireindis, and to our souerane lord as ouris man and
O C I O S I T E ; .v. idjene^; Eat. (diosit-ns. odisman'% is c. Act,- Ja. VI. Ed. 1 8 11, p. 230,
I j)(I r j)(;:-it , i'oV p.T--U.g O f t I i f ' i \ me. In cai.^s ony variance result vpoun the preinissis,
Me to defend from t,r}us<ir. /j,ndxay'.y Dreme. quhairthrow the said noble men sail not happin to—
O D , 'mlcrf A minced oath; one of the many aggre amangis thame selffis, then thei sail report ill
corruptions of the name of (iwL H. presens of his maiestie,—(pdiar(,*tlirow his bines as
O D D . ii-ed as a -v. To go* or gra' tfo the odd, to adman and owrisnum cormnonlie chosin be baith the
he IoM. saidis partijs,—may gif finalL decisioun," <Sce. Ibid,
He'll let. nothing go /o I he-odd for want oflooking p. 23 K
after it." S. Pro v. ; *c Spoken of scraping, eareful ()dtnan and ounnan anens the clamc." Aberd,
people." Kelly, p. I ho. Peg. V. lb'.
O D D S A X D FX D S , 1 . Scraps, shreds, remnants,
From odd, adj. or odds, s. and wan ; q. he who
makers the inequality in number, in order to settle
S. ; sviK;!i. Odd.s-oH-cntd.S) odd trif-
a difference between those who are equally divided,
ling tilings ^ (1 iav. Yorks. Dial.
O D W O M A X , .V. A female chosen to decide, where
2. Smail pieces of business, which properly con-
the arbiters in a cause may be equally divided.
stitute the terminal ion of someth]!»g of more And aismiane vtner decreit arbitral 1—be certanc
consequence ; as, a man. n. said to collect tlie honorable j' geis ehosiu be the saidis pairteis and
odd* and (•//•!>; of the (.Vols owing to liiiu, when Vmijului" the queue our souerane lordis derrest mo-
these are t idling, or only balances remainum" der w< tniicuman and onrwomen [(jurwoman, j Act-
v • ^
after payment of the principal sums, S. J a. V I . E<h 1 8 1 1-, }). V . OJMSMAN.
O D E R , frequently used in the sense of either, 0E-, OV, OVK, .v. A grandson, S. J Add ;
Aberd. Reg. V. O m n i , conj. Cs She left her oy Charles, son to the marquk-, be-

O D I N . Promise of Odin.] ing but a bairn, with iiobert (iordon baillie ol* En-
Insert, col. 2. after 1. 86 ; yie, to be entertained by him, when she came frae
A. different account has been given of the use of tlie Bog." Spalding*, i. ^10.
these perforated stones, as found in Cornwall. Strutt, 2. It is still used, in the county of Mearns, to
speaking of hocking Stones, saws : denote a nephew.
Add to these huge stone.-, with holes made in " Ne})os, a nephew or Wedderburn's Vo-
tnem, that, are often found in Cornwall, and other eab u la, e:c. p. 11.
p:;rt.-> of the kingdom, which Mr. Uoria>e docs not I Jm el gi v'e.i ! r. ?///, whence our oe, as correspond-
tak--- to he sepulchral, but that the Druids caused ii:g w ith. ncpos, and .signifying, not only grandchild,
them to berrected for some religious purposes : and ])tit nepi.i
tc tis us of the abolishment of an old custom, from a O'HiU\'>Y9 adv. Over ; denoting motion from one
French author, (I'on nrjdsse point passer le bet ailpar place to anot her at no great distance from it, S.
?ni arbre erea.r (that they should not make their cattle Quo5 she unto the sheal step ye derby.
pass through the trees with holes in them) and adds Ross's Ilelenore, p. 76,
that men crept throu gh one of those perforated stones Quo" I to aunty, HI derby
in Cornwall, for pains in their backs and limbs : pa- To lucky dady. W. Beat tie's Tales, p. 5.
rents also drew their children through at certain c£ Ptobbie came derby ae gloamin', an' begude a
times of the year, to cure them of the rickets. So crack in'." Campbell, i. 331.
he fancies that they are faint remains of the old Inby signifies approximation, but to a place just
Druid superstition, who held great stones as sacred at hand; whereas derby conveys the idea that, in
and holy/' Strutt's Angel-cynnan, i. 62. drawing near, a considerable space must be gone
Borlase thinks that some of these perforated stones over. V. INBY.
had been originally used, according to the tradition OVERCOME, s. 1. The overplus.] Add ;
mentioned above. 2. T h e burden of a song, or discourse, S.
<c By some large stones standing in these fields, I
A wee bird came to our ha* door,
judge there have been several circles of stones erect, He warbled sweet and clearly ;
besides that which is now entire ; and that these be- And aye the dercome o' his sang
longed to those circles, and were the detached stones Was " Waes me for Prince Charlie 1"
to which the antients were wont to tye their victims, Jacobite Relics, ii. 192.
whilst the priests were going through their prepa- ff A new difference of opinion rose, and necessi-
ratory ceremonies, and making supplications to the tated him to change the burden and dercome of his
gods to accept the ensuing sacrifice." Antiquities wearisome speeches." The Provost, p. 193.
of Cornwall, p. 170. S. A bye word, a hackneyed phrase, one frequent-
* O D I O U S , adf Used as a mark of the super- ly used by any one, S.
lative degree, Mearns.; synon. with Byous. f<r The grace o' a grey bunnock is the baking o't.
O D I S M A N , O D M A X , S. A term used to denote That was aye her dercome." Saxon and Gael, i.
a chief arbiter, or one called in to give a decisive 108, 109-
voice when the original <D > arbiters cannot agree. O O ' E R C O M E , Something that overwhelms
— f f Tak and the bur ding oh thame for dame Eli- one, Ayrs.
zabeth Stewart,—and for the tutouris and curatouris The tale of this pious and resigned spir't dwelt
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in mine ear, and when I went home, Mrs, Balquhid-
der thought that I had met with an overcome, and
was very uneasy." Ann. of the Parish, p. 174.
T o O ' E R E N D , v. a. T o turn up, to turn over
endwise; spoken o f things that have greater
length than breadth or thickness, Loth.
T o O ' E R E N D , O ' E R E N 1 , V. n. T o be turned topsy-
turvy, q. Over-end, Loth., Ayrs.
" I could hear the muckle amide, stenning [^stend-
ing, i. e. springing]] an' dercnning down the brae, a*
the way to the Mar-burn, whar it fizzed in the water
like a red hot gad o aim." Blackw. Mag. Nov. 1820,
p. 202.
To O ' E R G A E , O'ERGANE. V. OURGAE.
O ' E I I G A E F I N , part. adj. Clouded, overcast,
R o x b . ; perhaps from A . S . over-gan obtegere.
O ' E R Y E E I ) , fret. O verpassecl, went beyond, S. B.
There me they left, and I, but ony mair,
Gate'wards, my lane, unto the glen gan fare.
And ran o'er pow'r, and ere I bridle drew,
O'eryccd a' bounds afore I ever knew.
Rosss Helenore, p. 31. V. YEDE.
T o O - E R H I N G , v. a. T o overhang, S.
A rock hangs nodding o'er its ehrystal stream,
And flowers, Narcissus-like, it's waves deriving.
Poetical Museum, p. 45.
O F F - C A P , s. A term used to denote the c o m -
pliment paid by the act of uncovering the head.
" Men will seeuie to salute other gladly, and yet
the harts will be wishing the worst: in harts they
are enemies to other, and so commonly all their do-
ings, becking, and off-cap, and good dayes ; both all
their words and deeds are fained." Bollock on 2
Thes. p. 170.
OFF-COME, 1. A p o l o g y , excuse, S.
W e thought it the surest way, either for remov-
ing of differences, (if possible), or for the further
clearing of them, or giving us the fairer off-come in
the eyes of the world, to make this proposal to the
foresaid ministers, that they together by themselves
would draw up the sins of the times, and we toge-
ther would do the like." Society Contend, p. 179.
2. It often denotes an escape in the way of sub-
terfuge or pretext, S. Y. AFFCOME, which is
the common pronunciation.
O F F E N S I O U N , s. Injury, damage.
" Gif ony of—thair boitschipping war convict in
ony wrang, striddens, or offensioun done to ony per-
sone." Aberd. Reg. V. 1(5.
This word is used by Chaucer.
O F F E R , s. Offer of a brae, the projecting part
of the bank of a river, that has been under-
mined by the action of the water, R o x b . Synon.
Brae-hag.
As Isl. qfr-a signifies minilari, it might seem to sig-
nify that part of a bank which has a threatening ap-
pearance. Or it might appear to be merely an ellip-
tical use of A.S. ofer, Su.G. oefwer, super, as denoting
that part of the bank which hangs over. But it seems
to be undoubtedly the A.S. term qfer, of re, margo,
or a, crepido, ripa ; " a water-bank," Somner. Uppan
times waelres ofre; Super aquae ripam; Lye. The
Teut. exactly corresponds ; oevcr} litus, acta; ripa ;
Kilian.
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OFF-FALLING, A declension. I t is often
used of one who declines in health or external
appearance ; also in a moral sense, S.
OFF-FALLER, One who declines from any
course, an apostate.
" For the Lord's sake mind worthless, worthless
me, who am as a dead man of a long time, separate
from ray brethren, and shot at, yea bitterly shot at,
by all ranks of o//-jailers from the cause of God."
Hamilton to Renwick, Society Contendings, p. 40.
Belg. afrall-en, to fall off, to revolt; a/balling, a
falling off, a defection.
OEF-G-OING, Departure; applied to one's
exit by death, S.
" Mr. Well wood said, You'll shortly be quit of
him, and he'll get a sudden and sharp ojj-going, and
ye will be the first that will take the good news of his
death to heaven." Walker's Remark. Passages, p. 35.
OFFICEMAN, 1. A term used to denote
janitors, or the like, employed under the pro-
fessors in a university.
'' The haill frnittis, &e. to be employ it to the in-
tertenement and sustentatioim of the maisteris, teach-
earis, and office-men, serwand in the saidis collegis."
Acts Ja. VI. 1597, Ed. 1814, p. 148.
2. Employed in a more honourable sense, as de-
noting office-bearers about a court, or in a burgh.
— T h a i r he tuik vp hous with all office men re-
quisite for his estate." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 312.
Cf The Magistratts and office men, sic as the Pro-
vest, Baillies, Dean of Guild and Thesaurer, to be
in all tymes comeing of the estaitt and calling of mer-
chants conform to the act of parliament." A. 1583,
Maitl. Hist. Etlin. p. 230.
O F I T C I A R , s. A n officer of whatever kind.
The Fader is—descendit haistilie fra thair trone,
to have supportit this officiare" Bellend. T. Li v.
p. 14f), 150.
O F F S K E P , s. T h e utmost boundary in a land-
scape, Sel kirks.
Resembling ojf, as denoting removal, and Su.G.
slcap-a form are; q. " the remote form."
O G I E , s. A vacuity before the fire-place in a
kiln, the same as Logic, KUlogie. Ogie is com-
monly used in the higher parts of Lanarks., often
without the term kill being prefixed.
This would indicate that Kill-ogie were formed
from Su.G. kuhi a kiln, and oega, Isl. auga, ocuius ;
also foramen, q. <tf the eye of the kill." Kill-ec, (i. e.
eye, J is synon. with Kiltogic, South of S.
O G R I E , s. A giant with very large fiery eyes,
supposed to feed on children, Roxb.
OGRESS, A female giant, who has the same
characters, ibid.
Isl. uggir timor, from og-a terrere : whence S.
ngg. But the designation may have originated from
the traditionary tales concerning Ogcr, Olger or Hol-
ger, the Dane; whose name, says Bartholin, was fa-
miliar not only with Danes, bat with Norwegians,
Icelanders, Swedes, Germans, Britons, and French,
Diss. Flistor. de Holgero, app. 355, ap. Oelrieh. He
flourished in the time of Charlemagne.
0 1 G , a term connected with the names of per-,
sons in the Highlands of S.
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•—<e April one.- the cI;;:rtor—to vrnq1. Archibald tor, a swan, because swans are extremely fond of its
Makciach[l]ine <>f tiiat ilk—to vmq1. Lauchlane oig seed.
Makchniehiane his brother sone ;—to the said vmq1. O M N E - G A T H E R U M , $.] Add;
Lanelihinc oil- and hi.«i airs male/* &c. Acts Cha. 1. This ludicrous term, (in E. omnium-gatherum?) is
lid. !M-] ; vol. V\ ]•].!, more ancient than one might have supposed.
I'll is set ins equivalent to younger in E. Gael. Ir. " With him he brought some oringes, some rea-
'>'<<!( id. (Jig indeed signifies a champion. But this singes, sum bisqueat bread, some powder, some bul-
-er;.,c d ;es nut apply here. V. Oc, Ock. let, and so of onenigaddarin he broght a maledictione
G V i L L , ,v. O i l ; Aberd. Reg. to fiirneis D umbartoun." Bannatyne's Journal, A.
0 V N E, «v. An oven. 1570, p. 88.
•• Ilk burges of the Kingis may haue ane oyne It occurs also in Legend Bp. St. Androis, p. 382,
wiiiiii) his aw in ground, and na uther hot the Kingis Of his auld sermon he had p e r q u i e r . —
burges." Balfour's Practicks, p. 49. V. Oox. Of omnigathcrcne now his glose,
T o O Y N T , O Y J I X T . R. a. T o anoint.] Add; He maid it lyk a Wealchman hose.
It is also O.E. u I oyn!. Ie oyngie.—May butter O M P E R F I T E L Y , adv. Imperfectly.
is hoi som to oijui many thyngis with all." Palsgr, " Praeterito imperfecto, tyme omperfitely bygane,
B. iii. F. a. cum amarem, qwhen I Iwfit.—Tyme present and
()ISI i'i. hiU rj. IJseci iii Ga':ov.;;v ;is expressive omperjilehj bygane, amare, to lwfe." Vans' Iludi-
wiiiuiiT, or as a note of r.iu-ntion. It seems menta, B.b. 1.
! .r^inaliy tbe .n.iiu: \vit.i 1 ( ) ; j ( V . IIO vEs. ON, 1. Used in composition as a negative parti-
> Y ; - ' i (/ N I). Oynmond lr.it. of a particu- cle.] Add;
lar description. It frequently occurs in O.E. ce I come to a man's
Twa barrel lis of ()ysn>ond. irne/' Aberd. Heg.V.lf). place on looked for, on bydden, on welcome, as a ma-
• Iron called Osmonds, the stane—xx s." Rates, A. lapert felo we dothe;" Palsgr. cc Onable. Inhabilis.—
1 hi 1. From Osmiana, a town in Lithuania? Onauysed. Improuisus. Ondedly. Immortalis," &c.
O K R A G A R T I T , s. A stubble-Iield, Shetl. Prompt. Parv.
Apparently from Su.G. aukcr, pruii. oker, com- 2. Often used in connexion with the present or past
bine, seges, and garth an inclosure. participle of the substantive verb, being or been,
For Otal Lex. Run. (in several places) Read, Olavii. preceding the past participle of another verb,
O L D M A N ' S F O L D , a portion of ground de- S . ; as, tc Couklna ye mind, on being taidd sa
voted to the devil. ¥. G O O D M A N , sense 8. aften Could not you recollect, without being
C ) L I ) MIAN'S M I L K , <e a composition of cream, so frequently told ?
• sugar, and whisky, used l)y the High- Been is frequently used in the same sense, Aberd.;
landers'1" niter a drill king-match, S. as, ee Couldna ye mind, on been lauld?" &c. But I
Flora made me a bowl of outd man's ?nilk, but suspect that this is merely the part, pr., which assumes
nothing won Id bring me round." Saxon and Gael, the form of the past from rapid pronunciation, and
ih Tfh the common elision of the final g.
O L D W I F E ' S N E C E S S A R Y , a tinder-box; O N - B E A S T , s. a T h e tooth-ache, S.B.] Add;
Gipsey language. South of S. Unbeast, id. Ayrs. G l . Surv. Add, four lines below;
O L I C K , ,s. T h e torsk or tusk, a fish ; Gadus This ridiculous idea may possibly have originated
callarias, Linn.; Shetl. from the appearance of the nerve i n a tooth, when it
O L I G I I T , O L I T E , adj. 1. Nimble, fleet, active, is pulled. It seems, however, to have been very ge-
S.B.] Add; nerally diffused. From the account wdiich Brand gives
2. This term is, in Fife, understood as properly of a charm used for the tooth-ache, it has evidently
signifying, willing to do any thing. reached the Orkney islands.
This is nearly allied to the sense of cheerful, which ^ Some years ago," he says, " there was one who
is conjoined with that of active, as both expressed used this charm, for the abating the pain of one living
by this term in Galloway and Clydes. in Eda, tormented therewith; and tho' the action was
O L I P H A N T , s. A n elephant.] Add; at a distance, the charmer not being present with the
patient, yet according to the most exact calculation
O.E. " olyphant, a beestf [TV.] oliphant; Palsgr.
of the time, when the charm was performed by the
B. iii. F. 51. " Olyphant. Elephas." Prompt. Parv.
charmer, there fell a living worm out of the patient's
O L L A T H , adj. Willing to work, Perth.; Olied,
mouth, when he was at supper. This my informer
Fife.
knew to be a truth, and the man from whose mouth
Evidently the same with Olighi, pronounced Olei,
it fell is yet alive in the isle of Sanda." Descr. of
or olat, in Angus. The sense also corresponds. For
Orkn. p. 62.
the willingness implied by the term is that of promp-
O N B R A W , adj. 1. Ugly, not handsome, Clydes
titude in bodily exertion.
2. Unbecoming; as, " an onbraw word," ibid.
O L O U R , s.
C£ The cause quhy the swannis multiplyis sa fast in ONBRAWNESS, S. Ugliness, ibid.
this loch is throw ane herbe namyt olour, quhilk bu- O N C O M E , 1. A fall of rain or snow, S.J Add;
r ion is with gret fertilite in the said loch." Bellend. 2 . T h e commencement of a business, especially of
Descr. Alb. c. viii. one that requires great exertion, as in making
This respects the loch of Spynie in Moray. Boe- an attack, Fife.
thius says that this herb receives its name from Ho* " I houp well hae a gude affcome.'—>'f I'm for the
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good (income,—a fear for the affeome." Tennant's
Card. Beaton, p. 156.
" Good oncome' may signify successful attack.
3. A n attack of disease, South of S.
" This woman had acquired a considerable repu-
tation among the ignorant by the pretended cures
which she performed, especially in on-comes, as the
Scotch call them, or mysterious diseases which baffle
the regular physician." Bride of Lammermoor, iii. 44.
This is apparently 8301011. with Income.
O N C O S T , s. Extra expence, additional ex-
pence, File.] Add;
i( The general price paid for working coals is from
two to three shillings per t o n ; and the selling price
for the same quantity, upon the hill, is 6s. 8d., which
yields but a very small return to the coal-master, on
account of the overpowering contingent expenses
known in collieries by the name of Oncost " Agr.
Surv. Clackmannans. p. 401. V . U N C O S T .
O N D E R , prep. Under ; Aberd. R e g .
O N D I N G , s. A fall o f rain or snow.] Add;
Syne honest luckie does protest
That rain we'll hae,
Or onding </ some kind at least,
Afore't be day.
The Farmer s II a, st. 19-
" l,ook out, Jock, what night is't ?' f Onding o'
snaw, father.'— c They'll perish in the drifts/' Heart
M . Loth. i. 197.
O N D I N G I N , s. Rain or s n o w ; as, " There'll be
a heap o1 ondingin f S.B.
O N D I S P O N I T A P O U N , not disposed o f b y
sale or otherwise.
£f And that he, with thar avisis, gif thar be ony o f
thai* gudis in place ondisponit apoun,—considre the
sammyn. And safer as the saidis gudis ar of aval e,
that he deliuer thai 111 to the said Patrik." Act. Dom.
Cone. A. 1488, p. 98.
T o O N D O , v. a, T h e same with E . undo, Aberd.
It wad hae made your heart fu* sair,
Gin ye had only seen him;
An't had na been for Davy Mair,
The rascals had ondune him.
Christmas Baing, Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. 130.
Pron. ondeen. A.S. on don, Teut. out do-en, id.
O N D R E Y D , part. pa.
iC And cam nocht to be ondreyd be him thair of."
Aberd. Reg. A. 1535, V. 15.
ONE-ERIE'.
Among the many rhymes preserved by children,
especially as a sort of lottery for regulating their
games, the following seems to have been, with some
variations, common to Scotland and England.
One-erie, two-erie, tickerie, seven,
Alibi, crackerie, ten or eleven:
Pin, pan, mu skied an,
Tweedle-um, twaddle-urn, twenty-one.
This is the mode of repetition in Loth. In the
north of S. it is—Een-erie, twa-erie, tickerie, &c.
In the county of Surrey thus:
One-erie, two-erie, tickerie, seven,
A1 lab one, crackabone, ten or eleven;
Pot, pan, must be done;
Tweedle-come, tweedle-come, twenty-one.
Honest John Bull's mode has a greater approxi-
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mation to common sense. For although he finds only
a bone, he is determined to have the marrow out"of it.
One might almost suppose that this had been trans-
mitted from the ancient Belgae of Britain, q. een-reyc
or rije, one line or series, from een unus, and re ye,
rye, ri/n'hc, linea: ordo, series ; cliorea.
O N E F I L I T , part. adj. Undefiled, Aberd. R e g .
O N E L A T E , adv. Of late, lately.
— " The said Androvis charter is, evidentis, & let-,
trez, quhilk he liaid of the landis of Ballegerno, wci-
ty 111 one late, & the selis tharof cuttit & distroyit."
Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1497, p. 191; i. e. on late.
O N - E N D Y T , part. pa. Not terminated ; a term
applied in our olden times in S. to the infinitive
mood.
" Infinitivo modo. On endijl or detenuyt mode to
nowmyr or persone." Vans' Rudiment. Bb. ij, b.
It is to be observed that the negative on is to be
viewed as equally connected with deter my t as with
endyt.
O N E - V S I T , part. pa. Not being used.
ff Because the said Normond [[Leslie] &c. wald nocht
abyd at thair awne artiklis, he now—reproducit the
ansueris of the saidis articlis, the said remissioune
blank, & obi igati01111 e one the samyne sort as thai
ressauit the samin, without ony innovatioune p . e. al-
teration] one vsit." Acts Mary 1546, Ed. 1814, p. 472.
O N F A 1 o* the nicht, the fall of evening, R o x b . ;
Gloamin synon.
But or the onfa o the nicht,
She fand him drown'd in Yarrow. Old Song.
O N F A L L , <9. A fall of rain or snow.] Add;
" The snow lay thick on the ground at the time; but
the on-fall had ceased." Ayr Courier, Feb. 1, 1821.
O N F E E L , adj. Unpleasant, disagreeable, im-
plying the idea of coarseness or roughness; as,
<£ an onfeel day,'11 <£ orifeel words,11 &c. Teviotd.
Perhaps from A.S. on privative, and fel-an, tan-
gere, to feel; q. disagreeable to the touch. But V.
FEEL, FEELE, adj.
O N - F O R G E W I N , part, pa, Not paid, not dis-
charged. " H e sell pay viij sh. on jbrgercinX
Aberd. R e g . A . 1541, V . 17.
O N F R A C I v , adj. Not active, not alert; used as
to the state of the body, L o t h . ; Onfeirie^ Un-
/ m / , synon. V. F I I A C K .
O N G E L T , O N G T L T , part. pa. Not gilded.
" Item, four harnessingis of blak velvett, thre of
thame with stuthis and bukkillis all ourgilt, and ane
of thame ongelt. Item, five harnessingis of cram-
in esy velvett, foure of thame with stuthis and buk-
killis, ourgilt with gold, and ane of thame on gilt."
Inventories, A. 1539, p. 58. V. ON.
O N G O I N G S , O N G A I N S , s.pl Procedure.] Add;
" I n the quiet ongoings of that little world, there had
no doubt been stoppage and delay; but most of the
hearths burned as before." M. Lyndsay, p. 394.
" Wha the sorrow's that dun tin' at my .lug wi' a
fore hammer ?—Davie, ye scamp, that's some o' your
ongaens." St. Kathleen, iii. l6'2.
Ongangins is used in the same sense, Dumfr.
O N H A B I L L , a d j . Unfit,or unable; Aberd.Reg.
ONY GATE, in any place, S.
" If were no sae bien and comfortable as we were
up yonder, yet life's life ony gate, and we're wi* de-
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cent kirk-ganging folk o* your ain persuasion." Tales
of my Landlord, ii. 165, 1.66.
It properly signifies " in any way."
ONY HOW, or AT ONY HOW, at any rate, S . A .
• When he was fairly mastered, after one or two
desperate and almost convulsionary struggles, I Iat-
teraick lay perfectly still and silent; c He's gaun to
die game ony homy said Dinmont; c weel, I like him
na the waur o' that." Guy Manneriug, iii. 294.
fC If you cannot come yourself, and the day should
he wat, send Nanny Eydent, the mant.ua-maker, with
them; you'll he sure to send Nanny ony how/' Blackw.
Mag. June 1820, p. 26*2.
O N K E N N A R L E , adj. Unknowable, Clydes.
" W h i l e we war stannan upo' stappan-stanes, swi-
theran what to do, we war suprisit wi' the soun' of
an onkennahle nummer of sma' bells, a' tinkle-tink-
lan." Edin. Mag. Sept. 1818, p. 155.
O N K E R , A*. A small portion of land, Argyles.
— " Charged to give up ane rental of the said piece
of ground, winch he cannot doe, being only a little
onker of land not worth the rental l ing." Law Paper.
Isl. angr> angit r, signifies a tongue of land, sinus
vel lingula terrae, locus scilicet angustus, G. Andr.
Haldorson; Germ. £/wger,planities; Su.G. aengyWang,
arvum conseptum, quod altera is seritur. Norw. anger
is explained by Dan. lands traekning, i. e. a tract of land.
O N L A Y I N G , s. Imposition.
• Gif he had onie calling, it vas ather extraordi-
nary—or ellis ordinar, quhairbie ane lauchfullie call it
pastoreeallis another be the sacrament of Ordour, and
onlaying of handis." Nicol Burne, F. 126, a.
O N L A N D , or U N L A N D , .s. A designation of
land occurring in some ancient charters, A b e r d .
O N L I F E , O N L Y F F , O N L Y F F , O N L Y V E , alive.
And gif he war on life quhil now in fere,
He had bene euin eild with the, and hedy pere.
Doug. Virg. p. 84.
" All and sindrie personis yet on ly ff quhilkis wer
prouidit to benefices or pensionis," &c. Acts J a. VI.
1585, Ed. 1814, p. 384.
Sometimes the terms are conjoined.
" It salbe lefull to euerie ane of the saidis personis
foirfaltit y it being onlyff and to the air is, successouris,
bairnis and posteritie of thame quhilkis ar departed,
to succeid to thair predicessouris," &e. Ibid.
<<r The personis foirfaltit,—samonie as ar only re—
sail be restorit," &c. Ibid. p. 386.
This is completely A.S. Tha he on life macs; Quum
ille in vita erat; Matt. 27. 63. Go wer and Chaucer
use on Hue and on lyue in the same sense. This, as
Tooke has shewn, is the origin of the E. adv. alive.
ONLOUPING, T h e act of getting on horse-
back, S.
" The commissioner—goes to horse toward Ha-
milton ; but at his onionping the earl of Argyle, the
earl of Rothes, and Lord Lindsay, three pillars of the
covenant, had some private speeches with him, which
drew suspicion that he was on their side." Spalding's
Troubles, i. 91.
Germ, anlauf " a spring, a leap, or jump Lud-
wig. V . L O U P on, v. a.
O N M A R R O W S , sharers in a joint concern ; as,
64 W e ' r e on marrows wi" ane anither • Roxb.
V. MARROW, S.
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O N N A W A Y E S , adv. I n no wise.
•—cs That this acte and ordinance onnawayes hurte
nor preiuge the lordis of Sessioun and College of Jus-
tice and thair memheris," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1587,
Ed. 1814, p. 447-
" Yitt the rest of the lordis onnowayes could be con-
tent that he [ L o r d Hamiltourf] sould have any pre-
heminence so long as the queine keiped her widow
head, and hir bodie cleane from licherie." Pitscot-
tie's Cron. p. 284.
Through this edition of Pitscottie It is generally
prin ted onowayes, win eh mars the meaning of the term.
This corresponds with the A.S. idiom, on being-
used for in ; On nane nnsan, nullo modo ; On aelle
'wise, omnimodo ; from wise, modus, mos. As our
writers generally use the form here exemplified, we
must bear, as patiently as possible, the gruff censure
of Dr. Johns, on this orthography; " This is com-
monly spoken and written by ignorant barbarians,
'noways." He had not observed, that the A.Saxons
occasionally employed the term ivacg, a way, as sy-
non. with wise a manner; as, ealle waega, omnibus
modis, Leg. Aethelst. Pref. 2.
O N O N , prep. On, u p o n ; a reduplication very
common among the vulgar, S.
And syn ilka tait maun be heckled out throw.
The lint putt en ae gait, anither the tow,
Syn on on a rock wi't, and it taks a low ;
The back of my hand to the spinning o't.
Ross's llock and Wee Pickle Tow.
I need scarcely say that the sense, as here used, is
quite different from that of onon mentioned, vo. Onane.
O N P A S T , not having passed, or gone forward.
f<r T o returne hame on past to the tryst;" i.e. with-,
out having gone to the place of meeting, or to fulfil
an engagement previously made; Aberd. Beg. A.
1541, V. 17.
O N - S E T T , O N S E T T E , S. A term anciently used
in S. to denote the messuage or manor-house o f
a barony.
" Valentine Leigh, in his buik of surveying of
lands, affirmis messuagium to be the tenement or lands
arable; and the dwelling-house or place, or court-
hall thereof, to be called sit, from the Latine situs :
quhilk we call the seat, or on-setle" Skene, Verb,
Sign. vo. Messuagium.
This term occurs in an act of parliament, but in
such connexion that it is doubtful, whether the ma-
nor of the landholder, or the steading of the tenant,
be meant. If the latter, on sett must in this instance
be viewed as synon. with onstead.
"That euery mane spirituale and temporale within
this realm e, havand ane hundrethe pund land of new-
extent be yeir—eauss euery tennent of thare landis,
that lies the samin in tak and assedacioune, to plant
vpoune thare on sett yerelie for euery merk lande ane
tree." Acts Ja. V. 1535, Ed. 1814, p. 343. Onset,
Ed. 1566, Fob 119, a.
— " All and haill the—landis of Piavelrig, with
houssis, biggingis, yairdis, orchairdis, toftis, eroftis,
miseltis, outsettis/'&c. Acts Cha. I.Ed. 1814, V. 637-
A.S. on-saet incubuit; onsitliug habitatio, unde on-
set apud Northymbros, man sum, toil inn, tugurlum,
significans; Lye. The latter part of the word is found
in Su.G. saete sedes, whence saeteri villa nobilium,
hoegsaclc, sedes primaria.
 O N W O
O N S E T T A R , One who makes an attack or
onset on another.
" That the saidis persones maker is of the saidis
tuilyeis and comhattis eftir dew try ell that they war
the first onsettaris,—sail be tak in, apprehend it and
wairdit for yeir and day." Acts Ja. VI. 1()00, Ed.
1814, p. 240.
O N S E T T I N 1 , part. adj. Applied to one whose
appearance is far from being handsome, R o x b .
Teut. oni-sclt-en, male disponere. V. SET, V. to
become one.
ONSETTLNG, A n attack, an assault.
" H e lies maid diuerss onsettingis & prouocaciounis
on hvm." Aberd. Reg. A. 1541, V. 17.
O N S L A U G H T , 6*. A bloody fray or battle, R o x b .
This word, although O.E., as denoting an attack
01* onset, is obsolete in English writing. A.S. on-
si cur-an, i n cuter e, impingere.
O N S L A U G H T , s. Apparently, release.
The S wed ens disappointed of their onslaught,
retired after his Majestie to their leaguer, and hav-
ing put a terror to the enemies armie, by this defeat,
he did get some days longer continuation to put all
things in good order against their coming." Monro's
Exped. P. ii. p. 52.
• The meaning is, they did not, as they expected,
so defeat the enemy, as to release themselves from
the necessity of defending the town of Werben. This
word seems to have been used merely by our mili-
tary men, who had served on the continent; Teut.
ontslagh dimissio, remissio, solutio; Belg. ontslag dis-
charge, release; from ont-sla-en, solvere, absolvere,&c.
O N S T E A D , s. A steading.] Add;
<c This group of houses, a farmstead and cottages,
now become ruinous, was, it is said, chosen by Ram-
say for G laud's On stead, and the habitation of the two
rural beauties Peggy and Jenny.—The remains of
these houses exactly agree with the description of
Glaud's Onstead," &e. Notes to Peimecuick's Tweed,
p. 130, 131.
Onstead, A.Bor. Cf a single farm-house;" Grose.
O N - S T O W I N , part. pa. Unstolen, Aberd. R e g .
O N T J E T H , s.
£e There are also many ontjelhs, i. e. small parcels
of ground lately inclosed from the common, and set
to a tenant for money rent only." P. Aithsting,
Shetl. Stat. Aec. V. 581.
This must surely be an erratum for outsets.
<< When a part of the common is enclosed and
farmed, the enclosure is called an outset; but the out-
sets are never included in the numeration of merks
of rental land." Edm011ston's Zetl. Isl. i. 147, 148.
O N T O , or T I L L . Weil or Geylies on till, well
nigh to, S.R.
O N T R O N , s. " E v e n i n g G L Surv. Ayrs. p.
693. V . ORNTUEN.
O N - W A I T E R , s. 1. One who waits patiently
for any thing future.] Add ;
2. One who attends another for the purposes of
service.
That they—and their fishers on wailers and ser-
vants attending the fishing bussines—sail not be ar-
rested," &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 243.
O N W A I T T I N G , s. Attendance.
171
O P
ce And sicklike, thair is special! allowance gran tit
to the said Eustachius for his sendee and on wait ting
in setting ford ward the said wark, fra the tyme that
he sail enter to the bigging o f the pannis vnto the
four compleit pannis be furneist daylie," &c. Acts
Ja. V I . 15()Q, E d . 1814, p. 183.
O N W A I T I N G , adj. O f or belonging to at-
tendance.
—'" His own fiction—had sent him over as their
commissioner,—and had allowed him 4000 merks
for his onwaiting charges and expenses." Spalding,
i. 335, (2d.)
O N W Y N E , in the proverbial phrase, Wyne and
Onwyne, S.R. V. W Y N E .
On wyne is evidently related to AS. unwind-an,
Teut. ontwind-en, retexere.
O N W Y N E R , s. T h e foremost ox on the left
hand, in a yoke, Aberd.
O N W I T T I N S , adv. Without the knowledge
of, without being privy to, A u g .
O O , 111 E . words, before Jc. m the S. pronuncia-
tion receives the sound o f long u in the E . lan-
guage, and is written either as cu, or with e qui-
escent after Jc. Thus nook, loolc, tool', cook, hook,
book, become neuk, leak, teuk, ceuk, keuk, hake,
boidc, buke.
0 0 , s. Grandson. " A n d r o Murray his 00
Aberd. R e g . A . 1535, V. 15, p. 612. V. OE.
ff David Anderson his 00 and tax man;" Reg. Aberd.
V. 15. " The servant fey it [hired] to his oois half
nettis fishing." Ibid.
0 0 , s. W o o l , S.] Add;
" To gather 00 on one's claisc," to feather one's
nest, Aberd. Hence,
OOY, adj. W o o l l y , S.
—Swains their ooy lambkins guide,
An' sing the strains of honest love.
Pickens Poems 1788, iv.
O O B I T , 5. A hairy worm, with alternate rings
o f black and dark yellow, R o x b . W h e n it
raises itself to the tops of the blades o f grass,
it is by the peasantry viewed as a prognostic of
high winds. Y. O O B I T .
O O D E R , -v. Exhalation, &c. Y. OCJDER.
O O F , s. This term is expl. as suggesting the
idea of an animal, whose face is so covered with
hair, that it can scarcely see; applied to a weak
harmless person, Fife.
This seems the same with E. oaf or ouphe, a sort
of fairy. Teut. alve incubus, fan mis. Hence,
O O F - L O O K I N , adj. Having a look of stupidity, ibid,
O O N , s. Used for zcoun\ wound.
Drinkin' to baud my entrails swack,
Or droirn a car in' 00 n, Sic.
Tarrass Poems, p. 10. V. CARIN'.
T o O O P , &c. v. a. T o bind with a thread.] Add;
Metaphorically to join, to unite.
" When she had measured it out, she muttered to
herself— c A hank, but not a hail ane—the full years
o' the three score and ten, but thrice broken, thrice
to oop (i. e. unite); he'll be a lucky lad an he win
through wi't." Guy Mannering, i. 65, 66.
O O R A T , adj. Applied to animals, when from
 O P P O R I

cold or want of health the hair stands on end, O P P R O B R I E , s. Reproach ; Eat. opprobri-um„
L o t h . ; evidently the same with Oorie. " Upon the high streets of sundry—burghs royall,
O O R E , adv. Ere. This is given as the pro- there are many ruinous houses—to the' opprobrie
nunciation of Ettr. For. thereof, and common scandall of this kingdom."'
" And oorc I gatt tyme to syne rnysel, ane grit Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 144.
man trippyt on my no feit, and tell b e 11 y-fl aught on T o O P T E N E , O U P T E X E , v. a. T o obtain.
rue with ane dreadful noo/.le." Hogg's Wint. Tales, " As twicliing the XL lb. clamyt be the said Symori
ii. 4'J. ()u, adv. vpone Tliomas Kennedy, quhilk he optenii lauchfully
O O R I E, OCRIE, OwnI E, adj. 1. (.'hill, &c\] Add; vpone him,—the said Simon producit a decrete of
certane jugis arbitrouris that he had optenit the said,
4. " Drooping, sad-like, melancholy;" 1 Gl. Pic ken,
so time." Act. Audit. A. 1471, p. 22.
Ayrs.
t£ He ma ouptene Aberd. Reg. A . 1543, V. 18.,
" Her bark's war than her bite/ said Mrs. Craig,
as she returned to her husband, who felt already O R A N G E R , .v. A n orange, S.
some of theo//Wc symptoms of a hen-pecked destiny/' " At weel Jean ye'se no want a sweet or anger, aye
Ayrs. Legatees, p. 2-1*5. twa." Saxon and Gael, i. 129.
A transition, from the uncomfortable sensation Er. oranger7 an orange tree.
caused to the body by cold, to the dejection or pain O L L C I I L E , 6'. A porch, Mearns.] Add to e t y m o n ;
produced in the mind, by any thing that is viewed Er. arceau, and O.Er. oriol, both signify a porch.
as a presage of evil.
O R D , s. A steep hill or mountain.] Add ;
C.B. (tcr cold, orr-i to make cold,
The term is used in this sense in Ayrs.
()o in K- I. I K i:, adj. Languid, having the appear-
* O R D E R , s. To take Order, to adopt a course
ance of being much fatigued, Dumfr.
for bringing under proper regulation.
O O T H , .v. Value. Keep it till ii bring the Jul I
The Lothian regiment raised a mutiny, and
ooth, D o not sell it till it bring the full value,
would not suffer any of Loudon's regiment lying
Sel kirks.
without the ports, nor their commanders or captains
A.S. uth-ian signifies to give. Whether it has any
to take order with them/' Spalding, ii. 2Q2.
rdlinity seems doubtful. We say, that a commodity
O R D I N A R E , adj. Ordinary, S.
•dues, i. e. brings, such a price in the market.
B Y O R D I N A R E , adv. In an uncommon way, S . ;
O O W E W adj. Woollen, S.H.
nearly synon. with E . extraordinarily.
•—On the breast, they might believe, li They were by or dinar e obedient and submissive
There was a cross of OUICCH thread.
to those in authority over them.5'' R. Gilhaize, ii. 126.
Tkc Viper of Peebles? p. 1 S.
It is also used as an adj.
O O Z E , ( ) r / !•:, .v. 1. T h e na j), or caddis, that la1 Is cc The minister—with a calm voice, attuned to by
i'rom yarji, cloth, Ayrs.
ordinare solemnity,—pronounced the blessing." Ibid,
The E. word dues not seem to have this significa-
ii. 181.
tion, which is obviously a deviation from the* proper
O R E , .y. A puny creature, one who has a con-
meaning, the origin of which see in WKKSK.
tern ptible appearance, L o t h .
Cotton or silk put into an ink-stand, for pre-
Apparently the same with JVa?j] id. Lanarks., and
serving the ink from being spilled, Perths.
corr. from IVa nvotj] q. v.
O O Z L I E , adj. In a slovenly state, Gall.
T o O R I G I N , v. a. T o originate.
A person is said to be oozlie looking, when he has — M a k i n g no kynd of alteratioun bot such as—-
— a l o n g beard, unbrushed clothes, and dirty shoes." was origined and derived from the actis of the assem-
Gall. Encycl. bly," &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 319.
A secondary sense of Ozetty, q. v. O R I G I N A L S I N . <s*. A cant phrase, evidently of
OPENSTEEK, A particular kind of stitch a profane cast, used to denote debt lying on an
in sewing, S.
e£ Op>en-sicck, open-stitch
estate to which one succeeds, Clydes.
GL Aritiq.
2. Also, used,, with the same spirit, to characterize
O P E X S T K E K , adj. Used to denote similar orna-
the living proofs of youthful incontinence, S.
ments in building.
O R I L Y E I T , -y. A piece of cloth, or bandage,
" Ah ! it's a brave kirk—nane of your whigma- used for covering*
leeries and eurliewurlies and openstcek hems about o the ears
<
during o the
_ ^niffht.
_o
it." Rob Roy, ii. 127- "Eluidis, quaiffis, eolhiris, rabattis,orUyeittis, naip-
O P E N T I E ' , s. A n opening, a vacancy, Kinross, kynis, camyng claithis, and cover is of nicht geir,
T o O P P O N E , v. a. 1. T o oppose.] Add; schone, and gluiflis."— c< Elalf ane dussane of quaif-
% It is used to denote the proof exhibited against fis, and half a dussane of orily cutis of hoi land claith,
a prisoner at his trial. sewit with gold, silver, and divers cullouris of silk."
The advocate could not find a just way to reach Inventories, A. 1578, p. 231.
me with the extrajudicial confession they opponed to Ane quaiff £ c o i f ] with a orilyeit of holane claith,
sewit with crammosie silk." Ibid. p. 232.
me." Crookshank's Hist. i. 343.
Er. o red let. oreillette, properly denotes the ear-piece
T o O P P O N E . ] Read,, v. n. Add j ^
of an helmet; but had been transferred to a piece
The prep, aganis is sometimes subjoined.
of female head-dress used by night; from oreilley
•f S upplicatioun of the burgh of Annand, and pair-
Eat. avris, the ear.
teis opponand aganis the same." Acts. Ja. VI. 1581,
O R I N Y E , adj.
Ed. 1814, p. 215. c< Ittxn, thrie peces of courting is for the chepell of
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 O R P O
orinye hew, of dalmes and purpoure, with ane fron-
tal e of the samyne." Inventories, A. 1542, p*. 104.
Apparently the same with Fr. orange, orange-co-
loured ; if it be not from orin, golden.
O I I I S H E N , s." A sa vage- behaved i n d i v i d u al; p ro-
b a b l y — f r o m Fr. our son, a bear's c u b G a l l . Enc.
O R I S I N G , part. pr. . Arising.
From thair arising stok cutt.it quhili thay be,
—Thay may nocht than, be natur so abscidit,
D o fructifie and ffeureiss as afoir.
Colkelbie Sow, v. 777-
Norm. ori-er, to rise up.
O R L E G E , &c. 1. A clock.] Add;
cc O.E. oriloge, a clocke Palsgr. B. iii. F. 51, b.
" Or lage. Orolagium." Prompt. Par v.
4. A dial-plate, &c.] Add;
cc Orlache & knok of the tolbuith ;" Aberd. Reg.
O R M A I S E , adj. O f or belonging to the isle o f
Ornius.
" Of Ormaise taffatis to lyne the bodeis and sclevis
^sleeves] of the goune and vellicotte, iiii elle." Pree.
Treasury, A. 1566-7, Chalmers's Mary, i. 207. V.
A EM OS IE.
ORNTREN, 1. T h e repast taken between
dinner and supper, Galloway.] Add;
£. Evening, Ayrs. ; written Ontron.
£i Ontron, evening ;" Gl. Surv. Ayrs., p. 693.
This is evidently the same with Cuixib. Orndoorns,
afternoon drinkings; corr. says Grose, from ouedrins;
Prov. Gl. A.Bor. carnder signifies the afternoon.
Germ, undern, onderen, to dine, prandere, meri-
diare; Wachter. Undern, with the A . Saxons, pro-
perly denoted the third hour, that is, according to
our reckoning, nine A. M. Junius (Gl. Goth.) shews
from Bede, 1. iii. c. 6, that this, with our forefathers,
was the time of dinner. Corresponding writh this,
Isl. ondverne signifies, mane d i e ; G. Andr. p. 12.
A.S. vndern mete is explained both breakfast and din-
ner ; and indeed, it would appear that it was their
first meal, or, in other words, that they had only one
meal for breakfast and dinner. Both Junius and
Wachter view the Goth, terms as derived from C.B.
anterth, denoting the third hour. According to the
latter, this is transposed from Lat. tertiana. Eender,
or yeender, Derby sh., w hich must be viewed as ori-
ginally the same word, retains more of the primary
sense, for it signifies the forenoon; Gl. Grose.
Undeiurnimat is used by Ulphikis for dinner. Than
waurk/jais undaumimat aiihlhau nahtamat; when thou
makest dinner or supper; Lukexiv. 12. In Frieze-
land noon is called onder; ami the r.onder-en signi-
fies to dine ; in-oudcreu to take a mid-day sleep. This
must have been the - s a f t e r dinner.
OR1TIIS, Cloth .u gold.
" I t e m , ane chesabiil of purpour velvot, with the
stoyle and fannowne orphis, twa abbis/' &e. Inven-
tories, A. 1542, p.
That is, " the stole and sudarhun were both of cloth
of gold." "3 ffawuous ^r.faii))ions~\ of cloath of gold,'%
are mentioned in Regist. Aberd. V . FANNOUN,
Orphis is undoubtedly from L.B. orijic-ium, used for
aurijictum or aurifrigiurn. Dedit—casulam, dahna-
tieas diaconi et subdiaconi, cum cappa processionali
de eodem pan no cyrico cum fatura et ori/iciis. Baluz.
T. 2. Orphreis is also used in the same sense. V.
D u Cange.
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S T
O R P I E , ORPIE-LEAF, S. Orpine, &C.] Add
" Crassula, orpie Wedderb. Vocab. p . 19.
O R R O W , 01111 A, adj. 3. Not appropriated, not
employed.] Add;—used i n regard to things, S.
Insert the quotation from Ferguson, given here,
under sense 6.
6. Spare, vacant, not appropriated ; applied to
time, S.
Ye'd better steik your gab awee,
Nor plague me wi' your bawling,
I n case YE find that I can gie
Your Censorship a mawling,
Some orra day.
Skinner s Christmas Baing ; Cated. Mag. Sept. 9,178 8.
" Oh dear MR. Bertram, and what the waur were
the wa's and the vaults O' the auld castle for having
a whin kegs o' brandy in them at an orra time ?"
Guy Mannering, i. 1 3 3 .
7. Inferior, petty, paltry, Aberd.
8. Rase, low, mean, worthless. In t h i s sense one
is said to " keep orra company," Aberd.
9. Odd; exceeding any specified, determinate, or
round number, S.
OUKA-MAN, S. One employed about a farm to do
all the jobs that do not belong to anv of the
other servants, whoso work is of a determinate
character, Loth. Jottenc-man seems synon.
Her wicks.
OR IT ELS, s. pi. W h a t is left oVr, or over, Kin-
card in es. ; the same with ORROWS, Q. v. In
Aberd. it i s understood as 'signifying refuse.
T o O R T , v. ii. 1. T o throw aside provender.] Add;
4. W h e n a father gives awav anv of his daughters
in marriage, without regard t o the order OF se-
niority, h e is said to art his DOCH'EI'S,"1 Ayrs.
O S A N . Poems K i t h Century, p. 1 given in
Gl. as not understood, is for Hassan nidi.
—Angel- SINGER EAER (hum
In laude and praise of our (HUU--;aan.
O S I I E N , s. A mean person ; from FR. oi-soa a
n i n n y ; " Gall. Encycl. ; pnmarilv, a gosling.
OS L I N , OSLIX-PI PINX, a species of apple, S.
<C The Oslin pippin is sometimes called the Origi-
nal, and sometimes the Arbroath pippin : by Forsyth
it is named Orzelon.—The Oslin has been for time
immemorial cultivated at St. Andrews raid Arbroath,
where there were LBRINer 1 y mag 1 I I FICE 111 est a HI I>H W U M s
for monks, by whom IT was probably introduc:-. 1 FROM
France." Ne ill's lloriie. Edin. Fncvcl. p. ''!(;».
T o O S T E N D , R. a. T o show. L a t . o.-t/nd-crc.
— " His liienes, be the a vise of his last parliament,
assignit, warneit & charge it all {>ersoi:is THAT clamit
— t o tak, raiss, or intromett with ony sic cxaetiouns
of Cawpis, sold cum t o the nixt parliament. AND thar
ostend and schew quhat richt thai haiu to the taking
of the samy 11." Acts Ja. IV. 1489, F.d, 1 8I4, p. 222.
OSTI. WSIOI'XK, OsTENTiOLTNK, s. 1. T h e a c t of
shewing.
AWD NOW AT'DII.S present parliament the saidisper-
sonis MAKIN the saidis clam is, has bene ofttymescaJIit
for the ostcutioane and sella win of thar richtis." Ibid.
Used to denote the formality of lifting up the
hand in swearing.
— A l l vtheris hrrdissperitvaleAteiiiporale,anclcoi\IS
 O U E O
misv.onans of burrowh,,—lie- maid both and sworne
ilk ane hethahn -c/lii^ he the u.-.L -ntionne of thar richt
haimis, that thai -a I be f-ieand tn-w and obedient to
my said lord i«-iix11- tuto'«r to the- (jiienis <xrai:e,'?
etc. A el'.-. Mary hah i M I . p. -i-'i i.
O S T L E R , .v. A n inn-keeper.
*• ( pon I'.;1 morn timely ho r i a n d t:> the south
'jot-- lie."- Ni^'i'-t i)ei114' fallen, ha io Andrew
Had;!rn»r>nii\ at the yete-eheek, v. ho was an ostler."
Sp;ddin^\ Troubles. i. i 7 . V. I I ' » t i - : i . k u .
(jsth-r. I io.^pieiarins." Prompt. Parv.
O S T K Y E. OsTiii;, .v. A n inn. J Add ;
O.K. id. f^/r.ye [Fr.J hoVieirie;" Palsgrave, B.
iii. F. ,07, in
O S Z I L , ()s; .v. T h e merle or thrush. also tlie
black-bird | Add;
We learn from Pal-grave, that in O.K. this name
was given to ihe 1:ir 1 imi*'- O.v////, a bvrde, [ F r . ]
estourma\i Ih in. v. .">1, ]>.
<>'TI I K M , S' > -;1 •' iii' them; as, ()litem jitucht,
(f>hem jt;'d. \ " p j ( ' 1 \ <. i e.^.
O T T K F S . , / , / . V^tav^. y . r-r A>s.
\VV haii/ power—till choijce an officer till pass
with us for the engarheriug of our quarter payments,
and ouklv pennies, and to pass before us on (,'orpns
xi (J'hristi) day, and the ollcus thereof, and all other
general processions," &c. Seal of Cause, 1 ;>0o, p. o7-
O U , enter). Y. Qvv.
OUBIT,\*. 1. Llairy oubit, a butterfly in the
- catterpillar state, R o x b . V. OOBIT.
2. A p p l i e d , by itself, as a term of contempt, to
any shabby puny-looking person, ibid.
In this sense Vowbet, q. v. is used by Montgornerie.
O U D E R , OWUKK, s. 1. A light mist or haze,
such as is sometimes seen on a cloudy morning
when the sun rises, Ettr. For. ; pron. q. ooder.
e: The ground was covered with a slight hoar frost,
and a cloud of light haze, (or as the country people
call it, the blue ouder,) slept upon the long valley of
water, and reached nearly mid-way up the hills."
Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 204.
In this sense, the term might seem allied to Isl.
udur, moistness.
2. T h e name given to the flickering exhalations,
seen to arise from the ground, in the sunshine
of a warm day, Ettr. For. Summer-amis, S.B.
Kings zee a tii er,. E o th.
As these seem, in one denomination, to be com-
pared to colts ; shall we suppose that, in a dark and
superstitious age, they had received another name,
in consequence of being viewed as something preter-
natural ? If so, we might suppose some affinity be-
tween ooder and Teut. woud-heer, a fawn, a satyr;
whence woud-heer-man, a spectre.
T o O Y E R , x'. a. T o get the better o f any thing,
especially of what is calamitous; as, " H e never
over'd the loss of that bairn Stirlings.
I do not find that the v. appears in this simple form
in any of the other dialects.
O U E R A N E , adv. In common, together.] Add;
Dan. overeens agreeing,Wolff; concorditer, Baden;
from over and een one. It is also used in composition,
overeenskomme, overeenstemme, to agree, to accord, to
be of one opinion. Sw. oefverens is synonymous ;
komma oefverens, draga oefverens, &e. to agree,
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O U E R - R V, O V E R R Y , adv. A little way o f f ; re-
ferring to the space that must be crossed in
reaching tlie place referred to, S. V . C T E U B Y ,
" There's only ane o' the sailors in the kitchen.—.
The ither's awa orrer bye to Kinaden, an' weel guided
he'll he, nae doot." St. Kathleen, iii. C2C2Q.
T o O V E R C A P , O W E R C A F , v. a. T o overhang,
or project over, S.B.
" The coping, whether sod or triangular stone,
ought to overcap two inches on each side of the wall."
Agr. Surv. Invern. p. 118.
ff It [thatch] is either sewed to the cross spars of
the roof, by tarred twine; or the roof is first covered
with divots laid on overlapping like slate." A g r .
Surv. Peeb. p. 4().
T o O V E R E A T one's self to eat to surfeiting, S.
O V E I t E N Y I E , ,9. Southernwood, A b e r d / A r -
temisium abrotanum, Eirni. ; elsewhere Apple-
ringie. F r . auronne, id.
This is a favourite plant with the country girls,
who also den can in ate it Lad's Love.
On E K E S T , adj. Higher, uppermost; the superla-
tive of Ouer.
For cause they knew him to depart,
They strife quha suld be ouerest.
Poems of the Sixteenth Century, p. 42.
Teut. overste, Su.G. oefwerst, Germ, oberst, id.
T O O U E R G A F F , v. n. T o overcast; a term
applied to the sky 5 when it begins to be becloud-
ed after a clear morning, R o x b .
Allied perhaps to Dan. overgaa, to eclipse. Or per-
haps rather the pret. cfergeaf ofergacf of A.S. gif-an,
tradere, with oj'er prefixed.
T o O U E R G E V E , O W E R G I F F E , V. A. T o re-
nounce, especially in favour of another.
" His maiehtie promittis—to cans George Erie of
Hun tlie—to frielie renunce, discharge*, and ouergeve
all richt, tytle, and entress quhilkis thay ha if or may
pretend to the office of schirreffschip, justiciarie, or
commissariat, within the boundis of the foirnamit
land is and isles," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1597, Ed. 1814,
p. 103.
O U E K G E V I N , s. A n act of renunciation.
— T h e said landis were set be his hienes of lang
tyme of before to Wilyame Striuiling of the Kere
knycht be the ouer gcvin of John Hepburne of Rol-
landstoune to the said Schir Wilyame." Act. Dom.
Cone. A. 1491, p. 206.
To OUERHAILE, a. T o oppress ; to carry
forcibly.
He sayes, Let no man oppresse, ouer come, ouer-
haile, or circumveen another man, or defraude his
brother in any matter."—" He exceptes no man. The
Earle, the Lord, the Laird, beleeues his power be
giuenhim to ouer haile, to oppresse men. No, no, if
thou runnest so, thou shalt neuer win to heauen."
Rollock on 1 Thes. p. 173.
In using this term, he means to give the literal
sense of the original word bwi^Uu, which is render-
ed transgredior. Ouerhaile seems properly to signify
to draw o v e r ; as allied to Teut. over-hael-en, trans-
p or tare, trajicere ; Belg. over-haal-en to fetch over.
T o O V E R H A U L , T o oppress. V . O U R H A R L .
O U E R H E D E , O U R H E A D , adv. W h o l l y , S . ] Add;
c( In this yeir, Clement Oor, and Robert Lums-
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dene his grandsone,bought beforhand from the Earle
Marishall the heir mail [meal] ourhead for 33 sh :
and 4d the boll." Birrell's Diarey, p. 36.
T o O V E R H Y E , v. a. T o overtake. V . O U I U I Y E .
T o O V E R H I G H , v. a. T h e same with Overhye.
cc r pj ie coachman put faster on and out-run the
most part of the rogues,—while [Til 1] at last one of
the best mounted overhighed the postilion, and by
wounding him in the face,—gave the rest the ad-
vantage to come up." Crook shank's Hist. i. 395.
There seems to have been an absurd attempt made
to give this word something of an E. form. For it
Is used in the account of the death of Archbishop
Sharpe published by authority.
O V E R I N , .v. A "by-job, Lanarks.
It may be viewed q. what is left over, to be done
at any time; or perhaps as nearly allied in sense to
A.S. ofering superfluitas, as denoting something
which is not absolutely necessary, and may there-
fore be neglected for a time.
O V E R I T I O U S , adj. 1. Excessive, intolerable,
Roxb.
il. Boisterous, violent, impetuous, headstrong,
Aberd.
T o O V E R L A P , v. a. 1. Properly to be folded
over, S.
Applied to stones, in building a wall, when one
stone stretches over another laid under it, S.
" It is essential—that the stones frequently over-
lap one another," &c. Agr. Surv. Galloway, p. 88.
V, Tii ROUGH-BAND.
In the same manner it is used in regard to slating,
thatching, &c. S.
O V E R L A P , S. T h e place where one thin object
lies over part of another; in the manner of slates
on a roof, S.
" When the stones are small, the dykes should
be proportionally narrowed, to make the two sides
connect more firmly, and afford more overlaps." Agr.
Surv. Galloway, p. 85.
O V E R L A P , s. T h e hatches of a ship.
" Fori, the overlap or hatches." Wedd.Voeab.p,22.
This seems different from Ouerlop ; and corre-
sponding with Teut. over-loop, fori, tabulata navium
eonstrata, per quae nautae feruntur.
O V E R L E A T H E R , s. T h e upper leather of a
shoe, South of S.
" When the sole of a shoe's turned uppermost, it
maks aye but an imbowsome overleather." Brownie
of Bodsbeek, &c. ii. 202.
O V E R L Y , adj. Careless, superficial, See.] Add;
" This calls us to search and try our ways, that we
may know what it is that the Lord contends with us
for,* and indeed we may find, in a very slight and
overly search and enquiry, many procuring causes
of it on our part." Shield's Notes, &c. p. 4.
The A.S. verb ufer-an morari, differri, to delay,
as it is' from the same root, conveys the same idea,
q. to let things He over.
O V E R L Y , adv. Excessively, in the extreme.
. — W h e n the Session meets, I wish you would
speak to the elders, particularly to Mr. Craig, no to
be overly hard on that poor donsie thing, Meg Mili-
k en, about her bairn," Blackw. Mag. June 1830, p»26,
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V E
2. Prodigal, disposed to squander, Ayrs.
O U E R L O F T V . T h e upper deck of a ship,] Add;
In the following passage it certainly signifies the
upper deck.
te That na skipper, master or awner of ane ship—
fuir nor stow ony merchandice upon the over Ioft is of
thair shippis, without thay indent with the awner is
of the shippis and gudis," &c. Balfour's Pract. p.6lf).
O U E R L O P , OUR LOP, s. T h e same with Over-
loft ; the upper deck of a ship.
And at the maisteris fure na guidis vpone his
ouerlop, the quhilk & he do, tha gudis sail pay na
fraucht, nor na gudis vnder the ourlop to scot nor
lot with tha gudis in case thai be castin." Pari. Ja.
II. A. 1467, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 8?. Oner loft in both
instances, Ed. 1566.
Teut. over-loop van'I sckip, epotides: auriculae na-
vis: rostra navis: ligna ex utraque parte prorae pro-
minentia. V . O U E R L O F T .
O V E R L O U P , s\ T h e stream-tide at the change
o f the moon.
" At the stream, which is at the change of the
moon, which Is call'd here the overloup, there are
lakies both at low water and at high water." Sib-
bald's Fife, p. 88.
If the tide is meant; Teut. over-loop, inmidatio;
over-loop-en, inundare, ultra margines intumescere.
If the change of the moon; Teut. over-loop trans-
curs us ; over-loop-en, cursim pertransire.
O V E I 1 M E I K L E , a d j . Overmuch; OurmeiJde, S.
" He—advysed with his conn sail quhat was best
to be done, in this matter, and how he might best
punisch the injuries done be the lordis, quhilk he
thought was overnieikle to tak in hand to punisch
thame opiulie." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 2[)?. Overmuch,
Edit. 1728.
O U E R Q U A E LTD, part. adj. Overrun, as with
vermin. OuerquaWd zvi dirt, excessively dirtv*
Roxb.
Teut. over an d (pa 11-en. molestare, infest are, vexare.
T o O V E R S A I 1 A T E , t\ a.
" Robert Lermont, being to rebuild a waste tene-
ment—in Skinner's Close, obtained from the Coun-
cil of Edinburgh—an act giving him liberty to over-
sailyie the ck;se, having both sides thereof, and cast
a transe over it for communicating with both his
houses," &e. Fountainh. 3. Suppl. Dee. p. 1 6.
OuEUSET, OirusKT, -v. Defeat, mis:'>rtune in war.
""And quhen ony gret uursc! is iik to euoi mi thr-
bordouraris, thai think the inland men sulfa* be "redy
in thai* supple." Pari. Ja. f 1. A. 145b, Acts Ed. I 8 1 4,
p. 45. Overset, Ed. I 5d5. Y. ( b:Ka>F/r, r.
O V E R S M A N , O H K M A N , .V. ; > . ] Add;
— " To submit to tua or tlirie freindis on aiher
syde ;—or ells to agrie at thair iirst meitting mi ane
ouris-man quha sail decerne within that space." Act>
Ja. VI. 1597, Ed. 1814, p. 158.
T o O V E R - S P A D E , O W K U - S P A D E , V. a. To
trench land by cutting it into narrow trenches,
and heaping the earth upon an equal quantity
o f land not raised, Aberd.
" All garden grounds are trenched, when first'set
apart for this purpose; and are occasionally trenched
thoroughly to the depth of 16 or 18 inches or else
they are half trenched, provincialjy over-spaded;
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that is. narrow dilc!n>. about i ,0 Inciu»:s <ieep, and
two feet v-i«ii-, are lain upon an equal breadth ot"
unlified lami ; and in that -utu.ition exposed to the
winter's frost." A;/r. Surv. Aberd. p. :;bl.
T o O \ E l t T A K, a. I. T o he able to accom-
plish anv work or piece of bu.-ine.-s, when pres-
sed for i!uu\
T o reach a blow to one, to strike;.
PerCisssit me pugno, fie orcrt'atk me with his
st^eeked nieii'." Wetkh rb. Voc. p. ^o.
T o f r.M O ' E R , to T A K O ' E R , id. ; as, " I'll iah: ye
o'er the head,'" S.
<) V E R - T I I K-M A T T K R j / J / . Excessi ve,Roxb.
O U E R T H R < )\ Across the eouiiirv, S.
O U E R - T R E E , ,v. r rbe siili or handle of~ the
plough, used in Orknev. it has onlv one.
O U E i f W A Y . .v. The 'upper or higlu-r way.
t: T h e n h e g a u e c o m m a n d t o t h r i e h a n d ret he h o r s -
m e n t o pas t h e u / t - n n r ' / , a n d t o e m u m -it. t h e w e s t
end o f the toon b." a p r i u e y f n r d e . "
the Sext, p. 171-
0 Y E R W A I 1 D , -v. The upper district of a coun-
ty, denominated from its local situation, S.
" In the shire of Clydesdale, Lanerk is the head
borough of the ovenvard, for holding courts, and re-
gistering diligences. Hamilton is the head borough
of the nether ward, for holding courts." Ersk. Inst.
B. i. Tit. 4. § 5. V . OUER, adj. Upper.
OUF-DOG, s. A wolf-dog, South of S.
Then came their collar it phantom ty Ids,
Like ouf-dogs, an' like gaspin grews.—
Hoggs Hunt of FA 1don, p. 822.
O U G H T L I N S , OUGIITLENS/^ZT;.
gree, S.O. ('hightlvns, in the least " Gh
Shirrefs and Picken.
OtTLKLiE, OWKLIE, adv. Weekly, once a-week ,
S.B. ouklie.
Ci That travelling vpon the Sunday—is greatlie oc-
casioned be the rnercatis hauldine oulklie," &c. Acts
Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 301.
But nae man o' sober thinkin
E'er will say that things can thrive,
If there's spent in orvkly drinkin
What keeps wife and weans alive.
McccneiWs Poetical Works, i. 19. V. O U L K .
O W K L I E , adv. Weekly, every week, S.B.
cc That thair be wokly thre market dais for selling
of breid within the said tonne [[Edinburgh] ; that is
to say, M on an day, Wednisday, and Friday owklie."
Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 1814, p. 378. V.OULK.
O U N C E - L A N D , s. A denomination of a cer-
tain quantity of land, in the Orkney islands.
c<r The lands in Orkney had been early divided
into ure or ounce lands, and each ounce-land into
e i ghteen-penny lands, and penny-lands again into
four-merk or farthing-lands, corresponding to the
feu-money paid at that time. Agr. Surv. Orkn. p.
31. V. URE, S. a denomination of land, &c.
O U N C L E - W E I G H T S, s. pi. " The weights
used about farm-houses ;—generally sea-stones
o f various sizes, regulated to some standard."
Gall. Encycl.
O V N E , s. A n oven ; Aberd. Reg.
O U N K I N , adj. Strange, uncommon, Orkn.
176
U R
Isl. okunn-r, ignolus ; but more accommodated to
tin* form of I'Jnkcnt, S.
O U P 1 I A L L I I ) A \ R , s. V . TII J 1 F A . L I E D A Y .
T o OF T T E N K , <\ a. T o obtain. Y . O P T E N E .
T o O U R , OI;K E, e.a. T o ovc rawe, to cow, Loth.
The only serine in which f find A.S. ufor-an used
is, diilerre ; to delay, to postpone ; q. to let the time
pass l>\f or orrr ; from of'cr,ufcr, over.
O U R A C I I , OORACU, .y. r rhe name given to po-
tatoes, Shell. 64 I f s terrible I can get nae ither
meat sop [except] da warry gad [fish from sea-
7cv/re |, and de watery ourach
As Isl. nr denotes rain, fancy might trace a resem-
blance. because this root is viewed as watery. But as
we cannot suppose that the inhabitants of Shetland
had any northern name for this root, which was quite
unknown to them till of5 late years, it seems probable
that, when it was first introduced, they would give
it the name of some plant or root to which it had a
Hist. James real m* >epposed resemblance. As, in some parts of
Sweden, tiie Mr.-.-dow cow-wheat, or Melampynmt
praten.ve, is called Or/Y/-grot, (Einn. Flor. Suec.
No. o4N), the M/eds of which the swine carefully
seek, digging up the moss for it, perhaps the Shet-
landers, knowing this name, might transfer it to the
potatoe.
O U R B A C K , A cow, which, though she has
received the bull, has not had a calf when three
years old, Stirlings.; q. Over-bach.
O U R C O M E , OVERCOME, T h e overplus, S.l
Add ;
ci The o'.n'c'jinc of thre pes is of clayth ;" Aberd.
I n any de- R e g . C e n t . ! b.
OU R( ' 0 ? D ]•), O ' E K C O M K, ,9. T h e chorus o f a
song, S . : also Ourlurn. V. O V . R T U I I ^ .
T o OE' \{ E P U r r , t'. a. T o recover from, to get
the better o f ; applied to disease or evil, Loth.
OURFATN. At the our fit in, about to be deli-
^ ered, near the time of childbirth, S.
T o O U R G A E , O U R G A N G . ] Insert, as sense
4. T o overpower ; as with labour, or as expressing
great fatigue. " She^s quite ourgane wi1 wark," S.
Belg. overgaan, part. pa. Overtired with going;
Sewel.
5. T o pass, to elapse. It is often used in the fol-
lowing form ; " There's nae time ourgane"
i. e. no time lias yet been lost; it is still soon
enough, S.
OCRGAUN RAPES, " rapes put over stacks to hold
down the thatch Gall., Encycl.
O U R G A N G , ^ 1. T h e right of first going over
a water in fishing.
<rf We—had the first our gang of the said fiscliing.
—111 our ourgang and maling of the said water ; &
fischeyt the samyn, intrusand thame selfis thairin."
Aberd. Reg. A. 1560, V. 24.
A.S. qfergang-an, Teut. ouerga-en, transire; ouer~
ganck tr an situs; Sw. oefwergang, passage.
2. Extent. " T h e ourgang & boundis of the
toun Aberd. Reg.
T o O U R I I A R L , v. a. T o overcome.] Add;
It is also written overharl.
<< The lord Home—conveined—the most pairt of
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the nobilitie, at Edinburgh, schewand to tharne that
the realme was evill guidit and overharled be my lord
Angus and his men on the ane pairt, and be my lord
Arrane 011 the other pairt, stryveand day lie for the
auetoritie." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 298. Over haled,
Ed. 1728, p. 122.
Here it evidently conveys the Idea of being over-
run, or oppressed by perpetual depredations.
2. T o handle, to treat of, to relate.
—Expert and weill preuit
Thay war in the Est warld,
As is heir breulv ourharld.
Colkelbie 80m, P. 1. v. 3o3.
-5, T o treat with severity, to criticize with acri-
mony ; synon. to bring der the coals.
Ci Thair breadwinner, thair honor, thair estima-
tion n ; all was goan j^gone], giff Aristotle should be
so owirharled in the heiring of thair schollars." Mel-
ville's Diary, Life A. Melville, i. 258.
O U I i H E I D , adv. W i t h o u t distinction.
" Prissit [^valued] to xij d. our he id." Aberd. Reg.
V . OLJERHEDE.
T o O I J E H Y E , O V E R H Y E , v. a. T o overtake.]
Add;
cc Monseour Tillibatie—followed verrie ferelie ef-
ter thair enemies, and ovcrhycil thame at Linlithgow."
Pitseottie's Cron. p. 3 0 7 - V . OVERHIGH.
O U R L A Y , O W R E L A Y , 6*. A cravat, S.] Add;
££ Haste home, in good sooth! haste home, and lose
the best chance of getting a new rokelay and owrelay
that I have had these ten years?" The Pirate, i. 183.
T o O U R L A Y , v. a. T o belabour, to drub, to
beat severely, A b e r d .
The term seems to have been originally applied to
a person laid flat under his antagonist; Teut. ouer~
Lggh-en., superponere.
OURLAY, A kind of hem, in which one part
o f the cloth is folded, or laid over the other, S.
Pr. ourlet, id., ourl-er to hem.
T o OtinLAY, v. a. T o sew in this manner, S.
O U R L E A T , O'ERLEET, <?. Something that is
lapped, laid, or folded over another thing; Loth.
O U R M A N , OURISMAN, s. A n arbiter. V . OVERS-
MAN.
O U R S H O T , O ' E R SHOT, s. T h e overplus, S. ;
synon. Overcome.
Su.G. oefwershotl, residuum, vei quod numerum
defmitum transgreditur; from oefrver over, and skiut-a
trudere. V. Ihre, vo. Skiuta, trudere, sense iii.
OURTURN, Our tarn of a sang, that part of
it which is repeated, or sung in chorus, S.
O U R - W E E K I T , O ' E R - W E E K I T , part adj. 1.
H e , who has staid in a place longer than was
intended, is said to have our-weeldt himself,
especially if he has not returned in the same
week in which he went, Teviotd.
2. Butcher meat, too long kept in the market, is
called our-weekit meat, and sold at a lower price,
ibid.
This word is viewed as formed from over and week,
q. passing the limits of one week.
O U R W O M A N , s. A female chosen to give the
casting voice in a cause in which arbiters may
be equally divided. V. ODWOMAN.
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U T
Tins term is used only by old people.
0 1 ' S E , OWSE, s. A n ox, JBanffs., Aberd., Mearns-
—Seldom hae I felt the loss
O' gloyd 01* cow, ou.se, goat or yowe.
Taylor s S. Poems, p . 42.
To a man gaun to fell an ouse wha had drawn
in his plough mony a year.
O man, thou sure ungratefu' art—
Gin your hard heart can fell that ouse,
A harmless beast, and born for toil."
Ibid. p. 82.
This nearly resembles the most ancient form of the
word ; Moes.G. auks, Aleni. oh so, ossc, Belg. osse. V.
p i . OUSEN.
OLJSSEN-BOW, A piece of curved wood put round
the necks of oxen, as a sort of collar, to which
the draught is fixed; now rarely used, Teviotd.
Teut. bog he arcus; from the form.
OWSSEN-STAW, «?. T h e ox-stall, S.
She sought it in the owssen-slaw, &e.
Herd's Coll. ii. 146.
OUSTER, T h e arm-pit, Renfrews.; c o m
from OXTER, q. v.
* O U T , prep. This is used in a sense nearly the
same with E . alongst. " Out the road,"51 along
the road, S.B.
OUT, adv. To Gae out, to appear 111 arms, to rise
in rebellion, S. V. GAE OUT.
T o OUT, V. a. T o tell or divulge a secret, Ettr. For.
The v. as thus used, does not correspond with A.S.
ut-ian, which merely signifies to eject. But it is strict-
ly analogous to Teut. wUer eloqui, enuntiare, publi-
care, given by Kilian as synon. with E. utter.
T o OUT, V. N. T o Issue, to go forth.
In sundre with that dusche it brak.
The men than o?vt in full gret hy.
Barbour, xvii. 699. MS.
Formed obliquely from A.S. ut-ian expel lere, E.
to out,
OUT-ABOUT, adj. Oid-about tearky work clone out
o f doors, S.
<%' An' though she canna just bear to do out-about
wark wi' the lave o' the lasses, yet she's very diligent
at her wheel." Glenfergus, ii. 155.
O U T - A N ' - O U T , adv. Completely, entirely; as,
" Fie drank the glass oat-art-out" Lie's out-
art-oat a perfect squeef,"" Clydes.
O U T - B E A R I N G , part. adj. Blustering, bully-
ing, A b e r d .
O U T B Y , adv. Abroad, not in the house.] Add;
Ci A ' gangs wrang when the Master's out bye; but
I'll take care o' your cattle my sell." Bride of Lam-
mermoor, i. 178.
Out from, at some distance.] Add;
£% And div ye think—that my man and my sons are
to gae to the sea in weather like yestreen and the day
—sic a sea as it's yet outbye—and get naething for
their fish, and be misea'd into the bargain?" Anti-
quary, i. 252.
" The very pick-maws and solan-geese out by yon-
der at the Bass hae ten times their sense." Bride of
Lammermoor, ii. 283.
OUT-BY, adj. 1. Opposed to that which is do-
mestic ; as, " out-by wark,11 the work that is
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carried on out of doors; applied especially to 2. Extended to the person thus taken.
agricultural labour, S. <c Out-fanglhiefc is ane forain thiefe, quha cumis

2. Remote or sequestered. Thus it is applied to fra an vther man's lande or jurisdiction, and is taken
those parts of a farm that are more remote from and apprehended within the lands perteinand to him
the steading, S. quha is infeft wuth the like liberty." Skene Verb.
" Harry and I hae been to gather what was on the Sign. vo. Infangthefe.
out-bye land, and there's scarce a cloot left." Tales This can only be viewed as a secondary and im-
of my Landlord, i. 195. proper sense of the word. V. I N F A N G T H E F E .
O U T F I T , -v. 1. T h e act of fitting out, applied
O U T - B L A W I N G , .v. Denunciation of a rebel.
indiscriminately to persons and things, S.
" Incontinent efter the out blaming Schir George
2. T h e expense of fitting out, S.
& Schir William take away Schir Jhone Fosteris
O I J T F O R T I I , adv. Apparently, henceforth,
gudis, that is to say sehepe & nolt." Addic. of Scot-
tis Corniklis, p. 5, 6 . V . To B L A W out on one. in continuation, onwards.
O U T - B R E A K E R , s. A n open transgressor of " And forth ir out forth that the said princessehad
full deelaracione and varry witting of trouth and
the law.
tc Some slight loons, followers of the Clanehattin,
leaute that was and is in the forsaid Schir Alexan-
der [of Leuingston] and all the vtlnr personis for-
v.'i-re execu ie ; but the principal out breakers and ma- writtin," &c. °Parl. Ja. II. A. 1439, Acts Ed. 1814,
ielaou's were spared mid never troubled." Spal- p. 54.
dim/s Troubh'>, i. 00. O U T L A Y , s. Expenditure.] Add;
Teat, iclhrt'h-cn, Dan. udbrvkk-e, erampere; whence (i Some gentlemen—I was ass enough to be one
!ulf,r<•/..•/• ing, tlie breaking out. —took small shares in the concern, and Sir Arthur
* > U T ( ' A\ .v. 1. A place convenient for pasture, to himself made great outlay ." Antiquary, i. 291.
which cut tie are ca:cd or driven out, Dmnfr. ;
O U T G A I N , .v. T h e entertainment given to a
" A small inclosure to drive housed cattle a while
bride in her father's or master's house, before
of the day t o G a l l . Encycl.
a A wedding feast given by a master to a fa-
she sets out to that of the bridegroom, S.
vourite servant." Ibid. O U T G A I N , part. adj. R e m o v i n g ; as, " the out-
OUTCOMING, * 1. Egress, S. gdbi tenant," be who leaves a farm or house, S.
Heere, the leader is the beest of the bottornlesse O U T G A I T , 1. A way for egress.] Add;
pit, which was opened for his mitcomming, as were the 3. Ostentatious display, Ayrs.
heauens for the others, and his hosts are all earthly." She was a fine leddy—maybe a wee that dressy
Forbes on the Revelation, p. 207. and fond o' outgait " Sir A. Wylie, i. 259.
2. Publication. <f Oivte gate. Ex it us." Prompt. Par v.
" Whatsoever might have been done at the first 0 U T 6 A N E , part. pa. Elapsed, expired.] Add;
outcomming thereof, yet now when it was stale, and A.S. ut-gan signifies exire, egredi. Teut. mt-gae?is
the author departed this life, any particular answer however, occurs precisely in the sense of our term ;
should appeare vntimous." Forbes's Defence, Ded. desinere, finiri,
A. 3 a. O U T G A N G I N G , $. T h e act of going out of
O U T - D I G H T I N G S , .9. pi The refuse of grain, doors, S,
R o x b . ; synon. with Dightings. V . D I C H T , V. " Is Peggy no come back ?' said the miller; f I
OUTDRAUCHT, Synon. with Extract. dinna like outgangings at night. If it's ony decent
— cc That my lord gouernour in faice of parlia- acquaintance, Peggy kens she's welcome to bring
ment grantit that he geve express commantle to hi in them in." Petticoat Tales, i. 208.
to gif furth the extracte and oiitdraucht of all proces O U T G I E , Expenditure, S . ; synon. Outlay,
of forfaltoure concerning the erle of Anguiss," &c. Teut. rvtgheue, expensae, expensum.
Acts Mary 1542, Ed. 1814, p. 415. O U T G O I N G , part. pr. Removing; used in
cc The extract or out-draueht of the chekkar roll is the same sense with Outgain, which is the pro-
of ane Schiref's compt, maid in the chekkar,—makis per form.
sufficient faith." A. 1547, Balfour's Pract. p. 368. " A l l matters in dispute should be settled, not be-
A.S. ut-drag-an, extrahere, educere ; Teut. wt- tween the outgoing and incoming tenant, but between
draeg-en efferre. the farmer and the proprietor." Agr. Surv. E. Loth,
OUTFALL, A sally. p. 6 2 . '
" The first night, the Major made an out-fall, where O U T H E R A N S , a d v . Either,Lanarks. V . O T H I K .
having bravely showen their courage, and resolution, O U T H E R Y , adj. A term applied to cattle, when
returned againe without great losse." Monro's Ex- from their leanness, roughness of skin, and length
ped. p. 11. of hair, it appears that they are not in a thriv-
O U T F A L L I N G , s. The same with Outfall. ing state, Rerwieks.
Private men's 011 fallings and broils are ques- O U T F I O R N E , s. T h e horn blown for summon-
tioned as national quarrels." Spalding, i. 188.
ing, &c.] Add;
OUTFANGTHIEFE,-*. 1. A right, belong- I can scarcely view the coincidence between this
ing to a feudal lord, to try a thief wdio is his term and the C.B. name for a trumpet as merely ac-
own vassal, although taken with the fang with- cidental. This is udgorn ; which Owen resolves in-
in the jurisdiction of another. to ud high, loud, shrill, and corn a horn. It is also
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written utgorn ; nth being expl. r<r extended or out."
Lhuyd writes ytgorn.
OUTHOUNDER, A n inciter, one who sets
another on to some piece o f business.
<c It is vehemently suspected that the Gordons were
the out bounders of these highlandmen, of very malice
against Frendraught for the fire aforesaid." Spal-
ding, i. 32. V. H o UNDER-OUT.
OUTHOUSE, A11 office-house of any kind,
attached to a dwelling-house, S . ] Add;
Su.G. uthus, bovile, graiiarium, &c. quae separatim
etaliquo intervallo ab ipsisaedibus condi solent; Hire.
O U T I N G , OUTINGS. E T h e act of going abroad;
a pretence for leaving the house ; as, 44 She's an
idle quean, she'll do any thing for an outing ;A
Loth.
2. A collection of people, o f different sexes, met
for amusement, Clydcs.
0 U T I S I I , adj. Beauish, shewy ; and at the same
time fond o f going to places o f public amuse-
ment, Clydes. ; from Out, adv. q. u wishing to
shew one's self abroad." V . O U T T I E .
T o O U T L A B O U R , v. a. T o exhaust by too
much tillage, A b e r d .
O U T L A Y E D , O U T L A I D , part. pa. Expended,
given out of the purse, S.
" In building farm-houses,it is the prevailing prac-
tice that the proprietor pays all the outlayed money
for materials and wages of workmen ; the tenant
performing the carriages, and becoming bound to
uphold the houses during his tack." Agr. Surv.
Peeb. p. 88. V . O U T L A Y .
O U T L A N , O U T L I N , s. A n alien ; as, " She
treats him like an outlan or, He's used like
a mere outlan about the h o u s e A u g . Outlin,
Fife.
Blyid Jamie, a you dim like a fir in its blossom,
Sair sabbit his tongue, a tear fill'd his ee,
Ane outlin tae what was ay wring-in* his bosom,
Till Jenny's wee flittin gaed down the green
lee. M.S. Poem.
Evidently from the same origin with O.E. outland-
ish, Isl. vtlend-r, peregrinus, Su.G. utlaenning, Dan.
udlaending, i d . ; from id extra, and land terra.
O U T L E R , s. A n animal that is not housed in
winter, S. ; Gl. Sibb.
" Outlets, cattle which are wintered in the fields;"
Gall. Encycl.
O U T L E T T I N G , s. Emanation; applied to
the operations of divine grace, S.
" Pie re is a great wonder, that ever such an un-
suitable generation should have so many precious
outlettings of the Lord towards them." King's Serm.
p. 30. V . Society Contenclings.
O U T L O O K , A prospect, the view that a per-
son has before him ; as, 6 S I hae but a dark out-
look for this war Id," S . ; synon. To-look, To-
luikj q. v.
Mr. Todd has inserted this word in Johns, Dic-
tionary ; but in another sense, as denoting " vigi-
lance, foresight." The word is analogous to Belg.
uyt-zigt, and Sw. utsikt, id. q. outsight.
O U T L Q R D S C I I I P , s. A property or superi-
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onty of lands lying without the jurisdiction o f
a borough.o
" And als that na indwellar within burgh purche?
ony oat Ionise hip or maisterschip to land wart, to rout
nor ryde, to play at bar, or ony vtherway in the op-
pressioun of his neichtbour," &c. Acts Ja. IV. 14.91,
c. Ed. i r>()6.
O U T M A I S T , adj. Outermost, Aberd. R e g .
O U T O N , adv. Hereafter, by and by, Shetl
O U T O U R , O U T O W R E , adv. 2 . Out from any
I slave, j Add;
" To shi,-id outower, to stand completely without
the inelosure, house," &c. Edin. Mag. Oct. 18IS.
p. 327.
G. Andr. renders Isl. ut ijfer ultra, extra, extror-
sum, for as ; Lex. p. 259.
S. Quite o v e r ; as, £C to fling a stane outower the
waw," S. Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 327.
OUTPASSAGE, * Outgate.
Seing all his slichtis intercludit, hot ony out pas-
sage, lie take purpois to invaid the Romania with
open weris." Bellend. T. Liv. p. 114.
OUTPASSING, E x i t , exportation.
" Anent the inbringing of bulyeoune,—and of the
outpassing thairof of the realine, that the statlitis and
actis maid tharupoune of befoir be kepit." Acts Ja.
IV. 149(), Ed. 1814, p. 238.
T o O U T - P U T , v. a. A term used to denote the
providing of soldiers by particular persons or
districts.
<c The saids out-putters shall be obliged to make vp
their number, by out-putting of men in their places."
Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 98.
— " They shall be obliged to make up their num-
ber by output ting of men in their places, sufficiently
provided in arms and other necessaries, upon their
own expences." Spalding, i. 274.
OuTPUTTER, s. One who sends out or supplies;
used in relation to armed men.
" If it shall come to knowledge who hath or shall
outrigg soldiers, horse or foot, that those on trigged
by them are disbanded or fled frae their colours, the
said oulputters of them shall be obliged to search for
and apprehend the saids fugitives through the haill
bounds of the presbytery where they dwell, or put
them from their bounds." Id. ibid.
T o O U T - P U T , v. a• T o eject, to throw out of
any place or office.
" To imput & outpute the tennentis." Aberd. Reg.
A. 1563, V. 25.
" It saibe lesum to the said Mr. cimyieour to im-
putt and forgearis, prenttaris," Sic. Acts Ja.
VI. 1593. V. Imput, v.
They go on, they middle with the Cinque Ports,
m put and out put governors at their pleasure, due
only to his majesty before." Spalding, ii. 5.
i ti'UTTi x c, s. T h e acl of ejecting another from
possession of an v plaee or property.
k- The lord is deerettis—that Jolume Demster of
Carraldstone—did wrang in the executioune & out-
putting of Jolinne Guthre burges of Brechin, out of
the tack & maling of the land is of Petpowokis, with
the pertinentis, hand in the lordschip of Brechin."
Act. Audit A. 1494, p. 194.
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O U T P U T T A R , s. One who passes ; used in
regard to counterfeit coin.
" Bot the personis quhatsumeuir, with quhome
tli ay sal be found tharefter vn mar kit, salbe perse wit
and pvnissit as wilful 1 outpuitaris and ehangearis of
fals and corrupt money." Acts Ja. VI. 1574, Ed.
1814, p. 95.
O U T P U T T I N G , $. T h e act of passing; also used
in regard to counterfeit money.
" That the said Thomas Roresoune—has commit-
tit—treassoune—in his—forgeing—of our souerane
lordis money,—and for his treassonable outputfing
thairof amongis our souerane lordis liegis," &c. Acts
Ja. VI. 1581, Ed. 1814, p. 206.
OUTTUTTER, A n instigator, or perhaps
an employer.
" Sir Robert Gordon—wes blamed by the Earle of
Catteynes for tins accidental! slaughter, as an out-
putter of the rest to that effect." Gordon's Hist.
Earls of Sutherl. p. 317.
T o OUT\) I; I T E, v. a. T o free a subject from
adjudication, by full payment of the debt lying
on it.
Gif ony man's landis be wodset, he may outquiie
and redeme the samin quhen he pleisis, except the
redemption!! be suspendit to ane certain term." Bal-
four's Pract. p. 445.
Su.G. quilt-a proprie notat a debito soluturn pro-
nuntiare; Ilire. Our v. denotes the act of payment
which necessarily precedes a legal acquittance. The
participle prefixed is evidently intensive, as signify-
ing the completeness of payment. Quit, both as a
and a v. is used in most of the languages of Europe;
and seems most naturally deduced from L.B. quiet-
us, free from any legal claim. Whence Quile-claim,
L.B. quiet-inn clam-are.
O U T - Q U I T I N G , O U T Q . U Y T T I N G , s. T h e a c t o f free-
ing from any incumbrance by payment of debt.
£c In the actioune and causs of summondis—tuich-
ing the gevin oure of ane annuel of viii rnerkis of
the landis of Inuerychty, and resaving of the soume
of mone fra the saide Joline of Carncorss for out quit-
ing of the saide annuel," &c. Act. Audit. A. 1466, p. 4.
It is conjoined with redeming.
<( In the aeeioune—for detencioun of foure skore
of merkis of the soume of xij skore ofmerkis, per-
tening to thaim,—for the redeming & out quyiting of
the landis of the toune of Handwik, redemit & quit-
out be Dauid Ogilby of that like fra the said James,
quhilk he haid in wedset," &c. Ibid. p. gO.
T o O U T R A Y , v. a. T o treat outrageously.
Yone man that thow outrayd,
Is not sa simpill as he said.
Rauf Coily ear, B. iij. a.
The v. oatray occurs in O.E. in a similar sense.
I out ray a persone, (Lydgate) I do some outrage
or extreme hurt to hym. Je oultrage." Palsgr. 13.
iii. F. 311, b.
Ouiraie, Chaucer, to be outrageous.
O U T R A Y , s. Outrage.
For anger of that out ray that he had thair tane,
He callit on Gyliane his wyfe, Ga take him be the
hand,
And gang agane to the buird
Rauf Coilyear, A. iiij, a,
ISO
U T
T o O U T R E D , v. a. 1. T o disentangle, to extri-
cate.] Add ;
Sw. utrcd-a, to extricate.
2. T o finish any business.] Add;
£C God of Ills infinit gudnes moue your hienes
hairt not onlie to tak on this godlie interpryse, bot
also to out-red the same to the veilfare of your M.
realme, to the glorie of the eternal God," &c. Nicol
Burne's Disputation, Epist. Dedic.
3. T o clear from incumbrances, to free one's self
from any pecuniary obligations, by a complete
settlement of accounts, S.
" Attour it is ordanit, that gif ony man hes maid
ony obligatiounis, or contractis, sen the last Parlia-
ment, or lent, or boeht, or sauld, sen the said tyme,
thay sail pay with sic lyke money and sic lyke va-
lew, as it had cours in the tyme, quhen thay maid
thair contract, borrowit or lent, boeht or sauld. And
this priuilege till indure to thame quhill the feist of
Lambmes nix tocum, and na langar for thair pay-
ment, and to out red thair self." Acts Ja. III. A. 1467,
c. 29- Ed. 1566.
4. T o release what has been pledged ; 4C T o out-
red his gowne lyand in w e d A b e r d . R e g .
c< The whilk sum, by the special blessing of God
in the ty things, I might easily have out red,—if the
boarding of my foresaids fellow labourer & school-
master had not been upon me." Melvill's MS. p. 5.
5. T o fit o u t ; applied to marine affairs.
•—George Erll Merschell vpoun the sudd ane be-
ing commandit be his hienes to wictuall and out red
the sehippis quhilkis fur it his maiesties ambassadoris.
direct to Denmark, for contracting and completing
of his hienes mariage, It behuvit him to tak tua
thousand sex hundreth and fyve merkis vpoun the
reddiest of his landis and heretage," &c. Acts Ja.
VI. 1592, Ed. 1814, p. 541.
Sw. vtrcd-a et skepp, " to fit out a ship;" Wideg.
Red-a par are, to make ready. Dan. udred-e et skih,
" to arm, to equip, to fit out a ship;" Wolff.
O U T R E D , O U T R E D D I N G , s. 3 . Settlement, clear-
ance, discharge in regard to pecuniary matters.
" That Patrik Liel—sal pay to James of Drum-
in on d the soume of five Reus guldennis—for the
outred of his parte of his ship callit the Mare of
Dunde." Act. Audit. A. 149E p. 154, 155.
— F o r the persute of the quhilk sovme my lord
has—maid gret ex pen sis & coistis to the availe of j c
crownis, & mar ; notwithstanding as yit he has goU
tine na payment nor outredAct. Dom. Cone. A*
1491, p." 205.
" It was allegiit be the said James that the said
Johne lord Maxwell audit to per sew the executoris
of his said vmquhile faider for the said soume, be-
causs his executoris hes gudis aneuch for the outred-
ding of his dettis." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1488, p. 103.
4. T h e act of fittirtg out a ship.
" It behuvit him to tak tua thow sand merkis up-
oun the reddiest of his landis,—for the quhilk he
hes part proffite ^interest] continuallie sen the out-
red of the saidis sehippis," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1592,
Ed. 1814, p. 541.
O U T - R E D , s. A n inaccurate orthography for
Out-raid, a military expedition.
« He—leapt out, and made sundry out-reds against
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the king." Scot's Staggering State, p. 153. V. LEAP Wischart of that ilk,—of all and sindry the landis of
OUT. Estir Wischart, alias Logy Wischart, with the come
T o O U T R E I K , OuTitEiex, v. a. T o fit out.
mylne, multuris, & outseltis tharof, &c.—With ten.
Outreicket, part. pa. Equipped, q. rigged out. entis, tenandrijs, and seruice of fre tenentis, outseitis,
— " Considering how necessare it is for the—man- muris,mossis," &c. Acts Ja.V. 1540, Ed. 1814, p. 379.
teynance of the armies liftit and to be vpliftit and In Shetl. Outset denotes a farm composed of ground
outreieket both by sea and land," &c. Acts Cha. I. newly taken into cultivation.
Ed. 1814, V. 309. " Outsetts -—that is, new farms, or grounds for-
" You see after his resurrection how one preach- merly uncultivated." Agr. Surv. Shetl App. p. 41.
ing of Peters draws three thousand after Christ, and This term might seem to signify appendages. Teut.
many of the people of the Lord, that seemed to be 7vt~sett-en is expl. ampliare, extendere. It is singu-
very far behind, gat a new stock and a new outrcik- lar, that in the Lat. charter there is no Lat. term
wg." Mich. Bruce's Lect. p. 21. V. Reik out. used to express this.—It is—Multuris et lie-outset-
OUT11EIKE, OnTItEIK1NG, () 11 illt, (]. riggi 11 g out.
tis earundem.—Liberetenentium seruiciis, oulsettis,
" That there be a moneths pay advanced for their moris, &c. Afterwards, Multuris et le uutseitis ear-
mitreike and furnisheing their horses." Acts Cha. I. undem.—Li be retenentium seruiciis, outseit is, moris,
Ed. 1814, YE 74. Szc. Acts, ut sup. p. 380.
OuTKEiKEit, s. One who equips others for service. — a Terras de Pettie, Brachlie et Stratherne, cum
" Act in favour of the outreikers of horse and foot omnibus earundem lie oulsettis, pendiculis et perti-
in this levie." Ibid. p. 317. Tit. nentibus, &c.—Terras de Thoumereauch que lie owt-
O U T R I N G , 6*. A term used in curling, S. sett de Kindrocht existunt," &c. Cart. Jac. Com. de
Quiring, a ehamielstone term, the reverse of Murray, ibid. p. 555.
hiringGall. Encycl. OUTSHOT, A projection, &c.] Add;
OUTRINNING, Expiration. " Out shot, any thing shoved or shot out of its place
" And this pane to be doublit vpone euerie com- farther than it should b e ; a bilge in a wall." Gall.
mittar efter the out ruining of the saidis thre monethis Encycl.
for the space of vther thre monethis thairefter." Acts O U T S H O T , s. Pasture lands on a farm, rough
Mary 1551, Ed. 1814, p. 485. untilled ground; as, " This has a great deal
cf And he, efter the ische and outrhming of his tak
of, or very little, outshotAberd.
and assedatioun, sail bruik and joise the twa part of O U T - S I G E T , s. Prospect of egress.
the samin landis, until he be satisfy it for wanting — " If he bid thee goe tlirogh hell, go throgh it,
of the tierce thairof." Balfour's Pract. p. 111. V. close thy eyes, follow on, howbeit thou knowest no
DISSOLAT. out~sight; surely that man shall get a blessed issue,
A.S. ut-ryne, ut-rene, effluxus, exitus; properly de- he shall get a croune.—By the contrary, when a man
noting the efflux of water. Hence we have transfer- thinks himselfe ouer wise, and will not follow on
red it to the lapse of time. Sw. utrinn-a, to run out. Gods will, except he see a faire out-sight, and get
O U T S AND I N S , the particulars of a story, S. great reasons wherefore he should doe this or that,
O U T S E T , s. E T h e commencement of a jour- —the Lord will let him follow his owne will, and his
ney.] Add; will and reason will lead him to destruction." Bol-
3. T h e provision made for a child when going to lock on 1 Thes. p. 1()5.
leave the house of a parent; as that made for Teut. wt-sieeht prospectus, from ivt-si-en prospi-
a daughter at her marriage, S. Outfit5 synon. cere, prospectare, speculari. Sw. ut-sickt has pre-
Teut. rvt-seiUan, collocare nuptui, dotare. cisely the same signification, from utse. Et hits som
4. A n ostentatious display of finery, in order to hor en vacker ulsiekt, a house that commands a fine
recommend one's self; often used sarcastically; prospect; Wideg. Dan. udsigt, id.
as. She had a grand outset, S. O U T S I G U T P L E N I S H I N G , goods which cannot be
Teut. wUset, expositio. reckoned household-stuff, S.
T o O U T S E T , v. a. Openly to display. *'f In what is called out sight plenishing, or move-
" To outsat the honor of this burgh," &c. Aberd. ables without doors, the heirship may be drawn of
Beg. Cent. 16. horses, cows, oxen; and of all the implements of
O U T S E T , part. pa. Set off ostentatiously, making agriculture, as ploughs, harrows, carts," &c. Ersk,
a tawdry display of finery, S. Inst. B. iii. T. 8. § 18.
OUTSET, Extension of cultivation in places O U T - S P O K E N , adj. Given to freedom of
not taken in before, Shetl. speech.] Add;
ic Andrew Pringle—is over free and out spoken,
" By making what we call outsets to a certain ex-
tent, a good deal of ground might be brought under and cannot take such pains to make his little go a
cultivation, from the commons or hill-pasture," Agr. great way." Ayrs. Legatees, p. 136*.
u My third brother used to say, who was a free
Surv. Shetl. App. p. 59.
Dan. lidsaetl-er, ampliare, excolere; Teut. wt-set- out-spoken lad, captain Banner man was a real domi-
ling he, ampliatio. nie o' war." R. Gilhaize, ii. 130.
Perhaps we are to understand Outseit and Outset, " Ye needna let on, however, what Eve been say-
in the same sense, as used in our old Acts. in'—but she's no a gtiid ane whan she begins."—•
a Oure souerane lord—confer mis the charter and " Eve heard she was a wee out-spoken." The Smug-.
discharge vnderwrittin maid be his hienes to lohne glers, ii. 63.
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O U T S T A N D E R , .v. One who persists in oppos- These terms, in their structure, are analogous to
ing, or in refusing to comply with, any measure. other prepositions and adverbs, in the formation of
<c T h e y — r e s o l v e d either to b r i n g the m a r q u i s , the which the inverse of the order observed in E. is ob-
b u r g h o f A b e r d e e n and their d o c t o r s and ministers, served; as Inwith, within, Out with} without, &c.
and all other out.standees, to come in and subscribe OUTTHROW, adv. Thoroughly, entirely, S.
their covenant, and to do ah vther obedience will- Come Scota, thou that anes upon a day
ingly, otherwise to compel them by force of arms to Gar'd Allan Ramsay's hungry heart-strings play
do the same." Spalding's Troubie.s, i. 12 1. The merriest sangs that ever yet were sung;
" Lieutenant James Forbes—had orders from the Pity anes mair, for I'm outthrow as clung.
committee of Aberdeen—to go with about 40 mus- Boss's He tenure, Invocation.
keteers upon tiie laird of Tibberties lands, Mr. Wil- O U T T I E , adj. Addicted to company, much
liam Seaton of Randistoun's lands, as two out sland- disposed to go oid, Dun bartons. Out tier is
ers, and not subscribers of the covenant." Ibid, used as the comparative.
ii. 151. T o O U T - T O P E , v. a. T o overtop.
O U T S T I I A P 0 L 01J S, adj. Obstreperous, Ayrs. " It is ordinarie for princes to have their oune feares
" I thought I would have a hard and sore time of and jealousies, when one subject out-topes the rest,
it with such an ouLst rapolous people." Annals of the both in fortune and followers." Memorieofthe So-
Parish, p. I:;. mervills, i. lf>0.
O U T S I rCKKN U U L T L R i : . theduty payable O U T - T O W N , .9. What is otherwise called the
for grinding at a miin. bv those who come vo- Outfield on a farm, Aberd.
hintarilv to it. V. Srr.'CuN. O U T - T U R N , .v. Increase, productiveness; ap-
O G T T A K, OWVAKYX. PNJJ. Exccpt.] Add; plied to grain, Angus.
Otd tahyn is also given as a .v., and expl. by Fr. " Wheat will not have the out-turn of last years,
exception ; Palsgr. Ik iii. F. 51, b. as the greater part of it is rather thin." Caled. Merc.
OUTTANK, OCTKTAXK, part. pa, Excepted. July 7," 1823.
That this contribucioim be takyn throu al the * O U T W A R D , adj. Cold, reserved, distant in
realme of al malis of landis & rentis of haly kirk as behaviour, not kind, Roxb. It seems opposed
of temporal lordis, na gudis of lordis na burgessis to Innerhj, cp v.
ouleUme, savande the extent [valuation^ of the malis OUTWARDNESS, S. Coldness, distance, 11 nkind-
of the lordis propir demaynis haklyn in thare a win ue ss, ibid,
hand is," &c. Park Ja. I* A. 14.31, Acts Ed. 1814, O U T W I T H , in a state of variance with one, S.
p. 20. Outtane, Ed. 1566. " But ye see my father was a jacobite, and out
Palsgr. mentions oivttake as a v. In the same sense with Kenmore, so he never took the oaths, and I ken
outcept was used, although of a more heterogeneous not well how it was, but—they keepit me off the
formation, partly from E. and partly from Eat. I roll." Guy Mann. i. 54. S. out wi'. V. IN.
outcept, i. e. excepte. He is the strongest man that O U T W I T H , adv. 1. Out of doors.] Add;
euer I sawe ; I outcept, none/' Ibid. F. o i l , a. Beyond ; in relation to time.
Sw. iiittaga, Dan. uttag-e, to take out. " A n d gif ony personis manurit the said landis of
O U T T E N T O U N , 6'. A person not living within termes before or eftir, vtwith the said iiij yen's, ger
a particular town. call thaim, & justice salbe ministerit as efferis." Act.
" l677. Ordered, that nane of the inhabitants give Dom. Cone. A. 1479, P- 36.
or sell, to ouftentouns, any muekmiddins, or foulyle/* O u t WITH, adj. More distant, not near, S.
Ure's Hist. Puitherglen, p. 69. An' fesh my hawks sae fleet o' fliclit
A.S. id an extra, and tun vicus. To hunt in the out with lan'.
GUTTER, A frequenter of balls and merry- Lady Mary d Craignethan, Ed in,
meetings, R o x b . ; from the idea of going much 'Mag. July 1819, p. 526.
out. V . T o G A E OUT, OUTING, OCJTTIE. O U T W I T T I N S , OUTWITTEXS, adv. Without
0 U T - T I I E - G A T E, adj. Honest, lair, &c.] Add; the knowledge o f ; as, 41 outwittens o*1 my dad •
There is a S. Prov. which nearly resembles this die," my father not knowing it, Banff's., Ayrs.
phraseology, ec Out the high gate is ay fair play And sae I thought upon a wile
expl. " Downright honesty is both best, and safest." Outwittens of my daddy,
Kelly, p. 273. To fee mysell to a lowland laird,
O U T - T H R O U G H , OUTTHHOWGH, OUTTIIROW, Who had a bonny lady.
prep. 1. Through any object, so as to go out Herd's Coll ii. 151-
at the opposite side; as, " The arrow gaed out- —Than we took a sw auger
through his braid side " Hegaecl outthrough O' wdiiskie we had smugglins brewn,
the b e a r - I a n " C l y d e s . OntmiUins o' the ganger.
— ee That this act be publisht and pro clam it out Taylor s S. Poems, p. 143. Y . W I T T INS, S,
through this realme, at all portis and burrowis of the O U T W O R K , OUTWARK, <9. W o r k done out of
samin," Sec. Act against Heretikes, 12 Jan. 1535. doors, implying the idea of its being done by
Keith's Hist. p. IS. those whose proper province it is to work with-
2. Inthrow and Outtiirow, in every direction, An- in doors, S.
gus. V . INTIIROW. " What is called outworkf as helping to fill muck
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carts, spreading tlie muck, setting and hoeing pota- Ci Yet how could she help twa daft hem pie call ants
toes, &c. are p s ] mostly performed by women and from taking a start and an owerloiipY' St. Ron an, i.6l.
young people of either sex, but mostly girls/' Agr. T o O W G , v. n. T o shudder, to feel abhorrence at.
Surv. Berw. p. 420. " The seid of every sin is in the hart of every
OUT won K E II , s. One who is bound at certain man, in sic sort that it will gar thee owg at it gif thou
times to labour without doors, but whose pro- saw it, hot all ace, it is hid frae our eies that we can-
per employment is domestic work, S. not see it, and thairfoir we skminer not with it."
ff It was customary to have a few other cottages
Bollock's Sermons, p. 2(H). V. Uo, v.
upon the large farms, let to weavers chiefly, - and O W Y N E , 5. An oven. The soli ng of ane
their occupiers bound to shear at the ordinary wages, owyne, & vprysing of the soil! thairof.""" Aberd.
and to supply certain outworkers when wanted." Ibid. Reg. Cent. 16.
T o O U Z E , 7 \ a. T o empty, to pour out, Orkn. This seems to refer to the flooring of an oven,,
This is evidently from a common origin with the which had been too low.
E. u. which is used only in a neuter sense. V. W E E S E . O W K E I E , OWKLY, adj. Weekly. V. ODLKLIE.
Sw. ocs-a vie exactly corresponds with ooze, as O W M E , Steam, vapour, Aberd.; the same
used in Orkn., to pour out. Isl. aus-a id., pret.jas*; with OAM, q. v. It is also pron. yome, ibid.
as, ansa vatni, effunclere aquam. It is singular, that * T o OWN,, v. a. 1. T o favour, to support, S.
among the Scandinavian Goths, even during hea- et This and all the other passages of that day , join'd
thenism, it was a sacred rite to pour water on anew- with Sir George owning the burghs, in whom it was
born child, when they gave it a name. The phra- alleged he had no proper interest, made his Grace
seology used on this subject in the Edda is Josa vat- swear, in his return from the Parliament, that he
ni. V. G. An dr. vo. Ansa; Hire, vo. Oesa. would have that fictions young man removed from
As ansa primarily signifies to drink, haurire, Hire
the Parliament." Sir G. Mackenzie's Mem. p. 172.
has remarked the affinity between the Isl. v. and the
It has been remarked, that ff this Scottish accep-
Lat. pret. hausi, as well as Gr. aQurra, used by Ho-
tation of the word is easily derived from one of its
mer in the same sense.
English significations, in which it is synonymous
O W , OU, inter j. Expressive of some degree of
with to avow." Edin. Rev. Oct. 1821, p. 18, But
surprise, S.
this acceptation of the word may, at least with equal
The unwelcome sight put to his heart a knell,
propriety, be viewed as borrowed, by a very slight
That he was hardly master o' him sell;
obliquity from a signification which is itself not se-
Yet says, Come ben, orv Bydby is that ye ?
condary, but indeed the primary one. This is " to
Ross's Helenore, First Edit. p. 74.
Changed to ah, Edit. Third, But perhaps ha is a possess," i. e. to hold as one's own. Now, to own,"
better synonyme, as used in S., may be rendered, to take an interest in
" I will pay that, my friend, and all other reason- any object as if it were our own. Su.G. egn-a most
able charges/ ' Reasonable charges, said the sexton ; nearly corresponds with our sense of the verb ,* pro-
on, there's ground-mail, and bell-siller," &c. Bride priuni facere, to appropriate.
of Lammermoor, ii. 240. T o appear to recognise, to take notice o f , as,
The use of the inter], here would suggest the idea He did na own me, He paid 110 attention to me
of surprise at the implied supposition of any trea- whatsoever, S.
sonable charge being made. Often, however, it has T o O W R one's self to be able to do any thing
no definite meaning. necessary without help; as, " I wiss I may be
O W A Y , adv. Yes, aye, S. ; generally used in- able to owr my sell in the business/" Dumfr. V.
O V E R , Z\
discriminately as the E. terms; at other times ex-
pressive of some degree of impatience or dissa- O W X IccA N C E , s. I. Ability.
tisfaction, as when one is told what seems un- — Gin it binna that butler body again has been
necessary, or what was known abundantly well either dung owre 01* fa'n awal i' the stramash, an*
before. Pronounced q. oo-ay. ha sua as niuekle owrance o' himseF as win up on the
" A fine evening, Sir/ was Edward's salutation. feet o' him." Saint Patrick, ii. 266.
* 0 W ay ! a bra' night/ replied the lieutenant in broad 2. Mastery, superiority, South of S.
Scotch of the most vulgar description." Waverley, If it's flesh an5 blude/ thinks I, c or it get the
ii. 243. owrance o5 auld Wat Laidlaw,—-it sal get strength o5
I can scarcely think that this is from Fr. oui, id. arm for aince." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 39.
The first syllable seems merely the interj. 0. The From Over, tipper ; under which V . O U E RANGE.
word is indeed often pron. O-ajj. O W R D R E V I N , part. pa. Overrun, covered ;
T o O W E R G I F F E , v. a. T o renounce in fa- applied to the state of land rendered useless in
vour of another; Su.G. oefvergifzca, to give up. consequence of the drifting of sand.
There was presentit to hir hi cues, vpon the The said Jonete Halyburtoune allegiit that the
guddane, a lettre, conteaning a eertane forme of dis- said four husband landis offer it to hir in Gulane were
missione of hir crowne, bearing also hir consent to owrdrevin with sand, andnochtarable nor lawborable,
renimce and owergiffe the same, with a eommissione hot barane & waist." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1492, p. 2Q3,
to eertane persones specifeit therein, &e." Barnia- O W R E B O G G I E . " People are said to be
tyne's Journal, p. 223. married in an owre-boggie manner, when they
O W E R E O X J P , .5'.' T h e act of leaping over a do not go through, the regular forms prescribed
by the national kirk Gall. Encycl
fence, &c.
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Those who plot in secret are called auld boggie
folk ; and displaced priests, who used to hind people
contrary to the canon laws,—Avere designated auld
boggies." Ibid.
O W R I M AND O W R I M .
« When a bandwun o shearers meet with a flat of
growing corn, not portioned out to them b y riggs,
the shearing of this is termed an owrim and owrim
shear, or over him and over him." Gall. Encycl.
O W R L A D Y , s. A female superior; correspond-
ing with Ourlord, or Ouerlord.
Cf That Walter Grondistoune dois na wrang in the
pereepeioun—of a annuale rent of xiiij merkis of the
landis of Uuercaithlok and Tor—clam it one him be
Jonete Tor, Margrete Tor, & Marion Tor, owrladfis
& superiouris of the said annuale," &c. Act. Dom.
Cone. A. 1492, ]). 277.
O W R T E R , adv. Farther over, S.O.
" ' L y e orrrfer, lie farther o v e r ; " Gall. Encycl. V.
Ot'RTHOnT.
OWRELAY, A cravat. V . O U I I L A Y .
OIVSK, A n ox. V. O U S E .
O W T H E R I N S , adj. Either, Lanarks.
most generally used at the end of a sentence ;
as, ril no do that owtherins.
PACE, Weight.
" Nane of tliaim tak on hand to bayk ony breid
of leyss pace then xviij vnce of weycht." Aberd.
R e g . A . 1 5 4 1 , V . 17. V . P A I S , PAISS.
P A C E , T h e distinctive
P A I S S , P A I S E , P A S S , S.
name given to one of these English g o l d coins
in general called Nobles.
" The English new Nobill called the Pace sail
haue cours than for xiii. s. iiii. d." Acts Ja. II. A.
1451, c. 34, Ed. 1566.
" That thair be money of vther eountreis cry it
till haue cours in the real me, sic as the Henry No-
billis of pace to be cry it to xxii. s." Ibid. c. 6 4. In
Edit. 1814, it is " noble of paiss ; " p. 46", col. i. In
the Act A. 1551, it is paise ; ibid. p. 40.
This would seem to signify Nobles of a certain
standard weight, as opposed to others that were de-
ficient." This idea is confirmed in a subsequent Act.
V . PAIS, P A C E , V. to weigh.
" Thai ordane it til haue cours, the Inglis noble
of the Rose, and the auld Edward Qvepand pass]
xxviij. s." Ed. 1814, p. 92, c. i. Keipand pace, Edit.
1 5 6 6 ; i. e. retaining its due weight.
P A C K , adj. Intimate, familiar, S.] Add;
P A C K L I E , S. Familiarly, intimately, Clydes.
P A C K N E S S , S. Familiarity, intimacy, ibid.
P A C K A L E ) , s. 1. A pack.] Add;
2. A packet, or parcel.
rf Item, ane pakkald oflettrez with ane obligatioim
with vi souerties for Alexander Boid for the landis
of Kilmarnock." Inventories, A. 1516, p. 22.
184
P A c
O X I N B O L L I S .
" Item certane oxin bollis.>' Inventories, A . 1566,
p. 170 ; in connexion with the Artillery in the castle,
V. FILLIES.
They seem the same called Bomis, p. 257.
The term is probably synon. with Oxin Yokis, p.
169. They might be called Bollis or Boms, from
the elliptical form of the yoke.
T o O X T E R , V. a. T o take an arm, S..
Lads oxter lasses without fear,
Or dance like wud.
Mayne's Siller Gun, p. 4(X
O Y E 8 , interj. A term used b y public criers in
making proclamations, in calling the attention
o f the inhabitants o f a town within reach o f
their voice. Y. H O Y E S .
O Y E S S E , ,s\ A neice. " Neptis, a neice or
o i j e . s s - V o c a b u l a r y , p. IS.
This is ti derivative arbitrarily formed, after the
Got In modi-, from Oe, Oye, without any sanction
from the Critic languages.
It is O Z I G E l l , .v. T h e state o f fowls when easting-
their feathers, Or km
P.,
Teut. pack-kiced segestre, mvolucrum merciurti,
K iii an ; q. a c/aith, or cloth, for packing.
T o P A C K or P E I L , T o P A C K and PJGIL. V..
P E I L E , P E L E , V.
P A C K E T , ,9. E x p l . " a pannier, a small cur-
r a c k " Aberd.
PACKMAN, A pedlar, &c."| Add;
I wha stand here, in this bare stowry coat,
Was ance a Packman, wordy mony a groat.
The Loss of the Pack, a Tale,
PACKMAN-RICH, A species o f barley having six
rows of grains on the ear, A b e r d .
ff It £beer] is distinguished from what, by way of
eminence, is called barley, by having four rows of
corn on its stalks (and a particular species of it,
called packman-rich, has six rows.)" Agr. Surv. Aberd,
p. 247.
P A C IvM A N T I E , s. Portmanteau.
Bot yit, or he bound to the read [[road] ,
How that his packmantie was mead,
I think it best for to declair.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th.Cent p. 327,
It is still vulgarly denominated a pockmantie*
q. a pock for holding a cloak; formed like E.
cloak-bag.
P A C K - M E R C H A N T , s . T h e same with Pack-
man, A b e r d .
P A C K S , s. pi. T h e sheep, o f whatever gender,
that a shepherd is allowed to feed along with
his master's flock, this being .in lieu of wages.
 P A D P
and the number varying according to the qua-
lity of the sheep-walk, R o x b .
P A C K - E W E S , S. pi. T h e ewes which a shepherd
lias a right to pasture as above, ibid.
The word, I suspect, is properly pads, i. e. the
sheep pastured according to bargain or contract;
Dan. pagt, a contract, also, a farm on rent; Teut.
pacJtt vectigal, reditus f u n d i ; merees coloni; Kilian.
P A C L O T T , P A C L A T , .9.
<c Item, ane paclolt. of crammesy satene, with ane
fratt of gold on it, with xii diamantis, xiiii rubeis,
xxv perle, estimattob'l crown is."— <c Item, an e pac-
lat of blak velvot with goldsmyth werk sett with xxx
perle.. Item, ane paclat of dammas gold." Inven-
tor i es, A. 1516, p. 2 0, 27.'
Perhaps it should be read Pat lat. •V. P A I T I . A T T I S .
* T o I 5 A D , v. n. T o travel, properly on foot, S.O.
Far ewe el, ye wordiest pair o' shoon,
O11 you I've pacldei, late an soon ;
O'er mony an acre braid o' grun'—
Ye hae me born.
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 37-
Shall we trace this to A.S. pclhthian conculcare,
pedibus obterere, from pact h, path, semita; or to Lat.
ped-o, are, to go? To pad the hoof, is a cant phrase,
signifying to travel on foot; Class. Diet. Y . P A D B E R .
T o P A D D E I I , v. a. T o tread, to beat with fre-
quent walking, Galloway.
<f Paddcrt, padded.
A road through the snow is
padderd, when it has been often trod." Gall. Encycl.
* Less valid, some
Though not less dextrous, 011111epaddcr'dgreen,
Frae doon to doon, shot forth the penny-stane.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 87-
From Teut. pad vestigium, whence as would seem
pad a foot-path, semita, via trita, Perhaps-the ra-
dical use of the term is to be found in pad, palm a
pedis. Kilian mentions irahv calco, as synon. Germ.
pedd-en, pedibus calcare. These terms are all obvi-
ously allied to Lat. pes, ped-is, the foot.
P A D D I S T , s. A foot-pad, one who robs on foot.
" A paddist, or high-way-man, attempting to spoil
a preacher, ordering him to stand, and asking what
he was, was answer'd, ' I am the servant of the Lord
J e s u s / the Paddist trembling at the answer, said
again, ' What are you ?' and had the same answer,
and so a third; the robber, as amaz'd, forgot both
blood-guiltinesse, and covetousnesse, and called to
his unjustly detained captive, f For the sake of Jesus
depart in peace ;' and ruminating to himself whose
servant he had been, in this debauch'd trade of life,
being cogitabuncl, cryed out, f Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
blessed be the name of Jesus, who hath keeped me
from sin ;' and forsakeing that course of life walked
after in the path of virtue." Annand's Mysterium
Pie tat is, p. 85.
This is merely a diminutive from E. pad, one who
robs on foot. This, I suspect, originally denoted a
highwayman of whatever description, from A.S .pa ad,
semita, q. one who obstructs the path of the traveller;
whence also the E. v. pad, to travel gently.
P A D D I T , part. pa. ' Beaten, formed and hard-
ened into a foot-path b y treading, Loth. V.
PAD, and PAID,
YOL. I I . 185
A I
P A D D O C K , s . A l o w sledge for removing stones,
&c., Aberd. V. P O D D O C K .
P A D D O C K - P I P E S , s.pl Marsh Horse-tail.
S.] Add ;
" Aequisetum, a paddock-pipe." Wedderburn's
Vocab. p. 18.
His turban was the doudlar's plet,
Around wi' paddock-pipes beset,
And dangling bog-bean leaves.
Marie, A. Scott's Poems, p. 100.
PADDOCK-STOOL, Agarics in g e n e r a l ]
Add ;
C£ Fungus, a paddock-stool" Wedderb. Vocab. p. 18.
PADDOKSTANE, T h e toadstone, or stone
vulgarly supposed to grow in the head of a toad;
accounted very precious, on account of the vir-
tues ascribed to it—both medical and magical.
f<r Item, a ring with a paddokstane, with a char-
nale." Inventories, p. 10.
Teut. padden-steen, lapis qui in bufonis eapite in-
venitur; Kilian. In Germ, it is called k rotten stein,
from krotc b u f o ; in Sw, grodstein, from groda id.
P A D I D A Y , .v. T h e day dedicated to Palladius,
a Scottish saint, S.B. " Pasch & Padiday nixt
thaircfter;" Aberd. R e g ,
" There is a well at the corner of the minister's
garden, which goes by the name of Pcddy wells."
P. Forden, Stat. Ace. iv. 4f)f).
The name S.B., if I mistake not, is always pron.
Padie, q. Paudie. A market held at Brechin is
called from tins festival Paddy Fair. V. Hist. C'ul-
dees, pp. 7-9- 97.
P A D J E L L , s. " A11 old pedestrian ; one who
has often beat at foot-races Gall. Encc.
P A D L E , PADDLE, S. T h e Lump-fish, Frith of
Forth, Shetl.
e< Cyciopterus Lumpiis. Lump-fish; Lump-sucker;
Pa die.—The male (called by our fishermen Cock-pa-
die), is for the table, at that season Q11 the spring
months] much preferable to the female, (which is
named the Hush, Hen-padle, and in Fife the Bagaty)."
Neill's List of Fishes, p. 23.
Cycl opterus Lumpus, (Linn. Syst.) Padle, Lump-
fish." Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 3 0 4 . V. COCK-PADI.E.
PAFFLE, A small possession, &c.] Add;
Pqffle, Lanarks.
It seems doubtful, whether this has any affinity to
O.E. picle, pightel, pingle, a small parcel of land in-
closed with a hedge ; Phillips.
* T o P A Y , v. a. T o satisfy.] Add ;
2. T o beat, to d r u b ; as, 4 C I gae him a weel paid
skin," S.
3. T o defeat, to overcome ; as ".He^s fully p//^/A
Roxb.
PAID, part. pa. Ill paid, sorry ; as, " I'm vcrra
ill paid for ye, 11 1 am very sorry for y o u ; Aberd.
As Fr. pay-er signifies to satisfy, to content, ill
paid seems merely an oblique use of the verb, q.
" ill satisfied," or " discontented on your account/'
T o P A I D L E , r. n. 1. T o walk with short quick
steps, like a child, R o x b .
2. T o move backwards and forwards with short
A a
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steps; or to work with the feet in water, mor-
tar, or any liquid substance, S.
It occurs in that beautiful passage, which must
thrill through every Scottish heart:
W e twa Iiae paidlet i the burn,
Frae mornin sun till dine ;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd,
Sin auld kmg syne.
An Id Lang Syne, Burns, iv. 123.
Fr. patouillcr, whence E. paddle, to stir with the feet.
PAIDLE, A hoe, R o x b . V. P A T T L E .
The gardener wi' his paidle. 0. Seal fish Song.
T o P A I D L E , v. a. T o hoe, ibid.
Fr. patouill-er, to stir up and down.
P A I G H L E D , part.pa. 0vercome with fatigue,
Ang.
Perhaps cp wearied with carrying a load; Isl.•p'uwk-
ur fasciculus.
T o P A I K , r. a. T o chastise, &c.] Add;
Wolff, vo. Arts, gives Dan. arts-pa ulcer as signify-
ing a w]iip-arse, a whipster."
P A I K , s. Fault, trick.] Add;
Ane vther London paik he playit,
Sending some letters, as he said,
With Patrick Quhyt, as he declairis,
Bearing the wecht of grit affairis,
T o come in Scotland to the King.
The man mensueris he saw sic thing.
Suppose the teale be fals and feinyeit,
Yet to the King is Grace he has pleinyeit.
Havantl the court at his command,
H e gart tlie pure man leave the land.
For all the fyve bairnes and tlie wyile,
The Metropolitane of Fyiffe
Is enterit on his house and geir, e.
Legend St. Androis, Poems iGth Cent. p. 335.
In the last passage it evidently signifies trick. A.S.
pace-an decipere; whence there has probably been a
s. of the form of paecce. V . P A U K Y .
PAIL, E x p l . as signifying a hearse, ITpp.
Lanark s.
This must be from O.Fr. paile, drap mortuaire,
from Eat. pall-ium, used in an oblique sense, the morl-
cloth being put for that which it covers.
P A I L E , P A L E , S. Apparently, a canopy.
Item, ane grete pa He of elaith of gold, lynit with
small e a n v e s . " — I t e m , thre pads of elaith of gold
and elaith of silvir, twa with hale heiclis, and ane
with the heid wantand the tane syde." Inventories,
A. 1539, p. 50.
Fr. poille, C( the square canopy that's borne over
the sacrament, or a soveraign prince, in solemne pro-
cessions, or passages of state Cotgr. L.B. pal la,
pal a, aulaeum, hangings or a curtain of state ; O.Fr.
paille, id. Y . P A L L .
PAYMENT, Pavement, Aberd. R e g . V.
PAITHMEXT.
P A I N S , s.pl. T h e common designation for the
chronic rheumatism, S.
It would appear from the Statistical Accounts,
that chronic rheumatism (the pains, as it is provin-
cial ly designed) is frequent among old people in the
ower classes." Agr. Surv. Peeb. p. 11.
-—" The poorer sort of people, particularly such
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as are advanced in life,—in consequence of their mi-
serable mode of living, and still more of tlie coldness
and dampness of their houses, owing partly to the
scarcity and high price of fuel, have too much rea-
son to complain of what they call the pains, or the
pains within them." Stat. Ace. Jedb. i. 2, 3.
P A I N T R E , s. A pantry. u A n e payntre &
e i s m e n t A b e r d . R e g . A . 1563, Y. 25.
PAINTRIE, Painting.
Of rownd globules and paintrie.—Twa paintit
broddis, the ane of the muses, and the uther of cro-
teseque or coneeptis (^grotesque or conceits]." In-
ventories, A. 15(JO, p. 130.
" Ane Turk hoik of pain/fie." Inventory of Buikis,
as delivered by the Regent Mortoun to James VI.
A . I 578.
Formed, perhaps, from Fr. peinture, the act of
painting.
PAIP, A cherry-stone, &e. used in a game
of children.] Add ;
A similar game is in Gloucesters. called Cob-nut;
only nuts are used instead 'of cherry-stones. V. Grose
in vo.
PAIP, T h e Pope.
" Item, the hatt that come fra the paip, of gray
velvett, with the haly gaist sett all with orient perle."
Inventories, A. 1539, P- 49- V. P A P E .
* P A I R , $. u T w o things suiting one another; 1 "
Johns.
This word is used in S. often in regard to a single
article, especially if complete in itself. " A pair o'
Car?milches," a catechism ; iC a pair o Proverbs," a
copy of the Proverbs, used as a school-book ; " a.pair
o9-pulUsees,'*a complete tackle of pullies, &c.
T o P A I S , P A S E , v. a. T o poise, to weigh.] Add;
cc I peyse, I waye ; Je poise.—Tell nat me, if I
peyse a thing in my hande I can tell what it wayeth."
Palsgr. B. iii. F. 317, a.
" Peysen or weyen. Pondero." Prompt. Parv.
P A L S , P A I S S , ,9. Weight.
" And quha that sell is of less paiss thane xxi j
vnce," &-c. Aberd. Beg. A. 1538, &c. V. l6.
P A Y S - E G G S , S. Esrgs dyed of various colours, &e/J
Add; '
It confirms the idea thrown out above, as to the
heathen origin of this custom, that the learned tra-
veller Chard in mentions the revival of this custom
among the Mohammedans in Persia, on the first day
of the solar year, which with them falls in March,
or when the sun enters the sign of Aries. " With
the greatest joy," he says, " an old custom is revived
of presenting one another with painted and gilded
eggs, some of them being so curiously done as to cost
three ducats (seven or eight and twenty shillings)
a piece. This it seems was a very ancient custom
in Persia, an egg being expressive of the origin and
beginning of things." Harmer's Observ. i. IS.
PAYSYAD, A contemptuous designation, &c."j
Add;
It is worthy of observation, that, according to
Varro, the name Venus, even in the time of the kings
of Rome, was unknown either as a Latin, or as a
Greek term. Hence it has been inferred, with great
probability, that it had an oriental origin. It is well
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known, that B and V, being letters of the same or-
gan, are frequently interchanged. Now, in 2 Kings
xvii. 30. we read that {C the men of Babylon made
Succoih-benolh." There is every reason to think, that
this should be translated, " the tabernacles of Be-
voth," as being the proper name of some deity. By
this name Olympio dor us supposes that Venus is
meant. Comment, in Jerem. vii. 18. These taber-
nacles having been erected by Babylonians, as would
seem, to their principal goddess, we may suppose
that it was she, who by Abydenus, is called Queen
Beellis. Ap. Euseb. Prep. Lib. ixA p. 456. Now,
we learn from Eusebius, that she was the same with
the Astarte of the Syrians.
It is asserted, that the word Benolh was anciently
'pronounced Benos ; and this is the pronunciation of
some of the modern Jews. Now, we are informed
•by Suidas, that Btvog is the name of a goddess.
It is a strong confirmation of this hypothesis, that,
as the Phenicians had borrowed the phrase Succoth-
Benolh from the Babylonians, when they planted co-
lonies in Africa, they gave to one, distant from Car-
thage about an hundred and twenty miles, the name
of Sicca Venerea. Here the same impure mode of
worship obtained as at Babylon. There was at Sicca,
a temple of Venus, where women prostituted them-
selves for hire. V. Sched. De Dis German, p. 122,
123. Vitring. in Esai. X L V I . ) .
PAISE. N O B L E OF P A I S E . V. PACE.
P A I T , part. pa. Paid.
— c f And sa mony termes as he may prufe he pun-
dit fore, he to be pail tharof of the said ox in." Act.
Audit. A. 1477, p- 11.
" William Maxwell allegiit that he occupiit a parte
of the said niylne, & pent his malez tharfore," &c.
Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1 4.91, p. 374. _
P A L L P A T E , P A T I K , abbreviations of the name
Putrid:. S. " Pait Newa!!/ 1 A c t s Ja. V I .
1585, p. J390, E d . 1 8 1 L
P A I T O L A Y T I I , P E T C L A Y T H , S. " Four pait-
ctajjtkev ;** Aberd. P e g . V. 2 5 ; " Gwnes, col-
la ris, Peiclajjihis, cursehis, & slewis [sleeves]."1
Ibid. V. ; apparently the same with Pait-
lattis.
This, I suspect, gives the original form of Pait-
lat. It must have denoted some dress, perhaps
of an ornamental kind for the breast; as awkward-
ly formed irom Lat. peel-us, or Fr. poicl-rinc, the
breast, and S. elaith, cloth.
P A 1 T I I ~ M E N T , T h e ground, the soil.] Add;
2. I T se(l /or pavement, S.B. ; pron. q. paidment.
Vailh,t.>. ,.<< must, I apprehend, be the true reading
of the word in Aberd. Iteg. where it is paichncnt in
the extract before me.
And </u it sail happin ws to gif ony fee for the
lvfting & radng of the paichnent of our kirk," &c.
A- 1538, V. "iii.
In another place it is "" the paithtmeni of the kirk;"
Ibid. V. 17-
P A I T L A T T I S , s.pl] Add;
cc Anepaitleil of blak stemming lynit with ta'ffetie,
Ane body is of ane gowneof blak velvot with syde
slevis of yallow satine." Inventories, A. 1578, p. 229-
Elsewhere it is conjoined with parts of head-dress.
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Twa cornettis, and ane pa it let of quhite satine."
Ibid. p. 2 3 1 . V. P A I T C L A Y T U .
P A I T L I C H , adj.
They sair be mane some paillich gown,
(Some yellow dippit stain'd wi' brown)
Which they brought elaith-like frae the town.
The IIerrst Big, st. 86.
t Dippct, perhaps emit, for Tippet. Isl. pad a sig-
nifies indusium.
P A Y - W A Y , adj. Valedictory ; q. what is given
• for bearing one's expenses on the road. Ayrs. -
Lies were told of a respectit and pious officer of
the town's power, if he did not find the causey owre
wide when he was going home, after partaking of
Captain Hepburn's pay-way supper/' R. Gilhaize,
ii. 1 3 1 .
P A K E , s. A contumelious designation bestow-
ec! on the females of domesticated animals, whe-
ther fowds or quadrupeds, ami also on women;
but always exclusively of males. It is invari-
ably conjoined with an adj. ; as, a cow is called
an " auld pale f a niggardly woman, a 44 hard
pakefke.; IT pp. Lanarks., R o x b . ; synon. Hide.
Perhaps from A.S. paeca, " a deceiver, a cosener,"
Sonmer ; from paec-evn deeipere.
P A K K A L I ) , s. A packet. V. P A C K A L D .
T o P A L E , P E A L , or P E L L , a Candle, on seeing
a dead-candle, to demand a view of the person's
face whose death this fatal candle portends ; a
phrase sanctioned in the silly code of vulgar su-
perstition, Aberd.
This is done by addressing the candle in these
words ; I pell thee for a -manic nt ; upon which the
image of the fated person's face appears for an in-
stant. If the words, for a mament, be omitted, the
person who pells the candle is deprived of all ability
to move till the cock craws, wdiile the image grins in
his face all the time.
Perhaps q. to appeal the candle. Fr. appel-er, I.at.
appell-arcy to call, to talk with. The term may here
signify to arrest, to prevent from'disappearing. I
find that pel was used in O.E. as synon. with appeal ;
as it appears in the form of the infinitive. Pelyn-
or apelyn. Appello." Prompt. Parv.
T o P A L E (a cheese), v. a. 1. T o make an in-
cision, &c.] Add ;
2. T o tap for the dropsy, S.B.
~L.~B.pala, fossorium instru
titur, nostris paele, vel pele; Du Cange.
P A L E Y - L A M B , A very small or feeble lamb,
Tweedd. V. PAH LIE.
P A L Y A 1 1 D , s. A lecher, a knave.] Add;
This word is used by Tyrie, wdien quoting 2 Tim.
iii. where incontinent occurs in our version.
" Considder, and acknawlege that in the last days
thair sail cum perrolvs tymes, in the quhilkis salbe
men, lisifars of thair awin selues, couatous, presump-
tions, proud, blasph earn ours, inobedient to thair pa-
rents, on thank full, onhalie, without mutuall affec-
tion!), trucebrekers, fals accusars,palliards, rude and
bnmeik despysars of the gude, tratours, hedie, van-
tars, luffars of thame selues hiair than of God/' &c.
Refutation, Fob 57, b.
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It m pallari, Legend Bp. St. Androis, p. 313.
Freir Johnstoun, and Maquhane about him,
Tua palla His that the Pope professis.
PALYEESIS,.PALLEISSIS, PALLIES, PALIZES,
s. pi
<c Of mattis, palleissis and bousters. Item, ten pal-
lies ane and uther." Inventories, A. 1561, p. 152.
down the edge of Kinblythemont, as ony d thae stal-
wart young ehiels does e'ennow about auld Edie
Ochiltree." Antiquary, ii. 340. V. P A W M E R .
PALMS, pi T h e blossoms of the female wil-
low, Teviotd.
P A L S O N D A Y , ,y.
ff That the Sessioun sit still quhill Palsonday of

" Tymmer beddis, and uther tymmer werk, mat- the schiris of Fif, Louthiane, & Berwik, & Renfrew,
tis and palyeesis, eoddis and bowstaris, schetis and that it was last left at; and thareftir to be continevit
uther lyrmyng claithis."—"Audit mattis cover it with quhile the Tyisday eftir Trinite Soiiday." Acts Ja.
fustiane, having thair pa lyccsis about everie ane of IV. 1503, Ed. 1814, p. 248.
thame." Ibid. A. 1578, p. 214. A similar doubt occurs here as concerning PaIsone
"A bolster and palizes." Hope's Min. Pract. p. 540. Evin. It may either mean Palmsmiday, or Pasch-
Apparently, straw mattresses. Fr. paillasse, pail- sundap, 1. e. Easter, sometimes written Pas. V. P A Y S .
lace, a straw-bed. P A L S O N E E V I N , apparently signifying Passion
T o ' P A L L , zk n. T o strike with the fore feet; Even ; ii" not a cow. abbrev. of Palm Son day.
applied to a horse; synon. to kaim; Selkirks. — " A n d als apone the costis, sea'is Qscathis], damp-
Tins, I suspect, is merely a provincial modifica- nage & expensis sustenit be the said. John-e thar-
tion of the E. v. to pan:. throw, that is to say sen Palsone evin last hipast."
P A L L A C H , ,v. 1. A porpoise.] Add, as sense Act. Audit. A. 1488, p. 113.
3. A. young or small crab, Mearns.; Pulloch^ A n - P A M E H A M Eli, a kind of hammer.
gus. V. Poo, and PALLAWA, id.
" Ane panie hamer, ane hand hamer." Invento-
P A L L A L L , P A L L A L L S , s. A game of children, ries, A. 1578, p. 259.
&c.] Add; Did not the second phrase seem distinctive, this
From the account of Franc, de carreau, one of the might appear to denote a small hammer, q. one for
games enumerated by "Rabelais, it, in part at least, the palm or hand.
resembles our Pallall. "A certain play with, a piece P A M P H I E , s. A vulgar name given at cards
of money at a square crossed;" Cotgr. In Diet. Trev., to the knave of clubs, A b e r d . ; elsewhere Paw-
it is said, that this money is used en guise dc palel, or rnie, S. Partly E .
after the manner of a quoit. ct He who puts it on the Johns, views pain as "probably from palm victory,
lines gains some advantage." Vo. Carreau. Tins cer- as trump from triumph.'1
tainly constitutes a part of our game, as described P A M P L E T T E , P A M P L E I I T E , P A M F H E L E T , S.
above. For the bit of tile, slate, or crockery that is Expl. ct a plump young woman; a diminutive
used, is thrown as a quoit. In France,T am inform- from Teut. pamjjoelte, mulier crassa;" Gl. Sibb.
ed, the same game is denominated Petit pallet, q. This refers to the language of Dunbar;
little quoit. Sum of your men sic curage had,—
Dr. Johnson calls this game S C O T C H H O P P E R S ; Thai brak up dnrris, and raef up lokkis,
defining it, " A play in which boys hop over lines To get ane painprelte on ane pled, &c.
or scotches in the ground." In S., however, it is Mail. MS. Chron. S.P. I. 324.
played both by boys and girls. As this game is called Sibb. corrects pamprette as misprinted forpamplelte.
'Hop-Scotch, by some it is supposed to allude to the V. Gl. Is seems very doubtful if he has hit on the
Scots being frequently forced to hop ov er or repass the meaning of the term. From the nature of the sub-
Border; especially as the game is regulated by cer- ject, perhaps it is a metaph. use of Fr. pampillclte, a
tain lines, or boundaries, of which, if one be touched, spangle.
the game is lost. T o P A N , i ' . n. T o agree, to correspond with.]./^/,-
But the ingenuity displayed in this deduction ra- A.Bor. to pan, to close, joyn together, agree. Prov.
ther savours of the ancient Border hostility; and such Weal and Women cannot pan, but JVo and Women can.
an etymon will not be much relished by Scottish feel- " It seems to come from Pan in buildings, which in
ing. It is more likely, indeed, that it received this our stone houses is that piece of wood that lies upon
name in E. as being originally a Scottish game. V. the top of the stone-wall, and must close with it, to
BEDS.
which the bottom £ends] of the spars are fastened."
P A L L A W A , 6\ 1. A species of sea-crab, Coast Ray's Coll. p. 54.
of Fife ; Cavie, Pillan, synon. V. K E A V I E . P A N , s. A term used to denote u the great tim-
% Used by the fishermen of Buck haven as a con- bers of a cottage laid across the couples parallel
temptuous term, denoting a dastardly fellow. to the walls, to support the laths or 'kehbers laid
Will I be si air tit be sic a Pallaim?" Shall I above the pans and parallel to the couples
be outdone by such a poltroon ? S.B., GL Surv. Moray; used also South of S.
P A L M A N D E H , s. Pomander. " O n these [[the siles] rested cross-beams called ribs
" Item ane pair of bedis of palmander." Invento- or pans, and the one 011 the top was termed a roof-
ries, p. 26. Fr. pomme d'amhre, id. tree." Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. 114.
T o P A L M E R , v. n. T o go about from place to The use of Pan, A.Bor. is evidently the same. V.
place in a feeble manner ; pron. pawmer, S. the preceding v.
<<r At that time o' day—I would have thought as This word has been undoubtedly imported from
little about ony auld palmering body that was coming the north of Europe. For it retains the same sense
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in. the language of Finland. Paann, scandula, a lath,
a shingle. Hence, as would seem, Sw. takpanna, te-
gula, our pan-tile, i. e. a tile laid for thack in place of
a shingle. Some derive the word from Su.G. paen-a
to extend; whence paentri oertug, silver drawn out
into lamina.
PANASH, A plume, &c.] Add;
i ( They alwayes carried a fair Pannache, or plume
of feathers, of the colour of their murfe, bravely
adorned and tricked out with glistering spangles of
gold." Urquhart's Rabelais, B. i. p. 245.
T o P A N D , v. a. T o pledge, to pawn. Pandit,
laid in pledge, S.
Teut. pand-en, Germ, verpjand-en, Isl. pant-a, id.
P A N D , .v. A narrow curtain fixed to the roof, or
to the lower part, of a bed ; S. pawn.
" Item, ane claith of stait of blak velvos, furnist
with ruif and tail!, with thre pandis quhairof thair is
ane without frenyeis, and the taill is to the lenth of
an elne." Inventories, A. 156*1, p. 123.
cc Where's the—beds of state, pands and testers,
napery and broidered work?" Bride of Lammermoor,
i i . 296. V. PAWN.
T o P A N D E R , v. n. 1. T o go from one place to
another in an idle or careless way, Perths., Ettr.
F o r . ; apparently corr. from Pazomer, v. q. v.
2. T o trifle at one's work, Loth.
PANDIE, PANDY, 1. A stroke on the hand,
given as a punishment to a school-boy, S.B.; the
same with Pawmie, q. v.
As Pawmie is evidently French; it would seem that
the pedagogues of the north had issued the appalling
mandate to the young culprit, to spread out his hand
by the use of the Lat. word Pande, pande manum.
2. Used metaph. for severe censure.
But if for little rompish laits
I hear that thou a pandy gets,
Wi' patience thou maun bear the brunt,
And e'en put up wi' mony a dunt.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 12.
P A N D IT,part.pa, F urnished wi th under-curtains.
" Ane bed of claith of gold and silvir, double pan-
dit, and in figure of pottis full of fiouris, with bro-
derie werk of king roundis callit ovaill, qu hair in the
historeis ar contenit." Inventories, A. 1578, p. 210,
V. PANO.
P A N D R O U S , $. A pimp; E. pandar.
(C He may he repellit fra passing 011 an assise,—that
is ane pandrous (i. e. leno ;) or juglar, (i. e.joculator ;)
or commoim clrunkardis in tavernis; or ony com-
nioun pi aver at cairtis or dyce, for gain and profit."
Balfour's Pract. p 378-0.
P A N E , $. A fine, mulct, or punishment; E. pain.
" And the same to inbring and mak compt of to
our souerane lordis vse as a pane without ony money
to be deliuerit tharfoir." Acts Ja. VI. 1574, Eel
1814, p. 93.
P A N E , s. Stuff, cloth.] Add;—fur.
He geif him robe of palle
And pane of rich skinne
Ful sket. Sir Tristrem, p. 35.
And with a mantil scho me cled ;
It was of pur pur, fair and fine,
And the pane of riche ermyne.
Ywaine and Gawin, Rils. Met. Rom. i. 9u
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Ritson gives this word as not understood. It is
Fr. panne, pane, penne, a skin, also fur. L.B. pann-
us, pann-a, penn-a, C.B. pan, pellitium.
P A N G - F O U , adj. Crammed, as ful] as one can
hold, S.A.
P A N Y E L L C R E L I S , baskets' for a horse's
back,
"That WilliamReoche &c. sail—pay to Johne the
Ross—x merkis for certane panyell crelis—spulyeit
Sc takin be the said persons," &c. Act, Do 111. Cone.
A. 1492, p. 280.
At first this might seem a corr. of JL. pannier. But
it is undoubtedly the same with the term given by
Junius, Pannel for ahorse, dorsuale. Teut.panned
is ex pi. by Kilian as synon. with rug-decksel and rug-
pleed, " a cloth for the back ;" Dorsuale, stratum,
instratum; & sella aurigae. Fr. panneau, from panne,
a skin, because used for this purpose.
P A N - J O T R A L S , s.pl, 1. A dish made of va-
rious kinds of animal food, a sort of fricassee,
a gallimafrie, Upp. Lanarks.
2. The slabbery oifais of the shambles; nearly
synon. with Harrigals, Roxb.
All that can be conjectured from the name, is that
the dish referred to is prepared in a pan.
P A N N A 8 I S , s.pl
" The Admiral—sail uptake and ressave—the an-
ker is and pannassis quhilkis sail be brocht agane at
the returning of the saidis shippis fra the sea, to the
fyne, to serve his Flienes in the uther ef Fair is of his
weiris." Sea La wis, Balfour's Pract. p. 634.
Can this be a corr. of E. pennant ? It is defined
^ a rope to hoise up a boat, or any heavy merchan-
dise aboard a ship;" Phillips.
P A N N E L , s. One brought to the bar of a court
for trial] Add ;
2. The bar of a court.
This precept set forth that the prisoner was pre-
sently entered in pannel, to stand trial for the murder
of Henry." Arnot's Trials, 8vo. p. 12.
" Mr. John was demitted, and Balmerino sent
prisoner to the castle of Edinburgh, and—at last
brought to the pannel, and by an assise of his peers
condemned to die." Guthry's Mem. p. 12.
PAN NTS, s.pl
£(A hundreth pundis ofpaunisofthe middill bent'b
& hundreth pund of alme Qdum], sex full of cal-
droniss," &c. Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16\
— " xxtj pundis of pannis" ibid.
P A N S , s. pi A term used to denote a certain
description of ecclesiastical lands; evidently a
local phraseology.
" The pans at Elgin are the glebe lands which be-
longed to the canons of the cathedral." Gl. Surv,
Moray.
L.B. pann-us denotes a portion, a segment. But
I have met with no example of its being used to de^
note a portion of land.
P A N S I S , s. pi
-—• All thair plat pure pansis
Coud 110 ch t the fete of ony dan sis,
Bot such thing as affeiris
To hirdis and their maneris.
Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 3y0.
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ff Flat poor thoughts Fr. pensec, thought, ima- and Pa?itVood or Dross, all of them from the same
gination. mass." Bald's Coal-Trade of S. p. 52.
i X T , .v. The mouth of a town-well or foun- This term lias evidently originated from this re-
tain, South of S. fuse being primarily used in the salt-pans, q. " the
1' 1 u• ii to ilk' pir>iL and oped the spout; fuel of the Pans."
i ley-da.- h. the rh:ret wine s])ruii.^ out. ' P A P OF THE FIASS, the uvula.] Add;
cc I hae a craw to pluck wi' you Lecldies, ye n'er
J'jcu-Srnuu.s Dial, be! treat a Nor thumb*
dent. and Ins Tenant, 4to. 1()8(). cum to spier for my Jane, and she got sic a load <>"
Vnni i - nsed as denoting a well, Aherd. Reg. cauld at that ball, the pap o her hass down, an' a'
PA N T A R , .sa V. Pijxss. defaite thegither." Saxon and Gael, i. ()6.
PA X T< > i' X , .v. A slipper.] Add; The disease itself had been thus denominated by
— T w a pare of pan ton ids, and ane stik of red our ancestors. For Wedderbum, in his department,
De Morbis, mentions this as a disease.
say." Art. Dom. ('one. A. 1 ifjO, p. E78.
" Uvula, the pape in the craig." Voeab. p. 1[).
I * A x T ox-u i'". 11M A K K n, .v. One who makes heels
Papo is the name given in Portugal to a goitre, or
for slippers :, formerly the designation of a trade
wen on the throat. Nemnich Lex. Nosol. vo. Bron-
in Edinburgh.
chocele.
— I n name a: id behalf!" of the vvrichtis, eoirperis, P A P , .sa A piece of whalebone, about eighteen
ei.'i^hi wricht E. pan ton he'd makerisA &e. Acts Cha. inches long, which connects the ball of lead,
E Ed. 1 si 4, V. .O-J-l. used in fishing, with tlie lines to which the
P A X Y E ! 1 I E .v. boohs are attached, Shetl.
" A i I •;.i r!:;! 1 a;r,s xxi;i ' 1;iii I o 7 . Thoilias T o PA I\ PA in-:, v. a. 1. T o move or enter with
j;vnni.-!L'- t.ar!!)iu\ b-.-ine' sworne, deponis that he saw
a (puck, M i d d e n , and unexpected motion, like
ii. tie i-.rd To.pheehins hou< ane ruife of ane reid
E. popi S.
bed t; ran tit hi* tlie iordis sol tV* frc. inventories, A.
It being near the frontiers of the state of Mil-
I p . l<)o. Ian,—it is usual for rogues, when they have done a
Jt scorns to denote an officer who has tin; charge of mischief, to pane into the next state, where tlie laws
a pantry, of bread, cold meat, ike. Fr. panelier, E. of the other state cannot reach them." Sir A. Bal-
;)autter. E.B. panctar-'ois properly sigiuhed a baker, four's Fetters, p.
«• u i i) an en 1 con (it it, pistor, l)u Cange; from pants 2. 7 V; gang papj)ia about, to go from place to
\)Y("rV.l. place with a sort, of elastic motion, S.
EAXT-WELE, A well thai is covered or
o. T o hi a;:v i hi ng fall gentlv, is to let it pap C
built UP. Son:-'.- of this dcM-riplion were arched,
(Ed!. Eucvej. " " "
a:--. 111 e old JJa/;t-'.e;'II at Selkirk.
Seme render it, ea pen! or penu'd well. But if not T o V A P, PA-VJ», 1A a. T o beat, to thwack,
front S. pent! an are.'.. 1 vonid pn*fer Teut. pand pe- A herd.
ristv;hm$. a pEre h:<*io~ed with pillars and a por- .PAP, PAVV;\ .v. A blow, a thwack, ibid.
'; • ; ( tiX:^. jenitL a : •:a;;a1 a. V. i\\XT. PA V- EA I i t X , s. A sucking child, Ang. To
P A X VEi A' E T , rough, velvet. one v. ho a.cts cpiite in a childish manner, it is
<fc' Item, ordanis—every ane of thame to have and frequently said; " Ye're behaving yoursel juisi
mak ane goun of fvne blak velvet, syde to thair fute, like a, pap-bairn"
Emit with pan velvet.'1 Regist. Counc. Edin. loGl ; Althiough a different term is used, the composi-
Keith's llist. p. I8f). tion of the Isl. word is perfectly analogous ; briost-
Fr. j>anee properly means stuff; originally, a skin. barn, in fans lactens. This is expressed by a circum-
7 V . ' r . v .vo ••/•-. >tEE- (made of si Ike); and parti- locution, S. : ^ a bairn at the breast A
ouhariv.- Eiaaa pEi.Ei, or imshorne velvet ; " Cotgr. P A P E L A R 1 ) E , .sa a Hypocrite. Fr. papelardA
Jn th,- ;:rv n: L uf the hupovt laid on merchandise GL Sibb.
for c .rrvhe/ <••. the war against ('harles J. pan velvet P A P E E T E , -v. Popery, S.; now rather obso-
seems synon. with pl/.wh. On every 'ell of plush
lete.
or p^?/ velvet, a:Os." Spaldirur, ii. 1 •!« 1. V. also Acts
it was «ia, for luve o' Iyaperie—na na ! nane could
Cha. I. Ed. i S l i , VI. 1-1-7. ever say that o' the trades o' Glasgow." Hob Roy,
P A N ' W O O D , -sa Fuel used in or about salt- ii. rJ8.
•pans : also expl. fC the dust ol*coals mixed with
earth," West. Loth. ; Coal-ginn, Clvdes. P A P IS II, s. T h e vulgar designation of a Pa-
fi" Togidder with the sole power—of digging 8c pist or Roman-catholic, S.
winning of coals and panwood for serving the saids " The Papishes in these daies do glory, saying, that
salt-pannes." Acts Cha. II. Ed. 1814, VIII. 13Q. the Roman church is the mother church, judge of
£C It is usual to divide the coal into three kinds ; all churches, and can be judged of none. But be-
I. great coal ; L2. chows; 3. culm or panwood. The hold in this Synod [[Constantinople, A. 682] a bishop
I rice of the great coal is 10s. per ton ; chows 7s. of Rome is condemned in two particulars." Petrie's
: culm -Is/' Agr. Surv. W. Loth. p. 10. Church-Hist. p. 66.
" The Miiad-coal used for boiling salt, is called P A P I S T - S T R O K E , $. A cross; a ludicrous
;a7/. n t o tins day." Agr. Surv. Forfars. p. 480. phrase used by young people, Aberd.
- rev Lsr tiian four kinds of coal are produced T o P A P L E , PAPPLE, v. 7U T o bubble, or boil,
in every coiherv. viz.: Great Coal, Chews, Lime-coal, &c.] Add;
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But O the blessings of an English pot, with grass-seeds, and turned again into meadow with
When papling, that's sweet music in mine ear ; success ; so to ly, unless it turn sour and foggy."
But on the table, O the charming cheer. Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 17., 18.
Englishman s Grace over his Pock-padding, P A U E G A L L V , adv. This term has been expl. to
Eclin. 1705. me as signifying "particularly," Ayrs. . I f the
3. Used to denote the effect of heat, when any fat signification be given accurately, it is a devia-
substance is toasted before the fire, llenfr. tion from that of the adj., which means com-
P A P P A N T , ad). 1. R i c h . ] Add; pletely equal. V . P A R E G A L E .
Peppint, Banffs., is used in sense 2 . b e i n g applied P A R I S C H E , adj. 1. Of or belonging to the
to those who exercise great care about themselves or city of Paris. Parische zcork, Parisian work-
others, for warding off any thing that might be hurt- manship ; Aberd. Reg. Cent, 16.
ful. The v. is also in use; to Peppin, to cocker, to 2. Applied to a particular colour, which had been
treat as a pet; synon. Pettle. introduced from Paris. " Ane goune of Pa-
P A P P I N , P O P P T N , s. A sort of hatter or paste, rische broune bagarit with weluotf 1 Ibid.
generally made of flour and water, used by P A R K , ,y. Improperly used for a wood.] Add ;
weavers for dressing their linen warp, or their
It seems to be used in this sense in the following
webs, to make them have a close and thick ap-
Act.
pearance, Teviotd.
— c e Quhatsomeuir persone or personis—salhappin
Denominated perhaps from its resemblance to the to cut ony tymmer or grene woid within his hienes
pap made for children ; Fr. pa pin. woddis or parkis,—thair haill guidis and geir -salbe
P A P P L E , P A P L E , S. T h e corn cockle, Agros- escheit." Ja. VI. 1553, Ed.. 1814, p. 67-
temraa githago, Linn., S. V. P O P P I L L . The term has been originally used in this sense,
P A R , ,9. T h e samlet, S.] Add; as denoting a plantation of trees inclosed or fenced.
As this is called Braiding in Yorkshire, although P A R L E Y V O O , A term formed in ridicule of
I can find no synonyme in A.S., it seems evidently theErench mode of address, S.; Fr. p a r t e vous.
a dimin. from Isl. brand a, trutta minima, or as expl. But the bodies hae a civil way with them for a:
in Dan. en liden forelle, cs a little trout." In the same that, and it's no possible to be angiy at their partci
language brand-kod signifies the fry of trouts ; fte- voos." The Steam-Boat, p. 290.
tura truttarum ; Hal dor son. P A R L I A M E N T , Part of a robe of state.
P A R A - D O G , s. V. PmitiE-DOG. " Item, ane gowne of freis claith of gold, bor dour-
P A R A E L E , P A R A F E L E , S. Ostentatious dis- it with perle of gold lynit with cranmiasy satvne,
play, South of S. the htide and parliament of the samyn, all set with
ff I wonder—whether it is to these grand para fie fyne orient perle to the no inner of xlixrn vc, furnist
o' ceremonies that holy writ says ' is an abomination with buttonis of gold, and every buttoim contenand
unto me." Antiquary, ii. 153. V. next word thre orient perle." Inventories, A. 1539, P- 32.
P A R A F L I N G , s. Trifling, evasion ; as, " Nane This, from its connexion with hude, seems to have
o" your parafling, baud it]) your hand and swear, been a cape, or perhaps a covering for the shoulders,
or 111 send you to p r i s o n — s a i d to a witness by worn by the nobles on their robes when they ap-
a Bucban Baillie of Aberdeen. peared in parliament. We have no vestige of it, as
Corr. perhaps from Fr. paraf-er, paraph-er, to far as I have observed, any where else.
flourish in writing ; q. " None of your flourishing P A R L I A M E N T - C A K E , s A thin species of
circumlocution." Or, is it q. parabling, speaking gingerbread, supposed to have had its name
enigmatically ? from its being used by the members of the
P A R A T I T L E S , s. pi Scottish Parliament during their sederunts, S.
{C Any one who has read the aridities on that " They—did business on a larger scale, having a
place will find, that the law uses a most rational dis- general huxtry, with parliament-cakes, and candles,
tinction, videlicet, if the alienation be ex causa onerosa, and pin-cushions, as well as other groceries, in their
then it cannot be questioned, unless the receiver was window." Annals of the Parish, p. 182.
nlsoparticcps fraudis." Fountainh.3. Suppl.Dee.p. 1(>. P A R O C H R I E , ,9. Parish.
T o P A R B R E K E , v. n. T o puke.] Add; " That euerie par oehe kirk, and samekle h< aim li-
O.E. " parbrekyng, [ F r . ] uomissement;" Palsgr. as salbe found to be a siiilieieiit and. a eoiupeient -
B. iii. F. 52, b. " I cast my gorge as a liaulke doth, rochrie, — sail haue thair av> in pastoure with a
or a man that parbraketh ; Je desgorge,—Je vomis." cient and ressonable stipend." Acts J a. Yi. 1 8 : .
Ibid. F. 183 ; as, " I par brake, Je vomis ;" F. 312, b. Ed. I S M , p. 211.
T o P A R E AND B U R N , to take off the sward of Formed after the A.S. and Teut. mode, like bish^y
ground, especially when it is moorish or heathy, rie, S. bishopric; from paroch, and A.S. -net', juriedie-
with a turf-spade, or rather with what is called tio, dominium.
a Denshiring plough ; and after these turfs are P A R P A L L - W A L L , -5-. A partition-wall.
dried, to burn them on the soil for manure, S. " The counsellors, in respect they were straitned
" The whole field maybe—peered and burnt; and in room, both for a court and prison, and an high
a competent quantity of lime being added to the school, and considering that there would be room
ashes, and being plowed two or three years for corns, enough in St. Geils for these, by and attour suffici-
whereof it will yield great crops, in may be laid down ent room for preaching the Word, and administrate
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log the Sacraments, did therefore give order to the the skin o f the dead, one sewed on it, which,
Dean of Guild to big within the said church par- when fairly heated, emits such a smell as to
pall-trulls of stone for that effect." Acts Council make the ewe view this as her own lamb.
Ed in. A. 1 ooN. " Parrok, a very small ii.iclos.ure Gl. Sibb.
( orr. from Parpane, q. v., or from L.B. parpagli- A.S. pear roc, pearruc, septum, circus, clathrum,
ones, \ e I a e utile,-, cinn ibrtuna imminet sen teinpes- <f a park, a pound, a barre or lattice Somner.
las. It.-d. paepuglioni. V. D u Cange. Hence, he adds, L.B. parc-us, eopse sensu. " Par-
PA it PA N E, Fkki'kx, S. A wall in general, or rok or eaban. Preteriolum. Capana." Prompt. Par v.
a pai'litiun.] Add; Serenius observes, that park is a most ancient
T h e parapet of a bridge is called a par pane, word, common to all the languages and dialects of
or parpanc-iaf\ Aberd. the north. Su.G. park, locus muro et limitibus cir-
T o P A E R A C I I (gutl.), r. a. T o crowd toge- cumseptus; Isl. id., Germ, pjcrch. C.B. and Fr. pare,
Ital. parco. Wachter views Germ, berg-en, A iem,
ther in a confused manner, Aug. T h u s sheep
perg-an, arc ere, muni re, as the origin.
are said to be parr (aid d in a ibid, when too
T o T A R R O C K a ewe and lamb, to confine a strange
much crowded. It is applied to machinery when
land) with a ewe which is not its dam, that the
in the same state. V . P A R K OCK, S. lamb in ay suck, R o x b .
P A R R V. W h a n ane says Parry, aw says Par- This was also an O.K. v. J'arroky// or eiosen in
ry r a prow phrase, A b e r d . , signifying, that :-treightly. Intnido. Obtrudo." Prompt. Parv.
when anv thing is said by a person of con se- i M i i i i h C K . s. 6£ A collection of things huddled
quence, it is immediately echoed, by everyone. togei her, a group;" 1 (,-1. Surv. Moray.
Qti. Fr. parody it appears, it is evident ? Shall we view 1his as a corruption of Ltd. jdrrago,
P A R R I D G E , PAILRITCH, -V. Porridge made o f which the clergy about the cathedral of Elgin might
meal, S. intioduee ; or as an oblique sense of Parrock, as de-
Dr. Johns, says, ".More properly porragc ; porrata, noting an inclosure ?
Low Latin, from porra, a leek." Bathe had not ob- P A R S E E L I T , pari. pa. " E x p l . striped Gl
served that L.B. porrrct-a lias still more resemblance, Sibb.
Juseulum ex porris confeetum ; Du Canga . P A R S L I E B R E A K - S T O N E , Parsley-Piert,
Is!, purr!, and Teut. ptocr-louk, signify a leek. As Aphanes arvensis, Linn.
/hv/V, or broth, lias been denominated both iii S. and This is merely a translation of the E. name. For
in Wekh from what was anciently its principal con- Pierf, must be viewed as an abbreviation of Fr.
stituent,!. e. cole-wort : it wonhi appear that the term percepierre, " a generall name for most stone-break-
par:'n•':>,•!n:d been originally appropriated to a simi- ing herbs," Cotgr.; and Aphanes is expl. Percepier
: of ferns. Anglorum, Linn. Flor. Suec. N. 143.
T o = o>K TIIK I:;\><\I;. metaph. to manage any * i > A R T , .y. 1. Often denoting place ; ixs,.the ill
ph i-i- (/.' } . S. pari, bell, the guced part, heaven, A b e r d . It
41 Bui wha roiddi the par ridge for him ?' exclaimed
is generally used for place throughout S. T h i s
"he Bail lie, £ I wad like to ken that;—wha, but your sense it admits in E . only in the pi.
honour's to command, Duncan Macwheebie Wa- 2. W h a t becomes or is incumbent on one. I t is used
v e r ! e y , iii. 3 3 F. V . PORRIDGE. in this sense in various f o r m s ; as, " IPs zceel
P A R R I T C H - I I A L E , adj. In such health as to be my pari" it well becomes m e ; " It's ill his
able to take one's ordinary food, F i f e ; synon. part " it is inconsistent with his duty ; " IPs
Spa/i(C-/ude. gudc your part" it is incumbent on y o u , S.
P A it J: L'LVII-T i E, T h e hour of breakfast; por- Excuse me, Sir, the wish is leel,
rid:>rr~> I)eing O ihu standing O dish taken at this A n d guid my part.
me.-.i. S. Sidrref's Poems, p. 33 8.
I had a sair heart </ my ain wlien I passed the P A R T A N , T h e Common sea Crab, S.] Add;
Mains—this morning about parritcli-lime, and saw This name extends to Shetl.
the reek coming out at my ain lum-head, and kenn'd " Cancer Pagurus, (Linn. Syst.) Par tin, common
there was some it her body than my auld mither sit- crab." Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 31 7-
ting by the ingle-side." Tales of my Landl. iii. 3 4. P A R T A X - H A K D I T , adj. Close-fisted, griping, tak-
T o P A R R I R E , v. n. T o present one's s e l f ; or ing hold like a crab, Ayrs. ; Grippie, S.
perhaps to obey. T o P A R T Y , 7'. a. T o take part with.
— " Sittit [cited] by proclammatione—I thocht — f f This house of Abernethie were friends and fol-
fitt to parrire and answyre the sittatione b y my ap- lowers of the Cummins, and did assist and party
peiring heir at this tyme." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, them in all their enterprises." Hume's Hist. Doug. 16.
V. 446. T o P A R T Y W I T H , the same with the preceding.
O. Fr. parr-er paroitre, or Lat. par ere, to obey. " The Earl of ITuntlv—had, it seems, an unfix'd
P A R R O C K , P A R R O K , S. A very straight inclo- resolution what side to party with, as may appear in
sure in which a ewe is confined, when it is meant his former, and will still more appear by his present
that she should take with her own lamb, or with and after conduct." Keith's Ilist. p. 121.
that of another when her own is dead, R o x b . P A R T I C L E , P A R T I C K L E , P E R T I C K X E , P A R T I -
W h e n the latter is the case, the live lamb has C U L E , s. 1. A little chop, or piece o f animal food.

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" Item to my Ladle and hir servandis day lie the
Inching, on ane flesche day, ij particles beef.—The
kidling for the maisteres nutrix, &c. ane particle of
beef/' Chalmers's Mary, i. 178.
L.B. particul-a, frustum, offula, Du Cange. Aelfr.
in his Gloss, uses this term as equivalent to ofie 11 a,
vo. Spices sued.
2. Applied to a small portion of land; synon., or
nearly so, with S. Pendicle.
<c Our souerane lord—lies an next the landis and
barony of Estwemis, ton re and fortalice of the samin,
and thar pertinentis, aduocatiounis and donatiounis
of kirk is, ten en t is, tenandrijs, parti cutis, pendiculis,
annex is, connexis, and pertinentis tharof." Acts Ja.
V. 1540, Ed. 1814, p. 376. Partis, Ed. 1566.
3. Apparently used in the sense o f article.
" Because I perceaue John Knox dois not meit the
heid of my par tickle quliair I do mark the confer*
rence, betuix the phrases of the scriptures alledged
be vs baith,—I will trauell na further thairin." Res-
soning betuix Crosraguell and J. Knox, E. iij. b.
" Of the former pertickle I mark twa heidis in
special 1," &c. Ibid. E. iiij. b.
L.B. particula, charta articulis seu per partes dis-
tincta ; Du Cange. Kennedy, although he had bor-
rowed the term from the monkish writers, evidently
uses it in a more restricted sense.
P A 1 1 T I S I E , • Pai itt i sa y, adj. Applied to what
is proper to, or done by, more individuals than
one ; as, " a partisie wab," a web wrought for
several owners, each of whom contributes his
share of the materials, and for the expense;
" partisay wark," work done by a number of
persons; " a pairtisie wa\" a wall built at the
expense of two proprietors between their respec-
tive houses or lands, S.B.
Lat. partitio, a division.
T o P A R T L E , v. n. T o triflle at work, Ayrs.
" Partle, to work idly,—to trouble Gl. Picken.
P A R T L Y K , P A U T L Y I K , adv. In equal shares
or parts.
« And sulci haffpait thair part partlyk and he had
tynt."—" Thair part partlyk of thre crovnis." Aberd.
Reg. V. 16. A. 1538. Partlyik, V. 15.
P A R U T , s. Synon. with Parure.
— " 5 amites with their paruts of cloath of gold.—
3 albs, 3 paruts, and 3 amites of white velvet and
cloath of gold/' Hay's Scotia Sacra, MS. p. 189-
L.B. parat-us, whence this may have been cor-
rupted, was used in common with parura and para-
iura, for embroidery or ornamental borders.
P A S M E N T A R , 6-. This term seems to be used as
equivalent to upholsterer in modern
send to Servois wife and to his commeis
pasmentar in the abbay and causit thame graith me
ane chalmer thair—put up the treis of the beddis,"
&c. Inventories, A. 1573, p. 187-
Fr. passemeutier properly signifies a lace-maker,
a silk-weaver.
PASMOND, The same with Pasment.
u Item, ane hat of velvott with ane pasmond of sil-
ver, with ane chene of gold about it, and ane tergat
upoun the samyne." Inventories, A. 1542, p. 70.
PASPER, Sampire, Galloway.
V O L . II. 198
A S
ie Pasper, samphire, when taken and eaten green
from the heuchs, makes persons as hungry as a
hawk/' Gall. Encycl.
" Many kill themselves clambering on these for
birds' eggs and pasper." Ibid.
P A S P E Y , s. A particular kind of dance, Strath-
more.
Fr. passe-pied, a caper, or loftie tricke in daun-
eing ; also, a kind of dance, peculiar to the youth of
La haute Bretaigne;3' Cotgr. Pedum dccussatus;
Diet. Trev.; q. a cutting across with the feet.
* T o P A S S , v. a. 1. Not to exact a task that has
been imposed, S.
2. T o forgive, not to punish, S.; likely, top as sbi/,
PASS-GILT, Expl. " current money,^ Gl.
" His prayers, his other services done to "God, his
alms-deeds, &c. are pass-gilt before God, since they
came not from a right principle in his heart, and
were not performed in a right way, nor upon a right
account, nor for a right end; his sacrifices have been
an abomination." Guthrie's Trial, p. 182.
If this is the proper meaning of the term, as would
seem to be indeed the case, the negative particle
must have been omitted, or thrown out by some ig-
norant typographer. It ought to have been " not
p a s s - g i l t a s apparently signifying money that passes.
But Teut. pas-gheld is used to denote inferior coin
which is made to have currency above its value ;
Minutae pecuniae, quibus rnajoris pretii numus exae-
quatur; Kilian. The origin of the first syllable must
be pass-en aequare, aequaliter eomponere. V. G I L T .
P A S S I O N A T E , s. A state of suffering, a kind
of martyrdom.
Quhat is the war Id without plesance or play
Bot passionate ? Than lat ws mak sum sport.
Colkelbie Sow, Prohem.
L.B. passionate, martyrology. This name is given
to the necrology of the church of Paris. V.Du Cange.
P A S S I S , pi. A term occurring in the amplifi-
cations of our old acts, apparently equivalent to
E. passages.
— C o nfirmis the saidis infeftmentis & giftes, and
ilkane of thame respectiue, in all & sin dry e poinctis,
passis, priuilegiis, claussis & conditionis contenit
thairin." Acts Mary 1567, Ed. 1814, p. 549.
" Quhilk infeftment, in all and sindryepassis, ar-
ticles, contenttis, and claussis thair of, our said soue-
' &c. Ibid.
' Dispenssis for ever, in all—heades, articles,
is, obleisments, pointes, passis, circumstances
and conditiones of the samyn." Acts Cha. I. Ed.
1814, vol. 'V. 152.
L.B. pass-us locus, auctoritas, Gall, passage. Ve-
nit ad quemdam passum Scripturae. Vit. S. Thorn.
Aquin. ap. Du Cange.
T o P A S S I V E R E , z?. a. T o exceed, W . Loth.;
probably corr. from pass-over.
P A S T I S A R , A pastry-cook. V. P A T T I C E A K .
P A S V O L A N D , 6-. A small species of artillery.]
Add ;
Item, ane pasvoland of brace [brass] upone ane
traist." Inventories, A. 1566, p. 172.
" Item, ane litle pasvoland of brace mountit upone
stok quheillis." Ibid. A. 1566, p. 168.
Bb
 P A T P A T
Fr .passe-volant, "the artlllerle called abase/' Cotgr. An' scatter'd chick-weed, rais'd in taits,
P A T , pret. of the v. to put.] Add; Grew here an' there.
" So the govemour pud the realme to guid ordour Picken's Poems 1788, p. 181.
and peace, and so depairted to France."" Pitscottie's This, although it must be originally the same
Cron. p. 304. word with Peat-stone, differs in sense, as the latter
" Heirwith the messingers returning to the Cat- is used in Angus at least.
teynes camp, pat them all in such a fray, that it was P A T H U N S , adv. By a steep declivity, S.B.
not possible for Earle George to retein or stay there, — On a high brae head she lands at last,
although he did watch in person all that night." That down to a how burnie pathlins past.
Gordon's Hist. Earls of Sutherl. p. 242. Ross's Helenore, p. 6 l .
P A T , P A T T , S. A pot, S. It is pitlens in First Edit. V. P E T I F .
My daddy left me gear enough,— P A T I E N T OF D E A T H . ] Add;
An auld patt, that wants the lug, — He streek't himsell i' the patients o} dead,
A spurtle and a so wen mug. Wi' mony a waesome main.
Willie Winkie's Testament, Herd's Coll.ii.14S. Marmaiden of Clyde, Edin. MaMay 1820. "
P A T - L U C K , $. To tak pat-lack, to take dinner P A T R E L L , T h e poitrell, &cT] Add ;
with another upon chance, without preparation, O.E. ce paytrell for a horse ;" Palsgr. B. iii. F. 52, a.
sometimes without previous invitation, S.; i. e. P A T R I C K , A partridge, Tetrao perdrix,
the chance of the pot. Linn.; pron. paitrick, S.
<c If you and the young folks, and my Leddy Mary, " For my part, I never wish to see a kilt in the
wad come in a canny way and tak pal-luck wi' Jean country again, nor a red coat, nor a gun, for that
and me, I sail promise ye nae grit things ; for it's matter, unless it were to shoot a jmlrick." Waverley,
no a hunger an' a burst in my house, I gie nae din- iii. 273, 274.
ner ae day but what I can gie ilka day in the year." —Ae night lately in my fun,
Saxon and Gael. i. 55. 1 gaed a roving wi' the gun
cc I hope we will be better acquaint yet, yell just Ait brought a patrick to the grun'.
tak pat-luck wi' her an' me the morn." Ibid, i. 193. Burns, iii. 25Q.
P A T E , PATIE, Abbrev. of Patrick, S. " Paitrick, a p a r t r i d g e G l . ibid.
P A T E E E T , A kind of ruff, part of Patrick or Paitrick is the ;
man's dress, anciently worn in S. S., though our old writers use Pa
" Of the dress of a lady, Henryson gives a: P A T R O C Y N I E ,,9.]
by mentioning—an upper gown or robe pur fled and " But my lorde shall haue libertie of me, to alledge
furred,—a hat, tippet, patelet, perhaps small ruff," in suche cases what pleaseth him, so long as his alle-
Pink. Hist. ii. 435. V. P A I T L A T T I S . gation shall not preiudge the veritie, nor giue patro-
Hir hat suld be of fair having, cynie to a lie, in maters of religion." Ressoning be-
tuix Crosraguell and J, Knox, C. i. a.
— " This part of my misreported paines, I hum-
bly present vnto your Maiestie ;—as not only to the
Henrysone, Bannatyne Poems, p. 104. most glorious patrocinie, but therewith also the most
learned censure." Bp. Forbes on the Revel., Dedic.
P A T E N E , s. The cover of a chalice. PATRON ATE, The right of presenting to
« The Alter Grayth quhilkwes quene Magdelenis, a benefice.
quhome god assolye.—Item, ane challeis and ane In the competition between the College of Glas-
patene gilt." Inventories, A. 1542, p. 58. gow, &c. about the vacant stipend, the Lords found
E. pafuie, Fr .patene, patine, id. from Lat. patin-a. the Bishops presenting, as patron, made it i
^ P A T E N T , adj. Ready, willing, disposed to nate, but not a patrimonial mensal kirk," &c.
tainh. 4 Suppl. Dec. p. 143.
« He would give a patent ear hereafter to their L.B. Patronat-us, jus patro
grievances.—A promise by public proclamation to P A T R O N - C A L L , s. The patronage of a church,
give a patent ear to all his subjects complaints." the right of presentation, Aberd,
Spalding, i. 302. PATRONTASHE, A military girdle.
PATENTER, A patentee.
" As also in respect that at" the said tyme money
" The saidis patenters be the foirsaid act obleist
was given by neighbours and inhabitants of this city
them, thair aires, &c. not to—seik any greater dewe-
for buying baggenots and patrontashes to their cap*
tie," &e. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 585.
taines of every company or other officers, The es-
T o P A T E R (pron. like E. pate), v. n. T o talk
tates. doe ordain and require the respective captains
incessantly, to be tiresomely loquacious, Roxb.
to make furth comeing the said baggenotts or pa-
Originally the same with Patter, q. v. Hence,
trontashes and other armes, or other way es to refound
P A T E R , S. A loquacious person, generally ap-
the pry ce tlierof to the Coll. or Lev*. Coll. or major."
plied to a female, ibid. Act anent the Militia Men in the Towne of Edin-
PATES, pi « The steps at the corner of the burgh 1680. Act. Pari. IX, 30,
roofs in houses for the easier climbing to the " Round the waist they (Italian Banditti) wore an
top," Ayrs , Renfr. Corbie-steps synon. ammunition belt called here a padrocina, madeof stout
The garse, like beards o' eldren gaits, leather, having slips for cartridges." Maria Graham's
JJang wavan, shaggy, frae the_ Three Months near Rome, 1820.
 P A W P
T o P A T T E R , , v. n. T o repeat in a muttering
way.] Add;
O.E. " I patter with the lyppes, as one cloth that
maketh as though he prayed, and dothe nat; Je pa-
pelarde. He clothe nat praye, he clothe but patter to
begyle the worlde with." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 316, b.
2. T o carry on earnest conversation in a low tone;
to be engaged in a whispering-conversation, Aben
T o P A T T E R , v. ??. T o move with quick suc-
cessive steps; especially referring to the sound,
S. V. PADDER.
P A T T I C E A R , PASTISAK, A pastry-cook.
" It is not leasum to any Fleshour to be ane Pal-
tie ear, under the pane of ane amerciament; and sik-
lyke ane Pattieear may not be ane baker of bread to
sell." Leg. Burg. Balfour's Practicks, p. 72.
" Ane paslisar, callit Patrick Rannald." Chal-
mers's Mary, i. 177-
pie-maker; also a maker of past-meates;" Cotgr.
from paslin paste.
PAYADE, Expl. a dagger, Teviotdale; and
said to be an old word. But 1 have met with
no svnon. term.
P A V A S I E S , s.pl. " A sort of artillery mounted
on a car of two wheels, and armed with two
large swords before Pink. Hist. ii. 225.
To PAUGE,v.n. 1. T o prance; synon. with
Pauce, Fife.
2. T o pace about in an artful and designing way,
till a proper opportunity occur for fulfilling any
plan, ibid.
3. T o tamper with, to venture on what is hazard-
ous in a fool-hardy manner, ibid.
Used in a proverbial mode of expression " He's
neither to play nor pauge wi'/' not to be
with in any way whatsoever.
Perhaps the latter part of Rampage is
this word, as used in sense 1.; and the first from ram
aries ; q. to prance like a furious ram.
PAVIE, The same with Pauls, pavis. Bal-
four uses paveis as the pi.
" The Admiral—may alswa put pulderis, paveis,
and speiris, for sic quantitie as sail be requirit, viz.—
ane pavie and a fyre speir for thre turinis/' &c. Sea
Lawis, Pract. p. 681.
P A U I T O T , s.
Ane pauyot preuilie brocht him his palfray ;
The king thocht lang of this lyfe and lap on in
by[hy] IlatfCoilyear, R i j . a.
Hisp.^ denotes the bird in Eat. <
cyon: but there surely c
P A U K Y , adj. 2. A s applied to the
in the follow-
vdie lifts fraethe beuk her ee.
light on his pawkie ee
ains of Nithsdale Song, p. 78.
P A W K E R Y , S. Cunning, slyness, S.
" Nethynge—was ferder fra myne heid '
ii wylld sneckdrawinge ar " Hogg's
r Tales, ii. 41.
195
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PAWKILV, adv. Slily, artfully.
" I'm thinking/' said he,—looking
he,—look parvkily and
peeringly round the table, ' that I have seen you be-
fore." Sir A, Wylie, i. £
P A U L , s. A hold ; a leaning-place ; S.B.
Isl. pall-r, Su.G. pall, a bench ; also, a
stage or frame supporting
P A U L I E , P A I L I E , adj. 1. Impotent or feeble,
applied to any bodily member, S>
2. Small in size, applied to lambs, Roxb.
3. Insipid, inanimate; applied to the mind, La-
narks. A pailie creature, a silly insipid person.
4. Lame, dislocated, or distorted, S.
A lamb that is lame is sometimes called Patvlie,
Loth., Roxb. A pawlic hand is one that has been
dislocated and not properly set.
P A U L I E - (or) P A I L I E - F O O T I T , adj. 1 . Flat-footed,
Strathmore.
2. Splay-footed, or having the foot turned in,
Loth.
I know not the origin, unless the term be allied
to C.B. pall, loss of power, energy, &e. palu, to be
deficient; Owen. Palhy to benum or to be benum-
med ; Lhuyd. C.B. pwyllig, slow ; W. Richards.
P A U L I E , P A W L I E , S. 1 . A slow, inactive, in-
animate person, Lanarks., Mearns.
2. A n unhealthy sheep, South of S.
" There was Geordie Skin-him-alive the
him that took away the crocks, and the
my brockitdamb." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 158.
" I yeance coft thei crocks an' thei
guidit me like Wint. Tales, i. 269.
to the lest lambs in a flock,
" Roxb.
P A U L I E - M E R C H A N T , S. One who hawks through
the country, purchasing lambs of this descrip-
tion, ibid.
T o P A U T , v. n, 1. T o paw, to strike the ground
with the foot, &c.] Add;
2. T o push out the feet alternately, when one is
lying in bed or otherwise, Dumfr.
3. T o strike with the foot, to kick, S.
" Pant, to kick; as, to pant off the>1bed-clothes,
Yorksh." Grose.
Hisp. pate-ar, to kick ; from pata,
4. Also expl. " to move the han
groping in the dark;' Ettr. For.
T o P A U T , v. a* To paut one's foot at a per-
son, to stamp with the foot in a menacing man-
ner, Aberd. This is a very common way of
expressing anger, and is viewed as a token of
great disrespect.
P A U T , S. 1. A stroke on the ground with the
foot, S.] Add;
2. A stroke with the foot at any object, a kick,
S . ; synon. Funic.
P A W , P A U W , P A W A W , S> 1 . The slightest mo-
tion ; as, " He ne'er played pants)," he did not
so much as stir, Ettr. For.
His neck in twa I wat they hae wrung,
hand or foot he ne'erplaijdpaw.
Jock d the Side, Poetical Mus. p. 148.
 P E A P
4 lNe* er play d paw,never m o v'd li and or foot." G1. ibid.
" Did ye never think that they wad be revisited
on your heads some day when ye eouldna play paw
to help yoursels?" Blackw. Mag. Mar. 1823, p. 313.
2. Transferred to one who cannot take his meat,
or who does so with great difficulty, who is uli-
able to make theshghtestexertion, ibid. Ettr. For.
3. To Play one's Paws, to act that part which be-
longs to one, whether becoming or ridiculous.
Return hameward, my heart, again.—
And [ A t P] hame with me then tarry still,
And see wha can best play their paws,
And let the filly fling her fill,
For fint a crum of thee she fa's.
Herd's Call ii. 44.
The phrase seems to have been borrowed from the
tricks of jugglers, or from the feats of i
&e.; q. to go through one's different steps or motions.
V. P A VIE.
P A W C I I L E , .9. 1. One who is old and frail,Gall
One low in stature and weak in intellects, ibid.
" Pawchle, a frail old body ;—also a person of low
stature, rather silly ;" Gall. Encycl.
P A W K I E , 6*. A sort of woollen glove or mit-
ten, having a thumb without separate fingers,
Ettr. For ~ Doddie Mitten synon. S.B.
T o P A W L , v. n. T o make an ineffective at-
tempt to catch, Roxb. T h e prep, at is often
added. To Glaum, synon.
— a The corpse again sat up in the bed, pawled
wi' its hands, and stared round wi' its dead face."
Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 148.
This v. seems allied to C.B. palv-u to paw, to grope
gently with, the hand.
P A W M I E , P A M D I E , S. A stroke on the hand,
&c.] Add ;
Fr. paumce, " a clap, stroke, or blow with the
hand;" Cotgr.
I find that L.B. palma is used in a similar sense.
Alapa palmis inflicta. Hence palm-are, de-palm-are,
and palm-izare, alapam infligere. Baronius, A. 1055,
says that the hands of penitents were beaten with a fe-
rula. V. Du Cange, vo. Palvnata, which he explains
in the same sense with our Pawmie. Whether it was
first used in the monastic cell, or in the school, he
does not say.
T o P A W M I E , V. a. T o strike the palm with a
ferula, S.
T o P A W V I S , v. n. T o <£ dally with a g i r l G l .
Surv. Ayrs. p. 60S. V. P A V I E .
PEAK, A n old word for lace, R o x b . ; per-
haps that which was used for the peak of a cap.
T o P E A L , P E E L , V. a. T o equal, to match.
V . P E E L , P E I L , V.
P E A N E R , ,9. " A cold-looking, naked, trem-
bling being—small of s i z e f Gall. Encycl.
P E A N E R F L E E , <9. One who has the appear-
of lightness and activity, G a l l ; perhaps
from theprecedingterm conjoined with Flee, a fly.
It is oddly defined in these words:
« Peanerjtee, a light looking craw o' a b o d y ; "
Gall. Encycl.
P E A N I E , s.- A female turkey, pea-hen, G a l l
190
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" Pennies, female turldes;" Gall. Encycl
She is yellow,
And yawps like a peany. Ibid. p. 345.
Q U . if q. pea-hennie ? V. POLLIE-COCK.
P E A N T , adj. A term denoting a particular kind
of silk.
" Item, a stand of peant silk with the like perti-
nents conform." Inventar of Vestments, A. 1559.
Hay's Scotia Sacra, MS. p. 189-
This is sent to me as a line of an old song in Roxb.
I suspect that it is merely the o'erturn ; but insert it,
as it may chance to be understood, at least as to its
reference, by some of my readers.
Dan. paraab-er signifies, to invoke, to implore. It
may be the remnant of an old Dan. Northumbrian
; being sent from the Cheviot.
P E A R I E , Peeiiy, .y. A pegtop.] Add; Pear, Aber.
" I can use a little wee bit freedom wi' Mr. Daniel
Taffril—mony's the peery and the tap I wrought for
him langsyne, for 1 was a worker in wood as weel
as a tinkler." Antiquary, ii. 129.
Auld Saunders begoud for to wink,
Syne eouped as sound as a peerie.
A. Wilsons Poems 1816, p. 21.
This is also written, but improperly, Pirie.
— " Dosing of taps, and piries, and pine-cords,
form the prevailing recreation." Blackw. Mag. Aug.
1821, p. 34.
P E A R L , T h e seam-stitch in a knitted stock-
ing. To cast up a pearl, to cast up a stitch on
the right side in place of the wrong, S . ; Purl,
Teviotd.
In Fr. this word is used in working gauze. On
appelle Pedes en termes de fabrique de gaze, de
petits globes d email, perces par le milieu avec une
petite queue ouverte, &c. Diet. Trev.
P E A R L B A R L E Y , the name given to the finest
kind of barley.
ff When the husks are taken off for making broth,
the grain is moistened, and beaten with a large wood-
en mallet, or pestle, in a stone mortar. This is called
knocked bear, to distinguish it from the pearl barley,
which is done in the mill" Jamieson's Notes to
Burt's Letters, i. 89, 90.
The ingenious editor understands the term differ-
ently from the general use of it in S. For Pearl
barley is distinguished from common barley, although
both kinds are prepared at the same mill; and seems
to have received its name from its pure and pearly
appearance.
P E A R L E D , part. adj. Having a border of lace.
" He had on his head a white pearled mutch; he
had no coat, but a pair of black breeks, white socks,
and a pair of mools on his feet." Spalding, ii. 218.
P E A R L I N , s. Ai
Add;—or of s i l k / S . ; properly, a <
" On everie elne of imported pearline of threid or
silke betuix three and six punds—00 12 00." Acts
Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 76.
Sae put on your pearlins, Marion,
And kirtle o' th' cramesie.
Old Song, Gang to the
 P E A P
It Is perhaps originally the same with E. purl, " a
kind of edging for bone-lace Phillips. Minsheu
strangely thinks that it is contr. from purfle. Fr.
perle, rough, not smooth ; fil perle, hard-twisted
thread; Cotgr. V. P E A R L , S.
P E A R L S H E L L , the Pearl Muscle, S.R.
" Mytellus Margaritifera, Pearl Muscle, vulgarly
called Pearl shell." Arbuthnot's Peterh., Fishes, p. 32.
P E A S E - R R U I Z L E , s. The same with Pease-
kill in sense 1. Bruizle is here used as merely
a variety of Birsle, Brissle; the term in the
north of E. he'mg Brusle, as hrusledpease, G rose.
PEASE-KILL, 1. A quantity of pease in the
state in which they are brought from the field,
as not only in the pods, but adhering to the
straw, so broiled as to be fit for eating. They
are then gathered out from the ashes; Border.
The allusion is obviously to roasting or drying
grain in a kiln.
2. Used figuratively for a scramble, where there
is great confusion, Roxb.
3. To male a pease-kill of any thing, to dissipate
it with the greatest lavishness. When a man's
affairs go wrong, and interested persons get the
management of his property, it is commonly
said, u They're male in a bonny pease-kill o't,"
in allusion to the rapidity with which this treat
is consumed by young people.
Thus a law-suit is said to be " a pease-kill for the
lawyers," Roxb.
P E A S E - M U M , To play pease-mum, to mutter,
Dumfr.
Mum itself signifies a mutter. Teut. pays is peace.
P E A S S I S , s. pi. T h e weights of a clock.
" To wend [wind] the peassis thairof," viz. of the
clock; Aberd. Reg. V. P A C E , .?.
P E A S Y - W P I I N , s. The Greenstone, S.
—<£ In many parts of the district, a granite, called
peasy-whin, is found in large blocks near the surface
of the moors." Surv. Banff's. p. 5 7 . V. P E Y S I E - W H I N .
P E A - T R E E , 6'. T h e Laburnum, a species of
the Cytisus, Loth.; denominated from the re-
semblance of its blossoms and pods to those of
the pea.
P E A T , s. Applied as a contemptuous designa-
tion, suggesting the idea of pride in the person
to whom it is addressed, S.
" Chuse, you proud peat; said the page, drawing
off in huge disdain at the calm and unembarrassed
ridicule with which this wild proposal was received."
The Abbot, i. 239-
Perhaps in allusion to the springiness of a peat,
or its turgid state when soaked with moisture.
* P E A T , S. Vegetable fuel. T h e heart is said
to grow as grits a peat, when it is ready to burst
with suppressed sorrow, Aug.
Then Nory with her finger in her ee
With heart as great's a peat begins to free
Hersell to them the best way that she mought.
Ross's Helenore, p. 87- ' Gryt, First Edit.
The allusion seems to be to the swelling of a peat
with rain.
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P E A T OF S A P E , a bar of soap,... S.; denominated
from its resemblance to a peat cast for fuel.
P E A T C L A I G , S. " A place built with stones to
hold peats;" Gall. Encycl.
The latter part of the word is probably from Gael.
clach a stone, q. " peat-stones."
P E A T - C O K N , S. Peat-dust, Dumfr.
P E A T - C R E E L , s. A basket for carrying prats
in, S.
My daddy left me gear enough,—
A muck-fork, and an auld peat-creel, &c.
Herd's Coll. ii. 145.
P E A T - M O S S , s. The place whence peats are
DUG, S.
" Peat-mosses, or turf bogs, are found in all the
hilly country, and in various patches through the
low lands." Agr. Surv. Berw. p. 57.
P E A T - M O W , S. The dross or dust of peats, S . B . I
Add;
This term is at least three centuries old.
— " Casting of pelmow & dub [foul water] in hir
hall dur." Aberd. Reg. A. 1538, V. 16.
This is the sense given of the term, Gl. Shirrefs.
It is used differently, S.A.
2. A quantity of peats built or piled up under
cover, Dumfr.
P E A T - P O T , P E A T - P A T , s. The hole from which
peat is dug, S.
Besides I hae, frae the great laird,
A peat-pat and a lang kail-yard.
Herd's Coll ii. 74.
" Out of the peat-pot into the mire," S. Prov.;
given as eqivalent to the E. one, " Out of the frying
pan into the fire." Kelly, p. 268.
P E A T - R E E K , s. 1. The smoke of turf-fuel, S.
2. Transferred to the flavour communicated to
aquavitae, in consequence of its being distilled
by means of turf-fuel, S.
3. " Highland whisky," S.
Wi' gude peat-reck my head was light.
Duff's Poems, p. 115.
P E A T - S P A D E , S. The spade used in digging
peats, S.
The peat-spade is furnished with a triangular
cutting mouth, as also with a cutting wing on the
right side, both of well-tempered metal, to cut the
half decayed wood found mixed with the moss ; the
wooden shaft terminates at the end near the iron, in
an oblong square shape, on which the peat rests when
lifted up." Agr. Surv. Peeb. p. 209-
P E A T - S T A J ^ E , .v. The corner stone at the top
of the wall of a house, S.] Add;
C{ A son of the Laird of Durris, surnamed Fraser,
built a part of Kincardine-Oneil's lodging; and his
name and armorial-coat were upon one of the peat*
stones thereof." Orem's Descr. Aberd.
P E A X , -v. Peace ; an old forensic term still used
in Retours, S.
" Na wife can clame tierce of ony landis pertening
to hir be deceis of hir husband, except the lands al-
lanerlie, quhairin hir husband d e c e i t last vest and
seasit as of fie, at the peax of our soverane Lord/*
A. 1536, Balfour's Practicks, p> 106,j L <?. In a state
 P E C P E D
of allegiance, as opposed to that of rebellion or out- suit their own fancy; that the custom of painting
lawry. their bodies was peculiar to the Picts in contradis-
The phrase may have been immediately borrowed tinction from other barbarous nations of the north ;
from the Fr., as paix not only signifies peace, but that they either imposed on themselves a name, from
homme cle paix, " a vassal that ought to be at peace a circumstance that would not strike them as singu*
with his Lord ; or ought (by the vertue of his ho- lar, or consented to receive it in a late age from a band
mage) to keepe the peace made by his Lord; or one of invaders; arid that the name itself, by a singular
that hath sworne freindship, and fellowship with a chance, had precisely the same meaning in their own
greater than himselfe Cotgr. Lat. pdx, id. language as in that of the Romans.
P E C E , .v. Each. Y . P I E C E , It is unquestionable, however, that they never re-
P E C E S , s. pi ceived this name from those who had far more cor-
" Quhyt werk.—Item, ane silver pane [ p a n ] to respondence with them than the Romans ever had.
heit rneit with. Item, twa peces" Inventories, A. The vulgar traditionary designation of this people,
1542, p. 72. making allowance for the difference of termination,
<c In the Court COPHOUS that servis the HOUSHAID- may be viewed as the same with that given by the
SEX peces UNGILT. ITEM, FOUR SMALL j trees UNGILT. ITEM, earliest A.S. writers. King Alfred, in his translation
ANE COVER TO THE SAIDIS SMALL peces." IBID. P . 7 4 , 7 5 . of Bede's history, about 880, calls them, in the no-
L . I ) , peces, v a s , c;DIX, ( JAIL. put. THOMAE FILIO m e o minative, sometimes Peahle, and at other times Pcoh-
Xxiiii diseos argeuteus, xii. saucers, ii. baeynes, & ii tas, and their language Peohta. Plist. i. c. 1. It is
cavers, VI. Peers NUDE ii. EOOPRRTA, tSc iv. sine cooper- probable, that Bede, as a classical scholar, not ven-
eulih DR argent <K TE-TAM. J ODE XEVILL, A . 13Q6, ap. turing to deviate from Roman authority, had writ-
A J ADO X. \ . L)II ('ANGE. ten Picti. But it is a circumstance which merits par-
To PI;RN, P E A C I I , P K U H (GUTT.), T>. n. T o ticular attention, that his royal translator neither ren*
puff, to pant.] Add; ders the name by any term in the A.S. signifying
They wlia had corns, or broken wind,, painted, nor adopts its Roman form; but resumes the
Begood to pegh and limp behind. established name of the people among his own coun-
May ne's Sdler Gun, p. 33. trymen. Wittichind, a Saxon of Germany, who wrote
Hence homeward they about 950, calls them Pehiti. Saxo Grammaticus de-
Post, peg king, wi' their spoil. nominates their country Petia, as distinguished from
Davidson's Seasons, p. 6. Scotia and the Hebrides. Lib. ix. The Icelandic
C.B. puch-aw has a sense nearly allied,—to sigh; writers use the name Pets for the people, and design
the Pentland Firth Petland Fiord. V. Pinkertorf,
also Isl. pu-a aspirare.
ubi sup. In the Saxon Chronicle, they are denomi-
Perhaps Laneash. iopeigh, to cough, is merely this
nated Peohtas, Pyhtas, and Pihtas. The term used as
v. used in an oblique sense.
an adj. is Pyhtisc.
T o P E C H L E , TK n. A derivative from Peek, v.
In the Triads, or most ancient writings of the Welsh,
It is always conjoined with Heckle; to heckle
they are called Gwyddelian Ficliti; and are said to
and pechle, to pant much in doing any work,
have come into Alban [Scotland] over the sea o f
Ettr. For.
Llychlyn [Denmark], " and also to be in Alban on
P E C P I T S , P E A G H T S , P E H T S , S. pi T h e name the sea of Llychlyn." Davies's Celt. Research, p. 156.
given by the vulgar to the Picts in S. T h e y T o P E C K L E , v. n. T o peck at, Nithsd.
are denominated Pegks, S.O. Wyntown writes
Come, byde wi' me, ye pair o sweet birds,
Peychtis. Come down an' byde wi' me ;
Twa hundyr wynter, and na mare, Ye sail pechle o the bread and drink o' the vfrine,
Or that the Madyn Mary bare An' gowd yere cage sail be.
Jesus Cryst, a cumpany Rem. of Nithsd. Song, p. 245. V. PICKLAND.
Out of the kyiiryk of Sythy PECKM AN, One who carries smuggled spi-
Come of Peychtis in Iriand, &c. rits through the country, Perths.
Cron. iiii. c. If). Ye crockery wives an Pechnen* a',
cc The common denomination among the people of
I dread yere trafec's now but sma;
Scotland from the Pehts Wall in Northumberland to Ye'll hae few errands north ava ; —
the Pehts houses in Ross-shire, and up to the Ork- Yere coothie friend an' mine's aw a'.
neys, is Pehts:' Pinkerton's Enquiry, i. 367. Buff's Poems, p. 65.
Much has been written on the origin of this name; * « Men who carried whisky in a dish like a peck
which is still enveloped in the clouds of conjecture.
One thing, however, seems certain;—that the Nec
falso nomine Picti, of Claudian, urged by many writers P E D D I R , P E D D E R , A pedlar, &c.] Add

as a decisive proof that the people were thus deno- still used in R o x b . , pronounced Pethir, some-
minated because their bodies were painted, is a mere times Pethirt. Add to etymon ;
play of words, which, having struck the fancy of the As, however, O.TL.peddar signifies a basket-man, or
poet, was too pretty a conceit for him to withhold ; one who carries a pannier, this may perhaps point out
although there is no evidence that he was himself the origin. " Peddar. Calatharius. Piscarius.—Pedde.
really persuaded that this was the origin of the name. Calatlms." Prompt. Parv.
Ere this etymon can be rationally received, it must P E D E E , A kind of foot-boy.
be proved, that the Romans did not alter the term to " That supernumeraries, women and pedees be
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purged out of the army." Acts Cha. I. 1649,
VI. 463.
" No allowance—is to bee given to any <
souldiers for the tenth man, or the pediese boys
and horse." Ibid. p. 233.
Apparently corr. from O.Fr. pedisseque, valet, la-
quais, Lat. pediseqaus.
P E D R A L L , 6'. " A child beginning to walk
Gall. Encycl.
Can this be viewed as a dimin. from Pcddir, like
Gangrel from Ganger, &e. ?
T o P E E , v. n, T o make water, S.O.
T o PEE, V. a. T o wet by making water, S.O.
He never stealt though he was poor,
Nor ever peed his master's floor.
Favourite Cat, Pickens Poems 1?S3, p. 47-
T o P E E V E I I , V. n. The same ; a dimin. from Pee,
more commonly used in regard to a child, S.O.
I lire observes that some from modesty substitute
Su.G. pink-a forpiss-a, mejere. Our words have most
originated from a similar feeling.
>EEBEE, s. The vulgar generic name for
agates, S, ; apparently from E. pebble, or A.S.
paebol-stana.
T o F E E B L E , v. a. T o pelt, properly with stones,
Loth.
<f But I ken, when we had a king, and a chancel-
lor, and parliament-men o' our ain, we could aye
peeble them wi' stanes when they were na gude
bairns." Heart Mid. Loth. i. 100.
P E E G G I R I N B L A S T , a stormy blast; a heavy
shower, Ayrs.
Teut. picker-en, pungere ; as weather is said to be
&c.
5 E E L , P E A L , V. A. T o equal, to match.
When Ardrose was a man,
He cou'd not be peaVd ;
At the old sport he wan.—
But now he neither may nor can ;
Alas ! he is fail'd.
When Ardrose was a man,
He cou'd not be peal'd.
Poems on the Company of Archers, p. 62.
P E E L , P E I L , S. A match.] Add;
She fiush him John Gilpin, nae sang is its ped,
For a pattern to work by.—
Picken's Poems, ii. 131.
P E E L - A - E L E E , s. " A light person, and not
heavily < c l o t h e d GGall. Encycl.;
" from
" the
' idea
•'
of stripping a fly of its covering.
P E E L-AN YE AT> a designation given to potatoes,
when presented at table impeded, S.A. and O.
" Peclaneets, Potatoes boiled, with their skins on,
Peelocks, i d . G a l l . Encycl.
P E E L E D W I L L O W - W A N D . V. W I L L O W -
WAND.
P E E L E R , s. A portmanteau, Teviotd. ; an old
word.
PEELING, " Travelling in a windy-day,
with light clothes on Gall. Encycl.
Isl. pita, and fla signify, stragula tenuis, filorum
consutura. But this term, I suspect, is, like Peelajlee,
allied to the E. v. to peel.
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P E E L - R I N G E , P E E L - R A N G E , S. 1. A scrub,
a mean fellow who would do any thing to make
money, a skin-flint, F i f e ; q. " take the bark
off a ringe or whisk made of heath."
Expl. 44 A can Id rife dozent person," Roxb.
S. A tall meagre-looking fellow, ibid.
P E E L R I N G E , adj. 1. Lean, meagre, Roxb.
2. Not able to endure cold, ibid.
PEEL-SHOT, The dysentery ; a term used
in regard to cattle, Fife. The same disease in
horses is called a Scourin ; ibid.
As our ancestors attributed most of the diseases
of cattle to the influence of witchcraft, or to the re-
venge of the Fairies, when they were not treated
with due respect; it might seem probable that the
term were allied to Belg. pylschutter, one who shoots
arrows, and equivalent to elf-shot ; Teut. pjjl, sagitta,
an arrow, and schol jaculatio. Hence the flint-arrows,
found in our fields, are still believed by the vulgar
to be arrows shot at cattle by fairies. Teut. schot,
ghe-schot in de sjjde, seems to convey a similar idea,
as rendered by Kilian ; Telum, lateris morbus ; q. a
shaft, or shot in the side. But it is unfavourable to
this idea, that both these terms Peel-shot and Elf-shot
are used in that county (Fife) ; the former denoting
a lingering disease, the latter—sudden death, as if
the heart were pierced by the stroke of a bullet.
From the resemblance of the terms one might sup-
pose that this were the same with Pilsoucht, q. v. A
quite different disease, however, is signified by it;
and the latter part of the word varies considerably.
P E E L W E R S F I , adj. Wan, sickly in appear-
ance, West of S.
Composed perhaps of E. pale, or rather S. pcelie
meagre, and wersh. V. W A R S CUE, sense 3.
PEENE T h e sharp point of a mason's ham-
mer, South of S.
Teut. pinne spiculum, cuspis, aculeus. Quinti-
lian remarks that the Latins anciently denominated
any thing sharp pinn-a. To this source must we
trace E. pin.
T o P E E N G E , P I N G E , v. n. 1. T o complain,
&e.] Add;
" O Becky, if that useless peengmg thing of a las-
sie there,—that canna keep her neer-do-weel father
within bounds—if she had been but a lad-bairn, they
could nae hae sell'd the auld inheritance for that fool-
body's debts." Guy Mannering, ii. 34E
2. T o pretend poverty, S.] Add;
" I ne'er likit to be nip pit or pinging, gie me routh-
rie o' a' thing." Saxon and Gael, i. 121.
P E E N G I E , P E E N J I E , adj. Not able to endure
cold, Roxb.
ToPEEN JURE, T o hamper, to confine, Ayrs,
O.Fr. pongoir signifies a bolt.
P E E O Y , P I O Y E , s. A little quantity of moisten-
ed gunpowder, formed into a pyramidal shape,
and kindled at the top, S.
" He was apt to puff and fiz, and go off with a pluff of
angerlikenpioye." TheProvost,p. lf)E Pron.q.Peeoy.
P E E P , A feeble sound; T o play peep, to
utter such a sound ; a He darna play peep?
lie dare not let his voice be heard, S,
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P E E P E R , A mirror, a looking-glass, R o x b . ; " In consequence o f the inveteracy excited b y the
f r o m the E . v. ambitious pretensions o f E d w a r d I. to the Scottish
P E E P E R S , s.pl A cant term f o r spectacles, crown, an old Scottish parliament passed an act, o r -
Roxb. dering all the pecs-weeps nests to be demolished,
P E E P - S 3 V I A \ P I P E - S M A \ .?. A silly, useless, and their eggs to be broken ; assigning as a reason,
weak-minded person; o n e w h o is feeble b o t h in that these birds might not go south, and become a
b o d y and in mind, R o x b . • delicious repast to our unnatural enemies the E n g -
I should suppose that Peep were the preferable or- lish." A g r . Surv. F o r far s. p. 459. Hence,
thography, f r o m the common use of the phrase, as PEESWEEPY, adj. P o o r , pitiful, silly, w h i n i n g ,
applied to those who are still complaining o f poverty, Loth. A peesweepy creature, a whinging sort
" Ye're no sae puir, as ye peep" S. Should pipe- o f person.
snui be p r e f e r r e d ; it might be traced to Su.G. pip-a P E E S W E E P - L I K E , adj. H a v i n g sharp features,
tibiis eanere, to pipe, and smaa parvus, q. a feeble the appearance o f feebleness, and a shrill v o i c e ;
piping. q. " resembling a lapwing." T h u s one is d e -
PEEPIE-WEEPIE, adj. O f a whining disposition, nominated in contemptuous l a n g u a g e , 64 a jiees-
Ang. weep-like t h i n g , " F i f e .
This reduplic.'itive term may have been origi- T o P E E V E R , v. n. T o make water, S.O. V.
nally jwrpic-H'/trrpic, from t w o words nearly synony- under PEE, V.
mous ; peep and rrlu'cp, or Su.G. pip-a9 to utter a T o P E E U K , v. n. T o peep, to chirp, M o r a y ; s y -
shrill v o i c e , and HIRIP-a to w h o o p . V . P E P E , S\ non. Cheep; merely a variety o f Peak, Peek, q.v.
T o I M d l R , v. //. T o a p p e a r ; accounted a very P E E - Y V Y T , .v. 44 T h e green p l o v e r or l a p w i n g ; "
old word, R o x b . V. PEK, V. G l . Sibb., South o f S.
P E E R Y , (id). Sharp-looking, disposed to e x - This is nearly the same with the E. name Pervet.
amine very narrowly. V. PEESWEIP.
W e have been wasting our precious time here, P E G , s. " T h e ball shinie players play with
till folks have grown very peery; and when w e have G a l L E n c . ; apparently a peculiar use o f the E . ^ .
n o more goods or money to spend amongst them, P E G G I N G A W L , s. A kind o f awl used b y
the fellows will be for grabbing the ship." The shoemakers f o r entering t h e p e ^ o r w o o d e n pins
Pirate, iii. 78. driven into the heels o f shoes, T e v i o t d .
This is a cant E. word. " Pcery, inquisitive, sus- T o P E G H , v. n. T o puff, or breathe hard. V .
picious/' Grose's Class. Diet. PECII.
Evidently from E. to Peer, to examine narrowly.
P E G H I N (gutt.), T h e stomach, E t t r . F o r ,
P E E R I E , adj. T i m i d , fearful, R o x b .
V . P E C H A x.
O.Fr. peeur, fear ; pcureux, fearful.
T o P E G 1 I L E , v. n. See u n d e r PECH, V.
P E E R I E , adj. Little, small.] Add;
This term is used in the same sense in Fife, and P E G G V N E , some sort o f g o w n f o r a man.
in E . Loth. W e may undoubtedly view it as radi- — " xiiij ehi of quhite claith price xxviij s. a pe
cally allied to Norw. pir'd, a small or little person ; govne & a dowblate price x x s." &c. A c t . D o m . C o n c .
Hallager. A . 1492, p. 282. Q u . a pea-green n i g h t - g o w n ?
PEEHIE-WEERIE, ad). Ver.y little, Orkn. P'eerie- P E G P I E , s. " T h e magpie Gall. E n c y c l .
weerie-winkic, id. Shetl. P E G P U F F , " a y o u n g woman resembling an
T o P E E R I E , v. n. " T o purl, 11 S.O., G l . P i c k e n . o l d one in her manners Gall. E n c . ; evidently
P E E R I E W E E R I E , S. 1. A slow-running stream, a cant term.
Ayrs. P E Y A Y , interj. c c T h e call milk-maids m a k e f o r
2. A"! mysterious and hidden person, ibid. calves to c o m e to their mothers Gall. E n c .
P E E R Y - W E E R Y , adj. E x p r e s s i v e o f the This seems allied to Pees, q. v.
blinking motion o f small eyes, A y r s . PEICE. The Fest of Peice, Pasch or Easter.
H e is an elderly man, o f a composed appearance, " That lettrez b e directe—to warne all—that hes
, with something, however, o f a peery-weery twinkling rasit ony signaturis &c. that thai cum and pass vn-
about the een, which betrayed that he k n e w more der the said selis ordourlie as efferis betuix this and
than he let on." T h e Steam Boat, p. 295. the fest o f Peice next to cum." A c t s Mary 1542, E d .
P E E S , inter). A peculiar call m a d e to calves, 1814, p. 424. V. PAYS.

U p p . Clydes. T o P E I F E R , v. n. T o b e fretful, discontented,

P E E S K I E , s. A term used to denote short wool*, to whimper, R o x b . V. P Y F E R .
stunted grass, &c., Ayrs* Lat. pipire, to cry as chickens do.
PEESWEIP, A lapwing.] Add; P E I K , LEAD-PEIK, S. A long piece o f lead, used
cc Save at times the melancholious note o f thepeese- f o r ruling p a p e r , A b e r d .
weep, neither the sound nor the voice o f any thing P E I K M A N , ,9. T h e same with Pickle-Man.
tc A n e bannak o f fluir [[flour] gevin be thame [[the
living was heard there." R. Gilhaize, ii. 290.
In regard to this bird, an amusing account is baxteris] to thepeihnan o f the mylnis." Aberd. Reg.
given, b y one o f our Agricultural writers, o f an old P E I K T H A N K , adj. Ungrateful, unthankful;
act of Parliament, which, I suppose, stands only on generally conjoined with Pennyworth, as a r e -
the widely-extended roll o f popular tradition. p r o a c h f u l appellation f o r a person, A b e r d , ; ap«
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ss: ently b y an improper use of the E . s.

P E I L , s . « Equal, match to matchGLPicken,

Pick- Bot paine thair is na
T o cum to gloir,
srloir, and put away
rnal hellis paine, hot p
S.O. V. PEEL. Poems of the Sixteenth Century, p. £9.
T o P E I L E , v. a. To parte and peile.] L . 33, This, in the following stanza, is T
for Ibid. r. Acts Ja. V . 1540. Add;
When I threw out the idea, that Peil might be the P E I R L I N G , PEARLING, Pearl-fishing.
same with E. pile, I had not observed that this is the article against the patent—to James
favoured by the orthography of our term in that for the pcirliwr, &c.—'The article against
act of Parliament in which it first occurs. Mr. M ell will is patent of j W / i / i g / ' — A c t s Cha. I. Eel.
— " That na persounis dwelland outwith Bur- 1814, vol. V. 259,261.
rowis vse ony mercliandice : And that nane pak T o P E I S , FEISS, PESE, a. T o to
nor pile in Leith, nor vthers placis without the appease.] Add;
Kingis Burrowis vnder the pane of the escheting of O.E.—Pease. " I pease, I sty 11 one; Je i
the gudis to the Kingis vse, that beis tappit, sauld, Palsgr, B. iii. F. 316. " Peesyn, or styllvn. Padfieo.
pakit, or pilil agane this statute." Acts Ja. IV. 1503. Placo." Prompt. Parv.
c. 119. Edit. 1566. It is pele, however, in Ed. 1814. P E Y S L E , PEYZLE, A n y small tool used b y
2. T h e phrase packing andpeiling isnowmetaph. a rustic, R o x b .
used to denote unfair means o f carrying on trade Isl. pias-a adniti, moliri; q. the instrument with
in a corporation ; as when one, who is a free- which he attempts to do any work, however unfit
man, allows the use of his name in trade to for it.
another who has not this privilege, S. P E I S L E D , P Y S L I T , part. adj. Snug, in easy
circumstances ; as, " Robin Tod's a bien, fou,
poration, by seal of cause, in 1 5 3 6 , with exclusive v/eei-peislet b o d i e T e v i o t d .
privileges.—James Dunlop and others, merchants PEYSTER, A miser who feeds voraciously,
in Glasgow, Q 7 5 7 ] , entered into copartnery, pur- W e s t of S. Fr. paist-re to feed; or V . PEY-
posing upon their own stock and credit, to carry 011 ZAItT.
the manufactory of saddles, principally for exporta-
PEYVEE, " Nonsensical bustle, a ceremo-
tion* They assumed as partners three persons who
nious fluster Gall. Eric. V. P A V I E .
were freemen of the incorporation; and they set up
shop in their name. The incorporation brought an P E Y Z A R T , P E Y S A R T , adj. Parsimonious, nig-
"lem, concluding that the three sad- gardly, R o x b ,
he discharged to pack and peel with Isl. pias-a niti, adniti, pias nixus, and art nature ;
tid the merchants prohibited to q. " one who is of a striving nature, who still
in the iness appropriated to the i struggles to make money.1'
PEYZART, PEYSEKT, A niggard, a miser, ibid.
I'S goods." Faculty Decisions, Vol. PEKLE-PES, T h e name given to a hen,
II. p. 30, 31. (Edin. 1788.) from picking pease.
It must be admitted, however, that a Her best brod hen callit Lady Pekle pes.
be urged for preferring the sense of; Cock el hie Sow, v . 8 1 6 * V . P I C K L E , r.
certainly deserves consideration. As the goods thus P E L E , & C . S . A place of strength.] Add;
packed were generally, it would seem, for exporta- It seems highly probable that the origin is Lat.
tion,itmight be necessary that they should be gauged Phalae, oval towers; from Falae, Phalae, the pillars
or measured, to secure the duty imposed in this erected in the Circus. V . FYELL, PHIOLL.
case. Belg. peyler denotes a gauger, or one who The term Pala occurs in this in the Acts
measures thes quant
quantity of goods; as peyUen signifies of the Synod of Frankfort; so early as the year
to gauge 794.
PEIMANDER, In Alem. this had the form of Pal and Pfal. Schil-
— « It will utterlie ter defines Phala, castellum ligneum. Phah, in the
claime from Henricus de Sancto Claro,and also their Book of the Monastery of Ebersheim, denotes the
owne claime from Gulielmus de Sancto Claro, the place of judgment. The small palace of Julius Cae-
king's peimander, by his marriage with the eldest sar, erected near Treves, was called Pfalzlin. V.
daughter of one Malise, earl of Catteynes." Gordon's Schilter, vo. Pal.
Hist. Earls of Sutherl. p. 438. P E L E Y - W E R S H , adj. Sickly, Strathmore ;
Expl. as synon. with " the king's evidently the same with Peelie, only with the
L.B. panetarius. addition of Werslt, as descriptive of that insipid
i William Sinclare, the king's sort of look which often distinguishes a sickly
this disposition or forfaltrie person. V., W A R SHE..
of Malesius, and during the forfaltrie of the Earl of P E L L , Buttermilkverymuch soured,Ettr. For.
Eosse Ibid, p. 440. This term occurs in the proverbial phrase, As hit-
It seems, however, to be corr. from L.B. pig?ne?itar- ters pell, $.; sometimes, As salt's pell. For the
ius, pimentar-ius, a confectioner. sense attached to the expression is by no means de-
PEIR, Equal. Bot peir, matchless, unpa- finite. Shall we view this as a corr. of Fr.Jlel or Lat.
ralleled ; literally, without equal. . / r f , g a U ; q . as bitter as gall ?
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T o P E L L a dead-candle. V . PALE, V.
P E L L - C L A Y " , s. P u r e and very toiigli clay ;
sometimes called Ball-clay, Lanark s.
Fr. .pel, " lome ; dawbing, or plaister for the walls
o f a house;" Cotgr. Perhaps from C.B., as paeledu
signifies to plaister. Pell day may be the same as
hall clay, from C.B. pell a ball. V . B A L L - C L A Y .
P E L L E T , .$*. T h e skin o f a sheep without the
wool, l l o x b .
Tent, pell, Lat. pell-is, a skin ; L.B. pelt-is, pellis indeed. For, instead of a handful o f meal, the usual
depilata, E. pelt. V. PELLOTIS.
P E L L A C I V , ' P E L - L O C K , $.] Add;—A
porpoise,
S., Shctl.
This term is pronounced gutturally, D u m f r .
<c T h e pellochs had followed the fish amaist up to
the town, and heaps of them war catched at the
Castle-dykes, and as muckle oil gotten as kept mony
a cruzy gangin' the hale winter/' Dumfr. Paper,
Edin. Star, A u g . 1823.
PcHole is arc; distinguished from the Porpoise. A.
] " Et eiclem per unam pet ram de porpoys et
tres pellokis xv. T . " Comp. Cam. Scoe. 13.fil ; A c -
counts &c. i. 227*.
P E L L O C K , I " A ball, a bullet.] Add ; ^
That every landed man have a hagbut of foimde
— w i t h their calms, bullets, ax\<Xpellacs of lead," Sec.
Pink. H i s t ii. 407-
PELONIE, A sort o f dress. V . POLONIE-
PKLTIS HOYLL, an o p p r o b r i o u s designation given
to a female.
Maly Awaill was con wick it, & c. for mysperson-
y n g o f Besse Goldsmycht, call and her pellis hoyll"
Sc.c. Aberd. Beg. V . MIKPF.HSOXI x o .
Equivalent }nvhaps to tan-pit, (j. a hole for steep-
ing j whs or >kins in. V. BKI.LKT. Pel/, however,
is U.-ed by itx-lf as a term of reproach. V. DICT.
P E N , .v. A peak or conical top, generally in a
range o f hills; as, Penelirise-/;r//, Skelfhi]i-/>£'w,
R o x b . ; Ettrick-/;6'?/, Selkirks.; Eskdale-muir-
pe7i, D u m f r .
<f Lee Pen is a high and pointed hill of a pyrami-
dieal shape: 011 its summit, 2150 feet above the sea's
flow, is an immense quantity of small stones." Stat.
Aec. Inverleithen.
<> Hills are variously named, according to their
magnitude, as Law, Peri, Kipp, Coom, D o d , Craig,
Fell, T o p , D r u m , Tor, Watch, Rig, Edge, Know,
K n o c k , Mount, Kaim, Bank, Hope, Head, Cleugh-
head, Gare, Scarr, Height, Shank, Brae, Kneis," &c.
Armstrong's Comp. Maps of Peebles. V. Notes to
Pennecuik's Tweedd. p. 50, 51.
These designations, it is evident, are not given in
order, or as expressive of the relative magnitude of
hills. Nor do they all respect magnitude, several of
them merely denoting the peculiar form, as Rig,
Shank, &c.
" Pen, in the British, and Armoric, as well as in
ancient Gaulish, signifies a head, a chief, the begin-
ning, the top, or summit, a cape, a promontory."
Caledonia, i. 55.
In Gael, h is used for p, as in beinn, a mountain, a
hill, the summit. Cluverius in his German Antiq.
B. i. p. 188, s a y s ; Excelsarum rerum summitates
dicimus pitmen, et singular! numero pin. But Wach-
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ter views the word as Celtic,- observing that, f r o m
this primitive, the Latins formed Penninus and Apen*
nimis ; and that the deity worshipped on the summit
of the Alps was hence called Deus Penninus. This
is supposed to have been the Celtic Jupiter, w h o m
the Germans called Pinn. V . Wachter, vo. PJin, P'nm,
summitas.
P E N , s. Part o f a stem o f cole wort, C l y d c s .
" The fate of mendicants at that period was hard
alms in the farm-houses of the south-western coun-
ties of Scotland, a beggar received nothing but a
kail-castock, or pen, that is, the thick rib up the
middle of the eolewort stalk." Edin. Mag. Oct.
1818, p. 380.
This refers to " the dear years at the beginning o f
last century/'
Probably of C.B. origin ; pen signifying an extre-
mitv or e n d ; O w e n .
P E N , A*. T h e clung o f fowls. V. HEN-PEK.
P E N , .s'. E x pi. 4 4 an old saucy man, with a sharp
nose;' 1 Gall. E n c y e l .
This, like many others in this singular collection,
seems merely cant.
* T o P E N , v. 71. T o take snuff with a quill, o r
something made in a similar f o r m ; originally
used as a frugal plan ; A b e r d .
P E N , PENN, S. A small conduit, D u m f r . ; "a
s e w e r G a l l . Encycl.
Perhaps corr. from Pend, q. one that is arched.
P E N C E F t T , P E N S E F U 1 , adj. P r o u d , self-con-
ceited, A y r s .
I dare do naetliing now but g l o u r ;
Nor thus be fash't wi' three or four
Sic pence fa' breed.
Pickens Poems 1786", p. 6*2. V. P e n s y ,
P E N C K , .v. 2. Benches, the c o m m o n name f o r
tripe.j Add;—or the entrails o f an animal, S.
Upo' the b r o w he sits, and round him deals,
Unto his unfledg'd sons, the fleshy feast.
Himself wiJ penches staw'd, he dights his neb,
A n d to the sun, in drowsy m o o d , spreads out
His boozy tail. Davidson's Seasons, p. 8.
P E N D , s. E A n arch.} Add;
(£ Fornix, a pend or vault." Despaut.Gram. A . i 2, b.
They came all riding up the gate to St. M a -
char's kirk, ordained our Lord Jesus Christ his arms
to be cut out of the fore front o f the pidpit thereof,
and to take down the portraiture of the blessed V i r -
gin Mary and our Saviour in her arms, that had
stood since the up putting thereof, in curious w o r k ,
under the ceiling at the west end of the pend, where-
on the great steeple stands, unmoved till n o w . " Spal-
ding, i. 246.
P e x d - S T A X E , S. A stone for building an arch, as
contradistinguished f r o m such as are used f o r a
wall, S.
« F y W scoir layd o f pendsianis & vj scoir xv laid is
of wall stanis." A b e r d . Reg. A . 1535, V. 15.
P k x d e d , PEND IT, part. pa. A r c h e d , S.
A bra place this for a skoug—sicean a gousty
lump O black pe.nded stanewark's 110 in SL Crail pa-
rish." Tennant's Card. Beaton, p. 113.
" T h e gulf was crammed sae fu', as that ane could
 P E N
hae gane ower it like a pendit brigg." Blackw. Mag.
Mar. 1823, p. 320.
PENDE, A pendant.] Add;
Item a brasselat of gold with hede & -pendcs of
<c
gold." Inventories, A . 1488, p.
" Ane reyd belt with heyd pendcs & four stuthis of
syluer." Aberd. Reg. V. 15, p. 720.
P E N D I C E , PENDACE, of a buckle, &c.] Add;
" I sell leid ye to the place—quhar thou tynt the
pendace of thi belt." Aberd. Reg. A. 1588, V. 1().
te Pendass of ane silwer belt." Ibid. Cent. 1 ().
P E N D I C L E , s. 1. A small piece of ground.]
Add ;
I find this term used in a deed, A. 1556.
cc Glf ony man be infeft in landis, &c. the King,
nor na other man, without his consent, may not in-
feft or dispone the samin, or ony part, pendicle, or
pertinent thairof, to ony uther person/' Balfour's
Pract. p. 156'.
3. A n appendage, one thing attached to another;
a privilege connected with any office or dignity.
— " That in all tyme heireftir the keiping of the
saidis signettis shall be at the disposition!! of his ma-
iesteis secretaire present and to come, as a particular
pendicle of the said office of secretaire, vndisponable
in ony sorte and vnseperable thairfra." Acts Ja. VI.
1609, Ed. 1814, p. 448.
" T h e heads of our sufferings are his crown and the
pendicles of it; were it not so, we would soon yield
and give it over." Society Con ten dings, p. 147-
4. A n y form in law depending on, or resulting
from, another.
cc My lord Governour, &c. referris & remittis the
summondis vnderwrittin, and all poyntis and pen-
diklis of the samin—to—Dauid Wod of the Craig hir
grace comptroller for hir intres," &c. Acts Mary
1542, Ed. 1814, p. 424.
P E N D L E , P E N D U L E , S. A pendant, an ear-ring.
" Yea, one pendule of his crown should not be
yielded, though it should cost us all our lives." So-
ciety Contendings, p. 188.
She's got pen dies i n her lugs,
Cockleshells wad set her better.
Rem. Nithsd, and Gall. Song, p. 10.
This word is still used, in the same sense, but lu-
dicrously, Ettr. For,
Fr. pendille, " a thing that hangs danglingly
Cotgr. V. P E N D E . * who "derive Sw. paenings id. from S11.G. paen-a cu-
P E N E K I S , s. pi
" That Robert of Douglas, &c. sail—pay to mais-
ter Andro Stewart provest of Linclouden—for thre
chalder of malt, & thre chalder of mele, for ilk boll
x s. & for vj wether is for ilk pece axx d., aucht be
thaim for the teindis of twa penekis, as was prefit be-
fore the lordis." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1480, p. 58.
Can this be a corr, of L.R. pannag-ium, the right
of feeding swine in a wood or forest ?
P E N E T K J V E , adj. Penetrative.
" Brutus, with tliir and mail* pe net rive wourdis
opinly rahersit ill his orisoun,—movit the pepill,"
Sec. Bellend. T. Li v. p. 104.
P E N - F A U L D , 6\ T h e close or yard near a
farmer's house for holding his cattle, l l o x b .
T h e same with E . pin-fbkk
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P E N - G U N , s. A quill, open at each end, used
as an offensive weapon by children. S.
" Pen-guns are made and fired at the season when
the turnip first comes to market; which turnip, cut
in thin slices, and bored through with the quill,
forms the charge." Blackw. Mag. Aug. 1821, p. 35.
C£ Pen-gu?ia pop-gun Gl. Antiq.
To crack like a pen-gun, to be very loquacious, S.
" Ye ken as weel as me—that naething louses the
jaw like a soup drink ;—sae e'en let's get a mouth-
fu', niaister, and then I'll crack like a pen-gun." St.
Johnstoun, ii. 199.
PENKLE, A rag, a fragment, Pertlis. Lat.
panmcul-ns, id.
PENNED, pari. pa. Arched ; more properly
j)ended, S.
" Major Learmont—was taken in his own house,
within three miles of Lanark, in a vault which he
diged under ground, and penned for his hiding."
Law's Memorialls, p. 216.
P E N N E R , P E K N A R , S. A pencase. « So it is
called in Scotland," says Dr. Johns.
Heels-o'er-goudie coupit he,
And rave his guid horn penner
I11 bits that day.
Christmas Baing, Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 127.
" Penner & inkhornes ilk tuo grosse," &c. Acts
Cha. II. Ed. 1814, VII. 253.
" ix pennaris, the price vj d." Aberd. Reg. A.
1545, V. 19. V. PENNIRTH.
* P E N N Y , s. Used as an indefinite designation
o f money, without any respect to its relative
value ; a coin.
" That thair be cunyeit ane penny of silvir callit
the Mary Ryall,—of weicht ane mice Troie weicht,"
See. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1565, Keith's Hist. App.
p. 118. V. MARY RYALL.
This was in fact a crown in value, 01* as more com-
monly expressed, a dollar. But this application of
the term corresponds with its original use. A.S. pe-
nig is not only used for the Roman denarius, but to
denote the Jewish shekel. Teiit. penni nek and Germ.
pen n ig are both rendered by Lat. nummus. Wach-
ter deduces the term from C.B. pen, the head, be-
cause the Roman money bore the heads of emperors,
& c . ; and seems much out of humour with Verelius,
and also with his learned annotator Car. Lundius,
dere, signare, Not. p. 1 ; as'Verel. vo. Pacnlri vel
Paenat, cusum, had referred to the same v. Wach-
ter, as if he had imbibed all the warmth of the old
Cambrian spirit, not only affirms that Goth. penlarar}
a money er, is manifestly from inonctarius, with a ehange
of the labial letters only, and paenat from moneia ;
but boldly affirms, in opposition to the testimony of
both Verelius and Lundius, that paena is a Jictitioiis
verb, which had never till that time been taken no-
tice of by any author,—as if these good men had in-
deed coined it for the purpose of supplying them
with an etymon. It has, however, kept its ground,
For Ihre introduces it as signifying, extendere, in la-
tum deducere; which completely corresponds with
the ancient mode of beating out or hammering
money ; and Serenius affirms that in the Su.G* it is
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perfectly well known. Thus, o f silvir"" he expl. i t F o r B e l g . pemdngmaester is «
merely signifies a coin of silver, or a i o f silver a receiver / ' Sewel.
.money, PENNY-PIG A piece of crockery formerly used
To •" PENNY of a thing, t o convert it into f o r h o l d i n g m o n e y ; apparently what is n o w
b y the sale o f it.
That lettrez be direct to the Schiref o f D r u m - .fictilis, a penny pig." W e d d e r b u r n ' s V o -
fres to distrenye the said Dauid his landis & gudis, cab. p. 13.
& male penny o f thaim for the payment o f the said P E N N Y S I L L E R , S. A term used ib express an i n -
some, & frething o f the said Symone of the said b o - . definite quantity o f m o n e y , S.
rowgang." A c t . Audit. A . 1474, p. 32 ; also A c t .
" I was somewhat daunted, and withdrew m y s e l f
Dora. Cone. A . 1488, p. 110.
to call upon sister Babie, w h o fears neither d o g nor
Sw. vaenda nagot i pennin^ar, to make m o n e y o f
devil, when there is in question the little penny sil-
a thing ; W i d e g . Su.G. penning and Germ, pfennige
ler." T h e Pirate, iii. 57-
signify money in general, in consequence o f the c o m -
a term in law deeds, signifying the
P E N N Y UTOLE,
symbol Used for the infefttiient or resignation
PENNY-FEE, s. W a g e s paid in m o n e y , S .
of an annual rent. This term is peculiar to
" H e said, it wasna in m y heart,—to pit a puir
Aberdeen.
lad like himsell—that had na handing but his penny-
fee, to sic a hardship as this." R o b Roy, ii. 232.' " T h e lords f o u n d that the resignation o f an an-
No paltry vagrant piper-carle is he, nualrent out o f a tenement in Aberdeen in the year
Whose base-brib'd drone whiffs out its wind 1720, being made with the symbol o f a penny utole,
for hire, and not with the lawful symbols o f staff and baston,
W h o , having stroll'd all day for was therefore, upon the act o f sederunt 1708, v o i d
Couches at night with oxen in the' and n u l l / ' Kilkerran, p. 5 0 4 . V. UTOLE.
Anster Fair, c. ii. st. 45. P E N N Y - W H E E P , P E N N Y - W H I P , ,9. T h e weakest
P E N N Y - F R I E N \ S. A d e c e i t f u l interested f r i e n d , kind o f small b e e r , sold at a penny p e r b o t t l e , S.
Clydes. " T w e n t y years b a c k — t h e poor man c o u l d — h a v e
P E N N Y M A I L , s. 1. R e n t p a i d in m o n e y . ] Add; his amorie filled with " ~ Die some provisions atj
rate, and was able to get desirably tipsy upon
— " A n d as to the caponis & liereyelde liors, be-
whip for twopence/ 1 Blackw. Mag. D e c . 1821, p. 6 9 i .
causs the said James allegiis that he has the said landis
Unlike the p o o r , smay penny-wheep,
in tak for penny male alanerly,—assignis the samyn
W h i l k worthless, petty change-folk
day to the said'is tutoris to preif that the said James
— I ' v e seen m e j o y o u s frisk an'
tuk the said hery eld hors, & the avale o f h i m / ' A c t .
Audit. A . 14,98, p. 147-
Wi* Allan's ale. TannahiWs Wslpoeins,
. p. 81.
Penny-whip, id. Gl. Lancash.
P E M N I E U L A I N C H , s. 1 . A phrase o c c u r r i n g in
m a n y ancient charters, apparently d e n o t i n g the P E N N I R T H , s. A pencase, o r case f o r h o l d -
p a y m e n t o f a silver penny as quitrent, S. i n g pens, generally^ made o f tin, Perths.
It seems to have been b o r r o w e d from the Pr. phrase
Denier Mane, Lat. Denarius Aldus, a denomination o f
silver money current in France at least from the reign P E N S Y , P E ^ S I E , adj. L Having a mixture o f
o f Philip V I . ( A . 1349). O f this there were two self-conceit, & c . ] Add to e t y m o n ;
kinds, the Gros or Great, and Petit or S m a l l The It may, however, b e corr. f r o m Gael, Gae feinspeis,
great denier was in value about fifteen deniers o f self- o f f e i n self, and\peis l i k -
c o p p e r ; the latter being valued as the tenth part o f ing,
an English p e n n y . Besides the Denier Blanc, they PENSIENESS, Self-conceitedness and affecta-
had also the Denier Noir. Cotgr. defines Monnoye tion, S.
noire, " brasse, copper, or iron coin, unsilvered." But
P E N T E I S S I S , s. pi
it would appear that these had sometimes a small p r o -
" G i f thair b e o n y penteissis3 that is under stain's,
portion o f silver, or were Washed with it. Hence
haldin on the fore-gait, or farder furth nor the law
the designation given b y our ancestors to the base
per mitt is/' Chalm. A i r , Balfour's Pract. p. 588.
m o n e y introduced b y James I I I . , Black money. Du
This is Undoubtedly a corr. o £ penthouses, sheds.
Cange defines Blancus 2. Monetae minutioris argen-
P E P , s. A cherry-stone, S. V. PAIP.
teae vel aere et argento mixtae species.
PEPPOCH, S. T h e store o f cherry-stones f r o m
52. A f t e r w a r d s the phrase was transferred to the
particular m o d e >< o f h o l d i n g lands. V . B L A N C H E . w h i c h the castles of peps are supplied ; called
A term formerly used in S. a l s o Peeddow, Roxb.
f o r the treasurer o f a t o w n , society, or c o r p o r a t e T o P E P P E N , v. a. T o bring up young per-
body ; now Box^master* sons, o r beasts, with such delicate fare, so little
e x p o s e d to the weather, and in so m u c h i n d o -
F e * ' Verb. Sign. vo. Fer- l e n c e , as to r e n d e r them unfit f o r the duties o f
life, or for labour. It most f r e q u e n t l y d e n o t e s
who such improper management o f a daughter b y
Dutch wc her mother, M o r a y .
. might h e have said this o f the Pappant, sense is evidently the part; pa. o f this
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V. Instead of deriving it from Teut. poppen, the dolls ^ Lat. _
o f children, as under Pappant, perhaps it may be king or co
viewed as having more resemblance to Teut. pappe, PERELT, with palsy5
pap, milk-porridge, as denoting soft nutriment; if Roxb.
not to Lat. pappas, used by Juvenal to denote a fos-
P E R E M P O R , P E R E M F E R , adj. Precise, ex^
tremely nice, Loth.
I ^ F P E i ^ ^ R N E ! s. 6 A hand-null used for
P E R E M P T O R S , s. pl " He's ay u p o n his
grinding pepper, F i f e . Y . C U R N ,
perempers" he's always so precise, L o t h .
PEPPERCURNS. T h e same word is used in pi. to
denote a simple machine for grinding pepper, Evidently borrowed from a term frequently used
consisting of a piece o f wood about six inches in out courts o f law. Y. PEREMPTOUU.
in length, and three in breadth, in the middle P E R E M P T O U R , ,9. Apparently Used in the
o f which a hole is bored, but not quite to the o f an allegation for the purpose of defence,
bottom, of about t w o inches in diameter ; in " In this they selvis traitouris, and
this aperture a few grains o f pepper are put, and I bound to answir thame, nor yit there ac-
till that they give answir to my percmp-
by means o f a handle, into which some rough
ir." R. Bannatynes Transact, p. 110.
nails are driven at the lower end, the pepper is
This term is obviously borrowed from the lan-
bruised till it be fit f o r use, Teviotdale.
of our law, Which distinguishes between de-
The latter syllable is evidently the same with quern, dilatoty and those called peremptory, which are
a handmill, Su.G. qrvarn. It nearly resembles the defined to be "positive allegations, whichfenter into
oldest form of the word, in Moes.G. quaimus, id. the merits of the cause itself, and tend to overthrow
F E R A L I N , P E R A L I N G , S. the very ground of action, or extinguish its effects."
" That William Striuiling brother to the lard o f Ersk. Inst. B. iv. T. i. § 66.
Keresall restore—twa gownis price iijli. a clok price Fr. peremptoire, " a peremptory rule which de-
xx s. a pare of dovne coddis £down pillows] price
vj s. a blew per alin of w or set cont id v eln price T o P E R F Y T E , V. finish, to accomplish, to
X s.," &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A . L p. 106. bring to perfection.
Perhaps q. a blue apparelling or dress of " W e pray yott that ye will—ernestlie requeir hir
• uses paraille, contr. from the Fr.term for ap- for sum perfectioun in i t : — A n d quhensoevir scho
thinkis gude to perfyte the same, we will at hir ad-
ne thise vertisement, gif scho schall think it meit, send sum
frett hem never a del. Of ours to attend thairupoun" Instructions from Q.
* Bathes, Prel v. 6143. Mary, 1566, Keiths Hist. p. 362.
" A peraling of the hall" is mentioned as an arti- " He was induced to send her for three
cle of houshold furniture, Acts lit sup. p. 131, per- to Edinbnrgh, there, and in that time, to ]
haps as denoting some sort o f tapestry for said, f w f a
the principal apartment. boarding-school education." The Entail, i. 96.
P E R C E F T I O U N E , s. T h e act o f gathering " I understand it will take five or sax years to per-
or receiving rents, &c. Jyte him in that language." Campbell, i. 23.
« The lordis—deliueris, that for ocht that thai haf PEREYTIT,part. adj. Perfect, complete, Ettr. F o r .
yit sene Alex 1 Inness of that ilk dois wrang in the P E R F O R C E , s. T h e designation given to a
vptaking, and withhalde, o f the particular•officer
officer in a regiment.
of the landis o f M e n e d y , " Sic " With power to the said Colonel to nominat and
Audit. A . 1494, p. 184. appoynt a quartermaster, a chirurgiane, & a per-
Fr. perception, « a gathering, taking, receiving, force, to the said regiment.—The pay of the
termaster—td be 45 lib. monethlie—of the
P E R D U E , adj. Driven to the last extremity, so giane—45 lib. The pay of thepirforce t
as to use violent means. 18 lib." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 47.
" It was indeed full time to stop MacEagh's pro- I find that, in a subsequent act, according to which
ceedings ; for not finding the private passage rea- the chirurgian has 45 lib. per month, the pay of the
dily,—he had caught down a sword and target,— major bears the same proportion as that of
with the purpose, doubtless, of fighting his way called the perforce, being 18 lib. Ib. p. 255,
through all opposition.—' Hold, while you live/ Most probably drum-major, from Fr. parforc-er;
trhispered Dalgetty, laying hold on him ; < we must " to strive,—to do his best or utmost;" Cotgr.
ftot be perdue if possible." Leg. Montr. Tales, 3d F E R G A D D U S , s. A heavy fall or blow, Mearns.
Ser. iv. 115. Whether allied to Gael, eaid-am, or Lat.
Fr. perdu u past hope of recovery; ungracious, or to fall, is quite uncertain.
P E R J I N K , adj. 1 . E x a c t , precise.] Add;
P E R D U E L L I O N , s. A designation for treason, " All my things were kept b y her in a most p
borrowed from the R o m a n law. jinct and excellent order, but they soon fell into
" There's no a calland that e'er carried a pock wi* of the Parish, p . !
a process in't, but will tell you that perduellion is the to
worst and most Virulent kind o f treason." Tales, it was not at all in the same fine style of language that
2d Ser. i. 309'. the traveller employed, but In a queer perjink kind
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o f a way, that gave neither of us any thing like sa- expl. it, Parietes coemento incrustare; deriving it
tisfaction." T h e Steam-boat, p. 23. from Lat. parict-are. H e observes that pargett-er
P L R I L S , P K K I . S , .V. A n involuntary shaking o f seems to have been an G.Fr. v., although now gone
the head or limns in consequence o f a paraly- into disuse.
tic aMedion, R o x b . , Be r wicks. Thus pershiliie may be corr. from pargitte ; q.
l;v. /xindj/.sic, id. V. PERLASY. crusted over, stiffened as with plaister.
P E R EPF., a<!}. s k i l l e d ; L a t . perit-us. PERSYxVLL.
" We the saidis abbot and conuent understanclis — A n e fair syluer bassing with ane syluer lawer
the said Maister ] lary—has made under him glide baith per si) all g y l t . — T w a fair syluer salt fattis, and
and peril e scolaris.'' Chart. Ja. V . 1529* Life of Mel- dubill ourgilt, maid in the stypell fessone, the other
ville, i. 45J). on the bel fassone per si) all gylt." Deed of Mortifi-
P E R K, .y. 1. A pole, a p e r c h , Ayrs. cation, Arbuthnot of that Ilk, A . 1604, M S .
2. A rope extended for holding any tiling in a P E R S I L , s. Parsley, an herb, S . ] Add;
cc Perroselinum, persileWedderb. Vocab. p. 18.
house, ibid. L . B . pcrc-a, id.
P E R L A S S E N T , pari. pr. Parleying, in parley. P E R S O N A R I S , s. pi. Conjunct possessors.
if And when thev [^tlie marc.hmen] perceiued that " Anent the terme assignit to William Chan cel-
tliei had IN-IK* spied, tiiei h;uu* begun one to run at lar e & Marioune Inglis personaris of the landis of
another, hut so appanumtly prrlaxsctil, as the look- Richertoune/' &c. Act. Audit. A . 1489, p. 146. V .
ers on i-e.-eiii(>lecl t heir ehasyng like the running at P A R S E N E R E a n d P O R T I O N E R .
ba>e, In ;in \ plondish toun, whear iJu; match is made P E R T I C I A N E , ,.9. A practitioner, an adept.
I'ov u (jii;:!l f.*f good ale; <>r like the play in Robin Knawing myne vnsufficience
( t.•(;!.> -kole, whear bicaus t he? punier may lerne, thei T o be comprysit perticianc with prudence,
sirike fewu Mrokes. but by absent & appointment." I propone nocht as wiss presumpteouss.
Patten's Soinerr-ct's Expedieion, p. 70—7. Colkelljie Saw, Prohem.
From Fr. narler, to speak ; to parley. Fr. praclicien, a practitioner in law, O.Fr. pra~
P E R N S K Y E E of ttky mux, a certain number o f licie, pratique,
skins, R e c o r d s of A b e r d . P E R T I N E R , s. A partner in any undertaking
Su.G. skj/t is UMMI in the numeration of handfuls or business.
of corn, or of sueh quantities as may be lifted on a — " Decernis—the said contracte to be null—and
pitchfork; denoting five, ten, or even twenty; I lire. or dan is the saidis takismen, pertineris, cunycouris,
Pet ma denotes a cover. Were the last part of the and vtheris officiaris, to desist and ceis from all strik-
word Fr., we might trace the first to peron, a lea- ing and cunyeing o f onie further of the said cunye in
thern hag". Perhaps an errat. for Piimakle, q. v. onie tyme heirefter." Acts Ja. V I . 1581, Ed. 1814,
P E I E P E T E A N A , -V. A kind of woollen cloth. p. 215.
11 is Maicstie—doth e.-tabli.di particular socie- The E. word was formerly written partener.
ties—as the first niodenie societies—for makeing of P E S S , <s'. Pease.
•—cottons, sempeternurns, eaM ilians, pcrpeluanaes and " Patric Hume o f Pollurt had & has in Mersing-
other wollen stalls and cloaths." Acts Cha. II. 1661, toune—vj bolle ber sawin, & iiij bolle pess sawin,"
vol. V I I . 255. &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A . 1479, p . 46.
P E R P L E , s. A wooden partition, South o f S. P E S S E P I E , apparently a p y e baked f o r Easter,
PEEPLIK 5 s. A wall made o f cat and clay, be- — W i ' his neb boonermost,
tween the kitchen and the spence o f a cottage, An' his doup downermost,
R o x b . ; corr. f r o m Per pen ^ a partition, q. v. A n ' his flype hindermost,
P E R Q U E E R , adv. E x a c t l y , &c.] Add ; Like a Pesse pie.
Mr. James Melville writes it par eeitr; which in- Jacobile Relics, i. 25.
dicates the pronunciation of his age, if not his own This seems to be one of the many disguised forms
idea of the origin of the term. which the old word Pasch has assumed. V. P A Y S ,
cc I had tean delyt at the grammar schole to heir P A S , &c.
reid and sung the verses ofVirgill,—and hard £ h a d ? ] T o P E T , F E T T L E , v. a. 1. T o f o n d l e , & c . J Add;
mikle of him par ceur, bot I under stud never a lyne " Pel lie, to fondle, dandle, or f l a t t e r G l . Picken,
of him till then/' Diary, Life of Melville, i. 429. 2. T o feed delicately, to pamper, S.
P E R R A K I T , s. A designation given, in F i f e , P E T , s. A term applied to a g o o d day when the
to a sagacious, talkative, or active c h i l d ; ap- weather is generally bad. I t is c o m m o n l y said,
parently corr. f r o m E . par roquet, " I fear this day will be a pet? Renfr. Pet-
P E R S H I T T I E , adj. Precise, prim, S . ] Add; day, Gall.
Since the publication of the former part o f this " Pelt-days, g o o d days among foul weather;" Gall,
work, I have observed that permitted must literally Encycl.
signify, plaistered, or covered with white l i m e ; as This is evidently a cant use of the E. word, as re«*
being undoubtedly the same word with that used by ferring to the partial and exclusive kindness shewn
Palsgrave. ee I parget, or whyte l y m e ; Je vnis,—* to a favourite.
and Je blanchis.—I wyll per get m y walles, for it is a T o P E T , v. n. T o take offence, to be in b a d
better svght." B. iii. F. 313, a. h u m o u r , at any thing, to be in a pet.
iC A s w e were to goe, several gentlemen inclined to
Parget is still used in this sense in E. Skinner
m
 P E T
have gone with us; but the Erie petting at it, for-
bare and stayed there." Sir P. Hume's Narrative,
p. 42.
Johns, says of the s.cc This word is of doubtful ori-
gin ; from despit, Fr.; or impetus, Lat.; perhaps it may
be derived some way from petit, as it implies only a lit-
tle fume or fret." Serenius, with far more reason, re-
fers to Su.G. pytt, inter]. indignantis et eontemnentis.
PET AGOG, P e d a g o g u e , tutor.
f<r That Archibald Dowglas, &c. is restand awand
to maistir Jolmne Dowglas, sumtyme pelagog to the
said Archibald the sowrae of foure hundreth niarkis
money, for certane furnesing maid be the said Mr.
Jolmne to him in the pairtis of France of ane lang
tyme past." Acts Ja. V L J.081, Ed. 1814, p. 234?.
P E T C L A Y T H , s. V. PAITCLAYTH.
P E T E R ' S P L E U G H , " the constellation Ursa
Major Gall. E n c y c l . ; u n d o u b t e d l y denomi-
nated in honour o f Peter the Apostle. V. P L E U C H .
P E T E I , s. A steep and narrow w a y , a foot-path
on an acclivity.] Add;
A learned friend remarks that this is inaccurately
defined; as a peth is a road up a steep brae, but is not
necessarily to be understood to be a narrow or foot-
path. On the contrary, that the most o f peths are on
public r o a d s ; as Kirkliston peth on the highway be-
tween Edinburgh and Linlithgow ; Path-head, near
Kirkakly, on the road from Kinghorn to Cupar-
Fife, &c.
Patten, in his account o f Somerset's Expedicion,
gives an etymon o f the name given to the Peas, n o w
the Peas Bridge, Berwieks., which I have not ob-
served elsewhere.
" W e marched an viii. mile til we came to a place
called The Peaths.—So stepe be these bankes on ey-
ther syde and depe to the bottom, that who goeth
straight downe shalbe in daunger of tumbling, & the
commer vp so, sure of puffyng & payne: for remedie
wherof, the trauailers that way hauevsed to pas it, not
by going directly, but b y paths & foot ways leading
slopewise, of the number of which paths, they call it
(somwhat nicely in dede) The PeathsDaly ell's
Fragments, p. 32.
It may be viewed as a confirmation of this etymon,
that the mod. name o f the parish, in which this ra-
vine lies, is Cockbum's-Path, as it was anciently called
Colbrand's-Path. V. Statist. A c c . xiii. 221.
PETTIER, A pedlar, R o x b .
T h y post shall be to guard the door,
A n bark at pet hers, boys, an' whips ;
O f cats an' hens to clear the floor,
An5 bite the flaes that vex thy hips.
Hoggs Mountain Bard, p. 188.
ff Y e needna treat a pethcr after he bans he's fow,"
Prov.; more commonly, " Y e needna bid a chapman
cheese after he bans." This is merely the old term
Peddir, Pedder, (q. v.) as vulgarly pronounced.
P E T H L I N S , adv. B y a steep declivity. V.
PATHLINS.
P E T Y R M E S , P E T E R M A S , S. 1. C £ Day
of St.
Peter and St. Paul, 29th J u n e ; " D . Macphers.
" Petermas nixt cumis." Aberd. Reg. A . 1548, V. 20.
2. A s q u a b b l e ; properly at a feast or entertain-
m e n t : Strathmore.
207
P E V
This term evidently refers to the broils which fre-
quently occur at fairs. A s these were anciently held
at the times of the festivals, they still inmost instances
retain the names of the Popish Saints, as Si. James's
Fair, St. Boswell's Fair, Andersmas Market, &c. Thus
Petermas properly denotes the Mass consecrated to
the Apostle Peter, or celebrated on the day which
bears his name.
P E T I T T O E S , s. pi T h e feet of pigs, T e v i o t d .
Perhaps from O.Fr. pelitose, £( the°garbage o f
fowle," _Cotgr. He expl. la petite oj/e, "'the gib-
lets, &c. also, the belly, and inwards or intralls, of
other edible creatures from pel if little, and oije a
goose. .
P E T - L O L L , $. A favourite, a darling, R o x b . ;
from pet, id. and perhaps Eelg. loll,-en, Su.G.
lull-a, can ere.
PETMOW, Dross o f peats. Y . P E A T - M O W .
P E T T , P E T T I T , S. T h e skin o f a sheep without
the wool, R o x b . ; evidently the same with Pelt9
id. A . B o r . Grose. T e n t , and S u . G . pels, pedis.
P E T T I C O A T T A I L S , the name given to a
species of cake baked with butter, used as tea-
bread, S.
Never had there been—such making of car cakes
and sweet scones, Selkirk bannocks, cookies, and pci-
ticoat-tails, delicacies little known to the present ge-
neration." Bride of Lammermoor, ii. 285.
ec For Petticoat tails, take the same proportion of
butter as for Short Bread," &e. Collection o f Re-
ceipts, p. 3.
The general idea is, that this kind of cake is deno-
minated from its resemblance to a section o f a pet*
iicoat. For a circular cake, when a smaller circle has
been taken out of the middle, is divided into eight
quarters. But a literary friend has suggested that
the term has probably a Fr. origin, q. petit gasteau,
a little cake.
The old form of this word is petit gastel. There
is another similar term, Pelib~cote, which is the name
o f a kind of biscuit or cake, baked for the purpose
o f being eaten with wine. It is shaped somewhat
in a triangular f o r m ; and it has been supposed that
it receives the name, from the thin or small side be-
ing dipped in the wine,
PETTE' QUARTER. " A n e pette quarter of
salt." A b e r d . R e g . A . 1 5 4 1 , V. 17.
Apparently a measure introduced from France,
q. " a small quarter," referring perhaps to twenty-
five, instead of twenty-eight, which is the fourth of
<f the lang lnmder wecht."
P E T T I E - P A N , s. A white-iron mould f o r pas-
try, R o x b . ; probably f r o m F r . pciil little.
P E T T I E - P O I N T , s. A particular sort o f sew-
ing stitch, R o x b .
To PETTLE. V . P E T , Z;.
P E T T L E S , s. pi T h e feet, A y r s .
Through glaury holes an' dybes nae mair
Ye'll ward my peltles frae the lair.
Bicken's Poems 1788, p. 38.
A dim in. from Tent, puile, planta pedis, Fr. pied
a f o o t , or frompiettaille footing; peteUr, to trample
P E U D E N E T E , PUDINETE, R
 P E W P H I
ie g o w n oolf b l a k velvott, with ane 1
o f g o l d and silvir, lynit with
P Oh, Doctor,-

not play pew to y o u . " Sir A . W y l i e , ii. 134.

T h e phrase, as thus used, w o u l d seem to b e bor-
and harit with pendente, with bodeis and slevis o f r o w e d A-om the p e e p i n g and fi
the samyne." Ibid. p. 100. Pudinete, p. 32. b y a c h i c k or very small bird.
T h e first syllable is most probably from F r . peau, £ I t i s a ] s o used in a different f o r m ,
a skin, as denoting some species o f fur. j c w (m M m it h a d n 0

P E U G I I , interj. E x p r e s s i v e o f c o n t e m p t , S. A . h i „ i whatsoever.
PugK E. ^ This phraseology m i g h t indicate affinity to Isl.pu-a
« Difficulty in marrying a maid with light blue aspirare, expl. b y
e y e s — a n d that maid an English one t o o ? Peugh / Haldorson ; q. " it had no
m y lady." Perils o f Man, iii. 382. breath of air." I am assured, indeed, that the
T o P E U G H L E ( g u t t . ) , v. n, T o attempt any He never played pew again, literally signifie
t h i n g in a f e e b l e manner, to d o any t h i n g i n - ver drew another breath.
efficiently. T h i s is one o f the m a n y verbs g e n e - T o P E W I L , P E W L , P E U G H L E on, v. n. A v e r b
rally c o n j o i n e d with others, f o r q u a l i f y i n g their used to denote the falling o f snow in small p a r -
; ; as, one is said to peughle andhoast, t i d e s , without continuation, d u r i n g a
c o u g h s in a stifled manner, E t t r . F o r . frost, Teviotdale.
niti, conare, adlaborare. This may be merely an arbitrary use o f the E . v.
P E U G H L E ; S. A stifled c o u g h , ibid. to pule, especially as applied to one w h o <
P E U G H T , adj. A s t h m a t i c , h a v i n g great d i f - rently without appetite. But perhaps w e
f j c u l t y in breathing, A y r s . it to Su.G. Isl. pul-a laborare, pul molestia; q. to
Allied perhaps to Su.G. pie,
Pech. PI
T o P E U T E I 1 , v. n. T o canvass, A y r s . ; the " T h e balyes cliargit him to p a y A n d r o B u k xij
with PEUTIIER, q . v . sh. Scottis for the ferd part o f v j elnis o f taplieit,
T o P E U T H E R , P U T H E R , V. n. T o canvass, quliilk wes maid ane phanekill of, f o r the quhilk he
t o g o a b o u t in a bustling and assiduous manner ch*ew h y m souerty [ b e c a m e s u r e t y ] / ' Aberd. Reg.
in order t o p r o c u r e v o t e s ; used in r e g a r d to ^ . m i n p J 1 F r
elections, whether for a t o w n - c o u n c i l o r f o r p a r - Perhaps a flag; L B. pmimcett-us pemcell-us, F r .
liament, S . ; as, " T h e twa candidates were baith Ponceau, pignonciel, a little flag; Teut. vaenken, id.
b u s y peutherinrr yesterday at A b e r d e e n " Pen PHEERING, T h e act o f t u r n i n g , Banff's,
^ r , A y r s . ; Poaihcr, Roxb. * " W h e n the ridge is at first b r o k e up, there o u g h t
T o P E U T H E R , PCJTHER', a. I t is also used in F 1 ^ M T E R F F , l e t t BF^VIXT ^ two f u r r o w s ,
this manner ; « H e l ^ W Queensfeny
a n d I n v e r k e i t h i n g , a n d l h e y say he will b e / n ^ ^ s S 7 * ^ n c u ^ y for

It h a T f e e n I m ^ ^ d m t A i s m l y b e the same " ^ *>urtie Pair o f h o r s s t h e t i s f a r n e s i t w i t ] l

as the E . to pother. But it rather seems allied to ^ ^
1 eut. peuter-en agitare; todicare. bewel explains This seems to b e from Fr. Jesses, the breech, q.
it, " to thrust
. _ one s finger into
_ „ a little hole ; or to . u . b r e e c h i n f f U 8 e d f for
A e o r artillery, or the traces, this
artillery, _ . . . .
Wlth a su yf'on s Probe" ^ A being the meaning o f thetis, with which this term is
P E U T I I[EERRIIN
NGC, FEU-TEEING,
P E U T E R I N G , S.
S. J. he act o f can- obviously used as « synonymous.
CVNNNVMRMC
P H I N G A R , s. A hanger. « A n e b a g , ane b e l t ,
" T h e general election in 1819 was a source o f & a n e p h i n f f a r r A b e r d , Re<?, A - 1 5 3 8 , V . 1 6 .
me.—The A
o n , and I took no part." T h e Provost, p. SOI, 3 0 2 , P H I N G R I M , s.
P E U T H E R E R , P E U D R A R , s. A pewterer, or * EIKG^ERIK!
o n e w h o w o r k s in pewter, S. " Phingrim, b e i n g a sort o f plaiding, ilk
A c t s C h a . I I . E d . 1814, V I I . 253.
tkerers&c. Blue Blanket, p. 11. 16. PHISES G A M MIS.
P E W , s.' A n imitative .word, &c.] A f t e r the « T h r e p a i r Gf
quotation f r o m L y n d s a y , Read; wanting hir
T o P L A Y P E W , with the negative particle, especially as
1. A s d e n o t i n g a great d e g r e e o f inability, to be the Fr.
A f t e r the p r o o f f r o m R a m s a y , Add; noting small
- Y o u lost then your place as trumpeter,' said Phises is certainly the same with
; i t / replied ses-gamhes, the cords joined to the
the sexton, ' f o r I couldna have plaid pew upon a dnance,
fry h u m l o c k . " Bride o f Lammermoor, ii. 2 * 8 , P H I T O N E S , s.
208
 P Y A P I C

This term has been introduced into various lan- to be dreaded, especially if one o f its inmates be ail-
guages, evidently, from the Gr. Thus Isl. Fitung+r ing or bed-rid at the time.
and Fituns-andi, signify Phyton, Python. The lat- In Angus, if magpies be heard chattering from a
ter literally is, Pythonis anima. tree, it is considered as a certain presage of the ar-
T o PIT R A S E , v. n. T o use c o a x i n g or wheed- rival of strangers at the adjoining house.
ling language, S . ] Add; PYAT-IIORSE, ,9. A pyebald horse, S.
In vain Conveener Tamson rais'd It is not easily conceivable, how that, absurd idea,,
A n d wav'd his hand, like ane ha'f c r a z ' d ; so generally prevailing among the vulgar, should have
In vain his heralds fleech'd and phras'd. originated; that one who rides a pyat-horsc has power
Maynes SUlcr Gun, p. 74. to prescribe an infallible remedy for the cliin-cough.
PHHAISE, FRAISE, To Mak a Phrase.'] Add; I recollect that a worthy friend of mine, who rode a
Monkbarns, when y e laid his head in the grave, horse of this description, told me, that he used to be
— y e saw the molds laid on an honest lad that likeit pursued by people running after him out of every
you weel, though he made little phrase about it." A n - village and hamlet, bawling, Cf Man wi' the pyatie
t!ou;ivy, ill. (jo. horse, what's gude for the kink-host " But," he
P I N I A I ' / I N * 1 , ,9. T h e act o f cajoling, S. added, " I ay gae them a prescription, that I was sure
T h e fav'rites o f the Nine would do them nae harm. I bad them gie the bairn
A r e aye right glide o' phraizm. plenty o' SKgar-eandic."
Pickejis Poems 1788, p. 74. P Y A T I E , P Y O T I E , adj. Variegated like a m a g -
P H R E N E S I E , s. F r e n z y , A b e r d . pie, having pretty large white spots; applied
P Y . ' R Y D I N G - P Y , R I D I N G - P I E , s. A loose rid- to animals or things ; as, " a pyatie horse,*" one
ing-coat or f r o c k . whose skin has large spots o f white, completely
HImselff ["Cochrane] was clad in a r if ding pi) o f separated f r o m those o f black, brown, &e. S.
cc The salt must be mixed minutely, otherwise the
hlak velvett, with ane great chaine of gold about his
neck, to the value of f y v e hundreth crouns." Pit- butter will acquire a freckled or cloudy appearance,
seottie's Cron. p. 90. Riding Pie, Ed. 1728. or in the language of the district, become pyottyJ'
This dress, its name at least, must have been in- A g r . Surv. Ayrs. p. 462.
troduced from the L o w Countries. Teut. p[je, pije- P Y A T E D , part. adj. Freckled, Roxb.
lachen, pan mis rudis, hirsutus crassior : Pye hilten P Y A T T , P Y E T , adj.
mantel, penula coactilis, eompactus ex villi's crassi- " The lord David Lindsay was so blyth at his
or ibus ; Kilian. Belg. py, " a loose coat, a country- brothers sayingis, that he burst furth, saying to him,
coat, a f r o c k ; " Py-laken, cf coarse cloth Sewel. f Verrilie, brother, yea £ y e ] have fyne pyail wordis.

Flan dr. pye, un manteau de marinier, also juste-au- I wold not have trowed, be St. A marie, that yea had
Corps; pye wan ten, thick winter g l o v e s ; D'Arsy. sick wordis." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 239, Pyet, Ed.
P Y A l l D I E , s. 6£ O n e o f the m a n y names for the 1728. St. Amarie is evidently a corr. of Sancia Maria.
bird M a g p i e G a l l . E n c y c l . Does this signify ornate, from the idea o f the
P Y A T , PYOT, .9. T h e m a g p i e , ] Add to etymon, beauty of the feathers of a magpie ?
1. 3, after C . B . ptoden ; P I C I - I T , P Y C H T , P U N R R , part.pa. 1. Pitched,
It must be observed, however, that Cotgr. men- settled.] Add;
tions Pr. pint as signifying " a young pie." It is common in this sense 111 O . E .
Insert, etymon after line 8 ; " Than in all hast came Other with a great hoost,
Quo' Janet, O keep frae the riot ; and layde a syege about the castell of Terrabyll and
Last night, man, I clream't y e wras dead ; there hee pyght many pauilyons." Hist. K. Arthur,
This aught days I ten tit a pyot, B. i. c. 1.
Whiles cliatt'ring upo' the house-head. Metaph. transferred to a person.] Add;
A. Scott's Poems, p. 191. This use o f the term also occurs in O.E.
Add,—at the end o f etymon ; H e is well set, well pyght. II est bien entasse.
The character of the omen is, in the South of S., T h e felowe is well sette or well pyght, it shulde seme
determined from the number of magpies that are seen that he is able to beare a great burthen." Palsgr.
sitting together. One, in the vicinity o f a house, is B. iii. F. 359, b.
perfectly harmless. It indeed forebodes j o y ; two, in Add to e t y m o n , — b e f o r e V . PIGHT ;
company, announce a birth; three, a marriage; four, It is most probable that the general origin is Lat.
death. This arrangement, however, is not entirely Ji'g-ere to fix. For the Ital. v. seems merely a corr.
comme ilfauL For,undoubtedly, the marriage ought of the compound ajjigerc.
to precede the birth. According to some accounts, P I C U T , s. A person w h o is very diminutive,
two constitute a presage of death, and four are ne- and d e f o r m e d , A b e r d .
cessary for the more grateful omen o f birth. I know not if this can have any relation to the
In Roxb. the following popular rhyme is repeated name Fields or Pedits, whom the vulgar view as a
concerning the character of the omen ; race of pigmies.
Ane's j o y ,
P I C K , s. P i t c h , S. V . PIK.
Twa's g r i e f ;
P I C K - B L A C K , adj. Black as pitch, S.B.
Three's a w add in'.
Four's death. But grim an' ghastly an' pick black, wi' fright,
It is also said, that it is when t w o magpies are A ' things appear'd upo' the dead of night.
Boss's Helenore, First Ed. p. 58.
picking on the top of a thatched roof, that death is
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Pitmark, Ed. Third. V. PIK-MIRK.
PICK9s. A p i c k - a x , " S. G l . A n t i q . ' '
P I C K , s. A spade, at cards, A b e r d . V . PICKS.
P I C K , .v. U s e d for E . p i k e .
"Thestreets thro'which his royal highness should
pass were set with certain ensigns and burghers both
o f shot and pick." Pitscottie, D u o d . Ed. p. 562.
T o . P I C K , r . a. To Pick a Mill-stcme,
dent it b y slight strokes, S.
I can see as''far in a Mill-stone, as he that pick'i
it," S. Prov. " I understand very well .how things
g o , and what y o u aim at." Kelly, p. 215. V . PIK, v.
P I C K I E - F I N G E R ' B , adj. I n c l i n e d to s t e a l ; a p p l i e d
to o n e to whose fingers the p r o p e r t y o f his
n e i g h b o u r is apt to adhere, South o f S. ; synon.
7 V/ rry-fingered.
P I C K E N , adj. P u n g e n t t o the taste.] Add ;—
Piclcenie, id. Berwicks.
Tlie term is especially applied to cheese. This pe-
culiar taste, which is agreeable to many, is produced
by dipping the cheese, after it has been taken from
the press, for a few days in the oat-meal tub.
P Y CKER, S ' \ O n e chargeable with petty t h e f t , S.
" Whaevir beis found out slieiring, leiding, &c. be-
for the bell ringing in the morneing, and efter the
ringing thairof at night, shall—be repute and holden
as a packer, and one that wrongeth there neighbors."
A c t Counc. Rutherglen, Ure's Hist. p. 74.
T o P I C K E T , 7.'. a. T o p r o j e c t a marble or taw
with a smart stroke against the knuckles o f the
losers in the g a m e , R o x b .
Fr.piqu-er or picot-er, to prick or sting.
PICKET, .y. E A stroke o f this description, ibid.
2. I n pi. T h e punishment inflicted on o n e w h o
incurs a forfeiture in the play o f tennis ; as he
must h o l d his hand against- a wall while others
strike it w i t h the tennis-ball, South o f S.
T o P I C K F O A L , to part with a foal b e f o r e the
p r o p e r time ; a term u s e d in relation to m a r e s ;
also a p p l i e d to cows, T w e e d d .
" Cows are said to pick-cauve, when they bring
forth their y o u n g before the proper period." Gall.Enc.
A s Fr. piquer signifies to ride hard, perhaps it
might originally refer to hard riding as the cause of
abortion.
P I C K L E , s.] Add;
4. A small quantity, consisting o f different parts,
o r articles, c o n j o i n e d , S . ] H. particles f o r articles.
It properly denotes a small quantity o f any thing
that readily-separates into distinct particles. In some
places puckle is the pronunciation.
" Grumus salis, a pickle o f salt." Wedderburn's
Vocab. p. 12.
6. V i e w e d as equivalent to berry.
" She also gave him < nine pickles o f rowan-tree/
(nine berries o f the mountain-ash, I presume) ' to
wear about his person." L a w ' s Memor. Pref. 41.
T o P I C K L E , v. a. T o c o m m i t small thefts, to
pilfer, F i f e .
It occurs in the old S. Prov. " It's ill to b e c a d a
thief, and aye found pickling ;" i. e. it is. a decisive
p r o o f against a man, if he is not only habit and repute
a thief, but detected in many petty acts o f theft.
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A diminutive f r o m Teut. pick-en, furtim surripere;
whence also the E. v. to pick.
To P I C K L E , v. a. T o p e c k at, as a fowl, S.A.
But if ye craw na till the day,
I'll make y o u r bauk o' silk,
A n d ye sail pickle the red cherries,
A n d drink the reeking milk !
'to"in- Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 74.
T o P I C K L E , v. n, T o p i c k , S.
This v. is used with different prepositions.
T o P I C K L E in one's ain pock neuky t o d e p e n d o n
one's own e x e r t i o n s , R o x b .
" Nae man in a civilised country ever played the
pi i skies ye hae d o n e — b u t e'en pickle in your ainjyock-
neuck—1 hae gi'en y e warning." R o b Roy, ii. 206.
" Na, na, sir, w e stand on our ain b o t t o m — w e
pickle in our ain pock-neuk." Ibid. p. 26*7.
T o P I C K L E out o\ T h i s is the phrase most c o m -
m o n l y used, in different senses.
1. To Pickle out (P one's ain pock-neuk, like that
last mentioned, to d e p e n d on one's o w n exertions,
w i t h o u t e x p e c t i n g support f r o m others, R o x b .
2. To Pickle out o' ae pock, a p p l i e d to the c o n n u -
bial. state, ibid.
T h e names o' this douce, decent kipple,
W e r e Robin Routh and Marion Miekle,
W h a baith contentlie did pickle
Out o ae pocke. J. Scott's Poems, p. 325.
T o P I C K L E up, to pick u p , a p p l i e d to f o w l s c o l -
lecting grains o r f o o d o f any k i n d , L o t h . , C l y d e s .
It has been supposed to refer to a custom, n o w al-
most entirely out o f use, o f steeping what is called
spring-wheat in urine, and then laying it out to dry
before sowing it, f r o m the idea that in consequence
o f this process it w o u l d take root and shoot m o r e
speedily. But this is evidently to take it for granted
that the verb is used in the E. sense, as signifying to
steep in salt liquor. There can b e little doubt that
it is radically the same with Teut. picket-en, bickeUen,
frendere, mandere, which is probably from pick-en,
rostro impingere. T h e phrase seems thus to have
been borrowed f r o m the act o f birds in p i c k i n g up
grains, in company, f r o m the same bag, or spot where
they are scattered. V. POCKNOOK.
P I C K - M A W , s. A bird o f the g u l l kind.
" Pick-maw, a small s e a - g u l l G l . Antiq. V.
PYK-MAW.
P I C K S , s.pl T h e suit o f cards called spades,
M e a r n s , A b e r d . ; also used in sing, f o r o n e o f
this suit.
H e then laid out the ace o* picks,
T h e suit g a e d round, they say.
Ilurness's Tales, p. 286.
F r . pique, id. Est une marque de j e u de cartes,
qui a la figure d'un fer de pique. Spiculum aleatorii
folii. Diet. T r e v . •
P I C K T E L I E , s.- A difficulty, A b e r d . ; p r o b a -
b l y corr. f r o m EL Pickle. condition, state.
P I - C O W , <?.] Add;
T h e n a m e o f a g a m e , in which the o n e h a l f o f
the players are supposed to k e e p a castle, while
the others g o o u t as a f o r a g i n g or m a r a u d i n g
party. W h e n the latter are all g o n e o u t , o n e
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o f them cries PeeAm, which is a signal to those
within to be on the alert. T h e n those who are
without, attempt to get in. I f any one o f them
gets in, without being seized by the holders o f
the castle, he cries to his companions, The hole\s
won ; and those who were within must yield the
fortress. I f one o f the assailants be taken b e -
fore getting in, he is obliged to change sides,
and to guard the castle. Sometimes the guards
are successful in making prisoners of all the as-
sailants—Aug", Perths.
P I C T A R N IE*, T h e Great T e r n . ] Add;
It is said proverbially, " If ye do that/' or " If
that be sae, Fee be a piclarnie," S.; referringto a thing
supposed to be impracticable or incredible.
PICTARNITIE, T h e P e w i t or Black-headed
G u l l , Earns Ridibundus, Linn., Mearns.
One might almost suppose that the
might a
compound corr i of Pewit and Tern. I
scarcely add, that this is quite a different bird from
the Piclarnie.
P I C T ' S H O U S E S , the name given to those
mounds which contained cellular inclosures un-
der ground. Y . Bit UGH.
T o P I D D L E , v. n. T o walk with quick short
steps, R o x b .
This perhaps is merely a peculiar use of the E. v.
T o P I D D L E , v. n. T o urine ; generally ap-
plied to the operation o f a child, S.
PYDLE, A sort o f bag-net used f o r catching
fishes, Gall.
catch fish w i t h ; they are set ' whar burns out owre
the lynns come p o u r i n g s o the trouts, in coming
down the stream run into them, and cannot make a
retreat." Gall. Encycl.
Mod. Sax. pade wed signifies pannus lineus, that
kind of cloth of which sails are made. But the re-
semblance appears to be merely accidental.
P Y - D O U B L E T , s. A sort of armour for c o -
vering the breast or forepart of the body.
" Chirotheca ferrea, a gantlet or plate-glove. Pec-
torale, a py-doublet. Manicae ferreae, plate-sleeves/'
Wedderb. Vocab. p. 23.
This appears to have been a sort o f hoquelon9 made
o f cloth strongly stuffed and quilted." V. PY, RYD-
T o P Y E , PIE, PYE about, v. n, 1. T o pry, to
peer, Ettr. For., Gall.
- Pieing, looking stedfastly at some o b j e c t G a l l .
Encycl.
Fr. epier to s p y ; C.B. ijspi-o id. Ys is merely
the common prefix.
2. T o squint, Clydes.; Skellie, synon.; a second-
ary sense, as those who wish to p r y into a busi-
ness often look in an oblique way.
P I E , PYE, S. A potatoe-pie. V . P I T , S.
P I E C E , conj. A l t h o u g h , albeit, Kincardines.
Here and there part o' that seelfu' race,
Kept love an' lawty o' their honest face;
Piece lang ere than, lowns had begin to spread,
An' riefing liereship was become a trade.
Ross's Helenore, First Edit. 1768, p. 5.
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In subsequent editions changed to tho.
A if piece the voice seem'd till him unco
For very fear he durst na budge to speer.
Ibid. First Edit. p. 43. Altho\ Edit. Third.
This may be the same with Abies, Abccs, F i l e ;
though used as a conj. and somewhat different in
signification, This I have viewed as a corr. o f Albeit.
V. ABIES.
* P I E C E ,
PECK, ^ For the piece, each, S . ; ac-
cording to the E . idiom, a piece.
" In the actioune—ffor the w rang wis detentioun
& withhaldin—of xxxij. ky and oxin, price of ilk ox
xxxij. s., and ilke kow xxiv. s., xiii horss and meris,
price of the pcce xi. s." A c t . Audit. A. 14-88, p. 131.
" The bishops had caused imprint thir books [the
Service Books], and paid for the samen, and should
have gotten frae each minister four pounds jbr the
piece." Spalding's Troubles, i. 5Q.
P I E - H O L E , ,9. A n eye-hole, S . ] Add ;
— " Nannie was advancing to the requisite degree
of perfection in chain steek and pie-holes, Ayrs.
Legatees, p. 120.
P I E P H E R , s. « A n extremely useless crea-
ture;' 1 Gall. Enc.
The term is also used as a v.
(C A nothing in a commonwealth, is a piephering
monkeyIbid.
This is undoubtedly the same with Pyfer, v.
PIERCEL, A gimlet, Shetl.
Perhaps q. pierce-all.
P Y E T , adj. V. PYATT.
P I E T I E . Our Lady Pietie, a designation given
b y our forefathers, in times o f popery, to the
Virgin M a r y when represented as holding the
Saviour in her arms after his crucifixion.
<f Item, ane antepend of blak velvot broderrit with
ane image o four Lady Pietie upoun the samyne in ane
fr on tall of the saniyn wark." Inventories, A . 1545,
p. 28.
L.B. Pietas, imago Deiparae mortuum filium gre-
mio ten ens.—Tabu lam depictam, in qua est Pietas
—Nostris Notre Dame de Pitie. Du Cange.
The Lat. term Pietas, whence this is derived,
with the ancient Romans strictly signified, as Sir
Thomas Elyot observes, "the reuerente loue towarde
a mannes propre countrey and parentes." V. Biblio-
thec. This good quality was held by them in such
high estimation, as at length to be deified, under its
own name Pietas. If in an v case an apology coidd be
offered for idolatry—in this instance it undoubtedly
assumes a more reasonable, a more amiable, and even
a more moral aspect, than in almost any other record-
ed in the history of man. Acilius Giabrio erected a
temple to this new divinity, on the spot where a wo-
man had fed with her own milk her aged mother,
[others say father] who had been imprisoned by or-
der of the senate, and deprived of all aliment. Cic.
de Nat. Deor. i. As this goddess had divine honours
paid to her, her image appears on many of the.<
sular and imperial coins.
The church of Rome has in this, asm i
instances, transferred the attributes and the worship
o f a heathen goddess to the Virgin Mary. Instead
of resting satisfied with calling her the Lady of
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Piety, she is dignified with the title of her prototype,
" Our Lady Pieiie
To. P Y F E R , PEIFER, PIFFEII, V. N. • 1.
whimper, to complain peevishly for little cause ;
as, to complain of want. T h u s it is said, " He's
a pmYpjjfcriii bodie," R o x b .
And aye scho pifyrit, and aye scho leer it,
And the bonny May scho jaumphit and jeer it.
WinL Ev. Tales, ii. 71.
2. T o d o any thing in a feeble and trifling way,
ibid. Pingil is given as synon. Hence,
P I F F E R I N ' , part, pr. Trifling, insignificant; as,
ct She's a pifferin fick-ma-fyke, expl. " a dila-
tory trifler," Fife.
C.B, p'f-iaw, to puff, to whiff.
PIG, Pro, 1. A n earthen vessel.] Insert, be-
fore second quotation, as sense
A pitcher.
Urn a, a pitcher or pig." Wedderb. Vocab. p. 13.
8. A can for a chimney-top, for increasing the
draught, S.
A n y piece o f earth en-ware, & c . ] Add;
T o G A N G T O P I G S A N D W H I S T L E S , to g o to wreck,
to be ruined in one's circumstances, S.
The back-ga'en fell ahint,
A n d coudna stand ;
So he to pigs and whistles went,
A n d left the land.
The Hurst Rig, st. 48.
" I would be narie surprised the morn to hear that
the Nebuchadnezzar was a' gane to pigs and whistles,
and driven out wi* the divors bill to the barren pas-
tures of bankruptcy/' The Entail, i. 9.
Perhaps q. cc gone to shreds," nothing remaining
but what is of no use but to be playthings for chil-
dren.
P I G F U L L , s. A s much as fills an earthen ves-
, sel, S.
" Third, sending a pigfull of poyson to the house
where young Foullis was, the carrier whereof fall-
ing, and with the fall breaking the pig, and seeing
the liquof, tasted it, and died immediately/' Pref.
Law's Memorial!, xxviii.
PIGGERIE, T h e place where earthen-ware is
manufactured, a pottery, S.B.
PIG-WIFE,.?. A woman who deals in crockery. ^Add;
Already has the pig-wife's early care
Marked out a station for her crockery ware.
Village Fair, Blaclcw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 423.
P 1 G G I N , A mil king-pail, S . ] Add ;
Each wi' a piggin
O f pitch an' lint,
An' eggS; which he had got by thiggin,
Made a cement.
Davidson s Seasons, p. 37.
— H e — - s p r a w l s and spraughles like a swine at
the piggin, or a dog rublu.n' the fleas aff him." Saint
Patrick, ii. 266.
In Dumfr. it denotes either a small vessel of wood,
or an earthen jar. V. Pro.
P I K , PYK, Pitch, S . ] Add ;
This was the O.E. form. " Pykke, P i x — P y k k y n
with vykke. Pi ceo/* Prompt. Parv.
P I K A R Y , P I C K E R Y , .9. 2. Petty theft.] Add;
01
/> *o
I K
" O.E. Pykar or lytell thefe. Furunculus/' Ibid.
T o P I K E ' , v. a. T o fcull, to select, S . ] Add;
T o Saft blows the gale alang this rising hill,
An' sweet the mountain lilies dews distil :
Blithe pike around my numerous thriving dams,
Tenting wi' mither's care m y wanton lambs.
Donald and Flora, p. 18.
T o P I K E , V. N. C o m m o n l y used to denote a g e n -
tle or cautious p o k i n g with the fingers; often
with the prep, at subjoined, S.
I gryppit graitlilie the gil,
And every modywart hil ;
Bot I mycht pike thare m y fyl,
Or penny come out.
Doug. Virg. ProL 239, b. 20.
T o P I K E , P VKE, v: a. " T o make bare.; 1 to pick,
E . ; as, 4i T h e r e ' s a bane for y o u to pykejn S.
Teut. pick-en rostrare. This use of the term ap-
parently originates from the action of a bird with its
beak.
PYKIT, part. adj. H a v i n g a meagre or emaciated
appearance, R o x b . Mootit, IYorrn-eatcn, synon.
T o P I K E , v. a. T o pilfer, to be engaged in
petty theft, S.
" It is ill to be call'd a thief, and ay found piking,"
S. Prov. It is ill to have a bad name, and often
found in a suspicious place, or posture/' Kelly, p. 177-
This is undoubtedly the same with E. pick, al-
though it does not bear the strong sense in which
Johns, gives i t , — t o rob." Teut. pick-en, furtim
surripere. As the v. signifying to select, also to poke,
is in S. pron. in the same manner with that under
consideration; and as the Teut. v., as applied to
theft, has the same form with pick-en, rostrare, ros-
tro impingere; it seems highly probable that pike,
as denoting pilfering, is merely a secondary use o f
that which denotes the act of a bird in picking up
its food,
P I K I E , adjx Dishonest, apt to pilfer, A b e r d .
T o P I K E , v. a. T o sail close b y . ] Add;
" Finding us contrare our course,—he cuist about
& pyked on the wind, holding both the helm and
sheet/' Melv*ill's M S . p. 115.
P I K E - A - P L E A B O D I E , a litigious person, or
one who is fond o f lawsuits, R o x b . ; resem-
bling the E . phrase " to pick a quarrel."
P I K E M A N , s. T h e same with Pickle-man, and
pron, as three syllables.
" Pi Iceman of the townis millis/' Aberd. Reg.
Cent. 16.
PYKEPURS, A pickpocket; E. pick-purse.
" They affirmed—Purgatorie to be nothing but a
pykepurs." Ilessoning betuix Crosraguell and J.
Knox, B. iii. b.
P I K E S , s.pl " Short withered heath," S.B., GL.
Ross.
A hail hauf mile she had at least to gang,
Thro' birns and pikes, and scrabs, and heather
lang. Boss's Ilelenore, p.26. V. P Y K I S .
P I K E - S r f A F F , .v. A long stick or staff with a
sharp pike in it, carried as a support in frosty
weather, S . ; the same with Broddit staff.
Hence the proverbial saying, " I'll, gang, though
it should rain auld wives and pike-slaves " S.
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<c Hand down your switch, Captain MTntyre ! I'm
an auld soldier, as I said afore, and I'll-take muckie
frae your father's son, but no a touch of the wand
while my pike-staff will hand thegither." Antiquary,
ii. 180,
Fare ye weel, my pike-staff,
W i ' you nae mair my wife I'll baff.
If eras Coll ii- 223.
The term Pike-staff bears quite a different sense
in E., being expl. cc the wooden pole of a pike," or
lance. I suspect, however, that it has formerly had
the same signification with our S. word. For in
Prompt. Parv. we have Fyke of a staff e, or other
lyke ; Cuspis " Pyked as a stajfe ; Cuspidatus
and Pykinge of a staffe or other lyke ; Cuspidatio."
The pointing of a staff is evidently viewed as the
primary application of pyke.
P Y K - M A W , s. T h e Larus Ridibundus, L i n n . ]
Add;
<: Did ever ony man see sic a set o f green-gais-
lings !—the very pickmaws and solan-geese out by
yonder at the Bass hae ten times their sense." Bride
of Lammermoor, ii. 283.
—Pick-maws skirl wi' jetty pows,
Behind the plows an' harrows.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 69.
This term is still used in S. As it is here charac-
terised from its " j e t t y p o w , " can it receive its name,
q. the mew having a head dark like pile or pitch?
P I K - M I R K , adj. D a r k as pitch.] Add ;
Thanks, quo' W i l l ; —I canna tarry,
Pik-mirk night is setting in.
Macneitl's Poetical Works, i. 1 (i.
P I L C H , s. A gown made o f skins ] Add;
4. A kind o f petticoat open before, worn by in-
fants, L o t h .
A.S. pylece, pylce, Su.G. pels, Germ, pelz, vestis
pellicca ; Isl. pills, stola muliebris, amiculum. In
O.E. pilch denoted a furred gown ; as appears from
Somner. Phillips explains it nearly according to its
signification in S. " A piece of flannel, or woollen
cloth, to be wrapt about a young child." Isl. pills,
vestis muliebris, suhp allium, stola muliebris.
5. A n y thing hung before the thighs to preserve
them from being injured in the operation o f
casting peats with the FlaueMer-spade, <9.
PILCH, Pilches, an err at. for Pitches^ meant
to denote pitehfirs.
A planting beskirted the spot,
Where pilches an' laricks were seen.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 197-
P I L C H E R , ,9. T h e marble which a player at the
game of taw uses in his hand, as distinguished
from the other marbles used in play, A b e r d .
P I L E , P Y L E , s. 3. A single grain, S . ] Add ;
The cleanest corn that e'er was (light
May hae some pyles o' caff in.
Burns s Works, hi. 113.
PILE? T h e motion o f the water made by a
fish when it rises to the surface, M e a r n s ; per-
haps an oblique use o f the E . «v., q. the nap
raised on the water.
P Y L E a i u i C U l l S E L L , Acts Ja. V I . 1597. V.
CUK SELL,
213
P I L
According to Serenius, Pile, as signifying the
transverse part of money, is from pi I sagitta, cuius
figtira ceruitur impressa. What he alludes to I Vio
not know.
T o P I L G E T , 7f. ?i. T o quarrel ; usually ap-
plied to the contentions of children, A y r s .
P1 LGaxTRNG, <9. T h e act o f quarrelling, ibid.
V . I I A G G E ITS N ASIF, dj.
P I L Y E I T , part. pa. V. P I L Y L K , R.
T o P I L Y I E , 7'. a. T o pillage; misprinu-d pi!:.,7.
— " Quhen ane prize is takin fra our soverane lord's
enemies, the takeris thairof,—being as yit on iho sea.
brekis the eofferis, baillis, packis, bulgi-ttis. ma]';'.:-,
tunnis and uther vessellis, for to tak and pi I id c t:iai
quhilk thay may of the said prize," Sea LawN.
Balfour's Pract. p. 635.
Pilyeit has undoubtedly the same signification ; as
occurring in Aberd. Reg. V. 15. " Pilyeit in the
streme be menu of wair or serevaris, or ony guddis
eassin be storme of wedder."
Fr. pi Iter, to ravage, ransack, rifle ; E. pill.
PILLAR. Stane of Pillar.
cc Item, in ane uther eofFre,—ane roll with ringis,
ane with a grete saffer, ane emmorant, a stane of pil-
lar, & ane uther ring." Inventories, A. 14-88, p. 0.
The same term occurs in p. 7.
P I L L E I S , ,9. pi.
" A n e nyne hundreth grayth and tua pilleis per-
tening to the wobteris craft." Aberd. Reg. A. 1545,
v . 19.
P I L L E Y - S T A I R E S, ,9. pi. Apparently meant
for pilasters.
e< In the Cheap was erected ane squar low gal I ane,
sum four fute from the ground, sett round about with
pilley si aires, quhair stood the eldermen, the chain-
berlane," &c. Pitseottie's Cron. p. 6*04. Pilley-siairs,
Ed. 1728.
It is not meant that they stood on the pil/eiy.
stairs, as it might at first seem, but on the square
gallery.
P I L L E I T , part. pa. Pillaged. Fr. p'dl/>, id.
And gif, in the hame bringing; of the said ar-
mour, or ony pairt thairof, it sal happin the said
Schir Michaeil—to be sehipbrcfkin or pillcil be thevis
and pirotis,—his maiestie salbe fred, exonerit and
relevit of his band, &c. for samekle of the said ar-
mour as salbe pilleit or lost by sey." Acts Ja. VI.
1598, Ed. 1814, p. 190.
P I L L I E , s. A pulley. '
" The Caiiuinist [[Calvinist] mai>t haul J of ai v..
after me—that the bodu* of Christ is •-.•v-am* hi f u -
lordis sup par, and that ve h.- eertai--.^ ; .77/7, or h--
geynis, ar liftit vp to heauin be a,;.1 .7 .'.m»>j ehensi-
ble maner." Nicol Runic, 17 HHL a.
P I L L I E S C U E V I S , puliies, S. palujlu'es.
" I t e m fyve pillie schems of braiss, ane of thame
garnesit with irne." Inventories, A. L5(i6, p. 169*
As pulley is from Fr. poulie trochlea, perhaps put-
lishee, or as here written pillie schev, is q. poulie chef,
the chief or principal pulley,
P I L L I E F E E , a.
The stink of the brock is naithing to me,
Like the breath o that glairing pi Hifee.
Communicated as part of a Poem of the 15th Cent.
 P I L P
F I L L I E W I N K E S , PILNIEWINKS, PINNIK-
WINKS, P I N N Y WINKLES, a. pi A n instrument
o f torture formerly used, apparently o f the na-
ture of thumb-skrews.
" Her maister, to the intent that hee might the
better trie and finde out the truth,—did, with the
help of others,—torment her with the torture of the
pilliewinkes upon her lingers, which is a grievous tor-
ture/' Newes from Scotl. 1591. V. Law's Memor.
Pref. xxxi.
" The said confession was extorted by force of tor-
ment, she having been kept forty-eight hours in the
Caspielaws[[claws?];—and her little daughter,about
seven years old, put in the pi/niewinks." A. 1596.
" It was pleaded for Master Grant, who was in-
dicted for theft and robbery 3d August 1632, that
he cannot pass to the knowledge of an assize, in re-
spect he was twice put to the torture, first in the
boots, and next in the pittiewinks or pinnieimnks.'3
cc Lord Royston observes;—< Anciently I find
other torturing instruments were used, as pinnie-
frinks or piHicn inks, and caspitaws or caspicaws, in
the Master of Orkney's case, 24th June 1596 : and
tosots, August 16S2. But what these instruments
were, I know not, unless they are other names for
the boots and thummikins." Maclauriifs Crim.
Cases, Intr. xxxvi, xxxvii.
They prick us and they pine us, and they pit
us on the pinnywinkles for witches ; and, if I say my
prayers backwards ten times ower, Satan will never
gie me amends o' them." Bride of Lammermoor,
ii. 230.
A.S. wince denotes a reel, and Su.G. wanck-a to
fluctuate, to move backwards and forwards.
The only traditionary circumstance that I have
met with, which seems to throw any light on this
term, is a sort o f nursery sport. It is customary in
VUNTUIIIAI Y 111
Dumfriesshire for the nurse to am e the child b y
going through its different fingers, some
silly remark as to each till she co to the little
finger. This she denominates and in
making her remark gives it a severe squeeze; on
which it is understood that the child must cry out,
as if suffering acute pain. It has hence been sup-
nosed, that this was an instrument of torture for the
little fingers.
In Loth, the same sport is used, and the conclud-
ing phrase, when the nurse comes to the little fin-
ger, is " Pirliewinkie pays for a'."
• It appears that this mode of torture was not un-
known in England; and it is described as the same
with that of the Thtmhikins. The name, however,
is different m orthography from any of the forms
•which it has assumed in Scottish writing. In the
reign of Henry IV. this torture was inflicted on R o -
bert Smyth of Bury, at the malicious instigation, and
in consequence o f the conspiracy, of John Masham
and Thomas Bote of that place.—Ceperunt infra pre-
dict am villain, et ipsum infra domum dicti Joannis
Masham in ferro posuerunt—et cum cordis ligave-
runt, et super pollices [on the thumbs'] ipsius R o -
berti quod dam instrumentum vocatum Pyrcwinkes
ita stricte et dure posuerunt, quod sanguis exivit de
•digitis illius. Ex Cartular. Abbatiae Sancti Edmundi,
MS. fob 341. ap. Co wel's Law Interpreter. V. T U R K A S .
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P I L L I E - W I N K T E , PINKIE-WINXIE, S. A b a r -
barous sport a m o n g children in F i f e ; whence
the proverbial phrase, " He's ay at pillie wirikie
wi1 the gvwdnie's eggs" he is always engaged
in some mischief or another.
A n egg, an unfledged bird, or a whole nest, is
placed on a convenient spot. He, who has what is
called the first pill, retires a few paces, and being
provided with a corvt or rung, is blindfolded, or gives
his promise to wink hard, (whence he is called Win-
kle,) and moves forward in the direction o f the o b -
ject, as he supposes, striking the ground with the
stick all the way. H e must not shuffle the stick
alongst the ground, but always strike perpendicu-
larly. If he touches the nest without destroying it,
or the egg without breaking it, he loses his vice or
turn. The same mode is observed by those w h o
succeed him. When one of the party breaks an e g g ,
he is entitled to ail the rest as his property, or to
some other reward that has been previously agreed
on. Every art is employed, without removing the
nest or egg, to mislead the blindfolded person, w h o
is also called the Pinkie. V. P I N K , v. ISL pul-a sig-
nifies tuditare, to strike or thump, whence pul p n l -
satio. Or can it refer to the species o f torture which
bears the same designation ?
P I L L I O N S , s. pi R a g s , tatters, L o t h .
Corr. perhaps from Fr. penaitlons, penillons, id. ; or
from O.Fr. peille, a small rag, " morceau, chiffon/'
&c. Roquefort.
P I L L O W B E R , s. T h e covering o f a pillow,
S . ; O . E . id. 65 V n e taye,—a pyllozcc here
Palsgrave, B. iii. F . 3.
P I L S O U G H T , s> A cutaneous disease affecting
sheep.
—Fideliter inquiri faciatis—si que oves illo morbo
scabei qui dicitur Pilaoucht in vicecomitatu vestro
infecti inveniantur. Collect. Forms o f Writs, Brieves,
&c. framed apparently in the reign o f Rob. II., MS.
penes Marquis of Bute.
I can form no idea o f the origin o f the initial syl-
lable, unless we trace it to pit an arrow. The latter
part of the word may be from A.S. suht, Moes.G.
sauhls, Germ. Belg. sucht, morbus | q. " the arrow-
sickness/' V. P E E L - S H O T .
T o P I N , v. a. T o break by throwing a stone,
so as to make a small hole, L o t h .
fi' A n d who taught me to pin a losen, to head a
bicker, and hold the bannets?" Redgauntlet, i. 7.
PINALDS, pi A spinet; Fr. espinette. " O u r
R e g e n t had also the pmalds in his chamber ^
Melvill's M S . p. 18.
P I N C H , ,5. A n iron c r o w or lever, S . ; punch, E .
" Pinches or forehammers will never pick upon%'
said Hugh, the blacksmith of Ringleburn; ' y e might
as weel batter at [ i t ] wi' pipe-stapples." Tales o f
m y Landlord, i. 174.
T o P I N D , P Y N D , V. a. T o distrain,
— " A n d that he shall restor and deliuer the poindis
that he has tane again to the said Michell,. and de-
sist fra pinding of his said landis in tyme to cum."
Act. Audit. A . 147S, p. 59.
" Anent a horse of Johne Charteris, pyndit be .the
said Johne Maxwell seruandis, of his
 P Y N P
the said Johne Maxwell grantis that the said horse
was ridden efter he was pyndit." Act. Dom. Cone.
A. 1480, p. 60. V . POIND.
F I N D I N G , s. A disease of-lambs, S.
" Finding is another disease exclusively confined
to sucking lambs. Before they begin to eat grass, the
excrement is of a tough adhesive nature, part of
which sticks to the tail and buttocks, and when har-
dened by the sun, sometimes glues them together
so closely, that there is no possibility of any eva-
cuation, and the intestines soon mortify and burst."
Prize Ess. Highl. Soc. Scotl. iii. 350. *
A.S. pynd-an prohiberi; includerej py tiding, pro-
h i b i t s , Sec.
T o P Y N E , V. A. T o subject to pain, to punish.]
Add;
6C Pie shall be deliverit to the opposite Wardane,-
to be imprison it and pynit for his offence, at the dis-
eretioun of the same Wardane quhom he sa usit and
troublit." Bordour Matteris, Balfour's Pract. p. 60S.
T o P I N E , P Y N E , V. a. T o take pains, S.
c<r H e pyned himself he used his best endeavours.
Teut. pijn-en, operam dare, e l a b o r a r e G l . Sibb.
The .?. Pyne, as signifying " labour, pains," ought
to be placed under this v.
P Y N E , S. L a b o u r , pains.] Add;
T o T A K J 2 P I N E , to be at. pains, to excite one's self.
" T h e goddis have tane the governance of our pub-
lic weill out with the ciete; here fore, I will take pine
to do sic thingis for defence of public liberte, within
wallis of the ciete." Bellend. T. Li v. p. 343.
T o P I N E F I S H , v. a, T o dry fish b y expos-
ing them to the weather, Shetl.
" When the body of the fish is all equally dried,
here called pined, which is known by the salt ap-
pearing on the surface in a white efflorescence, here
called bloom, they are again piled for a day, to as-
certain whether they be completely pined or not. If
they are not properly pitied, the bloom will have dis-
appeared from the fish when taken off the steeple
Agr. Surv. Shetl. p. <)E
The steeple is the pile of fishes while drying, heaped
up every night, or when there is appearance of rain.
Perhaps a metaph. use of the E. v a s any body
that becomes thinner is said to pine. V. P Y N I T .
P I N E , PINING, S. A disease o f sheep, W e s t o f
S . ; called also liaising and Vanquish.
" Pining—is—most severe upon young sheep, but
is chiefly confined to some particular districts in the
west of Scotland, where the land is very coarse, hard,
dry, and heathery. The rot is a disease of debilit} r ,
and characterised by extreme thinness of the blood ;
in the pine, on the contrary, the condition of the ani-
mal is too high, its blood too thick, and the pasture
too arid.51 Ess. Highl. Soc. iii. 404, 405.
It is thus denominated because of " the gradual
wasting of the animal."
P Y N E B A U K I S , s. pi T h e rack. ^
" M y said lord Governour, &c. retretis—the sen-,
tence of forfaltour, togidder with the said Ihone
vmquhile lord Glammis confessioune, be vertu of the
quhilk the said pretendit proees was led & gevine,
ice. Becaus the said pretendit proees—was led and
ire vine he vertu of the said lordis confessioune maid
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be him in the castell of Ed r ., quhilk confessioune wa#
maid be him be just dredour, and for feir of his lif,
quhilk dredour mycht fall in ane constant man, be-
caus the said lhone lord Glammis was presonit in
the castell of Ed r . destitute of all consale of hi*
frendis, & presentit. to the pynebaukis, seing vtheris
of perfite aige, and stark of persoune, put on the said
pynehaukis, and he beand thare scharplie exemanit,
for dredoure presoning of his body, maid the said
pretendit confessioune, &c. And als becaus—the
said confessioune was maid be the said lhone lord
Glammis in his menorite, nocht knawand the perraie
that was to follow tharupoune." Acts Mary'1-542,
Ed. 1814, p. 422.
• It is certain that the rack was at this period used
in England. For, in the confession of Holywell, an
English fanati c, who pretended that an angel appearet i
to him twice, saying, "Arise, and show your prince
that the Scots wolde never be true to him," it is de-
clared that he was put to the rack, but made no far-
ther discovery. Dated 1538, and signed Per me
Edmuncium Walsyngham. Y. Pinkerton's Hist.
Scot. ii. 351.
Teut. pijn-bancke has precisely the same meaning ;
Fidiculae, tormentum, &c. Op de pyn-baneke legghen,
habere quaestionem cum aliquo, adhibitis tor mentis,
&c. With this the phrase above quoted, " put on the
pijne-baukis," exactly corresponds. Belg. Op de pyn-
it an k gelegd, put to the rack ; Sewel. The word is
from pljn, pijne, pain, torment, or pijn-en to torture,
and banc Ice a bench. Whether the term, as used in
this country, had been originally of the same form
with that in Teut., it is impossible to ascertain. But
it may be supposed that our ancestors, if they did
not change the form of the other, compounded one
resembling it, both in sound and signification ; from
S. pine pain, anguish, and bank a beam; q. " the
beams for torture." Sw. pinbaenk is used in the same
sense; also Dan. pinebaenk, and Germ, peinbandc.
Norm. Sax. pin, pine, dolor, cruciatus ; pin-an tor-
quere, cruciare.
What a strange idea does it give of the manner*
of the age, when we learn that one of the first nobles
in Scotland, while yet a minor, was forced to bear
witness against his own mother, under terror of the
rack which was exhibited to him ; and that, in con-
sequence of such extorted confession, this lady was
actually burnt on the castle-hill of Edinburgh, under
the imputation of using means of sorcery against the
life of the king !
P Y N E P I G , a vessel used for keeping money.
" Memorandum deliverit be dene Robert H o g
chamioune of Halirudhouse to the thesaurar, tauld
in presens of the chancellar I ,ord Lile, the prior of
Sanctandrois, in a pyne pig of tyn i. e. counted in-
to a vessel of tin. Inventories, A . 1488, p. 1.
The term Pinner-pig, used in the west of S., in
this very sense, seems merely a modification, if not
a corruption of this. It is evidently allied to Ish
pyngia crumena, pyngAa marsupio includere, Su.G.
pung, Dim. peng, erumena, pera. The word pig is
added, because such vessels were originally made of
earth, as they still are; although this was of tin. V.
PlltLIE-PlG.
P I N E T , s. A pint, in S. two quarts.
 P l N P Y N"
tf T h e y fand that the same conteined twentie ane C£I, one day, w h e n I felt the wonted two o ' c l o c k
pi nets and ane mutchkin of just sterline j u g and mea- pinkUng in my belly, stepped into an eating-house, t o
s u r e / ' &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1618, Ed. 183 4, p. 586. get a ch eck of something." T h e Steam Boat, p. 270.
Apparently synon. with Prinkli/ig. V. P R I N K L E .
T o P X N G I L , P I N O L E , v. n. 2 . T o c o n t e n d , to
PINNER, A head-dress o r cap^ & c . ] Add;
vie with.] Add;
" I am as h u n g r y as a gled, m y bonny d o w ; sae
It is still used, in Galloway,as signifying to strive,
to 'quarrel. bid Kate set on the broo J , and d o y e put on your pin-*
ners, for ye ken V i c h Ian Vohr winna sit d o w n till
The cause could not b e told for laughin,
ye be at the head o' the table; and dinna forget the
1 hAY brithers pingled at their brochan,
pint bottle o' brandy." Waver ley, ii. 290.
A n d made a diii.
" Pinner, a cap with lappets, formerly worn b y
Davidson s Seasons, p. 36.
women of rank ;" GL. Antiq.
But now the glomin coming on,
P I N K L E - P A N K L E , * " T h e sound o f 1U
T h e chiels began to pingle;
q u i d in a bottle Gall. E n c .
A n ' drunken carls coupin down, ;
Made m u g s and yill-caups jingle. T o Pi N K L E - P A N K L E , v. n. To emit such s o u n d .
1 hid. p. 78. Add to etymon ; " I heard the g u d e wife say it w o u l d pinkle-pan-
it. perhaps deserves observation, that this word Mc-;" Ibid. p. 241.
in its form and signification nearly resembles PYNNEKILL, PINNOKIL, S.'
ii./o. " 5 pa^nai, o]:erari ; to work with great exer* " A n e pynnekill o f skymiis, contenand ix scoir and
t : .,n and diligence; Onmi vi, molimine, con amine, la- sax." Aberd. 'Reg. V . 16, p. 524.
u T w a pynnokillis o f skynnis." Ibid. A . 1535, V .
'! ..,:v ci-s:c 1111> a liquid eiiieere. Vitring. in Jesai.44. 12.
I ; j X G L E , P I N G L E - P A X , -v. " A small tin-made 15, p. 587-
<_;••.ji/ie(, with a long handle, used in Scotland This seems to be merely " piles o f skins," perhaps
1 preparing children's f o o d Gall., D u i n f r . , as erected in a pyramidal f o r m ; from L . B .pinnaciil*
um.
1,11 r. E o r .
P I N N A G E , s. A b o a t b e l o n g i n g to a ship o f
You want a pingle, lassie; weel and g u i d —
war. T h i s had been the ancient p r o n . in S.
'Tis thretty pennies—-pit it whar it stood. c( Phaselus, a Barge or PinnageDespaut. Gram.
Let it abee. I never saw sic fike
L . 1. T h e same in W e d d e r b . Y o c a b . p. 47-
About a pingle—tak it gin ye like—
Pinnasse, id., Kilian.
Or u'in ve dinna like it,—let it ly.
PINNING, Diarrhea, S A .
f 'iilage Fair, Black w. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 42.9-
" Diarrhoea, or looseness. This disorder is com-*
—•—The pingle-pan
Is on the ingle set; into the flood monly called by the shepherds pinning." A g r . Surv.
O f firey frith the lyart gear is east. Peeb" p. 389.
Davidson*s Seasons, ]). 6. P I N N E D , Y'i skit, part. adj. Seized with a diarr-
hea, S . A .
T h e pot or pan for making hasty pudding is called
" When the mothers have little milk, the lambs are
the Porritch-pingle. V . HA'-HOUSE.
rarely pinned." A g r . Surv. Peeb. ibid.
PINION, A pivot, R o x b .
It is pronounced in t w o syllables.
Fr. pignon denotes the nuts in whose notches the
Perhaps from the pain suffered b y the poor ani-
teeth of the wheeles of a clock run ; Cotgr.
mals ; Teut. pijninghe, torsio, cruciatus, cruciamen-
P Y N I T , part. pa. D r i e d o r shrunk.
turn, from pijn-en torquere, cruciare.
" T h e fische wes nocht pynit nor rypit [ripened
PINNYWINKLES, pi. A n instrumento f
a n e u c h t ; he causit put the same in the faltis [ v a t s ]
torture. V. PILLIEWINKES.
or barrels amang the pikill." A b e r d . Reg. 1560, V . 24.
P Y N O U R , ,9. A sort o f scavenger.
P I N K I E , adj. 1 . Pinkie Een, eyes that are nar- k* T h e pynouris to help to dycht & cleynge the cal-
r o w and l o n g , and that seem half closed, S.
sais euery pynour his day abowtt." A b e r d . Reg. A .
Teut. pinck-ooghen, oculis semi el an sis intueri, o c u -
1543, V. 18.
1'OS contrahere; Kilian. T h e E. v. to pink is rendered " Small expensis and wncostis, sic as keill hyiris
cc to wink with the eye." But this does not properly
[hires for small b o a t s ! pynour feis, walking on the
express the idea conveyed b y the S. term. [ q u a y ] heid," Sic. A b e r d . Reg. A . 1545, V . 19.
2. Small, used in a general sense, S. a T h e r e ' s " E u e r y pynour bayth man & w o m a n within this
a wee pinkie h o l e in that stocking. 1 ' burght." Ibid. A . 1545.
P I N K I E , S. I. T h i s term is c o m m o n l y u s e d to This must be the same with POINER, q. v.
denote any thing small, R o x b . P Y N S O N S , s.pi. Slippers.
2. T h e name given to a person w h o is b l i n d - f o l d - " James I.—was standing in his night-gown un-
ed. V. PLLHE-WINKIE. dressed, save his shirt, his cap, his c o m b , his cover-
P I N K I N G , adj. E x p l . " A Scottish w o r d e x - chief, his furred pynsons upon the form." Pink. Hist,
pressive o f the peculiar sound o f a d r o p o f wa- i. 184; also p. 467-
ter falling in a subterraneous cave.11 T o P Y N T , v. a. T o paint, to colour, to dis-
— O'er crystalFd roof and sparry wall, guise ; corr. from Fr. peinct, part. pa. of pein-
W h e r e pinking drops perpetual fall. drey id.
West Britons April 14th 1815. f4Utheris—spak frelie without feir, that sik proud
P I N K L I N G , s. Thrilling motion, Ayrs. fulege phantaseis, pyntit leis [ i . e. l i e s ] , brutall irre-=
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'ligiositie, and damnable errouris,—defenceit only be
fmyeit eloquence, jesting, and mockrie, wald nocht
hai'f sa lang. rei ny eis, nor tbe existimatioun amangis
the peple, as thai haif present! ie, allace !" N. W i n -
vet's Fourscoir thre Quest. Keith, A p p . p. 221.
P I N T , s, A liquid measure o f two-quarts in S.
P I N T - S T O U P , s. 1 . A tin measure, containing two
quarts, S.
There was Geordy that well lov'd his lassie,
H e touk the pint-stoiip in his arms, &c.
Hallow Fair, Herd's Coll. ii. l6f).
ff It's been the gipsies that took your pockmanky
— t h e y wadnapass the like o' that—it wad just come
to their hand like the boul o' a pint-sloitjy'." Guy
Mannering, iii. 1 11.
A spiral shell o f the g e n u s T u r b o , L o t h . ; de-
nominated most probably f r o m its elongated form,
as. resembling the measure above-mentioned. •
P I N - T I i E - W I D D I E , <y. A small dried h a d -
dock, &c.] Add;
2. M e t a p h . used to denote a very meagre person,
Aberd.
P Y N T - P I G , * . T h e same with Pirlie-Pig, Aberd.
P I N T S , s.pl. Shoe-thongs, L a n a r k s . ; corr. f r o m
E . po'mt, " a string with a tag."
P I O Y E , s. V. PEEOY.
P Y O T I E , adj. H a v i n g pretty large white spots,
S. V. PVATIE. . count to be taken o f all the property belonging to the
* P I P E , s. T o T A K a P I P E , Selkirks.; equiva-
lent to timing o n e s pipes, signifying to cry.
" He's coming, poor fellow—he's lakin a pipe to
him sel at the house-end—his heart—is as saft as a
snaw-ba." Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 155.
P I P E S , , S. pi. T h e c o m m o n name f o r the b a g -
pipe, S.
P I P E R , S. 1. O n e who plays on the b a g - p i p e , S.
A half dried h a d d o c k , A b e r d .
3. T h e name given to the EchinusCidaris, Shetl.
" E. Cidaris, found in deep water, Piper." Ed-
moiisto lie's Zetl. ii. 820.
In England this is the name o f , t h e Trig!a Lyra.
V . Penn. Zool. p. 234.
4. T h e insect called Father-long-Legs also re-
ceives this name, A b e r d .
P I P E H \ S N E W S , news that every one has already
heard, S . ; probably f r o m a piper g o i n g f r o m
place to place, and still retailing the same story,
till it b e in every one's m o u t h .
" I came expressly to inform yon' c Came with
pipers newssaid the lady, ''which the fiddler has
told before von."' Perils of Man, i. 29.
P I P E - S T A P P L E , .9. 1. U s e d as synon. with
Wimllc-slrac, for smooth-crested grass, L o t h .
" Pinches or forehammers will never p i c k upon't/
said Hugh, the blacksmith o f Ringleburn ; ye miglit
as weel batter at it wi' Pipe-stapplesTales of my
L a n d l o r d , ^ 175.
2. T h e stalk o f a tobacco-pipe, as distinguished
f r o m the b o u l , L o t h . , R o x b . StappUck synon.
Roxb.
" I'll go to such a place though it should rain auld
wives and pipe-stapplesProv. South o f S. But
the more ancient form is universally retained in the
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P I R
n o r t h , " t h o u g h it s h o u l d " r a i n a u l d w i v e s , a n d pike*
'staves
Old Flan dr. stapel, caulis, stipes, sea pus ; Kilian.
3. U s e d metaphorically to denote any thing that
js very brittle, R o x b .
PIPE-STAPPLES, «y. p i . A n implement o f sport
a m o n g children, S.
" Pipe-staples form a very amusing play-tiling, by
putting two pins cross-wise through a green pea,
placing the pea at the upper end of the pipe-staple,
and holding it vertically, blowing gently through it."
Blackw. Mag. A u g . 1821, p. 55. "
P I P P E N , s. A doll,' a b a b y , a puppet, for
children to p l o y with.
cc A n e ereid with sum bulyettis—and pippennw.-—
A n e coffer quhairin is contenit certane pictouris of
w em en-callit pippennis [female babies], being in nom-
ber fourtene, inekle and litle; fyftene vardingaill for
thame; nyntene gownis, kirtillis, and vaskenis for
t h a m e ; ane packet of sairkis, slevis, and hois for
thame, thair pantonis [slippers]; ane packet with ane
furnist bed ; ane utlier packett of litle consaittis and
triffillis of bittis o f crisp and utheris; tua dussane and
ane half of masking visouris." inventories, A. 1578,
p. 238.
This curious passage gives the contents of part ot
the royal treasury, when an inventory was made dur-
ing the regency o f Morton ; who caused a strict ac-
crown, resolved to check rapacity in every one but
himself. These puppets were most probably meant
for the use of our young Solomon, James VI.
I t a p u p i n - a , Fr.poupee, a p u p p e t : poupon, a baby, *
popin, neat, spruce; Teut. poppen, ludicra puerilia,
imagunculae, quae infantibus puerlsque ad lusum
praebentur; Kilian. "
T o P I P P E R , v.-n. T o tremble, to vibrate
q u i c k l y , Shetl.
From Isl. pipr-a t rem ere. Hann pipradi allraf reidi,
ira totus tremuit; Haldorson.
P I HE,
ce A t mine entry into the chappel, place was made
for me through the press, and so was I conveyed up,
and. placed in apire, or seat, even behind the king as
he kneeled at mass." Saddler's Papers, i. J(J.•
ce I cannot assign any derivation to this uncommon
word. D u Cange interprets Piretum to be a cell con-
taining a fire place." Ibid. N.
Kilian renders Norm. Fr. pire iC a stone/ 5 Had
this been the meaning, it would rather have been
" on a pire." The difficulty would be removed, could
we suppose that the term in MS. might be read pew.
P I H K U Z , s. " A n y kind o f perquisite Gall
E n c y c l . ; evidently a corr. o f the E . term.
T o P I R L , v. a. T o stir or poke any thing with a
l o n g rod or wand, M o r a y ; applied to the stirring
o f shilling seeds used in-drying grain, A b e r d .
PtiiLIxG-sTlcK, PIILLIN-WANI), ,y. '.riie name
g i v e n to the r o d used for stirring aii'dilng seals,
f o r making them burn, where they are used as
f u e l on the hearth, ibid. V. PYIIL," V. N.
T o P I R L , v. a. T o twist, to twine; as, to twist
horse-hair-into a fishing-line; R o x b . . ^
Pyrle occurs in a similar sense, O.E.
Ee
 P I ' R P I R
" I pyrle wyre of golde or syluer, I wynde it vpon Insert, as sense
a whele as sylke women do." Palsgr. B. iii, F. 317, a. 2. " T h e , bobbin o f a s p i n n i n g - w h e e l S . , G l . A n t .
Apparently a secondary sense of the v. as signify- * P i it N - C A P , s. A w o o d e n b o w l , used b y weaver®
ing to whirl, from the circumvolution of any thing for holding their quills, S.
in the act of twisting ; or as allied to Fr. pirouett-er, Fraunees mentions O . E . t f Pyrne or webstars some.
to twirl. Pan us." Prompt. Par v.
T o - P I R L , r. ii. T o be gently, rippled, as the PiUN-STICK, 6*. T h e w o o d e n broach on which the
surface o f a b o d y o f water b y a slight wind, S. quill is placed, while the y a m p u t upon it in
P I R L , A'. A slight r i p p l i n g ; as, T h e r e ' s a pirl spinning is reeled off, S.
on the water S. V. PntR. PIRNIE,,?. A woollen night-cap; generally applied
P u i L i E , adj. 1. Crisp, having a tendency to curl to those manufactured at K i l m a r n o c k , R o x b .
up. T h u s when the fleece o f a sheep, o r coat c: Pirnics, nightcaps woven of various coloured
o f a d o g , has this appearance, the animal is said threads Gall. Encycl.
to b e pirlie-sJcinned) Roxb. T h e term, like Pirnie, adj. denotes that the arti-
2. Pirlicfellow, one who is very,difficult to please; cle is striped and o f different colours.
a term o f contempt, South o f S. P I R N I E - C A P , s. A night-cap, R o x b . ; perhaps
P I R L E Y P E A S E - W E E P , a gam e among b o y s, because the covering worn for the head by m e n
'Loth. ' ' is c o m m o n l y o f striped woollen stuff. V . P I R N I E .
tc p"lrlejj Pease-rveep is a game played by boys, and PVRNIT, PutNYT, part. pa. Striped.] Add;
the name demonstrates that it is a native one ; for it " Item, ane g o w n e o f crammasy velvot, droppit
would require a page of close writing to make it in- with gold wyre, with twa begariis o f the samyn, ly~
telligible to an Englishman." Blackw. Mag. A u g . nit with pip-nil satyne, without hornis." Inventories,
1821, p. 86. A . 1589, p. 33.
P I R L E T , . P i i i L i x , «?. A p p a r e n t l y , a p u n y or They still say in A n g u s , that a w e b is all pirned3
contemptible figure, A y r s . when woven with unequal yarn. Cloth is thus d e -
(t Miss Mizy protested—that it would b e a dis-
nominated, because for each stripe a different pirn or
grace to them for ever to pass through the town with quill is used in the weaving.
such a pirlet of a driver." Sir A . Wylie, iii. 278. P I R N I C K E R I E , adj. T r o u b l e s o m e , S o u t h o f S.
" A pretty pirUt ye'll be, me leading you hame, T h i s seems merely a variety o f Perniclcitie.
blind and blaiding, wi' a napkin, or an auld stock- T o P I It II, v. n. T o spring up, as b l o o d f r o m
ing tied round your head." Sir A . Wylie, i. 85. the wound made b y a lancet. Gall.
Fr. perlette, a small pearl ? f>' Blood is said to pirr from the wound made b y
P I R L I E , s. A childish name for the little fin- a l a n c e t ; " Gall. Encycl.
ger,. L o t h . C.B. pyr, that shoots out in a point.
1 T R L I E W I N K I E , * T h e little finger, L o t h . ; P I R R , adj. " A girl is said to look p i r r when
the same with Pirlie.
gaily d r e s s e d i b i d .
It is used in the nursery rhyme :
<{ There's the thief that brak the barn f P I R R , s, " A sea-fowl with a l o n g tail and black
(Taking hold of the fore-finger) head, its feet not w e b b e d ibid. ,
" There's the ane that steal'd the corn P Y S E N T , ad/. E x p r e s s i v e o f lightness o f conduct.
(Touching the middle-finger) " Pysent, Besynt. Pysent limmer, light woman.
" There's the ane that tell'd a ' ; " Theot. pisontiu, laseiviens;" Gl. Sibb.
(Pointing to the ring-finger) P I R R A I N A , ,9. A female child, Orkn.
" And puir pirliewinkie paid for a'." Perhaps a diminutive from Notv. piril, a little p e r -
There is a similar ironic in Angus, only with a son. O r the first syllable may be allied to Dan. pigc,
partial change of designations, and as including the pie, a girl.
.thumb. P Y R R E 5 s. A name given to the P a r or S a m -
•, " Here's Break-barn let, in some parts o f R o x b .
(Taking hold of the thumb) P I R I I I E , adj. 1. T r i m , nice in,dress, Berwicks. ;
Here's Steal-corn,"—the fore-linger ; synon. Pernicldtie. V . P i it it, adj.
" Here's IIand-Watch,"—the middle-linger ; Precise in manner, ibid.
Here's Riim-arva',"—the ring-finger; 3. H a v i n g a tripping m o d e in walking, walking
" A n d little wee, wee Cronachie pays for a'."
with a spring, i b i d .
PIRN, 1. A quill or reed, & e . ] Add ;
u Y o u must not forget to see the silk work, which
T o P I R I I I E , v. a. T o f o l l o w a person from place
to place, like a dependent, Mearns. Hence,
Is a most curious contrivance ; it is three or four sto-
P u t it I E - D O G , s. 1. A d o g that is constantly at his
ries high, in the highest storie there are innumerable
pirns of silk, which are all moved by the gene rail master's heels, i b i d . Para-dog, A n g . ^ d . , cj. v .
motion that the water gives to some wheels below, o. Transferred to a person who is the constant
Sc there they receive .the first twist; in the storie next companion o f another, in the character o f a p a -
to that, they receive the; second ; & in the lowermost rasite, ibid.
storie the last, which brings it to that form of raw Tent, paer-en, binos consoeiare, par iter conjimgere,
bilk that we commonly see sold." Sir. A . Balfour's V . PARRY, - ' •
Letters, p. 210. This refers to Bologna in Italy, P I R R I I I O U D E N , adj. F o n d , d o a t i n g , Perth*.-
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Perhaps from Teut. paer, a peer, an equal, and
houdcn held, as denoting mutual attachment.
P I R Z I E , adj. Conceited, Loth.
Q. an A per se, a phrase much used by our old
writers; or from Fr. par soy, by one's self.
P Y S E R T , s. A miseiv Shed.
I si. pisa,a. spunge, q. one who sucks up everything?
PISHMOTHER, A n ant, Ettr. F o r . 'Can
this be viewed as a corr. of pismire ? V . P i s -
MTNNIK. T h e Fris. name is Pis~imme.
PISR, c< A dry-looking saucy girlGall
Encycl. Y . . P T S K I E , PisivET.
P I S K I E , adj. Marshy, U p p . Clvdcs.
P I S K I E , P I S K E T , adj.' 1. D r y . " " A n y thing
withering dry is pishy.—Pisket grass, dried,
shrivelled grass Gall. Encycl.
55. Cold and reserved in manner, Gall.
" T o behave dryly to a friend is to behave [ b e ]
pisketibid. The term may have "been originally
applied to the skin, when chopped by the drought ;
C.B. pisg, small blisters.
P I S M I N . N I E , s. T h e vulgar name f o r an ant,
Galloway, D u m f r , , Clydes.
P I S S A N T , adj. P o w e r f u l ; F r . puissant
— Cf Quhilkis wer ane parte of the commissionaris
deputitfor completingof oure soueranis mariage with
the maist excellent and pissant prince king daulphine
of France/' &c. Acts Mary 1558, Ed. 1814, p. 507-
P Y S S L E , s. A trifle, a thing o f no value, R o x b .
I have remarked no term to which it can reason-
ably be traced, unless perhaps Lat. pusill-us, very
little. .
T o P Y S T E R , v. a. T o hoard up, U p p . Clycles.
Isl. puss signifies marsupium, sacculus: Haldorson
gives Dan. pose as its synonyme.
P Y S T J E R Y , S. A n y article hoarded up, ibid.
T o P I T , v. a. T h e vulgar pronunciation o f the
E . v. to Put, S.
" They prick us and they pine us, and they pit
us on the pinny winkles for witches." Bride of Lam-
mermoor, ii. 230.
T o PIT ane\s sell down, to commit suicide, S.
T o PIT i n , to contribute a share, S. T h i s is
called the Inpit or Input. V. PUT, V.
T o PIT one through a thing, to clear up, to ex-
plain a thing to a person, A b e r d .
* P I T , s. Potatoe~pit, a conical heap o f potatoes
covered with earth, S.
cc A pit, or pie, is a conical heap of potatoes, about
four feet diameter at bottom, built up to a point, as
high as they will admit of, and resting upon the dry
bare ground. The heap is carefully covered by a
layer of straw; a trench is then dug all round, and
the earth thrown over the straw, and well beaten
down by the .spade. The apex, or summit of the
heap, is. generally secured from rain by a broad grassy
sod. A shallow hollow, about a foot deep, is gene-
rally dug in the place where the potatoes are to be
laid; and, from this circumstance, the name has been
extended to the heap itself." Agr. Surv. Berw.p. 298.
I T T C A K E , s. A n imitative designation for the
plover, supposed to express the sound emitted
b y the bird, Berwicks.
5219
* T o P I T Y , v.- a. T o excite pity in, to cause
compassion for.
Thair was so many widowes, bairnes, and infantis,
seiking redrese, &c. that it wold have pitied any man
to have hard the samyne." Pitscottie,.]). 35.
•—" Flow the Barons wives are oppressed by spoil-
ing their places, and robbing their goods, it would
pity a good heart." Disc, of Troubles, Keith's Hist.
App. p. 129.
P I T M I I i l t , adj. So dark that one has not a
single glimpse o f light, S.
Perhaps, like the darkness of a pit or dungeon. It
has, however, been expl. as if it had the same origin
with Pik-mirk.
(< Pil-vrirk, pick-mark, dark as pitch Gl. Antiq.
P I T T ANE SILWR.
" Not a, Discharges producit be Patrik Grinlaw
& Jaes Alex r of thair feu-dew ties and piit ane silwr for
the termes of W'sonday & Mts [Martinmas] l(x'>6."
Wreattis producit be theFewares of Fawkirk. Mem.
Dr. Wilson, v. Forbes of Callendar, A. 1813, A p p ,
p. 18. . •
A s these feus were held of the Abbey of Holyrood,
the term must be viewed as referring to some mo-
nastic institution. Pitt ane silver seems to be the
same with L.B. pictantia, pittantia, &c. which de-
noted the portion allowed to monks in meat, or eat-
ables, as contradistinguished from pulse. Portio mo-
nachica in esculentis ad valorem unius pietae ; lau-
tior pulmentis, quae ex oleribus erant, cum pictan-
ciae essent de piscibus. Du Cange. The term was
used also to denote food in general, as provided for
the refectory ; sometimes a luncheon of cheese, at
other times four or Ave eggs.
This piitane silver had been a duty imposed in ad-
dition to what was properly denominated the feu-
duty. It had its name from L.B. jncta, Fr. pite, a
very small coin, struck by the Counts of Poitiers, al-
most the smallest in currency, being of the value of
half a farthing. Here we discover the true origin of
the E. word pittance.
' P I T T E R - P A T T E R , adv. " A l l in a flutter ; some-
times, pittie-pattieS,; Gall. E n c v c l .
PITTIVOUT, A small arch or vault, K i n -
cardines. F r . petit vaut.
P I X I E , $.„ A spirit which has the attributes o f
the Fairies.
I f thou'rt of air, let the gray mist fold thee,—»
If of earth, let the swart mine hold thee,—
If a Pixie, seek thy ring,—
If a Nixie, seek thy spring.' The Pirate, ii. 246.
" Pixy. A fairy. Exmore." Grose.
Colt-pixy is'a term used in Hampshire, denoting a
spirit similar in character to our Kelpie. t£ A spirit
or fairy, in the shape of a horse, which (wickers)
neighs and misleads horses into bogs," &c. Grose,
Prov. Gloss.
Whether Pixie be the same with Puck, who, in the
whimsical annals of the Good people, is a fairy that
waits on Oberon, I cannot pretend to say. Puke,
both in Isl. and Su.G. is rendered tliaboMs.
P I Z A N . • To play the pizan with one, 'to get the
better o f one in some way or-othej, Tweedd.
Can it have any connexion with Fr. paisson, pessont
 P L A P L 'A
the exaction of pasturage for cattle; or L.B. piso, (pi. Anglified form than seems consistent with the man-
pison-es), an instrument for grinding. ners of the age, or with the character of the phra-
T o P I Z E N , v. a. A corr. of E . Poison. seology.
— She has dung the bit fish aft* the brace, I will creep forward, my lord/ said Quentin,
And it's fallen i' the maister-can ; and endeavour to bring you information/ '' D o so,
And now it has sic a stink, my bonny ehield; thou hast sharp ears and eyes, and
It'll pizen the silly good-man. good will—but take heed—I would not lose thee/or
Herd's Coll. ii. 214. two and a plack." Q. Durward, iIi. 322.
P I Z Z , .v. Pease ; the pron. of Fife and some As a plack amounted to two thirds of a bawbee, or
other counties; Cumb. pezz, id., elsewhere of sixpence Scotch; the meaning of the phrase seems
peyse. In A b e r d . pizz is also used in sing, for to be,- that one would not do or suffer such a thing
a single pea ; Lat. pis-urn. . for as many bodies, (consisting of twa pennies each),
P L A C E , - s. 1. T h e mansion house, &e.] Add ; in addition to the plack, as would make sixpence of
2: T h i s term is also used,' in some of our old wri- our old money ; or in other words, as it seems indeed
tings, to ..denote a castle or strong-hold. to be nearly allied to the expression before mention-
•—" Out* auld Ynemeis of Ingland lies—takin the ed, he would not submit to it, although he should
places of Sanct Colmes Inehe, the Craig and places by tins means male his plack a bawbee. How natural
of Bruchty, the place of Hume and Aldroxburgh, for an Englishman, in consequence of this explana-
and lies rani for sat the said," &c. Sedt. Counc. A. tion, to exclaim, Is it not evident, even from the pro-
1547, Keith's Hist. App. p. 55. verbial language of the Scotch, that they have always
ce Elizabeth Priores of Hadyngton hes takin upon set a high value on the most paltry sum ?
P L A C K - A I L L , .V. Beer sold at a plack per pint.
hir the cuire and keiping of the place and fortaliee of
" H i s wyf hve\\\tplak-culL" Aberd. Reg.l 5'60,V.24.
Nunraw, and hes bund and oblist hir—to keip the
P L A C K L E S S , adj. Moneyless, &,c.] Add;
samyn surlie fra our auld Ynimies of Ingland and
The case is clear, my pouch is plack less, &c.
all utheris." A. 1547, ibid. p. 56, 57-
Tarras's Poems, p. 25.
Add, to etymon ;
According to the Diet. Trevoux, Place, en terme
F L A C K - P I E , S. A pie formerly sold for a plack.
kC At last, being apparently unable to withstand
de guerre, est un mot generique qui comprend toutes
his longings, he asked, in EL faultering tone, the huge
sortes de forteresses ou l'on se peut defend re, &c.
landlord—whether he could have a plack-pie. ' Never
L.B. placea, arx, castrum, locus munitus. Litterae
heard of such a thing, master. There is what is worth
Henrici IV. Reg. Angliae aim. 1400, apud Rymer,
all the black pyes, as you call them, that were ever
torn. 8. pag. 611. Quidam Monot de Cantelope ar-
made of sheep's head." Redgauntlet, iii. jf)8.
miger, qui castrum illud nuper emit—dicendo se
P L A C E S - W O R T H , S. A thing of very little value ;
Iiaereditarium et dominum dietae Placeae de Camars-
literally, the value o f a plack, S.
sac, Placeam illam fortificare incepit, et in dies for- <e Except a dry paternoster, and a drap holy wa-
tifiqat. Du Cange.
ter to sloken't wi', nae a plack's-worth we get frae ony
P L A C E B O E , s. A parasite.] Add;
o' them." Cardinal Beaton, p. 25.
Placebo, vieux mot qui se disoit autrefois de Cour-
P L A C K I T , pari, pa,
tisans qui cherchent a pi aire au Prince. On le dit
encore aujourd'hui en Norman die; et les ecoliers ap- " Hir cow hes plackit & distroytt his bair (Hbear or
pellent ainsi ceux qui rapportent en secret les fautes barley]; & requyrit hir to borrow in hir cow, &
4e leur compagnons a leurs maitres pour gagner mend the skaycht." Aberd. Reg. A . 1543, V. 18.
leur bonnes graces. On lit dans les memoires de If this be not an err at. for pluckit, plucked, it may
Villars, L. VI. p. 560 : Si les princes s^avoient plu- be from Fr. plaqu-er to lay fiat, q. trodden down.
tot embrasser les utiles conseils, que les passionnes * T o P L A Y , v. n. Used as. signifying to boil,,
& deguises de leurs ruinistres, qui vont, comme on with fervour, S . ; equivalent to E . wallop.
dit, toujours a Placebo. Diet. Trev. in vo. " Fair words will not make the pot play," S. Pro v.;
P L A C K , .v. 1. A billon coin, &t\] Add; equivalent to the E. one, " Fair words butter no
It was this money, as.would seem, that received parsnips ;" Kelly, p. 10(5.
the name of the Cochrane Plack. It occurs in another Prov. of a coarser description,
tc He had sick credit of the king, that he gave him bu t very expressive of the vast influei. c . :;h.it money
leive-to stryk cunyie of his awin as if he had beine has on mankind, and at the same time c.-.'\.ic greatest
ane prince; and when any would refuse the said contempt for this grovelling spirit. Money will
cunyie, quhilk was called ane Cochrane PlacJc, and make the pot play, if [ t h o u g h ] the Dei! pish in the
would say to him that it would be cry it doun, he fire." Ibid. p. 243.
would answeir, that he should be hanged that day T o P L A Y BIIOWXT, to assume a rich brown colour
that his money was cryed doun, quhilk prophecie in b o i l i n g ; a phrase descriptive o f substantial
cam to pas heiref'ter." Pitseottie's Cron. p. 184-5. broths, Ayrs. ; to boil brozmi, S.B,
2. A small copper coin, .&c. Add before etymon ; Their walth, for either kyte or crown,
I wadna for twa and a plack,—a phrase meant to Will ne'er gar Simon's pat play brown,
express a strong negation, conjoined with a verb de- Pic ken's Poems, i 124.
noting action or passion. This is of very common T o PLAY CARL A G A I N . V. CAIJL-AGAIN.

use in S.; and is put in the mouth of a good old earl P L A Y - F E I R , S. 1. A play-fellow.] Add;
of the fifteenth century, although rather more in an • Palsgrave ex pi. jAayfere by Fr. mignon, a minion,.
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a darling. B. iii. F. 5 5 , a. It also occurs in Beau-
mont and Fletcher. Although improperly spelled,
it is used in its proper signification.
— Learn what maids have been her
Companions, andplaij-pheers ; and let them repair to
Her with Palamort in their mouths.— P. .'>070.
T o PLAY PAUW. V. PAUW.
T o PLAY PEW. V. PEW.
PLAYIUFE, adj. Synon. with E . playful, and
play so me, S. ; often p r o n o u n c e d q . player ife.
— " The saying was verified, that old folk are twice
bairns ; for in such plays, pranks, and projects, she
was as play rife as a very lassie at her sampler."
A.S. plega ludus, and rif frequens.
P L A I D E N , P L A I D I N G , S. A coarse woollen
cloth, & c . ] Add;
W h e n the manufacture o f plaiding was first intro-
duced into Scotland seems to be uncertain. But the
king and " estaittis" are said to " vnderstand that
the plaiding o f this kingdome is one o f the most an-
cient and p r y m e commodities thairof." A c t s Cha. I.
Ed. 1814, V."499.
It w o u l d appear that this stuff was anciently w o r n
parti-coloured 111 S., like what is n o w called Tartan.
Moryson"mentions it, during the reign of James VI.,
although there seems to be an error in the ortho-
graphy. ^
ft The inferiotir sort of citizens wines, and the w o -
men o f the conn trey, did weare cloakes made of a
course stuffe, o f two or three colours in checker worke,
vulgarly called Plodan." Itinerary, Part iii. p. 180.
P L A I G , ,9. A toy, a play-thing, T e v i o t d . ;
Plaik, D u m f r . ; Flayock, Clydes. V. P L A Y O K I S .
T o P L A I N E , 11. a. . T o shew, to display.
" In this maner o f speaking, I will plaine m y In-
dustrie," &c. Ressoning Crosraguell & Knox, F. 26, b.
L.B. plan-arc, planum reddere; q. to make plain.
P L A I N E N , s. Coarse linen, Mearns., Perths.
Teut. plaggken, pamiieuli; linteum tritum.
P L A I N S T A N E S , s.pl. l . T h e p a v e m e n t . ] Add;
' " Fie was a busy man, seeing all sort o f things. I
trow no grass grew beneath his feet 011 the plainslanes
o f London." T h e Steam Boat, p. 262.
" This very morning I saw madam, the kitchen
lass, mounted on a.pair o f pattens, washing theplain-
stenes Qstanes] before the door." Blackw. Mag. June
1820, p. 269.
P L A I N T W I S S , adj. Disposed to-complain o f , hav-
ing g r o u n d o f complaint against.
ct Or dan is the said Archibalde to raiss new sum-
mon dis, gif it pless [please] him apone the said Jchne
o f F orb ass, or his balye o f the said quarter, & all
vthiris parsonis that he is plaintwiss of." Act. Audit.
A . 1474, p. 41.
This term might induce the idea that there had
been an old FY. adj. of the form of plainleuxreuse, id.
P L A I T - B A C K I E , s. A kind o f b e d g o w n , worn
b y women, reaching d o w n to the knees, a::d
made o f camblet or serge, more c o m m o n l y of a
blue colour. I t receives its designation from
its having three plaits 011 the hack ; one o f these
being on each haunch, and another in the mid-
dle between them* f o r m i n g the skirts. This
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dress is still used b y old women in A n g u s and
Aberdeenshire.
P L A I T T , s.
u Sir James Kirkaldie—past in Fraunce to aduer-
ties the king of the plailiis of England and Scotland,
devyst to supprise the Queenes trew subiectis, and
th air fore desyrit sum new supplie." I list. James the
Sext, p. 157.
Fr. plait, " sute, controversie, altercation," Cotgr.
same, origin with Pledc, q. v. It may however be for
plattis, plans, which corresponds better with the
sense.
P L A N E , adj. F u l l , consisting o f its different
constituent branches.] Add ;
In the same sense the phrase, plane court, occurs
in'our old acts.
H e wes admittit tennent be the abbot of H a l y -
w o d for the tyme & his bailye in plane court." Act.
Audit. A . 1493, p. 176.
Curiam autem pie nam et plenerium proprie voea-
bant, quae constabat pluribus paribus, sen vassallis
judicibus.—Plusienrs homines de fief, que Ton dit
plcine court. A p . D u Cange,'vo. Curia, col. 1257*
T o P L A N K , v. a. T o divide, or exchange pieces
o f land which are possessed b y different people,
and lie intermingled with one another, so that
each persoifs property may b e thrown into one
field, Caithn.
" In many cases the arable land has been planked,
or converted into distinct farms, in place of the old
system of tenants occupying it in run-rig, or rigg
and rennal, as it was provincially termed." A g r .
Surv. Caithn. p. 268.
P L A N K , ,V. A term applied to regular, divisions
• o f land, in distinction from the irregular ridges
o f the Run-riShed. • V . A p p . A g r . Surv.
Shell, p. 33.
I find 110 similar northern term. Su.G. plank, in-
deed, is used in a secondary sense for a fence made
of planks. L.B. planch-a is expl. Modus agri, maxhne
qui in longuin protenditur vel in piano situs ; l ) u
Cange. O.Fr. planche, certaine mesure de terre ;
Roquefort. Une demy planche de terre (A. 1479),
Carpentier.
P L A N T - A - C R U I V E , PLANTA-CREW, S. ' A
small inclosure, circular or square, surrounded
with a feal-dyke, for the purpose of raising cole-
wort plants, &e., Sheth, Orkn.
" S e e where the very wall around Euphane's pi ant-
a-cruive has been blown down." T h e Pirate, ii. 257.
" I till a piece of my best ground ; down comes
a sturdy beggar that wants a kail-yard, or a planta-
eruivCy as you call it, and he claps down an inclosure
in the middle o f my bit shot of corn, as lightly as if
he was baith laird and tenant." Ibid. iii. 52.
ee T h e plants are raised from seed sown in little
enclosures of turf, often on the commons, called, in
Orkney, planta-crews. These planta-crews are mi—
me:\>UN, some circular, others rectangular, and have
a singular appearance to strangers, seldom exceeding*
ten yards square." A g r . Surv. Orkn. p. 80.
From Isl. plant-a plantare, as, plant a kal, to set
kail, olerare ; and kro-a circumsepire, includm\
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T h e Norw. word krue is defined by Hallager, e( an T o P L A T . C H , v. n. T o make a- heavy noise in
inclosed place with houses for cows." walking, with q u i c k short steps, R o x b .
P L A N T E V S S , adj. M a k i n g complaint. PLATCII, s. A plain-soled foot, ibid.
" The, said parti is has grantit & promits that thei If you are going on a journey, on Monday morn**
sail mak redress, full satisfaccioun 8c restorance to ing, and meet a man who has platches or plain soles,
all the kingis liegis plantevss on thaim, that can be it is necessary, according to the dictates of tradition-
lauchfully previt," &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A . 1490, ary superstition, that you should turn again, because
p . 167. V . P L A I N t w i s s a n d PLENTEOUS. it is an evil omen. T h e only way to prevent the bad
PLANTTIS, s.pl effect of so fatal an occurrence, is to return to your
" Item, twa doubill plant lis maid to refraine heit own abode, to enter it with the right foot foremost,
watter in maner o f schoufer." Inventor.A. 1542,p.72. and to eat and drink. Then you may safely set out
Probably an error of the writer for plat [is, i. e. again on your journey ; the spell being dissolved ;
plates or dishes. f Roxb. ' ' ' . • ' '
T o P L A S H , v. a. 1. T o strike water forcibly, S. Teut. plaetse, plefse, pes planus ; from plat planus,
5?. U s e d figuratively, to denote any ineffectual whence is formed plat-voet, ulso-plat-voetigh, planipes,
endeavour; as, Ye1 rejust plashing the water, S. plane us ; Or. TT Xccj-ug, Lat. plaut-ns, id.
P L A S J I M I L L E I ; , <V. A fuller, one who fulls cloth, P L A T E G L U F E , A*. A glove made o f m a i l ; a
A u g . ; svnon. Wauk-miller. piece o f armour anciently worn.
" While returning from a penny-wedding at West " Many thinks if they be free o f men that they
Mill of Cortaehy, John Young, plash-miller at East are well eneugh : put me from his gun and pistolet,
Mill, was drowned in the river Esk, at the west side sayes he, I am sure eneugh j and in the mean-tyme
of the bridge." Dundee Advertiser, Dec. 19; 1822. there is ncuer suspition of the clevill, stronger and
F L A S H , s. Plash of rain.] Add; subtiller then all the men in the world : Pie will get
u T h e thunder-rain, in large drops, came plash after on a eroslet and plalegluf'e, 6 miserable catiue, what
armour hast thou for the enemy of thy soule ?" Bol-
plash on the blanket roof with which our habitation
lock on 2 Thes. p. 128.
was covered/' Blackw. Mag. M a y 1820, p. 158.
Plaskregn is given by Haidorson as a Dan. word P L A T T , .9. A blow, a stroke, S . B . A . S . plaetty
having the same signification, vo. Lama-re^n. id. V . I lire, ii. 3 4 1 .
P L A S H - F L U K E , P L A S H I E , .9. T h e fish called P L A W A Y , adj. A term applied* to bread.
Plaice', L o t h . , Mearns. I n the latter county it " Guid, fyne & plarvay breid of quhit j " i. e. wheat.
is also called Plashie. Aberd. Reg. A. 1545, V . 19.
F L A S K E T , <9. Apparently a variation o f Plis- T o P L E A S E a thing, to be pleased with it.
hie, A y r s . — f f You wonder that any man should not please
ce Far be it from my thoughts'—to advise any harm the device of salvation by Christ, and lead out to-
either to the name or dignity of the countess, whom wards him." Guthrie's Trial, p. I 19-
I-canna believe to have been playing ony plaskct" This is a Fr. idiom. Plaire, to—like, allow, or
Sir A . Wylie, ii. 31. ' thinke well o f ; " Cotgr.
P L A T , adv. Flat. Plat contrary, directly contrary. T o P L E C H E , v. a. T o bleach. Plecliing,,
" Plat contrary to our expectations, we found her bleaching; A b e r d . R e g . Cent. 16.
passion so prevail in maintenance of him [ B o t h w e l l ] P L E D , " Perhaps, private c o r n e r G l . Sibb.
and his cause, that she would not with patience hear V. PAMPHLETTE. B u t t h e s e n s e is q u i t e u n -

speak any thing to his reproof, or suffer his doings certain. .

to be called in question." Answ. Lords of S. to P L E E N G I E , ,9. A name given to the y o u n g o f
Throckmorton, 1567- Keith's Hist. p. 419. the Herring G u l l , L a r u s fuscus, L i n n . ; Mearns.
T o PLAT, r. a. " T o flat, to place flat, or close. Synon. Plirrie, q. v. r

Speaking of the crucifixion o f Christ, L y n d s a y Supposed to be imitative of its cry.

says, they P L E Y , s. L A debate, &c.] Add;
Plat him backwart to the croce." 67. Lynds. 3. A quarrel o f whatever kind, S.
I hesitate, however, as I have met with this term P L E Y A B L K , adj. Debate-able at law. . .
used as a v. in no other passage, whether plat may not — " It wes allegiit be our souerane lordis lettrez of
be forp/e/, q. plaited, twisted, as referring to distortion. summondis raisit on him,—that thelandis o f T h o m e -
V . P L E T , part. adj. ton, with the pendiclis & pertinentis, were pleyable
P L A T , P L A T T , - A model, a plan.] Add; betuix him & the said Thomas," &c. Act. Audit.
This term is used in the same sense in old E. A . 1494 i p. 205.
" Your lordships shall now see the plat of those — " Quhay sal—mak the Rom ane pepill juge in
mens purposes at the arrival of their ambassadors ; ony mater ; in aventure they convert all pleyabillma-
and, as I shall perceive here, 1 will advertise with ter is to thair awne proffit ?" Bellend. T . Liv. p. 310*
such diligence as the same shall require." Sadler's Controversiosa, Lat.
Papers, i. 116. P L E Y A R E , P L E Y E R E , S. A litigator.
f<" I have seen the plait of Lythe [ L e i t h ] and vieued
— " T h e maist pairt of the lieges of this realme ar
the same myselfe, as neare as I durst." Randall, becumin wilfull, obstinate and malitious pkyaris, sua
ibid. p. 500. that thai will not be content to pay and satisfie thair
P L A T , C O W - P L A T , S. A cake o f cow's d u n g , creditouris of sic dettis as thai aucht iustlie to thame,
Ettr. F o r . ; T e u t . plat, planus, flat. ---without calling and c'Ompulsioun o f the law and
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extremitie thairof." Acts Ja. V I , 1587, Ed. 1814,
p. 447- : „
" Concerning the puir pleyeris in the law, and thair
apprcssioun of the cuntrie." Ibid. p. 448.
T o P L E I D , v. a. T o subject to a legal prosecu-
tion ; an old forensic term.
G i f ony man be pleidit and persewit for ony land
or tenement, qu hair of he lies liad possessioun,—and
thair be biggingis and housis in the samin, biggit be
him or be utheris : it is leastim to him to destroy and
remove the saidis housis," &c. Balf. Praet. p. 199-
L.B. pleyt-us is used for plaeit-um, I lisp, pleyte. But
this v. is more probably from plait-are, placitum, sen
pactum in ire, (Du Gauge) ; if not from Fr. plaid-er.
T o P L E N Y S , P L E N Y S S , P L E N I S U , v. a. L T o
furnish.] Add ;—to stock a farm, S.
" Remember, that I told you to take no more rooms
[farms] at Martinmas, than ye will plenish at Whit-
sunday/' Walker's Remark. Passages, p. 15.
The root is unquestionably Lat. pien-us, full. But
I can see no intermediate link between this and our
v., unless Fr. pie in id. should be reckoned such.
PLENISHMENT,*?. T h e same with Plenlssing, S.O.
" Sarah's father bestowed 011 us seven rigs, and a
cow's grass, &c. as the beginning of a plenishment to
our young fortunes/' R. Gilhaize, ii. 157-
T o P L E N Y S S , v. n. T o spread, to expand, to dif-
fuse itself; q. to fill the vacant ground.
r£ That na man rnak yard is nor h egg is of dry staikis,
na ryss, or stykis, nor yit of na hewyn wode, hot
allanerly of lyffand wode the quhilk may grow &
plenyss/' Pari. Ja. II. A . 1457, Acts Ed. 1814,
p. 51.
In Edit. 1566, it is lyand wod, evidently by mis-
take, as this mars the sense.
P L E N S I i E l i N A I L , a large nail. -
" Naides called plensher nailes, the thousand, iii 1.
vis. viii d." Rates Outward, A. l 6 l l .
A nail of this description is called a PIen shir, Ettr.
For. V. PLENSUIN.
P L E N S I I I N G - N A I L , s. A large nail, such as
those used in nailing down floors to the joists, S.
Plenshion denotes a floor, in Cornwall and Devon-
shire; and E. planching,(£ in carpentry, the laying the
floors in a building."
Perhaps from Fr. plancker, a boarded floor; as be-
ing used for nailing the planks or deals.
P L E N T E , 5. Complaint; E . plaint.
" l i e passed to the north of Scotland, and heard the
plentes thair in lykmaner." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 297.
P L E T , pret. pa, Plaited, folded, Ettr. For.
Venus with this all glaid and full of ioye,
—Before Jupiter doun hir self set,
And baith hir amies about his fete plet,
Embrasand thame and kissand reuerentlye.
Doug. Virgil, 478. 46.
Sli.G. fiaet-a nectere; Lat. pleet-ere.
T h o w God the quhilk is onlie richt,
T h o w saif me from the deuillis net:
Thairfore thow on the croce was ph't-
Poems of the Sixteenth Century, p. L27>
I hesitate whether the term should be here ex-
plained folded. If we render it smitten, stricken, it
might be traced to A.S. plaelt-ian ferire, caedere;
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or Teut. plett-en conculcare, contundere/ eonterere ;
Kilian.
P L E T , adj. Used in the sense o f due, or direct;
as, Plet South, Plet North, due South, due
North ; A b e r d .
Undoubtedly allied to Teut. plat, Su.G. platt, hi-
tus, planus. From the latter is derived platt, peni-
tus, omnino; formed, says I lire, after the Lat. idiom,
like plane from planus. Thus Plet South is equiva-
lent to " completely/' or " entirely South/'
T o . P L E T , P L E T T I X , F L A T T E N , v. a, ' T o rivet,
to clench ; terms used by blacksmiths, in regard
to the operation of shoeing horses, when the nails
are rivetted, R o x b . ; Plcttin, Fife. Hence,
T L E T T I N - S T A N E , S. A large flat stone, till of late
years lying at the door of a smithy. On this
stone, the horse's foot was set flat, after the shoe
was driven, that the nails might be plattened
(rooved), i. e. turned a little over the hoof, to
prevent their coming out, Fife.
Most probably from Teut. Dan. and Su.G. plat,
platt, planus, E . f i a t .
PLEU AT, A green turf or sod for covering
houses, Mearns. V. P L O U D , and P L O D .
P L E U C H , P L E U G H , S. 1. A plough, S.] Add;
3. A denomination for the quantity of land for
earingwhich one plough suffices, S. V. P L E U C H -
' GANG.
P L E U C H - A I U N S , S. pi. V., PLEUCH-IRNES,
PLEUCH-BUIDLE, <5. W h a t is attached to the
head or end o f a plough-beam, for regulat-
ing the depth or breadth o f the f u r r o w ; the
'double-tree being fixed to it by means o f a hook
resembling the letter S, R o x b . •
P L E U C I I - G A X G , P L O U G H - G A X G , 6*. -As much land
as can properly be tilled by one plough.] Add;
The old Goth, word ploeg has the same significa-
tion ; also Dan. plou, Germ, pfing. The author of
the Glossary to Orkneyinga Saga makes particular
mention of the consent of the Scots, in this instance.
Scoti, patriarum consuetudinum tenaeissimi, plough
land in hiiiic diem agrum, vocant, qui jugero re-
spondit. Vo. Ploegland. W e indeed use the same
term in statu regiminis: and it is not improbable
that it was once used precisely in the Goth, form,
as it still remains as a local designation.
PLEUCII-GATE, <y. T h e same ixsPleueh-Gang.J Add;
A plough-gate or plough-gang of land is now un-
derstood to include about forty Seots acres at an
average, Fife.
PLEUCH-HORSE, ,9. A horse used for drawing in
the plough, S.
P L E U C H - M A N , S. A ploughman, S. T h e "gut-
tural, however,.is not sounded in this word,
which is pronounced q. Pleu-man.
P l e i j c 11-s 11• e a r s , pi A bolt with a crooked
head, used for regulating the Bridle, and keep-
ing it steady? when the plough requires to be
raised or depressed in the furrow, Roxb.
PLE ITCH-SHEATH, ,9. T h e head of a plough, made
either o f metal or of wood, on which the sock
or plough-share is put when at work, ibid.
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P L E W , P L O W , s. A plane for making what
joiners call 44 a groove and feather,"5"' S.; a match-
plane, E .
Perhaps from its forming a furrow in wood, like
a plough in the ground.
P L E W L S , s. pi "For pleyis, debates. • •
" That all ciuile acciounis, questionis and p lew is
— b e determyit & deeidit before the luge ordinaris,"
&c. Acts Ja. I I I . 1487> Ed. 1814, p. 177-
P L Y , s. A f o l d , a plait, S . ] Add;
-—On his breast, they might believe,
There was a cross of ooweu thread,
O f twa ply twisted, blue an' red.
The Piper of Peebles, p. 18.
It is almost invariably used, as here, in the sing.,
even when meant to be understood as pi.
P L Y , 'V. 44 A discord, a quarrel; to get a ply, is
to be scolded (ii. Surv. M o r a y .
This seems only a provincialism for Pie?/, q. v.
P L I C I 1 E N firuti.), .v. Plight, condition ; A sad
pHc/tcn, a deplorable state, Fife. Sax. plech>
plco'hc, oflicium ; Teut. plcffh-en sole re.
P L I C I ! E N (gutt.), A-. E x p L as denoting a pea-
sant, in the W e s t of Fife.
I f this be rightly defined, it may be allied to Teut.
phigghe, homo incompositus,rudis,impolitus; Kilian.
PLYDIS, pi 46 A n e pair o f plydis Aberd.
R e g . Cent. 1 6 . Plaids ? •
P L I E S , s. pi " A word used to denote very
thin strata o f free-stone, separated from each
other bv a little clay or mica,"" S. lire's Hist,
o f liutherglen, p. 5280, N.
T o P L Y P E , v. n. 1. T o pad die or dabble in
water, A b e r d .
51 T o fall into water, ibid., Mearns. Plop svnon.
Roxb.
PLYPE,",?. 1. A heavy rain, ibid.
2. A fall into water, Mearns.
P L I R R I E , s. V. P L E E N G I E .
P L I S K I E * , s . P r o p e r l y , a mischievous trick, S ]
Add;
iC Certainly if I wrad hae wared my life for you
yon night, I can hae nae reason to play an ill pliskie
t'ye in the day o' your distress." Antiquary, iii. 2(>9-
It is used in the sense of plight, condition, S. A .
" T h e men saw the pliskie that I was in, and there
was a kind o' ruefu' benevolence i'their looks, I never
saw ony thing like it." Brownie of Bodsbeek, L 45.
P L I T , s. T h e slice of earth turned over by the
plough in earing, Berw.
c<r A t its fore part it is an exceedingly sliarp wedge,
so as to insinuate between the fastland and the plit
or furrow-slice, with the least possible-resistance;
the wedge gradually widens backwards to separate
the plit effectually, and it spreads out considerably
wider upwards, so as to turn over the plit." Agr.
Surv. Berw. p. 150.
Teut.plets segnien, segmentum; Su.G.plaet lamina.
P L Y V E N S , s. pl T h e flowers o f the red clover,
U p p . C l y d e s . ; Sonkies, synon.
PLOD, A green sod.
vf xij laid of elding, half pettis £peats] half plodis."
Aberd. Reg. A. 1535, V. 15.
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" xii laidis of ploddi's" Ibid.
<cix x x layd of el cling, peittis & ploddis, price of the
laid iiij d." Ibid. A . 1541, V. 17. V . P L O U D .
C.B. pled, " any flat piece/' Owen.
To PLODDER, n. T o toil hard, G a l l
" Plodder an, toiling day and night almost;" GalL
Encycl.
Perhaps from the E. v. to Plod, or the s. Plodder,
The origin of Plodis quite obscure.
• P L O Y , s. A n action at law.
" Gif ony persoun being in veritie bastard,—de-
ceissis.befoir ony ploy, or clame, or pley, be intentit
aganis him be the richteous air ;—in that cais gif the
richteous air wald clame and challenge the saidis
landis efter the said bastardis deceis, he sail not be
heard to do the samin." Balfour's Practieks, p. 240.
it secerns to be here used a;s synon. with pley. But
tenia, according to the use of it in the French
law, piN•];;'! iy denotes the payment of a line by way
in' repar; i.'uii. Ploicr /'a,ti>/tde, Chart. A. 1 L.B.
pic i-a re cm endam, muietam sol v ere. Ploie de C amende
imdatae solulio. Carpent. (doss. vo. Plicate, col-
P L O O K Y , .9. A slight stroke, A y r s .
" I heard how they have of late been cut to the
quick, because a wheen bardy laddies stand ehing I
[crying eh 1] at them as they gang alang Prince's
Street, and now and-then giethein a plooky on the
cheek with a pip or a cherry stane." The Steam-
Boat, p. 3:>f).
Ca; L ploc-run, to knock on the head ; pluck"am,
to press, squeeze, See.
P L O O K \ , adj. C o , e r e d with pimples,. S. V.
'IOUHT i ' LI K I'..
T o P L O P E , <". n. T o fall with noise like that
made i> v l'aliuu>- into water; as, 44 I t pli/pt into
the wa;er Roxb. E . to plump.
Gael. plub-ani, to plump or fall as a stone in water.
PLOP, S. A fall o f this description, ibid.
T o P L O R E , v.. n. T o work amongst mire, g e -
nerally applied to children when thus amusing
themselves, Lanarks.
P L O R I E , S. A p p l i e d to any piece o f g r o u n d which
is wrought into a mire, b y treading or other-
wise, ibid.
T o P L O T , v. a. 3. T o burn, in a general sense.]
Add;
This is a north country idiom.
N o w Br untie o'er the fire was streeket,
An' gat hiniseF sair plotet.
Cock's Simple Strains, p. IS6.
T o P L O T , v. a. 1; To plot a hen, to pluck off
the feathers, R o x b . 64 To ploat, to pluck,
North." Grose. Plotting part. pa.
" An' what's to Come o' the poor bits o' plot tin hag*
gits a' winter, is mair nor I can tell." Brownie o f
Bodsbeek, i. 224.
2. , T o make bare, to fleece, used in a general
sense, R o x b .
This totally varies from plucc-ian, the A.S. form,
and retains that of Teut. plot-en: Platen de wolle, la-
nam decerpere ; Flan dr. plot-en, membranam sive
eorium exuere. Kilian gives plote as synon. with
 P L O
blooie, a s keep-skin from which the wool is plucked,
Su.G. blott nudus, hlott-a nuclare, Dan. blot and blott"
er, L.B. blut-are privare, spoliare.
P L O T T I T , part. adj. Insignificant, looking poorly,
Ettr. F o r . ; q. as if resembling a p l u c k e d fowl.
PLOT-HETJ PLOTTIN-HET, adj. So hot
scald; as, 64 T h a t water's plottin-het " S.
het, S.B.
P L O T T I E , S. A hot drink ; properly denoting one
o f an intoxicating quality, S.
(C Get us-a j u g of mulled wine—phtiie, as you call
it.—Your plottie is excellent, ever since I taught you
to mix the spices in the right proportion." St. Ro-
nan, iii. 37- 41.
To 'PLOTCH, n, T o dabble, to work slowly,
Ettr. F o r .
This.seems originally the same with Plash, v. q. v.
P L O T T E R - P L A T E , <9. A wooden platter with
a place in the middle to hold salt, F i f e .
For m y part, I wad rather eat
Sow's jadin aff a plotter-plate,
Than mell wi' him wha breaks his word,
Ev'n tho' the birkie was a lord.
Poem, Lieut. C. Gray.
P L O U I v , s. A pimple. V. P L U K E .
P L O U S S I E , adj. P l u m p , well g r o w n , Fife.
This is probably from the same fountain with old
Teut. plot sig, which Kilian gives as synon. with plomp,
hebes, obtusus, plumbeus.
T o F L O U T , v. n. T o splash; the same with
Planter, S.
Pfowding, wading through thick and thin; North."
Grose.
I observe no term nearer than that given under
Planter.
PLOUT, 1. A heavy shower o f rain, S . ] Add;
(< We'll hae a thud o' tin inner wi' a guid plout o'
weet,—I houp.—I hear t thimipin awa already i' the
south-west yonder." Tennant's Card. Beaton, p. 113.
2. T h e sound made b y a heavy b o d y falling into
water, or by the agitation o f water, S.
P L O U T - K I R N , S. T h e c o m m o n churn, wrought b y
clashing the kirn-staff up and d o w n , as distin-
guished f r o m Xhs&arr el-kirn and organ-kirn,
T o P L O U T , v. a. T o p o k e , L o t h .
P L O T J T , S. T h e poker, or any instrument employ-
e d f o r stirring the fire, as sometimes an unform-
ed rod o f iron, Linlithg. Pout synon.
P L O U T - N E T , <9. A small net o f the shape o f a
stocking, affixed to two poles, Lanarks.
Net, Hose-Net, synon. •
This is obviously from the v. to Plout; as the per-
son, using the net, pokes under the banks of the
stream, and drives the fish into the net b y means o f
the poles.
P L O U T I E , ,9. A fall, F i f e . It evidently im-
plies the idea o f suddenness, and seems to claim
the same origin with Plout, q. v. T h e root
m a y be G e r m , plotz celer, subitus.
T o P L O W S T E R , v. n. T h e same with Plouter,
Roxb.
<e Ploivsler, to toil in m u d or filth; q. pool-stir ?"
Roxb., Gl. Sibb.
VOL. II. 225
P L U
But the ingenious Glossarist had not observed
that Teut. phufster-en is very nearly allied in signi-
fication ; Scrutari, perserutari.
P L U C H E T , s. ** .Vne //laehef furnest with gair
thartof Aberd. A . L>135, V. 15.
as to This, I suspect., refers to something pertaining to
Plot- a plough. The next article in the extract is " ane
pair of harrowis bul not in the same sentence.
P L U C K , A'. T h e P o g g e , a fish.] Ada;
cc Cottus Cat-iphraetus. Pogge, or Armed Bullhead;
•—Pluck.—Thb. is often taken ir. oyster-dredges. and
herring-nets, but is detested by the fishermen."
Neill's List of Fishes, p. 0.
Teut. plugghe, res vilis et miliius valoris.
P L U C K , .v. A two-pronged instrument, with the
teeth at right angles to the shaft, used for tak-
ing d u n g out o f a cart, &c., A b e r d . a l l i e d per-
haps to the E . v. to pluck.
P L U C K E R ( G r e a t ) , the Fishing F r o g , Shetl.
" L o p h i u s Piscatorius, (Linn. Syst.) Great Plucker,
Sea Devil, Fishing Frog." Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 305.
P L U C K U P , P L U K U P , ,9.] Add;
From the use of this phrase in another passage in
the same poem, which I had formerly overlooked, I
hesitate if it does not rather signify complete spoli-
ation, every one laying hold of what is within his
reach in the most violent manlier, and as it were tear-
ing it from his fellow. It is applied to what took
place after the Castle of Edinburgh was taken.
Than on the morne, thay maid them pluk vpjiiir.
Both Scottis & Ingiis syne all yeid togidder.
V p o n that spuilyie I will spend na tyme, &c.
Poems 107/; Cent. p. 294.
Here it is misprinted pluk vp lair.
T o F L U F F , v. a. 1. T o throw out smoke in
quick and successive whiffs, S. Feuch, synon.
" M y reproofe is against these that spend the tyme
with p luffing of reeke, which should be better em-
ployed." Z. Boyd's Balm of Gilead, p. 81.
I know not if this may be viewed as a eorr. of E.
puff. It may be rather allied to S\v. plujxig. because
the cheeks are swelled in blowing. Y . P L C F F Y .
2. T o set fire to gun-powder, S.
3. T o throw out hair-powder in dressing the hair, S.
S.
T o PLUFF, v. n. 1. T o puff, to blow, to pant, L o t h .
T o F L U F F awa\ v. n. 2. T o set .fire to suddenly,
S . ; as, lies pi tiffin' azod* at pouiher.
F L U F F , s. 1 . A pluff of reek, the quantity o f smoke
«
emitted at one whiff from a tobacco pipe: A pluff
Pout- of pouiher, the smoke caused b y the ignition of a
small quantity o f g u n - p o w d e r , S. T h e term
conveys the idea o f the sound as well as o f the
appearance to the eye.
" It 'ill mak a braw pluff o thae fine squibs o' pow-
tlier." Tennant's Card. Beaton, p. 120.
2. A small, quantity o f dry gun-powder set on
fire, S.
" The gout took his head, and he went out of the
world like a pluff of powther." The Steam-Boat, p. 78.
3. T h e instrument used f o r throwing out hair-
powder, S.
4. T h e act o f throwing hair-powder on a head or
 P L U P L U
C£ Nor—was it just what could be hoped for, that Plumashes above, and gramashes below,
Mrs. Keckle, when I spoke to her—saying, c A bit It's no wonder to see how the world doth go.
fluff with the box there, oil the left curls/ (in the Law's Mcmorialls, p. 162.
way of a parenthesis,)—wouldna feel a great deal." P L U M M E T , s. T h e pommel o f a sword.
The Steam-Boat, p. 298. Dickie could na win at him wi' the blade o' the
5. A rotten and dried mushroom, which, as soon sword,
as it is touched, goes to dust, S. But fell'd him wi' the plummet under the e'e.
6. A pear with a fair outside, and apparently Dick o' the Cow, Border Mhistr. i. 165.
sound, but within entirely rotten, Teviotdale. ec Probably derived from the nut of lead, with
This, and the preceding, might seem allied to Belg. which the two-handed swords were loaded at the ex-
pbff'-en, " to fall down on a sudden," Sewel; as rot- tremity of the hilt, as a counterpoise to the length
ten fruit does in the mouth. and weight of the blade, and to render it more easi-
7. T h e name given to a very simple species o f ly wielded." Sir W . S.
bellows, South o f S. L.B. plamhat-a, globulus plum be us ; Du Cange.
cc The Brownie would then come into the farm-
P L U M P , S. A heavy shower, &e.] Add;
hall, and stretch itself out by the chimney, sweaty, 6C I found myself in a very disjasked state,—worn
dusty and fatigued. It would take up the pluff (a out with the great fatigue,—together with a waff of
piece of bored bourtree for blowing up the fire) and, cold,—no doubt caused by—the thunder-plump that
stirring out the red embers, turn itself till it was drook it me to the skin." The Steam-Boat, p. 261.
rested and dried." Remains of Nithsd. Song, p. 831. I have a strong suspicion, that E. Flump has been
P I U F F I N S , <y. pi A n y thing easily blown away ; originally the same word. " Flump, a fall. H e came
as, the refuse o f a mill, Ettr. F o r . Jlump down, South." Grose.
<f He's as weel aff down wi' the an Id miller ; he'll
P L U M P , s. A cluster, A u g .
get some pluff ins o' seeds or dust, poor fallow." Perils She wins to foot, an'swavering makes to gang,
of Man, ii. 33. A n ' meets a plump o f averans ere lang ;
FLUKE, 1. A pimple, S . ] Add; • Right yape she yoked to the pleasant feast.
2. U s e d to denote the small dot or knob near the Ross's Helen ore, First Edit. p. 20.
top o f a metal measure o f liquids, S. When In Edit. Third this is altered to,
the liquid sold does not reach this, the seller A n d spies a spot of aver ens .
acts illegally. This term is evidently used in the same sense with
It would seem that the use of such knobs, although E. clump, as denoting a tuft of trees or shrubs; which,
for a different purpose, is of great antiquity. The Johns, observes, was " anciently a plump " H e is
Saxon king Edgar, towards the close of the tenth cen- mistaken when he says that clump is " formed from
tury, passed an act for the remedy of excess in drink- lump.*' For it is evidently the same with Su.G. and
ing, the account o f which I shall give from our ex- Germ, klimp, Isl. klinrpa, massa, Belg. klomp ; and
cellent historian Dr. Henry. the primary sense of the E. term is the same, " a
" I t was the custom in those times, that a whole shapeless piece of wood, or other matter." Su.G.
company drunk out of one large vessel, which was klimip is also used, especially as denoting a larger
handed about from one to another, every one drink- mass. Bailey expl. plump " a cluster."
ing as much as he thought proper. This custom oc- P L U M R O C K , s. T h e primrose, a flower, G a l l
casioned frequent quarrels, some all edging that others Hail, lovely Spring! thy bonny lyart face,
drank a greater quantity of the liquor than fell to And head wi' plumrocks deck'd, bespeak the sun's
their share; and at other times some of the company Return to bless this isle, and cheer her sprouts.
compelling others to drink more than they inclined. Davidson's Seasons, p. 1.
T o prevent these quarrels, Edgar commanded the The first syllable is probably €he same with Alera.
drinking vessels to be made with knobs of brass, or plomay bluom, Germ, hhnn, a flower : especially as this
some other metal, at certain distances from each term enters into the name of the primrose in diffe-
other, and decreed, that no person, under a certain rent northern languages. Sw. gioek Momma, q. the
penalty, should either drink himself, or compel an- cuckoo's flower, nickelhlomma, id., Linn. Flor. p. Gl.
other to drink, more than from one of these knobs Germ, ganseblumen, q. the goose's flower. Hoc o c -
or pegs to another, at one draught." Hist. Britain, curs in A.S. May it signify the bloom or flower o f
iv. 342. the rock ; as often adorning even the wildest crags?
PLOUKIE, adj. 1. Covered with pimples, S. P L U N K , S. 1. T h e sound made b y a stone or hea-
2. F u l l o f little knobs, Clydes. v y b o d y falling into water, S.
P L O U K I N E S S , S. T h e state o f being pimpled, S. 2. T h e sound p r o d u c e d b y the drawing o f a cork,
P L U M , P L U M B , S. 1. A deep pool in a river or <c The King's name, and the plunk of corks drawn

, stream, F i f e , R o x b . to drink his health, resounded in every house.'3

The designation might arise from the practice o f Blackw. Mag, Sept. 1822, p. 313.
measuring a deep body of water with a plumb-line. 3. T h e sound emitted b y the mouth when o n e
52. " T h e noise a stone makes when plunged into smokes tobacco, South o f S.
a deep pool o f water Gall. Encycl. 4. A sound used to express the cry o f the raven, ib
P L U M A S H E , s. Apparently a corruption o f T o PLUNK, v. n. T o emit such a sound as the
plumage^ for a plume o f feathers. raven does, ibid.
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T h e corbie plunkin i' the bog,
Made a' my flesh turn cauld.
Old Song, South of S.
P L U NICER, s. One who is accustomed to play the
truant, S.
T o P L U N K , v. n. I n playing at the game o f
taw, S. marbles, to lay the bowl on the fore-
finger, and give it a powerful impetus b y f o r -
cing it forward with a j e r k from the thumb,
with the intention o f striking another b o w l , and
"driving it away, Clydes. Feg\ synon., R o x b .
PLUNK, $. T h e act o f propelling a marble b y the
t h u m b and fore-finger, Clydes.
P L U N K IE, A trick, Shetl.
P L U R A C I E , s. Plurality.
^ It being found maist difficill that in the charge
of pluracie o f kirkis ony ane minister may instructe
mone flokis,—that euerie paroche kirk and samekle
boundis as salbe found to be a sufficient and a
competent parochrie, thairfoir sail have thair awin
pastoure/' &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1581, Ed. 1814, p.
211.
P O A T C H I E , adj. A p t to b e turned u p , or tram-
pled into holes, by the feet o f men or animals ;
applied to the sward o f land, S . A .
" Frorn the incapacity of the soil to absorb any
considerable quantity o f water, the land is put into
a poatchif state by every heavy shower of rain/' Agr.
Surv. Peeb. p. 158.
P O A T C H I N G , s. A turning u p o f the sward
o f land, or the trampling it into holes, with the
feet, S . A .
Even when in pasture, and the surface firmed
by grass sward, the parks are extremely subject to
winter poatchmg." A g r . Surv. Peeb. p. 15,9.
Allied perhaps to Su.G. pot-a, pott-a fodicare.
F O B , POB-TOw, s. T h e refuse o f flax.] Add; '
" Such as resolve to try the covers, whether lea-
den or wooden, should cause them to be made so
large, as they may allow the hive to be laid over with
the refuse of flax, commonly called Pob-tuw, or some
such dry stuff', before the covers be put on." Max-
well's Bee-master, p. 21.
" Observe their harness; the collars are made o f
straw or pob, the refuse o f flax when skutched."
Edin. M a g . A u g . 1818, p. 126.
She very seldom fasht the kirk.
But ay at hame wad lounge an' lurk.
Syne when her neibours war frae hame,
Ail' a thing quiet, she thought na shame
T o ease them o' their peats :«:•/ poo ;
It was her common Sunday's j o b .
JJup's Poems, p. S3.
POBIE, A foster father, Shell.
Probably from I si. papi, pappas, papa, -pater.
P O C K , P O K E , P O I K , S. ,1. A bag growing un-
der the j a w s o f a sheep, indicative o f its being
rotten, S.
2 . T h e disease itself. South o f S.
ce Rot, or Poke." Prize Ess. Highl. Soc. Scot. iii. 456.
T o POCK, or be POCKIN, to b e seized with the
rot, R o x b .
T h e term had been formerlv used in the same
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P O D
sense, S.B. Hence we read o f fC scheip infeckit with
the poik/' Aberd. Reg. A . 1538, V . l6\
P O C K E D S H E E P , old sheep afflicted with a disease
resembling scrofula, S.
P O C K - A E R I E , P O C K I A W R D , adj. F u l l o f the scars
o f small-pox, Clydes.
Pockiawrd, adj. i£ Is larked with the small-pos
Gall. Encycl.
P O C K - E I I O K E N , adj. Pitted with small-pox ; as,
" He's sair pock-broken in the face,' 1 T e v i o t d .
This is precisely the O.E. adj. Pock broh/n. Por-
riginosus." Prompt. Par v.
P O C K - M A R K S , $. pi T h e marks left b y the small-
p o x , S.
" Foveae variolarum, pock-marks." Wedderb. Vo~
cab. p. 20.-
Pock-m aiikitypart, aclj. Pitted b y the small-pox, S.
P O C K - P I T , s. A mark made b y the small-pox, S.
P O C K - P I T T E D , adj. H a v i n g marks made b y the
smalhpox, S.
P O C K M A N T E A U , S. A portmanteau, S.; Pockman-
7»t/, S . A . ; literally a cloak-bag\
—Bearing his luggage and his lumber,
In a pockmanteau or a wallet.
Meston's Poems, p. 3. V. PACKMAN TIE.
Ye may take it on truth, that that's been ane o*
the men killed there, and that its been the gypsies
that took your pockmanh/ when the}r fancl the chaise
sticking in the snaw," Guy Maiinering, iii. 110.
P O C K - N O O K , s. Literally, the corner o f a bag.
On one's a in pock-nook ^ on one's own means, S.
I came in on my own pock-nook; as w e say in
Scotland, when a man lives on his own means." Sir
A . Wylie, iii. 6T.
P O C K - P U D , POCK-PUDDING^ 1. A b a g - p u d -
ding, a poke-pudding, S.
cc Pok-puds, bagpuddings, dumplings;' 5 Gl. Sibb.
2. A term contemptuously applied to an E n g l i s h -
man, in the unhappy times of national hostility,
from the idea of his feeding much on p u d d i n g
o f this description.
" T i s from this notion of the people, that my
countrymen, not only here, but all over Scotland, are
dignified with the title o f Poke Pudding, which, ac-
cording to the sense of the word among the natives,
signifies a glutton. 3 ' Burt's Letters, i. 13, 138.
They gloom, they glowr, they look sae big,
A t ilka stroke they'll fell a whig ;
They'll fright the fuels of the Pockpuds,
For in ony a buttock bare/* coming.
Herd's Coll. i. 118.
P O C I v - S H A K I N G S , s.pl. A vulgar term.] Add;
" Pockshakings, the youngest children of families
Gail. Encycl.
* POD, " T h e capsule o f legumes."
" A beau podd, that holds five beans, and a pea
podd, which contains nine peas, are considered to be
sonsy; and put above the lintel of the door by mai-
dens, and the first male that enters after they are so
placed will either be their husband, or like him."
Gall. Encycl.
T o P O D , v. n. T o walk with short steps, Boxb.
P O D D A S W A Y , ^ A stuff o f which both warp
 P O 1 O I
and woof are silk. Poddisoy denotes a rich plain POYNDFALT, s. A. fold m which cattle were con-
silk, S. fined as being poinded or distrained.
<c All sorts of wrought silk, viz. as velvets, satins, — " Anent—doune cast in of xii rudis of dik of the
Poddmways, Tabies, &c. or any other thing made of said Samellis land is, and doune castin of the poynd-
silk, the pound weight 10 s." Hates,, A. 16?0. vo. Silk. falt of Akinbar," &c. Act. Audit. A . 1494/p."* 185.
Fr. pout, or pou de sole, id. V. Diet. Trev. The P O I N E R , s. 1,. O n e who gains a livelihood b y
authors of this excellent work think that the name diggingj^mZ, divots, or clay, and selling them
may be a corr. o f tout d,e xoie. q. <c all of silk." for covering houses, and other purposes, Invern.
" Her father said, that the people she saw were not
P O D D L I T , part. adj. P l u m p , or in good condi-
tenants on the Green of Muirtown, but were poiners
tion, applied to poultry, T e v i o t d . ; perhaps q.
or carters from Inverness, who used to come there for
podded, in allusion to the filling o f leguminous
materials." Case, Duff of Muirtown, &c. A. 1806.
substances. B u t V. PODLE, sense 2.
2. T h i s is certainly the same with FINER, q. v.
PODDOCK, A f r o g , A b e r d . ; puddo'ck, S.O.
" N o poddocks are to be seen, though many in Ork- " The King's Advocate—pursued Bailie Kelly in
ney." Brand's Zetl. p. 77. Durnbar, for oppression of the lieges, in not suffering
Belg. podde, Isl. podda, id. their own men to ship their corns, &c. but forcing
P O D D O C K , .y. A rude sort of sledge for draw- them to employ the common Piners in the town, and
i n g stones ; made o f the glack o f a tree, with exacting money for it. Allcdged, It was a publick
g o o d ; for these Finer,y on this consideration kept the
narrow pieces o f wood nailed across, A b e r d .
harbour clean." Pountainh. i. 236.
Denominated perhaps from its form, as seeming,
P O I N T , ,v. State o f b o d y .
in flatness, to resemble a frog.
" Murray himself, w h o visited her there £at L o c h -
P O D G E ( o l o n g ) , s. Flurry, bustle, state o f con-
levin], two or three weeks after the resignation, said,
fusion, Perth s.
' That he never saw the Queen in better health, or
P O D L E , s. A tadpole.] Add;
in better point." Robertson's |~of D a l m e n y ] Hist.
2. A fondling term for a child, if in a thriving
Mary Q. of Scots. V . Edin. Mag. i. 132.
condition ; as, " a fat podleLoth. In a note it is said, ff Point is a word, signifying
P O F F L E , s . A small farm, a piece o f land, R o x b . ; condition or state of body." But this definition is
the same with Paffle; synon. Pendicle. too general. This is obviously a Fr. idiom, nearly
cc Jedidiah Cleishbotham. had an eye to a certain
allied to that which is now so familiar to an English
poffle of land which lay in the precincts of his habi- ear, en bou point. " In better point," evidently sig-
tation very conveniently for him." nifies, more plump, or in fuller habit of body.
T o P O Y , . v. n. T o work diligently, as including P O I N T , s. A bodkin, used in female dress ?
the idea of anxiety o f mind, L T pp. Clydes. " Item in a trouch of cipre ^cypress] tre within
T o P O Y upon, v. a. T o use means o f persuasion, the said box, a point maid of perle contenand xxv
so as rather unduly to influence another, Perths. perle with, hornis of gold." Inventories, A. 148 8, p. 5.
Perhaps it has originally signified, to use one as Fr. " poincte, a bodkin, an awle Cotgr.
a cat's-paw ; to treat another as a mere tool for ef- P O Y ' H T , POYNTT, U s e d to denote a Scotch
fecting one's own purposes ; as allied to Teut. puxje pint, or half a gallon.
podium, suggestus, Fr. puye, a terrace, O.Fr. pui, a — W a s said and toippit in Dundy for viij d. the
prop, a buttress, poi-ar, pid-er, to mount, to lean poyuttr Aberd. Reg. A . 1543, V. 18.
upon, to support one's self by : from Lat. podium. T o P O I N T , v. a. T o insert lime, with a small,
Isl. pu-a, pui, 1. aspirare ; 2. fovere. trowel, in the interstices between the stones o f
POIK, A bag, a pock. a wall already built, S.
"" Item, a poih of lavender." Inventories, p. 11. 1655.—David Browne, in Enster QAnstruther],
Item, gottin—in a canves poiJc within the said a sclater, was att Lundy, in Fyfe, and did poynt the
box tuelf hundreth & sevin angel nobilis." Ibid.p. 12. wholle house of Lundy, both back and for sydes, the
P O I N D , ,5. A silly, useless, inactive person ; as, old lady's chamber, the woman house, the sclat-girnell,
" H o u t ! he was ay a puir poind a' his days." the dowcoat of Lundy," ike. Lamont's Diarey, p. 10<J.
I t includes the idea of being subject to imposi- * P O I N T E D , pari pa. 1. Exact,-accurate, dis-
tion, R o x b . tinct ; pron. pohitity S.
fc There are other two passages, that for many
I hesitate whether it may be traced to the v. to
Poind ; q. one who may be easily pounded by others, years I've heard from friends, and I doubt nothing
or made a captive. of the truth of them in my own mind, though I be
D E A D POIND, t h e act o f d i s t r a i n i n g a n y g o o d s e x - not pointed in time and place." Walker's Peden, p. 30.
cept cattle or live stock, 2. R e g u l a r , p u n c t u a l ; as, in payment, S.
" I have heard it maintained, that poinded goods, 3. Precise, requiring the greatest attention or
especially if they be a dead, poind, that puts the cre- strictest obedience even as to mimttiae, S.
ditor poinder to no—expence in keeping it, ought to P O I N T E D L Y , adv. 1. E x a c t l y , accurately, dis-
be kept 24 hours ere they can. be apprised at the tinctly, S.
market-cross," Sec. Fount. Dec. Suppl. iii. 6'1. 2. Punctually, without fail, S.
POINDABILL, adj. Liable to be distrained. P O I N Y E L , s. A bundle carried b y one when
" T o seiss geir poindabill quhaireuir he may ap- travelling, Ayrs.,
prehend the same," &c. Aberd. Reg. V, 25. O.Fr. poignal, poignee, ce qui remplit la main ;
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Roquefort; from Fr. poing, the hand, the fist; Lat.
pugn-us, id.
P O L S , s. Treasure. V . P O S E .
P O I S O N A B L E , adj. Poisonous.
Cf Hereby then is meaned not onely that inundation
o f barbarous nations, which in Sathan Ids intention,
no doubt, were set forth to drown the woma.ii ; but
also all these poisonable heresies, whereof vpoiv this
restraint he spued out an ocean." Forbes on the
Revelation, p. 105.
T o P O I S T , P O O S T , v.a. T o cram the stomach
with more food than nature requires, Teviotd.
Teut. poesf-en, Germ, pausf-en, Su.G. pusl-a, to
blow up, to inflate ; past, a pair of bellows.
P 0 I S T E R T 3 , part. adj. Petted, indulged,
spoiled, A b e r d .
I know not if this can. have any affinity to the
verbs mentioned under Poisi; as the S. v. to blaw is
used to denote flattery.
P O L E , s. T h e kingdom o f Poland.
" Gif ye vil send to France, to Germanie, to Span-
yie; to Italic, to Pole, &c., ye vil find that al the
bischopes and pastoris aggreis in ane doctrine of re-
ligion with us." Nicol Burne, F. 125, b.
P O L I C Y , P O L L E C E , S. T h e pleasure ground,
S:c.] Add;
2. It is used to denote the alterations made in a
town, for the purpose o f improving its appear-
ance.
" Gif—the patrone of the Chaplanrie being re-
quyrit to big the samin, and outlier will not or els
may not,—it salbe lei sum for policie and eschewing
of deformitie of the towne, to set the samin in feu to
the vtilitie and proffeit of his Chaplanrie," &c. Acts
Mary, 1555, Ed. 1814, p. 491.
4<r Our souerane lord—apprevis the aetis and sta-
tutes maid—for the—reparation!! of the decayed
policie within burgh ; statutis and ordanis, that the
pro vest, &e. tak su miliar cognitioun of the estait of
the landis, houssis or tenement!s within tlie burgh ;
—-and gif the saniyn be found auld, decayed and
ruinous in rtiif, sclattis, durris, windois, flaringis,
loftis, tymmer wark and wallis, or ony of thame,—
to decerne that the coniunctfear or lvfrenter sail re-
pair the saidis landis and tenementis," &c. Acts Ja.
VI. 1594, Ed. 1814, p. 71.
P O L K , J. A bag, a poke. " Polk o f woll,"
Aberd. Reg. 6.
P O L L A C I I I E , ,?. T h e crab-fish, R o x b . ; synon,
with Pariane.
P O L O N I E , POLLOXIAN,POLONAISE, PELONIE,
s. 1. A dress for verv young boys, including a
sort o f waistcoat, generally of coarse LI uc cloth,
with loose sloping skirts, South o f S.
" The bl ue polonie that Ellie made for him out of
an auld mantle of my ain, was the first decent dress
the bairn ever had on." Heart of M. Loth. i. laid.
2. A great-coat for b o y s farther advanced, R o x b .
3. A dress formerly worn by men, especially in
the Western Islands o f S.
cc The bogles will—hae to pit on their pollonians
o the pale colour o' the fair day-light, that the e'e o*
Christian maumia see them." Brownie of Bodsbeek,
ii. 182.
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: c The dress of the old man had—been changed
from the tartan of his clan to a sort of clothing pe-
culiar to the men of the distant isles, resembling a
waistcoat with sleeves, and a petticoat, all made in
one piece. This dress was laced from top to bottom
in front, and bore some resemblance to that called a
Polonaise, still worn by children in Scotland of the
lower rank." Leg. Montr. Tales, 3d Ser. iv. 1§6.
4. T h e name given to a surtout, Clydes.
As this dress is not only called a Polonian, but
Polonaise, Roxb., it might seem to have been bor-
rowed from Poland, anciently called Polovia. L
expl. indeed cf a great-coat, a Polish sui'mut hi.
Antiq.
I have, however, still heard this considered as an
old Irish dress ; and am strongly inclined u> -k
that it is the Phalingus of Giraldus Caniirrv.^i.;
Having described their " close capuchins, or imod-a
mantles, covering the shoulders and coming down
to the elbows," lie adds ; Sub quibus phalingis la-
nds quoque palliorum vice utuntur ; under which,
instead of cloaks, they use phalingi, or jackets of
wool, with trowsers, or " breeches and stockings
of one piece."
On this subject Dr. Ledwich says ; " Having dis-
missed Cambrensis' capuchin, we come now to Ids
PJuilang, Falang, or Failin. It is plain from Cam-
brensis, Brompton, and Camden, this was the jacket.
Cluverius calls it the doublet or pourpoint, a habit
covering the back, breast, and arms.—The name
came with the manufacture into this isle. Fallen
is the Anglo-Saxon FaJding, .and at first was a skin
mantle like the Sagum, and after a coarse woollen
mantle, and equivalent with the atnphimallus and
birrus. Whence the Irish jacket got the name of
Failin." Antiq. of Ireland, p. 26*7, 2i>8.
The term Falding was used in the time of Chancer
for a kind of coarse cloth. In describing the ship-
man, he says :
He rode upon a rouneie, as he couthe,
All in a gonne o£ J aiding to the knee.
Prol. ver.
This Skinner derives from A.S.jeald xjlicix, fcahi-
an plicare. H e also expl. falang, " a jacket;" which
he says may be also traced to the same A.S. words,
unless, as he suspects, rather of Irish origin. Lhuyd
(Ir. Diet.) renders fallen " a hood, a mantle." Br.t
although the term was used by the Irish, it seem>
most probable that it was borrowed by them froen
the l>elgae, or from the V.Saxon
Ledwich, with great probability, % - •• '[ eat.
peUe, a -kin. a- the radical term.
In Fro!--nt. Par* . Fiddling cloih is by .i,; -
..'/'•/';«////.v. K:>e\vheiv uy,.c i \'oi/(- i< said be •• j V;A/-
i/ng and other l\ ke." {ience it appears, thai' iv wa.s
a clotii rough oil b'.;th sides ; probably ivsen\b;b!„.
the iriu::!i;h / of our times.
Perhaps we ought to view Lat. pal/a, by widch
Kiliau renders Teal. fade, as liaviuga common erl-
gin. Pivot defines it, " a woman's goune or robe;
also, a garmente that Frenchemen vsed muche ]yke
a short cluke witii si cues." Biblioth. Cicero says
that men wore the pa Ila in G a u l ; and Martial men-
tions Gallica palla, defined by Cooper, fi a French
eloke or garment comming nolowerthan thehippes."
Du Cange quotes Helmodus j[Chron. Slav. 1. i. c,
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1-3 as mentioning woollen coverings, which, he say
« w e call Faldoncs." In this place, A d a m of Bre-
men has Paldones. D u Cange also quotes Covarru-
vias, giving Faldones as an old Spanish term, used
in a similar sense. But Covarruvias writes Fa Id a.
Cormoii renders it, j u p e de femme. Teut. falie, pal-
la., cyelas, vestis muliebris spatium totum corpus
circundans; Kilian.
P O M E , ,9. ' •
" A belt w i t h — t wen tie ane knottis of perllis, everie
knot contening nyne perllis, and of smallar knoppis
o f peril tuentie twa, everie pece contenand tua perle
togidder with ane pome garnissit with peril."
ventories, A . 1579, p. 293.
It seems to denote a round ornament in jewellery,
from Fr. pontine, an apple.
P O M E l l , .v. T h e old name in E . for Pomerania.
" Trailsouiicl in the D u i k o f Pomeris landis
A b e r d . l i e g . A . 1543.
Teut. Pomeren, Pomerania,
POMERXE, A n orchard.
" Than sail his hede be coverit, his body skurgit
outhir utouth or in with the Pomeric, and eftir all
hingit 011 ane unhappy tre." Bellenden's T . Li v. p. 46".
Lat. pommri-mn, Fr. pommeraye, id.
P O M E T , s. P o m a t u m , S . ; f r o m F r . pomade, id.
T o P O M P , v. a. T o draw u p water b y means
o f a p u m p ; Belg. pomp-en, id.
" Sentina, tliepomp. Sentinam exhaurire, to pomp /3
Wedderb. Vocab. p. 21. In later editions changed
to the E. form pump.
PONE, A ihiii turf, Sheik
Tiie wood of to.; roof is nr-t c, =v <•rot 1 w a n thin
iurfeaiied pone* jla^s, am" ;;f;orwards l] filched
u :11 i >traw." EdmonstonV ell. ii. i S.
'i'lic pour st ems to have been oenoi-i :u<aed irom
it.-' use. feeing employed as a .-.iiingle. a'en:-. poatm
seandula, Sw. takpoina, |~q. ihack-jionc'j tegnia.
T O P O X E , v. a. T o pare olr 1.110 surface OF laud ;
Orkn., Shetl.
cc This practice of paring, provincially poning, the
surface o f grass and heath grounds in a state o f com-
mon, which has lasted, probably, from the days o f
Torfeinar, in the beginning o f the twelfth century,
has had an effect so destructive and extensive, as
hardly to be believed without being seen."
Surv. Orkn. p. 100.
P O N E Y - C O C K , <?. A turkey, S.
— c c I hae been at the cost and outlay o' a jiget
o' mutton, a fine young poney-cock, and a fl or en tine
pye." T h e Entail, iii. 65.
More generally pronounced Pownie. V . POUNE,
POWNE, i d .
P O N T I O U N E , s. A puncheon. " A m a n g i s all
vtlier in smallis -axicpoiitioune of wyne;" 1 A b e r d .
R e g . Cent. 18.
P O O G E , s. A hut, a hovel, Ettr. F o r . V.
PUDGE.
T o P O O K , P U I K , P O U K , v. a. 1. " T o pull with
nimbleness o r f o r c e , " like E . pluck, S.
T h e weans hand out their fingers laughing
A n d puik my hips.
Burns, Death and Dr. Hornbook.
2. T o strip o f f feathers, S . ; pron. pook.
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1 1 1 clip, quo" she, yere lang gray wing,
An 5 pouk yere rosie kame,
I f ye dar talc the gay morn-star
For the morning's ruddie learn.
Ii cm a ins of Nithsdale Song, p. 74.
To Pouk a hen, to p l u c k it.
POUKIT, P o o KIT, part. adj. 1. P l u c k e d , S .
2. L e a n and b o n y , U p p . C l y d e s .
3. Shabby in appearance, ibid.
4. Stingy, U p p . C l y d e s . , E d i n ,
P O U K 1 T - L I K E , P O O K I T - L I K E , adj. H a v i n g a p u n y ,
and at the same time a meagre or half-starved
In- like appearance, S. Mootit, synon.
" All the meantime I had forgotten the loss o f the
flap o f my coat, which caused no little sport when
I came to recollect what a pookit-like body I must
have been, walking about in the King's policy like
a peacock without my tail." Blackw. Mag. A u g -
1820, p. 472. *
P O U K , P O O K , s. 1. T h e disease to which f o w l s
are subject when moulting, U p p - Clydes. ; d e -
nominated f r o m the effect, as they appear as if
plucked.
2. A person is said to b e on or in the pouk, when
in a declining state o f health, ibid.
T o P O O K and R O O K , to pillage, A y r s .
cc It will be a black burning shame to allow a daft
man any 1 anger to rule and govern us like a tyrant
wi' a rod o' iron, pook in g and rooking me, his mother,
o' m y ain law ful jointure and honest hainings." T h e
Entail, ii. 145.
Pook is for Pluck; Pook, an E. v. signifying to rob,
P o o x s , P O W K S , s. pi. 1. T h e short unfledged fea-
thers 011 a f o w l , when they begin to g r o w after
moulting, T e v i o t d . ; synon. Stoh-feathers.
2. D o w n , or any similar substance, adhering to
one's clothes, the ends o f threads, S.
— W h y should I m y sell immure
Eternally 'mang powks and stoure ?
I like a breath o' air that's p u r e . —
Gall. Encycl. p. 344.
P O O L L Y - W O O L L Y , s. A n imitative t e r m , .
meant to express the cry o f the curlew, Selkirks.
Wheeple, W e s t o f S. synon.
Agr. « We'll never mair scare at the poolly-woolly o f the
wliaup, nor swirl at the gelloch of the e m / ' Brownie
o f Bodsbeck, i. 288.
P O O R - M A N - O F - M U T T O N , a term applied
to the remains o f a shoulder o f mutton, which,
after it has d o n e its regular d u t y as a roast at
dinner 4 makes its appearance as a broiled b o n e
at supper, or upon the next d a y , S.
" I was bred a plain man at m y father's frugal
table, and I should like well would m y wife and
family permit me to return to m y so wens and m y
poor-man-of-mutton." Bride o f Lammermoor, ii. 101»
T h e friend, to w h o m I am indebted for the e x -
planation of this term, has favoured me with so amu-
sing an illustration o f it, that I cannot withhold it
from m y readers ; as I am persuaded they will agree
with me in thinking, that in point o f humour, it is
not inferior to any thing contained in the writings
o f the celebrated author o f Waver ley.
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<T T h e late Earl o f B., popularly known by the
name of Old Rag, being indisposed in a hotel in L o n -
don, the landlord eame to enumerate the g o o d things
he had in his larder, to prevail on his guest to eat
something. T h e Earl at length, starting suddenly
f r o m his couch, and throwing back a tartan night-
g o w n which had covered his singularly grim and
ghastly face, replied to his host's courtesy; Land-
lord, I think I could eat a morsel of a poor man
Boniface, surprised alike at the extreme ugliness o f
L o r d B's countenance, and the nature of the p r o p o -
sal, retreated f r o m the room, and tumbled down
stairs precipitately ; having 110 doubt that this bar-
baric chief, when at home, was in the habit o f eat-
ing a joint of a tenant or vassal when his appetite
was dainty."
POOSSIE, A kitten, S.
Tills may be viewed as a dimin. from E.puss. Belg.
poesje, however, signifies " a little cat/' (from poes,
p u s s ; ) Sewel.
P O O T , s. T h i s seems to b e the same with Pout,
used to denote a small h a d d o c k , F i f e .
" But let's now stap inbv to the house, an' rest
ours el Is—we'se hae a bannock an' a -pool to our din-
ner.—Gang in than, Katie, we'se hae the bannock
an' the pool this mament." Cardinal Beaton, p. 174.
P O P E ' S K N I G H T S . ] Ddc the last f o u r lines,
and Add;
Since writing this article, I have observed a pas-
sage in Tyrie's Refutation, in which, while he gives
the designation o f Schir to our great reformer, he
conjoins it with ludicrous titles conferred on all the
other reformed ministers w h o m he there mentions.
— " O n l e s thair had bene sum corruption of maners
in our kirk, your synagoge had euer riddin with ane
thin c o u r t ; becaus it is constitute onlie o f the cor-
rupted and onprofitable membrcs o f our kirk, that
is, of licentius and filthie men, abandonit to their
auwinplesures: quhilkis becaus thai culd nocht enioy
in the catholick kirk according to thair professioun,
[ i . e. lawful marriage], thai haue institute ane syna-
g o g e to thame self: as b e exemple freir Martin E u -
ther, ane man of greit verteu and austeritie o f lyf,
did begin the play, tharefter followit dene Johne
Ecolampadius, and sindrie vthers in Germanye ; as
in Scotland freir Johne Willox, done [ D o n ] Johne
Winraip [ a parody on W i n S c h i r Johne Knox,
done Nicol Spittel, and sindrie vtheris extraordinar
prophstis, quha of thair aw in power and authoritie,
lies erekit and buildit suche notable kirk is, that tiiav
may iustlie be comparit in halines and perfection of
lyf, with the kirkis of Flier u sal em, Achaia and vtheris
quhilks wer buildit be the apostlis thame self."
Fol. 50, b.
It must be observed, however, that Tyrie rather
seems to give the title to Mr. Knox in the way in
which it was conferred on other priests. Niiiian
Winyet undoubtedly admits that Knox had what are
called Priests Orders.
ei Your lauchfull ordinatioun be [ b y ] ane of thir
twa wayis, [ b y an immediate call from God, or by
men who had lauchfull power,] we desyre you to
schaw ; sen ye renunce and estimis that ordinatioun
null, or erar wikit, be the quhilk sum tyme ye war
callit Sckir Johne " First Tractat, Keith's Flist. A p m
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P O P
p. 210. Keith adds in a Note, " Here is a plain and
certain instruction that John K n o x had formerly re-
ceived the ordination o f a Priest "
Winyet adds ; " W e can persave be your a win al-
legiance [allegation] na power that ever ye had, e x -
cept it quhilk wes gevin to yow in the sacrament o f
Ordinatioun be auctoritie of preisthed ; quhilk auc-
toritie give ye esteme as nochtis, be reasoun it wes
gevin to y o w (as ye speik) be ane Papiste Bischope,
and thairfor renuncis it, and seikis ane uther ordi-
natioun of Secularis ; it followis consequent!ie that
ye (quhilk God forbid) sulde renunce your baptisme
also, gevin to y o w be ane Papiste Priest, as ye allege
on lyke maner." Ibid. p. 212, 213.
It may also be observed, that Keith, who was well
acquainted with Popish customs, views this title as
formally conferred by the Bishop of Rome. Having
mentioned Sir Robert Richardson a Priest, as sent
down to Scotland b y the King of England ; he adds
in a Note :
" i. e. A person in Priest's orders; and not what we
now commonly call a Priest; b y which appellation
we mean one that is a Presbyter of the church of
Rome. He had the title of Sir from the Pope, w h o
dubbed knights like other princes." Keith's Hist,
p. 30.
This title is frequently given to the secular clergy
in the Acts of Council. It is obviously recognised
as their right.
Anent the'complaint maid b e Schir Johne llo-
bisoune ehapellane apone Robert of Donyng for the
wrangwis vexing & distrublirig o f the said. Sc/ur
Johne in the chapellanery & hospitale of Sainct Anna
Baith, &c. It was allegeit be the said Schir Johne,"
&e. Act. Dom. Cone. A . 1488, p. 96'.
I have observed, howev-.. though I can assign no
reason for it, that this de*';. -'.lion is more frequently
given to one called a cka;>- .'.me than to any o t h e r ;
sometimes to him u» the eiusion of a parson or
parish priest who is .ncnuuiK-d at the same time as
Maisler. Thus :
That Johne lord Someruale sail—pay to Maistcr
Johne Stewart parson of Kirkinner, and Schir Johne
Bar ehapellane, the sou me of xl li." Ovc. Ibid. p. 153.
This, however, is not invariably the case. For
-4 Maister Clement Fareiy," is designed " ehapellane
o f Sanct Cuthbertis altare within Sanct Gelis kirk
o f Edinburgh." Ibid. p. 1 ()3.
P O O T I E , adj. Niggardly, mean, stingy, B e r -
wick s. Jwatiey Footic, synon. S,
Allied most probably to IsL put a, scortea res, also
meretrix, scortum ; puta-mudr scortator. Hence Fr.
putairi, ane. pule.
"To P O P L E , P A P I . K , V. N. T o bubble or boil
lip, t\c.\ .id:i;
T h e r. was formerly used in E . For Palsgrave
gives the <v. Papple, such as ryseth whan water or
any lycour setheth [i. e. boileth] fast, [ F r . ] bouil-
lon P. iii. F. j,"), b. Elsewhere he says; te I-pop-
ped vp as water clothe or any other lyeoure, whan it
boyleth faste on the lyre, or as water dothe out of a
spring. This water popyllelh a pase." Ibid. F» 320, a.
2. T o purl, to ripple, South o f S.
" There's a bit-bonny dropping well that popples
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that self same gate simmer and winter." Antiquary^
ii. 142.
P O P L E S Y , s. Apoplexy,] Add;
" Apoplexia, the poplisie, or apoplexie." Wed-
derb. V'ocab. p. 20. ' Belg. popelsy, id.
P O P P I L L , P O P P L E , .v. C o r n campion, & c . ] A d d ;
" Thon art oner seueare a censurer to call them
who hes taine the name of Christ vpon them, the
children of darknesse. Seuere not thou the popple
from the wheel, the caffe from the c o m e , the goates
'from the sheepe, vntill the Lord come and he shall
seuere them." Rollock on 1 Thes. p. 229-
P O P P I N , s. A species o f paste used by weavers.
V. PAPPIN.
P Q P - T H E - E O N N E T , s . A game, in which two,
each putting down a pin on the crown o f a hat
o r bonnet, alternately p o p on the bonnet till one
o f the pins eros^ the o t h e r ; then he, at whose
prm or itip [ his takes p l a c c , lifts the stakes,
Tevioldaie.
p { A - , A thru t wi th a sword.
" .Missing his ward, he gets a par at the left pape,
whereof he died." Melvifl's MS. p. 1,04. f f For of
a rapier;" p. 19& Teut. porr-en, urgere. V . POUR, V.
T O P O R E , POEE doiin, v. a. T o p u r g e or to
soften leather, that what is called the stool or
b o t t o m o f the hair m a y c o m e easily o f f ; a term
used b y skinners, S.
Belg. puur-en, to refine, to extract.
P O R K ' E , * .
.During the t y m e o f Earlc John Ills beingm France,
the 1ar 1 e(>fCatteylies (thinking this a fktopportunitie
wner.oy to per forme somthing to his advantage),
cau.-ed William Mack v ( w h o wes alwise subjected
to f.ivor t!ie Farle of C'aUeynes) deal] will: his hre~
ther rioucheoii Macky, to try iff by his licence and
attolierance lie might come to hunt in the por\ce
in Durines." Gordon's Hist. Earls of Sutherland,
p. 2 4 0 .
T h e same writer has previously said; In D u -
rines—tlier is ane excellent and delectable place for
hunting, called the Far we, wher they hunt the reid
deir in abundance ; and somtymes they dryve them
into the ocean sea at the PAr/ro-head." P. 3, 4.
tc I have spoken air cadi e o f a place in D urines call-
ed the Farwe or Fharo-head," &c. Ibid. p. 30.
T h e name o f this district is still retained, and pro-
nounced Farve. But Police is a word u n k n o w n in
Sutherland. It may be an errat. for Parwe.
Shaw gives porraisde as Gael, for a parish. But
this term is also said to be unknown in the Gael, o f
that country. C.B. pori signifies pascere, Davies.
P O R K P I I V , P O R K E P I K , 6S. A porcupine.
" A n e uther canon of fonte callit thravrn mowth
mark it with the porkpik montit upoun ane n e w stok,"
&c. Inventories, A . 1578, p. 250.
A n e uther moyane o f fonte markit with the
porkepik," &c. Ibid. p. 251. Porks pile, p. 248.
F r o m Fr. port-espic, a porcupine. Other pieces
had a salamander, a rose, &e. as distinctive marks.
P O R P L E - W A L L , s. A wall o f partition.
te T h e y forbid vs to speak to the Gentiles, they are
enemies to the saluation o f the Gentiles that b y our
ministrie should be wonne to G o d and to his church:
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the porple-nall is b r o k e n down that did hold out the
Gentiles before, yet they will hold them out o f the
fold." Rollock on 1 Thes. p. 96. V . P A R P A L L - W A L L *
T o P O R R , v; a. « T o stab Gall. E n c y c l . -
P O U R , S. U T h e noise a sharp instrument makes, 4
darting into the flesh ibid. V. POR, s.
PoiuiiNG IRON, apparently a p o k e r .
In an inventory o f furniture in the castle of Close-
burn in Nithisdale, taken 1717, frequent mention is
made o f — " a chimney tongues, and shovel, a p o r r i n g
iron, and hearth besome."
Teut. porr-en, m o v e r e ; urgere, cogere, K iii a n ; as
used in B e l g , " t o stir up, to excite," Sewel.
P O R R I D G E , " P O R E I T C H , s. Hasty-pudding. ]
Add ;
Shall I, say's G i b , stay here a' hame
Like witless Willie Clinted,
Wliase pladdin wascoat o'er his wame
Shaws, lie's in porriteh stinted?
T o P O R T E 0//, v. a. T o b r i n g on, to direct.
te It bee urn is the people of all rankis to turne to
G o d , and to leave their si ones quliilk portis on G o d s
judgmentis aganes us." A c t of the Kirk Session o f
Aberdeen, Nov. 160S, on occasion o f an Earthquake ;
copied from the Session Register, Calecl. Merc. A u g .
2 4 th 1816.
Fr. pori-er, Lat. port-are, to carry, to c o n v e y ; or
perhaps from port a harbour, as signifying to direct,
like Fr. apporter, to bear or bring i n t o ; or porter
dnn<i con I re, directly to take aim at.
P O U T E O U S , PoiiTois-HOLL, < .>•. A list o f the
persons indicted b e f o r e the Justiciary A ire, & c . ]
After the extract from P. Ploughman, col. 3.,
j >tserf ;
O.Fr. p.orteis pnrtatif; porte /tors, breviaire, livre
tie l'eglise portatif a 1'usage des ecclesiastiqnes ; q,
" what was carried b y them abroad," or ce out o f
d o o r s ; " Roquefort. Add, at the conclusion ;
T h e term Portnous-roll is still used to denote the list
o f criminal causes to be tried at the circuit-courts, S.
P O R T E R , s. A term used b y - w e a v e r s , i n c l u d -
i n g twenty splits, or the fifth part o f what they
call a H u n d r e d , S.
ce What the Scotch weavers term a Porter, the
English term a beer." Peddle's Weaver's Assistant,
p. 152. V . B I E R , .Y.
P O R T I E , ' s . Air, mein,carriage,behaviour,Ayrs,
From Fr. port-er to carry, to bear. For tee de-
notes state, quality, condition.
P O R T R A C T , $. ' P o r t r a i t ; O.Fr. pouriraiet.
ee Ordains his royall name, portract, and seal, to be
used in the publick writings and judicatories o f the
kingdom, and in the mint-house," &c. Acts Cha. II.
E d . 1814, V I . 363.
P O S N E T T , ,9. A skillet, a small pan ; a kitchen
utensil.
" FX is heire sail liaue—ane brander, ane posnett,
ane bag to put m o n e y in, ane eulcruik." Burro
Lawes, c. 125, s. 1.
This is merely E.posnet. T h e corresponding term
in the Lat. c o p y is jiscina, which is rendered " a
chese flit, or a fysshe l e p e ; " Ortus Vocab.
T o P O S S , r. a. 1, T o push ; S. pouss.] Add;
 P O T
I,an cash. <c passing,, an action between thrusting
and k n o c k i n g / ' Gl. T. Bobbin.
2. T o pound, Ettr. For.
3. T o Poss CLAES, to wash clothes b y repeatedly
lifting them up from the bottom o f the tub,
and then kneading them down with some force,
Clydes. ; Pouss, Id.
Poss, to squeeze wet clothes in a tab, to wash
by squeezing ;" Gall. Encycl.
P O S S I N G - T U B , s. A tub for one branch of wash-
ing. Y . Pouss, t;.
T i s strange the good old fashion should have fled,
When double-girded passing tubs were made.
Village Fair, Blackw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 432.
PORT-YOUL, PoilT-YE'ULL. To Slflg Port-Tjonl,
to cry to weep.] Add ;
u It's a sad time now, all folks are singing songs
of jovialty, but the people of God, they must sing
Port-youl." Mich. Bruce's Lectures, &c. p. 62.
T o P O S S E D , P O S S E D E , P O S S E I D , v. a.
sess ; Lat. possid-ere.
— " Charging him to tak ane inquisicioun—how
the said twa acris of land has bene broukit & posse-
dit thir fyfty yeris bygane." Act. Dom. Cone. A.
1479, P-
" That tharfore lettrez be writtin to mak the said
prouest &c. of Perth, to broik & possed the said is
clousis & waiter passagis of thar millis forsaid, as thai
broik it & poss edit the samyn of before," ike. Ibid. A.
1493, p. 314.
" Quhy cry ye nocht out up one thair wickit con-
sait, and als manifest sacrilege of utheris; and ad-
vert issis that the prophet incallis the wrayth of God
on thame, quha says, Lat us posseid be heretage the
sanctuarie of God ?" N. Winyet's Quest. Keith's
Hist. App. p. 245.
P O S S El) I E , Probably for Posset, a term
which has been frequently used to denote a
drugged potion.
" Robert Douglas—efter denner in the castell, re-
turning to Leyth, tuke his bed, and within tuo dayis
died. Whither he gat a possedie or not God mak it
know in, for he swell it efter his death." R. Baima-
tylie's Trans, p. 270.
T o P O S S E S S , v. n. Poss est in, infeoffed, hav-
ing legal possession given.
— <f H e obtained the earledome of Marr from the
king, and was possest in the same." Pitscottie, p.
184. Possessed in, Ed. 1728.
P O S T , s. Stratum in a quarry, S.
" The stratum or post, as it is here called, of this
quarry, is from 10 to 15 feet thick." Agr. Surv.
Stirl. p. 52.
P O S T T T , part. pa. u Post it wi* sickness;"" over-
powered by it ; Clydes.
This seems equivalent to, cc Having no interval,
or relief;" q. hurried on with the expedition of a post.
P O S T - S I C K , adj. Expl. bedrid," Roxb.
Often used ; but whether the meaning be the same
with that of the phrase, Post-it with sickness, is doubt-
ful.
P O T , P O T T , S. 2. A pond, a pool, &c.] Add;
cc About this time a pot of the water of Brechin
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P O T
called Southesk, became suddenly dry, and for a
short space continued so, but bolts up again, and
turns to its own course ; which was thought to be
an ominous token for Scotland, as it so fell out."
Spalding's Troubles, i. 40.
To the etymon given, vo. Pete-Pol; it maybe
added that Sax. put is given by Kilian as synon. with
poet, and expl. lacuna, pal us.
4. A shaft, or pit in a mine.
" Grantis—to the said Eustachius—the haill golde
—mynes ike. with powar to serche out, win, and dis-
eouer the saidis—mynes, and to break the ground is,
mak sinkis and potis thairin to that effect as thai sail
think expedient." Acts Ja. VI. 1584, Ed. 1814, p. 309.
Teut. put, scrobs, fovea, fossa.
* POT. To have Pot or Pan in any place, to
have the evidences of residence there.
ce That regula resulaus of confirmations Is domici-
o o %
Hum defuncti et ubi habebat Jocum ct I a rem ; but so
it is, he had his residence, his wife, his bairns, and
T o pos-
his family, in Glasgow; and though he was Bishop
of the Isles, and died there, yet he had not so much
as a pot or a pan there." Fount. Dec. Suppl. ii. 470.
P O T AND G A L L O W S , the same with Pit and
Gallows, Aberd.
P O T A G E , -v. Formerly used in S. precisely in
the sense in which the same term is still used in
France, for broth with vegetables in it.
— B a k y n e meit to my Ladle, at the discretion!!
of the maister lioushalde, with potages, after their
discretioun.—Ane kyde, with potagis referrit to the
maister lioushalde." Royal Eloushold, A. 156'7,
Chalmers's Mary, I. 178.
POTATOE-BOGLE, " A scare-crow, placed
in a potatoe-field to frighten rooks,"" S.,G1. Antiq.
T o P O T C H , r. a. T o drive backwards and for-
wards ; applied to a dirty way of using food.
Children are said to patch their porridge, when
they sup them only partially, leaving portions
of them here and there in the dish,Aug.,Aberd.;
synon. Hair. V. K E I I I .
This may be only a different sense of E. potch, to
drive, to push; which Johnson derives from Fr.
poch-er, cc to thrust out the eyes as with the thumb."
But Sw. pa at-a, pronounced pot-a3 fodicare, id., has
a more original form.
PoTIGARIES, s. pi Drugs.
cc Item, the 27 day of Julij to a Flemyng of Bru-
gess for certane poligaries to the King be Maister
William Sehevas arehdene of Sanct Androis." Act
of expenditure for King James the Third's person,
&c. A. 1474.
L.B. apothccaria, res omnes quae a pharmacopolis
vendi sol ent, Gail. Drogues. Du Cange.
P O T - P I E C E , A-. A n old name for that piece of
ordnance called a mortar, obviously from its re-
semblance of a pot.
t£ Grievances to be remonstrated to his Majesty.
1. The provisions laid in the castle extraordinary, as
granadoes, pot-pieces, and others, which are offensive
and defensive." Spalding, i. 188.
"But those peeces of cannon that are farthest hard,
are called pot-peeccs or Mortiers, such as Mounts
Gg
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[ y u l g o Mounts-Meg} 011 the castle of Edenburrough,
being so wide, that it is reported, that a man did get
a child within, which 1 also warrant from m y owne
deede ; but the truth is, it is a huge great peece, from
whence did come our old Scots proverb, T h e Devill
shoote Mounts in your a—e. Gentle reader, excuse
my homelinesse, since I was not the in venter of this
proverbe." Monro's Exped. P. II. p. 214, 215.
By that singular phrase, " which I also warrant
from my owne deede," he merely means that he was
not the author of the story.
P O T T I E , s. A dimin. f r o m E . pot.
T o H A U D T H E P O T T I E B O I L I N \ to keep u p the
sport, A b e r d .
P O T T I N G E R , s. A jar, a kind of earthen ves-
sel, A b e r d .
P O T T I S E A R , s. A pastry-cook.
" Gif thair be ony cuikis or pottisearis, quhabakis
pyis, and sellis thame not quhen tliay ar hot, bot ef-
terwart heat is thame agane, and swa sellis thame."
Chalm. Air, Balfour s Pract. p. 585.
This seems the sense here ; and perhaps corre-
sponds most nearly to the office of Potagiarius pul-
mentarius. V . POTTINGAR.
P O U E R A L L , PURELL, T h e lowest class,
&c.] Add;
« The brute of the erle of Huntlies death was at
the begyning comonlie as I have written, alsweill
amonge the pureed I as amonges the richest that spak
o f it." Bannatyne's Journal, p. 490, 491.
Add to etymon ;
O.Fr. pouraillc, les pauvre gens ; Roquefort.
P O V I E , adj. 1. Snug, comfortable ; applied to
living. Povie folic, people possessing abundance,
without making any shew, Perths. I t seems
nearly synon. with Bei?i9 Bene, q. v.
2. Conjoining the ideas o f spruceness and self-
conceit, E i f e .
This, I suspect, is radically the same with Pavie,
q. v., used as a noun.
T o P O U K , v. a. T o pluck. Poukit-likc. V . un-
der POOK, t\
P O U K , <9. A little pit or hole containing water
or mire, M o r a y .
T o P O U L L I E , y. 7i. " T o look pluckecl-like
Gall. E n c y c l .
POULLIE-HENS, " plucked-looking hens ibid.
This, it would appear, is merely from the E. v,
to pull, to pluck.
P O U N D L A W , Amerciament paid for deli-
very of g o o d s that have been poinded or p o u n d e d .
— " Yit he micht on nawayis eschaetit thame, nor
haldin thame langer, be the lawes or customes of the
Bordouris, bot quhill thai had payit ane grott for the
heid [ f o r e a c h ] of ilk peax [qu. piece ? ] for thair
pound I cuv." Instructions for Eoss Herald, Keith's
Hist. App. p. 69.
From pound, the act of poinding, and lam, derived
perhaps from A.S. lae mos, consuetudo. Su.G. laegg+
a, however, signifies solvere, to pay.
J P O U N I E , s. T h e name given to the turkey-hen,
E . L o t l n , while the male is called Bubbliejoek.
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This has originated from a misapplication o f the
Fr. term. Y . P O U N E .
P O U N T , 6*. A point, Fife.
" I mak a pount to be an e'e-witness o' ilka busi-
ness o' that sort." 'Pennant's Card. Beaton, p. 121.
In Fife instead o£oi, on is used; as in bout for bod,
avoud for avoid; &c.
POUR, 1. U s e d i n the same sense with Pourin,
f o r a small portion o f liquid, as tea, &c., R o x b .
2. A Pour of rain, a heavy shower or fall of rain;
as, " IPs just an evendown pour? S.
This term, "in all its acceptations, is pron. like M.poor.
P O U R I E ( p r o n . p o o r i e ) , s. 1. A vessel for h o l d -
ing beer or other liquids, with a spout for pour-
ing ; a decanter, as distinguished f r o m a m u g .
Loth.
2. A cream-pot, a small ewer, S. T h i s seems to
be the more general sense a m o n g the vulgar.
" A ' the moveables—gaed wi' the heritage to his
auld son—even the vera silver pourie that I gied her
mysel—in a gift at her marriage." The Entail, ii. 23.
" The Doctor said, it put him in mind o f Miss
Jenny Macbride's side-board,—where all the pepper-
boxes, poories, and tea-pots—of her progenitors are
set out for a show, that tells her visitors they are but
seldom put to use." Blackw. Mag. Feb. 1821, p. 505.
P O U R I N S (pron. poorins), s. pi T h e thin li-
quid poured off f r o m sowens, after fermentation,
before they are boiled ; that only being retained
which gives them a proper consistence, Eife.
T o P O U S L E , z\ /?. T o trifle. Y . POUZLE.
T o P O U S S , v. a. 1. T o push ; as, " To pouss
onens fortune," to try one's fortune in the
world, S.
2. A p p l i e d to the washing o f clothes.] Add ;
Teut. polss-en, pulsare, trudere. Polss-en int. wa-
ter, quatereaquas; wl-polss-en,egerere aquam; Kilian.
T o P O U S S the Candle, to snuff it, R o x b .
This seems evidently Su.G. In Sweden they still
say, puts a Unset, to snuff the candle. The word pouss
has probably been transmitted from the Danes of
Northumbria ; for Dan. puts-er lyset has the same
meaning. The word primarily signifies to trim, to
set off, to adorn. In Teut. it assumes the form of
boets-en, in Germ, of butz-en, ornarc.
POUT, 2. A chicken, & c . ] Add;
This, it would appear, is originally the same with
O.E. " Pult yonge henne. Gallinella." Prompt. Parv,
Add, as sense
4. Caller Pout, a small haddock, F i f e — b y an o b -
vious misapplication o f the term. I t is used to
denote a small trout, Ettr. F o r .
T o P O U T , V. n. T o shoot at y o u n g partridges, S.
P O U T E R , S. A sportsman who shoots y o u n g par-
tridges or m o o r fowl, Galloway.
N o w Willy frae his ain house en',
A wagtail shooter,
W i ' pointers on the hill did sten',
T h e prince o' pouters.
Davidsons Seasons, p. 114.
POUTING, POUTTING, The Pouting the sport
o f shooting y o u n g grouse or partridges, S.
— " The king being disposed to take his pleasure
 P o w P o w
at the pouttlng in Calder and Carnwath Moires, he Cumb. pow en, pulling, porvt, p u l l e d ; Gl, Relph.
acquaintes the Lord Somervill with his resolutione ; Westmorel. pooin, pood.
-—his Majestie being pleased with all to shew him he P O W A N , P O A N , s. T h e G w i n i a d , Sal mo lava-
was resolved for some dayes to be his guest." Me- ret us, Linn.
morie of the Somervills, i. 241. 4< Loch Lowmond,—besides abundance o f other
" An it like your honours, I can tell y e something fishes, hath a kind of the owne named Porran, very
that will keep the Captain wi' us amaist as weel as pleasant to eate." Monijiennie's Scots Chron. p. I.">3.
the pouting—Hear ye na the French are coming." " G u i n i a d — F o u n d in Loch-Mabon; called in tiiose
Antiquary, iii. 310. 'parts tile / 'cndaceiUwX Jaciui^i.y; .tutI ill t -!..<>» n«*ml.
T o P O U T , v. n. " T o start u p on a sudden, as where it is called the PoanLiglitieiU's Fiora Scot,
something f r o m under the w a t e r ; " Gall. E n c . i. (il.
T o POUT,'"POUTER, r . n. T o p o k e , to stir.] Add; Besides a multitude of other fishes, it hath some
Lancash. poftert disturb'd, vex'd. o f a peculiar kind, very pleasant to eat; they call
P O U T , ,V. A )>oker, S . ] Add; them Potlacks." Buchannan's Hist. B. i. In the ori-
" A (fire port, an iron to stir up the fire w i t h ; " ginal, Pollacas vocant. Lib. i. c. 23.
Ray's Lett. p. 334. Pollack is evidently a misnomer. As the Gwiniad
jFoyar-potter, an i r f n instrument to stir up the is the Pollen o f Lough-Neagh, there can be no doubt
fire;" T . Bobbins. that the Ir. name had found its way into the west of
T o P O U T H E R , v.?i. T o canvass. V . P E U T H E R . Scotland, and originated that of Poivan. V . V E N D A C E .
P O U T H E R , s. 1. Flair-powder, S. P O W A R T , 1 . A tadpole, R o x b . ¥ . P O W - H E A D .
2. G u n - p o w d e r . S. 2. T h e minute-hand o f a clock, R o x b ; perhaps
" A n d for the pouther, I e'en changed it, as occa- f r o m a supposed resemblance in its form o r m o -
sion served,—for gin and brandy." Bride of Lam- tion to a tadpole.
mermoor, ii. 294. 3 . A seal, phocaena, Fife.
P O U T I I E H E D , part. pa. 1. P o w d e r e d , wearing P O W D E R B R A N D , .v. A disease in grain.
hair-powder, S. ee The black ears in barley and oats, prov in chilly
Eh ! sirs !—how bra' are w e wi' our new black termedpowder-brand, and which are more frequently
coat and our w eel-pout he red head, as if w e had never f o u n d in American barley, than in any other variety,
kenned hunger nor thirst our sells !" Bride of Lam- may be prevented, or at any rate greatly checked, by
mermoor, iii. 98. well washing the seed previous to sowing." Edin.
2. C o r n e d , slightly salted ; q. having a sprinkling Even. Courant, April 7, ISIS.
o f salt, like the dusting o f p o w d e r on the hair, S. Perhaps q. fudder-brand, the burning o f light-
c<r Lord Allan, rest his saul, used to like a pouther-
ning. V. F U D D E R .
ed guse, and said it was Latin for a tass o' brandy." P O W - H E A D , s. A tadpole.] Add;
Bride of Lammermoor, ii. 298. O.E. poled, id. "Poled, a y o u n g tode;—polet, the
P O U T - W O R M , $. " T h e g r u b Gall. E n c y c l . blacke thynge that a tode cometh o f ; [ F r . ] eauesot;"
T o P O U Z L E , v. n. 1. T o search about with Palsgr. B. iii. F. 55, b.
uncertainty, &c.] Add; P O W I E , s. E x pi. 44 a y o u n g turkey, 11 R o x b .
2. T o trifle, Fife. Poa:Jin\ part. adj. Trifling. This, I suppose, is merely eorr. from Fr. potdef, and
Allied, perhaps, to Su.G. pussl-a, continuo labore had originally denoted a pullet in a general sense.
rem suam domesticam obi re ; Sax. poset-n, id. P O W L I O K , 6-. A tad-pole, Perths.
3. A p p l i e d to one w h o is airy and finical, Fife. P O W R I T (pron. poorit), <v. A tadpole, F i f e ;
4. A l s o to one who makes a boast o f his wealth, apparently the same with Poivart, q. v.
especially as i m p l y i n g the idea that he has little P O W S O W I ) I E , s. Sheep-head b r o t h . ] Add;
or no reason for this, ibid. " I canna gang into the kitchen to direct any thing,
POW, T h e poll, the h e a d . ] Add; for he's hovering there making some powsotrdie for
Quhair as ye conclud your obiectione b e reasone m y Lord, for he doesna eat like other folk neither."
o f the ambition and corrupted maneris o f the toune Antiquary, iii. 117-
o f Rome, I ansuere to y o u according to our Scottis 2. M i l k and meal boiled t o g e t h e r . ] / ! d d ; — a n y m i x -
prouerb, He sould bane ane hail pow, quha call is his ture o f incongruous sorts o f f o o d , S., G l . A n t i q .
nielitbour ueitie now." Nicol Biime, F. 1316. 132, a. The term seems to be used in this sense in the fol-
P O W , s. 4. T h e wharf or q u a y ' i t s e l f . ] Add; lowing passage.
iC So great is the predilection for whisky of the In haf an hour he'se get his mess
true highland flavour, that—a cargo of peats from O* c r o w d y - m o w d y ,
Ferintosh was discharged this week at Cambus POJV." An' ( fresh pow sow dy.
Caled. Merc. Jan. 2 4 / 1 8 2 4 . Taylors S. Poems, p. 2 4 .
P O W (pron. p o o ) , 6*. A crab, E . L o t h . ; synon. Taylor was a native of Ban lis. V. his Poems, p. 81.
Part an. T o P O W T , v. n. T o make short and as it were
I have been informed that Fr. poux lias the same convulsive motions with the hands or feet, Clyd.
meaning; but I have not met with the word in any P O W T , s. A short and kind o f convulsive motion.
lexicon. T o express great exhaustion, it is said, " H e
P O W - T A E , S. A crab's claw, E . L o t h . c o i f d n a play powt" ibid.
T o P O W , v. a. T o p l u c k , to putt, S . ] Add; Perhaps from Fr. pat, paute, the paw or foot, q. to
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strike with the foot. C.B. pwith signifies a thrust,
and pwi/lh-aw to thrust in.
P O W T E , s. T h e same with Pout, a young
partridge or moor-fowl.
The dousane of Powtes twelve pennies ; " A c t
Pari. A . 1555, A g r . Surv. Invern. p. 392.
T o P O W T E R , v. n. 1. T o d o little easy j o b s ,
Ettr. For.
This seems merely a secondary sense of Pouter, to
poke. V . P O U T , V.
2. T o r u m m a g e in the dark, S . A .
" There's no the like o' him ony gate for poster-
ing wP his fingers amang the het peat-ashes, and
roasting eggs." Waverley, iii. 236.
" Powtering, pottering; g r o p i n g and rummaging
in the d a r k ; " Gl. Antiq. V . P O U T , P O U T E R , V.
P R A C T A N D , part. pr.
— S c h o callit to hir cheir—
A peruerst pardoneir,
A n d practand palmair.
Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 54.
T h e sense is uncertain. Teut. pracht-en signifies
superbire. Perhaps It may be equivalent to E. prat-
ing; Teut. prael-en fabulari, nugari, as palmers were
m u c h given to romance.
P R A C T I C K , P R A C T I Q U E , S. U n i f o r m practice
in the determination o f causes; a forensic term, S,
" Dispones to the said colledge—all freedoms, &c.
that to any frie colledge within this realme be law &
practick is k n o w n to apperteane." Acts Cha. I I . Ed,
1814, V I E 70.
<e A n uniform series of decisions o f the court of
session, i. e. of their judgments on particular points,
either of right or o f form,—anciently called Pr actios,
is b y Mackenzie—accounted part o f our customary
law." Ersk. Inst. R. i. T. 1. § 47.
Fr. practique, cc the forme, stile, course o f plead-
ing, or of proceeding, in the l a w ; " Cotgr.
P R A C T I N G , part, pr. Accomplishing,
—Presumpteouss in p r y d ,
Practing n o t h i n g expert
In cunnyng cumpass nor kert.
Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 97.
Lat. peract-us, performed, fromperag-o, perag-ere.
* PRAISE, F i g u r a t i v e l y used as a designa-
tion f o r G o d , the object praise^ S.
Sume ran to coffers, and sume to kists,
But nought was stown that cou'd be m i s t ;
She dancid her lane, cry'd, Praise be b l e s t !
I have ludg'd a leil poor man.
Gaber-lunzic Man, st. 5.
" Praise he blest, God be praised. This is a c o m - D u Cange.
m o n form still in Scotland with such as, from reve-
rence, decline to use the sacred name." Callender's
A n c . Scott. Poems, p. 5,
T h e phrase, Thanhs to Previse, is used in the same
sense in Skinner's Poetical Epistle to Burns.
T o P R A M , v. a. T o press, to straiten f o r r o o m ,
Shetl
Teut. pram-en premere, urgere, opprimere, Kilian,
T o P R A N , P U A N N , v. a. 1. T o hurt, to w o u n d ,
to bruise, A b e r d .
A menseless man
Cam a' at anes athort his lunch
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A sowff, and gart him prann
His b u m that day.
Christmas Ba'ing, Skinner's Misc. Poet. p. 129-
This might seem the same with. Teut. prang-en
comprimere, aretare, constringere. But it is u n -
doubtedly from Gael, proun-am to bruise, whence
pronnadh, a bruise. It is not improbable that both
the Teut. and Celt, terms have had a common origin.
Perhaps C.B. breuan-ii, to bruise, is o f the same stock.
A p p a r e n t l y , — t o chide, to r e p r e h e n d , ibid.
Jean, we'll need to wear hame, I doubt,
We'll baith be prann'd for biding out.
W. Beatties Tales, p. 34.
P R A N K FIYIR.
ee x i j £ Scottis askit for the prane hijir havand thair
gudis to the sehip." A b e r d . Reg. k . 1548, V. 20.
Probably corr. f r o m Belg. praam, a flat-bottomed
b o a t ; Dan. pram, a bark.
T o PitAP one's self up, to support one's self o n
some g r o u n d o f confidence or other ; generally
applied to what is frivolous, S. Prop, E .
" O that's a matter o' moonshine ; ye see he praps
him sel' up on his station and his d e g r e e ; but he was
a wise man that said, f Pride goeth before a fall."
Saxon and Gael, i. 77.
T o P R A T , v. n. T o b e c o m e restive, as a h o r s e
o r ass that refuses to m o v e , R o x b .
Teut. pratt-en ferocire, superbire.
P R A T , P R A T T , ,5. 1. A trick, & c . ] Add;
To I1 alee the Prate, to b e c o m e restive; applied to
a horse, R o x b .
Nor did I prance, an' take the prate
U p braes, when in a pinch,
Nor on my haughs the stretcher sat,
G i f I cou'd gain'd an inch.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 6*1.
P R A T F U ' , P R E T F U " , adj. T r i c k i s h , f u l l O i prats y
Loth. V . P R A T .
P R A T T I K , S. 6. A trick, S . ] Add;
To Prieve Prattiks, to attempt to play tricks; as,
" D i n n a prieve y o u r prattilcs o n m e Roxb.
P R E C A B L E , adj. W h a t m a y b e i m p o s e d in
the way o f taxation.
— " A s thai are ane pairt of the bodie and m e m -
ber is siibiect to the payment o f taxt, stent, watch eing,
warding, and all vther precable charges, even sa all
the commodities o f the said eietie suld be commoun
to thaim all." Acts Ja. VI. 1 587, E d . 1814, p. 505.
L.B. precaria is expl. Questa, sen roga, tributum,
quod exigitur quasi deprecando, ut habet L e x L o n g o -
bard. Prccare, precariam vel questam imponere ;
P R E C A R I E , s. I n d u l g e n c e ; an old law term.
Cir A n e tenent beand warn it be his master at W h i t -
sound ay to flit and remove, and thairefter thoillit or
suffer it b e tolerance and preearie o f his master to sit
still and rem ane to ane certane day, may lauchfullie
be put forth,—the said time of tolerance beand b y -
past." Balfour's Pract. p. 458.
T h e Lat. adv. preeario, from which this is evi-
dently formed, occurs in p. 460. H e quha is in
possession!! of ony landis precario, or be tolerance o f
ony utherpersounhavand richt andtitill thairto," &e.
L.B. precaria was the designation of those tributes
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which were originally given under the name of bene-
volowes, although afterwards, from immemorial cus-
tom, viewed as obligatory, and therefore exacted by
authority. They are supposed to have received their
name from being solicited or prayed Jor. T h e term,
in like manner, denotes indulgence given in conse-
quence of solicitation. V . P R E CAUL is.
P R E C E P T O R I E , s. A b o d y o f knights p r o -
fessedly devoted to the cause o f religion, a c o m -
mander y.
" It is fund—that the richt of superioritye off all
lands, Sec.—perteining to quhatsumever abbacies,
pryories, pryoressis, precepforics — pertenis to his Ma-
jestic." A c t s Cha. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V . Ki t.
— " Wnder the samyne actes ar comprehendit all
templelands perteining to the preceptorie o f T o r -
phichen." Ibid. 160.
L.B. praeceptoriae, praedia Praeeeptoribus assig-
nata; Commanderies. Praeceptores, the commanders
o f the houses which the knights of St. John and the
Templars possessed in the provinces. D u Cange
thinks that they were thus denominated, as being the
great priors o f each province, to whom the supreme
authority, in their several districts, belonged. For
L.B. praeceptor is rendered, Dominus, princeps, su-
premus magi stratus.
T o P R E E , v. a. T o taste; as, " Prcc my
sneeshin," taste m y snuff, S. V . PRIE.
T o P R E E K , r. n, * T o b e spruce, to c r e s t ; as,
a A bit preeldn b o d i e , " one attached to dress,
and at the same time self-conceited and pre-
sumptuous, T e v i o t d . ; f r o m a c o m m o n origin
with E . to Prick, to dress one^s self.
Belg. prijek-en, synon. with prone k-cn dare se spec-
tan d um, Kilian ; pryk-cn, (c to make a p r o u d shew,"
Sewel. V . PRINK, V.
P R E E K , s. Impatient eagerness to accomplish
any thing, U p p . L an arks.
As in this district i short is often pron. as ee, it
may be merely E. prick ; or from A.S. prica, Isl. prlk,
stimulus, as we speak of the spur of the occasion.
P R E E S , .v. C r o w d , press, R o x b .
T o P R E E V E , t1. n. T o stop at any place at sea,
in order to make trial f o r fish, Orkn.
Evidently the v. Preif used in a peculiar sense,
T o P R E E , v. a, T o prove.
— " Assignis to him the v day of Maij liixt to cum
•—to pref the avale of the saidis malez 6c proffitis,"
tkc. Act. Audit. A . 1 188, p. 12(i.
"" He—sail content & pay to thaim the cost is &
seathis tliat he may pref lie has Mist en i t , " & c . Act.
D0111. Cone. A. 1 48;;, p. <<N, <•/ pass. Y. PREIF, v.
Prcue is the O.K. form, in dilil rent senses. " Prcuyn
or prouen. Probo. Prcuyn ur assay en. Examino."
Prompt. Parv.
PHEF, PREIF, A p r o o f , a legal probation.
•—" That he tak the pref before him & warne the
partys tharof." Act. Audit. A . 1488, p. 127-
The pronunciation, preif, is still retained in Aberd.
and other northern counties.
— " Or din is that lettrez be writtin to the said
Wily am to tak the said preif before him, & set a day
tharto, and warne the partiis tharof." Act. Audit.
A. 1494, p. 192.
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* T o P R E F A C E , v. n. T h i s v. has been used
in a peculiar sense in S., to denote the m o d e in
which ministers began divine service, b y giving
a short practical paraphrase o f those verses o f
the Psalm which were to be sung before prayer.
" H e had—a singular gift of -prefacing, which was
ahvaj^s practised in that day, for the tuning and tem-
pering of the minds and spirits of people for duties
through the day." Walker's Passages, p. 150.
A s this plan was very popular, it is still continued
in some country places.
P R E Y N E , &e. s. A pin made o f wire.] Add ;
It is a singular superstition, which prevails in the
north of S. at least, that all the pins, which have been
used in dressing a bride on her marriage day, must
be thrown a w a y ; as it would be deemed unlucky,
were any o f them applied to any other use.
T o P R E IN, P R E N E , PRIX, a. To pin.] Add;
£C T h e wig being put in order, I carried it to the
bed-room, and—prinnedit to the bed curtains." The
Steam-Boat, p. 299-
Prein or Preen expresses the pronunciation o f the
w o r d better than Pr'ni.
Isl. prion~a connectere, consuere; G. An dr. p. 193.
PitEi N - c o n , a. A pin-cushion, S.
This is one of the articles mentioned in the royal
treasury, A . 1578.
" A n e prein cod of blew and yallow v e l v o t . " — " A n e
litle prebtcod of crammosie satine broderit with gold,"
Inventories, p. 239-
T h e W i d o w Broddy by the slap,
Wha sold the tartan precn-cods,
B y whisky mauFd, lay but her cap,
Her head upon a green sod,
Right sick, that day.
Davidson's Seasons, Szc. p. 78.
P R E IN-HEAD, s. T h e h e a d o f a p i n , S.
" N o worth a prcin-head," a phrase commonly
used to intimate that the thing spoken of is o f no
value whatsoever, S.
P R E J I N K , adj. T r i m , fmically tricked out,
A y r s . ; a variety o f Pcrjbik.
Sirs. Fenton,—seeing the exposure that prejink
Miss Peggy had made of herself!,—laughed for some
time as if she was by herself." T h e Provost, p. 203.
P R E J I N C T L Y , adv. W i t h minute exactness, A y r s .
" The next I spoke to was a y o u n g genteel man,
with a most methodical gravat, prejinctly tied." The
Steam-Boat, p. ISO.
P R E J I N K I T I K , , ? . M i n u t e n i c e t v o r accuracy, A y r s .
" I dinna weel understand—how to correc'the
press, and to put in the points, wi' the lave o' the
wee prejinkities." Sir A. Wylie, i. 285. Y . P E R J I N K .
T o P R E I S , r . ?i. T h i s lias been cxpl, to attempt;
b u t it seems to claim a stronger sense, to exert
one\s self strenuously.
" W h at dexterity in preaching, boldness in re-
proving, if ] should preis to set out, it were as one
who would light a candle to let men see the sun."
M ''Crie's Life o f Knox, ii. 288.
It seems originally the same with E. to press. O.E»
prcese is used in the sense of press. " Preese or
throng. Pressura." Prompt. Parv,
T o P R E K , P I I Y K , v. n. T o gallop.] Add;
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Hence the name pricker, applied, both b y S. and P R E T V ? . A trick, S.; same with Prat9Pratt9 q. r .
E. writers, to a light horseman, from his galloping f<r It wald be cruel to the pure eheilds quha write
across the country. It seems especially to have de- plays, an' si dike trash trie, for the fowk in Lonnon
noted those employed as skirmishing parties. Thus, to detect an' expose the bits o' prcts, by quhilk they
in the account of llertjbrde's Expedition in Scollande, inveigle the public to buy their beuks." The Scots-
it is said: man, published in Paisley, A. 1812, p. 29.
" This daye, in our marchynge, dy tiers of theyr P R K T F U , adj. V. PRATFU1.
prickers, by reason of the saide myste, gaue vs alarme, * T o P R E T E N D , v. a.
and came so far within our array, that they vnhorsed
"Both thir acts—were hastilypretended, dispersed,
one betwene the vanwarde and the battayll, beynge
and spread with all diligence, to the haill ministers
within two hundreth fote of the Lorde Lieutenaunt."
and parish churches within the kingdom." Spalding,
Daly ell's Fragments, p. 10.
ii. 112.
Elsewhere the .?. and v. appear in their natural
PRETENSE, Design, intention.
connexion. ee All thys by my pretense I ha if wrrittin, not be-
<f Commaunding them they shoukle defende the
lievand bot ye wald haif biddin at the jugement of
house & tary within (as they eoulde not get out) till
the auncient Doctouris." Crosraguell's Compend.
his retorne, whiche should be on the morow, with
Tract. Keith's Hist. App. p. 198.
municion & relief, he with h.is prikkers prikt quite
Fr. pretend-re not only signifies to pretend, but
his ways/' Somerset's Expedieion, Dalyell, p. 35.
cc The habits of the borderers fitted them particu-
also to mean, to intend; pretente, a purpose. More
than I intended;" Marg.
larly to distinguish themselves as light cavalry; and
hence the name of prickers and hohylers, so fre- T o P R E T E X , v. a. T o frame, to devise; Lat.
quently applied to them." Minstrelsy Border, I. In- praelex-ere.
trod. Ixxx. " Thairfor keipyour promes, an ([ pre!ex na ioukrie
Phillips expl. Pricker as if the term had been bor- be my Lorde of Cassillis writing." Ressoning betuix
rowed from the chace : f<r A term in hunting, for a Crosraguell and J. Knox, B. iii. b.
huntsman 011 horseback." P R E T T Y , adj. 1. Small in size, S . B . ] Add;
PREKAT, " xij prekattis of wax T Aberd. It has been used in this sense in O.E. " But a
R e g . Cent. 16. prelyc deale ; Qung bien peu." Palsgr. F. 449, a. " A
This is certainly the same with O.E.prykcl. uPry- preaty start ago; Vne petite espace de temps. A preaty
kei of a candell weyke. Faga." Prompt. Parv. But wliyle a go: Vng peu de temps passe." Ibid. F. 452,
good old Fraunees's Latin is often as obscure as his b. " Pratye lyttle one ; Paruulus;" Huloet. " Paruu-
English. Faga I have found no where else. lus,—veraie littell, small, preatic ;" Biblioth. Elyot.
T o P R E M I T , v. a. T o premise, to remark be- 3. Polite,] Add;
fore something else ; Lat. praemitt-ere. In this sense it is said of Ca.pt. Forbes, nicknamed
4'f He doth, in this and the next verse, prem.il a Kaird ; £< He was a pretty soldier ;" Spalding, i. 243.
general doctrine thereunto, in borrowed tearmes, 4. Hand some, well-made; as applied to soldiers,
consisting of two branches," &e. Plutcheson on nearly equivalent to able-bodied.
John, p. 299. <c The laird was not at home, but his lady with

P R E N T - B U K E , S. A book in print, S. some pretty men was within the house, which was
ee She minds naething of what passes the day—
furnished with ammunition," &c. Ibid. i. 220.
but set her on auld tales and she can speak like a " He even mentioned the exact number of recruits
prent buke." Antiquary, ii. 287- who had joined Waver ley's troop from his uncle's
P R E N T I C E , P R E N T E I S S , S. A n apprentice, S* estate, and observed they were pretty men, meaning
c<r And gif thay depart, or be takin or entysed from
not handsome, but stout warlike fellows." Waver-
the maister or maistres seruice, the maister or mais- ley, i. 258.
tres to haue the lyke actioun and remedy as for 5. Brave, intrepid.
thair feit ser 11 and an & prenteiss" Acts Ja. VI. 15 74, — P r o b a b l y he had been torn in pieces if it had
Ed. 1814, p. 88. not been that the said Francis, with the help of two
To PRESCRYVE, PRESCRIBE, n. 1. T o pretty men that attended him, rescued him out of
prescribe ; applied to property when lost by their barbarous hands." Guthry's Mem. p. 28.
the lapse of time ; an old forensic term. " We are three to three,' said the lesser I lighlander,
cs Redemptioun of comprysit landis hes ane uther
glancing his eyes at our party, c if ye be pretty men,
nature nor landis under reversioun, be ressoun that draw,' a n d , unsheathing his broadsword, he advanced
comprysit landis expiris and prescryvis sevin yeiris 011 me." Rob Roy, iii. 21.
being bypast; bot landis annalyeit under reversioun 6. Possessing mental, as well as corporeal accom-
prescryvis lievir." A. 1540. Balfour's Pract. p. 147- plishments.
2. Used in reference to legal deeds which lose fc Mr. Strachan was a gentleman, and a pretty man
their force in consequence of not being followed both in parts and in body, and undervalued all the
up in due time. Cants." Orem's Chanonry, Aberd. p. 178.
— " In tyme to cum all obligaciounis maid or to P R E T T T K I N , ,9. A feat; also a trick, Shetl.
be maide, that beis nocht folowyt within xi yeris sail Isl. prelta deceptio, pretl-r dolus mains, G. A11 dr.
prcscrive and be of na awaill." Pari. Ja. III. A. 1474, Pretl-a, fall ere, Haldorson. This word may j ustly
Ed. 1814, p. 107.
238 be viewed as a diminutive from Prattik, q. v.
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PREVIS, s. pi. Literally, proofs; used to denote
witnesses.
— " Becauss the said Bernard allegiit it wespait,
&his previs wald noeht compere topref the samrnyn,
the lordes—assignis to the said Bernard the ix day
of October—to summond his witnc.v," Sec. Act. Dom.
Cone. A. 1494, p. 323.
PREVE. In preve, in private, privily. V. A
P K li T 11 E , A P E it t E .
P R Y , 6*. Refuse, small trash ; as the pry of
onions, o f potatoes, &c. those that are so small
as to be scarcely worth the trouble of gathering,
or almost unlit for use, Fife.
Belg. prij signifies carrion. But perhaps the term
has rather been introduced from Holland, by some
gardener; especially as it seems chiefly, if not exclu-i
sively, applied to culinary stuffs. For Belg. pre if.
denotes a chibol or small onion ; Sewel.
PRY, s.
" The most common of all, especially in the higher
parts of the country, are different species of Car ex,
here called pry, and by A ins worth interpreted sheer-
grass." Agr. Surv. Roxb. p. 108.
P R I C K , s. A wooden skewer.] Add ;
Pudding-prick is used in the same sense, A.Bor.
" He hath thwitten a mill-post into a pudding-prick,
Prov." Grose.
2. A wooden bodkin or pin for fastening one's
clothes, S.
" It's a bare moor that you'll go o'er and 110 get
[ a ] prick to your blanket;" S. Prov.; " Spoken
of getting, scraping fellows, who will be making
something of every thing." Kelly, p. 184.
3. A n iron spike. V. PRICK-MEASURE.
Of Morton it is said ; " He was condemned to be
headed,—and that head that was so witty in worldly
affairs—to be set on a prick on the highest stone of
the gavell of the tolbooth, that is towards the pub-
lic street." Melvill's MS. p. 79-
T o P R I C K , v. n. T o run as cattle do in a hot
day, Mearns.
P R I C K E R S , s.pl Light-horsemen.] Add;
O.E. " Prekar of hors. Cursitator.—Prikynge of
hors. Cursitacio." Prompt. Par v. V. PEEK, V.
P R I C K I E AND J O C K I E , a childish game,
played with pins, and similar to Odds or
Evens, Teviotcl. Prickic denotes the point,
and JocVie the head of the p i n .
P R I C K L Y T A N G , Fucus serratus, Linn., S.
P R I C K M A L E E R I E , adj. Stiff and precise,
Ayrs.
" It would hate been mair to the purpose had ye
been kirning drogs with the pistle and mortar in
your ain shop, than gallanting—with an aidd prick-
maleeric Dowager, to pick holes in the coats o' your
neighbours." Sir A. Wylie, ii. 13.
Perhaps from the E. phrase to prick up the cars,
the I being inserted euphoidae causa.
P R I C K M E A S U R E , the measure used for
grain, according to act of parliament.
" Notwithstanding that thay ar cliargit to ressave
the prick measure, conforme to the act of parliament,
R 1
yet they will make na vse of the samen." Acts Cha.
I. Ed. 1814, V. 425.
This refers to the terms of a former act concern-
ing the Ji riot.
cc That the mouth be reyngit about with a circle
of girth of irne inwith and outwith; haveing a croce
irne bar passing ovir fra the ane syd to the wther,
thrie squarit, ane edge doim and a ])laiie syde vp,
quliilk sail gang rewll rieht with the edge of the fir-'
lot;—and that thair be a prik of irne, ane inche in
roundnes, with a schulder under and abone, ryssing
upricht out of the centric or middis of the bottom
of the firlot, and passing throw the middis of the
said ovir corss bar," &e. Acts Ja. VI. Ed. 1 8 1 4 ,
I I L 522. V . PKICK, sense 3.
P li IC K - M E - D AIN T V, PltlCK-MY-BAIXTY, adj. Fi-
ll ical in language or manner, S.
Bailie Pirlet, who was naturally a gabby prick-
mc-dainty bodie, enlarged at great length, with all
his well dockit words, as if they were on chandler's
pins." The Provost, p. 235.
" Nane of your deiTs play-books for me/ said she;
' it's an ill world since sic prick-my-dainty doings
came in fashion." St. Ronan, i. 274.
P R 1 1 ) E F O W , P R Y D E IT L L, P11 IDEl-u'fl dj. Proud,
q .full of p r hie, S. ] A dd ;
The pry dfull hiking of myne cine,
Let not bee rutit in my hert.
Poems of the Sixteenth Century, p. 70.
" I wes almaist astoneist at thair proud presump-
tion 11 in sa hiecli an interprise, and in sa prydeful
and arrogant procedingis, that sa obscuir men durst
presume to me die thame aganis all auctoritie." N.
Winyet's I7 our scoir Thre Question is, Keith's Hist.
A p p l p . 219.
u I hae been sae lang accustomed to the Scots,
that fouk wad think me pride fu* gin I waitr to be-
gin the English." Glenfergus, i. 338.
P R I D E F U L L Y , adv. Very proudly, with great
pride, S.
" The town thought evil of Haddo's behaviour,
to ride so pridefully about the cross, after hurting of
their baillie, and his brother." Spalding, ii. 89.
P111 D E E U L x E s s, P R I D E row x is s s, <v. A great de-
gree of pride or haughtiness, S.
ee The king, hearing of this pride fulness, caused
the earl of Orkney-—to pass in Galloway and Clydes-
dale, and gather up all the rents in these parts to
the king's profits," &c, Pitscottie, Ed. 1?28, p. 34.
Proudne.ss, Ed. 181 4.
T o P R I E , r. a. T o la>u\ S. Y. r.
T o P K I E one's Mor\ to take a kiss. S.
He took ail' his bonnet, and spat in his chow,
lie dighted gal). ;md he pricV her muu\
Mairland ll'i/liiHerd's Cut!. ii. 75.
It is said that a lady of great humour completely
non-plussed an English gentleman, who boasted his
perfect acquaintance with the Scottish language, by
an invitation, his apparent disregard to which must
have subjected him to severe ridicule afterwards.
Assured of her safety, even in a large company, from
the gentleman's ignorance, she said to him, " Canty
call an, cum prie my 111 ou\" Little did lie imagine
that the lady invited him to salute her,
 P R I P R I
PRIEST. To he one's priest, to kill him.] Add ; years first professor of theology, it is believed that
—Syne el aught the fellow by the breast, he was called Primar for this reason.
An' wi' an awftf shak, " In it there Is a Primar or Principal, a Professor
Swore he wad shortly he his priest, of Theology, a Professor of the Civil Law," &c. Sle-
An5 threw him on his back zer's Th eat rum Scotiae, p. 22. Ed. 1718.
Fif flat, that night. " In presence of the Provest, Baillies and Coun-
cell of the Brugh of Aberdeine, compeired Mr. Pa-
Cock's Simple Sir cans, p. 135.
trick Dune, Doctor of Physiek and Primar of the
. P R I E S T , s. A great priest, a strong but inef-
New Colledge within the said Brugh, and declared
fectual inclination to go to stool, a tenesmus,
that he had lately conqueist the lands of Ferrichill."
R o x b . ; in other counties a praiss.
Mortific, by Dr. Dune.
Perhaps from Fr. press-cr, to press, to strain.
Dr. Dune is called " Principal of the New Col-
P R I E S T - C A T , F R E E S T - C A T , ,S\ " A n ingleside
ledge Aberdeine." Ibid.
game," Gall.
2. It occurs, in one instance, as denoting a person
" A piece of stick is made red in the fire ; one
who was merely a professor.
hands it to another, saying, Mr. Patrick Sands is denominated " Primar of the
f About wi' tliat, about wi' that,
Philosophy Colledge." Crauf. p. 91- This, however,
Keep alive the preest-cat* is obviously a deviation from the usual phraseology.
u Then round is handed the stick, and whomso-
PRIMARIAT, T h e principality in a university,
ever^ hand it goes out in, that [person] is in a wad, " The citie-couneil, &c. unanimouslie set their
and must kiss the crook, the cleps, and what not, ere eyes upon Mr. John Adamson, minister at Libber-
he gets out of it. Anciently, when the priest's cat de- ton, to succeed to Mr. Robert Boyd in the Primar-
parted this life, wailing began on Q n ] the country- s iat." Craufurd, ut sup. p. 97-
side, as it was thought it became some supernatural P III M A N A I R E , s. Apparently a corr. of the
being, a witch, perhaps, of hideous form; so to keep legal term preman ire, R o x b .
it alive was a great matter." Gall. Encycl. For sylphs that haunt the bogs and meadows,
* PRIESTCRAFT, T h e clerical profession, That far frae prhnanairc wad lead us,
equivalent to priesthood. They warn'd us a*, and bad us fear,
" That all men of the saides craftes do and fulfill If ever Frenchmen do come here.
their auld consuetude and wse to the wpholde of de- The Twa Progs, A. Scott's Poems, p. 48.
vyne service at the said alter ouklie and clay lie, and * T o P R I M E , v. a. 1. T o take a large'dose o f
to the priestcraft at the alter as efieirs." Seill of intoxicating liquor ; as, " Thai lads are weel
Cans, Edin. 2 May 1483, MS. prirrCd" S.
P R I E S T - D R I D D E R , s. T h e " dread of " Pry me, to fill or stuff;" Gi. Picken. But I have
priests Gall. Encycl. never heard the term used in regard to solids.
P R I E V I N \ s. A tasting, 8 . ; q. putting a thing It is transferred to the feelings or affections ;
to the proof. V. PRE IF, V. as, " I sent him aff wee! print d \\T passion," S.
T o P R I G , v. n. T o haggle.] Add; These must be viewed as oblique uses of the E. v.
This would seem nearly allied to Sw. praeg-a en, signifying to put powder in the pan of a gun," or
to extort upon a person; Wideg. It is by no means to serve for the charge of a gun."
improbable that O.E. prokk is originally the same, P R Y M E G I L T , PRYNGILT, 6*. A term used to
" Prokken or stifly ask en. Pro cor." Prompt. Parv. denote a tax paid for the privilege of entering
P R I G G E R , S. A haggler in making a bargain, S. a harbour.
P R I G G A T R O U T , the Banstickle, Shetl. " Grantit—the indraucht thair of, and prymegiU
" Gasterosteus Aculeatus (Linn. Syst), Prigga of all ships coming to the said port." Acts Cha. I.
Trout, Bansticle." Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 312. Ed. 1814, V. 93.
Perhaps q. the priekly trout; from Isl. prik stimu- " Togidder with the chartour grantit to the saidis
lus, prik-a pungere. provest See. of Edinburgh of the jurisdictioun of the
P R I G M E D A I N T Y , s. T h e same with P R I C X - poirt and harberie of Lei the, with the libertie of the
MEDAINTY. pn/mgilt to be vplifted for sustentatioun of the pure
P R I G N I C K I T I E , adj. The same with PER- and decay it mariner is within the said toun of Leith,"
N I C K I T I E , Teviotdale. &e. Acts Ja. VI. 1621, Ed. 1814, p. 668. The term
P R I M A R , s. 1. A designation formerly given occurs four times in this act; still with the same or-
to the Provost of a college, S.; synon. Prin- thography.
cipal. — " With power to—vptak the tollis, custom eis,
" All these pageants, with the speeches, were de- pryngilt, averene, entreis silver, gadgeing silver/*
vised and composed by Mr. John Adamson, Prim or, &e. " Ibid. p. 627.
Mr. William Drummoncl of Flauthorndean," &c. Pryngilt must undoubtedly be viewed as an cr-
Craufurd's Hist. Univ. Edin. p. 123. rat. of some transcriber. Pnjrnegilt is probably from
Mr. John Adamson, Principal, had alloted to Teut. prion or S. prime, and gilt, as being the money
him 180 merks a-year for the charges of a servant, or duty first payable on entering a harbour.
and for buying of coals, to give dry air for preser- T o P R I M P , v. a. T o deck one\s self in a stiff,
vation of the volumes." Ibid. p. 110. and affected manner.
As the Provost of this University was for many P R I M P I T , part. pa. 1. Stiffly dressed, &c.] Add ;
MO
 P R O
Nae ill he limped ; ,
Just i' the newest fashion printpeel,
Wi' powder'd crown.
TV. BeaUies Tales, p. 10.
2. Full o f affectation, S.
The tanner was a primpit bit,
As flimsy as a feather;
He thought it best to try a hit,
Ere a' the thrang shou'd gather.
Christmas Ba'ing, Skinner's Misc. Poet. p. 124.
Expl. in Gloss. f'" delicate, nice."
T o P R I M P , v. n. T o assume prudish or self-im-
portant airs, Buchan.
Young primpin Jean, wi' euttie speen,
Sings dimi' to bake the bannocks.—
Tarras's Poems, p. 72. V . B Y - S H O T .
* P R I N C I P A L , adj. Prime, excellent, Aberd.
P R I N C I P A L , ,9. T h e Provost of a college, S.
Primar was formerly synon.
Payand yeirlie, for the teynd sheaves of the
saids lands, to the Principal, Subprincipal, Masters
and Members of the Kinges Coll edge of Old Aber-
deine, the soume of fiftie merks money foresaid at
the termes of payment used and wont allenarlie."
Mortific. by Dr. Dune.
It does not appear that the term is used in this
sense in E. V . P R I M A R .
T o P I I I N K , P R I N C K , v.a. Todeck,toprick, S. ] Add;
She princked hersell and prin'd hersell,
By the ae light of the moon,
And she's away to Carterhaugh
T o speak wi' young Tamlane.
Mi?istrelsy Border, ii. 249.
T o P R I N K L E , v. n,] Add;
My blude ran prinklm through my veins,
My hair began to steer O,
My heart play'd deep* against my breast,
As I beheld my dear O.
Hoggs Mount can Bard, p. 200.
Are ye an angel o' light,' said she, in a soft tre-
mulous voice, f that ye gar my heart prinkle sae wi' a
joy that it never thought again to taste." Brownie
of Bodsbeek, i. 270.
P R I N K L I N G , S. A tingling or thrilling sensation, S.
" There was—a kind o' kittling, a sort d"prinkling
in my blood like, that I fand wadna be cured but by
the slap o' a s word, or the point o' a spear." Perils
of Man, ii. 2-34.
<f I fand the very hairs o' my head begin to creep,
and a prinkUn through a' my veins and skin like
needles and preens." Brownie of Bodsbeek, i. 39-
V. the v.
P R I O R I E , <?. Precedence, priority.
" The kingis maiestie,—anent the priorie in places
and voting, ffor removeing of all sic occasionis of con-
troverseis and eelestis heirefter, hes gevin and grantit
commissioun," &c. Acts Ja. VI. l600, Ed. 1814,
p. 246.
P R Y O R E S S E , P R I O R I S S I E , ,9. A nunnery.
It is fund—that the richt of superiorities of all
lands—perteining to quhatsumever abbacies, pry-
ones, pryoressis, &c. perteiriis to his Majestic." Acts
Clia. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V. 164.
fC There is a curious document with relation to these
VOL. I I . 241
P R O
[[abbesses and prioresses], after the death of Dame
Christiane Ballenden prioress of the priorissie of the
Senis besyde the burrowmore of EdinV' Dr. M'Crie's
Life of Melville, i. 150, N;
As pry ores sis are here distinguished from pryories,
the term seems borrowed from L.B. priorissa, she
who presides over nuns. Prioria, however, denotes a
monastery—Prioria nigrorum monachorum in Mas-
silia. Chron. A. 1129"
T o P R I S E , P R I Z E up, v. a. T o force a lock
open, by means of sonic iron instrument pushed
in between the bolt and the socket, or used as a
lever, S. ; apparently from the act of pressing.
PRISE, PRIZE, A lever, S .
P R Y S A R , s. A n appraiser, or prizer of goods,S.
" Sworne Pry saris ; " Aberd. Reg.
O.E. f<r Prysar or settar of price in a market, or
other lyke. Metaxarius. Licitator. Taxator." Prompt.
Parv.
P R I S O N E R S , <9. pi To play at Prisoners, a
game common among young people in S. V. BAR.
P R I V I E , s. T h e privet, an herb.
(e Ligustrum, prime" Wedderb. Vocab. p. 1Q.
P R I Z A T T O N , ,9. Valuation, Aberd.
T o P R O C E S S , v. a. T o proceed against one in
a legal manner, S.] Add;
— " T h e y ordained his minister to process and ex-
communicate him, in case of disobedience." Spald-
ing, ii. 52.
This term is applied both to civil and to ecclesias-
tical prosecutions.
PROCUIRE, Procurement.
Of Ancus Martins we reid the greit mischance,
Qulia rang in Rome in proude preheminance,
Slaine be Lucinis, at Tanaquillis procuire.
Poems 16th Cent. p. 262.
To P R O C U R E , n. T o act as a solicitor, to
manage business for another in a court of law ;
a forensic term, S.
" Maister Hew Rig—ask it instrument that James
Collide—producit before my lordis commissionaris of
parliament ane writing, subscriuit be die kingis grace,
<—ehargeing him & certane vtheris his collegis to pro-
cure for the said James," &c. Acts Ja. V. 1539, Ed.
4814, p. 353.
Fr. procur-er, <e to soli cite, or follow a cause,"
Cotgr. L.B. procur-are, procurators officium gerere.
P R O C I J R A T O U R , ,9. 1. Properly an advocate
in a court, of law, S.] Add ;
2. A n y one who makes an active appearance for
any cause, or in behalf of any person or society,
though not feed for this service.
" Jolme Knox, of his pregnant ingyne and. accus-*
torn it craft of rayling and bairding attributis to me a
new style, calling me Procutourjbr the Papist-is" N.
Winyet's Quest. Keith, App. p. 221. He also writes
it Procutar, p. 222.
The orig. term Procurator is in E. corr. to P'roctor.
The abbreviated term Procutor occurs in our Acts
of Parliament.
•—" The humble supplication of Mr. Archibald
Johnstoun procutor for the kirk," &c. Acts Cha. L
Hh
Ed. 1814, V. 413.
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T o P R O D , v. a. T o j o b , to p r i c k ; properly
with something that is not very sharp, R o x b .
Ane proddit her in the lisk,
Anither aneath the tail,
The auld wise man he leu eh,
And wow but he was fain!
And bad them prod eneugh,
And skelp her owre again.
Jacobite Relics, i. 70.
There can be no doubt that it is originally the
same with the v. to Brod, q. v.
P R O D , s. A pin of wood, A n g . ] Add;
2. A pointed instrument, S.
The variation between Prod and Brod is caused
merely by the interchange of the labial letters.
3. A prick with a pointed weapon, a stab, S . A .
" Ane may ward a blow at the breast, but a prod
at the back's no fair. A man wears neither ee nor
armour there." Perils of Man, i. 247.
ec I wad hae gi'en my horse and light armour baith
to have had a good proddfrae an Englishman." Ibid,
ii. 234.
To P R O D , v. n. T o move with short steps as,
children do, Perths.
P R G D I N S , s.pl Small feet, as those of children,
Perths. Hence,
T o P R O D L E , v. n. T o move quickly with short
steps, Perths. For this is viewed as if it were
a frequentative v., denoting greater expedition
than is expressed b y its primitive Prod.
P R O D L E E , s. A small horse ; thus denominated
from the short steps it takes, Perths.
T o P R O D D L E , r. a. T o prick, to job.
" Pr oddled, pricked;" Gall. Encycl.; a dimin. from
P R O D , V.
P R O D I E , <?. A t o y ; a term used at the H i g h -
school of Edinburgh.
Perhaps radically allied to Su.G. prud, A.S. praete,
ornatus.
P R O F E S S I O N , s. T h e name given to an an-
nual examination in some o f our universities in
regard to the progress made by students during
the year preceding, S.
The name has originated from the circumstance
of the student having a right to tell what books or
branches he is willing to be examined on. H e p r o -
f esses Virgil, Horace, &c. i. e. he undertakes to ex-
plain them.
P R O F I T E , adj. Exact, clever, F i f e ; corr. from
S. Perfite, perfect.
P R O F I T E R , s. A gainer, S.R.
P R O F O R C E , <9. T h e provost-marshal of an arnry.
" There were alwayes—some churlish rascalls, that
caused complaints to be heard, which made our pro-
force or gavileger get company and money, for dis-
charging his duety." Monro's Exped. P. I. p. 34.
Apparently corr, from provosi.
P R O G , P R O G U E , S. 1. A sharp point, S.] Add;
3. T h e act of pricking, a j o b , S.
4. Metaph. for a sarcasm, Ayrs.
" But I was not so kittly as she thought, and could
thole her progs and jokes with the greatest pleasure
and composure." The Steam-Boat, p. 155.
T o P R O G , P U O C U E , V. A. 1. T o prick, to goad,
212
P R O
to strike with a pointed instrument, Mearns,
Ayrs., Loth., R o x b . ; synon. Brog\ S.R.
I—gae my Pegasus the spur,
He fand the revil,
An' sair his flank I've proggit, Sir,
Wi' mony a devel.
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 114.
cc I was progging up the old witch a little, to see
if I could make her confess." St. Johnstoun, ii. 168.
2. T o probe; as, 6C to prog a wound,1'' Argyles.
Our v., especially as signifying to goad, is, I ap-
prehend, originally one with O.E. prowk. cc Prowkyii
or styren to goode or bad. Prouoeo." Prompt. Parv,
The Lat. v., or Fr. provoqu-er, might seem to sup-
ply us with the origin. But there is strong evidence
of affinity with C.B. proc-iaw, " t o thrust, to stick in,"
proc, u a thrust, a stab;" Owen.
The term most nearly resembling this is Ir. prloc-
al m, to prick or sting, prioca, ce a sting fixed to the
end of a goad to drive cattle with, Obrien;" which
perhaps gives the origin of Prog-staff.
P R O G N O S T I C , 6'. A n almanack, A b e r d . ; evi-
dently from the prognostications it was wont to
contain concerning the weather.
T o P R O I T L E , v. a, " T o stir after a plashing
manner," Gall.
a When we wish to raise burn-trouts out of water-
rat holes, we proille them out from beneath the over-
hanging brows." Gall. Encycl.
This is given as nearly the same with Proddle.
PROKER, A " poker, for stirring fires f Gall.
Encycl. V. etymon of P R O G , V.
T o P R O L L T H U M B S , to lickand strike thumbs
for confirming a bargain, Perths.
This can have no connexion with O.E. Prollyn
as ratehis. Secutor."—(which now assumes the form
of Prowl). u Prollinge or sekinge. Inuestigacio."
Prompt. Parv.
It is possible that it may be a corr. of parole, q. to
give one's parole by licking the thumb. Su.G.pregla
signifies, stylo pungere, to prick. But it can scarcely
be supposed that the term proll refers to the original
rite. V. T H U M B L I C K I N G .
T o P R O M O V E , v. a. T o promote.] Add;
— " He hes gevin notable prufe—in.his continual!
attendance in his places of Sessioun and pre vie Coun-
sel 1, to the quhilk he wes promoveit be Ills Majestic/*
Acts Ja. VI. 1621, Ed. 1814, p. (547-
<( For keeping of good order, preveening and re-
moving of abuses and promoting of pietie and learn-
ing, it is very needful and expedient that there be
a communion and correspondence kept betwixt all
the universities and'eolledges." Bower's Hist. Univ.
Edin. i. 196.
P B O M O V A L , S. Promotion, furtherance.
W e own all the duties professed and prosecuted
by the faithful, for the promoval and defence of these
testimonies." Society Contendings, p. 300.
P R O M O O U E R , S. . A promoter, a furtherer.
,ee The dragon,—finding that his open rage had not
the desteined successc, hee substraeteth himself in a
sort, and substituteth this viceroy of his kingdome,
the most effectuall promoouer of darknesse that euer
was." Forbes on the-Revelation, p. 109.
P R O N , s. 1. T h e name given to flummery,] Add;
 P R O P R O
2. This term is also applied to the substance of
which flummery is made, S.B.
Prone, the bran of oatmeal, of which sowens is
made;" Gl. Surv. Moray.
Can this designation have originated from Teut.
provene, or provandc, provision; particularly that dis-
tributed at religious houses in alms ? In L.B. pro-
venda occurs in the same sense, which D u Cange
views as synon. with Praebenda, originally used to
denote the corn given by the Romans to the soldiers,
afterwards the daily gratuities distributed by the
monks to the poor. If, in some of our northern re-
ligious houses, these were of flummery, instead of
bread, it might account for the introduction of the
term. 1 suspect, however, that it is rather a Gael,
word, as Shaw expl. prcn " pollard" by mistake, as
would seem for pollen, or a sort of fine bran.
PRONACKS, pi. Crumbs, Mearns; synon.
Mulins; evidently from Gael, pronnog, any
thing minced ; pronn-am, to pound, to bruise,
to mince ; whence also pronnan, fragments.
P R O N E P T E , $. Grand-niece.
" I told him, that I understood he had received
letters from his ambassadors; by the which, 1 doubted
not, he did well perceive how reasonably and plainly
your majesty proceeded, and how much your high-
ness tendered the surety and preservation of your
proneple, and the universal benefit of this realme."
Sadler's Papers, i. 152.
An old E. word, formed from Lat. pronept-is, a
great-granddaughter.
P R O N E V W , PRONEVOY, PRONEPUOT, S.
great-grandson.] Add ;
" Anent the summondis rasit at the instance of
James Lindsay of Barcloy, pronevoy and air be pro-
gres to vmquhile Jolmne Lindsay of Wauchoip his
grandsehir," &e. Acts Ja. VI. 1593, Ed. 1814, p. 11.
Pro-nevoy and Grandsehir are correlate terms; the
latter denoting a great-grandfather, or the father of
one's Gudseldr.
P R O N Y E A N D , part. pr. Piercing, sharp.
" Ane othir sentence semand mail* pronycand and
scharp, wes pronuncit in the said courte, howbeit it
wes nocht of sa grete effect." Bell end. T. Li v. p. 262.
Asperior, Lat. Fr. provign-er, to take cuttings from
vines ?
P R O O C H I E , inter]. A call to a cow when one
wishes her to draw near, S . ; supposed to be
formed from F r approchez, " approach. 1 ' V.
PTRU.
P R O O F OF L E A D , P R O O F OF S H O T , a protec-
tion, according to the notions of the vulgar,
from the influence of leaden bullets, by the
power of enchantment, S.
Cf It has been .said for certain, that his JXlavcr-
house's] own waiting man, taking a resolution to
rid the world of this truculent bloody monster, and
knowing he had proof of lead, shot him with a silver
button he had before taken off his own coat for that
purpose." " Perhaps, some may think this anent
proof of shot a paradox, and be ready to object here
as formerly concerning bishop Sharpe and Dalziel,
* How can the devil have or give a power to save
l i f e ? " &c. Judgments upon Persecutors, p. 50.
243
A magical protection, of a similar kind, was for-
merly given by the Pope.
f<r A holie garment, called a wastcole for necessities
was much vsed of our forefathers, as a holy relike,
&c. as gin en by the pope, or some such arch con-
iuror t who promised thereby all manner of immu-
nitie to the wearer thereof; in so much as he could
not be hurt with anie shot or other violence. A n d
otherwise, that woman that should weare it, should
haue quicke deliuerance: the composition thereof
was in this order following.
On Christmas daie at night, a threed must be
sponne of flax, b}* a little virgine girle, in the name
of the diuell; and it must be by her woueii, and also
wrought with the needle. In the brest or forepart
thereof must be made with needle worke two heads ;
on the head at the right side must be a hat, and a
long beard; the left head must haue on a crowne,
and it must be so horrible, that it maie resemble
Belzebub, and on each side of the %vastcote must be
made a erosse." Scott's Discouerie of Witchcraft,
p. 231.
P R O O F - M A N , s. A person appointed by the
buyer and seller of a corn-stack to determine
how much grain is in it, Nairn and Moray.
The quantity of grain is ascertained by the proof
man, a professional character in the country, chosen
mutually by the seller and buyer." Agr. Surv. Nairn
and Morays. p. 180.
P R O O P , s. T h e act of breaking wind in a sup-
pressed way. Gall. Lat. pcrrump-o, pernip-L
P R O P , s. A mark.] Add;
A
Prop is used for a land-mark in the Chartulary of
Aberbrotnic.
" The sowthe syde of the my re sal ly in commoim
pasture to the said tua Lord is, thar tennandis, and
thar guclis, as the prop-pis ar sett fra the Est to the
West apon the Northe syde throu out the myre line-
aly.—And fra the west cors sowthe as it is proppii9
See. Fol. 4S. Fob 92, Macfarl. MS. p. 302, merkis
or marches, occurs as giving the sense of proppis pre-
viously used. Hence,
T o PROP, a. T o designate b y landmarks, S.B.
prap. V. the s.
P R O P , s. A wedge; Doug. Virg., the passage
misquoted, Gl. Rucld.
Teut .proppe, obturamentum oblongum, veruculum.
P R O P I C I A N T , adj. Favourable, kind.
—C£ The said maist Christin king being mouit
throw fraternal ami tie and confederatioim foirsaid
could do na les to aide, support, mainteine, and de-
fend at his powar this tender princes, hir realme, and
liegis, iispropieiani andhelplyke brother, contrare all
vthers that wald attempt iniurie aganis the samin,"
&c. Acts Mary, 1548, Ed. 1814,"p. 481.
Lat. part, propiiians,—lis.
T o PROIMNE, 7'. a. 2. T o present.] Add;
— " He with his queen, nobles, and others, were
banquetted by the city in Guildhall, and thereafter
propyned with 20,000 pounds sterling in a fair cup of
gold, and five thousand pounds sterling in a gold
bason given to the queen." Spalding, i. 336.
T o P R O P O R T E , v. n. T o mean, to shew, E .
purport.} Add;
 P R O P
" Tliis endenture maid at Saint Androwis the ferd
day of the moneth of Februarie, the yher of our Lord,
A Thousand four hundred thretty and four yhere,
betwix a Reverende fadyr in Crist James thru the
mercy of God Priour of Sanct Andr. and his Convent
of the ta part, and an honorabill Sqwyer Waltyre
Monypenny of Kynkell of the tothir part, propar lis
and berys witnes," &c. Regist. St. Andrews, p. 506.
P R O P P I T , part. pa. Apparently used as E .
propped, in reference to time.
" But when the mighty God, that hath power over
all earthly men, seeing the prop pit time of this mans
felicity in court, that it was near spent, caused the
court change by ^contrary t o ] the expectation of
men." Pitseottie, Ed. 1768, p. 221, 222.
P R O R O G A T E , part, pa, Prorogued; L a t . p r o -
rogat-us.
" Our sovereign lord's session—on 1 Gth of Janu-
ary—sat down again, and was prorogate to the 2d of
February." Spalding, ii. 128.
P R O S S I E , P R O W S I E , adj. Vexatiously nice and
particular in dress or in doing any w o r k ; a
term of contempt generally conj oined with body;
as, a prossie body, R o x b .
Teut. prootsch, fastosus, superbus.
* P R O U D , adj. Applied to a projection in a hay-
stack, during the act o f rearing it, whence it
needs dressing in a particular quarter, S.
This is nearly allied to the use of the term, both in
E. and S., in regard to flesh that is protuberant from
a wound.
P R O U D - F U L L , adj. Swollen o u t ; a term applied
to skins,when swollen by the operation of lime, S.
PROUDNESS, 1. Pride.
" The king, hearing of this proudness, caused the
earle of Orkney—pas in Galloway and Cliddisdale,"
&c. Pitscottie's Cron. p. 88.
% T h e state of being swollen o u t ; applied to
. skins, S.
P R O Y E A N T , 5. V . P E O V I A N T .
P R O V E I S T , s. T h e president or provost of a
collegiate church.
"Approves ane dissolutione made be the proveist
and first prebendar of the colledge kirk of Corstor-
phine." Acts Cha. I. Ed. I 8 I 4 / V . 520.
This church was founded A. 1429, " for a provost,
five prebendaries, and two singing boys." Spottisw.
Relig. Houses, ch. 19. V . P R O V O S T .
PROVESTERIE,S. Theprovostship of such a church.
— f f With advice—of George Lord Forrester of
Corstorphine vndoubted patrone of the said proveste-
rieActs, ibid.
f<r Mr. Thomas Buchannaine presented to the pro-
u est rie of Kirkhill, April 1. 1578." Regist. Life of
Melville, i. 256.
T o P R O V E N E , v. n. T o proceed from.
" It salbe lesum to the said Eustachius and his
pertineris to transport the samin, and all vtheris mi-
ner alii s and mettales, and vtheris thingis provening
thairof—beyond sea," &c. Acts Ja. VE 1584, Ed.
1814, p. 370.
Fr. prove nir, Lat. prove aire, id.
PROVENIENTIS, adppl Forthcoming.
T E
— " With all .contributionis and taxationis of oure
said real me and dorninionis to be falling or proveni-
entis sen the deceiss of oure said derrest fathir," &c.
Acts Mary, 1549, Ed. 1814, App. p. 601.
This seems equivalent to the mercantile term,
proceeds.
P R O V I A N T , adj. Provided for a special purpose.
— " T h e English regiment did get weekely meanes,
whereas we were entertained on proviant bread, beere
—and bacon." Monro's Expedition, p. 5.
Fr. prouvoyant, providing, purveying for.
P R O V I A N T , S. Purveyance in f o o d . Sw. provi-
ant, provision, victuals.
" We got orders to break up—receiving all neces-
saries fitting for our march, as ammunition, proviant,
and waggons for our baggage." Ibid. p. 7-
" That all regiments, &c. be put and kept in equa-
lity either in money, pr ocean t, or provision, accord-
ing to their strength." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, YI. 270.
PROVIDING, A term commonly used to
denote the paraphernalia of a bride; or, with
still greater latitude, all the preparation of cloth,
articles of household furniture, &c. which a
y o u n g woman makes for herself, although
without any immediate prospect of being mar-
ried, S.
" Mr. Dalwinnock's books, and Rachel's apparel
and providing (no easy load), were packed up in
trunks,chests, and boxes." Glenfergus, iii. 255.
Many females are thus provident, who never have
any call to leave the state of celibacy.
P R O V O S T , s.] Add;
2. T h e dean or president of a collegiate church.
ce We had several colleges erected for secular ca-
nons. They were called praepositurae, or collegiate
churches; and were governed by a dean or provost,
who had all jurisdiction over them."—" The college
of this place was—founded—for a provost, eight pre-
bends, four singing boys, and six poor men, in the
year 1545." Spottiswood's Relig. Elouses, ch. 19.
P R O W , s. Profit, advantage.] Add;
It is given as synon. with profit. £C Prowe or pro-
fight. Profectus." It also assumes the form of a v.
*"Proucn or clieuen. Vigeo. Prosperor." Prompt. Parv.
P R O W A N , s. Provender.] Add;
£l Lancash. proven, provender." T. Bobbins.
P R U D E N T L S , p i
The prudent is that was were black.
Old Ball. Citron. S. Poet. Pref.
Fr.prodenou, " a rope which compasseth the sayle-
yard of a ship;" Cotgr. L.B. prodani and prodenses
are used in the same sense: Funes qui a prora alii-
gantur ad terram. Ital. prodese, ex proda prora.
P T R U , P T R O O , P R I X , intcrp A call to a horse
or cow, to stop, or approach, S.
" Soli! ptroo!—sure the spirit of the evil one is
in thee." Perils of Man, i. 826.
C.B. t price, a noise made in calling cattle ; Owen.
P T R t x c H I E , o r PHUTCH-LADY, spoken to a cow-
when one invites her to draw near, or wishes to
approach her, L o t h . V. H O V E , interj.
The form of this word in Clydes. is Plruila, and
in Dumfr. Ptrua, In Clydes. Ptrne is used, when
 P u c P U E
one speaks kindly to a horse, or wishes to soothe Things run unluckily, wheres my Puck-hairy ?
him when restive. Hath he forsook me ?"
The former is probably a corr. of Gael, trotsho, Puck replies ; — " At your beck, Madame."
come hither. Isl. trutta is used for instigating ani- She then informs him of her present necessity.
mals. Vox est instigantis, vel agentis equos et ar- kC O Puck, my goblin! I have lost my belt,

menta; G. Andr. p. 2 4 2 . V . P R O O C J I I E , another The strong theife, Robin Out-law, fore'd it from
form of the same word. nice." P. 155.
T o P I T one by the sleeve, to use means for recall- The epithet hairy has been added to Puck, un-
ing the attentions of a lover, who seems to have doubtedly as denoting the supposed shaggy appear-
slackened in his ardour, S. ance of the fiend. Add to etymon ;
"Jeanie Deans is no the lass to pu' him by the sleeve, C.B. pwca, pwei, a hobgoblin.
or put him in mind of what he wishes to forget." P U C K E R , s. Pother, perplexity ; as, In a ter-
Heart M. Loth. iv. 51. V. Pow, v. rible pucker, so confused as not to know what
T o P U B L I C , P U B L I C Q U E , P U B L I C T E , t\ a. T o to do, S.
publish, to make openly known. Allied perhaps to Teut. poogh-en niti, tentare, con-
" That nane of thame tak apoune hand—to mak tendere, adlaborare.
ony impetracioun tharof at the Court of Rome, or to P U D , T h e belly, Upp. Clydes.
public or vse ovtlier bullis or processis purehest or P U D , s. A fondling designation for a child.] Add;
to be purehest contrare the said vnionn & ereccioun," Allied perhaps to Isl. ped, homuncio, nanus, Hal-
&c. Acts Ja. III. 1487, Ed. 1814, p. 179- dorson ; puer, G. Andr. It also denotes the pawn
<c He commandit the grete bischop to public and
in chess, Pedites in Ludo Latrunculo. C.B. pud,
schaw furth the bukis of Numa." Bellenden's T. e< that tends to allure;" Owen.
Liv. p. 98. P U D - B O W , S. A pigeon, Teviotd.; probably used
" That lettrez be directe throw all the realme to as a fondling term, like Pud b y itself.
publicte this constitutioune," &c. Acts Mary 1542, P U D D I N G - B L L O O , P O D D I N G - R R E E , S. The
Ed, 1814. p. 424. Lat. public-are, id. water in which puddings have been boiled ; q.
P U B L I C , s. A n inn or tavern, S. the broth of puddings.
" Caleb hoped, when they came to the public, his What ails ye at the pudding broo,
honour wad not say any thing about Vich Ian Vohr, That boils into the pan ?
for ta people were bitter whigs." Waver ley, ii. 98. —Will ye kiss my wife before my een,
" Being also a public, it was two stories high, and And scald me wi pudding-bree?
proudly reared its crest, covered with grey slate,
Herd's Coll. ii. l60.
above the thatched hovels with which it was sur-
PUDDOCK, 1. A frog, Ayrs.
rounded." Ibid. p. 118.
Metaph. applied in a contemptuous sense to a
P U B L I C K , adj. Adapted to the state o f the
female, S.O.
times. A publick discourse, one pointed against
" Ye're a spiteful puddock—Becky Glibbans."
national or ecclesiastical evils; a publiek preach-
Ayrs. Legatees, p. 2(>(>.
er ^ one who preaches much in this way, S.
ff Mr George Barclay—was very publiek at that P U D G E T , s. A term applied to a person who
time, and had his hand at many a good turn." Wal- is thick and short; one who feeds well, Loth.,
ker's Remark. Passages, p. 150. R o x b . It is also used as an adj. in the same
T o P U B L I S , v. a. T o confiscate; Lat. public- sense.
are, id. Corr. perhaps from E. budget or Fr. bougette; q.
ce All the remanent ten men war banist,—and a bundle.
PunoETTTR, adj. Short and fat, having a large
thare gudis pub list." Bellend. T. Liv. p. 280.
P U B L I S H L I E , adv. Publickly; Aberd. Reg. belly ; applied to persons of every age; ibid.
P U B L I S H T , part. adj. Plump, en hon point. P U D i O K , PirnicT, adj. Chaste,'untainted.
te And yet shal we be called by them wicked and
A leeel-publisht bairn, a child that is in full ha-
bit, or well filled up, A n g . deceatful preachers, ouen as if the strongest & moste
ff It may be originally the same with Pubble, " fat,, commune harlot, that euer wes knowen in the bur-
full," North of E. " Usually spoken of corn or fruit dell, should sclandor & remlean hoiu-st nialirk ma-
in opposition to Fantomc ;" Grose. He explains tron." liessoning, Cro^ragueii and J. Knmx, !». n., n.
Fantome-corn, " lank or light corn ;" North. — ' ' Ane change from modest mid pudict behauiouv
P U C K H A R Y , s . A sprite or hobgoblin, S.J Add; Cum lie for Yemen, vntoniaii' nor a manlie atidaeitie,
<£ Sir R. Sibbald gives Puke as a term, used in Fife, in vurd, deid, and :»1 vther sort, phmeiie repugnant
signifying " an ill spirit." Hist, of Fife, p. 34. to the qualiteis uf ane protitabil vyf." Nic. Burue,
P. i sy, h,
Puck thus appears to be as it were the generic
Fr. pudique, Lat. pudic-us, id.
name; Puck Flary that of the species or particular
P U D I N E T E , <s\ A species o f fur. V. PEU-
kind of hobgoblin.
Ben Jonson explains the designation Ftick-hairy as DENETE.
synon. w ith Robin- Goodjellow; Sad Shepherd, p. 117. T o P U E , v. n. T o p u f f ; applied to smoke sud-
He afterwards, however, uses the term as applicable denly emitted. " T h e reek's pacing up.—•
to a familiar spirit, who was under the controul of a W h a r comes the reek jp icing frae GalLEnc
witch. Hence she says ; P U E , P U E O R E E K , a a little smoke, w ibid.
245
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This might seem merely E. puff, mollified in the
sound; but I suspect that it is rather allied to Isl. pu-a
anhelare, expl. by Dan. aande pact, to breathe upon.
P V E D I S , s. pi.'
" W i t h ire ische and en trie, to cast and whin
pvedis, pet is, turffis &vtheris, with commoun pasture
in the commoun and mure of Lanerk," &c. Acts Ja.
VI; 1592, Ed. 1814, p. 639- •
Perhaps an err at. for ploudis, V . P L O U D and P L O D .
T o P U G , v. a. T o pull, Perths.] Add ;
Teut. poogh-en niti, contendere.
P U G G I E , s. T h e vulgar designation for all the
different species of the monkey tribe, S.
Johns, mentions pug, as " the kind name for a
monkey, or any thing tenderly loved," and refers after
Skinner to A.S. piga, a girl, as the root. But Sere-
liius separates the senses, deriving the word in the
former sense from Su.G. puke demon, skrapulce ter-
rieulamentum.
This ugly animal, when first seen by the northern
nations, had not been an object of great partiality.
For in Sw. it is called, mark ait a, in Belg. meerkat ;
i. e. a sea-cat, in reference to its foreign extraction.
T o P U I K , v. a. T o pull, to pluck. V . P O O K , V.
P U I N T , s. A point, Clydes.
This retains the form of Lat. punct-um.
P U I R T I T H , s. Poverty. V . P U R E , P U I E .
Extreime puirtith nor greit riches,
Thou giue mee not in no kyn wise.
Poems of the Sixteenth Century, p. 69 •
P U I S T , adj. Snug, in easy circumstances; ap-
plied to those who, in the lower walks of life,
have made money, and live more comfortably
than the generality o f their equals in station,
Dumfr., G a l l . ; synon. Bene. Puist-ie is used
in the same sense, ibid.
te Puist bodies, people in a comfortable w a y ; or
rather ly having the wherewithal to make them so."
Gall. Encycl.
Puist fowk, unus'd to cudgel-play,
And doose spectators,
Were a' involv'd in this deray,
Like gladiators.
May tie's Siller Gun, p. 75-
This seems merely the use of Poust, power, abi-
lity, as an adj., with a slight obliquity of significa-
tion. O.Fr. poestiu is expl. lliche, puissant; Roque-
fort. I have heard the phrase used by the vulgar,
,f I'm no in potestate," I have not money for this or
that purpose, S.B.
P U I S T , s. One who is thick and heavy, Ettr.
F o r . ; perhaps q. powerful.
P U K E , s. A n evil spirit. V . P U C K H A I L Y .
P U L A R E , S.
" The said lard of Beltjon sail restore, deliuer,
& pay to the said Alex1'—a hors—a kow—twa
wedderis, price viij s. xviij pulare price of the pece
iij d. j lamb price ij s.," &c. Act Dom. Cone. A.
1*488,* p. 90.
Apparently the same with Pulaile, poultry ; corr.
perhaps from Fr. poulcnllerie, id. L.B. pullar-ius,
denoted the officer in the king's kitchen who had
the charge of the poultry. Officium in coquina regia,
cui pulloruni sive altilium cur a incumbit.
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P U L D I R , s. 1. Powder, dust.] Add;
2. Used to denote gun-powder.
" The Admiral—may alswa put pulderis, paveig,
and speiris, for sic quantitie as he sail be requirit,
to writ, ane pund of pulder for the tun, ane pavie and
a fyre speir for thre tunnis," &c. " Sea Lawis, Bal-
four's Pract. p. 631.
" The same {pulder) is our stark, & vehement, &
sindry pecis of thair arteilyery brokyne thairwith."
Aberd. Reg. A. 1563, V. 25.
P U L E , s. Pule of smoke, a small puff of smoke,
Clydes.; synon. Pule, Gall.
T o P U L E , v. n. T o puff out in this way, ibid.
Teut. puyUen, extuberare, inflari.
T o P U L E , v. n. T o eat without appetite, S.
" Puling, 01* Peuling, the way of a sick animal;
it—gaes peiding about alone—commonly applied to
cattle ;" Gall. Enc.
P E U L S , s. pi. u Small bits which sick oxen e a t i b .
PULLISEE. V. P I L L I E s C H E vis.
P U L L O C H , 5. A young crab. V. P o o .
P U L T I E , s. A short-bladed knife ; properly,
one that has been broken, and had a new point
ground on it, Teviotd.
O. Fr.poelette, the spatula used b y surgeons.
P U L T I S , p i V. TOD PULTIS.
P U L T R O U S , adj. " Lustful, lascivious Gl.
Picken, S.O.
Probably allied to Fr. putier, id., or poidtre, a filly.
P U M P , s.
" The tyrane Gyllus, pump of every vice, is vin-
cust." Bell end, Cron. Fol. 22, b. Tirannus Gillus,
tot malorum seniina. Boeth.
Sentina signifies both a ee sinke jakes," and " the
pompe of a ship ;" Cooper. Here pump seems to be
used in the former sense ; or perhaps as correspond-
ing with Fr. senlinc, " the sinke of the pumpe of a
ship ;" Sherwood.
T o P U N C E , v. a. T o push or strike with the
head, as cattle d o when vicious, R o x b .
" Punse, to push or strike, as with a stick;" Gall.
Encycl.
Perhaps only a provinciality for E. pounce.
T o P U N C H , V a. T o j o g with the elbow.] Add;
" I punche, Je boulle, ie pousse.—Whye punchest
thou me with thy fyste on this facy011?" Palsgr. B.
iii. F. 326, a.
Perhaps Lane, punch*d, punst, kicked, is the same
word.—Add to etymon ;
It is originally the same with O.E. bunch, id. c< I
bound/e, or pusshe one, [[Fr.] Je pousse. Thou
bun chest me so that I can nat sit in rest by the."
Palsgr. B. iii. F. 1 7 L a.
" Punchy n or bunchy 11. Trudo. Tun do. Impello."
Prompt. Parv.
P U N C H I N G , s. - T h e act of pushing; applied to
the feet.
" He wes conuict, & putt in amerciment of court
for the strublens of Dauid Saidlar, that is to say,
punching of him with his feytt in the wame." Aberd.
Reg. A. 1538, V. 16.
O.E. " Punchinge or bunchinge. Stimulaeio/ 4
Prompt. Parv.
P U N C H , 5. A n iron lever. V. P I N C H .
 P U N
P U N C H , adj. T h i c k and s h o r t ; as, " a punch
creature,'" S. P-unchie, R o x b .
This term is used as a in E. for a horse o f this
description. It is singular that Norw. pons has the
same signification : <<r a little thick man or b e a s t ; "
Hallager.
P U N C K I N , P U N K I N , ,9. ••The footsteps o f horses
o r cattle, in soft g r o u n d , are thus denominated,
S.A. R e a p e r s sometimes say, that they have
been so warm, shearing, that they were glad to
take water to drink out o f a korse-punckin.
Fr. punct-uer to point, to mark, q. the print of
a foot.
P U N C T , s. 1. A point, an article in a d e e d ;
L a t . pu net-inn.
" H e fulfillit not the p unci is and clausis contenit
in the said infeftment, hot did the contrare of the
samin." A . 1540, Balfour's Pract. p. 172.
2. A p p a r e n t l y used f o r button.
" Item, ane saferon with punctis of gold, with LXI
perle o f crammasy velvot estimat to xxv li." Inven-
tories, A . 151.6, p. 24.
L.B. punct-um, globulus. Gall, bouion ; D u Cange.
P U N C T , s. A Scottish pint, or two quarts. " T o
sail ony aill darrer nor tna d . the punct
A b e r d . R e g . Cent. 16.
PUND, A smaller f o l d f o r sheep, Shell.
fC In the Mainland—the proprietors o f sheep, about
the end of March and beginningofAp.ril,gatlier their
sheep in [ t o ] folds, or what are termed here punds."
A g r . Surv. Shetl. A p p . p. 43.
This, I suspect, is only a secondary sense o f the
term, as originally applied to the place where dis-
trained cattle, &c. were confined; E. pound. V.
P O Y N D F A L T , a n d P O I N D , . P O Y N D , V.
P U N D A R , s. T h e person w h o has the charge
o f hedges, woods, &e., and who pounds cattle
that trespass, R o x b .
The pundars axe, with ruthless rap,
FelFd down their favourite tree.
— H e r e may we dread no false begunk,
As here our home w e fix;
For sure this tree's enormous trunk
Defies the pundars axe.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 73, 74- V. POIND.
P U N D E L A Y N , s.] Add;
L o r d Byron deduces the w r ord Pantaloon from
Plant the Lion, a sort of sobriquet used in regard to
the Lion o f St. Mark, the standard of the Venetian
republic. I tab Pianla-leone, whence Pantaleon, and
Pantaloon. Childe Harokle, Cant. iv. p. 10.
P U N D L A R , .v. A n instrument for w e i g h i n g . ]
Add ;
It has been observed, vo. Bismar, that Isl. hismari
is expl. trutina minor. G. Andr. renders pundarc,
statera major, p. 192. T h e same difference is still
observed in the Bismar and. Pundlar o f Orkney.
V. LESH PtJND.
P U N G I T I V E , adj. P u n g e n t ; O . F r . id.
" Mony uthir reutliful and pietuous wourdis war
rehersit, especially sic wourdis that ar maist pungu
iive be effeminate and womanly doloure." Belleiul.
T . Liv. p. 274.
T o P U N Y E , (printed Punze), v. a.
czm
P U R
C( In the W e s t — o f Scotlande there is great repair-
ing o f a fowle called Erne, o f a marvellous nature,
and the people are very curious & solist to catclie
him, whome therafter they pumje o f his wings, that
he shal not be able to flie again." Descr. of the King-
dome of Scotlande.
This would seem to require the sense o f to pluck, or
to spoil. But I have not met with any cognate term.
* T o P U N I S H , v. a. T o reduce m u c h in cutting
or dressing; a term used b y workmen, A b e r d .
P U N K - H O L E in a moss, .v." A peat-pot, S . A .
T o P U N S E , r. a, T o emboss. V. P O U N S E .
This is perhaps originally the same with the E. v.
to Pinch, applied to female dress ; as, " a pinched
coif." ' It is singular, that this sense of the term
should be overlooked by Lexicographers.
P U N S S , s.
" A n e knapiscaw, and tua hand suerd, ane punss„
ane sellet, ane denss aix ^Danish axe], ane pair of
pantars, ane eoip burd." Aberd. Beg. A. 1545, V. 1<).
P U P I L L , s. People,- subjects; F r . people.
" G i f his hienes—can nocht in na wiss be persuadit
to remane within his realme to the execucioun of
justice the quiete of his piipill, the lordis thinkis that
his hienes may nocht in na wiss dispone him for his
worschip to pas in this sesone," &c. Pari. Ja. III.
A . 1473. Acts Ed. 1814, p. 103.
P U R A L L , PUR ALE, 5. 1. T h e lower classes.
Dispyss lievir wyiss vertewis in pur all.
Colkelhie Sow, v. 719*
T h e same with Pouerall, Purell. Roquefort ren-
ders O.Fr. pour aille, le petit peuple, les pauvres gens.
2. T h o s e who are paupers. I t appears, ii\ the
nortli o f S. at least, to have commonly borne
this sense about three centuries ago.
T o esehait & daill the same to the puralc"
Aberd. Reg. A. 1548, V. 20.
Tha purell that lies nocht of thair avin to sustene
thame to be sustenit be the townne." Ibid. A. 1543.
V. IS.
PURCHES, a l s o P E R O U A S E , s.] Give, as d e r i -
nition; I . — A n a m o u r , an i n t r i g u e ; correspond-
ing witli ( ) . F r . porchuix, porcftarj, i n t r i g u e .
A f t e r t h e extracts from Doug, and U u d d . , Add ;
2. Room, for operation, space for exertion, S. It
is proper!v used in a physical sense, and gene-
rally by tradesmen; as, I had mi purchase Jar
a stroke* i. e. X hat! not room suflicient sbr wield-
ing iiiv arm. r*rka! /unduhtm h.ts ,>u u .-.•/• .
it lias not space for i ' u i i motion.
3. T o have a purchase in pulling or lifting a ihing.
to have a local or accidental advantage, S.
It sometimes oceur> A - bearing a mora! application.
— T h e cifect o f t h e i r prosperity has been, TO draw
a far greater p r o p o r t i o n of* t h e p e o p l e w i t h i n tile
sphere o f a m b i t i o n — t o diffuse those habits of ex-
pense WIDEN give c o r r u p t i < M her c h i e f h o l d and pur-,
chase, a m o n g multitudes who are spectators o n l y o f
the splcndcu;' in which t h e y c a n n o t p a r t i c i p a t e , AND
a r c i n f e c t e d w i t h tile c r a v i n g s a n d a s p i r a t i o n s o f t h e
o b j e c t s o f t h e i r envy, e v e n before they come to be
p l a c e d in their circumstances." E d i n . Rev. Feb. 181 J.
p. 280.
O n e might suppose, that the word, in this sign!-
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fi cation, retained a considerable analogy to its pri-
mary meaning; q. room for the chase, for pursuing
or accomplishing the object in view.
4. To Live on one's Purchase, to support one's
self by expedients or shifts. I t bad originally
signified living by depredation.
There dwells a Tod on yonder craig,
And he's a Tod of might;
Tie lives as well on his purchase
As ony laird or knight.
Herd's Coll ii., 234.
P U I I C O M M O N T I S , apparently, poor com-
mons, or common people. V. S K A P T Y N E .
P U R E , P U I R , adj. Poor, S . ] Insert, after 1. 8.;
P U I R B O D Y , a beggar, whether male or female, S .
I took ye for some gentleman, at least the Laird
of Brodie;
O dool for the doing o't! are ye the poor hodie ?
Herd's Coll. ii. 28.
The lady frae hame wad never mair budge,
From the time that the sun gaed over the hill;
An' now she had a' the poor bodies to lodge,
As nane durst gae on for the ghost o' the mill.
Hogg's Mountain Bard, p. 19.
Insert, after 1. 11.;
P U R E M A N , 1. A mendicant, S. Add,—after the
words, O.Er. paovre, poure, i d . ;
The phrase, indeed, must have been used in O.E.
For Palsgr. renders poore man by Fr. potter homme,
belistre, i. e. beggar ; B. iii. F. 55, b.
2. A ludicrous designation given to aheap of corn-
sheaves, consisting of four set upright on the
ground, and one put above them. T h i s is prac-
tised in wet seasons, Dumfr., Clydes.
The designation might originate from the sup-
posed resemblance of the figure, when seen at a dis-
tance, to a beggar covered with his cloak.
P U R E - M A X - 0 F-M UTTON. Y. POOR.
P U I R MOUTH. TO Mak a puir mouth, to pretend
poverty, when one is known to be in affluence,
or at least in easy circumstances, S.
" It's no right o' you to be aye mdking a puir
mouth." Blackw. Mag. Sept. 1822, p. 307-
I11 the same sense it is said, Ye re no sae puirs ye
peip ; referring to the querulous tone with which
complaints of this kind are generally made.
P 0 R E P R I D E , ostentatious grandcur, without suf-
ficient means for supporting it, S.
P U R F I T T I E , adj. Corpulent, short-necked,
having an asthmatical make, Teviotd.
Perh aps corr. from Purjied.
P U R P L E D , adj. Short-winded, &c.] Add;
A learned friend views Fr. bonr soujle, blown up,
puffed up with wind, as the natural etymon. It is
indeed applied, like purjied, to those who are lusty ;
but we must suppose that the term has undergone a
very considerable change.
* T o P U R G E , v. a. 1. Previously to the examina-
tion of a witness under oath, in a court of jus-
tice, as to the cause 011 which he is summoned,
strictly to interrogate him if he be free from
any improper influence; with the prep, of add-
ed ; a forensic term, S.
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After this, if nothing appears against the witness, he
is said to be " purged of malice and partial counsel.'
% T o clear the house, in which a court meets, o f
those who are not members. " T h e house is
thus said to be purgedf S.
P U R I E , s. A small meagre person, Orkn.
P U R E E S , s.pl] Read;
P U R L , PURLE, 1. A portion of the dung of
animals, particularly of horses or sheep, as it
has been dropped on the ground, somewhat
hard and of a roundish form, S.
The following example of the use of the term has
been supplied by a literary friend.
ee The auld woman was gathering horse-purls.
She dries them on her window-sole, and uses them
for hints, or even to mend her little fire." Loth.
" The dung of the animal is excreted in small
quantities, and 111 the form of small hard purls."
Prize Ess. High. Soc. S., ii. 218. V. F E A T I I E R - C L I N G .
2. It is used to denote dried cow-dung, used for
fuel, Ettr. EoFo Fife. Hence,
T o G A T H E R P U R L S , to collect cow-dung for fuel,
ibid.
Perhaps allied to Su.G. port-a scaturire, because
scattered on the fields and roads.
P U R L , s. T h e seam-stitch in a knitted stocking,
Ettr. For. V . P E A R L .
T O P U R L , V. a. T o form that stitch in knitting,
or weaving stockings, which produces the hol-
low or far. T h i s is called the Purled or Pur-
lin sleek, and the stockings themselves Purled
Stockings, Ettr. Tor.
As O.E. writers use the v. to Purl as signifying
xc to decorate with fringe 01* embroidery," it has been
conjectured, with great probability, that there is an
affinity between this r. and that applied to the fabric
of stockings; ribbed stockings having been formerly
considered as a piece of finery.
Feltham uses the in the general sense of orna-
ment.
" Without the vaine purles of rhetorique some men
speak more excellently even from Nature's oune iu-
diciousnesse then can the schoiler from his quiddit
of art." Resolves, p. 139-
Itis to be observed, however, that Purl is merely
a provincialism, Pearl being the common pronun-
ciation of the S. term.
P U R L I C U E , P I R L I C U E , P A R L I C U E , S. A dash
or flourish, &c.] Add;
3. T h e peroration, or conclusion of a discourse;
also used to denote the discourse itself, Strath-
more, R o x b .
4. T h e recapitulation made, b y the pastor o f a
congregation, o f the heads of the discourses,
which have been delivered b y his assistants, on
the Saturday preceding the dispensation of the
sacrament of the Supper, S . O . ; prom Pirlicue.
Also, the exhortations, which were wont to be
given by him, on Monday, at what was called
" the close o f the work," were thus denomi-
nated in other parts of S.
I have been informed, that the term has been some-
times extended to all the services on Monday.
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T o P U K L I C U E , P l l i l I C L ' E , P A R L I C U E , V. 91. To
2'ive such exhortations after sermon at a Sacra-
O " a feudal delinquency,—incurred b y the vassal's in-
in en t, S . O .
P U R N , s. A quill o f yarn, G a l l o w a y .
A — p r e n t i c e wabster lad, w h o breaks his spool,
A n d wrastes the waft upo' a misrid piern.
Davidsons Seasons, p. 10. V . PIRN.
P U R P I E , adj. P u r p l e , o f a purple c o l o u r , S . ;
corr. f r o m the E . or F r . word.
P u n P I E F E V E R , the name vulgarly given to a p u -
trid fever, S.
H e died of a purpiefcaver, within 12 or 24 d a y s / '
&c. Lamont's Diary, p. 173. V . W A T E R - P U R P I E .
P U R P I R , adj. O f a p u r p l e c o l o u r ; F r . pourpre.
£C Item, a covering of variand purpir tarter b r o w -
din with thrissillis & a unicorne." Inventories, p. 11.
P U R P O S E , adj. 1. N e a t , neatly dressed, well-
adjusted, A b e r d . ; E t t r . F o r .
2 / ^ E x a c t , methodical, A b e r d .
P U R P O S E - L I K E , adj. Insert as definition ; — H a v -
ing the appearance o f being fit f o r answering
any particular d e s i g n ; applied both to persons
and things, S.
Add to the example given ;
" Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger,—
that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at
the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the
like o' them could gie him." Tales Landl. iv. 169.
T o P U R P R E S S , v. a. T o violate the property
of a superior.
cf Sic ane man, be and m y tenent and vassal, pur-
prcssis and usurp is aganis me, that is his over-lord,
o f sic landis, in sa far as he has can sit eare, teill and
saw m y landis of N., or has biggit upon thame in sic
ane place ; quhairfoir he has foirfaultit to me for
ever all the landis quhilk he haldis of me." Bal-
four's Praet. p. 444. V. the .v.
P U N PIUS I O N K , P U ITPR1SIXG, PTLRPRUSITIOUX, S.
T h e invasion o f the rights o f a superior ; a f o -
rensic term, synon. with Purpresturc.
<e In the accioune—persewit be A n d r o D u r y of
that ilk, again Schir Jolme Sandy landis of Caldore
kniclit, f o r — f o r fating of him, in the samyn court—
o f his tennandry of Wester Corswod for purprlsione
done be the said Andro apone the said Schir Johne
his our lord, as was all eg it,—that is to say for the
pur prising apone the said Schir Johne—in the rais-
ing & vptakin of the malis o f the said landis o f Wes-
ter Corswod, being vnorderly enterit clam and &
vouchand blanchferme, quhare he suld hafe haldin
ward & releif, as was fun din be a gret assise." Act.
D o m . Cone. A , 1480, p. 74.
" A n d for purprusilioun makand on the said towne,
•quhilk wes his ourlord." Aberd. Reg. V . 1 (>.
Fr. perprison, ce a seizing, or taking into his owne
hands (without leave of lord, or other) ground that
lyes wast, or is used in common ;" Cotgr.
COURT OE PURPRISIONE, a court that seizes or di-
vides c o m m o n property without legal w a IT rant.
" T h e actioune—aganis Elizabeth Nesbit &c. anent
the balding o f a court of -purprist one vppone the landis
o f Raufburne wrangwisly haldin—is continewit be
the lordis." Act. Audit. A . 1479, P« 91.
VOL. I I . M Ii
P U S
Erskine view's it as the same with E. purpresture,
croaclnnent on the streets, high-ways, or common-
ties, belonging to the King or other superior;" add-
ing, The word is derived from the French •perpri-
son., which signifies the taking possession of waste or
common grounds without the order of law." H e re-
fers to Cotgrave, and l ) u Cange, vo. Porprendere.
Instit. B. ii. tit 5. § 52.
D u Cange defines porprendere, invadere, aliquid
sua auctoritate capere; and porpren.sio, invasio, 11-
sur patio.
P U R S E - P E N N Y , s. 1. A piece o f money, o f
whatever metal or value, kept in a purse, with-
o u t being exchanged or given away, S.
It is thus preserved as a curiosity, or from affec-
tion for the donor ; sometimes from a superstitious
idea o f its bringing good luck to the possessor.
A p p l i e d to any thing that one cannot get dis-
p o s e d of, S.B.
3. U s e d metaph. f o r something retained in the
heart or m e m o r y , as of the greatest worth.
rf If I had the faith of these three on my spirit, I
could go thorow all the world comfortably. I. The
faith of this, that the cause of the afflicted God will
maintain,, Sec. I f I had these three purse-pennies, I
wad think nothing to go thorow all the world with
them." M. Bruce's Lect. p. 38.
PURSEPHAND, A pursuivant.
" William Dauidson pursephand" Aberd. Reg.
A. 1560.
P U R S Y , s. Short-breathed and fat.] Add;
Since the publication of the preceding volumes, 1
have observed that Palsgrave gives the Fr. word in
another form. Purcjjje, shorte wynded or stuffed
about the stomacke [[Fr.] pourcif, pourcifueB. iii.
F. 9:], b. This must at any rate be viewed as the
immi-dian- 1 rigin.
P U R SI P L , PirnciLL, s. A species o f edible fu-
el is. S. 1 \.; Bi(< hJerloek synon.
* T o P U R S U E , v. a. 1. T o prosecute in a
court of law, S.
<f Some said, both they and the lord Gordon assist-
ed some of their friends w ho were pursued, and made
moyan secretly before the council." Spalding, i. 7.
2. T o assail,* to attack.
" But their captains used so great diligence, that
•—they find the said James Grant in the town and
lands o f Auchachyll within a house ;—they pursued
the house most furiously." Ibid. i. 14.
P U R S U I T , S. Attack.
" T h e t o u n of Edinburgh—stiled cannons 011 ilk ane
o f their mounts for pursuit of the castle." Ibid. i. 215.
P U S L I C K , s. C o w ' s d u n g d r o p p e d in the fields,
DundV., Gall. H e n c e the p h r a s e s ; u A s light
as a pu slwlc" A s dry as a pu.slick"
These are gathered by the poor, thoroughly dried
and bleached through the winter, and used as fuel in
spring.
Kilian gives pocsl as an old Teut. word signifying
bubile, an ox stall; and poest-deerne, as denoting a
dairy maid. I know not if we may trace the last syl-
lable lock to Teut. looghe or iccke, lye, lixivium, urina.
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P U S S A N C E , s. Powerfulness;
" He knewe nocht the multitud and pussance of
his ennemies, for thair armye apperit nocht attanis
to his sicht." Bel lend. T. Liv. p. 212.
P U S S A N T , adj. P o w e r f u l ; F r . puissan t.
« The pepill wes richt effrayit,—seand him—richt
pussant be favoure of the Faderis." Bell end. T . Liv.
p. 233.
P U S S I E , POUSSIE, A fondling designation
for a eat, S . ; pron. q. poossie.
Hence the phrase, as quiet's poossie, as quiet as a
cat, when watching for her prey.
— " A' quiet peacable-livin buddies yonder frae
the beathel up to the minister, as quiet's pussic, the
hail tot o* them." Tennant's Card. Beaton, p. 172.
V. Pc
P U T , s. L A sort of buttress, erected for sup-
porting a w a l l ; Ettr. For.
2. A mass of stones placed in a river for altering
the direction o f the current, a jettee, ibid.
PUT, T h e act o f throwing a stone abovehand, S.
One who is habituated to the exer-
P l ™ f
the stone, S.
; of a putter; said Meg, < I see by
the way thou raises the stane; an thou saw my billy
Ewob put, he wad send it till here." Hogg's W i n ,
ter Tales, i. 265.
T o P U T , v. a. T o j o g . ] Add ;
T o PUT on, to give a gentle push, as when one
intends to give a hint to another to be silent, S.
<f Maister Robert Bruce, assistit with Mr Andro
Melvin—ceassit not to defend that heresie, albeit
Dunkisone put/it on him to desist thairfra." Hamil-
ton's Facile Traictise, p. 114.
T o heir, when he gangis throw the gait,
How everie wyffe on vther puttis,
Bidding the bischop pav for his guttis.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 324.
'Tis true your fump'ring wakened me ;
for to set you free.
Boss's Helenore, First Edit. p. 38.
In Edit. Third, changed to jouiuh/d.
PUT, PUTT, A thrust, a push.] Add;
T o M A K one's P U T G U D E , to gain one's object, to
carry a point, S.; a metaph. apparently borrowed
from tilting with the small sword ; if not from
throwing the putting-stone.
" A man is said to have made his putt gude, when
he obtains what his ambition panted f o r G a l l .
Encycl. p. 389.
" Although the mantua-making lady assured her
that satin was not to be worn;—the mistress, how-,
ever, made her putt good, and the satin dress was ob-
ligated to be sent to her/' The Steam-Boat, p. 195.
P u r AND R o w , adv. W i t h difficulty, S.l Add;
Now maistly hame, wi' put an row,
His ain yard dyke he wan,
Gat's shoulder till't, syne clawed his pow,
But was na fit to stan'.
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 63,
PUTTER, <9. A n animal that buts with the ~
or horns, S. V. PUT, V. N.
850
P U T
* T o P U T , v. a. T h i s v. is used in a variety o f
forms which are unknown in E .
T o PUT about, v. a. T o subject to inconvenience
or difficulty ; often used as to money; as, " I
was saw put about to get that siller, S.
T o PUT by, v. a. T o lay any thing aside care-
fully, so as to prevent the danger of losing it, S.
T o PUT v. a. T o delay, to defer, S . ; to put
off, E .
" The brethren of the other part went from the
conference well satisfied: but the event declared they
made no conscience of what they had undertaken,
and that whatsoever they had condescended to was
only to put by that Assembly." Guthry's Mem. p. 80.
T o PUT down, v. a. 1. " T o murder.
" Privat nuirther is quhen ane is slane or drownit,
or ntherwayis put down privatlie, and is fund in ony
place, qu hair of the finder sail raise the hoy and cry/*
Balfour's Pract. p. 512.
T o put to death violently, especially as denot-
plished lady of the age—was suffered to be put down
as a common criminal." Perils of Man, iii. 291.
8. Often used to denote suicide ; in this f o r m , —
66 H e put him sell downS.
T o PUT hand in one's self, to commit suicide.
V. HAND.
* T o PUT on, v. a. « T o invest with, as clothes or
covering Johns.
But it is frequently used in S. in a passive form,
as applicable either to a person who is well, or to one
who is ill, dressed ; as, Weel put on, III put on.
" I dinna ken, Mr. Pleydell/ said Dinmont, look-
ing at his dreadnought coat, and then at the hand-
some furniture of the room,< I had maybe better gang
some gate else, and leave you till your cracks—I'm
no just that weel put on." Guy Mannering, iii. 210.
" And is that a real Lady, and a Lord's dochter ?
—She is so plain put. on, and sae hamely spoken,—
I kent every word she said." Saxon and Gael, i. 34. Z
T o PUT on, v. n. T o dress one's self, S.
0 slowly, slowly, raise she up,
And slowly put she on.
Minstrelsy Scot. Border, ii. 16*8.
T o PUT on, v. a. T o dun for debt, without
ing lenity or forbearance ; as, " He's sairput on
for that siller," South of S.
T o PUT on, v. n. T o push forward, to increase
one's speed ; often, to g o at full speed ; applied
either to riding or walking, S.
Put 07i, put on, my wichty men,
Sae fast as ye can drie.
Than sum they rode, and sum they ran,
Fu fast outour the bent.
Edom o' Gordon, Pink. S. Ball
« The coachman, put faster on, and outrun the most
of the rogues/' Narr. Murder of the Archbishop,
Wodrow's Hist. ii. App. p. 8.
I have not observed this idiom in E. V. PIT, V.
T o PUT out, v. a. T o exert, or put forth, S.
" I may say, many have not honourable
of the Spirit of God, ^ pro-
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per work it is to put out the foresaid noble opera- T o PUT up, v. n. T o be lodged, S . ; as, - Whar
tions." Guthrie's Trial, p. l6'7. do ye put up ?"
" Unless a man, in his own person, put out faith Hence Up-puttin, entertainment in the way of
in Jesus Christ, and with his own heart please and lodging.
acquiesce in that device of saving sinners, he cannot P U T T E E , s.
be saved." Ibid. p. 188. Item, ane cheffroun with ane putter with settis
T o PUT to, or till, v. a. 1. T o interrogate, to pose of perle siclik send to the quene in Ingland/' In-
with questions, S. ; Gl. Shirr, and lioss. ventories5 A. 1516, p. 27.
Tell shortly, and ye's get nae harm frae me, P U T T E R , s. A short piece of ordnance ; corr.
Nor mair be putten till, whate'er ye be. from petard.
Ross's Helenore, p. CO. <( He had about 800 men, whereof there were some

" Put till, to examine Gl. Shirr. Hence, towns men, and six putters, or short pieces of ord-
2. To be put, or putten till, to be straitened in what- nance/' Spalding's Troubles, i. 233.
ever respect. I icassairputten tilPt to male throw P U T T E R L I N G , s. A small petard.
the winter ; 66 I was greatly at a loss to subsist ee They were well furnished with ammunition, pow-

myself during winter,1" S. ; or in E. " put to it." der, match, ball, muskets, carabines, pikes, swords,
3. T o be abashed, to be put out of countenance; colours, carrying this motto, f For the covenant, re-
as, " She was sair put tilPt on her bridal day, ligion, the crown, and the kingdom,' with pistols,put*
puir h i z z y T e v i o t d . ierlings, and other arms." Spalding, ii. 180, 181.
T o PUT up, v. a. T o give entertainment to> to P U T T I S , s.pi The young of moorfowL
accommodate with lodging, S. — " Ane of the greatest occasiones of the scarstie
" Hell shew you the way, sir, and Fse warrant of the saidis partrikis and murefoull, is be ressone of
yell be weel put up ; for they never turn awa' nae- the great slauchter of thair putt is and youngeaiies.'*
body frae the door." Guy Manner in g, i. 7- Acts Ja. VI. l600, Ed. 1814, p. 236. V. P O U T .

Q .

Q U A D . In quad. " Item, twa restis of hoknd claith, ressavit be

-—By the cuff he's led alang,
An' settl'd wi' some niccum,
In quad yon night.
Tarrass Poems, p. 97-
This would seem to signify, in prison, or in a bad
state, from Teut. quaed; Belg. quaad, malum, in for-
tuniuni. % p. 148.
Q U A D R A N T , s. T h e quadrans, or fourth part
of the Roman As.
« It is said, that ilk man went to Valerius hous,
and left ane quadrant in it, to caus him be the mair
richely buryit." Bellend. T. Liv. p. 233.
T o Q U A D R E , v. m T o quadrate, Aberd.
Fr. quadr-er, to square, to suit.
Q U A Y , impend. Come away; as, " Quay, wo-
man, what needs ye stand haverhf there a' day
R o x b . ; in other counties, qua.
Generally viewed as an abbreviation of come away.
Perhaps it might be q. Ca away, i. e. drive on.
Q U A I C H , &c. s. A small and shallow cup.]Adil;
Sir James Foulis, Ifind,has given the same etymon.
The third utensil for drinking is the cuaeh, which
we now pronounce quech, and from whence is form-
ed the English verb to quaff: I need not describe the
cuach, because there can hardly be a person in North
Britain that knows it not, though it is of late much
fallen into disuse/' Trans. Antiq. Soc. S. i. 24.
QUAIFFIS, pi Coifs, female head-dress.
861
Madam mosel de Halle to mak nicht quaiffis for the Q
[[Queen]. And swa I am chargit with nathing of
that/' Inventories, A 1561, p. 129. Nicht quaiffis,
night-caps.
" Item, sevin quaiffis of claith of silvir cordonit
with blak silk and the raiiyettis of the same/ Ibid,
Fr. coife, Belg. huyf, Su.GJm^DmJmibcJmibe, id,
Q U A I S T , ,s\ 1. A rogue, Me
2. A wag, ibid.
* T o Q U A L I F Y , v. a, T o prove, to authen-
ticate, to make good.
— " The one half of the goods forfeited to be em-
ployed to the use of the public, and the other to be
given to him who delates the recepters and qualifies
the same." Spalding, i. 273.
L.B. quali/icatus, probus, legitimus; Du Cange.
Q U A L I T Y B I N D I N G a sort of worsted tape,
commonly used for binding the borders of car-
pets, S. "
Q U A N T I T E , s. Size; applied to the human
body.
" It is said that Fynmakcoule the sonne of Coelus
Scottis man was in thir days ane man of huge sta-
toure of xvii. cubitis of hycht. He was ane gret hun-
tar, and richt terrybyll for his huge quantite to the
pepyll." Bellend. Cron. F. 93, a. Insolito corporis
mole formidolosum. Boeth.
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Q U A R N E L T , part ad]. Cornered, having
angles, Fife.
Fr. carnelle, quamelle, applied to walls with f
fissures ; from came an edge or angle.
Q U A R R A N T , -v. A kind of shoe made of un-
tanned leather; synon. Rough Ii
— ec Some I have seen shod with a kind of
made out of a raw cow-hide with the hair turned out-
ward, which being ill made, the wearer's feet looked
^like those of a rough-footed lienor pigeon.
; are called Quar rants, and are not only offen-
sive to the sight, but intolerable to the smell of those
who are near them." Burt's Letters, ii. 185, 186.
lr. Gael, cuaran, a sock ;
made of untanned leather; C.B.,
ed by Lliuyd as the same with Lat. cothut n-us, Gr.
jco&opv-og.
* T o Q U A R R E L , v. a. T o reprove, to chide,
to find fault with, S.
arrelled his giving tokens to
such boys; rs ; wnereiore he desired these ministers to
r them, which the ministers did, and allowed
of their admission to the Lord's Table." Walker's
Peden, p. 95.
on this head." 1 Ruddiman's Vind.^Buchanan, p. 69.
" I hope you will not quarrel the words, for they
are all Virgil's." Ibid. p. 310.
Mr. Todd has inserted the v. as signifying " to
quarrel with," givingone example from B. Johnson.
This sense is not very remote from that of Fr.
querell-cr, to challenge.
T o Q U A R R E L , v. To in a
man havancl lanclis pertenand to him, lyand
: to the sea, may mak stop, troubill or molest
the King, or his lieges, to win stanes, quarrel, or ony
uther thing, to his awin proffit or commoclitie, within
the flude mark of the sea," &c. Ship Lawis, Bal-
four's Pract. p. 626.
I am inclined to think that quarrel had been ori-
ginally used in a sense somewhat different from that
of win ; that the latter properly signified the act of
digging or raising stones, and the former that of giv-
ing them a certain form however roughly.
QUARREL,Apparently, materials from a quarry.
" It shall be—lawful to the burgesses—of Kirk-
caldy, owners of the salt-pans there, to dig, win,
work, and carry away c
within any part of the Of the lands S ^ i n
Fount. Dec. Suppl. ii. 535.
V. QUERRELLE.
I am doubtful, it may:
QU A R T A R L E , s. T h e quarter or fourth part
of an ell cc Tour ell of braidsay [broad seyl
of iij ell breid 8 quartarles * Aberd. Reg. A .
1541, V. 17.
Q U A R T E R S , s. pi Lodgings in genera], S.
' " Ane auld soldier/ says Edie ; ' that does like-
liest at a gentle's door—at a farmer's its best to say
ye're an auld tinkler, if ye need ony ,
may be the gudewife will hae
jr, ii. 315-
25'2
Q U E
the E. use of the
the place are lodged.
Q U A R T E S , s. p i
" The abbot of Scone is appoynted to be one of
the nine channons, and to have one ther to serve the
in his absence. In that institution also, ther
landward (or rurall) churches, together
with the particular tithes, crofts, manses, gleibs, and
quarks, ar several!ie
sc appoynted to everie one of the
as therin is at large record-
ed." Gordon's Hist. Earls of SutherL p. 32.
This seems to be the same with L.B. Quart ae Ec-
or the fourth of the ecclesiastical tithes.
Ob
vit ad ilium
rum, &c PChron. Mosomense A. 1015, ap. DuCange.
The "particular tithes" are previously mentioned
indeed ; but the tithe-pig is specified, in the chro-
nicle quoted, distinctly from the Quarlae, and seems
to bear the same relation to them as these " parti-
cular tithes" to the Quartes. The quartes were pro-
bably the fourth part of the great tithes, and " the
particular tithes" might be those called small.
T o Q U A T , v. a. T o quit, S.] Add;
Who shood com intil the room but Andrew's
grum, folio't by the rest, to give us warning that
they were all going to qual our sairvice, becaus they
were starvit." Blackw. Mag. Oct. 1820, p. 15.
T o Q U A T , V. N. T o give over, S.
Whan the rain draps off the hat,
'Tis fully time for folk to qual,
Wha 011 the harrest rig do shear
Barley, wheat, peas, rye or bear.
Auld Say, Gall Encycl
Q U A U Y R , A quiver. " A quauyr with ar-
rowis Aberd. R e g .
T o Q U A V E a iraey to go zig-zag up or down a
brae, Roxb.
QUAW, 1. A quagmire ; a name given in
Galloway, to an old pitgrown over with earth,
grass, &c. which yields under one, but in which
he does not sink.
2. A hole whence peats have been dug, Clydes.
V. QUHAWE.
BOBBIN" QUAW, a spring or wallie, over which
a tough sward has grown, sufficient to support
a person's weight. It is denominated from its
shaking or bobbing under him, R o x b . Hobble-
quo, synon.
QuAKiN-AUAW, s. T h e same with Bobbin-quaxc.
Q U E E D , QUIDE,
synon. Skeel
QUEEBIE, Q U I D J D I E , S. A small tub, ibid.
This is merely the provincial pronunciation
Cud and Cudie. V . C O O D I E .
T o Q U E E L , v. n. T o cool, Aberd.
They're unco weel,
I think, if you wou'cl let them queel
?s Tales, p , 7.
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Alem. kual-en3 Dan. koel-er, id.
T o Q U E E M , i'. a. T o fit exactly; as, to queem
the mortice, or joint in wood, Upp. Lanarks.
The O.E. v. to Queme, to please, to satisfy, is un-
doubtedly the same, used in a secondary or oblique
sense ; because a thing is said to please or satisfy,
that fits our ideas or wishes.
" Quemyn or pesyn. Pacifico. Paco. Placo
Prompt. Parv.
" I queme, I please 01* I satysfye. Chauser in his
Canterbury Tales. This worde is nowe out of vse/'
Palsgr. B. iii. F. 331, a.
Q U E E M , Q U I M , adj. 1. Neat, fit, filled up to the
general level, Upp. Lanarks., Ettr. For.
" Whan the year grown auk! brings winter can Id,
We flee till our ha's sae queem.
Mar-maiden of Clyde, Eclin. Mag. May 1820.
2. Applied to what is made close and tight, ibid.
3 . Calm, smooth, G a l l V. QUEME.
Dream, dream, that the ocean's queem ;
Dream, dream, that the 1110011 did beam,
And the morning will hear the waves roar,
And the sun through the cluds will not find a
bore. A if Id Set?/, Gall. Enc.
4. Metaph. used, as conjoined with CW/, to denote
intimacy.
" It shall be observed, that they shall fall in more
than ever, into an intimacy with the malignant ene-
mies to the work of God, and grow quim and cosh
with them while they are not only cold toward the
truly tender, but cruel against them." M'Ward's
Contend, p. 262.
" Quim and Cosh, pliable and f i t G l . ibid. But
this does not properly express the sense. The idea
is evidently borrowed from joints that are exactly
fitted, and adhere closely to each other.
Q U E M E , adv. Exactly, fitly, closely.] Add;
A.Bor. " It lies wlicem for me." Ray's Coll.
Q C J E E M E I I , S. One skilled in lilting joints, Clydes.
Q U E B M X E S S , < S . Exact adaptation 111 a literal sense,
ibid.
Q U E E M L Y , adv. 1 . In a state of exact adapta-
tion, ibid.
Yorks. wliecmly} neatly ; Thoresby, Ray's Lett,
p. 341.
2. Calmly, smoothly, Gall.
" The gled glides queemly alang the kite glides
smoothly along/' Gall. Enc.
Q U E E N ' S - C A K E , s. A white sweet cake, S.
Q U E E N ' S C U S H I O N , the plant called Crop-
stone, Teviotd.
Q U E E N ' S , also K I N G ' S , C U S H I O N , a mode of
carriage, whether in sport, or from necessity, S.
Two persons, each of whom grasps his right
wrist with his left hand, with the other lays hold of
his neighbour's wrist, so as to form a seat of four
hands and wrists conjoined. On these the person,
who is to be carried, seats himself, or is seated by
others, putting both his arms, for greater security,
round the necks of the bearers.
QUEER, T h e choir, S. Grose gives Queer
in this sense as a provincial word ; but without
specifying the country. W y n t o u n writes it
quere.
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* Q U E E R , adj. Besides the common sense of this
word in S., it denotes entertaining, amusing,
affording fun. Germ, quer oblique.
Q U E E R S , S. pi News ; any thing odd or strange,
Roxb. Synon. Uncos.
Q U E E T , s. T h e ancle, Aberd. ; Cute, S.
Mr. Chalmers, vo. Cult, says that " in the vulgar
language it is pronounced queetBut he should
have recollected, that this is only " in the vulgar
language" of his native county, and of some adjoin-
ing to it in the north of S.
Q U E E T I K I N S , s.pl Spatterdashes, gaiters, Aberd.
V. C/UTTIKINS.
Q U E E Z I E , adj. " Disordered; squeamish, such
as after being intoxicated;" Gail. Enc.; merely
a little varied from E. Queasy.
Q U E E Z - M A D D A M , s. T h e Cmsse Madame,
or Erench jargonelle.
c<r He'll glour at an auld wand basket aik-snag as
if it were a queez-maddam in full bearing." Rob Roy,
ii. 158.
Q U E Y N , Q U E A N , S. A young woman.] Add;
This is never meant as implying any reproach, un-
less an epithet, conveying this idea, be conjoined
with it. Although familiar, it is often used a.s ex-
pressive of kindness.
O ! she was a daintie quean,
And weel she dane'd the heel and wallach.
Old Song.
cc Ye'r brither Kenny's come, ye auld fide, an' his
young quean o' a dother too; sae mak haste an'get up."
St. Kathleen, iii. 262.
QITEYNIE, S. A diminutive, denoting a girl, S.B.
Q U ' E I T , Q U I E T , 5. A species o f bird.
" Cotta, a queit" Wedderb. Voeab. p. 1(>; in a
later Ed. quiet. This seems merely Coot in provin-
cial pronunciation; as Wedderburn was a native of
Aberdeenshire.
Q U E E T , ,9. A sort o f petticoat worn in the
Highlands. V. K I L T .
Q LTE N E L I E , adj. O f or belonging to a queen.
— c c We dispells and suppleis all fauitis thairof, gif
ony be, be our quenelle powarand authorise royall."
Acts. Mary,, 1555, Ed. 1814, p. 501.
It does not appear that our southern neighbours
have been so gallant as to form an adj. of this kind.
Q U E N Y I E , s. A corner, Aberd. V. Q U Y N Y I E .
Q U E N R Y , <?.] Define; Abundance of bad women.
Q U E N T , adj. Accustomed to, or familiar with,
any state or condition.
(i As new seruandis ar in derisioun amang the
quent seruitouris, sa we as vyle and last pepyll of the
warld in thair sycht ar clay lie inuad it to the death."
Bellend. Cron. B. \v. c. 15.
Qnent- is opposed by Boeth. to I.at. recentissimus,
there being no particular word in the Lat. for Quent
itself. Fr. accoints acquainted with. Coint is also
used, but not precisely in the same sense,.
Q U E R I ) , s. A term formerly used in relation to
fish, Aberd.
A fish worn an complains to the magistrates, that
another had removed her querd of fish." Records of
Aberd.
Su.G. Dan. kar, a vessel or tub; Isl. haer, vas.
 Q U E
Q U E R I N G , s. Franche que ring.
" A ne cop almery, ane can dill kyst, & Franche
que ling lynit with can w ess, ane rakill of irne, ane
ledin quarter." Aberd. Reg. V. 16.
Q U E R N (of a fowl), T h e gizzern, A b e r d .
As Is!, quorn, mola, is transferred to a whirlpool;
shall we suppose that our old term for a mill has
been metaph. used for the gizzard, as somewhat re-
sembling the operation of a mill in its decomposition
of food?
Q U E R N A L L I T , part.pa. Apparently denoting
the form o f Icirnels or interstices in battlements.
<c Item, ane small chene with thrawin and quernal-
Ut linkis." Inventories, A. 1542, p. 64.
L.R. quarnelli. V . K I R N E L . Fr. crane, crenele, in-
dented.
Q W E R N E , ,5.
—Cf For the wrangwiss spoliatioun—of—thre
boll is of malt, a qwerile of rosate of vi stane/' &c.
Act. Audit. A . 1482, p. 109-
This cannot well be viewed as an improper or-
thography of S. cum, as the quantity of rosin is so
great. It seems to have as little connexion with quern
as denoting a hand-mill.
Q U E R N E Y , s. A species o f rot in sheep, South
o f S.
" Some people have been led to consider the rot
as of two kinds; viz. the querney, or black rot, pro-
ceeding from foul feeding; and the hunger rot, from
an absolute deficiency of food of every kind." Es-
says Highl. Soc. iii. 464-5.
Isl. quocrn signifies lacuna, a pool, bog, or marsh.
Now, as the grass springing from bogs and flooded
ground is said to produce the rot, (ibid. 469), the
term querney may be traced to this Word, which
might be left by the Danes of Northumbria.
QUERNELL,
Item ane pair of bedis of quern ell with gawdes
of gold estimat to vi crownis of weeht." Inventories,
A . 1516, p. 26.
Apparently denoting beads made of the Cornelian,
or rather Carnelian stone, which is supposed to have
received this name from its flesh colour. In Fr.,
however, it is called cornaline, also cam cole and cor-
neole; in Ital. corniolos, from cor no, a horn, from its
supposed resemblance.
Q U E R N E L L , adj. Square.
cf This virgine, Horacia, wes bury it—in ane se-
pulture of quernell stanis." Belland. T. Liv. p. 47-
The translator seems to have confounded this with
O.Fr. querneau, or the v. quernel-er, whence S. kir-
nel, an interstice in a battlement. V . Q U E R R E L L , S.,
a n d QUARNELT.
Q U E R N I E , adj. Applied to honey, when it
abounds with the granules which are peculiar
to it, Kinross.
QUERNIE, A diminutive from E . Quern, a
hand-mill, Moray.
Coming frae the hungry hill,
He hears the quernie birlin.
Jamieson's Pop. Ball ii, 356.
Q U E R T , .9. In quert, in good spirits, &c.] Add;
Since writing this article, I have observed some
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Goth, words, to which quert seems to claim greater
affinity.
Isl. kwar is expl. by Verel. as equivalent to re in
Lat. resto ; 11011 ex loco, 11 on extra, non foras. Its
synonyme Su.G. quar, anciently quaerr, is more dis-
tinctly expl. quietus, and viewed as the same with kar,
Isl. kyrr, id. He gives the following rhythm, as illus-
trating the use of the term.
Jak hqftver hoert aff gamla gaeta,
Llwa liofft will hafwa, slcal kart lata.
Audii ab antiquis proverbium ferri,
Qui jucunda optat, otium supersedeat.
" I have heard that it was a proverbial saying with
our forefathers, that lie who wishes happiness, must
shun ease."
Silt a quar, he adds, is said of those who are neg-
ligent, who, being admonished as to their duty, are
listless. Thus, Isl. wera kyer signifies, quietum esse;
and Icyrd, tranquillitas.
Verel. expl. kyrr neut. kyrt, not merely quietus,
but placidus ; Lata vera kyrt, non turbare ; Sezk qf
kyrt, quietus est, quiete friiitur. Hence kyrrlat-ur,
mansuetus, from kyrr and lair, our lail, manner.
Our phrase, in quert, seems to have originally sig-
nified a state of ease or tranquillity. Hence, by an
easy transition, it might be used as signifying 1 ~
fulness, or liveliness.
Q U E I I T Y , Q U I E R T Y , adj. 1. L i v e l y ,
flow of animal spirits, S.O.
I fear the barley bree,
An' roving blades sae quirty,
May gar him spread his wings an' flee,
An' lea his nest right dirty.
A. Wilsons Poems, 171)0, p. 233. V. Q U E R T ,
2, Active, Ayrs., D u m f r .
Q U H A , Q U H A Y , pron. Who, S.
" All the lordis sperituale and temporale, quha
geve tliaire aithis of befor to be lele and trew &c. of
new ratifeis and apprevis the samin." Acts Mary
1542, Ed. 1814, p. 411.
f f It is vnderstand to our souerane lord the grett
seruice to his grace be Thomas Erskine of Brechin
knycht his secretare, quhay thairfor obtenit off our
said souerane lord, the landis of JBrechin & Nevaire,"
See. Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 1814, p. 377- V. Qua.
Q U H A I R A N E N T , adv. Concerning which.
— " For the quhilk the doaris sail incur na dan-
ger ;—the auld fundationis and erectionis of the
saidis collegis and haill vniuersitie—notwithstand-
ing, quhairanent his maiestie, with anise of his saidis
estaitis, dispenssis." Acts Ja. VI. 1579, Ed. 1814,
p. 182.
" Declares that this present generall ratificatioune
—shall be alss valid—as if the samine infeftment war
alreddie past & exped,—quhairanent his majestie &
estatis foirsaidis haue dispenst, & be thir presentis
dispenssis for ever/' Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 5()I.
Anent the quhilk is used as synon. Ibid. 567, ch. 180.
Q U H A I R T H R O W , adv. W h e n c e , in consequence
o f which.
" — O u r souerane Ladyis liegis daylie and con-
tinuallie, incontrare the tenour of the
thairupone—schutis with half hag, euluering, and
pistolate, at the saidis wylde beistis and id -wylde foules,
 Q U H Q
quair throw the nobill men of the realme can get na
pasty me of halking and hunting lyke as hes bene
had in tymes by past, be ressoun that all sic wylde
beistis and wylde foul is ar exilit and banist be
occasioun for said." Acts Mary 1551, Ed. 1814,
p. 4 8 3 .
This act was more severe than any against poach-
ing in our time, as this prohibition was given " un-
der the pane of deid P
Q U H A I S , s. T h e genitive o f Q u h a ; whose, S.A.
Quhause, S.B.
<£ That the king charge all & sindrie schirrefis of
this realme to gar inquyre—quhat landis, posses-
sions, or annuell rentys pertenys to the king,—and
in qidiais handis thai nowe be." Acts Ja. I. 14£4,
Ed. 1814, p. 4.
MoesG. quids, id. Quids 1st sa manaleik : " Whose
image is this ?" Mar. 1c2.16. A.S. hwacs, id.
Q U H A M , s. A dale among hills.] Add;
% A marshy hollow, whether with or without
stagnate water, Loth.
Q U H A R E , adv. Apparently used as equivalent
to since, or whereas.
" That quhare it is to be remembrit be my lord
govern our and thre estatis of this present parliament,
how thai for forth bering of the quenis auctorite—
convenit togidder at Striueling and Linlithqw, redy
to haue seruit the quenis grace, &c. Nochttheless
it is neidfull to thaim to haue declartioune (sic) of
parliament, that thai did na thing contrare the quenis
auctorite," Sec. Acts Mary 1543, Ed. 1814, p. 429.
Q U H A - S A Y , s. Expl. " remark;" Legend Bp.
St. Androis, p. 334.
Then, when this turn cott tuke gude nycht,
Half way hameward vp the calsay,
Said to his servandis for a quha say;
" Alace, the porter is foryett!'
It seems to signify a mere pretence; allied perhaps
to the latter part of the alliterative Belg. word wisie-
wasie, a whim-wham.
Q U H A N G , Q U H A Y N C , .S\ A thong.] Add;
" They are ay at the whittle and the quhang ;*'
S. Prov. i. e. always in a state of contention.
T o Q U I I A N G , W H A N G , V. N. T o cut in large
slices, S.] Add;
At the sight of Dunbar ton once again,
Fll cock up my bonnet and march amain,
With my claymore hanging down to my heel,
To whang at the bannocks of barley meal.
Song, Heart M. Loth, iv. 13.
Q U H A R B E , adv. Whereby, Aberd. Reg.
Q U H A T K Y N , Q U H A T K N , what kind of.J Add;
€< And sua, godly reitlar, quhatlin a Papist I am
in this samin ruid buik ofQuestionis,—I tak on hand
to preve on perrell of my lyfe, the maist haly mar-
tyrs—to haf bene the samin Papistis." N. Winyet.
V. Keith's Hist. App. p. 221.
Q U H A T - R A K , an exclamation still used in S.
V . R A I K , s., care.
QUIIAUP, T h e curlew.} Add;
In Fife, a distinction is made between the Land-
qtdiaup, i. e. the curlew, and the Sea-quhaup, a spe-
cies of mew3 of a dark colour.
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In Orkney, they distinguish between the larger
and the smaller whaup.
"Ore.Major,Stock-IVhap; minor, Little- Wliap:—
The larger curlew, called here Stock-JVhap, differs
something in its colours from the lesser/' See. Low's
Faun. Oread, p. SO.
QUIT AUP-nebb i. \\ adj. Having a long sharp nose, S.
Q U H A U P , s. A pod in the earliest state.] Add;
A pod after it is shelled, Aberd , Mearns ;
Sh a up s y n o n. La n ai k s.
3. A mean or low fellow, a scoundrel, Mearns. ;
perhaps q. a mere husk.
Q U I ! A W , s. A marsh, a quagmire.] Add;
Mr Todd has inserted the compound word Qvave-
mire, id. But in O.E. it appears in its simple form
quaue. " Quauc as of a my re. Lab in a.'' Prompt.
Parv. " Quaue, myre, [ F r . ] foundriere, crouliere
i. e. a quagmire : Palsgr. B. iii. F. 57, b. It also ap-
pears as a v. ^ Quauyn as myre Prompt. Parv.
This seems radically the same with quag, which
Skinner gives as sometimes used singly, without the
addition of mire.
Johns, and others derive quag from quake, to shake.
According to this etymon. Isl. kwik-a, movere, may
be the origin. Junius deduces quag from MoesG.
wagan movere ; but Serenius prefers quivan vivere,
whence, he says, the E. verbs, to quefclt, to quaver,
to quiver, and to qitob, all expressive of agitation.
1 hesitate if Su.G. quesa, a marshy whirlpool, be al-
lied to our quhajrc.
The term is still retained in Galloway. V. Q U A W .
Q U H E B E I T , adv. Howbeit, Aberd. Reg. A .
1538.
Q U I I E E F , 6'. A fife ; a musical instrument;
Upp. Clydes.
This evidently retains the form of C.B. climb, ren-
dered a fife by Richards, a pipe by Owen. The
latter also expl. cluviban a whistle; cluviban-it to
whistle, chwib-iauw to trill.
Q U H E Y N E , Q U I I E N E , & C . adj. Few.] Add;
Northumb. a whune, pauci; Hay's Coll. 151.
In solitude
They liv'd retired, amidst surrounding shades,
Unthought of, as unseen, save by the heart
Of Colin, wha, araang the neighboring hills
Did tend a wee wheen sheep
Davidson''s Seasons, p. QS.
This is evidently an imitation of Thomson's Pa-
laeinon and Lavinia.
" The deil's kind to them, wi" his gowd. &c. but
lie slioots auld decent folk over wi' a wheen cauld
kail blades." Tennant's Card. Beaton, p.
Q U H E N S U A , adv. When so or thus.
" Quhensi/a this cm ell murthour wes eommittit,
and justice smorit, and plainlie abusit; never ceasit
he of his wickit and inordinat pretenses." Band.,
1567, Keith's Hist. p. 405.
QUHEltTIE, adj.
" Bot of the rigour to the pure done on your aw in
landis, and of the approprying the kirk-landis,—-or
of the schuiting of honest men fra thair native
rowmes, be tytle of your new quhertie fewis, tyrne
servis not to schaw." Ninian Winyet's First Tractat.
Keith's Hist. App. p. 206.
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Qui erf 1/ is still used in the west of S. for lively.
But this cannot apply here. This seems to be merely
the adj. hear tie, as signifying liberal, disguised like
quhoiv for how, &c. A hcartiejew would denote one
that contains very advantageous terms.
T o Q U H E W , c. a. T o whiz, to whistle.] Add;
C.B. chwa denotes a blasty gust, or puff. It is de-
duced from chw, to act suddenly.
T o Q U H E Z E , u. (u T o pilfer growing fruits,
as apples, pease, &c., Clydes.
Allied perhaps to Isl. Su.G. and Dan. kwas, lav ass,
keen, eager, sharp-witted ; because of the ingenuity
and alertness often manifested in pilfering. C.B.
chwiw-iaw, however, signifies to pilfer, and chwirvgi
a pilferer ; and we must recollect that this district
was included in the Welsh kingdom.
Q U H I C A P S , s.j)l Agr. Surv. SutherL p. 169.
This should certainly be read qidiaips, i. e. cur-
lews, as in Sir II. Gordon's Hist. Suth., the work
referred to, as printed. V. L A I R - I G I G I - I .
T o Q U H I C H , Q U I I J G I I , & C . V. N. T o move
through tire air with a whizzing sound.]
To these may be added Curnb. whicw, to fly hastily.
This is also an O.E. word. " Quychyn or meuyn.
Moueo." Prompt. Par v.
T o Q U H I D , v. n. T o whisk.] Add ;
There is a striking coincidence between the Goth,
and Celt, in this instance. For C.B. c lurid-aw sig-
nifies to move quickly; chwid, a quick turn. Hawd
is used in the same sense: " A whisk, or quick mo-
tion, as the course or sweep of a fly." As Quhiddir
is nearly allied to the v. Quhid, the same analogy
appears; C.B. chwidr-aw, to dart backwards and for-
wards, to be giddy. The same remark may be
made as to Quhich. For C.B. chwyth-u signifies flare,
anhelare ; Ann. chwez-a, id. The name for the weasel
might seem also a kindred term. V. QUE IT RED.
T o Q U H I D D E R , v. 11. T o whiz.] Add;
Isl. hwidr-a, cito commoveri.
Q U H I G , 5. T h e sour part of cream, &c.] Add;
C.B. chwig, clarified whey; also, fermented, sour;
Owen.
Q U H I L L , conj. Until, S.]
Insert, after the word—captivity—1. 12. from the
end of the article ;
1 have observed that, by our old writers, unto is
occasionally used in the sense of until. V. U N T O .
Q U H Y N , Qunix, Q U H I N - S T A N E , S. 1 . Green-
stone, &c.] Add;
The only conjecture I can form, as to the reason
of this designation, is that it may have had its ori-
gin from the sonorous quality of this stone. It is
admitted by naturalists, that in this respect it sur-
passes many other species; and this trivial circum-
stance would be more likely to strike the minds of a
rude people, than any more essential property. Su.G.
liwin-ais defined,Sonumingratum, streperum edere;
Ihre. But Isl. hwijn-a is used with greater latitude.
It not only signifies, sonum edo obstreperum, but re-
sono, reclamo; and hwin, voces obstreperae et reso-
nabiies. Guclm. An dr. having given these explana-
tions, adds an illustration, which I shall exhibit in
his own words. Hinc hvin loci vel tractus nomen in
Norvegia, cujus incolae olim Ilviriveriar; imde Hvin*
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veriadaler in Islandia nomen cepere. Item Biorg inn-f
Bergae civitas, quasi Biorg hvin, rupes resonans; cum
in rupibus ante urbem magna detur echus resonan-
tia. Lex. p. 126.
If this conjecture be well-founded, the meaning
of the term whin-stane is the resounding stone. This
etymon is confirmed by analogy; as the name
given in Sweden to at least one variety of this stone
is klaeckstcn, that is, as expressed by Linnaeus, Sax-
um tinnitans, or the ringing stone. V. Syst. Lapid.
p. 80. Syst. Natur. III. "Ed. 1770.
2. This is commonly used as an emblem of ob-
duracy or want of feeling, S.
cc Oh ! woman/ cried Andrew, f ye hae nae mair
heart than a whinstane; will ye no tak pity 011 me?"
Petticoat Tales, i. 247.
The more common phraseology is, as hard's a
fvhin-slane
Q U H I T , QuirYTT, <$>. Wheat.
" The insuflicientnes of quhyit & dartht of the
same this yeir." A. 1.041, V. 1 7.
" Thomas Hay &c. deponyt be thair athis, that
the barrell of quhyfsauld be Alexr Guthre Snadoune
[herald] to John 11 e Williamsoune is war iiij sh. Scot-
tis nor ony vcler." Aberd. Reg. A. 1541, V. 17.
T o Q U I T Y T E , W H E A T , v. a. T o cut with a
knife.] Insert, after 1. 6. ;
Quha does adorn e idol a trie,
Is contrail* the haly writ;
For stock and stane is Mammonrie,
Quhilke men came or (juhite.
Poems (>f'the Si.vtcc/ith Century, p. 6*8.
O.E. thwyte was u-vd in the same sense. I thwyte
a e'l-'e. or 1 cutte \\ tell peces from a thynge.—»
1 hole 11'<' 1! na>;.e;ht els to do but to tiavyte the ta-
bv?" I;, iii. r . :i;K>, b. Chaucer, also, uses
Unriiicn as signifying, chipped vvitii a knife, whit-
tled." Gl. Tyrwh. /Wi/ to etymon ;
If O.E. thwyte be radically the same, the etymon
will scarcely admit of a doubt. A.S. thmeot-an, thwit-
an, excindere. Sponas thw colon ; Astulas excinde-
bant; Bed. 544. 43. Sponas thwitath, Astulas ex-
clndunt; Bed. 524. SI. V. Lye.
Q U I T Y T E C R A F T , A designation formerly
omven to the trade of clovers. o
" Robert Huchunsoun deikin of the quhite craft
call it the gloveris." -MS. A. 15 6.9.
Q U I I T T E F I S C H , the distinctive name given
to haddocks, ling, &c. in our old Acts.
<c That na maner of persoune in this realme—send
or haue ony maner of quhite%fisclie furth of the samyn,
bot it salbe lesum to strangearis to cum within this
realme to by the samin fra mercliandis and fremen,"
&c. Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 1814, p. 373.
This phrase does not seem to have been meant to
include salmon or herrings. For these are spoken
of distinctly, although conjoined with quhite Jisch.
" Be pakking of salmond, hering and quhyiejisches
be the mercliandis, &c. thair is greit hurt and damp-
nage sustenit be the byaris thereof," &c. Acts Ja.
VI. 1573, Ibid. III. 82, c. 4.
— " Quhen hering and quhite Jisch is slane, thay
aucht to bring the samin to the nixt adiacent bur-
rowis," &c. Ibid. p. 83, c. 7.
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<c That all salmound trels, hering treis, and qukeii T o QUHULT, v. a. To beat, to thump, Upp,
fish treis, vniversallie throw the realme salbe of the Clydes.
measure and gage foirsaid." Acts J a. VI. 15S4, C.B. hnnjl-iaw signifies to make an attack, to butt.
Ibid. p. 302. QUHULT, A large object; as, " He's an
As the name, taken from the colour of the fish, unco qulndt? or, an u unco qiihiiU of a man
does not accurately mark the distinetion between " That's an unco big quhiiU of a rung,' 1 applied
eod, &c. and herrings, whatever may be said of to a staff or stick ; Upp, Clydes.
salmon ; perhaps it had arisen from the use of the Q U I B , s. Used for quip, a taunt, or sharp jest,
phraseology in Shetland and Orkney. •—The Dutch hae taken Hollarf.
cr The ling, tusk and OKL eomnu.-nly called the
The other, dark anent the quib,
while /fishing, is the one whieh lias chieily engaged Cry'd, O sic doolfu' sonnets!
the attention of the Zetauiders." Edmonstone's Zetl.
A. Scoifs Poems, p. 6,5.
i.
QUIBOW, A branch, &e.] Substitute, as
" By gray fish are meant the fry of the coal-fish
(Piltocks and Silloks), in contradistinction to ling, etymon ;—Gael, caobh, a bough, a branch.
cod, tusk, halibut, haddock, &c. which are called Q U I C K E N , Couchgrass.] Add;
while'jlsh.'' Hibbert's Shetl. Isl. p. 470. It is more generally expressed in the pi.
Q U H I T - F I S C H E R ^ s. One who fishes for haddocks, This ground—is full of Quickens " Maxwell's
cod, ling, &c. Aberd. Reg. Sel. Trans, p. 80.
Q U H I T E H A I I N E S , apparently denoting po- Q U I C K E N I N , Ale or beer in a state of fer-
lished armour, as distinguished from that of the mentation, thrown into ale, porter, &c. that has
inferior classes. become dead or stale, S.B.
£' That every nobill man. sic as e ric-k rd, knycht, Isl. quick-ur, fermentum, vel quicquid fermenta-
and baroune, and euery uivn land it man haifaud ane tion em infert cerevisiae, vino etc. Haldorson.
hundrnh pui'd of verlie ivnt be aiiannit iii quhite QUIDDEIIFUL, adj.
haruivent <;r h e w a> thai piehs. a:id wapmt af- cc Alison Dick, being demanded by Mr. James Sim-

ferar.d ir. Ins honoure. And "Jiat all vtneris. of ];iwer son Minister, when, and how she fell in covenant with
rank and degre, in the iawiand, haif jak of plait, the devil; she answered, her husband many times
halkivk or brigitanls, gorget or pisane." <S:e. Aets urged her, and she yielded only two or three years
Ja. V. 15U), lid. ISM," ; also p. Silo, c. 2-k since. The manner wras thus : he gave her, soul and
Da;;. UK-id is not only rendered white, but<k' bright, body, quick and quidderfull to the devil, and bade her
clear:" Wolff. do so. But she in her heart said, God guide me. And
Q U H I T E M O N E Y , silver.] Adds then she said to him, I shall do any thing that ye bid
The phrase is still used, S. me: and so she gave herself to the devil in the fore-
" My hand has nae been crossed with while money said words" Trial for Witchcraft, Kirkaldy, A 1636.
but anee these seven blessed days." Blackw. Mag. Statist. Acc. xviii. 658.
May ]>.-J0. p. i .-Vs. It is singular that a phrase, which I have met with
Tent, ji'ii a he hi, moneta argentea. no where else, but genuine and very ancient Gothic,
Q U 1 I Y T VVEKlv, a phrase formerly used to de- should be found in the mouths of these wretches.
note s"d\er work, probably distinction from There e;in be no doubt that qaidder is Isl. krvidur, sy~
that which, although made of silver, had been non. with SU.G. qucd, Dan. quidur, A.S. ewith, Alem.
gilded. quit}, uterus ; tlie womb. The Isl. and Su.G. words
Qhj/i JVi rlc. Item, ane greit bassing for feit also denote the belly ; venter. Hence Isl, quidarfj Iii,
a bel ly-fiill; Beler er fogr fraede, enn quidarfylli;
wesehing. Item, ane uther bassing* for heidwesch-
" Better to gather wisdom, than to have a bellyful!
iiig. Item, xxxi silver plait/' &c. Inventories, A.
of meat and drink."
15-12. p. 72.
In another place, quhcli ircrk <f si leer is mention- Whether Isl. quidafull-r is applied to a state of preg-
* t.. as if it denoted silver work finished hi a peculiar nancy, I cannot say. Should this be supposed, it
moae ; nerhaps what is now called f)\»ied work. would be to attribute a curious stratagem to the devil,
to make a poor illiterate female to use good old Gothic,
V. p. ii:i.
that she might give away her child to him, if in a state
Q U i l l T E L Y , Q U I I I T L I F . , adj. Having a deli-
of pregnancy, as well as herself. Verelius shews that
cate or fading look, S. A'. W H I T L I E . quidi by itself is used in this sense. For he quotes
Q U H < ) J l F O I l , for whom ; Aberd. ileg. these words, Hqfr i hnac ac annar i quidi; Si infan-
Q U H O W , adv. How.] Add; tem in gremio habet, et foetum in utero; " If she has
The ancient Goths hail pronounced the cognate one child on her knee, and another in her womb."
term with their strongest guttural. L'lphilas writes He also gives what is evidently the very same phrase,
quhain a, quomodo. Shall we suppose ihat our fore- Quikr oe quidaftdlr, (vo. Kwikr) ; but he has forgot
fathers pronounced it in a similar manner? to translate it. I lire, however, explains this phrase
T o Q U H R Y N E , r. n. T o murmur,—to in Su.G. in reference to the body in genera]. It oc-
whine.] Adds curs in the Laws of Scania. Wil bonden quikaer oc
C.B. chwyrn-u, to murmur, to growl, seems radi- quidae fuldaer / Ctosterjarae; Si quis sanus vegetus-
cally allied. que in monasterium concedere voluerit; ad vcrbum,
Q U H B Y N E , s.] Give, as definition A whining plenum ventrem habens. " If any one goes into a
or growling sound. monastery in perfect health; or literally, having a full
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belly." Afterwards he expl. it as denoting one in a be quyte or f o u l e i . e. innocent or guilty. Acts
fit state for making a latter will. Vo. Clued, col. 365. Cha. II. Ed. 1814, V. 851.
According to this view of the phrase, Satan's vo- — O f rethorick, heir, I proclaime the quyte.
taries must observe the legal forms, in entering into Lyndsay, Chnltn. Ed. iii. 180.
their unhallowed paction with him. As he requires Fr. quitte ; L.B. quiet-us, absolutns, liber.
a testamentary deed in his favour, they who make it QNVITOUT, Q W E T O U T , part. pa. Cleared from
must be " in health of body and soundness of mind." incumbrance in consequence o f d e b t ; the same
* Q U I E T , adj. 1. Denoting retirement, coil- with Out-quit.
joined with place. " The actioune aganis James Scrimgeour—for the
2. Applied to persons, as signifying concealed, wrangwis detencioune—of xij skore of merkis—for
skulking. the redeming & out qwytting of the landis of the
It occurs twice in the latter sense in one passage : toune of Handwik, redemit & qwitout be Dauid Ogil-
a This Eganus—wald nothir suffir his wyfe nor by of that ilke fra the said James, quhilk he had in
tendir freindis cum to his presence, quliill his garcl wedset," &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1488, p. 96.
ripit tliaym, to se gyf thay had ony wappinis hid in £< It wes grantit be the procuratour of the said

sum quiet place: traistyng, (as it wes eftir prouin) sum James that the said landis of Handwik wes quel out
quiet personis hand ay in wait to imiaid him for the fra him." Ibid.
slauchter of his brathir." Bel lend. Cron. B. 10, c. 7> L.B. quiet-are, quit!-are, absolvere a debito.
QIT Y L E , s. A cock or small heap of hay, R e n - Q U Y T - C L E M E , 6*. Renunciation.] Add;
ec That George of IT untie sail content & pay—the
frew's. ; the coll or coil o f other counties.
T o QuYLE, v. a. T o put into cocks, ibid. soume of sextene merkis vsuale money of Scotland
Q U I M , adj. Intimate. V. QCJEEM. audit be the said erle—for the malez & arm ale of the
Q U Y N Y I E , &c. s. A corner ] Add; landis of Monycabo of the term e of Wits on day,—be-
This provincial pronunciation accords with the an- causs the said terme is exeept.it in the quytclamc &
cient orthography. discharge gevin be the said William to the said erle."
The commissioners appointed by the king's ma- Act. Audit. A. 1493, p. 170.
jesty anent repairing the High Kirk [[Glasgow]— Q U I T C L A M A T I O U N E , S. Acquittal.
ec And the saidis declaratonris to haif the strenth
thinks guid that the laigh steeple be taken down to
repair the mason work of the said kirk, and that the and effect of exoneratioune, qidtclamatioune, admi-
bell and clock be transported to the high steeple, and ni stratioune, and acquitting of him of all crymes and
offenssis that may be criminallie imputt to him."
that the kirk have a quinzee p . e. quinyie^ left at the
Acts Mary 154,9, Ed. 1814, p. 602. Quiteclama-
steeple foresaid for the relief thereof." Life of Mel-
tioune, p. 60S.
ville, i. 440.
Q U I T C H I E , adj. Very hot. A n y liquid is said
Q U I N K I N S , ,9. pi 1. T h e scum or refuse of any
to be quitchie, when so hot as to scald or burn
liquid, ]\learns.
. a person who inadvertently puts his finger into
2. Metaphorically, nothing at all, ibid.
it, Fife.
QUINQUIN, A small barrel; the same with
This seems allied to Teut. quets-en, to hurt, to
Kinken ; " A qiiinquin of oynyeonis," Aberd.
wound; with this difference only that quets-en is used
R e g . " A n e quinquene of peares Ibid. more properly to denote the effect of a bruise, where-
Q U I N T R Y , s. T h e provincial pronunciation o f as the S. term is confined to the injury caused by
Country, S.B. intense heat.
* Q U I R K , s. A trick ; often applied to an ad- T o Q U Y T E , v. n. 1. T o skate, to use skaits for
vantage which is not directly opposed by law, moving on ice, Ayrs.
but viewed as inconsistent with strict honesty, 2. T o play on the ice with curling-stanes, Ayrs.
S. Hence, In Tent, hole signifies talus, astragalus, a huckle-
Q U I R K I E , adj. 1. Disposed to take the advan- bone, a die, and hot-en to play at hot coekels, at dice,
tage, S, at chess, &c. The term may have been transferred
2. Sportively tricky, F i f e ; synon. with Sivicky, to curling, because of the care taken to direct the
sense 2. stones properly, as in general resembling that of
Q U I R K L U M , s. A cant term for a p u z z l e ; placing men at chess, Sec. Or can it have any re-
from E . quirk, and lame an instrument. lation to E. quoit, discus?
" Qui rid urns, little arithmetic puzzles, where the QUYTE, T h e act of skating, ibid.
matter hangs on a q u i r k G a l l . Encycl. Q U O , pret. v. Said ; abbrev. from quoth or quod,
Q U I R T Y , adj. Lively, S.O. V. Q U E R T . S . ; Lancash. A*o, id.
Q U I S C H I N G , A cushion. " F o u r quisl- Q U O A R , s. A reward, a bribe. Y. K O A E .
ings r Aberd. Reg. A . 1563, V. 25. Q U O Y , s. A piece of ground, taken in from
Q U Y T , Q U I T E , Q U Y T E , adj. Innocent, free of a common, &c.]
culpability, q. acquitted. Before these words at the close,—Ring fences, I am
— " T h a i salbe tane and remaneinfirmance—quliill informed, are used in England—Insert;
the tyme thai haif tholit ane assise quhethir thai be But it is conjectured, that it has derived its name
quyt or foule." Pari. Ja. II. A. 1455, Ed. 1814, p. 44. from being surrounded 011 all sides by the hill-ground.
" They salbe tane and remane in firmance,—whill For more generally, it has the form of a rounded
the time they haue tholled ane assyise whidder they square. The name is properly given to a piece of
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a common, which has been enclosed, and thus com- terre quay laud butt scat." Rental! of Orkn. A. 1505,
pletely detached from the rest, as being fenced by p.n.
a wall of turf, or fail-dyke. It is said scornfully to Q U O K , pret. Quaked, trembled ; quid'ce3 S.A.
one who has a possession of this kind ; 44 You have The land alhale of Italy trymblit and quok.
nothing but a ringet-quoy as signifying that he has * Boas:. Firg. f) 1, Q.
as it were stolen what he calls his property : that he Q U O T H A , intcrj. Forsooth^S.
has no right to hill pasturage in common with his <e Here axe ye clavering about the Duke of Ar-

neighbours, as not paying Scatt for his quay, and no
right to poind the cattle which trespass on this in-
cl os are.
Q U O Y L A N D , 5. Land taken in and inclosed from
a common, Orkn.
" Cornequoy iij larding | fording terre quoylavd
but s c a t . " — D o w c r o w iij far ding half far ding
gyll, and tin's man Martingale gaun to break on our
hands, and lose us gude sixty pounds—I wonder
what duke will pay that, quothaHeart of Mid-
Lothian, ii. 301.
Most probably from quoth, said, A.S. civaetha di-
eere,but whether formed from the first or third per-
son, seems uncertain.

ce These arc sail* times wi' me !—arnaist as ill as

R A ' A N , part. pa. Torn, rent, riven, Duinfr.
I si. hrauf-a, di veil ere. at the aughty-nine, when I was rabbled by the eol-
1 1 A A N D , s. A mark or stain. V. RAND. legeaners." Heart M. Loth. i. 1Q3.
R A B L E R , s. A rioter, a rnobber.
T o R A A Z E , v. a. T o madden, to inflame,
Perths.; synon. with R A I S E , q. v. — " Decerning Patrick to crave Robert Cairns's
Belg. raaz-en, to anger. pardon in a public meeting of the trades in the Mag-
R A B , is. A harsh abbrev. of Robert, S. dalen Chapel, in regard he had there publicly called
R A B A N D I S , RAIBANDIS, pi T h e small him a rabler and a robber.—S'tio' The calling one a
rabler is of late but reputed a sport." Fount. Dec.
lines which make the sail fast to the yard.] Add;
Suppl. iv. 356, 357-
Mod.Sax. rue-bandy struppus, strophus, funis quo
R A ^ I . T X O , R A C B L I X C , ,S\ T h e act of mobbing.
remus ad scalmum alligatur ; Rae, rha, rah, antenna,
^ T h e General Assembly, to prevent raiding o f
lignum transversum in malo, cui appenduntur vela ;
Messengers b y the people, and horrid profanation o f
Kilian.
tin- Lord's day, which frequently falls out in cases
T o R A B A T E , R E B A T E , r. a. T o abate ; Fr. o f transportation, when the defending party and pa-
rabat-re. rish are to be s u m m o n e d ; appoints—that the Mi-
ic His furiosity may rabatc." Fount. Dec. Suppl. l k i e r himself—intimate out o f the pulpit to heritors.
ii. 637. e.. that there is such, a call, and such a. transporta-
" And samekle as it is wer na Pariss siluer, or sil- tion designed." Acts Ass. A. 1701, A. 7. Rabbl'ina;,
lier of the new werk of Bruges, to be defalkit and Dundas's Abridg. p. 26].
rabatit in the price of the said siluer." Acts Ja. IV. R A B B L E , R A B L E , A rhapsody, $.] Add:
1489, E d . 1814?, p . " T h e y have as yet another strong argument and
R A B B A T , s. A cape for a mantle. reason for their precedencie, w h i c h is o f great force
" Ane rzbbat of hoi lane claith, embroderit with in their c o n c e i t : — t h e i r long-drawn and iarr-^trained
gold, siluer, and purpour silk." Inventories, p. 234. p e d e g r i e . — w h i c h genealogie and pedegrie the Sin-
" Huidis, quaiffs, collaris, rah a I lis, orilyeitis," See. clars have sent, o f late into France, Deimiarke, and
Ibid. A . 1578, p. 231. V . REBAT. other kingtlonu-i. with a rabble and number of idle
To R A B B L E , RABLE, a. T o assault in a long-tayV(L big, ami huge titles, w h i c h would make
riotous and violent manner, to mob, S . ; from any o f sound j augment, or hut meanlv A ersed in his-
the E. s. rabble. tories or registers, to laugh merrily." t»ordon's Hist.
" Those who raided the Missionary and his Pro- Karls o f Sutherl. p. -I'M).
testant Meeting at St. Ninian's Chaple did not com- It" is not only a inaigre defence, hut bewraying
pear when cited before the Lords of Justiciary at also e\ ideniiie per\ i-rsenes o l ' m i n d e s , and gttiltines
Edinburgh." Assembly Record, A. 1726, p. 166. o f con.st ience, to runnc to such doting dreames, and
— f f The Whiggs, in the afternoon, put on their ridiculous r a v e r i c s as, albeit they were not repelled
boonfyres,—and were solemnizing the occasion with by eleare scripture, yet were fitter to bee an addition
all possible joy, till about nyne at night, that the to raldes. or to m a k e vp t he last b o o k e of Jmades ite
magistrates thought fitt to stirre up a mob and rable (>mdt\ then to be reputed profound pointes of Chris-
them, by breaking their windows, scatering their tian w i s e d o m e . " Forbes's Defence, p. 073.
boon fires, and allmost burning their houses." Cul- " W h o is lie that saies he must he worshipped by
Joden Papers, p. 336. infmit traditions, which are outwith the booke o f the
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scripture, and many against the booke of the scrip-
ture, and bids serue him according to a rahle of vyle
traditions inuented by the brane of man ?" Rollock
on 2 Thes. p. 61.
T o R A B B L E off, v. a. T o utter in a careless hur-.
ried manner, S . B . V . R A B B L E , R A I B L E , V .
R A R I A T O R , s. A violent greedy person, Ayrs.
" Black was the hour he came among my people
for he was needy and greedy.—Of all the manifold
ills in the train of smuggling, surely the excisemen
are the worst; and the setting of this rabiator over
us was a severe judgment for our sins." Annals of
the Parish, p. 187. V. R U B I A T O R .
R A B S C A L L I O N , RAPSCALLION, A low
worthless fellow; often including the idea con-
veyed by E . tatterdemallion, S.
" What else can give him sic an earnest tesire to
see this rapscallion, that I maun ripe the haill mosses
and muirs in the country for him?" Tales, 2d Ser.
iv. 34J.
I do not find this word given in any E. dictionary,
whether general or provincial. It is probable that
E. cullion or scullion may have entered into the com-
position. It would savour too much of fancy to view
it as formed of Lat. rap-ere, to snatch, and ascalon-ia,
an onion, q. one who breaks gardens, and carries off
their produce.
R A C E R , s. A common trull, So. and W . of S.
Young Andrew Mar o* Brechan-howe
Cam there to sell his filly;
An' having little in his pow,
Took up wi' racer Nelly.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 7(3.
R A C H E , s. A dog that discovers, &c.] Add;
Lye expl. A.S. raece bruccus; at the same time ex-
pressing his suspicion that it denotes that kind of
dog which the Dutch call Brack.
2. A poacher, a night wanderer, Selkirks.
R A C H L I E , a 4 ? . D i r t Y and disorderly, S.B ,]Add;
Isl. hrakleg-r, 1. rejectaneus; 2. incomptus, male
habitus; from hrak rejectanea; Haldorson.
R A C H L I N . ] Add; A . B o r . rockled, u rash and
forward, in c h i l d r e n G r o s e .
R A C H T E R , RAYCHTER, RAUCHTER, $.
cc Ane schip laidnit with rachteris & dalis, sparris
& gyrthstingis," &c. Aberd. Reg. A. 1551, Y. 21.
£< Raychteris & burne wod." Ibid. V. 24.
" T o byg ane stark bastalye with rauchter is or
dailis." Ibid. A. 1543, V. 18.
R A C K , s. A n open frame fixed, &c.] Add;
cc OJE.Rakke. Presepe." Prompt. Parv. Belg. rak}
id. Schotelrak, " a cupboard for p l a t t e r s S e w e l .
T o R A C K , v. n. T o stretch, to extend.
<<r He has a conscience that will rack like raw plaid-
ing;" a proverbial phrase, Loth. V, RAK, v. to reach.
T o R A C K up, v. n. T o clear up, spoken of the
sky or atmosphere, S., when the clouds begin to
open, and as it were expand themselves, so that
the sky is seen.
R A C K , s. A very shallow ford, where the water
extends to a considerable breadth, before it nar-
rows into a full stream. T h e designation is only
given to a ford of this particular description; and
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generally to one in which the passenger has to
take a slanting course ; Teviotdale.
Perhaps from Rack, v., to stretch, because one, in
passing, does not observe the straight line.
R A C K , a-. T h e course in curling, Lanarks.; per-
haps from Su.G. rak-a, currere. V . R I N K .
R A C K , s. T h e name given to Couchgrass, T r i -
ticum repens, Linn., in Loth, and other coun-
ties; Quick en, synon.
This may receive its name because gathered and
burnt. V. WRAK, sense 3.
R A C K A R T , s. " A severe stroke;"' Buchan,
GL. Tarras ; apparently corr. from Racket.
Fell death, wi' his long scyth-en't spar,
'S lent Will a rackart.
Tarras's Poems, p. 10.
RACKEL,RACKLE,RAUCLE////;. 1. H a s h . ] Add;
2. Stout, strong, firm, especially used of one who
retains his strength long. T h u s , He's a rackle
carle at his years, Clydes. ; " A raucle carlin,"
a vigorous old woman.
An' there a ra nkle carl in stood
Kirning the Witch o' En dor's blood.
As thick as atoms in the sun,
The little elves did roun' them run.
Train s Poetical Reveries, p. 29-
fr Our bit curragh's no that rackle sin it got a stave
on Monanday was auchtnights on the Partan-rock."
Saint Patrick, i. 220.
5. In Ayrs., the idea of clumsiness is conjoined
with that of strength.
cc Ye wad hae something to gape and girn for, gin
ye had endured sic an uncanny tussel as I endured
in streacking down the unlovesome and rauckle car-
line." Blackw. Mag. Aug. 1820, p. 513.
R A C K E L - I T A N D ! T ^ a d j . Careless.] Del Corr.
rackkss'handcd. It is justly observed by a lite-
rary friend, that this word is formed from the E .
adj. by the same analogy as Rackel-handit from
the synon. adj. in S.
" Dueholly is a wee thought thin-skinned in mat-
ters of military preceesion—he's ready and rackle-
handed forbye." Tournay, p. 13. Add to etymon;
Can the first part of this word be from Fr. rack,
a rasp or grater, q. rough-handed? Racier, to scrape,
to grate, to rub, to scrub. A^bander., et a racier, by
right or by wrong; at all events. Racier le boy an, is
a phrase applied to one who plays roughly on the
violin or any other stringed instrument, Diet. Trev.
R A U C L E N E S S , s. Vigour and freshness in an ad-
vanced period of life, ibid.
R A C K E T , s. A blow, a smart stroke, S.] Add;
The wabster lad bang'd to his feet,
An' gae 'im a waefu racket.
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 135.
2. A disturbance, an uproar, S. This is very
nearly allied to the sense of the word in E .
R A C K L E , ,9. A chain, S J 1 ] Add;
Perhaps Fr. racle, the iron ring of a door, is allied,
RACKLER, A land-surveyor ; from his using
a rackle, or chain, Aberd.
T o R A C K O N , v. n. T o fancy, to imagine, to.
suppose, S . B . ; elsewhere pron. reckon.
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R A C K S T I C K , s. A stick for twisting ropes, T o R A F F , v. n. Perhaps a provincial variety of
S . ; from E . rack, or Su.G. raecJc-a, to extend. Have, Gall.
T o R A D D L E , v. a. Apparently, to riddle, to c<" Raffing fellows, ranting, roaring, drinking fel-

pierce with shot, A . B o r . lows Gall. Enc.

" He—spake o' raddling my banes, as he ca'd it, This may be allied to Isl. rafa, vagari, incertis
when I ask'd him but for my ain back again—now gressibus ire, hie illuc ferri, 111 sol en t ebrii. It is
I think it will riddle him or he gets his horse ower also applied to the wandering of the blind. V. Hire,
the border again." Rob Roy, ii. 109- 011 its synon. Ruga. Raj-a is also expL praeceps ferri.
RADDOUR, Fear, timidity.] Add; R A F F I E , adj. l / A p p l i e d to any thing that
This word, although of Goth, origin, has received springs rapidly; and grows rank; as, rqffy
a Fr. termination, as if it had been confounded with corn, rank grain, Stirlings.
rador, violence. This form is retained in its dimi- Plentiful, abundant, Aberd.
C.B. rhav a spread, a diffusion; rhav-u to spread
nutive, D reddour.
out, to diffuse,
RADDOWRE, R i g o u r , severity.] Add ;
O.E. " Rydowre or rigowre or great hardnesse. Teut. rap, Belg. rapp eitus, velox, rafs-a, raff-a,
Rigor." Prompt. Parv. celeriter auferre ; Lat. rap-idus.
R A D E , R A I D , S. A n invasion.] Add; T o R A G , v. n. A term applied to the shooting
2. Used in contempt for denoting a ridiculous en- o f grain, Gall.
terprise or expedition, S . ; as, " Y e made a braw " Corn is said to be beginning to ragg when the
raid to the fair yesterday." " Whatten a raid grain-head first appears out of the shot-blade ; c o m
is this yeVe ha'en ?" W h a t a fine business is first rags which grows on the sides of riggs, by the
this you have been about? fur browGall. Enc. Su.G. ragg, villus?
T o R A G , v. a. A term used to denote a partial
That our ancestors viewed the v. to ride as the ori- winnowing, Gall.
gin of the s. raid, appears from the sense in which Corn is said to be a ragging/' when put " the
the pret. of the v. occurs in one of our Acts. first tim© through the fans, or winnowing machine.
<4' It is desyrit to be concludit in this present par-
When this is done, it is ragged, cleaned of its rags
liament, quhair Scottismen, ynassurit with Ingland, and roughness Gall. Enc.
raid vpone Scottismen assurit with Ingland [1. e. un- But it is extremely doubtful if it has any affinity
der English protection] the tyme thay war assurit, to the E. noun substantive.
and tuke tliair gudis and geir, quiietlier gif thay as- RAG, S. 1. T h e act of rallying, or reproaching
surit persounis spulyeit haue iust actioun and place roughly, Clydes.
to ask restitutioun of tliair gudis, and amendis for the S. A debate or contention, Loth., Renfr.
dampnageis done to thame or not.—Quhair na sic R A G - A - B U S S , R a G A B U S H , s. 1. A tattercle-
chargeis come to tliair eiris, that thai Scottismen as- mall ion; apparently synon. with E . ragamuffin,
surit, as said Is, sail haue place and actioun to persew Roxfa.
the persounis vnassurit that spulyeit for restitutioun,
— g i f the spulyearis had na speciale command, nou- A vagabond, a scoundrel, Berwicks.
ther in writ nor word, of my lord Gouernour, to ryde Ra gab ash is exph ee a ragged crew of unmannerly
vpoun sic assurit persounis;''' i. e. to make a raid or in- people;" Gall. Enc.
road upon them. Acts Mary, 1551, Ed. 1814, p. 484. " The ragabash were ordered back.
R A D E , R A I D , s. A road for ships.] Add; And then begun the bubble." Juki. p. 267.
Sir James Balfour writes read. RAG-a-IJUSS, adj. 1. A designation given to
" The Provest, Bailies, counsall and communitie those who are very poor, R o x b .
of Edinburgh, hes gude richt, title and power to buy, 2. Mean, paltry, contemptible, Selkirks.
sell, or utherwayis to intromet with schipis of weir- " However, I came something to nivsei again, an
fair per ten and to ony strangeris that cum is within Davie, he thought proper to ascribe* it a" to his re-
the read, havin or port of Leyth." A. 1522. Prac- gabash prayer." Brownie of Bod4>eek, ii. ! ?.
ticks, p. 51. 3. Also exph as signifying u g i v d for n-.ahm.;.
R A E N , s. A raven ; softened in pron. from the reprobate,'-' Ettr. For.
<e Ragabrash, an idle, ragged per^.n. X-rtn :
E . word, or from A . S . and Isl. rqfn, id.
" Haens, ravens. Raen-nest-heugh, the steepest Grose. Tins seems a corruption of iae *a!.er.
precipice generally among p r e c i p i c e s G a l l . E n c y c h As, in ancient times, those who derived Ivm •••
R A F E , pret. Tore, from the v. to rive. fit from any mineral spring, ware wont :;> leave b o
— " Assignis to Dauid West—to prufe that Dauid hind them a gilt proportionate to their ability, la
Bouy gafe him a lettre of quitcleme, of the hale soume honour oi'tlie genius of the place, or the sahit wIn-
of xx lb. & eftir that the said lettre was deliuerit to presided o\ er the fountain; the poor, who coain
him, the said Dauid Bony tuke it again, & rafe & leave nothing more valuable than a suspended,
distruyt it, but the said Dauid Westis consent." Act. it on the nearest bn\h or shrub ; and were hence de-
Dom. Cone. A . 1480, p. 73. nominated luig-a-biiss Folk.
RAFF, Plenty, abundance, S . B . ] Add ; RAG-FALLOW A species of fallow, Loth
rc T w o different modes are followed in sowing
Perhaps from A.S. reaf spolia; from the idea of
tlie abundance supplied, to a people living in a pre- wheat after clover; the first is called rag fallow, and
datory way, by booty. But V . R A F F I E . consists in ploughing the clover down immediately
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after the first cutting; two furrows are generally
given before the dung is applied, which is ploughed
in with the third, and the wheat sown immediately
after." Agr. Surv. E. Loth. p. 110.
R A G - F A ITCH, UAG-FAUGH, T h e same with
Rag-fallow, Loth.
" Rag-fangh—is grassland broken up in the sum-
mer, after the hay is cut, and three times ploughed,
and dunged." Agr. Surv. Mid. Loth. p. 90.
Bag-faucli is ground ploughed up, and prepared
for wheat, that has been two years in grass, and ge-
nerally gets three furrows, but sometimes requires
a fourth." Ibid. p. 3. V. F A U C H , F A U G H , V.
RAGGIT STAFF.
ee Item, a purs maid of perle, in it a moist ball, a
pyn of gold, a litill chenye of gold, a raggit staff, a
serpent toung sett." Inventories, A. 1488, p. 5.
Raggit seems to signify jagged or notched. L.B.
racial us occurs for radial us ; Du Cange. But what
kind of ornament is meant cannot easily be conjec-
tured.
R A G H M E R E E S L E , adv. In a state of con-
fusion.] R. R A C X M E K E E S L E . Add;—to Fife—
and Perths.—and transfer to its proper place.
RAGYT CLATHES.
£C That na y email na com one to land wart wer
hewyt clathes [apparently, coloured clothes] siddar
than the kne, na yit ragtjl clathes, hot allanerly cen-
tynnal yemen in lordis housis i. e. those employed
as sentinels. Pari. Ja. I. A. 1429; Acts, Ed. 1814,
p. 19, c. 10.
This seems to signify slashed. As Du Cange views
L.B. ragat-us as synon. with radial us, he expl. the
latter, Segmentis diver si coloris distinctus pannus.
Tunica ragata cum punchis. Statut. Massiliens. MS.
A . 1276.
R A G L A T P L A N E , a species of plane, used
by carpenters, in making a groove for shelves
of drawers, &c., S.
T o R A G L E , v.a. In architecture, to j a g g , S.]
Add ;—C.B. rhig, a notch, a groove.
R A G L I S I I , R A G G L I S H , adj. 1. R o u g h , bois-
terous, Bucban.
Whan raglish winds blew o'er the hill,
An' stormy was the weather,
Emotions soft my breast did fill
For Nell amang the heather.
Tarras's Poems, p, 74.
Had ragglish win's untileckit barn or byre—•
Ibid. p. 117-
" Ragglish, rough, boisterous ;" Gl. Tarras.
2. Harsh, severe, Buchan.
Ye neibours douce and even doun,
Wha ne'er experienced a stoun'
Or ragglish backward snib,——
Ye're happy when auld age links in, Sec.
Ibid, p 18.
There are various Goth, terms of similar form,
and not very remote in sense: Isl. ragalinn, perverse
delirans, &e. mentionec}, under R A C I I L I N , q. v.
R A G N E , pret. Reigned.
Galdus ragne mony yeris efter in great felicite,
& occupy it liis pepyll in virtewis laubouris & exer-
ckioun." Bellend. Cron. B. 4, c. 21. Afterwards it
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is said that he was the maist vailyeant prince that
euir rang above the Scottis." Ibid.
The latter is the most common form. But ragne
most nearly resembles the Lat. v. regn-are.
RAY 7 ", s-. Military arrangement.] Add;—Hence,
T o Break Ray, to g o into disorder.
Frae credite I crakit, kindnes brak ray,
No man wald trow the word that I did say.
Poems 16th Cent. p. 255.
R A Y , s. " Song, poem Gl. Sibb. H e adds ;
" F rom rhyme, as Grew for Greeks
This word I have met with no where else.
R A I B A N D I S , s. pi V. RABANDIS.
T o R A I C H I E (gutt.), v. a. T o scold, U p p .
Clydes.
RAICHIE, ,9. T h e act of scolding, ibid.
Isl. rag-a lacescere, timorem exprobrare; Hal dor-
son ; Promoveo, cito, evoeo ad certain en, G. An d r . ;
or raeg-ia calumniari. The last syllable of the v. to
Bullirag has probably a common origin.
R A I C H , R A I C H I E (gutt.), s. Abbrev. of the name
Rachel S-
R A I D T I M E , the time of spawning.
" For keiping of the fischings in raid tyme fra all
maner of nettis, cobillis, wawsperis, hery valteris, &
all uthir instrumentis." Aberd. Reg. A. 1548, Y . 20.
V . R E D E FISCHE.
T o R A I K , R A K E , & C . v. n. 1. T o range.] In-
sert, as sense
2. Applied to cattle, when they will not settle on
their proper pasture, but move off to the corn,
&c. Then they are said to be raikin, S.
Su.G. rack-a, cursitare.
R A I K , -V. 1. T h e extent of a course, &c.] I m -
mediately after definition, sense 3 , — A d d ;
4. A s much as a person carries at once from one
place to another, S.
5. A term used with respect to sal mon-fish ing. ~\Add;
cc That the alderman, bailyeis, consale, & comitte
of Aberdene sail kepe & wer rand to maister Andro
Caidiow & his assignais, ane half net of the raik apone
the waltir of Dee, & the fiselling of the samvn, with
the pertinentis, efter the forme of the assedatione
maid," &c. Act. Audit. A. 1493, p. 1 58. Also, Act.
Dom. Cone. A. 1491, p. 216.
6. T h e direction in which the clouds are driven
by the wind, Ettr. For.
This definition differs from that given of E. Rack,
under Rate, Rawk, &c. q. v., and would indicate a
peculiar use of S. Raik as referring to a course.
R A I K , S. A n idle person, R o x b . This term
does not at all include the idea expressed b y
E . rake.
R A I K , RAK, RACK, S. Care. Quhat-rak.J
Insert^ before etymon ;
This is now frequently used in vulgar conversa-
tion, in the language of threatening, as an asseve-
ration, without any respect to its primitive and pro-
per signification, S.
R A I L D , part. pa. Entangled ; as, a raiVd
hesp, an entangled hank ; Perths.; contr. from
Ravelled. In Fife it is pronounced q. Reyld.
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R A I L - E E ' D , adj. Wall-eyed, D u m f r ; synon.
Ringle-eyed, S.
R A I L L Y , s. A n upper garment worn b y fe-
males, S.
" And is she weel favoured ?—and what's the co-
lour o' her hair ?—and does she wear a habit or a
r a illy ?" Bride of Lammermoor, i. 310.
This seems to be the same with E. rail in night-
rail, explained f a loose cover thrown over the dress
at night Johns. According to Phillips, it is ' c a
gather'd piece of cloth, that women usually wear
about their necks in their dressing-rooms."'
A.S. raegel, raegle, hraegl, vestis, vestimentum.
Perhaps the radical term is I si. roegg, sinus,, the fold
of a garment. At goer a roegg sin a, pallium coliigere.
R A I L - T R E E , $. A large beam, in a cow-house,
fixed about two feet above the heads o f the cows,
into which the upper ends of the stakes are
fixed, Teviotdale.
R A I L Y A , ,9.
Item, ane nycht gown of blak sating raihja lynit
with mertrikis, ane small wait of velvott." Inven-
tories, A. 1542, p.
This seems to denote striped sattin; from Fr.
rayole, note, streaked, rayed ; whence the compound
phrase riole piole, " diversified with many severall
colours f'Cotgr.
R A I L Y E T T I S , s. pi
" Item, sevin quaiffis of claith of silvir cordonit
with bla,k silk, and the rail yet lis of the same." In-
ventories, A. 1561, p. 148.
As the quaiffis are coifs, or caps for women, the
railyettis, which were also <<r of blak silk/' seem to be
bands by which they were fastened under the chin ;
from Fr. reli-er, L.B. rallia-re, to bind.
* R A I N . F o r some superstitions regarding rain,
V. MARRIAGE.
R A Y N E , s.
Sclio tuike some part of white wync dreggis,
Wounded rayne, and blak hen eggis,
And maid him droggis that did him gude.
Legend Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16ik Cent. p. 3If).
Probably, wounded roes or deer, q. ray en, from AS.
raege damula, capreola, pi. raegen ; or from hraen
capreolus, a kid, a roe.
T o R A I N I E , v. a. T o repeat the same thing over
and over, A u g . , Renfr. Y . R A N K .
R A I P , s. 1. A rope, S.} Add ;
5. W h a t is strung on a rope, " T u c l f thowsand
raippis of vnyeonis [onions], n Aberd. R e g . V. 21.
R A I P F C L L , S. 1. T h e full of a rope, S.
2. This term seems to have been formerly used as
synon. with Widdjfbw, s.
Desyre the Bisehope to be content;——
I have tane trawell for his saik,
And ryme may for a raipftdl staik.
Legend Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 344.
i. e. may suffice for one who deserves to fill a rope,
or to be hanged.
T o R A I R , v. n. T o roar. ¥. R A R E .
" Mr. Chalmers, Gl. Lynds. vo. Pair, having said
that " Reird has the same meaning," adds, " from
A. Sax. reord, rcordianBut there is no evidence
that reord-ian has any affinity with rar-ian, whence
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Rear, Rare. For while the latter always conveys
the idea of a loud sound or noise, (Fremere, rugire,
mugire,—ban-ire, to bray or cry like an elephant/3
Soinner,)r^orrf-k/ns confined to thearticulate sounds
uttered by rational beings ; Loqui, sermocinari ; al-
so, legere, Lye. Reord, " lingua, sermo, loquela;
a tongue, a language, a speech Soniner.
T o R A I R D , v. n. 1. T o bleat, or low, applied
to sheep or cattle, Roxb.
2. T o make a loud noise or report, S.
" Ice is said so be rairding, when it is crack in o*.
Gall. Eneycl.
3. T o make a noise bv eructation, ibid.
4. T o let wind backwards, S.A.
R A I R D , S. 1. T h e act of lowing, or of bleating,
ibid,
A sudden and loud noise, a loud report of any
kind, S.
3. Tiie noise made by eructation ; as, <c H e loot
a great raird," lie gave a forcible eructation, S,
4. Also used for a re pore of another kind, S.
— Beekin. she loot a fear fif raird*
That gar! her think great si Knee.
Rani:\-ay s ('heist's l\irk3 C. ii.
Raird is more commonly i^cd in this sense tiian
rair. V. PA nr..
RAIRUCK, A small rick of corn, R o x b .
Perhaps from AS. raewa, ordo, series, and hreae
cumulus; q. a realc or rick of grain, such as those set
in a row in the field ; as distinguished from a stack,
and even from a hand-ruck.
R A I S , A voyage. V. RAISS.
T o R A I S E , R A I Z E , v. a. T o madden, &c. ;
Raised, delirious.] Add ;
It sometimes denotes that high excitement, which
cannot be properly viewed as delirium, but approach-
es very near to it, S.
The herds that came set a' things here asteer.
And she ran afFas reds'd as ony deer,
Ross's Helermre, p. 45.
What spies she coming, hut a furious man.
Teaming like onie hear that, ever ran ; —
IJoaring ami swearing like a raisd dragoon,
That he sud see the heart bleed o ' t l i e lown.
laid. First luiit. p. 55.
" M V fuller—bade him alight,—questioning hhr-
sedate! v anent what he had heard ; hut Xaluun w;;<
raised. and could give no satisfaction in his
1L (lilhaize, ii. 1 3S. 1 h-nce,
RAIS'.D-LIKK, adj. H a v i n g the appearance- <•!'
dera.ngement, S.
— l/p there came nv:i shepherds om of breach.
Jiais'il-like. ami blasting, and as haw as death.
Jinss's IIcfeuorc, p.
H A I S K - A N ' - W A N D , -v. T h e apparatus for-
merly used for bringing home a mil 'stone from
tiie q u a r r v , A v r s .
The wandt it is said, denoted the axis on which
tiie millstone was made to turn ; and the raise wa-'
used to regulate the motion.
This etymon is not satisfactory, however; as it
does not appear that wand eve? deno ed. ny strong-
er piece of wood than what might hj caked a rod*
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R A I S E - N E T , s. A kind of net, D u m f r .
" Raise-nets, so called from their rising and fall-
in with the tide, are placed in situations where
there is a runner or lake near the shore, with a bank
or ridge of sand on the opposite side. A number
of stakes of various lengths, extending from near
high-water-mark through the lake, in a curved di-
rection, to the opposite bank, are driven into the
beach or sand. The net is fixed on the top of the
stakes by ropes, but is loose at bottom,being stretch-
ed on frames, which rise in the flood and fall of the
ebb-tide, or the reverse, as the ground may require/'
Agr. Surv. Dumfr. p. 605.
R A I S S , R A I S , 61. A voyage.
" In the action 11—apone the wrangwis withhald-
in fra the said Thomas of the prof litis & dewiteis
that the said Thomas micht haf haid of the said aucli-
tane parte of the hale raiss in p . e. into] /eland ; —
and alss of half a Danskin viage," &c. Act. Dora,
Cone. A. "14-5)2, p. 274, 275.
"'John Hoppare sail content and pay—of a schip
lesstha.li five last x s. grete of the money forsaidof the
dewiteis & profRtis audit & wont to the said alter &
chapellain of thar last raiss ma i d at Pasche in the par-
tis of Flandris & Zeland." Ib. A. 1494, p. 360.
For as to me all denote godly wichts
Sell aw is we suld haue prosper rais at richts;
And euery orakyl of Goddis aclmonist eik
That we the realme of Italy suld seik.
Doug. Virg. 80. 20.
Belg. reys, Dan. rejsc, Su.G. sio-resa, a voyage,
from, reys-en, reis-e, res-a, Isl. reis-a, iter facere, pro-
fisisci. Bp. Doug, uses Race also for a course, q. v.
R A I T H , R E A T H , .S\ T h e fourth part of a year,
S.] Add to etymon ;
" I find, however, that it must be immediately
from the Gael. Shaw gives raithe, and rat ha, as
signifying a quarter of a year. " Rat ha, which, is
Irish for a quarter of a year, the learned Dr. O'Brien,
in his Dictionary, thinks radically to signify the
arch of a circle or three months." Ohalloran's In-
trod. Hist. Irel. p. 93.
R A I V E L (of a spur), T h e rowel, Clydes.
RAIVEL, A rail.] Add;
2. T h e cross-beam to which the tops o f c o w -
stakes are fastened, Ettr. For. Rail-tree, id.
R A I V E L , <9. A n instrument with pins in it,
used by weavers for spreading out the yarn
that is to be put on the beam before it is
wrought. T h e pins are meant for extend-
ing the warp to the proper breadth, Lanarks.
I n Loth, this is called an Evenncr.
Probably from its resemblance to a rail, S. RAI-
VEL, q. v.
T o R A K E , v. n. T o turn to the left hand, a
term used with respect to the motion of cattle
in husbandry ; Fife.
It occurs in the proverbial phrase, Haup weel, rake
•weel. V . H A U P , V.
Allied perhaps to Isl. rek-a to drive, pellere; reha
frain, propellere.
R A K E , s. A very lank person ; as, " He's a
mere r a k e " S.
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T o R A K E the E E N , to be thoroughly awake,
S . ; q. to rub the rheum from one^s eyes.
But it was ten o'clock e r e they raked their een,
Got breakfast, and then to the loch went bedeen.
G. Wilson's Coll. of Songs, p. 75.
" Love will—hold you fasting, waking and run-
ning will put you in pursuit after Christ, or ever
other folk rake their eyes " Michael Bruce's Leet,
&c. p. 26. V. RAK, rheum, &c.
R A K E S , s. A kind o f duty exacted at a miln,
equal to three goupens, Ayrs.
R A K K I S , s.pl. Iron instruments on which a
spit is turned.
"" It wes allegit—that the siluer lawar, brand-
rethe & rak Ids -were the said abbot of Melross elik-
wise f i. e. likewise his property. Act. Dom. Cone.
A. 1489, p- 131. V. RAXES.
T o 11 A X L E S one's self,\ to deviate from the pro-
per line of conduct.
" Albeit he [Bothw r ell] lies in sum pointis or cere-
moneis raidest himself, quhilk we ar content to im-
pute to his afFectioun towartis us, we will desyre the
King, &c. to beir him na less gude will than all had
procedi t to this hour with the avys of all oure frein dis."
Q. Mary's Instructions, Keith's Hist. p. 391-
Keith explains it on the margin by another Scot-
tish term, " deborded from decency."
Formed perhaps from Rackless adj., q. demeaned
himself in a careless or incautious manner.
R A L L Y , adj. M e a n , unhandsome, ungenteel 5
Orkn.
Probably from Isl. rag, meticulosus, formidolosus ;
rag-a lacescere, timorem exprobrare; whence rag-
lei ki pusillanimitas. I need scarcely say, that with
so warlike a people as the Goths, no meanness could
equal cowardice.
RALLION, A ragged fellow, R o x b . , Fife.
R A L Y E I T , part. pa.
" Item ane cott of blak sating, ralyeit with gold
and silver, lynit with skynnis, and liarit with luter-
dis " Inventories, A . 1542, p. 85. V . R A I L Y A and
RAILYETTIS.
R A M A G E I C I T A N , ,9. 1. A large raw-boned
person, &c.] Add;
This nearly agrees with the sense of the term as
used in Renfrews., where it signifies a ninny, a sim-
pleton.
2. A false-hearted fellow, a back-biter, a double-
dealer, Ayrs.
R A M B A L E U G H , adj. 1. Tempestuous ; as,
" a ramhaleugh d a y , " a stormy day, R o x b .
2. Applied metaph. to the disposition ; as, " She
has a ramhaleugh temper, " ibid.
Teut. rammel-en, strepere, tumultuari,perstrepere.
Isl. rumba, procella pelagica.
R A M B A S K I O U S , R A M B A S K I S H , adj. R o u g h .
unpolished, Teviotd. V. R A M B U S K .
RAMBLEGARIE, A forward person, L a -
narks. ; evidently the same with Rumblegarie;
with this difference merely, that here it is used
as a s.
R A M B O U N G E , s. A severe brush o f labour*
C l y d e s . ; most probably a cant term.
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R A M R U S K , adj. Robust, Ettr. For. R A M M A G E , adj. Rough-set, applied to a road,
Perhaps originally applied to the vegetable world; Aberd.
Isl- ramm-r fort is, robustus, and busk-r virgultum. —He stenn'd bawk-height at ilka stride,
T o H A M E , v.?i. T o shout, to cry, &c.] Add; And rampaged o'er the green :
— T h e beggaris day be and continuallie multi- For the kirk-yard was braid and wide;
pleis, and resortis in all plaeis quhair my lord Go- And o'er a knabblick stane,
uernour and vthers nobillis c on u en is, swa that nane He rumbrd down a rammage glyde,
of thame may pas throw the streittis for raining and And peel'd the gardy-bane
crying vpone thame." Acts Mary, 1551, Ed. IS 14, ()' him that day.
p."486, 487. Christmas Baling, Skinner's Misc. Poet. p. 127-
EAMFEEZLEMENT, 1 . Disorder, produced by Teut. ramagie, ram alia; fasces ex virgultis et mi-
fatigue or oilier wise, Ayrs. nutis ramis ; q. a road entangled with brushwood
— " A kin' o nettling ramfeezalment gart a' my or ramage, id. E.
heart whiltie-whaltie." Ed. Mag. Ap. 1S21, p. 351. T o R A M M I S , R A M M I S H , r. n. T o be driven
2, Exph as also denoting confused discourse, or about, &c.] Add;
a violent quarrel, ibid. — " That the panned—threatened that she would
T o R A M F O R S E , v. a. 1. T o strengthen, to sup- be avenged on them ; conform whereto, she made
ply with men and warlike stores; E. reinforce. their two kye run mad, and rammish to deid." Crim.
££ Our auld Ynemeis of Ingland lies be way of Record, K. Sharpens Pref. to Law's Memorial Is, LV.
deid takin the places of Sanct Colm's Inche, the R A M M I S H , adj. He'sgane rammish, he is in a vio-
Craig and Places of Bruchty, the Place of Hume and lent rage; implying some degree of derange-
Aldroxburgh, and lies ranifor.sat the said, and big- ment, South of S.
git for tali ees and strenthis thairintill, and day lie Isl. hrams-a signifies violenter arripere.
and continuallie perseveris in tliair bigging and ram- R A M M I S H T , part. adj. Crazy, Mcarns, V. R A M -
for sing of the saidis places." Sed. Counc. A. 1547- MIST.
Keith, A pp. p. 55. R A M M L E G U I S H O N , s. A sturdy rattling
Fr. renforc-cr, id. fellow, Teviotdale.
2. T o cram, to stuff hard. Perhaps from S. rammel, tall, rank, and gaishon,
Ram for sit, as used by N. Burne, is evidently the q. v.
same. Therefore delete, in DICT., q. f<r rammed by R A M N A T R A C K , s. Ill spun yam, Shetl.
force, a tautological phraseology." Perhaps from Su.G. remna hi seer e, rimam agere,
T o R A M F W R E , v. a. T o fortify. renin a fissura; q. what has been often broken in spin-
csr It is alledged that they did ramfwre the clores ning or drawing. Teut. treck is tractus, from treck-
of the kirke witli clogis and stons, and other mate- en to draw.
rials,>r &c. Decreet of the Privie Council, Presby- R A M P , adj. Strong, rank; as, " a ramp smell,"
tery of Lanerk agl the Laird and Ladie Laming- Dimifr. ^
ton, A 164,5. " A ramp smell, a strong smell, the smell of a he-
Evi d ently the same with Ret mforse,andRa nforse, q. v. goat Gall. Encycl.
R A M Y D , ,?. T h e same with Ramede, remedy; C.B. rhamp signifies " a running out ;" Owen.
Aberd. Reg. Cent, 16. He traces it to rham, Ci a rise over, a reach over, or
II A M I S T , adj. Exph " ill-rested,11 Shetl.; sig- beyond." Rhemp-iaw, " to run to an extreme,"
nifying, as would seem, that one lias been dis- rhemp, " an extreme, an excess."
turbed in sleep, and feels fatigue in consequence T o R A M P , r. n. 1. T o be roinpish.] Add;
of this. It occurs iii the same form in O.E. " I rampe, I
It may be allied to Isl. rumsk-a signifying, oscitare pla}r the callet; Je ramponne." Palsgr. B. iii. F.
instar dormitantis, I laldorsoii; <<r to yawn, or be list- 532, b.
less, like one asleep." R A M P , S. A r o m p , S .
R A M M A 6 E , A term applied to the sound R A M P A G I O U S , adj. Furious, Ayrs.
emitted, by hawks. •—" His then present master—was a saint of pu-
— " The ram maize of hawks, chinning of linots," rity, compared to that rampagious cardinal." R.
&c. Urquiiart's Rabelais. Y. C H E E P I N G . Gilhaize, i. 40. V. RAMPAGE, v.
R A M P A U G E R , s. One who prances about furious-
T h i s term seems misapplied ; for Fr. lYimage d e -
notes " the warbling of birds recorded, or learnt, as ly, S.
they sit on boughes ;" Cotgr. R A M P A T J G I N , S. The act of prancing about in
R A M M A G E , " adj. 1. Rash, thoughtless, Fife. this manner, S.
R A M P A H - E E L . H A M P E R - E E L , a lamprey.] Add;
2. Furious, ibid.
Ci The ramper-eed, lamprey or nine eyes, is held in
This seems originally the same with Rammist. V.
under RAM MIS, V. abhorrence. Many of the vulgar in S. believe that
R A M M A G E D , part. adj. In a state of delirium from lampreys will fix upon people's flesh in the water,
intoxication, Gall. suck their blood, and let it out at the holes in their
" When a man is rammaged, that is rais'd, craz'd, neck." R. Jamieson's Notes to Burt's Letters, i. 122.
or damaged with drink, we say that man looks ree;'" R A M P L O N , The lamprey, Ayrs.
Gall. Encycl. Apparently corr. from Fr. lamproyoji, a small
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lamprey. E. Iawpern is the name given to the Pride. designations of plants, Sec. Li imams informs us, that
V . Pennant Zool. hi. 6'1. the Allium ursinum is Gotlandis rams, Scanis ramsk,
R A M P L O R , R A M B L E R , adj. R o v i n g , unset-W. Go this rams lock. Fie makes the same remark as to
tled, Ayrs., Lanarks. its giving a taste to the milk. Hoc eertum, in pascuis
£f He was a ramplor, roving sort of a creature ; boum lac sapore alliaceo in fi cere. Flora Snec. N. 370.
and, upon the whole, it was thought he did well for The E. name ramsons is evidently allied. It must be
the parish when he went to serve the king." An- to this plant that old Fraunees refers, when he men-
nals of the Parish, p. 16*2. Rampler, p. 1 70. tions without any correspondent Lat. word, " Ram-
R A M P L O R , S. A gay rambling fellow, A y r s . seijs herbe ;" Prompt. Par v. This is immediately al-
" He's—a mischievous clever ramplor, and never lied to A.S h rams a, hr anise, allium sylvestre, vel al-
devals with cracking his jokes on me." Sir A. Wylie, lium ursinum. But the common origin is most pro-
i. 226. bably Su.G. ram, Isl. ram-r, olidus, strong, harsh,
Isl. ramb-a vacillare; Ital. rombol-arc, strepitum rank, from its strong smell. In this sense Ramsh,
edere. C.B. idiemphvr signifies one who snatches adj. q. v., is used in the north of S.
up, a gormandizer," from rhempUarv, " to snatch up, R A M S H A C H L E D ^ f l j t p , Loose, disjoint-
to devour greedily ;" Owen. ed, in a crazy state, Fife.
R A M P S , s. A species of garlick, Allium ursi- The origin of the latter part of the word is ob-
inini, Linn., Loth., Galloway. viously the v. Shaehle. V. under S H A C H . It might
" Ramps, wild leeks, common on s h o r e s G a l l . be supposed that this word had been primarily used
Encycl. in warfare ; as denoting the effects of a battering
This is undoubtedly the same with Banish, as it is ram in putting a wall out of form, by separating the
pronounced in Perths., and written in the only pas- stones from each other. Ram, however, is an old
Goth, term denoting strength; ramm-ur, robustus,
sage in which I have met with the term. V. R A M S H , ,9.
validus. It sometimes occurs aspirated, merely
R A M - R A I S , R A M - R A C E , s. T h e act o f run-
as intensive: Ilram-sterkur, valde robustus, very
ning, &c.] Insert, as sense
strong ; Verel. Thus ram-shachled may signify very
1. T h e race taken b y two rams before each shock
much distorted.
in fighting, Dumfr.
R A M S H A C K L E , A thoughtless fellow, S.O.
This is undoubtedly the primary sense of the word.
Gin yon chield had shaved twa inches nearer
2. A short race, in order to give the b o d y great-
you, your head, my man, would have lookit very
er velocity before takinga leap from the start-
like a bluidy pancake. This will learn ye again, ye
ing place, Ettr. For., Clydes.
young ramshackle / " Reg. Dalton, i. 199-
RAM-REEL, A dance b y men only, Aberd. " A strange blunder, surely, in the lawyer.' r A n
This kind of dance is sometimes called a Bull- ignorant ramshackle, no question.' " Ibid. iii. 267.
reel, ibid. R A M S K E I i l E , adj. " Very restive and lust-
The chairs they coup, they hurl an' loup, ful ; of the nature of a r a m G a l l . Encycl.
A ram-reel now they're wantin'. V. SKERIK.
D. Anderson's Poems, p. 122. R A M S T A G E O U S , adj. Applied to any thing
R A M S H , adj. 1. Strong, robust.] Add; coarse, R o x b .
S. " Inconsiderately rash, a r r o g a n t G L . Surv. Tent, ransligh signifies rancidus. But see RAM-
Moray ; q. rushing on like a ram. STGUGAR.
4. Lascivious, S. R A M S T A L K E R , <9. A clumsy, awkward,
Belg. ranim-en, salire. Alemannice roemiseh blundering fellow, Aberd.
pfaerd notat aclmissarium, vel proprie equum sala- R A M S T A C K E R I part. pr. A c t i n g in the manner
cem. Hire, vo. Rom. He also observes that in one above described, ibid.
district of Sweden, ram is used concerning animals Perhaps q. to stagger as a ram ; or from Su.G. ram
in a proud or rutting state. fortis, and Scano-Goth. stagr-a vacillare.
T o R A M S F I , v. n. T o eat voraciously with R A M - S T A M , adv. Precipitately, headlong, S.
noise, F i f e ; synon. Ilarnsh. " The least we'll get, if we gang ram-stam in upon
Isl. hramms-a, violenter ar rip ere, Haklorson ; them, will be a broken head, to learn us better ha-
perhaps from hramm-r a bear. vings," &c. Rob Roy, iii. 9 - V . W I L L O W - W A N D .
R A M S H , S. A single act of masticating coarse or R A M S T A M , ,9. 1. A giddy forward person, A y r s .
rank food, as raw vegetables; conveying the " Watty—is a lad of a methodical nature, and no
idea of the sound made b y the teeth, Fife, a hurly-burly ramstam, like yon fiea-luggit thing,
Perths. Jamie." The Entail, iii. 70.
R A M S H , s. T h e designation given to a species 2. T h e strongest home-brewed beer,Upp. Clydes.;
of leek, Perths. denominated perhaps from its power in produc-
<f On these bills [P. of Monivaird] is found a ing giddiness or foolish conduct.
mountain leek, or ramsh, as it is here named, where- R A M S T A M ' R A N , part.pr. Rushing on head-
on the goats feed, and sometimes their milk smells long, Perths. ; the same with Ram-stam, q. v . ;
of it." Trans. Antiq. Soc. Scotl. ii. 70. although immediately from ram, and the v. to,
It might appear singular, that the name still used stammer.
in Scandinavian regions were the same with that used T w a s nae ramstam ran jade like mine,
in Scotland, had we not many similar examples in the Cou'd gar thy verses clink sae fine;
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She surely was some nymph divine,
Which tun'd thy reed.
Duff's Poems, p. 73.
R A M S T A M P H I S H , adj. L R o u g h , blunt, un-
ceremonious, Ettr. For.
" I little wTat where she has gotten a' the glide qua-
lities ye brag sae muckle o', unless it hae been frae
heaven in gude earnest; for I wat weel, she has been
brought up but in a ramsfamphish hamely kind o
way wi' Maron an' me." Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 78.
Apparently formed from Ram-stam, q. v.
2. Forward and noisy, A y r s .
" Thae ramstampkisk prickmadainties—brag and
blaw sae muckle anent themsels/' &c. Edin. Mag.
April 1821, p. 351.
R A M S T O U G A R , R A M S T O U G E R O U S , (g hard),
adj. 1. R o u g h ; implying at the same time the
idea of strength, R o x b . , Upp. Clydes.
2. Rough, applied to cloth, &c., ibid.
8. Used for characterizing a big, vulgar, mascu-
line woman, ibid.
4. Heedless, harebrained, ibid.
5. R o u g h or boisterous in manner, disposed to be
riotous, L o t h . ; quarrelsome, R o x b .
Ramstougar is the form of the word in Roxb.
Su.G. ram fortis, robustus, Isl. ram-r id., and SU.G.
stygg deformis, or rather Isl. slygg-r, asper, difficilis,
siijirger iratus, from stygg-a offeiidere, irritare, ad
iram provocare. Let it be remembered that in Sw.
stygg is pronounced as stugg.
R A M S T U G J O U S (g soft), adj. T h e same in signi-
fication with Ramstougerous, Roxb.
It is used as apparently synon. with austere.
What waes poor cotter boddies feel,
In this their humble station,
Whan dearth, ramstugious stern-e'ed chiel,
Wraiks on them sad vexation !
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 72.
R A M - T A M , adv. Precipitately, R o x b . ; the
same with Ram-stam.
R A M T A N G L E M E N T , s. Confusion, disor-
der, Ayrs.
T o R A N G E , v. a. T o prop with stakes.] Add;
2. T o barricade, Clydes.
T o R A N G E , v. a. T o fill completely, to choke
up, Ayrs.
Perhaps merely an oblique sense of the v a s de-
noting to prop with stakes ; or at least of the Su.G.
v. raenn-a, q. ec so to inclose that no aperture is left."
R A N C E , adj. Rhenish, belonging to the Rhine;
" A n e greitpcis [piece] of Ranee wyne/* Aberd.
Reg. Cent. lG. <c A gret stik of Ranee wyne,"
id. Ibid.
Belg. Rinse or Rhinse, signifies Rhenish. It is
called Ren ish, Rates, A. l 6 l l .
T o R A N C E L , RANsEL , v. a. T o search through-
out a parish for stolen or for insufficient goods;
also to inquire into every kind of misdemean-
our, Shetl.
" Upon any suspicion of theft, two or three ran-
celmen may take as many witnesses with them, and
go to the neighbour parish and rancel; and if they
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catch the thief, they are to acquaint the sheriff of
that parish thereof, who will order the thief to be
secured." Agr. Surv. Shetl. App. p. <).
R A X C E L I N G , S. T h e act of searching for stolen
goods, &c. Orkn., Shetl.
" Rancelmen—have power to command the inha-
bitants to keep the peace, to call for assistance, and,
in cases of suspicion of theft, they enter any house,
at any hour of the clay or night, and search for the
stolen goods, which is called ranccling" Edinon-
ston's Zetl. Isl. i. 132.
H A N C E L L O R , R A N O E L M A X , s. A kind of con-
stable ; one employed in the investigation de-
scribed above.
" That the seaverall rancellors in every parocli Qie]
solemnly sworn upon their great oath, and putting
their hand upon a Bible, and strickly examined by
the sherreif and his deputs—anent their declairatioun
of all thifts, bloods, royets, witchcrafts, and other
transgressions of the said acts, that shall happen to be
committed and known to them frae the court imme-
diately preceeding/' A. 16-14. Barry's Orkn. p. 477-
. cc The sheriff is to cause the clerk read out a list
of such honest men in the parish as are fit to be ran-
celmen ; and then he is to enquire each of them, if
they are willing to accept of the office of rancelmen"
Ibid.
The power, conjoined with this office, was danger-
ous, because almost unlimited. They had authority
to break open doors, to proceed on hearsay evidence,
and to take cognisance of family managements, as
well as in regard to the performance of religious
duties.
From Dan. reenskyll-er, to cleanse, q. cleansers; or
randsagelse, a search, q. ransackers; or from Isl. ran
prey, pillage, and perhaps sel-a, saelja, to deliver.
R A N D , s. 1. A narrow stripe. T h u s the wool of
a sheep is said to be separated into rands in
smearing, that the tar may be equally spread
on the skin, Teviotdale.
Nearly allied to E. rand, a border, a seam. As
used in S., it corresponds with Germ., Su.G. rand,
linea, rand-a, striis distinguere, randigl tyg, pannus
virgatus, striped cloth. Teut. rand, margo, ora, lim-
bus. V. 11 U N D .
2. A stripe, of whatever breadth, of a different
colour in cloth, Roxb,
8. Transferred to a streak of dirt left in any
thing that has been cleaned imperfectly, ibid.
RANI)iT, part. adj. Striped With different colonrs,
Teviotd.
RaudyL st.rea.ki-d or striped;" Gl. Sibb.
T o H A N D E E , v. n. T o ramble in discourse,
to t:;!L idly, Lm.arks., Berwicks.
Probably a derivative from Teut. rand-en deli-
rare, ineptire, nu/4'ari.
R a x u k i : , .V. A great talker; as, " Slie's a per-
fect •raudcr^ R o x b .
R A N D K R S , s.pl. Idle discourse, incoherent ta,lk»
thai, which lias little sense in it, ibid. Synon.
lialci'rs, JSFaundrcIs.
R A N D E VO \V9 s. Rendezvous.
— " T h a t thair maybe 10000 foottlevied,armed,
 R A N R A N

tor s service. Acts una. i. na. v. i o u . y. i. p. 51.

R A N D Y , s. 2. A scold.] Add; Appropriated T o R A N G E , v. n. T o agitate water, by piun^-
to a female. ing, for the purpose of driving fish from their
« Foul fa' the randy!' exclaimed a voice which in- holds, Ettr. For.
to conceal herself behind her com- Te
" to gie me baith the skaith and the scorn. RANGEL, A heap, applied to stones; synon.
to play, my Lord, for gude fellowship, ,.;,../,/,, " " J
rookin' me o' five red guineas, sfte ca's " I soon saw by them they war for playin'
dale. But it
up hill and dale if ere X
I look
look the
theairt she sits,
airtshe sits, liski an- i n j , ( n v l , s ahin"t a r a „ g e l j " t a n e s t i l l
,f her hair war like the gowan, and the gowan like [j c a m < e v e n f o r e n e n t l n e / . Saint Patrick, i. 168.
thei gowd, ca ca' me cut lugs."
lu Saxon and Gael, 1 65. /_s L h k^ tumultuaria structure _ _ ex
_ rudi
A saxo;
3. Often applied to an indelicate romping hoyden, male struereVHaldorson.'
Moray. . R A N G E R , H E A T H E R RANGER. V. REENGE, S.
In the south of E . this term is particularly A P - R A N I E , S. Theabbrev. of some Christian
plied to a restive or frolicksome horse; Grose, vo « R ( m k fieU Acts? y n L m Q a if
Strand y. It seems doubtrul whether rand, v.
Renwick ?

a^MScistf-'jaisr
by Ben Jonson, has any affinity. In a
dress to a player, it is said; R A N K R I N G I N G , adj.
" He was borne to fill thy " A gang of rankringing enemies of blackguard

r, Works, i. 267
This Boat, p. 184.
fTteatin^ RANNEL*TREE, 1. T h e same with Rantle-
If so,3 it mavJ be from Flandr. rand-en, de- tree > o r
cc t> Crook-tree.
r 1 _ _a _bar
i of wood or iron fixed in .
RANDY" a l ^ T Vagrant and disorderly, S. to fi* t h e crook to for the purpose of s

- • ^ - s in life? I was the mad r a J j g y p s e y , ">g r f n l u l ?

had been scourged, and banished, and Aboon the reeked ranneUree,
ranneUree,
: had begged from door to door, and been hound- '^wad screw the pipes, an' play
pipes,
ed like a stray tyke from parish to parish,-wha w ^ T l t ffi-th
would hae minded her word ? But now I am a dying VV a d n d e the cat maist out o bieath.

na my words will not fall to the ground, Tram's Poetical Reveries, p. 21.
than the earth will cover my blood " Guy R A N N Y G I L L , A bold, impudent, unruly
jj; 304 person ; generally applied to Tinklers, Roxb."
scolding, S. It is given
_ as synon. with Randy. . The ~
A warrior he was full wight, ° f ^ e word may indeed be a corruption of this. Gill
A rambling, randy, errant knight. b e traced to gild society, q. » one belonging to

MestonS Poems, p. 6. t l l e fraternity of scolds;" or to Dan. geil wanton, dis-

^ s c o W ; ™ ' adJ' H a V h l S the a P F a r a n C e ° f a RANNLE-BAUKS, 1. Properly, the

" Y o u are one of the protectors of innocence I can beam in a chimney, on which the crook
see that!' cried a randy-like woman, with a basket Selkirks. Rannebauk, A.Bor. ^ ^

s f e ^ J ^ p . l S h e a r m g ° U r C°11VerSatlQn- T h e One w i l e l T t W , thZpinT^aitdfat weln~

R A N D L E - T R E E , S. V. R A N T L E - T R E E . another, < a bien rannle-bauks, and tight thack and
R A N E , s. % Metrical jargon.1 Add; Still used r a P e ° ' e r t l l e i r heads." Anecd. Pastoral Life, Edin.

in this sense, or as s L f f y i n i traditionary fa- Month. Mag. June 1817, p. 241.

m mis sense, 01 as w & miyu g uauiuoila.y xa f h i s seems equivalent to wishing one " a com-

ilk**^ ^ ^ b e a m l h i c h extends from one gable to an-

Mag. Dec. 1818, p. 503. ' "
T o R A N E one DOUN, V. a. T o speak evil of one,
to depreciate one's character, Clydes.
o R A N F O R C E , v. a. 1. T o re-mforce, to for-
^ h e r ln_ a building, for supporting the couple*,
leviotd. ^ , ,
T o R A N S H OR R U N S H , w. T o take large
mouthfuls, especially o f any vegetable, employ-
ing the teeth as carvers; as, to ransh or runsh
at an apple, a turnip, &c., Loth., South of S.
It necessarily includes the idea of the sound
by the teeth.
It is not improbable, that the term might be ori-
ginally applied to acid vegetables; Teut. rijnsch, sub-
" "us, rynsch-en, acidulum saporem referre.
R A N S H E K E L , -y. a. T o search carefully,
 R A N
Teviotd.; as, " I'll ranshelcel the hale house till
I find i t e v i d e n t l y a corr. of E. ransack.
R A N S I E , R A N C I E , adj. Red, sanguine; applied
to the complexion. A ransie-lnggit carle, an
old man who retains a high complexion, Fife.
Fr. rouss-ir and arussoy-cr signify to wax red. But
I see no word that has greater similarity. I am there-
fore inclined to think that the term, though applied
to one who has the ruddiness of vigorous health, is
equivalent to E. pure, as " a pure" or " clear com-
plexion and is thus allied to Su.G. rensa, Isl.
hreinsa, purifi care.
* R A N S O M , E x t r a v a g a n t price, S. <* H o w can
the puir live 111 thae times, when every thing's
at sic a ransom F1
This word may have been left by the French when
111 this country during Mary's reign; as Fr. ranconner
signifies not only to ransom, but to oppress, to exact,
to extort; Cotgr. This secondary sense has been bor-
rowed from the idea of the advantage often taken by
those who are in possession of prisoners, in demand-
ing an exorbitant price for their liberation.
* T o R A N T , v. n. T o be jovial or jolly in a
noisy way, to make noisy mirth, S.
— A rhyming, ranting, raving billie.
Burns, iii. 2.
Eland, rand-en, randt-en, delirare, ineptire, nugari,
insanire. This is probably a frequentative from Germ.
renn-en, to run, especially as one sense of the latter
is, ruere in venerem.
R A N T , S. 1. T h e act of frolicking or toying, S.A.
" I hae a good conscience, except it be about a rant
amang the lasses, or a splore at a fair, and that's no
muckle to speak of." Tales of my Landlord, i. 53.
c2. A merry meeting, with dancing, Shetl.
R A N T E R , s. A roving fellow, S .
— M y name is Rob the Ranter.
Song, Maggy Lauder.
R A N T Y , adj. 1. Cheerful, gay, Seikirks., q. dis-
posed to rant; synon. Roving.
But never a' my life, till now,
Have I met sic a chiel as you,—
Sae gay, sae easy, an' sae rarity,
Sae capernoity an' sae canty.
Hogg's Mountain Bard, p. 172.
2. Tipsy, riotous, Galloway,
Whoe'er did slight'him gat a daud,
Whenever he was ranty.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 15.
R A N T I N G , adj. 1. In high spirits; synon. with
Ranty, S.
Some ea' me that, and some ca' me this,
And the Baron o' Leys they ca' me;
But when I am on bonny Deeside,
They ca' me the ran tin' laddie.
Old Song, Laing's Thistle of ScolL p. 11. V. R O V E , T>.
Exhilarating, causing cheerfulness, S.
A peat-stack 'fore the door, will make a rant in' fire,
I'll make a rantin' fire, and merry sail we be.
Herd's Coll. ii. 195.
R A N T I N G , 3. Noisy mirth ; generally conjoined
with drinking, S.
All forward now in merry mood they went,
269
R A N
And all the day in mirth and ranting spent.
Ross's Helcnore^p. 123.
R A N T I N G L V , adv. With great glee.
Sae dauntonly, sae wantonly,
Sae rantingly gaed he,
He play'd a spring, and danced a round,
Beneath the gallows tree.
Old Ballad, Black Dwarf i. 245.
T o R A N T E R , v. a. 1. T o sew a seam across, &c.l
Add ;
3. Metaph., to attempt to reconcile assertions or
propositions that are dissonant.
" He bade the defender ranter the two ends of an
inconsistency he was urging together." Fount. Dec.
Suppl. iii. 86*.
R A N T Y-T AN T V . ] Add ;
This is described as a weed which grows among
corn, with a reddish leaf, boiled along with langkail,
S.B. Its E. name I have not been able to learn.
2. This is understood in Renfrews. as denoting
the broad-leaved sorrel.
In Ayrs. old people still use it in spring instead of
greens. Its leaf is said to resemble scurvy-grass.
3. A kind of beverage, distilled from heath and
other vegetable substances, formerly used by
the peasantry, Ayrs.
R A N T L E - T R E E , R A N - T R E E , 5. The crook-
tree, &c.] Add;
(C The crook of a Tweeddale cot-house is a hook
at the end of a chain, fixed to a beam called the ran-
tie-tree across the vent at some distance above the fire,
to be out of its reach, and allow room for the croak
to be fixed higher or lower on the chain, to suit the
pots, &c. hung upon it between and the fire." Notes
to Pennecuik, p. 230.
3. It is also written randle-tree; and metaph. ap-
plied to a tall raw-boned person, South of S.
" There were some 110 bad folk amang the gyp>ies
too, to be such a gang—if ever I see that auld ran-
dle-tree of a wife again , I'll gie her sonu-ihing to bay
tobacco—I have a great notion she meant uie A ery
fair after a'." Guy Mannering, ii. 77-
RANTREE, T h e Mountain-ash. This is
the pron, S. B.
Wedderburn, who was a native of the north of S.,
uses it.
" Sorb us sylvestris, a ran-treeVocab. p. 17-
It is also employed by Ross of Loehlee, the author
of the Fortunate Shepherdess. But he gives the
term, apparently from vulgar use, a pleonastic form,
by the addition of tree.
I'll gar my ain Tamrnie gae down to the how,
An' cut me a rock of a widdershines grow,
Of good rantry-tree for to carrie my tow,
An' a spindle of the same for the twining o't.
The Rock and the Wee Pickle Tow. V. R O U N - T R E E .
R A N V E R S I N G , s. The act of eversion.
rf But it was—a ranversing of all the principles of
law, to imagine that a personal right, such as an in-
hibition, &c. could ever be a ground to infer certifi-
cation in an improbation contra real rights." Fount,.
Dec. Suppl. iii. 79.
Fr. rejimrs-er, to overturn, to evert
 R A P
R A N U N G A R D , s. Renegado.
— A n fals, forloppen, fenyeit freir,
Ane ramingard for greid of geir.
Leg. Bp. St. Andr. Poems 1 Glh Cent. p. 309.
R A P . In a rap, in a moment, immediately, S.]
Add;
—Honest Jean brings forward in a rap
Tiie green-horn cutties rattling in her lap.
Ross's Helcnore, p. 116.
T o RAP AFF, v. n. T o g o off hastily with noise, S.
' f But certainly atween the pistols and the cara-
bines of the troopers that rappit aff the tane after
the tother as fast as hail, and the dirks and clay-
mores o' the Hielanders,—it was to be thought there
wad be a puir account of the young gentleman."
Bob Roy, iii. 262.
Isl. hrap-a ruere, praecipitare ; festinare.
T o RAP OUT, v. a. T o throw out with rapidity
or vehemence, S.
I am amazed to hear you rap out such things;
when you cannot be ignorant but the persons to
whom you address yourself would put you to shame
and silence." M'Ward's Contend, p. 210. V. RAP
forth, v.
Both the adv. and v. undoubtedly correspond with
the O.E. s. and v. cc Rape or haste. Festinacio. Fes-
tinancia." — " Rapyn or hastyn. Festino. Aceelero."
Prompt. Parv.
R A P AND S T O W , " a phrase meaning root and
b r a n c h G a l l . Enc.
Teut. rappe signifies racemus, uva, also, res de-
cerpta. The term slow is expl. under the synon.
phrase Stoh and Slow. That here used may be equi-
valent to branch and stump/'
R A P L A C II, 1. Coarse woollen cloth.] Add;
2. T h e sk11i of a hare littered in March, and
killed in the end of the year, Clydes.
R A P P A R I S , ,<;. pi Wrappers.
ff Item, ane goun of taffatie.
Item, ane uther of
figourit velvot upoun reid for the nyclit. Item, twa
rapparis ovirgilt with gold, and ane with silver."
Inventories, A . 1579. p- 281.
As this is part of the clething for the Kingis
Grace," it evidently belongs to the nycht geir.
T o R A P P L E up, v. n. T o grow quickly and
in a rank manner; originally applied to quick
vegetation, secondarily to a young person who
grows rapidly; Loth., R o x b . ; also j)\\m.Ropple.
Su.G. raepla up, corradere, from rap-a, to pluck.
It is applied to the raking together of hay that it
may be put into a heap; and may have been trans-
ferred to any thing done expeditiously.
R A P S C A L L I O N , ,9. Y. RAESCALLIOX.
R A P T , Robbery, rapine; Lat. rapi-us.
— <f Without any or dour of law brought away
from thame ane kow w hair of he never made resti-
tutioune as yet, quhilk is manifest rapt and oppres-
si oune not to be suffer it to escaipe vnpunishit." Acts
Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 425.
R A P W E E L . Hap weel, rap weel, come of it
what wiil, whatever be the result, S. A .
—Whilk makes me half and inair afraid
To send this down.
270
R A S
But hap we el, rap rveel, I will send it,
An' what is wrang, I hope you'll mend it, &c«
Hogg's Poems, i. 91.
cf Hap re eel, Rap wee I, a phrase meaning f hit or
miss;" Gall. Enc.
This phrase is also very common in Roxb. I f one
be warned against any course, if determined to take
it, the answer usually given is, ff I carena; Til do it,
hap rveel, rap weelIt may literally signify, " Let it
happen well, or let blows be the consequence," from
Rap a stroke; or perhaps, " whether I succeed b y
good fortune, or by violence;" Su.G. rapp-a, vi ad se
protrahere. As, in Fife, the phrase assumes the form
of Haup weel, Rake weel, the origin is left more un-
certain. V. I I A U P , V.
T o R A R E , R A I R , r. n. 1. T o roar.] Add;
2. T o emit a continued loud report, like that
caused by the cracking of a large field of ice, S*
Swift as the wind,
Some sweep, on sounding skates, smoothly along,
In dinsome clang, circling a thousand ways,
Till the wide crystal pavement, bending, rairs
Frae shore to shore.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 158.
R A S C H , R A S C I I E , S. 8. I t is still used for a sud-
den fall, L o t h . ] Add;
4. I t also signifies a sudden twitch, ibid.
T o R A S C I I , v.n. T o pour down; a raschin rain9
a heavy fall o f rain, Lanarks.
This word occurs in an old rhyme, which alludes
to an ancient superstition :
0 happy is the corpse on quhilk the rain does
raschin faw,
And happy is the bride whan the sun shines on
til em aw.
Perhaps from the same fountain with Su.G. ras-a,
as denoting rapid motion; or allied to Isl. raas cur-
sus ; flux us, diffluetio ; G. Andr.
R A S C H of rain, a sudden and heavy shower,
Lanarks.; synon. evendown-pour.
"Rash," according to Mactaggart, " means a fall of
rain attended with wind. ' Hear to the rain rash*
big,' hear to it dashing." Gall. Enc.
1 doubt whether it be generally understood as in-
cluding the idea of wind. O.Fr. raisse, pluie abon-
dant.
R A S C L I , RASII, adj. 1. Agile, vigorous, R o x b . ]
Add;
2. Hale, stout; spoken o f persons advanced in
life; as, " He's a rasch carl o" his years," he
is strong at his age, R o x b . T h i s is sounded
rather longer than the E . adj.
Su.G. rask, celer, promtus, alacer, animosus ;
Teut. ghe-rasch, i d . ; Alem. rasch vivaciter. Flal-
dorson gives Isl. hraust-r fortis, also sail us, as synon.
with Dan. staerk, (E. stark), and rask. Su.G.
ras-a, praecipitauter festinare, has been viewed as
the root.
R A S C H , R A S H , S. A crowd, Lanarks.
Perhaps from Teut. rasch-en festinare, properare;
as it is generally formed by rushing or rapid mo-
tion ; or more directly from Isl. rask tumultus.
R A S C I I E N , adj. M a d e of rushes.] Add;
 R A T
Whileoms they tented and sometimes they play'd.
A n d sometimes rasken hoods and buekies made.
Ross's Hclenorc, p. 14.
R A S C H I T , R E S C H I T . part. pa.
u Item ane eoit of purpour satyne, rat;chit all
oure with silvir, furnist with ho mis." Inventories,
A. 1539, p. 34.
"" Inprimis ane gowne of purpour sa.• yne, n\svhit
all oure with silvir, lynit wile, marlriki..- sabill all
through, furnist with buttonis of the iasooun of the
thrissill gold." ibid. p. 31.
Raschit oure, perhaps q. over-run, crossed. V.
RASCII, V. N. Or from Fr. raseau, reseda, network;
or rather from Fr. ras in the phrase velours ras, un-
cut velvet; thus denoting a stuff in which the silver
rises above the satin.
T o R A S E out, v. a. T o pull, to pluck.] Add;
Ras she is used in the same sense in O.E. "" I r ass he
a thing from one, I take it from him hastily.—He
ras shed it out of my handes or I was ware/' Palsgr.
B. iii. F. 333, a.
R A S H , s. Used to denote an assortment of such
needles as are used in weaving, S . A .
— c f I was workin at the loom, wi' my leather apron
on, an' a rash o' loom needles in my cuff.'5 Hogg's
Whit. Tales, i. 312.
C.B. rhes, a row, a series.
T o R A S H , v. a. T o cause to rush, to drive
with violence and rapidity.
" There was people that would have given me meat
and drink, but the soldiers would say blasphemously,
I f ye come one foot further here, I shall rash my pike
through your soul." Will. Sutherland's Deelar.,
Wodrow's Hist. I. App. p. 102.
This seems nearly of the same sense with Rasch,
v. ato dash, Sec., and allied to Teut. rasch-en pro-
perare, festinare.
T o R A S H outs v. a. T o blab, to publish im-
prudently and rashly.
is But, quoth ye, it is good that I hide myself, and
not rash out all my mind (like a fool), and testimony
at once." Michael Brace's Lectures, &c. p. 15.
Teut. rasch-en, Su.G. rask-a, festinare.
R A S H E N , adj. Made of rushes. V. R A S C H .
R A S H M I L L , S. A play-thing made o f rushes,
somewhat in the shape of a water-mili, and put
into a stream where it turns round, S.B., also
Rashie-miU.
We see his sheep timing nibblin on the height,
Him near the burn, wi' willow-shaded linn,
Dammin the gush, to gar his rash-mill rin.
Terras's Poems, p. i.
V. RASCH, a rush.
R A S H - P Y D D L E , S . A sort of net made of rushes. GALL.
ce Rash-pyddles,—fish-wears made of rushes;"
Gall. Enc.
R A S O U R , s.
cc Aucht small peces of rasoiir of quhitc silk be-
gun to sew on & not perfite." Inventories, A. i f>7>\
p. 218.
Fr. or ras, Venice stuff, smooth cloth of gold. Wo
have inverted the phrase.
B A T C H , * . " T h e Little auk, A l c a A l l e ; " Orkn.
" In Shetl., Rotch and Rotchic." Neill's Tour, p. 197.
271
R A T
This seems a corr. of the name liot'gcs, given to
this bird in Martin's Spitsberg. V. Penn. Zool.517.
T o H A T C H , i'. a. T o pull or tear away so
roughlv or nwkwardlv, as to cau:-e a fracture.
Tluis the jaw is >aid to be rate/7 d when injured
in the pulling (if;; tooth, Roxb.
Tent. ;\\V Wma, iis-a;ra, ruptura ; W//-r.v rumpere,
divellero, lai erare.
R A T C I I E L L , .v. T h e nmne given to the stone
otherwise called }7<:cL\':;--P()rj>/i!/n;\ S.
Waekon I'orphyr; .—Scottish RafchclL" Head-
rick's \rran, p. -J50.
E A . T C I F T , part. adj. Ragged ; in a ruinous
state ; applied to 'old clothes, houses* &c.
When a house is despoiled of its furniture, or is
bare and comfortless, it is said to have a ratcht ap-
pearance ; Berwicks., Roxb.
Isl. ras-a liutare, cespitare; ras lapsus; rask-a vio-
lare, diruere. It may, however, be the part. pa. of
R A T C H , V.
R A T E , s. A line or file of soldiers. V. RATT.
T o R A T E , v. a. T o beat, to flog, Loth.
—With taws held ready them t o rate,
Before the parting hour.—
Lintoun Green, p. 22.
R A T H E R L Y , adv. Rather, Gall.
" On the whole, they are ratherly respected ;"
Gail. Enc.
R A T T , R A T T E , S. A file of soldiers.] Add;
" Pie directed also the laird of Haddo and James
Gordon of Letterfurie to go to Torrie with a rale of
musketeers, and bring back John Anderson's four
piece of ordnance off his ship lying in the water,
with such other arms as they could get." Spald-
ing, ii. l()I.
The laird of Drum directed a rate of musketeers
to Mr. William Ltmisdeifs house in Old Aberdeen,
himself and his wife oeing both excommunicate
papists." Ibid. If)4.
* T o R A T T L E , r. n. T o talk a great deal
loosely and foolishly, to talk with volubility
with more sound than sense ; often, to Rattle
aw a, S.
Teut. ralelen ende snateren, garrire.
T o R A T T L E iiff^ v. a. T o repeat or utter with
rapidity, S.
* R A T T L E , <V. A smart blow ; as, 64 I'll gie ye a
rattle P the lug,*" S.
R A T T L E , .V. V. 1 ) K I) H~ II A T T L E.
R A T T L I V R A C , s. One who bustles from place
to place, exciting alarm OP. what account soever.
About this time, as he was preaching,—IN the
parish OF (iirvin,—in t h e fields, one L)a\ id Mason,
then a professor, came in haste t r a m p l i n g upon the
people, to he near him. At which he said, There
comes the devil's rat lie-hag ; we do not want him
here. Afier THIS, IHE said i )avid became officer and
i n f o r m e r in THAT !••.SANDS, running through rattling
tinD summoning the people to their unhappy courts
for non-conformity, at. which he and his gotthename
of tile "devil's rattle-bag" Pcden's Life, Howie's
Eiogr. Scot. p. 495.
The term seems to have originally denoted an in-
strument used for frightening brute animals, and
 R A T R A V
Especially horses in battle. A word of similar im- It is to he observed, that the ancient naturalist
port occurs in the Preface to Patten's Account of speaks indiscriminately of rats and mice.
Somerset's Expedition into Scut la fide. Speaking of The learned Jesuit Caspar Schott makes both rats
the Pope, he says : and mice take their departure from ruinous houses
e< Our consciences, now quite vnclogd from the
within the space of three months before they fall.
fear of his vaine terriculaments and ratlelhladders, Murium ritu aedes ruinosas trimestri spatio, ante-
and from the fondnes of his trim trams & gugaws, quam collabantur, deserunt, quod earuni compagem
his interdictions, his cursings, hys damnyng to the dissolvi naturae instinctu praesentiant. Physic. Cu-
deuvll, his pardons, his soilyngs, hys plucking out rios. L. viii. c. 38.
of purgatorie,—oblacions & offerings of otes, images R A T T O N S - R E S T , s. A term used to denote a state
of wax, boud pens &pins, for deli uerance of bad hus- of perpetual turmoil or bustle, Teviotd.
bands, for a sick kowe, tokepe doune the belly, and RAUCHAN, A plaid, &c.] Jdd;
when Kytte hadde lost her key," &c. Daly ell's Frag- " Lat's see my rachan, laddie, an' lat's awa." St,
ments, xix. Kathleen, iii. 217.
The same author seems to describe the rattle-hag Su.G. rok, ls\.raek-r tunica, amiculum; roegg, pal-
in the account given of the spoils of the Scottish lium, raugt plicatura ; Alem. roch, rohk ; C.B . rhu-
camp after the battle of Pinkey. cheii; Ir. rocan a mantle, a surtout, Obrien. These
"With these, found we great rattels, swellyng byg- terms have been traced to Alem. ruah hirsutus, as
ger than the belly of a pottell pot, eoouered with old the northern nations wore garments made of the
parchemeiit or dooble papers, small stones put in skins of animals with the fleece. The Finlanders to
them to make noys, and set vpon the ende of a staff this day denominate a garment of this kind roucka,
of more than twoo els long ; and this was their fyne and a bed-covering of the same materials roue at.
deuyse to fray our horses when our horsmen shoulde The writers 011 Roman jurisprudence observe that
cum at them : Flowbeeit, bycaus the ryders wear 110 there was a barbaric garment called Raga or Ragae,
babyes, nor their horses no colts, they could neyther which it was prohibited to wear in the city.
duddle the tone, nor fray the toother; so that thispol- R A U C H A N , adj. Applied to the cloth of which
lecye was as witles as their powrforceles." Ib. p. 73. the sailors1 coats called Dreadnoughts are made,
R A T T L E S C U L L , s. One who talks much, Loth., Peebles.
&c.] J d d ; R A U C H T E R , S. V. R A CUTER.
2. « A stupid, silly fellow,11 S. Gl. Shirr. A U G I E , R A U S I E , adj. Coarse, Clydes.
R
R A T T O N - F A * , S. A rat-trap, S. Gall. Enc.
Teut. rax-en lurere, saevire. Isl. rask-a violare,
R A T T O N - F L I T T I N G , S. T h e removal of rats in a
perturbare.
body from any place they have formerly oc-
R A V E , pret. of the v. to Rive, S.
cupied, S.O.
" Rave, did rive or tear ;" Gl. Picken.
ec Ration-flit ting, a flitting of rats. Sometimes these
T o R A V E , v. a T o take by violence.] Add;
animals leave one haunt where they have fed well It is also written Raue.
for a long time, and go to another.—People do not Thairfoir I hald the subject waine,
like the rats to disappear thus on a sudden, as the Wold raue ws of our right.
thing is thought to portend nothing good; and sailors Batted of Bair'mnes,Poems 16th Cent., p. 3 4 8 .
will leave their ships if they observe the rats quit T o R A V E L , v. 71. T o make up as a hard-twisted
them." Gall. Enc. thread, S., Reyle, synon.
By the Romans rats were deemed ominous in dif- R A V E L L E D . A ravelled hesp.'] Add;
ferent respects. <£ Speak her fair and canny, or we will have a ra-
ee By the learning of the sooth saiers," says Pliny,
velled hasp on the yarn-windles." The Pirate, i. 115.
observed it is, that if there be store of white ones
R A V E L S , R A I V E L I N S , s.pl. Ravelled thread, S.
bred, it is a good signe, and presageth prosperitie.
R A V E L , s. A rail. V. R A I V E L .
And in truth our stories are full of the like exam-
T o R A V E L , v. n, T o speak in an irregular, un-
ples ; and namely, that if rats be heard to crie or
connected manner; to wander in speech, Aberd.
squeake in the time of ceremoniall taking the Aus-
Belg. revel-en, to rave, to talk idly.
pices and signes of birds, all is marred, and that
R A V E L L E D B R E A D , a species of wheaten
business dlean dasht." Flist. B. viii. c. 57-
bread used in S. in the sixteenth century.
Elsewhere he says; " T h e same universall Nature
hath given a thousand properties besides unto beasts, " They had four different kinds of wheaten bread;
hath endued many of them with the knowledge and the finest called Manchet, the second Cheat, or tren-
observation of the aire above, giving us good meanes cher bread, the third Ravelled, and the fourth, in Eng-
by them diverse waies, to fore-see what weather wee land Mescelin, in Scotland Masliloch. The Ravelled
shall have, what winds, what raine, what tempests was baken up just as it came from the mill, flour,
will follow. They advertise and warne 11s before- bran, and all; but in the Mescelin or Masliloch, the
hand of dangers to come, not only by their fibres flour was almost entirely sifted from it, a portion of
and bowels—but also by other manner of tokens rye was mixed with the bran, and this composition
and significations. When an house is readie to tum- was given to poor people and servants." Arnot's
ble clown, the mice go out of it before: and first of Flist. of Edin. p. 60.
all the spiders with their webs fall down." Ibid. c. 28. O.Fr. ravaill-er, ravall-er, to lessen or fall in price ;
A el i an ascribes the power of vaticination to mice as being cheaper than the bread that had no bran
for the same reason. Var. Hist. Lib, i. c. 14. in it.
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R A U C K E D , part. adj. " Marked as with a
nail G a l l Enc.
R A U C K I N G , S. " T h e noise a nail makes writing
on a slate ibid.
T o R A U G H , v. a. T o reach, Fife.
This, in the guttural sound, resembles Alem. and
Germ, reich-en extendere.
R A U I v , adj. Hoarse, A y r s . ; a word evidently
imported from France, and the same which ac-
cording to our ancient orthography was Roidlc
RolJij q. v.
T o R A U K , v. a. T o stretch, Ettr. For. V . B A K .
T o l l A U K , RAUK up, v. a. 1. T o search, Aberd.
2. T o IIAUK out, v. a. T o search out, ibid.
8. T o R A U K vp, v. a. T o put in order, ibid.
T o R A U K , v. n. T o search, to rummage, ibid.
As the E. v. Rake signifies " to search, to grope,"
this seems to be merely a variety in pronunciation.
A.S. rac-an attingere, assequi.
R A U K Y , adj. Misty ; the same with Rooky.
" Rauky, Roukij, foggy GL Ficken. V. Rak.
R A U L L I O N or R U L E I O N , ,9. " A rough
ill-made animal Gall. Encycl. V. R U L L I O N .
R A U L T R E E , R A E L T R E E , s. « A long piece
of strong wood,—placed across byres to put the
ends of cow-stakes in C Gall. Enc. ; q. Raivcl-
free. that which is meant for a rail.
R A U N , RAWN, T h e roe of fish.] Add;
" The water being in such rare trim for the sailmon
rani\, he couldna help taking a cast/5 Redgauntlet,
i. 125.
R A U X ' D , part. adj. Having roe ; " Raun\l to the
tail," full o f fish, a common phrase with fish-
women, S.
Dan. rognjisk, a spawner; rognlax, the female
salmon.
RAUNTREE, T h e mountain-ash, R o x b .
V . R A W XT REE.
R A U P , ,s\ A n instrument with three prongs,
used in the country for breaking potatoes for
supper, Dumfr.
Perhaps originally the same with Teut. repe, in-
strumentum ferreum, quo lini semen stringitur.
T o R A U P , V. a. T o prepare potatoes in this
manner, ibid.
R A W , s. 2 . A kind of street, a row, S.] Add;
— M a y be ye'll hear o' anither house by the
term.'—4 That's no likely/ replied William, f for the
Laird intends to take down the haill raw, as he does
na like to see them frae the Hall windows. I won-
der what ill it does his een to look at a raw o bonny
cottages, wi' gardens afore the doors." Petticoat
Tales, i. 22*). "
8. Apparently used to denote ridges.] Add;
£C Argyll marches forward frae Aberdeen to Strath-
boggie, with an army of horse and foot, having the
lord Gordon and his brother Lewis in his company,
where he destroyed the haill Raws of Strathboggie,
cornfield lands, outsight, insight, horse and sheep,"
&c. Spalding, ii. 247>
R A W L I E , adj. Moist, damp, raw ; as, iC a raw-
Ik day when the air is moist, Ettr. For...
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R A X
Upp. Clydes.; perhaps q. raw-like, having the
appearance of dampness.
R A W L Y , adj. Not fully grown, R o x b . , Gall.
When gladsome spring awakes the flowers to birth,
The spade aif raik was then my fond employ,
To aid my father turning up the earth,
When I at school was but a raivlif boy.
A. Scoil's Poems, p. 156.
Rairh/, not ripe. Rawhj chect, a young lad
Gall. Encyc. V. R A W L I E .
R A W N , adj. Afraid. cc I'se war ran ye're renen
for the yii'din," i. e. u I can pledge myself for
it that you are afraid on account of the thun-
der Lamtncrmuir.
Isl. rag-r pavidus, timidus, roegun exprobratio ti-
miditatis ; I laid orson.
R A W N - F L E U K j ^ T h e turbot, Frith of Forth.
Pieuronectes maximus. Turbot; Rawn-Jleuk.—
This species is here commonly denominatedthe rawn-
jieuk, from its being thought best for the table when
in rawn or roe: it is sometimes also called Ban-
nock-jleuk, on account of its round shape." NeilFs
List of Fishes, p. 12.
R A W N - T R E E , RAUN-TEEE, T h e moun-
tain-ash, S.A.
" You will likewise find in severall places of the
conn trey not far from the toun severall sort of Pi-
nastres, as also a kind of fruit tree called Cormes,
not much unlike our raun-tree" Sir A. Balfour's
Letters, p. 31.
Mark yon raun-tree spreading wide,
Where the clear, but noisy burnie
Rushes down the mountain's side.
Hogg's Scot. Pastorals, p. 26. V . R O U N - T R E E .
T o R A X , r. n. 1. T o reach, to extend the
bodily members, &e.] Add;
3. T o stretch, to admit of extension, S.
" Raw leather raxes" D. Ferguson's S. Pro v.
N°. 780.
1 have heard it used in the same sense in another
Prov. " Sum folk's conscience 11 rax like raw
leather;" S.
T o RAX, v.a. 1. T o stretch, to extend, in a ge-
neral sense, S.
In the pontificality of Gregory the seventh, he
had a long chaine, which yet was further raxed in
that of Vrban the second, and his successors, kind-
lers of that tragicall and superstitious war re, for re-
cou ery of Jerusalem." Forbes on the Revelation,
p. 2It).
2. r Fo stretch out the body, S. V. first proof on
v. which properiv belongs to this.
K ihuarnock weavers lid g o and claw,
An' p o u r your crershie n a t i o n s ;
An' \c wha leather rax an' draw,
O f a ' denominations. Burns.
3. T o i v a c h , S. ; as, " Jia.r m e that h a m m e r
Jia.e iiu' a spaul of that bubbly-jock to })ikc.">1
R A X , .v. Used iii the same sense with Raxes.
Ane pair of ; y m ' r Aberd. Reg. V. 24.
R A X E S , «v. pi. Iron instruments, &c.] Add;
" The Lord Somervill—when any persones of
qualitie wi-r to be with him,—used to wryte in the
M m
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postscript of his letters, * Speates and Raxes.—The — " Where Scotland and England are mentioned
Stewart—being but lately entered into his service, together, England is named first in the MS. contrary
and unacquainted with his lord's hand and custome to the printed copy, and to what a Scotsman would
of wrytting, when he comes to the postscript of the readily have done." Ruddiman's Advert. Buchan.
letter, he reades f Speares and Jacks/' &c. Memorie Admonition.
of the Sommervilles, Edin. Month. Mag. May 1817, T o R E A K to, v. n. Apparently synon. with
p. 1 6 3 . Belk out, to equip, to fit out, to rigg.
cc Quhair upone the kingis mat10 being struckin
The story is very entertaining ; but the mistake
brought his lordship into suspicion with James III., in great perplexitie, immediatelie tuik op house to
as all Sonierville's retainers came out in arms to Leithe, quhaire he causit reake to fyve schippis with
meet him. all furnitour belonging therto and send thame to
R E A , .9. T h e sail-yard. Norroway." Belhav. MS. Mcsn. Ja. VI. fob 44.
" Antenna, the rca" Wedderb. Vocab. p. 22. This corresponds with Teut. toe-recht-en apparare,
¥ . RA, RAY. ' " to prepare, instruct, contrive Sewel.
REA, T h i s word occurs in a prayer, given REAKES. To play reakefi.] Add;
in Satan's Invisible W o r l d , p. 115, as recited Ileak signifies a trick or stratagem, as used in the
in the time of Popery, b y persons when going South of S.
to bed, as a mean of their being preserved from T o P A T C H ILEAKs, to make up an intrigue, to
danger. plan a trick, ibid.
Who s.'h;^ t!i" house tlie night? Life out at ilka opening keeks,—
Thc-y ?! '.t i: I: ha. night. Defying a' art's patching teaks,
Saint i:r) de .Ten i-.-r brate, Syne wings away.
S.'iiiit Coi.iie and bis hat, A. Scott's Poems, p. 107-
Saint Michael and his spear, This term seems allied to Lancashire reawk, to
Keep this hoe: e from the weir; idle in neighbours' houses, T. Bobbins; also to jig,
From running thief, now used in a similar way, S.
And burning thief; Phillips indeed gives the phrase to play reaks, as
And from a [ n ] ill Rca, signifying " to domineer or hector, to shew mad
That be the gate can g;:c ; pranks."
And from ;m ill wight, Isl. hrcck-r dolus, also nequitia, exactly corres-
Tiiat bu the gate c;ui 1 ight, &c. ponds ; whence hreckia madr, subdolus, nequam,
From the sen.-e of the pas.-age, it is most probably hreckiolr id. ; also hreckvis. Perhaps the origin is
the same with Su.draa, genius h >eh Ihre; a fairy, a hrek-ia pellere, or rather reik-a vagari, whence reiks-
fay, Wideg. 1 lence Sioeraa, Nereides, Nymph.a\ a superbe et inflatus feror ; reiks, elati gressus, G.
O ' _ J iwrnnus,
Skosssraa, J S.-.t^ vr»i~. This iias been deduced Andr. p. IJjO; gressus insolentia, Ilaldorson.
from Isl. rag-r, daemon. * H E A L , adj. I. Eminently good, in whatever
R E A B L E , adj. Legitimate. way, Aberd.
" To persuade the people that lie [the Erl of 2. True, stanch, ibid.
Murray,] miclit be rcable air to his father, ye prea- R E A L , adv. Eminently, peculiarly ; used as equi-
ch it euer vnto his 'death that promeiss of manage valent to very, which is itself originally an ad-
vas lauchful mariage, supponand that his father jective, S.B.
promished to marie his mother, for na vther propose, 'Mang a' the books which ye've been wearin',
bot that tliair sould be na hinderance to the promo- Could ye no sen'
tion of him vnto the kingdome." Nicol Burne, F. A real gude, or unco queer ane,
1 5 6 , B. V . R E I I A B I L , R E ABLE. To your auld frien' ?
R E A D , $. T h e act of reading, a perusal; as, Si liar's Poems, p. 58.
" Will ye gie me a read of that book S. REALTE',*.] Add;
A.S. raeda, lectio. 3. A certain jurisdiction ; synon. with regality.
R E A D E , 6*. cc And this act to be executte—be the offysaris of

—There's an auld harper the lordis of regalyteys vyth in the realme vyth help
Harping to the king, and supple of the lordis of the rca Ileys geyff neyd
W f his sword by his side, be." Pari. Ja. II. A. 1438, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 32.
An' his sign on his reade, T o R E A M , H E M E , v. n. 2. T o f r o t h E . ] Add;
An' his crown on his head, " Remyn as lycure." Prompt. Par v. The words,
Like a true king. Sumai bat, are added. But the passage is obviously
Hoggs Jacobite Relics, p. 25. corrupted; probably misprinted for Spumo-as, the
Sceptre ? A.S. read, arimdo. Or corrupted from second person of a verb being alwrays added to the
rood, cross; as Rood-day, is in some counties pro- first, in the Lat. explanation.
nounced Reid-day. R E A M I N ' - D I S H , S. A thin shallow vessel, o f tin or
T o R E A D Y , v. a. T o make ready ; as, to wood, used for skimming the cream off milk., S.
ready meat, to dress it, L o t h . R E A M - C H E E S E , <9. Cheese made of cream, S.B.,
Evidently an A.S. idiom ; ge-raed-ian, parare, to Lanarks. Germ, rehm-kaese, id.
prepare, to dress. R E A R D , s. Noise, report.
* R E A D I L Y , adv. Likely, naturally, S. " There was so much artillery shot, that no man
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might hear for the reard thereof." Pitscoitie, Ed.
12mo. p. 21-6'. V. R A R E , and R A I R D .
REAVERIE, Robbery, spoliation, S.
R E A V I L L , s. T h e same with Raivel, a rail.
fi£ T o put up a reavill of ty-mber." Aberd. Reg.
Cent. 16.
R E B A G H L E , <9. Reproach, Aberd.
Your philosophic fittie ties,—
The ladies will them a5 despise,
Gin ye express
The least rebaghte ony wise
Upo' their dress.
Skinner's Misc. Post. p. 188.
Isl. bag-a inverto, ex or dine turbo; bagl-a inipe-
rite construere. Rebaghle is most probably a com-
posite from Bauchle, q. v., as signifying to treat with
contumely.
T o R E B A I T , v. a. T o abate, &c.] Add ;
— " Princes, vpoun necessitie of weiris and vther
wechtie effairis hesat all tymes raisit and hechtit the
prices of the ctmyie: and, as the occasioun of the
same wes tane away, thay cryit down and rebailtit
the same to the first moderate prices." Acts Ja. VI.
15Q9, Ed. 1814, p. 181.
<f Ordanit to rebait als mekil of the pryce, or to
resaif it agane," &c. Aberd. Reg. A. 1541.
RE II ALU IE, s. Vulgarity, &C.] Add;
O.E. Ry bawdry. Ribaldria." Prompt. Par v.
R E B E G E A S T O R , s . Apparently a severe stroke
with a rung; probably a cant term.
I speak not of that baleful 1 band,
That Sathan lies sent heir away,
With the black fleete of Norroway :
Of whome ane with her tygers tong,
Flad able met him with a rong:
And reaked him a rebegeastor,
Calling him many warlds weastor.
Davidsons Kinyeancleuch, Melville, i. 453.
RERELLOUR, A rebel. #
f< For the resisting of the kingis rebellouris in the
north lande—it is fullely consentit—that thar be
liftit & raisit a contribucioun," &c. Pari. Ja. I. A.
1431, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 20, c. 1.
T o R E - B I G , v. a. T o rebuild.
<c General Ruthven—sends doun to the toun of
Edinburgh five articles: 1st, To cast down such for-
tifications as were re-bigged. 2d, To desist and leave
off from any further building." Spalding, i. 214.
V. BIG, V.
T o R E B O O N D , r. n. 1. T o belch, S.B.
2. T o be in a squeamish state, or to have an in-
clination to p u k e ; as, " Whene'er I saw't, my
stomach," or, " my very heart, just reboondit at
it," R o x b .
This is obviously a Fr. idiom. Les viandes nou-
velles font rebondir 1'estomac, Prov., " The stomach
rises against uncouth (S. unco) meats ;" Cotgr.
8. It is sometimes metaph. used to denote repen-
tance S
R E B U N C T I O U S , adj. Refractory, Fife.
" Aye, aye, my Leddy, ye hae keepit in your horns
weel till now, but ye see the lasses mak us a' a little
rebunctious" Saxon and Gael, i. 100.
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T o R E B U R S E , v. a. T o reimburse.
— " That thair servandis—salbe rebursit and payit
of thair expenssis and passage e uming be sey be the
Magistrates,"&c. Acts Ja. VI. 1587, Ed. 1814, p. 508,
L.B. rebiirs-are, pecaniam e bursa, seu crumena,
prom ere ; Gall, rebors-cr, Du Cange.
RECAMEY,
" T h a t Johne of Auchinlek, &c. sail r<dcJ-£ & kep
harmles & scathles—Robert bischop of Glasgw &c.
of the payment of the somxie of twa hundreth fourtj
ducatis—of the rccamby ilke foure moneth of twa
yeris of ilke x ducate a dueate ; for the quhilkis the
said reuerend faider—[are] plegis & dettoris," See.
Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1489, p. 129.
The term in its form would seem compounded of
re again, and L.B. cambi-ai e to exchange. In its
sense, it conveys the idea of interest, or of a fine for
delav of payment of the principal.
T o R E C A N T , i\ 91. T o revive from debility
or sickness, Clydes.
T o R E C E I P T , v. a. 1. T o receive, to give re-
ception to.
" Flow soon the table understood how the barons
were receipted in Aberdeen, they shortly caused ward
Mr. Thomas Gray, &c. until payment were made of
their fine of 40,000 nierks." Spalding, i. 156*.
2. T o shelter an outlaw or criminal; a juridical
term, S.
" Proclaims letters of intereommiining against the
Clanchattan, that none should receipt, supply or in-
ter commune with them." Ibid. i. 5.
— " Whoso happens after publication hereof to
receipt or entertain any of these fugitives,—shall be
reported enemies to the good cause," &c. Ibid. i.
273. V. RESETT.
R E C E P I S S E , s. A receipt.
" Schortlie thairefter the pest come In Edinburgh,
and Sarvais wrait to me gif I wald he suld send the
movables to my ho us, and gif my recepissc of it, con-
forme to the Quenis and Regentis mandment." In-
ventories, A. 1573, p. 185.
Fr. recepissc, cf an acquittance, discharge, or note,
acknowledging the reeeit of a thing;" Cutgr.; from
Lat. recipisse, to have received.
R E C E S S E , Agreement or convention.
" The lordis—eounsellis my lord governour to
caus all the jowellis and baggis, being in the coffir
at was takin furtht of Temptalloun, be deliverit to
theQuenis grain's eommissionaris and procuratouris,
as pertening to hir, efter the forme and tenor of the
?'ccesse maid be ambaxiatouris of this realnie, and
procuratouris and eommissionaris of Ingland thair-
apoun." Inventories, A. 1516, p. 21, 22.
L.B. recess-us, codex deliberati01111111 in dictis seu
conventibus habitarum; ideo sic dictus, quod scribi
soleat antequam a conventibus rccedant. proceres con-
gregati. I)u Cange. l i e adds, that the term is
chiefly used concerning the deliberations held in the
imperial diets; hence the phrase, Recessus imperii,
Fr. recez de 1'empire.
R E C H E N G , HECHE'NGEIS, RECHENE.
<fIn the accioune—-be Robert bischop of Glas-
gw agane Henry Levingtoune—ffor the wrangwis
detencioun—of twelf skore of ross noblis audit to
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h i m a n d alss for the withhaldin fra him of the the landis of Rrethirtoune, pertening to the said
recheng, interess, dampnage & expensis sustenit be Dauid, and'recognist bi the said William erle Mers-
the said reuerend faider extending—to—xij" of i chell for alienaeioune without consent of the owr-
noblis.—Decrettis that the said Henrj sal lord as wes allegiit: And to here the landis of Bre-
& pay to the said reuerend faider the rec hen gets, thirtoune recognist be the said erle.—The lordis
& interess, dampnagis, and scathis," &c. Act. Dom. consalis the kingis hienes to lat the said lanclis to
Cone. A. 1489, p- 130. Rccamb'um had been first borgh to the said Dauid recognist, as is abone writ-
written. This is deleted, and rechengeis, &e. substi- tin, to be broikit and joisit be him, efter the forme
tuted. Rechene, ibid. p. 131. of his charter & sesing schewin & prod.licit before
The word is obviously from Fr. rechange inter- the lordis; becauss the said erle Merschell wes oft
change, rechange, interchanged, exchanged. Whe- tymes requirit to lat thaim to borgh, and schew na
ther it here properly respects the difference of ex- ressonable causs quliy he audit nocht to lat thaim
change, appears doubtful. It seems rather synon.with to borgh., nor wald nocht lat thaim to borgh." Act.
inter ess, i. e. the interest due for money borrowed. Dom. Cone. A. 14SS, p. 10.';.
R E C I F R O Q U I L I E , adv. Reciprocally. Neither I)u Ca nge, nor C1ar pen tier, gives any
T o be ratifeit and apprevit—and consentit vnto example of L.recognoscere being used in this sense.
reciproquilie be his maiestie and my lord daulphin 3. T o acknowledge, to recognise.
his sone/'&e. Acts Mary 1558, Ed. 1814, p. 505.
" And this crown [matrimonial] to be send with
From Fr. rcciproque.
twa or thre of the lordis of hir realme, to the in-
R E C I P R O U S , RECIPIIOUSS, RECIPROQ.UEyadj.
tent that the maist cristin king, and king dolphine
Reciprocal.
hir husband, may vnderstand with quhat zele and
" The band and contract to be mutuale and red- affectioun hir subiectis ar myndit to obserue and
peons in all tyrnes aiming betwixt the prince and recognoss hir said spous." Acts Mary 1555, Ed.
God, and his faithful people," &c. Robertson's 1814, p. 506.
Rec. Pari. p. 7<)6. " It is but casual to a man to fall in an offence,
— " Mutual and reciproque in all tymes coming but to amend, recognosce and condemn his fault, it
betwixt the prince and God," &c. Buik Univ. is a great gift and benefit of God." Pitscottie, Ed.
Kirk. V. M'Crie's Life of Knox, i. 447. 12mo. p. 74.
— " Ande as thai craif obedience of thair sub- R E C O G N I T I O N , ,?. T h e a c t o f a s u p e r i o r i n r e -
iectis, sua the band and contract to be mutuale and claiming heritable property, or the state into
reciprouss in all tymes euming betuix the prince which the lands of a vassal fall, in consequence
and God and his faithfull people/' Acts Ja. VI. of any failure on the part of the vassal which
1567, A pp. Ed. 1814, p. ?>{). invalidates his tenure, S.
R E C K L E , «v. A chain; Racldc, S.R.
" HimselfF was clad in ane ryding py of blak vel- " Recognition properly in the practicque of this
vett, with—ane faire blowing borne, in ane reckle reahne. i.s qulien onv vassall, or free teiinent, hald-
of gold borne and tipped with fyne gold at both and his lands be service of warde andrelieue, sellis
the endis." Pitscotties Cron. p. 190. and anna lies all and haill liis landes with their per-
The passage is greatly altered in Ed. 1728,— tinelites, or the maist pairt thereof, without licence,
" and four blowing" horns, with both the ends of consent, or confirmation of his over-lorde. In the
gold and silk," &c. p. 7 8 . V . R A C K L E , id. quhilk case, all and haill his saidis landes, alswell not
T o R E C O G N I S , RECOUGNIS, RECOGNOSCE, annalied, as annalied,—may be recognosced and re-
v. a, 1. In its more ancient sense, a forensic saised in the superiours handes, and baith the pro-
term used in relation to a superior, who re- pertie and possession theirof perteinis to him, to
turned to his fee, or claimed it again as his be bruiked or disponed be him at his pleasure."
own, in consequence o f any neglect o f service Skene, ut sup.
or act of ingratitude on the part of the vassal. Skene states a variety of cases in which the right
" Gif it happenis the vassall or possessour, to of recognition belongs to the superior; on the
quliom the lands ar sauld, to commit ane fault or ground of non-entresse, non-payment of the
crime, quhairby he tynis & forefaultis the lands : fagitation, contention as to succession, for
the superiour lies entresse & regresse to the proper- due, or neglect of payment of the yearly duty.
ty of the lands, and may recognosce the samin, and T o R E C O G N O S C E , v. n. To reconnoitre. '
as it were the second time vindicate to himselfe the " I was told of a little river did lye two miles
propertie thereof." Skene de Verb. Sign. vo. Re- from us, which was not passable but at one bridge
where I went to recognosce, and finding it was so,
I caused them to breake off the bridge." Monro's
. " T h e term came afterwards to be used in a Exped. P. II. p. 5.
more limited signification, to express that spe- This term seems immediately formed from Lat.
cial casualty, by which the fee returned to the of Fr. reconnoitre, like the E.
superior, in consequence of the alienation made
b y the vassal of the greatest part of it to a R E C Q R D O U R , A wind
stranger, without the superior's consent." E r - O.E. " Recorder litell pype. Canula.
skine's Inst. b. ii. t. 5. sec. 10. Parv.
" In the actioune—persewit be Dauid Hepburne
To RECOUNTER, a. " T o
of Wachtoune agane Williame erle Merschell anent
point of law, or to contradict
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lions of the adverse party,—thus producing in
the cause what is technically termed a icagcr
or weir of law ( Vadiatio legis)"
£C Quhare twa partiis apperis at the bar, and the
tane strek a borgh apone a weir of law, the tother
party sal haf leif to be avisit, gif he wil ask it, quhe-
thir he wil recounter it or nocht, as is forsaid. Ancle
gif he recounteris the borgh, & strenthis it with res-
sonis, he & his party removit the court." Pari. Ja.
I. A. 1429, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 18, e. 7-
R E C O U N T E K , S. One who opposes the admission
of a pledge in a court of law.
" And gif—ane or baith—cum nocht agayn to
the dome geving of the decrete, quha sa at the dome
is gevin agayn sal remayn in ane vnlaw of the
courte, ande tyne the acciounof the quhilk the borgh
& the recounter was fundyn, neuer to be herde na
haf remede to agayn say that dome." Ibid.
— f f For the quhilk the borgh was fundin, and
the recounter neuer to be hard," &c. Ed. 1566*, fol.
20, b.
And thar be excepciouns ane or ma proponit, &
tliaruppone borowis & recou uteris fundin, & dome
gevin & falsit & again said,—than sal the partijs
bathe pas again to the next Justice are," &c. Pari.
Ja. III. A. 1471, ibid. p. 101.
<<: The word Recountir," used as a v. and also as
n. s., is meant as a translation of the barbarous
forensic terms Recontriare and Recontrariatio. The
term Recontriare was in use long before the date of
the Act of Ja. I. 1429 ;—which seems intended
merely to allow to the contradicting party the bene-
fit of advice before venturing to make his lie counter,
and thereupon offering his borgh, pledge, or surety."
llecontrariatio fuit valoris, et dictus Matheus re-
mane t in amerciamento. MS. Reg. Burg. Aberd.
A. 1399-
For the explanation of these terms, I am indebt-
ed to one thoroughly acquainted with subjects of
this nature,—Thomas Thomson, Esq. Deputy Clerk
Register.
T o R E C O U N T E R , v. a. T o turn the contrary
way, to reverse, to invert; a technical term
among tradesmen, S.B.
T o R E C O U R S E , v. a. T o rescue.
c<r Mamilius was haistilie recoursii be ane weing of
Latinis." Bellend. T. Liv. p. 135.
Fr. recenr-ir, id.
T o R E C R U E , R E C R E U , T<\ a. T o recruit.
" That this kingdome may be enabled to—recreu
the armie sent forth, if neid be is," &e. Acts Cha. L
Ed. 1814, VI. 62.
— " Then having recreucd his armie againe out of
Westphalia, he then marched on Stoade, and relieved
it before Generall Tott his nose, that lay before it,
and about it." Monro's Exped. P. II. p. 137-
Fr. rccroit-re, to re-increase.
R E C R U E , R E C K E W , S. A party of recruits for an
army.
—Cf T o enact—that no leavies,—companies, or rc-
crues of souldiouris, be licentiat—to be sent out of
this kingdome," &c.— cf That thair be ane restraint
of all levies and recrewes of soldiouris," See. Acts
Cha, I. Ed. 1814, V. 390.
m
Fr. recreue, " a filling up of a defective company
of souldiers;" Cotgr.
T o R E C U P E R A T E , v. a. T o recover, to regain,
Aberd. ; from the Eat. forensic v. reeuper-are.
R E C U K E L E S S E , adj. Irremediable, beyond reco-
very.
The head, beast, and false prophet, are cast in
the lake of fire and brimstone, and that a line: to
shew a most horrible and recurelesse iudgement, by
allusion to that of Sodome; and of Core, Dathan, and
Abiram, who went downe aliue in the pit." Forbes
on the Revelation, p. 208.
T o R E C U S E , R E C U S S , r. n. T o refuse. " H e
reeusit the said J u g e s A b e r d . Reg. V. 18.
And geyftthe schirra recuss to do his offyce, or be
necligent or perciall [partial], that the party spu-
lyhet sail complenyhe to the leutenent on the schir-
raye," &c. Pari. Ja. II. A. 1438, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 32.
Lat. recus-are} Fr. recus-er, id.
T o R E D , v. n. T o suppose, to guess, S.R.] Add;
I find that it has also been used in this sense by
O.E. writers. ec I rede, I gesse; Je diuine.—Rede
who tolde it me, and I wyll tell the trouthe." Palsgr.
B. iii. F. 335, a.
T o R E D , v. a. T o counsel.] Add;
R E D E , adj. A w a r e ; q. counselled, Fife.
I like nae kempin—ye're no rede
What ills by it I've seen.
A. Douglas s Poems, p. 123.
T o R E D , v. a. T o loose, to disentangle.] In-
sert^ after 1 . 9 ;
T o RED one\s FEET, to free one's self from en-
tanglement; used in a moral sense, S. Of one who
has bewildered himself in an argument, or who
is much puzzled in cross-examination, it is often
said, He coudna red Ms feet. Perhaps the im-
mediate allusion is to one bemired.
T o R E D the H E A D , or H A I R , &e.] Add, after L I S ;
Some redd their hair, some maen'd their banes,
Some bann'd the bensome billies.
Christmas Ba'ing, Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. 134.
Insert, 1. 1 8 ; —
The A.S. phrase is similar; Geraedde hire feax;
Composuit crines suos. Bed. 3. 9* from gcraedian,
par are.
T o R E D , v. a. 1. T o clear.] Insert, as sense
T o clear in the way of opening, to free from
any thing that stuffs or closes up ; as, to red a
syvour, to clear a drain; to red the brain or
head, to free it from hardened snot, S.
The goodwite sits an' spins a thread,
And now and then, to red her head,
She taks a pickle snuff.
fV. Beatties Poems, p. 31.
T o RED np, to put one's person in order, to
dress, S.] Add ;
5. To Red up, to reprehend, to rebuke sharply,
to scold, S.
As this seems to be a figurative use of the phrase,
as signifying to put one's person in order,—to set
a person in his claise, has precisely the same sense,
Aberd. In the same manner is the E. v. to dress
used in S.
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RED-KAIM, R I D - K A I M , s. A wide-toothed comb
for the hair, Dumfr.
R E D , R E D D , -V. 8. Rubbish, S . ] Add;
6C Gif thair be ony that lay is ony red of housis, or
cairn is of stanis, or yit lime or sand, upon the King's
gait, stoppand the passage thairof, 1 anger nor ane
yeir and day unremovit." Chalra. Air, Balfour's
Pract. p. 588.
To redd marches, also signifies to clear up any con-
troverted point by nice and accurate distinctions, S.
— " Our Remonstrances, Mr. Gillespie, and many
others, have redd marches so well, that they have left
nothing for us to do, but to put our seals to what
they have left on record." Soe. Contendings, p. 70.
RED, adj. 1. P u t in order, cleared.] Insert, as
sense
2 . Clear, not closed up, not sUihed, S.
REDDEK, K I L>DE;U S. 1. lie win; endeavours
settle a q u a n v i or br»>d, or to brmg ,,c:'lies ai.
variance n? a; ; cement. H.
( )l!« nigi.t al! \vcl-o heal t(J g o fc> }\.ighoid'l as men .-a.! solrm rb\ la!- ing and bringing thame to jus-
ridder::, and friends to both, «. 'i 1! =;:111 richcr alto^-v- tice,
tiler with the parliament." Bail h-'s laV. i. ,;.-.]
" That Vvi.iie the panaol was attacked by iiiyth
with a drawn durk, tlie panne! was in l;is nv/ii de-
fence with a drawn bayonet, end thai in the nn-ari
time the defunct, interposed as n-ddrr between
them, did casually receive the v> ounu libelled." Mac-
laurin's Crim. Cas. p. 51.
" Tiiey kept the appointment, and were an [•(an-
on tlie place before any reddrrs came : so • .hat. t'e-y of i 1 c c sec r( it counsalc, letteris to be direct to her-
had leisure enough to .have J ought, if tiic\ !>•: en
willing." Gulhry's Mem. p. L'oi.
4k Put, father,' .-aid .Jenny, 1 ii" tl.e\r come to loan-
der ilk ithcr as they did ia.-t thee, >e!d na I cry on
y o u ? ' ' A t no hand, Jem.y ; the n-dder gel- a y the
warst lick in the fray." Tale* Land!, ii. 7 I, 72.
9.. One who settles a dispute by force of arms.
Cfl i e may be called stout, before the maker of a
quarrell at home, who once drawing a sworde, when
he knowes of twentie parters, or redders, is there
called stout; but when lie comes abroade to the
warres, at first, the thundering of the cannon and
musket roaring- in his eares makes him si eke, before
he come neere danger, as I have known some.'5 Mon-
ro's Exped. P. II. p. 70.
R E D D E R * 1 s L I C K , the stroke which one often re-
ceives in endeavouring to part combatants,
South of S. Iledding-straik, synon.
— " The friend will scarce be the better of being
beside Father Ambrose—he may come by the red-
der* s lick, and that is ever the worst of the battle."
The Abbot, i. 159-
R E D D E R 1 s P A R T , synon. with Redder"s Lick, S. A .
c<r Redder s Blow, or Redder*'s Part, a blow or ha-
tred from both parties f ' Gl. Sibb.
R E D D - H A N D I T , adj. Including the idea of activity
and neatness, A u g . , Ettr. F o r .
" Rachel, who was always awake to the craft of
housewifery, suggested that—it mithna be amiss to
try Tibbie M acred die, poor thing, she was amaist,
if no a'thegither weel; an' a redd haudit cummer she
was." Glenfergus, iii. 51. V. RED, v. a. to clear, &c.
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T h e stroke which one often
R E D D I N G - S T H A I K , .9.
receives, &c.] Add ;
" Said I not to ye, Make not, meddle not? Be-
ware of the redding-strakcl you are come to no house
o' fair strae death." Guy Mannering, ii. 89.
R E D M E X T , 6*. T h e act of putting in order ; a
redmcnt of affairs, a clearance where o n e ^
temporal concerns are in disorder, S.
T o R E I), v. a, 1. T o disencumber,
hh T o save, to rescue f r o m destruction. | Add ;
Rrdd is still used in this sense, South of S.
u l i e maun take part wi' hand and heart, and weel
his part it is, for redding him might have cost y o u
dearer." Guy Mannermii*, iii. 2(i(>, 2()7; h e. deliver-
ing inn:-, freeing him from his assailants.
)\v. o •/! >;o, x. Resci ie, recovery.
to i /1:;• souer-me lord—fmdis nathing mair intole-
r.'bili ;:i:r the ;h-hdh' h-idis—vpoun t.reu men, for the
shmchter, taking, S:c. of the saidis theiliis, brokili
in the def-ncc and redding of treu merrnis
l -a id is stowin and. reft fra thame," &e. Acts Ja. VI.
i 5a J, Ed. JSU, p. i>lH.
Insert, as sense
3, It is used as a reflective t>., in relation to the
act of persons who remove from a particular
H e - '
" Iiir .M.-jestie ordams, with avyse of tlie L o r d i s
aidls, ma^-eris.piirsovant is and messengeris, charge-
ing thame to pass, and in hir llienes name and au-
lorke command and charge the said Johnc Gordon 11,
— am! a-!! ctheris havaris, ha.hdaris, kepru'is and de~
t' C'.:;'?-; o^'t he ia/iissis and forteressis inuJerwrittin, to
»i.iyvcj the hons>is and forteressis of Find later and
A uch hi downe, and a.ther oi' thanie, to hir Grace's
(>lliciar, executor o f this charge, to quhome hir
Grace gevis commissioun to ressaif the samyn, and
to remoif, devoid, and red thame p . e. themselves^,
thair servandis and all utheris being therin furth
of the samyn/ 5 &c. Rec. Priv. Counc. 1562. Keith's
Hist. p. 225.
RED, adj. R i d , free, S*
But to get red, the lad contrives a sham,
T o send her back for something he forgot.
Ross's llclenore, First Edit, p, 45.
RED, Riddance.] Add;
R E D D I N S , .V. T h e same. Tohae reddms erf any
thing, to get clear of it ; E . riddance.
He scarce had red dins of the door,
When tangs flew past him bummin', &c.
MS. Poem.
R E D , adj. Afraid. V. RAD.
R E D D O U R , s. Fear, dread.
It would seem that Rudcl. has rendered this more
properly " violence, vehemency." V. R A D D O U H E ,
R E D , R E D D , S. Spawn.] Add;
W o w , friend, to meet you here I'm glad,
Wham I'd ne'er seen sin' time o' redd.
The Twa Frogs, A. Scott's Poems, p. 4<6\
REDE E I S C I I E , salmon in the state of spawn-
ing, S .
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" Anentis redejtsche it is ordanyt," &c. Pari. Ja.
II. A. 1457, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 5 I.
Under die article HKID F I S C I I E , I have supposed
the denomination to originate from the red
of the fish; especially induced by the autnork/ of
so excellent a naturalist as the late Dr. Y\Yixer.
But finding that Rede is the orthography of the MS.,
I hesitate greatly whether the phrase does not
strictly signify " fish tin-owing out their redd or
spawn," especially as i nnd that IA. reid-ur denotes
a female fish : Piscis io-minn, trotta. sal: no,
II E D , T h e green ooze found in ihe boUuni
o f pools, I l o x b .
Isl. hrodi purgamenti.m, quisquiiiae ; or rather
C.B. rhid, which not only signifies sperm, but what
" oozes, or drains;" Owen.
REDAITIN, A savage sort of fellow, Ayrs.
ee I have been aye byte at sic redail ins, whase
moolie gear is at ween them and their wits," 8: c.
Ed. Mag. April 1821, p. 851. V. R E I D E T I N , and
EYTTYN.
T o R E D A R G U E , v. a. T o accuse.
" When he had redargued himself for his sloth-
fulness, he began to advise how he should eschew
all danger." Pitscottie, Ed. 12mo. p. If).
R E D C A P , ,9. A spectre with very long teeth,
believed to haunt old castles, R o x b .
Now, Redcap he was there,
And he was there indeed,
And he was standing by,
Wi' his red cap on his head.
And Redcap gied a yell,
It was a yell indeed,
That the flesh 'neath my oxter grew cauld,
It grew as cauld as lead.
And Redcap gied a girn,
It was a girn indeed,
That my flesh it grew mizzled for fear,
And I stood like a thing that was dead.
Auld Sang.
This is probably the same with " Redcow'l in the
eastle of Strathtirym." Antiquary, i. 1.07-
R E D C O A L , R E D C O L L , S. Horse radish, Clydes.;
the same with Rotcoll, q. v.
" Raphanus rusticanus, red-col." Wedderb. Vo~
cab. p. 18,
R E D C O A T , a vulgar designation for a Bri-
tish soldier, from the colour of his uniform, S.
During the rebellion it was distinctly applied
to those who served King George.
fC Merciful goodness ! and if he's killed among
the red coats!'—' If it should sae befall, Mrs. Flock-
hart, I ken ane that will na be living to weep for
him." Waverley, ii. 289-
" Colonel Talbot—is held one of the best officers
among the red coats; a special friend and favourite
of the Elector himself, and of that dreadful hero,
the Duke of Cumberland, who has been summoned
from his triumphs at Fontenoy, to come over and
devour us poor Plighlanders alive." Ibid. iii. 30.
V . BLACK WATCH.
R E D C O C K - C R A W I N G , a cant phrase for
fire-raising, South of S.
" Weel, there's ane abune a'—but we'll see if the
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/v,'/ cod: cra:v not in his bonnie barn yard ae morn-
ing before day da wing/—* What does she mean ?'
Siud Mannering to Sampson in an under tone.
6 Fire-rai.-.iuw/ answered the laconic Dominie."
Guv Mannerh,\'.r, i. ;!<>.
R E F i D A N D , ' A*. T h e bend of the beam of a
]>h;uu'h ai the insertion of the coulter, Clydes.
Peri laps of A.S. origin, fe.m wedm, raedenn, re-
ghoeu ; q. wh;!t vegu h.tes the motion of the plough.
REDDENDO, u T h e clause of a charter
which expresses what duly the vassal is to pay
>o the superior a forensic term, S. Diet.
Feud. Law.
" It takes its name from the lost word of the
clause, in the Latin charter." Bell's Law Diet.
Reddendum is the term of the word in the law of
E. V. JACOI>.
R E D E A L L Y , s. Grain that lias got a heat
an sometime or other;" 1 Gail. Encycl.
IIEi)EXE, A pj;arenily \> ro.se.
And I haif red niony q uars,
Bath the .Done,', end Dominus (pie pars,
ilvr.ie and als r-. f!eue,
11a;:! Jr.glis and Lo'ceue :
And uiit! siory half I t<; reid,
Parses lionituft'm in the ereid.
jtauuutcne, 3/.V. cp. }ji;rd reisi; Harder, i. CLXI.
Tihs seems to be ibriiied from AS. raedan, the
i#h;r. of ran Id, lee tio, (,«. r-Ui.-ings, or, according to
the ecclesiastical term, hwsons. Here, then, the les-
sons read are distinguished from rhyme, because
ther were in prose.
REDEVEN, Expl. u the evening of Bel-
tane," Moray ; perhaps rather the eve of Bel-
tane, or the evening preceding that day. V.
REID-EEN.
R E D L A N D , Ground turned up, &c.] Add;
" A great dust arising out of the fallow earth and
red laud, through which they were marching, so that
none could see another, they brake order and began
to dec." Pitscottie, Ed. 17-8, p. 1.95. Bid (and,
Ed. 1814, p. 499.
ff Me partner thee !' said the damsel,—' there's
mair whistling than red land wi' thee, my selender
chield." Blackw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 400.
R E D E I N S , adv. 1. Readily, Kinross.
2. Sometimes as signifying perhaps, probably;
equivalent to E . readily, ibid., F i f e ; some-
times used in this sense, S.
This is formed like Backlins, Blindlins, &e. V.
the termination L I N G is.
R E D - N E B , s. T h e vulgar name for the kid-
ney-bean potatoe, South of S.
Various other potatoes, both of the early and
late kind, have been tried, of all of which, next to
the common white, the one in greatest esteem is the.
red-neb. which I suspect to be the same known in
England by the pin I:-eye." Agr. Surv. Iloxb. p. 97-
Pink-eyes and common whites are good,
A if lightish soil ;
And red-nebs too, the wale o' food,
When seasons smile.
A. Scott's Poems, p, 153,
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T o R E D O U N D , r. a. T o r e f u n d cold : for both summer and winter, (except when the*
" And the taknris to ret!<>uad nil proifeittis that frost is most vehement,) going always bare-legged and
thay haue takin vp of thav landis, agane to the king bare-footed, our delight and pleasure is not only in
for all the t vine that thay haue thame.—A1i d the hunting of red-deer, wolves, foxes, and graies, where-
takaris and posses-ionris to heir thame decernit to of we abound and have great plenty ; but also in
redound all proifeittis/' &c. Acts Ja. VJ. 1 374, Ed. running, leaping, swimming, sporting, and throwing
].s 14, ]>. !)(>. of darts. Therefore, in so much as we use, and de-
Tliis might at first view seem to be the E. v. or light, so to go always, the tender delicate gentlemen
!• r. redond-cr, id., used in a transitive sort of sense, of Scotland call us Redshanks.'1
(j. to cause to return. But I rather think that it is He goes on to shew, that the other designation
from Fr. redou u-cr, to return or give back again. originates from the buskins which the cold of win-
R E D S A U O f f , »v. ter obliged them to wear.
<£ A species of willow, known by the name of red £f And again in winter, when the frost is most

saugh or sallow, is esteemed next in value to ash, vehement, (as I have said), which we cannot suffer
oak, ami elm, mid brings Is. (id. or Is. 8(1. Q>er bare-footed, so well as snow which can never hurt us.
foot]." Agr. Surv. Roxb. p. 120. V. SATCH. when it comes to our girdles, we go a hunting; and
R E D S C l i l P , .v. Furuilure, apparat us. after that we have slain red-deer, we flay off the skin
Ane NosroWuV vaueht, caiiit t he ./nines, with her by and by, and setting of our bare foot on the inside
haill rr<{:u-/;ij) graicht." A herd. Reg. A. I thereof, by want of cunning shoemakers, by your
Redseh/j) nt><-//!, i n rnitu re in iendme:^; iorgraith.it.Grace's pardon, we play the coblers, compassing and
T e n t . r,-(-d-.t;e//aj), pixu-p.-ratiu, apparatus. measuring so much thereof, as shall reach up to our
R K D S I I A N K,.v. A nickname for a I iighlander.] ancles : pricking the upper part thereof with holes,
Add ; that the water may repass where it enters ; and
stretching it up with a strong thong of the same
This term, I find, was used as early as the time
above our said ancles. So, and please your noble
of Spenser.
grace, we make our shoes. Therefore, we using such
" Hee [Robert le Bruce] also, to worke him the
manner of shoes, the rough hairy side outward, in
more mischiefe, sent over his said brother Edward
your grace's dominion of England we be called Rough-
with a power of Seottes, and Red-shankes into Ire-
'footed Scots." Project of a Union between the two
land ; where by the meanes of the Lacies, and of the
kingdoms, presented to Henry VIII. MS. Bibl. Reg.
Irish with whom they combined, they gave looting."
Pinkerton's Hist. Scotl. ii. ?>{)6, 397-
State of Irel. Works, viii. Got footing, Ed. 1715-
In an earlier work, the term, by a strange mis- The buskins here described are the same with the
apprehension, is generally applied to the Picts in Rif/lings, or Rough RuUions, worn by the ancient
eoiilrndivtinetion from the Scots or Highlanders. Scots, whence Minot contemptuously calls a Scots-
— A priest and abbot notable by his habit and man Rughfute Riveting. V. REWELYNYS.
religious life called Columban earn from Ireland in- It is strange that Eldar should fall into the same
to Rritany to preaehe the woord of God to the Red- error with Stapleton, who lived in the following age<
shankes that dwelt in the North, that is to say to For, as Mr. Pinkerton subjoins, " he ridiculously
those that by high and hideous ridges of hylles were confounds the Irish, or highlanders, called Redshanks,
disseuered from such Redshank.es as dwelt in the south with the ancient Picts." Ibid.
quarters. For the southerne Redshankes / ' &c. Sta- " In the Lowlands of Scotland, the rough-footed
pleton's Bede, B. iii. c. 4. Picti is the word used in Highlanders were called Red-shanks, from the colour
the original. In B. i. § 1 and 12, he uses Picfes in of the red-deer hair." Note to Burt's Letters, i. 74.
the text, and explains it by Redshankes in the margin. R E D - S H A N K , T h e D o c k , after it has be-
The term is also used by Hollinshed. H e says gun to ripen, S.B.
that in the battle of Bannockburn were three tliou- " Should dock-weeds be allowed to remain till
sande of the Irish Scots, otherwise called Kateranes they begin to ripen (then called red-shanks) they are
or Redshanks ; these no lesse fierce & forward than not so easily pulled." Agr. Surv. Kincard. p. 370.
the other (the borderers) practised and skilfull." This word is expl. as signifying "Sour Dock," Roxb.
Hist, of Scot. 318.
R E D - W A T , adj. Wetted so as to become red.
Sir W. Scott gives the following account of the u The hand of her kindred has been red-wat in the
reason of this designation. <c The ancient buskin
was—made of the undress'd deer hide, with the hair heart's blude o' my name ; but my heart says, Let
outwards, a circumstance which procured the High- byganes be byganes." Blackw. Mag. July 1820,
landers the well-known epithet of Red-shanks" p. 384.
Notes to The Lady of the Lake, lx. Ixi. R E D W A T E R , s. A disease in sheep, S.
But John Eldar, the native of Caithness, to whose " Redwater—consists in an in flam at ton of the skin,
authority our elegant Minstrel refers, does not give that raises it into blisters, which contain a thin, red-
this as the reason of the designation; but accounts dish, and watery fluid.—Redwater—seldom appears
for it from the Highlanders going " bare-legged and in this country, and is almost never fatal." Essays
bare-footed."—" Moreover," he says, " wherefore Highl. Soc. iii. 128.
they call us in Scotland Redshanks, and in your R E D - W O O D , T h e name given to the red-
Graces dominion in England Roughfooted Scots, dish, or dark-coloured, and more incorruptible,
please it your majesty to understand, that we of wood found in the heart of trees, S.
all people can tolerate, suffer, and away best with " The oaks [in the mosses] are almost entire ;
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the white wood, as it is called, or the outermost cir- R E E , S. A wreath, Gall.
cles of the tree, only are decayed; whilst the red re- ce We say rees o' snaw/ for wreaths of snow ;'"'

mains, and is likely to remain, if not exposed, for Gall. Enc. p. 406.
ages." Agr. Surv. Stirl. p. 40. T o REE, v. a. T o wreathe, ibid.
R E E , adj. 1. Half-drunk, S.] Add; R E E , R E E G H , s. 1. An inclosure from a river*
£C It used to cost me as muckle siller for the sin o' or the sea, of a square form, open only to-
getting fu', no aboon three or four times in the year, wards the water, for the purpose of receiving
as would hae kept ony honest man blithe and rce frae small vessels ; Renfrews.
New'ers-day to Hogmanae." 11. Gilhaize, i. 156*. This seems to be originally the same with Su.G.
% Crazy, delirious.] Add; raa (pron. roj primarily a stake, (pal us, I lire) ;
It seems to admit of this sense in the following secondarily a landmark or boundary of whatever
passage. kind; and then, a corner, a bay, (angulus, sinus),
Ben the room I ran wi' hurry, utpote in qtiihus termini lapidei ligneique praecipue
^io.s'd the door wi' unco glee, defigtintiir. Thus ree is used S. as denoting an ar-
Bead, an' leugh, maist like to worry, tificial bay, one formed by stakes or stones. Isl. ra,
Till my pow grew haflins rce. angulus, sinus. Under the first sense, Hire observes
A. Wilsons Poems 1790, p. 1,93. that he finds raa used to denote the poles on which
3. W i l d , outrageous-; as, " a ree yad," a wild hunting nets are suspended. V. RAE, which seems
or high-spirited mare ; u a rce chap,'1 a wild originally the same word, differently applied.
blade, Dumfr. Add to etymon ; 2. Reegh, S.A. denotes the hinder part of a mill-
Haldorson writes the Isl. word hrcif-r, rendering dam.
it hilar is, solito animosior. Verelius expl. riad-ur 3. Used, more laxly, for a harbour, Loth.
deturbatus, (vo. Rckiun) from ri-a. But 1 hesitate if In this sense, the reegh of Leitli is a common
there be any affinity, as he renders the v. illudere, phrase.
contumeiia afficere ; Haldorson,—attrectare. T o R E E D , v.n. T o fear, to apprehend.] Add;
I N A ITKE, in a state of temporary delirium; ex-
Though these senses are conjoined in Ross's Gl.,
pressive of the state of one who has not slept the term is often used without including any idea
off intoxication, Lanarks. of fear. These senses are not only distinct, but
R E E , ,y. A small riddle, See.] Add; seem to belong to two different verbs. The term
The v. in S. denotes riddling in a particular way. occurs with this orthography in different instances,
In the operation, the grain is whirled round, so as where it evidently has the same signification with
to leave the coarser part of it in the middle of the Red, v. 1. " T o suppose, to guess/'
riddle, while the finer passes through. To this auld Colin glegly 'gan to hark,
< }f the v. to ree Dr. Johns, says, I know not the Wha with his Jean sat but wards i' the mark;
etymologv." Perhaps we may deduce it from Isl. An' says, Gudewife, I reed your tale is true,
r()-(/, in pre5*. indicative rae, which, while it prima- An' I ne'er kent my wife's extract ere now.
rily signifies remigare, to row, is also rendered, Ross's Ilelenore, First Edit. p. 122.
in a secondary sense, hue illuc corpus molare; Hal- Her looks, quo' she, sae gar'd my heartstrings beat,
dorson, vo. Rae. The affinity is suggested by the I reed 'twas they that me a-dreaming set.
following definition of the provincial term. " Rie. Ibid. p. 125.
T o turn corn in a sieve; bringing the capes or bro- R E E D , conj. Lest, S.R.] Add;
ken ears into an eddy. North ;" Grose. —Jean's paps wi' sa't and water wash en clean,
R E E - R U C K , S. A small rick of corn, in form of Reed that her milk get wrang, fan it was green.
a stack, put up for being more speedily dried, Ross's Ilelenore, p. 13.
South of S. In the first edit, this is tc for fear."
The term is supposed to contain an allusion to the R E E D , G A L E ' S R E E D . Y. REID.
form that the coarser part of the grain assumes in the R E E D I N G P L A N E , a species o f plane used
act of riddling. by carpenters, which differs from what is called
REE, A sheep-recy a perm anent fold, into which the Heading plane, only in generally forming
sheep are driven, surrounded with a wall of three rods at once, S.
stone and feal, sometimes5 feet high,Loth.,S.O. R E E D - M A D , adj. " Distracted Gl. Tarras,
" Ree, a round sheep fold where sheep are put
Euchan.; synon. Rckl-wod, q. v.
into in snowy nights, to hinder the snow to rce, or
to wreath them up.—Ree is often confounded with R E E E D , part. pa. Rumoured.
bught ; but a sheep-rec and a sheep-bug Id are different; The godly laird of Grant—
a bught is a little bight to catch sheep in, no matter For a' his Highland cant—
what be its figure." Gall. Encyel. Tis reef'd he has a want.
The connexion here marked with Ree to wreath, Jacobite Relics, ii. 24.
Reef seems to be the same with Reeve, to talk
is quite fanciful.
with great vivacity, q. v.
This, by a late learned friend, was traced to Sw.
rja, a barn for drying corn by means of stoves, a R E E E O R T , R Y E A I I T , <?. A radish, S.] Add;
practice common in Sweden. " Raphauus, a riffardWedderb. Vocab. p. 18.
This seems to be originally the same word with Cotgr. gives Fr. ravejbrte as synon. with raifort.
Rae, Wrae, an enclosure for cattle, q. v. REEK, Trick, wile?
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Perhaps the surgeon's aid avails,
By medic lore,
To patch a wee, where nature fails,
An' age has tore;
Till nature, ah ; like my auld hreeks,
Nae iani/er brooks to baud the stceks ;
Life out at ilka opening keeks,
An' e'es the day,
Defying a' art's patching' reeks,
Syne- wings a.way.
A . Sc>-j({'s Poems, p. 1 Of), 1 0 7 . reel,
Dan. rijlc a ym^/i. a- thru.-t, an assault? Isl. hrcHdot- Bee-master is apt to take for swarming, till he be
ar, hreck-eis, fallax ?
REEKER, Some! hh;g exceeding the common casioned by a. great many of the bees flying, and
size; as, " Thai's a r c c h c r " Teviotd. ; synon. making* a eonfa.-cd motion and noise in the fore-
Wh alter, Wit'. Her.
Perhaps of Cdh ori ; rh.n.ch, that extends out:
from rl/;/'//
R E E K HE;D. V . UKIA- H K X .
R E E E I hi, Ar.u> RkoKIO, a designation given
to .Edinburgh by tin-so v.'ho Jrom a distun -o
observe: it:; /i//:o.V/y app^'-rancc, S.
tc I lech, sirs, but ye've gotten a nasty can id vrct
day for coming Into Aid ! Reekie, as you hint ra folks
ca' i'lnibroh" M. Lynd.say, p. dp.
H E E K I M , IiI<:IK.I?.r, R E I K U M , .v. A smart blow,
q. a stroke that will make the smoke i'ly, being they receive the word with joy, as he that received
synon. wit.; i the phrase, T'H gar your r inn pic the set.d into stony places." Guthrie's Trial, p. 137.
reek, i. e. iC 1 v. ill dust your coaL for x'o-u
Fife, Aberd.
R E E K - S H O T , .<;. Ax term applied to the eyes, their fear; Felix trembled." Ibid. p. 1.92.
when al! o f ; : ; - addon they become sore, and
begin to wah, r, without any apparent cause, a derivative from rag-a, hue ill o c ferri, ut sol en t
Ettr. For.
Perhaps origiuaUy applied to the effect of smoke
on the eyes.
T o R E E L , O'. ?i. T o r o l l V. REIL.
T o R E E L , 7;. n. T o travel, to roam, Aberd.
The sack an' the sieve, an* a' I will leave,
An' alang wi' my soger reel O !
Old Song.
Isl .reiki, crebra actio vel itio; roel-a, vagari; ril-
la, vacillare.
* T o R E E L . To Bed about, v. n. 1. T o g o to
and fro in a rambling and noisy way, S.
T o romp, S.
Su.G. ragl-a, vacillare.
3. T o whirl round in a dance, S.
O how she dane'd! sae trim, an' reel'd, an5 set,
Her favourite tune the Braes, o' Tullymct.
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 97.
R E EL*, R E I L , R E I L L , .V.] Insert, as sense
1. A rapid motion in a circular form, S.
T h e name given to a particular kind o f dance.
Add;
Wi' rapture sparkling i' their em,
The;; mind fu' weel
The sappy kiss, and squeeze, between
Ilk bly the some reel.
Nor was it only ibr a reel
That Johnney was belov'd sae weel;
H e loo'd his friend
Musics Siller Gun, p. 41, 43,
R E E
3. A confused or whirling motion; especially ap-4
plied to creatures o f diminutive size, S.
And O the gathering that was on the green,
Of little fouki.es, clad in green and blue,
Kneaier and trigger never tred the d e w ;
In mony a re-l they scamper'd here and there,
V/.'di.s o:i the yerd, and whiles up in the air.
Ross's Plelenore, p. 62.
c- By this lime also the drones will begin to make
their aopcarance, and your hive will be making a
we cadi it, once every day, which a young
otherwi se taught by experience. This reeling is oc-
part of the hive, much after the manner of gnats,
when they make that motion we call midges dan-
ring." Maxwell's Bee-master, p. 35.
•I. A confused motion of whatever kind, a tur-
moil ; perhaps in allusion to this dance.
Fur sei.og all things not go weill,
He said than- suld not mis ane reilI,
That suld the cheefest walk in vp.
lut>itdsong's Schorl Discnrs, See. st. 12.
o. A disorderly motion; transferred to the mind.
c<r There may be a. reel among their affections; as,
it may be some wicked men have been en-
lightened, iieb. vi. 1., and have found some reel in
This might seem allied to Sw. ragl-a to stagger,
ebrii; Hire. This may be the idea originally sug-
gested by Reel, as denoting a certain kind of dance.
(5. A loud sharp noise, rattling, S.
7. Bustle, hurry.
They have run oure with a reil I
Thair sairles sermone red yistrene.
Diall. Clark fy Courteour. Y . S A I R L E S .
R E E L - A B O U T , S. A lively romping person, Clydes.
R E E L - F I T T I T , adj. Havingthe feet so turned
inwards, that when one walks he crosses his legs,
and makes a curve with his feet, IJpp. Clydes.
This is observable in some cattle.
I 1 E E L X E , -v. A diminutive from E . reel, S.
A wheel and a reelie to ca. Old Song*
R E E L - H A L L , adv. Topsy-turvy.] Add;
tc The warld's a' reel-rail but wi' me and Kate.—
There's nothing but broken heads and broken hearts
to be seen." Donald and Flora, p. 17-
Isl. rill, promiseua multitudo plebis. Haldorson
gives it as synon. with Dan. ripsraps, our Riffraff.
T o R E E M , v. n. A s , " T o rcem in one's nod-
dle," to haunt the fancy, producing disorder
and unsettledness o f mind, A y r s .
Perhaps originally the same with E. roam, Isl.
ripn-a difftigere; or wdth S. Rame, to reiterate the
same words.
REEAIIS, REEMISII, A rumbling noise. V.
R E I M I S .
R E E M O U S , s. A falsehood, A y r s .
Isl. racm-a, verbis efferre; hreim-r spnus.
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llecmus seems to convey the idea of a \ugue or
idle report; as perhaps id lied to Ham;-., ,</., q. • .
T o I l E E N G E , v. n. L T o move about r;:p:d!y,
with great noise and bustle, to range ; as, She
gangs ree agin throw the house like a fury,*" S.
T h i s is nearly synon. with Reessil.
Teut. rangh-en, agitare.
52. T o emit a clattering
O rinsing;
O O noise,' as that of
a number o f articles of crockery, or pieces of
metal, falling, Clydes.
R E E K G E , A*. Such a clattering noise, ibid.
R E E N G E K , S. One who ranges up and down, ibid.
T o I l E E N G E , v. a. 1. T o rinse, S.
Moes.G. hrainj-an, Isl. hreins-a, mundare.
2. T o clear out the ribs of the grate, to poke
them, IJpp. Clydes.
R E E N G E , .V. A handful o f heath firmly tied to-
gether for rinsing, S. Ranger, heather ranger,
id., Teviotdale.
I l E E N G E , s. T h e semicircular seat around the
pulpit in a church, in which the elders were
wont to sit, or those who presented children for
baptism, Fife ; corrupted from E . range, or
Er. renge, id.
R E E F I N , s. 1. A very lean person or animal,
Upp. Clydes.
L2. It seems to be the same word which Mactag-
gart writes Reepan, explaining it u a low-made
w r e t c h a l s o u a t a l e - p y e t G a l l . Encycl.
This can scarcely be viewed as originally the same
with Gael, riabhan; " a handsome young fellow."
C.B. rhibin, a narrow row, or scanty dribblet; Belg.
reepje, a small strip ; Isl. hrip, lanificium crassissi-
mum ; hrop, vilissimum et rarissimum tomentum.
T o R E E S E , I I E E Z E , v. a. T o praise, to e x t o l ]
Add; Aberd.
Your Cf Maillie," and your guid " Auld Mare,"
And " Hallow-even's'' funny cheer—
There's nane that reads them far nor near
But reezes Robie.
Skinners Misc. Poet p. 109, 110.
Though Reese is once used by Ramsay, this is pro-
perly the Aberdeenshire pron. of the v. Ruse, q. v.
R E E S E , s. A reese o" wind, a high wind, a stiff
breeze, Fife.
R E E S I E , adj. Blowing briskly; as, " a reesie
d a y ; " Fife.
R E E S I N , R E E Z I N , adj.] Substitute ;
Vehement, strong, forcible ; as, " a reezin wundf
a strong dry wind ; a a reezin fire," one that
burns briskly with a great deal of flame, making
a noise like a brisk wind, S.
Teut. raes-en fur ere, furore agitari, saevire. Isl.
reis-a, excitare ; hress, vivax, vegetus ; animosus.
R E E S K , R E Y S I C , S. 1. A kind of coarse grass.]
Add;
Waste land which yields only benty grass.]Add;
" If a field be cold and canker'd, or overgrown
with reesk, year old fauch will agree best." Surv.
Banffs. App. p. 59.
Reesk is Still used in the same sense, S.B. for
rough boggy grass p a s t u r a g e G L Surv. Moray.
283
R E E
es The great part of the original soil of this portion
of the county, is either a moss of considerable depth,
or it is. what in this tmd in the adjacent county of
Abei\iee» 1, is provincial!}' called Eeisque, or Eeisk;
more fr-./\n its natural produce, which is a mixture of
poor heath and >tanted co\.i>e grasses, than from the
component part:; <;f the soil iuelf." Agr. Surv.
Kincard. p. :;I7.
" Rec.sk, ground full of rough-rooted reeds, some-
thing like rushes G). Tarras.
3. A. marshy place, o:e.] Add;
I appremnd that it is in tin-", sense that the term
occurs in the CJiartulary of Aberbrothic.
cv Tiie mare h is of G wthym imprimis begynnand
at Kilo!-: at the Quhch;icheid n.-wk, swapassand eist
the greyn r< ysk to I alilhau I; en," &c. Fol. 78.
(Alacfark M S.)
REE SKI E, adj. Abounding with this kind of
grass, Aberd.
Aft we've seen them fain,
Dink owre the bent to the reislde den.
Mis;.rimed reeki,:. Tarras's Poems, p. 7-
R E E S L I N n - ] ) K Y 9 adj. So dry as to make a
RU••;//>I<:<• SI; I; 11 (I. A I ?E\\ 1,
A.S. hris-d-an m-jutare : Teut. ryssel-en, id.
T o R E E S T , r. a. T o arrest. T h i s is the com-
mon pron. of the vulgar in S. V. R E I S T .
R E E S T E D , part. pa. Smoke-dried, S. Y.
HEIST,
R E Eft T I E , adj. Restive, Gall.
" A horse is rcestie when it stands fast, and will
not move for the whip, but is rather inclined to go
backwards Gad. Eneych V. R E I S T , V.
R E E V E , prct. of Rive. " Eursted," Buchan.
—"Maggie jiait the hauk it quey,
An' recce her o' the tether. Tarras's Poems.
h e. caused her to burst on her tether, by giving
her too r.UiCii 10 eat.
T o I I E E Z E , <\ <;. T o pull one about roughly,
Upp. CU'ULS.
Isl. hr< ./.v., \ivax, vegetus, also animosus; hress-a
relax are, recreare ; reis-a, excitare ; hreys-a raptare.
Tin's iiuiy, however, like many other terms in this
district he a re hone of its ancient Welsh inhabitants.
For C.i). r/;j/s-ia,c signifies to rush violently ; also, to
entangle; and rhys, cc the act of putting on in a
moving t e n d e n c y O w e n .
T o R E E Z E behind, v. n. T o let wind go, R o x b .
W h e n c e the phrase, a reezing horse for one
that is healthy, ibid. ; equivalent to the coarse
S. Prov. " A farting bairn is ay a thriver."
Isl. hress animosus ; ries-cn temere agere, ries ef-
fraenus.
R E E Z I E , ,?.] Define ;—Light-headed in conse-
quence of drinking, elevated with drink, R o x b .
Ree synon. S.
Tho' some for thee care ne'er a bod die,
Yet still you please my reezy noddle.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 23.
Teut. ries temerarius, ries-cn temere agere; reysigh,
procerus; expeditus; Belg. ritsig hot-spurred ; Su.G.
ras-a deli rare, under which Ihre mentions Scot, rees
furor, rese furere. Belg. roes, fuddled ,* Sewel.
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R E E Z I E , adj. " A horse is reezie, when he balyeis of his'regalis" Pari. Ja. II. A. 1458, Acts Ed.
is inclined to whisk his tail, —and plunge 1814, p. 82, S3.
Gall. Enc. Y . etymon o f R E E S I N . Fr. fief en regale, a noble fief, held immediately,
R E E Z L I E , adj. Applied to ground that has a and in c a pile, of the king; Cotgr.
cold bottom, producing a coarse kind o f grass, R E G A L I T Y , R E G A L I T E ' , .V.' 1. A territorial j u -
Ayrs. risdiction granted by the king, with lands given
in lib e ram r eguilt atari; and conferring on the
This seems to be a derivative from Reesk, Bass,
persons receiving it, although commoners, the
coarse grass that grows on downs; A.S. resee, rise,
title o {'Lords of Regality.
juncus, q. reseelic.
iC That nothir lord of regalite, schiref, na baroune,
* T o R E F E R , v. a. T o defer, to delay, to put
off, S. T h i s is not properly viewed as an E . sell ony thefe; or fyne with hym of thift donne na
sense of the word, though I believe it is thus to be donne, vndir the payn to the lordis of regalite,
used b y some E . writers. doing in the contrary, of tynsall of regaliteis, and
T o R E F 0 U N 1 ) , v. a. T o charge to the ac- barouiiis, justieis & sehireffis, of lyfe & gudis." Park
count o f ; an oblique use of the Fh v. to refund. Ja. I. A. 14<36, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 23.
•—" Til ere had been that blessed harmony be- " Regalities proceeded upon signatures presented
twixt ministers and professors, whieh now is not ; in exchequer which passed by the great seal.-—The
and the want thereof is to be r founded on this court civil jurisdiction of a lord of regality was in all re-
stratagem ; and the righteous Lord will require it at spects equal to that of a sheriff; but his criminal was
the hand of the indulged." M 'Ward's Contend.p. 144. truly royal ; for he might have judged in the four
pleas of the crown, whereas the sheriff was compe-
— " The marring of that unity, whieh was amongst tent to none of them but murder. It was even as
field-preachers and people, is to be rejhunded upon ample as that of the justiciary as to every crime ex-
that intimacy, and familiarity, that was carried on cept treason ;—and in this one respect it prevailed
betwixt the indulged and many field-preachers; over it, that where a criminal was amenable to a re-
whereby the edge of their zeal was blunted against gality, the lord might have repledged or reclaimed
the indulgence itself, under pretence of esteem to him to his own court, not only from the sheriff, but
the persons of the indulged." Ibid. p. 147- from the justices themselves." Ersk. Inst. B. i. T. 4.
REEOIJNDIMEXT; .Y. R e h n b u r s e m e t , t h e act o f
§ 7, 8.
refunding. As tin's right was so powerful a prop of the feu-
" That na persoun range vther mennis woddis, dal system, and virtually rendered its possessors so-
park is, haningis within dykis or browmis, without vereigns within their own domains, it was wisely
licence of the awnar of the ground, vnder the pane abolished after the rebellion, A. 1745-6. V. JUS-
of re/bundiment of the dampnage and skaith to the TIFY, sense 4.
parteis," Sec. Acts Mary 1555, Ed. 1814, p. 497- 2. T h e territory or district over which this right
T o R E F R A N E , v. a. T o retain, to hold in. extended.
" Item twa doubill planttis to rejrane heit watter " And geyff the offisaris of the regahjleys fulfillis
in maner of schoufer." Inventories, A. 1542, p. 72. nogt this act, it sail be leyfful to the kyngis schir-
R E F T U P , part. pa. raye to fulfill it." Pari. Ja. II. A . 1438, Acts Ed.
iC And utheris contrarie rejoises to be callit Gospel-
] S I 4, p. 32.
laris, and cunning in scripture; quha reft up in hie R E G E N T , s. 1. A professor, &c.] Jdd;
curiositie of questionis,—makis of the gospel! ane 52. It has been supposed that this term was occa-
takin craft, but ferder practise of Godis law in deid." sionally used in a lower sense than the designa-
Winyet's First Tractat. Keith's Hist. App. p. 207. tion of Professor ; as denoting one who taught
Lifted up, Marg. But I find no parallel, or cognate a class in a college without a formal appoint-
use of the term. Perhaps rather snatched up ;" ment to a chair.
from A.S. reaf-ian, Su.G. raff-a, rifw-a, rap ere. " A l l the scholars who entered at one time into a
REFUTSS,\s'. Refusal; F r . refits. college, formed a class, which was put under the g o -
" And that thai sail nocht tak his refuiss in evill vernment or tuition of a regent. The regents were
part, being preissit be thame in ony thing aganis the different from the professors, who had permanent
effect of his said ayth and promeiss." Acts Ja. VI. situations in the college." Dr. M'Crie's Life of Mel-
1571, Ed. 1814, p. 68. Also, ibid. p. 138. ville, i. 2 2 9 - 3 0 .
R E F U S I O N , 5. T h e act of refunding. ff It was objected against his eligibility, that he
" What could be more contrary to sense and rea- was not in priest's orders, and that he was a regent,
son than for a woman to brook and life-rent her hus- that is, (as I suppose) that he was not a professor or
band's whole estate, and yet his executors to be liable permanent teacher—primum quod non fuit sacer-
in refusion of the tocher ?" Fount. Suppl. Dec. i. 66*7. dos, secundum quod fuit r eg ens, ut loquuntur, actu."
L. B. refusio, restitutio, from refmid-eve, reparare, Ibid. i. 108.
restituere; Du Cange. I hesitate, however, whether this ought to be sus-
REGALIS, pi Districts enjoying the privi- tained as a sufficient proof. The passage refers to the
leges of regalities. university of Glasgow: and perhaps all that we can
— " A t the Justice—sett thare Justice airis & hald infer from it is, that it was viewed as improper that
thaim twiss in the yere:—Ancle richt sua lordis of re- one should be chosen Dean of the Faculty of Arts,
galiteis within thare regalis; Ande alsua the Kingis who was actually discharging the functions of a pro-
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fessor. For, if it be not one of the standing laws of
the university, that no professor should have this
office, this exclusion, if my recollection does not fail
me, is at least sanctioned by custom.
In some of our acts of Parliament, this term is
used in the same sense with Professor; as in Acts
Ja. VI. Ed. 1814, iii. 180. In others it follows the
latter, as if it marked an inferior office.—"And to
the saidis prineipall, professoris, regentis, and reman-
ent maisteris & member is of the said college," &c.
Acts Cha. L Ed. 1814, V. 564.
It would appear that strictly the term Professor
was applied to a teacher of philosophy or theology,
and that Regent denoted a teacher of Greek or La-
tin. This was the distinction made in the university
of Paris, and other foreign universities, after the mo-
del of which ours were constituted. On dit un Re-
gent de Rhe tori que & des basses classes: ceux de
Philosophic s'appellent plutot Professeurs. Diet, de
Trev. vo. Regent.
Craufurd, in his Hist. Univ. Edim, uses the terms
promiscuously. At times, however, he observes the
original distinction.
" At Michaelmas 1608, the new entering class was
to be destitute of an Regent, there being only three
Professors of Philosophie ever since the departure of
Mr. John Adamson, May 1604." P. 67.
This term was common in France, in the time of
Rabelais, who gives the following account of the
duties of Gargantua at Orleans.
" As for breaking his head with over-much study,
he had an especial cure not to do it in any case, for
fear of spoiling his eyes; which he the rather ob-
served, for that it was told him by one of his teach-
ers, (there called Regents) that the pahie of the eyes
was the most hurtful thing of any to the sight."
Urquhart's Tran si. B. ii. p. 29-
Th e same designation is used with respect to the
Professors in the University of Paris.
" And first of all, in the Fodderstreet he held dis-
pute against all the Regents or Fellows of Colledges,
Artists or Masters of Arts, and Oratours, and did so
gallantly, that he overthrew them, and set them all
upon their tailes." Ibid. p. 67.
Regens is the only term used by Rabelais. Re-
gens, Artiens, Orateurs. Urquhart improperly uses
Fellows of Colledges as if it were synonymous.
T o R E G E N T , V. N. T o discharge the duty of a
Professor in an university,
— " The town-council, remembering Mr. Rol-
lock's recommendation immediately before his death,
of Mr. Henry Charter is, (who now had regen ted al-
most 10 years), as most fit to succeed to him, elected
him to be Principal of the Colledge." Craufurd's
Hist. Univ. Ed. p. 52.
" Mr. William King, (after he had regented in the
colledge 23 years), was called to the ministry at
Crammond." Ibid. p. 119-
Fr. regent-er, " t o teach, read, or moderate in
schoolesCotgr.
R E G E N C V , S. A professorship in an university.
" Mr. Alexander Innes,—his goodson, who was de-
posed frae his kirk also, and Mr. Alexander Scroggie
his son deposed frae his regency,—ilk ane of them
got a pension from the king." Spalding, i. 326.
285
R E I
REGENTRIE, A regency in a kingdom.
" And thaireftir to desyre our souerane ladie,
withe consent of the daulphin hir spous, to 111 ak ane
commission 11 of regentrie in the maist ample forme
vnto hir derrest moder the quenis grace now regent of
this realme," &c. Acts Mary 1558, Ed. 1814, p. 504.
Cf The said—Lord James Murray, See. ressavit and
acceptit upoim him the office of regentrie of our so-
verane lord his realme and liegis," &c. Act. Dom.
Cone. A. 1567, Keith's Hist. p. 453.
T o R E G I S T I I A T E , v. a. T o register, S. Rc-
gist rate, part. pa.
c< In testimony whereof, He subscribes thir pre-
sents, and is content the same be registrate in the
books of Holy Scripture, to be kept 011 record to
future generations." Walker's Peden, p. 59-
R E G R E S S , s. Legal recourse upon.
—"Becauss the said Henry allegeit he had writt-
inge of James of Foulartone quharthrou he vnder-
st ude he my1 saufly intromet w l the said gudis, that
he haf regress to him insafer as law will." Act.
Audit. A. 1479, p. 94.
L.B. regress-us, idem quod Practicis nostris Re-
coil rs. Du Cange.
* R E G R E T , s. A complaint, a grievance.
" There were divers other regrets, concerning both
church and police, set down in this Paper." Spald-
ing, i. 213.
T o R E H A B I L I T A T , r. a. T h e same with
Reliable.
" His Majestie—rchabilitals the said Francis [sum-
tyme erle of Bothuell] againes all actes of dishabi-
litation," &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V. 56.
R E H A B J L I T A T I O U N , S. The act of restoring to
former honours or privileges, a forensic term, S.
— " And be the said rehabilitatioun rehabilitats the
said Francis," &e. Ibid.
REHERSS, Rehearsal; synon. with Reporte.
u And quhatsumeuir thay deponit aganis the saidis
persewaris—the samin wes be reherss and reporte of
vtheris." Acts Ja. VL 1597, Ed. 1811.., p. 128.
R E J A G , s. A repartee, Loth.
T o R E J A G , v. a. T o give a smart answer, espe-
cially as reflecting on the person to whom it is
addressed, ibid.
This is evidently the same with the O.E. v. " Re-
preuyn or reiaggyn. Redarguo. Deprehendo."
Prompt. Parv.
Fr. rejaug-er to measure a cask again. Shall we
suppose that this v. had been anciently used by the
French in a metaph. sense; in the same manner in
which the E. phrase, lie took his measure, is still used
in the colloquial language of S., as signifying, " He
gave him a complete answer ?"
R E I E 11% adj. Thinly formed, spare, slender,
Ettr. For. Y. R I B I E .
R E I D , adj. R e d , S.E.] Add;
This word is used as denoting the colour of sal-
mon when in a healthy state.
" Salmond full reid & sueit [[fresh], sufficient mar-
ch antgu id, and of the rychteous bind of Abirdene."
Aberd. Reg. V. 24.
Perhaps in this sense opposed to Black fish. V,
BLACK-FISHING.
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This, it would app.v s\ va iir- O.j.. pro-:run- marked, thai days which bear this name are to be
ciation. 44 What betokene; h ir whan 1 lu some.? got lie found in differ cut times of the year." The reason of
downe reed?" P;ah-r, i?. in. 1'. H^, b. tni> iipjdicai ion of the term I have not been able to
R E I I ) , ilr:UK. .v. T h e ionrt li stomach, j Add;
" When the stow •'•it, hn.e.-tine.-., < i uiher abdomi- REID-EEN, T h e evening preceding the
nal vh.eera are m- ' alr'ectod, it [h: hdhmunation J third day of May, Aberd. ; Rude-een, synon.
is said to he hi i n: read or boweb, and when the For some of the superstitious rites observed on
rmiseuiar parts, to be in the tie:-h or blood." Prize this eve, Yd 1 ( I ; D E - D A Y . The Mountain-ash is not
Ess. flighl. Soc. Scot. iii. 303. only placed above the doors of cow-houses, but in
An' there was ginger-faced /-.Ioil, Aberdeenshire above the doors of dwelling-houses^
Wi' sweeties frae Kirk"*'?'"-: bree,— to which woodbine is added. A cross is also im-
A' ca'j'-rced carrier Samuel Noll, pressed, with tar, on the doors of stables and byres.
Nae better than he should be. R E I D - I I U N G E R , s. A term used to denote
]);(> idson's Seasons, p. 72. the ra:/e
O of lumber, O " S.
R E I D , .?. Necessary preparation, fitting out, q.
getting rcudif. It is certainly the same with Reid in Reid-wod,
Ci Thar hehufyl a gret sowme to be fu rne>t to the furious witii rage. A.S. reth, to which this term has
been i raced, is used with great latitude ; as, ret ha
mid of the said schipCv per M magi Aberd. Keg.V. Hi.
rm, s.e.-va phi via; ret he, stormas, saevae procellae;
Tent, reed, pnrahis, prom plus. \ . J( nnsr-iie.
Hart'- reth re, calor saevior, &c. It seems exactly to
R E Y D , A-. A- road f o r ships. 4i For., hevin,
correspond with ihe Eat. phrase, sacra fames, Clau-
or rejjd T A!)erd. 11 eg. V. 'M-. T e n I. reedc,
dia:- ; an : rabida fames, Virgil.
statio n a v ; i n n . \ . ?' A n E.
iii : N-I., \-<;KKKD, adj. In a ravening state from
R E 11) D A Y , a d a y i.i S e o u - n d b i f o ? v nhwh
l:!i S.
the wheal is generally sown. On Leid-ee;u oi
IIEID-WOD, R e d - W O D , adj. 1. I n a violent
the e v e o f this d a y , i. e. the e v e n i n g preceding-
rage.] Add;
it, the h a r t a n d the hind are b e l i e v e d t o meet
The f'r.^t part of this term is evidently retained in
for copulation. T h i s , it is p r e t e n d e d , is the
Teal, wreedy saevus, atrox, ferus; Kilian.
o n l y n i g h t in the y e a r o n v. hu h they m e e t . I f
the e v e n i n g is c o l d , the hart :s said : o c r y all
T o 1 1 E J E C K , R E J E C T , v. a. 1. T o refer for
the e n s u i n g d a y ; Selunvis., T o p . C l y d e s .
decision. Lat. rejic-ere, id.
T h i s is perhaps the same witI; 7iW7r-r/;://.tiie exalta- Eftlr this mater wes lang dispute afore the se-
tion o f the cross, wide:. f d i s n.-it, it as rcjekkit to the bischoppis [pontifices] that
»V. ph-mber i it;-: ; in
the Fasti Danici marked as on th--i ' ih. i:ut i': 1 ha y mie.ht dec erne thereupon." Bellend. T. Li v.
a
singular c o i n c i d e n c e , thai, as we learn ir«-.;i }>. ' 'I h. /ieb'gata, Lat.
ormius
tiie 1 b'th day, or thai of S:. Lambrr:. i ; eh- i am--sv/t d Ih n;;j;idie, to ascribe.
by a hart; and he assigns a reason fort hi.-., \ ery nearly " Th<'ref':re ane man sould not reiect the caus of
allied to the vulgar belief o f our o w n eonntry : Per- i is«ej i n euil and vickeclnes to the prescience of God,
suasum namcpie sibi Jiabent Hustici c e r v u m h o c die, Lot to himself and his auin inobedience." Nicol
p e r m e m b r u m genitale, s e v m n q u o d d a m emittere, Ibii-ne's Disputation, fol. 9, a.
quod in torrentibus quandoque colligi assolet. Fides, R E I F , R E F E , 2. T h e itch, &c.] Add;
he adds, sit penes autores. Fast. Lib. ii. p. 116. 'Tis but ae night,
We'll e'en stay, (may-be get the rife,)
" Hinds," according to Pliny, " begin to goe to
Till 'tis day-light.
rut after the rising of the starre Arcturus, which is
The Harst Rig, st. 112.
much about the fifth of September." Nat. Hist. B.
Thoresby gives -refe as a synon. provincial E.
viii. e. 32.
w o r d ; Lett. p. 335.
Lady Juliana Berners says;
R E IF, e$\ Fo-ulys of Reif ravenous fowls, such as
At Saynt Jamys daye where soo he goo :
are carnivorous.
Thenne shall the roobucke gendre wyth the roo.
" Item an cutis rukis, crawys and vther foulys of
She subjoins, in language that seems figuratively
reif, as ernys, bussardis, gleddis, and myttalis,—it
to convey the same idea:
is sene speidfull that thai that sik treis pertenys to
Also the roobucke as it is well kyde:
let thame to big, and distroy thame with all thair
At holy Roode daye he gootli to ryde.
power," &c. Acts Ja. II. 1457, c. 32. Ed. 1814, vol.
And vsyth the byt: wdian he maye gete it.
II. p. 51.
Book of Hawking, &c. d ij.
REID-DAY, T b e third day of M a y , A b e r d . R E Y F L A K E , R I U E L A K , S. R a p i n e ; a term
Some waefu quine 11 ride the stool which occurs in the Assisa Willelmi, cap. 2 9 ,
For you afore the Reeday. A c t . Pari. Vol. I . not yet published.
Tarras's Poems, Fastren's Een, st. 20. A.S. reaflac, " praeda, rapina, raptus, fur turn; a
This is merely the northern pron. of Rude-Day, q. v. prey, a booty, rapine, robbery. Belgis rooueriis ; f o -
R E I D - D A Y , also applied to tbe 7th of December. rensi no strati um latinitate, roberia Somner.
" 1597 Dec. 7.—The said Andro wes releisit out Reef I signifies rapax. But perhaps reaflac is ra-
of prison upon the reid-day at evin." Birr el's Diarey, ther from reaf rapina, and lac munus, oblatio ; q. a
p. 45. DalyelPs Fragm. gift or offering, or perhaps a share of what has been
Sibbald, on the word Rood-day, vo. Rode, has re* seized b y violence. Or, might we suppose that the
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term had been originally applied to that raiment hennis, cluas hollas auenarum, &c. Acts Mary 1567,
whieh had been made a booty, from lack chlamys? Ed. 1814, p. 556.
R E I K , REEK, 1. Smoke, S . ]Add; All the cane fowls, due according to the charter,
3. Metaphorically a hv:se or habitation, Orkn. are thus denominated:—
Cf That whatever pe .; ?ne shall slay the earn or " Decern cap ones decern pultreas ac unam pultre-
am ad festum nativitatis Domini et aliam in festo ear-
eagle shall have of the ii; illie of the pa ro clime v. here
it shall happen him to siay tlie aigle 8d. from every nis privii cum lie reikpuiireis ...olilis a c-jr.hiurus saxi-
reik within the parochhie, except from cottars that andi [ r j bollani solitaiu et eonsuee m, oato phuibtra-
tas foealhaa seu ^h'haram et Ire-' caria.^a;^ ultra li-
have 110 sheep,55 Act. A. 1 Crli), Barry's* >rkn"y, y.-lhd.
liiiies Angusie si requi.dli fe.erku," t\:c. Chart. lo8/h
Isl. reckia signifies leetus, stratum. it mh>-;:t tha-re-
fore seem to denote every one who has a t>ed. I hit U e meet with the same term in a grant of some of
this is a Gothic phraseology, hue!;, says \ h.re, not.-itthe propi r'ey formerly belonging to the abbey of 13un-
domicilium,locum, unde Ueudafuvr hicarjr rue!;., pro lermhne, made to Johnne Gib and James liis sunt*, as
quavis domo vel famiiia. vectigal posuLre : roe k pen- keoaris of the idace and yardis of t-hmferling."
ningar, focarium, fumagium ; (»cnn. re. •:!. [•; —-- 'i'ogeddir with die haiil teynd wietuall, teynd
stray [j-.travv]], extend ha^
T o G A R C L A I S E G A E T H R O U G H T H E U E I K , to pass ;o:irtie tiiraiihs, eauvs,
the clothes of a new-born child through the r< it:-!h;rii.\, eustumes, and vti ieris dewties quhatvam-
smoke of a lire; a superstitious rite, which lias euer," &c. Acts J a. VI. lojr-i, Ed. 18i4, p. do?.
been used in Fife in the memory of some vet Tills custom was not confined to our country, or
alive, meant to ward off from the infant the its vicinity. In a verjr early period it prevailed in
fatal influence of witchcraft. Germany, i lie very same term was used. The learn-
This may undoubtedly be viewed as n reliquo of ed lieiueeciub particularly describes this pavment,
the sun-worship of our ancestors, and as aliie:! U> the viewing it as an acknovdedgement of the territorial
idolatrous rite of consecrating to Moleeb, by car ly- t;.in>-Giet:on and suo^rio/iiy of the person la whom
ing children between two fires. tOiS ;.,wi v> a.s ui von, a.id of the ser\ ile stal" of the
R E I K H E N , R E IK F O W L , E A hen bred IR- ihe ;e,iVv r. Porro hide d'sehmo .. he --ays, eie; sdn-inn ju-
house, Aberd., Banffs. ris;; iciaoiiK pat:dmonia;i:-a ot rna:-;h.ie suoarior-s eeu-
sealor pra-'^neai.in a .'.pinnae, (; nam j-v inr^ini vo-
In former times, those whose possessions w-re :•;>
eaoiw/oa t,' a eel,'-hah/.'. A ivr'.ah: m . nl .or < a' i bw:s wa.-
small that they were not bound to pay ha in, were
required oy the Ale:.;ann!v law, 'I'll. We learn
severally obliged to raise one red: hen ; and in some
from tile Chronicle of the monastery of Genfolours,
instances this, it is said, was the whole rent. Fowls
in lh aba; ,t. A. <)i8, that it had. a ri/ht to exact Aom
of this description were reared within the house,
all tiie villages l.e-ongn-g to it, :i hen far each house.
where there was but one apartment, the roost being
Y. lieinecc. Antio. (ierouaja ii. ii'8],
erected immediately opposite to the door in the in-
111:1 k 1 i-:, a if I. Smoky, S.] ^idd;
side. The fowl tliat sits nearest the reik, or smoke, tc He sa vr ane gritfc mistie and reikie cloud ryse and
is said to be always the best.
move ibn'Iwardis till if cam a bone Diuipenderlaw/''
Some view the designation, perhaps, with more
See. ihtseottie's Cron. )). -i'Vfj.
propriety, as denoting the exaction of a hen for every
RKIU'I XKSS, idle suite oi' behig SINOI.V, S.
chimney. r.do t\ otd, c. (i. L. T o p Tenure f?r ;»n expe-
I11 ancient times the Crown of Scotland had an
(!hh | Add ;
extensive forest in the north-eastern extremity of this
"Awl* mcrcd'iant! iV;eaeh\is ;me ship v: it h hir ch:\v<z<-
county ; and the hereditary office of forester of the
till the recept, and vile siiij) is reikit to tie- seri, and
forest of Col din gham still exists, and derives some
p:».ssih forth to ane uther liaven," Siii]) Law is.
trifling dues from all inhabited houses within lis
Balfour's Pract. p. 621.
boundaries and purlieus. The principal of these is
called reek hens, being a yearly exaction of a hen for R E I K I M , .V. A smart stroke. V. H E E K I M .
each chimney " Agr. Surv. Berw. p. 348. T o R E Y E E , R E W L , v. n. T o snarl up like a
It has been supposed that reik hen was the desig- hard twisted thread, Ettr. For. V. R A V E L , t'.
nation of a duty originally paid, especially by the te- R E I L I E B O G I E , A confusion, a state of tu-
nants on church lands, for the liberty of taking fuel mult or disorder, S.B.
from a moss, a hen being due for each chimney or reik; It may be conjectured that the term has some af-
and thus that it was equivalent to the term Hearth- finity to the old tune called Reel d Bogie, as perhaps
money, or as it was also denominated, Peter-pence. referring to some irregular kind of dance.
This word is otherwise understood in Shetland, R E I L L , <s\ A turmoil. V. R E E L .
as simply denoting the exaction of a single hen R E I M I S , IIEEMISII, Rumble, S . B . ] Dele
from each house. V. R E I K , S., sense L6.
roar. Add;
" There is an exaction of a hen from every house
2. T h e sound caused by a body that falls with a
or reek, under the denomination of hawkhen, which
was at one time a regular payment in kind to the rumbling or clattering noise, Banffs., Aberd.
V . D U N T , s., sense 2 .
king's falconer, and afterwards given in lease to dif-
ferent individuals/ 5 Edmonston's Zetl. Isl. i. 1()5. 3. A weighty stroke or blow, Aberd..
This phrase occurs very frequently in a Charter T o R E I M I S / v. n. T o make a loud rumbling
granted to James Earl of Murray, afterwards Regent. noise, Aberd.. Mearns. Reimish, Reishil, Ren**
Unam martam, quatuor mu tones, duodecem lie reik sil, synon.
5I87
 R E R R
R E I M - I I E N N A R , .5.
" Noma—extended her staff of black oak towards
that part of the heavens from which tlie blast came
hardest, and in the midst of its fury chaunted a Nor-
wegian invocation still preserved in the island of
Unst, under the name of the song of the Reim-Iien-
nar, though some call it the Song of the Tempest."
The Pirate, i. 130.
It appears from another passage, that Noma, who
sustains the character of possessing magical powers,
takes this designation to herself.
" They who speak to the Rehn-Kcnnar must lower
their voice to her before whom winds and waves
hush both blast and billow." Ibid. iii. 8.
This may either be equivalent to skald or poet,
from Su.G. rim metrurn, Isl. rijnia ode, hreym~r re-
sonantia canora, and kennar, one who knows, q. a
person conversant with poetry; or allied to Isl. reiml,
spectris obnoxius, q. one who knew how to quell
the power of evil spirits.
R E INT), .v.
" He hase geffyne forth for the re'uid of spwnis
xvj sh." Aberd. Peg. A. 1543, V. 18.
Shall we view this as allied to Teut. renne promp-
tuarium, penarium; q. a case of spoons?
R E Y N G I T , pari. pa. Surrounded with a ring.
c( That the mouth be reyngit about with a circle of
girth of irne," &e. Acts JahVL III. 522. V. P R I C K
MEASURE.
R E I N Y E I T , adj. Striped, corded.
" Item, ane litie pece of black reinyeit taffetie con-
tening twa ellis." Inventories, A. I 06!, p. ]28.
Item, ane tyke of a bed reinyeit with blew." Ibid,
p. 150. V. LAICII.
Perhaps from Fr. raionnce furrowed ; q. ribbed
taffety ; 01* rather from range, rcngo, in ranks, in
rows; rang, rcng, a rank, a fde, a row, a string;
applied to the strings of an instrument. Fr. rengc,
according to the idiom of words introduced into
the ancient language of S., would have the liquid
sound with which reinyeit has evidently been pro-
nounced.
T o R E I O U R N E , v. a. T o delay, to put off.
" Others reiourne this to a future time, when as
Antichrist arising, forsooth, shall possibly expell the
Pope out of Home, and sit there : so, forgetting the
long boasted priuiledge of Peter his chaire; and
while they seeke to escape, snaring themselues more,
by granting that to be possible, vpon the alleaged
impossibility wdiereof they long agoe builde all de-
fence." Forbes on the Revelation, p. I 76.
Had this term appeared singly, I should have sus-
pected that it wras an erratum for seiourne or soiourne,
from Fr. sejourn-er, to tarry. But this can hardly
be supposed, as we have also the noun. I see no
term, however, to which it has any analogy.
R E J O U R N I N G , S. Used apparently in the sense
o f delay.
ec The answere hath in it a two-fold consolation
against the rciourning of the sought vengeance. First,
by word, & next by signe. The first hath two ar-
guments of comfort, one, that the delayed punish-
ment of their persecutors should bee but a space."
Forbes on the Revelation, p. 36.
288
E I
R E I R D E , 3. - ;
And first she shook her lugs,
And then she ga'e a snore,
And then she ga'e a reirde,
Made a' the smiths to glowr.
Jacobite Relies, i. 71,
I hesitate whether tins is the same with Rear, Rare,
a loud report, perhaps ex ana ; or a spring, from the
E. v. to rear.
R E I S E S , brushwood, S<, pi nr. o f Rise.
" It was that deevil's buckie Galium Beg,' said
Aleck, £ I saw him whisk away amang the raises."
Waverley, iii. 133. V. R I S E ,
R E I S H I L L I N \ part. adj. 1. Noisy, Fife.
2. Forward, prompt, ibid. V . R E I S S I L , v.
T o R E I S K , v. a. and n. T o scratch so as to
occasion a noise, Aberd.
This seems merely a variety of Risk, v., q. v.
R E I S S I L , R J E S L E , s. 2. A smart stroke.] Add;
" Staurf aff your wa's, staun aff, or I'll tak ye a
rirsle o'er the aid' bou't riggiu' o' ye, that ye'11 no
green to get the marrow o' atween this an' Beltan."
Saint Patrick, ii. 313.
R E I S S , adj. O f or belonging to Russia.
Sex berrellis of Rciss ter of the grit bind.' 7
Aberd. Reg. Cent. J 6.
£C Threty Reiss merkis." Ibid.
" T o pay xiv sh. for ilk berrell of ter of the gret
Reisbind.'3 Ibid.; i. e. the great bind or largest size
of barrels imported from Russia.
The name of Russia seems to be given according
to the pron. of Aberdeen. Our sailors elsewhere
give it as if Rooss or lloosh.
R E I S T , ,y. T h e instep, Upp. Clydes.
Isl. rist, plantapedis, G.Andr. ; convexum sen dor-
sum plantae pedis, Haldorson ; Dan. vrist, the instep
of the foot, Wolff; Su.G. wrist, id.. A.S. vyrst, also
vrist. properly the wrist. Usurpatur, says I lire, de
eommissura pedis et tibiae, manus et brachii, genu
et femoris. He derives it from wrid-a, torquere, be-
cause it is the hinge on which the limb is turned.
T o R E I S T , R E E S T , v. a. T o dry b y the heat,
&c.] Add;
u Let us cut up bushes and briers, pile them be-
fore the door and set fire to them, and smoke that
auld d—l's dam as if she were to be reesled for ba-
con." Tales of my Landlord, i. 17b.
R E I S T E R , .9. A term apparently equivalent to
Kipper, as applied to salted and dried salmon,
Roxb.
—Fisher lads gang out wi' lights
And horrid liesters,
T o gust the gabs of gentler wights,
Wi' tasty reisters.
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 5.
To R E I S T , T;. n. 2. To become restive.] Add ;
" T o be plain wi' you, our poney rces/s a bit and
it's dooms sweer to the road, and naebody can ma-
nage him hut our Jock." Antiquary, i. 326, 7.
R E I S T . To Talc the Heist. 1 . T o become restive,
to refuse to go forward; applied to ahorse, R o x b .
2. Applied also to a person, who, after proceeding
so far in any business, suddenly stops short.
 R E L R E M
l&fi d from obstinacy < other refuses
to go through with it, ibid.
T o R E I S T , R E E S T , V. a, T o arrest. He reistit
Ms furniture, he laid an arrest on it, S.
This abbrev. occurs in O.E. « I resle, as a sergente
dothe a prisoner or his goodes. Jeareste.—He hath
reested me for a mater that is nat worthe a grote."
Palsgr. B. iii. F. 34, 339, b.
R E I S T E R C L O K , a cloak such as that worn
b y brigands or
. Cf Item, ane ryding clok of broun stemyng. Item,
ane uther ryding clok of gray Frenche steming.
Item, ane reistcr clok of serge of Florence, cordomt
•with gold and silver" Inventories, A. 1579, p. 280.
V. RUN
R E I T I I E , adj. Keen, ardent, Ettr. Eor.
" Is your master a very religious man?' f He's
weel eneugh that Way—No that very reilhe on't."
Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 143.
A.S. rcthe asper, ferus;
en into an inconvenience, by the sentence of a judge,
or ill dealing of others ; and hence, Relief d'App el"
R E L E V A N C Y , S. T h e legal sufficiency of the facts
stated, in a libel, or in a defence, to infer punish-
ment or exculpation ; also a forensic term, S-
" The practice of the court is, and for many years
has been, not to find a special relevancy as to the libel
and defences, but to pronounce a general interlocu-
tor, finding the libel relevant." Maclaurin, ut sup.
" The two things to be chiefly regarded in a cri-
minal libel are the relevancy of the facts libelled, i. e.
their sufficiency to infer the conclusion; and, 2dly,
their truth. The consideration of the first belongs
to the judges of the court, that of the other, to the
inquest, otherwise called the jury or , Ers-
kine, ubi sup.
R E M A N E N T , adj. Other, S.
" We told you before, that we did no more allow
of that kind, nor we did allow the foul
of rebellion, heresy, schism, and perjury

R E I V E , s. A name' given to what is - &c! USpalding,°i. 7 b e n a n r m i a n e n t C ( n e n a n t e r b >

' Caledonian fort. " And we ordain these presents to be printed, and
- are perfectly circular, with regu- published at the Market-cross of Edinburgh, and
lar fosses ; the one is styled the Meilde Reive, in the remanent head burghs of this our kingdom." Pro-
language of the country, and is about a hundred clamation, A. 1680. Wodrow, ii. App. p. 51.
yards in diameter." P. Campsie, Stat. Acc. xv. This phrase is still used in petitions addressed to
377- Perhaps cp " the large inclosure" V. RAE, ecclesiastical courts. " To the Moderator and reman-
and REEVE. ent members of the Presbytery of ."
R E L E V A N T , adj. Sufficient to warrant the REMANER, Remainder.
conclusion, whether in reference to a libel or to — f f With consideration alwayes of—lord Tor-
a defence; a forensic term, S. phichen in that meane remaner of the said baronie."
" A libel, or a defence, is said to be relevant, when Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 164.
the facts upon which it founds ate sufficient to infer R E M E I D , s. Alloy of a peculiar description.
the conclusion.—The court found the first charge <f That thair be cunyeit ane penny of silvir callit
relevant to infer the pains of death." Maclaurin's the Mary Ryall, thefynes ofelevin deneirs fyne, and
Crim. Cases, Intr. xxii, xxiii. of weicht ane unce Troce p . e. T r o y ] weicht, with
" The court, if they find the facts libelled not r o twa granes of remeid [f. « % ] alsweill of weicht as
levant to infer the crime, dismiss the pannel from fynes.—We charge David Forest, Szc. and all utheris
the bar; if they judge them relevant, they remil officiaris of our eunyie-hous, ilk ane in thair a win of-
pannel to the knowledge of an inquest." Ersk. 1 fice, to forge, prent, and caus be forgeit and prentit
B. iv. T. 4. § 91. sic peices of weicht and fynes within thair rcmcids,
L.B. relevantes articuli, legitimi, validi, i as is above specifiet." Act. Dom. Cone. 22d Dec,
jet re- 1565, Keith's Hist. App. p. 118.
pro parte Prioris et • Fr. remede, " a remedy, redresse—also that allay
recusavit, illosque per i which goldsmithes, jewellers, and money-makers,
Lit. Sixti IV. Papae A. 1481, ap. Du Cange*
of gold, or silver; as where with a silver piece of
bably C firstTpphedtoThe defence, Prob^wnTwfi re- eleven pence value, there is a twelfth part of copper
levatas the primary signification of relevare is levare, allowed to be mingled, the remede is about two grains
over and besides that twelfth. This advantage they
But I am inclined to view it as applied to the de- have gotten upon allegation, that they cannot pre-
ciselyhit, or justly keep, the scantling required of
bably used in the courts of chancery, as denoting them by the law ;" Cotgr.
that the defender obtained relief bj a sentence in his Both Keith and De Cardonnel (Numi&mata, Pref.
favour, in consequ ence of the - p. 18.) expl. remeid as simply denoting " alloy." But
this being judged relevant to from Cotgr. it is evident that, although the thing
ssion of his opponent. Thus Du Cange referred to by this might be called alloy, as being
*ppe®> Gall, relief d'appel, Diploma base metal, it did not denote alloy in general, or that
* in jure restitutionis. In like manner, portion which the law allowed, but a determinate
; Fr. releif, « a relieving ; the rais- quantity in addition to the legal ratio, for the pur-
ing of a person, or athing, fallen; and particularly, pose of securing the moneyers from loss in weigh-
cited by the letters patent of a sove- ing out a bar of silver into
• talk ties | c
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to prosecution in the event of there being found a Majesties King William and Queen Mary," the fol-
little more alloy in the coin t h a n t h e l a v ; a l l o w e d . lowing language was used:
Hence it received the name of rancid, i. e. rcnn-dy " That it is the right and privilege of the subjects
or reparation. But while t h i s p r i \ i i • e of m!::uigto protest for Remeid of Law to the King and Par-
two grains in the ounce, iii a d d i t i o n t o the h- ; d al- liament against sentences pronounced by the Lords
lowance, was granted, they a r e r e q u i r e d to naep of Se.-sion, providing the same do not stop execu-
within their remeids, i. e. in 110 instance, in the ..-dy;idl- tion of those sentences." Acts and Ordinances of
est degree, to exceed these; two g r a i n s . the Kstate.- of S. i b\sq; c. 13.
T h i s ordinance had been borrowed f r o m the c u s - Soon after the t'nion, the phrase f f protestation
toms of France. L.B. remed-ium, monetariis nostril ibr rim ad of lair" seems to have fallen into disuse in
remede, Delectus in marcis a u r i vel argeuti, nude relation to appeals. It occurs, however, in the case
numrni cuduntur, statutis regiis pel mis-us. Duplex IA on against Kinnaird, 19th July 1710, in which it
est, unum tigac, ponder is alterirm : demedium //yea" is said by one of the parties: " W e appealed and
est commix tio cert a e quanthaiis 3 net alii ad unci h«i protested, ibr remeid of law, to the British Parlia-
cum auro vel argento ; K e m e d h i m vero ponderis e s t ment/' Morrison's Diet. i. 580.
illius diminutio. I 'trumque I c g n ar. a m h a h e t m a , si T o Iii AM E l F , v. a. or n. T o remove. " F l y t
legibusprincipis consentiat; ;-eou< si d i s s e c t h o : I & remeifT A b e r d . R e g . A . 1535, V. 15.
Cange. He quotes a proof of tin.-, c u s t o m as . n m i e u t R E M l ( T E S T E 11, .v. A smart stroke, Ruchan ;
as A. 113.9. ddga is "what, ho our oh I haws, is de- \ jcr! i a; >s ori gi nail v the same with Rebegeastor, q. v.
nominated Laj/is, q. v. (ah-.o i, \ • , r.) n o u o t h i g a l l a y .
T o R E X C H E L , R E N S I I E L , V. A. T o beat,' to
I)u Cange, however, does not j i m i t t h e t e r m h i t h e
thwack with a stick ; as, " To-renshel beasts wi1
same manner as. Cotgrave, m a k i n g - n o dh t i o c l i o o be-
a rung,"* when not taking the right road, T e v .
tween the lixed and the a d d i t i o n : - . ! q u a n t i t y o f b a a*
Germ, rein-en, Su.G. rind-a, tangere; or ren palus,
metal.
and sael-ja conferre, q. to apply a stake ? Or can
The term rccours was used in Fr. in a sen.-e near-
it be corr. from Reissil?
ly allied ; L.B. re cars-us. But we learn from b u
Cange, that it differs from remede, as the former re- R E N C H E L , R E N S H E L , S. A term used to de-
garded only the indemnity granted to the moneyers note what is tall and thin ; as, " He's naething
for the deficiency found in particular pieces, if the but a lang renchelf Roxb.
whole number struck corresponded in weight with Teut. ran, ranch, rene, tenuis, gracilis, praetenuis
tlie quantity of metal furnished. Lnder the term corpore; Isl. rengla, ramus arboris. -. -
Recursus, lie shews that, A. 1 343, itro grains of remeid R E N D A L , &c. 6*. A term—equivalent to rtm-
were allowed in the penny, denominated 1'cnariale. '/%'•.] Add, before e t y m o n ;
Tin's, according to the language of < K Mary'* Act, The same custom prevails in the North of Ireland,
might perhaps be of the weight of an ouncc. and, according to Arthur Young, in Wexford.
i t KM K I D , I I KM K E D , H E M H A D , .Y. 1. Remedy, " There is a custom here called rundale, which is
amelioration. a division of their farms into spaces by balks, with-
" The town's people were passing sorry for be- out fences, which they take here and there, exactly
reaving them of their arms by such an uncouth like the common fields of England." Tour, i. 173.
slight,—but no rcmcadr Spalding, i. 230. Dan. rem i( a balk or ridge between two furrows."
" When—Charles I. came to sit upon the throne, R E N K N I N G , s. Placing according to rank or
they resolved upon application to Ms majesty for precedency. Hence perhaps ranking of cre-
remeed," &c. Guthry's Mem. p. 8. ditors, S. .
ff The samyn was remittit togidder with the renh-
Remeid of Lcm, a phrase equivalent to Reme-
dy of*Law, formerly applicable to the obtain- ning and placeing of the haill burro wis within this
ing of justice, particularly b y appeal from an realme to the commissionaris of the haill burrowis."
inferior to a superior court, when the sentence Acts Ja. VI. 1581, Ed. 1814, p. 238. It occurs thrice
• of the former-was reckoned erroneous. in,this act.
Before the union of the kingdoms, appeals to Par- R E N S S G U L D I N G , the denomination o f a
liament against the judgments of the Court of Ses- foreign gold coin.
sion were termed " Protestations for Remeid of Law" The hery Ingliss noble of paiss to be cryitto
c< The authority of the most solemn sentences of xxii s.—The Ilenss guiding to viii 9." Acts Ja. II.
Session being thus cleared, it comes next to be con- A. 1556, Ed. 1814, p. 46.
sidered how far protestations for remeid of law from, In Ed. 1566, gudling is used for guiding, c. 64,
the Session to the Parliament ought to be extended." fob 38, b.
Stair's Instit. B. iv. Tit. i. sec. 52. This is called the Rhenish Guilding, Skene's E d . ;
It is well known that, in Charles the Second's the same in Glendook's.
reign, the King and court of Session violently op- Teut. gulden, aureus nummus xx. stuferorum ;
posed the competency of such appeals or protesta- Kilian. Belg. id. " a gilder, a coin of xx stivers
tions ; and that the advocates, who refused to dis- Sewel. Renss or Rhenish refers to the country b o r -
claim the right of protestation, were banished from dering on the Rhine. V. G U D L I N E .
Edinburgh. Hence, in The Declaration of the R E N T A L , s. A kind of lease, S . ] Add;
Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland, containing the The term is now used simply in the sense of lease-
Claim of Right, and the offer of the crown to their holding, S.
 R E P R E P
2 . T h e annual value or rent, Dumfr. drow Elph in stone of the Seliness, allegit free tenand
3. Also used, as in E . , to denote the amount of of the landis of Ardlar, and gif the said serjand hade
the rents of an estate, S. maid summonds apoune the said And row to this
T oCf RENTALE, V. a. T o let in lease. court percmptour as to the last court of his process
resplahl and continewit fra the ferd court, lik as the
Incaiss the saidis landislordis at ony tyme heir-
actys, sunnnqndis, and continuationis maid ther-
efter rentale or sett takkis to ony of the saidis dis-
apone prot:ortis." Chart. Aberdeen, Fob 153.
sohedient hielandmen o r bordourmen in ony thair
landis, and omittis to tak sufficient cautioun for This seeius to be q. ff pleaded anew and delayed;",
as fornied. from Lat. re and LM. plait-are, placitum,
thame,—it salbe lessum to persew," & c . Acts Ja.
st.-u pactum, mire; Du Cange. F r . replaid-er (or as
VI. 1587, Ed. 1814, p. 463.
it must have been written in O.Fr. resplaid-er)
R E N T A L L E I I , S. One who possesses land by lease
Piaider une seconde fois, rentrer en proccs. Iter urn
or rental, S . liliirare, Hi cm renovare ; Diet. Trev.
T o R E P A R E L L , r. a. T o repair, to refit.] Add; T o R E P O N E , i-'. a. T o replace.] Add;
This v. is also used to denote the reparation, or iC And reponis, reintegrates, & restoris the said
the rebuilding of houses. Johne till his honour, heretagis, landis, rentis," &c.
" The awnar of the brintland, quhahes biggit and Acts Ja. V. 1525, Ed. 1814, p. 299.
reparrellit the samin, sail not be haldin to pay m a i r c( Our said vmquhile souerane lord a lytill afor
of the saidis annuellis respettiue than cumis to the re-
his xleceiss—r-elaxit the said Sehir Walter furth of
sidew thairof,"&c. Acts Mary 1555, Ed. 1814,p. 100.
ward, and ordanit to repone and'restoire him to the
" That tharfore the said Robert sail content & pay
r sr:min estate tli.it he was in. before the said accusa-
— t h e proffit that the said Alex . mycht hafe had of
tion: ie," Acts Mary 1542, Ed. 1814, p. 414.
the said houss sene it was castin dovne, & sa mekle
ilEPOKAiULL, adj. Adapted to restore things to
expenss as wil big & reperale the said houss again,
a proper 'oeanng; from Lat. repon-ere.
alss gude as it was before it was castin dovne/' & c .
" Quheii dicy had sue!it on -ill sidis liow this mater
Act. Dom. Cone. A . 1480, p. 72.
rnieht be d:V-'sit. an- repunabill way was found."
* To R E P E A T , R E P E T E , v. a. To recover, Bellenden's Y. Liv. p.
S.; a sense in which the v. is n o t used in E .
The manner how gudes taken away, may be T o R E P O N E , v. a. T o reply, A y r s . ; a foren-
<e

repealedActs
Cf
Ja. VI. Pari. xi. c. 100, Title, Skene.•— sic term, S. Eat. )\'j)Gii-crcy i«J.
cc T o make any answer it were but to maintain
Stollen gudes may be repeted fra the thiefe."
an en dies iangling with men who would never "be
Index, ibid. vo. Thieues.
ashamed to repone vnto vs one and the same, a hun-
Fr. repet-er, " to redemand, aske, o r call back;
dreth times, recocted crambe." • Forbes's Defence,
also, to return, recover, take, o r fetch, back again
Ded. A. 3, a.
Cotgr. Lat. repet-ere, id.
REPONE, s. To male a repone; to give a reply,
R E P E T I T I O N , S> Repayment, restoration.
Ayrs.
" Every burgh shall have repetition of the two
part of the proportion of excise, furnished by them." T o REPORT, a. T o obtain, to carry o f f ;
Spalding, ii. 142. in the sense oi" Tr. rewporl-er or rapport-er,
" I t was provided and agreed that the tocher should from v. hi eh it is probably formed.
return,-—-and therefore concludes repayment and re- Of Lte thi' labourers attempted to manure far-
petition of the tocher." Fount. Suppl. Dec. ii. 667. ther within the cuntry than their predecessors were
To R E P E L L , t;. a. T o recall; like obsolete E. accustomed to do ; but they reported small advan-
repeat F r . rapell-er id. tcgi; for their pains." Descr. of the Kingdome of
Nochtwithstanding quhairof diuerss pairteis ttco'Jande.
intendis—to move questioun aganis the saidis ten- T o R E P O U S S , r,\ a. T o repel, Ayrs.
nentis and vtheris, and to causs thame be repelUl to i ; r. repoiis-x-er, id., anciently repouls-er, from Lat.
repay the saidis mailes and cleweteis," & c . Acts Ja. ••re and p>nl,>-are} to beat, to drive back.
VI. 1585, Ed. 1814, p. 379, 380. T o R E P R E I F , r. a. T o disallow, to-set aside,
To R E P L A I T , R E S P L A T E , v. a. To try a se- to reject; a forensic term.
cond time. ' _. — ' I ' l l a t the saidis provost, ehanonis, & chape-
" Gif ony persone o r personis happynis to be con- lams sail brouke & joyse tiie said landis & malis
vict at the said Justice-court for quhatsumevir tiiarof, ay & quhil the said lettre be repreifit & de-
cryme> giff the said Lord James thinkis thame to be el ar it of aa Vide. And for the witnes contenit in
replaitit, -and the executioun thairof to be continewit, the let Ire that summond for the falsing & repreip
"[delayed]] for the better executioun of justice, that ing of it " &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1480, p. 52.
he continew the samyn, and transport, and causs the 'j'his seems altered from Fr. reprouv-er, or Lat. re-
personis foirsaidis to be transportit to the burgh of pn^b-are, like ;;/v//'fur i;<rore.
Edinburgh, or sik uthir place he pleissis, quhile our T o 11 ID II11 l< iL 11 E'11Joxk, 7\ n. T o oppose, to
Soveranis mynd be knawin thairintill." Q . Mary's be repugnant; Lat.n'pugn-are, Fr. repngn-er.
Instructions to L. James, 156l, Keith's Hist. p. 200. • — ( i a i u i n g na peart of the temporall landis
<< The quhilk day the saids lord and bailyies ask it to In1 d.ispoiiit, bot in augmentatioun of the rental],
at Alex". Senyr Serjand and Mayr principall of the and of ail vtheris act is of annexatioun and ratifica-
1

sehir of Rane, gif he hade put the •summonds till tion!! maid or to be maid repunginiz thairto." Acts
executiown that w a s dyrekkyt to hyme apoun An- Ja. VI. 1504, Ed. 1814, p. 92.
£91
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—-fCBot jerepugne to S. Paul, and to the practeise To RESING. T o resign; Aberd.
of the vniversal kirk." Nieol Burne, F. 76, b. " The said the forsaidis pretendit
R E Q U E S E D , R E Q U E S I T , adj. Requisite. to renunce the said pretendit, fenyeit &
. " Thay baith being requesed according to your & resing the samin in his hie-
doctrine, the ane being tane away, the kirk in na- a. V. 1559, Ed. 1814, p. 354.
sist/* Nicol Burne, F. 115, b. R E SI T I T , part. pa. Cited a second time, q.
The vil thairfore is frie, becaus quhen al thingis re-cited.
to the operation thairof ar present, it may
" Nocht expremand—gif thai war segit be him
from vorking gif it pleis him quha soukl per-
or his army, & resilit be the saidis personis, and thai
: the vark." Ibid. F. 7, b.
in obedient tharintill" Acts Mary 1542, Ed. 1814,
R E S C H I T , part. pa. A term frequently occur-
p. 417.
ring in the Collect, of Inventories. V, R U S C H I T ,
* T o R E S O L V E , v. 71. T o terminate.
R E S C I T A T 1 0 U N , s. Restoration. The king in his great the
• ^ Neuirtheles being fbrfaltit, at Strewiling at the b y affording them a the
last parliament haldin tharein I haue satisfiit our so- fifth of No" 1585, Guth-
lorcl, and obtenit his hienes pardone, with ry's M.
. to my landis, guidis and houssis." Buik Used in pi. to denote inte-
Gen. Kirk, Aug 1 n , 1574. rest, emolument, advantage.
TIiis word might seem to have been formed from " He now begins to tirr the slates off, and <
re and .scire, scil-nni; q. to hen again ; as somewhat them doun to the college for his own
analogous to that used concerning a widow, of ken- Spalding, ii. 262.
ning her to her tcrce. R E S P E C T , R E S P E T E , R E S P U T T , S. A respite,
T o R E S E A W , v. a, T o receive, Aberd. R e g . or prorogation o f punishment, or o f prosecution
* R E S E R V E , .5*. T h e designation given to a tree for crimes committed or imputed.
reserved in a hag\ or cutting of an allotted por- — f f Ordanis respeetis to be maid & gevin to the
tion of wood 5 Ciydes. V . WITTER, s. 2 . erlis of Anguss, Ergile and Levinax, Glencarne,
T o R E S E T T , v. a. 1. T o receive, harbour, or lord Maxwell, thar kyne, frendis men, tenentis &
entertain, S, seruandis, and vtlieris thar part takaris-^for all ma-
" Lykas alswa diverse utheris thair Majesties le- nere of cry mis, tresoune in our souerane lordis per-
in contrare thair duetie, ceissit nocht to ressett, soune alanerly except.—The said respetis to haue na
.. .. supply the saidis rebellis with meat, place fra thinfurth hot for actiounis committit before
Judging, and uthir neeessaris, and to intercommoun the dait tharof." Acts Ja. V. 1526, Ed. 1814, p. 307.
with thame in tressonabill manner, in manifest vili- — B a t h the partijs beand personaly present, the
pending of thair Hienesses authoritie and lawis of said Adam allegiand to be vnder resputt be a lettre
the realme." Sedt. Counc. A . 1566. Keith's Hist. vnder the priue sele of our souerane lor<lis gevin to
App. p. 132. the bischop of Abberdene—the lordis auditoris—
— " Certifying likewise—all heritors who shall differris the mater concernyng the said Adam to the
keep any of the said rebels upon their ground, or all said resputt." Act. Audit. A. 1474, p. 41.
others who shall harbour or reset them, that they L.B. respect-us, respeet-nm, mora, dies dilatus, pro-
shall be proceeded against with all the severity that rogate diei, Gallis respit—Respeyt-us, eadem n o -
law can allow/* Proclamation, A . 1679, Wodrow's tione.—Respect-are,, differre, respectum sen moram
Hist. ii. App. p. 34. dare. D u Cange, It occurs in this s<
R E S E T , R E S E T T , s. 3, One who affords har- pitularia, A. 819- Deinde detur ei
bour.] Add;
« That circuit courts of justiciarie be established R E S P O N D , The return that is made by a
—yeirlie for try ell and punisching of all theiffis, sor, precept from Chancery, on an application for
neris, robberis, and resetfs thereof." Acts Cha. I.
Ed. 1814, p. 501. to insinuate the reasor
4 Instead of " One who keeps an i n n / ' Read, are so abridged, because the sheriff m
u A place of entertainment for money, an inn/" swerable for the respond contained in
For the term is synon. with hostillaris, with cepts." Fount. Dec. Suppl. iii. 109-
which it is conjoined; and hostillaris here un- R E S P O N D I E , <<?. Apparently, the duplicate
doubtedly signifies, not the innkeepers, but o f a n a c c o m p t . Pe '
the inns. is synon.
6. The receiver of stolen goods.] After Rudd., " T o call for payment and eompt of of all
and debts addebted—to the publike
Add;
A similar proverb occurs in Su,G. Haelaren aer
may be c
thlTthemefPae ^ ' U e C a i l C e a 61 18 n 0 traeted forth thereof/' &c. Acts Cha. E d . 1 8 1 4 ,
R E S I D E N T E R , s. A dweller, a residentiary, S. VI. 180.
T o R E S I L E , v.a. To beguile, to deceive, Ayrs. Fr. respond-re, to match, agree with..
Perhaps from Fr. resil-ir, as signifying to revoke, RESPONDIE-BOOK, s. A check-book.
to disavow. " That
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ter—shall have the—keeping of the 2
and of all the accompts," &c. Ibid. 181.
R E S P O N S A L L , adj. • Responsible.] Add;
" They fill up their letters with sic responsal
mens names as they tried out;—both burgh and
land who was responsal were charged." Spalding,
ii. 222.
R E S P O N S I O U N E , s.. Suretyship.
" That Vmfra Culquhoune of that ilk—sail freith
& releif Trestrame of Gorty of that ilk, of the sourae
of v j " a pond, of the respcmsioune of the said Tres-
tram ys landis, aucht to our souuerain lorde, the
tyme the said landis war in our souuerain lordis
handis in defalt of entre of the are." Act. Dorn.
Cone. A. 1480, p. 50.
Fr. responsion, id. L.B. responsio, sponsio, fide-
jussio; Gall, caution. Du Cange.
RESPUTT, Delay in regard to legal pro-
cess, respite. V. R E S P E C T , R E S P E T E .
R E S S A Y T F I A R , R E S S A Y T T A R , s. A receiver,
Aberd. Reg.
" Ane on lauchtfull nychtbour and ane commound
ressayttar:' Ibid.
T o R E S S E N T , v. a. T o have a deep sense of.
" It is incumbent to these quho ar called to the
lowest places off judicatorie to ressent the weight off
that charge and fitt thameselves accordinglie for it/'
Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 366.
Fr. sc ressent-ir, to feel thoroughly.
T o R E S T , v. n. T o be indebted to one.} Add;
It is to be observed, however, that our term is
properly elliptical; the full phrase being, to rest
awing, i. e. to remain owing.
We charge yow—to raiss, uplift and inbring
—the tent penny of all the sadis casualiteis restand
awing to thaim of termiss bygane," &c. Chartul.
Aberd. Fol, 140.
R E S T , s. 1. A remnant.
Item, a rest of blak satine contening xxvii ellis
and a half.—Item, twa rcstis of gray dames conten-
ing xvii ellis and thre quarters/" Inventories, A.
156T, p. 127.
Fr. reste, residue, remnant, &c.
In plur. remains, reliques.
" Its a town of Roman antiquity, of which there
are yet some rests to be seen, as aqueducts, & c S i r
A. Balfour's Letters, p. 54. " Here are some rests
of Roman antiquity, as of an amphitheatre, &c."
Ibid. p. 72.
The Fr. term is used in pi. in a similar sense.
Profitez du temps, tandis vous avez encore quelques
restes de jeunesse & de beaute. St. Evrem. Diet.
Trev.
Reg. ^V . R E I S T .
R E S T , A n arrest; Aberd. Re<j.
I know not if it be in this sense Lse that -we should
understand the phrase, " Brakin the rest of the
knok," ibid.
R E S T O R A N S , R E S T O R A N C E , ,9. Restoration.
—<<r That lettrez be writtin to distrenye thaim,
thair landis & gudis, for the restorans of the samyn."
Act. Audit. A. 1471, p. 18.
" My said lord governour deliuerit to thaim the
sceptour & batoune in parliament in signe & takin of
thair rcsloraneer Acts Mary 1542, Ed. 1814, p. 417*
29$
R E V
T o R E T E I R , v. ?i. T o retire.
— f f Quhome the estaitis of parliament ordanit to
reteir to thair lugeingis, thare to remane quhill the
morne at aucht hour is, and than to compeir befoir
the kingis maiestie and lordis of articlis, to ansuer
to the said summondis." Acts Ja. VI. 1584, Ed.
1814, p. 833.
R E T R E T T , part, pa. Retracted, repealed, re-
versed.
" The lordis abone writtin—tuk the mater one
thaim, nochtwithstanding that the said James wes
nocht callit to here the said act rctrett." Act. Dom.
Cone. A. 1490, p. 194.
R E T R O T R A C T I ON, s. T h e act of drawing
back.
" A retrotraciion of the real right to the inhibition
and fiction, supposing them both of one date, is a
notion that surely no lawyer ean be guilty of/'
Fount. Dec. Suppl. iii. 79-
R E V A Y , $.] Dele Riot, synon. deray; and Sub-
stitute Festivity.
For etymon Read—O.Fr. reviaux, fetes, diver-
tissements ; Roquefort.
R E U A l l , 5. River.
" That quhamsumeuer schuit—Dow, II err on, or
foule of the reuar within this realme, sail foirfault
and tyne thair haill mouabill gudis," &c. Acts Ja.
VI. 1567, Ed. 1814, p. 26; L e. water-fowl. Riuer>
Ed. 1566.
REVEL, A severe blow; often applied to a
back stroke, Ang., Loth.
Fr. reveill-er, to rouse, to awake; q. a stroke that
rouses one from lethargy ?
* R E V E R E N C E , .9. Power, S.] Add;
(c By the law of England, the king can do no
wrong.—But to put wrong out of his reverence, they
do not allow him a power either to judge alone, or
to execute the law alone/' &c. Fount. Dec. Suppl.
iii. 128.
I11 this sense it is commonly said of one in whom
another has no trust, tc I wadna put my sell sae
muckle in his reverence " S.
R E V E R S .
After—But at rovers E. signifies,—/?. But at ro-
vers E. Is expl. by Dr. Johns. " without any parti-
cular aim." According to this interpretation, the
phrase would mean, at random, as opposed to shoot-
ing at a mark. But to shoot at rovers, does not sig-
nify, to shoot without taking aim, but to shoot at a
distant object, in which case allowance is made for
the elliptical motion of the arrow; as opposed to
butt-shooting, in which, from the shortness of the
distance, the arrow flies horizontally.
R E V E R S E R , A forensic term,,, denoting a
proprietor, who has given his lands in wadset,
but retains a right to redeem them, on repay-
ment of the wadset-price, S. V. next word.
R E V E R S I O N , 5. T h e right of redeeming property
under wadset, S.
" The debtor who receives the money, and grants
tie wadset, is called the reverser, because he is en-
titled to the right of reversionErsk. Inst. B. ii.
T . 8, §
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J R E V E S T R 1 E , REUESTRIE, The vestry of
a church.
C< The kirk of B o r f h u i k b e i n g r u i n o u s , and that
part t h a i r o f c a l l it the Revest rie being decay it,—the
Ministers of the Exercise of Dalkeith—fand the best
meane for reparing of the said k i r k and vpliakling
of the said Reuestrie, to be the clispositioun o f the
same Reuestrie to sum gentleman of the said parochin
fur ane buriall." Acts J a. V I . J o ! 2 , Ed. 1814, p.490.
Fr. rei estiaire, id. L.B. rceestiar-iam et vestiar-ium
idem sonant; l ) u Cange.
R E V I L , .v. T h e point of a spur, S . ; rowel, E . ;
rouclle, Fr.
I—gae my P e g a s u s t h e SPUR,
He the revil.
FIND
A. Scott's Poems, LSI j, p. 1 3 I.
R E V I L L - R A 3 L L , mlv. Apparently, hi a con-
fused way.
I allege non vtlhr aiietorhe.
In thin sentence maid on re •-Hi r..i /,
Quhich seiiiys most to b'- a ;,u.h
This is probably [he - .lie,.- v, iui R<e!-Rtill.
5EE HAIVKL, .V.
To R E V I N C E , v. a. T o restore, to give back
what has formerly been taken a,V.ay ; an old
forensic term.
<C O u r said sou crane lord—d:-dar : s anil ordhus
the saidis personis and :>uery ane of th,.me to be
eonsolidat and reeineit, likeas iris hh-ues c^ee-ohJatis
and rerincis thame to the sahlh Ix-ee'-eh re:;:,, e/iue.
furth of'tlie quhilkis the samyn w.-r .'h j I g e -
vin." A c t s Ja. VJ. 1 5h L K o . b . l :, ;>. .Sao.
L.B. revine-ere, rem ahhe.au:, - re;. ih:;. him
est, sibi asserere, repel ere, reeupeiare, Call. rer--n-
diquer. it is somewhat \arh-d in sL. loheatioa, ..s
used in the act quoted above.
To R E U N D E , R O O X D , R . /O " RFo g r i n d ; to
produce a disagreeable noise as by grinding,"
Gl. S i b b . ; R o x b .
This must be the same word that is pron. Ruint,
Berwicks., q. v.
• A s far as I can learn, Rcunde does not properly
signify to grind, but is used to express the monoto-
nous sound produced by grinding, or any-noise of
a similar kind.
R E U O L F , v. a. T o examine, to inspect.
" To reuolf & seik the builds gif it be contenit
tharin." Aberd. Reg. V. 21.
R E V U R E , R E V O O R E 5 / 4 ? . 1 . T h o u g h t f u l ; dark
and gloomy, A y r s . ; a s , " a revure look."
I t is sometimes .used to denote a look o f scorn
or contempt, even when the features preserve
the appearance of placidity, ibid.
. O.Fr. resveur, receur, a dreamer; q. in a reverie.
R E W A Y L ' D , part. pa. A p p a r e n t l y for ravel-
led; q. as-useless as a ravelled hesp.
T o her came a rewayVd draggle,
WHA had bury'D wives anew,
Ask'd her in a manner legal, j
Gin'she wadna' buckle too.
Train's Poetical Reveries, p.- 64.
R E W E L Y N Y S , — R U L L I O N S , s.pl Shoes
of undressed hides.] Add; .
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H I
The Rivilings, worn in Orkney, are made not only
of cow-hides, but of seal-skins, untanned and un-
dressed.
It is a singular fact, that the ancient Goths wore
shoes of this kind. Apollinaris Sidonius, describing
their dress, expresses himself thus ; " They are shod
with high shoes made of hair, and reaching up to
their ancles." V. Anc. Univ. Flist. xix. 266. . Fie
undoubtedly means, that their shoes were made o f
leather with the hair on i t ; unless we shall suppose
that he had only seen the shoes on their feet, and
concluded from their appearance that they were ac-
tually made of hair.
To RE WI,, v. n. T o be entangled, Teviotd.;
the same with Ravel.
" Pavellyt, Reutit, entangled;" GL Sibb.
EKVv'LL R Y C I I T , adv. Exactly square; q.
according to rale.
— 1 1 A ercce irne bar, passing ovir fra the ane syd
to the v/t'.her,—sail #ang rem 11 ri/cht with the edge o f
t;<e hrloL," A c t s Ja* V I . 111.522. V . P E I C K M E A -
.'U'HK.
Ih.it To R K W M j v. v. To roar.] Add;
O.Fr. ruini-er, rugir.
RII A I M , R H A M E , . S * . 1. A common-place speech,
E u r . For.
This may be the same with Rame, as allied to
Isl. reim-r sonorus, hreini-a resonare, A.S. Jirem-an
clamare. it may, however, be merely a corr. of E.
rliij.uCj as proverbs were anciently expressed in a sort
of rhythm. V. Mr. Todd's valuable note, vo. Rhyme,
ik" The poe,; can bring out naething but rharnes o*
hi.uh-fiov/n nonsense." Perils of Man, i. 244. •
To e oYr, \\a. 1. T o run over or repeat
any thing in a rapid and unmeaning way, to
repeat as if by rote, S.
" I heard Will crying on the Virgin Mary to pre-
serve him, and rhaming der the names o' a' the saints
he had ever heard of." Ibid., ii. 2 .
" Shell rhame der bladds o' scripture to them, an'
they'll soon get aboori this bit dwam." Brownie of
Bodsbeck, ii. 16. _
It often signifies to reiterate, S.
R 1 1 E E M 0 I T S , Ay /apparently, clamour, A y r s .
— " Ye're haudiii' up your vile dinnous goravich
i' ihe wuds !:ere, it tlie vera craws canna get sleep-
in5 for vour rheemous an' ran tin', ye wyl' warloc-like
|)ack o' Sathaifs clanjamiVy." fc'aint Patrick, ii. 357»
Isl. hreini-a resonare, A.S. hream-an, Su.G. raam~a,
clam are. V . PLAME. v. and .v.
R 1 1 U M A T 1 Z E, Rheumatism, S.
" I did feel a rheuniaiize in my backspauld yes-
treen." The Pirate, i. ITS- .
R H I N D M A R T , .a' whole carcase from the
herd.] Add;
It is undoubtedly the same term,' which occurs
in our Chartularies, contracted.
— U n a cum Rynmari Wedyr et Caponibus, aliisque
oneribus et omnibus et singulis husbandorumdetanta
terra debitis, &c. Chartul. Aberbrotli. Fol. 89; Mac-
made farl. p. 297 ; also twice in p. 299 ; in one instance
with the variation of Wethyr. Here the n is marked
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above, In some places it is written Rynmari as in
Fob 131.
It may be observed, that the distinction, apparent
in the Germ, phrase, is evidently retained here.
Rynmari a mart from the herd; rnedyr, a wedder
or mart from the flock.
Add to etymon ;
Alem. rindrines, in the genitive, is rendered earn is
bubulcae ; inthegenit.pl. rindiro; Zweiga joclii rin-
diro, bigam bourn, a yoke of oxen ; Schiiter.
RHYNE, " H o a r - f r o s t G a l l . Encycl.
All the other dialects, as far as 1 can observe, have
m as the antepenult. The term appears in its most
original form in C.B. rhctv, Arm. rem, id. Gael, reo
frost; as formed from, or giving birth to, C.B. rhew-i,
Armor, rhew-a, Gael, reolh-am, to freeze.
R I A L , . R Y A L L , H E A L , s. 1 . T h e name given
to a gold coin anciently current in S.
te The ryall of France sail haue cours for vi s.
viiid." Acts Ja. I. A. 1551, c. 34, Ed. 1566.
" Item in rialis of France fyfty & four." Inven-
tories, p. 1.
This word is also written real.
cc Reals and Sovereigns were so called from the
picture of the king, or from other symbols of sove-
reignty." Ruddiman's in trod. p. 132.
The term rial corresponds with L.B. regalis. This,
however, appears as an ellipsis. For Du Cange in-
forms us, that, under Philip VI. of France, the Flo-
reni Regales Aurei (Florins Royaux cl'or) were or-
dered to have currency fbr 26 sols of Paris. These
Floreni Regales, he says, are " the same that were
afterwards denominated merely Regales" or Rials.
Vo. Moneta, col. §14. Under Philip IV. A. 1295,
they had been designed Grossi Regales' auri, or
" Royal Groats of gold." Ibid, col- 911. They had
rials of different descriptions; Regales par vi puri et
examinati, or " small royals of fine gold/' A. 1305;
Regales duri, double the weight of the small rials,
but containing more allay, A. 1310; Regales duplices
auri puri, A. 1325, which were also denominated
Denarii auri puri, or " Pennies of fine gold."
£. T h e term Myall was also applied to some silver
coins of S., in conjunction with the name of the
prince. V. Mary Ryall, James Ryall.
R I A L T E , R Y A L T I E , R E A L T E Y , R O Y A L T Y , S.. 2. Lank, or tall and thin; applied to animals,
Territory immediately under the jurisdiction of
the k i n g ; as distinguished from that to which
the privileges of a regality were annexed.
" Ande gif he happynis to fie in the regalite oute eminentibus costis. This might seem to be from the
of the rialte, the sehiref sal certify the lord of the re- ribs appearing. But rif is the Isl. word for a rib.
galite, or his Stewart or balye, the quhilk sal persew
the trespassour in lik maner as the sehiref sal as is thinly laid in a row or streak, rhib-iaw, to place in a
beforsaid." Pari. Ja. I. A. 1432, Acts Ed. 1814, p. scanty row.
21. Ryaltie, Ed. 1566, fob 13, b. c. 100. _
In this act the term rialte is used as equivalent to
schirrefdome, the latter denoting that territory in Prompt. Parv. This seems originally a C.B. word.
which the king was viewed as presiding by his de- Rhibib, a reed pipe, a hautboy.
puty.
" And this act to be executte and fulfillyt be the
offisaris of the lordis of regalyteys vyth in the real me,
vyth help and supple of the lordis of the realtey s geyff
neyd be." Ibid. A. 1438, p. 32, c. 2.
"Royal palaces, though locally situated in boroughs
of regality, were adjudged to be no part of the rega-
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iity, but of the royalty, because they belonged not
to the lord of the regality, but to the king.—Lands
subject to the sheriff's jurisdiction are said to be of
ike royalty, because sheriff-courts are in the most pro-
per sense king's courts, established by him for the
regular ami ordinary administration of justice in
every county; in opposition to lands subject to the
special and extraordinary jurisdiction of regality."
Krsk. Inst. B. i. t. 4, § 7-
R L Y U V E , 5. A nnv or file, Moray. V. the
k*- ver Id
T o >! 1 Id, z\ c. To ril) land.] Add to definition ;
— b v leaving a furrow alternately unploughed.
1 f it [dh,- h:ad j i-: clean, the very old Scots prac-
tice oi' nli'mg fr. W.v?0/•/</], is now beginning to be re-
viwd ; that U, tho farrow raised by the plough is
tunicd over upon an equal superficies of land left
/inn." Agr. Surv. Peel).]). 137-
J{;u-aLoroiii xa;, s. A kind of half ploughing
performed by throwing the earth turned over
by tlie plough upon an equal quantity of sur-
face wmeh remains undisturbed, S.B.
They f/h.vg/avj arc broke f/\ broken] up from
grass, ho/ what as called a rib-ploughing, about mid-
summer, one part of the sward being turned by the
plough upon be' >urface of an equal portion of that
•which, is n.;t raised, so as to be covered with the
furrow." Agr. Surv. Aberd. p. 233.
R I B B A N D (St. Johnstone's), .y. A baiter.] Add;
The p.hra-e, St. Johnstons Tippet is. used in the
same sense, S.
" I doubt 111 hae to tak the hills wi' the wild
whigs, as they ca' them, and then it will be my lot
to be shot down like a mawkin at some dyke-side,
or to be sent to heaven wi' a Saint Johnstone's Tippet
about iny ha use." Tales of my Landlord, ii. 158.
R I R E , RYBE, 1. A colewort that grows tall
'with little or no leaf. Cabbages, that do not
stock properly, are also called ribes, Roxb.
2. A lean person or animal; d6 thin as a vibe
Dumfr. Hence,
R I B I E , adj. 1 . Tall with little foliage, ibid.
Dan. ribb-e, to strip feathers, Wolff; q. stripped
of leaves like a bird that is plucked.
Peebles ; Reibie9 Ettr. For., like Gr. si.
As used in this sense, it might apparently claim af-
finity wdthIskrzM«,a meagre sheep': Ovis macilenta,
It may, however, be allied to C.B. rhib, what I*
R I R U S , S. A musical instrument.] Add;
Fraunces gives Rybbyhe, but without explanation;
R I B S of a chimley, the bars of a grate, S. Hence,
to Red the R(bs3 to .poke the fire, S.
T o R I C E the Water. V . upder R I S E , R Y S , S.
R I C H I E , T h e abbrev. o f Richard. "Richk
B e l l A c t s , iii. 395. Also w r i t t e a - f f ^ ibid,
392.
 R I C R I D
R I G H T F U R T I I E , adv. Immediately, forth- stone walls, provincially called Galloway or snap of
with. rickle dykes. The larger stones are laid in the foun-
— " For the gude and the rjuiete of the land oure dation ; and in every opening between the top of
for said sou er eyrie lord will—gerr deliuer the castel these, the next stones in respect of size'are laid lon-
Ui Kildrummy
of iVUUJ Ullix ill Jtotvy ' •• "of* «Erskyne richtjurthe gitudinally across the wall, and so carefully, that
the said lord
ill all gudely haste as the kir kingis eastell to be kepit they neither lean to one side nor another; and so on,
by the said lord—to the kingis kin behufe." Pari. Ja. till the fence_ be of that height which is required."
Agr. Surv. Invern. p. 114.
If. A. 1M0, Acts Ed. 181 4, p. 55.
From A.S. rihtc jam, and forth hide, exinde. < Which way went he ? ' -
R Y C H T S W A , adv. I n the same manner.] Add; — f By the slap o' the rickle dyke, by the broken yate,
c : Argylo most cruelly and inhumanely enters the Then by the lang broom b u s h / —
house of Airly and beats the same to the ground, and Donald and Flora, p. 96.
rig hi sua lie does to Fur tour/* Spalding, i. 228. RICKLER, One who piles up loosely, S. " A
"" Rdrht ma lie took in the place of Pitcaple, and bad stone-builder is called a ricklerGall.
fortified the samen." Ibid. ii. 297-
R I C I I T W Y S , U Y C I I T U I S , R Y C H T O U S , adj. 1. RI(
Righteous. " Now the committee of estatis had given order
And he sayd, " Yhit I trowe to furnish out through all Scotland a number of re-
Owt of tliir i 11 e paynys frely giments of liebnasters, consisting of 100 horse to ilk
T o be delyweryd be mercy regiment, and he who could spend 50 chalders of
Of my rychtwys creatour, victual or free rent of money, to furnish out one rick-
Be prayer of tlie Madyn pure, master with sword, pistol, carabine, or lance, and an
That is my helpe and my succoured horse worth 80 pound,—Both Aberdeens were also
Wyntomn, vi. 13, 27. valued and ordained to furnish out—the furniture
f . Rightful, possessing legal 'right. of six riekmaslersr Spalding, i. 230. -
"•That the samyne na way preiuge ws and the This must have been a corr. of Hit-Master, q. v.
R I D , s. Advice, counsel; apparently red had
titill that euery ane of ws may haue'to the sade been originally written, as both the sense and
croun," &c. Acts Mary 1558, Ed. 1814, p. 507. rhyme require;
War that land fra it that Forbes elemys,—the Me think it ressoun, be the rude, that I do thy rid,
lave war nocht a davach and a half; quharfore his In cais I cum to the court and knaw but the ane;
clemeis is nocht like to be richtrvise " Chart. Aberd. Is nane sa gude as drink and gang to our bed.—
Fol. 46. Rauf Coily car, B. i. b.
S. Used as denoting what is legitimate ; ryeMwis R I D D E N M E A L , a phrase which is frequently
horn? as opposed to bastardy. met with in old valuations and similar deeds in
And ve ar her cummyn cumin yn off off a]alsgudblud, Ayrs. It occurs in an old ballad.
Als rychtwis born, &c» Your mother's spence it pleases me ;
Wallace, vii. 375, MS. V. GUD, adj. sense 3. But its moichness hurts me sairly :
4 T r u e , real, not nominal. " O f the rychtous Therefore 111 pay a ridden meal,
tynd of A b i r d y n e fw R e g . A Abbeerrdd.. X V . 619. —Although I dine but sparely.
Righteousness. Ridden Meal is ndw explained, in Ayrs., as de*
Hys lyf'
Merowt he wes of ; getting the l i b e r t / o f the farm from Martinmas to
Wyntomn,, vn.
vii. 6,
6, 20.
20. Whitsunday." It is also said, that in that part of
R I C K A M , s> A stroke, Buchan ; a va- the country, " it was a law, that the outgoing ten-
riety of Reekim, q4 v. ant should leave a crop on the land for the benefit
RICKETY-DICKETY, s « A toy for of the tenant who succeeded him; and that the con-
children Gall. Encycl. sideration given for this was called Ridden meal"
V. RIDDIN.
R I C K L E , R I C K I L L , 6'. 1. A heap.] Add;
2. Peats or turfs put up in heaps or small stacks, R I D D I N , part pa. Cleared off, driven away,
carried off.
to prepare them for being winter provision, are
called ricldes, Roxb. " Ordanis that thai haue lettrea to summond thar
witnes tuiching the avale & quantite of the said teyn-
3. A low stone fence, built before a drain, Aberd.
dis & froitis, & how thai wer riddin, & quha intro-
T o R I C K L E , V. a. L T o put into a heap.] Add;
mett tharwith/3 ^ Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1488, p. 117.
2. T o put into the form of a stack ; as, 66 When
are ye gaun to tickle your peats Roxb, witnes to pref that the said persones intromett with
S. T o pile up in a loose manner, S. the said teyndis as is contenit in the summondis, and
RrcKLE-DiKE, <5?. A wall built firmly at the bot- the avale & quantite 1tharof as thai ^ • riddin." Ibid,
tom, but having the top only the thickness of u A n d alss 1 it wes grantit be the said Prior;
the single stones, loosely piled the iddin the said placis & teyndis
that he haid nocht riddin
the other, S.B. to ony gretare avale in ony tyme bigane than thai
« The double stone Walls, without lime, a: wer assignit to the said lord Drummond; and thar-
fore gif it pless the said Prior & convent to rid the
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said teyndis intymetocum, that the said Johne lord This custom must have been very ancient. Theo-
Drummond sail be vertu of his office mak thaim be critus speaks of it as quite common in his time, par-
obeit & pait of the superexcrescence that thai salbe ticularly as a mode of divination in regard to the
riddin to mare than the four chalder of niele that is success of love.
assignit to him in his fee."' Ibid. A. 1492, p. 265. To Agrio too I made the same demand,
E. rid signifies " to drive away; to remove by A cunning woman she, I crost her hand ;
violence;" Johns. He quotes the following example She turn'd the sieve and sheers, and told
from Shakespear: That I should love, but not be lov'd by you.
Ah deathsman 1 you have rid this sweet young man. Idyll 3. Creech's Tra
A.S. hredd-an, to rid; rapere, eripere. also speaks of divining by a sieve, (*
Perhaps ridden meal denoted that made from the ;) as a common practice in his time.
grain which had been driven away when thrown aside Op. i. 753. Pollux is referred to by Del-
for tithes; or rather, meal made of tithe-corns. rius, loc. cil, as giving a similar testimony.
As viewed in its modern use, it might seem to have T o R I D E THE B E E T L E , to walk while others
been denominated from its being an equivalent to the ride, Gall.
; tenant for ridding the land of his plenising " Those who are on foot, or shanks naigie, with a
before Whitsunday; perhaps q. ridding-rnciil, or rent party on horseback, are said to be riding)he beetle.
for ridding the farm. " War ye at the fair, saw ye mony" people,
RIDDLE. The Riddle (or Sieve) and the Shears, Saw ye our gudemau riding on the beetle ?"
a mode of divination, or trial by ordeal, for the Auld Sang, Gall Encycl.
discovery of theft. I know not if this phrase, as having been origi-
The riddle is set on its side, the points of a pair nally used at weddings, can throw any light on that
of large scissars being so fixed in it, (separate from of carrying the Mell. V. M E L L .
each other,) that the riddle may be suspended by the T o R I D E THE P A R L I A M E N T , a phrase for-
hold taken of it by the scissars. One handle of the merly used to denote the procession of the King
scissars is placed on the finger of one person, and the on horseback to the Parliament House.
other on that of another. Some words, to the same — " Whilk had lyen there since the Parliament
purpose with the following, are repeated; By St. Paul was ridden." Spalding, i.
and St. Peter, did A. R. steal my yam ? or whatever R Y D E R , R I D A R , R Y D A I I , 6*. T h e denomination
is lost. If the person mentioned be innocent, the of a gold coin formerly current in S., first intro-
riddle remains motionless; if guilty, it immediately duced from Flanders; and thus designed, as
turns round. Fife; E. Loth. bearing the figure of a man on ho
This coin is mentioned as early as the reign of
mon on Halloween, is also used as a mode of divina- II.
tion in regard to marriage. When two persons are " The rydars of Flanders hauand cours for vi, s.
evened, or named in relation to the connubial tie, if viii. d." Acts Ja. II. A. 1551, c. 34, Ed. 1566.
the riddle turns round, it is concluded that they are " Item in ridaris nyne score & audit ridaris. Item,
to be united in this bond. Sometimes a good deal fyftene Flemis ridaris." Inventories, p. i.
of art is practised in this ceremony. " Ane rydar of gold." Aberd. Reg. A. 1541.
This mode of divination has been well known in Money of this pattern and denomination was af-
France. Hence Rabelais says; Par Conscinomantie terwards struck by James IV., exhibiting the figure
iadis tant religieusement obseruee entre les ceremo- of the king on horseback with a sword in his right
nies des Romains. Ayons vn crible et de forcettes, tu hand, and the inscription, Jacobus Dei Gra. Rex Seo-
verra diables. Lib. iii. c. 25. " L e t us have a sieve and tor. On the reverse, Salvum Fac Populum Tuwn Dne,
shiers, and thou shalt see devils." Urquhart's Transl. around the shield containing the lion rampant.
Cotgr. expl. conscinomantie, "divination by asive, It appears that the coin of this pattern was in France
and a paire of sheers." But both he and Rabelais denominated the Franc of pure gold. V. Du Cange,
is orthography. The original term is vo. Moneta, col. 921. It had acquired the name of
" divination by a sieve," from xocrm Rider in the Low Countries. For Kilian expl. Teut.
rijder, numus aureus equitis effigie. Belg. goude
; to Wierus, the ceremony is performed
by means of a sieve placed on a pair of tongs, which T o R I D E T A I L - T Y N T , to stake one horse
are held and lifted up only by two fingers. Only six against another in a race, so that the losing horse
words must be used in the adjuration; but these must is lost to the owner. V . T A I L - T Y N T .
be very powerful, if their virtue be in proportion to
R I E , RY, a termination of many substantives, S.
their obscurity; Dies, nuesjeschet, beneda>fet,donuina,
The names of the suspected persons being 1. Denoting dominion or authority, as in bishop-
, if the sieve trembles, or nods, or is whirled vie, i. e. the extent of the authority of a bishop:
round at the mention of any name, he is pronounced This is obviously from A.S. rkedominium, ditio,
guilty. The author observes, that the person who territorium; and the same with E . bishopric,
holds the sieve on the tongs has it in his power to being merely A.S. bisceopric softened in pro-
move the sieve at his pleasure. De Magis Infami- nuneiation.
bus, c. 12, p. 134. 2. Subjoined to a s., it denotes abundance in the
Delrius gives substantially the same account; Dis- thine expressed by that term ; as, Quenry, ha-
quis. Magic. Lib. iv, c. 2, p. 172, 173. bitual commerce of an illicit kind, with women ;
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Blctherie, q. ail abundance of nonsense. Alern.
richi, opes. T h e Fr. termination rie has most
probably had a Goth, or Prankish o r i g i n ; as
mfachcricy rihanderie, &e. suggesting the very
same idea as in S.
E. heronry, rookery, See. may be viewed as also
formed from the s. rice ; unless it should be supposed
that, as in many proper names, the adj. ric has been
used in the composition, as signifying a place rich
or abounding in herons, or in rooks, &c.
RYE-CRAIK, A provincial designation for
•the land-rail, Ilenfrews. Corncrailc, S.
The pair trick sang his evening note,
The rye-craik rispt his clam'rous throat,
While there the heavhily vow I got
Tliat erl'd her my own.
Ta una hill's Poems, p. 154.
This name differs from the common one, merely
in the specification of a particular species o f grain, 2. A hearty and free conversation, S. ; synon.
from amidst which this fowl occasionally sends forth
its unvarying note.
R I E P , .v. 46 A slovenly-dressed girl;*'1 Euchan,
Gl. Tarras.
I ay was ca d a canty riep,
Sae never had a pingle.
Tarras s Poems, p. 40.
Fris. rep-en, inquietum esse, et nimia tnquiete ves-
tes terere : Ink hrip-a, tumultuario agere, /trip tu-
multuarium. ft must be observed, however, that
the definition given o f riep does not quite correspond
with the epithet cattfy. A s the M is the spi-ak'-r,
t a - ;i])})(•' i;ii.ion might set-hi to Mgree belter with Su.G.
; Our
rt-p-a, ]>!. ripp-a, online aliquid rccitare ; or wit!i
In-ip-a rip-tf, iwpihn (act it:nv, script if.-u\" ; ( hAndr.
p. J < '.!>. rhip-iaie sign ihe.-, It, is.-s over, to ship.
i l l E R E U \ at!/. " Uoaring Gi. A b e r d .
Wi' that Hob Hoy gae a rair,
A eierfit' rout rais'd be,
T w a s heard, they said, three miles and main, ful man, Su.G. recke, reke, a hero; q. to play the
Wha likes may credit gie.
Christmas Ba'ing, Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 138.
Qu. full of rair or noise.
•RIFE, s. T h e itch. V . REIF.
T o R Y E E out, v. a. T o plough up land that
has been lying waste, or in pasturage; synon.
brcciJi up.
cc We, for the gude trew and faithful service done,
R I G
" Ructare, to rift" Wedderb. Vocab. p. j g .
Add to etymon ; — F r . reupp-er, id., has obviously
had a Goth, origin; reupe, a belch.
R I F T I N G , S. T h e act o f belching, S.
cf Ructus, rifting " Wedderb. ibid,
T o R I F T , v. n. T o magnify in narration, to
talk without b o o k , S . ; synon. Blow, Blast.
Some carle that's weel kend to rift,
Declares, when in a blasting tift,
In days of yore, how he sud lift
Twa bows o' bear.
The liar st Rig, st. 35.
Most probably this is merely a metaph. use of the
term, as applied to literal eructation ; in the same
manner as Wind is used. As literal eructation is
caused by wind in the stomach, the other is traced
to vanity, which is merely the flatulence of the mind.
R I F T , S. I. A n in Hated account, a fib, S.
Crack.
R I G , .v. A tumult; also, a frolic.] Add;
Rig is used as a cant term in E., signifying fun,
game, diversion, or trick. To run one's rig upon any
particular person, to make him a butt. I am up to
your rig, 1 am a match for your tricks." Grose,
Class. Diet.
This, I apprehend, is a corr. pron., and that it is
originally the same with O.E. reak, a mad prank.
— D o w n they fling me ; and, in that rage,
(For they are violent fellows) they play such reaks.
Beaum. § Fletch. p. 3 3 4 7 .
outre Urquhart also uses i t . — " It were
enough to undo me utterly, to fill brimfull the cup
of my misfortune, and make me play the mad-pate
reeks of .Bedlam." Rabelais, B. iii. p. 78.
Skinner derives it from Lat. rex a king, or A.S.
rice a kingdom. Rather from Su.G. ryck, impetus,
ryck-a, cum impetu ferri; or from A.S. ric, a power-
great man, by acting without controul. Seren. h o w -
ever refers to Isl. rock, magnificum quid, (G. Andr.)
ard also to rcck-a fiigare.
R I G , RrcG, s. c2. A ridge, S.] Add;
O.K. rigge, rygge, id. ccRigge of a londe [ l a n d ] .
Porca. Agger." Prompt. Parv. " R y g g e of L A N D ^ F R . ]
sente." Palsgr, B. iii. F. of), b.
R I G and UAVX, a ridge of corn with an interven-

'and to be done to ws, be owre lovittis the baillies ing strip of pasture, A u g .
burgesses and communite of Selkirk,—grantis and " Von M-eh;rg\: field alternately varied with nar-
gevis-license to thame, and thair successors, to ryfe row strips of corn and pasture; this, in the verna-
out, breke, and teil yeirlie ane thousand acres of thair cular language of the country, is rig and bank." Eclin.
common landis of our said burgh in what part thairof M a g . A u g . 1 8 1 8 , p . 1 2 5 . V . B A U K .
thai pleas, for polecy, strengthing, and bigging of RIG GIE, -*. A designation given to a cow having
c

the samyn," Sec. Charter James V. 1538, ap. Mins- a strip of white along the back, S.Oi and R . ;
trelsy Border, i. 2 6 4 . V . R I V E . obviously from Rig^ the back.
RIFF-RAFF, T h e rabble.] Add; R I G G I T , R J G G E D , adj. Having a white stripe^
Dan. rips-raps, £C the rabble, the dregs of the peo- or white and brown streaks, running along the
ple, the mob," &c. Wolff. He. gives the following b a c k ; applied to cattle, ibid.
as another sense of the term, obviously the primary When a stripe of white run [r. ran] along the
one ; " Frivolousness, trumpery, trifles,—paltry stuff ridge of her back, she got the name of a rigged cow."
or trash." The Dan. form of the word throws light, Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. 425.
perhaps, on S. Hip, as denoting any worthless per- R I G and R E N N E T . V. IIENDAL.
son or tiling. B U T T - R I G , S. Three men shearing on one ridge,
T o R I F T , v> n. T o belch.] Add; i b i d . ; apparently named from butt, a piece o f
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ground which does not form a proper ridge.
V. BUTT.
T h e right-hand rig of a company of
H A ' - R I G , .Y.
reapers. V. HA\ Insert, as sense
3. T h e fold of a web, or that part which is folded
down or doubled, as distinguished from the
" T o eschew the dissate & skaith that oure
me lordis liegiis daly and at all
; of wolen clath be the selwich, it is thoeht
that in tyme cummyn all wolen clatht be
; be the rig, and nocht be the selwich." Pari. Ja.
III. A. 1469, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 95. Selwich, i. e.
selvedge.
4. Rig and Fur, a phrase used to denote ribbed
stockings, S.l Add;
In England, when a field is ploughed rough, it is
said to be in " ridge and furrow," or rather « in rig
and f u r r o w t o which ribbed stockings bear a kind
o f resemblance. For this remark I am indebted to
a literary friend in London.
R I G - B A Y N E , S. T h e back-bone.] Add;
O.E. "Rigbone or bakbone. Spina. Spondile."
Prompt. Parv. " Rigge bone, [ F r . ] esehine;" Palsgr.
B. iii. F. 59.
RIG-FIDGE, A gentle blow on the back, Strath-
Teut. fuyck-en signifies to drive, to beat, pellere,
pulsare; fick-en, to strike softly, ferire, leviter virgis
percutere, Kilian. Perhaps the term has had its ori-
gin from the idea of the back being made to jidge
R I G G I N G , R I G G I N , S. 2. T h e top or ridge of a
Parv. " Rigging of a. house, [ F r . ] c h a u l m e P a l s g r .
B. iii. F. 59, b.
3. A small ridge or rising in ground.
" And fra thyne to wart the west to the heid of
the dene of Logy the landis of Westire Logy, with
the powis, powlandis, and foirbank tharof; as thai
ly towart the northe to the heid of the bank riggin 2. Expl. " Deserving the widdie or gallows f as,
callit the Ragingait." Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 1814,
p. 379-
R I G G I N G - S T O N E , S. One of the stones which form
the ridge o f a house, S. riggin-stane.
« He took down the riggin stones, corner stones
with the rest." Spalding, ii. 228.
R I G - A D O W N - D A I S Y , the name given to the
of dancing at weddings on the Ian, q . v . ?
before tlie use o f barns for this^pur, R Y I V , adj. Potent, according to M r . Macpher-
pose, Gall.
« Annpnfk thp wnrhlin fnwk danced a m-eat deal
Fr.
by one •
to the :
this dance is
R I G G I N , S.
ShetL
; from Isl. hryki longurio, a long pole ; as
runt, &c._, are used in S . ; or from reiginn oh.
>us,ngicus. ^
R I K
R I G H T S U A / A F O . In like manner. V . R Y C U T S W A .
R I G M A R I E , s. 1. T h e name given to a base
coin.] Add, instead of what is in D I C T . ;
Supposed to have originated from one of the billon
coins struck during the regency of Morton, in the
reign of James VI. These, I am informed, in order
to give them currency, or to avert from himself the
odium of debasing the coin, he caused to be ante-
dated, as if they had proceeded from Q. Mary's mint.
Most of them accordingly bore the words Reg. Maria,
as part of the legend. I have seen some of them,
however, which are inscribed, Jacobus 5., and bear-
ing, instead of M. R. in the field, I. V. V. Gilb.
Stuart's Hist, of Scotland.
% T h e term rigmarie is used in Galloway as
synon. with E . r i g , denoting a mischievous fro-
lic, a tumult or uproar.
R I G M A R O L E , s. A long-winded incoherent
story or speech, a sort of rhapsody, S. It is
also used as an adj.
Grose renders it " round about, nonsensical f
Class. Dict. It seems to be merely a cant w o r d ;
containing some allusion, perhaps, to running a rig.
Or shall we trace it to I si. reig-ia, fastuose se gerere,
and rol-a vagari, with the connective particle ma
V. Mr. Todd's remarks, E. Dict.
RIGMAROLE, adj. Long-winded and confused,
S also low E
R I G S , R I G I B U S , " S. A game of children, A b e r d . ;
said to be the same with Scotch and English ;
also called Rockety Row.
R I G W I D D I E , s.. 1. T h e rope or chain, See.]
2. One of a durable frame, one that can bear a great
deal o f fatigue or bard usage, Fife ; evidently
in allusion to the toughness of the materials of
which this implement is formed.
R I G W I D D I E , adj. 1 . A rigwiddie body, one of
a stubborn disposition, F i f e ; the figure being
here transferred to the mind.
" a rigwiddie carl in," an old wife who deserves
to be hanged, Aberd.
R I G W I D D I K - N A G , S. A horse that has one o f
its testicles amputated, R o x b .
Perhaps as signifying that he is thus better fitted
Or shall we suppose that rigwiddie
by vulgar corruption, substituted for Rig-
son.] Add;
Schyre Thomas of Mwsgrawe that ilk tyde
Herd, that the Lord Percy wald ryde,
Wyth all the folke of Berwyke, .
That worthy Avar, bath pure and ryk,
Towart Dwns set hym to fare.
Wyntown, ix. 278.
As here used, however, it does not
R I I V E - P E N N Y ,
13, 1681.—The bill anent
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This, I think, must be meant for Reik-penny,
" Smoke*Silver and Smoke-Penny," says J a c o b , a i r e
to be paid to the ministers of divers parishes, as a
modus in lieu of tithe-wood : and in some manors,
formerly belonging to religious houses, there is still
paid, as appendant to the said manors, the ancient
Peter-Pence by the name of Sunke-mmey" Vo.
Smoke-Silver. But the term rike-penny seems rather
to refer to a tax which Charles II. had imposed on
England, and wished to extend, as well as poll-money,
to Scotland ; concerning which the same writer gives
the following account:
- Chima<>if-Mattey} otherwise called Hearth-Money,
a duty to the crown on houses, by stat. 14 Car. 2,
cap. 2. Every fire-hearth and stove of every dwell-
ing and other house within England and Wales, (ex-
cept such as pay not to church and poor) shall be
chargeable with 2s. per annum, payable at Michael-
mas and Lady-day, to the king and his heirs, and
*s.'—Tin's "tax being much complained of, as
to the people, hath been long since
taken off, and others imposed in its stead."
I i l M (of the belly), T h e peritoneum, S.
— " The body—swells sometimes to such a de-
gree, that the peritoneum, or rim of the belly, as it is
called by the shepherds, gives way, and strong con-
vulsions are succeeded by death in a few hours from
the first attack/' Essays Highl. Soc. iii. 368.
Perhaps we find the term in its primitive sense in
Isl. rimi, colliculus.
R I M - B U R S T , s. T h e disease called a rupture or
Hernia.
" Hernia, a rim-burstWedderb. Vocab. p. KJ.
Hence Rhnbursin, q. v.
RIMBIJIISTENNESS, <v. T h e state of being under
a Hernia.
" Ramex. Rimburstennessr Wedderb. Vocab.p.47.
R I M L E S S , adj. Reckless, regardless, A b e r d .
Supposed to allude to the phrase used as to those
who say of do anything contrary to common sense,
that they speak or act " without rhyme or reason/'
As, however, E. rim signifies a border, the adj. may
be formed from this, as denoting those who disregard
all limits in their <
Roxb.
R I M P I N , s. 1. A
2. A n old ugly
Teut. rimpe, anc. rompe, ruga, romp-en,
rugare ; A.S. hrympellc, ruga. Su.G. kryi
trahi, seems to acknowledge the same root, the as-
pirate h of the Isl. being hardened into k. This de-
nomination has probably been conferred from the
number of wrinkles that appear.
R I M - R A M , adv: In a state o f disorder, W .
Loth.
Isl. rym-a difFugere; Teut. ramm-en salire.
T o R I N , R Y N , v. n. 1. T o run, S.] Add;
3. To ryn oure, to continue, not to be interrupted;
like E . run on.
« It is thought expedient,—that this present Par-
liament ryn still oure, but ony particular c o n t i n u -
ation i. e. prorogation. 4 Feb. 1546. Keith's
H i s t p. 49-
T o RIN in one's head, to produce a slight degree
- o f intoxication, to occasion a transient giddiness
300
or stupor; as, " I clarna tak that wine in the
forenoon, it wad rin in my head? S. T h i s is
equivalent to the phrase, to fly to the head.
T o RIN in one's head. Used'impers. It rins %
my head, I have an indistinct recollection o f this
or that, S.
Sw. Bet rinner mig nu i shine I, It comes now into
my mind. Del rann mig i sinnet, It occurred to my
mind; Wideg.
T o RIN on, v. n. T o push, to butt as a furious
bull, Clydes.
T o RIN out, v. n. Not to contain, especially used
o f liquids ; to leak, S.
A.S. ut-rine, ut-ryne, exitus, effluxus ; utrynas
w act era, exitus aquariun.
T o RIN, V. A. To Rin stockings, to darn them
in the heels with thread of their own quality,
for rendering them more durable, S.
R i x , .9. A water fa 11. ] Add ;
3. A ford, where the water is shallow, and ripples
as it flows, Fife.
A.S. ryne. cursus aquae ; MoeS.G. rinno, torrens.
R I N A B O U T , s. A vagabond, one who runs about
through the country.
" Aweel, Willie, ye canna help an ill name. Some
handy rinabout had emptied the laird's hen-bawks,
yestreen, as clearly as fifty foumarts, and back came
the same reckless neer-do-gude to-night." Blackw.
Mag. May 1820, p. 163.
R Y N X A I I E - A B O U T E , S. T h e same with R I N A B O U T .
" Alsua at the said schirref, balyeis & officials,
inquere at ilke courte, gif tliar be ony that makis
til aim fulis that ar nocht bardis, or sic lik vtheris
ryn n a r isabouter
ah Acts Ja. II. 1449, Ed. 1814,p. 36.
111N KIN S, s. pi T h e vulgar designation for
scrophula, S.
" Rinnings, ulcers Gall. Enc.
R I N - T I I E - C O U N T U Y , S. • A fugitive, one who has
* fled the country for his misdeeds, Teviotd.
R I N T H E R E O U T , S. A needy, houseless vagrant, S .
This is printed Rujithereout, Waverley. But in Gl.
Antiquary, evidently in reference to the passage in
Waverley, it is more properly given as here.
R I N - T H E R E O U T , adj. Used in the same sense, S .
" Ye little rin-t here-out deil that ye are, what takes
you raking through the gutters to see folk hangit?"
Heart M. Loth.
" Rinthereout, gad-about; v a g r a n t G l . Antiq.
T o R Y N D , V. N. 1 . T o pertain, to b e l o n g . ] A d d ;
M. Quintyiifc. It ryndes to yow to preif, that
Melchiseclec made no Oblation of bread and wine
vnto God." Eessoning betuix Crosraguell arid J.
Knox, D. iij a.
" We have thocht necessare to 5
this berar—for declaratioun of sic thingis as
hichtlie to the commone weale of baith thir ]
traisting that it will be your Grads pleasour to <
discend and grant unto the samyn." Lett. Earl of
Arran to Hen. VIII. Keith's Hist. App. p. 12.
8. T o tend.
— " The quhilk—libell—was alluterlie generale,
inepte, & vncertane, nocht expremand the tyme and
man'er, &c. the quhilk of the .
 R I N R I N
haue bene expreslie expremit; vtherwayis the said " From tins purpose we
Robertis just defensis in sa gret ane causs, quliilk times that were the Sunday before, where the Lord
tynsale of lif, landis, and guidis, war Robert, the Lord John, and others ran at the Ring,
all ordour of law, equite, & res- six against six, disguised and apparelled, the
Emne." Acts Mary 1543, Ed. 1814, p. 440. half like women, the other half like strangers, in
cf My lord Justice, &c. continewis the summondis strange masking garments. The Marquis that day
' 1 ' ; the productioune of ane decret gevin did very well: but the women, whose part the Lord
be the Papis halines of his cardinalis concernyng the Robert did sustain, won the Ring. The Queen
the purchesing of the bischoprick of Dunkeld,
~ 11 ^ to 1be self beheld it, and as " ; as listed/' K(
sene & considerit--gif the samin ryndisto the enorme Hist. p. 206.
hurt of the preuilege of the croune or nocht." Acts R I N G A N , HINGANE, RINGAND, T h e vui-
Mary 1546, Ed. 1814, p. 446. gar pron. of the name Ninian, S.
T o R Y N I ) , v. a. A term applied to one whose It occurs in Aberd. Reg. A. 1545. " Rinmndr
affairs are in disorder; a Gie him time to njnd V. 1 (). &

hi in sell,"" i. e. allow him time to get things into " A b e , Ringane, Cristie, Armstrangesf Acts, iii.
sort of order, Perths. $93.
I know not whether this has any relation to Isl. And now she sits blyth singan,
3ar Rtngan.
/irein, purus, q. to clear one's self. Herd's Coll ii. 63.
R I N D , R Y N D , S. Hoar-frost; frost-rynd,, Loth., R I N G E , s. A blattering or rumbling noise, S . ;
Berwicks.; synon. Rime. V. R I I Y N E . properly Reenge, q. v.
This is undoubtedly a corruption, as the A.S. and Thus wand'ring, east or west, I kencl na
Isl. term is krim, Su.G. rim, and Belg. rym. My mind o'ercome wi' gloom and
R I N E G A T E , A vagabond, U p p . Clydes. Wi' a fell ringe I plung'd at ance,
I am at a loss whether to view this as corr. from Down thro' a wreath o' snaw up to my i
E . renegate, or as resolvable, as some suppose, into The Loss of the Pack, a Tale. V . R E E N G E .
rin-the-gait, q. to take the road, to fly off. R I N G E R , 6'. T h e designation given to a stone
T o R I N G , v. 7i. T o reign, S.] Add; which lies within the ring that surrounds the
2. T o rage, to prevail with universal influence ; tee or mark in
R I N G - F E N C E , s. A fence surrounding a farm,
" The tym it hapnis this contagius plage and pes- Loth,
telance to ri/ng, &c.—The grit pestilance now thar R I N G - F E X C I T , part. adj. Surrounded by a f e n c e ;
vungandr Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16. applied to a farm, ibid.
T o R I N G doun, v. a. T o overpower, to over- " Every farmer should be what is called ring~
bear, A b e r d . fenced, that is, separated from his neighbours b y a
T o R I N G owre, v. a. T o hold in subjection, S . general enclosure/' Agr. Surv. E . Loth. p. 272.
R I N G , s. T h e meal which fills up the crevices, T o . R I N G in, v. n. 1 , Bells are said to be ring
&c>l Add; in> w h e n i n o r d e r t 0 s t o P t h e m t h e repetition

-—" The Rim is the meal which, in the course of o f t i i e strokes becomes quicker than before, S.

falls round the mill-stone, between it and The phrase seems to signify that this is the sig-
nal for the people, who are standing without, to go
in, or enter the church, as divine service is about to
This in E. is called clamouring the bells,
alludes to the original use of the i
a

plough." Ibid, p, 2. A person, who has made a great noise in his

T o R I N G T H E M I L L , to fill the crevices round the
mill-stone with the first grain that is ground,
after the stones are picked, S.
T h e tenants ringing the mill to themselves,
away the same ring with them." Ab*
'sup. p. 2.
< That when he ringed the mill, he took home the
ring, paying the firlot of dried com, and of malt,
corresponding to his plough." Ibid. p. 3.
RING, T h e name for a game at taw among
boys, denominated from their drawing a ring
in which the marbles are placed, S.B.
R I N G , ,9. To Ride' at at the
the Ring.]
Ring.] Add;
Randolph, in a letter to Cecil, dated 7th Dec.
1561, gives an account of this pastime as celebrated
at the court of Scotland, in the presence of Q. Mary,
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DAY, is said to be ringing in, when on the bor-
ders o f death, Aberd.
" The Deputy is, in a manner, rung in/ observed
John. f His day's darg is ower—lie has won to his
lang and mirk night." Tournay, p. 448.
R I N G I N G B L A C K F R O S T , " a very
frost, when the ground keeps black, and
to ring when struck f Gall. E n c .
BBIINNGGLLEE--E Y E D , adj.] Add;
This term exactly corresponds with E.
It is probably allied to Isl. ringl ,
enatio mentis; ringUa
mentis non compos; ringlad-r, mente captus ;
rently from hring-r circulus; as a ringle-eijc.
suggests the idea that a horse is unsteady. Rang-
eigd-ur, expl. by G.
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to more,,nearly to our term ; from rang- r
iniquus, mce rangl-a oblique vagari, rang! gres-
; radically the same with S. wrang, E.
the other etymon has apparently a bet-
R I N G O , * . Apparently the same witli Mill-ring,
See above ; also R I N G , S. and V.
in favours of the burgh of Glas-
7 of their charters, inieftments, and priveleges,
1669-—With the dominical! lands, mains and
of Pro-
vand, miln
called dry ringo, sequells & perti-
nents thereof, with services 2s & knaveship of the
samen," &c. Act. Pari. V. vii. p. 647-
B I N G - S T R A I K , -v. A n instrument used for
stroking down grain in a corn-measure. V,
S TII A I K , S. 1 .
R I N G - T A I L S , s.pl 1. Small remnants of of any
thing; as, in relation to drink, it is said, " T a k
aff your ring-tails, and brew again,1'' R o x b .
52. T h e confused odds and ends in the winding
up of a multifarious concern, ibid.
5. Sometimes used to denote arrears of rent, ibid.
From the latter sense, it might seem to claim affi-
nity with A.S. rinc-gctacl, hominum Humerus, from
rinc homo, originally strenuus miles,^ and fate, g<>
R I N - T M - O ' E R , s. A game among children, in
which one stands in the middle of a street, road,
or lane,, while others run across it, within a cer-
tain given distance from the person so placed ;
and whose business it is to catch one in pass-
ing, when he is relieved, and the captive takes
his place, Teviotd. I t nearly resembles Wil-
lie Wasile.
T o R I N K , v. n. T o . r a t t l e , to make a noise,
Thinkin, yir rinki
'Mang knabs o' kittle
Ibid. p.
Su.G. rank-a signifies motitari. Formed perhaps
the v. to Ring, like Teut.
i; from ringh-cn id.
R I N K , s. 6. T h e course in curling, S . A . ] V.
RENK. Transfer to this place, and Add;
Their rocks they hurled up the rink,
Ilk to bring in his hand ;
An' hill an' valley, dale an' doon,
Bang wi' the ardent band.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 162.
7. It also denotes the division of two opposite
sides into smaller parties, at quoit-playing, L a -
narks.
" Friday, at Hamilton, the long pending match at
, betwixt the Lesmahago and Glasgow players,
each played~41 shots." Caled. Merc. Aug. 4* 1823.
9. Rink is still used in the South of S. as signu
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fving a straight line. I t also denotes a line or
mark of division.
In this last sense it is applied to the line of divi-
sion or boundary, on the Border, between Scotland
and England; and the public market annually held
a few miles south from Jedburgh is for this reason
still called the Rink-fair.
R I X K - H O U M E , S. " Course-room;" Gl. L y n d s .
MASTER OF T H E R I N K S . V. LEAD,
T o R I N K about, to run from place to place, to
gad about, ,S.B.
For kindly though she be, nae
She manna thole the :
But likes to rove and rink about,
Like Highland cowt amang the heather.
Lizzy Liberty, Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 157-
Frobably from the idea of running in a race.
R I N K E T E R , s. A tall raw-boned woman, A -
berd., Mearns. V. R I N K E R , R I N K E T E R .
R I N N E R , 1. " A little brook Gall. EncycL
2. " Butter melted with tar, for sheep-smearing;"
ibid. V. RIN, $.
R I X X I N K N O T , R U N K N O T , a slip-knot, S.
R Y N N A X D , part. pr. Current.
mand, to compeir for w s , - i n the tolbuyth of Edin-
burgh, the penult day of Nouember instant, in this
rynnand parliament/' &c. Acts Mary 1558, Ed.
1814, p. 507-
RINRIGS, pi W i l e s , stratagems, deep-laid
schemes, Ayrs. ; undoubtedly from the E .
phrase, to run a rig.
The only word referred to by Mr. Todd, is Fr.
rigol-er, to mock. Undoubtedly it has greater ap-
pearance of affinity to Su.G. ryck-a, cum impetu
ferri. But V. RIG.
R I N R U I F F , S. Apparently meant for run-roof;
Aherd. Reg. But what kind of roof is meant ?
RINSCH, adj. Rhenish, of or belonging to the
William Cathkin, for a qw of Rinsch wyne xxxinj li!
—for a galloune, a quart, & a poynt of Rinsch wyne
xxij s." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1488, p. 97- V. RENSS.
R I N - S I I A C K E L , <9. A shackle that runs on a
chain, with which a cow is bound in the byrey
Fife.
R Y N S I S , or R Y N S S , s.
— " Sa that the <
nouther in burgh n a m land, wernouther lange taile
na syde nekit hudis, na pokis on thar slefis [sleeves],
na costly curehes, as lawne or rynsis/' &c. Pari. Ja,
I. A. 1429, !9, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 18, c. 10.
in
R I P , 3. A handful o f corn, &c.l Add;
« I l k ane [ o f Montroses men] had in his cap or
bonnet a rip of oats, whilk was his sign; our town's
people began %o wear the like in their bonnets/ 3
Spalding, ii. 289.
RIP, A basket made of willows, &c.] Add ;
This is undoubtedly the same with Isl. hrip, dis-
torta corbis, formio, Haldorson; expl. in Dan. " a
leaky basket or cassie"
 R I P R
ft IP, s. 1. A n y tiling base or useless, &c.] Insert;
2. A regardless fellow, Ettr. For.
T o R I F E , RYFE, v. a. 1. T o search, &c.] Add ;
(i To rt/pe, diligentius inquirere, investigare
Northumb. Ray's Coll. p. 147-
T o R Y P E , a a. T o reap.
" Schir Michaell Balfoure of Burlay, knyeht, not
vpoun ony respect of gay ne and proffeit that he my cht
rt/pe thairby, bot vpoun the earnest affeetioun and
grite regaird he lies to his maiesteis seruice—vnclir-
tuke—the bringing hame of ten thowsand standis of
armour/' Acts Ja. VI. l600, Ed. 1814, p. 1<)1,
A.S. rip-an metere, to reap.
R Y P E - P O U C H , S. A pick-pocket; a term applied
by school-boys, when any thing has been taken
out of their pockets, Teviotd.
R I P P E T , RIPPAT, 1. T u m u l t . ] Add;
5. Disturbance of mind about any thing; as de-
noting complaint, murmuring, &c.
" Have your desires bounded as to the vast de-
sire of bodily and earthly things and cares: seek
them not, and take it well when God takes these
things from you, and disappoints you of many things
ye expected,—make no rippel for them,,—seek them
not back again by grudging at the want of them."
M. Brace's Lect., &c\ p. 13.
4. Ripped ex pi. " a bitter-tempered, chattering
creature Gall. Encycl.; perhaps q. " one who
by ill humour raises a rip pet
I si. hrapp-a signifies increpare, hrapp-r immitis,
violentus. The term, however, as denoting a tumult,
should perhaps be traced to Isl. Jtrip-a, tumultuarie
agere; Haldorson. Eg kripa, raptim a g o ; G. Andr.
T o R I P P L E , z>. a. To Ripple Lint.] Add;
C£ When set up in the field, the lint, after being
rippled, is made up in small bundles, no bigger than
one length of the lint can easily tie," Maxwell's Sel.
Trans, p. 328.
Mr. Todd has inserted this as a north country
Word, from llaij and Grose.
R I P P L E , R I P L E , S. A toothed instrument through
which flax, hemp, &c. are drawn, to separate
the seed from the stalks, S.
<"< Let them take small handfuls at a time, and
draw the flax through the riple without violence."
Maxwell ut sup. p. 356.
" After hemp is pulled, and the leaves, seeds, and
blanches taken off with a ripple, it is made into bun-
dles of twelve handfuls each, and steeped as flax,
from six to eight days/' Agr. Surv. Argyle. p. 115.
4V It is drawn through the iron teeth of a kind of
comb named the ripple, in small handfuls/' Surv.
Banff's, p. 192.
R I P P L E R , S. A person employed i n separating
the seed of flax from the stems, S.
This comb separates the seed from the lint, with
much more ease to the ripplcrs Maxw. Sel. Trans,
p. 8L28.
RIPPLING, s. T h e operation of separating the
seed of flax from the stems, S.
" On the day of pulling the lint does the rippling
begin." Maxwell, p. 328.
O.E. " Ripelinge of flax or other lyke, Avulsio."
Prompt. Paw. 803
I S
LINT-RIPPLE, <?. T h e same with Ripple, but de-
nominated from its being chiefly used for pre-
paring flax, S.
— Y e didna ken but syle o kipple,
Or stock to some auld wife's lint-ripple,
Might be your fate.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 2C2,
R I P P L I X - C A I M B , s. A flax-comb.] Add ;
This properly denotes the coarse and wide-toothed
comb that is used for separating the seed of flax from
the stalks; the heckle being the flax comb.
The Prov. quoted in DICT. appears also in rhythm.
A time's for a' thing we can name,
An' time too for the rippling hame.
Piper of Peebles, p. 7.
T o R I P P L E , v. n. T o drizzle, &c.] Add;
S. A term used in regard to the atmosphere;
" T h e clouds are rippling they are beginning
to separate, so as to indicate a cessation of rain ;
Fife. Rachin, S. synon. V . R A C K up, v.
Perhaps a diminutive from Su.G. rifm-a, sein-
dere, q. " the clouds are riving."
R I P P L E S , s.pi. 2. Used improperly to denote
the King's evil, Bord.] Add ;
The late ingenious Dr. Ley den, in- his Gl. to the
Complaynt of S., p. 330, has quoted a popular song,
c ' the entire subject of which/ he says, < was the
ripples, or king's evil." It thus commenced :
I rede ye beware o' the ripples, young man ;
—Gin ye tak them in your heicl,
They will be your deid ;
Sae I rede you beware o' the ripples, young man.
•—Gin ye tak them in your warne,
Ye'11 never gae hame ;
Sae I rede ye beware o the ripples young man.
RIPPLIN-GARSS, Rib-grass, Flantago
lanceolata, Linn., Lanarks. Ripple-grass, Ettr.
For., Gall.
"Ripple-girse, abroad-leaved herb, which labour-
ers put on cuts ;" Gall. Encycl.
R I S E . RYS, S. 2. Brushwood, or small twigs.]
After 1. 12, Insert;
3. T h e branches of trees after they are lopped
off, S.A.
S T A K E A N D R Y S E , 1. Pales for enclosing ground,
&c. as in DICT.—Before etymon, Insert;
2. This phrase is sometimes nietaph. used in re-
gard to the composition of a discourse which is
. not fully written. A minister is said to prepare
his sermons in the stake and ryse wiy, who
writes them only in the form of skeletons, with-
out extending the illustrations, S.
I11 the Gloss, to Edda Saemund. the affinity is re-
marked between Isl. /iris, virgultum, and Heb. i m n ,
hhoresh, which is used in the same sense, as strictly
denoting brushwood; (Virgultum densiim et im-
plex um ; Stock. Ciav.) Gr. frutex, L.13. raus~
eum. Vo. J Iris.
T o R I C E the Water, to throw plants or branches
o f trees into a river, for frightening the salmon,
before using the lister. T h e effect is, that they
become stupid and lie motionless, Selkirks.
R I S K I S H J adj. A term applied to soil, GalL
 R I S
" RisMsh Lari, land of a wet and• boggy nature;
the plough rairs and risks in it when
m ploughing;"
Gall. Encycl. V. R I S K , V.
May not the term refer to its with
Rees/c?- V. R E E S K I E .
RISKOIJRS, Recourse.
" Thocht the river of Tiber was impediment • to
thaim to fle abak, yit thay war constrenit to have
thare utir riskours "to the samin." Bellenden's T.
Liv. p. 50.
R I S L E S , s . p l
" Shoe [the ship Michael] was ten foot thick with-
in the wallis of cutted risks of oak, so that no can-
non could doe at hir." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 257.
" Outted gests of-oak Ed. 1728, p. 107.
A.S. ryscl, hrysel, denotes the small gut. But the
figure would seem rather forced, to compare the ribs
of a ship with, the intestines. Isl. hrid is virga, a
dim in. from hris, id. Here also the resemblance is
unnatural. Shall we suppose that the word had been
written ribhes by Lindsay ?
R I S P , s. - T h e coarse grass that grows on marshy
ground, S.] Add;
— " The hay-rope—was made of risp, a sort of
long sword-grass that grows about marshes and the
sides of lakes." Blackw. Mag. Aug. 1823, p. 190.
R I S P , 6'. A sort of file used b y carpenters, S.
Rasp, E .
T o R I S P , V. a. T o rub with a file, S.
Isl. risp-a seal per e.
R I S F I N G S (of bread), s. pi Filings, what is rub-
bed off by a rasp, S.
R I S P I E , s. Used in the same sense with Risp,
for coarse grass ; but I do not know if the term
be current in any part of S.
" I was among the green rispies of my native
fields ; and thought I was listening to a voice as
sweet as the cushat's croud." Tournay, p. 281,
R I S S I L L I S , RYSSILLIS, adj.
" Item ane coit of rissillis blak fresit with ane
small waiting tres of blak silk, with buttonis of the
samyne." Inventories, A. 1542, p. 86.
ff T o pay Gilbert Fressyr als mekle Flemyss mo-
ney as he warit to the said Gilbert on certane blak
clayth allegit Ryssillis blak." Aberd. Reg. V. 14,
A. 1538. ^ f 1 h
&c. are borrowed from the places whence they were
of black is distinguished
L i n 1
; ; this might be cloth imported from. Lisle,
a well known city in the Low Countries, the Teut.
name of which was Ryssel V. Kilian, Nomenclat.
R I S T L E , s. T h e name given to a plough o f a
particular form, formerly, if not still, used in
the island of North-Uist
" The ordinar
and they have a
a thing that cleaves, the <
of a sickle, and it is drawn
.ometimes^ by^ ^ ^ l i u ] e .
line in the ground, to make it more easy for the big
plough to follow, which otherwise would be much
301
R Y V
retarded by the strong roots of bent lying deep hi
the ground, that are cut out by the little plough,"
Martin's West. Isl. p. 53, 54.
Isl. rist-a secare, excenterare; Su.G. rista upp
iorden suleos terrae inarare Hire informs us that
rist denotes "the iron which is fixed before the plow-
share, for directing the line of the furrow; being
synon. with E. coulter." Lat. rastell-um signifies a
small harrow, also a spade, from rado, rasi, to shave.
For all these terms, ristle, coulter, (Lat. cultrum a
knife) and rastellum, suggest the idea of cutting.
T o K I T , RET, V. a. 1. T o make a narrow lon-
gitudinal incision in the ground, with a spade
or other sharp instrument, as a line of direction
for future labour, L o t h . , Ettr. For.
" You had better rit the hail length of the ditch,
before ye begin." " A11 ye will rit the fale, I'll tak
them up."
2. T o scratch, Loth., South of S . ; as, " Dinna
rit the table wP that nail."
R I T , R I T T , .9. L A slight incision made in the
ground, ibid.
<f Ye scart the land with a bit thing ye ca a1]plengh
— y e might as weel give it a ritt with the•teeteeth of a
redding-kame." The Pirate, ii. 28.
2. A scratch made on a board, &c., ibid.
For the etymon V. RAT, which is radically the
R I T N A C R A P , ^ . 1. Root nor crap, or top, Ayrs.
% Metaph. used to denote a mystery, ibid. In
this case probably a negative is conjoined.
R I T T O C K S , s. pi T h e refuse of tallow, when
it is first melted and strained, Ettr. F o r . ;
CracMins, S.B.
This must be a dimin. from Teut. ruet sevum, se-
low candle. In Belg. "it is softened Into reusel Isl.
' o R I V , v.n. i ' o sew coarsely and slightly, S h e t l
This might seem allied to Su.G, n f ruptura, rijw-a
is cere; q. to sew so as to leave great gaps or inter-
It appears, however, that the word
gin ally signified to stitch or sew; for this is the sense
The Isl. term seems now applied to :
1 For Haldorson renders it by Btm.jiikker, to
T o R I V , v. a.. T o rivet, to clinch, A b e r d . V.
R O O V E , synon.
R I V A , S. * A cleft in a rock, Shetl.
" He t
towards a riva, or cleft in the rock, <
c a l l e d E r i c k ' s steps." ^The Pirate, i. 1 6 7 .
T o R I V E , v. a. " T o p l o u g h ; spoken of ground
has either long lain in lea, or has never
ploughed b e f o r e S .
I'll hew down the aik, the beech, and ash,
An* rive ilk bonnie green, &c.
Edin. Mag. July 1819, p. 527.
T o R Y V E O U T , V. a. T o break
I Ucttv up
Up ground
glUUHU that
Lliill
is very tough, or has I '
long unploughed, S.
" His fxienes and his 1 predecessouris, for the
 R I Z R
help anil releif of his pure comroonis in diuerss
pairtis of this real me, hes reseruit great quantitie of
ofmureisar.d vtheris commoun landis nawayis dis-
ponit in propirtie to ony particulare persone, nocht-
parkit, teillit, sawin, and laubourit great portionis
01 the sanun commounteis without ony.richto^pro-
pirtie compe to thame," &c. Acts Ja. VI.
Ed. 1814, p.
I V E up,
T o>RiilVE » a. T h e same as the preceding, S.
up, v.
Sw. uprifv-a to tear up, Dan. rive seems to* to ap-
proach most nearly to this use of the term; At rive
ukrud op, to pluck or grub up weeds. Isl. rifajurtir
urjord, id.
R I V E , s. A rent or tear, S.] Add;
2. T h e act o f laying hold with the teeth, and eat-
ing hastily, S.
cc w e were obliged to ride out to a little hollow
place in a wild moor,—where our horses got
but a rive o heather/'
neatner. Perils of
rerijs ot Man, ii.
11. 246.
240.
R I V E , s. E x p l . " the sea-shore? 1 ] Add;
O.E. " Ryuyn to lond as shippes & botys. Applico.
A pell o." Prompt. Parv.
RYUEIl, A robber.] Dele etymon, and sub-
1 concur in Sir W. Scott's remark on the second
passage quoted from Doug. Virg.
<•' It signifies simply river. It was by the sides of
lakes and rivers that hawking at the heron, the kind
of sport chiefly approved, was practised/'
Thus, the meaning is, « the weary hunter and the
O A
2. Applied to clothes, which have been so long ex-
posed to the open air, as to be half-dried, Roxb.
R I Z A R D S , R I Z A E S , R I Z Z E K - B E R R I E S , s. pi
Red currants.] Add;
For Rizar Tarts. Strip ripe rizars off the stalks,
then lay them in your shapes, with plenty of s
in Cookery,
Cookerv. p.
0. 1Q.
19.
I can form no idea of the origin, unless the word
be corr.from Fr. raisin;
raisins de Corinthe. In C.B. rkesinwydden is a <
R I Z Z I M , s. A stalk of corn, Aberd.
A.S. hris, frondes ; Isl. hris, virga. But it
m o r e nearly allied to Teut. reessem, racemu
T o R I Z Z L E , v.-n. T o rustle, Gall.
" Rizzling. Any thing, such as straw, is said to be
rizzling, when it is free of moisture, quite dry, rust-
" Gall. ~ '
A.S. hrisu-an crepitare;
A.fc. hristUan crepitare ;btbut in its
nearly allied to Teut. ryssel~en, id.
levi moveri, ut virgulae, &c.
edere, ut frondes.
R I Z Z L E S , s. pi " A species o f berry,
Hussies? Gall. E n c . ; probably
the same with Rizards, red Currants.
* R O A D , s. " Large way, path/"
I refer to this E. word, to take r
idioms, in which it occurs, that seem to be peculiar
to S.
I N one's R O A D . 1. Applied to one who is deen

prey." . _ . . . other. YeVe like the ^udeman's

"
is the general orthography of the MSS. from in t h c gudewife's road?S.
which Mr. J. Graham Dalycl has published his edi* g thLs P r G a i i ig s o m e t ' i m e s u s e d f o r
tion of Pitscottie. The sense of this adage is illustrated by ,
" Efter this the king past to the Illes, and thair „ H is s h e w h o m ^ r i e s t h e s o n o f e / d e a d m o -
sched theife and W condignlie." P. 35 7 . t h e r / ^ There is rarely a good understandL be-

l l Y U I N G , s. Apparently, the recoil of a piece tween a daughter in law <

of ordnance. Kelly, p. 162.
" Thaireftir, the Regent—causit masonis to begin % / wadna see you in my road, a mode of expres-
to redd" the" bruisit
" ' * wallis,
wall is, and to repaire
repaire the foir- sion addressed to one, on< who under ' the " pretence of
Wark to the forme of ane bulwark, platt and braid working, is viewed
._ as i
the resett and ryuing of many canonist g. I t i s generally the knguftge o f an
Hist. James the Sext, p. 236. impatient person to one who is slow in ope-
This bulwark was to be level and broad, not only 4 P Pe
that many cannons might be placed there, but that Q , 1. Uaed, m a • ,

return, to <
BIVLIN i Exp, « . . f raw h i d e ; " X T ^ j & S S S ^ i i ? * -

S f t S i a u * . , . » « w i t h s. v. ^ ^ r who
moded, s without
r . t disappointment
i ^ r ^ ' or L irrita-

H I W E L L , Wallace, i*. 106.] In etymon, after ^ ^ S ^ T ™ * * ™ ^ ^ ^

S T ' ^ T w i f c r Gl Roquefort T o R O A D , v. n. Applied to partridges, or other

e V z I r , 6 ,e«. 1. T o dry in the sunj * * ^ S ^ J ^ S ^ ^

" ^ f'fv^'1 " ^ ^ ^ t h e breakfes^tawT^but-— ^ ^ *
s°ubStL^aTidef econsistedrof rLar f /baddies, T o ROAD, V. a. T o follow game running in this
saten bread, oat cakes, jellies," &c. manner, ibid.
li. 75. Evidently from the E. denoting a way.
805 Qq
 R O B R O C
R O A D M A N , s. A
drives stones for
Perths.
Had you liv'd lang t've felt the
whips an'carts, R O C H , R O C I I E , -S. A ROCK.} Add
S i / p ^ i ^ d r S g ' r y you
. wad thol'd, O.E. " Roeh stone. Rupa. Rapes.
You'd curs'd the day that you were foal'd ; pulus." Prompt. Parv
Through wind an' weet aye draggin' • stanes R
ROO CCH , ROCHE
" (gutt.), adj. Rough; the
a hyde to hap your banes. ciation of the north of S'. " T o by thair
The Roadman's Horse, Duff's Poems, p. 58. ruche or s n e y c h t A h e r d . Reg. V . S N E Y C H T .
R O A N , s. A congeries of brush wood, Dumfr. R0C:H AN1 KICIIT, an adverbial phrase, Aberd.

iZtttSgSSt
" All at once the footpath parted with the stream, V. ROUGH. .

hazel, placed us on a little swelling knoll." R &R ±o „ ? N ^H

S 0 R 5
A ' A P P , I E D T 0 8 H E E P - V

R O A N ^ " NOV" ROS,N' ' c a r t l * *>' « " •

The caves [calvis] and ky met in the loan, T b m ^ ^ ()r f b u r e ^ ()f c|
1 he Man ran wi a rung to red ; some crosletis ("corslets ?"1. „f s L l l
And'brod^his buttocks S h e bled. ™ A * » m Wsquet^and siclyk." Bannatyne's
WiJ'e of Auchiermuchly, Herd's Coll. ii. 127. S p ^ ' f r m n F r rochedefcu a composition made

2 2 2 £ . ^ F , « S S O F I K S I L ! 6 - " ^ -

' ' in colour to the rocis of that celebrated fortress, S

R O B I N - A - R E E , s. " A game of the ingle-nuik, R O C K - C O D , s. A species of cod, found in a
much like the Preest-ccit; only in passing the r 0 < % bottom, S.

round the ring, the following rhyne

«IZiZ-Ree, ye'll no dee wi' me, ROCK-DOO, . The wild pigeon, Columba
Tho' I birl ye roun' a three times and three. < Knas > - L l n " ' A1 1 0iirns - . , , , .
O Robin-a-Ree, O Robin-a-Ree, k s e e m s t 0 h a v e b e e n denominated from the cir-

O dmna let Rabm-a-Reene d e e T ^ ^ ^ n ^ X T « T n t h e ^^fdTtateTbrfed^inhoTes tf

R S i f ^ f c o T S s remarked* on ^what "is^said, 1. 1 3 . IJ^TK,

7r:.Robm: .".I.V!lU!ed(al! ^J""/.?-' most of'mTcliffs^is onty a vTriety'of the wild'p£
This corresponds with the e x p l a i n given'of the Aldr"
Av" iL 2~7" V" ZooL P- 217"
term in DictPTrev. Se dit pour un homme de Robe HOCKEL, The porch or vestibule, Banff*,
ou de Palais • mais e'est un terme un peu meprisant; V - BCCKIE-TYAUVE.
C'est un Robin, les gens d'epee disent: Voyez un Perhaps changed from its original application.
Dan. roeghul, is " a vent-hole for the smoke to go

ROCKLE, A pebble, Ayrs.

Fr. rochaille, " rocks, rockiness," Cotgr.; O.Fr.

Tegis in R o c k w T ' S / 6 AIkTundln^wifh pebbles, ibid,

of Robin Huid, Litill Johnne, Abbot of res- ROCKETY-ROW, A play in which two
»oune °fsic), Queyne of Maij, or siclyk to contra- persons stand with their backs to each other;
veyne the statutis of Parliament." Aberd. Reg. and, the one passing his arms under the shoul-
Cent. 16. ders of the other, they alternately lift each other
T o R O B O R A T E , v. n. 1. T o strengthen, from the ground, Aberd., Tweedd. ; synon.
Aberd. Reg. Seesaw, E.
2. T o confirm in whatever way. ROCKING, A friendly visit.] Add;
3. T o confirm in a legal manner. In many places in the West of S. the term is now
" To call & roborate." Aberd. Reg. V. 17- used for a tea-visit among country people. The en-
is of a pretty
 R O D
lea, there is a service of cheese, of bacon and beef
fried, of ham and oat-cakes, of wheaten bread and
butter covered with carraways, of a kind of plumb-
pudding, &c. often in succession,
ceeded by a dram ; frequently by punch during the
progress of the evening; and sometime
crowns the whole.
2t The* term is now generally used to denote an
assignation between lovers, L an arks.
In the upper ward of Lanarkshire, in the winter
nights, during moonlight, the servants of neighbour-
ingfarm-towns pay one another friendly visits. Some
of them have been known to go to the distance of
4 or 5 miles. The maidservants carry their wheels,
with them, and the men sometimes take a schank.
The men of course convoy the lasses home, after the
rocking is over ;—The lasses, in fact, would never go
a rocking, if they had not previously trysled with
their sweethearts to see them home.
R O C K E R , .V. T h e designation given to one who
attends a Rocking, W e s t of S.
" It was the custom at rockings, to entertain each
other with stories of ghosts, &c. and he was <
the most acceptable rocker, whose memory 1
plentifully stored with such thrilling narratives."
Edin. Mao;. Sept. 181.8, p. 153.
R O C K L N G - S T A N E , .v. A stone so poised by
art, as to move at the slightest touch, S.
And still, when blood-drops, clotted thin,
Hang the grey moss upon,
The spirit murmurs from within,
And shakes the rocking stone.
Minstrelsy Border, ii. 3.96.
" The rocking stone,» commonly reckoned a JDrui-
dical monument, has always been held in supersti-
tious veneration by the people. The popular opi-
nion, which supposes them to be inhabited by a spi-
rit, coincides with that of the ancient Icelanders, who
worshipped the daemons, which they believed to in-
habit great stones. It is related in the Krisinisaga,
chap. 2, that the first Icelandic bishop, by chanting
a hymn over one of these sacred stones, immediately
after his arrival in the island, split it, expelled the
spirit, and converted its worshippers to Christianity."
N. ibid. p. 405.
R O C K L A Y , R O K E L Y , S. A short cloak, S.]Add;
" Luckie Macleary—having put on her clean toy,
rokelay, and scarlet plaid, gravely awaited the arri-
val of the company, in full hope of custom and pro-
fit." Waverley, i. 147.
R O C K M A N , ,9. A bird catcher, Orkn. ; deno-
minated from the hazardous nature o f his em-
ployment, being often suspended from the top
of a perpendicular rode.
R O D D E N - F L E U K , T h e turbot, also Roan-
Jteuh, Aberd., Meatus. ; Raan-fleulc, Loth.
« By some singular chance, the holibut, a coarse
dry fish, is in Scotland styled the Turbot, which in
Scotland is called Rodden-flenk ; the last word being
a general denomination for flounders and other flat
fish." Pinkerton's Geography, i. 192.
" The fish commonly caught on the coast of the
Mearns are haddocks, whitings, cod, (here called
kiellen), ling, halibut, scate, turbot, (called here rod-
307
R O I
den fluke, and bannock fluke) a«d flounders; all of
which are in great abundance." Agr. Surv. Kin-
card. p» 415.
This has been expl. q. red-flounder. Some think
that it is designed from the colour of the spots, as
resembling Roddens; i.e. the berries of the Roan-tree.
R O D D I K I N , s: T h e fourth stomach o f a cow,
&e.] Add;—Also written RnddiMn.
" What indeed can be more shocking than to be
addressed, at a dinner table, by a pair of rosy lips
in such terms as these : Pray, sir, allow me to help
you, I shall send you a nice piece of ruddikin : pray
permit me to add a little of the monyply." Blackw.
Mag. 1817, p. 302. ~
This seems a diminutive from Teut. rood, id., q. the
little stomach, as being that of a calf. V. KIN ter-
min., and M I N I K I N . Although eckin»us is the Lat.
name, we can scarcely suppose so heterogeneous
and tautological a mixture, as that this should be
combined with the Teut. designation.
RODDING, A narrow path; properly that
made by the treading of sheep, South of S.
" It is a deep eleuch, wi' a sma' sheep rodding
through the linn not a foot wide." Brownie of
Bodsbeck, i. 134. Evidently from E. road.
R O D E N S , s.pl. T h e berries of the roan-tree.] Add;
" You will likewise find in severall places of the
countrey not far from the town, severall sorts o f
Pi nastres, as also a kind of fruit tree called Cormes,
not much unlike our Raun-tree, the fruit thereof
hangs in clusters like our Roddens: but of an other
colour, and bigness, every one being as big as a
plumb." Sir A. Balfour's Letters, p. 31.
Johnstone, Lodbrokar-Quida, p. 82, derives the
term, as used in this form, from hi rodinn, rube-
factus. Hinc, he says, Scot. Roddins, i. e. ruber
fructus sorbi.
R O E , s. T h e sail-yard ; Su.G. ro, segel-ro, id.
" With power—to apprehend their persons, seaze
on their vessels, and take their sailes from their roes/f
Sec. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 192. V. RA, RAY.
ROYALTY, A territory immediately under
the jurisdiction of the king, S. V . R I A L T E .
ROYAT, Royalty.
—Quha mair surely into royat rang,
Nor the greit Conquerour his freindis aman* ?
Yit
of Vprichtnes, st. 5.
R O G E R O W S E (g hard), adj. Given to free-
dom o f speech, R o x b . ; synon. Outspoken.
Allied perhaps to Isl. rog-r calumnia, obtrectatio,
roegg-va mala imprecari, and hros-a, Su.G. ros-a,
efferre; q. to bring forth detraction.
ROICH,
— " The haill laudis callit Vthale Landis, Roich,
Allying, samyn, toillis, anchorages, custumes, wattil,
foir coipland, settertoun, anstercoip, scattis, land
mail lis, wrack, waith, wais, wair, and vtheris rychtis
and dewteis quhatsomeuir pertening to the saidis
erlclome of Orknay and lordschip of Zetland," &c.
Acts Ja. VI. 1612, Ed. 1814, p. 481.
The Vthale Landis are those otherwise called Udal,
q. v. Roich may be an errat. for roith, the t being
mistaken for a c : for we find that t U term Roth-
 E O I R
is used in Orkn, as synon. with
Udalmen, i.e. says Fea, "self-holders, or men holding
in their own right/' V. U D A L - M A N . Isl. hrole is expl.
by G. Andr., Grandis homo. Or the term might
allied to Su.G. raad-a, pron. rod-a, imperare.
Jus nauticum ; Verel.
Am/ing may denote the right of making hay on
; as allied to Su.G. ann, foenisecium, from
I s l agn, how-
both fishing and hunting ; Piscatura,
m ; Haldorson.
gives the idea of collecting or gathering,
" use of the term in the
a m
rose surrounded with the regalia/' Ruddiman's In-
trod, to Diplom. p. 133,
led -" the Inglis
This coin is also designed 1 Nobill, H e n -
ry,and Edwart with the rose." Acts uts Ja.
Ja. 1IL
I A . 156?,
c. 22. Ed. 1566; and simply the rose, ibid.
R O Y S T E R , s. 1. A vagabond, &c.] Add;
Sir W. Scott prefers the last etymon. For he says,
in a note on this article ; " The German cavalry of
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were called
Belters, in old Fr. Reistres, which signifies simply
Riders. Their infantry were the Lanzknechts (Lans-
quenets in Fr.) i. e. spearmen."
R O I T , R O Y T , S. A babbler, R e n f r .
Flandr. ruyt-en, garrire more avium.
T o R O Y T , v. n. T o go from place to place
without any proper business, &c.] Add;

w S ' i T evidently . e „ K „ , e " M ^ S K ^ d M

might signify the right of holding a regular market, y d ' T w l l ^ Prompt P ^
Anstar koep may literally be translated from the Sw, j s t r o n g i y 8 U 8 p e c t that our llont, and E. rut are
« what is fitting for a fair" or market; anstar being r a d i c a l l y a l l i e ( 1 F o r r(njt> a s a p pi i e d t o females, con-
the third p. sing, indie, of ansla Uj fit, to become. t h e i d e a o f t h a t s o r t o f g a d d i n g w hich is the
toun may
Settertmm mayueberenuereu
renderedmm amereni.
differentwaj
ways.s. iv or w. eeffffeecctt o0 ff wwantonness.
Norw. untonness. To
Togang
gam routing
routing about, about, •seems
is expl. in Dan. Graesgmg for quaes* paa near] the same with E T o a rlMl Dan. rut.
,e, i. e. « a pasture" or « grass for cattle in the ( , r b J c h a r i > I s L h l . a c u m f t u f e l * r ali and
Hallager. Isl. saetr.ur, pascua, aestiva pe- h r i o t , a 8 u b 8 u l t a r e / h a v c b e e n mentioned by Junius
r, " In
~ the
* " and Lye, as cognate terms. Isl. roelt-a, divagari.
the green pasturage attached to R O I T , S. A term of contempt for a woman. It
a dwelling was named a Setter or Scaler." Hibbert's ;s o f t ; n j o i n t . d w i t h a n * adj . d e n o t i l l a bad
Shetl. Isl. p. 427- Sw. suet en, " an estate 111 the ' „„ •// „ Lu T .,,1, r,
n do wed with certain privileges, and which t m l K 1 ; ,as' a l ™it, Loth. It is
to law can only be enjoyed by Swedish *] s o a PP l l c d a f e m a l e brute' as t0 a cow"

:" Wideg. This corresponds with the K u n i , s v l e w c < l a s s .V non -

of the initial phrase Uthale land**. Su.G. me- T h , s s e e m s t h e s a m e w i t h R"."f> although now
tari, villa nobilium,1certis privilegiis ornatum ; Ihre.- to one sex. It may - deserve „ to. be . .
Saele, sedes, is the origin. Setter-toun might there- £ that Isl.r«*« denotes a woman ot a gigantic size ;
fore denote lands, or a village, endowed with pecu- foermnae Giganteae appellatio; G. Andr. p. 201.
i * s s ^ ^ o r a village'endowed 1 b o y t o u s , R^US.
" " a term I have not met with else- " It » knawin nocht to be the kirkrentis, nor roy-
where, is a corr. of waifs, i. e. strayed animals. /ous lyfe thairby, tl

RO o Z t L ? d % l Z i : d J - H a V i D g lhC feet tUrned h a d t v t my W g ^ u h i l k now I micht haif,

If this be not allied to Su.G. rxdUa, in eyrum a- dan the, 1 P r e f e r r i t mY b e l l y t o & u i d <

T n r J y perlmps be traced J M a , ^ r r i d l - a , App.p.224.

to writhe.
ROYNE, T h e scab, m a n g e ; Chaucer,— R O K , s. For—perhaps, a crowd a t h r o n g , —
- - R , A storm. ] Dele etymon, and substitute ;
of dogs it is said turbo.
concerning tneS orawis
S said ,;;
01 ao fe s H I . saia R O K E Lr AlY ,i s. , AP short- X cloak.
S . Y. ROCKLAY.
Thay ar luving to men,
Bot nocht to thame self 1 T o R O L L , v. a. T o enrol
For wo is him that hes royne " And that thai roll thar names in ane buke with
Colkelbie i. v. 145. the maner ofthair harnes and wapnis yerlie ineuery
Fr.roime,rmme, "scurf, scabbinesse, themange;" wapin-schawingis," (sic) &c. Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed,
Cote* 1 8 1 4 , p. 363. V. R O L L Y D .
R O I S N O B L E , R O S E . N O B L E , a denomination R O L L Y I N G , part. adj. Free, frank, speaking
of English g o l d coin, formerly current in S, one's mind without hesitation, Ettr. For. T h i s
That the gold haue cours in tyme tocum in seems the same with Rollochin, S.B. q. v.
wyse,'that is to say, the Rois Nobill t o x x x v s "
this wyse, R O L M E N T , S. Register, record.
; Ja. III. A . 1475, c. 83, Ed. 1566. — " The Lordis of counsall of before assignit to
Item in rois nobilis fyfti and four." Inventories, the said Marione—to bring the rohnent of the court
p. i autentikly vnder a balyeis sele & the clerkis 1
" They called them nobles, because they were made Act. Audit A, 1474, p. 36.
up of the noblest, or the purestmetal. These pieces R O M A N I S . Satene of J
. the devices inscribed on them; " Item ane pece of tanne satene of Rrnnanis:9 In-
so they were called—rose-nobks, from the English ventories, A. 1516, p. 25.
308
 R O N R O O

it every other place,—the rain came gushingi

as if the windows of heaven were opene The
icum] Romanum, id est, Siricum, Provost, p. 201.
Du Cange, vo. Siricux. T o R O N G E , v. a. T o gnaw, or file,
kingdom. " That na maner of mane tak: vpoune hand for to
siauuis mam of befor, for ronge the croune of wecht, or ony vthir gold of wecht
the haldin of the money in the Rome, &c. and als throw pretense of this acte vnder the pane tobe ac-
Rt the kin-is hienes deput—certane ce[r>ouris in cusit & punist as falsaris of the kingis
town quhilk is ane port, quhilk sal haue Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 1814, p. 373.
power to cerss the salaris and passaris furth of the The act ordained that the croune of the sone, i. e.
Rome for hauffing furth of money," &c. Acts Ja. sun, should pass, although wanting a grain of the
IV. 1503, Ed. 1814, p. "42. proper weight. V. JRONGED.
This orthography is evidently from the sound of R O N N A L , .v. The name given to the female
Fr. rorjamne, id. liealmeis used in the parallel place, sa lmon or trout, or fish of any kind, Dumlr.
Ed. 1566, c. 102. T I l e y s p e ak of the kipper and ronnal, i. e. the
L L O M E - B L I N K E D . V. B L I N K , V. n. T o b e - . L ~ . "
a little sour. From rami, O.E. pi. roan, the roe. lsl. hrogn-
R O M O U R , s. Disturbance, general noise, ex- laegia, piscis ovipara, q. the raun-layer. V. RAUNER.
of dissatisfaction. RONNET, Rennet, Gall.
— " The lordis—deput til avyss apone the mone the rennets for coagulating milk Gall,
consideris the grete romour that is past becaus ofdi- R O N S Y , s. A hackney horse,
uersiteis of payment with in the realme, &c. And H e was the ryaile:t of array
for til eschew the romour hereof and to content the Q n rom,, m i c h t ride.
commonis," &c. Acts Ja. III. A. 1468, Ed. 1814, Rauf Coilyear, B. iiij. b. V. RUNSY.
p. <)2, c. 1. As first quoted here, munnure occurs T o R 0 0 , v. a. T o pluck wool off sheep, Oi'kn.,

This term has evidently been used in that age in IsL ^ tondere. , W n i saudr> d h td(,er f]/rir

Ithe E.
V word;
' I V
' corresponding T T
^ with l M m > ed ^ h a n ' " A s * sheep that is silenVbe-

' fore the shearer." Id. Vers. Isa. 53. V. Ihre, vo.
; Ragg villus, and Rya. V. Row, Roo, RUE, V.,
' the term is exemplified and more fully il
R O O , ,9. A heap of any kind, Orkn.
Su.G. roge, IsL rok, also ruga, acervus.—As Te
must be viewed as)
it points out the origin of E. rick, S.B. ruck. Ft
rock hoys is a rick of hay, meta fceni. Ihre trace
Su.G. rock a heap of hay, grain, &c. to roge as the ]
T o Roo, v. a. T o pile up into a heap, ibid.
Su.G. roeg-a seems to have had the sm

cumulata. Dan. rog-e to heap up. Ihre

the affinity of Lat. rog-us, a funeral pile, properly a
A heap of wood.
without;
R O O , .v. A n inclosure in a grass field, in which
Q.], Lynds.
cattle are penned up during night, Mearns. V.
RONE, A run of ice.] Add;
WHO, Witoo.
2. Applied to a great assemblage of
ROOD, Sometimes used f o r ROOD-DAY, or
as signifying that there is
th t W ^ a ? e n a r " f w e r e interlined and run the da ? of the Invention o f the Cross> hl tlle

S K ' S r S n r ^ l y strai
RONIE, adj. Covered with runs or sheets of ice, S. he " & "
In the account of a Raid or expedition of the
Earl of Huntly against the Earl of Athol, Sir R. ^ - T ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ V T l ^ ^

This0wesVcaned the Rome Rode, becaus it hap- R O O D G O O S E , the Brent Goose.] Add;

full of ronm, or sheckles of yce."

Earls of I

in itsproper sense; as it strictly denotes icicles, or R O O D O C H (gutt.), s. 1. A

ice in a pendant state. a term of contempt, Ayrs.
R O N E , RONN, A spout, &c.] Add; 2. Also expl. a savage, a )
 R O O R O P
R O O F - T R E E , *. 2. A toast, &c.] Add; The <
An English writer gives the following ; of the word ]
the origin of this toast. last-tones o f ;
The skeleton of the hut-was form'd of R O O K E T T Y - C O O I N G , .V. FC
crooked timber; but the beam for the roof was large, " As they say ye're ta'en
out of all proportion. This is to render the weight I jealouse ye hae some end of your ain for rooketty-
of the whole more fit to resist the violent flurries of cooing wi' my wee Betty Bodle." The Entail, ii. 89. '
wind, that frequently rush into the plains, from the R O O M I L Y , ad]. W i t h abundance of room y
openings of the mountains.—I lence comes the High* Clydes.
lander's compliment, or health, in drinking to his We roomily dwell in the heather-bell,
friend. For, as we say among familiar acquaintance, Ail' buss wi' the rainbow's hue.
To your Fir ('-side," he says much to the same pur* Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 329-
pose, To your Roof Tree,1' alluding to the family's Isl. rumleg~r, Dan. rummelig, amplus; Isl. rum leg ay
safety from"tempests." Hurt's Letters, ii. 40, 41. Dan. t-ummelier, ample, copious.
Sir J. Carr gives a similar account. T o R O O N D , R U N D , v. n. T o make a loud
" 1 was told that very fir north, when a highland hoarse noise in, coughing, as when one has a se-
peasant entertains 1.1s friends with a cheerful glass vere cold, R o x b .
of whisky, it is usual as a compliment to the host, IR. riochan-aeh, to be hoarse. But V. R E U N D E .
to drink to his ruuj-tm\ alluding to the principal ROONI), A list of cloth, S.
beam, which bv lis weight enables the roof to resist " A stock of lists or roonds are necessary for the
the pressure of a mountain squall, and which forms nailing of wall-trees." Neill's Horticulture, Edin.
the great protection of the family within from its
Encycl. N. 562. V. R U N D , which is the orthogra-
fury." Caledonian Sketches, p. 4^5.
phy most expressive of the sound.
I have frequently heard this toast given in the
R O O N D - S H O O N , S. pi Shoes made of lists plaited
county of Angus. A very intelligent and learned tra-
across each other, Lanarks.; Carpet-shoon, S.B.
veller, when' speaking of the Athenian Olive in the
T o R O O S E , v. a. Fish, which are to be cured,
ErcelMuin, says ; The first toast after dinner in a
are first thrown together in a large quantity,
Welsh mansion is, generally, The chief beam of the
with salt among them, and allowed to lie in this
houser Clarke's Travels, Part II. Sec. ii. p. 501, N.
R O O K , s. A sort of uproar, L o t h . ] Add ; state for some time. This, by the curers, is
ROOKERY,,',?. T h e same, conveying the idea of called roosing them, S. V. R O U S E , V.
great noise; 'as, " He'll gang and kick u p a R O O S E R , s. A watering-pan, S.B.
rookery? ibid. This might seem a figurative denomination, from
the use of water for rousing the principle of vegeta-
ROOK,"-?. A thick mi,t.] Add;
tion, when it has become languid from drought
Mair scouthry like it still does look ;
But it is undoubtedly from O.Fr. arrouser, arrousoir,
At length comes on in moch v
Mod.Fr.• arrosoir, a watering-pot, from arrous-cr, u to
The liar'st Jist. 81.
bedew, besprinkle, wet gently;" Cotgr. Nieol traces
T o R O O K , v. n. T o cry as a crow. T h e term,
the term to Lat. ros, dew.
however, • is more commonly applied in the R O O S H O C H , adj. L Coarse* robust, Ayrs.
South of S. to the sound emitted by the raven. 2. E x p l . as also signifying « halfanad," ibid.
Probably from the E . or A . B . hroc, id. A.S. hrusa, rupes, mons praeruptus; Isl. rusk-a
* T o R O O K , v. a. In E.-this term signifies to turbare, conturhare.
cheat. In S. it signifies to deprive of, b y what- T o R O O S S I L , v. n. T o beat, to cudgel, An-
nandale; the same with Reissil, v. a., q. v. 1
^ O n e mishap befel him after another.—In the R O O T H E R , s. A species of shell-fish, Shet "
course of the third year after his election he was " B. Balanus, Roother." Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 321.
rookit of every plack he had in the world, and was
T o R O O V E , RUVE, v. a» L T o rivet, S.] Add;
obligated to take the benefit of the divor's bill."
TheProvost, p. 40. In the Act, 19 Feb. 16*18, it is rooved; Murray,
In this general sense, it might seem to be allied p. 440. The same, Ed. 1814, p. 586.
to Teut. ruck-en, detrahere, vellere, avellere ; Su.G. H O P E R I E ' , A ropeyard, a ropework, S.
ryck-a, id. The termination here, as in Tannerie, a tan^work,
ROOKLY, Used for RocMay, a short cloak. seems to be from A.S. rice jurisdiction dominium; as
Now—tent the beauties of the shade, also in Baillerie, h e> the extent to which the power
The thicket gaudily array'd of a Bailliff reaches.
In rookly green. R O P L A W , s. A young fox, Teviotd.
G. Turnbults Poetical Essays, p. 196. Su.G. raef, Dan. raev, Isl. rtf-r, Fenn. repo, vul-
R O O K E R Y , s. A n uproar, Roxb. V. R O O K , S. pes. Pers. roubah, id.
T o I I O O K E T T Y - C O O , v. n. T o bill and coo, R O P L O C H , adj. Coarse,applied to woollen stuffs.
And gif the wife die on the morne,—
" So fust gang hame—Bell, and bring your laddie,
1 The vther kow he cleikis away,
and we'll a live thegither, and rookeltycoo wi' ane With hir pure cote of roploch gray;
another like doos in a doocot." The Entail, ii. 129* Lyndsays WarIds, 1582, p. 135. V. R A P L A C H ,
310
 R O T
T o R O P P L E , v. a. 1. T o draw the parts of a
hole coarsely together; as of a stocking, instead
of darning it, Teviotd. V. R A P P L E up.
Applied to vegetation." Hoppled up, grown up
with rapidity, large, but not strong in appear-
ance, ibid. Throppled up, synon.
R O R I E , s. T h e abbrev. o f the name Roderick, S.
R O S A - S O L I S , s. T h e plant called Sun-dew,
R o x b . ; an obvious corr. of Ros soils.
ROSE, T h e disease called Erysipelas, S.
" The Erysipelas, or St. Antony's fire in some
parts of Britain is called the rose." Buchan's Dom.
Medicine, p. 276.
Su.G. ros, Germ, rose, Teut. roose, (vulgo rosa,
Kilian,) id. The disease has evidently, because of
the colour of the eruption, borrowed its name from
the rose; as this, according to Wachter, is
Germ, rot; according to Ihre, from Su.G. wed, red.
ROSE, The rose of a rooser, is that part of a
watering-pot which scatters the water, Aberd.;
perhaps from its supposed resemblance in its
circular and convex form, to the flower thus
R O S E - L I N T I E , t h e red-breasted linnet, Clydes.
most probably denominated from the resem-
blance of its breast in colour to a red rose.
R O S E T , ROZET, Rosin, S . ] Add;
" Half ane barrell of pik. Ane barrell of auld
rosett." Inventories, A. 1578, p. 257.
R O S E T - E N D , s. A shoemaker's thread, S .
Some guns, she threeps, within her ken,
Were spik'd to let nae priming ben;
And as, in twenty, there were ten
Sae
Held on their
Mayne's Siller Gun. V.
R O S I N , ROSSEN, i . A congeries or c
shrubs or bushes, Galloway.
Gall. Encycl.
" Rob Fisher,—as we came down the green
—landed himsell in a rossen o' breirsIbid. p.
Su.G. ruska, Sax. ruschen, congeries virgultorum. in particular, aRotten-gasse close by the Cathedral;
V . R I S E , R Y S , S. But as the population of Galloway and, over all Germany,—the canon who walks first
was chiefly Celtic, perhaps it is directly from Gael. on those occasions, bears a title of the
rasan brushwood, from ras a shrub. This and our logy, that of Rott-meister, literally i
Rise are obviously from a common source.
R O S S E N Y , adj. Abounding with brushwood, Gall.
What'notion gard ye croak awa
xe ros t y ^^ Encycl. p. 397.
ROST, ROIST, " Tumult, d i s t u r b a n c e G L
Lynds, V . R O U S T , U to cry.
R O T , s. Six soldiers of a company.
u n d e r a r m i ! ther^must b T l n T l i u ^
each ^ brihg'six S L ^ b r i d g i ^ of Exercise, Mon-
ro's Exped. P. II. p. 183.
R O T - M A S T E R , S. A irnistwith
ferior to a corporal.
E O U
" Two [of the r o t ] are esteemed as leaders, being
a corporal), a rot-master or leader, and an under rot-
being the last man of the six in field.—Then
in a you have twenty-one leaders, being six
corporalis, and fifteene rot-masters, which to
the fields have allowed twenty-one men, called
under rot-mastersIbid.
Teut. rot turma, manipulus, contubernium mili-
turn, decuria; rot-meester, decurio, manipuli ]
denoted, not only a captain of thirty-
two hut the foreman or leader of the file, a
Germ, rott-meister, " a corporal, the head-
man of a file of s o l d i e r s L u d w i g . V. RAT, which
seems merely the Scottish pronunciation of this fo-
reign word.
R O T C H E , >. T h e Greenland Rotche, Shetl.
" A lea A lie, (Lin. Syst.) Rotehe, Greenland Rotche.'1
Zetl.ii. 274.
R O T H E , ,9. " T h e Rothe of the culwering;"
Aberd. Reg.
This probably refers to some sort of wheel em-
ployed about a culverin, as that at the lock, after
spring-locks were introduced; from Lat. rot-a, or Fr.
rouetfe, a small wheel.
R O T T O N , R O T T E N , ,9. A rat, S.B.
ffIn this cuntrie [Buquan] are no Rottons seene
at anytime, although the land be woonderfull fertill."
Descr. of the Kingdome of Scotland. V . R A T I O N .
" Glis, a rottenWedderburn's Vocab. p. 15.
R O O F R O T T E N , the Black rat, M u s rattus, S .
M. rattus, Black Rat.—S. Black rotten/Roof-
Rotten." Edin. Mag. July 1819, p. 50(1
One of the oldest streets in Glasgow is called the
Rotten-raw ; the name of which some might be dis-
posed to deduce from the abundance of rats. But a
idea "is thrown out in a work lately
" Its name is the Rotten-row.—It comes, I doubt
not, from the same root with routine, and signifies
nothing more than the row or street of processions.
It was here that the host and the images of the saints
were carried on festivals, with all the usual splendour
of Catholic piety. The same name, derived from the
very same practice still subsisting, may be found in
many towns in Germany. I remember, in Ratisbonne
or master/' Peter's Lett. iii. 1()'7.
R O T T E X - F A W , S. A rat-trap.
« Decipula, a rotten fall." Wedderburn's Vocab
p. 13. In a later Ed.% Ratten fall, p. 12. V. F A L L ,
F A W , .9.
R O U B B O U R E S , p i ] Add;
On ocasioun of the assembling of the " great oist
of Scotland" at Ilossling mure, September" 1. 1522,
the Duke
"" of Albany, as govei * the Kingdom in
the King's name, charges the: Stewart and Chamber-
lane of Strathern to hold " our
c Stewart and Cham-
berlane courtis of Strathern ; and be equale modifi.
> of our landis & lordschip
and all vther thingis neces-
 R O U E
. ser. for carying of rubbonris, crelis & vtheris Carl-
age, with able personis to pas with thame furnist with
vittale & expens for the space of xxxli days eftirt her
cummyng to Roslyn Mure."—At Edinburgh, Aug. 5.
1522.—Orig. in Charter Room at Drummond Castle.
R O U G H ( g u t t ) , adj. 1. H o u g h . ] AM;
5. Unshorn.
" That William Wauche ofDawik sail content &
pay to William lord Borthwik tene score of gud and
sufficient ranch wedderis & yowis," &c. Act. Audit.
A . 1 4 8 9 , P. 1 ^ 0 .
That this is the signification is obvious from this
term, though with a different orthography, being
elsewhere contrasted with Clippit.
" That Johne of Hamiltoune—sail restore—to
inaister Dauid Cunynghame, &c. sevin skore o f yowis
clippit, fine skore of gymmer and dymmont roc he,
price of the pece owr hecle thre schillingis." Ibid.
A. 1 -up, p. 179-
H o r n i and R I C H T , adv. 1. Entirely, Aug.
And tak lier a* together, rough and right,
She wad na been by far four foot of height.
And for her temper maik she could hae nane,
She'd gar twa paps cast out on ae breast-bane*
Ross's Helenore, p. 35.
% Expl. " indifferently F e l l A b e r d .
R O U C H a n d R O U N D . ! I Add ; O he's a brisk and a bonny laddie.
The feast was, indeed, such as the country itself
i£
furnished ; for plenty of all the requisites for a rough
, were always at Duncan of Knock's
Heart M. Loth. iv. 183.
R O U G H , s. T h e coarser, also, the largest part
of any thing, is vulgarly called the rouch at,
S.O. ; q. the rough part of it.
T o JiOUCH, v. a. T o fit the shoes of a horse for
going on ice ; Rouch t, frosted, Loth.
R O U C H - H A N D X T , R O U G H - H A N D E D , adj. Daring,
violent, South o f S.
« Being interrogated why he did not enter the
said cottage, declares he had no Warrant so to do ;
m d that as Mucklebacket and hi
derstood to be rough-handed, he, the
no desire to meddle or make with
Antiquary, iii. 1?7-
R O U G H N E S S , S. Full house-keeping; as> " There's
ay a deal o" rouchness about yon houss S.
R O U G H - R I D E R , s. A breaker o f horses, S.
« He disappeared out of the avenue, from the
eyes of Mysie, who kept exclaiming,
a like a rough-rider r M. Lyndsay
P-
ROUCHSOMJS, adj. E H a v i n g "some degree o f
roughness, S.
2. R o u g h in manners, unpolished, rustic, S«
R O U C H - S F U H , R O U G H - S F I I N , adj. R u d e , having
M t was under the command of Hab Elliot that
I made mv first raide» a gay rough spun cout he was,
and nae cannie hand for a southland valley." Perils
o f Man, ii. 228.
R O U C H T O N , S. « A rough, strong fellow Gall.
Encyc.
R O U D E S , s. A n old, wrinkled, ill-natured
1 Add;
312
O V
This term in the South of S., particularly in Roxb,,
R O U D O C H , \ o o D Y o c H r ^ / n * H a v i n g a soui-
look, or sulky appearance, Ayrs.
This seems originally the same with the adi.
Rotates.
T o R O V E , v. 71. T o he in a delirium, S.] Add;
It seems to have been formerly used in E. in a
sense nearly approaching to this. For Phillips expl.
the v., as not merely signifying, " to ramble about,"
but " to have rambling thoughts."
Cecil uses the term in a singular sense. " I praye
you procure some estimat of the charges on both
partes, that I may rove to provyde payment." Sadler's
Papers, ii. 74.
I scarcely think that the meaning is, that he would
ramble through the country. It is more probably
a Fr. idiom, as signifying " t o cast in one's mind, to
turn a thing over in the way of contemplating it iri
all its bearings ; from rouer, to wheele, turn round,
swing about, go, compass Cotgr. It is also expres-
sive of the manoeuvres of a fleet. Diet. Trev.
T o have a great flow of animal spirits, S. Rov-
ing is synon. with Ranting, with which it is
joined.
O he's a ranting roving laddie,
Betkle what will, 111 get me ready
T o follow the lad wi' the Highland plaidy.
Ranting Roving Lad, Herd's Coll. ii. 180.
T o R O V E , v. a. To rove cotton, &c.] Add ;
" Upon the Don is—a mill for teasing, carding,
and roving wool, and for waulking c loths." Stat.
Acc. vi. 38.
ff The preparation of wool by hand-cards was
now laid aside ] and the different manufacturers in
Aberdeen sent their wool to the mills to be carded
and roved.H Thorn's Hist. Aberd. ii. 151.
R O U E N , part. pa. Rent, torn, riven ; espe-
cially applied to old pieces of dress, and to
wooden dishes when split, Roxb.
IsL riuf-a, Su.G. rifw-a, lacerara
R O U G H I E , s. 1. A torch used in fishing un-
der night, Eskdale ; elsewhere called Ruffle.
" I'm weel convinced Gabriel dropped the roughies
in the water on purpose—he does na like to see ony
body do a thing better than himsell." Guy Man-
nering, ii. 69.
« I wonder whether this is mair pleasing to heaven
than when it was lighted up wi'lamps, and candles
nae doubt, and roughies, and wi' the mirth [apparently
meant as a misnomer of myrrli}, and the frankincent
that they speak of in the Holy Scripture." Anti.
quary, ii. 152, 153.
2. It seems used to denote brushwood m
" She began to make A bustle J
which was now heaped in the cave.—" What
IOU there ?" " Laying the roughies to keep
the eauld wind frae you, ye desperate do-nae-good.
Ye're e'en Ower weel off, and wots na; " it will be
otherwise soon/' Guy Mannering, iii. 284.
In Gloss, to the Antiquary it is expl. as also sig-
nifying " heath." This evidently belongs to the *e-
C °^haU we suppose that a torch of this kind receives
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its denomination, as composed of roughmaterials, and the day, listening, in those times, so dearthful of in-
coarsely formed; or rather, as having been originally telligence, to the news collected by the wandering
made of brushwood ? If the latter be preferred, we beggar, or feasting his imagination upon the won-
should view this as the primary signification of the ders of the lame soldier or sailor wbo had visited
term. foreign countries." Pennecuik's Descr. Tweedd,
ROUK, Mist.] Add; Ed. 1815, N. p. 82, 83.
Roke was used in the same sense in O.E. " Myst I do not recollect having seen the grate carried so
orrolce. Nubula[Y. nebula]/' Prompt.Parv. "Mysty far out as the middle of the kitchen : It is usually
or roky. Nubulosus [r. nebulosus]." " Roke myst. on one of the gable-ends ; the wall forming aback to
Nebula. Mephis—Roky or mysty. Nebulosus. Ibid. the seat which is immediately behind the fire. In
R O U N , s. R o e of fish.] Add ; many instances the roundabout is formed by a square
O.E. " Rorvne of a fysshe." Prompt. Parv. projection from the gable.
T o R O U N , R O U N E , R O U N D , R O W N , V. N. T o R O U N - T R E E , R O A N - T R E E , R O W A N - T R E E , S.
whisper.] Add, before etymon ; T h e Mountain-ash, S.] Insert, col. % after
2. It is expl., although I hesitate as to this use of skaith, 1. ; Rowentree, id., Yorks., Marshall.
it, to " mutter like a Runic inehanter Gl.Ant " The most approved charm against cantrips and
It occurs in various O.E. writings. Randolph uses spells was a branch of rowan-tree plaited, and placed
it as broadly as if he had been a native of Scotland. over the byre door. This sacred tree cannot be re-
moved by unholy fingers/' Remains of Nithsdale
" These two things I have oft fear'd in her Grace ;
Song, p. 290.
and found it now needful to speak a little word
thereof, because of the French, that are daily rounding Hence the traditionary rhythm ;
in her lugs some iililc-lalles or other." Lett, to Cecil, Roan-tree and red thread,
1562. Keith's Hist. p. 232. Puts the witches to their speed.
Mr. Todd has justly remarked that Roun is the V. Huddleston's Notes to Toland's Hist, of the
Druids, p. 283. In Loth. Ran-tree is the pron.
proper orthography.
Sometimes it was worn about the body.
R O U N D , ROUNDE, A circular turret of a
— Y e , sae droll, begin to tell us,
castle ; denominated from its form.
— H o w the auld uncanny matrons
" So he locked the deponer in the round within
Grew whiles a hare, a dog, or batrons,
the chamber, arid tooke the key with him. Shortly
T o get their will o' carles sleepan,
thereafter, the maister returned, and the king's ma-
Wha hae nae stauks o rountree* keepan,
jestic with him to the said cabinet in the rounde ;
Ty'd roun' them, whan they ride or sail,
and the maister opening the doore, entered with the Or sew't, wi' care, in their sark-tail.
king into the said roundeHenderson's Deposition,
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 59-
Moyses Mem. p. 304, 305.
* " Alluding to the vulgar opinion of roun-tree be-
From the same origin with the E. s. Fr. ronde ing efficacious against all sorts of charms/' N.
a circle. The ancient Skaldic writers celebrate a favourite
R O U N D , s. A semicircular dike or wall, made tree of the ash genus, under the name YgdrasilL In
of stone and feal^ used as a shelter for sheep, the Edda Saemundi it is said;
Roxb. Aser Ygdrasils
R O U N D A B O U T , <9. T h e name said to be given, Harm er oeztr vitha.
in Angus, to an oatcake of a circular form, Grimnis-Mal, str. xliii.
pinched all round with the finger and thumb. " The ash of Ygdrasill, that is the most excellent
" Think ye that, at will, Dueholly can—gie ye of trees/' V. also str. xxxii. This tree was con-
sidered as sacred. In that very ancient poem, the
nackets and round-abouts to your coffee and clarified
Voluspa, it is poetically exhibited as the parent of
whey?" Tournay, p. 31.
the showers which descend into the valleys.
R O U N D A B O U T , ROUNDABOUT F I R E - S I D E , a Ask veit eg standa better ygdrasill,
fire-place or chimney, of a square, or rather of Thaddan Icoma doegguar timers i dale falia,
an oblong f o r m ; in which the grate is detached Ego fraxinum scio exst je Ygdrasil vocatam,—-—*
from the walls, and so placed that persons may Inde imbres ortum trahunt qui in valles decidunt.
sit around it on all sides, S. Voluspa, str, xix.
" The round-aboutfireside (still by much preferred In Resenius's edition of the Edda, a long descrip-
where there are a number of farm servants, and cer- tion is given of it in Fable xiv. Under this tree it
tainly by far most preferable, but for the difficulty is said that the gods daily sit in judgment; that its
of keeping them clear of smoke) was universally in branches extend throughout the w o r l d ; that they
use in the kitchen; that is, a circular grate placed shade heaven itself, Sec. Sec.
upon the floor about the middle of the kitchen, with Gudm. Andr. in one place expl. Ygdrasels, arbor
a frame of lath and plaster, or spars and matts, sus- scientiae, (vo. Ask a) ; in another Askin Yggdrasills,
pended over it, and reaching within about five feet of arbor mythologica Eddae, p. 136. He renders the
the floor, like an inverted funnel, for conveying the term, quasi Othini jumentum, vel vehiculum ; Ygg-r
smoke; the whole family sitting round the fire within being the chief and proper name of Odin, as deno-
the circumference of the inverted funnel. Here ting that he is the object of fear. A curious reason
placed the gudeman's resting chair or wooden sopha, has been given for its receiving the designation of
upon which he sat or reclined after the fatigues of Odin's horse or chariot; as if he had learned the
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Runic mysteries, when suspended from i t ; — q u o d
forte Odin us ex ea suspensus fuerit, cum runas dis-
ceret. Gl. Edd. Saemund. vo. Broesvll.
It has been said, that the Ygdrasill of the Edda is
the mountain-ash ; and, on the ground of this asser-
tion, supposed that the superstitions, still connected
with this tree in our own country, may be regarded
as minute vestiges of the Gothic mythology. I have
nothing to offer in opposition to this idea. On the
contrary, it seems to carry a high degree of proba-
bility ; not merely from the great proximity of the
Su.G, name of the tree to the term denoting magic,
but from its. use in • regard to incantation. I find,
however, no direct proof in any Icelandic work
which I have had an opportunity of consulting, that
our lloun-trec is the species of ash so highly honoured
under the name of Ygdrasill.
IIoup, 1 1 o o v i s g , Rowpr Ng,*. A n outerv, &c.] Add;
— " In setting of fews, or any manner of tacks,
attour the yenrly rowping on Martinmass Even/'
&c. Blue Blanket, p. J21.
IIoirpKit, .v. One who cries, S . ] Add;
2. T h e term roupcr is still in use, as denoting the
person who sells his goods b y outcry, S.
" A roupcr is pursuing his interest, when he pays
the bell-man to intimate his roup ; and you will pur-
sue your interest, when you pay the same bell-man
to cry at the kirk-door, " Beware of roups."—You
have a better right to keep your money than the
rouper hath to wrest it from you." Thorn's Works,
p. 447,
R O U P J N G - W I F E , ,?.] Define ;—A female who at-
tends outcries, and purchases goods, for the
purpose of selling thern again, S.
" In 178.%—the Lord Justiee-Clerk Tinwald's
house was possessed by a French teacher. Lord Pre-
sident Craigie's house by a rouping-wife or sales-
woman of old furniture,** Stat. Aec. Edin. vi. 583.
" An unco thing this, Mrs. Plowden/ said old
Peter Plumdamas to his neighbour the roup'mg-wife,
or sales-woman,— f to see the grit folk at Lunnon
set their face against law and gospel, and let loose
sic a reprobate as Porteous upon a peaceable town/'
Heart Mid-Loth. i. 99.
I i O U N A L L , s. " A n y circular thing, such as.
the moon G a l l Encycl. ; apparently softened
from E . r01mdel, id.
T o H O U S E xcitli salt upon salt, to change the
pickle in curing fish ; or rather, to cure fish b y
the use of the finest salt. V. S A L T UPON S A L T .
" This barrel of salmon was for the superior's con-
sumpt in his family; and being for that use, Scots
salt was sufficient; and his charter not mentioning
that it was for export, he was not bound to rouse them
with salt upon salt." Fount. Suppl. Dec. iv. 845.
This is evidently the same verb with that for-
merly given as Roose, which expresses the pronun-
ciation. But it seems doubtful, whether, in the mo-
dern acceptation, there may not be some change o f
the original signification.
At first it seemed probable, that this term might
be allied to Teut. ruijsch-en, fricare; as referring to
the practice of rubbing in the salt in the operation
pf curing. But I prefer Fr. rou-ir to steep, or wa-
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ter, applied to hemp ; ruissement, a steeping or w a -
tering of hemp ; arrous-er, to wet, to moisten.
H O U S E , ROOSE, Commendation, boast, S . O .
" It is well known that the Edinburgh folk are in
the main a well-informed, civilized sort of people,
though a thought gi'en, as we think in the West, to
making mair rouse about themselves than there is
ony needcessity for." The Steam-Boat, p. 337.
C( Rachel had ay a good roose of hersel/ said Becky
Glibbans." Ayrs. Legatees, p. 243. V. R U S E .
R O U S E I I , A n y thing very big, of its
kind, S.O.
R O U S I N G , R O U S A N , part. adj. 1. Properly
applied to what is powerful, or vehement; as,
" a rousing fire," one that emits a strong heat,
S.O. V. REESIN.
Thae flirds o' silk
Had I our doghters at a candle,
They'd mak a been and rorvsan tandle.
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 62.
2. Transferred to any thing large ; as, a " rousing
w h u d , " a great lie ; South and W e s t of S.
Teut. rutjsch-cn, impetum facere; Su.G. rns-a,
A.S. hreos-an, cum impetu ferri. Isl. rosi, tempestas
turbulenta.
R O U S S I L I N , adj. Rustling and cheerful, B e r -
wick s.
A.S. mixl-an tumultuari. Ihre refers also to rustl-
an id. But I have not discovered 011 what authority.
V. vo. Rusta.
R O U S T , R O S T , S. A strong tide or current.] Add;
iC This lofty promontory is constantly exposed to
the current of a strong and furious tide, which—is
called the Roost of Sumburgh, roost being the phrase"
assigned in these isles to currents of this description."
The Pirate, i. 4.
R O U S T E R , S. A stroke, a blow, Buehan.
Isl. rosta turnultus ; hrist-a, Su.G. rist-a, ryst-a,
quatere, rist quassatio.
T o R O U T , R O W T , V. N. 1. T o bellow.] Add;
3. T o snore, South of S.
" The word pay operated like magic. ' Jock, ye
villain,' exclaimed the voice from the interior, f are
ye lying routing there, and a young gentleman seek-
ing the way to the place? Get up, ye fa use loon,
and shew him the way down the meikle loaning."
Guy Mannering, i. 11.
A.S. hrut-an, "stertere, ronchisare, to snort, snore,
or rout in sleeping / ' Somner. For the v. to rout oc-
curs in the same sense in O.E.
R O U T , s. Apparently, the Brent Goose, A n a s
bernicla, Linn.
" In all this province there is great store—of wild-
gouse, ringouse, routs, whaips, sliotwhaips/' &c.
Gordon's Geneal. Hist. Sutherland, p. 3.
Isl. rota, anser silvestris. V . R U T E , and ROOD GOOSE..
R O U T H , R O U G H , S. T h e act o f rowing.] Add
Sw. rodd id., from ro to row.
R O U T H , adj. Plentiful, South of S.
£f The rusticity of their benisons amused me.—
One wished them f Thumpin luck and fat weans.'—-
A third gave them f A routh aumrie and a close,
nieve.' Anecd. Pastoral Life, Edin. Month. Mag.
June 1 8 1 7 , p. 2 4 1 . V . R O U T H , S.
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Perhaps the genuine origin ong of this, as well as of
the s. and its derivatives, is C.B. rhwth wide or
large,
BOUTJIRIE, T h e same as Routh, Fife.
" I ne'er likit to be nippit or pinging, gie me
routhrie o a thing." Saxon and Gael, i. 121.
R o w , ROWE, A roll, a list, S.
" The devil himself started up in the pulpit like
a meikle black man, and calling the row, every one
answered,—4 Here." Newes from Scotl. 1591, Law's
Memor. Pref. xxxvii.
" When the judge lies all gathered together and
none away : when the rowe is called, and all are pre-
sent : then when one sorte shall be placed at the
right hand, and the other at the left hand ; then shall
he fall to judgement." Rollock on 1 Thes. p. 225.
R O W , 6*.' A roll of bread, S.
B A W B E E - R O W , 5. A half-penny roll, S.
" As for the letters at the post-mistress's, as they
ea' her,—they may bide in her shop-window, wi'
the snaps and bawbee rows, till Beltane, or I loose
them." St. Ronan, i. 34.
T o R O W , R o w up, v. a. T o wind ; as, " to
up a knock,"
knocl to wind up
T o R O W , t>. ;?. T o be moved with - S.
Now fields convuls'd like dashing waves,
Wild row alang. A. Scott's Poems, p. 37-
To ROW. To Row a Nievefu, to turn round
every cut of corn, so that all the stalks may be
intermingled, in order that a great part of a
sheaf may be retained in the hand before it be
laid in the band. A reaper does well if he can
fill the band at three handfuls, R o x b .
" Davie saw that one half of that <
shorn during the night, all standing in tight ;
7 and hooded." Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 6.
T o R O W , R o o , RUE. To Row sheep, to pluck
the wool from sheep, to tear it off in the bar-
barous mode practised in Shetland, instead of
shearing.
" It shall not be lawsurn to any manner of per-*
sons to row sheep untill the time they be lawfullie
certifyed by the Baillie to ane competent day, as
they will essue to be holden and repute as thiefs,
and punished conform thereto." Act A. 1623, Barry's
Orkney, App. p. 468.
— f f That no maner of persons shall row or take
sheep on Sunday, under whatsumever colour or pre-
text, under the paine of 10 libs. Scots." Ibid. p. 470.
The native sheep are seldom shorn; but about
the middle of May, when the fleece begins to loosen
spontaneously, it'is pulled off with the hand. This
operation is called rooing the sheep. They are left
say that the wool
very bare after i t ; but the people sa;
on the animal continues much finer, when removed
in this manner, than by the she
Zetl.ii. 211.
" If any person shall use a sheep-dog, and run
therewith after his own sheep amongst his neigh-
bour's unaccompanied, mark, rue, or take any home
without shewing the mark, he shall pay for the first
offence four angels; for the second, six angels ; and
for the third, or at any time under cloud of night,
shall be holden and repute a common thief, and pu-
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Court Laws, App. Agr. Surv.
Shetl. p. 3.
This is evidently from Isl. rij~a, (pret. rude) vel-
lere, eruere, detondere, expl. in Dan. by Haldorson,
Tage af (idd af faarene); "to take the wool off
sheep." The v. is deduced from ru, vellus
an entire or unshorn fleece. It is to be
as in Sw. y is sounded as?/, it has often the same sound
in Isl. V." G. Andr. lit. 1, p. 135.
Norw. ru is expl. " loose wool on sheep and rue,
si to take the loose wool off sheep ;" Plallager. This
is the immediate origin of the term as used in Orkn.
and Shetl.
Undoubtedly allied to this is Su.G. ry-a, a rough
upper garment; also A.S. rcowe, a rug, and re,oh, rye,
villosus. Teut. rouwen, polire rudem pannum, in-
dicates a similar affinity.
R O W , Roow, T h e wheel, an instrument of
execution. To break upon the roiv, to break
on the wheel
" He was sentenced to be broken alive on the row,
or wheel, and be exposed thereon for 24 hours ; and
thereafter the said row, with the body on it, to be
placed between Leith and Warriston, till orders be
given to burrie the body." M.S. Abridg. Justiciary
Record, 1604. Law's Mem. Pref. xlix.
— " Jolmne Earle of Marr—first cawsit Bell and
C alder [two of the murderers of Regent Lennox] to
be publickly punisht, brokin upoun the room, and
thus pynit to the death." Hist. James the Sext, p. 154.
denotes not only a wheel, but this barbarous mode of
punishment; Cotgr. Or perhaps from Su.G. raabraaka
(pron. robroka,) " to break upon the wheel;" Ihre.
Belg. rabraakcn id. In Germ. It is rad-brechcn, for rad
is the word denoting a wheel; Franc, id. Wachter
views the term as radically Celtic ; C.B. rhod, Ir. rit,
rhotha, id. The affinity of Lat. rota is obvious.
Under the word RATTS, we have seen that there is
a reference to the mode of treating great criminals
after death. It will be found that Roow and Ratts,
although differently applied, must be traced to the
same fountain. Fr. roue seems to have been traduced
from Lat. rota.
I do not recollect any other instance of this barbar-
ous mode of punishment in the history of Scotland.
T o R O W , v. a. T o roll wool or cotton for spin-
ning, S.
Card it well ere ye begin,
When 'tis carded, row'd and spun,
Then the work is haflens done.
Tarry JVoo, Herd's Coll ii. 100.
R O W A N , R O W I N G , ,?. W o o l as it comes from
the cards, &e.] Add ;
" Children are employed to lift the rolls or rowans
from the carding engines, and unite them on the feed-
ing-cloth," &c. Edin. Eneyelop. vol. vii. 286.
This had been more anciently denominated a rowe.
" Filum, a thread. Naeta, a rowe." Wedderb.
Vocab. p. 21.
R O W A N D , ad). " F y w ellis & 3 oftanne crance,
fyw ellis & a' half of rowand tanne." Aberd.
R e g . A . 1535, V. 15, p. 658.
As this refers to a pynnokill of skins, it is probably
for what is called ROT,
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ROWAN-TREE, s. The mountain-ash. V.
ROUN-TREE.
ROW-CHOW-TOBACCO, A game in which
there is a long chain of boys, who hold each
other by the hands, and one standing steadily
at one of the extremities, who is called the Pin.
Round him the rest coil, like a watch-chain
round the cylinder, till the act of winding is
completed. A clamorous noise succeeds, in
which the cry o f Row-chow-tobacco prevails.
A f t e r giving and receiving the fraternal hug,
they disperse ; and afterwards renew the pro-
cess, as long as they are in the humour of it,
Teviotd.
This play would seem to have originated in an
imitation of the process of a Tobacconist in winding
up his roll round a pin.
R O W E , s. A b b r e v . of a christian name, perhaps
the same with Rowie. u Rozoe Baty Acts
V. iii. 393.
ROWIE, A b b r e v . of Roland. " R u n , Rowie,
hough's i the pot," is said to have been a kim-
m e r s warning among the Graemes of the D e -
batable Land.
ROWK,ROWIK, A rick o f grain. " T u a rowk-
is of bair, & ane rowilc of q u h y t t ; " i. e. bar-
ley and w h e a t ; Aberd. R e g . A , 1565. V.
RUCK.
T o R O W M E , v. a. 1. T o make room.] Add;
3. T o place, to put in a particular situation.
" W e have gevin—our commissiounto—dimit and
renunce the governernent,—in favouris of our said
sone to that effect, that he may be inaugurate placit
and roivmit thairin, and the crowne royall deliver it
to him," &c. Instr. of Resignation, 156*7- Keith's
Hist. p. 482.
Germ, raum-en, res ordine disponere, suis singulas
1. Space.] Insert;
R O W M E , R O U M E , R O O M E , S.
2. A place.
" Somwhat eastward, lies an yland named Olde
Castell, a roome strong of nature, and sufficient
ynough to nourish the inhabitants in cornes, fishe,
and egges of sea fowles that build in it." Descr. of
the Kingdome of Scotlande.
T o R O W M I L , v. a. T o clear o u t ; as, " to rozv-
mil a tobacco-pipe," to clear it when it is stop-
ped u p ; to roivrn.il the fire," to clear it b y
poking out the ashes, Lanarks.
R O W S A N 9 part. adj. Vehement; as, "arowsan
fire," one that burns fiercely, S . O . V. R O U S -
ING.
R O W S T I T , part adj. This'seems to be used in
the same sense with Reistit, q. v.
" Rowstit fische, quhilk war not sufficient mer-
chand guidis." Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
T o R O W T , R O U T , V. N. Apparently, to r a n g e ;
S.B. Royt.
l i And at na man duellande within burghe be
fundyn in manrent, nor ride nor rowt in feir of weir
With na man bot with the king or his officiaris," &c.
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Pari Ja. II. A. 1457, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 50. Ryde in
rout, Ed. 1566. Rout, ibid. p. 226, c. 13.
Su.G. rut-a vagari, discurrere : Teut. ruyten ende
rooven, praedari, grassari, vastare ; L.B. ruta, prae-
donum cohors, whence Rutarii praedones, milites.
V. R O Y T , V.
R O Z E R E D , part adj. Apparently, resembling
a rose.
Sweet are your looks, an' of gueed nature fu'.
H e l l get nae blind that chances to get y o u .
Your bony rozercd cheeks, an' blinking eyn,
Minds me upon a face I've sometimes seem
Rosss Helenore, First Ed. p. 71.
Fr. rosier a rose-tree; if not corr. from rosette
(C vermillion, cheek-varnish ;" Cotgr.
T o R O Z E T , V. A. T o prepare with rozin, S .
Come, fiddlers, gie yir strings a twang,
An' rozet weel the bow.
Tarras's Poems, p. 97.
T o R U B , v. a. T o rob, the common pronoun-
cial ion in S.
" He says, that—a king's messenger had been stop-
pit and rubbit on the highway," &e. Rob Roy, i i 14.
R U B B E R Y , S. Robbery, S.
" They are sair mistrysted yonder in their Parlia-
ment House about this rubbery " Ibid. p. 12.
R U B B L E , T h e coarsest kind o f masonry, S . ;
pro 11. q. rooble.
" A ' is wlmmbled in the linn beneath. I couldna
hae credited that sic stane and lime, the best of ash-
ler and rubble,could liaeslippedawa like a feal dike."
Tournay, p. 459.
In E. rubble-stones are said to " owe their name
to their being rubbed mid worn by the water, at the
latter end of the deluge, departing in hurry and with
great precipitation." Woodward. The term rubble
itself is used as denoting rubbish. Huloet renders
" Rubbell, or little stones," by Lat. caementa. In S.
however, the term is used to denote rough stones,
of any description, such as are commonly
in building, without being polished, but:
hewn by the hammer.
R U B B O U R I S , pi.
" That William Reoch, &c. sail—pay to Johne the
Ross of Montgrenane knvcht, five li. for a pan of
coppir, & x merkis for certane panyell crelis & rub-
bouris, quhilkis gudis wer spulyeit & takin be the
saidis persons out of the place of Montgrenain," &c.
Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1492, p. 280. V. ROUBBOURIS.
Dan. rubbe, a basket ; rubbe affigen, a basket of
figs. L.B. rub-us, a measure of grain in Italy; viewed
by DuCange as synon. with Fr. caque, a cag, a barrel.
R U B E N , s. A r i b b o n ; Fr. id.
e certane of rubenis and sewing s i l k "
A. 1516, p. 126.
R U B I A T U R E , R U R I A T O U R , S. 1. Expl. " rag*
amuffinr] Add;
2. A bully ; as, " H e comes out on me roaring
like a rubiator" R o x b . It is also expl. as de-
noting " a swearing worthless fellow," ibid.
This is probably the sense in which it occurs in
Dauidsones Discurs of the Estaitis on the Deith of
Mr. Knox, st. 4.
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Thow wil mis ane Moderatour,
Quhais presence mufit greit and small,
And terrifeit baith theif and tratour,
With all vnrewlie Rubiatour.
L.B. rohalor and rubator are both used for a robber.
This seems the same with R A B I A T O R , q. v.
RUBY BALLAT. Y. B A L L A T .
R U C K , 1 1 U K K , S. 1. A rick of corn or hay, S.] Add;
— I have milk-cattle enow,
And routh of good rucks in my yard.
Herd's Coll. ii. 63.
Rok-a saman, segetes in cumulos componere; Ve-
rel. Ind.; hrug-a, hruka, cumulare, Haldorson.
2. A small stack of any kind.
" That they nor nane of tliame, found, build, or
keip any stakis, or rukkes of heather, broome,
quhinnes, or vther fewall, within anye of the closses,
vennalis, or wast places of the said burgh, nor within
thair houssis." Acts Ja. VI. 1621, Ed. IS 14, p. 623.
R U C K L E , s. A noise in the throat seeming to
indicate suffocation, Loth. V. DEDE-RUCKLE.
To the etymon there given, it may be added, that
C.B. rhwehial signifies " grunting, such as a hog
makes when he mixes a shrill squeaking with i t ; "
rhwchial-a, to grunt; from 7 lurch, a grunt; Owen.
RUCTION,.?. A quarrel; to raise a ruction,
to be the cause of a quarrel, S.B.
Isl. rusk strep it us, turbatio; rusk-a conturbare.
R U D A S , adj. 1. *< Bold, masculine; 1 Gl.
" But what can ail them to bury the auld carline
(a rudas wife she was) by the night time ?" Anti-
quary, ii. 283.
2. I t seems used as equivalent to stubborn, or to
E . rude.
" What!' said the king,—' he is the son then o'
that rudas auld carle, Robert Logan, whae harboured
the villain Both well in his nest o' treason on the sea
rock, and refused to gie him up to our council 1"
St. Johns to im, iii. 56. V. R G U D E S .
T o R U D D Y , v. n. T o make a loud reiterated
noise.] Add to etymon ;
Isl. ruda, hryd-ia, fluetus pelagicus iteratus, Hal-
dorson ; from hryd-ia expuere.
It may be worthy of notice, however, that, in the
same language, rudda signifies a club, Sw. rodda.
O.E. " Ro/vdyons, or whirlewynde, Turbo,"
(Prompt. Parv.) might seem allied to our v. to Ruddy.
R U D D Y , s. Redness, ruddy complexion, Ayrs.
f<r The ruddy of youth, had fled his cheek, and he
was pale and of a studious countenance." R. Gil-
haize, i. 136.
A.S. rudu rubor, " rednesse or ruddinesse," Somn.
RUDDIKIN, V . RODDIKIN.
R U D D O C I I , R U D D O C K , <?. T h e red-breast,
Clycles.
The sun sae breem frae hint a clud,
Pour't out the lowan day;
The mavis liltit frae the thorn,
The ruddoch down the brae.
Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 327,
O.E. <(Roddok birde. Viridarius. Frigella." Prompt.
Parv.
O cheerie sings the ruddock gay
Amang the leaves sae green. Old Song.
m
This has been communicated to me as a word
omitted in D I E R . But, as in many other instances, the
reason is not adverted to. Ruddock is used in the
same sense in E., although, 1 suspect, nearly obso-
lete. V. Johns. He improperly refers to Lat. rube-
cola as the origin. It is merely A.S. rudduc used by
Aelfric in the same sense; from rude, ruber, red ;
Isl. rand, Su.G. roed, id.
R U D E , s. " T h e red taint of the complexion ^
Gl. Shirr. V . under Run, adj.
R U D E D A Y , <S\ 1. T h e third day of May, S.B.]
Add, after 1. 33 ;
In Angus, the gathering of dew, on Rude-day
before chiwn, has been reckoned an auspicious rite.
This has undoubtedly been transmitted from the
heathen. One of the rites employed by Medea, for
renewing the youth of .Eson, was the use of k> dew
collected before the dawn of day." Metamorph.
lib. vii. fab. 2. V. Sandys' Ovid, p. 133.
2. This designation is also given in our old Acts
to the 14th day of September.
et And alss in consideration!! that the ordmarie
fair yearlie hakim within the said burcht of Craiil
—was haldin—vpoun the fourtene day of Septem-
ber call it Rudday, quhilk fair in respect of the liar-
vest wes in effect vii pro Hi table to the burgh," See.
This is the day called the Elevation of the Cross,
Worm ii Fast. Dan. In p. 1-12, it is marked as on
the 14th day, in p. 116" as on the 15th. In the Bre-
viarium Roinanimi, A. 1 5 1 i t is designed E.vultatlo
Crucis ; in the Prayer-Book of the Church of Eng-
land, the Hohj Cross. In this sense Rwdday is used
also by Win town. <e R/vd day [[exaltation of the ho-
ly cross] —14th September." Cron. ii. 524.
The 14th of September is still called R ude day in
Lanarkshire, and perhaps in some other counties, al-
though in the North of S. this term is confined to
the 3d of May. From this day (in September) a
calculation is made as to the state of the atmosphere.
For it is said, that if the deer lie down dry, and rise
dry on Rude-day, there will be sax on ks of dry
weather. This probably refers to Rude-ewyn, i. e,
the wake or vigil of Rude-day.
In Roxb. Rude-day is the 25th September, which
corresponds with the 14th old style.
R U D E S M E S S , R U D E S M A S , S. A designation given
to a certain term in the year, D u m f r . ; the
same with Rude-day, as used in sense 2.
T o R U D J E N , v. a. T o beat, Ayrs.
Perhaps corr. from Gael, rusg-am, to strike vehe-
mently ; if not originally the same with Ruddy, v.
T o R U E , v.a. T o pluck.
That none rue sheep on Sunday, under the
pain of £10." Acts, Shetl. Survey, App. p. 5, V,
Row, v.
R U E . To talc the rue, to repent of a proposal
or bargain, S.
<f Or maybe he may hae ta en the rue, and kens
na how to let me wot of his change of mind." Fleart
M. Loth. iv. 51.
R U E - B A R G A I N , S. Smart-money paid for casting
a bargain, S.
" H e said it would cost him a guinea of rue-bar-
gain to the man who had bought his poney, before
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lie could get it back again/' Hob Roy, ii. 306. V. was made out of each, and still to be seen here."
R E W , U. Stat. Acc. P. Roxburgh, xix. 135.
R U F , adj. R o u g h . " 7 ? ? / / s p a r r i s A b e r d . R e g . Perhaps the same called a drug saw, Inventories,
T o R U F F , v. T o put in disorder, South of p. 255.
S. Ruffle, E n g . Ruff is used by Spenser. R U H - H E D , <9. A species of turf for fuel, S.
Sandy rase—his bonnet d add it— " Gae Sva' an' clod on a creel fu' a ruh-heds oil
^ Begged a kiss—gat nine or ten ; the ingle." Saint Patrick, ii. 31<). " Turfs for fuel,
Then the hay, sae ruffed an' saddit, which are cut without paring off the grass, are ex-
Towzlet up that n'ane might ken. pressively called ruh-heds, i.e. rough-heads." Ibid. N.
^ Hoggs Mountain Bard, p. 159- R U I F F - S P A R , -V. A spar for a roof ; " Ruff
Teut. ruijven signifies to east the feathers or hair; sparris? Aberd. R e g .
Su.G. rut: ruptura. This phraseology occurs in our Rates, A. 1611.
J I U F I ' Y , 6-. 1. A wick Clogged with tallow, &c.] " Double roofe sparres ;—single roofe sparres ;—*
Add; wicker sparres;—aiken roofe spar res."
In Prompt. Parv. we find mention made of a R U I L , .v. A n awkward female romp, Lanarks.;
" Ruffe can dell," expl. by " Hirsepa; Fimale." pronounced like Fr. rue.
£. ,The blaze or torch used in fishing by night Belg. revel-en, " to rave, to talk idly, by reason
with the Lister, Ettr. For., U p p . Clydes. of being light-headed;"' Sewel. Isl. rugl-a effutire;
T o R U G , i:. a. T o spoil, to plunder.] Add; turbare ; rugt, ineptiae, gerrae ; confusio ; rol-a va-»
— c r Or your forbears—to have bene iguorantis gari; Su.G. ruil~a, in gyrum agere vel agi; q. to be
of God a 11(1 ydolatouris; and yow (safing your dew still in a giddy and unsettled state.
honouris we speike) quha rugis, as ye may, fra God T o l i U Y N A T E , v. a. T o destroy, to bring to
and all godly use, to your aw in ketebingis, to be ruin.
the trew diseipulis of Christe?" N. Winyet's First — " Haveing diligentlie and advysitlie consiclerit
Tractat, Keith's Hist. App. 207- Snatches, Margin. the estait of the bureht of Dunbartane, being in
Hence the phrase. danger to be ruynatit be the violent courss of the
T o R U G A N D H I V E , to carry off by mere violence, river of Levin and rage of sea, whereby gif tymous
implying the idea of a contention for posses- remede be nocht provydit, in verie schorte tyme the
sion, S. haill towne sail be carry it away and distroyit," & c»
rc Never mind, Baillie,' said Ensign Maecombieh, Acts Ja. VI. 1607, Ed. 1814, p. 376.
4" for the gude auld times of rugging and riving L.B. and Ital. ruinare, destruere.
(pulling and tearing) are come back again, and T o 1 U J I N T , RUNT, V. w. T o make a harsh
Sneekns Mac-Snackus, and all the rest of your noi>e as in grinding. " Hear, how that cow's
friends, maun give place to the longest claymore.'* ruiuti'i'Raiitin1 and eatm1." T h e term
Waverley, ii. 2[)7* is generally applied to the noise made in eating
RUGGING AND RIVING, 1. A phrase commonly rank vegetable Ibod, as turnips, Berwicks. I t
used as equivalent to tearing and scrambling, appears to be synon. with Rarnsh and Ransh
pulling and hauling, in a quarrel or contest, S. or Jluush. V. R E U N D E , R O O N D .
" This is the time that the people of God should I scarcely think that this is corr. f r 0 m C.B. rhinc-
be at holding and drawing, rugging and riving, ere iarv, to creak, to gnash; whence rhincyn, a grinding
the enemies of our Lord possess his crown, and noise. Perhaps it is rather from A.S. ryn-an, ru-
bruik it with peace." Cloud of Witnesses, Test. J* gire, pret. rynde; ryn, fremitus, rugitus.
M'Colm. R U L , ,9. (Gr. v.) A young horse, Shetl.
£. It often conveys the idea o f the rapacity Isl. rolle signifies circumcursitation. But whether
shewn in seizing and carrying off* the property this be a cognate term is doubtful.
o f others, S. R U L E - O ' E R - T H O U M , adv. ^ Slapdash, off
" A weel, ye see,—this was a j o b in the auld hand, without consideration, without accuracy ;
times o' rugging and riving through the hail coun- equivalent to the phrase, " By rule o' thoum,"
try, when it was ilka ane for himsel—when nae i. e. thumb. T o do any thing rule-oer-thumb,
man wanted property if he had strength to take it, is to do it without a previous plan, without ar-
or had itlanger than he had power to keep it." A n - rangement, R o x b .
tiquary, ii. 240. This, I suspect, is a corr. of the more common
"Rugging and Riving, tearing and pulling;" GL phrase, Rule o' thum, (pron. thoom.) V. under T H U M B .
Antiq. R U L I E , adj. Talkative, U p p . Lanarks.
R U G G I N G A T T H E H E A R T , a phrase used in the This term rather corresponds with E. brawling.
Highlands, and explained o f hunger. Isl. rugl-a nugari, rugl nugae. It seems to be the
" Having been dying at home these two years same term which enters into the composition of Cam-
with the rugging at the heart, I advised him to get
the Doctor to h e r . " — " The craving or rugging at the R U L E S U M , adj. W i c k e d , worthless ; or hor-
heart, i. e. hunger, is a disease but too frequent a- rible.
mong the Highlanders." N. Saxon and Gael, i. 153. — " Thay thocht na thing mair rulesum than to
R U G - S A W , s. Said to be a wide-toothed saw, S. trubil sa haly and religius pepill, perseverant as ap-
" The spears were of such size that a perit, in contineual veneracioun of the goddis." Bel-
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lenden's T. Liv. p. 36. Violari ducerent nefas ;
Boeth.
Perhaps from O.Fr. roille, mechant, hai's sable, Ro-
quefort; or Isl. hroll-r horror, hroll-a, hryll-a, hor-
rere, whence hryllileg-r horrendus.
H U L L I O N , s. 1. A shoe of rough un tanned
leather.] Add;
3. A rough ill-made animal, Gall. V. R A U L LION.
4. A vouch ridlion, also nietaph. used to denote
a man who speaks his mind f reely and roughly,
Fife.
5. Scabbit ruU'iou, a person overrun with the itch,
Roxb. ; probably from the roughness in the
skin produced by this loathsome disorder.
R U L L I O N , s. A sort o f bar or pilaster in sil-
ver work.
ff Betwixt each statue arises a million in forme of
adolphine, very distinct." Inventories, p. 340.
Fr. roulons, petits barreaux rends.—Scansula.—
On nomme encore roulons, les petites balustrades
des bancs d'eglise. Dict. Trev.
R U M , adj. Ingenious, especially in mischief ox-
wickedness, R o x b . , Galloway.
RUM-COVE, Expl. " a droll fellow,"'1 Lanarks.
Both these are cant E. terms. " Hum, fine, good,
valuable. Rum Cove, a dexterous or clever r o g u e / '
Grose's Class. Dict.
It is not improbable that Rum is an old word,
perhaps the same with Roume, wide, spacious, A.S.
rum am plus. Lye gives as one sense of this term,
faustus, happy, lucky. Rum-geqfa signifies liberal,
open-handed, large-hearted; Somner.
R U M B A L L I A C L I (gutt.), adj. 1. Stormy, ap-
plied to the weather, R o x b .
2. Quarrelsome ; as, " a rumballiach wife," a wo-
man given to brawls, ibid.
This word has greatly the appearance of a Gael,
one. But I find none that have any resemblance.
Isl. rumba has precisely the first sense,—which seems
to be the primary one ; procella pelagica, Hal dor-
son. Shall we suppose that this term has been com-
pounded with a lag, in pi. alaeg, clirae fatales, expl.
b y~Dax\.forheksclsc,inchantment; q. rumba aloeg, a
storm at sea raised by the weird sisters," or " by
enchantment?" As used in the second sense, it might
thus denote one agitated by the furies, as in IsL
At vera l aloegum, furiis agitari.
R U M G U M P T I O N , RUMMILGUMPTION, RUM-
BLE-GUMPTION, s. Insert as definition;—What
is commonly called " r o u c h sense;" a considera-
ble portion of understanding, obscured by con-
fusion of ideas, awkwardness of expression, or
precipitancy of manner, S.
" Ye sud hae stayed at hame, an' wantit a wife
till ye gathered mail* rummelgumplion." Perils of
of Man, i. 78.
The etymon given of the word, in the form last
mentioned, is confirmed by the remark commonly
made in regard to one who is viewed as having
more sound than sense ; cc He has a gude deal a'
the rumble, but little o' the gumtion" Roxb.
R U M G U N S H O C I I , adj. R o c k y , stony; ap-
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plied to soil or a piece o f ground, in which
many stones or fragments o f rock appear, Ayrs.
RUMGUNSHOCH,^. A coarse unpolished person, ib.
R U M L I E G U E F , s. A rattling foolish fellow,
Mearns.
From rummil, to make a noise, and guff, a fool.
T o R U M M A G E , r. n. T o rage, to storm, R o x b .
R U M M A G E , S. A n obstreperous din, ibid,
Isl. rumsk-a signifies ban-ire, to bray as an ele-
phant, and rumsk barritus. As rumba is procella pe-
lagica; rumbung-r is expl. caligo pelagica, cum udore
procelloso ; Hal dor son. From the sense given to
the noun, it might seem allied to the E. verb, as re-
ferring to the noise made in searching. One is not
quite satisfied with Skinner's derivation from Teut.
raum-en to empty. E. rummage might be at first
used in a ludicrous sense; from Ital. romeaggio, O.
Fr. romivage, a pilgrimage to Rome ; in order to ex-
pose the absurdity of roaming to such a distance un-
der pretence of religion, or for procuring relics.
R U M M E L S I ! A C K I N , adj. Raw-boned, loose-
jointed, Ber wicks. ; svnon. Shac]din, q. mak-
ing a rundilinir noise in motion.
I 1 U M M I L G A I R I E , s. A rambling or roving
person, a sort of romp ; without including the
idea of any evil inclination or habit, South of S.
Teut. rommel-en, turbare et grassare ; robuste et
eeleriter sursum deorsum, ultro eitroque se movere ;
Gaer, prorsus, omnino; Kilian. q. completely un-
settled."
R U M M I S S , S. A loud, rattling, or rumbling noise,
Clydes.
— D o w n cam the wearifu' milkhouse, an' the
haill en' o' the byre neest it, wi' an awsome rum-
miss, dingan' the cheese-rack, boins, curries, an'
hannies, a'to smash." Edin. Mag. Dec. 1818, p.
5 0 3 . • V . REIMIS.
T o R U M M L E , 7'. a. T o stir about; as, c ; to
rummlc potatoes," when mixed with any liquid,
Clydes. Teut, ronvmd-en, celenter movere.
R U M M L E - H O B B L E , s. A commotion, a con-
fusion, Perths.
Teut. rommel-en to make a noise, and hobbel-cn, a
word of a similar meaning, for increasing the sense;
formed like Teut. hohbel-tobbel, &c.
R U M M L E K I R N , s. A gullet on rocky ground,
Gall.
"Rmnmlekirns, gullets on wild rocky shores, scoop-
ed out by the hand of nature; when the tide flows
into them in a storm, they make an awful rumbling
noise; in them are the surges churned." Gall. Encycl.
T o ' R U M P , v. a. T o deprive one of all his mo-
ney or property ; a phrase often applied to a
losing gamester; as, u I'm quite nimpit" F i f e ;
synon. Runl\
Perhaps in allusion to an animal whose tail is cut
off very near the rump.
R U M P L E , R U M P I L L , s. 1 . T h e rump.] Add;
• -Some ahint a craig
Stan' snugly, shaded frae the burning day;
An' rub their yeuky rumples on the turf.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 6, L.
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RUMPLE-BANE, ,9. T h e rump-bone, S. respect to the length, breadth, or sharpness of one
But he has gotten an auld wife, weapon in comparison with another; but in a larger
And slie\s come hirplin hame; sense, and Geometrically, as the law says, i. e. with
And she's fa'n o'er the buffet-stool, respect to the strength, fierceness, and vigour of one
And brake her rumple-bane. man, though without any other arms than his limbs,
Herd's Coll ii. 2 2 9 . or but a staff or rung, in comparison with an assaulted
IIuMPLE-F vKE, s. A. designation for the itch, feebler man, though having a sword and deadly wea-
when it has got a firm seat, Galloway. pon." Maclaurin's Crim. Cases, p. 29.
Sue Cumberlaw an' Helen Don Insert, as sense
In pimping o'er a dyke, man, 2. A spoke, Ettr. For.
Fell, belly-flaught, on "Doctor John Teut. ronghe, fulcrum sive sustentaculum duaruni
Wha cur'd the rumple-fyke, man. currus extremitatum ; Kilian.
Davidsons Seasons, p. 91. R U N G - W H E E L , .V. A s there are two wheels in a
From rumple unci fyke, q. v . ; because a person, who corn-mill, which work into one another, the
is very bad with this disorder, like a farsy horse, one which has cogs drives the other, and is
rubs his back against a tree or wall for the purpose called the cog-wheel, the other, from its having
of removing the itchiness. spokes or rungs ^ is called the rung-wheel, R o x b .
R U M P T i O N , A*. A noisy bustle wiihin doors, R U N G I N , part. pa. W o r n out by fatigue; ap-
< 1 nvi 11 g cvcrv ihjh<i' into a state of confusion; plied to men or horses, that are so exhausted b y
as, io kirk ? 1»> a ru uipfion^ R o x b . running that they cannot contend for victory
Apparent I \ loniicn1 from I.at. rump-vre; as giving any longer; Fife.
the idc.-i of every tiling being brab'n to pieces. This maybe viewed as an additional sense of the
HUiMIM 'S, .s-. A disturbance, a tumult, R o x b . ; v. to R I N G in. V. the origin of the phrase there
coi r, perhaps from Fr. ronipac, a rout, a dis- given.
comfit ure. R U N G A T T , adj. Errat. for Runigaitt,, as else-
R U N , part. pa. Having one's stock of any thing where. Fr. renegat.
exhausted, with the prep, o / a d d e d ; as, " f m run « This fed sow,—his face being sweitting, and
d snuff," my snuff is done, S.B., run short of. froathing at the mouth like ane bair, spatt at Mr.
T o R U N C H , v. n. T o grind with the teeth, to George Wischart, saying, Quhat answeiris thow to
craunch, U p p . Lanarks. this, rungatt traitour theife, quhilk we have dewlie
RuNCir, .9. T h e act of grinding any harsh edible proved be sufficient witnes againes the?" Pitscottie's
substance, ibid. Cron. p. 460. Runigaitt, p. 472.
Fr. rong-er to gnaw ; to chew, to champ ; O.Fr. R U N G A N D , part. pr. Raging. V. R I N G , R .
runrr-ii'r corroder, manger; Roquefort. T o R U N G E , v. a. " T o rummage, to search
RUNCH, A n iron instrument for wrenching with avidity;" Gall. E n c y c l . ; probably a variety
or twisting nuts on screw-bolts, R o x b . ; evidently of Reenge.
corr. from E . to wrench, or T e u t . re nek-en, tor- R U N J O I S T , s. A strong beam laid along the
quere. side of the roof o f a house which was to be co-
R U N C H E S , pi W i l d m u s t a r d . ] Add; vered with thatch, Aberd. Pan synon. Lanarks.
£< The ground, if it is much dunged, runs exces-
" Strong spars, called runjoists, were laid along
sively to runches, skellochs, &c. and is full of quick- side of the roof." Agr. Surv. Aberd. p. 129.
ens and couch grass." Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 80. T o R U N K , v. a. 1. T o attack or endeavour to
" Hunches and Runchballs; carlock [i. e. charlock,]
undermine one's character, Ayrs.
when it is dry and withered;" A.Bor. Ray's Coll.
2. T o satirize, ibid.
p . 59. V . SKELLOCH.
Allied perhaps to A.S. wrenc fraus, dolus; or Teut.
R U ' N C I I I E , adj. Raw-boned ; as, " a runchie
vronck, w ranch, injuria ; 1 at ens odium.
queyn," a strong, raw-boned w o m a n ; F i f e .
R U N K L Y , adj. Wrinkled, shrivelled, S.
Supposed to be borrowed from the coarse appear-
He fell a prey to runkly eild,
ance of the largest kind of wild mustard-seed, called
An's trampit aff afore us.
A. Wilson's Poems 1790, p. 204.
T o R U N D , V. N. V . ROOND.
R U N N E R , s. In cutting up o f beeves, the slice
R U N D , ROON, 1. A border.] Add;
which extends across the fore-part of the carcase
« Runds of cloath ilk three thousand ells"—duty
fixed in bullion at " one ounce." Acts Cha. II. Ed. under the breast, S. V. N I N E - H O L E S .
1814, VII. 253. R U N N I E , s. A h o g , Shetl.
RUNG, 1. A n y long piece o f wood, &e.] Add; Isl. rune, verres non castratus, Su.G. rone id. Ihre
Sair sair he pegh'd, and feught against the storm, derives these terms from ran, an old word signifying
But aft forfaughen turn'd tail to the blast, pruritus, laseivia.
Lean'd him upo' his rung, and tuke his breath. R U N N I C K , A kennel, a drain, Shetl.
The Ghaist, p. 2. Isl. renna canalis.
" As the law of nature admits of self-defence, so R U N R I G , R I N - R I G , 1. Applied to land be-
are not the proportion or disproportion of arms con- longing to different owners.] Add;
sidered in law in a strict sense, or arithmetically with « Landis lyand togidder swa per-
320
 R U N
tenant! and occupyit be divers and sindrie persounis,
everie ane of thame may be compel lit, at the instance
of ane uther, to concur in keiping of gude nichtbour-
heid ane with the other, in tilling, labouring, sawing,
scheiring, pastouring, and dykeing, and in all uther
thingisperteningtogude and thriftie nichtbourheid."
Balfour's Pract. p. 5%', 537• V. N Y G H T B O U R H E I D .
R U N S E , s. u T h e noise a sharp instrument
makes, peircing flesh Gall. Encycl.
Fr. ronce, <f hurled, or making a whurring noise
Cotgr. Or from rong-cr, to gnaw, as denoting the
sound made by this operation. V. R A N S H , RUXSII 3 V.
I t U N S Y , s. A common hackney horse.
Vpon ane rude runsy lie ru sell it out of toun,
In ane ryall array he rydis full richt
Euiii to the montane— Raiif Colly ear, 13. j. a.
Rounde, id. Chaucer. Prol. v. 392.
He rode upon a rounde, as he couthe.
L.B. runcin-us, equus minor, gregarius; Du Cange.
O.Fr. mucin, ronchi, ronci, cheval de service; Roque-
fort. C.B. rhwnsi, a rough-coated horse, a pack-
horse ; Owen.
H U N T , s. I. T h e trunk of a tree.] Insert, as sense
-3. T h e tail of an animal ; properly, the upper part
of it; Galloway.
The cow was missed at the slap,
At milking time at e'en.—
Upo' the hill," the call ant cries,
'' She cock'd her gaucy runt
Davidson s Seasons, p. 50.
k A short person;" 1 Gall. Encycl.
H U N T , s. 1. A n old cow, S.B.]
2. Give as definition—An opprobrious designa-
tion for a female, generally one advanced in life,
with the adj. auld prefixed, S.
Analogy seems to dictate that this is the secon-
dary sense of the term as denoting an old cow. For
in the north of England, a woman is said to be runted
when she is fifty years old ; it being a question some-
times put to a son, " Is your mother runted yet ?"
Isl. hrund is expl. mulier ; but poetically, from the
name of a heathen goddess. It also signifies, Mulier
libertina.
T o H U N T , v. n. T o bounce, to prance, to ca-
per; to rush forth, Galloway.
Forth frae the house away they runted ;
Swearing their wroth wulcl ne'er be blunted,
While liv'd a clan,
That would wi' gun or braid-sword dimt it,
Wi' man to man.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 35.
Frae the hills he hameward runted. Ibid. 39.
This term, as necessarily including the idea of im-
petuosity, is most probably from Isl. runte, a boar
not gelded, (Verel.) Su.G. route, runte, id. from ron,
pruritus, lascivia. Hence also ronsk a stallion ; Germ.
ram-en coire. If this conjecture be well founded,
runt may be viewed as resembling Brainge not only
in signification, but in traduction.
There may be some affinity between this term and
the well-known phrase used by Shakespear, Aroint
thee witch ! (Macbeth) ; especially as " Rynt you,
witch, quoth Besse Locket to her mother," is a pro-
verbial phrase in Cheshire. V. Ray, Grose.
• VOL. I I .
R U T
If, however, we suppose rynt to be an abbrevia*
tion, and aroint to be the original pronunciation ; the
term might perhaps be" viewed as a corr. of Fr. any
avant, " o n afore, away there h o e ; from the Carters
cry, Am/ Cotgr.
R U N T H E R E O U T , s. A vagabond, one who
has no fixed residence, who lives as it were sub
dw, S. ; rather rmthereout.
" The ne'er be in me, sir, if I think you're safe
amang these Highland runthereouts" Waverley,
iii. 132.
From the v. to run or rin, and the adv. thereoutt
out of doors, in the open air. V . T H A I R O W T .
H U N W U L L , adj. u A person is said to be run-
wull, when out of the reach of the l a w G a l l
Encyc. V. WILL, adj.
R U R A L A C H, .5*. u A native of the rural world
Gall. Encyc.
R U S E , s. Boast. Tunie ruse.] Add ;
Come, fill us a cog of swats,
W e l l mak nae mail* loom roosc.
Maggie s Tocher, Herd's Coll. ii. 78.
R U S H , s. A sort of flux or diarrhoea in sheep,
when first put upon new or rank pasture, T e -
viotd., Loth.
" Purging, or Rush. Mr. Stevenson. Diarrhoea,
or Rush. Mr. Laidlaw." Essays Highl. Soc. iii. 407.
R U S H , s. A n eruption on the skin, S. Hence
'rush-fever, the vulgar name for scarlet fever, S.
Laneash. rash must be originally the same ; al-
though used in a more limited sense, as defined by
T. Bobbins, " a sort of itch with infants." Both
terms seem formed from synon. verbs; for rasch sig-
nifies to rush, to break out forcibly.
RUSHIE, A broil, a tumult, Fife.] Add;
Su.G. Isl. rusk strepitus, turbatio; rusk-a turbare,
conturbare; Su.G. id. motitare, concutere.
T o R U S K , v. n. T o scratch, to claw with ve-
hemence, Fife. It is often conjoined with a
synon. term ; as, Ruslciri and clauioin.
Teut. ruyssch-en, rectius ruydsch-en, scabere, te-
rere, fricare ; Kilian. He views ruyd, scabies, as the
origin ; Germ. rand.
T o R U S K , v. n. T o pluck roughly ; as when a
horse tears hay from a stack, he is said to be
rushin> at it, Fife ; to Tush, synon.
Sic ruskit, bandless graith
Wad haud a war Id a-steer.
MS. Poem.
RUSKIE, 3: A hive for bees, S.B.] Add ;
Teut. ruyssche, ruysse, nassa viminibus contexta ;
aviarium; et alveus apum. I have observed, how-
ever, that Lhuyd expl. alveare by Arm. rysken.
4. A coarse straw-hat worn b y peasant-girls and
others, for defending their faces from the sun,
R o x b . , M earns. ; synon. Bon grace.
R U S K I E , adj. Healthy and stout, as, " He's
a ruskie f a l l o w , a vigorous young man; "That's
a ruskie fychel," that is a stout healthy young
foal, Upp. Clydes.
This seems radically the same with RASCH, R A S H ,
q. v. Isl. roesk-r, Su.G. Dan. rash, strenuus, fortis.
R U T E M A S T E R , RUTMASTER, BOOTEMAS,
S s
 S A B S
TEit, s. The captain of a troop of horse ; the
same with Ritmaster, q. v.
« Appointit—S r Johne Broun to be— rutemaster
of on of the saidis troopes, and—Thomas Craig of
Riccartoun, and William e Stewart, to be rootemasteris
of the wther two troopes." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814,
VI. 45.
" We lost also four lievetenant eolonells, together
with a number of rut masters, captaines, lievetenants
and ensignes." Monro's Exped: P. II. p. 67.
Monro uses the term, as if it had denoted a situa-
tion superior to that of a captain, corresponding-
No distinction is made, however, by
lexicographers. V . R I T M A S T E R .
R U T H , adj. Kind. Ruth and ready," still
disposed to shew kindness, Ayrs.
" She has been a most excellent wife, and a de-
. w o r n a n ? and had aye a ruth and ready hand for
the needful/' The Provost, p. 254.
A.S. hreow-ian misereri : Mec hreoweth, me mise-
E U T H E R , R U T H Y R , S. R u d d e r . ] Add;
O.E. " Eothyr of a shyp. Amplustre. Temo," &c.
Prompt. Parv.
T o R U T H E R , v. n. 1. T o storm, to bluster,
M earns.
T o S A R , v. 71. 1. T o sob, S.
I may sit in my wee croo :
'At the rock and the'reel to toil fu* dreary ;
I may think on the day that's gi
And sigh and sab t i l l l grcnv
jacooite i. 46.
Now foots the dance on carpet green,
But greets by turns, an' dights her een',
An' sighs an' sabs.
A Scott's Poems, p. 132. me sic a sachless benediction ?" Perils of Man, i. 14.
2. Metaph. applied to the elastic motion o f a
wooden floor, occasioned by the fall of a heavy
body, or by the starting ofany o f the joists, L o t h . sachless and dizzye with lowtyn—I tint ilka spunk
3. Metaph. used to express the fading of flowers.
Nae mair he early gilds the morn,
(Now all the flowrets sab)
T o visit chilly Capricorn,
Hence he forsakes the Crab.
A. Scott Is Poems, p. 27.
SAB, A sob, S. ;
O dool! whene'er they ;
They rais'd a ]
An' yells, an',
Deelar'd their
A. Wilson's Poems 1790, p. 203,
T o S A R , v. nS To subside, to settle down, Loth,
A C
% T o roar, ibid. V. RUTIIER, S.
R U T H I E , s. T h e noise occasioned in the throat
or breast b y oppressed respiration, Aberd.
A.S. lirul-an, Isl. hriot-a, (pret. hraut), ronchos du-
cere, stertere ; krot, hryt-r, ronehus. Hence O/E.
to rout, to snore.
RUTTERY, "Lechery.
Thocht scho bewitelieit wald in rutlery rinir,
The nobillis sould nether of thir enduire,
That lowne to leif, nor her to be his Inure.
Beclaratioun, &c. Poems 16th Cent. p. 271.
From Fr. rait, the rut of deer. Skinner gives dif-
ferent etymons of the Fr. word. But perhaps it may
be morei properly traced to Su.G. rut-a vagari,
vngari, dis-
; as brute animals, in the rutting state, rim
from place to place, on the E. word,
to Goth. and rant-a to bellow.
R U W I T H , Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.
Instead of outwith, as I had conjectured, this,
in the MS. in the library of Lincoln Cathedral, is
with inn.
With inn was a chapelle, a chambir, and ane haulle.
Laings Early Pop. Poetry,.st. 35.
Perhaps it had been originally in with3 written ac-
cording to our established mode.
S.
Flow < is it that this dore does na
e as it to do ?" " It is because that part of
the floor has a wee." Seg synon. S.B.
I have observed no word to which it can be sup-
posed to have any affinity, except perhaps Isl. sefia
sedare, whence sefun sedatio; G Andr. p. 204:
S A C H L E S S , adj. Useless, unavailing.
" May the great spirit of the elements-shield thee/
f An' wha may he be, carle, an it be your
will ?' said Ringan, f An' wha may ye be that gie
This is the same with Sackkss ; but pron. in Ettr.
For. in a guttural way, q. sauchless.
£i Ben [being] doitrifyed with thilke drynke, and
of ettlyng quhair the dor laye " Hogg's Winter
Tales, ii. 41.
Both Sachless and Saddest are originally tliesame
with Saildess, Saykles, guiltless. For A.S. sacleas
does not only signify, sine culpa, but also, con-
tention vacuus, quietus; and was most probably
used to denote, not merely the legal state of one, as
free from blame or prosecution, but his moral cha-
racter, as indisposed to injure another. Hence,
by a transition similar to that of E. innocent, it
cl, not only to denote one who is simple
but a person of weak
A . B 0 1 * . " it is used to signify, a weak, i
idiot, or natural;" Grose. V. SACKLESS,
 S A D
S A C K E T Y , adj. Short and thick; as,
sackety bodie," a little thick person, R o x b . ; q.
as resembling a stuffed sachet, or small sack.
B A C K L E S S , adj. 1. Useless, silly, feeble, g o o d
for nothing ; as, " sacJdess mortal,11 R o x b .
Simple, Dumfr. ; nearly obsolete.
" Thank ye for no ganging growling awa wi' thae
sacJdess coofs—to seek your fortune asunder frae the
lawful bead o' your house, and among the cauld
heartit fremit" Blackw. Mag. May 1820. p. 1()7-
" Sac Mess callant! sacMess callant! louping on the
i tap o' Lagghill wi' a gang o' raving gomerals,
snooling among rags and rams horns, with a
horde of deaving gypsies." Ibid. June 1820, p. 281.
S A C R A T E , adj. Sacred.
" TJiay departit of the ciete—and past owre the
river of Amen, to the sacrate montane, thre milis fra
Rome." Bellend. T. Li v. p. 155.
Boeth. Lat. sacrat-us, id.
S A C R E , s. A piece of artillery, E . ,
" Item, in the postroune [postern gate] <
of found garni sit and mountit as is abone writtin.
Inventories, A. 1566, p. 16?.
Denominated, like the falcon, from a species of
hawk, in allusion to its destructive character.
T o S A C R E / , v. a. T o consecrate.] Add ;
O.E. " Sacryn or halowen. Consecro." Prompt.
Parv. "
S A C R I S T E R , s. .One who has the charge of
the utensils of a church ; the same with Sacrist
and Sacristan, E .
— " The .tenementis, houssis and yairdis lyand be-
syid the Brigend of Drumfreis, quhilkis peftenit of
auld to the-Sacrisieris and prebendaries of the col-
lege kirk of Lincludene, &c." Acts Ja. VI. V. iv. 665.
^. B^. sacristar-ius, , sacrislaJi-uS,
L sacrislan-uS,.sacrisia, i d ;
S A D . adj. 4. Close, compact, cohesive, S.] Add;
O.E. «* Sad or liarde. Solidus." Prompt. Parv.
5. tleavy, S.
" The longer the stroake be in comming it commeth
down the sadder." Z. Boyd's Balme of Gil. p. 41.
" A.Bor. Sad heavy ; particularly applied to bread,
as contrary to light ; " Grose.
Mr. Todd, I observe, has incorporated this sense.
8. Sad is applied to colour, as denoting one that
is grave, (as in sense 1.,) or not gaudy ; dark,
as opposed to light.
" Item, ane gowne-of sad crammasy velvot, with
ane braid pasment of gold & silvir, lynit with cram-
masy satyne, furnist with buttonis of gold." Inven-
tories, A. 1539, p. 33. V. C R A M M A S Y .
_ The word is used in this sense in E.
9 . Expl. as signifying great, Aberd.-
S A D L Y , adv. 2. Closely, compactly.] Add;
O.E. " Sadly. Solide. Mature. Adverbia."
Prompt. Parv.
T o SAD, V. N. T o press down, Lanarks., South
o f S . ; synon. Sag,
Sandy rase—his bonnet daddit—
Then the hay, sae ruffed and saddil,
Towzlet up that
Hogs;'. Bard, p. 159.
. O.E. id. " Saddt/n or Solido. Con.
solido." Prompt. Parv
323
S A E
a * S A D D L E . • To put one to a? the seats o' the
Saddle, to nonplus, to gravel one, S. ; obvi-
ously borrowed from the uneasy sensations of
one who feels his seat on horseback too hard
for him.
S A D D L E - S I C K , adj. Having the posteriors exco-
riated in consequence of riding, S.
" I trow yell fin* this a saft easy seat,—-weel do
I ken what it is to be saddle-sick mysel." The En-
tail, i. 49-
S A D D L E - T A E - S I D E , adv. A term used to denote
the mode in which women ride. Gall.
" Saddle-1ae-side, the way females sit on the sad-
die, to one side;" Gall. Enc.
Tae signifies to ; or perhaps the one.
S A D E , S A I D , S. A sod, or t u r f ; a sod for burn-
ing, a thicker kind of turf, consisting not merely
of the surface, but of a considerable part of the
soil which lies above the peats; Loth., Lanarks.,
Berwicks. The sade, the sward.
When he was young, nae yalder chield
>»
Out o'er the sade could gae.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 18,
—Flow'rs nocl fair the deep green sade aboon.
Ibid. 1811, p. 93.
Isl. syde, ager tam sativus quam inhabitatus, a
Suio.Goth. sae seminare ; Seren. This he views as
the origin of E. sod. Teut. saed satio, from saey-cn
to sow ; soede cespes, gleba.
S A D D I L L C U R R E L L , the Curule chair.
« Be exam pill of thir Hetruschis, the Saddill Cur-
rell and the Pretexte Goune war brocht up in Rome."
Bellenden's T. Liv. p. 15. Sella curulis, Boeth.
Lat. sedil-e, A.S. setel, a seat.
S A D J E L L , * " A lazy unwieldy animal;" G a l l
Enc. ; probably from Sad, heavy, like C.B. sa-
diawl, of a firm tendency, from sad firm.
S A E , adv. So, S . ; seay, Yorks. V. SA. ..
SAE, A tub. V. SAY, SAYE.
S A E B I E N S , SAEBINS, conj. Since, S.l Add;
2. I f so be, used hypothetically, S.
I turn't at the lin, jealousing that ye wad be af
hame afore me, an' saebins ye warna, maybe some
hill stravauger wad hae seen or hard tell o' ye."
Saint Patrick, i. 166.
Instead of damages* R. T h e reward
given for the safety of any thing; E . salvage.
S A F E R , a d v . I n a s f a r ; safar, sefar, Aberd. R e g .
" The custumaris at thar comptis making to be
chargit with sa mony uncez of ilk serplar [sem-
plar ? ] in the forme abone writtin, and to be dis-
chargit of safer as thai deliuer to the said wardan and
changeour." Acts Ja; III. 1185, Ed. 1814, p. 172.
S A F E R , s. T h e sapphire ; a precious stone.
" Item, a grete safer set in gold." Invent, p. 9.
Belg. softer> Sw. safir, id,
SAFERON, A head-dress anciently worn in
Scotland. V. S C H A F E R O U N .
SAFRIE5 V. S E F O K .
S A F T , adj. 3. Tranquil, quiet, &c.] Add; S,
4. Not vehement or ardent. "Saft fire makes sweet
malt [maut] f D . Ferguson's Prov. No. 741.
5. Moist, drizzling,- S.
 S A I S
f* A drizzling morning, good madam/— c A line
saft morning for the crap, Sir,' answered Mrs, Bods,
>nth equal solemnity." St.'Ronan, ii. 33,
6. It is often used to denote mild weather, as
opposed to that which is frosty, S. This is
also called appen weather.
S A F T - E E N E D , adj. Disposed to flebility, soft-
hearted.
" Hasten, and take this sqft-eened young stripling
with you, to cheer your loneliness ; for the road's
eerie." Blackw. Mag. July 1820, p. 384.
T o S A G , v. a. T o press down, Lanarks.
This seems radically the same with the v. to Seg ;
and also with theO.E v.(c Saggyn or satelyn. Basso."
Prompt. Parv. This is, as expl. Grt. Vocab., " depo-
iiere, deprimere, to put downe."
S A Y , adv, S o ; S. sae.
" It was nocht posseblie to thaim to liaif comperit
& to haif instructit and in form it thair procuratouris
in say hie & wychtie [[weighty] can sis concerning
thair lif, land is, heretage, and gudis." Acts Mary
15452, Ed, 1814, p. 416.
T o S A Y , SKY, v. a. 1. T o assay, to put to
trial.] Add;
It is also O.E. " Put of your hosen, you shall
saye a" n ewe pay re." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 329, a. •
S A Y A R , s. One who assays metals.
The said James sail haue fredome and priuilege
to prent golde and siluire with the kingis irnis, as
he did of before, he gevand to the kingis grace fre
of ilk punde wecht of cunyeit money xx schillingis,
except the wardanis fe, the say aria fe, and the syka-
ris [V. synkaris] of the irnis fee to be pait of the
kingis purss." 'Acts Ja. V. 1526, Ed- 1814, p. 317.
T o SAY, SEY, V. N. T o endeavour, S.
I sey'd a-nes to cast a if my coat,
The thoughts o't had sae het me.
A* Wilson's Poems 1790, p. 230.
T o S A Y awa, v. n. Say awa, a vulgar phrase,
expressing an invitation to begin to eat, A b e r d . ;
equivalent to Fa.fall to. W . Beattie's Tales, p. 17.
S A Y , SAYE, A bucket, &c.] Add ;
This term occurs in Aberd. Reg., and in such con-
nexion as to throw some light on that obscure term
sastdng, Wallace, ii. 41. <
— " Ane cumyeone, ane bukat, say & say slyng "
&c. A. 1538, V. 16.
The sasteing is therefore a pole used for carrying
the say, or larger water-vessel, perhaps a cask, on
the shoulders.
The sow ens-say is supported by two bars laid
across the tub, or permanently attached to the say
itself, Aberd.
This term occurs in the National Records.
Item solut. pro uno vase vocat. Say ad coquinam
regis. Lib. Empt. A. 1511, in Pub. Archiv.
A small tub, S.B., Ayrsi " Sey or Sae, a s h a k
low tub, used in c h e e s e - m a k i n g G a l l . Encycl.
From Fr. scan it appears that O.E. soo has been
Ibrmed. " Soo, a vessel 1, [Fr.] c v u e i . e. an open
tub, a vat. Palsgr. B. iii, F. 65, a.
A.Bor. " so or soa, a tub with two ears to carry
c.u a «Hang Ray's Coll. p. 66. V. S T I N G , S T E I N G .
t A I D , .9. A sod of a particular description. V ,
' Saue. 324
A I
S A I D L E - T U R S I D E , ,9. A sort of wooden set-
tee, used in country-houses, Banff's.; synon.
Langsettle, Lang-saddle, q. v.
The first part of the word is evidently the same
with settle, saddle, A.S. setl, a seat. Whether the lat-
ter part refers to the situation of this seat in the vi-
cinity of thei ngle, or at the side of the tours i.e. turfs
on the hearth, I shall not pretend to determine.
S A I G , s. A n ox that has been gelded at his full
age, Galloway.
While these, in lusty strength enjoy their loves,
The saig, poor dowy beast! nae pleasure kens,
Aboon a go wan tap; for sovereignty
Or pow'r among the herd he ne'er contends.
Davidsons Seasons, p. 46. V . SEGG.
SAIGE,,*. A seat. V . SEGG.
S A I K L E S L I E , s. Innocently.
Remember upon thy God omnipotent,
That is, and was, and euermore sail be,
And for thy sin he saikleslie was shent.
Poems Sixteenth Cent. p. 216.
T o S A I L Y E , v. 71. T o assail, to make attempt.
" Thoeht my a venture was first, every ane of thame
sail sallye as tliay best may, quhil you be finalie
slane." ' Bellend. T. Liv. p. 126.
T o S A I L L , v. a. T o seal, Aberd. R e g .
S A Y N D , s. A message or messenger.] Add;
ec Saind is a messenger or message ;" Clav. Yorks.
SAINTANDROSMES. Y. A N D Y R ' S D A Y . .
S A I N C T T O I R S H E A D , the promontory of
St. A b b ' s Head at the entrance of the Firth of
Forth.
ff Ane impost—of twa shillings Scots to be payed
upon the tun of all—vessels aiming within Dun-
nottir and Sain el Tab's Head" &c.* Acts Cha. I.
1814, VI. 238. * •
Our ancestors seem to have been fond of prefixing
the letter t before vowels, especially in names, as the
Tantony hell
S A I R M A N , s. A soap-boiler, S.
" Saipman, a soap-maker;" Gl. Pick en.
S A I R , adj. % Sorrowful; as, a sair heart.] Add;
In to that place thai mycht no langar bid,
Out off the feyld with sar hartis thai ryd.
Wallace, ix. 496, MS.
A.S. sare-heorl, tristis cords. Insert, as sense
8. W h a t is to be lamented, or regretted; as r 64 I f s
a sair matter," It is a great pity, S.
7. Costly, expensive, extravagant, S.
According to tradition, James VI. when he re-
flected on the great alienation of the royal domains
in consequence of the liberality of David I. to the
church, used to say, that fC he was a sair Sant
[saint] to the crown !"
8. Puny. A sair neebour, one-of a diminutive ap-
pearance; opposed to a grand troop; Ann and.
S A I R - S O U G H T , adj. M u c h exhausted, in what-
ever respect, S. It is especially expressive of
bodily debility.
T o K E E P a thingjfor a S A I R H E E L , or for a S A I R
FIT, i- e. foot, a proverbial phrase commonly
used as signifying to retain any thing for a
strait or necessity, S.
if Keep something for the sore foot" S, Prov. ;
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" Preserve something for age, distress, and necessi-
ty Kelly, p. 226*.
After a now wad it no be better to lay by this
hundred pound in Tarn Turnpenny's, in case the
young lady should want it afterhand [afterhend],
just for a sair foot ?" St. Ronan, ii. 118.
" At ony rate, something/or a sair fool may be
gathered in the mean time." The Entail, i. 108.
S A I R W A M E or W Y M E , gripes, S.
S A I R , S A R , S A R E , adv. 1. Sorely.] Add, as sense
8. Sair aff', greatly to be pitied ; often applied to
one who is much straitened in wordly circum-
stances, who has scarcely the means of suste-
nance, S . ; synon. Ill aff.
S A I R N E S S , S A R E N E S S , s. Soreness, S.
T o S A I R , v. a. 1. T o serve, S.] Add, as sense
4. T o give alms to a beggar ; as, u I canria sair
ye the day, 1 ' S,
S A I R I N G , S. A s much as satisfies one, S.] Add;
This term is very often used to denote as much
food as satisfies one's appetite. Hae ye got your sair-
ing Have ye had enough of food ?
It often denotes an acquaintance with any ob-
ject to satiety or disgust, S.
I hae had my sair in o' sic cattle, an' though
there wisna anither 'oman in the wide warld,—I wid
sunner stand twalmonths stark naked on the tap o'
Clochan-dighter than come athort a leddie agen."
St. Kathleen, iv. 40.
8. It is also often ironically applied to a drubbing.
H e got his sairing f he was beaten till he
could not well bear any more ; or, according to
a phrase of similar signification, " H e had his
beilyfull of it,"
S A I R I E , adj. 1, Poor, silly, feeble, Ayrs.
Curlie, wee sairie thing, ye'll neist
Attack a roastit chuckie's breast. ,
Pickens Poems, i. 63.
2. Sairic man, an expression of affection ; often
used to a dog, Roxb. V. SAR v.
T o S A I S E , v. a. T o give seisin or legal posses-
si on t o ; a forensic term, S.
fC The said vmq1. Andro Weymes was astricted to
infeft and saise the said vmq1 Johne Weymes his
son/' &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed.,1814, vol. V. 124.
Fr. sais-ir to seize, to take possession of. It is,
however, more immediately from L.B. sais-ire, mit-
tere aliquem in possessionem, investire.- Some trace
this to sac ire, which has been explained, In patri-
monii! m sociare. Du Cange, vo. Sacirc, V . S A S I N E .
S A 1 T , s, 1, A n old designation for the Court
o f Session in S.j Add ;
A see, an episcopate.
Gawyn archibischep of Glasgw, protestit, in
the name of the kirk of Glesgw, that quhat war
done to the said lard of Keire sulde turne the sail of
Glasgw to na preiudice anent the ward of Cadder."
Acts Ja. V. 1526, Ed. 1814, p, 311.
In a similar way the term sege, properly denoting
a seat, is used for a see. • V. 8EGE. Also in A.S.
bisceopsetl, episcopi sedes. I need scarcely advert
to the use of L.B. sedes in the same sense; whence
indeed E. .see.
S A K I R E S , s. pi
$25
" Ane bed maid of sewit worset with the figure
of sakires and levis of treis furnissit with ruif and
heidpece, and thre pandis, all freinyeit with reid and
grene worsett." Inventories, A. 1578, p. 20g.
It seems doubtful whether this term refers to the
hawk called the saker, Fr. sacre ; or to savages, as
the same word is expl. by Cotgr. " a ravenous or
greedy fellow."
S A L A N G , adv. So long.
" And forthair, monethly iiim li salatig as my lord
gouernour sail liappin to rem ane at the said assege,
gif the assege lastis salang." Acts Mary 1546, Ed.
1814, p. 47 £ i
S A L A R I S , s. pl: Sellers, venders.
" Als at the kingis liienes deput—certane ce[r]-
souris in euerilk town, quhilk is ane port, quhilk sal
haue power to cerss the salaris & passaris furth of
the Rome for hau ffing furth of money." Acts J a,
IV. 1503, Ed. 1814, p. 242.
S A L E ) , pret. and part pa. Sold,
" As to the serplaris of woll—said be the said
Clays,—for samekle as is vnpait—the said Johne to
haue regress to the said Clayis." Act. Dom. Cone.
A. 1478, p. 28.
A.S.seald, said, datus ; venditus; from sel-an dare;
vend ere.
S A L E K , used, for so leaky, " T h e schip was
sal eh r Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
Su.G. laeck, hians, rimas agens; A.S. hlaece, id.
S A L E N E , <9. T h e act of sailing.
" Ane tapestrie of the historic of the salene of Ae-
neas, conteningauchtpeces." Invent. A. 1578,p.211.
S A L E R I F E , adj. Saleable, S . ] Add;
The O.E. word assumed a different form. " Sale-
wry. Yendibilis." Prompt. Parv.; as if from Teut.
sell-en, v en dire, and vrij tutus, securus, q. " secure
of sale."
S A L F A T T , A salt-seller. V. S A L T F A T .
S A L I E , SALT, ,9. A hired mourner, who walks
in procession before a funeral. V. S A U L L I E .
S A L I N I S , pi T h e saltpits.
" The same come be aventure on ane uthir sorte
of Hethruschis that war Hand at the salinisBel-
lend. T. Liv. p. 469-
Fr. saline, a salt-pit; or, a magazine for salt.
S A L L , v. sabst Shall, S., A . B o r .
SALMON FLEUK. V . FLQOK, FLEUK.
S A t S A R , S. Aberd. R e g , V. 17.
« Ane salsar of tyne [tin]." Ibid, V. 19.
This signifies a salt-seller, from L.B, salsar-ium? id.
Salsar ius denotes one who had the charge of the
salt-seller in a king's kitchen.
S A L T , s; ' A salt-seller; Aberd.
S A L T , adj. 1. Troublesome, what produces
bitter consequences, S.] Insert, as sense
2. Severe, oppressive, overwhelming.
In this sense it occurs in one mode of recitation
of an old song :
It's naething but a saul sickness
That's like to gar me die.
The Queens Marie. •
In the more modern form:
'Twas but a stitch in to my side,
And sair it troubles me.
Minstrelsy Scott Border, ii. 16S,
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S A L T A R , SALTARE, S A L T E R , S. A — H e believes It is the reason
salt, S.
" Na persone—sail fie, byre or conduce any sal-
tans, coilyearis, See. without ane sufficient testimo-
nial! of thair maister quhonre they last seruit." Acts
Ja. VI. Ed. 1814. IV. 286, 287- Salteris,V. 508.
" That of euery gangand pan—sex bollis of salt
salbe oulklie deliuerit to the collectour,—and that
of the reddiest and first end of the haill salt maid in
the pan, alsweill dew to the pan maisteris as saltans,
at x s. viij d. the boll," &c ' Acts Ja. VI. 1574, Ed.
1814, p. 93. .
Gael, saltoir, a saltmonger.
S A L T - E A T , S A L F A T T , S. A salt-seller, S .
" The air sail liaue—ane maiser, ane salt-fat, ane
butter plait," &e. Balfour's Practicks, p. 235.
" Item in tlie said cageat, a litill coffre of silver
on re gilt with a litil salt fat and a cover." Inven-
tories, A. 1488, p. 6. •
" Item, twa salfatt is without coverris." Ibid. A .
1542, p. 72.
Here Insert the article under S A U T F A T , D I C T .
The very form of these vessels, so big with the
fate of the company, is particularly mentioned in our
old records. Besides being flat, they seem to have
been generally square.
ec Item, ane trunscheor with ane saltfatt in the
nuik of it ourgilt." Inventories, p. 73. V . S A U T F A T .
" Item, twa nukit trunscheoris of silver owrgilt,
with saltfatt is in the nukis of them." Ibid. p. 111.
It has been generally believed that the spilling of
salt betokens ill luck. But it is perhaps not so well
known, that to throw some of it over the left shoul-
der dissolves the spell, and wards off the threaten-
ed ill. . ~
Of such importance was this vessel among our
forefathers, that, in ancient times, it formed a line
of distinction between men of rank and mere vas-
sals or retainers, although seated at the same table.
" Some gentlemen of consideration, with their
sons, brothers, and nephews, occupied the upper
end of the table.—Beneath the salt-cellar (a massive
piece of plate which occupied the midst of the table)
sat the sine nomine turba, men whose vanity was
gratified by occupying even this subordinate space
at the social board, while the distinction observed
in ranking them was a salvo to the pride of their
superiors." Tales of my Landlord, i. 250, 251.
This humiliating custom was by no means pecu-
liar to Scotland; it prevailed also in England, and
Was not unknown even on the continent. The ce-
lebrated Bp. Hall has been brought as a witness of
the prevalence of the custom in England at least as
early as the year 1597-
A gentle squire Would gladly entertaine
Into his house some trencher-chaplaine;
Some willing man that might instruct his sons,
And that would stand to good conditions.
First, that he lie upon the truckle-bed,
Whilst his young maister lieth o'er his head.
Second, that he do, on no default,
Ever presume to sit above the salt, Sec.
Satires; B. ii.
" He never drinks below the salt."
Ben Jonson's Cynthia's Revels.
S A L
You ne'er presume to sit above the salt.
Massingers Unnatural Combat.
The following passage from Perat, who flourished
about the middle of the sixteenth century, has been
brought to prove that this custom was " familiar at
least in France."
Neque ejusmodi dicacitates nobilitatem honestar.t:
quamvis enim clientium caterva, amieorum humi-
liores, totaque omnino infra salinum stipata cohors,
scurrantem Dominum, et (ut ait Flaccus,) imi deri-
sorem lecii, cachinnationibus suis insulsis adulari so-
leant, &c. De Inst. Not. p. 36. Edin. Month. Mag.
May 1817, p^l 33.
This mode of distinguishing rank, or expressing
estimation, bears so singular a character, that one
Can hardly be made acquainted with it, without im-
mediately proposing the question, " Whence could
it possibly originate?" But, from the oblivion of
former ages, and the indifference which men have
generally manifested in regard to the origin of cus^
toms with which they were themselves perfectly fa-
miliar, there, is reason to fear, that from the depths
of antiquity no responsive voice shall be heard, none
at least that can give a certain or distinct sound.
As, in the days of our forefathers, the salt-seller
was placed in the middle of the table, that it might
run no risk of being overturned, it might at first
view seem that, as its position divided the table as
it were into two equal parts, the expression, sitting
above, or sitting below, the salt, meant nothing more
than having a place at the upper, or at the lower,
end of the table ; and thus that the relation which
one's seat was said to bear to the salt, was merely
accidental, from the circumstance of the vessel which
Contained it being the central objeet, in the same
manner as one, in our time, might be said to sit
above or below the epargne.
But although it may afterwards appear that among
the ancients salt was the established symbol of friend-
ship, I do not see that the relative position of indi-
vidual^ as above or below the vessel which contained
it, could be meant in itself to intimate the greater or
less degree of respect which their host entertained
for them ; for, In this case, actual propinquity to the
salt-seller, whether the person was above or below
it, must have been the test of estimation.
If, however, it should be supposed, that the salt-
vat did not equally divide the table as to its length,
but that it was placed nearer the head or bottom, as
the less or more honourable guests exceeded in num-
ber, this difficulty would be obviated. For, thus it
must have been understood, that it was not propin-
quity to this symbol, but the possession of a seat
above it, that constituted the peculiar badge of ho-
nour. But, perhaps, all that we can fairly deduce
from the custom referred to is, that the choice of
this utensil as marking the lind of distinction, in
connexion with the great importance attached to its
contents, and 1the care exercised to prevent its being
may be viewed as an indication that
i hereditary respect to some more an-
cient rite or idea, the meaning of which, and even
its peculiar character, had been lost in the lapse o f
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Trivial as the custom under consideration may tain a constant union of love and friendship." This
appear,—-to those especially who would deem it a idea, however, seems by far too metaphysical and re-
degradation were they to waste a thought on the fined to have originated a custom received by nations
vestiges of popular tradition, who find sufficient oc- in an early period of society.
cupation for their superior powers in acquainting Others, with greater plausibility, have observed,
themselves with the ever-varying minutiae of mo- that, as salt preserves meat from corruption, the use
dern manners,-—the inquiry leads us much farther of it as a symbol signified that the friendship which
hack than might at first be imagined, and points to had its commencement in a mutual participation of
sources of intelligence not unworthy of the investi- it should be firm and lasting. - It has also been sup-
gation of the philosophic mind. posed, that this custom respected the purifying*
quality of salt, which was commonly used in lus-
Various proofs have been given of the symbolical trations, and that it intimated that friendship should
use of salt, in connexion with divine worship, among be free from all artifice, jealousy, and suspicion.
ancient nations. As salt was invariably used in the Potter, I find, has in general preferred the same
sacred rites of the heathen, from whom immediately idea that had occurred to me in regard to the origin
it was received by the Church of Rome, it has been of the use of this as a symbol of friendship. " It
thought that this custom was originally borrowed may be," he says, " the ground of this custom was
from the Jews. It was one of the laws delivered by this, that salt was used at all entertainments
Moses; " Every oblation of thy meat-offering shalt of the gods and men,—whence a particular
thou season with salt/ Lev. ii. 18. V. vo. S A L T , adj. sanctity was believed to be lodged in it. It is hence
" The great importance attached to salt/' says called (ixit;, divine salt, by Homer, and 'U^t axtc,
Pliny, " appears especially from the sacred rites of by others; and salinorum appositu, by the placing of
the ancients, who never celebrated any sacrifices salt on the table, a sort of holiness was supposed to
sine mola salsa. For so they denominated toasted be derived to them." Antiq. ii. 415.
corn sprinkled with salt; for it, being bruised, was From the language of Philo Judaens, it has been
sprinkled on the victim. The fire, the head of the inferred, with great plausibility, that although no
victim, and the sacrificing knives, were indeed all mention is made of this circumstance in the Penta-
sprinkled with the crumbled cake." Hist. B. 37, c. 7- teuch, salt was always placed on the table of shew-
To the same purpose is the language of Juvenal; bread, along with the loaves. " The table," says
Sertaque delubris, et farra imponite cultris. Philo, ff has its position towards the south, upon
- Satyr, ii. which there are bread and salt." Vit. Moys. Lib. 3.
And of Tibullus; Scacchus concludes that there must have been at
At vanum in curis hominum genus omina noctis least two salt-sellers, because the Gr. term is
Farre pio placant, et saliente sale. used in the plural. Myrothec. ii. p. 495.
Lib. iii. Eleg. 4. The figurative connexion between salt and friend-
Hence, as has been observed, the term immolatio; ship does not appear so close, that this can well be
which was at it were the consecration of the victim viewed as the primary use of the symbol. It seems
by the act of sprinkling, or of laying, the salted cake necessary to suppose, that, before it would be ap-
on its head. The cake itself was called mola a moten- plied in this manner, it had been generally received
do; because it was made of bruised corn, or that as an established emblem of what was permanent.
which had been ground, mola, in a miln. By means Now, this idea was most probably borrowed from
of this cake also, which, when bruised, they sprink- the mode of confirming covenants by sacrifice, in
led on the sacrifice, they used to divine; whence the which salt was invariably used; and it is well known
Gr. terms atev^uxduct, i. e. " divination by meal;" that sacrifice was a common rite in confederation,
and \-j>«yjDpcM'Tu*, " divination by the salted cake." not only where God was the principal party, but
between man and man. This is evident from the
But salt, even as symbolically regarded, was not account given of the covenant between Jacob and
exclusively appropriated to a religious use. It was Laban, Gen. 31. 44. 54. As an agreement of this
also an established symbol of friendship between kind was called ^ a covenant by sacrifice / ' from the
man and man. We learn from Eustathius, Iliad. A. use of salt in- the oblation, it was also denominated
that, among the ancient Greeks, salt was presented a covenant of salt/' Numb. 18. 19* That singular
to guests, before any other food, as a symbol of phrase, the salt of the covenant," Lev. 2. 13., ob-
friendship. Hence iVeschines, when describing the viously contains the same allusion..
sacred rites of hospitality, says that the Greeks made With this corresponds the Germ, term, salz-bund,
great account, -m irixwg <f of the salt of the explained by Waehter in his Glossary, Foedus fir-
city and the public table." The language of Pliny, mum validumque rati one duration is ; q. ee the salt
Salem et caseum edere, contains a similar allusion ; bond or covenant."'
and that of Cicero, Vulgd dicitur, multos modios T h e presenting of salt to a stranger, or the" eat-
satis simul edos esse, ut amieitiae raunus expletum ing of it with him, might thus' come to be a com-
mon symbol of friendship, as containing a reference
Eustathius has said that, " as salt consists of aque- to the ancient sacrificial mode of entering into leagues
ous and terrene particles mixed together, or is a con- of amity ; although those who used this rite might
nexion of several aqueous parts, in like manner it in general be total strangers to its meaning. • Hence
was intimated that the stranger and his host, from also, most probably, the idea so universally received,
the time of their tasting salt together, should main- that the spilling of the salt was a bad omen; as it
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was supposed to forebode the breach of that friend-
ship of which the conjunct participation of salt was
the symbol.
It would appear, however, that the symbol itself
had been pretty generally diffused among the nations.
We are informed that to this day the eating of bread
and salt together is a symbol of friendship among
the Muscovites. Stuck. Antiq. Conviv. p. 270.
Those who would wish to have further informa-
tion in regard to this ancient custom, may consult
Stuckius, above quoted, p. 148; Pierii Hieroglyph,
fol. 221, D . ; Pitisci Lexic. vo. Sal; and Potter's An-
tiquities of Greece, loc. cit.
B K E I D and S A L T . T h e offering of brcid and salt,
as the instruments of adjuration, must be traced
to the same origin.
In the Records of the Presbytery of Edinburgh,
Sept. 20, 1586', the following account is given of an
oath required from Scots merchants trading to the
Baltic, when they passed the Sound :—
" Certan merchantis passing to Dansk erne [ D e n -
mark], and euming neir Elsinnure, chusing out ane
qui)en they accompted for the payment of the toill
of the goods, and that be depositioun of ane othe in
forme following, viz. Thei present and offer brcid
and sail to the deponer of the othe, whereon he layis
his hand, and deponis his conscience, and sweiris."
Edin. Month. Mag. June 1817, p. 236.
This mode of swearing, although retained to so
late an era, bears striking characters of a heathen
origin. It is obvious, however, that in the course
of ages the manner of using these symbols had been
changed. But there is no reason to doubt, that this
had been originally the same custom with that de-
scribed by Kilian ; who, in his brief notices concern-
ing ancient usages, has thrown more light on the
manners of the Teutonic nations than perhaps any
other writer.
When explaining the word Soul, sal, he introduces
the phrase, soul ende brood eten, Offam judicialem
edere. " This," he says, " was a morsel of bread
devoted and execrated by certain words, and con-
which was pre-
secrated by appointed
qui reo offerrcbatur ;"
sented to the guilty p<
apparently denoting the person charged
charg with guilt,
" salt being also exhibited, perhaps,laps, 1because of the
customary use of this in execrations and impreca-
tions. For the Germans, Saxons, Belgae, and many
others, were firmly persuaded, that no one who had
a guilty conscience, could swallow the bread de-
voted in this manner. Something of the same kind
is related concerning the aetites (or eagle-stone)
bruised, and baked with bread under the ashes,
which a thief cannot swallow, but is either suffo-
cated, or forced to acknowledge his guilt."
Thebread devoted in this manner was by the ancient
Saxons called Corsnaede, Corsned. The term occurs
in the Laws of Canute, c. 5. Ed. Wheloc, p. 100. It is
required that the person accused, ga to corsnaede,
and thaere at gefaere swa swa God raede, " h a v e re-
course to Corsned, and take his fate with this ac-
cording to the determination" or "judgment of God."
Lam bard derives the term from A.S. cors
and ncd, from neod, necessiias. Others i
offa, a morsel, from snid-an to cut, S. to sned. This
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sometimes called Offa execrata, also, Offa judi-
It certainly favours the former etymon, that
this in A.S. was also denominated Ned-bread, i. e.
" bread of necessity," because the person accused,
was forced to eat it. V. Somner in vo. It has been
conjectured, that this was originally the sacramen-
tal bread,—and that, to avoid profanation, common
bread was devoted for this purpose.
Lindenbrog has given the form in which this mor-
sel was cursed, p. 1307; and we learn from Ingul-
phus, that when the perfidious Godwin, Earl of
Kent, attempted, by this mode of trial, to abjure
the murder of the brother of Edward the Confessor,
the bread stuck in his throat, as a judgment for his
perjury. Gale, Rer. Anglic. Script, i. 66.
Of the general adoption of this appeal there is
still a vestige remaining, in the execration often pro-
nounced by those who wish to give the'greatest as-
surance that they speak the truth-; " May this bit
stick in my throat if I tell you a lie !"
Whatever may have been the immediate origin of
A.S. corsnaede, I am convinced that the phrase,
bread and salt, refers to a period preceding Christi-
anity, and indeed to the established use of these sym-
bols in sacrificial worship. In correspondence with
this idea, Kilian renders the Teut. syhonyme, Soul
ende brood, Mola salsa; evidently viewing it as ana-
logous to the.ritual language of the Romans during
the reign of heathenism.
As the oblation of the salted cake, or of bread
with salt, was an act of the most solemn worship ;
and as the eating of it with another was a pledge of
inviolable friendship ; the person, who either tasted
these, when judicially called, or who laid his hands
on them when presented, must have been viewed,
as not only declaring that he forfeited all claim to
social rights, but that he renounced all interest in the
blessings of religion, if he did not declare the truth.
It would appear that the tasting of salt, even with-
out bread, was one mode of swearing allegiance in
a very early period. Hence Leidrad, bishop of Lyons,
observes, that, " according to some, it was an ancient
custom, among certain heathen nations, for those
who took an oath of fidelity to sovereigns to par-
take of salt that had been adjured or consecrated in
.the presence of those to whom they swore." In
support of this, he adds ; " Ilenee it is written in
the book of Esdras, that the princes of the Samari-
tans, when writing to the Persian king, in regard to
the accusation of the Jews, thus expressed them-
selves ; We are not unmindful of the salt which we
eat in the palace.' Mabillon. Analect. Tom. iii. p. 5.
The passage referred to is Ezra iv. 14, which some
read, " Because we are salted with the salt of the
palace,—it was not meet for us to see the king's dis-
honour." It seems doubtful, however, if they meant
any thing more, by this metaphorical language, than
that they had received various tokens of the royal
favour.
T h e place where ooze, proper for
S A L T - B E D , S.
the manufacture o f salt, collects, Dumfr.
" By this operation the whole salt-bed, as it is
technically called, is deprived of its surface to the
depth of about the eighth part of an inch." Agr.
Surv. Dumfr. p. 527-
 S A L SAL
te The Ryall of France sail haue cours for vi. s.
* S A L T E R , S. One who makes salt, S. In this
sense the term does not seem to he used in E. viii. d. and the Salute h an and the wecht of the said
ce There is a place near that moss,—called the Salter- new Lyon sail haif cours than als for vi. s. viii. d."
hirst, where people believe that sailers dwelt, which Acts Ja. II. A. 1451, c. 84, Ed. 1566.
u Item, in a purs of ledder,—four hundreth tuenti
is an indication that the sea has been there where the
moss is now." Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 77- V. S A L T A R . & viii Lewis of gold, and in the same purs of ledder
of Franche crounis fyve hundreth thre score & sex,
S A L T I E , S A L T - W A T E R F L E U K , the vulgar names
of the Dab, on the Frith of Forth. and of thame twa salutis and four Lewis." Inven-
" Pleuronectes Limanda. Dab.—It is often em- tories, p. 13.
phatically distinguished by the fish-dealers as the Fr. saints, " an old French crown, or coine, worth
mltie, or salt-water fleuk." N eilFs List of Fishes, p. 11. about 5 s. sterl.;" Cotgr. In the reign of James II.,
Most probably thus denominated in contradistinc- however, the salute is valued at eleven shillings, or
tion from the P. Flesus, called the Fresh-water Floun- half the estimate ofthe Henry noble. Acts A.145(3, c. 64.
der, as it " frequents our rivers at a great distance " Salus and Saint," says Du Cange, ee was gold
from the salt waters." Pennant's Zool. iii. 187- money struck in France by Henry V. of England;
* S A L T L E S S , adj. Used metaph. as expressive OF so denominated, because it exhibited the figure ofthe
disappointment, S. Annunciation made to the Virgin, or ofthe salutaticm
sc I have had saltless luck ;—the hare nae 1 anger o f t h e Angel." Vo. Salus. In L.B. also Salucius and
Salucia. In the article Moneta, however, he reckons
loves to bronze on the green dewy blade o' the clo-
this as one ofthe coins of Charles VI. struck A. 14 21.
ver." Blackw. Mag. May 1820, p. 159.
The fact would seem to be that they were first struck
S A L T M K R T , a beeve salted for winter provision.
by the latter, bearing only the arms of France; but
" John Lindissay—sail—restore—a kow of a de- that Henry the sixth struck a coin of the same de-
force, a salt inert," &c. Act. Dora. Cone. A. 1479, scription, containing two shields, one bearing the
p . 33. V. M A R T .
arms of France, and the other those of England. V.
S A L T V P O N E S A L T , the ancient designation of re- the plate in Du. Cange, vo. Moneta, No s . 10 and 12
fined salt in S. compared.
— " Dame Margrett Balfour, Lady Burly, haifing S A M , adj. T h e same, S.
sum commoditie of coillis and pan is within the lord- This form expresses the pronunciation.
schip of Pittinweme,—hes vpoun hir large cost and S A M E - L I K E , adj. Similar, Buehan.
expenssis procuirit the kn aw lege of the making of
Some spunkies, or some same-like ills,
refynit salt vtherwaves callit salt vpone salt, quhilk
Fast after him they leggit;
will serue for the samin vses for the quhilk greit salt
An' monie a clay he ran the hills,
seruit befoir," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1587, Ed. 1814,
He was sae sairly fieggit.
p. 495.
S A L V E , SALVEE, s. A term used to denote a
Tarrass Poems, p. 70.
Moes.G. sama-leiks con si mi lis, whence sama-leiko
discharge of fire-arms.
similiter; Isl. samlik-r similis, samlik-ia assimilare.
<' They were prepared with a finne resolution to
S A M Y N , adv. Together.] Add to extract from
receive us with a salve of cannon and muskets; but
II. Brnnne ;
our small ordinance being twice discharged amongst
The v. is still used in L an cash. ce To sam, to ga-
them,—we charged them with a salve of muskets,
ther together, to put in order;" T. Bobbins.
which was repaied." Monro's Exped. P. II. p. 66.
<c Notwithstanding the enemy would emptie salves T o S A M M E R , S A W M E R , r. n. T o agree, Fife.
T o SAM. M E it, S A W M E R , v. a. 1. T o adjust, Fife.
of muskets on them before their landing." Ibid. p.80.
" At the first encounter they gave the Lord Gor- 2. T o assort, to match, ibid.
don a salvee of shot from the folds, where he was Su.G. sam-ja, anc. samb-a, consentire, from sam,
slayn, with dyvers others." Contin. Hist. Earls of a particle denoting the unity of more than one ; with
Sutherl. p. 526. the prefix aa, or o, a as anj a, in the third pers. sing,
This term, like many others in the military line, indie, aasamber, convenit: Isl. samjaer, congruus.
has been evidently introduced by our old officers who S A M O N Y , so many, as many.
served in the wars of Denmark and Sweden. Dan. " The lordis clecrettis—that the said William—sail
salve, a volley or discharge of musket-shot; salve content & pay to the said Johne & Jonet samekle &
tried can oner, a discharge of camions. It is an oblique samony o f t h e samyn study, cuschingis, weschale, &
use of the term salve, as primarily signifying " a sa- seruiotis, as audit to be deliuerit be ressoun of are-
lute ;" and has, I suppose, been first applied to a sa- schip." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1489, p. 131. Id. Aberd.
lute given by fire-arms, as a token of respect. Thus, Reg. A. 1538.
salve til soes still signifies " a salute, or saluting at T o S A N D , v. a. T o non-plus; used like E .
sea." V. Wolff. The Danes seem to have borrowed gravely S.
it from the French. For salue denotes Cf a volley of But since I see ye're sae bigotted,
shot given for a welcome to some great person And to religion so devoted,
Cotgr. I need scarcely add, that it must be traced to Although wi' scripture I cou'd sand ye,
Lat. salve3 a defective v. expressing a wish for health I'll e'en just la'e ye as I fand ye.
to him to whom the term is addressed. Buff's Poems, p. 111.
S A L U T E , s. A French gold coin, formerly cur- * S A N D - B L I N D , adj. Having that weakness
rent in Scotland, of sight, &c., as in D I C T . ] Add ;
VOL. I I . 8^9 T t
 S A N S A N
2. I t also signifies purblind, short-sighted, S. ; a Scotsman; as the term is sometimes pro-
Gl. Shirr. Sanded, short-sighted, A . B o r . ; Grose. nounced in this manner.
ff Drumlaneriek being something sand-blind and " Sandie Clerk." Acts III. p. 390.
saw not well, strake so furiously and so hot at his S A N D R A G H , s. T h e food provided for young
marrow, while he knew not whether he hit him or bees, before they are able to leave their cells;
n o t " Pitscottie, Ed. 1728, p. 150. more commonly denominated bee-bread.
S A N D - B U N K E I I , 6*. A small well fenced sand- " If you make mead of the washing- of combs—-
pit, S.A. you must be careful that, before you break your
" They sat cosily niched, into what you might call combs into the sieve or strainer, you separate all the
a bunker, a little .sand-pit, dry and snug, and sur- young bees, which you may easily know from the
rounded by its banks." Eedgauntlet, i. 204. honey, as also, the s'andrach or Bee-bread, which is
" And are ye in the wont of drawing up wi* all a yellow substance, with which some of the cells will
the gangrel bodies that ye meet on the highroad, or be full. These would give your mead an ill taste."
find cowering in a sand-bunker upon the links ?" Maxwell's Bee-master, p. 113.
Ibid. p. 223. Isl. son, vas mel lis, and dreg fex ; q. the dregs
S A N D - E E L , 5. T h e Sand-lance, a fish, S. of the hinny-pig.''
" A. Tobianus. Sand-lance; Sand-eel; Hornel." T o S A N E , SAYN, &C. V. A. 2. T o bless.] Add;
Neill's List of Fishes, p. 3. — G o d being O the agent.
&
SAND-FLEUK, T h e smear-dab, Frith o f To this sense the extracts from Barbour and Rudd.
belong.
Forth.
cc PIeuronectes microcephalia.
3. T o pray for a blessing, S.
Smear-dab ; Sand-
T o this the extracts from Dunbar, Kennedy, and
jlcuh:—taken off Seton Sands and in Aberlady Bay."
the Minstrelsy, apply.] Add ;
Neill's List of Fishes, p. 12.
She—frae ill o't sain'd her o'er and o'er.
O.E. te Sandele or salidelynge fyssh. Anguilla
arenaris." Prompt Parv. Ross's I Ietc nor e, p. 65.
Old people still speakof saining themselves, Ettr.
S A N D - L A R K , SANDY-LAVEROCK, SANDY-LAR-
For.
R I C K , s. T h e Sea L a r k . ] Add ;
After the extract from Minstrelsy,—Add ;
" Besides, here are Eagles, Signets [Cygnets] Fal-
By some it is still believed that it is dangerous to
cons, Swans, Geese, Gossander, Duck and Malard,
receive commendation from another, unless it be ac-
Teal, Smieth, Widgeon, Seapyes, Sandelcvericks, companied by a wish for a blessing. Thus Kelly
green and gray Plover, Siute, Partridg, Curlue, expl. the Pro v., God sain your eye, man : i£ Spoken
Moorgame, and Grows." Franck's Northern Me- when you commend a thing without blessing it,
moirs, p. 181. which my countrymen cannot endure, thinking that
" I had rather that the rigs of Tillietudlem bare thereby you will give it the blink of an ill eye; a
naething but windle-straes and sandy-lavrocks than senseless, but common, conceit." Pro v. p. 120.
they were ploughed by rebels to the king." Tales
4. T o consecrate, to hallow.
of my Landlord, ii. 152.
The truth y e l l tell to me, Tamlane,
" Be good to us/ she exclaimed, ' if here is not
And ye mauna lie ;
the canty call ant that—snapped up our goose as light
Gin ye're [e'er] ye was in haly chapel,
as if it had been a sandic-lavrock" The Pirate, i. 253.
Or sained in Christen tie.
S A N D Y - L O O , A n a m e f o r t h e SandLark,Shetl. Sained-—Hallowed, N. Minstrelsy Border, ii. 250.
" Charadrius Fliaticmla, (Linn. Syst.) Sandy Loo, V. sense 1. etymon. Insert, after—consecration;
Sand Lark, Ring Plover, Ring Dotterel." Edmoil- In addition to what has been formerly said in
stone's Zetl. ii. 239- regard to the origin of the use of this term, as re-*
Isl. he, loa, la fa, charadrius nigro lutescente va- ferring to the sign of the cross, I have met with
riegatus; expl. in Dan. ee a lark ; " Haldorson. another passage in Kilian, which powerfully con-i
S A N D Y - M I L L , ,v. To Big a Sandy-mill, to be firms it; Kruyssen ende saeghenen, erucis signo se
in a state of intimacy, L o t h . munire, to secure protection to one's self by the
Unless you my advice fulfil, sign of the cross.
We'll never big a sandy mill. 5 . T o heal, to cure; pron. Shane V. SHANEB.
G. Wilsons Coll. of Songs, p. 70.
S A N G , s. Song, S . ] Add; Hence,
This refers to the custom of children building
S A N G - B U K E , S. A book containing a collection of
houses in the sand for sport; otherwise expressed,
c<r We'll never big sandy bow-rocks thegither." V. songs, S.
BOURACH. 2. Note, strain, S.
S A N D - T R I P P E R , s. T h e Sand-piper, a bird, It is used in this sense in the old proverb; " Ye
Gall breed of the gowk, ye have ay but ae sang ;" Kelly
"" Sand-tripper, the sand-piper, common on shores;" anglifies it,—" one song;" adding, " Spoken to them
that always insist upon one thing." P. 362.
Gall.En c.
S A X G - S C U X L L , S. A school for teaching music.
This, in signification, resembles the Germ, name ff For instructioune of the youth in the art of rau-
$ aml-la uferl, q. sand-louper. Y . Pennant's Zool. sik & singing, quhilk is almaist decay it,—our soue-
S A N D I E , s. T h e abbreviation of Alexander, S. rane lord requeistis the prouest, &c. to erecte and sett
Hence the English seem to have formed their vp ane sang scuill with ane maister sufficient and able
ludicrous national designation of Sawney for
830
 S A N
for instructioun of the yowth," &c. Acts Ja. VI.
1579, Eel. 1814, p. 174.
The sang sad is." Aberd. Reg. V. 16.
S A N G . My sang, equivalent to, " my troth,"
R o x b . , Aberd., Renfr.
What, civil folks 1 good sooth, I doubt it,
My sang, that's a' ye ken about it.
For sylphs that haunt the bogs and meadows,—
They warn'd us a* and bad us fear,
If ever Frenchmen do come here.
A. Scolt's Poems, p. 48.
Altho* I sav't, I'm nae a glutton;—
But sang / thought I, I'll slack a button,
If ye were scowder'd.
W. Realties Tales, p. 5.
It is used as an oath ; By my sang.
But by my sang I now gin we; meet,
We'll hae a tramp right clever.
A. Wilsons Poems 1790, p. 87-
Su.G. sann signifies truth, Moes.G. simja, id., bi~
sunjaiy in truth. Ihre says, Habemus hinc asseve-
randi formulam, mm sann, rneaiii fid em. Isl. sarm-r
id., which enters into the composition of a great va-
riety of words. A min sann, meo sensu, in my opi-
nion ; Hal dor son. The same phrase, however, is
rendered by G. Andr., as synon. with that in the
Su.G., Mehercule, p. 20,'j. Isl. scum-a jure jurando
corifirmare; soennunn confirmatio; sonnunar-eid-r, ju-
ramentum fidelitatis. Dan. sand, true ; sand-e, verimi
praedicare aliquid. The term does not occur 111 A.S.
SANGLERE, A wild boar.] Add;
iC Item, ane tapestrie of the historie of the huntis
of the sangleir, contening sex peces." Invent, p. 144.
S A N S H A G H , S A N S H A U C H , S A N S H U C H , adj.
1. W i l y , crafty, Buchan.
2. " Sarcastically clever;" 1 Gl. Surv. Moray.
2. Proud, distant, disdainful, petulant, saucy; as,
" He's a sansliach callant," Aberd.
4. Nice, precise, pettish ; as, " Y e Ye a sanschaugh
chiel," Mearns.
This may be from Gael, sean-aois, old age, qu. pos-
sessing the sagacity of age; or rath er from saobk nosach,
morose, peevish, (bh sounded as v) ; Ir. syvnosach,
Lhuyd; from saobknos, anger, bad manners. The root
seems to be saobk silly, foolish, mad; whence also
saobhmhiannach, punctilious. Isl. s a nnsagar-menu
denotes prophets, (Verel.), from sann-ur (Su.G. sa-
nir) true and saga narration. But the second is pre-
ferable.
T o S A N T , v. 71. 1. T o disappear, to be lost;
as, " It's santed, but it will maybe cast up
again Ettr. For.
2. T o vanish downwards at once without noise.
It is applied to spectres as well as to material
objects, ibid.
" What's come o my hare now ? Is she sari I it ? or
yirdit? or flown awa'?" Brownie ofBodsbeck, ii. 142.
It has been thought that this term may refer to eels
sinking into the sand. It would be more natural,
surely, to view it as originating from the sudden dis-
appearance of spirits, q. saints. It seems, however,
to have strong marks of antiquity as a verb. Aleni.
suuin-an and suuinl-an signify, tabescere. With the
prefix, firsuant is absorptus; ho die verschwand, clis-
381
S A R
paruit. Fersuuundun also sea to, transierunt tanquam
umbra. Inde, says Waehter, sclnvinden, evanescere
in auras, disparere exoculis,—the very idea conveyed
by our Sant. Su.G. swinn-a defieere; foerswinn-a,
anciently joerswaend-a, evanescere.
SAP, A ninny, a heavy-headed fellow, S . A .
ce He maun be a saft sap, wi' a head nae better
than a fozy frosted turnip." Rob Roy, ii. 16\
This is merely a figurative use of E. sap, A.S. sacp,
sucens; as conveying the idea of softness.
S A P , s. 1. Sorrow, Dumfr.
2. Tears, caused by affliction or vexation, ibid.
Here the term is evidently used metaph. like Teut.
sap van de boomcn, lachrymae arborum.
S A P O U R , s. 44 A sound or deep sleep; Lat.
saptor ; " Gl. Lynds.
* S A P P Y , adj. 1. Applied to a female who is
plump, as contrasted with one who is meagre,
S.; synon. Sonsy.
Addicted to the bottle; applied to those who
sit long, who moisten themselves well, or are
often engaged in this way, S. ; as, He's a braze
sappy lad, he'll no rise soon.
Sic sappy call an s ne'er are right
But whan the glass is fillin'.
Ruickbie's JVay-side Cottager, p. 187-
S A P P L E S , s. pi. A lye of soap and water,
suds, S.
" J u d g e of my feelings, when I saw them—ruhbin
the clothes to juggons between their hands, above the
sapples" Ayrs. Legatees, p. 2,65.
<c Saip-sapples,—water that clothes have been
washed i n G a l l . Encycl.
A diminutive from S. snip, or A.S. sape, soap. This
lye, before the clothes have been washed in it, is call-
ed a grailh, q. what is prepared for cleaning them ;
it is called sapples, properly after the operation of
washing; often saipy sapples; in Lanarks. more com-
monly Scrplitis.
S A P - S P A L E , S A P - W O O D , S. T h e weak part of
wood, nearest to the bark, S.; q. that which re-
tains most of the sap.
Analogous to A.S. saep-spone, assulae succosae,
sappy chips or splinters of wood or trees."
S A R B I T , interj. Some kind o f exclamation.] Add;
This exclamation may have originally expressed
the sensation of pain; for Isl. saerbeit-r signifies ex-
aeerbatus, exulcerans. Or it may be viewed as a sort
of imprecation, sair be it ! like weary fa', Aberd.;
q. (c sorrow take i t ; " A.S. Isl. sar dolor. Dan. saer,
however, denotes any tiling singular or wonderful;
saerl mire, surprisingly.
S A U C E , SAKCH ( S T . ) V. SARIS.
T o S A R F E , v. a. T o serve.
" In remuneration of—the trew seruice done to
ws in our saide tendlre aige,—and for geving occa-
sioun to Mlicris oure subiectis to sarfe ws diligt ntlie
in .sic \rew and lu-rtlie obeysauce—be thire nre^entis
disehargis and cx oner is oure saide traist (.'oiising,"
£\:c. Acts Mary, Ed. IS 14, App. p. (>0i.
S A R Y , Saj u y, Sak 11-:, adj. 1. Sad, sorrowfu I. ]
Add ;
3. W e a k , feeble ; synon. Silly, S.
 S A R S
" It is a sary lien that cannot scrape to one burd,"
S. Prov.; <tr spoken of them that have but one child
to provide for." Kelly, p. 181.
4. Poor, in necessitous circumstances.
You will make [ m e ] claw a sary man's haffet,"
5. Prov. fC By your squandering and ill manage-
ment you will undo me." Kelly, p. 382. u Poor," N.
5. Mean, contemptible.
" Seeing by force of truth, they are now at last
driven (dispairing of the matter it selfe) for all other
argument, to quarrel our callings, this sarie shift may
be wrung from them also." Forbes's Defence, p. 3.
£c All thir sary litill erelis to be distroit & put
clown e." Aberd. Reg. Cent. l6\
0. Expressive of kindness or attachment; as, Sai-
ry man, like E . poor fellow, R o x b . V. S A I U I E .
It has originally included the idea of compassion.
S A R I S , SAitems, " Sanct Saris d a y ; " appa-
rently, St. S e r f s day ; Aberd. Reg.
It is also written Sarce. cc Sanct Sarce day." Ibid. '
A. 1538, V. 16. " Sanct Sarcitis day ;" ibid. Y. 25.
This is the person in Lat. called Servanus. He
was contemporary with Adomnan, abbot of lona.
See some account of him, Hist, of the Cuklees, pp.
131, 132, 167, 168. He is erroneously called Ser-
vanus by Chalmers, D e Fortit. p. 133, who fixes the
day consecrated to him on the 20th of April.
S A R K , s. I I I EL AX D SEEK, a shirt worn in the
Highlands.
" Ane hid and syd serk of y allow lyning Qinen],
pasmentit with purpour silk and silver—Foure In-
glis sarkes with blak werk. Ane Inglis sark of
quheit werk." Inventories, A. 1578, p. 215.
It appears from this curious notice, that the saf-
fron-coloured shirt of the Irish was also used by
our Highlanders, and even so late as the reign of
Jam.es VI. It is here expressly distinguished from
those of the English pattern. The description seems
exactly to agree with that given by Fynes Moryson.
It is called a syd serk, which marks its resemblance
in size.
" Ireland yeelds much flax, which the inhabitants
work into yarne, & exporte the same in great quan-
tity. And of old they had such plenty of linn en
cloth, as the wild Irish vsed to weare 30 or 40 elles
in a shirt, al gathered and wrinckled, and washed in
saffron, because they never put them off till they
were worne out." Itinerary, P. iii. p. 160.
S A R K E D , S A R K I T , adj. 1. Provided with shirts
or shifts, S.] Add;
I shall hae you shod and sarkit,
Ere the snawy days come on.
A. Douglas's "Poems, p. 84.
On's back a coat o' hame-made elaith,
And underneath weel sarlcet
Wi' ham that day.
Davidson s Seasons, p. 15.
I hae keeped my house for these threescore o' years,
But how I was sarked foul fa' them that spiers.
The Rock and Wee Fickle Tow.
SARK-FU1, A shirtful, S .
S A R K - F T ; oy S A I R B A N E S . 1. A phrase used to
denote the effect o f great fatigue or violent ex-
ertion, 8.
332
A S
" A sound beating," S. ; Gl. Antiquary; or
rather the consequence of it.
" I'll give you a sartful of sore bones." Kelly's
Prov. p. 396.
— " If ye say no, ye shall hae the best sarkfu o'
sair banes that ever ye had in your life, the first time
ye set a foot bye Liddell-mote 1" Guy Mann. iii. 113.
S A I U Q N O , S A R K I N , s.\ Insert, as sense
1. Cloth for making shirts, shirting, S.
My Kimmer and I gade to the fair,
Wi' twal pun' Scots in sarking to ware ;
But we drank the gude brown liawkie dry,
An' sark less hame came Kimmer an' I.
Nithsdale and Galloway Song, p. (J5.,
2. T h e covering of wood, &c.] Add;
" I told them of the sarking of the roof, which was
as frush as a paddock-stool; insomuch that, in every
blast, some of the pins lost their grip, and the slates
came hurling off." Annals of the Parish, p. 236.
S A R K I N G , adj. Belonging to shirts, S.
" Order was given out to search the country for
hides, gray cloaths, and sarking cloath," &c. Spald-
ing, i. 289.
S A R K L E S S , adj. Not having a shirt, S . V . S A R K I N G .
S A R K - T A I L , s. T h e bottom of a shirt, S .
—Turning coats, and mending breeks,
New-seating where the sark-tall keeks.
May lie's Siller Gun, p. 11.
S A R P E , <?.
" Memorandum fund in a blak coffre quhilk was
brocht be the abbot of Arbroth. In the first the grete
sarpe of gold con ten and xxv schaiffis with the fedder
betuix." Inventories, A. 1488, p. 12.
Probably, that spiral rod, used in Popish churches,
for consecrating the wax tapers burnt during Eas-
ter ; denominated, from its form, in L.B. serpens,
(Du Cange) ; from Ital. serpe, a snake.
S A S I N E , 6\ Investiture, S . ; the same with E .
seisin.
S A S I N E by Presenting, or by Deliverance of
E I R D and S T A K E , a mode of investiture in-
lands, according to our ancient laws, S.
" It is previt—that Robert of Kinglassy promist
& grant it in jugement to Alex*. Couane the tyme
the said Alex r . begane his process & present erde cf
sla : before the alderman & balyeis in the hede court
for ec.-uering of a tennement & land lyancl in the
b:n ,h of Perth, beside the Curate Brig, that he
sul( i;;;!c- payt the said Alex r . the annuel aucht of
the said land & tennement of the tennis that tyme
biga:u-/' & c . Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1480, p. 72.
" The King—may direct his precept—to the
Schiref, or his deputis, chargeand thame to pass in-
continent to the principal messuage of the saidis
landis, and thair to tak sasine thairof in his Hienes
name, be deliverance of yeird and stane, as use is, and
recognosce and retene the samin in his handis, as
superiour thairof, to remane with him in propertie
in all time cuming." Balfour's Pract. p. 482.
This has been, for several centuries, although with
some variations, a common mode of investiture
among different European nations.
Sometimes it was merely per cespitem, or by giv-
ing a turf as part of the soil. In a very ancient re-*
 S A T
cord, contained in the Extracts from the old Regis-
ter of St. Andrews, this symbol is mentioned as used
in the time o f t h e Pictish dominion. The account
occurs in what is said of Regulns. But although
the story with respect to the reliques of St. Andrew
be viewed as a mere legend, there may be a refer-
ence to what was really transacted in the ninth cen-
tury : and it is not probable, at any rate, that a cus-
tom would be introduced which was not known to
be of great antiquity.
In memoriale datae libertatis rex Himgus cespiiem
arrep turn, coram nobilibus Pictis, hominibus snis,
usque ad altare S'ti Andreae detulit; et super illud
cespiiem eundem obtulit. V. Pinkert. Enq. i. 4(>0. App.
This turf he brought, and laid on the altar of St.
Andrew, as part of the soil of Kilrymont, which he
thus devoted as a perpetual almsgift.
We find the same symbol used in France, A. 1206.
Obtulit super altare S. Petri per cespiiem, &c. Ces-
pitem de terra donavit, et totam terrain, &c. V. Du
Cange, vo. Investitura, col. 1523.
Sometimes it was given per lapidem, or by a stone.
Et ad opus Capituli cum quodam lapide investio, et
in possessionem, vel quasi, induco. A. 1262. Ibid,
col. 1532.
Du Cange enumerates a great variety of other sym-
bols, Per herhani et terrain, Per ramum et cespiiem,
Per baculum, Per juslem ; by grass with the soil, by
a turf with a branch in it, by a rod, a staff, a knife,
a ring, a cup, <&c. \c.
''' The symbols," Erskine observes, " by which a feu-
dal subject is expressed, are different, according to the
different nature of the subjects, that may be made over
by a superior. The symbols for land, are earth and
stone; for mills, clap and happer; for fishings, net
and coble; for parsonage-tithes, a sheaf of corn; for
tenements of houses within borough, hasp and staple;
for parsonages, a psalm-book, and the keys of the
church; for jurisdictions, the book of the court, &c.
Instit. B. ii. T. 3, sect. 36.
Throughout Hindostan, infeftment is given by
means of rice and water, taken from the land pur-
chased, which the seller of the property delivers to
the buyer. Some flowers are put into water : the
seller pours the water out of the vessel, saying, " I
give you the water o f " such an estate; the buyer
receives part of the water into his hand, which is
held near his mouth, and drinks it. The heir must
be present, as giving his consent to the transaction.
The buyer puts two fa nam s into the water, before
it is poured out, as a symbol of his making the pur-
chase. These fanams, after the effusion of the water,
are retained by the seller as the return made by the
purchaser for the water bestowed, and thus as a proof
of the completion of the bargain. V. H E S P ; also
S x A I T a n d SESING.
SASTEING, s A kind of pole mentioned by
Harry- the Minstrel. V. S T I N G .
S A S T E R , s\ A pudding composed of meal and
minced meat, or of minced hearts and kidneys
salted, put into a bag or tripe, Loth., Teviotd.
Hence the Pro v., " Y e are as stiff" as a stappit
sastcrf i. e. a crammed pudding.
This seems to have some affinity to Fr. sancisse,
E. sausage.
333.
S A U
S A T T I A N , ,s\ T h e ancient mode of pronouncing
the name Satan; still used b y some old people, S.
f<r Thay teache be instinctione of Sathan, and con-
tempt of God, that his kirk lies bene inuisibil." N.
Burners Disput. f. 184, b.
Perdition ! Sathan / is that you ?
I sink—am dizzy—candle blue !
Last Speech of Miser, Ramsay's Works, i. 311.
C.B. Sathan, an adversarv ; Satan.
T o S A T I S F I C E , v. a. * T o satisfy, S.
They fill corn sacks," S. Pro v.; " spoken to
children when they say they are not full; a word
that the Scots cannot endure, but would rather [they
should say] they are not satisfied, that is, satisfied."
Kelly, p. 325.
SATUIiNDAY, T h e same with Saterdat/.
-—" On the Sat urn day ane sessioun only fra nyne
houris to tuell houris in the foir noone.—The haill
penalteis to be pay it for the Saturndayisnbsens, whair-
in thair is oniie ane sessioun." Acts. Clia. I. Ed.
1814, V. 889•
In A.S. Saelern-daeg is used as well as Saeter-daeg.
It may be observed that Saturday is marked as an
unlucky day in the calendar of the superstitious. T o
jilt on Saturday betokens a short term of residence in
the place to which one removes. It is also deemed
very unlucky to begin any piece of work on this day
of the week, S.A.
S A U C H , SAUGII, A willow, S . ] Add, after
definition;—Saugh and saufl A . B o r . willow.
Add, before etymon ;
The learned Dr. Walker mentions a variety of spe-
cies, with their Scottish designations; although, I sus-
pect, he has substituted the E. generic term for the
tree instead ofthe S.
1. " Salix hermaphroditica, Linn. Scot. Black Clyde
Willow." It is denominated from the place where it
grows, f<" on the side of the Clyde in Crawford moor,
at Black's Croft. 2. Salix mali folia ; Scot .Apple*
leaved Willow.—Augl. Goat broad-leaved Sallow.
3. Salix rubra, Scot. The Red Saugh. 4. Salix Evo-
rn'ae. The Kron willow. Grows below Evon bridge,
on the road from M oifat to Dumfries." Essays on
Nat. Hist. }). 4 2 . ttc.
S A U C H E S T , adj. longing to the willow, Perths.
The moon s • \les sweet on this clear-spring-
ing founta ,
Sweet as it r« /\s by this lang sauchen-tree.
Donald and Flora, p. 121.
S A U C I I I E , adj. Abounding with willows; as, " a
sauchie brae; a <sundue b a n k , & c . ; Clydes.
<{ An' whar [hae] ye been, dear dochter mine,
" For joy skiuies frae your ee ?"
* Deep down in the sauchie glen o' Trows,
f Aneth the cashie wud.'
Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 328.
S A U C H K N - T O U P , S. A simpleton, one who is easily
imposed on, Mearns. ; from Sauchen, q. pliable
as the willow, and Toup a foolish fellow.
S A U G H - T I I . E E , <9. A willow, S.
At the riuers of Babylon,
W7here wee dwelt in captiuitie,
When wee remembered on Syon,
Wee weeped all full sorrowfully,
 S A U S A U
On the scinch-trees our harpes wee hang, ats committed since the said 20th day of Septeni*
When they required vs ane sang. her, according to the articles and agreement hereto-
Psa. 13?', Poems 16th CenL p. 105, 106. fore taken for both the realms." Indent, Lord Dacre
S A U C H B A R I A N , s. A species o f alms-gift an- and the Master of Maxwell, Keith's Hist. App. p. 95.
ciently belonging to ecclesiastics. Double evidently signifies the double value of the
Habebunt et quartam partem obventionum que in goods carried off. Saughe might seem at first view
com muni confer untur Kilcleis, Clericis person! s et to denote the price of peace or reconciliation, and
servis, ab aliis qui ibidem sepulturas eligunt, et par- merely a corr. of A.S. saeht, saht, pax, reconciliatio;
tem que eos contingit de communi elemosina que and Su.G. saett, which not only signifies reconcilia-
dieit ur sauchbarian. Registr. Prior. Sti. Andr. p. 439* tion, but the price paid for it. But I am satisfied
The term is written in the same manner in this deed, that this cannot be the meaning, in consequence of
as contained in the Chartulary of Aberdeen, p. 13. accidentally casting my eye on a phrase used by
Macfarlane's M.S. Fol. 5, orig. Archb1'. Spotiswood, which is certainly synonymous.
T o S A U C H E N , v. a. T o make supple or pliable, " That—such as shall be found to be robbed of their
Iloxb. goods, be redressed to the double, and with safer,
according to the law of marches." V . S A F E R .
Teut. saceht-en lei lire, moll ire. It is perhaps ori-
Saughe may be allied to Teut. saligh-en salvare,
ginally tlie .same word with that which signifies to
servare; saligh, beatus, felix. 1 need scarcely say
soften, to mitigate, used in reference to material ob-
that in S. / is very often changed into u.
jects. BUT V . S A I ; C I I I \ .
S A I J G H I I A N , part adj. u Lifeless, inactive,
S A U G I i L W <idj. Soft, not energetic, S.B.
sauntering;" Gl. Pieken, Ayrs.
Syne r r,-t. .cie Winey steppit in,
Ir. Gael, seaehran-am, to go astray, seachranach er-
A sauchin .siivery slype.
roneous, straying; C.B. segur-a to be idle, to trifle,
Chrisimas Biiing, Skinner's Misc. Poet. p. 124. segurijn, an idler.
In Edit. I 805, s la very occurs instead of slivery.
S A V I E , S. Knowledge, experience, sagacity,
Teut. sacj/tt, lollis, mitis, lentus. V. S A U C I I T ,
part. : or perhaps rather the same with SAUCIIEN. Loth. Fr. scavoir, id.
SAVIE, adj. Possessing sagacity or experience, ib.
S A U C H N I N G, S AU e II T N I 'N G . 1 . II econcil iatioii. ] A del;
SAVENDIE, S. Understanding, sagacity, experi-
3. Agreement, settlement of terms, Selkirks.
cc Bot scho skyrit to knuife lownly or siccarlye on
ence, Loth., Ayrs.
thilke sauchning." Hogg's Winter Tales, ii. 41. This word more nearly resembles Fr. scavant,
S A U C H T , S A U G H T , 5*. Ease, tranquillity, S.] Add;
skilful, learned, of great experience.
A.Box*, soft, hearts ease; as, " to be at saft, to be S A V I N G - T R E E , s. T h e sabine, a plant, S.
easy and contented ; also, reconciled ;'" Grose. This " Saving-tree—is said to kill the foetus in the
is merrlv the S. word corr. in the E. pronunciation, womb.—It takes its name from this,—as being able
in the same manner as Laugh, j.a lighter, <yc. to save a young woman from shame.—This is what
S A U G I i T K i L S A W S C H J K , .?. makes gardeners and others wary about giving it
" Marclie -lanis inarkit with the sauchter"—"Ane to females." Gall. Encycl.
I have no doubt that, by the vulgar, the supposed
gret grey stane with ane saiesehir abow," i. e. above.
quality of producing abortion is viewed as the rea-
Aberd. lteg. Cent. 16.
son of the name. But in E. it is denominated Sa-
Gael, seachtar denotes the number seven. But
vin, as well as Sabine: and the former seems the
more probably a corr. of Fr. sautoir, a Saltier or St.
most ancient form of the word, as corresponding
Andrew's cross. with A.S. safine, Teut. save-boom, Germ, seven baum,
S A V E N D L E , adj. Strong, sufficient, secure ; Su.G. saefwenboom, id. This form of the word is
as, in giving orders about any work, it is com- also confirmed by Prompt. Parv. " Saueijn tre. Sa-
monly"said, c " M a k it very savendle lloxb. bina." They are all supposed to originate from Lat.
Fronithe same origin perhaps with Savendie. But sahin-a. This is written L.B. sarin-a. In Fr. both
V. SoLV EN DIE. sabine and savinier are used.
5 A U F A N D , S A II L R F I N G rep. Except, ^saving. The ancient Romans seem to have ascribed vir-
( i That this parliament be dissoluit now, saufand
tues to this plant somewhat of a similar kind. Of
that the persounis that salbe nemiuyt—sail haue the Savine Pliny says; " It driveth back and keep-
povere qnhill this Setterday cum viij dais to avise eth down all swelling impostumes. Applied out-
6 conclud vppoune the mater is abone writtin." Pari. wardly, it draweth dead infants out of the bodie:
Ja. III. 1478, Ed. 1814, p. 122. and no lesse it worketh, being but received by way
— T h e personis—remittit and dischargeit for of perfume." Ilist. B. xxiv. c. 11.
all crymes, &c. saulffing in sa fer as the said remis- S A U L , ,9. T h e s o u l ] Add to etymon ;
sioun and dischairge mycht extend to the murtheris Alem. sele, sela, seulu, anima; Su.G. si a el, Isl.,si-
of our saidis dearest gudeschir and uncle," &c. Acts al, sala ; Dan. siel; Germ, seek; Belg. side; A.S.
Ja. VI. 1579, Ed. 1814, p. 160. sa w id, sarvl, i d . ; saule, Chaucer, Yorksh.
S A U G H E , s. T h e sum given in name of sal- In all the examples given by Lye, A.S. saw I ap-
vage ; an old term used in the Border Laws. pears only as signifying the spirit, or intellectual
ec That deliverance shall only be made for the part of man, as contradistinguished from the body.
single value of all attemptats committed before the But it also occurs as denoting animal life, as in
20th day of September past, and that deliverance Matt. vi. 25. " I s not, sco saw I selre thonne mete, the
shall be'made of Double and Saughe of all attempt- life more than meat ?"
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Waeliter observes, on Germ, seele, that it signifies
both animal life, and the soul as including all its af-
fections and propensities ; Sensus ab anima ad ani-
mum prolatus. From Schilter, however, there is no
evidence of Alem. sele having been used in the in-
ferior sense.
The Moes.G. term, saiwala, is undoubtedly the
most ancient. It occurs in both significations ; as
denoting animal life in the passage quoted above,
according to the version of U! phi las; N'w saiwala
metis ist fodeinai; Is not the life more than meat ?"
In other places, it denotes the soul strictly so called;
Mikileid saiwala meina Fan ; My soul cloth mag-
nify my L o r d ; " Luke i. 46. Also in J oh. xii. 27.
Now is, saiwala meina gadrobnoda, my soul troub-
led."
Junius, in his Gothic Glossary, supposes that the
term saiwala is formed from Zd&j, vivo, and A.S. wala
fons, as signifying that the soul is the fountain of
life. But an etymon is always extremely doubtful,
when the term is supposed to be formed from two
words in different languages; or in languages which,
although they may have been originally the same,
have been long disjoined from each other.
Ihre throws out a conjecture, that Moes.G. sai-
wala, or, as he supposes it to have been pronounced,
saiv-ala, may be connected with Isl. se/'e mens, ani-
mus, also vita ; as Moes.G. ai had the same sound
with Isl. e long. He does not pretend to give the
sense of a la; leaving it uncertain whether it was a
mere termination, or some significative term. This
learned writer had not observed what might have
seemed to strengthen his etymological conjecture,
that A.S. sefa has precisely the same signification
with Isl. sefe,—intelligentia, mens, animus; Lye.
Gael, and Ir. saoghal might seem allied to saiwala
or saw el, signifying £f the world, life, a generation."
But it appears to have been formed from Lat. saccule
um, which O'Brien mentions as synonymous.
It is highly probable that this is not a compound,
but a simple vocable, traduced, through the me-
dium of the ancient Scythian, from some of the
oriental languages. The only eastern term which
I have remarked, as bearing some resemblance, is
Heb. bsw, sechel, intellectus, mens, intelligentia;
from sachal (pronounced gutturally) intellexit; at-
tend it, animum advertit.
% Mettle, spirit; as, " H e has na hauf a saulf
he has no spirit in him, S.
S A U L L P R E EST, V . C O M M O N T I E , sense 1 .
S A U L F F I N G , prep. Except. V . S A U F A N D .
T o S A U R , f . 7i, T o savour, S..
Now, inony a rantin feast, weel stor'd,
Saiws sweetly on the rustic board.
Pickens Poems, i. 79- Y SAWER.
S A U R , S A I I R I N , S. T h e smallest quantity or por-
tion of any thing, Upp. Clvdes.; probably q.
a savour, as we speak of a tasting in the same
sense.
' S A U R L E S S , adj. Insipid, tasteless, Moray. V.
SARELESS.
S A U T , s. Salt9S.]Add;
This pronunciation is pretty general in the North
of E., as in Westmorel. Yorks.; also in Lancash.
V. GL '335
Teut. saul, soul, sal; Kilian.
T o CAST, or LAY, S A U T ON one's TAIL, to get
hold of him, S.
" You will ne'er cast salt on his tail" S. Prov.
" That is, he lias clean escap'd;" Kelly, p. 380.
" His intelligence is so good, that were you com-
ing near him with soldiers, or constables, or the like,
I shall answer for it, you will never lay salt on his
tailRedgauntlet, ii. 2(>7.
This may merely signify that one person has got
beyond the reach of another. But it is not impro-
bable, from the great use made of salt in religious
ceremonies, that the phrase refers to some super-
stition, supposed perhaps to prevent or counteract
magical influence, the memory of which is now lost.
N o TO H A E S A U T TO anes K A I L , a phrase ex-
pressive of the greatest poverty or pennrious-
ness, S.
" They mak sic a din about saving, saving, that I
think in a wee while they'll no leave him saut to his
kail." Petticoat Tales, ii. 164.
SAITT-FAT, s. A salt-seller, S . ] Add;
— " Gin ye like Ise gang and fetch you your ain
address: it is lying in a neuk of our saatfat, care-
fully preserved, and just as fresh as whim it was to
ha been sent to the king." Donaldsoniad, Thorn's
Works, p. 370.
T o S A U T , v. a. 1 . T o salt, to put in pickle, S.
2. T o snib, to put down, to check, A b e r d . ; q. to
make one feel as if laid in pickle, or experience
a sensation similar to that excited by salt when
applied to a sore.
3. T o heighten in price; as, " 111 saut it for you,"'
I will make you pay dear for it, S . V . S A L T , adj\
S A U T E R , .s. A saltier in heraldry.
Suppriset with a surget, he her is hit in sable,
With a sauter engreled, of silver full shene.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal. i. 24.
S A U T I E , s. T h e name given to a species of
flounder, Edin. and Mearns. Y . S A L T I E .
S A W , s. A salve, an ointment, S.
" Ye hae a sa?v for ilka sair," S. Prov. Kelly gives
it quite in an E. form ; " You have a salve for every
sore;" " Spoken to those who are ready at their
answers, apologies, and excuses." P. 367.
" Saw, salve, p l a i s t e r G L Picken.
T o SAW out, v. n. T o sow for grass, S.
" The sweepings of the hayloft, or gleanings from
the barn floor, and hay stack, half ripened, ill cleaned,
and often musty, with a few pounds of clover seeds,
or perhaps without any other seeds whatever; there-
by scattered over the soil, forms frequently what is
termed sawing out" Agr. Surv. Galloway, p. 151.
S A W O U R , S A W E R , 1 . A sower, S . Belg. zaajer3 id.
A propagator, nietaph. used.
— <e But als the publiet quietnes hes bein brokin,
and divers troublis hes intervenit; out of quhilk, as
Almichty God hes deliverit and preservit hir Ma-
jestie from, tyme to tyme, even sa hes he manifested
hir Hienes meaning and intentioun to hir loving sub-
j e c t s , and the sawours of sic seditious rumouris to.
appeir, as thai wer indeicl, calumniatoris and untrew,
spekaris." Keith's Hist. p. 572.
 S C A
S A W C E R , s. A maker or vender of sauces.
" In a case betwixt Jo. Scot, the Sawcer of Edin-
burgh, and one Hog, found that the princ ipal lands
disposed by abase infeftment, and theacquir-
the lands being in possession thirty or forty
years, and thereafter being evicted from him by a
decreet; the said acquirer has recourse to the war-
randice," &c. A. 1666. Fount. Suppl. Dec. ii. p. 424.
Fr. sawder, id. Celui qui compose ou qui vend
des sauces. Dict. Trev. The term, as Roquefort
remarks, was originally applied to an officer in the
king's kitchen, who had charge of the sauces and
gpiceries, A. 1317, Saulcier is used as synon. with
Espicier ; L.R. Salsarius. V. D u Cange.
It is a curious trait of the more simple mode of
living in the capital, even in Charles II.'s time, that
it could give sustenance only to one maker of sau-
ces, who is therefore distinctively designed the Saw-
cer of Edinburgh.
S A W I N S , s^pl. Saw-dust, S.
This is merely a verbal noun, formed as originally
expressive of the operation of sawing: like Dan.
saugen, a sawing of wood, Wolff.
S A W I S , 3. p. sing. Either for says or schaws,
i. e. shews, represents.
" Humely menis, & complains, & sawis." Aberd.
Reg. A. 1535, V. 15.
S A W I S T A R , A sawyer, Aberd. Reg.
S A W R , s. A gentle breeze; a term used on the
Erith of Clyde ; synon. Caver.
I can see no origin, unless we view the term as
merely Sawr applied in a metaph. sense to the mo-
tion of the air, q. a savour of wind, a slight breath.
S A X O N S H I L L I N G , a shilling of British mo-
ney, Highlands of S.
" A shilling Sterling is by the Highlanders termed
a Saxon Shilling." Saxon and Gael, i. 3.
Gael, sgillin Shasgiinach, English shilling, Shaw;
whereas sgillin Albanach [i. e. a shilling Scots] sig-
nifies a penny.
S A X P E N C E , s. Sixpence, S . ; G L Shirr.
S A X T E ' , S A X T Y , adj. Sixty, S.] Add;
Among the crowd was Johny Gass,—
Rever'd aboon the common class,—
John had seen saxty simmers pass.
jsiayn.es S tiler Gun, p. 80.
* S C A B , ,9. T h e itch, as it appears in the hu-
man body, S.
T o S C A B B L E , v. n. T o scold, Buchan.
Wae wags ye, chiel, whare hae ye been,
Ye've gottin sic a drabblin ?
To gar me rise in sic a teen
An' pit my tongue a-scabblin.
Tarras's Poems, p. 63.
If not corr. from E. to squabble, formed, like the
E. v. itself, from the more primitive Su.G. Icaebbl-a,
Mod.Sax. JcabbeUn, rixari, altercari, by prefixing the
sibil ati on.
S C A B Y N I S , s. pi. Assessors; or analogous to
Councillors in Scottish boroughs.
« Anent the supplicacioune gevin in before the
lordis of artiklis & of consale, in the behalf of the
burrow masteris [burgomasters], scabynis, and con-
sale of the toune of Middleburghe in Z eland, tuich-
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S C A
ande the residence and staple of the merchandis and
merehandice of this realme of Scotlande to be haldin
at the said toune of Middleburghe for certane yeris
to cum," See. Acts Ja. V. 1536', Ed. 1814, p. 305.
L.B. Scabini, Scabinii, sic olim dicti judicum As-
sessores, at que adeo Conn turn, qui vices judicum
obibant. The term occurs in the Capitularia of Char-
lemagne, A. 805, and 813. Postquam Scabini eum
(latroiiem) dijudicaverint, non est licentia Comitia
vel Vicarii ei vitam concedere. Du Cange.
S C A D , s. 1. A n y colour slightly or obliquely
seen, &c.] Add;
But whan, owre Calton-hill, the sun
Comes glimmeran like the twilight,
The wights, dispos'd for e'ening-fun,
Flee frae the scad o' daylight.
Picken's Poems 1788, p. 53.
2. A gleam, S.O.
" We came to the eastern side of Loudoun-hill, the
trysted place, shortly after the first scad of the dawn."
R. Gil liaise, iii. 98.
" Scades o licht, flares or flashes of light;" Gall
Encycl.
8. Scad is also used to denote the variegated scum
of mineral water, S.
T o S C A D , S K A D , v. a. 1 . T o scald, S . Fr. es-
chaud-er, id.
2. T o heat by fire, without allowing the liquid
absolutely to boil, S. V. S K A U D E , V.
3. T o heat in any way ; to boil, R o x b .
S C A D , S K A U D E , 6'. A scald, a burn caused by hot
liquor, S.
S C A D D E D D E E R , or A L E , a drink made of hot beer
or ale, with the addition of a little meal, nearly
of the consistence of gruel, R o x b .
Sc A D D E D W H E Y , a dish used in the houses of far-
mers, made by boiling whey on a slow fire, b y
which a great part of it coagulates into a curdy
substance, ibid. Synon. Fleetms, also FloUwhey,
S C A D D E M , s. A bad smith; thus, " He's nae-
thing but a scaddem" Teviotd.
This seems merely a cant term, as if denoting that
he could do no more in the way of his profession
than to scald, instead of perfecting any work ; like
Burnewin, q. v.
S C A D D A W , S C A D D O W , s. A shadow, Ettr.
For., Lanarks.
" The moon was hingin' o'er the dark brows of
Hopertoody, and the lang black scaddaws had an eiry
look." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 140.
The eerie scaddows o' the aiks
Fell black ower the skinklan grun*.
Old Ballad, Edin. Mag. Sept. 1818, p. 153.
A.S. scadu, scaduwe, id.
SCADLING, A kind o f dressed skin; the
same with Scalding, q. v.
" Small wnwollit skynnis sic as hoyg schorlingis,
scad ling is, and fuitfaill." Aberd. Reg. A. 1538, V. l6>
T o S C A F F , v. a. T o spunge, to collect by dis-
honourable means. V. S K A F F .
" They scaffed throche all Scotland, oppressand the
leall men als weill as the theiff, for thair particular
commodities Pitscottie's Cron. p. 512,
 S C A S C A
Ordanis"—that thar be nae " hygging of mair Qu. if as having the wool taken off by scalding f
vittail nor snstenis thaim self, and topping ofthe sam- S C A L E - S T A I R S , s. pi Straight flights of
en,scafyng thair nychtbouris." Aberd. Reg. xvi.c. 15. steps, as opposed to a stair o f a spiral form, S.
I cannot gather from this meagre extract, whether " A turnpike stair is—a stair of which the steps
begging is meant, which might seem from its connec- are built in a spiral form,—in opposition to straight
tion with scoffing; orbigging, i. e. building in stacks, flights of steps, which are called scale stairs." Ar-
which the term topping seems to suggest, q. covering not's Hist. Edin. p. 246, N.
the stacks. V. S K A F F , S K A IFF, V. Fr. cscalier. a staif case ; a winding stair.
S C A F F I E , adj. A term applied to a smart but S C A L I N G , ' s . A c t of dispersion. V . under S K A I L ,
transient shower, S.O. SC A L L Y A R T , s. A blow or stroke, W . Loth.,
" Scqffie showers, showers which soon blow b y / — Lanarks.; apparently synon. with Sdaffert, as
c A caul' sca ff d a shower/ a pretty severe shower properly denoting a stroke with the open hand.
Gall. Encvcl. This is synon. with S K I F T , q. v. Isl. skelle diverbero palmis : skella fiabrum, skell-r
S C A F F - R A F F , S C A F F a n d - R A F F , S. R e f u s e ; ictus, flabelli aut palmae sonitu ; G. Andr. Skella hur-
the same with Riff-raff,\ South of S. Exph dim, toslap the door so violently as to make the whole
" rabble^ Gl. Antiquary. E . tag-rag and house to shake; Jantiam sic claudere:iut tota
bob-tail trepidet; Verel. The sound emitted to have
« If you and I were at the Withershins' Latch, wi' originated the 1 Su.G.
ilka ane agude oak supple in his hand, we wald not sharp sound of anv Kino.; wnence
turn back, no for half a dozen o' yon scaff-raff." Guy SC A L L I N G E R S I L U E R . ' " ScaUingcri
Mannering, ii. 51. and feis Aberd. Reg. V. 16, p. 578.
— " A n d sitting there birling,—wi' a1 the seaf and " The small custumis & scallinger sy liter for this
raff o' the water-side." Tales of my Landlord, ii. 104. yeir." Ibid. A. 1588, V. 16.
Su.G. shaef denotes a mere rag, any thing as it were These seem to be both errors for stallinger, q. v.
shaved off; raff-a to snatch any thing away, to carry S C A L L I O N , .v. A leek, Annandale. c
off quickly. But perhaps rather from S. scaff pro- This term is used in E. as signifying a kind of
vision, and A.S. reaf-ian rap ere, q. those who forcibly onion ; Johns. Phillips expl. it, " a kind of shalot
carry off the food of others.
T o S C A G , v. a. T o render putrid b y expo- SC A M B L E R) R, , s.
S. "" [Scottish]
[S( A bold intruder
sure, S.B. upon one's generosity at t a b l e J o h n s . V.
" Scag, to have fish spoiled in the sun or air;" Gl. SKAMLAR.
Surv. Moray. Scaggit, part, pa.; as, " a scaggit had- To S C A M E , S K A U M , v. a. T o scorch, S.
die," a haddock too Ion ~ ^ But this wise and valiant McDonald—wrote to the
Isl. skack-a, ? k Q r Gael. to split, committee of Murray, then sitting in Auldearn, a
to shrink ? charge, with a fiery cross of timber, whereof every
T o S C A I L , V. S C A I L , «?. Dispersion. V . S K A I L . point was seamed and burnt with fire, commanding
T o S C A I L I E , r. n. T o have a squint look. V . all manner of men within that country to rise and fol-
SKELLIE. low the king's lieutenant, the lord marquis of Mon-
S C A I R T H , adj. Scarce. trose, under the pain of lire and sword." Spalding,
— " That diuerss and sindrie persones—lies vsit all ii. 2 1 6 . V . S K A U M I T , a n d F Y R E CROCE.
—indirect meanis in slaying of the saidis wyld foulle S C A M E L L S , s. pi T h e shambles.
and bestiall, quhairby this countrey, being sa plen- — " Upoun the morn they marchit from Leith with
tifullie furnessit of befoir, is becum altogidder scairlh displayit bands to Edinburgh, and a gaird-
of sic wains." Acts Ja. VI. 1600, Ed. 1814, p. 236. hous at the comon scamells. H i s t the Sext,
Scarce, Ed. 1597* 1 d* 1' p. 190. V . SKAMYLL.
T o S C A N C E , S K A N C E , V.. To 2. •]Jdd:
form I know n o t ; but it nearly resembles Su.G* Hae thou nae fears ; I'll gie my
Nane e'er for likin' me 1 "
cere ; s'kerd-r also skerl-r, diminutio ; Dan. skaar, id. Hoggs Scot. Pi
SCALBERT, « A low-lifed, 3. T o give a cursory account of any
i n d i v i d u a l G a l l . Encycl. ——'Bout France syne did sea,
Perhaps q. scabbed; Teut. An' warn'd them ane an1 a'
aerd indoles. In Isl. ber-skallol signifies bald ; from . T' oppose ay sic foes ay,
her nudus, and skalle, cranium. An' stan* by king an law,
S C A L D , S. 1. A scold ; applied to a person, S . A. Douglas's p. 133s
S. T h e act of scolding, S. V . S C O L D . Now round the ingle in a
S C A L D I N G , S K A L D I N G , S. A species of dressed On public news they're Ibid. p. IS Is
formerly exported from Scotland. T o make trial of, to put to the
" " . callit in the vulgar toung
Acts Ja. VL 1592.
' ilk thousand," &c. Acts Sae on they bang wi' cuttie-haste
Cha. II. Ed. 1814, VII. p. 253. Scadlings, Rates, A*
1670, p. 75. V . SCORLING. Tarra/s Pmms, p. 64.
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 S C A S
To Seance has been till of late used in Aberdeen,
both in the grammatical and in the popular sense,
for Scan ; and it is not quite obsolete in this accep-
tation.
T o S C A N S E at, v. a. T o conjecture, to form a
hasty judgment concerning.
<c As I can scance at his meaning, bee thinketh my
error to be in this remarkeable : that, to, him, I ap-
pear e to make it all one thing or alike to receave the
sacraments or ordination from a wolfe or thiefe, as
to receave them from a hyreling or reprobate." For-
bes, T o a Recusant, p. 11.
T o S C A N S E of v. a. Apparently to investigate,
to examine, to scrutinize.
" H e commes more particularly to the vengence.
T o scanse of these things oner far it is but vaine cu-
riositie. Therefore it is expedient in these things to
hold fast the plaine words, that we alter not to the
one side nor to the other." Rollock on 2 Thes. p. 28.
S C A N C E , S K A N C E , <?. 1. A hasty survey, &c\] Add;
5. A transient view of any object with the natu-
ral eye, S .
0 happy hour for evermair,
That—gae him, what he values sair,
Sae braw a skance
Of Ayrshire's dainty Poet there
By lucky chance.
Skinner s Miscellaneous Poetry, p. 108.
S C A N C L I S I I I N , * . 1.Scanty increase, W . L o t h .
A small remainder, ibid.
Corr. perhaps from E. scanty, (which Junius de-
rives from Dan. skan-a, Sw. skon-a, to spare); or
rather Fr. eschantel-er, to break iuto can ties.
T o , S C A N S E , S K A N C E , v. n. T o shine; to
make a great shew.] Add;
Our bairns' expences
1 think sal twin me o' my senses;
In silk an' sattin ilk ane seances
: An' gawze beside.
Pic ken's Poems, i. 123.
44 A scansin* queyn," a good-looking, bouncing
young woman, Perths.
SCANCE, S. A " g l e a m , S.
<f I couldna believe my ain een whim I looket up
amang the craigs an' saw a red scance o' light beekin'
on the taps o' the highest o' them." St. Patrick, i. l(iS.
S C A N C E R , S. A" showy person, Clydes.
2. One who magnifies in narration, ibid., Mearns.
SC A N N A C H I N , part. pr.
<( An' see, Leddy Rosy bell, how beautiful the sun
is scannachiii on the water." Saxon and Gael, ii. 99*
Gael, scainnea, a sudden eruption.
* S C A N T L I N G , s. A scroll of a deed to be
made, a rude sketch, Ayrs.
" Hae ye made ony sort o' scantling o* what you
would wish done ?" The Entail, i. 145.
Fr. eschantillon, £C a pattern, a sample;" Cotgr.
S C A N T - C T - G l i A C E , s..A wild, dissipated fel-
low, S .
" I kenn'd that Scant-o'-grace weel aneugh frae
the very outset," said the Baillie,—" but when blude
was wrarm, and swords were out at ony rate, wha
kens what way he might hae thought o' paying his
•lights r Rob Roy, iii. 33.
838
C A
S C A P , s. Used in the same sense with Scalp.,
for a bed of oysters or muscles,
" For the saidis landis of Pilmure, the Linkis, the
MussiIscap, and pece land callit the Salt gerss," &c.
Acts Ja. VI. 1612, Ed. 1814, p. 517. V. S C A U P .
S C A P E T H R I F T , 6'. A spendthrift, a worth-
less fellow, q. one who escapes from all thriv-
ing , or economy.
Ni'xt vnto-Robert succeeded Hugh Southerland
earle of Southerland, called Freskin, in whose clayes
Herald Chisholme, (or Herald Guthred) thane of
Catteynes, accompanied with a number oi'scape thrifts
and rebel!s, (so the historie ealleth them) began to
exercise all kynd of misdemeanors and outrages."
Gordon's Ilist. Earls of Sutherl. p. 27.
<f In the days of William king of Scotland,—He-
raid Chisolme (or Herald Guthred, the sone of Mack-
William,) tliain of Catteynes, being accompanied
with a number of scape-thrifts, rebells, and rascalls,
(so the historie ealleth them), began to exercise all
kind of misdemeanors, by invading the poor and
simple people with spoilings and slaughters, in all
pairts thereabouts." Ibid. p. 432.
S C A R , S K A I H , S C A U R , .V. 1. A bare place on
the side of a steep hill, &c.] Add ;
— " The Nevis overflowed many parts of the glens,
and the nameless torrents, that in dry weather ex-
ist not, were tumbling down in reddened foam from
every scaur.3 Lights and Shadows, p. 376.
S C A R , adj. W i l d , not tamed, Shetl.
" There have been several petitions presented,
anent the great abuse that has been committed in
several parodies by the keeping of scar sheep, the
owners thereof running and hunting them with dogs,
to the great prejudice of their neighbours,—who
have tame sheep. There was a petition presented,—
that such as had scar sheep might be appointed to
tame them." Agr. Surv. Shetl. App. p. 6 l .
This is evidently the same with Skar, from IsL
skiarr, f u g a x ; these sheep being called scar, be-
cause they fly at the approach of man.
S C A R , s. • Whatever .causes alarm, S.
" If this new custome be imposed, it wilbe a scar
and hinder to Strang ear is to come heir for coale."
Acts Cha. I . Ed. 1814, Vol. V. 182. V. S K A R , S.
S C A R C E M E N T . V. SCARSEMENT.
S C A R E , S K A RE, s. Share, Ayrs.
se Nae doubt, yours lias been an eydent and in-
dustrious life,—and hitherto it has na been without
a large scare o' comfort." The Entail, ii. 56..
This is doubtless the old pronunciation; from A.S.
scear, id. scear~an, Su.G. skaer-a partiri.
S C A R G I V E N E T , s. A cant word for a girl,
from twelve to fourteen years of age, used in the
W e s t o f Scotland, in the neighbourhood o f
Glasgow, and in Ayrshire.
S C A R N O C H , S K A R N O C I I , 5. 1 . A number, a
multitude; u a skamoch o" words," a conside-
rable quantity of words, Ayrs.
2. A noisy tumult, Lanarks.
Teut. schaere, grex, turma, multitudo; collectio,
congeries; schaer-en, congregare; Su.G. skara, tur-
ba, coliors.
S C A R N O G H I N ; S. A great noise, Ayrs.
 S C A S
SC.AR.RIE, S C A U R I E , adj. Abounding with scaurs.
V. SCAR, S k a i r .
SCARROW, 1. Faint light, especially that
which is reflected from the wall, Galloway.
The farmer—ca's frae his cot
The drowsy callan ; wi' unwilling step
He stalks the bent, wi' scarrow o' the moon,
To tend his fleecy care.
Davidson s Seasonsp. 7-
There are various Goth, terms to which, in this
sense, scarrow might seem allied; Isl. skiar, a win-
dow, transenna, fenestra, G. An dr.; properly, one
made of thin and pellucid parchment, Verel. Ind.;
MoesG. skcir-an, ga-skeir-an, illustrare; sLiner, cla-
ms, perspicuus; Su.G. skaer, ,v/r/r, lucid us, as skirduk,
a pellucid cloud. It might seem, indeed, radically al-
lied to Sky rin, q. v. as applied to the rays of light.
A shadow, Ettr. For., Gall. ; Scaddow, synon.
" The scarrow o' a Ml!, the shadow of that hill ;
the scarrow o' a cfaw, the shadow of a crow,—on the
earth,*while it flies in the air;" Gall. Encycl.
Fancy might suggest, that in this sense the term
were allied to Gael, scaradh a separation, scar-am to
separate; the shadow being as it were parted from
the substance. But had this been the origin, there
would have been most probably some vestige of the
application of the Celt, term in this sense.
T o S C A R R O W , V. N. ' T o emit a faint light, Gal-
loway, R o x b .
2. T o shine through the clouds. I n this sense,
it is said of the moon, Ifs scarroxving, ibid.
S C A R S E M E N T , s.] Insert, as sense
1. T h e row of stones which separate the slates of
two adjoining roofs, S.
2. T h e edge of a ditch where thorns are to be
planted.] Add;—that part which projects when
a dike is suddenly contracted ; Galloway.
" For a dyke of sixty inches, there the stones are
of a moderate size, twenty-eight inches is a proper
width at the grass, leaving a scar cement of two inches
on each side when the first row of stones is laid."
Agr. Surv. Gall. p. 85.
3. A projection among rocks. Gall.
rc Scarcement, a shelf amongst rocks ; a shelf lean-
ing out from the maiii face of a rock ; on scarcements
build s e a - f o w l G a l l . Encycl.
T o S C A R T , v. a. 1. T o scratch, S . ] Add;
O.E. scratte. " I scratte, as a beast do the that
hath sharpe nayles. Je gratigne. The catte hath
scratte hym by the face." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 353, b.
4. It is sometimes applied to indist inct writing, or
b y the illiterate to writing of any kind, S.
"Alice—readily confided to her the whole papers
respecting the intrigue with G 's regiment, of
which she was the depository.— c For they may o-
blige the bonnie young lady and the handsome young
gentleman/ thought Alice, 4" and what use has my
father for a whin bits of scart ed paper r" Waverley,
iii. 256, 257.
T o S C A R T out, v. a. T o scrape clean ; applied
to a pot or dish, S.
I wiss Auld Reekie, dainty quean,
May lang scart oid her coggie clean ;
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C A
An* may she ne'er want goods nor g£:at^
To gust her gab on a new year 1
J. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 52,
To scart out clean, is obviously a tautology".
S C A R T I N S , s. ])l. W h a t is scraped out o f any
vessel; as, " the scartins o f the pot," S.
" Scarlings, the scrapings of a pot," Gall. En eye.
Fr. graliu is used in this very sense.
T o SO AH T one's B U T T O N S , to draw one's hand
down the breast of another, so as to touch the
buttons with one's nails ; a mode of challenging
to battle among boys, R o x b . , Loth. ; perhaps a
relique of some ancient mode of hostile defiance.
S C A R T , S. 1 . A scratch.] Insert, as sense.
2. A meagre puny-looking person, S.
4. Applied to writing, the clash of a pen, S.
" The man is not fined yet.' 4 But that costs but
twa skarts of a pen/ said Lord Turn tippet." Bride
of Lammermoor, i. 136.
T o S C A R T L E , V. a. T o scrape together by taking
many little strokes, Clydes., R o x b .
A diminutive from the v. To Scart.
S C A R T L E , S. A n instrument, resembling a hoe,
for cleaning a cow-house, Ettr. For. ; Scraplc,
synon.
T o S C A S I I , v. n. T o squabble, Aberd.
Ye ken I like ne fash ;
But fan anes folk begin to scash,
I'm fear'd for harm.
TV. Beattics Tales, p. 1 p.
Fr. cscach-er, (l to beat, batter, or crush flat; to
thrust, press, knock," & c . ; Cotgr. Isl. skass, foe-
mina gigas, insolens, Hal dors on ; skessa, Cyclopica
niulier, whence skess-ast, desaevire, inhorrere ; G.
Andr. l3an. skose denotes " a nipping jest, a taunt,
a scoff ;" and skos-cr, £c to jeer, to taunt, to scoff.'J
S C A S S I N G , s. Perhaps, beating.
<4' Bying of wool in land wart, & scassmg of wther
nychtbouris callandis." Aberd. Reg. A. 1535, V. 15.
i. e. " the boys belonging to their neighbours."
S C A T , s. Loss, damage; for Skaith.
It is part of the scat of the geir quhilk was cas-
tine fnrtht of the schipe." Aberd. Reg. V. 25.
T o S C A T , v. n. To Scat and Lot, to p a j shares
in proportion, to pay scot and lot.
" Gif ony ship tine be storm of wether,—the mer-
c h a n t s are not haldin to pay ony thing thairof, nor
to scat and lot thairfoir." Balfour's Pract. p. 623.
Almost all writers have expl. the phrase Scot and
Lot, in its secondary sense only, without adverting
to what seems to have been its original use. Isl.
skaut, Su.G. shod, and Dan. skiod, signify sinus ves-
tis ; fimbria ; Moes.G. skaut denoting the hem or lap
of a garment. The word was used concerning alie-
nation of property ; " lots being cast into the lap of
the purchaser, or a rod, sometimes a turf, as a sym-
bol of the transfer." When heritable property was
to be divided among minors, rods or lots were cast
into the skoet or lap of their nearest relations; and as
these were drawn the division was determined. V.
Hire, vo. Skoet, col 6I S. The terms skoet and lutf
were both used in regard to this transaction. See
also Du Cange, vo. Scot are. The accurate Kilian,
 S C A S
; ; deriving schotte from schati-en censere/But
its connexion with lot? It had oc-
to me, that skoet might be secondarily used
to denote a tax, as it was the ancient mode of col-
lecting money to cast it into the lap of the receiver,
from skoet-a, in sinum conjicere: and I find that as
Germ.
that fC a tax is
S C A T T , T h e name of a tax paid in Shet-
land.] Add;
Scattis understood to be a tax properly payable
to the king for the privilege of pasturing on the
hills or commons, and of cutting peats there. For
all land which is not the property of an individual,
is supposed to belong to the king. Hence the desig-
nation of Scatt-hutter, Orkn., Shetl., Scatt-oil, Shetl.
T o S C A T , V. A. T o subject to the tax denomi-
nated Scat, Orkney.
— " And na forcop quia double malt scattitr Ren-
tall Book of Orkney, p. Q.
Su.G. skalt-a, tributum exigere; also, tributum
pendere; Teut. schaU-en. L.B. scott-are, id.
SCATHOLD, SCATTHOLD, SCATTOLD, SCATTALD,
Open ground for pasture, or
S C A T H A L D , S.
for furnishing fuel, Shetl., Orkn.
" The unculti vated ground, outside of the enclo-
sure [or town], is called the Scallhotd, and is used
for general pasture, and to furnish turf for firing."
Zetl. i. 148.
The hills and commons are again divided into
' Y . S C A T T , .9.
Perhaps from Isl. skatt, and hald usus, q. holding
also custodia, from one sense of hald-a, which is pas-
cere. Verelius, however, mentions skattlod as signi-
fying praedium vectigale. If this be the original
form, the last syllable must be from lod terra, fundus.
SCATLAND, L a n d paying the duty distinguish-
ed by the name of Scat, Orkn.
" Item w t Flawis j d terre scatland an4 in butter
scat vij d,—And in land male the said d terre scat-
land an4 viij m." Rentall of Orkney, A. 1502, p. 12.
S C A T T A L D E R , S. One who possesses a portion of
pasture ground called scattald.
« That the sheriff of each parish, with twelve ho-
nest men there ride the marches of the parish, be-
twixt the first of October and the last of April year-
ly, or when required thereto by the scatlalders, un-
der the pain of £ 1 0 Scots." App. Surv. Shetl. p. 7.
I N S C A T T A L D E R - , s. Apparently a possessor o f a
share in the common or pasture ground called
* Scattald, Shetl. .
or inscattalders, oppressing and overlaying the neigh-
bourhood, be instantly removed, after due advertise-
ment given their rs, and that at the kirk-door,
under the pain of to the king."
Ibid. p. 6.
OUTSCATTALDER, <?. A p p a r e n t l y , one who has
share in the pasture ground. V. I ^ S C AV T T A L D I
S C A T T E R G O O D , s. A spendthrift, S.
" And now, my lords, there is that
340'
C A
tergood, the laird of Bucklaw's
lucklaw's fine, to be <
it goes to my lord Tr
Bride of Lammermoor, i. 135.
To S C A U D , a. T o scald, S . V. S K A U D E .
S C A U D , S C A W D , s. u A disrespectful name f o r
t e a ( G a l l . Encyc.) probably imposed by those
who thought it of no other use than to scald or
slmtid the mouth, as it is sometimes contemp-
tuously called het water.
T o S O A I J M , S C A M E , v. a. T o burn slightly ;
to singe, S.
SCAUM, SKAUM, ,9. 1. T h e act of singeing clothes
by putting them too near the fire, or by means
of a hot iron, S.
A slight burn, S.
But ay whan Satan blaws the coal,
I find its best the scaum to thole.
Pickett's Poems, i. 132.
3. T h e appearance caused b y singeing; a slight
mark of burning, S . V . S K A U M , and S C A M E .
S C A U M 0 ' T H E S K Y , " the thin vapour o f
the atmosphere Gall.
Mactaggart leaves the sense rather indefinite; for
he first speaks of - the thin white vapours," and says
afterwards, « There is red scaum, white scaum, and
many o t h e r s G a l l . Encycl.
He seems to view the term as the same with E.
scum. For this is part of his definition,—" the scum
of the sky." It is probably allied to Su.G. skumm,
subohscurus, q. that which partially darkens the eye;
Isl. skaum, erepusculum, skima, lux parva, also expl.
SCAUP, SCAWP, SCAWIP, 1. T h e scalp, the
scull, S. This word is usedin a ludicrous phrase,
equivalent to, I'll break your s c u l l ; " IT1 gie
you sic a scallyart, asll gar a"5 your scaup skirl.11
lem on a
Tarras's Poems, p. 17-
2 . A bed or stratum o f shell-fish ; as, « an oyster
scaup" S. I t seems to be denominated from
the thinness of the layer.
" The scawip of mussillis &kokilliss." Aberd. Reg.
3. cc A small bare k n o l l ; " Gl. Sibb., S.
S C A W , s. 1. A n y kind of scall, S.
2. T h e itch, S.
8. xV faded or spoiled mark, Dumfr. Hence,
S C A W ' D , S C A W ' T , part ad]. I . Changed or faded
in the colour; especially as applied to dress,
i b i d . ; often ScazsPd-lilce, Mearns., Clydes.
Having many carbuncles on the f
Allied perhaps to Su.G., ' "
SCAW, A n isthmus or promontory, Shetl.
" A child might travel with a purse of gold from
Sumburgh-head to the Scant of Unst, and no ;
would injure him." The Pirate, i. 202.
Isl. skagi •
Applied to those who ren~
i b y wishing to appear
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above their rank in life, making unwarranted
pretensions to gentility, Aberd.
Perhaps from A.S. scarv-ian, sceaw-ian, videre,
used in a neuter sense, and hearht praeclarus; q. to
make " a bright shew," or ostentatious appearance.
SCAZNZIED.
The king of France, hearing of the commotioun
betuix the king & his nobiletie, willed ane revnioun
to be maid amanges thame, sua as the king mycht
keip his awin honour and priuiledges, and nawayis
to be scaznzied or preiugit." Belhaven MS. Mem.
Ja. VI. fo. 24. v.
This word had most probably been pronounced
scainyied ; and, as it respects the history of France,
may have been formed from O.Fr. escaitg-er, to alter,
to change; L.B. eschang-iare ; whence escange, bar-
ter, exchange.
S C E L L E R A R , s. One who has the charge of
the cellar.1 Add;
O.E. " cellerar, an officer, QFr.] celerier." Palsgr.
B. iii. F. 23.
S C E O L D E R , s. T h e Sea-Pie, Orkn.
" The Sea-Pie.—Haematopus Ostralegus, Linn.
Syst.—Ore. Sceolder." Low's Faun. Oread, p. 91.
This term may have immediately originated, by
the custom, so common among the Goths, of prefix-
ing the letter ,v, from kielder, the name of this bird
in the Feroe Isles, (V. Penn. Zool. p. 376) ; and this
again from Dan. hi eld, id., written kielder by the
learned Dane Bartholin, and expl. Pica marina. V.
Linn. Faun. Suec. N. 192. The Norwegians indis-
criminately use the name of Held and field for it.
The Icelanders call the male bird Tialldur, and the
female Tilldra. Tialldr, haematopus,, pica marina ;
Haldorson.
S C H A D D O W H A L F , that portion of land
which lies toward the north, or is not exposed
to the sun. V. SONIE HALF.
S C H A F F I T , pari. pa. Provided with a
o f arrows. V. Bo W I T and S C I I A F F I T .
S C H A F F R O U N , CHEFFHOUN, SAFFRON,
piece o f ornamental head-dress anciently used
b y ladies.
<( Item ane schaffroun with ane burd of gold with
Lxxxi perle send to the queue in Ingland.
— " Item ane cheffroun sett with goldsmyth werk
with xxxv perle." Inventories, p. 27.
" In the first ane safer on with ane clienye of gold
of blak veluos contenandLvm linkis, wcand ane unce
thre quarter is & haltf ane unicorn wecht." Ibid,
p. 24.
The term seems properly to have denoted a hood.
Fr. chaperon, ff a hood or French hood (for a wo-
man) ; also any hood, bonnet, or letice cap Cotgr.
L.B. caparo, capero, capiro, from Fr. chaperon, by
the inhabitants of Languedoc called capayro, teg-
men capitis, cuculla. D u Cange views the term as
equivalent to brevior capa ; although others derive
it from the Lat. term capronae used by Lucillius in
his Satires to denote the hair which was before the
forehead, quasi a capiie pronac. Non. Marcell. cap. 1.
In Computo Stephani de la Fontaine, A. 1351. Pour
Madame la Duchesse de Lembourc, fille de Mons.
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le Due cle Norman die, 2. Chaperons, Tun pendant,
Fautre a enfourmer, tout fourre de menu vair. Some-
times it was worn loose or open, at other times close.
Belg. kaproen, a nun's h o o d ; Teut. kapruyn cal-
antica, capitium, mitra, mitella, &c. ; Kilian.
S C F I A I F E , S C H E I F , S. A quiver or bundle of
arrows.] Add;
Whether the term was formerly used in E. in the
same sense, is uncertain ; but the L.B. term garba,
corresponding with sheaf is found in Rymer. Vice-
comes Gloucestriae provideat infra ballivam suam de
mile Gar bis sagitlarum. T. 5. p. 245. The same term
occurs in our laws ;—in the very place indeed given
above, according to Skene's translation; Vna garba
sagittanim, scilicet, viginti quatuor sagittas, &c.
Wachter has fallen into a curious blunder here, or
perhaps his printer, (vo. Garbe). which Hire lias
adopted, (vo. Kerfwe), and which I would certainly
have followed, had I not thought of examining the
reference. He says, that, according to Du Cange,
the phrase occurs, in Statutis Roberti I. Regis -Sici-
liae. But Du Cange refers only to the Statutes Ro-
berti I. Regis Seotiae. By such inadvertence are
errors continued.
Wachter subjoins that the mod. Sax. word schcub
corresponds in signification.
SCHAIvLOK, Perhaps a picklock, Calling
him com mound thief & schalclock Aberd. Reg.
V . 18.
Q. one who shakes or loosens locks. Teut. schaeck-
en, however, signifies rap ere, to ravish, to force.
S C H A L D , adj. Shallow.] Add; •
Than Trent and Temys war sa schawlde,
That a barne of twelf yhere awlde
Mycht wayd oure thame, and na spate
That mycht mak thare kneys wate.
Wyntown, VII. 5, 16Q.
This adj., as also the noun sch a Id, a shallow place,
are still in common use in Clydes., and are pro-
sheaf nounced in the same manner.
O.E. " Scholde not depe. Bassus." Prompt. Parv.
We may trace this form of the word in mod. Shoal.
A
S C H A L I M , &c. T h e cornet, &c.] Add ;
Fraunces has " Schabnuse pype, Samhuca." Cooper
expl. the Lat. word by " d o u l c i m e r i n Ort. Vo-
cab. the sense is left indefinite. Sambuca, est quod-
dam genus symphonic musicum.
S C H A L M E R , s. J. A musical instrument.
" Mary had also a scha Inter, which was a sort of
pipe, or fluted instrument, but not a bagpipe." Chal-
mers's Mary, i. 73.
2. T h e person whose business it was, to play on
this instrument, or on some sort of pipe.
fc Pipers, and schalmers, were sometimes used sy-
nonymously, in the Treasurer's books, during the
reign of James IV.—James Ramsay, schahner, had a
salary of £-59, 4s. Scots in 1 5 6 3 - 4 . " Reg. Signat.
B. i. ibid. V. S C H A L I M .
SCIIALMERLANE, Chamberlain; Aberd.
Reg.
SCHANGSTER, A singer in a cathedral;
or perhaps, a teacher of music. " Johne Les-
ley k Gilbert Blayr schangsteris ;"Aberd. R e g .
A . 1538, V . 16.
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S C H A N K j SHANK,,?. 4. In pi. stockings, A b e r d . ]
Add;
The term, in this sense, has beeii used in Aber-
deen for about three centuries; Accordingly " schan-
kis & schone" are mentioned in Aberd. Reg. Cent.
3 6. It seems to have been familiar in Fife during
the reign of James VI.
"" 16()I. The 16 of Februar, ane proclamation,—
that nae wool be transportit out of the countrie, and
that nae clothe come liame nor hattis nor schanks,
nor nay thing of wool." Birrel's Diarey, p. 53.
T o S H A N K , V. N. T o knit stockings, A b e r d . ]
Add;
I have given Schanks, as signifying stockings, un-
der S C H A N K , the leg, and also the v. in the same con-
nexion, under the idea of Schanks being a cant term
borrowed by the vulgar from the use of stockings ms
a covering to the legs. But from the use of some
northern terms, I am disposed, to think that both the
S. and the V. have had a more honourable origin. For,
while there is not the slightest evidence that any of
the northern terms denoting the shank or leg has had a
similar application, we find that Su.G. saenck-a and
besanck-ia signify acu pingere, to embroider; and
embroidered work was d enominated saenckt. In Teut.
senckel denotes a latchet, any thing used for tying or
binding; ligula, adstrigmentum. It is not impro-
bable, therefore, that the word had been originally
used by ladies in relation to their ornamental work.
S H A N K E E , s. A knitter of stockings, S
" Schanks, stockings. Schankers, the women who
knit them ; " Gl. Sibb.
T o S H A N K aff, v. n. I . T o set off smartly, to walk
away with expedition, S.
It's nae sae very lang sinsyne,
That I gaed slum kin aff to shine
At kirk o' Deer.
Tarras's Poems, p. ST.
3. T o depart, b y whatever means, S.
—Syne gied a fearfu', dreary croon,
An' aff for aye he shanket
Wi' Death that day.
A. Wilsons Poems 1790, p. 202.
T o S H A N K A F F , V. A. T o send oft* without cere-
mony, S.
" They think they should be lookit after, and some
say ye should baith be shankit aff till Edinburgh
castle." Antiquary, iii. 146.
T o S H A N K one's self awa, v. a. T o take one's self
off quickly, S.
" Na, na, I am no a Roman/ said Edie. f Then
shank yoursel awa' to the double folk, or single folk,
that's the Episcopals or Presbyterians yonder." A n -
tiquary, ii. 308.
S H A N K S - N A I G I E , S. TO ride on Shanks Man,
Nag, or Nagy, &c.] Add ;
" No just sae far; I maun gang there on Shanks-
naggy" Sir A. Wylie, ii. 22.
T o S C H A P E , S C I I A I P , U.TI. 1. T o contrive.] Add;
The phrase, schape lhame, seems nearly allied to
li. £C lay themselves out, dispose themselves."
"" Anent maisterfull men that schapis ihame to oc-
cupy maister fully lord is landis bath spirituale and
temporale,—that the personis complenyeande sail
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cum to the kingis schirref or bailye," &c. Park Ja-
i l . A. 1457, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 51.
S C H A P E , s. Purchase, bargain. V. B E T T E R
S C H A P E , i. e. better cheap.
S C H A R G E ( g hard), A decayed child.
ff The said Isso11 confessit that scho hed gewin drinkis
to cure bairneis; amangis the rest that Dauid Moreis'
wyff com to hir, and tliryse for Goddis saik askit help
to hir bairne thet wes ane schargc.—The bairneis mo-
ther de5ponit that the said Issou Haldane on being re-
quirit cam to hir house, and saw the bairne, said it
wes one ^charge taikin away, tuik on hand to cure
it,—gaiff the bairn a drink, efter the ressait q r off the
bairne shortlie died." Expositions, A. 1623, Edin,
Month. Mag. May 1817, p. 168.
The same with S I I A R G A N , q. v.
S C H A S S I N , part. pa. Chosen ; A b e r d . R e g .
S C H A V , S H A V E , S., SCHAVIS, pi.
£C Ane brasin schav into ane blok upon the hicht
of the munitioun hous.
" Ane greit brasine schave into ane blok of tym-
mer garnist with yron." Inventories, A. 1 578, p. 256.
" Ane greit new Cran garnist with all necessarian
having thre schavis of bras with thair boltis and vron
werk." Ibid. p. 255.
Teut. schijve, trochlea, rechamus ; Belg. schyf} the
truckle of a pully; Germ, schcihe, id.
SFIAVELIS, 5. p i
For teine I can not testifie
Flow wronguslie they wroght,
When they there prince so piteouslie
In prisone strong had brought:
Abu set hir, aecuset hir,
With serpent wordis fell,
Of schaveUs and rebellis,
Lyk hiddeous houndis of hell.
Granges Ballat, Poems 16th Cent. p. 279.
This can scarcely be a corr. of schdvelling ; as I
have not observed that the latter is ever applied to any
but Roman priests. Teut. schaev-en is rendered, int-
pudenter et inverecunde petere; Kilian.
Perhaps, depredators, from L.B. scavilUum, praeda.
T o S C H A W , v . a. T o shew.] Add;
S C H A U , S C H A W , S H A W , S. Appearance, show.
Tliay—ar hot neu intra dit men, and apostatis
from the eatholik religion, lyk unto your selfis; and
hesmi schau of the face of ane kirk." N.Burne, F . 1 2 3 , a.
— " To put farr from us all shaw or appearance of
what may give his Ma. the leist discontent, we have
resolved for the present onlie to mak remonstrances,"
&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 287-
A.S. sceaurv, a shew.
S c 11 a w - f a 1 r , s. A n y thing that serves rather
for shew, than as answering the purpose in view,
A b e r d . ; an inversion o f the E . phrase, a fair
shew.
S C H A W A N D M O D E , the name anciently given to the
indicative mood in our Scottish seminaries.
" Indicatiuo modo, schawand mode." Vaus' Rudi-
menta, B 6, b.
T o S C H A W E , fe. a. T o sow.
f f Alsua he taks of Litill Dunmetht part fra the
Tode stripe to Edinglasse, that is alsmekill land as a
celdr of aits will schawe." Chart. Aberd. MS. Fol. 140,
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S C H A W I N G , s. Used for wapinscluttving.
— " At thai mak thar schawingis & monstouris
with sic harness and wapnis as thai haif." Acts J a.
V. 1540, Ed 1814, p. 368.
Here schatving is conjoined with musters. V. Mox-
STOTJR.
S C H A W L D E , adj. Shallow. V. S C H A L D .
. S C H E A R , <s\ A chair. " A n e gret akkyn scliear?
» a great oaken chair, Aberd. Reg.
T o S C H E D , S H E D rcilh, v. n. T o part with, to
separate from.
" O ! if I had back again where I had it once, ten
thousand worlds should not gar me shed with it
again." W. Guthrie's Serm. p. 1 6.
" Whatsoever thou hast done, if thou hast a de-
sire after Jesus Christ,—and cannot think of parting
with his blessed company for ever; or, if thou must
shed with him, yet dost wish well to him and all his,
thou needest not suspect thyself to be guilty of this
unpardonable sin." Guthrie's Trial, p. 215.
S C H E D , SCHEDE, 6*. The sched of the hair, the
division of the hair, &c.] Add;
— " Suffering these sparkles of goodnesse to die
out, after that they haue shaken out of their mouth
the bridle of restraining grace while it is cast loose,
lying upon their maine, tliev plod on from one sinne
to another, till shame bee past the shedde of their hairc,
so that they bee passed all feeling." Z. Boyd's Last
Battel 1, p. 269.
The only idea I can form of this singular figure is;
that, as it is the face which is subject to blushing, the
persons, to whom this language is applicable, have
so lost all sense of shame, that their blushes are vi-
sible on no part of their countenance; so that the very
power of testifying consciousness of doing wrong has
as it were receded from every part that can possibly
indicate this, and sought a hiding-place for itself
amidst the hair that covers their heads. The meta-
phor might almost seem to be borrowed from the lan-
guage of inspiration, Jer. 8. 8., in which Jerusalem
is charged with such impudence ofjbrehead, that she
refused to be ashamed."
Besides the Belg. phrase quoted in DICT., there is
an old Teut. one mentioned by Kilian, schej/dzel des
hoofds, sinciput; q. " the shed of the head." He expl.
scheydsel, divisio, separatio. The Swedes have a sin-
gular phrase, meant to convey the same idea as ours;
Hon har bitit hnfmidet afskammen; She is past shame;
literally, " She has bitteirthe head off shame." The
learned Verelius has given an old Isl. proverb, which
has a considerable portion of that kind of zest, which
seems to have been so grateful to our honest but un-
polished ancestors. Skomhundum skiiu refar i brunai;
Impudentibus canions cacarunt vulpes in fonte vel
puteo.
' S C H E I E , s. T h e cheek, Aberd. R e g .
S C H E I P - H E W I T , adj. Having the hew or co-
lour of thewool, as it comes from the sheep, notdy ed.
This lowrie little ansuer mack is
Bot on a gray bonnet he tack is;
A scheip hewit clock to cover his cleathis ;
But lad or boy to Leyth he geathis;
Lapp in a bott, and maid him boun;
Sen syne he cam not in the toun.
Legend Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16/A Cent. p. 342.
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Th us it appears, not only that cloaks or m a n -
tles of undyed wool had been worn in the beginning
of the seventeenth century, by men of the lower
classes, but that this term was then in use.
S C H E I L L , in pi. Schelis. V. S H E A L .
S C H E Y T S C I I A I V K I N G , s. A duty formerly
exacted from farmers, who bad grain to sell, in
the market of A bcrdeen. Those v. ho bought, up
the grain had claimed as a perquisite all that ad-
hered to the sacks, sheds, &c. Aberd. Reg. A .
1541. V. S k a t t , r.
S C H E L L I S , s. pi Apparently, scales. " A
pair of schellis Aberd. Reg.* Teut. schaele,
lanx.
S C H E I R A R , .9. A reaper. V . S H E A R E R .
SCHELL-PADDOCK, T h e land-tortoise.]
Add;
That this had been the common name in the first
part of the seventeenth century appears from Wed-
derburn. Testudo, a shel-poddoc'k." Vocab. p. 15.
SGHELLUM, A low worthless fellow.
The gratitude of thae dumb brutes, and of that
puir innocent, brings the tears into my auld een,
while that schellum Malcolm—but I'm obliged to
Colonel Talbot for putting my hounds into such good
condition, and likewise for puir Davie." Waverley,
iii, 846.
Skinner gives shellum in the same sense. V . SHELM.
S C H E R A G G L E , s. A disturbance; a squabble,
U p p . Clydes. V. S H I R RAG L I E .
T o S C H E S C H , v. a. To elect, to choose. Schc-
schit, Aberd. Reg. V. 16.
T o S C H E T E , v. a. T o shut.] Add;
This P. was used in O.E. " Schelly n with lockes.
Sero. Obsero.—Sehelynge, schettynge or sperynge.
elausura. Schett i/wre out. Exclusio." Pronmt. Parv.
To SCHEW/tOh. T o sew, S.
%ff Item, ant* dowblet of blak sating eat 1 it out upoun
bla.k taaate, with ane small iVeinye »jf g->hh ::ad >Mil-
iums of sehewing gold in the brei.-i.'"' I a\ entm-u^.
A. 15 1-2, p. S;). Tiiis, in the next ai'iicle, i- called
" sewing gold."
S C1111) E , S c. ii Y i) E , S Y D E , s. 1. A sni al 1 piece
of wood ; a billet.] Add ;
O.E. " Sehi/de wode. Teda. Assula vel Astula.
Cadi a." Prompt. Parv.
" Scyde of wode, [TV.] buche, movie de buches;"
Palsgr. B. iii. F. 6l, b.
S C H I L L , Sen 1 L, adj. Chill, S . B . ] Add;
Schilh ibid. 134, 87. The S. pronunciation has
more affinity than the E. to Su.G. s-wal subfrigidus;
a word, which, according to Hire, is used only by
the Swedes. Hence Isl. swal-a refrigerare. He says
that it properly denotes dullness produced by the
breeze, from swaler, aura. But as E. chili has been
immediately formed from A.S. cele, algor, perhaps
we ought to trace Su.G. swal to kyUa refrigerare.
S C H I M M E R , s. Glare.
" W e descried, by the schhnmer of the snow, and
a ghastly streak of moon-light—that passed over the
fields, a farm steading." It. Gilhaize, ii. 276.
fC The ocean was all glowing and golden with the
schimmer of the setting sun." Ibid. i. 45. V. Skim-
ME R I N .
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S C H Y R , 1. A county, like E.
A division of land leas* than a county,
times only a parish.
f And likwiss ye pass pass to the chvmeis of the thrid
part of the landis of Leddyntosh \ ;and
" Rothmays, and
thair : lyand within the schyr of Ilane and
of Aberdene," &c. A . 1523, Chartul.
Aberd. Fol. 147-
In a deed of the Bishop of Aberdeen, in the same
Chartulary, this schyr is denominated a parish.
— D e duabus partibus terrarum nostrarum de
Rothmays, parochia' cle Rain &c. Fol. 156.
In a charter granted by David I., to the Abbey of
Dunfermlin, mention is made of schiram de Kircal-
duitt, i.e. Kirkcaldy ; schiram de Gellad, and schiram
de Gatemile, which probably had no higher claim to
the designation. Chart. Dunferml. "Dalrymple's
Coll. p. 383.
The original word is A.S. scir, scyr, a share, a divi-
sion , from scir-an, to shear, to cut, to divide. It is only
• arbitrarily applied to a county ; for it properly de-
. indefinite section. Therefore, although it
, what is strictly called a shire, it also signi-
a parish. In this sense, it is sometimes conjoined
with;h the term preost, a presbyter or priest; preosU
scyre, sacerdotis provincia, parochia. In the same
manner,it is extended to a diocese; sometimes singly,
at other times combined with the term bisceop. 'Bis*
ceop-scyre, episcopalis provincia, dioceesis. V. Lye,
To SCHIRE, a. T o pour off, &c.] Add;
S C H I R I X S , s. pi. A n y liquid substance poured
off, R o x b .
S C H I R R A , SCHIRR A Y E , A sheriff.
— " The party spulyhet or reft sail plenyhe to the
schirrayc,—and at the schirra pas to the spoulyouris
and the resettouris," &c. Pari. J. II. A. 1440, Acts
Ed. 1814, p. 32.
S C H I V E R Q N E , s. A skin o f kid-leather.
" For ane hundred skinnis, i. d. For an©
hundreth schimrenis, iiii. dJ." Balfour's Practicks,
Tit. Cusiwnis, p. 87.
Fr. chevreau, a kid. Perhaps our word is
diately formed from the adj. chevrin, of
to a goat. V. C H E V E R O N .
S C H I W E R I N E , s. A species o f wild fowl.
" Goldyndis, mortynis, scMwermisr Acts Ja. VI.
1599, Ed. 1814, p. 180—also 136.
This is the reading of our Records instead of
" Goldings, Mortyms, Schidderems;
S C H O , pron. She, S . ] Add;
The use of this term, in speaking of a
stead of naming her, had been deemed by our good
mothers so disrespectful as to give rise to a proverb,
which consists in a play on the word as susceptible
" Had you such a%hoe on every foot, you would
shochel."—" A scornful return of a woman to a fel-
low that calls her she [it should have been scho} and
not by her name." Kelly, p. 142.
The point of this reply consists in scho, and the
the same sound, S . g P *
Sciio, adj. Used as equivalent to"E.female, S.
« Quhat sayis thou than of the scho Paip Joanna,
C H
quha buir ane chyld being in processione, of the
quhilk Platina, quha vrait the Paipis lyuis, makis
mentione ?" Nieol Burne, F. 96, a.
T o S C H O G , v. 71. T o move backwards and for-
wards, S.] Add;—%<" to g o uneasily," Lancasln
" Let the world [r. warld] shogg/^ S. Prov. ; —
" spoken by them who have a mind as they have
resolv'd, be the issue what it will." Kelly, p. 240,
* « Shake from side to side;" N.
The word is also O.E. " Schoggyn. Shakyn or
Vacillo." " Schaggynge or schoggynge or
V a c i l l a t i o P r o m p t . Parv.
S C H O G L I E , S I I O O G E Y , adj. Unstable, apt to be
' overset, S.
" As for the steam-boats, they're shoogly things, and
I hae nae brooo 3 them." Blackw. Mag. Sept. 1822,
p. 31307.
T o S C I I O I R , v. n. 1. T o threaten.] Add;
2. T o scold, R o x b .
. SC HGIRLING, s. T h e skin o f a shorn sheep.
" For threscoir wollit skinnis, [i. e. with the wooll
on them,] ii. d. For ane bundle of skinnis or schoir*
lingis, viz. xxiv. i. d." Balf. Pract. Custumes, p. 87.
Shorling has the same signification in the O.E.
laws* V. Cowel in vo. The term occurs Stat. Edw.
IV., c. 4. « Shorling & morling* Rastall, vo.
Wolles, Fol. 571, a.
S C H O L A G E , 3. T h e master's*fees for teach-
ing in a school, A b e r d . R e g . ; O . F r . escholage,
school-hire.
SCHONE,pi. Shoes, S. shune.] Add;
T o C A S T auld S C H O N E after an individual, or af-
ter a company, an ancient superstitious mode o f
expressing a wish for the prosperity of the per-
son, or party, leaving a house* S.
S C H O R E , S.
" Bishop Finlay had been raised—to the dignity
—less for his love and piety than for other qualities,
which were thought in that age to be of an account
as good in the management of the Highland schores."
Spaewife, i. 54.
" A s for Edme not the ruth of a
Highland schorer Ibid; p. 144.
, this may be
allied to S. schor, rough, rugged;
I am informed that in Ayrs. the a Hie*
land shore, signifies a dark outlook," i. 1j
or forbidden prospect; apparently in
who is driven towards the land, a]
before him but the bleak and rocky <
the Highlands.
T o S C H O R T , V: a; 2. T o produce an :
abbreviation o f time, &c.] Add /
Sh^^whatSabridge7nent have you for this evening?
What masque? what music? how shall we beguile
The laisy time, if not with some delight ?
Midsummer Night's Dream.
S C H O R T S U M , adj. 2 . Causing cheerfulness.] Add;
j idea of
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S C H O T , part. pa. • Allowed to expire, or elapse.
— " We did exammate the Lard of Cesfurde our
Wardane of our middill merchis; and be his report
undirstude the occasion n of the delay of justice, gif
ony hes occurrit this tyme hyp as t, stude not in his
defalt, being alwayis reddie to haif observit day is of
Trew, and to haif maid and ressavit red res of all
attemptattis according to the law of merehis, and
yit were the day is of Trew schot on the partie of
In gland." Instruct, to Sir A. Ker of Hirsell, Keith's
Hist. App. p. 170, 171.
Su.G skiut-a upp; differre, quasi diceres ultra diem
condictum procrastinare; Ihre,vo. Skluta, trudere, s. 3.
S C H O U F E R , a. A chaffern, a dish for keeping
water warm.
Item, twa doubill planttis maid to rel raine heit
watter in maner of schoufer. Item, four schouferis"
Inventories, A. 1542, p. 72.
Fr. eschauff-er, to warm.
T o S C I I Q U T , v. a. T o shoot; to strike with
any missile weapon, as with an arrow.
The archer is, that thai met fleand,—
I trow thai sail nocht schout gretly
The Scottis men with schote that day.
The Bruce, ix. 291. Ed. iS20.
T o S C H O U T , v. n. T o dart forward, to rush for-
ward, to come on with impetuosity and unex-
pectedly ; synon. with Lans, Lance, z\
Bot me think it spedfull that we
Abid, quliill his men scalit be
Throw the count re, to tak thair pray i
Than ferslv schout on thaim we may.
The Bruce, x. 1032. Ed. 1820.
Swa sudanly on thaim schot thai,
That thai war sua abaysyt all,
That thai leyt all thair wapnys fall.
Ibid. x. 410. • V. S C I I U T E , v.
S C H O W , s. Push, shove.
As he gat ben throw,
He gat mony greit a chow ;
Bot he was stalwart 1 trow—
Ilauf Coilyear, C. iiij. a.
SCHREFTIS-EVIN, Shrove-Tuesday; the
same with Fastringis-Eioyn; being the season
allotted for very particular confession or shriv-
ing, before the commencement of Lent.
— A t schreftis cvin sum wes so battalouss,
That he wakl win to his maister in feild
Fourty florans with bill and spuris beild.
Colkelbie Sow, v. 879-
This refers to the cock-fighting usual on this
evening. V. F A S T R I N G I S - E W Y N .
S C H R Y N , S C I I R Y N E , $. A small casket or ca-
binet.
cf That William Halkerstoune—has done wrang
in withhaldin Ira Johne of the Knollis—a met al-
mery, a weschale almery, a schryn, a wayr almery,"
&c. Act. Dom. Cone. A . 1489, p. 131.
This is mentioned in the same connexion with a
tvayr almery by Sir James Balfour. Also in Aberd.
Reg. " Twa* baik breddis, ane allmery, ane vair
staw, ane schryneA. 1538, V. 16. V. SCRTNE.
T o S C H U I L T , v. a. T o avoid, to escape; used
as synon. with eschew.
VOL. II. SiS
S C H
" The kingis mat!e remaining in mcrche at Lin-
lithgow, the nobilletie and estaitis wer wrevttin for
to ane coiiuentioim the xx day of Apryle befoir the
parliament. Quhilk wes continowit to ye xxiiij day
of Maij therefter, for eschewing and schuih'ing this
conuentioun. The kingis matIe ten or xi j dayis hefoir
tuik jornev out of Ed r ." &c. Belhaveii MS. Mem,
Ja. V I . fo. 52.
Whether this be for sciiute, to put off, to delay,,
with the insertion' of /, as frequently occurs in our
old writings ; or allied to skulk, or Su.G. shi/l-a,
Dan. skiul-e, occultare ; Teut. schuyl-en} la.tita.re ; or
to Fr. sescoul-er, to slide away; or the same with Skill}
to skip, used actively ; is quite uncertain.
S C H U L E , S H U I L , S H O O L , 6 \ A shovel, S . ] Add;
School is used for shovel in various dialects, E.
T o S C H U L E , S H U L E , v. a. 1. T o perform any
piece of work with a shovel; as, 64 to schule
the roads,1' to remove the mire by means of a
shovel, S.
2. T o cause a flat body to move along the ground
in the same manner in which a shovel is moved
when a person works with i t ; as, " to schule
the feet alang the grim'," to push them for-
ward without lifting them off the earth, S.
S c H U L E - T H E - B ROD, 6'. T h e gam e of sh ov el-board, S.
ec Cachcpole, or tennis, was much enjoyed by the
young prince ; schule the hoard, or shovel-board ;
billiards; and call the guse." Chalmers's Mary, i.255.
S C H U R L I N G , S C H O R L I X G , s. T h e skin o f a
sheep that has been lately shorn,] Add;
€C His maiestie and estaitis,—vnderstanding how
necessar and profitable the schurling skynnis ar for
lyning cuschenis, making of pokis, lyning powchis,
gluiffis, and clething of the puir;—thairfoir it is sta-
tut—that na merchand Sec. transport ony of the saidis
schurling skynnis," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1593, IV. p. 30.
T o S C H U T E , SHOOT, a. 1. T o put off.] In-
sert, as sense
8. T o avoid, to escape,
rf I am confident, the safest way to shoot the shower
is, to hold out of God's gate, and to keep within his
doors, until the violence of the storm begin to ebb,
which is not yet full tide." Walker's Peden, p. 57.
5. T o Schute, or Shoot, ower, or o'er, v. a. To
entertain in a slight and indifferent way, to be
at no expense or trouble in preparation for,
S. To shoot by, synon.
" The deil's kind to them wi' his gowd and his
gear, and his dainties ; but he shoots auld decent
folk ower wi' a pickle ait-meal, and a wdieen cauld
kail-blades." Teimant's Card. Beaton, p. 26.
6. To Schute der, v. a. T o spend or pass with
difficulty ; applied to time, S.
O whare'll our gudeman lie,
Till he schute o'er the simmer?
Cromek's Remains of Burns, p. 295.
T o S C H U T E , v. •>*. Used impersonally to de-
note the inequality of vernal weather.; when
a rough blast is immediately succeeded by a
bright gleam o f the sun. It is commonly said;
" It's gude March weather, sehuihC (sheet'uf,
A b e r d . ) and shinin'," S.
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The phraseology would seem to suggest an anti-
thesis; as if schutiri referred to the blast preceding
the gleam. But as I have no proof of the use of any
of the Gothic synonymes in this sense, I suspect
that it merely denotes the breaking forth of the sun.
S C H U T E , s. A push, S . '
S C H U T E - S T O C K , s. T h e instrument in ma-
sonry and joinery called in E . a bevil, A b e r d . ;
pron. shcet-stodc.
Allied perhaps to Teut. schutt-en propellere ; or
Su.G. skiut-a prominere, because one leg of the square
thus denominated is crooked, or as it were shot out
from the rest.
S C H W Y M E , s. pi Shoes; a strangely disguised
form of sclione ; but perhaps as meant to ex-
press the Aberd. pron. sheen.
<s Tua pair of schwyne, & ane pair of new brekis."
Aberd. Reg. A. 1545, V. 1Q.
S C I S S I O N E , s. Schism.
" Alsua at ferme & faste obedience be kepit til
our haly fadir the pape Eugene—And at rigorouss
processis be maid agaynis the fanoraris of scission c,
& the agaynstandaris of the said obedience." Pari.
Ja. II. A. 1449, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 33.
Lat. scissio, a cutting.
S C I V E R , SKIVER, A skewer, S.
" If your fire be very brisk, butter of
white paper, and, with small wooden pin it
to your beef." Receipts in Cookery, p. 37-
S C L A F F , adj. To play sclaff m the grand, to
fall down flat, Fife.
It seems to allude to the flat sound made by means
of the fall. V . the v. to S C L A F F .
S C L A F F , s. A blow with the open hand, Fife ;
nearly synon. with Sclaffert, q. v.
T o S C L A F F , S C L A F F E R , t% n. 1. T o lift the
feet in a clumsy way, as by rubbing on the
or setting them down as if one's
were loose on one's feet, F i f e , Loth.,
to shqffle along, E . Sclatch may be viewed as
synon.
% XJsed to express the sound made in settiilg
down the feet in this manner, ibid.
Belg, slof careless, negligent; as a.s., an old slip-
per ; doff en, to draggle with slippers; Germ, schlqf
torpor, schlqf-en torpere ; laxari. Wachter derives
it from schlapp laxus, remissus; or schleiff-en, to drag,
to trail; per humum trahere. He also views A.S.
slebc-scoh, a slipper, as a cognate term ; Germ, schlae-
ferig, ignavus, remissus.
S C L A F F S , S O L A F E E its, s. pi A pair o f worn-out
shoes," used as slippers, Fife.
SCLAF;? F E R , s. A thin slice of any thing,
Clydes.
S C L A I T E , SELL A I T , ,9. Slate.] Add;
The word has had this form in O.E. " Sclate or
flat stone. Latericia, Ymbrex." Prompt. Parv. The
synon. phrase employed by Fraunces, seems to con-
firm the etymon given in D I C T .
T o S C L A I T E , v. a. T o cover with slate, S.
The same orthography, however, occurs in O.E.
« All the foreparte
reparte of Grenewiche is couered with
blewe sclate.—1 sclate " a house with stone solutes."
Palsgr. B. iii. F. 352, b.
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S C L A T E - B A N D , S. " A stratum of slate amongst
bands o f rock Gall. Encycl.
S C L A T E R , s. A slater, one who covers roofs with
slates, S.
cf A bony improvement or ens no, to see tyleyors
and sclaters leavin, whar I mind Jeuks an Yerls."
Marriage, ii. 124.
S C L A T E - s r A X E , S I C L A T E - S T A N E , S. A small bit
o f slate, or stone resembling slate, S.
fC Ye biggit houses, and ye plantit vineyards, an'
threw away money as ye had been sawing sklate-
stanes." Blackw. Mag. Mar. 1823, p. 313.
It is a vulgar superstition, that the money given
by the devil, or any of his emissaries, as a reward
for service, or as arles on entering into it, although
when received it had every appearance of good coin,
would against next day appear merely as a piece of
slate. To this superstition there is a reference in
the following passage.
"" She laid on the table a small piece of antique
coin.—Said his gentle sister, < Gie the ladie back
her bonie die, and be blithe to be rid on't—it will
be a sclale-slane the mom, if not something worse."
The Pirate, i. 136-7.
S C L A T E R , s.] Insert, as definition ; — T h e
Wood-louse, Oniscus asellus, Linn., S.] Add;
Supposed to derive this name from being common-
ly found under the slates, S. sclates, of old houses.
SCLATER's EGGS, " Little white eggs like beads,
found amongst red land;" Gall. Encycl.
T o S C L A N D E I i , S K L A X D E R , v. a. T o slan-
der, S . B . ] Add;
" I sd a under one, I hurt his good name with my
yuell raporte." Palsgr. B. iii. 352, b.
Menage, Du Cange, and Roquefort trace Fr. es-
clandre to Lat. scandal-wm. The Fathers de Tre-
voux prefer Lat. clades. Bat it seems most proba-
ble that it has been an oldFrankish term; as so near-
ly corresponding with Isl. klaundur, injuria, dam-
num, Olav. Lex. Run.; klandr-a, damno afficere ;
Haldorson. G. Andr. defines klandr, Clandestinum
quid : Factio clandestina ac periculosa. The servile
letters has been prefixed, as in innumerable instance's.
T o S C L A S P , v. a. T o clasp, Ettr. For., T e v i o t .
S C L A S P , s. A clasp, or the act of clasping, ibid.
On the Border, the sibilation is frequently pre-
fixed ; as in spoach for poach, &c.
T o S C L A T C H , v. a. T o huddle up, &c.] Add;
2. T o bedaub, Ettr. F o r . ; Splairge, synon.
T o S C L A U R I E , v. a. L T o bedaub, to splash
with mud, Fife.
2. I t denotes the soiling of one's clothes in what-
ever way, ibid.
3. T o calumniate, to vilify one's oharaeter, ibid.
4. T o scold ; as 6C to sclaurie one like a randy
beggar," ibid.
It must be viewed as radically the same with
S L A I R Y , and also with SLERG, V. ; the principal dif-
ference arising from the insertion of the ambulatory
letter ii.
T o S C L A U R I E , V. N. T o pour forth abusive lan«
guage, to call names, Fife. -
—Poor sklintin Geordie,
Wha sclauried an' grain'd,
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Fell clout on his doup, It e'en might melt the dortiest she
A ' mittled an' brain'd. MS. Pc That ever sklinted scornfu' e'e.
Evidently the same with Slairy, to bedaub, used Tannahill's Poems, p. 98,
in a metaph. sense. 3. T o pass obiiquelv, Galloway.
S C L E I T I N - F I T T I T , adj. Having plain soles, Fu' fast the side o' Screel I sklented—
splay-footed, Caithn.; probably the same ori- Davidson's Seasons, p. 179-
ginally with SCLUTE, v. 4. T o cut so as to produce a slanting side; as,
S C L E N D E R S , S C L E N T E R S , s.pl 1. T h e loose " T o sklent a stane, a buird," Clydes.
thin stones which lie on the face of a scar, L a - Add to etymon;—C.B. ysglent, a slide, ysglent-iaw,
narks. Sdithers, S. A . ; also sclenters. to slide. It is strange that Dr. Johns" could find
2. Used to denote the faces of hills covered with no other origin for the E. synonyme, .y/a/ii, than that
small stones, Tweedd. Hence, of Skinner,—Belg. slanghe, a serpent.
S C L E N D E R I E , adj. A term applied to a.place co-
S C L E N T , S K L E N T , S. 1. Obliquity.] Add;
vered with sclenders ; as, a sclenderie place, a 3. A glance, South of S.
sclenderie brae, Tweedd. " I gae a sklent wi' my ee to Daniel Roy Mac-
pherson, an' he was—fa'11 into a kink o' laughing."
" The sun's reflection from the scarry braes, or
Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 24.
sclenters, as they are called, gives a warmth to the
T o S C L I C E , v. a. T o slice. V. S K L I C E .
tillage, which the season alone would not produce."
T o S C L I D D E R , S C L I T I I E R , V. N. T o slide to
Armstrong's Parish of Mannor, Notes to Pennecuik,
the right or left, when one in tends going straight
p. 209.
forward ; particularly applicable to walking on
In the northern dialects, if we except the Germ.,
ice, Teviotdale.
ski or schl scarcely ever occur; whereas «? is often
prefixed in an arbitrary way. Hence I have been A.S. slider-ian, dilabi, Teut. slidder-en} prolabi ;
inclined to think that Sclenders, or Sclenters, might more nearly resembling Germ, schlitter-n, in lubrico
be allied to Su.G. Hint seopulus ; especially as Mint decurrere.
alternates with kidl, which might seem to be the S C L I T H E R i E , adj. Slippery, ibid.
origin of the provincial synonyme Sclithers, id. S C L I F E A N S , 5 . p Z . « Useless thin s h o e s f G a l l
T o S C L E N T , S K L E N T , S K L I N T , v. n, 1. T o Enc. Scloits synon.
slope, to decline, S.] Add; Allied perhaps to Germ. scMipf-cn to glide. The
High on the sklentin skew, or thatched eave, term indeed seems to have a common origin with
The sparrow, nibbling ravager o' garden pride, E . slipper. V . S C L A F F , V.
Seeks out a dwelling-place.— S C L I M P E T , s. A small thin piece of any thing,
Davidson's Seasons, p. 43. as of a rock, Ayrs.
This seems equivalent to lamina.
$ T o look obliquely, to look askance, Ayrs. Perhaps q. slim part; as pet is used for part in
[ ne'er my neighbour's fauts am scanning Forpet, 1*. e. the fourth part. Germ, schlimm, naugh-
An' neither let ae ee nor ither ty, scurvy.
Sklent, wi' unkindness, on a brither. S C L I N D E R , S C L E N D I R , adj. Slender.
Pickett's Poems, i. 66. " Brevelie considering the first part of thair titill
4. Used metaph. to denote immoral conduct in to this thair supreme auetoritie, I land it nocht only
sclinder and licht, botplanelie inglorius, and a thing
5. T o speak aside from the truth, to fib, S.A., to deprive thaim of all auetoritie without delay, gif
Fife. thai had hald ony afore." N. Winyet's Fourscoir
" That doctor was the gabbiest body ever I met Thre Questionis, Keith's Hist. App. p. 219.
wi'; he spake for them a , and I whiles feared that Sclendir is still used in some parts of S.
he sclented a wee." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 49, 50. S C L I T H E R S , 3. pi. Dele the definition, and
— Poor sklintin Geordie, Substitute—Loose stones lying in great quan-
Wha sclauried an' grain'd, tities on the side of a rock or hill, Loth.
Fell clowt on his dowp, This may be derived from*the v. Sclither, to slide;
A' mittled an' brain'd. MS. Poem. because these stones, being loose, slide downwards,
6. T o err doctrinally, to £ro aside from the truth. the term being always applied to stones lying on a
" In this poynt ve in special ministeris of Scot- declivity. V. the etymon of Scliddcr, v.
land sayis that our maister Caluin lies sklentit, quha T o S C L I T H E R , v. n. T o slide. Y. S C L I D D E B .
grantis it [Ordour] to be ane treu sacrament." Nicol
T o S C L O Y , v. n. T o slide. V. S K L O Y .
Burne, F. 153, a.
S C L O I T S , s.pl " Useless thin s h o e s G a l l .
T o S C L E N T , S K L E N T , S K L I N T , v. a. 1. T o give
Enc. (Sdiffans synon.) T h i s seems nearly al-
a slanting direction, S.
lied to Sid ate, s.
—Cynthia pale owre hill an' glen
Sklents her pale rays. S C L U C I - I T E N (gutt.), A flat-lying ridge;
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 118. sometimes Cleuchten, Ayrs., Renfrews.; pro-
f . T o dart askance, in relation to the eyes, S. bably from Cleuch, with 6* prefixed.
T o hear the love-lorn swain complain, T o S C L U T E , v. n. T o walk with the
Lone, on " The Braes of Balandine," much turned out, R o x b .
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This is merely a more limited sense of the v. as
given in the form of S K L U T E .
SCLUTT, T h e name given to a species of
till or schist us, Lanarks.
" Schill, soft and coarse till." Ure's Hist, Ruther-
glen, p. 293.
T o S C O B , v. n. T o sew clumsily.] Add ;
Scpwb, id. Ettr. For. Qu. to resemble a thatcher
in placing his scobs at a distance from each other ?
SeoBEME, S C O B R I E , s. T h e act of sewing coarse-
ly and carelessly, or with long stitches, Loth.
S C O B , s. A11 instrument for sccoping, Clydes.
S C O B , * . 1. A splint.] Add;
8, A limber rod (of hazel) used for fixing the
thatch on houses, Clydes., Ayrs.
SCOWB A N D SCR AW. V. SCRAW.
This must be the same with Scowb, Gall. " Scowbs,
bended sticks for holding thatch down on houses."
Mactaggart. He seems, however, to view scowbed,
part. pa. as properly signifying bended.
The origin of the term must be Gael, scolb, also
sgolb, " a spray or wattle used in thatching with
straw."
It is also expl. cc a splinter;" Shaw. Ir. scolb, " a
splinter, either of wood or of b o n e ; a spray or wat-
tle used in thatching;" O'Brien. He refers to C.B.
yskolp, (this Owen writes ysgolp), " a sharp-pointed
spar, a wooden pin." Hence ysgolp-iaw, c< to fasten
with a wooden pin," S. to scob. O'Brien also men-
tions Gr. G-xcXc^, pal us praeacutus; sudes; veru ;
Hederic.
T o S C O B , V. a. 1. To Scob a Sic pp.'] Add;
2. T o gag, by keeping the mouth open by means
o f cross pieces of wood.
—" 30 Sept* l()52. T w o Englishmen were pu-
nished at Edin r for drinking the king's health. One
of them had his mouth scob it, and his tongue being-
drawn out the full length, was bund togidder be-
tuix twa stiekes hard togidder with ane skeinyie
threid, the space of half ane hour or thereby." Ni-
col's Diary MS.
T o S C O D G E , v. n, " T o pilfer;" (Jail. E n c .
Scodging is expl. " looking sly," ibid.
SCODGIE, 44 A suspicious person;' 1 ibid. i. e.
one who is suspected o f a design to pilfer,
Isl. shot, latibulum ; or shod-a, aspic ere; whence
shodan, inspectio.
SCOG, T h a t part of fishing tackle to which
the hook is fastened, S h e t l . ; syi:on. Link, or
Lenk, Clydes,
This being made of hair, the term seems to be
the same with Su.G. skaegg, A.S. sceacga, pilus, co-
ma; Lappon. skaugia, skautja, the beard, which has
probably been the primary sense, from Su.G. skygg-
a to shade, to cover, as with leaves; as the face is
thus shaded or covered by the beard.
T o S C O G , v. a, T o shelter, to secrete.
S C O G G I T , part. pa. Sheltered, Ayrs.
ee I'll be scoggit wi' my ain ham el y manner." Sir
A. Wylie, ii. 2 1 . V . S K U G .
S C O G G Y , S C O K K Y , adj. " Shady, full of shades;"
Gl. Sibb. V . S K U G G Y .
S C O G I E , s. A kitchen drudge, S.
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S C O
SCOGIE-LASS, s. A female servant who performs
the dirtiest work, S.
The AS'cogze-lass does rin wi' haste,
And bring the kale.
The liar st Rig, st. 91. V. S K O D G E , S K O D G I E , S.
S C O Y , ,9. " A n y thing badly made;" Gall. Encycl.
S C O Y L O C U , .?. " A n animal which plaits its legs
—in walking;" ibid.
C.B.ysgo signifies " a going or starting aside," i/sgoi,
" to turn or start aside, to go a si aunt;" Owen. Scoy
has undoubtedly a common origin with E. askew. V.
S K A I V I E . Scoy loch, however, more closely resembles
Su.G. skaelg, obliquus, transversus. Munde skaelg,
a distorted mouth, S., one that is show I'd. I lire de-
rives this word from ska, an ancient Goth, particle
denoting separation, and lig like.
S C O Y L L , SCUYLL, A school, Aberd. R e g .
S C O L D , S C A L D , S. T h e act of scolding; A ter-
rible scald, a severe drubbing with the tongue.,
S . ; most commonly in vulgar language scald.
As there is no term in E. that precisely conveys
this idea, Dr. Johns, has mistaken the origin of the
v. It is not, as he says, Belg. scholden, but schelden,
id. This is nearly allied to Su.G. skaell-a conviciari,
whence skaellsord, Germ, scheltwort, convicium, q. a
scold-word. The root is undoubtedly the v., which
signifies to emit a sharp sound; Alem. see 11-a sonare;
irscal insonuit, also increpuit; Gl. Lips. In Isl. the
devil is called Skolli, primarily signifying irrisor.
T o S C O L D , S C O L L , v. n. T o drink healths, t o
drink as a toast.
" Healthing and scolding is the occasioun of much
drunkenness." Acts Cha. II. Ed. 1814, i. 368. V.
H E A L T H , V, N.
—cc Men of strength to mingle strong drinke, and to
scoll as wee say : H o w call yee such s col Is ? Scols
of health. What folie is this, that a man should losse
his health by drinking the scolls of health ? Z. Boyd,
Balme of Gilead, p. 81. V. S K U L , S K U L L , S K O L , S,
S C O L D E R , S. A drinker of healths.
te Ordains the said act to be extended and exe-
cuted against scolders, filthy speakers, and makers or
singers of bawdie songs." Acts Cha. II. ul. sup.
S C O L E , s. A s c h o o l ; pi. scolds.
— " A m i to support the nurishing & vpbringing
of hir heines cousingis and cousingnessis;—and in
balding of thame at. the scoleis during thair minorit
tie," &c. Acts Mary 1567, Ed. 1814, p. 552,; i. e.
" in carrying on their education."
Lat. schola, Fr. escole, id*
T o S C O L L , T o drink healths. ¥ . S C O L D , V.
S C O L L E D G E , -9. T h e act of carrying one in a
scull or cock-boat.
Minervale, scolledge. Naulum, the fraught."
WedderB. Vocab. p. 20.
Scolledge must have been a term of common use
in S. But I have not met with this, or with the Lat.
word which is rendered by it, any where else.
T o S C O M F I S , v. a. T o suffocate.] Add;
£c jy[y Cousin, Mrs. Glass, has a braw house here,
but a' thing is sae poisoned wi' snuff, that I am like
to be scomjished whiles." Heart M. Loth. iv. 28.
S C O M E X S , S C O M F I C E , <?. A state approaching to
 S C O
that of suffocation, caused by a noxious smell
or otherwise, S.
T o S C O N , v. a. T o make flat stones, kc. skip
along the surface of the water, Clydes.
T o S C O N , V. N. T o skip in the manner described
above; applied to fiat bodies, ibid.
Isl. skund-a, ski/nd-a, festinare.
T o S C O N C E a woman, to jilt her, to slight her,
Stirlings. Blink, Glinlc, synon.
Q. to look askannce on her ?
T o S C O N E , v. a. T o beat with the open hand,
&c.] Add;
It still signifies, to beat on the backside, Aberd,
S C O N E , S. A stroke of this description, ibid.;
expl. " a blow with the open hand on t he breech,"
Mearns.
S C O N E C A P , a designation for a man's bonnet
o f a flat broad form, such as was formerly worn
by the more antiquated peasantry, Dumfr.
From the shepherd's shealing of turf and broom
to the pillared palace of marbl e and pure gold—from
the scone cap, to the jewelled bonnet—have I ever
seen song cherished and esteemed." Blaekw. Mag.
Dec. 1820, p. 322.
Thus designed, as in its breadth and flatness re-
sembling a barley scone. V. SKOX.
SCO O F , SetiFE, s. A sort of battledoor made o f
wood,used for striking the ball at Tennis, in
order to save the palm o f the hand from the
severity of the stroke, Teviotdale.
Belg. schop, schup, a scoop, spade, or shovel; de-
nominated from the resemblance as to form. The
Dan. word denoting a scoop or shovel, seems exactly
retained. This is skuffe.
S C O O L , s. Swelling in the rbof of a horse's
mouth, usually burnt out with a hot iron, Gall.
" Scooh a disorder of horses;" Gall. Ene. V. SKULE,
S C O O P I E , s. A straw-bonnet, Ettr. For.
Teut. schobbe is expl. Operculum, teg amentum ;
and Isl. shupla, a loose sort of covering for the head,
calyptra, rendered in Dan. £C a loose, upsta.ndi.ng,
woman's head-/q?/," Haldorson; shippl-a, calyptram
ordinare. Because, however, of its projecting form,
our term may be a dimin. from E. scoop.
S C O O T , S C O U T , [pron. scoot], s. I. A term o f
the greatest contumely, applied to a woman; as
equivalent to trull, or camp-trull; Moray, Ayrs.
" Base scoot P exclaimed Andrew,—' c what, puts
such a thought into your head V* 'Sir A,Wylie,ii. 159,
A Celt or Highlander can hardly receive greater
disgrace than to be thus denominated. This, it is
supposed, originates from the traditionary prejudice,
transmitted fromtimeimmemorial, against this name,
as first given to a foreign race who had intrudedthem-
selves among the ancient Gaels. Scuite, in Gael., sig-
nifies a wanderer; and though this name has been im-
posed both on the Irish and North-British Celts, it is
contemptuously rejected by both.
2. A braggadocio, one who delights in being the
hero of his own story, Berwicks; as, a windy
scoot.
This may be from Su.G. skiut-a to shoot, D n.
skutte, a shooter, q. one who over-shoots,
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S C O
S C O O T , s. u A wooden drinking caup [ c u p ] ,
sometimes scoop, being wood scooped out -?
Gall. Encvcl.
Su.G. skudd-a, effundere. V. S C U D , v., to quaff.
S C O O T I F U ' , S. T h e full of a scoot? ibid.
S C O O T I K I N , s. A dram of whisky, ibid.
S C O O T - G U N , s. " A syringe;" Gall. E o c y c l .
S C O H C H E A T , s. Supposed to denote sweet-
meats. Fr. escorch-cr, to pill, to blanch?
This term frequently occurs in the Records of
Aberdeen, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,
as in the following passage:
The magistrates gave the King a propine of twa
casks of wine, three buists Qboxes] of scorshcatis? &c.
" Thre dossan of pundis of score heal is." Ibid. A.
1535, V. 15.
* T o S C O R E , v. a. T o mark with a line, E.
T o S C O R E A W I T C H , to draw a line, by means of
a sharp instrument, a boon the breath of a wo-
man suspected of sorcery, was supposed by the
vulgar to be the only antidote against her fatal
power, and also the only means of deliverance
from it, S.
A witty wife did than advise
Rob back to gang to mau kin wife,
An' score her over, anee or twice,
Aboon the breath.
Taylor s S. Poems, p. 93.
(C The only cure for witchcraft is to score the witch
over above the breath? N. ibid.
" It is scarcely thirty years since one of the mil-
iars was tried for his life, lor scoring a woman whom
he supposed to be a witch. He had long suspected
her as the cause of all the misfortunes attending him;
and, enticing her into the kiln one sabbath evening,
he seized her forcibly, and cut the shape of the cross
on her forehead. This they call scoring aboon the
breath, which overthrows their power of doing them
any further mischief." Hogg's Mountain Bard, N.
p. 34.
S C O R E , s. A deep, narrow, ragged indentation
on the side of a hill. South of S.
IsL skor fissura, rima, expl. b y Dan. re one, a cleft,
a crevice, a gap.
S C O R L I N G , ,v. .The skin o f a shorn sheep.
Our souerane lord—apprevis and—confirm is the
tua giftis—gran tit to the—commwnitie of Hading-
toun; the ane—makand thame and thair successouris
saulf, frie and. quite fra all payment of custume of
salt and skynnis vnderwrittin, callit in the vulgar
toung, Scorlingis, scaldingis, futefaillis, lentrenvare,
lambskymiis, todskynnis, calfskynnis, cwning skyn-
nis, otterskyiinis, and fwmartskynnis." Acts Ja. VI.
15f)2, Ed. 1814, p. 580.
This is undoubtedly the same with SCIIOIRLING, q. v.
T o S C O R N , v. a. 1. T o rally or jeer a young
woman about her lover, S . ] Add, as sense
2. To Scorn a young woman with an unmarried
man, to allege that there is a courtship going
on between them in order to marriage, S.
S C O R N , s. The Scorn, used by way of eminence
to denote a slight in love, or rejection when one
has made a proposal of marriage, S*
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I was ft young farmer, in Scotland born, an be no reasonable doubt that math is the
And frae a young lassie liad gotten the scorn, same with Su.G. wad, Isl. vad, Lat. vad-um> ItaL
Which caused me leave my own countreye, guad-o, (whence Fr. gue), all signifying a ford;:
And list me into the militarye. Su.G. nmd-a, Isl. vad-a, Dan. wad-er, A.S.
Jacobite Relics, ii. 464. Lat. vad-ere, tr an sire vadum. Snorro uses vad in
* S C O T AND L O T . For the probable origin of this sense, Deir foero yfir a nockra, thar sem heitir
the phrase, Y. T o S C A T . Skiotans-vad edr Fapna-vad. Heimskringla, En-
T o S C O T , V. N. To pay taxes. This is not used glinga-Sag. c. 21. Macpherson seems justly to sup-
as a v. in E . pose that this must refer to a different place from
To scot, lot, wache, wald & w a r d / ' Aberd. Reg. Solway. Geogr. Illustr. V. S C O T T E - W A T T R E .
Cent. 16. S C O T T I S R E D . JneScottisbed, a phrase which
L.B. scolt-are dicuntur tenentes de praediis et occurs m Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16, to which it is
agris, qui Scoti pensitationi sunt obnoxii. Du Cange. not easy to affix any determinate
The term occurs - in a Chart, of Hen. II. of Engl. Some of' n my good- -friends
- - - in- the
- south
Monast. AngL L 666. Su.G. skatt-a, tributum pen- to inquire, if, in so early a period, this
dere ; also, tributum exigere. any thing but a bed1 of heathert
S C O T T I N G •and
UliU L N G , payment
O T1 TiIiiNUj UJV1JI. of
v^t duties.
JAy »_« L1V,.J.
S C O U D R U M , C I t, Aberd.
" Thair scolthig <$• ' ' lolling, with the faring of his Probably from Scud to < In Mearns, how-
gudis furthli of Aberdeen to Leyth." Abercl. Reg. ever, Coivdrum is used in the same sense.
A. 1545. T o SCOVE, v. n. T o fly equably and smooth-
S C O T C H , s. A n ant or emmet, Roxb. ly. A hawk is said to scove, when it flies with-
S C O T C H M A R K , a personal character, used out stirring its wings; a stone scoves, when it
to distinguish one individual from another, bor- moves forward without wavering; L an arks.
rowed from a defect or imperfection, whether Allied perhaps to'Isl. skyfe scindo, seco, q. cutting
natural or moral, S. the air; or rather to Sw.G. swaefiv-a, librari. Hoekm
It is generally remarked of the Scots, that they swaefvar i liiflen ; the hawk is hovering in the air ;
have a knack at describing persons from their in- Wideg. Germ, schweib-en, id. This is probably
firmities or failings. This, it must be acknowledged, the sense of Scove in the following passage:
is not an amiable trail of national character ; yet In place of the goose pen
it cannot justly be denied that it is very common Used by my forbears, I hae taen
among us. In this sense it is often said, " I'll give A pouk o Pegasus's wing,
you a Scotch mark of him." Thus, a person is de- On wliilk heez'd up I scove and sing.
signed " cripple Jock/' " hilehing Tam," " gleyit Poems, Engl Scotch and Lat. p. 109.
Andro," ( V . G L E Y I T ) . The characteristic is fre-
SCOUFF, A male jilt. A Scovffamang the
quently taken from some mental imbecility : as " ha-
vering Rah," " gawky Kate/" &c. Some moral im- lasses, a giddy young fellow who runs from one
perfection, or predominant vice, is often resorted to sweetheart to another* Border. V. S C O W F .
as the distinguishing denomination ; as, " drunken This seems a corr. from the v. Scoup, to run, q. Y.
Will," " cursing Jamie," " tarry-fmger'd Meg." S C O V I E , s. A fop, Lanarks. Hence,
With still less feeling, it is by no means unusual to S C O V I E , adj. Foppish, ibid.
i individual from some family stain, S C O V I E - L I K E , adj. Having a foppish appear-
flaw that attaches solely to the pa- ance, ibid.
:; as, " That's he whase father was hangit," or Teut. schowigh, vitabuhdus : pavidus ; q. having
s o'er thrang wi*" such a one. A startled or unsettled look. Or V. S C O W F .
S C O T C H M I S T , a phrase proverbially used to SCOVINS, The crust which adheres to a ves-
denote a small but wetting rain, S. sel in which food is Shetl.
" A Scotch mist will wet an Englishman to the Su.G. shoefwe legmen, from iid. Isl. Dan. skovc,
s k i n S . Prov. Kelly, p. 18. el'usta, Isl. skqf, id., skof-ir, sta lactea in fundo
This, though used as a S. Prov., is meant to ex- ollae adusta; Haldorson. This definition exactly
the taunt of ah Englishman in regard to the corresponds with the signification of Scovins.
: of the north ; as if we accounted that
T o SCOUIv, v. h. This is defined, " to go about
which beyond the Tweed would be
ent to give a thorough drenching.
S C O T S and E N G L I S H , a common game of game of 1
children, S . ; in Perthshire formerly, if In the following p,
still, called King's Covenanter. diately to respect the
« Then was the play of the Scots and English be- tliey girn, they glour, they
gun, a favourite one on the school green to this day/ 9 As they wad ganch to eat the starns.
Perils of Man, i. 3. 119.
Jacobite Relics, i. 1]
S C O T T I S W A T H , the frith of Solway. S C O F K , s. A look indicating
« These watry sands of Solway were termed Scot- of an immoral kind.
tisrvaik, or the Scottish ford, after Cumberland had There's something for
been yielded to Scotland ; and were also very pro- That awkward ass, wi' filthy scout Ibid.
perly termed Myreford, or miry ford.'1 Pink. Enq. ScotTKiN, S C U K I N , part. adj. Ill-looking,
£. £07^ 550
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shamed to look u p ; as, " Ye're a scoukin ill— the men's coats and great-coats." Agr. Surv. Caithn.
far'd-like carle Mearns.; synon. Thief-like. p. 207-
Apparently the same with Scoi/ging. V. SKUG, S C O U R I E , adj. Shabby. Y . SCOWRY.
s. and v. T o S C O U T , v. a. T o pour forth, any liquid
S C O U L I E - H O R N H D , adj. Having the horns substance forcibly.] Add ;
pointing downwards, Clydes. The term is used to denote one under the influ-
A.S. sceol, seal, obliquus; whencesenl-eaged, squint- ence of a diarrhoea; I si. skvctl-a, liquidum excre-
eyed, and the E. v. to Scowl. nientum jaculari; Verel.
T o S C O U N C E , v. n. 1 . T o go about from place SCOUT, S. A s y r i n g e , S. V . SCOOT-GUN.
to place like a dog.] Add ; S C O U T H , ScowTII, s. 1. Liberty to range.]
2. T o pilfer, Strathmore. Add;
I am much inclined to think that this term has been S C O U T I I and R O U T H , a proverbial phrase. " T h a f s
formed from Fr, cscons-er, to hide, to conceal ; espe- a gude gang for your horse ; hell have baith
cially as it implies the idea of something clandes- scouth and routh" S. i. e. room to range, and
tine. Su.G. skynd-a, however, signifies to procure. abundance to eat.
T o S C O U P , Seowp, r . n , T o run with violence.] S C O U T H E R , s . A hasty toasting. V . S C O W D E R .
Add ;—This term is also used in Dumfr. S C O U T H E R , s. Sea blubber, Clydes. ; deno-
Wae's me, that disappointed houp—• minated from its power o f scorching the skin.
Shou'd drive fowk frae this war Id to scoup V. SCOWDER.
To endless night! S co U T H E it IE, adj. Abounding with flying showers;
Maynes Siller Gun> p. 60. Scouihry-like, threatening such showers, S.B.
" Scoup, to rim precipitately Gl. ibid. Mair scouihry like it still does look,
It was used in O.E. as signifying to spring, to At length comes on in mocliy rook;
bound. " 1 scoupe as a lyon or a tygre dothe whan The Embrugh wives rin to a stook.
he doth folowe his pray. Je vas par saultees. I have
The, Harsi I f e st. 81.
sene a leoparde scoupe after a bucke, and at ones rent
S C O U T I - A U L I N , S C U T I A L L A N , s. " T h e A r c -
out his paunch e." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 347, b.
tic Gull, Orkn.] Insert, as proof 1.
S C O U R , s. T h e diarrhoea in cattle, S.] Add ;
There is a fowl there called the Scufiallan, of
2. A thorough purgation of the bowels, applied
a black colour, and as big as a wild duck, which
to man, S.
doth live upon the vomit and excrements of other
S C O U R , 5. T h e act o f scouring, S. T h e is
fowls, whom they pursue, and having apprehend-
not used in E .
ed them, they cause them vomit 'up what meat they
S C O U R , s. 1 . A hearty draught or pull o f any
have lately taken, not yet digested." Brand's Zetl.
LIQUID, S,
p. 100,110.
— — Gif, when thirsty,
S C O W , s. A n y thing broken in small and use-
Frae the strait-trailing udder o' some ewe,
less pieces; To Ding in Scow, to drive or break
I suck a scour o' milk, you'll no be angry.
* hi pieces, Moray.
Donald and Flora, p. 74.
This, I think, must be radically connected with
2. A large dose of intoxicating liquor, S.A.
the primitive I si. participle ska a, denoting separa-
At the Bour we'll have a scour,
tion or disjunction.
Syne down the links of Gala water.
T o S C O W D E R , S K O L D E R , S C O U T H E I I , v. a. T o
Old Song.
scorch.] Add;
Probably from the idea of drink making its way
rapidly through the passages of the body. It has the orthography correspondent with the
* * ' T o S C O U R , v. a. 1. T o whip, to flog, to pronunciation, in one of these songs which disco-
beat, Aberd. vers that violent and unchristian spirit, of party
2. It is most commonly applied to the whipping which does not confine itself to the present state.
He's in a' Satan's frything pans,
of a top, ibid.
Scouth*ring the blude frae aff his han's, &c.
S C O U R , S C O U R I X , S. Severe reprehension, S . O . ;
Remains Nithsdale Songs, p. Ki5.
Scouric, Dumfr. (pron. q. scoo) ; synon. Flijte.
Tarn convinced, that Laneash. and Yorks.snnfher,
Su.G. skur-a, i Vic an do purgare; also signifies, in-
swiihur, to blaze, to burn very fiercely," (G.L Bobb.)
crepare, objurgare; whence shir, reprehensio. Tag-
is-the same term, retaining more of its original Goth,
a en i shtr, objurgare ; Mod. Sax. schur-cn, acriter
form ; especially as Thoresby renders it " to singe/"
reprehend ere; Hire.
Ray's Lett. p. 338.
• S C O U R I N G , S. A drubbing.
A.Bor. snnddcn> " to singe or burn off, as heath,"
" So many of them as got off joined themselves
(Grose) seems to claim the same origin.
to George Monro, who having always kept behind,
S co'wi) E it, S c o u T II E A hasty toasti n g, &c. ] Add;
escaped this scouring." Guthry's Mem, p. 284. Ci I'll just tell ye ae thing, neighbour, that, if
S C O U R I N S , s.pl. A kind of coarse flannel,
things be otherwise than weel wi' Grace Armstrong,
Caithn.
c<r Of their wool the tenants* wives made clothing
I'se gi'e you a scouther, if there be a tar-barrel in
the five parishes." Tales of my Landlord, i. ISJ.
for the family, and any surplus was sold at the coun-
Scowi)EIUKWP, s. A ludicrous designation for
V". Forest Minst. p.'137.
try fairs, either in yarn, blankets, sconrins, (a kind
a smith, R o x b .
of flannel), or black greys, a kind of cloth made for
S C O W F , s. 1 . Empty blustering, Teviotd,
351
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2. A blusterer; as," He's naithing but a scouf," ib. T o S C R A F F L E , V. N. Gall,
3. Also ex pi. a low scoundrel, ibid. coin among th*
Dan. skuf-er, to gull, to bubble, to shuffle; , they are " said to scrapie—fox it." Gall. Enc.
a cheat, a false pretender. S C R A F F L E , s. The act of scrambling, ibid.
S C O W R , s» A slight shower, a passing s This might seem allied to Teut. schraffel-en, cor-
mer shower, Upp. Clydes., Ettr. For. Y . S K O U R . radere. But perhaps it appears in a more primitive
This retains the form of A.S. scur, Isl. and Su.G. form in Belg. grabbeUn, to scramble.
skur, imber, nimbus. Hence, S C R A I G H , S C I I A I C H , s. A shriek, Gall. V.
Scowny 5 adj. Showery, S-l Add; SKIIAIK.
A scowrie shower, a flying shower, Perths. SCRAIGHTON, s. 66 A person fond of screaming
S C O W H Y , S c o u u I E , adj. 1 . Shabby in exter- Gall. Encycl.
nal appearance, S.] Add; But the ither may go*
I wha stand here, in this bare scowry coat, The auld scraighton sae din [dun],
Was ance a Packman, wordy mony a groat. To the regions beiow,
The Loss of the Pack3 a Tale. And display her tan'd skin. Ibid. p. 343.
SCOWRINESS, S C O U R I N E S S , s. Shabbiness in S C R A I G H (J D A Y , the first appearance of
dress, S. dawn, Roxb.
<£ O Jean, Jean, do I grudge meat or ciaith on ye ? " We started at the scraigh o day, and drove on,"
an' that little whippy maun be casting up our poor* Perils of Man, ii. 26'4.
tith, and your scouriness:' Saxon and Gael, iii. 58. It is Skreek, S.B. q. v. The orthography scraigh
SCOWRY, The Brown and White Gull, suggests a false idea as to the meaning and origin
Orkn., ShetL of the term, as if it signified the cry of day. The
F( • your harvest oil the crag, I suppose you radical word is Creek, from Teut. kriecke, aurora r u *
The Pirate, ate, i. 111. V . SCAURIE.
tilans.
To SCO W T H E R , v. a. T o scorch. V . S C O W D E R . S C R A N , s. Apparently used in the sense of
ability, or means for effecth any purpose*
SCO W T H E R , s. A slight flying shower, Aberd.
Roxb. Y . S K R A N .
Mearns. Y . S C O U T H E R .
T o S C R A N C I I , v. a. " T o grind
S C R A - B U I L T , adj. Built with divots or thin
crackling between the teeth. T h e Scots re-
turfs, Dumfr.
tain it," Johns. Diet. It is used Aberd.
Down frae the scra-bidlt shed the swallows pop> He refers to " schranlsen, Dutch." Sewel
Wi* lazy flaughter, on the gutter dub. it schrans-en, " to eat greedily." Teut.
Ane picks up straes; anither, wi' liis neb dentibus frangere*; et commmuere, dentibus
Works up the mortar* cere cibum ; Kilian.
Davidsons Seasons, p. 42. SCRANNIE, " A n old, ill-natured, wrinkled
It has been supposed that this denotes a flimsy b e l d a m e G a l l . Enc.
q. the skeleton of a house. V. Isl. skran signifies scruta, old tattered
, it is undoubtedly from Gael, scrath, Ir.
a turf, a sod. V. S C R A W . Skraeln-a is to dry, arefacere; Su.G. skrin
This being pared from the surface of the ground, These terms agree with the outward appearance of
these terms might seem allied to C.B. ysgraw, «that the subiect. Skracn-a, vociferari ; skraen, clamor
forms a crustOwen. with the character given of
S C R A D Y I N , SKRAWDTIN, A puny sickly The word may, however, be a dim in.
child, Perths. Gael scraidmn, from S. Skrae, q. v.
little fellow analogous to Isl. S C R A P L E , s. 1. A n instrument used for clean-
nauci,expl. by Dm.drog, our Droch or Droich. ing the Bakc-board, Roxb.
S C R A E , S C R E A , s. A shrivelled old shoe,
2. One for cleaning a cow-house, Ettr. For.; synon.
Dumfr. Scartle.
" Mickle sorrow comes to the scrca, e'er the heat Su.G. skrap-a, radere, to scrape;
comes to the tea [for tae toe]," S. Prov.; " spoken a curry-comb, that which is used in
when one holds his shoe to the fire to warm his scrabe, a scraper. The S. word, in its form, nearly
foot/' Kelly, p. 251. resembles C.B. crafell, ysgravell, a curry-comb.
" Wae be f scrae, ere heat win to tae," Prov. S C R A T , s. A rut; evidently a transposition of
South of S. Scart, a scratch, Galloway.
Scratched. "To be scrap
bad leather, which were apt to
ted, to be torn by females f Gall. Encycl.
hard, got the nickname of Scrimple-hard-scraes, ibid.
This seems to have been the more ancient dispo-
The only cognate term I have met with is Norv.
sition of the letters, as in the more primitive Su.G.
shraa, also skrae, expl. in Dam " a shoe, an old
shoe Hal lager. This, I think, must be allied to v. kratt-a, radere. V . S C A R T , V.
Dan. skraa, skracij, " wry or awry, c r o o k e d a s the S C R A T , S K R A T T , A
term Bauchle originates from the same idea. Or it person, Loth. Hence,
may be allied to S. Skrae, often used to denote a S C R A T T Y , S K R A T T Y , adj. Thin, lean, having a
shrivelled person. puny appearance, ibid
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I am at a loss whether we ought to view this as
originally the same with Scarf, s., used precisely in
the same sense; or as the relique of another term,
anciently used to denote a hermaphrodite, Scarcht, S.,
but in O.E. written Serai. V. Phillips and Skinner.
SCRATCH, A n hermaphrodite, Pitscottie's
Cron. p. 162.
This is the form of the word given from the MS.
from which the Ed. 1814 has been printed. In that
of 1*728 it is Scarcht, q. v. This change has probably
been caused by transposition of the letters. Scratch
bears less resemblance to any of the terms mentioned
under that article. Phillips calls sera I " an old word."
Huloet writes it Scrayte.
T o S C R A U C H , S C R A U G H , v. n. 1. T o utter
a loud and discordant sound, to scream, Roxb.
They hadna gane a mile, a mile,
A mile but barely three,
Whan they hae met the wily parrot,
Come scraughin out that way.
Old Ballad, Earl Richard,
Thus gaed they on wi' deavin din,
A" so anghin, yelp in thro" ither.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 1
This is merely a provincial variety for S C R E I G H
and S K R A I K , q. v. IR. Gael. sgreach-am, to whoop,
to shriek. C.B. ysgrecli-ian, id.
2. T o shriek; the pronunciation of the South of
S. It has been supposed that Screigh perhaps
implies greater shrillness in the sound than
Scraugh.
To nae thrawn boy, or scraughin wife,
Shall thy aultl banes become a drudge ;
At cats an' callans, a' thy life,
Thou ever bore a mortal grudge.
Hoggs Mountain Bard, p.. 184.
The term is here used as equivalent to scolding.
S C R A U G H , s. A loud and discordant sound, ibid.
" To be sure, 1 blew sic points of war, that the
scraugh of a clockin-hen was music to them." Bride
of Lammermoor, ii. 2 4 7 - V. S K H A I K , S K R A I G H .
T o S C R A U C 1 I L E , v. n. T o use as it were
both hands and feet in getting forward, to scram-
ble, L an arks.
Isl. skra, Germ, schrag, oblique ; and Su.G. skrill-a
per lubricum ferri; are the only terms that I have
observed, to which it might be supposed this had
any affinity.
SCR A W , A thin turf, G a l l , Dumfr.
" Scra?vs} thin turfs, pared with flaughter spades
to cover h o u s e s G a l l . Encyel.
S C O B A N D S E N AW, 44 a snug phrase ibid. T h e
writer must mean, that this phrase conveys the
idea of snugness; or intimate that every thing
is in a compact state, like the roof of a house,
when the turfs are well secured.
Gael, scrath, sgraith, a turf, sod, green-sward.
C.B. ysgrarv, what forms a crust.
SCREA, s. A shoe, D u m f r . V. S C R A E .
S C R E E D , S K R E E D , S. 1. T h e act of rending;
a rent, S . ] Add ;
u Challenge of Tailyeouris. In the first, thay mak
refuse and skreidis in men's claith, sumtimes for
Vox.. I I , 353
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haist, and sumtimes for ignorance/' Balfour's Pract.
Chalmerl. Air. p. 582.
4. T h e thing that is rent or torn off, S.] Add;
(C Item, that thay [Tailyeouris] tak pieces and
skreidis to sleives, and uther small thingis/' Balfour,
ut sup.
a.
T o S C R E E D , S K R E E D , V. 1. T o talk fluently
and facetiously, S. To skreed ajf\ or area?.
Auld farant tales he screeds aw a'. Farmer's Ha'.
2. T o do any thing quickly, S . ] Add;
On this Sir W. Scott observes, justly I believe :
" It is rather to dash it off, to do it with spirit."
5. T o lie, &c. Insert, from S K R E E D , D I C T . ;
The word, as used in this sense, seems to have no
connexion with Skreed as signifying to rend, or tear ;
but rather with A.S. scrith-an, vagari, " to wander,
to go hither and thither," Somner; or rather with
Isl.^mWijinanis excusatio, vana verba; Su.G. skryt-a
jactare, &c. V. S K R E E D , v. Add to etymon;
Haldorson renders Isl. skreyt-a, ultra moclum lau-
dare. As it primarily signifies ornare, he deduces it
from skraut ornatus.
S C R E E D , S K R E E D , S. 1. A dissertation in discourse,
a harangue ; sometimes conjoined with an adj.
expressive of length, as, a Icing screed.
iC If I warn a sae sick, I wad gie her a screed o' doc-
trine.'* Cottages of Glenburnie, p. 231.
The Minister gae us an unco screed the day ; We
had a long and earnest sermon to-day.
T o GIE one a Screed of one's mind, is a phrase
always used to denote a discourse that is not
pleasing to the hearer ; as being expressive of
disapprobation or reprehension.
" Weel done I' cried Mrs. Smith. f I trow ye gae
her a screed o' your mind" Ibid. p. 262.
2. A poetical effusion in writing, S.
Sae, tho' on Rhime's tw a-fork it hill
My tatter'd tent I'm strikin',
I'll hae this partin' skreed to tell-
How weel ye're worth the likin'.
Pickens Poems, i. 1 •!-{>.
Insert from S K R E E D , DICT., as sense
3. A long list or catalogue, S . ;
Adding the extract from Beat tie's Address.
4. Screcd, Screed o1 drink, a long revel, a hearty
drinking-bout.
IK T h e indulgence of intemperance for a consider-
able dime, S.
It is used in the following manner: lie's no a
tippler, nor a habitual drunkard; but he taks a screed
sometimes. When he taks a screed, his wife 'ill no
see him maybe for three or four days."
The phrase occurs in a celebrated novel; but it
seems doubtful whether it is not used in too limited
a sense, as if it denoted a shorter debauch than that
which it generally signifies.
Naething confuses me unless it be a screed o"
drink at an orra time." Guy Mannering. ii. 52.
" Screed,—a rash frolic Gl. Antiq.
" Had he no deet £died] amang hands in one of
his scrieds wi' the lairds o' Kilpatrick, I'm sure !
canna think what would hae come o' me and my first
wife." The Entail, i. 284.
Y y
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Denominated perhaps from its length, or conti-
nuation.
T o S C R E E D , S K E E E D , v. n. 1. T o cry, to
scream. Insert from D i c t . , vo. S K R E E D .
Add, as sense
2. T o produce a sharp sound, S. I t seems ra-
ther to convey the idea of what is grating to
the ear.
" A better vialer [Violer] never screeded, on a silken
cord, 01* kittled a cat's trypes wi" his finger ends/'
J. Falkirk's Jokes, p. 8.
T o S C E E E D G E , v. a. T o tear, Ettr. F o r . ;
the same with Screed.
S C R E E L , s. " A large rocky hill nigh the sea ;
a haunt for the fox Gall. En eye.
This is merely a local name.
S C R E Y B , s. T h e common designation of the
wild apple, Clydes.
Evidently from Crab, with ,9 prefixed, as in many
words of Gothic formation ; although 1 find nothing
analogous in regard to this term.
T o S C R E I G H , S K H E I G H , V. N. T o shriek, S.]
Add;
Tan cash. " skrikeing, to squall, or cry o u t T .
Bobbins.
S C R E W , s. A small stack of hay, S.B.
" The hay thus collected is put into small coles,
and shaken once or twice a-day (if the weather be
fair) for a week, when it is ready to be packed into
small shocks (provincially called screws), secured
with ropes made of heather/' Agr. Surv. Slither],
p. 78.
Corr. probably from Gael, cruach, :c a rick, or heap
of any thing Shaw. Isl. skrufa, however, denotes
a small heap of fishes laid out to be dried ; as expl.
by Haldorson ,* " a stack of fishes."
S C R E W - D R I V E R , <9. T h e tool used by car-
penters which in E . is called a turn-screw ^ S.
S C R I B E , ,9. A crab (apple), Clydes. V. S C R A B .
This is also communicated in the form of S C R E Y B ,
q. v.
S C R I D D A N , s. A mountain torrent.] Add;
" When the rain, falling on the side of a hill, tears
the surface, and precipitates a large quantity of
stones and gravel into the plain below, we call it a
scridan ." Glenfergus, i. 203.
T o S C R I E V E , S K R I E V E , v. n. T o move or
glide swiftly along.] Add ;—Ayrs., Roxb.
" Redhough an' his lads hae been as weel scrieving
o'er law and dale as lying getting hard pelts round
the stane wa's o' Roxburgh/' Perils of Man, i. 54.
Dan. skraev a stride, a step, a pace; skraever, to
stride, to stride over; Wolff.
S K R I E V E R , s. A clever fellow, one who goes
through his work expeditiously, Border.
S C R I E V E R , s. A11 inferior sort o f writer, a mean
fccribe, Loth.
T o S C R I P T , S K R I F T , v. 11. T o magnify in nar-
ration, &c.] Insert from SKR.
Add to etymon, after rags, 1. 5 ;—-Serenius expl.
the E. v. to lib by Sw. skarjiv-a.
T o S C R I P T , S K R I F T A F F , v. a. T o rehearse from
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memory; including the idea of ease and fluency
in repetition, S . Here insert S K R I F T , v.
cc Whan ye was our dominie, a the children ga'ed
to the kirk wi' yow,—an' wad ha e serif tit aff a psalm
or a paraphrase ilka Sunday night, an' had some kind
o' bavins thro' the owk." Campbell, i. 327.
T o S C R I M , v. a. 1. T o strike smartly with the
open hand on the breech, Mearns.
T o rinse ; as, 66 to scrim the cogs 5 " to rinse the
milk-vessels, ibid., U p p . Clydes. V . S C R Y M , V,
S C R I M , s. A very thin coarse cloth, &c.] Add;
Scrim is evidently the same with Su.G. skerm
tegmen, umbracuhim cujuscunque generis in hello
contra ictus, domi contra vim solis, foci, luminis, See.
Alem. skerm, Germ, schirm, Ital. schermo, defensio ;
Ihre. The origin of these terms is uncertain.
S C I l I M G E l i , ,9. One who is avaricious, but
not from necessity, who from mere covetousness
wishes for whathe stands in no need of, Teviotd.
S C R I M P , adj. Limited, not ample.] Add;
It is also used in relation to company or retinue.
Mr. Buchanan likewise narrates how the Queen,
in order to have more leisure to follow her private
intrigues, sent away the King £Darnly] forcibly to
Peebles, with a very scrimp attendance, in the rigour
of winter/' Keith's Hist. p. 328.
S C R I M P I E , adj. Not liberal of any thing * sparing,
niggardly, Aberd., Angus.
SCRINE/<9.
ff The air sail haue—ane wair almerie, ane serine,
ane letteron, ane press," &c. Balf. Pract. p. 235.
This, from the connexion, seems to have the same
meaning with Pr. esc rain, a casket, a small cabinet,
Cotgr.; 1\1 od. Fr. car in, id. properly, a casket for hold-
ing jewels ; Lat. scrin-ium, whence A.S. serin, area,
capsa sacra, capsula, cistula; Su.G. skrin, Alem.
serine, Belg. scryn, Isl. skrijn, C.B. ysgrin, Ital.
skrigno, Hisp. cscrinno, E. shrine.
S C R I V E R , Ss Probably, paymaster.
" Another that was scriver to a troop, who was sit-
ting in a chamber himself, the house fell and smoored
him/' Wodrow MSS. Law's Memorialls, p. 199, N.
Belg. schryver a scribe ; schryver, (op ecu schipJ
a purser. Dan. skryver, a secretary.
S C R O B I E , 'V. T h e scurvy.
1655—This year, Mr. J hone Duncan, minister
of Cur is, depairted out of this life; he died of the
scrobie." Lamont's Diary, p. 109- V. SCRUBIE.
S C R O G , <9. A stunted bush or shrub.] Add;
I suspect that the term scraw, used in Ireland, is
similar both in signification and in origin.
" And to see her standing in the midst of them
Bocldei Sassoni, just like a young scion of ail old oak
on the Boggras, flourishing lonely and green among
the scrams and briars that have sprung up in anight
saison, like mushrooms." Florence Macarthy, hi.
78, 79-
S C R O O F E , S C R U F E , ,9. A thin crust, &c.] Add;
Lan cash. " scroof, a dry sort of s c a l e s T . Bob-
bins.
S C R O W , S K R O W , ,9. A scroll.] Add;
It is rather singular that this orthography, should
have been used by Sir Ralph Sadler,, not after he-
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hud been long resident at the Scottish court, and
might have adopted the pronunciation of the coun-
try in some instances, but so early as the year 1587,
while as yet he was only on his way to fulfil his
first embassy.
— " Not passing ii or iii dayes before my comyng,
musters made in Cliveland uppon the liilles, which
was by means of dyvers billes and .s-crowcs sett up-
pon posts and church-dores thoroughly out the bi-
shopricke, and tost and scatered abrode in the con-
trey by some sedyteous persons, which do nothing
else but, go up and downe to devise mischief and
devision." Sadler's Papers, ii. 51)6, 597-
S C R O W , 1. A number, a crowd, a swarm;
apparently implying the idea of bustle and con-
fusion, Ettr. For., Dumfr., Gall.
To bell the cat wf sic a scroiv,
Some swankies ettled;
But oh ! they got a fearfu' cow,
Ere a' was settled.
May tie's Siller Gun, p. 73.
Scroiv, a large quantity of p e o p l e G a l l . Eric.
Dan. skrog is rendered moles, as denoting a large
mass of any kind. But it may be from S. scrow, a
scroll, as including a number of names.
c2. u Riot, hurly-burley Dumfr., Gl. Mayne.
S C R O W , 5*. The damaged skins, which cannot
be otherwise useful, and are fit only for making
glue, are by curriers called Sc?~ozcs, S. The
term is also applied to the ears and other re-
dundancies taken from skins, and used for the
same purpose.
" Scrows of ox and cow, or other hides per
ton, - - - - 0 4 0"
Dues on Goods, Thorn's Hist. A herd. ii. 52.
* S C R U B , s. A niggardly oppressive person, S. ;
q. one who is still rubbing very hard for gain,
or to avoid expenditure.
S C R U B , s. The plane that is first used in
smoothing wood, the fore-plane, or jack-plane,
Aberd.
Isl. skrubbheflll signifies runcina, a plane; Sw.
skrubb and skrubbhyfoel, "jack-plane, rough-plane/'
Wideg.; from Su.G. skrubb-a, Dan. skrubb-cr to rub.
SCRUBBER, A handful of heath tied tightly
together for cleaning culinary utensils, Teviotd.;
from E. to Scrub, or Belg. schrobber, a scrub.
S C R U B B L E , , s. 1. The act of struggling, Loth.
2. A squabble, an uproar, ibid,
3. The difficulty to be overcome in accomplish-
ing any work, as E. struggle is often used, ib.
T o S C R U B B L E , f. n. 1. T o struggle, Loth.
2. T o raise an uproar, ibid.
Dan. skrub signifies a beating, a cudgelling,
S C R U F E , s. A scurf, S . V . S C R O O F E "
T o S C I I U F E , v. a. 1. T o take off the surface, S.
Slightly to touch ; as, " It sent-ft the ground,'1
it glided along the surface. Applied also to
slight and careless ploughing, when merely the
surface of the ground is grazed, S.
S. T o handle any subject superficially ; as, " He
only scruft his subject,'" S. V. SCROOFE*
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T o S C R U G one's Bonnet, v. a, This word re-
' fers to the custom of wearing the bonnet with
a pique in the front. A person is said to serug
his bonnet, when he snatches it by the pique,
and lifts it up, or cocks it, on his brow, that
he may look smart, or even bold and fierce,
Fife, Berths.
He scruggifs bonnet, aff he startit,
Gudenight, coth he, an' sae they partit.
Duff's Poems, p. 107-
Allied perhaps to the E. v. to shrug, and Sw.
skruk-a, humeros attollere.
T o SC R U M P I L L , v. a, 1. T o crease, to wrin-
kle ; synoil. IIunJde.
iC Ane chartouiv—being be chance brint, singit
be the fire. scrumpiUit, or the seil thairof meltit and
brokin, in sic sort as it cannot perfect]ie be red or
kept in time cuming, as ane sufficient evident to
mak faith to posterite, the tenour thairof, and the
chance foirsaicl beand provin be sufficient witnessis,
—audit and sou Id be renewit and redintegrat be him,
or his airis," &c. Balfour's Practicks, p. .18 8.
To scrum pie, to ruffle, Laneash.
2. Applied to animal food that is much roasted;
a scrumplit bity i. e. crisp, as contracted by the
force of the lire, Fife. V. S O R U M P L E , S.
T o S C R U N T , f. n. V. S K R U X T .
S C R U N T , S K R U X T , S. 1. A term used to de-
note a stubby branch, or a worn-out besom,
Lanarks., Fife.
2. A person of a slender make, a sort of walking
skeleton, ibid.
3. A scrub, a niggard, ibid.
S C I I U N T E T , adj. Stunted in growth, meagre, La-
narks ; evidently the same with Scrunty, q. v.
Also Scruntet-HJi'e.
" She went on, her eye having caught the figure
of Calye Mulloy, f Hand abye ! ye scrunlet-like wur-
lyon o' the pit: hand abye !" Saint Patrick, ii. ;>i:L
S C R U M T V , S K U U N T I E , adj. 1. Stubbv, short and
thick, Lanarks.
2. Stunted in growth, Roxb.
Next, by the banks a' bony Tweed,
Was hatch'd a cock o shilfa* breed,
Wha, on his native scrunty thorn,
'Mang birds o' song bude hail the morn.
A. Scott's Poems 181], p. fy).
3. Meagre; applied to a raw-boned person, FLO,
Loth. V . ' S K U I J N T V , D L C T . Transfer hither.
4 Serubbish, mean, niggardly, Fife: q. shrivel-
led in heart as well as in external appearance.
SciitJNTiXF.ss, s. The state of being stubby, La-
narks.
T o S C R U P G N , v. a. T o hamper, Ayrs, Whence,
SCULTPON, s. One who hampers, ibid.
Isl. skru f-a eompingere, skruj' compactio.
* SCRUTOIRE, A desk, generally forming
the upper part of a chest of drawers, S. The
term Drawers is used, when there is no such
desk.
T o S C U B B L E , v. a. T o soil, as a school-boy
does his book, Moray ; Saddle synon., S,
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Isl. skubUa, praecipitanter facere; 2. post se re-
linquere; Haldorson.
T o S C U D , r. a. 2. T o beat with the open hand,
S - ] Add;
S C U D , S. A stroke with the open hand, or with
a ferula, S.
" Scuds, lashes; the same with scults f Gall. Enc.
C.B.ysgwd, a push, a drive; ysguth, a sudden whisk.
S C U D , s. A blast or sudden shower of rain,
snow, or hail, S. I t still suggests the idea o f
wind accompanying the rain, &c>
" He will be surely at home soon, or else he will
have a wet journey, seeing it is about to be a scud "
Heart M. Loth. iv. 350.
' I find this word in Kersey, but marked with an
asterisk, as not being properly an E. word. Tent.
schudd-en quatere, coneutere ; Su.G. skudd-a excu-
tere.
S C U D D I E V A I G , s. T h e same with SI:ury-
vcjffe7 q. v.
S C U D D I N 1 S T A N E S , thin stones made to skim
the surface of a body of water; a favourite a-
musement of boys at school, R o x b .
Su.G. skuti-a cursitare; Isl. sfciol~a jaculari, mitt ere.
T o S C U D D L E , v. a. T o sully and put out of
proper shape b y use or wearing, L o t h . ; appa-
rently a provincial pronunciation of SuddiM, q.v.
T o S C U D L E , S C U D D L E , v. a. T o cleanse, to
wash.
Sen Furie [ D u r i e ] cuikis, it may staik the ful vel,
The fyre to big and scadle dischis clene;
Baith at a £one] scule inspyrit vith the Deil,
Your tungis scedicious and fals lies scourit bene.
N. Burnes Admonition,
i t T o act as a kitchen-drudge, Upp. Clydes.
S C U D D L E , S. A .kitchen-drudge, a scullion, ibid.
S C U D D L I N - B O Y , s. Understood to signify the scul-
lion-boy.
But up then spake the scuddlin-boy,
And he spak loud and heigh O
Oh spare, oh spare fair Annie's life,
An' o* me mak your pye O. Old Ballad.
This term seems nearly akin to Isl. skutill-sveinn.
V . SCUTLE, v.
S C U D L E I i , S C U D L A R , s. A scullion.] Add;
The term scullion, as now used, does not seem fully
to express the idea conveyed by that of Scudlar.
Being joined with tavernaris, it seems rather to de-
note those who acted as principal cooks. Among the
Scandinavians, the name of- scidul-swen, q. dish-
servant, was given to him who served at the king's
tables, and set before each of the guests the mess al-
lotted to him, from Su.G. skutul, a dish. Those of
the highest order were courtiers, and generally Ba-
ronets. V. Ihre, in vo. L.B. scutellar-ius had a si-
milar signification. It is thus defined by Du Cange:
Officium in coquina regis, cui scutellamm cura in-
cumbit, in Ordinat. Hospitii S. Ludovic. Reg. ah.
1261. In O.Er. scalier, Catal. Familiae Ducis Britan-
niae A. 1404. Jehan de Treal, Sculier, besides having
a free table, received 200 livres annually, finding se-
curity to render accompt of the vessels of silver and
other things which belonged to the said office. L o -
binell. Tom. 2. fol. 814. ap. Du Cange.
350
T o S C U E , v. ?i. T o g o slanting along, to go
sidelong.
" There arose a mist, whereby we could scarce see
land, however we judged it safest, to keep as near it
as we could, and scued away by the coast." Brand's
Orkney, p. 9-
Shnc is a v. used by E. writers. Phillips has it; but
it is omitted by Dr. Johnson. Nor gives he any ety-
mon of the adj. skue. It is evidently from Isl. skeif-r,
Dan. skiacv, obliquus. V. Skew, Todd's Edit.
S C U F E , s. A bat used by boys for playing at
hand-ball, Roxb. V. S C O O F .
S C U F F , S. 1. T h e act of grazing, br touching
rf The scuff is the wind as it were; the scujj of a
cannon ball," Sec.; Gall. Encycl.
2. A stroke, apparently a slight one, Banffs.
S C I I F F E T , s. A sniitlfs fire-shovel, Aberd.
Can this be, by a slight change in the application^
from Fr. eschaufjclte, a chafing-dish, or a dimin. from
Belg. sckup, a shovel?
SCUFFLE, T h e agricultural machine called
a horse-hoe, E. Loth.
— T h e horse-hoe or scuffle " Agr. Surv. E. Loth,
p. 69.
S C U L D U D R Y , S C U L D U D D E R Y , S. 1 . A term
now used in a ludicrous sense, &c.] Add;
" If any one is brought before a Presbytery, &c.
to be questioned for Sculduddery, i. e. fornication, or
adultery, and shews a neglect of their authority, the
offender is not only brought to punishment by their
means, but will be avoided by his friends, acquaint-
ance, and all that know him and his circumstance in
that respect." Burt's Letters, i. 231, Let. 9.
Crossness^ obscenity, whether as regarding
facts or narration, S.
— ^ I was of a firm persuasion, that all the sciddud-
dery of the business might have been well spared from
the eye of the public, which is of itself sufficiently
prone to keek and kook, in every possible way, for
a glimpse of a black story." Blackw. Mag. June
1821, p. 37L
3. Rubbish ; tatters ; Mearns., LTpp. Clydes.
S C U L D F D R Y , adj. 1. Connected with crim. con., S .
But a' sic clish-clash cracks I lea'
To yon sculdiidry Committee.
Tajinahilts Poems, p. 105.
Loose, obscene, S.
" The rental-book—was lying beside him ; and a
book of sculduddry sangs was put betwixt the leaves,
to keep it open at the place where it bore evidence
against the Goodman of Primrose-Knowe/' &e. Bed-
gauntlet, i. 232.
S C U L E , s. A great collection, &c.] Transfer
from SKU, and Add;—as, a scule o^Jish, a shoal
of fishes.
Scull (ffysslu Exam en." Prompt. Parv.
* S C U L L I O N , s. Besides the sense in which
this term has in E . , it is pretty generally used
as signifying a knave, or low worthless fel-
low, S.
T o S C U L T , v. a. T o beat with the palm, &c.]
Add ;
2. T o chastise by striking the palm, Ettr. For,
 S C V
SCULT, s. 1. A stroke, properly with the open
hand, S.
"" Scuds, lashes; the same with scults;" Gall. Enc.
2. A stroke on the hand; Pandy, synon. Ettr. For.
S C U M , s. 1. A greedy fellow, a mere hunks, Fife.
A contemptuous designation, corresponding
with Lat. nequam, F i f e ; synon. Scamp, Skellum.
c< The men wvar drawn up amang the trees tae de-
fend them, a gay while afore the vile scums wan
for'et." Saint "Patrick, i. 169.
A taylor, just frae Lon'on come,
— A menseless, gabbiiV, pridefu' scum,
Wi' ruffles at his sark.
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 120.
Oh ! did I think the day wad come,
That I should been a cadger scum, &c.
The Cadgers Mares, Tarrass Poems, p. 52.
The only difference between this and the second-
ary sense of the term as used in E. is, that it is here
applied to an individual.
T o S C U M , v. a. To scum up one's mou\ to
strike a person on the mouth, and so prevent
him from speaking, Aberd.
<f I'll scum your chafts for ye," I'll strike you on
the chops, Loth.
The latter seems, q. skim, brush along ; or, to take
the scum from them, q. wipe them. The other is
less intelligible.
SCUN, " Plan 5 craft," Galloway.
I hae nae scun ava,
And's ay for counting my purse, O !
Gall. Encycl. p. 361.
Mactaggart views this as allied to " scunge, a sly
fellow." But there is no connexion; the latter being
most probably -from the v. to Scounge, to go about
from place to place like a dog; whereas Scun appears
to be a word of great antiquity . I have no doubt that
it is of the same family with Su.G. shoen judicium,
Isl. skyn, id., used to denote the knowledge of good
and evil," in the Isl. version, Gen. iii. Skyn godz oc
iliac. The Dan. synon. is skioen, judgment, under-
standing, skill. Su.G. skoen-ja primarily signifies to
see; in a secondary sense, to understand, to discern
with the eye of the mind. Isl. skyn-ia, censere, ag-
noscere ; sapere, intelligere ; Dan. skioenn-e, id. The
root is retained in many derivatives; as, Sw. skoensam
discerning, skoensamhet discernment, Wideg.; Isl.
shmsam-r prudens, sapiens; rationalis; skynsemi, skyn-
semd, ratio, intellectus; skyn la us irrationalis, brut us;
Dan. skioensom, skioensom ked, &c.
S C U N C H E O N , 6*. A stone in the inner side of
a door or window, &c.] Add;
Immediately from Fr. cscoinson, " the back part
of the jaumbe of a window," Cotgr. Teut. schants^en,
Su.G. skans-a, muni re.
S C U N C H E O N , s. A square dole or piece of
bread, cheese, &c. Teviotd.
It is frequently thus designed among the peasan-
try, perhaps from its resemblance to the corner-stone
of a building, 'which has this name.
T o S C U N N E R , v. a. T o disgust, to cause loath-
ing, Aberd., S . A .
4C The first and fairest, as well as the maist fra-
grant, is the scented southron wood/ muttered the
3.57
s c u
hag, c for when it's fairly on lowe, its thick and steam-
ing scent wad smother the scunnering smell o' an acre
o' corses." Blackw. Mag. Aug. 1820, p. 513.
SCUNNER, S. 2. A surfeit, S . ] Add;
3. T h e object of loathing; any person or thing,
which, from whatever cause, excites disgust,
Aberd.
S C U R , ,9. T h e name given to the minute cancri
in pools or springs, Lanarks.; svnon. with Sc-rozv,
s.
S C U R , s. T h e Cadew, or May-fly, immediately
alter it has left its covering, Clydes.
Allied perhaps to Scrow, a generic name for aque-
ous Cancri. Or can it have any affinity to Isl. skurd
caesura; q. deprived of its coat?
S C U R D Y , ,s\ A moor stone.] Add;
A resting-place in general, a favourite seat, Avrs.
S C U R F AND K E L L . V. KELL.
S C U R R , s. 1. " A low b l a c k g u a r d G a l l . E n -
cycl. ; from Lat. scurra^ a scoundrel.
" A n y thing l o w i b i d .
SCURRIE, adj. L o w , dwarfish ; Scurrie-thoms,
low dwarfish thorns, in muirland glens;'" ibid.
" They £gleds or kites] build there on what the
shepherds call scurrie thorns, low dwarfish thorns."
Ibid. p. 231.
It is not very probable that the s. had a Lat. ori-
gin. I also hesitate whether we should view the adj.
as its derivative. See the etymon given of S K U R , as
applied to small horns. Isl. skor-a incidere ; Teut.
scheure, schoore, scissura, ruptura.
S C U R R I E , s. The Shag, Pelecanus Graculus,
Linn., Mearns.
Norw. Top- Skarv, id. This name would seem to
be borrowed from that of the young Herring Gull-
V . SEAI'ITIE, S T O R E Y .
S (• U l i 1 1 1 E V A I G , ,s\ V. SKURRYVAGE.
8 C U R RIJ V W 1 1 U R R I E , .9. A h u r l y - b u r l y ,
CM vdes. T h i s is merely an inversion of Harry-
Scurry, q. v.
S C U S H L E , -s\ A scuffle, A b e r d . ; perhaps from
Fr. escou$sey u shaken, jogged, swinged;" Cotgr.
O.Fr. escousse, rebellion; cscouss-er, agiter;
L a t . succuss-are.
S C U S H L E , A n old, thin, w o r n out shoe, Aberd.
T o S e u s H L E , v. n. T o make a noise, b y walking
w i t h shoes either too large, or having the heels
down, ibid. V . S C A S M L E , V.
T o - S C U T C H , v. a-.] Define sense
2. To Scutch lhit3 to dress flax, after it has been
beaten with amallet, by striking it with an instru-
ment like a wooden sword, S. This operation
is accurately described, in the following extract:
" After it [that is,the flax"] has been duly watered
and dried, the sheaves are formed of the thickness of
a man's leg, and beat with mallets on a smooth stone,
to separate the seed from the rind. Then it is sepa-
rated into handfuls such as a person can easily grasp;
and with a wooden instrument, made in the form of
a hedge-bill or large knife, in the right hand, and
holding the lint in the left, over the end of a small
perpendicular board set firmly in a sole, which is held
 s c u S E A
down by the foot, and about three feet high, the lint T o S C U T T E R , v. a. T o make or do any thing in
is scutched or whipped, with the wooden instrument, this way, ibid.
turning one end of the lint after another to the stroke, T o S C U T T E R tip, v. a. T o bungle up, to botch, ib.
and turning the inside out,, as appears necessary, un- Su.G. squaettr-a, spargere, dissipare; from sou act t-
til the rind be completely separated/' Agr. SURV. a, liquida effundere.
Invern. p. 151.
Add to etymon ;— Ir. and Gael, sguils-eam, to beat, S C U T T L I N S , s.pl T h e light wheat, which, in
to dress flax. the process of fanning, is not carried away with
S C U T C H , S K U T C H , S. 1 . A wooden instrument,
the chaff, not being of sufficient weight to fall
shaped like a coulter, used in dressing fiax, down with the heavy grain; and which is ground
hemp, &c. S. by itself, that it may be made into an inferior
kind of flour ; Fife.
One of the pieces of wood which in a lint-mill
S C U T T L I N - F L O U U , s. The flour made of the re-
beats the core from the flax, or in a thrashing
fuse of wheat, ibid.
mill beats out the grain, S.
" It appeared to Mr. Mickle that the purpose of From E. scuttle, " the wooden conduit or trough
separating the grain from the straw might be accom- in a mill, thro' which the flower falls into the meal-
plished—by skidches—beating out the grain, in place tub Phillips. This seems most nearly allied to
of pressing, or rubbing it out." Agr. Surv. E. Loth. Su.G. skudd-a excutere, effundere; or Isl. skidt-a ja-
culviri.
P- 7 7 ' T o S E A - C A R R , v. a. T o imbank, Lanarks.
S C U T C H E R , S. The same with S C U T C H , sense 1. This seems to be a vestige of the Stratelyde pos-
Aug., Mearns. session of the country, C.B. caer signifying a wall
S C U T I E E R , x. A term equivalen t to squ ire, L . B. or mound, and caer-u to encompass with a wall. Car
—Skidiferais and squieris full courtlye or caer enters into the formation of many local names
Ar assemblit and sett in a ryell se. in Lanarks., as Carluke, Cflrstairs, CVzrphin, &c. all
Colkelbie Sow, Prohem. marking the site of a fortification. It seems very
The language is evidently tautological. doubtful, if the first syllable has any connexion with
T o S C U T L E . ] Add; E. sea, mare; the word being confined, as far as I
This appears properly a n. v. As necessarily in- can learn, to an inland part of the country. Sea-
cluding the idea of spilling part of the liquid which car r may be a corr. of C.B. ysgor, a rampart, or bul-
is poured from one vessel to another, it seems very wark.
nearly allied to Isl. squett-a, irrigare solutius, proji- S K A - C A R R , S. An imbankment, ibid.
cere liquorem. It has been supposed that this v. may S E A - C A T , s. The Wolf-fish, Loth.
be allied to Skutilsveinar, translated cup-bearers. 'r A. Lupus. Sea-wolf, or Wolf-fish ; Sea-Cat of
<r There were in the forecastle, Eirek Ski fa, Thorfin
Scotland." Neill's List of Fishes, p. 2. -
Sigvald, &c. ok emi jleiri skutilsveinar, and many of Anariehas lupus, the sea-wolf; in Scotland called
the cup-bearers." Haeo's Expedition against Scotl. the Sea-cat." Agr. Surv. Forfars. App. p. 47.
Transi. by Johnstone, pp. 36, 37- S E A - C O C K , s. Supposed to be the Foolish
Isl. skidill-soeimi is indeed rendered by Hal dor son, Guillemot, occasionally called the Sea-Hen, S.
Pincerna regius, pocillator; and in pi. by Verelius, Avis marina. Sea-Cock dicta. Sibb. Prodr. P.
Pincernae, mensae servientes, as synon. with Sw. II. p. 22.
sMaenkeswenner, q. skink-swains. It must be observ- S E A - C O U L T E R , T h e Puffin, Alca arctica,
ed, however, that shutill, also skidul, does not by itself or Coulter-neb. Avis marina, Sect-Coulter
denote drink or any kind of liquor. Both in I sl. and dicta. Sibb. Scot. p.
Su.G. it signifies primarily a small table, mensa par-
S E A - F I K E , s. T h e name given to a marine
va. Hence it has been transferred to a dish used at
plant, which, when rubbed on the skin, causes
table, lanx; so that skulill-svein strictly signifies one
great itchiness, Loth.
who serves at a table. Hire has remarked that the
dishes of the ancients were so formed, that in each It seems to have received this name, because it
dish provisions were brought for two guests, who Ji.kcs, or causes disquietude to the skin. l$\.fuk, Sw*
were thence denominated diskamaetar, q. dish-mates or Jjjk, alga marina ; Verel.
dish-companions. It was, indeed, one of the laws of S E A - G R O W T H , S U M M E R - G R O W T H , S. The
Gothland, that "all dishes should be sufficient to con- names given by fishermen to various species of
tain the food of two who should eat together." He Seriulariae, Flustraey &c. which are attached
adds, that the same custom prevailed among the to small stones, shells, &c., S.
Greeks; referring to Lucian. in Lapith. SEA-MAW. A gull, S. '
S C U T T A L , A pool of filthy water, Buchan; " Semotve byrd. Aspergo. Alcio. Alcedo."
synon. Jaw-hole. Prompt. Parv.
She bom't him wi' the same lang spar, S E A - M O U S E , s. T h e Aplirodita aculeata,
He plumpit i' the scultal,
Linn., Lanarks.
Owre's lugs that night.
This is exactly correspondent to one of its Lat.
Tarras's Poems, p. 69.
Su.G. skudd-a effundere. V. S C U T L E , v. names, Mus m arm us.
T o S C U T T E R , v. n. T o work in an ignorant, S E A - P O A C H E R , s. The Po^ge, a fish, Frith
aukward, and dirty way, Aberd. of Forth. " .
358
 S E A
se Coitus Cataphractus. Pogge or Armed Bull-
head ;—Sea-Poacher Neill's List of Fishes, p. 9-
S E A - T R O W E , s. A marine goblin, Shell. V.
TROW, s.
S E A L . Cloath of seal
We had no garments in our land,
But what were spun by th' Good wife's hand ;
No Drap-de-Berry, cloalhs of seal, &c.
Watsons Coll. i. 2 8 . V. D R A P - D E - B E R R Y .
A learned friend observes that this must be cloth
made of the hair of the seal, more commonly called
seal-skin cloth, which is still worn.
S E A L G H , s. " A seal; sea-calf f Gl, Antiq.
V. S E L CUT.
S E A M , -s\ The work at which a woman sews.]
Add;
Isl. saum-r sartura ; saum-a sareire; item acu pin-
here. G. An dr. p. 204. Hence E. Sempstress.
S E A N D , adj.
—f<r They presentlie ffind, censour, and judge the
samyn to be, and to haue bene, greate, seand, and
ressonable causis for the weill of his maiestie and of
his said real me of Scotland. As also decernis—for
thesaidis caussis, quhilkis they haue knawin and tryit
to be for the seand weill of his maiestie and realme,"
&c. Acts Ja. VI. 1606, Ed. 1814, p. 340.
Having met with this term frequently in the pre-
ceding Acts of Ja. VI., I had still passed it, from the
idea that it must be the part. pr. of the v. to see,
oddly used instead of seen. Not being satisfied, how-
ever, with this anomaly, it has occurred that it must
be merely a variation of Fr. seant, fitting, seemly, be-
coming, from seoir to sit. te The seand weill of his
maiestie/' is therefore equivalent to the Fr. phrase,
used negatively, II n' est pas seant a un homme de
sa dignite. Diet. Trev.
The phrase Cf great, ressonable, profitable, and sene
caussis," as ibid. p. 355, occurs however : but I can
scarcely think that sene and seand are used as syno-
nymous.
S E A N N A C I I I E , SENNACHIE, " Highland
b a r d G l . Antiquary. More properly a ge-
nealogist.
<c On the application which they gave to study,
and the proficiency which they made in.science, it
entirely depended, when, or whether, they should
be raised to the station of Sennachai. These, accord-
ing to tradition, and the etymology of the.word, were
the chronologers, and genealogists, and historians of
the Celtic nation.—These were probably the mkm
of Laertius, and the Semnones and Sennani that we
read of in some other authors who treat of the reli-
gious orders of the Celts." Smith's Hist, of the
Druids, p. 6, ?. V. SIIANNACH.
Gael, seanachidh, id., from scan, old, ancient ;
whence seanachas antiquities, history, narration.
Shaw renders scanachdh " an antiquary."
SEANT ACK, A fishing-line to which baited
hooks are suspended by short lines; the one
end of the great line being fastened to the bank
of the river, and the other kept across the stream
by a weight, Moray.
S E A R C H E R S , s> pi T h e name given to cer-
tain civil officers formerly employed, in Glas-
359 "
S E C
gow, for apprehending idlers on the streets dur-
ing the time of public worship on Sabbath.
ff If we bide here, the searchers will be on us, and
carry us to the guard-house for being idlers in kirk-
time." Hob Roy, ii. 132.
S E A T E R , S E T E R , S. A local designation, ShetL
V . the term S T E R .
S E A T - H O U S E , s. The manor on an estate,
Loth. ; synon. The Place.
S E A T H , &c. s. The coal-fish.] Add to etymon ;
There can be no doubt that this is originally an
Isl. word. For Haldorson defines seid, feetura as-
ellorum minuta; sej/di, assellus tenerrimus, sive
foetura asellorum.
S E A W A , ,9. A discourse, a. narrative, Aberd.
This ought surely to be written Say-awa\ from
Say, v., and away.
Twould be owre lang a seawa,
To tell a' said and done.
D. Anderson's Poems, p. 85.
S E C O N D - S I G H T , s. A power, believed to be
possessed by not a few in the Highlands and
Islands of S., of foreseeing future events, espe-
cially of a disastrous kind, by means of a spec-
tral exhibition, to their eyes, of the persons
whom these events respect, accompanied with
such emblems as denote their fate.
" I cannot speak of the second sight till fuller in-
formation be given. I am undoubtedly informed,
that men and women in the Highlands can discern
fatality approaching others by seeing them in waters,
or with winding-sheets about them ; and that others
can lecture, in a sheep's shoulder bone, a death with-
in the parish, seven or eight days before it come."
Sinclair's Invisible World, p. 114.
The man's a warlock, or possest
With some nae good or second-sight at least.
Gentle Shepherd, Act iii. Sc. 3.
Whether this power was communicated to the in-
habitants of the Highlands and Islands ofS.by the nor-
thern nations, who so long had possession of the latter,
I shall not pretend to determine. But traces of the same
wonderful faculty may be found among the Scandi-
navians. Isl. ramshjgn denotes one who is endowed
with the power of seeing spirits: Qui tali visu prae-
ter naturam praeditus est, ut spirit us et daemones
videat, opaca etiam visu penetret; Verel. Ind. The
designation is formed from ramm-ur viribus pollens,
and shfgn videns; q. powerful in vision.
S E C T , s. 1. The attendance given by vassals in
consequence of being called by their superiors.
— " Committand to him his hienes full power—
Lieutennent andiustice Courtis, &c. to sett, begin, affix,
hald and continew, Sectis to mak be call it, absent is
to am ereiat, trespassouris to puniscke," Acts
Ja. VI. I 5.08, Ed. 1814, p. 171.
This is the same with SOYT, sense q. v. L.E.
Secla Curiae, sen Secta ad Curiam, est servitium, quo
feudatarius ad fret] u en tan dam curiam domini sui
tenetur; Du Cange.
Pursuit, Sect of court, legal prosecution; sy-
non. Soyt.
" The kingis hienes—remittis—all sect of court
for the aeeioune & causs of thar being in the field
 S E E
of Steruilin, Blakness, or vtheris placis agane his
hienes." Acts Ja. IV. 1488, Ed. 1814, p. 207.
L.B. sect-a, jus persequendi aliquem in judicio,
de re aliqua, maxime de criminali; Du Cange.
T o S E C T , v. n.
Say weill himself will sometime auance,
But Do weill does nouther sect nor prance.
Poems 16th Cent. p. 195,
Perhaps an err at. of some transcriber.
S E C T , V. WYNE SECT.
S E C T O U E I S , s. pi.
Quhen he persauis na remeid,
Than greuously he gais to deid,
And grugeand geuis vp the gaist.
Sair I suspect God will accuse
His sec tour is, and him self refuse
Than sa vn thankful lie deceist.
Poems of the l(nh Century, p. 29-.
Either a vulgar corruption of the legal term exe-
cutors; or used as equivalent to it. For L.B. Sec-
tores is thus defined; A pud Papiam, ex Glossis an-
tiques MSS. prcprie dicuntur, qui bona proscripto-
rum et secant et dividunt. Idem : Sector, divisor,
abscissor, cultor, usurpator; Du Cange.
In the passage quoted, the relations of the pa-
tient are represented as so eager to secure his pro-
perty, that they neglect all concern about his soul.
* T o S E E about one, to acquire an accurate ac-
quaintance with surrounding circumstances, S.
" Monro—takes—his own men out of Drum,
(whilk Marisehal had caused man with his men,
with whom the lady was not'so well acquainted as
before, whereupon she left Drum, and dwelt in Cro-
mar, while she saw about her)." Spalding, i. 259-
1. e. " till she was fully informed as to the state of
matters/5
T o S E E till or to, v. a. 1. T o care for, to attend
to ; often used to denote a proper provision of
food, conjoined with weel, S.
<e We havena fkr gait to gang at ony rate, and
then she will he weel seen till, for the Lady o' Lo*
retto is unco kind and civil till her guests." St.
Johnston, i. IS.
" The beasts. Sir Gabriel, shall be weel seen to,
till the rights o' the matte:- haV been sifted in due
course of law." Uothelan, i. 2;,\S.
A.S. lose-on, aspieere, intueri. It appears that
this phrase wa:.i usi'd by O.K. writers, although over-
looked in Dictionaries. For Somner ex pi. the ?'. in
the form of to-gese-on, " to have regard to or of, to
see to." Teut. toe-sien, providere, consulere sibi, suis
rebus, &e.
2, T o observe, to survey, S.
That I hae at ban es-br akin been,
My skin can sha' the marks;
1 dinna tell you idle tales,
Sec to my bleedy sarks,
Ch/sses' Answer to Ajax, p. 26.
T o S E E D , v. >?. A mare or cow is said to seed,
or to l>e secdih\ when the udder begins to swell
and give indication of pregnancy ; as, " She'll
no he Jang tf caavin now, for I see she's seed-
hi'Tcviotd.
This might be traced to Ir. and Gael, siat-am to SEERIE, adj.
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S E E
swell, siat a tumour. Sed, however, signifies " a
cow with calf;" and seidd, " a full belly, a tympany.1'
S E E D - F U R , s. The furrow into which the
seed is to be cast, S.
" In the spring give a steering-fur, as it is called ;
then the seed-fur; then sow barley or bear, with
grass-seeds/' Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 88.
S E E D - L A U E R O C K , The wagtail, Upp.
Clydes.
This seems to be the white water-wagtail; as it
has a similar name in Sweden ; saedes-aerla, or the
seed-wagtail. In Denmark it is called Havre-Saeer,
apparently the Oats-sower. It must have been thus
denominated, because et in spring and autumn," ac-
cording to Pennant, <<r it is a constant attendant on
the plough, for the sake of the worms thrown up by
that instrument/' Zool. ii. 275.
S E E D S , s. pi. The remains of the husk of oats
after orindin<>\ V. S E I D I S .
S E E I N G - G L A S S E , s. A looking-glass, a mirror..
This word had been anciently used in S. For the
title of a work by one of our reformers is, William
Keth his seeing glasse, sent to the nobles and gentle-
men in England, &c. 82°/' Ames's Antiq. iii. 1793.
This, word in its composition resembles Isl. siona
gler, speculum, from sion, vision, sight, and gler
glass; Haldorson. G. Andr. gives the same term
in the form of sion argler, p. 207., under si-a videre.
Skugsio and slcugsiou are used in the same sense; q.
that in which one sees one's shadow. Hence the
name of that very singular work, written in the
twelfth century by one of the Norwegian kings,.
Kongs-Skugg-Si®, i. e. Speculum Regale.
* T o S E E K , v. a. To- court, to be a suitor, to
ask in marriage, S. I have not observed that
the v. is used in this sense in E.
Syne in a little I maun gang again,
And whilk was worst of a', maun gang my lane,
Am bidden court and daut, and seek the lass ;
O aunt! but I was at an unco pass!
Ross's Helenore, p. 37.
This, in sense, most nearly approaches to Su.G.
soek-a, ambire, to court.
• S E E K and H O D , the designation for the
game of '.Hide cmd Seek\ Angus. It is merely
an inversion of the E. name ; hod being used
S.B. for hide, also as the preterite and part. pa.
SEENIL^adf Rare,singular, Fife. V . S E Y N D I L L .
S E E N I L L T K , adj. Singularly; as, seenillie gash,
remarkably loquacious, ibid.
This signification would almost suggest that it
had been originally the same with* E. signal, signal-
ly, or Fr. signale, notable. ,
T o SEEP, v. n. T o ooze, Gali V. S I P E , v.
S E E R , s. The designation given to one who is.
supposed to have what is called the second-
sight, S.
c< Ise tell you, lady,* answered Cecil, lowering her
voice, c we have a seer in Glen Eradine; and he
was greatly troubled with me standing at Jemmy's
left hand/'—" One who has the second sight," N^
Discipline, iii. 20.
Weak, feeble, Fife,
 S E G S
This seems radically the same with Sary, Sairy,
q. v.
T o S E G , S E Y G , v. n. 1. T o fall down, S. j Add;
E. swag, " to sink down by its weight/' (Johns.)
seems to have a common origin; although perhaps
more immediately allied to Sw. swig-a, loco cedere,
Isl. siveig-ia, inclinare.
SEGGING, T h e act of falling down, or state
of being sunk, S.
O.E. Saggyn or Satelyn. Basso. Saggy age or
satlynge. Bassatura. Bassatio." Prompt. Far v.
To* S E G , t'. a. T o set the teeth on edge by eat-
ing a n y thing acid, Loth., S.A., Lanarks.
As the use of the term in this sense seems to con-
vey the idea that the teeth, when set 011 edge, seem
as if sunk down in their sockets, it is probable that
this is originally the same with SEG, v. n. to fall down.
S E G , SEGG, S. 1. T h e yellow Flower-de-luce,
S.] Add;
My mother sent me to the segs,
There to gather teuchit eggs. Old Song.
The word Seg is used as the general name for all
broad-leaved rushes, not being confined to the Iris.
It is also O.E. Segge or star. Carix." Prompt.
Parv. V . BULLSBAGS, BULL-SEG.
S E G G A X , s. T h e flower-de-luce, Ayrs.
The mountain daisie, an5 the seggan blue,
The hawthorn flower, an' pinkies no a few ; —
Sic youthfu' shepherds aft bestowed on me.
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 148.
SEGGY, adj. Abounding with sedges, S.
For mark nor meith ye wadna ken;
The greenswaird how, an' seggy den,
Are striked even-o'er.
W. Beatties Tales, p. 36.
By Egypt's seggy Nile, they say
The crocodile greets o'er his prey ;
As he the heifer laith'd to kill,
An' scrupl'd guiltless bluid to spill.
Pic ken s Poems, i. 7.
S E G E , s. 1. A seat.] Add;
8. T h e birtli in which a ship lies.
ce And gif the ship be on ane hard saigc, the mas-
ter sould gar the shipman amend it incontinent,
that the ship tak na skaith." Ship Law is, Balfour's
Pract. p. 622.
It was used in O.E. ce Sege or sete. Sedes. Se-
dile." Prompt. Parv.
T o S E G E , t>. a. To besiege.
— " Nocht expremand—gif thai war segit be him
or his army, & resitit be the saidis personis," &c.
Acts Mary 154.2, Ed. 1814, p. 417.
Spenser uses siege in the same sense. But this
use is now obsolete. Fr. sieg-er is sometimes used
for assieg-er, but the language is viewTed as corrupt.
V. Diet. Trev.
S E G G , Bull-SEGG, S. A n ox that has been
gelded at his full age, S.] Add;
ec And what made you, yemisleard loons,—come
yon gate into the ha', roaring like bull-segs, to frigh-
ten the leddy, and her far frae strong." Monastery,
i. 140.
f£ If it is several months before being gelded, it
retains, ever after, the- appearance of a bull, and is
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in that part of Scotland, termed a bull-sag." Agrw
Surv. Ayrs. p. 419.
This term is said to be from Lat. "" that has been
cut;" Gl. Surv. Moray. Sec-are must be the v. meant,
and indeed bos secalus is used in this sense in the
laws of the Visigoths. V. D11 Cange in vo.
S E G S T E R , s. A term which frequently oc-
curs in the Records of the city o f Aberdeen as
signifying a sexton.
As E. Sexton is corr. from Fr. Sacristain, Segster
is a similar corr. from L.B. Segreslar-ius, id., one of
the various forms which this ecclesiastical term as-
sumes, q. Scgrcsler.
T o S E Y , v. a. T o assay.] Add;
S E Y - S H O T , S. A n opportunity given, in play, of
regaining all that one has lost, Fife.
T o SEY, v. a. T o strain any liquid, S.] Add;
This v. is mentioned by Palsgrave. " I sye my Ike,
or dense, Je coulle du laict. This terme is to [ t o o ]
moche northerne." B. iii. F. 361, a.
Lancash. Sye, to put milk, &c. thro' a sieve." Gl.
Bobbins.
The O.K. v. Syu-yn or clensyn licoure, Colo,"
(Prompt. Parv.) must have had a common origin;
although in form it varies more from the cognate
terms in the other northern languages.
S E Y , s. 1. That seam in a coat or gown, &c.] De-
fine ;—The sey of a gown or shift is the opening
through which the arm passes, S.
TheJbresey, the bachsey, S.] Add;
" He's a shabby body the laird o* Monk barns/
said Mrs. Heukbane, f ITell make as rnuckle about
buying a fore quarter o' lamb in August, as about a
backset/ o' beef." Antiquary, i. 320
" The proper pieces of beef for roasting are the
Jbresey and surloin." Receipts in Cookery, p. 36.
S E Y , s. A sort of woollen cloth, See.] Add;
— " To provyde tua boyes to be bound prenteises
for seaven yeiris to learne all sortes of working cloth
or seyes, spinning, weaving, waaking, litting, dress-
ing;' &c. Acts'Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 3t)2. "
" Wool was then, for the first time in Scotland, ma-
nufactured by machinery into seys, serges, plaidens,
and other coarse cloths." Thorn's Hist. Aberd.
ii. 151.
Palsgrave renders " saije clothe," by Fr. serge;
B. iii. F. 60, b.
The learned Dr. Ledwieh says that sack is an ori-
ginal Teutonic word, which k* the Greeks ami !Is-
mail s changed into sagum, and the Krcnch into sa^ic,
saium, and sain." Antiq. of Ireland, p. -0 I.
Fraunces renders Suy cloth" by I.at. " iSagum.'*
Prompt. Parv.
S E Y , s. A shallow tub. Y. SAY.
T o S E Y , v. a. T o see ; the pron. of Ettr. For.
S E Y A L , S. " A trial Gl. Picken, S. O.
S E I D I S , S E E i ) s s . pi. 1. That part of the husk
of oats which remains in meal; as, u That meal's
fow o seeds? it is not properly cleaned, S.
<{ The haill subiectis susteinis greit lose Q Q S S ] and
skaytli in paying alss deir for dust and seidis as gif
the samyn wes guid meill." Acts Ja. VI. Edit.
1814, p. 1 7 9 . "V. DUST.
Zz
 S E I
% Sozcen-seeds, the dust of oat-meal, mixed with
the remains of the husks, used for making flum-
mery, after being so long steeped as to become
somewhat sour, S.
S E I G N O L L E I S , pi Supreme Courts ; applied*
apparently in derision, to the meetings of the
General Assembly of the Church of. Scotland.
— cc His hienes hath restored in integrum the es-
tate of bishops, and hath contramandet the seignortis
presbetereis,—in respect his hienes had livele expe-
rience, that they wer gret instrumentis of unquiet-
nes and rebellionn be there populare disordo\
— " Wishing heartle your g. welfare, and to assist
ws with your 1. prayer, help and gudwill at her hie-
nes hand in maynteininge of this go ode work against
the pretendit seignoreis, the end whereof tendis to
evert monarcheis and destroy the sceptor of princes,
and to confound the whole estate and iurisdictioun
of the kirk," &c. Abp. Adamson's Lett, to Abp.
Whitgift, Life of Melville, ii. 521.
Fr. set gn curie, " an assembly of great l o r d s C o t g r .
S E I L E , S E Y L E , S E L E , S. Happiness, & C . ] Add;
Seil d if our face, is a phrase still used in Aberd.,
expressive of a wish for happiness to, or a blessing
on, the person to whom it is addressed.
Ye—think my muse nae that ill-fawrd,
. Seil o' your face !
' Skinner s Misc. Poetry, p. 10$.
S E I L F U 1 , S E E L F U \ S E E F U L , adj. 1 . Pleasant]
Add ;—52. Happy, foreboding good, Ang.
Keist the first hippen to the green was flung,
And thereat seeful words baith said and sung.
Boss's Ilelenore, p. 13.
This is the' same word which elsewhere appears
in the form ef seefu. Whether it is sometimes pro-
nounced seeful, or this be an erratseems uncertain.
S E E L F U N E S S , .?. Complacency, sweetness of dis-
position, happiness of temper, A n g .
An* tho' I say't, she's just as gueed an aught,
As wysse an' fu of seelfuness an' saught,
As onie she,.that ever yeed oil bean,
Gentle or semple, except I now will nane.
Ross's Helcnore, First Edit. p. 106.
—She's just as gueed a child,
Wise and kind hearted, cheerful, meek and mild, &c.
Edit. Third.
Beau here, bane, Third Edit, would at first view
^eem meant for bone. S. bane, S.B. bein. But perhaps
it refers to bend or benn leather.
S E I L Y , S E E L Y , adj. Happy. Seely Wights.] Add;
This shews the sense in which we are to under-
stand the phrase sidy.
For oght the kirk euld him forbid,
He sped him sone, and gat the thrid ;
Ane carling of the Quene of Phareis,
That ewill win geir to elphyne eareis;
Through all Braid A bane scho lies bene.
On horsbak on Hallow ewin ;
And ny in seiking eertayne nyghtis,
As s c h () say is, with sur [[our] si/tie wye ft t is.
i.svvj/,/ /;;;. SL .'indrois, Poems \[)th Coil. p.':!2(),
Urdd-Ahii ue is {or Hraidalbin. Sit tie does not
here signify, as might seem at lir.st view, weak, puny,
from their small size ; but is tile same as Seen/,
S E I
Sely is the form of the word in O.E. « Sely •of
happy. Felix. Fortunatus." Prompt. Parv.
S E I L I S , interj. Expressive of admiration,
—All the suynis awnaris
Said, Seilis how the fulis fairis!
Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 202.
A.S. sillice, mirabiliter, from sillic mirabilis.
In a MS. copy it is, " Said fertis." If this be the
true reading, it must signify, " said forthwith," or
" suddenly/' from A.S. ferlice, subito.
S E I M , s. "Resemblance, likeness, appearance f
Gl. Sibb.
Germ, zicm-en ; Isl. saem-a, decere, convenire.
SEYME, The work at which a woman sews, S.
— " Ane change—from threid, seyme, and neidil,
to danse at the feidil; from blushing to heir of mar-
riage, to lauching to heir of loue." Nicol Burne,
F . 1 8 9 , a. b . V. SEAM.
SEEN Y E , S E N Y E , S. A synod, a consistory.] Add;
This in O.E. is written Seene} also Ccene. C£ Seens
of clerkes. Synodus." Prompt. Par v.
S E J O I N E D , pari adj. Disjoined, separate.
" The Lords found a sum lent out by a wife clad
with a husband, (though the obligation ran to repay
it herself,) belongs to the husband, to his heirs and
executors, unless she could say that she had a provi-
sion separate and sejoined by paction from her hus-
band, (like apeculium,) not belonging to him." Fount.
Dec. Suppl. iii. 130. Lat. scjung-ere, id.
T o S E I P , v. ?i. T o ooze, to leak. V . S I P E .
S E I K I E , adj. Of distant, reserved, or cynical
manners ; suggesting the idea of some degree
of hauteur ; Mora v.
This might seem allied to Tent, seer, seerigh, do-
lens, moest us ; exuleeratus; A.S. saeri, tristis, do-
lens ; as if the original idea had been that of pain
caused by a sore or wound. But with more pro-
priety it may be traced to some Goth, terms expres-
sive of local distance ; as Su.G. saer, a particle de-
noting, separation,-asunder. ; Isl. sier, seorsim, (Ve-
rel.) ; At far a sier, seorsim profisisci. Verelius also*
gives this particle in the form of ser. Hence serlcg-r
singidaris; item, morosus, Haldorson. I am disposed
to think, that the radical word is sier, the dative of
the pronoun sibi; as referring to what a man does by
himself. Hence serleg-r is by Ihmolph Jonas written
sierleg-ur, and rendered, sui sensus, singularis; and
siergod-nr, philantos, q. " good with him self,"or in
his own eye. Vr. Dietionariol. Isl p. 122. The lat-
ter term is expl. by Verelius, sibi bonus, (and writ-
ten by Haldorson .yergofi-r)arrogans, fastuosus (Dan.)
hovmodig, i. e. high-minded. Eay conjectures that
A.Bor. seer, several, divers, (<r is but a contraction of
sever." But here we see its genuine origin. I may
also refer to Dan. saer, singular, special, odd, &c.
whence saer-deles, id.
S E Y E I G H T , s. T h e name of a book mentioned
in Aberd. R e g . — " T u a builds, viz. ane alma-
nack, & ane callit the Seyrichtr A.1551, V . 2 L
Belg. zeerecht, marine laws.
T
1.o S E I S S L E , v. a. (Gr. a) 1. T o confuse, to
put in disorder, Berwicks., lloxb.
2. T o trifle, to spend time unnecessarily. It is
used as a part, to signify one who is unaetive or
unhandy ; as, a seisslin body, ibid.
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S E I S S L E R , S. A trifler, ibid. of that time constantly write the self, or the selvin, for
Teut. siss-cn to cease; sussel-en titubare, cespitare; itself."
or rather from C.B. sisial-a, to gossip, sisialwr a I have remarked this idiom with the demonstra-
gossiper. Dan. sysl-er, and Isl. si/sl-a convey an tive only in a few instances in the A.S. language.
idea directly the reverse. For they signify, " to be Of the setue nu/nstre, Ex illo ipso nionasterio, Chrorn
busy/' Sax. 38. 40. On the seine der-fald, In eo ipso fera-
S E Y S T E I L s. An incongruous mixture of edi- rum saltu, ibid. 232. 32.
bles, Upp. Clydes.; synon. Soss. Selven is often used by Chaucer, and is merely the
"To S E Y S T E R , v. a. T o mix in ah incongruous accusative singular of A.S. self seolf sulf On hire
mode, ibid. self tie ; In se ipsam. Int ha ere seolf an\ nihte ; In ilia
Teut. sauss-en con dire. Or shall we view it as ipsa nocte, Bed. 2. 6. The sj/lfne ; Te ipsum, Lev.
allied to Isl. seydsla coctio, from seyd-a, decoquere 19. 18. Ili/ne si/lfne3 Se ipsum, Matt. 16.24. On
diutius ? A.S. sea ire suceus, liquor, is apparently from th am s?/lfan leohte, In ilia ipsa luce, Bed. 5j)6. 3.
the cognate v. seal h-an to boil, E. to seethe. The term appears in its more ancient form in
This district, however, having belonged to the Moes.G. Silba, ipse; in dative and abl. sing. sUbi/i, in
kingdom of Stratclyde, the word may be deduced aceus. si then. Du mis si I bin, Ad me ipsum, J oh. 14. 3.
from C.B. saig, a mess, seig-iaw, to mess. Bi mile silban, Circa me ipsum, J oh. 8. 14.
S E E , S E L L , pron. Self, from which it is corrupted, S E L F F - B L A K , adj. Denoting blade as the na-
. S., A B o r . ; Ray. tural colour of the wool; i.e. the same which
S E L C H T , S E L C H I E , S. A seal.} Add ; the animal wore.
2. Used to denote what is otherwise called a shilf That the housband men and laboreris of the
corn, Gall. ground wear no cloathing bot graves, quhyit, blew,
<e Sealch,—a sh ill corn or small bum/ionGall, and selff blak claithe maid in Scotland,—vnder the
Encyc. Selkliorn, Dumfr. payne of fourtie pun (lis toties quoties." Acts Ja, VI.
S E L C O U T H , adj. Strange, uncommon.] Add; JU)21, Ed. 1S14, p. (>2().
Skinner mentions this word as occurring in P. S E L Y , adj. 1. Poor, wretched, S. silly.] Add;
Ploughman ; but he has misquoted the place. 2. Mean, paltrv.
Much people saved of selkouglk sores. " He is speaking of this-, rewarde that he was to
It appears also in Prompt. Parv. "" Selcouth or sel- receiue at Christ's comming, and lie- speakes not of
dom seyn. llarus." Also, £'c Selcouthness, Raritas." these earthlie stipends, howbeit there be much adoe
S E L E , s. A yoke for binding cattle.] Add; and stryfe for them in the land, if they were neuer
By means of this implement, the devil, and his myr- so seliePollock on 2 Tlies.
midons the witches, are believed, to exercise a con- S E L K I R K B A N N O C K , a sweet cake of flour,
siderable portion of their power in doing injury to baked with currants, See., S.A.
men by the destruction of their cattle. Although a " Never had there been—such making of car-cakes
sele is so formed as merely to inclose the neck of one and sweet scones, Selkirk bannocks, cookies, and pet-
ox or cow in the stall, it is asserted that two have ticoat-tails, eve." Bride of Lammennoar, ii. 2M/J.
often been found, of a morning, bound in one; which S E L K I T , Si-[.KITH, adv. Seldom, Eskdale ;
is reckoned more tiumanv exertion of human >t rength evident 1 v corr. i'roni Selcouih* u. v.
could accomplish. But the spell is so limited, that S E L L , s. A seat. " Repairing ».f ihe puir folk
the poor animals suffer no detriment before they are scli'ix in the kirk;*' Aherd. Reg. A. lol>S.
seen by human eves, i f the person who first sees them Fr. A•die. a sloole or seat ; " anv ill-favoured, ordi-
does not give or procure instant relict', they arc ine- nary or country stooie, of a cheaper sort then the
vitably suffocated. It is singular that this should be jovnod, or hufiet-stoole;" Coigr. For then they had
credited, not merely by the vulgar, but by persons of no fixed seatin churches.
rank and education. A lady in Angus assured me, in S E L L A B L E , adj. Vendible; SdlabuL Ab.IL-g.
the most solemn terms in which any assurance could — W i t h power to the saids commissioners to sett,
be given, that she had herself seen it in her father's down e the pryees of .sellable tein ds." A ct s, {' I \ a. f. V.S J.
cow-house. Sr.LI.IK, adj. Attached to one's c;w\: imeivst,
O.E. sole, I suspect, lias been used in ihesamesense. selfish, ( 'Ivdes., Ivoxh.; eiiher from SAL -v!f, or
Ct Sole, a bo we about a beastes neeke Palsgr. B. in. a corr. of A.S. ,sclj!ic. sui annuls. Y. the ,v.
F. ()5, a. He ii'h es no correspondent term in Fr. S E L L I E, a-, /i (!:ii 1::ni 11 e iVc> 111 St•/!. ^v-1 f. *iA\•/.
S E L F , S K I . W Y X . T/tc Sel/l '1 he Serein. used as
l'urs f.-y A:dl'n\ self is slii! for self;" Call. Eiu\
a demonstrative pronoun, like Lat. ijne.
(( Distroy Fidena with the flaiumeis of///<'.><-//", sen Sl^LLC) IT11, a*. A cellar.
ye may nawavismeisthes.-.me be voure be; \ c v ol e nee." 11 e boe:!t ame s<'llour ira me for xvi sh." A herd.
Bellend. T. JLiv. p. 3M). Sit is tiammis delete, Fat. lJeg. iT> i-S, 20.
Not that on re toung is in the ,s etuin sk:mir, I'rcjunces writes it " S(-/er. Selarium." Heme.
Bot for that I the ibiith of langage wan-. " Selcrcr. Selerarius. FrouuiS." Prompt. Parv,
Doug^ rirg. Pref. S E L W Y X , pron. The .sekciju, the same, the
Thai persawvt, be liis spekvng, sells'im- \ . SKLF.
That he wes the svueitn Robert King. S K M !I I. A \ , S K M . I,A Y, &C. .V. A n «'is:-'eml)]y.] Add;
Bar Hour, vii. 12o, MS. Sena'j; appeairs in this seme in O.li. Semly or
Ruddiman observes, vo. SelJ'; " Tis remarkable, congregation. Cougregatio. Scmljjug, or metyng to-
that our author [the Bishop of Dunkeld] and others gyder. Con curs us, Congressio." Prompt. Parv .
863
 S e n s e n
S E M B L E , The parapet of a bridge, Ettr. Cecil's phrase, the send) a party of gay young men
For.; probably from A.S. sccammel, seamnurn, and women arrived/' Discipline, iii. 24.
a bench ; Isl. skemmillj Dan. slcammel, &c. id. " A couple of envoys (Scot, sends) arrive from the
SEMI)LING, Appearance. bridegroom, who lead the bride to the temple of Hy-
Behald now to thir men of might, men; she having, on their arrival, presented each
That meekill lies, and wald haue mair ; with a pair of gloves/' &c. Edin. Mag. Nov. 1818,
And to thair sembling take gude sight, p. 412.
How that they passe away sa bair. There is a striking resemblance between this cus-
Poems Sixteenth Cent. p. 218. tom and that of the ancient Romans. The bride, in
Like Fr. semblance id., from sembl-er to seem, to her way to the house of the bridegroom, was attend-
make shew of. ed by three boys, clothed in long white robes, guard-
S E M E , s. Vein, in relation to metal; a peculiar ed with purple, who were called Practcxtati. It was
requisite that their parents should be alive. They
use of E. seam.
cf Thairfoir quhensoeuir ony myne or seme of met- were therefore denominated Pueri practcxtati patri-
mi et matrimu One of these carried before the bride
taill wes found be ony of the leigis of this realme,
a torch of white thorn. The other two led her by
the same wes at her neglectit or be all moyanis pos-
the hands.
sible obscnrit." Acts Ja. VI. 1592, Ed. 1814, p. 556.
When the bride was put to bed, the friends of both
S E M E I B L E , S E M E A B L E , adj. 1. Like, similar.
parties used to snatch away the torch which had been
" And all vtheris the kingis liegis assistaris to sic borne by her praetextatus. If this torch happened to-
opunyeoms be punist in semeible wise." Acts Ja. V. be inadvertently put under the bed, it was supposed
1525, Ed. 1814, p. 295. to be a presage of the early death of one of the parties.
This, according to the fac simile, might perhaps Another reason for carrying off the torch is assigned
be read semable. by Servius. The torches, used on this occasion, being,
2. It seems to signify becoming, proper; like E. as he says, of the corneil-tree, and burning long, they
seemh/. were accounted guardians of life to those who got
—Cf With power to the said reuerend father—to hold of them. For they concluded that, by having
enter the tenentis of the saidis lanclis, ressaue thair these in their possession, they should live long. Ro-
gersumis and vtheris dewteis in als frie and semeable sin. Antiq. p. 429.
maner as the said reuerend father was in vss of be- S E N Y E , s. Distinguishing dress worn in battle.]
foir the said annexatioun." Acts Ja. VI. 1597^ Ed. Add;
1814, p. 147- Qiiliar off suld thow thi senye schaw so he ?
That this is most probably the sense appears from Thow thinkis nan her at suld thi falow be.
the tenor of the act, which states that the possessors Wallace, x. 139. Ed. 1820.
of bishoprics, Szc. had been subjected to a consider- Seny, O.E. te Seny or token. Signum/' Prompt.
able abridgment of their rights in consequence of the Parv.
annexation made of ecclesiastical lands to the crown. S E N Y E D A Y , the day appointed for the meet-
S E M P E T E R N U M , ^ . A speciesofwoollen cloth. ing of a synod or assembly, Aberd. Reg. V.
— " Cottons, sempeternums, castilians," &c. Act. SEINYE.
Cha. II. V . PERPETUANAE. SEN Y E O U R E , 8. Lord, prince.
Lat. sempitern-us, everlasting. The clothiers even " He wes ressavit in lugeing with Accius Tullus,
in that early period, had by way of ruse, invented the gretest senycoure that wes amang the Volschis
names for their fabrics, which, if well-founded, must in thay day is." Bellend. T. Liv. p. l 6 l . Prin-
soon have ruined their trade. ceps, Lat. Ital. signore, Fr. seigneur, id.
S E M P I L N E S , ,9. Meanness, low condition in S E N Y E O H A B I L L , adj. Lordly, seigneurial.
regard to rank. Thair was seruit in that saill seigis semclie,
££ Plesit your Grace to call to remembrance the
Mony senyeorabill syre on ilk syde seir.
faithfull service, ktwlie obedience, and grete offers Iiauf Coily ear, C. iiij. a.
proceding of trew hart and mynd that my sempilnes O.Fr. seigneuriable, seigneurial; Roquefort.
lies maid—-unto your Hienes.—Maist liumlie besek- S E N Y I E - C H A M B E R , S. The place in which the
ing your hienes till accept thir my lawlie offiris, and clergy assembled.
trew service, and resseve my sempilnes in favour." " Amongst the other buildings in the abbey and
Declaration of Friar And. Cairns, about A. 1528. monasterie of St. Andrews, there was a chapter
Pinkerton's Hist. Scotl. ii. 483. V . SYMI»ILL. house where the convent met to consult about their
S E N , SEX-SYXK.] Add; affairs.—But where it stood none can tell. And af-
Thus Constantyne gave all the land, ter the reformation, 1 find they met in the senyie-
That Papys scne-sj/ne had in thare hand. chainber " Martin's Reliq. D. Andr. p. 40.
IVynloivn, v. 10. 346*. SEN'S, " Save us GL Shirr. V. S A N E , r.
S E N D , .<?. 1. A mission.] Insert, as sense SENS, s. Incense.] Add;
52. A message, a despatch ; also, in regard to the This is also O.E. " Sence or incence. Incensum.
local .situation of the sender, a SetuLdoiot, or Thus/' Prompt. Parv.
Send-up, S.B. S E N S Y M E N T , &c. s. Sentiment, judgment]
3. Messengers sent for a bride, S.] Add; Add;
u The harbingers of the bridegroom, (or, to use " He wes acquite be oure lawis, and be the sen-
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sament of Parlament." Instruction, Q.Mary; Keith's
Hist p. 39 f- _ ^ originally used to denote sotvens in a more advanced
— " Thairfoir be censement of this present parlia-
ment, anthorisis and cleclairis the samin to have bene
dewlie, weill, ordourlie, and justlie direct," &c.
Ibid. App. p. 154.
S E N T R I C E , s. Perhaps, what has been lat-
terly called the sentry-box.
ff To uphaue the sot I rice of the brig." Aberd.
Reg. A. 1521, V. 11.
Sherwood expl. (3.'E. sen trie as equivalent to watch-
tower, rendering it by Fr. guerilc.
S E Q U E L S , $. pi. T h e designation of one spe-
cies of duty exacted at a mill to which lands
are astricted, S.
" The duties to which those hinds are liable are,
multures, sequels, and services.—The sequels are the
small parcels of corn or meal given as a fee to the
servants, over and above what is paid to the mul-
turer; and they pass by the name of knaveship,—
and of bannock and lock, or gowpen." Ersk. Inst.
B. ii. t. 9. § 19; , Jacob's Diet.
Du Cange gives L.B. .sequela as synon. with Secta
Moutae, and Secta ad Molendinum. Qui eta el ama vi-
lli us ecclesiae Rothomagi,—omnia molendina—cum
omni sequela et moltura sua, sine aliquo retinemen-
to eoruni quae ad molendinum pertinent vel ad mol-
turam. Cart. Rieard. R. Angl. A . 1197- V. vo.
Secta, 3.
SEQUESTRE,
" The Romans were not long before Christ, but
drawne in as sequestres by the Jewes owne partiali-
ties ;—and albeit the stronger, yet so farre suffered
and maintained the liberty both of state and religion,
as at Christ his birth Herod was a mighty king, and
the state and religion for freedom from any forraine
oppression, flourishing." Forbes on the Revela-
tion, p. 234.
Fr. sequestre signifies " he into whose hands a
thing is sequestred Cotgr. But I suspect that the
term is here used in the primary sense of Lat. .vi>
quester, a mediator, or umpire.
S E R E A C H A N-A I T T I N ,
" T h e sereachan-ailtin is aboutthebignessof a large
mall, but having a longer body, and a bluish colour;
the bill is of a carnation colour. This bird shrieks
most hideously, and is observed to have a greater af-
fection for its mate, than any fowl whatsoever."
Martin's West. Isl. p. 73.
Perhaps the name should be read screachan-aittin,
"because of its shrieking.
S E R E V A R I S , -v. pi. Sea-robbers or pirates.
<e Pilyeit in the streme be menu of wair or sere-
varis" Aberd. Reg. V. 15.
This corresponds with the language of Gawin
Douglas ;
Yone fals se reuer wyl leif in sturt.
and with that of Blind Harry ;
Apon the se yon rewar lang has beyn.
V . REWAR, a n d REYFFAR.
S E R F , s. T h e state of soivens or flummery be-
fore the fermentation commences, or when it has
only gone so far as to admit of their being boiled
into a thick consistency, and altogether free of
acidity, Moray. 365
E R
Gael, searbh, (pron. serv) sour, may have been
state, and afterwards been limited in its sense. Sear-
hhan is given by Shaw as signifying oats.
B E R K , A shirt, S . V. SAUK.
S E R K I N E T , A piece of dress. V. G m -
KIENET.
S E R P E , s, Apparently, a sort o f jibula made
in a hooked form.
" Others might wear serpes, belts, broaches, and
chains." Pink. Hist. Seotl. i. 124.
Fr. serpe, sarpe, a hook or small bill; Fair, Diet.
Trev.
S E R P L A T H E , ,v. Eighty stones of w o o l ] Add;
This term elsewhere assumes nearly the same
form with the word used in the E. law.
— <f Robert Mur consentit—to compere before the
prouost & balyeis of Edinb r gh—for the pley of the
scrplare of woll." Act. Dom. Cone. A. ]478, p. 11.
" Sarplar of wool, (Serplera Lanae, otherwise
called a pocket) is half a sack. Fleta, lib. ii. e. 12."
S E R P L I N S , s. pi. T h e soapy water in which
clothes have been boiled, Lanarks. V. B A F F L E S .
T o S E R V E , v. a. T o deserve.] Add;
This term has been of general use. It is pre-
served in several S. Proverbs. Fie that does bid-
ding, serves no dinging.'—An apology, when we are
told that we are doing a thing wrong, intimating
that we were bid to do so." Kelly, p. 149-
" They wite you, and they wite you no wrong,
and they give you less wite than you serve/ i. e. less
blame than you merit." Ibid. p. 318, 319.
*•'SERVICE, 1. A term used at funerals in: the
country, to denote each act o f going round the
company with the offer of wine, or spirits, &c., S.
tc All they want by repeating often, Let us lift, boys,
is to have another service or round of bread, cheese,
and whisky; so that when lifting time comes, some
of those drunken and gormandizing mourners can
scarcely lift themselves." Gall. Enc. vo. Lift.
This is probably a change of the meaning of the
term formerly applied to the religious service per-
formed on this occasion, or the Office jor the Dead.
As S. Dregy has been transferred from the funeral
service to the compotation after the interment, this
term seenis to have undergone a similar change.
I ? or old Fraunces gives the one as synon. with the
other. <e Sertnjceordiryge. Exequiae." Prompt. Parv.
2. Assistance given to masons and carpenters while
building or repairing a house, S . A .
ce Service is a provincial phrase for labourers, to
dig away earth from the foundation of a house, pre-
pare mortar, and assist in rearing scaffolds, carrying
stones, joists, &e." Note, Agr. Surv. Roxb. p. 28.
S E R V I T E , S E R V Y T E , S E I I V I T , S E B V E T , S. A
table napkin, S ] Add;
" The air sail haue—tw elf ser vet tis and anebuird-
claith of dornique, or than the best linning buird-
claith." Balfour's Pract. p. 235.
SEHVETING, Cloth for making table napkins.
Linnin cloth called towelling and serveti-ng of
Holland making, the ehi xxvi s. VIII d." Rates, A .
16*11.
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SERVITOUR, 1. In old Writings it often lyke maner the sessioners with the advise and appro»
signifies clerk, secretary, or man of business. bation of the most part of that lious." Acts Cha. I.
T h e designation formerly given to a writer's Ed. 1814, V. 401.
apprentice. S E S T U N A , interj. Expressive of admiration ;
fr In a moment, the Baillie was. in search of his equivalent to, 64 W o u l d you have thought it ?rf
apprentice (or servitor, as he was called sixty years It is also often used after refusing to grant a
since.) Jock Scriever; and, in not much greater request, Orkn.
gpace of time, Jock was on the back of the white It is evidently, Seest thou noiv.
poney." Waverley, iii. 272. T o S E T , v. a. T o give in lease, kc.] Add;
$. Besides this sense, it was used, like the obsolete " Wee are so farre from denying to Antichrist a
E . word, for a servant or attendant, in a general place, yea and an ordinarie calling in the church, that
sense, and also in the expressionof duty or respect. wee aliirme constantlie, that so it must have beene.
S E R V I T R I C E , SERVITIUX, <y. A'female ser- —But so wee grant him to be in it, as yet hee is none
vant, a lady^s maid. of it, more than, a boile or apostume, in the body, is
— " Takand the burdeine vpon thame for vmq1 a member of the body, so wee grant him to have had
Maistres Margaret Wincester, servetrice to his Ma- • rule, and ordinarie calling in the church, as had these
jesties said vmq1 darrest mother,'" &c. Acts Cha. I. husband-men, to whom indeid the vineyard was set,.
Ed. 1814, Vol. V. 124. Servitrix, Aberd. Reg. but they murthered the heire." Forbes's Defence,
O.Fr. serv iteresse, servante, Roquefort; L.B. ser- p. 13. _
vitrix, famula. S E T , S E T T , , S. 1. A lease ; synon. with Tack.
S E S I N G O X , SETS IN o x , SAT SING o x , a p e r - -—" Decretis—that he sail haue na dale nor entro-
quisite formerly due to the sheriff, or to the meting thai* with in tyme tocum, without he op ten®
bailie of a barony, when he gave infeftment to tak and set tharof." Act. Audit. A. 1471, p. 14, col.
an heir holding crown lands ; now commuted Also p. 15, col. 1.
into a payment of money, in proportion to the — " And to content & pay til Mm the malis of
value of the property. the samin sene Qsiuce] tyme of theset maid to the said
cc That lettrez be writtin to the sehiref to mak
Schir Johne." Ibid. A. 1476, p. 46.
ff A lettre of sett" a missive granting a lease. Ibid.
the ox be restorit agane to Elizabeth Geddas, that A. 1478, p. 67.
wes takin for the said pretendit sesing." Act. Dora. " He should not delapidate his benefice in any sort,
Gone. A. 1488, p. 100. nor make any set or disposition thereof, without the
Erskine speaks of this perquisite as due only to special advice or consent of his Majesty, and the ge-
the sheriff. Inst. B. iii. t. S. § 79- But it appears neral Assembly." Spotswood's Hist. p. 452,
that it was also viewed as one of " the proffitis & 2. A sign or billet fixed on a house,, to shew that
eschetis of a balyery." it is to be let, Aberd. '
The lordis decretis—that Johne Lindissny of
S E T T E R , S E T T A R E , ,S\] Insert, as sense
Colvintoun sail—restore to James lord Hammiltoun
1. One who gives a lease of heritable property to
the soumez & gudis vnderwrittin of the proffitis &
another, S.
eschetis of the balyery of Craufurde takin vp be the
said Johne the tyme he vsit the said office of bal- " it sail noclit turne the sett are nor the takare to
yery, & pertening to the said lord Hammyltoun ; prejudice ony maner of way for the tynsale of the
xiij scsing oxin, iiij ky, xij wedderis of a bludewyte," said landis," &c. Acts Ja. IV. 1503, Ed. 1844, p. 244.
&c. Ibid. A. 1479, p. 33. N.B. The proof given under the word in D I C T .
Saising ox, Acts Ja. VI. 1567, App. Ed. 1S14, p. 40. to be transferred to this sense.
S E S S I O N , S K S S I O U N , S. T h e name'given to T o S E T , v. a. 1. T o beset, to way-lay.] Add;
the (onsisiorv, or parochial eldership in Scot- 3. To sett the gait, to beset the road or highway.
land, S. " Because mony evill disposit persounis vsisapoune
It coexists af the Minister, who constantly pre- cruele malice & forthocht fellony to lay wachis and
sides ; of the Ruling Elders; and of Deacons, who hesetl gaitis quhair thai vndirstand mene are to ryde
have a right of judgment only in causes which re- and pass,—geif ony persounis beis ourtane be ane
spect the support of the poor, or the management of assise of setting the gait, laying wachis, &c. the com-
ecclesiastical temporalities. All ordinary causes, in mittaris—tliarof sail bepvnist to the deid, albeit the
whieh the congregation are interested, are tried and persoune or persouns that thai laid waching fore
determined by the Session. In some cities there is eschaip thair scaith." Acts Ja. V. 1525, Ed. 1 814,
one general session for the different parishes within p. 297^298.
the liberties. Su.G. sitt-a, Isl. sit-ia, in insidiis sedere ; Lat. in-
This or dour has been ever observed sen that si d-ere, id.
tyme in the Kirk of Edinburgh,—that the auld Ses- S E T , adj. Cast down, distressed, afflicted, Aberd.
sion belbr thair departure nominat 24 in eleetioun The only v. to which this seems allied in signifi-
for Khlers, of quhom 12 are to be chosen, and 32 cation is Teut. setUen-9 sidere ad ima vasa; q. quite
for 1 )i\-H\»unes, of quhome 16 ar to be elected." sunk.
Knox's Hist. p. 207* V. E L D E R , ELDERSCHIP. S E T , s. 1. Kind, manner, fashion, S.] Add/
S E S S L O N E R , s. A member of the Court of % Shape, figure, cast, make, Aberd.
Session, a senator of the college of justice in S. 3. T h e pattern of cloth. It is said to be of this
W Most part; of the whole consenting; and in or that set, especially where there are different
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colours, according to the pattern followed in But Paul sayes, Labour with thy owne handes, ra-
ther ere thou he idle in this lyfe, put to thy hand to
the weaving, S.
r<r To ascertain and discriminate those separate di-
a spade, or shouell and dig dykes." Rollock on 1
Tiies. p. 190.
visions of society, every clan wore a different set, as
In this sense, it would seem, the v. to Sit had been
they stile it, of tartan." Grant's Superstitions of the used in O E.
Highlanders, ii. 207-
"•Flora gave me a small bit of the silk tartan they " fytfj/»g> becormnyng, [ F r . ] aduenant, asseant
wore upon them, which I send that you may see the Palsgr. B. iii. F. 64, a. " It is nat sytlyng for you
sett, knowing you have a-great taste in web making, to do thus. II ne vous est pas scant de ikire ainsi."
and as I will need a new dress at the competition of " Itsyitelh nat for your estate to weare sofyne furres.
pipers." Saxon and Gael, ii. 6. II ne siet poynt," &c. Ibid. F. 36*2, a, b.
2. T o become, appl ied to any piece of dress, S.] Add;
" I n dyeing and a r r a n g i n g the various colours of
their tartans, they displayed no small art and taste, Fu' rich is thy heart in leal kindness, my lassie,
preserving at the same time the distinctive patterns or Tlio' ham el y thy cl ait hi ng, yet aught,1vets my lassie;
sets, as they were called, of the different clans, tribes, Thou art a new pearl, in gowd 1 will case ye,
families, and districts. Besides those general divi- An' next to my heart, O 1 for ever I will place re.
sions, industrious housewives had patterns, distin- Remains of Nilhsdale Song, p. 94.
guished by the set, superior quality, and fineness of T o S E T , v. a. T o disgust, to excite nausea; as,
the cloth, or brightness and variety of the colours." " Tlievery sichtof that soss^/mystammack,"S.
Col. Stewart's Sketches, i. 79- - This must be an oblique use of the v. as signify-
S E T , S E T T , part pa. W r o u g h t after a particular
ing to fix or settle ; q. it so settled my appetite that
pattern, S. I could not partake of it.
" Ane new colored Woman's plaid, most sett to bo- T o SET up upon, to lose one's relish for, to be-
day red.. Item, ane gray broken plaid, sett most to come nauseated with, S'B.
the green." Depred. on the Clan Campbell, p. 114. T o S E T ajf\ v. a. 1. T o dismiss, to turn off, S.
4. Tlie socket in which a precious stone is set. Tent. aff-sett~en, abdicare, af-setten van sijn ampf,
— " Upoun the samyne bonet tene [ten] settis, in dimovere officio, Belg. a/gezct, " turned out, deposed,
every set four dyamontis, on the ta syd ane rubie and dismissed from one's place," Sewel. The phrase is
ane tabill dy am out with xxiiii settis of perle in every often used S. to denote the dismissal of a servant, or
set four perle," &c. Inventories, A. 1542, p. 6j- of any one in office.
— " Tene [ten] plain dyamonttis in settis of gold, 2. T o fob off, to shift off, S.
xviii. settis of perle, & thrie in every set, and nyne Was'tna your paction, ere I loot you gae,
set lang, and four in every sett." Ibid. p. 67, 68. That just yoursell I for my hire sud hae ?
SET of a borough.] Add; But thinkna, man, that I'll be set aff sae,
This terra seems especially to respect the mode of For I'll hae satisfaction ere I gae.
managing election-s. Ross's Helen ore, p. 81.
ff The sets are essentially a description of the es-
T o S E T 1 iff, v. n. 1. T o take one's self off, S.
tablished forms of procedure at the annual elections, 2. T o loiter, to linger, to be dilatory, Aberd. ;
and a recognition of the parties entitled to partici-
synon. Put ajf'.
pate therein."—" The records of the Convention are
* T o S E T bp, v. n. T o care, to regard.
not extant prior to 1552 ; but, according to Wight,—
— T o their sembling take gude sight,
the Convention in that year established a set or uniform
How that they passe away sa hair,
mode of election to be observed in all the Boroughs of
And set not by how that we fair,
Scotland." Mr. Barnes's Addr. Con v. of Boroughs,
That wilines all that they spend.
Edin. Nov. 23, 1824. Dund. Advert. Nov. 25."
2. T h e fixed quantity of any article with which Poems Sixteenth Cent p. 213.
a family is, according to agreement, supplied In E. it occurs in an active sense only.
at particular times; as, " a set of milk,"" a T o S E T by, v. a. To give as a substitute, es-
set of butter,1"' &e. S. pecially for something better, to make to suf-
S E T , part. pa. Seated at a table for a meal, or fice ; as, " 1 1 1 set him by w'i a puir dinner the
for compotation, S.B. day, as I hae naething better to gie him, 11 S.
MyseF gaed creepin* up ah in, T o S E T out, v. a. T o eject, to put out forcibly ;
But they were set, e'er I got in, as, C,: I set him out of the house,"1 S.
An' drivin' romi* the bicker. * T o S E T up, a. W h i l e this v. denotes ho-
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 121. nour or advancement, it is almost invariably
T o S E T , v. a. 1. T o become one as to rank.]Jdd; used a s expressive of contempt f o r a person, who
" It may be that many wil be content to be ex- eitherassumessomc distinction, or .receives some
ercised in an honest and liberall action, so that they honour, viewed as unsuitable to his station or
may keep their hands clean : but when it commes merit, S. ; as, Set you up, truly P — " She
to an handy work, and to put to their hands, and maun hae a new gown; set her up Py
file their fingers, or. to the bowing of the back, and S E T E , .v. Legal prosecution.
of the head, that is ouer strait, • it is ouer sore to a " The said Dauid allegiand at the said landis o f
Gentle-man to doe that, it settes him not: he is a Logycarroch belangit him be-resone of Seie & forfait
Lords sonne, should he fyle his hands with labour? be the said Andro,—The said Dauid allegis that he
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lias lettres of tak of the said landis maid to him be
lauchfulprocess & forfaltour led apone the said A ndro,"
&c. Act. Audit. A. 1474, p. 41.
This term, as it is nearly synon., has a common
origin, with Soil, soyt; L.B. sect-a, from sequor. It
seems indeed to be the old law term only a little
varied. Secta, jus persequendi aliquem in judicio
de re aliqua, maxime de criminali; Du Cange. The
word secta appears sometimes in the form of set-a and
sett-a, although in another of its significations.
S E T E R , S E A T E R , S. A local designation, Shetl.
V. the term S T E R .
S E T - D O W N , s. An unexpected overwhelming
reply ; a rebuff, S.
S E T - O N , pari adj. A term applied to what is
singed or slightly burned in the pot or pan ; as,
to broth when they bear the marks of the Bi-
shop $ foot; also settin-on, Teviotd.
S E T T E G E A R , " money placed at interest,"
Nithsd.
Well sell a' our corn, Carlin,
We'll sell a' our bear,
An' we'll send to our ain Lord
A' our sette gear.
Remains Nithsdale Song, p. 138.
It is expl. as in the definition, in a Note by the
editor. In Hogg's Ed. it is Settle-gear.
SETTERTOUN, A term occurring in an
Act of Ja. VI. respecting Orkney and Zetland.
— " Foil* Copland, settertonn, anstercoip," Sec. A.
1612. V . ROICH.
S E T T I N G , S E T T E R S . A weight in Orkney,
&c.J Add;
(< Set ten, the same with a Leish pound.—Six set ten
makes a Meel." MS. Explie. of Norish Words.
Although Setting is synon. with Lispund ; the for-
mer term, I am informed, is most commonly used
in Orkney, and the latter in Shetland.
S E T T I N G - D O G , 6'. A spaniel, S . ; setter, E .
* T o S E T T L E a minister, v. a. T o fix. him in
a particular charge, S.; synon. to Place.
l< In some cases the Presbytery having reaised to
induct or settle, as they call it, the person presented
by the patron, it has been found necessary to appeal
to the General Assembly." Ros well's Life of John-
son, ii. 244.
In the same sense a congregation is said to get a
settlement, when the Pastor is introduced to the dis-
charge of the pastoral office among them, S.
SETTLE, s. A kind of seat. V . L A N G - S E T T L E .
SETTLE-GEAR,
Well send to Lord Nithsdale
A* our settle gear. Jacobite Relics, ii. 36.
A.S. set I, setel, sedes, sella. "V. SETTEGEAR.
S E T T L I N , s. Often such a beating as brings
one into a state of submission, S.
fl To get a settlin, to be frighted into quietness
Gl. Shirrefs.
S E T T L I N S , s. pi The dregs of beer, S.
" Them that seldom brew, are pleas'd wi' settlins
S. Prov. Settling is used in this sense In E.
S E T T R E L S , ^ . pi The name given to the
young sprouts that shoot forth in spring from praedictas seweratcs. Monast. Anglican. T. ii. p. 509*
368
E U
the coleworts planted in the beginning of win-
ter, Stirlings.
A diminutive from E. set, a plant or shoot laid in
the ground.
S E T - S T A N E , s. A hone, or stone with a smooth
surface; denominated from its being used for
setting, or giving an edge to, a razor or other
sharp instrument, S . ; often simply Set, Roxb.
He—stole his scalping whittle's set-stane.
Remains Nithsdale Song, p. 166.
S E U C H , S E W C H , S. 1. A furrow, &c.] Insert,
as sense
A fosse connected with a rampart, a ditch sur-
rounding a fortification.
"" Perceauing that that labor did butt small profite^
he eawsit shute at the toun wall the 17-—Rot the
grounds within were so weill fortified with ramperes
and deepe seuches, that they durst not mak assault."
Hist. James the Sext, p. 155.
T o S E U C I I , V. a. 1. T o cut, to divide.] Add;
T o plant by laying in a furrow. Thus the
phrase, skeugking kail, occurs in an old Ja-
cobite song. V. S H E U C H , V.
SEVEN SENSES, a phrase used to denote one's
wits; as, YeVe fley'cl me out o1 my seven
se?isesYou have frightened me out of all the
wits I ever possessed, S.
I find nothing analogous to this mode of expres-
sion. The French, who are usually charged with
a propensity to rhodomontade, are, in this instance,
more moderate than we ourselves are. For they
content themselves with five. J'// met tray tons mes
cinq sens, " I will employ my best endeavours in
the matter;" Cotgr.
Could it be meant to denote all our mental pow-
ers, as alluding to a number in all ages viewed as
expressive of perfection ; especially as, during the
prevalence of Popery, so many things, connected
with religion, were expressed by this number, as
the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, the se-
ven canonical hours, &c. ?
SE ITER A L E , adj. Applied to landed property
as possessed distinctly from that of others, or
contrasted with a common.
—Charging to tak an inquisicioun—quhethir the
said land—has bene broukit & joy sit be the saide
Jolme of Carmichell & his forbearis in tymes bigane,
outlier in ering & sawing, or in pasture, as propirte
& seuerale til him ;—or gife the samyn landis war
commoun pasture bathe to the said Johne & James,
& bathe thair gudis commonly pasturit." Act. Au-
dit. A. 1473, p. 27.
S E U E K A E E , Sk In seuerale, in distinct possession.
e( The actioune—anent the etin & distroying of
certane come—vppone the lalidis of Wistoune per-
tening to him in seuerale & propirte," &c. Ibid. p.
26, 27-
This phrase occurs in the same sense in O.E.
More profit is quieter found
Where pastures in several be.
Tussers Husbandry.
L B. server aUis. Et praedictas 40 acras terrae
 S H A S H A
Separalis is used in the same sense. In separali, heels, and out with the toes;" Thoresby, Rat's
Fleta l i b . 2. c. 54. § 1 5 . Lett. p. 336.
S E W IS, s. pi. Places where herons breed. V. £. Aletaph. transferred to a female that has been
HEuoxK sew. deserted by her lover. She is on this account
S E W ST Ell, A sempstress S. compared to a pair of shoes that have been
O.K. " Scirstar or So.rstar. Sutrix." Prompt. Par v. throw n aside, as being- so put out of shape a>
S E X T E H N E . , v . .A measureimcier.iiy used in S. to be unfit to be wmv. nnv longer. S.
The aid boll first maid he king D.mid contend C'oloiiei i)tM»gias A si. lop.—heard the Marquis <-f
a .v.r/er/aa the se.rlerne eonten.it xij gal lords aid A say,— thai his kinsman had made a better ar-
met," &e.' Pari. Ja. I. A. 1 kJMActs Ed. 1814, p . rang.-mcni ibr hinw If, — and that Pmckiav. was wel-
12, c. 22. come to the wec-iring <>f Havei^woevl's ,v,7aaitl \i
L.B. sc.r.'i-r-L'.x. A\\rf:rr-lnr\ mensuva iiquidorum et sht;e:;." Urine of Lammernioor, iih p. i u.
aridorum: Du Cange. This measure varied greatly, Aoi: i.w A n y nisi rumen t worn oaU. 1 Add :
as used in different countries. I.. a v. e;:!; animal, :i\\ shielded or s'iia-
S H A , Sh A W , h:1t ?j. T h e term of incitement ken Cadi. E : i c .
used to a dog when called to give chase to any f). A feeble, dnniimtive, lialf-iFistorted person.
other animal, Gall. Dumfr. In the parL. the vowel o is used, ibid,
r- Ska. what is said to a dog, when ordered to
V. Snociinnn.
hunt; Sha aire:, run you dog I" Call. Encycl. S11A (• K L E -1L \ M E , .v. L T h e wris:, S.] Add;
It has been conjectured that tins has originated kk i sod, perhaps liidiei'oiisly, to deuv;Le ilie pas«
from Fr. c.''a7, the cat : as if the naming of puss
tern ( f a hor.-e.
were a warrant for the dog to give chase. ,,;An the iUiiek sands g\.t a g r i p an vor P.: g / s
Tt at. .v/.nr-a;? fugere, defugere ; C.B. ys^og-i to
shuldcb«.'ie.—iieel worn!>le doun the bourn : and v har
stir, to iruve ; or perhaps rather from ane. (ioi.ii.
an [are ve tlien?" Franck's Northern Memoirs,
in.seeias i. V. Ihu, \ o. SLaada, \ idere.
p. til.
To A ti, it. T o smuggle, lo send anv
S L A G , .sa 1. Tlie reio:ve of barley.] Add ;
thing ;:v.;iv pnvniely Ciaii. Fnevci.
'-'Mr. uiik-i-rt a i e i k i t j I ; r o w e r , .\iloa, sov/cvl
They s/auVd pair Famous air to hell,
a (pniutity of shag, from Knglish barley, crop 1 f
Wi nimble feet. Ibid. p. ;M-7-
l)eie.g the skimmiugs of ids mailt cisterns." Edin. Cab
/is smuggling conveys tile idea of acting* under
Mercury, <jth Detx 1822.
a covert, this term is probably allied to O.Tcut.
5J. T!;e ternn is sometimes applied to the refuse of
sehahhe, sehobbe, operculum, tegmen. Germ, .senanb
oal:*, Slrailimc-re.
palla, stola muliel)rIs (which Wachter derives from
O.us lun/e about ten tiin.es the qaant'tv of shag
Gr. tkzt-jj tego) ; Ik'lg. seLabhcl;c, an eh; thread-
they la.il last year." Caled. AI ere. Nov. 1;5, iS^2;>.
bare clone, u? co'ee," Sew el; Su.G. legun-n.
r F h e dung- of cattle.
S U A B L E , SiiAisiiLE, <v. 1. A crooked sword.] S i I A 1 I L \ \ V. SIIAKN.
Add; T o S i l A K ajoftf* to dance, S.
" (/arr.-jA ua\ ing, at a e onuintUe of ( ouucil, — S w e a t e r iar tharn ony ta?ngne can tell,
railed at General Dal/del, calling him a Mu>c.n ia V/aa that hr^t nig lit 1 s/asil a J hot w i? Noli.
beast, who u<ed to roast men, the General in a pa.-,- A. /.v i\i-'M.s' INI!, p. .
r j\ ; s i 2 A ivE, v. a. One is said to be siiii
sion struck him widi the pome! of his ,shab!e on the
face, till the blood sprung." Founsaunhalh i. I M}. wlien mueh eniaelaled i)v disease oi
Sir Thomas Urquhari. gives the term in its pro- a'-ug evau'nenient, S.
per form. SOAK M, -V. Fhnaciation, as described above ; as,
4'-' Yet at their pleasure was he eompleatly armed
;i a/a.'/.T, S.
cap-a-pe, and mounted up,on one of the best horses S l i A K l v D O W N , , ? . A temporary bed, kc.]Add;
in. the kingdoms, and a good slashing so hie by he, " T h e same blanket which serves them, for a mantle
•/nle." l o i b e l a i I F L p. i Si). In the original, brae- b y da^v, is made a part o f their b e d d i n g at night,
quemart. In the Fr rata, however, prefixed to vol. w h i c h is generally spread upon the f l o o r : this I think
ii. he fcrs to this as a mistake/' P. I SO*, for .sa-
they call a Shakedon //." linrt's L e t t e r s , ! , i (• 7.
ble r. shaUe.
S H A ivK-U A G - L I K i v atlj. ilesembling a tat-
This is an O.K. word. Skinner g;v; s sable as sig-
t e r d e n a n i o n . S o u t h o f S.
nifving, eiisis Sar oaticus. wit houi naa^uning r:d<re.
I F1 w.-,s a .s!.it::e-rag-iihe fellow,' lie said, '' and he
Phillies gi ve> both. as equally signifying " a ivLJ
of simetar, hanger, or broad sword." dared to say lie haul g y p s y b l o o d in Ids veins." G u v
yield, as sense Manin-rs.ig, ii. 77•
5. A n v little person or thing, Mra'dnnore. S : L\ L K, A1. name given to allum ore, S.
T o S U A CI I, r. a. T o distort, | Add ; Si ' L ! . . -v. T h e scale suspended from a balance
Norv. skak askew, whence shiaehke, having;? v 11- j(>r ^veighing. I)enI.
torted mouth, skiaehddn distorted. The roat seems Ten;, sehaele ran de »ruc<:he. lanx ; IJelg. sehaal, id*
to be shaa distorted, the same with Isl. sua. S1 • A L L, ,v. A shell, Aljerd. Isl. and Su.G.
T o S U A C U I . K , r. a. L T o distort, S/] Add; a/»',.-/, test;i.
Perhaps the provincial E. v. Shale may be vieued S U A ? , L O G i f , adj.] Insert, as definition:—
as allied. *• To Shale (proper to the feet) in with the F l c u l i i ' u l , a b u n d a n t , Alearns.
VOL. II. 309 3 A
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S I I A L L O C H Y , adj. Shallow. " Shalloehy
Land*, land of a shallow nature Gall. Enc.
S H A L T , s. A horse of the smallest size ; Shah
tkj dimin., Aberd. ; the same with S H E L T I E .
When near the town, he made a halt,
And lighted there, and left the shalt.
W. Beatties Talcs, p. 2.9-
T o S H A M B L E , v. a. T o distort, to writhe;
as, " H e shambled l\\s mou' at me," S.B. ; synon.
Shevel, Sliozd. Apparently from a common
origin with the E . adj. Shambling, u moving
aukwardly and irregularly but what this is
seems very doubtful.
S H A M B O , " S H A M B O - L E A T I I E R , S. The leather
called shamoy, S.
—No windy flourished flying feathers,
No sweet permusted shambo leathers.
Watsons Coll. i. 28.
* S I T A M E , s. Often used in profane language as
a substitute for the devil's name, as, Shame care,
S.B.; or in imprecation, as, Shame o-nye, Shame
J a ye, i. e. befall you, S. ; synon. with Foul,
Sorrow, Mischiefs &c.
When I think on this warld's pelf,
And how little 1 hae o't to myself;
I sigh when I look on my threadbare coat,
And shame fa' the gear and the bagrie o't.
Herd's Coll. ii. 10. Khe where hladrij.
It is a singular coincidence, thar Su.G. Tage mig
ska nan en, should have a similar application ; Diabo-
lus me auu rat. I lire, howewr, perliaps not very na-
turally. vie- - ykanan, in this acceptation, as contract-
ed from Isl. skiacman malelicus, q. scadhman. I would
prefer considering it as a metaph. use of skamm pu-
dor; or as meant to point out the father of our shame.
S H A M L O C H , «v.L A cow that has not calved
for two vears; W . Loth. Gael. simlach, id.
S I I A M M E L - S H A N K I T , m/y. Having crooked
LOGS, Teviotd. V. S H A M B L E , V.
S H A N , adj. 1. Pitiful, silly.'] Add ;
Shan would seem to be u*ed in Ayrs. as sig-
ing backw :trd. avor>e.
An' tho' \\ e stownlins eat, vet man
At tiiefl an" robbing is na shun.
fn ither kintries far awa
He thinks't nae harm to rob ava.
The Ttea Hats, Pickens Poems, I. 6*7-
Add to etymon ;
This term may, however, be allied to C.B. jjsgan,
Armor, sgan, light, inconsiderable ; inconstant, wa-
vering, vain, &c, ; Llmyd.
S H A N I), adj. The same wit Ii Shan, but ap-
parent !v used in a stronger scn^e, as signifying
worthless, South, of S.
*• I doubt Glossin will prove hut shand after a',
mistress," : aid Jabos, as he passed through the little
lobby he-ide the bar ; " but this is a gude half-crown
ony v. av." Guy Mannering, ii. 1ST- " Base coin.
Cant. v»ord." Gl. Antiquary.
T o S H A N E , v. a. T o heal, to cure; properly
vised to denote the supposed effect of supersti-
tious observances, Gaihnvay.
Jt occurs in the account, given of the magical
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rites used for recovering a cow that is considered as
elf-shot.
ie A burning peat is laid down on the threshold
of the byre door —if she walks quietly over the peat,
she remains uncured ; but if she first smell, then lets
a spang over it with a billy [the act of bellowing],
she is then shaned, cured." Gall. Enc. p. 210.
It is also mentioned under the word Sinn, to wash.
' f Probably this and shanc, that which breaks witch-
craft, are one ; red-hot irons are sometimes thrown
into a churn, so that it may get, or that the cream
therein may become butter ; this is termed shaning."
P. 427-
This is immediately a corr. of S. Sane, v. That
Synd, or as here written Sinn, is a corr. of the same
word, there seems to be little reason to doubt.
S H A N G , s. A sort of luncheon ; 44 shangcP breed
and cheese, a piece,—a bite between meals
Gall. Enc.
Isl. skan signifies crusta, cortex.
S H A N G A N , S H A K G I N , S H A N G I E , S. A stick
cleft at one end for putting the tail of a dog in,
&c.] Add;
And Gibbie skelp'd before the fae,
Like Colly wi' a slumgin. —
Davidson's Seasons, p. 20.
It is pronounced shangie, Roxb. A letter is some-
times fastened by this means to the tail of a dog,
who carries it to the place appointed, faster than it
would go by post. Add to etymon ;
Gael, saimnigh-am, to couple, to yoke.
S H A N G I E , <9. 1. A shackle that runs on the
stake, &c.] Add ;
CZ. The chain by w hich dogs are coupled, Eife.
Hence, it has been supposed, the term Collie-
shangie, q. te a quarrel between two dogs which are
bound with the same chain, which must be the more
violent as they cannot get away from each other."
It must be observed, that, in Fife the term is used
in a general sense as denoting a chain. Perhaps
shangie is merely a liquid modification of Fr. chaine,
a chain.
S I I A ^ G I N E S S , s. T h e state of being slender,
mcagreness, S.
* S H A N K , .9. T h e handle ; as, " the shank on
a spune," S.
S H A N K , .v. Apparently meant of the shank o f
a hill, Ayrs.
" I heard a queer unearthly greet coming down
the shank, and wizing ay nearer and nearer to the
byre door." Blackw. Mag. Nov. 1820, p. 201.
S H A N K of a coal 7?iine.] Add;
Nine score o' fathoms shanks down lead,
To let the hammerin' core in.
A. Wilson's Poems 1790, p. 265.
T o S H A N K , r\ n. T o sink a coal-pit ; as, 44 to
shank for coals," CUdes.
— " Three new coal-hi ughs were shanked in the
Don ray moor, and e\ er sinee there lias been a great
plenty of that necessaiw article." Annals of the Pa-
rish, p. O k
T o S H A N K qffl v. n. T o depart quickly, S,
V. under Sen AN K, S.
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SHANKUM, A person, or beast, that has Aui xs, s. pi. T h e useless or iess valuable p.vrt
I ON g sin al 1 I egs ; Orkn. V. Sen A X K . OI'hcjmds, whether poured oh' or remain urn- m
SH ANN A G I L A bone-lire ; properly one a vessel, ibid.
lighted on Hallow eve.] Add ; SIIAHG,*. A contemptuous term ermvovuiy
•Similar rites were observed in Ireland. O't lalloran the idier; of the object being tiny, am! at lire
asserts that Sinuha'n: waslhe name uiveii todM KUHHI. sank' time mischievous, K i\:.-s., Perths.
Tills planet was undoubtedly worshipped by the Ir. ( hie!, tearg. dry. wither; ft : ,ve.;ry-;r:->, to with-
name of <V.auhaii. ; ami as tile fc :si of i>eh or the er, pine av.*ay. consume : (hence Ir. .v. .m<<\ " a worth-
sun, was proclaimed hv fires ai;;; oilier public re- less mail or bea-t O'lhiMy): .vea/yvamed, di ;ed up,
miein^s on Mav eve, so was that of .S'mc/mm, or the withered. This et\ re.on is t.> y re!err. .1 y •• t]i;y
moon, the eve of November." Hist. i. 1 1 :J. given under SUA::C;ASI, a dimin. fee. i SUM-:*,.
it was the ca-mm on the eves of Sc/nu ;;;< and S U A H O I K , adj. Thin. shrivelled, A \ m.
lk-1, <r <•f November and edav, for the priests to T o SI L A H G , v. a. T o tease : applied le. !e.P.-
light up holy iires through the kingdom ; all culi- o2ruai>'e,
o ~ Ir diet I.
nary fires whatever to be then extinguished,, nor to SUA EG, .V. Petulant unnecessary expostulation, ib.
be rekindled but by some of these new ones.—In that Su.G. skrock, Dan. skrauk, fictio, commentum.
portion of the imperial domain taken from Minister, S H A 1 1 N , S H E A R N, SII A I R N , ,Y. T h e c i t i n g o f
lie [Tuathal] erected a magnificent temple called oxen or cows, S.] Add;
Flaciita, sacred to the fire of Sanihain, and to the Fuff play'd the priming—heels over ither.
Savin;)!Lei, or priest- of tile moon. Here, on every They fell in shcirn.
eve of November, were the -Ires of *S\mi/-ain lighted Maine's Si iter (ii.n. •>. ."»I.
up. with great pomp and ceremony, the monarch, S H A R K T E , s. A d e : ign:RII-.UI g i v e n U> TIE.- PERSO:I
the Druids, and the chiefs of the kingdom attend- to whom the eh MGE OF t i n - c.>W.-' IS CANM.ITLE !
ing.—It we.s deemed an act of the hiyhe.-t impiety i n w i n t e r ; IVEIN EMPLOYED hi EA:
to kindle the whiter iires from any other: and for o i f t h e d u n g , LLOXB.
this fawair the hea i of every home peal a scrcd >at, S I I A I I X K Y - F A C H ) , adj. Having the Jacc befouknl
or threepence, tax, to ' lie Arch-Druid of Sawhain. w i t h cow-dung.
In like maimer, everv May eve was the fire of And there will be juden Machmrie—
lie/ liglued. up, in the temple of L isneach." ibid, W i t h liea-liiygvd shiir-u-'j-fac'd iamrie,
p. 2:21. I*)hihson-'c Bridal, Herd's Colt. ii.
This writer fancies, that the worshippers of the S H A I 1 P I N G - S T A N E , -v. A wlietstone, S .
moon ff were called by both Greeks and Latins Sam- S I I A 1 1 H O W , adj. 1. HI t i e r , i n relation t o t h e
nolhei, probably from the Irish Samhain-Dia; as
taste; also used in a general sei?se, Caithn.
being votaries of the goddess Samhain" Ibid. p.
'2. K e e n ; as, a shurroic cru\\i\ one v h o acy- ;he
114. Ir. samh is the sun ; also, the summer.
part of a ui;i:, ibid.
S H A N N A G I I , -v. A, word used in this form,
T h i s , i t I-I P : \ # h a b l e . "S (aagliially d i e >AUUE ii !I
" It is ill shiiU'ti^-'i in you to do" this or that;
i. e. It is ill vm:r part, or it is ungrateful in Sj.iwr-Ai'h'H . 1 »ICT.) I>IIT, on > e e e ; : d T'AIEV.HL-, !
a.m melinc.! Y> V;.-\. ia;'.H AS radie. IB, t i i d e -
you to do so.
r e n t irme.I S ,'U '/,'</E /.W- . a h ••.ongh . \ :U>a \ N. -S.
Perhaps from Ir. Gael, scan, prosperity, happiness ;
/,•",/('/'• ;e IAE.Y h e a l l ' a d l T'.> E-Y/ee, : , ; \
q. " it cannot conduce to your happiness or allied and.
FRI^'TJRE densata, SIMW so haer'!e:UAI H-s' f:A,-T :• • to
to seannach crafty, cunning, as equivalent to the
phrase, It is ill policy." Isl. skan-a signifies omen- bear t h e footsteps of men and beasts : isl. .Y/H.'/V.
dari, meliorari; q. It will not make the matter bet- iii. T i n s p r o ] > e r l y signiii-es t l i e c r u s t o f a n y t h i n g ;
ter." Su.G. skocn is rendered judicium. audi iie.s !)ee:I viewed as a term a l l i e d t o L a t . scara,
SHAP, A shop, E u r . 'For. Teut. schap the crust of a wound, Su.G. skaerra, a wound, a
f r a c t u r e i n tlie s k i n . H u t , w h a t e v e r h e t h e ORIGIN
promptuarium. V . C H A P .
of t h e S u . G . and 1 si. t e r m s , a l t h o u g h . s t r i c t l y d e n o t -
S H A P I N G S , s.pl T h e small bits of cloth
i n g the efleet c f s e v e r e w e a t h e r , t l i e c m i g h t n a t u -
that are cut oft* with the scissars in shaping
r a l l y b e t r a n s f e r r e d to t h a t s l a t e o f ti.E a t m o s p h e r e
any piece of dress, S.
S H A l i D , s. A little despicable creature; used wikmcc t i n s o r i g i n a t e s . Ir. ami. G a e l . \nir'Ji S I Y M -

as a term of reproach. This term is often ap- •ies b i t t e r , s h a r p , SM e r e .

plied contemptuously to a child ; generally to
RI.\) S 1 1 A G V M I L id, T o walk with A s h u f -
one that is puny or deformed, A b e r d . ; ij. " a fling or shambling gait, S. V. SitACir.
SIIAIY; I I p a r t . pr.
mere fragment.*'1
" What!' roars Macdonald—C yon poor sliaughlhi
Either a figurative use of E. shard, A.S. sceavd, in-kneed hit scray of a thing !" Reg. Dalton, iii. 119.
a fragment; or allied to Isl. shard-a, minuere; Su.G. S I I A V E , S I ' I K K V K , s. A slice, S.] Add;
skardy fraetura; Isl. shard, laesio; whence Udisskarii, Thick, nevel't scones, beer-meal, or pease.
laesio inemhri; Verel. T o brither down a shave O' cheese,
T o S H A R E , v. a. T o pour off the lighter parts I'd rather hae—than a' their—teas
of a liquid from the heavier, Lanarks., Ettr. That grow abroad.
F o r . ; the same with Schire, v. " Pieken's Poe?ns 1788, p.. 63.
T o S H A R K , v. n. Applied to liquids, when they O.E. " Shtjue of brede 01* other lyke. Lesca. Sein-
separate in a vessel into two or more parts, ib. dad' Prompt. Parv.
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S H A V E L I N , s. A carpenter's tool, Aberd. V. portly, an' she, poor thing's a wee sha-wpy, as we
Ch AVE LING. say." The Smugglers, i. 229-
* S H A V E 11, s. A humorous fellow, a wag.] A d d ; S H A U P I T , part. pa. Furnished with pods ; as,
There's him at Agin court wha shone, weel-shaapit 'pease, S.O.
Few better were or braver ; S H A W , s. Show, appearance.
And yet wi' funny, queer Sir John, It is used as an argument against the importation
He was an unco shaver of " Inglis claith and vtheris Inglis w air is and mair-
For monie a day. Bums, iii. 97.. cheandice maid of woll," that " the same claith" ha»
A low word, borrowed, as would seem, from cant " onlie for the maist parte ane outwarde sham, want-
language. " A cunning shaver, a subtle fellow, one and the substance and strength quhilk oftymes it
who trims close; an acute cheat/' Grose's Class. Diet. appeiris to hane." Acts J a ' V I . 1597, Ed*. 1814,
SHAVIE.. 1 . A trick or prank. p. llf). V . SCHAW, v.
To Play one a Shavie^ to play one a trick. It is S H A W , 5. A wood, Fife.
used sometimes in a O good,; sometimes in a bad This, which is used as a country word in E., ir
sense, A b e r d . , P e r t h s . , P v ife. there limited, according to Phillips, to " a wood
And so to fortune I must leave ye, that encompasses a close." With us the sense is
I wish she play not you a shavie. more general. V. S C H A W .
Mestons Poems, p. 129- S H A W , s. A piece o f ground which becomes
The kintra ca'd him dainty Davie, suddenly flat at the bottom of a hill or steep
For moiiy a prank an' mirthfu' shavie. bank, Teviotd. T h u s Birnev-shazc, a piece of
Blackiih Mag. Dee. 1822. ground, of the description given above, covered
T o disappoint one, ibid. with short scroggy birches ; Breclcen-shaza, a
To Worl' one a Skaviey id. shaio covered with ferns.
I have omitted to mark the place where I found It might seem allied to Isl. skag-a prominere,
the following proof. skagi promontorium ; as denoting a piece of ground
—Sic wickedness her armies In, that juts out.
Sic blackguards in her navy, S H A W , inter}. A term of incitement addressed
An' kirk an' state are sisters twin, to a dog, Galloway. "V. SUA.
To work the land a shavie, S H A W L , adj. Shallow. V. S H A U L , and SCI-IALD.
I dread some day. S H E A D of'com. V. S H E D .
The origin is probably Dan. skiaev, Isl."skcif-r, S H E A L , S H K I L L I N G , &c. s. 1. A hut or resi-
oblique, awry, (E. askew J ; q. to set one off* the pro- dence, &e.] Add ;
per or direct course. V. SKA VIE.
Ten miles frae onie toun this she a ling lies,.
S H A V I T E H , s. A term expressive of con-
An' to see here sic twa is gryte surprise.
tempt ; as, a pair d runicen shavitery Berwick s.
Ilosss Ilelenore, First Edit. p. 71.
S II A V I T E E-L IKE, a d j . Having the appearance of The term had also been used for the huts erected
a blackguard, Ettr. For. by fishermen on the banks of rivers. Hence we read
S H A U L , S H A W L , adj. Shallow, S. of "bygging of the schelis on the watter syd," Aberd.
His luggies o' right ancient date,— Peg. V. 16.
He reek'dna meikle on their trim, " Biging of ane scheill vpone the watter syd of
Saebiens they warna shaul or slim. Doyne j~tlie river Don]." Ibid. Cent. 16\
Pickens Poems, ii. 80. The fishermen also complain of the " skayth thai.
" Shand water maks miekle din," Prov. V. SCIIALD. sustene throw want of the fysche, becaus" the per-
S H A U M , s. T h e leg or limb, Buchan. son referred to "'had cassin done the scheill." Ibid.
An end like tins wad be mail* pleasin, Sometimes it seems to be used as equivalent to-,
And to my wither't shaums mail* easin, cottage.
Than tytin on frae e'en to morn, •—Quhat skayth seho sustenis throu want of hir
A stranger to baith hay an' corn. scheill, that scho 111a oupset the same on thaim that
The Cadgers' Mares, Tarrass Poems, p. 53. stoj>pis hir to big it." Ibid. V. 16.
—Had wylie Lowrie cleekit aff a lam', Among the Swiss, shalet, pronounced q. shale, if
Or craggy heugh-had thrawn a queack's shaum. the term used to denote the temporary huts erected
Ibid. p. 117. by shepherds in the Alpine regions.
Most probably by a slight change from Fr. jambc, I find that there are terms in L.B. nearly resem-
the leg or shank; Ital. gamba, id. Hire expl. Su.G. bling Sheal and Shealing. These are Scalia and Sea-
skalm, as denoting one leg or limb of any thing that Unga. The first belongs to the kingdom of Arra-
is forked; Proprie notare videtur crus alteram rei gon. De Scaliis fact is in herein o, sive in nionte, si
cujusvis bifureae. quis signaverit" locum, & arando prosecutus fuerit,
S H A U P , <v. 1. T h e hull, the husk.] Add ; valeat sibi quantum araverit, &c. Fori Aragon. Lib.
3. Used to denote weak corn, Dumfr. 3. ap. Du Cange.
S H A U P I E , S H A W P I E , adj. Lank, not well filled Scalinga occurs in the Monast. Anglic. Tom. ii.
up ; applied to the appearance ; q. resembling 130. Et comnmnem pasturam totius morae, cum
an empty husk, Loth., Perths., S.O. liberis hominibus meis, et unam Scalingam thyema-
" She's a weel fared hissey, maistly as trig's your- leni in competent! loco ultra Hertingburn. Ibid.
madam, when ye was a lass; but your grown The sense, however, is evidently different. For
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both these terms regard ground, and such as, al- S H E A R - S M I T H , s. A maker o f shears. This
though in (heremo) a desert place, may be plough- is mentioned among the incorporated trades of
ed. aScalinga would seem to denote some land used Edinburgh.
for pasture in winter, preferable to the common •—" Ap proves th e h a ill rights—granted to—sm iths,
moors. It is not improbable, however, that in both cutlers,—peutherers, shear-smiths " Sec. Blue Blan-
instances the terms had been thus obliquely applied ket, p. l(j.
in consequence of shealings being places to which It appears from their armorial bearings, that their
men resorted in summer for pasture. Sea ha is principal work had been to make such shears as are
perhaps a term transmitted from the Goths in used for sheep. " Shear-smiths. Gu. JVool-shears
•Spain. impaled Az." Ibid. p. 4 , 9 7 . V. S H E E R M E N .
T o S H E A L , v. a. T o take the husks oft seeds.] T o S H E D , v. a. E T o divide, to separate, S.
Add; V . Sen E D .
I shale pea son.—1 wyll shale peasen whvle thou 52. Particularly used to denote the separation of
shalest the beanes." Palsgr. B. iii. P. 348, a. lambs from their dams; a pastoral term, Loth.,
To Sheal Peas is, I am informed, a phrase com- Roxb.
mon in the midland counties of E. S H K D D I N " , S. T h e act of separating lambs from
T o S H E A R , S C H E I U , r. a. 1. T o cut down the parent ewes, ibid.
corn.] Add; An useless gauffin tike,
(i Weir standand betwixt this realme ami Ingland,
That ne'er cude gie a decent turn
and the comis of the bon lot iris beand schvme and At sheddin, fauldin', bought, nor burn.
stoukit, and the awneris thairof dar not leid nor put Hog & s Scot , Pastorals, p. 20.
the samin in the b;:i-2i yair:i. for fear of the burning S H E D , s. J Shed of land.] Add;—Sheedof
thairof be the enemeis, gif the samin rerish and rot land, is used in the same sense, Orkm
for the maist part upon the feildis, the teneni:s a\v- A Shed
neris sould not be compellit to pay tclnd lor the sa-
of corn, a piece of ground on which corn
grows, as distinguished from the adjacent land
min." A . 15{):>. Balfour's Praet. p. 1-iJ). on either side, S.
O.E. id. <c S her en or renyn. A \ v-T >.—Schenpig or FF 1 ( ) 7 0 , May 30.—A great storm of thunder and
repyng of corne. Messiira. Messio." Prompt. Parv.
lightning att night; it did scorch and spoile sooie
S H E A R , S. T h e act of .sv-v/r/z/o" or reaping, S.
shcads of corne at Lawderdaill." Lament's Diary,
And ay they tell that " a green shear
p. 274.
Is an ill shake."
S H E D , s. T h e interstice—in a loom, &e.] Add;
The Ear st Big, st. 6.
The meaning is, that if grain be reaped before it Su.G. sited, Isl. skeid, peeten textorius, per quem
be properly ripened, the loss is greater than that stamen transit, quique fila discernit, mimt undoubt-
generally sustained by its being shaken. edly be viewed as a cognate term ; as well as, in the
The master douna 1 anger bear. general sense of the S. term, skede intervallum.
To *ee sae high and re.ugh. a shear. ll>'d. st. T-- 2. Used, in a general sense, for an interstice o f
A.S. seen re, ton sura. any kind, Mearns.
SH E A K E K , <v. 2. 1 N a general sense, a reaper, S. Thus, shed-teeth, and shed of the teeth, denote the
" The reaper or seherer cuttelh it limine, the cart interstices between the teeth.
or sled draw en by hors or some other bea>t, draw- S H E D of the hair. V . S E I I F . N , S C H F . D E , S.

eth it to the barne, or to the barnyaird." Resuming Sf IE D D E II S A L M O N , a female salmon; the

betuix Crosraguell and j . Knox. Pivl. ii. b. male being denominated a kipper, South of S.,
<k The profanatioune of the Sunday is <j;reatlie oc- An nan dale.
casioned in the tyme of harvest by the great con lin- in such a river, the close-time might end soon-
ens of pepill—for hyiring ^hiring] of scheiriins."' er : hut the termination of close-time is not the ob-
Acts Cha. 1. Ed. 1814, Vol. V. \>o'\>. ject, and is indeed very immaterial, i f.v/mm.Vr salt/am.
SiiE A KIN, <v. 1. T h e act of cutting down corn, S. kipper, and foul iish, are not to be taken at an\
To-morrow we'll the shearui try, time." Fisherman's Lett, to the iVemrn-mrs am!
"Gain' breakfast-time, if i: lie dry. Occupiers of Salmon F e m r i o in. S o l u m , p.
A. Douglass Poems, p. 114. Slf F E E I N G , .v. T h e same with Shit. .v;
S. By a common num :i\ !::•:. harvest in gv i:era'L S. " '1 he Shred uy i-^ tho thin substance eoiiti.hur.g
T o SI I EA 11, S H K K I ; , ' : ' . m T o divide, to part, the J me;:!. ;:I;I! which, by the la>t operation of grind-
to take dillerent directions, IVnhs. ing, is separated into two parts, viz. Meal, and Me<u~
There is, on the soul:-, a. high grouml from ea^-t Seeds." Abstract. Prooi" respecting the Mill of In-
to west, going over the to:» of .Mount Turlam, the veramsav, A. LSI l, p. I.
height whereof, or, in the language of old papers, SiiEEEiN-HiLL, «v. T h e eminence near a mill
the place where wind and water sheers, separates it where the kernels of the grain were separated,
from the parish of Muthill." Trans. Antiq. Sot*, lor by the wind, from the husks, S.
£t By every corn-mill, a knoll-top, on which the
Scoth II. 66.
A.S. scer-an, scir-an, dividere; Teut. schier-en, kernels were winnowed from the husks, was de-
Su.G. skaer-a, partiri. signed the sheeting-hill." Agr. Surv. Peeb.
GL'IEAIT of a hill, the ridge or summit, where S H E E N OF THE E E , the pupil of the eye.] Add ;
w i n d and water are said to shear, Aberd. Jsidorus gives augin schun as signifying the pupil
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of the eye. Hire conjectures that Su.G. oegnastcn,
id. was originally oegnasken, quasi lucidum oculi.
In A.S. it is seon-eagan ; but this rather corresponds
with our sicht of the ce.
S H E E P - H E A D S W O R D , the vulgar designa-
tion for a basket-hilted sword, S.
The great lieutenant's warlike suit,—
Was two large pistols, monstrous boots,
A sheep-head sword, gray plaid.
Lintoun Green, p. 12.
S H E E P - N E T , «?. A n inelosure composed of
nets hung upon stakes, for the purpose of con-
fining sheep, Renfr.
" Mr. John Smith from Roxburghshire, farmer at
Millbank, in Erskine parish, has fed annually about
300 or 400 Highland sheep on his turnip fields, by
using sheep-nets for folding." Agr. Surv. Renfr. p. I47-
S H E E P - R O T , s. Butter wort.] Add
Tliis is named Sheep-root, Roxb., also Clowns. It is
said to rcceive the former name, because, when turned
up by the plough, the sheep greedily feed on it.
As in the South of S. it is called Steep-grass, and
Yearning-grass, it is probably thus denominated
from its being occasionally used in the same manner
as It is by the Laplanders and the inhabitants of the
northern parts of Sweden, who substitute it for
rennet. V. Lightfoot, i. 7(), 77- Linn. Flor. Suec.
No. 25. The latter says, that by the English and
others it is reckoned noxious to sheep.
SIIEEFS-CHEESE, The root of Dog-
grnss, Triticum repens, Lion. ; Loth., Roxb.
SIXEEP-SHANX, s. t£ To think one's self nac
slu\':)-s!nnil\ to be conceited GL Shirr., S.
1 doubt na, irien', ye'll think ye're nac sheep-shank,
Alice ye were streekit o'er frae bank to bank.
Burns, iii. 54.
Most probably in reference to the lankness of the
leg-bone of a sheep, as indicative of feebleness.
S H E E P - S I L L E R , s. A certain allowance to
ploughmen, Per wicks.
" They jjhe hinds] receive a certain stipulated
quantity of grain, instead of wai»vs, according to bar-
gain. from !3 to 15 bolls, of six bushels each, and
;i yearly aiiewanee in mouev, according to agree-
m.-nt, iVo:u 30s. to ies. each, in name of hcrp-sdlcr,
being a eommut-vion of an ancient permission of
keeping a few sheep oil the farm." Agr. Surv.
Herw. p. •! 1 1,
S H E E P - S I L L E R , .v. (oiilliion Mie:;, whether
found in granite, or in micaceous shislus rocks;
c|. the silver of sheep.
li The light wras a sort of twilight or gloaming;—
and he knew not whence it came, if it was not from
the walls and roof, which were rough and arched like
^ grotto, and composed of a clear and transparent rock,
mcrusted with sheep-silver and spar, and various
bright stones." Northern Antiq. p. 400, 401.
S H E E F S S O W R U C K , Triticum repens. Y.
SOWKOCK.
SI LEE P - T A I D , s. A tick or sheep-louse, Clydes.
synon. lied, Kid.
T o " S H E E R , z\ n. T o divide, to part. V.
SHEAR, R.
SHEER-FEATHER, A thin piece of iron
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attached to the plough-^a;^, for the purpose
of cutting out the furrow, Clydes., S.O. '
S H E E R M E N , s. pi. The designation of one of
the corporations of Edinburgh.
" The craft of Bonnet-makers of old made a part
of the company of Walkers or Shecrmen in the city
of Edinburgh; and they generally resided in Leith
Wynd." Spottiswoode's MS. Law Diet. vo. Bonnet.
C( The Bonnet-makers were incorporated—A. 1530
—at which time they appear to have been united to
the fraternity of Wakers and Sheermen." Maitl. Hist.
Ed in. p. 30[).
A.S. scear-an, to shear. Old Fraimces gives " Scha r-
nian-orseherman; Tonsor; Tonsarius." Prompt.Parv.
This might have been used in the same sense w ith
our Sheevman. For in Ort. Vocal). Tonsor is ren-
dered " a clypper."
T o S H E E T , r. a. T o shoot, Aberd.; Sheet
styth, shot dead. V. S T I T I T , S T Y T I I .
T o S H E Y L , S H Y L E , r. a. T o distort the coun-
tenancc, Ettr. For. Sheyld, sheyli, distorted ;
used in a general sense, Dumfr.
This is the same with Slievel, v. But it has been
remarked that in the dialect of Dumfries-shire, there
is a tendency to drop the letter v between two vowels,
and to substitute the Scottish diphthong ey. The same
thing appears in Geyl, a gable, ike. Fraunces gives
O.E. sheylyn as a v., and sehaylyngc or scheylynge as
a s.} although without explanation, undoubtedly in
the same sense.
SI-IELKY, The Fed. a fish. Shell. V. S E L C H T .
T o S H E L L do:i'h\ r. a. ri\) expend, applied to
money; as, 4i the gold is the/led down" Y.
ASH-KEYS.
Sheeting out is used as equivalent; borrowed from
the act of taking grain out of the husks.
S H E L L - S I C KNESS, A disease of sheep, Shell.
The writer or shell sickness, is a disease peculiar to
those sheep who [>. which] feed on the hiliy pastures
at a distance from the sea-shore. It is occasioned by
a quantity of water, lodged be tween the skin raid the
rim of the belly, which, when allowed to regain with-
out application, ecca.ions a great derive of heat,
forming a crust over the tallow . They th-.-o loath their
food, i)ivi''!ii' q;ihe dispirited, a:ul at la- > fall a sacri-
fice to the i!i: temper. The best cure for this disease
is sab water." App. Agr. Surv. Shed. p. 4-7.
Shall we deduce the term from Li. skel Dan. skaU
sL-im-l. crusia? Dr. Edmonstone's idea, 1 find, cor-
responds with this deduction.
Tiie Shell sickness has been improperly confound-
ed with dropsy. It consists in a thickening and con-
creting of the omentum and larger intestines into
small white lumps resembling sheds, from which it
receives its name. It is common to sheep that feed
on wot mossy pastures." Zetl. ii. 223.
SI IEL?»L -v. The pieces of wood which form the
upper frame of a carl, i w h i c h the starts or
posts in the sides are morticed, Lanarks.
SI 1 E L M ENTS, s.pl. Y. S H I L M O N T S .
S H E P H E R D ' S C I J T B or C L U B S , the Broad-
leaved Mullein, Lanarks.
" Yerbaseum thapsnm, Broad-leaved Mullein,
Shepherd's club, Seotis." lire's Rutherglen, p. 248.
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Torn brandies form his spreading shrubs, SIT I E M./ adj. Malignant, reproachful; as,
O'ertopt with stately Shepherd's (htbw u a 's/i ich'tmnearsay," an injurious report, Ayrs.
A. Wilson's Poems 181o\ p. 181- Gael. ,ygecnn/i-aim, to reproach.
SFIEIIALUAL .v. A squabble, Mourns. This S H I E G L E , v. n. T h e same with Shoggle, to
seems to be of the same family with Shirraglie. shake, to be in a joggling state, Gall.
S H E R I F F G L O V E S , n perquisite which, it ap- Whan I grow an Id, wi' blinkers hazy,
pears, belongs to the sheriff of the county of Wi' banes a* shiegling and crazy.
Edinburgh at each of Uvo Fairs. To thee 1 will wi' joy repair.
That thev shall appoint—I hdlow-Fair ami Tri- Gall. Enci/cl. p. 553.
nity-Fair. with th.e haiu small ci:-.ioms, especially the S H I F T , .v. A rotation of crops, Stirling's.
sherifffee. and shcrlf gloves." lone Pianket. p. I h k c* In the carse grounds lying to the west of Stir-
Gloves formed a ])art of the price of investiture, ling, a course, or shift, as it is here called, of six
which belonged not only to a lord, but to Ins repre- years, is practised.5' Agr. Surv. Stirl. p. I t,;.
sentative. \\ l)u Cange, vo. Chirnhccue, col. f>77- S H I L B A N D S, s. pi Cart-tops, F) u mfr.; sy non.
S H E l l l ! A-AIOOIL Ja A designation for the re- with Shilrnonts. Laid-trec, id. Flttr. Eor.
bellion in Scotland, A . 171 o, S. V. Sn i miA-AI vin. T o S H Y L E , v. a. T o make wrv faces. V. S I I E Y L .
S I I F / I T L S I I E T U E , >a F T h e stick with which a T o S H Y L E , v. n. T o look obliquely, Gall.
inower w 1 • ets 1\is sc\ the, A iina\uhde. f<r Shi/lijig, not looking directly at an object, but
Applied to any object that is coarse and ugly; out at a side;" Gall. Enc. V . S K E L L I E .
as, a coarse, ill-looking man is in derision termed S H I L F A , S H I L F A W , ,9. T h e chaffinch.] Add;
" an ugly slethd ibid. Wi' the shiljurn's sang the green wud rang,
Isl. .skid. lamina lignea. Or .shall we view it as the Wi' the laverock's the sky.
<;r.ne with A.S. seealh. a. >heath, on the supposition Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. IS IS, p.
tiau th.e scabbard v. often mnloyed for giving am It is said, that this bird has its name in S. " from
ed.v.v t<> the swordi winch it eontain.ed : its striking the notes called sol fa in old music books,
SllElVlL*. A furrow, a ditch.] Add: when chaunting it's pretty song."
Thev turn'd me out,— S H I L L A C I v S , S I I I L L O C K S , S H E E L O C K S , S. pi.
That I might clean up ilka shciigh, T h e lighter part of oats; the light grain that is
Of a' the sham and giaur. blown aside in winnowing, A b e r d .
It. Galloway's Poems, p. SO. " Even in these Highland districts, the farmer
A learned friend remarks, that trench is probably gives his horses the lighter oats, prov incially shit locks,
the original sense of the word. and also a part of the chaff, and light grain of his
T o S I I E U C H , SITUGH, v. a. T o lay plants toge- bear."' Agr. Surv. Aberd. p. 501.
ther, See.] Add; Teut. schille, schelle, cortex, schill-en, schell-cn, de-
—An' whan we gade to bring lmn hame, corticare; or from Isl. Su.G. skil-ia, separare.
lie wa dJving in his kail-yardie ; S H I L L I N 1 S E E I) S , S11E A LI X G S E E1) S , <Y. pi. 111 DC-
,S/,<'•>;'id' -s kail an' laving leeks. finition, instead of—and for making soieens, or
Ihu the hose, ae.nl but the brooks, flummery—read, and for drying the grain in
Jisc:>b:!c . V w , i';V///. A 'ithsd. Snag, p. i 1 •[•. the kiln,' S.] Add;
T o S U L F C i I (gull.), o'. T o distort, Alearr.s. C£ About one half of the dust, and a small part of

ThF is merely a provincial variety o S h a c h , a., id. the sheeting-seeds, are given to the miller." Proof,
In addition to the northern words there mentioned, Mill of Inverarity, p. 1. V. D U S T .
it may be observed that C.l>. //.sgo, obliquity, j/sgo-i, S K I L L , adj. Shrill, S.
to go aslant, &c. ; acknowledge a common origin. The S. and E. words seem to claim different ori-
S l i E W A I l l ) , pret, Assuivd. gins ; Shill being most nearly allied to Su.G. skall-a
" The Ford James his awne servand, whom he had vociferari, skaell-a, Isl. skidI-a tin n ire ; and Shrill to
placed therto bvc for the nonce, direct from the cap- Su.G. skraell-a fragoremedere(Serem) ; sonnm stre-
ten of the >ame fca^edl, she/rard the douagier had perum edere; Ihre, vo. Skraelle.
desiered the house, and to perswede w:is first send S H I L L Y - S H A L L Y , adj. Weak, delicate,Eur.
the clerk of the ivgi.-ler ; to whom lie aunswered, as For. ; evidently transferred from the significa-
he had u a yvit th;- same bv parliament, so woolde tion in F1 to a dubious and frequently varying
he not dcli\ er it withoule the same." Fett. J. Wood, state of health.
Sadler's Papers, i. 6l<). SI 11 L A I O N T S , .v. /,</.) Substitute ;
S H E W E , theprct.ofSh}ar(\Sha:c\ to sow,lhich. S1111, o i O N T S , SUELME\"rs, ,v. pi. 1. T h e frame
A ' body share that had to saw, or rail, generally extending over the wheels,
For rigs was braw an* dry. which is hud on a coni-cart, for carrying u load
A.S. seotv, seminavit. Ta rras's Poems, p. 70. of corn or hav, S.1F; Shclmoits, Loth,
T o S H Y , SHY qffl] v. n. Applied to a horse, kh T h e longitudinal bars of the sides of a muck-
when it does not properly start, but moves to a bodied or close cart; whether these serve to con-
side from an object at which it is alarmed, S. nect and compact rungs, according to the more
Su.G. ski/, Alem. ski-en, vitare, subterfugere; ancient construction, or slots, which are now
whence E. shy, adj. more generally used in the low country, Loth.
T o S F I I A I J V E , v. a. T o sow, Buchan. V. the The respected friend, to whom I am indebted for
letter W .
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tlie more accurate definition of this term, subjoins
the following etymon;
" The origin is probably Fr. ccheUe. Echellett.es,
the diminutive, is employed to designate a similar
frame, on a smaller scale ; and is thus defined in the
Dictionary of the Academy:
vSerte de petite echelle, que Von attache a cote du
bat d'im ehevnl, pour porter, pour y accrocher des
gerbes, des bottes de foin, tie peddle, &c.
iV Tlie resemblance of she!meats to a ladder favours
this etymon : and the old Fr. word, echcllchicf! was
perhaps used by the French peasantry in this sense."
Eschelh-ment^ escalade : Pontic fort. Ah Siwavixs.
S H I L P E l ) , adj. T i m i d . Gall. " A sh'tped
wretch,—a heart strip! c,f manliness;" (ball. Ihic.
SIIILPKTNKSS, FaaUncss. » m o i \ 11 >uI,
I head na now what to think ; I had never been
at a battle ; a kind m'/:• me/;/ess cam owre me." Call.
Imcvcl.
Snii.i'i iy s. u A person t rendu mm; always;** ibid.
I gi\e these words distinctly from -V/.itpie, >V/a7-
adj.. because although they might he viewed
as the same, oniy used with considerable obliquity,
I hesitate because of their apparent affmty to ]<].
skelf-a terrere, consternere; skiidj-a tremerc; skcl//;?g
trepidatio. In like manner one sense of 'ihifpi! hi
Poxb. is cold anal comfortless, un genial f Gl. Ar.t.
S i l l E P I E , SiiTLFiT, adj. 1. Insipid.] Add;
" Fie pronounced the claret .v/Fy dy /a;d /h mamled
brandy with great vociferation." Wavei'ley, i. I d ! .
" Here, handmaiden—bring me a gill of dierryd
— f Sherrv's but shit jut drink, and a gill's a smed mea-
sure tor tw;i gentlemen to craca ow.-r at their dr.-;
acquaintance." Kedymmiet. iii. dim
Of a sickly white odour, j J m / /
The Faird, as lie m-ercd at her ever his specta-
cles, pronounced her to he but a.s/F/ph thing, though
wee! aneiush considering the neer-do-wecls trait were
aught herd' Marriage, ii. i:>.
There Care nae sudpd face can shaw ;
He's boltit out amang tlie snaw.
Pi eke;, \v Poems, i. 70.
S I I I a i X E i i , -v. One of the cre.ss bars in a kiln,
for supporting the ribs on which the grain is
laid for being dried ; I mill. ddF.vamrv, q. v.
<k As some servants, belonging to Si r. M • Fenme,
of Khuraig. were engaged in drymg a ipsantiiy of
oats oil the kiln, tlie mid shimm a ga\e way, w.hen
three of them were 'precipitated into the killogy, ami
one of them—was unfortunately burnt to death."
Fdin. F.vin. Courant, ^ 1 st Dec. I SOF).
S H I N of a Mlly the prominent or ridgy part of
the declivity, with a hollow on each side ; one
of the many allusions, in local designation, to
the form of the human body, S.
"" Adjoining to the thatched farm-house was one
of these old square towers, or peel houses, .whose
picturesque ruins were then seen ornamenting the
course of the river, as they had been placed alter-
nately along tlie north and south bank, generally
from three to six hundred yards from it—sometimes
on the shin, and sometimes in the hollow, of a hill.'*
Edin. Mag. Oct. 1817,, p- (Vh
S H Y N D , SOIND, A court of law, Shetl. Hence,
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SIIYXD or S O I N D B I L L , a deed executed in a
court, ibid.
" The earliest written documents that are to be
found on lands in Zetland, are those established by
what is called a Shy ml or Soind Bill; Shynd imply-
ing a court, and Bill a general name for any deed
or writing done in court." Edmonston's Zetl. b
\-29, V. also Ilibbert's Shetl. Isl. p. 302.
Sh !/;:d nearly resembles Isl. skyn judicium. But the
hitter, as far a.s 1 can discover, merely denotes the
act of the understanding, without being ever trans-
ferred to the determination of a court.
I see im northern term to which this can be traced,
exevpt Dan. .mym Norw. Isl. and Su.G. sokn, which
signify a parish. P>ut it must be observed, that this
is only m.e sense of tlie term ; and it seems most
preoaiae that it F mk-rely a secondary one. After the
myr-ahaimn of ChrFtiardty. this designation would
naturally enough be given to the ecclesiastical au-
thority within each par's!:, and to the district itself,
ihii we are certain that it was not confined to this,
f o r Vcrc;m> thus exydahw the term; Sokn a sekia,
in Fi.. pa-'-sim est actm vcl conventio judicialis.
lia'iht a sokn sine, actionem snam persequi. Sokn,
est eti am exact io rei pi meat ae vel mulctae. Socknare,
et Kcnungs soktuire, Ouaesitores et executores litium
Regm They acre distinguished from Bishops soknarc,
Execute/res F.pFcopi, Bishops executions karlar.
It seems niyhly probable that this was used in
times oi' heaoieaism. Fur sokn occurs in the Sae-
mundine Fuda, hi tlie Sor.g of Odin's Haven, as sig-
nilying, ceetus, congregatia.
••ioaaa;- the F Jeadom jirsokn denotes the su-
preme aathorhy,—ja suimnum.
Th re ?eei is no good i-easoii to doubt that the
aav;:iia\da.:i term is originally the same with A.S.
si,cu, siA'/V.-y curia domhii.
S I I I N ( ? L E , s. Gravel.
" Having rested some time on the sea-shore, he
rose and walked along the toilsome shingle " &ca
It. Gilhai/e, i. b.d.
An impropiu* orthcgraplpv for Chingle, q. v.
M i l XNId 11S, A*, jd. TiIe refuse"of a smi11f s
stithy, Dumfr. Danders synon. Corr. from
E . Cinders.
S111 N X V , ,v. rJdm grtine otherwise called Shi-nty,
SmxNY-ci.rn, s. T h e bat used for striking with
in tins gaaie, lioxb.
Si 11 ?S X OITv, s. T h e same with Shinty, a game,
S H I N T V , s. Id] Dele—An inferior species of
golf, &c. ; and Substitute ; — A game in which
bats, somewhat resembling a golf-club, are used.
T o these w o r d s ; — I n Eondon this game is call-
ed Hacl'ie, Add ;—or perhaps more properly
7/ovdv;,y.
It has been said, that Shinty era! flockei/ differ in
tills respect, that in the latter t\\ o goals arc erected,
each being formed by a ph ce of stick, with both
{•mis stuck in the ground. The players divide into
two panics ; t«> each of these the care of one of the
g adls belongs. 'Idic game consists in endeavouring
to drive the hall (which is made either of wood or of
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'cork, as an old bung cut round for the purpose,
which is called the hockey) through the goal al of the
opposite party. V. Book of Sports, 1810, p. 11-13.
But in Shinty, there are also two goals, called
hails; the object of each party being to drive the
ball beyond their own hail: but there is no hole
through which it must be driven.
8 . T h e ball, or knot of wood is called Shintie,
' Selkirks., Shinnie Sutherl. Thus they speak
o f the club and Mimic.
In the counties bordering on the Highlands, and
in Galloway, this game Is called Shinny.
" Hugh shared by reflection the triumph of Nor-
man :—' For it was* himself first put a shinny into
the boy's hand." Clan-Albln, i. 120.
SHIOLAG, W i l d mustard, Caithn.
" The tenants do not wish to sow bear until the
15th of May, because, say they, if we sow it earlier,
the crop Is choaked with shiolag (wild mustard) and
other weeds." Agr. Surv. Caithn. p. 95. V. SKELLOCH.
S H I R E , S H Y K E ,adj. l.Used in the sense of strait,
or S. scrimp ; as, shire measure, that sort of
measurement which allows not a hair-breadth
bevond what mere justice demands, Teviotdale.
V.'ScHIRE.
% Thin, S.B> " Thin cloth we call shire;" Gl
Shirr, q. pellucid.
S H I R I E , S H Y E I E , adj. Thin, watery ; applied to
liquids; as, shyrie hail, Eife. T h e same with
Sehire, q. v.
S H I R E Y , adj. » Proud, conceited GL Pic-
ken, S.O. Teut.sehier-en,ornare; S u . G . % r - a ,
* lucidum reddere.
T o S H I R P away, v. n. T o shrink* to shrivel
« It is sadly demonstrable to this day, that even
professors sat-up, slurped away, and cryned into a
shadow, as to all fervour of zeal for the cause, under
the malign Influence of that zeal-quenching Indul-
gence." M'Ward's Contendings, p. 146.
S H I E P E T , part. adj. Thin and tapering towards
a point, qk sharped, i. e. sharpened, Ayrs.
" His face, which was wont to be the colour of a
• rose, was of a yellow hue,—and his nose was
t and sharp, and of an unnatural purple.*'
Ann. of the Par. p. 370.
S H I R R A G H , adj. Having an acrid taste, Renfr.
Ihre derives Su.G. sharp sharp, from skaer-a or
skarfrv-a, to cut. If his conjecture be well-founded,
this term may have had the same origin. It seems
originally the same with Skarragkie, piercing.
SHIRR AG LIE, A contention, a squabble*
Loth.
Su.G. skuriglay hx-repatv, to make a noise, to chide.
Germ, schurigl-e... moles* ia. afficere, to trouble, to
disturb. Moes.C. iigta, 'ribulaiio. Ihre, without a
sufficient reason, preie > 1 scoreggia, a lash. Wach-
ter derives it f r o C e n m schur vexatio, and A.S.
egl-an vexare, cruelur.
S H I R R A - M U I I L S H E H H A - M ' O O E * S. 1. A de-
used ir denote the rebellion against
, in iii.- year 1715, from the name
of tlie moor L < • vu Stirling and Dunblane,
where the deei-w, :-attie was fought, S.
V o l . II. i-77
S H O
Ae hairst afore the Sherra-moor,
I mind't as weel's yestreen,
1 was a gilpey then, Tim sure
I was na past fyfteen.
i
Bums, Halloween, iii. 132. ^
2. Transferred to a violent contest o f any kind, S.
" To hear him in this language [braid Scotch
telling of one of his Shirramuirs, how laughable
is !" "Gall. Enc. p. 419-
It is pron. Shirra-meer, Aberd.
3 . A severe drubbing with the tongue, ibid,
Aul' Luckie sittin near the lowe,
A Shirra-meer she gae him
Right derf that night.
Tar rass'Poems,, p. 69.
S H I R R O C H Y (gutt.), adj. Sour; having a
haughty but penetrating look, Ayrs. " V.
SHAEEOW. " This seems synon. with Shirragh.
SHIRROW, A species of field mouse, the
shrew, Roxb. V. S K E O W ,
S H I T - F A C E D , adj. Having a very smallface^ as
a child, Clydes.; q. chit-faced ?
T o S H I T H E R , v. w. T o shiver, Fife ; merely
a provincial variety of Chitter, q. v., or a corr,
of E . Shudder.
*—That Lord wha hears the widow's wail,
The lispin' infant's cry,
The hungry, shitherin orphan's tale,
That kens na where to lie. MS. Poem.
S H I T T E N , S H I T T E N - L I K E , adj. Terms used
as expressive of the greatest contempt *
able, and applied to what is either very i
ficant in appearance, or mean and despicable, S.
This exactly corresponds with Dan. skiden, dirty,
foul, sluttish, &c. En skiden sag, a foul, base, un-
generous action ; Isl. skitinn, sordidus.
S H I T T L E , s. « A n y t h i n g good for nothing;"
Gall. Enc.; formed perhaps, as expressive of the
greatest contempt, from Teut. schitte stercus.
S C H M Y L I C K , * . A g u n or fowling-piece, Shetl.
SITOAD, O N - S H O A D , A portion of land ; the
same with Shed.
tc An accompt of the Cotter rents, Cotter acres,
and of the Outfield Shoads of land of Inverdovat,11
See, 1679. Paper In Process, Berry v. Stewart and
Dalgleish, A. 1810. The place referred to is in Fife.
T o S H O C H L E (gutt.)," v. a. and n. The same
with Shachel This term is often conjoined with
another nearlyjsynon. when applied to an object
that is very much distorted ; as, u She's baith
shoehled and sheyld " Dumfr.
S I I O C H I . E S , s. pi. L e g s ; used contemptuously,
Aberd.; perhaps originally applied to limbs that
were distorted. V. S I I A C H L E .
SHOCHLIN1,part. adj. Waddling, wriggling, Aberd*
An* gutty carlies schochUn' rin.
D. Andersons Poems, p. 17. V. SIIACH,
SHODDIE, 1. A little shoe, such as that
worn by a child, Dumfr., S B.
This diminutive retains the most ancient form of
the Goth. word. Moes.G. skaud, calceus, whence
Ihre observes that the
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ancient Goths used sko and skod indiscriminately for I see nothing nearer this than Isl. skiomi, splen-
a covering, tcgmen, vagina, (vo. Sko); as ski/-a and dor, and skioni equus maculis albis; Haldorson.
skydd-a were properly one word, both signifying S H O L T , s. A small horse, Orkn. also Shalt*;
to cover, to protect; whence shoe and shod, denot- the same with S I I E L T I E , q. v.
ing what covers the foot. S H O N Y , s. T h e name formerly given to a ma-
2. The iron point of-a pike-staff, or the pivot of a rine deity worshipped in the Western Isles.
top, Fife, " T h e inhabitants of this island [ L e w i s ] had an
SHODE-SIIOOL, A wooden shovel, shod ancient custom to sacrifice to a sea-god, called Shorn/,
with iron, b.B. at Hallowtide, in the manner following. The inha-
—.V . -Tape into a gTupe to grub, bitants round the island came to the church of St.
A ski) ic-s/iou! of a holm club. Mulvay, having.each man his provision along with
Coun.'n7 Wcdd'tutr; J Vat sons CoH. iii. 47-him ; every family furnish'd a peck of malt, and this
S H O E I N G T H E " A U L l V M A K E , a dangerous was brew'd into ale. One of their number was
• sport among children, Gall. picked out to wade into the sea up to the middle, and
" A beam of wood is si ;mg between two ropes; a carrying a cup of ale in his hand, standing still in
personnels on —this, and contrives to steady himself, that posture, ery'd out with a loud voice, saying, I
until he gees ;hr-.eeeji a number of antics : if he can give you this cup of ale, hoping that you'll he so kind
do tin's, he sh'-es the aidd mare ; if lie cannot do it, as to send us plenty of sea-ware Jar inridling our
lie generally inmbles to the ground, and gets hurt ground, the ensuing year : and so threw the cup of ale
into the sea. This was performed in the night time.
with the fail." Gall. Encych
At his return to land, they all went to the church,
- T o S I l O E T:TE M O S S , to reulace the upper-
where there was a candle burning upon the altar;
nn.-s; rr.ssy turfs, after peats have been
and then standing silent for a little time, one of them
cast, South of S.
gave a signal, at which the candle was put out, and
" The surh;co turfs are carefully laid aside, and
immediately all of them went to the fields, where
after the peats are taken out, these turfs are brought
they fell a drinking their ale, and spent the remain-
back one by one, and placed upon the part that was der of the night in dancing and singing, <Scc. The
lntv.-e bare. This operation is called shoeing the moss, next morning they all returned home, being well sa-
and the grars is scarcely ever stopt from growing/* tisfy'd that they had punctually observed this- solemn
Essays Hi<du. S.,c. iii. 448. V. also Gall. Enc. p. -kl6. anniversary, which they believ'd to be a powerful
S K O E L I N , pari. adj. Distorted, Eenfr. means to procure, a plentiful crop." Martin's West.
— - . v i ? her shoe tin' clouts, Isl..p. 28, 2,9;
llan yellowchan' and greeting. Isl. sion signifies phcenomenon, spectaculum ; Gh
A n i L v f . / I 7<X>. p. V O S I I O W L , v. Edd. But as Shannach, q. v., is corr.from the Jr. and
S H O E S , s. /}/.] Define ; — T h e fragments o f the Gael, name of Hallowmas, at which season this idol-
stalks of ih-\, separated by the mill, or by hand- atrous act was performed in honour of theHebridian
divssiiig. Shozvx is perhaps a preferable ortho- deity, it is probable that Shony is itself a corr. of
graphy. Shannach, or rather of Samhubi- or Samliin, in genit.
Arthur Young writes shoves; whence it would seem Samhna ; and that after the conquest of the western
that the term is used in E. as a provincial term, for islands by the Norwegians, the inhabitants blended
I do net find it in any Dictionary. the Scandinavian worship of Nekker, the Neptune
" As fast as it Qlax] dries, they beat it on stones of the north, with the Celtic rites'of Druidism, but
•with a beetle, then they scutch it to separate the retained the name familiar with their ancestors.
heart or the shaves from t fie rest." Tour i:i Ireh i. 184. T o S H O O , v. a. T o produce a swinging mo-
T o S T I O G , t\ <"'. T o j o g , to shake. V. SciIOG. tion, Ayrs.
T o S H O O , r. T o shake from corpulence. t : We'll—do nothing frae dawn to dark but shoo

SiiOG-imG, ,y. A Jeep niossv puddle, often that ane anither on a swing between the twa trees on the
through which a spring take* its course, covered green." The Entail, i. 22S. V. S H U E , V.
with a coaling of closely matted grass; suffi- S H O O D , s. T h e distant noise of animals pass-
ciently strong to carry a light person, who, by ing ; Shetl.
giving a sko*?, produces a continued undulating Teut. schudd-en quatere ; vibrare, tremere; Su.G.
motion, Eifo. shutt-a excutere, cursitare ; Isl. skiot-r celer.
SHOGGIE-SHOU, A game. V. S I I U G G I E - S H O G G L E ^ . A j o g , a s l i o g , Ayrs. V. S C H O G G L E .
SHUE. • — G i e that sleepy bodie, Dirduntwhamle, a
S H O G G L E , SHUGGLE, 1 . A large piece of ice shoogle out of Ms. dreams." The Entail, iii. 68.
floating down n river, after the ice is broken up. S H O O I, s. A,name given to the Arctic Gull,
2. A chit of blood, Roxb. Shetl.
JLl. sLvc<sid! prominentia. Or, shall we view our se Earns Parasiticus, (Linn. Syst.) Scoutiallin,
terra as originally the same with A.S. gicel, is-gicel, Shooi, Arctic Gull." Edmonstone's Zetl. ii.
v hcr.ee E . icicle? V . ISECUOKILI.. This, name seems to be borrowed from another
T o S H O G L E , r. (L T o j o g . V. S C H O G G L E . species, the Larus Cataraetes, which is called 67.7/a
Sii OG1. E , -V. A j o g , S.B. by Brunnick, and in the Feroe Isles Skue. V. Peun
S H O L M I T , ad). 11 iiving a white face ; applied Zool. p. 417. V. SKOOI.
to an ox or cow, Shetl. S H O O L , s. A- shovel, S. '
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Wliar ance thou stood, clown chiels are digging
Wi' pick an' shool.
Pickens Poems I 788, p. ISO. V. S C H U L E .
T o S H O O L , V. A. T o shovel, S .
This v. is used with different prepositions; as,
ajf, frae, on, out.
1. T o S H O O L qff\ to shovel oil", S.
— F r a e this window we can aw see Benenck wi*
his white night-cap on : and lie wad hae little to do
that wad try to shool it affV' Marriage, ii. SO.
2. T o S H O O L JRAI\ to remove from, by the act of
shovelling, S.
When t frae Benenck they shool the sna'.
O'er Gleiiferii the leaves will fa\
Marriage, ibid-
3 . T o S H O O L ON, metaph. to cover, as in a grave, S.
" These twenty years past, our Covenants have
gotten deadly wounds, and been laid in the grave by
the demented, infatuate, black bargain of Union,
Toleration, and Patronages : and the swearing Mi-
nisters have heartily and willingly, without either
Boots, Thumbikins or Fire-matches, or any hazard
to the neck by the bloody rope, shooled on the grave-
moulds." Walker < Remark. Passages, p. 104.
4-. T o S H O O L cut, to THROW out with violence, S .
" Look you, you base old person, if you do put
another jest upon me, I will cleave your skull-piece
with this shovels.'—c Flout, tout, Maister Duster-
divel, I hae nae lived sae lang in the warld neither
to beshoold out o't that gate." Antiquarv, ii. 2.0.9, 26*0.
S F I O O N E , s. pi Siloes, S. shune,\Gr. v).
" Ilk soldier to have bands and shoone." Spald-
i n g , ii. 1 5 0 . V. SCHONE.
S H O O P , pret. of the v. to Shape, S.B.
At last he shoop himsell again to stand,
Wi' help o' a rough kent in till his hand.
Boss's Helenore, p. 44.
A.S. sccop. Sceop nihte nam an ; Fecit nocti no-
men ; Caedm. Vr. SCIIAPE.
T o S F I O O T , v. a. T o make a selection in pur-
chasing cattle or sheep, S.A. and O.
r* Drovers, in purchasing these, will sometimes
take the good and leave the bad ; this is called shoot-
ittg;" Gall. Enc. V . S U O T T , S.
T o S H O O T , p. a. T o push, push out, S . ; as,
" 111 shoot him o'er the brae." " Shoot out
y o u r t o n g u e f Pron. q.s/«/^,like Fr.?/>. Hence,
O U T S I I O T , s. A projecting building, S .
The origin is found in Sw. skiut-a ut, projicere.
V. OUTSUOT.
To SHOOT la/, v. a. T o delay. V. SCIIUTE.
T o S H O O T A M A N G T H E D O W S .
D o w , s. a do\» .
* T o S H O O T , Siit'rr, r. ??. rFo run into seed,
S. T h e v.y as used in E . simply signifies to
germinate.
" Time of sowing.—From the middle to the end
of June; when more early, the turnips are apt to
shool before winter/* Agr. Surv. Mid. Loth. p. 110.
T o S H O R E , y . a. 1. T o threaten.] Add ;
5. This verb is sometimes used in a neuter and
impersonal form, as denoting the appearance of
rain being about to" fall; as, It's shorin, Dumfr.
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4. To shore a dog to or till, to hound a dog on
cattle or sheep, Dumfr.
7>. To shore ujf or a:)\ to recall a dog from pur-
suing cattle or sheep, ibid. To .v/e/avF svnon.
S H O U T , adj. I.aeonic and acrimonious. S. j Add;
It is used by Beaumont aanl Fletcher.
4 1 want your ab^ nee :
Keep on your way, I care not for your company /
" : b»w ? how? Yon are very s:<er!: do you
know me, tares ?
And what I have been lo YOU r"
The False 0.h\ p. 1 ] SO.
SiionT-T EM pi*iiv.I), ta:!;. Ha>ty, irritable, S.
Suomn.i r:, adv. Tariiy.
" Gif he (Jonah") had vuderstood that ilea mind of
God was not to cast oh" a sinner, lie had nor taken.
it so schortlie. But being ignorant of tin's, he ihd.-in
in this fuming <$, 1 re tang against God." Bruce's
Eleven Serm. 1). d, 1).
T o KEEP SHORT 15Y THE HEAD, to restrict :\S to
expenditure, to give narrow allowance as to
m o n e y , S. ; a menu:hor b o r r o w e d from the
short rein or haiur given to an unruiv animal.
If lie can ma -pay tile la wing inmsef, as 1. ken lie's
keepit unco short 0.7 the head, I'll lend a wa\ to shame
it out o' his uncle. Tales of my Landlord, ii. dp.
SH0RT-BB1< A D , A thick cake, baked of
line ilour and butter, to which carraways and
orange-peel are frequently added, S. It seems
to have received its name from its being very
friable.
At length the question was carried; and some
tolerable sherry, and apiece of .very substantial short-
bread were produced." Marriage, i. 32.
t£ Some persons—hold themselves entitled, after
two or three times receiving a piece of short-bread,
and a. glass of elder-ii aw er v* in.e, to ask the lady who
has given them such refreshment, in marriage." I\F
Lvmlsav, p \.WS.
S H O i l T C O M I N G , s. Defect, deficiency; used
in a moral sense, as, shortcoiu in daf.y, S.
It would argue a just sensibleness—of our un-
worthy shortcomings, in not having more strenuously
endeavoured to have prevented this course of defec-
tion,—if for this we weremourning, and taking shame
to ourselves." M'Ward's Contendings, p. 222.
" Resolved, that the last Thursday of August
should be observed by all our societies a dav of fast-
ing and mourning for our sad shortcoming in answ^ r~
ingour profession under the cross, appearing by many
lamentable evidences/' Society Contendings, p . o l o .
V.
This term has been almost universally used, by our
ancestors, and is still verv common in reiation to re-
ligion. it is evidently formed from the beautiful and
truly philosophical description given of sin by the
Apo>tie Paul, Pom. iii. 23. Ail have sinned, and
come short of'the glory of G o d . " In Isl. short-r signi-
fies defectus.
SIIORT-GOWN,s. 1 . A gown without skirts,
reaching only to the middle, \Vorn by female
cottagers and servants, commonly through the
day ; sometimes with long, and sometimes with
short sleeves, S. Synon. Curtoush.
 S H O S H O
use of Isl.
da, q. " the tail of the boa
SHOT, 2. T h e act of drawing a net, &c.] ^
from the 3 : T h e draught o f fishes made by a net, S.
" Herring Fishery. The boats in the Frith had

'S, legs, in with about ten cranes each, or about 10,000 her-
some- rings." ^Caled. Merc. Jan. 2 2 , ^ 2 5 .

S H O T , s. T h e designation g i v e n t o a half-grown
swine, Loth. V. S H O T T .
S H O T on seems a provinciality belonging to the
South of S., equivalent to E. Shot of.
„ , „ O gin I were fairly shot on her, &c.
p. 102. V. CUNTOUSK. ^ Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 88-

S- to an arrow that is let off from a"

own of sad cramasy velvott," S H O T - H E U C H (gutt.), An
g y ^r-rrrtrr, . - - " "
peciallj on the brink of a river of which the
S H O R T S , s. J . T h e refuse of flax separated s w a r d or surface has fallen down, in
by the fine hackle, Aberd. T h e coarse hackle q u e n c e o f i t s being undermined by the course

2. T h e refuse of hay, straw, &c., Teviotdale. a L v ^ S ^ I n this° s e m f the h r n c h f s ^ l & Z

Isl. skort-r defect us,. Isl. .and NN.
Su.G. skorl-a de-esse,
. „hnnf
shoot.
OUUUV. SSynon.
v n KJ
o n V SULSU.
r a r Srmf j, r kJUUsliff .
Su.G.skiut-a, nev id, quod
et pro-
Isl.
t „ s; Ilire. ...
S H O R T S Y N , S H O R T S Y N E , adv. Lately, not e t nutans sive terrae sive rupis; G. Andr. p. 216.
long ago, S . B . ; opposed to Lang syne. SHOTS, pi T h e boxes of a mill-wheel, whie
the water b y which it is moved, S.B.
S H O T - S T A R , 5. T h e name given to that me-
our ain lads, albuist I say't my sell, t e o r i c s u b s tance often seen to shoot through the
.t guided them right cankardly
i and s . * in a " '
Ross's Helenore, First Edit. p. 62. V S Y N E . on the ground, S. Shot-stern, Ettr. For.
S H O T , .y. 1. T h e act of moving in any game, S.J S w sti*nl_skolt id. T

tak shot-about" A b e r d . byTIhe\TslnlayPPinaranCe ^

S H C V T , 1 S H O T T , S. Used to denote musketry. %htning, thunder, and tempestuous'weather/
ie streattis of Coppin Heavin, throw which his S H O T T , S H O T , S. 1. A name given to an ill-

s and burgeris
burgeris both
both of
ot shott and pick."
pick. Pits-
fits- o. TT hhe^ ddesignation
e S n a t i o ? ggiven
i v e n to the sheep or lan
lambs
1 i^^I^i,1;.'^61'3 ® S°me "" ,which are rejected by a purchaser, when

S H O T , s. Shot of ground, a field, &c.] Add;

" The Infield is divided into three shots or

Sel. Trail
SHOT; To comc shot, to come speed ] Add£ a. ' T h e T e ^ m i r a i s o applied t o T w .
Sae up she starts, an' glowr'cl a round about,— . ,
threefmonths old,
But lfttle shot she 'an' yet the sweS' SHOT-^V-INDO^^ A P^jected w b d r n ^ S.

Mosss llclenon, L' l^t thait.^55.

SHOIC"1. ^ T h e sterium«\^RM S H O U A L D , adj. N o t deep, shallow, O r k n . ;

" As the fish are taken off the hook they are eutted merely a variety of S. SCHAL®, q. v.
and la d in a part of the boat allotted f w S H O V E L - G R O A T , SHOOL-THK-BOAUD, A
the shot, being that division next the game, S . V. S L I D . E - T H I U F T .
p. 87- S H O U G H I E , acfy.
adj. A' term applied to a
in Dan., den bagest deel af dy-legged person, Ferths., Kinross. V.
of a boat J" Hal- * SHOULDER. To ru
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trs, with one, to come so near as to touch an-
other in passing, S.
A thief is said to rub shoulders with the gallows,
when he narrowly escapes being hanged, S.
A batchelor is often advised to rub shoulders with
& bridegroom, that it may produce an inclination
for matrimony. In the same manner, an unmarried
female jocularly says to a bride, " I must rub shoul-
ders with you, it may help me to a husband/' S.
S H O U L D E R of a hill, the declination or slope of a
hill on the right or left hand, as the right, or
left shoulder, S.
" Jasper was coming—over the shoulder of the
Hermon-Law, when—-lie espied something in the
fchapfe of a horrible serpent—stealing along the bent
after him." Brownie of Boclsbeck, i. 66.
<c Millar, to keep as clear as possible of the haunts
of men, on his return, brought his drove over the
shoulder of Wallace's hill:' Edin. Mag, Oct. 1817,
p. 64.
S H O U P I L T I N , s. ^ A Triton, Shetl
" The new comers were—designed to represent
the Tritons and Mermaids;—the former called by
Zetlanders of that time ShoupUtins" The Pirate,
ii. 41.
" Sir R. Sibbald says that the Shetlanders c some-
times catch with their nets and hooks Tritons, they
call them Slioupiltins/ This account does not agree
with the superstition of the present day. There is
only one shoupilfm or shoupiltec, whose character is
that of Nickur, the demoniacal Neptune of the North
of Europe." HIbbert's Shetl. p. 566. V. also p. 526.
Shou, the first syllable, seems evidently corr. from
Su.G., Isl. sio mare. Piltin may be from Norv. pilt,
Isl. pilt-r, puer, or piltung-r, puellus ; q. a sea boy,
or a little man of the sea.
T o S H O U T , v. 7i. T o be in the act of parturi-
tion; pron, like E. shoot; Upp. Lanarks., Roxb.
S H O U T I N G , S. Labour in childbirth, Upp. La-
narks., Iloxb., Dumfr.
" Schouting, (Crying), inlying, child-bearing
GL Sibb.
Were ye at Becka's shout in, Sucky,
The tother night ?—
Jo. Hoggs Poems, p. S2.
This, according to some, does not, like the S,
term Crying» refer to the noise made in consequence
of suffering; but seems to express the same idea
with Su.G. skiut-a protrudere.
S H O U T H E R , -v. Shoulder. To show the cauld
shouthcr, to appear cold and reserved. V.
C A U L D SHOUTHEU.
T o S H O W D , v. n. and a. T o swing (on a rope,)
S.B. Ir. and Gael. shid~am7 to swing.
S H O W D , S. 1 . A swing, or the act of swinging, S . B . ,
St. A swinging-rope, ibid. Ir. Gael, siudadh, id,
S H O W D I N G - T O W , S. The same rope, Moray.
S H O W D , S. A rocking or jogging motion; applied
sometimes to the motion of a ship, much tossed
b y the waves, S.B.
SHOWERS, pi L Throes, agonies, S.] Add; S H U G B O G ,
8. Specifically, the pangs of child-birth.
u As the woman lies a sharp dolour, which if it
lasted, were vntolerable: if the Lord gaue not ley* T o S H U G G I E , v. n. T o move from one side
381
sure to draw their breath, between e showre and sliowr*
(as they call It) it were vntolerable. So the paines
of hell are exceeding sharp and vntolerable." Bol-
lock on Thes. i. p. 238.
SHOWERICKIE, A gentle shower, Kin-
ross ; a double dirnin. from the E . word.
T o S H O W L , r. a. To showl ones mouth.} Add;
We may here refer to O.E. schayler, that got he
a wrie with his fete, [Fr.] boyteux Palsgr. B. iii.
F. 6l, a. Also the v. " I shayle as a man or horse
dothe that gothe croked with his legges ! Je vas es-
chays. It is to late to beate him for it nowe, he shal
shayle as longe as he lyueth." F. 348, a. V . S U E Y L .
S H O W L I E , adj. Deformed by being slender and
crooked, Clydes.
SHOWS 5 VpZ. The refuse of hay, S.B. V. S H O E S .
S H R I E G H , 8. " Shriek GL Antiq., Iloxb.
S H R I G , s. A term used in II. BlycFs Contract,
a trifling chap book which contains a number of
antiquated words.
" Sen' in silder for tows to the baillies o* Dundee,
and shout them in beneath the foundation, an* cut
trees to let it o'er the shrig, we'll carry it up in a
forenoon, an' make It twa couples higher, and strike
through a through-art, an' it were but to see a seek
[sick?] beast." " P. 4.
T o S H U C K , v. a. T o throw out of the hand, Orkn.
This is obviously the same with Chuck, S. to throw*
a thing smartly out of one's hand. Perhaps the ori-
gin is Dan. skick-e, to send, q. to emit from the
hand To this source Ihre traces skaeckta sagitta.
S H U D , s. The coagulation of any liquid body,
Ettr. For.
S H U D , SHUDE, S. Shud of ice> a large body of
iee, Ettr. For. Shudcs of ice, broken pieces
of ice, especially in a floating state, Lanarks.
Synon. Buird, ibid.
This is probably a p'eciiliar use of the preceding
word. If not, It perhaps denotes " what is sepa-
rated," from A.S. seeod, the pret. of sccad-un, sepa-
rare.
T o S H U E , v. a. T o scare or fright awav.] Add;
—generally applied to fowls, S.
Germ.scheuch-cn, id. "Shu, a term to frighten away
poultry ;" Lancashire, T. Bobbins. Fr. - chou, " a
voice wherewith we drive away pulleine ;" Cotgr.
In Galloway, it is pronounced tshue, and often ap-
plied to dogs.
S H U E - G L E D - W Y L I E , a game in which the
strongest acts as the gied or kite, and the next
in strength as the mother of a brood of birds;
for those under her protection, perhaps to the
number of a dozen, keep all in a string behind
her, each holding by the tail of another. The
gled still tries to catch the last of them ; while
the mother cries Shuey shue, spreading out her
arms to ward him off. If be catch all the birds,
he gains the game, Fife. In Teviotdale, Shoo*
glecTs~wyM>e, V . S H U E , IK
A bog that shakes under one's
feet, Loth.; evidently from S. Shog, to jog or
shake. ¥. S C H O G .
 S H U
to another; generally applied to what is In a
pendent state, Ettr. For. Y. S C H O G , V .
S I I U G G I E - S H U E , A swing.] Add ;
This is mentioned as one of the sports of Gargan-
tua.
" There he played—at swaggie, waggie, or shog-
gieskou " Urquhart's Rabelais, p. Q6.
Macftaggart, describing this game, as played in
Galloway, says; <<r They recite tins to the swings—
Shuggie Show, Druggie Draw,
Hand the grup, ye eanna fa';
Hand the grup, or down ye come,
And danceth on your braid bum."
• Gall. Encycl p. 426.
T o S H U G G L E , v. n. T o shuffle in walking,
L a n a r k s. V . SMOG G L E , u n d e r • S c n o G , V.
S H U G G L E , s. A shog. V. S H O G G L E , ty.
S H U G H T , part. pa. Sunk, covered.] Add;
An ingenious and learned friend suggests that
this must be the participle of the v. toSheuch, Shngh,
to earth up plants, q. v. Thus, the idea is, that the
target of Ajax was so covered with seven folds of
skin, that it might be said to be furrowed, or as it
were entrenched in them.
SHULL, A shoal, Buchan.
Spottie, wi' his wonted fury,
Drew his span Is up for the chase;
An', in desperation's hurry,
Plumpit through a skull o ice.
Tarras's Poems, p. 56.
S H U T , L I E , s. A small shoal, a diminutive from
&hull, ibid,
—Skippin lightly on ilk sliidlie,
Wyte he hid na scar nir lame. Ibid.
T o S H U L O C K , v. a. T o sweep the stakes in
a game, R o x b . ; most probably from S. Shod,
Schide, to shovel.
SiiuLoc.KEII, s. One who s.weeps the stakes, ibid.
S H U N D B I L L , " The decreet past by the
Foud C MS. Explic. of Norish words.
The first part of the word is merely a variety, in
pronunciation, of S I I Y N D or SOIND B I L L , v.
SHLTNERS, pi Cinders, Galloway.
The verra ploughmen had to yield,
Wi' hides as black as shuners.
Gall. Encycl. p. 268.
S H U R E , pret. Did shear ; applied to the cut-
ting down of grain, &e. S.
" In summer I mawed my meadows,
In harvest I shure my corn, &c.
Herd's Coll ii. 224.
S H U R F , s. A term expressive of great contempt
for a puny insignificant person, a dwarf, R o x b . ;
synon. Baggii. *
£C When Andrew Pistolfoot used to come stamp-
lin in to court me i' the dark I wad hae cried,—
* Get away wi' ye, ye bowled-like shurf! whar are
ye comin pechin an' fulfill to me?" Brownie of
Bodsbeck, ii. 226.
A.S. sccorf scabies; scarf, fragmen ; Su.G. skraef-
tva, Isl. skrae, homo degener et nihili; Su.G. skrof
sceletom Whether the term be allied to any of these,
must be left as a matter of uncertainty.
S82
S I B
S H U R L I N , s. A sheep newly shorn, Teviotdh
SiiuiiLix-sKiN, s. The skin of a sheep of any
age or sex, taken off before the wool has grown
again after it has been shorn, ibid. V . SCHUE-*
LING.
S H U T T L E , SHOTTLE, S.' 1. A small drawer,
S.] Add;
The shottle of a hist, a kind of box in the UD-
er part of a chest, extending across ; used for
E eeping money; S. When the lid of this box
is opened, it holds tip that of the chest.
4. A hollow in the stock of a spinning-wheel, in
which the first filled pin|or bobbin is kept, till
the other be also ready for being reeled .with
it, S. Add to etymon ;
A.S. sciiole is rendered obserans, q. shutting up,
from scitt-an, obserare.
But the proper etymon of this term is said to be
Fr. chatouHe, which has a similar signification. I
have not, however, met with it. Ital. sea tola, and
L.B. scatula signify a box.
S H U T T L E V ice, u the Scotch Glacier."
School-boys slide in rows down these shuttles,
reminding travellers of the Alpine hunters, de-
scending with their goats to the valley of Chaumo-
nie;" Gall. Encycl.
Formed most probably from the v. to Schute, to
dart forth, to move with velocity, Su.G. skhit-a.
SIB, SIBB, adj. • Related by blood.] Add;
Bound by the ties of affection, in a state of
friendly intimacy, Roxb.
8. Possessing similar qualities, like; used me-
taph., S.
I'm but a ragget cout mysel',
Owre sib to you.
Epistle from a Taylor to Burns;
4. Similar in .state or circumstances.
" You are o'er hot and o'er full, sub [sib] to few
of the laird's tenants." - S. Prov. Kelly, p. $63.
5. Having a right or title to; used in a legal sense.
" It is something to be sub jj\ sib^ to a good es-
tate S. Prov* "because at the long run it may fall
to us." Kelly, p. 197-
" Some argued—that creditors seemed to be much
sibber to these annual-rents than the factors." Fount.
Dec. Suppl. iv. 503.
This use of the word is, evidently borrowed from
the propinquity, arising from natural relation, ori-
ginating a priority of claim to affection, duty, Sic:
The creditor is viewed as having & nearer connexion
with the debtor, than a mere factor on his estate*
6. O'frr sib, too intimate ; applied to unlawful con-
nexion between two individuals of different
sexes, ibid.
7. 46 To Mak Sib, to make f r e e ; " Gl. Shirr.
Although no further explanation is given, I sup-
pose that it is a cant local phrase, Aberd.; denoting
either the actual donation of the liberty of the city,'
or referring to some ludicrous mode of pretending
to confer it, in many places called brothering, or
" giving the freedom of the town." This has been
often done, by laying the person thus initiated
the braid o' his back in the gutter.
 S I c
A.S. sib-lufa, amor, benevolentia, amicitia. Hire
has observed that, in the Gothic languages, this
term has primarily respected peace, amity. Tims
the primary and more general sense of A.S. sib, sdih,
is pax. Hence it has been transferred to adoption ;
and, by another step, to consanguinity. Sibh-uai
occurs as a ?a, paehicarc, " to make peace or p:ici-
i i e S o m n e r . In Moes.G., in which it appears in its
most ancient form. git-sib-i<»n ^games reemmdi :re ;
un-sibj'a iuiprohus. q. a t:\mhier of t no pubhc peace.
Alem. sib bit also sigm(ie>, p »\ ; In erdu si sibba,
14 On earth let there be peace."
SI 1> B E N S , s. A disease of the human body. V.
Sivv i-:xs.
S 1 G , S I C K , SUV, adj. S - c h , S.] Add;
Si he is used by I>e:i Jonsom as a WovineLii term
of the North country, in his Sad Shepherd.
And here he conies, new ohm hod, hke a prince
Of swine'ards 1 sike he seems:
Sic CAN. adj. Such kind of, S.
" And so, ae morning, sicca n a fright as I got !
Twa unlucky red-coats were up for hLek-iishing, or
some si rain ploy—for the r.eb o' tiiem's lmvcr t»a:
of mischief,—and they just got a gli*k o' his honour
as lie gaed into the wood, ami hanged mf a ^im at'
him." Wa\er;ev, iii.
I scared them wi' our wild tenantry, mid th.»
Mac-Ivors—till they durst na 0:1 ony errand what-
soever gang ower the dowr->L.-me after gloammg, for
fear John 1 beat her-hi utter. or oome sin-tin dare-:he-
deil should tak a ball' at themf Ibid. p. J5o. V.
SlC KIN".
SYCHT, 1. Sight, S.] Add;
8. A great quautitv of objects seen at once :. :;s
What a siehi of cows,—of sheep," &c.. S.
Si CUT EH (gu:t.), s. A givat quantity of small ob-
jects seen at o n c e ; as, a sie/der of birds*—(j'
. motes. Upp. Lanarks.
This seems mertdy a derivative from SVCUT, s.
5, used in the same s.m*e.
T o S I G H T , Su:;n\:\ a. T o view narrowly.
" At this assembly Dr. Sihbald late m barter of
Aberdeen, his papers which were taken frae him
were revised and sighted ; some whereof sum!ied of
Arminianism,as they thought,and whilk they kepi."
Spalding, i. 3 L>.
S I C U T Y , adj. Striking to tlie sight,
" The Romanis dressit furth this play in the madst
solemne manner,—to mak it the mair sichi tf and g!<>-
rius to tlie pepid." IVhemien's 'J'. Livius, p. IS.
Clar:mi s pectata::: e u e.
O.K. " Sight*/. Visibilis. Sighty or staringe or
glaringe. Ilutilans." Prompt. Parv.
S Y C H T 1 S , .v. pi
" Item, ane sehort gown of sad cramasy velvott,
lynit with quhyt tafFateis, the sychtis with quhyt
letuis." Invent. A. lo42, p. 100, 101. V. FOIHSYCHT,
' S I C K E R , &c. adj. 1. Secure, hnn.] Add;
Fraunces conjoins this term with Safe. " Safe and
syker. Salvus." Prompt. Parv. Syker-h also given
as the "translation of Securus ;. Ort/Vocab.
* T o SICKER J v. a. T o make certain, to secure.
" Fix there, for its the main business; and sicker
what you will, if the main chance be not $ickered9
383
S I D
111 n o t g i v e a g r a y g r o a t f o r y o u , a n d y o u r r e l i g i o n
both." Mich. Brace's Lectures, & c . p . 40.
O . E . Sikery;/ o r m a k e s u r e . A s s e c u r o . S e e u r o . '"
P r o m p t . Parv.
T o u t . seker-cn, e e r t u m et s o c u r u m r e d d e r e , K i -
lian ; SiiXi.jiirr-snekr-i:, t o assure, t o w a r r a n t .
SICKKU, adj. Sis re! v , c e r t a i n l y , A b e r d .
T o u t . ,sr.'vr, c o r to.
SICK Kit r . v , w / V . \i as sen.se 1. S u i v i v , S . A . I h i r ,
— W e ar slkerly en form it 'that n r e v e r e n d f a d e r
in Chrb-t ami tlie kirk of Aberden wes cf
ahl tym and is in possession t;f the teiule c-f
ad wardis, relevis," v\:e. Lett. Ja. II. Chart.'Aberd.
i'ol. 0-2.
S ; I X I<:11 x S, SEC• I I Rit v.] At 1</ ;
I t a l s o o c c u r s in Wiciiims W i c k e t .
" N o v / t h e r e i o r e })ra.y w e — t h a t v:c- m a y kno\; r.
w l u c l i is the v;il o f ( h i d t o s e m e Iiim in ,%icf:cn;c*st
a.mi liolines, in dreaal o f G o d t h a t w e m a y find b y
him the waie o f blesse everlasting. S o be it." P . 18.
Siekerxesse is i m p r o p e r l y e x p l . truth, on the m a r -
gin. In t h e ( d o s s , to W i e l i f s N e w T e s t a m e n t , it
i< r i g h t l y r e n d e r e d s e c u r i t y . " H e r e t h e r e is a r e -
f e i v n c e ft? .Luke i. 7 : xicki r/ie^se c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o
" A\:'.lieut iear" in o u r \ er.-i; n.
S i c K i . i k E . a i j . (M'tlve :-ame k i i u ! description, S.
S i C and SICKLTI:F., a p h r a s e v c r v c o m m o n l y u s e d
t o exp»res:; strict r e s e m b l a n c e ; b u i , i f I m i s t a k e
n o t , a l w a v s in a b a d s e n s e , S .
I f a p e r s o n has b e e n s p e a k i n g u n f a v o u r a b l y o f o n e
o f a f a m i l y , p r o f e s s i o n , eve., a n d i f t h e q u e s t i o n b e
tt.^ked, W h a t s o r t o f f o u k are t h e rest o f t h e m ? "
T h e a n s w e r will p r o b a b l y b e ; T i i e y ' r ' e j i i s t ,v/e a/ul
siektiiie ; ti-ere's n o ;me o ' tliem t o m e n d anith'er."
'1 i d s n e a r l y r e s e m b l e s tlie A . S . i d i o m ; Sirilce—
A-.'nlce ; t a l i s — q u a l m . Su'ltctau a n d s w i f e n n , ex his et
t a h b u s . T h e o n l y d i f f e r e n c e is that w e a d d the p a r -
tieie n o i i n g r e s e m b l a n c e to the hast w o r d .
S K ' K - L A I T I L adj. bixtremely i;nwilii:'g to
d-.r a n v t h u m ; - I ' l l b e s l e f ^ i a l ; / : to d'odd*
Jloxh.
I n t h e W e s t o f S. Sick-sGrnj is u s e d in tlie s a m e
sense ; tuth or sorry e v e n to s i c k n e s s .
S I C k X E S S , s. A t e r m a p p r o p r i a t e d TO a d i s -
ease m slieep, t h e m o s t fatal to w h i c h they are
Indole, o t h e r w i s e c a l l e d Bra.rj/, S.
Sickness or B r a x y . Itev. M r . S i n g e r s , .Mr. J .
llogd'&e. I ; .s>a) , s I l i g h h S o c . iii. ilirl.
S I G K - S A I U M X part. adj. S a t i a t e d to l o a t h i n g .
ip. scrz'cd so as to De si eh' of anv Al)erd.^
A . n,T.
A t last, sick-saird o' c a r d s an' d r i n k , —
W e j u d g e d it t i m e to tak" a w i n k .
IV. Beattic's Talcs, p. Id.
S I C K - T I B T ) , adj. F a t i g u e d to nausea. This
is m o r e g e n e r a l l y e x p r e s s i v e o f m e n t a l t h a n o f
bodily feeling, S.
SIDS, S
r us, .v. jd. T h e same with, ShiUin-seedsy
Saieeri-slds; Aberd.
S i I ) S , ,v. pi. T h e rind o r i n t e g u m e n t o f the k e r -
nels o f g r a i i ^ detached f r o m the k e r n e l ; Nairn,
Moray.
ff The rind in this detached form, is denominated
 S I D S I R .
S I D Y - F O R - S I D Y , adv. On a footing with, In
of bran
ran is equal to the price of half the a line of equality ; Side for side, Ayrs.
" T h u s has our parish walked sidy for sidy^
' the meal adheres to the bran or sids." Agr. a ll the national improvements " Annals of the Pa*
Surv. Nairn and Moray, p. 184. rish, p. 339.
But Sids seems merely a corr. of Seeds. T o S I D L E , v. m T o move m an oblique sort of
S I D E , adj. 1. Long, hanging low.] Add; w a y l i k e o n e w h o f e e l s sheepish or abashed, S,
Palsgrave explains syde by, huge;_ B. iii. F. 95, a, r< t h e moment they they \. were
___ gone, , and the door shut,
,
It is used in a very emphatical S. Prov., borrowed o u r |iero u p t o t ] l e little prim physician." Sir
the use of long garments—expressive of the A . Wylie, ii. 11.
folly of going to an extreme even in what is com- S Y D L I N G I S , S I D E L I N S * adv. 2 . Obliquely.] Add;
mendable; « It's gude to be syde, but no to be trail- It is S Written GallowaV. * J
ing." This evidently alludes to the primary sense foe advanceSj j
•cling vesture.
Of the term, as regarding vesture. Their eyes
Their eyes flash
flash fury
fury ;: sidelin
sidelin to the fight
2. This term was also applied to other objects They both come on 4 n d groaning in their i
which hung low; as to hair, military habilU Make san' an' pebbles, frae ' the :
ments, &c. Fly whizzing in the air
« He had nothing on his head, but syde red yeU Uamdsons Season
low hair behind, and on his haffits, which wan down S Y E S , s> pi T h e herb called in E.
to his shoulders ; but his forehead was bald and Ave8 S f ""
bare." Pitscottie's Hist. p. 111.
« The armour wherewith they cover their bodies, * SIEVE,
is an yron bonnet, and an habbergioiie, syde almost l o s e ontos ]al)0ur. to
iscr. ot the Kingdome Of g^
He ance thocht o' turning tho* sair it might grieve.
But that wad been milkin' his cow in a sieve.
r or severely with, distressful to, Aberd.$ ii 135.
Pickens Poems ii. 135
most probably from the idea of a garment,
garmeni S I E V E and S H E E B S , a mode of divination. V.
is too long, being cumbersome and en- RIDDLE,

we*rer' , x. SYFF,6\ A sieve. In S. it is generally pron.q.^m

* S I D E - D I S H , s. A cant term for a person who Que ouidem C*™ fmm^ta. i fimdnm
is invited to an _ . , jene, et
off his humour at the expense of one or more cum eribro et tiretantro, vulgariter loquendo syff
of the company, S. and ridyl, cribrasato, mundato, et ~ '
" The principal amusement of the company con- prout et , "
i in the wit of J
an eye to this sort of ex- Abbati et«
he derives his Macfarl. MS.
of a side-dish/' Peter's Lett. Hi. O.E. sije, A.S. syfe, Alem. sef Belg.
«41. S I G H (gutt.), s. A seer, one who
SIDE-FOR-SIDE,acfo. Along-side, in the same
line. To gae side for side, (Sidiefbr sidie, It is said to occur in this sense In a MS. of the
Dumfr.) to walk with another pari passu > reign of James V. in the Advocate's Library.
V. CHOL. ~ It seems to be Celtic ; Gael. Ir. sighe, a fairy -
T o S I D E - L A N G E L , v. a. T o tie the fore and hobgoblin; leannan sighe, a familiar spirit; sigh,
hind foot of a horse together on one side, Ettn spiritual, belonging to spirits.
For. V. L A N G E L , * T o S I G H T , R. A . T o .in:
S Y D E S M A N , s. One who takes part with an- scrutinize, S.
r T o S Y I L L , v. a. T o ceil. V. S I L E , T>.
i of Killpatrick, laird S Y K A R I S . R . synkaris, i. e. his who sinks or
lord, cuts.
rnierviil, for all the dayes of my life; — " He getand to the kingis grace fre ofi
; and binds me to the said lord, be the of cunyeit money x* schillingis, except the
of my body/' &c. Memorie of the Somervills, danis fe, the sayaris fe, and the sykaris of the
i 2S4* fee," &e. Acts Ja. V. 1526, Ed. 1814, p. SI?. V.
Syde, as conjoined with man, is evidently used M SAYAR.
the sense of Teut. sijde pars, factio. S Y I K , S Y K , S. After—A.Bor. sick, sike*
S I K E ,
SIDE S T A P . When one takes a step towards a small stream or rill,—Insert ;
an object that is a ,
ed, and
ai1 ^ C l ^ i ^ wrenched* ~ ^ ^ n s i ^
it is in
Not from E. aside, to a side; but from Si Side, The swankier lap thro mire and syke.^ ^
 S Y L S 1 L
Six IE, adj. Full of rills, commonly dry in sum- wher the Earle of Southerland is placed befor Craw-
mer, Clydes, foord." Gordon's Hist. Earls of Sutherl. p. 55,
S Y K K I S *s. pi Perhaps sacks, This has some resemblance of Teut. solderinghe,
" To deliaer ij sald treis [barrels for holding sal- Belg. zoldering, the ceiling.
mon] and ij sykkis within xv dais." Aberd. Beg. * S I L L , s, A beam lying on the ground-floor,
V. 16, p. 877. Dumfr. Such beams are also called Sleepers, S.
S I L D E R , s. Silver, Aug., Perths.] Add; Sill, as used in this sense, is retained in E. ground-
scl V. S I L E .
Our gudewife was maistly dien',—
Growlin' ay for want o' silder, S I L L A B E , A syllable, S . ] Add;
Kickin' baith the dogs an" childer. A.S. sillabe, svllaba; C.B. sdleby id.
Duff's Poems, p. 36, T o S V L L A B , v. a. T o divide into syllables, S .
T o S I L E , SVLE, v. a. 1. T o hide, to conceal] C.B. silleb'Uy to syllabyze, to form the elements of
Add; speech.
cc periwinkles* common shells
3. T o ceil, to cover with a ceiling. " T o syitl S I L L A H S A W X I E S ,
the kirk —syilled, ceiled ; Aberd. Reg. on s h o r e s G a l l . Encyc.; apparently denomi-
But most probably it is from Fr. eil-er, cill-cr, (a nated from their silvery gloss.
term used in hawking,) to sow up the eyelids; O.E. S I L L A H S H A K L E , the name of a plant. Gall.
cele. " I cele a liauke or a pigyon, or any other The sillar shakle wags its pow
foule or byrde, whan I sowe vp their eyes for eary- Upon the brae, my deary ;
age or otherwyse; Je cde." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 184, a. The zephyr, round the wunnelstrae,
T o S I L E , S Y L E , r. a. T o strain.] Add; Is whistling never weary.
£i The bonny winding and gentle Mth canna call Auld-Sang, Gall. Encycl
a single fin its ain,—the}' syle its current through Viewed as the Briza media, or Silvery cow-quakes.
the herring nets 'tween Yule and Yule." Blaekw. S I L L E R , 2. Money in general.] Add ;
<e He couldna take care o' the siller when he had
Mag. May 1S20. p. 159.
S I L E , S v l e. .v A large beam, one end of which gotten it neither, but flang it a* into yon idle quean's
is placed on the wall, and the other pinned or lap at Edinburgh—but light come light gane." Wa-
nailed to another beam, of the same description, ver ley, Iii. 273.
resting on the opposite wall, for the purpose of I have met with the word in this form, as used by
supporting the roof. These are denominated Beaumont and Fletcher; but whether merely mctri
a pair o1 sties, Ayrs., Roxb. causa, or as a provincial corruption, I cannot deter-
Two transverse beams go from the one sile-blade mine.
to the other, to prevent the silcs from being pressed He that your writings, pack'd to every pillar,
down by the superincumbent load, which would Promis'd promotion to, and store of siller,
soon make the walls skail, that is, jut outwards. That very man I set before your Grace. P. 2820.
The lower beam is called a jeest, or joist ; the one S I L L E R , adj. Of or belonging to money, S .
above that a hawk ; and sometimes a third is added, " This noble marquis—straitly commanded none
called a wee-hawk. The operation of joining the of his ground, friends nor followers, men, tenants,
beams together, which is a work of considerable and servants, that they should not answer nor obey
nicety, Is called knit tin the sites, S.O. Cupples, synon. men or arms, taxations oi loans, siller excises, or any
(C The roof was formed of strong cupples termed other Impositions whatsomever." Spald. ii. 150.
syles, set up 8 or 10 feet distant from each other." S I L L E K I E , adj. Rich in money, Lanarks.
Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. 114. S iLLEitiExEss, Richucss in regard to money, ib.
S I L L E R L E S S , S I L V E R L E S S J adj. Destitute of mo-
When ye the juice o' earth did tipple,
Ye didna ken but syU o kipple, ney. S.
Or stock to some auld wife's lint-ripple, " A silverless man goes fast through the market,"*
Might be your fate. S. Prov. Because he does not stay to cheapen or
A. Scott's Poems 1805, p. 22. buy." Kelly, p. 10.
S I L E - B L A D E , s. One of the upright beams of a " Ye mamma gang this wilfu* gate sillerless, come
sile> S.O. o't what like." Heart M. Loth. iii. 2 8 .
Sile is obviously the same with A.S. syt, syle, syll, S I L L E R - M A R R I A G E j s. The same with Penny-.
basis, fulcimentum, postis, eolumna, E. sill Tfcte Brydal5 Aberd.
only sense in which the E. word is used, is as denot- S I L L Y , adji 1. Lean, meagre.] Insert, as sense
ing " the timber or stone at the foot of a door," Johns. 3. Expressive of constitutional or accidental de-
Su.G. syll denotes the foundation of any thing; Isl. bility of body, S.
<r The master of Forbes's regiment was—dischar-
siU-ur, tigni proceres, lat us jungentes ; expl. in Dan.
the banks or beams of a house, which lie along upon ged and disbanded by the committee of estates (not
the walls;" Haldorson. Isl. sulci signifies*a pillar. without the Earl Maris dial's procuring in some mea-
Seren. views Moes.G. suUjan, fun dare, as the root. sure), because they w ere but silly poor bodies, bur-
Lat sol-urn is undoubtedly a cognate term. den able to the country, ami not fit for soldiers."
S Y L E R I N , s. The ceiling. Spalding, i. 29b Here add;—A silly bairn, &c. Lan*
« Yow may sie, in the cathedrall church of A her* cash, seely, weak in body;" T. Bobbins.
cs

dein, the noblemen of Scotland ranked in order vp- 5. In the same sense as E. poor, &c.j Add;
on the sylerin of the rooff of the bodie of the church> SILLY MAN, an expression of kindness and com-
VOL." I I . 385 8C
 S I M S
passion, like E. poor fellow, R o x b . Sairy Man,
synon. Y. SARY.
6. Timid, spiritless, pusillanimous, S.
" Marischal—commanded tlie baillies to take out
of their town 20 soldiers,—with eight score pounds
in money for their forty days of loan; whilk for plain
fear they were forced to do, being poor silly bodies."
Spalding, i. 241.
7.Fatuous.] Add;— Lane, "seely,empty-headed
<f Davie's no sae silly as folks tak him for, Mr. Wau-
verley; he wadna hae brought you here unless he had
kend ye was a friend to his honour." Waverley, iii. 2 3 7.
" Davie's no just like other folk, puir fallow ; but
he's no sae silly as folk tak him for." Ibid. iii. 239-
8. Good, worthy; a sense peculiar to Liddesdale.
S I L L Y W Y C H T I S , a designation given to the Fairies.
V . Seily, under S E I L E .
S I L L Y - W I S E , adj. Debilitated in some degree,
whether corporeally or mentally, S.
ec He's just quite silly-wise,—he just lies there
s n otter in awa." Inheritance, ii. 319-
S I L L I I v , ,9. T h e fry of the coal-fish.] Add ;
I am informed that in Gael, shialac has the same
meaning. This, however, may be merely the Gael,
pronunciation of a word radically Gothic.
S I L L I K , adj. Such, similar, Aberd. R e g . ; from
sua and like.
S I L L I S T , adj. Expl. 6C laying aside work in the
mean time," Perths.
Moes.G. sill-an no tat tranqu ilium esse. Sele, in
some parts of Sweden, denotes the still motion of
water, when its force is broken-by interposing rocks.
V. Sele, Ihre.
S I L L U R , <v. A potion, a decoction of herbs.
—Whom fra sho lies resavit a buike
For ony herb scho likis to luike:
It will instruct hir how to tak it;
In sawis and sillubs how to mak it.
Poems l6lli Cent. p. 321.
This seems originally the same w ith E. sillabub, con-
cerning the origin of which a variety of conjectures
are given by Skinner, but none of them -satisfactory.
S Y M E R , S I M M E R , s. Summer.] Add;
Simmer is still the vulgar pronunciation of some
counties, S., especially in the west and south.
It's no its loud roar on the wintry win' swellin',
It's no the can Id blast brings the tears i' my e"e ;
For, O gin I saw but my bonny Scots call an',
The dark days o% winter war' simmer to me.
TannahilTs Poems, p. 10'7*
Ae simmers morning, wi' the sun,
The Sev'n Trades there
Forgathered Mayne's Siller Gun, p. g.
T o S I M M E R and W I N T E R , 1. T o harp on the
same string; or, to be very minute and prolix
in narration, as referring to language, S.
Mo to summer and winter mare about it, ye'll just
make a clean surrender o' the debateable goods over
and intil our custody, for fear o' complaints." Ro-
thelan, i. 237-
T o spend much time in forming a plan, to pon-
der, to ruminate, S.
<f Let none think that these are new flights, or
flowing from prejudice and passion; but these have
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been my views and digested thoughts, that I have
summer d and winter'd these many years, according as
they have come to pass." Walker's Peden, p. 22.
" We couldna think of a better way to fling the
gear in his gate, though we simmer d it and winter d
it e'er sae lang." Antiquary, iii. 323.
0. Permanently to adhere to.
<e They—care not whether Joseph die in the stocks
or not, or whether Zion sinke or swimme; because
whatever they had of religion, it was never their mind
both to summer and winter Jesus Christ." Ruther-
ford's Serm. before H. of Commons, Jan. 1643, print-
ed in London, 1644.
S I M M E R - L I F T , S. T h e summer-sky, Ayrs.
An' if the simmer-lift hands clear,
Gin July i'se be wi' you.
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 87-
S i M M E i t s c A L E s , s. pi The scales which rise on
the top of beer, in summer, when it begins to
grow sour, S.
T o S I M M E R S C A L E , v. n. Applied to beer when
it casts up these scales, S.
S I M I L A B L E , adj. Like, similar.
<f That the said erle sail content & pay to the said
abbot and convent the sou me of fourtj schillingis for
a yeris proffitis & cornez of the said croft, takin vp &
intromettit with be the said erle, as wes in similablt
wise previt before the lordis." Act. Dom. Cone. A.
1493, p. 305. Id. p. 361, col. 1.
S Y M I O N - B R O D I E , s. Expl. " a toy for chil-
dren ; a'cross stick;11 Gall. Encycl.
If the name has not been originally that of a trades-
man who made such toys, the latter part of the word
may be from Prod, a board. Tent, simmen signifies
camous or crooked.
S I M M E R , S Y M M E R , S. 1. T h e principal beam
in the roof of a building, S. Summer, E .
2. One of the supports laid across a kiln, formerly
made of wood, now pretty generally of east
metal, with notches in them for receiving the
ribs, on which the grain is spread for being
kiln-dried ; a hair cloth, or fine covering o f
wire being interposed between the ribs and the
grain, Loth.
" The whole roofe and symmers of that said kill
were consumed, and only about 3 bolls oatts saffe,
which were likewise' ill spoilt." Lamont's Diary,
p. 179- _ ^ ^
Trabs summaria, Skinner. V , SIIIMNEK.
S I M M O N S , S Y M M O N S , S. pi Ropes made o f
heath, See.] Add;
These [the divots'] are secured on the houses
with ropes made of heath, or straw (provincially si?n-
monsf Agr. Stirv. Caithn. p. 27.
S Y M P I L L , S E M P I L L , &e. adj.] Add;
6. M e r e ; sempill avail!, the bare value, excluding
the idea of any overplus.
— " That the naill iniureis and attemptatis com-
mittit of befoir, and speciallie sen the conclusioun of
the first abstinence to the tyme thairof, suld be re-
par it to the sempill availl." Acts Ja. VI. 1578, Ed.
1814, p. 113.
It is also used to denote the exclusion of any thing
in addition to that which is mentioned.
 S I N S
n And or dan is lettres of horning vpoun ane semple
charge of ten daves poynding and all vther execu-
tioun neidfull the ane but preiudiee of the vther."
Acts Ja. VI. 1592. Ibid. p. 594.
Simple is still used in the sense' of sol'e, Dumfr.,
and simply for solely.
T o S I M U L A T , v. a. T o dissemble, to hide
under false pretences; Lat. s'mwl-are.
€S He—ay sen syne lies simulat, hid, concealit the
samyn in maist treasounable and secrete maner."
Acts Ja. VI. 1584, Ed. 1-814, p. 305.
S I M U L A T E , part. adj. 1 . Pretended, fictitious,
although having the appearance of legal autho-
rity ; Eat. simulat-us.
" The said James maid & constitute the for saidis
Maister Jhone Chesholme, &c. his pretend it, fenyeit,
& simulate assignais ;—& causit the forsaidis preten-
dit assignais to renunce the said pretendit, fenyeit
& simulate assignatioune, & resing [resign] the sa-
nilii/' See. Acts Ja. V. 1539, Ed. 1814,"p. 354.
—"" Ordanis that the saidis fraud full and simnlal
disposition is of escheat is—sail nocht serue to nur-
ische and sustene the saidis tratouris and rebellis in
til air contempt and rehellioun." Ibid. A. 1 592, p. 575.
2. Dissembling, not sincere.
" But the moderator desired his grace to forbear
to dissolve the assembly, in simulate manner, and
withal to hear their answers to his protestation,
whereof it appears they were well enough acquaint-
ed/* Spalding, 1. 90. This adj. is used by old Bale.
S I M U L A T L I E , adv. Under false pretenees, hy-
pocritically.
^ Persons convict or standand rebellis for trea-
son e—commounlie lies the fruitioun of thair guidis;
—and that vnder pretenss and cullour of fraudfull
dispositionis or assignatiounis maid by thame self-
fis, or giftis of thair escheatis si midat lie purchest,"
&c. Acts 1592, ubi sup.
" They desire the duke and his brother the earl of
Lanerk,—to swear and subscribe the covenant, whilk
tliey both simidutehj refused." Spalding, ii. 122.
S I N , s. The sun, S.
—The Sin frae Thetis* lap,
Out owre the knows is blinkan.
Picken s Poems 1788, p. 49-
S I N N Y , adj. Of, or belonging to the sun, S.
Life's just a wee bit sinny beek
That bright, an' brighter waxes, &c.
Ibid. p. 88.
S J N W A H T , adv. Towards the sun, Ayrs.
Near me was plac't a skepp o' bees,—>
Wadg't in atween twa willow trees,
An" air tan to the sinwart. Ibid. p. 125.
SINACLE, " A grain, a small quantity
Shirr. GL, S.B.] Add;
It had occurred to me that the sense here given
could not well apply to the" phrase ee a sinaele of
l i f e a n d that it must signify a vestige. This, in-
deed, appears to be the primary meaning of the
term ; as it is undoubtedly from Fr. sinaele, a sign,
mark, or character, and this again from Lat. sign a-
cul-um, a seal, or the mark of a seal. ff Never a si-
naele of life" must therefore properly mean, a not a
sign** of* " vestige of life."
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* S I N C E R E , adj. Grave, apparently serious,
Bervvicks.
T o S Y N D , S I X D , S E I N , V. A. 1. T o wash slight-
ly, S.] Add;
O busk yir locks trigly, an' kilt up your coaties,
An' dry up that tearie, and. synd yir face clean.
Tarras's Poems, p. 124.
2. Metaph. transferred to the swallowing of li-
quids, S.] Add;
Hail, nappy fraithin ! on a day
Whan Phoebus glints sae brisk in May,
Or June, whan cockin o' the bay,
Ye synd the wizzen. Ibid. p. 136. ,
" Ye maun gang ower and meet the carle minis-
ters yonder the morn, for they will want to do your
job, and synd it doivn with usquebaugh doubtless—
they seldom mak dry wark in this kintra." Heart
M. Loth. iv. 153.
—That ye may ne'er be scant o' brass,
To synd the spark that's f yer ha use, &c.
To a Blacksmith, Turnbull's Poet. Ess. p. 190.
— My gray beard stout—
For syning down, it's unco rare,
The bitter wagang o* ilk care.
Poems, Engl., Scotch, and Latin, p. 101.
In the same sense one is said to Synd one's Mouth, S.
" Surely there is nae noble lord that will presume
to say, that I, wha hae complied wi* a compliances,
tane all manner of tests, abjured all that was to be
abjured, and sworn a' that was to be sworn, for these
thirty years ln-past—shouldna hae something now
and then to synde my mouth wi' after sic drouthy
wark." Bride of Lammermoor, i. 136.
3. T o S Y N D , or S Y N D E up Claise, to wash them
up, or to rinse them in cold water, in order to
take out the ' soap, previously to their being
hung up, or spread out for being dried, S.
" Ye'll—only hae to carry the tae end o' the hand-
barrow to the water, wait till I sinde up the sarks,
an' help me hame wi' them again." Brownie of
Bodsbeek, ii. l(i!.
S Y N D , S Y N E , ,V. A slight ablution, S.] Add;
I never fash to view my face
Reflected in a keeking-glass,
But Sunday morns, when time I find
To gie my face and hands a synd,
I see my face reflected in
The water, kything wan and thin.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 10.
S Y N D I N G S , s. pi. Slops; properly what has been
employed in giving a slight washing to dishes, S.
Maybe ye think we have the fashion of the ta-
ble-dot,—where a' the bits of vinegar cruets are put
awa' into an awunry, as they tell me, and ilk ane wi'
the bit dribbles of syndings in it, and a paper about
the neck o't, to shew which of the customers is aught
it." St. Ronan, i, 44.
S Y N D E , adv. Afterwards ; used for Syne.
The spirit said, Think on the rich man,
Quhilk all tyme in his lustis ran,
Body and saull he loissit than,
And synde was bury it into hell,
As Jesus Christ lies said him sell.
Poems Sixteenth Cent. p. 25, 26.
 S I N S Y N
with Tent. sind. It is by no means unlikely that this absurd mode
of worship might give occasion to the phraseology,
S Y N E T E E N , adj. Seventeen, S.B. especially after the dawn of the Reformation. For
* T o SING. Neither sing nor say, a proverbial this dumb shew was a special subject of ridicule with
phrase/signifying that the person to whom it is our ancestors. Hence, speaking of the breaden God,
applied is quite unfit for the business which he they thus address his votaries :
has undertaken. Why are ye sa vnnaturall
To take him in your teeth and sla him ?
Ramsay employs it to express total disqualification Tripartit and deuided him
for making love/from bluntness and sheepishness. At your dumb dresse:
He faukls his owrlay down his breast with care, But God knawes how ye gydit him,
And few gangs trigger to the kirk or fair : Mumling your Messe.
For a' that, he can neither sing nor say, Poems Sixteenth Cent. p. 1Q8.
. Except, Horn d'ye 9—or, There's a bonny day. T o S I N G , v. a. T o singe, S.] Add ;
Gentle Shepherd, Act I. sc. 2. Under this word we may notice a singular ordi-
It must be of considerable antiquity, as it is used nance of the town-council of Aberdeen, evidently
by the Abbot of Corsraguell; and, from the mode intended as a purification from the Pest.
of its application may be supposed to have had an <f The bailyeis licent hir to returne to hir houiss
ecclesiastical origin, as denoting that one was quite in the towne, quhar sche duellit afor on this condi-
unfit for any office in the church, whether as a cho- tio un following, that is to say, sche causand sing the
rister, or as a preacher. said houiss with ane turf of hedder, and thaireftir
" And quhen thay have gottin the benefice, gyf keipand hir cloiss thairintill for viij dais thaireftir."
thay have ane brother, or ane sone, ye [[yea] sup- Aberd. Reg. A. 1543-5, V. 18.
pose he can nolder sing nor say, norischeit in vice all SIN G I N - E ' E N , The last night of the year,
his dayis, fra hand he sail be montit on ane mule, Fife.] Add to definition ;—This is the name by
with ane syde gown and ane round bonett, and then which children in Angus most generally cha-
it is questioun quhetlier he or his mule knawis best racterize what is elsewhere called Hogmanay.
mair°nor^hay iTaith.'^Coimp ^Tracttne^Keith's Hist. * S I N G L E , adj. A single letter, a small, not a
App. p. 202. capital, letter. The single eateehis, the A s -
I find this view of the origin of the phrase con- sembly's Shorter Catechism ; either as distin-
firmed by a passage in a coeval poetical work, which guished from one that contains the scripture-
sets the matter still in a clearer light, as referring proofs extended, or from the Larger Catechism,
to the Ave Marias and other services of the church
of Rome. S I N G L E - H O R S E - T R E E , s.. A
Sum mumlit Aueis, sum raknit creid[i]s, or stretcher of a plough by which one horse
Sum makes goddis of their beidis draws, R o x b . ; Ae-horse-tree synon., Clydes.
Quhilk wot not what they sing nor say: <f The plough is drawn by a strong stretcher com-
Alace, this is an wrangous way. monly called a two-horse-tree, with an iron staple
Poems Sixteenth Cent p. 163.
in the middle, and a hook to go into one of the holes
T o S I N G D U M B , V. n. T o become totally silent, S.
of the bridle, and with two iron ends, in each of
She's now in her sweet bloom, has blood and charms which there is a hole toi
Of too much value for a shepherd's arms: ing from the middle of two 1
None know'st hut me and if the n gle-horse-trees, to whose extremities the ropes -were
I'll tell them tales will gar them. all formerly tied, and now the chains are fastened, which
Ramsay's Gent. Shepherd, ATI!, sc. 4. reach from both sides of the collars of two horses
Young primpin Jean, wi* cuttie speen, placed abreast." Agr. Surv. Roxb. p. 50, 51.
Sings dam' to bake the bannocks *
Tarrass Poems, p. 72.
S I N G L E - S T I C K , s.
Cudgelling, South and
West of S.
* " She that undertakes the baking of them must
— " Why don't you take good cudgels and settle
remain speechless till they are finished." N. ibid.
it We tried that three times already—that's
This is an idiom which I have not remarked in
twice on the land and ance at Lockerbye fair.—But I
anv ol language. Could it originate from the
dinna ken—we're baith gav ixood at single-stick, and
mi cry in the consecration of the mass,
dumb
when the priest it could na weel be judged." Guy Mannering, ii, 275.
muttering, or becomes entirely S I N I L E , adv. Seldom, S . O . Y . S E I N D I L L .
ha:? observed that L.H. canere is He faught, but sinile met wi' scars,
secratione m issae. For they were only wordy wars.
As the Swedes use the phrase, G. Turubuirs Poet. Essays, p. 200.
the sense of missa tacit a, vel quae S Y N I N G - G L A S S , s. A looking-glass or mir-
citabatur, Eoccenius has observed, that ror, Roxb.
to the statutes of the ancient church, it was Su.G. sipi inspectio, syn-a inspicere; Isl. syn-az
j; Dan. syn-er3 id,, syne a view, a sight.
cration with an audible voice." Not. ad Leg. West- S I N K , A place where the superabundant.
rogoth. c. 13. ' • in the ground* Aberd, •
388
 S Y P S
fr This kind of grain is found to answer very wrell
when there is only a quantity of superabundant
moisture, provincially a sink, without any fountain
of running water." Agr. Surv. Aberd. p. 425.
Su.G. sank paludosus, from saenk-a mergere.
S I N K . s. The pit of a mine, "S.
" In those ages, w h e n scanty yielding m i n e s c o u l d
a f f o r d a p r o f i t , it w o u l d a p p e a r t h a t g o l d w a s s e a r c h e d
f o r in t h e r i v u l e t s o f M e g g e t , a n d that s i l v e r w a s o b -
t a i n e d f r o m m i n e s n e a r tiie v i l l a g e o f L i n t o n ,
r e m a i n i n g v e s t i g e s o f o l d sinks, or pits, still r e t a i n
the name of >iiverholes." A g r . Surv. Peeh, p. 22.
T o S I N K , v. a. T o cut t h e d i e u s e d f o r strik-
ing money. Hence,
S I N K A R , s. The person employed in cutting dies.
" His Maiestieordanis—thegenerall Mr.cunyeour,
sinkar3 &c. to proceed in workeing and sinking of the
irnis, and making, forgeing,prenting, and outputting
of the said money." 'Acts Ja. VI. 15Q3, IV. 48, 49.
S I N N I E - F Y N N I E , The Black Guillemot,
Colymbus Grylle, Linn., Mearns.
As this bird " may be seen fishing—even in the
very worst weather In winter," (V. Barry's Orkn.
p. 305.) Sinnie may be from Gael, si an storm.
Finiche signifies jet.
S I N N O N , s. A sinew, Lanarks. V. S E N ON.
S Y O U I i , s. Apparently a scion,, a tender shoot.
y The designation of the person performer, is by
twoo titles. 1. That lion of the tribe of Juda. 2. That
root or syour of Dauid.*—Hee is the root or stjour of
Dauid, by Juda and Dauid to shew the true Mes-
sias promised of their seed." Forbes on Revel, p. 23.
T o S I P E , S E I P , v.n. T o ooze, &e.] Add;
2. T o let out any liquid, not to hold m ; used of
a leaky vessel, S.
" A sinner is like a seiping dish, a dish that run-
neth but," &c. Memoirs of Magopico.
" She wears her corpse-sheet drawn wreel up to
hide it, but that canna hinder the bluid seiping
through." Heart M. Loth. ii. 116.
T o S I P E , S Y P E , v. a. T o distil, to shed, S.B.
But Tammy Norie thought nae sin
To come o'er him wi' a snype,
Levell'd his nose flat wi's chin,
And gart his swall'd een sype
Sawt tears that day.
Christmas Ba'ing, Skinner s ?disc. Poet. p. 124.
SEIPAG£, S. Leakage, S.R.
SEIPIN, adj. Very wet, dropping wet, S.
S I P E , S Y P E , S. 1. A, slight spring of water, Perths.
2. The moisture which comes from any wet sub-
stance.
e: Gif thair be ony persounis that settis furth un-
der the yeird the sype of thair bark cobill, the draff
of their lit, malt cobill, or lime-pot, or ony sype of
kitching, to the King's M ater or well, throw the
quhilk the King's lieges mav oft-times tak skaith,
the perrel not being knawin to thame in dew time."
Chalm. Air, Balfour's Pract. p. 588.
3. A dreg of any liquid remaining, Dumfr.
Teut. sype cloaca. V. S I P E , V.
S Y P L E , s. " A saucy, bi^-bellied person
Gall Enc. ^ & F
Selg, sepel-en signifies to drop ; Teut. sijfel-en3
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I S
to whistle; Isl. sweifl-a, to be wheeled about. But
as the definition includes ideas so little connected, It
is scarcely possible to form any probable conjecture
as to the origin. C.B. sypiawl might seem to corre-
spond with the latter idea, as it signifies " tending
to heap together," from syp-iaw acervare.
S I P L I N , S I P P L Y N E , S. A young tree ; as a birJc-
siplin, a young birch, Selkirks.; corr. from E .
sapling.
where Doug, uses this word; but it would seem as synon.
with bark.
—Skars this sentence prentis in his mynde,
His douchter for to clois wythin the rynde,
And stalwart sipplyne or bark of cork tree.
Virg. 383. 37.
T o S I P P L E , v. 7i. T o sip, S . ; nearly synon.
with E. tipple, and S. shple.
S£ The bodie got sic a trick of sippling and tippling
wi' the balllies and deacons when they met (which
was amaist Ilka night) concerning the common glide
o' that burgh, that he couldna weel sleep without
it." Antiquary, I. 201, 202.
Apparently a dimin. from the E. v. to Sip.
T o S I R D O U N , v. 7i. T o emit a plaintive cry
or wail, as some birds do, Renfrews.
S I R D O U N , s. A cry of this kind, ibid.
Perhaps from Fr. sourdine, a kind of hoarse or
1 ow-soun ding trump et.
S I R K E N , adj. Tender of one's flesh, S.J Add ;
2. Tender of one's credit; as, " Y e needna be sae
si risen to pay juist n o w o r , " YeVe ay very
sir/icnj" Clydes.
Gael, seirgne sickly ; or perhaps rather seirc affec-
tion, seircin a darling, one who is beloved. Seirc
must be radically the same with C.B syrch, desire,
affection, love, syrch^a to fill with desire. Sirken
might thus be originally applied to one filled with
self-love.
S I R S , intcrj. 1. A common mode of address
to a number of persons, ait ho ugh of both sexes ;
often pron. q. S-irce9 S.
2. O sirs ! an exclamation expressive of pain, or
astonishment, S.
S I S E , SYSS, Doom, judgement.] Add;
Mortone, sayis he, the lawis hes slaine him,
And Gowrie hes gottiri a eoneh'gne sysex
Conforming to his Interpryse.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Poe-ms 16th Cent. p. 825.
S Y S E - , S Y S S - B O L L E , <?. A duty exacted at some
harbours.
" Tolles, customes, syse holies, port harberie, office
of water bailliarie," &c» Acts Cha. L Ed. 1814,
Vol. V. 9 4 .
Perhaps from Teut. assijse, vectigal; q. assise-boll,
or " boll paid as duty." L.B. siss-ct, Hisp. sis-a,
tributum.
S Y I S S T I H E , s> Apparently the measure used for
the boll, tree S. signifying a barrel.
— " To apply to the vse of the said brucht with
the syiss boll and syisstrie" Acts Cha. I. ut sup,
p. 6 2 7 .
T o SI S T one's self, v. a. 2. To—take a place,
as at the bar of a court, &t\] Add;
 S I T S
It fell to be argued, wliere a prisoner in the mes-
senger's hands grants a bond of presentation, with a
cautioner, to sist himself such a day, 01* else pay the
debt; if it be sufficient to exoner the cautioner, to
alledge that none for the creditor or messenger ap-
peared at the diet prefixed, to accept or require the
prisoner," &c. Fountainhall, i. 680.
" The Convention ordanit maissers to passe &
charge the said erle of Carnwath to come & sisl his
persone presentlie with all diligence befor the con-
vention, as he will be answerable." Acts Cha. L
Vol. VI. p. 5.
T o S I S T , v. n. T o stop, not to go farther.
ee Then were those who loved peace filled with
hope that our troubles were ended; but that was
soon ended by an accident which—imported that the
covenanters meant not to sist there/1 Guthry's
Mem. p. 6(3.
S I S T E R - B A I R N , s. A sister's child ; used to
denote the relation of a cousin. V. B R O T H E R -
BAIRN.
ft I said to the Chancellor, I was a gentleman that
had blood relations to his relations, the Earl of
Mar's mother and I being sister-bairns." Ja. S keen's
Interrog. Cloud of Witnesses, p. 95, Ed. 1720.
A.S. sweoster-hearn, sororis filius, nepos; Lye.
cr Sweoster-bearna, nepotes, sororini. Sisters chil-
dren, nephewes or nieces;" Somner.
SISTER-PART, T h e portion of a daughter,
Shetb
kk Although the udallers divided their land among
all their children, yet the portions were not equal,
the son got two merks and the daughter one ; hence
the sister part, a common proverb in Zetland to this
day." E dm on stone's Zetl. i. 129*
* T o .SIT, v. a. To sit a charge or summons,
not to regard it, to disobey it.
" There came orders frae the Green Table about
this ..time to Aberdeen, charging them to transport
their 12 pieces of ordnance to Montrose, for certain
causes, whilk the town thought hardly off;-—so they
mi this charge, and nothing followed thereupon."
Spalding's Troubles, i. 150; i. e. they did not stir
to obey.
T o S I T , v. ??.] Add, as sense
4. T o continue to inhabit the same house which
one has possessed for some time before ; as op-
posed to removing to another, S. T h u s the
question is asked, Do you sit, or fit ?
A.S. silt-an, habitare, manere.
5. To SIT down, to take hold of the lungs : Hence
the phrase* A sitten doun cauld, a cold or
catarrh, which has fallen down, q. taken a scat
upon the lungs, and cannot easily be removed,
S. It is sometimes pron. salt en down.
cc It was first a suit en doon cauld, and noo he's fa'n
in till a sort o' a dwinin like, an' atweel I dinna
think hell e'er get the better o't." Inheritance, i. 38.
6. T o SIT to, v. n. T o adhere to the pot, S.
SITTJEN on, part. adj. Broth or soup, which has
been belled too long, especially when burnt in
the pot, is said to be sitten on, lloxb. Also
set-on, settin~wi.
T o SIT ILL TO one's MEAT, to b e ill fed.
" Nothing makes a man sooner old like, than sit*
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I f
ting ill to his meat," S. Prov.; « To sit ill to ones Meat
in Scotch, is to be ill kept." Kelly, p. 264, 265.
The allusion seems to be to one being so ill seated
at table, that he cannot reach the food set before him.
T o SIT on one's own coat tail, to act in a way pre-
judicial to one's own interest, S.
Bot als gude he had sit tin idle,
As there ower land to leid his brydle,
Considering what reward he gatt, »
Still on his omnc cott tail he satt.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 329,
T o SIT slUlj v. n. T o continue to reside in the
same house, or on the same farm as before.
" Ane tenant be and warnit be his master at Whit-
soimday to flit—and thairefter thoillit—to sit still
and rem ane to ane certane day, may lauehfullie be
put forth," &c. Balfour's Pract. p. 458.
T o SIT up, v. a. T o become careless in regard
to a religious profession or duties, S.
" Even professors sat up, shirped away, and cryned
into a shadow, as to all fervour for the cause."
M'Ward's Contendings, p. 1 4 6 . V . U P S I T T E N .
SITE, S Y T E , s. 1. Sorrow, grief, S. ] Insert,
as sense
2. Anxious care, Dumfr.
3. Suffering, punishment.] Add ;
Ross had used this term in his first Edit., though
jlijte was afterwards substituted.
We'll a' be missing, I'll get a' the wyte,
And me my lane be maid to bear the syte. P. 50.
S I T F A S T , s. Creeping Crowfoot, Ranunculus
Ilepens, Linn., Lanarks. V. S I T S I C K E R .
This name is sometimes applied also to the Rest-
harrow. Ononis arvensis.
S I T F A S T , s. A large stone fast in the earth,
Ber wicks.
" In many situations of this county improvable
land is, or has lately been, much encumbered by
such stones. These are sometimes large nodules or
irregularly shaped masses, of whin, trap, basalt, or
granite, either appearing above the surface or disco-
vered by the plough, and are called sitfasts." Agr.
Surv. Berw. p. 380.
" Some are even of many hundred weights, and
are called sitfasts." Ibid. p. 35.
S I T I I , adv. Used in the same sense with S Mi-
ens, although, Dumfr.
S I T H E , S Y I T H , s. 1. Satisfaction, gratification.]
Insert, as sense
.Atonement, compensation.
Ye Edomites idoll, with threefall croune,
The crop and rute of pride and tyrrannie ;
Ye Ismalitcs, with scarlat hat and gowne,
Your bin die hoist 11a syth can satisfie.
Psal. lxxxiii. Poems 16th Cent. p. 97.
This word had been used in O.K. though 1 have
met with one example only.
" Makyn a sythc. Satisfacio." Prompt. Parr,
T o S Y r T I I E , v. a. T o strain any liquid, L a -
narks. Sey9 Sile, synon.; from the same ori-
gin as S E Y , q. v.
SITHENS. 2. Since, seeing.] Add;
" Now sithens our forefathers, which • lived most
iust, could not be made iust in thedeedes of the lawe ;
—of necessitie we are compelled to seeke the iu sties
 S Y V S K A
C£ Jtummlin sires, small sewers filled with little
of a christian man, without all la we or workes of
the la we." H. Balnaues's Confession, p. 69. stones Gall. Encycl.
SITHE-SNED, The shaft or long pole in S Y V E W A R M , s. R. Syvewarin.] Insert, after
which the blade of a sithe is fixed. Loth., Te- 1.14.;
viotd., Mearns. " The 22 day his Lordship wrote to the Soueraignc
a* Snedd, snethe, handle, as of a scythe Gl. Sihb. of Kilkenny, that howsoever he had no purpose vio-
This is purely an A.S. word ; snaed, falcis ansa, lently to reforme religion in this kingdome,—he
ff the handle or staffe of a s y t h e S o m n e r . From could not permit, yea must seuerely punish in that
the signification of all the similar terms, one might towne and otherwhere, the seditious & mutinous
rather suppose that it should have denoted the blade, setting vp of the publike exercise of Popish reli-
as being that which sidds or cuts. Isl. snid signifies gion." Fynes Moryson's Itinerary, A. 1603, P. II.
obliquitas; whence, as would seem, snidill, falx pu- 2 8 5 , 2 8 6 .
tatoria. " The 26 day his Lordship wrote to the Soveraigne
S I T H E - S T R A I K , s. A piece_of hard wood of Wexford, &c. The 27 day his Lordship wrote
overlaid with tallow, mixed with flinty sand, to the Soueraigne of Clommell, &c." Ibid. p. 287.
used for sharpening a sit he, Teviotd. The letter to the Sovereign of Wexford acquaints
Denominated from the act of stroking, A.S, us with the effect which the juggling conduct of
•strac-an. James VI. with respect to the Popish interest, before
S Y T H O L L , s. A n instrument of music. V. his accession to the throne of England, naturally
ClTHOLIS. enough had on the minds of the Papists in Ireland.
Lord Mountjoy the Lieutenant wr rites, that "where-
SIT-HOUSE, A place of habitation, as dis-
as they excused their erecting of Popish rites, by
tinguished from a house appropriated to some
the report they heard of his Majesties being a Ro-
other purpose ; as a barn, cow-house, See. ;
man Catholike, he could not but maruell at their
Loth., Fife.
simplicity, to be seduced by lying Priests to such
" What should be the form of a sit-house, barn, an opinion, since it was apparant to the world, that
hire, stable, with corn and kitchen yards ?" .Max- his Majesty professed the true religion of the Gos-
well's Sel. Trans, p. 437« pell, and euer with carefull sincerity maintained it
From A.S. sitt-an habitare, man ere, and hits do- in his kingdome of Scotland." Ibid.
mus. In the same manner is formed A.S. burh-sit- S Y W E I L L , adj. For civil; apparently used
iende, the inhabitant of a burgh; land-sittende, &c. in the sense of reasonable,
Sit-house thus seems equivalent to dwelling-house. " A syweill mendis;" Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
S I T S I C K E R , s. Upright Meadow Crowfoot. T o SY r "zZIE, 11. a. " T o shake. He never syz-
Ranunculus acris, Upp. Clydes., Mearns. This - med me, he never shook me Gall. Encycl.
name is given to the R. arvensis, Stirlings. It
Allied perhaps to Isl. sysl-a, actito, factito; or to
is denominated from the difficulty of eradicat-
Teut. suys-en murmurare, Su.G. sus-a, id., the wind,
ing it.
whose action these terms respect, being often the
" The ranunculus arvensis, crowfoot, or sit-sicker, cause of shaking. Or shall we view it as corr. from
as it is here called, is very common, very hurtful, C.B. ysgyd~w,ysgw-yd-7V, to shake, ysgyt-iaw,to shake
and verv difficult to extirpate." Ag. Surv. Stirhp. 131. violently ?
S I T T E R I N G I S , s. pi SKAAB, The bottom of the sea, Shetl,
" A hiogar of a belt of knoppis of sittcringis, con- S K A B I T , -part. pa.
tening sex in everie knop, and fiftene in nowmer, " That Robert Mure of Rowalan sail content and
with fourtene knoppis of peril betuix everie knop pay—for the skaith sustenit be hir of a mere and
contening foure peril, ane peril wanting of the haill." a stag [mare and colt] skabit, quhilk seho gat again,
Inventories4, A. 1579, P- 290. xx s> Act. Dora. Cone, A. 1493, p. 300.
This appears to denote stones of a citron, or pale- I know not what this can signify, if it be not that
yellow colour, Fr. citrin, id. It is evident from the they were returned scabbed.
Diet. Trev. that this designation is still given in S K A C L E S E x p l . 4 4 people disguised;1 Shetl.
France to certain crystals, perhaps of that straw- This would seem to be allied to Dan. skalk a cheat;
colour which we call Cairngorms. Citrin, espececle whence the phrase, at skiitte skalken, to hide or con-
crystal qui est ainsi appele a cause de sa couleur ci- ceal ; skalksknite a disguise ; Teut. schalekaerd homo
trine. Chri/stalius citrina. call id us.
S I T T I E - E I T T I E , ,9. T h e seed-bird called
SKADDER!ZT), SeADDEIIIy?D, adj. Dry,
Ladv-bird, littr. For.
withered ; applied to a person, Inverness ; Wiz-
S I T T ' R E E, adj. Peevish, discontented,Perths.
SIV, s. The common pronunciation of the Iv zend synon. Can this have any reference to
word Sieve in some parts of S. what is shrunk by scaadingor by $coutlierin<>\
O.E. Si/jfe. Cribrum. Cribellum." Prompt. Parv. i. e. by the force of heat ?
S Y V E R , Si visit,,?. 1. A covered drain, S.J Add; S K A D D O W , 3. Shadow, Ettr. For.
It sometimes denotes a gutter, S. A.S. scadu, id. It seems probable that c in. this
" lie frequently rode up and down the street as and many other instances was sounded hard by the
far as the Euekenbooths, and the Abbey's sanctuary Anglo-Saxons.
stiver.*' It. Gilhaize, i. IBS. T o S K A E , v. a. T o give a direction to, to take
HUMBLING SYVEE.] Add; aim with, S.O.; synon, Ettle,
mi
 S K A S K A
And we will skae them sure. Old Song. Some o'er the furrow'd field hap hastily,—
I hesitate if we ought to view it as allied to Su.G. An' crowding" on the fresh-turn'd hillock^ skaii
•skiujh-a, sk'uv-a, trudere, pro pell ere. It might seem Wi' eager nebs, the dusky frozen turf.
to have more appearance of affinity to Dan. sku-er, Davidson's Seasons, p. 143.
to view, to look, to contemplate, to gaze. We learn This is mentioned as an established prognostic of
from Hire, vo. Skaada, that in the old Goth, skaa an approaching storm. Insert, as sense
signified to see ; whence the vulgar phrase, retained 8» T o leave the place formerly occupied. In this
in the country, gaa paa skaa efter en, aliqnem insec- sense it is applied to vessels.
tari ut cum oculis attingat. Mony a boat skail'd the ferry,
.SKAFF, s. Fun, diversion, lloxb. Mony a boat, mony a ship.—
This seems merely an oblique sense of SCAFF,.?. q. v. The Dreg-Song, Herd's Coll. ii. 163.
T o S K A F F , S K A I F F , S C A F F , v. a. T o collect 8. To Slcail House, &c.] Add;
by dishonourable means.] Add; It is also used with the relative pronoun. *
Amongis the Bischopis of the towne, —<•' Rebellious and disobedient persounis, inhabi-
He played the beggar vp and downe ; tantis of Liddisdail,—daylie murtheris and slayis
—.—Ane scoffing war lot, wanting schame, the trew legeis in the defence of thair awn gudis,
Thrie of thair haikneis he tuik hame, in sic sort, that divers gude and profitabill landis
He beggit builds, lie beggit bowis ; are laid waist, and mony honest housllaldaris con-
Tacking in earnest, asking in mowes. straint to skaill thair housisFroclam. 28 May 1567.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 337- Keith's Hist. p. 3<)5, 6'. Insert, as sense
S K A F H I E , S c A F F E K I E , s. 1 . Extortion.] Add ; 11. To Skaii a Sege, to raise a siege, by obliging
3. It is used to denote the claim of such perqui- the besieging army to disperse, or to remove
sites as may be viewed as illegal exaction. from the place.
When grain was sold, one of the parties, or his ' f Edward, the new king, hearing of his intent and

servants, had claimed a right to all the samples, provisioun, caused ane armie cum and seidge the
and also to what adhered to the sheets in which it castle. The said Captane Bruce—send to the coun-
was carried. sall of Scotland desiring them to releive him, or elis
" Na skaifry sic as sampill & scheit schakin to to skaill the seidge" Pitscottie's Cron. p. 168.
be tane tharof." Aberd. Reg. A. 156:3. To Glasg- past, with mony trapit steid,
S K A F F E , s. A small boat. Thair skalit the scge, releuit the castell sone.
— cf The burgh of Kinghorne—is—hellele trublit, SegeEdinb. Castel, Poems 16th Cent. p. 289«
and hurt be the skaffis, skeldrykes," Sec. Act. Dom. 12. To Skaill a Proclamation, to recall it, to dis-
.Cone. A. 1 6 0 0 . V. S K E L D R Y K E . charge from its obligation ; an old forensic
Lat. scaph-a, Gr. cne^n, Armor, scat), Fr. esquif phrase. It occurs with respect to the King's
Germ, scheff, E. skiff. summons to attend the army.
S K A F F E L L , s. Scaffold. — " Quhilk proclamation!! has the strength of an
— " Jolmne By lining, seruand to the said maister inhibition!!, to discharge all jugeis criminal to pro-
Archibald [Dowglas]—also repetit the notorietie of ceicl aganis ony persoun that aucht to keip the pro-
his confessioime the tyme of his aecusatioune, and clamatioun, the samin standand undischargit or
also wpoune the ska fell the tyme of his executioune." skaillit." Balfour's Pract. p. 345.
Acts Ja. VI. 158i; Ed. 1814, p. 196,197. It is here used as if the negative tin in undischargit
S K A Y C H T , .9. Damage ; for Skayth, applied also to skaillit.
<c Requyrit hir to borrow in hir cow, & mend 13. To Slcail a Gunb to empty it of its contents, S.
the skaycht" Aberd. Reg. A. 1543, V. 18. T o S K A I L , S K A L E , v. n.] Add, as sense
T o S K A I G H , S K E G H , V. A. 1. T o obtain any 3. T o depart from a place formerly occupied.
thing by craft or wiles, Clydes. Thus it is applied to the sailing of vessels,- S.
2. T o obtain by any means, ibid. 4. T o jut outwards; applied to a wall, S.O. V.
3. T o steal, to'filch. This is the only sense in SILE, SVLE, p. 3 8 5 .
which it is used in Ettr. For., where it is view- S K A I L E H , S. A scatterer, a disperser, Clydes.
ed as a slang word. S K A I L I N , S C A I L I X , S C A L I N G * S. A dispersion.]
Ir. Gael, sgagham, signifies to sort, to digest j and Add;
scaich, to finish, or bring to an end. « The Earl Marischal having sure intelligence of
S K A I G H E R , S. One who obtains any thing by art- the smiling of the baron's army,—began hastily to
ful means; nearly the same with E. thief; Clydes. convene forces through Angus and Mearns, and
S K A I L , S K A L E , S. A thin shallow vessel, re- comes to Tollo-hill—with about 800 horse and foot."
sembling a saucer, made of tin or wood, for Spalding's Troubles, i. 155.
skimming the cream oft* milk, Teviotd.; synon. S K A I L - W A T E R , S. T h e water that is let off by a
Reamirf-dish* V. S K E I L * and S K U L , S. sluice before it reaches the mi 113 as being in too
To- S K A I L , S K A I L L , S K A L E , V. A. 5 . T o spill, great quantity for the proper motion of the mill,
to shed.] Add; lloxb. V . S K A I L , V.
In Aberdeens. this term is used of dry substances S K A I L - W I N D , S. A dispersion.] Add;
only, spill being always applied to liquids. —"You shall all be scattered every mm to his own,
C. Applied to birds, to scatter with their bills. and shall leave me alone yet, for as sicker as you are-
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You are sure enough now, hut beware of the next
blast that is to blow, it will make a skeahvind among
you." Serin, by Mich. Bruce, 4to, 1709, p. 13.
S K A I L M E N T , S C A L E M E N T , S. The act of dispers-
ing, or of driving away, Ettr. For.
S K A I L L I E - B U 1 1 D , S K E I L I E - B R O D , S. A writ-
ing slate, S.
S K A Y M LIS, s. A bench. V. S K A M Y L L .
S K A I R , 6'. 1. One of the parts of a fishing-rod.]
Add; '
2. The sliced end of each part, to which that of
another part is fastened, S.A.
Isl. skar-a, asseres reciproce adaptare.
S K A I R T H , S C A I R C H , adj. Scarce.
" Diuerss and sindrie persones—hes vsit all the
saidls indirect ineanis in slaying of the said is wyld
foulle and bestial!, quhairby this cuntrey—is bee um
altogidder scairth of sic wrairis. Acts Ja. VI. 1600,
Ed. 1814, p. 236. Skairch, ibid. p. 180, may have
originated from reading / as c ; or perhaps the word
Was then pronounced as if terminated by ch hard.
S K A I R T I I T I E , S. Scarcity.
" Ane of the greitest occasionis of the skairthtie of
the saidis partridgis and murefoull, is be ressoun of
the greit slauchttis of thair pouttis and young anis,
quhen as for youth nattier ar thai abill to gif pasty me,
and for quantitic can nawyis be ane greit refresch-
ment." Acts Ja. VI. 1599," Ed. 1814, p. 181. Scars-
tie, in the parallel act, ibid. p. 236.
SKAIR F U R I S D A Y . V. S K I R I S F U R I S D A Y .
S K A I R G I F N O C K , SKERRIEGIFNOT, SKIRGIF-
EIX, s. A girl just entering into the state of
puberty, a half-grown female; corresponding
with Hobble-de-hoy, as applied to a male, Ayrs.
The form of this word indicates a Gothic traduc-
tion. It may perhaps be resolved q. Isl. skira-gefin,
purgare donatus, or datus, as referring to the time
of lite.
S K A I R - S K O N , s. A kind of thin cake, made
of milk, meal or flour, eggs beaten up, and su-
gar, baked and eaten on Fasterfs-ecn or Shrove-
Tuesdav, Aberd., Mearns. V. S O O T Y - S K O W
SKAITH, Hurt, damage, S.] Add;
It is often conjoined with the word Scorn / as de-
noting blame, or reproach, S.
" One does the scathe, and another gets the scorn ;"
S. Prov.; " Spoken when one is blam'd for another
man's mistake." Kelly, p. 272.
There is another Prov. still more emphatical, used
when the same person both suffers the injury and
bears the blame of it; I get baith the skaith and
the scorn," S.
" Foul fa* the randy—to gie me baith the skaith
and the scorn.*' Saxon and Gael, i. 65. V . R A N D Y ,
SKAITHIE, SKATHIE, 1. A fence or shel-
ter occasionally made of those stakes called
stuckins and ropes; also of hunches of straw
tied with ropes, set on end and pinned to the
wall, placed before the outer door, towards the
quarter whence the wind comes, Roxb., Banffs.
2. This name is also given to a wall, made of stone
and turf, and sometimes of boards, erected on
the outside of a door to ward off the wind, ibid.
VOL. II. 393
S K A
Su.G. skydde protection, from skydd-a tueri. Teut*
schaede and schacdmve, umbra, seem to claim a com-
mon origin with sh/dde.
S K A I T H L E S S , S C A I T H L E S S , adj. 1 . Innocent*
without culpability, S.
" It was a* true ye t el I'd me about Westburnflat ;
but he's sent back Grace safe and scaithless; sae
there's nae ill happened yet, but what may be suf-
fered and sustained." Black Dwarf, p. 207.
2. Uninjured, without receiving hurt, S.
IN this sense Chaucer uses scalhelesse.
S K A I T H L I E , adj. Injurious, hurtful, Ettr. For.;
synon. with E. ScathefuL
Yet wad she clasp thy towzy pow:
Thy greesome grips were never skaithly.
Hoggs Mountain Bard, p. 184.
The term is often used substantively, as a design-
nation for a young person who is a complete romp.
It is common to say of such a one, That's Skaithlie.
A.S. scaethig is the correspondent term. But our
word is from skaith and lie, q. similis noxae; and is
more Immediately allied to Teut. schaedehck, dam-
nosus, noxius.
S K A I V I E , adj. Harebrained, See.] Add ;
" He means mad,' said the party alluded to.—' Ye
have it—ye have it—that is, not clean skivie, but'—-
11 ere he stopped," &c. Redgauntlet, ii. 144.
S K A L D , s. A scold. V. S C O L D , S C A L D .
A skeg, a scornar, a skald.
Colkelhie Sow, F. I. v. 99.
S K A L D O C K S , s.pi. Apparently the same with
SKELLOCHS, q. v.
" Bapistrum arvorum, shaddocks'* Wedderb. Vo-
cab. p. 1 8 .
S K A L E , S K A I L , S. " A skimming dish, or ves-
sel of that form and size," Gl. Sibb.; generally
Remning-sliale, Peebles, and Selkirks.
Gael, seala Is expl. <f a bowl or b a s o n i b i d .
S K A L I S , s. pi
Among articles purchased for the royal household,
A. 1511, a r e — I t e m xij magni eiphi vocat. Skalis
ad usum aule liberat. ciphariis iij s. vi d."
L.B. ciplius denotes a cup or goblet, the same with
scyphus, a designation given to the consecrated vessel
that contained " the wine which was offered in the
sacrifice of the mass." Du Cange.
This is evidently the same with Isl. skiola, vas quo
arida vel liquida metiri consueverunt. Verel. Ind.
S K A L K , s. A bumper of whisky taken by the
Hebridians, in the morning.
u They are not a drunken race, at least I never
was present at much intemperance ; but no man is
so abstemious as to refuse the morning dram, which
they call a ska Ik." Journey West. Isl. Johnson's
Works, viii. 270, 27L
Gael, sgaile, id. But the term was probably left by
the Norwegians, as corr. from Dan. Sw. ktdk, a cup.
V . CAWKEIU
SKALL, S H E L L , S. A term used to express
that one has a right, in grinding, to the next
turn of the mill, in preference to another who
has come to the place after him, S.B.
This may be traced to the old Isl. auxiliary v,
3 I)
 S K A S K A
s]{al,by Haldorson rendered Debeo. This Ihre views " The Laird in his lifetime maintained a rough and
as the present indicative of Su.G. skoUa debere, ali- free hospitality; and, as his kindred and acquaintance
quid praestandum habere. He explains it as analo- expected, there was neither scant nor want at his bu-
gous to Gr. f a x w . rial." The Entail, i. 66.
S K A L R A G , adj. Having a shabby appearance; It is obviously a pleonasm, signifying that there
given as synon. with Disjaskit, Selkirks. was abundance.
It is most probably compounded of shall to scat- The term is still used in another proverbial phrase;
ter, and E. rag, as equivalent to tatterdemalion ; q. " Skant o' cheeks maks a lang nose," S.
" one who gives his rags to the wind/' I prefer this S K A N T A C K , s. A set line, with a number of
to deriving the term from Isl. shell-a, (pret. shall) baited hooks on it, used for catching fish b y
quati, and rag-r pavidus, q. to shake from fear. night, in a river, lake, or pond ; Moray.
SKALRAG, S. A tatterdemalion, ibid. The last syllable is probably tack, as denoting the
SKALV, The straw netting that contains fish- act of catching fishes. Whether the first has any
ing-lines, Shetl. relation to E. skaine, or S. skeenyie, as signifying that
SKALVE, Snow in broad flakes, Shetl. they are catched by a cord or line, I shall not pre-
tend to determine.
This seems perfectly synon. with E. f ake. For
Serenius gives Sw. ska'l-a, whence shake, as signify- S K A P T Y N E , $. The practice of extortion.
ing to flake. It also corresponds, in the general sense, " The regrating of this burcht, and skaptyne of
with S. Skelvc, q. v. the purcommontis of the samyne, in selling of deir
S K A M Y L L , 6*. 1. A bench.] Add mottovne & lam is." Aberd. Reg. Cent. 1(1
It occurs in the same sense in a plural form. "Ane Skapt seems to have been used as a frequentative
skaymlis of tre at the fysche cors for laying of the from SkaJJ] v., to collect by dishonourable means.
fische thairupoune." Aberd. Reg. A. 1551, Y. 21. S K A R , S C A R , adj. 1 . Timorous, easily affrighted
S K A M L A R , SCAMBLER, or startled, S.] Add ;
" The les slauchter wes maid, becaus the maist A.Bor. " share or skair, wild, timid, shy;" Grose.
parte of the knichtis and men of armis—war passand Add, as sense
like skamlaris throw the cuntre." Bellend. T. Liv. 8 . Scrupulous in religious matters.
ons, drudges.
p. 405. Lixac, Lat. scullions, " Ye se thairfoir that ye ar mair skar nor vas S.
Johnson gives Scam as " Scottish," signifying Hierom, quha vald not separat him self from com*
" a bold intruder upon one's at table." munion vith the kirk of Rome, quhatsumeuer cor-
" It is well keu'd your was never a ruption of maneris he did persaue in sum priuat per-
scambler." " One that goes about among his friends sonis." Nicol Rurne, F. 132, a.
for meat, by the Irish called a Cosherer," N. Kelly, S K A R , S K A R E , S. A fright.] Add ;
p. 274. Rut O the skair I got into the pool!
Serenius expl. Scambler by Sw. skamhund, sham- I thought my heart had couped frae its hook
gaest, parasitus. Verelius renders Isl. skamhund im- Rosss Hele?iore, p. 43.
pudeus canis, equivalent to Sw. skamloes hand, q. S K A R - G A I T , adj. Easily startled; applied to a
" a shameless dog. Rut it is very questionable, if horse that skars on the road or gait, Renfr.
our term has any affinity to this. It may perhaps S I v A R A L E , 5. Squirrel. Ital. sciriuoh, id.
be traced to A.S. scamol, a bench, a stall on which " For a tymmer of skarale, ii. d.; For ane hun-
butchers expose their meat; q. one who ranges about dreth gragries and skarale, dicht and lade, viii. d.;
In quest of scraps. For ilk otter skin, ane halfpeny." Balfour's Pract.
SKANES, pi Scurf of the head appearing p. 8(>, Tit. Custumis.
among the hair; or, the exfoliation of the cuticle, S K A R E S , s. pi Rocks in the sea, S.
Roxb. " They are either violently brought back into the
C.B. ysgen, id. morphew, dandriff; ysgen^u, to ge- sea, by the rage thereof, broken upon rocks, and
nerate scurf or dandriff. Isl. skaeni mem bran a, the driven upon ska res, or else by the sworle of the
skin or cuticle ; skaening-r, crustula membra- seas, sunke in the waves thereof." Descr. of the
, also furfures, Haldorson. Teut. skan, crusta, Kino-dome of Sotlande.
'cortex; Mod.Sax. schin, furfures capitis, furfuraceae This is merely a variety of SKAIRS, q. v.
; capitis. Scheene, lamina, lamella, may be S K A R M U S C H E , s. A s k i r m i s h .
cognate term. " At last, they met togidder at ane skarmusche, in
SKANT, SKANTH, Scarcity.] Add; quhilk Remus alway is wes slane." Bellend. T. Liv.
Rudd., it has been seen, observes that in S. they say p. 13, Fr. escarmouche, id. Y . SCRYM, V.
" scanth and want." It is used at least more com- S K A R R A C H , s, L A flying shower.] L. 2, after
monly in a different form, by the interposition of the
weatherAdd;— Ang., Fife.
conjunction nor.
T o S K A S H L E , v. 71. T o quarrel, to squabble,
" Monro having gotten this strong strength thus
to wrangle, Aberd. V. S C A S I I , id.
beyond his expectation, with so little pains, whilk
S K A S H L E , S. A squabble, a wrangle, ibid.
was neither for scant nor want given over, he returns
S K A T E , Sic A I T , s. A paper-kite, sometimes
back again to Strathboggie triumphantly, beginning
where lie left, to plunder horse and armour, and to called a Dragon, Teviotdale.
fine every gentleman, yeoman, herd and herdsman Perhaps something that is darted or shot forth ;
that had any money, without respect/1 Spalding, i. A.S, sccat, jaculatus est, scyt jactus.
S K A T E , A contemptuous designation, S . B .
" M 240.
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Gin I hacl here the sky pel skate, S K A W B E R T , j . A scabbard.

Sae weel's I shou'd him bang ! Ane Frence rapar [rapier] with ane Scottis skaiv*
Christmas Baing, Skinner9s Misc. Poet. p. 125. hert thairone, gardit with blak hiltis of the rowand
Jog on your gate, ye bladder^Yi/c. faissioun, and the neif wewpit with black virge
Maggy Lauder, Herd's Coll. ii- 72. thred." Aberd. Reg. A. 1543, Y. 18.
It seems uncertain whether this designation has S K A W B U R N , s/ T h e same with Skawherf.
originated from the name of the fish thus denomi- " Item—6 quarters of vellous, for covering o f a
nated; which, by reason of its ungraceful form, is sword.—Item, a pyrn of gold, for a skaivburn to the
generally held in little estimation. samyn." A. 1474. Borthwiekhs Brit. Antiq. p. 135.
Merely a corruption. G. Douglas writes scalbcrt.
S K A T E , S K A I T I E - P U R . S E , A\ T h e ovarium of the
S K E A N , S K E I N , S K E N E , S. A dirk, a short dag-
skate, Mearns. Croic-pursc, Orkn.
S K A T E - R U M P L E , S. A meagre, auk ward-looking
ger ; a knife which serves either for stabbing
person, S. ; from the supposed resemblance to or carving, S.
the hinder part of the fish that bears this name ; " Skene of that Ilk in Aberdeenshire, carries gules,
synon. Skrae. three dirks, or skeins, paleways in fesse argent,—
supported of as many wolves" heads of the third."
S K A T E - S H E E R S , S. PI. T h e name given by fisher-
men to a species of excrescences on the lower Nisbet's Heraldry, I 524.
part of the body of the skate, Frith of Forth. The ancient family, here referred to, is supposed
c<r The male has not only his pectoral fins studded to have taken its name from a circumstance connected
with spines, but he possesses long sharp-edged ap- with the use of this weapon. " T h e first of this fa-
pendages on the lower part of his body, with which mily is said to have been of the family of Macdonald,
he lays hold of the female ; the fishers call these wdio killed, with a skein, a wolf in presence of one of
appendages skate-sheers, from their resemblance to our kings, from whence he took his surname Skene,
the blades of a pair of scissars." Neill's List of Fishes, and called his lands in Aberdeenshire after his name.
p. 27. John le Sheen was one of the arbitrators at Berwick,
between the Bruce and Baliol, as in Prynne's His-
S K A T H I E , s. A fence. Y . S K A I T H X E .
tory." Nisbet, uhi sup.
S K A T I E - G O O , s. T h e Skua Gull, Larus Ca-
Johnson has given this word, but as Irish and
taraetes, Linn., Mearns.
Erse, that is, Gaelic. In both these languages, sgian
I find no reason for this designation, nor any word signifies a knife. He also mentions A.S. sagene, as
that has the slightest analogy. synonymous. Somner writes it saegenc, which he
T o S K A T T , C S C A T T , t>. a. Apparently, to tax. expl. " gladius, ensis; a sword, or skeine." He seems
" The tounne is hauely murmowi it be the land- to have viewed these words as originally the same.
men, that the wittall byaris of the merkatt scaltis C.B. ysgien, "" a cutter,—a scymeter, a large knife
thame grytlie in taking of sampillis, scheyt schak- ysgi-aw, to cut away. Isl. skcin-a, to wound.
kingis, & sic oder ewill vsit custum," ike. Aberd. S K E N E - O C C L E , s. A concealed dirk, Ilighl.
Reg. A. 1541, Y. 17. ({ Her ain sell/ said Galium, c could wait for her
Isl. Su.G. skalt-a tributum imponere, vel exigere. a Wee bit frae the toun, and kittle his quarters wi'
SKALJ, S K E W , S. A state of ruin, or destruction, her skcne-occle. s Skene-occle ? what's that Gal-
A b e r d . ; from Isl. skag-a deflectere, or its root ium unbuttoned his coat, raised his left arm, and
ska, a primitive particle denoting disjunction. with an emphatic nod, pointed to the hilt of a small
Skae signifies noxa, to which we may trace S. dirk, snugly deposited under it, in the lining of his
skaith, E . scath. jacket." Waverley, ii. 105, 106.
T o S K A U M , S C A M E , v. a. T o scorch, to singe, Occle is perhaps formed from ceil-am to conceal,
to burn slightly ; applied rather to clothes, &c. coighil, coigle, secret; q. a concealed dirk."
than to persons, S. I have heard it derived, however, from asguil orach-
4< M f Donald—wrote to the committee of Murray lais, the armpit, because it is concealed under the arm.
then sitting in Auldearn a charge, with a fiery cross SK E B E L , ,y. A mean worthless fellow, Roxb.
of timber, whereof every point was seamed and burnt " My very blind, began to rise at being chased by
with fire, commanding all manner of men within twa skebelsA Brownie of Bodsb. i. 42. V. Skybald.
that country to rise and follow the king's lieutenant T o S K E C K , ^ « . " T o husband, to guide," Shetl
the lord marquis of Montrose, under the pain of fire Dan. skikt-er to rate, to order or dispose of a thing;
and sword." Spalding, ii. 216. Su.G. Isl. skick-a ordinare, sese gerere.
S K AIT I t - W R A N G I' adj. Quite wrong, totally S K E E , s. A small house. V. S k e o .
out of the way, used in a moral sense, Loth. S K E E ( T , S. He played, skeeg; a phrase used of
If not from Sker, Skar, laevus; perhaps the ori- one who suddenly becomes bankrupt, Fife.
ginal idea was, " wrong like a horse that starts out I know not if allied to the v. Skceg, to lash, q. " He
of the road;" Isl. skiar pavidas. V. Skar. failed like the smack of a whip or to Su.G. skygg-a,
S K A V I E , s> E x p l . a laughable trick," Aberd. subterfugere.
V. SHAVIE. S K E E G , .y. T h e smallest portion of any thing.
T o S K A V L E , t f . a. T o put out of shape, Shetl.; Ao a skeeg to lite Jure, not a fragment: remain-
synon. with S. Shevel. ing, Aug., File.
Immediately from Dan. skiaev, askew, or Isl. skaa- Isl. skickc, indumentum partiale; skiki, pars se-
full disconveniens. The cognate terms in the nor- quior laeerao ve^tis; Dan. skik, a shape.
thern languages are given under the v. to Shack T o S K E E G , v. a. T o lash, to flog.] Add ;
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Skeg, id., Aberd., Moray. V. SKEG. perforated in the middle, put upon the spindle
S K E E G , S.A stroke on the naked breech, Mearns of the niuekle wheel, used for spinning wool, to
SKEEL, A tub. V. S K E I L , S K E I L T . . prevent the worsted from coming off the spin-
S K E E L , s. E Acquaintance with, knowledge dle, Upp. Clydes.
of, S . Corr. perhaps from C.B. ysgeth, that pushes or re-
" That will be what they ea* the fugie-war rants— pels, ysgeth-a, to push, to repulse. Ysgau denotes
I hae some skeel in them." Antiq. iii. 213. V. S K I L L . what is hollow ; and ysgeu-ajv, to hollow, to scoop.
2. Generally applied to the medical art. To get But it is more probably from ysgw guard, safeguard.
skeel, to consult a medical gentleman, Roxb. SKEYL1), The surf, Shetl.
Sic EEL Y, adj. Intelligent, S. Isl. sketl-r ictus cum sonitu; or Dan. skyll-c,
" This auld man, Ochiltree, is very skcely and aulcl- eluere ?
farrant about mony things, as the diseases of cows S K E I L K I N , s. Loud, wanton laughing, Shetl.
and horse, and sic like." Antiquary, iii. 272. Isl. skclkinn, suggests an idea quite different, pa-
(< The Duke of Argyle—is—likewise sheety enow vore percitus, from sheik-a terrere. It certainly re-
in bestial, whereof he has promised to gie me twa De- sembles Ir. Gael, sgol, sgolghaire, loud laughter.
vonshire kye." Heart M.Loth. iv. 23. V. S K I L L Y . T o S K E I L L , v. a. T o disperse ; a northern va-
S K E E L I E - P E N , s. A slate pencil, Roxb. riety of Ska'd. " On force man skeill his boos &
Y. SKAILLIE. familie, & lewe [leave] the tonne." Aberd. Reg.
S K E E N G I E , S K E E X Y I E , S. Packthread. S K E Y N D O A G E R , -s\ A small peal of thunder,
This word is more generally pronounced in either Shetl.; perhaps originally applied to a flash of
of these ways, S. I have formerl}' given it with the lightning, the first syllable being apparently al-
orthography of Shiny, q, v. lied to Isl. Su.G. ski7i-a fulgere, splendere.
S K E E T A C K , s. The cuttlefish; Shetl. S K E I R , S K E E R , adj. Harebrained, S.] Add;
" Sepia Ollicinalis, (Lin. Syst.) Skeeiaek, Cuttle- It is rather against the etymon here given, that in
fish." E dm on stone's Zetl. ii. 319- Fife, instead of saying that one is skeir or skeer, the
Perhaps from Isl. shyt-a jaculare, because of the phrase is, sky re-mad, i. e. quite insane. Skeir, how-
dark substance which it ejects from its belly for ob- ever, in other counties, does not admit of so forcible
scuring the path of its pursuer. a meaning. This may, however, be q. sheer-mad.
S K E G , s. S K E I R , adj. This term had anciently signified
—A skeg, a seornar, a scald, pure, holy. It is retained, in a corrupted form,
A bald strod and a bald— in Scarcc-Thrarsday^ the name given to the fair
Co/ke Ihie Sow, F. i. v. QQ. held at Melrose on the Thursday before Easter.
Isl. skaekia, and Dan. skioege, signify meretrix ; Isl. f< This, in the time of popery, was their great fair,
skack-r, obiiquus, pravus, skeekia, obliquitas, shech-ia called Skeir Thursday, or svhier, pure, holy." Milne's
obliquare, pret. skegdi; A.S sceac piger, sceocca, sa- Descript. of Melrose, p. 44, Ed. 1782. V. ScninE,
tanas, diabolus. Whether skeg be allied to any of these adj., also SKIRISFURISDAY.
terms, must be left to the learned reader to determine
S K E L B , S K E L B E , S. A splinter of wood, S . ] Add;
for himself.
T o S K E G , v. a. T o strike with the open hand, •—" The queine being in Dumbar, thair came ane
Aberd., Moray. To Skeg, " to flog with the post to hir, showing hir that the king of France was
palm of the hand;"" Gl. Surv. Moray. In evill hurt in the face with the shelhe of ane spear,being
Mearns it is understood as referring to the justing in the tyme of his triumphant battellis." Pit-
breech as the recipient. scottie's Cron. p. 54-6. V. SCOB.
SKEG, A blow with the palm of the hand, ibid. S K E L D O C K S , S X E L X ) I C K S , s.pl. Wild mustard.
V . S K E L L O C H , a n d S C A L D it i c K S .
Merely a variety of S K E E G , q. v.
T o S K E G H , z\ n. T o ease nature, Lanarks. S K E L D I I Y K E , S. A sort of small passage-boat.
tc The General Convention of Burrowes, under-
Gael, scag-aim signifies to cleanse. But perhaps skegh
is from Lat. eaeare, or C.B.cachu, id., with ,v prefixed, standing that the burgh of Kinghorne and ferric
according to the Gothic mode. thairof being of gret antiquite, the space of thir six
T o S K E G H , T>. a. T o filch. V . S K A I G H . hundreth yeris or thairby, is now laitlie hellele tru-
S K E Y B - H O R N ' T (ey as Gr. u)9 adj. Having blit and hurt be the skaffis, skcldrykcs and yolles of
the horns at a considerable distance from each unfrie tounis, of Leitli upon the north syde of the
other, Clydes. brig, and of Newhewin/' & c. Act. Con v. Royal
Teut. scheef obliquus, distortus ; or rather, Isl. Bor. Jan. 13, l600.
shif-a, Su.G. skijw-a, discindere, dissecare. This might be viewed as allied to L.B. seal-a.
S K E I C H , S K E T C H , adj. 1 . Timorous.] Add; In Angliam adducitur (classis navium Nor man ni-
5. u Fierce-looking Gh Surv. Ayrs. p. 693. carum),—submersis aut caesis hominibus omnibus,
S K E I C H N E S S , s. The act, or state,, of being sketch;
qui erant in navibus, solis illis exceptis, qui in Sea-
lis vix salvi fuerant fugiendo. Chron. Trivet, ad an.
used in the different senses of the adj., S.
12()3.
S K E Y F , A shrivelled dwarf, Upp. Clydes.
But Du Cange views seala as merely a blunder
Here we must certainly refer to Teut. seheej) tor-
for scapha, a shallop. It is more probable that
tus, distortus, and to the cognate words mentioned
skeldryke is a corr. of sculler, a cockboat, (if we may
vmder SKEVREL, V.
suppose the E. word so old) ; if it was not rather
gKEIGIT,. A round moveable piece of wood, a sailor's cant-word, used to express contempt for
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so small a boat, as denoting its resemblance of the
sea-bird in S. called a Sheldrake.
S K E L D R G C H (gutt.), s. Hoarfrost, Linlith-
gow s. ; synon. Crandroch.
From the termination, apparently of Celt, origin ;
perhaps q. thin frost, from C.B. ysgyl thin, and rhew
frost, Gael, reothadh.
S K E L E T , ScELET, s. Form, appearance.
<c The Lords thought this decreet had not so much
as the visage and scelet of a decreet; and that it was
given without Sir John Shaw's knowledge, &c. There-
fore they turned the decreet into a libel/' Fount. Dec.
Suppl. iv. 673. Fr. scelele, a skeleton.
S K E L F , s. 1. A shelf.] Add;
2. Sometimes it denotes a wooden frame containing
several shelves, S.; synon. Hack.
" Above it [the ambry'], lying against the si aunt
of the roof, is the skelf, or frame, containing shelves,
with cross bars in front, to prevent the utensils set
upon its shelves from tumbling off from its overhang-
ing position." Notes to Pennecuick's Tweedd. p. S3.
S K E L L A T , s. 1. A small bell.] Add ;
O.Fr. eschellettc, petite sonnette, crecelle. We learn
from Roquefort, that it was used in monasteries for
awaking the religious ; and also for making procla-
mations.
SK E L L A T , s. E x p l . — " an imaginary spirit,11
Buchan., Gl. Tarr.
Sae aff it fudder't owre the height,
As fleet's a skellat. Tarrass Poems, p. 9.
I am not acquainted with the character of this
goblin. But if he be any thing like SkeUy-coat of the
South of S., perhaps from Dan. skiaellet, crustatus.
S K E L L E T , adj. L Used as synon. with YeU
tlin, I. e. as denoting cast metal, Dumfr.
2. Elsewhere it signifies o what is made of white or
tinned iron, S.; as " a sle ellet-pan."
This must be viewed as originally the same with
E, skillet, " a small kettle or boiler." Fr. escuellete.
SKELLY, The chub, a fish.] Insert in ety-
mon, 1. 3. after—p. 77 ;
Lye renders scealga, rubellio, rocea piscis.
T o S K E L L I E , S C A L I E , v. n. T o have a squint
look, to squint, S.L Add;
e< John Balfour; called Burley, aquiline nose, red-
haired, five feet eight inches in height.'—' It is lie
—it is the very man,' said Bothwell, f skellies fear-
fully with one eye." Tales of my Landlord, ii. 87.
Sae proud was he o* his Maggie,
Though she did baith scalie and squint.
Herd's Coll, ii. 171 -
This language is evidently tautological.
T o perform any piece of work not in a straight
line, but obliquely. One who does not write in
a straight line, is said to skellie, or to be 4C a
skelhfbig blockhead."0 The same language is
used of a ploughman who draws irregular or
unequal furrows, Dumfr.
3. T o throw, or shoot, aside from the mark, ibid.
This is synon. with the phrase <c a gleifd gun-
ner," S.
S K E L L I E I ) , adj. Squinting.
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There's gentle John, and Jock the slorp,
And skelUed Jock, and bellied Jock, &c.
Jacobite Relics, ii. 40.
S K E L L I E - E E ' D , adj. Having the eyes placed a
little obliquely, Clydes.
This claims the same origin with SkeU'ied; A.S.
sceol~eged,scyle-eged, £C strabo ; squint-eyed, goggle-
eyed Somner. Dan. skiel-oeyed ; S\v. skeloegd, id.
Skellied may be viewed as the same compound ab-
breviated in the pronunciation ; whereas, strictly
perhaps, skellie-eed is tautological; skellie itself be-
ing apparently from the A.S. adj. sceol-eag, used in.
the same sense with sceol-eaged.
S K E L L I E , s. The hand-bell used by public
criers, Lanarks. Hence,
S K E L L T E - M A N , S. A bellman or public crier, ibid.
Isl. shella, Su.G. J AY/ C //«t i N t i 11 n a b U h 1111. V. S K E L L A T .
S K E L L O C H , S K E L D O C K , S K E L L I E , S. Wild
Mustard.] Add;
(e There are two sorts of wild mustard, the one
commonly called Skeldock, the other Hunches. Some
fields will have plenty of the one, and none of the
other, & vice versa. Skcldocks yield yellow, Hunches
very white honey ; meadows make white honey,
heath reddish.—If there is a mixture of either the
heath or the skcldocks, the honey will be yellowish,
but not so yellow as if there were no Bunches."'
M ax well's Bee-master, p. 7], 72.
T o S K E L P , r. a. 1. T o strike, &c.] Insert, as
sense
3. Applied to the strokes of misfortune, S,
—Mony a ane afttimes he h el pit,
Whan like to be wi' fortune skelpit.
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 18,
5. Denoting quick motion on horseback, S.
rf Aweel, to mak a king tale short, up cam my
young Lord Evandale, skelping as fast as his horse
could trot, and twenty red-coats at Ids back." Tales
of my Landlord, iii, 10.
SKELF, Metaph. for a misfortune, &e.] Add;
3. A severe blast, a squall ; applied also to a
heavy fall of rain, S.
4. A large portion, Ettr. For.
We had an unco skelp o' wind an' sleet yester-
night, wi' a nasty plash o' a sea a king wi't; bit it
looks like to clear up now." St. Kathleen, iii. 98.
S K E L P E H , S. 1. One who strikes with the open
hand, S.
2. A quick walker; as, " He's a sleelper at gang-
in V 1 Clydes.
S K E L P 1 x\ s.. A beating with the open hand, S .
S K E L L M N C , adj. 1. Making a noise ; as, " a sic elp-
in kiss Burns ; a smack, S.O.
2. Clever, agile, active, S.
u I11 comes one, two, three, four, or half a dozen
of sk elping long lads from some foolery or another,
misca' me for barring my ain door against them, and
eat up half of what my sister's providence—and she
is not over bountiful—has provided for my dinner.**
The Pirate, iii. 53.
S K E L P - T H E - I H J B , adj. A term applied in con.,
tempt to one who is accustomed to do low work
as, to act like a foot-boy, Ayrs,
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« A sMp-thc-dub creature to upbraid me wi' his the building, which renders their dwelling so much
justly dues !" The Entail, iii. 202. the colder, the piercing air passing through between
As "denoting that a person throws up the mire in run- the chinks of the stones.—But some of these houses
ning from one place to another. In the same sense they may designedly so build, that the wind may
is the cant term Dub-skelper applied in Edinburgh have free pass through them, for drying of their
to the youngest clerk in a bank, who runs about fishes, which houses some call Skeos." Brand's Zet-
giving intimation when bills are due, &c. land, p. 80, 81.
S K E L P , s. A splinter of wood; as, " He's " He wrould substitute better houses for the skeoes,
run a skelp into his finger,'" Loth. or sheds built of dry stones, in which the inhabitants
Obviously the same with SKELB and S K E L V E , q. v. cured or manufactured their fish." The Pirate, L
T o S K E L P , v. a. T o apply splints to a broken 261.
limb, Ettr. For. I find this word written Skee, and thus defined :
Isl. skalp-az, superimponi; Gael, sgealp, a splinter. " Skees : These are little houses, built of dry stone,
without any mortar, that the wind may have free
S K E L P I E , s. Expl. 6C a little worth person passage through them. In them they dry their
Gl. Picken. fishes and fleshes; and what is so dried is called
This may be from the v. Skelp, as signifying to Blowen Meate." MS. Explic. of Norish Words.
move off quickly, q. one who flies from his creditors ; This word is probably corr. from Su.G. sko, also
or Gael. sgealp-am, to pluck, to snatch. skofve, tegmen, a covering of whatever kind; whence
T o S K E M M E L , S K E M U L E , S K A M M E L , ^ . n. T o •porlskofive. a covered place at the entrance of an area
throw the limbs out in a loose and awkward or yard, where carts and cattle are placed. Su.G,
manner in walking ; to walk as one that has not and Dan. skiul denotes a shed, a shelter; whence
the proper command of his legs, Ettr. For., Su.G. portskiul, used in the very same sense with
Loth. portskojwe.
% T o climb or walk over slight or loose obstruc- S K E P , &c. .9. 1. A bee-hive, S.] Add;
tions, such as tables or wooden benches, Hoxb. " Seep cum era, a great vessel of wickers or of earth
8. To climb over rocks or walls, ibid. to keepe come in Cooperi Tliesaur.
To S K E M M E L , S K A M M E L , v. a. T o throw things Ray, among South and East country words, men-
hither and thither in a slovenly and careless tions " bee-skip, a bee hive Coll. p. 114. Su.G.
way, ibid. biogskepp signifies a bushel of barley, q. a skep of
This seems originally the same with E. scumble, big ; hordei modi us, LL. Loccen. Lex. Jur. SueoG.
which is defined by Phillips, to rove or wander op 26. Hence,
and down. A scumbling toivn, a town wherein the o S K K P , in a. T o inclose in a bee-hive, S .
houses stand at a great distance from one another. T o S K E P a bike, to carry off wild bees with their
Johns, explains it " to shift ankwardly." Serenius combs from their natural nest, and put them
gives as a synonyme the vulgar Sw. v. skaem-a, Isl. into a hive ; a practice common among boys,
shjm-a, otiose vagari. Aberd.
S K E M M I L , adj. Having the feet thrown outwards. T o S K E P in, v. n. a T o get into acquaintance
Loth. w i t h a metaph. borrowed from the conjunc-
It is the reverse of E. splayfoot, as expl. by Johns., tion of bees of different swarms in one hive, S.O.
but exactly agrees with it/according to the defini- Jo' wad fain skep in wi' me,
tion of Bailey, which seems to be the true one. Gin the carlin could but mak it ;
S I C E M M L I N G , ,9. " A foolish way of throwing the But can I, sae stout an' young,
l e g s G a l l . E n c . ; merely a variety in form of Wed an auld wife broken-baeket ?
E. scumbling'. Pickens Poems 1788, p. 156.
I cannot agree with Mr. Todd in preferring Isl. S K E P P I X G , S. " The act of putting bees into
shpn-a, otiose vagari, as the origin. I have no doubt their houses when they hive,11 S.; Gall. Enc.
that the ancient Isl.primitive skua, denoting disjunc- S K E P L E T , adj. Skejplet hat.
tion or separation, is the root, whatever intermediate I'll leave some heirships to my kin;—-
change it may have undergone. A skeplet hat, and plaiden hose.
SKEMMIL, A tall thin person, Upp. Clydes. Jacobite Relics, i. 118.
S K E M P , S K E M P Y , S. A worthless fellow, Iloxb.; This term is expl. as denoting " a hat out of shape/'
the same with Scamp. Aberd. But perhaps rather from Fr. chappie, chip-
" Ye're surely some silly skemp of a fallow, to slashed • if not some designation formerly used,
draw out your sword on a puir auld woman." Brow* chapelet, a hat. Y. SCOOPIE.
nie of Bodsbeek, L 110. S K E I i , S K A R , adj. Left. It occurs in
" Out os her bed, quotha!—Na—there'll nae young S K E R - H A N D I T , adj. Left-handed, Iloxb., Loth.
skempy amang them wile her out o* her bed f the As far as I can conjecture, this is merely Gael,
night-time.^ Ibid. i. 7- caerr, id.; which, having been adopted by those of
S K E O , SKEE, A hut for drying fish, Orkn., Gothic origin, had .v prefixed to it. V. KER, KAR.
Shetl.] Add; SKERIE,tfd/. "Somewhatrestive;" Gall.Enc.;
e( I have observed that in some houses there is merely a variety of S K A R , ( S . B . skair,) easily
little lime, clay, or any such thing for cementing of affrighted or startled.
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S K E R R , s. A ridge of rock, Roxb. V. SKERRY
and SKAIRS.
S K E R R , s. A bare precipice, ibid. Here used
in the same sense with Scar.
S K E R R Y , s. 1. An insulated rock.] Add;
" Our souerane Lord—hes contractit with —Sell ir
Johne Arnot of Berswick knight, &c. for all rycht,
title and entres that they or ony of thame hes or
may pretend to ony landis, annuelrentis, iles, sker-
reis, holmes, mylnis, multuris, fischingis, and vtheris
quhatsumeuir lyand within the erldome of Orknay
and lordschip of Zetland," &c. Acts, IV. p. 481.
Skerries, ragged rocks." MS. Explication of
Norish Words used in Orkney and Shetland.
T o S K E T C H , v. n. T o skate, S.
S K E T C H E R S , s. pi The vulgar name for skates,
used on ice, S.; Belg. schaais-en.
S K E T C H E R S , s. pi T w o wooden legs with
a cross-bar, used for supporting a tree during
the operation of sawing within doors, Ber-
wicks.
Flan dr. schaetse grallae; Tent id. cantherii ful-
crum, the prop of a joist.
T o S K E U C H (gutt), v. a. T o distort; Sleeuelid,
twisted to a side, Aberd., Mearns.
S K E U G H , S. A twist, a distortion, ibid.
This differs merely in the guttural sound from
Skew, inserted in E . Diet, by Mr. Todd. V . S H A C H , V.
T o S K E V R E L , v. ??. T o move unsteadily in
a circular way, Renfr.
This v. obviously claims affinity to Su.G. skef, Isl.
skaef-r, skeif-r, Dan. skiaev, Teut. schcef whence E.
skew, askew, obliquus. From scheefis formed Germ,
schieb-en, obliquare, to depart from the right line.
S K E W , SKEU, That part of a gable which
is oblique.] Add.;
High on the sklentin skew, or thatched eave,
The sparrow, nibbling ravager of garden pride,
Seeks out a dwelling-place.—
Davidson's Seasons, p. 43.
" Spere or skue. Ventifuga." Prompt. Parv.
T o SKEW1", v. n. T o twist one's self in an affected
manner, Aberd.
Contemplating ilk foppish brat,
That's got a sword and cocket hat,
To see them skew and skip about,
Is jeerin' fun.
D. Anderson's Poems, p. 112. V . SKEUGH.
T o S K E W , x?. a. T o shun, to seek shelter from;
as, to slceze a shozcer, to seek shelter from rain,
Roxb. Synon. with Skug\ q. v. and E. Eschczc.
S K E W , 5*. A wooden machine put on the chim-
ney-tops of country houses for preventing
smoke, Mearns.
S K Y , s. A small board—in the construction of
the Shetland plough, &c.] Add;
It also forms part of the Orcadian plough; jut-
ting out obliquely backwards on the right side im-
mediately behind the share. Hence,
E A R - S K Y , S. A part of the plough jutting out
obliquely backwards, on the right side, a little
above the sky, Orkn.
There are two ear-skies, which, with the sku3 sup-
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ply the place of the mould-board in ploughs of a bet-
ter construction.
Norw. ski is expl. a piece of wood ; Llallager.
S K Y , s. Shadow.] Add;
I am indebted to my worthy friend William Ham-
per, Esq. of Birmingham, for an additional proof of
the use of this word in O.E. It occurs in an ancient
MS. Poem in his possession.
And thus good fayth is turned upsyde doun,
And true meaning derked with a skije
That we in englysche call en flatterye.
It may be questioned, however, whether both in
this passage, and in that quoted from Gower, the
term does not properly denote a cloud. That it was
used in this sense in O.E. is unquestionable. " Skue.
Nubes. Nubila." Prompt. Parv.
I can have no doubt that ski/is denotes clouds in
the following passage:
Thik drumly skuggis dirk in nit so the heuin,
Dym shjis oft furth warpit fereful leuin,
Flaggis of fyre, and mony felloim flaw, &c.
Doug. Virg. Prol. 200, 53.
This is the primary and strict signification of Isl.
and Su.G. ski/. But the transition from the one sense
to the other is very natural; a cloud throwing a sha-
dow on that portion of the earth o ver which it passes.
S K Y , s. The sky of a hill, the ridge or summit,
whence water falls equally to one side or other,
Aberd.
It has been also defined, the highest part of a hill
that is seen by a person standing at its base, Aberd.
All below this is viewed as individual property; all
above it as common. V. Case, Hill of Fair.
This phrase may signify that nothing but sky is
seen beyond the point referred to. According to the
first definition, however, it might seem allied to Isl.
shyf-a scindere, to divide.
SKY, The red light on the clouds at the
eastern horizon before sunrise, or at the western
after sunset. Thus, u Was ye up afore the sin
the day " Aye, afore the skyf S. " The sky
winna set this hour yet,"' S.B.
This seems originally the same with Su.G. ski/,
as signifying aether, which Hire derives with con-
siderable plausibility from sky-a, to cover.
1. B E T W E E N T H E SUN A N D T H E S K Y , a phrase
used to denote the interval between day-break
and sunrise, Ang.
This portion of time, in the calendar of supersti-
tion, has some special connexion (though of what
kind I cannot pretend to say) with the efficacy of
incantation. Accordingly, we have the following
account from Angus, of the means used, only six
years ago, " for delivering a boat from the necro-
mantic power of Janet Kindy, who was supposed to
render it unfortunate.
" It was agreed that the boat should be exorcised,
and that Janet was the spirit which tormented it.
The ceremony of exorcism was performed as fol-
lows :—In each boat there is a cavity called the tap-
hole ; on this occasion the hollow was filled with a
particular kind of water furnished by the mistress
of the boat; a straw effigy of poor Janet was placed
over it.—The boat was then rowed out to sea before
sun-rise3 and, to use the technical expression, the
 S K Y S & Y
figure was burnt between the sun and the sky, i. e. determined by the epithet conjoined. Thus, a windy
after day-light appeared, but before the sun rose ski be denotes a braggart, a nee lie skibe, a mean par-
above the horison, while the master called aloud, simonious fellow.
f Avoid ye, Satan!' The boat was then brought S K Y B R I E , s. Thin light soil, A b e r d . ; the
home, and since that time has been as fortunate as same with SIceeb-rie, Ang.
any belonging to the village." Edin. Mag. Feb. SKYBRIE, adj. Shi/brie stuff, bad grain, Aberd.
3 818, p. 116. S K I C H E N (gutt.), A disgust at food from
& To LOOK, o r T o SEE an o b j e c t , BETWEEN THE one's being too nice in the taste, Mearns.
SUN AKD THE SKY, to bow down the body, Gael, sciothaigh-am, to tire; or sceath vomiting.
bringing the eye as much as possible along the Su.G. sky, however, signifies aversion, horror. We
horizon, S.B. may perhaps view Skichen as having a common ori-
When there is a dark ground behind, an object gin with Skeich.
is in this way seen far more distinctly, than wrhen T o S K I D , v. n. T o slide, Dumfn V. SKYTE, v.
viewed by one standing upright. The idea seems T o S K I D , v. n. T o look obliquely at any ob-
borrowed from the circumstance of any thing being ject, to look asquint, xVng.
thus seen, after sun-set, by the light that is re- Su.G. skod-a, signifies to see. But our term seems
flected from the sun on the lower part of the sky. rather allied to sked-a to divide, partiri; as when
T o S K Y , r. 7?. one squints, the eyes look different ways. Hence
rf The ships come tilting over the waves,—while
afskedes, in the phrase, ajskedes ganga, a via aber-
the maws fly skying by the sounding shore, and the rate ; to wander from the proper direction. V. Skede,
raven seems to rejoice in the coming storm." Gall. inter vail urn ; Ihre. The radical term is Isl. skaa,
Encycl. p. 431. a primitive particle denoting disjunction; whence
Su.G. sky vitare, subterfugere. Or perhaps synon. ask avid, clisjunctim, separatim ; G. Andr. This is
with SCOVE, q. v. the root of a number of S. words bearing this sense ;
T o S K Y up5 v. 7i. T o clear u p ; a phrase used as Shack, Skaik, Skaivie, Skellie, q. v.
concerning the atmosphere, when the rain seems SKIDDIE, ad). Squint, oblique, A n g . ; a skiddie-
to go off. Ifs like to sky tip, Ettr. For. It is hol\ a squint look. Synon. Skellie.

t
used impersonally, S.B. Ifs skyin\ the sky is T o S K I F F , SKIFT, v. n. T o move lightly, &c.]
appearing. Add;
This may be merely from E. sky, as denoting the
atmosphere; and so signifying that it is clearing up,
H> owre my head the sheep in packs,
them mice-like skift.
or that the azure is becoming visible. But as Isl. sky A. Wilsons Poems 1790, p. 215,
is a cloud, and shy-a means to cover with clouds ; The dew stood skinklan on her feet,
to sky up may be from the same origin, as intimat- As she gaed skiffan owre the green.
ing the disappearance of the clouds. ^ Pickens Poems 1788, p. 69.
S K I A C H ( g u t t . ) , T h e berry of the hawthorn, S K I F T , A broad ridge of land, as distinguish-
Moray. Ir. and Gael, scioga hawthorn; sgeach, ed from Laing, a narrow ridge, Orkn.; from
sgeachogy a haw. Su.G. skift intervallum, a division, skift-a to
SKIB, A stroke, Abercl. divide. Shed is nearly synon.
But, waes my heart for Petrie Gib, T o S K I G , v. a. T o flog, the same with Skeeg
The carlie's head 'twas scaw't; and Skeg, Aberd.
Upo' the crown he got a slab, SKIG, S. A stroke on the breech, ibid.
That gart him yowll and claw't. S K I G G A , s. The sail of a vessel, Shetl.
Christmas Bain*, Skinner's Misc. Pod. p. 128. T o S K I G G L E , v. a. T o spill. Y. SKINKLE.
Allied perhaps to G er m. sch i eb - en to shove, to S K Y - G O A T , A name given in the High-
push, to thrust. lands of S. to the bittern.
SKYB ALD, A tatterdemalion.] Add ; " The Highlanders call the bittern the sky-goat
Sky bald is still used in Iloxb. in the sense given from some fancied resemblance in the scream of both
by Sibb., and in some other counties, particularly in animals." Saxon and Gael, i. 1 69.
Perths. if I mistake not, as in the following words: This bird has received many metaphorical desig-
The skybald, by his ain ill conscience chas't, nations. V. Mire-Bumper. In Gael, the snipe is
Did flee the kintra, and ne'er kent the gude o't. gobhar oidhche, " the goat of the night."
The Ghaist., p. 6. S K Y L D , s. A species of tax, or land rent, Orkn.
± Applied to a worn-out horse, or to one that is " The small part held upon feudal terms was sub-
lazy, Ayrs., where it is sounded skybil. jected to the payment of a sky Id or land rent in ad-
3. Used to denote a gelded goat, Ilenfr. dition to the scat and tithe." Agr. Surv. Orkn. p. 30.
SKYBALD, ad). 1. M e a n , l o w . ] Add; Dan. skyld, landskyld, merces praediorum, synon.
€2. Tattered^ ragged, Clydes.
with landgilde, Baden ; " quit-rent, rent-service,
S K I B E , s. A niggardly fellow.] Add; farm-rent,"the lord of the manor's fees;" Wolff.
Skyb, a worthless fellow, Sky ball, the same;" Su.G. skuld, also skyld, 1. a debt, 2. rent, cess, tan-
Gall Encycl. quam debit um alteri sol vend um ; Ihre. Betala, or
Skibc is"often used, Border, in a general sense, as Goera, skatt och skidd, vectigal pendere • Leg.
denoting contempt. The particular application is Skyld of the jord, reditus agri; skyld-a> censui
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vere. The phrase is also used in Lower Saxony; SKILT, S. A. draught. u Skills, drinks of any
Frey van schatt und schulden, immimis a censu. Skuld tiling f 1 ibid.
also occurs in the Jaws of the Ostrogoths. For SKILTING, ,9. T h e act of drinking deeply, ibid.
Paskaskuld signifies, tributum Paschale. This seems merely a provincial variety of S. Ik
S K Y L E , s. Dispersion, Ilenfr. Shalt, expl. by the learned lluddiman, poeula exina^
I'll neer forget jon dreadfu' morn, nire, and obviousl}* formed from skol3 skill, a drink-
That maist had prov'd our ruin — ing vessel. V. SKUL, s., and SKOLE, SKOLT, v., also
Waves clashing down wi' blatt'rin skyle, SCOLD, SCOLL, id. Isl. slol-a and Dan. skyll-er, as
Win's roarin'—sailors fly tin'. most probably having a common origin,, signify to
A. Wilson s Poems, p. 87- V. SKAIL. wash, eluere, lavare; at sky lie munden, " to wash
S K I L L , SKYL, SKYLL, S. 1. Cause, reason.] Add; the m o u t h W o l f f .
Sky! occurs in the same sense in True Thomas. T o S K Y M E , v. ii. T o glance or gleam with
Ffor here no longer may thu dwell, reflected light, Lanarks. It differs from Skim-
I shal tel the skyl wherfore. mer, which seems to have a common origin ; as
To morow on of IIel, a fowle fende, Skimmer is often applied to the luminous ob-
Among these folke shal chese his fee: ject itself.
Thou art a fay re man and a heiule, That sillie May gade linkin' hame
Fful wele I wot he wil chese the. Daft as the lamb on lea—
MS. Cambr. Jamieson's Pop. Ball. ii. 25* fC Au' whar hae ye been, dear dochter mine,
It is written skele, in MS. Cotton. " For joy skimes lrae your ee ?"
And I sal tele ye a skele, &c. A.S. scim-an, scim-ian, splendere, fulgere, corrus-
Minstrelsy Border, ii. 280. care, L y e ; " to glister, glitter, or shine;" Somner.
Add to etymon, under sense 2 ; SKI ME, s. u The glance of reflected light," ibid.
It is perhaps worthy of observation, that the O.E. His mantle was o' the skime oJ licht,
tf. skill, to know, has the same radicals with Heb. That glints frae the emerant green,
hy&K sacal, intellexit; in Hiphil, with the prefix h, An' his bannet blue o' sky ran hue
idskii. Outshone the heaven's sheen.
3. Approbation, or regard, S.] Add; Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 327.
f<r 1 have little skill of any of her kind,' said Adam,
r and I am sure you cannot help blessing the mer-
Licht was her step, as the yauldest dae's
That skiffs the heather-bell;
ciful Providence which hath kept them asunder.— An' the skime o' her een was the dewy sheen
My noble master marry a Papist!" St. Johnst. ii. 224. O* the bonny crystal-well.
SKILLY, SKEELY, adj. 1. Intelligent.] Add;
Lady Mary o Craignethan, ibid. July 1819, p. 525*
% Often used to denote real or supposed skill in A.S. scima splendor, fulgor; sunnan scima, solis
curing diseases in man or beast; as5 " He's an splendor ; aefen-scima crepuseulum, the twilight.
unco skccly body, 1 ' S. Isl. skima, lux parva, crepera; rim a lucifera, q. " a
8. Signifying that kind of knowledge which was chink that admits the light;" Su.G. skumm, subob-
supposed to counteract the power of magic, scurus ; Germ, schiem-en, obscure lucere, whence
South of S. Mod. Sax. schumcr, crepusculum.
Certain rules andreniedi.es, no less strange than This term, as respecting light, is very ancient;
ridiculous, were prescribed by skilly auld wives, Moes.G. skeima denoting a lantern, J oh. 18. 3.
whereby the charms of the fairies might be averted." T o S K I M M E R , v. n. 1. T o flicker, as applied
Edin. Mas;. April 1820, p. 344. to light, S.
BOLLOCKS, pi W i l d mustard, Renfrew-
A.S. scymr-ian, Su.G. skimr-a, Germ, sclmnmer-n
shire; the same with Skelloch, q. v. radiare.
(< The weeds which abound in corn fields are,—
2. Used to denote the inconstant motion of the
wild mustard, or skillocks, sinapis arvensis," &c.
rays of light, when reflected from a liquid sur-
Wilson's Renfrewshire, p. 137.
, face slightly agitated, Lanarks.
T o S K I L T , r. T o move quickly, fee.] Add ;
8* T o have a flaunting appearance; applied to fe-
This is used in Ettr. For. as signifying, to skip,
males ; and frequently as including the idea of
cc \\ ]lat gars ye luck sae blae, bairn ?—Ye're juste
T
their being lightly dressed, Ayrs., Lanarks.
like the lave: ye gang aw skiliin about the streets
And quhan she cam into the kirk,
half naked, an than ye maun sit an' birsle yours els
5

afore the lire at hame." Marriage, ii. 131.
As the v. Scull signifies to beat, and is synon. with
Skelp ; the latter being transferred to quick motion,
or striking the ground with rapidity; perhaps Skill
is merely a variety of Scult3 used in the same se-
condary sense.
T o S K I L T , v. n. T o drink copiously, to swill,
with the prep, at; Gall.
" Wine was dealt roun'; I skilled at it; but had
1 drunk at it till yet, it wad na liae doitered me." 4. T o act or walk quickly, R o x b . ; perhaps q. to
Gall. Encycl. p. 419.
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She skimmer d like the sun;
The belt that was about her waist
Was aw wi' pearls bed one.
Ballad, Sir Thomas and Fair Annet*
The day was sunny, he saw a bonny
Young lass come skimerin* by ;
The smirking girl, like glancin' pearl,
Made a' his young heartstrings to dirl.
T. Scott's Poems, p. 3S8*
move with the rapidity of a ray of light.
SE
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• views the Germ, word as a frequentative lfte v. is still used in this sense, X^anarks
from schim-en, obscure lucere. V. SKIME.
SKIME. as synon. with E. to Decant.]1 Add, as sense
5. T o glide lightly and speedily, as one does over 5. " T o crush the sides of any thing, as of ail egg,
boggy ground when afraid of sinking if he does together;" Gl. Surv. Moray.
not go quickly, Perths. breal in pieces by weight or •
6. " T o break
6. Applied to the flight o f a swallow near the ibid.
' of smooth water, Fife. These are given as different senses of this term,
SKIMMER, 5. T h e flickering of the rays of light, primarily signifying, to pour out. ^ If they are ob-

~ . f d m and I lrvenotfobserved an
S K T H M E R I N , i d l ^ T s l d m l e r i n look.L Add ; other word to which this may be related, if viewed
The application of the Teut. term to the eye, when " r a d i c a,9.
SKINK, l l y Used as denoting drink in a

^ term" " S ^ t l - t b e r e was hardly half a

° and pair, thin, fusionless skink it was." St.
S K I N , s. 1. A particle, a single grain, A b e r d . »>• 15a.
A small quantity, ibid. this sense it is evidently allied to;SKYNK V., to
In both these senses are the phrases used, " a skin P™ ' P '

^ T N O ^ ^ L R S i q ^ e <SF S e S C S JoSKINKLE, „. T o sparkle.'] Add

skin, but as allied to Su.G. sken, Teut. schiju, Germ. J-o make a showy appearance, S.O.
; Su.G. skin-a apparere, spe- —There, midst lang yellow
O' gowan's on sweet Cartha's
S K I N T S . ^ A term a p p l i e c f t o a 'person, as ex- R o w > t \n a plaid,
0 f t he greatest contempt; as, " Y e r e 55011113 l o u d t h e Sottish M u s e 3

but a nasty skin" S. ~ A ' W i l s o n ' s p<

figurative use of the E. word as LUStrC' ^ ^ Su"'-

a husk._ Isl. skeini,^ however,; has a : A y r s . p.

;ation ; ~Homo~naucirHaldorson.
ilCHEON o1 drink, the same with Skube,
F i f e ; perhaps from the S. v. to skink.
S K I N F L I N T , <y. A covetous wretch, one who,
if possible would take the skin oft' a
long,' said Oldbuck,— 1 ere
" 1 1 W ° u l d b e e n l 0 n -' S a i d ° l d b u C k ^ f
~ 693.
" SKINKLIN, S. 1. T h e sparkling o f a bright irra-
diation, Ayrs.
A small portion or quantity, ibid., Gl- Burns.
Fraunces gives O.E. » Scantlyon,
flint. rendering it Equissnun, a word I can find in no <
- " - I X K L E , also Sine,R.LE, T o spill
in small quantities, Mearns. Skinkle is
ord, used in the same sense,.Edin.; Scuttle^ synon.

Dict. W ° ^ 3 ' T o SKINKLE, V. a. T o sprinkle, Ayrs.

S K I N I v , 5. Strong soup, &c.] Insert, as sense SKINKLING, Applied to meat that is nearly
1. A shin of beef. In this sense the term is used cold, and thence ungrateful to the palate,
in Mearns, and perhaps in
S K I O , s, A hut in which fish are dried, Shell.
" The same domestic—
L'S hut,
it for the night."
V.SKEO, which seems the <
* T o S K I P , v. a. T o make a thin
ters, musk, scmksr St. Germain's Royal Physician, along the surface o f water, Berwicks.; synon.
P- 61. Skiff, and Squirr.
G A N E A ' SKINK, g o n e t o s h r e d s o r tatters, La- S K I P , s. T h e person, who, in the amusement
narks.] Add; of Curling, plays the last of his party ; and
SKINK-EROTH, S. T h e same with Skink, soup who is also the j u d g e or director, as to the
made of shins o f beef, S.B. mode o f playing the game by all on his side
SKINK-HOUGH, J. T h e leg-joint or shin o f beef who move before him, Dumfr., Gall.
used in making the soup called skink, S. « It adds not a little to the honour of the Kirkpa-
SKINK-FLAIT, S. A plate for holding soup. tricians, that one of the rinks, headed on the part o f

plait, ane beif plait, ane luggit &c. Bal- nuered on any ice since he
four's Practicks, p. 235. - - -
T o S K Y N K , v. a. 1. T o pour out liquor.] Add; Caledon. Mercury
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SO. G. Isl. skip-a ordinary constituere, sMpalag, Lambes, the third thairoff at the feast of Marthnes
jus dicere; Teut. schepen senator, decurio, judex. in winter." Acts J a. VI. 1621, Ed. 1814, p. 642.
<c Item be the Quenis grace precept to Mr. John
SKYPE, A worthless fellow ; a term expres-
sive of contempt; apparently the same with Balfour for the service to be done on Skyristhirisday
Skibe, Ettr. For. nixtocum in Falkland, to xix virginis xxxiiij elnis of
holane claith the elne x s. . . xvij li." Pub. Rec.
" H i m ! he speak of me! If lie durst, I would
It occurs repeatedly in the Thesaurer's Accounts,
claw the mromr-hide of him ! He is as great a skype
in the reigns of James IV. and V.
as I know off." Hogg's Winter Tales, 1 249. Su.G. sfiaertorsday, id. Ihre says that it is thus de-
It is sometimes pronounced Squeef] Koxb. nominated, "either because the church prepares her-
S K Y P E L M b SJcy-pel skate, expl "u<rlv fellow." self for a more solemn celebration of the day of our
Gin I had here the skypel skate/ Lord's passion by greater purity of life;
Sae we el's I should'him ban^. it was anciently the custom to wash thefeci of the-poor
Christmas Beting,, Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 125.
who were assembled on this day; or because chris-
The 'sense given above from Gloss, is evidently tians then purified themselves from earthly things,
loose and general. It more properly signifies, " a a cineribus purgarunt, as on this day they sprinkled
tall ill-made fellow/' This may certainly be viewed their heads with ashes." It still retains this name in
as merely the provincial pronunciation of a term Sweden. It is from Su.G. skacr-a purgare. In Isl.
which seems to claim considerable antiquity in our sJcyrsdag and skirdagr, or Purification-day, from
country. V. SKYBALD, and adj. sicy? -a, m.
S K I R D O C H , adj. Flirting, Fife.] Add; I need scarcely observe that Furisday is the vulgar
2. Easily scared or frightened, ibid. Skeigh, svnon. designation of Thursday in S. V. FURSDAY. This
In this sense it claims affinity with Isl. skiar fugax,
clay is in England called Maundy-Thursday, or, ac-
vitabundus. cording to the orthography preferred by Phillips,
S K I R E , adj. Pure, mere; as, " a shire f o o l ; " Mandy-Thirsday. He gives a reason for this name,
S.B., Rudd. V. Sen i r e . corresponding with one of those assigned by Hire, as
T o S K Y R E , v. n. Skyrit, pret. well as with the extract in our old Inventory quoted
—Tak Schairp and Leslie tuavyse men veill inspyrit. above.—"The Thursday next before Easter"so call'd
Leslie to cum from lauis to you lie fyrit, as it were Dies Mandati, i. e. the day of the Mandate
Schairp from you, vent to the lauis for neid ; or command, upon account of the charge which our
As he vas vyse, the vther planelie skyrit. blessed Lord and Saviour gave his disciples, concern-
N. Biirnes Admonition. ing the observation of his supper. On that day the
Perhaps q. sheered off; or in the sense of the fol- Kings and Queens of England have loiig practised
lowing v., took fright. the custom of washing the feet of poor men, in num-
ber equal to the years of their reign, and giving them
T o S K Y R E , v, n. T o be shy, to startle, Ettr.
a dole of money, cloth, shooes and stockings in imi-
F o r . ; the Same with Skar, Skair.
tf But scho skyrit to knuife lownly, or siccarlie on
tation of Christ, who the night before he ordain' cl the
blessed sacrament, waslid his disciples feet, telling
thilke sauchning." Hogg s Winter Tales, ii. 41. them that they must do the like one to* another " "
Apparently a variety from Skar, Skair, q. v.
A designation for this day of the same import with
T o S K I R G E , v. a. T o pour a liquid forcibly ours, was in former times not unknown in E. Hence
backwards and forwards from one vessel to an- Cotgr. explains Fr. Jeudy absolut not only Maundy
other, in order to mellow it; applied to ferment- Thursday, but Sheere-Thursday ; from E. sheer c9 A.S.
ed liquors; Fife. bcir, clean, pure.
SKIRGE, A flash or dash of water; as, " I gat In O.E. it is also written Shere-Thursday, and Shier
my kutes brunt wi1 a skirge out o1 the kail-pat;11 Thursday. In an old homily, a singular reason is
ibid.; synon. Jilp and Jilt. given for the name. Shere-Thursday is said to be so
Fr. escoursouer is " the dale of a (ships) pumpe, called " for that in old Fathers days the people would
whereby the water is passed out;" Cotgr. Gael. that day shere theyr hedes and clipp theyr berdes, and
sciord-am, however, also squird-am, to spirt, to squirt, pool [poll] theyr heedes, and so make them honest
is probably the origin ; whence sciordain and sqnir- ayenst Easter day." V. Brand's Pop. Antiq. i. 124.
dainy a squirt. O'Reilly gives these words as having In the Records of the society of Masons, Newcas-
the same meaning in Irish, although overlooked in tle, 1630, mention is made o f " Skis-Thursday, being
both forms by O'Brien. our Lady-Day in Lent." Brand's Hist. Newc. ii. 343,
S K I I I G I F F I N , $. A half-grown female. V. apparently for Shirs-Thursday.
SKAIRGIFFNOCK.
Ihre adds, that " the whole of this week is by the
Germans called charwoche ; to which, if ,v be prefix-
S K I R I S F U R I S D A Y , SKYIRTHUBISDAYE, S.
ed, it will appear nearly allied to the Su.G. term/"
T h e Thursday before Good-Friday.
This there is considerable reason to doubt; especi-
" Item, fourty drying claithis of all sortes—De-
ally as in our old language we have Care-Sonday,
liverit xii in the chalmer on Skiris-furisday at the denoting the Sunday before Easter, as well as Skyris-
wesching of the pure folkis fete." inventories, A. firisday in the same week. For the conjectures m
1561, p. 156. 'to the origin of the term Care, V. CARE SONDAV.
— " Togidder with ane ouklie mercate on Setter- See also SKEIR.
daye, and thrie yeirlie faires, viz. the first thairoff T o S K I 1 1 L E , SKIEL, P. n> T o shriek, S.] Add;
ycirlie vpoun Skyirthurisdaye, the secund thairoff at
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" They fired the pleasant park of Feteresso, some ginate from the circumstance of a child generally
trees burnt, others being green could not burn, but skirling or crying as soon as born. Can this be from
the hart, the hind, the deer and the roe, skirled at Dan. skier-idd, fleece-wool, shearings cut off from
the sight of lire, but they were all tane and slain/' sheep, q. naked as a shorn sheep ?
Spalding, ii. 285. T o S K I R P , v. a. T o splash. Also used as v. n.
Add to etymon; u T h e pen skirps it throws the ink around,
This conjecture is confirmed by the ancient mode Aberd. Su.G. skrcfzv-a, divaricare; or skrap-a3
of writing and pronouncing the E. word. " Shyrle, as to scrape.
one's voyse is, [ F r . ] trenchantPalsgr. B.iii. F. 95, a. S K I R P I N , s. T h e gore, or strip of thin cloth,
SKIRL-CRAKE, S. T h e Sand-piper, a bird, Shetl. in the hinder part of breeches, A y r s . ; said to
4<r Tringa Interpres, (Lin. Syst.) Skirl-crake, Turn-
be more properly kirpin.
stone, Sea Dotterel, or Hebridal Sandpiper." Ed- According to the correction, it must be the same
monstone's Zetl. ii. 24<0. with cur pin. V. CURPON.
S K I R L , s. W i n d accompanied by rain or snow; T o S K I R R , v. a- T o scour, Ayrs.
as, u a skirl o* snatv," Aberd. 4C Two dragoons, who had been skirring the coun-
Isl. skiaer, sonorus; skrial-a, sonitum attactu edere; try, like blood-hounds, in pursuit of Mr. Cargill,
Dan. skrall-cr3 to sound, to make a noise; Su.G. came in and sat themselves down by the fire/' R.
skraell-a, solium streperum edere. Gilhaize, iii. 154.
S K I R L , s. Used as denoting the powerful in- T o S K I R R I V A I G , v. ?z. T o run about in an
fluence of love, q. a. stroke, S. a du?it9 which unsettled way, Ayrs. V. SCURYVAGE.
occurs a few lines before. T o S K I T , v. 7i. T o flounce, to caper, like a
At length, however, o'er his mind skittish horse, S.
Love took a donsy swirl, Yet soon's she hears me mention Muirland Willie,
An' the fu' pow'r o' Elspeth's charms She skits an' flings like ony towmoxit filly.
Gied his poor saul a skirl. Tannahill's Poems, p. 12.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 53. To shaw we're gentle, wrhen we wauk on fit,
This may be allied to Isl. skraele, signifying tor- In passin poor fouk, how well flught and skit.
reo, arefacio; skrael, torridus. If akin to this, it Ibid. p. 20.
must convey such an idea as that suggested by S. Perhaps the true origin of this, as well as of the
scouther, or birsle, q. the effect of toasting. Hal dor- noun, is Isl. skiogt-a circumcursare. In this language
son seems to view this as the origin of skriaela, so- a horse itself is denominated skioti; but apparently
nitum attactu edere (de rebus dieitur pertorrescen- on account of the fleetness of its motion, from skiot-r
tibus); as primarily denoting the crackling sound celer, eitus.
emitted by tilings that are roasted on a quick fire. S K I T , s. 1. A n oblique taunt.] Add;
It must be observed, however, that C.B. gsgwrhvg 2. A kind of humbug, nearly allied to the modern
signifies a rustling noise, a crackling; andysgwrhvg- cant term Quizz, S.
ach to rustle, to crackle. ce But if he really shot young Hazlewood. But
S K I R L J N - T H E - P A N , 1 . T h e noise m a d e b y I canna think it, Mr. Glossin: this will be some o'
a frying pan, when the butter is put in which your skits now—I canna think it o' sae douce a l a d ;
prepares it for receiving the meat, S. na, na, this is just some o' your auld skits.'* Guy
% Transferred to the dish that is prepared in this Mannering, ii. 175, 176.
manner, S. 3. A kind of satire, something tending to expose
It is commonly said to a stranger, who lias arrived one to ridicule, S.
at a late hour, or where there is no regular dinner, ff I was recommended to you as a good hand for
and who may be supposed anxious to get what can writing me a skit.'—(3 a satire, a lampoon—is that
be soonest made ready; ec Ye'se get a skirl i the pan" what you mean ?'— r Ave, just a bit skit, ye ken."
ec Muekle gude may it do ye, my bonny man. I Caled. Merc. 11 Nov. 1822.
trow ye didna get sic a skirl-in-thc-pan at Niel S I C Y T C H E R S , pi, Skates, Renfr.
Blane's. His wife wTas a canny body, and could —Cure the loch's clear frozen face
dress things very weel for ane in her line o' busi- On shjtchers thrang, in airy cliace,
ness, but no like a gentleman's housekeeper, to be Flew moiiy a cheery chiel.
sure." Tales of my Landlord, ii. 107. A. Wilson's Poems 1790, p. 196. V/SKETCHERS.
i>. A sort of drink, called also Merry-meat > made T o S K I T E , v. a. % T o squirt, &c.] Add;
of oat-meal, whisky, and ale, mixed and heated Su.G. sqnaett-a, liquida effundere.
in a pan, and given to the gossips at inlyings, SKYTEII, s. A squirt, a syringe, Aberd.
M earns. Su.G. squaett, id.
This, I believe, is generally traced to skirl, as de- T o SKITE, SKYT, v. 71. T o glide swiftly, & c . ] Add;
noting a shriek, in reference to the noise made in
frying hastily. But I question greatly, if it is not 2, T o " fly out hastily Gl. Shirr.
rather connected with the northern words signify- " Skyte, to fly against any thing, to strike f Gl.
ing to roast. V. preceding term. Pick en's Poems 1783.
S K I R L - N A K E D , adj. Stark naked, R o x b . ; sy- 3, T o rebound in a slanting direction, in conse-
non. Mother-naked^ S. quence of a smart stroke; applied to small o b -
It hw been conjectured that this term might orU jects., as hail, pebbles, &c. t Lanark^,
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SKITE, S. The dung of a fowl, S.] Add; The word in this form is obviously a frequenta-
The act of squirting, or throwing saliva for- tive, or diminutive, from Isl. Su.G. skyl-a, eacare.
cibly through the teeth, S. Perhaps the term is radically from skiut-a jaculare,
3. A squirt or syringe, Aberd., Mearns. as denoting forcible ejection.
HUMLOCK-SKITE, S. A squirt made from the hol- SKITTERFOL, a d j . U n d e r t h e i n f l u e n c e o f a d i -
low stalk of hemlock, ibid. arrhoea.
4. A smart and sudden blow, so as to make what " If you was as skilt erful as you are scornful, you
strikes rebound in a slanting direction from that would file the whole house/' S. Prov. " A bitter re-
which is struck, Lanarks., Ayrs., Aberd. turn to those who are too liberal of their taunts."
5. A trick ; as, 44 He's played me an ill ^/tTii^^ Kelly, p. 17(>.
Buehan. S K Y T E , SKITE, S. 1. A nasty person, S.B.]
He play'd my dochter Meg a ski/te3 Add) as sense
Which weel has coft the gibbet. 52. Shite is also expl. as signifying a meagre per-
Tarras's Poems, p. 60. son, one who has the appearance of starvation.
, —Something Inn' her wi' a skyle, Loth.
Gat up, an' gied a fuff. J bid. p. 67- 3. A strange-looking ugly person, Aberd.
This in Gl. is expl. ff mischance." But as the term T o S K Y T L E , v. n. T o move from side to side;
more properly signifies a trick, this sense agrees applied to a small quantity of any liquid in a
much better with the passage. large vessel thus moved in being carried, Upp.
SKITE of rain, s. A flying shower; S.B.,llenfr.; Clydes.
the same with SKIFT, q. v. Dan. skull-er, to shake, to agitate. V. the etymon
Perhaps immediately allied to Isl. skiot-a, pret. of SCUTLE, which seems radically the same.
skyt, jaculari; cito vehere; q. what is sent forth, T o S K I V E , v.a. T o cut or divide longitudinally
or passes, quickly. into equal slices; applied to the modern plan
SKYTIE, S. A small transient shower; a dimin. of slitting leather, Loth. V. SKIVERS.
from Sh?/te9 Aberd. SKI V E T , A sharp blow, Ettr. For.
T o S K Y T E , v. n. T o slide in a slight degree, A.S. scife, scyfe, praecipitatio; impulsus ; trusio,
to slip; as when the feet of a horse slide from
detrusio; scyft-an, pellere. Isl. ske/'-ia signifies to
under him on a smooth street or road, S.
quarrel, to contend; velitari.
It seems an oblique sense of A.S. scyt-an, Su.G.
S K I V E T , ,y. An instrument for mending the fire
skiut-a3 ejaculari; q. to be thrown out; and is per-
haps originally the same wTith Skid, id., Dumfr. in a smith's forge, lioxb. Expl. a fire-shovel
SKITE, s. The act of slipping or sliding in walk-
used in forges, Ettr. For.
ing, so as to expose to the danger of a fall, Isl. skoefii-jarn, a scraping iron.
Loth. S K I V IE, adj. V . SKAIVIE'.
S K I T T E R , s. 1 . L i q u i d u m e x c r e m e n t u m , S. T o S K L A I K , v. a. T o bedaub, to besmear, Aberd.
It occurs in a Prov., very coarse indeed, but thus SKLAIK, S. A quantity of any smeary substance,
meant to express the greater abhorrence of false- ibid.
hood. " I wish the lyar's mouth kiss a stone kneed SKI,AIKIE, a d j . S m e a r y , i b i d .
knee-] deep of skitterKelly , p. 899- Sklaik might, at first view, seem merely to be a
Applied inetaph. to any thing impure or in- provincial variety of Sialic, used in the same sense,
congruous, which, when mixed with what is as formed by the insertion of the letter k. But 1
valuable, renders the whole mass useless, S. prefer deriving it from Claik, v., also signifying to
It occurs in this sense in another coarse, but bedaub; with this difference, that Sklaik bears a
very expressive S. Prov. " A spoonful of skitter will more forcible meaning. Under Claik I should have
spoil a potful of skink c An ill mixture will spoil observed, that we may reasonably trace it to Germ.
a good composition." Kelly, p. 16. kleck macula, /deck-en maculare, probro afficere. As
S. With the demonstrative article the prefixed, it the Germ. v. bears not only a literal but a moral sig-
denotes the diarrhoea, S. nification, it is most probable that we ought to view
The O.E. name bears a close resemblance. " Skytie Isl. klaek-r, Su.G. kloek, opprobrium, crimen, in fa-
or flyx. Fluxus. Lienteria. Dissentaria. Dya- mi a, as a cognate term. Perhaps the radical word
ria." Prompt. Par v. The latter term, Flyx, is expl. is Su.G. lack vitiuin, defect us, also vituperium ;
by Lat. " Flixus. Dissenteries." Ibid. whence belack-a calumniari.
Isl. skitr is given, as a different word from skit, S K L A T E l l , s. A slater.] Add;-
tf And alss in—belialf of the haill eowperis, glass-
both signifying sordes ventris ; as if it were pro-
nounced like S. skitter. Haldorson. in wr rich tis, boweris, s.klailteris," &c. Acts Cha. I.
T o SKITTER, V. N. Liquidum excrementum ejk Ed. IS 14, V. 540.
cere, S. " I paid Deacon Paul—thirteen shillings, a groat,
It is used in a coarse but emphatical way in an and a bawbee, for the count o' his sklater that point-
old proverb. " A skittering cow in the loan would ed the skews of the house at Martinmas/* The En*
have as many marrows;* ' Spoken when ill people tail, ii. 119-
pretend that others are as bad as themselves." Kelly, T o S K L A V E , v. a. T o calumniate, Aberd.
p. 20. T o SKLAVE, V. N. T o utter slander, ibid.
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This must certainly be traced to Su.G. klaff-a, S K L I D D E R , ,9. A place on the side of a hill
calumniare, obtreetare, (the servile letter being where a number of small stones are collected;
prefixed.) Hence klaffare calumniator. Ihre re- expl. as synon. with Scaur, Ettr. For. V,
marks that it primarily denotes the troublesome SCLITHEBS.
and barking of dogs; Germ, klaff-en lat- Scaur, however, does not necessarily convey the
idea of the existence of loose stones.
S K L E E T , adj. Smooth, sleek, Aberd. T o S K L Y D E , v. n, T o slide, Dumfr.
Su.G. slacl, laevis, politus, with k inserted; Germ. SKLYDE, S. A slide, ibid.
schb.cht, id.; A.S. slaet-nn laevigare. T o S K L I N T , v. a. T o dart askance. V. SCLENT.
S K L E F F , adj. 1. Shallow, R o x b . ] Add; T o S K L I N T E R , v. n. T o splinter, to break
% Thin and flat; as, " a sHeff cheese," one that off in lamina, Ayrs.
is not thick; " a sldcff piece of wood,'1 &c.,
" Wha made me familiar wi' her,—was na it my
Berwicks. Used to denote vessels which have
Lord himsel, at last Mary mas, when he sent for me
little depth, Ettr. For.
to make a hoop to mend her leg that sMintered aff as
3. Applied to one who is not round in the shape they were dressing her for the show?" R. Gilhaize,
of the body, Roxb. i. 155.
4. Plain-soled, Renfr. SMef-fittit, Id., Roxb. SKLINTER, .9. A splinter, ibid.
Allied perhaps to Teut. sleeuw, tenuis, exilis; if — N a t u r e had, of her own accord, worked out
not to Germ, schlecht, planus. the root of the evil in the shape of a sMinter of bone."
The term, as expl. shallow, has evidently the same R. Gilhaize, ii. §7.
general signification. Sibbald defines it, « ebb, shal- S K L Y T E S , -9. pi. A term applied to old worn-
low, like a skimming dish, or skeilapparently out shoes, Buchan.
viewing it as allied to the latter word. But the de- His hose hing down, an twa auld sklytes o' sheen
finition shews that skleff denotes in general some- Are on his feet, an's breeks unbutton'd hing.
thing that is flat, as not possessing depth in propor- Tarrass Poems, p. 3. V. SCLOITS.
tion to its breadth. T o SKLOY r , v. n. T o slide on ice.] Add;
S K L E F F E R I E , adj. Separated into « Scloy, to slide; scloying sliding; the same with
Upp. Clydes. sclying Gall. Enc.
This has the same signification, and the sa SKLOY, s. A slide.] Add;
ral origin, with Skclvy. V. SKELVE, V. But it is more " Scloy or scly, a s l i d e i b i d ,
immediately allied to Teut. scMfer, schclver, seg- S K L O U T , ,9. Cow's dung &c.] Add;
men ; assula ; and yschelffer-en, assulatim fraiigere ; Gael, scloid, filth.
Germ, schclfer-n, to flake ; Belg. schiljcrcn, to scale T o S K L U F E , SKLOOF, v. n. T o trail the *
off, schilfer a scale, schilferig, scaly. along the ground in walking, Ettr. F o r . ; synon,
T o S K L E Y , v. n. T o slide, Selkirks. V. SKLOY.
SMute.
S K L E N D R Y , SKLENDKIIYE, adj. 1. T h i n ,
Isl. sliofta, hebetare. V. SCLAFF, m
slender, lank ; as, " a sklenderie l a d E t t r .
S K L U T E , s. 2. A lout, &c.] Add;
For.
Gael, scleoid, a silly fellow.
" Ye're ravin, Maron—ye're gaun daft—a bit
Mendry lassie o' aughteen kill sae mony armed T o SKLUTE, V. N. T o set down the feet clum-
Highlanders ?" Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 15. sily.] Add;
Faint, slight, ibid.; like t5. slender, ibid. Perhaps the idea strictly conveyed, is that of trail-
" I—begoude to keep sUenderye houpes of win- ing the shoes along the ground in walking; as expl.
ning out of myne ravelled fank unsperkyt with in Ettr. For.
schame or disgrace." Hogg's Wint. Tales, ii. 41. S K O D G E , SKODGIE, A kitchen d r u d g e . ] Add;
S E X E N I E , adj. Thin, slender; applied to the
(iThough I wadna count ony thing done to you
form or shape; Fife. or the bairns a trouble, I wadna like to be scogie to
This may have been originally the same with Isl. Miss Clarinda." Glenfergus, iii. 249.
ildni longurio imbecillis, expl. in Dan. e;* lang racket, T o S K O I T , v. n. T o peep, Shetl.
; rickle/' S. Slanni, piger
p ; Hal- Dan. skoti-er, to ogle; skotten, an ogling. Su.G.
skaad-a, skod-a, videre. V. SKID, A., of which this
T o S K L E N T , SKLENT doun, v. a. T o tear* to is merely a variety.
rend, Aberd. S K O M I T , adj. Pale and sickly-coloured, Shetl.
In Sw.West.Goth. a signifies a rag, This seems originally the same word with ShoU
mentum, which Hire derives trom
from sLii-a rumpere. mit, q. v.
The term may, however, have had its origin from S K O N , SCONE, SCOAN, 1. A thin cake.] h u
a thing being torn aslaunL V. SCLENT, V.
T o S K L Y , SKLOY, V. N. T o slide, S . A , A n y thing that is round and flat, or resem-
" Skly, to slide, (as upon the ice);" Gl. Sibb. bling a cake, S.
SKLY,. s. The place on which one slides, a place « Take twenty < of good salt butter,
used for sliding, Dumfr., the act of sliding it- wash out the salt; then drive it in a broad scoan,
self being denominated Sldyrcy q, v. and lay it in cold to stiffen; then take two
SKLICE, s, A slice, S. pound of fine and with cold water make it
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into a stiff dough; knead it well,—and drive it in S K O U R D A B O G G I E , s. T h e youngest o f a
thin scoans, some inches broader than the butter family, Shetl.
scoan" Receipts in Cookery, p. 4. From Dan. skur-er to cleanse, and bug the belly.
The application of the term to butter, as well as Da is used in Shetl. for the article; corresponding
to dough, shews with what latitude it is used. with Dan. de, the. V. POCK-SHAKINGS.
SKONCE, S. A thin partition, any wall meant to S K O U R I C K , s. A thing of no value ; as, « I
defend from the wind, Fife. It strictly denotes care nae a skoarick" Dumfr.
something slight and temporary ; as a shed for C.B. ysgrvr, a splinter?
• 'hewing stones, &c. Occasionally, however, it is S K O U T , tV« T h e Guillemote, Orkn.
used instead of IIall an* Applied to a partition, " Guillem, Guillemot, Colymbus Troile, Lin. Syst.
it often signifies one that is wattled. Ore. skout." Low's Faun. Oread, p. 104.
Teut. sch anise, sepimentum militare ex viminibus, S K O W , s. 1. A small boat made of willows, &c.
virgultis, fascibus, ram is arborum, See., Kilian. covered with skins, Mora)?-.
S K O O D R A , s. The ling, a fish, Shell. Shall we view the term, in this sense, as having
SKOOI, A species of Gull, Shetl. any connexion with Gael, sciath, (pron. skiaj a twig-
" Larus Cataractes, (Lin. syst.) Skooi, Bonxie, basket?
2. A flat-bottomed boat, employed as a lighter in
Skua Gull/' Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 283. V. SIIOOI.
narrow rivers or canals, Lanarks.
T o S K O O K , SKUIK, V. A. T o conceal, Buchan. Belg. sckouw, " a ferry-boat, a flat-bottom'd boat,
The bodom o' the glass, alas! a ponton;" Sewel,
Is unca blae an' drumlie; S K O W I S , SKOWS, s. pi
Sae may ye shook yir brow an' skool,
An flypin, hing yir head ay, Sec. « Girchtstingis & skoivis," Aberd.Reg. 1538, Y. 16,
Tarras's Poems, p. 71. " Ane thousand skowiss." Ibid. Cent. 16.
C£ Aykin and fyr tyminer skotvis and steingis." Ib.
T o SKOOK, SKUIK, v. n. T o hide one's self, S.B.
" Tymmer skowis, Suadene buirdis, guirdstingis
Hence,
and boddummis/' Ibid. A. 1543, V. 18.
SKOOKIN-LIKE, adj. " A sJcooJdn-llkc LOON; a n
7
" Audit hunder skowis." Ibid.
ill-looking fellow, one who has a bad. appear-
It is undoubtedly used in the same sense in the
ance, ibid. following passage.
Perhaps originally the same with E. sculk, or Su.G. It was also enacted, that plank, board, knapple,
skolk-a, latebras quaerere. shows, hoops, nets, and all other materials, to be im-
S K O O R I E , s. T h e Coal-fish, fall grown, Shetl. ported for the trade of fishing, shall be free of cus-
T o S K O O T , SCOUT, V. a. T o squirt any liquid, tom." Agr. Surv. Shetl. App. p. 51.
or throw it forth forcibly from a tube, S. Allied perhaps to Su.G. skoefwe, tegmen, which
SKOOT, S. A squirt, a syringe; a term especially seems in its application nearly to resemble that of E.
applied to the tube used by mischievous boys shed. Isl. skof-r signifies a crust. Qu. if what is now-
for spouting water on those that are passing, S. called Backings? But perhaps it may denote the
T o SKOOT, V. N. T o throw off4 excrement in a branches of trees in their natural state. Nor v. skog,
liquid state, S. expl. det grenede af iraeeme ; Hallager. Dan. skog
Su.G. shiut-a impellere ; also jaculari. Dan. skyd-e sometimes signifies underwood.
to shoot, part. pa. skudt; Teut. schutl-en propellere. S K O W T H E R , s. A slight shower, Loth., the
S K O R I T , p a r t . pa. Wrecked; applied to a ship; same with SJwur.
literally signifying, broken. SKRAE, A searce, &c.] Add ;
— " That Johne of Borthwik, &c. sail content & It is principally used in a miln, for separating the
pay to Wegeant Multere, Duchman, the somme of dust and seeds from the shelling.
twa hundreth crovnis vsuale money of Scotland for Norv. skrwe, " to separate oat-meal with a skin
a schip of the said Wegeantis skorit in the port & at the miln;" Hallager.
havyn of the Ely at the Erlys fery, be the occasioune S K R A E , s. A thin meagre person, S.] Add;
iC What!' roars Macdonald,—< yon poor shaugh-
& causing of the saidis personis, & compelling of the
said Wegeantis seruitouris to wey thair ankeris/' lin' in-kneed scray of a thing!" Reg. Dalton/iiL
Sec. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1492, p. 245. 119-
Su.G. skoer-a rumpere, diffringere, Isl. skraefa, homuncio; Haldorson. Norv. skrae
Tu skipp cf them tha skoerde. has precisely the same meaning with our word, de-
Duo navigia diffringebantur. noting a dry and withered man; Et forloerret og
Chron. Rhythm, ap. Ihre. ulidendes menneske ; Hallager. He also expl. shrew
Teut. schor-en; Belg. scheur-en, rumpere; A.S. by the Dan. phrase, en sigelig person, one who has ,
sickly, infirm, or *
scyr-an, scear-an, partiri, separare; part, pa, scoren.
Hence scoren clifx abrupta rupes, " a craggy rock S.K ii A E -s H A N K i T , adj. Having long slender limbs,
or cliffe;" Somner. Su.G. skaer, rupes, S. Skar, Scar, Ettr. For.
Skair, id. and Skerry, an insulated rock, have all the " You shall hae—the grimy Potts, and theabv?*-
same general origin with skorit; being formed from " " Laidlaws: and you shall form my lying
A.S. scear-an, Su.G, skaer-a, caedere Perils of Man, ii. 232.
exhibiting an abrupt or broken appearance. LAN, SCKAN, 1. Fine Shraru] Define,
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A promiscuous collection of eatables, however the idea of the efficacy of this mode of fishing, q<
collected, Edin., S. B. scourging the water.
Now ilka ane took up a cutty, % In pi. SkreenghiSj gleanings, Upp. Clydes.
To prie gin aunty's scran was lucky. SKIIEENGE, S. I . A lash, a stroke, Fife.
T o S K R E I D , v. 7i. T o be covered with ver-
W. Beattiee Tales, p. 6.
min, Shetl.
S. Used in Fife in the sense of daily bread.
4. Apparently used as denoting power, or means Isl. skrid-a serpere, repere, skrid reptatio ; q. " all
for accomplishing any purpose, Roxb. creeping," as it is said in the same sense, in vulgar
I'd blow them south, as far as Fife, S. aw crandin. From the Isl. v. is formed skrid*
If I had scran. nikinde reptilia.
Jo. Hoggs Poems, p. 45. SKREIGH, 1. A shrill cry, a shriek, S.
T o SKRAK, V. a. T o make a promiscuous col- 2. A n urgent and irresistible call.
lection of things in whatever way, either by Fse neer be the ill bird, and foul my nest, set
fair or by foul means, Edin. apart strong necessity, and the skreigh of duty, which
no man should hear and be inobedient." Rob Roy,
SKUAK-POCK, S. 1. A beggar's wallet for receiv-
ii. 208. V. ScriEiGii, v.
ing promiscuously the offals of the table that
S K R E I G H , <9. A cant term for usquebaugh,
are given to him, Loth.
Loth.
A bag meant for receiving the spoil or plun-
Wi guid plain fare we'll leuk fiT skeigh,
der of the dead who may have fallen in battle,
And ay the tither blaw o skreigh
when it is gathered by the women who follow
To fleg aw a' the caulcl.
an army, S O. Pickens Poems, i. 153.
The term was thus explained, at the time of the S K R E I G H of day. V . SKHEEK.
trial of the Radicals at Falkirk, A. 1819- S K I I E W , s. A stack of corn or hay, Shetl.
T o SiatAN, v. n. To gang to xkran^ or to be Isl. skruf, parva strues piscium arefaciendorum;
awcC skranning\ phrases used especially by Haldorson. It may have been at length transferred
boys, when one or more of them go to spend to a pile or heap of corn. Skruf also signifies com*
money on sweet-meats, &c. in which others ex- pactio, and skruf a com pin go ; G. Andr.
pect to be partakers, Loth. S K R Y M M O R I E , $.] Add;
SKIIANKY, s. A coarse-featured person, S.A. This Fairy has most probably been denominated
T o S K R A U G H , v. n. T o bawl, to cry ; to speak from its mischievous tricks, especially from its se-
very loud, Selkirks. vere tugs; Isl. skrumari, nugator, jactabundus ;
This may be viewed as radically the same with expl. by Dan. siorpraler, a braggart, a bully ; Hal-
Screigh, skreigh, although there is a slight variation, dorson. Or it may be from O.Fr. escrimour, qui
both in the pronunciation and in the signification. fait bien des amies, bon tireur, q. one who plucks
S K R E A , <v. A post or prop used in forming a or tugs well.
clay-wall or one of wattles. S K R I N K I E , SKIUNKYT, adj. 1 . L a n k , slen-
" There were no more than some tenn or twelve der.] Add;
people dwelling in cottages patched up with skreas 2. Wrinkled, shrivelled ; $krinkie7faced9 having
& wattles." Mem." of Dr. Spottiswood, p. 66. the face covered with wrinkles, Teviotd.
Teut. schraeghen canterii, i. e. rafts or props for " Skrinkyt, Skrinkie, as if shrunk, too little., con-
supporting vines ; schraegh-en fulcire. tracted ;" Gl. Sibb.
S K R E E , ,9. A.searee. V . SKRAE. Evidently the same with Su.G. skrynk-a contrahi,
S K I 1 E E D , v. n. T o cry, to scream.] Add ; skrynka ruga; A.S. serine-an, arescere, primarily re-
Gael, sgrcad-am to screech, sgread a screech. specting what is shrivelled by heat.
S K R E E K , SCREAK of'day* the d a w n . ] Add; S K R O T T A , SJEKOTTYEE, <9. Dark purple
i£ If 1 had anes something to eat, for I haven a had Dyer's lichen, the Lichen omphalodes, Linn.,
a morsel down my throat this day, I wad streek my- Shetl.; called Cudbear in S., also Staneraw.
sel down for twra three hours aside the beast, and be This name has some affinity to that which is given
on and aw a' to Mucklestane wf the first skreigh o' to it in the Highlands, Crollel. V. vo. CUDBEAR.
morning." Tales of my Landlord, i. 200, 201. S K R O W , s. The name for the shrew-mouse;
8 K R E E N G E , s. A loose woman, Renfr., also pronounced Skrctv, S.
Ayrs. Pennant gives Muuscskier as the Dan. name for
T o S K R E E N G E , SCREENGE,I>. a. T o s c o u r g e . ] Shrewmouse, i. e. " the cutting mouse;" from its
Add; severe bits, it may be supposed.
2. T o search for eagerly, to glean, Upp. Clydes. E. Shrewmouse is undoubtedly from A.S. scrcarva
The v. in the latter sense might seem to have a id., mus araneus. But the origin of this seems un-
common origin with Gael, cruinnigh-am, to glean. known. As all writers, from Pliny downwards/
SKREENGIN, s. 1. A term applied to a mode of have considered the bite of this animal as very ve-
fishing, with small nets, during the night, nomous, some degree of magical influence has lat-
without the aid of torches, on the coast of A r - terly been ascribed to it. Dr. Johns, has remarked,,
gyleshire, and in the vicinity of Ballaeluiilish. that " vulgar tradition assigns such malignity" to
This designation has undoubtedly originated from this animal, that she is said to lame the foot over
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wnieh she runs adding that ce our ancestors look-
ed (3ii her with such terror, that they are supposed
to have given her name to a scolding woman, whom
for her venom they call a shrew "
But, according to Serenius, E. shrew, as thus used,
seems rather allied to Su.G. skraefma, nugas effutire.
Isl. skraveifa signifies mulier cyelopica, from skra
horrendum quid, and veifa mulier.
S K R U F F (of the neckj, s. T h e fleshy part of
• the neck behind, B u c h a n ; CM//, synon. S.
S I O I U M P I L T , part. pa. Shrunk, shrivelled
b y means o f the fire, Fife.
Tent, schrompel-en', rugis crispare, corrugare;
Genu, schrumpel-n, id.
S K R U N K I T , iniri. adv. Pinched, scanty,
Mearns.
Su.G. skrynk-a corrugare; A.S. scruneen contrac-
tus, the pret. of serinc-an, whence E. to shrink.
T o S K R U N T , SCRUNT, n, T o make a creak-
ing noise.] Substitute, as definition ; — T o pro-
duce a rough or harsh noise by rubbing or
- scratching on a board with a blunted point,
Clydes.
S K I I O T T , S. T h e sound produced as described
above, ibid.
SIRNUXTIX"; SCIIITNTIN1, S. T h i s sound as
tinued for some time b y repeated rubbings or
scratchings, ibid.
S K U B , SCUBB, s. A thick fog, Shetl.
• As this is nearly allied in sense to S. Skift, it may
have had the same origin. Dan. skoddc, however,
signifies a mist, a fog."
S K U B B A , s. Milk, Shetl
S K U B E o" drink, a hearty pull, F i f e ; synon.
• Wauchi.
Su.G. skopa haustrum, Arm. scab, E. scoop.
K U
board their boats, and spoil all their goods; to pre-
vent this danger, he convoys them secretly under
the scoug of a rock, to attend if any of their boats
would loose, but none came." Spalding, i. 232, 233.
O.E. scow Ike, Palsgr. F. 34$.
Thoresby mentions as provincial E. the scug of a
hill, explaining it, " the declivity or-side." Ilay's
Lett. p. 336. Insert, as sense
3. A shadow, or what causes partial obscurity.
Thik drumly skuggis dirkinnit so the lieu in,
Dym skyis oft furth warpit fereful leuin,
Flaggis of fyre, and mony felloun flaw.
Doug. Firg. Prol. 200, 52.
5. A pretext, a mere pretence used for veiling
one's real design, S.
" Scug, pretence Sibb. Hist. Fife, p. 84.
" Some did boast of their pretended performances ,
and so make them a scugg to hide their knavery
with; wliereas their pretence is, to make themselves
rich." A . Shield's Notes, &c. p. 17.
" In case ye go to this work again,—making
God's glory, the cause of his Kirk, of your King
and Common weill, to be but pretences and ^cuggs,
—the Lord shall curse the work/' &c. Mr. Ja,
Melvill's MS. Mem. p. 122. Add to etymon;
Su.G .fara til skogs, in exilium ire, S. to fare till a
con-
skug. V. Ihre, vo. Taang, alga. It is evident that
both the v. and s. S. and A.Bor. more nearly resem-
ble the Scandinavian terms, than A.S. scua, umbra.
To SKUG, SCUG, S C O G , - ^ a. 2. T o s h e l t e r , t o
skreen, S.] Add;
He hachiae call'd on the Halie Name
That scugs in the evil hour,
—-Whan he, was aware of-a lady fair
Come out of a birken bower.
Old Ballad, Ed in. Mag. Sept. ISIS, p. 15k
cc There had been an ingathering amang us of

S K U D D I C K , s. A rick of corn or hay, Shetl.
• Su.G. skoef-a coagmentare; skoeta till samman, con-
jungere, connectere; Isl. skott collatio.
SCITDDIEVAIG, V. SKURYVAGE.
. S K U D L E R , s. T h e manager of a feast, the
master of ceremonies, Shetl.
c; If a party set forth as maskers,—to visit some
neighbouring laird, or rich udaller, it augured well
of the expedition if Mordaunt Mertoim could be pre-
vailed upon to undertake the office of skndler, or
leader of the band/* The Pirate, i. 40.
" This captain*—is to be shatter as they ca't—the
first of the gang, like." Ibid. p. 215.
The term in Shetl. properly denotes the leader of •
a band of maskers.
cc Such a party is known by the appellation of
Guhards.—The person who directs their movements
is called the shidler, and he is always the best dres-
sed of the party." Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 6*4.
Su.G.skiitid, Isl. sh u t ell, skotel, a table; originally
a plate for the table; hence skutill-swain, Su.G.
iuUswen, he who ministered at the king's table, and
placed his mess before each guest. L.B. scutcllar-iiis,
O-.Fr. scalier, one who had charge of the plates, ves~-
sels, &c. This was a high office in the royal palace.
S K U G , SCUG, SCOUG, s. A shelter, &c.] Add;
- t: The shipman told that he feared the enemy to
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sailor lads,—who—in order to shun the press-gangs,
left their vessels, and came to scog themselves with
us." The Provost, p. 156.
" Tie—insisted on scogging himself in the garden
till the Archbishop was sent away." Ii. Gilhaize,
i. 79.
SKUG WAYS, SKUG WISE., adv. In a clandestine
way, with a design to hide one's self, Loth.
T o S K U I K , v. n. T o hide one's self, S.R. V.
SLCOOK.
S K U L ? S i x R L % SKOLL,S. 2. T h e s a l u t a t i o n o f o n e
who is present, &e.] Insert, eol. 3 , after 1. 4 0 ;
" Upone the xv day of Maij (1587) the king maid
the banket to all his nobilletie, at evin in halyroiuU
house, quhair the king maid thame efter drinking
of many scolis ane to ane vther, and maid thame ef*
ter supper, quho utherwayes had beine at great fead,
tak twa and twa be handes, and pas from halryroud-
house to the mercat croce of Ed r , q r the pro vest and
bailyeis had prepaired ane table and desert for his
Ma**'-, at the qlk there wes great mirthe and joy, with
sick great number of pep ill as the lyk had not beine
seine of befoir." Bel. MS. Ja, VI, fo. 35, v.
Insert, col. 4, after 1. 3o ;
It has been suggested, that E. scutlery and scullhm
may probably have a common origin. But these
are evident!vfrom Su.G. skoel-ja. Dan. skuH-cr, Mod,
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Sax. schol-en, eluere; Isl. skoLa abluere, whence or, as it is otherwise expressed, to rest it for the
skol eluvium ; G. Andr. p. 214. The Swedes give night, Perths.
the name of skulrvattu to water in which the dishes This v. is evidently from the E. s. Slack, small
used at the table have been washed. coal. Dr. Johns, gives no etymon of the term. But
Add to etymon;—Perhaps Gael, sgalg, a bowl, is it is undoubtedly from the same origin with Slag,
from Dan. skaal, or kalk, id. as having been imported the dross of metals. Teut. slecke, Germ, schlack,
into the Western Islands by the Norwegians. scoriae, which Wachter deduces from schlag-en eji-
T o S K U N F I S , SKUMFIS, V. A. E x p l . " to dis- cere, as being the refuse. Ihre derives Su.G. slagg,
gust ; applied especially to smells Aberd. dross, from slaa, which denotes the chips of iron
Evidently the same with SCOMFICE. that fly from the anvil in beating. The latter is pro-
SKUNIE, s. A large knife, Shetl. V. SKEAN. bably from slaa to strike.
S K U R Y Y A G E , SCURRIVAIG, S.] Define ; T o S L A C K , v. n. T o cease to be distended,
1. A dissipated fellow, a lecher. to become flaccid, Loth. In" this sense a tu-
Then insert the passage from Doug. Virg. mour is said to slack.
A vagabond, Loth. In Roxb. it conveys the Teut. slaeck-en, laxari, solvk
idea of .a ragged vagrant, or of an idle, ill- S L A C K E W E , SLACK Y o w , a e w e w h i c h h a s
dressed, dirty, unsettled person. given over bearing, South of S. Crok, Crock,
3. It is often used as signifying a scullion; synon. synon.
Scuddievaig, Roxb. The latter is formed from "The superannuated breeding ewes are either sold
the v. to Scud, to pass quickly. fat, at Martinmas, when they are called Slack Ewes,
" Aye ye may hide the vile scurrivaig, it ye may, or Crocks; or with lamb, in March, at the Peebles
an' hiddle an'smiddle the deeds o* darkness 1" Saint fair, &c. when they are called Great Ewes" Pen-
Patrick, iii. 305. Add to etymon ; necuik's Descr. Tweedd. Ed. 1815, p. 52.
Q.Fr. escourre, aller et venir, se dissiper, secouer, 4<r The cast off breeding ewes, when sold at Mar-

agiter ; Roquefort. tinmas, are designed slack-ewes, or crocks; when sold

S K U R R , S . A small, spot of fishing ground, Shetl. heavy with lamb in March, they are designed great
SKURRIE, s. A cow with slews, or small horns, ewes." Agr. Surv. Peeb. p. 69.
Aberd. V. SKUR, S. 1. Teut. slack, slaeck, laxus, remissus; q. remissus
S K U R R I E M A N , <9. A wandering fellow, Ayrs. utero, not distended in the belly, like a great [grit]
Y . SKUHYVAGE. or pregnant ewe. Isl. slakn-a, detumescere. V. CROK.
S K U R R O C K , SxuxtEocir, ,9. Cash ; a cant term. SLACK J A W , frivolous talk, trifling conversa-
Loth. tion, Aberd., Roxb. ; sometimes implying the
S K U T E , Sivoox, s. Sour or dead liquor, Aberd.; idea of indiscretion or rudeness. Y. JAW.
synon. Jute. JAW, sense 4. Perhaps the term might be more
Su.G. squaelt-a, liquida efftmdere; squaett, a small accurately defined, " loose, idle, or petulant
quantity of any liquor; Wideg. talk/ .
T o S K U T E , SCUIT, v. n. T o walk awkwardly S L A C K I E , s. A kind of sling. This term is
in consequence of, having "flat soles, and thus still used by school-boys, Loth., Fife, or has
the feet turned considerably out, Roxb. ; the only of late fallen into disuse.
same with Schute, Sklute, more generally used. It occurs in the ludicrous account which Rabelais
Isl. skut-a prominere; or Su.G. skint-a trudere. gives of the shepherds of Gargantua assaulting the
T o S L A B , SLAB up, v. a. T o sup g r e e d i l y a n d cake-bakers of Lerne.
ungracefully, Banffk " The other shepherds and shepherdesses hearing
Lang may ye blaw the reamin ale—• the lamentable shout of Forgier, came with their
While I slab up. my barefit kail. slings and slackies following them, and throwing
Taylor s Scots Poems, p. 173. great stones at them as thick as if it had been haile."
Teut. slabb-en lambere; sorb ere et devorare. Urquhart's Rabelais, p. 117-
SLABBER, A slovenly fellow, Dumfr.} Add; The word used in the original is.brassieres. Ac-
O.E. <c SldbbardTardus. Morosus." Prompt. cording to Cotgr. brassier signifies both a sling, and
Parv. Thus it has been used also to denote that re- a short cudgel. Urquhart, probably 011 this autho-
rity, elsewhere explains his own term, but impro-
luctance which indicates moroseness of temper.
perly, it would seem, as denoting a short cudgel.
SLABBERGAUCIE, A slovenly drivelling
" He—found by true information, that his men
fellow, Banffs.
had taken violently some cakes from Picrocholes peo-
. Perhaps from Teut. slabber-en to slabber, and gheus
ple, and that Marquets head was broken with a
a beggar, a mean fellow.' Or it miglit be viewed as slackie or short cudgel." Rabelais, p. 144.
an Isl. compound, from slafr-a nugari, and gas an- Tribard is the word used by Rabelais, i. 32.
ser, q. <c a foolish goose." " Stackiest] I know not what slacky means; I
* S L A C K , adj. 1. Slow, S.B.] Insert, as sense suppose it maybe a Scotch word for something like
3. Not employed, or having little to do, S. a sling; for that's what Rabelais means by the word
SLACK, E x p l . / ' a h o l l o w / Ettr. For.; brassier:' Ozell, N. B. I. c. 25.
nearly, I suppose, in the same sense with SLAK, The slackie, it is believed, is that kind of sling*
sense 2. which is made of an elastic rod, or piece of wood,
To SLACK the fire, to cover it up with dross; split at one end, for receiving the stone.
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The word may be allied to Teut. slack-en laxare, If not a peculiar use of Teut. sla-cn percutere, q,
Kberare. The synon. term in Belg. is applied to shoot- to beat down, allied perhaps to Isl. sliof-ga
hebetare;
ing ; Entten koegel shaken, to shoot a bullet; Sewel. Su.G. Dan. slov-er, " to blunt or dull a t i l i n g S u . G .
The author of that very ancient and singular work, slioe dull. The latter is used concerning grain that
the Speculum Regale, supposed to have been written is unproductive; sloe soed, fr urn en turn cui paruni
in the twelfth century, describes two kinds of slings bonae frugis inest.
as used in his time; the one denominated stafslaung, S L A I D , BLADE, ,9. An indolent person, one
or the staff-sling, the other handslaung, i. e. the hand- given to procrastination, Upp. Lanarks.
ding. It is scarcely necessary to observe, that the Isl. sladd-a, squalide grassari; slot-a, remittere,
former was a sling affixed to a rod. It is the same slot, remissio, relaxation. V. SLAIT.
weapon that Vegetius calls Fustibalus, (De Re Milit. SLAID, adj. Slovenly and dirty 5 ibid. V. SLAIT, adj.
in. 14) a sling affixed to a staff four feet long. The T o S L A I G E R , v. 77. T o waddle in the mud,
sluckic may perhaps be viewed as retaining some re- S.] Add;— Roxb.
semblance of this. Teut. sleggcrigh, udus, madidus; Isl. slagi, hiuui-
S L A D G E , s. A sloven, one who abuses his clitas.
clothes with mire or dirt, in working or walk- 2. T o walk slowly ; used contemptuously, Ettr.
ing. It is also expl. in a more restricted man- For.
lier, " a dirty coarse woman," Upp. Clydes., S. A . To SLAIGER, V. a. 1. To besmear with mud,
Teut. sladde, slets, sletse, slodde, are used in the Upp. Clydes.
same sense, as applicable to a woman : Sordida et 2. T o beslabber, ibid.
inculta mulier, ambubaia ; Kilian. Isl. sladde, vir SLAIGEH, S. 1. T h e act of bedaubing, Lanarks.
habitu ac moribus madidis; G. Andr. p. 216. This 2. A quantity of some soft substance, such espe-
resembles the S. phrase applied to one given to drun- cially as excites disgust; as, 4i" a slaiger o1 dirt,"
kenness, a wat lad. " a slaiger o caukl parritch," ibid.
T o S L A D G E , v . 7i. 1. T o go with a lounging gait SLAIGERER, One who bedaubs, ibid.
through every puddle that comes in the way, SLAIGEHIN*5, A bedaubing, ibid.
S.A. T o S L A I G E R , v. a. T o take meat in a slow
2. T o work in so slovenly a way as to bedaub and careless way; generally said of dogs, Ettr,
one's self with mire, ibid. For. V . SLAG up, v.
S L A E , SLA, 5. T h e sloe, S . ] Add; T o S L A I K , SLAKE, 7'. a. 1. T o c a r r y o f f a n d
Lancash. slaigli, sleawgh} ec the black thorn berry eat any thing clandestinely, S.] Insert, as sense
T. Bobbins.
2. T o lounge like a dog, and be content to feed,
SLAE-BLACK, adj. Black as a sloe; Tarras, Gl.
on offals, S.
Shirr.
—An' like a spaniel lick his. dishes,
SLAEIE, adj. Abounding with sloes, or sloe-
An' come an' gang just to his wishes.
bushes, Clydes. I ne'er as yet hae found a Patron,
T o S L A G , SLAGG, v. a. T o moisten, to be- For scorn be till't! I hate a' flatt'rin ;
smear, S.B, Besides, I never had an itch in'
An' bony lass/ says he, c yell gee's a kiss, To slake about a great man s kitchen,
An* I sail set ye right on, hit or miss." Tannahilis Poems, p. 106.
" A hit or miss I'll get, but help o' you, 3. T o bedaub, S.] Add;
Kiss ye slate stanes, that winna slagg your mou'." <c I wonder what ye would lia' said, if ye had seen
Ross's Hdenore, First Edit. p. 53. the minister's yetes, the day after they were painted,
In Edit, third, meet your mou'. slaked and blacket a' owre wi' dirt, by the laddies
Probably allied to Teut. slegghe, mador, tenuis frae the schule." Cottagers of Glenburnie, p. 182.
pluvia; Isl. slagi humiditas ; whence slagn-a mol- Then to follow,—
lescere, humescere; Haldorson. 4. T o kiss in a slabbering way, S.
T o SLAG, SLYAAG up, v. a. T o gobble up vo- SLAIK, SLAKE, S. 1. A small portion o f any-
raciously, Abercl. thing laid hold of clandestinely, S.
I hesitate whether we should not trace this v. to 2. A small quantity of anything rather in a fluid
Su.G. slek-a lambere, rather than to slagg-a corra- state, or that may be taken with a spoon, espe-
dere. cially what is palatable, as conserves, &c., S.
SLAG-DAY, " With Curlers,—a day on which In this sense it is nearly synon. with E. lick ; and
the ice is thawing Gall. Enc. like the v. claims affinity with Germ, schleek-en, to
SLAGGIE, adj. Soft; in a thawed state. The lick.
land, or ice after a thaw, is -said to be slaggie, ib. 3. A slight bedaubing, S.
O.E. a Slag or fowle wey. Lubricus. Limosus." tc That makes nae difference man,—the dress, the
Prompt, Parv. light, the confusion, and maybe a touch o' a blackit
SLAGGIE, s. A small portion of any soft sub- cork, or a slake o' paint," &c. Heart M. Loth. ii. 109-
stance, Kinross ; a dimin. from SLAG, id., q . v . 4. A small quantity of some soft substance, or of
T o S L A Y , v. a. T o pulverize too much by any unctuoiismatter applied to something else, S,
harrowing, and thus to render ground unfit for But now, alake! wi' time and toil,
vegetation ; Upp. Lanarks. - Hath frailty on me seiz'd ;
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Altho' wi' soupling slakes of oil,
Right aft my flank ye've greaz'cl.
Smith and Bellows, A. Scott's Poems, p. 145.
5. The act of bedaubing or besmearing, as with
butter, &c.
6. A slabbering kiss, S.B.
— I maun kiss her, 'cause I was the woo'r
My father briskly loot me see the gate—
But frae my father mony a slaik she gat,
An' I, just like to spue, like blunty sat.
Moss's Helenore, First Edit. p. 80,
In Edit, third, changed to E. smack.
7. low, mean, sneaking fellow, R o x b .
l eut. slick, slock, lielluo, vorax, slick-en, $lock-tn,
vorare.
SLAIICER, s. O n e who b e d a u b s , S.
SLAIK, A stroke, a slap, Renfr., Ayrs.
" Ye ken 3 —ye struck him first wi' the stick, and
he giecl you but a gentle slaik wi's paw." Sir A.
Wylie, ii3J.
" Ye might lay yoursel out for a bit slaik o' its
paw." The Entail* ii. 148. V . SLAKE.
Teut. slagh, Su.G. slag, ictus; from slaeghen and
slaa, percutere.
S L A I N , SLANE, S. , A wooded cleugh or preci-
pice, R o x b .
Isl. slincl is expl., Latus planum in eorpore obi on go,
Verel. Ind.; and Germ. a7cwric'signifies hiatus terrae,
abyssus, chasma.
S L A I N G E , s. One who clandestinely carries off
any thing that seems palatable ; S el kirks. " a
slaiking creature," synon.
This seems radically the same with Stecngc, and
Slinge, v.
S L A I P I E , SLAPIE, S. A mean fellow, a plate-
licker, R o x b .
Isl. siaj)-r, homuncio sordid us. It is perhaps ori-
ginally the same with SLAUPIE, q. v.
S L A I R G , SLAIRK, S. A quantity of any sub-
stance in a semi-consistent state ; as, a slerg d
jmrritch, a large spoonful of porridge, S . ; q.
as much as one can swallow.
Dan. shirk, " a sup." This word sup seems to cor-
respond with our soup.
T o S L A I R G , . v. a. T o bedaub.
ff Slairg, slerg, to bedaub / ' Gl. Sibb.
—Brodie soon slairg d his beard
Wi' bra' creeshie platefu's of gravy.
A. IVilsou's Poems 1816, p. 17,
SLAIRG, S L A I R K , S. V . SLERG.
SLAIRGIE, S L A I I G I E , adj. Unctuous, adhesive, S. nearly resembles Isl. slod, the track of wild beasts in
'f Sla igie stuff, matter of a gluey nature/' Gall. Encl. snow, vestigia ferarum in nive, (Seren.); whereas
T o SLAIRY,SLAIIY, V. a. T o bedaub, S . ] Add; our siait has greater likeness to A.S. slaeting, id. V.
W e must view7* as nearly allied to this, O.E. cc Slor
or soor [sloor or cley," i. e. clay. " Cenum. Li- S L A I T , adj. Slovenly and dirty, R o x b .
iiius.—Slon/ed. Cenosus. Cenolentus. Lutulentus."
Prompt. Par v.
S L A I R T , s. A silly dastardly fellow; a term S E A T W O R M , s, T h e slow-worm, or
used by the fishers of Buekhaven, synon. with
Coof, Cafe.
Isl, sliar hebes ; or slor sordes, also ignavia.
T o SLAIKT, v. a. T o outdo, to outstrip, ibid.
T o S L A I S T E R , v. n. T o do any thing in an
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awkward and dirty way.] Add;
" Yell be for your breakfast, I'se warrant ? liae
there's a soup parridge for you—it will set ye bet-
ter to be sla isle ring at them and the lapper-miik than
middling wi' Mr. Level's head." Antiquary, i. 229'
2. T o work in any thing moist or unctuous, S . ]
Add, as sense
S. T o move clumsily through a miry road, S.
a There was he wading up to the kutes in glaur,
sinisterm' through the deepest part of the road."
SLAISTER, s. 1. A heterogeneous composition,
&c\] Add;
<e The wine !—if ever we were to get good o't, it
-was by taking it naked, and no wf voiu* sugar and
your slaisters—I wish for ane, I had ne'er kend the
sour smack o't." St. Ronan, iii. 155.
2. T h e act of bedaubing, S.
" A r e ye at the painting trade yet ?' said Meg; ' an
unco slaister ye used to make with it lang syne." St.
Ronan, i. 41.
3. A dirty slut, Ettr. For.
SLAISTER Y, SLAISTRY, adj. 1 . ' A p p l i e d to what
is unctuous or defiling; as, " That'sslaistry wark
y e Y e a t / 1 S.
2. T h e weather is said'to be slaistry, when one is
exposed to a good deal of rain, or has one^s dress
soiled by the miryness of the roads, S.
SLAISTERY, S. 1." Dirty work, S.
2. T h e offal's of a kitchen, including the mixed re-
fuse of solids and fluids, S.
<<R O I we're just used to it/ said Mrs. MacClarty,
and we never mind it. We cou'dna be fash'd to
gang sae far wi' a' the slaistery." Glenburnie. p. 149-
SLAISTEII-KYTE, S. A foul feeder, a gormandizer,
- a belly god, Teviotdale. Y. SLAISTER, r., and
KYTE, the belly.
SLAISTEIIS, S. A slovenly person, q. one who be-
daubs himself, R o x b .
T o S L A I T , t>. a. 4. T o wipe.] Add;
1 suspect that this, as used in the passage quoted ,
should rather be rendered, to whet. He daiicJ his
sword on the strae, i. e. he drew it once and a^ahi
across the straw, with the intention of ghing it a
keen edge, before using it ; from Su.G. .w'Vv.w.'to
smooth, to remove inequalities. Slite is used in this
sense in Lanarks. and also in Loth.
S L A I T , s.. T h e track of cattle among standing
corn, Ettr. For..
This might seem to indicate a common source with
E. slot, ce the track of a deer." But the E. word more
SLEUTH-HUND.
Su.G. slael, rudis, inartificiosus ; Tent, slodde, sor-
dida et inculta mulier ; Kiiian.
blind,.
worm, Galloway.
Tho' slai/ironus and adders be coiled by thy rills,
The brooks of the Mi-mock, and the inks of the Crec ;
Will still in remembrance be hallowed by me.
Ayr and IVigion Courier, 22d Mar. 1S2I,
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A.S. shm-nnjrm, id. It seems to have its name from
slaw tardus, piger, because of the slowness of its mo-
tion ; although the/ occasional orthography is sloe-
worm. Fris. slceuw is slow; Teut. slee, blunt, stupid,
S L A K , SLACK, SLAKE, ,S\ 1. A n o p e n i n g in t h e
higher part of a hill.] Add ;
4. A morass, Liddesdale.
Between the farm-house and the hill pasture was
a deep morass, termed in that country a slackJ' Guy
Mannering, ii. 49.
T o S L A K E , v. n. T o carry off clandestinely.
SLAIK, V.
T o S L A K E , v. a. T o bedaub. Y . SLAIK.
SLAKE, S. A slight b e d a u b i n g . V. SLAIK, S.
SLAMMACH, SLAWMACH, ( g u t t . ) , s . A l a r g e q u a n -
tity of soft food, swallowed hastily and in a slo-
venly manner, Mearns. V. SLAMMACH, V.
SLAMMACHS,pi T h e gossamer, Aberd.
Shall we trace this to Ir. and Gael, slamhagan locks
of wool or hair; as, the fine threads of the gossa-
mer, and its waving, might be supposed to resemble
the floating of beautiful locks ?
S L A M P , adj. Pliant, flexible, supple, Moray.
" The elf-bull is small—short in the legs; long,
round, and slump in the body, like a wild animal/'
Northern Antiq. p. 405.
Germ, schlumpich signifies loose, and Dan. slump, ne-
gligent. But neither seems allied. Perhaps from Su.G.
slapp lax us, remiss us, with the insertion of m.
S L A N E I N T H E S E L F , carrying in it the
proof of its own invalidity.,
f " Gif ony tenent clamis a sett o f landis to joise
peiceablie for certane termis, of Lord or Lady, and
thay termis be run and fulfillit, and healledgis na im-
pediment within the saidis termis maid, it is siane in
the self; for quhy, gif ony lauchfull distribulance had
bene maid to the tenent within his termis, the tenent
audit—to have tane lauchfull witness is, and to have
kend the par tie befoir ane judge—within fortie dayis.--
efter that he was. distribulat, and then tane ane in-
strument and uther sufficient witnessis; that beand
done, that he mieht protest to re-enter to his tak of
new agane; for his naikit say is not aneuch in that
matter." Balfour's Pract. p, £08.
This phrase, which I have met with no where else,
would seem to be formed in resemblaneeof the Lat.one,
Feb de se; q. " the very complaint destroys itself."
S L A N I C , adj. Thin, lank, Fife.
Isl. slak-r remissus, whence siacida, longurio; slani,
longurio imbecillis. Junius however, vo. Lank, E.
gives Belg. slanck as synon. with lank; and Su.G.
slankig signifies laxus, remissus, which Ihre deduces
from slinka vacillare, pendulum esse.
S L A P , s. 1. A gap, or narrow pass, See.] Add ;
Look up to Pentland's tow ring tops,
Buried beneath great wreaths of snaw,
O'er ilka cleugh, ilk scar and slap,
As high as ony Roman wa\
Herd's Coll ii. 227-
" Slap, a gap In a fence: Milking-slup, the place
where cows are m i l k e d G a l l . Enc.
The water of JLynehath its spring near the Cald-
stane slap, at the foot of Easter Cairnihill, and run-
m
neth large ten miles through the parishes of Lintoun,
S L A
New lands, and L j u e / ' Pennecuik's Descr. Tweedd.
Ed. 3 81.3, p. 141.
" Cauldstane slap, or rather slack, is a much fre-
quented pass, through which the periodical droves of
black cattle are transported into England." Com-
pan. to Armstrong's Map of Tweeddale, p. 58.
S L A P P E I 1 , «<?. A n y large o b j e c t ; as a big sal-
mon, Itoxb. Q11 .if one that can give a powerful
slap or stroke ?
S L A P P I N , adj. A slapphi ehiely a tall fellow ;
synon. with Strapping, Moxb.
S L A H G I E , adj. Unctuous. V. under SLAIHG.
T o S L A S H , v. n. T o work in what is wet, or
flaccid ; Slashiri' azca\ working in this manner,
Lanarks. V. SLASIJY.
T o S L A T C I I , r. 1. T o dabble anion-
Ettr. F o r . ; a variety of S/adi.
2. T o move heavily, as i:i a deep road. Hence rlu-
phrase, a slaichin da.u, h e. a day when one has
to drag the legs through mire ; ibid.
This seems originally the same with SCL\TCH, a. ,7,
It is evidently allied to Su.G. ,da.s-/.; humor -mic-un-
que sordid 11s; s(<ixk-a. humorem sordidum ei r under c-
Thei slaskar, imbres cadunt ; Hire. Videg. reauL-rs
slask-a to dash witli water ; slu.vkt! > rtafen, ro .iibbh-
in water ; slaskigt raeder. rainy eather. ; si. ,\L-dr-.;.
Dan. slask-e, sqe.alide ;.»;ras ?are.
S L A T C H , SLOTCII, SLODGE, S. A sloven, a
slattern, Ettr. For.
Allied perhaps to the preceding v. But it seems
to have more-certain marks of affinity to Teut. .v.'
mtilier ignava; Isl. .vA;/-^remitters, demittere. -VA^v/-.-
is expb, Corpus rude, n w n a e mulis.
T o S I , A T E , r. a. To'let loose.] Add;
I know not if this ha.-, any connection with Isi
slacd-a, ineertus vagari; sh-ied-u upp. in\ esti^are.
S L A T E , s. A person who is slovenly, o;e. j Add •
1 wadna s^are Ids rumple bmu''••• ;
L'or cither him er me <ud hr..e't.:
The blether-lipped drunken ,.v/, /
Jo. Hogg's L':>i'ius\ p. 7 *,'. Si. Ail.
S I . A T E - i > A N iY, s. Schist us, Gaihmav.
Under this name he i n c l u d e s the proper sehis-
tus, the scJ-ie/er of the Germans, called by Kiu>\ish
miners .shiver, and in Galloway st(de-t'>and." A.»T.
Surv. Gall. p. 20, 21. The Scottish form would
Scl <ue-ban\
S L A U G I I T P O M E , a bar used in foriiiicaiion.
The first niglit we quartered at ::!)Uen;>U:\;\—
accessible onely by on-.' narrow causev whieli -diy
througli the mari>h to liie caste-1, whicii is v/eii Reu-
sed 011 both sides v. ith moated dra^vbridues, .-;iui
slaugld home; wilhoi.'t all.'' Mx)in\/« Kxp:eii. ;). 7.
Belg. slaiiuoum, a bar, a I;K 11 N.•:•;-•>(;->:.
S L A i J K I E ; a(lj. 1. Loose, llaccid.] laser:,
sense
Slimy, covered with shlcc, S.
In sense :>, as denoting slow, inactive, it is pro-
bably allied to Isl. slaeld. fcemina piger, slaekia. lon«
gurio, slaekin deses, ]>i^er, slackui desidia, s/ack-ia^
promi.ssis vestibus tardi incedere; Haldorson. C. 11
i/slac, slack, loose, and yslacdrnv, to loosen, acknow-
ledge a common, source.
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S L A U P I E , adj. Indolent and slovenly.] Add strengthening it at the place where the coulter
to etymon; is inserted, Lanarks.
C.B.yslabi, a manikin, a slattern ;yslebawg, gawky, " Sleeband, the muzzle of the plough
also a slattern. Gl. Surv. Moray.
S L A V E R M A G U L L I O N , s. A contemptuous The first syllable seems the same with Dan. slaa,
a bolt, Isl. slaa sublica, sen assula teres; Su.G, , *
term for a foolish lubberly fellow, Ayrs.
lamina ferrea aut lignea, quae vel rhedis5ssuppingitur,
Perhaps from E. slaver, or S. slabber, and Gullion,
vel alii s instruments ligneis inj' :turn subditur;
Ihre. The use of band, in addition, indicates that the
S L A W , adj. Slow, S.] Add; slee was used for strengthening.
O.E. " slarve in meuyng [moving.] Tardus. Pi- T o S L E E C H , v. n. T o coax, to cajole.
ger. Torpidus." Prompt. Par v. The silly frier behuifit to sleech
SLAWLIE, adv. Slowly, Clydes. For alrnous that he assis.
SLAWNESS, S. Slowness, ibid.
Hay Trix, Poms Sixteenth Cent. p. 193.
SLAWK, " A slimy plant, which grows
Germ, schleick-en reptare, sese insinuare. This
in burns and springs V1 Gall. Encycl. V.
Ihre with good reason views as allied to Su.G. slelc-a,
SLAKE.
slick-a, lambere; Isl. sleik-ia, whence sicker, homo
S L A W M I N , s. • Slabbering, Aberd. blandus, qui suis blanditiis alios captat, S. " a sleekii
Now Zephyr slee blaws frae the south, fallow," also slikiare, par;isitus, q. a plate-//c£e?v for
Wi' gales smooth as a butter ba' ; the E. v. to lick, and Su.G. slick-a, have a common
But wow ! he has a dreadfu' drouth, fountain. Dan. sledsk-er, to wheedle, to cajole; sleds*
Whilk siaw nun canna put awa\ ker, a wheedler. V . SLEEKIT.
Taylor s S. Poems, p. 99- SLEECH, Slime, S. -V. SLIK.
Teut. slemm-en grecari, pergrecari, Su.G. slemm-a, S L E E K , s. Snow and rain mixed, sleet, Fife.
id. Isl. slaemi the compotation on the morning after This nearly resembles Sax. slakke, Belg. slegge,
a wedding, G. Andr. Su.G. slazz, id. The root may perhaps be Su.G. slak
S L E , SLEE, S L E Y , adj. 1. Sly, S.] Add; flaccid, remiss, loose, q. denoting that state of the air
But little did her minny ken when it is neither properly frost nor thaw. By look-
What thir slee twa together were saying. ing into Wachter, I find this idea confirmed. For
Gaberlunyie Man, Herd's Coll ii. 49. Germ, schlack welter is defined, Tempestas remissa,
Auld birkies, innocently slee, et in pluviam soluta.
Wi* cap and stoup, Dr. Johns, besides giving a very odd definition of
Were een as blithe as blithe could be, E. sleet, seems to derive it from Dan. slel. Surely he
A' fit to loup. could not refer to slel plain, level, fiat. The Dan.
Maynes Siller Gun, p. 8Q. V. Si,E. term for sleet is slud ; " loose weather, rain and snow
T o SLEE awa, v. a. T o carry off any thing in together;" Wolff. This definition farther confirms
a crafty way; as, " What's cum o' the buke I the etymon given above; especially as sludderachtig,
gae you " " Tarn has sleed it aim frae me the derivative, is loose; Isl. sluk-na remittor, remis-
Banff's. V. SLY, V. sus fio; item, rigorem amitto et humefio; from slak-r
5; G. Andr. p. 217.
SLEELIE, adv. Slily, S.
SLEEKIE, adj. Of or belonging to sleet; as, a
SLEENESS, s. Slyness, S.
sleeky day, a day in which there falls a consider-
S L E D , A-SLED, adv. Aslant, Ettr. For.
able quantity of rain mixed with snow, Fife.
This is obviously the same with O.E. " Sleet or
T o S L E E K , v. a.
aslete. Oblique, aduerbium." Prompt. Parv. As
Seren. deduces Aslant and Sw. slant, id. from slint-a A' tramp their feckfu jerkin fu*,
to slide (lapsare), it is highly probable that is from To sleek aneath the bowster.
Tarras's Poems, p. 74.
A.S. aslid-an labi, asladlzbnt. Su.G. slaet, however,
" The bannocks are equally divided at parting,
signifies politus, smooth ; suggesting an idea nearly
when they place part of them beneath the pillow to
allied to that of slippery. V. SLYPE.
dream o n " N. ibid.
SLEDDER, One who drives goods on a sled,
Sleek, as thus used, may merely signify that they
or carriage without wheels.
are put in carefully, q. smoothed down under the bol-
" Haveing agriet with maissons, quarriouris, and ster. The term, however, may refer to some secrecy
sledderis, hes now compleit mor nor the halff of the in the operation; Su.G. slik-ariepere; clanculum abire,
said building.—Sir Vmphra—-hes stopped the cair- Teut. sleyck-en, id. Or it may respect the pressure
teris from leiding, and the maissouns from hewing," * the bolster, as conjoined with aneath. Isl,
&c. Acts Cha. II. Ed. 1814, VI. 482. slig-a, deprimere .
Sledderis is equivalent to cairteris, i. e. carters. S L E E K , SLIECK, A measure of fruits, or
T o S L E E , v. a. 1. To slee th* head, to slip the roots, he. containing forty pounds; as, a sleek
head out of the noose which confines cattle in of apples, onions, &c., S.
the stall, Lanarks. " Customs of the Burgh of Rutherglen. Each load
2 T o escape from a task, ibid. of fruit, 4d. Each slieck of fruit, Ure's Hist.
•Su.G. slaa, to slip. Rutherglen-, p. 45.
S L E E B A N D , s. A band of iron which goes S L E E K , , s. A term synon. with strath, used in
round the beam of a plough, for the purpose of regard to the measuring of grain, &c. It is
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usual to speak o f a sleek of the cap, or of the
fou, in contradistinction, to a heaped measure ;
die phrase signifying that the corn-measure, of
whatever size, is sleeked or smoothed with the
hand, in a guess-work sort of way, when the
person is riot disposed to take the trouble of
using the sireek, or straight piece of wood em-
ployed for more exact measurement, S . A .
This is probably a word left on the Border by the..
Danes; slick-er, slikk-er, Su.G. slick-a, slek-a, Isl.
sleik-ia, lambere, to lick. As all the other dialects
leave out the Gothic s, and slick-a and E. lick are thus
radically the same; perhaps the lick of good jvill, claim-
ed as a perquisite at rnilns, has some affinity to sleek.
S L E E K I E , adj. Fawning and deceitful, Iloxb.,
Dumfr., A b e r d . ; Sleekity synon.
" Sleeky Tam possesses both his own and his neigh-
bour's farm at this day." Perils of Man, ii. 314.
And gane he has with the sleeky auld carle,
Around the hill sae steep;
Until they came to the auld castle
Which hings owre Dee sae deep.
Remains of Niihsdale Song, p. 187-
S L J B E K I T , SLEKIT, adj.] Insert, as sense
1. Smooth and shining, as applied to the face or
skin, S . ; sleek, E .
S L E E K I T - G A B B I T , adj. Smooth-tongued, S.
And syne some sleekit-gabbit wife
Declares, she never liket strife,
For she was ay for a quiet life.
The Harst Rig, st. iii.
SLEEKITLY, adj. Artfully, in a cajoling man-
ner, S.
" When they saw that apen force wad do nae guid,
St. Patrick avised tae come about them sleeketly."
Saint Patrick, i. 76. #
SLEEKITNESS, S. Wheedling, fair appearance, S.
T o S L E E N G E , v. n. T h e same with Slounge, i*.
U p p . Lanarks.
. Isl. slensia socordia, ignavum otium ; slcns-a ig-
navo otio frui.
SLEENGER, S. A lounger, ibid.
* T o S L E E P , v. n. A top is said to sleep, when it
... . spins so smoothly as to appear motionless, Iloxb.
S L E E P - D R I N K , s. A soporific potion.
That sleep-drink of this Antichristian intoxicat-
ing toleration was then brewed in liell." Society
Contendings, p. 808.
SLEEPER, T h e Dunlin, a bird, Shell.
" Tringa A1 pin a, (Lin. Syst.) Sleeper, Dunlin.—-
This bird frequents the more rocky shores, and is
seen to be very busy feeding when the water begins
to fall. On other occasions it appears dull and heavy.*'
E dm on stone's Zetl. ii. 239-
Perhaps the last words point out the reason of the
name.
S L E E P E R S , s. pi T h e beams, resting on the
ground, which support thefirst floor of a h ouse, S.
When the floor is entirely of wood, the space be-
tween the sleepers upon which the boards are laid,
should be entirely filled with washed gravel well beat
down, an operation, which, when properly done, will
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effectually prevent the entrance of either rats or
mice." Agr. Surv. E. Loth. p. 40.
S L E E P Y - M A G G Y , s. A sort o f rude huin-
ming-top, Aberd.
S L E E T C H , s. " A kind of fat mud, taken from
shores to manure l a n d G a l l . E n c . V. SLAKE,
S L I K , a n d SLETCH.
S L E E T H , s. A sloven, a sluggard, A b e r d . ]
Be mute/ says Watt, f ye menseless tyke,
I canna thole to hear ye
' Ye sanna hinder me to speak,
Ye sleelh, I dimia fear ye.'
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 135.
Slieth, evidently the same word, is defined, per-
haps not quite accurately, an auk ward fellow, an
idiot;" Gl. Tarras.
Isl. slidr, hfebes, slidra torpor; sleiia torpor aniiiii.
S L E I T C H O C K , s. A flattering woman, Perths.]
Add;—V. SLEECH, V.
T o S L E I I K , v. a. T o lick up greedily and with
noise, Dumfr.
This is evidently allied to Dan. slurk-er, to sip, to
sup up, to swallow; and originally the same with
Slerg, v., although the latter is expl. es to bedaub."
S L E R P , s. A slovenly female, Fife.
Su.G. slarf, homo nauci, proprie pannis obsitus ;
slurfwig, iiicuriosiis, sordidus, slurfw-a, negligenter
negotium aliquod perficere.
S L E T C H , SLEECH, s. Slime, particularly that
in the beds of rivers, or on the border of the sea, S.
cc What number of acres may this plough manage,
and after what manner; sea-sletck, clay and lime,
being within a mile and a quarter of it ?" Maxwell's
Sel. Trans, p. 43, 44.
" They chuse to have mud with the sand, and this
they call sletch " Ibid. p. 125. V . SLIK, s.
SLEUG, 1. " A n ill behaved m a n ; " Gall. Enc.
2 / C£ One not good looking ibid.
I know not if allied to Gael, slug-am, to devour ;
Dan. slug, a glutton, sluglials, id.; or Su.G. slug, Isl.
slaegr, callidus, vafer.
T o S L E U T H , SLOTIT, v.ra. T o neglect.] Add;
" What shall we clo then ? Sloth our callings, &c.?
No, neither will we bid you clo that, therefore do not
reproach us. I do not bid you cast away your call-
ings, nor sloth them neither." Michael Brace's Lec-
tures, &c. p, 13.
T o SLEUTH, v. n. T o linger, to delay.] Add;
O.E. ec Slwthyn or sluggyn. Torpeo. Terrvesco.
[r. Torpesco. i ; j Prompt. Parv.
SLEUTil-llUNIX , a. A blood-hound.]
Insert, col. 3. after L 1 2 ;
We may add, as a synonyme, Laucash. slued, the-
path of care [Yarj wheels ;" T. Bobbins.
S i ^ E l j T I i U N , tV» A lazy good for nothing per-
son, U p p . CMydes. ; viewed as a corr. of Sleuth-
humK :i >a;\\ hound ; synon. Siughan, R o x b .
T o S L E W . v. a. iw T o loan [incline] anything
to a side, oil' iiie perpendicular Gail. Encycl.
SLEW-FIUE, A designation for lightning, S.A.
Fyir-flawcht, lightning; also termed slew-fire"
Leyden's Gl. Com pi. S. p. 337.
S L E W I T 9 part.pa. Having sleeres, q. sleevedk
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s: Ane lanct lows gowne of quhite champit chal- Pins, S. preens, are sometimes used in place of
millet [eainbiet] of silk with twa pasmentis of gold men. A lays down one pin, and B another. These
dennC' Inventories, A. 1578, p. 219. are pushed about the table or board, till one hap-
T o S L Y , r. fi. 1. T o g o or approach silently pens to cross the other, called riding; and he, in
and slily, Aberd. consequence of whose push or pop this takes place,
2. T o look in a sly manner; with the prep, at gains the stakes. This is most probably the game
added, ibid. denominated in the same manner by Strutt, also
T o SLY, v. a. T o place or remove slily, ibid. Shove-groat, and Slyp^groat, though differently play-
ed. V. Sports and Pastimes, p. 225, 226.
Slec, Banffs., q. v.
S L I D L I N G , adv. Secretly.
Dr. Johns, and Mr. Todd, in giving the etymon
Ten pundis slidling furtli lie tuike,
of the E. adj. Sly, both refer not only to Isl. slaeg-r
versutus, but to A.S. slilh slippery, and metapho- And knit it in a neapkin nuike.
rically deceitful. But I cannot see that Sly has any Legend Bp. St. Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 354*
connexion with the A.S. term. For although the lat- An err at. either for sidling, or for hidling.
ter is used as signifying lubricus, ver»atilis, there is S L I E C K , s. A measure of fruits or roots. V.
SLEEK.
no evidence that it ever occurs in the >ense of deceit-
ful. it i.-' a strong objection to the affinity of the SLIETII-LIKE, adj. Expl. " idiot-like, sottish,*'
I A. ami A.S. words, that in the kindred languages, Buchan.
the* appear in forms (juite different. Su.G. slaet Some sumph gets Up, scull proud o' pence,
is : politus ; dug callidus, vafer. Isl. Aii' slieth-like bids me couch.
xud-r p:;r.ms ; slae^-r vafer. Dan. slet, plain; slue, Tarras's Poems, p. Ip. V. SLEETH,
e r a v . Tla secondary sense of the terms, primarily S L l E V E - F I S H , s. T h e cuttle-fish, Frith o f
signifying plain or smooth, is directly the reverse of Forth.
<e 1 have found these crabs, we call Keavies, eat-
si•. vi.V I-JU.G. stact, laevis, also signifies simplex.
Hence the phrase, Slaett och raetl simplex et planum. ing the Slieve-fish greedily." Sibb. Fife, p. 140.
Tent. tS7:.cltf is not only rendered planus, but sim- S L I G G Y , adj. Loquacious* R o x b .
plex. nay. mcallidus, lion astutus, Kilian; the very But soon the serpent's sliggy tongue*
reverse of sly. The only oblique senses given of A.S. Tun'd by infernal wile,
si it st-em ai&o to exclude the idea of craft. Placidus, Did blast primaeval pleasure young,
iTicili-:. CJ
' C. The orthography of Wiclif, tlygh, and When he did Eve beguile.
o*" Chaucer in th.e adv. slcitfdy, nearly approaches to A. Scott's Poems, p. S3.
t!^ IshK-m. Sliggy may be allied to Isl. slik-ia polire, as we
S I A illnld adj. Slippery, Loth. 'say, ' He has a very pal isl tongue," S.; or to sleik-m
T! e or.iv foreign word which this resembles is lamb ere ; q. a sleek or glib tongue. But perhaps it is
Te::t. d;l>:>eriirti, id. This, again, seems evidently merely a variety of Sleekie, q. v.
derived from stib, also written slibher, limus, coe~ S L I G H T , adj. Worthless; as> Has a slicH
mm: raolliu- : as slipping is almost the unavoidable lad that, he is a person of a bad character. Y.
eonsecnieiice of setting the foot on slime. SLIGHT, adj.
S L I B R I K I N , adj. A fondling term ; analo- S L Y I R E S , A c t s . J a . V L 1621, E d . 1814, p.
gous, perhaps, to E . sleek or glossy. 6 2 6 ; the same with Slyres, q. v.
And how do you do, my little wee Nan, S L I K , SLIKE, s. 1. S l i m e , m u d , ] Add;
My lamb and slibrikifi mouse? But Lancash. slutch, mud, (T. Bobb.) is more ob-
Herd's Coll. ii. 218. viously allied.
T c u:. / • U <:> (': 'ig/i, 1 u bricus. S L I M , adj. Naughty, worthless.] Add ;
T o S L I G H T "(gutt.), v. a. T o j i l t ; applied to For now when I mind me, I met Maggy Grim,—
a ma:f> conduct towards a female whom he has She was never ca'd chancy, but canny and slim3
courted, S. And sae it has fared with my spinning o't.
SLICHT. To gi<: one the slicJii; to jilt one, So Rosss Helenore, p. 134.
T o S L I D D E R , v. n. T o delay, to'defer with- S L I M M E R , adj. Delicate, easily hurt, Ayrs.
out any proper reason, as suggesting the idea " Being a gentlewoman both by blood and edu-
of an intention to give the slip entirely^ Mearns. cation, she's a very slimmer affair to handle in a d o -
Teut. slidder-en, serpere. ing of this kind." Ayrs. Legatees, p.
SLinDKiiY, adj. 1. Slippery, S.] Add; Germ. schIimmer sorry, paltry, wretched.
4. Uncertain, changeful; us d in a moral sense.
T o S L I N G , v. n. T o walk with a long step, S.]
There's a slidd'ry stone before the Hall door
Add;
[^rea; man's house," N . ] S. Prov. "A slippery stone
" Weel, I slings aye on wi' a gay lang step."
may ir.ake one fall; signifying the uncertainty of
Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 37-
<\»urc favour, and the promises of great mm." KeU
I\\ p. 3u5. T6 S L I N G E , v. m T o sneak, to slink away-*
Lanarks.
S L I D E - T H R I F T , & A game in whioh men
This might seem radically the same with the E. v,
are u^ed, a* at Draughts, and the victor is he
slink, A.S. slinc-an, Su.G. slinck-a clanculum et fur-
who is first off the board ; also called Shovel«
tim abire. It may, however, be more directly al«
, JToat and ShooUhe-board; Roxb. lied to Isl. sling.iir crafty, callidus, versutus, slinginn
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islunginn, id.; especially as one who sneaks away is 6 Heer ' = 1
generally viewed as using artful means for taking 4 Slips = 1
himself off, and the act is often an indication of craft. Gray's Introd. to Arithrn. 1797, p. 12.
T o S L 1 N G E R , v. n. T o move unequally, to This sense, I find, Mr. Todd has from Bar-
rets Alvearie.
reel, to be in danger o f being overset, Aberd.
As ships, that bear more sail than ballast, S L I P , s. 1. A n upper petticoat, Loth.
Slinger before the very smallest 2. A sort of loose frock, worn b y a child,
Unequal blast, so is he driven eially for protecting the more valuable parts o f
Jolting and jumbling up to heaven. dress, S.
Meslons Poems, p. 12 p. SLIP, A girl in her teens; as, " She's but a
Ban. slingr-er, <c to reel, to stagger, to totter, to mere slip of a girl,11 R o x b .
j o g g l e ; " Wolff. Belg. slhigher-en, to swing, to toss. A metaph. use of E. slip as denoting a shoot or twig.
Bet sckip slingerde hjstcr, the ship was tossed ex- S L Y P , SLYPE, S. A contemptuous designation,]
ceedingly, Sew el; apparently from stinger, a sling. Add ;
S L I N K , adj. Lank, slender, South of S.
Syne Francie Winsy steppit in,
" Where is the poney you rode to Glasgow' upon ?'
A sauchin siivery sh/pe. '
' I sell't it, sir. It was a slink beast, and wad hae
Christmas Baing, Skhmer's Misc. Poet p. 124.
eaten its head aff standing at Luckie Flyter's at li-
A coarse fellow," GL
very." Bob Roy, ii. 805.
M'Taggart gives, as in many other instances, a sin-
S L I N K , s . 1. T h e flesh of an animal, &c.] Add; gular definition of this term ; " Slype, a fellow who
Perhaps more strictly slink denotes that sort of runs much after the female creation, yet has not the
Veal that has never been calved. boldness, though the willingness, to seduce any of
8. A tall limber person, generally preceded by them/'
the adj. Lang, and expressive o f contempt; as, Isl. slap-r, sinpi, homuncio sordidus. Perhaps Teut.
" A ! ye lang slink? S. sleype gives the primary sense: Mulier segniter et tes-
4. Used metaph. to denote one who is a worthless tudineo gradu prorepens, tardigrava, ignava, Kilian;
character, S . ; borrowed from butchery. q. a female who creeps onward like a tortoise.."
— - Said Mrs. Heukbane, Pride will hae a fa'— S L I P - A I R N , s. A n oval ring which connects
he hasna settled his account wi' my gudeman, the the plough and the swingle-trees, Clydes.
deacon, for this twalmonth—he's but slink, I doubt." Teut. slippe, crena, incisura.
Antiquary, i. 319- T o S L Y P E , v. a. T o strip o f f ; as the feathery
S L I N K , s. 1. A greedy starveling, one that would part o f a quill, a twig from a tree, &c., R o x b .
slyly purloin, and devour every thing, Dumfr* " To Slype,to peel the skin off the flesh;" Gall. Enc.
f . A cheat. This is also A.Bor. " To slipe of, to strip off the
1 know not if it be exactly in this sense, or as de- skin or bark of any thing, North." Grose.
noting one that is worthless in a general sense, that Although the v. "is here defined as if it were active,
the term occurs in the following passage: I apprehend that it has a neuter sense, as applied to
O 1 tho' ye were an unco slink, the skin when it peels off of itself; and as allied to
I'm sad without ye. Isl. sic)-a, used to denote what is pendulous or hangs
Gall Encycl p. 3.08. down;—scilicet pendulum,—fila tenuia; slap-a flac-
Su.G. slinck-a, clanculum et furtim abire. Teut. cere, pendere.
jtlinck, sinister, Isl. sling-r callidus, Dan. slink, id. c± T o press gently downward; as, <c to slype a
Hence, leech,11 to make it part with the blood, R o x b .
T o SLINK one, v. a. T o gull, to deceive one, Fife, In this sense it would seem rather allied to Isl.
SuNKiN, Deceit, Fife. slip-a extenuare, slipp-r nudus.
Pm no sae foolish as aver,— S L Y P E , A-SLYPE, adv. Aslant. W h e n a sheep,
That they alike disposed are, or any other object, is marked b y a line being
To tiatt'rin and to drawn across it, the operator is said to come a-
A. Douglas's Poems, p. 78. slype over it, Ettr. For. A-sled is given as synon,
• Siinkin*, as a part, or adj. is expl. in GL " cheat* A-slype must be viewed as from the same source
ing, deceitful." This is nearly allied to the E. v. with E. aslope, id.; Sw. slaep-a, oblique et indirecte
from A.S. slink-an, to creep. . V. SLENK, ferri; Sercn.
S L I P , SLYP, s-. A kind of low draught carriage, T o S L I P E , v. n. T o move freely, as any weighty
&c.] Add; body which is dragged through a mire, Ettr. For.
This term is still used in Upp. Lanarks., and in Teut, slipp-en, Su.G. *%?-«Celabi.
Ettr. For., for a sort of box, without shafts, made of S L Y P E R , s. Szcord slyper, a cutler, one whose
bars, drawn by a horste, like a sledge, for carrying principal work was to whet swords.
peats or hay; pron. slype. " James M'Kie sword slyper. Acts Ja. VL 1685,
Belg. sleep-en, to draw in a sledge; sleeper, one
Ed. 1 8 1 4 , p. 3 9 4 .
who carries goods on a sledge.
Teut. slipp-en, aeuere, exterere aciem ferri,1
S L I P , s. A certain quantity of yarn, S.] Add;
gladium cote; Belg. slyper, a whetter.
" 1 2 0 Threads = 1 Cut;
2 Cuts s== 1 Heer; S L Y P E R , & One who appears to wish to ;
VOL. I I . 417 8 G
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away, from fear of detection, Lanarks.^ Slouper S L O A N , s. A covetous person; often, « a greedy
is used in a sense nearly connected, ibid. sloan? Berwicks. ; perhaps a variety of Slug.
SLYPEIL, One who is tawdry and slovenly han, or allied to T e u t . slond-en vorare, f r o m
in dress, Dumfr. V. SLYP, SLYPE, S. slonde fauces, vorago, abyssus.
L I P - O N , s. A great coat, which receives its de- S L O A P , A lazy, and at the same time a
nomination from the manner in which it is worn, tawdry, person; a term generally applied to a
being thrown over the shoulders loosely like a female; Stirlings. V. SLAUPIE, which is radi-
cloak, W . Highlands. cally the same.
Hugh flung his shjp-on around him; for the S L O A T , s. A voracious fellow, one who swal-
•' ' of the Isles and West Highlands wear lows every thing that comes in his way, R o x b .
exactly in the good easy way SLOAT I C H , SLOTCH, S. A n idle lazy sloven;
land, the sleeves dangling over generally applied to males, R o x b . , Ettr. F o r .
i. 173. fo T ~
; E. to Slip on. Y. Todd's

S L I P P A R , adj^ Slippery ; usee ^ ^

signifying deceitful. T 0 SLOATCH, V. N. T o go about in a lazy and
Say weill is sUppar, and makes mony a wyles; slovenly manner, ibid.
D o weill is seemely,, without any gyles. x h e

Su.G. Cent 195- to Dan. ^ S t u p i d , Isthe ongin o f ^ c A . But the

dipper lubricus.
S L I P P E RIY, adj. 2. Sleepy, S.] Add;
"A erie bodie, be he pastor, be he anie of the
people, he knowes not there is a diuell, a tempter.—
Of all sorts of men in the world a "
loses both
es. p. 126.
SLYPPIES, pi. Roasted pease, eaten with
butter, Roxb.; most probably a cant term.
* S L I P S H O D , adj. Having shoes on the feet, but
no stockings, Ettr. For.
S L Y R E L A N D , s. Undoubtedly the same with
Slyre, a species of lawn, q. slyre-lawn.
« Slyrelund, ilk hundreth ells, three ounces." Acts
Cha. II. Ed. 1814, VII. 254.
genuine synonymes of the E. word are Su.G. sloh,
| s l . slae]Jth i g 4 v u s , homo nihili; Su.G. sM-a, va-
, r;ivi , otiose
gari, otiose errare.
errare. The The same
same v.,
t,., Ihre
Ihre rremarks, by
t h e inse rtion of n, assumes the form of
T eut. s l a c k > & C v a w o r d f o u n d
both in the Goth,
Celt, languages. Our term seems rather to have the
6 a m e origin with Slatch, s.
To S L O C H over feutt.), p. a. T o do any thing
carelessly, Fife. Synon. Sloth, Sleuth.
This may be allied to the O.E. v. » Slugeyn. De-
sideo. Torpeo. Pigritor." Prompt. Parv
S L O C H A N ( g u t t ) , s. A lubberly sort of fel-
low, R o x b . V. SLUGHAN.
SLOCHER, " A person careless in dress, par-

T LamrkT E LoTh fl ' / S L V ^ sel^f 1 ^ the Gall. Enc.

To S L I T E , SX.YTE, v. a. T o rip up any thing that 0 K T" ° ^lffUaVUS' M " p e n d u l u m esse<
is sewed, Roxb.; a slight variety fromE. to Slit. SLOCK, Used to denote drink, Buch;
SLYTE, S. "" The act of ripping up, ibid." " Was't wine, the ,slock o' feckless Pights ?
* S L I V E R , s. " Sliver, in Scotland, still de- Tarras's Poems, p. 135.
notes a slice cut off; as, He took a large sliver 1 was clankit at your ingle
of the b e e f J o h n s . It is very commonly used, Whare heady dock's,
Berwicks. " Ibid. p. 26.
Tyrwhitt expl. it, as used by Chaucer, " a small slice i- e. where there is intoxicating drink,
or piece." In E. it signifies " a branch torn off." S L O D G E , s. A sloven. V. SLOTCH CH.
O.E. " Shjuyn or ryuyn asunder. Findo. Shtyungc SL LOOGGAA NN , 1 1.
, ,9. . The war-cry, or gathe
cutting away. Auulsio. Abscisio." Prompt.'Parv. of a clan.] Add;—South of S.
m A.S. slif-an findere. « The Mackenzies have for their slughorn, TuU
S L I V E R Y , a r / / . Slavering, Buchan. V. SAUCHIN. hch Ard, which is the
S L O A N , A rallying or scolding match, Roxb. meet; and the name of Hume have for thelr
" If she disliked what the sailor calls the cut of ( o r slogan> a s o u r Southern shires term it)
~ - - - - - j p - 9 7 -

their accommodations! n S n e ^ s o ^ l ^ M S t o g i v e Jdd> sense

them what in her country is called Lloan." St. Ro- 2, A kind of by-na
i. 28. dividual,used to distinguish him from .
I to be corr. from Slogan, q. v. There are, the same name, Fife ; pron. sliigon.
I hesitate whether this word may not have some
allied: Teut. slon-en, sleun-en to prune, which might, affinity with Ir. Gael, sludhacli (pron. sluach) dndh-
like Snib, be used metaph. to denote reprehension ; acan, a horn, as the instrument that might be used
Belg. slons, a slut, a slattern ; Su.G. slum, a trull; for assembling a tribe; especially as it
Isl. slune, the designation given to a servant, from - - - - - - - - ..
sla, to strike.
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f - The Bishop of Toulouse instantly recognised the
umpets of the Count de Montfort; for in those days,
s it is said, every one of high distinction had a blast
sounded peculiar to themselves [himself],
which was well known to hearers even at a re-
ance." Maturing Albigenses, iii. 109-
This etymon receives confirmation by what Bar-
bour has narrated.
The king then blew his horn in by ;
And gert the men, that wer him by,
Hald thaim still, and all priwe;
And syne agayn his horn blew he.
James off Dowglas herd him blaw,
And at the last alsone gan knaw;
And said; " Sothly yon is the king:
^ I knam lang quhill syne his hlawyng?
The thrid tyme thar with all he blew,
And then Schyr Robert Boid it knew ;
And said; " Yone is the king but dreid;
" Go we furth till him bettir speid."
The Bruce, B. iii. v. 724, &c. Ed. 1820.
T o S L O G G E R , z\ n. T o sup, or swallow food
taken with a spoon, in a dirty and voracious
manner, Fife.
Sicambr. sloeke gula, slockengh gulosus; Isl. slok-a
dfegiuCire, slokari lurco; Dan. slug-er, to eat greedily,
S L O G G E I l , <?. One who is slovenly and dirty,
particularly in the under garments ; frequently
applied to a person who has his stockings hang-
ing down about his ancles, U p p . Clydes.
Sw. slugger, homo sordidus et negligens, sluggig
sordidus; Seren. Hence
T o SLOGGER, V. N. T o g o about in a slovenly
way, ibid.
SLOGGERIX, part. adj. Slovenly, as above de-
scribed; as, " a shggerin hash," Clydes., R o x b .
S L O G I E , s. A loose bed-gown, hanging down
as far as to the knees, Selkirks.
I f we suppose that it has been denominated from
the looseness of its form, the term may be allied to
Isl. slag-a vagum ferri, sia k-r remissus, or Su.G. slok-a
pendulum esse.
S L O G Y R I D D L E , a very wide riddle, such as
is used for riddling onions, potatoes, or any large
kind of produce; sometimes simply called Slo-
gy; Roxb.
« Then there's the gos-hawk, and the slogy riddle,
and the tyrant an' his lang neb." Brownie of Bods-
beck, i. 143.
Perhaps allied to Germ, schlacke dross, as used for
throwing out the refuse; Su.G. slagg, scoria, E. slag.
Isl. slog, however, denotes the intestines of fishes."
S L O I T , s. A lazy, stupid, and dirty fellow, a
sloven, Renfrews.; synon. Sluiter.
Isl. slotl-r corpus rude,magnaemolis. V.SLUT-E,^
T o " S L O I T A W A \ v. n. T o pass on in a care-
Allied to Isl. *slot-a remittere, or slodr-a aegre iter S L O P E D G A W , an open drain, Renfr. • V.
emetiri. Teut. slodde, sordida et inculta mulier,
whence E. slut, evidently claims a common origin.
T o S L O I T E R , v. n. T o b e engaged in any
wet and dirty kind of w k : 16 A ' '
419
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creature,'' one who'takes pleasure in work of
this description; Lanarks.
Teut. slodder-en, flaccere, flaccescere,
slodder ho-
mo sordidus.
S L O I T E R , s. A sloven; applied either to mart
or woman, Lanarks. V. SLUITER.
T o S L O K I N , v. a. 1. T o quench, S.] Add;
4. Used in a juridical sense, as signifying to ex-
tinguish the claims of an opponent.
<c The persewar sould strenthen and fortifie his
cause and clame; the defendar sould extenuat, mak
less, or slokin and tak away the petitioim or com-
plaint of his adversar, with relevant exceptiounis."
Balfour's Pract. p. 411.
O.E. « Slokkyn," given as the same with « Slek-
k}m. Extinguo.—Slocheuynge or quencliinge. Ex*
tincio." Prompt. Parv.
S L O M I E , adj. Flaccid, blown up, Gall.
<f An ox is said to be sfomie, when it has on a false
appearance of fleshGall. Enc.
Gael, sliom sleek. But this is probably the same
with Sloomie.
SLOXK, SLONKING, s. " T h e noise our feet make
when sinking in a miry b o g ; also, when walk-
ing with shoes full of water Gall. Enc. V.
SLONK, V.
T o S L O O M , SLOUM, r . n. T o slumber, S.B.]
Add;
All' thus whiles slouming,whiles starting wf her fright,
She maks a shift to wear aw a' the night.
Boss's IIelenore, First Edit. p. 58.
Before A.B. slaum, Sic.—Insert ;
SLOOM, S. A slumber, an unsettled sleep, S.B.
T o S L O O M , v. n. 1. T o become powerless;
applied to the human body, Ettr. For.
<f Sclio—sett up sic ane yirlich skrighe that my
verie sennyns slooniyt and myne teeth chackyt in
myne heid!" Wiut Even. Tales, ii. 42.
2. T o become flaccid; applied to flowers and
plants touched by the frost, ibid.
3. T o waste or decay, Ettr. For.
It is only said of such plants as abound with sap
and become glutinous in rotting. " No other spot
over their wdiole pasture offered as much verdure at
this time as these seemingly shamed places." Re-
marks on Capt. Napier's Essay on Store-farming ;
Farmer's Magazine.
Isl. slum-a, vultum simul et animum dcmittere.
SLOOMIE, adj. L Relaxed, enfeebled ; used in
relation to animals, Ettr. For.
2. Damp, and in an incipient state of putrefac-
tion; applied to vegetables, ibid.
T o SLOOP doun, to descend in an oblique wav,
Roxb.
This is undoubtedly from the same origin with
E. slope; Sw. slop-a, oblique et indirecte ferri.
SLOOT, A sloven ; a low fellow, Dumfr.
V . SLOIT, and SLUTE.
GAW.
T o S L O R K , r. -n. T o walk with
wide or wet
shoes, as through snow in a state of, dissolu-
tion, Nithsdale.* It respects the sound made
 S h O S L O
of the regorging of S L O T , A 2, Slot of the i Add;
3. T h e hollow in the throat the
Allied perhaps to Isl. via slark-a, bone, Ettr. For.
er difficultates el
eluctari; or sliark-a, hebescere; 2. T o S L O T T E R , v. n. T o pass the time idly
remittere; Haldorson. or sluggishly.] Add to etymon ;
T o S L O R K , i'. w. T o make a disagreeable noise Isl. sloedr-a, aegre iter emetiri. Mr. Todd gives
in eating, to eat up in large mouthfuls, Ettr. to Slatter as an E. v., on the authority of Ray, who
F o r . ; Slorp synon. uses the phrase « a slatlering woman," in explain^
Isl. slurk-a deglutire; Dan. slurk-er to swallow.
T o S L O R P , v. a. T o swallow ungracefully.] T o S L O T T E R , v. n. T o make an ungraceful
% T o bungle^Etin For. Add to etymon ; ^ with the palate, in swallowing food, re-
" that of a duck gobbling ; to slabber
' Slorpe or make fowle, sordido, eleo;" H a - up, R o x b . , Berwicks. This word is also expl.
Y. also Higgins. to eat in a beastly manner, like a sow, Teviotd.
. O.Teut. shrpe signifies, vorago, gurges; and in- Shudder, synon.; also Slorp.
deed the mouth and throat, in the ungraceful O.E. " Sloicryng or done fowly [foully]. Deturpo."
to, in some degree resemble the Prompt. Parv. (i Stotter, nastiness. Exmore;" Grose.
and the sound of a whirlpool Corn. ^ Slotieree, rainy weather, foul and dirty;"
T o SLORP, V% n, To Slorp and Greet, to cry Pryce. Hence, he says, Slattern. V. SLUDDER, V.
bitterly, and so as to draw in the breath, and SLOTTER, ,9. T h e noise made in this operation, ib.
almost to swallow the tears as they fall, R o x b . S L O T T E R H O D G E , s. A nasty beastly fel-
Teut. slorp-en ligurire; q. ff to slabber up one's low, regardless o f his appearance, and taking
pleasure in feeding in a filthy way, R o x b .
SLOUP, s. 1. A sop, as much as one swallows at Hodge is the vulgar E. abbreviation of Roger, used
of f o o d which is taken with a spoon, as a cant term for a country booby. This indeed
Selkirks. old E. term. " Slotirbu<rge. Genu-
8. A spoonful taken hastily ungracefully in- " Prompt. Parv. Teut. dodder, ho-
to the mouth, R o x b . Isl. slocil-r, coi
S. A sloven, Ettr. F o r . ; perhaps originally ap- Su.G. sloedder, faex populi. "
plied to one who takes food in a dirtv way. SLOUAN,SLUAN,S. " A b b r e v . o f / !
There's gentle John, and Jock the slorp, blood-hound Gl. Sibb., R o x b . Y.
And skellied Jock, and bellied Jock, S L O U C H ( g u t t ) , s. A deep ravine or
And curly Jock, and burly Jock, Mearns. A . S . slog, locus concavus; I r . ,
And lying Jock himsel. G a e l sloe, a pit, a hollow.
Jacobite Relics, ii. 40. S L O U C H E D , part, pa, " DrenchedGall.
SLORPIE, adj. Slovenly, R o x b . V . SLORP, V. Enc. " Slouching, a w e t t i n g i b i d . vo. Slonk.
a n d SLEEP, S. Perhapss ;allied to E. sludge, mire, from A.S. slog,
SLOIIPING, adj. Tawdry.]^Add ; ^ vs Ir. slug-am, Su.G. sluk-am,
ingurgitare re, as the origin. V . SLOUGH, SLUGH.
* S L O>UGH,
UG (gutt.), A husk, S. ; A.Bor. I n
' :P ^Hogg's Scot. Pastorals, p. IT. the north of E . it is, however, pron. slujl\
T o S L O T , v. a. T o bolt, &c.] Add; S L O U G H , SLUGH, ( g u t t . ) ,
eater and drinker, LTpp. Clydes."
thare imaginatiouTcloStVp, shtit- and7eidnaUt thl Either from slough, a deep miry place, as swallow,
gamin yettis of our heretage—quhill the latter day ing up every thing, or from
of all." N. Winvet's Fourscoir Thre Questionis, Seren., as has been already <
Keith's Hist. App. p. 25p? V. the passage more from Xr. slug-am and Sw.sluk-a devorare, ingurgitare.
fully. VO. NEIDNAIL. And it would seem, indeed, that there had been an
" To slot a door, to shut it, Lincoln.;" Ray. original connexion of the two ideas; or that a miry
SLOT, S, 1. A bar, a b o l t , S . ] Add; place had received its designation from its tendency
a slot, girdle or bar." Wedderburn's to swallow up. For as Ir. and Gael, slug-am signi-
Vocab. 12. In a later Ed. $rindle is substituted fies to swallow, slugaid, apparently a derivative from
O.E. " Slot or shetil of speryng. Pes- it, is a slough, a deep miry place, and slugthan a
Prompt. Parv. " Slotte ofT£Z whirlpool. "According to the same analogy, Teut.
locquet;" Palsgr, B. iii.] slock signifies not only gula, fauces, but barathrum,
S. T h e cr
cross spars, &c.] Add; vorago, gurges. Isl. slok-r and Dan. slug denote a
This word is of pretty general use in S. glutton, from slot;-a and slug-cr to devour, t o eat
4. Slots in a cart are not only the long cross spars,
.as in a harrow, but also the short upright bars 2. A person of mean character, who would do any
which support the Shdments, and to which the thing for his own interest; pron. Slugh, D u m f r ,
boards, called the deeding, are nailed. T h e y S L G U M , s. T h e green scum that gathers o u
are distinguished from Rungs, as being square, . stagnant pools, R o x b .
whereas rungs are r o u n d ; Lanarks, t e u t sluyme cortex, siliqua,
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 S L o S L U
SL0UN,
the same tim
Upp. Clydes.;
o f pronouncing
hound. But V. S L O A N .
T o S L O U N , V. a. T o idle away one's time, ibid.
T o S L O U N G E , v. n. T o g o about in an indo-
lent way.] Add; Sleengc, id., Upp. Lanarks.
% T o hang the ears; to look sour, Ettr. For.
I am inclined to think that this term is immedi-
allied to Dan. slender, " to saunter, to loiter,
to go idling or trifling a b o u t W o l f f ;
slen torpor,
por, languor perhaps slangi
serpens, q. the slow, creeping of a snake.
W e may add Germ.
SLOUNGE, SLUNGE tyron. sloonge J,s. 1. " A greedy
thunge? a phrase applied to a dog, that goes
about hanging his ears, and prying into every
corner for food, R o x b .
A sneaking fellow, S.
" Now Finlay the slunge•hihad taken .
let on of the
the:messages, black .
Gael, ii. 75.
3. A skulking vagabond, R o x b .
4 A glutton ; as, " He's a great for his
guts," ibid.
In this sense it would seem allied to Dan. ,
to devour, to eat greedily, slughals a glutton.
5. A stupid dull-looking fellow, Ettr. For. V,
SLUNG, which is nearly synon.
SLOUNGER, S. One who is accustomed to g o about
in an indolent way, especially as a plate-ficker,
S. ¥. the v.
T o S L O U N G E , v. n. T o make a noise in fall-
ing, or being thrown, into water, Upp. Lanarks.
It differs from Slunk, which denotes the sound
made by a small body passing quickly into water.
As this term especially expresses the sound, it may
be allied to Germ, sehlund, vorago; Teut. slonde,
which primarily denotes the fauces, the upper part
of the throat, and secondly, a whirlpool, shnd-cn vo-
rare; or Germ, schling-en glutire, verschling-eti de-
glutire; as alluding to the noise made in swallowing.
SLOUNGE, S. 1. T h e sound made by a large heavy
body falling into water, expressive of the splash,
Clydes.
A great fall of rain; a slounge d meet, ibid.
Bind d meet, synon.
3 . T h e state of being completely drenched ; ap-
plied both to persons and things, ibid.
SLOUPE, A .stupid silly fellow, S . A . ] Add;
Probably the same with Slyp, Slype, Aberd., q. v,
S L O U P E R , s. A sloven, implying the idea of
Clydes.
' the same with Teut. sluyper insidiator
tacite, furtim proripere
S L O U S T E R , * . 1. Food ill prepared, Ettr, For.;
the same with Slaister, Slyster, q. v.
g. Also used to denote a sloven, ibid.
421
T o S L O U S T E R awa, v. n. T h e same with
Slaister, Fife.
S L O W A N , s. A sloven, R o x b . This seems
merely a secondary sense o f Slouan.
SLOWlTHUMES, A person who
slowly with work, Teviotd.
T o S L U B B E R , v. a. I. T o swallow any 1
hastily.] Add;
The v." was used in a similar sense in O.E. " I slub-
ber, I fyle a thyng, or beray it. Je barbouille. Fye
how you haye slid)bred your geare for one dayes wear-
yng/' Palsgr. F. 364, a. The mod. E. word is slabber.
Isl. slupr-a, mollia ingurgitare, Haldorson; Dan.
slubr-er to suck up.
SLUBBER, S. F o o d over-boiled, particularly that
of a flaccid nature, Upp. Clydes. .
S L U B B E R , SLOBBER, S. Half-twined, or ill-
twined woollen thread, Teviotdale.
Teut. slobber-en, laxum sive flaceidum esse.
S L U G , s. A loose wrapper, or upper covering,
worn for dirty work, either b y males or females,
Fife ; defined, u a short gown or wrapper worn
b y women.11 dupe synon. Upp. Clydes.
This is merely a variety of Stogie,"used in the
S L U G , SLUG-no AD, s. A road passing through a
narrow defile between two hills, Mearns.
For the origin, V. S L O U C H , S.
S L U G H , .v. A mean fellow. V. SLOUGH.
S L U G H A N (gutt), A lazy g o o d for nothing
person, Roxb. V. SLEUTHUN, synon.
As the latter is from . " ' " ;
more of another form of the word, i. e.J
S L U G H O R N E , SLOGAN, T h e watch-word
used by troops, &e.] Add ;
It may* be subjoined, that. A.S. sla, slug, is given
by Somner as signifying "Bellicum ; analarmeto^
a warning or signal to batth
pet, beating of a drumme, or such like." This :
be traced to slag-an, sle-an, to strike; as,
faeere signuni ictu. Teut. slaen de irompet,
tuba. V. SLOGAN.
S L U I P , SLYPE, s. A lazv, clumsy fellow; synon.
Slide, File.
Teut. sloef, lentus, ignavus, sordidus, squalidus ;
homo incilltus vestibus et moribus, homo nihili; Ki-
lian. Isl. sloepug-r squalidus; sliov-r, sliof, hebes.
S L U I S T , s. A large heavy person, Teviotd.
Su.G. sluskig, inelegans, may be allied; and Teut.
vcrslous-eii, ignavia et negligeatia deterere et detur-
pare.
S L U I T , SI.I;TE, (Wkv Caid, g o o d ) , s . 1. A term
denoiing a big, c!u:ns\\ indolent fellow; always
applied to a male; L'lie.
l l. A giuiton, Lanarl.N.
Isl. du!-a pi^mim-re. Harm let sluta hotlinn, ca-
pi tin in deiaisit ; .s iol-a remittere; slod-ra aegre iter
e?uetiri, r. u) nu»\e heavily along; Haldorson.
S L H 1 T K R , <v. A male sloven, corresponding
with Slat, applied to a female, R o x b .
As E. slut seems to be; from Teut. slodde sordhhi
et inculta mulier; this :
 S L U S SI" A
def, homo sordidus. This Ihre views as allied to Isl. slor, piscium sordes; Su.G. slurfv-a, negligent
Su.G. sloedder faex populi. This is probably an an- ter negotium aliquod perficere. Teut. slorigh sordi-
cient Belgic word, transmitted through 3 dus. Dan. slurk-er, to sip up, to swallow, assumes the
form of a frequentative.
T o S L U M M I S H , v. n. T o trifle away one's S L U S C H , s. A pool, pi ashy ground, &c.] Add;
time, Upp. Clydes. Dan. slash-er to paddle, to puddle.
This must be viewed as radically the same with SLUSHIE, adj. Abounding with snow in a state
sloom, S.B. to slumber; Teut. sluym-en dormitare. Isl. of liquefaction; as, " T h e streets are very
1 simul et animum demittere; Haldor- slushie" S. V . SLUSCH, SLUSH.
SLUSH, A person kept about farm-houses
S L U M P , s. By slump.] Insert, as sense to do all the dirty jobs, R o x b .
1., A large
large quantity of
< any thing, A b e r d . ; synon. Teut. slavelse is rendered, servula vilis et ignava ;
Kilian. But this seems father a secondary sense of
Slusc/i, Slush, q: v . ; a designation borrowed from the
S L U M P , 5. A marsh, a swamp, Berw.,Ettr. For.
character of the Work.
T o SLUMP, V. N. 1. T o sink in a mire, ibid.
<c This same day, nae farther gane, at ae step tip S L U S T , 5*. A sluggish person, S . A . Y . SLUIST,
ill theGait-eleugh, 1 slumpit in to the neck." Blackw. * S L U T , 5. This term in E . denotes a dirty wo-
Mag. Mar. 1828, p. 312. man, and is also used as a a word of slight con-
T o go down as a person through ice, or in a tempt'1 to a female. T h e sense is much stronger
bog where he breaks the surface, which before in S., as it denotes one of a worthless character,
carried hi in, R o x b . sometimes including not merely the want of
tc To slump, to slip, or fall plump down in any wet chastity, but of all moral integrity.
01* dirty place, North/' Grose. T o S L U T C H , v. n. T o move heavily, as in a
8 . To stick in the mire, Clydes. deep road, Fife. V . SLATCII, V.
SLUMP, S. A dull obtuse noise produced by an S L U T C H , s. A hanger on, a parasite, R o x b . ;
object falling into a hole, R o x b . apparently from the same origin with SLOATCH.
Germ, schlamme, a mire; sMump4eht, lutulentus. S ' L U T E , adj. Slovenly ; E . Sluttish.] Add to
The v., in its second sense, might seem allied to Isl. etymon;
slump-az, slemb-az, inopino jactu ferri. Or perhaps merely A.S. slewth, (whence E. sloth)
SLUM PIE, adj. Marshy, swamp v, ibid. which Mr. Tooke ingeniously considers as the 3d
S L U N E O C H (gutt.),s. " A person of a brutish pers. ittdic. of the A.S. v. slauw-ian. I11 O.E., however,
disposition, who would do all the harm he could, we meet with " Slut, cenosus." and " Sluity, cenu-
if he had the ability to project;" Gall. E n c . lentus." Prompt. Parv.
Isl. standi servus infidus, .v/Wr perfklia ; or slum;- S L U T E , 6*. A slow, lazy animal; applied both
inn, callidus, astutus. But V. SLUNG, below. to man and beast; Loth.
S L U N G , s. 1. A tall lank booby, Aberd. D e - S L U T H E R , s. A quagmire, S . A . '
fined by a north-country man, 66 a lang T o S L U T H E R , v. a. T o do work in a careless
[tume] haivrelly kind o1 a chiel/ 1 and hurried manner, S . A .
Also expl. a low fellow* Aberd. Teut. slodder, homo sordidus, negligens.
And Kate says, See, ye stupid slung, T o S L U T T E R , v. n. T o spill or slabber m
Fat way ye've fyld my curch. cooking or eating victuals, D u m f r . This
W. Bcatties Tales, p.33. merely a variety of SLUDDER, V.
Isl. slani longurio imbecillis ; slinni homo enervis, S L U T T J B R I N , part. pr. Making an interrupt-
nauci; Haldorson. Dan. sleng-cr to saunter, to loiter. ed kind of noise through the nostrils, when one
S L U N G E , s. A sneaking fellow. V. SLOUXCE. is half asleep, Perths. This seems nearly allied
S L U N K , s. A slough, a 'quagmire, Ettr. For. t o SLOTTEII, V.
V . SLONK. SMA 1 , adj. S m a l l ] Add, as sense
S L U N K , .9. T h e veal of a 'calf cut out o f the 2. Not grown up, in a state of childhood, S. •
mother, Teviotdale. Y. SLINK, S. " If I wouldna agree to it, they would be ruined)
S L U N K , s. A tall aukward fellow, Shetl. V . and they had sma families." Petticoat Tales, i. 2 1 0 .
S LUX KEN. " Sma Family, a family of young children Gall.
S L U N K E N , SLTJCKEs9part. adj. Having a Very Enc.
lank and empty appearance, like a horse after This conveys an idea directly the reverse o f what
a long journey on which it has not been duly would be suggestedby the phraseology, to the mind
fed, Teviotd. of a Southron. Were' this used in any afflictive case
This is merely the old Dan. word retained; Slun- as an argument for active sympathy, " Ha J" would
len, lank, scraggy. he most probably reply, " you say he has got only
S L U P E , ,9. A male sloven, Fife. V. SLUIP.
a small family. He is then the less to be pitied, as
he must be able the more easily to support them."
T o S L U R E , v. a. T o swallow ungracefully, But even where a family of children is numerous,
Mearns ; sy non. Slorp. it is said to be sma ; as "intimating that they are all
SLURICH (gutt.), s. Flaccid food, in swallowing so young as to be unable to do any thing for
which a noise is made by the throat, ibid,
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 g M A
S M A C K , ,9. A smart stroke, S>
Mr. Todd has given this as an additional sense of
Smack, signifying taste,—" a blow given with the
flat of the hand; a vulgar w o r d ; as, a smack on the
face." But he does not seem to have observed, that
it must be viewed as radically a different word; be-
ing the same with Teut. smacke collisio, concussus,
, plaga, &c. smacken, collidere, concutere, jac-
:um vi aut sonitu impingere, &c. Here we
have also the origin of Smack as signifying " a loud
kiss;" analogous to the v. smack-muylen, diductu la-
biorum solium edere ; also, basiare, affigere osculum.
The Teut. terms regarding taste are distinguished
by a different orthography; smaeck sapor, gustus;
It certainly was an imperfection in Dr. Johnson's
plan, that he classed almost all the terms, which
have the same orthography, under one head. Hence,
he here also gives smack, (£ a small ship/' referring
to A.S. snacca, and Isl. sneckra. The A.S. word and
Isl. sneckia (not sneckra), seem indeed to give the
primitive form of the word. But in Belg. it is
and in Germ, schmack and schmack-schiff ;
we have most probably borrowed our
S M A C L E , 5. A s much, R o x b . ; evidently corr.
from as micMc.
S M A 1 D R I N K . Nac snuC drink, not to be dis-
pised, no mean person; often used of one who
has a high estimation of himself, S.
— " Mungo Braidfoot, of Divot-ha, esquire, was,
as his mother used to boast, nae sma' drink. He was
proprietor of a considerable estate, wealthy, and in no
way given to needless expense." Glenfergus, iii. 327.
" So you see, cousin, we are nae sma' drink now
a days." Saxon and Gael, iii. 75.
« The very foremast-men have their silken scarfs.
I have seen many a lady wear a warse, and think
hers el nae sma3 drink:' The Pirate, ii. 97.
This evidently alludes to the low account made of
beer of the weakest description.
S M A - F A I R N S , $. pi T h e guts, South of S.
" I durstna grip him, for fear he had run his bit
spit through my sma fairns i the struggle, for it was
as sharp as a lance." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 43.
Corr. from A.S. Ihearm, or E. tharm, the intestines,
S M A I K , s. A silly mean fellow.] Add;
Isl. smavick, opella, little labour. Y. Smeik-r, pu-
sillanimis; Haldorson, p. 301.
S M A J K , adj. Contemptible, despicable.
<f Than * war the worcies, c Smaik carll, I sell lay
vpoun thi lyppis." Aberd. Reg. 1525, V. 15, p. 613.
S M A I K R I E , S\] Insert^ as sense
1. Pusillanimity, conduct characterizing a pol-
troon.
Smaikis had the wyte: I say the hous wes suir,
Had thav bene gratious with ane godlie quarel.—
Thair febill smaikrie I think ill to tell,
With luik lyke lyounes, and sa lytill done.
F y drukin dastartis! ye liaue schamit your sell.
That said sa weill, and syne gaue our sa sane.
Sege Edinb. Castel, Poems l Gth Cent. p. 293.
S M A I R - D O K E N , s. Common dock, S.B. V.
SMEAII-DOKEN.
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S M A
T o S M A I R G , v. a. T o bedaub. V SMEHC.
S M A L I E , SMALLY,adj. Little, p u n y . ] Add;
" On the swaird before the mansion, two smally
dry-haired ponies were feeding." Glenfergus, ii. 267.
* SMALL, adj. L o w in rank, inferior in station ;
contrasted with greit
" The quenis grace—hauand respect to the greit
and exhorbitant derth ryssin in this real me of vie-
tuallis,—and vnderstandand that the occasion!! thair-
of is because of the superfluous eheir vsit common-
lie in this real me alsweill amangis small as greit men,
&c. And gif ony vther small persoun or persounis
wakl presume to brek this present act, & c A c t s
Mary 1551, Ed. 1814, p. 488.
The phrase sma'jock is still used in the same sense.
S. V . SMALE FOLK.
S M A L L D R I N K , beer of the weakest quality, S.
— " Gif ony person, or personis,—sail commit the
fylthie sin of fornicatioun,—for the first fault, as-
weil the man, as the woman, sail pay the sowme of
fourtie pundis. Or than baith he, and scho salbe
imprisonit for the space of audit dayis, thair fude to
be breid and small drink3 & c . For the secund fault;
thair imprisonment salbe cloublit, thair fude to be
breid and watter allanerlie." Acts Ja. VI. 1567, Ed,
1814, p. 25.
Watter alancrlie, I need scarcely add, is opposed
to small drink, as being a higher degree of penance.
SM A L L I S , pi This is used as a plural noun.
In S mat lis, in small quantities; in smazes, S.
— " Off the custome and exsyiss, of the soume of
of four pundis vsual money of Scotland, of ilk tune
o f w y n to be topit, ventit, and sauld in smallis within
the said burgh." Acts Ja. VI. 1621, Ed. 1814, p. 669.
c( Ane propyne to my lord of Angus of ane pon-,
tioune of wyne; and amangis all vther in smallis ane
pontioune of wyne." Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.; i. e.
<f besides many small articles;" or perhaps, " wine
given in small quantities."
" Selling of his merchandis & gair in landwart in
sjnaUis, quhilk he promeist to sell to nychtbouris in
this toun in grytis," i. e. in wholesale. Ibid. V. 16.
T o S M A S H , v. a, L T o break to shivers.}
Add;
" The deil's i' his face an' his heart yet for that
black deed ed 1
! I've mickle " " hopes
" ' " be~hangit, or get
he'll
his! sina slid f o r t yet." 'Pennant's Card. Beaton,
" Here, Geordy, tak haud of this kist—and see
that ye dinna smash it amang the stanes, for it winna
be an easy matter graping alang the aukl pier in the
dark an' wi' sic a sea on." St. ""
8. T o beat severely, S.] Add;
(< Let our faes only come on, Pse smash haill do-
zens o' them.—Pse shake them, Pse pelt them," &c.
Card. Beaton, p. 119.
S M A S H I N G , adj. L a r g e ; as, <; a smasldtC
chield," a strapping fellow, Ettr. For. V,
SMASH, V.
S M A 1 S T I L L , s . A designation o f usquebaugh,
denoting that which is of a superior quality*
as distinguished from that which is the product
o f a large still, S .
 S M E S M fi
" Taste the whisky, Mr. Gordon—it is sma' still,
and will do harm to no man." Lights and Shadows,
p. 382.
S M A T C I I E T , SMATCHED, S. 1. A n appella-
tion given to a child, &c. Smatcher seems ori-
ginally the same.] Add ;
It generally implies that the child is mischievous
or ill-conditioned.
2. An opprobrious designation for a man, equi-
valent to Scurvy fellow.
Galloway with no mater meld him,
Except necessitie eompeld him;
, Taking the warld as God wald send it,
Having ane noble hart to spend it.
Bot ay the mair this swiatcher gettis,
The closser garris he keip the yettis.
Leg. Bp. Sh Androis, Poems 16th Cent. p. 340.
S MATT EH, s. A heap of small objects in mo-
» tion, Fife ; synon. Howdle.
T o S M A T T E R , v* a. 4, T o consume victuals,
&x\] Add;—Teut* smedder-en ligtirire, comes-
* To SMEAR, a. Used in a peculiar sense
in S., as denoting the application of a liniment
of tar and grease, some times of butter or palm-
oil, to the skins' of sheep, for defending them
from the cold in. winter.
The sheep are all smeared, or salved, at Martin-
mas with a mixture of tar and butter, S.
A.S. smer-an, Isl. smt/r-ia, illinire, ungere.
SMEAR, ,9. The mixture used in smearing*, S.
" Mr. Loch of Eachan observes, that a smear,
which shall, at once shoot the rain, kill vermin, and
defend the wool from the withering effect of wea-
ther, without discolouring it, seems to be, hitherto,
a desideratum in sheep-farming. He proposes a
smear composed of butter, train oil, and turpentine."
Agr. Surv. Peeb. p. 190.
SMEARY, s. 1. A sheep that has been smeared
or salved, Ettr. For.
£< How coud we turn our hand wi* our pickle hoggs
i' winter, if their bit foggage war a' riven up by the
auld raikin hyp alts ere ever a smeary's clute clatter-
ed on t ?" Brownie of Bodsbeck, i". 13C).
2 . Also explained, u a person all besmeared," ibid.
' SMEARING, The act of anointing sheep; S.
" S?nearing is judged farther necessary to keep
the, wool in better quality, and in greater quantity ;
as, also, for a defence against cold and wet." Agr.
Surv. Peeb. ibid*
SMEARIXG-IIOUSE, s. The hut in which sheep
are smeared, S.A.
" He entered the hovel, which seemed to be in-
tended for what is called, in the pastoral counties
of Scotland, a smcaring-houscWaverley, ii. 337.
SMEARIXG-STOOL, S. A stool with a spoked
• bottom, so as to admit the legs of sheep* to
keep them steady during the operation of
smearing, South, of S.
S M E A R - D O K E N , s. A n herb; denominated
from a salve or ointment being made of it for
healing sores or wounds, S.B.
424
" Linn, informs us that, in Sweden, an <
is made of the roots of the curled dock, for :
ing the itch or other cutaneous diseases. Flor. Suec*
No. 314.
Under the word Docken, I have said, according to
the best of my information in Angus, that this is
the dock,
anciently made of it." But an intel-
ligent friend inquires, if this be not rather the En-
glish Mercury or Allgood, Chenopodium bonus Hen-
ricus, Linn., and not the common Dock, Ruraex ?
From the following quotation^ he adds, it would
appear that it is the former f
<f Rub the person over with the juice of All-goodj
(called in Latin Bonus Henricus, others call it the
Smear-docken) mixt with vinegar" Tippermal*
Inch's Receipts, Ed. 1775, p. 12.
In Mearns this is called Mercimj-dolen.
S M E D D ' U M , SMEADUM, S. 3. Sagacity, &c.J
To this sense subjoin the proof from MorrisonV
Poems, misplaced under sense 2.
4. Spirit, mettle, liveliness, S.] Add;
A kindly lass she is, I'm sure,
Has fowth o' sense and smeddum in her,
And liae a swankie far nor near,
But tries wi' a his might to win her.
Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 156.
5. " Smeddum^—good sense and spirit united
Gl. Surv. Moray.
6. Vigour and liveliness as an author.
" He published—a volume of Moral Essays ; —
and they were greatly creditable to his pen, though
lacking somewhat of that birr and smeddum, that is
the juice and flavour of books of that sort." Ann. of
the Par. p. 260.
A learned friend has suggested, that Smeddum
may be from smarl-dom, or from E. smell. In conse-
quence of this hint, I have anew sought for the ety-
mon ; and flatter myself that I have found it, as far
at least as its proper and primary sense is concerned;
This is A.S. smedma, smedema, " farina, similago>
pollen; meale, fine flower;" Somner. Expl. by
Lye as also signifying aimjlum, " a kinde of medi-
cine or meate, made of wheate three monthes old ;"
Cooper's Thesaur. Sir T. Elyot gives an account
of the mode of preparation, in his Bibliotheca in vo,
This, as being the finest part of the grain, would
come at length metaph. to denote substance or sa-
gacity, in relation to the mind. I see no vestige of
this term in any of the cognate dialects.
S M E D Y , s. A smithy, a smith's shop, S.
die. Smedy will, the small kind of coal
by smiths, S.
Sindrie actis of parliament—daylie ar
travenit, and cheiflie [ b e ] the transporting of—the
said salt and grite [great] coillis vndir eullour of
smedy coill&e. Acts Ja. VI. 1487, Ed. 1814,p. 427.
S M E E G , s. A kiss, R o x b . ; synon. Gaberosie.
Isl. smeck-r gustus; Dan. smag, a taste; analogous
to the S. phrase to pree the mou. Or, see what it
said, vo. Smack, p. 423.
T o S M E E K , v. a. 1. T o smoke.] Add;
8. T o kill by smoke, S.
" He had clagged up the hives, as if the puir
 S M I S M I
things liatl had the Gl. But smiddy is
dead as; if they had iii. 170. Smithy may nearly that of J
« A young woim asked how she came to —Sae I: ion
join'd the smiddy thrang,
be so dun, Or hearth to ease my sockets.
the sun a1 A. Scott's Poems, 1805, p. 64.
fire a' This retains more of the Scandinavian form than
right colours/' Notes to' Pennecuik's Tweeddale. the E. word; ours immediately resembling Su.G.
SMEEX, S. Smoke, S . ] Add; smidja, officina ferraria; the latter, A.S. smitlitha,
Hout, stop, my frien^an fling yir een smiththe, id.
T o S M I D D L E , v. a. T o conceal, to smuggle.
ff Aye ye may hide the vile scurrivaig,—an' hid-
^ Tarras's Poems, p. 144.
SMEEKY, ad). Smoky, S.E., also South of S. dle an* smiddle the deeds o' darkness/' St. Patrick,
Oliver and Willy Buck iii. 305.
Sit o'er the lugs in smeeky muck. T o SMIDDLE, V. N. T o work b y stealth, Ayrs.
Jacobite Relies, i. 119. Formed as if a frequentative from Su.G.
Thro* smeekie flame they him addrest. Isl. smeig-a, sensim penetrare ; whence E.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 144. I can scarcely view it as allied to
SMEERIKIN, V . SMIRIKIN. in opere.
* SMEERLESS, a d j . Pithless ; silly, insipid. S M I E T H , s . A bird.
V. under SMERGH.
SMEETHNESS, 9. Smoothness, Clydes. Mala^^Ta^
them Memoirs, p. 181.
To SMERG, SMAIRG, V. a. 1. T o b e d a u b o r
smear in whatever way ; often applied to the This, I suppose, is an errat. for SnytJi, q. v.
salving of sheep, R o x b . T o SMIKIVER, v. 7?. T o smile in a seducing
This might seem to retain the form of A.S. smy- manner.] Add;—Dan. smigre, to flatter, to
rig-an illinere. Aer he hyne smyrige, Priusquam ille wheedle, to fondle, &c. W o l f f .
eum inungat. Hine smyrigon, Earn ungant, Lye. SMI OK, " A dish of good food Gall. Enc.
S M E R - K E R I E N , s. T h e spinal marrow, Fife. T o SMIOK, V. 71. " T o feast on the b e s t i b i d .
Merkerin, Angus. Allied most probably to T
The first part of the word, as prom in Fife, is tare, and its cognates, as Isl.
v, q. v. For the latter part, see MER- should be viewed as properly regarding the
ly be observed, however, that Isl. tine gratification of the appetite, it might be traced
lulla, nucleus, vis, cremor; Dan. to Isl. smiug-a denoting what is smuggled. Dan. at
Jciaerne, Su.G. ie id., whence A.S. kyrnel, E. ker- aede i smug, to eat secretly.
nel of fruit. S M I R C E L I N , s . T h e M y a Truncata, a sheik
S M E R V Y , adj. Savoury, S . B . ] Add; fish, Shetl.
The priest said grace, and a' the thrang fell tee,
ply'd their cutties at the .smervy I ble quantities on sandy beaches, at low water/'
Ross's Helenore, p. 116. Add to f etymon ; Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 321.
Smervy, however, retains the form of Dan. T o S M I R D , v. a. T o gibe, A y r s .
marrow; with the letter * prefixed, which is com- Isl. sma parvus, and ord verbum ; q. to use small
mon in words of Gothic origin. language. Su.G. gifva ord sig-
S M E T H 9 adj. " S m o o t h . Sax. smeth, aequus nifies, opprobrio lacessere.
S.O. W y n t o w n uses smeth in this T o S M I R K , v. a. T o beat, to swinge, A b e r d .
* T o S M I R K , v. a. " T o look affectedly soft
k i n d ; Johns.
or kind
The term in S. properly signifies to smile, strictly
retaining the sense ofA.S. smercdan, subrrdere. Might
we view mirig, merry, with s prefixed, as the root ?
S M E U C H (gutt.), s< SMIRKIE-FACED, adj. Having a- blithe, good-
Germ, schmauch, id. natured, smiling countenance, S . A .
Or. ir^t/^-i.y SMIRICLE, S. A smile, a suppressed laugh, S.
tion from something that is burnt Tis night—an' the moon's hlmhmg-smircles appear,
S M I C K , s. Expl, " a shot, a tincture S.B,, Thro' the trees, sprinkling gowd on the lawn.
Gl. Tarras. Shot seems an error for spot Donald and Flora, p. 116.
Germ, schmach, nota, contumelia, ignominia; as an S M I R L , ,9. A roguish or mischievous trick; a%
a d j . , vilis; Franc, schniach-en vileseere; vilipendere. • 66 I'll play him a smirHor that yet,"" Teviotd,
S M I D D Y , * A smith's work-shop, S.] Add; This is nearly synon. with Pliskie.
« Some of the monks and friars, belonging to the He reaves his wife o* cash an' claes,
different convents^ were sure to come to the smiddy Then takes leg-bale, an' aff he gaes, t
An" in some distant place, wi' ease '
RGdhtize, i! 4. e i r g r ° ° m S a n Plays the same smirl.
« Scot, smithy or smiddy, a smith's work-house f T. Scott's p* S37*
VOL. I I . 425 3 H
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r~en illudere, rlsu
; alia. .quacunque eontumelia verbal! affi-
er-ian "illudere, irridere, subsannare,
to scoffe at, to taunt, to
to dishonour or disgrace;" Somner. Hence
, illusor, a mocker, bisiuor opprobrium, &c.
u and bismcrian also signify illinere, pol-
to stain, to bebaub, Waeliter justly views the
as extended to derision; " because scoffers re-
semble those who throw dirt at others," in order to
bedaub them. Pismeret, irridet, GL Keron.; Bis*
tnarotun inan, illudebant eum; Ta
ridicule; Gl. Mons.
S M I R R , s. Butter 3 Shetl.
Isl. Su.G. and Dan. smioer butyrum. But this
seems merely a secondary sense; A.S. smcro, smeru,
denoting fat, grease; and the Isl. and Su.G. terms, also
Teut. smeer and Germ, schmer, having the same ge-
neral signification. The compound form in which it
sometimes appears confirms this idea. Thus in Gl.
Lips, kuosmeer denotes butter, q. cow's fat; A.S.
smere swines, adeps porci. From its general applica-
tion to fatty substances, it has been transferred to
what was used for smearing or anointing. It seems
doubtful, however, whether we ought to trace the s.
to the ii. A.S. smerian, Isl. smyr-ia, Dan. smoer-er,
illinere, ungere, or vice versa. ^Boxhorn views this
as a word of Scythic origin. Smur, aut timer hodie-
que Scythae unguentum vocant, quomodo et nostra-
tes Belgae. Orig. Gallic, p. 86, 87-
The root is probably mearg medulla. V. SMERGH.
SMIRTLE, S. A smile, A b e r d .
At last an' lang . : ben the i
When ilka face a smirtle put on.
W. BeaUies Tales, p. 8. V. S*
T o S M Y S L E , r. a. T o sear, Upp. Clydes.
Allied perhaps to Isl. smialls-a, fabrefacio, as re-
ferring to the work of the smithy ; or a dimin. from
Su.G. smuls-a, or Germ, schmitz-en, polluere, inqui-
S M Y S T E R I N ' , pari. adj. To sit smysterin\
seems to signify, to sit beside the fire, brooding
it, either idly, or engaged in some trifling
Clydes. " W h a t are ye stain'
term at ?" Smmsierin\ R o x b .
It is always applied in the way of
and generally to the season of night. Su.G.
a signifies subridere. But it dofesnot correspond with
the sense of the term. As smuist denotes a smoul-
dering smell, it is probably a derivative, expressive
of the act of breathing in the noxious air arising from
s i n T C H , r " .l. A stain, a speck, Clydes., Ettr.
For.
2. Used also in a moral sense, a slur; ibid.
From the same origin with Smit, or
from Su.G. smuls-a contaminare.
SMYTCII, A little impudent boy, A y » s . ;
synon. with Smatchet.
" I ken vera weel that ye dinna like to hate sic a
wee smytch o a partner as me." Sir A. Wylie, ii. 108. S M I T T I N ' , adj. Infectious, Aberd.; used in-
Probably from Sma, small Su.G. stead oWSmllilc.
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M I
S M I T C H C O C K , $. A grilled or broiled chicken,
Aberd.
From Germ schmitz-en, to soil or smut, q. a cock
discoloured with the smoke in broiling; unless it be
from Teut. smets-en, smetsch-en, to feast, epulari,
ligurire, Kilian. It may, however, be a ludicrous
designation, as containing a play on the <
smutzcoch, a paltry or dirty cook.
SMYTCHER, A term for a
child, apparently the ' with Smatcher, S.O.
" Did I think, wl I used to send the impudent
r, wi' my haining o' twa three pounds to the
bank, that he was contriving to commit sie a high-
way robbery on me at last?" The Entail, iii 100,
V . SMATCHET. •
S M Y T E , s. A small bit, a particle, a jot, a
grain, Moray, Aberd.
Hence Smytrie, q. v. Smalt is the neut. of the IsL
adj. signifying small. Germ, schmitz has been re-
ferred to, by an ingenious correspondent, as signi-
fying a cut or portion. But this must surely be an
error for schniiz.
* S M I T H , s. A '
" About this time he came to Garfield, in the
parish of Mauchlin, to the house of Matthew Hog,
a smith to his trade." Walker's Peden, p. 67.
T o S M I T T H O U M S , to form a contract by
each party wetting the fore-part of his thumb
with the point of his tongue, and then smiting
or pressing the thumbs together, which con-
firms the bargain, Fife, Perths. W h e n the terms
are settled, one of the parties says to the other,
" Come, then, smit thumbs, and gie^s your
hand,"" Fife. In some parts of the same county f
the phrase, 64 We.et (i. e. wet) thumbs is used
The clapping or striking of hands, by two con-
tracting parties, as a proof that they have agreed
011 the terms* may be viewed as a relique of the
other custom.
SMIT-THUMBS, S. An ancient p l e d g e for the
fulfilment of a bargain, ibid.
This is obviously the same with THUMB-LICKING,
q. v. Smit is not to be viewed, I apprehend, as sy-
non. with E. smite, q. strike hands ; but to be traced
to Su.G. smilt-a, IsL smet-a, MoesG. smait-an, illi-
; q. anoint or besmear thumbs.
To this expression another is added ; " Now, keep
your day, or I'll drap a bane in the wall," i. e. drop
a bone in the well When the person, who gave his
right hand as pledging himself for the fulfilment of
his paction, failed to do so; he who was disappointed,
took a bone, and having spit upon it in token of his
giving over the other party to all the direful conse-
of breach of faith, dropt the bone into the
draw-well in the neighbourhood, there to
md rot. As this bone decayed, it was su~
y believed that the hand pledged would,
similar gradation, shrink, and decay, and ulti*
mately drop off.
SMITTLE, adj. Infectious, S . ] Add;
 S M O S M U
gaid- A.S. subtilis; or a
ane gallerie neir besyde, sre, rabbits. Belg. tmutjl-
r wald this halie bischope byde, en, to hiddenly, Is ina sense nearly allied.
it was not ads ;; There's a contriving i
lets quaTads
Leg. Bp. St. 16th Cent. p. 333. of evil design
design;; S < "
Sewel.
To smittle, to ' pRn y. T o S M O O S T , V. 71. T o burn gradually away
S. without blazing, Roxb. V. SMUXST.
S U I T T R A L , adj. F i f e ; the < : with T o S M O R E , S M U R E , SMOIH, V. A. 1 . T o ;
Smittle, q. v. ther.] Add;
S M O C H (gutt.), T h e stifling smoke, that O.E. id. " I smore., I strangle one, or stop his
comes from the burning of wet rotten wood, brethe. Je suffoque. I was almoste smored in my
especially when newly put on the lire, R o x b . bedde to nyght." Palsgr. B. iii. F. $65, a.
T o SMOCH, v. n. T o burn and smoke like wood 5. Applied to the prevention of legal prosecution
o f this description, ibid. or punisiiment. To .
From the guttural pronunciation, this term would — " That thay sail tak na bud nor
seem to retain the sound of Dan. smoeg-er, to smoke. to be done, or not to be done, throw the
T o S M O C H E R (gutt.), v. n. T o breathe with the law may be smoirit, or justice remane un-
difficulty ; as « Smocherm wi1 the cauld," having Balfour's Pract. p. o i l , 548.
a great struggle in breathing in consequence of S M O R E of rain, s. Close small rain, without
a severe cold, Aberd. ; synon. Smore, S. wind, F i f e ; the same with Smurr, q. v. Hence,
Perhaps merely a change of Smore by the insertion SMORIE, adj. A smorie dag, a day distinguished
of the guttural. by close small rain without wind, a close atmos-
S M O G H I E ( g u t t ) , adj. Close, implying the idea phere, Fife.
both of mist and o f sultriness, Fife. S M O T , s. S. T h e distinguishing mark put on
This seems originally the same with E. Mo%, sheep, &c.] Insert, as sense
Muggy. Isl. ' ~ et nubilo humi- 4. Transferred to the objects marked in this i
dus; G. Andr. p. 181. ner. T h u s a certain number o f sheep,
S M O I T , s. E x pi. as denoting one who talks in one way, are denominated a smot; and it
obscenely, Gall. E n c y c l . ; evidently allied to usual to speak o f smot first,
E . smutty. to the number of lots
T o S M O O , v. n. To smile in a placid or benig- flock, ibid.
5. Moral pollution, &c.] Add;
S M O O ^ A ^ n a i l e of thk description, ibid. Our Souerane Lord, and his :
This is said to differ from E. Smirk ; the latter de- touris kingis of Scotland, & liegis of the samin,
has bene first or at the leist with the first that euire
t the same appearance of benignity. Smoo acceptit the cristin faith, and bene maist obedient
always includes the idea of a sonnis to oure haly faderis the papis of Rome, and
pression o f ] / the auctorite apostolik, without ony manere of smot,
The idea is not very distant from that of Germ. violacioune, or defectioune," &c. Acts Ja. Y. 1535,
schneichen blandiri; Dan. simj-cr, id. V. SMUE. Ed. 1814, p. 335,
To SMOOK, SMUIK, v. a. To suffocate by " We maist humelie and ernestlie beseikis thy
means o f sulphur ; a term applied to the bar- Majestie—to lake in the mirrour underwryttin set
barous mode of destroying bees in order to gain up be the finger of God,—quhairin every stait may
r, as it is expressed, to put them
h o n e y ; or. see his smot." Winyet's First Tractat, Keith's Hist,
, Teviotd. App. 209.
Lancash. « smit, smut, a black s p o t G l .
T o S M O U S T E R , v.n. T o eat clandestinely, Fife,
T o S M O O K about, v. n. T o go from place to
place, in a clandestine manner, in order to pil- given as synon. with smeer-cn, which signifies pri-
fer any thing that is exposed, M. Loth. marily to anoint, and secondarily to play the glut-
SMOOKIE, adj. Pilfering, addicted to petty thiev- ton, q. to grease the entrails.
ing, ibid. S M O U T , adj. Fair, clear, m i l d ; applied to the
Su.G. smug-a, sensim penetrare, reptando sepene- weather. V. SMOLT.
trare; Isl. smiug-a penetrare, repere; furtim per- S M O U T , s. 1. T h e fry of salmon. V . SMOLT, S.
reptare; V e r e l . l n d . : smuga, rima, a chink, a place
2, A small trout o f the speckled kind, Fife.
8. A n y creature small in size, often used for a
diminutive person, S.
Sewel. ^°Hence l ^ m ^ l e ^ Ihre t°iews"?^a,kittle, S M U D D O C H , s. " A bad burning fire—more
as the origin ; Wachter prefers Isl. miuk humilis, or smoke than b l a z e G a l l . Enc. Gael. mud,
myg4a humiliare.
T o S M O O L , S M Y L E , V. A. T o se< T o S M U E , or S M U D G E , v. n. To laugh in
hand means, to filch, Ettr. For, one's sleeve, he.} Add , w D u m f r . , Roxb.
 S M V s M tr
To SMUISTER, V. a. T o smother; applied t
And, wi' serious smudgiri leuk, air, Clydes.
>ier'd at Aunty, gin the Callan Nae sun shines there, the mochie air
anted either cleps or crook. Wi' smuisleran' rowks stinks vyld.
» of Nithsdale Song, p. 104. Bailed, Edit. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 328.
aper, Undoubtedly a derivative :
He sliely smudgd to see them vaper, TO SMUKE', SMUIK, V. a. and n. T o smc
And, if some glakit girl should snapper, R o x b . -; as, « to smuik bees." V. SMOOK,
He 'd gi'
p £ ; * m Smxtke> Smoke>ibid-
T o S M U L E in, v. n. T o use _ or ca-
with the v. to
One who curries favour with an-
to
is said to smule in wi" him, S.
; or at least to guard it from the
of others, Ettr. For. To mule in with one, S. is to be in a state of inti*
J needna smudge and
for its true." Blackw. Mag. Mar. ^1823, F !p. one7' L3EFTO^BLL,W£
312. the same. I find, how-
To " smudge, to try to supprei~ ^ ,, _ ever, that Wideg. renders Sw. smii-a, to curry fa-
P G a l l Enc V0l J r '> t o t a w n * t 0

SMUDGE, S. A suppressed laugh, Loth., R o x b . , FEJ^1

Clydes.; often « a smudge tf a laugh." ToSML
T o SMUG, n. Expl. « to toy ainorously ; to m m U a ^ t0 cut oW the crop or
embrace, as i f smuggling enjoyment f Picken s a b o v e t h e c l e f t j t 0 c o l l v e r t j t i n t o a pollard
GL, Ayrs. « to smuU the head o f a bairn » a phrase usa
We'll cuddle baitli amang the fug, when the hair of a child's head is cut too closc close,
by ilka lug,
An' ca' thee my ain Davy. e ;
This
^ Poems, I, 176. . . .

Su sL " " r r
n ^ W ^W K PtP to ° - F r - ^ould-re to whet, to mal
views the teim S M U R A C K (gutt.), A slight
, of rain, Mearns.; a dirain. from Smurr, q. v.
' to SMURAGH, Peat dust, S.B.
view this might seem formed from Teut:

smoor, smoke, vapour. ' But it seems^ore

tely allied to the Celtic. For Ir. sviur, smur-
•" O'Reilly. TheTe

:nt to Da™, denoting such

mist. Used also Perths. and

view the S. verb as allied to Su.G. Ir.s SMITEBIN, v. impcrs. It rains slightly, Ayrs.,
w e . It might rather seem to be a Renfr.
derivative from Isl. smiug-a, sensim penetrare ; as The Teut. ». is written both smoor-cn and smatr-
; the gradual and almost imperceptible pro. m a s signify ing vaporare,.
1 A fire. Proprie describit lentas et nifyWflii " "
; Ihre. Ir. smmd-i'.u, m a V y idea is t

SMUIST, SMOOST, ». 1. The act of burning in SMUSH, A disagreeable sulphureous smell]

this way, Roxb. Jdcl;
2. A smouldering smell, Clydes. 2. Dirt, filth, Aberd.
3. It gives the idea of a smell that threatens suf- Yer face is barked o'er wi5,
focation, as of smoke in a kiln, of sulphur, See. Gae wash yersel, an'get a
Roxb. W. Seattle's Tales, p. 5.
4. Also applied to smoke ; « Smuist, disagreeable S M U S H , .?. A slight drizzling rain, Ayrs.
smoke Gall. Enc. This is evidently of Dan. origin ; smusk-er, " 16
This must be radically the same with Smush, s. 1. drizzle, to fall in small and slow drops;
Fife, and Smudge, A.Bor. Ir. Gael, rnuid, vapour, smidlrainj'MV " "
T o S M U S H , v.-a, T o bruise, to
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particles, to grind to powder, R o x b . ; synon. with Probably from the same origin with Snack, q. v..
Smash, q. v. as denoting what is done with celerity : or as Dan.
SMUSH, S. Ganeto smush, reduced to a friable or knepp-er signifies both to crack, and to fillip, per-
crumbled state,3 like rpotatoes too much boiled, h « P s . f ™ m knaekk-er, Teut. knack-en, to crack, with
_ . the ciKilo*-,™
sibilation prefixed, „„
as expressive of 4.1,~
the
&c., Roxb.

w i A toSff S t o l e ^ ^ f S ^ h l ^ i S N A G ^ ? b A b m n e i i or broken bough of a tree,

broken in shivers. ' S.O. and A .
T o S M U S H , v'. a, T o devour any thing clan- f o r even Roy the chieftain's man,
destinely,. which l . c n t a l ^ b y s t c a U l , , or ^ ^ ^ ^
come by m an imp, oper m a n n e , A s l a n t e r n as t h e lankest
Tent, smets-en ligurire ; or perhaps rather Irom W:fLAllf 0 lo* -fi .o „
Belg. smuyg-en, « to do underhand, to eat secretly U l t h ° U t a khll > ^ l t l l o u t a maS>
smuyger, " one that will eat something he likes with- Both rQck
out being seen;" ter smuyg, « in hugger-mugger, un. °,
derhand, secretly;" Sew el. 10 _ . , Af - . . f
QiyTTTQPT nrix Train s Mountain Muse, p. 65, 66.
feMUB To SNAG, a. T o cutoff branches with an axe

Tk;V ;„„;fV what is filthy

This' mav either csignify fli.l,,, Germ "" He'll
He'll elowr
glowr atat an
an auld
auld warld
warld barkit aik-snag as
barkit aik-snas as
schmutz, sordes ; or bruised V. SMUSH, « and ,. ' h *ere queez-maddam in full bearing." Rob
a

S M U S H A G H , s. A suffocating smell arising »• 1 5 8 " V " BARKIT.

from a smothered fire, A n g . T h e same with T o S N A G ^ . w . TO snarl, to banter, Fife.] Add;
Smush, a disagreeable sulphureous smell. Stu- IsL litigare, snag lis, snaegg-ia, duris et

It nearly resembles Germ, schmutz, Su.G.

>s, filth, schmutz-en, to defile. If this be the ori- also signifies increpare. ^
criu there is merely a transition from external pollu- T o Snag> a- T o c l l i d e i n a taunting way, to

tion to what is offensive to the olefactory nerves.
T o S M U S H L E , v. n* T o drizzle, Ayrs.
Obviously a diminutive from Smush, s.3 drizzling
rain, q. v.
S M U S T E R , s. A large cluster of things, F i f e ;
synon. Muther.
SMUTCHACK, A designation for a child ;
apparently synon. with Smatchet, Aberd.
An', Tibby, bring him ben some meat,
Ye senseless smutchack.
W. Be at ties Tales, p. 4.
Allied perhaps to Su.G. smuts-a, inquinare, q.
« dirty little creature."
SNAB, A shoemaker or cobler's boy,] Add;
% ^A cant term for a shoemaker, S. ^ foul means, as by cheating or stealing, Fife.
reprehend both with severity and scorn, Ang,
S N A G G E R E L , s. A puny contemptible bant-
l i n g ; syrton. Snachel, D u m f r . ; a dimin. from
Snag, a broken branch, or Sneg> v., to cut off.
S N A G G E R - S N E E , ,9. « A lame knife, first
introduced from Germany Gall. Enc.
T h e first part of the word must be from S. sneg,
to cut, or from a common source. I know not if snee
be from Teut. snyde, or snede, acies cultris, Belg.
snee ; q. " a knife with a sharp edge." This
may be viewed as allied to E. Snick and snee, " a
bat with knives."
SNAIG, 1. A n old flash word, used to denote
the obtaining of money, whether by fair or by

He ne'er blinn'd a styme till he gat it in prent cient ground, that this is the origin of the
' t's Poems,, ii.
" 132.
S N A B , 5 . Theprojectingpartofarock, &c.] Add; % A worthless fellow, ibid.
Then knees an' elbows like a crab, came a snaig she lo'ed na well
Spraul up yoursel yon dizzy snah. For his disloyal clavers, ,
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 122. Wha aft wad seaffat priest and de'il,
2. This term also denotes the bank, rock, or hill An' cat a' auld wives' clavers.
itself, which projects. MS.
This has been defined, I believe very accurately, Su.G. snack-a nugari ; Teut. snigghe, a i
" the brow of a steep ascent." perhaps allied to E. sneak, v., q. a sneak c
S N A C H E L (gutt.), s. T h e same with Snag- fellow.
gerel, q. v., Dumfr. V. SNAUCHLE, sense % To SNAM, n. " T o snap at any thing gree-
S N A C K , s. A morsel swallowed hastily. S.] d i l y ; " G a l l Enc.
Moes.G. snium-jan properare, snium-jando veloci-
^ And so, my young friend, we'll have a snack here ter. Alem. snuimor celerius, Isl. snemma cito. The
at the Hawes, which is a very decent sort of a place." common origin seems to be Goth.
Antiquary, i. 2,1. perare. Sw. sno, sno aet sig, cito i:
SNACKUS, A fillip, Mearns, To SNANG, w. T o twang?
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" The runt [ o f a scythe] must be skcard in the
den, that the blade may have a snanging sound;" Gall.
Enc., vo. Sned.
I have not met with any one who is acquainted
with this word.
S N A P , s. A small brittle cake o f gingerbread, S ;
most probably denominated from its being easily
snapped, or breaking short.
S N A
S N A R E , adj. Prudent and diluent; as, " a
wife," a good housewife, one who manag
family well, D u m f r .
Perhaps this ought to be viewed as
of Snarre, S.B., tart, severe ; as it seems to i
s a m e origin.
S N A R R E , adj. 1. Tart, severe.] Add;
a>. Applied to one who is so sharp in his deal-

:: f z ^ t ^ ^ l the thin g I 2 - TO OVERREACH

lived b e - m e , that has seen a'our gentle-folks bairns, S K A M A 'a> > A'crimonious pratjngj abusive Ian.
wi" my d n ' ' h a n d " ? I t . Ronan," i ! 4 T ° ' ^ 5 or, as some understand it, rather the
S N A P , adj. Quick, smart, eager ; often used as m o u t h from * !s em.ltted '
imply in ^ a disposition to find fault, or to catch J o u r *™r-gab, Lanarks.; (synon. Snashgab,)

, Tl2'tr™ll t W ™„„ T o S N A S H , v. n. T o talk saucily, &c.] E t y -

" L n ^ o n h[mPw" a bend m o n > L 6. f o r - I b r e derives this v . - R . Isl.

Gart him, ere ever he wist, cry clap snifs-a increpo, ( G . Andr. p. 219.) Ihre de-
Upon his nether end, rives the v. Snaes-a from, See.
An' there he lay. SNASH-GAB, S. 1. Prating, petulant talking, S.
Ba'ing, Skinner's Misc. Poet. p. 126. % A prattling forward boy or girl, S. In T e -
Under the words " of a similar
" form
~ I have referred viotdale, a girl o f this description is called
to a variety of northern terms. In addition to these Nasligab, also by inversion Gabnash.
I may mention Su.G. snabb. Though b is used for p, S N A S H T E R , 5. Trifles, Ayrs.
the sense is precisely the same; Celer, agilis, snab pact Teut. snoester, the green bark' covering the shell
:», swift of foot. Han aer snabb i sina vaendnin- 0 f a nut, a husk; perhaps rather from Snash, v.
he is quick in his motions. Ihre views it as de- SNASTRY, « L o w c h a t G a l l . Encycl.
:ible from Moes.G. sniv-an ire; and as probably T o S N A U C H L E (gutt.), v. n. T o walk in a
allied to Isl terga dare, as mcludmg the idea s W a n d l l n g e n n , ; b m o d ^ U p p . Lanarks.

OXT A ^OYTTXTM0TL0N; .1 ft i i SNAUCHLE, 1. A term used to denote one o f

S N A P G U N , -5. Apparently a gun or firelock a w e a k } ; a b i t o f b o d ibid
that snaps, as opposed to one with a matchlock. Is] m i m denotes a £ Dan A.S. snaegl,
•• Their foote men haveing snap gunnes and suord.s ; d d e d L f y e d f r o m m i c _ a n ' t Q c r e = 4 h e n c e e . to
^ ' L ^ F , 0 V « SOULDLERS- A C T S CHA - Sneak. Thus the „. might be borrowed from the
Ed. 1814, VI. 65. V. SNAP-WORK. S I o w m o t i o n of a snail. Or it may be allied to Su.G.
SNAP-HAUNCE, A firelock; the same with m1m„ i s i. s „ o s , . r > brevis.
2. A d w a r f ; synon. NaucJde, ibid., Dumfr.
S N A W , 5. Snow, S . ] Add;—A.Bor. id.
The ground fadit, and fauch wox al the
with
Doug. Firg. Prol. 'rol. 2'200, 43. V. SNYP, V.
mupp-nune, uumuiuu., ™ . . r u n u c u »""Tr"' T o SNAW,
SFJAW, V. v. 11.11. T o snow, S . ; pron, pron. (].q. Snauw,

i : rr *•=«-
mapp-a to snap and hahn a cock S.B. " Snaiv, to s n o w ; " Gl. Picken. This is
T o S N A P P E R , f . n. T o stumble.] Add; slight- p r o p e r l y u s e d ' a s a n i m p e r S o n a l v . ; Its snawin\
ly to tnp, S, SNAW-IUHD, J. T h e same with Snaw-fotel
It had been used m the same sense in O.E. « I „ «„„„, birds wJlich visit us „,;„.
as a that tryppeth. Je trippette. Gall^E^'cycL ° " " " " " " *" *
able, he dyd but snapper a . „ , , , ,„r

SNAPPEH, 1.* A s t u m b l e . ] Add;

Encycl.
S. A perplexity, an entanglement, a snare, S.
SNAW-BRUE, Snow in a dissolved state, S.
— " That body's mad 1 H e l l lead us into
" Snarv-broe, melted snow /* Gall. Enc. V.
This in Norw. is denominated mk^brae, i. €
into - ^ e d by the heat of the sun; from the sun,
. Q " s u c h a S l t U , a f ° n aS o n e 13 o f t e n br°USht m t o and brae4 to melt. Can this be the origin of our
m consequence ot tripping ^ misfortun. Brue, S.B. Bree, q. what is dissolved? Or shall we
4' Gait EncycU aCCldeM- f T t ^ ^ ^
S N A P P Y , adj. Keen in business, disposed to SNAW-FLAIGH, SNAW-FI.ECK, T h e same with
take the advantage of another, A n g , Snow-flake, the Snow-bunting, Aberd.
Su.G. snapp-a arripere, cito auferre. V. SNAP up, v. The sun wis scantly beetle-height,
S N A P P O U S , aiij. Hasty in temper, testy, Aberd.
the same with E . SMPPISK
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SNAW-FOWL, S. T h e snow-bunting, Shetl. SNECK, SNEG, A small incision or notch.] Add;
'•Emberiza Nivalis, (Lin. syst.) Snaw-Forvl, Snow- Sneek is often used to denote a stroke of the scis^
Bunting, or Snow-Flake." Edmonstone'sZetl.ii. 268. sars, S.
Norw. sneefugl, id. " I give your honour leave to hang Shemus, if
SNAW-POWTHER, cc Fine s n o w G a l l . Enc.
there's a pair of sheers in the Highlands that has a
SMAW-WRIDE, S. V, WREATH. baulder sneek than hers aiii at the—shape of the
S N A W D O U N E H A R R A T , SNOWDOXJN HE- trews." Waverley, ii. 273.
RALD. " Alex 1 . Guthre Snaivdoune Harrat? S N E C K , SNICK, S. 1 . T h e l a t c h o f a d o o r , S.L
Aberd. R e g . A . 1545. Add; J

ff The heralds, being six in number, have their This word has also been used in O.E. as synon.
precedency according to the dates of their creations. with Latch. « Latcbe or snekke. Pessulum. Clito-
Their names of addition are altogether local, and are num." Afterwards, " Snek or latche. Clitorium.
very ancient. Snowdoivn is named from Snowdown Pessulum." Prompt. Parv. " Pessulum, dicitur
castle in the shire of Ross, and the residence of our sera lignea qua hostium pellitur cum seratur. Di-
ancient Scots kings. Albany is named from the whole citur a petto, pell's. Anglice, a lyteke, a latche, or
realm, which, by the ancients, was called Alba, and a snecke, or a bar re of a dore." Ort. Vocab.
by our Highlanders—AlbanacL This herald was " Lache, or snecke of a dore, Fr. locquet." Palsgr.
in use mostly to attend upon the Dukes of Albany. B. iii. F. 4 3 , b.
Boss herald, so named from the county of Ross, Add, as sense
which was of old an appendage of the Crown. Both- 8. A portion of a wall built with single stones, or
•say has his name and title from the castle of Rothsay, stones which go from side to side, Galloway.
or Rosay, an ancient residence of our Scots kings " Besides the improvement of locked tops/ he
in the isle of Bute. Marchmont derives his title from (John Macadam of Craigenguillen) invented also
the castle of Marchmont, so named in our ancient snecks or hudds, i. e. spaces built single at short in-
histories, now called Roxburgh castle. Ilay herald tervals, a very useful contrivance, for if any accident
has his denomination from an island in the west seas. happen to a part of the dyke, these s prevent
tc As for pursuivants, they are also for most part the evil from spreading far." Agr. Surv.. Gall. p.
locally denominated (Unicorn only excepted) viz. 8 6 . V . THROUGH-BAND.
Carriek, Kintyre, Ormond, and Bute." Nisbet's He- T o SNECK, V. a. T o secure by a latch or bolt, S.
raldry, P. iii. p. 166. " The secrets of grit folk/ said Ochiltree within
The orthography differs, in some instances, in our himself, f are just like the wild beasts that are shut
records. Jacobus, &c. dilectis nostris Leoni regi ar- up in cages. Keep them hard and fast snecked up,
morum, Ilay, Albanie, Ross, Rothesay, Snawdoun, and it's a' very weel or better—but anes let them
Merchemond, heraldes;—Ormond, Bute, Unicorn, out, they will turn and rend you." Antiquary,
Carriek, signiferis. Act. Ja. VI. 1581, vol. iii. 207. ii. 834.
" Snawdon [Barb. p. 70,]—a part of the eastle SNECIC-DRAWER, SNICK-DRAWER, S.] Add;
of Kildrummy, probably appropriated to the knight- " And so gudeman/ said she,—' ye hae had that
ly ceremonies grafted on the legends of K. Arthur's auld sneckdrawer, Keelivin, wi' y o u ? " The Entail,
round table, and apparently the same which is now ii. 22.
called the Snaw tower. There was also a Snawdotvn SNECK-DRAWIN, adj. Crafty, &c. S.] Add;
in Striveline; and there are many places of the same " I am sure I aye took your part when folk mis-
name in various parts of Scotland." D. Macplierson s ca'd ye, and said ye were this, that, and the other
Geogr. Illustr. thing, and little better than an auld sneck-dr awing
The passage, to which this ingenious writer refers, loon, Mr. Bindloose." St. Ronan, ii. 24.
is the following : SNECKER, A sharper, R o x b .
— A n d in till i Whether from Sneck, v., as signifying to cut with
That all a quartir . a sudden stroke; or from the v. of the same form,
Rycht till the erd, thai tummyllyt down.
The Bruce, p. 70, Ed. 1820. T O S N E C K - M N * v^a! T o put in small stones
As Snawdoun was either a part of the castle of
between the larger ones in a wall, and to daub
Kildrummy, or in its immediate vicinity, it has been
the seams with lime, S.B., A b e r d . ; synon.
improperly placed in Ross; for Kildrummy was in
Garioch. Sneck, v. sense 3.
" The walls of these houses shall be built of stone
T o S H E A R , v.n. 1. T o emit a hissing sound, and lime, or stone and mortar, outer course laid
Clydes. and sneck-pined with lime." Agr. Surv. Aberd. p.
Syne a snearin snake she twin'd round his arm, 199.
An' owr his bosom slade. T o S N E D , T'. a. 1 . T o cut, to p r u n e . ] Add;
Mary o> Craignelhan, Ed. Mag. July 181 p. <c If it be a forest, he [the donatar] cannot other-

2. I t is also expL to snort, Ayrs. V. SNEER. wise cut it than the heritor was in use to do, or for
T o S N E C K , SNEG, V. A. 1. T o cut with a the use of the ground, to repair tenants* houses. See,
sudden stroke o f a sharp instrument, S.L Add ; or to sued them." Fount. Dec. Suppl. iii. 286.
" D o the folk think 1 hae another thrapple in my A.Bor. " to snathe, to prune t r e e s R a y *
to etymon ; Isl. eg sneid, seco.
hkToctaleg r Rob Roy, iii. 140. ° * Insert, as sense
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8. T o hew or polish a chizzel, S.B. 8.. A pinch of snuff; S.
I t is used in this s in Sutherl. at least, — O r else they are not worth a snishen.
One sense of Teut. is nearly allied to this; Mestons Poems, p. 25.
SNEESHIN-HGRX, S. A horn used for holding
edge of a knife. ' snuff*; synon. a Snuff-mill, S.
SNED, s. A branch pruned off, Lanarks.
SNEDDER, ,9. A pruner, one who lops off bran- tip of a h o r n T \ Bobbins* ^ °X °f ^
ches, ibid. SNEESHINIE, adj. Snuffy, S.B.
SNED-KAIL, S. T h e name given to coleworts or In Ir. and Gael snaoisin signifies snuff. But it has
undoubtedly been borrowed from the S. or E., as
cabbages, the old stalks of which, after they
there is no correspondent term in C.B., nor any verb
have begun to sprout, are divided by a knife,
in Celt, resembling Sneeze.
and set in the earth for future product. The To SNEEST, S N E Y S T , V. n. T o treat
cutting is supposed to prevent their going to tuously b y word or He
Loth. V . SNISTY.
Ne'er let her slights thy spill
1 T h e shaft or pole of a
Nor gie a sob, although
scythe, R o x b . , Mearns.; A . E o r . , id.
<c Sued, the long pole a scythe is fitted into, for
She's sairest paid that gets her will. '
Herd's Coll. ii. 45.
the purpose of mowing with i t ; " Gall. Enc. is expl. by Hal dor son, irritare, <
Isl..
" Snathe, the handle of a scythe. South." Grose. tun '
V. SLTILE-SNED,
SNEEST, 1. A n air of d i s d a i n G l . Herd.
SNED, T h e name given in Upp. Lauarks. % Impertinence, Ettr. For.
to the link o f hair, to which a hook is tied,
This seems the same with Sneist, q. v..
that is fastened to a cord-line, usually called a
SNEG, A low term for gain, Fife;. apparently
set line. Snood, synon.
parallel to the E ? phrase, to,go snacks, to get a
T o S N E E L , v. n. " T o snivel; to speak through
share, or half.
the nose Gall. Encycl. Johns, deduces the later from the-v. to Snatch.
S N E E I V . T h e glitter of a white colour. Y . SNIP. But if this be the sense of the radical term, the claim
T o S N E E R , v* 7*. Toinhale by the nostrils, Fife. undoubtedly belongs to Teut. snack-en captare. I
2. T o snort, Ayrs. would, however, prefer viewing both terms as allied
S. T o hiss; the term used in Clydes. to denote to the v. Sneck, Sneg, to cut, q. v.
the hissing of the adder. V. SNEAR, T o S N E G , v. a. 1. This is rendered " to inter-
Under the E. v. Sneer, Seren. mentions as the pro- rupt—to check," &c. Gall. Enc. This seems to
bable root, Goth, snirre (snerri, Verel.) stern utatio. b e the same with Snag, A n g . , as expl. above.
The act of sneezing, indeed, approaches very near 2. It is also e x p l to invite a broil," ibid. ^ T h i s
to that referred to in sense 2. This v., I strongly appears to correspond with Snag, as signifying
suspect, gives us the original sense of E. sneer, as to snarl, to banter.
signifying, to shew contempt. For it seems properly S N E Y C H T , part. adj. Apparently smoothed,
to denote that contempt which is indicated by high " T o by thair hyddis roche or sneychtr A b e r d .
and rapid respiration through the nostrils ; a sense, R e g . A . 1541, V . 17. i. e. « T o buy their skins,
which, as far as I have observed, is overlooked by whether rough or smooth.11
E. lexicographers. As instead of Su.G. nys-a, A.S,
Isl. snoegg-r, snegg-ri, Su.G. snygg, glaber, depilis.
Isl. it is ner-a, hner-a; and as all the preceding terms Verel. renders snegg-r., Pilis brevibus et curtis. Sw.
are traced to nacsa the nose, as ff the fountain of snygg-a, to dress, to clean, Wideg.
s probable that there had been an an- S N E I L L , 6". A n indolent inactive person, A -
word of this form, denoting the nose, or at b e r d . ; perhaps merely the northern pron. o f
the nostrils, to which Lat. nares was allied. I Snool
observe, that the Goths very com- SNEIST, ^ A gibe, a taunt, Loth.
the letter s. Thus Ni
the same; so ner-a and
As signifying to hiss, it might seem allied to Su.G. Jo.'Hoggs Poems, p. 48.
SNEISTY, adj. Sneering, L o t h . V . SNISTY.
T o S N E Y S T E R , v. a. T o sear, to scorch, A y r s . ;
SNEER, S.] Insert, as sense
Synon. Scaum.
1. T h e act of inhalation or inspiration b y the
S N E I T H , adj. Smooth,, polished, R o x b . Not
nostrils, Fife,
applied to language that is tart
8. A snort, S. V. NICHER, * ] Add;
and.
S. It also denotes the act o f ahorse, when colded,
This put the dai
in throwing the mucus from his nostrils, S. Mm words they
4 . T h e hiss o f an adder, Clydes,
gNEESHIN, 1. T h e vulgar name for snuff,
S.j Add; > to be
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which signifies " to prime trees; to cut off the boughs
of ash or other timber trees, of which the wood is
, as prune is of fruit-trees;" Grose. Isl. sneid-a,
e. V . SNED, Perhaps this is the proper mean-
ing of Sneilh, as by G. Douglas.
SNELL, 1 sharp, severe, S.] Add;
It ofte ~ bodily pain. Thus the adj. is
used for the
Now Bruntie's ee's tied in a clout,
I wat he fan't right sncli.
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 1ST.
% Sharp, piercing, &c.] Add; A.Bor. id.
Its better to sit still than rise and' fa':
On Tintoc tap the snellest drift-showers blaw.
Falls of Clyde, p. 174.
6. Applied to losses in trade, S.
" It may be a dead loss !—whate'er ane o' your
Lombard-street goldsmiths may say to it, its a snell
ane in the Sautmarket o' Glasgow." Rob Roy, ii. 239-
T o S N I A U V E , v. n. T o snow, Buchan. V.
the letter W .
SNIB, J. A small bolt for fastening a door, S.
This is quite different from the Sneck, which, in
a lock of the wooden fashion, is the substitute for a
latch, and is turned round by the handle of the lock;
whereas the snib is the small bolt placed under the
latch, and fastening the door so that it cannot be
opened from without.
* T o S N I B , v. a.
When hee was borne, nane did him snib
To lye right law intil ane cribe.
of the Sixteenth Century, p. 71.
Given in Gloss, as 3 understood. But it is
the E. v. used in the snse of check. ( No one, to
prevent him from lying in objected to
this as inconsistent with his glory.J
T o S N I B , v. a. T o geld, S.
Teut. snipp-en secare. Verel. uses Sw.
signifying castrated. Ind. vo. Kiarnhafur
S N I B , s. " A smart stroke Gl. Tarras, Ba-
ch an. ; probably from Teut. snabbe, snebbe, the
beak of a bird, whence snabb-cn> to strike with
the beak.
SNIBBIT, SNIBBLE, SNIBBELT, S.. A wooden
knob put on one end of a rope, which goes
into an eye on the other end, for fastening it;
used for retaining a tether, R o x b .
" Snibble, a small piece of wood put through the
end of a rope, so that it may be fixed into an eye in
the other end.'4 Gall. Enc.
Perhaps from S. Snib, to fasten, or Teut. snebbe a
beak, and hit, gheddt; because it acts as a check or
bit to the animal that wears it.
S N I B L I C H ( g u t t ) , <9. A sort of collar for the
neck of a cow, made of plaited rushes, by means
of which she was in former times bound to the
stake, Roxb. V. BAIKIE.
This is probably allied to Teut. snebel, Dan, SM-
bel, Germ, schnabel, a beak, transferred to the nose;
)me kind of bridle
T o S N I C H E R (gutt.), v. n. T o titter, to laugh in
one's sleeve; also pron. as in E . snicker, Aberd.
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S N Y
S N I F F L E S , s. pi. That difficulty of breathing
through the nostrils, which is caused by cold in
the head, Selkirks.; synon. Snifters.
Teut. snofel-en, suit[fel-en, naribus spirare.
SNIFFLER, S. A trifler, a driveller, Lanarks.
S N I F T E R , s. 1. A severe b l a s t ] Add;
4. Metaph. used like Ilccsie, to denote the effect of
a strong purgative potion, S.B.
To S N I F T E R , v. •>?. To draw u p the breath
—by the nose.] Add -as generally implying
that it is stopped by mucus, or from cold.
" To snifter, to snuff at the nose; Lancash." " T.
Bobbins.
" Ilaith, an' I'm sair haddin to my wark ! Cardinal
an' captain, principal an' prior, poor student and col-
lege-beathel, a now i their beds, snifterin', snoche-
rm', an' sleepin' like taps," &c. Cardinal Beaton, p.
SNIFTER, S. % Any sudden reverse of fortune,
&c.] Add;
But, Monseer, ye d better no come here awa,
Lest ye meet with a snifter ye'll no like ava.
Jo. Hogg's Poems, p. 112.
S N I G G E R T , s. One who is chargeable with
guileful malversation, Ayrs.
It may be allied to Isl. snik-ia parasitari; or Su.G.
snugg-a, clanculum subducere; or A.S. snic-an, re-
pere, E. to sneak. V. ART, ARD. term.
To S N I P , v. T o stumble slightly, Loth. This
term seems to be used in a less forcible sense than
Snapper, q. v.
S N I P , SNEEP, 1. The glitter or dazzling of a
white colour, such as snow, Gall. Encycl.
% A white streak or stripe running down the face
of a horse, Ang.
" Stolen—a brown coup-hunded, £qu. crop-hur.
died?] switch-tailed horse with a snip in his fore-
head." Aberd. Journal, Dec. 27th, 1820. V.SNIPPIT.
SNIP, SNEEP, SNEEP-WHITE, adj. Possessing a
pure or bright white colour, South and West of S.
Our guidwife coft a snip white coat
Wi' monie a weel hained butter-groat;
But it's a wadset i* the town.
Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 90.
The twasome pied down on the cauld sneep snaw,
Wi' the sorry hauf striffen'd e'e.
Gall. Encycl p. 412.
Gurly norlan* blasts wad blaw,
And swurl in sneep white wrides the snaw.
Ibid. p. S52.
It confirms the conjecture thrown out in DICT. as
to this being a deriv. from snio snow, that the v. in
Isl. assumes a form which must give it a sound nearly
resembling sneep. This is sniofga, also snyf-a, ni-
vescere. From the usual pronunciation of the letter
tv by the northern nations, Snippit might, without
much violence, be viewed as a corr. of their sniokwit,
white as snow.
To S N I P E , a. T o check, to reprimand, to
snib, Aberd.; nearly the same with the E. v. in
another form, to Sneapy properly traced by Mr
Todd to Isl. sneip-a% contumelia « ~
S N Y F E , i. h A smart blow, & B ,
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But Tammy Norrie thought use sin 2. T o laugh in an involuntary and suppressed
To come o'er him wi' a snype, way; synon. with Snirt. This is the more ge-
T.cvoird his nose flat wi's chin.— neral sense, ibid.
('hrixhttas Ba'ing, Simmers Misc. Poet. p. 124. " Snurles, nostrils, North." Grose.
Shall we view tins as allied to Germ, schnipf-cn In both senses the word must be viewed as having
secare ? I find no proof that the northern terms a common origin with Snirk, Snirt, and Snork. It
qu rtiui under Snipe, a sarcasm, have been used lite- must be undoubtedly the same with Isl. snoerl, ron-
rally to denote a stroke; else we might view this as chus, gutturis stridor; snoerl-a, ducere ronchos; 2.
t IK- Mime word with the other. extremam vocem laesi gutturis emittere; Haldorson.
:>. A fillip, R o x b . The v. is probably from Goth, snirre sternutatio, to
T o SXYPK, v. a. T o give a smart stroke or which Serenius traces E. Sneer.
blow ; as, 44 I think I've my pit ye,*" Aberd. T o S N I R T , v. n. 1. T o breathe sharply, in at
2. T o iiilm, Roxb. jerking sort of way, through the nostrils, R o x b . ,
S X I P I E - N E B B 1 T , adj. Having a nose resem- Dumfr.
bling a xiiiprs neb or bill, which is long, and She geeks as gif I meant her ill,
sharp, arid slightly bent, Roxb. When she glaiks paughty in her braws;
S N I P P I L T I N \ part. adj. Now let her snirt and fyke her fill, &c.
Poor shiliy shally shurf!—You hand a pleugh ! Herd's Coll. ii. 45.
t* ma .in cat a IXJYVC o' meal an' lick a peck o' ashes When weasels snirt it frae the dykes,
iir-a! <!— i hat I e'er I saw ye glide for yet, but rin- Or fumerts frae the braes an' sykes,
;\!ii snij^diiin a iter the bits o' wenches." Hogg's He cock'd his tail, and geed his head ;
Plies, i. .>, it. O* scores o' them he was the dead.
IVrhaps smelling like a dog, S. Snooking, Dan. Hogg's Scot. Pastorals, p. 22. V. SNIRT, S,
'foil. Av t abel, a beak, a snout; Belg. snuff el-en, to 2 T o breathe strongly through the nostrils, as ex-
search. pressive of displeasure or indignation, Eoth.
SNIPPET, adj. A snippii horse.'] Add; 3. T o burst out into a laugh ; denoting that sort
This should have been defined ;—one that has a of laugh that breaks out notwithstanding one's
streak or stripe of white running down its face, S.B. attempts to suppress it, Roxb., Ettr. For.
I hie synon. baivsint. This might seem to be a frequentative from the E.
It might seem allied to Dan. snip, " the point or v. Sneer, the immediate origin of which is obscure.
extremity of a thing, a slip;" snipped,c: pointed, pick- SNIRT, S. A suppressed laugh, issuing with a
ed," [ R . peaked], Wolff. But V. S N I P , adj. snorting noise from the nostrils, ibid.
T o S N I R K 5 v. n. T o draw up the nose hastily, A smile, it has been observed, is in the lips;
as an expression of contempt or displeasure, Gall. whereas a snirt proceeds from the nose. In analogy
" Snirh, to give the nose a smart draw up with with this natural distinction, Wachter has deduced
the membranes of itself;" Gall. Encycl. Germ, schmoll-en, to smile, from maul, the mouth;
This is undoubtedly allied to Teut. snorck-en, Su.G. as he traces schnarch-en, to snort, from Lat. nar-cs
snark-a, Dan. snork-er, to snore, to rout. In O.E. the nostrils. V. the v. above. According to the same
snorke was used in the same sense. But Snirh is more idea, Teut. smuyl-en subridere, must be traced to
closely connected with some terms, from a common mug I the mouth.
origin, which are used with a variation of the sense, Snicket or Snigger, v. E., expresses the same idea.
as more immediately expressing the action of the mem- Snert, North, is expl. " an ineffectual effort to stifle
branes. These are Isl. snerk-ia, denoting a grin or a laugh," Grose; and perhaps this explanation gives
distortion of the mouth, ringi, os distorquere; and the proper idea. Under the E. to Sneer, Serenius
Su.G. snork-a, which has a different signification from refers to Goth, snirre, sternutatio.
the cognate snarka. For Ihre expL the latter, nari- S N I R T , s. An insignificant diminutive person;
bus follieare, stertere. But of snarl;-a he says; A pud generally applied to children, Upp. Clydes.
nosdefremitu minas spirantis tan turn adhibetur, unde Su.G. snert, gracilis; Isl. snirt, comptus, nitidus.
dicimus vied s?iork och pock, per minas et ronchos; vo. S N I S H , s. S n u f f , G l . S h i r r . V . SNEESIIIN.
Snarka. He afterwards defines Snorka, ringi, minas fC Snush, or sneezing-jjowder;" Kersey.
proflare; adding Isl. snerka, id. snerka sig, caperare
frontem. It may be observed that Teut. snorck-en is S N<cY S T , s. Perhaps the same with Sneesi.
also rendered by Kilian as expressive of the tokens of Ye wad—blaw i' the lug o* Sathan,—an' haud
indignation; Crepare verbis, proflare fastum, minas, him up in snysts an' birsles till the maw o' him's as
i ram. Wachter defines Germ, schnarch-en almost in the fu's a eout amang clover." Saint Patrick, ii. 1 9 1 .
same terms; Naribus follieare, ut solent iracundi. Ira Does this signify taunts ? V. SNEEST, SNEYST.
eni 111 11 ares inflat, et ignem suum reciproco anhelitu S N I S T E R , 6'. A severe blast in the face.] Add;
magis excitat. It has been formerly observed, vo. It is pronounced Sneyst er, Fife ; and expl. as pro-
Snist,y, that many of the terms denoting displeasure perly denoting a severe blast, in a cold day, which
are borrowed from the nose. Wachter here throws makes the nose to run ; whereas Snifter is, in that
out a similar idea. For he views this word as formed county, always applied to a storm of snow, when it
either from Lat. nar-cs, or Heb. nachar, the nostrils, is drifted. It has been supposed, that as a sneyster
with the sibilation prefixed. makes the mucus to flow from the nose, by a snifter
T o S N I R L , v. 7i. 1. T o sneeze, Roxb. such a blast is denoted m stops the nostrils. The
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one is viewed as expressive of a similar effect with
sneezing ; the other, with sniffing.
S N Y T E , s. A smart blow, Ettr. For.
IsL snid-a secare.
T o S N Y T E , v. n. T o walk feebly, Buchan.
He's friendly an* kindly,
To chear a carking hour ;
• Whan dytin, an' snytin,
A word frae him's a cure.
Tarras's Poems, p. lOf).
" Walking crazily Gl. ibid. p. 6*7.
Isl. snaut-a labi; item, incertns ferri; Haldorson.
G. Andr. renders it, nuto. Perhaps snatt-a divagor,
and snate mendicus, are allied.
* T o S N I V E L ,J ZK N. 1. T o breathe hard throng o h
the nose, S.
2. T o speak through the nose, S., A . B o r . ; used
in the same sense with E . to Snuffle.
Teut. snoffel-en, s?mjf el-en, naribus spirare.
T o S N O O K E R , v. T o snort, &c.] Add to
definition ;—properly, to throw out the breath
or respire violently.
And aye quhan the caryl gave a yowle,
Or snockerit with belsche and brave.
Then all the rokis play it clatter agayne,
And nicherit for my lis away.
Grousome Caryl, Blackw. Mag. Jan. 1825, p. 79-
SNOCKERS, S. pi. A stoppage of the nostrils from
cold; inconsequence of which one cannot breathe
through them, or cannot do so without great
difficulty, and making a snorting noise, S . B . ;
synon. Snifters.
S N O D , adj. 3. Trim, neat, S.] Add;
A.Bor. snod, neat, handsome; Ray, Marshall.
SNODDIE, s. A neatly dressed person ; almost
invariably applied to a female, Clydes.
SNODLY, adv. Neatly, trimly, S.
<c Mrs. M'Coul was—in the weeds of a widow,
with a clean cambric handkerchief very snodly
prined over her breast/' R. Gilhaize, iii. 10 k
Lang winnow't she, an' fast, I wyte,
An' snodly clean't the stuff.
S N O D D I E , s. A thick cake or bannock baked
among hot ashes, Orkn.
Isl. snad cibus, food, snaed-a cibum capsre, snaed-
ing-r eptilae; snaeda prandium, Olav. Lex. Run. The
term seems, in modern times, to have been trans-
ferred from its general sense, as denoting any kind
of food, to one species of it. Ir. snath-aim, to sup.
S N O D D I E , s. A n ignorant stupid fellow, a
ninny, R o x b .
Teut. snoode vilis, turpi s ; Germ, schnod, sehnoede,
vanus, despicatus. Wachter views it as the same
with Isl. snaud-ur nudus, egenns.
T o S N O D G E , r. N. T o walk deliberately, Iloxb.
Dan. snig-er, ££ to sneak, to slink, to creep, to
tread easily, to go softly," Wolff. Sw. snugg-a, clan-'
culum subducere; Ihre, vo. Snabb. E. Sneak, and
S?iudge, perhaps acknowledge a common fountain.
T o SNOG, v.w,a. T o jeer, to taunt, to gibe, to
flout, Aberd.
This nearly resembles Isl. snugg-a increpare. V.
SNAG, V•
m
N O
S N O I C K , adj. 1. In a virgin-state; applied to
young women, as expressive of their supposed
purity; South of S.
Used by sailors to denote what is water-tight,
ibid. "
The most probable origin seems to he Su.G snvgg,
concinnus, elegans. En snyzg piga, a neat girl. Old
Dan. snog occurs in the .same sense. It is viewed
as an oblique sense of I>1. x:;ocgi:-)\ der.il's, smooth,
not hairy ; perhaps from a common origin with
Teut. suoeck-en. seindere. as primarily apnlied to the
hair when cur, short. Gael. suoighie. hewn. chipped,
corresponds : signifying also, pleasant, decent: from
snoigh-am to hew, to chip.
T o S N O I T , v. a. T o blow one's nose with the
finger and thumb instead of a handkerchief, S. ;
Johns, gives Suite, v., as simply signifying u to
blow the nose."
A.S. snyt-an emungere.
S N O I T , s. " A young conceited person who
speaks little;" Gall. Encycl.
Shall we view this as allied to IsL snot, foemina
lepida, sapiens; snot-r sapiens, also vafer, Hal dor-
son ? G. Andr. gives the additional sense of mo-
dest us, which perhaps more nearly approaches the
interpretation of Snoit; and snotra, mulier a com-
positis moribus. We must view A.S. snot-er, snift-
er, wise, prudent, as the same word. Its must an-
cient form is in Moes.G. snulrs, sapiens.
T o S N O I T E R , v. n. T o breathe high through
the nose. His ay snoiterin and sleepi?:* A ng.;
a phrase used of an old or iniirm person, -vho
begins to dote. V. SNOTTEB.
T o S N O K E , SXOOK, v. n. 1. T o smell at ob-
jects like a dog.} Add?
Lancash. (e to snook, to smell;" Gl. Yorks. £c Snooac,
to smell in a snuffing manner, as a hound Mar-
shall. Snoke, to smell, to pry about curiously, to
look closely at any thing;" Brocket.
SXOKEH, s. 1. One who smells at objects l i k e
a dog, S .
2. Often used in a very bad sense, as denoting a
rake, R o x b .
See what has been said in DICT. as to the use o f
this noun in its compound form, TulLsuokjr ; a low
custom-house officer, who is still snaking about to x c
if lie can lay hold of any thing on which tribute or
full mav be exacted.
S N O O D , Snuim-:, A head~b;nuL Sa . ] Add:
T o T v x ]•: ones S xr n a phrase ;:p»>;h d i
young woman w ho has iost her vr-v/irai* , S.
Coming through the muir, my dearie.
The lassie hist her silken snude.
That cost her inony a blirt ami bk-iri.'.
Old S,).'ig, ('oming (It rough the Mitir. t\c.
The following words seem to he iiU.rely another
edition of the preceding.
Down aiming the broom, the broom,
Down amang the broom, my dearie,
The lassie lost her silken snood,
That gard her greet till she was wearie.
" A snude, vitta; Northumb." hay, p. 14J). Tin-
word had been also known to the Celts.
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en, " a fillet, band, ribband or lace; a bead-
; a hair-lace f Owen. Corn, snod, id. Lhuyd,
Pryce.g. Perhaps Ir. Gael, snath, thread, line, and
\adm. aa band,
Ir. snadm, band, aa braid,
braid, are
are allied.
allied.
The snood, or ribband with which a Scottish lass to snore; Su.G. snarlc-a, to snorl
braided her hair, had an emblematical signification, SNORK, 8. " T h e snort o f an affrighted horse
to her maiden character. It was
• the curch toy, or coif] when she pass- S N O R T of Thread, a hank o f entangled thread,
see, into the matronal state. But if the
as to 1
the name of maiden, without gaining a right to
is neither permitted to use the
^ to the graver dignity o f the
In old Scottish songs, there occur many sly
had the
_ „ significa-
i virgine con cumber e! For/with the Greeks,
the mitra anciently denoted a ribbon, or fillet. Mont-
fan con Lantiquite expliquee, T . iii. p. 44. In some
parts of the country, it is said, where the snude was
" - worn by young women, if any one dared
it, who was known to have made a faux
it would have been torn from her head with in-
T o SNOOD, V. a. T o bind u p the hair, &C.] Add;
The prep, up
up is most commonly added. "
• The elder maid-servant wore a good stuff gown
• hair/' &c. St. Ronan, the nose;" Gall.
iii. 19-
C B. ysnod-enu, to fillet, to bind with a lace or rib-
band. *
SNOOFMADRTJNE, A lazy or inactive
Fife.
Perhaps from the S. v. Snoove and E. Drone.
T o SNOOL, r. n. T o submit tamely, S.] Add;
Never snool beneath the frown
Of ony selfish roguie.
" 'Is Poems, p. 174.
T o act in a mean and spiritless manner, in 8. T o snotter, to blubber, S.
w s and ram
. horde of deaving gypsies." Blackw.
Mag. June 1820, p. 281.
T o GAE about SNOOLIN", to g o from place to place,
with an abject and depressed appearance, S-
T o S N O O V E , v.n. 1. T o move smoothly.] Add;
4. T o walk with the head bent downwards to-
wards the earth; to walk carelessly or in a slo-
. xexily manner, R o x b . ; to walk without any
certain object, with the hands hanging down
towards the ground, Clydes. filled
T o S N O O Z E , v. n. T o sleep, R o x b .
Allied probably to Teut. snuyv-en, Su.G. smrfst-a,
naribus spirare, from the high breathing in sleep.
T o S N O R K , v. n. 1. T o snort, Roxb., D u m f r .
The ducks they whackit, the dogs they howled,
The
" " herons
• they
hey shriekit most piteouslie,
The horses they snorkit for miles around,
est an' the pedlar together might
be. Hoggs Mountain Bard, p. 20.
2. A person is said to snork, when he attempts
to clear away any huskiness in the throat,
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Dumfr. According to this interpretation, it is
US ed as synon. with Hawgh, E . to hawk,
This is obviously the same with Dan. snor
Bel/y.snork-er,
Belg. snork-er. toto snore,
snore,to
to snort - Gm-m. *nhnnr<
snort;
Gall. Enc.
Av i r „j;tnc !
A b e r d . ; Isl. snurda ruga, also inaequalitas;
to ravel. T h e root seems to
be snur,9 Dan. snor, a line,a thread. V. SNURL, V.
'. '
ap-
S N O S H , SNUSII, adj. Fat
^>Hed to a thriving^ chubby chikl, Dumfr.^
thing that is sweet and delicious;" Wideg. But the
original term is most probably Dan. snodsk, " plea-
sant > merry, jocund," &c. Wolff.
S N O T , SNOTTIE, ,9. A dunce, a booby, a dolt,
R o x b . ; synon. Dulbert.
A.S. snote, Teut. snot, mucus ; whence E.
nosed, applied to a sloven. But V. S N O D D I E .
S N O T T E R , s. " T h e proboscis of a turkey-
cock Gl. Antiq,, S.
Snotergob, the
" Snotergob, the red
red part
part of
< a turkey's head. North/'
" 3se. This corresponds with
Grose. wi the S. "
Buhblie-jock.
S N O T T E R , * . 1. T h e snot that hangs, &c.]jf<M;
« Snotters, snots;
T o SNOTTER, v. n. 1. T o breathe hard, & c . ]
Define;—To breathe through an obstruction
in the nostrils.
when thou shouldst be kind,
Thou turns sleepy and blind,
And .
Sleepy Body, Herd's Coll, ii. 98.
« Ou, 'deed, my Leddy, he's just quite silly-wise, —
he just lies there snotiering awa', pointing to the
bed." Inheritance, ii. 319-
Gl. Antiq. " To snotter, to sob or cry; North." Grose.
T o SNOTTER and LAUGH, to laugh in a g o o d -
natured way, Fife.
SNOTTER, ,9. A laugh of this description, ibid.
SNOTTER-BOX, ,9. 44 A cant term for the nose
Gl. Shirr., Aberd.
SNOTTER-CAP, S. A dull, stupid, boorish fellow,
Roxb.
A combination, like many of <
strongly expressive of contempt; q. a .
only with snotter, or the i
the nose.
* S N O U T , ,s>. 1. Used metaph. for :
Now
Wad ye hae bonny Nansy?
Wad ye compare yoursell to me,
A docken to a tansy ?
Scornfu Nansy, Herd's Coll. ii. 80.
In allusion, perhaps, to a sow pushing fo
its snout into a place where it has no right to
2. T h i s term had been formerly used in S. to de-
note the stem o f a ship.
 S N U S O B
Rostra, the snout ofaship." Wedderb. Voc. p. 22.
Teut. snvyte rostrum, rostra; pars navis primore
in prora exporrectior et acutior; Kilian.
S N O U T H I E , adj. Drizzly, dark, and rainy,
Tweedd.
Perhaps originally applied to sleety weat and
allied to Isl. snyf-a to snow, pret. Snyde, or Gael.
snowy. Snidhe, however, in the language
signifies drops of rain through the
roof of a house. Snidk-am to drop, distil; and snod-
T o S N O W K , v. n. T o smell about, Clydes. Ettr.
For.
This is merely a variety of SNOKE, q. v.
S N O W K , S. A smell; used in a ludicrous way, ib.
S N U B B E R T , s. 1. A loose knot or lump, A b .
2. T h e nose, in contempt; the snout, ibid.
The latter seems to be the primary sense; O. Teut.
strnbbe, Fris. snebbe, rostrum avis.
S N U F F I E , adj. Sulky, displeased; often Snuf-
jie-UJee, Clydes.
SNUFFILIE, adv. In a sulky manner, ibid.
SNUFFINESS, S. Sulkiness, ibid.
The idea expressed by these terms does not seem
to be borrowed, as one might suppose at first view,
from the appearance of one who is accustomed to
take snuff liberally. It is from the powerful use of
the nostrils, when one's anger is excited. Thus
:hnauf-en, or sehnaub-en, primarily signifies,
5 spirare, and secondarily,fremere. V. Wach-
ter. Teut. snuff-en, snoff-en, naribus spirare, follium
more reciproco spiritu nares agitare.
S N U I F I E , adj. Sheepish, awkward, Berwicks.
Isl. snaef-ur austerus; or from smfb-a,
acriter, q. one who is depressed by
T o S N U I S T , r. n. T o sniff, S.
f f An' what—are ye aye doin' hniuslin' an' snuistin as signifying, pecuniam profundere, projicere.
Wolff;
of the singular , i the
intoxicating liquor.
SNUK, SNUKE, S. small cape, &e.]
Isl. hniuk-ur, mon
Gl. Rymbegla.
Only in one other place have I met with this f
In Bleau's Map of Lindisfarne or Holy Island, the
isthmus which projects towards the mainland is de-
signed " The Snewke or Conny-warren."
T o S N U R K L E , v. n. T o run into knots, as a
hard-twisted thread, Ettr. F o r . ; immediately
allied to Isl. snerk-ia ringi, snerk-iur, s. pi.
rugae, and snorkinn rugosus.
T o S N U I I L , v. a. T o ruffle or wrinkle.] In-
stead o f sense 2. Give;
T o SNURL, V. 71. T o be entangled or ravelled; ap-
plied to thread, ropes, &c., R o x b . E . to snarl.
" Snaryn or snarlyn. IUaqueo." Prompt. Parv.
" Thread which is overtwisted, and runs into kinks,
is said to run into snocksnarls. North." Grose.
Isl. snurd-a is used precisely in the same sense.
V . SNORT of Thread.
S N U S I I , ,9. Snuff, a term still used by old peo-
ple, A b e r d . ; also Snecsh.
Bedaub'd with soot, and snush and bubblings,
Her grandchild found these following scribbling*.
Mestoiis Poems, p. 82.
S N U S H , adj. Fat and contented. V. SNOSH.
T o S N U V E , v. n. Y. SNOOVE.
T o SO, r. a. To smooth the water b y oily sub-
stances, in order to facilitate the raising o f
small fishes to the surface, Shetl.
I see no affinity, unless perhaps to Su.G. soefw-a,
to lull asleep, or Isl. joo-a extenuare, G. Andr.; di-
minuere, Verel. Haldorson gives s6g-a, alias

wi' the nose o' ye i* the yird, like a brute beast, S O A K I E , adj. Plump, in full habit, S.] Add;
every ither day, can ye tell me ?" St. Patrick, ii. 2 6 6 . The pron. of Clydes. is Sukie or Sookie. " A sookie
Su.G. snyfst-a, anhelitum per nares crebro redu- lassie," a plump sweet girl. That of Roxb. is Soakie.
cere; Dan. snus-er, odorari. <c A soakie lassie," a weighty female child, Roxb.

T o S N U I S T E R , o r SNUITTER, v. n. T o l a u g h SOAKIE, s. A ludicrous designation for a lusty

in a suppressed or clandestine way, through the female, Loth.
nostrils, Fife. V. SNOTTER, V. Perhaps from E. soak, A.S. soc-ian, to macerate ;
Teut. snoff-en, snuff-en, snuyv-en, naribus spirare. or allied to C.B. soegen, a swaggy female, from socg-i,
This term has obviously the same common origin to puff up with moisture. The sound given to the
with Snifter, Snider, Snisty, &c., q. v. adj. in Clydes. renders it probable that it is an an-
SNUISTER, SNUITTER, S. A l a u g h o f t h i s d e - cient Stratclyde term.
scription, ibid. S O A M , « Herring soam, the fat of herrings.
T o S N U I T (like Gr. V), v. n. T o move in a Y o u n g girls throw this against a wall; and if
careless and inactive manner, conjoined with the it adheres to it in an upright manner,—the
appearance of stupor; as, " H e was gaun snuit- husband they will get will also be s o ; if crook-
tin doun the street," " H e cam snwittin i n f Fife. ed, he will be crooked." Gall. Enc.
The original idea maybe that of one trudging along, This is originally the same with E. seam lard;
with his snout pushed out, which is often the gait C.B. "
of a lubberly fellow ; Teut. snvyte nasus, proboscis.
Or it may be borrowed from the habits of a dog, S O A P E R , A soap-boiler, Aberd.
that ranges about snoking, or smelling out objects ; This may have been borrowed from O.E. " Sopar
Isl. snudd, exploratio canina, snudd-a, canum more marchaunt or chapman. Saponarius." Prompt. Parv.
explorare. SOAPERIE, s. A place where soap is made, S.
S N I J I T T I T , part. adj. Having the foolish and Here [in Bervie] is also a soaperieJ' Agr. Surv.
glimmering look of one who is half-drunk, Loth. Kincard. p. 411.
This may be allied to Dan. shotted, snotty, or to * T o S O B , v. n. T h i s E . v. is applied, by a sin.
48?
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gular obliquity of signification, to the palpitat-
ing motion of green wood, or of any moist b o d y ,
in the fire, S. Perhaps it also includes the sound
emitted.
Birk will burn, if it was burn-drawn,
Saugh will sob if it was sommer-sawn.
S. Prov. Kelly, p. 76.
i. e. Birch will burn although dragged through a
rivulet; but the willow will heave in the fire, al-
though it has all the benefit of summer-drought.
It is also applied to the burning of nuts.
Nell had the fause-house in her 111111',
She pits hersel an' Rob i n ;
In loving bleeze they sweetly join,
'Till white in ase they're sohhhi.
Burns, iii. 129-
S O B I R , SOBYR, SOBER, adj. 1. P o o r , m e a n , S J
Insert, as etymon, after sense 1. ;
Belg. sober, id. Sobere host, spare diet; Jly is in eeri
soberen staat, He is in a poor or mean condition,
Sewel.
2. Applied to money, it denotes what is low in
price.
And be Judas that false tratour,
That Lambe for sober summe was sauld.
Poems of the Sixteenth Century, p. 41.
We read of cr sobirar p r i c e s A b e r d . Reg. A.
1551, V. 21.
"3. Little, small.] Add;
Sobre is used in this sense by an O.E. writer.
" But, heraulde, say to the Gouernour,—that we
ar here now but with a sobre cumpanie, & they
a greate number, & yf they will mete vs in felde
they shalbe satisfied with fightynge ynough." Pat-
ten's Expedicion D. of Somerset, p. 50.
It is expl, however, on the margin, as a S. word.
.. " Sober is the proper terme whearby the Scottes
doo signifie smal, litle, easy, 01* slender."
SOBERLY, adv. Sparingly, frugally, S.
Teut. sober, parcus, continens, frugal is; soberheyd,
pardtas; soberlick, parce.
T o SOBER, V. n. T o become less boisterous, to
grow more calm, Aberd,
SOBERSIDES, s. " A creature of sober habits
Gall. Encyeh
S O C H T , part. pa. of the v. Seek. Exhausted,
wasted, drained, S.
Thai landis ar with stouth sa socht,
To extreme povertie ar brocht.
Thai wicked schrowis,
Has laid the plowis,
That nane, or few, is
That ar left ocht.
Jganis the Thievis of Liddisdail, Mailt. Poems, p. 332.
The sense most nearly akin^to this, in which the
E. v. is used, is that given by Johns. " at a loss ;
without measure, knowledge, or experience." But
the term in S., while it has far greater latitude of
signification, being applied not only to the mind,
but to the body, substance, &c., is also far more
emphatic. One is said to be sair soeht, who is much
waited by debauchery, by disease, or by searching
medicines.
S O C H E R (gutt.), adj. L a z y , effeminate, inac-
tive from delicate living, North of S.
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S O D
S O C Y , <?. " A person who walks with a manly
a i r ; " Gall. Encvcl.
Su.G. swass-a, to walk loftily. V. SWASH.
SOCK, SOK, 5. A ploughshare, S-, A . B o r . ] Add;
O.E. socfce, id. " Socke of a plough, [ F r . ] soc de
la c h e r u e F a l s e r . B. iii. F. 65, a.
SOCK-MANDRILL, A few simile o f a
plough-head east in metal, Teviotd.
Since the introduction of metal heads to ploughs,
in place of wooden ones, commonly called sheiks or
sheaths, it has been found necessary, for the better
fitting on of the sock, to have such a cast of the
head lodged with the smith, as to prevent the in-
convenience of having to send the plough itself to
the smithy when a new sock is required.
The only terms I have met with, that have any
analogy, are Isl. and Su.G. mynd effigies, imago-,
icon, and mynd-a form are, fingere. Shall we sup-
pose that it received this designation in contempt;
being viewed as the mandrel or vagary of some gid.
dy innovator ?
S O C K I N - H O U R , s. T h e portion of time b e -
tween daylight and candle-light, Teviotd.
As A.S. socn, socne, signifies privilegium, inimu-
nitas, libertas, " a priviledge, an immunity, a liber-
ty," (Somner) ; shall we view the term as denoting
that short space which servants had a right to claim
as a relaxation from labour ? This is also called
Gloamin-shot. Or, as it seems from time immemo-
rial, both in town and country, to have been the
season especially chosen for meeting together for a
little gossip, it may be from Dan. socgen, a quest, a
seeking, or Isl. solcu accursus, concourse. For this
is a very ancient term, still used in Iceland to denote
conventions of whatever description.
S O D , adj. 1. Firm, steady. To lay sod, to make
secure; to lie sod> to ly secure, or on a solid
foundation, Fife.
A s applied to the mind or conduct, synon.
with Douce and Canny, ibid.
This seems to be merely a provincial variety of
Sad, q. v.
S O D , adj. " Singular, odd, unaccountable,
strange;" Gl. Surv. Moray.
S O D , s. L A species of earthen fuel, used for
the back of a fire on the hearth, S.
The word is used in Yorks. in the same sense;
and is properly distinguished by Thoresby from a
turf although Dr. Johns, explains the E. term b y
this. " A turf is thin and round or oval, taken from
the surface of the earth ; a sod thick and square, or
oblong mostly." Ray's Lett. p. 337.
It denotes a turf much thicker and weightier
than what is called a Divet
% Used to signify a heavy person, or any dead
weight, R o x b .
S O D , s. A species of bread, Ayrs.
Thick nevelt scones, beer meal, or pease,—
I'd rather hae, an', gin ye please
A butter sod,
Than a' their fine blaw-flums o' teas*
That grow abroad.
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 63.
Isl. and Su.G. sod denotes pottage, jus, jusculum,
from siud-a coquere.
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S O D B I S J SODDS, S. pi A sort o f saddle, &c.] This is merely the term Sorn in its more primitive
Add; form. The old Fr. v. was also used actively. Met-
i ( A.Bor. sods, a canvas pack-saddle stuffed with tre des chevaux, a I'ecurie pour les rafraichir et les
straw Grose. faire reposer; Roquefort.
T o S O D G E I I I Z E , v. n. T o act as soldiers, to SOY TOUR, SOYTE 11, S. A n y person appearing i n
be drilled, D u m f r . a court, &c.] Add;
The fouk were in a perfect fever— 8. This term is sometimes used as equivalent to
Marching- wi' drums and fifes for ever, Dempster) because it was part of the office of a
A' sodgerizing. Suitar to pronounce the judgment of court.
Mayne's Siller Gun, p. II. " The suitar, or dempstar of court sould sweir,
This is a local and a cant sort of term. Sodgering that he sail mak lei 11 and trew record in that court,
h used in the same sense in other counties. and sail gif and pronunce lauchful and trew dome,
S O D G E R - T H E E T ) , part. adj. A low term, efter the knawlege gevin to him be God." Balfour's
signifying that one has little or-no money in Pract. p. 275.
one's pocket; q. having the thigh of a soldier. " Bot gif ane dome proinmced, and againe-said
S O D I C K , s. A dull, clumsy, heavy woman, in the schiref court, is falsified before the Justitiar
Shetl. V. SOUDIE, s. in his court; ilke soytour before the Schiref, pro-
Isl. sodi, homo sordidus ; sod-az, sordere. nouncers of the said dome, sail be vnlawed be-
SOPROUX, SOT INTOUN, adj. O f or belonging to fore the Justitiar in ten poundes." Quon. Attach,
England, S. c. 13. § 8.
The terms are sometimes conjoined in old acts.
Full gret frendschipe thai fand
" That the dome gevin in the schirref court of
With Sothroun folk: for seho was of Ingland.
Drumfress—be the mouthe of Nicliole Thomsone
Wallace, B. I. V^284.
dempstar e & soy tour e of the said court—was weile
T o S O F T , v. a. T o assuage.
gevin & evil again call it." Acts Ja. III. A. 14(><),
" Thay micht—be participant in all richeis and
Ed. 1814, p. 94.
feliciteis—providing so thay wald soft the indigna-
L.B. sectator is used in the second sense ; Sect a-
c'loun of thair mindis." Belleiiden's T. Livius, p.
tores litium ; negotiorum forensium Sectatores; Du
19. Moilirent, Lat.
Gauge. Skene expl. it in sense first. " IIee quha is
* S O F T , adj. W e t , rainy ; a soft day, a rainy
infeft with sok (quhilk now we call soyte, from the
day, South of S., Loth.
Frenche worde suite, i. e. sequela) hes power and
Junius traces A.S. and E. soft to Su.G. saft succus. libertie to halde courtes;—in the quhilk courtes,
This use of the term in S. corresponds with his de- homines sui, or his vassales, suld giue soyte, and sende
duction. for them ane quha is called soy tor, or sectator, a se-
S O Y , s. Silk.] Add; quendo, because hee suld follow the courte, in the
It would seem that the phrase, silken soy, is still quhilk hee suld appeare." Vo. Sok. This denomi-
preserved, Dumfr. nation seems rather to have been given from his fol-
Ev'n little maids, wri' meikle joy, lowing or pursuing the cause in court.
Flow'r lawn and gauze ; It seems nearly allied to Su.G. sock-a quaerere,
Or clip, wi' care, the silken soy 111 etaph. used to denote violent invasion; whence
For ladies' braws. Maynes Glasgow, p. 10. hemsoeka, 0111* haimsucken, and Isl. atsohi, impetus
T o SOI L Y E , v. a. T o solve, to resolve.' bellicus. Ihre observes that Su.G. soek-a is metaph.
fc To soilyie this questiou.11, ane law wTas promul-
applied to medicine, or to any kind of food, which,
gat in comites, centuriat, quhatsimievir consulta- in consequence of its severe operation, renders one
cioun wes maid be the tribunis of small pepil, the languid ; dum hominem tentat, et languidum reddit.
samin sail have strenth of ane law." Bellend. T. T o S O L D , in a. T o solder.]
LiV. p. 284. In Edit. 1814, souddit, p. 2 2 2 .
From Lat. solv-ere,
or O.Fr. sol-er, used in the S O L D A T I S T A , s. Soldiery: Ital. soldatesca,
same sen^e; as assoil-er is from absolv-ere. soldato., L.B. soldates, a soldier.
SOIND, s. A court, Shetl. V. SITYND. Desires that in testimony of their bonaccord with
T o S O Y N D A , v. a. T o see, Shetl. the soldatista that had come so far a march for their
This may seem immediately derived from Dan. safeties,—they may be pleased out of their accus-
syn-e, to appear, or from Su.G. syn, Isl. sion, the tomed generosity and present thankfulness to the sol-
power of vision. datista for keeping good order, and eschewing of
SOYNDECK, s. T h e eye, Shetl. plundering, to provide for them 1200 pairs of shoes,"
SOYNE, A son ; 'Aberd. Reg. &c. Spalding, i. 215.
T o S O I R , V. n. T o complain. S O L E , s. A potatoe-basket, Liddesdale; pro-
— H e that cry is most & roris, nounced like E. soul.
Ourthrawin, schent, & most soiris. Flan dr. seule, suele, suyle, situla; modiolus; a
Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 140. bucket; also, a small bushel or corn measure.
Su.G. soer-ja dolere. S O L E - C L O U T , 3. A thick plate of cast metal
T o S O I O R N E , v. a.T o quarter, to lodge forci- attached'to that part of the plough which runs
bly.] Add the proof under SORN, from Acts on the ground, for saving the wooden heel from
Ja. I. being worn, R o x b .
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" O, to see the sock, and the heel, and the sole- pose to which any thing is applied; used with
clout of a real steady Scottish pleugh, with a chield the negative preceding; as, of a door that is
like a Samson between the stilts, laying a weight on beginning to be shattered, it is said, u That
them would keep down a mountain." The Pirate, ii. 2 8. dore's no very solvendie" Aug., Aberd.
A.S. sul denotes a plough. Solvendier in the comparative, and solvendiest, are
S O L E - S H O E , SOLE-SHUE, s. T h e same, C l y d e s . used, AbercL
S O L E F L E U K , s . The sole, a sea-fish, Dumfr. SOLVENDINESS, s. A state of trust-worthiness, ib.
" By this means they catch fleuks, solejleuks, tur- S O L U T I O U N E , Payment; Fr. solution.
bets, and severall other fish." Symson's Deser. Gall, —<e Anent the recuperatioune and optening of an-
p. 43. nuale rentis in burghe, in fait of solutioune and pay-
S O L E - T R E E , SOAL-TREE, S. A large beam ment of the annualis to the lardis, awnaris, and pro-
reaching from the one wall of a cow-house to the prietaris of the said annualez," &c. Acts Ja. IV.
other, into which the under end of each stake 1489, Ed. 1814, p. 222.
or post is mortised; and which, resting on the " The strength of the presumption—was totally
ground, forms the crib or manger, Teviotdale; elided by proving a positive way—how the right
q. forming the sole. came into the debtor's hands; it neither being by so-
S O L I C I T , SOLLICIT, adj. Solicitous. lution, nor other transaction, importing the consent
C( The common brute is, that the Frenche have in of the creditor thereto." Fount. Dec. Suppl. iii. 280.
hand sume hastie and sume greate enterprise, and the S O L U T E , adj. General, not close, declama-
rumor lacketh not appearance, for they have shipped tory, Lat.
much ordinance, and are not verie sollicit to reenfort — t c You floor it to fall on some, whom you mind
the ruptures and daylie decayes of Lythe." Knox's to hit right or wrong, in a solute and lax discourse,
Lett. Sadler's Papers, i. 662. substitute instead of argument." M f Ward's Con-
ie Being cairfull and solicit for renewing, strenth- tendings, p. 177.

ing, and confirming the antient alliance betuix the S O M E , a termination of adjectives. V. under SUM.
kingdomes," &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 60. S O M E , adv. 1. In some degree, somewhat, S.B.;
V . So LIST.
as, " Are ye sair hurt wi' that fa' ye got ?" " Tm
* S O L I D , SOLIDE, adj. Sane, in full possession some hurt."
of one's mental faculties; used in a negative The sun was set,
form; as, " He's no very solid " H e is not An* fields wi' falling dew some wet.
quite sound in his mind, S. Piper of Peebles, p.
tc Bot the said erle and the said maistres Agnes 2. And some, a phrase used in Aberd., Mearns*
continewing a certane space togidder, scho tuk occa- &c. as denoting pre-eminence above that which
sioun be his infirmitie and waik judgement, he being has been mentioned before.
than nocht so solide as wes necessair for the weill of May we not think our pains well wair'd,
his estait, to invent and devyse mony fraudful meanis When our young Nory's gotten a laird ?
in the hurte and prejudice of the airis and succes- Jean says, 1 thought ay gueed of her wad come,
souris of thefirstmariage, in thair successioun to the For she was with the foremost up and some.
said erledome of Erroll/' &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1606, Ed. Rsss's Helenore, p. 117, 3d Edit.
1814, p. 317. This language has been thus expl. to me by an
S O L I S T , adj. Careful, anxious, eager.] Add; intelligent correspondent in Aberdeenshire.
" Be not solist for any thing, but in euery thing " Wi' the foremost up Q. e. up with the foremost]
let thy requests be show en forth to God." Rollock and some, is a common phrase, which means, ' Equal
on 2 Thes. p. 114. to the best of them, and a good deal more than equal;
not merely equal, but superior' to others in any re-
SOLISTATIOUN, s. Legal prosecution, manage-
ment in courts of law. spect. Thus, also,f She's as bonny as you, and some;*
she is as pretty as you are, and much more so.—f He'll
" That the alderman, bailyeis, &c. of Abirdene sail
sing wi' her, and some ; He sings as well as she does,
content & pay to Schir Johne Ruthirfurd of Terlane
knycht the soume offiftjmerkis—aucht to him be the and a great deal better."
said alderman, &c. for solistatioun of thar errandis The use of this term, as signifying somewhat, cor-
the tynie he wes alderman of the said toune." Act. responds nearly with the use of Moes.G. and A.S. sum3
Dom. Cone. A. 1492, p. 250. signifying aliquid, aliquantum. But I find no pa-
Solistatioun of thar errandis, i. e. " legal manage- rallel for and some; It seems evidently an elliptical
ment of their business." phrase, allied to this use of some, by itself, as denoting
Hence L.B. sollieitator, qui causas alienas apud somewhat in addition to what has been said before.
Jurisconsultos solicitat, id est, exponit, promo vet, S O M E G A T E , adv. Somehow, in some wav,
subsequitur; Du Cange. South of S.
S O L V E N D I E , adj. 1. Sufficient to pay one's " To speak truth, and shame the de'il, though El-
shie's a real honest fallow, yet somegate I would ra-
debts, solvent, Ang. Lat. Solvend-us. Solvendo
ther take daylight wi* me when I gang to visit him,"
is also used, Aberd,
Tales of my Landlord, i. 201.
2. Worthy of trust, to be depended on, Aberd.; S O M M A R , adj. Summary; Fr. sommaire.
changed to Sevendle or Sevennil, Roxb. — " To tak sommar tryall and cognition of the of-
3, firm, strong; denoting sufficiency for the pur- fence." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V. 258.
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S O N - A F O R E - T H E - F A T H E R , s. Common S O N S , SOXCE, s. 1. Prosperity, felicity, L o t h . j
Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, Linn., Moray, Add ;—Soncefti me, " M a y prosperity betide
Mearns., Clydes. This plant has been often m e ! " T h e same phraseology is still used in
designed in botanical Latin, F iii us-ante-pater. Banffs., Fife, and Ayrs.
S O N D A Y , s. T h e old orthography of Sunday, Soncefa you an' your souple gabs,
the first day of the week, the Christian Sabbath. For at your trade ye're surely dabs.
" That sick persones be present the next Son day Taylor's S. Poems, p. OS.
at sermone befoirnone, in the })lace to be apointed for Sonxefa' yer open, honest heart,
thame to accept that charge." Election, &c. of Su- Wliar double guile ne'er hauntit!
perintendants, Knox's Hist. p. 21)8. Pickets Poems 17SS, p. 3 57.
Sunday more nearly resembles the A.S. designa- SONSY, SONSE, adj. 3 . H a v i n g s w e e t CȣRA<>R:;TV
tion, Sunna-daeg, Sol is dies; Son day,—Teut. Son-dagh, looks.] Add; ' " & °

Su.G. Soendag, id. Ihre observes, however, that an- A.Bor. " Soncy, or sonsy, pleasant, agreeable, en-
ciently it was Sundag. He views the word Sun or gaging, as applied to a person's looks Brocket.
Sonne, as formed from Sol, by a change of the letter 4. Plump, thriving, S.] Add;—A.Bor. id.
I into n. Vo. So1 " Would ony Christian body even yon bit object
S O N E L I E , adj. Filial. to a bonny sonsy weel-faured young woman like Miss
t f We, movit of sonelie lufe aucht to our derrest mo-
Catline ?" Reg. Dalton, iii. 119..
dere the queue; And attour of equite having consi- T o S O O , v. n. To smart. V. Sow, r.
deracioune howT Archibald erle of Angus hes wrang- T o SOOK, v. a. ^ T o suck, S. V. Sotix, TV
uislie takin vp the malis and proffettis of diuerss hire SOOKER, A horseleech, L o t h . ; from the v.Sook,
L , and landis sene the sentence of diuorss lede betuix to suck, S.
thame; And diuerss vtheris actounis quhilkis our The name is similar in Iceland. Blodsuga, san-
said derrest modere hes and may haue incontrare the guisuga, from sijg, saug, suga, sugere ; G. Andr.
said Erie, alss wele before the said diuorss as sene- Teut. suygher, Belg. bloedzuyger, id.
syne ; Tharefore we grant and will—that all acti- SOOK EIIS, s. pi. A n instrument used b y children
ounis and rychtis quhilkis our said derrest modere for suction and noise, S.
lies just title to, and niyclit recouer apoune the said " At each word, his tongue came away from the
Erie be justice, geif he war nocht forfaltit, be excepte locum-tenens of his palate with a bang, like a piece 01
and reseruit to hire in his forfaltour." Acts Ja. V. wet leather from a stone, called, by our Scottish chil-
1528, Ed. 1814, p. 327- dren, soakers, we forget the English name." Black w.
I find no evidence of the use of any similar com- Mag. Sept. IS 19, p."?00.
pound in A.S. The same beautiful epithet, however, SOOK IN1 TURKEY, a common designation among
remains in Sw. sonlig, and Dan. soenlig, id. I need the vulgar for a fool or ninny, R o x b .
scarcely remark that our term presents merely the Applied, perhaps, to the person described, from
softened form of Ilk or Ug, denoting similitude. the absurdity of the idea ; as Shakspeare uses the
S O N E P L E U C H T , a ploughgate or division of phrase, c*' a sueking dove," in a similar sense.
land exposed to the solar rays. " T h e haill sonc " But I will aggravate my will so, that I will roar
pleuclit? &c. Aberd. R e g . Cent. 16. you as gently as any sucking dove ; I will roar you an*
SON1E H A L F , that part or division o f lands 'twere any nightingale." Midsum. Night's Dream.
which lies to the south, or is exposed to the S O O L K E N , <9. ' T h e sun, Shetl.
sun; Sunny side, synon. This is opposed to the Moes.G. sanil, Su.G. sol, Dan. soel, Norw. sole, Isl.
Schaddow half.\ or the division that lies away sol, or sool, Sw. sool, which Haldorson renders by-
from the sun, S. Dan. soleu, id.; whence immediately the Shetl. term.
" Confermis—the schaddow half of the toun and Ihre views Gr. as originally the same word. But
landis of Drumdurrocht;—all and haill the schaddow C.B hayl, and Corn, haul, heul, have still greater affi-
quarter of the soniehalf landis of Eister Creuchie ;— nity. Varro says that sol was borrowed by the Ro-
the quarter of the some half landis of Creichnaleid/' mans from the Sab hies, who were of Celtic extract-
&c. Acts Ja. VL 1584, Ed. 1S14, p. 372. T o S O O M , v. T o swim. This form gives the
SONY IF, Excuse; improperly })rinted Son:Jr. invariable sound of ihc word, S.
But I knew, vour last sonyie and shift will he,
* SOON, adj. N e a r ; an oblique use of the E .
that they admitted, yea invited, field-preachers and
term, winch, in hs application, is thus trans-
non-indulged to preach in their pulpits." M'"Ward's
Con tendings, p. 9>k ferred from time to space. The soonest gaity
« I nia'f here be put in mind, that it was with this the nearest road. Soon is pron. like the Gr. v.
sonyie the e:uise was betrayed by us." Ibid. p. 273. T o S O O P , v. a. T<> sweep, S.
<f The schoolmaster's wife and daughters/ she said,
Abbreviated from Essonyie, q. v. This is errone-
ously expl. in Gl. ibid. sonnet, or cant."
fC t AV ere now sae saucy -is to pretend that they cou'd
S O N I V , SUNK, S. S. A wreath of straw, used, as 11a sit down in comfort in a house that was na clean
a cushion, or load saddle.] Add to etymon ; soopet." Cottagers of Gienbumie, p. 3f)5.
We find the Dan. term seng applied exactly in the SOOPING, s. T h e act. of sweeping, S.
same manner ; straaseng, ££ a pad of straw ;" Wolff. A wheen eork-headed, banny-brained gowks !
SONKIE, s. u A man like a sank, or a saekfull of that vvunna let pair folk sae mucklc as die in quiet, v. i*
s t r a w G a l l Enc. their sossings and their souping*." St. Ronan, iii. i d .L
VOL. I I . 441 SK'
 s o o S O R
SouP-THE-CAUSEY", A scrub, one who would who obtained the ring, but, by the mystical V:
do the meanest thing for money, Fife. of the sooty-skon, is alike equal to all who parte
A bunch of feathers for sweeping ; it; the ring only conferring the privilege of
Gall. Enc. Sw. soparc, a sweeper. the first married of the _ .
SOORLONG, A noted liar, Shetl. S O P I T E , part, pa, Set at rest, S.
The last syllable is evidently from Dan. logn a lie, W e a r e 111 d a n g e r to b e destroyed by

S v ^ & w a a V w i t h e r n a m valde, used inl sopite, and smothered." M'Ward'

q. a great liar, a very liar; or from socre an oath, q. SOPITING, 5. Setting at rest, quashing; a forensic

TITSOO^E^ T ^ 1 0 1 ! 0 : T o W ^ ' t o flog, Ayrs. than the Spiting of a very dangerous claim, and the
Often « to sooah and skreenge* alliance of a son-in-law, noble, brave, well-gifted, and

vant, L o t h . V . SOTHFAST. 3 ^ " ^ ^ " T ^ ^ Z ^ X I T L A

SOOTIER. " A n old term f o r the d e v i l ; " ^ hmdiloO^ ArtDom
Aberd., GL Shirrefs ; evidently from E . soot Conc< 14g8 ^
S O O T I P I L L I E S , s. « A moss plant
piant which
wmcn SORIT,
SORIT, adj. O
adj. sorrel c o l o u r ; asr " a sorit
Off aa sorrel
grows on a thick stalk, like a willow-wand. The h o r s e "Clydes.
liead is about half a foot long, and of a sooiie p r> s^ure of a sorrel colour saur-ir to turn into
• G a l l . Enc. a sorrel colour. This is
SOOTY-SKON, Instead of " A cake baked salt; Diet. Trev.
with soot, to be eaten on H a l l o w e e n ; " — ^ A T o S O R N , S O R N E , v. n* T o
cake baked with soot to be eaten on Fasterrts- self, &c.1 Add;
e'en, S.B. The only hesitation I have, as to the
In the room of what follows. Insert / ^ given above, arises from the use of the word

I^CdS™nd?Cated ^ a ° 6 aCCU 4 7 7

In the shires of Mearns and Aberdeen, among the

that of the sooty-scone holds

It is the usual custom on that evening to make skair- Spenser's State of Ireland, W<
. of milk, meal, (or flour), Sorohen is said, by Sir James Ware, to be " a tax
L sugar, mixed imposed four times a year on all Frank-Tenants, or
' ds descendible to their heirs, for
mfrom
^ i nthe
m eword
^ aSrone,
n c ^ pwhich
a y ^ ^ was
die
left,- ^

thick VconV which is cal

h all the magic is 1
ares the sooty-sko
st it is b a k i n g for if she speak, all its virtues are
and when it is baked, it is divided into as many

a part. The person who isTo the tim

is^Isured of b e i n ^ Fynes
and to know who their intended partner will be, the
piece of cake is dreamt on, i. e. placed under the pil,
low in the L-ft foot stocking, and whatsoever person
is dreamt ot\ he or she is viewed as the future hus-

i s n r t confined to the person

 s o n
them. And in such places, they make a fier in the
mi eldest of the roume; and round about it they
sleepe vpon the ground, without straw or other
thing vnder them, lying all in a circle about the fier,
with their feete towards it. And their bodies being
naked, they couer their heads and vpper parts with
their mantels, which they first make very wet, steep*
ing them in water of purpose, for they finde that
when their bodies haue once warmed the wet man-
tels, the smoake of them keepes their bodies in tem-
perate heate all the night following. And this man-
ner of lodging, not onely the meere Irish Lords, and
their followers vse, but euen some of the English
Irish Lords and their followers, when after the old
but ty rani call and prohibited manner vulgarly call-
ed Cosher ing^ they goe (as it were) on progresse, to
line vpon their tenants, til they haue consumed al
the victuals that the poore men haue or can get."
Itinerary, P. III. p. l64.
SORNING, s. T h e act o f exacting free lodgings,
S. " Sorning\ spunging, and playing the un-
welcome g u e s t 6 1 . Antiq. ^
SORNE,.pa?-t. pa. Sworn, Aberd. Reg.
T o S O R P L E , v. a. T o scrub with soap and
water, R o x b .
Teut. schraeffel-en corradere f or Su.G. sorp-a to
moisten.
SORPLINS, s. pi. Soap-suds; or the liquid in
which clothes have been washed, ibid.
* S O R R O W , s. A term, unwarrantably used,
in imprecations, &c.] Add;
cc The sorrow tak him, and a' his crew o' rotten
Bishops thegither." Tennant's Card. Beaton, p. 25.
MUCKLE SORROW, t h e d e v i l , S .
—An' rogues o' Jews, they are nae arrow
Wi' tricks fu' sly,
Wad pest the very muckle sorrow
To trock or buy.
D. Andersons Poems, p. 116.
S O R R O W - R A P E , <9. A rope or strap slung
across the shoulders of persons carrying a
handbaiTow, and attached to the steels or trams
o f it, to relieve the arms of those who carry the
load, Teviotd.
Perhaps from Teut. sorghe, A.S. sorg, sorh, cura,
as denoting solicitude for the ease or safety of the
bearers; unless it should be from sudor, stvura, the
neck, because it is hung near it.
T o S O R T , v. n. T o depart, to go forth; Fr.
sort-ir.
€C At efter none there sortit out of the town the
lordis Hereis, Lochinwar, and Fernihurst, at the
wast port about 200 hors," &c. Bannatyne's Journal,
p. 1So.
<: They of Edinburgh come furth hors and fute ;
—and they of Leyth also sorted &c. Ibid. p. 248.
" They sorted from Hamilton upon the 13th day
of May, to pass toward Dunbarton." Keith's Hist,
p. 477*
* S O R T , s. A term applied to persons or tilings,
when the number is rather small, Roxb., l>er-
wicks. S. Yvhecn seems nearly synon.; as, u Was
there mony fouk at the kirk the day?1'' fit On,
there was a sort at i t S A . •
443
SOS
ff Sort, a lot, a parcel, or number ; " A.Bor., Gl.
Brocket. It has, however, no immediate connexion
with Fr. sort as signifying a lot; but is perhaps aU
lied to L.B. sort-um, denoting a measure of land,
q. a portion.
T o S O R T , v. a. T o supply or furnish to one's
satisfaction, to fit, to suit; as, <<c I can sort y e
wi"5 a knife now," I can now supply you with
a knife to your mind) " That knife 11 sort ye
That knife will please you ; " Sort yoursel,"
Take what, or whichsoever you please, S.'
This is used in the sense of O.E. Assort. Fr. as*
sort-ir to suit, to furnish, &c. Sortir also signifies
"" to assort, to furnish or fit with ;" Cotgr.
T o SORT, v.n. T o agree, to come to a bargain, S.
<f He's the easiest merchant ever the people of
God yoked with ; if ye be pleased with the wares,
what of his graces makes best for you, he and ye
will soon sort on the price." Walker's Peden, p. 56.
* T o S O R T , ZK a. T o chastise, to correct by-
stripes, S . ; q. to put one to -sorts.
" May neer be in my fingers, if I dinna sort ye
baith for it." Monastery, i. 140.
SORTING, Correction, whether with the hand
or the tongue, S.
" See if I dinna gie a proper sorting to yon twa
silly jauds, that gar'd me mak a bogle of you, and a
fule of my sell—Ghaists ! my certie, I sail ghaist
them." St. Ron an, iii. 34.
S O R T S , s. pi. T/tafs your sorts! an exclamation
used when one is highly pleased with an action
or thing, Aberd.
It seems doubtful whether we should view this
as a peculiar use of the E. s., q. " that's your" mode
or fashion of doing the business;" or as from Fr.
sort, a lot ; also fate, fortune ; q. f4 You are fortnunU-
indeed i" As originally used by school-hoys, it might
be borrowed from some classical phrase with which
they were familiar, in which tlie word Sorter. desti-
nies, occurred.
S O S H , adj. 1. Addicted to company and to the
bottle. A sosh conipaiiloU} ox pi. social a:iu
sappy,*' South o f S.
Tins at first view might seem abbreviated from
Lat. soc-ius, and equivalent to E. social. But per-
haps it is allied to Germ, saus, noise, especially that
of drinkers. Jm saus lehen, faire debauche, mener
joyeuse vie; Schwan.
2. Frank, conversible, free, not rcserved, Loth.
(o. Expl. " eanny, solder, quiet; though. implying
the idea of cheerfulness f Teviotd.
4. Snug, comfortable ; as applied tu tlie external
situation ; synon. Cosh ; A yrs. GL Surv. A v i v
p. (>$3.
5. L a z y , indolent, Lanarks., Ayrs. This sense
is partly included in the term as used in the
Soutli of S.
6. Plump, broad faced, Loth.
In the latter sense it seems nearly allied to S.
Swash, " of a full habit," q. v. The latter term also
signifies fuddled, swollen with drink.
SOSHERIE, s. Social intercourse, Ayrs.
" The next witness was Mr Mordecfd Sax been
 S O T
preses and founder of that renowned focus of sosherie
the yarn-club, which held its periodical libations in
the buxom widow Sheid's tavern." The Entail, ii. 176.
The persecutions which from that day the monks
waged, in their conclaves of sloth and sosherie, against
the children of the town,—only served to make their
young spirits b u m fiercer." R. Gilhaize, i. 9-
SOSS, s. A mixture of incongruous kinds o f
food, &c.] Add;
O.E. ff Sos, hound is mete. C a n t a b r u m P r o m p t .
Parv. This is expl. " branne of corne, for houndes ;"
Ort. Vocab. Hence perhaps A.Bor. soss, " to lap
like a dog f Gl. Brocket. - do. In pi. Isl. sveitar, comites, sieitar hqfdingiar,
Sossi^c, s. T h e act of mixing up in an incon-
gruous way, S.
• " A wheen cork-headed, barmy-brained gowks !
that wunna let puir folk sa muckle as die in quiet, wi'
thair sossings and their soopings." St. ftonan,iii. l(i 1.
SOSS-POKE, ,9. A low word used to denote the sto-
mach, Fife ; q. that which receives the various
kinds of aliments thrown into it. V. Soss, s. 1.
SOSS, s. T h e flat sound, &e.] Add;
—Providence oft gets into one scale,
To keep the proper poise ; when easefu' bliss
Into the other sosses, overpond'rous.
Davidsoyis Seasons, p. 100.
<c Soss, a heavy, clumsy fall; the sound caused by
the act of falling ; " A.Bor., Gl. Brocket.
This intelligent writer has thrown out the most
probable conjecture I have yet met with concerning
the origin of E. souse, of which he is disposed to
consider this term as a variation,—that it is from O.Fr.
sus, above or upon, of which dessus is in part com-
pounded. We may perhaps need to go no farther
than Ir. and Gael, sios, down, do-wnwards.
T o Soss, v. n. T o fall down as a dead weight, to
come to the ground as it were ail in a piece, S.
SOTHEOWN, A collective term used to
denote Englishmen. V. So MA, LINT.
T o S O T T E l l , v. n. 1. T o boil Avwly, S . ] Add;
Sotter, softer, my wee pan.
To the spirit gin ye can.
When the scum turns blue.
And the blood bells throi.:
There's something aneath that wiL i hange the man.
Perils , ' Man, ii. 44.
" Sotter, to make a noise in b g, as any thick
substance does. North." Grose. Add, as sense
2. It properly denotes the s p i d e r i n g or noise
made by any bubbling suhsta^-o, that is resi-
nous, or in a semi-liquid state, when boiling.
3. " T h e crackling and bubbling noise which any
—piece of flesh — or greasy substance—makes
before the fire Clydes,, Edin. Mag. J u l y
1819, p.
SOTTER, S. T h e act of boiling slowly, S.
T o S O T T E R , v. a. 1. T o scorch any part o f
the body, any piece of flesh, fat, or greasy sub-
stance before the fire; U p p . Clydes.
« The trees of the wood were blasted, and burnt,
on which were stuck the sottered legs and thighs of
the woman;—and on the top of a fir-tree, skathed
almost to charcoal, was stuck the ghastly head."
Edin, Msg. July 1809, p. 19.
444
SOU
2. T o burn slightly. T h u s one is said to sotter
the fingers by touching hot embers, &e. ibid.
This seems to acknowledge a common fountain
with Su.G. swed-a, adurere; leni igne perstringere ;
Isl. swijd-a, id.; swide, adustio ; swidiur, concaedes
arborum sylva exusta. This is most probably only
a variety of Seoivder, Scouther, q. v.
S O T T E l l , s. A n indefinite number of insects,
or other small animals, collected together; as,
" a great sotter" Roxb.
Isl. siot, multitude, sveit, satellitium ; Su.G. swet,
conglobatio, comitatus ; A.S. sweot, turba, multitu-
major 11111 ordimim due tores ; Verel. lnd. Ihre views
the term as of foreign origin, and most probably
from Fr. suite, a retinue. The latter would seem,
indeed, to be formed from the v. suicre, to follow.
But as the term under consideration is so much dif-
fused through the northern languages, Fr. suite may
have been a Frankish word from the same fountain.
T o SOTTER, v. n. T o cluster closely, as the
small-pox, or any cutaneous eruption, R o x b .
A' sotterin is a phrase very commonly used in this
sense ; q. " all in a cluster."
T o S O T T E R , v. a. E x p l . « to s a t u r a t e G a l l .
Encycl.
T o S O T T L E , v. ?i. A term expressive of the
sound emitted b y any soft substance, as p o r -
ridge, broth, &c. when boiling, A y r s .
From the same origin with SOTTER, V.
T o S O U C H , SOOGII, kc. v. n. T o emit a rush-
ing or whistling sound, S.] Add to etymon ;
The word, as it occurs in Prophecia Thome de
Erseldoun, retains more of its A.S. form.
Tlier the space of dayes thre
He herd the sweghynge of the flode.
MS. Lincoln. Jamiesons Pop. Ball. ii. It).
Fie herde but swowyng of a flode.
MS. Cotton. Minstrelsy Border, ii. 278.
Souen, Sow o n , &e., s. 1. A rushing or whistling
sound., S.] Add, as sense
4. A cant, or whining mode of speaking, espe-
cially in preaching or praying, S.
Give them the souch, they can dispense
With either scant or want of sense.
Mestons Poems, p. 15.
" The sough, as it is called, the whine, is unman-
ly, and much beneath the dignity of their subject.,
I have heard of one minister, so great a proficient
in this sough, and his notes so remarkably flat and
productive of horror, that a master of music set them
to his fiddle ; and the wag used to say, that in the
most jovial company, after he had played his tune
but once over, there was 110 more mirth among
them all the rest of that evening, than if they were
just come out of the cave of Triphonius [V. Tropho-
xiius.]" Burt's Letters, i. 207-
ff Sough,—the chaunt or recitative peculiar to the
old Presbyterians in Scotland, and to certain extra-*
religious casts in all c o u n t r i e s G l . Antiq.
5. A flying report, a vague rumour, S.
<f I dread that the sough that gaed through or
his having deserted, had some truth in't." Cottagers
of Glenburnie, p. 266.
 s o u
fc Sough—any rumour that engages general at-
tention :" Gl. Surv. Moray.
ee I hae heard a sough/ said Annie Winnie, f as
if Lady Ashton wos nae canny body/ 5 Bride of
Lammermoor, iii. <)7»
" Little Scott, (who may truly be called sharp-
eared rumour, she has at least as many tongues,)
has already sent a .vugh through the gude town, that
Angus wears her chains." Saxon and Gael, i. S3.
0. Auld sough. W h e n a person or tiling retains
the same character, temuer, or without'
variation, it is s a i d , — l i e , or It, has aye the
auld soo*>'h yet^ S.
O tl/ J M .
T o SOUGH oat, v. a. T o utter in a whining
tone, S.
" See to him wi' his badge/ they said; f he
hears one of the king's Presbyterian chaplains sough
out a sermon on the morning of every birth-day,
and now he would pass himsel' for ane o' the Epis-
copal church/ 1 Antiquary, ii. 3QQ.
SOUGH O1 THE SEA, " the sound of the sea,—as
the sea begins to speak before the sky. When
the sea thus doth growl, farewell to fair wea-
ther for a while Gall. Enc.
S O U C H , SOUGH, s. Silence. Keep a calm souch,
be silent.] Add;
<c Thir kittle times1 will drive the wisest o' us
daft/ said Niel Blane, the prudent host of the Howff,
f but 1'se aye keep a calm sough ." Tales of my
Landlord, iii. 147.
" Hout tout, man !' answered Jasper, f keep a
calm sough; better to fleech a fool than fight with
him." Monastery, ii. 38.
" Mind the Clachan of Aberfoil.—But keep a
calm sough till we meet again." Rob Roy, ii. 261.
Bobbin sat still, and Jceep^d a calm sough,
Than happ'd out whan he was fu'.
Gall. Encijcl. p. 413.
I have given this phrase under the word as sig-
nifying silence. But I hesitate whether it may not
allude to the wind when it continues low, as op-
posed to the idea of its becoming boisterous. It
might be admitted, however, that the former has
the support of analogy. For the phrase corresponds
with Teut. stille-sjvijgh-en silere, tacere, slille-sivij-
ghende taciturnus.
T o S O U D F R , t>. a. 1. T o solder; S. Souther.
Teut. souder-en, ferruminare, consolidare metal hi.
2. T o unite, to combine, S.
Look laughing ir;ie thy sky, and with thy heat,
Temper the scattcr'd clouds, and souder all
Into the perfect year.—Davidson's Seasons, p. 8.
S. T o make up a variance, or to unite those who
have been alienated, S.
You will roll all this hereby over upon the party
opposing the indulgence, and the course you take
to souder us into a sameness with them." M'Ward's
Contend, p. 222.
T o SOUDKII, v. n. T o unite.
" Others also, with whom we must likewise sou*
der, have been encouraged to repeat, and rush upon
the same disloyal practices." M'Ward,p. 4..
SOUDEIUXC, s. A i l act o f union.
M5
s o u
" This healing and \mb>\\ must have stretched the
length of a wintering with these men, who have
really, and upon the matter, settled the usurptr of
the O
«reat all lie hath," in his height of
, wickedness,
T "»
and heat of violence, robbed from the anomtcu oi
God." M'W ard, p. 4.
S O U D Y , s. A heterogeneous mixture, a hodge-
podge.
Where will ye see such, or find such a soudy ?
Bannocks of bearmeal, cakes of croudy.
Jacobite Relics, i. 20.
In this sense it seems allied to Isl. sod, jusculum.
S O U D I E , s. A gross heavy person, &c.] Add;
2. u Sowdie, a dirty woman, partaking much of
the nature of a s o w G a l l . Enc. V. SODICK.
SOVKK, Sount, a d j . Sure.] A d d ;
il And the yenian that is nane arch ere, na can
nocht deyll with a bow, sail haif a gude souir h;it for
his hede, & a doublat of fence, with suerde/' &c.
Pari. Ja. I. A. 142<J, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 18, c. 12.
i. e. as before mentioned, " ane yrn hat."
SOVERTIE, S. Surety ; Vpon sovertie, on security.
" The Duckis sone—tuike—some travel lour is,—
whome they late depart vpon sovertie to enter agane at
their calling." Bannatyne's Transact, p. 12*9.
To S O U F , SOUFF, v. n. 2. T o w h i s t l e i n a l o w
tone.] Add;
I sheuk mysel', an' souff t to fleg the fear ;
But yet my heart foretaul some sorrow near.
Tarrass Poems, p. 116.
l. e. " "whistled to fright fear away,"
5. T o sing; used in a general sense, R o x b .
May virtue glad baith you an* me,
To souf our sang still merrilie,
While yet we may.
A. Scott's Poems, IS 11, p. 117.
T o S O U F F , ^ a. T o quaff;" Gl. Surv. Moray.
It seems the same with Teut. xotif-cn, wJ-'-en, sor-
bere, sorbillare, Su.G. sup-a, al.so signifying to quaff.
SOUFF, SOWFF, <S". A stroke, S.B.
He jee'cl na out o' that an inch.
Afore a mciisclcss mail
Caine a' at anes athort his hmch
A souf, and gart him pranu
His bum that day.
Christmas Ba'ing, Skinner's 31isc. Poet. p. 12Q.
Su.G. swepa, Isl.svepa, scutica, a scourge ; sveip-a
percutere.
S O U F F L E , s. A stupid, silly person, a lazy,
idle, drunken 1 el low, Mearns.
Teut. stiff-cm deli rare, hallucinare; Isl. sweifl-a,
agitare : gv rare.
SO U F L E T , <v. 4i A stroke, a blow Bueham
Fr. souj'flct, " a b o x , cutre, or whirret on the
ear;"" (Jotgr.
S O U F T , pari. pa. Exhausted, Loth., Border.
Tins seems lucrely a corr. of the ancient part.
Sopi I. V. >Soi\»:, v.
S O U G H , s. A stroke, a blow, Buchan.
This may be a variety of Souff, q. v. But as both
are used in the same district, they are more probably
of different origin. Shall we suppose that it refers
to the sough or sound made by a blow: or trace h
 s o u S O U
to Isl. swijge vimen, often the instrument employed ability of foddering the cattle in winter, by means of
in striking? infield, according to the view given in the quotation
T o SOUGIT, v. 7i. T o emit a rushing sound, &e. from the Stat. A c c . ; but as expressive of the relative
V. Soucir. size of each ronmi or farm, to which the right of pas-
turing is annexed. " Where divers heritors have a
T o S O U K , SOOK, v. a. l . T o s u c k , S . ; as, a sookin
bairn, a sucking c h i l d ; pron* as oo in E . common pasturage in one coinmontie, no part where-
Figuratively used, to denote the power o f of is ever plowed, the said common pasturage may
wheedling or flattery, in the old S. P r o v . ; " H e be Soumed and B owned, that all the smims the whole
has a tongue in his head that coud souk the la- commontie can hold, may be determined and propor-
verocks out of the lift."" tioned to each ronm having the common pasturage,
This evidently refers to the vulgar opinion, that according to the holding of that rouin." Decisions,
some serpents have such a fascinating influence in Jan. 23, 1679; Dunlop.
their eye, or so powerful a suction in their breath, T o S O U M , v. a. T o surmise, A b e r d .
that, if a bird pass over them, they can arrest it in T o S O U M E , v. n. T o swim ; pron. q. Soom, S.
cc Mony of thame euld nocht soume, and war sa hevy
its flight, and make it drop down into their jaws.
c- To come now unto the Basil iske," says Pliny, chargit with thare harnes and habirjonis of maleyeis,
" whom all other serpents doe flie from and are afraid that thay sank doun and perist in the depe bullerand
o f ; albeit he killeth them with bis very breath and str ernes." Bel lend. T. Liv. p. 457- V. SOOM.
smell that passeth from him ; yea, and (by report) SOUME, A load. Y. SOWME.
if he do but set his eye on a man, it is enough to SOUN , adj. Smooth, level ; a soun' roach a
1

take away his life." Hist. B. xxix, c. 4. smooth road ; a sown"' stake, a smooth stone, &c\
Jerome, on Isa. xiv. £9, Out of the serpent's S. Soa?t'' is pron. like E . soon.
root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall This seems merely an arbitrary use of E. Sound, adj.
be a fiery flying serpent," renders the words; " From S O U N , s. Son. " His soim & apperand air ^
the root- of the serpent shall spring forth a prince, Aberd. Reg.
and' his seed shall snck up the bird." ^ For he accom- T o S O U N D , r. 7%. T o swoon. Loth.
modates the words to the history of the basilisk, as — " The said Thomas, with his whinger, gave him
given by Solinus : " It even corrupts the air, so that again two great wounds, and left him sounding in his
no bird, can pass over it with impunity, as it is in- blood." Justiciary Record, Sharpe's Pref. to Law's
fected with its pestiferous breath." Memorial Is, lix.
Isidorus gives a similar account: ec At the sight of A.S. swind-an, Sw. swind-a, Germ. sclmind-eny
it no bird on the wing can pass over it uninjured ; defieere ; Su.G. swinn-a, evanescere: A.S. aswendy
for, although at a distance, consumed by its breath enervates.
it is devoured." Alkazum, an Arabian writer, says ; SOUND, S. A swoon, a faint, Loth.
" If a bird flies above it, it falls down upon it." V. T o S O U N D , v*. a. T o spin a top, Aberd.
Bochart, Hierozoic. L. iii. c. 10. T o SOUND, v. n. T o spin, as expressive of the
" The basilisk," says Vitringa, f f is a noxious kind motion of a top, ibid*
of serpent, which kills other living creatures, not by Allied perhaps to Isl. sund natatio, si/nd-a natare .;
its bite, but by its hissing and breath." In loc. as denoting the equable motion. Or shall we trace
SOUKIT, adj. Fatigued, exhausted, Fife. it to the humming sound emitted ?
Teut. swac infirmus, enervus, languidus ; snack-en T o S O U N Y E , v. n. T o concern one's self about,
debilitare, deli cere ; Dan. swakk-er to waste. to take interest in.
S O U K K Y l l , Sue CUR, s. Su^ar ; Aberd. 11 eg. Ladeis will not sounue
SOUAI, Sou ME, 1. A X onm of sheep.'} Add; With wah-tit wowbattis ivUin,
It appears that this denomination has been for- Bot proudly thay will prounye,
merly lower, as to the number of sheep. (•hil ah* g= ir is to he gondii.
*'f If tiie tenant is to hire his grazing in the hills, 7. MS. Chrun. S. P. iii. 1 47- V- Sox V". ;.
he takes it by sonnies. A souwe is as much grass as S O U P . .v. .<•. A small draught, See. S.] Ad,! ;
will maintain four sheep ; eight sheep are equal to a —Ci Ye may gang your ways to bed, and leave
cow and a half, or forty goats.—The reason of this es to our soup trine and our ain cracks." St. John-
disproportion between the goats and sheep is, that stoiiii, i.
after the sheep have eat the pasture bare, the herbs, 3. A considerable quantity of drink, or of any thin,
as thyme, &c. that are left behind, are of little or no f o o d . ] Add;—such especially as is taken with a
value, except for the browzing of goats." Letters
spoon.
from a Gentleman in the North of S. ii. 155.
" I dare say he wad gar them keep hands ail me—•
T o SOUM a n d R O U M . ] Add;
C£ The action by which these proportions are to be
and he wad gar them gie v.v my soup par ridge and
bit meat." Antiquary, i. 261.
ascertained is called an action of sowming and ronun'uig,
4. A small portion of sustenance, such as is taken
twro old words denoting the form of law by which
with a spoon, S. A /;."/:' and a soup, S. slendei4
the number of cattle that each propietor may put on
support both as to meat and drink.
the common is fixed, according to the different kinds
" Ye mauna speak o' the young gentleman hand-
of cattle that are to pasture upon it." Ersk. Inst. B.
ing the plough ; there's poor distressed whigs enow
ii. Tit. ix. sec. 15.
about the country will be glad to do that for a bltur
Stair does not expl. the v. to Bourn, as regarding the
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 s o u s o u
attending the operation, render an account of the
and a soup—it sets them far better than the like o'
manner in which > Is done, not altogether unneces-
him." Tales of my Landlord, ii. 138.
sary. About eight or ten days before St. Luke's
" Y o u are as white as a loan soup/' S. Pro v ; " spoken
fair, (for they are baked at no other time of the
to flatterers who speak you fair, whom the Scots call year,) a certain quantity of oat-meal is made into
IVhite Folk." Kelly, p. 371. Loan soup is expl., dough, with warm water, and laid up in a vessel to
<f Milk given to strangers when they come where
ferment. Being brought to a proper degree offer-
thev are a milking," N. ibid. mentation and consistency, it is rolled up into hails,
To" S O U P , v. n. " T o sob, to weep with con- proportionable to the: intended largeness of the cakes.
vulsive heaves Gl. Lynds. With the dough is commonly mixed a small quan-
This retains a good deal*of the form of A.S. seof- tity of sugar, and a little anise seed, or cinnamon.
ian dolere, lugere. Wachter views Alem. suft-en, ge- The baking is executed by women only, and they
inere, as a frequentative from this, remarking the seldom begin their work till after sunset, and anight
affinity of Heb. saphad, planxit, lunxit. or two before the fair.
T o S O U P , v. n. T o become weary. V. SOPE. fc A large space of the house, chosen for the pur-
S O U P I E , s. A sling, Teviotd. 'isl. sicif vi- pose, is marked out by a line drawn upon it; the
bratio ; Su.G. swaefw-a, in aura librari. area within is considered as consecrated ground, and
S O U P L E , adj. 1. Flexible, as E. Supple, S. is not, by any of the bystanders, to be touched with
" Souple, swack, pliant, yielding readily, possess- impunity. A transgression incurs a small fine, wdiich
ing great agility ;" Gl. Shirr. is always laid out on drink for the use of the com-
2. « Cunning ibid. S. pany. This hallowed spot is occupied by six or eight
This is written and pron. precisely as Fr. souple, id. women, all of whom, except* the toaster, seat them-
S O U P L E , s. 1. T h e lower part of a flail, he.] Add; selves on the ground, in a circular figure, having
In stack-yards some their feet turned towards the fire. Each of them is
Industriously pick up the scattered ears provided with a bake-board, about two feet square,
That frae the swingin supple spread afar. which they hold on their knees. The woman who
Davidson s Seasons, p. 143. toasts the cakes,, which is done on a girdle suspend-
2. A piece of wood, used as a cudgel, of such good ed over the fire, is called the queen or bride, and
materials that it might suffice for the lower part the rest are called her maidens. These are distin-
of a flail, South of S. guished from one another, by names given them for
" If you and I were at the Wither shins Latch wi' the occasion. She who sits next the fire, towards
the East, is called tlie Todler; her companion on
ilka ane a gude oak souple in his hand, we wald not
the left hand is called the Hodler; * and the rest
turn back." Mannering, ii. 51.
have arbitrary .names given them by the bride, as
" Get awa* hame, for if I tak my souple t'ye, 111
Mrs. Baker, best and worst maids, &c. The opera-
gar ye find the road fester than ye wad like." Bride tion is begun by the todler, who takes a ball of the
of Lammermoor, iii. 97- dough, forms it into a small cake, and then casts it
S O U P L E T A M , a child's toy placed against a on the bake-board of the hodler, who beats it out
wall, which, being pidled by a string, shakes a little thinner. This being done, she in her turn
and seems to dance, S. throws it on the board of her neighbour ; and thus
* S O U R , SOURE, adj. 1. Used in the sense of bit- it goes round from east to west, in the direction of
ter, S . the course of the sun, until it comes to the toaster,
c: It is a soure reek, where the good wife dings the
by which time it is as thin and smooth as a sheet of
good man," S. Prov. " A man—coming out of his paper. The first that is cast on the girdle is usually
house with tears on his cheeks, was ask'd the occa- named as a gift to some well known cuckold, from
sion ; he said,e There was a soure reek in the house/ a superstitious opinion, that thereby the rest will be
—Upon enquiry it was found that his wife had preserved from mischance. Sometimes the cake is
beaten him." Kelly, p. 186. so thin as to be carried, by the current of the air,
Soure is expl. " bitter," N. ibid. up into the chimney.
2. Frequently applied to soil, S. 4k' As the baking is wholly performed by tlie hand,
" The term sour is, in Scotland, usually applied to a great deal of noise is the consequence. The heats
a cold and wet soil; and conveys the idea of viscidity, however, are not irregular, nor destitute of an a-
which, in some cases, is a concomitant of fermenta- greeahle harmony, especially when they are accom-
tion." Ure's Hist, of Rutherglen, p. 180. panied with vocal music, which is frequently the
S O U R , Sou r e , used as a denoting any thing case. Great dexterity is necessary, not only to beat
acid in a metaph. sense. out the cakes, with no other instrument than the
ei My Master will put in mercy and truth in all his hand, so that no part of them shall be thicker than
dispensations towards me, and then these will sweeten another ; but especially to east them from one board
all my sou res." Mich, Brace's Lectures, p. 45. to another, without milling or breaking them. Tlie
S O U R C A K E S , a species of cakes baked in the toasting requires considerable skill; for wdiich rea-
burgh of liutherglen for St. Luke's Fair. This
began on the fkl Monday of October, O.S. * " These names are descriptive of tlie maimer hi
" Another ancient custom, for the observance of which the women so called, perform their part of
which Rutherglen lias been long famous, is the bak- the work. To 'Iodic is to walk or move slowly Iike
ing of sour cakes. Some peculiar circumstances, a child. To liodle is to move or walk more quick! v "
447
 s o u s o u
son the most experienced person in the company is but ye hae been eating sour rocks instead o' langkaii.;?
chosen for that part of the work. One cake is sent The Entail, i. 2Q5.
round in quick succession to another, so that none A very expressive proverbial phrase, commonly
of the company is suffered to be idle. The whole is applied, as would seem, in the West of S., to those
a scene of activity, mirth and diversion; and might who are in a bad humour.
afford an excellent subject for a picture. InO.E.this was denominated Sow re dokke; "Sow-re
u As there is no account, even by tradition itself, dokke lierbe. Surella. Acedula. Solatrum." Prompt,
concerning the origin of this custom, it must be Parv.
very ancient. The bread thus baked was, doubtless, S O U R - S E O N , s. A thin cake baked of oat-meal
never intended for common use. It is not easy to steeped in water till it become sour; more es-
conceive why mankind, especially in a rude age, pecially used at Yule, Moray.
would strictly observe so many ceremonies, and be S O U S E , A French sol.] Add;
at so-great pains in making a cake, which, when The origin of Fr. soh, sous, is Lat. solidus, a Ro-
folded together, makes but a scanty mouthful. Be- man brass coin, containing twelve small pieces. This
sides, it is always given away in presents to stran- appears from the form which the term assumes, in
gers, who frequent the fair. The custom seems to its intermediate state, in Ital. soldo, the denomina-
have been originally derived from Paganism, and to tion for the same coin.
- contain not a few of the sacred rites peculiar to that
impure religion: as the leavened dough, and the * T o SOUSE, 7'. a. r>1. T o beat, to drub; as,
mixing it with sugar and spices, the consecrated " 1 le sons'i him weel, He threshed him soundly,
ground, &c. &c. But the particular deity, for whose B.; pron. anoee.
honour these cakes were at first made, is not,- per- It would a-;)};ear th::t the term is sometimes used
haps, easy to determine. Probably it was no other in this sense in K.. although overlooked by Johnson.
than the one known in Scripture, Jer. vii. 18. by For Seren. gives K. souce or souse, as signifying to
u

the name of the " queen of heaven," and to whom give one a box on the ear."
cakes were likewise kneaded by women." lire's 2. T o punish one severely, in a legal way. Thus
Hist, of Rutherglen. p. 94-97.
SOURCEANCE, s. Cessation.
C£ A desyre of sourceance of arines may be had'on
both sydes, so the same may be benefieiall to the primarily signifying, to sleep in pickle.
kingis partie." Bannatyne's Journal, p. 283.
Fr. surceauce, surscance, a sur-eeasmg or giving
over; a pause, intermission, delay C otgr.
SOUR1), s. Sword, Aberd. Reg.
SO()IM)OOCK, Buttermilk, Loth.
1 can form no idea of the origin of (hock, unless it
be allied to Su.(h diagg-ia, to give miik.
SOUR GARSS, sedge grass, a species of Carex,
Lanarks., Ayrs. V. IILITK-C.IIASS.
SOU R - L A N D , s. Land which, when allowed
to remain until led, either becomes swardless
from too much moisture, or produces nothing
but sedge-grasses, and other worthless aqua-
tic plants, S.O.
i£ Lime sometimes contains a portion of magne-
sia, which is unfavourable to vegetation. Lime of
that kind ought to be applied to damp, or what is
denominated in the county of Ayr, soar land ; as
the acid in the soil, will convert the magnesia into
Epsom salt, which, in small quantities, is not inju-
rious to vegetation." Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. 82Q, 880.
SOTTRcMILK, Butter-nrilk, S.] Add;
c£ These vats—you ought to keep full of butter-
milk, or sour milk, as it is commonly called." Max-
well's Sel. Trans, p. 347- Add to etymon ;
In Sw. a man who sells buttermilk is called a sur
mioelkekaerll; Verel. Ind. vo. Skyrker.
S O U R - M O U ' D , adj. Having a sulky look-, q.
a sour mouth, Aberd. Teut. suer-muyl^ homo
tetricus, acerbum os.
SOUROCK, Sou RACK, s. Sorrel, S.] Add;
u Acetosa, sow rocks" Wedderb. Vocab. p. 18.
ff Gang the gait thysel, Girzy Hypel—and no
fash me with thy clishmaclavers/ '' Heh, gudeman !
448
one, who is subjected to a heavy fine, is said to
be weel soost, S.
Both these seem only oblique senses of the v. as
S O U T , s. The shirt or bounce of a plough
when it meets with a stone. Galloway; Fr. sault,
a leap, bound, skip.
SOTJTAR, ViouTKit,"6*. 1. A shoemaker, S.j
Add :
In the .Sou t!i of SI, as in Sel kirks., the term is used
to distinguish one who makes what are called out~
sleek or sing/esot'd- slices.
" A singular custom is observed at conferring the
freedom of the burgh of Selkirk. Four or five bris-
tles, such as are used by shoemakers, are attached
to the seal of the burgess ticket. These the new-
made burgess must dip in his wine, in token of re-
spect for the " Soulers of Selkirk." This ceremony
is on no account dispensed v.'1th. The ancient and
received tradition afiirms, that the soniers of Sel-
kirk distinguished themselves in the battle ofFlod-
den, eighty in number, ami, headed by their town
clerk, they joined their monarch on his entrance
into KngL-md. .lames, pleased with the appearance
of this gallant troop, knighted the leader, William
Bri done, upon the held of battle, from which few
of the men of Selkirk were destined to return. They
distinguished themselves in the conflict, and were
almost all slain. The few survivors, on their re-
turn home, found, by the side of Lady wood Edge,
the corpse of a female, wife to one of their fellow
comrades, with a child sticking :it her breast. f In
memory of this latter event,' continues the tradition,
* the present arms of the burgh bear a female hold-
ing a child in her arms, and seeled on a sarcopha-
gus, decorated with the Scottish lion." Caled. Merc.
Nov. 1S-21.
T o SOU T A R , SOTTER, t>. a. T o obtain so com-
plete a victory, in any game, as to leave the
 s o w S O W
opposite party without the honour of one fa- company, every one of whom has a shintie.
vourable move, or stroke, S. The middle hole is called the Kirk. He who
" We say a card-player is souier'd, when he loses takes the lead in the game, is designed the Sow-
all;" Gall. Encycl. driver. lfis obuc; is to drive a small piece of
I am reluctant to view this v., as perhaps it is ge- wood or bone, called the Sow* into the large
nerally understood, as conveying the idea of a stig- hole or kirk, while thai of his opponents, even-
ma on a very useful class of tradesmen, for which on e of whom keeps his shintie in one of tlie
there seems to be no peculiar reason ; especially af- smaller holes, is to frustrate his oxer!ions, hv
ter giving a quotation so much to the credit of those driving back the MOW. If he succeeds, either
of Selkirk. Might we not therefore consider the in knocking it into tlie kirk, or in clapping his
term as borrowed from the sports of the field ; and 'shintic into one of the small holes, while one of
originally used to express the mortification felt by his antagonists is in the act of striking back the
a keen fox-hunter, who, perhaps after a long chace, SOW, he is released from the drudgerv of beinir
had. to lament tlie complete disappearance of Rey- driver. I11 tlie hitler ease, the person whose
nard, being under the cruel necessity of confessing vacancy he has occupied, takes the servile sta-
that he was earthed ? As many of our sporting tion which he formerly held.
terms have been imported from tlie continent, might This is said to be tlie same ^ime with Church and
not this, by merely supposing a common metonymy,
Mice, Fife.
be traced to Fr. sousterr-er, souterr-er, to inter, to
bury under ground ? SOW, 1. One who makes a very dirty ap-
S O U T E R - C L O D , SouTEE^S-CLOD, s. A kind pearance.] Add;
of coarse black bread used in some parts of A.Bor. "sow, an inelegant female, a dirty wench
Fife. V . CLOD. Gl. Brocket.
T o S O U T H E R , v. a, T o solder, S. V. SOUDEH. In senses second and third, it is perhaps, original! •
S O U T H L A N D , adj. Of or belonging to the the same with Belg. sunn-. a troubles.me wm'k or
south, southern, S. Southland men, inhabi- business ; Sew el. in tlie first. it might se. aha-
tants of the Soutli of Scotland. to Isl. sag, diluvium lacus, or C.B. sen. wallowing
— " Further, that the marquis might well defend Dan. soe, a sow, however, is allied. En shiden soi\
himself, seeing there was an army coming out of " a nasty, greasy, stinking jade;" Wo!if. >.!::de>;
England, with the earls of Montrose, Crawford, and corresponds to S. Shit ten. q. v.
Nitlisdale, and whilk would give the southland men 3. A great cluster of objects, properly in a dis-
enough ado, and stop their coming here." Spalding, ordered state, S.
ii. 167. T o Sow, Soo, r. n. T o smart, See.] Add;
A.S. sulk land, australis regio. Gen. 24, 62. It properly denotes a continued smart or acute
S O U T R I E , s. A miscooked liquid dish, Upp. pain, as distinguished from (ioup, which respects
Lanarks. the pain occasioned by the beating of a puise con-
This word seems to have a Teut. form ; perhaps nected with a suppuration or sore.
from soete fuligo, as denoting a dish spoiled with Quhen he a qwhile had prekyd thare.
soot. Although there does not appear to be any And sum of thame had gert -are,
affinity, it resembles,, in its structure, soetelrije vile lie to the batta\ ii- rade agayne.
opus, sordes. ll'uatoirn, vis. 1-0, 17 i-
Or, as the term denotes liquid food, shall we ra- The tone, is most near!v allied to ::..••/-« r to
ther trace it to Isl. siod3sod3 jusculum, siod-a3 Su.G. smart, s.-rie a smart. Swr.E, I\
si ad-a, coquere ? S O W - B K O C K , s. The badger, Fife.
S O W , s. A military engine anciently used in By tlie Swedes tins animal is denominated grarf-
sieges.] Add; swin, q. the swine that digs or burrows hi the
Sir W. Scott lias justly remarked that the memory ground."
o f the sow is preserve; in S c o t l a n d
1 4< in the sports S O U T E , . v . Flummery, &c.] Add; Roxb., Ik-rw.
o f children.'' T h e y — " play at a g a m e , w i t h c h e r - What meat: sail Ave set them belorn
ry stones, p l a c i n g a small heap on the g r o u n d , w h i c h To Jock service hired can the\ e.y :
t h e y term a sureie. e n d e a v o u r i n g to hit it, b y t h r o w - Serve them with si-tree ami sodden em'n.
i n g single cherry-stones, as tlie s^ie was f o r m e r l y Till a' their w\ ms do stand awry.
battered f r o m the v a i l - o f the besieged fortress. Countrif H'edtt'iig, Herd's (1oU. ii. 00.
M y c o m p a n i o n s , at tlie H i g h School o f F d i n l m r g h , It might seem to be the pL o f A.S. xcturc s u c c u s ,
will remember what was meant by hern;!:>^ a ,\otne.%> liquor, gluieii : or allied to .vracseut! emus, esea ;
Minstrelsy Border, ill- :2d. (urn an up straesendo, parare epuhts ; pernaps 1 ruin
This is one proof, among many, that we have had AAV ' .V.V tiuici^, suavis.
occasion to mention, of ancient customs, of which S O W C U T , s. rThe South. Aberd. lieg.
even the memory is lost among adults, being re- S( ) \ V - I ) A Y , .v. T h e name given to the i i ih of
tained, or alluded to, in the sports of children. 1 Kvend )cr, ()rkn. | Add ;
S O W , SOW-IN-THE-K 111K, <9. A game played by 44 In a ]>art of the parish, of Sand wick, every fa-
young people in Lothian, in which a pretty mily that has a herd of swine, kills a sow on the
large hole is made in the ground, surrounded 17th day of December, and thence it is called
by smaller ones according to the number of the dat/. There is no tradition as to the origin oi the
VOL. I I . 449 a L
 s o w s o w
e." Stat. A c c . xvi. 460. V . YULE, sec. ii. col. 2.
re seems to be no reason to doubt that this
1 dl

to the sun at the new moon.

This, he says, was only made of meal; as Cato, de the
Re Rustica, mentions the dedication of a boar-pig a cask into which the
of silver or of gold to Ceres. V. Atlant. ii. 545, 54(i. by the name of the
The sacrifice of the sow, or pig, according to Vere- reel, when not used
lius, was made in the feast of Yule. He asserts al- she had one." Agr.' Surv. Ayrs. p. 114.
so, that a real pig was sacrificed, besides the one of « Swecn-tub Clydes.
bread/' Notes to Hervarar Saga, p. 130. SO W E E - B R E A I ) , s. Expl. " a flitch of bacon
t The reason assigned for t h i s j i c m o u r ^ Dumfl,

nations viewed the chariot of the sun as drawn by

horses, the Scandinavians yoked a boar-pig to it,
under the name of Gullenbuste, i. e. " golden bris-
tles affirming that Frey, or ^thesun^had given to ^his isdie herb called m e'\

that he dispelled the darkness by the rays which dicrously transferred to bacon,
darted forth from his bristles. V. Keysler, Antiq. p. SOWFF, A stroke, a blow, Aberd. V. S O U F F .
158 < T o S O W K , v. a. T o drench, Ettr. F o r . ; the
S O W D E N , s. The South, Shetl.; Isl. w i r , s a m e with E. soak. Isl.
Su.G. soed-r; Dan. sud, syden, also soenden, id. S O W - K I L L , s. A kiln dag out of the earth*
.•SOWEN, a. Paste employed by weavers.] Add; in which lime is burnt, Fife.

5? blance to a sow, or to a s
i. 122. the same name; or from its being Jug out of the
SOWING-BROD, s. The board or piece o f wood earth, as a sow roots it up with its snout; I cannot

^ ^ H E T E ^ S°R ^ S O W E N / 0 " " ^ ^ S O W - L I B B E R , A sow-gelder. Y . L I B , V.

He at the sowing-brod was bred, pret. v.
S O W L L I T ,
an* tyken. Ane poysonit woll to drink, quhat docht it?
A. Wilson's Poems 1790, p. 199- Infekit watter soivllit thame, cheik and chin.
SOWENS, Flummery.] Add;_ _ ^ SegeEdinb. Castel, Poems 16th Cent. p. 290.
« Mucilago furfuracea, sowens." Wedderburn's " Swelled/'^Gl.; perhaps rather « sullied,

BLEARED sowENs, sowens that are made too thin, S O W L O C H I N G , part pr. " Wallowing in
Eoxb. mire like a sow Gall. Enc. Shall we view
A small barrel used for prepar- this as referring to " the ^ loch or puddle
9 S. SOWME, A load, that which is laid on a
up a* the bit cheese; horse.] Add ;

le has dung the hen afF her eggs; ' hering, at the furth-passing, 1. ob." Balfour's Prac-
And she's drown'd in the sowin-boat. ticks, Custumis, p. 87-
Herd's Coll ii. 214. S O W M E , S O Y M E , S. 1. The rope or chain, &c.]
s. l . A vessel for making flum- Add ;
It
2. XDeiVs the name of a play;
ibid.
. The same with
She's dung down the bit ;
And 'tis fa'en in the ,
*Tis out o' the .

Herd's Coll. ii. 139-

" Soam means the iron links, which fasten a yoke
A dish for holding sowens when
of oxen to the plough." Minstrelsy Border, I. In-
t trod, LXXIX. N .
My daddy left me gear enough, F O O T - S O A M , S. A n iron chain of eight or ten feet
An auld patt, that wants the lug, long, extending from the muzzle of the plough,
rtle and a sotven-mug. and fixed to the yoke of the oxen next the
Winkie's Testament, Herd's Coll ii. US. plough, Loth., Roxb. This was used when it
s. pi V. SEIDIS. was customary to plough with oxen.
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IF ROCK-SO A M , s. A chain fixed to the yoke of Schir Harie Leis wes present at that charge
the hindermost oxen, and reaching to that of Cotton and Dyar saw the sowi at large.
the oxen before them, Loth., Roxb. Segc Edinburgh Castel, Poems 16th Cent. p. Spl-
SOWMONDS, A summons, L L . pass. it is also written Sawt. V . S A L T , J.
— " And in special the sonmonds of Falkland coal- S P A C E , s. Kind, specks. Er. espcce, id. '
heughes and offices/' &c. Stewarts Ind. to Scots " Considering the greit skaytli and inconvenient
quhilk his Maiestie—sustenis—throw the diversitie
Acts, p. 10.
and chois of sindry space of money current, &c.
sDwmpS,^.*^0^ Proceeding, as weill appearis, of a certane presump-
tioun and libertie ascryvit be sum particular per-
" Sex scoir tuelf smmnpcs for drawing of cannoliis, in ressauing and geving furth at all tymes all
gros culveringis, and battardis. Ane greit part of the
* of gold and siluer, vpoun sic heich pryces as
saidis sowmpeS of iia service, thairfoir must be provid-
may best tend to thair aw in com modi tie," See. Acts
it of utheris new." Inventories, A. 1578, p. 256.
Jas. V I . 1591, Ed. 1814, p. 520.
Can this be the same with S.
traces for drawing ? V . S O W M E . T o S P A E , S P A Y , V. a. T o foretell, to divine.]
SOWNIS, Add;
— f f The actis maid anent the pryceis of « This woman, if she be a witch, being the
and englishe beir to be putt to executioune." Acts Fowde's friend and near kinswoman, it will be ill
Cha. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V. 1812. ta en if we haena our fortunes spaed like a' the rest
As conjoined with beir or barley, this may denote of them." The Pirate, ii. 182.
bran; Fr. son id. S F A E U , ,9. A fortune-teller, S ,
SO W P ? A term used by a washerwoman, Gall. " Poor Kate Marshall—no sae low as to make
" When washing, she gives the clothes her first verses, but a seller o' horn spoons, and a spcier o'
sojvp, and then again her second s&rup ; which means,poor folks fortunes." Blackw.Mag.May 1820,p. lGl.
first and second w a s h e s G a l l . Enc. S P A E I - N G , s. Act of prophesying.
Perhaps the term strict!}' signifies humectation ; " When king James is dead ye'11 wear the crown ;
from Teut. sopp-en intingere, insuccare. Sop and but I wish ye meikle gude o't, for ye have na pav't
however, signify l'iquamen, liquor, whence me yet for that grand spacing." Spaewife, i. 280.
S S ? zeep-sop, soap-suds. Isl. sop is also rendered S P A E - W A R K , S. Prognostication, S.
; and saap-ar, saup+r, sapo, smegma, quo — " There was some spae-nmrk gaed on—I aye
abluuntur; G. Andr. heard that; but as for his vanishing, I held the stir-
S O W R C H A E G I S , s. Additional charge. rup my sell when he gaed away, and he gied me a
Thai had a felloun ' round half-crown." Guy Mannering, i. 185.
That sorvrckargis to chargand wes. SPAE-WIFE, A female fortune-teller, S.] Add;
The JBruce, xi. 458, Ed. 1820. " Many remembered that Annaple Bailyou wan-
That additional charge was too costly." Fr. and dered through the country as a beggar and fortune-
teller, or spae-wife." Heart M. Loth. iv. SI8.
B O W S - C O A C H , s. The game called in E. S P A I G , s. 1. A skeleton, Clydes.
Hot Cockles, Loth. Teut. spoockc, spoke, Su.G spok, spectrum, phan-
S O W S E , 1 . " A swinging heavy blow Gall. tasm a ; supposed to be formed from Isl. puke, dia-
Enc. This seems only a slight variation from bolicum phantasm a.
the sense of E. souse, « violent attack." V. 2. A tall, lank person; also Spaigin; Upp. L a .
Soss, $. narks.(
2. « Sometimes a load ibid. Spaig is expl. by Mactaggart, " A person with
S O W - S I L L E R , s. Hush-money, or money ac- long ill-shaped legs/' Thus the sense of the word
quired by the performance of any mean under- in Galloway may be viewed as the same.
Gael, and Ir. spaig, " a lame leg," Shaw. C.B.
hand j o b ; the lowest kind of secret service-
, armi, brachia. Boxhorn gives it in the form
money ; a douceur for inducing one to pervert
justice, Roxb.
S P A I K , s. 3. In pi. the wooden bars on which a
Most probably q. Sough-siller, from A.S. swig, dead body is carried, S.] Add ;
siientium, and seolfer, argentum, q. silence-money. This is sometimes called a Hand-spa iL
S. Souch, (q. v.) still signifies silence. " When our friends gathered the heads, hands,
SOW'S-MOU, A piece of paper rolled upon and other parts of our Martyrs* bodies, off public
the hand, and twisted at one end, Aberd. Ports, to the Magdalene-Chappie, the Magistrates
S O W S S E I S , 5. pi " T o laubour at the sowsscis threatnecl them; and Presbyterian Ministers, who
of this towne Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16. had accepted the Duke of York's Popish toleration,
Were it not for the accuracy of my friend, to and who were then ministers in the meeting-houses
I am indebted for these extracts, I should of Edinburgh, such as Mr. D. W. and H. K. frown'd
lat this were an error for Fowsseis, ditches. upon them saving, < Will ye never be quiet?' And
It may, however, relate to the cares or concerns of for that, friends would not suffer them to put their
the good town, from Fr. soucie. hands to a hand-spaik, tho' they Offered." Walker's
S O W T , s. A n assault in war. p. 140.
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 S P A S P A
" If at a funeral one at the hand-spa kes misses his And there will be partens and buckies.
foot, and falls beneath the bier, he will soon be in And why tens and spaldings enew.
a coffin himself." Gall. Encycl. vo. Freets. Blythsome Bridal, Herd's ColCii. 25. V. SPELDING.
S P A I N Y I E , <9. T h e name given to a cane, i m - S P A L E - H O R N ' T , adj. Having the horns thin
ported from the W e s t Indies, and used in f o r m - and broad, Clydes.
ing the reeds used in bagpipes, hautboys, and Su.G. spi a ell lamina. V. S P A L E ,
other wind instruments. Weavers' reeds are S P A L E N , Man of spalen.
also made of i t ; Aberd,, L an arks. " Mar becomes £ man of spalen, duelling, and re-
O.Fr. espine, L.B. and Ital. spina signify a quill, venew' to Murdac, excepting allegiance to the king/'
or faucet for a wine-vessel. Du Cange thinks that Nov. 1420; Sir Jas Balfour's Papers, MSS. Harl.
it receives this name from its resemblance to a larger Pinkerton's Hist. Scot. i. 102, V.
kind of thorn, in Lat. spina. But it may be supposed, Can this signify " man of defence" from L.B.
that the designation has originated from its being spalion, a kind of gallery, woven with twigs in the
brought at first from the Spanish (S. Spainyie) West form of a roof, and made so solid as to repel every
India islands. Teut. spanghe, however, signifies la- weapon that falls on it ? V. Du Cange. Thus, " man
mina. Thus the name might refer to the thinness of of spalen and duelling/' would denote one bound both
the wood used for the purposes mentioned above. to shield his superior, and to fight for him.
S P A I N Y I E F L E E S , Spanish flies, canthari- T o S P A L L E R , v. n. T o sprawl, Berwicks.
Su.G. sprall-a, id. Perhaps by transposition.
des, S. Y . SPANYIE.
S P A L L I E L , 6'. A disease of cattle, Lanarks.
S T A I N I N G , S. T h e act of weaning ; also, the time
'' The Spalliel, in young cattle, is sometimes cured
when a child has been weaned, S.
by opening a communication between two incisions
O.E. ' Spanynge or wenynge of children. A b -
Vf
c
made, one on each side of the part affected, and fill-
lactacio.—Spanyn or wanyn chylder. Ablacto." ing it up with a mixture of black soap, salt-pet re,
Prompt. Parv. and bruised garlic." Ure's Hist. Rutherglen, p. 191.
T o S P A I R G E , v. a, I. T o dash, S.] Add; Qu. if the same with the Black spaidd, q. Spatd-ill ?
4. T o cast a wall with lime. T o S P A N , v. a. T o put horses before a waggon
" A pairt of the house at Lundy was poanted or any sort of carriage; a Relg. term, Sewel.
[[pointed] by David Broune, sclater.—Att this time — " We made a bridge of our small cannon with
also, the forepairt of the house was sparged, with their car rage, being placed two and two alongstthe
the tower-head/' Lament's Diary, p. 156. river at an equal! distance of eight foote asunder,
S P A I T , S P A T E , S. A flood, &c.] Add; where we layd over deales betwixt the camion, pass-
" Spait, spate, a torrent of rain Gl, Sibb. Mod. ing over our whole infantry alongst the bridge ;
Sax. speijle, sipho, siphon. which being passed, and the deales taken off, the
2. A great fail of rain ; " a spait o rain," a secon- horses spanned before the cannon, led them away
dary sense, borrowed from the effect in raising before the army/" Monro's Exped. P. II. p. 176.
the water, S. S P A N , S P A N N , .V. A dry measure in Orkney.
Gael, speid, ce a great river-flood Shaw. But <f Southweidfuird iij d. terre nth ale land an1 111
as I observe no vestige of this word in the kindred butter scat j span."—"In butter scat uther half span J*
dialects, I suspect that it has been borrowed from lien tali Book of Orkney, p. 4. A. 1502.
the low country. " Tankarnes xij d. terre uthall land an1 in butter scat
It is also written Speat. xj spann.— 6c it. suid be j leisp. Qeispund] upoun ilk
— c c Through a great speat of the water of Dee, span, becaus it payis nather malt scat nor butter scat
occasioned by the extraordinary rain, thir haill we ken noeht ouhy." Ibid. p. (>'. V. LKSII PUND.
four ships brake loose," Sec. Spalding, i. 59, 60. Su.G. spann, men sura aridorum, continens dimi-
3. Metaph, anything that hurries men away, &c.j diam toimae parti 111. In Scania tiie term signifies a
" Ye know that youth is a folly, and I acknow- pail in which water is carried ; >)an. spand, a pail
ledge that in my younger years I was much carried or I)iiekel. i lire hoitates, whether spann, as de-
down with the speat of it." Hackstoun of Rathillet, noting a smaller measure, might originally be the
Cloud of Witn. same with the word of this form marking the space
A.Bor f<r spait, or spyet, a great fall of rain," also included between the fingers when extended.
" a torrent;" Gl. Brocket. T o S P A N G , v.-ii. l . T o l e a p with elasticiovce^Add;
£( To spang one's gates, is to make h a s t e C I a v.
S P A L D , s. T h e shoulder.] Add, to what is
said concerning divination by means o f the Yorks. This must be traced to the same origin.
spide-bane ;— A.Bor. " Spa?ig, to leap with elastic force, to
spring;" Gl. Brocket.
It is understood, that this must be the bone of a
sheep newly killed. One special object of intelli- T o S P A N G , v. a. T o grasp with both hands
gence is the future state of one's flocks and herds, put together, R o x b . V. S P A Y X , S P A N , r., id.
Clydes. SPANG, T h e act of grasping in this manner, ib.
u A n animal fond of leaping
It is singular, that this childish superstition should S P A K G I E , S.
be observed in Affganistan, a country with which Gall. Enc.
Scotland never had the slightest connexion. V. S P A N G - T A D E , S. A cruel sport among children;,
Elphinstone's Travels in CaubuL Gall.; Spangie-hewit, synon.
S P A L D I N G , s. A small fish split and dried, S. " Spang-tade, a deadly trick played on the poor
 S P A
toad; a small board is laid over a stone, oil the one
end of which is put the reptile; the other end is
then struck by a hard blow, which drives the toad
into the air, and when it falls it is generally quite
dead/' Gall. Enc.
Mr. Brocket gives an account of a similar barba-
rous sport in the north of E. ; Gl. vo. Spangkew.
S P A N G N E W , adj. Applied to any thing
quite new ; spang-jive-ncic, the same." Gall.
Enc.
" Spang-news quite new. North.''' Grose.
This appears to exhibit a more ancient, form of
the term than E. Span-new. It has been observed,
vo. Split-new, that the Su.G. synon. phrase is sping
spaangande ny, which Hire traces to spiiiga assula.
It may be added, that I si. spamig signifies lamina,
bracteola, expl. in Dan. as equivalent to ^ a plate
of metal." Teut. spang he lamina; fibula, &c. If
we suppose this the original word, the allusion must
be to metal newly wrought, that has as it were the
gloss received from the fire on it. Thus it would
exactly correspond with Teut. vicr-nleuw, recens ab
officina, a follibus ealens ; TL.jirc-new.
T o S P A N H E W , r. a. T o place any thing on
one end of a board, the middle of which rests
on a wall, and strike the other end with some-
thing heavy, so as to make it start suddenly
up, and fling what is upon it violently aloft,
Ettr. For. V. S P A X G I E - H E W I T .
S P A N Y I E , .9. Spain.
"Basilidesand Martialis bischopis ofSpanyie being
deposed, maid thair appellatione to Stephanus than
bischop of Rome, and desyrit to be restored be him."
Nieol Burne, F. 86, b.
S P A N Y E , adj. Spanish, of or belonging to Spain, S .
" Item twa sputnyc cloikis of blak freis with ane
braid pasment of gold and silvir." Inventories, A.
1539, p. .'-J8.
That is, cloaks or mantles made after the Spanish,
fashion. The term is still used. The vulgar name
given to Cantharides is Spainyie Flees, i. e. flies
brought from Spain. The n is pronounced with a
liquid sound, as if g followed it, in imitation of the unto thaim, sayand, The Lord lies said iliis, quln-n
Fr. sound of Espagne. It may be added, that the the Lord lies liut spokin/' Winyel's Fhv. Traetat,
name of mouche d9 Espagne, or Spanish fly, is also Keith's 11 Ft. p.'JtK), App. IVaisierd, or didovt v. Marg.
given in France to the Cantharides. V. Caniharide,
Diet. Trev.
T o S P A N K , v n. T o move with quickness and
elasticity.] Add;
" Will you see how the're spankln' along the side S P A I U . I N L L L L .V.
o* that green up with?" Saint Patrick, ii. 01.
T o SPANK q]/y v. n. T o m o v e or set o f f in this der liuur !ihvrl;e the haiii friemeu of ma^'ids, bow-
maimer, S.
I eockit you upo' rny brow,
An' span.kit a[j\ Tarrass Poems, p. 38. nogaii." Acts Cii.-i. I.
C.B. yspone-iaw, to bound sharply.
SPANKER, One who walks in a quick and
elastic way, S.J Add;—A.Bor. id.
2. u Spanker, a tall, well-made woman;" Gall. Enc. a mode of accounting lor want of sobriety from the
Mr. Todd has adopted this as a word used in the nature of'a man's occupation.
north of E., properly rendering it, " A person who
takes long steps with agility."
8. A fleet horse, South of S.
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S P A
" I wras bred a horse-couper, Sir ; and if I might
live to see you at Whitson-tryst, or at Stagshaw-bank,
or the winter fair at 1 lawick, and ye wanted nspanker
that would lead the field, Fse be caution 1 would serve
ye easy, for Jamie J inker was ne'er the lad to impose
on a g e n t l e m a n . W a v e r l e y , ii, ~
Si'AXKKiiixG, m//. Nimble, agile. A ** spa n leer-
hig a tall, nimble girl;"" (lali. Knevcl.
Si'AXJvv, adj. L Spnghtlw frisking. Gallowa v.
The spanLy heifers, breathing balmy round,
Fgg on their fury, and their rage provoke.
Davidson s Seasons, p. 45.
2. Dashing, gaudy, Ettr. For.
Up cam twa spanky countra lairds
Upo their fillies mounted. Ibid. p. 75.
S P A N K E R - N E W , adj. Quite new, never be-
fore used, Teviotd.; evidently from a common
source with Spa ng-nexc.
T o S P A I I , S P E R , V . a. T o shut, to fasten a door,
by means of a bar of wood called a bolt, S . A .
O.K. "Sperynov shy ttyn, claudo.—Sperynorclosyn
within. Include.—Speryn or shettyn with lokkys.
Sero. Obsero." Prompt. Parv. Hence " Sperell or
closell in shettinge. Firmaculum." Ibid.
S P A R , A - S P A R , in a state of opposition, against.]
Add;
A SPAR-WAIES, adv. T h e same with A-spar.
He that would stand to the end, must haue his
(i
feete set a spar-iraies, he must not stand on a slippery-
pi ace, nor on one foote only, but he must haue a sure
ground, and must stand on both his feete, and euery
loot must haue the own ground-stone to stand on,and
the first ground is the gospell of Jesus Christ." Bol-
lock on 2 Tiles, p. 115.
S P A H E , .y. 1. A n opening in a gown, oce.] Add;
O . K . " Spcyrc of a garment. Chmicuhmi. Ma-
nnbiiim. Mamdia." Prompt. Parv. Ciumcuhun
expl. " a spayre of a woman's kyrteii Ort. Vocal).
To S P A R G E , a. T o dash*, S:E. V . S P A I K O K .
Tij S P A K C i K O X , v. T o plainer.
" Hot I he prophetis of it spa r^r^nil thaim with un-
temperit morter, seing vaniteis, ami propheciing !el>
A derivative from Spuirge, q. v. Perhaps formed
from Fr. aspersion, or Itah aspersion
This v. had the form of Spurge/ in O.F. Spur-
ge/j/'i or peinctyne. (J ipso. Limo/* Prompt, Parv
" Spar^t-;/:e^e of wallis, Litura." I hid.
C \ ' i U e a n i n g the privii edges—of—taking in wn-
ens, cow pans, gh>MU wrvciiti>. .^ioekeri:- irunnes.
sp'argini-i-is, painteris, e. in the—burgli e»f the Can-
IS]
S I W P . h , -v. 1. A small ];arl ieie <»{' lire, as in Jl.
It JN
. u.-u\i m t.his M'n.^e iii tiie N. j'r^v. " The smiih
!:;:< a.y a sparl: in I:is hai-e [r. hawse]." Kelly, p. OOT;
Of a woman addicted to intemperance it: is said ;
.She's the smith's dochter, she has a spark in lier
throatLoth,
 S P A
Hence the applied to a smith, to , the
spark that's in his
That ye may ne'er be scant
To synd the spark that's i' yer hause ;
That, as ye blaw your smithy fire,
Apollo may your wit inspire, &c.
G. Turnbull's Poet Essays, p. 190.
C L E A R SPARK. A clear spark on the wick o f a
candle is, b y those who have faith in omens,
supposed to signify the speedy arrival o f a let-
ter or packet to the person to whom it points,
Teviotd.
Sparks from the fire are viewed as foreboding a
vexatious controversy to the person on whom they
alight. They are Called sharp words, Teviotd.
T o S P A R K , v. a. 1. T o bespatter, S.
So large feilcl his gousty body tuke,
That fer on brede ouer spred was al the plane,
His armour sparkit with his blade and brane.
Doug. Virg. 305, 18.
He also uses it with the prefix.
—The si cine body is away with thame did
With blude by sparkit vissage, h e d e , and
Ibid. 2 2 8 , 1 .
2. T o soil by throwing up small spots of mire ; as,
44 You're sparkin' a1 your white stockings,'* S.
3. T o scatte thinly; often applied to seeds, as,
" Shall I in of thai
Moray.
The v. seems to have had the ame signification in
O.E. " Sparky n. Dispergo." Prompt. Parv.
Yorks. "to sparkle away, to " spend, waste,"
supplies us with a dimin. from this; v. V. Pay's
Lett. p. 387- O.E. " Disper-
sio." Prompt. Parv.
Perhaps we discover a vestige of the origin of this
r. ill Isl. spreka, macula. Lat. sparg-ere has un-
doubtedly had a common origin. Shall we view
the term as having any affinity to Sw. spark-a, to
kick, q. to throw up the mud >
SPARK, 1. A spirt, a j e t ; as, " a spark d* dirt," S.
2. T h e spot on cloaths produced b y mud, &c. S.
3. A small particle of any thing, S.
4. Applied to liquids of any kind, S.
It occurs in this sense in a poem more than two
centuries old. .
And syne he het the milk our het,
And sorrow a spark of it would yyrne.
Bannatyne Poems, p. 2 ["7, st. 9.
probably, A.Bor. « Sparkey or sparkled.»
>rinkled: a sparkey cow. He sparkled the
all over me." Grose.
It has generally been thought, I believe, that it
is the same word, which denotes fire, that in this
instance is applied to water. The only ground for
such an idea might be, that as we call that a spark
which starts out from the fire, we apply a word of
the same form to a jet of water; as in both cases a
small quantity is meant to be expressed. But the
transition from fire to water is so violent, that it
seems preferable to view them as terms originally
(lilterent.
I T ' S S P A R K I N , v. impers. It rains slightly, M o r a y ;
synon. with Ifs spitterin.
S P A R K , s. T h e designation given to a very small
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SPA
diamond, ruby, or other precious stone; whether
from its shining quality, or from its i
" Ane litle targett 011 his :
sent to him be the Quene of England, sett with litle
diamantis and sparkis of rubyis." Inventories, A.
1584, p. 315.
T o S P A R P A L L , v. a. T o disperse.] Add;
Spar pie here and there, Segrego, sejungo, spargo;
Huloet. V. SPERFLE.
SPARROW-BLASTET,
(e Eh ! Megstyme! I'm
ed the Leddy,—lifting up both
in wonderment." The Entail, iii. 25.
SPARROW-DRIFT, T h e smallest kind o f
shot, used in shooting small birds, R o x b . ; q.
" what men let drive at sparrows?
S P A R R O W - G R A S S , s. A plant; the com-
mon corruption o f the proper name aspara-
gus, S.
S FA us. S P A R S E ,
adj. W i d e l y spread; as, " S p a r s e
writing'"' is wide open writing, occupying a large
space, S. V. the v.
T o S P A R T L E , v, n. 1. T o move with velocity,
&c.] Add;
Ducks a paddock ^hunting scour the bog,
And powheads spartie in the oozy slosh.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 12,
2. T o leap, to spring, to splutter, Galloway.
O11 the bank
The yellow captive's flung, a spartlin sight.
Ibid. p. 30.
3. T o kick, Galloway.
" Spartlc, to kick with the feet, to paw;" Mac-
taggart.
Teut. spertel-en, agitare sive motare manus pedes-
que; et palpitare; Belg. spartel-en, «to shake one's
leggs to and fro, to kick to and fro," Sewel; Su.G.
sprattUa palpitare, Ihre;to sprawl, Seren. Su.G. and
Isl. spark-a, conculcare, might perhaps be viewed as
the primitive form ; but these verbs may be deriva-
tives from Isl. sprett-a illidi, impingi, originally the
same with Su.G. spritt-a salire. Ihre, when explain-
ing the latter, refers to Mocs.G. sprauto cito, cele-
S P A R W O R T , s.
" Item, for 4 elne and ane halve of tartane, for a
spar-wort abourt his [ m y Lorde Prince's] credill, price
elne 10s. 2 5 0." Borthwick's Brit. Antiq. p. 142.
This evidently means cloth for covering the spars
of a cradle. There is probably an error in ortho-
graphy.— Wort may be corr. from Teut. waerde, a
guard, or Su.G. ward (pron. word) a hedge. It seems
to be formed like cod-ware, i. e. that which wards or
covers a pillow.
SPASH, Said to signify the foot, S.B.
But wauk'nin, than my spash I lifted,
Frae place to place for him I sifted.
Taylor's Poems, p. 181.
S P A T , s. Spot, place, S.
Far up in the air, abune their heads,
A spat in the lift sae blue,
The laverock chirlit his cantie Sang.
Ballad Edin. Mug. Oct. 1818, p. 32?.
 S P A
S P A T C H , s. A large spot; a patch or plaister,
S . A . ; 6- being prefixed after the Goth. form.
SPATE, A flood, an inundation. V. S P A I T .
SPATHIE, A spotted river-trout, of which
there are various kinds, Perths., Kinross.; S.
spat, Teut spotte macula spott en asper^ere
S P E
S P A W L D R O C H I E , adj. " Long-legged f
Gall. Encycl.
A wee taeto' gool was no to be
Nor ane spawldrochy lang-legged flee. Ib. p. 41
It seems doubtful whether the first part of this
w °rd is from Spaul, Spald, a limb, or allied to Su.G.

S P A T E I L , 5. 1. Used to denote gaiters, or * S P E A K , imperat. E q u i v a l e n t Attend, Heark-

Koxb.
spatterdashes, Roxb. „ , C1J
e n _' L t"
i Ple m v « S.•
u , ec speech with you,

2. Applied to the notes used in music, ibid. T o S P E A K in, v. n. T o make a short call for
Thy flats, and sharps, and rests, and nafrals, o n e 111 Posing ; as, « I spak in, and saw them,

Wi' figures, clots,

dots, unci
and mystic spatrils,
spatrils, a s 1 c a m ty " S.

Tho' some fu tight their bow o'er a trails,
And hit them fair,
I ken the notes wi' tails and nae tails,
But little mair.
A. Scott's Poems, To his Fiddle, p. 22.
S P A T S , s. pi 1. A vulgar abbreviation of the
E . spatterdashes, S.
2. Black spats, a cant term for irons on the legs,
ANG.
« Gm he hidna the black spats on, I sid apen the
T o SPEAK''with, to meet in a hostile
to give battle to.
" Montrose—considered, that if he suffered him-
self to be attacked both before and behind, he might
run a risque; therefore, instead of
ward, he turned about, and went to speak with Ar-
gyle." Guthry's Mem. p. 178.
to 1
those who met with a hostile .
s a i d t o " l o o k o n e another in the face/' 2 Kings

a thing cannier." St. Kathleen, iv. iii. X1V - 8 - u -

S P A T T I L L , s. Spittle. S P E A K - A - W O R D - R O O M , s. A parlour, S.
Oyle, salt, spattill, and sic lyke in baptisme ar S P E A R A B L E , adj. Affable, Aberd.
• " • "5." Acts Mary, 1560, Ed. 1814, S P E A L , SPEL, Play, game, S.A.
p. 533. Then tye your crampets, Glenbuck cries,
A.S. spat hi, spatl, saliva, sputum; spad-an spuere, Prepare ye for the speal—
spatl-ian pitissare. Davidson's Seasons, p. 163. V. BONSPEL.
S P A T T L E , s. Apparently, a slight inundation, SPEARMINT, The name given to Pep-
q. a little spait, Dumfr. permint, Mearns.
" The coal or dam of Bankend-Mill pens the water S P E A T , s. A flood. Y. S P A I T .
5 feet 6 inches; consequently, if this were removed, S P E C I A L L , s. A particular or principal per-
and the channel above widened and
the loops cut off when necessary, the water might be « Montrose—goes to Birkenbog, a
1 1 in dry seasons 4 feet within bank, which a n t e r > where he and some spedalls were quartered.
would render the meadows more firm and dry, and Spalding, ii. 301.
carry off small spattles of rain, without damaging the S P E C I A L I T I E , Favour, partiality,
crops." Agr. Surv. Dumfr. p. 4.96. « Our souerane lord sail with the anise of his
I must differ from my ingenious correspondent as c o u n s a i l see, and limmit lo the parteis eontencland
to the origin ; as 1 find that A.S. spalUian, spaetUan, a c o m p e t e n t Juge quhilk sail minister justice to all
signifies spumare, " to gather froth or fome;" Somner. p a r t e i s b u t specialities Acts Ja. IV. 14f)S, IV. 233.
It is evidently synon. with Flutlier, Plodder, S.B. L B specialit-as, amitie particuliere ; Du Cange.
T o S P A V E , v. a.] E. T o spay, Galloway; ap- S P E C K , s. Blubber; the fat of whales, S.
plied, like the E. term, only to female animals, Su.G.
. .. spaeck, id. arvina,
spaeck, id. arvina, lardum
lardum ;; A.S.
A.S. spio
spio "" kr-
as queys, or she-pigs. dum, bacon/' Somner; Tent, speck, id.; Belg. mat-
A.Bor. " spavc, speave, to castrate, to spay/' Gl. visch-spek, blubber; Isl. spik, pinguedo vel lardum
Brocket. This is undoubtedly allied to Gael, spoth- balenarum ; Verel.
to spay, and most probably also to C.B. dijspad- S P E C K , ,9.
du, id., dy being a common prefix in this language. 'Twere endless task in numbers to
S P A I V E U , S. One who spays animals, S. — O f sheeted ghosts,
" Spaivers, persons who spaive cattle / ' Gall. Enc. Of spreading lights on horse's
T o S P A I V E , S P E A V E , V. N. T o bear the opera- Blackm. Mag. Nov. 1 8 2 0 , p. 2 0 0 .
tion of spaying, Gall I know not if this has any connection with Su.G
" A young cow with calf, that is to say, an open spoeke terriculamentum, spectrum; or if it be mere-
quey, will not speave; neither will a cow that has had ly the E. word denoting a spot,
a "calf, nor twin female calves." Gall. Encycl. p. S P E C K S , S P E C T S , s. pi The vulgar abbrevia-
432. tion in S. for Spectacles.
T o S P A U L , v. n. T o push out the limbs feebly, When ilka ane took it, an' ilka ane lookit,
as a dying animal, Clydes. An' ilka ane ca'd it a comical bane ;
SPAUL, Such a feeble motion of the limbs, ibid. To the miller it goes, wha, wi' spects on his nose,
As Spaul denotes a limb, this is most probably To hae an1 to view it was wonderous fain,
the origin. V . SPALD. Hoggs Mountain Sard, p.
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S P E C T A C L E S (of a fowl), pi T h e merry- this word, in the form of Spoon drift, as if it were
thought, S. V. BRIE. English. " Cathadh-cuir, falling snow. Cathadh-
Every one is acquainted with the playful use of mar a, spoondrift."
the merry-thought among young people, under the I scarcely think that it has any affinity to the E.
pretence of learning, by the share that falls to each sea-term, to Spoon, to go right before the wind. It
of those who break it between them, which of the is probably allied to C.B. yspone, " a jerk, a jet, a
two shall be first married. This merits attention, s p i r t O w e n .
only as being a vestige of an ancient mode of divi- T o SPEE11, v. n. T o inquire.
nation ; and a proof among many, of the striking S P E E R , S. Inquiry. V . S P E E E .
similarity of the superstitions of our ancestors to S P E E I l - W U N D i T , part pa. Quite overcome
those of the Scandinavians. with exertion, so as to be out of breath, Loth.,
Rudbeck informs us that the Earth was worship- Fife.
ped by having geese sacrificed to h e r ; and that the Perhaps q. spire-winded, as originally applied to
ancient northern nations were wont, in the begin- one who is nearly choked by the spire or spray. V .
ning of winter, not only to sacrifice the goose, but S P I R E , also S P I R E W I N D .
by means of the cartilaginous substance on its breast,' S P E G , s. A pin or peg of wood. Loth.
to divine whether they were to have a severe or a
Dan. spiger a nail ; A.S. spicyng, Su.G. spile, i d . ;
mild winter; " w h i c h species of divination/' he
speck-a acuminare.
adds, " although without any mixture of supersti-
S P E L L . s. 44 A n y sort of play or game Gall.
tion, is notwithstanding still most vainly followed
Encycl. V. BONSPEL.
by the vulgar of our c o u n t r y A t l a n t . ii. 5 i(i.
SPEI111.NS, s. pi. I n q u i r y ; also, information.
S P E E D A R T , s. " A tough old creature, tight
as a wire G a l l Encycl. V. under S P E E E , S P E I R , V.
Teut. spade, serus, tardus ; q. one who lives long ? T o S P E L D E i i , i'. n. T o toss the legs awk-
Or shall we view it as a figurative use of Speed art, a wardly in running, Ettr. F o r . ; apparently a
spider, Galloway? derivative from SPEED, q. v.
SPED'DIS, pi Spades. • T o SPELPE a. T o split, to spread open.] Add;
" Item, certane auld speddis nocht scliod." In- T o rack the limbs in striding, S.
ventories, A. 1560, p. 170. S P E L K , S. 1. A splint of wood applied to a frac-
S P E D L T N , s. A. term applied, bv mothers and ture, S., A . B o r .
nurses to a child beginning to walk, Dumfr. Pay gives Spelk as a Yorks. word, signifying, ei a
Teut. .spede serus, tardus; Germ, spat, spa ft, Alem. wooden splinter tied on to keep a broken bone from
spato, id. .; ?MoesCJ. snedisto, spcd'stti. mtiinus. V/ach- bending or unsetting again." Lett. p. 338.
ter mentions spataz serum, and spatigher serotinus, A.S. spele, fascia; Teut. spaleke, lignea tabula le-
as in Gloss. Boxhorn. Hut neither of these words vis, quae fractis ossibtis continendis circumponitur;
appears there. This, however, being a nursery term, Kiiian. Isl. spelk-nr, id.
may be ludicrously formed, q. speed ill, or <k' one A splinter of iron, Gall.
that makes little progress/' " Spelks, sharp—splinters of iron, starting off
S P E E D A R T , SPEEDAED, s. T h e spider, Gall. from the mass it belongs to Gall. Encycl.
The wasp, the specdard, and the ged Teut. spaleke lamina ; Isl. spialk, spclk-ur, frustu-
Are greedy curses. . Gall Enc. lum ; SR.G. spiaelk-a, in frusta comminuere.
Teut. spieder, bc-spieder, speculator ? S P E L K ED, part. adj. A term applied to " rag-
T o S P E E L , 1 \ n. T o take the amusement of ged wood ibid.
sliding on ice, Dumfr. T o S P E L T , , v. n. T o asseverate falsely, Iloxb.
The term does not appear to express the peculiar Allied perhaps to Teut. spel-en ludere, q. to amuse
character of the amusement, but merely to refer to one's self by false representation, in order to laugh
the relaxation enjoved in it ; Teut. speel-en, .ypef-oi, at another's credulity. It may, however, be from
Germ, spit-en, ludere. These verbs are appiied tc> A.S. si?,•//-/?U*ii is not only rendered sermoci-
every species of sport, to running, hunting, dice, <K:e. nari, but ialuuari, to mocke or delude with a false
S P E E N - l ) I I I V T , SPINDRIFT, ,y. D r i v i n g snow, tale;" Cooper.
Aberd.] Add; S P K K I ) . -V. . V spring, an elastic motion, Ettr. For.
This has anciently been of more general use. T O S P E N D , I'. /,<;"
" A tempestuous showre and drow—carryed us Robene, that warld is quite away,
back almost to the May, with such a how wa, [liol- And qnyt brucht till ane end;—-
io w waveQ and spin drift, that the boat being open, For of my pane thou maide a play,
he looked for great danger, if the stormy showre And all in vane I spend :
had continued." MelvlU's MS. p. 115. As thou I las done, sa sail I sa.y,
52. Spray, Ayrs., Gall. Murne on, I think to mend.
ce The thought of his children—scattered these luinn. Poems, p. 101. llobcnc and Makyne.
subsiding feelings like the blast that brushes the Mr. Campbell observes, that he has found no ex-
waves of the .ocean into spindrift" The Entail, ii. <). planation of this word in my Dictionary; Brit. Poets.
Spindrift, the spume of the sea; the spray f The fact is, 1 viewed it as English, in the sense of
Gall. Encycl. the v. n. to consume. But I confess that the con-
Shaw, in his Gaelic Dictionary, oddly introduces nexion rather suggests that it should be in the past
456
 S P E S
time. There may have been a v., now obsolete, sig-
nifying to persuade, to urge. Lye gives A.S. speon-
(in suadere, allicere, urgere, speomt urgebat. This is
undoubtedly the same with spaen-an, spen-an, alli-
cere, pellicere, excitare. Thus " in vane I spend
may signify, " I urged or persuaded to no purpose."
S P E N D , S. A spring, a bound, Ettr. For.
Add to ik This must be from Dan. spaeud-cr, to
extend, to strain, to spread, to stretch out; Wolff.
Isl. span-a in tender e, Su.G. spaenn-a} ex tender e ;
A.S. spann-ati intendere, extendere.
S P E N D R I F E , adj. Prodigal, extravagant,
Ciydes.
S P E N D R I F E , s. A spendthrift, ibid.
From Spend, v., and Rife, abundant.
T o S P E N N , v. a. To' button, or to lace one's
cloaths; as, to spenn the waistcoat, to button
it, Fife.
Germ, spange, a clasp or hook, fibula. Isl. sperm a,
bulla; also, fibula me tallica. The original idea is pro-
bably found in Teut. spann-en, to stretch, as in Belg.
Het touw spant niet genoeg, " The cord is not stretched
stiff enough;" Sewel. Su.G. spaenn-a, constringere,
fibula connectere ; Ihre. A.S. spann-en,The use of
this term was most probably introduced before that of
buttons, when hooks were employed for the same pur-
pose ; or cords, 01* pins, which are still used by some
old 01* penurious people for fastening their feckets or
under waistcoats.
S P E N S , S P E N C E , s. 1. A larder, &c.] Add;
O.E."Spc?ice. Celarium. Promptuarium." Prompt.
Parv.
The interior apartment, &e.] Add;
" They groped their way to the spens, or inner
apartment, which was nearly of the same size as the
kitchen." Cottagers of Glenburnie, p. 153.
S P E N S E - D O O R , S. The door between the kitchen
and the spensey or apartment which enters from
the kitchen, S.O.
S P E N T A C L E S , <5. pi T h e vulgar name of
Spectacles, S.
It occurs in the following passage, though with an
unnatural orthography.
'Tis said the court of Antiquarians
Has split 011 some great point o' variance,
For yin has get, in gouden box,
The spenclacles of auId John Knox, &c.
Tannahill's Poems.
I got my staff, put on my bonnet braid;—«
A saxpence too, to let mo in bedeen,
And thir auld spent aclto help my een.
A. fVilsons Poems 1816, p. 39-
T o S P E I I E , SPEIR, T\ u. 3. T o ask, to inquire.]
Add;
T o SFEinabout, to make inquiry concerning; often
as indicating interest, anxiety, or affection, S.
Even Irish Teague, ayont Belfast,
Waclna care to speir about her;
And swears, till he sail breathe his last,
He'll never happy be without her.
Lizzy Liberty, Skinner's Misc. Poet. p. 15$.
" Spcryn or askyn after a thyng.—Scissitor. Per-
cuntor. Inquiro." Prompt. Parv,
Vox,. II. 457
P E
Palsgrave mentions this word. <r I spere, I aske.
Je demande. This terme is—far northerne, and nat
vsyd in commyn speche." B. iii. F. 868, b.
Ray expl. A.Bor. to spar re, speir or spur re, " to ask,
enquire; cry at the market" Coll. p. 67-
4. T o scrutinize any article ; as to investigate any
legal deed, by applying it in the way of com-
parison with matters of feet libelled.
<e Becaus thair is niony diuerss statutis, quhilkis lies
in the end of thame the pane of dittay, and lies nocht
bene in tyme bigane cleirlie speirit, at the inditmentis
taking as thay sould haue bene,—that the clerk of
the Justiciary tak furth of the kingis statutis all thay
statutis that hes pane of dittay in the end, and mak
thesamin b einquyrit at the dittay taking upouneeuery
punct." Acts Ja. IV. 1493, Edit. 1814, p. 234.
Inquyrit is evidently used as explaining the sense
of speirii.
T o S P E E E the price of a young woman, to ask
her in marriage, S.
" My word, but ye're weel aff to be married in your
teens. I was past thirty before man speer t my price/'
The Entail, ii. 268.
This low phrase evidently contains an allusion to a
fair or market.
S P E I R , S P E E R , S. Inquiry, Ayrs.
— " There was a great assemblage of friends, and
a wonderful speer and talk about what we had all seen
that day at the coronation." The Steam-Boat, p. 257.
SPEIRINGS, SPEIRINS, SPERIXS, SPEERINGS,
s. pi 1. Inquiry, interrogation, investigation ;
used with the addition of different prepositions,
as after, at, and of, S.
" But ony other father, but his honour himsel, wad
have had spcirings made after the poor lad." The
Pirate, ii. 266.
This word is used in a singular connexion in Loth.
Plljling a speirins at him, i. e. " I will inquire at him
It seems, however, to include the idea, that the ques-
tion is put, only passingly, either in fact, or in ap-
pearance.
2. Prying inspection of conduct, Fife.
As doun the lang lone I gaed wi' my laddie,
As doun by the burn wliar blumes the birk tree,
Whan far frae the speirins o' mammie or daddies
O 1 how couthy the words he spake unto me,
MS. Poem.
3. Intelligence, tidings, South of S.
" Here's been the pair lass.Caxon's daughter, see:.-
ing comfort, and lias gotten uneo little—tlu-iv'- ikvu
nae speerings o' Tallril's gun-brig since the hist gaie."
Antiquary, iii. I bo.
Did Dousterswivel know any thing about the
concealment of the chest of bullion ?'— 4 He, the ill-
fa'ard loon!' answered Edie ; £ there wad hae been
little speerings o't had Dustansnivel ken'd it was there
-—it wad hae been butter in the black dog's hause/'
Ibid. iii. 102,
There is some news/ said mine host of the Candle*
stick,—-t* and if it please my Creator, I will forthwith
obtain speerings thereof.'' Waverley, ii. 119-
" How do ye ken but we may can pick up some
speerings of your valise, if ye will be amenable t#
gude counsel ?" Bob Roy, i. 202,
3M
 ^s P Y
T o S P E R F L E , * » . « . T o squander money, goods,
&c. for 110 valuable purpose, Loth., Ayrs. Y.
SPAIIPALL.
S P E R T I I E , s. A battle-axe.] Add;
O.E. Spar the. Bipennis." Prompt. Parv.
SPES, s. Species ; synon. with Kynd.
" Our souerane lord—declaris all sic factis and
deidis—to be ane express spes and kynd of dila-
pidations" Acts Ja. VI. 1604, Edit. 1814, p. 324.
V . SPACE.
S P E U G , s. A tall meagre person, IJpp. Clydes.,
R e n f r . ; synon. Spaig.
Su.G. spok, spoeke, Germ, spuk, Belg. spook, a spec-
tre. This has probably been formed, (according to
the Goth, mode, by prefixing s) from Isl. pickc dae-
mon. V . PUCK HARY.
S P E U G L E , S. An object that is extremely slen-
der; a diminutive from the preceding, ibid.
This corresponds with Fris. spoochsel, and Sw.
spoekelse, id.
S P Y - A N N , s. T h e " game of Hide and Seek; 1
Gall.
" When those are found who are hid, the finder
cries Spy ami; and if the one discovered can catch
the discoverer, he has a ride upon his back to the
dools." Gall. Encycl.
C.B. yspi-o speculari, yspienddyn, speculator. Spy-
ami nearly resembles Fr. espion a spy, q. the person
employed in this game to find out those who are
concealed. V. Ho-SPY.
S P I C E , s. A blow, a thwack, Aberd. ^
T o S P I C E , v. a. T o beat, to thwack, ibid. ^
Most probably a figurative use of the E. v., in the
same manner in which to Pepper is used.
SPICE-BOX, A pepper-box, S .
S P I C E - B U S T , ,S\ T h e same with the preceding.
ff j t w e g a ii e git—at [[that] the dosane of siluer
sponis, siluer salt-fat & spice bust wer the Abbot
•of Melross, & laid in wed to the said vmquhile Alexr.
be the said abbot for the tyme." Act. Dom. Cone.
A. 1489, p. 131. V. Buisx.
S P I D E R . W h e n spiders creep on one's cloaths,
it is viewed as betokening good luck ; and to
destroy them is equivalent to throwing stones
at one's own head, Teviotd.
T o S P I L K , v. a. T o shell pease, to take green
pease out of the pod, Aberd., Moray.
In Moray at least, Pilk is used as synon. with Spilk.
S P I L K I N S , S. pi. Split pease, ibid.
Gael, spealg-am, to split, spealgach splinters.
T o S P I L L , S P Y L L , v. A . 1 . T o destroy.] Add,
as sense
2. T o mar, S.
" You'll either mak a spoon, or spill a horn," S.
Prov.; spoken to those who are determined to exert
themselves to the utmost for accomplishing any pur-
pose, taking the hazard of all consequences.
In this sense the term occurs in O.E. " I spylle, I
marre a thyng.—You wyll neuer cease tyll you haue
spy lied it." Palsgr. B. in. F. 869. a.
S P Y N D L E , S P I N D L E , s. A certain quantity
of yarn, &c.]
Line 2. for six hanks, r.four hanks. Add ;
458
S P I
Arthur Young uses the term spangle apparently
in the same sense; as including four hanks, which
is the quantity contained in the Scottish spyndle.
" The 8 lb. will spin into 20 dozen of yarn, or 20
hanks or 5 spangles fit for a ten hundred cloth/"
Tour in Ireland, i. 135.
Whether he uses this as an Irish or English deno-
mination, does not certainly appear ; the latter, 1
suppose, although most probably a provincial term,
as it does not seem to have found its way into any
Dictionary.
The word is pronounced in S. q. Spynel.
SPINDLE-SHANKS, pi 1. Thin limbs, S.
" Spindle-shanks, small limbs, slender or lean
limbs;" Gl. Shirr. This phrase, however, occurs in
the Tatler.
52. A person with very thin legs, S . ; q. having
legs like a spindle.
Isl. spengill homo ejimcidus, exph in Dan. (c a tall
slender man.'5 Spengilmenni, id. But this appears to
be from speng-ia, laminis confirmare.
S P I N D R I F T , s. Spray. V, S P E E N - D R I F T ,
S P I N K , s. The goldfinch, Buchan ; synon. with
Goudspinh.
Gowden his locks, like starns his mirky een ;
His chaekit plaid the speekl't spink outvies.
Tarras's Poems, p. 1.
The only sense given of this word in Gl. is Goud-
spink. But this might -ipply equally well to the
garden-pink. The eh a [finch is thus denominated
from Teut. vincke, Germ, /inckv, &e. frig ilia.
S P I X L Y , adj. Tali and slender, S.
Where it is firm it produces good hay; but
where it is not so, but continues as quagmire, it is
all fe.g at top. witli a short sp'-,ily thin grass." Max-
well's S.A TlYUiS. O. 8U. V". SriXNLE, V.
i\;rh:i])s q. Spinaiy, from E. Spindle.
SPIN NIN-JEN N Y , S P I X - M A H Y , T h e long,
legged fly which is said to be produced from
the grub, Fife. In other places it is called
Sphinin Maggie.
Perhaps it is named from its resembling, in the
length of its legs, the garden spider, in E. and S.
called Sphi tier.
T o S 1 T N N L E , r. n. T o shoot out. Grain
is s;;u 1 io be *j.ni iad'a« y •'v, hen it is shootingo ~
Gall. Encycl.
This v. may be a derlv: live from Teut. spen-en
derioresevre, iioribas a miss is iVuctus forinam pri-
niam producere. Dicicur de arboribus, fruticibus,
Fr. espen-ir, cspan-ir, aperire florem; Kilian.
The root is probably Lat. cxpand-crc, to spread out.
V . SPINLY.
S P I R E , s. A small tapering tree, commonly
of the fir kind, of a size lit for palmg, Moru\.
Norw. spire, a long small tv: ? fali.M^er. E. spire
is used to denote £<r any thing growing up taper.'"
It is not improbable that E. spar is originally the
same with our spire; as Su.Ch sj/ini denotes a long
but thin piece of wood ; rnJ the word of the same
form in Isl. is rendered, tigillum, ramale.
S P I R E , o. 2. A \> a 11 between the lire and the
door, with a scat on it, S.B.] Add;
Lancash. fe speer, a shelter in a house made be-
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tween the door and fire, to keep the wind off." T.
Bobbins. O.E. "Spereorskue. Ventifuga." Pro. Parv.
3. The lower part of a couple or rafter, Iloxb.
S P I R E , s. Sea-spire, the spray of the sea,Renfr.
Allied perhaps to Su.G. spy or vomitus, q. what
the sea casts up, from spy vomere.
S P I R E W I N D , SPEAR WIND, SPELT,WIND,
Defined, u a violent gust of passion, a gust of
rage," Fife,
Allied perhaps to Spire, v., to wither, q. v.
S P I R I E , adj. Slender, slim, Dumfr. ; synon.
Spirley ^ q. v.
Hire observes, that Su.G. spira is used to signify
a variety of things, all including the ideas of length
and slenderness ; as a steeple, a sceptre, a lath of
timber ; in Isl., long wooden rails. Su.G. spiror de-
notes the sprouts which grow from the stems of cole-
wort in spring. He views the term as allied to
Goth, sper, a lance. But most probably the radical
sense is retained in spira, a blade of corn (spiculum);
Dan. spire, a shoot, a scion, a slip.
To these we may add Gael, speireach, slender-
limbed, speirag, a slender-limbed female creature ;
Isl. sporlett-r levipes.
S P I R I T Y , adj. Lively, full of life, spirited, S.
" He was of a spirily disposition, and both eydent
and eager in whatsoever he undertook.1" 11. Gil-
haize, ii. 102.
T o S P I R L , v. n. T o run about in a light lively
way, Ettr. For.
O.Fr. esporl-er signifies to acknowledge, as a vas-
sal, the services one owes to a superior. This ge-
nerally included a good deal of cf running about/'
but often without lightness of heart. Allied per-
haps to Spirlie, adj.
S P I R L I E , S P I R L E Y , adj. Slender, slim, (gra-
cilis), S.; Spine synon.
Tir'd out with many turnings, to the flood
He lays his redden'd side, and gaspin' dies.
Syne round him flock, in troops, the spirley race,
And minnows frisk, now that their foe is dead,
And caper for the kingdom of the pool.
Davidson s Seasons, p. 82.
Teut. spier is sura, the calf of the leg. But it
may be q. spir-lik, from Isl. spir a lath, or Dan.
spire, a sproot or slip, " resembling a lath or slip,"
B u t s e e SPIIIIE.
S P I R L I E , S. A slender person ; often, A lang
spirlie" S.
S P I I T L I E - L E G G I T , adj. Having thin legs, Roxb.
S P O I L I N G , s. A smelt, S.] Add;
Roquefort mentions O.Fr. sparallon, sorte de pois-
son de mer.
2. Expl. as signifying a small burn-trout, Gall.
Encycl.
S P I R R A M , <?. Expl. " an old female of the
nature of a s p i d e r G a l l . Encycl.
Gael, spairn-am to wrestle; q. of a contentious
humour ?
T o S P I T , v. n. To. rain slightly, and not close-
ly, S. _ •
" I think its spitting already."—" A common ex-
pression in Scotland to signify slight rain/' Mar*
riage, h 71, N.
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* To SPIT.
Among boys, in the west of Scotland, he who has
given another what is called the Couchcrs blow, fol-
lows it up by spitting in his own hand, and then
rubbing his spittle on the buttons of his antagonist's
coat. This is understood as a complete placarding
S.
of him for a coward and poltroon.
The act of " spitting in the face" of another, or
as some render the expression, tf on the ground be-
fore him," was in a very early period, meant to in-
timate the greatest contempt imaginable, Dent. xxv.
(j. Why this act of contumely was transferred to
the buttons, it is not easy to say. Shall we sup-
pose that it was viewed as equivalent to disgracing
one's armorial bearings; as the crest might be en-
graved on the buttons of those who had a right to
bear arms ?
T o S P I T in confirming a Bargain. It is a com-
mon practice among children, when two or more
have pledged their faith in any engagement, to
follow this up by each party spitting on the
ground, Loth. This is accounted a very so-
lemn confirmation' of the previous agreement.
The form is perhaps varied in other parts of the
country. The following passage alludes to a simi-
lar mode of ratifying a pecuniary bargain, by spit-
ting on the piece of money given as an arles or ear-
nest-penny.
" When the friar had talked some time with that
man, he took out a small piece of money, and spit
upon it, and then gave it to the skipper, by which
Ralph Hanslap guessed they had made a bargain ;
the delivery of the money, and the ceremony with
which it was accompanied, indicating that it was
the cement of a compact, and a token of the friar's
hope and ejaculation that it might prove prosperous
to them both." Eothelan, i. 92.
Although Pliny does not appear to have been ac-
quainted with this use of saliva, he was no stranger
to its virtue in giving efficacy to a medicine.
ec To fortilie the operation of any medicines/' he
says, " the manner is to pronounce wit hall a charm
or exorcisme three times over, and to spit upon the
ground as often ; and so we donbt not but it will
doe the cure and not faile." Nat. Hist. B. xxviii. c. 4.
In some parts of S. when a bargain has been
made, each of the parties, spits upon his hand, say-
ing that this is " for luck/'
Brand has given an account of a similar custom.
ff The boys in the north of E. have a custom a-
mongst themselves, of spilling their faith, (or as they
call it in the northern dialect '' their saul' i. e. soul,)
when required to make asseverations in matters
which they think of consequence. In combinations
of the colliers, &e. about Newcastle upon Tyne, for
the purpose of raising their wages, they are said to
spit upon a stone together by way of cementing
their confederacy. Hence the popular saying, when
persons are of the same party, or agree in sentiments,
that f they spit upon the same stone.' Fish-women
generally spit upon their handsel,!, e. the first money
they take, for good luck. Grose mentions tins as a
common practice among the lower class of huck-
sters, pedlars/' &c. Pop. Antiq. ii. 571*'
I can form no idea of the reason of the use of this
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custom, in regard to bargains, but that it must have
originated from the strange idea, so anciently and
generally received among the heathen, that spittle
was a specific against every species of fascination.
Hence the language of Theocritus,
Thrice on my breast I spit to guard me safe
From fascinating charms. Idyll, xx. v. 11,
It had been most probably in deference to this
deeply-rooted superstition, that the church of Rome
introduced the use of spittle in baptism. This has in-
deed been expressly asserted. " This custom of nur-
ses Instigating the children by spittle, was one of the
ceremonies used on the Dies Nominalis, the day the
child was named; so that there can be no doubt of
the Papists deriving this custom from the heathen
nurses and grand-mothers." Seward, Conform, be-
tween Popery and Paganism, p. 54. Brand, ii. 570.
T o S P I T and G I E OUEII, a mode of expression ad-
dressed to one, in vulgar language, when it is
supposed that his exertion, whether in the way
of argument, combat, or otherwise, is vain, S.
I have met with our S. phrase only once in print;
where it is not used precisely in the sense above given.
cc If the reader—feels he has enough of the sub-
ject, lie has nothing to do but shut the book, and (to
use a very expressive juvenile term) spit and gi'e
outer Blackw. Mag. Aug. 1821, p. 25.
Perhaps the following verse conveys the same idea.
Spit in your hand, and to your other proofes.
The Troublesome Raigne of King Johk.
* SPITE, A vexation; as, " a great spite"
something that gives much vexation, Ettr. For.
Teut. spijt-en pigere. Dai spijt me. Hoc me urit;
aegre hoc lero ; piget me; Kilian.
SPITHEJi, Spume, foam? S.A.
Let poor folk write to ane anither,
The way they learn'd it frae their mither,
Or some auld aunt's loquacious swither,—
Wha valu'd not your college spitker
A rigmarie.
Ruickbie's Way-side Cottager, p. 189.
Isl. spi air, in sol ens progressus ; Dan. spottc-ord,
mocking language. Perhaps the term is equivalent
to spittle or phlegm ; A.S. sped, pituita; spin) ettra,
vomit us.
S P I T T E N , s . A puny worthless creature, Aberd.
S P I T T E l i , s. A very slight shower.] Add;
2. In pi. snow in small particles, which are forci-
bly driven by the wind, S.
Now harvest done, the painfu' plough
Maun thro' the yird its task renew,
While ploughmen swains, a hardy crew,
Ne'er stand aghast,
Tho' winter snell the spitters strew
In angry blast. A. Scoff s Poems, p. $8.
The snell frost-win' made nebs an' een
To rin right sail-*;
An' snaw in spitters aft Was dreen *
Amang the air.
*Dreen, driven. T. Scoffs Poems, p. 323.
S P I T T E H Y , adj. Denoting what spurts or flies out
irregularly and without connexion of parts, S.A.
The blately rains, or chilling spitt'ry snaws
Are wafted on the gelid angry breeze.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 25.
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It is applied also to flame, expressive of the spurts
ing action of the heat, according to the nature of the
fuel, ibid.
Yet patient still, I'll brook auld age,
And do the best I dow,
To raise your ingle's friendly rage,
And cheer the spitterie low.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 146.
S P I T T I E , $ . A designation for a horse, Clydes,
L.B. spad-a, spad-o, equus castratus ; spad-are cas-
trare. The root may be traced in C.B. dispadd-u to
castrate, (dis being the privative prefix), Ir. Gael.
spoth-am, id., sput, an eunuch. Hence spad-an, cas-
trare, Leg. Salic. Tit. 41. V . S P A V E , V.
SP I T T INS, s. pi Spittle, S,B. Dan. spitten,
a spitting.
T o S P L A Y , S P L A E , V. A. After two pieces of
cloth have been run up in a seam, to sew down
the edges somewhat in the form of a hem, S.
I declare/ said she to her cronie Matty Marshall,
' if I'm no driven doited with back-stitch ing, splaying,
fause hems, and cross gores." Petticoat Tales, i. 2^1.
S P L A E , S P L A Y , S. T h e hem thus made, S .
S P L A E - S E A M , S. W h a t in E . is called a hem-seam,
one- side only being sewed down, S.
D U T C H - S P L A Y , S. T h e same with Splay-seam, S.
I find no cognate term. It may, however, be corr.
from Fr. esploy-er to spread out; or espaid-er to sup-
port, to strengthen, to form a buttress; as the ope-
ration is meant, not merely for ornament, but for
strengthening what is sewed.
S P L A Y , .9. A •squabble; as, " There was a great
splay in the fair;11 Jloxb. Gael, spleadh, exploit.
T o S P L A Y , v. a. Apparently synon. with E .
Flay. He has splayed the shin ojf his leg; an ex-
pression used to denote that one has had his leg
so much injured by a stroke or fall, that it is
laid bare to the bone; S el kirks.
Perhaps from Isl. jlaa, Su.G. Jlaga, whence the E.
term, with s prefixed after the Gothic mode, and f ,
euphoniae causa, changed into p.
S P L A Y , SPLAE, A stroke ; as, " She hat [did
bit] him a splae OYT the fingers for his beha-
viour,11 Iloxb.
Perhaps q. a return for one's improper conduct;
O.Fr. esplais, esplait, revenue, produce. Or we might
trace it to Su.G. plagg-a, pereutere, Lat. plaga, ictus.
Sec. by supposing that s has been prefixed in later
times.
T o S P L A I R G E , v. a. 1. T o bespatter, to be-
daub, Fife, Ettr. For., Upp. Clydes,; the same
with Spairge, as used in sense %
2; T o besprinkle, U p p . Clydes.
S P L A S H - F L U K E , s. The plaice, a fish, Pleu-
ronectes Platessa, Linn., Banffs. This seems
to be merely a corr. of the common name.
T o S P L A T C H , 7'. a. T o bedaub, to splash, S.
corr. from the E . word, or from Teut. plcts-en,
manu quatere, with s prefixed ; in the same
manner as E . splash has been formed from Sw.
plash-a.
SFLATCH, 1. A spidtch o1 dirt, a clot of mud
thrown up in walking or otherwise, S.
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f ' The coal is distinguished by the terms of splint
$piat chin is used as well as splatch, in this sense,
Aberd. and rough, and possesses little of the caking quality
S. Any thing so broad or full as to exhibit an of the Newcastle coal." Stat. Acc. P. Lasw. x. 281.
auk ward or clumsy appearance ; as, " W h a t a Denominated from its breaking into splinters, when
great splaich of a seal there's on that letter!" put on the fire. V . SPLENDRIS.
S P L I T , s. A term used by weavers, equivalent
T o S P L A T T E R , v. n. T o make a noise among
water, Ettr. For. to E. Dent, and properly denoting one thread
S P L A T T E R - D A S H , s. A n uproar, a splutter, in plain linen work, S.
Ettr. For. What the Scotch weavers term a Split, the Eng-
lish term a Dent." Peddie's Weaver and Warper's
T o S P L E E T , r. a. ^ T o split. Tins is the gene-
Assistant, p. 152.
ral pronunciation in S. Thus it is also used as
S P L O Y , s. A frolic, Renfr.; synon. Ploy.
a neut. v. Tout, splctt-cn.
Nae mail* we meet aneath the hill,—
'<c At all times it is highly dangerous, for any not, The harmless funnie joke to tell,
experienced in these seas, to pass through between Or the queer sploys,
the isles, tho' with small boats, because of the many That night's mirk blanket doth conceal
blind rocks lying there, upon which sometimes the Frae ither boys.
inhabitants do spied, what through some mistake, T. Scott's Poems, p. 316,
inadvertency, darkness of the night, or otherwise/' Whatever may be viewed as the origin of Ploy,
Brand's Orkney, p. 25. the word in this form seems to claim affinity to O.Fr.
SPLENDIS, pi. Armour for the legs. " Ane esplois, an exploit; esploye, displayed.
pair of splcndis, sellat, gorget," &c. Aberd. T o S P L O I T , v. n.' L T o spout, to squirt, Gall
R e g . V. 16. V. SPLENTIS.
—Right o'er the steep he leans,
T o S P L B N N E R , v. n. T o stride, Gall.; soft- When his well-plenish'd king-hood voiding needs,
ened perhaps from Teut. splinter-en-, secure in And, sploiting, strikes the stane his grany hit,
assulas; or from the same origin with Splendris. Wi' pistol screed, shot frae his gorlin doup.
S P L E N T S , s.pl. A s applied to a gown, seems to
Davidson s Seasons, p. 3, 4.
denote a kind of loose or hanging sleeves, or 2. T o splash, ibid.
pieces of loose cloth used instead of sleeves, Perhaps from Lat. explod-ere, to drive out vio-
sometimes called tags. lently.
cs Ane uthir schapin unmaid lang taillit gowne of
S P L O I T , S. " A little liquid filth Gall. Enc.
reid armosie taffetie, with tua splentis wan tan d bodies S P L O R E , s. A frolic, a noise, a riot.] Add;
and slevis." Inventories, A. 1578, p. 222. 2. A quarrel ending in blows, S.
It is observed, vo. Splentis, that splints denoted a " He's a camsteary chield, and fasheous about
defence for the arms. marches, and we've had some bits of splores the*
S P L E U C H A N , s. A tobacco-pouch, S.J Add; gither." Guy Mannering, iii. 224.
(£ But I was saying there's some siller in this spleu-
" Quarrels ending in f i s t y - c u f f s G l . Antiquary.
chan that's like the Captain's am, for we've aye T o S P L O R E , t'. h. T o show off, to make'a
counted it such, baith Ailie and me." Guy Manner- great show, Upp. Clydes.
ing, hi. 223. T o S P L U N G , k a. ' T o carry off any thing
Ilk chiel screw'd up his dogskin spleuehan, clandestinely, to filch, Upp. Clydes.
An' aff did rin. This seems merely a variety of Spung} v.
Davidson s Seasons, p. 86. T o S P L U N T , v. n.] Add;-~JSy some this word
4f Below my bed—you will find the pouch of the
is understood in a general sense; by others it
late Lord Charles, this present man's uncle, which I is expl.—to court, or make love, under night.
made into a spleuehan to hold tobacco, and there you " T o go 'a-spluntirCid., Roxb.
will get ten gold pieces, besides crowns and Saxon S P L U N T I N G , s. " Running after girls under-
shillings." Saxon and Gael, ii. 2. night Gall. Enc.
Used in an improper or ludicrous sense for a Shall we suppose that this was originally a mili-
fob. tary term, and applied to an evening walk on the
" He hastened, not without a curse upon the in- esplanade ?
tricacies of a Saxon breeches pocket, or spleuehan, T o S P L U T E , v. n. T o exaggerate in narra-
as he called it, to deposit the treasure in his fob." tion ; synon. to Flazc, Clydes.
Waverley, ii. 105. O.Fr. esploit-cr, to execute, to perform ; q. to boast,
T o S P L I N D E R , v. n. T o be shivered, to splin- of one's exploits.
ter, S.B.
T o S P O , i'. ii. T o foretell, Shetl.
—Thrawn trees do always splinder
The same with Spae, q. v. The term as used in
Best with a wedge of their own timber.
Meston's Poems, p. 217. V. SPLENDRIS. Shetl. preserves the Su.G. sound of spo vaticinari.
T o S P O A T C H , S P O A C M , S P O T C H , v. n. 1. T o .
S P L I N K E Y , adj. Tall and lank, Ayrs.
Perhaps corrupted from Spinkie, q. v. poach, Roxb.
" His strides—were as stiff* and as long as a splin- Their names were Mavis, Snap, an' Garrow,
key laddie's stalking on stilts." Sir A. Wylie, iii. 82. For spoaiching tricks had few their marrow.
S P L I N T C O A L , a species o f coal, S . The Dogs, A. Scott's Poems, p. 52
461
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2. T o lounge or spunge about for a meal, a glass
of spirits, &c., ibid.
Allied perhaps to Teut. spijse cibus, epulum; or
rather from E. Poach, with 5* prefixed.
S P O A C I I E R , S. 1. A poacher, Roxb., Berwicks.
o. One who spunges about for food, &c., ibid.
SPOT) L I N , .v. A child learning to walk, Dumfr.
Su.G. spaed signifies tener; spaeda aar, aetas te-
nella. From the character of a child's motion, the
word cannot well be traced to Swr. spod-a festinare,
a provincial term. V. Seren. vo. Speed.
S P O I G , s. Qu. if ludicrously for hand ?
Gael, spag, a paw ; spogach, having paws, or clum-
sy feet and legs.
O see you not her ponny progues,—
Her twa short hose, and her twa spoigs,
And a shoulder-pelt apeen, Mattam ?
Herd's Coll. ii. lGl.
T o S P O I L Y I E , v. a. T o plunder, to despoil.
" The barons resolving to go to Durris, and spoil-
yie what was left, rendered the keys back to the
town of Aberdeen, and upon Monday the 20th of
May they rode out about the number foresaid."
Spalding's Troubles, i. 153, 154. V. S P U L Y E .
S P O Y N E , s. A spoon, Aberd. Reg.
S P O K E S I I A F E , S P O K E S H A V E , <?. A kind of
plane, formed for working on wood that is hol-
low or curved, S. ; synon. with Chaveling,
Shavelin ; supposed to be named from being
principally used in making wheels and putting
spokes in them.
S P O N N Y S , pi Spoons; Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
S P O M S E F I T , adj. T h e same with Sponsible.
<£ Could ye no fin' anither gate tae the 111 Pairt
nor harlin aw a' a sponsefu' man frae his hame and
haudin ?" Saint Patrick, ii. 190.
S P O N S I B L E , adj. 1. Capable of—discharging
an obligation, S.] Add;
(£ There will be no question of very pretty da-
mages,—very sweet damages. I dare say the pro-
prietors are very sponsible folk." Reg. Dalton, i. 200.
Respectable, becoming one's station, S.
" For the honour of the family it's but natural I
should wish to keep up a sponsible appearance."
Saxon and Gael, ii. 193.
S P O O N G E , -v. 1. A low sneaking fellow; one
who employs any means, however despicable,
for getting his belly filled, R o x b . ; synon.
Slounge.
St. A wandering dog is often called a spoonge^
because he prowls about for his food, ibid.
3. This term is also applied to a person who is
disposed to filch, ibid.
T o S P O O X G E , V. 71. T o g o about in a sneaking
or prowling way ; so as to excite suspicion ; as,
a There he's gauin spoongbC aboutibid.
This may be viewed as the same with the E. v.
to Spunge, cc to hang on others for maintenance."
There can be no doubt that this is from the idea of
a sponge licking up every liquid to which it is ap-
plied.
SPORDERINE,
fc Yow shall desyre that—-sufficient store of poul-
Uer, spades; showdes, pick axes,, &c. be sent to Ca«
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net fergus: and that a reserve of sporderines be
layed wp in store." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. l6\
S P O R N E , sometimes used as the part. pa. of the
v. to Spare; as, " It carina be sporncIt
cannot be wanted, or given away ; equivalent
to, " I cannot do without it," Moray.
Spoern, or spocrnun, is used as a derivative from
the cognate Isl. v. spar-a parcere, in the sense of
parcimonia.
SPORRAN, T h e leathern pouch, or large
purse, worn by Highlanders in full dress be-
fore, S. Gael, sporan, spar an, id.
" I keep neither snaw nor dollars in my sporran"
Eob Roy, ii. 207.
f<r Bring me my sporran.'—The person he ad-
dressed—brought—a large leathern pouch, such as
Highlanders of rank wear before them, when in full
dress, made of the skin of the sea otter, richly gar-,
nished with silver ornaments and studs." Ibid. iii. 209.
T o S P O U S E , v. a. Expl. as signifying, " to
put out one's fortune to nurse."
f<r Your old companion, Charlie—perished the
pack, and they hae spoused his fortune and gone to
Indy." Sir A. Wylie, iii. 193.
S P O U S I N G , part. adj. Of or belonging to a
bride.
" Cestus—cingulum sponsae nubentis, a spousing
girdle." Despaut. Gram. D. 5, b.
S P O U T Y , adj. Springy, marshy, S . ] Add;
— f f As the rebels—were eomhfg along westwards
under a spouty bank, that run along the field, one of
the squadrons :were posted below in order to stop
them/' Lord Loudon's Acc r . of the Battle of Preston,
Sir John Cope's Trial, p. 13Q.
S P O U T I N E S S , S. State of having many boggy
springs; applied to land, S.
" This spoutiness, independent [r. independently]
of every other consideration, demonstrates the great
extent of till in the county of Inverness." Agr.
Surv. Invern. p. 26.
S P O U T I E , adj. Vain, foppish, Clydes.
Apparently from E. spout; q. one who squirts
forth his folly. Isl. spiat-ra, however, signifies, in-
sol enter progredi.
S P O U T R O C H , .y. Weak thin drink, Gall.; a
derivative from Gael, spuf, u hog wash, a word
of contempt for bad drink," Shaw. In Ir.
spliuirach signifies a bad beer," O'Reilly.
S P O U T - W H A L E , s. A name given to the
porpoise.
" There are likewise a great number of little
whales, which sweem through these isles, which
they call Spout-whales or Pellacks/' &c. Brand's
Orkney, p. 48.
The name has evidently originated from their
ejecting water from their heads. V. PELLACK.
S P R A C K , adj. Lively, animated, S.A.
— f f The lad can sometimes be as dowff as a sexa-
genary like myself. If your Iloyal Highness had
seen him dreaming and dozing about the banks of
Tully-Veolan like an hypochondriac person,—you
would wonder where he hath sae suddenly acquired
all this fine sprack festivity and jocularity." Waver-
ley, ii. 314, 315.
Isl, sprack-r fortis, strenuus, whence sprakaleggr.
 S P R S P E
fevipes, light of foot; Haldorson. Or if the word c' A claith of estait of claith of gold, dam ask it,

denote elocution, it must be allied to Teut. spraccke spraingit with reid equalie in bread is of eiaith of
discourse; Germ, sprache, Su.G. sprok, id., prima- gold and crammosin saline, furnissit with ruif and
rily signifying the tongue. tail!, thre p and is all frenyeit with threidis of gold.
Since writing this, it has been suggested that this and reid silk/' inventories. A. 3;">dl, p. 123.
may be the same with Sprag, put in the mouth of a Dan. sprengt, variegated ; a secondary sense of
Welsh parson by Shakspeare. the verb as signifying to sprinkle; sprengt coleur, a
" He is a better scholar, than I thought he was.* mixt colour. It may be added, that the same v.
EVA. f He is a good sprag memory." Merry Wives seems to be transferred io the act of .sprinkling, as
of Windsor, / C i v . S. 1. an effect of springing, breaking out, or bursting 'forth,
On this term Steevens observes: which is its primarv sen.-o.
c* I am told that this word is still used by the T o S P R A I N T , r. -n. Expl. " to run forward/"
common people in the neighbourhood of Bath, where Gl. Tarras ; perhaps rather, to spring forward-
it signifies ready, alert, sprightly, and is pronounced or move with elasticity, Uuchan.
as if it was written—sprack.'' Fin blythe to sec a. rant in spree,
A.Bor. sprag, lively, active;" Grose. And fain wad ihro' ye totter ;
T o S P R A I C K L E , ta w. T o clamber, S. But I'm content to see ye s-, rutin,
" Wad ye have naebod j spraiclic up the brae but Eight free o' dool aif care ay.
yoursell, Geordie ?" Nigel, ii. 213. Tarras*s Poems, p. 73.
Isl. sprikl-a, membra concutere; sprikl, concussio Formed from Sprent, the old pret. or part. pa. of
tnembrorum. V. SPRACKLE. the v. to Spring.
S P R A I G H E R X E , SPREAGHERIE, SPRECIIERY, To SPRANGLE, ??. T o struggle; including
s.] Define ;—Moveables, rather of an inferior the idea of making a spring to get awaw lluxb.
kind, such especially, as, from the original sig- A dimin. from Dan. spracng-er. Isl. sprin^-a, >Sa.G.
nification, would seem to have been collected spring-a, Sec. salire, dirumpere.
in the way of depredation, S. S P R A T , SPROT, «?. A coarse kind of reedy-
<e Thay lay bye quiet eneugh, saving some spreagh-
grass, &e.] Add;
erie in the Lowlands, whilk is their use and "wont, Isl. rcirsproti, arundo, given by Yerel. as synon,
"and some cutting o' thrapples amang themselves, with Eaifs.
that nae civilized body kens or cares ony thing ' T o S P R A T T L E , v. n, T o scramble or scrawl.]
an en t." Rob Boy, ii. 290. R. sprawl. Add;
" I grant most of your folks left the Highlands, Sw. spratil-a, to sprawl ; Seren. Teut. speri el- en,
expedited as it were, and free from the incumbrance agitare sive motare man us pedes que, seems to ha\ e
of baggage, but it is unspeakable the quantity of had a common origin ; in Belg. spurtcl-cn.
useless sprechery which they had collected on their SPRATTLE, ,v. .Vscramble, a struggle, a sprawl. S.
inarch. 1 saw one fellow of yours—with a pier- " V\ c will suppose that any iVicnd like yourstli
glass on his back." Waverley, ii. 283. were in the deepest hole of the North, and making
k'k Spraegherie. cattle-lifting; prey-driving;" Gl.
a spraitle for year lire." Hedgauntlet. ii. 273.
Antiq. Y. S P R E I T I I . S P R A I H T I , <v. A sparrow. Loth. V. Shiva,.
S P R A Y N G , s. A long stripe or streak, kc.J
T o S P R A O C I I L E , S P K A U G I I L K (gun.).
Adit as sense
2 . A ray. 1. T o climb with diiiicult\ , ReniV. Tlie same
" About the month of January, there was seen in with Sprackle.
€C Wi that 1 spraiig'hled up amang the rokes wi' a
Scotland a great blazing star, representing the shape
pf a crab or cancer, having long spraings spreading the birr I had/' Saint Patrick, i. 168.
from it." Spalding, i. 41. 2. T o force one's way through underwood, or
3. Expl. as denoting a tint; u Spraingsy tints, any similar obstruction, Ayrs.
shades o f c o l o u r ; " GL Picken. 3. T o sprawl, S . ; svison. S'preuL Upp. Clyde*.
J hesitate, however, whether this be not rather " Sometimes when they wad Apranghtc away, then
an imaginary sense, suggested by the application of I stick firm and fast mysel', an' the inair i tight to
this term to the variegations of colour. get out, I gang ay the deeper/' Blackw. Mag,
S P R A I N G E D , S P R A I X G I T , pa rf. adj. S Tri p e d . ] Add; Mir. p. *
ee From the said Evil* Campbell, out of the lands of Ane bawdrons wha had kill ins under a bed,
Bellochchyle, in Dunoon paroclie,—2 pair blankets, Whan she heard bobbin's sang,
1 pair sheets, 2 pair sprainged playds, 2(i lib/ 5 Acc1. Came spraudit!it in a hurry out,
of the Depredations committed on the Clan Camp- And at Willie Wagtail did spang.
bell, p. 40. iuilI. Encycl. p. 413.
<e One of the Ministers told me, that one bird fre- Isl. sj)ri!d-a, membra concutere.
quented his house about that time ^before the late T o S P R FA I) bread, to make bread and butt er,
dearth] for a quarter of an year, which was of a according h> the E. mode of e\p;\ ssion, S.
.black, white, red, and green colour: as also he saw S P R E C I IK 111E, »v. SI- it A IGH i; R i k.
another, all stripped or sprainged on the back, which S P R E C K E Y , adj. Speckled, South of S.
birds were beautiful to behold/' Brand's Orkney, The blackbird now, with golden bill.
„.p. 54, 55. Symphomous plies his wood-note sweei ,
463
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The spreckltj mavis, lilting shrill,
To glad the groves her strains repeat.
A. Scot's Poems, p. 135. V. S P R E C K L ' U .
S P R E E , <?. 1 . Innocent merriment, L o t h . ] Add;
— A l s o S.B. and A . B o r .
" Spree, sport, merriment, a frolic; Gl. Brocket/'
" John Blower, honest man, as sailors are aye for
some spree or another, wad take me ance to see ane
Mrs. Siddons—I thought we should hae been crush-
ed to death before we gat in." St. Ron an, ii. 16*4.
Tho' age now gars me hotter,
I'm blythe to see a ran tin spree,
And fain wad thro' ye totter.
Tarrass Poems, p. 73.
2. A s conveying the idea of something disorderly
or riotous, an uproar, Loth., S O., A b e r d .
— " He was in no spirit to enjoy her jocosity
about Bailie Pollock's spree, as he told her that he
had come far, and had far to go." R. Gilhaize, i. 134.
Confusion boils—no getting out,
But as a spree
In country fairs we're knock't about,
An' box our way.
D. Anderson's p. 118.
A laud ay gien to ramblin ;
In kicking up some worthless spree,
O' dancin', drinkin', gamblin'. Ibid. p. 121.
In addition to what is said as to the etymology
of this word, it deserves to be remarked that Ir. and
Gael, spre denotes " a spark, flash of fire ; anima-
tion, s p i r i t O ' R e i l l y .
S P R E E , ad]. Trim, gaudy, S., &c.] Add;
Syne hame they gang iV hearty,
To busk themsels fu trig an' spree ;
For raggit they're and dirty.—
A. Douglass Poems, p. 144.
Twa lads at Clauchendoly bide,
Wha I loe weel, they're baith sae spree.
Gall Encycl p. 411.
T o S P R E N D , v. n. T o dart forward with a
spring, or sudden motion, Kinross.
Sprent is probably the pret. and part. pa. of this
verb, which seems to have been formed from a part
of the A.S. v., or from its Su.G. form, in the pret.,
T o S P R E N T , v. n. T o spring. This v. is still
used in all its tenses, A b e r d ,
Dan. spraingt3 or sprcngt, is the part, pa. ofspreng-
er to spring. "V. S P E A I N T , V.
S P R E N T , part, pa, Sprinkled.] Add ;
A.Bor. " sprent, bespattered, splashed with dirt f
Gl. Brocket.
S P R E N T , A n opening.
« For Loaf-Bread. Take half a peck of good
fresh flour, and lay it on a table, make a sprent or
hole in the middle to hold the water," &c. Collec-
tion of Receipts, &c. p. 1.
It seems allied to Su.G. sprae?ig-a diffindere, pret.
spraengd. V . S P R E N T , pret.
S P R E T , Jointed-leaved rush. V . S P R I T .
T o S P R E W L , v. n. T o sprawl, to struggle,
Roxb.
gpREWL, 1. A struggle, ibid.
One, who is not to be overcome with difficult
' ' ' - m
P R
ties, who makes a hard struggle, is in Clydes.
said to be u an unco sprawl of a body." It
also implies the idea that the person is o f a
diminutive size.
S P R I G , s. A thin nail without ahead, S.] Add;
u You must also have—long bits of thin iron, or
tin five inches long, and an inch broad, some small
hinges, nails, and sprigs." Maxwell's Bee-master, p. 88.
A.Bor. sprig seems to be used nearly in the same
sense; being expl. " a brad," (Grose.) This is " a
sort of nail to floor rooms with ;" Johns.
The original designation seems to have been
sprig nail « Nailes called sprig nailes, the thou-
sand—x s." Rates, A. 1611.
T o S P R I G , v. a. T o fix with nails of this de-
scription, S.
" Then all the pieces being well sprigged to this
head, the box is made." Maxwell, ut sup. p. 90.
T o S P I I I K K L E , v. n. T o flounce, to flounder
about, Shetl.
This is nearly allied to Sprauchle; and obviously
the same with Isl. sprikl-a, membra concutere; whence
sprikl, coneussio membrorum.
S P R I N G , <9. 1. A quick and cheerful tune.]
Add;
If I mistake not the meaning of the passage,
spring is used in the same sense by Beaumont and
< What new songs and what geers ?'—
Enough; I'll tell ye,—
— W e will meet him,
And strike him such new springs, and
Such free welcomes,
Shall make him scorn an empire."—
The Prophetess, p. 2098.
It is transferred to the music of birds.
—Frae the sprigs the sylvan quire
War liftan up their early spring.
Picken's Poems 1788, p. 17-
S P R I N G A L D , S P R I N G E L , s. A youth.] Add;
(C W e should have a care ever to grow in this
lyfe : for so long as we line, we are either children,
or at the farthest we are springels (to vse that word)."
Rollock on 2 Thes. p. 6.
By this time it would seem the term was becom-
ing obsolete. Springle, however, is still used by some
old people in Angus, in the same sense; also spring-
tin or springling, obviously a dimin. from the other.
S P R I N G A L L , adj. Belonging to the state of ado-
" At that time it was a pitie to sie sa weill a
brought vp prince, till his bernhead was past, to be
sa miserablie corrupted in the entress of his springall
age." J. Melville's Diary, Life of A. Melville, i. 265.
SPRIT, Joint-leaved rush, R o x b . , S.B.
tc The ground is, for the most part, covered with
sprit, of the smaller sort of which they make what
they call bog hay." Essays Highl. Soc. iii. 469-
« Sprit, a tough-rooted plant, something like
rushes;" GL Shirr. V. S P R A T , S P I I E A T , & C .
S P K I T H V , adj. Full of sprats or sprits ; synon.
Spritty, R o x b .
" The poor affectionate creature went straight to
Ins dead master; who was lying in a little green
 S P ft •S P IT
sprit In/ hollow, not above a musket-shot from the S P R U C E , T h e name given to Pnrsia, by
peat stack." Blackw. Mag. Mar. 1823, p. 319* V. our old writers.
SPRAT. The tirst dutie dr-charged in the Sweden'* ser-
S P B I T T L T , partpa. Speckled, S . V . S P E U - vice of our expedition by water from Ih'ilo in Spruce
TILLIT. vnto the const of Ponu-ine [ Pomeramrf] at ltougen-
S P R O A N , s. D u n g , Shetl. Isl sprcten-a sea- vakle." Monro's Kxpod. 1\ II. p. :L
S P R U S S E . adj. Of or belonging to Prussia.
turire ?
<e Ilk pack is a Is great aN halfe ane s- k of wool!
To S P R O G , S P R O A G , v. n. T o court or make
love under t h e covert of night, Gall. skinnes, and contends in weicht th ret tie sex Sprusse
<F GIIL-ronnies,—haunts of poets, and people a stanes. Ilk Sr>r".\xe si a no es-nleinis iwemie aiuht
pound Trois weichf." Skene Verb. Sign. vo. Serp/trit/i.
Gall. Enc. p. 228.
s )r0
l S"iJiS
SPRUG, " A sparrow;*" (ii. Antiquary,
A.S. sprcoc-an, loqui; Teut. sproke, verbum, sen-
South of S.
tentia; Su.G. sprok lingua,; colloquium. Isl.sprog-r,
— " John Wilson was a blustering fellow, with-
apertura, fenestra.
out the heart of a spragGuy Mannering, i. 187-
S P E O A G I N G , s. C o u r t s h i p u n d e r the shade of
Belg. spruutv a thrush; Teut. spreeuwe, sturnus,
n i g h t , Gall
Kilian; a starling.
" Splunting, the same with sproaging, running
T o S P R U N T , v. n, T o run among the stacks
after girls under n i g h t G a l l . Enc.
after the girls at night, R o x b . ; synon. Splunt.
S P R O O , s. An aphtheous appearance in the
S P R U N T IN 1 , S P L U N T I N , s. T h e act of running as
m o u t h s of very young children, a l t h o u g h dis-
above described, ibid.
tinguished f r o m what is properly called the
Fr. s'cspreind-rc, e: to take, seise, catch hold
Thrush, Loth.
Cotgr. O.Fr. espr end-re, surprendre, saisir, embra-
Teut. sprouwe aphthae. T h e Teut. word also de-
ser, seduire ; whence, amour csprcnt, Roman de la
notes the pip in hens.
Rose ; Roquefort.
T o S P R O O Z L E , v. 7i* " T o s t r u g g l e ; some-
Sprunny denotes ee a male sweetheart, Gioucest."
times StroozlcGall. Enc.
Grose.
Germ, spreiss-en niti, resistere cum nisu, Wach-
S P U D Y O C H , 1. Applied to any sputtering
ter ; sprufzel-n, to splutter. Stroozle might seem al-
lied to strotz-cn turgere, struss-en efFerre se, or strait- produced by ignition, Lanarks.
en, Su.G. sir id-a, certare. 2. A small quantity of moistened gunpowder
formed into a pyramidal shape, for the purpose
T o S P R O S E , v. n. T o make a great shew.] Add; of being ignited ; Peeoy, synon. ibid.
2. T o commend one^s self ostentatiously, a n d at 3. One who speaks or acts with rapidity ; includ-
the expence of t r u t h ; also used as a reflective ing the idea of diminutive size, ibid.
v. To sprose one's self A y r s . , Fife. Gael, sput-am, to spout; Su.G. spotl-a, spuere.
8. Ilence, it signifies t o m a g n i f y in narration, to spott sputum.
lie from ostentation, Fife. S P U L E , SPOOL, A weaver's shuttle, S . ] Add;
S P H O S E , S. 1 . Ostentatious appearance, S . O . — A rackless coof
FF So without making any sprose about enticing
O' prentice wabster lad, who breaks his spim-,
him to Paisley,—let as many of us as c a n bear the And wastes the wait u!;o' a ml<-rid virii.
cost gang intil Embro', and join the welcome in l);tudson\s b\\i.sons, p. 10.
a national manner." Blackw. Mag. Sept. 1822, S P U L E - F I T T I T , adj. Splay-looted ; not, as Dr.
p . 313. Johns, defines the E. term, having llic foot
2. A bravado, a brag, ibid. turned inwards,'1'1 but Use very reverse, Lot:;.,
" Others—vied in their sprose of patriotism, and q. twisted out like a weaver's spool.
bragging—of what—in the hour of trial, they would T o S P U L Y I L , r. a. 2. T o carry oil' a prey, S. j
be seen to do." The Provost, p. 16V7- ie That Malcolme Dungalsone sail—pay—x>;xij

" Sprose, a brag ;" Gl. Picken. oxin iS: ky, &c. spuifyeit ik takin be the said Ma:-
S P R O S I E , adj. Ostentatious in language ; much come & his coinpiicis." Act Audit., or I;t»-.n. (\»:k\
given to self-commendation, Loth. S P I ' L V K , SiTLYiE, SPUII.vi v.**. 1. Sp.»iL boo:\ , S. j
S P R O T , s. 1 . T h e withered s t u m p of any plant, Add;
broken and lying on t h e g r o u n d , gathered in 2. " T h e taking awav or intermeddling whh
the south-eastern counties for fuel, S. moveable ^oods m I he possesMou of ano; her.
The word, as thus used, agrees more closely with without either the consent of thai, oiln r, or
the northern term, mentioned under Sprat, than 6'proi the order of Law Ki>k. Insist.. B. in. T. 7.
itself does. 45 17. ./V forensic term, S.
2. The end of a grain, or b r a n c h blown from a •• hi act'.ounis oi* vpidh/ic, I he ilcieiul;ir sould not
growing tree, in consequence of high winds, he heard, alle:lr«*and, be way of exee]Uioun, tliat
Roxb. the pcrsewar spuilveit the saiuiti gudi.; !r;i Iiim be-
3. A chip of wood, flying f r o m t h e tool of a car- foir the time of committing of the ailedgit sjun/yie
penter, ibid. done be him aganis the perse war." A. 15-iv'J, JJ.iU
A.S. sprote, a sprig or s p r o u t ; Isl. sproti, virga, four's Praet. ]>.
baculus. S P L T L Y I E M E N T , S. Spoil.
S P R O T T E N , adj. M a d e of sprotsy A b e r d . Muckle need have we to hasten—-else small
Vol. I I . 465 3 N
 S P u S P u
small will our share of the spulyiement be." Blackw. had been in him—1 thought he wad hae sent cauld
Mac. Aug. 1820, p. 508. iron through the vagabond." Antiquary, ii. 169.
S P U L T , s. " Ane spidt of ley d Aberd. Reg. Mr. Todd has added this sense of the word; but
Cent. 16. with the following singular stigma ; — " a low and
S P U L P I R , S P U L P E R , S. One who collects and contemptible expression/' I confess, that I cannot
retails scandal, a busy-body, an eaves-dropper, easily conjecture the reason of a remark so unlike the
Teviotd. usual complacency of the author. Had this proceed-
S P U L P J N , adj. Habituated to this practice; as, ed from the pen of his learned predecessor, no man
" He's a spulpin rascal," ibid. would have wondered at it; because things had to
This term has most probably been imported from him greater or less relish, in proportion to their dis-
Ireland, as being the same with spalpeen, a term of tance from, or their approximation to, the north.
contempt often put in the mouths of the natives. Ir. But Mr; Todd is superior to any such puerile preju-
spailpin, a mean fellow, a rascal; also, a common dices. There can be no doubt that he has adopted
labourer; O'Reilly. It is apparently from spailp, many words by no means of a higher cast. He had
notable, also signifying pride, self-conceit. not, it appears, found that it was used by any E.
T o S P U N D E R , v. n. T o gallop, Orkn. writer. But was this a valid objection? Although
he seems to have felt only the smell of that sulphur
Radically the same with S. Spy finer, q. v. Dan. with which Dr. Johns, had overlaid it, this term is
spaend-c signifies to strain, to exert to the utmost. very good and expressive. There can,scarcely be a
S P U N E , <?. A spoon, S. more natural transition, than from the idea of touch-
<e He'll either mak a spune, or spoil a horn," a 5.
wood to the figurative sense of vivacity.
Prov. applied to an enterprising person, to intimate Add to etymon;—Ir. and Gael, sponc signify tinder
that he will either have a signal measure of success, or touch-wood ,* O'Reilly ; McDonald ; Shaw. As it
or completely ruin himself. does not appear in the other Celt, tongues, it seems
Mr. Osbaldistone is a good honest gentleman ; to have had a Goth, origin, s being prefixed to Teut-
but I aye said he was ane o' them wad make a spune vonck, or Germ. Junek.
or spoil a horn.'* Rob Roy, ii. 195. T o S P U N K out, v. n. T o be gradually brought
A phrase borrowed from the honourable profes- to light, &c.J Add;
sion of the homers or tinkers. " By and by it spunkit out that the king had been
S P U N E - H A L E , adj. In such health as to be quite shot at, with a treasonable gun, that went off with-
able to take one's usual diet, Fife ; synon. Par- out powther." The Steam-boat, p. 218.
riteh-hale, Cutty-free. Cf Ye'll oblige me by keeping your finger on your
SPUNE-DRIFT, The snow when drifted from mouth, for it might be detrimental ifony thing were
the ground by a whirling motion. South of S. to spunk out." Sir A. Wylie, ii. 52.
V. SPKEN-DRIFT. S P U N K I E , s.] Insert, as sense
S P U N G E , s. The putrid moisture, resembling 1. A small fire, S.
saliva, which issues from the mouth, nostrils, But by the social can tie hearth,
eyes, ears, &c. after death, South of S.; synon. The cottage spunkie bleezing forth,
Dive, S.B. Where bairnies chant wi' glee and mirth
What is in India called Mummy, an article of trade, About the fire,
is composed of this substance, combined with frank- I've gi'en these ora verses birth,
incense, spikenard, &c. and used as a perfume. V. At your desire.
Raffles' Hist, of Java. A. Scott's Poems, p. 41.
To this Shakspeare seems to allude in a passage SL Will with the wisp. Insert, as sense
quoted by Dr. Johns., but not understood by him. 3. Transferred to an erroneous teacher, who mis-
• The work leads souls by false doctrine.
Was dy'd in mummy, which the skilful •—" And of late, some Willies with the Wisps, or
Conserv'd of maidens' hearts. Othello. jSpunkies of Wildfire, seen mostly in boguish myrish
It occurs in another passage; ground, in louring, foulsom, unwholsom weather, viz.
What a mountain of mummy I will become. An unhappy woful Professor Simpson, striking at the
Merry Wives of Windsor. doctrine or foundation of our christian religion, re-
T o S P U N G E , V. N. T o emit this moisture, ibid. viving old condemned errors," &c. Walker's Remark-
Passages, p. 94.
SPUNK, 2. A very small fire, &c.J Add;
4. A lively young fellow, S. Add, as sense
Funke had the same meaning in O.E. " Funke or
lytell fyre. Igniculus." Prompt. Parv. A.Bor. 5. One of an irritable temper, Ayrs.
<( spunk, a spark, a small fire;" Gl. Brocket. " I didna think your Lordship was sic a spunkie—
A match, S.] Add; ye'll no mend your broken nest, my Lord, by dabbing
The spunks tipt with brimstone he gropt for.. at it." Sir A. Wylie, i. 258.
In order to light him a candle. S P U N K I E , adj.] Insert, as sense
He imagin'd his fish was the fire, 1. A11 epithet applied to a place supposed to, be
But yet not a spunk could he kindle. haunted, from the frequent appearance of the
G. Wilson's Coll of Songs, p. 52. ignisfaiuus, Renfrews.
4. Life, spirit, vivacity, S.] Add;—A.Bor. id. I looked by the whinny knowe,
" He shewed mucklemair spunk, too, than I thought I looked by the firs sae green ;
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 S Q U S
1 looked owre the spunkie howe,
An' ay I thought ye would ha'e been.
TannahiWs Poems, p. l 6 l , 162.
Define sense
2. Mettlesome, possessing spirit and activity, S.
A.Bor. u spunky, spirited."
3. Fiery, irritable, Ayrs.
£C He sometimes was seen, being of a spunkie tem-
per, grinding the teeth of vexation." Annals of the
Parish, p. 342.
" The spunky nature of Mr. Hi r pie was certainly
very disagreeable often to most of the council;—
but then it was only a sort of flash." The Provost,
p. 192.
T o S P U R , v. n. T o scrape, as a hen or cock on
a dunghill, Teviotd.
I hesitate whether we ought to trace this to A.S.
spur-ian, Alem. and Germ, spur-en, Belg. speur-en,
Su.G. spoer-ja, quaerere, investigare,as denoting the
act of a fowl when in quest of food ; or to Isl. sper-a,
calcare, because in scraping the soil is thrown back,
or as it were kicked away.
S P U R - B A U K , s. A cross beam in the roof of
a house, Moray, Aberd.
Germ, sparr a rafter, and halken a beam, q. rafter-
beam, or the beam joining the rafter. Dan. sparrc-
bielker, contignationes supremae domuum. V. B A U K ,
sense 1.
S P U R E , pret, of the v. S P E R E , S P E I R . Asked,
inquired ; as, " tie never spure after m e ; " " I
spure at his wife if he was alive," Loth.
The same analogy may be remarked here as in S.
bure from bear, ture from tear, mure from wear; u
being used in S. for o in E. Dan. pret. spurgte, from
sporge to inquire.
S P U R E X E , A sort of spattle. <£ Scutching
*spurJiIey a stick to beat flax." " ThacJe'uig
spurldt'y a broad-moutlfd stick for thatching
w i t h G a l l . Enc. p. 42-i, 445.
Isl. sprek signifies ram en turn ligni, and Su.G.
spraeck-a diffmclere. But perhaps Sparkle is merely a
variety of Spur tie, q. v.
T o S P U R L , v. n, T o sprawl, Ettr. For.
This seems a transposition from the E. v., or Sw,
sprall-a, apparently misprinted Srralla, Seren. vo.
Sprawl,
S P U R M U I C K , s. A particle, an atom, Aberd.
The first syllable may be allied to Isl. spor vesti-
gium, q. a trace.
g p U R T L I T 9 p a r t . adj. Speckled, of various co-
lours, Roxb. ; the same with SprutiUU, q. v.
S P U R - W H A N G , s. The strap or thong with
which a spur is fastened, Ettr. For.
, • " What think you of yourself in spoiling the coun-
try of horse and arms, sir ? Sir, I had not the worth
of a spur-whang of ony man's, but was mounted of
horse and arms of my own." Exam. Ja. Nicol, Cloud
of Witnesses.
S Q U A B A S H , s. A splutter, S.O.
" A s for a squabash when he does kick, wha's to
mak it ?" The Steam-boat, p. 293.
S Q U A C H , S Q U A G H (gutt.), s. Expl. " the noise
a hare makes when a k i l l i n g G a l l . Enc.
m
Q U
—Gi*eng the hearty scraigh and squagh
While the fumart hang by him fu' stout.
Ibid. p. 176.
Corr. perhaps from E. squeak; Su.G. squaek-a, in-
condite vociferare. V . SQUAIGH, V.
* S Q U A D , s. " A company of armed men," E .
Besides this sense, it is used in S. with greater
latitude, as denoting a band, or company of any
description.
Abuse o' magistrates might weel be spar'd I
To liken them to your aukl-warkl squad,
I must needs say, comparisons are odd.
Burns, iii. 58.
ec Squad,, a crew, a p a r t y G l . ibid.
Fr. escouade, " the traine, or followers of a cap-
taine, or leader ;" Cotgr.
T o S Q U A I G H (gutt.), v.n, 1. T o scream; used
ironically, Ettr. For.
T o cry as a duck or hen, Upp. Clydes,
Elsewhere, as in E. quack. Perhaps the term thus
appears most in its primitive form, as allied to C.B.
gwieh-iaw, to squeak.
S Q U A I C H , S Q U A I G H , s. A scream, ibid. V. S Q U A C I I .
T o S Q U A L L O C H (gutt.), v. n. T o scream,
Buchan, merely a variety of Skelloch, q. v.
Ye witches, warlocks, fairies, lien's,
That squalloch owre the murky greens,—
Sing out vir hellish unkent teens;
Yir en'my's dead. Tarrass Poems, p. 142.
S Q U A R E - M A N , s. A carpenter, Dinnfr.
f* By the municipal constitution of Dumfries, the
craftsmen—are divided into seven corporations ;
namely, the hammer-men or blacksmiths, the square-
men, or carpenters," &c. Mayne's Siller Gun, p. 10(j.
The squarcmen follow'd i' the raw,
And syne the weavers. Ibid. p. 22.
S Q U A R E - W R I C H T , s. A joiner who works
in the finer kinds of furniture, Lanarks.
Perhaps one who does every thing by square and
rule, as contrasted with one whose coarser work does
not require such accuracy. V . W R I G H T , S.
S Q U A R T E , adj.—" Those that are squarie
or brused by falling from above," &e. MS.
Book of Surgery. Communicated by C. Kirk-
patrick Sharpe, Esq.
It seems to signify, thrown out, or thrown to some
distance ; Q.Fr. esquart-er, escart-er, to scatter. Es~
carte, " thrown a b r o a d C o t g r .
T o S Q U A S H , v. n. T o plash, to dash as water,
L an arks.
S Q U A S H , s.. 1. The act of plashing, ibid.
A dasli of water, ibid.
Probably the same with E. Swash; from O.Fr. es-
quaeh-er, ecraser, briser, casser, &c. Eoqtief. Cotgr.
renders eseraseru squash downe/' and casser C£ quash
asunder."
T o S Q U A T , v. a, T o strike with the open hand,
particularly oil the breech, Upp. Clydes, ; sy-
11011. Skelp.
S Q U A T S , S. pi. Strokes of this description, ibid.
Scots, M earns.
Ital. scuot-cre to shake, toss, or jolt; or perhaps
rather from the jiatness of the stroke.
 S T A S T A
T o S Q U A T T E R , v. n. T o squander, to act with Dan. stable a log, or stub a stump, a stock; Su.G.
profusion, Renfr.; Su.G. squaetir-a5 dissipare. stubb-a amp u tare, stub big mutilus, brevis.
S Q I J A W - H O L E , s. A b r o a d shallow pond, ge- S T A B - G A U D , s. A set line, a line for catching
nerally implying the idea of dirtiness, Upp. fish, fixed to a small stake of wood, that is push-
Clyde's. Y . Q U A W . ed into the bank for preserving the line from
SQUEEF, s. A mean, disresputable fellow, one being carried off, Lanarks.
who is shabby in appearance, and worthless in From stab a stake, and gad, pron. gaud, a fishing-
conduct, Dumfr., Roxb. ; Skype synon." rod ; q. a stake-rod.
The same perhaps with E. Squab, adj. "awkwardly S T A B L E , s. " That part of a marsh, in which,
bulky," Johns. Sw. squab, corpus molle, et pingue, if a horse is foundered, he is saicl to be stabled
squabba, obesula, a fat clumsy woman; from Isl. for the night;*11 Gl. Antiquary, South of S.
quappa, id., with the sibilation prefixed. Or shall we S T A B L E R , A stable-keeper, S.
trace it to Fr. esquire, shunned, eschewed, q. one L.B. slabidar-ius, qui stabularum vel equorum—
whose company is avoided ? cur am habet; idem qui caupo, Gal. hotcllier. Du
Squeef, is expl. " a blackguard; one who rails against Gauge.
women, and yet is fain to seduce them." Gall. Enc. S T A C K , s. A columnar rock, Caithn.] Add;
SQUEEL, School, Aberd. In Shetl. slack is expl. " a high rock detached."
But there was ae buck o' a chiel, Also, a precipitous rock rising out of the sea.'"
I think, had been at dancing squecl. The Pirate, ii. 14-2.
TV. Beatties Tales, p. 10. This word is used in the same sense, Orkn,
2. A great number of people, ibid. V . S K U L E . " At a little distance from Papa St our, lyes a rock
SQUE s. The motion of a fish as observed by encompassed with the sea called Frau-a-Slack, which
its effect on the surface of the water, including is a Danish word, and signifieth, our Lady's Rock "
the idea of the shadow made by the. fish, Ayrs. Brand's Orkn. p. 10.Q.
This, I apprehend, is merely a provincial variety T o S T A C K E R , S T A R K E R , S T A C K E R , v. n. T o
of Skime (Lanarks.), the gleam of reflected light; stagger.] Add;
especially as the shadow is produced by reflection It appears from Palsgrave, that the same ortho-
from the water. graphy was occasionally used in O.E. I stakker.
Jechancelle,—declared 'ml stag gar." B. iii. F. 371, b.
S Q U E S H O N , s. A scutcheon. Fr. cscusson, id.
S T A C K E T , s. A term used to,denote the pa-
Greit squechonis on hieht,
lisades which sometimes surround a town.
Anamalit and well dicht,
— " He quit the skonse and retired to the towne,
Ben lit at all ruTt
and enters the port before us, shutting us out;—we
Endlang the hall. PuufC oily ear. C. iij. 1).
brake downe the stacket, and the towne not walled,
T o SQUI V. V. A \cp ! » s/id to Sijlii'j-.WilCIl
we entered the broade side, and follow the enemy to
it l'iiib iAl' to the side, when ii ceases to spill,
the market-place." Monro's Exped. P. I. p. 51.
Upp. Ciydes.; Isl. s/:rj/~r obhquus, curvus.
Dam stakkei, a palisade.—Hence,
T o S Q U I L E , r. •/.'. The same with the E . v. to
T o S T A C K E T , v. a. T o palisade.
Squeal. This is the invariable pron. S.B. — a We did worke all of us night and day, till we
" Squile, to s c r e a c h G l . Tarr. had stacketed the wall about, the height of a man
SauiLE, s. The ••act of squealing, S.B. above the parapet." Ibid. P. II. p. 8.
Tliae phantoms, imps, an' spectres wil'j S T A D D L E , s. A frame on which a stack is
That pe&t our ha's wi' frightfu' squile,— built, Berwicks.
Thou see'st an' hear'st their unkeiit style £4' Placing the ricks on s fad dies, or frames, with
And waukrife tricks. Tarrass Poems, p. 41. feet which cannot be scaled, would be an excellent
SQUIN ACME, The quinsey. defence, [[against the depredations of rats and mice,]
These he will scl: (town as sifuinacic, crowels, or and would probably be fully compensated for, with
boils." Z. Boyd's Bahne of Giload, p. profit, in the course of a lease of 19 years." Agr,
O.E. squiuancij, cquynsij; Fr. esqui nance, id. Surv. Berw. p. 4,98. V. STASSEL, S T A T H E L , id.
S Q U I N T ! E, .v. A kind of cap worn by women, STADG-E, s. A pet, a fit of ill-humour, Clydes.
Upp. Clydes.; synon. Crcsie, q. v. Isl. slygg-r i rat us, stygg-ia offender e, irritare, stygd
T o S Q U I R R , v. a. " T o skim a thin stone along offensa.
the water;""' Gall. E n c . ; synon. Skiff. S T A F F AND B A T O N , a symbol of the resigna-
I can form no idea of the origin, if it be not from tion of property or feudal right into the hands
the v. to Whir, with the sibilation prefixed. of another, according to the laws of S.
S T A \ pret. Stole; for stall. The proper symbols of resignation are staff and
A villain cam when I was sleeping, baton; but a pen has, by immemorial custom, been
St a" my ewie, horn and a'. made use of to represent that symbol in the act of re-
Skinner s Misc. PocL p. 145. Y . ST AW. signation.—By an act of sederunt j^llth Feb. 1708]
S T A B , <v. A palisade, a stake, S. the use of any symbol in resignation other than staff
U'hylos 'gainst tlie footpath stabs he thumped, and baton, is prohibited under the sanction of nulli-
V\ i.-yles o'er the coots in holes he plumped. ty." Erskine's Inst. p. 287-
Ta an a hill's Poems, p. 126. V. STOB. This custom anciently prevailed in England. Si
S T A I ^ C A L L A N T , .9. A short thick fellow, autem nullum sit ibi aedificium, fiat ei seysina secun-
Roxb, dum quod vulgariter dicitur, per fustini et per bacu-
4G8
 S T A S- T A
fjm, ct suffieit sola pedis positio cum posseclendi af- and ilte Burdim with one, to quarrel, or came
fect u ex voluntate donatoris. Bractoii. lib. ii. c. IS. b> an open rupture, with one, iioxb.
num. 2. L!n> phrase is supposed to include the idea, ibat
The same custom was in force with the ancient one fights with a common s!ad\ aiul tile oxher wilh
Swedes. Emtionem autem praeviis Muenndbus lege a bunion. V. ibaunox.
requisitis excipiabat traditio rei mobilis de manu in S T A F F A N D S T I X G . V . under S T I X O , S T E I X C ,
nianu'm, ant translatio rei immobibs ejusve posses- a pole, iVe.
sionis per festwcam aut tact inn hacuhrinn, diun duo- S T A F F . To Set ap onc\s Siq-j, io fake up one's
deeim in judicio territoriali.apprehendendo.vtv;don. m residence in a place, Muxb.
ct dimittendo firmabant rei venditae alienationeiu. This phrase rnav have some relation to the A.S.
lax eon. Antiq. Sueo-Gotb. Lib. ii. c. lb. terra, e^v;'/- or r!'nt l-stucf landliac sm ientacubun.
This deed was expressed by a variety of phrases in
The term als<» denotes a cro'/der. ibnee ihe I>L
the irai^unav of the country; as, hat pa mcdli y asi u/u.
phrase, siaj'cc Stole, pedum ea eat lied ra op.wa.-pi. ..id-
i. e. to bay with confirmation. l\tsla dicitur ius ae~
bus ofiiciuin obis designator - \d-.-f.
tu- ibrcnsha quo emiori plenariae rei \enditao pos-
M.-ib adjudicatuia postquam certo. et in Lege dc:i- S T A F F Y - I S F V E L , - Stair in hand;- Gh
nito, tempore contractus hie publico anmmtiatus cudgelling, S . i l
est; Hire. The term seems derived from/b.v/, hnn; His cousin was a hierd-y swank.
though Hire, viewing the word as exotic, seems to A derf young man, hecht Rob ;
prefer /cv/^ov.', because the seller put a rod into the To nieil v. i' twa lie wad i:a mank
bosom of the purchaser. In the same sense it was At s^apy-hc! :'! job.
said, Gifira vppo godz och gorda ,stafft och skiavl; to fk Christmas Balng, Skium.r's Misc. ibav. p.
give up goods (Moveables) and landed pronertv by i tore it is used as if an <uf
staff and judgment:" also, S\u lie :ucd/t sicif!och skiudL As. nevel signifies a blow v.dl'i the list, sinf;);-.\ 11 •//
to deliver with staif and judgment." The signifi- seems properly to denote a lUr. or the act 'of w . ri:. -
cation seems to be, t-> da-liver in a judicial manner by ing, witli a siaff or cudgel. Y. A'e eci tnuler Xtnvi:.
means of a stair. They also said, Ski pa nudh ltd in k It may be observed, however, that Sw. /.•/»•;/,"< /. Sn.vi,
'.-a/.<«». " to divide by the lot and rc.d," as in the laws hupp-J. anc. knoepj-cl, signii\ fin.- ei;d:,_a . h>ea -
of Upland. V. Loceen. ubi sup. Iluv, vo. Kafie. expl. cuius, fust is. Hire deduces the tern: :\a m hiarp glo-
this phrase; Taetu bacilli et sortidone kereditateni bulus. 'j'o view this as the origin would rae to sup-
dividere. pose the S. term to be gros.-h. tautological. Ada , /
The Icelanders used the same phrase, J led I ait oc undoubtedly supplies the natural etynua:.
lajic. sorte et bacillo. It is to be observed, however, S T A F F I S H , adj. A term applied to any thing
that this phrase, as employed both by the Swedes and that cannot be eaten witiiout diidctiiiy/iluxb.
by the Icelanders, as conjoined with the lot, rather Y. STAFFAOE.
respected the division of an inheritance anions co- The word in tins form might st em abied io ] >aa:
heirs. than the confirmation of a judicial disra>bion. si' rh (i dvc •/, Isl. sty / 'h a !su 11- r, s b a -; i e ck ed. .stubborn.
The people last mentioned had another expression, S T A G , s. A young horse; the same with AY,
v• #
which is more nearlv allied :o the act of resignation
by staff and baton.—Kasta eg ihartyri !aga /are/;".'; la - To STA(ii" M x\a.
r: T o nerase, although tiure
hujus rei fidem hie in judicio bacuhun projiclo. Tho \>
' 1 no formal trial ; the p:vp. i. ii.u being
custom was used, as Yereiius inibnn> us, when a pro- joined.
prietor wished to prohibit any invasion of his goods or 4k Keppermiushoo accused ldn\ of pevjary. ? la
other possessions. Alter pronouncing the ibrivuua of was also sieged with bribery, for taking 14,000 nicrk.-.
interdiction, in the place of judgment, he threw down fra the taxiuen of the excise of Lowthean, in rn-o-
a rod as a symbol of this prohibition. Y. 1 nd. vo. Kajle. curing them the tack, August H'S-J." Idanaaiaf..
In Fr. this is denominated Lliremeni de Fust et Diary, Law's Pernor. ]). -ido, N".
Terre. The use of the baton or rod appears in the '' Not only is the propinquity oi' blood fuih p-ra--
Annal. Francor. A. 7^7- Reddidit ei Ciim bacuh ip-
ven,—but the I.ords have found ir so. and to rua aa-i
siirn patrium. This was frequently of oak. Rein-
it is to stage the Lords reith iniorit}' in faa.ddaa,.r da,-
vestierunt bacuh quercino : Tabu). Casaur. A. 1 N-0.
proven, which 'was not proven.' i\ ..a,;. . o. . >;.:aa..
In law Latin, In\estitura per Cacalum ; also. Per
iv. 870'.
Fusteni offer re, trad ere, investire;—Ver Fesiueam;—.
Per Virgant, &c. Y. Du (fange. vo. ! uvesiitura. T o S T A G E at)oiffn v. ??. s.nhJte,\ *o»\aoa
This custom undoubtedly claims great antiquity. about, Hither in a state!v or prancing mamk
In every age, and among e\ cry people, as tae \ ery Fife. : perhaps q. to vidl: on the
D O C K , v. )l.
learned Spelman observes, aecwaling to tae
mony of the most ancient writers, the roil has been STAGvJ riit! >T HOD. the veal of a, y
"the symbol of authority ami dominion; and au: tie- calf, or i 1:e aninnil in wlude. ri\ *;iofd. Vdba.a
livery of this was an acknowledgement of the irang- cut old of the tiiotlier, it is called, <y/aaa"r. i!>itL
ier enee of this power along with the propel iv. \d Si I X K.
Among the ancient Romans th.e Praetor w as wo at <k Staggering Bob, ieiik his y< June ju(n;j?s. A caa'

to manumit by laying a rod across the head of the just dropped, and unable to standi, killed fur veal in.
slave whom he emancipated. V. Spelni. vo. Fisiuea, Scotland ; the hoofs of a young calf are vellow."
and i)u fange, ut sup. col. 1521. Class. Diet.
S T A F F and B U 1 1 D 0 N . To be at the Staff One would almost think, that the spirit of • .b
m
 S T A S T A
Johnson had been transfused into the good-humour- " In the accioune—persewit be Richard Quhite-
ed Grose, when he gave this definition. law—aganis Johne lord Hay of Yester for to infeft
S T A G G E R S , s. pi A disease of sheep, S. the said Richard heretablely be charter & sesing
ff Staggers—is a disease seldom or never affect- in dew forme in alss mekle of the landis of More-
ing the sheep in this country, those excepted, who hame—as the ferd parte of the quarter of the landis
feed in forests or amongst planting. The symptoms of Lynplun extendis to, becaus the said Johne has
of it are more violent than those of sturdy." Ess. gevin stait sesing of the saidis landis of Linplun
Highl. Soc. iii. 403. to William Hay of Tallo." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 14£)0,
S T A G G I E , adj. A term applied to grain when p. 155.
ff The vassal, by himself, or his attorney, takes
it grows thin, Gall. V. S T O G , $., and S T U G G Y .
S T A G G R E L L , " A person who staggers in
instrument in the hand of the notary, before witnes-
walking Gall. E n c . ; formed like Gangrel ses, that he hath received state and seisin of the lands
T o S T A G H E R (gutt.), v. n. T o stagger, S. in due form." Ersk. Inst. B. ii. T. 3, § 35.
I have not met with any phrase in Du Cange that
V . STACKER.
corresponds with this. I hesitate whether the fol-
* T o S T A Y , v. 11. T o lodge, to dwell, to reside, S. lowing may be viewed as analogous; Status, sedes;
" I was told that I must go down the street, and station facerc, ten ere, sedere; or, In statu teriere, Gall.
on the north side, over against such a place, turn tenir en etat; q. to be instated.
down such a Wynde ; and, on the west side of the It is sometimes otherwise expressed—" Baith
Wynde, enquire for such a Latinde (or building) clamit to hsif stale § possessiounc of the saidis landis."
where the Gentleman stayd, at the thrid stair, that Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1490, p. 184.
is, three stories high." Letters from a Gentleman These three terms are sometimes conjoined.
in the North o f S / i . 25. " In the accioune—aganis George lord Dirltoun for
S T A Y - B A N D , ,9. 1. W h e r e a door is formed the wrangwis deferring & balding fra the said Elene
of planks reaching in one piece from the top of the state, sesi?ig, & possessioun in lifrent of the landis
to the bottom, those planks which are nailed & barony of Halyburtoune," &c. Ibid. p. 193.
across, to fasten the upright planks together, The term state is in some instances used singly.
are called the slay-hands, Ettr. For. " The said Schir James oblisis him to kepe that thai
2. A narrow band of linen brought through the sail nocht be vsit to the proffit of the said Cristiane,
tie of an infant's cap, and pinned to its frock, na sail na stale be gevin to hir be the said lettre of
for preventing the head from being thrown too bailyery—of the franktennement of the saidis landis,"
far back, S. Sec. Ibid. p. 194.
S T A I G , S T A G , S. A horse of one, two, or three To S T A I V E , S T A I V E R , V. n. 1. T o go about,
years old, S.] Add; &c.] Add;
<< The lordis—assignis to Schir Andro Drommond To ilka kirn he takes his rout,
vicar of Muthil—to pruf that James of M ray spul-
r And gangs just slavering about
yet and tuk fra him of his avne propre gudis xij In quest o' prey. Farmers Ila*, st. S3.
" So out I stavers, for rest I couldna within."
stokit meris and a stag of a yere auld w l thar pro-
Blackw. Mag. Nov. 1820, p. 203.
M s of xiij yeris bigane." Act. Audit. A. 1478, p.
T o S T A I V E , v. a. 1. T o cause a thrilling pain
74. Add to etymon ;
in a joint, by driving the member perpendi-
We learn from Haldorson, that Isl. stegg-r denotes
cularly upon a hard body ; as " t o staive the
a male fox, and indeed the male of almost all wild
thoum,* i. e. thumb, Clydes.
beasts ; Vulpes mas ; item, mas plurium ferarum.
This has also been expl. as in the same district
We have another proof of the ancient application signifying to sprain; as " a staived hand," one that
of this term, perhaps in a general sense, to the male is sprained. These can scarcely be viewed as dif-
of animals. A.Bor. stcg denotes a gander; Grose. ferent senses.
T o S T A I G , S T A U G , r. n. T o stalk where one
should not be found, Upp. Lanarks. Perhaps q. to render stiff; Teut. slijv-en, rigere,
Isl. stag-a tendere, extendere; also, saepiusiterare; rigescere.
Haldorson. 2. T o consolidate iron instruments, by striking
T o S T A I K , v. a. T o accommodate, S.] Add; them perpendicularly upon the anvil, when
It is sometimes used as a v. n. with the prep.jfor. they are half cooled, ibid.
To Loudoun Lowrie tuke the geat, S T A I V E , S. A sprain, ibid.
S T A I V E L T , 5. A stupid person, Roxb.
With traine mycht staikfor his estait,
His wantone vicare on a meir, Perhaps one who goes about staggering, from the
Twa vther fellowis to turse his geir. v. to Stevel, q. v.
I,e<r. Bp. St. Andr. Poems l6th Cent. p. 329. S T A K I T - A N D - S T E D . " Or [i. e. before] the
S T A I N Y E L L , s.] Define,—The wagtail. Add; towne was stakit b sted? Aberd. Reg. V. 16,
Dan. stengilp, id. Motacilla, aenanthe vitiflora ; 551, 573.
Haldorson. Wolff, however, renders steengilp, stone- This seems to signify, " staked out and built
plover. Su.G. stak-a id, deter mi nare. Agrimensorum est,
T o S T A I R G E doun, or away, v. n. T o walk qui positis perticis aream mensurandam describunt.
very magisterially, to prance, Roxb. Sled may be from O.Teut. sted-en sistere; sUbilire,
S T A I T and SESING. const ituere.
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S T A L E , S T A I L , S T E L L , S.1. T h e foundation S T A L L I K G E R S Y L V E R , money payable for the pri-
on which a rick or stalk is placed, L o t h . ; as, vilege
o of erectingo a stall in a market.
cf To pound all vnfremen for thair stallinger syU
" Tak care of that strae ; and dinna throw
away thai whins ; they'll serve for the stells o1 vcrAberd. Reg. A. 1598.
the stacks." S T A L L A R I E , s. T h e prebend or stall of a
Teut. stal sedes ; sidle statio. dignified clergyman.
2. T h e under part of a stack, in contradistinction — <c With—right of patronage of all benefices,
from the head or roof, ibid. " W h a t hae you chaplanreis, and stallareis, foimclit and lyand within
led in the day ?" " T w a stacks and a steU; we the boundis of Orknay and Zetland," &c. Acts Ja.
hadna time to put the head on the last ane." VI. If) 12, Ed. 1814, p. 481.
T o S T A L E a stack, to set the sheaves forming the S T A L L Y O C I T . , s. " A thick stalk of grain
bottom or foundation, in their proper order, S. standing by itself;" Gall. Enc. ; from *A.S.
4*f The stacks are generally staled (founded) on a stele caulis, a stalk, or perhaps stack, colum-
layer of furze, thorns/' SEC. Agr. Surv. M. Loth. p. §4. ns, from its resemblance of a pillar.
Ihre derives Su.G. staell-a, collocare, from staa to T o S T A M , v. n. T o strike down the feet with
stand; observing that it signifies to cause to stand violence in walking. It is often thus expressed.
" To gang stammin, to walk forward in a furious
facere ut aliquid stet, hoc est ponere.
m a n n e r E t t r . For.
S T A L E - S H E A F , S. A sheaf which has been em-
ployed in the bottom o f a stack, S. The term most nearly allied seems to be Isl
S T A L F - H I R D I T , part pa. Applied to a stam-r reses, remiss us, q. headlong. This is most pro-
flock or herd, not allowed to roam at large, but bably nothing more than a secondary sense of the
under the care of a shepherd ; q. herded by a word, as signifying balbutiens ; Dan. stammende,
stammering ; because stuttering or stammering fre-
staff.
quently proceeds from carelessness or impetuosity.
" Gif it sail happin the cattel or scheip of the The last part of Ram-stam indicates the same origin.
ane realme to be sialf-hirdit, or to remane depas- Su.G. staemm-a, however, signifies tendere, eursimi
turing upon the ground of the opposite realme, be dirigere.
the space of sax hours in ane day, it sail be lauchful S T A M F I S I T , S T A M P H I S H , adj. 1 . Strong, ro-
to the awner of the ground sa depasturit,—for to bust, coarse, R o x b .
tak and apprehend the said cattel or scheip, as foir- In this sense it might seem allied to Isl. stam-r
faltit and lost, to his aw in use." Bordour Matteris, rigid us, or Su.G. siamme truncus, q. strong or stiff
Balfour's Pract. p. 612. as the trunk of a tree. Stump id. is a derivative
The term staff-herding is used in the E. law. It from stamine.
is a right to follow cattle within a forest i and 2 . Unruly, unmanageable, W . L o t h . ; from Teut.
where persons claim common in any forest, it must stamp-en to kick, or perhaps originally the
be inquired by the ministers whether they use staff- same with Stumjish, q. v.
•herding, for it is not allowable of common right; S T A M M A G E R , s. " A busk, a slip of stay,
because by that means the deer, which would others- wood used by females," S . ; Gall. E n c . ; corr,
wise come and feed with the cattle, are frighted from E . stomacher.
away, and the keeper or follower will drive the cattle S T A M M A R E E N , s. T h e sternmost seat in a
into the best grounds, so that the deer shall only boat, where the helmsman sits, Shetl.
have their leavings." Jacob's Law Diet, in vo. Su.G. stamm denotes either the fore or back part
S T A L L , ST A1, s. This E . term is very gene- of a vessel ; framstamm the prow, backstamm the
rally in S. transferred from the place in which stern. The termination may be from ren limes, q.
a horse stands to the manger. It seems to be the boundary of the stern.
a mere anomaly, not supported in any other S T A M M E L , adj. " A coarse kind o f red, very
dialect. inferior to scarlet;" GL Nares.
S T A L L A N G E R , S. 1. One who sets up a stall, &c.l " And see to yon pretty wench, Adam, who
Add; conies tripping through them all with her milk-pail.
2. This word is understood in Dumfries, as de- —She has a stammel waistcoat, like your favourite
noting a person, not a freeman, who is allowed to Cissly Sutherland." The Abbot, ii. 111.
carry on business, for a small consideration to The term is used by B. Jonsonaml others. Mr. Todd
the Corporation to which he belongs, for the term refers to (XFr. estaniel. But this word i cannot liud.
o f a year, in the same manner as freemen do ; T o S T A M M E R , v. n. T o stagger, S.] Add:
this privilege expiring at the end of the year, " M y guide's pony began to stammer under \il<
unless renewed. In this sense of the word, burden, that is, in vulgar Scotch, to ^tumble, which
there are at this moment, in the corporation of threw all my baggage in disorder." Carr'a Caledo-
Weavers at Dumfries, not a few stallangers. nian Sketches, p. 473.
" Giue he beis sufficient of his craft, and not of STAMMEEAL,^. One who faulters in speech, Avrs,
power to mak his expenssis haistelie wpon his fre- S T A M M E R E R S , pi Detached pieces of
dome, he sail bruik the priviledge of ane stallanger limestone, Renfr., Lanarks.
for ane yeir, and na langer." Seill of Cans, Edin. Besides the regular strata, a great number of
2d May 1485, MS. detached pieces called stammerers, are, in many
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places of the parish, imbedded in clay/' Ure's Hist.
Eutherglen, p. 259- q- staggerers.
S T A M M Y N G , adj. Of or belonging to tammy.
" Ane pair of brwn stammyng breikis pesmentit
with gold.—Twa pair stammyng schankis prose]."
Aberd. Eeg. A . 1 5 6 0 , Y . 2 4 . V . S T E M M I N G .
T o S T A M M L E , v. n. T o stumble into a place
into which one ought not to have gone ; as,
" I stammlit in upon them when they were
courtm 1 ," Roxb.
Perhaps merely a corruption of the E. v. Su.G.
stombl-a has the same meaning.
S T A M P , s. A trap, S.] Add;
—Moiiy a trap, an' stamp, an5 snare,
They hae their prey to catch in.
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 53.
Man sets the stamp ; but we can tell
He's arten taury-haun'd himsel !—Ibid. i. 65.
S T A M P , -v.] Give, as sense
1. The cramp. It has this signification, Aberd.
2. Metaph. used to denote a qualm of conscience,
remorse. In this sense are we to understand
the phrase, stamp in their stomachs, as used by
Spalding, ii. 15.
O.Fr. stampe, Taction de percer, Roquefort. This
term might be transferred to the cramp, from the
acuteness of the pain.
STAMP-COIL, A small rick of hay, Dumfr.
The hay is first collected into small heaps called
coils or coles; then of a number of these combined a
larger heap is formed, as much perhaps as would be
a cart-load. These are called stamp-coles, and are
erected in the field. When brought to the barn-yard,
it is formed into stacks. The name of stamp-cole has
most probably originated from the operation of stamp-
ing or tramping the hay into a compact state.
T o S T A M P L E , t<. n. T o walk in a tottering
way, like a horse among stones, E t t r / F o r .
« When Andrew Pistol foot used to come stamplin
in to court me i' the dark, I wad hae cried,—' Get
away wi' ye! bowled-like shurf!" Brownie of Bods-
beck, ii. 226.
Su.G. stapl-a has precisely the same sense ;—titu-
bare, which Ihre views as a frequentative from A.S.
stap-an incedere, to walk. Sw. stombl-a is synony-
mous ; as well as E. stumble. Su.G. staempl-a, while
it includes the primary idea of beating, has a defi-
nite and limited sense. For it signifies, to impress
a mark ; like Teut. siempel-en, signare aes.
T o S T A M P oat, v. a. T o bring any business
to an issue.
Then the Marquis said, he should take order
therewith; whilk he did in the most politick man-
ner ; to stamp it out he means himself to the,parlia-
ment.—An act is made in the parliament's books
upon the marquis of Hamilton's loyalty." Spalding,
1. 324.
Apparently from the v., as signifying to trample
under foot; perhaps in allusion to the act of tread-
ing out any thing that hath been ignited, lest the fire
should be communicated.
S T A N C E , s. A site, &c., S.] Insert, as sense
2. An area for building, S.
f To be Feued,—the unfeued stances on the east
' " 472
S T A
side of Saxe-Cobourg Place, and the west sides front-
ing St. Cuthbert's Chapel," &c. Caled. Merc. Feb.
10, 1825.
S T A N C H - G I R S S , S T E N C H - G I R S S , ,9. Perhaps
Yarrow or Millfoil, Achillea Millefolium, Linn.
But a' the washing wad na stench the bleed,
On haste then Nory for the stanch-girss yeed ;
For thae auld warld foulks had wondrous cairn
Of herbs that were baith good for beast and man.
Boss's Helenore, p. 15. Steneh-girss, Ed. 1st.
In some places of Sweden, Stengraes. When
bruised, it is applied by the peasantry for closing
wounds. V. Light foot, p. 497-
. S T A N D , ,9. 2. A stall, as in a market.] Add;
Su.G. slaand, id. Taberna mgrcatorum vocatur
staarul; Ihre. A stand in a market is completely a
Swed. phrase, staand, i en marknad ; Seren. vo. Stall.
Dan. stand i et market.
3. Transferred to the goods that are here exposed
to sale, S.
" Stand—what is placed in such a situation, as
cattle, goods," &c. GL. Sibb.
S T A N D , s. A barrel set on end, &c.] Add ;
— fC And for the spoliatioun, taking, withhold-
ing—of—twa caldrounys, xviij pece of pewder wes-
chale, xiiij stand is & barellis," See. Act. Dom.
Cone. A. 1492, p. 243.
C( The air sail liaue—ane baik-stule, ane flesch
fat, ane mekle pypc, ane breid basket, ane masking-
fat, ane great stand, ane tub," &c. Balf. p. 235.
This must be viewed as the same with A.S. stand,
Teut. stande, a vat, a large tub; lab rum, alvcus sta-
tarius, orca, cad us. Hence,
S T A N D F U L L , 5. A tubfull of any thing, S.
Infekit watter sowllit thame, cheik and chin;
Persauing that, sorrow mair thay socht it,
Bot keppit standfulis at the sklatis thairin.
Sege Edinburgh Castel, Poems 16th Cent. p. 290,
S T A N D , <9. S T A N D of claise.~\ Insert, before
this ; — A n assortment, consisting of various
articles, necessary to make up a complete set
in any respect.
1. Applied to a set of armour.
Cf The lordis decretis—that James of Rutherfurde
of that ilk sal restore & deli tier again to Adam of
Pringil the compleite stand of harnes, quhilkhe bo-
rouit & resauit fra the said Adam, as was prufit be-
fore the lordis." Act. Audit. A. 1471, p. 12.
" That eueriebarroim be lyikwyisarmit—and fur-
nist with ane compleit stand of the foirsaid armour
for euerie fyftene chalder of wictuall that he may
spend." Acts Ja. VI. 1598, Ed. 1814, p. 169.
2. A complete suit of clothes, S.
This word occurs in an old inventory of the vest-
ments of St. Machar in Aberdeen, A. 1559.
ff Item, a stand of brown silk and cloath of gold
with stoles, albs, law no us and paruts conform. Item,
a stand of charbukle with stoles," &c. Hay's Scotia
Sacra, p. 189.
Here it signifies a full dress, perhaps a robe.
T o S T A N D at, v. a. T o feel such disgust at
any food, as not to be able to taste of, 01* to
swallow, it; as, " I ne'er saw sic a soss; my
stamniak sittde at it," S . ; synon. Scunner, Ug.
 S T A S T A
ID an. ops toed som mavens, fC the rising or wambling
of the stomach;" Wolff.
T o S T A N D , v. 7?, T o cost, S.
— 1 6 4 9 , Sep.—The towre-head of the house of
Lundie in Fyfe, was covered with leade : the repair-
ing thereof stood above 500 inerks Scots money."
Lament's Diary, p. 11.
T o S T A N D our, or o'er, v. n, 1. T o remain
unpaid, or undetermined, S.
S. T o go on without adjournment; used in rela-
tion to a court.
" That this present parliament proeeicl and stand
our without ony continuacioune, sa lang as plesis the
kingis grace," &e. Acts Ja.V. 1 55.9, EclTl 8 1 p . 853.
The phrase is obviously synon. with the preced-
ing term proceid. According to the E. idiom, the
language would suggest an idea directly thereverse;
especially as continuacioune would- be viewed as de-
noting progress instead of prorogation.
T o S T A N D up, v. n. 1. T o hesitate, to stickle,
to be irresolute, R o x b .
2. T o trifle, to spend time idly, ilvd.
T o S T A N D yon, o r y o n t , v. n. T o stand aside,
to get out of the way, S.
Claymores, that, erst, at Prestonpans,
Gart foes stand yon ,
Were qui v'ring in the feckless hands'
O' 111 ony a drone.
May He's Siller Gun, p. If).
S T A N D , s. To Have Stand, to continue, to re-
main.
. " Be"this way, nocht onlie micht the small pepill
rejose sum parte of new landis,—hot als the eiete
micht have stand in peee and concorde." Bellend.
T . Liv. p. 307- In concordia fere, Lat.
S T A N I ) B E D , S T A N I > A N I > nK I>, S T A S 1 > 1 >;C 11 K D .
A bed wiih posts, as distinguished from one
that might be l A U I e d up.
" Item a;if stand bed." luwut. A. 1 ;>(;'(>\ p. ! 73.
Item in the ehahm-r of deis ane stand bed of
eistland tvmmer witn rufand pcmueil of the ^ame."
Ibid. p. 301.
— " For the w'haldin fra iiim of a hors & har-
11 es, price x l merkis, a stand ben'. a p-,t. a caldroune,
& certane vtheris gudis of aresciiip," &c. .let. Au-
dit A. 14St), p. 1 ;12.
The phrase appears in the form of slandand bed,
Aberd. Reg. '* Ane trein standard bed of !yr." A.
1541, V. I?. This is a singular t.ri.tuN.jryl
" I t e m taken by the said .Nidi; t.rie from Allan
Maclauelnau, in the change-house of C'aiintrave, rJO
merks worth of household plenishing, ;.r«d ane stand-
ing bed." Depredations in A r evil in 1 («\so.
S T A N D A S T . ml}.
ff A aimerY ; a standas; 1 >LIIH! with tressi>." Alvrd.
Reg. V. 10\ Perhaps a hoard which si inn! upri-lit,
and was converted into a table by ttvssk-s being
placed under i t ; a fashion very common in olden
times. Teut. standastigh signifies stabiiis.
S T A N D B U R D E , a standing table, as opposed
to a folding one.
" Item in the hall [at Dunbar ton Castle] thre
stand burdis sett on branderis with their furmes, with
ane irne cfiimnay." Inventories, A. 1570, p. 301.
VOL. I I . 478
S T A N D A N D S T A N E , the designation com-
monly given to any stone obelisk, whether in a
rude or ornamented state, S.
— " And sua asceneland the markat-gate, and
throw the furde of Ardingrantane til it cum til a
litil slak and stand and slanys, northwest upon the
Carnameik." Keg. Aberd.
Sax years and something mail* are gane,
Since 1 cam to the stanning stane.
Gall. Encycl. p. 341),
STAND HARNES.
The wholl number of the Scottis armie arose to
the number of thriescoir thousand men, quhairof
thair was twentie thousand in stand harnes, and
twentie thousand in jack and spear, and twentie
thousand with bowis, and habershones, and two
bandit swordis." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 398. Not in
Ed. 1728, p. 173.
Can this -denote armour of mail, as contrasted
with that which was made of rings?
S T A X K - B A R K , S. Liverwort, R o x b .
One might almost suppose, that this name had
been o: iginaliv meant for sume species of Saxifrage,
as it so elu>ely corresponds \\ Lth Teut. .slecn-Orei:-'.
and Su.G. slcn-bracch.t, id.
S T A X E - E I T E R , S. Tlie cat-fish, Shetl.
" Anarchichas Lupus, (Lin. Syst.) Sianebiier,
(Steenbider of Pontoppidan) Sea-wolf, Cat-fish."
Eclmonstone's Zetl. ii. 807-
Pontoppidan observes, that it is <e so called, be-
cause 'tis said it can bite pebble-stones to pieces
with its excessive sharp-teeth." Nat. Hist. Ncrrw.
P. ii. p. 151.
STANE-CJIAKER, .s. 1. T h e stone chatter, S . ]
Add;
" This bird is much detested in the country, be-
cause it is said to be hatched by tlie toad. 4 The
lade clock> the stune-chacLrrs eggs' is the pi 1 rase ;
which may he partly true, as the toad is often found
in its nest." Chill. Encycl.
This name is aUo applied to tlie \Yh eat-va;\
T\I otuciila (Vnnnthe, Linn., S . ; the Chuck or
( 7/t'tvv of ()rkn.
<4' TIK* Wheat-ear is generally known in Scotland
bv the appropriate name of Slane-chacker." Fle-
ming's Tour in Arran.
ST AX i.oi), ..A stone-cast, Roxb.
Tam w.'id never come within astunc-clod o' him."
W'int. Ev. Tales, ii. 1 pp.
From ,\7.7 and clod as signifying to ea-t. or throw,
properly appded to lumps i-i'earth or hardened mire.
S T A X E - M : A ; > , atlj. Quite dead, Inning no symp-
toms <;!' ann<i;i: urn, S.
Dan. s i t ' d . e^aa-imis, Teut. siren-deed, emor-
tuus, rigida^ im-t.-ir la;-idiis.
adj. TVo\:\W\ silent, Jloxb.
\X;>ri: .••»';ies far lighter endways when
Vfe j<>ke away or haver, than
To sit \ . lane-dumb. do. Hoggs Ihteins, p. 7 - •
StAxKDi'Ni!i-: 11, «s\ A cant term, used to exprcs>
tlu1 ex|ilosion of lire-arms; suj)posed io refer ti-
the thundering' noise made by a heap of stou? *
when Ihev lall together to the ground, Upp
Clydes.
3 O
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STANEGRAZE, s. A bruise from a
Gall. Encycl.
S T A K E OF P I L L A R . V. PILLAR.
S T A N E - S T I L L , adj. o rr Totally without
adv.
adv.
tion, S.
Tradition tells of an old
country, not of the brightest parts t be sup-
posed, who, in discoursing from son: in which
the word Follow occurred, informed his
that he would speak of four different kinds of fol-
lowers. " First," said he, " my friends, there are
followers ahint; secondly, there are followers be-
fore ; thirdly, there are followers cheekie for chow,
and sidie for sidie ; and last of aw, there are follow-
ers that stand stane-still."
Stone-still has not been viewed as an E. word, al-
though it has undoubtedly a better claim than many
others that have been introduced as composite terms.
The phraseology is used by Shakspeare and Pope.
S T A N E W A R K , S. Building of stone, masonry, S.
" Siccan a gousty lump o' black
's no in a"* Crail parish !" :'s Card.:
p. 113.
S T A N E - W O D , adj. Stark mad, Upp. Clydes.
has been remarked, that slane is usee
one giving additional force
to that with it is conjoined,
This would appear, indeed, not only from Stane-
rvod, but L Stane-deadj and even from Stane-
S T A N G , 5. A long pole or piece of wood.] Add;
« Ye strake ower hard. Steenie,-—I doubt ye
foundered the chield.' ' Ne'er a bit,' said Steenie,
laughing ; he has braw broad shouthers, and I just
took the measure o' them wi' the stang" Antiquary,
Ii. 293.
T o S T A N G , 7.'. a. T o subject a person for some
misdemeanour to the punishment of the stang,
b y carrying him on a pole, S B.
" This word is still used in some colleges in the
of Cambridge; to stang scholars, in
to cause them to ride on a
colt staff, or pole, for missing of chapel." Gl. Grose.
" School boys are stanged by the other scholars,
for breaking, what they call, the rules or orders of
the school." Brockett's Gl. North Country Words,
p. 205.
T o RIDE THE STANG.
Delete the last sentence in this article, from these
words,—" It may be added," &c.-~as I have mis-
taken the application of the Sw. term.
It appears that formerly, a husband, who was no-
toriously under the dominion of his wife, was, in
our country, subjected to the same ignominious
' Like hen-peck'd husband, rldinn the .
He by the mane, and tail,
Attended with a mighty noise
O f whores, and knaves, and fools, and boys.
Mestons Poems, p. 14<7-
S T A N G I L L A N E , s, T h e name o f some saint
anciently honoured in S. " Sanct StangiU
lane's d a y ; " A b e r d . R e g . V. 16.
* 1 see 110 name that has any resemblance save GiU
m
T A
las one of the <
De Scot. Fortit. p. 159- This might
Sanct Gillan, like Tanto
Smith, however, writes the n
Life of Columba, p. 159.
S T A N I R A W , adj. A term used to denote the
colour produced by dying with Rock-liverwort^
in Ettr. For. called Sianicraw.
" He took the clothes and the shoes in one hand,
the lamp in the other, and the staniraw stockings
and red garters, in his hurry, he took in his teeth."
Hogg's Wint. Tales, i. 3 1 6 . V . S T A N E - R A W , and
STANE-BARK.
T o S T A N K , v. n. T o have long intervals
respiration, &c.] Add;
In Ettr. For. it signifies to pant. A.Bor.
to sigh, to moan, to gasp for breath;" Gl. Brockett.
T o S T A N K , r>. a. T o fill, to satisfy, to sate
with food, Aberd.
This might seem allied to Su.G. staeng-a, clau-
dere, q. to shut up the stomach by repletion. But
I prefer viewing it as a frequentative from stinn,
also stind, distentus, inflatus. Mager aer stinn, ven-
ter inflatus est; Ihre. Wara stind som en korf, to be
as full crammed as a pudding; Wideg. Stinn af
mat eller drick-a, sated with meat or drink; Seren.
S T A N K E D , part, pa. Surrounded with a ditch.
" Sir William Forbes of Craigievar at his own
hand takes in the place of Kemnay, frae the widow
lady thereof, plants some soldiers therein, being
stanked about, and of good defence." Spald. ii. 295.
S T A N K T I E N , s. A species of water-fowl,
that breeds about staiiks or ponds, Ettr. F o r . ;
supposed to be the Common Water-Hen, F u -
lica Chloropus, Linn.
STANK-LOCHEN, A stagnant lake,
" Stank-lochens, dead lakes, covered with
Gall. Enc. V. L O C H A N .
S T A N N Y E L , s. A stallion, R o x b .
Perhaps from A.S. st
STANNIK GRAITH. V. GAIN GEAR.
S T A N N E I I S , STANERS, s.pl. Small stones and
gravel on the margin of a river, &c.] Add ;
Norw. steinur is used precisely in the same sense;
being expl. in Dan. sand og stene sammen ; i. e. fC sand
and stones together Hallager. Dan. oer, id.; Isl.
urd, saxetum.
S T A P , STEPPE, A stave, S . } Add;
A.Bor. " Stap, the stave of a t u b ; " Gl. Brocket.
T o F A ' A ' S T A T S , to become extremely debili-
tated, q. to fall to pieces, like a vessel made of
staves when they lose their adhesion to each
other, S.
T o S T A P , x?. n. T o step, to move slowly, S.
" But lat's now stap in by to the house, an' rest
oursells." Tennant's Card. Beaton, p. 17-1.
T o S T A P fordzcard, to advance.
« So schortlie they concludit, and bad him stap
fordward to his awin richt, and not be stopped with
no priest to reive him of his authorities Pitscottie's
Corn. p. 413.
T o S T A P , v. a. 1. T o stop, &e.] Insert, as sense
& T o thrust5 to insert, S,
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Si T o cram i n , to stuff, S.] Add to etymon; STAIIN-LIGHT, S T E R N - L I G H T , S. 1. The light
Isl. stapp-a farcire; Dan. stopp-e ; Belg. stopp-en, of the stars, S>
to stuff, to cram. 2. Metaph. used to denote the flash of light seen
S T A P P A C K , s. A synonymous term for Dram-
in darkness, when the eye receives a slight
mack, or meal mi^ed with cold water. It is stroke, S.
oddly given as if it were an E . term explaining Hence the phrase, " Put your finger in your ee,
the other. and ye'll see stern-lightan absurd answer given
" A b o u t break of day, on the 11th, the wind to one who complains that it is dark.
rising, they hoisted sail; now, being short of food, S T A R R , s. Carcx caespitosa, Linn,
made drammack (stappackJ with salt water mixed " Turfy-pink-leav'd Carex. Anglis. Starr. Scotis,
with meal, of which the Prince eat heartily." As- Perhaps a corruption of stare, signifying rough or
canius, p. 136. harsh." Lightfoot, p. 56(1.
This is most probably a local low-country word, But Lightfoot had not observed, that in Sw. start
which the writer of this entertaining narrative had is the generic name for Carex, and is found in com-
supposed to be an E. one. It may have been origi- position in the names of all the different species ; as
nally used in a ludicrous sense, as formed from the Sif-starr, C. dioica, Lopp-starr, C. pu Hear is, Myr-
S. v. Slap, to cram; as serving the purpose of filling starr, C. uliginosa, Rar-starr, C. leporina, Raef-
the belly. starr, C. vulpina, Tufstarr, C. cespitosa, &c. Flor.
S T A P P I N - S T A N E , s. A stepping-stone. To Suec. No. 833—855. Starr signifies a sedge.
stand on stepping-stanes, to hesitate, especially Lightfoot has come pretty near the truth. For
on trifling grounds, S. as Su.G. starr signifies rigid, Ihre supposes that the
Carex is thus denominated, cum her ha sit perquam
S T A P P I T H E A D S , the same with Crappit Heads,
rigida; in the same manner as barley is called starr
Aberd.
korn from the roughness of the ears.
S T A P P I X , s. T h e stuffing prepared for filling S T A R T , s. I- A n upright post mortised into the
those heads, ibid. shafts of a cart, and into which the boards of
Isl. .slappa cramming, stuffing, minutal; Sw. the side are nailed, Lanarks.
sioppning. In phy the picces of wood which support the
S T A P P L E , <9. A small quantity of thatch, axes of a mill-wheel, Mearns.
made up in a particular form, S.O. Most probably allied, to A.S. staert, steort, sierty
" St apples, thatch made in handfuls, for thatch* cauda ; whence, according to Lye, A.Bor. start, u a
i n g ; " Gall. Enc. Teut. stapel caulis, stipes; stapcU long handle of any thing."
tn stabilire, fir mare. * START, A moment; as, " Y e maunna
S T A P P L E , STAPPLICK, T h e shank or stalkbide a start" Y o u must be back immediately.
of a tobacco-pipe, l i o x b . , Ettr. * F o r . ; Pipe-
In a start, in a moment, S.
stopple synon. This was Shirt in O.E. " Sivrt or lytell while.
S T A R G L I N T , s. A sliot star, Perths. Momentum." Prompt. Parv. Mr. Todd has re-
Jupiter complacent louts marked that th.e v. lo .V/</r/Avas aneientlv Sleri. But
From its sphere; the starglint shoots. Slisri was still more ancient. " Siirijfn. Saiio. -V/ir-
Donald and Flora, p. IS8.tj/n sudeynly iu Q>nj an euruv or make a brevde or
Q. the glance of a star. V. G L E N T , V. a saute on a man. hiMlio. Irruo.—Shirt or
* S T A R K , adj. Potent, intoxicating ; as ap-
Salt us." Ibid.
plied to liquors, S. u Stark niychty wynis, & It is a very ingenious idea that is thiv>\s n {>111.
small wynis.'1 Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16. both by Eye, vu. Short cauda, and by Ihre, vo.
Sw. stark is used in the same sense. St arid vin, Stoerl-a praeceps mere,that—the E. v. toStari might
strong wine, wine of a good body. Starka drycker, originate from A.S. steort, or Su.G. stiert cauda, be-
strong liquors. Starkt hraenvin, strong brandy;
cause an animal that is startled moves 01* 44 turns ins
Wideg. Dan. staerk has the same acceptation : tail." The old v. Stj/rt, however, may be merely the
staerk eij/t, staerk drik, sicera, vinmu firm urn; Baden.
third pers. indie, of A.S. stir-au, stj/r-ian, movere.
Belg. sierke irj,n. strong wine. The term in Dan. agitare. This is sij/reih.
is also given as .synon. with maegtig. mighty. Staerk S T A R T Y , adj. Apt to start, skitti.-.h ; as. 4* a
cller •maegtig. strong, &c., Wolff star/// horse,"' S.B.
Stark occurs in a singular connexion in the same * T o S T A R T L E . v. //. 1. T o ran uiidh about,
record. '' Calland hir coinmond .stark theif\ <Sc say- as cows do in hot weather, S. ; Us. 1 saw the
and that scho sniorit hir a\ in barne wndir hir hipis, foolish auid brute, v. 1' her tad 0" IUT ri^o-nu
with dinerss wthir evill wordis." Aberd. Reg. V. startling as ih>t. as o;iv o* them/"
15. A. 1535. This seems equivalent to arrant; as It is to be remarked, ihat this sense of the word,
in the E. phrase, <k' an arrant rogue;" or to Dan. whhh most probabU is the primary one, cither does
staerk, as signifying great. not occur in the E. language, or is overlooked by
S T A R N I E , S. 1. A little star, S. lexicographers.
2. A very small quantity of a n y t h i n g ; as, " a 2. Transferred to persons, as denoting a mightv
starnie o1 meal," " a starnie o' saut," S.B. It bustle, S.
is not used of liquids. <r It will be a hot [het] day that will make you
4 To
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startle " S. Prov.; spoken to settled, sober, grave peo- would rather refer to Su.G. stapl-a, Germ, sieppel-n,
ple, who are not easily moved. Kelly, p. 214. used precisely in the same sense with our term :
He expl. Startle, " Run as cattel does when sting'd titubare, cespitare. This Ihre views as a frequen-
by wasps." N., ibid. tative from A.S. stap-an [r. siaepj)-an^ incedere.
Another Prov. is used, containing the same allu- A.Bor. " stavelUng, wandering about in an un-
sion ; " An I were to startle as aften as ye cry Bizz, steady or uncertain manner ; as in the dark—stum-
my tail wou'd never be aff my rig-gin," Loth. This bling." Gl. Brockett. Grose writes it Steveling.
refers to the practice of mischievous boys, who often T o S T A Y E R , v. n. T o saunter, S.
cry Bizz, as imitating the sound of the wasp or gad- £k As I didna like to come hame wi' my errant
fly, that they may set the cattle a running. half dune, I slavered awa doun by the muckle brig,
It had occurred to me, that as the motion of the to see gin I cudna catch a glimpse o' him as he pass-
tail is one great indication of the animal's confusion, ed on the tpp o' the coach." St. Kathleen, iv. 142.
the term might have some affinity to Teut. steert S T A V E it A L L , s. E x p l . 6C a bad walking foolish
cauda. On looking into Ihre, vo. Stoert-a praeceps person Gall. Enc.
mere, I find that he throws out the same idea, al- To S T A I J P , STAWP, n. 1. T o take long
though he seems to give the preference to another, auk ward steps, R o x b .
V . S T A R T , S.
2. T o walk as a person does in darkness, when
STARTLE-O'-STOVIE, JOCK-AN-STARTLE- uncertain where he is going to place his foot-
(ASTOVIE, terms used to denote the exhalations steps, Ettr. For.
seen to rise from the ground, with an undulat- " I staupit, and gavit about quhille I grewe per-
ing motion, in a warm sunny day, Ettr. F o r . ; fidy e dunnarit." Wint. Ev. Tales, ii. 41.
synon. Aifer and Summer-eouts. S T A U P I N \ part. pr. 1. Stalking aukwardly, ibid.
S T A S H I E , s. Uproar, commotion, disturbance, ,62. Aukwardly tall, ibid.
a quarrel, Aberd., BanfFs. To Staup, to lift the feet high, and tread heavily
A literary friend has remarked the affinity be- in walking ; North." Grose.
tween this and Gr. seditio. S T A U P , S. L A long auk ward step, R o x b .
Isl. stad-r refractorius, contumax; as a s. vis re- 2. A tall auk ward person ; as, Haud aff me>
percutiendi; Isl. staatc jaetantia. Perhaps it has ye muckle lang staup" ibid.
originated from O.Fr. estase, an extasy of passion. A.S. Teut. slap, gradus, passus. Stap is the vul-
S T A S S E L , S T A T H E L , 5/ 2. The stathel of a gar pronunciation of Step.
stack.Add; S T A U P , S T A W P , ,9. A stave, Ettr. For.
In Perths. this term properly denotes all the " Gin I had the hefting o' them, I sude tak a
grain built in a stalk before it be taken in, i. e. nar- staup out o their bickers." Perils of Man, i. 55.
rowed towards the top. V . STAP, STEPPE.
S T A T E AND SESING. V. under S T A I T . T o S T A W , v. a. T o surfeit, S.] Add;
T o S T A T U T E , v. a. T o ordain. T h i s v., un- To stall one, to give one a surfeit, I'm stall'd, I
known in E., is every where used in our legal am surfeited, Northumb., Lincolns. "Stand, cloyed»
deeds, S. Statute, part, pa., ordained. s a t u r a t e d G l . Brockett.
ff It is thocht that this artikle is war ray neeessar S T A W , pret. v. Stole, A y r s . ] Add ;
to be prouidit: and tharefor si a tut is and or dan is," " Notheless he sail mak restitutioun of the gudis,
&c. Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 1814, p. 363. or of als mekill, to thame quhom fra he reft or staw
" It is statute and ordanit that euery erle, lord, the samin." Balfour's Pract. p. 546.
baroune, lard, or vtheris cumand to the saidis wa- It seems merely corr. from stall the old pret. of
pinschawingis, geif the names of the per son is that steal, stele ; formed from the common mode of pro-
sail cum with tliame thareto in bill to the sehireff,' nunciation in S., which converts II into w.
&c. Ibid. S T A W N , s. A stall in a market, D u m f r . , S.O.
S T A ' - T I I E E , <9. T h e stake, in a cow-house, to To furnish weapons for the fray,
which an ox or cow is bound, i. e. the stall- Craems, tents, and stair ns were swept away.
tree, M earns. Maynes Siller Gmi, p. 75. V. S T A N D , s.
T o S T A V E , v. n. T o push, to drive, S. S T E A D , S T E A D I N G , S. C2. A farm-house and
<c An it wadna be a gude turn tae drouk their offices, S.
lugs in a sowp o't, gif it war'na for misguiglin' the " And then what wad a'the country about do for
drap gude drink it the puir lads wad be blythe o', want o' auld Edie Ochiltree, that brings news and
it ha'e been a' night stavin at ane anither, and struis- country cracks frae ae farm-steading to another ?"
lin' i' the dark." Saint Patrick, iii. 265. Antiquary, i. 26*3.
Perhaps from Teut. stave, baculus. * S T E A D , s. To Mak Stead, to be of use, S.R.
S T A V E , S. A push, a dash, S. It seems equivalent to the E . phrase, to stand
Our bit curragh's no that rackle sin it got a in stead.
stave on the Par tan-rock." Saint Patrick, i. 220. S T E A D ABLE, adj. Of any avail.] Add;
T o S T A V E L , v. n. T o stumble, Ettr. For. " Neither was he steadable to the faithful that
This at first view might seem to be a dim in. from heard him by his vine voice onely in his life preach-
Staive, v., to go about with an unstable and tottering ing, but also his workes yet teaches the posterities
motion, as this often produces stumbling. But I Ep. Dedic. (II. Charteris) to Bollock on Thessal.
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T o S T E A K ,v.a. T o shut, to close. ¥ STEIK,I?.,2. Tent. st regit* portinnx, obstinatus.
S T E A K - R A I D , S T J K E - K A I D E , S. A term used 2. It is also descriptive of one who does nothing-
to denote that portion of the spoil, properly hut \fe^v or cram lbs be!!v, ibid.
of live stock, taken in a predatorv incursion, T o S T E 1 ) . r. a. T o establish.] Add;
which was supposed to belong to anv proprie- 3. T o furnish, to supplv. 46 Everilk man io
tor through whose lands the prev was driven, sled his own c u r u i ^ \M>erd. Reg Cent. 16.
as an equivalent for the privilege of being al- S T E D E , S r ^t n. 1. Vlaced] Add ;—used iit
lowed to pass through without impediment, S. a literal seam.
" Macintosh, (A. H d i y then redding in the bland — " Tlien audit the Clerk to title the court, mak-
of Moy. sent to ask a Si ike lunde. er .S7/'v ( Vdwb and mentioun of the daw veir and «v»Va/. quhait and
1.e. a H o a d C o l l u p : a c u s t o m a m o n g t h e 1 l i g h b t n d e r s , quhair the Court is laddaa" Balfour's Praet. o. :!>'.
that w h e n a p a r t y d r o v e a m s p o i l o i ' e a t i l e t h r o u g h Stead is usod in tins s.-iwe bv Spenser.
a G e n t l e m a n ' s l a n d , t h e y s h o u l d p a v e h i m part, o f T o S T E D 1 ) Y , ta a. T o make steady, to pre-
the spoil." Shaw's M o r a y , p. 'Jlp. serve irom m o v i n g S.
" This kind sister of mine would persuade you,— This e. was anciently used in lb I \
that 1 take what the people of old used to call a sattcll or set Ihstc a thing babgr. B. iii. ib a'*;;:, A.
steak-raid, that is c a collop of the foray,' or in plainer T o S T E E K , v. a. T o push. n> butt, as a c,»\>
words, a portion of the robber's booty, paid by him with its horns, TV-viotd. ; s\ uoii PUHCC.
to the laird, or chief, through whose grounds he Teut. sick-en puu^ere, Ianeinare.
drove his prey."" Waverley, i. 256. S T E E K , .v. A sbtch. V. S T e i x .
Staoig is given as Gael, for a steak. But the S T E E L , v. 1. A woodvd cfei.'g'/i or precipice :
word has undoubtedly been borrowed from Su.G. but applied to one of .creator extent than >S7odv,
stck, Isl. steik, id.; from steik-ia to roast. Perhaps Roxb.
raidc signifies inroad, hostile expedition, q. the steak T h e lower part of a ruf -v projectm-v fn>»-n A
due on a raid. Crieeh seems to be the same with
bilk wb.ere th.e g:vu:id d^dinos on each -ado.
Gael, creaeh plunder; thus Slike Crieeh must signify,
Liddesdaic. It is generally understood as b>-
" a steak as a tithe of the plunder.''* This term I
cl tiding the idea of th.- remains of old VA'BAV-'-
suspect is also originallv Gothic. V . CREAGH.
Isl. stcyl-ur. Dan. s:eila via. praoru.pt.! , I.-d .v<.;-'
S T E A L , s. 1 / A theft, Aberd.
also signifies, praerupturn quid, and st<d'n r^ praeci-
2. T h e thing stolen, ibid.
pitium rupis. Teut. sh nte plaeise, praeeipuiuni. Ib.t
This is more fully expressed in A.S. stael-thing,
as this word is radically the same with ST MA., ad A
furtiva res, fur turn. Su.G. stoeld, Isl. stuld-r, Dan.
I shall subjoin some other kindred words under ihui
sticlen, a robbery, a theft.
term.
S T E A L , s. - Steals, the shafts of a barrow,
S T E E L , s. T h e handle of any thing; as, of a
as if stays r GL Surv. Moray.
hand-barrow, &c. Roxb. Steie9 E. V. S T E A L .
The word is not, however, from stay, but the
S T E E L , F I N G E R - S T E E L , S. A covering for a
same with Belg. steel a helve, a handle ; Teut. Steele,
cut or sore finger, Roxb., A u g . V. T r i o r -
scapus, stipes, seapulus, manubrium ; Kilian.
STEIL.
S T E A L - W A D S O I - S T E A L - B O K X E T S , a game con-
sisting of two parties, equal in number or in S T E E L , s. Stool, Aberd. To icon the ste<L
strength, who lay down as many hats or bonnets to be entitled to the stool of repentance, ibid.
at one end of a field as have been deposited at — N o to par son.i be a tell-tale,
the other. T h e y , who can steal or reave most Lpou chaps that's ir-er. the steel.
Tarrtfs's Poi'Ms. p. oS\
to their side till the whole are carried off, gain
the game ; Tcviotdale. S T E E L B O W G O O D S , .v.] Add;
This is the same with Wadds. V. WAD. 1 find, however, that this custom is referred to bv
Sell i iter, Gloss. vo. Slat, ehalybs. Stab tine brie\ c*,
T o S T E C I I , S T E G H (gutt.), v. a. 1 . T o cram.]
he says, are denominated from the matter which tiiev
Add;
respect, such a< staid- ne i ieh-e, or other wb.e / i b v i
Come see, ye hash, how sail* I sweat inch, [literally steel or iron ca.'tie, S.^/c oryde. ] Sm •
To stegh your guts, ye sot. a brief", lie adds, " b a. con eution or !aa:a.,a'aa bv
Watty and Madge, Herd's Coll. ii. 190. which he wdio receive- a tiling- iKuu an.ada r ir
T o S T E C H / S T K G H (gutt.), v. n. 1 . T o puff, bound to restore it. andough h lie.- lperish-a 1 'bo-
to be out of wind, to blow hard, as when one lent means/' lie cites a ^ ariety of writer ju-
goes up hill, lloxb. ; Pech synon. risprudence ; but, in Ids usual manner, is indefinite
2. " T o groan when overcharged with food GL and obscure.
Surv. Ayrs. p. 093. Wachter is more distinct, and throws considerable
Shall we view this as an oblique use of Teut. light on ihe subjoet, by what he advances <.;i tdo
stegh-en, steegh-en, A.S. slig-an, to ascend, because Cierm. term P/isem, ferreu-a brom him we learn
panting is produced by climbing ? or rather as allied that this word, in a forensic sense, means ineiidalde.
to Teut. stick-en Strangulare, suffocare ? G.Teut. An ciseru brief\ he says, signilies letters of proro-
sieygh-cn signifies stagnare. gation, which give security to a debtor, that he shab
S T E G I I I E (gutt.), adj. 1. Stiff in the joints; not be incarcerated for five years, or be compelled
a term including the idea not of stiffness only, to payment by his creditors. Kisem vieh,—ammab
but also of laziness, Fife. substituted in place of those that have died, if ^
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riant changes his place of residence. The reason of 2. T o give ground a slight ploughing, S . ] Add;
the phraseology is, that the animals, belonging to But yet I ken my master dear
farms, are viewed as immortal, and die to the tenant, Will miss me warst ava!
not to the proprietor who placed them there.—All The turnip land it's a' to steer,
from the nature of iron, which, while by its hard- An' monnie he's to saw.
ness it resists the touch and corruption, is a symbol A. Scott's Poems, p. Gl, 62.—Add, as sense
of things inviolable and immortal. Hence the same 4. To steir up, to excite, to stimulate.
figure was used by the Latins, Ferrea jura, i. e. per- — " To give ordour to the seuerall ministeris with-
petual and inviolable rights; Virgil, Georg. ii. 501." in the presbittries to steir tip the peopill of thair par-
Thus, the metaphorical phrase wfould literally sig- ticular parosches—to extend thair liberalitie thairto.
nify, " imperishable goods." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 579-
One mode of contract, to be found in the Code S T E E R , S. Disturbance, commotion, S . Stir, E .
Napoleon, seems to resemble the Sieelbom. " What —That may help perhaps to quench the ire,
is called the Cheptel de Fer, or Cheptel of Iron, is that That glows 'mang the Sevitians, like a fire;
by which the proprietor of a farm lets it on condi- For up they'll be upon a wondTous steer ;
tion that, at the expiration of the lease, the farmer And' gueed's the hap we hae your honour here,
shall leave cattle of an equal value to those which Rosss Helenore, p. 110. V. S T E R E .
he has received." Pinkerton's Recollections of Paris, S T E E R Y , S T E E R I E , S. 1 . Disturbance, bustle,
ii. 222-3.
tumult ; a diminutive from Steer, South of S.
TheFr. term cheptel is from L.B. capitate, denoting
But when the bedding came at e'en,
a stock of cattle ; for the word cattle is traced to this.
Wow, but the house was in a steery,
V. Du Gauge. This seems to be an ancient custom,
The bride was frighted sair for fear,
perhaps introduced into France by the Normans.
That I wad take awa' her deary.
The term fer might seem a translation of the first
Herd's Coll. ii. 217-
syllable in steel-bow. I mention this fact, as it may
be a clue to some other writer, more conversant " Indeed, brother, amang a' the steery, Mary
with law, for discovering, by analogy, the origin of wadna be guided by me—she set away to the Hal-
the designation. No light can be borrowed from ket-craig-head—I wonder ye didna see her." An-
Du Cange. tiquary, i. 188.
From the termination, it is most probable that the " Steery, q u a n d a r y G L . Antiq.
word has been imported from Denmark, through 2. A tumultuous assembly, R o x b .
the Shetland or Orkney islands : for we find a word 3. A mixture, ibid. Y. S T E E R , and S T E R E .
of similar formation, though different in significa- S T E E I T I E - E Y K E , s. Bustle, commotion ; includ-
tion, still used in Denmark. This is stcrboe (Wolif), ing the idea of confusion, Eife, Perths. V.
or rather slervboe, as given by Baden ; rendered by El.lv E.
the former, ff the estate after a dead man," by the S T E E R I X G - F U R , S. A slight ploughing^ S .
latter, haereditas, bona relicta. It is evidently from " In the spring give a steeringfur as it is called ;
sierv-e to die, and boe the same with Su.G. bo3 supel- then the seed-fur; then sow barley or bear, with
lex, Isl. hi, res familiaris, pecora, &c. Thus stavl- grass-seeds." Maxwell's Sel, Trans, p. 83.
hu may be viewed as strictly analogous to Germ. Denominated from its effect in exciting the prin-
slahlinc vieh. ciple of vegetation.
The same law had extended to Denmark, and even S T E E R - P I N , S. A pin connecting the handle of the
to Iceland. For Haldorson renders Isl. kugilldi, pecu- plough, a little behind the place where is is mor-
des ferreae, and also by Dan. iernfae, i. e. iron cattle. tised into the beam, with the convexity of the
S T E E L R I F E , ad). curve where the wooden work of the plough
" If I likit to take counsel of that which exists begins to descend perpendicularly towards the
only in my own mind, is the rackle hand o' steelrife part on which the share is fixed, Orkn.
power to make a handle o' that to grind the very S T E E R - T R E E , ,y. Tlie stilt or handle of a plough
hearts of the just and the good ?" Brownie of Bods- into which the beam is inserted. It steers or
beck, i. 211. regulates the plough in its motion, Lanarks.
A.S. stael-an furari, and ryfe ahundans, or perhaps S T E E T H , Thebottom, the foundation, Orkn.
reaf spolia. Isl. sly t la fulcrum, pedamen, Su.G. stod id. It
STEEN, A spring, Aberd. ; Stend, S> seems nearly allied to S T Y T I I E , q. v.
Wi'steens fu lang, up-stairs they sprang.
S T E E V E , S T I E V E , S T I V E , adj. 1. Firm, stiff; as,
JD. Andersons Poems, p. 123.
A steeve grup, a firm hold. Had stieve, hold
STEEPXL, T h e staple or bolt of a hinge ;
firmly, S.
Ettr. For.
2. Applied to trade ; a steeve bargain, S.
To S T E E R , STIR, a. 1. T o touch, to med-
dle with, S.] Add; 3. Firm, compacted, &c. as in D I C T . ] Add;—
te Angus Macdonald, returning out of Ireland did Steeve signifies stout, strong, Shetl.
Hot stir the pledges ["hostages], who were innocent 4. Steady* strict in adherence to principle • ap-
of what was done to his lands in his absence." Con- plied to the mind, S. 44 He's a steeve ane that."
flicts of the Clans, p. '3'5. 5. Trusty ; as, a steevetf riend, S.
This, it appears, was the O.E. pronunciation. " I It seems to be in this sense of trusty, that stieve
steere, I rem one a thyng.—No man steere nothyng occurs in an imitation of Horace, in the translation
liere tyll I come arravne." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 373, b. of Lat. a car.
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A fiery etter-cap, a fractious chiel ;
As hot as ginger, and as stieve as steel.
Robertson of Struan's Poems.
Dan. sfiv, 8tiff, hard, not flexible ; stiv-c, Teut.
To S T E E V E , S T E I V E , v. a. T o stuff or cram,
Loth.
It is used in the proverbial phrase, " Sleeving hads
out stormingaddressed to those who are about to
expose themselves to bad weather, as an excitement
to them to eat and drink freely.
" I am even like a sojourner with his knapsack on
his back. It may be 1 come to a good house long
syne, and I stieved the knapsack well : now I am
going through a long 11111 ir where there is nothing
to be gotten, and I tak down the knapsack, and I
tak a 20 years old experience,—and I will sit down
and take a meal of meat of it." M. Bruce's Soul
Confirmation, p. £0.
I hesitate whether to view this as an oblique sense
of Steive, Steeve, q. to stiffen by cramming, to make
stiff by repletion; or as connected with Goth, staeJJ-a,
(mentioned by Seren. vo. Stuff, E.) constipare.
S T E G , s. A gander, the male goose, Gall.
Ye come, led by your chosen king,
Some champion steg wha heads your string.
Gall. "Enc. p. 440.
It has been observed, vo. Staig, that Isl. stegge sig-
nifies the male of birds, as of geese and ducks. Volu-
crum mas, utpote anatum et anserum; G. An dr. II al-
dorson extends the use of the term to quadrupeds.
Vulpes mas; item mas plurium ferarum. I observe
no vestige of this term in A.S. or in any other dialect.
T o S T E G , V. n. T o stalk, Gall.
It is expl. by Mactaggart, " to walk like a Steg."
« When this laird [ C o o l ] left the world, his gkaist
was seen by many stegging about the estate like a
thing in trouble, to the terror of the people about."
Gall. Enc. p. 311.
T o S T E G I T , v. a. T o cram. V . S T E C H , V.
S T E I D , s. A place. Y. S T E D E .
T o S T E I D , v. a. T o provide, to supply. " Nor
steidis thame self,'1 used as to " bying of mair
malt," &c. Aberd. R e g . V. 16.
This is nearly the same with the first sense of the
E. v. to Stead, ff to help, to advantage," &c. The t>.
has been derived from the s., as denoting place. But
sted-cn is an O.Teut. t>. signifying, stabilire, confir-
mare, constituere.
S T E I D H A L D E R , s. " Steidhalderis to the
justeis generalis of our souerane lord; 1 " Aberd.
Reg. Cent. 16.
Perhaps persons who acted as deputies for the Jus-
tices General; from sted place, and hald to hold.
Teut. stad-houder, legatus vicarius ; vice et loco al-
terius substitutus.
T o S T E I G H (gutt.), v. n. T o groan or pant
from violent exertion, R o x b .
This is merely a variety of Stech, Slegh, q. v. To
the etymon there given we may add Isl. slia, labor
molestus; whence stian-a, graviter laborare, sliank-a,
sub molesto onere suspirare, anhelare; and styn-ia,
ingemiscere, suspirare.
STEIGH, A stifled groan, as if from one in dis-
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tress, or bearing a heavier load than he can well
carry, R o x b . ; synon. Peigh, S. Pegh.
T o S T E I G H (gutt.), i'. 7*. T o look big, R o x b .
Ye sour-mou'd fo'k, pang'd fu' o' prose,
—Nae doubt ye'll sleigh and cock your nose,
An say an' think,
That now ilk fool maun spew a dose
O' random clink.
Iluickbies Way-side Cottager, p. 182.
Teut. stei/gh-en, elevare, in altum tollere.
T o S T E I K , v. a. 2. T o stitch.] Hence,
S T E I K I R, part. pa. Stitched.
rf Item, twa doublettis of canves of silk, steikit,
geitit, and buttonit with the self." Inventories, A.
1542, p. 92.
STEIKING-SILK, s. Sewing silk.
" 2 lb wg* of fyne steiking-silk, £ 12 : 16: 0." Chal-
mers's Mary, i. 285, N.
Belg. slikk-cn to stitch, Su.G. stick-a to sew.
T o S T E I K , v. a. T o shut, to close, S.] Add;
It is also written steak.
" Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hipocrites,
for ye steak the kingdom of heauen before men." Res-
soning betuix Crosraguell and J. Knox, A. iii. b.
This word occurs in a very emphatieal proverb,
Steik the stable dore when the steid's stown/* S.
This, which is incorrectly printed in the Scottish
Proverbs, is thus explained ; '' Spoken when people
shew that care and concern after the loss of a thing,
which had been better laid out before." Kelly, p.286.
Add to etymon ;
Perhaps it deserves to be subjoined, that to some
A.S. stig-ean may seem to have a preferable claim, as
it signifies to inclose, though apparently used in a
very limited sense. Swyn stigean, porcos in poreili
vel suili [porcorum stabulo] includere, " to house
swine, or put them in the stie ;" Somner. It seems
formed from the s. stigc, a stye for swine.
T o S T E I K T H E G A B , to shut the mouth, to be si-
lent, S . ; a low phrase.
But yaltie billies, sleek your gab,
An' fore we fidge let's hae the scab.
Tarrass Poems, p. 21.
T o S T E I K , S T E E K , V. n. T h e verb is very com-
monly used in a neuter form, in the familiar exr-
pression of u a" thing that opens and sieeh'sf
i. e. every thing without exception, S.
Tims it is said to a person who is viewed as pos-
sessing much knowledge ; a Aye, ye'll can tell me ;
ye ken a' that opens and sleeks"
S T E I K - A N D - I I I D E , «S\ T h e play of IIidc~and-seck3
in which one or more shut their eyes, while the
rest hide themselves, Aberd.
T o S T E I K , t. a. T o accommodate; used for
Sta-ik. " Eying of hydis, &e. mair nor stcikis
thame selffis Aberd. R e g .
S T E I K I S , s. pi
Sum gat thair handful 1 of thir half merk sleihis,
Will haue na mair within ane yeir nor we.
Poems iGth Cent. p. 294,
This word has been handed down from the A.
Saxons. It is undoubtedly an improper application
of stye, stuca, styea, which denoted a small brass coin ,
in value about half i\ farthing. This is derived from
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slicke, a fraction, a small part, as being their lowest 5. T o fix, to make firm or stable. " Stell your
denomination of money. Su.G. styclze pars, frustum ; feet, fix your feet so as not to fall,11 (Gall. Enc,)
also moneta minuta ; rundslyche. a penny. V. S T I C K - or rather, not to be in danger of falling.
AM ST AM. 6. T o p u t ; used in a forensic sense. V . D I C T .
S T E I L L M I R R O X T R ,7 a looking-glass o o made of S T E L L , S. 64 A prop, a support. T h e stell d
steel. the stack, the stick which props the stack
" Item, ane si nil mirrour set in silver within ane Gall Encycl.
graye caise of velvott." Inventories, A . 1542, p. 63. Teut. si elI-en, suggerere, suppeditare.
This shews that metallic mirrors were used in Scot- S T E L L , S T I L L , s. 2 . ] Read;—A shelter, or
laud so late as the reign of James V. Indeed, A. a small enclosure for sheep or cattle, S.
1578, mention is made of " ane fair steill glass/' as This inclosure is meant for sheep, especially dur-
part of the royal furniture, also of " ane uther les ing'the nights of winter, generally of a circular form,
£Iess or smaller], schawing mony faces in the visie." smaller in size, but with higher walls than a fold,
Ibid. p. 237. S.A. They now begin to cover them for greater
The latter must undoubtedly have been a multi- v/arm th.
plying mirror. The term, however, does not always imply that
T o S T E I R - .:ic*s 'Tad, to bestir o n e ' s self, o r , at the place thus denominated forms a complete inclo-
nnv raie, to m a k e *;d\uncos t o w n r d s exertion. sure ; for it is sometimes applied to a sort of semi-
tf l i e w a s a s s u r e d , t h a t t h e O u : - : i " danced ex- circular belt of planting.
c e s s i v e ! v till a l t e r m i d n v c h t , Lv.'eau-' t h a t s c h o h a d A stell, where the term does not respect a planta-
:"R:CCr IVCU IL'LTD'-, T ' U11 ] >' I':-''C I • !' ' I I • : I V. ..S HEGUU AG^MCtion, is always understood to bebuilt of stone, where-
.'n r a n e e , a n d t h a t h e r luu-h. s v. beginning t o as a fold is of turf. Sometimes the composite word,
sir.i.r th>"ir I mils, and to trubiu the hole reaime o f sheller-stell, is used ; denoting either an inclosure of
France." K n o x ' s Hist. p. 30H. stone, or a small planting. A sorting-stell is one into
It is by this emphatical metaphor that our un- which sheep are driven for being separated from each
bending reformer expresses his contempt for the other. It is generally constructed so as to contain
faction of the Guises, and his detestation of their some interior divisions. Sicarnb. slelle, locus tutus,
bloody courses. It is obviously borrowed from the Kilian.
feline genus; as the design of the tyger, cat, &c. S T E L L , s. ' A deep pool, in a river, where sal-
before springing on its prey, is indicated by the mon lie, and nets f o r catching them are placed.
wagging of its tail. Aid stell, a place appropriated of old for sal-
To" S T E I I I the Tipne, to lay hold on the op- m on-fishing.
portune tv, q. to lose no time in fulfilling what " Anent the fisching of the aid stell in the water of
one has in view. Tweide, clamyt be the abbot & conuent of Dunfer-
c< Inglismen,—sieing this dsvisioun among the melyne, the lordis ordanis that knaulage be takin be
nobilitie of Scotland, they sleired thair tyme." Pits- ane inquisicioune of the best & wirthiest, that best
eottie's Cron. p. 431. knawis whethir the said abbot & convent suld, be
Perhaps from Steer, Steir, to stir. But one sense resoune of thar aid charter is & infeftmentis, haue the
of A.S. stir-an is corripere ; q. " snatched" or <c laid hale fisching of the aid stell, or hot a p . e. o n e ] dracht
hold of the proper season." in the water callit the aid stell." Act. Dom. Cone. A.
S T E K I L L , .9.] 2. T h e trigger of a musket; J 4 7 8 , p. 24.
ec Let hem standing infeft in apart of the barony and
Stickle, Lanarks.
" If the shot went off, the presumption is, that abbacy of Kinloss with five stell salmon fishings in
the off-going of the shot might have been occasion- the river of Findhorn ;—the said Sir James has much
ed by the stickle [trigger] its being rallied or touch- damnifiedandimpairedhisfishings, bybuildinganew
ed by the pannel's shoulder, or some part of his town near to the said stells, which are deep ponds,
cloaths ; and so the shot not necessarily ascribable pools, and ditches in the river, where the salmon
to the pannel's all edged designed!)- hiring at the de- haunting are taken in nets spread beneath them."
funct." Maclaurin's Crirn. Cases, p. 27- Fount. Dec. Suppl. iv. 660. V. S T E L L - N E T .
T o S T E E L , ZK a. 1. T o place.] Give, as sense S T E L L , adj. Steep, Stirling's.
Dan. stell, steep, en steil Mippe, a steep rock, steil-
T o S T E L L , or S T I L L , a cannon, to plant, to
heid steepness ; A.S. sty 11, scansio, styl-an scandere,
mount it.
whence, says Lye, our style, scansile; Su.G. stel prae-
The batterie was laid to the castle, and p t was]
ruptus; Alem. and Germ, steil, id.; Teut. steyl, prae-
b l a i d i t p a r t l i e — w i t h the c a n nones that war stelled
ceps, steyl-en, erigere, elevare. Both Wachter and
vpon the steiple h e a d i s . " Pits cottiers Cron. p. 490.
Ihre think that the original form of the word must
3. To stell a gun> to point it, to take aim ; Loth.
have been siege I, as A.S. sticol also signifies steep. Sti-
S T E L L - S H O T , S. A shot taken by one who rests gel in like manner denotes a stile, from slig-an to as-
his gun on some object, for greater accuracy cend. But the other form being of such general use,
of aim, S. Insert, as sense it is probable that the terms might be radically dif-
4. In colloquial discourse, it is used in a peculiar ferent. V . S T E E L , a wooded clcugh.
sense, as signifying to fix. His een war stelFd T o S T E L L , v. a. T o distil.
i?i his heady His eyes were fixed, he did not <c As it apperis the victuall salbe skant this pre-

• move them ; Loth. sent yeir ; and vnderstanding that thair is ane greit
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craantitie of malt consumitin the haill partis of this
- be making of aquauitie, quhilk is ane greit
of the derth within the samin That na
• of persone within burghe or lande,nor vtheris
sumeuir, mak, brew, nor stell ony aquauitie
^ the first day of December approcheand quhill
the first day of October/' &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1579,
Ed. 1814, p. 174.
S T E L L , S. A still, S .
S T E L L A R , S. A distiller.
" That na maner of persone [as above" $
the pane of confiscatioun of the said aquavitie, and
breking of the haill lowmes of the makaris, brewaris
and stellaris thairof." Ibid.
To Still is used as an E. v. by abbreviation from
Distil.
S T E L L A G E , s. Apparently, the ground on
which a fair or market is held.
" The two merk lands of Cloan & Corn eat, com-
prehending the Stellage, & Croft of land with the
yard & pertinents lying near the Church of Pen-
" " L; and all and whole another Stallage, & an-
• piece of ground," &c. Earl of Galloway's
Title Deeds.
From L.B. stallag-ium, the money paid for a stall,
used in an oblique sense. Stallage, in the E. law,
denotes either the right of erecting stalls in fairs,
or the price paid for it.
S T E L L I O N A T E , s-. A forensic term applied
to crimes, in regard to which there is no spe-
cial statute, or definition in our common law,
but as including the general idea of fraud.
« Stellionate, from stellio, a serpent of the most
crafty kind, Plin. Hist. Nat. L. SO. c. 10, is a term
used in the Roman law, to denote all such crimes,
where fraud or craft is an ingredient, as have no spe-
cial name to distinguish them by. It is chiefly ap-
plied, both by the Roman law and that of Scotland,
to conveyances of the same right granted by the
proprietor to d i f ~ — * — " Ersk. Inst.
* B.
ThereTs not a
spightfull to i
ditie, insomuch as the word Stellio is growne to be
S^'EI^LS,°^.^plJ C TheAndentations made in ice
for keeping the feet steady in curling, Dumfr. ;
synon. Hacks.
S T E M , 6-. T h e name given in Caithn. to a sort
of inclosure made with stones on the side of a
river, into which salmon are driven.
" So they bring down the net softly and warily
to the mouth of an enclosure, which they call a
Stan, into which the fishes are driven, where the
With this larger net, others take a
oing therewith into the Stem, catch
for up the water they cannot run, because of the
of the Stem, or stones laid together inform of a wall/1
Brand's Orkn. p. 151.
Voi,. I L m 8P
S T E
This is evidently a word of Northern origin. As
Su.G. Isl. staemma signifies, in general, to stop the
of any thing
ig in a fluid
flui" state, it has been ori-
ginally used in regard to water. Thus it is applied
to the obstruction of the water of a miln. Nu staemis
vt the quarn; Si obstruatur aquae molendini, Lei>".
Sueth. ap. I lire.
Isl. staemma vain, to stop the course of water by
works for the use of milns and fishponds. Hence,
says Verelius, staemna, piscina, a fishpond. He expl.
it by Sw. fiskdam as its synonyme. Hire defines
staemna so as apparently to answer exactly to Brand's
account of a stem. Aquae opposita moles ad struen-
da opera piscatoria. He views the v. as formed from
the anc. Goth, daemma to dam observing that the
stituted st for d used by^our ancestors.
S T E M I N G , S T E M Y N G , S. T h e cloth now called
taminy.
" Item ane pair [ o f hois] of quhite stemyng cuttit
out on quhite taffatiis." Inventories, A. 1559, p- 45.
" Item ane dule gowne of furring and the body of
stemyng.—Item ane cloik of blak steming garnisit on
the foirbreist with jennettis, and the bordofthe same
in the rest." Ibid. A. 15()1, p. 130-81.
Teut. stamijne, Ital. stamagna, L.B,
id.
Perhaps the cloth, which now bears this name,
is originally of goat's hair. For Kiiian expl. sta-
mijne cilicium : and as O.Fr. estain is synon. with
estaim, Cotgr. gives the phrase, Boned'estain as de-
noting « the great-bearded, and long-horned wild
goat, Ibex." Worsted, however, must have been
early substituted. For Dti Cange gives a variety of
authorities for the term in this sense. Even so early
as the sixth century, in the life of Odilo, we find the
cant, &c. ' i n Diet, Trev* mention is made of silk
tamine. It seems to have received its name from
O.Fr. estaim, Mod.Fr. claim, which Cotgr. defines,
cf fine woollen (or linnen) yarne, thread, or woofe."
Both this word, and estamine, the Fr. term for our
are deduced from Lat. stamen,flaxi
ed for spinning; thread; also cloth in the loom.^JLB.
expl. by Du Cange as the same with Fr,
S T E M P L E , <?. A plug 5 a term used by the
miners in Leadhills, which seems merely a corn
of Stable, id., q. v.
T o S T E N C H , v. a. 1. A term used with resr v a
to a dog that is called off from pursuing cattle
or sheep, Dumfr,
This is merely E. Stanch used in a peculiar scn.se,
nearly allied to its general one, as signifying to stop.
The immediate origin is Fr. estancher, id. This seems
to have been formed from Ital. slagn-are, id. Stiern-
helm refers to old Goth, stagn-a cohibere, as the ra-
dical term.
2. T o satisfy with food, U p p . Clydes. T h e E„
V, is sometimes written Stench, This is obvi-
ously the same v., used as signifying that the
craving of the stomach is stopped.
S T E N C H E L , STANCHEL, s. A n iron bar for
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a window, Ettr. For., L o t h . ; the same with
Stenchen.
Stanchels, stanchions, iron bars for securing a
window ;" Gl. Antiq.
ST END, s. 1. A leap, a spring, S.] Add ;
It is sometimes written Stcn, as it is generally pro-
nounced.
Ane takes a stcn across the foggy fur,
Wi' rackless force.—
Davidson's Seasons, p. 25.
STENDERIS, pi. Standards.
" Four slender is of fedderis for the toppis of
beddis." Inventories, A. i578, p. 238.
S T E N L O C H , S T E N L O C K , s. A n overgrown
seat.li or coal-fish, Dunbar tons., West Isl.
" They [the inhabitants of I si ay] catch a number
of stenlock, commonly called pi ch tic It mdr, i. e. great
sat he [r. seath] fish, off the point of the Rinns of
Isl ay, where the stream is very violent; and they fre-
quently run over with cargoes of them to the oppo-
site coast of Ireland, and sell them under the name of
wild salmon, braddan Jiaich" Agr. Surv. of the Ile-
brid. p. 63 1.
S T E N N E R S , 5. pi. Gravel or small stones on
the margin of a river, Ayrs., Ciydes. V. S T A N -
NERS.
T o S T E N N I S , v. a. T o sprain, East Loth.
S T E N N I S , 5. A sprain, E . and M . Loth.
Most probably from A.S. slun-ian, impingere, al-
lidere, obtundere, whence E. to Stun ; as primarily
denoting the shock produced by striking against a
stone or other hard substance. Isl. stinn-r, however,
signifies stiff, non facile fiexilis ; and slinn-az obdu-
rescere ; G. An dr., Haldorson. It seems exactly sy-
non. with the term used in the north of S. to Stungle,
signifying to sprain slightly.
S T E M N Y N G , S T E N J N G , 5. A species of fine
woollen cloth anciently worn in Scotland.
"28th August 1561, the Provest, Baillies, and Coun-
sale,—or dan is Louke Wilsoun Thesaurer to deliver
to every ane of the twelfe servands,—als mekle blak
stennyng, as will be every ane of tharne ane pair of
hoise, and every ane of thame a black bonet again
the tyme of the Triumphed' Regist. Counc. Edin.
Keith's Hist. p. 189.
This is perhaps only a variety of Stoning, q. v.
We find not only O.Fr. estahn, but estain used for
fine woollen cloth; Cotgr., Roquefort; and L.B. stan-
urn, which Du Cange expl. by Fr. cstaminc.
S T E N T , adj. Stretched out to the utmost, fully
extended, S.
Ned Shuter, wi' his crab tree kent,
Fell'd down for Leezy drew,
Until her apron was sae stent,
The strings in targets flew.—•
Davidsons Seasons, p. 120.
T o S T E N T , v. a. T o assess, S.] Add;
(C Then they began to stent the King's lieges with-
in the shire of Angus. Southesk asked by what au-
thority they were thus stenting the King's lieges ?"
Spalding's Troubles, i. 105.
S T E N T , ' .V. 2 . A taxation, S.] Add;
The term had been used in the same sense in O.E.
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" Slente. Taxacio. Stentijd. Taxatus." Prompt. Pary.
S T E N T O U I I , 5. T h e same with Slentmaster.
— " It wes ansuerit that this conuentioun had no
pouer nor auctoritie to mak ony suehe impositioun,
nor to nominat s ten tour is to that effect; and that it
wes aganis his Majesties command—to raise ony
taxatioun, hot onlie to vrge a voluntair contribu-
tioun." Acts Ja. VI. 1621, Ed. 1814, p. 590.
S T E P - B A I R N , s. A step-child, S.
fc My father's making a step-bairn o' me, mother,
and has gi'en Charlie a' the outcome frae the till."
The Entail, i. 240.
S T E R , a termination of many names o f places
in Caithness.] Add ;
It is also common in Shetland.
Dr. Edmonston has given an etymon differentfrom
both those formerly mentioned.
Many names of places—terminate in seter, which
implies a dwelling or place of resort; thus Brinna-
seter,—corrupted from Brindaseier, the dwelling of
Brinda. A considerable number end in ster and bis-
ter, as Srvarasler, Muraster, Sjjmbister, Fladabisler,
Kirhabister. It is probable, however, that the names
at present supposed to end in ster, are abbreviations
from seter. It is true, that many of the places which
at present retain the termination of seter, are such as
are situated near commons, and may therefore be
supposed to have been more recently cultivated ;
while most of the places, whose names end in ster
are on the sea-coast, and exhibit marks of a more
ancient origin. Both, however, imply settlement or
dwelling-places." Zetland Isl. i. 137.
" In the ancient Shetland language, the green pas-
turage attached to a dwelling was named a Setter or
Sealer:' Hibbart's Shetb Isl. p. 427, N.
As to the hypothesis, that ster may be a contr. of
seter, besides the difficulty mentioned by Dr. Ed-
monston himself, that the local situation of the places
is different, another arises from the improbability of
the name being abbreviated, by the same people, in
one place, and fully retained in another. This is
certainly against the analogy of language.
' S T E R L I N G , STULUELING, A term used to
denote English money.] Add;
The same idea, of the origin of this denomination,
seems to have been entertained by our worthy sena-
tors ; as appears from the language of an Act of Par-
liament in the reign of Ja. VI.
— " The burrow ruidis, and priuilegis of the maist
pairt of the burro wis of this realm e, ar sett of auld
for the burrow males contenit in thair infeftmentis
to be pay it in Striuiliug money/' Sic. A. 1592, Ed,
1 8 1 4 , p. 5 0 1 .
The very name Slerlins seems to have been given
to these people, by our ancestors. There appears to
be reason, at least, for this inference, from the use of
this term by Sir Thomas Urquhart, in rendering
Eslrelins, used by Rabelais, b. i. c. S3.
(C Then they set fiercely together upon Lubeck,
Norway, Swedeland, Rie, Denmark, Gitland, the
Sterlius, even unto the Frozen sea." Transl. b. i. p. 152.
S T E R M A N - F E E , s. T h e wages of a steers-
« man. " T o pay vij sh. of stermanfeeAberd.
Reg. Cent, 16-
 S T E S T E
STERN, A star.] Add; as formerly signifying vapour; q. a rain so thin that
it resembles a vapour.
S T E R N o' T H E E E , the pupil of the eye, Ettr. For.
This is a Teut. idiom. Slerre der oogke, pupilla, S T E W A R T , S T E W A R D , S. 1. " I n the strict sense,
acies oculi. It certainly conveys a more natural idea — a magistrate appointed by the king over spe-
than Su.G. oegenslen, id.—quasi dice res lapillum cial lands belonging
O o to himself," having O the same
oculi, the small stone of the eye. Ihre conjectures proper jurisdiction with that of a r e g a l i t y E r s k .
with great probability that the Su.G. term was for- " Quharsoeuer he happy nis to be takyn, that schir-
merly oegnaskcn, quasi luciclum oculi. This would ref, slewart, or balye of the regalite sal sende him to
exactly correspond with another Scottish designation the schirref of the next schirrefdome or his balyeis,"
of this most delicate and useful part of our frame, the &c. Acts Ja. I. A. 1432, Ed. 1814, p. 21.
Sheen d the Ee, S.B., q. v. T h e deputy of a lord of regality.
T o S T E R T , v. n. T o start, S.B. This is one " And gif he happynis to fie in the regalite oute of
of the old forms of the E . v. Stert, pret. started. the rialte, the schirref sal certify the lorde of the re-
Fra this was sayd, from the hie sete he stert.— galite, or his Stewart or balye, the quliilk sal per sew
JJoifir.
o o 262. 10,
Virtr. the trespassour in lik maner as the schirref sal as is
S T E R T , S. A leap, a spring. beforsaid." Acts Ja. I. A. 1452, Ed. 1814, p. 21.
£f The lord of regality might appoint deputies, call-
In the gap
With haisty stert am yd the fyre he lap. ed stewards, or bailies, not only during pleasure or for
Ibid, 2 5 0 . I F . V . S T A R T , S. life, but heritable, who had, by that deputation, all
S T E R T L I N , adj. 1. A term primarily used the profits incident to the jurisdiction made over in
to denote the restlessness of cattle, in conse- perpetuum to themselves and their heirs." Ersk. Inst.
B. i. T . 4, § 7-
quence of the bite of the cleg or gad-fly, or
3. Steward of Scotland, a chief officer of the crown.
of their even hearing the sound of its approach,
" We may here take occasion, from the identity of
as they immediately run for shelter. 44 M a the name, to add a few words concerning the office of
kye are aw siertlin the day, that I eanna keep Steward of Scotland. This officer was in ancient times
them I the park Roxb. of the highest dignity and trust; for he had not only
It is transferred to females, who although some- the administration of the crown revenues, but the
what antiquated, have not lost hopes of the chief oversight of all the affairs of the household, and
connubial state; as, " She has na g'fen owre her the privilege of the first place in the army, next to the
siertlin fits yet, the great gowk she is P' Ibid. king, in the day of battle. Some antiquaries affirm,
S t e h t l i n , S. 1. Applied as in sense 1. of the adj., that he had the hereditary guardianship of the king-
to cattle, ibid. dom in the sovereign's absence; for which reason he
2. T o females. 4C She may gie owre her stert- was called steward, or sledeward from ward guardian-
I'm; for she'll die the death of Jinkanfs [Jen- ship, and sled v ice, or place. From this the royal house
kin's] hen," ibid. of Stuart took its sirname; but the office was sunk on
S T E V E L , adj. Firm, substantial, not flummery;
their advancement to the crown, and has never since
as, 56 stevel b r o s e P e r t h s . been revived." Ersk. ibid. §10.
This distinguished officer is by our writers gene-
To STEVEL, n. T o stagger into a place into
rally denominated t£' high Stewart," or " steward." V.
which one ought not to g o ; to walk as one who
Crawford's Hist. F am. of Stewart, p. 4, 6, 9. Pinker^
at every step L on the point of stumbling, R o x b . ton's Hist. i. 5.
Loth. V. ST A IV E. M. C a sail bori deduces the term from A.S. stow lo-
'•At the launge, I stevellit backe, and lowten downe, cus, and ward custos, a locorum custodia. But A.S.
set mai nebb to ane gell in the dor." Hogg's Win- sliward signifies dispensator, ecorionms ; Isl. slicard-r
' ter Tales, ii, 4 1 . V. STAIVE. from slia opuSj and vardur custos, q.praefeetus operis,
S T E U I N , i. T h e stem or prow o f a ship.] Add; S T E W A U T K I E , S, 1. A jurisdiction over a certain
(( Prora, the stevcn of the ship, or the fore-castle." extent of territory, nearly the same with that of
Wedderb. Vocab. p. 22. a Regality, S.
S T E W , S T E W E , S T U E , S. 3. Dust, S . B . ] Add; For the future, no sheriffship or stewarlry (L e.
€: Slue, dust raised and making an offensive smell no high sheriffship or high stewartry) is to be grant-
in an apartment; the dust drifted by the wind on ed, either heritably, or for life, or for any term ex-?
the highway GL Stirv. Moray. ceeding one year." Ersk. Inst. Ik i. T. 4. § II.
The first branch of this definition more properly T h e territory over which this jurisdiction ex-
belongs to sense 1. tends, S.
Whan drift out owre the hillocks blew, Where lands were expressly erected by the king
Or roads wis dank, wi' blinnin slew,— into a stewartry, the jurisdiction annexed to them
I—span kit afif. Tarrass Poems, p, 38. must, without doubt, have been equal to a regality,
After Germ, staub, and Dan. stoev, in etymon, Add; whatever the former jurisdiction had been. Most
4 Used, like SI tour, to denote spray, Aberd. stewartries consisted of small parcels of land, which
were only parts of a county, as Strathern, Menteith,
5. Also, like its synon., applied to battle, light, ib.
& c . b u t the stew art ry of Kirkcudbright, and that of
T o S T E W , S T E W on, v. n. T o rain slightly, to
Orkney and Zetland, make counties by themselves,
drizzle, Aberd. and therefore' send each of them a representative ta
This v. seems to have been formed from Stew, q. v. Parliament." Ersk. ibid. §10.
483
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STEWLE, T h e foundation of a rick or hay-
stack, Ettr. F o r . ; from A . S . stol, Alem. stul,
Teut. stoel, sedes; or softened from A . S . stathol,
fund am en turn, basis.
S T Y , s. Expl. place.] Add;
O.E. ^ Sty, by path. Orbita. Semita. Callis."
Prompt. Parv.
S T I B B L A L L T , adj. W e l l - g r o w n , p l u m p , A b e r d .
A stihblart gurk wi' phiz o' yellow,
In youthit's sappy bud.
Christmas Baling, Ed. 1805.
Perhaps q. fattened on the stubble.
I kent him just a stihblart lown
Without a shoe. Shirrefs' Poems, p. 239-
S T I B B L E E , 5.] Insert, as sense
1. A horse turned out, after the harvest is gathered
in, to feed on the grass and herbs growing among
the stubble, S. V. illustration in DICT.
2. One on the harvest-field, whogoesfrom one ridge
to another, cutting and gathering the handfnls
that are left by those who, in their reaping, go
regularly forward* S.
3. A probationer.] Add;
ci What—are ye feared for, wi' your French gib-
berish, that would make a dog sick? Listen, ye stickit
slibbler, to what I tell ye, or ye sail rue it whiles there's
a lim o' ye hings to anither." Guy Mannering, iii. 127-
What is here given as sense 2. has been viewed as
the primary and original use of the term. If so, it
may have been applied to probationers, because of
their supposed resemblance; as having no fixed sta-
tion, but going from one place to another, to supply
where there is necessity.
S T I B B L E I I T , 6-. A young fellow, a striplings
Aberd.
M y breath begins to fail
I was a slibblert at the flail
Afore Culloden.
TV. Beattie's Tales, p. I S . V . S T I B B L A R I : .
S T I B B L Y , adj. Covered with stubble, S .
—O'er the stibbly plain the nibbling rooks
In numbers spread, a sable multitude.
Davidson's Seasons, p. ISO.
T o S T I B B L E W I N , v. a. Applied to a ridge of
corn cut down before another, the one cut down
being between that other and the standing
corn, R o x b .
Perhaps, q. to win, or dry, on the slibble. V.
STIBBLE.
T o S T I C K L E (gutt.), v.n. T o rustle, &c.] Add;
Ithers dose,
Row't in the arms o' saft repose,
While, slichlan, whistles through their nose
The eldritch snore.
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 166.
This v., in the part, pr., is expl. by Picken in a
sense with which I am not acquainted. It may,
however, be a local signification. « Stichlhi, emit-
ting a sound like that of snoring f Gl. This must
refer to the sound caused by the motion of the snot
in the nostrils.
STICKLES, pi T h e hot embers of the fuel
o f a kiln, whether o f peat or wood, Mearns.
T E
S T I C I I L I E , adj. Filled with fibres. « A
stichlie peat,11 a peat having large vegetable
roots interspersed through it, Mearns.
The same with Slicklie, q. v.
T o S T I C K , a. a. T o bungle, to botch, S . ] Add;
% Not to be able to go on with; as, « Puir lad,
the first time he tried to preach, he stickit his
sermon, S.
ff A speech is when the is unable
to proceed;" Gall. Enc.
S T I C K I T , part. pa. Denoting the relinquishment
of any line of life from want of means, o f
bodily or mental ability to g o on with it, or in
consequence of any other impediment, as one
perhaps affecting character, S.
Dominie Sampson is called " a stickit stibbler,"
because he gave up the work of a Probationer, after
having received license. V. S T I B B L E R .
I have heard it asserted, that, in the French trans-
lation of this work, the phrase stickit slibbler is ren-
dered pasteur assassine ; as if the translator had un-
derstood stickit as here equivalent to E. stabbed.
This, I dare say, has afforded many a hearty laugh
at the expense of the French, in regard to their
ability to explain the language of that nation which
was once so closely allied to them. I was, however,
determined not to take this assertion on trust; and
find on examination, notwithstanding the many ridi-
culous blunders committed, this is not among them ;
not at least in the edition before me, which is that
of 1822. There may have been an earlier edition
(as this is seven years posterior to the publication
of the work in Britain), or perhaps a different trans-
lation, in which some such error had a place. But
here the passage stands thus; Avez-vous peur, grand
novice ? This indeed is far enough from giving the
sense; besides that the question, Avez-vous peur, has
nothing corresponding with it in the original.
T o S T I C K , v. n. Let that jlee stick in the zca,
Give yourself no trouble about that business,
S. Pro v.
" Ochon, that I should ever be concerned in aid-
ing and abetting an escape frae justice ! it will be a
shame and disgrace to me and mine for ever.*
f Hout tout, man, Jet that flee stick in the tea/ an-
swered his kinsman, < when the dirt's dry it will
rub out." Rob Roy, ii. 218.
Alluding, apparently, to a fly sticking in the fresh
paint, or plaster, of a wall.
T o S T I C K Pease, to prop them b y inserting
sticks between the rows, S.
S T I C K A M S T A M , or STICKUMSTAM, S. A n
ideal denomination o f money of the smallest
kind. Its no worth a stickamstani ; a phrase
used in W . Loth, to denote any thing of no
value. This term is supposed to signify half
a penny Scots, or the twenty-fourth part of an
English penny,
A.S. sticce signifies a part, a fraction, something
broken off. Hence the adverb to sticcum, in frusta,
frustatim, membratim ; and also the term stica, sty-
to denote a brass coin which
the A. Saxons. It was thus
 S T I S T I
being the smallest money in use among them, for it Teut. stickel aculeus, stimulus; or Germ, stick-eu,
is viewed as only equivalent to half a farthing. Thus, figere, because they stick or impede one's labour.
where mite occurs in our version, the term used in S T I C K S , s. pi. To Fa' affthe Sticks, to die ;
the A.S. is stycas, Mark 12, 42. Twegen stycas, a phrase borrowed from a bird when it drops
that is,/earthing peninges. down in its cage, Fife.
As Su.G. stycke, like A.S. stica, primarily signi- S T I C K S and S T A V E S . Gane a' to Sticks and
fies a part, a fragment, it is transferred to a small Staves,gone to wreck or ruin; a metaph.phrase,
coin. The latter part of the -S. word, as in many commonly used in relation to bankrupts, &c.,
other instances, may be merely alliterative. It may, and evidently borrowed from the state of a tub,
however, be allied to A.S. stemne, Su.G. stamm, or other wooden vessel, which, when the hoops
slum, the trunk of a tree, which has a common lose their hold, falls to pieces, or is reduced to
origin with stymp-a mu til are. Thus stickum-stam its original materials, separated from each o-
might signify a mutilated stye a or piece of mo- ther, S.
ney. This etymon might seem to receive confir- ff I think the story was, that she had been crossed
mation from the observation made by the learned
in love with some gentleman, and that she married
Hickes. In giving the reason of the name styca,
a Highland drover, or tacksman, I can't tell which,
he says that " the pennies of the ancients were so
and they went all to sticks and staves:' Inheritance,
cast or struck, that they could be easily split or
i. 95.
broken into half-pennies, and these again into far-
T o S T Y E , v. n. T o climb.] Add;
things." Epist. ad Shower, ap. Ihre, vo. Stycke, p.
313. But I do not see how this can apply to the This occurs in Palsgr. « I stye, I assende or I go
Skeattas or pennies; for they were of thin silver. vpwarde; Je monte. A farre northerne terme."
V . STEIKIS.
B. iii. F. 374, b.
S T I C K E , s. A piece, as of cloth. It also occurs in Wiclifs Wicket, in relation to
" Siickes of silk great and small peces all me- our Saviour's ascension.
sourit with a Scottis elnwand." Inventories, A. 1561 " And so we must beleue that bee was very God
p . 12 7- V . STEIK.
and very man together, and that bee styed vp very
S T I C K I E - F I N G E I I E D , adj. Thievishly dis- God and very man to heaven, and that he shal bee
posed ; applied to one to whose fingers the pro- there till he come to deme the world." P. 15.
perty of others is apt to adhere, I l o x b . ; Tarry*, S T Y E N , s. A tumor on the eye-lid, S.B. Sty, E .
fingered synon., also PicMe-ftngered. " For a recipe to the soreness of eyes called the
S T I C K I T , part, pa, Embroidered. styen, its ordinar to cause them stale in such and
such parts, whereby they imagine the effect will
" Item ane covering of blew taffetie stickit." In-
follow." Law's Memor. Pref. LV.
ventories, A. 1561, p. 140.
" Pknow not how derived," says Johnson, con-
This article has a remarkable marginal note, which
cerning E. Sty. But it is evidently Belg. stijghe,
occurs more than once in this curious collection ;
hordeolum, given by Kilian as synon. with weer-
<f In 1567 wes tynt in the K. ["King's] lodging."
ooghe, exiguum tuberculum in palpebris. The Angus
This refers to the shocking fate of Henry Darnly,
tei-m retains considerable resemblance of A.S stigend
in the house called Kirk of Field. V . S T I K K I T .
expl. hordeolus, i.e. apostema in extremitate palpe-
S T I C K L E , s. " Bustle;*" Ayrs. Gh Surv.p. 693.
brarum ; Lye. He renders it by E. stian, as Young
Perhaps from Teut stick-en aggerare, cumulare ;
expl. hordeolus by stain ; though neither of these
or softened from stick-vol refertus, turgid us. Isl.
terms is found in Johnson. The origin may be
stiak, motus, tumultus ; stiak-a deturbare.
A.S. stig-an, asceiidere; Teut. stijgh-en, elevare ;
S T I C K L E , s. T h e cabirs or spars placed from
because it swells or rises on the eye-lid. Lat. hor-
one side of a kiln to another, for supporting the
deolus is defined, " a little swelling in the eye-lids
hair-cloth, or straw, on which the grain is laid,
like a barley-corn." It appears that it had received
are called stickles, S.B.
its Lat. denomination from its resemblance to a grain
" An old man,—near Elgin—had been drying of (hordeum) barley.
corn on one of the old fashioned kilns, in which In the South of S. it is reckoned to be a sovereign
stickles and hair cloth are used in place of brick or remedy for this disorder, to rub the part affected
metal; and having gone upon these to turn the corn, with the tail of a cat.
while the fire was going, the stickles gave way, and T o S T I E V E , v.a. T o cram, to stuff. V . S T E E V E .
he was precipitated to the bottom, where he was in S T I E V E , adj. Firm, &c. V. S T E E V E .
an instant suffocated and burnt to death." Edin. S T I F F : , S T O I F , A close sulphureous smell,
Ev. Cour. Dec. 28, 1820.
particularly that arising from the burning of
Teut. steghel, fulcrum ; siekel, siaeckel, stickel, acu-
drossy coals, Tweedd. In Dumfr.it is expl. " t h e
leus, stimulus, from stick-en pungere, figere; or Isl.
stickill, torn us, truncus. smell of a chimney without fire, or that which
S T I C K L Y , adj. A term applied to soil which is caused by the smoke of an adjoining vent."
is intermixed with stems of trees, Banff's. O.Fr. estoujl-er to stifle, to suffocate.
ff The third is called a stickly moss, because it is
STIFF-BACK, A kind of game, Clydes.;
all raided with crops of trees, which, in old time, the same with Sweir-Tree, q. v.
had grown in that ground, or have been acciden- S T I F F E N I N , J. Starch, because linens are stif-
tally carried into it." Surv. Banffs. App. p. 77- fened by it, S.] Add;
S85
 S T I S T Y
The same analogy is found in some of the north- S T I L L , adv. Still and on, without intermission, S,
ern tongues. Isl. stivelsi, Dan. stivelse, Belg. sty j} el, S T I L L A T O U R , A n alembic, a vessel for
id., amylum. distillation.
S T I F F I N G , S T I F F E N , S. A sort of starch; the " That Robert of Crechtoune sail restore—to
same that is now called Stiffening S. Robert Broiss of Arth—ane chandelare price ij s.,
" Smalts or blew stiffing, the pound—x s." Rates, tli re pottis price of thaim all iij li., ane si ill a lour price
A. 1611. xiij s. iiij d." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1491, p. 195.
Stiffen is still used in Angus. E. stillatory, id.; Fr. stillafoire, distilling.
—Bra west lasses us'd nae lawn. STILL-STAND, A truce.
—Stiffen wasna sought, nor blew " Pledges delivered hinc hide, a still-stand or ces-
To mutches. Piper of Peebles, p. 6. sation of amies was concluded on by both parties,
S T I F F T , .v. A dutchy, Germ. for a fortnight's time." Monro's Exped. P. I. p. 74.
" He ordained and left the Duke of Anhalt as Stat- " Here we see the use of treaty, and still-stand (or
lioulder; not only over the towne, but also over the truce) ordained of policy, that every man may presse
whole stiff of Magdeburg." Monro's Exp. P. 1 l.p. 26. to whine his owne aymes." Ibid. p. 76.
The term originally and properly signifies a bi- Dan. stilslandSw. st i list ande, id. Another term,
shopric. Its primary form was slieJit, from stichUen of similar combination, is used in the same sense in
struere, aedificare. Ludwig observes, that this term Sw. This is n apn-hieila, q. " the rest of weapons."
was used to denote the dutchy of Bremen, Ferden, T o S T I L P , v. n. ± T o g o o n crutches, S.] Add;
MagdeburgSic. u which formerly were bishopricks, Germ, stolp-em, caespitare.
but in the time of reformation were secularised." T o S T I L T , v. n,] Add;
S T I G G Y , s. A stile, or passage over a wall, Shell, 3. T o cross a river on poles, S.
Norw, stig a stair; Isl. stig, Su.G. steg, gradus, a " These stilts were two branches of a tree, of a
flight of steps, from s/ig-a to climb, to ascend. Stiggy proper strength, with a cleft or small branch pre-
has thus a similar origin with E. Stile, which although served in each, of a sufficient wideness to receive a
differently formed, is from A.S. stigel id., the root person's foot, about IB or 20 inches from the root
being stig-an ascendere ; Moes.G. steig-an, id. end; upon which the person being mounted, with
STIGIL, A clownish fellow, Aberd. a foot on each cleft—and the top or small end of the
Isl. sti/gg-r asper, difficilis ; 2. ferns ; stygg-ia of- stilt in each hand, they stalked through the river at
fendere, irritare, styggileg-r immitis, austerns; Su.G. the fords. This they called stilting." Stat. Acc. xv. 157-
sti/gg, teter, deform is. Proprie notat odiosum, in vi- T o S T I L T the Water, v. a. T o cross it on poles
sum ; Dan- .?/?/g^ugly, deformed,disagreeable; Wolff. as above described, R o x b .
S T I K E I I A I D E , a raid col lop. V . S T E A K I I A I D . It may be added, however, that in the South of
S T I K K I S , s.pl Pieces. S. stilts of this description are often made of polished
" Item vii stikkis of tapessarie of antik werk, of wood; the supports being properly fixed in, and the
the histories of Venus, Pallas, Hercules, Mars, Ba- whole neatly painted. Where a river is to be crossed,
ch us, and the mocler of the Erd." In v. A. 1539, p. 51. it is common for persons, going to church, to carry
" Item vii stikkis of the historic of Jason that wan them from home on their shoulders.
the goldin fleys." Ibid. S T I L T of a Plough.] Add;
Teut. stick frustum. " Aratrum, a plough.—Stiva, the stilt." Wed-
S T I K K I T , part, pa, Embroidered, derburn's Yocab. p. 13,
ec Item twa stikkit niattis to the samyne bed, with S T Y M E , s.) Give, as sense
ane bow star, and ane cod, with ane stikkit holland 1. A particle, a whit, the faintest form of any ob-
claith, and ane scheit of fustiane." Ibid. p. 45. ject, like E. Glimpse, as signifying the exhibi-
Teut. stick-en pingere, acu plumare. wye* v. i. notis tion of a faint resemblance, S.
sign are, aut picturatis sign is ornare ; stick-werck, Here add the examples from Cherrie and Slae%
opus plumarium, acu pictuin. Su.G. slick-a acu and Scott, with the Fr. phrase,
pingere : En stick a klaedning, vestis acu picta. V. 2. The slightest degree perceptible or imaginable;
S T E I K , V. as, " I coudna see a stymeS.
. STILCH, " A young, fat, unwieldy man Here subjoin the proof from Peblis.
Gall. Enc. ; perhaps q. StiUish from E. Still, S. A glimpse, a transitory glance ; as, u There^s
adj. no a styme o licht here,71 S. This sense it seems
T o S T I L E , v. a. T o place, to set. To stile to require ig the following passage,—
cannons, to plant them. V. S T E L L , V. 1 gae him bread and ale to drink,
T o S T Y L E , v. a. T o give a person, in speaking And ne'er a blythe styme wad he blink
or writing, the title that belongsto his rank, S. Until his wame was fou.—Herd's Coll. ii. 150.
* S T I L L , adj. This term is in S. very common- 4, A moment, Ayrs.
ly used in a sense unknown in E . ; as combin- To flame as an author our snab was sae bent.
ing the ideas of taciturnity, of reservedness, and He ne'er blinn'd a styme till he gat it in prent.
o f some degree of moroseness. It is also often Pickens Poems, ii. 132.
conjoined with another term expressive of ob- " He did not cease for a moment."
stinacy. Thus it is frequently said of one, 5. Styme is also defined, " a disease of the eye ; v '
'ffe^s a still, dour cliield. GL. Surv. Moray*
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STY MET,, s. A name o f reproach given to one
who does not perceive quickly what another
wishes him to see, Clydes.
This is evidently the same with Stymie, S.B. V.
S T Y M E , V. ; also S T Y M E , S. in sense 2.
S T I M P A 3 1 T , ,9. 1. T h e eighth part of a W i n -
chester bushel, A y r s . ] Add;
2. Metaph. applied to a second-rate shearer, Ayrs.
Synon. Stibbler. T h e reason of this applica-
tion is bv no means obvious.
S T I N G , / . 1. A pole.] Add ;
I am now nearly satisfied that I have discovered
the signification of Sasteing ; and shall take the li-
berty of inserting part of a Note given in my edi-
tion of the Life of Wallace.
" As Scottish say signifies a water-bucket, this
may refer to the pole used for carrying it. The fol-
lowing definition might seem to throw light on this
singular term. f So, or soa, a tub with two ears to
carry on a slang.' Bay's Coll. of North Country
Words. The terra was most probably pronounced
say-sieing ; as a, in our old writers, must often have
been sounded at." The Bruce, and Wallace, ii. 365.
A n instrument for thatching, S.] Add;
" The roof is first covered with divots—laid on,
overlapping like slate, with that end only exposed
which hath received a knead or glassing by the first
entry of the paring spade ; when after standing one
year, the thatch, in small handfuls, twisted together
at top, is thrust into holes previously made obliquely
upwards in the divots by an iron-shod, dovetailed-
pointed hand instrument, called a sting, by which
both operations are performed in alternation." Notes
to Pennecuik's Descr. Tweedd. p. 88.
4. T h e mast of a vessel, Shetl. Su.G. staang
is used in the same sense ; sior-siaangen, the
main top-mast, &c.
5. T h e pole used for shoving a boat from the
beach, &c. S.A. Hence,
T o S T I N G a boat, v. a. T o push it forward, or a-
cross a river by means of a pole, S.A., Perths,
T o S T I N G , v. a. T o thatch, Upp. Clydes. ; q. to
fix on thatch by means of a sting, Ayrs.
STING-AND-LING. 1 . To Carry sting and ling.]
Add;
" On Tuysday the tent of Apryle, the heid of wit
the Secretare landit in the nyght at Leyth, whare he
remaned till the morne, and was borne up with sex
workmen with sting and ling, and Mr. Robert Mait-
land baubling up his head ; and when they had put
him in at the castell yeat, ilk ane of the workmen
gat iii sh. which they receavit grutlginglie, hoping to
have gottin mair for their labouris." Bannat. Journal,
p. ISO.
2. Entirely, completely.] Add;
« I was at my mother to get her aw a' sling and ling
or the red-coats cam up ; but I might as weel hae
tried to drive our auld fore-a-hand ox without the
goad." Tales of my Landlord, iii. 10. Add, as sense
4<. By force, S.
" There was little fear of his coming there without
Sir Arthur—he had gotten a sail* gliff the night afore,
and never intended to look near the place again, un-
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S T I
less he had been brought there sti?ig a?id ling." An<
tiquary, iii. 522.
" Sting and ling," is e x p l . " vi et arrnisj" GL Antiq.
S T A F E - A N D - S T I N G , seems to have been an allite-
rative phrase anciently used. To Pay with
staff and sting, to beat severely, to give a com-
plete cudgelling.
It occurs in a remarkable passage, in a very bold
and honest address of Ninian Winyet to the nobility
of Scotland.
" And sua ye n obi lis special ie, and youris lait
progenitouris, blyndit be carnal 1 affection n of youris
babeis, brother or uther freindis, or be avarice, hes
destro\ it the trew religioun and triumphand king-
dome of Christe, sa fer as ye myeht; putting in the
place of godly ministeris, and trew successouris of the
Apostoiis, dumb doggis ; quha for the maist part in
extreme dainger of thair Maisteris house the kirke
of Christe, quhair ennimeis ar without and within,
dar nocht only nocht barke, hot maist schamefullie
pay it with staff and sting, dar n other quhryne nore
quhynge." First Tractat, Keith's Hist. App. p. 206.
S T I X G I X " S P U R T L E , an instrument used m thatch-
ing, for pushing in the straw, Clydes. Y . S T I N G ,
za, a n d SPUUTLE.
S T I N G E , adj. 1. Stiff, austere, rigid, forbid-
ding, Aberd.
2. Hard, difficult, ibid.
I do not think that this has any affinity to E.
Stingy, which Mr. Todd seems to have traced to its
more ancient form Chinchy. This may be allied to
Su.G. stinii rigidus, robustus ; Isl. stinn-r non facile
flexilis; stinn-az obdurescere. G. An dr. renders
stinn-r, rigidus, firm us.
S T I N K A R D , s. A term used in the play o f
English and Scots, Loth.
ft' The person—seixed in his attempt to rob the
camp, was made a prisoner, and conducted to the
enemy's station, where he remained under the deno-
mination o£ stinkard till relieved by one of the same
side, or by a general exchange of prisoners." Blackw.
Mag. Aug. 182 L, p. 35.
Tent, stinckaerd, homo foetidus; from the disgrace
attached to his captivity.
S T I N K I N , adj. Saucy, manifesting much haiir*
tear in one's looks, S.
This term always suggests, to a Scotchman, the idea
of one looking at another, with such a disagreeable ex-
pression of countenance as if he felt the smell of some
very offensive object immediately under his nose.
S T I N K I N G D A V I E S , the name of the Com-
mon Ragweed in the western part of Fife.
• Stinking Williesi id. Moray.
S T I N K I N G I L L , a species of what is called the
sickness among sheep, S.
" On opening the body, it contains a strong sul-
phureous smell, characteristic of the disease; hence
itis called the si in kin gill; and the stomach and bowels
are prodigiously distended with air, having the same
intolerable foetor." Ess. Highb Soe. iii. 364,
STINKLE, T h e stone-chatter, Shetl.
" Motacilla Rubicola, (Lin. syst) Stane-cbaker,
Stinkle, stone-chat." Edmonstone's Zetl. iL 268.
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S T I N N E L L , s . Sting, or perhaps thrilling pain. It would seem to be occasionally used in the sense
fC Thaireftir hir Majestie reeommendit unto thame of E. stripling.
the stait of the religioun within this realme, praying A stirrah, at the age fifteen,
tham effeeteouslie to truble nor press na man in his I had the Gentle Shepherd seen,
consciens that professit the catholic religioun, ag- The boast o' Allan's pen. Ibid. p. 31.
greging meikle the prik and stinnell of consciens, % A term of contempt, apparently corrupted from
quhilk is ane sair mater toprease; with hir aw in de- Sirrah, S.
terminatiounis to die constant in the catholic reli- fC Where are ye gaun?' c I'm gaun to Monkbarns/

gioun." Lett. B. of Ross to Abp. of Glasgow ; ' Stirra, this is no the road though." Antiquary,
Keith's Hist. App. p. 134. 1. 33.
I am at a loss whether to view this as a dimin. from S T I R R I N G , S T I R R I N G . F U R R O W , s. A slight
Sting, q. stingel; or as an error for stimule, a Fr. term, ploughing, S.
signifying a goad, prick, or sting. It may indeed be u In the spring, a good harrowing, and a second

of the same origin with the v. to Stungle, q. v. ploughing, before they lay 011 their dung ; and then
T o S T Y N T , S T I N T , V. N. T o stop, to pause, the seed furrow, or Stirring, as they call it." Max-
S.J Add; well's Sel. Trans, p. 217-
" Styntyn. Pan so. Subsisto. Desisto.—Styn tinge "What is called the stir ring-furrow is taken across."
or sesinge. Pausacio. Desistencia." Prompt. Parv. Surv. Banff's, p. 147-
S T Y P E , The general, if not the invariable, pronunciation
" The way of vecture and carriage of the bar- among those who retain their ancient language, is
rels of ale into the town being altered ; which steering. Thus Maxwell has himself given it else-
was by horses, on each side of which a four-gallon where. V. S T E E R I N G - F U R .
barrel was put;—' now the way o f importing ale S T I R R U P - D R A M , S T I R R U P - C U P , A glass of
is upon sleds and stypes, whereon the brewers put two ardent spirits, or draught of ale, given by the
nine-gallon trees, which is more than double what of landlord of an inn to his guest when about to
old they imported on the horse's back." Fount. Dec. depart, S.
Suppl. iv. 909. " Tib Mumps will be out wi' the stirrup-dram in
I know not if this can have any connexion with L.B. a gliffing.' In a moment after, Tib, the landlady
stip-a, a small sort of tree. Qu. if not an error for appeared with her stirrup-cup, which was taken off."
Slypes ? Y. S L I P , S L Y P , alow kind of draught carriage. Guy Mannering, ii. 18, 19-
T o S T I R , v. a. T o injure. V . S T E E R , V. * S T I T C H , s. A furrow or drill, as of turnips,
S T I R K , s. L A bullock, &c.] Add; potatoes, &c., Dumfr.
3. Applied to a stout man, S. B . Johns, seems to be right in viewing the word as
A stalwart stirk, in tartan claise, used in this sense by Chapman.
Sware mony a sturdy aith. Many men at plow he made, and drave earth
Skinner s Christm. Bawing, st. 16. here and there,
S T I R K I E , S, A little stirk, S . B . And turn'd up stitches orderly. Iliads.
S T I R K I E V S T A , S. 1. T h e place in a cow-house Perhaps originally the same with A.S. sticce," frus-.
appropriated to a young stirk, S.B. turn, a portion or piece," Somner; Belg. stick, id.
To be put in the stirkie'* s-sta ; a phrase applied T o S T I T E of, TK n. 1. T o stumble so as to g o
to a young child who receives less attention than to one side, S.A.
formerly from the mother, in consequence o f " It is a deep cleuch, wi* a sma' sheep rodding
her bringing forth another ; an allusion to the through the linn not a foot wide ; and if ye war to
removal of a stirk from its dam., S.B. stite aff that, ye wad gang to the boddom of the linn
S T I R K I N , part. pa. Struck. wi' a flaip." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 134.
" The king wes stir kin haistelie with na les fere % T o move about in a stiff and unsteady way.
than hevy thocht." Bellend. T. Li v. p. 97. It is said of an old man, who still moves about,
" The Felischis war effrayit,—specially be remem- that " lie's ay sty tin" Loth. V . S T O I T , V.
brance of the last batall stir kin be Romanis aganis S T Y T E , 5. 1. " A b s u r d prating, n o n s e n s e G L
thame." Ibid. p. 342. Surv. M o r a y ; Aberd., Mearns. ; Buff synon.
S T I R L I N G , STIRLENE, STERLIN, T h e 2. I t seems improperly applied to a person who,
stare or starling, S.J Add; talks in a foolish way.
" The garrulling of the slirlene gart the sparrow As M — y M—n steer'd the sow'ns,
cheip." Compl. S. p. 60. An' keepin constant chattin
" The Sterlins, or stares are as numerous (in Sanda) Up, glaekit styte, atween the loons,
I judge, as the sparrows are with us." Brand's Ork- Her pat it got a sautin.
ney, p. 37. D . Andersons Poems, p. 77, Ab. 1813.
f f Sturnus, a Stirling" WedderbunTs Vocab. p. 15. Perhaps allied to Teut. stuyt-en to boast; jaetare,
S T I R R A H , S T I R R A , 5. 1. « A stout b o y G L ostentare, magnifice de se loqui; stuyter, thraso, gran-,
Sibb., South of S. diloquus. As stuyt-en primarily signifies to bounce,
Here they dwalt, till Cain an' Abel I am inclined to think that the same v. is metapb.
Twa fine stirrahs, blest their hour. used in the sense of boasting, in the same manner as
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 177. - in E. a mail is said to bounce who magnifies in nar%
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ration. Tims Isl. sfeyt-a, aliidere, is the original term. those of the Gothic race had in alliteration.
For sreyt-r, allisio, is used, according to G. An dr., in S T A B a n d S T O W .
the sense of boasting ;—pro jactura ; p. 223. S T O B - F E A T H E its, s. pi. T h e short milled^ed
S T Y T H , adj. 1. Firm, &c.J Insert, as sense feathers, &c.j Add ;
3. Stiff, in consequence of being stretched ; ap- A.Bor." Stob-feat hers, the short unfledged feathers
plied to a rope, Upp. Clydes. that remain on a fowl aiter it has been plucked;"
4. Dead, S.B. Gl. Brockett.
Up-by the Iambic's lying yonder styth ; The synon. terms in. Teut. are sloppel-veder, and
But maksna, that it's no yoursel I'm blyth.— sloek-veder, penna sive plunia tenerior, sanguineae
The lamb's aw a', and it'll neer be mist. caulis ; calamus extra, eutem em in ens ; prima penna
Roses Hclenore, p. 15. sive pinna avium. Si op pet. as thus used, seems to
A.Bor. " stit he, strong, stiff; slit he cheese, i. e. strong be the same word which signifies stubble, frumcnti
cheese Ray's Collection, p. 6Q. calamus; and stock, stirps, steinma, truncus.
S T Y T H E , ' s. Place, station. S T O B - S P A D E , S. An instrument for pushing in
Out of my stithc I winna rise, the straw in thatching, Angus ; synon. Sian-
(And it is not for the awe of thee), gY'il and Sting.
Till K em pi on, the kingis son, STOJJ-TI-IACKIT, adj. Thatched by means of
Cum to the crag, and thrice kiss me. Stob.] Add;
C: The ha', or dwelling-house, is what they terra
Kempion, Minisirelsy Border, ii. 105.
A.S. styde, locus. This would seem to have been stob-thalched ; that is, the rafters are laid far distant
also written styth. For we find styth-faest synon. from each other, on the coupling, and these rafters
with sled- faesie, which signifies, loco fix us, stabilis. are then covered with shrubs, generally broom, laid
S T I V E Y , S T E E V I E , .v. A great quantity of to cross the rafters at right angles; over this is
thick food ; as C£ a stive?/ of parritch," Fife. placed a complete covering of divots (turf), which is
Germ. steife, stiffness, Teut. styv-en fir mare. again covered with straw, bound up in large hand-
S T I V E K O N , -v. " A n y very fat food, such as fills, one end of which is pushed between the di-
that of a haggisGall. Enc. vots ; this is placed so thick as to form a covering
If formed from S. Stive, Sleeve, firm, it must be from four to about eight inches deep, and, after be-
understood as used in an oblique sense. ing smoothly cut on the surface, forms a warm, neat,
S T I Y E T , s. 1. A short stout-made man, Roxb. and durable roof." Edin. Mag. Aug. 1818, p. 127.
Teut. stijfte, rigor. T o S T O C K , v. n, T o branch out into various
shoots immediately above ground, applied to
2. A stubborn, self-willed person, ibid., Ettr. For.
grasses, grains, or flowers, S.
In this sense it might seem to be merely the Dan.
Thus, grass is said to stock, when it forms such a
part, stivet, retained, which signifies <<r starched, stif-
stool as to fill the ground, and to cover the blank
fened/' Stiv, " hard, not flexible," Wolff.
spaces. O.Teut. stock-en c oner esc ere, conglobari,
T o S T O A N , v. n. T o give out suckers or
den sari; Kilian.
stems from the r o o t ; applied to herbs and
S T O C K I N G , S> The act of sending forth various
trees, "Upp. Eanarks. Stool synon.
stems, S .
VSTOAX, S. A quantity of suckers springing from
" When it hath lien till the seed begin to rot,
the same root, ibid.
cross harrow it, and so let it ly till the time of stock-
Isl. stqfn, caudex, stipes, stirps, a stem or stalk; ing."—" Stocking, when more than one stem shoots
stipes cum radieibus, Verel. Teut. sieune eohmien, from the seed." Surv. Banffs. App. p. 42.
and steun-en, sum-en, niti, fulcire, seem to have a S T O C K AND B R O C K , the whole of one's pro-
common origin. perty, including what is properly called Stock,
T o S T O B , v. a. 1. T o pierce, &c.] Add; and that which consists of single or detached
This is used, like E. Stab, for piercing with a sword. articles, or such as are not entire, S. V. BR OK.
Then Baanah and Rechab did conspire S T O C K AND H O R N , a musical instrument,
To slay Ishbosheth for to whine a hire ; &c.] Add;
These bloody men him stobbed on his bed I kV The common flute is an improvement on the
And after that with haste to Hebron fled, Sec. original genuine Scottish pastoral pipe, from stocfm
Z. Boyd's Garden of Zion, p. 164. Gaelic, a pipe, called t!ie Stui*k-in-hum,, consisting
S T O B , s. 1. A prickle, &c.] Add; Synon. Slog. of a cow's horn, a bower-tree stock, with stops, in
3. A coarse nail, Ettr. For. the middle, and an oaten reed at the smaller end for
S T on and S T A I K . To hald Stob and, Staik in the moutli piece." Note's to Peiiuecuik's Descr.
any place, to have one's permanent residence Tweedd. p. o(>.
there, to be domiciliated. There is no evidence, however, that ill Gael, stoc
" All burges that vsis bying & selling of mer- ever signified a pipe. The sense given is, " a sound-
chandreis to cum. & duell within the burelit, & hald ing horn, a trumpet Shaw, it is the same in the
thair slob and staik within the same within 40 day is parent Irish, as given by Obrien ami Lhuyd.
nyxt heir eft ir." Aberd. Reg. Cent. 1(>. There seems to be no reason to doubt that it is
These words are synon. or very nearly so. But the same instrument which is described as used in
it is one, among many proofs, of the delight which Ireland. Cf The Stuic, Stoc, Buabal, Beann and Ad-
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hare, were different names for the same instrument, splinter of wood, fixed in the flesh, S . V S T O K 5
and were only the common Bugle Horn, with a STOG SWORD.
wooden mouth-piece, still used by the common peo- S T O G G I E , adj. 1. R o u g h in a general sense,
ple. The horns of animals were most propably the Upp. Clydes.
first attempt at musical instruments, and used in 2. As applied to cloth, it denotes that it is both
common by all the barbarous nations of ancient Eu- coarse and rough, ibid.
rope." Beauford; V. Led wich's Antiq. Ireland,p.247. This nearly resembles Sluggy, q. v.
S T O C K A N D H O R N , a toast commonly given T o S T O I C I I , v. a. T o fill with bad or suffo-
by farmers ; including sheep-vfocA; and horned cating air ; as, u The house is stoicht wi' reek,"
cattle, lioxb. A synon. toast is, u Corn, Horn, i. e. filled with smoke, Lanarks.
W o o l , and Yarn.'"" S T O I C H , .V. Air of this description ; as, " There's
S T O C K E T , part. pa. Trimmed ; or perhaps a stoich o' reek in tlie house," ibid.
stiffened. This seems nearly allied to Sleek, Slegh, v. and s.,
" Deponis, that my lord his maister came to his and in fact seems to have a closer affinity to Germ.
chalmer about 12 hours at evin,—and chingit his stick-en, suffocari.
hois and doublet, viz. ane pair of hoiss stocket with S T O I C H E R T , part. adj. 1. Overloaded with
black w el vet, pasementit with silver," &c. Ander- clothes; as, " She's a stoichert quean;" Or,
son's Coll. ii. 174. " He's stoichert up like a Dutchman," Ayrs.
Teut. stock-en firm are, stab iii re. This resembles A.Bor. ee Stacker; when the air in
STOCKING, The cattle, implements of hus- a house is filled with steam and smoke;" Grose.
bandry, &c. on a farm, in contradistinction from 2. Overpowered with fatigue, Renfr.
the crop, S. u Sioclc, live stock;"" Yorks., Marsh, This may be allied to Sleek, Slegh, v. But V,
S T O C K - S T O R M , s. V. STORM. STOICH.
S T O D G E , A pet, Ayrs. V . S T A D G E . S T O U T , A stove.
S T O D G I E , adj. Under the influence of a pettish " His maiestie haifand consideration!! of the guitl-
or sulkie humour, ibid. wTill and ski Hull dispositioun of the said E11 statins
T o S T O G , i'. n. T o walk heedlessly on with a to excogitat sum ma inventiounis,—speciallie be ane
heavy, sturdy step, Ettr. For., Gall. new inventioun fund out be him of ane forme of
" I slings aye on wi' a gay lang step—slogs aye stoiff quhilk he lies takin vpoun him to 111 ak mair
through clench and gill." Brownie of Bodsbeck,i. 38. profitabill and commodious." Acts Ja. VI. 1599,
How angry did he hotch and slog, E d . 1 8 1 4 , p. 187- V. STOW.

And croak about 1 S T O Y E E , s. A long vest, reaching to the an-

Gall. Encycl p. 398.
Isl. 1dig grados, via ; stig-a gradi ; stiga rum I ac~
celerare pedes; or sioeck-va salire; Su.G. slcg, pas-
su s, gradus.
S T O G , 5*. a One with a stupid kind of gait ;" ibid.
T o S T O G j v. n. A term used in turning, chip-
ping, or planing wood, when the tool goes too
deep, Berwieks. V. ST OK.
S T O G , s. A term applied, in reaping the har-
vest-field, to the stubble which is left too high,
or to an inequality thus produced, S.
Isl. stygg-r, a sper, may also be viewed as a cog-
nate term. V. S T U G G Y .
T o S T O G , S T U G , V. a. T o cut down grain in
such a way as to leave some of the stubble too
high, in consequence of not holding the hook
horizontally, Loth.; pron. Stag, Ettr. For.
T o S T O G , v. a. 1. T o push a stick down
through the soil, in order to ascertain the dis-
tance of the till from the surface, Ettr. For.
Fr. estoqu-er, to thrust or stab.
2. T o search a pool or marsh, by pushing down
a pole at intervals, ibid.
3. T o plant the feet slowly and cautiously in
walking, as aged or infirm persons do, ibid.
In the latter sense, the term may be allied to Isl.
stygg-r asper, difficilis.
S T O G , s. 1. Any pointed instrument; as, " A
great stog o' a needle," or " o' a preen,'" S.
% Sometimes applied to a prickle, or to a small
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cles ; E. Stole.
Ci Item, ane chesabill of purpowr velvot; with the
stoj/le and fannowne orphis," &c. Inventories, A,
1542, p. 58.
Fr. stole, Lat. slot-a, id.
T o S T O I T , S T O T , S T O I T E R , ik n. 1. T o walk
in a staggering way, S.] Add;
Hame he stoiter d fu' as Bacchus,
Ilka night gaed o'er his head.
Train s Poetical Reveries, p. 66.
" Sawners Carson, dinna be surprised gin I take
the land into my ain hands next Whitsuntide. I
could stoiter at the plough-end yet." M. Lyndsay,
p. 261.
ff O.E. stotyn or stameryn. Titubo. Blatero. Bal-
bucio. Blateo.—Stolar. Tituballus. Blessus. Slot"
inge. Titubatus. Balbutacio." Prompt. Parv.
Lancash. " stawtert, reeled;" Gl. " Stoter 01* slolre,
North." Grose. Add, as sense
4, T o skip about, to move with elasticity, S.O.
" What signifies a wdieen tutors and laddies gaun
sloiling about wi' gowns and square trenchers ?"
Reg. Dalton, iii. 212.
T o S T O I T L E O ' E R , V. N. T o fall over in an easy
way, in consequence of infirmity. It implies
that the person is not hurt; Loth.
A dimin. from Stoit, v., as denoting that the fall
is occasioned by the tottering and unequal motion
of age or imbecility.
S T O I T , <9. A springing motion in walking, S*.
V, S T O T , S.
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To L O S E or T Y N E the S T O I T , metaph. to lose
the proper line o f conduct, S.
S T O K X T M E R I S , apparently breeding mares,
or such as are with foal; also StohMt.
— " To pruf that James of Mrray spulyet and tuk
fra him—xij si ok it meris and a stag of a yere auld,"
&c. Act. Audit, p. 7 4 - V. S T A G .
— " Anent the produccioun of certane vitnes,
tuiching the spoliacioun of xij stokkit meris, a stag,
andiij x *of hoggis," &c. A c t D o m . Cone. A. 1479,
p. 32.
Mention is made of f- a stokkit mere and hir folow-
are." Ibid. A. 14p0, p. 146.; i. e. her foal.
Stockin Mare is a phrase still used in Fife for a
brood mare, i. e. one kept for increasing the slock of
horses.
Teut. stock genus, progenies; or stock-en conglo-
bari, den sari.
S T O L E , S T O W L , S. A stalk, S .
" A single stole of corn growing in a dunghill,
has plenty of air, light, and heat; but it becomes
rank by excess of manure, and rots instead of ripen-
ing." Ess. Highl. Soc. iii. 476.
cc Stowl or Stole, a scion from a root. Thin-sown
corn on good land is said to spread by stowling ;"
Gall. Enc.
" E. stool, a shoot from the trunk of a t r e e T o d d .
Su.G. slot basis, fulcrum.
S T O L L I N , A\ T h e act of stowing, or packing
goods on shipboard.
<c And at na merchandis gudis be revin nor spilt
£torn or spoiled] be vuresonable stallin- as with
spakis," &c. Park Ja. III. A. 1467, Acts Ed. IS 14,
p. 87.
In our old MSS. II is often used for w.
S T O L T U M , s. A good cut or slice, as of bread
and cheese, R o x b . ; synon. Ston\ Whang.
S T O L U M , s. 1. A large piece of any thing,
broken off another piece, IIpp. Lanarks.
Teut. slolle frustum.
2. A large quantity of any thing; as, " Ye've a
glide stolum o"5 cheese and bread there, my
lad r R o x b .
3. A supply, a store, Ettr. For. In this sense it
approximates to C.B. ystal, a stock or produce,
ysial-ti, to form a stock. *
S T O M A T I C K , s. A medicine supposed to be
good for the stomach, S . ; StomachicJe, E .
The word has undoubtedly received tins form in
S. cuphoniae causa.
" Plaisters, of Bay-berries, Stomaticks" St. Ger-
main's Royal Physician, p. 57-
It is also written Sfomathick.
c< Some medicaments—such as are proper to the
breast, are called Pectoral,—to the lungs Ptdmonicks,
—to the stomach, Stomal hicks," ike. Ibid. p. 48.
S T O M O K , T h a t part of female dross called
a Stomacher.
" Item, fra Will, of Kerkettil, and deliveret to
Caldwell the samyne tyme, ane elne of satyne, for
siomoks to the Queue - - - I K ) 0."
Acc1. A. 1474, Borthwick's Brit. Antiq. p. 140.
" Item, in the same box, a stomok & on it set a
491
T O
1 e;t a;l of precious stall is & perle." Inventories,
A. 1 4 8 8 , p. 5 .
T o S T O N A Y , v. a. 1. T o astonish.] Add, as
sense
T o be afraid of, to be dismayed at the appear-
ance of.
—Fie na stonajjit, for owtyn wer,
That folk, that well ten thousand wer,
With fyfty armyt men, but ma.
"The Bruce, xi. 4,95, Edit. 1S20.
" Although he had no more than fifty with him,
he was not overpowered with terror at the sight of
ten thousand foes." Some editions exclude the ne-
gative, the idiom not having been attended to.
S T O N E - B A G , s. A skin filled with stones, a
contrivance employed by our ancestors for driv-
ing away beasts from their flocks or pastures.
" Henry Piercie Earle of Northumberland—being
come unawares into Scotland with seven thousand
men, was driven away by the boores and herds, by
the helpe of stonc-hagges, as the}r are called to this
day in our Highlands of Scotland, being used by
the inhabitants to fright wolves, and to chase deere
and other beasts from their grasings : the instrument
is made of dry skinnes made round like a globe, with
small stones in it that make a noise, as they did neere
the English campe, that their horses broke loose
through the fields, where after long flying they were
taken bv the boores of the country." Monro's Exped.
P. I. p.*71.
When the worthy Colonel speaks of wolves as
being driven away in his time, he is undoubtedly
mistaken ; as I believe we have no certain account of
any in this country later than the reign of James V.
STONE CELT. V. CELT.
S T O N E C O F F I N S , the name given to those
repositories of the dead, which consist of six
bat. stones, put together so as to resemble a
chest ; one forming the bottom, four standing
<.n uid as the sides, and a sixth employed as a
lid or cover, S.
At the first of these towns [Xundy in Fife] are
still landing three very large stones, some of them
above x'O feet high, under which Baron Clerk found
stonei inTins, containing large human bones,and in one
a round baton of stone." Camden's Britain iv. 118.
These are seldom more than four feet in length,
so that the body must have been interred in a curved
form, with the knees bent up towards the chin. In
some instances urns are found .in tin an eonte.inin-
burnt bones.
These are generally viewed as Picii>h monuments:
anil as the Picts seem to have been of the same .stock
with the Thraciaiis, we find that the latter had in-
terred their dead in tile s;nae manner.
Pallas,, in libs Travels in the Phosphorus, gives an
account from a reareanieaiion which ho had re-
ceive:! from General de Yollaiit, who was employed
by tin- E n n a a - Catharine in making some fortiib
c r uras ; lt v »eidi'.'jN-h on the Lhnan or bay of the
\eavu r. Speaking U1' little antique bust, which he
ii-v. s as (b'Lcian, ho says:
This .specimen, so worthy of attention, was fouun
in one of those tombs which are continually met with
 S T O S T
during our labours at the fortifications on the bank
of the said Liman of the Neister. The construction
of those tombs is as extraordinary as it is interest-
ing : five stones, of a speithy schistus, form a kind
of covered chest, which contains human bones, char-
coal, and generally a kind of broken lamp, with a
large pitcher of baked earth. My conjectures in-
duced me to believe that the bust was that of a
Penate Goddess interred with the remains of the de-
ceased, which, from the size of the tomb, and other
attributes, as for example, two pitchers instead of
one, must have belonged to a person of distinction.
Some antiquaries suppose this to be a bust of Julia,
it bearing a perfect resemblance to the head of that
illustrious Roman lady, as transmitted to us on some
gems and medals." Pallas' Trav. iv. p. 31. Ed. 1803.
S T O N E R N , adj. Of or belonging to stone.
" The southern and northern parts of Leith are
conjoined by a handsome .stuncm bridge of three ar-
ches.—The quay—is strongly fenced with an ashler
stonern wall." Maitland's Hist, of Ed in. p. 487-
Germ, sleinene, also steincrn, id. Hodie steinern,
says Wachter.
S T O N E S . To Go to the Stones? to g o to church,
Highlands of S. F o r the origin of this phra-
seology, V. C L A C H A N .
S T O N K A R D , STUNKART,adj. Silent, &c.] Add;
" A sight o' you is gude for sail- een, my Leddy,
I was speerin' for you at my Lord, but he is sae
stunkard and paughty ; but—Ise ne'er bode myself
on the best man that e'er wore breeks." Saxon and
Gael, i. 77-
T o S T O O K , v. a. T o put corn into shocks, S.] Add;
" The fruitis of the samin benefice beand seperate
fra the ground, be scheiring, stouking or stakking
their of, the samin, efter his deceis, audit and sould
pertene to the executouris." Balfour's Praet. p.
220. V . S H E A R , V.
S T O O K E R , S. One whose province it is to put corn
into shocks on the field, S.O.
— " Finding my back stiff in the stooping, I was
a stooker and a bandster on the corn-rigs." Lights
and Shadows, p. 214.
S T O O K - W A Y S , adv. A f t e r the manner in which
shocks of corn are set up, S.
" I f rain falls between the pulling and rippling,
the lint is tied and set up stook-ways, with the seed-
end downward, to save the seed and bows from the
rain." Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 328.^
S T O O K , s. A sort of wedge anciently used in
sinking coal-pits in S.
Cf The mode then practised in sinking through
hard strata, was by a set of tools termed stook and
coil, or stook and feathers.—A bore-hole, of from two
to three inches diameter, was put down several feet,
by means of a steel auger; two long slips of iron,
named the feathers, were placed down each side of
the hole, and betwixt these a long tapering wedge,
termed the stook, was inserted ; this wedge was dri-
ven, down with ponderous hammers, till the rock was
wrenched asunder." Bald's Coal-trade of S. p. 12.
Stook may be allied to Germ, stocke a stake, a p e g ;
or stick-en pungere. Coil, I am convinced, used as
synon. with feather, is merely Germ, keil, Teut. kiel,
ish Su.G, kil, a wedge.
402
R
S T O O K S , STUGS, pi. Small horns, gene-
rally not more than half the size of common
horns ; often straight, and pointing irregularly,
but for the most part backwards, like those of
a goat, Moray.
S T O O K I E , S. T h e name given to a bullock that
has horns of this kind, ibid.
S T O O K I T , part. adj. Having such horns, ibid.
It may be from A.S. stoc, caudex, truncus; or
Teut. stuck fragmen, segmen, segmentum, pars; as
these horns are so much shorter than others. Su.G.
staeck-a comes near to the sense of the S. term, as it
signifies decurtare.
T o S T O O L (pron. Stule), v. n. T o shoot out a
number of stems from the same r o o t ; especially
in consequence of the principal stem having
been cut over, S. Sloan, synon.
Belg. steel, a stalk, a stem ; Teut. stele, caulis,
stipes herbae, unde folia frondesque emicant; stoU-
en concreseere, conglobari, constipari.
To S T O O L out, v. n. I . T h e same with the pre-
ceding v.
S T O O L , S T U L E , S. 1. A bush o f stems arising from
the same root, S.
2. A place where wood springs up o f its own
accord after having been cut down, S.B.
" Stools of natural wood, wherever they are, fur-
nish much room for planting, and at a trifling ex-
pense, when they are already enclosed." Agr. Surv.
Argyles, p. 155. V. S T O L E , S T O W L .
S T O O L , S. To D R A W I N oner's S T O O L , a phrase
used of one who marries a widow, or a female
who has a furnished house. u Fie has naething
to do but draw in his stool and sit dounS.A.
S T O O P , STOUPE, % A prop, a support, S . J
Add;
" Gif thair be ony stoupis set under stain's, stop-
pand the King's calsay, or yit the channel." Chalm.
Air, Balfour's Pract. p. 587-
4. It is used in a ludicrous sense in relation to
the limbs of an animal. T h u s , in describing
a lean worn-out horse, he is said to consist o f
" four stoups and an o^i'tree." Loth.
S T O O P - R E D , S. A bed with posts, S
F o u r - s t o o p i t - r e d , s. A four-posted bed, S.
V . STOOP, STOUPE.
STOOPS OF A R E D , the bed-posts or pillars, S.
"" Item ane bed of broderie on black satine dividit in
bandes, furnissit with ruif and heade pece, with sevin
pandes, and thre under pandes, and four coveringis
for the slowppis.,y Inventories, A. 1561, p. 124.
S T O O P AND R O O P . V . STOUT a n d ROUP.
T o S T O O R , v. 7i. T o move swiftly. V . S T O U R , ! ' .
S T O O R , adj. Strong; austere, &c. V . S T U R E .
T o S T O O R , v. a. " T o pour leisurely out of
any vessel held high G k Surv. Moray.
Often to Stoor up liquor.
This may either be viewed as an oblique sense of
the v. Stour, q. v . ; or as more immediately allied to
its cognate term, Teut. stoor-en turbare; irritare ;
q. to raise the froth.
T o S T O O T , v. n. T o stutter. Y . S T U T E ,
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44
T o S T O O T H , v. a. T o lath and plaister a S T O R Y - T E L L E R , S. A softer name for a liar, S . ;
wall, Ettr. For., A j r s . nearly synon. with E. Romancer.
S T O O T H I N , s. Lathing and plaistering, ibid. * S T O R M , s. Snow, Aberd.] Add;
In A.Bor. the same term appears slightly changed : " I got into the lower country; and then there fell
" Steat king, a partition of lath and plaister. North." a very great storm (as they call it), for by the word
Grose; Yorks. Marshall. storm they only mean snow." Burt's Letters, ii. 67-
A.S. stuthe pal us, a pale or stake; destina, fulcrum, " Storm,, a fall of snow ;" Yorks. Marshall.
an upholder, a supporter, &c.; Somner. Teat, slutte This is evidently the sense in which the term is
id., stutUen, fulcire : Isl. s tudd-r su Mult us. used in the following act of Parliament.
S T O O T H E D , part adj. Apparently, studded. " That quhatsumeuir persone or personis—slayis
" Balteus vel balteum, a sword belt or «s'toothed ony of his hienes deir, strayaiul in tyme of stormes to
belt." Despaut. Gram. D. 11, b. barne yard is, orvther partis maist e west, seikand thair
T o S T O P to, r. a. T o cram, to stuff. fude; Or beis fund try it to liaue schot with hagbute
ec If he lines and eats his meate by his worke, he in the winter nicht, within ony of the foirsaidis wod-
lines in rule and keeps a good order; but when he dis or parkis ;—thair haill guidis and geir sal be es-
stops to his meate and lies not done a good turne for cheit and inbrocht to his hienes vse, and thair per-
it, he is out of rule." Bollock on 2 Thes. p. 145. sonis pvnist at his hienes will." Acts Ja. VI. 1593,
ts When thou hast beene an idle vagabound, and Ed. 1814, p. 67.
hes done no good, and yet stops to thy dinner,— F E E D I N G - S T O R M , S. Snow, lying 011 the ground,
that is vnlawful eating: for the Lord sayes to thee which, instead of dissolving, is increased by a
that is an idle bodie, touch not, nor handle not." further fall, S.
Ibid. p. 146. STORMING, The operation of tempestuous wea-
Teut. toe-stopp-en obstipare, obturare; Dan. stopp-e, ther.
Sw. stopp-a, to stuff, to cram. In the same sense It is used in the proverbial phrase, cc StuffiiT hauds
it is now vulgarly said, To stap in, S. out stormin'i. e., a well-filled belly is the best anti-
S T O P , S. A stave. dote to the effects of a severe blast, Roxb.
— T h e same to be brint be the toune irne and S T O R M - W I N D O W , S. T h e name given to a win-
cowparis irne on baith the endis, and vpoun the stop dow raised from the roof, and slated above and on
beside the bung." Acts Ja. VI. 1584, Ed. 1814, each side, S . ; anciently storme-windoik. 44 The
p. 3 0 2 . It is steppe, Edit. Skene. V . S T A P . bigging of the storme-windoik f Aberd. Reg.
STOP COMPTOUR. Cent. 16.
That William Halkerstoune—has done wrang in S T O T , 6-. 1. A young bull or ox, S.] Add;
the withhaldin fra Johne of the Knolles—a wayr O.E. " Static [ F r . ] boueau;" Palsgr. B.iii. F. 67, b.
almery, a peraling of the hall, a stop comptour, a 8. It more generally denotes a male of the Bos
gret pot, & a half galloun stop." Act. Dom. Cone. species that has been castrated, S.
A . 1489, p. 131. Add to etymon;
We still use the term Counter for a long desk or It must be admitted, however, that Lye mentions
kind of table, in a shop, containing drawers. This A.S. stottc, equus vilis, and that the learned Kilian
phrase might signify a board or bench for holding gives O.Germ. stuyte, L.B. stuot-us, as signifying
stoups or vessels for measuring liquids. equus admissarius ; also stuyte, shift, in the sense of
S T O P P E D , adj. Apparently used for stupid. equa, Schilter refers to stuot as denoting a stallion,
iC So the soule becommes drunken and stopped, an
but on the authority of Du Cange. Besides, A.S.
auaritious bodie a dotting bodie, a man set on plea- stod-hors is expl. stotarius, i. e. admissarius, a stal-
sures a dotting bodie." Bollock on 1 Thes. p. 251. lion, Gl. Lindenbrog; stod-fold, equorum admissari-
S T O R E Y - W O R M , s. A slug, Shetl. orum septum, a fold or field fenced in for keeping-
—r<r A cold north wind prevails in the month of of steeds or stallions : and stod-theqf] in the laws of
May,—and in wet and moorish ground gives birth Alfred, denotes " a stealer or thief of a stallion or
to the slug, or what is here called the storey worm, horse for breed Somner.
which wholly destroys the grain." P. Walls, Stat. S T O T ' S - M I L K , S. Unboiled flummery, Lanarks.;
Acc. xx. 1 16. ludicrously denominated, because it is merely
This might be q. cc the large worm," from Isl. a substitute for milk, when it is scarce.
stor magiius, and orm vermis. But perhaps it is T o S T O T , v. n. T o rebound.] Add ;
merely a variety of Torrie-worm, q. v. But whan he has't maist up, down wi' a dird
S T O R E M A S T E R , $. The tenant of a sheep- Back slots the stane, and yarks upo' the yird.
farm, S. Homer s Sisyphus Paraphrased.
a Pew storemaslers in Lammer-niuir breed as
STOT, 1. The act of rebounding, S . J Add ;
many sheep as keep up their stock." Agr. Surv. E. e< We see here, how easie it is for a victorious ar-
Loth. p. 193. 111 ie, that is once master of the field, to take in fron-
S T O R G , s. " A large pin Gall. Enc. ; corr. tier garrisons, while as they are possessed instantlie
perhaps from Stog* s., q. v., if not from Gael. with a panicke feare, especially being taken at the
star rig, a pinnacle. stot or rebound, before they have time to disgest their
S T O R G I N G , S. " T h e noise a pin makes, rushing feare." Monro's Exped. P. II. p. 118.
into [the] flesh ibid. S T O T , S. 3. Quick or sudden motion.] Add*
 S T O
4. A leap, or quick motion, in dancing, S.
Weel danc'd Eppie and Jennie!
H e that tynes a slot o the spring,
Shall pay the piper a penny.
The Country Wedding, Herd's Coll. ii. 94.
T o S T O T T E R , v. n. T o stumble, to be ready
to fall, Ettr. For. V . S T O I T , S T O L T E R .
S T O U P , STOIP, 1. A deep and narrow ves-
sel, &c.] Add ; .
fC O ! but they be brave Divines, forsooth, and fit
to be ministers, that will call one in the paroch an
honest man, if he keep him and the pint-stoop well,
whereas he will be as graceless a wretch as in all the
paroch again." W . Guthrie's Serin, p. 4.
This is also written Stop. V . S T O P COMPTOUR.
A pitcher or bucket, S.] Add;
" It is said that their sister with a timber sioup slew
ane calleclMercer,w ife to AlexanderDumbar of Braks,
who was at the slaughter of her brethren, and she
and they were all buried together in the kirk of
Alves." Spalding's Troubles, i. 53.
S T O U P F U X L , S. A s much as fills the vessel called
a Sioup, of whatever size, S.
— " Second, for making a stoupfull of poisoned aill
for performance of your devillish malise, wherewith
ye killed sundry." Pref. Law's Mernor. xxviii.
S T O U P and R O U P , adv. Completely.] Add ;
« But the stocking, Hobbie ?' said John Elliot ;
c we're utterly ruined.—We are ruined stoop and roop."
Tales of my Landlord, i. 196.
" The marquis of Tweeddale and. lord Belhaven,
with the militia and volunteers of Lothian, &c. made
altogether an army which might have eaten up old
Borium and his Highlanders stoop and roop." Ja-
cobite Relics, ii. 264.
This orthography gives the true pronunciation, S.
It is singular that the very same mode of expres-
sion should be common in Lancash. f4' Sleawp on
reawp, all, every part;" Gl.
cc I creemt Nip neaw 011 then o Lunshun, boh
Turn took care oth' tother, sleawp on reaivp ; for I eet
like o Yorshar-mon, en cleeart th' stoo." T. Bob-
bin's Works, p. 37.
On is used for and.
S T O U R , S T O U R E , &c. 2 . Dust in a state of
motion.] Add;
T o T H R O W S T O U R in one's Ecu, to blind one, to
impose upon one b y false appearances, S.
" He proposed—that they should take a stroll
through the town ; and my grandfather being eager
to throw stour in his eyes, was readily consenting
thereto." R. Gilhaize, 1. l60. Insert, as sense
3. A gush of water, Aberd.
T o S T O U R , V. n.~\ Give, as sense
T o gush, Aberd.
S T O U R I E , adj. Dusty, S .
Ci He did grievously—cry, because we preferred
listening to the gospel melody of Mr. Swinton under
a tree ;—as if it was nae a more glorious thing to
worship God—beneath the canopy of all the heavens,
than to bow the head in the fetters of episcopal bon-
dage below the slonry rafters of an auld bigging, such
as our kirk was, a perfect howf of cloks and spiders."
R. Gilhaize, ii. 191<
494
S T R
E'en Drudgery himsel looks gay,
While sweatin' he the cart doth ea\
Or stow'ry biggeth up the wa'.
Taylor s S. Poems, p. 147.
S T O U R I N , S. A slight sprinkling of any powdery
substance ; as, ct a stourin d* meal," Cydes.
T o S T O U R about, v. n. T o move quickly from
place to place ; implying the idea of great ac-
tivity, and often of restlessness of mind, in con-
sequence of which a person cannot keep in one
place, S.
ff Na, na, ye needna stour about after that gate;
I'll no be violented by the force o' man into any mea-
sure of the kind.' Duplessis wralked with increasing
agitation up and down the room." Tournay, p. 285.
T o S T O U R aff\\ v. n. T o move off quickly, Clydes.
S T O U R , adj. Tall, large, great, stout, Shetl.
For the etymon, V. S T U R E , sense 3.
STOITRNESS, Largeness, bigness, ibid.
S T O U R , adj. Austere. V . S T U R E , STTJR. Hence,
S T O C J R - L O O K I X G , adj. Having the appearance of
sternness or austerity, S.
" Take notice, Jenny, of that dour, slour-lookin«
carle that sits by the cheek o' the ingle, and turns his
back on a' men. He looks like ane o' the hill-folk,
for I saw him start awee when he saw the red coats,
and I jalouse he wad hae liked to hae ridden bye,
but his horse (it's a gude gelding) was ower sair
travailed; he behoved to stop whether he wad or no."
Tales of my Landlord, ii. 70.
" Stour-looking, g r u f f - l o o k i n g G L Antiq.
T o S T O U R E ^ V. N.
" Item, a marshall to be chosen, to take ordre for
the watche and stourage, and to give the watche-
woorde to suche as shall watcli and sloure for the
tyme, and to give nichtlie the watche-woorde unto
the lords governers." Orders for the Scottish Troops,
Sadler's Papers, i. 540.
This may perhaps signify, to have the command,
to govern. Teut. sluer-en, sluyr-en, regere, dirigere.
S T O U R A G E , S. Apparently, the direction or ma-
nagement. V. the v.
S T O U R - M A C K E R E L , Expl. as denoting
the Scad, on the Frith of Forth.
Scomber Trachurns. Scad, Horse-mackerel,
or stour-maekerel, is said sometimes to have been
found in the Frith ; but I have not met with it."
Neill's List of Fishes, p. 15.
Sibbald makes this to be the Tunny. V . S T O E R -
MACKREL.
S T O U R R E E N , s. A warm drink, Shetl.
A.Bor. stoorey denotes <{ a mixture of warm beer
and oatmeal with sugar;" Gl. Brocket. V. next word.
S T O U R U M , STOORUM, W h a t is otherwise
called Brochan, A b e r d .
This and Stourreen, as well as Stoorey, would
seem to have been originally the same. Rut I can
form no satisfactory conjecture as to the origin. As
warm drinks of different kinds are often prepared
by stirring them, or by making them stoor up, or rise
in foam, shall we trace these terms to Su.G. stoer-a,
or Teut. stoor-cn, turbare ? V . S T U R O C H .
S T O U S H I E , adj. Squat; a utoushic man, one
who is short and thick, Fife.
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This is evidently the same with Stoussie. They S T O W P , s. A post, as that of a b e d ; the same
might perhaps be traced to Germ, slutz-cn to sup- with Stoop).
port ; q. one who is able to bear some pressure. " Item, ane bed of yallow dames—and foure eo-
T o S T O U T E R , v. n. T o stumble, to trip in veringis for the stowppis, all freinyeit with y allow
walking, Fife. silk." Inventories, A. 1562, p. 154.
Evidently the same with E. Stutter, as applied to S T R A A . T o S A Y S T R A A to one, to fiiicl f-ial t with
speech ; from Teut. stuyt-en to stop ; or as signify- one, to lay any thing to one's charge. Of a
ing to rebound: for stuttering in speech, and stum- man who is acquitted from any imputation, or
bling, both imply the idea of stopping ; and as the who has paid all his creditors, it is a common
one proceeds from the repercussion of the tongue, phrase in Angus, Nacbody dare sayStraatoMm.
the other is produced by that of the foot. It appears evident that this has no connexion
S T O U T H A N D R O U T I I , plenty, abundance, S. with Strae, E. straw. For the pronunciation is in-
ec It's easy for your honour and the like of you variably different. The term, 1 apprehend, is very
gentle folks, to say sae, that hae sloulJi and routh, ancient, and probably allied to Teut. and Germ.
and fire and fending, and meat and claith, and sit straffe, Dan. si raj' poena, supplieitim; animadversio,
dry and canny by the fire-side." Antiquary, i. 253. eorreptio. Alem. straff, stroff, punitus ; Su.G. straff-a,
Shall we suppose that stouth is formed from the Dan. straff-e, punire. Dan. strajfe praediken, an in-
v. Stow, to bestow, q. what one stoweth, or from old vective. The meaning would thus be ; " Nobody
v

Teut. stouw-en, acervare, accumulare ? can presume to utter to him the language of repre-
T o S T O W , v. a. T o crop, to lop, S.] Add; hension, or to speak to him of punishment." Synon.
Sae, as ye stow the stunted tree, " Naebody can say Bo to his blanket," S. Prov. It
That puddock-stool, my pedigree, nearly resembles the Su.G. phrase, lag kan ej straff a
A branch of laurel ye may eik. honom, Ego ipsimi criminis accusare lion possum ;
Hire, vo. Straff a.
Poems, Engl, Scotch, and Latin, p. 109-
" Rob—protested—that if ever any body should S T R A E S , s.pl. E x p l . " any withered vegeta-
affront his kinsman, an' he would but let him ken, bles, loosely scattered abroad; or any light rub-
he would stow the lugs out of his head, were he the bish blown about by the wind, or lying about
best man in Glasgow." Rob Roy, iii. 252. in a dispersed state:'" Aberd,
S T O W , ,9. A cut or slice, pron. stoo; S.B., Yer head's just like a heather-bush
R o x b . , the same with Sloltum ; from Stow, v, Wi' strabs and straes.
to crop, to lop. W. Beat tie's Tales, p. 5.
" Stou, a large cut or piece;" Gl. Shirr. Teut. strobbe signifies frutex. But strabs would
From Su.G. stufw-a amputare, is formed stuff, pars seem to be merely a provincial variety of straps,
cuj usque rei amputatae residuum, a remnant. which occurs in a similar connexion, ee Straps and
S T O W , inter j. Hush, silence, Orkn. straes." V . STRAPS.
Perhaps from Su.G. sto, Isl. staa, to stand; q. stop, S T R A B U S H , -y. Tumult, uproar.] Add;
cease. Strabash is the pronunciation of Fife.
S T O W , ,9. A stove. PL stowis, stoves. But haena we been weei awa frae this town this
— ^ Fewall—is aired die broeht to ane grit decay mornin' an' yesterday ? 3 Siccan a strabash as has
within the boundis of this realnie be the excessive bean in't syn we left it !' Teimant's Card. Beaton,
spending and consumption]! thairof for laik of the p. 171. Add to etymon;
formes of kil lis, stowis, and furnessis eftermention- Perhaps rather from Dan. strahas, pain, trouble,
ate." Acts Ja. VI. 1598, Ed. 1814, p. 187. toil, labour;" Wolff. There is no great change of
the idea here. The v. slrabaser-e signifies " t o work
Su.G. stufwa, ane. stuw, A.S. stofa, hypocaustum.
hard, to be laborious," ibid.; exereere, agitare, vex-
S T O W E N , s. A gluttonous fellow ; as, " He's
are ; Baden.
a great stowen for his guts," Teviotd.
It would seem to be properly a part, q. stow and, S T R A D D L E , T h e small saddle, or furni-
stowend; O.Teut. stouw-en, acervare, accumulare, ture, put on the back o f a carriage-horse, for
cogere; Dan. stuv-er, to stow, stuver a stower. supporting the shafts of the carriage, SutherL
S T O W I K , 5. A shock of c o r n ; the same with Ca?'-saddle, synon.
Stook, Aberd. Reg. It seems thus denominated from the idea of it's, as
S T O W I N S , s.pl T h e tender blades, See.] Add; it were, bestriding the horse.
O' meals ait-parritch was the best. S T R A E , s. To Bind or Tie with a Strac, or
Or stowins, e'en right poorly drest. Straw, a phrase used in regard to a person who
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 63. is so unnerved with laughter, that in order to
S T O W N L I N S , adv. Clandestinely, theftuous- hold him as a prisoner, there would be no ne-
l j , Ayrs. cessity for the use of a cord in binding him, as
— T h o ' we stownlins eat, yet man he could not make the slightest resistance, S.
At theft an' robbing is na sham " No stage play could have produced such an ef-
Picke?is Poems, i. 67. fect ;—every member of the Synod might have been
This differs from Stowlins, merely in being formed tied with a straw, they were so overcome with this
from the part. pa. Stown, stolen, while the other is new device of that endless woman, when bent on
from the noun, q. Stowthlins. provocation." Annals of the Parish, p. 157.
495
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STRAE-PEAD, adj. Used in the sense of, quite
dead, S.
And gin ye dinna haste ye, doakter, I'm in a
dridder it may be strae dead afore ye come on till't."
Glenfergus, ii. 21.
Strae-neXVth, e?. A natural death, &c.] Add;
According to an entertaining English writer, some
of the Highlanders carry this still farther, account-
ing it more honourable to die even by a halter. He
tells of a woman who, being interrogated as to the
characters of three husbands she had had, " said, the
two first were honest men, and very careful of their
family ; for they both died for the La?v. That is,
were hang'd for theft. Well, but as to the last ?
f Hout r says she, c a fulthy peast! He dy'd at hame,
lik an auld dug, on a piickle d strae." Burt's Let-
ters, ii. 232, 233.
An account of the Highland manners, nearly re-
sembling this, may be found in Waverley, i. 272. It
concludes with these words :
cc You hope such a death for your friend, Evan ?'
— f And that I do e'en ; would you have me wish
him to die on a bundle of wet straw in yon den of
his, like a mangy tyke ?" Add to etymon ;
Isl. stradaudi, mors seneetute decrepiti; Dan. siraa-
doed, id.
STRAG, " A thin-growing crop, the stalks
straggling;" Gall. Enc.
A.S. straeg-an to scatter.
STR AGGER, A straggler, Ettr. For.
I know not whether this should be viewed as an
abbrev. of Siraraigcr, or as allied to Isl. strakur, ado-
lesccns cursor : si rok-a, cursitare.
S T R A I C I E K , A*. A stroke.
" Yong Cciouian lauientit haayly the slanchtir
of hb fabir adoptiuo (Y.^ar, that gat xxii. straiciekis
vithtpenknyuis in the eapitol." Compl.of S.p. 38,3.9.
Dr. Ley den refers to A.S. straician to stroak. He
must have meant strac-an, id. But the sense (demul-
cere,) is rather adverse to the idea here expressed.
It is probable that the word had been written strai-
kis, or straickis, i. e. strokes or blowrs.
S T R A I E E I N , s. T h a t thin filmy substance
which is made of the secundine of a cow, and
used in the country for covering vessels or the
mouths of bottles, to keep out the air, Sutherl.
T o S T R A I G H T , v. a. T o lay out a dead body,
S . O . ; synon. Streik, S.B., and Strayghten.
cc Meg—got the body straighted in a wonderful
decent manner, with a plate of earth and salt placed
upon it—an admonitory type of mortality and eter-
nal life, that has ill-advisedly gone out of fashion."
Annals of the Parish, p. 220.
T o S T R A I K , S T R A Y K , v.a.l. T O stroke, S.]Add;
O.E. Sirijhe was used in all these senses. 1. " I
stryke ones heed as we do a chyldes whan he dothe
well: Je applanie. My father sayeth I am a good
sonne; he dyd stryke my heed bycause I had conned
my lesson without the booke."——2. ce I stryke a
thyng with hony, I lay liony a brode vpon it: Je em-
mielle. I hade as lefe stryke my breed with butter
as with hony." 3. ^ I stryke, I make smothe
Stryke oner this paper: Aplanissez ce papier."
Palsgr. B. iii. F. 376, b. 377, a.
T R
3. Define,—To render even, as in measuring grain
in a bushel or firlot, when a straight piece of
wood, or roller, is drawn across the top of the
measure, S.
O.E. f<r Strekyn or make pleyne by mesure as bus-
shell or other lyke. Hostior. Hostio." Prompt. Par v.
S T R A I K , S. 1. T h e act of stroking, S . J Insert,
as sense
2. A piece of hard wood, with straight edges, used
for stroking off all that is above the legal mea-
sure of grain, salt, &c. in the vessel used for
measurement, S.
This in our Acts is denominated Ring-straik, be-
cause fastened by a ring to an iron bar, which, ac-
cording to the enactment, should cross the vessel.
" That the said cowpar cause the ring-straik of the
said firlot passe from the one end of the said over
iron barre to the other." Acts Ja. VI. 1 6 1 8 , iv. 586,
3. T h e quantity of grain that is stroked or rubbed
off from the top of the bushel, in the act of
measurement, S.
In this sense, it would appear, the term is used in
the following passage ;
The hern preferred home-brewed ale to Scotch
twopenny, and never quitted hold of the tankard
with so much reluctance, as when there had been, by
some manoeuvre of Jasper's own device, a double straik
of malt allowed to the brewing." The Pirate, i. 72.
O.E. " Streke of a mesure. Hostorium. Hostio-
rium." Prompt. Parv.
S T R A I K E R , S. That with which corn is stroked,
for levelling it with the bushel, S. StricMe, Strit-
ehel, E.
Johns, (perhaps after Ainsworth,) as he defines
Strickle, " that which strikes the corn," &c. seems
to have viewed it as formed from the E. v. in its
modern sense. But this instrument is in Su.G. de-
nominated strijckstock; and expl., Hostorium, bacil-
lus teres, quo mensurae aequantur; as formed from
stryk-a, pal pare, to stroke.
T o S T R A I K H A N D S , to join hands.
The bridal-day it came to pass ; —
This winsome couple straked hands,
Mess John ty'd up the marriage-bands.
Mmrland Willie, Herd's Coll. ii. 76.
I hesitate whether to view straked as from Straik
to stroke, or to consider the phrase as expressing the
idea of striking hands.
The ancient Goths had a similar mode of confirm-
ing bargains, to express which they used a term
synon. with Strike. This is slaa, ferire, percutere.
Ex consuetudine veterum, qui contractus suos com-
plosione dextrarum manuum firmabant, usurpatur in
signilicatione paciscendi. Hinc slaa sig iillsammans,
in societatem concedere. Ihre, vo. Slaa, cob 656.
T o S T R A I K T A I L S with one, to make an ex-
change of goods of any kind, where one article
is given for another without boot on either side;
Fife.
Straik signifies to stroke. But what is the parti-
cular allusion ?
S T R A I K , STRAKE, L A stroke.] Add;
5. T h e sound of the clock, like E , Stroke«
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" That na man in burghe be fandyn in tauernys
at * r yne, aile, or heir, efter the straik of ix houris,
and the bell that salbe rongyn in the said burghe/"
&c. Pari. Ja. I. A. I486, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 24.
R E D D I N G - S T R A I K , S. V . under R E D , R E D D , V.
T o clear.
S T R A I K , s. 1. Upo'strailc, &c.] Add, as sense
4. A n excursion, the act of travelling over a con-
siderable tract, S.
<f Aweel, we've haen a line straik, and are now
safe hame agen." Tennant's C. Beaton, p. 171-] Add;
Sw. landstrek, a region ; Dan. strekning, landstrek-
ning, a tract of country ; A.S. sirica, strice, traetus,
linea, directio, from stric-an ire, proficisci, cursum
tenere. V . S T R A U C H T , «?.
T o S T R A I K , V. N, T o take an excursion, Fife.
" We'el better slip awa' soon to our beds the night,
that we may rise wi' the day daw, if we're to straik
down to the coast." 'Pennant's Card. Beaton, p. 28.
S T R A I K E N , adj. ' Linen cloth made of coarse
flax, &c.] Add; Isl. sirigi, textura cannabina.
S T R A I T BIELDS. V . B E I L D 1 . Shelter.
T o S T R A I T , v. a. T o straighten, to tighten,
Aberd.
O.Fr. stret, strcil, strait, reserre, etrolt; Lat. string-
ere, strict-us.
S T R A I T I T , part. pa. Constrained.
<c And incaice thair sones efter thair depairture
out of the cuntrey sail bant the exercises of contrarie
religioun,—that thair parentis—salbe strait it to find
caution actit in the buikis of secrite counsale vndir
»uche panes as sail be modifeit." Acts Ja. VI. 1609>
Edit 1814, p. 406. Fr. estroiet, id.
S T R A K E , pret. Struck ; perhaps more pro-
perly strackj S.
4C For my own pleasure, as the man strake his
wife ;" S. Pro v . ; " a foolish answer to them who ask
you why you do such a thing." Kelly, p. 108.
S T R A M A S H , s. Disturbance, broil.] Add;
also Straernasli, Ayrs.
tf Others think she will raise sick a stramash, that
she will send the whole government in to the air,
like peelings of ingons, by agunpoother plot." Ayrs.
Legatees.
" P the middle o' the stramash, y e l l no hinner
Bryan to gang owre the burn an' couk about through
the busses like a whitret." Saint Patrick, i. 169.
" Lucky, here, has just been telling me that there's
like to be a straemash amang the Reformers." R.
Gilhaize, i. 153.
Ital. stramazz-are, to fling, cast, beat, or strike
down with force.
S T R A M M E L , J. A cant word for straw; Strom-
in el. Grose's Class. Diet. O.Fr. estramier, id.
ff Yes, you are a' altered—-you'll eat the good-
man's meat, drink his drink, sleep on the s trammel
in Ms barn, and break his house and cut his throat
for his pains." Guy Mannering, ii. 98.
This might originally denote the broken straw ;
Dan. strimmel, a shred.
T o S T R A M P , v.a. T o tread, to trample.] Add;
" Stramp3 to tread upon, to trample;" Gl. Brock ett.
S T R A M P , S. T h e act o f trampling, S . ] Add;
VOL. I I , 497
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" But the stramp of Mr. Patrick Lindesay was mi
sad 011 his brother's foot, who had a sore toe, that
the pain thereof was very dolorous/' Pitscottie,
Fol. Edit. p. 98.
ST it AM PER, s\ A tramper, one who tramples,
Teviotd.
S T R A M U L Y E R T , part. adj. Confounded,
panic-struck, Angus.
Wi' mony a sigh and dolefu' grane,
John gaz'd stramulijcrt on the scene :
Dim wax'd the lustre o' his ee,
He guess'd the weird he had to dree.
Beat tie's John o Arnhap. 64.
I see no plausible etymon. Fancy might suggest
one rather of a ludicrous description ;—that the
term might-have been primarily applied to a poor
man miserably hen-pecked ; Lat. extra, or its I tab
abbreviation stra, denoting excess ; and mulier, 01*
mogliere, q. one who had more of a wife than enough.
S T R A M I J L L E U G H , adj. " Cross, ill-natured,
sour S.O., Gl. Picken.
Ir. mollach is ragged, rough, shaggy.
S T R A M U L L I O N , s. 1. A strong masculine
woman.] Add;
2. A fit of ill humour, a display of pettislmess,
Clydes. ; sometimes Sramullion, S.B.
Gael, sraoin is rendered a huff," Shaw.
S T R A M Y U L L O C H , a battle, a broil; given
as synon. with Stramash, Gall. Enc. p. 489.
Yulloch might seem to be corr. from Yelloch, m
referring to the noise made in such an uproar. But
this must certainly be viewed as merely a variety
of Stramullengh.
S T R A N D , S. 1. A small brook. % A gutter.] Add;
<£ Strand, a kennel, or occasional rill, caused by
falling rain ; which, when heavy, makes the strands
run ;" Yorks., Marshall.
S T R A N G , S. Human urine long kept, and smell-
ing strongly; otherwise called Stale Mcutterr
A b e r d . ; Gall., Dumfr.
He niest fell in wi' Mungo's wig,
An' Lowrie's sneeshin' mill;
Sae stappit baith in Kittie's pig^
An' steepit them right weei
Mang Strang that night.
Jam. Cock's Simple Strains, p. 137.
" Strang, old urine,—used in washing;" Gall. Enc.
This seems merely an ellipsis, q. " strong urine."
V . STRANG, adj.
S T R A N G PIG,the earthen vessel in which urine
is preserved as a lye, S.O.
" Stra?ig, old urine, kept in the Strang pig," &c.
Gall. Enc.
T o S T R A P , v. n. T o be hanged, S.
But the thief maun strap, and the hawk come hame,
Jacobite Relics, i. 97*
From E. Strap, a long stripe of cloth or leather.
It is also used as an active v.
" Weel 1 wot its a crime baith by the law of God
and man, and mony a pretty man has been strapped
for it." St. Ronan, ii. 26.
S T R A P I S , 6-. pi. Given as not understood,
GL Poems 16th Cent.
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Ttia leathering bosses he hes bought ;
Thay will not brek, albeit they fall;
" Thir sir apis of trie destroyis us all,
" Thay brek so mony, I may nocht byde it."
Legend Bp. St. Andruis, p. 338.
Strap-is seems merely the E. term denoting long
slips of cloth or leather; applied either to the panniers
in which earthen jars were carried in travelling, or
to the staves of which barrels are made.
S T R A P - O I L , s. A cant term, used to denote
the application of the shoemaker's strap as the
instrument of drubbing. T h e operation itself
is sometimes called anointing, R o x b . ; synon.
Hazel-oil, from the use of a twig of hazel for
the same purpose, S.
S T R A P S , s. pi. Ends of thread from the dish-
clout, sometimes left, by the carelessness of
servants, in cleansing vessels for food, and thus
found in victuals, Kinross.
A man, who found a mouse among his porridge,
said to his landlady ;
On straps and straes we maun consither;
But I dinna like motes that look til ither.
Teut. strepe, stria, striga, linea.
STRATH, A valley of considerable extent,
&c.] Add;
« A strath is a flat place of arable land, lying
along the side or sides of some capital river, between
the water and the feet of the hills ; and keeps its
name till the river comes to be confined to a narrow
space, by stony moors, rocks, or windings among
the mountains." Burt's Letters, ii. 16.
C.B. ystrad, " a flat, a vale, a bottom or valley,
formed by the course of a river. It forms the names
of many places in Wales, as Ystrad Yn>, Ystrad
Tyrol, and the like ;" Owen.
S T R A T H S P E Y , .y. A dance in which two
persons are engaged, otherwise called a twa-
sum dance, S.
Denominated from the country of Strathspey in
S., probably as having been first used there.
T o S T R A U C H T , v. a. 1. T o make straight,
S. V. the adj.
2. T o stretch a corpse on what is called the Dead-
deal, S . ; synon. Streik, S.B.
" She—gathered his brains, and tied up his head,
and Strang hied his body, and covered him with her
plaid, and sat down and wept over him," Walker's
Peden, p. 43.
— " Hand of woman or of man either, will never
straught him—dead-deal will never be laid till his
back/' Bride of Lammermoor, ii. 231.
" Let us do what is needfu';—for if the dead
corpse binna siraughted, it will girn and thraw, and
that will fear the best of us." Ibid. p. 233.
STRAUCIIT,part.pa. Stretched.] Add;—Straught-
it is now used in this sense, S.
" I hae never heard o' ane that sleepit the night
afore trial, but of mony a ane that sleepit as sound
as a tap the night before their necks were straughted,"
Heart M. Loth. ii. 213.
T o S T R A U G I I T E N , v. a. T o stretch o u t ;
used to denote the act of laying out a corpse,
ptimfV.; synon. Streik, Straight, and Straucht,
498
S T R
— S h e l l make a gruesome and unsonsie corse.
It will be a deft hand that can sir aught en her."
Blackw. Mag. Aug. 1820, p. 513.
" If red wine can cheer ye, e'en sigh and souk
away, and leave me to straught en this crooked bonk."
Ibid. Sept. 1820, p. 652.
S T R A V A I G E R , S. 1. One who wanders about
idly, a stroller, S. Straifva/yger, Stravauger.
u Here are twa unco landloupers cumin dirdin
down the hill—the tane o' them a beech knock-
kneed stravaigcr wi' the breeks on, and the tither,
ane o' the women—folk, as roim's she's lang, in a
green Joseph, and a tappen o5 feathers on her pow."
Blackw. Mag. Sept. 1819, p. 709.
ff It is hard to be eaten out o' house an' bald wi'
sorners aud stravaegers this gate." Perils of Man,
iii. 321.
" I turn't at the lin, jealousing that ye wad be a'
hame afore me, an' saebins ye warn a, maybe some
hill stravauger wad hae seen or hard tell o' ye."
Saint Patrick, i. 166.
2. One who leaves his former religiousconnexion, S.
' • Nor was there wanting edifying monuments of
resignation even among the strayvaggers." Annals
of the Parish, p. 392.
S T R A V A I G I N O , .5. T h e act or practice of strolling, S .
A.Bor. Stravaiging, strolling about; generally in
a bad sense ; Gl. Brockett.
S T R A V A L D , A foreign measure.
a Ane thousand brasill makis the tun. Item, Sax
hundreth stravald is ane tun." Balfour's Pract. p. 88.
STR AWN, A gutter, W e s t of S.
Ay the king of storms was foam in,
The doors did ring, lum-pigs down turn I'd ;
The sir a runs gush'd big,—the synks loud ruml'd.
TanJiahill's Poems, p. 126. V. S T R A N D .
S T R A W N , 6-. A str awn of beads, a string of
beads, Mearns.
Teut.. str enc is synon. with stringhe ; E. string,
S T R E ALI, A term used to denote the mode
of drinking formerly observed in the Western
Islands.
<f The manner of drinking used by the chief men
of the isles, is called in their language Streak, i. e.
" a Bound ;" for the company sat in a circle, the
cup-bearer filled the drink round to them, and all
was drunk out, whatever the liquor was, whether
strong or weak. They continued drinking some-
times twenty-four, sometimes forty-eight hours. It
wras reckon'd a piece of manhood to drink until they
became drunk, and there were two men with a
barrow attending punctually on such occasions.
They stood at the door until some became drunk,
and they carry'd them upon the barrow to bed, and
returned again to their post as long as any conti-
nued fresh, and so carryed off the whole company
one by one as they become drunk. Several of my
acquaintance have been witnesses to this custom of
drinking; but it is now abolished." Martin's West.
Isl. p. 106.
Gael, sreath is by Shaw rendered, ff a row, rank," &c,
T o S T R E A M E R , V. a. T o streak, to cover with
straggling flashes of light, resembling the aurora,
bore-alls, S.A.
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ce In the solemn gloom of the evening, after the S T R E I K , s. 1. A handful of flax, Lanarks. 'V;
List rays—had disappeared, and again in the morn- S T RICK.
ing before they began to streamer the east, the song 2. Also, a small bundle of flax into which flax dress-,
of praise was sung to that Being, under whose fa- ers roll what they have already dressed, ibid.
- therly chastisement they were patiently suffering." O.E. tc Strelce offtsix. Limpulus." Prompt. Par v.
Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 21. STREIKING-BURD, STRETCHING-RURD, S. The
S T R E A U W , Straw, Ettr. For. board on which a dead body is stretched, before
S T R E A W , S T R O W , S. The shrew mouse, Gall. the animal heat is gone, S . A . V. S T R E I K , V. A .
WT hungry maw he scoors frae knowe to knowe, T o S T R E I N D , S T R E E N D , V. A. T o sprain,
In hopes of food in mowdy, mouse, or stream. Roxb., BerwieLs.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 4. S T U E I N D , S T R E E N D , S. A sprain, ibid.
She nyarr'd when she gat him as he had been This m ust be merely a slight deviation fromE. Strain,
a mouse,
or Fr. estrcbid-re, id. esireinie, a sprain. V. S T R Y N D .
Or some lang-snouted, cheeping strow.
Gall. Encycl. p. 143. S T R E I P I L L I S , -V. pi Apparently, stirrups.
I have met with no word that has the slightest " Ane sadill with strcip ill-isAberd. Reg.
resemblance. Cent. 16.
T o S T R E E I C down, to lie down flat. V . S T R E I K . A dim in. from the E. word, or from Isl. stigreip,
S T R E E N . The streen, the evening of yester- A.S. stiga-rap, a rope for ascending; unless it might
day. V . S T R E I N . be viewed as a corr. of what Kilian calls the vulgar
S T R E E N G E , ,9. A stroke, Fife ; a variety of or L.B. name, strepa sellae.
T o STREK A R ORG II. V. BORCH, BOUGH, S.
Shreenge ; or from Eat. string~ere, to strike.
T o S T I I E K E , S T R Y K E , v. n. T o extend.
T o S T R E I K , S T R E E K , V. A. 1. T o stretch, S . ]
— " This statute sal liocht strekc to bordouraris
Add; duellande on the marches hot for thift to be done
To Streek, expand ere ; Northumb., Ray; to stretch eftir the making of this statute." Pari. Ja. 1. A.
out the limbs, Thoresby. 143(), Acts E d . 1814, p. 23. Stryke, Ed. 1566. Y.
Ilk proud o' what he'as done, STREIK.
Now homeward turns, and oer the burn brae S T R E N I E , adj. Lazy, sluggish, Kinross.; given
Streehs out his weary shanks, and laps his fill. as synon. with Stechie ; apparently q. bound,
Davidson's Seasons, p. 28.
from O.Er. estren-er contraindre, coniprimer ;
T o S T R E E K D O I J N , V. N. T o lie down flat, to
Roquefort.
stretch one's self at full length, S.
A Jacobite virago, who had filled the stool of re- T o S T R E N Y I E , S T R E N Y E , V. A. 1. T o strain.
pentance, is introduced as saying; ec Vengeance on &c.] Add;
the black face o't 1 Mony an h on ester woman's been 3. T o distrain.
set upon it than strecks doon beside ony whig in the — " T h e lord is auditoris—decretis—the said John e,
country." Waver ley, ii. 122. Walter, & Johne, to pay the said soume of fourty
T o S T R E I K , V. N. T o extend.] Add; pnndis to the said Schir IIichert, & lettres be writtin
S T R E I K , S. 1. Extent, S.A. V. S T R A I K , Upo to strenye thare landis & gudis tharfor." Act. Audit.
S trade. A. 1 4 7 6 , p. 4 3 .
2. The longitudinal direction of a stratum of coal S T R E N Y E A R I L L , adj.] Add, as sense
in a mine, or a district of country. St. Applied to goods that may be distrained; sv-
At Preston Grange these coals are found dipping non. Poyndahill
cc To rem a i ne in ward quhill he schaw gayr siren-
to the N.W.—all which is a course, which in streek
lyes near to S.W. and N.W., and will be in length yea bill," See. Aberd. Reg. A. 1541, V. i f . Gayr, I e.
about eight miles." Sinclar's Hydrost. Misc. Obs. substance, goods, S. gear, or geir.
p. 268. T o S T R E N T H , v. n. T o strengthen.] Add;
The longitude is nothing else than what is term- This word is used by Palsgr. " I strength; Je ren-
ed by the coal-hewers, the streek. For if you ima- force.—Thyse be greatly strengthyd syns I knewe
gine a line along the extream points of the rise or them first." B. iii. F. 376, b.
cropp of the coal, that is properly the streek of the S T R E N T H I E , adj. Strong, powerful.
coal." Ibid. p. 273. — " That we can liocht perceaue, quhat difference
3. Expl. a opinion as, " Tak your ain streikj"" th air be betuix the simple and st rent Me defence of ane
i. e. take your own way, Clydes. iust cans, and the craftie coloring of ane lesing." J.
It has also been expl. " chance;" q. " Let him Tyrie's Refutation, Pref. 2.
take his chance." Ibid. This adversite, cum to the ciete, maid the ac-
This phrase, however, seems merely equivalent to ciomi of tribunis mair strenthy than afore." Bel lend.
f,f Let him take his course," or " go to his stretch," T. Liv. p. 383. Vires adjecit, Lat.
q. go all the length of his tether." S T R E N T H I T , part. pa,. Corroborated, supported,
A.S. strec, extensio ; Teut. streek, sireke, strijek, strengthened.
tractus, from streck-en tendere. " This I eik—that gif ony thing negligenflie, arid
S T R E I K I N \ part. adj. Tall and agile; as, " a nocht sufficientlie strenthit be set furth in tKis werk,
strcikin hizzie," a tall, tight,active girl, Teviotd. it suld be impute to my liaist and fervour, and to
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nane uther injustlie." N. Wynyet's Fourscoir thre ^ Dan. strilt-e id. A.S. straed-an, strid-an, spargcre,
Quest. Keith's Hist. App. p. 221. dispergere.
STRESS, 2. T h e act of distraining.] Add; S T R I D E , s. The same with Cleaving, Ayr*.
" In the actioun—persewit be the bailyeis—of I'm new come frae Dumbarton-side,
Ranfrew aganis Johnne of Quhitefurd bailye to the Whar I had gane to travel;
abbot of Pastlay for the wrangwis spoliatioun & takin An' am as sair about the stride,
fra thaim of certane poyndis & siressis fra the offici- As gin I had the gravel.
aris of the said burgh of Ranfrew/' &c. Act. Audit. Pickens Poems 1788, p. 176.
A. 1491, p. 162. S T R I F E R I G S , « debateable ground, patches
" The baillies chargit thair officiaris to pas & tak of land common to all Gall. Enc.
s stres wurtht xvj sh." Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16. STRIFE AN, " Ellin, thin skin. Striffan
T o S T R E S S , v. a. 1. T o incommode, to put to o1 an egg, that white film inside an egg-shell f*
inconvenience. It often denotes the overstrain- Gall. Enc.
ing effect of excessive labour or exertion, S.
I si. strope signifies the yolk of an egg, liquor ovi.
It is used in an emphatical $. Pro v., meant to ridi-
But St riffan is perhaps rather allied to stry, res ra-
cule those who complain of great fatigue, when they
refactae; G. Andr.
have scarcely had any thing to do, or at least have
done nothing that deserves the name of work. " Ye're STRIFFEND, part.pa. Covered with a film, Gall.
sair sir est stringirf ingans i. e. forming a rope of The twasome pied down on the cauld sneep snaw,
onions. Wi' the sorry hauf striffen'd e'e.
Gall Enc. p. 412.
The origin is probably O.Fr. straind-re, mettre a
STRIFFIN, Starch, Shell.
l'etroit, Lat. strang-ere; as Fraunces gives O.E.
The letter r seems inserted by corruption. It pro-
Streyriyn as synon. with "gretly stressen. Distringo."
bably was originally like S. Stiffen.
S T R E S T E L Y , adv. Wallace, ii. 18.] Add;
T o S T R I F F L E , v. n. T o move in a fiddling or
This may be an errat from Trestely, faithfully. V.
shuffling sort of way; often applied to one who
T R A I S T ; as the idea of difficulty in providing Wal-
wishes to appear as a person of importance,
lace is not suggested by the connexion.
Ettr. For.
T o S T R E T C H , v. n< T o walk majestically;
ff I strifflit till thilke samen pi esse as gypelye as
used in ridicule, Ettr. F o r . ; q. to expand one's
self. I ciilde." Hogg's Wint Tales, ii. 42.
S T R I B B E D , part pa. " Milked neatly GallSTRIFFLE, ,9. Motion of this description, ibid.
E n eye. V. STRIP, V.
Pkrnclr. strobhd-en, strubbcUen, cespitare, titubare,
STRICK, s. A handful of flax, &c ] Add ; vacillare gressu.
" After you have beat it for some time, open the T o S T R Y K E , v. n. T o extend. V. STREKE.
strike, turn the inward part of it outward, and beat S T R I K E , A handful of flax. Y. STRICK.
it again,—until you think it sufficiently wrought/' S T R Y N C H T , s. Strength. " Sic strijncht, forg
Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 336. & e f f e c t A b e r d . Reg. A . 1545.
But smoth it heng, as doth a strike of flax, S T R Y N D , STREIND, STRYNE, s* 2. A parti-
Chaucer, ProL v. 678. cular cast, &c.] Add;
Although this word occurs in different forms in I've spoken to a frien' of mine,
O.E., it has been overlooked, not only by Dr. Johns., —Gin he cou'd sometimes wi' you dine,—
but by Mr. Todd. And do't he will, I ken his stryne,
" Stryke of flaxe, |[Fr/] poupee de filacePalsgr. As far's he can.
B. iii. F. 68, a. Simmer's Misc. Poet. p. 175.
" Streke of flax. Lumpulus." Prompt. Parv. Commentators on Shakspeare have puzzled them-
STRICK, Strick c> the waiter, the most rapid selves in attempting to explain the phrase; " Unless
part of any stream, S O. V, STRICT, adj. he know some strain in me, that I know not myself/'
I have some hesitation whether this word, as sig- &c. Merry Wives. Some read stain ; others explain,
nifying rapid, may not be derived from Lat. strict-us it " wrench." But it is obviously the same with S.
narrow, because a stream is often more rapid when Strynd, also written Strain. It belongs to the sens®
its course is confined. given of Strain by Dr. Johns./* hereditary disposition.*"
STRICKEN, STRIKEN, the part. pa. of Stryh, as Add to etymon ;
referring to a field of battle. O.Fr. est rain e, race, origin, extraction, seems to
" The battle was stricken in the year of God 14.45 " acknowledge a Goth, source, though traced by Ro-
Pitscottie, Ed, 1768, p. 38. quefort to Lat. eoctractio. But it has still more re-
" The field was striken at Langside." Anderson's semblance of C.B. ystrain, a tribe, a breed.
Coll. ii. 277- S T R Y N D , s< Stream, rivulet, spring of water.}
T o S T R I D D L E , v. n. T o straddle.] Add; Add;
« Na, na,—its nae pleugh of the flesh that the bon- Strynde occurs in old deeds, as denoting the course
use lad bairn—shall e'er striddle between the stiltsoY of a rill.
The Pirate, i. 69, — " A n d fra thence descendand to the Harewellys,
Here's kye that gie twall pints a-day ; and swa down the strynde of that weliis til it enter in
Thair udders gar them striddle. a burne," &c. Merches of Bischop Byrnnes/
A. Scott's Poems, pa 55. Chart, Aberd. F. 14.
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— " And sua descendand lynaly p n a straight line] " Strihbings, (corr.) " the last milk that can be
fra the Quhytstane to the strynd of Sanct Huchonys drawn out of the udder;" Gall. Enc.
well/' &c. Chart. Aberbroth. F. 80. " Shippings, after-milkings, strokings, North."
T o S T R Y N E , v. a. T o strain or sprain. "Stryn'd Grose ; incorporated by Mr. Todd.
legs, sprained legs;" Gall. Enc. V. STREIND, V. Haldorson gives Isl. str eft a as synon. with ejtir-
hreita, lactis ultima emunctio.
T o S T R I N G , STRING awa, to move off in aline,
T o S T R I P E , X'. a. T o cleanse by drawing be-
Galloway.
tween the linger and thumb compressed, Ettr.
And ay she cries, " Hurlie Hawkie,
F o r . ; apparently only a variety of the E. v. to
String awa my crummies, to the milking loan,—
Strip.
String, string awa hame.
Old Song, Gall. Enc. p. 257. S T R I P P I T , part, adj. Striped, S.
S T R I T C I I L E , adj. ' Lazy, sluggish, Kinross.;
A.S. string, linea. String, s. is used in the same sense
with E. Row ; as, <e a string of wull geese." given as synon. with Stecliie and Streme.
S T R I N G S , s.pl A n inflammation of the intes- STRIUELING MONEY. V. STEELING.
tines of calves, Roxb, S T R I V E N , part. adj. On bad terms, not in a
" Calves, during the first three or four weeks, are state of friendship, Aberd. O.Fr. est river, de-
sometimes seized with an inflammation in the intes- battre.
tines, provincially called liver-crook, or strings" T o STRODD, STRODGE, V. n. 1. T o stride along,
Agr. Surv. of Roxb. p. 149. to strut, Ettr. For.
cc Whae-ever coups the lave, we let him try hi 8
T o S T R I N K I L , v. a. 2. T o scatter, to strew. 1
Add; hand at the courtin'for a wey, an' the rest maun juost
" Plow the ground again ; and in May, or June sirodd their ways." Hogg's Wint. Tales, i. 282.
at furthest, (chuse moist weather) cause your gar- " Hae ye tint your shoon, that ye maun strodge in
dener strinkle turnip-seed upon it." Maxwell's Sel. about i' your boots?" Ibid. p. 241.
Trans, p. 250. 2. It is expl. as signifying £i to walk fast without
ec It would much increase the fermentation, if the speaking,^ Roxb.
seeds of barley, or any other quick-growing vege- Germ, stross-en, slrotz-cn, to strut.
table, were strinkled, or strewed thin, on the mid- S T R O D S , .<?. A pet, a fit of ill-humour, Roxb.
ding/' Ibid. p. 36. Isl. string signifies, animus insensus, also fast us.
STRINKLIXG, S. A small portion of any thing, q, ST RONE, 6\ The act of urinating copiously, S.
a scanty dispersion, S. SirinM'm, a small Dan. stroening, spreading, strewing, sprinkling.
quantity, Shetl. It is singular, that Fr. cstron signifies evacuation of
f<r If you bestow upon it a sir inkling of any dung,
another kind ; merda, stercus. V. Cotgr.
or of the midding directed, the advantage will be STRONE, A hill that terminates a range,
considerable.'" Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 55. the end of a ridge, Stirlings.
O.E. " Sprenkelynge or Strenkelynge. Aspercio. Bold Tushilaw, o'er sirone and steep,
Conspercio." Prompt. Par v. Fraunces also gives Pursues the doe and dusky deer;
the v. " Sprenklyn or Strenklyn. Asp ergo. Con- The abbot lies in dungeon deep,
spergo.—Strcnkled or Sprenkled. Aspersus." Ibid. The maidens wail, the matrons fear.
S T l l I N N , s. 1. Water in motion, smaller in The Queen's Wake, p. 213.
extent than what is called a Strype^ JBanffs. Gael, sron the nose, a promontory ; radically the
2. The run from any liquid that is spilled, as same with C.B. trwyn, a point, a snout, a nose.
water on a table, ibid. STROOD, A worn-out shoe. " Stroods,
This is obviously the same with Slrynd, s. 2. The very old s h o e s G a i l . Erie.; q. what is wasted,
origin is certainly Isl.strind, stria, a groove, furrow, from Gael, stroidh-am to waste.
or gutter. Haldorson ex pi. it by Dan. stride and S T R O O S H I E , STNOussIE, A squabble, A
itrimmel, both signifying a stripe. hurly-burly, Roxb.
S T R Y N T I I T , s. Strength ; Aberd. Reg. A , Either from the same source with Strow, s.3 or from
1538. O.Fr. estruss-er, given as synon. with Ball re, to beat.
S T R I P , STRYPE, S. A small rill, S.] Hence, S T R O O T , adj. Stuffed full; drunk. V. STIIUTE.
STRYPIE, S. A very small rill, S.B. T o S T R O O Z L E , v. n. T o struggle, Gall. V.
See gin you'll win unto this s try pie here, SPROOZLE and STRUISSLE,I>., also STRUSSEL, s.
And wash your face and brow with water clear. S T R O T H I E , s. A n avenue betwixt two pa.
Ross's Iielenore, p. 15. rallel dikes or walls, Shetl.
This is still carrying the gradation a step farther Dan. straede, a lane, a narrow street,
than as it appears under STRYPE. S T R O U N G E , STROONGE, adj. 2. Surly, mo-
S T R I P , s. A long narrow plantation, or belt rose, S.] Add;
of trees, Roxb. It often includes the idea of a forbidding aspect;
T o S T R I P , v. n. T o draw the after-milkings of although Slrunge-like is frequently used in this sense.
cows, s . A.Bor. Thisin Galloway is pron.*SYri&. T o STROUNGE, v. n. T o take the pet, Roxb.
STKIPPINGS, S. pi T h e last milk taken from the V. the adj.
cow; evidently from the pressure in forcing out S T R O U P , STROOP, 5. T h e spout of a pump, &c.)
the milk, Roxb, Add;—Dan, strubcx a throat, a gorge, a gullet.
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S T R O U T X L s. Force, violence, Aberd. This might seem to be a dimin. from Su.G. sirug
T o STROUTII, v. a. T o compel, to use violent simultas, or from its cognate, S. Sirom, q. v.
measures with, ibid. T o S T R U D , v. n. T o pull hard, Shetl.
This might seem allied to A.S. stritk, Sa.G. and Isl. Isl. sireit-a, niti; strit-a, laborare ; Su.G. strid-a,
si rid, certamen, pugna; as originally denoting the eertare.
violence exercised in warfare. A.S. gestrod signifies To STRUISSLE, STRUISLE, STRUSSLE, V. a.
confiscation, and gestroden confiscated. But perhaps T o struggle, W . Loth.
we should prefer strud-an, spoliare, vastare, diripere. —<<r An it wadna be a gude turn tae drouk thair
S T R O W , s. A shrew-mouse, Diraifr., Gall. V. lugs in a sowp o't, gif it war'na for misgruglin the
ST RE AW. drap drink it the puir lads wad be blythe o' it, hae
S T R O W (pron.$£rae>), $. A quarrel, &c.] Add; been a' night stavin' at ane anither, and struislin' i'
€C I ken the feces o' them weel—they canna leave the dark." Saint Patrick,, iii. 265.
a fair without some straw, an' they're making thee STRUISSLE, S. A struggle, W . Loth.
thair mark the neyght." Hogg's Winter Tales, i. 267- " It's a wicked struggle that ye had there.'-—
, • Add, as sense f Struissle, say ye, frien',' replied the hunter in a

3. Bustle, disturbance, South of S. broad Caledonian accent,—f the vile brute had maist
What needs sic phiz 'bout lovers sighing, war't me, but I trou I hae gi'en him what he'll no
Their languishing in tears an' crying? cast the call £cold] o'." Saint Patrick, i. 67-
While a the straw's 'bout naething else Allied perhaps to Alem. strauss, certain en, pugna
But flesh an' blude just like themseJls? (Wachter), originally the same with thegeneral Goth,
But my affections firmer settle term strid. Isl. strids-voell signifies arena, the place
Sublime on goud, the king o' metal. of combat. The termination indicates a Goth, origin.
A. Scott's Poems, p. l i p . STRUM, A pettish humour.] Add; Loth.
£<r So I see ye're just the auld man, Archie,—ay
Phiz, improperly used instead of] fizz, signifies fuss.
Straw is evidently meant as synonymous. ready to tak the strums, an' ye dinna get a' thing
Add to etymon ; ye're ain way." Marriage, ii. 134.
Sax. stmw signifies asper, viewed by Hire as syiion. STRUM, adj. Pettish, sullen, S.B.] Add;
with •.Su.G. &iraefy id.; also used in a moral sense, de Strummy is used in the same sense,, Aberd.
h omine moroso et austero. Isl. siriug-r, animus in- Haldorson expl. Isl. strembin not only difficilis, but
sensus ; fastus. O.Fr. estrois, fracas, bruit eclatant. superbus.
S T R U B B A , 'S. Expl. " milk in a certain state," T o STRUM, v. n. T o be in a pettish humour,
Shetl. Bucluin.
Can this have any connexion with Isl. slrope, li- Sin kin wi' care we aften fag,
quor ovi, vitellus sive vitellium maturum ? Slrummln about a gill we're lag,
T o S T R U B L E , 7'. a. T o trouble, to vex. Syne drowsy hum.
C( He haid wtrajusly mispersonit & strublU him, call- Turrets's Poems, p. 132. *
and him hursone," &c. Aberd. Reg. Cent. !(]. " Strumming, glooming, looking sour Gl.
" Wnder the pane of standing in the goyffis, quhill S T R U M , " The first draught of the bow over
thai that scho strublis mak request for hir." Ibid. the fiddle strings, S.
STEUBLENS, s. Disturbance ; still sometimes Dirdum, Drum,
used, Aberd. Three threads and a thrum.
Strublcns quhilk he deyd in malyce & iyr." " Cat's Song3 Gall. Enc.
Aberd. Reg. A. 1535, V. 15. Teut. stroom, strom., tractus. !
" For th estrublens of him & braking of his el wand." T o STRUM, v. n. T o play-coarsely on a musical
Ibid. V. 16. instrument, S. Thrum, E.
The O.E. form nearly resembles this. " Slurhelyn STRUMMING, s. A loud "murmuring noise, Ettr.
or troblyn. Turbo. Per turbo.—Sturblar or trow- For.
blar. Turbator. Perturbator. Sturhlingc, or trou- S T R U M M E L , The remainder of tobacco,
blynge. Turbacio. Perturbacio." Prompt. Par v. mixed with dross, left in the bottom of a pipe,
S T R U C R E N UP. To be struck en up, to be Peebles-shire, Roxb.
turned into an inanimate object; to be meta- Dan. strimmel, Isl. strimill, a shred ?
morphosed into stone ; a transformation believed , S T R U M M I N G , ,9. 1.. A thrilling sensation,
by the superstitious among the vulgar, to have sometimes implying giddiness, Ettr. For.
ff It was on the hill of Hawthorn-side where I first
been in former ages not unfrequently effected by
the power of evil spirits, Aberd. saw the face o' an enemy ; and I'll never forget sic
I can scarcely think that this is allied to Dan. op- queer strummings as I had within me." Perils of
stn/g-er, to dress, to trim. Sw. upstruken is the part, Man, ii. 234. .....••
pa. of stryk-a up, to put up. But one would al- A confusion, ibid.
most suppose, that the term had anciently been Up- Teut. stram strigosus, rigidus; stramme leden, mem««
siuckcn, q. stuck up like a pillar or post; Belg. op- bra rigida.
gestokevi, put up, from opsteek-en to lift up; Tent. S T R U N G I E , adj. Sulky, quarrelsome, A y r s . ;
opstek-en, attollere, erigere, in altum elevare. the same with Sirounge, sense
S T R U C K L E , s. A pet, a fit of ill-humour, T o S T R U N T , v . n , Ll\> walk sturdily, S.] Add;
Meatus. 502
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It is applied to a rutting cow, when she runs off A.S. sloe, Su.G. stock, stipes, trabs. This word,
to the male, Galloway. however, in form resembles A.S. stacimge staking,
tc Upo5 the hill," the call an cries, fixing with stakes, and Moes.G. stakeins, in hleitkro-
" She cock'd her gaucy runt; stakeins, the term used for tabernacles, Joh. 7. 2. q-
leather stakings.
An' to Strathfallan green bum-brae
Fu' nimbly she did strunt" S T U D Y , STUTHY, s. A n anvil. CruicJc studlc.
Davidsons Seasons, p . 5 0 . " Item, thre iron studdis, and ane crui/c studied
T o S T R U N T , v. a. T o affront; as, 64 H e Inventories, A. 156*6', p. 168.
sir-tinted the pair lass," he affronted the poor S T U D I N E , STUDDEN, pret. Stood, S.
girl, Teviotdale. Provyding alwayis, that the saidis air is—beis
O.Fr. estront-oier, attaquer, injurier. Estrouen sig- fund not to have studine against the mantenanee of
nifies, stercus humanum. religion, law is, and liberties of kirk and kingdome,"
S T R U N T , s. A pet, a sullen fit.] Add ; &c. Acts Cha. I. V. 308. Studden, VI. G-L
The way o' lovers—a' their soul will dunt, S T U E , s. Dust, S.B. V. S T E W .
GifF ony wayward lassie ink the strunt. S T U F F , ,9. 1. Corn or pulseof any kind, S.] Add ;
Donald and Flora, p. 49- It denotes grain in whatever state; whether as
A.Bor. " Strunt, a sullen f i t G l . Broekett. growing, cut down, in the barn, or in the mill.
STRUNTIT, part. adj. Under the influence of a Lang winnowit she, an' fast, I wyte,
pettish humour, Iloxb. An' snodly clean't the stuff,
S T R U N T A I N , $.] Define,—A species of tape 6*7*
Tarras's Poems, p.
made of wheelin or coarse worsted, about an T o S T U F F , v.n. T o lose wind, to become
inch broad. stifled from great exertion.
S T R U N T Y , adj. 1. Short, contracted.] Add ; At the Blaekfurd thar Wallace doime can liclit;
9.. Applied to the temper; pettish, out of humour, His horss stuffyt, for the way was depe and lang :
A large gret myile wichtly on fate couth gang.
S. as Short is used in the same sense.
Wallace, v. 2S5/~MS.
STEUNTING, part. pr. Not understood.
O.Fr. estouff-cr, C£ to stifle, smother, clioake, whir-
High were their hopes for food and cash,
ken, suffocate, stop the breath Cotgr.
And drink to keep them striinting.
Gall En eye I. p. 2(>8. V. STRUTE, adj. S T U F F I E , « # .1. Stout and firm, Loth., Ciydes.;
S T R U S I I A N , s. A disturbance, a tumult, as, u He'sa stufjie chield," a firm fellow.
Roxb. V. STHOOSIIIE and STRUSSEL. 2, Mettlesome ; a term applied to one who wiiJ
S T R U S S E L , s. A brawl, a squabble,, Upp. not easily give up in a fray ; Fife.
Ciydes. It being said, in a similar sense, that one has stuff
O.Fr. estrois, fracas, bruit eclatant ,* or estruss-er, in him, or is good stiff; this might seem to have
battre, etriller, frotter; Roquefort. C.B. tfstrin pugna, given rise to the adj. But perhaps it should rather
contentio ; Boxhorn. V. STEUISSLE, V. be traced to O.Fr. stoffey, qui est bien garni, a qui
S T R U T E , S T K U I T , S. Stubbornness, obstinacy, rien ne manque; Roquefort.
Fife; synon. Dourness. V. S T R U N T and S T now, s. STUFFILIE, adv. Toughly,perseveringly, Ciydes.
S T R U T E , S T I I O O T , adj. I . Stuffed full.] Add; STUFFINESS,S. Abilitytoendureniuchfatigue,ib.
The cut off thair hands, quoth he, S T U F F I N G , 5. A name given to the disease
That craind your kytes sae strute yestrein. commonly denominated the Croup, S.O. V.
Wife of /iuclcterrnuchlij, Herd's Coll. ii. 12,9. STUFF, v., from which this .$. seems to be formed.
Add to etymon; To STUG, a. T o stab, &c.] Add;
O.Fr. sir oil c signifies strait, shut up, closed; etroit, 2. T o jag. One who is jagged by long stubble is
resserre; Roquefort. This is nearly allied to the said to be sitiggit, F'ife, Mearns.
sense of the term, as signifying stuffed or crammed. STLTG, S. 1. A thorn, or prickle; as, " I've
S T U B I E , s. A large bucket or pitcher, nar- gotten a stug P my fit,"'' I hare got a thorn
rower at top than at bottom, with an iron handle, in my foot, Lanarks, V, STOG.
used for carrying water, Dumfr. % Any clumsy sharp-pointed thing, as a large
This seems to have a common origin with Stoup. needle isealled 44 a stag of a needle," Aug., Fife.
S T U B B L I N \ adj. Short and stoutly made; as, Evidently allied to the v. Slug, to stab. Isl. stag
" He's a little stubblhi* fellow,'" Roxb. signifies coarse mending, sartura erassior, and stag-a
Viewed as derived from E. Stubble; this being ge- resarcire; Ilaldorson.
nerally short and stiff. But it would appear to be an 3. Applied to short irregular horns, generally
ancient Gothic word; I si. slobbaleg-r having the same bent backwards. As used 111 this sense, fre-
signification; firmus, crassus, ( Hald or so n ), from stob- quently pronounced 8 look, S.B.
hi, stubbi, Su.G. stubby truncus. T o STUG, v. n. T o shear unequally, so as to
S T U C H I N (gutt), STUCK IN, s. 1. A stake, leave part of the stubble higher than the rest,
generally burnt at the lower part, driven into Fife, Mearns.
the ground, for supporting a paling, Roxb. In STUG, s. 1. A piece of a decayed tree standing
Ettr. For. Stuggen. out of the ground, S.B.
Applied also to the stakes used for supporting A masculine woman ; applied to pne who is
a sheep-net, Teviotd. stout and raw-boned, Fife,
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& i n pi. Sing*, stubble of an unequal length,
caused by carelessness in the mode of cutting
down grain, Mearns. A.S. stoc, Su.G. stock,
stipes ; stock-a indurare.
S T U G G E N , s. A n obstinate person, Ettr. For.
Belg. slug surly, restv, heady ; stugheyd, surliness.
S T U G G E N , ,s\ A post or stake." V. STUCHIN.
S T U G H I E , s. Something that fills very much, as
food that soon fills the stomach. Loth. Hence,
STIIGHIIIE, S. Great repletion, Loth. V. STECII,^.
S T U H T , s. T h e permanent stock on a farm,
equivalent to Steelbow Goods.
Et tunc quilibet husbandus cepit cum terra sua
Stuht, scilicet duos boves, unum equum, tres celdras
avenae, sex hollas ordei, et tres hollas frumenti. Et
postmodum quando abbas Ricardus mutavit ilium
servitium in argentum, reddiderunt sursum suum
stuht, et dedit quilibet pro terra sua per annum xviii
solidos. Cartular. Kelso, seculi xiii.
I have met with no word resembling this, in sig-
nification at least, save Gael, stulh, expl. by Shaw,
ec stuff, matter or substance, corn. 0
Such transpo-
sitions of a letter are by no means uncommon in
ancient MSS.
S T U L E o f E Y S E , a night-stool, i. e. stool of ease.
" Item, ane canapy of grene dammas, frenyeit
with gold and silk, to ane stvle of cyse. Item, ane
canapy of reid dammas to ane stule of cyse." Inven-
tories, A. 1539, P- 47-
To S T U M M E R , v.n. T o stumble.] Add; A.Bor.
£< Hes not mony throw inlake of techement, in
mad ignorance misknawin thair deuty, quhilk we
all audit to our Lord God, and sua in thair perfitt
belief hes sairlie stummerit V Ninian Winyet's First
Tractate, Keith's Hist. App. p. 205.
S T U M P , s. A stupid fellow, a blockhead, a
dunderhead ; as, £i The lad was aye a perfect
stump" lloxb., Ettr. For.
A.Bor. " Stump, a heavy, thick-headed fellow
GL. Brockett.
Teut. sfomp, hebes, obtusus, Germ, stumpf, id.
The idea is borrowed from any thing that is blunt,
that has no point, that is worn to a mere stump,
which is the primary sense of the Teut* and Germ,
terms. Germ, stumpf en signifies a dull-witted fellow.
Pris. stamper, homo obtusus, hebes, ignavus. Dan.
stumped signifies blunt, both in a literal sense, and as
applied to the mind. Ihre views stufw-a, amputare,
as the root; because that is said to be blunt which
has had the point cut off.
STUMPISIT, adj. Blockish, Ettr.For., Roxb*
T o S T U M P , v. n. 2. T o walk about stoutly.]
Add;
Bent on their toil, the mowers frae their cots
Stump lustily, an' o'er the flushing mead,
Wide spreading, stretch the long keen-biting scythe.
Davidsons Seasons, p. 60.
STUMPIE, STUMPY, adj.] Insert, as sense
1. Squat, short on the legs, S.
" I was in the House of Lords when her Majesty
came down for the last time, and saw her handed
up the stair by the usher of the black-rod, a little
stumpy man, wonderful particular about the rules of
the house." Ayrs. Legatees, p. 273.
504
" This Mr. Peevie was, in his person, a stumpy
man, well advanced in years." The Provost, p. 318,
S T U M P I E , S.] Insert, as sense
1. A short, thick, and stiffly-formed person, S .
" The persons of the Misses Lumgaire were not
at all to their own satisfaction,—they were too short.
—You may dress as you please ; these upstart sturn-
pies, the Lumgaires, and their manoeuvring mother,
are determined to secure the coronet." Gienfergus,
iii. 82. 142.
" Stumpie., stout, t h i c k G 1 . Picken.
T o S T U M P L E , V. n. To walk with a stiff and
hobbling motion, South of S., Renfr.
Syne aff in a fury he stumpled,
Wi' bullets an' pouther an' gun ;
At's curpin, auld Janet she humpled
Awa to the next neighbouring town.
A. Scotts Poems, p. 192.
A frequentative from the v. to Stump, q. v. Germ.
stumpeUn, as well as humpel-n, signifies to bungle, to
huddle. The former is also rendered, to mutilate ;
Su.G. stymp-a, mutilare.
S T U M P S , pi A ludicrous term for the legs ;
as, " Ye'd better betake yoursel to your stumps"
S.B.
A.Bor. Stumps, legs. " Stir your stumps." Gl. Broc-
Teut. stampe does not merely denote a mutilated
member, but is rendered, junetura manus, vertebra
manus ; so that the phrase may have been originally
equivalent to, " Move your joints."
STUNCII, " A lump of food, such as of
beef and bread Gall. Enc.
Perhaps from Tent, stuck, Germ, stuck, frustum,
fraginen, with the insertion of the letter n.
S T U N K , s. The stake put in by boys in a
game; especially in that of taw. It is com-
monly said, » Hae ye put in your stunk F"* or
" 111 at least get my ain stunk* i. e. I will re-
ceive back all that I staked, Loth,
Shall we view this as a remnant of A.S. on-stinc,
on-sting, census, exactio, tributum, an impost; Som-
ner ? Lye derives it from sting-an, immittere se in ;
explaining the s. Jus, ei pertinens qui sese immisit
in fundum.
S T U N I v E L , s. A fit of ill humour or pettish-
ness, Mearns. ; synon. Doris. V. STUNKARD.
In Angus, it is more generally used in the pi.
Stunk els, and rather includes the idea of sullenness-
S T U N l v S , s. pi. The Stunks, pet, a fit of sullen
humour, Aberd.
STUNKUS, A stubborn girl, Roxb., Sel-
kirk s. V . STUNKARB.
S T U N N E R , s. 44 A big foolish man. Stunner
c? a gowkj a mighty f o o l G a l l . Enc.
A.S. stun-ian obstupefacere; whence apparently
stunt, stultus, stolidus. Fir. cstonn-er has undoubt-
edly a common origin^
S T U P P I E , s. " A wooden vessel for carrying
water,"S.O.,Gl.Picken; adimin.fromStoup,q.v.
S T U R D Y , s. 1. A vertigo, &e.] Add;
2. The designation given to a sheep affected with
this disease, South of S.
" When I was a youth, I was engaged for mmj
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years in herding a large parcel of lambs, whose late, to congeal, sioerhict coagulated, stoerkning, a
bleating brought all the slurdies of the neighbour- coagulation, a congelation. U1 phi las uses Moes.G.
hood to them/' Essays Highl. Soc. iii. 402. ga-staurknith in the sense of arescit, JVIark 9* IS*
ST UR DIED, part* adj« Affected with the disease S T U R N I L L , s. " A n ill turn; a backset
called the Sturdy, ibid. Gall. E n c . ; apparently a corruption and inver-
I catched every stiirdied sheep that I could lay sion of ill turn.
my hands on, and probed them up through the brain S T U R O C I T , s. Meal and milk, or meal and
and the nostrils with one of my wires." Ibid. p. 40,2. water stirred together; Perths. Crowdie, sy-
STURDY, S. " A plant which grows amongst
non. Tent, stoor-en, to stir. V. STOURUM.
corn, which, when eaten, causes giddiness and
torpidity to come on Gall. Ene. STURTY, adj. Causing trouble, S.B.
Supposed to be either Darnel, Loliumtemulenturn, The lave their thumbs did blythly knack
or Field Brome grass, Bromus seealinus. denominat- To see the sturty strife.
ed Slcepies, S. The same narcotic quality is ascribed Skinner s Christmas Bawing, st. 2S.
to both these plants. In Ed. 18Op, changed to stalwart.
S T U S H A G H , s. A suffocating smell arising
This must be called Sturdy from its stupifying
from a smothered fire, Strathmore. Smushach
power. For the same reason Darnel is, by the pea-
synon.
santry in some parts of Ayrs., denominated Doit.
S T U R D Y , s. " Steer my sturdy, trouble my The origin is probably Su.G. stufw-a, Belg. stoqf,
h e a d G l . Aberd. Germ, siube, (whence the diminutives s tubehen, si of-
What the/ some sage of holy quorum chen) a stew ; because of the oppressive quality of
Should lightlie me for Tillvgorum, the air.
I'll never steer my sturdy for him T o S T U T , STUTE, STOOT, v. n. T o stutter,
Roxb., Ettr. For.
Whae'er he be, C( The factor has behaved very ill about it, the
As lang's I ken to keep decorum
muckle stool tin gowk!" Wint. Ev. Tales, ii. 197.
As well as he.
A.Bor. Stul, to stutter. An old word still in
Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. 184.
general use/' GL Brock ett. V. Slut, Gl. Nares.
Fr. est our die, dullness, sottislmess ; q. " bestir my-
This differs from E. to Stut only in pronunciation.
self, shake off my stupor.'1
Sw. stoet-a, id. balbutire. Our v. to Slot, to rebound,
S T U E E . m l / . Rough in manner, austere.] Add; indicates a common origin ; Teut. stoot-en impin-
In O.E. Sioore has been used in the same sense. gere. The S. verbs, Sloit, Slot, and Stute, seem all
Cf Grym or sioore. Austerus. Grvmnesse or sioore-
reducible to one primary idea, that of striking a-
nesse." Austeritas." Prompt. Parv. gainst some object. He who stoits, or stumbles, ge-
T o STURE at, v. 11. T o be in ill humour with. nerally does so by striking something in his way.
" This pry or—also shew how bischope Form an That is said to slot, which rebounds in consequence
had—caused the governour to sture at him, quhilk of striking the ground ; and the stutterer stammers
caused the bischope to give over manie benefices/' or stumbles in speech, in his words or syllables as
&c. Pitscottie's Cron. p. 2<)6\ it were striking against each other ; or from the
There seems to be an error in what follows this. collision of the organs of speech.
The reading of Ed. 1728, is preferable; tf caused STUTER, s. A stutterer, Roxb.
the Duke to thraw with him, till he [[the prior, not S T U T U T S , STUYTHTIS, S. pi
the bischope] gave over certain benefices to the cc Item twa swerdis of honour, with twa beltis ;
Duke," &c. p. 125. the auld belt wantand foure s tut his" Inventories,
Either from the adj. Sture, in sense 2. signifying A. 1539, p. 49.
rough in manner, austere; or from Teut. stoor-en, Ci Item ane harnessing of yallow velvett, grene
irritare, exacerbare. velvett, and purpour velvett, with stuthis and buk-
STURIS, pi " T h e waring of xxij sturis;" killis all ourgilt with gold/' Ibid. p. 53.
Aberd. R e g . ; probably stivers. " Ane siluer belt continand xxix haill stuythtis
T o S T U R K E N , v. n. T o become stout after with heid & pendes of siluer." Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
an illness; generally applied to females re- This is undoubtedly the same with E. Stud, an or-
covering from childbirth, Roxb. namental knob or nail; A.S. stul he, destina, fulcrum,
To Sturken, A.Bor. is " to grow, to thrive/* Grose. fuleimentum ; Somner.
This is obviously allied to the v. Stark, to strength- S U A D E N E B U I R D I S , Swedish boards.
en, used in an active sense. It more closely resem- <: Tymmer skowis, Suadenc huirdis, guirdstingis
bles Isl. storkn-a rigescere; Dan. styrkning, strength. and boddummis." Aberd. Reg. 1543, V. 18.
. S T U R K E N , part. adj. Congealed, coagulated, This is obviously the same with that article men-
Shetl. tioned in our old Book of Rates; " Boords called
This is undoubtedly the same with A . B o r . S t o r - Swaden boords, the hundreth, XL 1/* A. lGl 1.
ken, to congeal or coagulate like melted wax ; Stur- T o S U A L T E R , SWALTER, v. n. T o move
ken, id.; Grose. Mr. Brockett expl. it ff to cool, to with a plashing noise in water.
stiffen." Than Rany of the Reidliewch—»
Isl. storkn-a congelafe, rigescere, storkinn congela- Licht lap at a lyn;
tus, slorknun coagulatio; Dan. stoerkn-er, to coagu- He felyeit and he fell in;
VOL. I I . M% 3 S
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And Iioge was sa liaisty
That he sualterit him by.
Colkelbie Sow, F. I. v. 228.
The same with Swatter, v.y q. v.
S U A S C H E , s. A trumpet.
" Or dan is the provest of Edinburc to tax the re-
manent of the haill burrowis as use is ; pro vy ding
alwayis that it sail nocht be an tab roan or suasche
to gang throw ony bare for sutting of men to the
rest of the ansaingyies unto the xx day of Decem-
ber nixtocum be bypast/' SedL. Cone. A. 1552,
Keith's Hist. App. p. 67. V. SWESCII.
S U R B A S M O N T , s. The lower pane of a bed.
" Item, four grete beddis, viz. ane of grene, with
standartis cover it with grene velvett, the rufe of
grene velvett, with the heidfrenyeit with grene silk
and gold, thre curtingis of grene dam mas frenyeit
with grene silk and gold, with ane subbasmont of
grene velvett frenyeit of the samyne sort." Inven-
tories, A. 153& p« 45.
Fr. soubassement de licty " the bases of a bed ;
that which hangs down to the ground at the sides,
and feet of some stately bed Cotgr.
S U B D A N E , adj. Sudden.
" I began nocht littill to mervel at sa haisty and
sa subdane a wolter of this warlde, in sa mony grete
mater is, and specialie of the subdane change of sum
cunning clerkis, of the silence and fleitnes of utheris,
and of the maist arrogant presumptioun approvin
specialie in the ignorant." N. WinJet's Foiirscoir
Thre Question is, Keith, App. 218,
O.Fr. soubdain, id.
T o S U B F E U , V. A. V. FEW, V.
S U B I T E , adj. Sudden ; Fr. subitrUe> Eat. su-
bit-us.
iC In phlebotomy or other "manual operations,—
the acts are subite or transient/' Fountainh. Suppl.
Dec. p. 282.
S U B J E C T , s. Property 3 estate whether heri-
table or move able5 S.
" A relict, who has the care of a rich minor, and
is left a good subject herself, has business enough
in this wicked world/' Saxon and Gael, i. 75.
S U B P A N D , s. A11 under curtain for the lower
part of a bed ; synon. Subbasmont.
(C Ane auld bed of blak dames, with the ruif and
pandes, and twa siibpandis, ane for the syde,ane uther
for the feit." Inventories, A. 1578, p, 210. V. PAND.
T o S U B S C R I V E , v. a. T o subscribe; the vul-
gar pronunciation, S.
ec I see gentlemen of girt worth among the C—s
my accusers, wlia are said to have siibscrived or pre-
sented mony of those addresses/3 Speech for D—sse
of Arnistown, p. 6.
* T o S U B S I S T , v. n, T o stop, to cease, to
desist.
Here, at this time, I shall subsist, since I will
have occasion to speak to this matter afterward/"
M'Ward's Contend, p. 41.
" So I might here subsist. But for a further and
more full declaration of my mind, in this matter—
I shall append—these few things/' Ibid. p. 227.
Juat, subsist-erc, to stop, to stand, still.
506
s u e
S U B S T A N C I O U S , S U B S T A N T I O U S , ^ ' . 1. P o w -
erful, possessing ability.
Substantial, as opposed to what is slight or
insufficient.
" To gar byg an substantious d y k A herd. Reg.
A. 1541, V. 17.
" That—all the fencible persons—shall provide
themselves with—ammunition, arms, and other war-
like provisions of all sorts, in the most substantious
manner, for horse and foot." Spalding, ii, 101.
It seems to occur in both senses in the following
Act, A. 156T.
" That letters be direct to charge all the Erles,
Lord is, &c.—that thai with thair substancious hous-
aldis, weill bodin in feir of weir, in thair maist sub*
stancious maner, meit James Commendatour of Sa,inN
androis," Sec.. Keith's Hist. p. IQS.
3. Effectual.
ff The Lord Governour and I, or (lib of secret Conn-
sail, and the maist pairt of the haill nobellis of this
realme—lies for substantious resistance,—willinglie
of thair aw in courage, offerit thameselfis reddie to
defend thair a win auld liberties with thair bodies
and substance ; and to win the haill nobilitie thair-
npoun," &c. Sed1. Counc. A. 154£), Keith's Hist. App.
p. 58.
"Fr. substantieuxy-euse, substantial,stuffie;" Cotgr.
SUBSTANT IOUS HE, adv. Effectually.
— " To the effect thesaids vnlauchfull meitingis—«
may be substantiouslie suppressit, Ordains the haill
inhabitantis of the saidis burr owes at all occasiones
to reddelie assist and concur with the magistratis and
ofFiciaris thairof for satling of the saidis tumultis
trublances, and pvmscheing of the authoris and mo-
vearis thairof." Acts Ja. VI. 1606, Ed. 18 14, p. 288.
SubstantiusUe, Aberd. Reg.
SUCCALEGS,$./?Z. Stockings without feet, ShetL.
Isl. sock-r soccus, caliga, and legg-r, Su.G. laeg}
tibia, eras; or perhaps from swika fraus, q. legs that;
deceive, as having no feet. Swihdl deceitful.
S U C K E N , s. The territory subjected to a cer-
tain jurisdiction, Orkn., ShetL
" Suckcn, a Baillery, so much ground as is under
the Bailives jurisdiction/"' MS. Expl. of Norish
Words.
S U C K E N , ,5. 2. Dues paid at a mill.] Add ;
— " And sex bo!lis of moulter or siickin quhilkis
perteinet to the Carmelite freires of the said burcht/'
Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 657-
This term is used in both senses in the North
of E. V. Gl. Broekett.
3. Used to denote the subjection due by tenants
bound to a certain mill.
" He com nocht to grynd his quliyt in thair mill
as he that aucht suchjn thareto." Aberd. Reg. V. 3 6.
SUCKJEN, adj. 1. Legally astricted. Those who
are bound to have their corn ground at a cer-
tain mill, are said to. be suck en to it, S.
% Used with greater latitude in relation to any
tradesman, shopkeeper, &c. " We're no sucken
to ane by anither," S.
SUCCRE-SAPS, S. pi A sort of pap rendered pa-,
latabie by the abundant use of sugar, S..
 s U D S U G
The term occurs in a foolish song, entitled The S U D G E , adj. Subject to, Shetl.
Wren, or, Lennox's Love to Blantyre; in which the This term is not of northern origin ; but is pro-
characters must certainly be viewed as allegorical. bably a corr. of Fr. sujet.
—In came Robin Red-breast, SIJDROUN, s. The English language. V.
Wi* succar-saps and wyne.—• SODHOUN.
Now, maiden, will you taste of this ? S U E F I S , SWEFIS, s. pi
It's succar-saps and wyne. —How the Empriour dois dance
Herd's Coll ii. 210. Sue/is in Suavia syne.
SUCCUDERTJS, adj. Presumptuous. Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 368.
Ye Sarazeins ar succuderus and self willit ay. I11 a MS. copy, Swefis. Su.G. swaefwja signifies
Ilauf Coityear, D. iij, a. comitatus; soefrv-a, A.S. swef-ian, sopire; suefen,
SITCCUDR on SLY, adv. A rrogan tly. ?;omnium. But the meaning seems to be, that the
Than said the Sarazine to Schir Rauf succudrously, Emperor danced to a tune denominated "the Swe-
I haue na lyking to lyfe to lat the with lufe.— vi," or '' Swevians in Suabia." A.S. Swefas, Suevi.
1'lauf Coil year, D. ij, a. V. SUCKUDRY. S U E S C H E R , .9. A trumpeter. V. SWESCHER.
SUCIvIES, si pi 'The flowers of clover, S.] S U F F R A G E , S u F F E 11 A G E , s. A pray er for
Add; the dead. It is more generally used in the pi.
C£ Oure souerane lord—-having—pervsit and con-
The term is sometimes used., in the singular, as
equivalent to clover. sidderit the charter—gran tit—to the puir mem her is
tc You may try sowing part of the big red clover of Jesus Christ—resident within the burgh of Perth,
and part of the white and yellow siicky with the off—all and sindrie annuel rent is, &c. to quhatsum-
rye-grass." Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 4f). euir kirk, ehappell, college, alter, rnonasterie, pre-
SUCKUDRY,«s. Presumption.] Add to etymon; bendarie, place, or benefice without the said burgh,
Roquefort deduces O.Fr. oullrecuider from. Lat. for quhatsumeuir caus or occasioun, and speciallie
ultra and cogitarc. According to this etymon, sur- for celebratioun of suffragis:—lies ratifijt/' «Scc. Acts
adder must be from supra and cogitarc ; q. to think Ja. VI. 1592, Ed. 1814</p. 581.
of one's self above the proper measure. The said chaplain, every year, once in the year,
SUDDAINTY, 1. Suddenness.] Add ; for the said Michael and Jonet, sail make suffrages,
cc Spokin in suddaniy, in the first motiouiie of which is, I am pleased, and direct me, 0 Lord, with
yre;" Aberd. Reg. an Mess of Rest, being naked, he clothed me ; with
2. Accidental homicide, &c.] Add; two wax candles burning on the altar. To the
Sometimes this term is used by itself elliptically whilk suffrages and mess, he shall cause ring the
to denote sudden slaughter; as opposed to inten- Chappell bell the space of ane quarter of ane hour,
tional homicide. and that all the foresaid poor, and others that shall
" And gif it be fun din forthoeht felony, tobe pun- be thereintiil, shall be present at the foresaid mess
ist eftir the kingis la wis. And gif it be fun din sud- with their habites, requesting all these that shall
dante, tobe restorit again to the fredome & immti- come in to hear the said mess to pray for the said
nite of haly kirk and girth." Acts Ja. 111. A. 14(59, souls." A. 15-15, Blue Blanket, p. 40.
Ed. 1814, p. 96. This term occurs in a still more singular con-
8. Mishap, harm, mischief, Aberd. nexion , in the Petition of the Surgeons and Barbers
S U D D A R D E , SUDDAKT, $. A soldier. of Edinburgh (who then formed one corporation)
" The haill cuntrey being vnder the prod am a- to the Lord Provost and Council. As they ask that
tioun, sum wer licentiat to byd at home, be ressoun a subject maybe given to them annually for dissec-
of thair compositiounis bestowit vpone payment of tion, they bind themselves to a species of service,
the suddcirdis, quhairof thair wer iiijc horsraen and from whielr, in this form at least, as good Protes-
vj c futemen." Bel haven MS. Mem. Ja. VI. fol. 67. tants, they must find themselves now happily re-
C£ Inquirit, gif this deponar, at my lord Bothwells lieved.
desyre, socht ane fyne lunt of any of the sudd art is : — " That we may haue anes in the year ane con-
and answerit, that he did the same, and gat a piece dempait man after he be dead, to maik Anatamia
of fine lunt of half a fad dome, or thareby, fra ane of of, wherthrow we may haue experience ilk ane to
r

the suddartis,—and deliver it to John Hepburne of instruct others, and we shall do sufferagefor the said."
Boltoune, upon Saturday before the kingis slaugh- A. 1505, Blue Blanket, p. 55.
ter." Anderson's Coll. ii. 170. L.B. suffmgia, orationes, quibus Dei Sanctorum
O.Fr. sou dart, soldat; L.B. soli da t-us ; Roquefort. suffragia, sen auxilia imploramus.—Appellantur eti-
The term in L.B. also assumes the form of soli- am orationes, quae pro defunciis dicuntur, quod pro
dar-ius, soldar-ius, soldaer-ius, &c. alb I need scarce- iis Sanctorum suffragia invocentur. Donentur—45
ly add, from solid-urn, sold-um, pay, denominated librae amuiae pro Missis, Sujjragiis, et obitibus lia-
from the designation of the money paid to a soldier. bendis,—pro animabiis dictorum Ducis, Comitis,
S U D D I L L , adj. &c. Chart. Henr. Reg. Angl. A. 1457. b u Cange.
—The suddill sow of the sord.— Sufraiges, prieres pour le morts ; Roquefort.
Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 171. SIJ G A11A L Li I E , s. Th e v u lgar 11 am e. for su-
Perhaps, " sow defiled with filth." V. SUDDILL, V. gar of liquorice, S.
and SORDES, s. Isl. saur, sordes, impuritas, stercus; T o S U G G , v. n. T o move heavily.] Add;
Verel. It seems probable, however, that this is the same
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 S U M S U M
•with O.E. Swagae. I swagge, as a fatte person's S U M E R , s. A sumpter-horse.] Add ;
belly stvaggelh "as he goth goth:: Je assouage" Palsgr. L.B. summar-ins ; Domesday, Tit. Wiltes. It is ob-
B. iii. F. 380, b. Perhaps this O.Fr. v. by which red by Beckwith, that " sinnmarius rather meant
JSwagge is rendered, has a Goth, origin. a horse for carriage, than what we now call a sump-
S U G G A N , s. " A thick coverlet G a l l Enc. ter-horse, or led horse." Blount's Ane. Ten. p. 163.
S U G G I E , adj. " Moist suggie lan\ wet land That the term properly denoted a beast of bur-
Gall. E n c / den, appears from the signification of the synon. som-
C.B. sug juice, sap, sug-aw, to imbibe, to fill with mier, in Old Flemish, j amentum clitellari urn, sarci-
juice ; Isl. soegg-r humidus. E. Soak claims a com- narium; Kilian. Also, Teut. som-beeste, id. som*
peerd, equus clitellarius. The origin is soinme, onus,
T o S U G G Y R E , v. a. T o suggest. sarcina. A.S. seam, seom, id. whence sem-an, sym-an,
ff The waies of the cleuill that he saggy res to false onerare. V. S O W M E , s. 2 .
teachers to deceiue men by are infinite." Eollock on But Beckwith is certainly mistaken as to the sense
2 Thes. p. 52. of the E. term Sumpter-horse, which is uniformly ex-
Lat. sugger-ere, Fr. sugger-er, id. plained by E. lexicographers as denoting a horse em-
S U I L Y E , SULYE, s. The same with Sulye, soil. ployed for carrying cloatlis or furniture.
—e<r And alss apoun the postp6ning—to by fiftj S U M L E Y R , s.
a marks worth of land Hand in competent place & " William Grysse sumleyr to our souerane lord &
gude suilye." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1488, p. 112. ladie the king & queiiis maiesteis." Aberd. Reg. A.
<<r Ground and sulye of the samyn lands." Acts 1565.
Ja. III. V. II. p. l(ii. Cotgr. renders Fr. sommeiller, a butler. But this,
S U I T A l l of Court. V. SOYTOUII. I apprehend, does not give us the proper meaning
S U L D E A R T , 5. Soldier; Fr. souldart. of the term. It seems to denote an officer who had
<: Eepetit the notorietie of the deid, the deposit the charge of the royal household-stuff; L.B. Sum-
tiones, viz. Patrik Stewart, Alexander Guithrie sul- mularius. Carpentier gives Sommarii and Siimmularii
deart, Williame Broune also suldeart," &c. Acts Ja. as synon.; Qui in aula regum nostroriim eujusvis
V I . 1581, Ed, 1814, p. 207. V . SUDDARDE.
supellectilis regiae curam habent. Vo. Sagma. These
S U L Y E , 5. Soil. V. SUILYE. terms seem, however, to have been ambulatory in
their application. For Du Cange expl. Somarii as sig-
T o S U L K it, to be in a sullen humour.
nifying butlers. He says indeed that there were dif-
Our admirall, though tide and wind say nay, ferent officers who bore this name. Oeeurrunt varii
Hell ro\y and work, and sulk it all the way.
nempe summularii mapparurn,
E. Argyle, Law's Memorialls, p. 213.
cionariae, camerae denariorum, fructuariorum, Ca-
This evidently refers to James Duke of York. We
pellae, &c. He also mentions the Sumelarius co-
sometimes use the term sulks, in the sulks, S. in the
quinae ; referring to the Lib. Niger Scaccarii; and
It is singular that, as far as I have ob-
the Somulerius, who had charge of the burden of the
red, Sulky did not appear in an English dictionary, pack horse.
till admitted by Mr. Todd.
SSU
UM MMME EIR , adj. Summary; Fr, sommaire.
S U L L I G E , s. Soil
— " Grantis full power—to consult, conclude, and
So the earth, dirt, and sullige, conveyed by the
put in wreate [writing] all sick good or do u re, &c.
water, must have remained among the fallen wood ;
quhairby goode and summer justice may be done—>
and such a stagnation is the very mother of moss."
to all his hienes liegis without long delayes and ex-
Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 65. traordiner expenssis." Acts Ja. VI. l6l7, Ed. 1814,
This has been evidently borrowed from the Fr. p. 550.
" Solage, soyle, or good ground;" Cotgr.
S U M , a termination of adjectives.] Add; T o S U M M E R , v. a. T o feed cattle, &c. during
This termination has the same acceptation in summer, S.
Dumfr., Roxb., <Scc. " It occurs very seldom that cattle are fed on the
There were three of them set upon him,—I same ground for twelve successive months, or su?n-
brought the iwasome—but wha was the third ?" Guy mered where they have been wintered." Agr. Surv.
Mannering, iii. 299, 300. Dunbart. p. 211. V. SIMMER.
The twasmne sat curmud thegither, &c. S U M M E R - G O U T S , SIMMER-COUTS, S. pi. The
A. Scott's Poems, p. 46. .—exhalations, &c.] For summer-couts r. sum-
This signifies " two in company." mer-cants. Add; —Landtide synon.
It is also used in this sense in Lanarks., and caiv In second Edit. 1788, it is also summer-emits, p. 28.
ried on through all the numbers ; ai It is rather puzzling, however, that in both places
tweniysum, ihrettisum, fortisum,, of the poem which are quoted, it is summer-cauls,
sum. I observe rve that Isl. saman, simul, una in the first Edit. A, 1768, p. 2 1 and 82. But in Edit,
tio, has precisely the second and third, cauts or couts alone occurs. We
una, two together, S. must then view cauls as an errat. in the first edition •
mul, &c. G.Andr. p. 203. Of sam and saman, Ve- especially as I have before me the second, corrected
relius says• In compositis eandem vim ac Latinorum for the press in the autograph of the late learned Dr,
con vel simul, una. Beattie of Aberdeen (who was the early friend of
S U M , adv. In some degree ; as, " That pin's sum Ross); and he has given no intimation that .couts h
muckle," i. e. somewhat large, S.B. V. SOME, not the proper sound. V, OUDER.—Add}
508
 S U N
2. T h e gnats which dance in clusters on a sum-
mer evening, Lanarks.; pron. simmer-couts.
5. I n sing. A lively little young fellow, synon.
with E ™. in,Grig;
~ r ~ - " He's a perfect simmer cout"
Lanarks.
SUMMER-FLAWS, pi Used as synon.
with Summcr-coids, Angus.
S U M M E R - G R O W T H , 6*. Y. SEA-GROWTH.
SUMMER-HAAR, A slight breeze from the
east, which, even when the wind has been wes-
terly all the morning, rises after the sun has
passed the meridian. It is viewed as proceed-
ing from the same cause with the tradewinds in
warmer latitudes. I t receives this name from
the fishers of Newhaven, though not accompa-
nied with any fog.
S U M M E R - S O B , <<?. A summer-storm.] Add;
In Aberd. the term is used to denote frequent
slight rains in summer, commonly in May.
Gael, siob-avi, to b l o w ; sioban, drift, blast.
S U M P , s. A sudden and heavy fall of rain, S. A . ;
synon. Plump.
Ci Aye ! aye ! we shall have a thick and heavy hoar
frost, or a sounding sump o' rain, I wotnae whilk."
Blackw. Mag. Nov. 1820, p. 14 6.
Of thunder July speaks, and sumps of rain ;
A n d August winds uproot the growing grain.
Ibid. Jan. 1821, p. 428.
" Sump, a great fall of rain f Gall. Enc.
Can this be viewed as allied to Su.G. sump palus,
a marsh, E. swamp ?
BUMPED, part. adj. W e t , drenched.
But now with the dead I must lay down my head,
On this bluid sumped field—-Waterloo.
Gall. Encycl p. 442,
S U M P A I R T , adv. Somewhat.
" As to my auin ansueris, albeit I haue retenit
the substance of thame, yit findand greitar commo-
ditie of buikes heir nor in Scotland, I haue sumpairt
amplifeit and enlargeit thame, to accommodat my
self to the capacitie of the ruid people, quha could
not be abil to comprehend sua vechtie mater is in
sua feu vordis, as I vas constrainit to vse in my con-
ference." Nicol Burne's Disputation, T o the Christ.
Reidar.
S U N - D E W W E B S , a name given in the South
of S. to the gossamer. Synon. Moose-webs.
S U N - D O W N , s. Sunset, South o f S.
— " And sitting there birling—wi' a' the scaff and
raff o the water-side, till sun-down, and then com-
ing hame and crying for ale, as if ye were maister
and mair." Tales of my Landlord, ii. 114.
This, I find, is a word used in the United States of
America
" Daylight! do but hear the silly child !—'Tis
but just sundown,Lionel Lincoln, i. 41.
T o S U N G L E Lint, v. a. T o separate flax from
the c o r e ; the pron. of Swingle, S.B.
—Lint was beaten wi' the mell,
An* ilkane sungled to
Piper -ofPeeb
of Peebles, p. 6. V. SWINGLE,
S U N Y I E , s. A n excuse. Ye male aye sae mony
mnyies, y o u have always so many
509
S U P
Roxb. Evidently an abbreviation o f the old
law term Essonyie, q. v.
S U N K A N , part adj. « Sullen, sour, ill-natur-
ed Gl. Picket). T h i s seems merely Sunken,
the old participle of the v. to Sink, q. dejected
in spirit.
S U N K E T , s. A lazy person, R o x b . , S.
A.S. sweng, desidiosus, from swenc-a/i ratigare,
swenced, swcncte, fatigatus.
S U N K E T S , s. pi Provision, &c.] Add;
We are told of an English gentleman who, hungry
and weary, alighted in the evening at some petty inn
in the South of S., the appearance of which had no
great promise. " Good woman," said he to the land-
lady, " can I have any thing for my horse ?" " On
aye/' she replied, " he'll get sunketsr Although he
did not understand the meaning of the term, he na-
turally enough concluded that this must be the food
commonly given to horses in that part of the coun-
try. In a little, urged by his personal wants, he pro-
posed another question; Good woman, can I have
any thing for myself'?" His astonishment may well
be imagined, when he received the very same an-
swer : " O n aye, ye se get sunkels."
This is also used in the singular.
— " A kindlie night for—earning a meltith for to-
morrow's sunkel."—" Hame he never came without
a kind kiss and sunket for me." Blackw, Mag. May
1820, 158, 159.
SUNKET-TIME, S. Meal-time, the time o f taking
a repast, Dumfr.
— " A green petticoat—cam to my hand at sun kit-
time on the sunny-side o' a thorn bush." Ibid. Dec,
1820, p. 321.
SUNKIE, s. " A low s t o o l G l , Antiq., South
of S . ; a dimin. from Sunk.
Mony a day hae I wrought my stocking, and sat
on my sunkie under that saugh." Guy Mann. ii. 18,
It is frequently used to denote such a stool as a
dairy-maid uses when milking her cows.
It seems originally to have signified a seat of turf
01* straw. V. SONK.
S U N N Y - S I D E , a description of the position of
land; denoting its southern exposure, as con-
tradistinguished from that which lies in the
shade, S. Y. SONIE HALF.
This phrase is still very common in law-deeds. In
the Lat. of our writs it is denominated, Pars solaris.
A s the language is E., it might not be worth while
to take notice of this phrase, were it not to remark
the striking resemblance of the various northern na-
tions in their modes of description. The term sun-
drisk occurs in the laws of Westro-Gothland ; which
I lire views in this sense, deriving it from sun nan, to-
wards the south, or exposed to the sun.
S U N K - P O C K S , s. pi T h e bags tied to the
Sunks or Sods on the back of an ass, in which
the children of tinkers, and the goods they have
stolen, are carried, R o x b . V. SONK, $.
S U N K S , s.pl Define;—A sort of saddle made ci
cloth, and stuffed with straw, on which two per -
sons can sit at once; synon. Sods, S. Y. SODDIS
S U P , s* A small quantity o f any liquid o.r sor-
 S U P
bile substance ; as " a sup water " a sup
porridge,"" &e., Aberd. V. SOUP, ,9. sense 3.
T o S U P , i1. a. T o take food—with a spoon.]
Add, in etymon, after the word spoon-meat;
Sw. sunairmat is expressly rendered by Widegren
ce spoon-meal."
T o S U P E R E X P E N D , v. a. T o overrun in
disbursement; or to run in arrears, as when
more debt is contracted on a fund than it sup-
plier money for discharging.
— " His hienes thesaurarie is of the self becum
vnabill to discharge the burding quhilk presentlie it
vnderlvis, quhairthrow not onlie is the said office in
the yeirlie comptis thairof excessivelie superexpen~
dii, bot thair maiesties seruice lyikyis greitlie h ind-
ent," Sec. Acts Ja. VL 1593, Ed. 1814, p. 180.
T o S U P E R E X P O N E , v. a. T o expend, or
lav out, over and above.
" Anent the—eauss persewit be Schir Johne Ru-
thsrfurde of Tarlane knycht aganis the alderman,
bailyeis& commite of Abirdene,for the wrangwis de-
tention & withhalding fra him of the soume of fiftj
merkis,—the quhilk soume he superexponit mare
than the commonne gudis of the said toune extendit
to the last yere, quhene he was alderman of the said
toune/' &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 14.01, p. 230.
Formed from Lat. super, and expon-ere used in
a literal sense, not warranted by classical authority.
* S U P E R I N T E N D E N T , 5.*The designation of
an office-bearer in tire church of Scotland, who,
for some time after the Reformation, was ap-
pointed from considerations of expediency, when
there was a great scarcity of fixed pastors, to the
oversight of a particular province, which he was
bound regularly to visit, preaching the word,
planting churches, ordaining elders, and taking
cognisance of the doctrine and life of ministers,
and of the manners of the people; being himself
subject to the censure and correction of the pas-
tors and elders of the said province.
" We have thought good to signifie to your Ho-
nours—how many superintendents we thinke neces-
sarie, with their bounds, office, the manner of their
election, and the causes that may deserve deposition
from that charge.—We have thought it a thing most
expedient at this time, that from the whole number
of godly and learned men, now presently in this
realm, be selected ten or twelve (for in so many pro-
vinces we have divided the whole), to whom charge
and commandement should be given to plant and
erect kirkes, to set, order, and appoint ministers as
the former order prescribes," Sec. First Buik of Dis-
cipline, c. 6.
SuPEnINTENDENTRIE, s. The province or dis-
trict in which a superintendent exercised his office.
cf Maister Robert Pontt commissioner of the super-
inlcndenlrie of Murray, was presented to the person-
age and vicarage of the parish kirk of Birnie, in the
diocie of Murray—Jan. 13.1567-" Reg. Present. Life
of Melville, i. 280, N.
This termination rie} as in Bishopry, is from A.S.
rice jurisdictio.
S U P E R S A U L T , ,v. The somersault, or somer-
set; Calmaw, synon.
510
S U E
"His head going down, he loups the supefsauU, and
his buttocks light hard beside me, with all his four
feet to the lift." Melville MS. Mem. p. 184.
Fr. soubresaidt, id.
S U P P A B L E , adj. What may be supped ; as,
" Thai kail ar sae saut they're no suppableS.
StJPPE, v. a.
" And or din is our sourane lordis lettrez to be di-
rect to kepe & suppe the the said Johne yongare thar-
intill." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1489, p- 136.
It seems probable that this is an err at. for suppe-
elite, i. e. supply, or maintain ; especially as the oc-
curs twice, miswritten in the first instance for dite.
T o S U P P L I E , v. a. T o supplicate; Yr.suppli-er.
" The said Mr. Robert [Montgomerie]—hes maist
humblie suppliit to tak consideratioun of his petious
complaint;' Sec. Acts Ja. VI. 1584, Ed. 1814, p. 212.
S U P P O N A I L L E R , -v. A supporter. " Lele
helps, consiallers, supponaiUers & furtherers
Chart, at Panmure, A. 1391, Aberd. Reg.
T o S U P P O N E , v. 7i. T o suppose; Lat. sup-
pon-e-re.
a \\rp0U11 tlie morne, the chancellour happened
better nor any man supponed" Pitscottie's Cron. p. 25.
T o SUPPONE, v. a. Apparently used as signify-
ing to expect; or as conveying the idea of hope.
"Daylie amitie and freindscliip increased,—that ail
men supponed the same to endure for evir vnbrokin."
Pitscottie's Cron. i. 15.
SUPPONAND, the part. pr. used as a conj. Suppos-
ing, although.
<c The said eontracte oblissis the merchandis—to
cum with thar schippis and gudis to the bavin and
port of Mkklelburgh, vndir the pane of tynsall of thar
schippis and all thar gudis, supponand be storme of
wedire, or truble of weiremen, the saidis schippis be
aventure may be drevin or chasit to vthir portis."
Acts Ja. V. 1526, Ed. 1814, p. 314.
T o SUPPOWELL, v. a. T o support.
<<r Fore my service in maner as I base before writyn,
thai yhe will vouchesauf tyll help me, and suppowell
me tyll gete amendes of the wrangs and the defowle
that ys done me." Lett. Geo. Dunbar E. of March
to Hen. IV. A. 1400. Pinkerton's Hist. Scotl. i. 449.
T o S U R P R I S E , v.a. T o suppress, to bear down,
Suppriset with a surget, he her is hit in sable.
Sir Gam an and Sir Gal. i. 24.
Surrmss, s. Oppression, violence.
Our all the toune rewlyng in thair awne wiss.
Till mony Scot thai did full gret supp>riss.
Wallace, ii. 26, MS.
O.Fr. souspris is rendered, impot extraordinaire ;
Gl. Roquefort. But both this and the v. may be from
Fr. supprim-er to suppress; part, suppris.
S U P R A S C R Y V E D , part. pa. Superscribed.
— T o g e t h e r with ane war rand suprascryved be
our said soveraine lord," Sec. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814,
V. 577.
S U R C O A T , s. An under-waistcoat.] Add;
It is not improbable, notwithstanding the change
of the signification, that this is originally the same
with the E. term. It is a word of ancient use. Knygh-
ton mentions sorcotium, A. 1296. Sibi fecit vestes, tu-
nicam, sorcotium, et mantel lam. Vestis species, says
 s u n
D a Cange, Italis sorcotla, Gall, sarcot vel surcot, ita
dicta forte quod Cotto superadderetur. Also in L.B.
surcot-ium, surchot-us, syrcot-um.
Verelius, however, claims this as a northern term;
deducing the Ital. name from Isl. syrkoifodr, pellis
tunicae exteriori nobilium superinducta. Inde Ital.
Sorcotto: Tunica exterior, quaecottae super inducitur.
V. Aug. Ferr. (i. e. Ferrari us) in Coif a.
As far as I can understand the meaning of the
learned writer, he views the term as compounded of
Syr or Sir, dominus, col la tunica, imdj'od-r vagina ;
q. ee the case' or " covering thrown over the coat of
a nobleman." This, it appears, was anciently some
kind of skin. V. Ind. Scytho-Scand. p. 251.
S U R F E T , adj. Extravagant in price.] Add ;
•L Superabundant, extraordinary.
— T h e Inglismen has hade this somer bygane,
and traistis to haif this somer to cum, surfel coist and
travel 1." Acts Ja. II. A. 1456, Ed. 1814, p. 45.
S. Oppressive in operation.
" The pepill—war movit aganis him—for the sur-
feit spending of thare laubouris, ithandlie in his
erandis and biggingis." Bel lend. T. Liv. p. 99-
4. Excessive in any respect; as, in regard to vio-
lence or severity.
" The earle of Douglas speeiall freindis,—being
wext and irked so long be frequent hirsehipis, and
surfeit roadis [inroads],—gave counsell to thair
cheife to leive and desist from his seditious disobe-
dience." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 111.
S U E G E T , s.] Add;
The phrase, suppriset with a surget, may refer to
the celebrated Arthur's being suppressed by the infi-
delity of Guenevir his wife, who joined with his ne-
phew Mordred, by whom she was debauched. O.Fr.
surget, surdile, femme debauchee.
S U R G E N A R Y , s. T h e profession of a surgeon.
We consent and grant the samen to the forsaids
crafts of surge nary and Barbara, and to their succes-
sors." Seal of Cause, Edin. A. 1 505, p. 5Q,
* S U R L Y , adj. R o u g h , boisterous, stormy, S.
This appears to be merely a figurative use of the
E. word, not supported by other kindred dialects.
SURPECLAITHE, A surplice.
fC If surpeclaithes, cornett cap and tippett lies bein
badges of idolaters in the verie act of their idolatrie,
quhat lies the preacher of christian libertie, and the
oppin rebuker of -dl superstitioun to doe with the
dregs of that Romish beast?" Gen. Assembly, A.
1566, Keith's Hist. p. 56.5.
The Fr. term surplis is evidently from L.B. super-
pcUic-iuni id. But surpeclaithe has been formed, as
if claithe or cloth constituted the latter part of the
w o r d ; as in Belg. it is denominated koorkleed from
koor a quire, q. a quirecloth.
S U R P L E S , s. Apparently the same as E . Su?%
plice; as Chaucer writes surplis.
" Item the surples of the robe riall." Regalia Sco-
tiae, p. 11.
* T o S U R P R I S E , v. n. T o be surprised, to
wonder, A b e r d .
S U R R I G I N A R E , s. A surgeon.
" Ratifijs—the yerlie fee and pensiotme granti.t
& gevin be oure souerane lorde to his seruande
511
s u T
George Leithe his surriginare of his casualitie for
all the dais of his life." Acts Ja. Y. 1526, Ed. 1814,
p. 320.
T o SUSIT, v. a. T o beat, to flog, Ayrs.
Perhaps originally the same with Squiss, to beat
up, q. v.; or corrupted from the E. v. to Switch.
S U S H , S us HIM, -y. A rushing sound, applied
to the wind, S.
Dan. vitulens susen, fremitus venti pronientis ;
Haldorson, vo. Thytr. Suus-er to murmur, to buz,
to hiss, to whistle; suusen, snusuing, a murmur, a
buzzing or humming noise. Teut. suys-en si hi lare ;
suysinghe, levis aura, summissum murmur. Gael.
siusan, a humming or buzzing noise.
T o S U S H I E , v. n. T o shrink, W . Loth.
Apparently from the same source with Sussy, q. v.
Fr. soucier, ie to infect with carke," Cotgr.
S U S P E K , part. adj. Suspected. £C Onv suspek
place,"" any suspected place ; Aberd. Ileg.
S U S S Y , SUSSIE, s. 1. Care, anxiety.] Add;
2. Expl. " h e s i t a t i o n G L Ross.
But an* my new rock were anes cutted an' dry.
Til a' Maggie's care an" her can traps defy,
An' but onv sussie the spinning I'll try,
An' ye's a' hear o' the beginning o't.
Ross's Rock and Wee Pickle Toir.
SUSSIE, adj. Careful, attentive to.] Delete this,
and transfer the proof from Maitland Poems to
the v. following ; as the words, " G i f thai see
you sussie of thair sals," signifies, " I f they ob-
serve that you regard, or pay attention to their
sayings."
T o SUSSY, r. n. T o be c a r e f u l ] Add;
The v., as bearing this sense, if not still retained,
was in use not long ago in Loth.
T o SUSSIE, v. a. T o trouble. I isadna sussie
my sell, I would not put myself to the trouble,
Aberd.
S U S T E R , s. Sister, Aberd. Keg. This ap-
proaches mere: tl j ?i the E . w o r ' to the sound
of A . S . sicuster, TVul. sutler, Moes.G. sxixtar..
Alem. x.. ester, Su.G. -sysh id. (n pron. u.)
S U T E , s. Perspiration, sv.vat.
ff A Is sone as ins goune wes dicht iVa sutc and
duste, of p;;v»~er he clothit him tharewith." Bellend.
T. Liv. p. 2 l-i>. Lat. sudore. isl. sued, id.
SUTIL Truth, verity, E . sooth.
And, giflf I the suth sail say.
He wes fulfill it off bounte.
Barbour, vii. 594, Ed. 1820.
A.S. soth, Veritas.
SUTIIFAST. adj. T r u e . ] Add;
O.E. Solhfasl. Verax.—Sotheness or Sothcfast-
nesse. Veritas. Veracitas." Prompt. Parv.
S U T H R O U N , s. A collective term for those
who belong o to the English o nation.
For Sutfiroun ar full sutaille euirilk man.
Wallace, i. 273. V. SODEOUN,
S U T T E N oil, part. adj. Stunted in growth,
Ettr. For. A . S . on-sitt-an, insidere, incum-
b e r e ; q. having sat down so as to make no fur-
ther progress.
Sit ten, is often used by itself in the same sense :
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Siltcn-like, having the appearance of being stunted ;
and I think also Sitten-down, S.
SWAB, The lnisk of the pea; pease swabs9
Dumfr.
This must be an old E. word, as Phillips explains
it " a bean-cod.5' O.Teut. schabbe, operculum.
SWAB, A loose idle fellow. " A drucken
swatP is a phrase very common, Roxb.
This seems to be merely Su.G. and E. swab, (a
mop for cleaning floors,) used metaphorically; q. a
fellow that is constantly drinking up; one who sucks
up liquor like a mop; synon. with Spunge, Sand*
bed, Sec.
S W A B I E , ,9. T h e Great black and white Gull,
Shetl. Swarthack svnon.
" Larus Marinus (Lin. syst.) Swabie, Bawgie,
Swart-back, Great black and white Gull." Ed-
luonston's Zetl. ii. 256.
" The water-fowl took to wing in eddying and
confused wheel, answering the echoes with a thou-
sand varying screams, from the deep note of the
swabie or swarthack, to the querulous cry of the tir-
raeke and kittiewake." The Pirate, i. 227-
Probably a fondling sort of term from Swarthack.
SWABBLE, A tall thin person, one who is
not thick in proportion to his height, Ettr.Eor.,
Upp. Clydes.
<f I heard Davie o' Craik saying to his brother,
f Take care o' that lang swabble Charlie, and keep
by his side." Perils of Man, ii. 243.
T o S W A B L E , SWABBLE, v. a. 44 T o beat with a
long stick;" Gl. Sibb., Roxb., S.O. SwabUn,
part. pr.
Here some resort the night before,
Where sheep, pent up, are bleetin ;
And herds exert their muirlarid lore,
Wi' swabliti sticks a sweatin'.
St. Bos well's Fair, A. Scoffs Poems, p. 51.
In Tweedd. Swabble is understood as strictly sig-
nifying to beat with a supple stick. It is also expl.
" to beat with a leathern belt," Roxb.
S W A B B L I N \s. " A gude swabbliii* a hearty drub-
bing, ibid.
SWABBLIN'-STICK, a cudgel, ibid.
Dan. swoebe a whip, a scourge : Teut sweepc id.;
sweep-en flagellare; A.S. swebb-an verrere, flagellare,
Benson. Su.G. swaefw-a motitari, librari; Germ.
schweb-en, Alem. sueib-en id., as denoting perhaps the
motion of what is long and pliant.
S W A C K , SWAK, adj. % Clever, active, nimble.]
Add;
It seems to be used in this sense in Ross's Hele-
nore, First Edit. p. 10.
Her cherry cheeks you might bleed with a strae,
Syne she was swak an' souple like a rae.
In the third Edition, swift is substituted for this,
p. 16. Add, as sense
3. Weak, not stout; used in regard to a slight
bar of iron, or piece of wood, Loth.
This is merely a slight obliquity from the primary
sense. An object is said to be weak, from this idea
being suggested by its flexibility.
SWACK, s. A large quantity.] Add;
51S
-—There baith man, and wife, and wean,
Are stegh'd while they dow stand their lane,
For a3 the langboard now does grane
Wi' swacks o' kale. The Harst Big, st. 137-
SWACK, adj. Abundant, S.O.
" Swack, plenty and g o o d ; " Gall. Enc.
SWACKING, adj. Of a large size, ibid.
" Smacking hout, fat large animals ;", ibid.
T o S W A C K , v. a. T o drink deep, implying also
the idea of haste; to drink greedily, to swill, Ayrs.
—Ithers lend an unco haun
At swackin owre the liquid brawn.
Picken*s Poems 1788, p. 15.
<f Swack, to drink deep, or with haste ;" Gl. Picken.
This seems originally the same with E. Swig id.
Johnson refers to Isl. swig-a. But siug-a, sorbere, is
the only cognate term in that language ; Su.G. sug-a
sugere. Brawn, in this passage, must be meant for
brown, as applied to ale.
SWACK, S. A large draught of liquor, Banff's. ;
synon. Swauger, Scaup, Waudit ^ Sxveig.
S W A C K (of wind), s. A gust, a severe blast,
Ettr. For. Hence,
T o SWACK, V. N. T o blow suddenly and severely,
ibid.
This is distinguished from a Sob, which denotes a
lower gust, or a blast that is less severe than a Swack,
ibid. It may be allied to Teut. swack-en vibrare, or
Isl. swack-a inquietus esse, m'ac&turba, motus. A.S.
sweg-an signifies intonare, " to thunder, to make a
rumbling noise ;" Somner.
T o S W A C K E N . v. a, T o make supple or pliant,
Aberd., Mearns.
Teut. swack-en clebilitare, et debilitari. V. the adj.
T o SWACKEN, V. N. T o become supple, ibid.
Wi' that her joints began to swacken,
Aw a' she scour'd like ony maukin.
Beattie's John o' Arnha, p. 23-
SWACKING, adj. Clever, tall, active, Dumfr.
V . SWACK, adj.
SWAD, A soldierj a cant term, S.B.
—True it is that they may mell you,
Or for a swad* or sailor sell you,
In time o' weir.
* " A soldier," N. Taylors S Poems, p. 170.
" Swad or swadkin, a soldier. Cant." Grose's
Class. Diet.
S W A G , s. A festoon, used for an ornament to
beds, &c., Loth. ; q. what hangs loose, as allied
to Teut. swack, quod facile flee tit ur, flexilis.
SWAG, A large draught of any liquid, S.
This is evidently from the same origin with the
E. v. to Swig3 " to drink by large draughts." V.
SWACK, V.
S W A G , s. L Motion, Roxb., Gall.
2. Inclination from the perpendicular, S.
3. It sometimes denotes a leaning t o ; as, " a swag
in politics,1* S.
T o SWAG, V. n. T o move backwards and for-
wards, ibid.
ff Swag to swing; swagging, swinging/' Gall. Enc.
Isl. swak, fluctus lenis; swakar ad9 ingruit; G.
Andr.
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£?t77cA-,turba, motus, swack-a inquietus esse; Hal dor- Isl. sweip-a involvere, swip-a, subito se vertere,
son. Sug-ur aestus maris, mare aestuans, G. An dr. This word, however, seems of the same family with
SWAGGIE, s. The act of swinging, or the game SWIPE, V., q. v.
of Meritot in E., Koxh. S W A I P E L T , s. Apiece of wood, in form 11 ear I y
" At swaggie, waggie, or shouggie-shou." Ur- resembling the head of a crosier put loosely
quhart's Rabelais, B. I. p. 96. round the fetlock joint of the foreleg of a horse,
T o S W A G E , r. a, T o quiet, to still; to retain. when turned out to graze in an open country.
The flercelings race her did so hetly cadge, When the horse goes slow,hesu tiers nothingfrom
Her stammack cud na sic raw vittals swage. it; but " ben he runs off, this, striking the other
Roses Ilelenore, p. 56. leg, causes pain, and impedes his progress, Roxb.
Apparently abbreviated from E. Assuage. Perhaps from Swipe, v., to strike in a semicircular
S W A G E l l S, pi Men married to sisters, mode; unlers we could view it q. swaij-pclt, what
Shetl. The connexion is expressed by this term. gives-apelI or blow from its swinging motion,
MoesG. suaihro, A.S- sweger, Alem. swehur, Su.G. S W A L S H , SWESII, adj. A term applied to the
s-woger, swaer, Sec. socer, properly a father in law. face, which, while it implies fullness, chiefly con-
But it appears to have been afterwards used with veys the idea of suavity and benign! ty, South of S.
greater latitude. This, at first view, from its including the idea of
T o S W A G G E R , v. n. T o stagger, to feel as fullness, might seem to be the same with Swash, q. v.
if intoxicated, Moray. It is not known in the But, from what is considered as the predominant idea.,
sense given in E. I imagine that it should be traced to A.S. swaes,
Teut. smack-en, vibrare; Isl. sweig-ia, flectere, swes, suavis, bland us, comis ; pleasing, sweet, de-
u

curvare. lectable, alluring, courteous," (Soirmer); swacslice,

T o S W A Y , SWEY, v. 7i. 2. T o -move back- blande, benigne ; sivaesnes, benignitas, L y e ; Alem.
wards and forwards, &e\] Add; suaz, suazzl, dulcis, suavis.
A.Bor. " $ weigh, to play at see-saw, or titter- S W A L D , part. pa. Swelled, S.
totter/* Grose. ec To Sway (pron. sweif), to ride upon rr It is a warld's pity to see how these rings are
a plank or pole, moving on a fulcrum, as children are pinching the puir creature's swald fingers." The
wont." Yorks., Marshall. Pirate, 1. 178.
SWAY, S. 2. A swing, S.] Hence, * S W A L L O W , s. It is strange that this harm-
In the swey-swaw, in a state of hesitation or uncer- less and almost domestic bird should be put
tainty, Loth. Synon. In the Wcy-bauks, q. moving under the ban of superstition. I11 Teviotd. it
backwrards and forwards. is reckoned uncannie, as being suppossed to
S W A I L S H , s. A part of a mountain that slopes have a drap o thedc-iVs bluid. Young swallows,
much, or any part on the face of a hill which is however, when from the influence of this bar-
not so steep as the rest, Ettr. For. barizing fancy they have been deprived of their
It seems very doubtful if it be allied to Su.G. eyes, will soon have them restored, for this good
swalg, Isl. swelg-ur, abyssus, barathrum. I would reason, that "the de'il is kind to hisa!!!," Teviotd.
rather view it as eomp. of Isl. swig curvatura, or S W A M , s. A large quantity ; as " a swam o1
sweig-ia, Dan. swej-c curvare, and ha Is collum (a term claise," a great assortment of clothes, Upp.
used by itself in S. to denote a defile, or narrow pas- Clydes.
sage between hills) ; q. s?ieighals, or swejhals, " the Corr. perhaps from Teut. sonime, L.B. sauma, onus,
bending neck of a mountain." It may be added, sarcina.
that Isl. swade, also swada, is thus defined by Hal- S W A M P , adj. Not swelled.] Add;
dors on ; Continui rupis declivitas. cc An animal is said to be swamped, when it seems
This seems to correspond with the term Carrie, clung, or clinhct, or thin in the b e l l y G a l l . Enc.
used in that part of the country that was under the " Swamp, s l e n d e r G l . Picken. Hence,
dominion of the Celts. SWAM PIE, adj. A tall thin fellow, Dumfr.
S W A I N E , <?. The country of Sweden. * S W A M P E D , part. adj. Metaph. used in the
Cf And becaus the soukliours of baith pair ties hade
sense of imprisoned ; a Gypsey word, S.A.
na farder actio u n at ha me, the capitanes receauit thair
S W A N D E R , SWAUXDER, <9. A sort of apoplectic
bands haill, and sow me of thaime past in Swainc,
giddiness, which seizes one on any sudden emer-
tome in Flaunderis, quhair they behavit thameselues
valiauntly." Hist. James the Sext, p. 237- gency or surprise, Fife.
This designation of the country corresponds with T o SWANDEit, SWAUNDEII, v. n. I . T o fall into
that given it by the Swedes themselves. They call a wavering or insensible state, ibid.
it Swea and Srvia, and an inhabitant Swensk. Isl. T o want resolution or determination, ibid.
Suia Kongur, rex Sueciae. In A.S. the Swedes are Su.G. swind-a, swinu-a, anciently jberswaend-a,
generally denominated Sueon, and their country deficere, tabescere, evanescere; whencefoerswander,
Sueofi-land. As the Swedish territories were by an- tabescit; A.S.swind-an,tabescere; Germ.schweiner-n,
cient writers called Suithiod, q. the people, or king- diminuere, 1acere ut deficiat, schnnnd-en, to pine, to
dom, of the Suiones; Ihre supposes that, from this languish. E. swoon is obviously from a common origin.
designation, the Greeks formed the name of Scythia. Goth, wan, denoting defect, JS viewed as the root.
S W A I P , adj. Slanting, Ettr. For, SWANK, A clever young fellow, S.B.
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His cousin was a bierly swank, like her but yet a great swap
A derf young man, liecht Rob.— Binky." Saxon and Gael, i. 163.
is Baing, Skinners Misc. Poet. .p. 128. Isl.swip-r vultus,swipad-r vultu similis;Haldorsom
V. S? T o S W A P , SWAUP, V. N. 1. A term applied to
SWANKY, A n active or clever young fellow.] pease and other leguminal herbs, when they be-
Add; gin to send forth pods, S. Whaup, S.B.
Like bumbees bizzing frae a bike, — " Sow it with pease, which, beginningto swap,
Whan hirds their riggings tirr ; or to have pods, plow down, and cover under the
The srvankies lap thro' mire and syke, fur ; and let it ly in this condition all
Wow as their heads did birr ! well's Sel. Trans, p. 13. V. SHAUP.
Skinner's Miscellaneous Poetry, p. 123. 2. Metaphorically transferred to young j
A.Bor. " Swanky, a strapping young country- every description, Roxb.
man ;" Gl. Brocket*. SWAP, SWAUP, <9. 1. The husk of pease while it
SWANKI KG, part. adj. Supple, active, South of S. is in a flat state, before the pease are formed, S.
" I lived on his land when I was a swanking young 2. Applied to the pease themselves, in the pod,
chield, and could liae blaun the trumpet wi' ony while as yet in an immature state, S.
body, for I had wind eneugh then," Bride of Lam- S W A P I T , adj. Before—Perhaps, q. lazy-
moulded, Insert—Sweir-swapit.
S W A N K Y , adj.] Add; S W A R C H , SWARGH (gutt.), s. A rabblement,
Swanky is applied to a person who is tall, but a tumultuous assembly, S.B.
not filled up ; lank, Fife. A swargh o gladsome neibour fock,
S W A N K Y N , part. pa. That glomin did forgather
—The halkit lioglyn, About the town, to sport, an' joke,.
Snelly snattis swankyn. An' rant wi' ane anither, &c.
Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 1 6 6 . Tarrass Poems, p. 68.
I am inclined to read suattis for snattis, q. « keenly " Swargh, a convention of individuals ;" Gl. ibid,
labouring at new ale/' Y. SWATS. Swankyn may O.Teut. swarcke, swercke, nubes, perhaps like E.
cloud, as signifying a crowd, a multitude.
swinkad-r, however, signifies, " filled like a swine It would seem that Swarrach (q. v.) is allied.
and Su.G. swang-er, hungry, sweingd, hunger. S W A R E , SWIRE, SWYBE, s. 3. T h e most level
T o S W A N K L E , v. n. A term used to express spot between two hills.] Add;
the sound emitted from a vessel, when the liquid It occurs in this sense, in a passage in which the
which it contains is shaken, ShetL ; apparently virtues of Killigrew, the English Ambassador, are
synon. with S. Clunk. celebrated ; and particularly his patience in endur-
Teut. swanekel-en nutare, vacillare ; a ing hardships, while endeavouring to restore peace
between the contending parties in Scotland, during
tive from swanck-en, vibrare,, quatere;
the regency of Morton.
Su.G. vibrare.
In winter wedderis baith in wind and
T o S W A P , v. a. T o exchange.] Add; Sum tyme with seiknes sa ourset with
ex I wad be content to swap the garment for the
He raid throw montanes, many mose an
value in feathers, or sea-otter's skins, or any kind of In frost and snaw, quhen all the folkis ar
peltrie." The Pirate, i. 218. With double bonattis for to hap thair
SWAP, S. A barter, an exchange, S. Then wes he worsland our ane won die sivyre.
" For the pouther, I e'en changed it with the skip- Sege Edinb. Castel, Poems iGth Cent. p. 299 ;
kers o' Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and i. e. wrestling through a windy defile ;
brandy,—-a gude swap too, between what cheereth
the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out SWARFF, SWERF, 2. A fainting fit.] Add;
of the body/' Bride of Lammermoor, ii. 294. — " I can tell you this, Sirs, since my trouble be-
T o S W A P , v. a,: S. T o strike.] Add; gan, many a fainting-fit has come over my heart;
The term, in this sense, occurs in Palsgrave. " I but no sooner began a swarf or a dwam to go over
swappe, I stryke ; Je frappe. He swapped me on the my heart, but he answered me with strength in my
shoulder with his hande." B. iii. 1, soul." Mich. Bruce's Lectures, p. 68.
3. Faintness, dejection of spirit.
SWAP, 5. A sudden stroke.] Add ; " Word came in the morning that a suerfe had
This term is still used as denoting a Ettr. overgone the lordis . hairtes/' &c. Belhaven M.S.
For., Roxb. Hist. Ja. VI. Fol. 42.
" Whan a thing comes on ye that gate, that's a T o SWARF, V. a. T o stupify, Gall.
dadd.—Then a paik, that's a swapp, or a skelp like/' " The scene dumfounder'd the wretch, and swarf d
Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 135. him so that he could not utter a word." Gall. Enc.
" Pell-mell, swap for swap, was a' that they coun- p. 325,
tit on." Perils of Man, ii. 243. SWARGH, V. SWARCII, SWARGH,
S W A P , SWAUP, The cast, mould, or S W A R R I G , s. A quantity of any thing, ShetL;
ments, &c.] Add; y a variety of Si ~ V . SWAKCH.
« She is a weel-farr'd settin lass your very S W A R T A T E E , fatetj. Black 1 me, m ill hour,
5H
 S W A S W A
Shctl. Also expl. " expressing contempt or eyes they are, to be sure, to drive a man out of his
ain house S The tane a puir silly spendthrift, the
surprise.11
tither a great gormandizing swash, and the third—
From Su.G. Isl. swart black, and tid time ; or
but how comes the world to have but three eyes ?—
perchance q. swart to ye, (C black be your fate !"
can you no mak out a fourth ?" Inheritance, i. 200.
S W A R T I T , s. Sward, Ettr. For.
A large quantity, &c.] Add,;
The groans are heard on the mountain swarth,
There is blood in heaven and blood 011 earth. It is often applied to meat or drink, Berwicks.
Brownie of Bodsheck, i. 9.92. SWATCH, 1. A pattern, &c.] Add;
S W A R T H , I n swarth o\m exchange for, R o x . Sir W. Scott remarks ;
I can form no conjecture as to the origin, unless " The original use identifies swatch with patch.
it be A.S. wearth, Su.G. wacrd, &c. worth, price, va- Thus Tusser ;
lue, with the sibilation prefixed. One spreadeth those bands, so in order to lie,
SWARTIIYTTER, Properly, one belong- As barly (in swatches) may fill it thereby."
ing to the German cavalry.] Add, before the This idea seems to acquire probability from the
word Kiii mi, in last paragraph ; previous use of the word Dallops.
This term is illustrated by what Fynes Moryson Of barly the longest, and greenest yee find,
has said. Leave standing by dallops, til time ye do bind.
" At this day the horsemen of Germany are vul- Five Hundred Points, p. 99.
garly called Schwnrtz-Reytern, that is, blacke horse- For dallops, according to Kersey, is " a word used
men, not onely because they weare blacke apparrell, in some places for patches, or corners of grass, or
but also for that most of them haue blacke horses, weeds amidst the corn." But as I have met with
and make their hands and faces blacke by dressing swatch in no other E. work, I hesitate whether this
them and by blacking their bootes, wherein they are be not an erratum for swathes.
curious ; or else because custome hath made black- 2. A specimen.] Add;
nesse an ornament to them ; or else because they " Mr. William Carstaresput in her [Queen Mary's]
thinke this colour to make them most terrible to their hand one of that compendious treatise of Mr. William
enemies." Itinerary, Part III. B. iv. c. 3. p. 197. Guthry's, The Trial of a Saving Interest in Christ
T o S W A R V E , v. n. T o incline to one side, E . Sometime thereafter he enquired how she pleased
Swerve. the little swatch of Scots Presbyterian writings? She
« I had the ill luck to hit his jaud o' a beast on said, she admired it, and should never part with it
the nose with my hat, and scaur the creature, and while she lived." Walker's Remark. Passages, p. 88.
she swarved aside, and the king that sits na mickle S W A T S , 5. pi The thin part of sowens or flum-
better than a draff-poke on the saddle, was like to mery, Shetl. Isl. swade lubricies.
have gotten a clean coup." Nigel, i. 74. T o S W A T T E R , v. a. 1. T o move quickly, &c.]
" By the grace of Mercy the horse swarved round, R . v. ??„ Add;
and I fell aff at the tae side as the ball whistled by S. Expl. as signifying, in Galloway, Ci to swim
at the tither." Bride of Lammermoor, ii. 248. close together 111 the water like young ducks
Teut. swerv-en, deer rare, divagari; fhictuare. Mactaggart.
S W A S H , .v. " The noise which one makes, fall- " To smaller, to spill or throw about water, as
ing upon the ground,11 S.] Add; geese and ducks do, in drinking and feedingYorks.,
It is used to denote the noise made by a salmon, Marshall.
when he leaps at the fly. T o S W A T T L E , r. a. T o beat soundly with
Forthwith amain he plunges on his prey, a stick or wand, Aberd. ; Swaddle, E. to beat,
Wi' eager swash ; the lucky moment watch, to cudgel.
An' in his gills engorge the barbed death. SWATTLIXT, s. A drubbing, ibid.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 31,32.—Add to etymon ; Dr. Johns, has given Swaddle as if it were the same
I suspect that Swash is originally the same with v. with that signifying "to swathe, to bind in cloaths,"
E. Suelch, a " heavy fall •" Johns.; " a flat fall on one &c. He has in this, as in many other instances,(rather
side;" Grose. The E. v. Swash, however> is ex- rashly, passed sentence upon it as cf a low, ludicrous
plained, " to make a great clatter or noise/' word." There is reason, on the contrary, to suppose
T o S W A S H , v. n. T o swell, to be turgid.] Add; that it is a very ancient word. For it may be a
It is probable that this is the same v. which oc- dimin. from Isl. swada, cutem laedere; swada, vul-
curs in Shakspeare, when he speaks of the affecta- nusculum cutis laesae; swoedn-sar, id. Or we may-
tion of valour.
trace it to Isl. swida, which Haldorson renders by
Well have a swashing and a martial outside,
Framea, arniorum quoddam genus, a sort of partizan
As many other mannish cowards have,
or halbert; but Verelius, by Clava, a club; adding
That do outface it with their semblances.
Sw. klu})I)a and smedia as svnonymes.
As You Like it. S W A T T R O C H , s. ""Strong soup, excellent
SWASH, A trumpet. He convenand the food; 11 Gall. Enc.
wachemen be the sound of his swash throw the Corr. perhaps from Gael, suthbrilh decoction; suth
towne Aberd. Reg. V. M . V. SWESCH. pi ice ; C.B. sudd id.; swtrach dregs.
S W A S H , s. 1. A person of a broad make, &c.] S W A U G E R (g hard), A large draught, Banffs.;
Add; synon. Scoup, Swack, Waudit; S. and M,Smg\
" And so these are the eyes of the world!'—pretty —Than we took a •
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O' whiskie we had smuggling brewn, T o SWEAL, V. a. T o carry a candle in so care-
Outwittins o' the ganger. less or hurried a way as to make it blaze away ;
Taylors S. Poems, p. 143. as, " YeYe swealM a1 the candle," S.
Isl. siug-a, Su.G. sug-a,' sugere, E. to swig. This, if 1 mistake not, is its more common use in S.
S W A U K I N , part. Hesitating. V. TIAUKIN Swalt or Swail is the E. orthography of this old
and S WAIT KIN. word. V. Todd.
T o S W A U L , v. n. T o increase in hulk^ to S W E A P , <$.' A stroke or blow, Banffs.
swell, Gall. Small is the common pron. of S. This must be merely a variety of Swipe, q. v.
At my aiii ingle than my spawls I cud beek, S W E C H (gutt.), s. A trumpet. ^ Passing
Whan that swaal'd the wridy snaw. throw the toun with ane swcch Aberd. Reg,
Song, Gall Encycl p. 411. V. 25.
The wmi it will shift, and the deep it will swaul, The more common form of the word is SWESCH,
The faem it will flee, and the broyliment will brawl. under which it has been observed, that A.S. srveg
Ibid. p. 212.
denotes sound in general, also, any musical instru-
S W A U L , S. 66 A large s w e l l i b i d . ment. In the use of the term, a transition had been
SWAULTIE, " A fat a n i m a l i b i d . ; q. one that
made from sound itself to that which produces it.
is swollen. Swcch nearly retains the form of the A.S. word.
T o S W A U N D E R , v. w. T o become giddy, See. S W E C H A N (git11.), p a r l p r . Sounding; always
Fife. V. SWANDEit, v. and applied to the noise made by water, while the
T o S W A U P , v. a. Used to denote the act of a v. Sough is used of the wind, Upp. Lanarks.
mother or nurse, who first puts the spoonful of The cowdlan bells on the weelan flude
meat in her own mouth which she means to put Are the ships whilk we sail in;
in her chikPs ; that she may previously cool, Alike scartfree on the pule are we,
soften, and bring it to the point of the spoon, And in the swecluui lin.
Rerwicks. ' . - Marmaiden of Clyde, Edin. Mag. May 1820.
T o S W A W , v. a. 1. T o produce waves, to A.S. sweg-an, sonare.
break the smooth surface of the water, ibid. SWECHYN'GK, S. A rushing sound, as that of
2. T o cause a motion in the water; applied to water falling over a precipice; or a hollow
that produced by the swift motion of fishes, ib. whistling sound, as that made by the wind,
Sw AW, s. 1. A wave, Roxb. South of S.
T h e slight movement or undulation on the sur- SWECHT, 1. The force of a body in mo-
face of water, caused by a fish swimmingnear the tion.] Add;
surface; also, that caused by any body thrown 2. A multitude, a great number or quantity,
into the water, ibid, Aiker, although synon., Rerwicks. ; synon. SwacJc, Siceg, q. v.
is applied only to the motion of a fish, and is S W E D G E , s. A n iron chisel with a bevelled
understood as denoting a feebler undulation. edge, used for making the groove round the
SWAWIN <? the Water, the rolling of a body of shoe of a horse, Roxb.
water under the impression of tine wind, ibid. Isl sweig-ia flectere, curvare, sweigia curvatura,
This verb with its derivatives, though found only flectio. This Haldorson expl by Dan. swejmng,
in the mouths of the vulgar, and indeed nearly obso- a chamfering, a slope or sloping.
lete, is undoubtedly very ancient, and has been of T o SWEDGE, v. T o make a groove in a horse-
general use among the northern nations. Teut. shoe for receiving the nails, Roxb. This is
sweyv-en vagare, fhictuare; Germ, schwelff-en id.; done by such a chisel as that above described.
Dan. swaev-e to wave, to move. Isl. svifa ferri, T o SWEE, v M. 1. T o incline to one side.] Add;
moveri; Su.G. swaefiv-a motitari, fiuctuare. It is g. T o move backwards and forwards, as a tree*
used in Isl. and Su.G. in relation to the water; as in from the action of the wind, Roxb. V, SWAT,,
t,he Isl. phrase, skips sveifingr, navis anchorae alliga- SWEV, v.
tae, et ventis impulsae circumactio ; sveif, navis velis 3. T o be irresolute, ibid.
et remis concitatae rem or a ; Verel. T o SWEE, V. a. T o move any object to - onerside,
T o S W E A L , v. 7i. T o whirl, to turn round Roxb., Ettr. For,
with rapidity, Berwicks.; synon. Swirl " Bairns, swee that boukmg o' ekes afF the fire ;
S W E A L , S< The act of turning round with ra- veil bur n't i' the boiling." Perils of Man, i. 6<X
pidity ; often applied to the quick motion of a V . S W A Y , S W E Y . U.
fish with its tail, ibid. 2. T o cause to move backwards and forwards, S.
Isl. sveifl-a agitarej circumagere, gyrare;as, sveifla " Why didn't you hinder these boys from stveeiu
sverdi, gladium rotare, q . " to sweal a sword." Sweif- the gate off its hinges ? ' ' Me hinder boys from sweein'
la, agitatio, gyratio; Haldorson. gates, Mr. Gawffaw !" Marriage, ii. 99.
To SWEAL, n. T o melt away hastily, S. T o SWEE ajf\ v. a. T o give a slanting direction,
" Dinna let the candle smeair Tales of my Land- as to a stroke, S.A,
lord, 1 Ser. i. 104. — " Instead of sweeing aff my downcome wi' hk
i£ Sweal; to waste away, as a candle blown upon sword, he held up his sword-arm to save hitrlttad."
W flie wind f Yorks., Marshall. Brownie of Bodsbeck, I 42,
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SWEE, s. 1. An inclination to one side, S. Cauld whisky-punch, and ale, nut-brown,
" Ye ken, the wind very often taks a swee away He gart her sweel,
round to the east i' the night-time, whan the wa- Till, dizzy, a' the war Id ran round,
ther's gude i' the harst months." Brownie of Bods- As in a reel. Maynes Siller Gun, p. 64.
beck, i. 139- A.S. swilg-an, sivylg-an, swelg-an, to swallow, to
Isl. sveigia curvatura, flectio. swill. Dr. Johns, views the corresponding E. v. as
St, Used'in a moral sense, as transferred to the the same with Swill, to wash, to drench. But accord-
mind, S. ing to A.S. lexicons, they seem to claim distinct ori-
f<r I'm nae fear't for ony imprudence, lassie ; and gins. V. preceding v.
Im nae fear't you do aught that's wrang; but its T o S W E E L , SWEAL, v. a. T o wind round;
your mind that I'm sad for ; they'll gie't a wrang as, to sweal a rope round a post, Upp. Clydes.;
swee, thae chaps." Hogg's Winter Tales, i. 253. softened from A.S. swaethil, swathil, fascia.
S. A chimney crane, for suspending a pot over the In E. Diet. vo. Swathe, Dr. Johns, refers to A.S.
fire, S.O.,Roxb. V. SWAY, S., alsoKntx-swEE. swed-an, mid Mr. Todd to sweth-an, to bind. But
SWEE-SWAY, adj. In a state of suspense or hesi- the form of the word, as given by Benson, is A*wethd-
tation, halting between two opinions, W . Loth. an (ligare). It is singular that both So inner and
This, as it is immediately formed from the v. Sweij Lye should have entirely overlooked it.
or Swee, is most probably allied to E. See-saw, a term SWEELER, s. A bandage, that which szoeels or
expressive of motion from one side to another. winds round, Kinross. V. SWILL, V.
S W E E , s. A line of grass cut down by the S W E E P , s. A chimney sweeper, S.; also Sweep-
mower, S. Swath, E. ie, Aberd.
Allied perhaps to Isl. sweig-ia, Dan. swej-er, flee- S W E E R , SWEERT, adj. Slow. V. SWEIR.
tere, curvare; a swath being cut by a sweep or cir- T o S W E E S H , v. a. T o beat, S. V. &QITISITE.
cular motion of the scythe. * S W E E T , adj. Used in the sense ofJresh, &e.]
T o S W E E , v. n. T o smart with pain, Orkn.; sy- Add; — not salted.
non. Cell, Sow, S. This may indeed be viewed as one sense in which
Dan. swii-e to smart, swie a smart; Isl. svid-a, Sti.G. the word is used in E., as it is rendered ce not salt,"
swid-a dolere, angi. Ihre observes on the v., that Johns. But I am not certain that it is expressly op-
with the Icelanders svid-a first signifies atlurere, and posed to the act of salting. At any rate, I may add
then to feel pain from burning. Haldorson indeed that this is a Teut. idiom ; Soete hoter, butyrum sails
defines Svidi, dolor iritensus vulnerum, ignis vel expers.
frigoris. It greatly confirms this idea, that as Isl, 2. Fresh, not putrid. " Fysche reid & sweit
ivida signifies both to singe and to smart, 111 Dan. Aberd. Reg. A . 1535.
the v. having both senses, has the same form. A.S. S W E E T - B R E A D , s. The diaphragm, in ani-
se-on effervescere, evidently claims affinity, S. Sow, mals, S.] Add;
pronounced Soo, is undoubtedly the same with Swee. I am informed that this is not the diaphragm, but
To SWEE, a. T o singe, Orkn. the pancreas.
Dan. swi-e, " to singe, to scorch, to parch." Wolff. —<f Then well steek the shop, and cry ben Baby,
Isl.svijd-aadnrere,svideadustio. Su.Gswid-aadurere. and take a hand at the cartes till the gudeman comes
I have elsewhere traced S. Scowder, commonly hame—and then we'll try your braw veal sweet-bread
pron. Scouther, to Isl. svida, Su.G. sweda. The Orkn. that ye were sae kind as send me, Mrs. Heukbane."
term retains the more simple form of Dun. swi-e. V. Antiquary, i. 323.
the preceding v.
S W E E T - M I L K C H E E S E , cheese made of
S W E E K , <s. The act of doing any thing.] Add;
milk without the cream being skimmed off, Dun-
There is an Isl. phrase nearly allied to this. Iliad
lop cheese, S.
er mer urn stvig, ultra vires meas est, Haldorson. Swig,
m its simple meaning, signifies curvatura. " Sweet-milk cheese, i. e. cheese made of the whole
T o S W E E L , SWEAL, v. a. 1. T o wash any milk without abstracting the cream, is not made for
thing in a stream, pond, or superabundant sale in this county; but only for private family use,'*
quantity of water, by dashing the thing washed Agiv Surv. Berths, p. 88.
to and fro, or whirling it round, and thus sub- S W E E T - M I L K E R , T h e day on which, in
jecting it to the full force of the water, S. a farm-house, cheese is made; Gall. Enc. p. 448.
This seems originally the same with E. Swill, as SWEETIE-LAIF, s. A Christinas loaf, or one baked
'signifying <f to wash, to drench." The origin is not with raisins, kc, in it, S.1L
A.S. swilg-an deglutire, devorare, to which the v. is SWEETIE-MAN, S, 1. A confectioner, S,
traced in its various senses by Johns.; but swil-ian, 2. A man who sells confections or sweet-meats at
lavare, Lye. Synon. Sijnd. a fair, St
T o S W E E L , v. a. T o swallow, S.B., Dumfr.; " The swecty^men, or confectioners, take up their
Swill, E. t station here, and reap a rich harvest." Agr. Surv,
I never money sooner got—<• Kincard. p, 406'.
Then to get clear ^SWEETIE-WIFE, S. A female who sells sweet*?
Of it, I sweet'd it down my throat meats, S.
In ale or beer. " A long rank of sweeli/~uxves and their stand
Dominie Deposed, p. covered with the wonted dainties of the occasion, 0 0
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cupied tlie sunny-side of die High-street/' The Pro-
vost, p. 136.
The sweety-wife awaits with apron'd hands,
And broad before, an empty pouch expands.
Village Fair, Blackw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 423.
SWEIG, A large draught of liquor, Banffs.
This is merely E . Swig.
S W E I G , SWEEG, A very bad candle, Roxb-
Synon. Water-zcader, q. v.
Denominated perhaps from its limber form ; Isl.
sweig-r a twig, sweig-ia, to bend. If from the faint-
ness of the light it gives, allied perhaps to Dan., Su.G.
swag, weak, feeble, faint.
S W E I L , s. 1. A swivel, or ring containing one ;
also Soide, S.A. and O . ; synon. Sale, S'.B.
<c She went in to the miller's house, and asked for
the swell of a tether.—John Smith,—as he rode by
the mill of Rachean, asked if his wife had been there
seeking a sweil." History of the horrid and unnatu-
ral murders, by J. Smith. Edin. 1727, p. 4. V. SULE.
2. " Sweil, any thing which hath a circular mo-
tion Gall. Enc.
T o SWEILL, v.n. T o move in a circular way, Gall.
The dark brown tap o' some big hill*
He centers, then around will sweill.
Gall. Eneycl. p. 399-
SWEYNGEOUR, SWYNGEOUR, SWINGER,
Expl. " a fellow, a scoundrel ; sweir swin-
geouris, lazy fellows. A variety of swinlcer, a
labourer, as in O.E., Chaucer." GL Lynds.
In ShetL this word is expl. " a rogue."
I have met with this term in another passage, in
which it seems equivalent to lazy or sleepy-headed
fellow, as being synon. with Lubber.
iC Where fore shines the sunne, but that thoumightest
walke ? The sunne is not giuen thee to sleepe: he
is but a swinger, but a lubbar, that will lye idle in
the day light" and the sunne shall witnes against him
in that day; much more that heauenly light, that
sunne of rigliteousnesse shines he for nothing ?"
Roll ok on Coloss. p. 20.
I have been inclined to think, that this word may
have been formed from Swevin a dream, or A.S.
swefn, sleep, q. swevmgeour But observing that,
in A.S., swongor signifies, " somniculosus ; sleepy,
drowsie, sluggish," (Somner); I prefer viewing this as
the true origin of the term, especially as it agrees so
well with the use of it in the passage above quoted.
S W E I R , adj. I. Lazy, &c.] Add;
This term is, I think, most generally in the west
of S. pron. Sweert.
SWEIII-DRAUCHTS, s. pi. The same with Sweir-
tree. The amusement is conducted in Tweed-
dale by the persons grasping each others1 hands,
without using a stick.t
SWEIR-DRAWN, part. pa. To be Stiver-drawn, to
hesitate or be reluctant about any thing, Roxb.
, j ^ s s r 8 * What gars ye swither ? Vze haud my whisht.
SWEIR-JINNY, s. A n instrument for winding
yarn; the same with Sweir-Kitty, Aberdj
, SWEIN MAN'S LADE, SWEIR MAN'S LIFT, the IM-
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due load, taken on by a lazy person, in order
to avoid a repetition of travel; by means of which
he either undertakes more than he can accom-
plish, or subjects himself to greater fatigue
than he would have had by a division of la-
bour, S.
SWEIRNES, SWEIRNESS, ,9. 1. Laziness, S.] Add;
— " In this cais it sould be diligentlie eschewit,
that it be not verifyit that is said in ane commoun
proverb, viz. f He that for swearnes and cauld wald
not work in winter, sail thairfoir beg in the sommer
time, and yit nathing sail be gevin unto him." Bal-
four's Pract. p. 536.
SWEIRTA, SWEIRTIE, 5. Laziness, slotli, Aberd;
formed like Party e, Damta, &c.
How gat ye pith your bitter spleen to break,
I marvel much that sweert a lute ye speak.
TV. Be at lie's Tales, p. 49-
V. etymon, of DAINTY, adj.
SweiR-titee, s. A species of diversion.] Add;
And nane o' them can ither beat,
At putting-stane and doure swear tree.
Gall. Eneycl. p. 412.
2. The stick used in the amusement of drawing
the Sweirtree, South of S.
8. The same kind of instrument which is also called
Sweir Kitty, Teviotd.
S W E I R N E , part, pa. Sworn, Aberd. Reg.
S W E I S , s.pi. Apparently cranes, or instruments
of this description.
" Item fyve sweis of ty miner. " Inventories, A,
1.0(IF, p. 170. V. SWEY, and SWEE.
T o S W E L T , v. n. T o feel something like suf-
focation, &c.] Add;
This ought to be made a distinct v. from the pre-
ceding ; and deduced from Isl. swael-a, swaelt, suffo-
care. Swaela, as a noun, is rendered, fumus vehe-
mens et acer. This seems to be the origin of E.
Swelter, nearly allied in signification to the S, verb.
" To swell, deficere, to sownd f Northumb. Ray.
S W E N . G E O U R , s. Y. SWEYNGEOUR.
S W E S C H E R , SUESCHER, s. A trumpeter.
" The commoun suescher Aberd. Reg. Cent. L6.
" Commoun tabernar and swescher ;" ibid.
SWICIv, adj. Clear of any thing, Eanffs.] Add
to etymon ;—or rather allied to Su.G. swig-a
loco cedcre, Isl. sweig-ia flectere; like S. Joidc.
T o S W I C K , v. a. T o blame.] Insert, as sense
1. T o deceive, to illude, Fife.
SWICK, s.] Insert, as sense
A trick, of whatever kind; as, " t i e played
them a swiek? Eife.
T o S V V I D D E R , SWITHER, v.n. T o d o u b t ] JcW;
My hair began to rise on end,
Mv knees smat fast on ane anither,
My flesh crap closer to my skin,
And e'en my heart began to swither.
Duff's Poems, p. 116.
Deserted Daughter.
The v. n. ought to have been placed first.
Add to etymon;
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It n S W I L , s. The swivel o f a tedder, Shetl. V.
Su.G. SULE and SWEIL.
hoppochfruktan, S W I L K , SUILK, adj. Such.] Add;
to swither betwixt hope and fricht, " Ilk mane as wil noeht pay—suilk maner of dettis
It gives me pleasure to find that this idea is throu obligacionis &c. in the mone that now rynis,
ported by the judgment of an that thai sal pay it in the money at rynnis fra that
ed friend, who is intimately acquainted with the nor- day forth." Acts Ja. II. A. 1541, Ed. 1814, p. 41.
thern languages. He refers not only to Su.G. swaefw- SWILL,
a, but to Germ, schweb-en, to flit or float with little " Thre sb. for sax huikis in hervest, xiiij d. for
motion, to hover; the word is used by Luther, Gen. ilk swill of viij pultre." Aberd. Reg. Cent. l(i.
1. 2. « The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the This term relates perhaps to a duty for which money
waters/' He subjoins ; " Schweid-en, or Schwaed-en, was taken in exchange. The cain due for each
is thought by Adelung to be from the same root." might be eight fowls. A.S. sul denotes
SWIDDER,SWITHER,Doubt,hesitation, S.]Add; O.E. " Swoling or Siding of land,
(c While standing in a swither at the corner of the ough can till in a y e a r K e r s e y .
Stockwell, a cart came up from the bridge, driven by L.B. swollynga, swulinga, sulinga, id. Y. Spelman.
a stripling." R. Gilhaize, iii. ] 87- SWINE. The swine's gane through\ a pro-
SWIFF, 1. Rotatory motion.] Add, as sense verbial phrase used in relation to marriage, when
2. Any quick motion, producing a whiffing sound; something- untoward has taken place which
as, It past by me wt a swiff,\ Fife. Used as breaks it off, S.
synon. with Souch, Sough. V. SWIFT. " The swine's gone through it;' spoken
3. A sound of this description, ibid. Synon. intended marriage is gone back ; out of a
Souch, s. tious conceit that if a swine come between a man and
T o SWIFF, V. n. A term used to denote the his mistress, they will never be married." S. Prov,
hollow melancholy sound made by the wind, p. S30, Kelly.
Roxb., Rerwicks. Synon. Souch, v. " You should sift James's tender passion and if
T o S W I F F asleep, v. n. A phrase used to de- it's within the compass o' a possibility, get the swine
note that short interval of sleep enjoyed by those driven through't} or it may work us a' muckle dule."
who are restless from fatigue or disease, South The Entail, ii. 285.
of S. Hence, I have known the idea carried so far, that when a
SWIFF of Sleep, s. A disturbed sleep, ibid. V. swine followed a marriage-party, it
SOUF, v. and s. Isl. swaef-a, sopire. ; that the connexion would be im.
T o SWIFF awa, v. n. T o faint, to swoon, S.A. Grose i
" Whan she had read it, I thought she was gaun in F, with still greater latitude of application. " If,
to swiff awa\ for she turned as white in the gills as going on a journey on business, a sow cross the road,
a haddock that's new ta'en out o' a cod's mou." St. you will probably meet with a disappointment, if not
Johnstoun, ii. 201. Swuff, id., Ettr. For. a bodily accident, before you return home. To avert
S W I F T , A reeling machine used by weavers, S.
Isl. sveif volva, instrumentum quo aliquid circum- and if that cannot be donefyou must ride round on
rotatur, ansa rotatilis, verticillum. V. SWIFF. fresh ground. If the sow is attended with her litter
T o S W I G , v. n. T o wag, to move from side to of pigs, it is lucky, and denotes a successful journey."
side, to walk with a rocking sort of motion, S.B. Popular Superstit. p. 45. Suppl. to Prov. Gloss.
He through the glen ffgaecl
aecl canty The reason why the intervention of this animal has
As trim's a bead. been supposed so unlucky, and particularly as to mar?
riage, is, as far as I have observed, nowhere assigned.
Whether it might originate from the generally re-
ceived idea that it is an unclean animal, I cannot pre-
originally the same ; tend to determine, Certain it is, however, that among
trance of being well ancient nations the swine was sacrificed at the cele-
bration of nuptials; particularly by the Etrurians,
T o S W I K , v. a. " T o soften, assuage, allay/"'] the early Latins, and the Greeks in Italy. Instead of
Add;—It properly signifies to dcceive. its being said of an intended m a r r i a g e that " the
Add to etymon ; swine had gone through it," when it failed after all
Isl. swijlc-a, id. whence swihdl fallax, dolosus : the necessary preparations had, been made, ands
Su.G. swilc-a, frustrari, fallere; Alem. bi-suich-en, others the act of sacrificing a hog, the
Germ, sehwick-en, id. Hire observes, as would seem is represented as thus expressing hist
with great propriety, that the term is borrowed from
wrestling,and is applied to him who deceivesandsup- Periit quidem sns> et talentum, et nuptiae.
plants the person with whom he struggles, by some " I have lost my swine, my money, and my nup-
sudden inclination of the body; from toilc-a cedere, tials." Pierii Hieroglyph. Lib. 9- fob 69, b.
to give way, to shift one's ground. Flence it is trans- It may be remarked in general however, that most
ferred to one who frustrates the hopes of of the quadrupeds, and birds of evil omen, are such
It seems more immediately allied to Su.G.. as were pronounced aic law. Be.
a w , loco cedere; and perhaps to Isl. sweig~ia f sides the swine, the nlucky, par-
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ticularly if it crossed a traveller's road ; and among
birds, the kite, the raven, the owl, the heron, the bat,
&c. were accounted prognosticators of evil. Compare
Lev. xi. 6. ?. 14. 19. with Brand's Popul. Antiq. ii.
510. 518-537.
SWINE-ARXOT, s. T h e same with Swine s Mos-
corts, Banff's.
Swine-arnot is clown's allheal, Stachys palustris."
Surv. Banff's. App. p. 38.
SWINEVSAIM, S. Hog's lard, S.
Seam signifies lard, E.
S W I N G E R , .V. V. SWYNGEOUR.
T o S W I N G L E Lint. 1. T o separate flax, &c.]
Add;
While hemp and lint grow tap to lift,
And maids and matrons mingle,
May social glee set dunts adrift,
When lint they list to swingle.
A. Scoffs Poems, p. 1 8.
The poem, whence this example is given, which
possesses a considerable degree of humour, is enti-
t l e d The Swingling of the Lint.
It confirms the etymon given of this v., as formed
from the idea of beating, that in A.S. the noun., both
in its simple form and as a diminutive, refers to the
act of striking. A.S. swing " flagellum, a whip or
scourge. Item scutula; a swingle-staffe or bat to beat
flax." Swingle, in pi. swingla, ' f verbera, strokes,
stripes, lashes. Item, flagella, scutulae ; swingells,
flailes, staves or bats to beat flax, or thresh corn."
Somner.
SWINGLER, S. The instrument used for beating
flax, Dumfr.
SWINGLE-TKEE, .9. The stock over which flax is
sentclicd, Dumfr.; synon. SwimgTmg-sf ode.
SWIKGLTXG-HANI), s. A wooden lath or sword,
brought to a pretty sharp edge, for dressing
flax, Roxb. ; synon, with Sioingle-wand.
SWINGLIXG- SToCK, s. An upright board, about
three feet in height, mortised into a foot or
stocky over which flax is held while undergoing
the operation performed by means of the swing--
ling-handj ibid.
SWING-LI NT, s. A n instrument used for breaking
flax, Roxb.
I find it written swinglind, perhaps erroneously*
They laid sae fast upo' the boards,
The swinglinds gaed like horsemen's swords.
Jo. Hogg's Poems, p. 72.
Teut. swinghe, id. baculus linarius.
S W I N G L E - T R E E , s. The moveable piece of Prompt. Parv.
wood, &c.] Add ;
Swingle-trees, are crooked pieces of wood, to which
the horses traces are made fast behind the horses/'
Clav. Yorks.
T o S W I N K , v. 7i. T o labour.] Add;
«I swynke, I busye, I trauayle my selfe.—I am but
a fole to s ivy nice for other m e n P a l s g r . B.iii. F.381,b. thered leaves were sivirlcd round and round as if by
A.Bor. *cf Swinked, oppressed, vexed, fatigued
Gl. Brockett.
To SWIPE, 1. T o move circularly, Lanarks. tle of the Garnock waters, as they swirled among the
2. T o give a stroke in a semicircular or elliptical pebbles by the road side, the pageantries of that
form, as when one uses a scythe in cutting down mere bodily worship which had worked on the ig-
grass, S.
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Isl. swip-a signifies vibrare, to brandish, to move
backwards and forwards. The term seems to include
the idea of the celerity of action or motion, being also
rendered eelerare. Sweip-r has the sense of vortex,
apparently from the whirling motion. Perhaps the
word may be traced to sireif ansa rotatilis, verticil-
lus, instrumentum quo aliquid circumrotatur ; or to
swef-ast, Su.G. su aefw-a circumagi. It is probable
that the E. v. to Sweep, as including great affinity
of sense, has a common origin both with Swype, S.
and with these northern terms. The S. word may,
however, be allied to Isl. swip-a flagellare, sweip-a
pereutere. Thorgih sveipadi sveininum ; Thorgils
puerum fiagellavit. Mitna their Gizor geirum sveipa,
Gizorem non percutiens frameis; Haldorson. These
terms all seem primarily to express the idea of a
quick, smart stroke, from svip-a cito agere.
SWIPE, SWYPE, ,y. 1. A circular motion, Lanarks.
2. A stroke fetched by a circular motion, ibid.,
Aberd.
Syne Francie Winsy steppit in,
A sauchin slavery slype,
11 an ibrrat wi' a furious din,
And drew a swinging swype.
Christmas Baing, Skinner's Misc. Poet. p. 124,
SW Y P E S , pi Brisk small beer.
C£ The twopenny is undeniable; but it is .small
swypes—small swypes—more of hop than malt—with
your leave I'll try your black bottle." Redgauntlet,
i. 313.
Mr. Todd has given Stvipes, " a colloquial term,"
a place in the E. dictionary. Of this no etymon has
been suggested. It has been indeed denominated
a cant term ; and when this sentence has been passed
upon any unfortunate word, it has generally been
treated like a mere foundling. But this judgment has
sometimes been rashly formed concerning terms of
great antiquity ; which, like families that in the suc-
cession of ages have sunk into the mass of the vul-
gar, have as it were lost caste, and been deprived of
the means of exhibiting any proofs of their honour-
able origin.
This term might originate from C.B. sivyf spurn a,
cremor, (Davies, Boxhorn ;) or, according to Owen,
sioyv, yest; q. beer that carries a good deal of foam,
" a reemin bicker," S. Or, it might be traced to
A.S. swip-a?i, lrA. swip-a, cito agere, agitare; to which
Germ, schwips, cito, is obviously allied.
S W I P P E R , adj. 1. Quick, swift, nimble.] Add;
A. 13or.ceSwipper, nimble, quick;" Ray; Brockett
This is also O.E. " Swypir or delyuir. Agilis."
T o S W I R K , z>. n. Define—To spring, to set
off with velocity.] Add;
Allied perhaps to E. Jerk, or Belg. schrikk-en, to
start; whence probably the E. word.
T o S W I R L , v.n. 1. T o whirl like a vortex. ] Add;
" The trees—waved and soughed, and some wi-
the wind." Marriage, ii. 33.
— " He forgot, in hearkening to the cheerful prat-
norance of the world to raise such costly monument*
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of the long-suffering patience of heaven." B. Oil- Nor wi' the kirk ere risk a swither,
haize, i. 150. Insert, as sense On cuttie stool.
2. T o he seized with giddiness, Ettr. For. On Matrimonii/, A. Scott's Poems, p. 43.
We'll never mair scar at the po oily-wo oily of It seems some way allied to Swither, v., as signi-
the whaup, nor swirl at the gelloch of the em." fying to swagger.
Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 288. 2. A trial of strength ; applied to mental or lin-
T o SwniL, v.a. T o carry off as by a whirlwind, S.O. gual exertion, ibid.
—Fearfu' winds loud guiTd, Then we'll at crambo hae a swither,
And mony a lum dang down, an' stack In hamespun dress.
Heigh i' the air up swirtd. Let poor folk write to ane anither,
A. Wilson's Poems 17.98, p. 6l. The way they learn'd it frae their mither,
SWIRL, S. A whirling motion.] 11. 1. T h e Or some auld aunt's loquacious swither
whirling motion of a fluid body, S. O' wit and glee.
2. A whirling motion of any kind, as that caused Ruickbies Way-side Cottager, p. 184, 1 SQ.
I see nothing to which this can be viewed as al-
by the operation of the wind, S.
lied, unless perhaps A.S. swith-ian: praevalere, prae-
" The leaves are withering fast on the trees, but
pollere, ec to prevail, to o vers way, to surmount
she'll never see the Martinmas wind gar them dance
from swith potis, able, good. Swithor, sunt lire, in
in swirls like the fairy rings." Bride of Lam. hi. 96. comparative, potior, more able. Swilhran hand, (q. d.
3. T h e vestiges left of a motion of this kind. potior mantis) the right hand ; Somner. Teut. swad-
" Swirl—the remaining appearance of such a der-en, however, signifies strepere, to make a noise.
motion Gl. Sibb., S. T o S W I T H E R , V a. T o make to fa 11, to throw
4. A twist or contortion in the grain of wood, S. over, Tweedclale.
5. The same with Cowlick, a tuft of hair on the S W I T H E R , S. The act of throwing down, or over,
head which brushes up, &c., Upp. Clydes. ibid.
SWIRLIE, adj. 1. Full of twists, contorted, S. A.S. siecther-ian, swcthr-ian, fatiscere, tabescere ;
V. authority under SWIRLIE. " to wax faint or feeble, to decay, to fail;" Somner.
2. Entangled; applied to grass that lies in various T o S W I T H E R , n. T o whiz.
positions, so that it cannot be easily cut by the " With such an unwonted force did he fly forward,
scythe, S. «—that the staff* which he carried above his shoulder,
3. Inconstant, ever in a state of rotation, Roxb. came by me with a sw it he ring noise like that made
But whan the glass is fillin', by a black-cock 011 the wing at full flight." Hogg's
Then, swirly fortune, frown and fight ,* Winter Tales, i. 240.
Their joys are past your killin'. Perhaps radically the same with Quhiddir, Quhi-
Ruickbies Way-side Cottager, p. 187- ther, to whiz, with the sibilation substituted for the
SWIRLING, S. Giddiness, vertigo, Ettr. For. guttural sound.
SWIRLON, SWIRLIN, a d j . Distorted, S.O. ; ap- S W Y T H I N , adj. Swedish; or, from Sweden.
tc Ane hundreth S toy thin b uirdis of portage
plied to the human body, West of S.
Auld, swirlon, slaethorn, camsheugh, crooked wight, Aberd. Reg. A . 1541, V. 17.
Gae wa', an' ne'er again come in my sight. This seems equivalent to the language of our old
Tannahill's Poems, p. 29. Book of Rates; " Swaden boords, the hundreth," &c.
SWYTIi, Used for Suth, E . Sooth, truth. A. Kill.
Bot to sa swyth, thai lied nocht all. S W O F T L Y , adv. Swiftly, Aberd. Reg. A .
Barbour, B. 7, 9^2, Ed. 1820. 1 5 3 5 , V . 15.
To " say the truth." This might, however, be a S W OND, A faint, a swoon.
mistake of the copier, casually giving the orthogra- " It lift up one of its hellish claws, and struck the
phy of the adv. which signifies quickly. mother on the left side of the head with such vio-
T o S W I T H E R , v. 72. T o hesitate. SwiTIIER, s. lence that she immediately fell into a swond for a
Hesitation. V. SWIDDER, V. and s. considerable time." Relation of a Hellish Monster,
A. 1709,—Law's Memor. p. 245, N.
T o S W I T H E R , v. n. 1. T o swagger, Roxb.
S W O R D - D O L L A R , the vulgar designation of a
2. T o talk or act as assuming a claim of superior
large silver coin of James V I . V. JAMES RYALL.
dignity or merit, as E. swagger is used ; to
S W O R D - S L I P E R S , s. pi Cutlers.] Add;
hector, South of S.
This was anciently written Swerd slyper. Thus,
S. T o exert one's self to the utmost, Roxb. in the records of the burgh of Ayr, " John Wallace
To wark they fell, what they could swither, swerdslyper' is mentioned as one of the deacons of
The lint flew fast frae ane anither, Sec. crafts, about the year 1583.
Swingling of the Lint, Jo. Hoggs Poems, p. 71- Teut. slijp, aerugo ferri; slijp-en acuere, exterere
SWITHER, s. 1. A severe brush, like one who aciem ferri, atterere gladium coti; slyp-steen, cos;
is made to swagger, or becomes giddy from his Belg. shjper, a wlletter; Germ, schleif-en to whet;
situation, ibid. schlef-er, a grinder, &e. Su.G. slip-a, acuere. C.B.
O sweet is Hymen, nuptial tether,—• yslip-anu polire, llif-o, acuere. Thus it appears that
Where lovers leal, wi' ane anither, the term has been generally diffused.
Stand clear o' dool ; SWOW, « The dull and heavy sound pro-
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dueed by the regurgitations of the dashing
waves of a river in a flood, or of the sea in a
storm;" Ciydes.
I' the mirk in a stound, wi' rairin' sound,
Aspait the river rase ;
An' wi' swash and swow, the angry jow
Cam lash an' down the braes.
Marm. of Clyde, Editi. Mag. May 1820, p. 423,452.
A.S. swoeg sonus, bomb us ; fragor ; a variation of
sweg id. Swog-an is also used for smeg-an sonare,
cum sonitu irruere. Swow is thus originally the
same with Souch, q. v., and with O.E. Swough, sound,
noise, used by Chaucer.
T o Swow, t>. n. " T o emit such a sound,'1 ibid.
Edin. Mag. ut snp.
T o S W O W M , v. n. T o swim.
" And the convoyar of tliaim sail see & consydder
gif thar be ony fische swowmand thar for the tym."
Aberd. Reg. A. 1538.
T o S W U F F , v. n. 1. T o breathe high in sleep,
Ettr. For. ; pron. Swoqf.
" I was—keeping a good look out a' round about,
and Will he was swirffing and sleeping." Perils of
Man, ii. 25f).
A.S. surf-Ian sopire; stvefod, Ci fast or sound
asleep," Somner.
2. T o whistle on a low key, or under the breath,
ibid. Y. SOUF, v.
3. T o move past in a whizzing way, Ettr, For.
SWUFF, SWOOF, s. The act of whizzing, ibid.
Probably from A.S. swif-an circumrotari; a rota-
tory motion often producing a whizzing sound,

T.
T A , article. The, D u m f r . ; Te, Galloway. T A A V E - T A E S , 5. pi The name given to pit-
Most probably this is merely provincial corrup- fir.] Add;
tion. It must be observed, however, that by Nor- The term, as thus used, has considerable appear-
man-Saxon writers te is used as the article in all the ance of affinity to Fr. tuyau, a reed, also, a stalk.
cases; as te king, rex, the kin gyle eorl, comes, the earl, Palsgr. expl. tyav, tuyav, " the drie stalke of hum-
&e. V. Lye in vo. locker- or burres B.'iii. F. 43, a. Westmorel. taas,
T A A , A thread, ShetL ; Isl. tae, filum ; Dan. wood split thin to make baskets of.
lave, a filament, a string. T A A VIN,TAWIN,«9.W restling, tumbling.] Add;
T o T A A V E , v. a. 1. T o make any thing tough, Westmorel. taavin or teaavin, kicking (GL), is per-
haps originally the same.
&c.] Add;
TABBERN, A kind of drum.
2. " T o touse, to tumble, to wrestle in sport;1' GL — " When they cam nere the towne, hard the com-
Surv. Moray ; as, " I saw them tyaavirC and mon bell and tabbern, and withal reteirit so fierslie
wrestlkf thegither." as man persuyng, while they lost sum me weapins by
This sense corresponds with an idea suggested by the waye." Lett. Jo. Wood, Sadler's Papers, i. 6*18.
an acute correspondent in Moray, that Tyauve of the V . TALBRONE.
north is the same with O.E. Tew, to lug, or pull ; T A B B E T . To Talc Tablet, to take an oppor-
Bailey. To me it seems to have still more affinity to tunity of having any advantage that may come
A.Bor. " Teave, to paw and sprawl about with the in one's way ; a word borrowed from the games
arms and legs ;" Grose. Perhaps our northern pro- of children, Ayrs,
nunciation of Tyauve still more illustrates the pro-
— " I'll talctabbit wi'youanither time." Edin. Mag.
pinquity. It may be observed, however, that the
April 1821, p. 352.
pronunciation of Yorks. must be nearly, if not en-
tirely, the same. For Marshall gives the term in Fr. lahut-er, to butt or push ; to trouble, to molest ;
this form ? " To Teeav, to paw and sprawl," Sec. tabid, trouble, disquiet. Roquefort renders the verb,
Prov. Yorks. Quereller avec chaleur.
In sense 2f it nearly resembles that of Lincolns. T A B B I T , adj. Tabbit mutch, " a cap with cor-
Tave, as given by Grose. " Sick people are said to ners folded'up; 1 GL
tave with their hands when they catch at any thing, Her mither ware a tabbit mutch,
or wave with their hands when they want the use of Her father was an honest dyker.
reason." This must certainly be viewed as only a She's a black-eyed wanton witch,
variety of A.Bor. Teave. V, TAAVIN. Ye winna shaw me mony like her.
Lizzy Liberty, Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 156.
3. " T o ravel," Moray,
I know not whether we may view this term as
This v., in its primary sense, would seem to claim
allied to Isl. tepp-a, Su.G. tapp-a, eohibere; q. " hav-
affinity with Dan. tave a filament, a string; taved,
ing the lappets confined," or " tucked up."
stringy; q. to draw out into strings. Baden renders
tave stupa, tow, hards, ockham, T A B E A N R I R B E N , a designation given to a
m%
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comb, in what are called " the original words'5"'
of the old Scottish song, Lord Gregory.
And wha will kame thy bonny head
With a Tahean birhen kame ?
And wha will be my bairn's father,
Till love Gregory come hame ?
—Mysell will kame his bonny head
With a Tabean birhen kame ;
Mysell will be the bairn's father
Till love Gregory come hame,
Urbani's Scots Songs, B. i. p. 13.
V. also Herd's Coll. i. 149, 150.
The first word seems to denote the place where
these combs were made. Fr. Tabian denotes of, or
belonging to labia in Italy.
The only word resembling birhin is A.S. berbine,
vervain. But this plant, although long consecrated
to the purposes of superstition in Italy, and employed
for making chaplets, could not supply materials for
a comb.
Shall we suppose, then, that birhen is a corr. of
evour-bane, the term used by Gawin Douglas for
ivory ? If so, Tabean birhen kame must denote " an
ivory comb made at Tabia."
T A B E L L I O N , TABELLIOUN, A scrivener,
a notary ; a word introduced into our laws from
Lat. tabellio, id.
It is thocht expedient—that his hienes may mak
notaris & tabellionis, quhais instruments sal haue ful
faith in all contractis ciuile within the realme." Pari.
Ja. III. A. 1469, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 95. Tahelliounis,
Edit. 1 5 6 6 .
* T A B E R N A C L E , s. Tolceepup the tabernacle,
1. T o continue in a full habit of body, not to
lose flesh ; as, " For a" the sair wark he speaks
about, he ay keeps up the tabernacle
S. T o use means for keeping in full habit, S.
This is a common but low phraseology, generally
used in a derisory or sarcastical way, S. Whether it
has originated from the figurative use of the word, in
our version, as signifying the body, 2 Cor. v. 1., 2 Pet.
i. 13. (overlooked by lexicographers), I cannot pre-
tend to say.
T A B E R N E R , * . One whokeeps a tavern. " C o m -
moun tabernar and s w e s c h e r A b e r d . Reg.
" Whissels for Taberners, the dozen-—xxiiii s."
Rates, A. 1611.
Tauernar is the term used in our Acts; as, Mar.
A. 1551, Ed. 1814, p. 483. This corresponds with
O.E. tavemer.
i( Tauarncre. Tabernarius.—Caupo." Pr. Parv.
O.Fr. labernier, aubergiste, cabaretier; Roquefort.
Lat. tabernar-ius, a vintner ; from taberna, a hut,
house, or lodging made of boards, a booth.
T A B E T S , TEBBITS, S. Bodily sensation.] Add;
—pron. Taipit or Teppit, Fife, Loth.
TABETLESS, adj. Destitute of sensation.] Tcp-
pitless, Fife, Loth.
T A B I L L I S , ^ . pi. Boards for playingat draughts
or chess.
" Item, ane pair of tabillis of silvir, ourgilt with
gold, indentit with jasp and cristallyne, with table
men and chess men of jasp and cristallyne/' In-
ventories, A. 1539, P- 49.
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T A B
Johns, renders E. Tables, " draughts, small pieces
of wood shifted on squares/' While the definition
applies to the table-men, and not to the board, as it
ought to d o ; it may be observed, that the proofs
which he gives are applicable only to J
Monsieur the nice,
When he plays at tables, chides the ,
S h a kspea re.
The same remark applies to the other proof front
Bp. Taylor.
It seems very doubtful, indeed, if the term fables
was ever commonly applied to draughts. Phillips
confines it to dice and chess. While Germ, taefel
is a very ancient word, in its general sense corres-
ponding with Lat. tabula, it had been very early ap-
plied both to dice and chess. Thus A.S. taefel signi-
fies a die, and also the game of chess ; and taefel-mon
a chess man ; taefl-ian, " to play at dice or tables ;"
Somner. Su.G. tafwel also signifies a die, (isl. tajl
id.) while skqftqfwel, changed from skachtqfwel, de-
notes a chess-board; from schach, a Persic word, sig-
nifying a king, retained in modern Shah, and also
in Arab. Sheik ; tafia, tessera ludere, Isl. If la id.
Thorbiorn sat a taejli; Thorbernus aleae vacavit ;
Gretla, c. 64.
T A B I N , s. A sort of waved silk, E. Tabby ;
11a 1. tabin-0.
" Tabins of silke, the elle v. 1." Rates, A.
1611. In Edit. l6?0, Tabies is substituted, p. 58.
T A B L E , TABLES, the designation given to the
permanent council held at Edinburgh for ma-
naging the affairs of the covenanters during the
reign of Charles I.
" Montrose answered, their warrant was from the
table (for so were their councils in Edinburgh now
called) requiring him also and them that were pre-
sent to number their men, and have them armed, and
in readiness to assist the table" Spalding, i. 105.
" The marquis procures a safe-conduct or pass
from the tables to his son Lu do wick (who then was
at Strathboggie) to come to him wherever he was."
Ibid. i. 299-
This council had received its denomination from
a green table at which the members sat. Spalding
sometimes designs it in these very terms.
Another reason has been given for this designation.
"As each rank consulted by themselves, they were
called the Tables." Bower's Hist. Univ. Edin.i. 184-5.
T A B L E - S E A T , <9. A square seat in a church
S. ; apparently denominated from the table in
the middle, round which those who occupy it
are seated.
T A B L E T , TABILLET, s, A small inclosure for
holding reliques.
" Targattis, tabillet lis, and hingaris with braislettis,
in the said Henryes keiping."—"Item ane tablet with
ane floure del ice of dyamonttis with thrie uther dya-
monttis and rubie.—-Item ane tablet with the image
of our lady." Inventories, A. 1552, p. 65.
Du Cange gives L.B. tabuleUi as denoting a small
square box for holding the pix ; and tabulet-n$, for
one in which reliques were kept. He describes them
as adorned with precious stones, and one as having
a Camdheu, apparently a Cameo.
 T A E T
TABLET, also TAB LIT A FACE.
Tua grit diamantis, ane tabled, & ane uther
tablet a face. And a qulieit saplieir tablit a face." In-
ventories, A. 1578, p. 265.
In the parallel inventory, it is tallie a face, p 291.
Ce lapidaire s^ait fort bien tailler les diamans en
facettes, en tables, an cad ran. Diet. Trev. vo. Tail-
ler. Faceile, petite face. Latus, angains. Les lu-
nettes qui multiplier^ les objets sont faites de verres
tail le s a facettes. Les diamans se taillent a facettes,
ou en tables:—Facelter, 1. Terme de Diamantaire,
tailler a faeette. Scalper e in varia later a.
This is certainly the same with FAST, F ASS IT, q. v.
Fr. faeette, cut in angles.
T A B O U US, s.pl. A be a tin g, a drubbing, Up p.
Clydes.
The v. to Tahour occurs once in our translation,
in regard to smiting the breast, in token of great sor-
row. But I scarcely think that it is used, as in S.,
as signifying to drub. V. TOOBER.
T A B U i i N E , .y. A tabour. V. ROBIN-IIOOD.
T o T A C I T , TATCH, v. a. T o arrest, to attach.]
Add;
" Those men,—being challenged of sacrilegious
guiltines, will offer themselves no otherwayes to
try all, then, as if a cunning and long covered thiefe
tatched with innumerable fanges, and having all his
houses stuffed with stolen wares, yet should partly
protest, that in so far re as he had bene once honest,
and of all men accounted so: hee ought therefore
to be reputed so still, notwithstanding of any thing
found by him, except it may bee cleared, what hour
of his lyfe he did first begin to steale, in what place,
and from what persones." Forbes's Discoverie of
Pervers Deceit, p. (>.
This is also O.K. Tach-ijn or arrestyn. Arresto.—
Taehinge or arrestinge. Arestacio." Prompt. Par v.
T A C K E T , .v. A small nail, S.] Add;
WHLSKY-TACKET, s. A pimple, supposed to pro-
ceed from intemperance, S.
TACKLE, An arrow, S.B. V, TAKYLL.
TACKSMAN, S. One who holds a lease.] Add;
— t f To direct furth lettres in his hienes name and
auctoritie, chargeing all takkisrnen of the teyndis
and land is—to eompeir belbir thaim," & c. Acts Ja.
VI. I592, Ed. 1814, p. 553.
T A D E , SUEEP-TADE, s. The sheep-louse, the
tick, Gall. ; synon. died.
ci Sheep-fade or sheep-tick, an insect which feeds
on the blood of sheep Gall. Encycl.
T A E , adj. One, S.
" Yell—only hae to carry the tae end o* the hand-
barrow to the water/" Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 161.
" A.Bor. Tea, the one ; as, tea hand, the one hand,
North/' Grose. V. TA, adj.
T A E , . s . The toe, S.] Add;
A.S. Isl. ta, Dan. taa, Su.G. taa (pron. to), id.
TAEVLEXGTH, S. Used to denote the shortest
distance conceivable, S.
" Am 1 no gaun to the ploy, then ?'—' And what
for should ye ? to dance a' night, Fse warrant, and
no to be fit to walk your taes-length the morn, and
we have ten Scots miles afore us ?" Iledgauntlet, i.
816,
m
A F
TIIRKE-TAE'D, part.adj. Having three prongs, S.
An awfti' scythe, out-owre ae shouther,
Clear-dangling*, hang ;
A three-taed leister on the ither
Lay, large and lang.
Burns's Works, iii. 42.
T A E , s. Applied to the branch of a drain, Aberd.
" Where several branches meet, near the head of
a principal drain, which are provincially named its
toes or lacs, (from some resemblance to the letter
T), these branches generally enter it at an obtuse
angle." Agr. Stirv. Aberd. p. 42.
Isl. tae, stirps, ramus ; also expl. by Dan. gren,
1. e. a branch.
T A E , p r e p . T o ; written in this manner to ex-
press the pronunciation, S.O.
" Ye'll soon see the want of education whan ye
gang tae the uncos." Writer's Clerk, i. 122.
Teut. le, id. ; ad, a, in.
T o TAEN", v. a. T o lay hands on the head of
one who is caught in a game, Gall.
" One has to run with hands locked, and tacn the
others ;" Gall. Encycl. p. 349.
TAEN 1 NG, s. The act above described, ibid.
When schoolboys catch one another in their
games, they lay their hands on the heads of the one
[Those] caught; this ceremony is termed taening or
taking."—lf After a runner is taend, he is not allow-
ed to run any more in that game." Ibid. p. 443.
This v. might with considerable plausibility be
viewed as related to Su.G. tacn j a extend ere ; as it
is appropriated to the extension of the hand so as
to touch the head of another, in correspondence
with the Franc, phrase used by Tatian, Then enti
sin a hand, Manum suara extendens, cap. 4(), 3. But
it seems to be merely a barbarism, formed from the
abbreviated pret. or part. pa. of the v. to Take, as be-
ing a term frequently used in the sports of children.
T A ' E N about, part. pa. V. TANK.
TAFF-DYKE, tc A fence made of t u r f ; "
Gall. Encycl.
Ae day he ram'd his ban* in a fumart hole,
The hole was i' the auld tajf-djjke. Ibid. p. 176.
Allied perhaps to C.B. tywarch a turf, com p. of
tj/ev, that which overspreads, and arch uppermost.
The term tajf, however, may not respect the mate-
rial of which the dj/kc is formed, but its use as a
fence against the irruption of cattle: Isl. lefia, Su.G,
toefw-a, impedire.
T A F F E R E L , adj. 1. Thoughtless, giddy,
Ettr. For.
"Bessy Chisholm—Hell! Are ye therein? May
Chisholm—where's your titty? Poor tajjerel ruined
taw pies?" Perils of Man, iii. 202.
2. It sometimes signifies ill-dressed, ibid.
Probably from Dan. taabe, a fool; or perhaps q.
taivrel, from S. Taiver, to wander, which seems al-
lied to Su.G. tofrver, Isl. toejfr incantatio, Teut. toe-
veren, incantare.
T A F F I E , s. Treacle mixed with flour, and
boiled till it acquire consistency ; a sweatmeat
eaten only on Hallowe'en, Dumfr.
" A.Bor. taffy, a sort of candy made of treacle
Gl. Brockets
 T A G
From the viscosity of this stuff, shall we suppose
that the term is allied to Dan. tave, a string, a fila-
ment, taved stringy?
T o T A F F L E , v. a. T o tire, to wear o u t ;
Tciffled, exhausted with fatigue, Fife.
Su.G. taejl-a signifies eertare. But this is a se-
condary use of the verb as referring to playing at
the tables, or at dice. Our term may have origi-
nally denoted the fatigue and lassitude of mind pro-
ceeding from delay and disappointment; as allied to
Isl. tefi-a morari, also impedire ; whence the compo-
site term tafarlaus, sine mora. In Su.G. the v. as-
sumes the form of lorfiv-a, and is used in both sen-
ses ; Dan. ioev-er, Tent, tocv-en, id.
T A F T , TAFTAN, S. A messuage or dwelling-
house, &c.] Add;
" He—scrapt upo' paper at the dissolments an'
tanements o' the I aft. ens, an' bad pit to my name."
II. Blvd's Contract, p. 5.
TAFTEIS, Taffeta. Fr. taffetas, id.
" James Lord Torphechin gran tit that he had ane
rufe of ane reicl bed of crammase velvet, freinyeit
with gold and lynit with reid taj'leis." Inventories,
A. 1573, p. 1S9.
T A G , s. 1. The latchet of a shoe, S.] Give,
as sense
2. Any thing used for tying, S.
" Gif ony persoun calls and persewis ane uther for
improbatioun of ony evident, be resoun that the seill
append it thairto is false and feinyeit, because the
samin is dividit and brokin, the ane part fra the
uther, for altering of the tag quhairby the samen
is hungin," See. Balfour's Praet. p. 382.
5. Any little object hanging from a larger one, be-
ing slightly attached to i t ; as, " There's a tag
o' clay hingiif at your coat," S.O. It is always
applied to something disagreeable and dirty.
T o T A G , r. a. T o tie, Dumfr.
Formed perhaps from A.S. tig-an vincire (Ben-
son,) or Isl. teg-ia, teig-a, distrahere, distendere ; if
not immediately from Tag, any thing used for tying.
T A G , s. A disease in sheep, Loth.
" A disease,—affecting the tail, has been denomi-
nated Tag. It consists of scabs and sores, situated
on the under side of the tail, arising, in warm wea-
ther, from its being fouled in purging." Essays
Highl. Soc. hi. 434.
It seems doubtful whether this be allied to Su.G.
iagg, cuspis, Dan. tagg-er points, as regarding the
form of the tail; 01* to Fr. lac, ci a kind of rot among
sheep Cotgr.
T o T A G , v. 71. T o wane, applied to the moon;
as 64 The n nine's tagging she is on the wane,
Peeblesshire.
This might seem to be an elliptical use of a nor-
thern phrase; Sw. Maenen tager aj\ the moon de-
creases, from the v. qflag-a, or lag-a of, to wane.
T A G , s. The white hair on the point of the
tail of a cow or slot, Moray.
TAGGIE, S. A designation given to a cow which
has the point of the tail white, S.O., Moray.
TAG GIT, TAGGED, part. adj. " A term applied
to cattle, signifying that they have the lower
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T A G
end or point of the tail white, Loth., Roxb.,
Moray, Ayrs.; synon. with Taigit. V. T A I G I L .
" Tua ky, the ane thairof blak cut-hornit, the
vther broiin laggit" Aberd. Reg. Cent. 10'
Her little tail wi' white was taggit,
Which often she in kindness waggit.
Ruickbies Way-side Cottager, p. 1 78.
If the lower part of her tail was white, she was
said to be fagged." Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. 425.
The terms Tag, Taggie, Taigie and Taggit, seem
to have no respect to the distinguishing colour, but
have originated from the part of the animal thui
marked, i. e. the extremity or point of the tail ;
Su.G. and Dan. tagg, Isl. tagg-r, cuspis, aculeus.
It is a curious circumstance, indeed, that the very
word tail has had its origin from one denoting hair.
For this is the sense of Moes.G. lagl. Hence Junius
has observed ; Islandis tag I est cauda equina; dubio
proeul ob densitatem pilorum. Atque adeo ab hoc
ipso lagl p n Moes.G.] ob eandein quoque causa in
cauda Anglosaxonibus dicta est taegl. Goth. Gl.p.328.
* T A G AND H A G . This E. phrase is used as
denoting the whole of any thing, every bit of
it; as equivalent to Stoup and Roup, Aberd.
T A G E A T IS, s. pi.
{t That llobert of Crechtoim sail restore, content,
& pay, to llobert Bro'iss of Arth—twa blan kalis
price viij s., twa lagratis, price of thepece x s., thre
basnatis/' Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1491, p. 195.
This seems to signify cups; corr. from Fr. tas-
sete, a little cup ; a dimin. from tasse a bowl or cup.
It confirms this view, that they are conjoined with
basnalis, 01* small basons.
T A G H A I R M , s. A mode of divination for-
merly used by the Highlanders.
Last evening-tide
Brian an augury hath tried,
Of that dread kind which must not be
Unless in dread extremity.
The Taghairm called; by which, afar,
Our sires foresaw the events of war.
Lady of the Lake, p. 146.
" A person was wrapped up in the skin of a newly
slain bullock, and deposited beside a water-fall, or
at the boiiom of a precipice, or in some other
strange, wild, and unusual situation, where the
scenery around him suggested nothing but objects
of horror. In this situation he revolved in his mind
the question proposed, and whatever was impressed
upon him by his exalted, imagination, passed for the
inspiration of the disembodied spirits, who haunt
these desolate recesses." Ibid. Note, p. lxv.
Gael, taghairm, " a sort of divination Shaw.
O'Reilly expi. Ir. taghairm (overlooked by O'Brien)
in the same terms ; adding," echo." The very design
of this heathenish rite was to invocate the spirits of
the dead. According to one form of it, the com-
panions of the inquirer, whom they held by the legs.
and arms, cried; " Let his invisible friends appear
from ail quarters, and let them relieve him by giving
an answer to our present demands." V, Martin's
Western Isles, p. 110, &c.; also Pennant's. Voyage
to the Hebrides, ii, 360,
 T A I T
T A G H T , TACHT, part. adj. Stretched out,
tightened, S.
Ev'ry art'ry, nerve and shin en,
Were [[was]] screw'd in concert, flat and sharp.
To whistle like the Aeolian harp,
Ilk tendon, taght like thairm, was lac'd ;
Twa wounds seenTd sound holes, on his breast.
Beatties John d Arnlia, p. 55.
This seems properly the old part. pa. of the v. to
Tie, or that of A.S. ti-an, vincire. V. Tic
T o T A Y , v. a. Perhaps, to lead; A.S. te-on,
ducere.
£k April 1683, at the Largs, in the west of Scot-
land, a man at his plough knocks down his servant
man, laying his horse." Law's Memorialls, p. 245.
• T A I D , TED, ,9. 1. A toad, S.] Add;
Plunger and thrist, in steed of meit and drink,
And for thair clathing I a id is and scorpionis.
Lyndsays Drcme.
He conjoins toads with scorpions, perhaps because
the vulgar view the toad as a poisonous animal.
fl. Transferred to a person, as expressive of dis-
like, aversion, or disgust, S.
Jolnlny Bull is wooing at her,
Courting her, but eamia get her,
Filthy ted shell never wed, as lang's sae mony's
wooing at her.
Lizzy Liberty, Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 15.9-
Toad E. has the same metaph. use, though very
frequently applied in gooel humour.
3. A term of fondness for a child, both in the
north and south of S.
TAIDIE, TEDDIE, The diminutive from Taid,
used as in sense 3., S.B.; R o x b .
It is singular how much habit can reconcile the
mind to the most absurd metaphors or the most in-
congruous combinations ! This term, from being
originally used as expressive of disgust or contempt,
has at length, by a strange transition, become a fond-
ling denomination. Thus, S.B., a handsome child
is called a bonnie teddie, or little toad;
one, a sweet teddie ; a darling, a dear teddie, &c.
T AID-STOLE, s. A mushroom, S.B. ; synon.
Paddock-stool.
In O.E. it was not named the seat, but the cover-
ing of the toad. " Mussheron todys halt. Boletum.
Fungus/' Prompt. Parv. Tode is expl. Btifb; ibid.
T o T A I D , v. a. T o manure land by the drop-
pings from cattle, either in pasturing or fold-
ing, Fife. V. TATH.
T A I F F I N G O W N , ,9. " Ane pair of taiffin-
gownis r Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16. It is'also
spelled Taffyngownis.
Du Cange mentions L.B. tapin-nm as denoting
some kind of cloth; but supposes that it is an errat.
for lapitium, tapestry. Perhaps a corr. of Tabin, a
imported into
species of silk formerlyr imported in S. V. TABIN.
T o T A I G L E , i'. a. 1. T o detain, to hinder, S.]
Add;
" What taigled ye sae lang, Peggy/ asked her mo-
ther. ' Did you 110 hear TIawky making a routing
enough to deave a body?" Petticoat Tales, i. 269.
cc Many a bitter ban, my grandfather said, they
A I
gave him for laigling them so long, when wind and
tide both served." R. Gilhaize, i. 19.
2. This term occurs as denoting fatigue ; which
is certainly not its proper or usual meaning.
Taiglit must signify tired, wearied, in the fol-
lowing passage.
— " As Duinhe-wassal was a wee taiglit, Donald
could, tat is, might—would—should send ta cur-
ragh." Waverley, i. 246.
T o TAIGLE, V. 71. T o tarry, to delay, to pro-
crastinate. 64 Now, clinna taigled—" I winna
taigleS.
Poor Towser shook his sides a draigl'd,
An's master grudg'd that he had taigl'd.
Tannahill's Poems, p. 126.
cc Do ye think Mr. Keelivin has nothing mair to
do than to wait for us, while ye're talking profanity,
and taigling at this gait?" The Entail, i. 185.
" The shearers quat rather suner that nicht nor
usual; an' my brither an' I taiglit a while ahin'."
Ed in. Mag. Sept. 1818, p. 155. "
TAIGLESUM, adj. What detains or retards; as,
64 a taiglesum road," a road which is so deep,
or so hilly, that one makes little progress, S.
T A I K I N , s. A token, S.B.
Saxteen year after, he was at
A braithel, where the broth was fat;
In ancient times a taiken sure,
The bridegroom was na reekon'd poor.
Piper of Peebles, p. 14. Add to etymon ;
There is every reason to believe that these terms,
(especially as appearing with the diphthong in the
form of Moes.G. taikns, A.S. taec-an, and Isl. tcikn-
a, whieh correspond in sound with S. taiken,) are
radically the same with Gr. hixv-vcj ostendo, mon-
stro, demonstro, doeeo. I need scarcely say, that,
even in the same language, the change of the dental
d into t, and vice versa, is quite common.
Give the word Takin, DICT., under this ortho-
T A I K N E , TACKNE, s. A n odd ridiculous per-
son, Shetl.
Isl. taeki, instrumenta magica; or from Su.G. tok
fatuus, tok-as ineptire; unless it be merely tekn, pro-
digium.
T A I K N I N G , .9. A signal. V. TAKVNNYKG.
* T A I L , <9. The retinue of a chieftain, High-
lands of S.
" Ah 1 if you Saxon Duinhe-wassal (English gen-
tleman) saw but the chief himself with his tail on !'
< With his tail on ?' echoed Edward in some sur-
prise. f Yes—that is, with his usual followers, when
he visits those of the same rank." Waverley, i. 238.
* T A I L . He's gotten his tail in the well nozc, a
proverbial phrase used to denote that one has
got one's self entangled in some unpleasant bu-
siness, affecting either character or interest, S.
It undoubtedly refers to some animal that, al-
though anxious to keep itself dry in making a leap
after its prey, gets itself wetted.
* T A I L , ,9. Denoting the termination of any
particular portion of time; as, " the tail o1
har\st," the end of harvest, S.
 T A I T A I
" Tail of May, end of M a y G l . Shirr. iron instrument which is driven into the handle ;
T A I L - B O A R D , s. The door or hint-end of a as, " the tahig <y a graip, ri " the tahig J a few,"
close cart, S. or pitch-fork, &c. A b e r d . ; Tang, Clydes., id.
T A I L E , TAILYE, &C., 2. An entail, S.] Add; 2. The prong of a fork, &c. ibid. V. TANG,
<< Entails were unknown in Scotland till the seven- Isl. tange is used in this very sense. Dens sen
teenth century; a deed of tailUe merely regulating cauda cultri, quo manubrio inditur, sen jungitur in-
the manner of succession, and commonly altering tus. G. Andr.
it from heirs general to heirs male.—Craig, who T A I N G , A tongue of land, Shetl.
wrote about the year l600, knew nothing of entails " A tahig is a narrow piece of land projecting into
in the modern sense. It was in the reign of Charles the sea, and is always bordered by a flat shore. It
II. that they began to be frequent in Scotland." appears to have been derived either from a similarity
Pinker ton's Hist Scotl. i. 3(57-8. to the law-lings, or from having been actually the site
T A I L Y I E , TELYIE, <s«. A piece of meat.] Add; of a circuit-court." Edmonston's Zetl, Isl. i. 1 39, 140.
To this must be allied O.E. " Telw-en or twytyn. The word is purely Norw. Tange, en pynt of
Abseco. Reseco." Prompt. Par v. " Tewinge, or landet, et naess; i. e. a point of land, a ness" or
they tinge," is expl. " Scissulatus." But this is evi- promontory; Hallager. Isl. tange, isthmus, G. Andr.
dently an crrat. for Telwinge. Tangi angustum, terra angusta in mare procurrens,
T A I L - I L L , s. A disease of cows, S.] Add; q. Tunga, lingvula; Verel. Ind. Tangi lingula, vel
" Tailill, a distemper common with cows. The lingva terrae, in mare se exserens, promontoritim;
tail is sometimes cut quite away, ere a cure be ef- Hal dor son. He explains it by Dan. tange, id., al-
fected Gall. Enc. though not mentioned by Wolff 01* Baden.
TAILLES, pi TAINT, S. Proof, conviction.] Add;
— " All and haill the landes and baronie of Glas- This term occurs in a very old Latin writ.
gow castle and citie, burght and regalitie of Glas- —Asserens quod summa exceclens quinquagmta
gow, with all landis, boundis, and tenementis, hous- solidos, debet probari per taynt probationem et 11 on
sis, biggingis, orchardis, yairdis,£a/fe,killes,bames, aliam. MS. Reg. Burg. Aberd. A. 1.399, Vol. I.
brewhoussis," &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 597- Taynt probation, I understand, denotes the evi-
This cannot well admit of the sense of taxes, from dence of twenty-five leil men.
Fr. taille. But the same Fr. term is given by Du TAYNTOUR, S. One who brings legal evidence
Cange, when illustrating its synon. L.B. tall-ia, as against another for conviction of some crime.
signifying, Territorium urbis. " That na man haf out of the real me gold bulyeone
T A I L - M E A L , s. A n inferior species of meal, or sillier vnder the payn of escheite thareof, the tane
made of the tails or points of the grains. A s half to the king, & the tothir half to the tayntour &
these are first broken off in milling, they are the takar." Pari. Ja. II. A. 1451, Acts Ed." 1814, p.
separated from the body or middle part, which 40. Taintour, Edit. 1566. V. TAYNT, V.

is always the best, Ayrs. T A I P , A piece of tapestry.

T A I L - S L I P , s. A disease affecting cows, La- " Item ane meikle taip of Turque. Item vii stikkis
narks. of tapessarie/' &c. Inventories, A. 1539, p. 51.
— " The tail-slip, a disease which cold sometimes This is obviously the same with what is previously
brings upon cows,—first appears in the end of the mentioned," four grete pcce of the lapis of Turque,—•
tail, by affecting it in such a manner, that it seems fiftene litle lapis of Turque," p. 50,
soft to the touch. As the disease proceeds upwards, Fr. tapis, tapestry, hangings.
every joint has the appearance of being dislocated." T A 1 R D , s. A term express! ve of great contempt,
lire's Hist. Rutherglen, p. 191. applied both to man and beast, W . Loth.
The last syllable may have the same meaning with Expl. a " slovenly hash;' Lanarks. Thus it
Teut. slijp crena, incisura; as the means of cure is, gives the idea of one who is both slovenly in
by making ff a deep incision, with a sharp knife, the dress, and destructive of it.
whole length of the part affected." Ibid. I know not whether allied to Su.G. taer-a, Teut.
T A I L - T Y N T . 1. To Ride Tailtynt, to stake teer-en, terere, consumere; or to Gael, lair contempt,
one horse against another in a race, so that the taireachd id.; also low life, baseness ; tairad, baseness,
losing horse is lost to his owner, or as it were Shaw.
tines his tail by being behind; Fife. As an old cow is called £f ane an Id laird,"3 it might
0 rpQ p j ( ( l j rpail-ttpd^ to make a fair exchange, perhaps originally signify meagreness; from Su.G.
ibid. To Strails Tails, synon. taer-a, or A.S. tacr-an; Teut. leer-en, ter-en, to grow
T A I L W I N D , s. To Shear wi a Taihmnd, to lean, to consume.
reap or cut the grain, not straight across the T A I R D , TEUD, A gibe, a taunt, a sarcasm;
ridge, but diagonally, Loth. V. BAWD WIND. as, He casta taird '1 my teeth," Loth.; synon,
T A I L - W O R M , a. A disease affecting the tails Sncist.
of cattle, S.B. Sliall we view this as allied to Dan. taerg-er to
ff The tail-worm is also cured by cutting off a few irritate, to exasperate, q. laergd ?

inches of the tail, which bleeds pretty freely." Agr. T o T A I R G E , v. a. T o rate severely, V. TARGE.
Surv. Aberd. p. 491. T A I S , TAS, TASSE, S. A bowl or cup.] Add;
T A I N G , TYANG, TANG, S. L That part of an Tass is still used in the South of &
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" And now, Laird, will ye no order me a tass o' T A I V E R S , .9. pi Tatters.] Add;
brandy ?" Guy Mannering, i. 88. " They don't know how to cook yonder—they
TASSIE, S. A cup or vessel] Add; have no gout—they boil the meat to tavers, and mak
But here's my Jean's health i' the siller-lipped tassle ! sauce o' the brue to other dishes." The Steam-Boat,
Ill part wi' them a' e'er I part wi' my lassie. p. 288.
Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 94. T o TAIC, V. A. Used as signifnig to give ; as,
We learn from Pallas that las is the Tartarian name 44 Fll talc you a blow <44 111 talc you ouer
for a cup. Travels, iv. 98. the head wi" my rung,11 S.
T A I S C I I , s. The voice of a person about to This is the very reverse of the sense of the E. v.
^lie, Gael. ; also improperly written Task, q. v. It may be observed, however, that Teut. tack-en
<f Some women—said to him, they had heard two
signifies to strike; percutere, laedere, Kilian.
laischs, that is, two voices of persons about to die ; T o TAK back one's word, to recall one's pro-
and what was remarkable, one of them was an Eng- mise, to break an engagement, S.
lish taisch, which they never heard before." Bos- T o TAK in, v. a. 1. Applied to a road, equivalent
well's Journal, p. 150. to cutting the road, or getting quickly over it, S.
T o T A I S S L E , v. a. 1. Applied to the action Right cheerfully the road they did tak in,
of the wind when boisterous; as, 44 I was sail* An' thouglit that night to their tryst's end to win.
taisslit wi" the wind,""' S. Ross's Ilelenore, First Edit. p. 73.
5I. T o examine with such strictness as to puzzle T o get up with, to overtake, Aberd.
or perplex the respondent ; as, 64 He taisslit me
In this sense Sw. tag-a up is used.
sae wi" his questions, that I didna ken what to
T o TAK in, v. n. T o be in a leaky state, to re-
SAY," S.
ceive water, S.
This is nearly allied to theE. v. to Teaze; but claims He lattis his scheip tak in at luif and lie.
more direct affinity with A.S. tysl-i.au exasperare, Leg. Bp. St. Androis, p. 307.
" to vexe, to t e a s e S o m n e r . It is also used actively in the same sense ; as,
TAISSLE, S. A severe brush of any kind.] " That boat tales in water," S.
Add;—Also written tassell, tassle, and teasle. T o TAK in, v. n. T o meet; as, 44 T h e kirk
<c It is some comfort, when one has had a sair
tales in at twal o'clock,"'1 the church meets at
tassell,—that it is in a fair lady's service, or in the twelve, Lanarks.
service of a gentleman whilk has a fair leddy, whilk T o TAK in one's am hand, to use freedom with,
13 the same thing." Heart M. Loth. iv. 34(i. not to be on ceremony with, to make free with ;
Though Conscience' gab we try to steek, applied both in relation to persons and things, S.
It gi'es ane whiles a tassle. " How will ye answer for this morning's work
A. Wilsons Poems 1790, p. 88. He said, c To man 1 can be answerable : and for
T A l S T , s. A sample. 44 And send one tins! of God I will take him in my own hand." Walker's Pe-
the wyne to the yerll of Rothes Aberd. IIeg. den, p. 48.
Cent. 16.
Taste E. is occasionally used in this sense* T o TAK one in about, v. a. T o bring one into
T A I S T R I L L , TYSTIMI.L, s. A gawkish, dirty, a state of subjection, or under proper manage-
thowless sort of woman ; often applied to a girl ment, S.
who from carelessness tears her clothes, Roxb. It would seem to be borrowed from the domes-
Probably from Dan. taasse, a silly man or woman, tication of an animal formerly allowed to go at large,
a booby, a looby, taassed foolish, simple. If the last or from the breaking in of one that has been un-
part of the word is not the mark of a diminitive, it manageable. It may, however, be borrowed from
may be traced to rjjll-er, to roam, to ramble; q. warfare; as E. to Take in, and Sw. intag-a, signi-
" one who rambles about in an idle and foolish way." fy to take a town.
Tas trill is understood in a different sense in the T o TAK in o'er, v. a. Metaph., to take to task, S.
north of E., being defined by Grose, a cunning T o TAK O" or of, v. n. T o resemble ; as, 44 He
rogue Taistrell, by Marshall, " a rascal;" Yorks. disna talc o" his father, who was a gude worthy
T o T A I V E R , v. n.] Insert, as sense man," S.
2. T o talk idly and foolishly, S. ; synon. Haver* T o TAK on, v. a. T o buy on credit, &c.] Add;
TAIVERT, part. adj. 1. Fatigued, S.] Add; Perhaps an ellipsis for, to take on trust; Sw. taga
Stupid, confused, senseless, S.O. pa a credit.
" I would na trust the hair o' a dog to the judg- T o TAK on, v. n. T o enlist as a soldier.] Add;
ment o' that tavert bodie, Gibbie Omit, that gart me " The drum went through both Aberdeens, de-
pay nine pounds seven shillings and saxpence too siring all gentlemen and soldiers that was willing
for the parchment/' The Entail, i. 145. to serve in defence of our religion,—that they should
" Tavert, foolish, half-witted ;" Gl. Picken. come to the Laird of Drum younger, and receive
S. Stupified with intoxicating liquor, Ayrs. good pay; whereupon divers daily took on." Spald-
Ye wouldna hae me surely, Mr. Nettle, to sit ing, ii. 165.
till I'm tavert ?—I fin' the wine /innin in my head — f f To the Right Honfc,e the Lieutenant Colonel,
already." Sir A. Wylie, i. 288. &c. of the Earl of Angus's Regiment.—The hum-
4* Overboiled, Ettr. For., Tweedd. ble proposals of some honest people in the western
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shires, to whom It is offered to take on in, and make
up that Regiment." Society Cont en dings, p. 3,94.
T o TAK on, v. n. A phrase applied to cattle,
when they are fattening well; as, 44 Thai stots
are fast tahin on S.
T o TAK on hand,v.n. 2. T o undertake, &c.] Add;
O E. " Tak-yn on honde. Manucapio." Pr. Par v.
T o TAK one's self to do any thing, V. A. T o pledge
one's self. 44 He tuih Mm to preif," he engaged
liimself to prove ; Aberd. IIeg.
T o T A K ones S E L L , ZK A. 1. T o bethink one's
self, to recollect one's self, to recollect some-
thing which induces a change of conduct., S.
It often includes the idea of suddenness.
When, hunger now was slaked a little wee,
She taks her sell, and aff again she'll be:
Shamefu' she was, and skeigh like onv hare,
Nor cou'd she think of sitting ] anger there;
Weening that ane sae braw and gentle-like,
For nae gueed ends was making sic a fike.
Ross's Ilelenore, p. 30.
T o correct one's language
o o in the act of utter-
ing it, to recall what one has begun to say, S.
'To TAK to or til one, to apply a reflection or
censure to one's self, even when it has no par-
ticular direction, S.
T o TAK out. V. TA'EN out.
T o TAK up, v. a. T o comprehend, to under-
stand, to apprehend the meaning of, S.
He's a clever lad; you may learn him ony
thing, he tales you up in a moment."—<c I gied him
several hints, but he coudna, or woudna, tak me
up."—"He taks up a thing before ye have half said it."
" We come now to speak of some more clear and
sure mark, by which men may take up their gracious
state and interest in Christ." Guthrie's Trial, p. 103.
C( A. man taking up himself so, cannot but lothe
himself for his abominations." Ibid. p. 1.83.
T o TAK up, v. a. T o raise a tune, applied es-
pecially to psalmody ; as, 44 He tithe up the
psalm in the kirk,1' he acted as precentor, S.
Sw. tagni up en Psalm, to raise a psalm.
T o TAK VPONE HAND, v. n. T o presume, to
dare.
" That nane of our souerane Lydyis (sic J liegis
sould tak vpone hand to schute with half hag, cul-
uering, or pistolate, at deir, ra, wylde beistis, or
wylde foul is, vncler the pane of deid," &c. Acts
Mary 1551, Ed. 1814, p. 483.
" That nane—byaris of sic wviiis and haueris of
tauernis tak vpone hand to huird or hyde ony sic
wynis coft be thame in thair housis and priuie
placis," &c. Ibid.
T o TAK up wi, v. n. T o associate with, to get
into habits of intimacy, S.
This is nearly allied to E. to Take up with, expl:
by Johns., " to lodge, to dwell."
T o TAK with, or wi,' v. a. 1. T o allow, to admit;
as, 4 4 1 was not drunk ; I'll no talc wi that," S.
2. T o own, to acknowledge for one's own; as
44 Nabody's taen w'C that buke vet," S.B.
3. T o brook, to relish, to be pleased with, &c.
the sense depending on the use of an adv. ex-
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pressing either satisfaction or dislike, conjoined
with the v., S.
" How does the laddie like the wark ?" " In-
deed he had been a dawtit bairn at harne, and he
taks unco ill wit."—" Pie look very ill wi't at first;
but he's beginning to tak better wi't now."
To Take with is used in E., as signifying to
please;" Johns. ; the thing being said to take with
the person. According to the S. idiom, the idea is
inverted.
4. It denotes the reception given to a person, or
the feeling that the person received has ; used,
without any additional word for determining
whether this be friendly or unfriendly, pleasant
or ungrateful, S.; as, Ididna tak wihim.
As far as I have observed, the E. v. to Take with,
is always conjoined with the adv. well or ill.
T o TAK mi, v. n. T o kindle, &e.] Add ;
" O what a sight it was to me, the kill took low,
and the mill likewise took wi't, and baith gied just
as ye would say a crakle, and nothing* was left
but the bare wa's and the steading." Steam-Boat,
p. 347-
T o TAK WI, V. N. as applied to the vegetable
kingdom. 1. T o begin to sprout, or to take
root. It is saiel that corn has not ianc ni\
when it has not sprung up ; a tree is said to
be beginning to tah wi', when it begins to take
root, S.
T o begin to thrive, after a temporary decay, S.
The phraseology seems elliptical; as the expres-
sion, to Tak wi' the Grund, is sometimes used in-
stead of it, S.
T o TAK wi\ v. n. T o give the first indication of
having the power of suction. It is said that a
pump is going to tah zm\ when it is judged by
the sound, &c. that it is on the point of begin-
ning* to draw up water, S.
T o TAK one's Word again, to recal what one
has said, S.
Though it may be viewed as synon. with the
phrase, to Tak hack one's Word, it is used rather
more generally ; and does not necessarily imply
breach of promise. It is often ludicrously applied
to a north country or Aberdeen's man, as if he claim-
ed a right to recall his promise. If a native of the
north of S. retracts what he has formerly said as to
something trivial, as for example, in eating of a dish
which he has at first declined, it is common to re-
mark in a jocular way; " You're a north country
man, you may tak your word again."
This, however, has been explained to me in a
more favourable way. The Aberdeen's men, it is said,
were so faithful to their word, that, before bills or
bonds were much known, when a purchase was
made by one of them, he gave his word that the
price should be paid on a day fixed. When the
day appointed came, the Aberdeen's man paid his
money, and took his word again.
S w. tag-a igen sina ord, to call back one's' words ;
Wideg. The phrase, tag-a sina ord tilbaka, is used
in the same sense, analogous to the other mode of
of expression in S.
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For some other senses of the v., which usually fore a week gang ower, I'll find out wha this tale-'
occur in the form of the part. pa., V. TANE. pyd is." Petticoat Talcs, i. 237.
ce Tcj/Jurya!., or Te! pie, a tell-tale; (perhaps as the
TAKYNNYNG, S. A signal.
" Taikning,s*, are given to forewarn people of the pie or magpie) on" who divulges secrets; spoken
approach of the enemy." Diet. Feud. Law. chiefly of children ;" 'forks., Ma^Jedi.
T A K - B A N N E T S , s. A game in which i-.y/.s- T A L E It, ,y. State, condition. S . B / j Add;
or pledges are deposited on both side.*, whien It is ;;n>n. Talur and Tutor in Fife. Any thing is
are generally bonnets ; and the gaining party is said to be in glide l^.Lw, v. hen in a proper state fo/
that which carries off, one by one, all the \eiid.--; the purpose in view ; as water when, heated to a suf-
belonging to that opposed to it, Kinross. ficient degree for washing,
T A K E , s. Condition of mind; as it is said of a O.Fr. tail lit r, state;, condition. Espee a haul tad-
person, when in a violent passion, u He's in an Her ; sabre ; 1 iouuefort.
nneo take the d a y , " R o x b . ; nearly resembling T A L E S M A N , s. T h e person who gives any
the use of E . Taking. piece of news, S.
T A K E - I N , 6'. A cheat, a deceiver, S. Well, man, your father's dead. Aunt, gar me trow,
His goodness ay 1 never doubt, Iteply'd the squire, wha tauld sic news to you ?
He's nae take-in, the kill-man.— Gall. Enc.p. 52f)8. Baith tale and tales-man I to you sail tell.
The form of the term is also inverted. V. IN-TACK. Ros/s Helen ore, p, S 4.
Dr. Johns, says of the E. v. to Take in, as signi- When one doubts, or seems to doubt, as to the truth
fying to cheat, that it is " a low vulgar phrase/' But of any story, it is common to say, I'll gie ye baith
te

it is a Dan. idiom, and probably very ancient. Tage tale and talesman" S.
hid, to inveigle, to draw in, to deceive; generally as Belg. taabnan is an interpreter ; Teut. taelman,
Su.G. talnian, an advocate.
implying the use of fair words.
T A L L I A T I O N , 6*. Adjustment o f one thing
T A K E T , s. A small nail.
to another.
" Cork lake Is of vron, the thousand xl s." Hates,
— " Your ellwand would hae been a jimp measure
A. l 6 l l . V . TACKET.
to the sauvendie o' his books and Latin talliations."
T A K E - U P , s. T h e name given to a tuck in The Entail, i. 273.
female dress, D u m f r . , Gall. L.B. talliatio, mensurarum adaequatio; Du Cange.
T A K I E , adj. Lasting; applied to victuals, C ly cles. T A L L I E A F A C E , cut in angles ; applied "to
I know not if this term has any affinity with precious stones. V. T A B L I T A F A C E .
Su.G, taeek, gratus, iacck-as placere ; as children of- T A L I , I W A P , s. A stroke or blow, Perths.
ten slowly consume any food that is very agreeable First Donald king o' Scots the root o' a 1 ,—
to their taste. Then Dugald gritlegged general o' the north-;
T A K Y L L , TACKLE, S. A n arrow.] Add ; Wha gave the Spaniards such a talliwap.
Boxhorn renders C.B. lacelaii, not merely Oma- Donald and Flora, p. 6*1.
in enta, but Sagittae. The last part of the word seems to be S. wap, a
T A K I N , s. A token, &c. V. TAIKIN. smart blow. Dan. talie signifies a small rope, or
T A K I N (of Snuff), s. A pinch, A b e r d . ; cpas the tackles of a ship.
mqch as one takes at once. TALLOW-LEAF, « That leaf of fat which
* T A L E , s. This word is used in a mode of ex- envelopes the inwards of animals,11 the caul or
pression that seems peculiar to S . ; Wi his tale, omentum, Gall.
Wi your tale, &c. I t seems nearly synon. with Apparently from its resemblance of a leaf in its
E . Forsooth ; and is always meant to intimate fibrous formation.
derision, contempt, or some degree of disbe- " When an ox or a sheep has a gude tallow-leaf, it
l i e f ; as, " He's gaun to tak a big farm wi his is considered to ha ye fed meet, and to be deep on the
t a l e " Puir silly tawpie, she's gaun to get rib" Gail. Enc.
a gryte laird zcP her tale? &c. T A L T IE, A wig, A rig.] Add;-
It resembles another contemptuous phrase, ec Set It may, however, be q. a covering for the head ;
him, her, or you up !" The resolution of the expres- Isl. tialld, Dan. telt, a tent.
sion apparently is, cf according to his tale," or " ac- T A M M A C 1 I L E S S , s. 1. Applied to a child
count of the matter." A.S. with is sometimes used that does not eat with appetite, Fife.
in the same sense. With gecynde, Secundum natu- 2. Tasteless, insipid, ibid.
rara, according to nature. This seems to be merely q. slamoehless ; stamock
T A L E - P I E T , 3. A tale-bearer.] Add; being the vulgar pronunciation of Stomach, S.
" If I had not held you as so old an acquaintance, T A M M I E - C H E E K I E , T h e Puffin, Alca
this should have gone to my lady's ears, though I aretica, Linn., Mearns.; supposed to be thus
should have been called pick-thank and tale-pyet for named from its broad bill.
my pains." The Abbot, i. 139, 140. T A M M I E - N O I I I E , s. 1. T h e Puffin, Alca
aretica, Linn., Orkn., Eass. V. NOIUE and
" Never mind me, sir—I am no tale-pyet; but there
TOMMY NODDIE.
are mair een in the world than mine." Antiq. i. 8 2 .
2. T h e Razor-bill, Alca torda, Linn., Mearns.
" It's a wonder to me—that the Laird maks a fool
T o T A M M I L , V. a. 1. T o scatter f r o m pare-
o' himsel, believing a' the clashes that gowks carry
lessnessj Loth,
through the country.—I'll lay my lugs,—that, be-
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T o sea If or or strew from design ; as money denoting the attention paid to one in the way
amongst a crowd, as candidates often do at an of frequent invitations.
election, Roxb. TANE-AWA, 5. A decayed child.] Add ;
T A M M O C K , TOMMACK, ,9. A hillock, Gail 2. A child that exhibits such unnatural symp-
Meanwhile twa herds upo' the sunny brae toms,• as to s u r00
e s t the idea that it has been
Forgathering, straught clown on tammocks clap substituted by the fairies, in the room of the
Their nether ends, and talk their uncos o'er. mother's birth, S.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 5. In the use of the term there is an evident meto-
Tommacks, little hillocks Gall. Enc. Perhaps nymy ; fur it is applied to the substitute of the ge-
from Gael, tomag a tuft; Ir. torn, a small heap, torn nuine child supposed to have been taken away.
seangain, an ant-hill, Ionian, a hillock, ionnach, a " Really, gudeman, I begin to hae a notion that
mound. C.B. torn and tomen, id. ; louiawg, having he's, as auld Espeth Freet, the midwife, ance said
a heap. to me, a la'cnawa ; and I would be nane surprised,,
T A M - O 1 - T A E - E N D , .9. A ludicrous designa- that whoever lives to see him dee, will find in the
tion for the largest kind of pudding, Gall. bed a ben weed or a windlestrae, instead o' a Chris-
" Tam-oy-lae~end, the prince of the pudding tribe. tian corpse." The Entail, ii. 34.
It hath but one open end, hence the name Tarn of This in E. is called a Changeling. It is singular,
the one end Gall. Enc. that there should be the same double use of the E.
T A M - T A I G L E , .9. A rope by which the hin- term as of that used in S., the child carried away
der leg of a horse or cow is tied to the fore leg, being sometimes termed changeling. V. a satisfactory
to prevent straying, Upp. Clydes. V. TAIGLE. proof of this in Archdeacon Nares's Glossary, in vo.
T A M T E E N , S. Meant as the con*, pronuncia- This term may be more fully illustrated by an ex-
tion of Tontine, as Tloille of Hotel. tract from a very ingenious and entertaining disser-
(< They maun hae a hotile ;—but they shall see tation on this subject; from which it appears that
that Luckie Dods can hottle 011 as lang as the best the creed of superstition, as to elvish power, was car-
of them—ay, though they had made a Tarn teen of it." ried still farther than has been already mentioned.
6C The most formidable attribute of the elves, was
St. R011 an. i. 522.
TAM-TUOT, A cant term for what is com- their practice of carrying away, and exchanging
monly called London-candy, Roxb. children ; and that of stealing human souls from
TANDLE, A boncfire/S.O. their bodies. 4" A persuasion prevails among the ig-
norant,' says the author of a MS. history of Moray,
Thae fards o' silk, brought owre the seas,— r that, in a consumptive disease, the fairies steal,
Had I our dochters at a candle,
away the soul, aud put the soul of a fairy in the
They'd mak a been an' rowsan iandle.
room of it.' This belief prevails chiefly along the
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 62. V. T A W N L E . eastern coast of Scotland, where a practice, appa-
T A N E , s. One. This word is not only used as rently of druidical origin, is used to avert the dan-
a .9., as it ought to have been marked in DIOT., ger. In the increase of the March moon, withes of
but often in our old Acts as a proper adjective. oak and ivy are cut, and twisted into wreaths or
— " And a nothir of the date of the xij day of circles, winch they preserve till next March. After
August—of the lane half of the samyne landis of that period, when persons are consumptive, or chil-
Nethirsannak." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1489, }>• 133. dren hectic, they cause them to pass thrice through
It occurs twice in the same Act. these circles. In other cases the cure was more
T ANE HALF, one half. rough, and at least as dangerous as the disease, as
— A l s thre lettrez,—ane of the tak of the landis will appear from the following extract.
of Ken nay the lan chaff, as Curatour to the said Gelis, " There is one thing remarkable in the parish of
and the tother haff, be ressone of the said Elizabeth Suddie (in Inverness-shire), which I think proper
porcionare, ladiis of Ken nay," &c. Act. Dom. Cone. to mention. There is a small hill N. W. from the
A. 1492, p. 2Q2. church, commonly called Therdy Hill, or Hill of
T A N E , part. pa. Taken, S.] Add; Therdie, as some term i t ; on the top of which there
T A N K about. Weel id en about, kindly received is a well, which I had the curiosity to view, because
and hospitably entertained, made welcome and of the several reports concerning it. When children
well cared for, Ang. happen to be sick, and languish long in their mala-
Neist he persuades to gang with him all night, dy, so that they Qire] almost turned skeletons, the
Where I sucl be well la en about and right. common people imagine they are taken away (at
Ross's Helen ore, p. 88. least the substance) by spirits, called fairies, and
Sw. taga wael emot, to receive kindly, to give a the shadow left with them ; so at a particular season
good reception. in summer, they leave them all night themselves,
watching, at a distance, near this well, and this they
T A N K doun. 1. Emaciated or enfeebled in con-
imagine will either end or mend them; they say many
sequence of disease ; as, " He's sair tane doun
more do recover than do not." Macfarlane's MSS\
V f that host, S.11
Minstrelsy Border, ii. 230, 231.
2. Reduced in temporal circumstances, S.B. The mode of cure in Orkney is, if possible, still
TANE out. Weel tane out, receiving much at- more barbarous. A declining child, who is thence
tention, S. This must be viewed as primarily supposed to have been subjected to elvish influence.
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is hung up in the chimney for some time, over the
fire, by the crook. This is supposed to drive away
the fain/ pari from it. This idea strongly resembles
that mentioned above, in the quotation from the MS.
History of Moray ; and must be viewed as another
relique of heathenish worship, particularly of that
of Moloch, or Saturn, the Tlior of the northern na-
tions. There were,it would seem, two ways in which
the worshippers of Moloch made their children to
pass through the fire to him. One was, by actually
consuming them, which, they believed, would ensure
the preservation of all the rest of their children, and
their own prosperity during life. Their other me-
thod was, to make the person pass between two
tires, for a sign of consecration. The person who
thus dedicated his sun, deli vered him into the hands
of the pricv.is, who had the charge of the fires. They
gave back the sou into the hands of the father; who
himself, having thus obtained permission of the
priests, was to \ his son through the flames. Mai-
monides de hiololatr. V. Ainsworth on Lev.xviiL 21.
We may ob>erve the striking similarity between
this and a druidical rite, mentioned vo. BELTANE, ac-
cording to which there was a consecration by fire.
If the fairies carried off a child, leaving one of
their own imps in its place, tradition says that they
anxiously waited to see if the bereaved mother would
suckle their elvish brood. If she did, her own was
irrecoverably lost to her. If she treated it with
scorn, refusing to do the duty of a mother, they
were forced to restore her own child.
Boss has particularized some of the rites, used at
child-birth, as preventives of this calamity.
Then the first hippen to the green was flung,
And unko' words thereat baith said an' sung.
A burning coal with the hett tangs was ta'en
Frae out the ingle mids, well brunt an' clean ;
An' thro' the corsy-belly 1 ett en fa',
For fear the wean should be ta'en awa.
Helenore, First Edit. p. 6.
Pennant mentions the same superstition as pre-,
valent in Perthshire.
" The notion of second-sight," he says, " still
prevails in a few places; as does the belief of Fai-
ries ; and children are watched till the christening is
over, lest they should be stole, or changed." Tour
in S. 176*9, p- 115.
fC But the power of the fairies was not confined to
unchristened children alone; it was supposed fre-
quently to extend to full grown persons, especially
such as, in an unlucky hour, were devoted to the
devil by the execration of parents, and of masters;
or those who were found asleep under a rock, or on
a green hill, belonging to the fairies, after sunset;
or finally, to those who unwarily joined their or-
gies." Minstrelry, ub. sup, p. 235.
It is singular, that the Rabbinical writers give an
account of the danger to be feared from a she-devil,
which has considerable resemblance. She, however,
does not exchange, but actually destroys, children,
" This Shee-Divel they call by the name of Lilith.
It is taken from the Night, for so the word signifieth
first. A n d it will bee somthing to you when you
remember your self of that ordinarie superstition of
the old wives, who dare not intrust a chUde in a qra*
sm
T A N
die by it self alone without a candle. You must not
think those people know what they do, and yet you
may perceiv their sillie waies to derive from an ori-
ginal much better, and more considerable then can
bee guessed at from their prone and uninstructed
waie of performance." Gregorie's Episcopus Pue-
rorum, p. 97-
He ascribes this superstitious idea to a misinter-
pretation of Job i. 15, And the Sabeans jell upon their,
&e., which is expl. in the Chaldce Paraphrase, J A-
lilh the Queen, of Smargad came, <S:c. Tins Liliih, in
the Gloss. Talmud., is said to be " a kinde of shee-
divel which killed children." T o defend pregnant
women from the power of this adversary, they ob-
serve certain enchantments with great solemnity.
" When the great helli'd woman's time is com, the
father of the fa i n d i e , or for want of him, som holie man
or other (for this is required too) is desired to coin to
the room 'where the woman is to lie in; and then and
there hee is to draw a circle upon the several walls
of that place, and upon the doors, both within and
without, and moreover also about the bed, &c. And
he is to inscribe these words, Adam, Chavak, Chats,
Lilith.—And so the child is thought to bee suffici-
ently defended." Ibid. p. 97, 98.
The ridiculous superstition, which has crept in
from the corruption of Christianity, that children are
peculiarly exposed to danger from evil spirits, before
being baptised, would almost seem to have been bor-
rowed from that of the Jews, with respect to Lilith ;
who, according to their traditions, is made to say, " I
have power over the male children from the day they
are born until the eighth day," i. e. the time of their
circumcision. Stehelin's Traditions, i. 111.
It may he added, that, as Gregorie mentions it as
the superstitious idea in England, that, if a child be
left alone in a cradle, a candle should be lighted in
the room; the superstition, which prevails with some
in S., is not less absurd. They use the Bible as a
charm, by laying it in the head off the cradle, in or-
der to preserve the infant from the power of evil spw
rits and witches.
In England, the term Changeling is used in the
same sense with our Tane-awa.
There in the stocks of tries, white faies doe dwell,
And span-long elves, that dance about a p o o l !
With each a little changeling in their amies !
Ben Jonson's Sad Shepherd.
T A N G , adj. Straight, tight; Pang, synon., Ettr.
F o r . ; to be traced perhaps to Dan. twungen,
constrained, pressed, the part. pa. of living-e to
press ; or rather to twang constraint, coaction,
a pressing.
T A N G , $. 1. T h e prong of a fork, &c. Y . TAIXG,
A.Bor. ^ Tang, a pike. Tang also signifies a sting.
North." Grose.
2. A piece of iron used for fencing any thing else,
This seems to be formed from leing-ia constrin-
gere ; whence teingd copulatio, aflinitas, teingsl liga-.
menta, tenging junctura, compages; VereL, Haldoiv
son. Hence,
TANGIT, part, pa. Fenced with iron, having a
rim of iron,
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" Item sex pair of brasin calmes £111011 Ids] tan git tion given under Tangis, has evidently been the
with irne, serving for battertis, moyan is, falcon is, andancient idiom.
eutthrotis." Inventor. A . 1066, p. 169. V. T A N G S .
TANG-FISH, A name given to the Seal, Shetl.
" Phoca Vitalina, (Lin. Syst.) Selkie, Seal, Com-
mon Seal.—Seals are seen in considerable numbers
near all the flat shores on the coast of Zetland, and
are vulgarly known by the name of tang-jish." Ed-
monstone's Zetl. ii. 292.
<v Nearer the island, there were many of the
smaller seals, or Tang-fish, so named from being
supposed to live among the Tang, or larger fuci that
grow near the shore/' Hibherl's Shetl. Isl. p. 586.
T A N G I I A L , s. A bag, a satchel V. TOIGIIAL.
T A N G I E , .9. A sea-spirit, which, according* to
the popular belief in Orkney, sometimes as-
sumes the appearance of a small horse, at other
times that of an old man.
The name is supposed to originate from Tang, sea-
weed. The description seems nearly to correspond
to that of Kelpie, q. v.
Tangie, I am informed, is the same with the Sea-
Trow. This imaginary being is supposed to have his
origin from the luminous appearance of the tangle,
when it is tossed by the sea.
T A N G I S , s. A pair of tongs.
— T w a axis, a wowmill, a borell price xl d., v
hukis, a tangis price xl d." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1489,
p. 132. • V. TANGS.
T A N G L E , s. 2. Used metaph. to denote one, nifies " St. Anthony's l/iir."
c
T A P
T A N M B I I A C K , s. A bird, Perths.
" Here also is the Tanmerack, a fowl of the size
of a dove, which always inhabits the tops of the
highest mountains." Trans. Antiq. Soc. Seotl. ii. ?0.
T A N N E , TANNY, adj. Tawney.
" Item ane pece of ianne satene of remanes." In-
ventories, A. 1516, p. 25.
" Item ane paire of fanny velvett c 11 it it out on va-
riant taffatiis." Ibid. p. 44.
T A N NIKS, -V. pi.
" That James bury sail restore—to Dauid Ouh;:-
bed burgee of Edinburgh,—thre mantillisofbauis.—
thre cuschiugis price xiij s., ]r hemp vnce v ii. viij s..
half ane hundreth tt-jniies price ij .et,
Dom. Cone. A.. 1491, }>• ] 99-
T A N T E R L I C K , .v. A severe stroke, F i l V . •
It is also used in Ayrs.
Tiiis term is probably allied to E. Tenter. I Ier:cc
E. phrase, to set one upon the tenters. TunterlicL may
denote a rough stroke, such as that which is give:! U-.
cloth when it is extended on the /f\'//Vr-hooks. a
similar sense, one in a state of painful anxiety is
to be j)/(t upon, or to come through, the hec!:le-pi;t:-\
T A N T O N T E B E L L . ] Insert, etymon, L E
IM\—tiU'ijn-cr, tin font n-er, to resound.
It is po—/hie, however, that the term reii rs ;o
Anthony. For I am informed that 'J'anion fcjr

who, although tall, is lank, S.B.] Add; Archdeacon Nares lias given a curious proof«.;':.
Instead of—She's but a tangle—it is, She's nae weel similar elision, in pointing out the origin of the / /
hut Ross's Ilelenore, First Edit, adj. Tawdry. This, he says, is a vulgar corruption
Isl. tengla sceleton, 2. animal macie confectum. of Si. Andre!/, or St. Ethel red a. It implies that La-
<c Tangle—applied contemptuously to any long things denominated tawdry, " had been bough: a-
dangling person or thing ;" Gl. Antiq. the fair of St. An dry, where gay toys of all soi*:-.
T A N G L E , s. A n icicle, S.] Add; were sold." This fair was held in the Isle of He*.
(C Stiria, a tangle of yce." Wedderb. Vocab. p. 34. T A P , .9. 1. The top of any thing, S.] Add;
T A N G L E , adj. 1 . Tall and feeble, not well-knit The bap o ilka tow'r and tree
in the joints; as, a lang tangle lad," Fife, Like siller gleam [s].
Ettr. For. G. Turnhult's Poet. Essays, p. 105,
Applied to one when relaxed in consequence of 2. The head, S. Hence the phrase,
fatigue, or when so much wearied as scarcely to T o BE on one's Tap. 1. T o assault, literally; espe-
be able to stand up, Ettr. For. cially by flying at one's head^ or attempting to
TANGLENESS, S. Apparently, indecision, fluctu- get hold of the hair, S.
ation, or pliability of opinion; from the loose- 2. Metaph. to attack in the language of sharp re-
ness of tangie, (a sea-weed.) prehension or abuse, S.
Donald's the callan that brooks nae tan glen es s; There is an analogy between the use of the Urm
Whigging, and prigging", and a' newfangleness, and a Belg. verb. Topp-en signifies, crines pugnaa/e
They maun be gane; he winna be baukit, man. invadere, crinibus apprehendere, Kiiian; iYoa: iu;;.
Jacobite Relics, i. 102. as denoting the crown of the head. The alhish.:?
TANGLE-WISE, adj. Long and slender, Clydes. however, may be to game-cocks, as they always aim
T A N G S , TAINGS, s.pl. Tongs, S.] Add; at the head.
" You fantl that wliar the Highlandman fand the T A P S M A N , s. A servant who has the prmcirja;
tangs." S. Prov. charge, other servants being subjected to his
This is given by Kelly in an E. form, and expl. orders; as, " the tapsman oi' a drove,"1 Dumfr,
thus: " A Highland man being challenged for steal- T A P , 6-. 4. Such a quantity of flax, &e.] Add;
ing a pair of tongs, said he found them; and being Also, Tap cf toic.
asked where ? He said, Hard by the fire side. Spo- — c : No sooner did she behold his face, but, like a
ken when boys have picked up something, and pre- tap of tow, she undled upon both him and Kate, and
tend they found it." P. 383, 384. ordered them out of her sight." Annals of the Parish,
Taings, or Tijangs, as the term is pron. in Aberd., p. 145.
is often used as if it were a noun singular; as, " a " Tap 0' Tow, head of flax ;" Gall. Enc,
taings," i. e. a pair of tongs. This, from the quota* 2. A very irritable person, Ayrs,
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' * 1 thov.ght hi IT. onpof'che blj'thost bodies I had ever Perhaps it rather signifies to sell by retail; Teut
and had 5 s < * notion that ha was such a tap of lawtapp-en, minutatim vendere, cauponari.
as in \ ii':* s- omvi he proved hionoF'." Ann. Far. p. 220. It occurs, perhaps in a similar sense, in the follow-
I "fere's a tap d tcrr,' exclaimed the Leddy. 1 AiTand ing passage :
r,• v.i vi' \ t,t: to your nmi her at Caimv.chlo." En tuii, £f wryttalis that cumis to this burgh other be see
jj. 27 * or land, quhilk beis tappit with the land mett, pay
Tapu h.n\—a quick-tempered per.'on, like tlax, the duety of the hand bell." Aberd. Reg. V. 1 6.
.•^iiy kindled Call. Fan:. T o T A P E out, v. a.] Add;—The same with Tape.
of the quaiiiiiv of ilax put on a rock, S, " Ye sail hae a' my skill and knowledge to gar the
— * t was hnv-hig a-"- lank and as feckless as a lap siller gang far—I'll tape it out weel—I ken how to
.'/.•//." Toe Stcaei i>nat, p, 302. gar the birkies tak short fees, and be glad o' them
Hence al,o the phrase, too." Heart M. Loth. i. 328.
. 7'o j '«//«• one's Tajj in o;u ; s Lap* and set alf to T A P E E , s. 1. The name given a few years ago
1 u iv.e no one's bay/ago, a'.ill be gone, Toviotd., to the fore-part of the hair when put up with
Loth. ; burro wed from File practice of tliose i'e- pins, S.
mak s, who, b e n a c c u s t o m e d to rpm from a 2. A small cushion of hair worn by old women,
l

roeh, ofie.s e;;ri'ie:• tin-ir work v/ilh them to the iii what is called the oj>en- of the head, for keep-
Louse of some Trie;nbour. A.n irdividua! when in • up their hair, Ayrs.
abooi i:> do"- •,•<.•}, v.:s wont io wi\«l) up., m lie!' Fr. tonp,el, I s l . tt.ajp-r crista, v e r t e x vel crines capitis.
;.'j)ruii. the i.a.x, or at which Mic was T A F E l l - T A 11,, adv. Topsy-turvy, South of S.
spiiuui!!:;. noetoe:' woh her (hs!::;!. F o w k c a n o e e y . . o e t just w h a t they wad hae,
And r;• >l-s voir I io; ;:mik—that v,:ii Jo as Vet d'ye na think that's ae gret lock however?
v. eei as i were to take. my t-ap in in v tap, and slip my For war'i the contrail* but for ha'f a day,
ways h-ue.e again on my am errand r" i icart M. The war!' wad a' gang taper-tail thegither.
Loth. i.v. <}. T. Scott's Poems, p. 365,
The phrase is often used to express a hastv de- Apparently q. tap, i. e. top, o'er tail.
parture ; as, " She took her lap in her lap A she T A P E S S A I 1 I E , s. Tapestry ; Fr. tapisseric.
went off in a great hurry, Ettr. For. " Item, five pece offyne tapessarie of the historic
AFJ<' one's TAP, a phrase generally used in a of To hie gar nest." Inventories, A. 1539, P- 50*
negative form ; as, of a scolding wife, or one T A P L O C H , T A W P L O C H , S. " A giddy-brained
v, ho is siili making reflections, in regard to her girl,*'1 given as the same with Tawpie> Gall. Enc,
conduct to her husband, it is said, Site's never
44 Dan. taabelifoolish. V. T A U P I E .
>[;}' his Lip A S. ; apparently borro wed from the T A P P E N I E ^ " a tern] used in calling a hen, Gall.
mode in which dung-hill fowls carry on their " Ye ken the cry of the Galloway dames to their
broil,. stray hens when the Gypsies light their fires i' the
Tap-COAT, -V. A great coat, one thai ;-;<>es up- woods, Clmckie, chuckie tap-pennic, say I may—our
(

permost, q. on the top of others, i>umfi\ new conic neighbours like feathered flesh our weel."
1 le was—wee! arrayed ; for lie had twa tap coats Blackw. Mag. May 1820, p. 163.
and a plaid on." Blackw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 406. Apparently a eorr. of tap-hennie, q. lappil-hen.
TAP-KNOT, .v. A knot or bunch of ribbons, worn T A P - P I C K L E , $. 1. T h e uppermost grain in
as an ornament in a woman's cap or bonnet, S. a stalk of oats, S.
And our bride's maidens were na few, Green-coated fairies^ fid gin' fain,
WF tap knots, lug-knots, a' in blew. Jump the solitary glen,
Mairland Willie, Herd's Coll. ii. 76. Or drive the ceaseless clacking mill,
TAP, TAIL, nor MANE. This phrase is used in On the distant sounding hill,
the following form, concerning an unintelligible Grundmg their lap-pickle melder.
account of any thing; c£ I didna ken tap, tail, Donald and Flora, p. ipo.
nor mane o t , " S. It is used by Burns rather in an indelicate sense.
He rambled through the whole 58th chapter of T A P P I E - T O U R I E , 6-. 1. A n y thing raised
Isaiah; but his sermon had neither top, tail, nor mane, very high to a point, S. ; synon. with Tappi-
he had not one material sentence." Walker's Passa- toorie, Tappie-tonrock, Ayrs.
ges, p. 62. " There was, as Tibby described it, a tappie-tourie
It seems to have been borrowed from the different of hens in the middle, a hundred weight of black
external marks by which a man knows his own horse puddings graced one corner, and an enormous ham
or cow, by the head, mane, and tail. To some, how- another." Petticoat Tales, i. 337-
ever, it may seem that the second term should be The plug of paste which fills the opening in
written main, as denoting the body or main part. the top of a pie, ibid.
TAP, adj. Excellent. V. TOP. If I were in your place,—I would gie him the
TAP, To Sell by Tap, understood as signify- tappy-tourock o the pye, and the best leg o' the fat
ing to sell by auction or outcry. hen.'' Sir A. Wylie, iii. 152.
" Item, that na commoun cremaris of the toune T A P P I E - T O U S I E , A sort of play among
wse to sell be tap ony hammer mans work, nor regrait children, S.] Add;
it agane till wther mens wse." Seill of Caus, Edin. It has been seen, that the custom of laying hold of
2 May 1483, MS.. the forelock most probably originated from a rite
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early introduced into the Christian Church., of :>er-
sons devoting themselves to God, or to some s-nat,
by the hair of the head. It, therefore, seemed worthy
of inquiry, if antiquity afforded any vestige of th--
harsh mode of treating those, in this sport, who wish
to retain their liberty. It occurred, that it was mc-st
likely that something analogous might be found ai
the mode of manumitting a bondman among the an-
cient Romans. We find, accordingly, that the ik\.t
tiling the master did, in granting manumission, wa<
to whirl his servant around, in gy rum sere am a gyre.
This custom is referred to by Persius.
Heu steriles veri quibus una Quiritem
Vertigo faeit. Sal. v. 75.
Verterit liunc dominus, momento turbinis exit
Marcus Dama. Ibid. 73.
Seneca also mentions the same custom, Ep. 8, and
Quinctilian, Deck 342. The reason assigned for this
gyration is, that thus the person manumitted was
symbolically declared to be at liberty to go whatever
way he pleased. Besides this, in the act of turning
his servant round, the master gave him a stroke on
the face with his hand. Inter vertendum alapajd-
ciem ipsius percutiebat Dominus. Cornut. ad Pers.
loc. cit. and Is id or. ix. 4. The consul and poet CI au-
di an speaks of this stroke as given on the forehead.
—Pulsata fronte recedit. iv. 6*. 11.
In the push given, in the childish sport of our
country, to him who refuses to become the vassal of
another, there is an obvious reliqne of this Roman rite
in manumission. V. Pitise. Lex. vo. Manumusio.
T A P P I N , s. A tuft, &c.] Add;
2. The bunch of feathers on the head of a cock
or hen, Bum fr.
S. Expl. " head,11 ibid.
Drink maks the auldest swack and strappen ;
Gars care forget the ills that happen—
The blate look spruce—
And e'en the thowless cock their lappin
And craw fu' erouse.
Maynes Siller Gun, p. 16.
It seems to be transferred to the head from the
tuft of a cock.
T A P P I T , TAPPINT, part.adj. Crested, S. The
latter perhaps properly belongs to the south of S.
TAPFIT-HENT>. 2. A tin measure contain-
ing a quart, &c.] Add;
8. It has been expl. as still of a larger size.
" Their hostess—appeared with a huge pewter
measuring pot, containing' at least three English
quarts, familiarly denominated a Tappit-henWa-
verly, i. 148.
4. This term denoted a large bottle of claret,
holding three Magnums or Scots pints, Aberd.
T A P - H O O T E D , adj.
" Clover—being a tap or deep rooted plant, it draws
the greatest part of its nourishment from parts of the
earth far below the reach of the plough or the horizon-
tal roots of the barley." Max wel's Sel. Trans, p. 20.5.
" The longer and stronger both be, the better will
the ground be covered and rotted, and the less de-
mand will this lap-rooted plant make upon that part
of the earth where the horizontal roots of grain pas-
ture for their food." Ibid. 211.
'Jfap
585
T A R
as if synon. with CRAP, q. v. But the seu.-.e rcr-
dered ohsenre, lap-rocted being given a.; if ;:
synon. wi'..h r/<"e;;-rooted.
TxVPS1 E - T J E i 11E, adv. Topsv-dnrvv : the
same v. ah Ti'pxu It eerie, ava;. The olher is
the c:;.i!.i:oi: pron. of ja a>:b.
T! ie only conjecture I ha > e aaa whh as to the
origin of T<\;;sj/-tu rry, is that of Ss inner, q. 7 V> >»• ,.> m
7'arev. veraee,- ^a11 ca;nai iii eaNphe. i • 11i a 1 i.ho«!
ta,; 1-*riii e'i.elturf or -tyr}\ oceurs in A.S. in Lhe >ea.-e
of patrunn solum ; ;t dwes iiet apnaar thai either A.S.
li/rj', or E. turf h;is h--. en conn;an. Iv used as d> -
noting tin: -round or .-<>;!. I would prefer \ iewh;g
the latter part of the word as connected witli Youa
(hraers, Franc, duerh. . . i'neeur, id. /;',,".•/•. Si..( h
lieaer, Dan. twer, ohh pie, aary, aero-a I J-.-e a r . , .
in Ik-ig. still denotes a cro.*s v. ay, Dan. heer, ef ]•[.
Thus tin? phrase might originally he. q. /eyv hn-r.;
or lG}}S-al-liriireej, '' tile heads all the wrong .
turned upside down.
T A P - S W A R M , <?. 1. T h e first swarm which a
hive of bees e:a-U off, S.
2. Applied inea';aliariealIy to a body of neorh
leaving l-e.sr huY.ier c-;!anj s. ian.
£{ Mrs. Baehan's soman the taji-swarm of the
lief, after traversing NidisdaJeand ( hiilova* v, in M>arrh
of the New Jrusahan, have rcturn-ai to their hireeer
abodes and oceepaU: ns." Ayr. Surv. Ayr.s. p. Hi:--.
T A P T E E , .9. ' A state of eager desire. " Whal
a tap-L\' in1 is m f 1 I?aw eager In.' is! laamrh-.
Isl. taejrl-a, dlgilis pedum a eg re in-asd. I;er/.a,,..
it is merely a eorruption of S. liuiae, a. standi)kg oa
tiptoe," in a state of eager expectation.
T A PTOO, s. 1. /v gaudy ovuanient r,n tiie heach
Ayrs.
2. To Put one i)i!n a Tapioo, to e?:ciie o-ufs u-'ratl).
to pre-duce via-lent ikid.
This, in sense 2. at. least, may he itu rely a eera of
the phrase Tap o' Tow, a t.; p of l.,/-a ;p v. k i-.
HAINVA'ver, also pronounced Tip'oo. \ . TAPTKI:.
T A P - T R E I s s. A solid and rounded pice, of
wood., ^ondaiip; lac aaai!: a-f ' .-Jm, pat
lino the bung-hole of a m j i s l a v a t . or cask,
forir.erly u s e d , for drawing* oiT thee liquor; o.
that !;y vvl'ich the tree or b-arrel is iaptrd^
or from t.-ip a faucet*.
Put a cork or dottle in the under end;—or you
may make use of a lap-tree, and then you need nor
a cork. Let the water stand four hours upon the
ashes ; then take out your cork, or tap-lrce, and have
a tub below to receive the lee that comes off." Max-
well's Sel. Trans, p. 284.
* T o T A J ! , x'. a. T o besmear with tar. This v.
is often used metaph. in the phrase, 4i A" tarr'd
wi ae stick," all of the same kidney, or all cha-
racterized by the same spirit, &c. S.
•—" If yon woman ye ea'cl sister and you were
ae parent's bairns, I was thinking ye might aiblins
be tarr'd, wi' ae stick." St. Johnstoun, ii. 200.
The allusion is to the bit of wood used as a brush
for putting the tar-mark on sheep,
T A I l - B U I S T , s. The box in which the tar Is
kept with which sheep are marked! Roxla,
Tweedd.
seems used asV.denoting
BUIST* the surface of the soil,
 T A R T A R
i' A I I D I E , TAIRDIE, adj. Peevish, ill-hurnotir- " Fy upoun the, thow young Sanct Geill, thy father
ed. suikv and sarcnstical, Kinross. wakl have iaryed four suehe." Knox's Hist. p. 95.
n-iigj.it view this as originally the same with TAHY, S. D e l a y . ] Add;
(£ The caus of his Ian/ behind." Aberd. Reg. A.
Tent, hn'rl'ni'h,sour, A.S. teart, id. ; did not the term
o-ivc some indication of affinity to TAIRD, a gibe, q. v. 1548, V. 20.
T A R X E R O C K E , s. A pitchfork, Shetl.
T A R E r i " A . T 1 1 EIIS, pi. W h a t is torn to
Isl. lerrc porrigo, and krok uncinus, q. to extend
.-'ii'v-ds; as, " Turn got naething for hisfechtin\
by means of an instrument hooked at the end.
h',t his coat into laretaihcrsTeviotd. ; i. e. T A R L O C I I , T AH LOG I R , 1 . This term is used
;rn, from tear, and tatters. in Upp. Lanarks. for a sturdy brawling woman,
M ; : G A T , TV.KGET, .V. generally giving the idea of a female tatterde-
£- item, r.irj hingar maid lyke ane 'AI* with four malion. I t also includes that of filth.
. vamonttis, and ane gr)'t perle."—" Item, ane riche It is commonly applied to beggars and the lowest
hu wait, with thr<- naikit imagis, sett all full of dya- people. This use of the term seems to throw light
monttis." Inventories, A. 1 5 i-2, p. 65. on Tar lochia, q. v.
ih-ing conjoh.-ed with a h in gar or hanger, it might 2. Applied to a silly, inactive girl, A b e r d .
- eem to respect the ro\\;i armoury, meant rather for This term, especially as conjoined with Limit ours,
ornr.ment than for use. Hut afterwards it appears may have some connexion with Jr. and Gael, tarlodh-
1 hat the tarsal was a sort of ornamental blazon worn aim, pron. gutturally, to collect, to bring together, to
in. the ruv:i! bonnet or hat. lay hold on. C.B. lorll-a signifies a slattern.
J ten i, ane bo net of velvot with ane tar gal set T A R L O C I I , T A it LOG ii, adj. 1. 'Weak, Ayrs,
v. hi; ane <j-rvt tal)iil dyamont, tene [ t e n ] plain dya- 2. Peevish, ibid.
!11;n11is in .settis uf gold, xviii seltis of perle," &c. Both these senses are given in Gl. Surv. Ayrs. p. 6i)5.
Ibid. ]>. 67, 68. 5. Stormy ; as, " a tarlogh day," a rough stormy
" Item, ane targall of gold with the ymage of our
day, Linlithg.
lady, estimat to viii crownis of wecht." Ibid. A.
Gael, doriaghfighte, ungovernable.
3 516, p. 27-
T A R N , s. A mountain lake, S . A .
" Item, ane bonet of blak velvott with ane tergal
Each after each they glanced to sight.
of the mar mad in, hir taill of dyamonttis," &c. Ibid.
As stars arise upon the night.
p. 68.
They gleamed on many a dusky tarn,
Hence applied to denote a tassel. V. TARGAT, s. 2, Haunted by the lonely earn.
T o T A R G E , TAIHGE, v. a. 1. T o beat, to strike, Lay of the Last Minstrel, p. $)•>.
Perths. a Tarn, a mountain lake;" N. ibid.
A.S. thcrsc-an iC percutere, tundere, flagellare, Dr. Johns, has given, this word, although pro-
verherare ; to strike, to knock, to beat, to thump ;" perly a provincial one, a place in his Dictionary.
Sonmer. Teut. dersch-en, Su.G. troesk-a, id. But the tarn has no higher honour there, than that of
2. T o keep in order, or under discipline, used being " a pool." Grose indeed defines A.Bor. tarn,
metaph. S. a lake or mere pool. North."
Galium Beg—took this opportunity of discharg- It is of Goth, origin; Isl. fiorn, pi. liarnir, stagnimi.,
ing the obligation, by mounting guard over the here- palus, Sw. tiaerna synon. with moras ; Verel.; tiaum.
ditary tailor of Slioch nan I v o r ; and, as he expressed lacus, stagnum, lacuna ; G. Andr. p. 238. Sw. tiaenn
himself, targed him tightly till the finishing of the cc a pool, standing w a t e r W i d e g .
job." Waverley, ii. 286. T o T A R R A G A T , v. a. T o question, Fife ;
3. T o rate severely, to reprehend sharply, R o x b . evidently abbreviated from E . hiterrogate.
4. T o crossquestion, to examine accurately, Loth. T A R R A N , s. A peevish, ill-humoured person,
— N o w think in' ye might be black fit or her se- Roxb. ; a variety of Tirrajii.
cretary I was just wissin' o' a' things to see y e a wee * T A R R Y , adj. *1. Of or belonging to tar, S . ;
gliff, that I micht targe ye." Saxon and Gael, i. admitted by Air. T o d d as an E . word.
l 6 l , 163. 2. Applied to those whose hands resemble tar in
TAIRGIN, 5. Severe examination or reprehen- its adhesive power, light-fingered, S.
sion : as, " I'll gie him a tairginRoxb. " The gipsies hae tarry fingers, and ye would need
T A R G E , s. Metaph. used in the sense of pro- an ee in your neck to watch them." Sir A. Wylie.,
tection or defence. ii. 158.
e: T o theif and reaver he was sicker targe, and by TARRY-BREEICS, S. " A s a i l o r S . , Gl. Burns ;
the contrary a plain enemy to good men." Pitscottie, a low word. I t is frequently used in a pro-
p. 43, Edit. 1768. verbial phrase, intimating that these of the same
T A R G E D , part. adj. Shabby in appearance, rofession should be exempted from expense
tattered, IJpp. Clydes. y their brethren.
T o T A R Y E , V. a. T o impede, to hold back, — Tarry-breeks should ay go free.
to keep at bay. Dominie Deposed, p. 43.
When thay saw the febilnes of thair god, for one TARRY-HANDIT, adj. T h e same with Tarry-
tuke him be the heal lis, and dadding his heid to the fingered, S. It occurs in a provincial, but very
calsay, left Dagoun without heid or handis, and said, corrupted form, in the following passage.
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 T A R T A S
Man sets the stamp; hut we can tell From its being called blew, it appears probable
He's aften taury-haicn d himsel. that the term was 'not then appropriated to varie-
Pickens Poems, i. 65. gated stuffs.
" Taury-hamid, addicted to p i l f e r i n g G l . ibid. Lord Ilailes seems disposed to give the use of tar-
T A R R I E , s\ " A t e r r i e r - d o g G l . Picken, Ayrs. tan a very early origin in our country. Having
Renfr.; probably borrowed from the Fr. mode quoted the Acta Sanctorum, in proof that our good
of pronouncing the latter part of the name of Queen Margaret used her influence to get the inha-
this species, Chien terrier, q. terrie. bitants of S. to wear garments cum diver sis coloribus,
he adds ; ff That party-coloured stuff called tartan,
As we had naught but wearin* graith,
which has been long a favourite with us, was per-
We clarab the braes like tarries.
haps introduced into Scotland by Margaret." An-
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 177- nals, L p. 37. N- A. 1093.
'To T A R R O W , v. n. 1. T o delay.] Add;
T A R T A N - P U R R Y , s. A sort of pudding, &c.]
4. T o complain ; I darena iarrow, I dare not
Add;
complain ; Clydes. .
A literary friend has suggested, that it may be
5. Applied to a springing corn, turned sickly, an'd
from Fr. larle en puree. The French use the phrase,
not advancing;" Gl. S urv. Moray. Hence,
tarie en pomme, to denote a tart made with apples.
TARLOCII,^//. Slowat meat, lothing, squeamish, But whether the other phrase is used for one made
ibid. with pease-pottage, I cannot say.
T A R S I E - V E R S I F , adv. A term applied to T A R T E R , <v. Apparently used in the same
walking backwards, Roxb. sense with tartan, as denoting chequered cloth.
Fr. lergivvrst'r, to ibnch, to shrink 'back. ce Item a covering of variand purpir tarter, brow-
T A R T A N , TAKTAXE, .<?. Woollen cloth, clieck- din [embroidered] with tbrissillis & a unicorne." In-
ered, &c.] Insert., after cloth —or silk ; ventories, A. 1488, p. 11.
It won id seei n, that the ancient Clan Is were much O.Fr. tarlaire, however, is expl. Sorte d'etoffe de
attached to parti-colon rad gr-nnen-N : and. as their Tartarie ; Roquefort.
posterit\' of t'ne lower cla«es still do, <]eenied the
T o T A R T LEI at one, v. n. 1. T o view—with
dress lieia.nra!/is.- in prepo/ih-n to the variety of co-
lours. I'iiis .-!•:],;•;;]-> iVo.n an <>!(! lav.' mentioned by hesitation, &c\] Add;
Ohallonm ; aUhm^kwe M allav.ed to entvrtain But it is more probable, that our term has been
some doubts with \ e.-p< ct to the aera affixed to it. formed from Ital. tartagl-iare, to stutter, to stam-
" The respect pah; U> lettters, in Ireland, extend- mer, used obliquely. As originally denoting he-
ed to its professors, who were h ( 3 , in rank and es- sitation in utterance, it might without much vio-
timation, next to the blood royal ; as appears by a lence be transferred to hesitation in recognising ob-
sumptuary law passed—about the year of the world jects of sight, or in judgment. It may be supposed,
3050, which allows to ()Uam/ts, or Doctors in dhTe- that the term has been imported by some of our
rent sciences, but one colour less in their gnrirnnts early travellers, who had seen the exhibition of the
than to the princes, ri.i. ix ; the knights and prime Commedie dell*arte, so long a favourite with the Ita-
nobility being allowed but five; the Peatta-hs, or lians, one of the standing characters of which was
keepers of const ant: open Louse for all strangers, named Tartaglia, as representing a stutterer. V.
four ; military subrUerus. three : soldiers, two ; and Baretti's Account of Italy, i. 172. 175.
artizans and plebeians, one. This custom oi" many T o T A I I T L E , V. A. T o recognise, to observe ;
coloured game nts, we hnd to be ext rt meiy ancient ; as, u l i e never tartlcd, mc," Roxb.
thus we read in Genesis, Now Lracl loved Joseph
iC TAIITLE, -V. The act of hesitation in the recog-
more than all his children, because he was the son nition of a person or thing, Loth.
of his old age, and he made him a coal of many colours."T A l i T U F F I S H , adj. Sour, &c.] Add;
Introd. to Hist, and Antiq. of Irel. p. 19, 20. Shall we trace this to Isl. tor difficulty, and toef
It would seem, that the bars or stripes of fur, by delay ?
which the parliamentajy robes of peers are still* T o T A R Y E A L , v. a. T o fatigue, to vex.] Add;
marked, as distinguishing their rank, is a vestige of It is not improbable that this is originally the
this ancient custom. same with Torfie, v. n., to pine away, and therefore
The earliest mention made of tartan, as far as I that it should be traced to the same source.
have observed, is in the reign of James III. in the T A S C A L M O N E Y , the money formerly given
Ac eh of John Bishop of Glasgow, Treasurer to the in the Highlands to those who should discover
king, A. 1474. cattle that had been driven off, and make known
<<r Item, fra Will, of Rend, 7 Maii, and deliverit
the spoilers.
to Caldwell, halve ane elne of double tartan, tolyne ce Besides tracking the cows,—there was another
riding collars to the Queen, price 0 8 0." means wdiereby to recover them; which was, by
Borthwick's Brit. Antiq. p. 139. sending persons into the country suspected, and by
It was also used " for my Lorde Prince." them offering a reward, (which they call Taseal
<<r For 4 elne and ane halve of tar lane, for a spar-
Money) to any one who should discover the cattle,
wort aboun his credill, price elne ICs. - 2 5 0 and those who stole them." Burt's Letters, ii. 245.
— " Ane elne and ane half of blew tartane, to lyne Perhaps from Gael, taiscecdl-am, to view, observe,
his gowne of a clatli of gold - - 1 10 0."
reconnoitre; Shaw.
Ibid. p. 142, 143.
T o T A S H , v. a. L T o soil, to tarnish.] Add;
VOL. I I . 537 3 Y
 T A T
4. T o fatigue; as, to task dogs, to weary them
out in hunting, Roxb.
T o TASII about, v. a. T o throw any thing care-
lessly about, so as to injure it, Aberd.
T A S K E li, s. A labourer who receives his wages
in kind.] Add;
This word has been long used in our country.
" Gif ather of the saidis parties sail happin to
summound ony sic persounis alledgit complices, and
speciallie puir and miserabill persounis, sic as plew-
men, fischaris, taskaris, cottar is, or uther puir labo-
raris of the ground, and will not accuse thame thair-
efter;—the par tie—sail refound, content and pay to
ilk persoun that beis clengit, his expensis," &c. A.
1535, Balfour s Pract. p. 307.
He that is tasker in ony man's barn, ressaving
profit fra him thairfoir, may not be witness in his
cause." Ibid. p. 377-
" The reaper or scherer cutteth it cloune.—The
tasker, or the foot of the ox treadeth it out." Bes-
soning betuix Crosraguell and J. Knox, Prol. ii, b.
Andro Hart, using the same unwarrantable liberty
which he has taken in many instances, has in his edi-
tion of Bruce, where thresschcr occurs in the MS.,
substituted the term under consideration.
Then sould he come with his two men,
Before that folke sould not him ken.
He sauld a mantle haue old and bare,
And a flaile, as he a tasker were. Bruce, p. 92.
He has also made nonsense of the passage, by read-
ing before that folke, &c. instead of,
Bot,for that in en suld nocht him ken,
He suld a mantill haiff, &c.—
and by putting a full point after ken.
« Tasker, a'thresher. Norf." Grose.
T A S K I T , part. adj. Much fatigued with hard
work, S.B., Fife.
TASKIT-LIKE, adj. Having the appearance of
being greatly fatigued, S.B.
Right baugh, believe it as ye will,
Leuks Scotland, taskiUike, an' dull, &c.
Tarras's Poems, p. 133.
T A S S E L . Sair tassel V. TAISSLE.
T A S T I E , adj. I , Having an agreeable relish,
palatable, S.
—Fisher lads gang out wi' lights,
An' horrid li esters,
To gust the gab of gentler wights
Wi' tasty reisters.
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 5.
2. Displaying taste; as applied to dress, &c., S.
TATCH, A fringe ; a shoulder-knot, Ettr.
For., Tweedd.; Fr. attache, u a thing fastened
on, or tyed unto, another t h i n g C o t g r .
T o T A T C H , v. a. T o drive a nail so far only
as to give it a slight hold, Aberd.
T o TATCH in, v. a. T o fix slightly by a nail, ib.
T o TATCH thegither, v. a. T o join together in
a slight manner, by tatching in a nail, as car-
penters do, to try their work, ibid.
These are viewed as the original and proper senses
of the u.; but it is sometimes used with greater la.
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T A T
At first view this might seem an abbrev. of Fr.
attach-er, to fasten. But I would prefer tracing it
to Tache, the ancient form of E. Tack, a nail with
around head, or Teut. ia else, id. clavus umbellatus.
T A T E , TAIT, &C. S. 1. A small portion of any
thing, &c.] Add;
The following is given as a prognostic of ap-
proaching bad weather, according to the hereditary
creed of the peasantry in Galloway.
Unto her hovel, dropping through, the sow,
Presagefu' o' the blast, the strae in tates
Right carefully collects.—
Davidson's Seasons, p. 143. Add to etymon;
Haldorson gives Isl. taeta as signifying, 1. Lanu-
go, the down which is on herbs; and 2. Minimum
quid, synon. with Dan. smule, a crumb. I have a
strong suspicion, that Tale, or Tait, especially as it
denotes a small portion of wool, has had its origin
from the Isl. v. tae, la, explicare, which is used in a
sense nearly connected; tae-a nil, carpere lanam, to
pluck, draw out, or tease wool; Dan. tae-er, cc to
pick wool." Thus a tail might primarily signify, a
small quantity of wool plucked from the animal, or
drawn out. A.S. te-on, as well as Moes.G. tiuh-an,
trahere, seems to claim a common source with tae-a,
and Su.G. ti-a, explicare.
TATELOCK, s. A small lock of hair, wool, &c„
matted together, Clydes.
T A T H , s. % The luxuriant grass, &c.] Add;
c< All grasses, which are remarkably rank and
luxuriant, are called lath, by the stock farmers, who
distinguish two kinds of it; water lath, proceeding
from excess of moisture, and noil tath, the produce
of dung." Essays Highl. Soc. iii. 4(i8.
" In the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk," says
Jacob, " the lords of manors claimed the privilege
of having their tenants' flocks of sheep brought at
night upon their own demesne lands, there to be
folded for the improvement of the ground: which
liberty was called by the name of Talh."
To this source must we trace the A.Bor. term,
Talhj-grass, expl. by the intelligent Mr. Brockett,
" short grass that has no seed, refuse grass." It has
no connexion with the phrase tufty grass. Grose
has given Tealhc as signifying " the dung of cattle,
North."
Both the v. and verbal noun occur in O.E. " Tathi/n
londe. Stercoro. Stercoriso.—Tat hinge of londe.
Stercorizacio. ltuderacio." Prompt. Par v.
T o TATH, v. n. T o dung, &c.] Add ;
Maxwell uses the term with greater latitude as
applicable to horses.
— " The dung of horses is not proper for sandy
grounds, being too hot, as may be observed from the
grounds they tathe upon in summer ; where in place
of throwing up a fresh tender grass, as it does on
clay grounds, it commonly burns up all under and
about it." Sel. Trans, p. 123.
T o TATH, V. a. T o manure afield, &c.] Add;
" It has—been in pasture these twelve years.—
It is well lathed:3 Maxw. ut. sup. p. 28.
TATII-FAUD, S. A fold in which cattle are shut
up during night, for the purpose of manuring
the ground with their dung, S,
 T A W T A W
« Poor genty Bell!—I doubt—she's our thin-
TATIIIL, A table, Fife; apparently corr.
skinned to thole long the needles and prins of Miss
from Taffil, q. v.
Mally Trimming's short temper, and what's far waur,
T A T I I I S , s. pi Gawan and Got] Add;
the tawpy taunts of her pridefu' customers." The
The interpretation given seems confirmed by the
Entail, i'. 128, 124.
sense of Isl. tad-fllacerare, iet-r,toel-r, s h r e d s , tatters.
T A V E R N R Y , s. Expcnces in a tavern.
T A T H T , s. The same with Tath, the dung of i l Some set caution to remove from the town, after
black cattle.
they had counted and reckoned for their tavernry."
« The saidis per son is sail content & pay—for the
Spalding, i. 320.
wanting of the tat Id & fulye of the said nolt &
T o T A VV, v. a. T o make tough by kneading. ~\Add;
scheip.'' Act. Dom. Cone. A. 14-92, P- 289-
T A T Y , adj. Matted. V. TATTY. 3. T o spoil by frequent handling, Perwicks.
T A T S H I E , adj. Dressed in a slovenly man- TAW (pron. Tyauzv), s. 1. Difficulty, much ado,
ner, Roxb. ; allied perhaps to Isl. iel-ur, a torn Aberd.
garment, lacera vestis, and taet-a lacerare; Hesitation, reluctance, ibid.
Hal dor son. T o T A W , v. n. T o suck greedily and with conti-
T A T T Y , adj. Matted.] Add; nuance; as a hungry child at the breast, Roxb.
iS The hare of his berde wes king and taty, and Allied perhaps to Isl. leig-r, a draught, haustus.
amystis,—teig-a haurire; or Su.G. log-a, O.Teut.
the hare of" his hede maid his face elrage and wilde."
tog hen, to draw.
Bellend. T. Liv. p. 149. Promissa barba, Lat.
It is most probable that the adj. should be viewed T A W C H T , s. Tallow. " Scheip tawcht & nolt
as formed from Tale, Tail, &c. used to denote a tazceht. Tawcht candill." Aberd. Reg. V. 21.
lock of hair, a small portion of wool, &c. Isl. tacla, V. TAULCH.
lanugo. T A W E A L , 5. " Fatigue; perhaps from tra-
Hough and shaggy, without conveying the vail ? Gh Shirr., also Gl. Sibb.
idea of being matted ; as u a tatty dog,11 S. This word I have found no where else; and there-
TATTREL,"*. A rag, Roxb. fore suspect that it is an err at. for Tarweal. Y. TAR-
The wind gars a' thy tattrels wallop, VEAL, V.
An' now an' then thou's ay to haul up, T o T A W E N , v. a. To disfigure by handling ?
Wi' tenty care. —Ilka coof wha yet has tried it,
A. Scott's Poems, p. 105, 106. Has loos'd the knots that sicker tied it,
A diminutive either from E. tatter, or from I s l . An' held it right:
ietr, Goth, lolrar, id. They've taw en't sae till now they've made it
T A U C I I (gutt.), s. A term used to denote the An unco sight.
threads of large ropes, Ciydes. Cock's Simple Strains, p. 8Q. V. TAW, v. sense 2,
Isl. laug, flora; funis ; Su.G. toga trabere. T A W E R O I N E , s. A tavern, Aberd. Reg.
TAUCIIEY-KACED, adj. Greasy-faced, Ciydes. A . 1543, Y. 18.
T A U C H T , -y. Tallow that has been melted. T A W I E , adj. Tame, tractable.] Add;
— F r i e l y forgives him—for the transporting—. —Tho' bauld whan at Iiame,
furth of this realrae, at sundry times, tallow, mol- He land, whan afiel' he was lawie an* tame.
ten taucht, or other forbidden goods," &c. • Marthie's Pickens Poems, ii. 134.
Ileliq. D . An dr. p. 95. V . TAULCH. T A W I S , TAWS, s. 3. Metaph. the instrument
T A U I K , s. Conversation, talk; Aberd. Reg. of correction, of whatever kind.] Add;
T A U P I E , T AW P i E , s. A foolish woman, S.] Add; " If we shall confederate with these, and give
££ She formally rebuked Eppie for an idle taupie, them places of trust and office with us, whom he has
for not carrying the gentleman's things to his room." so eminently appeared against, we cannot expect
St. Eonan, i. 40. but he will whip us with taws of our own making,
a It's to be a mortification for thae miserable, un- since we will not follow his method." Society Con-
fortunate men, that are married to taupies and ha- tendings, p. 71.
verels that spend a' their substance for them." In- Ir. and Gael, las, a whip, scourge, ferula; but
heritance, iii. 29* there is no similar word in C.B. Pers. taasia, taas-
Perhaps we have the word in a more primitive ian, a lash or thong.
form in Dan. taabe a fool, a sot, atony, a simpleton; T A W M , s. A fit of rage, &c.] Add;
whence the compound taahegaas, a foolish, silly, ad- Lan cash. " wetter tawms, sick fits, water qualms
dle-headed woman ; Wolff. Taabelig, stolidus, stul- Bobbins.
tus; laabeligen incaute, stolide, stulte; taabelighed Notwithstanding die resemblance of this term to
stultitia, simplicitas; Baden. Gael, taom, a fit or .ackness, madness, or passion,
The latter part of Hobby-lobby may claim the same and the analogy of A.Bor. taum in the physical sense;
origin; as the word has a similar signification. there is strong ground of presumption that our word
TAUPIET, part. adj. Foolish, Loth. is originally Gothic. Isl. taum a rein, a rope, is of-
TAWPY, a d j . Foolish and slovenly, S. ten used in a metaph. sense nearly allied to that of
" Oh Jean, Jean/ said he, in what was meant for S. Tawm. At leggiar i tauma, pervicax esse; Thad
a whisper, f what sort of a niger will my Lord think gengr lilt t tauma, difficultatem ereat. As hallda t taumi
me, comin' to his table wi' my tawpy dochter in her signifies to draw in the reins, and steppa taumi, to let
auld gown," Saxon and Gael. i. 46\ them loose; it is most probable, that the idea of per*
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verseness lias been borrowed from the conduct of a which a limited sum is accepted in lieu of the
brute that disregards, or runs off with, the reins. whole casualties.
Thus, to tak a tawm, as regarding a brute animal, fC The casualty of ward entitled the superior, dur-
might originally signify, to run off with the reins, ing the heir's minority, to the whole profits of the
or with the bit in its teeth. ward-fee which formerly arose to the deceased vas-
T A W N E Y , s. The vulgar name for a mulatto, sal, either from the natural product of the ground,
S. ; obviously from the complexion. or from the rent payable by tenants.—But if the
T A W N L E , TAANLE, .y. 1. A large fire kindled ward was I axed, the minor retained the possession,
at night, &c.] Add; and the superior had nothing to demand but the
" To this day the custom of making great fires, yearly taxed duty." Ersk. Inst. B. ii. T. 5, § 5.
Ta antes, or Bleazes, about the beginning of summer, " That part of the lands holding black or simple-
or Belten time, as it is commonly expressed, is con- ward, and part taxed-ward, the Lords put eighteen
tinued all along the strath of Clyde. On some nights years as the value of the simple-ward, and twenty
a dozen or more of these fires may be seen at one for the taxed." ' Fount. Dec. Suppl. iv. 788.
view. They are mostly kindled on rising ground, " Taxt-ward, is when the superior, instead of the
tliat they may be seen at a greater distance. They mails and duties due to him in ward-holding, is
are not, however, attended now with any supersti- content to accept a liquid quota, or annual presta-
tious rite; but only in compliance with an old cus- tion." Diet. Feud. Law.
tom, the original meaning of which is not generally T A X T , A tax, an impost.
known by the commonalty." lire's Rutherg.p. 100, N. " To sett the said taxi equalie, euery man efter
2. Used to denote a large fire, Ren fr. his substance & faculty," &c. Aberd. Reg. V. 16.
Now lasses start, their fires to kin'le, The word occurs in this odd form very frequently f
An' load the chimly wi' a lanle in our old acts. It appears as early as the reign of
O' bleezin' coals and cin'ers. James IV.
A. Wilson's Poems 1790, p. 81. " That lettrez incontinent be writtin to thaim to
Add to etymon, after the word—Davies; raise-, bryng in, and pay the said taxi to a sell or t day,"
&c. Acts Ja. IV. A. 148.9, Ed. 1814. p. 218.
Tanial, to set on fire, tanllrvytli, a great blazing
Probably formed in this manner, as an abbrev. of
fire : la?dli, a fire glow ; Owen.
taxaUio.
T A W R D S , s. T h e ferula, Aberd.
T o T A Z , v. a. T o whip, to scourge, S.B. V.
This might seem to be a singular variety OF corr.
under TAWIS.
of Tan;is, Tawes, id. But most probably it has a
T A Z I E , .9. A romping foolish girl, R o x b . HaU
different origin. For C.B. tar^o, tar-aw, signifies
lick, synon.
ferire, percutere, Boxhorn ; to strike, to hit, larawd
Had Cupid ne'er a dart to spare
impulsion.
That day, on you ?
T A W T I E , adj. Shaggy.
Sure, if he did, ye'el no be lazy,
He had an ill-faur't taw tic face.— For poets are in love right crazy,
Towser, 'Tannalull! s Poems, p. 124. V. TATTY. An' up Parnassus, wi' a lazie,
T A W T I E , TATIE, 6*. The vulgar name for a Ye'll leg, an' lean.
potatoe, S. " Tawiies, potatoes Gl. Picken. A. Scott's Poe?ns, p. 133.
" Tatee, a p o t a t o e s Gl. Broekett. Dan. taasse, a woman; laass-e, to play the fool.
" I like spades better; they're handier for ony T C H I C K , interj. 1. A sound produced by the
kind o' work, baud awa' frae mucking a by re or hol- pressure of the tongue on the roof of the mouth,
ing taties Redmond, ii. 126. used for quickening a dull horse, S.
TAWTIE-BOGLE, s. A scare-crow, S. An expression of surprise, or of contempt, S.
T A X A T I V E , adj. Having the power of de- —tJ Summing up the whole with a provoking wink,
duction from the force of an argument, or plea, and such an interjeetional tchick as men quicken a
as enfeebling it. dull horse with, Petit-Andre drew off to the other
ff Where it allows them to work in such and such
side of the path, and left the youth to digest the taunts
work, which fell not naturally and properly under he had treated him with, as his proud Scotch sto-
the subject-matter of their own occupation, the same mach best might." Q. Durward, ii. 92.
is so far from being laxative, that it is demonstrative T E A K , s. A n otter, Shetl.
and in their favours, and is an evident ampliation— I observe no similar term except Isl. Su.G. tik cani-
of their liberty," <%c. Fount. Dec. Suppl. iii. 67* cula. The name of a small dog may have been trans-
T A X A T O U R , s. A n assessor, one who ap- ferred to this animal which so nearly resembles it.
portions a tax according to the supposed abi- T E A - K I T C H E N , A tea-urn or vase, S. V.
lity of individuals. KITCHEN.
" That ilk bisehop in ilk denry of his diocise gar T o T E A L , TILL, v. a. T o entice, to wheedle,
his officiall and his dene summonde all the tenandis &c.] Add, after the passage from Reeves T . ;
and frehaldaris befor him, and cheiss taxatouris," It also occurs in the form of Tolc.
Sic. Park Ja. I. A. 1424, Acts Ed. 1814, p.5. No goblin, woodgod, Fairy, Elfe, or Fiend,
L.B. taxator, qui tax am imponit pro uni use u-j us- Satyre, or other power that haunts the groves.
que facultate ,* Du Cange. Shall hurt my body, or by vain illusion
T A X E D - W A R D , TAXT-WAKD, S. A forensic Draw me to wander after idle fires,
' $enn5 denoting the wardship of a minor, in Or voices calling me in dead of night*
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To make me follow, and so iole me on
Through mire and standing pools to find my ruin.
Beaumont1 s Faithful Shepherdess, p 792.
It is used even by Locke, as signifying, to train,
to draw by degrees. " This seems/' says Dr. Johns.
" to be some barbarous provincial word." But in
this manner he has stigmatised many of the most an-
cient terms in the E. language.
T E A L , TEIL,. 64 A busy-body ; a mean fel-
low Gl. T a r n , Buchan.
An' honest heart an' conscience leal
Will langer staiT the test,
Than ony peevish near-gaun leal
Wi' a' his girneTs grist.
Tarras's Poems, p. 35.
Here it is used in the sense last mentioned, in re-
lation to parsimony. As denoting a busy-body, it is
nearly allied to the preceding v., and seems connected
with Su.G. tael dolus; Isl. laal dolus mains, item fu-
cus, res fucata; Germ, teil fraus, fallacia, lei I-en fal-
lere. W e may add C.B. twyll, dolus, fraus; Boxhorn.
s It cannot reasonably be doubted that C.B. twyll-am
to cajole, to deceive, belongs to the same family with
the northern verb already mentioned.
T o T E A R , v. n. T o labour stoutly, to work
forcibly, Aberd.
TEARIN\ part. adj. Active, energetic ; as, " a
tear hi worker," a c i tearui throwgam fallow,"
Roxb.
This may be merely an oblique application of the
E.v. to Tear, as denoting activity approaching to vio-
lence. But perhaps it is allied to Teut. tier-en tu-
multuari, perturbare. G.Andr., however, expl. Isl.
eg terre, excerto.
T E A Z , s. T h e prop on which a golf-ball Is
placed when first struck o f f ; synon. Tee. Teaz
is most probably S.B., perhaps originally the
plural of Tec.
ic Bacillus, Pila elavaria, a goulfe-ball.—Statumen,
the Teaz." Wedderb. Vocab. p. 37, 38.
T o TEAZ, V. a. T o prop a golf-ball.
<f Statumina pilam arena, Teaz your ball on the
sand." Ibid.
In this curious Vocabulary, which contains many
antiquated words, are some others scarcely to be met
with elsewhere, under the same article, (Baculus,)
as applicable to this game: Goat, fovea ; Goated, im-
missa in foveam; Bancard-club, baculus ferreus;
Wippen, baculi filum.
T o T E A Z L E , v. a. T o teaze, to vex, Loth.
T E C E T , .v. A ticket. " T o subscrif a tecet
Aberd. R e g .
T E C H E M E N T , s. Instruction.
~~cc Be the mercyfull providence of the Almychtje,
«—thair wes sumtyme submittit to my techement (al-
beit my er uditi.oun wes small) humane childer of hap-
py ingynis, mail* able to leir than I wes of to teche."
Ninian Winyet's Third Tractat, Keith's Hist. App.
p. 213, 214.
T o T E D , v. a. " T o scatter, to spread," Ayrs.,
P i c k e t s GL.
I wish our fowks meetna some d o o l ;
Meg tedd the saut upo' the stool.
Pickens Poems, i. 120.
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Perhaps only a variation in the sense of the E. v.
as signifying <f to lay out new mown grass in rows."
This word Johns, and Todd deduce from A.S. lead-an
to prepare, a term which 1 can find in no dictionary.
C.B. ted-u Is to stretch out. Tad is rendered by Owen,
fc that spreads a continuity."
It is probable, however, that the reference to this
v. has been borrowed from Jun.Gl. vo. Tede; as Lye,
in his additions, gives the part. pa. gclead, in the
sense of preparatus, from Bed. Hist. IV. c. 28. It
is singular Indeed, that Lye has not, in his A.S. Dic-
tionary, given this v. by itself, but in conjunction
with Teogan, Teon, to tug, to tow; with which I can-
not see that it has the slightest connexion. The v.
Itself appears in the form of Teod-an, and is rendered,
facere, creare, statuere, ponere.
But as the v. to Ted can have but a very remote
connexion with the signification of Irud-an, it seems
not improbable that the E. word, may be IV mt isl.
tae (tadi, tad), explicare, dissolvere; which comes
much nearer the idea of /aiding hay. Tae-a nil sig-
nifies, carpere lanam. Su.G. ti.-a is aho rendered by
Hire, explicare. Tyd-a, and Isl. l/n/d-a, ?:re rendered
by the same Lat. term. It mn>i he admitted, how-
ever, that they seem both confined to the sense of—•
expound. Whether either of these terms ever signi-
fied to disentangle in a literal seme, does not, appear.
T E D D E R , TETHER, .9. A rope with which a
horse is tied at pasture, E .
I mention this E. word merely in reference to a
common S. Prov. " He wants only a hair to make
a tedder d ;" applied with respect to those who seek
for some ground of complaint or accusation, and fix
on any tiling however trivial.
"Since that national defection of taking that bun-
dle of unhappy oaths,—the swearers have sought hut
a hair to make a tether of] against that small handful
of non-swearers." Walker's i'emark. Passages, p. (>5.
Johns, mentions Dutch Qirnperly Eris.J /udder, Is!.
iindl, id. The latter is probably an error of the
press for liudr. In Su.G. it. is limler. Eye gives Ir.
tead, a. rope, as the origin ; Ihre adds ('. i>. tidau\ dida,
to bind, whence, he savs, E. lie. Screniu.- refer* ae-o
to Sw. laal funiculus. It is ob\ ions, that here t:it-
radical idea is that of l/jing or binding.
As we call the stake to which the rope is tied, the
tether-stake, this exactly corresponds to Su.G. liuder->
slake, pal us, cui vinculum amiectitur, Hire.
T o TEDDER, TETHER, r. a. 1.. T o bind by a
stake at pasture, S. I have not met with any
example of the use of the v, in E ,
Isl. tiodr-a, Su.G. tiudr-a, pec us hoc mode alligare.
2. T o be entangled in an argument.
c* Heir Johne Knox, be his aw in sentence aganis
utheris, is fast tedderil in the girn." N. Winyet's
Questionis, Keith's Hist. App. p. 238.
T E D I S U M , « 4 / . T e d i o u s , S . B . Tcidso??ie9Uoxh.
u w a s a n u l )co pleasant show./ said the good
natured Mrs. Blower, f only it was a pity It was sae
tediousomeSt. Ron an, i. 238.
May not this, instead of being corr. from E. Te-
dious, have been formed from Teut. tijd, A.S. tut,
temp us, and the affix sum, as applicable to what rcu
quires lime ?
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T E E , s. 1. A mark set up in playing, &c.] Add ; dale, as signifying to empty by pouring. There,
S. T h e mark made in the ice, in the amusement of " teeming and raining" is a common expression. In
curling, towards which the stones are pushed, the same manner Teem and Toom or Tnam, are distin-
Loth., Galloway. Elsewhere it is called the guished. A.Bor. Teem, to pour out of one vessel into
Code, q. v. This is generally a cross surrounded another; as," Teem out the tea, hinny." Toom denotes
by a circle. what is empty, as, " a toom purse,"—" a tuam cart;"
Clim o' the Cleugh on seeing that, Gl. Brockett."
Sten'd forth an' frae his knee T o TEEM, v. n. T o rain heavily, Dumfr.
A slow shot drew, w? muckle care, T E E M S , s. A piece of fine crape or muslin tight-
Which settled on the tee. ened on a circular rim of wood, resembling the
Davidson's Seasons, p. 167- head of a drum, used for sifting or dressing flour
In Loth, it is also called the Tozee. This is most for pastry, &e., Roxb.
probably from Teut. ioe-sic-n, prospiccre, capessere ee Temse, a small sieve; from the French tamise,

oculis, cavere, q. the object which the player steadily I tab tamiso. Whence comes the word ta?nise-bread ;
keeps in his eye, the mark. Hence loe-sicht obser- i. e. bread, the meal of which has been made fine by
vatio, cautio. The Beig. orthography retains a still t cm sing or sifting out the bran. North." Grose.
nearer resemblance; to--zie-n, to have regard to, to Fr. tamise denotes a scarce, bolter, or strainer ; ta~
take heed. If I am right in this conjecture, it may be mise, seareed or boulted. Teut. terns, tcmst, cribrum,
viewed as confirming what has formerly been said, as L.B. tamig-ium ; Mod. Sax. leemiss. Menage deduces
to the probability of our having borrowed this game the Fr. word from Arm. tam'oes, id. j
from the Low Countries. V. CUIILING, and TEAZ. T E E N , used, as if it signified evening, S. I
T o TEE, v. a, To Tee a hall, &C.] Add; Wow, Jamie ! man, but I'd be keen [
" Ail that is managed for ye like a lee d ball, (my Wi* canty lads like you, a wheen,
father sometimes (Iraws his shnilies from his own fa- To spen' a winter Fursdav teen.
vourite game of golf.)" Redgauntlet, i. 302. Picken's Poems 1788, p. 98,
T E E , <v. To a tee, to a tittle, exactly, S. This, however, cannot be properly viewed as a
William M'Nish, a taylor slee— word. For it is merely the abbreviation of at e'en,
Took but ae vizzy wi' his eie ; i. e. 4<r in the evening." Thus Fursday teen is mere-,
The bullet flies ly <f Thursday at even."

Clean thro' the target to a tee, THE VEEN, this evening, S.

And wons the prize. — " But thinks I, chaps, ye're aff your eggs for
luayn/s Sitter (Inn, p. 52. anee. gif ye cttle to come on us the 'teen at una-
1 think I have met with the phrase, Done to a T," wares." Saint Patrick, i. l6"8.
as if this letter otfcia alphabet were rel erred to. But T E E I \ .9. A ram ; the northern pron. of Tup.
I can discern no meaning in this allusion. If we un- T E E P I T , part. pa. Stinted in allowances, Lan-
derstand it as given above, it serins to claim con- arks.; evidently the same with 7'a ipit. V. TAPE.
nexion with S. Tee, a mark. Thus, to a tee, would T E E P E E , s. A slight touch or stroke, Aberd.
signify, '' reaching the mark." V. THE, Diet. This T o rl* E E vL k, v. a. T o touch, or to strike lightly, ib.
is the same with A.Bor. Tiv-a-Tce,iC just the thing," This may be a dimin. from the E. v. to Tip, id.
Gl. Brockett; for he expl. tiv as signifying to. V. Seren. and Wideg. give Sw. tipp-a as used in the
also Grose. same sense, leviter tangere; C£ to tap, to-tip," to strike
T E E D Y , adj. Peevish, cross-humoured, Berw. gently, to touch lightly.
Isl. teitskr signifies torvus et minax ; G.Andr. But . T E E R I B U S A"ND T E E R I O D I N , the war-cry
perhaps the S. term is formed from Tid, as denoting of the town of Flawick. This, according to
a gust of passion or ill humour. tradition, was that of the band which went from
T o T E E D L E , v. n. T o sing without words, Hawick to the battle of Flodden ; and it is
to hum a tune, Gall. still shouted by the inhabitants of the borough,
<<r Teed ling, singing a tune without accompanying v hen they annually ride the marches.
it with the wTords ;" Gall. Enc.- p. 444. It is probable that this phrase is of high antiquity ;
Ye's no be bidden work a turn, and that it has been retained from the age of the
At ony time to spin, Matam, Saxons, or borrowed from the Danes of the neigh-
But rock your weeane in a scull bouring district of Northumberland, who have left
And teedle Heelan sing, Matam. many words on the border. A.S. Tyr, Isl. and Dan.
Old Edit, of Had aivafrae me Donald. Tir, denotes one of the deities of the Goths; accord-
This may have been originally the same with E. ing to some, the son of Odin. The first word might
Tweedle, to handle lightly, applied to fiddling. It make tolerably good A.S.; Tyr haebbe us, " May Tyr
is only a variety of Deedle, q. v. have us in his keeping !" The other seems to con-
T o T E E M , v. a. T o pour out, S.B., Ayrs. join the names of Tyr and Odin, as supplicating
—Flowers in plenty crown'd ilk burn that teems their conjunct did.
Its siller dribble wimplin' thro' the fields. TEET, S. A stolen glance, S . ; Keek: synon.
Picken's Poems, ii. 6*7« V. TEYM and TUME. " I saw Eppie stealin'a teet at him, an' try in' to hod
It is to be observed, however, that in Ettr. For. the blink that bruindit in her e'e." Campbell, i. SSI.
and Tweed d. Teem and Tume are used in different T E E T H , s. The fragment of a rainbow ap-
senses. To Teem signifies to pour, to pour out; to pearing on the horizon; when seen in the North
Toom, or Tume, to empty. Teem is used in Annan-
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or East, viewed as indicating bad weather,
Banff's., Aberd.
This is also denominated an angry teeth.
It is supposed that this is merely E. Tooth pro-
vincially pronounced. Were it not that the epithet
angry favours this conjecture, I would be inclined
to trace the term Teeth to Isl. leita, rostrum belui-
num, or todde portio, torn us, q. the section of a rain-
bow ; or to view it as perhaps allied to Isl. lid, (pret.
tidd), praestare, exhibere, demonstrare; also ti-e, os-
tendere, iicd-r, exhibitus ; Su. G.tyd-a explicare. Isl.
tet-r, however, denotes any thing very small, a rem-
nant, that which is rent; and taet-a signifies dilanire,
lacerare. It may be added, that because of its broken
appearance it is elsewhere called a Stump.
T o T E E T H E upon, v. a. T o make an impres-
sion upon, Aberd. ; most probably from the use
of the teeth in fastening on food.
T E E T T I R I F E , adj. Palatable, Teviotdalc.
Moufraehty synon. A n g u s ; Toothsome, E .
Compounded like S. Salerife, Waukrife, &c., but
rather improperly, because rife denotes frequency
or abundance, A.S. ryf frequens.
T E E T I C K , 5. The Tit-lark, Shetl.
" Ala u da Pratensis, (Lin. syst.) Tee tick, Tit-lark.
—This bird builds its nest in holes and shelves of
rocks." E dm on stone's Zeth ii. 236.
Teut. fijte and tijtken denote any small bird ; Isl.
tita, fringilla montana.
T E E T L E , s. A term expressive of the old mode
of pronouncing the E . word Title, S. ? i. e. right.
<<r I hae brought the tee ties o the property in my
pouch." The Entail, i. 145.
T E E V O O , s. u A young man who dashes about
with ladies—but never feels the genuine throbs
of love a male flirt; Gall. Enc.
T E H E E , s. A loud laugh, S.] Add:
Ti-he is used as a v. in O.E.
And the wenches they do soegeere and ti-he at
him—well, should they doe so much to me, I'ld for-
swear e them all." Ben. Jonson's Works, i. 13.
T o TEHEE, V. N. T o laugh in a suppressed way,
Ayrs. Synon. to Tig her.
<c The goaf was tee-heeing, the fool was at his mer-
riment Gall. Enc.
The mingled scene was weel worth seeing;
Big baneJSres here—there, boys te-heeing.
Maynes Siller Gun, p. Q8.
«( Te-heeing—Giggling," Gl. ibid.
Tehee, as a is used in like manner to denote a
suppressed laugh, Ayrs.
T E ICI I E M E N T, s. Instruction, Aberd. Reg,
Y . T E C II EM EXT.
T o T E I C H E R , TICIIER, (gutt.) 1. T o distil
almost imperceptibly. When the skin is slight-
ly cut, it is said to teicher and bluid5 when the
quantity of blood effused is scarcely sufficient
to form a drop, South of S.
% Used to express the appearance of a fretted sore,
Roxb.
O.T. tijgh-en indicare.—Hence,
TEICIIEH, S. A very small drop.
Insert the quotation from Doug. Virg.
T E I D S O M E , adf Tedious. V, TjiDisuM.
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T E I G I I T , pari. pa. Fatigued, Lanarks.
Isl. teg-ia signifies d istend ere ; at tegia raeduna,
to lengthen or draw out a discourse so as to make it
tiresome.
T E I L , s. A busy-body, a mean fellow, S.B.
Evidently from the same source with Teal, Till, to
wheedle. V. TEAL, S.
T o T E Y M , TEME, v. a. T o empty.] Add ;
Dr. Johnson brands this, as he has done many very
ancient terms, with the character of " a low word;"
adding, that it is " imagined by Skinner to come
from tomvicn [_tommer~\, Danish, to draw out; topour;"
and that the Scots retain it; as, teem that water
out." But Skinner's imagination was, in this in-
stance, well-founded ; much more so than that of
the Doctor, who seems to view it as a secondary sense
of E. Teem, to bring forth.
T o TEIND, TEYND, V. a. T o tithe.] Add;
" That all person is ha van d title or takkis to ony
teyndschaves, &c. sail pas or send and cans teynd the
saidis coirnis ay, as the same is rady, within aucht
day is efter the shoring thairof." Acts Ja. VI. 1579,
Ed. 1814, p. 13,9.
T E I N D , TKYND, S. Tithe, S.
—"That the ministeris and reidaris aucht and sulci
pay no teynd for thair gleibis and kirklaiulis," &e.
Acts Ja. "VI. 16*21, Ed.'J 81 4, p. 6'12.
I have given this term in 1)ICT. as if it were a plu-
ral noun.
TEYNDFRIE,^!/. Exempted frompayingtithes, S.
Act declairing summes Grasse, gevin to the Mi-
nisteris for thair glebis, to be teyndfrieActs JR. VI.
1621, Edit. 1814, p. 612, Tit.
TEIND-M ASTER, S. One who has a legal right to
lift tithes.
" Teind-masters, are these who have right to
Teinds." Diet. Feud. Law.
TEIND-SIIEAE, S. A sheaf, payable as tithe, S.
—" Teind-scharis, and uther is tei nd is, IV u ti s, rentis,
proventis," &c. Sed':. Counc. A. 15(i2-3. V. TELISMEN,
TEIND-WHEAT, S. Wheat received as tithe, S.
ct Item, money of teinds, 241 I. 6 s. S d. Teinds
wheal, 11. b. Bear, 14 e. 6 b. Meal, 25 c. 5 b."
List of Bishopricks, Keith's Hist. App. p. 1 8 1 .
— " The tei nd-sheaves and vicarage thairof d em it-
tit in favours of the said Thomas Fraser of Strechin."
Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V. 153.
T o T E Y N E , TENE, V. a. T o vex.] Add;
This v. occurs in O.E. " Ten-yn, wrothyn, or ert-
yn. Irrito." Prompt. Par v. The is thus given ;
"" Tene or disese. Angustia."
TEYNE, TENE, S, Sorrow, vexation, S.] Add;
It occurs so late as the time of Shakspeare. Thus
in his Richard III.
Eighty odd years of sorrow have I seen,
And each hour's joy wreck'd with a week of teen.
T E I R , adj. Tiresome. V. TEWELLIS.
T E I S , s. pi. Ropes by which the yards of a ship
hang.] Add;
—Cf Defalkand to the said Laurence in the pay-
ment of the said soume alss-mekle as the eftir falhs
of the teis of the schip, callit the Katrine, is profit
of a vale." Act. Audit. A. 1488, p. 113.
TEIST, A handful, Aberd,
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Can this have any affinity to Su.G. tast-a attrec- trespassour be temerarite,—so mony as beis conuict
tare, apprehendere, q. as much as one can grasp or of that temerarite to be punist eftir the forme of the
lay hold of? Wachter observes that Germ, tetse an- auld law con ten it in the buk of Itegiam Maiestatem."
ciently signified the palm of the hand. Belg. last, Acts Ja. III. 1475, Ed. 1814, p. 112. Temeraritie,
a gripe, a catch, last-en to handle, aan tasl-en, to take Ed. 1566. From Fr. terrier aire, rash.
hold of a thing; Sewel. T E M M I N G , s. A kind of woollen cloth. V.
TKLELAXD, -V. Arable land ; q. that which has TIMMING.
been tilled. T o T E M P E R , 7;. a. T o put such parts of a
— " And fra thence merkand nor-west our a moss machine, as immediately perform the work, into
to the nerrast teleland of Ardgrane/' <xe. Merches of proper trim for operating in the best manner ;
Bp. Brynnes, I 137. Chart. Aberd. F. 1 4, \fFarl.MSS. as, To temper a wheel, to stretch, or relax, the
TELISMAX, .v. A. husbandman, a farmer. string which regulates the motion of the pirn,
— i e Ordanis letter is to be direct to her Flienesses that is, the part of a spinning wheel on which
oflleiarIs—a 11argeil«g 11\aine to—coii1mand—a 11 and the yarn is wound. To temper a pleuch, to ar-
fiindrie paroehinaris, takki>men, leiisnwn, fewaris, range the directions of the coulter, and share,
rentalaris, pos:-essouris, and utheris intromettoiiris so that the furrow may be cut, and turned, ac-
with quhatsumevir teind-schavis, cVc.—that nane of cording to the plough-boy^s mind, S.
thame tak upoun hand to answer, intend or obey to
ony be naiiril men, thair ehahnerhinis,—to the up- A great part of this culture, [[of turnips] while
lifting of tin.' saids irutis," &c. Sed1. Counc. A. growing, has of late been much simplified by Mr.
lad I-ah Keith' s lli>t. A pp. p. 17.(h James Md)ouga!, in Linton. Immediately after the
Ta< • v a r 1 <::.•:;!.;g«d>.hed 1V< an tii•;>c t"!l at are merelyplants are singled in the row,—he pares one side of
lessees, and also from fewars. From A.S. Mia, " agri- ail the ridges, taking; cart? so to temper his plough
cola, c o l o n i a hi^haiuhnan, a tiller of the ground that the furrow throw n from it overlaps,and whelms
iron) hunt!, iil-'g-an, filig-ca/i, elaborafe terrain, a rare.ii}) all the weeds in the interval, and is laid close to
Tu<ser uses 'lihnau for an husbandman. V.Johns. the plants upon the right hand ridge." Agr. Surv.
Tijilcnian, llulo-ti Abcedar. Peeb. p. 141.
T E L L A R L E , a d j . Vvhnt innv be told, S. TEMPLARIE, A foundation originally be-
longing to the Knights Templars; otherwise
T E L L I N h .s*. To Tak Te!lin\ 1. T o need to
denominated Temple Lands, S.
bo frcquentiy reminded of what ought to be
" His hienes can nocht vnderstand quhat courss to
done: as, She's a clever servant in a house, follow out alien t the premisses—without his Maiestie
bat ana /a/ay Uiiinj' S. •—haue the sicht of the rentaillis of all bisehoiprikis,
U. T o a to advice, admonition, or warning; abbacies, priorijs, prove>trh-s, personages, vicarages,
as, 1 la wadiia ink telling he would not be ad- alterages, chaiplanru-s, tcmplarics, and vi.heris bene-
vised. K.A. fi ees, ai 1 d T /f a 11 n 1 a snn de w i s a I id HosPi tal 1 is AV Ithin this
TEI.I.IN", adj. Well OR good far, beneficial t o ; 1* ea h n e—a n (1 o i' a. 11 i s 1 i e ft m e n t i s—ai lcntquhatsumeuir
as, c* 11 was h'llin- him that he did as ye did k irklandis, Icmpitlandis," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1 5[)2, Ed.
" It had been nmckle teH'ui ye that ye had bid- 1814, p. 5()4.
den at hame i. e. it was, or it had been, to his T E M P L E L A N D S , s.ph T h e lands which for-
or voiir advantage', Ixc. S. merly belonged to the Knights Templars, S-
Ray mondsholm is blithe aneuch for me, and it V . preceding word, and PRECEPTORIE.
wad hae been (citing some that are now safe frae skaith T E N A N T - S T E D , adj. Occupied by a tenant.
gin it had never been blither/' Corspatriek, ii. 8. " Kerse being broken, the rest of the roums were
This peculiar idiom may perhaps be resolved thus; lying waste, and this was only tenant-sled; and as
" It was, or it had been, something worthy of being Kerse himself was personally liable, so must his te-
told or related, something that deserved commemo- nant be." Fount. Dec. Suppl. iv. 793.
ration. It may, however, be connected with Teut. The latter part of the word may be traced either
he-lael-en solvere, satisfaeere, lucre, as denoting what to A.S. sled locus, 01* to Teut. staed-en, in statu col-
is for one's profit. But I hesitate as to either of these locare.
resolutions, from having incidentally observed that T E N C H E S , s.pl Taunts, reproaches.] Add;
A.S. teal a, lacla, and tela signify, bene, recte, probe. Fr. ten son had its origin from L.B. intenlio, a con-
Taela don, benefaeere; " to do good unto, to benefit;" troversy. V. INTENT.
teal a Leon, bene esse ; teala rnicel- jdec, bene Ion gumT o T E N D , ta ??. T o aim at, to intend.] Add;
temp us; tela micle hand/idle, a good, great, or large " Ane grete pairt of thame, thai re folkis and frenn-
handful!," Somner. This term is also used as a in dis, tending to convoy his grace to Edinburgh,—Wal-
the sense of Lat. bonum. V. Benson. It may in- tir Scott of Branxhame knycht, with ane greite multi-
deed be viewed as an adj. in the following phrase; tude of br ok in mene, lychtit in his hemes gaite, arayit
"" They shall lay hands on the sick, and hewn bith teala, in forme of batale, tending to haue put 1 land is in his
and the}- shall recover," or " b e well;" Mar. 16. 18. persoune," &c. Acts Ja. V. 1526, Ed. 1814, p. 312.
Hence, uwteala male, as in Joh. 18. 23. I have met " My lordis of con sale, this is the an s were that I
with no similar word in any other language. Archibalde erle of Anguss makis to the quenis grace.
T E M E R A R I T E , TEMEIIARITIE, S. Rash- In the first, quhar scho desiris surtie of me of bode-
ness in judgment. lie liarme, My lordis, I traist it is nocht vnknawin
" Gif it be fun din that the first assise acqwite the to all your L' that I neuir as yit did hire grace ony
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Lirme in hire persoune nor neuer tendis to do." Acts
Ja. V. 1525, Ed. 1814, p. 293.
— " Quhilk infeftment we lend, Godwilling, at our
next parliament to renew." Ibid. 1592, p. 620.
It may, however, be understood as signifying " a t -
tempt;" from Fr. tendre, " to indeavour, goe about,
labour to get or come b y ; " Cotgr.
TEND ALE KNYFF.
— f c Twa belt is, a tendale huf[f\ a horss came
[comb], & byrnyng irne," &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A.
1492, p. 282.
Probably a local designation. Shall we suppose
that knives, celebrated for their temper, had been for-
merly made somewhere in the dale or valley of Tijne
in England ? It might, however, be the maker's name,
like Joe Meleg.
T E N D E R , adj. Sickly, S.] Add;
« The haill other bishops, except the archbishop
of Glasgowr, who was old and tender, keeping his bed,
and Mr. John Abernethy bishop of Caithness, and
the bishop of Dunkeld, who had disclaimed episco-
pacy,—were forced to flee into England for their
safety and protection." Spalding, i. ISO.
Tender is more properly defined, Gl. Antiq. ff deli-
cate as to health; weakly ; ailing."
Fr. tendre " nice, nesh, puling, delicate;" Cotgr.
T o TENDER, V. a. T o make delicate, Roxb.
" The quality of the food in the autumnal quarter
has a more immediate influence in tendering their con-
stitution, than at any other period." Ess. Highl. Soc.
iii. 467.
Circumspect, avoiding all appearance of evil, S.
5. Flaving a scrupulous mind, S.
" I never was a separatist, nor for auarrellinff with
tender souls about mint, cummin, or other the lesser
tithes." Heart M. Loth. ii. 178.
4. Dear, beloved.
— c f His hienes has diners tymez writtin & maid
supplicacioun both to our halv fader & his prede-
cessouris for the promocioun of his tendir clerk &
consalour maister Alex Inglis dene & elect of the bi-
sclioprik of Dunkeld to the bischopric of the samyn,"
&c. Acts Ja. III. 14S5, Ed. 1814, p. 171.
Fr. tendre is often used to denote warmth of friend-
ship. As a s. it signifies love, a tenderness for one.
5. Nearly related.
" The king of Ingland, thinkand he had no man
so sib or tender to him as the king of Scotland his
sister sone, Sec. thairfoir he desired effectuouslie to
speak with the king of Scotland." Pitscottie's Cron.
p.'381.
This seems an ellipsis for Tender of Blade., q. v.
TENDIR OF ELUDE, nearly related, standing in
near consanguinity.
fr In the mene tyme scho prayis hir said guid Sis-
ter to consider how moderatlie hir Majestie lies usit
hir self in a eais quhairin for moiiy respectis scho had
guid occasioun to haif medlit mair ernestlie, that is
in the cais of hir modir in law the Lady Margaret
Countes of Lennox, being alswa sa tendir ofblude to
hir Majestie, quhome being inducit be hir exempill,
scho dois maist ernestlie and effectuouslie requeist
hir guid Sister to releif furth of captivitie, as alswa
to restoir hir to hir landis, possessions, libertie and
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T E N
for mar favour." Answ. Q. Mary to Mr. Thomworth,
Keith's Flist. App. p. 103.
"Lodovick, Duke of Lennox—came to Scotland af-
ter the death of his father,—being then of the age of
nyne yeirs ; whom king James receaved glaidlie and
honorablie, as one who was so tender of kinred and
blood to him." Gordon's Hist. Earls of Sutherl. p. 125.
An oblique sense, founded on the use of Fr. tendre,
as denoting that tenderness of affection wdiich sub-
sists between friends, and ought to be extended to
those connected by blood.
TENDERLY, adj. Denoting that warmth of re-
gard wdiich persons owe, according to the ties
of nature, to their kindred.
" Knawing the proximitie of blude standand be-
tuix vs, our said Sone, and our d err est brother James
Erie of Murray;—And hauand experience of the na-
tural 1 affectioml arid tenderly lufe he hes in all tyme*
borne," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1567, Ed. 1814, p. 13.
TENDERNESS, S. Scrupulosity in religious mat-
ters, S.
" My sell am not clear to trinquet and traffic wi'
Courts o' justice, as they are now constituted ; I have
a tenderness and scruple in my mind anent them."
Heart M. Loth. ii. 1(50'.
T E N E M E N T , ,s\ 1. A bouse.] Add;
iC Anent the—accioune movit betuix Johne Bully
—on the ta part & Isabel! Bully—on the tother part
for brekin vp of durris & lokis of a icnnemenl lyand
in Leithe wynde, & for wrang wiss occupacioun of the
said tennement, & ocCupiit be the said Isabell on the be-
half of hir dochtir," &c. Act. Dom.Cone. A. 1479, p. 42.
2. A building which includes several separate
dwellings; as, a tenement of houses, S.
It seems to be used in this sense in the following
passage, where mention is made of males and tennan-
dis in the plural.
" The accioun—-tuiehing a land & tenement Hand
in the burgh of Edinburgh—-is to be decidit, deter-
mit, & finaly endit be the hale body of the parlia-
ment.—And ordanis that the malis of the said land &
tennandis remain as thai did of before." Act. Dom.
Cone. A. 1479, p. 43.
— " That he sail put his said sone in the fee of the
remanent of all the said land & tennement, bath bak
land & foreland." Ibid. A. 149h p. 200.
TENENJDAS, " that clause of a charter, which
expresses what way and manner the lands are
to be hoi den of the superior Dict.FeufLLaw.
T E N E - W A R Y I T , part. adj. " Oppressed with
affliction Gl. Sibb. V. TEYNE, 6-.
' T E N - H O U R S , S. Ten o'clock, S. V.. HOURS.
TEN-HOUUS-BITE, S. " A slight feed to the
horses while in the yoke in the forenoon," S.O.
GL. Burns.
T E N N A N D R I E , T e n a n t s , S. 1. The te~
nants on an estate, or those who pay rent, view
ed collectively, S.
" Our souerane lord hes—gevin to Schir Robert
Carncorss—the warde and mariage of the Erie of
Cassilis, the componitiounis of the tenandriis of
Anguss," &c. Acts Ja. V. 1528, Ed. 1814, p. 328.
The possessions held by tenants.
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— A d u o c a t i o u n e and donatioune of kirk is, te- the minds of many of his countrymen, of the lower-
nentis, ienandrijs, particulis, pendiculis, annexis, classes especially, from all the ties of religion, as any
connexis, and pertinentis tharof." Acts Ja. V. 1o H), thing that ever proceeded from the unhallowed pen of
Eel 1814, p. 87(1 Tom Paine. He evidently confines all the attendants
Da Cange gives the term, occurring in the phrase,, at the Holy Fair to three classes; the votaries of
Cum Ivnandriis et libeiv; tcncntibus, (.Vu;t. Iii. Fun, of Superstition, and of Hypocrisy. He avows
c. 4. § 'J,) as Tenandrius, in the nominallve. 1 rather 1 u i i! s e If as belonging to the first; as attending on the
suppose that it is Tenandria ; as tne word. appears most solemn ordinance of our holy religion for no
in a Charter of William .Justice General of" Lm.-d.vnd, other nurpose but sport. The rest of the assembly'
quoted by Skene, Verb. Sign, where it sigiihic/i a consisted, in his charitable judgment, solely of those-
village. who, if not arrant hypocrites, were under the domi-
Du Cange also thinks tluil Tenanceriis should be nion of gross Superstition. Can we believe that the
read, Instead of Tc'iandri; >/, from Fr. tenanci-:.', te~ same man penned this, and the beautiful poem en-
liens. B u t h e has himself given another I..Ik term titled, The Cotter's Saturday Night ?
which it far more nearly resembles. This is /V- T E N T , .v. 2. To Talc Tent to.] Add;
nentiarius, which he e\p!akis as synon. n-ith Tcae- This phrase occurs in B . Jonsoifs Sad Shepherd,
meniarius ; idem qui teiie.:s. m;.meps. feudataidus. as belonging to the North of E.
Were not the woi d of I .at. origin, the LerminMinii See, yee laic tent to this, and ken your mother.
might be vie wet? ;;s iiavii> ; i he same sen,-:e. and as T o TENT, V. N. T o attend, &c\] Add;
radically the nrme, with R'n, Ry, q. v. Palsgrave gives this phrase; " 1 tente to my bu-
* T E N T , s. A square pulpit of w o n ! , erected in synesse, I take hede to the thinges I have in hande;"
the fields, and supported by four posts, which B. hi. F. 388, a.
rest oa the ground, rising three or four feet T o TENT, V. a. 1. T o observe.] Add;
from it ; with a trap leading up to the door, 8. T o watch over, to take particular care of, S . ;
and a projection in front, which is meant to to Tend, E . .
protect the speaker from the sun and rain, as To Nory he was aye a tenty beekl;
well as t o serve for a sounding-board, S. Wad help her up, whan she wad chance to fa';—
Tent-preaching -has been long in use in S., occa- And be as tenty to bear off all harms,
sionally at least from the year 16*30. V. Livingston's As ever hen upo' the midden head
Life, 4 to, 1727, p- !)• It may have been used in an Wad tent her ehuckins frae the greedy glaid.
earlier age ; but it ljeeai.ee cu>>omary, iii conse- Ross's Helenore, p. 13, 14.
quence of tliv mnltilu-.les, who assembled from differ- It is used, as v. n., to denote the care of a flock-.
ent .and often remote places, toatUnd the dispensa- When they were able now to herd the ewes,—•
tion of the Supper, all of whom it w.v; impossible They yee'd together thro' the heights and hows;
to accommodate within floors. A still more severe Whileoms they tented, and sometimes they play'd,.
necessity confirmed the practice ; when, (hiring the Ibid. p. 14.
tyranny of Charles H. and h ; s brother James, the TENT, adj. L Watchful, attentive, Galloway.
churches were shut against all who would not com- Weel kilted, frae a breckan buss
ply with episcopacy, or make such concessions as Up started Rosy Dougan,
appeared to them to involve an acknowledgment of As tent as if she had been a puss,
the king's supremacy in all matters ecclesiastical, as An' ilk yaul chiel a grewhun'.
well as civil. Davidson s Seasons, p. 90..
W e need scarcely wonder, then, that Scottish 2, Intent, keen, Galloway.
Presbyterians, especially those residing in the coun- Up cam Tam Tell an' S11 tor Sam,
try, should still feel some degree of partiality to tent- High capTing frae the v en rial,
preaching. The oractice is :mvv*, indeed, almost en- As lent upo5 the aftergame,
tirely disused abo !t cities arid towns : but it is still As hounds loos'tl frae a kennel.—Ibid. p. 7? ,
retained in many country parishes, 011 the Lord's TENTIE, TENTY, adj. 1, Attentive, S . ] Add;
day at least, w here no church would suffice to ac- 2. Cautious, careful, S.
commodate all who attend divine service. To Nory he was aye a tenty beeld, Sec.
That such meetings have been by many abused, Rosss Helenore, p. 13, 14. V. TENT, V. A.
especially since the morals of our country have be- —Triumphant our the ground,
come more relaxed, cannot well be doubted. But They bore him tenty.
the poem in which the term is used— Mayne's Siller Gun, p. 53.
(But, hark! the tent has chang'd its voice, &c. Here the adj. seems to be used adverbially.
Burns, iii. 33.) T E P A T E , S. Some piece of dress anciently
is by no means to be viewed as a just picture of the worn by men, though obviously the same with
deportment of the great body of the Scots on such E. Tippet.
( i And a! sua the said William sale res tor to the
occasions. Great as is the force of genius it dis-
plays, It must be evident that the chief design of the [[said] Rob1 his belt, his knyf, his hate [i. e. hat],
writer was to hold up all such meetings to ridicule : and his tcpate, that he spulyit fra him, as was cler-
and perhaps it may be justly affirmed, that this and ly previt before the said lordis." Act. Dom. Cone.
some other poems, written in a similar spirit by the A . 1478, p. 16.
lame infatuated author, have done as much to release The person spoken of might be a religious man
5iS
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a? a long scarf worn by Doctors of Divinity, and the T E R T I A M , s. A cask containing the third part
chaplains of noblemen, over their gowns, was called of a butt or pipe of wine ; E. teree.
u Twa vyne iertiamis." Aberd. Reg. A. 1538, V, 16.
a tippet. V. Phillips. In L.B. this was denominated
Epitogium, also Tipett-um. Hence, in the Council of The term might seem borrowed from the use of it
London A. 1342, it is mentioned as one of theabusesin in our old Lat. institutes. N011 habent men suras, vi~
the dress of the clergy ; Ac capntii cum tipcttis mirae deiic; •t, euartam, pintam, tertiam, &c. Iter Camerar.
longitudinis. Du Cange views this as the same with c. 10, § '5.
Fr. touppet, apex, qui capitio imminet. As, however, T o T F J i T L E , r. a. T o take notice o f ; as,
u He never te riled me," lie took no notice of
the caputium denoted not only a large cap or hood,
but a sort of cloak, this idea is doubtful- In some me, Roxb. V. TAUT I.E.
instances the tippet was worn on the head, even by T E S L E T T I S , s. pi. Armour for covering the
laymen. Thus Chaucer describes his Ileve; thighs.
On holy dayes beforne hire wold he go That euerie erle boarmit and furnist with corslet
With his tipct ybounde about his lied. of priii" f, iicid peaces, vanbraees, tesletlis, and ane
Revcs TaIe, v. 3 9 51. Spanische pik." Acts Ja. VI. ] 5QH, Ed. 1814,p. 169.
Lye defines the A.S. word in a very indefinite man- Taees or Tasses, an armour for the thighs f
ner ; taeppet, vestimentum superius quoddam. Aelfric Phillips. The Corselet, Grose informs us, when
renders Sipla, by the A. S. phrase an heal/'hr ah laeppel, said to be furnished or complete, included the
p. 69. Shall we suppose that the term was borrowed head-piece and gorgett, the back and breast, with
from t apet a, tapestry, as being apiece of ornamental skirts of iron called tasses or tassels covering the
dress, and perhaps originally sewed ? thighs, as may be seen in the figures representing
f rauncesexpl. O.E. Ti/pct by Liripipium. Prompt. the exercise of the pike.— Tassels, or skirts, Looked
Parv. Du Cange renders the latter Eponiis,—longa on to the front of the cuirass, weir —n^ed by the in-
fascia, vel cauda caputii. It would seem to have been fan try." Ancient: A noooie p. 2o3.
a hood, with a sort of skirt hanging over the shoul- Teslcl may be v <ev.vd as either ;; diminutive from
ders, pointed at the top, and tasselled somewhat like lass, or av an error ibr tes set. Fr. Tass< tes de Cor-
a fool's can). celel, "part.se d'nne armnre depe.is la eeinture jusqu'
TEPPIT, Feeling, sensation, Fife. aux «eni;iix : Roquefort Gi. loan. Tassetle, u the
TEPPITLESS, adj. 1. Insensible, benumbed so that skirt of a garment, and the tassc of an armour, in
no impression can be made, ibid. which sense it is commonly used piurally;" Cotgr.
% Applied to the mind; as, The laddie's gane T E S M E N T , S. A latter will, S.B.; corr. from
teppitless Loth. V. TABETS. Testament. To mak one's tesment in a raip,
T E R , s. Tar.] Add; O.E. " Tere. Pisargra. (i. e. rope,) to be hanged.
Colofonia.—Terryn with terr. Colofoniso. Pis- To think to lead my life wi' sic an ape,
aigro." Prompt. Parv. I'd rather mak my tesment in a raip.
TERCER, TIERCER, ,5. A widow who is legally Ross's Helena re, p. 36.
entitled to the third part of her deceased hus- 2. The thing bequeathed, a legacy, Aberd.
band's property ; a term still commonly used in T o T E S T , V a. T o put to trial, Ayrs.
our courts of law, S. " I do not ill ink that honest folks in a far off coun-
The Schiref of the schire—aucht and sould di- try parish should—meddle with the things that per-
vide equal lie the tierce of the saidis landis fra the tain to government, the more especially, as it is well
twa part thairof; that is to say, ane rig to the Lady known, that there is as much falsehood as truth in
tiercer, and twa riggis to the supcriour, or his dona- newspapers, and they have not the means of testing
tour," &c. Balfour's Practicks, p. 108. the statements." Blackw. Mag. Sept. 1820, p. 591.
T E R C I A N , s. A cask. 4C Twa wyne tercianis T E S T A M E N T , «?. Apparently another name
price viij s." Aberd. Reg. V. 16. V. TERTIAM. for the S. coin called a Tes toon.
T E R E , Dong. Virg.~\ Add; — u Grantis commissioun to the said counsell or
It is not improbable that tere may denote expence; the maist part of thame to tak or dour how the xxx,
thus tere vntald would signify, unspeakable expence. xx, and x s. peceis, with the tes lament is, be h aid in
Teut. leer, sumptus. within the realme, and not transportit furth thairoff."
T E R G A T , s. A blazon. V. TAIIGAT. Acts Ja. VI. 1578, Ed. 1814, p. 108.
TERLISS, A lattice or grate, S. V. TIRLESS. T E S T A N E , s. Apparently the same with Tes-
T E R M A G A N T , $. The Ptarmigan, Gl. Sibb. toon, q. v.
TERMIN. " It will last icrmin life,11 it will last " Ordanis the Inglis tcstanc to haue cours heireftir
for ever, L o t h . ; O.Fr. terraine, terme, temps. within this realme vpoun the pryce of viij s." Acts
T E R R E T O R , s. Territory, Aberd. Reg.^ Ja. VI. 1592, Ed. 1814, p. 527^
T E R S A I L L , ^ . The third part of a pipe, a tierce. " Ane testane worth v sh." Aberd. Reg. Cent. l6r
" Tersaill of w y n e A b e r d . Reg. Cent. 10. Fr. T E S T E F I E , A testimony.
terciere, id.
— " That bctuix and the said day—they may ather
T E R S E L , s. Tersel of a tade, Montgomerie. be thame selffis or vtheris—produce sic testefeis of
A literary friend suggests, that as the male of a thair antiquiteis as may in forme the saidis commis-
falconis called a Tersel, tersel of a tade may be q. the sionaris." Acts Ja. VI. 1600, Ed. 1814, p. 246.
husband of a toad. T E S T I F I C A T E , s. 1- A. certificate of charac^
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 T E T T E U
ter in writing, in of which a person T E T T I E , adj. Having a bad temper, R o x b . ;
has liberty to pa from one place to another, the same with Titty, q. v.
" The said are hereby ordained to T E T U Z , 1 . " Any thing tender Gall. Enc.
deliver to every a testiflcale;—which les- % " A delicate person ibid.
is to sen >ass to all who have the Allied perhaps to Isl. leit-r pullus animalis; tila,
&c. Crookshank's Hist. ii. 236. res tenera, tenerrima, whence tituleg-r tener. Shall
The term generally used to denote the attesta- we add laeta, minimum quid >
tion which is given by7 a minister, or more strict- T E U C H , TEUGH, adj. 1. Tough, S.l Add;—
ly by the Session, of the character of a Tewh, Yorks.
church-member, when about to leave the dis- 3. Not frank or easy, &c,] Add;
trict, or for any other purpose, S. In this sense tough is used by Palsgrave. " I male
This is also called a Tt rvhich is the it tough, I make it coye, as maydens do, or persons
term used in the Acts of the Church. that be strange if they be asked a questyon ;" B. iii.
T E S T I T , p a r t adj. Testamentary, given by will F. a.
— " He allegeit it wes testit gudis, & he mtro- T E U C H , s. A draught, a pull of any liquor, S.]
mettit tharwith as executour." Act, Bom. Cone. A. Add;
1494, p. 208. Isl. teig-a. Eg teig, haurio, haustum sumo; teig-r
T E S T O O N , s. A silver Scotch coin, &c.] Add; haustus. Ir. and Gael, deoch, a draught, a pull of
The term had been so common as to give birth drink, would seem to have had a common source.
to a Proverb. But this, I am inclined to think, is Gothic, as the
<f You will never make a Mark of your Testan by noun is connected with no cognate verb.
that bargain."—" The bargain is so bad that you T E U C H I T (gutt.), s. T h e lapwing,. S.
will not gain by it." Kelly, p. 384. The timid teuehit sloueh'd its crest,.
It would appear that Kelly here gives the vulgar And cuddled closer to its nest :
pronunciation, as authorised by ancient use. V. TES- The watchfu' male flaff'd i' the gale,
TANE. He explains Testan " a groat." This Prov. re- Wi' eerie screech and plaintive wail ;
sembles another; You'll never mak your Plack a
f<r
Now soar'd aloft, now scuff'd the ground,
Bawbee by that," S. And wheel'd in mony an antic round.
TESTOIi, T h e cover of a bed, E. Tester. John d Amhd, Montrose 1818, p. 63.
<£ Where's the—beds of state, twilts, panels and
" Tewfet, a lapwing, North." Tufit, id. Grose.
testers, napery andbroidered work ?" Flere the guttural sound has been changed into the
labial, like E. Laugh. Perhaps E. Tirwit, (Ainsworth,)
O.Fr. tesliere, any kind of Tirwhit, a lapwing (Kersey), is a corr. of Teuehit
now tele, the head. L.B. tester-ium, testr-um,. and TEUCHIT-STORM, s. The gale, in the reckoning
testur-a, lecti supernum tegmen ; Du Cange. of the vulgar, conjoined with the arrival of the
T o T E T E , T E E T , v . a . % T o peepout,&e.] Add; Green Plover, S. V. TUQUHEIT.
Toote is used in the same sense by Fatten.. TO HUNT THE TEUCHIT, to be engaged in any
— " I harde the Erll hymself say, that he neuer frivolous and fruitless pursuit ; a proverbial
sent the same to my Lordes Grace, but George phrase, S B. ; equivalent to hunting the Gowk.
Douglas in his name : and this by him deuised, not It probably alludes to the artful means employ-
so specially for ony challenge sake, as for that the 1 ed by the lapwing, for misleading those who seek
messager should mayntein by mouth his talke to i for her nest in order to carry off her young.
Lordes Grace, whyle his eye wear rolling to toote & T i s strange what makes kirk-fouks so stupit,—
prie vpon the state of our campe, & whyther we Far better for them hunt the teuchit,
wear pakkynge or no (as indeede the fellowe had a Or teach their schools.
very good coi to Forbes s Dominie Deposd, p. 41.
Expedicion, p. 53. T E U D , s. A tooth, Fife. Hence,
Toten is used by a very old E. writer, as signify-
TEUDLE, T h e tooth of a rake or harrow, ibid.
ing to spy.
VVhow myght thou in thy brothers eighe a bare T o TEUDLE, V. A. T o insert teeth. To teudle a
mote loken, heuky to renovate the teeth of a reaping-hook,
And in thyn owen ; nought a beme toten ? ibid.
Peres Ploughman es Crede, B, ii]. b. Gael, deud, « a set of teeth, a j a w / has some re-
O . E . " Totehijl hye place of 1
The same term also denoted T E U G , T U G , 5 . A rope,—r-ahal ter J Loth.] Add;
Teatrum." Prompt. Parv. G. Andr. defines Tang, fibra, lorum, vimen, ner-
hook to loke out at in a walle or wyn- 3; a teige distendo, tendo, distraho. This
Conspicilium, Scopelon." Huloet. mse given under TUG.
1. The pin fixed in the T E U K , TUIK, TOOK, A bve-taste. That
ground, to which the tether is tied, S. meal has a teuk, it has a disagreeable taste; asv
Metaph. applied to any object which restricts This maun be sea-borne meal; it has a, vile
pne, in whatever way; as, " A man that's muisty teukr When meal is made from corn,
a tether-stake " S, V. T m m n * that has been heated in the stacks the peculiar
m
 T E W T H A
taste is denominated the het tuik; Lanarks., Iron hardened with a piece o f cast iron. V.
Loth., Roxb. LEW ARNE BORE.
Allied perhaps to Teut. tuck a touch, from tuck-en T o T E W , v. n. T o struggle, to strive, Dumfr.
tangere; as it is said in E. of meat which is in a slight This, I think, must be the same with Tiawe o f
degree tainted, that it is touched a little. the North of S. V. the following word, given
T E U K I N , adj. 1. Quarrelsome, S.B.] Add; as the pret. of Tiawe.
2. Variable ; applied to the wind when still shift- T E W , pret of the v. to Tiawe, expl. " to amble "
ing, and seeming to blow from more points than He plump it i' the scuttal
one at a time, South of S. Owre's lugs that night
Insert, in etymon, before Isl. tulk-a Belg. ink,tie tew, an' peghin stytert hame,
" sly, cunning, fraudulent." Well soupl't wi' the peel.
T o T E V V E L , v. a. T o confuse, to put into a Tarrass Poems, p. 6Q.
disorderly state, Dumfr. It seems to denote his auk ward motion in strug-
Both this and the v. Tujjle are used in Dumfr. ; gling to get out of the pool. Allied perhaps to Isl.
however, it is said, in a stronger sense than teig-ia extendere, protendere, Yerel.; distraho, dis-
I am inclined, notwithstanding, to view them tendo, in Ion gum latum que extendo ; teig-r, nisusla-
as radically the same. V. TUFFLE. boris, G.Andr. Tew seems to belong to the r. of
T o T E W , a. a. T o make tough.] Add; which Taavin is the part, pr., expl. " wrestling, tum-
It would seem that " to Tew, to work as mortar, bling." V. TIAWE.
Yorks.," (Marshall), is to be viewed as the same. T E V V E L , s. 1. A tool o f any kind. This is the
T o T E W , v. a. T o fatigue, to overpower. Sair pronunciation of Shetl. Tewl, indeed, is that
tezdd, much fatigued. It is often used in regard of the North of S. in general.
to sickness; as signifyingthat one is much tossed, % Sometimes applied to a ship, Shetl.
or, as vulgarly expressed, tost it, by it, D u m f r . ;
T E W E L L I S , ,5-. pi Apparently for tools, ap^
Foryavo'd synon. plied to military furniture.
Mactaggart gives Tue as well as Tued, in this The teind of his tewellis to tell war full teir.
sense. But he views the latter as more forcible than Rauf Coilijear, B. iiij. b.
the former. " Tue, fatigued; Tued, fatigued out." T H A , TIIAY, pron. T h e s e . ] Add;
T o TEW, v. n. 1. T o be eagerly employed about A.S. sume thaege, quidam illorum. It must be ac-
any thing, Border. knowledged, however, that it more nearly approaches
2. T o toil, to work constantly, Ettr. For. « To the form of Isl. than, the accusative plural of thei/r,
tew, to work hard; also to taize [teaze], North." illi. This bears a striking resemblance to iha used
Grose. Marshall expl. Tew, " to agitate and by our ancient writers.
fatigue b y violent e x e r c i s e Y o r k s . It is singular that as we have in S. two peculiar
TEW, S. 1. A n engagement of this kind, ibid. terms which are often used in the same sense, thir and
This term is always conjoined with an adj. ; as, thai, the first corresponds to the Isl. nominative pi.
sair tews, great difficulties, Border. It exactly theyr, and the second to the accusative.
corresponds with the phrase used in the north o f It is observed, vo. THIR, that thir and thai are ge-
E . " Sare tues, great difficulty in accomplish- nerally opposed, like these and those. In conformity
ing any thing Gl. Brockett. with this idea, a literary friend, who is well acquaint-
Mr. Brockett gives A.Bor. " Tue, to labour long ed with the various shades of difference in the mean-
and patiently, to fatigue by repeated or continued ing of terms in our vernacular language, which may
•tion ;" adding that Fr. tuer, « originally to kill,"
at first view appear svnonymes, has remarked to me,
used also for, to fatigue or weary. II se tue, hethat in colloquial discourse thir denotes the :
; or, in North country language, he objects, as equivalent to E. these; am
tues himself. Tiling on, toiling away ;" Gl. more distant, corresponding with E.
Tuer, as the Fathers de Trevoux remark, is in- T H A I N , adj. Not sufficiently roasted or boiled,
deed used hyperbolically for Lahore velnegotiis obrui; S. V. THANE.
and this deduction is very ingenious. But it is not T H A I R , v. impers. Used as expressive of ne-
probable that this figurative sense of the word could cessity ; generally with the negative affixed ;
be diffused even among the vulgar in Britain. A as, " Y e thair n1 fash," y o u need not put your«
Teutonic source had previously occurred to me, self to the trouble, D u m f r .
which I am still inclined to prefer. Teut. touw-cn Obviously from the same-origin with TJiarf, q. v.
, agitare, subigere; Kilian. This the / b e i n g thrown off for softening the sound,
the various forms of THAIR-ATTOUK, adv. Expl. " Concerning
and belkuw-c that."
It seems doubtful, indeed, " And gif he dois ony thing thairattour, furtlnvith
>t trace Tew to A.S. teog-an, teo-n, to tug, toarreist his persoim & send him to the kingis ward."
It is used with the prep, cm, in ~ Pari. Ja. II. A. 1547, Acts Ed. 1814, c. 25.

SraK;
to the leading forward of an army, whe THAIR-BEN, THERE-BEN, adv. In an inner apart-
ment.] Add;-
One might almost suppose that Ramsay had bor^
Teoh ~ this ;
 T II A T
— I wot right well yee ken,
For to bring but its ill that's not there-hen.
Seaven Sages ; To the Reader.
It is used in another expressive proverb, S.
He is well boden there heu?i,
W h o will neither borrow nor lend."
Lend, pron. q. ten3, S.
" A man must be well furnished indeed, who needs
not borrow, and will not lend." Kelly, p. 150.
TIIAIIIRY, ACFO. 2 . T h e r e a b o u t , as to t i m e , S - ] Add;
iC Upon Tuesday the 18th of August or thereby
general Lesly raised his army frae Chelsea wood be-
side Duiise, and passed over the Tweed that sameii
day." Spalding, i. 253.
& Denoting number or quality, S.
" Friday the fotirt of Maii, the dueke and his son
Claude come to this toirn, to the number of ane hun-
dred hors, and threescore hacquebntteris or Iherbij,
and lyghted at the castell gate." Bannatyne's Jour-
nal, p. I'1-4.
" Th.'t the said Thomas of B--).rdarroch
Iiescommktit and done treass^'me— in his fals, autla-
tious, and viiiust forgeing, adulterating, and cunye-
ing of our souerane lord is money, to the forme of half
mark and four tie penny peeis, to the sow me of twa
thousand markis or thairhye ; and that in the place of
Lochmabarie [Xochmabane] within the schirefdome
of Wigtoun." Acts Ja. VI. 1581, Ed. 1814, p. 206.
4. A s respecting size or quantity, S.
<c He—gat a piece of fine lint of half a faddome, or
thareby, fra ane of the suddartis." Anderson's Coll.
ii. 170.
THAIRFRA, THEREFRAE, adv. F r o m that place,
therefrom, S.
" Thir lordis—assemblit at Edinburgh, and lhair-
fra went with the kingis grace to Meggut land."
Pitscottie's Cron. p. 341.
" Upon Friday the 26"th of August Q 6 3 8 ] some
friends lifted the marquis' corpse upon a litter frae the
chapel of Strathboggie to the kirk of Belly, and upon
the morn at night is likewise carried therefrae to his
own lodging in Elgin,—and upon the 30 th of August
his corps were lifted therefrae, having above the cof-
fin a rich mortcloth of black velvet, whereon was
wrought two white crosses/' Spalding, i. 53.
T HAIHXN,T HE ii E i N, adv. A t h oin e, w i t h i n d o o r s, S.
" Bessy Chisholm—Hell! Are ye therein ?" Perils
of Man, iii. 202.
T H AIIII N rr I LL , T H E R E x NT I LL .adv. Therein ,~]Add;
" The earl, seeing he—could not get them over-
come and subdued without an lieutenantry—which
the king graciously granted to him for some years,
and to sit, cognosce, and decern upon some capital
points allenarly, specially set down theireintill." Spal-
ding, i. 5.
T H A I R M , T H E R M , T H A I R N , S. 1. U s e d in rela-
tion to the belly or gut of man, S.
" He that has a wide therm, had never a long arm."
5. Prov. " Gluttonous people will not be liberal of
their meat." Kelly, p. 137-
ec A wide thairm has seldom a long arm/' Loth.
This is obviously the primary and literal sense of the
word.
Intestines twisted, like E . Tharm9 especially
catgut, S. Hence,
550
II A
THAIRM-RAND, S. A string or cord of catgut for
turning a spinning-wheel, S.
T H A K , " * . 1. Thatch, B. thaclc.~] Add;
O.E. id. " Thak. Tegmen. Sareitectum." Prompt.
Parv. " Thacke of a house, [ T r . ] cliaume Palsgr.
B. iii. F. 69, b.
In thacJc and raip, in order.] Add — a s denoting
what is completely secured or perfectly well re-
gulated.
— " If it's your honour, w e l l a' be as right and
tight as thack and rape can make us." Guy Manner-
ing, iii. 202.
He kens weel ane ugh wha feeds him and deeds
him, and keeps a* tight thack and rape when his coble
is jowingawa' in the Firth, poor fallow." An tin. ii. 281.
<s Thack. and rape, commonly used in allusion to
the stacks in the barn-yard, after they are thatched-
in for the winter ; so that under thack and rape means
snug and comfortable Gl. Antiq.
2, T h e roof or covering; of a house, whatever be
the materials of which it is made.
" Johne Betoune of Creich—protestit that sen he
has the keping of the paliee of Falkland, and the sa-
myn is rivin, the thak tharof is brokin, and will tak
gret ska i th without it be hastelie rem edit, therfore to
eauss the faltis be mendit," &e. Acts Ja* V. 1525,
Ed. 1814, p. 296.
This cannot be understood of thatch in the com-
mon sense. The covering must have been stone, or
slate, if not lead.
It is indeed expressly used to denote a roof of slate*
" The Mailt thak ha:!dis owt na rane." Aberd. Reg.
Cent 16.
THACEER, S. One who covers houses with thatch,
a thatcher, S.
" In the dry weather, after the seed-time hire two-
three thackers to mend the thack on the roofs of such
of the cottars' houses as stand in need of mending/*
Blackw. Mag. Oct. 1820, p. 14.
O.E. id. c f Thacker, couureur de c h a u m e P a l s g r ,
B. iii. F. 69, b. Fraunces gives i t in the form of
ft Tkakstar. Sarcitector." prompt. Parv.
THACK-GATE, S. T h e sloping edge of the gable-
tops of a house, when the thatch covers them ;
in contradistinction from the Wind-skews that
are raised higher than the thatch, I l o x b .
THACK LESS, adj. 1. Unroofed, without thatch, S.
Some lass maun gae wi' a kilted sark,
Some priest maun preach in a tbackless kirk.
Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 284.
2. Metaph. uncovered, without a hat.
Want minds them on a thackless scaup,
Wi' a their pouches bare.
Tarras's Poems, p. 17.
T H A N , adv. T h e n , S . ] Add;
The S. word retains the orthography of the vene-
rable Bishop of the Moeso-Goths; than, turn, tunc,
Than and haita im; " Then 1 will profess unto them."
Matt. vii. 23.
T H A N , O R T H A N , conj. Else, otherwise, S.B.
This seems ail oblique use of the same word as
signifying tunc, turn, then; as, cf Come hame sune,
of than I'll be a n g r y i . e. If you do not return
soon, my displeasure will be the consequence.
 T H A T H A
THANE, T I I A Y N E , S. A title o f h o n o u r , & c . ] round about them, with cross thanes of iron on the
Insert, col. 4. before 1. 8. from bottom, after top of each of them." Or em's Chanonry Aberd. p.
—inferior dignity; Cross-thane is also used as a composite word.
fC The two lesser steeples have both cross-thanes
I am confirmed in this idea, by finding the ab-
thanrie of Monifeith, certainly a small territory, per- of iron upon their tops." Ibid. p. 6'0.
haps not extending so far as the modern parish of T H A N E , T H A I N , adj. 1.] Read,, Not sufficiently
this name in Angus, mentioned in the Ciiartulary of roasted, or boiled, rare, &c.
Aberbrothick. 2. Moist, applied to meal, &c. when in a damp
—Michael de Monifuth Dompnus Aidsalhame ejus- state, Lanarks., L o t h . u I dinna like thain
dem, Sal litem e tern am in Duo. over it universi- m e a l i . e. made of oats that have not been
tas vestra, me et heredes meos teneri, et ten ore p re- much dried on the kiln.
sell cium firmiter obligari, i)iio A;>i>::ti de Abbr. qui A.Boi*. thone, thonij ; mea sententia, q. ci thanm ;
pro tempore fuerit, et </p:sd<mi h-ci (.'on voiitui, in sex damp, moist;" Ray. The words are also common
solidos et octo denarios bonorum legal him sterling- in Lincolns. V. Skinner. Grose gives the extract so
• or um, pro tofto et erofto que ab eis ad feodefirmam incorrectly as to be unintelligible.
teneo in territorio predicte Abbathanie de Monifotk * T H A N K F U L L , adj. 1. Used in the sense
sol vend is eis dem, &c. Fol. 11, b. of thankworthy, praiseworthy.
Insert, col. 6, before 5 1. from bottom, after the — H i s grace think is that he will nocht be vn-
word—oppress us; remembrand and vngrate for the gude and thank fall
A friend, who has justly acquired great celebrity sendee done to him be his saidis erlis, lordis, baron is,
in the literary world, has suggested to me, that, as and iicgis of all degreis," &c. Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed.
Germ, degen denotes a sword, this was probably the 18 1 b, p. :;(>;}.
original meaning of the term, and that it was after- A.S. ihanc-full not only signifies gratiarum plenus,
wards transferred to the person who wore it. But but g rat us, apparently in tin- same sense as here, as
it ought to be observed that Ihegen, thegn, is used by denoting what is aec«');t-ihle.
A.S. writers for minister, servos, and servus mili- Denoting what ought to be sustained as suf-
tarise long before the cognate term, or one of the ficient and l"gaL
same form, seems to have been known in Germany —*'k' Aught d:.\vs rfter the compleit schering of ilk
as signifying'a sword. While it still retained this sort ofeornis being owtnui, that it salbe lesome to
general sense, as denoting a servant in A.S. from the the awners, at the saidis audit dayes end, to mak
time of Caedmon, who died A. 680, downward, we
requisition]; vpouii vther aucht dayes, to mak thame
have not the slightest evidence that it was ever used
thankfulL teynding : and if the awners get not thank-
for a sword. I si. thegn, in its primary sense, signi-
full teymliiig at the expvring of the saidis last aucht
fies subditus, but never en sis. Dan. degen indeed
dayes,—that it salbe lauehi'uil to the awners of the
denotes a sword, as degn a soldier. But Wormius
saidis comes to teynd and stak the same thame
conjectures, with great verisimilitude, that " the
selffis." Acts Ja. VI. l()12, Ed. IS 14, p. 4?'2.
term was transferred to a sword, because we use its
service in defence/' INI on. Dan. p. 2 65. Goldastus THAIIETJIHOW, adv. B y that means, thence.
f£ Andiharelhrom wear gritumlieand enomiliehurt."
and Wachter both adopt this idea; and the latter as-
serts, concerning Germ, degen, en sis, that this is a A c t s Ja. V . 1510, E d . 1 8 1 4 , p. 858. V . ENORMLIE.
modern sense of the word. Seliilter, indeed, when Tent, daer-deur, iliac, illinc, istine, is formed in
tlius rendering it, cites no ancient authority. the same manner.
It may also deserve attention, that the oldest T o T H A R F , v. a. Insert, in etymon, 1. G, be-
Francic or Theotise writers give the word under fore E . dare ;—
consideration, not only the same signification, but Far at—than if, necessum erat; it was necessary;
nearly the same form as in A.S. O.tfrid, who wrote Loclbrokar Quida, st. 14. The word occurs in the
in the ninth century, in various instances uses thegan same sense in Alem. Nit tharf\ non opus est;
for famulus, or miles. Otfrid.
As it has been already remarked, that it was ap- T H A l i T H , impers. v. Me tharih, it behoves me.
plied to a military servant, perhaps in this sense it Me tharih haue nane noy of myne erand,
primarily denoted those who sustained this character For me think thow will be thair efter as thow tell is.
without any distinction. For in the A.S. version we Ilauf Coilijear, C. j. b.
find it used for soldiers in general; even those who Thar is used in the same sense by Chaucer.
were subject to a centurion. Ic- com man wider an- Have thou ynoiigh, thee Ihar not plainer! thee.
wecdde gesettx and ic hebhe thegn as under me ; ff I am Wrf of Bathes ProL v. 5<J18.
a man under authority, having soldiers under me A.S. thearf-an, to have need. Tharih seems to be
Matt. 8. 9- In the parallel passage, Luke 7- 8. the softened from ihearft, 3. pers. sing, pres, indie. V.
term is cempan, warriors, whence S. kemper, one T H A R F , a n d T H A I R , V..
who strives with another. In Gr. the word is the * T H A T , pron. Often improperly used instead
same in both places, ^ocrt&rotgy o f This, S.
THANE, Apparently, a fane.] Add; " He and his army saw a vision in the heavens,
This interpretation is confirmed by the use of the with that motto upon it, c In Christ ye shall over-
term obviously in the same sense. come/' Walker's Peden, p. 84.
" Both these isles had battalines, and buttrages T H A T , adv. or conj. 1. So, to such a degree;
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as, " Is lie that frail that he canna rise Is stirred ; also called the Parritch-stich SynofL
he so frail that he cannot get out of bed ? S. Theivil, and S.O. Spurtle.
2. Often used nearly in the same sense with E . I know not whether we should view this as corf,
very, but understood as rather weaken from the more general name Theivil; or as allied td
Ye think my muse nae that ill-faurd, I si. thijd-a, liquefacio congelata ; as the design of
Seil o' your face ! the constant stirring is to prevent the meal from be-
Skinner's Misc. Poetry, p. 109- coming knotted, or to break the knots that may
" Evan Dhu Maccombich—declared his intention have been formed.
to set off immediately in pursuit of the cattle, which T o T H E E K , v. a. T o thatch, S. GL Picken.
he pronounced to be f n o that far off;—they have bro- A.Bor. " Theak,to thatch." Grose. " Thach, Theak,
ken the bone/ he observed, f but have had no time thatch, both as verb and substantive/' Brocket!.
to suck the marrow/' Waverley* i. 236. V. CLIINY. Thealcer, a thatcher, Yorks., Marshall. V. THEIK.
It almost invariably has the negative preceding; THEEKER, S. A thatcher, ibid.
as, " Nae that ill/' not very bad. « Nae that wcet," TIIEEKING,*. " T h a t c h ; thatching," S. Gl. A n t .
not very wet. It has been remarked that it answers T H E E T I ^ One of the ropes or traces b y which
exactly to Lat. Ita ; as, "" Nae that mony." Non ita horses draw, Aberd.
multi, Cic. It would seem to have originated as a He sits him down upo' the bink,
comparative mode of speaking, and as expressive of An' plaits a theet, or mends a mink,
a reply to something previously asserted, or to a T o sair an after use.
question proposed ; as if it were equivalent to the W. Beatties Tales, p. 31. V . T H E T I S ,
particle So, q. " Not so bad as you seem fo think/' T H E Y H S , - & ph " Tiers or yard-arms of a
Not so wet as it was last night." v e s s e l G L Compl
8. It somenmes serves, like E . So or Such, al- " Ane and al, heisau, heisau. Now mak fast the
though not so intensively, to return the sense theyrs." Compl. S. p. 63.
of a word or sentence going b e f o r e ; as, " H e I find no such word as tiers. Kersey has ties.
was ance a thief, and hem ay be that;" S. T H E I V I L , THIVEL, s. A stick f o r stirring a
T H A U T , 5. A sob, GL. Ross ; perhaps rather pot, S . ] Add;
a b e a t ; synon. with Thud. The corbies sCraigh't, the owlets scream'd;
This is the orthography of the First Edit, of He- A gousty cawdron boil'd an' feam'd,
len o r e , p . 17- V . THOUT, S. In which the beldames, eident, threw
T H E A T S , s. pi Hopes or traces. V. THETIS. Ingredients hideous to the view;
T H E , used instead of T o ; as the day, the night, An' ay's they steer'd them wi' a third,
the year, to-day, to-night, this year, S, They mummelt " Crowdy for the devil."
Ye maun ken I was at the shirra s the day ; for Beatties John oArnha, p. 85.
—1 gang about a' gates like the troubled spirit." Grose and Marshall mention thaavle, a pot-stick,
Antiquary, ii. 128. Norw. lull, tyl, the staff with which butter is churn-
An' some, that wadna like it said, ed ; Hal lager. It is not improbable that Theivil and
Hath got their noddles knappit E. Dibble are radically the same; especially as A.Bor.
Right sair the night. thivel is not only rendered, " a stick to stir a pot,"
Tarras's Poems, p. 66. but " also a dibble, a setting-stick/' Grose. Nothing
I winna be married the year, satisfactory has been offered, however, as to the ori-
Suppose I were courted by twenty. gin of the term Dibble. V. Todd's Johns. Skinner
Song, Pa l ie's Wedding. refers toTeut. dipffelyimctxxm. But I can find no ves-
The Scottish idiom is, in this instance, formed in tige of such a word. Mr. Brockett gives the etymon
a different manner from that of the English. To, al- which I had conjectnrally offered; A.S. thyfel, "astem
though the idea is the same in to-day, continued from or stalk." " Frutex, stirps; a shrubb f Somner.
A.S. to da eg, is undoubtedly the prep, in the sense THEIVIL-ILL, A pain in the side, S. Theivil-
of Lat. ad, q. 011 this day, or during its lapse. The shot, A n g .
maybe viewed as the Norm. Sax. relative, which is It most probably received its name, from the idea
used in the same form in all the cases. It seems here that it is owing to the stomach being overcharged
to have the use of a demonstrative, as equivalent with that food which is prepared by means of the
to this. The day, accordingly, resembles Lat. hodie, I have heard a supposition, that it is thus
re Heard
q. hoc die, on, or during this day. denominated, because confined to a particular spot,
T o T H E E , v. n. T o thrive, to prosper, U p p . as if one had received a stroke oil it by a theivil, or
Clydes. some similar instrument.
But wearie fa' the fairy wicht T H E M E , THAME, * 1. A serf, A bond-ser-
That's tane my bairn frae me ; v a n t ] Add to etymon;
I need nae wiss that he war dead, Perhaps we should rather deduce it from IsL
But may he never thee ! thi-a, in servitutem reducere ; whence thion, servus.
Mary d Craignethan, Edin. Mag. June 1819, p. 327- T H E N - A - D A Y S , adv. I n former times, S . B . ;
V. THE, V. ; and Add to etymon;—Fraunces gives like E . Nowadays.
both the v. and the The-ne or Thryuen. Vigeo. But then was then, my lad, and now is
Thedam. Vigencia." Prompt. Parv. 'Bout then-a-days we'd seldom met with
THEEDLE, T h e name, in the county o f Nor kent the ill of cdnters, or of loss.
Kinross, for the stick with which porridge is Ross's Helenore, p. 9%
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T H E N O W , r THE NOW, just now, at present, S. given, need not/''or have no occasion f and that
cc

ff You look down the now, and I see you doubt it claims the same origin with Tharf used in >Sir
what Tin saying." Reg. Dalton, iii. 212. Tristrem, from A.S. thearf-an, carere, indigere, or
" Though we are a' very coutliy the now, naebody rather from the same v. in the form of thurf-an, id.
can tell how lang it will last." Petticoat Tales, i. 26'7- Ke ic ne thurfe her fcccan, Neque ego non opus ha-
You needna lift the siller, or say ony thing a- beam hie haurire; Job. 4. 15. This is the same
bout it, 'cause Charlotte doesna need her part i the phrase*, only inverted, ihurftua being used for A.S.
now, an* George is but thoughtless, an' coudna guide ne thurfe ; or as it would be in the second person, ne
his very weel." Glenfergus, iii. 251. thurft. For this form appears under Thenrf-an, to
Now is here used as if it were a noun. The idiom which Therna is more immediately allied. .Ye Iht arj't
resembles that of Gr. u7ro rS vuv, Luke i. 48, which thuy or, Thu ne thearfl; Non necesse habc.-; til, C'aedm.
is retained in Moes.Cv.fram himma nu } both signify- V . T H A R F , a n d TIIAUTII.
ing, as rendered by Junius, ab hoc tempore; himma T H E S A U H E , T H E S S A U H E , s. A treasure;
being the accusative of the pronoun signifying this. Eat. ihesaar-us.
u All hurdis and the.kauris tijat ;.r hid under the
T H E H E A W A Y , THERE AWA, adv. 1. A b o u t
that quarter, thereabout; Out 6 thereaway, yeird, or abone the yeird, <ju!iair<>f tii,* lord and awn-
from about that quarter, S. Synon. Thairby. er is not knawin, the Mamin an eh!: a s o . d d pert-ene
T h e term is used indefinitely, when it is not to the King as eschfte." ibdfour'* rraet. p. J.
rc That thairl'ore the Justice clcrkis iii viking
meant to specify the particular spot.
cc The three miles diminished into f like a mile and all inditmentis, speeialy within the schiivfdoum of
a bittock; then extended themselves into' four miles Louthiane, Firf, and utheris }>lacis quhare the iCing
or there awaGuy Mannering, i. 6. haid maist recidenee,of the *telaris, conerhtris, s .f dm
£C D'ye think we dinna ken the road to England said gold or thesxaurc, or arte or parte tharof/'
as we el as our fathers before us ? All evil comes out Inventories, A. 1 - 1 - 0 1 , p. 17.
<£ The jewel*, diamonds, and ha ill tht.\ttur>' of S.
o' thereaway." Tales of my Landlord, i. 154.
T h a t way, to that purpose. Ceils is ^iven to the Lean ol (hhLk.o Ik- { urih com i :!«.£•
" It is the way which God hath contrived for sav- when called tor/' Aets of (J .lihlrv, Ivdin. 1 p. I
T I I E S A U l l A K E , .9. Treasurer ; the lerm in-
ing of sinners by Jesus Christ,—as he hath held forth
in the ordinances, confirming the same by many variably' u*ed in our old stn!iiu> and v\ rii«
mighty works in scripture tending there away. *— 3 ings. "
(< The Thesaurare takand allowance in his comptis
Guthrie's Trial, p. 210.
3. A s far as that, to that distance; often There- of ony ordinare pertenlng to the King, or his Ofii-
and-azmy, A herd. ciaris, sou Id be compel! it to pay sa mekle as he lies
T H E R E F K A E , A D F C . Therefrom. V.TIIAIRFRA.
tane allowance o f / ' 1532, Balfour's Practicks,p. 1 85.
O.Fr. ihesawrier, id. But this word, like many
T H E R E I N , adv. W i t h i n doors. V. T J I A I R I N .
others in our old laws, may be immediately from
T H E R E O U T , adv. Without,afield. V . T H A X H - L.B. thesaurar-ius.
OWT. T . n !-;s ACILA K • K, .v. Ti'easti
T H E R M , THARME, fS'. 1. The'intestines, S. e ' And to the seriiaUK-.s to decyd nil a:«ul t^ii'iat-
E. tharni seems to be restricted to the intestines as sumeuir .su^pen^ioiiis of ids hicnes /Asir-
in a prepared state. ee Intestines twisted for several aric, or coilectori^, ra.sit or to be iwsit 'ne (i uiial-um-
usesJohns. euir pers(juu or persoms." Acts Ja. \ 1. «
The O.E. word has been used both for the entrails 1814, p. ^7.
in their natural state, and when prepared as a dish. T H E S E L F , pro?i. Itself. V . S E L F , S E L F F .
Tharme. Sum en. Viscus." Prompt. Parv. THESTEEEN, Yesternight, Lanarks.;
We learn from Skinner, that in Lincolns. the term either provincial
a corr. o f Yestreen, id., or q.
denotes the intestines as cleansed for being stuffed
with pudding, Sec. In S. it is chiefly" used in its pri-
the yestreen.
ci It was in a cauld blae hairst day, at dayligann,,
mitive sense. I mind it weei^ as weel as 1 mind I he si re en." Edim
V.the S. Prov. illustrative of this sense, vo. Thairm. Mag. Dee. IS IS, p.
Had I adverted to it in time, the whole explication T H E T I S , T I I E T E S , m. pi. 2 . Out oflhctes, ^LK-
would have been given under one orthography. disorderly, S.] Add ;
A.S. thearm, intestinum, " an entraill, or inward " Mr. IL E. that worthy good num. wh.o had his
part, either of man or any living thing, a gut, a
own share of the su iferings of thai time I.MMII in prison
bowell;" Somner. Alem. and Isl. tharm, Su.G.tarm,
and otherwise,, yet had his feet so far ,•.•/' the iheait.
Teut. darm, id. G. An dr. gives it in pi. tharmar.
and so far from taking pari; with Mr. {..'ar.«/iH and jdm
This is expl. by Haldorson of the small guts; Intes-
Ilich.anl Cameronj in thv hulispen.-ablo duitv of
tina tenuia, ilia.
that day, that he studied a sei'inon to preach against
A g u t prepared, especially as a string for a
him." Walker's Remark. Passages, p. 4S.
musical instrument; corr. into Fearn, Roxb.
8. Out of t/wti\ is a phrase applied to one who is
T H E R N A , T i t u i l T N A , m o d e s o f expression,equi- rusted, as lo anv art or science, from want of
valent to ct need not," or " should n o t a s , practice, A b e r d ;
C£ Y o u thurtnastoip" y o u should not stay, Diimf. T I I E V L S - X E I v , TITEUIS-NKIC, A n imitative
It appears to me that the proper sense is that first term, formed LO expi'ess the cry of the lapwing
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The tuquheit, and the gukkit gouk,—
Rwischit bayth to the bard, and ruggit his hare ;
Callit him thris the vis nek, to thraw in a widdie.
Houlate, S. P. Repr. iii. 181.
Here the term is used as an equivoque, in reference
to the ncck of a thief.
" The tuechitis cry it then is nek, quhen the pic t lis
clattrit." Com pi. S. p. 60.
This is misprinted Theusnek, Gl. Compl.
T H E W L E S , TILI EVE LESS, adj. 2. Inactive, remiss,
S.] Add;
—Fortune ay favours the active and baukl,
But ruins the wooer that's thowless and caiikl.
Herd's Coll. ii. 113.
4. Cold, bleak, I l e n f r . ] Add ;
Thievcless is applied to weather in a sort of inter-
mediate or uncertain state. Thus, a thievcless daij is
one that has no decided character, neither properly
good nor bad; Renfr. Add, as sense
7. Shy* reserved, llenfrews.
T H I B A C K , s . Transmitted by a literary friend
in the north, as denoting a stroke or blow, S.
but the county uncertain.
I si. thiappa is expl. conculcare ; also, comprimere.
T H I C K , adj. 1. Intimate, familiar, S.
Nae twa were ever seen mair thick
Than brawny and the b i l l ;
An' when she hameward took her way,
He saw her o'er the hill.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 4.9- Hence,
T o MAK THICK :ci\ to ingratiate one's self with,
Clydes:
2. W i t h the. prep, oner or over preceding, used to
denote criminal intimacy between persons of dif-
ferent sexes, ower thick ^ S.; synon. Oner thrang.
u She had fa'en a wee oiver /hick wi' a cousin </ her
ain that her father had some ill-will to; and sae it was
that after she had been married to Sir Richard jimp
four months,—yell no hinder her gieing them a pre-
sent o' a bonny knave bairn." Antiquary, ii. 242.
3. Used in relation to consanguinity, S.
f< Y e ken his was sib to mine by the father's side,
and blood's thicker than water ony day." Entail, i. 12.
This is a proverbial phrase, intimating that a man
feels more affection to his own kindred, than to those
to whom he is nowise related.
4 f Thick and thin. T o follow one through thick
and thin, to adhere to one in all hazards, S.
" Auld Dougal—had followed Sir Robert through
gude and ill, thick and thin, pool and stream," &c.
Redgauntlet, i. 228.
THIEF, Often used, when it is not meant
to exhibit any charge of dishonesty, with a vi-
tuperative adj., exactly in the sense of E . Hus-
sy ; as, " She's an ill-faur'd thief? S.
By the way, I may observe, that it is not impro-
bable that wre have the radical idea, connected with
the designation, in I si. thauf-a, palpare in tenebris ;
especially as thauf is expl. actus furtivus, Haldorson.
T H I E F - L I K E , adj. 1. Having the appearance
o f a blackguard.
2. Affording grounds o f an unfavourable impres-
sion, whether as to actual conduct or design; as,
I f ye binna thief, binna thief like? S. Prov,
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3. Plain, hard-looking, ugly, S.
4, Unbecoming, not handsome ; applied to dress ;
as, 44 That's a thief-like
mutch y e v e on," S.
In the comparative there is, for the sake of the
sound, a constant anomaly, of which I do not recol-
lect any other instance. It occurs in two proverbial
phrases very commonly used; " The thiefcr-like the
better soldier." " The aulder the Ihitfer-like;' or,
<f Ye're like the swine, the aulder ye grow, ye're ay
the thiefer-IikeS.
T H I F T B U T E , ,9. « T h e crime of taking money
or goods from a thief to shelter him from jus-
tice f BelPs Law Diet.
" Gif this cotnplenar, efter that he hatie attachit
this theif, or deliuerit him,—wald concord with the
said thief and tak (hifthnte, and put him fra the law7,
in that caice lie sail vnderly the law, and be accusit
thairfoir as prineipall theif or reuar." Acts Ja. V.
1515, E d . 1814, p. 282. V . BOTE.
T H I F T D O M E , THIEFTDOME, T h e commis-
sion of theft, an act o f stealing.
cc That nouther lord of regalitie, schiref, bar rone-,
na vthers sell ony theif, or fyne with him of thifldome
done, na to be done," &c. Acts Ja. 1. 1536, c. 154.
Ed. 1566. Thiej'tdome, Skene and Glendook. In Ed.
1814, thift; perhaps by oversight of some transcriber,
who had supposed, from the word done immediately
following, that dome in - thiftdome was by mistake for
done, and therefore unnecessary.
A.S. thijfth, thief the, fur turn, and dom status, con*
ditio.
T H I F T E O U S , adj. Dishonest, thievish.
— " To proceid and minister iustice vpoun all the
saidis Strang and idill beggaris, vagaboundis, thevis
and sornaris, or thair ressettaris and pairtakaris in
thair thifteoiis and wicked deidis." Acts Ja. VI. 1593,
Ed. 1 8 1 4 , p. 4 3 .
TIIIFTOUSLY, adv. By theft. u Thiftously stoime
& tane," &c. Aberd. R e g . A . 1538.
T o T H I G , v. n. c2. T o go about, receiving sup-,
ply, &c.] Add ;
The same account is given by an English writer,
although rather in plainer terms.
" At a young Highlander's first setting up for him-
self, if he beof any consideration, lie goes about among
his near relations and friends, and from one he begs a
cow, from another a sheep ; a third gives him seed to
sow his land, and so on, till he has procured for him-
self a tolerable stock for a beginner. This they call
Thigging/' Burt's Letters, ii. 209.
T H I G G A R , T H I G G E R , <?.] Insert, as sense
1. One who draws on others for subsistence in a
genteel sort of way, S.
" Thiggers—are those who beg in a genteel w a y ;
wdio have their houses they call at in certain seasons
and, get corn, and other little things ;" Gall. Enc.
T H I G G I N G , s. 1. The act of collecting, as d e -
scribed, S.
The term had been used in this sense also in O.E.
" Thigginge or begging. Mendicacio." Prompt. Parv,
T h e quantity of grain, &c. collected in this
manner, Perths.
T H I G S T E H , £ . Of the same meaning with Thiggar.
ff Thigslers are a sort of gentle beggars," Diet;*
F e u d Law,
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T H I & H T , adj. Close, so as not to admit water,
Orkn. \ things in itself; and it was gi'en without ony thought
Either as allied to I si. tki/ck, in neut. thyckt, eras-
six s, or thlelt-a den sari or as the same with E. Tight,
T H I L S E , adv. Else, otherwise, Buchan.
It is used in Tarras's Poems, p. 58, but misprinted
ihise. This seems a contr. for the else.
T H I N E , T H Y N E , adv. Fra thyne, thence.] Add;
— " A n d fra thyne vp Barnegleyis to the Righeidis,
and fra thyne doun Irving burne to A s k / ' &c. Acts
Ja. VI. 1()09, Ed. 1814, p. 445.
T H I N G , .v. 9,. A meeting, or convention, &c.]
Insert, before 1. 10. frotn the end of the article.
Brand gives the fullest accountof this court, and al-
so the most natural etymon of the name of the parish.
" It was in this parish, in a small holm, within a
lake nigh to this church, where the principal Feud,
or judge of the country, used to sit and give judgment,
hence the holm to this day is called the Law-Ting
(from which probably the parish of Tingwal had its
name). We go into this holm by stepping stones,
where three or four great stones are to be seen, upon
which the judge, clerk, and other officers of the court
did si:. Ail the country concerned to be there stood
at some distance from the holm the side of the
loch, and when any of their causes was to be judged
or (it-termined, or the judge found it necessary that
person should compear before him, he was called
upon by the ofricer, and went in by these stepping
who when heard returned the same way he
came." Descr. of Zetland, p. IxM, 122.
* THING, I. A s conjoined with Ain, applied
t o a person ; denoting property or exclusive in-
terest in the object referred to, as well as ten-
der affection, S.
An thou wcr't my ain thing,
I would lue thee, I would lue tliee ;
An thou wert my cdn thing,
How dearly would I lue thee.
Herd's Coll. i. 17. V. AIN.
% With the preceding, negatively used to express
disapprobation; as, 1 doubt lie's wo the thing"
I fear he is not what he pretends to be, S.
3. The thing; often put before the relative, in-
stead o f that or those; as, " Send me mair bukes;
I've read the thing that I hae," A b e r d .
T H I N G S , pi. 1. IIes nae great, or gryte things,
a phrase often used concerning a person, as in-
timating that one has no favourable opinion o f
his character, when it is not meant to specify
particulars, S.
ei I suspect lie's just a feather out of the same bird.
His father was nae great things, and his mother is
but a vain ignorant woman." Writer's Clerk, ii. 125.
Applied also to things, as intimating that they
are not much to be accounted of, S . ; synon.
with the phrase, Naething to male a sang o\
I have met with it in this sense only in one work,
in which the acute but severe writer seems to have
it as his chief object to shew that the phrase was
applicable in its full sense to all that had come under
his eye in our Scottish metropolis.
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cc My hospitality,' said the farmer, ' is nae gryte
o' a return, just as nae doobt you wad hae done to
me in the same tacking." Modern Athens, p. 110.
This phrase, as used in sense 1., is exactly analo-
gous to the low E. phrase, No great shakes. The
word thing is indeed used in E. of persons in con-
tempt. But I cannot account for the anomaly of the
use of the p i , unless it should be supposed that the
expression is elliptical, as equivalent to that, " No
great things can be expected from him."
* T o T H I N K , ! ? , n. T o wonder; used only in the
end of a clause ; as, 4i Fat's that, I think" S.B.
This is the explanation communicated by a lite-
rary friend. But it would rather seem that wonder
is too strong a term. I question if the v. as thus used,
expresses any thing more than hesitation, or ponder-
ingin one's mind ; analogous to the use of A.S. thine-
an, concipere, consul tare; thenc~an ratiocinari, con si-
derare. It is used to denote reasoning, Luke 5. 22.
Hrvaet thence ye on eowrum heortum, as in our ver-
sion, <: What reason ye in your hearts ?"
T o T H I N K L A N G , to become weary, to feel
ennui, S.
But gin ye like to ware the time, then ye
How a the matter stood, shall vively see ;
'Twill maybe keep us baith frae thinking la tig.
Ross's Helenore, p. 6.9-
T H I N - S K I N N E D , adj. 1. Possessing great
sensibility, S.
" Boor genty Bell 1—I doubt-—she's oure thin-skin*
ned to thole long the needles and prins of Miss Mally
Trimmings' short temper; and, what's waur,the tawpy
taunts of her pridefu' customers." Entail, i. 123, 124.
% A p t to take offence on slight grounds, touchy, S.
<c Whisht, whisht, man V interrupted John Lomm,
one of Ducholly's sergeants, c Ducholly is a wee
thought thin-skinned in matters of military precee-
sion." Tournay, p. IS.
Either from that delicacy of skin, in consequence
of which the countenance is easily suffused ; or as de-
noting that tenderness which is easily injured.
These, S . ] Add ;—Picken has
therefore justly remarked that thir is u used
only when objects are near."
T H I R L - H O L E , S. T h e hole into which the coulter
of a plough is inserted, Lanarks.
THIHL, S.] Add to definition ;—properly, the j u -
risdiction attached to a mill.
"" That the building a mill within his thirle could
be interpreted to be done with no other design but
in aemuiationem vieiniJ* Fountainhall, i. 276.
T H I R L A G E , <sv 1. Thraldom, in a general sense.]
Add;
8. Used in regard to the mortgaging of property
or rents.
" The said vmquhile Erll of Mar—not only spen-
dit anddebursit all and quhatsumeuir rent is, rowmes,
& vtheris profittis micht be brocht in pertening to
his Maiestie, other in propertie or casualitie, besydis
the thirlage of his awin leving, & the rentis of his
proper dependance for the advancement of our so-
uerane Lord is seruiee ; but alsua oftymes baith day
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and niclit exponit his aw in body and lyflf," &c, Acts Thole a wee, mentioned tinder v. a., sense 8. pro*
Ja. VI. 1.078, Ed. 1814, p. 100. perly belongs to this.
TJIIKLE-MJ F/RHU, s. T h e d u t y to b e paid b y THOLANCE, s. Sufferance, toleration.
ihirla^c for grinding. " And supposs the said Abbot and Convent dois
e{ His ?d;ii\".~tie—dissolvis fra the Croun—the said ws favor in the sasying of the said an wellis bathe aide
burgh of Ahirdene, with ail and sindrie thair landis, and new, of thar gracious tholance mul prestance, I,
ihrrc.^ri-', woudN. watteris. salmond fi&cheingis vpoun my ayrs, executors, and assignais, oblisis us, as said
Dee and Don-.', iniim s. t'nirte. nndteris, eastellis, me- is, nevir to mak question nor impediment to the pay-
do wis, hi ids, link.es. h-Navine*, poirtis, blokhous, bul- ment of the said an well is that ar by runnyn, na y it
wark is. anchorages, .-mail eu.^tomes, Bell customes, of yeris or tennis that ar for to cum," &c. Chart.
Tr'-ne w e c h t i s / f t c . Acts Ja. VI. 1617, Ed. 1814, Aberhroth. F. 68. (Macfarl.) A. 1470.
p. r>j9. \ Prestance is evidently the Fr. term, signifying
Tins corresponds with the legal Eat. phrase cum nobleness, worthiness; Cotgr.
as! rid is- nudiuris. V. 'Krsk. Inst. B. ii. Tit. (), § 22. —<<r Charging him to tak ane inquisieioun—how
T H I R L E S T A N E - G l i A S S , -v. Saxifrage. the said twa acris of land has bene broukit & pos-
sedit thir fyfty yeris bygane, &- be qnham, & gif the
Saxifraga, lid rlt'sLonv grass." Wedderb. Voc. J). 18.
said chapelane, or his predeeessourisoccupijt the said
The Sw. name eorre,"p?:nds ; steii-fjraci'ka.
acris in ony tyme, and quethir as malar is [rent-pay-
T i n i: L I N O , part. adj« Piercingly cold, S.Ik ers], or tholance, or propirte to the chapellanery."
T H O . adv. '.RISER:, at that time.] Add; Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1479, p.
hxi.-iore fim, thee, at that time;" Grose. — " Hed ony rieht to the said tak bot allanerly off
fi )ClVi\ s. ] . A. very little nf any thing, tholanceBrechine lieg., Fol. (J2.
T u v e d d . ; s ^ n o n . Kcnn'ur THOLEABLE, adj. Tolerable,, what may be suf-
Y.. A MOMENT. V. TuOUGHT. fered, S.
T H O G H T Y , adj. 1. Thoughtful. THOLESUM, adj. T h e same, Fife.
Given to reflection, attentive, S. T H O L E M U D E , S. " Scot. 13or. say tholemopdy?]
f* Philip considers my uncle as particularly under Add;
my charge, as Fanny is two years younger than I This term is also used in Berwicks. and Eoxb.
run, and not so thonghty,. as Philip says." Petticoat T H O L E - P I N , T h e thowl in a boat, A y r s .
Tales, ii. 17 0. " The boatmen rattled their oars between the
T o T F I O L K , TITOILL, A. 9 . To Thole the
thole-pins " Spaewife, i. 183. V. T H O W E L .
Lai:. 1 Add ; THOLNTE, Toll,, duty.
Sometimes It: is called tholing an assise. — W i t h all—multurs, frie ports or barberies,
The Lordi.s, that was in the summondis of for- tholnies and vthers," &c. Acts Cha. 1. Ed. 1814, Vol.
V. 97.
iaitrie.—war—thair to ihoallan assyze, according to.
O.Fr. tolin, the duty payable for the right of ex-
thair dittay." IhVeottie's Cron. p. 235. V. Bos, adj.
posing goods to sale; L.B. tholne-wn, id., Lat. telon-
10. T o jvuiiiiv, in stand in need o f ; as, lie wad
"mm, the place of receiving custom.
[Jade a h a: if (is, he would require to be reform-
T H O M I C O M T H R A M U N U D , a g i f t confer-,
ed, or require a change to the better, S.
red on ecclesiastical persons, apparently at the
I am doubtful, however, whether this may not be
celebration o f funerals.
resolved, I fe would not be the worse for suffering
£i
Habebunt et quartum. partem obvencionum qui
a wends;" and thus, whether it should not be viewed
in com muni conferuntur Kildeis—ab hiis qui ibidem
as a modification of sense 1. It must be admitted,
sepulturam eligerint, et partem que eos contingit de.
however, that the definition here given approximates
com muni elemosina que dicitur Sauchbarian, et par-
mm•." to A.S. tkv.'-iau, as signifying carere, egere.
tem que eos contingit de benefacio quod dicitur Tho~.
ihis v., v/uh \h<- addition of certain, prepositions
micom ihramunud, libere et quiete, juxtaquod ab anti-
i;=ed :\.iher ad /erhially, *igniiies to iidinit of the state quis temporibus retro usque ad hec tempora habue-
which the preposition expresses, as in the following rint. Cartular. Aberdon. Fol. 5. (Macfarlane, p. 13.)
in stances ; In the copy of the Register of St. Andrews, it is.,
1 1 . T o T H O L E afj\ 1 . ) T o admit of a part being
Thomneom tharmund, p. 439'
taken off, to bear the ademption of,, Aberd. T H O J N L , pron. demonstr. Y o n d e r . ] Add ;
2.) T o account one's self sufficiently warm, with- " Huoss!' repeated the driver ; / ca ye thon a hooss?
out some particular part of dressj ibid. ikon's glide Glen fern castle/'- Marriage, i. 18.
1 2 . T o T H O L E on, to- admit of any thing being It is also used S.B.
put or laid on, ibid. Leuk down the gate, what squabble's thon,
I S . T o T H O L E to. 1 . ) T o admit the addition of,ib, That ca's the thuang's attention ?
2.) T o admit of the door, &c. being shut, ibid. £ arras's Poems, p. 96.
T o T I I O L E , v. n. T o endure, to exercise pa- I apprehend that Thon is generally viewed as a-
tience under suffering, S. provincial corr. of Yon, Yond. But notwithstanding
" You must [jnaim] thole, or flit many [ m o n y ] a the similarity of application, they have not the slight-
hole," S. Prov. " You must bear the inconveni- est affinity," Yon being from A.S. geond. With thon,
encies of the state or condition in which you are, or Contra id. Here it has simply the force of that; and.
change, and perhaps for the worse." .Kelly, p. 381.. is used as if a pronoun. In another instance it ap-
556 .
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pears merely as the article; and even without that
force of demonstration with which it is used in S.
With thone pytt, Juxta puteum, Gen. 20. With
thone miint; Juxta montem, Numb. 20. 22. The
royal translator of Bede seems to use it more empha-
tically than in any other instance I have met with.
Ic Beda sende gredan thone leaf est an Cyninge ; Ego
Beda salutem mitto delectissimo llegi. Praef. ad Hist.
Eccles.
T H O R L E , ,9. T h e fly of a spinning-rock, R o x b . ;
synon. with Whorle.
Isl. thirill, rudicula capitata versadlis, Haldorson;
thy rill, Sw. tared,, vertieillnm quo laeticinia agitan-
tur ; Seren. Hallager gives Norw. tor el as denoting
" the stick wherewith butter is churned vo. Tidl.
A.S. thwiril3 bacillus quo agitatnr coagulum, Lye ;
thwyfd, " a churne-staffe: also, a flail,e, a scourge-
stick, a s w i n g e l l S o m n e r .
THORLE-PIPIMN, s. A species o f apple, in form
resembling a whorle, ibid.
T H O R N Y - B A C K , $. T h e Thornback, a fish,
Frith of Forth.
ec Raia clavata. Thornback; Thorny-hack" Neill's
List of Fishes, p. 28.
THOROUGH. To he thorough, to be sane, or
sound in mind, Tcviotd.
Apparently an ellipsis for " thoroughly in his min d."
TLIOROW-GO-NIMIILE, A n old term for
the diarrhoea, S. A . B o r . id., Brockett.
T o T H O R T E R , v.a. T o oppose, tothwart.]/MI;
2. T o cross the furrow in ploughing, South of S.
3. T o harrow the ridges in a field across the di-
rection of the ridges, Clydes. V. To Endlang.
4. T o g o backwards and forwards on any thing,
in the way of doing one's work completely; as
in sewing, when a person sews a piece of cloth
first one way, then another, S.; q. to go athwart-,
or transversely.
5. Metaph. applied to an argument. lie ihoriourd
it xveel, he sifted it thoroughly, lie tried it back-
wards and forwards, A n g .
T o THoRTEit-T11uow, v. a. T o pass an object
backwards and forwards, R o x b .
TIIORTER, prep. Across,, athwart, S.
— " Whilkis haill landjs—ar limitat—as followes;
To wit, beginnand at the watter of Tarress to
Rowaneburne and ihorter Ingreis yeattis to the fute
of Magilwod/' &c. Acts. Ja. VI. 1.609, Ed. 1814,
p. 448.
THORTER-KNOT, S. E x p l . " the knarry end o f a
brand) Moray.
« If—you were to look through an elf-bore in wood,
where a ihorter knot—has been taken out,—you may
see the elf-bull," &c. Northern Antiq. p. 4-04.
TH0RTER-0WER5|)rej). Across; a pleonastic term,
Roxb.
T H O R T Y R L A N D , S.
" T o remoif, red, & flit out of the said inland thor-
tyrland, yard, & forentres." Aberd. Reg. A. 1535,
V. 15.
This seems to be a denomination of land lying
across, in relation perhaps to the house attached to it.
oo7
T H O
Thortir lions is a phrase which occurs in the same
volume, apparently used in a similar sense.
TII OUT OUR, THUORTOUR, adj. Cross, trans-
verse.] Add;
It is the same term that is used in Berksh. " A
thurt over fellow; a cross-grained or ill-tempered
fellow;" Grose.
TIIOKTROX, adj. Having a transverse direction.
Thortron burnis in monthis hie
Sail stop na heid roume, thoch tliay be.
Balfour's Pract. p. 4 :';<). V . BORD.
I know not whether the unusual termination is
formed from Run, v., q. running cross.
T H O U G H T , THOUGHTY, 1. A moment.]
Add;
" Gie me a thought of time to it, I can do as gude
a day's darg as ever I did in my life." Monastery,
i. 18.9.
" The bird, wha was at the byre a though tie afore
us, cam rinnan back, cry an' that a lang white woman
woudna let her in." Edin. Mag. Dec. 1818, p. 50;>.
S. A small quantity of any tiling, A n g . , Aberd.
4. In some degree, somewhat, S.
" I—resolved to travel by land, though it was a
thought more expensive/' The Steam-Boat, p. 153.
Ye neeclna say mickle to ane whose heart is e'en
the saircr that she has been a thought to 'blame." St.
Ronan, ii. 22.
Thoch lie, id. Aberd.; as,, " Ye'r eathochtie wrang;
a thochtie better; a thochtie bigger," &c.
5 . A wee thought, in a small degree, S.
Whisht, whisht, man !—Ducholly is a wee
thought thin-skinned in matters of military precee-
sion." Tournay, p.. 13.
T H O U G H T - B A N E , _ T h e merrythouglit of
a fowl, Aberd. ; evidently an abbreviation of
the E. name. V. Bun..
T H O T J M , T H O W M E , S. T h e thumb; pron. q.
thoom, S.
" Anent the haling [healing] of his thowme " d-e.
Aberd. Reg. V. 25.
THOUM-RAPE., -v. A sort of rope made by twisting
straw on the thumb, S.
They wha canna make a Ihoum-mpe
O' thretty fchraws and three,
Is na worth thar mett [meat], I wot,,
Nor yet their penny fee.
# Auld Say, Gall Erie.
THOUM-SYME, S. U A n instrument for twisting
r o p e s g i v e n as synon. with Thrawcroolc;
Gall. En eye..
The last syllable is probably allied to Isl. sweim-a
oireumire, circtimferri, sweiiii levis motio, or swim
vertigo ; q. " the instrument which, in the operation
of twisting, is whirled round by the thumb."
TITUM-STOITI,E, A covering for the thumb.
V. THUM.-STEIL; • -
T o T H O U T , u, 71.. T o sob.]. Instead of the
etymon g i v e n , — i n s e r t ;
This seems radically the same with THUD, q. v.
V . also THAUT.
To T H O W , v, a. 2. T o remove the rigour, Ssc,l.
Adds " "
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Steeve, in bis plaid, ilk haim he rows,
An', wi his breath, the cranreuch ihoivs ;
Till anee ilk dinnlin finger glows.
Pickens Poems, i. 77-
T u o w , THOWE, s. T h a w . ] Add;
Nothing contributes more than a course of
changeable weather from one extreme to another,
to waste sheep; and nothing is more deficultto guard
against, which has given rise to the proverb,
Mony a frost, mony a tlioiv,
Soon maks mony a rotten ewe.
Assays Might Soc. iii. 473.
Thowe is the ancient form of the word in E.
cc° Thowe of snowe or other lyke. Resolutio. Li-
quef actio. Degelatio.— Thow-en or rneltyn as snowe
or frost. Resoluit. Soluit. Degelat." Prompt. Par v.
THOW-HOLE, ft. CI A name for the South as,
" the wind generally blows out of this quarter"
in the time of a thaw, Gall. Enc.
The mermaids can ought thole,
But frost out of the Ihoiv-holc.
An Id Superstitious Say" Ibid.
T U O W E L , s. T h e hollow in which the oar of
a boat acts.] Add ;
T ho id is E. and denotes a piece of wood by which
the oar is kept steady in rowing. V. Johns.
Su.G. lull, a art idly id. Isl tholl-r, arboris species ;
also palus, a stake.
T I HI A l l , adj. Back ward, reluctant to do any
thing'., Perlhs. V. TUUA.
'i'l i l l A I], prcj). rroni, T m v d d . This must
umk-ubtvul v be viewed, as a local corruption
rf Z'/V/.', it I.
T l f 1LV [• F, a-\). Thrajf dvilli:, E . of Fife.
T l i R A I v\ TIIRAVE, s. Twenty-four
sheaves.] Add; ,
Anent the wrangwiss spoliatioun of a stak of
aitis, extending to ii c & thre score of thr avis of fo-
thir Qodder], as was allege! t;—the lord is auditor is
deeretis," &c. Act. Audit. A. 1478, p. 60.
—<e The saidis Cristiane—sail content & paye to
the said Johnne xxiij b. of atis, & xl thr af of fothir,
or ellis the avale of thaim." Ibid.
It is sometimes written Thrieve.
cc I have thrashed a few thieves in the minister's
barn, prime oats they were, for the glebe had been
seven years in lea/' Lights and Shadows, p. 214.
T II HEAVER, One who in harvest is paid accord-
ing to the number of threaves he cuts down, S B.
^ While a reaper cuts, in the usual hasty manner
of a feed shearer, at the rate of nine threaves a-day,
a Ihrearer will, with less labour to himself, cut ten
threavesin the same time." Agr. Surv. Kincard. p.264.
TirREAVING, s. T h e mode of payment mention-
ed above, S.B.
Threavwg. This consists in paying each reap-
er individually according to his daily work, ascer-
tained by the number of thr eaves, of two stooks each,
and every stook twelvte sheaves, and each sheaf at
the band to fill a fork ten inches wide between the
prongs. The price commonly given is four-pence
the th reave." Ibid.
T o T H R A I N , t\
This may have been formed from the part, -pv.thrca-*
558
T H R
gende, or the gerund threagenne of A.S. threagan,
thrcan, corripere, reprehendere; or may be immedi-
ately allied to Su.G. traegen assiduus, pertinax, from.
trae desiderium, Isl. thr a pertinacia, i thr a obstinate.
T o T H R A L L , T H R I L L , v. a. 1. T o enslave.]
Add;
T o subject to any sort o f servitude; applied
to heritable property; an old forensic term.
<e That the said Robert sail nocht revoke nor again
call the said procuratour quhil it be vsit & hafe ef-
fect ; nor in the mene tyme quhil it be vsit sail be
na maner of way thrill tha landis, bot deliuer thaim
fre as said is." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1480, p. 70.
It is obviously the same with the v. to Thirl.
THRALL, adj. Enslaved, completely subjected
to. Tins word has been introduced as an O . E .
word by Mr. T o d d . I t was also used in S.
" Persaning alsua the Quene sa thrall, and swa
blindlie affectionat to the private appetyte of that
tyrane," &c. Anderson's Coll. ii. 222.
T o T H R A M L E , THRAMMLE aj)\ v. a. T o
wind, Buchan.
Fa' fast she's ca'd the rim about,
An' ihramTt a[f wi' awfu' rowt;
For friendship gae her oil.
Tarras's Poems, p. 112.
" ThrammTt, winded, reeled ;" Gl.ibid. Here the
term is used figuratively. Can this have any affi-
nity to the E. v. to Thrum to twist; or Isl. ihraum,
the extremity of any thing ?
T I I I I A M M E L , s. Meal and Thrammel, pro-
perly a little meal put into the mouth o f a sack,
at a miln, having a small quantity of water or
ale poured in, and stirred about. A t times it
is made up in the form of a bannock, and roast-
ed :in the ashes, Banff's.
In haf an hour he'se get his mess—
O' meal an; thrammel.
Taylor s S. Poems, p. 25.
Apparently a compound word, from Su.G. IsL
thr a, desiderium, also used to denote a failure of
strength, and miol, meal itself, or maal, a meal; q.
a portion taken for satisfying the present cravings of
nature, by one, who, being from home, has not had
a regular diet.
T H R A M M E L , s. T h e rope which forms part
of an ox's binding, fastened at one end to the
bakie or stake, at the other to the seley or yoke,
which goes round the neck, having a swivel at
the end which joins the sele ; Mearns, Aberd.,
Banff's, Moray.
Evidently of Goth, origin. Isl. thrimill signifies
a knot.
T o T H R A N G , v. n. T o throng, to rush in a
crowd; sometimes with the prep, out, in, &c. S.
The hurly-burly thrangs, ding-dang,
Wi' fock o' ilka station.
Tarras's Poems, p. <)3.
As they're thus cracking, a' the house thrangs out,
Gouping and gazmg at this new come rout.
Ross's Ilelenore, First Edit. p. 92.
A.Ror. " Thrang, v. to press, to thrust, to squeeze;"
Gl. Brockets
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THRANG, pret. Rushed.
Thurlgill thrang till a club,
So ferss he flaw in a dub.
Colkelbie Sow, F. 1. v. 219-
A.S. thrang, irruit, from thring-an irruere ; Isl.
threng-ia, urgere ; Dan iraeng-er, id.
T H R A N G , adj. 3. Crowded.] Add, as sense
3. Busy, busily employed ; sometimes applied to
the objects engaged ; as a W e ' r e thrang wi*'
wark ;—-we're thrang shearing;—thrang wash-
ing ;—thrang e'en now wi" the hairst," S.
A y thrang, little thing doing, soling the mini-
ster's hose/' S. Pro v . ; apparently spoken of those
who are busy in doing little.
The prep, at is sometimes used.
As they were at this dibber-derry thrang,
And Bydby still complaining of her wrang,
Jean, who had seen her coming o'er the moor,
Supposing't Nory, slips in at the door.
Ross's Helenore, p. 81.
A.Bor. " Thrang, a. much engaged, busily em-
ployed;" Gl. Brockett.
i . T h e term is often applied to the time or sea-
son of busy engagement, S.
c< This is the first day that you are to take the
place of your worthy mother in attending to the
public. It will be hard for you to fill her place,
especially on sic a thrang day as this." Tales of my
Landlord, ii. 69.
5. It is transferred to the engagement, or work
itself, S.
The E. form is sometimes given to the term, while
the S. sense is retained.
(c 'phg general calling of Christianity is a very
throng task, wherein a man needs never want an op-
portunity of doing service to God." Hutehesoii 011
John xii. 1., p. 150.
THRANG, <?. 1. A throng, a crowd, S.
Wi' some surprise the Squire beliads the thrang,
An' speers gin a' did to ae house belang.
Ross's Helenore, First Ed. p. 92, 93.
With great hams tram they thrimled thro' the
thrang. Ibid. p. 86.
A.Bor. cf Thrang, s. a crowd, a throng; pure
S a x o n G l . Brockett.
4. Pressure of business, S.
5. Intimacy, S.B.
It sets them well into our thrang to spy :
They'd better whisht, reed I sud raise a fry.
Ross's Helenore, p. 18.
6. Bustle, confusion, S.B.
Bydby—they call her, bargains tough and sair,
That Lindy there sud by his promise bide.—
And now your honour's heard what makes the
thrang. Ibid. p. 101.
THRANGERIE, s. A bustle, Ayrs.
" It'll be a grand ploy to my mother—for ye ken
she has such a heart for a thrangcrie butt and ben,
that, rather than want wark, she'll mak a baby of
the beetle, and dance till't." The Entail, ii. 129-
THRANGITY, S. T h e state o f being throng,
Fife.
T H R A P P L E , s. T h e windpipe, S.
559
H R
Thrapple, the windpipe of any animal.—They
still retain it in the Scottish dialect; we say rather
throttle;" Johns. Diet. V . T H R O P I L L .
T o T H R A P P L E , v. a. T o throttle or strangle, S. ]
Add;
An' lusty thuds were dealt about,
An' some were maistly thrappVt
Wi' grips, that night.
Code's Simple Strains, p. 136.
" We'se no hae a lamb-cloot 011 a' the Caul side o
Dunscore, if we (hrapple the gudeman o' the flock."
Blackw. Mag. May 1(>':20, p. 1 5 9 .
T o T I - I R A P P L E up, v. a. T o devour in eating,
to gobble up, A n g .
T o T H I t A P P L E , v. a. T o entangle with cords,
Ber wicks.
Perhaps it has been originally applied to an ani-
mal catched by throwing ropes about its neck or
throat. V. the v. T H R A P F L E .
T H R A S H , s. A rush, Loth., Ayrs.
Whiles, whan I gade owre the burn,
'Yont the green, an' thro' the thrashes,
I hae lain an' heard her sing,
An' to hear how glib she gashes.
Pickens Poems ITS 8, p. 155. V. THRUSH.
To T H R A T C H , W. TO gasp convulsively/
&c.] Add;
If I but grip you by the collar,
I'll gar you gape, and glour, and gollar,
An' thr at eh an' thraw for want o' breath—•
Ae squeeze o' that wad be your death.
Beatties John d Am ha', p. 28.
Add to etymon;
Isl. Ihriotska, defect us, Verel.; thruska, mulier ia-
boriosa, apparently, a woman in labour, from thrush-
a strepere, thr ask strepitus. Or Thratch may have
origin ated by m can s of a slight tr an sp osit i on from A.S.
thraesUan torquere : which is perhaps a frequenta-
tive from threag-an, thre-an, or Ihram-an, also sig-
nifying torquere. From ihraesl-an is formed tkraest-
nesse torment am.
T H R A V E , * . Twenty-four sheaves. V.THRAIF.
T o T H R A V E , v. n. T o work by the throve in
harvest, to have wages in proportion to the
number o f thraves, A b e r d , , Mearns.
T I I R A V E R , s. One who works according to this
ratio, ibid. V. under THR A IF.
T o T H R A W , v. a. 1. T o wreathe.] Add;
6. To Thraw with, to contend, to be in bad hu-
mour with.
ec He caused the duke to thraw with him, til! he
gave over certain benefices to give unto his friends."
Pitscottie, p. 194, Ed. 1?6S.
7- T o Thraw the mou\ literally, to distort the
face^; nietaph. to express dissatisfaction, R o x b .
c( Ye shoudna repine, goo dm an, Ye're something
ill for throwing your mou at Providence now and
then." Bkckw.*Mag. Mar. 1823, p. 312.
T o T H R A W , v. n. 1. T o cast, to warp, S.
2. T o twist from agony, A n g .
~F11 gar you gape, and glowr, and gollar,
An' thratch an' thraw for want o breath, &c,
John d Amha, p. 28, V. THRATCH, V..
 T H It
T H R A W , S. One turn of the hand in twisting any
thing, S.
—"" Thretty th raws ami three" are, in a tradition-
ary rhythm, represented as necessary for making a
straw-rope. V . T I I O U M - R A P E .
T I I R A W E N V D A Y S , S. A " name for a petted child ;
sometimes, a a id titrate en-dayes** Gall. E n c . ;
transferred perhaps to the child itself from the
circumstance of his being occasionally actuated
by a perverse humour for a whole day, whence
it might be said ; " T h i s is ane o1 his thraicn
days?
T i n t A WIN, part. adj. 2. Cross-grained, perverse.]
Add;
cc I'll be as thrawn's you, though you were as
thrannis the woody." Donald and Flora, p. 13. toms as would, indicate the influence of witchcraft."
This is a proverbial phrase, S.
In his ear rung the merry notes which she sang, observing that the shrewmou.se is very mischievous
as he strode away in offended dignity, and half to eattel;" fur going over beast's hack"' it " will
thought that the thrawn lassie wished to wyle him make it lame in the ehine/' These three writers, as
back again." Toumay, p. 2 7 8 .
T H I I A W I N - M O W X T , ad}. Twisted in the mouth. nation for a vixen to this venomous animal.
Ane moyane of fonte ihrawbi monnt, without T I I R A W S - S P A N G , ,v. A rod of iron attach-
armes, maid be II an is Cochrane," &c. Inventories,
A ; 1578, p. 249. '
T IT it A wi N N ESS, s. Perverseness, obstinacy, S.
T H R A W N - G A B R I T , adj. Peevish, ill-tempered^
i i o x b . ; from the addition of Gab to Thraxon
q. expressing ill humour by the distortion o f
the month.
T H E A W , 6*. A pang, &c.] Add;
Tin:AW in the belly, beliy-ach, gripes.
Tormen alvi, a Ihraw in the bellied Wedderb.
Vocab. p. If).
THRAW* A n g e r , ill humour, S.] Add;
When aulcl Lucky Nature divided her gear,
She gied to her bairns braw lairclships to rear; T H R E E F A U L I ) , adj.
But unto Miss Scotia, just out of a thraw,
She gave a bleak wilderness, barren and raw.
Tram's Mountain Muse, p. 113.
T H R A W , s. A short space of time.] Add;
e: Throrve or lytyll whyle. Momentum. Morula/ 3
Prompt. Parv.
T11 it A w A it rr- R, 1 K E , aclj. Having the appearance
of crossness ; or of great reluctance, S.
But ugly as she was there was no cure,
But I maun kiss her, cause I was the wooer.
— B u t I assure you I look'd wondrous blate;
A n d very Ihrawart-Uke I yeed in by.
Ross's Helenore, p. 36.
T H R A W A R T X E S , T I I R A W A R D N E S S E , S. P e r v e r s e -
ness, S.
" Bot insted of thankfull hartis and gude obe-
dience, iiir Hienes clemency is cotnounly abusit
and recompansit with thrawartnes and ingratitude/'
Procl. Q. Mary, 1567, Keith's Hist. p. 397.
Itemoue from mee all thrawardnessej
Als well in mynde, as into deid.
Poems of the Sixteenth Century, p. 70*
T o T H R A W up, v. n. T o grow u p hastily, to
make rapid increase in stature 5 especially ap-
plied to young people, Loth,
t h i s must have been originally the same with IsL tangere.
560
T H R
thro-a crescere facio, augeo, and thro-ast, increment
turn sumo; whence throan and throtte, incrementuni
ac vires viriles. G. A11 dr. p. 268. Thrang-a, diu
vigeo ; ibid. p. 2()7- Su.G. tri/h-as, and E. thrive,
certainly belong to the same family.
T H R A W - M O U S E , s. T h e shrew-mouse, So-
rex araneus, Linn., Mearns.
It is thus denominated q. " distorting mouse/'
from the belief of its having the power to thraw or
distort animals by running over them. " Hence,"
says an intelligent correspondent, <c the English
have called it shrennnouse, and the Danes skoumnsz,
from the same belief."
Skinner deduces the name from Tent, he-schrey*
en, fasdinare, " because those who are bitten by this
little animal, arc affected with such violent symp-
Phillips, or Kersey, carries the matler still farther,
well as Junius and I -ye, agree in tracing the E.design
ed by the one end to the beam of the plough,
immediately before the insertion of the handle^
and having the other end fastened to that part
of the plough which descends perpendicularly
downwards to the na'rkie-pia^ Orkn. T h e use
of the thraics-s/jaag' is to prevent the plough
from being; st raighlened bv the draught.
T H UKA D O " B L L L , a. phrase used to denote
anv t lung m v r;ling or conversation that is
snmil v, Gall, E n c . ; ({. a thread not correspond-
ing in colour with the rest of ihe web.
T i l R E A V I N G , and T H R E A V E I L V . under
T nil A I F , s.
Threefold, S. _
THICK and TIIHEEFAULD,- a phrase applied to a
number o f objects which are placed near one a n -
other, or follow each other in close succession ;
as, " Ills come ihiclc and threrfaald 011 h i m , "
misfortunes befal him in close succession, S.
<e Saints, after long sparing, may expect their
trials will come thick and threefold upon them, and
that their being laid under one trial will not be a
shelter to hide them from another." Hutcheson on
John lfi. 4.
T H R E E - G I R R D , adj. Surrounded with three
hoops, S.
. I wadna gie my three-girr'd cap
For e'er a queue on Bogie.
Burns, Cromelcs Reliques, p. 247- Giiiin
T H R E E - N E U K I T , adj. Triangular, as Four*
neuldt signifies square, S.
T H R E E P s. V. T H R E P E .
T H R E E P L E , adj. Triple, Aberd. - T h i s must
be a corr. either of the E . word, or o f A . S
thriefeald, triplex.
T H REEPTREE, T h e large beam which is
immediately connected with the plough, Clydes.
IsL threp abacus, absessus; threif-a contrectare^
 T H E
T H R E E - T A E D , adj. « Having three prongs *
S., GL. Burns. V. TAE.
T H R E F T , adj. Reluctant, &c.] Add;
This is probably the same with A.Bor. tharf.
« Tharf and Threa, unwilling," Grose. Threa must
be viewed ad merely a variety of our Thra, sense 3.,
obstinate.
T H R E I S H I N , s. E x pi. " c o u r t i n g , S . B . B u t
this must be the same with TREESHIN, q. v.
T H R E L L M U L T U R E , multure due at a miln
T M R
T H R E S H W A L D , s. Threshold.] Jddt
Ihre derives the term, in the various forms which
** has assumed, from Su.G. trod-a to tread, and sijll,
the timber or stone at the foot of the door, E. silL
T H R E S H W A R T , T H R E S I I W O R T , S. T h e name
given to the threshold, Fife. "
This may be merely a corr. of the ancient term
threshwald. But perhaps it ought to be observed
that Su.G. word, which properly signifies sepimen-
t u m ; a s compounded with sten, denotes the threshold,

b y thirlage. V . T H R I L L , adj. wordslen. V . Ihre, vo. Word.

T H R E N E , * A traditionary and vulgar adage . ^reshwartis distinguished from thedore-slane,
•' - 1 * -i /» & the former denoting the sill or piece oi wood, above
or assertion often implying the idea of super- the dore in ol§ h on\vhlch the shutj

stition, Perths.; synon. with Rane, Tronic, and a s Jt w a s a k ( j m e a n t for t h r o w i n g off t h e rain-

l T d m T TignifiesVumor fama I suspect how T H R E T T E N E , adj. Thirteen, S.] Add ;

S o f ^ S t Pr°Ver,;ial C°;rUPti°n ^ t T i e the°lenyhowry

To THREPE, ». 1. T o aver with pertina- J a d M ^ Z ^ h e t S a i held that state.
City ] Add; Wyntown, V. X I . 363.
T H R E T T Y P E N N I E S , a denomination of
He wolde thr'epe vpon me money, formerly very common in S.,
that I haue his penne." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 389, a. lJ obsolete.

Dr. Johns, mentions Threap as " a country word.' Y o u w a n t a pingle—lassie, weel and guid—

2. T o contend, to quarrel. ' T i s ^rethj pennies.—

Na thank me not ouir airlie for dreid that we tkreip. „ tillage Fair, Blac/cw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 429.
liauf Coihjear, A. iij, a. " Two-pence halfpenny British/' N.
3. T o urge with pertinacity, South of S. THKID, S. T h e third part, S.
« But the poor simple bairn himsel, that had nae " T h e s a i d V m f r a h a s r e s o l l e t o t h e l h r i d > wdanis
" - awledge
°
of
_
the
_ _
wickedness
_ . . .
of human
. .
nature that
„
the schiref-deliuer
' ih',1 4.1 the said£-» Vmfra&
A ,-x. T \ his -
than a calf has of a flesher's gully, he threapit to see n a n d i s a n e e v i n l y t h r i d tharof." Act. Dom. Cone,
the auld hardened blood-shedder, and trysted wi' A " P- 3 2 "
to meet wi' some of the gang—the neist d a y / ' , " T h e K i n g m a y set i n t a k t0 c l u h o m e h e .
&c St Ronan ii o 0 the teindis, landis, maillis, fermis, and dewteis of
THREPE, THREAP, s. 1.
j jj(1
A vehement or
. "
perti- in the / W r f ^ o f benefices, swa lang as
the samin remanis with his Hienes be ressoun of as-

T o K,,,:,. one's THREEP, to' continue pertinaci- T H B C A N D T ^ x f ^ t h o d rf letting arable

y o n A y ^ ^ ^ ^ n t h t h e produce l l o x b . , Gl. Bibb.

J
I- not perfectly
1 - - Jconfident,
-- > _Lady
that . Ashton—' Tem is a corr. of Teind, a tithe.
will, as Scotchmen say, keep her threep; and that T H R I E S T , s. Constraint,
her husband dares not contradict her." Bride of " He will not give an inch of his Will, for a i
Lammermoor, ii. 323. of his Thriest S. Prov. ; " spoken of wilful
2. E x p l . « contest." obstinate people, who will not comply with your
" Between thirteen and thrice three the threep m o s t advantageous proposals, if contrary to their

shall be ended." perverse humours." Kelly, p. 150, 151.

" Before 1322, when the infant king shall have - signifies
l t properly - -- that - ; aa little
little that
" goes with one's
compleated his 10th year, the victorious regent shall o w n inclination, seems preferable to a great deal, or

subdue the English [Saxons], and then the contest
Zthreepl between the two nations shall cease/" Lord
Hailes' Remarks on the Hist, of Scot. p. 104.
3. A p p l i e d to traditionary superstition, R o x b . ,
Dumfr.
« But they stick to it, that they'll be streekit, and
f an auld wife when they're dying to rhyme ower
d ballants, and charms, as they ca' them,
what is in itself far better, if forced on one. It is
undoubtedly the same with Thrist, q. v.
T H R I E V E , <9. T w e n t y - f o u r sheaves o f corn,
V. T H R A I F .
T H R I F E , ,9. Prosperity ; like E . Thrift.
" It lies pleisit his maist excellent Maiestie, ac«
knawledgeing the vnspeikable favour,-—bot hardlie
expected coniunctioun of twa sa ancient and langdiV

^ an auld threep o* theirs." Guy blischit continuance of the samyn,

iii. 110. be sa inseparablie conjoint, as all efl
" An auld threep, a superstition obstinately per- suld find the sweitnes of the thrife,
sted in of o l d G l . Antiq. and felicitie, quhilk by the perfyte
 Tv H R T H R
thair of, may continew to the world is end." Acts wdiose song is first heard, generally in the beginning
Ja. VI. 1604, Ed. 1814, p. 263. _ of February.
Isl. thrif, 1. bona fortona, felicitas ; 2. diligentia T H R I S S L Y , adj. Testy, crabbed, S . B . ] Add
domestica; 3. bonus corporis habitus ; Haldorson. to etymon ; — o r Isl. trclsk-r difficilis, obsthia-
* THRIFTLESS, adj. T h e only sense given of this tus, treysleyke pertinacia.
word in E . is 44 profuse, extravagant;" Johns. THRIST, Thirst, S. wrta
In S., however, it is also frequently used in a " Lang process of time vincussis thame behungir
lower sense, as signifying unprofitable, what and tlirisl." Bellend. T. Liv. p. 431.
does not tend to prosperity. Hunger and thr isl in steed of meit and drink.—
It seems to bear this sense in what is perhaps the Lindsay's 2)rente. V. T a i d , S.
oldest specimen of Scottish poetry extant, except the Chaucer uses thrust in the same sense.
verses on the death of Alexander the Third. This is " Who shall then yeve me a contrarious drinke to
preserved by the venerable Caxton. staunch the thrust of my blisfull bitternes ?" Test,
" At that tyme the Englvsshnien were clothed al of Love, p. 483, Urry.
in cotes & hodes peynted with lettres and with floures T o T I I R I S T , V. N. T o t h i r s t , S .
ful semely with longe berdes. And therfor the Scottes T I I R I S T E R , S. O n e w h o t h i r s t s f o r .
made a bylle that was fastned vpon the chirche (lores " The carle Douglas wold not obey command,—
of Seynt Petre toward Stangate ; and thus sayd the be reasotin the king was but—ane hloodie imirtherar
scripture in despyte of Englysshmen. of his a w i n blood,—ane fals vngodlie ihrisler of in-
Longe berde hertelees, nocent blood," &c. Pitscottie's Cron. p. 10y.
Peynted hoode witlees, T11 III STY, a d j . Thirsty, S.
Gaye cote gracelees, Too oft my Ihristij throat to cool,
Makes Englond thriftlees." I went to visit the punch bowl,
The Chronicles of Englond, A. 1480, Ca, cc, xiij°. Which makes me now wear reddish wool
This specimen of national satire was given in the reign Instead of black.—Dominie Depos'd, p. 46.
ff A.Bor. thrush/, thirsty, a word used by Chaiw
of Edward II. more than five hundred years ago.
T o T H R Y L L , V. A. 1. T o enslave. V. THRALL. c e r ; " Gl. Brockett.
T H U T L L , T I I R E L L , adj. Astricted. Thrill mutter, It occurs in the following passage;
the fee for grinding at a certain niiln, which te- My soul for ang 11 is is nowe ful thru sly,
nants are bound to pay according to the custom I faint, I faint right sore, for hevines.
of thirlage. Lament. M. Magdaleinc, v. 708.
" The actio mi—movit be Master Robert Hamyl- THRISTINESS, T h e same with Thrist, s.
tone provest of Bothvele, and the chaplanys of the TIT III S T , s. 1. Difficulty, pressure.] Add;
CZ A push, R o x b .
satnyn, agains Alex1" Balye twiching the thrill mid-
ler of the land is of Carnfyne <Sy- Carnebro," &c. Act. 3. T h e action of the jaws in squeezing the juice
Audit. A. 147 L p. 21. from a quid of tobacco, ibid.
— et And for the wrangwis wdialding of the thr ell —What pleasure's found,
multure & sukkin awing to the said Alexandris mylne While as thou dries the tither/Ara/,
of the cornez," &c. Act. Audit, A. 1488, p. 124, And wamble round.
T o T H R I M L E , T H R U M B L E , V. A. 1 , T o p r e s s , Addr. to Tobacco, A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 101.
to squeeze.] Add, as sense TIIRYST, A n engagement, Gall.
% T o handle, Galloway, Dumfr., Ettr, For, " Thr 1 j si, a promise to do any thing, a kind of vow;,
An' taylors, fain the gear to thrimnile to set a thryst, to make a promise to perform some-
Of coward coofs, thing at a certain place and time;" Gall. Enc- p. 447.
Made powder measures of their thimbles Tins must be traced to Thvist, v., to trust; or
To sca'd their loofs. viewed as merely a provincial variety of Tryst.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 36. T H R O , adj. E a g e r , V . T H R A. .
T o T H R I M L E , z ? . ? 2 , TO wrestle, to fumble, ] Add; T F I R O C I I - A N D - T H R O U G H , a d v . Completely
A.Ror. " Ihrimple, to fumble;" Grose. through, Aberd. This is the pron. of the
T o T H R I M P , v. a. T o press, V . T H I I U M P . > phrase as still retained, S.JB. V. THROUGH, p m ? .
T o T U R I N G , x>. a. T o press, to thrust.] Add; T o T H R O C K , v. a. T o throng, T w e e d d .
" So it was in the beginning lieere among vs after T11 ROCK, s. A crowd, a throng, ibid.
the Reformation, when papistrie was put away; it Isl. throk-a urgere ; throk ursio, G.Andr. It also
was a wonder to see how men and wemen did tjiring appears in the form of thryck-ia(premere), Dan.
in, and were glad to indure great labour, and suffer trykk-e, id.
afflictions for the Religion." Rollock on 1 Thes. p. 30. T H R O O K , s. A n instrument for twining ropes;
T F I R I N T E R , 5. A sheep of three years old, synon, with Thraw-eruk and Wyle, Gall.
Lanark s. ; q. three winters. V , T H RUN TEE. " Thr00k, the wyle, the thr aw-crook, the twister
T H R I S S E L - C O C K , s. T h e Missel-bird or Gall. Enc. p. 446.
Shrite, T a r d u s viscivorus,Gesner; the Thros- From A.S. thrcag-an torquere; or Isl. throk-a, thrug*
tle-cock of the North of England. a premere, urgere, throk, thrugan, vis, coactio.
<f Serinus Gesneri. A n qui nostratibus ThrisseU T H R O O S H , pret. of the v.to Thresh, Ettr. For.;,
cock dicitur r" Sibb. Prodr. P. II. Lib, 3, p. 18, pron. q. thruish, (Gr. v.\
This is the largest species of thrush; a n d the o n e T o T H R O S T L E ,
562
 T H E
Thou hot-fac'd sun ! who cheers the drooping warkl,
And gars the hunt]ins throstle, by thy pow'r,
Look laughing frae thy sky—and with thy heat
Temper the scatter'd clouds, and souder all
Into the perfect year.—Davidson s Seasons, p. 8.
I have not been able to learn the meaning of this
word. If it signify to warble, it may be from Isl.
thrusk-a strepere; C.B. trwst noise, tncslyll, what
makes a din or murmur ; if to thrive, we might trace
it to Isl. throsk-az, maturescere.
T o THROUGH, T H R O U G H , V. a. T o c a r r y t h r o u g h . ]
Add;
2. T o pierce through, to penetrate.
" Declares, that both catts were dead in my appre-
hension, and was throught with my durk, yet not one
drop of blood came from them." Law's Mem. Pref.cii.
T H R O U C H E - F A I R , adj. O f or b e l o n g i n g to a tho-
roughfare.
— " To mak prisonis, stokkis, and irnes, nochtonlie
at the held burgh, bot also at the principall throuche
%fair townis and paroche kirkis," >&c. Acts J a. VI.
Ed. 1814, p. 576.
T H it o u C H L i E , adv. T h or on gh 1 y.
— f c And for sindrie vtheris sene and profitable
caussis, digestlie considerit, throuchUe advysit and
concludit be his Maiestie,—have thairfoir ratefeit,"
&c.- Acts Ja. VI. 1606% Ed. IS 14, p. 812.
THROUGH-ART, S. Used perhaps as equivalent
to Boat, a small aperture.
— c c We'll strike through a through-art, an it were
but to see a seek £sick] beast." II. Blyd's Contract.
V . SIIRIG.
It may perhaps have originally signified a loop-
hole ; from the v. to Airt, to take aim, q. an aperture
or place struck through for airting.
T H R O U G H - B A N D , T H K O C G I I - B A N 1 , S. A stone which
goes the whole breadth of a wall, Galloway.
" It is essential to the durability of a dyke, that
each individual stone be laid on a proper bed, that
the stones frequently overlap one another, to break,
as they term it, but more properly to bind and con-
nect the joints alongthe two rows forming the double;
and likewise, that the two sides be well bound to-
gether by long stones laid across, termed through-
hands." Agr. Surv. Galloway, p. 88.
" It is a much better plan, where a considerable
proportion of the stones are large, to build snecks of
single dyke, at intervals of three yards, or else to
increase the number of through-hands in every part
of the double dyke." Ibid. p. 85.
Through-hands, the long stones which bind
dykes Gall. Enc.
THROW-GANG, S. A thoroughfare.] Add;
— " lies w rang on sly occupy t ane througang &
entres of ane yett." Aberd. Reg. A. 1538, V. 16'.
ff Ane thrown ane of ane gait," i. e. of a road.
Ibid. Cent. Id. "
T H R O U G H - B E A R I N ' , s. A livelihood, the means
of sustenance, S.
T H R O I T G A ' I N , T H R O W G A U X , part. adj. 1. Active,
pushing, S.; q. " going through" any business.
"" She seems to be a plump and jocose little wo-
man ; gleg, blythe, and throivgann for her years."
Blackw". Mag. Dec. 1820, p. 9J)5.
508
T H R
« Betty Lanshaw—was an active through-going
woman, and wonderfu' usefu' to many of the cotters'
wives at their lying-in." Ann. of the Par. p. 30.
A throw-gaun man is one whom slight obstacles
will not impede.
" It is said that one who reflects little, but dashes
away, is a through-o-aun person ;" Gall. Enc. But
while it denotes promptitude and steadiness, in ope-
ration, it does not necessarily imply the idea of
precipitation.
2. Prodigal, wasting property, Clydes.
A.S. thurh-gan, ire per, permeare; used in a me-
tapli. sense.
T I I R O U G H - G A N G I N G , part. adj. Active, having a
great deal of action ; a term used by joekies, S.
" Ye're a gentleman, sir ; and should ken a horse's
points; ye see that through-ganging thing that Balma-
whapple's on; I selled her till him." Waverley,ii.i246.
T j i u o u g 11-gau nt, A severe philippic, enter-
ing into all the minutiae o f one's conduct, S.
— " The folk that were again him, gae him sic an
awfu' th rough-gann about his rinnin awa, and about
a' the ill he had ever dune or said for a the forepart
o his life, that Patie says, he looked mair like ane
dead than living." Rob Roy, ii. l().
T I I R O U G I I - P I T T I N > , s. 1 . A bare sustenance, S . ;
as much as puis one through.
2. A rough handling, U p p . Clydes.
T H R O U ^ T H E R , adj. 1. Confused in regard to
mind or manner ; as, " He's but a ihrcncthcr
kind (f chief: 1 S.
2. Used as denoting that confusion which flows
from distemper, S.
Wee!, tho' he was so sadly ihrou'ther,
Since than he ne'er leuk*d o'er his shouther.
Pickens Poems, i. 62.
T H R O U G H O T H E R , T H R O W I T I I E R , adv. Confused-
ly.] Add;
Colonel Monro gives this phraseology in a kind of
English form, putting the second term in the plural.
— ' i d i e enemy storming the walles, the defenders
for want of powder, threw sand in their enemies
eyes, knocking them do wne with the b utts of muskets,
having beene divers times pell-mel through others."
Monro's Exped. p. 11.
T H R O U G I I - S T O N E , S. A stone which goes through
a wall, S.O. Through-hand, synon.
" I have built about thirty rood of stone-dike five
feet high, with two rows of through stones, connecting
Saunders Mill's garden-wall with the fence about the
Fir Belt." Lights and Shadows, p. 2 1 . 0 .
T H R O U G H S T O N E , ,9. V. THROCH-staxk.
T H i l O U G H THE N E E D L E E E , the name
of a game among young people, in which two of
them form anarch with both their hands, having
the fingers interlaced. T h e rest, who hold each
other by the skirts, following in aline, attempt
to pass under the arch. T h e first, who is called
the Ji'tug, is sometimes laid hold of by those,
who form the arch, each letting fall one of in-
arms like a portcullis for inclosing the passen-
ger. B u t more generally the king is suffered
to pass, tho attempt being reserved for the :ast^
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w h o , if seized, is called the prisoner. .
as he is made captive, he takes the place o f
o f those who formed the arch,
wards stands b y his side. T h e play is continued
till they are all taken in succession; South of S.
It is differently played in Mearns, Aberd., and
me other counties ; according to the account which
:S been kindly furnished by an intelligent friend.
A number of boys stand with joined hands in a
and the boy at one end of the link ad-
the boy at the other end, calling him by his
name in the following r h y m e : —
I wad feed yoiTwi^ claret wine.
Claret wine is gude and fine;
Through the needle-ee, boys.
The boy to whom this is addressed makes room
between himself and his next neighbour; as they raise
and extend their arms, to allow the opposite boy
to run through the opening, followed by all the other
boys still linked to each other. If in running through,
the link should be broken, the two boys who are the
" Often, in the nights, whe
wi' Through-the-
Needle-ee,—I yearned to holy Abbot's
purse, to buy myseF a wee *
Spaewife, i. 128.
It seems to have an obvious relation to the con-
sequence of successful warfare, when captives were
made to pass under the yoke.
T H R O W E , T H H O U , prep. 1. B y ; not merely sig-
nifying " b y means o f , " as sometimes in E . but
denoting a personal agent, one acting officially.
" That ilk aulderman and bailyeis of burrowys
call befor thame the burgessis, and ger cheiss lele
and trewe men in maner as is befor saide, takande
with thame the curate of the towne chargit be the
gret aithe throwe the biscliope." Acts Ja. I. A. 1424,
Ed. 1814, p. 5.
± B y authority of.
" It is decretyt throu the haill parliament, & for-
bodyn be oure souerane lorde the king, that ony ligis
[leagues] or bandis be maid amangis his liegis in the
realm e." Pari. Ja. I. 1425, Acts Ed. 1814, p. 7.
THRUCH-STAKE, A flat grave-stone.] Add;
Satchels uses the term.
My guid-sir Satchels, I heard him declare,
There was nine lairds of Buccleugh buried there :
But now with rubbish and earth it's filled up so high,
But nine tomb-stones he saw with both his eyne.
Hist. Name of Scot, p. 41.
« A t Edinburgh, the 3d day of December 1701 ;
the same day the council being informed, that the
through stone of the deceast George Buchanan lyes
sunk under the ground of the Grey-friars; therefore,
they appoint the chamberlain to raise the same, and
clear the inscription thereupon, so as the same may
be legible," Chalmers Life of Ruddiman, p. 349.
Add to etymon ;
Thurrok is rendered by Tyrwhitt, « the hold of a
ship." But he seems to have misapprehended the
meaning of the word. For Fraunees says; " Thur-
"" ' 56h
H U
rok of a shyp. Sentina." Prompt. Parv. Now in Ort.
Vocab., of Sentina it is said, Est locus fetidus in naui,
cui flaunt aque: and the term is expl. by Cooper,
" A sinke; jakes ; the pompe of a ship/'
The correspondent term to Thruch-stane in O.E.
is " Throwe or throw-stone of a buryyng. Sarehofa-
gus." Prompt. Parv. A.Bor. " Thruf-stone, a tomb
stone;" Gl. Brockett. This is evidently the same
word, with the substitution of the labial for the an-
T o T H R U M , v. 71. T o pur as a cat, Lanarks.;
A . B o r , id. Grose.
T H R U M M E R , 6-. A contemptible
Lanarks. ; an itinerant minstrel, R o x b .
From the E. v. to Thrum, which seems formed from
A.S. thearm, intestinum; the strings of various i
ments being made of tharm, or the gut of 1
T H R U M M Y - T A I L ' D , adj. A contemptuous
epithet applied to women who wear fringed
gowns or petticoats, A n g . F r o m E . Thrum.
Since Lammas I'm now gaing thirty an' twa,
An' never a dud sark had I yet gryt or sma';
As thrum my-tail'd Meg that's a spinner V t ™
Ilosss Rock and Wee Pickle Tow.
T o T H R U M P , v. a. 1. T o press, U p p . Clydes.;
also pron. Thrimp.
T o press, as in a crowd ; as, " I was thrumpit
up," ibid.
3. T o push ; especially applied to school-boys,
when they push all before them from the one
end of a form to another, ibid., R o x b .
This term, in Upp. Clydes., is distinguished from
the v. to Chirt, which implies that the pressure is
from each end of the form towards the middle of it.
TBRUMP, S. T h e act of pushingin this manner, ib.
sare, protrudere; A.S. thrijm, multitudo, turba^
T H R U N T E R , s. A ewe in her fourth year,
R o x b . ; synon. Frunter, q. v.
A.S. thri-winler, thry-wintre, trinus, triennis, " of
three yeares old;" Sonmer. An thri-wintre hrythyr,
triennis vitula; thri-wintre ramm, triennis aries, Lye,
T H R U S C H I T , part. pa. Thrust, forcibly
« And
A ri rlthaireftir
tlv the deponar pat his left 1
his majesteis leaft schulder, and pullit vp the brod
of the windo, quhairvnto the said Mr. Alexander
had thruschit his majesteis heid and
Acts Ja. VI. 1600, Ed. 1814, >14, p. 206.
Isl. lliryst-a trudere.
T H U A , adj. T w o ; Aberd. Reg.
T H U D , s. A n y loud noise, &c.] Add;
A.Bor. " Thud, the noise of a fall, a stroke <
a blunt and hollow sound;" Gl. Brockett.
4. A stroke, &c.] Add;
An' lusty thuds were dealt about,
An' some were maistly thrappl't
Wi'-grips, that night.
Cock's Simple Strains, p. 136.
5. Used in a moral sense, as denoting the violent
assaults of temptation.
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all this worlde is full of " Spence is again tortured, and his thumbs crushed
the diuell blowes, and all his impes are euer blowing with thumbikins. It is a new invention used among
and raising a storme: it is a stormie world, and all the Coliers when transgressors; and discovered by
the thuds light on the sillie creature." Rollock on General Dakiell and Drummond, they having seen
1 Thes. p. 121. them used in Muscovy." Fountainh. i. 300.
IsL thyt-r, fremitus venti proruentis, exactly cor- T H U M B L E S , ,9. pi Round-leaved Bell-flowers,
responds with sense 1. V. Haldorson. S. Campanula rotundifolia, Linn. V. WITCH-
T o T H U D , v. a. T o wheedle, to flatter, L o t h . BELLS.
Corr. perhaps from C.B. hud-o, to wheedle. T H U M B - L I C K I N G , s. A n ancient mode o f
T H U D , S. T h e act o f wheedling or flattering, ib. confirming a bargain, S.L Insert, after—sym-
T H U L M A R D , s. A polecat; in some places bol, 1. 1 5 . ;
thumart, S. V. FOWMAHTE. — " In a bargain between two Highlanders, each
" By the way his dog catched a thidmard.—When of them wets the ball of his thumb with his mouth,
they were all at prayer, the evil spirit beat them with and then joining them together, it is esteem'd a very
the dead thnlmard, and threw it before them/5 Rela- binding act." Burt's Letters, ii. 222.
tion of an Apparition, &c. Law's Mem or. App. p. 274. That trait of ancient maimers in the Hebrides,
* T H U M B , s. mentioned by Martin, claims a common origin.
From the variety of proverbial phrases in which " Their antient leagues of friendship," he says,
the thumb is introduced, it appears to have been ac- " were ratify'd by drinking a drop of each other's
counted by our ancestors a very important member. blood, which was commonly drawn out of the little
It is spoken of, indeed, as if it had been the chief in- linger. This was religiously observ'd as a sacred bond:
strument of operation, or at least the special symbol and if any person after such an alliance happen'd
of power. to violate the same, he was from that time reputed
Hence, of any thing supposed to be a vain attempt, unworthy of all honest mens conversation." Mar-
it is said, Ye needna Fash your Thoum, S. tin's West. Isl. p. 109.
In the same sense another proverbial saying is used, Insert, col. after—aceeptare, 1. 1 2 . ;
in relation to any thing viewed as not attainable by I have observed another proof of the existence of
the person who is addressed; That's aboon your this custom, even among the later Goths; with this
difference only, that, in entering into their covenant,
Then Lindy to stand up began to try, they drew the blood from the palms of their hands.
But, by your favour that's aboon his thumb, Far thetta sidan bundit fastmaelum their vokudu sier
For he fell arselins back upon his bum. hlodz i lofum, (S. luves), oc gengu under jar da r men,
Ross's Helenore, p. 43. &c. Formatum deinde hoc fed us sanguinis e vol is
T o P U T or C L A P the T H O U M O N any thing, to eductione, et eundo sub cespitibus, (V. de hoc ritu
conceal it carefully; as, Clap your thoum on that9 Arngrimi Jonae Crymogaea, p. 101. seq.) addito
keep it secret; I mention that to you in confi- jurejurando, fore, ut qui superstes esset, occisi sodalis
dence, S. mortem vindiearet, Historia Thorstani Wik, S. c.
" To bend or bow down the thumbes, when wee give 21. ap. Ihre vo. Fosterbroder, p. 527.
assent unto a thing, or doe favour any person, is so It seems that some such custom prevailed among
usuall, that it is grown into a proverbiall speech, to the Burgundians. For a noble lord, of this country,
bid a man put down his thumbe in token of approba- A. 1242, gave investiture to a Prior per pollicem dis-
tion." Pliny's Nat. Hist. B. xxviii. c. 2. train. The same custom was observed in Dauphine*
R U L E of T H O U M . To do a thing by Rule of Thoum,
V. Du Cange, vo. Investitura, col. 1531.
to do it nearly in the way of guess-work, or at It would appear that there had been a similar cus-
hap-hazard, S. tom among the inhabitants of the Netherlands. I
cannot, at least, otherwise form any idea of the refer-
" No rule so good as Rule of Thumb, if it hit/' S.
ence of an ancient Teut. phrase mentioned by Kilian;
Prov.; " spoken when a thing falls out to be right,
Boesen het duymken, Basiare pollicem alterius.
which we did at a venture." Kelly, p. 257•
Add, at the end of the article;
The allusion seems to be to the measurement of
The passage referred to by Brotier, in Thalia, is
cloth by the thumb, when one has no regular mea- the following:
sure at hand, or is too indolent to seek for it. V.
These are the ceremonies which the Arabians
RULE-O'EII-TMOUM.
observe when they make alliances, of which no peo^
T o L e A V E one T O W H I S T L E o x one's T H U M B , pie in the world are more tenacious. On these oc-
to leave one in a state of complete disappoint- casions some one connected with both parties stands
ment, to give one the slip, so that he has got betwixt them, and with a sharp stone opens a vein
nothing to do as to what his mind is principally of the hand, near the middle finger, of those who are
engaged about, S. about to contract. l i e then takes apiece of the vest
Cf If you'll be guided by me, 111 carry you to a wee
of each person, and dips it in their blood, with which
bit corner in the Pleasance,-—and sae well leave Mr. he stains several stones purposely placed in the midst
Sharpitlaw to whistle on his thumb:' Heart M. Loth, of the assembly, invoking during the process Bac-
ii. 1 3 0 . V . THOUM, chus and Urania. When this is finished, he who so-,
T H U M E I K I N S , s. pi A n instrument of tor- licits the compact to be made, pledges his friends for
ture, &c.l Add; the sincerity of the engagements to the stranger or
565 :
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ff On a shelf were disposed, in great order, seve-
citizen, or whoever it may. happen to b e ; and ail of
them conceive an indispensable necessity of perform- ral of those curious stone axes, formed of green gra-
ing what they promise/' Thalia, c. 8. nite, which are often found in these islands, where
It does not appear certain whether, Herodotus they are called thunderbolts by the common people,
speaks of the Lydians, or of the Medes, in the fol- who usually preserve them as a charm o f security
lowing passage: against the effects of lightning." The Pirate, iii. 4.
The ceremony of confirming alliances is the same T H U N N E R , * . T h e vulgar mode of pronouncing
!u 'Jus nation as in Greece, with this addition, that the word thunder, S.O. Thunner id. A . B o r .
both parties wound themselves in the arm, and mu- TJIUNXKIL-SPKAL, .9. 66 A b o a r d with a string 111
tuaily lick the blood." Clio, c. 74. the end; when whirled round in the air, it causes
This custom has reached even as far as the king- a llunidcrino sound ^ Gall. Enc.
dom of Si am. if the Siamese wish to vow an eter- T I ! U R S Y , T a m p e r s . N e e d e d ; a s , " Yethur$tn\*
n;ii friendship, they make an incision in some part Y e needed not, D u m f r .
of thr body, till the blood appears, which they after- This is a pret. formed from Tharf, or perhaps that
wards reciprocallv drink, in this manner the anci-
of A.S. (hearf-ian,to need. V. T I I A R F . In the same
ent Scvthians and Babylonians ratified alliances; and
sense might the term be rendered as used by Bar-
almost all the modern nations of the Kast observe the
bour. V. DICT.
same custom." Civil and Natural i li story of Siam.
T H W A N K I N 1 , part. adj. A term applied to
V, B.'loe's l Herodotus, i 70, N.
clouds which mix together in thick and gloomy
T H i / 3 i - S T K I L, .v. A cow-ri 1 ig for 1 ha-thumb,
succession, Avrs.
ihv linger of a ;<dove Moxb., Gl. Sibb. ;
Isl. ihwing-a, Alem. /hnnng-an, Su.G. twing-a, co-
'jhoitm-siuh', id. Eanarks.
gere; Isl. thwingan, Dan. twang, coaction, coercion,
In E. (hit hi but n I denotes a sheath of leather to
pressing. Thwankin assumes a frequentative form.
put on the thumb." The change of the vowel, in
Thus thnjankin-cluds are " clouds continuing to press
different counties, creates a difficulty as to the etymon.
on each other."
But it is most probably from A.S. slael, Su.G. slaelle,
T o T H W R I C K E N , v. n. T o choke from the
locus, Tout, .v/e/Ve, locus tutus ; q. a place or station
for a thumb or finger. Steel is the pron. of Angus as influence of thick smouldering smoke, Teviotd.
well as of the South of S. " Whirkened, choaked, strangled; North." Grose.
Hay gives the same sense.
T H I I M M E I I T , -v. A term to denote a person The root seems to be Isl. qnerk jugulum, the throat,
of a sin^nlar and auk ward appearance, Ayrs. whence hyrk-ia suffocare.
— £ : There never was surely a droller like thlim- T o T V A U V E , v. 71 i This, pronounced as one
ine rt o' a ere;it: 1 re >een entering a biggit land." Sir syllable, gives the proper sound of the v Taavc.
A. Vv'ylie, i. 71. T o T I A W E , v. //. E x p l . " to amble;" GL Tarr.
A provincial corruption of S. Fowmaric, a polecat. When the cattle liawe, an5 Winter
T H I ' AI VI N\ ml). 1. Large, in a genei*al sense, S. To the loch for drink at noon ;
One wished them lint in pin luck and fat weans." Spottie keen, a neebor's collie,
Edin. Month. Mag. June 1817. p. 241. Through a moss cam rinnin hame, &c.
Now (humuai! luck, an' skill be fa' ye, Tarras's Poems, p. 56. V. TEW, pref.
Iviy bard, sae .Fse mak free to ca ye. T I B B E , T1 R BI E, corruptions of the name Isabel, S.
Pickets Poems 1788, p. 98, Tibbie Fowler o' the glen.—Old Song.
2 . L a r g e , as including the idea of stoutness, S. " Tibbe, the familiar name of Isabel; and so in O.
" Thumping, great, huge. A (humping boy, a large English ;" Gl. Lynds.
child, Exm. and different counties Grose. It is T I B B E T , 6'. One length of hair, in a fishing-
used in the same manner in S. Mr. Brockett gives line, twisted, a link, F i f e ; synon .Snood. V. TIT-
the word as bearing this sense, A.Bor. PET.
T H U M P E R , s. 1 . A large individual o f any species ; T o T Y C E , v. n. T o move slowly and cautiously,
as a thumper of a trout, S. Aberd.
The term seems to receive this application from Whan ither ewies lap the dyke,
the forcibleness of motion manifested. _ And eat the kail for a' the tyke,
A n y thing large, S. O f a gross and obvious My ewie never played the like,
falsehood it is often said, " That is a thumper r But tye'd about the barn-wa'.
T H U N D E R B O L T , ,5. T h e name given by the Skinner's Misc. Poet. p. 144. Ed. 180<).
vulgar to a stone hatchet, apparently used before Went slowly, warily about;" Gl.
the in trod action of iron, such as is otherwise call- Under the v . Feeze, I have viewed ices'd, given
ed a stone celt, S., Orkn., Shetl. T h i s instrument by Ritson, as an error, having heardjeez'd invariably
is often made of a species of serpent stone. used in the repetition of this song. But from the
Triangular polished stones of green porphyry, of use of lyc'd in this Edit, it is most probable that this
different sizes, have been found repeatedly in many is the proper term. It seems allied to Su.G. lass-a,
parts of the country. I have seen them from ten to to walk softly ; Tacito gressu incedere, ut sol en t
fourteen inches long, and from four to seven inches nudipedes; Fenn. tassul-an Ihre; and probably to
broad: The people call them thunderbolts.—They Su.G. iyst-a, to be silent, tysl-er, close, quiet. Thus
are polished, and taper to a point/' Edmonston's tycd about may signify, " moved in quietness, with-
Xetl. Isl, i. 120-1. out causing- any disturbance/'
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T I C I I E L , TICIIIL,(gutt.),*. 1. A number, Ettr.
For.
There was a tichcl o wallydraggle tup hoggs
iilining after her, an plaguing her, till I was just
grieved for the poor beast." Perils of Man, i. 246.
It is always used as a term of contempt, applied
to a low troop of followers.
" I would be right wae to see my queen turned into
a—doe, or a hare, or a she-fox, and a ticket d tikes set
after her to tear her a' to tareleathers." Ibid. iii. 407-
Perhaps q. a line or series ; Isl. tigill funiculus.
As, however, it respects followers, it may be allied to
Gael, taoghal, a frequenting, or teaghalaeh a family.
2. It appears to be the same word which is used to
denote any article kept secretly, Upp. Clydes.
In the second sense, it would seem more nearly
allied to Su.G. tig-a, Isl. theg-ia, taeere, silere, thoe-
giel taciturn us. We could not trace this to a Celt, ori-
gin, without supposing a considerable change. C.B.
dirgel signifies secret, a secret place; Ir. Gael, coig-
hill; id.
TICHER, A small fiery pimple, Gall. Enc.
V. TICKER.
T o T I C H E R (gutt.), n. T o laugh clandes-
tinely, Ayrs.
It might be supposed that this were allied to Su.G.
tig-a silere, as the person wishes to avoid making any
noise with his mouth ; or C.B. tech-u, to lurk, to lie
hidden, techier a sculker.
T o T I C H L E (gutt.), v. n. 1. T o join hands ;
a term used in various games of children, in
which every one takes hold of the hand o f his
neighbour, when their object is, either to form
a circle, or to extend like a chain, Fife.
2. It is applied to any thing that is attached to an-
other, whether from design or by accident, ibid.
Isl. tigill, funiculus.
•To T I G H T , r. a. T o make close, S.
tf The said barrells to be well tichled and double
girthed before the transporting thairof to forrane
nations." Acts Cha. II. Ed. 1814, VII. 230.
. Belg. dicht, Su.G. tact, tight.
T I C Iv, s. Upon tick, in a state of activity, Aber d.
Whether this phrase be a corrupt deviation from
the sense in which it is-used in E., or connected with
Tick, as denoting the chicking of a watch, or any
similar motion ; or borrowed from Fr .an liquet, in a
state of extremity, in which one often strains every
nerve ;—1 cannot presume to determine.
T o TICK, v. n. T o click, as a watch, S.] Add ;
An' when she heard the Dead-watch tick,
She raving wild did say,
" I am thy murderer, my child,
I see thee, come away."
Train's Poetical Reveries, p. 94.
TICK, S. Beat, as of a watch ; thus, " F o o [how]
mony tides does a watch gie in a minute
S.B. Belg. ge-tile, clicking.
T I C K I N G , ,9. Clicking. " Ticking, the noise of a
watch S., Gall.- E n c .
T I C K E R , S. A dot or small spot, S.
2. Used to denote the dots or tubercules in a very
small eruption on the skin, resembling shagreen,
S. TicJicr, Gall. V . T I C K , and T E I C I I E R .
567
T I D
TICKET, A pat, a slight stroke.] Add ;
This term is frequently used to denote a smart
stroke. Hence,
T o G E T one's T I C K E T S . 1. T o be subjected to
a scolding match, Fife.
T o get a drubbing, ibid.
* T o T I C K L E , v. a. '"Topuzzle, tog-ravel, A b e r d .
No other etymon appears in the E. Dictionary than
Eat. titill-are. As all the other northern dialects, as
well as the A.S. exhibit the word in the same form
with S. Kittle, it seems more natural to view the E.
v. as a transposition. Skinner has remarked that
Kittle is retained in Lincolns. V . K I T T L E , V.
* T I C K L E R , S. A n y thing puzzling, ibid.
T I C K L Y , adj. Puzzling, difficult, ibid.
T I C K L E S , s . p l Spectacles; Banff's.; apparently
a mere abbreviation.
T I C K L E - T A I L S , s. V, NEEDLE-E^:.
T H ) , ,y. Proper time, season.] Insert, as sense
2. T h e condition which any soil is in for the pur-
poses of agriculture ; as, " the grund\s no in
tid? Loth.
3. Metaph. as denoting humour, whether in a
good or in a bad sense, S. T h u s it is used,
Fin just in the tid, &c.
" Tid, inclination ; the inspiration [ o f genius, I
suppose], of small duration ;" Gall. Encycl.
T o TAK THE TID, to be seized with a perverse or
ungovernable h umour, S.B.
-—True it is that they may mell you,—
Or tak the tid an' outright fell you.
Taylors 8. Poems, p. 170.
This to be inserted before these words. " It is
also applied to brute animals." Then, the example
from Fergus son.
T I D D I E , adj. E Cross in temper, Lot]}., TweedcL
2. Applied to land, which is of such a quality
that it is difficult to catch the proper season
for ploughing, ibid.
T I D - A N D - Q U I I ) , a term used by old farmers to
denote a farm in a state of thriving rotation,
Fife ; as, " H e has tid-and-quid, and fiT bein.'1
It would appear that this phraseology is very
ancient.
S.G. tid denotes, not only time, season, but is also
applied to the increase of the field ; Swaar lid, dif*
jficilis annona; Hire. Quid may refer to the increase
of the stall, or to the thriving of cattle on a farm ;
from Isl. kvid-r, quid-r, venter, also uterus; Su.G.
(pied, A.S. cwith, id. Thus one might be said to.
" have tid-and-quid" who was. in a thriving way
both as to grain and cattle.
T I D Y , T Y D I E , adj. 1 . Neat, S.] Add, as sense
4. Pregnant, Ayrs., Clydes. as applied to a cow.
Also to a woman ; as, u a tidy bride,11 one who
goes home to the bridegroom^ house in a state
o f pregnancy.
I find no proof that the term was used in this sense
by our ancestors. It would seem, however, from
the following passages, that it was applied to a cow
giving milk, in contradistinction from one whose
milk was dried up.
That the said Robert—pay—to" Dauid Smyth,
quliilk wantit the my Ik of thre tithy ky, in defalt of
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tUe said Robert—the soume of thre li. for costis &
scathis," Sec. Act. Dom. Cone. A . 14,93, p. 300.
" Item, from Archbald M'Keller there, fourtie
5 yeld coues/' &c. Depredations on the
p . 16.
" Fra Duncan M'Kellar, in Cromunachan,fyve Uj-
die cones, fyveyeld coues,fyve stirks/'&c. Ibid.p.17-
" Taken—from the said Ion Campbell, 7 tijdie
coues with their calves.—Item, from him sex for-
row coues and sex stirks," &e. Ibid. p. 51.
As signifying, either pregnant, or giving milk,
the sense corresponds with what may be viewed as
the primary application of the term " in season
as in either case, a cow is in a state adapted to its
principal use. Add to etymon ;
It appears that there was an O.E. v., nearly allied
in signification, from which the word, in the
sense at least, may have been formed. " Tid-yn
thryuen, supra in Then." Now " Tin
is expl. " Vigeo." Prompt. Parv.
TIDILY, adv. Neatly, trimly, S.
T I D I N E S S , .V. Neatness, especially in the mode
of dressing, S.
T Y D W O L L , 5. " XLVIIJ s t a y n e o f tydicollT
A b e r d . Ileg. Cent. 16.
This seems to denote wool of a certain <
I can scarcely think that it is for tithe wool;
is the S. term used in this sense.
T I E , s. A trick, a deception, Fife.
Propably allied to IsL teg-ia, teig-ia, lactare, alii-
cere; synon. Dan. lokk-e, to entice, to decoy, to draw
in. V. Haldorson and Wolff. Verelius gives the
same word in the form of tey-a.
T o T I E one's H A I R W I T H O U T A W H A N G , to de-
ceive one ; a cant phrase, Fife.
T I E N D - F I I E E , adj. Exempted from the payment
o f tithes, S.
T o T I F F , TYIFF, v. a. T o reject any thing
from the lips, A b e r d . ; perhaps originally the
same with E . Tiff,\ v., a low word, signifying,
" to be in a p e t >
The sense given might suggest Su.G. toefw-a, Isl.
tcf-ia, retardare, impedire. But see Tift, s. 3. below.
T I F T , C o n d i t i o n , plight, humour, S . ] Add;
« A poet's muse is in tift when she sings well ;
corn also is in tift when it is dry, viz. in tift to lead."
Gall. Enc.
" Tift,, to be in good order;" Gl. Westmorel.
T I F T , * 3. T h e action of the wind, &c.] Add;
The phrase, a tift of wind, is properly used only
hi relation to wind when it stirs, or lifts up in the
air, dust, straw, &c.
This nearly corresponds with the sense of Isl. Ufa
as signifying praeceps ire, or as expl. by Haldorson,
TIFTY, adj. Quarrelsome, R o x b .
Then up spake ane, a maid forlorn,
Wi' souple tongue and tifty;
It kythed by her runkl'd horn,
Her years had numbered fifty.
A. Scott's Poems, p. 16. .
A.Bor. " tifty, ill-natured, petulant;" GLBrockett
T I F T E R , s. A quandary; as, " He^s in an
unco tifler the d a y , " R o x b .
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from Tift, sense 3. as
of the wind.
T o T I G , v. n. 1. T o touch lightly, &c.] Insert,
as sense
2. T o give a stroke to another, and then run
away; a term used in a game of children. H e ,
who has received the stroke, is said to be tiggit
till he gives it to another, S.
2. T o trifle with, &c.] Add;
— W e e l kend he, it was nae joke
T o % wi fiends that vomit smoke.
Beattie's John o'Arnha', p. 41.
T i g , s. 1. A twitch, a tap, a slight stroke, S.
<c It's bairnly to mak sic a wark for a bit % on
the haffet." Sir. A. Wylie, i. 36.
" Andrew was compelled to submit, only mutter-
ing between his teeth, ' Ower mony maisters—ower
mony maisters, as the paddock said to the harrow,
when every tooth gae her a tig." Rob Roy, ii. 308.
<r Many masters !' quoth the paddock to the har*
row, when every tin [tooth] gave her a tig,"* S. Prov.
" Spoken by those whom persons, inferior to their
Kelly! ^ i r - ^ A ^ t d e ^ l o w / ^ N .
2. Sometimes used to denote a touch o f a rougher
description, amounting to a stroke, so as to
cause a wound, S.
8. A game among children, in which one strikes
another and runs off. H e who is touched be-
comes pursuer in his turn, till he can tig or
touch another, on whom his office devolves,
Fife, L o t h . , Ettr. F o r .
A.Bor. " Tig,—a play among children on separat-
ing for the night, in which every one endeavours to
get the last touch ; called also, Last hat." Gl. Brock.
O.E. " Teh, or lytill touch, tactus," (Prompt.
Parv.) has had a common origin.
4. T h e stroke itself. H e who, in the g
municates the stroke, says to the person to 1
he has given it, Ye bear my tig, Fife.
5. T h e person who receives it, L o t h .
This game in S. is the same with Tonchlast in E.
the players, the lot, by means of the re-
of a rhyme, falls on the person who is
touched with the finger of the repeater at the last
word of the rhyme. The individual thus touched
is called Tig. He runs about, endeavouring to touch
The moment this person is touched, he or
Tig, and communicates it to a third,
and so on. The transmuting touch is often given so
quietly, that it is immediately transferred to another,
who, not knowing that Tig is near him, is uncon-
scious of his risk.
As we have elsewhere seen that the Lat. v. Fero,
in its preterite Tuli, acknowledges relation to Goth.
tol-a, &c., our Thole, to endure, to suffer; the same
observation would seem to be applicable to the name
of this game. For as Tango, I touch, exhibits a si-
milar analogy with Fero, in having a preterite of an
origin quite different from the present tense, we can
scarcely avoid remarking the affinity, in what forms
the essential part of the word, between our Tig and
Te-tig-i; which there is reason to think
hard. Various words of the i
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stock exhibit indubitable proofs of a common origin;
as Moes.G. tek-an, attek-an, (to the pret. of which,
I ait-ok, there is a near resemblance in S. tit, lid, a
slight stroke or tap,) O. Teut. lack-en, Isl. lalc-a, and
Su.G. tag-a, all synon. with tangere, as signifying
to touch. Others have remarked the affinity be-
tween Gr. biy-u, attrecto, and or ral-u capio,
in pret. TIT AX.-A, and the Goth, verbs of similar sig-
nification.
TIG ME IF YOU CAN, the name of a game of chil-
dren, S . A . ; the same with Tig.
" It would perhaps be equally vain to expect that
ladies should give up the luxurious waltz,—to join
in the merry ring at Through the needle-ee,—or Tig
vie if you can." Blackw. Mag. Aug. 1821, p. 38.
T o T I G , 7'. n. T h i s term is applied to cattle,
who in consequence of being- stung with the
gad-fly, run off hither and thither, with their
tails extended on their backs, S. This is view-
ed as the original sense of the term.
I have, however, met with no term similar to Tig,
which indicates that the gad-fly was thus denomi-
nated. Teut. teecke, teke, however, denotes the dog-
louse, E. tick ; Dan. taege, a punice, a wall-louse.
T I G , TEYG, A pet, a fit of passion, S.] Add
to etvmon ;—Gael, taoigh^ a fit of passion.
T o T I G , TAG, V. TL l / T o trifle.] Add;
"2. T o be tedious in making a bargain, to haggle,
Fife. Hence,
TJG-TAGGIN, T h e act of haggling; as, We
had an awfu tig-taggin about it, before we coud
malx. our bargain, Fife.
T o TIGGLE-TAGGLE, V. N. T h e same with the v.
to Tig-Tag, in sense 2., Fife.
TIGER-TAR RAN, A waspish child, T e -
viotd. V. TIRRAN.
T o T I G I I E R , f . n. T o laugh in a suppressed
way, to titter, Ayrs. ; synon. Kigher.
T o T I G H E R , v. n. T o ooze o u t ; applied to
blood and other liquids; Berw. V. T E I C I I E R .
T o T I G M A T E E Z E , v. A. TO pull one about,
U p p . Clydes. ; apparently from the S. v. to
Tig, q. v., and E . to Tease, connected by the
conjunctive particle ma.
T I G - T O W , s.] Insert, as sense.
1. T h e name given to the game of Tig in A n g .
T o T I G - T O W , v. n. 1. " T o touch and go, to
be off and on," S., Gall. Enc.
u To Tig-tow w'C a Lass, to seem inclined to
, marry her, yet to hang off4," S., ibid.
T Y I S H T , pret. Enticed.
<f At to ure, he tyisht the young men of his ciete
to his purpois, with his liberalite and gudis." Bel-
lend. T . L i v . p . 83. V . TYSE, V.
T I K E , T Y K E , .9. 1. A d o g , a cur, S . ] Add;
Ye Moabits, with homes twa full hie,
Outward like sheips, yee heir the beistes marke,
Inward like tykes, ye byte, but cannot barke.
Poems Sixteenth Century, p. , 9 7 .
E " A selfish snarling fellow GL Surv. Moray.
T h u s it is said of a stubborn m a n ; He's a dour
tyke.
VOL. I I . 569
ce Tike is applied in contempt to a person GL
Lynds. A.Bor. tike, ff an odd or queer f e l l o w G r o s e ;
<c a blunt or vulgar fellow ; " Brockett.
T Y K E - H U N G R Y , adj. R a v e n o u s as a dog,- S.
T VKE-TULYIE, s. Literally, a dog's quarrel;
metaph. applied to any coarse scolding-match,
S . ; synon. Collyshangie.
T Y K E N , TYKIN, .y. 1. T h e case which holds
the feathers of a bed or bolster, S. Tick,
rl ichen, Ticking.
" Tiling of the East countrie, the elne—x s." Rates
A. K i l l .
He at the sowing-brod was bred,
An' wrought gude serge and tyken.
A. Wilson's Poems 1790, p. Ifjf).
2. Tyken da bed, used for the bed itself, Teviotd.
TYKEN, adj. Of or belonging to the cloth de-
nominated Tuik, S.
The origin seems to be Su.G. tj/g, a general de-
signation for cloth.
To T Y L E , n. To Tyle a Lodge, to shut the
door of a Mason-lodge ; whence the question,
" Is the lodge tyledr S.
T I L E R , T Y L E R , S. A door-keeper of a Mason-
lodge, whose business it is to see that the door
be kept close, S.
Isl. till-a, lev iter figere ; or til, ["also Alenu] finis,
limes, q. cc to fix the limits." Sw. tiel, id. V. Ti-
ne I der, Hire.
T I L E - S T O N E , s. A n anomalous term, which
must formerly have been used in S. for a tile
or brick.
Later, a tile-stone, or brick." Wedderb. Vo-
cab. p. 21.
It has, however, been imported from the conti-
nent. Teut. teghel-sleen, tichel-steen, Germ, zieghel-
steyn, teg u la, later ; Sw. teg els ten, brick ; Wideg.
T I L F O I R , adv. • Before. " A yeir liljotr he
deceissit A b e r d . R e g . Cent. 16. Su.G. till-
foerene, prius ; Hire, vo. Till.
T I L L , s. A cold unproductive clay, S . ] Addu-
ce We find in digging, or sinking, that after the
clay is past, which keeps no course, all metals, as
stone and lilies, (which are seems j^seamsj of black
stone, and participat much of the nature of coal),
ly one above another, and keep a regular course."
Sinclair's Misc. Obs. Hydrost. p. 260.
" Indurated clays abound in both parishes. The
most plentiful is the Schistus or Till.—Schist us and
Till SLYQ words indiscriminately used to denote the
same argillaceous, hard, fossile substance. The word
Till is, indeed, sometimes vulgarly used to denote a
stiff clay, although in a soft state." Ure's Hist.
Rutherglen, p. 252.
" Till is a provincial word, of which the mean-
ing is not always perfectly definite. It is sometimes
used to express a sort of hard impenetrable clay,
mixed with fragments of stone or gravel. This,,
however, is only one species of it, for the name'is
applied likewise to subsoils of an absorbent nature,
which if exposed by culture to the sun and atmos-
phere would turn into excellent dry loams. It is
often used to denote a retentive subsoil, abounding
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with iron ore. In general it may lie taken for any stroke with this. Fr. title, signifies " the rind, or pIL
subsoil, consisting of a mixture of clay and sand or ling of hemp," &c., and til tier the linden tree. Tullie,
stones, devoid of the vegetable matter which gives a however, denotes a knife, Shetl. It seems to have
soil the friability and openness requisite for vegeta- signified a churn-staff, S. V. TULLIE.
tion/' Agr. Surv. Galloway, p. hi. TILLIE-LICKIT, S. 1. A n unexpected stroke,
T I L L I J E , T I L L Y , adj. O f o r b e l o n g i n g t o /}f/y S . Fife ; the same with the preceding word, only
" In various parts of the northern districts. remote used figuratively.
from the benefit of sea-ware, large pits were dug up 2. A n unexpected misfortune, ibid.
of a titty substance, to give firmness and consistency T I L L I E S O U L , s. A place at some distance
to a loose mossy soil." Agr. Surv. Invern. p. J12. from a gentleman's mansion-house, &e.] Add /
T I L L I E - C L A Y , .v. 1. 4i Cold clay, unproductive 1 have met with this word only once in print, and
soil," S., Gall. E n c . in a form different from that in which I have always
2. Used mctaph. as expressive o f coldness of heart. heard it spoken.
The heart that never felt love, is said to be a If she were to be joining company wd' Mr. Peter,
piece of tillie-clay." Ibid. - lie would be .diewing her ta grieve's house, and ta
T I L L , conj. T h a t , so that, to such a degree new tilfiesoir, ;ind ta gardener's house,—and a score
that, Buchan. of other houses she eaima just, pe minding," Macrim-
Leitch wi's fit gae dm sic a kick3 moil, iv. (j8.
' Till they a' thought him slain, A learned friend derives it from tans les saoids, q.
That very day. the piaee whither/'/// the drunkards resort. Another
Skinner's Christmas Biting, st. 13. views it as Gael, tuloch-sabhal; the latter part of
Isl. til thess is exph, ideo. which compound is pronounced so at or sari) at, and
T I L L - B A N D , .v. T h e name giving to P u d - signifies a barn. As tuhjch denotes a hillock, accord-
ding-stone or primary Breccia, S. ing to this etymon, the signification is, " the hillock
Biotta.—Breccia arenaeea, Cronst. Scotish till- barn," or " the barn on the hillock."
hand " Headriek's View of Arran, p. 245. An excellent Gaelic scholar suggests that this
term, applied to a country public house, seems to be
T o T I L L E R , v. n. A term applied to grasses Gael, tag hail a so, i. e. " Call here;" supposing that
when they give out a number o f stems or suckers it may have formerly been used as a label above the
from the same root, S.A., Stirl.; synon. Stool. door.
Ct Clover-plants, when they have room to grow,
* T I L L I E - V A L L E Y , adv. Ce A word used for-
t iller or stool, and employ m or e gr o u n d th an t h o s c merly when any thing said was rejected as trif-
of corn." M/ix well's Sel. Trans, p. 24. ling or impertinent Johns.
— C l o v e r is not so much fed by the atmosphere " Tilley-valley, Mr. Lovel,—which, by the way,
when kept down by cattle, and short, as when al- one commentator derives from litivillitium, and an-
lowed to tiller or stool, and grow to its full height." other from ta/lejj-ho—but tilley-valley, I say, a truce
Ibid. p. 211. with your politeness." Antiquary, i. 113.
" When the plants are thin, they keep tillering " Tillivalley for your papistry/ was answered from
(or sending forth new shoots), when they should be without; < we are in the mood of the monks when
shot into seed." Agr. Surv. Stirl. p. 403, 404. they are merriest, and that is when they sup beef-
<{ Tiller, to send out shoots, as wheat. Durham brewis for lanten-kail." The Abbot, i. 292.
Gl. Brockett. I introduce this E. word merely in regard to its
O.E. tillar, tiller, cc a small tree left to grow till etymon. It has every appearance of being of Fr,
it be tellable," (Phillips), is most probably allied. extraction. My worthy and learned friend Francis
Fr. taller, thaler, are applied to corn when it buds ; Douce, Esq., is quoted by Mr. Todd, as referring
Corn to bud, shoot out their tops," &c. to the Fr. hunting phrase, ty a hillaut et vallecy;
TILLER, .?. " T h e rising blade o f growing corn Venerie de Fouilloux. I shall take the liberty of
shooting out several stems from one s e e d . G l . offering another conjecture,
Surv, Moray. It might be resolved into Tay la, voild, " Be silent
T h e term seems very ancient, and is apparently of there, look," or attend;" from iaire to be silent,
<f

Goth, extract. For the Isl. v. tylle, iilldr-a, has a and voir to see.
sense nearly akin signifying, to raise up and to fix T I L L Y - P A N , s. A skillet, M o r a y , Gael
lightly; attollo et leviter figo. Hence tilldr, levis tealla denotes the hearth; perhaps q. a pan to
structura ; G.Andr. p. 289. be always at the side of the fire.
Its affinity is more evident to A.S. telg, ramus, sur- T I L L G W I E , s, L A cry addressed to hounds,
cuius, frondes; " a bough, a shoot, a twig, a branch urging them on to the chace, Clackmann.; evi-
Somner : Sax. telghe, t^lgher, ramus, ramale, frons, dently a corr, of the E . huntsman's cheer,
frondes ; Kilian : Su.G. taelning, surculus, anciently TaUihoo.
caeling. % Used o f one who has dealt too freely with in-
T I L L I E - L I C K , 3. A gibe, Gall.
cc Til He-licks, taunts and sneers
toxicating liquor; as, " H e has gotten his til-
Gall. Enc.
lowieibid.; q. u he has got as much as urges
It would appear that there has been in some coun-
him o n . "
ty or other, an instrument, used in former times, call-
f 4 a tillie, and that the term had originally denoted a TILT, Account, tidings of, S . B . } Add;
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Instead of—till nor trial—it is tint, &c. in First
Edit, of Ross's Helen ore, p. 122.
Tint, I find, is retained in the second Edit. A. 1778,
p. 143, which was corrected by the celebrated Dr.
Beattie. This might seem to render it probable
that tilt had been an error of the press. But lilt
appears in the Gloss, affixed to the third Edit, of H e -
lenore, expl. " account of, t i d i n g s a l s o in Gl. Shirr,
with the same explanation.
T I L T up, prct. Snatched,
Ane haistie hensour, callit Harie,—.
Till up ane tackle withouten tary.
Chr. Kirk, st. 10.
This is the reading given by Callander, and in
Sibb. Chron. S.P. But in Pink. SeL Ball. ii. 20. it
is tytt. It seems most probable that this is the true
reading, as we have many examples of the use of the
v. to Tyte precisely in this sense; but, as far as I have
observed, not one of Tilt having the same significa-
tion. Could we view TiU as the genuine reading, the
term might be traced to Fris. till-en levare, toll ere ;
IsL till-a (pret. lytic), attollere.
T I L T H , s. Plight, condition, good or bad, like
Tift; as, " T h e land's in sae bad a tilth, that
we canna saw the day Roxb.
This seems to be merely a secondary sense of A.S.
and E. tilth, as signifying the state of tillage. Tent.
teelt, however, denotes the proper season when her-
rings and other fishes make their appearance, Kilian ;
perhaps from feel-en, tcl-en, gignere, generare, pro-
ckicere, which this learned writer views as the same
v. with that signifying to cultivate the ground.
T Y M B E R , T Y M M E R , S. T h e crest o f a helmet.]
Insertm etymon, after L . B . iimbr-inn, tymbris—
Nicot, however, derives it from Germ, timmer, and
indeed Kilian expl. this, apex ; also, crista galeae,
con us galeae.
T I M B E R M A R E , an instrument of punishment
• formerly used among the military.
He causes put up betwixt the crosses a timber
mare, whereon runagate knaves and runaway sol-
diers should ride. Uncouth to see such discipline
in Aberdeen, and painful for the trespasser to suffer.5'
S n a l d i n g , i. 227- V . TREIN MARE.
T Y M B R E L L , s. A small whale.
Gif ony tymbrell, uther way is callit ane littil
quhaill, or ony uther fisch, is fund within the sea-
mark foiranent the land (in terra) of ane Baron, or
uther fr eh alder,—the samin sou Id pertene to the
Baron or frehalder." Balfour's Pract. p. 555.
L.B. limbrell-us. cc Dicitur parv us cetus, ane littil
quhaile." Skene, Verb. Sign.
This is all that I can find relative to this term ;
and I am much inclined to suspect that it is a mis-
nomer ; that the animal meant, being called a little
whale, is the porpess ; and that the name may have
been corr. from that which the Swedes still give to
this fish, tumblare. V. Linn. Faun. Suec. No. 51.
T I M E , s. T h e act of once harrowing a field,
B e r w . ; Tine, synon. Clydes.
" The harrow ings are given partly across the
ridges, and partly endlong, and are more or less nu-
merous, according to circumstances; never less than
a full double time between each successive plough-*
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ing. The eompletest harrowing is called a double
double time; in which the harrow goes four times suc-
cessively over the same range; either all endlong, or
all across, or half each wav." Agr. Surv. Berw. p. 19S.
T Y M E , s. T h e herb thyme, S.
" Thymus vel melius thymum, Tyme." Despaut
Gram. 1). 12, a.
T I M E - A B O U T , adv. Alternately, S.] Add;
" Vices sunt alternationes, course or time about "
Despaut. Gram. D. 2, b.
T I M E O U S , adj. Timely ; as, « See that ye keep
timeous hours i. e. that ye be not too late, S.
This adj. is formed in an anomalous way, having
a Fr. or Lat. termination affixed to a Goth. noun.
Timoas is O.E., but now obsolete.
T I M E O U S L Y , adv. In due time, S., GL CrooksL
It occurs in our version of the Psalms.
Mine eyes did timeously prevent
The watches of the night. Psa. cxix. 1 4 8 .
It is here used in an improper sense ; for it must
be understood as signifying early, or as E. timely.
TYME-TAKER, One who lies in wait for
the proper opportunity of effecting his pur-
pose ; used in a bad sense.
—C{ That now Maeky, being a young gentleman
111 his rysing, he eulcl not advance his owne fame
better than by shewing himselff to be ane earnest de-
fender of that house ; that tyme-takers Avoid be now
easalie decerned from true freinds." Gordon's Hist,
Earls of Sutherl. p. 325.
T I M M E R , .y. c2. A certain quantity of skins,
&c.] Add;
The word is used in the same sense in Fr. Un
timbre de mart res, iC a certain quantity, or number, of
martin's skins ;" Cotgr. Su.G. timmer, eertus nume-
rus pellium pretiosarum, 40 alii tradunt,alii 50; Ihre.
T I M M E R , adj. Of or belonging to w o o d ; as, u a
timmer cap," a wooden b o w l ; 44 a timmer tren-
cher,"' a wooden plate, S.
T o T I M M E R , v. a. T o beat, to chastise; pro-
perly with a stich; as, tc I trow, he timmer cl
him" we el," S.O., A b e r d .
T iMME uix,,9. £i A beating with a stick;" Gall. Enc.
T o T I M M E R up, v. a. A term that admits of
great variety of application"; but signifying, in
general, to do strenuously, and successfully,
any work that requires continued exertion and
employment, Aberd.
To timmer up the bam, to play briskly at ball; to
timmer up the jlail, to ply the flail; to timmer up the
floor with a dishclout, to "clean it thoroughly by hard
rubbing ; to timmer up the lesson, to be busily en-
gaged in getting one's lesson, also, to say it accu-
rately and readily. 01 as he timmer s up the Latin !
How expeditiously he uses the Latin language ! or,
What a deal of Latin he employs '
And who in singing cou'd excel
Fam'd Douglas, Bishop of Dunk el' ?
He timmer d up, tho' it be lang,
In guid braid Scots, a' Virgil's sang.
W. Ingram's Poems, p. 57-
The original sense of the term is to be found m
IsL timbrza aedifieare, extruere; A.S; timbr-ian, id.
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also, to instruct, Moes.G. timbr-jan occurs only in
the simple sense : as well as Teut. timmer-en, and
Dan. loemr-er.
T I M M E R - B R E E K S , s. pi. A cant term for
a coffin, R o x b .
But now ye're auld, and downa dree
The wark an' freiks.
Sae y e l l be forced on to try
• Your timmer breeks.
Jo. Hoggs Poems, p. 50.
T Y M M E R - M A N , ,9. 1. A carpenter.
— ^ That the master of the schip salfynd suffici-
end stermane, tymmerman, & schipmen convenient
for the schip." 'Acts Ja. III. 1466, Ed. 1814, p. 87,
c. 4. Tymmermen in pi. Ed. 1566.
This. term,, which at first view might seem to have
owed its existence to our rude legislators, has been
of pretty general use. Su.G. Teut. timmer-man, fiber
lignarius, Germ. zimmer-man, Isl. timbersmid, id. q. a
timber-smith. From Su.G. A,S. timber; Moes. timer-
jian, A.S. timbr-ian, aedificare.
It was certainly a wise institution, that every ship,
bound for a foreign country, should have some car-
penters on board.
9,. A wood-monger, a dealer ia w o o d , Aberd.
T I M M E R - T U N E D , adj. H a v i n g a harsh
voice, fee.] Add;
It has been remarked, that this word S.A. does not
so properly denote a harsh untuneable voice as the
want of a musical ear; being applied to one who is
unable to sing in melody.
T Y M M E R W E C H T , a sort of tambourin. V.
W E C H T , sense
T I M M I N G , TEMMLNG, A kind of woollen
cloth.] Add;
This is certainly from O.Fr. estamine, Mod.Fr. eta-
mine, id., Teut. stamyne, stamineum textum, Kilian;
Ital. stamegna, Hisp. stamena ; all from Lat. stamen.
This etymon, I find, is confirmed by the mode in
which Sir Thomas Urquhart translates Fr. estamet.
" The men were apparelled after their fashion.
Their stockings were of tamine or of cloth-serge, of
wdiite, black, scarlet, or some other ingrained co-
lour." Rabelais, B. I. p. 245, 246.
T I M O U R S U M , T 1 m e r s o m e , a d j . Timorous,S.
My conscience—is something of a timer some na-
ture, cannot abide angry folks, and can never speak
above her breath, when there is aught of a fray go-
ing forward." The Pirate, ii. II6.
A.B. Timersome, Timmersome, fearful, timorous;"
Gl. Brockett.
TIMPAN, TYMPANY, T h e middle part of
the front of a house, raised above the level of
the rest of the wall, resembling a gable, for
carrying up a vent, and giving a sort of attic
apartment in the roof, S.B. T h i s is also called
a Tympany gavel, Moray.
Fr. tympan, the gable end of a house; Cotgr. Hence,
T Y M P A N Y - W I N D O W , S, A window in this part of
the house, S.
T I M T Y , s. A mode of labouring the ground
in the island o f Lewis.
(( The natives are very industrious, and undergo
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a great fatigue by digging the ground with
and in most places they turn the ground so
upside down, and cover it with sea-ware; and in
this manner there are about 500 people employ'd
daily for some months. This mode of labouring is
by them eall'd Timly; and certainly produces a
greater increase than digging or plowing otherwise."
Martin's West. Isl. p. 3 /
The term and practice are still retained.
" There is a general mode of turning the ground,
called timidh, or making lazybeds, at which two per-
sons are employed on each side of the ridge; of these
two are cutting, and two lifting the clods." Stat.
Acc. P. Stornoway, xix. p. 248.
This mode seems to correspond with what is in Si
called trenching. Perhaps of Norwegian origin ; as
merely denominated from the soil itself: Isl. Norw.
Su.G. tomt, signifying the area around a house, also
a place of pasture. Toft is synon.
It may, however, be allied to Gael, teannmeadh,
a cutting, dividing.
T I N , .v. A j u g of tinned iron, S.
T I N N I E , S. T h e small j u g or porringer, of this
description, used b y children, S.
T I N C H I L L , TINCHEL, <s*. 1. " A circle o f
sportsmen, who, by surrounding a great space,
and gradually narrowing, brought immense
quantities o f deer together, which usually made
desperate efforts to break through," S.
We'll quell the savage mountaineer,
As their Tinehel cows the game.
Lady of the Lake, p. 267.
" These active assistants spread through the coun-
try far and near, forming a circle, technically called
the tinehel, which, gradually closing, drove the deer
in herds together towards the glen where the chiefs
and principal sportsmen lay in wait for them." Wa-
verley, ii. 8.
2 . Used, as I am informed, in the secondary sense
of trap or snare, R o x b .
The term is of Gael, origin; timchioll, circuit, com-
pass, timchioll-am, to surround, to environ. These
terms occur in the same sense in Irish.
TYND, 1. T h e tooth of a harrow, S.] Add;
Perhaps O.E. " Tynde, prykyl," is originally the
same; expl. by Carnica, Tyndyd with a tynde•
Carnicatus." Prompt. Parv.
T I N D L I N G , <9. 64 A n e new sark o f tindlingr
Aberd. R e g . A . 1565.
Can this be an error for kindling ? Y. K E N D I L -
LING. Or shall we view the term as referring to the
fineness, q. A.S. tyn dael, literally,"" the tenth part."
T o T Y N E , v. a. 1. T o lose.] Insert, as sense
8. T o lose a cause in a court of justice, to receive
a decision contrary to one^s claim.
One of the acts under Ja. V. is entitled, " OIF pane
of thame that iynis thepleyf A. 1540, c. 29. In this
sense the alternative phrase is used, to Wyn or Tyn.
— " And ordinis the said Elenor to bring with hyr
all richtis & evidentis that scho hass in the samyn
mater, as scho will wyn or tyn." Act. Dom. Cone. A .
1490, p. 140.
This phrase, I am informed^ is used in the language
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of town-councils in an indefinite sort of way. Thus
in Ayr, in the appointment of a commissioner for the
burgh, it is usual to add, that the person is em-
powered to " tyne and win" in the accounts of the
burgh. Perhaps this merely signifies, to exercise a
discretionary p o w e r ; implying that, whether suc-
cessful or not in his exertions, he receives that con-
fidence from his brethren, that he may be assured
of being free from blame.
4. T o kill or destroy.] Insert, as sense
5. T o Tyne Heart, to lose courage or spirit, or
inclination to any business.
" Th - opecl no guid in his hand, and thairfoir
tliay tint . r//.v, and had no will to raise fire in Ing-
land." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 403.
6. T o Tyne the Heariis of others, to lose their
affections, S.
" The king was abused, and tint all the heart is of
his nobilitie, to quhom he gave no credit." Ibid.
T o TINE, V. N* T o be lost, to perish in what-
ever way.
" Gif ony ship tine be storm of wether, or the
gudis and geir being thairin, the mast failyie, or ony
uther thing, throw uther mischance in the voyage,
the merchandis are not haldin to pay ony thing
thairof." Ship Lawis, Balfour's Pract. p. 623.
Si el ike, qulien the ship is tint, the shipmen may
not sell the taikill of hir without licence or command-
ment of the—awners." Ibid.
He wald haue eitin with the swyne,
His lmngrie stommok to fulfill;
Bot thoeht he suld for hunger tyne,
Yit nane wald gif him leif thairtill.
Forhrne Sone, Poems 16th Cent. p. 34.
It also occurs in this sense in that fine old song,
Tak your auld Cloak about you.
My Cromie is an useful cow,
And she is come of a good kine ;
Aft has she wet the bairns' mou,
And I am laith that she should tyne.
Herd's Coll. ii. 102.
Mr. Nares, in his valuable Glossary, has shewn that
Spenser uses this word as s i g n i f y i n g , t o perish, to
die."
V. the etymon of the v. a.
T I N E HEART, TYNE A\ a proverbial phrase,
ging the necessity of not suffering the spirits to
sink, when one meets with difficulties, S.
But Nory keeps up better heart, and says,
W e manna weary at thir rugged braes;
Tyne heart, tyne a', we'll even tak sic beeld
As thir uncouthy heather-hills can yield.
Moss's Helenore, p. 74.
TYNAR, s. 1. A loser, in a general sense.
That in tyme cuming quhair ony sic bill or pla-
card of defamatioune beis fundin affixt or tint,—the
first sear & findar thairof salbe punist in the samin
maner as the first inventar, writtar, tynar, and vpset-
tar of the samin, gif he wer appreliendit." Acts Mary
1567. Ibid. p. 552.
This refers to the placards stuck up in Edinburgh,
charging Q. Mary with the guilt of the murder of
Darnley.
£ One who loses h is cause, or is cast, in a court of law.
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Here insert the proof in DICT.
T Y N I N G , S. 1. T h e a c t o f l o s i n g , S .
T h e state o f being lost, S.
Between the T Y N I N G and the W I N N I N G . 1. A p -
plied to any cause or matter, the issue of which
turns on a very narrow hinge, S.
When thy slee pow did rule the roast
Sae canny an' sae cunning,
Thy pauky wiles nae motion lost,
'Tween tyning aft an winning
Wi' noise that day.
The General Assembly, Poet. Museum, p. 374.
Used in a moral sense; in that intermediate
state, in which a person may either be lost, or
by proper means be saved from ruin, S.
ee Hi chard, a lad that was a promise of great ability
in his youth,—was just between the tyning and the
winning, SLS the saying is, when the play-actors—came
to the town." The Provost, p. 267.
T I N - E G I N , * . . Forced fire, West. Isl. V . N E E D -
EYRE.
T o T I N K , v. a. T o rivet, as including the idea
of the noise made in the act of rivetting; a Gip-
sey word, R o x b .
The E. v. to Tink, as denoting a sharp sound, is
most probably the origin, derived from C.B. tinc-iau,
to tinkle.
T I N K L E - S W E E T I E , ,9. A cant name for-
merly given in Edinburgh to the bell rung at
eight o'clock p. M., as that which was rung at
two o'clock was called the Kail-hell.
Both these terms are well remembered by some
yet alive. The aught-hours bell was thus denomi-
nated, because the sound of it was so sweet to the ears
of apprentices and shopmen, as they were then at
liberty to shut in for the night.
T I N K L E R ' S T I P P E N C E , expl. "useless
cash," Gall. E n c y c l . ; money to be spent, as a
tinker wastes his, in the change-house.
T I N N E L , s-. W a t e r mark.
" Gif ony tymbrell, uther way is callit ane littil
quhaill, or ony uther fisch, is fund within the sea-
mark, foiranent the land—of ane Baron or uther
fr eh alder, the quhilk fisch may be drawin out with
ur-
the iynnel of the sea to the land, with sax oxin y ok kit
in ane wane, the samin sould pertene to the Baron
or frehalcler." Balfour's Pract. p. 555.
L.B. Tinnel-ius—The sea-marke, vtherwaies in
English, tyde-mouth; that is, the farrest parte quhair
the sea tyde flow is. Littus quo scilicet fluxus hybeiv
nus maris maxim us exeurrit, hoc est quant umcu n-
que mare aliquo plus extenditur in hyeme vel aestate,
tantuni est littus ejus. GL Instit." Skene, Verb..
Sign.
It may have been formed from A.S. tyne, a hedge,
a fence; or Su.G. taen-ia to extend; q. that which
forms a fence to the sea, or the utmost extent of its
fluctuation.
T Y N T , T I N T , pret. and part, pa* Lost. V .
TINE, TYNE,
TIN TOE, T h e pin used in turning-the cloth-
beam of a loom, Paisley, Edinburgh.
T I P , s. A ram, Galloway.
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Oft as, am ang the bushy birny braes
Young Colin plodded wi' his strayed lips.
He'd cast a look upo' the lonely cot
Wi' wishfu5 een.— Davidson '.v Seasons, p. 99-
She was nae get o moorland tips,
Wi' taw ted ket, an' hairy hips.
Burns, iii. 82.
• A.Bor. cc Teap, tup, a ram. North." Grose. He
also gives it in the form of Tip. V. TUP.
T o T I P P E R , v. ?t. T o walk on tiptoe, or in an
unsteady way, to totter; as, to tipper up a Mil,
Fife. Su.G. tipp-a, leviter tangere.
This undoubtedly gives the origin of Tipper lie, q.
lo tipper, or walk unsteadily, on the tae or toe.
T o T I P P E E - T A I F E E , V. A. T o totter, Lanarks.
T I P P E R T Y , adj. E Unstable, S . B . ] Add;
8. A p p l i e d to a y o u n g woman, who walks very
stiffly, precisely, or with a mincing gait, Fife.
T I P P E T , s. E One length of twisted hair or
gut in a fishing-line, S. Tibbci, Fife, Mearns;
svnon. Lcit, U p p . Clydes.
C.B. tip a bit, a small fragment; or Tent, tip apex.
51 A handful of straw bound together at one end;
used in thatching, A b e r d .
This, however, may be allied to Fris. tepp-en car-
per e, vellere, as being plucked from the stack.
* TIPPET, St. Johnstone's Tippet, a halter;
V . ILL B B A N I).
T I P P Y , adj. Dressed in the highest fashion,
modish, llenfr.
A.Bor. " Tippy, smart, fine. Tippy Bob ;" Gl. Brock.
T I P P Y , -V. T h e ton ; as, at the lap of the tippy, at
the top of the fashion, llenfr.
Most probably from E. tip, the to}), the extremity.
T o T I P T O O , v. n. T o be in a violent passion,
A y r s . ; perhaps q. set on tiptoe. Bui >ee TAP TOO.
T Y R A N F U L L , adj. Tyrannical.
£C Mony of thame departit of the ciete,—traisting
av the mair distant and ferrare thay war fra the cum-
pany of thir ten tyranfull men, to be the ferrare fra
every trubill approcheing." Bellend. T. Liv. p. 259-
T o T I R E , T I E L E , v. a. 1. T o u n c o v e r , A b e r d . ]
Add;—S.O.
Tirl is used in the same sense in 'Galloway.
Whan the wind blaws loud and tirls our strae,
An' a' our house-sides are dreeping wi.' rain,
An' ilka born rows frae the bank to the brae,
• I weep for our Habbie wha rows i' the main.
Remains of Nithdale Song, p. 88.
T I R L I N G - OF T H E M O S S , the act o f paring off the
superficial part of the soil which lies above peats, S.
" The best peat—is commonly not above 14 or 18
inches, or the length of a peat, in deepness, after re-
moving the surface soil with the roots of the heath,
or ling, growing on it, called the tirling of the moss."
Agr. Surv. Peebles. V. Pennecuik, p. 71, N.
T o T I R L , v. a. T o thrill, S.B.
I hope it's nae a sin
Sometimes to tirl a merry pin
As weel's we're able,
Whan fowks are in a merry bin
For sang or fable.
Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. 184.
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To Tirl at the Pin. It has occurred to me that this
is probably the same with E. Twirl, u to turn round ;
to move by a quick rotation." This idea has been
suggested by the notice in Gl. Antiq. ff Tirling at
the door-pin, twirling the handle of the latch."
In E. Diet, this is derived from Whirl. But cer-
tainly without any proper reason. Serenius, in vo.,
gives different terms that seem to have a superior
claim of affinity; Isl. thyrl-a, turbine versari subito ;
thy rill, Sw .tared, verticillum, quo lacticinia agitantur.
T o T I R L , v. n. T o change, to veer a b o u t ; ap-
plied to the wind, L o t h .
Allied perhaps to Isl. thirl-a circumagere; thyrl-a,
turbine versari subito.
TIRLIE, Applied to a winding in a foot-path.
" Tirlies, little circular stoppages in pathways
which turn round Gall. Enc.
T i l t L E S S , -v. A lattice, grate, or rail, S.] Add;
This term had been formerly used to denote a
wattled grate.
Crat is ferrea, cratis viminea, a Tirlies." Despaut*
Gram. 1). i.
TUILESS-YETT, .9. A t u r n s t i l e , S.
T I It L Y - W I R L Y , 5. 1. A whirligig, S.] Add:
cc Kerly-merly, a fanciful or useless thing," (GL
Westmorel.) is probably a corr. of this. At any rate
it is a term of a similar formation.
% A figure or ornament—on stone, wood, kc.]Add§
It was in and through the window-broads,
And a' the tirlie-wirlies o'd,
The sweetest kiss that ever I got,
Was frae my Dainty Davie.
Dainty Davie, Herd's Coll. ii. 215.
TIRLIE-WIRLIE, adj. Intricate; or as conjoining
the ideas of intricacy and trivial ornament, S.
" The air's free eneueh,—the monks took care o
that,—they hae contrived queer tirlie-wirlie holes,
that gang out to the open air, and keep the stair as
caller's a kail-blade." Antiquary, ii. 148.
" Tirlie-wirlie holes, intricate holes;" Gl. Antiq.
T I R L Y - T O Y , 6". Apparently synon. with Tirty-
wirty, a toy or trifle, A b e r d .
What can ye be that cou'd employ
Your pen in sic a tirly-toy,
Frae hyne aw a' as far's Portsoy.—
Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. 185.
T o T I R R , T I R V E , V. a, S. T o unroof, S.] Add;
<c They follow'd hastily, being under cloud and si-
lence of night, lap about the house, and tried to tirr
it." Spalding, i. 30.
" To Tirr the Kirk, to Theek the Quire" S. Prov.;
to act preposterously, to pull down with the one
hand in order to rebuild with the other;
— c c These who conformed to the Romish rites,—
as the proverb has it, tirr'd the Kirk, to theek the
Quire ; and cunningly got these on their side, to be
placed in the room of the 'Culdees, who died and
keep'd the places vacant, till such time as they got,
from England and elsewhere, some of their own sen-
timents, to reimplace." Sibb. Fife, p. 193.
But here the Prov. is not applied with propriety;
because the party referred to obtained their end,
which was the subversion of the Culdees.
6. T o undress, to pull oft" one's clothes, S.B,
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The phrase used by Rudd. properly belongs to
this sense.
T o T I R R , v. n. T o snarl.] Add;
We have the term in the very same form in Dan.
lirr-er irritare, instigare, (Baden); properly denoting
the act of setting on a dog, as S. tir-wirring signifies
the growling of this animal.
T I E R , adj. Crabbed, &e.] Add;
Isl. tirrin clifficilis, austerus ; Haldorson.
T I R R A C IvE, T h e Tarrock, Larus tridac-
tylus Linn., Sheth
" The waterfowl took to wing,—answering the
echoes with a thousand vaiying screams, from the
deep note of the swabie or swartback, to the queru-
lous cry of the lirracke and kittiewake." The Pirate,
i. 227.
T I R R A N , s. 1. A tyrant, S., Gall. Enc.
This was nearly the old mode of writing this word;
and most probably it had always been pronounced
as if r had been doubled.
For lyke crimes the lyraii Claudius
Losit his stait, and gat deid for his dome.
Poems Sixteenth Cent. p. 274.
Then Samuel said, Where is A gag the king ?
See ye in haste that tyran to me bring.
Z. Boyd's Garden qfZion, p. 150. V. TYRANE.
A n y person o f a perverse humour, with whom
it is hardly possible to live, S.
It does not accord with the politesse of the French,
that this term, in its secondary sense, should be re-
stricted to the female sex. O.Fr. tyraine, tyranne,
femme meehante, qui agit comme un tyran, qui abuse
de son autorite; Roquefort.
T I R R I V E E , s. A fit of passion,] Add to de.
finition;—or the extravagant mode of display-
ing it, as by prancing, stamping, &c.
<c At length the faught began in earnest,—what a
lirrivee and stramash ! We had twa Highland re-
giments; some o' the sogers in them being shot, the
rest gat mad on the instant—they saw blood." Gall.
Enc. p. 420.
It's a great pity of Evan Dim, who was a very
weel-meaning good-natured man to be a Hieland-
man ; and indeed so was the Laird o' Glennaquoich
too, for that matter, when lie wasna in ane o' his tir-
rivees." Waverley, iii. 330.
u An' ye tak thae wuntlins and tir'levies this way,
we'll hae tae get the road postet tae haud ye up,"
Saint Patrick, ii. 267-
<e Xirrivees, tantrums ;" Gl. Antiq.
The Exmore v. to lervee is perhaps allied; " t o
struggle and tumble to get free Grose.
T I R W I R R , T I R W I R R I N G , adj. Growling,
Add;
The Dutch use a term of similar combination,
harrewarr-en, to jarr, to wrangle, to squabble, &c.
Sewel; probably from harre, herre, a hinge, and warr-
en to entangle, to disturb, q. to grate on the hinges.
T Y S D A Y , T Y I S B A Y , S. Tuesday, &c.] Add;
The bridal-day was set
On Tiseday for to b e ;
Then hey play up the rinawa' bride,
For she ha.s ta'en the gie.
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And when they came to Kelso town
They gart the clap gae thro',
—Saw ye a lass wi' a hood and a mantle,
Was maried on Tiseday 'teen ?
Runaway Bride, Herd's Coll. ii. 87- S8.
TISSLE, " A struggle; same with D h s l e
Gall. E n c . ; merely a variety of TAISSLE,-q. v.
T o T Y S T E , z>. a. " T o stirup, to entice R GL
Picken. Y. T Y S E , r.
T I T B O R E T A T B O R E , the play of Bo-pccp.
— " When, thervpon we have stablished against
al their cavillations, they leape now back, & of new
again intend accusation against our doctrine, what is
this else, but (as children, in their sporting, child-
ishly practise and more childishly speak) to ph-.y
bore tatbore with vs?" Porbes's Discoverie of i/erwfs
Deceit, p. 4.
The first syllable lit is obviously the same with
teet, in the common name of this sport, Teet-uo. But
bore, if not a corruption, must have a different origin
from bo, which maybe viewed as the same with the
E. interj. meant to produce terror, S. bu ; q. the
game in which one peeps out to fright another/' Snail
we view bore as signifying a small opening, q. c e peep-
ing through a bore ?"
I am informod that in Aberdeenshire, the nunty
in which Bp. Forbes resided, the phrase Tain- t»: >o
is still used by some old people, who had b^-si ac-
customed in their youth thus lo denominate the jh;;y
of Bo-peep.
T I T - A N - T A U M , 5. A term used in Ayrs., (if
I rightly understand the definition transmitted
to me,) signifying a fit of ill humour ; perhaps
from Tit a slight stroke, and Tazmn^ a fit of
crossness.
T I T FOR T A T , exact retaliation, a fair equiva-
lent, S.
" I lang'd ance for some jewels costly,
tV And staw them frae a sneaking miser,
" Wha was a wicked cheating squeezer,
a And much had me and others wrang'd,"
The father says, " I own,my son,
" T o rob or pilfer is ill done ;
" But I can eith forgive the faut,
" Since it is only lit for tat."
Til jar Tat, Ramsay s Poems, ii. 513, 514.
This phrase is retained in the intercourse of chil-
dren, in the following adage, uttered when one re-
turns a stroke received from another, Tit for tat's
fair play in gude cottar fechtin'," Loth.
It occurs in a coarse S. Pro v. " Tittfor tail, quoth
the wife, when she f d at the thunder.'— f A
senseless proverb, spoken when we give as good as
S.] we get." Kelly, p. 310.
This phrase, though overlooked by Johns., Bailey,
&c. is given by Grose in his Class. Diet, as signify-
ing " an equivalent." It is, however, generally, if
not always, used as denoting retribution of evil.
Though now classed among cant terms, it most pro-
bably has a more ancient origin than the most of
these. Serenius renders the phrase, " to give one tit
for tat," gifwa enom tittfoer tall. I see no vestige of
it, however, in any other Lexicon. Might we not view
tit for tat as formed from S. tit a slight stroke ? Thus,
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the reduplicative phrase will merely signify one tap
or stroke for another; and it will resemble, not on-
1 v in form, but in meaning and origin, the very an-
cient expression Lilfor Lai, q. v.
I hesitate, however, whether we should not rather
view it as a contraposition of the Teut. or Goth, pro-
nouns signifying this and that, with the slight change
of a letter of the same organ. Thus, Belg. dit voor
dal would literally signify, this for that. There is a
Sw. phrase which has some analogy: Tog detta ochgif
me det; Take this, and give me thai; Wideg. vo. Det
Another conjecture has occurred to me, which I
shall merely throw out for future consideration.
Miglit not this phrase originate in the mouths of the
vulgar, from the corruption of an expression with
which they must have been familiar, if not from the
A.S. laws, yet as frequently repeated in the services
of religion ;—Toth for tot It, as'in Matt. 5. S3 ? In
the use of this phrase, there is sometimes a change
of the vowel in the repetition of the noun, as well as
of the preposition ; Toth with teth, Ex. 2 1 . 2 4 . Toth
7aid teth, Lev. 2 4 . 2 0 .
T Y T E , TYT, adv. Soon, quickly.] T o Ah tyte,
as soon as, 1. 8. Add ; —as tyte, id., Clydes.
T o T Y T E , v. n. T o totter, Buehan.
H o w aft we've seen yir thrivin stock
Come tylin hame.
Tarras's Poems, p. 6 l .
The same with Toyte, v., q. v.
T o T Y T E o'er, v. n. T o fall over, Bur wicks.
T I T H E R , adj. T h e other, used after the, S.
V. TOTBTR.'
T I T i i Y , adj. Apparently the same with Tidt/,
plump, thriving. V . T V D Y .
T I T I N G , T h e Tit-lark, Orkn.
" The Tit-Lark,—Alauda Pratensis, Lin. Sys.—
Ore. Tiling ." Low's Faun. Oread, p. 67-
TITLENE, TITLING, T h e hedge-sparrow.]
Add;
" Curruca, the titlingWedderb. Vocab. p. 16.
T Y T Y , s. A grandfather, Strathmore. This
probably is merely a fondling term, as it is un-
doubtedly local. C.B. taid, a grandfather.
Germ, tatte pater. Junius informs us that the an-
cient Frisians called a father teyte. Gl. Goth. p. 71.
TYTTAR, T I T T A R , S. Rather, sooner.] Add
Tillar rather is a phrase still used by old people,
Ettr. For. It is evidently pleonastic. V. TYTE, adv.
T I T T Y , adj. 1. Applied to the wind, when
coming in gusts, S . B . ] Add;
2. Captious, testy, Renfr.
In the latter sense it nearly resembles A.Bor.
cc Teety or Teathy, fretful, fractious; as children
when cutting their teeth;" Grose. From the illus-
tration given, it would seem that this humorous
writer viewed it as having some connection with the
teeth. Mr. Brockett refers to E. Techy, with which
Titty seems to have no connexion. Perhaps in both
the senses given above, it may be traced to the same
origin with Tyte, quickly. Verel. gives Isl. tilt, not
only in the sense of Promptum, but also as signify-
ing, Frequens, quod saepe fit; being the neuter of
Tid-r.
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TITTIE-B1LLIE, A n equal, a match ; as,
" T a r n ' s a great thief, but Will's tittie-billie wi1
him," a vulgar term, R o x b . ; from Tittie, sis-
ter, and Billie equal, or perhaps q. " T h e y
are Tittie and Billiei. e. sister and brother,
having the strongest marks of resemblance.
T I T U L A R , s. T h e name given to a person
who, although a laic, had a donation of church-
lands, as of those belonging to an abbey, priory,
&c. at, or after, the reformation.
<—" D eel aires the saids Titulars to be free and li-
berat of the ministers stipend pro rata," &c. Acts
Cha. I. Ed. 1814, vol. V. 200.
" Titulars of Erection, are those who, after Popery
was destroyed, got a right to the parsonage teinds,
which had fallen to monasteries, because of several
parishes that had been mortified to them." Diet.
Feud. Law.
The person, invested with this property, was thus
designed as having a legal title to the tithes.
T o T I Z Z L E , v. a. T o stir up or turn over ;
as, " to tizzle hay," Fife.
Perhaps q. Teazle, from the E. v. to Teaze.
TO 3 prep. Used in the sense of down, S. " Gang-
ing to of the sun," his going down.
" All summoundis sould be execute in the time of
day lieht, efter the sone rysing, and befoir the gang-
ing to of the samin ; for all summoundis execute in
the time of nicht, efter the setting of the sone, is of
nane avail, gif ony alledgis and opponis the samin."
Balfour's Pract. p. 303.
Gawin Douglas uses went to in the same sense.
Be this the son went to, and we forwroeht
Left desolate, the wyndis calmit eik.
Doug. Firg. 87.31.
T O - A I R N (o pron. as Gr. t/.), ,v. A piece of
iron, with a perforation so wide as to admit the
pipe of the smith's bellows, built into the wall
of his forge, to preserve the pipe from being-
consumed by the fire, R o x b .
Teut. toe signifies clausus. Shall we suppose that
it has this designation, because it incloses or shuts
in the mouth of the pipe ?
T O A L I E , T O L I E , ,S*. A small round bannock
or cake of any kind of bread, U p p . Clydes. ;
; Todie, synon. Roxb.
C.B. twl, that which is rounded and smooth.
T o T O A M , v. n. T o rope. V. TOME.
T O C H E R , s. T h e dowry which a wife brings
to her husband, S.] Add;
% The term is at times so obscured by the auk war d-
ness of the con str net ion, that it might at first view
seem to denote the dowry settled by a husband on
his wife.
" Our souerane lord—confirmis the twa acquit-
tanceis—to the toun of Abirdene vpoun the payment
of aucht thousand pundis quhilk was deliuerit to
tham of the tocher of his maiesteis derrest spous the
quenis grace, and quhilk thai had for annuell and
profFeit." Acts Ja. VI. 1597, Ed. 1814, p. 149.
In an act immediately following, in regard to
Perth, it is called " his maiesteis tocher ;" as if it
had been given by him to the queen. In like man-
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ner, in p. 87, c. 80. we read of that part of his
hienes tocher," amounting to " the soume of tuentie
thousand pundis, quhilk wes deponit and put in" the
hand is o f " the provest, &c. of the burgh of Dundie."
There appears, however, to be no good reason to
doubt that this refers to the portion which he had
received, from the crown of Denmark, with the
queen. This he had lent to the boroughs of Aber-
deen, Perth, and Dundee, as being places of consi-
derable trade, that he might receive annual interest
on the capital.
T O C H E T I L E S S , adj. Having no portion, S.] Add;
cc As Baron of Bradwardine, I might have thought
it my duty to insist upon certain compliances re-
specting name and bearings, quhilk now, as a landless
laird, wi' a locherless daughter, no one can blame me
for departing from." Waverley, iii. 28f).
T o T O - C U M , v. n. 1. T o approach.] Add;
In old writings, it is often used with respect to
the receipt of letters, in the same sense with
come to in modern language.
" To al thaim to quhais knaulage thir present 1 et-
tr es sal to cum, William Chartris Lord of Cangnor
Gretyng in God," &c. Legist. Scon. p. 87- Mac-
fkrlanVMSS.
T O D , s. T h e f o x , S.] Add ;
This word seems to have been formerly used in
the North of E. For Ben Jonson, in his Sad Shep-
herd, which contains many North-Country words,
introduces Tods haires.
Or strew Todshmves, or with their tailes doe sweepe
The dewy grasse, to d'off the simpler sheepe.
This refers to some ancient pastoral customs, used
for frightening sheep from breaking through in clo-
sures. They either strewed some of the Fox's hair
on the place, or brushed it with his tail; believing
that the-scent of this dreaded animal would act as a
safeguard. The term occurs in another place.
•—Thou our fields dost still secure,
And keep'st our fountaines sweet and pure,
Driv'st hence the Wolfe, the Tode, the Brock,
Or other vermine from the flock.—Masques, ii. 124.
But we can scarcely view it as much known; for
I have not observed that it is used by any other E.
writer. Perhaps Jonson, in hunting for north coun-
try words, might, without sufficient proof, adopt this
as belonging to the north of E. It does not appear
in any provincial Glossary. It must be recollected,
however, that he was of Scottish extraction.
As Tod in E. signifies a bush, Mr. Chalmers has
remarked, that " the fox is so called, probably from
his bushy tail ;" Gl. Lynds. But before this seem
probable, it would be necessary to prove that the
meaning of the term, as signifying a bush, was not
only known in S., but known previously to its ap-
plication to the fox. It does not appear, indeed,
that it ever bore this sense in S.
T O D - H O L E , S. A hole in which the fox hides
himself*, S.
" Ilka hag, and den, and todhole round about, seem-
ed to be f V o' plovers."* Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 49.
TOD and LAMBS, a game, &c,] Add;
Some force, t' inclose the Tod, the wrooden Lamb o n ;
Some shake the pelting dice upon the broad back-
gammon. Anster Fair3 C. ii. st. 71 •
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T O D
TOD-LIKE, adj. Resembling the f o x ; as expres-
sing the idea of the use o f crafty means for
effecting the hurt o f others, S.
— C o n s i d e r i n g he's a gipsy, I'm far wrang if he
isna an honest man, gin we make a proper allow-
ance for his tod-like inclination to other folk's cocks
and hens ; but that's bred in him b y nature." Sir
A. Wylie, ii. 144.
Wae worth that tod-like clan excise,
That jeuk wi' cunnin crafty guise;
The tae wife's pot they mak their prize,
The tither's rnaut.
Tarras's Poems, p. 134.
TOD-PULTIS.
" Item, ane colt of blak taffiteis, lynit with tod
pullis, and harit with martrik sabill, with ane vane
of blak velvot." Inventories, A. 1589, p. 87.
This is probably an error of the writer for tod pelf is,,
i. e. fox-skins. E. pelt, Teut .pels, Germ .peltz, &c id.
T O D V X A I L S , T O D - T A I L S , S . 7 ) 1 . Alpine club-moss,
S.] Add;
i£ I ascended an eminence, matted knee deep with
brown heather, amongst which that singular and
beautiful creeping ornament of the moorlands., called
by the peasantry lod fails, wound its green branches
like plants of vegetable coral." Blackw. Mag. June
1820, p.278.
T O D V T U R N , S. A base trick, manifesting the
low cunning of a fox ; a term still used in some
parts o f the north of S.
" This will be very odd, for a Scots Parliament
to do this, or Scotsmen to play their own country
sic a Tod's turn. Fy, fy ! w hare's the bauld and bra
spirits of our forefathers, wha wad as soon a shoot
[shot] their head in the fire, as pit too their hand
to onny sic discreditable bargain, by whilk we'll
get baith skaith and scorn." Lett, from a Country
Farmer to his Laird, a Member of Parliament, p. 2.
(A. 1706'.)
T O D - T Y K E , S. A mongrel between a fox and a
dog, S.
" Tod-tykes, dogs half foxes, half common dogs.—.
They are said to be excellent hunters ;" Gall. Enc.
TOD-TOUZING, 6-. T h e Scottish method of hunt-
ing the fox, by shouting, bustling, guarding,
halloaing, kc. Gall. Encycl.
TOD-TRACK, <?. " T h e traces of the fox's feet in
snow.—By the marks o f his feet, he seems to
have but two; for—besets his hind feet exactly
in the tracks of the fore o n e s ; " Gall. Enc.
T O D , s. Bush. Ivy tod, ivy-bush.
" I will carry ye to a mail* convenient place, where
I hae sat mony a time to hear the howlit crying out
of the ivy lod." Antiquary, ii. 147.
This is an O.E. word, now obsolete : and I men-
tion it merely to point out what seems to be the root,
although overlooked by English lexicographers;—
Isl. tot a ram us cuius ; Haldorson.
T O D , T O D I E , T O D D I E , <?. A small round cake
of any kind of bread, given to children to keep
them in good humour, R o x b .
Teut. tote, libu 111 cornutum. Isl. ioddi, integrum
frustum, portio, torn us, or rather Isl. taata, placenta
infantum ; Haldorsom
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TODDLE, A small cake or sJcon, U p p . C l y d e s . ;
a tl i in in. f r o m Tod, id.
TODGIE, A r o u n d flat cake, o f a small size,
Berwicks. ; apparently from Tod, id.
C.B. lais and teisen, however, signify a cake ; and
toes dough, paste of bread.
TODDLE, -V. A designation given to a child, or
to a neat person o f a small size, A n g . •
TODDLER, .V. O n e w h o moves with short steps,
S. V. HODLK, V.
T O I > L I C J I ( g u t t . ) , .v. A child b e g i n n i n g to walk,
Fife.
TO-T)B A W , A resource, a r e f u g e , something
to siand one in stead, to winch one can draw in
d a n g e r or straitening circumstances, T e v i o t d .
Tent, hf.'-dra^h-e// is adferre ; ami Dan. /th!rag^cnde
attractive. But 1 observe no term m-arlv aided.
The same analogy orcurs. iioivcvcr, i>i • he f»rm.-ieai
of Teat. (<> '-ctuchL ( h-rm. zujluhi. Su.G. hijUhr re-
;'ii-iii:i>, a. j>t*:*s<ui or )d;ic•;* 'r> v.'hicn one may //// ;
.Belg. t>,r-{nnp, Germ. ztdaufj] a resort, that to widen
one may run.
T O F A E L , TOO-FALL, s. A b u i l d i n g annexed,
&e.'| Add ;
" I le til-red the hail toofalls of the oiTice-hoiiaes,
sncli as bake-house, brew-house, byres, stables, yea
ami of some toofa! I chambers also, and carried roof
and slates away, wherewith he roofed a. sung school,
and slated the same within Bernard limes' cl.-se,
where never song school was before." Sp-dm.-.g,
ii. 'J7- bi the second instance here. it is u.-ed as
an adj.
O.K. u To/at shedde. Appenclieitmi. Appendix.
Teges." Prompt. Parv. A.Bor. Too fa!, Ticoj'all, or
TeefaUa small building adjoining to, and with the
roof resting on the wal 1 of a larger one ;—often p r o -
nounced. Toufja Gl. Broekett. This, is apparently
the same with the sound given to the term in S. Tufa.
Teut. toc-rad-en adjungi, adjungere.
* T O F T , s. u A place where a messuage has
stood Johns.
This word, being used in the E. law, can scarcely
be introduced with propriety here, at least not as a
Scottish term. But Reynerius has explained it as
" a kind of small grove, or place covered with brush-
w o o d . " V. Toft a, l ) u Cange.
Phillips gives this as the secondary sense of the
same w o r d ; " Also, a grove of trees." This is the
only sense, given o f the term in. Diet. Rustieum.
It may, therefore, be necessary to attend a little to
the use of it in former times.
• It appears, indeed, that. Toft and Tuft have fre-
quently been confounded. The latter is properly
used to denote a cluster of trees ; but it is from a
different origin. Johnson derives it from Fr. tuffe.
But its proper root seems to be A.S. thuf-ian, ce fru-
tieare ; to burgeon, spread, or shoot o u t ; " whence
Ihufe, i£ germ en, irons; a branch o f a tree ;" Sonmer.
E v e views tins as the origin of E. Tuft.
Toft, however, must be traced to the Scandinavian
dialects. L . B . toft-inn has certainly been formed
from Su.G. /o/f/,-also topt, area, properly that appro-
priated to building. Isl. topt, also written tqf tompt,
tomciaj is thus expl. b y Verebus ; Fundi pars aedi^
O K
ficiis occupati ; scala mensoria est, omnis partitionis
agri per totum solum pago subjectum. llaumnar-
katld topter til garthu ; 1 )escripsit areas aedibus;
Ileims Kring. T. h p . Dan. tofi, (owl, huus-
toitil, the prcmi.ses of a house." Tomt is also ex])h,
the ground or premises of a house, a v-'ird Wolff.
Xorw. /'//?, tuff, the pi.-ice where houses stand."
Jhre derives tin; word from taepp-a clauuere. quum
aedinciis fere eingi solet.
Thisterm, however, is also used to denote a place
of pa-tuiv near a village. N'otat quouue locum pas-
cuum jtix-a villain, quam a relupus possessor divisam
ha. bet Kfdj'tomt, locus ubi pascimtur vituli ; Hire.
Dan. !o/h\ ager villae subjacens, continues: Baden,
I I.ddorson, I observe, views to,//! ;is the mo.st an-,
cient form of the word, For h.e refers to t:nu-r va-
cuus, (S. !/n/i>\) as its origin. l i e indeed deimes toft,
area. (iomas vacua.
T * ) F T , s. A bed lor plants, Caithn. ; whence,
I'LAXT-TOFT, -v. A BED f o r rearing vcuiiigcolc-
worfs o r cabbages, :bid,
Thev make (has.- m; rseries or pla nt-!of!s of small
extent', that the dykes might .shelter the young plants
f'oai the severity of the whiter.'' Agr. Surv. Caitim,
p. M <).
1st. ptant-a plan tare, and toft area.
T O - G A N G , s. " E n c o u n t e r , meeting, access
( i l . Sibb., vi). To-cum.
T O - G A ? T X , .y. A d r u b b i n g ; as, " Ell gi e y o u
a g u d e to-gaua f I.anarks.
This seems originall v the same with To-gang.
Apparent!v from (lac to go, with the prep. To.
(ias-to, sv'.on.
rrOC»KBSi:;v[, a d j . T e d i o u s , t i r e s o m e ; pron.
1 \'://(}j-('rsam ; A1 eanis.
C.B. titg-i si-iuhes to elongate, to extend ; taxog-,
tiiat Vv iiiei'i is iengt-'seued out ; ir. and Gael, tulrscach}
weary, tired, appears to liave had a common origin.
Tei.it. toghcr is everriculum, a drag-net, from togh-cn
trail ere, q. wlnit is drawn out, like Isl. taiig, S u . G .
tog, funis, from a similar source. T h e termination
seems to indicate that the term is of Goth, origin.
If we suppose that Tzhogcrsum, as is most likely,
gives the ancient and genuine sound o f the word,
we can have no doubt in tracing it to Germ, zoger-n,
:J6gcr-n, tarda re, mo mm trahere, from zug mora vel
traetiis. Wachtcr views the latter as radically the
same with Su G. tog ; remarking that A.S. tt/ge sig-
liiiies, productio in longitudinem. Somner expl. it,
c: a drawing out in length."
T O Y , ,v. A female head-dress.] Add;
Dan. iocj " stuff;" nattocij, " a night or white and
plain head-dress;" hoved tocj, " a head-dress," Wolff.
T O I G L I A L , (gutt.) A parcel, a b u d g e t , l u g -
gage ; any troublesome appendage, D u m b e r -
tons. ; Tanghal, id. Perths.
Gael, tiagh, tioch, tiochog, a bag, a wallet, a satchel.
TOKEN, s. A ticket o f admission to the sacra-
ment o f the S u p p e r . ] Add;
" The minister of the parish examines the people
as to their fitness, and to those o f whom he approves
gives little pieces of tin, stamped with the name o f
the parish, as tokens, which they must produce before
receiving it. This is a species of priestly power,
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a ml sometimes may be abused." Eos well's Journal,
p. 1-08, N., Ed. 18*07- .
This account is not quite accurate. A c c o r d i n g
to the rules of the church, these tokens are, or at
least ought to be, given by the minister in public.
In dispensing them, he does not act individually, but
as Moderator of the Session, the members of winch
are generally present. It is, indeed, properly a /ju-
dicial act in which the Session is concerned,. Al-
though, as a matter of expediency, those v% ho apply
for admission to the Sacrament of the Supper are
commonly examined by the Minister in private; if
any one should think himself unjustly rejected on
the ground of ignorano-, he might claim ii: as his
ri^'ht to be examined in presence of the S-.->su.u, and
to be received or rejected according to the state of
the votes. Nor does the receiving of a token merely
respect religious knowledge. It no les*regards the
mora! character of the candidate, in judging of which
all the elders of the church are viewed as on a level ;
whatever preference be given to the Pastor in the
trial as to knowledge.
T O K I E , , ? . A n old woman's head-dress, &e.] Add;
It most nearly resembles Fr. toquct, a little toque;
a maid-servant's cap. Tokie might seem to be of
Gothic origin, as Dan. toklce is a cap or bonnet.
Couarrubias, however, in his TesoroEeng. Castellan.,
says that Span, toe a, a coif, is by some derived from
Arab, toque id., as the Moors had this as a piece of
dress. W e may add C.B. toe, a hat, cap, or bonnet.
T O L B U T F I E , T O L L B O O T H , <y. A prison or
jail, S.
This term is mentioned by Johns, on the authority
o f A ins worth. But it does not appear to have ever
been properly received as an E. word in this signi-
fication. Phillips, indeed, views this as a sense pe-
culiar to Scotland.
" Toll-booth" lie says, " a custom-house, or place
where toll is paid : also the name of the chief prison
of Eden borough in Scotland."
Skinner expl. it solely in the former sense.
It, therefore, seems most probable, that in S. it
originally denoted the place of custom ; and that it
may have been transferred, in its application, to a place
of confinement, in consequence o f those who refused
to pay custom, or w h o were chargeable with some
breach of the law in buying or selling, being con-
fined in the booth, in which those who received toll
01* custom were stationed, till reparation was made.
Hence it might, by a slight transition, be used to
denote a place appropriated for the confinement of
transgressors of whatever description.
Whether this conjecture be well-founded or not,
we certainly know that the place thus designed was
early employed as the seat of the highest courts o f
the nation. The tollbooth was even the place of the
meetings of Parliament.
" T h e Con sale Generate halclyn at Strivilyn in the
tolbuthe of that ilk," &c. Acts Ja. II. vol. II. 32.
T h e present " tolbootli" of Edinburgh " was built
b y the citizens A . D . 156*1, and destined for the ac-
commodation of the parliament and courts of justice,
and for the confinement o f debtors and malefactors.
— S i n c e A . D . 16'40, this building has been used
solely for a jail." Arnot's Hist. Edin. p. 297*
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• It might appear that so early as the year 1593, the
parliament had a place o f meeting distinct from the
tollbooth. For in an act passed that year " f o r pimeise-
ment of thame that t rub lis the Parliament, Sessioun,
and vther Jugementis," w e find that ff his hienes par-
liament lions" is distinguished from cc the inner toU
buifh," where " the lordis of Sessioun" are said to
<f sit for the administratioun of iustice."
In the acts of Parliament which were written iii
Latin, this is denominated Pretorium, the judgment-
hall. V . Acts, Ech 1 8 14, vol. II. p. 79, 87, &c.
Isl. follhud, Dan. tofdbod, telonium.
T O E D O U R , TOLDOIU, S. A kind o f cloth
wrought with threads o f gold.
" Item, ane pair of hois of blak velvett, cuttit out
with to!dour, with ane small trais of gold." Inven-
tories, A . 1539, p. 43.
" Item, ane pair of hois of crammesy velvett, fren-
yeit with silvir cuttit out on toldoir." Ibid. p. 41.
This is evidently the same with Tweild doir. V.
T W E A L a n d TWOLDEIIE.
Qu. toile d\)r, from Fr. toile cloth, linen cloth, and
d'or, of gold. This might seem to be improperly sub-
stituted for drap d'or. But toile is used to denote cloth
of various kinds. Toile d'or, ou d'argent, est un es-
touffe dont les fils sent d'or ou d'argent. Diet. Trev.
The origin is Eat. tela, a web. Twoldere, and Tweild
doir, however much disguised, seem to be merely the
same term, vitiated by the ignorance of the writer,
who has substituted 'we and wo to give the sound of
the diphthong oi.
T O L 1 E , ,s\ A small r o u n d cake o f any kind of
bread. V. TOALIK.
T O L L - B A R , v. A turnpike, S., A . B o r . ; evident-
ly from the bar or bars employed f o r preventing
passage without ])avment o f the toll imposed.
T O I . L I E , .v. A turd, F i f e .
Isl. Itdi, stipes obtusus ; or C.B. tol, that which se-
parates, ful eh, a coagulated mass ? Or rather tail fi-
nius, stercus, lail-o stercorare, Davies; Armor, and
Corn, /c/7, merda ; dung, dirt.
T O L L I N G , T m v L i x o , ,v. T h e name given to
that sound which is emitted b v bees b e f o r e they
swarm, U p p . Clydes.
" Most observers also .affirm, that in the evening
before swarming an uncommon humming or buzzing
is heard in the hive, and a distinct sound from the
queen, called tolling or calling. Mr. Hunter compares
it to a note of a piano f o r t e ; and other authors to
different tones." Edin. Encycl. vo. Bee, p. 414.
<f If you listen, especially when they have done
working, you will hear one o f them making now and
then a very distinguishable sound from the rest, which
he begins to do about forty-eight hours before swarm-
ing, with this difference, that the first twenty-four
hours the sound is much weaker, and the intervals
betwixt the sounds are greater than in the other day,
— w h e n the noise is louder, and much more frequent,
— T h i s sound, commonly called Tomling, proceeds,
I suppose, from the y o u n g king, giving signal to his
company to make ready for a march," &c. Maxwell's.
Bee-master, p. 4b.
Mr. Bonner compares the note to Peep,peep, sound-
ed rapidly three or four times, and then intermitted
for a little.
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Either from the E. v. to Toll, or from Sw. lull-a
can ere, a word mentioned by Seren. as allied to TolL
TOLLONESELLAR, A dealer in tallow,
• anciently written Tallonc, A b e r d . R e g .
T O L L - R O A D , s. A turnpike road, S.
T O L M O N T H , T O L M O N D , S. A year, twelve
months ; S. Towmont.
— And that thai exerce thair said office frome the
day of thair electioun to that day tohnonlh allanerlie."
Acts Ja. VI. 1587, Ed. 1814, p . 451.
t<r This tyme tolmond or thairby." Aberd. Reg.
Cent. 16.
T O L O R , s. State, condition. V . T A L E R .
T O M E , T O M , T O U M , S. 1. A line for a fishing-
r o d . ] Add;
It is used in the same sense in Shetl.
cc That the rancelmen—see—all lines and toms
made of horse-hair, and keep account thereof/' Acts
of Shctl. Survey, A pp. p. 3.
I It* attached a cork to each small cord, or tome,
as it is called, to which the hook is fixed, about six
inches from the hook," &c. Edmonstone's Zetl. Isl.
i. 3d
" l i e — d e c k it out a hantle o geds and perches wi'
his toum*' Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 158.
W e must undoubtedly view A . B o r . T a w n i , Turn,
a fishing line," as originally the same. It would seem
to be applied to one made of twine : ce A lang twine
tarn;" Gl. Brockett. Sibbald has given Towm as
synon. with Tow, a r o p e ; Gl.
A long thread of any ropy glutinous substance;
as rosin half-melted, sealing-wax, &e. Clydes.
The origin is undoubtedly Isl. For tawrn signifies,
1. Habena; 2. Funis piscatorius. The first sense
corresponds with that of Teut. loom, habena; the se-
cond with that of Norw. tommc, a line, a rope.
T o T O M E , T O U M , V. A. T o draw out any viscous
substance into a line, R o x b . ; pron. q. Toom.
T o T O M E , o r T O U M out, v. n. T o be drawn out
into a line, to issue in long threads, like any glu-
tinous substance; as, " I t cam tozcmrn? out?
Clydes., R o x b . To king towmiri' down, to hang
in the manner o f saliva from the lips, ibid.; q.
to hang: down as a hair-line.
Su.G. logn-a may seem originally the same, sig-
nifying to be drawn out; extendi. Usurpatur de
funibusaliisve, quae tensa producuntur; Ihre. Hence
gifwa tocgn, to be ductile. He derives it from Isl.
teig-ia, extendere, protendere; although perhaps it is
immediately from Su.G. tog-a, to draw.
T O M E , s. Used, perhaps, for B o o k ; L . B . torn-
us, libellus, codex. FY. tome, part of a book
in one volume.
For lyke crymes, the tyran Claudius
Losit his stait, and gat deid for his dome.,
T o speik of Nero now, I have na tome.
Poems Sixteenth Cent. p. 274.
T O M E R A L L , s. " A horse two years o l d ; a
y o u n g cout or s t a i g G a l l . E n c .
Twaim is the dative of Moes.G. twa duo, as twam,
the dative and accusative of the same term in A.S.; and
Moes.G. ger, A.S. gear, annus. Thus the first part of
the word might seem to be q. twam gear a, two years.
But it may be merely a corr. of Tomminaid, q. v.
580,
T O N
T O M M A C K , .9. A hillock. V . TAMMOCI.
T 0 M M I N A I J L , ,9. A n animal of the o x kind
that is a year old, A y r s .
Evidently corr. from Towmont year or twal months,
a n d Auld old. V . ETTERLIN, and TOMERALL.
T O M S H E E , s. A term introduced from G a e l ,
signifying in that language a fairy-hillock.
" In the course of the morning she—gathered a
four-leaved clover from one o f those gently swelling
and verdant mounds called in the language of the
country Tonishee, or the c hillock of fairies/ A four-
leaved clover is called in the Highlands * the sham-
rock of powers or virtues/ The finder—is esteemed
very Inch/." Claii-Albin, ii. 240, 241.
* TONGUE, 1. On one's tongue, by heart, S.B/
2. To Gie qff the Tongue, to deliver a message,,
or render an account, from recollection, or ver-
bally, as contradistinguished from writing; as,
" D i d you give it in writing " Na, I g'fed
it ciff my tongueS.
T O N G - G R A N T , s. Acknowledgement, confession.
" His a win long grant f Aberd. R e g .
T O N G U E Y , adj. 1 . Applied to one who is qua-
lified to defend his cause with the tongue, S.
2. Loquacious, glib-tongued ; rather used in a
bad sense, S.
Sooner at Yule-day shall the birk be drest.
Or birds in sapless busses big their nest,
Before a tonguey woman's noisy plea
Shou'd ever be a cause to dan ton me.
Fergttssons Poems, P. ii. 3.
This is undoubtedly a very old word. For Teut.
long high has precisely the same sense; linguax, Kalian,,
TONGUE-ROOTS, S. pi. It wasjuist at my tongue-
roots, a phrase commonly used as intimating
either that a person was just about to catch a
term that had caused some degree of hesita-
tion, or that he was on the point o f uttering an,
idea in which he has been anticipated by an-
other, S. .
T o T O N G U E - T A C K , V. a. T o prevent from free-
dom of speech.
It has been the trick of all the enemies to gain
•their woeful purposes, and very fatal to, and hath
tongue-lacked many a valiant hero for Christ in our
day." Society Contending^, p. 218.
T O N G U E - T A C K E D , part., pa. 1. Tongue-tied;,
applied to those who have an impediment, in
speech, in consequence of the membrane, which
attaches the tongue to the palate, coming too
far forward, S . ; pron. tongue-taehit.
Applied to a person that is accustomed to speak
a good deal, who becomes suddenly or unusual-
ly silent; as, " W h a t ails ye the night, man ?
Y e look as gif ye were tongue-tacldtf S.
3. Mealy-mouthed ; not speaking the truth with
becoming boldness, S.
" Queen Mary—gave him £John K n o x ] that sharp
challenge, which would strike our mean-spirited
tongue-tacked ministers dumb, for his giving publick
faithful warning of the danger of the church and
nation, thro' her marrying the Dauphine of France/*
Walker's Remark. Passages, p. 60.
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" Mr. Shields much lamented his silence before
that assembly, and coming so far short of his former
resolutions, that if ever he saw such an occasion he
should not be tongue-tacked" Ibid. p. 78.
4. Often applied when a person is mumbling, in
consequence o f being in some degree intoxi-
cated, R o x b .
T O N N E , adj. Apparently, made of tin. " A n e
flakoune," i. e. flagon; A b e r d . R e g . V. 26.
T O N N Y , adj. 66 A n e tonnij cjuot" perhaps a
tawney-coloured coat; A b e r d . Reg. Cent. 16.
T O N N O C H E D , part. pa. Covered with a plaid,
Perths.
The auld mare nichers for her filly,
Wi' a mither's tender care.—
f Ca' them hame, poor tonnoched Willy,
f For I see they'll eat nae mair."
Donald and Flora, p. 1SG.
Properly a Gael. word. Tomiag, a wrapper round
the shoulders.
TooBERIN, <?. A beating, a d r u b b i n g ; as, cc I
gae him a gude tooberinS.O. V. T A B O U R .
T O O K , s. A particular and disagreeable taste
or flavour. V. T E U K .
T O O M - S K I N T ) , adj. H u n g r y . V . underTuME.
T O O P , s. One orthography of Tap, a r a m ; but
pron. like Gr. v., S.
O ! may thou ne'er forgather up
Wi' ony blastit, moorland toon! Burns, iii. 79*
T O O P I K I N , T O O P I C K , S. 1. A pinnacle, a sum-
mit, Aberd.
— " Being as evidently driven of the devil, upon
the highest Topicks of the dangerous perishing rocks
of atheism, as ever the Gadarene swine were." Wal-
ker's Peden, p. 4.
Although this passage has been pointed out to me
as a proof of this use of the word, I am doubtful,
notwithstanding the apparent allusion to a pointed
rock, whether the sense be not the same with that
of the E. s.
52. A narrow pile raised to such a height as to be
in dano-er
o of fallino-
o 3 ibid.
8. Used also for a dome, cupola, turret, or steeple ;
perhaps by a loose application of the term as
used in sense 1., ibid..
C.B; topiawg, having a top or crest. But perhaps
rather a dim in. from Teut. top, Isl. toppe, eaeumen,
formed by the addition of kin. V. KIN, S.
T O O K , s. A turf, S.B. V. T U I I E S . . wearer was to blow.
T O O R R I N , part. pr. " Flay is said to be too?-
rin, when it rises on the rake in raking Gall.
Encycl.
Either as E. towering; or allied to O. Fr. turC-e,
levee, Roquefort; or perhaps rather from Gael, lorr-
am, C.B. twr-iam, to heap, to pile, to raise up.
T O O S H , s. A woman's bed-gown - synon. Short-
gown ; an abbreviation of Curtoush, q. v.
T o T O O T , v. a. 1. T o blow or sound a horn*
S . ] Add;
2. T o sound loudly, to spread as a report. " It
was tootit throw a1 the kin try — " T h e kintra
claiks war tootit far and wide;" Fife.
T o T O O T , T O U T , v. n.~\ Insert, as sense
5SI
T O O
1. T o cry as if one were sounding a horn ; to cry
by prolonging the voice, S.
How they did carouse it, and pluck (as we say)
at the kid's leather: and flagons to trot, and they to
loote, Draw, give [page"] some wine here reach hi-
ther." Urquhart's Rabelais, B. ii. p. 145.
The term used in the original is corner, to wind
a h orn.
2.' T o make a plaintive noise, &e.] Add ;
Isl. taut murmur, sustirrus ; taut-a, murmur are ;
Haldorson.
T O O T , T O U T , S. T h e blast of a horn, &c.] Add;
ccMr. Shields sometimes said in publiek, that ' the
tout of a horn over the Cross of Edinburgh blew the
greatest part of the Ministers of the Church of Scot-
land out of their pulpits." Walker's Remark. Pas-
sages, p. 175.
T O U T I N G HORN, a horn for blowing, S.] Add;
The only E. writer, as far as I know, who seems
to use this phrase, is Howell. " That wiseacre de-
serves of all other to wear a touting horn." Lett. B.
i. 7- In relation to this passage, Dr. Johns, says
of the v., " It was used in a contemptuous sense,
whieh I do not fully understand." The truth is,
the acute lexicographer did not understand it at
all, else he would never have given it as the same v.
with Toot, to pry, to peep. It is pretty evident that
Howell himself did not understand it. For he writes
toting, (although it is changed to tooting by Mr.
Todd), which might seem to be formed from Teut.
tote, cornu, extremitas in star eornu; and, from the
connexion, Howell seems evidently to have under-
stood the phrase as denoting a horn« of a very, dif-
ferent description. For, in the passage quoted, he
not only speaks of wearing it, but passes this sen-
tence on " a poor shallow-brained puppy, who upon
any cause of disaffection, would have men to have
a privilege to change their wives, or to repudiate
them introducing the passage with this remark,
that such an one " deserves to be hiss'd at rather
than confuted." He afterwards subjoins ; " Where-
as in other commonwealths men use to wear invisi-
ble horns, it would be a wholesome constitution, that
they who upon too much jealousy and restraint,—
impel their wives to change, &c. should wear plain
visible horns, that passengers may beware of them as
they go along, and give warning to others—Cornu
ferit Hie, Caveto. P. 455, 456. He does not seem to
have had any idea that this was a- horn whieh the
To T O O T , v. a. T o drink copiously; Toot ii
up> Drink it off. V. T O U T , V.
T O O T , interj. Expressive o f contempt, S . ; the
same with E . Tut.
T O O T , T O U T , , V. A. 1. T o toss.] Add;
On the margent, opposite to this word, Sir W. S.
remarks: ^ Tout is used in slang,—to observe or
look out.— c Young Jenny the file-frow I touted.''
He cannot, however, view this as having any con-
nexion with the v. signifying to toss; but undoubt-
edly considers it as quite a distinct word., It is origi-
nally the same with Teet, to peer; and in fact, though
BOW confined to cant language, is a good old E. word,
as appears from the quotations vo. TETE, V.
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a Than the master cry it, Top your fopinellis, hail
T O O T T I F I J \ .9. A " ioothfi? d drink, a quan-
tilV of drink Gall. K:i:(.\ on your top sail scheitis." Compl. of S. p. 63.
T O O T H - R I F E , 07/y. Agreeable to the taste, T O P M A X , -v. A ship or vessel with tops.
palatable, thai of which one can eat a consi- " From this letter it also appears that, at this
derable quant it v, J »o\b. time, the embassador observed at Leith only niae or
ten small topi/ten, (ships with tops,) and some b(din-
A.S. It/of// dens, and ruje. frequens ; q. what one
gars and era vers; and none wen.- rigged for sea,
wishi s to employ hi- te^th about frequently.
except one small lop man of about sixty tons." Pink*
* T O O T H S O M E , adj. Not mere! v pleasing to Hist. Scotl. ii. 84,' K.
the taste, a.s m J-]., hut. easily chewed, Fife. T O - P U T , part pa. Affixed.
T O O T - M O O T , .v. A muttering. This is the —r" The sealls of the forsaid lord the Governour,
j iron, of Tut-mule, A herd. and of the forsaid Earll of Mar lies cusin, to thir in-
T o T ( ) ( ) T T I ; E , 7'. u. T o mutter, to speak to dentures interchangablie are toput." Indent, of Mur-
one's sell', Kinross; a dimm. either from Toot, dae I). of Albany, &c. Pink. Hist. Scot. i. 455.
v., to express dissatisfaction, or from the Isi. T O - P U T (proa. Tee-pit), s. 1. A n y thing unne-
radical term tain-a murmuraro. cessariiy ar incongruously superadded, Aberd.
T O P , f ! A I L, am- M A E. V. under TAP. 2. \'ery ofien used to denote any fictitious addi-
T O P , T A i% adj. Yer v good, c\a p-ilni, excellent ; tion to a true narrative, ibid.
as, " That's tap jpH/ excellent ale, S. q. what To-rrTTKii, .v. One that holds another to work,
is at the lap of ail. S.A. Hence, S. It is used in the Proverb ; " 1 1 1 workers
are ave gude to pa th'rs.
ToiM'Ki:, .V. A i: v i Iiiiig excellent in its Kind ; as,
T O y I 10, -v. formerly used to denote the cushion
" T i i a f s a tapper^ ibid.
worn on the forepart oi' the head, over which
A.Bor. Ton, good, cxreli.-nt. Topper, any thing
the hair of a female was combed, Perths., A n g .
superior,—a clever, or extraordinary person; but
The term is put in the mouth of a Scotsman, but
generally in an ironical sense." Gl. lbrockc tt.
evidently in a different sense ; although, from the
T o T O P , T o n : , r. a. 1. T o taps to broach. manner in which a turban is rolled, not very distant.
— " Four pundis—of ilk tune of wyne to be top-
fk But I think it touches our honour, that Tristan
pU, veil tit, and -sauld in smallis within the said
burgh." Acts Ja. VI. 1621, Ed. 1814, p. 6fi(). and his people pretend to confound our Scottish bon-
2. A l s o used in a laxer sense, as equivalent to nets with these pilfering vagabonds' toques and tur-
breaking hulk. ban ds, as they call them/ said Lindsay." Q. Dur-
" For the spilling of the merkat in hying of wit- ward, i. 1.06. V . T O K I E .
taill in gryt, & topping tharof befor none.—Bying T OCiM E (of a saddle), .y. T h e pummel, &c. S .}Add;
& topping of wax, hempt & tar in gryt." Aberd. I did also use to carry one [a portefoile] of a
Reg. A. 15:>8, V. 16. 4° form, with good tyers to it in a carpet bag (such
—" Tope nor regrait ony wyttall." Ibid. as they use in France) tyed to the tore of my saddle,
And a Is, to lope & retail all commodities what- so that if it was my fortune to meet with any thing
soever/' Acts Cha. 11., vol. VIII. 0.3. . by the way worth the gathering, I could easily take
I have some doubt, however, whether it should it and-preserve it without being in danger to loss my
not be read copping, in the sense of selling. companie." Sir A. Balfour's Letters, p.-38.
Thisis against the analogy of the kindred tongues; T O i i E T T , or T O R11E T T , C L A11" H , a muffler
Belg. tapp-en, Su.G. /app-a d. lappa, stipamen.Hence, " Ane torelt claith of holarie claith sewit with gold
T O P S T E I I , T O P S T A H A-. A . tapster. and blew silk.—Twa lorrelt claillds of hollane claith,
fC Four pundis—of ilk tune of wyne, &c. to be &c.—Ane torelt of Turkie claith wroeht with divers
vpliftit be thame—fra the ventineris, topsleris, and eullouris of silk,'and freinyeit with gold and cram-
selleris thairof in all tyme euming." Acts, uhi sup. mo'sie silk." Inventories, A. 1578, p. 235.
" Ordanis the excise—to be collected—from the Fr. tour el de nez, a muffler; Cotgr. Phillips expl.
brewers, tops tars, and vintners respective." Acts muffler as denoting a piece of cloth for tying under
Cha. II., vol. VIII. 63. the chin. But the torelt was meant to cover the nose.
T o TOPT, v. a. T o tap, to broach. It is thus defined in Diet. Trev. Touret, vieux mot
fc Ordains the excise of the ale, beer, and wines, qui signifioit line espece de marque jjmasque ou
to be collected-—according to the quantity made use d'ornement que le dames de condition portoientautre-
of, t opted, or sold by them." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, fois, qui ne leur cachoit que le nez. Aussi 1'appel-
VI. 163. loit-on lour el de nez. Bu cctda m u lie b ris, vet epistonnum.
T o T O P E , v. a. T o oppose.] Add; On voit dans le, Bibliotheque clu Roi plusieurs repre-
W e find a similar phrase used by Durham. "And sentations de fetes &z de carousels, ou les dames sont
the nations were angry : The world was in tops with peintes avec des lourets de nez. Les mot, aussi hi en
Christ's church, having hatred against his people." que la chose sont hors d'usage.
T O R F E I l l , TonFEit, Hardship, difficulty.]
Exposition of the Revelation, c. xi. 1 8 .
Add;
T O P F A W , 6'. Soil that has fallen in, or sunk
O.Fr. torfaire has a resemblance ; signifying to
from the surface, Fife.
err, to wander ; forfait, violence, outrage.
T O P I N E L L I S , s.pl. " T h e lines for haling
T o T O l l F E L , t;. n. 1. T o pine away, to die.]
the top-sails GL. Comph
Add;—lloxb.
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<4' A t the same time it was reportit, that there was
to b e seen every morning- at two o'clock, a naked
woman tor felling on the Alemoor loch, wi' her hands
tied behind her back, and a heavy Stone at her neck."
Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 149.
I t is also expl. to-relapse into disease, R o x b .
8. M e t a p h . to draw back f r o m a design or p u r -
pose, ibid.
" I fleechyt Eleesabett noore [never]] to lat us lor-
fell in. the waretyme of owir raik." Wint. Ev. Tales,
'ii. 11.
T o n FI.F.. T O R I ' K L , .V. T h e state OF being unwell,
a declining state o f health, Kox]>.
Ad'! {;? etymon ; — E l . (c,r-a. inhere vit am trahere ;
from tor, an inseparable particle denoting diii!cult
and oeeurrh-p in a variety of compound words, as
(or-J'citgiuii. acqu is.it u diflicilis, (or-j'urrur, viaruui dif-
ficult-ties, (or-reh, damnum, amissio, tv c.
*<": T O R Y , -v. A term expressive o f the greatest
indignation or contempt ; often applied to a
child ; as, " Y e vile little lorjjf Ayrs.
It is use:!, especially in the higher parts of Kyle,
by those v. ho have not the remotest idea of its pro-
per meaning, nor have ever supposed that it must
have been transmitted from their ancestors, many of
whom suffered mcft severely from the Tories, during
Cnarles 1 L'sivipn. especially when the western coun-
ties weiv put under the tuition o f t h e I Highland I lo.-t.
T o T O i l i - ; , T o r . o r x , r.a. T o torture, or gave
pain, by the continued infliction o f punctures,
pinching, nipping, or scratching, R o x b . Fr.
torqu-er, Lat. torqu-crc, to writhe.
TOKNE, A tower.
" Their leaders, desirous to gaine further honour
and reputation,.pursued the enemy so hard, till they
had beaten them out of a lorne they had fled unto."
Monro's Expcd. P. 11. p. 80.
'.rent, lorn, lorne, the same with lorre, turris; Germ.
[hum, Mod. Sax. (Intra, id.. 1 si. hcrhtm, turres, castel-
ia., Verel.; q. " tile towers of the army." C.B. her arx.
T O R P I T , s. T u r p i ntine, E p p . Olvdcs.
Perhaps retained from C.B. lurpant. iii.
T O R H I E , T O J I Y , ,V. A beetle that breeds in
d u n g , and consumes grain, Banff's.
It [ploughing lands when dry which have been
tathecl] also fosters that destructive animal called the
tor if ; for that insect, whether it be generated from
the corrupted dung, or be produced by the indispo-
sition of the soil, or whatever be their origin, experi-
ence teaeheth that drought infallibly preserveththem
and nourishcth tliem." Amp. Agr. Surv. Banifs. p. 47.
Practice of Farmers in Buchan, Edin. 1735, p. 29.
T h e ToJ ic-reorm is expl. k*f the hairy caterpillar,"
Mearns ; the grub-worm, Aberd.
Fris,., Pe!g. lorre, vermis et searabeus, scarabaeus
pi 1ula ri us, caiiillarus.
T o T O I U I I E - E A T , v. n. T h e same with b e i n g
Torry-eaten, q. v.
<c If it [[the soil] be inclined to lorry-eat, it should
be turned over as soon as the plough can possibly
enter the m old after frosty weather." Surv. Banff's, ibid.
ToRitY-EATEN,r/J/. Torry-eaten land, poor m o o r -
ish soil.] Add;
A literary correspondent, who, I should be in*>
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clined to think, has a warm heart to the Whigs, con-
tends that this word has had its origin from the re-
collection of the desolating ravages o f the Tories,
who eat up every one's substance, or destroyed what
they could not devour. Hence," he adds, ee a
place in the utmost extremity of want, or a piece of
ground unfit to support animal life, is said to be tor"
rie-eaten, as-the strongest term by which human mi-
sery can be expressed."
T O T , T O R , .9. A tormentor, L a t .
" The Lord ke.' p vs from angering this Spirit; if
thou anger him, he will anger th-e, and wil draw
himself aside in such sort that thou wilt not know
thou ha: t him : and in the meantime he will waken
the conscience of sin, and make it accuse thee, and
as a ton'or within thee to torment thee, as if thou
wort in hell." hollock on 1 Thes. p. .'J'o5.
T O S C I I, T o sc. n E, adj. Neat, trim, S ] Add ;—
applied to trees, as referring to the use ol
the shears or pruning-knife, S.
An ingenious literary correspondent suggests to
me that the word in Doug'. Virgil must certainly be
read eo.sehe. e and / being wr i tte; 1 so much alike in
ancient M SS. Coxehe, be says, or cosh, is used in
the stew ar try of K irkemIbrL: ht in the sense of •• Iiol-
low." Thus. to lava piece of wood cm;!t on too ground
in order to ii- being broken, is to place it ;n <uch a
way that imaa- may be a hollow place under i'na.t part
of it at which it is meant to give the slr,>ke. i Fri
tracer the term to h*. Gael. ciatsach, " hallow, full
of holes or p i t s en as, a cave," Lhirpd ; Ct ho; low of
a tree," Sha w.
" The hedges will d o — I clipped them wi' my ain
hand last back-end ;—and, nae doubt, they make the
avenue look a hantle (osher." M. Lindsay/, p. 271.
52. T h i s w o n 1 is cx)>l. as sii>i)iIVing " h a p p y ; " G a 11
Enc.
TosiH,v, adv. Neatiy, S.
The lines that ye sent owre the l a w n , —
Cin gloamin h o u r s reek't Fben's hatin,
lio w't I ox hit/ up, and franket.
" P'iei:en\s Poems; 17SS, p. 170.
T O S I I O C R , s. A comfortable looking y o u n g
pi'rson, from Tosh h a p p y ibid.
Perhaps rather an oblique use of Ir. and Gael,
toiseach, a chief, a leader.
T O S I E , adj. 1. T i p s y , S.J Add; '•
—She's got her Jimrie cosie,
O f well muird sack, till she be (osle.
Mes(on's Poems, p. 55.
(C The Magistrates there came into prison, ani?
said, This day you are all to die, and if any of you
wdll undertake to be executioner to the rest, he shall
have his life—Cornelius [ A n d e r s o n ] said, if tiie rest
would forgive him, lie would doit. They answered.
I f he did it, they would wish him repentance ami
forgiveness. The a past rales gave him drink, and
keept him (ozi/ until the murder was over." V\raU
ker's Remark. Passages, p. 133.
Wha, wiia.n li'as taen his proper tift,
Was ever kent to want the gift
O's gab ? What puir man, whan he's tozj/,
But spends as he ware bein and cozy ?
Poems, English j Scotch, and Latin, p.
 T O T T o t
TOSIE,.. TOZIE, adj. W a r m and snug, Clydes. <e t 0 c ] 0 w o r ] c by the tut, or tote, to undertake it by
TOSILIE, TOZILTE, adv. W a r m l y and snugly, lb. the great," A.Bor. (Grose); i. e. in wholesale.
T O S I X E S S , T O Z I N E S S , S. W a r m t h and snug- T o T O T C H , v. a. 1. T o toss about, U p p . Clydes.
ness, ibid. 2. T o rock a cradle, Nithsdale.
I know not if tin's IK- allied to Gael, ieolh-am, I creeshed weel kimmer's loof wi' howdying fee,
/cotha/C!/-(on, to warm ; teothuwhadh, excandeseenee ; Or a cradle had ne'er a been totchcd for me.
i)r if we should t r a c it to Tout, doss-en, munire ves- Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 6L.
tibits smTnlti.-, ve.-tire duplicibus, from dos, vestis " Totching is the act of rocking the cradle gently
pcjiicea, <1 and / being frequently interchanged. with the foot," N. ibid.
T ' O S O T , .V. A n iusiniiiicnt of torture, antiently Teut. toels-en, tangere, attrectare.
used m S. T o TOTCIJ, V. II. T o move with short steps, and
Ci Lord koystoii observes, f Anciently I find other somewhat quickly ; as, u a totehin'' poney,"
torturing instruments arc used, as pinniewinks or Roxb.
pi iii winks, and easpilaws or easpicaws, in the Mas- This, and Tot, Tottie, and Todle, as they agree in
ter of Orkney's ease, 21th June, 1 ofjfi; and tosots signification, seem all to claim a common root.
August if)":;2.' But. what these instruments were I TOTCIJ, S. A sudden jerk, Fife, R o x b .
know not, unless they are other names for the boots a.
T o T O T H , T O A T I T , V. T o manure land b y
and thammikins." Mack; u riii's Crim. Cases, Intr. means o f what is called a tolh-fold, Ranffs.
x \ x v i i. " Every one knows the necessity of surrounding
A s t h e 77,-VA-.mi h his w e r e f o r . 4 : r o w i n g t h e t h u m b s , the field with a dyke winch he designs to loth.—Let
1 r a t h e r t i n : . ! : tnat. t h e Tosut h a d bei n an i n s t r u - the fold be sufficiently tolh'd, and not allowed to shoot
m e n t o f t o r t ,:/<• - b r t h e t o e s ; j x - r h r q j s f r o m S u . G . taa, up in long grass." Surv. Banff's. App. p. 44, 45.
pron. Isl. la, the toe, and sul dolor; q. the pain T O T H , S. T h e manure made in this way, Banffs.
o r a n g u i s h o!" t h e t o e . " The immediate hazard of the loth very much
T O S S , -V. 1. A health proposed, a toast, S . A . depends upon the situation of the field." Ibid,
IL. A celebrated beauty, one often given as a p. '48.
toast, ibid. This is only provineially different from Tath, q. v.
An' a' fori)ye my bonny sell, Add to etymon;
The toss o' a' Loehmaben. 0Id Song. Isl. at her a lad a voell, pratum stercorare; fada,
T o T O S T , 7'. a. 1. T o teaze, to vex, Clydes. foenum prati stercorati; tadd-r, stercoratus ; toedu-
, C.R. tost-i, to cause violent pain, to rack, to torture. fall, copia graminis culti; Haldorson. Tad-a, ster-
51 Equivalent to the E . v. to Toss. corare agrum ; Verel. Ind. I observe no similar
TOSTIT, TOSTED, part. pa. J .Inserf, as sense word in any of the cognate languages.
1. Tossed, used xnetaph. in regnrd to difficulties T O T H - F O L D , T O T H - K A U L D , A n inclosure for
and opposition. the purpose of manuring land, Banffs., Moray.
" If thou hast hope of glorie, assure thee, an liun- " A tolli-jbld is a field inclosed with a dyke, to
clreth stayes shall be casten in the way, and thou keep in the cattle in the night-time, and for some
shalt be beatten and tosted here and there." Kollock hours at mid-day, who, during their confinement,
on 2 Thes. p. 158. dung the field." Surv. Banffs. App. p. 44.
A term vulgarly used, &c.] F o r tossed, R. o p - This is sometimes called Toat hetl-fauld.
pressed. T O T T I E , adj. W a r m , snug, P e r t h s . ; synon.
T o T O T , TOT about, v. n. 1. T o move .with Cosie.
short steps, as a child does, S. Gael, teoth-am, ieothaieh-am, to warm.
T o move feebly and in a tottering sort o f way, T o T O T T L E , z). n. 1. Used, perhaps impro-
S. ; Toijte synon. A y r s . Hence, perly, as a v . a ] Add;
T o TOT TIE, V. N. T o move with short steps, Ye's get a cock well lotted i' the pot,
F i f e ; synon. Todle, Toddle. An ye'll come hame again een, jo.
The origin seems the same with that of Todle. Herd's Coll. ii. 182.
T O T , .v. T h e whole of any number of objects; 2. T o purl, applied to a stream, Nithsd.
with haillor whole prefixed; a redundant phrase, 'Side the sang o' the birds whare some burn
merely signifying the whole without any excep- tattles owre,
tion, S. I'll wander awa there an* big a wee bit bower*
Remains Nithsdale Song, p. 136.
" Sorrow a gardner in the wdiole tot here ever heard
V. TODLE, which is also used in this sense.
of sick a thing." Blackw. Mag. Jan. 1821, p. 369.
T o T O T T L E , v. n. T o walk with short steps;
" But will she let me go halffer ?' f Ye need na
the same with Todle, Ayrs.
misdoubt that; na, an ye fleech her weel, I would
—<£ Their bairns, when they begin to to tile about
na be surprised if she would gie you the whole lot." the house, we'll need to tie bells to their backs to
The Entail, i. 216. hear whar they gang." Sir A. Wylie, iii. 287.
More commonly, the,haill tot. O . F r . tot, femin. T O T U M , s. 1. T h e game of Te-totum,, S.
iote ; Tout, Lat. tot-us ; Roquef. 2. A term of endearment for a child, S.
A.Bor. cc Tote, the whole. The whole tote, a com- Twa-three todlin weans they hae,
mon pleonasm. Lat. lotus Gl. Brockett. The pride o' a' Stra'bogie ;
Perhaps we ought to view as a cognate phrase,
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Whene'er the totums cry for meat,
She curses ay his cogie.
Song, Cauld Kail in Aberdeen.
* T o T O U C H , v. a. 1. Applied to an act of Par-
liament, when it received the royal assent.
<c This act was not touched; and so the Lords
thought they could not supply the royal assent, nor
make it an act." Fount. Dec. Suppl. iv. 179-
2. T o hurt, to injure, S.
T o TOUCH tip, v. a. T o animadvert upon, S.
T O U C F I B E L L , 6*. A n earwig, S . A . ; evidently
the same with A . B o r . Twitch-bell, id.
It is also pron. Coch-bell, q. v., which, I suspect, is
a corruption. It might seem, in the form of Touch-
bell, to be compounded of Teut. toets-cn tangere, and
bat malum, A.S. bad miseria; q. the animal whose
touch is baleful. This is very uncertain, however,
as it is also pron. Touch-spate. If we might view
this as the genuine form, it might be traced to Teut.
toets-cn and spelle, acicula, spina, a thorn, a prickle,
a sting ; q. what stings by its touch.
T O T J C H E T (gutt.), A lapwing, S.
" Upupa, a touchet" Wedderburn's VoCab. V .
TEUCHIT a n d TUQUIIKIT.
T O U C I I - S P A L E , s. T h e earwig, R o x b . , L o t h .
V. T O U C H BELL.
T o T O V E , v. n. T o talk familiarly and pro-
lixly.] Add;
This has every appearance of being the same with
the old Norw. v. toev-e, expl. by Dan. vaas, sludder,
which both signify to prattle, to chatter, to be talka-
tive; toev, incoherent talk. To tarry, to delay, is given
as the secondary sense of toev-e; Flallager. This cor-
responds with Su.G. toefw-a morare.
T o VIE, adj. T i p s y . ] Add;
" Tome,—blowzie-looking, with drinking warm
drink;" Gall. Enc.
2. Babbling, talking in a silly and incoherent
manner, Clydes.
,5. Comfortable, warm-; as, " a tovie fire," Ettr.
For., Fife, Loth.
" Tovie, the same with Tozie, warm and comfort-
able;" Gall. Enc.
The term, as thus used, may be allied to Teut.
toev-en, excipere blande, commode curare hospitem.
T o T O V E , v. n. T o give forth a strong smoke,
when burning. T h u s a thing is said to " tove
and reek," R o x b .
" The reek gangs twin up the lum," i. e. it ascends
in a close compact body, Ettr. For.
— T h e hmtain cutty loving prime,
And snishin-box,
0 how they heave the saul sublime,
In mirth and jokes !
A. Scott's Poems, p. 35.
T o T O V I Z E , v. a. T o flatter, to use cajoling
language, Ayrs. ^
1 am doons sweir to let my pen fa' without to-
vizing you a wee for the auld farrant letter whilk ye
sent me." Edin. Mag. April 1821, p. 352 ; corrected
from the MS. letter.
TOUK. Touk of drum.] Add;
" The first touk of the drum!1 Aberd. Keg.
VOL. II. 585
T O U
T O U K , s. A n embankment to hinder the water
from washing away the soil, R o x b . ; synon. Hutch.
Formed perhaps from the E, v. to Tuck, <c to gather
into a narrow compass."
T O U M , «?. A fishing-line. Y. T O M E .
T O U M , s. T h e gossamer, loxb.
Most probably a secondary : ense of Tome, Toum,
as denoting a fishing-iine; as in Fr. the gossamer is
called fHand res, q. small or thin threads.
T O U M S , adj. Ropy,glutinous,lloxb. V . T O M E ,
T O U N , T O W N , S. 1. This term is used in S.
not merely as signifying a city or large assem-
blage of houses, but also as denoting a farmer's
steading, or a collection of dwelling-houses,
however small.
" I've look'd every where; he's no about the
town " i. e. He's not about the place, or premises, S.
" Inprimis, Taken out of Auchingool (quhairof
the said Duncan Smith was tacksman) be Lochaber
men, ten cows valued to 183 lb. 6s. 8d,
Item be them out of that toun 30 sheep and goats
estimate to 40'lb." Depred. Argyll, p. 42.
A.S. tun properly denotes a fence or inclosure.
Flence it is transferred to a field or farm ; praedium,
fundus, ager, possessio. Neah tham lane the Jacob
sealde Josepe ; " Near to the parcel of ground that
Jacob gave to Joseph;" J oh. 4. 5. Flence used to sig-
nify a village. The root seems to be tyii-an claudere.
Su.G. tuna, both by itself, and in composition, denotes
an inclosed place. The term Civitas, as applied by
Tacitus to the first British cities, does not seem to have
conveyed a much higher idea than our S. Tomt.
Often applied to a single dwelling-house, S.
— " Waverlev learned from this colioquv, that in
Scotland a single house was called a town/' Waver-
ley, i. 124.
This closely corresponds with what is given by
Somner as the secondary sense of A.S. tun, Teut. tuyn ;
Do in us, habitaeulum; a house, a dwelling-place.
T O U X - G A T E , .5'. A street, South of S.
— " Beyond which appear the straggled houses of
the village, built in the old Scottish "style, many of
them with their gable-ends, backs, or corners, turned
to the street or toun-gateEdin. Month. Mag. May
1817, p. 155.
T o UN-RAW, Used to denote the privileges of
a Town-ship. To Thraw one's self out d a
town-raw, to forfeit the privileges enjoyed in a
small community, R o x b . ; q. a row of houses.
T O U N V B A I I I N , S. A native of the same toxvn,
city or village, S.
See, too, enarm'd wi' sword and spear,
M'Ghee, our ain toun's bairn, draws near.
Mayne's Siller Gun, p. 82.
T O W N S H I P , S.
ec A township is a farm occupied by two or more
farmers, in common, or in separate lots, who reside
in a straggling hamlet, or village." Agr. Surv. For-
far s. p. 561.
TOUP, A foolish fellow, Mearns.
Dan. taabe a fool, a simpleton. V. TAUPIE, which
T o T O U R , v. n. g
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—Come back wliene'er ye please ;
Afore you aye your welcome ye sail find,
And blame yoursell, in case ye come behind.
Ise see to that, I says, and aff I scours,
Blessing my lucky stars, and haine I tours.
Ross's Helenore, p. .3,9.
I am at a loss whether to view this as signifying to
g° quickly/' like Stour, v.
B Y T O U R , adv. Alternately, b y turns.
" Ye have heard before how the earl of Antrim
was treacherously taken by Monro in Ireland. He
was straitly warded, or kept by tour, or night and
day by his captains." Spalding, ii. 119.
T O U R , T o o it, A turf, S.B.
O ! is my corn a' shorn, he said,
Or is my loors a' w o n ;
Or my lady liehterd, sin the streen,
O' a dochter or a son ? Old Song.
T O U R B I L L O N , .v. A whirlwind, a tornado,
Ayrs. Fr, id.
T O U R E , v. T u r n , course, in regular succession,
S. Fr. tour, id.
" If any of these whose ton re fallis to be present
slialbe absent—the saidis quorums—shall enjoyne
suche paynis—as they shall find the saidis persones
—to demerite." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 311.
T O U R K I N - C A L F , T O U R K I N - L A M B , 6*. A calf
or lamb that wears a skin which is not its own.
A iourldn-larnb is one taken from its dam, and
given to another ewe that has lost her own b y
death. In this case the shepherd takes the skin
o f the dead lamb, and puts it on the back o f
the one that is to suck the ewe which has lost
her lamb ; and thus deceives her so that she
allows the stranger to suck. This is communi-
cated to me as from the North of S.
Hence it is said the name of Tour kin Bishops.
The word in this form might plausibly be traced to
Isl. torhend-r, notu difficilis, item deformatus, (Hal-
dorson); as applied to an animal " so disguised as not
to be easily known / ' from tor, an inseparable parti-
cle denoting difficulty, and kend-r, known. Torkenn-
ast, difficulter agnosci. The Icelanders use it in a
sense nearly allied. Han hafde torkent sik i Idaedabu-
nade ; Vestem mutaverat, ne cognosceretur ; Verel.
Ind. This evidently regards the same persons de-
nominated Tulchane Bishops. But which of these
is the ancient and proper pronunciation, I cannot
pretend to determine.
As the A.Bor. v. Toorcan signifies" to wonder, or
jnause on what one means to do," (Ray, Grose), there
can be no doubt that this is traduced from the Isl. v.
T o T O U S E , v. a. T o disorder, to dishevel;
particularly used in relation to the hair, S,
T h i s sense occurs in O.E.
TOUSIE 9 adj. 1. Disordered, dishevelled.] Add;
«< A fine fleece and a full? It's as coarse as the
heather cowe, ye gouk—e'en like yere ain torvsie
hassock o'hair, that has nae been kamed since Kate
Kimmer kamed it with the three.footed stool, and the
muckle pot clips." Blackw. Mag. May 1820, p. 159.
T o T O U S L E out, v. a. 1. T o turn out in a con-
fused way, S . A .
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T O U
" They—tonzled out mony a leather poke-full o'
papers," &c. Antiquary, i. 201.
" Touzled-out, ransacked ;" Gl. Antiq.
T o T O U S S , v. a. 1. T o confuse, to put in dis-
order, to rumple, R o x b . ; synon. Tousle.
2. T o handle roughly, Tweecld.
This seems merely a variety of Touse; or the same
with the E. v. to Touse.
TOUST,
" My said lord archiebisehop of Sanctanclrois salhe
bun din and obleist, to grant, pas and expeid, to the
prouest, baillies, counsale, and eommunitie of the
said eietie of Sanctandrois ane confirmatioun of the
haill infeftmentis, richtis, euidentis, writtis, and se-
curities maid be his lordschip [or hisj predicessouris,
bischoppis or archiebischoppis of Sanctandrois, to
thame and their predicessouris inhabitants of the
said eietie;—with the priuilege of the schoir, port and
heavin of the said eietie [^Sanctandrois], ancorrage,
small toust, quhairin' thay and thair predicessouris
is and lies bene in vseor possession!!.-—And siklyke
the saidis prouest &c. salbe obleist to pay to the said
archiebischop and his successouris,—for the priuilege
of the sehore, ancoragis and |'joustis"} twentye schil-
lingis money." Acts Ja. VI. l6lc2, vol. IV. 516, 51?'.
Una cum parvis et minutis custumis, ankeragiis,
et lie Towst addictum porturn, lie heavin et herberie
pertinen. Cart. Ja. VI. to St. Andrews, 1620.
The only conjecture I can form as to the meaning
of this word, is that it denoted a small tax levied by
the city on every vessel that changed its position,
or that in doing so was lowed by boats belonging to
the harbour. I do not view it as having any con-
nexion with Teut. luysch-en, Dan. lusk-er, to change;
but as most probably corrupted from Towage, a term
of the E. l a w ; signifying, f<r the rowing or drawing
of a ship or barge along the water by another ship
or boat fastened to h e r ; " Jacob. Fr. toilaige, id.
L.B. towag-imn, a term that appears in the laws of
E. as early as the year 1286.
Roquefort gives O.Fr. touage, as denoting the
change made in the position of a vessel at sea, or
lying in a road. Changement de place d'un navire
qui, etant dans un mauvais endroit de pelage ou de
rade, va dans un meilleur, e'est-a-dire, que lors-
qu'un vaisseau est sur un bord ou rivage incom-
mode, il va dans un autre endroit.
Somner deduces L.B. lowag-ium, &c. from A.S.
le-011 ducere, trahere, " to tow, to tugge ;" vo. Teon.
T O U S T I E , adj. Irascible, testy, L o t h .
Teut.Iwisligh,contentiosus, litigiosus; Su.G. tuss-a
incitare; Isl. thiostug-r, austerus, trux; thiost-r aus-
teritas.
T o T O U T , v. a. T o drink copiously, &c.] Add;
An' mourn wi' me, ye tipplin loans,
That tout the cap wi' cantie roun's, &c.
Tarrass Poems, p. 143.
Lang winter nights we than coud tout
It swack an' sicker. Ibid. p. 133.
T o T O U T aff, v. a. T o empty the vessel from
which one drinks, to drink its whole contents, S,
V. DICT.
To TOUT at, v. a. T o continue to drink co-
piously, S. V. D I C T ,
 T O M TON
T o T O O T out, v. a. T h e same with to Tout ajf\ 2. That which especially occupies one's attention, S*
S. ; also to Tout up out. To IIae oilier Tow on one's Rock, to have busi-
To mak him play the quicker, ness quite of another kind, S.
. They fill'd his cap ; " I have other tow on my roke [ r o c k ] ;" S. Prov,
He letigh and toutit up the liquor Kelly, p. 182. He gives it as equivalent to the E.
Out ilka drap. Prov. " I have other fish to fry." It properly de-
G. Turnbull's Poet. Essays, p. 199- notes some business of far greater importance to the
I find that Teut. tuyte is rendered by Kilian, obba, individual than that which is mentioned, as giving
amphora, cyrnea, as denoting a drinking vessel. occasion for the reply.
Hence perhaps the transition, according to the sense T( J KSAW sune they were ower mony men for the
of the S. terms bearing this form, to the act of using drove ; and from the questions they put to me, I
it liberally. It may be added, that Haid orson gives judged they had other tow on their rock." Rob Roy,
Isl. iott-a as signifying sugere, vel evacuare, and as iii. 335.
synon. with Dan. udtomme, udsugge ; q. to empty or T O W A L L R O S S .
loom out, to suck out. " Ane low all ross of aik worcht vss." Aberd. Res;.
T o T O U T L E , T O O T L E , v. n. T o t i p p l e ; as, a A. 1 5 4 1 , V . 1 7 -
tootlin body, one who is addicted to tippling, Something made of oak is evidently meant. Flad
Loth. we any proof that Su.G. and Germ, ros, Isl. hros,
T O O T T I E , S. A drunkard; often pleonastically, equus, had ever found its way into our country, we
" a drucken tootlef S. * might view this as meant for a sort of screen for dry-
T O U T , ,9. 1. A fit of illness, &c.] Add; ing linens, q. a towel-horse; although the term is now
I hope it's no the gout or the rheumatism.'— confined to an implement for brushing clothes.
f It's neither the tane nor the tither, but just—a bit T O W D Y , T h e breech or buttocks, Upp.
towt that's no worth the talkin o'." Entail, ii. 11, 12. Clydes., Berths. GL. Evergr.
This, it would seem, is radically the same with
A transient displeasure, &c.] Add ;—Loth.
O.E. loute, used by Chaucer.
I aye telled the gucleman ye meant weel to him ;
And be was redy with his yren bote,
but he takes the tout at every bit lippening word."
And Nicholas amid the ers he smote—•
Bride of Lammermoor, i. 312.
The bote culter brenned so his loute,
T o T O U T , T O W T , V. N. 1 . T o be seized with a
That for the smerte he wened for to die.
sudden fit of sickness, Clydes. Millers Tale, v. 3810.
2. T o be seized with a fit of ill humour, ibid. — A n d Nicholas is scalded in the toute.
TOUTTIE, adj. 2. Irritable, easily put in dis- Ibid. v. 3851.
order, S.] Add;—Perhaps A . B o r . Totey, bad- This term occurs in the Evergr. in what I suspect
tempered, (a totey body, Gl. Brockett) is ori- is rather an indelicate sense ; and may perhaps be
ginally the same. allied to Gael. Ir. loth, feminine, female.
3. Subject to frequent ailments, S. T o T O W E N , T O W I N , V. A. 1. T o beat, to maul,
T o T O U T H E R , v. a. T o put into disorder, to subdue by severe means, Loth.
Ettr. For., T w e e d d . ; synon. Tousle. Here insert the quotation from Ramsay, and Dele
T O U T H E R I E , adj. Disordered, confused; slo- T O W N , V.
venly, ibid. T o tame, especially b y beating, sometimes
Teut. louter-cn motitare, jactare, pultare; Su.G, pron. q. Town ; as, to towin, or town, an un-
ludd-a con vol v ere, intricare, Mod. Sax. tlider-n id. ruly horse, Loth., Berwicks.
To TOUTLE, a. T o put clothes in disorder, 3. T o tire, to weary out, F i f e . ] Add to etymon
especially applied to woollen clothes, Berwicks. of Town, v., to be transferred hither;
This may be a diminutive from the v. TOUT. It It may, however, be formed from Teut. touw-en
lias, however, considerable appearance of affinity to premere, pressare, agitare, subigere; Kilian. Or
Isl. tutl-a, rostro quatere vel avellere. from the same verb, as primarily signifying to taw
TOW, 2. A halter, S.] Add; leather. The v. in Belg. is also rendered " to bang,
to taw one's hide, to belabour one's bones :" Sewel.
" Some of us would have rejoiced more than in
This seems most nearly to express the sense of the
great sums, to have seen these Bishops sent legally
phrase quoted from the Gentle Shepherd.
down the Bow, that they might have found the weight
T O W N I N ' , s. A drubbing, A y r s . ; generally used
of their tails in a tow, to dry their hose-soles, that
in relation to an animal that is restive or refrac-
they might know what hanging was ; they having
been the—main instigators to all the mischiefs, cruel-
ties, and bloodshed of that time," &c. Walker's Re- T O \ V E R I C K , T O W R I C K I E , 5. A summit, or
mark. Passages, p. 73. any thing elevated, especially if on an eminence,
Down the Bow, refers to the steep winding street R o x b . ; a diminutive from E . Tower.
through which those, who were going to execution, T O W K , s. 1. E x p h " a bustle, a set-to. I had
had to pass, on their way from the Tolbooth to the an unco Towk wi1 a deiFs bairn Gall. Enc.
Grassmarket of Edinburgh. " A take up in ladies clothing;" ibid. i. e. a
T O W A R , S. A rope-maker, A b e r d . R e g . V. 2 8 . tuck, a sort of fold.
* T O W , s. 1. H e m p in a prepared state, S. In the first sense, perhaps the same with E. Tug,
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Su.G. fork-a, ton-a, A.S. teog-an, traliere; q. a severe " Lord, thou hast been good and kind to old Sandy
pull. V. T o n e DICT. thorow a long track of time." Walker's Peden, p. 48.
TOWLIK, " A toll-keeper," Gall. E n c . ; a T R A C K - B O A T , s. 1. A boat used on a canal. 1
earn term formed from E . Toll, Su.G. full, id. Add;
T O VY EI X ( i , S'» T h e term used to express the " I sailed on the canal in the trackboat to Falkirk."
signal given, in a hive, for some time before the The Steam-Boat, p. 38.
bees swarm. V. TOLLING. A boat employed in fishing, for dragging another,
TOWMOWOALL, .v. A yearling, Ayrs. ; the same " Also thair trakboats, boats, crears, shippes more
with Toicmoritelli q. v.; from Towmond, twelve or lesse—sail not be arrested," &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed,
months, and auld, old, pron. aull3 S.O. 1814, vol. V. 243.
TOWMONTHLL, A cow of a year old.] Add ; T R A C K - P O T , s. A tea-pot.] Add;
'This term is also applied to colts, Eanarks. In some parts of the west of S., it seems to be
The colts, when a year old, are called Tomontals, called truck-pot.
a provincial contraction for iwelve-month-old." Ure's " I heard them, like guilty creatures, whispering
Hist. i( utherglen, p. 5 1 . and gathering up their truck-pots and trenchers, and
T O W N1 T,'.v. T h e manufacturing of wool, Shell. cowering away home." Annals of the Parish, p. 27-
Isl. too, lanifieium exercere, or to lana, and knijl-a T R A D E S , s. pi. T h e designation given to the
nectere ; q. £* to knit wool." different bodies of craftsmen belonging to a bo-
T ' O Y V T , ,v. A fit of illness, &c. V. TOUT. rough, S.
T O W T i l E l i , s. A tussling, Perths. Ae simmer's morning, wi' the sun
Mind this, The Sev'n Trades
Whether you want a iorvlhcr, or a kiss, Forgathered—
You'll tak the nest I offer— Forth came our Trades, some ora saving
Donald and Flora, p. 49. V. TOUT HER, V. To wair that day.
T O X I E , TOXY, adj. T i p s y , Ayrs., Perths. Maynes Siller Gun, p. 9, 1 4 .
" I remember—decent ladies coming home with " The craftsmen are here, as in otherScotch bov
red faces, /ar// and cosh from a posset masking." roughs called TradesIbid. Notes, p. 106.
Annals of the Parish, p. 41. T R A D E S M A N , S. A designation restricted to a
T o x 111 1:0, part. pa. Rendered tipsy, intoxicat- handicraftsman; all who keep shops being, ac-
ed, S. cording to the constitution of boroughs, called
'These terms are both low ; from L.B. toxic-um ve- Merchants, S. In E . a tradesman is defined
nenum, tovic-arc veneno inficere. " a shopkeeper," Johns.
T O / E E , TO.VIE, s. A designation given to the T R A E , adj. " Stubborn ; a boy who is trae to
nnrk at whie!) the stones are aimed in the amuse- learn, is stiff to learn," &c. Gall. Enc.
ment of Curli/tir, Loth. I t is also called the This odd explanation rather diffuses obscurity on
Cock, and the Tee. the term. It seems, however, to be the same with
our old Thra, obstinate, pertinacious. V. the ety-
This term has been most probably imported from
mon, DICT.
the Low Countries. Teut, toesi-en, Belg. toezi-en, to
look to, to regard; q. something to fix the eye on, T R A E E Q U E , T R A F F E ' C K , S. I n t e r c o u r s e , f a -
as an aim or mark, miliarity, S.; a limited sense, borrowed from the
T O Z I E , adj. Tipay, V . TOSIE. more general use of Fr. trqfique, as denoting
T O Z I E , adj. W a r m and snug. V TOSIE. mercantile intercourse,
T o T R A C H L E , TRAUCHLE, v.a. 3, T o drudge, T R A G , s. Trash, any thing useless or worth-
to over-toil.] Add; less, Buchan, Shetl.
Quo' they, we're trachled unco sair, Geneva trag, an' burnin' brannie,
We've gane twall mile o' yerd and mair, Gang slowly owre wi' Lawlan' Sannie.
The gait was ill, our feet war bare. Tarras's Poems, p. 134,.
The Farmers Ha', st. 36. Compared to you, what's peevish trag,
Or beaus wi' cleadfu' triggin ?
4J. A person is said to trauchle corn or grass, when Ibid. p. 48.
he injures it b y treading on it, S.
T o TRACHLE, V. n. T o drag one's self onwards, T R A G E T , T R i G GE T , . A trick, a deceit, S. ] Add
when fatigued, or through a long road, S. O.E. " Tregeltynge. Joculatus. Paneracium. Tre-
" Aweel, we've haen a fine straik;—I'm a wee getoure. Joculator. Mimus." Prompt. Parv.
forjeskit though, wi' trachlin sae lang." Tennant's One might almost view, as a kindred term to Tra~
Card. Beaton, p. 171. get, O.E. " Trehget or sly instrument to take beestys
TRACHLE, S. A fatiguing exertion, especially in and fowlys. Tendula." Ibid. Fr. trebuchet. id.
the way of walking, S. T o T R A I K , v. n. 1. T o go idly from place
" WeelT wat an' Pm gay yap after my walk; its to place, S.] Add ;
e'en a lang trachle frae the Kirk Wynd in Anster, to 2. T o wander so as to lose one's self; chiefly applied
the Castle Wynd in St. Andrews." Tennant's Card. to the young of poultry, D u m f r Hence the
Beaton, p. 174. proverbial phrase, " He's nane o' the birds that
T R A C K , s. Course of time, S. Tract, E . traik;j he can take g o o d care o f himself.
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T o T R A I K after, v. a. T o follow in a lounging
or dangling way, S.
fc There is na a huzzy now on this side of thirty that
ye can bring within your doors, but there will be
chields—writer-lads, prentice-lads, and what not—
coming traiking after them for their destruction, and
discrediting ane's honest house into the bargain."
Heart M. Loth. ii. 29*.
" Ti awing, lounging, dangling f Gl. Antiq.
T R A I K , 1. A plague.] Insert, as sense
2. T h e loss of sheep, &c. by death from whatever
cause ; as, " H e that has nae gear will hae nae
traik? Teviotd.
3. T h e flesh of sheep that have died of disease.]
Add;
« '1 he poor, sullen, sulky, sluggish Tweeddale
shepherd, fed with his dog upon traik (sheep that
have died of some disease), constantly in view of the
same dreary inanimate objects, debarred from the
pleasures of sight, and destitute of those from sound,
owing to the want of sufficient exercise, is deprived
even of the full enjoyment of sleep itself." Notes to
Pennecuik's Tweedd. p. 95.
4. T h e worst part of a flock o f sheep, Loth.
T R A I K , adj. W e a k , in a declining state ; as,
" H e s very traik? R o x b . Y. T R A I K , 7'.,
Perhaps we may view Isl. threk, gravis labor, as
a cognate term ; Ihrekad-r, exhaust LIS labore.
T R A I L , s. A term of reproach for a dirty wo-
man ; as, " Y e wile trail? you nasty hussy,
A b e r d . ; from the E . word, or Teut. treyl-en
trahere.
T R A I L I E , T R A I L O C H , S. " One who trails about
in shabby c l o t h e s G a l l . Enc.
T R A I L E R , s. I n fly-fishing, the hook at the
end of the line, S. That above it is called the
Bu&ber, Dumfr. bobber, because it ought to bob
on the surface of the water.
T H A I L Y E , THE LYE, 6'. A name apparently
given to cloth woven in some checkered form
resembling lattices or cross-bars.
" Item, ane doublet of blak sating trailye geitit and
buttonit with the self." Inventories, A.1542, p. 9C2.
The article immediately following regards " blak
chakerrit silk." Teut. traelie clathrus, a lattice, trae-
liennnjs cancellatim; Kilian.
T R A I L Y E I T , adj. Latticed.
" Item, ane goun of cramasy velvott, upoun vel-
vott droppit with gold, and lymt with trailijeit twel-
dore, fumist with hornis of gold/" Act. Dom. Cone,
A . 1 4 9 0 , p. 79- V. TREILE.
T R A I S OF G O L D , g o l d lace.
Item, ane nycht gowne of gray dammes, with ane
waiting irais of gold, lynit with martrikis sabill, fur-,
nist vvithbuttonisofgold." Inventories, A. 1539,p.32.
" Item, ane coit [ c o a t ] of quhite satyne, cuttit out
on claith ofgold, with ane small waiting irais ofgold,
lynit with quhite taffiteis." Ibid, p, 35, V. T R A C E D ,
a n d TRESS.
TO T R A I S S L E , V. a. T o tread down, To
Traissle Corn, to make small roads through
growing corn, to trample it d o w n ; to Traissle
Gerse5 &c. Ettr, For., R o x b .
589
T R A
— " Aye sin' syne the hogg-fence o the Quave Brae
has been harried an' traisselled till its little better
nor a drift road." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 141.
Fr. tressaill-ir, to leap over; or trass-er, to make traces.
T R A I T IS, s.pl,
iCItem, ane claith of estate of fresit claith of gold,
and trait is of violet silk, partit equalie with violet vel-
vet, furnisit with thre pandis, and the taill the nukis
only freinyeit." Inventories, A. 156*1, p. 133.
This seems to signify streaks or lines, from Fr.
traict, trait, a draught, line, or streak. For in the
next article the term dranclitis is used as svnon.—
<f Drauchtis of violett silk partit equalie with violett
velvot."
T R A I v l T , part. pa. 1. Sore fatigued. V.
TRAIK.] Add;
2. W a s t e d ; brought into a declining state by being
overdriven, starved, or exposed to the incle-
mency of the weather, S.
— " Be the tempestuous stormis of the winteris
past, the hail gudis wer sa trakit, smorit and deid, that
the prices of the flesche ar risin to sic extreme derth,
that the like lies "not bene sene within this realme,"
Sed1. Cone. A. 15(52, Keith's Hist. A pp. p. 96.
T o T R A M P , U. >2. 1. T o tread, & c . ] Add;
3. T o cleanse clothes by treading 011 them in w a-
ter, S. Y. T o TRAMP CLAISE.
TRAMP, 1. T h e act of striking the foot, &C.}
Insert, as sense
2, T h e tread, properly including the idea of weight,
as the trampling of horses, S.
ff Then came the tramp of horse, and you cried
f Rin, rin/ and I had nae mail* thought o' the book."
Antiquary, ii. 294. Insert, as sense
3. T h e act of walking, a pedestrian expedition, S.
" An' whan does this burnin'-match begin ?—We've
haen a lang tramp frae Dunfarmlin, for the very pur-
pose." Tennant's Card. Beaton, p. 120.
T R A M P , S. A plate of iron worn by ditchers be-
low the centre of the foot, for working on their
spades; q. for receiving the force of the tramp
in digging, R o x b . , Aberd,
Isl. tramp conculcatio.
T o T R A M P C L A I S E , to wash clothes by treading
them in a tub, S,
" And that great glowrin new toun there,—whar
I used to sit an' luck at bonny green parks, and see
the coos milket, and the bits o' bairnys rowin an' turn-
lin, an the lasses trampin 1 their tubs." Marriage,
ii. 125,
The operation is thus described by an English
writer, although he substitutes another term for that
generally used.
" I shall take notice of one thing more, which is
commonly to be seen by the sides of the river, (and
not only here, but in all the parts of Scotland where
I have been) that is, women with their coats tucked
up, stamping, in tubs, upon linen by way of washing ;
and this not only in summer, but in " the
" 1
hardest f
weather, when their legs and feet are almost literally
as red as blood with the cold; and often two of these
wenches stamp in one tub, supporting themselves by
their arms thrown over each others shoulders." Bun's
Letters, i. 52.
 T R A T R A
An earlier K. writor give s an account of the Some T R A N C E , T R A N S E , ,S\ 1 . A passage within a
indelicate custom in stiil stronger language. house, S. j Insert, as sense
Here aboyou may observe a large and >pacious 2. A close, or passage without a bouse.
bridge, that direetly leads into the coi'.ntry < f Gallo- " Now at the takh g of our town's men, the lord
way, whera i hric-' in a wc ek y<;u shall rarely Sail to see Gordon [ w h o ] was in the < ))d-taun, caused draw out
tneir maid-maukins dance coranto's in tubs. So on his horse out of the stables into the transe, and be-
every .Sunday some as seldom miss to make their ap- held all." Spalding, ii. 156.
pearancc on the steol of repentance." <f Of old all the classes had one common en trie to
From the reply in this dialogue, it appears that the their private schools, first ascending from the transe
writer viewed this practice as having a natural con- of the old g'ate by fin strait scale of stone to the lower
nexion Vv it!i the Stool of Repentance. gallery, and from thence to the higher by an timber
" Th. Then it .seems by your relation they keep scale," &c. Craufurd's Hist. Univ. Edin. p. 151.
time widi their Comers ["Cummers], that hazard their 3. A close or passage from one alley to another.
reputation for a country custom." h'ranck's Nor- — " All and haill the lands—lyand in the burgh of
thern ?v:eiih,irs, p. 7o. Edinburgh, upon the south-side of the high street
Sir d<<hn Carr usea tee proper term. thereof, betwixt the Trans of the Vermel called Hair's
In my way from I iopetoan-house to i'dnlithgow Closs, and the Trans of the Vermel called Bortli wick's
[ saw the pro:-,-s.s of Ira/a ping, ih.at is, of washing. Closs. A. 1545, Blue B-anket, p. 36.
The ihvt sea < as the linen, ami next T E A N S E - I J O O R , -V. T h e door between the outer
put.s it m a tid; of e - ' d water; >he than, kilts iter door and the kitchen, S.O.
cisu'i;;, thai: is, jai-es her paid coats above her knees, ee The other part of the building was occupied by
and danct s round the lab with her fa.ee outwards, the cattle, which generally entered by the same door
until .she presses out the dirt with her feet; she then with the family ; the one turning to the one hand,
rinses the linen iii the river or stream, and dries it on by the trans-door to the "kitchen, and through it to
the grass. Jf the tub is large, and the work much, the spense, and the other turning the contrary way
two women will dart ice round, hand in hand, laugh- by the heck-door to the byre or stabled' Agr. Surv.,
ing and singing all the time." Caledonian Sketches, Ayrs. p. 114, 115.
p. 226. 227. TRANSE, A passage. V. T R A N C E .
T o TRAMP on one^s TAES, rnetaph., to take undue T R A N S IN G , adj. Passing across a house, from
advantage of one, Aberd. wall to wall.
T R A M P - C O L L , S. A number o f colls or cocks o f
" That all middle or tran&ing walls, wherein there
hay put into one, and tramped hard, in order
are no chimneys, shall be at least ten inches thick."
to their being farther dried previously to their
Spottiswood's MS. Diet.
being sowed, or stacked, A b e r d .
As some ricks are made in a more compact form Eat. trans-ire to pass through.
by tramping, S. A., it is common to say, in forming the T H A N G A M , s. A trinket, a toy.
ricks, " Tramp the cod week" C£ Hey-day, what, have you taken the chain and

TRAM:PER, s. A foot-traveller ; used in a con- medal off from my bonnet ?' f And meet time it was,
temptuous way, q. a vagrant, S. when yon usher, vinegar-faced rogue that he Is, be-
<c D'ye think his honour has naething else to do gan to enquire what popish t rangam you were wear-
than to speak wi' ilka idle tramper that comes about ing?" The Abbot, ii. 101.
the town, and him in his bed yet, honest man?" T R A N K L E , s. A small rick of hay, Annandale;
Heart M. Loth. iii. 13. perhaps a corr. of Tramp-coll, q. v.
T o T R A N O N T , T R A W Y N T , & C , V. n. T o march
A.Bor. Trampers, strollers, whether beggars or
pedlars ;" Grose. suddenly in'a clandestine manner.] Add;
TRAMP-PICK, s. A n iron instrument similar to It seems most probable that Travent or Trawynt
a very narrow spade, used for turning up very is the original term, as it corresponds with Q.E.
hard soils, Mearns.
tc Trowant-yn. Trutanrdzo;" also with " Trowande.
Trutanous. D i s c o l u s a n d " Trowandrye. Trutan-
" Among the lesser implements may be mentioned
nia. Trutannizatio." Prompt. Parv. This barba-
the tramp-pick.—This is a kind of lever, of iron, about
rous verb Trutannizo is in Ort. Vocab. expl., Vieia
four feet long, and an inch square in thickness, ta-
vel mores trutannorum ducere; Trutannus, " quasi
pering away at the lower end, and having a small de-
gree of curvature there, similar to the prong of a dung trudens annos. Anglice a trowandei. e. a truant.
fork. It is fitted with a footstep, about eighteen inches Thus it had conveyed the idea of a loitering course.
from the lower end, on which the workman presses Bp. Hall uses the v. to Traunt or Trant, " to traf-
with his foot, when he is pushing it into the ground, fic in an itinerary manner, like a pedlar." Gl. Nares.
or into the hard gravel." Agr. Surv. Kincard. p. 238. I think there can scarcely be a doubt that this, at
T R A M P I L F E Y S T , a # » Untoward, unmanage- least, is the same with O.E. Trow ant.
able, R o x b . T o T R A N S M E W , v. a, " T o transmute or
The same word, it would seem, assumes so many change. Fr. transmii-er f Gl. Sibb.
forms, that there can be nothing like certainty as to T R A N S M O G R I F I C A T I O N , s. Transmutation, S.
se T o be sure,—since my time and your worthy
its component principles. For it appears as Amplefeyst
and Wimplefeyst; and the adj. Gumple-foisted is expl. father's time, it has undergone a great iransmogrifi*
as exactly synon. with TrampilfeysL cationThe Entail, ii. 233.
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A.Bor. " Transmogrified, transformed, metamor-
phosed / ' Gl. Brockett.
T i l A N S U M P T , <?. A copy, a transcript; an old
forensic term.
— Cf That the said Andro sail broik & joise the said
tak of the saidis landis for all the dais of his life, efter
the forme of afransumpt be ane aetentik instrument/'
&c. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 14SQ, p. 52.
L.B. traussumt~um, copie, Da Cange. Exhibuerint
transsumptum revoeationis impetrationis praedictae.
Chart. A. 13f)9- Transsumere, traussumptare, transcri-
here. Fr. Iransurnpi, u the eopie of a record / ' Cotgr.
T R A X T L E - I I O L E , «v. A place into which odd or
broken things are thrown, Gail.
•ee About a farm-house—there are generally boles or
holes,—where broken horse shoon, &c. are thrown ;
these are termed trantle-holes." Gall. En eye. V.
TRANTLES.
T o T R A P , v. a. I . T o correct in saying a lesson
at school, so as to have a right to take the place
o f him who is thus corrected ; a school-boy^s
term, S.
" Trapp, to trip, to catch another reading w r o n g / '
Gall. Enc.
2. In play, to catch, to lay hold o f : as, I trap you, S.
8. W h e n one finds any tiling, if there be others
present, he cries out, I trap, or I trapse this,
b y which he means to exclude the rest from any
share of what is found. L o t h . ; synon. Chap,
Chapse.
Fr. ailrap-er, to catch, to apprehend.
T R A P - C R E E L , A basket used for catching
lobsters, &e., Fife.
f<r A considerable quantity of lobsters and crabs,
or partons, (and sometimes a few eray or craw fish)
are taken with trap-creels let down into the sea upon
the rocks near the shore." Stat. Acc. P, Wemyss,
xvi. 516.
O.Teut. irappe, muscipula, decipula.
T o T R A S H , x?. a. T o maltreat, to dash, to
jade, to abuse; as, " H e traslid that horse ter-
ribly/ 1 by over-heating or over-riding him,
Ettr. For., R o x b . ; synon. Dash.
This may be merely, to treat as trash, in the sense
of the E. w o r d ; which has been traced to Isl. tris,
tros, quisquiliae, of which Haldorson gives as a se-
condary sense, merces adulterinae. T o this we may
view Su.G. trasa, a rag, a tatter, as allied; whence
irasig, ragged. But the S. v. may have some affi-
nity to Dan. iraslc-er, to puddle ; Isl. trass-az, pro-
terve negligere, Haldorson, incomposite vivere, G.
Aiulr.; whence trassi, vir negligens.
T R A S H on weei, a heavy fall of rain, Selkirks.;
synon. Blush. Hence,
Tit ASH IE, adj. Abounding with rain ; as, tr cislne of a bucket, or as the dust of a trebuschet." Forbes
weather, ibid.; synon. bl aside weather.
Isl. trasse signifies homo sordid us, But although
we call this foul weather, there seems to be no af- of gold weights ;" Cotgr. Trebuehet, trutina mo-
finity.
T R A S H T R I E , s. Trash, Ayrs.
An' tho' the gentry first are stechin,
Yet ev'n the ha' folk fill their pechan
Wi' sauce, ragouts, and siklike trashtrie, &c.
Barns, iii. 4.
591
T R E
T R A T L A R , s. A prattler, a tattler.
—A Iratlar, a tinklar.—
Colkelhie Sow, F . i. v. 68. V . TRATTIL, V.
T o T R A T T I L , v. n. T o prattle.] Add;
t( A tume purse maks a trattling merchant," S.
Pro v. retained in Loth.
Of the same meaning with that, " A toom purse
makes a bleat merchant," i. e. bashful. " A man will
have little confidence to buy, when he wants money
to pay for it," Kelly, p. 21. Therefore he trattils
or talks much in making a bargain, or in cheapen-
ing commodities.
T o T R A U C I I L E , v. a. Y. TRACIILK.
T O T R A U C H L E , V. N. T o walk as if trailing one's
feet after one, Lanarks.
Isl. tregleg-r tardus, treglega tarde, treggialldi ob-
staculum, from treg-az tardare, scgnescere.
* TRAVELLER, A ' b e g g a r , Ettr. For. •
T R A V E R S E , $. A retired seat in a chapel,
having a kind of screen.
a James regularly attended his chapel every fore-
noon in his traverse, (retired seat with lattice,) and
Margaret was as formal." Pink. Hist. Scot, ii,
83, N.
Traverse, however, does not signify a lattice. V.
TREVISS, sense 2.
T o T R A V I S C I I , T R A V I S H , V. N. T o sail back-
wards and forwards; corr. from Fr. iravers-er.
" The French schip—pulled vp hir saillis, and
travisched vp and doun the Firth." Pitseottie's Cron.
p. 208. Travished, Ed. 1728.
T o T R A V I S H , v. a. " T o carry after a trail-
ing manner/' Gall. Enc.'; from Fr. iravers-er,
to thwart, or Treviss, s., q. v.
T H E , $. W o o d , timber, Aberd. Reg. This is
the old orthography.
The to thir end he or d and for to be,
How it sulci stand on thre rowaris off trc.
Wallace, vii. 1156, Ed. 1820.
T R E A D - W I D D I E , A short iron chain, ter-
minating at each end like the letter S\ connect-
ing the swingle-tree to a harrow, M o r a y ; the
same with Trod-widdie.
T I I E B , s. A sort of rampart, Orkn.
Qorfrack—a longitudinal heap of earth, thrown up,
—suggesting the idea of its being originally meant as
a line of division between the lands of different pro-
prietors. It is also called Treb." V. G O R B A C K .
Su.G. trafve, a heap of any kind, as of wood, &c.
and trafv-a, to heap up, are the only terms that seem
to have any affinity.
T R E B U S C I T E T , S. A balance.
" It is a hard thing to fall into the hands of the
L o r d ; before whom all nations are but as the drop
on the Revelation, p. 183.
Fr. trebuehet, " a pit-fall for birds; also, a paire
rn en tan a ; Kilian, App. Peregrin. Diet. Fraunces de-
fines O.E. " Trebget, sly instrument to take beestys
and fowlys. Tendula." Prompt. Parv.
T R E C K , .interj> Considered as an expletive
equivalent to Troth, Lanarks.
It seems, however, to be merely the abbreviation
 T R E T E E
of Quhat llak, q. v., which assumes a variety of forms O.Fr. trihoUr, tribaul-er, troubler, vexer ; tri*
in different parts of the country. ¥. R A I K , R A K , .?. boule, maltraite ; Roquefort.
T R E C K - P O T , ,9. A tea-pot, S . O . ; elsewhere T R E G A L L I O N , s . C o l l e c t i o n , a s s o r t m e n t . ] ^ ;
Track-pot^ q. v. Tragullion is used in the same sense, Ayrs.
" Tell the lass to bring ben the Ireck-pot'—which 2, A company, used in contempt o f such as are
he accordingly d i d ; and as soon as the t reek-pot, not accounted respectable, Renfr. ; also pron.
alias tea-pot' was on the board, she opened her Trt?ndlion.
trenches." The Entail, ii. 271. l)*de the etymon, and substitute :
T o T R E D , v. a. T o track, to follow the foot- The second sense of this word clearly shews that
steps of an animal. it has belonged to the old Stratelyde kingdom. For,
Ci That the aukl aetis maid tueching mureburne to this day, C.B. trigolion signifies inhabitants, trig-
be rati hit, and ordanis—the panis con ten it thair in awl tarrying, trigle a dwelling-place, trigva and trig-
tobe execute aganis thame that ireddis hairis in the van, id., whencelrigvanawl, belonging to a dwelling-
snaw," i. e. " tracks hares in snow/' Acts Ja. VI. place. Owen refers to trig, a stay, a fixed state, as
the origin. He expl. Irig-aw, to stay, to tarry: trig-o,
1567, App. Ed. 1814, p. 41.
man ere, morari, habitare, Boxhorn. Corn, tre-gil-
Su.G. traed-a i ensfotspor, vestigiis alicujus insis-
lion is expl., <£ the dwelling in the groves ;" Pryce.
T R E D , .9. T h e act o f t r a c k i n g . In the same language treg-o is to dwell; Lhuyd. He
" The said Schir Walter [Scott of Branxholrne] also gives Ir. aitrigh-im as used in the same sense.
resauit ane oppin and manifest iniurie, to the dis- Oreilly writes it aitreahh-avm; Gael. id.
honnour of hi.-, maiestie his souerane;—quhilk dis- T R E I L I E , adj. Cross-barred, latticed,chequer-
honnour and wrang can not iustlie be excuseit be ed, applied to cloth ; Fr. trcille, id.
pretens of the said Williames stopping of the follow- " Of treilie buceharem v elle." Chalm. Mary, i. 207-
ing of ane lauchfull (red, seing the said forme of fol- TRELYE, S. Latticed cloth.
lowing wes nawayes lauchfull." Acts Ja. VI. 1596, " That James Du sail—pay to Dauid Quhite-
Ed. 1814, p. 100. hed—five stikkis of trelye of sindry hewis." Act.
A.S. tredd, passus, gressus; Teut. trede, gressus, D o m . C o n e . A . 1490, p." 158. V . TRAILYEIT.
vestigium. T R E I N , TRENE, adj. W o o d e n , Treein, S . ] A d d ;
" T o this euill, Constantine his preposterous
TREDWAEEE, A christian name formerly
to in dew the church with riches and pompe :much
in use, S . ; Aberd. Reg. V. 1.6, p. 654.
helped. As the voice (then vttered, red, if their :
This has much the appearance of a Scandinavian y true) did verifie. Ho Ilodie seminatum
name, though I have not observed one exactly like it. The common saying is well known : Ec-
T R E D W I D D I E , .v. T h e same with Trodwld- i peperit diuitias, Sfjilia deuorauit matrem. And
die, q. v., A b e r d . that of " Golden Bishops and trcen Chalices, and
T R E E - C L O U T , s. A piece of wood formerly Golden Chalices and trcen Bishops." Bp. Forbes
used instead o f leather for the heels of shoes, on the Revelation, p. 6 l .
Teviotdale. T R E I N P H I S S , -v. pi
Teut. tree arbor, and Moot, klotte, massa. " In the gunhous—Item, ane pair of treinphiss"
T E E E C L O I J T , adj. Having wooden heels, R o x b . Inventories," A. 1566, p. 168.
A pair o' hose an* treeclout shoon From the connexion, this must have been some-
"Was a my kirk an' market dress; thing used in the management of artillery. The
An' 1 was thought a gay trig lass. first syllable seems to be merely S. Trein, of wood,
Jo. Hogg's Poems, p. 102. joined with Pheses, q. v. " wooden traces."
An intelligent correspondent has favoured me with T R E K , adj. Diseased, dying, lingering, South
the following explanation. Till about sixty years a n d W e s t o f S. V. TRAIK, and
ago the heels of shoes were, in the South of S., made T R E L Y E , s. A species of cloth. V. T RAT LYE.
of birch-wood. The heel thus put upon them was T R E M B L E S , ,9. pi. T h e palsy in sheep, S.
called the clout, and required to be frequently re- " Ovis in pascuis montosis morbo obnoxia est,
placed ; and this operation the wearers themselves hactenus insanabili, col on is admodum damnosa, the
performed. For this purpose, a supply of birch was Trembles, dicto. Paralysis faciem gerit." Dr. Wal-
always kept in their houses. These were denomi- ker's Essays on Nat. Hist. p. 525.
nated tree-clout shoon. T R E M B L I N G E X I E S , the ague, L o t h . T h e
T o T R E E S H with one, to entreat one in a kind word is more properly Aixes.
and flattering way, Buchan. « Y e may gang down yoursell, and look into our
The origin is quite uncertain. C.B. truth signifies kitchen—the cookmaid in the trembling exies—the
flattery, and truth-iaw. to fawn, to wheedle. The good vivers lying a' about," &c. Bride of Lammer-
only Goth, word that seems to have any affinity is moor, i. 282.
Isl. thrist-a, cogere, urgere. T R E M B L I N G F E V E R S , the ague, A n g . ;
T K E K S I I I X , <9. Courting, Buchan* Trembling Aixes, Loth.
M y pipe bein' in elegiac tift, It is suggested by a friend, with great plausibility,
It that the ague may have received this name from Fr.
Tarras's Poems, p. ; ccce*. Cotgr. indeed expl. Accez de fiebvre, as signi-
T R E E V O L I E , s. A scolding, Ayrs. f y i n g " a fit iof an ague."
592
 T R E T R E
' T R E M B L I N G I L L , adiseaseof sheep, Selkirks. kind is four times distill'd, and this by the natives
£f Trembling, Thwarter, or Leaping III. These is called Usquebaugh-baul, i. e. Usquebaugh, which at
three appellations, of which the last is most com- first affects all the members of the body. Two spoon-
mon in Ann an dale, and the first in Selkirkshire and fuls of this last liquor is a sufficient dose ; and if any
to the eastward, are now used as synonymous." Es- man exceed this, it would presently stop his breath,
says llighl. Soc. iii. 385. and endanger his life. The Treslari.and Usque-
T R E N C F I M A N , s. 1. " E x p l . train-bearer; bau.r/i-baul are both made of oats." Martin's Wes-
"rather perhaps carver; from Fr. trcnch-cr scin- tern islands o!" S. p. 3.
dere ; or interpreter, Fr. truchcmanGl. Sibb. From ir. (hack treise force, strength, and teora
That this word was understood in the latter sense, three, thriee ; or the last part of the word may be
appears to be probable from what follows. Iroiu Gael. !arruing distillation, from turruing-am to
2. An. interpreter. draw, to distil, q. tiie strong distillation. Ir. iarrudh
also studies drawing ; O'nrien.
" Interpres, an interpreter or Trenchnian." Des-
T i l F \ A L i i l F, s. Perhaps of the same mean-
paut. Gram. B. 10, b.
ing Willi 7'mvoAv, q. v.
Sim 11 we view this as an erratum for Trucheman, 41 \ e"i 1 maybe no ken, iVeen, wharonv o' thaerun-
used by O.E. writers in the same sense; or as corr.
rngai.es has dern'd upo' the lull lu re ? gin ye could
from tiie Fr. word which has the same form with
curt me tae ane </ them, we v/ad lei you see a fine
the E. one?
treuallie." Saint Patrick, i. 1(52.
T R E N K E T S , s. pi Iron heels put on shoes,
T R E V I S S , T R E V ESS, T R A V E S S E , ,9. 1. A n y
Stir lings.
. . , thing laid across, &c.] Insert, as sense
Can this have any connexion with Gael, iriochan, A horse's stall, Ettr. For.
a shoe ? Or, as wooden heels were formerly in use,
shall we view it as originally used in this sense, and Perhaps immediately from Fr. travers, cross, what
as having the same signification with Tree-clout, q. is laid across. In this sense travers is used in O.E.
Tren>-vl()iily from Tre'ine, Trene, wooden ? " To make valences to the travers in the Q. cham-
T R MS-ACE, -v. A game in which generally six bre, which was made of some of thother peece of
a/-..- engaged ; one taking a station before, two lxiiii yards, and to enlarge it.—For a traverse in the
ak.mt twelve vards behind him, three twelve (.). chambre . . . about xii or xiii yards." Sadler's
yards behind these two. One is the catch pole. Papers, ii. 511, 512.
T R I T I Y T H T , * . T r u t h ; BrechineReg. Fol.92.
Never more can remain at any post than three ;
the supernumerary one must always shift and
adj.
T R E L I T E S , ' T R O W LESS, Faithless, truth-
less, false; Gl. Sibb.
seek a new station. I f the eatehpole can get in
T R E U X , ,9. Truce.
before the person who changes his station, he
has the right to take his place, and tiie other " Anent the pece & ireux that is now takin be-
becomes pursuer. T h e design of the game, tid x our soniieran lord—and Richarde king of lug-
which is played in the fields, and often by those hmd," See. Acts da. 111. M85, Ed. 1 8 1 4, p. 1
on the harvest-held, is for putting them in heat This resembles the plural of the Fr. noun. V. Tunw.
when the weather is cold, Fife. TUE\\ A S adj. Treicitac vers ; Knox.] An Id;
Dan. fruende not only .signifies believ ing, as being
T R E S S , T I I E S , S. A wait or binding.
the part. pr. <.f the v. Tro-er to trust, but is also
Hem, ane cott of variand taffatie, with ane small rendered faithful. Thus tiie adage referred to ought
walling Ires o f g o l d , lynit with reid bukrem." In- be ealk'd I re wane in regard to the credit generally
ventories, A. 1512, p. 82. given to it ; S\v Irogen, id.
r ' Item, ane doublett of quhite velvett, with ane
T R E W S , ,y. t)l. Trouse, trousers, S ] Add;
small tress of silvir." Ibid. A. 153.9, p. 42. O to see his tartan trews,
The same with Trais, q. v., whence our vulgar Bonnet blue and high-heeled shoes,
phrase, gold-traced. Fr. tresse, cordon plat, fait de Philabeg aboon his knee!
plusieurs brins de fil, de soie, on d'a litres filets eutre- That's the lad that I'll gang wi'.
lact s e.i forme de natte ; Diet. Trev. Lewie Gordon, Jacobite Relics, ii. 81.
TRESS, A frame of wood, S. V. TREST. " And I cannot tell you how they sorted ; but they
T R F . S T , adj. Trusty, faithful. agreed so well that Donald was invited to dance at
We .having trew and per fit e knawlege of the the wedding in his Highland trews, and they said
guid and thankfull service done to our derrest mo- there never was sae meikle silver clinked in his purse
del' of most noble memore, and to ws, be our um- either before or since." Waverley, i. 280.
quhile cousing Johnne lord Erskin, and now sen his " He wore the trews, or close trowsers, made of
deceis be our trest cousing Johnne now erle of Mar/' tartan, checked scarlet and white." Ibid. p. 283.
&c. Inventories, A . J 5 (id, p. 177- V . TRAIST. T R E W S M A N , s. A denomination for a Highland-
T R E S T A R I G , s. T h e name given, in the isle man, or perhaps for an Islesman, from the fa-
o f Lewis, to a kind of ardent spirits distilled, shion of Ids dress, S.
from grain. " We have a wheen canny trewsmcn here that wad-
" Their plenty of corn was such, as disposed the iia let us want if there was a horned beast at ween
natives to brew several sorts of liquors, as common this and Perth." Leg. Montrose, p. 217-
Usquebaugh, another called Trestarig, i. e. Aqua-vitae T R E W T H E L I E I adv. Truly.
three times distill'd, which is strong and hot; a third " And for the mare sickernes aithir of the sadis
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partiislias subscriuit this write with thareavne han clis, It is often used in a more favourable sense, as de-
yere. da v, & place aboune writtin, leilie or trewlhelie, noting one that is somewhat mischievously play-
but fraud <>r gile." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1493, p. 313. ful or waggish, without including any idea o f
T R Y , adj. " Bad, c r o s s ; " given as synon. with dishonesty; as, " O ! he's a tricky laddie, t h a t S .
Thruicart, Gl. Ross. Apparently an errat. for T R I C K I L I E , adv. K n a v i s h l y , S.
77'.•ry, q. v. Titicki'Ness, Knavery, S.
T o T K Y , i ' . a . 1. T o vex, to grieve, to trouble, S. T R I E , .s*. A stick. " T o hawe strickin him with
T o afflict, to harass, S. ane trie " Aberd. R e g .
Till' r. is thus used in a sort of oblique way, in T R Y F F I S , 3. p. s. v. n. Prospers, thrives.
coiiM-qiu-iicL* of its primarily signifying; " to put to —Thair be mony wyffis,
the* test." Thus men are said to be tried with afflic- Throw haboundance of spech that nevir trnffis,
tion, because God proves them by means of it. Colkelbie Sow, v. 643.
TRIAL, -v. T r o u b l e , affliction, S. Su.G. trifw-as valere, bene esse ; Dan. triv-er, id.
3. T<> prove legally, to convict. T R I G , adj. Neat, trim, S.] Add;
Quhasoe air salbe in/it to haue contravenit the Can this be the Su.G. adj. trygg, Isl. iraeggia, safe,
same for the first fault salbe adiugeit in the sowme of used in an oblique sense ? it is applied to a house
ten pnmlis monie," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1594, Ed. 1814, or habitation, as conveying the idea of the prepara-
p. 7<>. tion necessary to give security. Et trygt si idle, a
This peculiar signification approaches more near- safe place. Or shall we view it as allied to Su.G.
ly, t!;;:.!i .";iiy of the senses of the E. v., to Fr. tri-er, draegt, dress, trim ?
to to cull out from among others: for selec- T R I G G I N , .v. Apparently, decking out, Buchan.
tion <;,-notes the result of experiment or trial. It Compar'd wi' you, what's peevish trag,
would appear, indeed, that in O.Fr. it had been used Or beaus wi' cleadfu' triggin ?
as in S. For Roquefort renders Trie, atteste, cer- Tarras s Poems, p. 48.
tifie ; Gloss. Fatigue Rom ane. TRIGLY, adv. Neatly, trimly, S.
T i n A T ii YELL, .v. Proof, S . ] Add; O busk yir locks trigly, an' kilt up yir coaties,
<: Sehortlie, or evir James Stewart had try ell that An' dry up that tearie, and synd yir face clean.
oide man vnbesett his gaitt, ane companie of armed Ibid. p. 124.
men ranched round about him, and slew him cruellie TRIGNESS, S. Neatness, the state of being trim, S.
a bttle from Kirkpatrick." Pitscottie's Chron. p. 56. — " The lassies, who had been at Nanse Banks's
- They were all suddenly blown up with the school, were always well spoken of—for the trigness
roof iti the air,—and never bone nor lyre seen of them of their houses, when they were afterwards mar-
again, nor ever trial got how this stately house was ried." Annals of the Parish, p. 29.
Si; blown up." Spalding, i. 258. * T o T R I M , v. a. T o drub, &c.] Add;—This
T R V I N O , part. adj. 1 . Distressful, S. is also used A . B o r . " Trim, to chastise, to beat
2. Iia.nl, severe; as, a These are trying times," S. soundly ; PU trim your jacketGl. Brockett.
T R I A R 1 S , s. pi. Soldiers, in the Roman army, T R Y M E , adj. Given as not understood.
who were always placed in the rear. Then gif ye knew his duble taekis
<f Seand the inemyis sett ernistlie to win the tentis, Amonges the countrie men he mack is,
he ischit on thare richt hand with ane feirs company With feinyeit seillis and antideatis,
of Iriuris." Bellend. T. Li v. p. 338. Triariis, Lat. And twentie vther trynie conceatis, &c.
TRIPLE, Trouble. Leg. Bp. St. Androls, Poems 16th Cent. p. 324,
" Sa I hoip—nocht to be sa feble, and fleit, for na This is merely E. trim, disguised by the ortho-
trible of tyme, nor tyrannie of man, that I be a tem- graphy ; i. e. nice conceits.
per izar in God is cause contrar my conscience." N. T R I M M E R , s. A disrespectful designation for
Winyet's Questionig, Keith's Hist. App. p. 224; i. e. a woman, nearly synon. with E . Vixen, S.
trouble during life. Eh ! man, Edie, but she was a trimmer,—it wad
Fr. tribonilj (C trouble, vexation, molestation (an hae ta'en a skeely man to hae squared wi' her.—But
old word) ;" Cotgr. Lat. tribal-are to afflict. she's in her grave, and we may loose our tongues a
TRTBULTT, part. pa. Troubled. bit fan we meet a* friend." Antiquary, iii. 337.
ff Thair is bot ane fayth of Christis deirbelovit spous T R I M M I E , s. L A disrespectful term applied
b i s haly kirk,—the quhilk suppose be tribidit,, sail to a female.] Add;
nocht decay aluterlie, conforme to our Salviouris pro- A name for the Devil, Strath more.
mitt, all the dayis of this warlde." N. Winyet, ubi sup. This term has been deduced from Belg. drommel,
T R I C K Y , adj. 1. Knavishly artful, addicted to devil, fiend. Isl. tramen, larva vel cacodaemon, (G.
mean tricks, S. Trickish, E . Andr. p. 241) has more resemblance. But they are
" How troublesome must it be to a minister to be perhaps from the same root. V, Ihre, vo. Tro, p.
obliged to write out receipts for four pennies, and 950, 951.
with a lippie measure in his hand,—paid in kind from T R I M - T R A M , a reduplicative term, apparently
the small tricky heritors, who are imposing upon him expressive o f ridicule bordering on contempt.
grain of the worst quality," Agr. Surv. Stirl. p. 401. « Trim-tram, like master like man," S. Pro v. Kelly,
A.Bor. " Tricky, artful, cunning; full of tricks p. 836. He illustrates it by " Eng. Hackny mistres,
,Gl Brockett. hackny maid,"
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It may have been originally meant as a play on the
E. word Trim, sprucely dressed.
T o T R I N D L E , v. a. T o trundle, S.; a variety
of Trintle.
TRYNE, A c t , stratagem.] Add;
" The tryne of merchandis;" Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
T R Y N E , .9. Train, retinue.] Add;
u That hir hienes d err est brother Robert comm en-
da tare of the abbay of Ilalyrudehouss lies sustenit sic
siimpteoiis charges and expenssis, besyd his lab our is,
pan is & travell, in awaitting vpoun hir hienes sera ice
in tymes bypast, that he is nocht abill to con tin ew
langar in his former tryne & lionorabill convoye."
Acts Mary 15(>7, Ed. 1814, p. 552.
Teut. treyn comitatus.
T H I N G , s. A series, things in succession ; as,
46 a tri/ng of wild geese," 64 a tring of stories,"
&c., Berwicks.
Probably corr. from Tryne, a train, q. v . ; if not
allied to A.S. tring-an, tangere.
T R I N I C , T J I K K K , S. E Apparently synon. with
E . Trench, Caithn. I tak trincea, id.
— c e The upper end fixed by a wooden pin to the
top of the couple, and the lower end in an oblong trink
in the earth or floor/' &c. Agr. Surv. Caithn. p. 200.
V. N EI D-FY RE.
2. A small course or passage for water, a drain,
Aberd.
3. T h e water running in such a drain, ibid.
* T o T R I N K E T , r . n . T o lie in an indirect way.
" I have heard some hudibrass—the examining
of witnesses upon their age, their being married or
not, &c.—notwithstanding that the same is neces-
sary to be inserted; for—if the witness be found lying
and trinketing in thir it vilefies and derogates much
from the weight and faith of his testimony." Foun-
tain h. Dec. Suppl. iii. (:>7.
The v in E. is expl. as signifying <r to give trin-
kets," although this does not even express the sense
in which it is used in that language; as it evidently
suggests the idea of such an intercourse between per-
sons of opposite parties or interests, as gives reason
to suspect that there is juggling or collusion between
them.
T R I N N E E , .y. C a l f s guts, U p p . Clydes.
T R I N S C H E L L s. " T u a pund trinschell, price
of the wnce vi sh." Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
Unless this be some modification of the name of
Treacle, I know not what to make of it.
T o T R I N T E E , T R I N L E , V. a. T o trundle or
roll, S.J Add;
" The river was low and fordable, and irintled his
waters with a silvery sheen in the stillness o f the
beautiful night." R. Gilhaize, i. 12f).
The O.E. v. is " Trendl-yn. Trocieo. Volvo."
Prompt. Parv.
T R Y P A L , TRYPALL, S. Expl. " ill-made fel-
low," Gl. Skinn., Aberd.
But a lang trypall there was snap,
Cam' on him wi' a bend,
Gart him, ere ever he wist, cry clap
Upon his nether end.
Christmas Bciing, Skinner's Misc. Poet. p. 12,6.
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Fr. iripaille, " a quantity of tripes, or guts; Co tgr,
from tripe, the paunch. Some might prefer ircpi'lu.
Ci a poor tattered, a base, bare, and beggarly wretch ;"
ibid. But the conjoined epithet shews that dispro-
portionate length is especially included in that auk-
wardness of form here expressed. Besides, a tall
meagre person is denominated " a lang tripe o' a fal-
low/' S. The term seems exactly to correspond with
Eat. Iongitrio.
T R I P - T R O U T , s. A game in which a common
ball is used instead of the cork and feathers in
shuttle-cock, Kinross., Perths.
Apparently a cant term, from the idea of stopping
a trout in its run.
T R Y P V E L V O T , an inferior kind of velvet.
cc Item twa burdclaithis of blak trup vel rot figurit,
with twa cusseheonis of the same." Inventories, A.
1561, p. 155.
Fr. tripe, or tripe de velours, etoffe de laine qu'on
manufacture, et qu'on coupe com me le velours. Tex-
tum villosum. Diet. Trev. ee Valure, Irish tiultaiiata,
fustian an apes," according to Cotgr.
TRYSING,
" F o r it is the custome of Scotland, that if tin- mean-
est gentleman, that has his kynsman or neir bvind
murthered, enter in try sing with the c<m>m;iterh>
friendis, the offer is ar maid be the commit ieri> ei the
deed. Quhilkis ar deliberatlie resoluit vpov.e he him.
his kyu and freindis." Belli. MS. Mean da. VI. 'Jo. ;']•>.
This word, which obviously suggests d e eh-a of
entering into terms for accommodation, is most 7>ro-
bablv a relique of A.S. Iryws-ian, fid em dare, ibedus
in ire; from triow, treome, fides, fides data, or iriore
fidus, fidelis; whence tryw-ian justificare, purgare;
and, although perhaps through the medium at'the Fr.
language, E. truce, in S. trewis, the ph of Tren', q. v.
I need scarcely mention our Tryst as clearly belong-
ing to the same stock.
T R Y S S , adv. Thrice, Aberd. Reg. V. 16.
T I I Y S T , &e. <s\ 2. A n appointed meeting, S.] Add;
In Nithsdale and Galloway, the word denotes a
merry meeting among the peasantry.
The Lord's Marie has kepp'd her locks
Up wi' a gowden kame,
An' she has put on her net-silk hose,
An' awa to the tryste has gane.
Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 6.
• u This old song is founded on a traditional story
of a daughter of the Lord Maxwell, of Nithsdale, ac-
companying, in disguise, a peasant to a rustic dan-
cing tryste." Ibid. p. 3.
Those who attended these meetings were called
the trysters. Ibid. Introcl. xxi.
The word Trist, Tryst, is also used for a market.
A.Bor. " A fair for black cattle, horses, sheep, &c.
Long Framlington trist, Felton tryst," GL Broekett
The word has most probably been either borrowed
from S., in consequence of frequent intercourse be-
tween those who lived near the Border; or left by
the Scots, while Cumberland constituted an appa-
nage of the crown.
T o B I D E T R Y S T E , to keep an engagement to meet
with another ; including the idea that one waits
the fulfilment of it at the time fixed, S.
 T R Y
You walk late, sir/ said I.— f I bide tryste/ was the
reply, f and so I think do you, Mr. Osbaldistone."
Rob Roy, ii. l6'5.
4. T h e place appointed.] Insert, as sense
5. A journey undertaken bv more persons tlian
one, who are to travel in Company. T h e termi-
nation of such a journey is called the Trysts
end, S.B.
And gin we reach na our try si's end ere night;
' — G i n ye gae farrer, I sail gee to you
This brand-new pouch of sattui double blue.
Ross's Helenore, p. 71.
* 1 think we'll gang and speir
Says Rydby, gin we our trysts end be near.
Ibid. p. 7()-
Denominated most probably from the engagement
to travel to a certain place m company.
(rive sense 5 in DICT. as G.
T o T i : YST, rv a. I. T o engage person, & c . ] A d d ;
The r. !o Try si is evidentiy from the same foun-
tain w ith K. Truxl. as imp!\ ing the idea of mutual
conii-ienee. 1:1. tn't;sf-a eoiihdere.
3. T o bespeak ; as, [ tryst it my furniture to be
hume"' on Mich a day, S.
i . It occurs in a singular sense, as denoting such
accuracy in motion as to make every step, in a
difficult road, correspond with the one that has
preceded it.
Sir A. Balfour applies it to the well regulated mo-
tion of those who bear travellers down the Alpine
decli v it;es.
The\" at tlie rate of an ordinary horse trot,
as tie-y /u> will Irist the .stones to .st -p upon, which lye
confusedly here and there, as exactly as if they were
a paire of stairs, and yet they will not fall once in 500
times, and if they should it would he a fall without
any great perill." Letters, p.
T o Ti;YST, 7'. n. 1. T o agree to meet, &e.] In-
sert, as sense
T o enter into mutual engagements.
" There followed great outcry against him; friends
met and trysted ; at last it resolved in this, the credi-
tors compelled the cautioners to pay them complete^
to the hazard of the sum of their estates," &c. Spal-
ding, i. 37-
This suggests quite a different idea from <e try sting
to meet/' and marks engagements entered into after
they had met.
" They raised an army and came to Inverury,
whilk he could not resist,—and was forced to tryst
and give his band, 110 doubt to their contentment."
Ibid. p. 143.
cf Argyle accepted the gentlemen, and without
A thole's knowledge sent them to the Tables, syne
trysts and causes Athole swear and subscribe as he
pleased. This was not fair play." Spalding, i. 220.
T R Y S T I N G , s. A n engagement to meet, as im*
plying a mutual pledge of safety.
" The maister of Forbes, in the north, slew the
laird of Mel drum, vnder trusting." Pitscottie's Cron,
p. 311. Under tryst, Edit. 1728, p. 1 3 1 .
" The earl Marischal did nothing but by advice of
the committee of estates, who directed him and the
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committees both of Angus and Mearns, to hold the
marquis under try sting, while they should raise up
forces to go upon him." Spalding, ii. 167.
T R y STi \"o-1' L.\<' !•:, s. T h e place of meeting pre-
viously appointed.] Add;
2. Used nietapli. to denote a centre o f union, or
medmm of fellowship.
" Consider, that Christ Jesus, Godman, is not only
a fit irysting-jjtnre. for God and men to meet into ( j n ] ,
and a lit spokesman to treat between the parties now
at variance ;—but we may say also, lie is immediate
bridegroom." Guthrie's Trial, p. 221.
TUYST-STAXK, A stone anciently erected for
marking- out a rendezvous, S.
The tryst-slanes are commonly on high ground.
They are placed perpendicularly in rows, not unfre-
(piently in a circular direction. !t is said, as also the
name import<,tiiat, in time.sof hostilities, the}''marked
t-:" places of resort for the borderers, when they were
assembling for any expedition ol' importance." P.
Morbattie, Stat. Ace. xvi. 512.
T o T R I S T , 7'. a. T o squeeze, Shetl.
It seems the same with Thrisl, to thrust, &c. q, v.
from l.d. ihrijsf-a premere.
T K I ST'' E N E , .y. T L I C act of giving on credit or
trust.
. — T o my returning bak,
Ye wald'doe weill gif ye wald t/irist me.
— Y e sal be pay it ; tak ye no thought ;
Your Irist enc sail not he for nought
At our nixt inciting.—
I. eg. !';>. Si. A tin rot.v, Poems 1 ()lh Cent. p. 342,
T I U S T S G M , ml'). Sad, melancholy.
1 wat it wald mak ony haill hairt sair,
For to reuolue my Iris I sum tragidie.
Testament K. Henry, Poems l6lh Cent. p. 259.
T o T H I V L E , Tit 1 v v 1 l , v.n. T o grope, to feel
one's way in darkness, Shetl.
A diminutive from Su.G. trejw-a, Isl. thrieff-a,also
trif-a, marhbus ten tare. *
T H O A P , .9. (pron. as E . loan.) A game played
by two persons, with bandies, or sticks hooked
at the end, and a bit of wood called a nacket.
A t each end of the ground occupied, a line is
drawn. Tie who strikes off the nacket from the
one line, tries to drive it as near the other as
possible. T h e object of his antagonist, who
stands between him and the goal, is to throw
back with his hand the nacket to the line from
which the other has struck it. I f he does this,
he takes the place of the other. I f not, the dis-
tance is measured between the striking point
and the nacket with one of the sticks used in
striking; and for every length of the stick one is
counted against the caster. It is indeed a trial
of strength between the one who strikes and the
other who throws, to see whether the latter can
throw, as for as the other can strike, the nachet.
This game is still played by boys in Angus.
The name must have been originally the same with
E. Trap, although in this game a ball is used instead
of a nacket, and it is struck off as in cricket, Skin-®
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ner derives trap from Teut. treff-en to strike ; Casau-
bon from Gr. T^TTM; referring perhaps to T^STT^ verto,
because the ball is turned back. In E. it is also called
Cat and Trap; Fr. martinet; Sw. triss-lek. V. Seren.
vo. Trap.
T R O C K E R , s. One who exchanges goods, a
low trader, Ettr. For. V . T R O G G E R S .
T R O D , Tread, footstep, S.B.
This is the worst o' a' mishaps,
T i s war than death's fell I rod.
Tarras s Poems, p. 59-
A.S. trod, vestigium, gradus, passus, " a path, a
step, a footstep." Somner.
T o T R O D , V. A. T o trace, to follow by the foot-
step or track. T h u s one is said to a trod a
thief f S.B.
T o T R O ' D D L E , T R O D L E , r. n. T o walk with
short steps, &c.] Add;
2 . T o purl, to glide gently, S.B.
Ainee by a trodlin burnie's side,
Whare chrystal waters smoothly glide,
I musing sat a while.
The trodlin burnie i' the glen
Glides cannie o'er its peebles sma'.
Tarras\s Poems, p. 32, 82.
To TRODGE, v. n, T o t r u d g e , S.
T R O D W I D D X E , TRODWODDFK, T h e chain
that fastens the harrow to what are called the
Szc i i tgle t rccs. ] A dd ;
c< Item, 2 pots, 1 spade, 1 grape, one iron trodwod-
die, 1 round heckle, ane smoothing iron, and 3 shear-
ing hooks." Depred. on the Clan Campbell, p. <)6.
T o T R O G y t<. a. T o truck, Dumfr.
T R O G , .9. " Old clothes Gall. Enc. Fr. troqu-er
to truck, to barter. V. T R O I C K, V. and s.
TROGGER, S. One who trucks, Dumfr.
TROGGRRS, <9. pi. Irish vagrants.] Add; '
(C Troggers, persons who gather old clothes;" ibid.
T R O G S ,adv. A vulgar oath, Lanarks., D u m f r . ;
the same with T R U G G S , q. v. 11- T R U G S .
T R O G U E , A young horse, Upp. Clydes.
Isl. droeg, equa vilissima effaeta, Haldorson.
T R O I L Y A , S. A fairy, Shetl, ; a dimin. from
T R O L L , q. v.
T o T R O Y T T L E , v. n. T o tattle, to gossip,
Shetl. ; merely a variety of T R A T T I L , q. v.
* T R O Y W E I G H T , T R O Y S W E I G H T , a certain
kind o f weight,
o 7 used both in S. and in E .
fC That there shall be onely one just weight through
all the parts of this kingdome, which shall univer-
sa llie serve all his Majesties lieges, by the which (and
no other) they shall buy and sell—in all tyme here-
after : to wit, The French Troys Stone weight, con-
teining sexteine Troys Pounds in the Stone, and
sexteine Troys Unces in the Pound, and the lesser
weights and measures to be made in proportion con-
forme thereto." Act. Ja. VI. 19 Feb. 1618, Murray,
p. 441.
This is ordered to be used instead of " that weight,
called of old the Trone Weight."
The phrase, according to Keith, is written in an
act of the Privy Council A, 1565, Trace WeichU V,
REMEIP.
m
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Somner, and Du Cange, both suppose that Troy is
a corr. of Trone. V. Du Cange, vo. Trona. Cowel as-
serts that " Trone weight plainly appears to he the
same with what we now call Troy weight," vo. Weights.
Yet, under Pondus Regis, he says that " it seems easy
to infer that what we call Troy Weight was this Pon-
dus Regis, or le Roy Weight.
It is evident, however, that they were quite diffe-
rent. . For by the Act of James, quoted above, it is
ordered that the one be used, and the other is dis-
charged.
Troy Weight in E., according to Spelman, consisted
of twelve ounces in the pound. This is the standard
still used in S. for weighing gold, silver, jewels, corn,
bread, and liquors. V. Hutton's Arithm. p. 15. It
is simply denominated Troy Weight. What is called
Scots Troy, in our times, is the same with Dutch
weight ; and said also to correspond to Trone weight,
only the pound varying in different places, and for
different purposes, from 20 to 28 ounces.
In the reign of James VI. Troy dhfered from Trone
weight, the latter exceeding the former three pounds
and a half in the stone. For Skene says :
" Ilk Trois stane contends sexteene pound Trois.
And ilk pound weiclit theirof, contends sexteene
ounce Trois.—The wool, quhen it is boeht be mer-
chands, is boeht be the Trone stane, quhilk contends
Commonly xix. pound and ane halfe Trois." De Verb.
Sign. vo. Serptaii/f.
As this weight is ealled, in the Act, French Troys, it
shows that our rulers in that age viewed it as origi-
nally borrowed from the French, and that it had re-
ceived its name from its being used in Troies, the
capital city of Champagne. For we learn from Diet.
Trev., that almost every city had its own peculiar
weights.
T R O Y * , TROYCIIT,
" Ane troy1, ane baik breid, iiij reid truneheris."
Aberd. Reg. A. 154v>, V. .18. " Ane troycht & tua
aiking buyrdis." Ibid. A. 15.35, V. 15.
The only idea I can form of this word, is that it
is meant for troeht, perhaps a trough.
T o TROKH:, r. n. T o transact business in a mean
way, S. ,
" She'll not loose the letters that come to her by
the King's post, and she must go on troking wi' the
old carrier, as if there was no post-house in the neigh-
bourhood." St. Ronan, iii. 119- V. T R O G , V.
T r o k e , T R O Q U E , S. 1. Familiar intercourse.] A d d ;
Ye ken or e'er ye got a frock,
I took you in to my sma' flock.
An' ye and I have had a troclc
Thig forty year,
. Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. 176.
T R O L I E , T R O L L , S. 1. A n y long' unshapely
thing that trails on the ground, R o x b .
Troll denotes any object that has length dis-
proportionate to its breadth, Perths.
Apparently from a common source with E. Trawl,
Troll
T R O L L , A goblin, V. T R O W .
T R O L L , s. T h e dung of horses, cows, &c. also
of man, Dumfr, ,
T R O L L I B A G S , TROLLIEBAGS, s. pi A low
 T R O
or ludicrous term for the paunch or tripes of a
slaughtered animal, S.
" Trolfiebags, the in wards of animals Gall. Enc.
And when he fin's a sheep fa'en aval,
• Her trolly-bags he can unravel. Ibid. p. 400.
In Ettr. For. it denotes the small guts of a sheep;
synon. Stria* Palms. A.Bor. " Trolly-bags, tripe;
Cumb. ;" Grose.' V. T no LIE.
TRONE, Synon. with E. Truant, D u m f r .
To Play the Trone, to play the truant, ibid.
TRON I !•:, s. A truant, Ibid. ¥ . TKONNIE.
T R O N E , .v. A trowel, used by masons, Gall.;
Durnfr. Trozeen ; pron. trooen, Lanarks., and
some other counties.
" Trone, a trowle [_r. trowel], a masonic instru-
ment Gall. Enc. The adj. masonic .is here used
in a sense totally new.
This seems evidently a corr. of the E. word, as it
is not supported by analogy.
T R O N E , s. A •. instrument used for weighing.]
Add ;
1 rones had been used in England so early as the
rehiTi of Edw. I. For. we find tins ordinance in
Fleta. Item ulnas, tronas, stateras, & pondera cu-
juslibet generis, tam pro pane quani pro aliis rebus
venalibus provisa & habita. Lib. II. c. 12. § 15.
A.Bor. " Trones, a steelyard;" Gl. Brockett.
Add, as sense
3. A market, A y r s .
I—looked towards Irville which is an abundant
Irone for widows and other single women; and I
fixed my purpose on Mrs. Nugent." Annals of the
Parish, p. 300.
Apparently from sense 1., tin* trone being the
place where marketable goods are weighed.
THONE-WEIGHT, the standard weight used at the
T r o n e . ] Add;
<f That weight called of old tin; Trone weight to
be allutterlie abolished and discharged, and never
hereafter to be received nor used." Act l ( jth Feb.
1.618, Murray, p. 441.
T R O N Y E , s. I . A n y metrical saw, &c.] Add;
A long story, Strath more.
3. Trifling conversation; evidently an oblique sense
o f the term as signifying a tedious story, ibid.
4. A darling, ibid. Add to etymon ;
In the latter sense, it seems to have considerable
affinity to the ancient Su.G. term already mentioned,
as it occurs in the following adage; 1 roen waen aer
guile baettre; A trusty friend is better than gold ;
Ihre, vo. 7 ro, to trust. For it needs scarcely be ob-
served, that the character of a confident, or bosom-
friend, is nearly allied to that of a darling. Teut.
trowant has a similar sense; satelles, later an us ; a re-
tainer, a dependant. It can scarcely be supposed,
that as used in the first and second senses, it is a
corr. of Ir. dranog, rhyme, metre.
T R O N N I E , s. " A boy who plays the truant
Gall. Enc.
Fr. truandeau, " a young r a s c a l l C o t g r . Trnan,
(as well as truand,) was formerly used as the s. in Fr.;
truand-er, to play the rogue,, also to beg about the
country ; Teut. troirnant-en, otiose vagari; from
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Iron want sate lie*, metaph. vagabundus et parasitus.
Kiiian. or Cecanus, referred to by him, views this q.
trou'ir-hami, i. e. lidamanus. i;ut. Xerenius refers to
Sw. drunt as synon. with Truant, am! cx])l. drnnt-a
otiari, otiosus vagari. it not improbable that the
origin is to be sought in Germ. fr--"j, Franc, drug,
and Irugehot, dolus ; Genu, (rug arum:; fraudum, a
verbal noun from Irleg-cn decinere. ('.ii. ne-
qnam, improbus, also malum ; Gl. Bovhorn.
T o T R O O the School, to play the (nmni, Aberd.
T n o o i !•:. .v. .A truant, ibid.
Serenius traces E. 'Truant to Su G. iroci>: reses,
remissus, expl. by Ihre, tardus ; Isl. trrg-r, throng,
id. Neither e. nor .v. is far removed from the sense
of Trow, pron. iron, to make believe.
T R O O K K R , .v. An appellation of contempt and
reproach for a woman, Shet!. ; obviously the
same W i t h S. Truckier, Trucker.
T o T R O O T L E , IK N. T o walk with short steps
a i a qui'.-k ] <aco, A vrs. V. '!' ir. i"r i.:<:.
T o T R < >T, w a. T o draw a man on! in con-
versation, '.'MJrciaSly hv die appearance of being
entertained or of admiration, so us in make him
expire Inni.-elf 1o ridicule. ih>.h the turn and
practice arc well known in G h - g o w .
" I have already n;et with many well-bred gen-
tlemen in Glasgow, who neither !rot nor are trotted"
Peter's Letters, iii. 247.
T I I O T T E K , S. One who is shown off. like a horse-
in a market, so as to be held no to ridicule, ib.
" 1 had the good sense to pere.-ivc * he danger of
tlie practice,—and hope never to t\u n>d either
of Trotter or Trollee." Ibid. p. 'J-io.
TROTTER, .V. One who diews <di' UD IKT in ibis
manner, ibid. V. preceding word.
T R O T - C O S I E , s. 1 . A piece of woollen cloth,
&e.] Add;
ec The upper part of his form—was shrouded in a
-large great-coat,belted over his under habiliments, and
crested with a huge cowl of the same stuff, which,
when drawn over the head and hat, completely over-
shadowed both, and being buttoned beneath the
chin, was called a trot-cosy," , Waverley, ii. 112.
cc To see how a irot-ecseij and a Joseph can dis-
guise a man—that I stildna ken my auld feal friend
the deacon." Rob Roy, iii. 31.
TROTH-PLIGHT, T h e act of pledging
•faith between lovers, by means o f a symbol.
cc The dispute—ended by the lovers going through
an emblematic ceremony of their troth-plight, of
which the vulgar still preserve some traces. .They
broke betwixt them the thin broad piece of gold
which Alice had refused to receive from Ravens-
wood." Bride of Lammermoor, ii. 130.
1 rothplight is used by Shakspeare as an adj. in the
sense of betrothed, affianced. It occurs also as a v.
" Trouihplit-yn. Affido." Prompt. Parv.
T R O U B L E , s. A name given by miners to a
sudden break in the stratum of coal, S.; called
also Dyke and Gae.
" That alteration of course was not caused by any
gae, or trouble, which sometimes have their effect."
Gaes, and Dykes,—being the occasion of so much
 T R O T R O
trouble, in the working o f eoal,—the coal-hewers call turn, (Lat. tru-are volvere, gyrare), troelli to put in
them ordinarily by that name trouble." Sinclair's a whirling motion ; Su.G. trill-a, rotari, ut solet glo-
Misc. Obs. Hydrost. p. 267, 276*. bus per loea deelivia; Hire.
ec T h e strata are frequently deranged by troubles
T R O W , T R O W E , T R O E L , B R O W , s. 1 . A name
or dykes." Ure's H i s t Rutherglen, p. 287. given to the devil, O r k n . , Shetl. H e n c e this
* T H O U G H , T h e same with Trow, q. v. imprecation is used, Trow tak ijon !
cc T h e view we had from these heights, o f the U. In pi. it denotes an inferior order o f daemons.
whole valley, or strath, or trough of the Clyde up- The dacmoimlogy of these islands, according to its
wards, is by far the richest thing 1 have \ et seen more modern form, is said to include three orders o f
north of the Tweed." Peter's Letters, iii. spirits ; the Fabrics, lite Tron\ and the Trows. While
TROUK, A slight but leasing c o m p l a i n t ;
the Fames are uniformly represented as soc ial, cheer-
as, t c a troaJe o* the can hi,*1 Mearns ; synon. ful, and benevolent beings ; the Trows are described
Brash, Tend. as gloomy and malignant, ever prune to injure men.
Fr. true is a blow or thwack. Pmt it may be rather ()\ these there art* two classes, which receive their
from A.S. true-ion, deficere, hmgucre. Ctu'on-a tni- distingui Jdngdenondnations from the places of their
ciath, Genua delicitint. Gael, truaighe is rendered, residence.
" misery, w o e , " Shaw. Ir. traa^h lean, poor,
I l I LL-TKO ws, ,y. pi. Spirits supposed to inhabit,
meagre, dismal," O ' R e i l l y ; C.B. Irirch, iC broken, the hills or the mountainous parts o f the O r k -
maimed," Owen. ney Islands.
T R O U S H , interj. A call or cry directed to The superstitious, in some places, endeavour to
c a t t l e ; as, cc Transit, hawkie,"'"1 JW earns. bribe them by leaving an ollering of food for them
It is singular, that, in the terms expressing a ca.il every night ; buing persuaded, that otherwise they
to cattle, there should be so great a resemblance, would destroy the family helmv morning. It is be-
where the people using them were so remote from lieved, that they still frequently appear in wild and
each other. V . PTKU, and P a i T r m i:. sequestered scene- ; having a haggard and malign,,ut
T o T E O I J S S , v. a. T o tuck up, to shorten ; as,
aspect. One <>f the attributes of the Fairies, in Scot-
" to trouss a pet i coat d1 to turn up a. fold oi the land, is in Orkney appropriated to the 'J'ruws : it
cloth o f which a petticoat, is made, and fasten being an article of the vulgar creed, that they often
it b y sewing or pinning it on that part of the carry oil' children.
garment which is immediately above, S . ; pron. The Fnncinis, although, as appears from brand,
trooss. formerly well known in O r k n e y , seem to be now ad-
This must be viewed as originally the same with most entirely forgotten. I strongly suspect, h o w -
the E.v. to Truss, from Fr. irouss-er, " to tucke, bind ever, from what has been mentioned above, that they
or girt in ; " Cotgr. Perhaps we may add Teut. iross- are now confounded with the Hill-Trows ; especially
en suecingere, colligere. from the description given o f their appearance, and
T o T R O W , T R U E , V. n. 1. T o believe.] Add; from the offerings made to them. V. the extract
I'll kiss your bonny mou', from Brand, vo. B R O W N I E .
I'll gar your mither true S E A - T I I O W E S , s. pi. T h e name given in O r k n e y
That I'll marry thee. and Shetland, to certain inhabitants o f the sea,
Hey Tulie Tatie ; Old Song. viewed b y the v u l g a r as malignant spirits.
T R O W A B I L , adj. Credible. It is believed in O r k n e y , by those living on
It is als noeht trowabil, that sic exempil sulci be the coast, that the Trows do much injury to fisher-
introclucit be ane patriciane." Bellend. T. Liv. p. SS-b. men ; and particularly, that they destroy the fishing-
TROW, The Trow of the Water, the lower grounds.
g r o u n d through which a river r u n s ; as, the Brand, speaking o f " those sea-monsters, the Meer-
trow of Clyde, \Jpp. Lanarks. A l s o the trough men and Meermaids, which have not only been seen,
of Clyde, Middle W a r d . but apprehended and kept for sometime," a d d s ;
This appears to be radically the same with Trow, " They tell us that several such creatures do ap-
a wooden spout. Haldorson renders Isl. frog alveus, pear to fishers at sea, particularly such as they call
which denotes both the bed of a river, and a conduit Sea- Trowes, great rolling creatures, tumbling in the
pipe. The trow of a river thus seems to be merely waters, which, if they come among their nets, they
the trough by means of which the water is conveyed. break them, and sometimes take,s* them away with
C.B. trweh, a cut into, an incision; troeh, cut, broken. them ; if the fishers see them before they come near,
they endeavour to keep them off with their oars or
T o T R O W , v. n. T o roll over ; as, to trow down
long staves; and if they can beat them therewith,
a hill, to descend a bill, as children often do, b y
they will endeavour to do i t : T h e fishers both in
rolling or whirling, U p p . Lanarks., Berwicks.
Orkney and Zetland are affraid when they see them,
T O TROW, V. a. T o p u t any thing into a rota-
which panick fear of their's makes them think and
tory motion, to cause to r o l l ; as, " to trow a
sometimes say, that it is the Devil in the shape of
halfpenny,"" to m a k e it spin round on the table,
such creatures, whether it be so or not as they ap-
Lanarks., Ettr. F o r .
prehend, I cannot determineDescr. o f Zetland.,
This may be the same with E. Trout, Troll. It p. 115.
may, however, be traced directly to C.B. tro cir- T h e g o o d man had no occasion for .so much mo*
cumvolution, troel a cylinder, troellog round, troi to desty. T h e y were a very o d d sort o f evil spirits^
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that could be beat off by poles. H e bad often h i m - and brown dale in Dunrossness, as in every other
self seen such tmnhUng about ill the birth of Forth. district of Zetland." Tin; Pirate, i. <28.
I have formerly given sucii conjectures asocenrred The learned author lias no doubt that the Trows
with respect to the origin oi' this name, All that de- or Draws are originally the same with the Ditergar
serves to be retained is the account given in Orkney, of the northern nations. V. vo. Daows. The one
that in Xor.v'.' trow Mgnihes Deril. I am now fuiiy name, however, is evidently not borrowed from the
convinced, that this is m -rely the corrupt pronun- other ; and as the 1 Jticrgar ov Dwarfs were confined
c i a t i o n o f the old word T, dl. T i n s term used to the earth, whereas one specie* o f the Tmws be-
bv tile ancient Scandinavians to denote a sp-etiv, longed to the sea, it is not improbable that Tron- was
end particularly applied to a. son; of incarnate g o b - a more generic name, and that it might include the
[in>. oS monstrous size, and c<>rre-pon lent strength, Duergar under it.
y 'ho were very de.-truclive to mankind. They lived 1 /ind that, in tile Isl. version o f the Bible, the
In solitudes, and clefts of tin; rocks ; and were be- word used in b«sth places where the term sahjr o c -
lieved to f e e d on human lle.h. T h e y were also de- curs in ours, is Draugar, Isa. I .'J. l2 1 ; :> !•. 11; with this
nominated Jtergrisar, i. e. giants of the mountain-;, diiierence, that in the latter passage 'Troll also occurs.
i I en ee the tables of the Orkneys concerning the il'iU- And, lliar nunm til samaas hlauna Draugar og ,skr\)m$l,
T rotes. og c,f( Troll nit'!/ tfurr odra a/oeta ; literally, <f A n d
From their -uperior .-kill in i i i - i - i arts, in Su.O. there shaii the i )\varf and theSpeCire run together,
m a g i c in .«£«'• if-rn I came to be dciiomm-'tcd trill. J' or and one 'Trull >hail meet a l l o t her." Tin's proves that
su'di was th" •> >WT of iueahtat ion escribed to tneui, the terms I)raaif-ar and Tnd, however loose!y they
\hat they could make men assume t ie* like.ees- o{ s mi-h:. a! : j.SKV, he used, are radically di!ie"'!:t, and
tyr>, M il'd b Xc. 7 'rJt-n, a: :d W. trj/lf-a , -h/nily It.jVC been thus Viewed by that people w.uo s; ill retain
hi can I are, magieis art ii) us m i ; -Sn.o. ! raHdom vene- the purest specimen of the ancient language of Scan-
f ci um, and troll-h-m7, veiie/ica. K. /ml/. a p r o s - dinavia.
tate, U b> I hre traced toSu.Ci I roll; and wii.h pretty 1)i*. Jvimonstone, I observe, views Trows as synotl.
good re,-.son, as it is her business to entice men by with Fairies.
c ' The fairies or ii\>ws have still a. c local habitation
her fascinations.
That Trow, as still used in Orkney, is the same witl 1 and a name.' They occupy small stony hillocks or
Troll, is unquestionable from the account given by knows, and whenever they make an excursion abroad,
Cunrad, commonly called the ( ' f i t , in ids /ludrisorici, are seen, mounted on bulrushes* riding in the air.—.
as quoted by Anigrini Joins. S^ei-anen /slanduue, p. They are said to be very mischievous, not only shoot-
118. Speaking of the Orkney FdamK he says ; ing cattle with their arrows, but even carrying human
Ore,.das has memorant, fa etas e nomine < b'aeco, beings with them to the hi 11 s. Chihl-be(1 women are
Atque has pcrjnri>, ex ilium e.-se, sometimes taken to nurse a prince ; and although
A ceo!a. mutato, <pios di< it nomine Dndkjs. the appearance of the body remain at home, yet the
Some ha v<« Mn)p sed t hat. thi-> an error ibr 7Va,- immaterial part is r e m o v e d / ' ike. ZetJ. ii. 75, 76.
los. T h e word. however, is. originally the same. r'or Dr. I Iihbert justly views the (i(»signation of Fairies
j)aii. (In,I signifies a, demon. and Tent:, drol is e:n •!. as a misnomer, when given to the Trows.
tc The subterraneous Trows of Shetland/' he says,
trill lus, <1 roll us: Vulgo d icitu r daenionuui ^enus <psod
in omni laborem p - n c i v se videtur excrcere, cum ta- " have, in more recent times, had the improper name
men nihil airat: alio nonnne kahauler ma unci en. 'Trol- given them oi'Fairies, which is of comparatively m o -
us, Cimbriea lingua Oothicae affmis, cacodaemon dern introduction into Europe." Shetl. J si. p. 446.
u T h e Trows of Shetland, who inhabit the interior
ruber dicitur. A d r Jim, This designation assimi-
lates him to the Brownie of our own country. This of rocks, are the same race of beings whom the na-
seems originally the same with Isl. draitglemur ( G . tives of Feroe describe as Foddenskemand, or under-
A11 dr. and Verel.) Hence Odin was denominated ground men ; ii: the Ishmdic Edda, they appear un-
Droaga Drol tin, 1 e m u r 11 m si v e t u m u 1 or 11 m dm n i 111der
1 s, t he name of Daergar, or dwarfs." Ibid. p. 445.
as presiding over the departed; Keysler. Antiq. Sep- T w o centuries ago, the word continued to be
tentivp. 136. written, and perhaps spoken in Shetland, after the
I had written the whole of the preceding article Xorwegi ;n mode In a. dittay against Catherine
many years before the publication of that very in- Jonesdochtcr and others for witchcraft, &e. tried in
c
teresting work, The Pirate; and have given in it the the Sherilf Court of Shetland, Oct 2, K i l 6 , one o f
substance of the accounts transmitted to me from the points is thus set forth : — " Item^mair, the said
Orkney, by some friends who had long resided there, Catherine for airt Si pairt of witchcraft and soreerie,
and paid considerable attention to the superstitions in hanting and seeing the Trol lis ryse out of the kyrk
o f these islands. As these, however, vary in different yeard of Hildiswick & Holy cross kirk of Eshenes •
provinces of the same country, it is possible that this and that she saw tharrie on the hill call it Greinfaill^,
may be the case in regard to Orkney and Shetland. at mony sindrie tymes ; and that they come to ony
I immediately refer .to the following passage. hous quhair thair wes feasting or great mirrines, and
— " Swertha, in despair, had recourse to the g o o d speciallie at Y u l e . " — F o u n d guilty, on her own con-
offices of Mordaunt Mertoun, with whom she had ac- fession, and sentenced to be taken by the lockman
quired some favour by her knowledge in old N o r w e - to the place o f execution, ah one Birrie, used & wont,
gian ballads, and dismal tales concerning the Trows wirryet at an stake while she be dead, & thaireftir
or Droivs, (tl|e dwarfs o f the Scalds), with whom su- to be burnt in ashes." Sheriff-Court Book of Shetland.
perstitious eld had peopled many a lonely cavern Catharine was accused, and also confest that <f she
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conversed, lay, and kept company and society with
the Devil, whom she called the Bowman of Hildis-
wick. and Eshenes, for more than 40 years, and every
year sensyne, and specially at Hallow even and holy
cross day ; and that the last time he lay with her, he
gave her an merk on the privie members, and left
with her ane sey nwtte and ane cleik, whairby she
sould be liable to do any thing she desyrit," &c.
T R O W A N , T E O W K N , S. A mason's trowel, S . ;
apparently corr. from the E . word. V. T H O M E .
T H O W I E , aclj. Sickly, Orkney.
Su.G. traege dolor? Or, as in our own country,
unknown diseases were often in former ages ascribed
to the influence of witchcraft, shall we view this as
signifying, " under the malign influence of the Trow,
or daemon ?" V. T R O W , T R O W E , S.
T o T R O W L , v. n. Used in a different sense
from E. troll; as in trending, a line, with a num-
ber of hooks on it, extending from one side of
a stream to the other, and fixed to a rod on
each side, is drawn gently upwards, S.
T R O W N S O W R , <9. A trencher. " A dowsone
[dozen] of irownsowrisAberd. Reg, V.
TRUNSCHEOUR.
T R O W S , s. pi. T h e term used in R o x b . and
other southern shires, to denote two pieces o f
wood, eacli formed like the half or section of an
ellipsis, fenced with upright boards, so as to pre-
vent the entrance of water. These two are con-
joined by means of iron hooks, or a cross-board ;
the broad part of the one being placed towards
that of the other. A n interstice is left between
the two sections, so that the water is seen dis-
tinctly through it. This sort of vessel, resem-
bling two short flat-bottomed yawls placed stern
to stern, is used in what is called burning the
water, or night-fishing on rivers for salmon.
Through the interstice, by means of the lights,
the fishers can see, and more certainly strike
their prey.
In I si. frog signifies linter, a small boat, from its
resemblance to a trough. A.S. trog, troge alveus, a
trough ; also, " linter, a cock-boat, a wherry or scul-
ler ; Kiliano, troch ;* Somner.
T R O W S , s. pi. A sluice. V . M I L L - T R O W S E .
This does not properly denote the chose or sluice
itself, but the troughs which conduct the water to the
mill-wheel.
T R U B L A N C E , s. Disturbance.
" Conwiekit for the irublance of him in wordis,
call and him koff-caryll one the oppin gait." Aberd.
Reg. Cent. l6\
T R U C K E R , TRUCKAR, V TRUKIER.
T R U C K - P O T , <9.A tea-pot. V . T R A C K - P O T .
T R V C O U R , <9. A deceiver.
— A dowble toungit coimsalour,
A trimpour [trumpour a Irvcour.
Colkelbie Sow, F. i. v. 7 5 . V . T R U K I E R .
T R I J D D E R , S. Lumber, trumpery, Aberd.
Isl. truts is expl. fasciculus; Isl. trod-r, and Su.G.
trod, the stakes or wood with which hedges are con-
structed. Or, it may be allied to Su.G. troett-a3 to
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tire, to make weary, q. what oppresses one in car-
rying it. This seems radically the same with Moes.G.
trudjaus weary, in Us-trudjaris. Ir. and Gael, trend,
a flock, a herd ; but the first syllable of treathlaigh
corresponds most closely in sense; for it denotes lurn-*
ber, luggage.
T R U D G E T , s. A sort of paste used by tinkers,
for preventing a newly-soldered vessel from leak-
ing. It is made of barley-meal and water, Roxb,
T R U E - B L U E , adj. A n epithet given to rigid
P resby terians.] Add ;
— 1 he haill house dogs, messens, and whelps
within Aberdeen killed upon the streets, so that
neither hound, messen or other dog was left alive
that they could see; the reason was this, when the
first army came here, ilk captain and soldier had a
blue ribband about his craig, in despite and derision
whereof, when they removed from Aberdeen, some
women of Aberdeen (as was alleged) knit blue rib-
bands about their messens craigs, whereat thir sol-
diers took offence, and killed all their dogs for this
very cause/' Spalding, i. 160.
"Blue was the favourite colour of the covenanters ;
hence, the vulgar phrase of a true blue whig." Min-
strelsy Border, iii. 224.
2. M eta ph. used in S. to denote a person of inte-
grity and steadiness.
" True blue will never stain/' S. Pro v. " A man of
fixed principles, and firm resolutions, will not be
easily induced to do an ill, or mean thing." Kelly,
p . 803.
T R U L Y , anomalously used as a s. in a common ex-
clamation expressive of surprise, or a kind of
oath ; My truly, or By my truly, S.
ff By my truly, 1 have a mind to setde some good
revenue or pension upon her out of the readiest in-
crease of the lands of my Salmigondinois" Urquhart's
Itabelais, B. iii. c. 18.
T R U E L X N S , T I U J L I N S , adv. Truly, Loth.,
Dumfr., Ang. T h o u g h properly an adv., it
is used as if it were a s. Thus, to one who
doubts of what is asserted, it is often said, Itfs
just truelins.
" My triilines, gin they had to hurkle down on a
heap o' haver straw,—gin they wad gang to bed wi'
sic a wrauf wamefou," &c. Black w. Mag. Nov. 1820,
p. 154. V. the termination L I N G S .
T R U E - L O V E , One whose love is pledged to
another, S.
I leant my back unto an aik,
I thought it was a trusty tree ;
But first it bow'd, and syne it brak,
And sae did my true-love to me.
Song ; IVa la, wala, up the bank.
It has been ingeniously supposed that the origin
of this term is Dan. trolovet, from tro troth or faith,
and lov-e, to promise, to engage. " This seems," it
has been said, " the origin of the term, true-love, in
many of our old ditties/' This idea is supported by
the remark that " the lady's true-love is really her
false-love whence some editors have taken the li-
berty of altering it accordingly. V. Northern Antiq.
p. 385.
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T R U F F , v. a. To steal.] Add ; A tyrant, a tormentour,
Cleek a ye can by hook or crook, A truphane, and a tratlour.—
Ryp ilka pouch frae nouk to nook ; Colkelbie Sow, F. 1. v. 78.
Be sure to I ruff his pocket-book, &c. TRUST RE, Butter, S.B.; as, in Ross-shire.
Ilamsay's Poems, i. 2 f)f). I see no term that has any similarity.
Allied perhaps to Flan dr. truff-en decipere, fall ere, T R U T H F U " , adj. Honest, sincere, possessing
imponere, L.B. truff-are, truf-are, id. O.Fr. lrujf-er} integrity, South of S.
to mock, is most probably from the same fountain. " I'm a puir man—but I'm an auld man too, and
The original idea may have been that conveyed by what my poverty takes aw a' frae the weight o' my
Alern. trcff-cn, Su.G. treff-a, Isl. trefrv-a, appre- counsel, grey hairs and a truthju heart should add
hendere, manibus tentare. to it twenty times." Antiquary, ii. 132.
TRUFF, A turf.] Add ; . T o T R U T L E , v. n. T o be slow in motion ; a
The frost may bite, the hail may nip term often applied by nurses to children, as
The rain may/steep us to the skin ; expressive of their mode of walking, Dumfr.
But thae aneath the auld green (ruffs Trootle, Ayrs.
The waes o' weather never fin'.
Gall. Kncifcl. p. 405. This is viewed as synon. with Drullle. It seems,
T i l { ] K I E R , Tnrckv.e, .9. ] . A contemptuous de- indeed, to be also merely a variety of Troddie.
signation, Add, after extract from Pol wart; T U A C K , s. A small hillock, Orkn.
2 This designation is often given to a female Apparently from the same origin with Tuva in
i!i contempt, as equivalent to u worthless Tuva-Keuthie ; a diminutive from Su.G. tvjwa tuber,
Ilussy," S. or Dan. tue, " a little hill or mole-hill/'
T U C H T , TUCHT (gutt.), Vigour, Ettr. For.
A waggish or tricky person, Roxb.
T U C H T L E S S , adj. Pithless, wanting strength,
T1I\' 1,LI ( ) X , .y. A foolish person, a silly crea- nerveless, inactive, ibid., Upp. Clydes.
ture, Ayrs. This word may have been formed by the change
Y R U A I , .$*. Apparc ; nily, drum. " Toplay vpoune of a letter of the same organ, from Teut. deughd, A.S.
the trnm nychtlv, to convene the waih atewin," duguih, virtus, valor, potentia.
See. A ben! ii.'g. Cent. 16. T U C K , ,9. A jettie on the side of a river, S.O.
Germ. Dan. i,-<>,!>,t>e} Su.G. iriimma, Isl. trumba, pron. took.
tympanum. (c That while he possessed the farm, he erected
T I U J M , .9. about ten tucks upon the Snodgrass side of the water
There will I wear out life's frail Irum, of Garnock, in order to prevent the water from en-
Just clotching canny on my bum. croaching on the holms ; which tucks were made by
Gall. line. p. 258. driving stobs from the edgeof the bank into the river,
Qu. if the same with E. Thrum, q. thread ? and filling the same up betwixt the stobs with brush-
T o T R U M P , v. n. T o fling as ahorse, to kick, wood and stones; that the stobs were generally drove
Shetl. seven or eight feet into the ground and channel of
Isl. I ramp-a con cul care, tramp-r equus succus- the river/' Proof, E. of Eglinton against Taylor,
sator. 1807, p. 3.
T R U M P ( Tongue of the J, the principal person, May this be viewed as allied to Teut. tuck-en, to
or that object on which there is most depen- butt like a ram, from its jutting out, or presenting
dance, S. its front, to the stream ? Perhaps rather from E.
— " Though he be termed my lord, and so forth, Tuck, iC to gather into a narrower compass."
all the world knows that you are the tongue of the T U E , T I T E D , part. adj. Fatigued. V. T E W , r.
I rump." Monastery, iii. 145, 146. T U E C I I I N G , prep. Concerning, touching.
He is the tongue of the trump to the whole squad In Parliamento apud Edinburgh, xxxi Jan.
of them." Redgauntlet, ii. 22,5. M.D.LXXI I. Tueching the recovering and collecting
This undoubtedly refers to the elastic part of the of the King is Majesties jo well is and movables." In-
instrument which causes the sound. In the same ventories, p. 181. V . T W I C I I E , V.
sense Dan. tunge signifies the reed of a hautboy. T U E D , T E W ' D , part. adj. Killed, destroyed,
TRUMPLEFEYST, A qualm, or fit of sick- Berwicks. V. TEW, V. and s.
ness, Upp. Lanarks., Ayrs. T o T U E G , 7;. a. T o tug; Gall. Enc. A.S. tcog-
T R U M P G S I E , adj. 1. Guileful, Ayrs. an, Moes.G. tiuh-an, traherc.
2. Cross-tempered, of a perverse spirit; Renfr. TUFF, A tuft, &c.] Add;
Fr. tromp-er to deceive. The adv. trompeusement, The term seems properly to denote something that
deceitfully, affords a presumption that there had once is involved or plaited.
been an adj. of the form of trompeux, trom pease. — " But above all she [[the mare] had a horrible
T o T R U N T L E , v. a. T o trundle, S. tail; for it was little more or lesse, then every whit
T o T H U N T L E , V. N. T o roll along, S. as great as the steeple-pillar of St. Mark beside
Whan ye fell in the snawy flood, Langes; and squared as that is, with tuffs and enni*
I irunlVt frae aboon you. croches, or haire-plaits wrought within one another,
A. Wilsons Poems 1790, p. 6l. no otherwise then as the beards are upon the eaves
TRUPHANE, of corne." Urquhart's Rabelais, p. 7
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As here used, it seems most nearly allied to Fr. touffe
de cheveux, a tuft/or lock of curled hair; Cotgr.
T o T U F F L E , v. a. T o ruffle, to put in dis-
order b y handling, S.] Add;
O what has keepit ye, Peggy lass,
At sifting o' the meller ?
An' what has tuffled yere gowden locks,
Kepped up wi' kame o' siller?
Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. 67.
As A.Bor. life is expL rf to turn, to stirr;—to dis-
order any thing by tumbling i t ( G r o s e , Pro v. Gl.)
there can be no doubt that this is the same with the
O.E. word given by Palsgrave. fr I Ujfell with my
fyngers or busye my selfe longe aboute a thyng to
make it well to the countentynge of my mynde: Je
tiffe. You haue spente two howres to tyffell about
this thyng/' B. iii. F. 391, a. This, then, must be
viewed as originally the same with our Tuffle.
The author of The Plowman's Tale, printed with
Chaucer's works, speaks of
Tiffelers attired in trecherie.
Vrry's Edit. p. 180, v. 2135.
This is rendered in GLtriJlers. Skinner seems to view
the term, although without reason, as a corruption.
Cotgr. expl. the Fr. v. iiff-er in the same manner
as Palsgr. expl. the O.E. one. I hesitate, however,
whether it should be viewed as the radical word.
This perhaps remains in Isl. tif-a, manus celeriter
movere; the Fr. word being most probably traduced
from the Franks, who were a Gothic nation.
T o T U G G I L L , v. n. T o strive, to struggle.
Thair is mony toun man to tuggill is full teuch,
ThOcht thair brandis be blak and vnburely.
Rauf Coilyear, C. 1 , b. V. T U G G L E , V. a.
T U G I I T , s. Vigour, Ettr. For. V. TUCHT.
T U G - W H I T I N G , s. Spalding, i. 39.] Add;
This has been expl. to me as denoting a
eatched by a hand-line, drawn up out of the
when the fish tugs, Aberd.
TUHU, A very spiritless person, one desti-
tute of energy and incapable of exertion, Fife.
T U I K , s. " H e s had a gude hide at that," expl.
" a good spell at it,11 Teviotd. ; evidently the
same with Touk and Towh.
TUIK, A bye-taste. V . T E U K .
TUIK, A c o o k ; as the word is corruptly
pronounced in some parts o f Angus.
T U I L Y I E , &c., 1. A quarrel, a broil.] Add;
2. Tuilyie is used, rather ludicrously, for a bat-
tle, or skirmish.
" He said that Galium Beg, (he was a bauld mis-
chievous call ant that,) and your honour, were killed
that same night in the tuilyie, and mony mae bra'
men." Waverley, iii. 218.
T U L Y E O U R , S. One addicted to fighting.] Add;
publict, nor any tha
four's Pract. p. 298.
T U I L Y I E - W A P , S. A childish amusement, in T e -
viotdale, in which a number of boys take hold
of each other's hands. and. wrap themselves
round the one who is at the head; clasping
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as firmly together as possible, and
every one pushing till the mass fall over.
From Tuilyie, and Wap to throw.
TUILYIE. Y O K I T - T U I L Y I E , a winter amuse-
ment, in which a number of brvs or lads take
hold of each other's clothes, ami sit down in
a line on their hankers, while two or three
lay hold of the foremost and pull them along
ice, Roxb.
Perhaps the term Tuilyie may be here used, as
that sport may have been carried on between two
parties. Yokit seems to refer to the sliders being
connected with each other.
T o T U I V E , T C J I V E up, v. n. 1 , T o swell, to
rise as dough from the effect of leaven, Roxb.
2. In a sense nearly allied, it is used to denote
the operation of yeast, or the working of ale in
a vat; " It's tuivin up? ibid.
Isl. thufa, and Dan. tue, signify tuber terrae. C.B,
tnf a rise, a lift; toef-i to make dough. Perhaps the
v.' to Tove, as applied to smoke ascending, is origin-
ally the same.
TUKE, A hasty and rough pull, a tug, S. A.
Whan thou had fairly pass'd the clips,
An' a' the taylor's tubes an' nips,
That day I gat thee in my grips
try51 thee
At Bos well's fair to ly hips,
Fu and fon'.
A. Scott's p. 105.
TULIPASE, A tulip.
" Tulipa, a tulipase." Wedderb. Vocab. p. IS.
T U L L Y A T , s. A bundle; used contemptousJy;
B any el, synon., Lanark s.
C.B. ttielliad, forming a covert, tuliad an enveloping.
TULLIE, A knife fixed in the haft, Sheti
I hesitate whether we ought to view this as the
sense of the term as it occurs in the Country Wedding.
— A trough, a trencher, and a tap,
A taings, a tullie, and a tub.—
Herd's Coll ii. 89.
I apprehend that it rather signifies a churn-staff;
Norw. full, tyl, id., expl. in Dan. den stav, hvormed
man kierner smor; " the staff/' or "stick wherewith
butter is kirnedHallager.
Evidently corrupted from Isl. taelguhnijr, Su.G.
taelgknif Dan. taelgeknif culter sectorius, from the
v. telg-a, tad-ja, taelg-er, cultro secare. Literally it
signifies - a carving knife." Wolff gives the Dan.
word in a more modern form, explaining iaelkkniv
knife, a sort off dagger." Isl.
taelgu-knifr. Dan.] toUeknm ; Hal-
dorson. Hence Fr. to cut, from which
haps E. tally, as applied to a stick containing notches,
has been immediately formed. It may, however,
have been transmitted from the Belgae, as Belg.
talie signifies " "
T L T L L I S A U L , s. V. T I L L I E S O U L .
TULSIIIE, A sour-looking person, Ayrs.
O.Fr. tide, etourdi, lunatique, Roquef. Gael. tuU
cliuiseach, confident, bold, may have been the ori-
ginal word, notwithstanding the change in signify
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T U M B L E R , s. A small cart, lightly formed,
used in. the South-west of S.
" Behind them followed the train of laden asses,
and small carts, or tumblers, as they were called in
that country, on -which were laid the decrepid and
the helpless, the aged and infant part of the exiled
community." Guy Mannering, i. 119.
T U M B L E R , s. ' One of the names given in S.
to the Porpoise.
Delphinus Phocaena.—Linn.—Brit. Forpesse.
«—Scot. Pellock. Tumbler\ Mereswine." Dr. Wal-
ker's Essays on Nat. Hist. p. 532.
T U M R U S , .9. 1. A n y thing large, Fife ; svnon.
Dolver.
Applied to a lug inactive person, ibid.
C.B. trim, a round heap ; fwmp, a round mass ;
fwmpan, an epithet for a fat female ; Owen.
T U M B O U S , adj. Large and slovenly; conveying
an idea the very reverse of Snod, Fife.
T i l M I ) E I F , .v. Some kind of disease.] Add ;
Isl. tumb-a, cadere praeeeps, deyja hebetudo ; per-
haps q. falling down in a state of insensibility.
T o T U M E , z > . T o empty, to evacuate, S.] Add;
It has been remarked to me, I think justly, that the
v. properly signifies to pour out as from a bucket, or
other vessel. As an adj., it is opposed to the term
Fow or Ftill; and thus evidently refers to the imple-
ment which Contained what has been poured out.
It seems to have been originally the same word
that occurs in Prompt. Par v., as signifying to pierce
a vessel in order to extract the liquid, to t^p. " Tam-
ijn or atiam-yn vessell with drinke. Attamino.—
Tcmynge or a brockinge of a vessell. Attaminacio.
Deplecio." From the orthography of the v., and
from the alphabetical arrangement, it would appear
that the latter had been Tamyrtge in the MS. Lat.
at [amino seems to have here a sense given to it from
the E. word ; for it invariably respects defilement.
Elsewhere Fraunces gives " Tem-yn or maken empty.
Euacuo."
T U M E , T O O M , adj. 1. E m p t y . ] Add;
<c Monro himself came over to the old-town, took
the haill horses there, and other horses goingback from
the town with their toom criels from carrying of peats."
Spalding, i. 25().
8. In a state of inanition as to food.] Add;
On her they fuish on a change,
That gut and ga' she keest with braking strange.—
Gin she was town afore, she's toomer now,
Her heart was like to loup out at her mou'.
Ross's Helenore, p. 56.
5. Shadowy, unsubstantial.
In this sense, the phrase, a loom spoon, is applied
to loose unsubstantial doctrine, under the name of
gospel.
" He rumbled the whole day, touched many things,
but I could gather nothing; he put a loom spoon in
the people's mouth that could not feed nor nourish
them." Walker's Remark, Passages, p. 64*
Insert, as sense
S. Ineffectual, inefficient
1 got a beguile.
Naething I got, seek for them what I list,
But a toom hale, an' sae my mark I mist.
Ross's Helenore, First Edit. p. 64.
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This apparently means an unproductive haul, in
reference to the drawing of an empty net.
T U M E - H A N D I T , adj. Empty-handed.] Add ;
Isl. tomhendt-r, vacuus, qui nihil aclfert; Dan. tom-
haendet, id.
T U M E - H K A D I T , T O O M - H E A D E D , adj. Destitute o f
understanding, S.
f' Rack a is a word of iniurie, which signified) va-
cuus, a man as we say that hath not harries, or brain, a
toome headed man." Z. Boyd's Balme of Gileacl, p. 21.
T U M E - S K I V D , T O O M - S K I N X adj. Hungry, Gall.
Enc.
T U M E - T A I L , adj. 1 . To Cum back Tume-tail, to
go away with a load, and return empty, Roxb.
The all usion seems to be properly to a cart or wain,
the hinder part of which is called the tail. This, in-
deed, is confirmed by the S. Prov. * u The cart disna
lose its errand, when it cums na hame turne-tail"
2. A plough is said to gang lume-tail, when it is
drawn along without making a furrow, or with-
out entering into the ground, Loth.
The idea seems to be, that it takes up no earth.
3, I f I mistake not, the term is sometimes used
metaph. of one who returns without gaining the
object he had in view on leaving home, ibid.
T U M F I E , . ? . ] ReadA stupid person > male or
female, S.O.
" Surely neither you nor that unreverent and mis-
learnt lump hie your wife—would refuse to be present
at the occasion." The Entail, iii. 41.
Add to etymon;—Dan. tomped, doting, foolish.
T o T U M M L E , r. a. To'tumble, S. Hence,
T o T U M M L H T H E W U L L C A T , " to tumble heels
over head," S. Gl. Picken ; apparently from the
agility of a wild cat.
T U M M O C K , s. A tuft, or small spot of ele.
vated ground, Ayrs.
Gael, tomag signifies a small bush or tuft, tomach,
full of bushes; from torn a bush, a thicket. C.B. torn,
a mound ; twin, a round heap.
T o T U M P L E , v. n. " T o roll over, to tumble,"
Gl. Picken.
TUMULT, T h e portion of land connected
with a cottar-house, Orkn.
This term seems allied to Su.G. tomt, area. Not at
quoque, says Ihre, locum pascuumjuxta villain, quam
a reliquis possessor divisam habet. L.B. turnba, area.
Curiae sive Tumbae, faciendae in rare occasione ha-
bitations domini et rusticorum. The last syllable
may be from Isl. hollt, terra aspera et sterilis; or
halld-a to possess, whence hoelld-ar rustici.
T U N A G , s. " A short mantle, still worn by old
women in some parts of the Highlands" of S.
" She was dressed in green, a white tunag flowed
from her shoulders, which was fastened by a gold
broach.—The plaid is only worn in full dress, but
the tunag by way of shawl. In the distant isles this,
piece of dress is called Guileihan." Clan-Albin, i. 57.
Gael, tonnag, " a wrapper round the shoulders
of women in the Highlands like a shawl; a shaul,
veil Shaw. If not derived from Lat. tunic-a, a
waist-coat, a wrapper, &c. it may be from the same
root,
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T o T U N C II, i'. a. T o push or j o g with the el-
b o w , Fife ; radically the same with Dunch.
T u n c ! f , s. A j o g of this description, ibid.
T U M D L E - B O X , s. A tinder-box, Lanarks.,
R o x b . ; by the gyspeys commonly called " an
auld wife's necesary.""
In the first syllable it resembles Su.G. i under, Isl.
iundur, fames, tinder. The last approaches more to
C.B. laniadawl, tending to fire, igniferous ; tanlli a
fire glow ; Owen.
T U N I E , adj. Changeable in humour or temper,
Ettr. T n\ ; evidently from E . Tune.
TUNNAKIL,
<c Tua Ii-it111 standis of claith of gold, that is to
say, twa ehesops, four iunnakillis" &c. Aberd. Reg.
Cent. 16.
T U P , ,9. 1. T h e common term for a ram, S.] Add;
3. I t is sometimes contemptuously applied to an
unpolished store-farmer who is supposed to re-
semble his property.
Hell be a Teviotdale tup tat ane,' said the chair-
man, f tat's for keeping ta crown o' ta causeway tat
gate—he'll no gang far or he'll get somebody to bell
ta cat wi' him." Guy Mannering, ii. 261.
To Bin like a Blind Tup-i- The- Wind, a phrase
applied to a young woman who runs into the
eomp-mv of men indiscreetly, especially as ma-
infesting great eagerness to be married, S.A.
and ( ) /
T U P P E N S , T I P P E N C E , $. Twopence, S.
— f f They might sell at tuppens, ^ groat, & sex-
pens, Sec.—They might sell—the deirest for a tippens "
Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 410,
T U P - Y I E L D , T U P - E I L D , adj. A term applied
to a ewe, that proves barren, or not with lamb
according to expectation, R o x b .
That is. she is barren, notwithstanding the approxi-
m a t i o n o f t h e ram. V . Y E L D , Y E A L O , &C.
T U Q U H E I T , T E U C H X T , S. T h e Lapwing, S.]
Add;
TUQUHEIT STORM, the designation given to some
days of severe weather, which almost invariably
occur in the month of March ; and which are
conjoined, in the traditionary observations of
the peasantry, with the re-appearance of the lap-
wing from its retreat during winter, S.
ee The green plover, or peas-weep, arrives here so
very correctly about Candlemas term, that the storm
which generally happens at that season of the year,
goes by its name, (the Tchuchet-Storm)" Agr. Surv.
Kincard. p. 896.
This orthography expresses the sound given to
the word in that county.
This is by the peasantry viewed as the last storm
of the winter season.
This term is understood, Aberd., as equivalent to
" the equinoctial storm/' as the tuquheils make their
appearance about the time of the vernal equinox.
It would appear that, in the neighbouring county
of Mearns, an earlier date is assigned to this storm.
This is called the Peeswcep-storm, South of S. A
proverbial saying is connected with the phrase, <f A
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peeswelp-storm makes a fat," or a " red, kirk yard
as often proving fatal to old or to delicate people.
The Gouk-storm is not the same with this ; as the de-
signation is never applied without the concomitant
circumstance of the appearance of the cuckoo, which
is generally about a month later than the Tuquheii-
storm. B:»th these are viewed as different from the
Borrowing Days.
In Denmark this bird has a name which, like those
already mentioned, seems meant to express the noise
emitted by it. This is kiwit. V . TEUCI-IIT.
T U R B O T , .v. T h e name given to halibut.] Add;
This misnomer is pretty general. It prevails on
the Frith of Forth.
" Pleuronectes Ilippoglossus. Holibut ; Turbot.
In our ^Edinburgh"] market this is generally, though
very preposterously, named the turbot ; the proper
turbot, at the same time, getting another name, that
of rawn-fleuk " Neill's List of Fishes, p. 11;
T U R C A S , <9. T h e stone called a ttirkois, Fr.
turquoise.
" Item, a flour the lys of gol(l. Item a ryng with
a turcas.'* Inventories, p. 6.
T U R E S , s . p l . Turfs,S.O.,Gl.Picken; ToorsS.ll
T U R I T , T u it E T ,
Ane hade and ane turit of quheit velvot.—Ane
lmde and tua 111 ret lis of purpor v el vote." Inven-
tories, A. 1578, p. 231.
This might denote some elevated ornament on a
woman's hood, q. a turret. But it seems rather to
signify a muffler, or mask ; Fr. ton ret de nez, a muf-
fler, Cotgr. This, as we learn from Roquefort, con-
cealed nothing but the nose. It was worn by ladies
of rank, especially at feasts and carousals. V. Diet.
Trev. The fashion had been most probably intro-
duced from the court of France by Q. Mary.
O.E. Toret is expl. Turricula; Prompt. Par v.
T U R K A S , T U E K E S , .V. Pincers, & C . ] Add;
ce His nailes upon all his fingers were riven and
pulled off with an instrument called in Scottish a
Tiirkas, which in England we call a pair of pincers."
Newes from Scotland, declaring the damnable life
of Doctor Fian, a notable sorcerer, who was burned
at Edenbrough in Januarie last 1 5 9 1 . Reprinted by
the Roxburghe Club, 18l6\
Metaph. transferred toa^r?jt>?>//^oppressive man,
Aberd. RoquefortgivesO.Fr. turquois and tru-
quaise as used in sense first; Tenaille a Tusage
des mareehaux, i. e. smith's pincers.
T o T U R K E N , 7;. n. T o harden, to wax stout;
a term applied to a young foal, Clvdes.
Su.G. tork-a, Germ, torch-en, Isl. tkurk-a exsiccare,
arescere. Alem. gi-truchiuit, exsiccatur. The term
conveys the idea of hardening by drying,
* T U R N , s. A piece of work, of whatever kind ;
often, a hand's turn ; as, " She's a lazy quevn,
she's 110 worth her meat, I caima get her to do
a hand's turn? S.
" Thir turns settled, the marquis gives up his house
in the Canongate, discharges, his servants, and—to
the king goes lie/' Spalding, L 199*
TURN, $ On the turn, I. Applied to milk,
beer, kc. intimating that it is turning to a state
of acidity, &c., S.
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2. The day's on the turn, the days are beginning T U R V V E N , s , p l Peats, Shetl. This is merely
to lengthen, S.B. the Scandinavian pi. retained Sw. torfven, id.
T U R N E R , .v. A copper coin, formerly current T U S C H A ,
in S/] Add; " The lordis assignis to Margret Levenax—to pref
It mny !»• observed in addil ion, that so early as the avale of a silken dune tuscha of siluer gran tit be
the rei^n of IM i v/. 111. of Kni^land, black money Johne Wilsoune—laid in wed be the said Margret to
designated by a similar name. Edwardus III. the said Jonet" Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1488, p?<)8.
imitatns le^es contra faisarios & peregrinan In the same page mention is made of " a tuscha
tam tnlit, quibus speciatim prohihita est Nifrra inone- of silk siluerit, price v merkis."
1<i, dicta Tunti )/s\ in I 1 ibernia percussa. Vid. Rymer. This seems to be the same with Tusche, a girdle.
Ton). V. p. I l.'i. Wise, Xuiiun. Antiq. Catal. p. 238. V . T I S C H E .
By the kaint Turners mentioned in the extract from T o T U S H , v. n. T o express dissatisfaction.
Spaldi ng, we a re to understand t!ie counterfeit m o n e y " It hath to me some speciality of ungodliness, of
of this description that was made hv linkers. a desperateness in defection like that, Jer. ii. 25
T U R N ER-AHI 1)E, .v. One who deviates from to decline so clear a duty, or to tush at it, with a Df-
a particular course. in so clamant a case." M'Ward's
— " H i s soul hath no pleasure in them that draw Con tendings, p. 21.
back, but shall lead forth such back-drawers, and Dr. Johns, defines the adv. " a
turners-aside with the workers of iniquity." Mac- tempt." It seems to be properly a call to silence ;
Ward's Contending, p. 8<). more forcible than Hush or IVhist. Serenius refers
TURN-SCREW, A screw-driver, S. to Swr. tijst, tace,inter]ectio corripientis, a Tyst, silens.
T U R R A , .v. To Hide to Turra, to be in great The Isl. form of the adj. is thut; Dan. (aus, 'nho,taugs,
glee, S.R. Su.G. ti/st-a, silentium imponere.
How soon sud Ruchan hear the fact, T U S I - I L A C H , C O W - T U S H L A C H , s. A cake of
An" cease her sorrow ; cow-dung, w hen so dry that it may be burned,
An' aince again renew the knadk, Dumfr.
To ride to Turra. Tarrass Poems, p. IS. Allied perhaps to Gael, taos dough,
« Turreff, a village in Banffshire, famous for mer- knead; as cakes of cow-dung are often
riment; hence he is said to be riding to Turra, who being used by the poor, instead of fuel.
is merry." N. Ibid. T U S K , s. The Torsi: of Pennant, &c.] Add;
T U R R I S , ^ / . Turfs, a species of earthen fuel, S. " The torsk, often called the tusk and brismac, is
" With power—to cast and wind peitis,/?<m.y, few- the most valued of all the cod kind, and, when dried,
all/' &c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V . 591. V . T U R V E S . forms a considerable article of commerce; it is only
T U R S , TURZE, A turs of heather, as much to be found in the north of Scotland." Essays Highl.
heath as a horse 'can carry on his back, S.A. Soc. iii. 15.
" Turze, a truss;" G a l l . E n c . T o T U S K at, v. a. T o pluck or pull roughly ;
This seems merely a provinciality for E. Truss, as when a horse tears hay from a stack, Fife ;
from Fr. trousse. to Rush at, synon.
ToTURSEjZJ.rc. a T o walk;11 GL Tarr. Buchan. Allied perhaps to E. tusks, O.Fris. tusken, id. which
TURSKIL, A n instrument used for cutting is traced by Seren. to Su.G. tugg-a, tjjgg-a, masticare.
peats, Caithn. T U S K A R , ,9. An instrument made of iron, with
« wKat, the
tl^ ^ a t . m ^ s is not more than from one
peat- a wooden handle, used in Orkney and Shetland
to two feet deep, the pes is cut perpendicularly by for cutting peats.
a spade called a turskilL This n strum en t is about " When the moor is thus flayed, an ancien
nine inches long, with heel at right angles to the dinavian implement of husbandry is used for
right side, two inches and a half broad, with a per- the peats, named a tuskar; its shaft is rather
pendicular socket, (being the continuance of the than that of a common spade, whilst to the
heel), to embrace the wooden handle, about four feet of it is affixed a sharp iron plate, styled a fee
and a half long, and in it is fixed a foot-step of wood, which projects from one place seven inches, and
inches above the termination of the socket of from another a little more than an inch." Hibbert's
, holding the handle with Shetl. p. 430.
of the right foot drives I at first viewed this as q. twaeskaer, from Sw.
the moss, so as to cut out a peat, or twae two, and skaer-a, to cut; that which divides or
. long, and two inches thick." Agr. cuts in two. But I am now satisfied that it is a corr.
Surv. Caithn. p. 234. of Isl. torfskeri, pala cespititia, secula; expl. by Hal-
Apparently frota Isl. and Su.G. torf, Dan. toerv, n in Dan. " a spade, wherewith turf is cu
turf, and skit-ia to divide, It is synon. with Tuskar fuel." This
Orkn. id., in the composition of which a verb of the to In Sw. skaer-a torf signifies <
same signification, sker-a, to cut, to shear, to divide, turf," Widegr.; and in Dan. toervskiaerstikker
t is a turf-
is used instead of skiUa. cutter. Sw. torfiia denotes a turfing-spade, the same
T U R V E S , pi of E . Turf ; often pron. q. with Isl. torfiiar, falx cespitia, lia signifying a hook.
— " To pull hedder; and to cast, win, and T U T C H , s. A small boat or >r packet.
leid peittis, turves, and fewall " You shall lykewayse desyre>1that the p
Cha., I. Ed. 1814, vol. V. 155. wald appoynt tuo pinnaces or tutches for <
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diligence betuixt them & this kingdome." Acts Cha.
I. Ed. 1814, VI. 16.
T U T E L E , T U T I L L , S. Guardianship, tutelage.
At the quhilk tyme we our self—wer committit
—to the last vmquhile erle of Mar, vpoune speciall
trust reposit in his persone, to be nourist and broeht
vp within our said Castell of Striueling vndir his
iutele and gouuernnance." Acts Ja. VI. 1579, Ed.
1814, p . 1 5 8 .
— " They may heirefter get promoted sic as mis-
teris rather a tutill of vtheris, than to have charge
above vtheris whome of they may have the govern-
ment, and consequentlie of this miserable and unfor-
tunat cuntrie." Bannatyne's Journal, p. 447-
Fr. tiitele, Lat. tutcl-a.
T U T I E . Drunken Tutie, a designation given
to a female who is addicted to drinking. This
phrase is still common in Angus, especially as
applied to children who drink a great deal.
Now all ye men, baith far and near,
That have a drunken tutie—O,
Duck you your wives in time of year,
And I'll lend you the pockie—O.
Drap of Capie, 0, Herd's Coll. ii. 142.
V. T O U T , T O O T , to drink copiously.
T U T I E T A T I E , interj.] 1 . Insert, Hey tutti
iaitij the name of one of our oldest Scottish tunes.
This, according to tradition, was Robert Bruce's
march at the battle of Bannockburn, A. I S 14, The
words tutti tciili, may have been meant as imitative
of the sound of the trumpet in giving the charge,
or what Barbour calls the tutillmg of a home. This
might appear at least to be the sense in which it was
understood a century ago, when the following words
were written :
When you hear the trumpets sound
Tutti tatti to the drum,
Up your swords, and down your gun,
And to the loons again.
Jacobite Relics, i. 110.
In Mr. Thomson's copy it is—
When the pipes begin to play.
Teut. iuyt-en, canere cornu, buccinare, gives us the
origin of the phrase. V. T O O T , V.
My late worthy friend, the reverend Dr. Douglas
of Galashiels, communicated to me a different view
of the origin.
" There were old words," he says, " to this tune,
among which I recollect the following;
" Hei toutes tetes,
Ho toutes tetes ;
I will drink your barrels dry,
Out upon you, fie, fie !
The grounds of the barrels
Are no for me."
From these words," he subjoins, " I have always
considered the phrase to be of French origin, tout a
tele, or toutes a tete, " all is taken to the head," synon.
with, " He bauds weel to his head ;" or imperatively,
as a toast, " Lift all your glasses" or " hands to your
heads ;" which sense is confirmed by the old Jacobite
words given in Thomson's Scottish Airs, vol. iii. p.S3.
Fill, fill your bumpers high,
Drain, drain your glasses dry :
W A
Out upon him, fie, fie,
That winna do't again.
T U T I V I L L U S , s.
—A tutivilhis, a tutlar,
And a fanyeit flatterar.
Colkelhie Sow, F. I . v. 62. V. T U T I V I L L A K I S .
T U T L A R , s. Perhaps, one who barters. V.
T U T I VILLUS-
Teut. tuyteler permutator ; tui/t el-en, commit tare.
Su.G. ifvetal-an signifies to shift in language, to
change in judgment.
T U T - M U T E , s. A muttering or grumbling,
&c.] Add;
I have been accused of an excess of fastidious-
ness, in not fairly giving the unpolished story which
I had in my eye in illustrating this word.
A pretty serious broil having occurred in a fish-
ing town in the county of M earns in the north of S.,
among other witnesses, a good plain woman, who
resided in the village, was called to give evidence ;
and her testimony happens to be the only one that
tradition has recorded. Being interrogated by her
landlord, who was ex officio a judge, as to the origin
of the fray, she replied ; " It began, my lord, wi' a
laigh tut-mute, and it raise to a hiech tuilyiemulie ;
and or ever your lordship wad hae kissed your
a in a—e, they were a' i' the mussel-mid din a bone
ither."
* T U T O R , s. A guardian appointed for a minor,
whether by a testament, or by a disposition of
law, S.
" The earl of Sutherland—with his tutor of Duffhs
followed, who came to the Bog, but the marquis made
him cold welcome for his good-brother the laird of
Frendraught's cause." Spalding, i. 17.
«—<cThe lord Tester, and laird of Auklbar, mtutors
to the earl of Errol, with many others conveened at
Turiff for choosing their commissioners," &c. Ibid.
L 104.
Such a guardian was invariably designed from the
name of the estate put under his charge.
" The guardians who are entrusted with the care
of minors, get the name either of tutors or curators.
— I n the doctrine of Iutors, the law of Scotland nearly
resembles the Roman." Ersk. Inst. B. i. Tit. 6. § J,
T U T O R Y , S. 1. Tutorage, that stage of life in
which one is under tutors, S., Fr. Utter le.
" Out of tutorrj, being passit xiiij yeris of age."
Aberd. Reg.
2. Tutelage, tender care exercised about an in-
fant, S.
Gryte was the care and tut7 r if that was ha'en
Baith night and day about the bony weeane.
-Uosss Helen ore, p. 12.
TUVA-KEUTIIIE. A word which I find,
without interpretation, in an ancient M S . E x -
plic. of Norish words used in Orkn. and ShetJ.
Might we view it as signifying a hut on a ris-
ing ground," it might with propriety be deduced
from Su.G. luj'wa, Isl. ihufa, terrae tuber, and koiute
triclinium navium, or rather Norw. koeite, a little
hut for kindling a fire i n ; Hallager.
T W A , T I T A Y , T W A Y , adj. two, S.
It is still used Yorks. Ben Jomon makes one of
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his vulgar character* in the Sad Shepherd, speak en- " Bodel, a small copper coin of the sixth part of
tirely after the S. pronunciation. a penny Sterling. They are called in Scotland two
— So like, Douce, [r. twa~] pennies ; and seem to have been first struck
A s ha I s!iec seen me her >.v\\ her seV had doubted in Queen Mary's reign, and were continued by her
U'jvticr had been the liker of the tied! successors till the union A. 1707. They have the
T u a i ; i . > t - t i t , e e , •>, T h e szcingle-tree in the King's name with the crown, and the sceptre with
Orcadian plough. which is attached to the right sword sal tire ways on one side, and-on the reverse
end ';i ilie uuivU r-ifi'c, and by which two horses the thistle, with this motto, Nemo me impune la-
d :•;» w, each having its own ]> ecu liar swingle-tree cesset." Spottiswoode's MS. Law. Diet. vo. Bodel.
ui lached to one of t he ends of the txoa-beast-tree. T W A S U M , adj. T w o in company, S.] Add;
Tv;.\-i'-.\(.Ki), adj. Double, deceitful, S-] Add; This, although properly an adj., is used as a s.,
£ ' \v'h«-;t had I t o d o U> tell t h e rascal ? — o r w h a denoting a pair, a couple. It is pron. twaesiim., Ettr.
w a d h A; t h o u g h t o' h i m p l a y i n g us sic a t r i c k ? Twa- For.
jactd ro..: that he is !" Perils of Man, i. 2()3. " I think/ said I, ' that if ae kail-wife pou'd aff
Fuwks—ca' you but a twa-jue'd nitty, her neighbour's mutch, they wad hae the tmasome
\\Y a' your wit. o' them into the Parliament-House o' Limiiun,"
Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 1 ,S7. V. WAFFNESS. Bob Roy, ii. 1 3.
TWAEAI.I), adj. Bent down with age or in- Lang, poor things, the twasome dander'd,
firnniy. | Add;
Doufan' dome oure the sade.
sc ri'a:!:—eaima keep in> hi* rig<.r against my auld A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 172.
aunt;'-. whn's hrufuutd with the rheumatics.' Me e T id a sum is still used to denote a dance, in which
two persons are engaged ; a twasome dance, i. e.'a
tir({!';i,iJ wi' the rheumatic* ! — My certie, ye slip-
strathspey, Perths., Fife.
tongued cunie, ye rheumatic v/eel.—1 can walk as
TWA-'iiii!}•:E, adj. A few, S.] Add;
strai;_hi iu my blac:k leather shoon a.-, ye can do in
Boutgates I hate, quo' girning Maggy Pringle,
ye re pink slippers, ye creating kimuier." Blackw.
Syne harFd Watty, greeting, thro" the ingle.
M a g . .Ian. K S 2 I , p . 4 0 2 .
Since this fell question seems sae lang to hing on,
T W A - U A N D K D C R A C K , a familiar conversation,
In twa-three words I'll gie you my opinion.
cce. j Add ; The Loss of the Pack, a Talc.
" They found. Mrs. Comyns and her guest enjoy- Ane may wi' twa-three social frien's convene,
ing a tete-a-tete, or, as 1 prefer a. Scotch term to a To crack a while, an' spen' a sunless een.
French at any time when i can get it, f a glide twa- Pickens Poems 1788, p. 21.
bandit crack.' after supper." The Smugglers, i. 113. It is also pronounced twarrie, and tivaerce.
T W A - ' ; A N O I T - S W H K I ) , a two-handed sword, S. Ci They could do 11 ae great ill tae speak </, hand
tf Tohande swerde. Spata. ('1 unieuhnn." Pr.Parv.
aff the burning o the twaeree braw tents." Saint
T W A HAN'nrr W A K K , a phrase applied to work of Patrick, i. L 69.
any kind, which is so imperfectly done at first, T W A - Y E A R - A I J L D , T W - A - Y E A R - A L L , s. A heifer
thai the operator finds it necessary to return to
that is two years old, S.
it, and commence his labour a second time, S.
The unco brute much dunching dried
T w a - u o u s k - t r e e , s. A szciugle-tree stretcher
Frae twa-ijear-alls and stirks.
of a plough, at which two horses draw, S.
f< The plough is drawn by a strong stretcher com-
Davidson's Seasons, p. 49.
T W A L - H O U R S , S. 1. Twelve o'clock, S.
monly called a two-horse-tree." Agr. Surv. Rox. p. 50.
% A luncheon or nuncheon, S. Sometimes cal-
T W A - L O F T E D , adj. Having two stories, Loth.
led eleven-hours, when taken before noon.
Folk are far frae respecting me as they wad do
T W A L P E N N I E S , S. pL A penny sterling; which,
if I lived in a twa-lofted selated house/' Bride of
according to our ancient reckoning, included
Lammermoor, ii. 244.
twelve pence Scottish currency, S.
TWA MEN, the Duumviri of Rome.
" FI ere is twa I pennies, my man." Bride of Lam-
" For fere of thir prodigeis, the solemne priestis,
mermoor, i. 314.
namit the Twa Men, war commandit to serche the
workis of Sibil." Bellend. T. Liv. p. 221. " Lend us twalpennies to buy sneeshing." Red^
T W A P A R T , two thirds.] Add ; gauntlet, i. 317-
ff The Schiref of the schire—aucht and sould di- It is sometimes written as one word, at other times
vide equallie the tierce of the saidis landis fra the as two.
4f Saunders, in addition to the customary twal
twa part thairof." Balfour's Practicks, p. 108.
It is sometimes written as one word. " The saidis pennies on the postage, had a dram for his pains/"
personis sail content & pay to the said David Law- Ayrshire Legatees, p. 33*
der the soume of thre li yerely of ix yeris bipast " Twalpennies, one penny sterling GL Antiq.
for the malen & proffitis of the twaparte of the said T W A L - P E N N Y W O R T H , S. W h a t is given as the
my hie." Act. Audit. A. 1493, p. 171. value of a penny sterling, S.
T W A - P A R T A N D T H R I D , " the two thirds of any An* whyles twalpennie worth o' nappy
thing Gall. Enc. p. 446. Can make the bodies unco happy.
T W A - P E N X I E S , S. pi. T h e designation formerly The Twa Dogs, Burns, iii. 6.
given to a copper coin, in value the third of an T o T W A S P U R , a. T o gallop, Sheth
E . halfpenny; synon. Bodle. I can form no idea of the origin, unless we sup-
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pose that this word is compounded of Isl. Su.G. twa-
or tiro duo, find .spir're calcar; as signifying the ap-
plication of both spurs to the sides of a horse to put
him to his full speed.
T W E D D L I N , S. Cloth that is tweeled,] Add;
" Ane sark of small twedhjneAberd. Reg. A.
154.1, V . 17.
T W E E L , adv. Truly. Tzoecl no, -no indeed,
S. V. ATWEEL.
T o T W E E L , T W E A L , T W E I L , v. a. T o weave
ch>th diagonally, S.
Tent. '//'ir/iug, gem inns, seems allied.
T W E K L , ,S\ 1 . The manufacture of cloth that is
:u<-lL d, S.
Ye s;• 11 hae twa good pocks
That anee were o' the tired,
The tane to ha'd the grots,
The ither to ha'd the meal.
Maggie's Tocher, Herd's Coll. ii. 7S.
fc A tait o' woo" would be scarce among us/ said
the goodwife brightening, e if you should nae hae
that, and as good a tired as ever came a IF a pirn."
Guy Mamiering, ii. r[:\-, 75.
52. Txcccl is sometimes used metaphorically, in re-
gard to literary composition.
I guess you be some pawky cliiel,
That's maybe been at Allan's skuil
Some orra time,
And seems to understand the lived
O' rustic rhyme.
Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 181.
T WE E LIN, adj. Belonging to cloth that is tweeled, S.
T W E E L I E , ,9. A quarrel, a broil, Bumf., Gall
But some wi' mair than powder smell'd
Forfairn by the /weelie.—
Davidson's Seasons, p. 21.
Merely a provincialism for Tulyie. V. T U I L Y I E .
T o T W E E L I E , v. n. T o contend, Galloway.
For sovereignty,
Or pow'r among the herd, he ne'er contends,
Nor twedies for the kingdom of the loan.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 4h\
T W E E S H , prep. Betwixt, S.; the abbreviation
o f atweesh or betweesh.
For tweesh twa hillocks, the poor Iambie lies,
And aye fell forret as it stoopt to rise.
Ross's Helenore, p. 14. V. A T W E E S I I .
T W E I L D D O I R . Y. TOLDOUR.
" Item ane doublett of Iweild doir champit." In-
ventories, A. 1539? p- 42.
T W E L L I E , s. " A dispute," given as the same
with Tulyie; Gall. Enc.
T W E L T , ' T W A L T , ad). The twelfth, S.
I hint ane scripture, and my pen fnrth tuke,
Syne thus began of Virgil the twelt buke.
Doug. Virg. p. 404-
T o T W I D D L E one out of a thing, to circum-
vent, to obtain by cozening means; " He tried
to twiddle me out of my money;"" Loth., also
S.B. It is synon. with E. Diddle, a word, which
although much used, does not seem to have
found its way into any dictionary.
A.S. twaedding} adulatio, is evidently allied, from
VOL. II. 609
w r
iwa duo ; q. acting a double part. Tivi-dad.-an divi-
dere, is not used in this sense • but Twiddle lias un-
doubtedly been formed in the same manner from hva
two, and dad part. Isl. tuetalan is compounded in
a similar manner, from tue duo, and tala loqui, sig-
nifying prevarication ; Accusationis vel clefeiisionis
variatio in judicio; Verel. Ind. q. S. twa tales.
T o T W I G , a. a. T o pull hastily, S . R ] Add;
The form of the O.E. v. did not differ from that
of the A . S . " Twykk-yn or draw.cn. Traetulo." Prompt.
Parv.
T o T W I G , r. a. T o put cross rope s 011 tl 1 e t! latch
of a house, Ettr. For.
T W I G - R A P E , ,s\ A rope used for this purpose, ibid.
Perhaps from A.S. /trig, ramus ; as withes might
be at first employed in this way.
T o T W I G , v. a. T o wound the skin of a sheep
in shearing, Ettr. Eor. ; perhaps from A . S .
tzmx-iem, vellere, to twitch, E.
T W Y I S , adv. Twice, Aberd. R e g .
T o T W I L T , v. a. T o quilt, S., Westmorel
Seren. derives the E. word from the very ancient
Isl. s. kidla, aulaeum, culcitra; tapestry,—a mattress,
which, as Dr. Johns, defines it, is fk' a kind of quill
made to lie upon." Tent, kulckl is used in the latter
sense. Hence,
TWILT, A quilted becl-cowr, S.
<c Where's the wardrobe and the iim-nsr—
the tapestries and the decorements ?—beds of state,
twilts, pands and testors, 11 apery and byoic 1 erod wor k ?''
Bride of Lammermoor, ii. 2()6.
Blankets, sheets, and strypit tykin;
Twills an' cov'rins to your likirf.—
Duff's Poems, p. 56.
<c Twilt, a quilt or bed-cover, North." Grose.
T o T W I N , v. a. T o empty, to throw out.
" And that 11a persone wesche in the said locht,
nor twin thair closettis or ony fylthynes thairin.':
Aberd. Reg. V. 16.
Perhaps an emit, for Treim. V. T U M E .
T o T W I N o' or of v. a. T o part from, S.B.
Maun ye be twhil 0 that blythe neukie
Whar ye hae win't sae lang ? -
Tarras's Poems, p. 2S.
* TWINE, Intricate vicissitude, S.B.
And vain may I be now, when all that's past
By unco twines has fallen sae well at last.
Ross's Helenore, p. 128.
cc Twine, a turn of good fortune;" GL Shirr.,
This lias been most probably copied from the Gh
to Helenore, Third Edit., which was printed A.. 17Si),
the year preceding that of the publication of ShirrefV
Poems. The metaphor seems to refer to the fable of
the thread of life being spun by the Fatal Sisters.
T W I N E - S P I N N E H , S. A ropemaker, Loth.
Teut. imeipi,filumduplex, filum tortum.
T o T W I N E , v. a. T o chastise, Aberd.
Su.G. twing-a, Dan. twing-er, Isl. thwing-a, arc-
tare, comprimere ; coercere ; affligere.
T o T V V I N G L E , v. n. T o twine round, Aberd.
Afore't she knit a 1 ingle
To swing the roast ;
They had nae jack, but this would Mingle
Wi' little cost.' W. Beatties Tales, p. 5.
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Perhaps a dimin. from Teut. imcyn-eri to twine. T W Y S T , adv. Twice, the vulgar pron. S.Q.
T Y V I N T E R , .y. A beast that is two years old, T W I T T E R , \y. 1. That part of a thread that
S, j A'!(i 10 etymon ; is spun too small, S. j Add ;
T!ii.- tf-rii! indeed seems of pretty general use. Both Ray and Grose seem to view this v. to twitter
rris. t,r>nh>r-({i>'r .has the very same sense; Animal applied to thread, as the same with A.Bor. twitter,
hini-tn, Kiiian; Isi hihmt-r, bidens. to tremble, which they deduce from Teut. tiltcrn tre-
T W i R K , >v. A twitch, Loth. mere. It may be suspected, however, that they are
T W V S , T w v s s , s. Perhaps, a girdle or sash. radically different. Our v. may have been from Teut.
Thai —held thair bullis, and thair siluer, and a twee, two, as denoting that a thread "is spun so fine
Mlkyuc twiss, and all vthir graith that thai had that as to be divided into two.
was"out-!it worth." Ad-lie. Scot. Corniklis, p. 15. T W I T T K U Y , adj. Slender; properly, spun very
O.'fr. fii'.ssa, ruban, ceinture, tissu ; Roquefort. small, S.
T W I S C A I L , T R V S K K H , s. A n instrument for " Nor were the people of Galloway acquainted
cast'.no- peats, Shetl. with dyeing any other colour than black, which,
— T h e y being now arrived where the rude and when mixed with white wool, was made into cloth-
:'.u? :<;ue instruments of Zetland agriculture lay scat- ing—(hodden grey) for both lairds and ladies, and
ieiv.l, —-!iis thoughts were at once engrossed in the was far afore the twittery worm-wabs made now-a-
DHICK-UCI'.'S of the one-stilted plough, of the twiscar, days." Edin. Evin. Cour. July 1, J 8 1 <).
v. it !i I - It-Ii they dig peats," ike. The Pirate, i. 2J3. T W N E , s. Tin. « xij truncheons all of twncr
" Ti «e peats are cut with an instrument called a Aberd. R e g . V. 16.
which resembles a narrow spade, having a T W O L D E R E , s.
'-sarp pi-.L<:of iron called a feather, about seven inches <c Item, ane gowne of purpour velvot, with ane
io,jg, ;»!•!ijecting from the bottom on its left hand side; braid pasment of gold & silvir, lynit with twolderc,
;md it determines the form and size of the peat/' and furnist with hornis of gold." Inventories, A.
Kdmonslone's Zetl. Isl. i. 177- 1539, p. 34. V . D O I R a n d TOLDOUR.
Tills seems to be the same with the Flauchler spade. T V V O L T , * " A coverlid for a b e d ; " Gall. Enc.,
V. Ts sivi:u. a variety of T W I L T , q. v.
To T W I S L E , v. a. " T o twist, f o l d ; " Gl. T o T W U S S L E , v. a. Perhaps a dimin. f r o m
Picken. V. T W U S S L E . Twist, v.
/ T W I T C H , s. In a twitch, in a moment, Fife pre- " I'll twussle your thrapple in a jiffy, an' ye think
ferring to the suddenness with which a twitch tae cam shade me wi your bluid-thristy fingers/5
is given. Saint Patrick, ii. 1 9 1 . V . T W I S L E .
" Twitch, touch, instant of time;" GL Picken.

v. u.
VACANCE, Vacation, applied to courts,
schools, &c. S., Fr. ' L . B . vacant-ia.
" The consistory had no vacance at this Yool, but
had little to do." Spalding, i. 331.
—<f The Lordis of counsell and sessioun hes bene
in vse in tymes bygaine, to ryse the last day of
Julij,—and to liaue vacance at Yule, Fastingis euin,
Pasche, & Witsonday," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1567, Ed.
1814, p. 82.
V A D , s. W o a d , Aberd. R e g .
V A G E , s. A voyage, Aberd. Vdege, also Weagey
Aberd. Reg. V . 1 5 . V . V E A D G E and V I A G E .
V A G G L E , s. A place where meat is hung for
the purpose of being smoked, Shetl.
Isl. vagi, tigillus, pertica; vagli, pertica in qua gal-
linae noctu quiescunt, metonymice pro toto galli-
nario; Verel. Sublicainstructuradomuum; G. Andr.
Su.G. wagel [pronounced vageQ is defined by Ihre
as generally signifying the perch on which fowls sit.
But he says that, among the inhabitants of Gothland
*nd of Iceland, it denotes « a beam laid trans-*
versely over a stove or chimney." Apud Gothlaiutos
itaappellatur trabs, hypocausto transversim superim-
posita, quae eadem vocis significatio apud Islando*.
T o V A G U E , v. n. T o roam.
She refused to settle at Rippon, which he had
appointed for her, but would vague and wander from
one place to another, contrary to his express com-
mands/' Fount. Dec. Suppl. iv. 568. V. V A I G , r.
V A G I N G , S. T h e habit of strolling idly.
" That all the students in the several universities
and colleges within the kingdom should be obliged
to wear constantly gowns during the time of sitting
of the colleges; and that the regents and masters be
obliged to wear black gowns, and the students red
gowns, that thereby vaging and vice may be dis-
couraged." Act A. 1692, Bower's Hist. Univer.
Edin. i. 54.
V A I G , s. A wandering fellow, a vagrant, Mearns.
But strip ye straight frae head to heel,
Y e vaig! like skranin' of an eel.
Beatties John o Arriba', p. fig,
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V A I C K H , S. A stroller.] Add; thay quha ar sua baptized be reconciled with the-
" Vaigares, adhantaris of ailhoussis," &c. Aberd. treu kirk, the baptisme sal not be valabil to bring
Reg. thame to saluation." Nicol Burne, F. 116, a.
T o V A I C K on, v. a. T o attend to, to be exer- Fr. valable, of force, of value.
cised in. V A L A W I S H , adj. Profuse, lavish, Aberd. .
— " Amangis vtber quaestionis quhilk vas pro- This word has probably been introduced by seine
posed toS. Paul be the Corint. this vas ane, quidder gif traveller, who, after returning to his native country,
thay quha var mareit, to vaick on oraisone and prayer, like many in our own time, displayed the improve-
suld leue thair vyfis or noeht?" N. Burne, Fol. 76', b. ments he had made abroad by the use of a number
Lat. vac-are ; as, vacare armis, studiis, &c. of foreign terms. It has a striking resemblance of
V A I G L E , -V. A peg to which cattle are fixed in the Fr. phrase, tin va cy va la, " one that is sent up
the stall, Shetl. and clowne on errands;" Cotgr. From the last two
This seems radically the same with Isl. vagi, Su.G. words, va Id, might be formed vald-ish, as applica-
vagel; as these northern words in general signify a ble to one who scatters his money, here and there«
stake ; sublica. It is defined by Haldorson in Dan. or who makes it fly about, without serving any good
as denoting " a short prop, for holding up'something purpose. It may, however, be corr. from volagef
else." Wideg. renders vagel, " the stick on which the light, g i d d y ; inconsiderate, rash,
cocks and hens sit to sleep." V A L E , s. 1. Avail, weight.
V A I L Y E A N T , adj. 1. Valid, available. <c rphe lordis decretis and deliueris that the ex-
" Our souerane lord—grantis that this present cepcion proponit one the behalf of the lorde Cathkert
contract be als vailyeant and sufficient in the selff as aganis the procuraturis of Alex Erskin & his spouss
r

gif it wer ane speciale exemptioun from all reuoca- is of na vale, & therfore ordanis the said A lane
tiounis in during his minoritie," & c. Acts Ja. VI. to ansuere to the summondis." Act. Dom. Audit,
1584, Ed. 1814, p. 369•
Fr. vaillant, of much worth. Fr. val-oir to be worth; subjunct. vaille.
2. W o r t h , value.
'2. T o the avail of.
" Or dan is lettrez to be direct, chargeing all and «—" And gif thai oxin be of mare vale, he to re-
sindrie erllis, lord is, baron is, fewaris, and freehald- store again the remanent, and the lordis of coiinsalle
aris, bctuix saxtie and saxtene ye iris, vailijeant in to ger be prufit quhat thai war worth the tyme thai
yeirlie rent the sowme of three hundreth merkis,— war takin." Act. Audit. A. 1471, p. 11.
that thay—add res thame selffis to meit his maiestie V A L H O O S E , s. A n oblong chest, especially
at the burgh of Dunbartane," &c. Acts Ja. VI, for holding grain ; a hutch, or binn.
" He that is richteous air to ane burges—may.
1594, Ed. 1814, p. 98.
be ressoun of airschip, challenge and claim-—ane
VALIE NT, .V. T h e value of one's property. Thair
chimnay, ane chair, ane kist, ane valhoose.—Lat.
haill valient5 synon. with the phrase, " all that
hucha, Fr. huche." Balfour's Practicks, p. 234.
they are worth." 51

— " The saidis decreittis—may bring the danger The reason or origin of this designation I cannot
of the yeirlie violent proffeittis vpoun the persones conjecture. The only word, which has any resem-
blance, cannot well be supposed to have the slight-
aganis quhome the saidis decreittis wer obtened ;
est affinity. This is Teut/ wal-huys, praetorium,
and tli air by surmounting often tymes thair haill va-
dom us am pi a extra urbem fossis cm eta.
lient, gif they be put to extreme executioun, will gif
the pairty oceasioun of suche dispair, as may induce V A L I A B I L L , adj. Valid, q. available.
thame to attempt so dangerous remedyes, as may " And to mak Ins pretendit mariage, quhilk schort-
disturb the generall quietnes, and renew or begin lie folio wit, the mair valiabill, [Bothwell] usit the
hotte and bloody feedes amongis the pairteis." Acts ordour of divorce, as weill be the ordinal* Commis-
sar is, as in forme and maner of the Roman kirk."
Ja. VI. 1606, Ed. 1814, p. 286.
Band, 1567, Keith's Hist; p. 405.
This is completely a Fr. idiom. Vaillant, "" a
VALICOT, Sarlc valient seems to signify a
man's whole estate, or worth, all his substance,
shirt made of flannel or plaiding.
meanes, fortunes;" Cotgr.
" She was seen by two young men at 12 hours
V A I L L I S , s. pl. Apparently, veils.
f< They consisted of f gownes, vaskenis, skirts,
at even, (when all persons are in their beds) stand-
ing bare-legged and in liir sarlc valieol, at the back
Sieves, doublattis, vardingallis, cloikis." Chal-
of hir yard, conferring with the devill, who was in
mers's Mary, i. 85, N.
gray cloaths." C. K. Sharpens Pref. to Law's Memo-
V A I R S C A L L , V A I R - S T A W , ,9.
rialls, lviii.
" Ane fysche fat, a geill fat, a vairscall." Aberd.
Reg. A. 1538, V. 16. Evidently the same with Wylecot, q. v.
" Ane allmery, ane vair slam" Ibid. V A L I E N C I E , .9. Strength, hardihood.
In another place it is war stall. "Thair tonnes, besydis St. Jolmstoun, ar vnwalled,
" Ane warstall, ane cheir [chair] & a langsadill." which is to be ascrybed to thair—hardines, fixing
This might denote a stall for wares. all thair succouris and help in the valiencie of thair
V A I R T I E , adj. Early, Buehan. V. V E B T I B , bodies." Pitscottie's Cron., Introd. xxiv.
V A L A B I L , adj. Available; or of value. L.B. valentia, virtus; firmitas, robur;
" The sam kirk quhilk hes determinat—that hae* Du Cange..
i*etickis may baptise, hes determinat—that unles O.Fr. valance, prix, valeur.
611 V A L L O U S , V E L L O U S , S. Velvot; Fr. vehus.
 V A R V A U
Coft iVa Thome of Yare, and deiiverit to Archi- exhil )ils the first svmplonis of delirium, as the
bald of Faimou.-.tmine 17 i )ecembir, \L cine and ane eifects \)\ bodily disorder ; as, cc I observe him
ha{f of ,-v//V;,7.v for a fate manti] 1 to the king, price vniryitf the Mttr. For.
eiin- -j.^. ' Acct.-i nit, of expenditure for kiug ,h< mes V A S I S , V A I S I S , .v. jd.
the d'- !>:•!•>• an e. c. A. 1 -l", 1. Ci Tint hi-ia-ar oi' a belt with vaisis of cr is tell gar-
VA E T E l L .y. Water. ni-t with gol'L—A hiiigar of a belt of vaus of cris-
In ha};li-'-me is renuvrit rah'er, rndiilk accor;ih'g tall," if'vC. i nveiitories, A. i p. 2(j4.
i<> the v:* of the kirk >oiiid be halioi.it." \:col. VASK N RL, V A S U I ; S N K , .V.
i>urne'- • m. 1 1 b. a. C;f Doublettis, /'asL-enis and Skirtis, &c. Item,
V A F < K i )( ) a , ,v. Value, SlrnthiHore. ant; doublet! of biak velvot, a.nd the vaskene o f the
V A X D I K , adj. ()stentatioiis, Kinross-shire. same. I t e m , ane nther doul>lett o f v e l v o t , raid t h e
Thh" ini -eej.i aided to C.B. g;rag;>n:'d<ius, winch sl;irt o f tlie s a n ; e / ' i n v e n t o r i e s , A . I 5 ( i l , }). J.'J'J.
has prevFelv tin* -a-.ee sense. V. idc!ia.rds. " O f e h a n d o l h e o f s y l k to be ane\ e l i e o i t e , and ane
V a n i h k , .v. A v:»in, vaunting, self-conceited fe 1- vasipdne, xvii clleand h a l f / ' Chalmers's M a r y , i . 2 0 7 .
1<a,\ a bratr'-r'-.d^cic, Ede. Fr. vaapune, " a kirtle or petticoat ; also a Spanish
Y A N 1 T , V A N V T , part. pa. Veined, or waved. vardingale Cotgr. As this ancient kiie' of hooj)
item, a.i.e CO it <A' IVe.-ii elaith of sil vir, >-cr<i' withdenominated Spanish., shall we suppose t' :at the term
ane small inset van'' ef g o l d . 1\ nit with Uai-. sa'l\ ma''' vasiptine has 'been formed from I'ascana the Spanish
inventories, A. i p. k name for the people of Hiseay ? It; is favourable to
" 1!ei!i, ane harnessing of claitIi of siivir, rttnt/f this conjecture, that Fr. (jas-piinc is used in common
about with eh:i.h of gold, with grete hukkiihs and with vasiptine. for a Spanish fardiegale. Now, the
.-turhis, el! ouredt with gold." ibid. p. ;>.',. >ame tens] tu;s<pfe, which signifies the skirt oi" a
V A \( c ) I i I Si 1, -v disease of sheep. ; synon. doublet, denotes a. liiscayan.
l'\Pi.)//•';.''.; hi 'j si/'.:>'. Y A S S A L A ( J E , .v. I ! ortitude, valour.] Add i
u W itlioMit. t.!»is resource, the young dieep were at- it is used by Spalding, in close connexion, appa-
tacked by the vutupti::h, which consumed them en- rently both in the first and second sense.
tirely away.'' Fssays High!. Sec. iii. 105. " The earl of Murray, being at Fdinburgh,—re-
Al l these mimes denote the same effect of the dis- joiced mightily at this vassalage done by his men.—-
ease, in wasting the strength of the animal. liowsoon James Grant came to Fdinburgh, he was
T o YA N T , v. a. T o want. admired and looked upon as a man of great vassa-
—4"4 The hdak ouhairof will breid dirogationto lage." Troubles, i. FJ?.
t h o n o u r ol' tho reahee. quiiiik onhe amoi>g ah the 1 have some doubt, however, whether in the last
christian" kiinrdome-: wih he the ir-. ane rani t hat instance, the term may not be used in a sense diffe-
ei vbi and cnmmendabl'' pro\ IMOII <;f ordmar nm.^ick rent from both, as expressive of bodily strength.
tor rcreatioun, and, honour ol'thair pnncis." Acts V A S T , ,$•. A great quantity or, number; as,
a,:. YL i dud, vol. iv. ; i. e. By this means want." u l i e has a vast o grund 46 T h e y keep a vast

YA N T O S E , .v. A cupi/m."- <dnss. Vv. vrntose. id. o servantsAug.

" r il o o A vast o' fowk a round about
" Glares called /'a tit uses. the dozen—xxx s." Pate s
A. Id I 1. Came to the feast; they din'd thereout.
/ V A K D I N G A I I D , .9. A vardingale. Piper of Peebles, p. 14.
" Ane vardingard of blak taffetie, the foirskirt of V A U D I E , WADY, ad). Vain.] Add;
satine pasmentit with gold." Invent. A. 1578,p. 230. 4?. Cheerful, gay, Aberd.
Fr. rrrlifgade, from I lisp, vcrdugado, id. As vcr- Thus must we be sad, whilst the traitors are vaudie3
duyaditij the Fr. diminutive from this, is rendered in Till we get a sight o' our ain bonny laddie.
I lisp. giiardaiiijiuHc, it a.p|)ears th.'it the hist part of Jacobite Relics, ii. 70,
the word is from guard;!, a guard or defence'. Per- She says I'm glad 'at ye5re sae ?vadie
haps the (ir.-t part is from Fr. «vert a, Ills]), eirlud, q. Ye sat sae douff an' dowie a' day
cf a guard to virtue.'' The Spaniards, v. e know, have Wi' me the ben.
been at pains to provide fictitious guards of different W. Realties Poems, p. 7.
descriptions with this design. Flow far the vardin- —Cummers sled, and hurl'd as weel
gale might answer the end in view, it might be dif- On ice, as ony vady chiel.
ficult to determine. Piper (f Peebles, p. 7.
* V A R L E T , s. Used in the sense of icarloch V A U E N G E O U R , A vagabond, one who strolls
or wizard. about idly, S. a Waffle.
£- To causs iclill men vauengeouris to laubour for
— " There is a house called Kebister, where a var-
lel or wizard lived, commonly designed Luggie" &c. thair leuing, for the eschewing of vicis and idilnes,
Brand's Zetl. p. 1 1 0 . V . K N O O P . —it is thocht expedient—that thair be schippis and
VARSTAY, buschis maid in all btirrowis and townis within the
" Ane varstay, four hyrssin pottis, tua cadrowns." real me;—and in ilk burcht of the rialtie that the offi-
Aberd. Reg. A. 1535, V. 15. ciaris of the burcht mak all the stark ic 1 ill men within
I cannot conjecture what this is, if it be not a c o m thair boundis to pass with the said schippis for thair
of Ware st at I, q. v., a stalMox holding wares. Byrssin wagis ;—and gif the said idill men refusis to pas
must be meant for brazen. V. V A I R S C A L L . that thay baniss thame the burgh." Acts Ja. IV*
•To V A R Y - , V A I I I I E , v. n. Applied to one who 149S, Ed, 1814, p.
613
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Av/paren11y formed from L.B. iraudnm pecusvagans,
O.K. iraiif; whence mij/v-iarc reliiH-uere. Y.W.\i'b\
U i i l T , ' adj. pron. a. oohit. D vanish, Ayrs.
« Uhll, dwaribb f Ayrs. Ch ^ i r v . p . ^ A s Jt is con jon.ed vVilh. Va.sa/rh/c, w11ie11 denotes a
Evidently from the same source, and ovig.maily the
same word, witli IVobarl, or as prom f'dabart,
Y . WOBAT, and VownF/r.,
UCHE, 8. A n ouch, or ornament of gold.
—tf<r Within the said blak kyst a. ehenye v.dih ane
uche in it, a ruby, a diam.mu ina:d like a ere hi." in-
ventories, p. 7.
U I ) J ) E 1 1 - C L A 1 \ s. A sort of schirrous tumour
alfcenngthe adder ei c v a - , by ah nem peered re-
turn of milk after being sometime c'JiL T e v e h d .
T o U D D E l l - L O C - I s t ' . ^ . T o pull the woe d from
the udders of ev.es; p: huh;adiy wrd; :I VK-W t:>
allow the lambs free accer* In ihe Ua.ho '.hough
sometimes done to sheep win eh have ::o iambs,
with a view to clean kness, K o x b .
" All sheep are udder-lucke!, as it is here called,
that being thought refreshing and salutary." .Note,
Agr. Surv. iioxb. p. 1 50.
" ]Mr. Laid!aw is of opinion thai a r.a;::! cm.mrity
of wool jVhould b e ] pulled from their mi.':, rs, to
tlie iamb more easy aeee.-.s to the t e a ;
condemn this practice of ',«v-/o.vo.'g, ar- m.i.ec. s-
sarv and d a n g e r o u s . " — • ne\ er .-a.\." m:e ia>m> on:
lor lack of its dam being udder-fucked." Essay* i iignl.
Soc. iii. h4h.
Ui)i)Eit~locks, s. pi T h e name given to the
wool thus plucked, 8 . A .
" Udder locks are the wool plucked from the udder."
Ibid. p. 250.
V D E R , WDER, often'used in the sense of other,
Aberd. Reg. V. U T H I H .
W D E R M A I R , adv. Moreover, ibid.
V E A D G E , 5. Voyage.
— A n d four shi Hingis mony foirsaid to be pay it
be straingeris for ilk veadge&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed.
1814, V.' 585.
* VEAL, Used to denote a calf. \h V h i m
V E A N D , adj. Superannuated. Teviouhde.
V E E E , adj.' Brisk,'lively, Kuxi>.; the same ^Ith
V I V E , q. v.
VEEM, 1. E x p h " a close beat over the b o d y ,
with redness in the face, and some perspiration,"
Ayrs.
% " In a vee/m,—exalted in spirits," Gall. Enc.
This is undoubtedly the same with Feim, id. S.B.
VEYAGE, Voyage, W e s t of S.
" That nane—cary ony victuallis, talloun, or flesclie
furth of this realme to vther partis except samekill
at sal be thair neeessare victualling for thair vei/age
vncler the pane of escheting of the said victual!," &c.
Acts Mary, 1555, Ed. 1814, p. 495. V. W I A G E . S
V E I L , 8. Used to denote a calf.
" Ane artickle for slauchter of veilis, and lambis,"
&c. Acts Ja. VI. 1567, Ed. IB 14, p. SO.
Our forefathers, as has been often remarked,
adopted the Fr. idiom, in speaking of the smaller ani-
mals used as butcher-meat. Instead of sheep they
spoke of muttons, and of veals instead of calves,
Fr. veau, a calf; from Lat. vilid-us, id.
613
E N
VELICOTTE, s.
£kO f chainlet he o f sylk to be ane ee!>coifc, ood am-
vasqidne, x vii elk' and half." Chalmers's Mary, i.207.
kirtle or petticoat, i t.-eem s here to be useillike U 'i/ictol,
sense 1.. as .-ign siymg an under-waistco:-*. T h i s idea is
c o n h r m e d !JV the article immediately f o l l o w i n g , w h i c h
si;gge> is that the eel-.colic had sleeves. " ' G f O r m a i s e
tali at is to 1 v''*e t.he bodeis and sclevis o f the g m m e
and reH-oje, iih elle."
O.h r. ;\d-.:r t-o coe.ceol, and code a coat ; tp a con-
certled ec;;;t?
VEL\'()i;S, \elveth] Add:
c-
1 Jem ae-e bad oi' biek c l c a t s fnrni>it Vvdth rulf.
>ieid i.ee-. ;io-e tirre sub mmdis, tirre c u r -
le:d> < >f id;- i: o o o : iVrl.^yeit with bla.k silk." Inven-
tories. A . i ho i, p. 1 ^ i.
Perhaps 1 mr;y !>e f o r g i v e n ibr r e m a r k i i " / h-.; t!;.-.-
l>ye, lliat. Yi\y w<;rt!-y iViem! Mr. i\ares ha^ obs^-r V vd
Oil the i'.. t.?rm Fctvcl-pec, c'"f It is not easy to -'a.y
wliat." H e a d d s ; " M r . M o n c k Mason conjectures that
it should he ve! eel peel for velvet c o v e r i n g . Comm.
on H. ami Id. p. 'Spi."
ri'«his is one ]>ri>of, ainong man v, or che great cae.-
e tion tht. ongi.t to l)eexerciser! in conjectural cn:enda-
otners lions oi he h.-xt. I'ec !iere is 1 am eon vin-ca-d.
s'l»iie h/. sigedfvinu' eloth. as e\oh ai;o\ t>, >.
aiirltill, Pv-Dm.iiLKT.
\ M N T (of I'.r-v!), .v. The : ) n ; dr.
E M h 8. j'o I'al' Vent, to have e u r r e n c v .
— ' ' lojm:tto to tiiMir consideratifuiu—concerning
— t h e c o p p e r m o n e y , h o w the same shad (ak rent ;:mi
pas in } ; a y m e : : t . " A c t s Cha. I. rhi. J N I V*. h'77.
T o \ k>;':\ r . u. T o o m i t s m o h e , \w-ll o r i l l ; n s
hoai I mil vents very ill," S.
VEXrl\ Progress, speed ; as, " A r e ye comiid
ony 11 d ng gude vent tlie day ?" A re ye coming
speed ? a question regarding any piece of work,
1 lo \b.
]>« »••:•. ;v."C£i ])^)d;aps f r o m the sale o f g o o d s ; as L . B .
v-n;!-tis is n.-e 1 in this sense.
Te. V. a. T o sell, to vend. Tentit, part,
ph., ryn witli Sauld, or perhaps as conveying
aa id.L:. - nev.hat d i i i e r e n t , that o f b e i n g set
forth.
— £ f O f f the enstome a n d exsyiss, o f the sou me o f
hair p u n d i s — o f ilk tune o f w y n e to be t o p p i t , venlil,
and sauld in small is w i t h i n the said b u r g h . " Acts
Ja. V I . 1 6 2 1 , E d . 4814, p . 669.
Fended is elsewhere exph by sold. " The tax men
o f the t o w n — p u r s u e Straiten f o r what ale he b r e w e d
and vented or sold within the tow 11 of EdinburMi."
ike. F o u n t . D e c . S u p p l . iv. 726,
V E N T U i l E S U M , _ adj. Hash, fool-hardy, S.
Venkr-<o}!Ug Gk C u m b .
H e was a daft d o g . O an' he c o u l d have hadclen
rdf tlie s m u g g l e r s a b i t ! b u t he was aye venturesome."
G u y ^ l a n n e r i n g , i. ISO.
T h e r e ' s s o m e t h i n g n o that canny about aidd J a -
net Geliatley. T l i e laird he'll n o believe thae things,
b u t he was aye o w e r rash a n d venturesome—and feared
neither man nor devil—and sues seen o V '
verley, iii. 2 8 2 .
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YERDOUR, s. Tapestry representing rural diers to stand at the door, that none n-';*. nter io
HCCTKTV- wrong you." Life of Feden, Edinr. 17" Y> •• 119.'
<c Item vin pece of verdourisInventories, A, V E R T U O U S , V I R T U O U S , adj. Thrifty, industrious,
15:;<J, ]>. r>\. S.] Add;,
Fr. our rune de verdure, cc forrcst work or flourist Sir W. Scott has kindly furnished me with the
work, wherein gardens, woods, or forrestsbe repre- following amusing illustration.
sented," Cotgr. " A young preacher, who chose to enlarge to a
V E R G E , , ? . A belt or stripe of planting, Clycles. ; country congregation on the beauty of Virtue, was
q. a border, according to theE. sense of the word. surprised to be informed of an old woman, who ex-*
V E R R A Y , adj. Very, Aberd. Reg. pressed herself highly pleased with his sermon, that
' V E R T E R , .v. 1. Virtue, R o x b . , Ettr. For. her daughter was the most virtuous woman in the pa-
2. A charm, ibid. rish, for that week she had spun sax spyndlesof yarn."
T o H A E V E R T E R , to possess, OR be supposed to V E S C H E L L , s. Vassal, slave.
Thare wes the cursit em prion r Nero,
possess virtue, by which certain diseases may
Of everilk vice the horribill rcschelt.
be cured, ibid.
Lyud say's Dre/ue.
V E R T K R - W K L ! , , S. A medicinal well, Selkirks. ;
VESCHIARIS,Washer-women. " JV^
corrupted from vv Hue-well^ i.e. a wellpossessing
ehiaris & ladinsteris," Aberd. Reg.
• virtue, or the power of Ilea ling. I'esch'iari.s must: he merely ti;e term •>rushers dis-
V E R T E S I T , .v. Virtue, virginity. guised. Ij(diustcri.s seems literally to signify clean-
This word, I am informed, occurs in an old edi- sers ; 1 rom A.S. tadiu?/,cIHIIIK hire, extergere, purgare .
tion of a foolish song, The Tailor came io clout the whence tadung purgatio. from literal purification it
claise. In O.Pr. vertuosiie is equivalent to vertu, was transferred to that which is oi'a moral descrip-
qualite ; Eat. virtus ; Roquefort. tion. L.B. lad-a, purgatio, tad-are, lud-iarv, purgare
V E R T G A D I N , A. farthingale. crimen eluere. Ster is the common A.S. termination
— " T h e farthingales came first in when the Queen of names of trades. V. S T E R .
Regent went to Saint Andrews, after the battle of V E S I A R , s. ' A surveyor or examinator. " Cer-
Pinkie, and were then called Vertgadins." The Ab- ciouris, vesiaris &c. Aberd. R e g .
bot, iii. 215. VESTREEN, T h e west, Shetl.; I s l vestraenti
O.Fr. vertugadin ; from Ilisp. verdugado, id. Diet, occidentalism
Trev. 'V. V A E D I N G A R D . VET CHER, A man of a very suspicions ap-
V E R T I E , V A I E T I E , adj. Early up, early ..stir- pearance, Fife.
ring, early at business, Euchan. Teut vaetsch, vitioso sapore ant odore infeetus ex.
Archie, fu* verlie, owre the moorlan' spangs olido vel mucido dolio; perhaps used in amoral
Ilk strype and stank; nae doubt he itch in' langs sense : Belg. vaats, C( having a taste of the b a r r e l -
To crack wi' San'.— Tarrass Poems, p. 2. insipid, nauseous;" Sewel. Isl. vaett, mal us genius;
Ry the change of a letter of the same organ, from G. Andr.
T o V E X , v. n. T o be sorry. I was like to vex^
tus, agilis. ' In Alem. indeed] it retains the same form I was disposed to be sorry, A n g .
with the S. word ; veriig (also jdertig) par at us ad VEX, S. A trouble, a vexation, South of S.
iter, Germ.fertig id.; vertig-en, praeparare. The root " My mother gar'd me learn the Single Carritch,
is far-an, var-an, ire, profisisci; whence vert, vart,
whilk was a great vex." Tales of my Landlord, iv. l60.
incessus, ferti, via. Ferd, expedite, A.S. MS. ap.
U G S U M , adj. This term is still used in Clydes.
Schilter. This adj. is also originally the same with
as signifying what causes one to shudder with
Su.G.faerdig paratus. I need scarcely add, that the
horror.
transition from a state of complete preparation to that
of being early astir, is very slight; the one naturally " Uh, goodman, ye are flesh and blude yet! But O !
suggesting the other. ye're can Id an' ugsome." Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 45.
T o V E R T I E S , v. a. T o warn, Shetl.; .un- U H U , UH UH, interj. A sound, especially used
doubtedly an abbrev. of E . Advertise. by children, expressive of affirmation or appro-
VERTUE, VERTEW,S. Thrift,industry.] Add; bation, equivalent to yes or ayet S.
It seems to have originated from indolence or las-
« It is necessar that in everie schyre at leist thair
be ane schooll or hous of vertue erected.—Any par- situde, as being pronounced without any exertion
cellis of eloth, sergis, &c. to be transported beyond to the lips.
seas, and made in the saidis houses of vert em to be frie U I , s. A n isthmus or neck of land, Lewis.
of all custome—for fyfteene yeiris nixt." Acts Cha. " Ui was the ancient name of the parish. There
I. Ed. 1814, V. 392, 398. is in it a place called Ui, which was of old the only
The word, as used in the same sense, is pronounced place of worship in the parish, and is situated on a
virtue, Loth., Roxb, narrow neck of land; every such neck of land, or
" His landlord, digging stones at the end of that isthmus, whether formed by creeks of the sea, or by
village, told the officers that he was afraid the sol- the approximation of fresh-water lakes, is in Lewis
diers would plunder his cottage ; they said, < Poor called Ui, which in the Danish language signifies any
man, you deserve encouragement for your virtue; be such neck of land." Stat. Acc. Par. Storn. xix. p. 255.
not afraid for your house, for' we s" shall order two sol* Su.G. and Norw. udde signify, lingula terrae in
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mare procurrens. But rather from Isl. vog-r, Dan. V I N D I C T , V e n g e a n c e , r e v e n g e , L a t . vindict-a.
f*' Ye would do well to examine more narrowly
vig, sinus maris angustus; Haldorson.
V I A G E , ,v. l . A voyage ; pron. q. ve-age, S.O. than Laban searched Jacob's tents,—lest that—the
— " Alss of half a Dan skin viage of the said aueh- happy hoped-for event of this solemn meeting he
tane parte/' &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1492, p. 275. woefully crost,• as Simeon and Levi pretending re-
A journey, S. Bp. D o u g , uses it in this sense. ligion, but intending their own private rindict, were
B u t I have omitted to mark any examples. accused by him, whootherwi.se would have blessed
" Ital. viaggio, Fr. voyage, i t e r I t u d d . them." Guild. V. Spalding, i. 301.
V I C E N A I L , " a screw nail V I O L E l l , VJOLAK, One who plays on the
" Item a grete vice nail maid of silver." Inven- fiddle, &c.] Add;
tories, p. 11. V. V V S E . " One of the Town of Edinburgh's soldiers—with
V I C I A T , part. adj. Defective. his baj'onet stabs a violer named Watson, because
" And ay as ony pairt of the rent of Dumfermling he was serenading in the night-time with his fiddle
now viciat salbe recoverit, and hir hienes in peceahle in the street, contrary to an act discharging it, and
possession!! thair of, alsmekle of the said compensa- gave him ill words." Fountainh. i. 3(i4.
tioun—salbe relevit and returne to be intromettit " Violaris : Mekill Thomas IIudsown, See. Item,
with be his hienes comptrollar to his Maiesties awin to the violaris, and thair servandis, daylie, vij gret
vse." Acts Ja. VI. 1593, Ed. 1814, p. 25. bred," &c. Housh. Book, E. of Mar, j 5(i7, Chal-
Fr. vi.c-i.er, to mar ; vide, imperfect; vice, defect, mers's Mary, i. 177, 178.
imperfection, default; Cotgr. V I R E , .v. 4fi A great beauty," Orkn.
V I C T U A L , s. Grain o f any kind, &c.] Add; V I I I G E T H R E D , thread of a particular des-
— p r o n . ViMal, S, Hence the phrase, cription.
BUCHAN-VITTAL. 1. Applied to meal of which Ane Frence rapar, with ane Scott is skawbert
the " twa part is aits, and the third bear," i. e. thairone, gardit with blak hiltis—and the neif wew-
consisting of two thirds of oats and one third pit with blak wrge Hired. ' Aberd. Reg. A. 151-3, V. 18.
3

of barley, S.B. This must certainly be viewed as a corr. of Birgcs

2. Metaph. trans: erred to a person on whom one Thred. V. BIRGET, BIRGES.
can place no dependence ; as, " He's Buchan V I R G I J S , s.
4< Some fancied liquid, considered

vittal that,*" S.B. to be the sourest of any ; It's as sour as virtus;'''

V I F D A , Beef or mutton dried without salt. Gall. Enc.
V. Vivda. This is obviously verjuice, Fr. vcrjus, ct acid liquor
expressed from crab-apples." This provincial term
V I L C O U S , adj. £i L e u d , vilcous & scandalus
has probably been imported from the north of E.
l y f ; " A b e i d . R e g . ; perhaps i m moral, from Su.G.
For Johns, adds; " It is vulgarly pronounced var-
will error, and kios-a to choose. gesTent, verd-iuys, q. viride jus.
V Y L D E L Y , adv. Vilely, S. V H I L A T , s. T h e same with Valet.
" In his owne time, when his iudgement therein " The treasurer paid David Rizzio, virlat in the
was fulfilled,—hie should turne their heartes to hate Queen's chamber £8(), on the 8th of January 156l-
her who had so long and vyldely abused them." For~ 2." Chalmers's Mary, i. 75.
bes on the Revelation, p. 183. O.Fr. virolet, jeune homme ; Roquefort. He also
Shakspeare uses vild and vi/ld for vile. V. Nares. mentions L.B. varlet-us as synon. with valet-us, view-
* T o V I L I P E N D , i ) . a . T o slight,to undervalue^. ing both as diminutives from Lat. vir; vo. Valet.
" They had no small contending^ with Mr. Robert V T I i R , VIR, s. Force, impetuosity, S . B . ] Add /
Hamilton, whom they much contradicted, vilipended, The lads, unwilling yet to stir,
and opposed." Society Con ten dings, p. 129- Fire aff their morning guns wi' vir.
Lat. vilipend-ere, to make of no reputation. Per- W. Beat tie's Tales, p. 35.
haps vilipend does not precisely convey so strong an Wi* double vir the drummers drum,
idea as E. vilify; as more properly respecting the esti- The pint-stoups clatter.
mation of a person than the expression of it by Ian-, Maynes Siller Gun, p. 35.
guage or conduct. Mr. Todd has inserted this v. This word is more classical than might seem at
V I L I T E ' , . V I L I T I E , $. Filth, pollution. first view. It has been in use for more than two
" And als be cans of the tutile that cumis be slay- centuries. With respect to the sluice of a dam, it
ing of lie sen e be the fleseheouris duel land on the is said;
est syde [ o f Leith W y n d e ] and temyng of interellis — " It may not be stoppit, nor he troublit be ony
of beistis, generand corruptioune, it is therefor or- persoun, be altering of the said clouse, or drawing
dan it that the samin be forbid din—vnder the pane of the said clouse, or drawing off the water fra the
of the confiscatioune of all sic fiesche slaine be thame said water-passage or dam, or be making of the
in mane? for sad." Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 1814, p. course of the water to be of greiter force or strenth
374. Vilitie, Ed. 156*6. This act is entitled, <f For than of be foir, or yit to be of less force or vir re than
policy in Edinburghe." of befoir, quhairthrow the said miln is or may be
Fr. vilete, vileness, baseness, mair liaistie or mair slaw in grinding of cornis nor
sclio had wont to be in times bygane." A . 1565,
T o V I N C U S , v. a. T o vanquish.
ff How the Sabinis and Aruncis war vincust"
Balfour's Pract. p. 493.
I hesitate whether Virr is from the same source
Bellend. T. Liv. p. 144. Fr. vainc-re, id.
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wkh Heir. Perhaps v o have 11B- * - primitive in Isl. till it war, hardened ami dried, is no longer known/"
jatrr. /{or, v:,'a, in a seeondary aeiise, vigor : also 11ibbert's Sheth isl. p. 470.
.d;;;:;if<-ing. -;.irl(;fvhaiis. 1 find the trrm ihr.< df/lned : Vivda, flesh dried
V! RToK. T h r i f t , Loth. V. VrjiToK. in a Skee without k.-inv sa.lted." MS. J^xplic. of*
V I S E , in coal-mines. V. W E Y S K . Nori'-h word-. V. Si-.i-'o.
\ i -1 r., \ 17. v, 1. A Mtnitlnkmig view, S. Mo>t. »)ro!;a!dy fro-.i Iskr///!'/ ^;i!>rare,- Dan. vift-e,
V,- had be-.t take a ri.de .h' inn: thnmgh th^ to Ian, to wir.now * tkr- .substance being dried by the
wicket In? I or ' w p m i n u s h e g a t e — m , cv^rv ane wc r..eti(;n oi' th'- vi'id.
siioiilfl lot into Lais ea-lle.' ; orb- j iamnaerm. ii. 48. \ T V K , adj. 1. Lively, S.] Add ;
\t. T h e akn taken at an object, as when one is 'd). Applied to what mav he seen cleariy;
u vivc ])rent,'' letter-press which may be read
nkoiit to shoot* S. ilence,
T o T A K A VI/./.IK, to take an aim ; as, to look ea.-idy, S.15.
along n gun, with the eye, before bring it off, S. VIVKLV, adv. f l e n r l y . in a vivid light, S . ] Add;
Logan took a "iz'j, and fired, but his gun Hashed si. I)isii!iet! v, jrpnJied to objects of sound.
fl Mr. Ami re w Leiak, minister a.t Ellon, told m e .
in the pan." Tin* Steam-ocat, p. i 15.
Willi;.in M - X i * h , a tayh>r s l e e — that hi:: wife and family, sitting at supper in his own
R o o z ' d ai. the t ilonglit:, c h a r g ' d his f a z c e ; house, he, :•'! liiekin.g (4Mnm.s riec/t/, sometimes ap~
Took bat ae ei::::jj w i' Ins ee.— p "mii' orar h.aial, ne^noe-; oh'"; and upon the
Mfn/th's Si/if r inat, p. i>'i. 7'o» of <-J;:\::,ry v, .-is wntuai !n-re to A.berdeen,
"... Th- knob or .-.i'-n(. on flu? m o / M e t-nd of a gun, that h'en ton bat th' of Hanhnry, k herein his majesty
; >v e l / a h , < i 01 taken, S. i"V. • 7-/(V, !ili:\. v/a-; v!e'.ori<ms, has been in vision fougliten seven
\ i //.i !>: , \ i\ rV. T h e little mark . tuck no at s n • !; •• •< syne." Stabling, d. '} 1,
the n :>'ith of a gun-barrel to gn;d*- the :-.port- VI V \ I,, adj. 1. I /iving, ali\ e, A y rs.
nnm's v.ew* (iall. Ene. \ . \ i-.-i!., f . Lk-.t o to express (.•neks identuy ; as, u the VlV-
* V I S I ON*, .y. A thin, meagre person ; a.-., " PINR aa! p-erson," t.ke i-- !f .same perst/n, ibid. .Hence,
tiling ! she's .grown a. mere v/Mo a'/' S. ; a se- V]VI;ALL!K, adv. In life; as viviadlic seen/'
condary use of the E. word as denoting tc a seen alive, ibid.
spectre, a phantom.*'1 O.Fr. vivaide, vivant; plein de f o r c e ; Roquefort.
T o V I S I T E , v. a. T o examine, to survey; T o V I Z Z IK, v. a. T o view accurately. V.
V i s 1 H and, V H S I K .
ii,->ed as synon. with i'is'ie ; Fr. law/--//', id.
O r d a u i s — M r . J o l m n e H a y , i v . to r/vhv the
r h M , .v. A!>e:-d. i%!eg : I'ha Innlc.
iawes and aclis maul in tin s pn-sent parliament
UL1\, W i . k , A week, Alien! J teg. V. O u l k .
y - e. A c t s Ja. V I . I5J/J, Ed. 1 M I-, p . oof J.
1 T1M 1 Ml, T h e water which runs from a
d;;n .: hi! k ! i! :ei k
V' I S i E i i , .v. O n e w h o a u t h o n t a i t w i y inspects
or examines. T M A S T , 11 :m KST, adj. XJp.perinost/J Add;
— " The said Sir James i'alfoi.r of Pettindreieh Tins term is still hi common use in the north of
knycht, vissier, and res-aver," &c. Inventories, A. S., pron. q. amis/.
1566, p. 175. V Ai 1j Kit E S T , pre I. E x p l o r e d ; or perl laps, sur-
veyed.
V Y S S I S , s. pi Apparently, uses.
<f Our soueranelorde, for the strengthing and de- l ie vmi,ekes! the eountrie outwith the toun,
Ha [_hel saw na thing on steir
fenss of the real me in tyme of were, sua that vjjssix
Noutlier far nor lieir—
of army s be nocht abusit ^disused] nor fory ett in tyme
Ilauf Coilyear, B. iij. b.
of pece, ratify is and apprevis the acte maid be his
Sw. omhisl-a, has (-a om, to turn, is the only word
hienes fader," &c. Acts Ja. V. 1535, Ed. 1814, p. 345.
that seems to hare any affinity ; from om circum,
T o V I T C I I , v. a. T o visit, Sheth In Isl. the
and has/a jacerta eoiiivalent to Lat. circumjacere, to
synonyme is vit-ia.
cast ad about, q. to ten* 11 the eyes on all sides.
* V I T I O U S , adj. . Fierce, fiery, ill-tempered ; U M B E K S O i m c r v V , adj. 1. H a r d y . ] Add;
as, " He's a virions beast t h a t ; I wiss he dinna 3. (Jne very accurate correspondent expl. it in a,
break that puir man's neck that's on him," S. sense directly opposed to the first; as signify-
VITIOUSNESS, s. Fierceness, unmanageableness, S. ing " weakly, delicate," R o x b .
V I V D A , V I F D A , s. Beef or mutton hung and Isl. vmher-a, pati. * •
dried without salt, Sheth; Orkn.] Add;
c : They seldom salt their meat, but either smoke
T o U M B E S C H E W , v. a. T o avoid.] Add
to etymon;
it in the house, or dry it in the air. When preserv-
Johnstone, however, in his Gloss. Lodbrokar-
ed in this latter manner, it is known by the name of
Qnida, p. 52, observes that Isl. am is an expletive
vivda Edmonstone's Zetl. ii. 49-
particle, like Germ, ge and C.B. ym.
" Vifda, (dried b e e f ) hams, and pickled pork,
To U M B E T H I N K , n. T o consider atten-
Hew after each other into empty space, smoked geese
tively.] Add;
were restored to the air, and cured fish to the sea."
The Pirate, iii. 32. Tim Bobbin gives iimbetkowt as used in Lancash.,
W e learn from a very intelligent writer, that Viv- cf explaining it, " reflected, remembred."
da, or unsalted mutton, hnng up in their buildings U M B O T I I , TJMBITH, adj. A term applied to
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Teind or tithe o f an alternate description,
Orkn., Shetl.
" The corn teind is divided between the minister
and the proprietor of the crown rents, and the share
of the latter is denominated umbiih or umhoth duty.
This word is—of Norwegian origin, and is said to
imply a going or changing about ; and the following
is the tradition respecting it. When the bishop re-
ceived the one half of the tithes, and the parson the
other, the former, apprehensive that as the parson
was constantly on the spot, he might appropriate to
himself the best half of the tithes, directed that they
should change shares alternately, and what fell to
the bishop one year, should become the share of the
parson the following one/' Edmonston's Zeth Isl. i.
164-5.
The etymon here given is certainly the proper one.
For although I do not find any correspondent term
in the Norw., Dan. ombylt-er signifies, ec to change,
to exchange, to chop or swap one thing for another/'
Wolff. Sw. omhyt-a, to change; ombyte change, va-
riation ; Wideg.
UMBOTH, <S\] Dele the definition given in DTCT.,
and substitute ;—Tithe given b y rotation or al-
ternately, Orkn., Shetl.
It is thus defined in an old MS. Explic. of Norish
W o r d s ; " Umhoth,—the great teind of either half of
the parish ; so called because every other year it was
changed with the Minister for his half. For the word
Umhoth signified) tyrne about." Dele the etymon.
UMBKE, Shade.] Add;
" Als thow may see, that of all heresy is quhilkis
evil* lies bene, for the maiste parte men lies tane oc-
casioun of the scripture. Nochtheles the fait wes not
in the scripture, hot in thare aw in perverste mynd,
and laik of gude doctryne: as in eais, throw negli-
gence of the gardnare, thare enterit divers wylde
beistis in the yarde, and under the umbre of the dyik
thay make thare dennis and cavernis, and thaireftir
cum oute and devore and trampe down the tender
wyne-branclhs; the dyik lies nocht the wyte, hot the
gardnare quliilk wes sua negligent." Q. Kennedy's
Compend. Tract. Keith's Hist. App. p. 201, 202.
U M Q U H I L E , adv. 3. Sometime ago, formerly.]
Add, at the end of the article;
I f any additional evidence seem necessary, as to
umquhile being, in the sense last mentioned, perfectly
synon. with whilom, it may be found in a Precept of
Seisin, granted by David Bruce to Mure of Rowallan,
in which whileom occurs in that legal phraseology
which more commonly bears umquhile.
— ee Reser valid to us the ward and relief of the saids
landis, reservand alse the frank ten en dry to Dame
•Jannet Mure, whyleom wife to Adam Mure Knight/'
App. Cromerty's Vindic. Bob. III. p. 66*.
U M Q U H I L E , adj. Late, deceased, S.]
Here subjoin the proofs from Reg. Mag. and Pit-
scottie, given under the adv.
U N A W A R N I STL I E , Without previous warning.
" H e schew how his fader wes reddy to invaid
thaim unawarnistlie, quhen he saw occasioun and
time." Bellend. T. LiV. p. 92. V. U N W A R N I S T .
T o U N B A L L , v. a. T o unpack.
fr You must have a particular licence, as I noted
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formerly, and then cause unball them at the custom-
house, and set your mark upon them," &c. Sir A.
Balfour's Letters, p. 96. V. BALL, a bale.
U N B A U L D , adj. H u m b l e , self-abased, Clydes.;
from the negative, and Bald bold.
V N B E G G X T , part. pa. Not asked b y beggings
or as alms.
— " T o see quhat they may be maid content of
thair aw in consentis to accept day lie to leif on vnbeg-
git" &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1519, Ed. 1814, p. 141.
T o Y N B E S E T T , v. a. T o surround.
Sir, yonder is the laird of Buccleugh, and the
theives of Annerdaill with him, to vnbesetl your grace
in the way." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 320. In Ed. 1768,
'"*' to unbeset your grace jh/m the gate," p. 210. The
latter mode of expression would rather seem to bear
the sense-of block up.
It is most commonly used in part. pa.
(c When—the said Alexander—was cuming ford-
ward with ane great armie, fur the kingis support,
his gaitt was vnbesetl be Alexander earle of Craw-
ford." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 105.
U N B E S E T T , U N B E S E T , part. pa. 1. Blocked up.
This [ T h u s ] unbeset I am on euery side,
And quhat to doe I cannot well tleuyse;
My flesh bids flie, my spirit bids me b y d :
Quhen care cummis, then comfort on mee cries.
Poems of the Sixteenth Century, p. 5.
2. Environed.
" The capitane hauing his hundreth men to haue
1 audit at Eeith, was unbeset I be thir foirnamit with
great defence." Flist. James the Sext, p. 181. For
Umbeset, q. v.
U N B I D D A B L E , adj. Unadvisable, uncoiniscF
able, S.
V N B I G G I T , part. adj. Not built upon, S.
" In all vther annuellis, to auise gif the awnaris
lattis the ground to be vnbiggit, quhat salbe the chap-
Ian is part gif lie may recognosce the sarnin or not/*
See. Acts Mary 1555, Ed. 1814, p. 489. V. BIG, v.
U N B O D I N G , adj. Unpropitious, unpromising,
Dumfr.
U N B O W S O M E , adj. 1. -Unbending, in a lite-
ral sense, South of S.
e: When the sole of a shoe's turned uppermost, it
makes aye but ane unbowsome overleather." Brownie
of Bodsbeck, ii. 202.
Stiff, obstinate, S . A .
" Wi' a* your kindness to me and mine, ye hae a
dour, stiff, unborn some kind o' nature in ye—it "ill
hardly souple when steepit i' yer ain e'esight." Ibid,
i. 2. V . BouSUM.
From A.S. un negative, and boesum obediens, flexi-
bilis, "tractable, pliant, flexible," Somner; from bug-
an to bend; Teut. ghe-booghsaem, patiens, indulgens.
Onboogigh, inflexibilis, immediately corresponds with
the S. term.
YNBJ11NT, part. adj. N o t burnt.
(e Item, gif samekill rest is vnhrint of the haill te-
nement that aw the annuell as will pay the samin, gif
the annuell may be craifit compleitlie." Acts Mary
1555, Ed. 1814, p. 490.
V N B U R E L Y , adj. F e e b l e ; not burly.
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Thair is m o n j toun man to tuggill is full teuch,
Thoclit thair brandis be black and vnhurely.
Rauf Coily car, C. i. b.
U N C A N N Y , adj. 1. N o t safe, dangerous.] In-
sert, as sense
3. Incautious, imprudent, S.
Conjoin with this sense the quotation from Baillie's
Lett., connected with 2. in D I C T .
4. Mischievous, &c.
5. Supposed to possess preternatural power.] Add;
" Captain/ said Dinmont in a half whisper, c I
wish she binna uncanny—her words dinna seem to
come in God's name, or like other folks. They threep
in our country that there are sic things." Guy Man-
ner in g ? ill. 27 3.
6. Exposing to danger from preternatural causes, S.
<e A child was always considered in imminent dan-
ger until baptised, and was spoken of as being un-
canny, as its presence rendered the house liable to
the visit.-, of these unearthly intruders." Edin. Mag.
.March irtl.q, p. i>\[).
Insert, as sense
7. Severe, as applied to a fall, or blow, S.
He's heen aye short in the wind—since I rode
whip and spur to letch the Chevalier to redd Mr.
Wauvcrley and Vich lan V o h r ; and an uncanny coup
I got for my pains." Waverley, iii. 272.
U N C E , W N S E , ,9. A n ounce. " In weycht of
ten icasiss or t h a r b y A b e r d . R e g . A . 1563.
U N C H A N C Y , .v. Mischance, calamity, Ayrs.
e< ] was thai v ful to learn, that the end o f m y b r o -
ther's widow J d been in peace, and not caused b y
any of those g ievous unchances which darkened the
latter days o f : o many o f the pious in that epoch o f
the great displer-ure." E. Gilhaize, iii. 153.
U N C I I . W C Y , a d j - E Not l u c k y . ] Add;.
2. Dangerous, not safe to meddle with, applied
to persons, S.
— " But I doubt ye wad hae come aff wi* the short
measure ; lor we gang-there-out Hi el and bodies are
an unchancy generation, when you speak to us of bon-
dage." Rob Roy, ii. 206.
3. Ill-fated ; applied to things which are the cause
o f misfortune, trouble, or suffering, S.
Sae wi' sick treatment, I am left my lane,
An' monie a weary foot synsyne hae gane,
Born i' the yerd wi' that unchancy coat,
That he sae sleely said he had forgot.
J loss's IIelen ore, First Edit. p. 98.
U N C L E A N H E A R T S O M E N E S S , a singular
phrase used to express adultery.
Alleged,-—Warrandice is only incurred by legal
deeds, as by a contrary disposition and double rights,
and not by such a natural fact of unclean kearlsomc-
ness." Fount. Dec. Suppl. iii. 293.
U N C L I M M A B I L , adj.What may notbe climbed.
— T h e montanis—stude sa hie aganis him, that
thay apperit unclimmabil." Bellend. T. Liv. 450.
U N C O , adj. 1. Unknown.} Place> as sense
2. Not acquainted.
3, Not domestic.] Add;
Shortsyn unto our glen,
Seeking a her ship came yon unlctf men,
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N C
An' our ain lads, albuist I say't my sell,
But guided them right cankardly and snelL
Ross's Helenore, First Edit. p. 62.
4. So much altered, as scarcely io be recognised ;
having the appearance of change, S.
" The neighbours—expressed, in feeling terms,
their sense of the sad change that had taken place
in the appearance of the house, which they said was
now sae unco, they would scarcely ken it for the same
place/' Cottagers of Glenburnie, p. 26*0.
5. Strange, unusual.] Add;—surprising.
"Aprile 1683,—strange and uncorv diseases happens
people. In Menteith severall families taken with an
tin cow disease, like unto convulsion fits, their face
throwing about to their neck, their hands gripping
close together,"' See. Law's Memor. p. 246.
6. Strange, as applied to country ; denoting that
in which one has not been born, S.
t : I was doomed—still I kept my purpose in the
cage and in the stock—I was banished—I kept it in
an unco land—I was scourged,—I was branded—
It lay deeper than scourge or red iron could rc:.ci —
and now the hour is come." Guy Mann. iii.
7. Distant, reserved in one's manner towards
another, S.
U N C O , S. I . A n y thing strange or prodigious, S . O .
u He—lifting his hands into a posture of admira-
tion, cried as if he had seen an unco." Provost, p. 1 lJ<J.
2. A strange person, a strange r, S.O.
u We had advised her, by course of post, of our
coming, and intendment to lodge with her as -'.ncos
and strangers." Annals of the Parish, p. IfjI.
" Poor boy,—ye'll soon seethe want of education
whan ye gang tae the uncos / * ye canna expect, to be
a' your days about your father's fireside." Writer's
Clerk, i. 122. " * Meaning among strangers;" N. ib.
" I was nae sae lang'about my parents as what ye
hae been; I was sent to the uncos when \ was only
seven years o' age." J bid. p. lJIO.
A.S. uncuth is used in this very sense ; in the da-
tive uncuthum. Ne J'ytigeath hig uncut hum ; A stran-
ger will they not follow. J oh. 10. 5.
U N C O L I E , U N C O L I E S , adv. Greatly7, very much,
strangely, to a surprising degree, A b e r d . T h e
latter is used, ibid, and Loth.
This must be traced to A.S. unculhlice, imisitatc,
used obliquely.
U N C O L I N S , adv. In a strange or odd manner,
F i f e ; from Unco, and the termination tins de-
noting quality. V . L I K G I S .
U N C O S , S.pi. News, S . R . ] Add;
In Clav. Yorks. unculhs, id.
V N C O A C T E D , U N C O A C T I T , part adj. • Not
forced, voluntary.
<c I cannot refuse both the honourable and thank-
full conditions to myselff,—speciallie quhair thay
cum of frie will vncoacted or compelled." Pitscottie's
Cron. p. 34. V. C O A C T , C O A C T I T .
" Uncoactit or compallit." Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
The negative particle is meant to serve both words.
U N C O I S T , Expense.
" Allowand—fiftj d. striuilingis of imponitioune
[[impost J takin fra him in In gland, togidder with
 U N D V N D
tlie custumez, fraucht, & vncostis maid be the said Now thankit be Drichtine,
George of the said malt." Aet. Audit. A. 1438,p. 117- That ane of vs sail never hine
" Bot gif the merehand persew his merchandice Vndeid in this place.
within yeir and day fra the said perishing and tinsel, Rauf Coilyear, D. ij. a.
he sail recover it, pay and the uncoistis of the saifing U N D E R C O T T E D , part. adj. Apparently for
to thame that has clone the samim" Sea Lawis, Bal- under coated.
(c A slight way of healing indeed, which now is
four's Pract. p. 633; i. e. the expense of salvage.
The prefix might here seem to change the signi- undercotted, and seems to be incurable," &e. Walker's
fication of the noun. Un, however, is not used ne- Rem. Passag. p. 76.
gatively, but intensively. The word is evidently The allusion seems to be to a sore which festers
the same with Teut. on-kost dispendiom, which also under the superficial scurf brought over it, from
denotes unnecessary expense, profusion ; Sumptus being healed two hastily.
superfluus, sumptus extraordinarius ; Kilian. U N D E R E I T , adj. A term applied to peats cast
Y N C O M E , U N C O M E , .V. Apparently, approach. in a peculiar mode, Gall.
ff Vnderjit peats, peat turf, digged beneath the
The Congregatiouii—hadchosine fyve imrdreth
of thair best horsemen to prik and hold in the French foot, not in the common way of cutting them of a
vncome over the w a tier of Eden." Pitseottie's Cron. breesti. e. off abreast; Gall. Enc.
p. 538. " To stop the French from crossing,"" &c. U N D E R - F U R S O W I N G , sowing in a shallow
Edit. 1728. p. 205. furrow.
" Thus thir people were slay eel uncome to Aber- « jf y O U fi nc i it so sandy that it cannot be left
deen at this time, whereat the army there took great rough,—sow the rye above the dung, plow it down
exception." Spalding's Troubles, i. 159- with an ebb fur, (which is termed under-jur sowing)5
<c Thirdly, their naughty reasons all edged for with- then sow the clover and rye-grass, and harrow them
holding or the nobles uncomc to the king, backed * in gently with light harrows." Max. Sel. Trans, p. 34.
also with much mure threatiung." Ibid. p. 1SS. U N D E R G O R E , adj. " In a state of leprous
t Tncomc is perhaps q. ottcome, coming on or forward. eruption Gh Sibb.
U s COM i-:, adj. Not come, not arrived. UNDERN, T h e third hour of the artificial
'"f i ie missed some of the Strathboggie folk uncome day, according to the ancient reckoning, i. c.
there, whereupon he directed M * Konalu to go plun- nine o'clock A. M.
der and bring them in." Spalding, ii. "172. " Na man duelland ututli the burgh sail by bestis
U N C O S T , .y. E x p e n c e ; the same? with Oncost, for to sla befor that undem be runnyn in wyntyr,
sense 1. " Eraucht and vncostis o f certane ande mydmorne in somyr. Bot the propyr flesche-
geir;' 1 Aberd. I t eg. Cent, 16. waris of the toune sal by bestis to the oyse of the
Onkost is the proper orthography. For uti is a toune al tyme of the day at hym lykis." Leg. Quat.
negative; whereas, on denotes what is imposed, i. e. Burg. e. 66.
laid on as the price of any article. Belg. onkosten,
Ante lerciam pulsatara in hieme, et primam in es-
charges, expellees. This seems properly to denote
tate. Lat. Runnijn seems to be for rungijn, or rung.
additional charges, as in sense 2. of (Jnkost. For
The passage is thus given in an ancient MSl
Kilian defines onkosten; Quaecuneue emptioni acee- ee Na man wonnand in the kings burgh sal by
dm it et pra> ter pretium ab emptore erogantur.
bests to sla befor that vndem be runnyn in wyliter,
U N T I / L . ' D V , adj.] Dele, .and Head;
& mydmorn in somer." Bur. Laws, e. 56. MS. Adv.
UN(dOl)rTHY/m//. 1. Dreary, causing fear, Lib. U. 4. ult. fob v. 138.
S. ; prom inicomhj, S. 1>. What might have been necessary for illustrating
Tyne heart, tyne a'; we'd even talc sic be eld this term has been anticipated under the word Onx-
As thir uncouihij heather-hills can yield. TEEN, q . v .
Ross's TIelenore, p. 74. U N D E R S P E A K I N G , wwfcr pretence of speak-
Under the influence o f fear, S.B. Eery synon. ing with.
3 . Unseemly, Fife. Y . COUTH, COUTHY. " Kingcausie being a fine gentleman, scorned to be
U N C U N N A N D L Y , adv. Unknowingly.] Add; tane with the like of him, and 7inderspeaking this
" But they retired mcunnandlie to a place called . William Forbes, shoots this gentleman dead with a
the Staige My re, quhair mony of thair hors laired." pistol." Spalding, ii. 226*.
Pitseottie's Cron. p. 403-4. U N D E R S T A N D A B L E , adj. Intelligible.
U N D A L A 5 adj. Mean, despicable, Shetl. ee This uncouth act, scarce understandable, bred

This has perhaps been borrowed from the Dutch, great fear and perturbation amongst the king's loyal
as Teut. ondeghclick signifiesimprobus. It may, how- subjects." Spalding, ii. 122.
ever, be from Isl. wan, used as E. un in composition, U N D I G H T E D , part adj. N o t dressed, S.
and daell anaiisuetus, liber, odaell, inutilis. " Lana rudis, undighted wool." Wedderb. Vocab.
Y N D E P K E S I T , pari. adj. Y\ dthout acqtdttance. p. 21. V . D I C H T , V.
ec That the said James sail content & pay to the T o Y N D I R G A N G , v. a. T o incur, to be sub-
said Johne the somme of v li contenit in the said jected to.
sentence arbitrale & vndefesit tharintill." Act. Dom. " And failyeing tharof that he tak the lande to
Cone. A . 1 4 9 2 , p. 273. V. D E F E S E , V. him self and vndirgang the det." Pari. Ja. III. A*
U N D E G R A T E , adj. Ungrateful. Y . U N G R A T E . 1469, Acts Ed. 1814, "p. [)6.
V N D E I D , adj. A l i v e , in the state of life. A.S, under-gang-an subire, to undergo,
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U N D I R S T A N D I N , part. pa. • Understood.
—Cf The euidentis, richtis, ressounis, & allega-
eions of bath the partijs beand herde, sene, & vndir-
, the lordis of counsaile, ripely avisit, de-
&c. Act. Audit. A. 1465, p. 5.
V N D I S P 0 N I T , part. pa. Not given away.
— " At this present thair ar sindierie prelaces va-
cand, vndhponit to onie person or personis quhatsum-
euir." Acts Ja. VI. 1597, Ed. 1814, p. 143.
V N D I S T R U B L I T , part pa. Undisturbed.
— " That lettres be writin to the balye of Lawdir-
dale, chargeing him—to kepe & defend the saide
Elisabeth vndistrnblit in the broukin & joysing of the
samyne in tyme to cum." Act. Audit. A. 146*6, p. 5.
U N D O O M I S , UNDUMOUS, adj. ( G R . -,.) Im-
mense, uncountable, what cannot be reckoned,
A u g . , Shetl. " A n undumons sicht," an im-
mense quantity or number, Mearns.
Verelius gives'isl. vandaeml as signifying, nimis
ieniter et negligenter judication. Da cud exenipla,
documenta; or daernum, sine exemplis, inauditum.
V . UNDEMUS.
V N D O U T A B L E , adj. Indubitable, that can-
not be called in question.
Anent the questioune—tuiching the richtis to
the hospitale of Brechin callit the Masindew, clamit
be the said Archibald be presentacioun of James
due of Ross, quhilk is vndoutable patron of the,
lyn, the lordis ordanis,J &e. ct. Dom. Cone.
A. 1488, p. 103.
This, although not mentioned by Johns., has been
used in O.K., as Sherwood has undoubtable.
U N D R A I K I T , part. adj. Not drenched, Stir-
lings. V . D R A K E , D H A I K , V .
U N E A R T H L Y , - adj. Ghostly, preternatural,
S . ; wanearthly, S.B.
But how shall I thee ken, Tamlane,
Or how shall I thee knaw,
Amang so many unearthly knights,
The like I never saw ?
Scott's Minstrelsy Border, ii. 253.
V N E C E R T , adj. Uncertain; Lat.
" Tharfor the said decret of forfaltour is
inept, and generale, & following and
vpoune ane vnecert, inept & generale libell." Acts
Mary 1513, Ed. 1814, p. 440.
V N E N D X T , part. pa. Unfinished, not termi-
nated,
" The maiste parte [majority] of thaim—sal have
the ful power—to aviss, determyn, tret, & conclude
—al materis concerning the weilfair of our souerane
lorde that ar now assynnit in this present parliament
& vnendit" Acts Ja. III. A. 1471, Ed. 1814, p. 100.
U N E S C H E W A B I L , adj. Unavoidable.] Add;
« Becaus the schott of gunnys, hagbutis, hand
bowis, and vther small artalyerie now commonlie
vsit in all cuntreis baithe be sey and lande in thare
weris, is sa felloune and vneschewable to the pithe
and hie curage of noble and vailyeand mene;—that
euery landit man within, this realme sail haue ane
hagbute of found," &c. Acts Ja, V. 1535, Ed. 1814,
p. 345.
U N - E V E R , adv. Never, at no time, Moray.
This resembles the formation of A.S. nacfre, ne«
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aefre, by means of the negative prefixed to aefre,
ever, also of Moes.G. niaivi, as well as of Lat. nun-
(piam, q. ne-iinquam, not ever. Y , D E L I U E R L Y .
t J N F A R R A N T , adj. Senseless, without quick-
ness of apprehension, Ettr. For.
" Mumps—O, man, ye're an unfarrant beast!
I never saw sic an- unfeasible creature as you.53'
Brownie of Bodsbeck, ii. 260. V. F A R A N D .
U N F E I L , adj. 1. Uncomfortable, Roxb.
2. Rough, not smooth, ibid. V. F E I L .
U N F E I R O C I I , adj. Feeble, frail, unwieldy;
The same with Unfery, Ettr. For.
a Gang about your business, and dinna plague a
poor auld unfeiroch man." Perils of Man, iii. 212.
U N F E U E D , part. adj. Not disposed of in few, S.
" The unfeued and unproductive property would
also be exposed to sale in way of few." Aberd. Journ.
Jan. 20, IS 1Q.
U N F O R E . C£ All in ane voce baitht fore & un-
J o r e A b e r d . Reg. Cent. 16.
This might seem to signify, " for and against."
There is a difficulty, however, from the voice being
spoken of as unanimous. Un has evidently the power
of not.
U N F O T H E R S U M , adj. A term applied to
the weather, when not favourable to vegetation,
Durnfr.; corr. from iirvforihersiim, q. what does
not further the crop. V. F O E D E R S U M . '
U N F R E E , adj. Not enjoying the liberties of
a burgess, Aberd.
— " T h e Dean of Guild with the burgesses of
guild—presently condescended to lend and advance
1 ('00 pound - .sterling, for the whilk ilk man, free arid
uujrce, w;i.s soundly taxed." Spalding, ii. 200.
U N F R I E N D S H I P , .v. Enmity. 1
<f J nimieitiae—unfriendship." Desp. Gram. D. 8, b,
U N F R U G A E , adj. Lavish, given to expense.
<f He was not given to the cares of this world,
though not iuij rugal; for although he had very
small incomings by his charge,—he left his children
in good condition." Craufurd's Univ. Edin. p. 113,
U N F U T E - S A I R , adj.] Add;
A tyme quhen scho was full and wnfut sair
Scho tuke in mynd hir sister wpoland.
Henry son, Tale of the Twa Mysex
Auchinl. MS. fo. 321,
In Sibbald's Edition from the Bannatyne MS.,
the word is corrupted into on fute fare.
U N G A N G , W N G A X G , 6%. .
" And als for the parting of the said maisteris
fysche thre tymmez on ane wngang, quhar thai suld
be twa tymmez partit on ane haill day." Aberd,
Reg. V. 16. A. 1538,
This seems to denote the range made by a fishing*
boat for one draught of the net, or the act of land-,
ing; A.S. on-gang, ingressus.
T o U N G A N G , v. a. Itimgayigs me sair, I am
much deceived, I am greatly mistaken, Ang.
An' sae I hadd it best, ye bid the lad
Lay's hand to heart, an' to the bargain hadd.
For it ungangs me sair, gin at the last
To gang together binna found the best.
Boss's Helenore, First Edit. p. 85.
For I am much mistane, &c. Edit. Third,
 U N H U N K
This term resembles Teut ont-gaen, evadere, de- to the state of the atmosphere; as, " an un-
flectere ; errare, praeyarieari; et exeedere limites ; it early day? a day that is cold and damp, S.
Kilian. This is obviously formed from gaen to go, 2. Transferred to bodily feeling, when one ails a
with the negative prefixed. The pret. is on Igin g ; little; especially as regarding the sensation of
as, Belg. Zyjie spraak onlgjng him; His speech failed cold, S.
him ; Sew el. Dan. undgaa-c, also signifies to escape. U X H I \ E , U x i i v x r . , adj. I . E x t r a o r d i n a r y , un-
U N G E I I T D , U N G E I R I T , adj.] Add, as sense precedented, unparalleled, m al):td sense, A b e r d .
2. Castrated, Ayrs. 2. E x p l . u immense, excessive,''' M o r a y ; also g e -
Picken gives it different senses conjunctly. " Un- nerally u-ed in a bad sense.
gear d, gelded; naked; unharnessed ;" Gl. Perhaps, as A.S. geheud signifies prope, ui.'i h, from
U N GIT A T E ,UND E G II AT E , adj. Ungrateful, S.B. un-gchciid, non propinquus, loiiginu nus. Or snail
Ye Muses, who were never yet ungrate, we view it as formed, hv prefixing the negative, from
When you your benefactor's deeds relate, &c. A.S. hi wan, Jam; hares, persons el* the same family
Mestons Foam, p. 145, Ed. 1802.
or household," (Siminer) ; q. entire strangers.
Undegrate is also used, Aberd.; as in the following
U X I I O N E S T . adj. 1. Dishonourable. ] Add;
Prov.; £f It's tint gueed that's dane [[clone] to the
Anciently, it would seem, that oi" a barber was
underrate!'
viewed as a very menu occupation.
V N G R O N D , part pa. Not grinded.
" Kepeliit Ira passing up on ane assise,—all per-
" That Thomas Kirkpatrick—sail restore—half a
sounis tiiat ar of vile and uu honest office or vocalioun,
boll of malt vngrond, price x s." Act. Dom. Cone.
A. 1488, p. 92. as clenyar of drauchtis sewers, as iii K., or en-
V N H A B I L L , YNHABILE, UNHABLE, adj. 1.
trails ad in S . r ] .vchatter uj' Laird'tn." I3allbur's Tract,
Unfit for any purpose whatsoever; used in a p. 379.
general sense. 2. Dishonest, Aberd.
« The quenis grace—hauand respect to the greit " T o have a special care that information be time-
and exliorbitant derth ryssin in this real me of victu- ously made against every bishop, with the MUV evi-
allis, &c. and vnderstandand that the occasioun thair- denees thereof, anent—the pure hasin-v of the. bi-hop-
of is because of the superfluous cheir usit commonn- ricks by b r i b e s , t h e i r - . s t dea 1 i n g n b;n• <_;ain.and
lie in this real me alsweill amangis small as greit men, abusing of their va»als." Spalding'.- Troubles, i.
to the greit hurt of commoun weill of the samin, and VXJIO K.ST r M, .v. 1. I n j ustiee. j Add ;
dampnage to the bodie, quhilk makis ane man vn/ia- 2. I n d e c o r o u s c o n d u c t , indecent, carriage.
bill to exerce all lei full and gude warkis necessare," " A n d ills tin; rnhoncsrie and mErcule of kirkmene,
&c. Acts Mary, 1551, Ed. 1814, p. 488. baith in witt, knawlegcaiid lmmeris, i* the mater and
% Unfit for travelling, by reason o f age or bodily causs that the kirk and kirkmene are lychtlvit and
contempiiit/' See. Acts Ja. V , 1510, Ed. 1814, p. :;70.
" Gif—it be sufficientlie provin—that he is seik, 3. Dishonesty, Aberd.
Impotent, or of greit age, swa that he may not travel, T o V N Y , v. a. T o unite; Fr. unir, id.
the Judge sould pass, or send his clerk, as he pleisis, " That it sail be lefull till his grace to diuide schi-
upon the expensis of him that is tin habile and seik, refdomez, & create, vny, & annex the sammy ne," See.
to pois [pose or interrogate closely] and ressave his Acts Ja. IV. 150Q, Ed. 1814, p. 2()7.
aith apon sic thingis as ar referrit to the samin," UNICOllN, T h e denomination of a gold coin,
Balfour's Pract. p. 861. struck in S. in the reign of James I I I . ; and
<c All this time the marquis is storm staid in Mel- thus designed as exhibiting a unicorn support-
gyne, old and unhabile to travel, in so great a storm." ing a shield with the royal arms.
Spalding's Troubles, I 42, " Item in unicornis nyne hundrethe & four score."
8. Under a legal disability; used as a forensic term. Inventories, p. 1.
— " Decerning thair fore his dignetie, name & me- This had been the common designation of the coin.
morie to be extinct,—and his posteritie to be fra thine For in Aberd. Reg. mention is made of " ane vnieorn
furth unliable to bruik offices, honour & dignetie with- gud & sufficient gold." A. 1538, &c. V. 16.
in this realm e." Acts Mary 1567;, Ed. 1814, p. 573.* — " James III. introduced the unicorn holding the
The term contrasted with this, in the same act, in shield; the largest of these weighs 48 gr. the half in
the form of restoration, is able. proportion/" Cardonnel's Numism. Pref. p. 28.
<<r And sic like his posteritie & linage—to be re- U N I C O R N E J S H , the name given b y our sea-
storit to thair ancient honour, fame & dignitie, and men to a species of whale.
to be maid able to bruik and joiss offices, honouris <Sc " Monodon Monoceros. Linn.—Scot. Unicorn
dignitie within this realme." Fish " Dr. Walker's Essays on Nat. Hist., p. 527.
U N H A N T Y , U N H A U N T Y , adj. 1. Inconveni- U N I T E , s. T h e designation-of a gold coin of
ent, Loth. V . L I A K T Y . James VI.
% u Unwieldy, overlarge; a very fat person is " The piece No. 1. was first called the Unite, on
called unhaunty? Gl. Picken, Renfr, account of the union of the two kingdoms under one
The hirpling pining gout prince; they afterwards obtained the appellation of
Swairt baith his legs unhaunty, Jacobus s and Broad Pieces.—Their value was at 20
Like beams that day. English shillings; afterwards they increased to 25,
A. Wilson's Poems, 1 7 1 9 , P - 2 0 1 . V . H A N T Y . wdiich was 12 pounds Scots." Cardonnel's Numism,
U N H E A R T Y , adj. 1. Uncomfortable; applied Scot, Pref. p, 31,
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\ \"Av/rj/IK. Ignorance. " And the soume of the baronis to be raisit of all
C£That ail >< hirefh> c\e. tak the copie of thir arti- lord is, baronis, freiialdaris, fre tennandis, ladyis of
ehs or tha ; d» p-.rt, at thav may not excibc thame o f tercis jont, ftd'tnientidowrvis, and vtheris, quhat-
the rh!nnn:!i">l(' of t! : r articlis." Acts Ja. H I . 1488, sinnener hafand vtouth burgh nniiorfij)/it." Pail. Ja.
T o . j .si !, j.-. Jbb. III. A . 1 U) 7, Acts 1 • a I. I S 14, ]). .00. 1 V. M O R T I F Y .
' I ' h i - v. ..a d in t> f o r m a t i o n r e - e i n b l e s T o u t ,
: on- T o U X N E S T , v. a. T o dislodge.
/' "/.'/',» , f i'ft.xi It {'ft, h/norantia, inscitia. — { i rJ hefpie en—1 ike ane other Amaso n e, by her own
\ N L A Y , .v. K n e , th-.* Niiiu: v ' t h (dnlaw. example encourages the soldiers to be valorous, and
— A t that be a punt of dittay in tyme to cum, to unnc,sl from that hold the ancient enemies of ther
ant! at tin ndn j la- >; 1; t o A d d e r with an e men (lis o f countrey." Memorie of the Somervilks, i. 222.
th" p r t ' j according to the A a i t h A is.v..—" Item, as U N O O l l A M E N T , adj. Uncomfortable, u n -
anent the i ;tl>:tf ai' the grene wod," isc. Acts Ja. IV". pleasant, St rath more.
1 .>o:;. Ld. I.Si t. p. L' V N O R D E l l L Y , adv. Irregularly.
T o U N I . . \ W , v. a. T«> line.] Add; " 'J'iie lord is ol' })arliamej)t decretis—that the pro-
h the artimm—for la;- winning of the said ces.^is of the brcif of richt }>urchest be lb Joert ofSpens
Abe;r. Pdare in the >chiiaT -amrt o f Fill", the tyme —tuiching the landis of Kittid}', proiaalit ik led be-
th (t h- w e . at the -chiref court o f Perth," &c. A c t . fore the Sehircf of 1mff \ his deputis, is vnlach-
A m i d . A. !-!Ui, p. ! o'4. J'ully and rnurdcrlj/ pia;ceditA &c. Act. Audit. A*
Y N L A N ! ) 1 T , adj. Not in po>-es^:on o f herit- 1471, p- H>.
able pi •; ,'.•!"! Y. \ \ I * A SSI N (4, par/, pr. Xot going or departing-.
( ):i!'c on crane 1«*r< 1 i•:o\ it <»f oa-t e. \\ it h the conn- <k In t h e l i i e n c t y m e o r d a i n s t h e h a i l j estaittis pre-
•: • 1 <»!';,;, h. ;i,.dr tha' all ! he toidis mova- sent li" eon to remove in this toun vnpassing
J,i;! bA.-nAi-i!* t< . the pur-' / h! and it folk is he restorit forth <>f th<- mi \ ne, (ju hi 111In - pru'lianient be—-endit."
and i irihieiat a-ma-A A c t , Ja. i \ . J ihS, Ed. 1814, A<-ts Ja. \ I. l^yl, Kd. 1SI I-, p. o'Ji.
p. -JUT. L N P L E \ ' LP, part. adj. Not subjected to liti-
UN L E I L E E , adj. Unlawful. gation by law.
" S i c f; I a v" r> unirjull, & spec! al 1 ie (kirti s / ' is c. Aberd* ''That all the sindri landis—of the quhilkis—king
H E II'. V . I JIMS. James —had in peceabill posscssioune, sal abide &
U N L E I E S U M , adj. Unlawful. rem ay n with on re said souerane lorde that now is—-as
( ' n j.i:i rsi'.M Ki.vi'., adv. Unwarrantably. his fadir broukit thaim vndemandit and unpleyit of
T o Knaw thair rev k they maid 11a diligence; ony man befor ony jug<?—on to the tyme of his lauch-
I ' ulr'.fsnnhjf-' thay Ii - it propertjV. i'u\ aii'eA Pari. Ja.'iL A. I 4- 1A, Acts lid. 1814, p. 33.
Pa~sim_r the bwinidA of wih'uil povertie. V. Plmv, v.
I Jtnd.saj/x 1 ) rare. \k Li;-rM. XNPLEXISSIrY.part.p>a. Not furnisiied, waste.
1 'if/, ;j;n'hc ; Aberd. Peg. Am' gia.'ta ])ait of tlie reahne. and special ie nere
\ N L E T T i N. pari. jja. Vn. n leased. the bordouris, has bene thir mony yen's, in our soue-
'1 hat all— vagabondL, >tr;mg and \dill beggal'is rane lordis Icsse age, rnjilrni.sxif, and ane gret part of
taken wandering—be eom-.mtt.it in ward in the the inland spulyeit ol'thar gudis." Acts Ja. V. 1535,
cmrmiouu p r e l u m , stokU or irnis, within than- iuris- Ed. LSI 4, p. 3 U>\ 3 1 - 7 - V . PM:XIS.

dietioun; thair t.<> bekepk ndel/inU* libertie,—quhill V N I M I O U I S I T L I E , adr. Without previous in-
thav be pi it to the knaw lege of ane ass}' issA Actstimat ion, immediate 1 y.
Ja/\'L Ed. IS1 pi 8J. a Be hir vngodlie, and dishonourabill proceding

U N i , I E E - 1 , 1 K E , adj. to ane pretendit mariage with him [Tothwell] sud-

Not h a v i n g the appear-
ance o f '/.ioht<r9 or o f recovery f r o m disease, dandlie, and vnproidsilUe thairefter, it is maist cer-
South o f S. tain e, that scho was preuie, airt, and pairt, of the ac-
1 .-ee the chaps are living, an' no thiitunUfe-Uke, tuall deuise and deidof the foirnamit murthourof the
gs a b o d y may sa Brownie o f Bodsbeck, iii. 75.king her 1 audi full husband;" &c. Acts Ja. VI. 15o"7,
Q. iit;t uniiLe ///a. Ed!^ 1814, p. 27.
U N 7 . 1 AS SLAM, adj. Unlovely.] Add; Fr. a I'improviste, a I'improvcu," suddenly, at una-
I'n/nsian is still used, S. It is more emphatical wares, before it was thought of, or looked for;" Cotgr.
than the E. adj. Unlovely: It does not merely imply U N P R U D E N C E , 5a Imprudence.
that the object referred to is not attractive, but in- " I drede that sninthing be done be imprudence or
cludes the idea of something repulsive or disgusting. folie of my pepill." Bellend. T. Liv. p. 163.
U N M E N S E F I P , U X M E N C E F U ' , adj. 1 . Unman- U N P U R P O S E , adj. A u k ward, slovenly, in-
nerly, S.A. exact, untidy, A b e r d . ; q. not suited to the pur-
cc Gallants,—what's the mean in' o' a5 this umhence- pose ostensibly in view.
fu rampaging?" Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 116. U N P U R P O S E L I K E , adj. Exhibiting the appearance
2. W i t h o u t discretion or any thing approaching of aukwardness, or of not being adapted to the
to generosity. " H e is aneetieunmensefii b o d y ; use to which any thing is applied, S.
lie did not even offer me meat in his bouse;"" U N P U T , part. pa. Not put. Unput aside, not
Ber wicks. put out o f the way, not secreted.
Cf They spoily ied what they could get unput aside ;
V N M O R T I F Y I T , part pa. N o t under a deed
o f mortmain. but finding little, they barbarously brought down beds,
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boards, ambries, and plenishing within the house.' good gentleman vouchsaft to make Imn he-
Spalding, i. 231. , . nion (because my husband put him into a m«,v
1. Vx-ruT-FuiiTir ? part. pa. Not ejected. and now see, how the unrude rascal 1 backbite.- dm. !"
" The termentis, lauboraris, and inhabitantis [[of ] Ben. Jonson's Works, i. 120.
ony the said landis sail remane vn put furth or re- Perhaps originally the same with Ldvmmm rj. v.
movit quhill the next terme of Witsonday folowand," U N R U F E , -v. T r o u b l e , toil, vexation.
&c. Acts Ja. IV. 1491, Ed. 1814, p. 225. I ieid my life in this land with mekh mru/cy
2. U N E P U T TO D E A T H , not executed. Baith tyde and tyme in all my tramde.
" The said laird seing her maiestie in sic dolor and Ra 11 f ('o'djpeur, j\ij, f).
heaveness, advertised her, that he had saved the-— Germ, unruhc, Su.G. oero, Teut. u/t-ruciure^ m-
Earle of Huntly vncpul to death " Marioribanks* quies, on-roendgh, inquietus.
Ann. p. 16. E N lid ' N N V N, part. pa. Not run, not expired.
U N I I E A B I L L I T , part. pa. u A n e priestis son — f f T l i e said A l e x r . >all o U e r u e & k e p e to t h e

vnreahillit A herd. Keg. Cent. 16. said D a u i d as are to his iadv r the tak o f t o e said

The meaning seems to be, not legitimated, yet le- landis & f i - c h i n g i s — f u r .-m ninny t y m c s now to em 11
gally in a state of bastardy. V. R E H A B L E , R E A B I L L . a.s was unrunnyn o f t h e x ; x y e n s the t y m e o f the d e -

V N R E C 0 U N S A L E XT, part.pa. Unreconciled. cess o f v m q u h i l e t h e s.dd G e o r g e . ' .Vet. A u d i t . A .

5

" That quhatsumeaer persoun or persounis ar de- 1474, p . 37.

nnncit cursit,—and lyis thair in obstinatlie be the U K S E L E , U N S E L L , s. % A wicked or worthless

space of ane yeir, or ressaifis the body of God blist person.] Add;
and halie sacrament vnder the said cursing, vnrecoun- , The term unsell is still used in Dumfries-shire,
sallit to the bosum of the halie kirk, that all thair Scoury unsell is a contemptuous designation applied
gudis mouabill throw that deid sail fall in our soue- to a child, by one who is in bad humour.
rane lady is hanclis be reason n of e.jclieit," &c. Acts The provincial E. word Ounsel is evidently the
Mary .1551, Ed. 18 14, p. 482. same. It is thus expl. by Mr. Thorcsby : " A title
U N R E G R A T E 1 ) , part. adj. I Tmoticed, untold. of reproach, sometimes applied (a* by Mr. Garlmt,
" This man could not suffer tm Jnatter long to be in Jus Demonstration of the Ue.-u nvction of Christ)
unrelated to the kin^." Pit scett:.•, Ed. 1 TbS, p. 267- to the Devil." Ray's Lett. p. ;;::t.
U N R E G U L A R , adj. Irregn, .r, Aberd. C N S E N S I B L E , adj. Destitute of the exercise
V N R E M E M B R A N.1 >, pari. //. Unmindful. of reason, S.
— " His grace think is that he ^ iii nocht be vnre- The poor lad was not so unsensible, but he km • *v
membrand and vngrate for the gude and thankfnil to do iiis bidding-.—No that lie's unsen:;i>',/>•, except
seruice done to him be his saidis erlis, lordis," &c. when a notion takes him." Discipline, iii.
Acts Ja. V. 1540, Ed. 18 J 4, p. 3()3. U N S E T T I N G , p a r t . adj. Not becoming.
V N R E S P O N S A L L , adj. Unable to pay a fine " In no calling vnder the sun, we should do any
or d e b t ; a forensic term. thing that is vnsetling, or vnseemiie to this chro ii.i.1
C( The said thrid penal tie to be pait to the awn er of calling : but ail our actiones .-.ime' ' be ruled eoa-
the wod, brume, or yairdis. bot in caiss the conn forme to it." Rollock on 1 Thes. p. V. NET, r. o.
mittar of the wrang be e/rre,span sat!, he sail for the VNSI1 A M E E A S T N E S S E , .v. Shameie-m-.-s.
first fait be put in the stokkis, presoune, or yrnis, aucht And take from mee vnshamcjaslnesse,
dayis on breid and wattir/' &c. Acts, Ja. VI. 1579, And God and man to ioue and dreid.
Ed. 1814, p. 145. V. Rkm'oxs.vu.. Poems oj'the Sixteenth Century, p. 70.
U N R E S T , ,9. I. T r o u b l e . ] Add; U N SK A I T H E D ' , part adj. U n11 urt, S.
This word is used by Shakespear. A literary friend inquires ; ce Is there any con-
Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west, nexion between this word and Gi\ I
Witnessing storms to come, woe, and unrest, shall answer his query in the language of Hire, with
King Richard II. whose judgment he unconsciously coincides. In il-
U N R E U L E U L L , adj. Ungovernable. lustrating Su.G. skad-a nocere, having observed that
" Quhair thair is ony rebellouris or unreal full men Waehter traces this word to Gr. "am damnum, he
within castellis or fortalicis bald in or resett,—that adds; Quod vero aliqua propiore notione riostram
the lieutennent rais the cuntrie, and pas to sic housis, vocem attigerit Graecismus, mihi videor concludere
and arreist thair persounis." Park Ja. II. A. 1437, Ed. posse ex '^yj^/.c, quod Scholiastes Homeri interpret
1566, fob 26. tatur illaesum,
V N R O V N G I T , part.pa. Not gnawed or fretted. U N S O N S I E , adj. 1. Unlucky, S.] Add,as sense
tc The bailyeis char git him to take the Inglis grot 2. Causing ill luck, fatal; as applied to tiie sup-
vnrovngit for thre sous in pament [[payment]." posed influence of witchcraft, S.
Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16. V. RONGED. An old man, remembered in Nithsdale, had een
U N R U D E , adj. Vile, impure.] Add; of such unsonsie glance, that they blasted the first
This term is still used in Ayrs., and expl. ff Base, born of Ins yearly flocks, and spoiled his dairy.—.
vile, diabolical; d e t e s t a b l e a s , wirude bleeries," The wise and discerning people, instead of flying in
abominable falsehoods. the face of the ' Unsonsie Cartin/ pay her tribute in
In Q.E. it occurs in a moral sense, as nearly the secret to avert her glamour. A goan of new milk
game with the modern adj. Worthless. was a bribe for the byre; new meal, when the corn
" Here's an unthankfull spitefull wretch! tlie wras ground, and a dish full of groats, compounded for
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tiie crop.-." fU-nirtln- of N ith-daic Sonp, p. 288, Ore taccnt populi tunc, cum venit aurea pompa:
Ipsa sacerdotes subsequiturque suas.
8. Drearv, siigg< ^iiiig 11 it' idea oi' goblins. S. Amor. Lib. iii. Eleg. 13.
It. u i i l In- p a t . > u ; . •;- e t alt.' r I IJ.'L 1 >ae k f r a e t h e Tarere sacr/s, fair re Unguis, and pascere linguam,
Caotaiif-, and at the-e n.,<,ii:;-} a i r t h e ^ ion h;..s a were forms of specch appropriated to their sacred
bad mane—'heie'- something no that canny about rites, by which they enjoined silence, that the act
auld Janet ( u bailey." V* a\erley, iii. of worship might not be disturbed by the slightest
4. Mj.-c»ue\'ous, S.j »kc. noi-e or murmur. Hence also they honoured Ilar-
" i 'n>.a:cnry I- unluckie, or not fortunate;" Clav. pocrates as the god of silence ; and Xuma instituted
York 55. the worship of a goddess under the name of Tacit a.
rxsoprrr:')./^/r/. Not Stilled, not en- V . Stuck. Saer. (dentil. p. I I I I . V . also To S I N G D U M B .
fhvi\ q u u d - d . F'XS ( S I V F C T , part. adj. Not suspected, or
— k - T h e be-v a n d >urest m e t h o d to b e g e t a n d not liable to suspicion. cc Ane famous wnstis-
maintain I'rieud-iiip to their Q u e e n f r o m her C o n s - pert nssiss Aberd. Reg. A 1#38.
s i n o f E n g l a n d . aft'-r <n l a t e a n d a - y e t unsopitcd jars, CNS W A C K, adj. Stiff, not agile, Aberd.
v.*as t o Miller t h e a i f a i r o f » u c c e s > i < ; n t o ly q u i e t a n d Mv feet w ere swell'd maist out of size ;
u n d i.^t uri >"< I, u n t i l Mich * n . i e a > a m u t u a l a m i t v a n d Yet I gade o'er nae that nnsivack.
c o n f i d e n c e had b e e n . e d hv Une.ii\ o ' i i r " - a n d i n - II '. Ilea!lie's 'Tales, p. b. V. SwACK.
t e r c o u r s e o f l e t t e r K e n ' ; ' - Ili-t. p. ISb. SMIMTK, I' N1 1 F 1.1,1 X, 1' NTiii.i.i NO, adj. What cannot
I r \ S P i - ; M K n \ adj. Nod b(-M^tiered, Kltr. For. be told ; el fit H y applied to number, as denot-
o J__|>egoilde to keep >k iemh'rie houp-s of v. iii- ing what, euniiot. be counted, lioxb.
nnej iii.', i.f n \ ! -e r.i \ < ! J a n k <ut.;pccl;>jl -i h sehauueThere was kr>; M urray of ( denvath ; why,it Was
or di.-graee." Wi.it. Ev. Tale.-. ii. SI. \ . S i - \ ic k . r. uuicllht'f u hat land t.hat man possessed." Blackw.
I ' N S P O I FY i F l ) . fjfir'. j,-a. Wilho.ii being Mag. Mar. J s t:). p. I
subjected In MXJL'Uloll. (.'ontraeted perhaps from A.S. intctlcndHc} inexo-
rahili>, inelfabilis.
J 'he marqui.-. of iiuntly—re.-olved suddenly to
I. f N r iT^XTY, adj. Inattentive, not watchful, S.
take the h o t cour.-e for himself, to s.ive his honour,
" Tiie cursed Highland salvages/ muttered the
his house 'iihsju/dyictl, and his frFnds and servants
captain, hall" aloud ; £ what is to become of me, if
nnplundered.'' Spalding's Troubles, i.
(dustavus the namesake oi' the invincible Lion of the
Lat. Hil\-jinli(ll-HS. V. Sl'l !•:.
Protestant league, should be lamed among their un*
r x s r < ) h ' FX \Y A T K I l , water from under a teiihj iiaiuis !" L<*g. Montr. Tales, ,rjd ser. iv. 25.
b r i d g e . <>v« v w lueh the 11 \ m g j and 1 i:e dead I ' N T K N T K b , part. pa. N<A watched over,
are curried. b r o u g h t in the dawn o r l w i h g h t to not tended.
tiie boil-.' o f a. -iek pern;!), without ; he b«. n J\r"s Leave untenled the herd,
sp(. al.in'j; either jn going; or r e l u m i n g , A b e r d . The flock without shelter, See.
T h e mode., of a.p]>1 ieation are variou.-. Souietiuies Sir fV. Scott's Pibroch of Donald Dim.
the- invalid takes three draughts of it before any U N T I I I R L I T , part. adj. Not astricted.
thing U spoken ; sometimes it is thrown over the
— " They clamit nevir thir landis sa lang as Co-
house, the vessel in which it was contained being
riolos stude fre and unthirUt to Romanis/' Bellend.
thrown alter it. T h e superstitious believe this to he
T. Liv. p. 809-
one of the mo.-t powerful charms that can be em-
U N T H O L E A B L E , adj. Intolerable, S . V.
ployed for restoring a sick person to health.
THOLE, V.
The purifying virtue attributed to water, by almost
UNTHRIFT, Wastefulness.
all nations, is so well known as to require no illustra-
" Many one blames their wife for their own un-
tion. Some special virtue has still been ascribed to
ihriftS. Prov. " I never saw a Scottish woman who
silence iii the u.-.e of charms, exorcisms, &c. I re-
collect being assured by an intelligent person in An- had not this at her finger's ends/' Kelly, p. 250.
gus, that a Popish priest in that part of the country, Unthrij} is used in E., but for an extravagant per-
who was supposed to possess great power in curing son. Johns, thinks it probable that the E. v. to thrive
those who were deranged, and in exorcising demo- is from Isl. thro-a to increase. But it is more imme-
niacs would, if called to see a patient, on no account diately allied to thrif-az proficere, bene valere, and
utter a single word on his way, or after arriving at thrif-a curare ; wdience thrif, bona fortuna, also di-
the house, till he had by himself gone through all ligentia domestica, our thrift. In Su.G.the v. assumes
his appropriate forms in order to effect a cure. Whe- the form of trifrv-as, and is used in the same sense.
ther this practice might be founded on our Lord's U N T H O U G I I T L A N G , withoutthinking long,
injunction to the Seventy, expressive of the diligence without feeling ennui, S.B.
he required, Luke x.4, f f Salute no man by the way," He's ta'en his harp intil his hand,
or borrowed from heathen supposition, it is impos- He harpit and he sang ;
sible to ascertain. We certainly know that the Ro- And ay as he harpit to the king,
mans viewed silence as of the utmost importance in To hand him unthought lang.
their sacred rites. Hence the phrase of Virgil; Glenkindy, A . Laings Thistle of Scot!, p. 32.
Fida silentia sacris. V. To Think lang, tinder Lang, adj.
And the language of Ovid ; U N T I D Y , adj. Not neat, not trim; applied,
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not to the quality of the clothes, but especially phiee* unieinnufii.', by nature of great strength,, with-
to the mode of putting them on, S. out great >k?sith, lest the place without miekle
UNTiniLiE, adv. Not neatly, auk ward ly ; as, on either side." Sp.-ddiug, i. 22S.
£i That's most tmtidilie done;" or, " She was U N W ' O L L I T ; pert. adj. Without wool, hav-
very untidily dressed," S. ing the wool taken off.
Unlydyly, unhandsomely, not neatly, O.E. tff I " Small irn woliit .J-: ynni<, sic as hoyg [hogjseller-
bungyll, or do a thyng vntydyly, or lyke an yuell iingis, .vjadiingis & futfaill." Aberd. Reg. A. 1538,
workman ;" Pahsgr. B. iii. F. 78, b. V. 16.
I J N T I M E O U S , adj. Untimely, unseasonable, V O A L E R , s. A cat, Shetl. ; ci. a 7ccizcler9 Irom
S. V. TIMEOUS.
Isl. vol-a qucrulor, G. Andr.; miserequeri. Hal-
U N T O , used in the sense of untill. dorson ; vael-a^ lainentari, ibid.
For wnlo he proue that he defendes that same Y O A M D , .s*. Meat injured by being to;, luiio'
cans quhilk S. Stephan did defend, and tholit deith kept, Shetl. ; apparently synon. with Jloatn'd^ S.
for, he will neuer cans me to heleue nor grant that Allied perhaps to Isl. ram vitium, culpa, \ en-i. ;
other his folio wars of Edinburgh be lyk the faith full voemm, dedecus, or voma nausea, 1 laidorson ; euc/n-
of Hierusalem, or thair calamities, quhilk t.hay sus- uletrt, nanseabile, G. Andr.
ten it throch his departing, lyk to the affliction of the V O D D E R , , 9 . Weather, Aberd. Reg. V. W O D D K U .
faithfull of Hierusalem efter the death of Stephan." V O E , s. A n inlet, a sound, Orkn.] Dele sounds
J. Tyrie's Refutation, Pref. 6. and read bay, or creek. ] Add ;
cc There is speciall allowance grantit to the said cc Foe signifies a creek, or bay." MS. Explic. of
Eustachius—fra the tyme that he sail enter to the big- Norish Words.
ging of the pannis vnio the four compleit pannis be In that very ancient \orse poem Liyd'hrokar-Ojdilci,
furneist daylie." Acts Ja. VI. 1589, Ed. 1814, p. 183. or the Death-song of Lodbrok, vogr occurs as signi-
V N T R A N S U M Y T , part pa. Not transcribed. fying a bay. Thus Regner is made to say ; " Near
William Adamsone—oblist him that he sail bring JJiaduiiiga-ragi, (I fadni nga's Bay) high towered o\<r
the,writingis laitlie maid be our souerane lorde vn- crests in fierce eneounter." St. I';. Tin* ham*, d
cler his gret seile to the toune of Myddleburghe, and Johnstone views t!ii< either a b;i\r in ( ;rfcm-v,
deliuere the samin agane to the kingis grace and as ]>er}ia}>s I biddington hay in Scroti Mini. 1 .odbrok
lordis within xx dais nixt to cum without langare de- p. 7'. Harthii/irthi ii indeed mentioned in th«-pr. «
lay, vnlransumyt auctentily." Acts Ja. V. 1526, Ed. ceding strophe, which he explains as denoting the
1 8 1 4 , p. 3 1 3 . 1 V . T K A N S U M P T . E irth of Tay, near Perth, an ci en tl veal 1 ed Bertha,}7 0.
V N T R A I S T I E , adj. Faithless, unworthy of Y O G IE, adj. 2. Merry, cheerful. J Add;
trust. We took a spring, and dane'd a Ding.
Traist the vntraistie quha that will,— And wow but we were vogie /
For sic my selfe I will not kill. We didna fear, though we lay near
Poems Sixteenth Cent. p. 201. The Campbells, in Stra bogie.
I T N T R I G , adj. Not trim, slovenly, S. Jacobite Relics, p. SI,
It was noticed,—that his deeding was growing V O Y A G E , A journey ; Fr. id.
bare, and that his wife kept an untrig house." Annals " TJiairefter, they cam to Edinburgh—Sum men
of the Parish, p. 160. V . T R I G . judged nae guid to cum of that voyagePitscottie's
IJ N V I C I A T , part. adj. Productive, not defi- Cron. p. 40.
cient. The Fr. term denotes either a voyage or a journey,
— " Resolution!! is takin, that hir Maiestie, and T o V O Y C E , V O I C E , v. n. T o vote.
hir ch aimer lane in hir name, sail haue full and reall — " We ar borne to have right off place and voyce
possessioun of the said lordschip of Dumfermling, in that high court, hot not witli that knowledge and
and sa mony of the rentis & fmittis thairof as ar these abilities-—requyred in these quho sou Id voyce -
presentlie frie and imviciat." Acts Ja. VI. 1593* ther." Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, V. 361.
Ed. 1814, p. 25. V . VICIAT. T o V O I C E out v. a. T o elect by vote.
V N W A U K I T , part. pa. Not fulled. " The moderator was desired to voice out twelve of
" Robert Crostale—sail content & pay to Els- their brethren to sit as their committee." Spalding
peth Butlare a wob of tanny claith,—for ilke eln xij ii. 1(}2.
s., deliuerit be the said Elspeth to the said Robert in V O I C I N G , S. The act of voting.
vn wan kit claith." Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1488, p. 95. " It goes to voicing, and by a plurality of voices
I T N W E E L , adj. 1. Ailing, valetudinary, S. found that no man should be raised against the eoun-
" Dinna tell me of your son's illness, Mause ! Had try." Spalding, ii. HQ.
he been sincerely unweel, ye would ha'e been at the V O L A G E , V O L L A O E , adj.] Define;—1. Giddy,
Tower wi1 daylight to get something that wad do inconsiderate.
ff Some doubted how far such volage expressions
him gude." Tales of my Landlord, ii. 146.
Mr. Todd has adopted Unwell as an E. word in inferred treason, being but lubricum lijiguae." Foun-
this sense. tainhall, i. 484.
2. Sickly, of an ailing constitution, S. 2. Profuse, prodigal; ^ as, <c He's unco volage d*
U N W Y N N A B L E , adj. Impregnable.] Add; his siller Aberd.
" There were some shots shot at the house, and Fr. id. light, giddy, inconsiderate.
gome from the house, but the assailants finding the V O L E - M O U S E , s. T h e field campagnol, S
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Arvicola agrestis. Field campagnoi. £. short* purge the bad humours by vomiting/'—" The man*
tailed field-mouse. S. Folc-nn Edim Mag. July ner to make a common vomiter—to make a weak vo-
1S1<J, p . 5 0 5 . miter," &c. St. Germain's Royal Physician, p. ] 24-5.
As isi. ruH'J is terra, our may he traced to Fr. vomitoire, any thing that provokes vomiting.
this, as equivalent to E.J'eld. In the same sense Vomitory is used in E., although
T o V O L I S I L v. //. T o talk ostentatiously, Upp. Dr. Johns, views it, as if solely an adj., while one of
\ mnarkr. I Ience the examples he gives shews the contrary.
\'OLISHKit, .v. An ostentatious talker, ibid. V O U R , The seed-time, Sheth V . V E I E -
Id. mis-a superbire ; cols lux us, splendor; arro- V O I J R A K , .5-. Wreck, " The vourak of the
gant ia ; flaldorson. setup;" Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
V O L T , .v. Countenance, aspect. VOUSS, Tlie liquor of bay and chaff boiled,
" She welcomed me with a merry volt!1 Chal- Strathmore.
mers's Mary, i. 17m This term does not seem to be descriptive of the
O.Fr. roll, visage, Roquef. V. V U L T . particular composition, but to be the ancient word,
Y()ET,.v. Vault or cellar, Aberd. Reg. V. V O U T . denoting what vhat jis liquid ini jgeneral, retained in a par-
V O L U I ' T U O S I T I E , -V. Voluptuousness. Isl. vos, 1
And quhatMimcuer vthcr ]>ersoun or persoun is humectatio, perfusio aquae, et ductus aquae; G.
of quhatsumcner ( state, degreor condilioun that euer Andr. p. 2if), 250,
thay be of', that failyies and hrckb this act and ordi- V O C S T , .v. R o a s t i n g . ] Add;
that he s.dbe repute and haldin as ane man Hamilton writes costing, Facile Traictise, p. 3d
iin t..o hi> cutajduosi/ic," \c. Acts Mary 1551, Ed. \ ow, ititerj. V. W A A I I .
1 S 1 j., p. -J-.SS ; i. e. if* he have more di.dies at his table
V O W K Y , adj. \ aim
than tiiose permitted by this act to men of different
Of your consent, says he, I'm mair nor fain,
orders.
Aid eo/rki/ that 1 can ca' you my airt.
V O L C S P A , .v. Explained as synon. with Sybil. Ross's Ilctcnore, First Edit. p. 108.
" Here seated, the voluspa, or sybil, was to listen In Edit Third, changed to Fogie, q. v.
to the rhymical [rythmical ?] inquiries which should This term, as it has the secondary sense of " i
be made to her, and to return an extemporaneous an- seems always to include the idea of
swer/' The Pirate, ii. 17:*. acency and happiness than we toE.
This Scandinavian term is undoubtedly used in a
sense which does not properly belong to it Isl.
rola, r<dra, and raid, denote a prophetess, Sybil la, T o V O W L , v. a. A term used at cards, when
vat( > Pvthin, Vercl. ; and spa signifies the prediction one of the parties lones all in a game, Gall.
itself ' it is thus defined by Ilaldorson, Folvuspd, " When one of tlie parties playing gets nothing,
oraeula svbillina, [ 1 ) ; I D . ] en spaa-kirindes spaadom, not so much as a trick, then they are said to be vowl'd,
i.e." a female sooth.-ayer's divination." Voluspa is the —this and sutler d are one." Gall. Enc.
name give to a part of t he more ancient Kdda ; and O ! there's the Ace—it gets the King;
as M. Mallet ha.-, ob>erved, " signifies the oracle or We're beat—we're vorvlfd, and a'.
the prophesy of l ota." " Volar he adds, " might Sang o the Cartes, ibid. p. 459.
perhaps be a general name for all the women of this V O W L , s. The state of being quite out of hand
kind." Nortliern Antiq. ii. 202. in a game at cards. " A vowl is • said to be
But this ingenious and learned writer has fallen worth nine frames,"5' ibid.
into a mistake here. For, according to the Edda, It had occurred to me that Fowlhas the appearance
there was one person only to whom this name was of having had a Fr. origin, perhaps from vol-er, " to
given. This was Sif, from whom, it is said, Odin rob, to rifle, strip, despoile of all;" Cotgr. On look-
descended. V. Resen. Edd. Declic. h. 2. This name ing into the Diet. Trev., 1 find this conjecture con-
the Scandinavian writers have identified with that of firmed. Volt, Terme de jeu de Cartes, et se dit,
Sybil. Rudbeck makes her the wife of Thor. He (piand quelqu'un fait toutes les mains ou levees des
indeed, in his usual manner, traces the name Sybil to cartes, a l'hombre, a la bete, a la triomphe, &c. Om-
her; viewing the last of the word as the same with nia folia lusoria ferre, auferre. Roquefort thus ex-
hell, a mountain ; and rendering Sifhella, Dea mon- presses it; Dans le jeu des cartes on dit la vole lors-
tium, or the same with Cybele. Sif he expl. by Lat. qif une personne enleve tout, fait toutes les mains.
pius. Atlant. ii. 398. The learned fathers de Trevoux deduce the Fr. v.
The term vola has been traced to Gr. favM, coun- from Lat. vol-a, the palm of the hand, because this is
sel, &c. Rut nothing satisfactory has been offered. the instrument commonly employed in carrying off.
T o V O M E , v. a. T o puke, to vomit. U P , adv. 1. Denoting the state of being open.
I sau fumeterre, that tempris ane heyt lyuyr. I " Set up the door," open the door, S.
Su.G. upp, id. Denotat quamvis aperturam: Lota
Com pi. of S. p. 104. upp doerren, portam aperire; 1 lire. This learned writer
observes, that in this sense it has no affinity to upp,
Isl. voma nausea, vomitus. Mig denoting motion towards a higher place, but is allied
geor; vomuleg-ur, nauseabundus. to of en, oepen, apertus, E. open. Germ, auf is used
V O M I T E l i , s. A n emetic, S. in the same sense. V. To. Some view Isl. op, the
" The manner to make Fomiters. A vomiter is a same with Gr. foramen, as the radical term. 1
potion prepared with some vomitive liquor,—-to 2. Used to denote the vacation of a court, or rising
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of a meeting of any kind. The Session is up ;
the court of Session is not meeting at present, S.
This phrase is also used by E. writers, although
overlooked by Dr. Johnson.
" The Duke said—that when he spoke, all men
being upon their feet, and out of their places, he con-
ceiv'cl the house had been up." Clarendon's Hist. R.
4, p. 408.
I hesitate, whether to view this as an ellipsis, sig-
nifying that the members have risen up, that the
meeting has broken up; or to consider it as convey-
ing the idea of openness, as in sense 1.; a court being
sometimes said to sit down, and at other times to be
enclosed.
* UP, adv. Often used as a s. Ups and Dorms,
changes, vicissitudes, alternations of prosperity
and adversity, S.
It was the observe and saying of several solid
Christians, especially Mr. John Dick,—that he had
always had many ups and downs in his ease, warm
blinks and clouds, but especially from the time that
he took the wrong end of that plea, in pleading in
favour of the Indulgence." Walker's Remark. Pas-
sages, p. 148.
I've told you how a gospel church
Was first brought to our nation,
And touched at her ups and downs,
E'en since her first foundation.
Scotland's Glory and Shame, p. 2.
N E I T H E R UP NOR D O U N , in the same state, with-
out any discernible difference, S.
U P - B Y , U P - B Y E , adv. Applied to an object at
some little distance, to which one must approach
by ascending, S.
Up-by the lambie's lying yonder styth.
Ross's Helenore, p. 15.
" Frank Kennedy will shew you the penalties in
the act, and ye ken your sell they used to put their
run goods into the auld Place of El lan go wan up bye
there." Guy Mannering.
" O, woman, we've been ta'en up wi' Captain Elec-
tor's wound up bye, that I have nahad myfitout ower
the door this fortnight." Antiquary, ii. 278.
" Up-bye, a little way higher on ;" Gl. Antiq.
T o C O M E U P - B Y , to approach, as giving the idea
of ascent, or to come above others, S.
UP zci\ even with, quit with ; often used when
one threatens retaliation ; as, Use be up zci
him for that," S.
A metaph. or borrowed sense, from the hope enter-
tained, or the exertions made, by one who has fallen
behind in a journey, to overtake the person who
has got before him.
U P - A - L A N D , adj. " At a distance from the sea,
in the country; rustic;" G L . Sibb. V. U P L A N D S .
T o U P B I G , W P B I G , v, a. 1. T o build up,
Aberd. Reg.
T o rebuild.
Thairfoir the saids Lordis ordanis all paroche
kirkis within this realme quhilkis ar decay it and fallen
downe, to be reparit and vpbiggit; and quhair thai
ar ruynous and fajtie, to be mendit " Sedh Stirling,
A. 1563, Keith's Flist. p. 426.
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P G
S \v. upbygg-a, to build up.
8. Filled with high apprehensions of one's self, S.
VPBIUNGING, Education, instruction, S.
" It sail stand at the kingis grace plesour to send
ony man of wirschip of Ingland, and ane lady, with
suehe cumpany as accordis to thar estate, nocht ex-
cedand xx personis men & wemen, to gif attendance
vpoune the said young quene and hir vertuis vp-
h ringing, and to rem ane vpoune the king of Inglan-
dis expensis." Acts Mary, 1542, Ed. 1814, p^425.
" They alledged that they wanted to bring up the
king's son in virtuous education, for the whilkthey
sent for him. The king answered, he was his son,
of whom it was meetest he should have the care of
his upbringing." Spalding, ii. 2.
Upbrought is used by Spenser, as signifying, edu-
cated, nurtured."
—With the crew of blessed saints upbrought,
U P C A S T , .?. The state of bei ng overt u rned, S.A.
What wi' the upcast and terror that I got a wee
while syne, and what wi' the bit taste that I behoved
to take of the bit plottie while I was making it, my
head is sair eneugh stressed the night already." St.
Ronan, iii. 43.
U P CO M E , ,v. • 1. Promising appearance.
2. Advancement in stature, bodilv growth, S.
" I hae nae doubt o' his abilities, for he promises
fair according to his upcome." Campbell, i. 27.
U P D O R R O K , adj. W o r n out, Sheth ; from
Isl. upp) and ihrok-a, also thrag'-a^ urge re, p re-
in ere. Throk-a is also expl. ; Aegre se con-
tinere, sustentare; HaJdorson.
U P - D R I N K I N G , s. A n entertainment given to
gossips after the recovery of a female from
child-bearing, Perths. V. V P S I T T I X G .
" At the feast given on my mother's recovery,
which in that part of the country was termed the
up-drinking, it was discussed in full divan, whether I
should arrive at my dignity in the church or in the
army." Campbell, i. 13.
Evidently from the circumstance of the mother
being able to get up, or out of bed. This in Angus
is, for the same reason, called the Jit- oy foot-ale.
U P - F U I R D A Y S , up before sunrise, Roxb. V,
PURE-DAYS.
U P G A E , s. A n interruption or break in a mine-
ral stratum, which holds its direction upwards.
" Some again making their rise much more than
their course,—they call up-gaes." Sinclair's Misc.
Qbs. Hydrostp. 278.
U P G A N G , <9. 1. A n ascent, an acclivity.] Add;
2. The act of ascending, S.
" Maybe we will win there the night yet,—though
our minny here's rather driegh in the upirawr." Heart
M. Loth. iii. 88.
U P G A N G , s. A sudden increase of wind and
sea; generally applied to the weather, Sheth
Isl. uppgang-r incrementum; Dan. Qpgang, Sw. up-
gaang, arising.
U P G E S T R Y , s.
The term having been communicated to me in this
form, I did not observe till too late that the proper
orthography is Opgestrie, Opgestery, It denotes a
 U P II
uHom, according to which an udaller might transfer
hi-, property, on condition of ret ei u n g a sustenance
idr life'
£; T h e r e w a > a. l a w in S h e t l a n d e m p o w e r i n g pos-
.M'v'ur., of >uUd lands with the ( on.-^ent of tihcir heirs,
to di.-jio.-.* of their patrimony to any person who
would undertake tiieir support for life. Whence the
law, by which estates could be .alienated from the
ud.d-born for such a purpose, was named the cus-
tom of of^exicry." 11 ibbert's Shetl. Isl. p. Mil.
•• f the said I ; rcia [ Rasm usdochter] and my hus-
band 1 n;.di!bi*ycht Nickelisom [_r. sone], granlis us
wei ii eoi.lent—for our guid will and ovcrgcom of our
5.\id mother, to the said Win. and Ins ;iirIs for now
mid ever, ami that, of opincx: rie, be virtue oil' ane law-
dabiii eustome and form of the euntrye of oj usesterie"
t\ c. Deed, A. lb'U'2, ibid. p. r>Ul.
t v.ST KI;, s. Ti;I' designaf u green to the PER-
son received J'-:r ; u'runuiciu stipport, according
I -; i h i s c : ; - i wiii, d m l .
Such (: • - p o l l e r s were then received into the
hon-e of their maintainer under the n a m e o i ' iris
"/'V -/-.v." i 1 i b b e r t , p. i 1 •
] the said rreia—am become lawfull ttpges'er Ui
the >aid Wm. to be su-tenitt in meat and claith ail
the dayis oi'my lyfetyme," &c. Deed ubi sup.
It would seem that g had been pronounced hard,
as the word is obviously compounded of the particle
v}> and Isl. grsl-ur, giaest-ur3 Su.G. gars!, Dan. giest,
Sa-. iiosp.es, (p one received a* a gmM : or from Teut.
i '(.•,/rrij-hospitium, <\. reception to the enjoyment
»»{' t he' right > oi' hospitality.
T o U P G I F , c\ a. T o deliver up ; an old foren-
sic term.
- Tlx: Jt/rdi.-.—-deeretis—that the said Willi,nne
rne oi' Krole sad freiy >'\>g\f & restore a^ane to the The E. v. Uphold is not, as far as I have observed,
said llenri all & hale the said landis of Mekle A r - used in this sense. It is indeed ametaph. or secon-
nage," &c. Act. Audit. A. I4S8, p. l i b . dary sense borrowed from the custom of pledging
The said erie sail i'rely r>)gi/'U\c said landis with
the pertinentis & charteris tharof." Ibid. A. 14[)1,
p. ir/J.
V P G K V A I I , U P O I V K R , s. One who delivers u p to
another.
And sail cans the pairties vpgevaris of the saidis
inventoures everie pairtie subscry ve his awin inven-
tar him seh'fgif he can wreate." Acts Ja. VI. 1 6 2 1 ,
Ed. 1814, p."'599-
I J F G I V I N G , s. T h e act of giving or delivering up.
They subscribed rolls of the tenths given up
by every subscriber, as they who had commission
to receive and see theupgiving of the same, but com-
missary Farquhar took up the payment." Spalding,
i. 259-
Tent, op-gev-en tradere, Sw. upgifv-a, to deliver up.
T o U P H A L D , U P H A U D , V. a. 1 . T o support,
to maintain, to make provision for.
" W e believe It is weall knawne till all your Wis-
doms, how that we uphold an altar situate within the
Coll edge Kirk of St. Giles, in the honour of God
and St. Mungo our Patrone." Seal of Cause A. 1505,
Blue Blanket, p. 53.
3. T o furnish horses 011 a road for a mail, stage,
or diligence, S.
« It's Jamie Martingale, that furnishes the naigs
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on contract, and uphauds them,—and I am not en-
titled to make any stop, or to suffer prejudice by the
like of these accidents." Antiquary, 1. 18.
U PI TAD IN, ,y. T h e same with Uphold, S.
• " The gentles tak a Ijantil uphadiuJ* II. Blyd's
Contract, p. 7.
U P H A L D , S. 1. Support, sustentation.] Add;
" The said princesse—has—assignit to the said
Schir Alexander to the uphald of our said souervn
lord and his sistris in the forsaid castel to his said
age iiijra markis of the vsuale raone of Scotlande, the
whilk'is war assignit to hir be the said thre estatis
and for the same caus." . Acts Ja. II. A. 1 439, Ed.
1814, p. 54.
— fC The principall—regentis&c. hes evirbene in
vse & costome to remane within the said citye of the
a 1 del toun of Aberdene, and to sit and hald the con-
sistorie and college tharin—as prhtilegis, immuni-
teis and ephaltlis of the said citye, and quhairof
it lies bene in possessionne, and thairw ith vphaldln
now and in all tymes bygane." Acts Ja. \T. 15p7,
Kd. IS]}-, ]). i 5 1.
T h e net of upholding a building, so as to pre-
vent its fulling to decay, by giving it necessary
repairs ; or the obligation to do so ; S. Uphaud.
" Quhair the haill tenement eftir it be biggit be
set in few within the auale thairof ft. e. under the
proper rent,] for the vphald of the samin, and beis
brint, gif the fewar may be compellit to big the sa-
min vpone his aw in ex pen sis or not ?" Acts Mary,
1555, Kd. 1814, p. 4</0.
T o I, N L A U D , v. u. T o aflirrn, to maintain, S.
Sae ye uphaud ye had nae particulars to say to
mv lord but about your ain matters." Antiquary,
one's self to support or maintain an assertion at the
expence of life and limb. It resembles Maintain, q.
U P H A L I E D A Y , V P H A L Y DAY, the first day-
after the termination o f the Christmas holidays.
" That lettrez be writtin—to charge thaira to tak
the said preif before thaim the morne eftir Vphaly-
day" &c. Act. Audit. A. 1 4 9 4 , p. 2 0 6 ' . V. G I R T H ,
It is written OuphalUday, Aberd. Reg. " Betuix
this & OuphalUday nixt to cum." A. 1541, V. 17.
T o U P H A U E , v. a. Apparently, to heave up.
T o uphaue the sentrice of the brig Aberd.
R e g . A . 1521, V. 11.
A.S. up-hef-an, up-aheqf-an., levare, exaltare.
UPFIOUG, Iluin, bankruptcy, Shetl.
Dan. ophugg-er disseco, ictu discutio, Baden ; q. to
hew up by the roots. Isl. kaug and hogg signify
aena, from the v. haugg-va caedere; and
e phrase Leida til hauggs, ad caedem pro-
ducere ; Verel. Ind. p. 111.
U P E A N D S H O O E , an old phrase for a sort o f
ndlion, as would seem, or a shoe made o f an
undressed hide, with the hair on it.
" Pero, peronis, an up-land shoee" Despaut
Gram. B. 8, a.
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V P R

G. Douglas renders erudus pero of Virgil by much He held the bink-side in an endless gauff,
rilling. Wi' catchie glees, some o' his ain up-mak,
V P L E S I T , part. pa. Recovered. • Which a' confess he had an unco knack.
The lost penny wes vplesit,— Tarras's Poems, p. 6.
Bot the penny that wes hid 5. A fabrication, Aberd.
I hold leist gucle did. Teut. op-maeck-en construere; ornate conficere.
CoUcelbie Son, F. i. v. 15. U P P A L , 6-. Support; corrupted from Uphold,
A.S. up and les-an colligere; redimere. The sense Alxerd.
of the term is explained, v. 39- This term occurs in a Pro v. common in that coun-
The penny lost in the lak, ty, which is not expressive of much' sensibility ;
Wes fun din and vptak.—i. e. taken up. (c The death o' wdves, and the luck o' sheep, are a
* T o U P L I F T , v. a. Toeolleet; applied to money, puir man's up pal."
&c. a juridical term, S. Perhaps Uppil, adj. should be written Uppal, as
" His father the marquis was at court, seeking to having a common origin.
defend his sheriffships, whilk he could not get done,
T o U P P I L , v. 7i. T o clear up, &c.] Add ;—-used
and therefore returned home again, leaving his son
also in the South and West of S.
the lord Gordon behind him to uplift the prices
" When the weather at any time has been wet and
thereof." Spalding's Troubles, i. 20.
ceases to be so, we say it is tippled." Gall. Enc. vo.
" He returns home to Aberdeen from Newcastle
Upple.
upon the 4th of December, and again begins to up-
lift the tenths and twentieths within his division." UPPIL, Expl. " chief delight, ruling desire,
-Ibid. i. 272. darling p u r s u i t A b e r d . This seems merely
The v. in E. merely signifies " to raise aloft." Sw. a different application of U P P A L .
uplift-a, to lift up. U P P I N S , adv. A little way upwards, as Do an-
V P L I F T E I I , s. A collector, S. 7i'i?u\ a little way downwards, Stirlings.
— T h e officiaris ehairgeit for the said taxatioun,
vpUfleris and recevaris of the samin, lies bene in vse U P P I S H , ar!/. Aspiring, ambitious.] Add ;
of allouing to thame selfis of greit and extraordiner But the Earl of Glencairn was arrived at Perth be-
feis for thair seruice, quhilk was ane greit imparing fore these three commissioners could reach it, where
of the formar taxatioun." Acts Ja. VI. 1597, Ed. they found the multitude much more uppish than for-
3 814, p. 146. merly." Keith's Hist. p. 88.
U P L I F T I N G , S. Collection, exaction. Here it properly signifies that the multitude were
" There followed the uplifting of the tenths and rising in their demands, and more hard to deal with
twentieths through the country, and also of their than they had been before* Glencairn's arrival.
farms." Spalding, i. 290. " Besides, she is getting uppish notions, from sit-
U P L I F T I T , part. adj. Elated, under the influ- ting up like a lady from morning to night." Cotta*
gers of Glenburnie, p. 37-
ence of pride, S.
U P - P U T T I N G , s. Erection.
" I was sae upliftit I could hardly sit on my yaud ;
" They came all riding up the gate to St. Machar's
and I saw my father was proud o' his callant, as he
kirk—to take down the portraiture of the blessed Vir-
ca'ed me,—that made me ten times waur." Perils
gin Mary and our Saviour in her arms, that had stood
of Man, ii. 229.
since the up-putting thereof, in curious work." Spald-
T o VPMAK, v. 7i. 1. To supply where there ing, i. 2 4 6 .
is a deficiency.
" Quhar thar is fundin ony sic werk within the U P - P U T T I N G , U P - P U T T I N , U P - P I T T I N , S. 1 .
said finace, the werk to be brokin, the werkman to L o d g i n g ; entertainment whether for man or
vpmak the avale to the finace foresaid, & the said horses; as, " g u d e up-puttinS.
werkman to be punyst at the kingis will." Acts Ja. " Is it not the most extraordinary thing in this
III. 1485, Ed. 1814, p. 172. world wide, that you, that have free up-putting—bed,
board, and washing,—and twelve pounds sterling a-
2. T o build up. To wprnalc is used in this sense,
year, just to look after that boy, should let him out
Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
of your sight for twa or three hours ?" Guy Man-
3. T o compensate ; often used in the sense o f en-
nering, i. 140.
riching, S.
" I have'Tound my Lord unchangeable, in every " I tell'd ye the cratur had gude up-pittin, but it's
lang sin' ony ane entered this place but hersel." St.
estate the same, ay the same up-making, and more
Johnstoun, &c. i. 252.
than up-making portion," Hamilton to Renwick,
2. A place, a situation; as, " I've gotten a gude
Society Contendings, p. 40.
up-pittin now."
Belg. opmaak-en to make up. Any one, who has iC I'm nae rich yeoman ! I'm naething but a poor
attended to the genius of the Scottish language, must
have remarked, that it resembles the Teut. far more herried, forsaken, reduced auld man ! I hae nae up-
putting for ought better than a flea." Perils of Man,
than the English does, in the combination of the pre-
iii. 2 0 5 .
positions. It generally prefers the prefix, instead of
adding the preposition to the verb or noun. U P R I G H T B U R , s. The Lj/copodium selago,
U P M A K , s. 1 . A contrivance, an invention, S.B. Linn.
2. Composition, S.B, " The upright bur, which grows in flat bogs, and
m
 U P S V P S
E mueh in< ji'i* powerful than the creeping bur, is ///- and vpsvftar of the samin, gif he wer apprehtn lit."
'•t.pudiuni se!(t>.>t\" A pp. Agr. Surv. Caithn. p. 1<)7.
Actsi Mary l o b ? , lid. 1 S I 4, p. 552.
T o I ' P S E T . r. a. T o recover f r o m , \'c. ] Add ; U P S E T T I N G , part. pa. 1. Applied to those who
t£ Then- is -ueh :i great lo>e and domage in thi- one
aim at higher things than their situation in life
imn^' we ran d-eeite will neuer be vpset: all the kings entit les them to, a ping the modes of superiors, S.
and doetors vmh-r heanen will nener set vp thy lo-e " ^ psettiug cutty ! I mind her fbu weel, when she
rhou. -ivi.'-t by defection." Pollock on 2 Thes. p. dreed penance for ante-nup " St. Ronan, i. 34.
T o f ' P S E T . v. a. T o r e f u n d , to repair. " He was very vogie with the notion o f making
" (iii' it happinis the ship or gudis to cum in ony a speech before the council, for he was an upsetting
danger In the master's default,—throw putting furth young man." The Provost, p. 358.
oi' insuiiicient towis, then he is bund and obli.-.t to " Up-setting, conceited; w ; GL Antiq.
ujiM'f \ he >k-uth, as far as In* is worth., or may be able Teut. op-set ten, erigere, tollere.
to pay." Ship La.wis, Balfour's Praet. p. ffl8. 9.. Improperly used as signifying vehement.
fii the >a.me <ense, I suppose, must we understand, " But the minister's aye sae upset tin about riches
th.- phrase as u^ed in Aberd. Peg., " to upset the an* gryte fouk ; an' he had something about that,
skaicht Cent. If). and Mr. Allan has never entered the door sin syne."
T h e r e is a similar phrase in Sw. F.rsaetut en shada, Glenfergus, i. 340.
to repair or make up a loss; er being equivalent to u
P S E T T I N G , s. Assumption of right, aspiring or
Lat. 7>\ ambitious conduct, S.
T o I ' P - E T . v. a. 1. T o set up, to fix in a par-
" Weel, 1 declare if e'er I heard-the like of sic
!ie;har ,v.t nation.
upsetting. I won'er what business either you or him
- 'i'jj.-ir chief and 'ir^t charge and -tudy is, and
hae to consenting or none consenting." The EIW
siioidd oee, to advance the glory o f C o d , by main-
tall, ii. 268.
taining and vj>.sciii/iL true preachers of the word, re-
r
U P S E T T I N G - L I K E , adj. Having the appearance
forming of religion, and subversion of idolatry/' Pro-
of a spirit of assumption and self-elevation, S.
clamation, A. i o o f b Keith's Hist. p. 111.
— I can tell you he is no favourite in a certain
2. T o confirm ; used as equivalent with making
quarter/ f I dinna wonder at it, for he's a proud,
good.
upsetting-like puppy." Inheritance, ii. 362.
<k Our souerane lord,—in respect of the said mor-
U P S H L A A G , 8. A thaw, Sheth
owing gift, sa faithfullie and solempnitlie promesit
Isl. vpp, and slagi, humiditas, deliquescentfa,
to !>e ep.srtt and maid guid decern is and dcclaris," iS:c.
(whenceslagn-a, andslakn-a mollescere, humescere),
Acts da. \T. L0'j:3, hid. I fS 1 L p. 2f)l.
slak-r remiss us ; slagg} mixta nive pi u via.
F T S E T , X I'SKTT. .S*. 1, RL T J E admission o f one
to the freedom o f any trade in a burgh. U P S I T T "EN, part. pa. Listless, callous ; ap-
And quhat persons that shall happen to be ad- plied to those who, regardless both of me
mitted frie men or masters to the saids crafts, or oe~ and of judgments, refuse to make any progress
eupys anv part of tin; same, shall pay for his entrie in religion, or to reform what, is wrong, S.
<: When Historian Wodrow, with the lukewarm,
at his u.p.sd, five pounds usual money of Scotland,''
Cv<\ Seal of Cause, A. 1,505, Blue Blanket, p. 5b. backslidden and iipsittcn Ministers, he with his pen>
" That thair be in the haili toun [hot ane] collec- and they with their tongues, are saying, that many
tioun and ane ]>urs, not peculiare to ony ane bot of these Martyrs suffered lor their wild opinions ;
eommoun to all off the haill dewiteis and casualiteis one thing they much insist upon, is, That they would
callit the entres siiner of prentises, vpsettis, oulklie never pray for the King. They were not bid do this
penneis, vnlawis.—The merchand prenteis—to pay alone, but to satisfy them of all their other wicked
at his entrie—xxx s. and at his vpsett or end of'his opinions; and it was not salvation to his soul they
prentieschip fyve pundis." Acts Ja. VI. 1584, Ed, would suffer them to pray for, but preservation to
1814, p. 36*3-4, his body, and lengthning out of his days, that he
T h e money paid in order to one's being ad- might exercise more tyranny/' Walker's Remark,
Passages, p. 142.
mitted into any trade.
Teut. op-siit-en, insidere, to sit down upon.
" 11
It 16 WCcUl tVUci
is weall vv iJC,
knawne,—how liyjyy that
111av we
»v t uphauld
u^nuum
altar, &c. and has nae importance to uphauld the V P S I T T I N G , s. A term used to denote a sort
&c. and has
same, but but our of wake after the baptism of a child.
our sober oukleye penny and upsets"
" And that na banquettis salbe at onie vpsittingis
Ibid. p. 55,
efter babtizing of bairnis in time earning, vnderthe
Tent, op-selt-en, constituere, instituere; or perhaps
pane of twentie pund to be pay it be euerie persone,
we may refer to the v. as signifying, aperire, reclu*
doar in the contrair, alsweill of the maister of the
dere, as denoting that the door of freedom is opened
of all vther personis that salbe fund
to one who was previously bound,
UPSET-PRICE, the price at which any goods are try it partaker is of sic si
exposed to sale b y auction, S, escheting of the droggis ;
dit," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1581, Ed. 1814, p. 221.
Teut. cp-setten eenen prijs praemium proponere.
This custom, which seems to be i " "
V P S E T T A R , s. One who fixes, sets or sticks up ;
; probably introduced in imitation of the Lik,
used as to placards.
wakes, or watching of the dead; or it might have
" The first sear & findar thairof salbe punist in
some connexion with the vigils of the saints. Ha<J
,|lie paminmaner as the firstmventar, writtar, tynar,
 V P T V
the vpsitiing preceded the baptism, it might have
been supposed that it was meant to guard the ?z-
chrulened bairn against the mischievous attempts of
the Fairies. But it is not easy to conjecture of what
use it could be after the baptismal rite.
UPSTART, A stick set upon the top of a
\vall, in forming the wooden work of a-thatch-
roof, but not reaching to the summit, S.
*f Over these were hung sticks about the thick-
ness of a man's arm, called cabbers ; and smaller ones
set on the top of the wall were termed upstarts
Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. 114.
U P S T I 111!IN G , s. Excitement.
ff Heereupon all creatures in their kinde reioyce,
,—the church lastly eloseth the song ; to shew, that
as from them it ought to begin, whereby all the rest
may magnify God ; so the singing of the rest should
serue the church for a new upstirring to insist in his
praise." I'orbes on tlie Revelation, p. 29, 30.
U P - S U N , ,9. 1 . After sunrise.
" The precise question was, If an ejection may be
executed in the night-time, at least before sun-rising ;
or if it must be done witli up-sun :—Though the sun
was not actually risen, yet we know there is a dilu-
cid um preceding it, that, for an hour before it, irra-
diates and gilds the sky.—Yet the plurality found
the ejection illegal, being before sun-rising; and
therefore ordained Mr. William Gordon to be re-
possessed." Fount. Dec. Suppl. iv. 562.
52. It teas upmirtj the sun was not set, Galloway*
A similar phrase occurs in Isl. Upverandi sol, non-
dum occidens, superstes adhuc supra horizontem.
Harb. 56. Edda Saemund.; literally up-being.
The phrase used in A.S. is sunuan u-pp-gauge ;
Su.G. salens upgaang, Teut. opganck der sonnen. Per-
haps we ought to view up-sun as an ellipsis, formed
from the A.S. phraseology, Eode sunna upp, exorie-
batur sol, Gen. 32. 31.
T o U P T A K , v. a. T o understand, to compre-
hend, Aberd., Lanarks.
Sw. uptag-a and Dan. oplage signify to take up
literally. The Sw. verb has also several metaphori-
cal senses; although I have not observed that this is
one of them.
U P T A X , S. Apprehension, S.] Add;
(t Ye maun ken I'm gay gleg at the uptalc; there
was never ony thing dune wi' hand but I learn'd
gay readily." Tales of my Landlord, iii. 19, 20.
" I can crack some wi' you, though ye're rather
slow i' the uptake ; but I can crack nane wi' a man
that ca's the streamers a Roar a Boriawlis." Brownie
of Rodsbeck, ii. 238.
T o U P T A K , v. a. 1. T o collect, applied to
money, fines, &c.; synon. Uplift; to Take up, E-.
The Lordis of counsal may mak and constitute
ane Procuratour and Factour for thame to raise and
iiptak all un la wis of ony persoun that tynis thair
causis befoir thame." Balfour's Pract. p. 404.
<f Johne Hepburne was at that tyme prior gene-
rail of St. Androis, and vptuik the proffeittis thairof."
Pitseottie's Cron. p. 292.
• Sw. uptag-a is used in the same sense; Uptaga
vtskylder, to levy taxes, Wideg.
2, T o make an n\ entory or list.
6S1
R E
ff They order how commissioners should be chosen
to sit three months at the 'council table in Edinburgh
their time about;—and set down instructions in writt
about all thir businesses, whilk bred great trouble
in uptaking of the rental, and number of men and
others above written." Spalding's Troubles, i. 103.
Ui'TAKix, s. T h e act of collecting or receiving,
Aberd. Reg.
U P T A K I N G , s. Exaltation.
" The exalting of the childe, is the deiection of
the Dragon, from beau en : and the deiection of the
Dragon is the vptaking o f the childe." Forbes on tlie
Revelation, p. 103.
U P T E N I T , preL Obtained, Aberd. Reg. ••
U P - T H R O U G H , adv. 1. In tlie upper part of
the country or higher district, Clydes., Aberd.
V. DouNTHiiotiGir.
2. Upwards, so as to pass through to tlie other
side, Clydes.
U P - T H R O U G H , adj. Living or situated in the up-
per part of the country, Aberd.
U P - T I I R O W I N , s. T h e vulgar term for puk-
ing, S.
Bell, opwerping, which literally signifies tlie act of
throwing up, is used in the same sense in relation to
the stomach.
U P T Y I N G , .9. T h e act of putting in bonds.
— " H i s captivity is not absolute, but in some spe-
ciall consideration ; and the degrees heere mention-
ed shew, that then his vptying is to bee counted, when
in that consideration hee is perfectly made fast, as
taken, shut up, locked on, and sealed." Forbes on
the Revelation, p. 217.
U P W A R K , .v. Apparently, labour in the in-
land, or upland, as distinguished from employ-
ment in fishing.
1—" Upivark, quhen thefyselling wes done;" Aberd.
Reg. V. 2 1 .
U P W I T H , adv. 1. Upwards, S.J Add;
A.S. up oth,sursum ad; up oth heqfon, surstim ad
eoelum, Bed. 4 7 8 , 1 3 . V . O U T W I T H .
UP WIT H, s. A n ascent, a rising ground,
" Will ye see how tbe're span kin' leng the side o'
that green upwitli, an siccan a braengal o' them too ?"
Saint Patrick, ii. 91.
T R A C K , s. W r e c k , ruin, Buchan.
I gouif't the bickars a" to track,
Whan e'er I saw yir croon
O' death the -night.
Tarras's Poems, p. 10. ^ V . WRACK.
U R E , <9. Practice, toil.] Add;
This phrase occurs in O.E. " I bring in vre, by long
accustomynge of a thyng or condycion Palsgr. B,
iii. F. 175, a. " I put in vre, Je mets en experience;
—It shall be put in vre or it-be aught longc." Ibid.
E. 3 2 8 , b.
The v. was anciently used in its simple form. ff I
vre one, I accustume hym to a thyng.—And he he
ones vred to it, he wyll do well ynoughe." Ibid. F.
399, b.
It is also used by Hooker. Skinner unnaturally
views it as contr. from Lat. usura.
Mr. Nares has properly referred to Norm. Fr. ure.
 U R E U
-practice, use. Mise en ure, put in practice. Kri-
iiam's Diet. Erom I re is the E. v. in Inure.
I' RE. Slow heat, as that proceeding from e m -
b e r s ; also e\pl. a suffocating brat, T u --edd.
I would he disposed to view this word a- allied
to Su.G. ij'trcr vchementia, if'r-a effervescere, ('(-nn.
'••ifer ardor, excandescent ia, Isl. aejr excandescens
yjr indignabundus, and yf-ast indignari : did they
not all beein confined to mental ardour. I therefore
prefer EI. ur, striae, sen stricturae igniti ferri, ( i .
Andr. ; scintilla, i Jaldor>on. 'I in4 latter gives J )an.
' i'unke, (whence our sj >unL\) as synon. ; subjoining the
[si. phrase, I r er tif elln jarni, scintillat ferrum can-
dens. It .should he subjoined perhaps, that Heb.
"Tift vr, signifies lux, ignis, focus. Hence, it lias
been supposed, the (Jr. name of heaven gv^-mo-. V.
(bale's Court, l>. c. 7- p. <SN. In Gael. 'ur signi-
fies lire; and in li\, according to O'Reilly, hot!; the
sun and fire. T o the same fountain has been traced
Eat. ur-ere, to burn.
I n ail ii?-)ion, it has been .-aid, to t he ug liness o f t h e
E R E ' , .v. E u A hind o f coloured haze, which the
elvish r a c e ; b u t m o r e p r o b a b l y to t h e i r d i m i n u t i v e
fill i i-heams make m the summer-tune, in pa-ring
M'ZO.
t h r o u g h ; that, moisture which the sun exhales
from the hind and ocean;"' (rail. Kne. 1: R L E G 1 1 ( g u t t ) , adj. cc Silly-looking, 11 S . E / j
T h i s is cxpi. a haze in the air,"J (Mvdes.
T h e nmiie be this was shinan clearly abune a
hrr." Edin. Mag. Sept. 1818, p. 1-5.0.
'J'his seems to be its meaning in the following
Whiles glowring at the azure sky,
And loomy ocean's ure,
Which' Phoebus makes when he is dry,
Thrang sooking waters pure.
Gall. EneycL p. 133.
When the weather is very dry, it is called dry tire.
The east was blae, dry urebespread the hills.
Ibid.
Perhaps originally the same with Isl. ur pluvia.
G. A n d r . ; MY, pluvia, Haldorson. V . O O R J E . Or
shall we'trace it to the same fountain with E. hoar,
Isl. hor, mucor ? L y e has given A.S. vrig as signify-
ing canus, hoary; which would seem to indicate that
there had been an A.S. s. in the form of ur.
EIRE, O r e ; in relation to metals, S . ] Add;
si Doun-Creigh was built with a strange kynd of
inorter, by one Paull Macktyre. This I doe take to
be a kind of vre ,* howsoever, this is most certaine,
that ther hath not been seen ane harder kynd of mor-
ter." Gordon's Hist. Earls of Sutherl. p. 8.
This evidently refers to a species of vitrification.
U R E , s. A denomination of land in Orkney and
Shetland.] Addj
The same mode of denomination is retained in Swe-
den. Apud agrimensores nostros oere, oer-tig, et
est certa portio villae dividendae in suas
-cujus ratio olim constitit in c< quem
:c. Ihre, vo. Oere.
U R E , s. T h e d u g or udder o f any animal, par-
ticularly o f a sheep or cow, Roxb., D u m f r . ;
Lure synou. S.
Dan. tjver, yfwer, Ish jugr,jufr, id. These seem
radically the same with Lat. vber.
URETLOCK, T h e name given to the locks of
• • • • m.
S E
wool growing round the udder of a sheep, which
are pulled oil" when it is near lambing-time, to
facilitate the admission of the voung to the ud-
der of the dmn, R o x b . V. E D D K U I . O C K .
G R E E N (( *I\ •;.). .v. A ewe, Shetl. Isl. aer
ovis, agna ; Yerel. Haldorson gi\ es this as a
])!ur. noun.
Y R E T T A R, A writer, Aberd. Reg. ; nearly
tiie same- with the vulgar pron. of .Loth., Vriter.
U R E , W r i t r , s. E A stunted ill-grown per-
son, generally applied to children, R o x b . , Ettr
i-or. : synon. Orf, Loth.
" What Ir ye, I say, ye bit useless weazel-blawn
like ur/' that ye're Hrownie of Hodsbeck, i. 1 \6.
A crabbed or peevish })erson, but as implying*;
the idea of diminutive size, ibid.
This seems to he curr. from Wartruff. IVcrtcouf
3. A fairy, Epp. Lanarks
V. WART.
Add ;
In the first edit, of Ross's Helenore, this is writ-
ten Ourlaeh, p. :>7.
Drouket and looking unko ourlaeh like.
It is pron. q. oorlagh. V . W U R F - L I K E .
U R I S K , s. T h e name given to a satyr, in the
Highlands of S.
' Eor there, she said, did fays resort,
And satyrs'* hold their sylvan court,
By moon-light tread their mystic maze,
And blast the rash beholder's gaze.
Lady of the Lake, p. 133.
* The llrisk, or Highland satyr.
T o U R N , v. a. T o pain, to torture. V. E i i %
v., which is the pronunciation o f A b e r d .
T o U R P , v. w. T o become, pettish, A b e r d . V ,
O R P , v.
U R U S , the name given to the wild white bull
that was formerly so common in the Caledoni-
an forest.
Although this is not a S. word, but that used by
Lat. writers, I take notice of it in order to remark,
that it is obviously of Gothic formation, and has been
adopted by the Romans in that form, which, accord-
ing to the genius of their language, most nearly ex-
pressed the original sound. 'This is evidently Germ.
auerochs, also ur-ochs, " an nre-ox, a buff, a wild
b u l l L u d w i g . Aur, or ur, signifies ferus silvestris.
Thus, aurhan is a wild cock, urkatte a wild cat, ur-
a wild swine, &c. Isl. ur and ure have the
with Germ, ur-ochs ; Urus, bubalus;
Haldorson.
T o U S C H E , v.?i. T o issue; the same with TJschL
" Thare salbe euer ije redy to vsche at the com-
mand of the wardane of the est marchis," &e. Park
Ja. III. 1481, Ed. 1814,
be maid at the vsche of
that nane of his litgis—be of anherd.
 U T O U T W
confort, help, supple, or coramoune with ony of his quoted by this learned writer, indeed, it appears that
rebel! is now forfait/' &c. Ibid. 1489, p. 215. il had a'; length become the denomination of a cer-
U S E , s. Interest of money, Roxb. tain measure of land, most probably from the quan-
L.B. us-us occurs in the same sense with usuria ; tity of grain which this land would carry. Thus we
I)u Cange. O.Fr. us is rendered usufruct; En ios us, not only read, that Odo gave—terrain ad quatuor
en tout iisufruit; Roquefort. Oct otitis sementis; but the land itself was designed
* T o U S E , v. a. T o frequent, to be accustomed, ()rto!iuni or (Jetalium tcrrac, ager capiens seminis Oc-
to resort to. folium, as in our own country the vulgar express the
f f T h a t our s o u e r a n e lordis liegis, vsing thai partis, small quantities of land possessed by individuals by
h a u e sic f r e d o u m e within the realme o f France, &
il lippie's sawing," " a "peck's sawing," &c.
b o u n d is t h e s a m y lie, l i k a s t h e F r a n c h e m e n has \ hesitate, how ever, whether utole as conjoined
within our souerane lordis realme and b u n d i s . " Acts with jfcnnn does not express the right of possession
Ja. I\ . ] 1; i ] , IMS. 1 8 1 4 , p. 2 2 4 .
understood to be eonve\ ed by the payment of a
11 lis singular application ef the term may have penny ; from Su.G. odat, which with the ancients,
been borrowed from that of Lat. ul-or as signifying as Wachter expresses it, proprietatem vel propriam
to be i-.miliar with, as regarding persons; or from ei hereditariam possessionem significabat. Hence
the phrase, via uti, to travel on a certain road. oilelsjord, land possessed in this manner. V.
I 'DAL.
U S T E I), s. The curd of buttermilk heated with
sweet milk, Shetl. T o V T T E E , r. u. Vtiered, pret.
Su.G. j/.s-f-a, pron. asl-a, Isl. id. (Veim.juusl-i) coa- " Bot sir Patrick's horse vttered, and would in no
gulare, //sting coagulatio ; lac concretum, a sero se wayes encounter his adversar againe, that it was force
secernens: osf-r, Su.G. and Dan. ost, Fenn. juuslo, to sir Patrik to light on foot." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 248.
caseus. V. Hire, vo. Ost. Among the Tartars and Ontered in Edit. 17 28. V . O N T E R , V.
Turks a-ous denotes milk coagulated. Vttered, I suspect, is nearer to the true orthography,
which perhap.; should be out red, from Fr. outr-er,
V T A SS, WTAST, corr. of Octaves.] Add;
tra\ers«:r, parcourir, q. went out of the lists, became
The same corruption occurs in O.E. " Utcvs of a
uiiuianageable. O.K. outrdie, c£ to fly out, to be out-
feest, [TV.j octaues f Palsgr. B. iii. F. 73.
r.-igeous T\ r wh.
This, term has, however, been viewed as signify-
This w.irne i von, that ye not sodenly
ing " the eighth day, or the space of eight days after Out of yourself ibr no wo shuld outrcde,
any festival." V. litis, Nares' Gl. Beth patient, and therof I you praie.
V T H , .S\ " Ane proper vth of g o l d ; " Aberd Reg. Chaucer, Clerkes Tale, v. 8519.
This should perilaps be read Uch> O.Fr. nche, Fr. outre is still used in regard to horses. Cheval
a coffer; or for Ouch, an ornament, a carcanet. outre est uri cheval a bout, epuise d' haleine, & dont
T o U T H E R L O C K , v. a. T o pull the wool from la fatigue a consume les forces. Diet. Trev.
a sheep^s udder, that the lamb may get at the U T T E R A N C E , 5. Extremity.
teats, Ciydes. V. UJDD eh L O C K . He confessed all the same, saying, c it was true;
U T H I R , UTHEE,pron. Other. This is the com- and that if the king's majesty and this realm were
mon orthography of Douglas and our old writers. once at a good peace and unity, they would all be
Wyntown uses both this and othir. afraid of him, where now both divers lords and all
UTOLE. the clergy seem to be at utterance with him." Sad-
Resignations are said to be made, in the town of ler's Papers, i. p. 126. This is the language of the
Aberdeen, by delivery of a penny utole for staff and E. of Arran.
baton. Law Case, E. of Aberdeen v. Duncan, 25th — cf Assuring me, that if those things come to any
June 1742. V. P E N N Y UTOLE. utterance here among themselves, they will be strong
This phrase might, at first view, seem to have ori- enough for their adversaries, as he trusteth." Ibid,
ginated from L.B. octal-ium, utel-eia, utele, used to de- p. 151.
note a certain measure of grain; Men sura frumenta- This is properly written Outrance, q. v. At out*
ria; Du Cange. But it is difficult to see how it could ranee, in a state of the greatest discord.
apply in this sense. From some of the passages U T Y V I T P I , adv. Beyond. V . O U T W I T H I

w .

IN many Scottish works 11 is used for W. This, it In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, TV fre-
is believed, has generally proceeded from misreading quently appears in the place of V ; and it has been
the MSS., in which W appears with two heads above supposed that, in different counties at least, it was so
the line, U, mistaken for IL Thus, wawis has been pronounced, as is still the case among the common
converted into wallis, waves. people in East Lothian, who say vrang, vright, vritc,
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tor ti ireii-ht, irrifc, and rrath t<>r irrai/.-. 1 thought the grey whin was gaun frae below
me—it shook like a irahroa-tr.af-—1 had nae powefc
W h e r e tr b tlM- f i n a l l e t t e r , s u c c e e d i n g a i n t h e I ' u -
either to -peak or to move." Klackw. Mag. Nov.
c h a i : c• ii(•(*t ; it i * |)r«; 1!<>u1ice< 1 r; a>. to shin nr.", S . sa-r,
j:k S, rau\ II. row; to .-laitr.' S. a//v. id Jft'-O.p.
o w " : ••' /' '-:'••:(<in S. !,!<;t'\ h . b l o w : to S. .v/ -v//', it is in the soutliern comities as a vulnerary;
Ik :*.'!•/«/ ; /.'> rv(<'/'"v. S. crair, K. ea,,\y ; to miaar.', rd particular! v, it is said, by the venders of quack me-
V) ih:"i. ; to l.-pth / /a/", to in.:k<* tom.d; h v kneading, dieiiie^. I'^rliaps it; may be found fully as harmless
\VA, W.\t:, adj. Sorrowful, S. | ;<s nm t of ; dose winch are .-old by them.
Content. m y D a m o e , 1- e i m m / h wi' thee ; WA-(.\\ : ; T , .v. A n y tb;iig unworthy of regard,
Cde m e c o n t e n t m e n t , an' i d ! ne'er ha true. anv thing; contemptible ; generally used with a
Pi' W'7/'.Y Purs,IS I7.SN. ?>. 107. 111 "/j11ivc, AIK'n I. This is «is i t were an inverted
W A \ W;d;. Bark at the H V . V. BACK. form of L. dasPaicajj,
W W . \V.\w, I d s e d i i k ' ; i ' k iv/Vy, a s i n t r o - A '' I, T, Keep the reach I, o him, or i t ;
d u c t o r y of all S. ; ; Keep him, or it, in view, do not lose sight
" / d m m i g h t o n e h a v e s a i d , t h o u g h h e he d e a d a m i of;'* -\vi"s.
b u r i . - d \vt he v.-i 1! rb-" again ; a v h u t >a v t h e y , this
It h ^ujj-josed to rel'er to something ready to be-
d d r d d a y ; ira h u t is \\ as l e n g to e\ ' n i n g . mi;., ht
come iC(;\j\ or to go astray. Perhaps rather allied to
t h e y imt ! i a \ e v. a i l e d oil iid u i g n i c a m e ? lift m b -
Li. cais-a. a.b:o cack-a, vagor ; ({. observe tlie motion,
b e b e f is a p r e c i p i t a n t t h i n g / ' W. ( hwhrie's
or course, of the ohjeet referred to. It may, how-»
S c r m . m 1 !.
e\\ r, be the sa):je with cakt, Dan. cagt, Teut. wacht,
A . S . >r,! is not o n ! v used in t h e s e n - e o f Lat. chcu,
cn-todia ; (;. keep watch over" him or it.
i lit. a! •(; o f t'/f-j-r.
W A L K , adj. Moist, S B.
\\ d\ A i f , -v. K\'p!. any tiling; that causes sur-
" Madeo, to be track or drunk. Permadeo, to be
prise ;md admiration; 11 Orkii.
very irack.'' Despaut. Ciraim K. 7, b.
bd. iv, aim ro, malum insperatum ; some! ime>, any
\VAC:K N'i:ss, s. I iumiditv. V. under WAK.
thing unexpected., but most commonly used in a had
WAD, prct. AVedded, (llydes.
sense. Tent, tree, vac.
In .June they uuid, or Bel tan cam roun'
T o W A A L . v. a. T o join two pieces of metal
Craigncthan lay in his grave.
by th.e force of heal. South o f S.
Man/ o Craigncthan, Ed. Mag. July 181.9-
S a c here 'twas l i k e a iraalin heat,
A 1), .y. Woad. J^ifty half pokis of wad T
ban;.-; ' - m i r l - h i p . - e r v e d nehher.
d'. herd. Reg. \ . WA dd.
At. S-'o//':; Poems, p. Wj-jf I,, r.
W A. D, -v. T h e name of a hero of romance,
\V A A T , \V.\rr, -v. T h e Mv<dlmi and discoloured
-—11 e iaucht wiclitly with Wad,
marl-: on Iht; NKJn, from a blow by a whip or
stick, Avrs. And with Melliager mad.
Colkclbic Sow, F. i. v. 455.
A. Ilor. " ' / i d t o beat with a vrhiji or pliant stick ; "
This seems to be the same personage who is more
Grose.
than once alluded to by Chaucer, V. Note, ver. Q2Q8 ;
The latter is e v i d e n t l y the s a m e w i t h I'd wail,
Wades bole. But his story is now buried in oblivion.
trlwaf, O.K. lrr.lr, iVom A.S. train, id. Sumner thus
WAD, aux. W o u l d , S.
d e f i n e s ll'atari in t h e p h Vibice*. The mark or
O road he but now to his Jean be inclined,
p r i n t s o f s t r i p e s o r s t r o k e s r e m a i n i n g iii t h e f l e s h . "
My heart in a moment soud yield to his mind.
S c r e n i u s v i e w s t h e E . w o r d as a l l i e d t o Isl. hwc(, c o l -
l i c u l u s , p r o t u b e r a n t i a . S. want m a y b e q . watt, witli
Pickens Poems 1788, p. 78.
W A D - B E - A T , s. One who aims at something above
tlie addition of the letter t, and the I changed, as
usual, i n t o u. L l u y d , however, gives 'C.B. chtajclh as his station, as in dress, &c., B o x b . ; q. u would
signifying tuber, a b u n c h or swelling; Ir.faclhh, id.; be at."
a mole, a knob, bunch;"" Obrieii. W A D , W e i ) , <?. A pledge.] Add;
W A B , s. A web, Clydes. D E I D W A D , a species of pledge viewed b y our old
W A B - F I T T I T , adj. W e b - f o o t e d , ibid, laws as usurious,
WABSTER, 1. A weaver, S. T h e term is now- " Sum thingis ar laid in deid, or drownil wad.—
used in contempt, Mortage, or deid wad is that quhairof the fruitis and
2. A spider, A y r s . Gl. Picken. rentis takin up in the mean time be the creditour,
WA-BAW, One species of Hand-ball, thus quytis not nor payis not the sowme in all nor in part,
denominated from its being* made to strike a for the quhilk the wad wes gevin be the debtour."
wall, as distinguished from other modes o f Balfour's Pract. p. 194. 19&
playing, G a l l W A D D S , p i . A youthful amusement, kc.]Add;
Mugg is expl. " to strike or buck a ball out from Formerly in this game " young men and women
a walh as is done in the game of the way haw;" Gall. arranged themselves on each side of the hearth fire,
Encyel. and alternately bestowed husbands and wives on
W A B R A N L E A V E S , Great Plantain.] Add; each other." Remains Nithsdale Song, p. 113, 114,
In the South of S. it is not only called, in the sin- Here a particular account is given of the ancient
gular, Waberan-leaf, but Wabert-leaf. The latter ap- mode of playing at wadds.
proaches very nearly to the A.S. and Sw, forms o f The same game is differently denominated in Gal-,
%he n a m ? . loway,
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" tVadds and the Wears, one of tlie most celebrated
amusements of the ingle-ring.—One in the ring-
speaks as follows : —
I hae been awa at the wadds and the wears
These seven lang years;
And's come hame a puir broken ploughman ;
What will ye gie me to help me to my trade r"
Gall. Encycl.
The same denomination is used in Dumfr.; com-
municated iii the form of Wads and Weir.?.
Mactaggart has given a minute account of the mode
of playing the game. This phrase, the wears, seems
to signify the wars. At the wars is a common, mode
of denoting the life of a soldier, still retained among
the vulgar, S. Shall we suppose that this conjiira-
ti on of wads with -wars lias any relation to the cir-
cumstance of the pledges often given in warfare, espe-
cially in relation to singular combat, between men of
rank ? Hence the L.B. phraseology, Vadium Duelli,
Vadiare Bellurn, &c.
WED-KEEPER, -V. One who takes charge of
pledges; in allusion, most probably, to those
games in which wads are deposited.
" As to this conscience, it is a faith full wed-keeper:
the gages that it receiveth, it randeris, of good turnes
it giveth a blyith testimonie, of evil turnes it givet.h
a bitter testimonie: and supno>e the maist part of
our deidis be now covered from 'die en- of man, and
her testimonie for the maist part hid fp>m our >.elfe,
yit there is a day comming,—in the ouhiik all thir
things, that ar now hid vnder darknes, shall come
to light and the secretes of all heartes shall be dis-
closed/' Brace's Eleven Serm. C. 4, b.
W A D S E T , S. 1. A legal deed, &c\] Add;
2. Used in general to denote a pledge.
Here's that little wadset,
Bulles Scrap d Truth,
Pawned in a gin shop,
Quenching holie drouth. Burns.
Cromek says, that " sometimes it means bet;" giv-
ing the following illustration:
Wad.ance that wynsome carle Death
But rowe her in his black mort-claith ;
Pll make a wadset o an aith,
- To feast the parish en, Jo.
Remains of Nithsdale Song, 82. 91-
But he has mistaken the meaning. For it is pre-
cisely the same with that in the preceding passage.
He does not engage to bet an oath, but to give his
oath in pledge.
T o W A D S E T , W E D - S E T , V. A. T o alienate lands,
&c. under reversion, S.] Add;
l< Be the regresse the superior of lands wed-set be
his vassal, after the redemption thereof, suffers the
first seller of the samin to come backe againe to his
awin place,—as he did before the alienation/' Skene,
Verb. Sign. vo. Reversion.
This v. was used in O.E. " Wed setl-yn. Impig-
nero." Prompt. Parv.
W A 1 3 D , s. W o a d , used in dyeing.] Add;
It also occurs in the form of wad.
— " Anent the spoliacioune & w rang wis withhaklin
fra the said Elizabeth of twa tune of wad,-—j poke of
mader" [madder], &c. Act. Audit. A , 3 473, p. 3E
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A E
(£ That none of these acts speak—of exporting, See,
but mainly of not selling wax, wine, silks, spieeries,
wood, wadde " &c. Fount. Dec. Suppl. ii. C)44.
Mr. Todd has inserted Wad from Barret's Alvearie,
as " old English for Woad" Fraunces gives it in a
much earlier age. " Woode or wad for lyttynge. Gan-
do." Prompt. Parv.
Can do is m'obably b y mistake for L.B. gualda gins-
tim); (orgaidad) apparently formed from ().Er. g naide,
guatl, &(*. id. V. J)u Cange ami Roquefort.
\V A D D E R , ,9. A w e d d e r , S.B.
Had hog or -iraddcr iairt in hag or min .
'1 'arras x Toe jus. u. I 1 7.
W A D D I E„ //. Apparent ly the same with Widdie,
(Autim. ; E. iciiiic.
Before the' in-.•nduciion of iron hinder.-.. th- mdv
mode of binding \ nem in then* i.-y,: : , .vas. h- v- a. eoUar
and shank, made (hive a rope) of twj.ied greer. hire!},
•waddies, or t\\ ig>/' A g r . Surv. (AuLnn. p. •.<;>
Su.(j. 'wedja, vimen.
pari. adj. " Strong ; like two pieces
W A . D D I N ,
of iron beat into one. See Weld? Gl. Sibb.
H e evidently views it 'as the part. pa. of Weld
or Wahl
W A D G E , .v. A wedge, fh
Item, nioiiii lee tour heal (i!i;: "movane of 'hand,
moamit a.- >aid E with >t'oi k k i ;m heii i is, an'! a.x i :\*is
g a r i - i > i t v, it h i r o n , h a v i n g am* i i . v K e s ,
A . I:AUI, P. U ; ; ; .
W A l)}\ IA A I,, s. A species o f wool !en eh,i h ma-
nufactured and worn in Orkn. and Sheth
ee She was wrapped in her long anal ample gar-
ment of icadnufal." T h e Pirate, ii.
V. Va dm in a,, which is the pronunciation of the
northern nations /E boma* sounded V.
W A E E L E E D , W A M F L E T , .V. T h e water of a
v/'dl hanu after passing; the null, A b e r d . : svnon.
Wcjjlin.Wiijfuni, (p v.
would seem the provincial pron. of Way-
c:iVaeileed
Jtood, like S. W ay-^a(e, and A.S. waeg-stream, aqua-
rum fluentum. Tent. ivegh-vlied-en, however, sig-
nifies anfngere.
W A E S E , W E E S K , W E E Z E , S. 1 . A TIMESE of
string a bundle of straw ; pron. Waese, Ivlearns.
In this county a distinction is made between a
a reaese and a wisp of straw ; the waese being larger,
and generally made of wheat straw, regularly drawn
length-ways for the purpose of thatching houses, &e.
wdiereas the wisp is made up, in a confused manner,
of any kind of straw, and used as litter for horses, &c.
The word Wase is overlooked both by Dr. John-
son and Mr. Todd, although undoubtedly of long
standing in the E. language. It occurs so early as
the time of Elyot. For he renders Cesticillus, a
garlande of cioutes, whyche women do laie on theyr
heades, whan they cary any thynge, a wase." Bib-
lioth. It appears also in Cooper's Thesaur., and in
Barret's Alvearie, who gives /1 i^pc as synon. Phil-
lips, Goal dm an, Skinner, and Kersey, have retained it.
A circular band of straw, open in the middle,
worn 011 the head, for the purpose o f carrying
a pail of milk, a tub, or basket, Twecdd.,
Annandale.
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3. A bundle of sticks or b r u s h w o o d , placed on one from her two sisters, who want for nothing, and both
s i d e o f the d o o r o f a c o t t a g e , f<,r v, a r d i n g o(i* t h e keep their carriages." Inheritance, iii. i(>4.
blast; it. b e m g s h i f t e d a c c o r d i n g t o t h e d i r e c - (). Feeble, worn out, Dumfr.
tion o f the w i n d , T w e e d d . ; n r o n . [ F v ^ r . W A F F I E , .V. A vagabond.] Add;
T i i i > is a w o r d o i ' pr» t t y g e n e r a l u - e in t h e n o r t h - 2. A worthless person, one addicted to idleness*
e r n d i a l e c t s . S n . ( h vase, a L u n d F of twigs, gathered and to low or"immoral company, Fife.
f o r v a r i o u s p u r p o s e - ; T e n t . >'7.se/e ; fa.^cis, p e n i c i l l i n - , W A F F - L I K E , adj. Having a very shabby or sus-
a w i s p ; also I>l. rasi. fasciculus <•:•: juneo, ^cirf.o, v e l picion s a p p e a r an c e, S.] Add ;
stramine colligatus; V i red. Tims it r d g m f i e ^ a b u n d l e " Though the folk adore the house are a wee waff-
oi* straw, a.- wei'i a s o i ' t w i g I t w a s also u s e d t o like, ye ken it is written, in the Book, that the race
d e n o t e the kind o f hurdie*. cast into lakes or pool is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong." U.
f o r gathering t h e f i s h t o g e t h e r t h a t t h e v m i g h t be Gilb-uze, iii. 1 So,
entice-d t o t a k e t h e hook ; I fire., T h e S u . G . t e r n ] aFo W A F F N E . ^ S , .V. Shabby appearance, S.
d e n o t e d la>cine<. I h a v e observed. no vestige o f this
— i ' u t on your braws, and let us see nae uiair oi*
ancient word in A.S.
your dourness ; and let nae that ettereap, I'd Scott,
( d e r m , stroh a'isrh, a w i s p o f >.1raw. lb.* S e h w a n it
an' her tw.a-faced mithcr, bo wiping my cha its w V
isexpl. torcuc, w i n c h is t h u s r e n d e r e d b y C o : g r . , fk t i e - your irafjUess." Saxon and Gael. iii.
wreathed clowt, wbpe, o r w a d o f s t r a w , l a v e d : b v W A EE, A A I F , \ V A I F F , .V. 1. A hasty motion,
wenches between t h e i r h e a d s , a n d the* t h i n g s w h i c h
Fe. | j//.'.'( /7, as -els.- e
th.ev C a r r i e o n t h e m . "
fk 11 is ust d as denoting a signal ; some: hues ex-
Air. b r o e k e i t has A w n t h i s a,; A . H o r . <f b ' A a
press! v one made by the of n handher-
circular rod o f - t r a w , w o o l , o r o t i u r s.»ft subst.an.ee,
chief.*
f o r p r o t e c t i n g t h e h e a d u n d e r tin* p r e p a r e o i ' a l o a d
Aiid when you are about half a nude ffo:u .-boar,
or burthen. Probably f r o m T e u t . trase eaespes ; or
as it were pas-ing bv 111<* house, to gar set forth a
it m a y b e f r o m case, brand t h i n k s it a c o r r u p t i o n
irajj." Fell, Kestalrig, Groniartic's C o m p i r . p. 10 i~f>.
of iv is p."
T h e boy waitit one and gaif hes Mr. ane token
W A F S O M F , (,,!). W o f u l , melancholy, S.
that the said gaird wer gone, be the schaw or waiff
" She kenn'd her lot would be a icarsomc ane, hut
o f hies hand-curche. T h e said Ito ! hung out sm t o w ,
it was of her own framing, sae she desired the less
enhairon l;e thought to have comeit doune ; tiie s dd
pity." I leart M. Lot!;, iv. M~.
gairti spy It tiie n:uifj' o f the handcurche, am! sua the
W A E S l C K S , infer}. Alas.) Add;
,').dd I'.oi w<-.s disaj)j)(/yntit of lies inteutioiK* and -'.h;-.
IVaesucks ! for h i m that has lass
Hirn A .Uiarey, j>. -t.s, •[•[).
Or Ia t h a t Is a:- n a c t h i n g ; l6. A JraiiMeiit view." j Add ;
Sma' need has h e to say a g r a c e ,
It is no audible voice, but it is a /raj)' of ge,. v v
O r inelvie his b r a w elaithing!
filling 'the soul with G o d , as he is life, light, love and
I turns, iii. ,'bS.
liberty, countervailing that audible v o i c e : * O m a n ,
IVarsucf: is the more common form. t\aesttch !
greatly beloved." Guthrie's Trial, p. H>().
woe is me! alas!" Oh Shirr, and Hicken.
5. .V sudden ailection, producing-a bodilvaihiu-nl,
W A h W A G S Y E , an exchunalion, or perhaps
S.] Add;
a sort of" imprecation, liuehan. u No,—it's neither the tane, nor the tither, but
I Vac wags ye, chiel, whare hae ye been, just a ma.If o" cauld that I got twa nights ago; a bit
Ye've gotten sic a drabblin ? towt that's no wrorth the talking o'." Entail, ii. 12.
Tarras's Poems, p. 6j). ff — I found myself in a very disj asked state—with
Can wags be from A.S. wag-ian agitare, concitare; the great fatigue,—together with a waff of cold that
q. iC wo," or ce calamity agitates you ?" had come upon me, no doubt caused by that disaster
W A F F , W A I F , W A Y F , adj. 1. Strayed.] Add,— of the thunder plump that drookit me to the skin."
after P. Ploiighman; Blackw. Mag. Sept 1S£1, p. 166Y Add, as sense
Weft is used by Ben. Jon son in the same sense. 6. Transient effluvia or odour, Shetl.
The lord of the soile lia's all wefts and strays here t 7. Metaph. used to denote the contagious and fa-
has he not? Every Man out of his Humour. tal influence of a sinful course ; in allusion to
3. Worthless.] Add; the effect of bad air, or of a suffocating wind.
It is often used to denote one who is feeble in mind, " Mr. George Barclay, who—was a blest instru-
unprincipled, or who cannot be trusted, Tweedd. ment to the edification of many souls,—got a waff of
Add, as sense that murthering East-wind in the 1679, and after
L o w born, ignoble; opposed to honourable that got too much old wit, and got too much of the
pedigree and connexions, S. world in his arms, and left too much of it to a sinful
^ Is not it an odd thing that ilka waf carle in the fool, to his hurt, having no children alive, as he said
country has a son and heir, and that the house of to myself when near the gates of death." Walker's
Ellangowan is wdthout male succession ?" Guy Man- Remark. Passages, p. 159-
nering, ii. 341, 84^2. 8. A benevolent influence, as if communicated in
5. Paltry, inferior, not much to be accounted o f ; passing, S.
pron. waiff; L o t h . —fk' W e maun gie something to the young woman,
cf It may be so/ said Mrs. Black coldly; c but it
and the bairns, that we may get a waff o' their good
will be but a ?^Y/£//'kind of happiness—very different will likewise/' Sir. A, Wylie, ii. 162.
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9. Waff is used as equivalent to Wraith, apparent-
ly from its being seen only transiently, Border.
A.Bor. id. V. Brockett.
Your honour forgets I fand my clear maister
mysel, an' saw him laid in the caukl grave. It's been
his waff. Waes me ! he maun hae some meikle mai-
ter to make known. Ye should hae spoken to't."
Dangerous Secrets, ii. l6S.
T o W A F F , v. a. T o shake, Renfr. Thus, " wqf
• Jin in the wind," shaken by means of it.
Sauney M'Nab, wi' his tartan trews,
Has hecht to come down in the midst o' the caper,
An' gie us three wallops of merry shantrews
Wi' the true highland-fling of Macriminon the piper;
Sic hippin' an3 skipping
An spring-in' an' flingin',
I'se wad that there's nane in the lallands can waff it.
TannahiWs Poems, p. 170.
As Isl. vafe denotes intricatio, ambages; and vef-a
texere, involvere; the meaning might seem to be,
6£ go through the intricacies of this dance." But it
is radically the same with E. wave, v. A.S. "wqf-ian
vacillare, Isl. veif-a vibrare.
T o W A F F , W A U F F , v. n. T o wave to and fro,
Tweedd.
W A F F I N G E R , W H I F F I N G E J I , S. A vagabond,
a worth less vagrant, Roxb. ; " A.Bor. xvahjin-
ger, an est ray Brockett. V . W A F F , adj.
T o W A F F L E , v. a. T o rumple, Upp. Ciydes.
W A F F L E , W A F F I L , adj. 1. Limber, pliable,
S. V. WEFFIL.
2. Feeble, useless, Roxb. " A waffil d ud," a per-
son who is without strength or activity, ibid. ; falser than the Dee'l." S. Prov. p. 55.
synon. Thornless.
W A F R O M , s.
FIer majesty [Anne of Denmark]—was then he iragged, perhaps in imitation o f the nod j f Jupiter,
conducted thro' the whole town to the abbay ; forty to give the greater w e i g h t to his strong assertions.
two young men of the town, cloathed in white taffety, W A ' - H E A D ,
and cloth of silver, with chains of gold and black
'ccaj'roms in form of Moors, dancing all the way before
her grace." Movse's Memoirs, p. 171.
The word is different in another work.
" Theare wes xlij young men all cled in quhytt
talfettie and wisseris of black cnilour on ther faces
lyk Mores, all full of gold chenyies, that clancit be-
foir hir grace all the way." Belhaven MS. Mem. Ja.
VI. Fo. 4().
This evidently signifies masks or visors. It there-
fore seems probable that Wqfrorns is an error of the
transcriber.
W A F T , s. Synon. with Waff, sense 8.
" If I get a favourable waft c/ your good will, I
can bide a wee for an answer." Sir A. Wylie, ii. 321.
W A F T , s. One who, under the appearance of
being a person's friend, takes occasion to hold
him up to the laughter of others, S.A.
Apparently of the same origin with E. wag, a any
one ludicrously mischievous," from A.S. waeg-an lu-
cl ere ; fallere, to mock, to deceive.
W A - G A N G , WAY-GANG, 1. A departure.]
Add ;
It is sometimes written wa-waeii.
cc It was a wae wa-gaen to mae nor me at that time/
Campbell, i. 326'.
637
A Y
5. The canal through which water runs in its
course from a miln, Lanarks.; often the
gang* o* the icater.
W A - G A N G C R A P , the crop which the tenant has
before he quits his farm, S.B. Way-garighi
Crop, S.A.
W A G - A T - T H E - W A \ 1. A name given to a
clock, -which lias no case, frequently used in the
country ; thus denominated from the motion of
the pendulum, Ciydes.
2. A spectre supposed to haunt the kitchen, and
to take its station on the crook. It is seen to
wag backwards and forwards before the death
of any one of the family, Roxb. It is celebrated
in tliis traditionary rhyme :
Wa<i-at-the-w(i
o went out i' the ni«"ht.
o *
To see that the moon was shining bright;
The moon, she was at the latter-fa' ;
c Gang to your bed/ cry'd IVag-at-ihe-rra.
O ! why do ye wag the witch-nickit crook,
While the piet's asleep, & the ravens they rook ?
Hell's een shinimer'd on you i' the moon's latter-fa !
Gae o'er your wagging, for I maun aw a'.
W A G I i O R N , .s*. A fabulous personage, who
b e i n g a liar nineteen times (or, a c c o r d i n g to
others, four and twenty times) greater than the
devil, was c r o w n e d k i n g o f bars. H e n c e <*x-
travngnnt bars are sa id to be as ill as I Vughoniy
or icaur than Wughoni; A berd.
This is the same character that Kelly introduces :
As false as iVai>horn, and lie was nineteen times
'j'liis fanciful denomination may have been formed
from this gentleman ha ving a horn on his head, which
T h e vacancy on the top* o f trie
inside o f a c o t t a g e - w a l l , that is not b e a m - i d l e d ,
where articles not constantly m use are d e p o -
sited, R o x b .
A farmer in Lkldesclale, being on a visit to his
landlord in Teviotdale, his landlord, having built a
new house, asked him what he thought of it. The far-,
mer replied; ce Not much ; your house has na wa'~
heads, to lay harrow-teeth and bits o' odments on.
So, think what ye will of it, I will never ca' it a con-
venient ane." Scott of Lidclisdale's Beauties of the
Border,
T o W A I B L E , v. n. T o move unsteadily in
walking, as one who is very feeble, Tweedd.
This must be merely a variety of Wevil, to wrig-
gle. It is nearly allied to Germ, wappel-n motitari,
tremule moveri.
W A I D , s. The dye-stuff' called woad. " Ane
pipe of wald Aberd. Reg. V. W A D D , and
WALD.
W A Y E R , A weigher, one who weighs.
Libripens,—stipis ponderandae pensator,—a
Tvaijcr." Despaut. Gram. C. 2, b.
W A Y F F , s. The singular orthography of the
MS. of Pitscottie's Cron. for Wife, pass.
f£ Sir Williame Crichtoun—was sent to spous Mar*
 W A Y W A Y

g a r e t , t h e d u k e o f G i h d a r e s d o c h t e r , to b e b r o c h t T h e phrase, well o f his tea if ken ning" seems to

h o m e t o ivaiijl' t o K i n g damc.^ t h e S e c o n d . " id have originally signilied, thatone ishappy w h o k n o w s
Vv A Y - G A N ( i I N O , W A Y G O I N G , .v. D e p a r t u r e . h o w to get away from disagreeable l o d g i n g s ; w h i c h
c ; P a f i k pa.-.-cd t o t h e i n n e r s y d e o f the c h a b n e r , is not the ca.-^e with linn who is detained as a prisoner.
a n d hard t h e l y k n o y > as h e d i d w h e n he w a s t h a i r - F o r m e d like Tout, •irc^h-kunu-n, e v a d e r e ; wcgh-
m.t, vit e m d d n o t h i n g ; f o r it wa< e w i n , at t h e gaen, abire. Or shad w e view traij as a. contr.
f j v/;/-1' < / <
. tgi o i d h e ( ' a ; l i g h t . 0 I'd o f ] I n n t i d d s J J e a t h , old///.'///, a. v,''ord indeed formed from the s. nay?
b a n m a t y n e \ d o n r n . p. -IJO. dd) \\r A. I 1 f . a. T o cb()(JSe, to aelect. \d \V ALE.
B u t b e f o r e t h e i r icajf-ubin's t h e carl M a r i - c l i a l TV A Y M Y N ( J , ' \ V A YM E :<T.S, I . a n a i l l a t i o n . ] Add;
r;ni.-ed W d d a m e i h e .ertMa: tirAii c l e r k , p r o d u c e a U'aymenlinge. Lamcntacio. Idulatus. IManctus.
iC

b a n d o f an ' a i a m e. L u c t u s . — / j 'mjiuvui-ifii. I'didor. T a m e n t o r . G e m o .

b r i b e d at c o m m a n d o l d h e l o r d
1'langf;."
o f A b o y : . e b y t h e KWYL h o f A m r d e e n , — w h e r e i n t h e y idrcanpt. ] > arv.
W A I X i b jjret.
o b l i g e d 4 d ; e i . : v e > to - l a n d a n d a b i d e b y t h e k i n g J'ought.
iii a• i f o r t u n e . - . m.sl vda.t,-m:.(.'Ver f a c t i o u s a n d >e- A m y c h t y (dnl ! tniha thai* hail b e n e
d d i o m per-m..- ; h o l l o dd*odeV his c o m m a n d . - , b u t t o A n d had the kingis worschip >,enc,
s a b m d . m a d obt d i e m e, ma- e n t e r i n t o any c o v e n a n t . " y^ nd his irrodyr, that a'fanc him b y ,
S p a l d i n g ' s T r o u b l e s . i. - J O , : : ! I. dda I .-taaiayit thaim sa. Iiardely,—
" '1 hey pre .-ed td; l'd:.- jom oga'dmi might be v. uii me suld weile s. ; y, tl.a-t thai had will
the Comment of I'm . - _.mil upon .hi.-, refmal they do \ n hosioor, cum tieoi'tdh
m.iposed hd; >rci,-yGuthrie's diem. p. dd. /; t //do//a, i,. \ iii. :;i i, M S ,
\V'A V-C.U X, d id - o A I: X, W A Y-GOI >: O, adj. j iE- Tiia •• has not l;e(-n mici'-iatoo(i l>y editors,
jme, ];;•/; li't.'ii. farm or dabitn t ion. S. I fence /< a.>; das been sed;a--tituted 1'rom A n d r o Hart's,
£% The mavagod.-g tenant, iii mourgisig his farm, in-
ti;ue do\\ n v> ma Is. it is the pret. a;a//;,c, 1'rom A . S -
iun he. h.nodoj'd a m i :• ;ie< <-.- • o r , at t h e e. k pen.-e o f 'irinn-a/i, lahtaare, piigiiaie.
his '.-Vsji proic.-a.»nai cl.a/aeo j'." Agr. Surv. Oumfr. rjdi "\VA. I NC-LH, v. //. T<> lluttcr, to v> jive, to
p. I 7<>- v. to dangle, to dap, Aberd. V. W J N G L E ,
WAV-C.WCIX 1 (" HOP. V, TV A-G AN G CltA'P. winch seel11s merely a vanetv.
W A Y G A T E , .V. * W A I N S C O T , .v. r rbe term nppropriateel to
H e ' s a w a t o sail, oak, esp'ecially after being cut down, or when in
W i ' water in his inm•(air, a wrought state, S.
A n ' v a n d in in-, l a ; . " Seeing a w edge o f irain.'.coi is fittest and most
J a c / u i ' c ;'thr.\. a k pr< ;a r ida c leaving" an oaken treef' 'Xe. Lrnuhart's
Jl (iij-'j. till' .--i;.' I n ; ] ' ' - p a c e , r o o m . j } o x i ) . 1 ieiaa h o w - Trricts, p. i.Vj.
e v e r , ii v . o i . l d •, e m Lo c o n t a i n an adu.-m»n to w h a t is \VA i .\>< ur. adj. O f or belonging- to o a k , S.
called the It'.d-rare o f a m d h T o \ d a : aa>-j', f . a. "id> line walls with b o a r d s
V f A Y b K T . \V A Y A Y K . .V. S p e e d , t h e art o f m a - oi oak, S.
k i n g p»\a. te.a-. i / V /"/•'•; a n y m / o ^ m d , i a d b . 1 !e it is oh v ems that the word was anciently restricted
d o e s noi yes f o r w a r d . \*'n Lanark^.
in tiiis v, ay bv our ancestors.
I t m i g h t a n p e a r ( h m b t f e d w h e t h e r this s h o u l d b e 'fable boords of 11 ainscoi or 11 dlntd tree long',
resolved, q. gelling on th c//*////, ur gelling a way. From tlie pecce xxx 1." hates, A . K i l l .
t h e } ) r o m m c i a t i o i : o f L a n a r k s . t h e latter s e e m s p r e - It w o u l d seem that this a} proprialien o f the term
f e r a b l e , b e c a u s e a l t h o u g h in S. cura is used for aieay, was not con lined to S. Kilian dclines T e u t . iracghe-
iva' n e v e r o c c u r s l b r tray. 1 c a n n o t t h i n k that the schot, tabula quercea hive quernea major. This is
last s y l l a b l e is f r o m S. gad, r o a d . F o r w e must sup- traced to waeghe mi da, and schot septum. It is sup-
p o s e t o o g r e a t an e l l i p s i s , as i f it w e r e said ; lie posed that the first term refers to the undulations, or
c a n n o t g e t a w a y on the road." veins, o f tne w o o d . Seren. c!eri\ e» it from G e r m .
V% A Y-C I ( - v . .Run, course, place where a body (i'Uhd a. w;di, and Sw. .sla.-ri-a to fn, to adapt. As in
o f water breaks out. Teut. the r. a opears in the foi m of jratghen-xchotten,
ec T h e y use to a t o p t h e trajj-goc o f t h e watc r, s o m e - it would seem that warghcit is merely the phoid/ aeghe}
t i m e s in t h e s u m m e r , a n d let t h e p l a c e o v e r f l o w w i t l i signifying waves.
water." Sir A . B a l f o u r 1 * L e t t e r s , p . 1 L2<), I'60. Yv A i l X ' i d A transient sight, a passing view,
T e u t . wegh-ga-cn a hi re, d i b c e d e r e . a glimpse, Aberd. C.B."gwant-wy, apt to
WAIH, u T o play vpoune the trum nycbtly 5
move away.
to convene the waih at ewin Aberd. R e g . T o W A I N T , v. n. T o become sour, applied to
Cent. 16. any liquid, TeviotcL
In extracts from this ancient record, it is twice W A I N T I T , W E Y N T E D , part adj. Soured; ap-
written waih, and as often waihe ; ec The time of the plied to milk, Dumfr.
waiheWatch ? " Wen led, grown acid ; spoken of wort. Norfd7
W A Y K E N N I N G , ^ dThe knowledge of one's Grose. V. WYNTIT.
way from a place. T o W A Y N T , v.n. T o b e deficient, tobewanting,
cc H e that's ill of his lodging, is well of his way- Syndry wayntyl, bot nane wyst be quhat way.
kenningS. Pro v. " Spoken when I ask my neigh- Wallace, i. 199- MS.
bour a loan, and he tells me that he cannot, but such The word is here used according to the Gothic idi-
a one can." Kelly, p. 113. o m ; Isl. vanl-a, deesse, deficere; from van defectus.
638
 W A I W
W A Y - P A S S I N G , 6-. Departure. •
— " Ordanis that the persouns that past fra the
eleccioun of the said Alex1' be summond to a certane
day to ansuer to our souueram lord for their way-
passing eontraire his lawis." Act. Cone. A. 14?79, p. 45.
T o W A Y - P U T , v. a. T o vend, to dispose of
by sale.
— " Nane of thaim way put nor dispone/' &c.
Aberd. Reg. V. If); i.e.put away. V. A W A Y - P U T T I N G ,
W A I R , s. T h e cover of a pillow, a pillow-slip.
" Item eightein cods with their wairs worth three
merk the peice; extending the pryces of the saids
cods with their wairs to the stimme of iiiftie four
merits." Acts Cha. II. Ed. 1814, YI I. 61. V. Con.
W A I R , s. T h e spring. Y . W A K E .
WAIIl. Went to xvair. L e g . Bp. St. Androis.
Returning hame as ye hard tell,
Ele baid behind a day him sell,
The simple servantis to beguyle,
Say and, he wald ryde forth a whyle,
T o seay a bow that was sumthing wieht;
Syne come agane, and tak gud nycht,
Bot on lap he, and went to wair ;
Fairweill; adewe; they gat na mair.
Poems Kith, Cent. p. D.ES.
It may have been a phrase borrowed from tlie sea-
faring line; as A.S. ware is ora, portiis. Tims /o go
to wair would signify to take ship. El. ver, era ,
G. Andr. p. 253. Or it may be che A.S. phra.se (u
ware, cautionis gratia, q. to take care of himself.
W A I R A L M E R I E , a press or cupboard for
holding household articles, or such as are ne-
cessary for the table, distinguished from one
used for keeping meat,
" The air sail haue—<me meit almerie, ane wair
tilrnerie, ane serine," &c. Balfour's Practicks, p. 235.
£C That William Elalkerstoune—has done wrang in
the withhaldin fra Johne of Knoll is,—a met almery,
a weschale almery, a schryn, a wayr almery " &c.
Act. Dora. Cone. A. 1489, p. 131.
W A I R A W O N S , intcrj. Welladay, Fife.
W A I R D , s. A sentence, an award. V . W A R D E .
T o W A I R D , v. a. T o fasten a mortised joint
b y driving a pin through it, Clydes. Hence the
terms, WeeLwairdit, and Ill-wairdit.
W A I R D , W A I R D - P I N , S. T h e pin used for fast-
ening a mortised joint, ibid,
W A I R n E R , s. One who secures mortised joints
in this manner, ibid.
A.S. waerd-an, weard-ian, tueri; as this operation
is meant to guard the joint from opening.
W A I R D H O U S S , s. A prison ; now called the
Tolbooth ; wairdhous, Aberd. R e g ,
ec Act ordaining provest and baillies within the
brogh, baillies of regalitie and baron is, to receave
captives in thair wairdhous sis? Acts Cha.I.Ed.1814,
vol. V. 269, 270.
A.S. weard-ian, Su.G. waard-a, eustodire.
W A I S , 8.
— " Wrack, waith, wais, wair/' &c. Acts Ja. VI.
V . ROICH.
T o W A I T , W A T , V. N. T o know, S.] Add;
" Before I w^en'd,* but now I wat," S. Prov. Ci Spok*
639
A I
en upon the full discovery of some male five, which
before we only suspected.'7 Kelly, p.(j<). " * Suspected;''
Ye re our we'd, and a:ats na, is a common phrase,
signifying that the- person, to whom it is addressed,
is not sensible of his benefits, S.
Yehe weel, and watsna, lad, they're say in,
Wi' getting leave to uv.'all aside her ;
And gin ye laid leer a' vour aim
Ye might na find it; mows to guide her.
Li::zy Idhcrty, Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. ifiO.
W A Y T A X I.NG,' s. T h e act of removingo or car-
ry'mg o!f.
Tin- tiiiltouss leaiftaki m- of his m o n e y / ' Aberd.
Keg. V. WATAKIMS".
T o W A 1 T E , v. a. T o blame.
And by my truth/ quoth lie, 1 ^ehl 1 never do him
that fault, whereby lie shad justly have occasion to
•iraite me of unkindness whilst 1 live." Sadler's Pa-
pers, i. 24.
A vicious orthography for I Vile, q. v.
W A 1 T E . 1 R , ,v. T h e name ibnnerl v given to the
persons who kept the gales of Edinburgh.
<f The insurgent.* had made themselves masters of
tlie West-Port, rurdiing upon tl;e waiters (so the peo-
ple were called who had the charge of tlie u'ates).
and po^vesMng themselves of the keys." Heart AK
L.ith. h I :;7. '
V / A E f E l E O. W a t e r . Tent, wecter, acpia
Gl. Sd)b. I [e evident ly gives this as dm pron.
of Tcviotd. lie. might have added A . S . zcaeia\
wctcr, id.
W A I T PI, s. 1, Sense 1 . ] Add;
The worth o't twice in claith or waithye's get,
1 carina say but I am in your debt.—
Your claith and waiih will never tell wi' me,
Though ye a thousand laids thereof wud gee.
Moss's IIelcnore, p. 80.
W A I T H , W A Y T H . adj. 1 . Wandering, roaming.]
Add;
a Gif theawner of the saidisgudis,—causiscall and
drive the saidis gmlis upon hi.s eornis anal girss (juha
poinditthame of befoir,and swa intrometlis not thair-
efter with the sa.min, bot sufferis thame to go waith,
and wander quhair thay pleis; he may not call or per-
sewhim quhapoimht thame for spuilye, or wrangous
intromisdoim thairwithA Balfour's Pract. p. 491.
W A I T H , W A Y T I - I , S.
In the Act of Parliament erecting Orkney into an
earldom, wayth is conjoined with wraik.
Grant is to the said lord Robert Stewart—the
haill wraik and wayth that sal%ippm to be fund in ony
tyme heir efter within the boundis of the saidis landis
or sie cost thairoff/3 Acts Ja.YE 1581, Ed. 1814, p.255.
I do not think that it can here admit the significa-
tion of game. It seems rather to denote what is
strayed or unclaimed.
WAITS, pi Ministrels who g o through a
burgh, playing under night, especially towards
the new year, S. and E . .
Aft, when the Waits were playing by,
I've marked his viol., with a sigh,
Soothing lorn looers, yhere they lie,
T o visions sweet.
Maine's Siller Gun> p. 44. V . W A T E ,
 Vv A L W A L

V\ A K . aJj. E watery, Add; Aberd. Ecg. Cent. 10. " T o scot, lot, waclic,
T h e r. occur . in i f. f\. •• i ira'//,-. h >a;te ii if'ale/, \ lay rcrld A r..Y/ rd.''
Lb em in water • e a: i iv!!i;t''-; en h ui;c.— If your sal to The Word wald is left out in another] and
f ' v b e iiat iv !*' 1 n-aijl.' :ifte(K a); E marred." Pa.l-gr. >n'(iih- ! !•• e< 1 for it it(•];>:. To scot, lott, walk &
i i i i . \ \ -ten, a. Perhaps the term here signifies, to have the :
A . f !<»r. t ' i i j . mo:-'," (()re be v i e w e d n.'igement of public concerns in common with others
p,> original i v the same. v. ho pay taxes.
\V.\KNF.s, \Y :•.( i !'. >. e. ! i l i q u i d i t y , S . l h ] . - ft hi ; W A E l ) , r. a ar. W(ndd.] Add;
im T h e e a r t h h r i n g e t ii I b r t h tire t r; e ; it g r o w e t h 2. Should, or ought to be ; as implying the idea
by lnoistour and natural track/tcs* it is catted d o w n of necessity.
b y t h e h a n d o f tin* h e w a r . " ibe-Maung betidx " N o t t h e l e s thair is s u m thing is (juhiiks wald IK-
C'ro-i*an;ueli a n d J . K n o x . P r o h h . b . ] ; r e s e u t l y d o n e ( a n d t h a t in a n e v e r r a y secreit m a n e r )
VS A K A N I ) . .v. A v. a l i e n i n g , (]. walria. :i.; your E. sail p<:*i'saii'oii t h e u t h e r side-of tiie leaftr."
( h i d pi'ovitiit a. better irakund for h i m . " Aberd. Corsn.gucll to Bcthune A bp. of (dasgow, Keith's
E e g . Cent. Jo'. l ! i , t . A p p . p . ifji'.
T o W A K E . r. T o he unoccupied.] Add; Tliih Idiom is analogous to that in regard to the
\\ A K I NO, pari. adj. Wu.-ie, unoccupied. same auxiliary v., in the future, will. As will is used
" T h u s thev lived o u t iav. s, o p p r e - M n g t l i e c o u n - for .shall hi., heia; we have an example of wald3 i. e.
t r y — a n d o p e n l y a v o w e d they h a d taken tins eour.-e would, for shoe.Id.
t o o v t t h e i r o\\ n j i e ^ - e - a g a i n , o r t l i e n h o l d t h e T o W A El), t. a. T o incorporate two masses
c o u n t r y wakwy." >']rdding, i. I. of metal into one, Tweedd.
To WAKh, i/. T o warn !er. I >1. rack-a, Strike? iron while 'tis net, if ye'd have it to wald.
Eat. wfn-ur n G h Sibb. ! have observed no R. irne. Herds Cull. ii. 113. V. WELL, WALL, r.
e x a m p l e o f this use' o f the w o r d , W A LI)I N-1 F E A 11, 5. i. Such heat as isproper
* To WAKEN, v . a. T o revive an a c t i o n for w e 1 d i ng i rem, C1 y d e s.
'which has l o r s o m e time IK en d o r m a n t ; a f o - % Aletaplu used to denote fitness for any parti-
r en sic t e r m , S .
cular object or design ; as, a l i e s in a braw
" T h o u g h the effect o f an action w h i c h lies o v e r n o t
tcaldin heat for courting," ibid.
i n s h t e d ill for a year is suspended : — y e t it m a y , at
W A L D , s. Yellow weed, dyer's weed, Reseda
a n y time within the years o f prescription, be r e v i v e d
luteola, Linn.
or intlcvcd bv a s u m m o n s / ' &c. kr.-k. Inst. B. iv. " Thre half pokis of icaldr Aberd. Eeg. V. 24.
T . i. $ (r.t. V . 1.1 j e .v. — f f Noe vther incorporation—to buy or sell—
W A KKS INO, -v. A. legal form in renewing a pro- spiceries, wald and vther materialls for dying." Acts
cess, S. Cha. IE Ed. 1814, VIII. 63.
A f t e r an action has been called in Court, and
" For every pound of yarn allow three fourths of a
allow ed t o lie o v e r f o r the space o f a year, w i t h o u t
pound good English wald." Max. Seh Trans, p. 368.
any p r o c e d u r e h a v i n g taken place, it is said to fall
In E. this is called Weld, 'and viewed by Johns, as
ash •« '/>, a n (1 ret j u i res to I ;e wa k e n ed by a n e w s u i n m on quite s,
different from Woad ; although Eightfoot gives
w h i c h states the p r o c e d u r e , the d e l a y , and the n e -
to the Luteola the name of Wild-woad. '
cessity o f irakening the action in order to its b e i n g
A.S. wad, waad, glastum.
WALDER WOLL.
insisted in ; and c o n t a i n i n g a warrant to cite the d e -
" That Henry Leis burgess of Edinburgh restore
f e n d e r to appear in C o u r t , and d e f e n d the action
—-j turss of haddir with stray of a bed, a paire of
w i t h i n six d a y s after citation/' Bell's Diet, in vo.
cardis, a quarter of 1valder woll&c. Act. Audit. A.
W A I T K R I F E , W A K B I F E , adj. V . WALKRIFB.*
1478, p. 6*7.
W A L K R I F E L I E , W A U K R I F E L I E , adv. Wakefully,
This can mean nothing save wedder wool} or that
S. plucked from wethers.
W A L K R I F E N E S S , W A U K R I F E X E S S , S. The state W A L G A N , A wallet, a pouch, A b e r d . ; the
of being wakeful, S. same with Walgiey q. v.
* W A I V E - H O B I N , s. The Arum maculatum. T o W A L E , a. T o choose, &e.] Add;
I mention this, merely to remark that the bakers WEILL-WML'D, adj. Well-chosen, cautiously
in some parts of Teviotdale are said to use this selected ; often applied to language* in which
as a charm against witchcraft. the speaker is careful to avoid any thing that
W A L OF I R N E , apparently a lever of iron, or may give offence, or to employ such terms as
some instrument of this kind. may be most winning or persuasive, S.
;—" The saide Johne Kennedy for the wrang- But d'ye see fou better bred
wiss spoliation^ awaytakin, & withhalding of a fe- Was mens-fou Maggy Murdy ;
der bed, twa rede eoveringis, thre pare of scheitis, She her man like a lammy led
a cod, a wdl ofirne, a pot/' &c. Act. Audit A. 1482, Hame, wi' a well wailedwordy.
p . 109. Ramsay, Christ's Kirk, C.iih
Kilian expl. Teut welle, cylindrus ; sueula; et pa« This should have been printed weill-wail'd.
langa, i. e. a lever. W A L Y ? adj. Large, ample.] Add to etymon;
T o W A L D , v. a. 1. T o weild, &c.] Add; It is more nearly allied, in this sense, to a word
4, To Wald and Ward. This phrase occurs in
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used in La.pl and, than to any other. T o is is trailjet
ubertas, ahundantia. The adj. appears in t.he form of
tvalljes, eopiosus. V. Ihre, Diet. Lappoii.
WALY,WAWLTE,«?. A toy, a gewgaw, S.] Add;
Ci At ony rate, the warst barn e'er man lay in wad
be a pleasanter abode than Glenallan house, wi' a'
the pictures and black velvet, and silver bonnie a: a w-
lies belonging to it." Antiquary, ii.
W A L Y - S T A N E , S. A nodule o f quart/. ; as being
used as a play-thing bv children., Ciydes.
WALY, " A small 'liower Galloway.
Now frae the cribs the tarry gimmers t rot,
And spread around the lanlds, to crop the blade
Of tender grass, or thriving dy.—
J)aetds(fn'-s Sea sent s3 p. .1.
Perhaps from O.Germ. iral-en to grow luxuriously.
The term is particularly applied to goa'ans, ( South,
of S.) ; which are supposed to be thus denominated
because of their beauty. V . W A L I K , adj.
W A L Y - S P I U G , S. T h e same with Yvidjj, a flower,
Galloway.
— O'er the verdant mead
Behold the blushing prospect. V/ho can paint
A waly-sprig like Nature r
J)at id.sou*.s Seasons, p. -i-tl.
W A L Y , inter). Express!vt of'huue^tation. I Add;
This term is use(i, oven in the re dupbea'; ive ibi m, ni
Yorks. " Watty, l\ 'ally, is G.od b.ck. good lack, or
Oh me, oh me !" Clav.
WALV, .Prosperity.] Add ;
It is singular that the phrase waly fa has changed
its signification in some parts of the north ; unless it
could be supposed that its meaning was misunder-
stood by a writer, who, in other respects, has showed
that he-was well acquainted with our vernacular
tongue.
But that camsteary what-dy'e-eaw't,
(I think it's Genius, iralie j'a'f)
-—Will never dreep frae draffy mawt,
Or bare spring water.
SL'hi iter .s Mi v.'. r<a:L p . I T S . four's i'ract. p.
" Waly fa, woe be t o ; " Gi. ibid.
It occurs in the same sense, in another form, in
older writing.
Now wally fu' f t the silly bridegroom,
He was as saft as butter, &c. .
Runaway Bride, Herd's Coll. ii. 88.
I heard ae wife say t' anither,
Watlifbiifa' the cat!
Wallifoufd the cat!
She's bred the house an wan ease ;
She's open'd the amry door,
An' eaten up a' the cheese.
* Herd's Coll. ii. 139.
The song bears these words as its title.
One might almost suppose that this had once had W A L K E Y F E K E S S E , rSa Watchfulness, as opposed
the form of an adj. q. Watlyj'idl, and been here used
improperly. It is possible, however, that it is a corr.
of A.S. wa la tea, proli dolor; Lye.
W A L Y C O A T , s. An under-petticoat, Aberd. be walkryfe, people must be walkryfe, andeuerie man
- " T h i r rebel ships—sends privately apinnace ashore and woman must be on their-guard." Bollock 011
to design the house where the queen [[Henrietta]] was 1 Thes. p. 126.
lodged, whilk being done, her Majesty, having mind . T o W A L L up, v. n. T o boil" up, S.] Add;
of no evil, but glad of rest, now wearied by the sea,
is cruelly assaulted; for this Qliir"] six rebel ships ilk Ebullitio." Prompt. Pai*v..
VOL. I I . 6ld
W A L
one by course sets their broad side to her longing, bal-
tr,j the i:ou.^e, (lings down t!ie roof ere she wist </i
herself; but she gets up (rat of her naked bed in h-e;
night )ran,(-:;at3 barefooted and barelegged, with hei
maid.-: of honour, whereof one for plain fear went
straight n:ad, 'being a nobleman of England's daugh-
Vs.\" Spalding, ii. 7-t.
This'is or:-.rinahy the same with Wnlecoat, (j. v.
WAEISE, Saddlebags, S. V."WAr.i.EES.
If ye are nae friend to kirk and the king, and
are detained as siccan a person, ye maun answer to
honest men of the country for breach o' contract ; and
I maun keep the nag and the trutisc for damage and
expenee." Waverley. ii. lud7.
T o W A L K , r. a. * T o lull clodn
" Ordanis our .souerane lordis k-ttrez be direct her-
apone, defakand to the said hobert in the pa - -
mentvj d. ibr theivalhin of iikeeln of the said ,-ix e: •
& a half." Act. i>om. Cone. A. 11U8, p. V. \/ \ •
W A L I : E I ? , .V. A fuller. V . under W A C K . , V.
T o W A L K , r. a. T o awake ; u.^ed to deiioie the
renew al of a prosecution which has been dormant,
" '» lie >aid .vummondis wes caih't, rersonh> cc dis-
pute in pres«Mis of the thre estaitis for the tyme, and
restit for interlocutor to be gevin t h a : r u j , a m i
slepit sen syne ; u> in ane supplication;! gevin in for
trnl/dug of the . aid. i a; iter in the self mair lar;-e'. v pro-
portis." Acts Mary, 15,18, bah Itti 1-, p.
T(> YYA !.a I >;, \\R A i.KEs, v. a. 1. 'IsjawaHE, DonG.
\ Jig., as E . WHLCH.
2. T o raise a legal prosecution anew ; a forensic
term, S.
" And then the principal! p'ley (oefwis tin- iM-rsnrcy
and. the defender) sail be n-allnted, and begin axaiiie."
Quon. Atta.ch. c. oa, § (]. jplacitum ressiseilaihtur.
^ Ail sentence.-, <j;evin — is of nane avail ;—-/if bait I",
the principal cemse and actioiin in warr.-mdh e atom,
time sleijdl, or was eontinuil [adjon;*i:edj, ami oaith
the saidis parties wer not lauehfuihv ^varrtit U; hei-"
tiie matter ira!L nii. and ressa\ e farder pro,;-.-. ."
8.
As Su.G. irabn-a corresponds in the genera:
ihreoh/Serve.-, tiiat verbs terminating in na iiav.- an in-
ceptive signiheation. Tliisidea he illustrates at length
under Stadna, consistere; viewing tiie termination
na as formed from na or naema, to take ; and as giv-
ing, to the words to which it is added, a signification
parallel to that of Lat. verbs ending in .vco, as lace.reo,
luce.9co; wdiicli termination he traces to s ^ h apart of
the Gr. habeo.
T o W A L K I N , z-. 11. T o walk ; hkefeyne for
jZr, bene for be, seijne for
Bot desiring he taryit euermare,
Furth with him to walldn and repare.
Bong. Virg. 1 8 1 . 6. V . S K Y N E ,
to somnolency, S. waulxrifeness.
So long as the diuell is in the world, so long there
is necessity requyred of walkryfeness: pastors must
O.E. " Wellynge or boylynge up as playnge pottys,
4 M
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WALLACTTIE-WEIT, _ The lapwing W A L L Y . W A E , s.

M e a r n s . ; from Wtdluch to wail, and Writ, a " I wish that I was but E in no like to
term used todeiiote the sound made by this bird. as Jenny says in hi y

T o W A L E A N , r\7/. T o wither, to fade, A b e r d . ; and A u l d Robin .Gray."' T h e Entail, ii. l(j0.

synon. uilli S. Wallow. From the same origin with Walla way, q. v.
W A h h A W A f d . A , intcrj. E q u i v a l e n t to E . W A L L Y - W A L L Y I N G , s. T h e same
Jiush ! >ilence ! O r k n . Walltj-wac, Avrs.
W A L E E E , . v . That. part of a q u a g m i r e in which " Such a walh/~walh/ing as the news o f this <
at every door ; for the red-coats, from the
there is a spring, S. V . WKLL-EY.
ing days,—were held in dread and as a 1
W A L L E R , -v. A c o n i u ^ d c r o w d in a state o f
us." Annals of the Parish, p. 1 6 l .
q u i c k motion ; as, a icallcr of birds, a icallcr of
WALLOCH, A kind o f dance familiar t a
bairns, k c . R o x b .
the H i g h l a n d s , S.
A.S. we<dl-ian, to boil u p ; C.B. gicull-aiv, to pour
O she was a canti
out, to empty. Su.G. wall-a is used to denote incon-
W e e l could she dance the Highland :
V H o w happy I, had she been mine,
T o W A L L E R , v. n. T o toss about as a fish does O r Ed been R o y o f Aldivalloch.
'upon dry land, T w e e d d . , E p p . Clydes. ; either Roys Wife.
corr. from E. Wallow, or ehuniinga c o m m o n ori- W A L L O C I E G O E L , v . l . A n o i s y !>hisleringfel-
o-in. It is indeed exul. bv E . Wallow, CI ydes. low, A \ rs. ; apparently from Wallacli to cry, as
WALLET, A valet, a child out o f h u m o u r , and (ionl a sort o f yell,
- (Jure l o r d , r e m e m b r i n g t he
h e lang, guid, fi. A female o f a slovenly appearanee, ibid.
maiestie, a Is- W A E E O C K , .V. T h e l a p w i n g , "Moray.
Weill in his hienes minoritie as maioritie, he his orace Perhaps from its wild c r y ; V. W \ L LAC II, v.: or
dalie seruitour Johnne Gib ane of the iratteUix in his from its deceptions mode of teasing those win
G. chalmer ;—Ratifies," Acts.la. VE vol.iii. p.oO?. for its n e s t ; Isl. valing-r f a l l a l / o r calk-a
T h e act is entitled " Ratification!! to Johnne ( i i b
T o W A L L O P , 7;. 2. T o gallop. |
W A L L Y - D Y E , .9. A toy, a o-ew-gaw, S . O . O.E. " Walop-yn as hors. V o l o p t o . — Wa
Wallij-dtjs, g e w g a w s G l.'Sibb. V. W A M K , 4 ofhors. Yoloptacio." Prompt. Parv. T h e v.
vY A L I A ' - 1 ) Y E , /htti rj. W e l l - a - d a y , alas, Ettr. seems to have been a. sort of Eat. term
Lor. monkish writers from the O.E. e.
" /f allj/-dj/(j, ma.n, gin ye he nae better a fighter WAM.OI', .V. L ^)niek motion, with agitation o f
than ye're an examiner, ye may gie up the craft." the clothes, especially when in a. ragged state, S .
brownie of Bodsheck, h 111. r r h e noise caused b y this motion, S.

W A LEI D R A G , WALI.IDRAGCI.K, A-. E A ?). A sudden and severe blow, A b e r d .

feeble ill-grown person. S. | Add. as sense
3. T h i s term is especially applied to a slovenly fe-
male, w h o cither f r o m bodily feebleness, or f r o m
want of exertion, cannot keep herself out o f the
m i r e , or in a cleanly state, R o x b . , L o t h .
" I have three daughters, one o f 17, one o f l G , and
one of 12 ^
all fine girls/' Lett. Allan Ramsay, Lives
P. E p. 100.
" T h e y say—that k i n g s chaff is better
folks'« rn ; but I think that canna be saido' king's
wi' their rocks and distaffs, the very wally draggles o
the country-side." R o b Roy, iii, 189-
4. Wally-draggle is used to d e n o t e three sheaves
r, in rainy weather, without the
for beingmorespeedily dried, R o x b .
W A L L I E S , s. pi 1 . T h e intestines, A y r s .
8. A l s o expl. " feeket p o u c h e s , " or pockets to an
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 96.
W A L L I F O U FA\ V . under W A L Y .
T o W A L L I P E N D , v. a. To
, ; evidently c o r n f r o m
W A - E O O K , . v . T h a t suspicious down-cast l o o k ,
which those have who look owajj from the p e r -
son to whom they address themselves, Clydes.
W A L L O W A E , -v. T h e devil, Sheth
of plausibility. The <
when called the Sorrow ; or it might be viewed as
given to a sorceress, or female fortune-teller. Or it
might seem allied to Su.G. wal, caedes, q. the d e -
stroyer. But all this is mere conjecture.
T o W A L T , v. a. T o beat, t o t h u m p , Dumfr, 5
.dically the same with Quhuli, q. v.
— Walterars of courts ye lat
Poems mh Cent
WALTH, E n o u g h o f any t h i n g , plenty o f ;
as, " H e has walth o 1 siller;' i. e . ;
m o n e y , S . ; synon. South.
This may b e from A.S. walcth r i c h ;
in its application it as nearly resembles Su.Gfi
the phrase is equivalent; " H e ;
f A L X , 8. W a x , A b e r d . R e g .
« Walx, at the entring, nathing, bot at t
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sing, gif it be weyit be haill wawis, viij. d. ilk waw."
Balfour's Practieks, Custumes, p. 87-
If we might credit the history of former times,
there must have been a considerable demand for this
article for the purposes of witchcraft. It was gene-
rally found necessary, it would seem, as the medium
of inflicting pain on the bodies of men.
" To some others at these times he teacheth, how
to make pictures of waxe or clay, that by the wasting
thereof, the persons that they beare the name of, may
be continually melted or dried away by eontinuall
siekenesse." K. James's Daemonologie, B. 2. c. 5.
In order to cause acute pain in the patient, pins,
we are told, were stuck in that part of the body of
the image, in which they wished the person to suffer.
The same plan was adopted for inspiring another
with tlie ardour of love.
Then mould her form of fairest wax,
With adder's eyes, and feet of horn ;
Place this small scroll within its breast,
Which 1, your friend, have hither borne.
Then make a blaze of alder wood,
Before your fire make this to stand;
And the last night of every moon
The bonny May's at your command.
Hoggs Mountain Bard, p. 35.
The Moon, it appears, has great power in this
tdiarm. For her supposed influence in love, V. the
article M O N E . Then it follows ;
With fire and steel to urge her weel,
See that you neither stint nor spare 5
For if the cock be heard to crow,
The charm will vanish into air.
The wounds given to the image were supposed to
be productive of similar stounds of love in the tender
heart of the maiden whom it represented.
A female form, of melting wax,
Mess John surveyed with steady eye,
Which ever and anon he pierced,
And forced the lady loud to cry.—P. 3d.
The same horrid rites were observed on the con-
tinent. For Grilland (de Sortilegiis) says : Qui dam
solent apponere imaginem cerae juxta ignem arden-
tem, completis sacrifices, de qtiibus supra, & ad In-
here quasdam preces nefarias, & turpi a verba, lit
quemadmodum imago ilia igne consumitur & liques-
cit, eodem mo do cor mulieris am oris calore talis viri
feraenter ardeat, Sec. Malleus Malefic. T* II. p. 232.
It cannot be doubted that these rites have been
transmitted from heathenism. Theocritus mentions
them as practised by the Greeks in his time. For
he introduces Samoetha as using similar enchant-
ments, partly for punishing, and partly for regaining
her faithless lover.
But strew the Salt, and say in angry tones,
cc I scatter Delphid's, perjured Delphid's bones."
—First Delphid injured me, he raised, my flame,
And now I burn this bough in Delphid's name ;
As this doth blaze, and break away in fume,
How soon it takes, let Delphid's flesh consume,
lynx, restore my false, my perjured swain,
And force him back into my arms again,—-
As this devoted wax melts o'er the fire,
Let Mindian Delphy melt in warm desire!
IdylUums. p. 12, 13.
643 : "
A M
Samoetha burns the bough in the name of her false
lover, and terms the wax devoted. With this the more,
m odern ritual of witchcraft corresponded. The name
of the person, represented by the image, was invoked.
For, according to the narrative given concerning the
witches of Pollock-shaws, having bound the image
on a spit, they £f turned it before the fire,—saying,
as they turned it, Sir George Maxwell, Sir George
Maxwell; and that this was expressed by all of therm"
Glanvil's Sadducismus, p. :>{J1.
According to Grilland, the image was baptised in
the name of Beelzebub. Malleus, ut sup. p.
There is nothing analogous to the Grecian rite*,
mentioned by Theocritus, of strewing salt. For Gril-
land asserts, that, in the festivals of the witches, salt
was never presented. Ibid. p. 215. It was perhaps
excluded from their infernal rites as having been so
much used as a sacred symbol.
W A M B E , WAME, &c., s. 2. The belly.] Add;
A coarse,but emphatical, proverb is often addressed
by a mother to her children, when she reckons them
unreasonable in their demands for food; " Weel,
weel, what's in your wame [or wytne"] 's 110 in your
testament," S.
The direct meaning of the language would be ;
iC What ye consume now, you cannot bequeath in
any will you may make afterwards." But, as I have
heard the Pro v. applied, I have always 11 n der stood the
sense, to be ; " What you get from me by your vo-t
raeiousness now, you cannot expect to be bequeathed
to you in the testament that I shall make for your
behoof. You put this out of my power/'
T o W A M E one's self, v. a. T o fill one's belly,
lioxb. V A V A M I I K , S.
W A M E F O U , W A M E Fid, s. A belly full, S .
<c A wame-fou is a rvame-fou,—whether it be of the
barley-meal 01* the bran." St. Konan, i. 235.
—Let neer a wamefit be a missing,
But gie us routh o' food ;
O gie us bannocks, brose, and kail,
Potatoes, cabbage, and the wale
O' every thing that's good.
Glut ton's Grace, A. Scott's Poems, p. l6.>.
W A M E - I L L , W E A M - 1 L L 5 $. 1 . T h e B el LY-A c h e . j A dd;
A disease of the intestines.
—f<r The mame-ill was so violent, that thar deit ma
that yere than euir thar deit outlet* inpestilens or yit
in ony vthir seikness in Scotland." Ad die. to Scot
Cornikiis, p. 4.
A.S. wamb-adL dolor ventris.
S A I R W A M E , the same with Wame-ill, S .
A T H O I I T one's W A M E * maugre, in spite of oned
teeth, in open defiance of, Aberd.
It has been supposed that the phrase across th
belly, often used by Pat. Walker, 111 his Remark. Pas
sages, is a kind of modification of this. V. Pref. p.
Over the belly is a similar phrase. This, if E., has bee
overlooked by later Lexicographers.
W A M I E , adj. Corpulentj. having a large belh
Upp. Lanarks.
W A M I N E S S , S. Corpulence, ibid.
Isl. vambi, ventricosus.
T o W A M B L E , v. n. T o move in an undulating
manner.] Add to etymon ;
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Eelg. it'(.!/i('I-t'>> toCTCep, 1 CTfiA .* 1 . iffmi •!'•>;;!'jy/ff;/"/;/

in a/ )rhnne ; also to fume and -Vet, to rave, to r a g e ,
craw I i 13 g w nn>i>;!'i inwrl a cm-pin g, era w bng; H c * w el. to be in a violent pa^-aon, from campa, flame, blaze :
But wo fn>d the very r. in Eh nnnhi-a, aegre pro- passion, de-'re.
trahere s e Innm ventre ; cam hi reptalus. V / A A i E E E , .v. T h e motion o f an eel, u n d u l a t -
WA;.J I:I,:N. .V. A punV child, (huthiL \Y A M- ing motion, Ayr.-,.
FLI X. Evidently a provinciality for )V ami p.'.t.
UrAMM,^. T h e beHy. T o W A M E ; ' W A M K - T o W A Al F E Z , v. n. V. WAMPISH.

EL:"5; W A . M I !•:. V. under W A M I O - ; , .V. W A N , a. pnrUcie expressive of negation, prefixed

T o W'A Al E I, Ii, v. n. T o flap, to flutter; ap- both to adjeciis i. and to substantives, S.
plied to one's clothes, especially if tattered, or It hadabo her.! u ed in O.E. ll'au bc/cnar, Eer-
c/rreie-.dv put on, when tli"V are shaken ]>y the fidus. Han hclcnijiiye. heriidia. W'an bode, or he
wind. or v. hen ihe wearer bus an auk warn mo- that biddeth net. to the value.— IVatihop-yn, Difiido..
tion. It l.-. ah-o said oi'a vessel at sea ; ; ; Iier Ebspero.— // anriju. l*!u;ineo. hhianesco." Eromr t.
Ean-v.
suiin were cjuntji'ia i"1 the w i n d ; " Fife.
Wan is an ai-cient; (Joth. and A.S. particle denot-
This may he aided to Tent. icemei-en, ciresnuagi :
ing privation. V. V.\\iioi\
frequenter et leviter moverc ; Su.f*. irmd-a motilari,
\\ A'S, adj. N o t fnllv rouiid, not p l u m j ) ; as, a,
trepidare; (.'.]>. g:rauunal-tt to w e r . In the S. v.\/ru
ica.i 'n\' i., a t e t !n;t has not grown in a cir-
/' may have been iieerted, as /> sn E. /; ambb', .'rum
cular form, or the,! is not. oiled up on one side.
the same origin. ()r it may In* a provincial variety
I Yan-chi-tlYtf. upphed to ;s nam y hoae cheeks are
of IVcjji7. V. next word. ( A n n . llelg. and Su.G.
schttpcl, however, denotes the trappings of the sail-
Isl. /•///', tp:od u.fra j u s t u m nnadnm est; Su.Ch iran,
vurd : \ ehnn antennae, aplu.-tre : ihre.
id. A.N. waii,/, car..-. / -y c!(a'icie.is.
T o W A M F L E , r. a. Expl. " T o sully f ' Ayrs. ;
\\ /\N, an ad\ ejd;i:il a;li.\. coi'responding in signi-
synon. with Saddil.
ficationaud u.-.e\.'itii tdie Eat .adv. versus, Aberd.
! suspect that, it is originally the -anic with 'd a////, j am indebted for the following account of this
Wajjlr, applied to wdiat has lost its >tiifnes.s, as by fre- "•article to a. very intelligent correspondent in the
quent handling or tossing. north. " it differs from IVilk as a termination, in
\ V A M F E 1 : T , 6-. V. W A E F L E E I ) . the: e respects, f'/if/, implies that the word, to which
W ' A A! E E EN, ,V. A puny child who has a large it is joined, e.-.pres.-es; the place of one's destination ;
belli', ('aitlm. ; perhaps dinu'n. from, Wand), V-a,; ooc-, la'/i <•••.]e.'cy this ide;;. iVilli is not arbi-
zcann\ the belly. T h e word is a!;.<> pron. iYam- trarily affixed to words ; Wan is, c I was gain to
bit a. • )('.-• i ' . - e ) i h: v/a-' on tire road to Aberdeen/*
W A AI E E S , a. A term used to denote the mo- I c.'in f"iau no idea of the origin of this particle, if
we do not trace it to A.S. tracg, Isl. reg, Su.G. iraeg
th >ii oi" an adder, Ayrs. \ ne\t word.
;i!SI/ sraeyh, via, iter, a way. I )an. ret aopcars in its
T o \Y A M I T S ! I, v. a. T o fluctuate, to move
declined form vrjen, ptai njen, in the way, on the
backwards and forwards, Et.tr. For.
e*' (iang away, now, minister, and put by the.dller,
rand. i'ejene til en slad, £: the avenue to a town
Wolff. Sw. pa a iracgcn, id. Isl. vegn signifies piaga,
and dinna keep the notes wampislung in your hand a (piarter. Fiogru regit a. in quatuor orbis plagas ;
that gate, or 1 will wish them in the brown pigg Olafs Saga, b' b ap. Vercl. Ind. Ihre says, ff It is pro-
again, for fear we get a black, cast about them/' 1 ieart bable that our ancestors sometimes used waegu'. for
>E Loth. iv. 2r>[). tvaeg, iC and hence, that waegnar remains in the plu-
But yet his gear wras o' the goude, ral, as when we say, alia waegnar, omnibus locis;
As it waved and wampished in the wdnd ; wida waegnar ifraan, a locis dissitis." He views the
And the coal-black steed he rode upon, term above quoted from Verelius as a confirmation
It was fleeter than the bonny hind. of his conjecture; and renders Su.G. wagnar, trac-
Ballad, Per Us of Man, ii. 1. tus, regio. Did we invert the Sw. phrase, Hart aer
T o W A M P I S H , v. a. 1. T o brandish, to flourish, pan waegen til London, He is on his way to London ;
til London waegen, it would nearly resemble that men-
^ to toss about in a threatening, boasting manner,
tioned above,—" gain to Aberdeen wan." There is cer-
South of S. tainly an affinity between this and another S.B. phrase
T o toss in a furious or frantic manner, ibid. —to Aberdeen cur a. This, in the A.S. form, would
cc Its fearsome baith to see and hear her when she
be to Aberdeen on waeg, i. e. on the way to Aberdeen,
wampishes about her arms, and gets to her English, W A N , s. Wan and Wound.
and speaks as if she were a prent b o o k / ' Antiquary,
iii. 218. " Blissit is he quhome God dois correct;
" Wampnz, to make curvilinear dashes, like a large Thairfore his scurge se thou not neglect.
fish in the water/' (Gall. Enc.) must evidently be For he it is quhilk geuis wan and wound,
viewed as the same v. slightly varied. And suddanlie he will mak haill and sound.
This might seem a term borrowed from the science Poems of the Sixteenth Century, p. 31, 32 .
of defence, as denoting the act of brandishing, or of This alliterative phrase has probably been pro-
making a feint with the sword; as if formed from Fr. verbial with our ancestors. From the succeeding line,
lwant, and pass-er, q. to make a pass before. the analogy requires that there should be a c o n n e x -
Perhaps it is from I tab vatnpegg-iare to flash, t obe ion of idea between mm and wound, Wan may there-*
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fore signify a blow or stroke, as allied to Tent, wand old Asiatics corresponded in their prevalence to those
plaga; Isl. vande difficultas, periculum, noxa. of Druids in Europe.
W A N - C A N N Y , adj. Unlucky, S. A wancanny —" Breaking the rod, or staff, seems—to have
carlin, one supposed to be a witch, Fife. V. been the general mode of dissolving compacts. See
CANNY. - Zeeh. xi. 7. 10. 11. " A n d I took my staff, even,
beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my co-
W A N C H A N C I E , adj. 1. Unlucky, S.] Add ;
venant, which I made with all the people." Celtic
— " When my kinsman came to the village wi' the
Researches, p. 292, 296.
factor, Mr. James Howie, to lift the rents, some wan-
It seems to be in allusion to this ancient rite, that
chancy person,—I suspect John Heatherbhitter, the
the dewil, who appears to his comptroller Doctor Fi-
auld gamekeeper, that was out wi5 me in the year
an, after he had renounced his service, " with a white
fifteen—fired a shot at him in the gloaming, where-
wand in his handle/' is made to break it, as a oresiige
with he was so affrighted, that 1 may say with Tul-
of his vengeance. e* T h e devil answered, f Once ere
li us in Catilinam, Abiit, evasit, erupit, effttgit." W a -
thou die, thou shale be mine': and with that (as he
verley, iii. 235.
saj dj tiie deviii brake the while wand, and immedi-
W A N D , prei. D i d wind, S.B. ately vanished foorth of his sight." l',e\v\s from ScotI,
She bade ane near the door star/ still, I5YI. Law's Meinur. xli.
Or fate shou'd something gie her j
Hence the breaking of a wand or rod, in relation,
She wand the clue wi' tentie harf,
to any individual, was a rite"expressive o f outlawry.
An' cries, " Wha hands the end o't ?" Thus, in a passage quoted above, it is said that " the
Tarras's Poems, p. 68. convicted carry their j u d g m e n t with them, so that
This refers to one of the unwarrantable rites ob- being finally condemned they have no appeal, because
served on Fas tr en's Een, S.B. their wandix completely b r o k e n / ' Britton. Lib, iii.
W A N D , s. T h e rod of correction.] Add ; Tract. 2. c. 33. Frangitur tali am baculus j Fieta,
c< Let his own wand ding him." S. Prov. " Let him
Lib. i. c. 88, § 1G.
reap the fruits of his own folly." Kelly, p. 233. In rllu:don to this symbol, the female gypsy is in-
It literally signifies, " L e t him be beaten with Ids tr.,dreed in Guy A bannering ;«. s breaking a. rod after
own rod." . . uttering her virtual denunciations.
W A N D , adj. W i c k e r ; as, " a wand basket;' t( So saying, she broke the sapling she la id in her
6£ a wand cradle, 1 ' &c. S.
hand, and (Jang it into the road." i. 1^5. id ere I.
W A N D OF P E A C E , a symbol of relaxation from stood, when I tank! tiie last laird of Eilangowan what
an unjust sentence o f outlawry. was coining on his house; and here, where I brake
cc Gif ony man alledgis him to be wrangousli.e de-
the wand of peace ower him." Ibid. iii. 135.
nuncit rebel,—and desyris, be way of supplicatioun W A N D - i i l J i N , s. E x pi. " a straight burn on
gevin in to the Lordis of secrete conn sal, in his name the face -of a sheep; 1 Ciydes.
and behalf, to be relax it thairfra ; the Lordis may re- Perhaps q. a cAcx'/t-burn, from A.S. rvang maxilla,
lax him, and give him the wand of peace instantlie, and hyrn iiicendium.
or ellis direct letter is to the Schiref of the schire—
to do the samin," &c. A. 1505, Balfour's Pract.p. 560. W A N D F A S S O N , s. Denoting what is made in
a basket-form, resembling wands or twigs, in-
— " Relaxand thame inlykemaner fra the said pro-
terlaced.
ces of home, and gevand the wand of peax to Johne
u Item, ellevin plaittis of sindrie sortis, maid of
Bukim, messenger in thair names." Acts Ja VI.
3 5()7, Ed. 1814, p. 5. quhite anam cling. Mair, viii qulieit, 1 of wandjas-
This is undoubtedly the same with what in L.B. son, iii of divers collouris," &c. Inventories, A. 156*1,
is denominated Virga Alba, or the white rod, which p. 158.
D u Cange defines, Pacis symbolum. This was one It seems to be the same article which is afterwards
of the ancient usages of England. It is mentioned thus described:
ff Ane pleitt hollit as gif it wer wandis." A. 1578,
by Britton. Si com me par simple disseisine faite de
iour sauns force et amies, one tine blaunche verge en Ibid. p. 241.
signede peas. Leg. Angl. c. 53. Eol. 188, b. Tliis curious collection supplies us with a singu-
On the other hand, it was said of those wdio were lar fact as to the materials of which fans were ma-
put out of the protection of law, that their wand was nufactured in the reign of Q. Mary. They were
broken. Qui sic convieti secum portant judicium, si- made of small twigs,
cut finaliter condemnati nullum habent app ell um " Item, ane glas, and sex litle culing fan 11 is of li«
versus ali quem fidelem nee in fid el em; quia omnino tie wandisIbid. p. 158.
frangitur eorum baculus. V. Du Cange, vo. Virga. W A N D O C I I T , WAND OUGHT, SI 1. A weak or
Davies, referring to these passages, cc The Lord puny creature.] Add;
hath broken the staff of the wicked — " How is the -2. This is expl. " a silly inactive fellow, 11 R o x b .
strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod ?" observes; 3. It would seem to b e used as equivalent to
" These forms of expression must have alluded., ne- " worthless creature," A b e r d .
cessarily, to some established customs, they must Altho' the wandought's sib to me,
be referred indisputably to some primitive system, He's gien s a waefu' night o't
which regarded rods, branches, and staves, as the sym- For he's to blame for a' the skaith
bols of certain ideas, and as the vehicles of messages, . That's liappen't sin we met.
commissions, or the like. So far the customs of the Codes Simpk Strains9 p. 143,
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W a"XI)or:frT, W \ x n o r o i r r , adj. Feeble, puny,
contemptible, IVrths., S.O.
f i She'.- haddhd an' dung, daresna speak to them
that Fm sure she am-.- liket. ;—that: wandonghl ne'er-
do-weel o' a dominie blawin 5 iu her big, an' winna
iiad his filthy lingers aff her." Campbell, i. ,'J34.
Ijut, Sir, mv irandochl rustic muse,
Gane hafil en> daiz't an' doitet,
Begins to g h m c h , an' hing her browsj
Jake ane grown capernoitet.
'Pickett's Poems 1788, p. 160.
To WANK, a. T o think.
] I ad ye it intill a quiet place,
Ye wald not wane to fiend.
I jjndsay. S. P. 7»\ ii. f)0.
Evidently the same wdth O.K. treuc, modern ween ;
A.S. -wacu-an, wen-ian, M o c > . ( i r a t - j a n , Alem. uuan-
m , Belg. )e(in-cn, putare, opinari.
W A N h , .v. E x p l . tw a. number o f peopled"
Hut in mv bower there is a wake,
Aid at the wake there is a wane ;
Hut bd come to the greenwood the morn,
Whar bloom* the brier by morion' dawn.
Minstrelsy Harder, iii. 2S().
W A N F A R T I I K I E , adj. N o t belonging to this
world, preternatural, S.
— " We ne'er 1 ult on that we saw her, though ony
b o d y wad, in a. moment, hae seen that it was some-
thing iranearthlic.:3 Edin. Mag. Sept. 1818, 155.
V . W \ X.
W A N \()ilrn:SE, s. A r i sftI r t u n e.
— T h a n [yjdn] f have had the wan fortune. to be-
A N
It occurs in Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Shakspeafe,
xxi. 210. Perhaps from A.S. warning, diminution ;
also, grief, from wan-ian to wane. dSteevens says
that the sense of the term is unknown.
W A N Y O C F I , adj. Pale, wan, Clydes.
" Mony a wearie company o' wee wee gerse-greert
riders cam neest,-—their clais skinklanl'the wan-
yoch mune as though they had been just ae diamond"
Edin. Mag. Sept. 1818, p. 155.
This may be a relique of the Welsh kingdom on
Clyde ; as Iduyd gives C.B. ovnog as signifying pale,-
wan, fearful. Owen expl. ovnawg as if it bore only
the latter signification.
T o W A N K I S I I, T\ a. T o twist, to entwine; as, in
f o r m i n g a basket the twigs are said to be wank-
ished, D u m f r . , U o x b . It is also pron. vankish,
in some parts of the country.
This evid ently suggests, from its form, a Goth,
origin. Hut Su.G. tranka, which mo.^t. nearly resem-
bles it, signifies fluctuare, hue illuc fcrri. Isl. vink-a
cireumroto, vohito. These are nearlv akin to the
sen>eof the synonyme Wan/pish. II ik-a signifies pli-
ca re, to plait, week plica, wickl-a eomplicare.
Teut. ranch: captura ; tendicula. V. FAXK, V.
Wd\xm\ss. At the Wanla.ss. | Add;
Thus was evidently used in Id as a. term o f the
chace. " Wantass, (a term in hunting) as, Driving
the Wan!ass, i. e. tlie driving o f deer to a stand ;
which in some Latin records is termed Fngatio Wan-
lassi ad sfabulnni, and in Doomsday-Book, Stabilitio
vena (ion is ; " Phi Hips.
11 I Hi cuMmmarii solchant J'ugarc Wantassum ad

lieve ab<>, That the Pretender is the Q s brother, slabtdtnn,—i. e. to drive the deer to a stand, that the
a prinee of t ho blnid, nay the first prince oldhe bluid, Lord may have a shoot ;" Blount a p. ('oweh But
I inon afiinn. that he has been prayed for as such b y this use of the term, it must be acknowledged, so far
the Church of F n g b m d , " &<\ Speech for from elucidating it, leaves it hi still greater obscu-
o f A n d <\< am, A. 1711, p- I n. rity ; for here tranlas seems to signify, not the act,
It would appear that the word had been then ill but the object that is driven to a stand.
W A x I OK RE x ATK, adj. Unfortunate. In Fife, with the dialect of which W y n t o w n m a y
— " ' f h e .outter illegality of resistance (if I have be supposed to have been familiar, the term wan lasy
been sa iran fortunate as to believe the Pretender to or wanlass, is still used to signify a surprise ; and to
be legitimate, mon needs have made me disloyal to be " ta'en at a wanlas," to be taken at a loss, or u n -
her Maie-ty." Speech, ut sup. p. 14. prepared.
W A N G R A C E , .v. 'Wickedness, S . ] Add; W A N L I E S U M , adj. Unlovely, Mearns; the
Sum bene sa frawart in malice and wangrace, same with Unlussum, which, by the way, should
( uhat i> wele .-ayd thay had'not worth ane ace, rather be written Unlusumeas more expressive
B o t ca<tis thame euir to s})V out fait and eruke. of the sound.
J)onn-. Pirrr. 1S5. 24.
W A N N L E , W A N L E , adj. 1. Agile, active, in-
W A N i l O P E , -V. Delusive hoped] Add;— Vana cluding the idea that the person, of whom it is
spe In sit. \ irg\ used, is also athletic, Iloxb. ; synon. Yauld.
This term h.as not been quite unknown in O.E., The Stuart is sturdy an' wanrde,
although used in a stronger sense. " I despayre, I An' sae is Macleod an' Mackay; •
am in man hope." Palsgr. B. iii. F. 209, b. An' I, their giule-brither Macdonald
" Wanhop-yn. Diffido." Dispero." Prompt. Parv. Sal never be last i' the fray.
W A N I O N , A p p a r e n t l y , a misfortune or ca- Hoggs Mountain Bard, p. 182.
lamity.
2. Stout, healthy, vigorous, ibid.
Bide doun, with a mischief to ye,—bide doun,
" The bairn was sent awa' and bred up near the
with a ivan ion/ cried the king, almost overturned by
Highlands, and grew up to be a fine wanle fallow,
the obstreperous caresses of the' large staghounds."
like mony ane that comes o' the wrang side o' the blan-
Nigel, iii. 86.
ket." Antiquary, ii. 242.
" I sent him out of my company with a wanton—
If not allied to Isl. vand-a elaborare, Su.G.
I would rather have a rifler on my perch than a false
waann-a, id., perhaps from C.B.
knave at my elbow." The Abbot, i. 156.
thrusting, or gwanegawl, driving.
" What can have come over the lad, with a wani- W A N N I S , pi Scars, marks.
oti r Ibid. ii. 44.
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" He—had done grete vassalege, baith for the ho-
noure and defence of the ciete, as weil apperit be sin-
dry wannis and mar Ids in his face ; and uthir of his
body." Bellend. T. Li v. p. 140. Cicatrices, Lat.
I see no word allied to this in form save A.S, wenn
E.
W A N O W N T , part adj. Not claimed, not ac-
knowledged, S.O.
" Men of Musselburgh, yell forrit yonder and help
your wives to drive the w ana writ cattle to the town."
Rothelan, i. 238.
WANRECK,s. " Mischance, ruin;" Gl. Sibb.
W A N R E S T , 'V. 1. Inquietude, S.] Add;
Mistakes, ye ken, maun be excused ;
For habit there is nane ;
Good nature whiles may be abus'd,
An' at a wa n rest taen.
Codes Simple Strains, p. 62.
Tane at a wanrest seems to be a proverbial phrase,
q. taken at disadvantage, when one has met with
something to ruffle the temper.
2. Wanrest of a clock, the pendulum.] Add ;
The candle trembled, as with fright,
An' glimmer'd dim, a dowy light:
The house from top to bottom shook,
An' as a wanrest wagg'd the crook.
Piper of Peebles, p. 13.
W A N S I I A E K E N , part adj. " Deformed, Teut,
wansdutepen, informis, imperfectus GL Sibb,
W A N S O N S Y , adj. Mischievous, S,
We'll learn ye to be douce,
Ye auld wansonsij b li.
Jacobite Relics, i. 70. V . U N S O N S Y .
* W A N T , s. To Hae a want, to be under men-
tal imbecility, S.
W A N T EI R E V I N , WAN-THRIVEN, part. pa.
Not thriven, &e.] Add;
cs And what am I but a poor wasted wan-thriven
tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out to waste in
the highway ?" Heart M. Loth. ii. 199.
W A N T E I R I F T , s. Extravagance; q. un-
thriftiness Gl. Sibb.
W A N T I N G used as a prep. Without, S.; some-
times wintan, Aberd.
W A N T O N , $. A girth; but most commonly
used to denote that by means of which the
much-creels were fastened, Teviotd.
If this be not a cant or a ludicrous term, it may be
related to Teut. wand, manic, rigging.
W A N T O N - M E A T , s. The entertainment of
spirits and sweet-meats given to those in a house
in which a child is born, immediately after the
birth, Teviotd.; elsewhere called Blithe-meat.
Various etymons have been given of the E. adj.
Wanton. The only one that has the slightest air of
probability is that of Serenius. Isl. fanl-r, impor-
tunus tenebrio; Su.G.faent-a, puella lasciva, which
has been traced to Isl. fan-a, temere festinare. But
probably the term has had a British origin. For
Owen gives C.B. gwantan, as signifying what " is
apt to separate or run off, variable; fickle; wanton.3*
It seems very doubtful, indeed, whether the worst
in which the E, word is used be the primary
en
A P
This perhaps is " frolicsome, gay, sportive,
airy."
W A N t J S E , ,5. Misuse, abuse, waste; as, « Y e
tak care o" nai thing; ye let every thing gang
to wanuse f Loth.; i. e. go to wreck from want
of use, Roxb.
W A N W O R T H , W A N W O R D Y , adj. Unworthy.]
Add ;
Frae Geordie Gow a cawf was stown,—
Whilk action of the rogue wanwordy
Distrest the heart o' anxious Geordy.
Taylors S. Poems, p. 162.
WANWUTH, A surprise, Fife;*synon. with
Wanlass. " T o be taen at a wanzmdhf to
be taken by surprise, or at a loss.
Teut. ican-wele ignorantia, dubium ; Isl. vanvit,
1; q. without wit, notice, or previous in-
T o W A P , r. a. 1. T o throw quickly, S.] Add ;
cc Ise wap a samon ore the crage I tro, than with
a grip ore his luggs we my ene hand ; I tro Ise hold
him a bit, an for au his struggle, Ise mar his march to
sea any mare." Franck's Northern Memoirs, p. 6*1.
T o W A P , v. a. T o wrap, to envelop, to swad-
dle, Tweed.] Add;
O.E. " Wapp-yn or hill-yn. Tego.— Wapp-yn or
wyndyn in clothes. Inuoluo.— Wappinge, lappinge
or hi Hinge. Coopertura. Inuolucio." Prompt. Parv,
T o W A P , v. n. " T o wrestle ; wapping, wrest-
ling Gail. Enc.
Teut. wipp-en agitare, vibrare. Most probably, in-,
deed, it has had a common origin with Wap, to throw.
WAP, A bundle, or bottle of straw, Dumfr.
We learn from Grose, that the term is used pre-
cisely in the same sense in the north of E.
Allied perhaps to Su.G. waefw-a, Isl. wefia, im-
piicare, involvere, because it is rolled up or twisted ;
wef-ia involucrum.
W A P N I T , W A P I N N I T , part. pa. Provided with
weapons; E. wcaponed.
a And thai to be weill horsit and wapnit in the
best maner as accordis." Acts Mary 1545, Ed. 1814,
p. 462. Wapinnit, ibid.
W A P P I N L E S , adj. Unarmed, without weapons.
cc Virgin! us—tuke fra you baith your arm our e and
wappinnis, to bring you nakit and wappinles in your
inemyis handis." Bellend. T. Liv. p. 234.
W A P P E R , s. Any thing that is of a large size,
Roxb.
" Forgotten him?' replied his kinsman,f what sulci
ail me to forget him ?—a wapping weaver he was,
and wrought my first pail* of hose." Rob Roy, ii. 218.
WAPPIN, A loose sort of dress, in which a
fisherman wraps "him self, when entering on his
work, and which he wears without breeches, or
the other usual parts of dress, Dumfr.
Apparently from Wap, to envelop, q. v. Su.G.
wepa signifies stragulum crassum ; any kind of
cloth for lapping about a thing," Wideg. Fenn. waU
pa, pallium, a cloak ; A.S. ivaefels, tegmen, pallium.
W A P P I N G , adj. Large in size; as, " a wap.
ping chield," a large boy, S . ; often used as sy.
non. with Strapping.
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i''i,rnaps from 71'ap, to throw, as originaAy denot- ranks p. purchase m.idu by another; a forensic
ing strength or agiiity. t e r m . S.
it is, how ever, a angular coincidence, that A.S. A n e b e a n d cadi it a n d p e r s e w i t f o r Use singil a n d
irarj •!!?!!> i ho a id - I gnify masculine, as referring to the d o u b i ! a v a i l o f Ids m a r i a g e , u i a y l e a s u m l i e call o n v
distinctive i a i ; ! r o f t k e hex. Yen t rani haben,*,. Mas- p e r s o u n f o r his ivarrand, ( p d i a is b u i u ! a n d oi>ii.-a
ci.";. /.' ';'>'. beam, trarpurd i-i/d. m ".".cuius in fa. i is.
to w a r r a i i d h i m t h a i r a n e n t / ' JV-dfour's P»*actic^s
V. ].••••. '} "his is I Vara ira'p; it c;dan;u.>, veretrum.
In ( h't. Yoeab. Veretrum is ex oh Virga virilis. '\YA R l l A N D I G E , W A R A X D I S S , ,S<. T h e secu-
I V A R , W A i a a cv!e. adj. W o r , i a ] Add-Wmtr, rity g i v e n , by the seller, to the purchaser, liia:
<••*: than one's self, a phrase commonly the bai'gain. shali b e m a d e g o o d to h i m , S . ; the
si,.-d iodcnooja vi.-i tor from the spiritual world. sa!ii(i with E . Warranty.
/ ne'er ovi^ o//.y thing icaur than. myscl, I never — " X a j j c r s o u n m a y b e callit a n d c o n v c a i i t f o r
W [i. g h o s t , S. warrandice o f o n y landis annalyeit a n d d i s p o n i t l)^
T h e dore w o n n - c a t e n creak it on it.*> "bands ; h i m , f r a w a r d , r c l e i f or n o n - e n t r e s , e x c e p t h e b e s ] ; e -
Ami in he rleppit, irie, leukhi' round. ei;dlie a n d e x p r e s s i i e b u n d a n d <ablist t h a i r t o . " BaU
T o iika part he thought m i g h t ha'd a ghaist, f o u r ' - Pi\LCt. ]>. :'> 1 H, ,'Jifh
A neat h, aial yont his bed, and up the lulu ; 'I iie said A d a m alh-git t<; italic a. i a k o f tin; s;d:h
But naething cou'd iie see wi'r.-;e than /umxel'. land, t\- jraratahss o f t h e samyn."' Act. Audit. A .
Th v „ p. I-, I 4SI, p. ;}J.

A pro* :rh, c o m m o n In A n g u s , is nearly lo.-t in L.ik H arrandi.s-ta, ut JVarranda ; \):\ Cange.

the I . m o d i f i c a t i o n given. o f it hy Kelly. IVARliLk", .v. 1. A sort o f w o r m , & c . ] Add;
ill oite• i on wurne b a c k , " — . - p o k e n when '* ft td'!)li\ a .^hort t h i c k wca'm, w h i c h l o d g e s b e -
e:.. • ;. i il"i' r t • i;.: * -succeeds another. P. x'Ok t w e e n the s k i n and t h e / c / / o f bl.'ick c a t t l e , n o t he--
Tiie oiira-e lined in the north o f S. i ^ 1'il on tlie tv.'een t h e J'efl and t h e ! j c a h / ! (hall. l a i c . T h i s in.
back of rr.mr." A n / i u s is {-ailed iVurhie.
W . i i \ \ ' \i it. T h i s word i s / m vidg\ar l a n g u a g e , Ci I f at s u c h a t i m e y o u w e r e t o l o o k t h r o u g h ar-

f r e q u e n t l y used a n o m a l o u s l y , i n d i l f e r e n t f o r m s ,
a.» if it were a. .v. ; as, cc G i n that were t o h a p -
p e n , It Wild b e ten want's-^ S. ; i. e. ten times
ivor-i-, q. tiieiv would !)e an arc?111\i\jation <A' ten
5• *,'i;.-•. each o f iheiu worse than that v. Iiich is
divaded.
TinN corresponds with the use of // 'ur.;i\ in
- - a A*.
T o V\'AK, W A T R , f . a. 1. Toovercome. ] Add,
as sense
r.l. T o injure. to m a k e worse.
(iii* (,nv wines, beand stowit be tiho shipuK-a
within ship, t a k b shait.fi,—witimut stress of wether,
and the; merchand sayis that the wines wer dbturhit
and spilt on the master's behalf; g i f the master will
5:weir, with twa or thre of his feilowis, that thair
wines wer not irarrit be thame, they sail pass quite/*
Si dp La wis, Balfour's Pract. p. bNO.
:3. j'o icaard, to b e cast in a c o u r t o f law, S.
O u r g o desire, Mr. L o v e l , — w a s like: to be tea a red
a f / r e the session for want of a p a p e r — i t was a paper
of great significance to the plea, and we were to he
vanred for want o't." Antiquary, i. 1 {){}.
To W A R , WARE, &C. V. a. 1. T o
Add;
This, although Mr. T o d d has not given it a place
in his valuable insertions, is an O.E. v. (c War-yn or
r-haHaryn. Mercor.— War-yn or bestowyn in byinge.
Commuter. Comparo." Prompt. Parv. Kersey has
not overlooked it. ct Ware your money (N.C.)" i. e.
North Country, bestow it well." It does not, how-
ever, necessarily convey the idea of laying out money
in it proper manner.
W A I I A X D , W A R R A N D , S* 1. A place of "shelter
or defence from enemies.] Add;
f2. A surety of a particular description; one who
secures the fulfilment of any bargain, or war-
648
e l f - b o r e in w o o d , w h e r e a. t h o r t e r k n o t — h a s b e e n
t a k e n o u t , o r t h r o u g h tin; h o l e marie b y an e l f - a r r o w ,
( w h i c h has p r o b a b l y b e e n m a d e b y a trarble) in t h e
skin o f a b e a s t that has b e e n e i f - s h o t , y o u m a y se(
t h e e l f - b i d ! ha'tgim*; ( b u t t i n g ) w i t h t h e s t r o n g e s t b u b
or o x iii t h e h e r d ; but y o u w d i ne\ er see v, i ; h tha-
rh ey." a g a i n . " N o r t h e r n A m h j . p. 10 k
hh A loan person, a scrag, A b e r d . ; ^ y u o n . S t u n - g a r : '
\ Y A i l l ) , -V. A s m a l l p i e c e o f past o r e g r o u n d . ]
Add ;
" Now the country lords and barons of the cove-
nant being come in to the earl Marischal, as said is,
they sent out their horses and destroyed both grass
and corns, fed where they pleased in the bishop's
ward, and round about New Aberdeen, to the great
grief and skaith of the poor labourers." Spalding'*
Troubles, i. 157, 158.
Sir W. Scott defines this in a note; " An inclosure
for securing cattle; i. e. warding them."
But this definition seems too much restricted. I
have always heard the term applied to a place that
furnishes food. It has obviously this sense as used
by Spalding.
Sir W. subjoins the following example of the use
lay out.]
of Calf-ward.
Waes me for Johnnie Gedd's hole now,
, His braw calf-ward where gowans grew,
Sae white and bonnie ;
Nae doubt they'll rive't tip wi' the plough,
They'll ruin Johnnie.
The subsequent remark is certainly well-founded-
ff The commutation, which takes place occasion-
ally betwixt the letters Gu, Y, and W, induces me to
believe that Ward, Guard, Gard, Garden, are origi-
nally the same word. Tims Guild-Hall is spelled
Whelde-Hall and Yeld-Halt. The Gu. in Scottish ma-
nuscripts, stupidly printed Qu, is equivalent, like the
same letters in Spanish, to Wh3 as QJiuilk, Whilk, &c/-
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T o W A R D , V. n. T o go to prison, to submit to
confinement, to enter one's person in ward.
" The lords refused to let the lady marchioness go
to the castle with her husband [Tluntly], unless she
would ward also." Spalding's Troubles, i. 48.
To W A R D , 7i. T o award; an old forensic
term.
" This court of parliament schawls for law, that
the dome given in the Justice Are of Coupir—wes
evill gevin & wele again said : And t bar for ilk barone
& freehaldare that had soy tour is in the said Are, &
ward it & geve voce with the said dome, is ilkane in
amerciament, sic as thai micht tyne in the said Are,"
&c. Act. Audit. A. 1478, p. 66. Also Acts. Ja. IV.
15.05, Ed. 1814, p. 264.
The origin of the E. term Award lias been variously
accounted for. Skinner derives it, as Johns, observes,
u rather improbably" from A.S. weard, towards;
Spelman, with far greater verisimilitude, from Anglo-
is orm. agard, Fr. garder, as denoting what is to be
kept or observed. Kilian expl. agard, awarded; en
vos agardetz, in your judgment, determination. G, as
Spelman remarks, is often changed into w. Perhaps
we ought rather to say, that w of the Goths appears
in the Celt, as gw, whence the Fr. gu. A S. on wearde
signifies, vigilantia, exploratio (Lye) ; which might
assume the form of award, as on waeg has been sof-
tened into E. away, and on sid into aside.
The S. word, at least, seems to have been imme-
diately traduced from the Gothic. Su.G. word-a, an-
ciently ward-a, signifies, custoclire, like A.S. weard-
ian. Spelman-has rightly observed that war da, or
varda, Scotis dicitur interloquitorium, judicium, con-
stitute. Skene indeed expl. varda curiae (C the inter-
loquutor or decreete of the court," adding; Curia
dicitur war dare, considerare, pronunciare, referring
to Quon. Attach, in different places. He subjoins ;
" That quhilk is : called
11 1 7' ' in libro
Carbreith, is ca called the vereclite, or deliver-
ance of the assise." Vo. Varda. The primary signi-
fication of the term is obviously retained in its second-
ary sense; as theassisorsare supposed, in their award,
to keep the oath they have taken; unless we should
view it as regarding the result of their accurate in-
vestigation, in the sense of exploratio.
W A E D E , W A R D , s. A decision.] Add;
tc Our souerane lord, &c. be sensemnt and ward
of parliament, fand and deliuerit that the saidis Erles
of Anguss, &c. bure thame trewlie, honourablie and
man full ie in the said twa battellis." Acts Ja. V. 1526,
Ed. 1814, p. 312. It is also written Waird.
" Certane persones—are callit—the keies of the
court, that is ;—Ane sutour quha wardis & pronoun-
ces the waird & interlocutour of the court" Skene,
Verb. Sign, vo. Curia.
Wairdis is here equivalent to awards,—as expl. by
the phrase following f<r pronounces the waird."
W A R D A N D W A R S E L , security for.] Add;
This phrase occurs in Aberd. Reg, " To remane
wpoun his ward Sf warsall." V. 24,
' ' H e tuik nothyr ward nor wersell of the said claith."
Ibid. Cent. 16.; i. e. he took no charge of it in any
way whatsoever, so as to make him responsible either
for the keeping3 or for the sale o f it,
, VOL. II, 649*
A R
I am surprised that this word should appear as if
it had been merely local. The only northern term
that I have met with which bears any resemblance is
Ish versla, verdsla, nundinatio, cambium; Haldorson.
W A R D A T O UR, T h e person who has the
wardship of lands while the heir is a minor.
" Gif the wardalouris of sik landis refnsis to find
souirtie,—that the said schireff—charge thame to find
the said souirtie,—vnder the pane of wanting of the
proffets of all sic ward landis, conjunct-fee or lit-
rentis to be inbrocht to the kingis vss." Acts Ja. V.
1535, Ed. LSI4, p. 344.
L.B. guardator, custos.
W A R D E N , <9. " T h e name of a particular kind
of pear/ 1 S.5 Gl. Sibb. 'V. W A S H - W A R D E N .
W A R O L E , s. A singular transposition of
Warld, the world, Euchan.
—That unto thee our war die blate
May spread its leaf.
«—Awa vile trash, thou wardles gain, Sec.
Tarrass Poems, p. 39. 126,
" Wardle, world;" Gl. ibid.
W A R DOUR,
— " The castellis of Edinburgh, Dumbertane,
Striueling and Blaknes, being four of the eheiff
strenthis of this realme maist necessar to be kepit,
alsueill for our souerane lordis seruice as his residence
within the samin at tymis convenient, as for the gard
and keping of prissoneris and wardouris char git for
thair offences to remane within the samin," Sec. Acts
Ja. VI. 1584, Ed. 1 $14, p. 352.
E. Warder denotes a kee|>er, aguard: but this term,
seems to be us?d by inversion as denoting those who
are kept, and as synon. with prissoneris ; from Ward,
v. n. to go to prison.
W A I I D R A 1 P P E R , s, T h e keeper of the ward,
robe.] Add;
O.E. " Wardroper. Vestiarius." Prompt. Paw.
W A R E , s. A wire, S.
W A R E , WAiii,^.TheSpring,Gall.,Ayrs.,Ciydes
There ware an' hairst ilk ither hawse
Upon the self-sam tree.
Ballad, Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 329.
" Ware, Spring." Ayrs. Gl. Surv. p. 593. V. V E J R .
W A R E T Y M E , S. 1. T h e season of spring, Ettr,
For., R o x b . , Tweedd.
Mactaggart gives a different orthography, assign-
ing a ludicrous origin to the word. " Waurtime, the
spring season, for then the farmers waur, or lay out;
they then sow with the hope to reap."
<s The Ware evening is long and teuch,
The Harvest evening runs soon o'er the heugh.
(C In the spring the days are lengthening; in harvest
decreasing; which makes the one seem long, and the
other short." Kelly, p. 334.
But it is not mere seeming. The twilight of spring,
from a well-known physical cause, Is in fact of longer
duration than that of Autumn.
In Angus it is differently expressed:
The spring e'enings are lang and teugh,
The hairst e'ening tumbles o'er the heugh :
i. e. night so speedily succeeds day, that the evening
may be compared to one falling over a precipice,
who disappears at once.
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F.ftiiv period of lit'-, ibid. Imprecor. Ikvprecor. Maledico.— IVanjar or
" 1—ileech vt I'ii('(":•<iJh•!!, iiofjr-- to Jet iih lori'cll hi bannar. Imprerator. A nathem«-iti/;itor. Maledicus,
ike tvarri///,*/'* ni'owcr r a i k i , e. in tin* >ri;in'-><*asoii f Varifht;rr. M a 1 edictio. 1 m precatio. A nathematizatio.'"'
of <Mii* coin'.-,' or k f \ Winter Kv. T;de.«, ii. 41. Prompt. Parv.
Is!. W l ' m U l i 1 r ! i i | i! I - , I I ill (! < >l\-OI 1. H'arrir is u.-ed by Chaucer. L'rry has erroneously
\ . \ i: >: -v.:. it, -v. Hark v raided l;v means of s.ea- ex pi. it, ''' to make war upon, to (li^turl) or molest,
to worry." Tyrwhitt renders it, " to abuse, to speak
V . (I, A) M v.\.
evil of." 'i'his may correspond v/ith the sense of the
\ the ''-n-t. ti:«' priueipal pari of the crop fii>,t ])a-,s:i;j;e he has rr.-lerred to.
' i -Is i >i" barley, or, w ] i at i- c;n led trarr-fjc/ir," <S:e.— 'Idiis soudanne-se, whom I thus blame and warrie
}
YA'r-n I or big is manured with sea-ware, Jic Let prively hire conseil goii hir way.
c . . ;- i- v( abundant, but the grain is very small.,
Man of La was Tale, v. 1492.
i]•;::<, »v u !»\ t h:' iiMm; of trare-fjcar.'* P. Rut hen, But he refers to another, in which the term evi-
A herd. Stat. Ace. vk 3 7. dently conveys a more forcible idea:
v\\ <: i v . v e d s enst m bv t lie sort, as distin- Answerde of this eehe worse o f ' h e m than other.
gukm-d from ih<>-.e v, hieh adhere tothe r<>cks, !iI'c. And Pokiphete tliei gonnin thus to warien :
\Vli.-:l I have hitherto nbser\ ed is oiilv or' ware f
And hongid be suche one, were he my brother,,
thrown ii. bv the sea. which the far.tiers cali income And so lie shal/
•y.'irr. But there : a kind of wan- tin! :u low wat« r Trail, and Cress, ii. v. 1610.
tAw s.h'-ar and en! iron, t he rord-: which i> of a much Ma led .k'f >, to curse, ban or t\/r//.—Maledietio,,
f-: i.at :ir and w!M ia.-t fuil three y\ir-.."' Max- eariitn<se av .-.peky ngol'y 11, or cursynge." Ort. Vocab,
y
v .-il's Sek '!';•;.!;-. p. 1 i h. T o \ \ A \ i l \ A vx a. ' i \ , defend, to protect.
V i' r, i .-• < •». I., A black a >ek„ ( bd'.ov, a v : per- " i'he Pevent's {acti(>iui were makand all the pre-
il a p.-. <p tiec er,'(•/.' id' r'/r/sj'. pai'at.ioun they could to fortifie thair cans, and ivary*
The blow w;i- • 11 it'll at. a tall ane, inii thair men." iii.-t. Jame.^ the Sext, p. 1.31.
A bra. /,- ,/;>' cod: ; A.S. traeri-aa, /rcrri-a/i, icung-an, irertj-an, defeil-
Then, thud ! I trow it was a bawl ane; dere. \ K W A I I V S .
It made him rock. W A l l I I ) K A G , .v.
Davidson h Srasojis, p. 1 1 This term is in Moray applied to a puny hog or
V / A R E S T A L L , .v. young sheep that loiters behind the; flock, and re-
Ci
That .Janu'-i <-rii* of Puicfi.!lie sail rc-t.ore to — quires as it were to be dranged along. The first part
( . • ,Y[±:- In^riiop <>}' Dnnln-id—thn- i)ocis of the word has been traced to S. m-artj, as signify-
i-:iec of the prec viij s. vi d., a 1Iam!»ro barrel p.aer ingpuny, weak. Y. \\A l i j n a \ o .
k; a. jr,ir>':;fa!( }>• ice xxvj \'ij d.. twa pare oi'iiefisl- WA H i \ ( A -v. W'are.^ ; as svnoii. with Gudis.
k';;> crcii-," :vc. Act. i)om. Cone. A. ! I-SP: p. l yij.
" ( k-rta!1.'' irudis k \cnnng;'' A berd. Reg. V. 15.
May thi> dciuitc a .sin!! for holding trnrc.s or ne- U W K k A 1\;AKKK, Work, S. | Add;
e.---arv .''.rt icle- ? Perhaps it is allied to Su.Ck /r.trr- lien. Joimsoji u-es it, in his Sad Shepherd, as a
7./ to defend, a-, conjoined with htjlsinns crr/i;>\ w iiieh colloquial word, A.Bor.
seem to denote jttumtn's for thr; ho.sl or warfare. 1 ha' that mark in hand,
W A U l k v. A puny contemptible ci'eature, a That web upo' the luirne, sail gar 'hem think,
dwarfish person, Lanarks. OrJ\ I.oth., lrrf\ By then, they feelin their owne frights, and feares.
T w e e d d . , Wumoof, Aii^. V." W'AIIWOLF. ' " Lat vs go schortlie without trifling to the pur-
T o W A H W W A I I Y K , W KIT RAY, tn 1 . T o pose, and lat wark heir witnes." Ressoning, Cros-
curse.] Add; & J. Knox, F. 25, a.
I have here quoted a proof from Barbour, w liich proves the antiquity of the proverbial phrase.
cms ratlier to belong ta the c. IVcrrajj, to make 2. In ph The mirks d a lock or key, the ward, S.
war upon ; and may substitute; another from the T o ITALD, or HA LTD, a VY a ILK ivith one, to make
Abbot of Corsraoaieii in lieu of it. much of or much ado about one ; as He held cm
The day, the day, the terrible day sail cum aivfii zvark zci me, he paid me great attention,
quliert the unhappy avaricius man sail warn/ the he shewed me the greatest kindness possible, S„
tyme that ever he had the brother, or sone, to quhame W A ii k-DAY, A day on which one may law-
lie bure sic fleschelie and ungodlie favour, as to steir fully work, S . ; synon. Ilkaday, Every-daij,
him up to be anegydare and rewlar of Christis floke, Yorks. " wark-day, (pron. war day); week-day5
quhilk culde not gyde himself. The malheurius in contradistinction to Sunday Marshall.
prince sail warry the tyme that ever he tuke on hym W A R K MAN , ,9. 1. One who, especially in the coun-
tlie charge, quhilk wes na way is convenient for him/ 1 try, engages in any work he can find, a jobber,
Compend. Tractive, Keith's Hist. App. p. 203. S. T h e emphasis is on the last syllable.
In margin this is rendered lament. But it un- 2. Improperly used for a porter, a bearer of bur-
doubtedly signifies to curse, to execrate. den s5 A b e r d .
Lord Hume and Kerof Farnyhirst were accused T o W A R K , W E E K , T-. n. T o ache.] Add;
in Parliament A. 1526, of the "treasonable art and
part of the making of dampnable & wanjit factiouns O.E. " Werh-yn or hedeakyn. Doleo.—Werkynge
aganis our soverane lord." Acts, V. II. 303. or hede ake. Cephalia." Prompt. ParV.
Both v. and appear in O.E., although not ac- W A R K , <9. A fortification; as in t h e compound
knowledged by modern lexicographers. " JVary± designation, Bumswarky Dumfr;
650
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a
Two places deserve to be mentioned.—The one
Is the hill of Burnswark, famous for its particular
form,—for the extensive view which it commands,
and for the vestiges of Roman works/' &c. Stat.
Aec. hi. 351. V. also Gordon's Itiner. p. 16-18.
Isl. virki, vallum, munitio ; literally, opus ; A.S.
were moles, muniment um, castellum. I)r. Hender-
son expl. virki, as denoting in Iceland " a circular
mound of earth, forming the most eminent remains
of the fortification, which, in former times, surround-
ed the farm" of Reykhollt. Iceland, ii. 142.
He subjoins in a note; " Hence Soidlnvark, IceL
sudvirki, the southern fortification constructed by the
Danes in the days of Ethelred, and so called because,
it lay on the south side of the Thames."
WARLD, 1. T h e world, S.] Add;
— f e Ye say, your cumming in this cuntrie, was
not to seik disputation, but simply to propose vnto
the people, Jesus Christ crucified, to be the only Sa-
uiour of the w arid J* Ressoning betuix Crosraguel
and J. Knox, iii. b. Add, as sense
3. Used in the pi. in a peculiar sense. ICs new
warlds; i. e. a complete change of customs has
taken place, Abercl.
W A I I L D L I E , adj. 1 . Belonging to the world, S .
£. Secular, temporal.
c<
Therfor hir hienes—restoris, reponis, and rein-
tegratis the said Schir Walter—to his fame, warldlie
honouris & digniteis in the samin estate, and als
frelie as he was befor/' &e. Acts Mary, 1542, Ed.
1814, p. 414.
Parsimonious ; as, a warldlie body, one who is
covetous, or eager to amass wealth, S.
W A R L D - L I K E , adj. Having nothing unnatural
or monstrous in one's appearance ; like the rest
of mankind ; often conjoined with Wyss, sense
3, u in the full possession of reason."
" Wasna he likely eneugh to be affronted at ane
o' the family keeping sae muckle out o' the wye, as
gin she wasna wise an* warld-like, or took him for
the Black Bull o' Noroway." St. Kathleen, iv. 19.
I rather think that, in this phrase, like had been
originally used as applicable to both adjectives, wyss-
like and warld-like "
W A R L D ' S G E A R , worldly substance. Nae warlds
gear, nothing of any description, S. ; as, " I
didna taste warlWs g e a r " There was nae
ivarWs gear in the glass but cauld water," i. e.
no mixture, nothing to qualify it, S.B.
" Bairns, bairns/ he called loudly, and in a tone
of the deepest pathos, f keep together—keep yere
heads up the flood, cling to the brutes, and let warUVs
gear gang." Blackw. Mag. May 1820, p. 165.
W A R L D V W A S T E R , S. A complete spendthrift, S .
This term is more ancient than may be generally
supposed, having been used at least as early as .the
reign of Ja. VI.
—Calling him many warlds weastor.
Davidson's Kxnyeancleugh. V . R E B E G E A S T O R .
W A R L D \ S - W O N D E R , s. A person whose conduct
is notorious and surprising, S. Warld's-icunncr,
Aberd.
WARLOCK FECKET. V. FECKET.
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W A R
W A R L O C K H Y , S. Magical skill, S .
" Sin the Rhymer's days, the spirit o' true war-
lockry is gane." Perils of Man, i. l6.
WAI1LOT, A varlet.
Amongis the Bischopis of the towne,
He played the beggar up and downe.
•—Ane scaffing warlot, wanting schame, &c.
Leg. Bp. St. Androis, p. 3 3 7 - V . S K A F P , r.
T o W A R N , t?. a, Corr. from Warrant, TweedcL
T o W A R N E , v. a. T o refuse.] Add ;
Warne O.E. signifies, to prohibit. " I warne, I
defende one or commande hym nat to do a thynge.
Je deffencls." Palsgr. F. 401, a.
WARXTSIN, .V. W a r n i n O g ;7 as,~ ""Mind," I've omen
ye tea raising Ang.
W A R P I N G , .v. , A mode of . makingo embank-
ments by driving in piles and intertwining theni
with wattles, Gall.
An attempt has been lately made by the Earl of
Selkirk, to recover land from the sea by warping ;
this is done by driving piles of wood into the beach,
interwoven with branches of trees, or any sort of
bramble, to retain the mud on the ebbing of thetide."
Agr. Surv. Galloway, p. 230.
I am at a loss whether this term should be traced
to Isl. verp-a conjieere, congerere, as vcrpa-gard, ag-
ger em strnere; or, viewing it as expressive of the act
of intertwining the branches, from the same origin
with E. warp, as referring to the operation of weav-
ing. A.S. wearp, not only signifies stamen, the warp
of cloth, but vimen, a twig, an osier.
T o W A I i P L E , v. a. T o intertwine so as to en-
tangle. " T h a t yarn's sae warpllt, that I canna
get it redd it is so twisted that I cannot dis-
entangle it, S. ; synon. Ravel.
Dan. wrajfl-a sammen, implicare ; Seren. This is
written Vrevl-er, Stephanij Nomencl. Hence,
T o W A R P L E , v. n, 1 . T o be intertwined; applied
to children who are tumbling and tossing, with
their limbs twisted one through another, S.B.
•—At greedy-glad, or warpling on the green
She 'elips'd them a', an' gar'd them look like draff,
For she was like the corn, an' they the caff.
Ross's Ilelenore, p. 10. First Edit.
52. Used in a moral sense, to denote the confusion
of any business, S.B.
For Nory's heart began to cool right fast,
Fan she saw things had taken sick a cast,
An' sae thro5 ither warpl'd were, that she
Began to dread atweesh them what meith be.
Ibid. p. 80.
V . W R A B I L , v. which, if not originally the same,
must be nearly allied.
W A l t R A N D , s. A surety. V . W A R A X D ,
* WARRANT, Security, S.
— ff Showing that she had but one son to him,
which was but a weak warrant to the realm." Pit-
scottie, Ed. 1768, p. 176*8, p. 1 7 5 . V . W A R A N D .
W A I I R Y , adj. Of or belonging to sea-ware ;
as, " de ivarry gad," the fish from the sea-ware 5
Shetl.
W A R R O C I I , W A R E A C H (gutt.),s. 1. A knotty
stick, Strathroore. V. V I H E O C K ,
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2. A stunted, ill-grovvn person, or puny child.
A 7Ct'fir/j Ti'arrnt'/t, OIK? who is feeble ami puiiv,
Aug., Mnirin; nearly svnon. with Wroul,icuri;
hut iir-»*(l in a more contemptuous scn>e.
Tent. irirr, wn-r, n o d e s callus, whence ircrrachllnh,
k n o t t y ; A.S. iri'firr'm, nearrdit, call o-a is, nodosus,
knottv, knobbed Skinner. fl'/jrork, the- name
en to a callosity on the loot, has evidently a com-
mon origin.
\V AUiiArirn:, adj. Rough find knotty, as appli-
ed to the trunk of a tree, A1K4., Mearns.
T o W A U R O C I l (gut t.), v. //. T o wallow, G a l l
£
' IVurrurhinu'y wallowing, struggling, like a Crea-
ture lair'no* in t; 1 u»1 Chill. Knc.
The bodv's living brawly ;
Tho' H'fir radii taj in mires.
Pure Mallv never tires. (in/I. Enc. p.
This resemblo Isl. iror^uif-r Mpialidus, ><>rdidus.
\V A R \ { ( ) W -v. Am: warrop, A herd. Reg. (Vnt.lG.
AY A HS, WARM:, adj. \Vor.>e, South of S.
fame .spread like a .-pate wide foaming ;
fl'arxc deeds hae gi'en to HKJIIV a homan
internal fame. Mai//tc.v Sillrr Cum, p. 54.
JVatir is tile word generally used, S.
V v A R S K L , .9. V.' W A i u / a n d W'Ausia..
W A I I S K L L , W A K S T L I ; , W A K S L E , .V. Struggle,
S.J Add;
The herd-hov seeing
Th' impetuous onset, fearf'u' o' the fray,
Mirers plaid an' higgy by, and stens the burn
Cuto an aged elm, wlience, out o' harm,
He views the trar.slr.—Duridmnx Seasons, p. 45.
AY f A WAKSI.k, with diiiicult.y, S.
" 'I hough I had got a fell erunt ahinl t!ie haffit,
I wan up /W a /rarslr." Saint Patrick, i. i b'b.
AYAHSI.kr, W a k s t l k r , .y. A wrestler, S.
" I'm sail* eheatit gin some o'your irarsdcrs dinna
warstle you onto' ony bit virtue an' maidenly mense
that ye hae." Winter Kv. Tales, i.
W A R S I I , W E U S I I , ad).} Insert, as sense
1. Not salt; not sufficiently salted, S.; as, " W h a t
for do ye no sup your kail,' 1 or " your parritch ?"
c<
I dinna like t h e m ; they're unco wersh ; gie
me a wee pickle saut." Insert, as sense
8. Having a feeling of squeamishness, S.
That we might spen' the day wi' mirth and glee,
To slock our drouth's a knag o' berry brown—
O a r cheeks are bleer't, our hearts are marsh and raw;
'Twill drown our sorrow, an' ca' care awa.
Tarras's Poems, p. 8. Add, as sense
5. Delicate, easily affected; applied to the stomach,
S.B. Add, as sense
6. Having no determinate character, or fixed prin-
ciples.
— " The Worcester matt was but wersh parritch,
neither gude to fry, boil, nor gup cauld." Tales of
my Landlord, ii. 228.
Fersse has been already mentioned, (vo. W A L S H ) ,
as signifying, fresh. Our warsh appears in other forms
in O.E. It is evidently the same with weryshe, in-
conditus, (Huloet) q. not pickled or salted. For
Elyot expl. inconditus, weary she ; and Skinner, after
Gouldman, werisk, inconditus, insipidus, insulsus.
Werisk (old word) u n s a v o u r y P h i l l i p s .
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W A R
W A H S H - C R O P , . 9 . A name given to the third
crop from Outfield.
" There are four breaks of the outfield in tilkg&
The first out of ley.—The second, what they call
Awa/d, where the produce will not exceed two bolls,,
or two bolls and a half, an acre. The third, or Warsh-
crop, where the return may be much as on the se*
COTKI." Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 214.
Thetermseemshereusedinthesense of indifferent. •
W A R S T , adj. W o r s t . 1. T h e superlative from
War.
I keil ower weel that the warst we get is far
ahoon our demerits." Blackw. Mag. Mar. 1823, p.
312. V . W E I L , adv.
W A R T , W A R D , s. 1. A tumulus, &c.] Add;
— " That all manner of men shall eonveen, with
all possible dilligence, at Kirkwall, in their best at-
tire and arav, immediately after they shall see the
mtri of White ford Hill on fire, and therefrae to fol-
low directioun from that part of p f ] that any inva-
sion shall be." Barry's Orkn. App. p. 469. A. 1623.
Insert, as sense
il. T h e term hud also been used for the beacon
or fire kindled 011 the mound, S.
" It'arf, a heap of turfs and peets [peats] placed
011 the to]> of the highest hills, which being fyred
gives advertisement to the country people to meet
there ; this being seen by the adjacent Ward." MS.
Kxplic. of Norish Words.
It is evident that the writer views this as a diffe-
rent use of the term. For he distinguishes " Wart,
or Wunlh 'dt, from Wcri formerly ex p l a i n e d a n d thus
defines it; " High hills in wight of so much ground,
upon which tin v placed Pea eons, which, fyred upon
occasion, the people resort thither ; and there is al-
wayes there the fewell ready. See Wart'*
The language implies that it was still customary to
kindle these beacons, when this Explication was writ-
ten. Add to etymon ;
With these may be conjoined bcrgward, a term in
the Sw. laws, denoting the watches kept on moun-
tains and headlands against the approach of an enemy;
Excubiae in montibus etpromontoriis, contra adven-
turum hostem; Loccen. Lex. Jur. Sueo-Goth. p. 25.
W A R T H , s. An apparition, Ayrs. " Waith, a,
spirit or ghost, Yorks., Durh. 1 ' Grose.
At last, the queer spectre drew near like a Warth,
And settl'd just straught i' my view,
But I ne'er was sae muckle amazed i' the earth
As when I beheld it was—you.
Picken's Poems 1788, p. 184.
Picken, in his GL, gives Warth as synon. with
W R A I T H , q. v .
W A R T N O R , corr. perhaps f r o m War [were]
it not for, but commonly used as signifying,
" H a d it not been f o r / Aberd;
W A R W O L F , WERWOUF, 1 . A person sup-
posed to be transformed into a wolf.] Add;
In this sense the word occurs in O.E.
^-Christ seyde himself, of swhiche I you warn,
And false profetes in the feith, he fulliehe hem ealde,
In vestimentis ovium, but only with inne
They ben wilde werwolues, that wiln the folke robben.
The fen [fiend] founded hem first, the fe.v'th to
distrie, See. Peres Ploughm. Crede} D. I. b.
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And, col. two lines from bottom, after the
extract from Solinus ;
I find that Solinus had derived his information on
this subject from that very ancient and faithful his-
torian Herodotus, For he nearly transcribes his
language concerning the Neuri. "" The same men,'
says Herodotus,< enter into danger, that they may be
deemed necromancers; for it is said by the Scythians,
and by those Greeks who inhabit Scythia, that once
every year for a few days they become wolves, and
again return into their former state/' Mel pom. c. 105.
W A S , imperf. v. subs. Used in defining the past
time ; as, 64 Yesterday was aught days*" yester-
day week ; " Martinmas was a year^ the term
of Martinmas a year by-past, 8.
— " Andro Balfoure sal broik & joiss the tak of
the twa parte of the landis of Balledmont set—to the
saide Andro—for ten merkis of male for the termes
of five yeris fra Witsonday was a yore." A c t Au-
dit. A. 1482, p. 108.
W A ' S , used for away. " Slips his wets, slips
*way S., Gl.
Hame, as the gloamin nearer draws,
Convener Tamson slips his was.
Mayne's Siller Gun, p. 100.
This is analogous to Gangs Ms ma's. V . G A N G , V.
J observe that this is a Scandinavian idiom. Nec
praetermittendum loqiiendi genus, quo utimur, gaa
sin waeg, quod est abire; immohan aer sin waeg} abest.
Hire, vo. Jfaeg. He adds, that the ancients used the
same mode of expression, referring to Otfrid, Lib. V.
c. x. 15. Ther dag 1st sines sindes> dies abiit. For
sind denotes a way, a journey.
W A S H , WESCHE, Stale urine, S.] Insert, be-
fore the quotation from Lyndsay ;
There was a still more filthy and pernicious use
of urine, in former times, in the fermentation of ale,
in order to make it intoxicating. It is thus described
by the Knight of the Mount
Subjoin to the quotation from Lyndsay ;
But however congenial this practice may seem to
the manners of our forefathers, we cannot claim the
whole honour to ourselves. It has evidently pre-
vailed, in the North of E. at least, in a much later
period. Hence, as Ray gives land, lant, leint, as sig-
nifying urine, he adds, " To leint ale, to put urine
into it to make it strong Coll. p. 42, and Gl. Grose.
Yorks. wesh, or wash, urine;" Thoresby, Ray's
Lett. p. 341.
" Thow fals heretick said that hollie watter is not
so guid as wesch." G. Wischart's Trial, Pitscottie's
Cron. p. 468.
ff
Put into your copper a little stale wash, which
will make your wald spend and raise your colour."
Maxwell's Sel. Trans, p. 368.
W A S H - T U B , S. A large tub or cask into which
urine is collected, S.O.; synon. Maister-can,
" A cask, into which urine was collected—known
by the name of the wash-tub." Ag. Surv. Ayr. p.l 14.
WASH-WARDEN, S. A coarse harsh-tasted winter
pear, also called Worry-carl, Roxb.
T o W A S H W O R D S with one, to converse in
any wav, Perths.
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W A. S
" He debarred her frae ever speakin' to the poof
fellow, either at kirk or market; an' as far as I ken*
they've never washen words wi'ither sinsyne." Camp-
bell, i. 333.
W A S H E R , s. A moveable ring p u t round fixed
axletrees, in order to prevent the wheels from
having too much play, Clydes., D u m f i \ ,
Roxb.
Can this have any connexion with Su.G. waeska*
I si. veski, a pouch, as receiving the axle ?
W A S I E , adj. 1. Sagacious.] Add;
2. Apparently in the sense of gay, playful 5 or
lively, Mearna.
The ploughmen, now their labour o'er,
Enjoy'd the balmy gloamin' hour,
Right wazie wax'd, and fou of fun,
They whiselt down the setting sun.
Be at lies John o Arnha, p. 18.
W A S P E T , part. adj. Become thin about the
loins, <c something like a wasp Gall. Enc.
WASSEL, A vassal.
"Oure soueranelord—vnderstanding that dyuerss
of the frie tennentis and heretable fewaris of the tem-
poral 1 landis of the priorie of Sanctandrois, being for
the maist pairt meine wassellis,—Gran tip," &c. Acts
Ja. VI. 1592, Ed. 1814, p. 588.
W A S S I E , ,9. A horse-collar, Orkn. ; originally
the same with W E A S S E S . V. also W A E S E .
W A S S O C K S , s. pi. 1. " A kind of turban on
which the milkmaids carry their pails, or sioups
on their h e a d s G a l l . Enc.
" A kind of bunch put on a boring jumper, to
hinder the water required in boring from leap-
ing u p into the quarriers 1 e y e s i b i d .
This must be merely Waese, S.B. with the diminu-
tive termination of the West of S.
W A S T , adj. W e s t , S. •
" The king of France—send him thrie schipes fur-
nisched with men, money, and amunitioun, and lan-
dit in the wast seas." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 298.
W A S T L A N D , W A S T L I N , adj. Western, westerly,
Clydes.
W A S T L A N D , S. T h e west country.
" Many of the lordis assemblit,—to witt> the earle
of Angus, &c. with all the lordis of the Wastland."
Pitscotties Cron. p. 298.
W A S T L A N D M A N , S. A n inhabitant of the west.
" Thair was no wasllandman away except the earle
of Lennox, and the lord Erskine." Pitscottie, ibid.
W A S T E , 6'. T h e deserted excavations in a
mine, S.
<f
The extent of excavation or waste, in these mines,
jjhe alum mines at Hurlet, Renfrews.] is about l |
mile in length, and the greatest breadth about f of
a mile." Agr. Surv. Renfr. p. 26.
T o W A S T E W I N D , to spend one's lungs in vain,
to talk without serving any good purpose, S.
— " Cause thaim delyver thair answeir in wryt, for
—sum of our ..faithfull brethir hes wryttin sindry
tymes to thaim baith and gettis na answeir in wryt,
bot waist wijnd agane!" N» Winyet's Lett, to Counsall
of Edin. Keith's HisU App. p. 216.
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I hesitate, however, whether waist is not here used W A S T E R F I J I , , W A S T E I I F O W , adj. 1 . Destructive,
as an adj. ; <j. •'* they got no answer whatsoever." devastating.
W A S T K G K , .v. A waste, a place of desola- " The ehiefe of the elanne in the boundis, njihair
tion, Ayr-. broken men and limmers dwellis, and eommittis any
( ar.^weii's family has all g o n e to drift, and his trusterful reife,—sail be charged to find caution/' &c.
I u /' i -i* become a wusle<>c." It. (;iihaize, ii, ;;().;. AcN .'la. VI. July 158?.
v Y A S T K L L , .v. A thin cake of oat-meal baked 2. Prodigal, lavish, unnecessarily expensive, S.
with vra-t. Mora v. u
There's no need, for all the greatness of God's
Kersey mentions /? st.\-!{,/-hrt'fiff, as occurring in old gifts, that we should be icaster/idBlackw. Mag.
rtatiite-, iiir " the finest soil of while bread or cakes." .June I S ii), p.
I ndoubtedly from a common origin with O.Fr. W A S T K I H, adj. Prodigal ; A rcaslrie person, one
a cake. in L.B. v:nasle.li-as, gastrll-us, placen- who is extravagant in ex pence, Roxb. V. Wast-
pan is ddieatior, ab.o iVastell-us. In Picardy, Du rife, adj. of which it is a corruption.
f a n g e says, tin? mal-er of this bread is called Waste- \V ASTit s i- ]•;, adj. Prodigal, wasteful, S.
<l
h'-r. f h thin!::-, the word may be from A.S.tritel, oxpl. Do not ;dit the quill up sae high, its a wastrije
: ulum, tegmen, (a word 1 have met with no where; course in vour trade, Andrew ; thev that do not mind
''! •('}. because tin:- bread is roa.-ted in the ashes, iiut corn-plrkles, never come to Ibrpils." N igel, i. 1J
i' i.». evidently from AniiDr./'wvMvV//. gateau, surte de WASTERV, WASTHIK, .V. 1. P r o d i g a l i t y , waste-
[jam plat et nni. Th>. Ivlh-tier d<-rive> from gn-ast, fulness, S.
a < the root of f • 'if''/1! i /<ii I, plain. i)a\ ies gives (M> <l
lit; abruplly exclaimed,—1 ley, what*., a'tills
ve.v/r,' ; a!-o in the .--ense of pir.nus, ae<j;uis. /raster// lor and, ere an answer could be returned,
U' \ v f K L L , WUUc }V; hU, the name give.- to his jaw dropped, his cye> fixed, and the Laird of
a game comm m amo:,g children, S. A piece (i leu feres ceased to breathe." Marriage, ii. vt<.
tC
of ground cho.-eii for a dc/t, circumscribed by You no [TmowJ my way, and that I like a been
certain bounds. Hi*, who occupies this ground, house, but no wastric." Ayrs. Legatees, p. 182,
hear-, the name of IV] Hie I Van tell; the rebt, who 11. W h a t is wasted, (Mydes.
arc engaged in tin; piav, approach the limits of W A S T R I F E , s. T h e same with Wastery.
his domain ; and his object is to get hold of one "She confessed afterwards, that besides thewastrife,
of them, who sets his foot within it, and to drag it was lang or she could walk sae comfortably with
3
bun i.n. I f successful, the person who is seized the shoes as without them/ Heart M. Loth. hi. 6 h
orrupu's hi-, place, nil he can relieve himself bv \Y A S T K R , .v. A. kind of trident used for strik-
iavnig hold of imo(hef. f i e who holds the cas- ing salmon, Dumfr., JKskdale ; the same with
tle, or d'-n, dare* not go bevond the limits, else I \ \ 'sf( r
:.!."• capture goes for not lung. ^ Tills chase, in which the fish is pursued and
The a-saijant.^ repeat the following rhyme : struck with barbed spears, or a sort of long-shafted
Willie, // ittic U'ustvH} irid«-nt, called a waster, is much practised at the
f am on your Cattle. mouth of the Fsk ; and in the other salmon rivers
A' the dogs in the toun of Scotland." Ouy Mannering, ii. 6*1,
Winna pif Willie doun. Isl. eas, cum impetu feror.
'ft is thus given in Scotch Fresh. Eloquence, I.'if), A very intelligent; and accurate correspondent ex-^
l a k e mitie, milk Wast el, plains Leister as properly denoting a spear with three
prongs, and Waster one with five; assigning both
1 am in my cast el.
terms to Selkirks,
A' the dogs in the town
W A S T I N G , s. A consumption.] Add ;
Dare not ding me down. u
A irasting seized the industrious girl, and—her
This form evidently shews, that the rhythm was
case was given up as hopeless." Edin. Mag. Sept,
formerly repeated by the person .-supposed to hold
3 SIS, p. 13d.
the castle,
" Tabes, a wasting by sickness.1' Hunter's New
'This, I am informed,, is the same game with that Meth. p. 10,
in England called Tom Tickler, W A S T L E , adv. T o the westward of, Roxb,
T o W A S T E R , v. a. T o squander, to waste, Ayrs. W A T , s. Moisture, S.B, V. W E I T .
(e
My servant lasses, having no eye of a mistress over Although my brogues may draw some ivat,
them, mastered every thing at such'a rate, and made That winna stop my thrivin'.
such a galravitching in the house, that, long before Cock's Simple Strains, p, 125,
the end of the year, the. year's stipend was all spent, W A T , adj. 1, W e t , S.
and I did not know what to do." Ann. of the Far. p.58. —Though I got my moggan wai,
" Since that time he's been neither to bind nor to I didna let them gae. ILid,
Iiaud,—wast ring his income in the most thoughtless Addicted to intemperance in drinking; as,
way.s> The Entail, ii. 184. " T h e y ' r e gey wat lads thae, they'll no part
W A S T E R , s-. A detached bit of the wick which sune,^ S.
causes a candle to r u n clown, S.
W A T , WATTIE, abbrev. of the name Walter, S.
Oft on the wick there hangs a waster,
Wat, Act. Dorn. Cone. p. 10. col. l . " Wattie Ne-
Which makes the candle burn the faster,
. -wall/" Acts Ja. VI, Ed, 1814, p. S90,
G, Wilsons Coll. of Songs, p, 72,
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W A T A K I N G , WAYTAKING, S. The act of
carrying off, or talcing away. I t seems gene-
rally to include the idea of theft or violence.
Clydes. wa-talchin.
£i
Comperit Dauid Wemys summond at the installs
of Baldrede Blakater anent the w at a king of thre oxin
furth of the landis of Myrecarny, tane for his an mi ale
tharof." A c t Audit. A . 1 4 7 . 9 , 1 3 . 9 3 . V . A W A Y - T A K A R .
The way taking, stealing/' &c. Ah. Reg. Cent. 16*.
W A T C H - M A I L , W A T C H - M E A L , S. A duty
imposed for maintaining a garrison.
Others more probably conjecture, from its name
given it by Skeen, voce Pension—-of the natch-meal
of Kilpatrick, that it was for the sustenance of the
garrison of Dumbarton.—-When this watch-mail was
constituted, there was no such measure known as
that of Linlithgow." Fount. Dec.SuppL iv. 779,780.
The sense is determined by these words in the de-
cision ; £f That this castle-ward duty being a part of
the king's patrimony, it can pay no cess."
From A.S. waecce vigilia, exeubiae, and mat vecti-
gal, stipendium. V. MAIL, tribute.
* W A T C H M A N , s. T h e uppermost grain in
a stalk of corn ; also called the Pawm, A b e r d .
It must have received the first name from its fan-
cied resemblance to a centinel, placed on an elevated
spot. Shall we suppose that it has obtained the other
designation in consequence of its lofty situation, in
allusion to one who carries the palm of victory ? We
learn from Cotgr., indeed, that one species of grain
is denominated orgepaumee. But this is confined to
that species of barley called big, because of its being
as it were branched out like a palm-tree.
W A T E , s. 1. A watchman, a centinel.] Add;
Palsgrave mentions the term as denoting the in-
strument itself. " IFaijle, an instrument, [ F r . ]
hauboys f B. ilk F. 73, a.
W A T E R , s. T h e name given to a disease of
sheep, Shetl. V . S H E L L - S I C K N E S S .
W A T E R , WATTER, 1. A river, &c. S . ]
Add,—after the quotations from Bellenden;
cc
If the water is of quantity sufficient to drive a
small water-wheel for light machinery, it is called a
burn. Large streams are called waters. Tweed is
our only w a t e r designed river." Agr. Surv. Peeb.p. 1 6 .
The E. term, I suspect, is very seldom applied
even to Tweed by the lower classes.
T o B U R N T H E W A T E R . V . under B U R N , V. a.
T o G A E DOWN T H E W A T E R , to go to wreck, to
be totally lost; like corn carried down a river
by a flood, S.
If the life of the dear bairn,—and Jeanie's, and
my ain, and a' mankind's depended oil my asking
sic a slave o' Satan to speak a word for me or them,
they should a' gae down the water for Davie Deans."
Heart M. Loth. i. 322.
T o R I D E T H E W A T E R ON, a phrase, with the
negative prefixed, applied to one who, it is be-
lieved, cannot be depended on, in any trying
situation at least. T h u s , it is said ; He's no to
ride the water on, S.
The allusion seems to be a horse, on which one
may venture to ride on dry ground, but not to ford a
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river, where one, in consequence of a false step, rim?
the risk of being drowned.
W A T E R - B E R R Y , s. ' Water-gruel, D u m f r . V,
BREAD-BERRY,
W A T E R - B R A S H , S. A disease, &c.] Add;
Mactaggart defines this term, as if he knew of
one cause only that could produce the ailment.
" Waterhrash, an eruption in the stomach, brought
on by drinking grog ;" Gall. Enc.
W A T E R - B R O O , S. " Water-gruel Gl. Antiq.
"W A T E R - B R O S E , $> u Brose made of meal and water
simply, without the addition of milk, butter,"
&c. GL Shirr., S.
W A T E R - C O R N , .S\ T h e designation given to that
grain which is paid by farmers, for upholding
the dams and races of-mills, to which they arc
astricted according- to their leases, S.
" 1 boll of water-corn, being small corn, yearly,
for each of the said three ploughs, for manufacturing
and upholding the dams and water-gangs." Abstract
of Proof, MHi'-of Inveramsay, A. 1814, p. 3.
W A T E R - C O W , S. T h e name given to the spirit
of the waters, especially as inhabiting a lake.
South of S.
The torrents rush, the mountains quake,
The sheeted ghosts run to and fro ;
And deep, and long, from out the lake%
The Water-Cow was heard to low.
Hogg's Mountain Bard, p. 83.
" The Water-Cow, in former times, haunted Saint
Mary's Loch, of which some extremely fabulous
stories are yet related; and, though rather less terri-
ble and malignant than the Water-Horse, yet, like
him, she possessed the rare slight of turning herself
into whatever shape she pleased, and was likewise
desirous of getting as many dragged into the lake as
possible." Ibid. N. p. 94.
W A T E R - C R A W , S. T h e water ouzel, S.] Add;
Sturnus cinclus, water ouzel, or Water Craw
Agr. Surv. Forfars, App. p. 43.
* W A T E R F A L L , S. Used in the same sense with
Watershed, Border.
WAT ERF AST, adj. Capable of resisting the force
of rain. W e now, in the same sense, use Water-
tight, which I have not seen in a n y E . dictionary.
— " Has consentit to ane taxt,—for helping to re-
pair the said kirk and halding of it waterfast"
Counc. of Glasgow, 1574, Life of Melville, i. 439.
T o W A T E R - F U R , V. a. T o form furrows in
ploughed ground for draining off the xoater, S.
" Plow up the land and water-fur it, and so let
it ly exposed through the winter to frosts, sno ws and.
rains, to mellow it, and make it fall." Maxwell's
Sell. Trans, p. 51.
Teut tvaetcr-vore, sulcus aquarius, lira.
WAT ERG A NO, s. 1. T h e race of a mill, S.] Add.;
" The aulcl watergauge of the said burgh;" Aberd.
Reg. A. 153S.
L.B. watergang-ae, waiergang-ia; aquae ductus
& fossae, per quas eliciuntur aquae in palustris re-
gionibus, Flandris waterganck? a water aqua, Szganck
ductus, iter. Spelmarmusa Saxonicis vocabulis, quae
idem sonant, deducit. Du Cange. It occurs so early
as the reign of Henry III. of England.
 W A T W A T
u
2. A servitude wherein we have power and WATER-STOUP, $. 1. A bucket f o r carrying
privilege todraw water ahmg^t our neighbour's water, S.
ground lor watering our own ; Stair, p. StoT.'1 Far hae I ridden,
Spot t i>\voode -- MS. Diet. vo. Aqueduct. An' farer hae I gane ;
W AT l.UOATh. .V. But siller spurs on water stoiips
•• I'd watch your wa!create ;" S. iVov. ; That is, Saw I never nane.
I'ii v, .itch for an .id vantage over you." Kelly, p. ::<)(). Herd's Coll ii. 173. V . S T O U P .
'{ hi- seem- to refer to a man's tunung hi- face to 2. T h e name given, in the vicinity of Leith,
the wail for a certain purpo.se, when an enemv mii»ht to the common periwinkle, ( T u r b o terebra,
ea-ily take hi.-* advantage. The only word that re- Lmii.j from its resemblance to a pitcher.
-emhles it is A.S. the name given to the WAT F.R-T AT II, .V. Luxuriant grass proceeding
*ugu /ujiiarui.c. I expl. it, Qui aejuam eli'undit. In f r o m e x c e s s o f m o i s t u r e , S. V . T A T U .
().F,. ll'uhjr n'ci/ is rendered by Meatus. Pr. Purv. WAT Kit-WADER , .y. A home-made candle of the
WATI.I;- IIDI.M.v. T h e goblin otherwise deiio- worst kind, l i o x b . ; synon, Sivri»\
nfiliated Water Kclplc, North of S. W h e n a family m a k e their own candles, after t h e
' In some places of the Highlands of Scotland the r e g u l a r o p e r a t i o n is e l i d e d , t h e r e is o'enernll y s o m e t a l -
inhabitants are .-till in continual terror of an imagi- low left in t h e pot , s w i m m i n g in a s c u m on t h e t o p o f
nary being- called the 11 (iter- ! l<jrs>'.— Onoiir wavtot h e w a t e r . i n t o this, for l i c k i n g it u p , a lew w i c k s
llarrie.-,—although our ncarc.-t road lay aloiigst the a r e inmier>ed ; w h i c h h a v i n g m ueh to d o for a c c o m -
.-•hores of this Inch, Malcolm absolutely refused to p l i s h i n g t h e p u r p o s e in vic\v, b e c a u s e o f t heir f r e q u e n t ,
accomp-'iiy mr by that way for iear of' the // ater- p a s s a g e t h r o u g h t h e w a t e r a r e s i g n i f i c a n t l y called'/ra-
Han.e. »>f v. hich he told many wonderful stories, tcr-teaders. The)* of c o u r s e p r o v e m i s e r a b l e l i g h t s .
-wearing to the truth of (iiem ; and, in particular, \ V A T E i i - w A < i t A i L , .v. T h e n ; u u e g i v e n t o t h e
how his fat her had lately been very nigh taken by him, wagtail, or Alotacilla, S.
ami that he had succeeded in decoying one man to tf
M o t a c i l l a , a watcnvaglait." Wedderburn's Vo-
his destruction, a short time previous to that. This
Cab. p. 11.
-peelre is likewise an inhabitant of Loch Aven at
the foot of Cairn Gorni, and of Loch Laggan in the W A T E R - W R A I T H , s. T h e spirit1 o f the waters.] Add;
wibjs betwixt Lochaber and Badeuoch." Hogg's Hobgoblins, fudd'rin thro the air,
Mountain Hard. N. p. Clip Kelpies i' their moss-pot chair,
The -ame dang«Toii.\ quadruped also inhabits Loch An' water-wraiths at intack drear,
Tav. According to tradition, lie has been known Wi' eerie yamour. Tarras's Poems, p. 40.
to come adiore, and entice a whole family of fine W A T H E C K , interj. Expressive of astonish-,
LKM'- to mount him, that lie might have the pica- ment ; sometimes perhaps of commiseration,
-ure of plunging with them all into the deep, V, Loth. V. HAIK, s. %
W rrr.n-cov;. In giving the sense and etymon of the term, in the
W A -I E IC- A' A I L, .V. Broth made without any meatplace referred to, I have been influenced by the mail-,
iii I hem. S. ner in which it is used by Dunbar and, Lyndsay* as.
well as by their orthography, I have at times, how-
W ATKHKYLK,-^ M e a d o w - g r o u n d pos.-.essul b y t h e
tenants of an estate by rotation: synoii. Alhrkjfle. ever, been disposed to doubt if it is not at least oc-
Whether this word is still in use, or only found in casionally used as if it had originally been a sort of
old deeds, I cannot say; having no definite reference. execration; as formed from trail'c instead of raik or
Kyle seems to be the common corr. of Cavcl, as sig^ rack.} care. Thus, it would be equivalent to What
nitying chance, or share, q. one's turn or share of plague, or to the sense in which sorrow is frequently
the irrigated land, perhaps originally determined by used in S,
lot, or by casting cavils. Shall we view Alterkyle W A T T E L , V, W A T T L E .
s d e not in g a c It a nge of th e lot ? WATTY. Ye look like Watty to the worm, a
W A T E M-MOL*SE, W A T E R- itOTTE N, the water rat, S. proverbial phrase, expressive of the appearance
Arvicola aquatica. Water Campagnol. E. Water of disgust, or great reluctance, S.B.
Hat. S. Water Mouse, or Roller Edin. Mag. July His father says, Lay by, man, thir humdrums.
1SI% p . 5 0 5 , And loukna mair like Watty to the worm ;
W A T E U - P U R PI E , s. C o m in o n b r o o k l i m e , S . ] Add;
Gin ye hae promis'd, what but now perform ?
This seems to be meant in the following passage. Ross's Helen ore, p, 9L
f
" Leaves, of great Fow, Myrrh, Nightshade, Flan- < To look like Watty to the worm,, to look confused-
tain, Purple, Roses, Violet," St, Germain's Royal ly Gl. Shirr.
Physician, p, 52, W A T T I E , s. A n eel, anguilla, R o x k
" Cresses or water-purpie, and a bit oat-cake, can If not a cant term, allied perhaps to Su.G. maei3
serve the Master for breakfast as w^el as Caleb/* any noxious or monstrous animal, because of the
Bride of Lammermoor, ii. 72. vulgar antipathy to this species,
W A T E R - S H E D , s. T h e highest ground in any W A T T I E , ^ A blow, a stroke, S , ; the coun-
p a r t of a country, &;c.] Add ; ty unknown.
e
< On the higher range of these hills the estate W A T T I R T E I C H , adj. Secure against the en.
stretches backwards from the cultivated lands, about trance of water, S. Water-tight
two miles, till at the watershed it meets with the « Our souerane lord—gaif &c, to the said vnquliile
lands of Strachan," Agr. Surv. Kincard* p, 351, James lord Downe—certane fewfermm—fpr theeus^
§m
 W A U W A U
to die of tlie said castell of Down e, and for vphal cling the same word. For Palsgrave gives it in a form
of the samyn waltirteich." Acts Ja. VI. l(j 07, Ed. nearly allied to that which it still bears in S. " 1
1814, p. 381. qaavgkt, I drinke alle out.—Wyll you qnawghl with
WATTLE, A billet of wood, Eerwieks. me r" B. iii. F. 331, a. T h e modern E. word, having
Apparently an oblique use of the E. word as signi- lost the guttural sound like La//gh, is written accord-
fying a h u r d l e ; or perhaps from Dan. wed firewood. ing to the pronunciation, the / being thrown away-.
W A T T L E , <v. A tax paid in Shetland.] Add; W A V E L , .v. A sort of slug or worm f o u n d in
This was a duty of old paid by the inhabitants bake-houses, a m o n g the flour which is scattered
of Shetland for the maintenance of the Sheriff yearly, on t h e earthen floor, I l o x b .
when he came to do justice." It included " 1 8 nights This must be the same with E. Weevil, a worm bred
meat and drink to him for men and servants ; first under ground. V. Johnson.
converted by Olave Sinclair Fold in Stock-fish, tak- W A V E L O C K , A n instrument for twisting
ing for each night 7 meals offish, each meal allow- ropes of straw, rushes, &c., Clydes.; synon.
ed to <)s. Dense (Danish). So the night's Wall el is Tkraiccroolc.
5 Gullyions and 3 s., reckoning to an Angel in Gold Perhaps from Teut. wcyjel-en vacillare, because of
and an English 6 pence each Gullyion ; estimat to its rotatory motion.
H is. Scots, the 5th part of the Angel.—The duty of T o W A V E R , v. n. T o wander, Skj Add;
the Fair-isle extends to 100 Gully ions in hard fish, 2. T o exhibit slight symptoms o i delirium^ in con-
each Gullyion weighing 2 lispunds, estimat to 2 sequence of fever or some other disease, S. ;
Trone stones as aforesaid, extending to 20 Angel svnon. Vary.
Nobles, and in Scots money to 1201." From a Ren- T O W A U F F , t\ n. T o wave. V . W A F F , v.
tal of Shetland under Robert Earl of Orkney. T o W A U F L E , v. n. T o waver in the air, as
T o W A U B L E , v. //•.' T o swing, to reek] Add; snow, chaff, or any light substance, IJp]).Clydes.
The snipe, rous'd by the early traveller, W A U F L E , S. A slight fall of snow, ibid.
Starts frae the slimy drain; and to the spring. Teut. ireyfel-en vagare, fluctuare ; A.S. ivajhl f-luc-
Wide smoking with the sun, now wauhles fast.
tuans ; Isk vq/i, dubium, duhitatio.
Davidson's Seasons, p. 156k
W A U G - H , W a i j c ' i f , adj. 1. U n p ] e a s a ! i t ten 1je
Expl. '' to move up and down," Gh It seems to
taste, S. | Add) as sense
denote a vacillating motion. Perhaps allied to Teut.
2. T r a n s f e r r e d to a n o t h e r sense, as denoting a
teepel-cn, weyjel-en, vacillare, fluctuare.
W A U C H I E , adj. Sallow and greasy, L a n a r k s . heavy, damp, unwholesome smell; as that of a
A l s o expl. wan-coloured, disgustingly p a l e ; as, newly-opened grave, S.
u
a wauchie skin." For my share/ said one, f I think she'll no put
owre this night. The waueh earth smell is about
" A fleefu' fien' will rise at your feet,
Wi' wauchie cheek and wauland ee. her already." Saxon and Gael, iii.
u
This word is applied only to the countenance, Linens that have not been properly dried, when
and denotes that the person has a sallow and greasy suffered to lie in this state for a time, are said to eon-
face." Edin. Mag. J u l y 1819, p. 527, 52.9- tract a waueh smell, Ang.
c<r
When the bad Fairies carried off a child, they Yorks. " waiigh insipid, unsalted, and so unsa-
always left one of their own number in its place, ge- voury Thoresby, Hay's Lett. p. 340.
nerally described in the language of the country as 3. I n a moral sense, bad, worthless ; as, ivau<?k
an ill-faur'd wauchie wandocht of a creature." E d i n . foul?, loose or disorderly people, or such as have
Mag. Oct. 1818. at best a dubious character, A n g . Waff is more
T h e term may have the same origin with Wah, common in this sense.
moist. C, B. gwehv signifies pale, gmehvgan pale T o W A U K , WAULK, V. a. T o full cloth.] Add;
white, £t?velw<rock pale red. 2. T o m a k e close and m a t t e d , S.
W A U C H I E ( g u t t . ) , adj. S w a m p y , Clydes. 8. T o render callous; as when tlie palm of the
Germ, w a eg he, gurges ; flu ctus ; unda ; A.S. wacg, hand is hardened by severe work, S.
neg, aqua, vis a q u a r u m ; Su.'G. ivaeg flu ctus. Maetaggart gives the p h r a s e , w a u e k e t looj\ a hand,
To W A U C H L E , v.?. 1. T o move from side to with the flesh hardened."
side in walking, like a y o u n g child, Clydes. W A U K I T K K S S , s. Callousness, Clydes.
2. " T o walk after a fatigued manner ; wauekling\ T o W A U K , v. a. T o watch, S. V. W A L K .
walking, yet almost exhausted Gall, E n c . W A U K I K G , 6*. T h e act of watching, S.

Merely a variety of Vaigle or fFachle, q, v.
T o W A U O I I L E , I ' . a. 1 . T o fatigue very much ;
as, " T h e road waucklit him gay and sair
U p p . Lanarks.
2. T o puzzle ; as, " T h a t question waucklit
him ibid.
As Belg. vaggel-en signifies to stagger; here the
term bears the same sense actively, to cause to stagger.
T O W A U C H T , v.a. T o quaff.] Add to e t y m o n ;
But whether there be any affinity between swig
and waucht, E. quaff seems to have been originally
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Wauking of the Claise, t h e act of tending, during
night, a washing of clothes which are spread
out on t h e grass, for being bleached or dried.
T h i s , in tlie country, used to be a very joyous
scene to young people of different sexes.
V/auking- d' ike Fitidd, the act of watching the
sheep,-ibid, about the end of summer, when the
lambs were weaned, a n d the ewes milked ; a
custom now gone into disuse.
My Peggy is a young thing,
And I'm not very auld j
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 W A II WAR
Yet well I like to meet her at wild, sight,
The wuuhinir o' lite fauld. Eneugli to quench the fires ( / n i g h t ,
Pam.saifx (lent. Shep. Act T. And blanch the lightning's vivid light.
Wit><Lini> the ICirk-jjard, the act of watching John o Arnha', p. 36.
the e'end after interment, for preventing the in- T o W A U N E L L , v. n. T o wander, S.O.
ro::iU of resurrection-men, S. I saw, them, tentless, w aimer owre the height.
T o \ V A ( ' K F A , r . f t . To'cha*ti>e, Aberd. I Picket* s Poems 1788, p. 21.
know not if this he formed from S. Wkutth^ id. W A I T I t , adj. Worse. V. W A R .
T o W A U K K N , r. ?I. 1. T o awake from sleep, W A I ' l l , .v.' One orthography of the old word
S. : like E. xcahcn. denoting spring. V. W A R E ,
\l. T o become animated, with the prep, on add- To W A L K , a. T o expend. « It's weel
ed ; as, H e TvV///JiCf^t on his sermon," S. xcaur'do' his hand; 1 or 64 This h a n d ; ' 1 S. P r o v.
V . W A R , V. 8.
3. T o become violent, in language, as in scolding.
" ( ) ! how >ho icauh'ctit OIL him ! and gPed him W A U I t - F O R - T I I E - W E A R , adj. Shabby,
rusty, Fife.
an awftf flvte !" S.
Wai'Iv EN IN, *.v. 1. r r h e act of awaking, S. " He lent me this bonnie auld apron, and his warst
\l. A n outrageous reprehension; as, " M y c e r t i e , workin'..jacket forby this crunkled waur-for-lhc-ivcar
that is a \caukcnhij' S. hat." Term. Card. Beaton, p. 1 5 4 . V . W A R , W A U R .
',>. Can hi. icv/1 (It' ti} u, a phrase applied to aWveryA U T , s. A border, a selvage, a icclt, Buchan.
bad firm, S. Gin onie chiel had coolie scaw't,
Sic's grooglit crown, or raggit want,
WAI KI.K, .v. A fuller.] Add;
Wad we na jeer't ? Tarras's Poems, p. 38.
—•- W illiam Cowtis deacoun of the walkerls,—
W A W , S. W a v e . ] Add;
The deacon n is of era ft is—ar fourtene in " Warve of the water. Flustrum. Fluctus. Hil-
—wob>taris, iralhens, bonnet-makeris," &c. da." Prompt. Par v.
Ja. VI. \:>K4, Fd. i8 14, p. W A W , s. Wall, S. j Add;—In O . E . it had been
W A U K F E R E , adj. In such a state of health pron. nearly in the same manner.
as to be able to go a b o u t ; as, " He's gayly " Wall or Wowe. Paries." Prompt. Parv.
f a i f t now, but he's still xcaukfcre ^ Ilenfr. W A W , interj. Pshaw, Aberd. Y. WA.
F r o m the v. U> trail:, and S. / r / v , entire ; I s f / m - / - , W A W , ,9. A measure of twelve stones, &c.] Add ;
hahilis, snilieiens. In t h a t l a n g u a g e hcrf'aer is c o m - " Walx, at the entring, nathing, hot at the out-
p o u n d e d precise!v in the- same m a n n e r ; fit for war-, passing, gif it be weyit be haill mairis, viii. d. ilk
fare, militiae habiiis. waw; hot gif it be weyit be stanes, for ilk stane, i. d."
T o W A U L , WAWL, r. 7/. 1. T o look wildly, Balfour's Practicks, Cnslumis, p. 87-
to roll the eyes. | Add;—S.O. and A . T o W A W , v. n. T o caterwaul.] Add;
The .sieht ibrhow't her irauleit een, t(
Then she waw'd and she screamed an' she sprawl-
Sho lav in the di adthraws. ed, till I thought she wad win away frae me." Wint.
HuiUid, Kdiu. Mag. ()cf. 18 18, ]). .<>28. Ev. Tales, i. 314.
Presently r e c o v e r i n g himself, he //v/W.vonme w i t h W A W A G , ,9. Voyage, Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16\
his g r e y ecu* like a wild cat, a n d o p e n e d his m o u t h T o W A W Y I K , v. n. T o be v a c a n t ; for Vaik.
which resembled the mouth of an oven." The Pirate, " We haue power till choyse a Cheplaine till do
iii. 5 6 . V . W A U L , V. divyn service dayly at our said altar at all tymes,
2. T h i s word is often used to denote that heavy when the same should wawijiL" Seal of Cause, A.
motion of the eyes, which appears in one who 1505, Blue Blanket, p. 57-
is so overpowered with an inclination to sleep, T o W A W L , v. n. T o look wildly. V. W A U L , XL
that he finds it very difficult to keep his eyes W A W S, pi Waws of cheese^ the crust, espe-
open ; to gaze with a drowsy eye, Tweedd. cially that round the width, A b e r d . ; obviously
W A U L , adj. Agile, nimble, D u m f r . q. the walls.
This seems merely a provincial variety of Yaul, or W A W S P E R , s.
Yald, id., q. v. « For keiping of the fischingis in said tyme fra
W A U L I E , adj. Used in the same sense, Tweedd. all maner of nettis, cobillis, wawsperis, herryvalteris
W A U L , interj. Expressive of sorrow, Buchan. [herrie-water nets], & all wther instrumentis."
—Something gasp t and grain d hum-hae ! Aberd. Reg. A. 1548, V. 20.
Will Lor'mer's dead ! Can this be from A.S. wig-spere, bellica hasta, or q.
Nae ferlie, though it pierc't my saul; wael-spere, from wael caedes, " a slaughter spear?"
I pegh't, I hegh't, syne cried Waul I Waul I W A W T A K I N , 5. T h e act of removing or car-
rying off. " T h e wawtakin wrangusly," &c.
Abbreviated perhaps from A.S. mala, elieu! ah I Aberd. Reg. A. 1521, Y. 11.
WAULD, T h e plain open country, without * W A X , s. F o r the use of this in witchcraft, V.
wood, Lanarks. WALX.
Ower wud all' ivauld, the rowkis < W A X - K E R N E L , W A X E N - K E R N E L , an indu-
Spread like a siller sea. rated gland, or hard gathering, which does not
Marmaiden of Clyde., Edin. Mag. May 1820. s u p p u r a t e ; often in the neck, or in the i
W A U L I E S U M , adj. Causing sorrow, A n g . of growing S.
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it ; to or iii- W E A R , S. Clothing, apparel. " Every day WEAR;'
one's common dress, 3.
w V. W.\sIE. T o W E A R , V. a. « Wear the jacket. This phrase
W E , W E E , TV";IK, adj. ;—C.B. alludes to a custom, now, we believe, obsolete,
vaegh, Gael, beg, id. is often re- by which, on paying a certain fee, or otherwise
peated, as signifying very little. making interest with the huntsman of the Cale-
donian H u n t , any citizen aspirant, whose rank
A wee, wee cat to catch a : did not entitle him to become a member of that
A wee, wee cock, to craw fir' crouse. highly-born society, might become entitled to
Popular Song, Gall Enc. the field-privileges of the H u n t , and
<2. Mean, as regarding station; as,"" wee fewk others, was tolerated to wear the jacket of the
people of the lowest ranks, Clydes. order," GL. Antiq.
3. Mean, applied to conduct; as, " T h a t was T o W E A R Y for, v. a, T o long for, eagerlv to
very race in him ibid. desire, S.
WEENESS, 1. Smallness, littleness, S. T o W E A R Y on, v. a. 1. T o become weary of, S.
2. Mean-spiritedness, Clydes. T o long for, Roxb.
W E A M L Y , a d ) . Feeble, slender, ill-grown, Fife. A.S. weri-au fatigare. As signifying to long for,
It seems doubtful if from S. wean a child; or, allied it merely denotes that one becomes fatigued or worn
to Teut. weipugh, parvus, weynighlick, exigue. A.S. out, in waiting for an object that is earnestly desired,
but delaved bevond expectation.
T o W E A R , v. a, T o conduct,to the fold, or W E A R Y , adj. 1. Feeble.] Add, as sense
a
any other inclosure, with caution, S.; as, Stand 4. Tedious, causing languor or weariness to the
on that side, and wecm\ that cow ; 111 kep her mind from prolixity, S.
here." ' c Wear them cannily,dinna dri ve t h e m S . We oat some water-broo and
T o W E A R a f f \ or o f f , v. a. T o defend from or a wean/ g r ;
against, S. to." Tales of my Landlord, iii. (J.
« The lasses should wear the lads aff them," i. e. WKARVFCL, ad). 1. Causing pain, &c.] Add;
keep them at a distance, Galloway. " if Air. Mordaunt should have settled down in
For wearht corn of hens an' cocks, t he Roost, as mair than ae boat had been lost in that
For huntiif o' the hare or fox,— ireari/J'u squall the other morning,—who, said Swer-
Flis match was never made for thae tricks. tha, will be tlie auld fool then ?" The Pirate, ii. 269.
Hong's Scot. Pastorals, p. 23. 2. Tiresome in a great degree, Ayrs.
T o W E A R hi, v. a. 1. T o gather in, &c. " My head was buzzing like a beescap, and I could
T o W E A R inby, v. n. T o move towards a place hear nothing but the bir of that wearyful woman's
with caution, S. tongue." The Steam-Boat, p. S3.
We'll cast about and come upon the W E A R Y F A \ an imprecation, North and South
I think I see t mysell, we'll of S.
Gin we'll win there, it's time to milk the ky. O weary fa his filthy picture, to set my bairn a
Boss's II ele nor e, p. 76. " an' sabbin." Saxon and Gael, ii. 33.
T o W E A R up, or up weir, seems to have been used O ! weary fa thae evil days!—what can evil
in a sense nearly allied ; as signifying the be coming to distract a poor country, now
tion or art employed by a thief in driving' its peaceably settled, and living in love and law ?"
the cattle he had stolen. Tales of my Landlord, i. 71.
Of sum grit men they have sic gait, Literally, a curse befal, from Wary, to eurse, q. v.
That redy ar thame to debait ; W E A R Y O N , an imprecation, equivalent to Weary
And will up weir Fa\ S.
Thair stolin geir: " O ! weary on him ! he ne'er brought gude to these
That nane dar steir lands or the mdwellers." Tales of my Landlord, i. ?1.
Thame, air nor lait. W E A T H E R , s. A fall of rain or snow accom-
Maitland Poems, p. 333. panied with boisterous wind, Roxb. W h e n the
T o W E A R , v. a, 1. T o guard, to defend, S.A. wind comes singly, this term is not used, the
" I set him to wear the fore-door wi' the speir, following distinction being made ; « I t 111 be
I kept the k-door wf the lance/' Min- no leather the day, b u t wind."
i. 2 0 8 . V . W E R , W E R E , V. This corresponds with Isl. - ~
T o W E A R , W E I R , V. A. T o stop, Roxb. W E A T H E R I E , W E A T H E R F U 1 , ad). Stormy, ]
* W E A T H E R , s. Fair weather9 flattery.
" If h e l l no d u d [do i t ] by fair weather, he'll no
with Were, to guard. d u d by foul," Prov., Boxb. If you cannot prevail
Force, restraint, Roxb. with him by coaxing, you will not by severity.
3tinaculum Teut. tvaer, O . E . to make fair weather, to flatter. V. N A R E S .
W E A T H E R - G A W , s. 1. P a r t of one side of
v. n. T o last, to endure; as, " T h a t a rainbow, S. V. under W B D D Y B .
daith weel," S. it seem to be
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ol one ii all ire, and to proceed irons the -nma c-ur*e. ii:;, t h e m u p into t h e a i r . a n d c a t c h i n g t h e m u p o n a
•—The ba ck ground oi' the: treat her<jaiv—is ah\ ay.s a s i n g l e l i n g e r ; a. kind of I k d a n c e - m i s t r e s s . " G l .
brick cloud, and in -lead of b<-m^ t . i - i -^ment of a But in t h e o r i g i n a l of t h e P o m a u n t , in
circle. b, -o ih;* il ajipfaiv, a >irar.;ht line." Gaii. place t h e timbre in e v i d e n t l y m e n t i o n e d as a n :
JKnt ycl. meiit ol" m u s i c .
2, A n v c k a n g / - in t h e a t r i o - p h e i v , k n o w n f r o m Cil fines si j o l i m e n t ,
( - r . - f a - n c e i o p r e > n g o tin: a p p r o a c h of b a d w e a - E m a i n e si g r a n d d i s s o n e n t ,
Q u ' i l resonne, t a b o u r n e et timbre,
S«-c !iov. mu'-h kea\ier tke cloud- tali every mo- iku> souef (jue t a b o u r n e timbre.
me:;-. and e the-e a cat bcr-^tnes that streak the \ . D i e t . T r e v . in vo. T h e r e t h e t e r m is e x p l . f<r u n
n-ad-cokii;ivfi - w h.h partial gleams of faded red instriunci.t approehant du tasnhour."
and purple." The i'irate, i. n<„). I t is m(>st p r o b a b l y t o thus i n s t r u m e n t t h a t P a l s -
kk Any tin \ too good for the season, indicating g r a v e r e f e r s . " 1 pi a y e \ poll a hjmbre ; J e t i m b r e .
t h a i it v.iii In- M i c c e e d e d b y h a d w e a t h e r , S. May d e n s playt.1 n a t so m o e h e vpoii timbers as t h e y
••']. M eta p h . a n v t h i n g so u n c o n i i n o n l y f a v o u r a b l e , Avi'i'c v/(iute to d<j: L e s lilies ne t y m b r e n t p o y n t t a n t
(piclies s o u l o y e n t . " Jk iii. Ik 'JI.S, a.
a> t o M v m a n i n d i c a t i o n of a. r e v e r s e : u.-ed a s
T h U i- coniii-nicd iiv P r o m p t . P a r v . I'ymber la-
d e n o t i n g a n ill u.-ioik, A h . e r d . . A l c a r u s .
O l d ( olouel M o n r o u.-e- I i'ral/r-r-'j <•(! in t h k >ense.
bonrc. Tvoipanii hum"
'Po \v i:ejriv '<'. (t. r Po fan, to winnow, liuchan.
T h i s d;' v e ice wa - but L I k i • a j > leasa i i t irca-
Slie >>•(•(-ills t h e c{;rn anent. tiu; b i a w ,
f/fr--.ad. t h e f o r e - r u n n e r <»f a g r e a t e r s t o r m ; f o r
Tiiinkin ker jue wad scud her
tk-.-v m a d e kooii • thi.- d a y , t h a t h a d not t h e h a p p i - k'aM. by t h a t n i g h t .
iie-- to en lov n, ek/ht and tbrtie houre^." Monro's 7'arras's Poems, p. B'7. \k W K C I I T , .y. D I C T ,
IAp,d. IkY. I... a_<. W e o u g h t undoubtedly to c o n s i d e r as c o g n a t e
w E A T I i K I M ; L K A A K .v. V. W k m h ^ M J ^ . term.-, (klk cjeagr a >ie\ e, gtregr-a, to turn in a
O f t e n waken M i l l a r had <h*i\en his p r e y f r o m ;i sieve, to sill.
d k t a n e e , a n d w h i l e he was vet mile-; IVom h W K C I I T , .y. 1. Weight, S.
aiai the n'valhrr-^h'tin oi' the eastern hills began to
kk r.Phe standard by wliich any thing is weighed, S.
be tinged with the brightening dawn, lie has left
them to the charge (ii* his dog, and descended hini- T o W E C I I T , V. ((. T o weigh, S .
'^eif to the banks of the Peithen, oil" his way, that he WECUTy, adj. .'Expensive.
— ^ H i s i e v i n g a n d r e n t i s is sua t r u b l i t a n d b u r -
eikd.t. jiot. M-eia to he connected Willi their company."
d y u n i t , t h a t he can n o c h t d e f e n d t h e said a e t i o u n ,
kdm. .Maa ( )ct. ]:sj;, p. fit.
bt ing sua. ircchli/ t h a t t h e s a m e is liable to c o m p r y s e
" ' I k V\ i'kw i'k v. a. and a. T o knit, applied
anc greit pairt oi'his lua'etage." A c t s J a . VI. 1594,
t o :• toekin«..»>, &c. ; p r o m W/jVt\ Aberd.
E d . i <S 1 i-, p. 80.
VVi.A vi-:ii, W i vr.ii, \ Y y IJISTEU, .v. A knitter of
.-locking. A berd. W K i ) , .v. Woad. " Ane }>yip of iced;" Aberd.
W E A / L k k - H L k \ \ ' l \ ( x , ,S\ A disease which Reg. V. 10. V. W A I ; 1 ) .
se« ms to have it* exigence only in tlie imagina- T o \Vp;i), v. a. To Wed a llcretagc, to enter
tions (d' the si!pi. r.-tit.ious. Y. (kvi TEii. on ]>ossession of an estate.
WKHSTKR, .V. 1 . A w e a v e r , S . j> Add; " The ryeht <Sc heretane that he had or wed eftir
fi
O.E. Webstar. Textor. Webslars lome. Tela- his foreldans." Aberd/Reg. Cent. I Ok
riutn." Prompt. Farv. Webbar was used for a fe- WEIJDE:RE0UK, T h e carcase of a wether.
male weaver. " Webbar or maker of clothe. Lani- " ij s. Scottis for half ane wedderbouk, to p a y
fica. Tel aria. Lanifex." Ibid. It is singular, that the samyn of his awne purss." Aberd. Reg.
the original use of the terminations should thus be W E D D E R D A I S , W E D D E U B A Y I S , a phrase
corn nletely inverted. apparently denoting a particular season in the
2. Metaph. transferred to a spider, because of the year.
<r
• web that it weaves for catching its prey, S. And the clergy presumys thai* may be specialte
W E C H T , W E I G H T , W E G H T , 6*. 3. A sort of gottin to thame and it be desiryt. And thai trow
tambourin.] Add; the Inglismen will alsueill consent till a specialte fra
We have a description in Chaucer which is some- Candilmess till Wedder dais as thai dide now till
what similar, especially as the performers plaid up- Candilmess." Pari. Ja. II. A. 1456, Acts Ed. 1814,
roill. p. 45. Wedder daijis, Ed. 1566. 8
There was many a timbestere, I am informed, by one well acquainted with the
And sailours, that, I dare well swere, language of his country, that Wedderdaijs, in Fife,
Ycouthe hir craft full parfitly. denotes the time of sheep-shearing; and hence, that
The timbres up full subtilly nhrase, Cf" fra Candilmess till Wedderdais/'
the phrase, Wedderdais/' s i ^
Thci casten, and henthem full oft nifies, " from the of spring till:
Upon a finger faire and soft, apparent
That thei ne failed never mo. entertain the idea that would oc-
Tyrwhitt, Rom. Rose, v. 770., says; irst view, that the word is formed from S.
" According to this description, it should rather
seem that a Timhestere was a woman who plaid tricks ed, as there appears to be no sufficient reason for
with timbres, (basons of some sort or other,) by throw- this particular specification. The compound term is
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more probably allied to Su.G. waedcrdag, which in the
laws of the Ostrogoths, denotes mild weather. Notat
diem serenum, et colligendis frugibus aptum ; Hire.
H e adds that the word has the same sense in LsL Thai
var um varit eirn vedrdag golhanu; Erat tem pus
vernum et eoelum mite ; 01. Trygg. S. V. II. p. 1 70.
Thus it might appear probable that the Wedder dayis
referred to in the Act, were meant of the more ad-
vanced season when the weather is settled.
W E D D E R F I P , W E A T H E I I F U \ adj. Unsettled,
stormy ; applied only to the weather; as, in a
very bad d a y , t c W h a t a weatherfu day is this
Roxb. Sw. waederfuttj windy, full of wind.
W E D D Y R , &c. ,9. "Weather/) Add; '
O.E. Wcdyr of the aver. Aura. Tempus."
Prompt. Parv. There was also a v. of this form, sig-
nifying to blow. " Wedcr-yii. Auro." Ibid.
W E D - F I E , ,9. <£ W a g e , reward, recom pence;
perhaps some payment of the nature of the in-
terest of money Gl. Sibb.
W E D O E T , ,9. Widowhood.
— ff The said Cristiane—band and oblist hir to
relef & kepe him scathles tharof, like as hir lettres
obligatouris mad in hir pure wcdoet to the said
George tharuppon purportis." Act. Dom. Cone. A.
1491, p. 204. Evidently corr. from wedohed.
W E D O W, A widow, Aberd. Reg.
T o W E E , WEY, a. T o weigh, S."
W E E C H E E S E , W E E B U T T E R , a childish play,
in which two, placing themselves back to back,
and linking their arms into each other, alter-
nately lift one another from the ground, by lean-
ing forward ; at the same time the one, when
it is his or her turn to lift, crying, Wee cheese,
[i. e. weigh] and the.other, when he lifts, an-
swering, Wee butter, Roxb.
W E E , adj. Little. V. WE.
W E E A C K , ,9. A wheak, Buchan.
As I was tytin lazy frae the hill,
Something gat up, an', wi' a weeack dire,
Gaed flaughtin aff, an' vanish't like a fire.
Tarras's Poems, p. 115.
Isl. hiaha, garritus avium; quak, minuritio; Hal-
dorson.
W E E - A N E , ,9. A child, S.JB.
My grushy wee-ancs roun' my knee
Sometimes do elim', an' sometimes tumble.
Taylor s S. Poems, p. 42.
This, if I mistake not, is the general pronuncia-
tion of Kincardineshire and the other northern coun-
ties. V. W E A N .
W E E - B A U K , s. A small cross-beam nearest
the angle of a roof, S.O. V. S I L L , S.
This seems to be q. little bank.
* W E E D , Formerly used in S.as i n E . for dress.
This was the ordinary weed £brown velvet coats
side to their hough, with boards of black velvet,
of his majesty's foot guards." Spalding, i. 22.
* T o W E E D , v. Or. T o thin growing plants by
taking out the smaller ones; as, " t o weed firs," S.
W E E D I K S , <9. pi W h a t is pulled up, or cut out,
in thinning trees, &e.
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WEEDEB-CLIPS, $. T h e instrument used for pull-
ing u p the weeds which grow among grain, S.
Burns introduces the term in a metaph. sense.
The rough bur-thistle, spreading wide
Amang the bearded bear,
I turn'd the weeder-cUps aside,
And spared the symbol dear.
V. Minstrelsy Border^ I. Introd. exxx. V. C L I P S ,
W E E D O C K , .9. A n instrument for grubbing up
weeds, R o x b . ; evidently a corr. of E. Weed-
hook, id.
W E E G , s . T h e Kittiwake, Larus minuta, Linn.,
Shetl.
Shall we view this term as originally the same
with wake in the Scottish name? In Sw. the name
of the Anas Fuligula is JVigge ; Linn. Faun. Suec,
N. 132. As this bird is denominated the Lesser Sea
Swallow, it may be observed that in Isl. a swallow
is called igda and eg da.
T o W E E G L E , v. n. T o waggle. V . W A I G L E .
W E E G L E , S. A n act of wagglingor waddling, S .
W E E G L E R , ,9. One who waddles, S .
W E E K , .9. Wades of the mouth. V. W E I K .
W E E L , W E L L , with its composites. V. W E I L L ,
W E E L - S L E E K I T , p a r t . a d j . Well drubbed, S.
" If ye have oney wish for a weel-sleelcii hide, ye
can follow me out to the green foment the smidy-
door." Macrirnmon, iv. 1,37-
In reference perhaps to the gloss produced on the
skin of a horse by currying, as the E. v. to curry is
used as signifying to beat, to drub.
W E E O C K , S. A little while ; as, " Y e had bet-
ter wait for him a weeock? S . O . ; a dimin. from
W E , WEE, little. V. Oc, Oeic, termin.
W E E R E L Y , adj. Warlike.
H e sail deliuer thee at need,
And saue thy life from pestilence;
His wing[j]s are thy weerely weed ;
His pencili]s are thy Strang defence.
Ps. XCI. Poems l6lh Cent. i, 99.
V. u n d e r WERE, w a r .
W E E R I G I L L S , ,9. p i V. WEIRIEGILLS.
W E E R I T , s. 1. T h e name given to the young
of the Guillemot, or Colymbus Troile, Mearns.
It is supposed that the name has originated from
their cry, which it resembles in sound ; as they have
an incessant peevish note. Brisson, liowevei*, gives
this bird the name of Uria. Hence,
T h e term has been transferred to a peevish
child, ibid.
W E E - S A U L ' T , adj. Having a little soul, S .
'Tis also said, our noble Prince
Has play'd the wee-said'I loun for ance, &c.
Tannahiirs Poems, p. 105.
W E E S E , s. 1. A bundle of straw; also, a stuffed
roll of cloth, of a circular form, which a woman
puts on her head, for enabling her to carry on
it a wooden vessel, &c. From the same origin
with Weasses. V. WAESE.
T o W E E S E , W E E Z E , V . N. T o ooze.] Add
to etymon ;
A.S. waes also signifies humor,- mador> aqua.
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i i:<• | ( • - h a s o b s e r v e d t h a t in F . a m a r . - h y a n d W E Y A G E , s. T h e charge
p l a c e U f;;]lt-rl a iea-<h. G r a m m . A . S . c. 'JO. goods.
W E K S H . interj. Addres-ed to a horse, to make — " ixcej>taiid—tol 1 es, ])ettie dewteis,
h i m >><> TO I!J.- r i g h t h a n d , A b e r d . —wcyages and heaven [Jiaven]] dewteis dew—in
Si-,/?. / //A.S V<»>: MIC^ a b i g e n t i u m ; [lire. Rather harbt reis, mercats" &c. Acts" Cha. 1. Ed. 1814,
; Hied ri'-rha})> to h't.ss-a i n e i t u r e ; T e n t , hissrh-en de vol. v . ti 1-;;.
/ •..•. iuMigare c a n e - . WKV-IJ itonnis, .V. pi. 'Hoards used for weighing.
\Y !•;!•>"'}', part. adj. D e p r e s s e d v/;tli d u l l n e s s , Ane pair of wry t)roddis garnist with yroii for
weying of mettall with thair towis." Inventories,
— > r J a m i e m a u n ilk > h e p h e r d m o u r n ; A. "l:"»?«, ]). Joo.
ph.-rd* to c o m e shall weet his s a c r e d u r n . W K I D , W K K D , .V. A k i n d of f e v e r , & c . ] Add;
( ) h ! wae* m y h e a r t ! n a e f - r i i e , t h e n , t h a t y e — " There to appearance she still lay, very sick
S h o u l d g a n g sae wetw'f. a n ' t i n e y o u r w o n t e d g l e e . of a fever, incident to women in her situation,, and
Tarrass Poems, p. 115. here t ermed a weed." Kdin. Mag. March 1 819, p. 220.
IIW.-A i, e x p l . hebitatcd G l . ihid. tt. I n s t a t e d . Men, women, and animals are liable to be affected
T e u t . //-t\v.v(,'signifies, d i l u t u m m a l t i c e r e v i s i a r i i ; -wese. bv this disease. Milch cows are not unfrequently
o r p h a n u s ; Ish eos m i s e r i a , a n d raes-a inquietarc. subject to what is here called a weed, which is a kind
i i u t t h e o r i g i n is v e r y d o u b t f u l ; a l t h o u g h t h e last of fe\ crNh affection." Agr. Surv. W. Loth. p. 1 6'8.
m e n t i o n e d term seem.-to have the preferable claim. A fit of the ague. 'Tweedd.
It might, i n d e e d o r i g i n a t e f r o m t h e c o m m o n e x p r e s - \ \ i ; V ( T I E, .y. ' A witch. Sayng vmquliill his
>ioi! i! -e( 1 in l a m e n t a t i o n , " il'ae's m e / ' wo is m e , a n moder wes ane eommound wctjchc to lur end
A..""', i d i o m . daw"'1 Aberd. R e - A. 1 o l l , ' V . 17.
• \ V / - J : T , .V. R a i n , S. W K Y E S , "WKVJS, .V.' pi A balance, &c.] Add ;
^ M o n r o c a u s e d b i g u p b e t w i x t t h e crosses a c o u r t Junius in his Goth. GL, vo. U'uful agitatus, throws
d e g u a r d , lor s a v i n g his soldiers f r a e /reef or cold oil out a very ingenious idea as to the origin of waege
t h e n i g h t , a n d w h e r e i n t h e y s h o u l d he, e x c e p t s u c h libra, trutina.' lie derives it from wag-aii, weg-an,
as w e r e on w a t c h . " S p a h f i n g , i. 21S' M . movere. And indeed, the use of a balance is, in con-
Y C I . K T V , adj. R a i n y ; as, a icccty daj/> 5. V. sequence of its being properly adjusted, to move
\V KIT. back wards and forwards, till what is put into the one
'file- gait, was ill, our feet war bare, scale be equal to the weight on the other.
The night is weedy. T o " W K H U I T , r. a. T o burden, to oppress,
The Farmer s Jfa\ >X. .'JO. S/| Add;
\ V K K T \ K S S , .V. 1. Wet, rainy weather, S. " There Jiath ]>een as much guiltiness in me, as
2. Applied to any thing drinkable, Tweedd. mii»'ht and would have weighted down to the pit the
W H E l ^ - M Y - F I T , .y. ' T h e quail, Roxb., Fife, whole world ; but my lovely 1
Lord hath shewed me
iVrlhs. warm blinks of ids love/ Test. J. Robertson, Cloud
of Witnesses.
T h e n a m e s e e m s g i v e n f r o m its c r y , as if t h e
W E I K , W K K K , S. A corner. Weiks of the
s o u n d w e r e e q u i v a l e n t to " W e t m y f o o t . "
-mouth.] Add
To WEJFUK, VVKKAK, v. n. A term used to
denote the squeaking of rats, the neighing of the mustachios ;" Ray's Lett. p. 340.' This seems
stallions, or the bellowing of hulls when they originally the same word.
raise their voice to the shrillest pitch, Moray ; L. 8, for beach of a river, r. reach of a river; Som-
iVeeack, Buchan. ner. Add to etymon ;
This is obviously a provincial variety of TVhealc,
Week, to whine, q. v. Teut. wiecheUen, hinnire, Sw. Isl. muruwig, canthus oris ; Dan. miindwig, " the
would seem to be a diminutive from the radical: of the mouth/' Wolff; Sw. munmken, id., Wi-
This was secondarily used to signify divination, be-
the Germans T o HIXG BY T H E WEIKS OF T H E MOUTH, to
to divine from the neighing of V. Kilian, keep the last hold of any thing, to keep hold
, the state opposed " The men of the world say, we will sell the truth:
we will let them ken that we will king by the
A signal by waving. of the mouth for the least point of truth." "
Brace's Soul-Confirmation, p. 18.
already been made two wefts from the W E I L , adv. Very, joined with Gret, Gud, &e.]
ret, to intimate that those in the castle Add;
for your return/' Abbot, iii. 66. V. W A F F , V. « Mair, ane uther coitt of blew velvot weill auld
W E H A W , interj. « A cry which and worne." Inventories, A. 1562, p. 159; k e. very
horses/' old and much worn/' V. W E I L , adv., and F E I L , adj.
W E Y 9 a d f . Mean, despicable, Annandale. This W E I L D I N G ,
seems merely a metaph. sense of the adj. as li- The inexpert student, in search of letters
terally signifying, little. V, W E . ; variety, is east in i
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rf
of choise, that, tasting about, before hee happilie fall I met ane very honest, fair-spoken, weel put-on
on ought worthy to feed on, appetite is spent, and gentleman/' &e. Nigel, i. 77.
he filled with hee cannot tell what." Bp. Forbes W E I L T O L I V E , 1 . I n easy circumstances, S,
on the Revel. Dedic. Well to live is given as E. by Sherwood, and expl.
Apparently /''running wild/' or bewildering him- by Fr. Bien moyennee, aisc, richc.
s e l f l i k e Sxx.G.fara wild, a via aberrare, foerwilla, 2. Tipsy, elevated with drink, half seas over, S.
in errorem ahducere. W E E L T O P A S S , in easy circumstances, in com-
W E I L L , W E K L , adj. 1. Well, in health, S. parative affluence, S.
" Weel, well, N o r t h ; ' Grose. " Ye see, Ailieandme we're weel to pass, and we
2. Insufficiently dressed ; applied to meat. " Is would like the lassies to hae a wee bit mair lair than
the denner weel Is it ready to be served up? oursells, and to be neighbourlike—that would we."
Clydes., Iioxb. Guy Mannering, ii. 321.
With hunger sniit, may hap they seem to feel, Well enough to pass is an E. phrase, but more li-
Or cry, perhaps, Oh 1 is the hodgil weel? mited in its sense than this.
A.S colt's Poems, ]). 10. W E I L L - W A X / J ) , adj. Well-chosen. V . W A L E , V.
Or it may be used as the adv. Then the phrase W E I L L - W I L L A R , -V. A friend, a well-wisher.
e:
must be viewed as elliptical for well done." " The earle of Huntlie—brunt the on syd of the
W E I L , W E L E , adv. Very, SEE ] Add ; toun,—bot spaired the other syd, be reasonn the
In this sense it is often conjoined with the com- greatest pairt thairof perteaned to his a win favour-
parative and superlative War and fFarst. Thus, " It eris and weillwilleris:' Pitscottie, Ed. 1814. Good-
cudna be weill war/ ' S. This nearly corresponds willers, Edit. 1728.
with theE. phrase, " I t could not well be worse ;" but, " The said Admiral—sail gar the heidismen, ca-
from theunaccoun table influence of idiom, it seems, at pitanis,and mar in eris of ilk ship, befbir thair depart-
least to a Scottish ear, to express a more forcible idea, ing, sweir, that he sail weill and richteously govern,
" Gin ye tak that way, it'll be weill war" S. Here but doing damnage to our soverane Lord's subjectis,
it seems to have one of the senses of A.S. reel, well. freindis, allyais, favouraris or weill-irillaris." Sea
This is vere, re vera, sane ; or, as expressed by Som- Lawis, Balfour's Pract. p. (>32.
ner, " greatly, very much. " Teut. ivel is rendered " Wei I nnllaris, wellwishers Aberd. Reg.
valde. It is used in a similar mode in the superla- W E I L L - W I L L I E , W E I L L - W I L L I T , adj. Liberal.j
tive : as, " Fie abus'd me the wed war si that could Add ;
be," S.B.; Fie could not have given me more abusive Well-wylled is given by Palsgr. in a more general
language. sense, being rendered, de bonne voulepte. It is thus
W E R T , - B U I L T , adj Strongly made, S. expl., Prompt. Parv. Wei wyllynge or other go'de
" But d'ye hear Leddy Sibby, hae nae thing to do wyl. Beniuolus."
wi' that feckless coif o' a Frenchman; leuk at Sir W E I L L , $. 1. Prosperity.
John Gawky there, a stout weel-built caller chield, " The weill of the kingdom's metropolis of the
an' ne'er fash your thumb wi' the monshiers." Saxon city of our solemnities, must also be here considered,
and Gael, i. 81. in so far as it draws not with it any considerable
WEIL-FAUR'T, adj. Well-favoured, having a prejudice to the rest of the country." Fount. Dec.
handsome or goodly appearance, S. Suppl. ii. 5(>7.
There was a may, and a weel''-far d may, 2. A benefit, Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
Lived high up in yon glen ; Chaucer uses wele for wealth, prosperity. A.S.
FIer name was Katharine Sanfarie, wela prosperitas, abundantia, opes. V. W E I L , S.
She was courted by mony men. W E I L L , s. A calf.
Minstrelsy Border, i. 238. " Ane article for slauchter of weillis and lambis."
In the same manner ill-far d or ill-faur'd is used Acts Ja. V I . 1581, Ed. 1814, p. 214. V . V E I L .
for hard-favoured, S. W E I R of Law.) Insert, as definition ; — T h e
" He's a pratty m a n ; a very pratty man/ said act of a person, charged with a debt of which
f
Evan Dhu.— He's very weel/ said the Widow there is no legal evidence, whether by contract
Flockhart/butno naithing so well-far d [rather weeU or by the presence of witnesses, who engages,
faurd~] as your colonel, ensign." Waver ley, ii. 288. in the next court, to clear himself of it by his
" Jenny, who was a well-far t lassie, had as many own oath, supported by the oaths of five com-
wooers as Tibby Fowler." The Steam-Boat, p. 357. purgators, who shall attest their belief that he
W E I L - F A U I I ' T L I E , adv. I. Handsomely, S. swears truly.
% Avowedly, as opposed to any clandestine mea-
This is synon. with the E. forensic phrase, Wager
sure, S.
1 of Law : (V. Jacob's Diet.) and L.B. vadiare legem.
3. " W i t h a good grace/ S., Gl. Shirr.
The E. phrase is from O.Fr. gagiere, gaigiere, act,
W E I L - E A U R ' T N E S S , S. Handsomeness, S.
promesse, engagement; corresponding with L.B.
W E I L - G A I T I T , part. adj. A term applied to a
vadium, guagium. V. Roquefort. Ours seems to be
horse that is thoroughly broke, S.
immediately from A.S. waere, foedus, pactum ;
W E I L N E S S , S. T h e state of being in good health,
whence, as Lye observes, waer-borh, wer-borh, fide-
Clydes.
jussor, sponsor.
W E I L - P A I D , adj, W e l l satisfied, Buchan,Mearns.
I need scarcely remark the near affinity between
V. ILL-PAID.
the latter, and the language in the Act of Ja. I. 4'4' a
W E I L - P U T - O N , adj. Well dressed, S.
borgh—foundin in a weir of law."
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Q u h a r e t w a p n r t i i - a p p e r i s a.t t h e b a r , a n d t h e l i e t e t h e r ' d his t y k e a y o n t t h e d y k e ,
trine >,trek a b o r / j h a p o n e a trrir of' lair, tin..* t o t h i r A n d bad it treie t h e Old Song,.
p a r t y .-al hat' ieif t o be avi.-it, <j;i\ h e will k it, V. \ \ i:ii, vxc. also WKM:, r. t o g u a r d .
q u h c t h e r be wiii r e c o n n t e r it or n o c h t : — A n d g i f h o W M Y R , .V. S p r i n g . W a l l . S."lG'<)7. V . VBHU
r e c o u n t e r i - t h e b o r g h , & , - t r e n t b i s it w i t h re.-onuis, W l l 1 1 1 . ,y. A term including cows a n d ewes
he v\: hi- p a r t y r e m o v i t t h e c o u r t . " A c t s J a . J. A . giving milk, Roxb. I t is a l m o s t o b s o l e t e , a n d
i l-jp, i-M. I .si k p . i s , e. 7- Used o n l y b y v e r y o l d p e o p l e .
T h e lan<j ua;j e f > 1 * ( ) i i o n . A t t a c h , on t h l - liead i s ; It o c c u r s in this sense in P e r c y ' s B a l l a d s ; a n d is
F t >i lion h a b c a t proi>ationem, p a r s n e g a n s s u u u i d e - o b v i o u s l y , l i k e // eir a h e d g e , f r o m A . S . truer, s e p i -
b i t u m . . / ' " ' " 7 ' l<\'J<'ir> sudni, ad p r o x i m a m C u r i a m c u m m e n t u m , b e c a u s e c o w s or e w e s , g i v i n g miLk, w e r e
,-e ,-e:-.to. ('a]>. o. sect. .0. f o r n u r i y inclosed in a fold.
It iiiiiJit MTiii t h a t t h e p h r a s e h a d ail i n t i m a t e c o n - \Y K1 li-lil' S K , ,v. A p a r t i t i o n b e t w e e n c o w s ,
n o . ion w ith A.S. / r r / w 7 / / / , d e f e n d e r e ; G e r m . ; / r / \ A l e m .
( ' K a l e s . ; <J. a p a r t i t i o n f o r d e f e n c e . V. B L S E .
nacre, irera, miera, d e f e u s i o ; S u . G , truce-jo, sensu
W E I R D , \V KRi), 6'. 1. F a t e , d e s t i n y . ] Add;
ibreu.-i j u r a m e n t o p u r g a t o r i o sese d e f e n d e r e , c o r r e -
r]. I t is u s e d in t h e s e n s e o i'J'ucl, a s d e n o t i n g s o m e -
.q > o n d i n g w i t h Isl. true.rnar ed, j u r a m c n t u m d e f e u -
t h i n g t h a t really t a k e s place.
s o r i u m , t h e s y n o n y m e of w h i c h , as g i v e n by V e r e -
iius. is S w . traerje red. A f t e r w o r d c ^ m e s treird ; fair Sail t h e m t h a t call
c:
I t m a y b e s u b j o i n e d , t h a t S c h i l t e r e x p l a i n - .Mem. m e M a d a m ;" S. P r o v . A fac( t i o n s a n s w e r t o t h e m
<je)rn< r as .signifying, t e s t i s ; yo. H acre. l i t ; a thotin* call von by a h i g h e r title t h a n y o u r p r e s e n t s t a -
> a m e t i m e g i v e s >ponsio as t h e p r i m a r y - e n s e o f tion d e s e r v e s ; as c a l l i n g a y o u n g c l e r g y m a n Doctor>
truer,• ; a n d r e n d e r s L'ctuiaro, s p o n d c o , con>t.ituo, p r o or a y o u n g m e r c h a n t Alderman, as if y o u w o u l d s a y ,
w
m e w i p r o alio. 1 ..!>. gar ire also s i g n i f e.-, t u e r i , p r o - All in g o o d t i m e . " K e l l y , p. 2.
t e g e r e , e v i d e n t l y f o r m e d f r o m t h e G o t h . tcnu.i I>ca r - T h e g e n e r a l idea c o n v e y e d by t h i s c o m m o n P r o v .
in.: t h i s m e a n i n g ; a n d O . F r . garir, guar-ir, g a r a n t i r , is, t h a t t h i n g s w h i c h a r e t a l k e d oi', a l t h o u g h p e r h a p s
>e m e t t r e en s u r e t y , a n d garieur, c a u t i o n , r e p o u d a n t , only in j ' ' s t , often e v e n t u a l l y p r o v e to b e t r u e .
u'arant ; R o q u e f o r t . T h i s c o r r e s p o n d s t o o n e of the? s e n s e s g i v e n t o t h e
T h i s has, h o w e v e r , m o s t p r o b a b l y b e e n m e a n t , al- A.S. w o r d .
t h o u g h i n a c c u r a t e l y , as a t r a n s l a t i o n of L.B. trerelada, •I. F a t e is a l s o p e r s o n i f i e d u n d e r t h e n a m e o f
A . S . trer-fnde ; c o m p o u n d e d o V-trer a e s t i m a t i o capitis, Weird u s e d in t h e s i n g u l a r .
a n d lada p u r g a t i o , exen.^atio. I t d e n o t e d t h e act b y O u h o m Mild 1 w a r i e b o t m y w i c k e d Weard,
w h i e h a m a n , aeeu.-ed of h o m i c i d e , offered to j m r a e O u h a >pan m y t l i r i f t l e s t l i r a w a r d fatal t h r e a d ?
h i m s e l f by wilue.-.-e.^ of t h e c r i m e c h a r g e d again>1, MoiUgfjtncric. V. W'lhDKiisYNNIS.
i i i m , or by o r d e a l ; in c o n s e q u e n c e of w h i c h he b e c a m e T o Vv'i.iiii), W!•.I:IMI, v. a . 1. T o d e t e r m i n e
f r e e f r o m p a y m e n t of t h e trere or p e c u n i a r y m u l c t o n e ' s f a i e . j Add ;
d u e to t h e r e l a t i o n s of t h e pcr.-on shiim S o m e t i m e s ' P o m ; d . e liable t o , t o p l a c e in t h e s t a t e o f b e i n g
t h i r t y w i t n e s s e s w e r e re<pi:red. B u t t h e n u m b e r va- e x p i r e d t.t), a n y m o r a l o r p h y s i c a l evil.
ried a c c o r d i n g t o t h e r a n k of t h e p e r s o n a c c u s e d ; a K r l i n t o u had a fair d a u g h t e r ,
g r e a t e r n u m b e r of w i t n e s s e s b e i n g r e q u i s i t e for t h e I wat he treird h e r in a g r e a t sin,
pur.gat ion of a g r e a t m a n , than for t h a t of o n e of i n f e - I^or h e has b u i l t a b i g l y b o w e r ,
r i o r >,tation. W h e n w i t n e s s e s w e r e a d m i t t e d , h e w a s A n ' a' to p u t t h a t lady in.
said t o be p u r g e d more cattotiieo : if h e a p p e a l e d t o P l a c e d h e r in d a n g e r of c o m m i t t i n g a g r e a t sin."
o r d e a l , or t h e j u d g m e n t of G o d , it w a s d e n o m i n a t e d N . JMii/strelsjj Border, iii. 235.
a p u r g a t i o n more vulgarL Lade is f r o m A . S . lad-ian Weird s e e m s t o b e u s e d f o r weirded.
p u r g a r e , c u l p a l i b e r a r e . V . S p e l m . G L vo. Lada a n d T h e r e is a sense in w h i e h t h e Isl. v. is u s e d , w h i c h
Werlada. T h e t e r m w a s u s e d as e a r l y as t h e r e i g n is n e a r l y a l l i e d t o this ; eogi, t e n e r i , P l a l d o r s o n . As
of C a n u t e . V. L y e , a n d D u C a n g e . G . A n d r . gi ves t h e l a t t e r sense, h e a d d s ; Verdwng, ob«
T o Steele a Borgh apone a Weir of Laze, a p p a - ligatio, q u a q u i s ad a l i q u i d a g e n d u m t e n e t u r .
r e n t ^ signifies, to e n t e r i n t o s u r e t y s h i p t h a t W E I R D I N , W N A I D I N , part. adj. Employed for
t h e person shall legally p u r g e himself f r o m t h e t h e p u r p o s e of d i v i n a t i o n , S . B .
crime charged against him. J o c k D i n is t o t h e y a r d r i g h t s l y ,
WEIR, A h e d g e , G a l l o w a y ; used as synon. T o s a w his wierdin p i z . *
with E . "Fence. i. e. p e a s e . Tarrass Poems, p . 68.
* " W h i c h h e does i n t h i s f o r m : — O n e f o r e a c h
N o w weir an" f e n c e o' whittled r i c e
s w e e t h e a r t h e m a y have occasion t o h a v e , o r h a s i n
T h e h a i n e d fields i n c l o s e ;
v i e w ; w h e n t h e first b r i e r e d [ s p r u n g ] p e a f o r e t e l l s ,
P o o r B r a w n y p r e s s e s ' g a i n s t t h e thorn,
with u n d o u b t e d surety, his unavoidable alliance w i t h
B u t c a n n o t r e a c h t h e rose.
the girl it represents." N. ibid.
Davidson's Seasons, p . 5 1 . T h e pea s e e m s t o b e . o f g r e a t i m p o r t a n c e i n d i v i -
S u . G . rracr-ia t u e r i ; as a h e d g e is u s e d f o r d e - n a t i o n . F o r it is a l s o . u s e d in t h e bannocks b a k e d f o r
f e n c e . A . S . waer, wer, s e p t u m , s e p i m e n t u m , r e t i n a - t h i s e v e n i n g .
c u l u m . ( F l a n d r . wear, i d . ) ; f r o m waer-ian c l e f e n d e - T h e y w y l e t h e b a n n o c k f o r t h e weird.
r e . T h i s s e e m s o r i g i n a l l y t h e s a m e w i t h E . Wear. T h e pea t h a t g r a n n i e set.*
Y. Y A I R . * " A s there was a p e a d r o p p e d a m o n g s t part of
T o W E I R , v. a. T o h e r d , t o keep, to watch t h e b a n n o c k s , each r e c e i v e s o n e [ b a n n o c k , ] a n d m u s t
over. Roxb, eat i t b e f o r e t h e c o m p a n y ; a n d w h o e v e r h a s t h e g o o d
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luck of catching it, lias also decided their fate as to But Harden was a weirdly man,
tlie surety of wedlock/' N. ibid. p. 73. A cunnin tod was he ;
We learn from Grose, that a superstition, nearly He lockit his sdns in prison straung,
allied to this, prevails, A. Bor. f< Scad ding of Peas ; And wi' him bore tlie key.
a custom in the North of boiling the common grey Hogg's Mountain Bard, p. 46.
pease in the shell, and eating them with butter and W E I R I E G I L L S , W E E I U G I L L S , s.pl. Quarrels. In
salt. A bean, shell and all, is put into one of the the weiriegills, in the act of quarrelling, Mearns.
pea-pods; whosoever gets this bean is to be first At the weeriegills is the phrase, as used in Ber wicks.;
married." Gl. expl. <c in a state of wrangling, brawling so as to
:e
Gay, in his Spell," refers to the use of apeascod, appear to be on the point of fighting."
containing fC three times three," as a charm for di- It has been conjectured that this may be from weir
vining the future lot in marriage. V. Ellis's Brand, war, and gills, q. a strife of lungs. Can it be an
1. 303. oblique use of the ancient term A.S. wer-gildy Teut.
ce
In the old Roman Calendar," says Brand,—<c I were-gheld, L.B. werigeld-uni, pretium quo vir oeei-
find it observed on this day, that a dole is made of sus aestimatur ; " the price or value of a man's life,
soft beans. I can hardly entertain a doubt but that or ofasiaine man?" V.Somner. Many quarrels were
our custom is derived from hence.—Why we have doubtless occasioned by the unreasonable demands
substituted Pease I know not, unless it was because made on the one side, and the provoking deprecia-
they are a pulse somewhat fitter to be eaten at this tion on the other.
season of the year. They are given away in a kind W E I R S . • In weirs. V. W I E R S .
of dole at this clay/' Ibid. i. 97, 98. T o W E I SI], v. a. 2. T o guide,—to direct.] Add;
There can be no doubt that this learned writer In this sense, to weise a ball is to aim a bullet with
justly traces the origin of this custom to heathenism. such caution as to hit the mark, S.
£t
" Beans were given away," as he remarks, " in the <f
Ye ken yeresell there's mony o them wadna
funeral ceremonies of heathen Rome." According mind a bawbee the weising a ball through the Prince
to Pliny," Pythagoras expressely forbad to eat beanes : himsell, an the chief gae them the wink ; or whether
but as some have thought and taught, it was because he did or no, if they thought it wad please him when
folke imagined, that the soules of such as were de- it was done." Waverley, iii. 132.
parted had residence therein.: which is the reason — " I'll uphad it, the biggest man in Scotland
also that they be ordinarily used and eaten at the fu- shouldna tak a gun frae me or I had weized the slugs
nerals and obsequies of the dead. Varro also affirra- through him, though I'm. but sic a little feckless bo-
etli, that the great priest or sacrifieer, called the Fla- dy." Guy Mannering, ii. 185.
mine, abstaineth from beanes both in those respects
3. T o turn, to incline.] Add;
aforesaid, as also for that there are to be seene in the
" Weize yoursel a wee easel-ward—a wee mair yet
flower thereof certaine letters and characters that
to that itlier stane." Antiquary, i. 162.
shew heavinesse and. signes of death." This rather
Add, as sense
betokens bad luck. But something follows, which
proves that they also carried in them a more favour- 4. T o draw or let out any thing cautiously, so as
able omen. " There was observed in old time a re- to prevent it from breaking; as, in making a rope
ligious ceremonie in beanes ; for when they had sow- of tow or straw, one is said to weise out the tow
ed their ground, their manner was, of all other come or straw, S.
to bring backe with them out of the field some beanes 5. To Weise in, or out, to allow to go in or out,
for good lucke sake ; presaging thereby, that their by removing any impediment; as, by opening a
corne would returne home againe unto them.—Like- door, Iloxb.
wise, in all port sales it was thought, that if beanes — " There was a necessity for some reformation
were entermingled with the goods offered to be sold, in the office, and I foresaw that the same would never
they would be luckie and gainefull to the seller." be accomplished, unless I could get Mr M'Lucre6
Hist. B. xviii. c. 12. •wized out of it, and myself appointed his successor/
By the Egyptians, this species of pulse was vene- The Provost, p. 24.
rated as a deity, and accounted so sacred that they W E Y S E , V I S E , S. T h e indication of the direc-
neither sowed nor eat beans, and were even afraid tion that a mineral stratum has taken, when
to look on them. Plutarch. Sympos. ap. Pierii Hiero- interrupted in its course.
glyph. Fol. 413, a. Cf
Where the coal is not quite cut off by the gae, but
W E I R D L E S S , adj. 1. Thriftless, not prosperous. hath its course only altered, you are to consider, in
2. Destitute of any capacity to manage worldly searching for it, before you pierce your gae, that
affairs, S. which the coal-hewers term the inse} or some of them
W E I R D L E S S N E S S , S. Wasteful mismanagement, the weyse of the gae \j. e. dyke] which in effect is
S.B. nothing else, but a dark vestige of the dipp or rise,
W E I R D L Y , adj. H a p p y , prosperous, South of S.
that the body which now constitutes the gae, should
In thy green and grassy crook have had naturally, if it had been perfected." Sin-*
Mair lies hid than crusted stanes; elar's Plydrost. Misc. Obs. p. SSL
In thy bien and weirdly nook Evidently from Teut. wys-en} &c. ostendere; whence
Lie some stout Clan-Gillian banes. ivyser monstrator. V. the etymon of W E I S E , V.
Jacobite Relics, ii. 189« W E Y S H , W Y S H E , interj, A term used for di-
. VOL. II. 665 4 P
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reefing a horse to turn to the right hand, is effected by beating when sufficiently heated. V,
M earns ; Jftni/)* S.A. Weld, Johnson.
<l
T h e horse UJu-t d o w h a t lie is c o m m a n d e d , w i t h - 2. T o be incorporated, SEE.] Add;
o u t o t h e r diri'etion t h a n tin* ireysh, ( p r o n o u n c e d l o n g , I find that the O.E. v. was used in a sense very
and means to hold oil ) and the n>me hi'her ; and the nearly allied to this. " JFellyn mylke. Coagulo.
Jn/, ( a n o n ) a n d t h e irtn/ ( s t a n d s l i u . j " Agr. Surv. Well yd as mylke. Coagulatus. Inspissatus." Pr. Parv.
K i n c a r d . p. 1 i k 5. To Wall to, to comply with, to consent t o ;
It* jlot. m e r e l v a f a c t i t i o u s t e r m , p e r h a p s f r o m t h e from the idea of uniting metals into one mass;
s a m e o r i g i n w i t h ll'eise, r. Fife.
W f d S T , .v. T h e west. A b e r d . R e g . W E L L - G R A S S , ,9. Water-cresses, S. Wdl-
T o W K I T , W I ; -1. R. a'.] Add; Icerses, synon.
T o W K I T , W K K T , 7'. it. T o r a i n ; a s , " I f s g a ' i n " Nasturtium aquaticum, well-grassWedderb.
t o u i r / , ' 1 t l i e r a i n is a b o u t t o f a l l ; I t ' s icect- Vocab. p. 18.
t ii j it r a i n s , S . H . W ELL is, an old phraseology expressive of the
N u J J . waet-a, L h raef-a. h u m e c t a r e . happiness of the person concerning whom it is
T o \ V K l / M , v . tt. T o direct V. W K I S K . used, S.
W K b C . O M E-l I A I AL .v. 1. The repast pre- " H ell is t h a t m a n in w h o s e m o u t h t h i s w o r d is
sented t o b r i d e s . \*.c. ] Add; p u t : a n d well <s t h a t p e o p l e t h a t lies a m a n in w h o s e
I n A n g u s , u s e d t o d e n o t e a c u m pot at ion a m o n g m o u t h t h e L o r d lies p u t his word ; t h e b a s n e s s e a n d
t h e n e i g h b o u r s of a. n e w ! v - m a r r i e d p a i r , o n t h e i n l i r m i t i e of t h e m a n will not he a b l e t o h i n d e r t h e
d a v follow i n g t h a t oil w h i c h t h e v h a v e b e e n p o w e r t h e r e o f . " Uollock o n 2 T h e s . p. <s V, WEIL,
hiked, S. I'ro>perit.v.
( )n M o n d a y e v e n i n g , just, about, g l o a m h i , t h e W E h h - M A K EH, ,v. One whodigs or forms wells.
h u s b a n d s a n d w i v e s of t h e v i l l a g e a-.-einhle at. t h e A(]ui 1 ex, aquilegis, a wel maker." Despaut.
h o u s e of t h e n e w l y - m a r r i e d c o u p l e , to c e l e b r a t e t h e CI rain. ('. :>. a.
•weleumc-hame, b y a g o o d d r i n k a n d f u n n y c r a c k . " W E L I . - S E T , part. adj. Well-disposed.
££
K d i n . M a g . N o v . i s i s , p. 4 1 a . Tin; marquis of! 1 untly, and some well-set friends
W H L K , .v. 1. A w h i r l p o o l , a n e d d y , S . ] Add; settled this feud." Spalding's Troubles, i. 8.
— 4 4 P l a c e s on T w e e d at t h i s p l a c e still retain t h e i r W E L I . - S I T T I N G , part. adj. Favourably dis-
name-, f r o m t h e m o n k s t h e r e , as t h e /!a!ij-irhret a n d posed, partial.
the Monk-ford." .Milne'.- I J : x t . o f M e ! I'o.-a , p . 1f t h e r e w a s not a f a v o u r a b l e j u n e t o at; o n e t i m e ,
W E L L - .y. A whirlpool, (.'aitlm. ; the s a m e as win,, in so l o n g a tract, di(i n o t one ( o p p o r t u n i t y , o n e
UWr. occasion, oiler, of a well x/tti//<s Sheriff ?— Surely no
' 1 In t h e F i r t h a r e several p l a c e s r e m a r k a b l e for reason can be assigned for thi.-> but. tin; m o n s t r o u s
t h e i r d a n g e r , a-; t h e // »•//.»• ot' S w i n n a . — T i i e y a r e l i k e e n o r m i t y a n d i n e q u a l i t y of t h e s e g r a n t s , " &c\ F o u n t ,
u n t o wliirle-pooh-s, t u r n i n g about. w i t h Mich a vio- i )ec. S u p p l . ii. (i v
l e n c e , that i f a n y bo.it c o m e nigh u n t o t h e m , t h e y will WKLTKJ;KK, \VAI.TKK AK, .v. (Jlie w h o o v e r t u r n s
bv violent means.
s u c k or d r a w it in, a n d t h e n t u n i e t h it a b o u t , u n t i l
—" Sindrie were broght hame that war tlie kingis
it b e s w a l l o w e d u p : b u t the>e writs a r e o n l y d a n -
enemeis, walteraris of his kingdome, and enemeis of
g e r o u s in a c a l m , a n d s e a - m e n or fi>,hcrs, t o p r e v e n t
religioiie, whicli was ane appearand danger to his
their d a n g e r t h e r e b y , use when t h e y come near t h e m
persone and realme." Bannatyiie's Journal, p. 500.
t o c a s t in an o a r , b a r r e l or s u c h l i k e t i l i n g , on w h i c h
W E E , W E R E , adj.
t h e wells c l o s i n g , t h e y safely p a s s o v e r . " Brand's Worse.
O r k n . p. I l l , 1 T2. V . WELK. —ce It is wer n;i Pariss siluer, or sillier of the new
W K L L - K V , A V A L L K K , .V.] werk of Bruges," &c. Acts Ja. IV. Ed. 1 811, p. 222^
Substitute, as d e f i n i -
t i o n ; — T h a t j;art of a quagmire in which there The orthography of Wyntown is If ere. V.WAR, adj.
is a spring ; S. zcfdlcc. This form of the word corresponds with O.E.
W K L L - U K A U , .Y. T h e spring from which a marsh ce ]Ftrre. Deterior. Pejor.—Jferre } aduerbial. Dete-
Is supplied, Eanarks. rius. Pejus." Prompt. Parv.
.—"The charger on which he was mounted plunged T o W E H Y , v. a, T o curse.
a
up to the saddle-girths in a well-head, as they call Gif Appius desirit tharrie to haisty thare pas-
•the springs which supply the marshes." Tales of my sage, thay past huly.—Quhen he past by thame, thay
L a n d l o r d , iii. 3 2 , 8 3 . weryit him." Bellend. T. Li v. p. 19 8. Prat ere un-
W E L T . - S T R A N D , S. A stream from a spring, S.A. tem execrari, Lat. V . W A R Y , WARYET, W E R R A Y ,
cc
The designation of the smallest rill of water is W E I I Y , adj. 1. Infirm from disease.
a stjlce or a well-strand, if from a spring-well. If the " Than wres Ebucius, ane of the consul lis, dede in
water is of quantity sufficient to drive a small water- the ciete; and his colleig, Servilius, sa wery that he
wheel for light machinery, it is called a burn Agr. micht skarslie draw his aind." Bellend. T. Li v. p.
Surv. Peeb. p. 16. 215. Exigua in spe trahebat animam, Lat.
T o W E L L , W A L L , v. a. 1. T o forge, See.] Add; 2. Feeble, in a political sense.
Fraunces does not define the O.E. word quite ac- " The ciete \^as nocht sa wery, that it micht be
curately. WeU-ijn metell. Fundo.—JFellyd as me- dantit with sic remedis as it wes wont to be." Bel-
tal. Fusus. Gonflatilis." Prompt. Par v. Now, this lend. T. Liv. p. 236. Aegra, Lat. V. W E A R Y ,
G60
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WERING,
" Item, Tirepressy is and ay has bene twa davach
of land into the bischapis rentale, and to the Kingis
wering" Supposed to be written A. 1390, Cart.
Aberd. Fob 46'.
This may signify measurement. L.B. war a, mo-
dus agri apud Anglos; Monast. Angl. torn. 2. p. 128 ;
13u Cange. Wara also signifies valor; ibid.
Or it may signify estimation, from A.S. wer, pro-
perly, capitis estimatio £V. VERGELT], used in an
oblique sense.
WKRKMAN, .v. A tradesman ; as a goldsmith.
" Quhar thar is fundin ony sic werk within the
said finace,—the said workman to be punyst at the
kyngis will." Acts Ja. III. 1485, Ed. 1814, p. 172.
W E 1.1 S E L L , s. V. W A R D and WARSEL.
W E R T E W S , " pi Accompiishments, particu-
larly in relation to music.
" The singeir to pas & remane in Pareis for ane
yeir to leir wertews." Aberd. Reg. Cent. 16.
Fr. vertue, cc worth, perfection ;" Cotgr.
T o W E S C H E , 7'. a. T o wash, Aberd. Reg.
W E S C H E L L , Y E S C H E L L , ,9. A collective term
denoting all the plate, dishes, &c. used at table
in a great house.
"Villiam Murray, keipar of TFeschell*' Chalmers's
Mary, i. 179- Feschell, p. 177-
W E s c II A I . E - A L "M E R Y , a n a m 1 yr y l b r h o i d i n g V e s s e l s . W E Z ,
" Thomas Kirk patr i ek—sal 1 restore—twa met
burdes, a weschale almery, a, cop almery," &c. Act. W I I , changed into F in the northern counties of
Dom. Cone. A. 1488, p. 98.
This is distinguished from an ambry used for hold- W I I A, pron. W h o , used as an indefinite desig-
ing cups, or a cup-board.
W F 7 S E , we shall, S.
ff
Wese no hae a lamb-cloot on a' the Caulside o*
Dunsciro, if we thrapple the gudeman o' the flock."
Blackw. Mag. May 1820, p. 15f). •
Sc is often used in this manner ; as in I'se, I shall, W H A TO B E M A R R I E D F I R S T , the name of a
Ye'se, ye shall, Ilese, he shall, &c. S., like he'd for
he wad or would.
T o W E S Y , i'. a. T o examine.] Add;
" Both well this 24 th day wes found werray tymus
weseing the Kyngis ludging that was in preparing the Ten, or Catch Honours, Lent for Beans, Brag and
for him." Anderson's Coll. ii. 272.
2. T o visit, Reg. Aberd.
W E S S E L , W A S S E L , adv. Westward*, S .
cf
Ye maun hand wessel by the end o the loan, and W H A A P , W H A P , 5. A curlew. V . Q U H A I P ,
take tent o' the jaw-hole/ f O, if you get to easel
and wessel again, I am undone !" Guy Mann. i. 11. W H A A P - N E B , S.
T o W E S T , v. a. T o vest, to invest. Part. pa.
west it, vested.
— " Thai retourit, deliuerit, & fand, that the said
vmquhile Patrik Tendale deit last wesiit & sesit as of
fee of ane land & annuale rent of tene merkis vsuale
money of Scotland," &c. Act. Dom. Cone. A. 1490,
p. 185.
W E S T L A ^ D E K , s. A n inhabitant of the west of
Scotland, S.
" The westlanders—were all poor ignorant crea-
tures, taken from their husbandry, and brought
forth only to make a show, as also multitudes of
them every day running home to get in their har-
vest." Guthry's Mem. p. 289.
667
W II A
W E T F I N G E R . W i t h a small effort.
<r
' I'll make you sensible that I can bring mysell
round with a wet finger, now I have my finger and
my thumb on this loup-the-dyke loon." Kedgaunt-
let, hi. 295.
This phrase is used in E. But I have met with
the explanation of it only in Archdeacon Nares' Glos-
sary. Fie supposes, with great appearance of truth,
that it alludes to the vulgar and inelegant custom
of wetting the finger, to turn over a book with more
ease subjoining the following passage ; " I hate
brawls with my heart, and can turn over a volume of
wrongs with a rvet finger." G. Harvey's Pierce's
Supererog. p. 21. rep.
W E W L E C K , s. An instrument for making
ropes of straw, for thatching corn-stacks, T e -
viofcd., Eskdale, E t t r . For.,'also Wedlock; sy-
non. Thrazo-crook, Wtjle, WtjUe.
This, from its form, might seem allied to Teut.
vlecht-en, to twist, to plait. But see W Y L E , id.
W E W P I T , part pa. Bound. " T h e neif wew-
pit u p with blak virge thred." Aberd. Reg.
V . S K A W B E R T , a n d O O P , V.
T o W E X , r . a. T o vex, to disturb.
— " That Robert Patonson wex nocht thaim nor
dist rouble in the broukin & joy sin of the s amy 11 in
tyme to cum." Act. Audit. A. 1574, p. 36.
U s ; in some places, we; Orkn.
Su.G. oss, Isl. osz.
S. V. FAT, pron.
nation of a person, Gall.
What notion gard ye croak awa
Sae far's the rosseny Netherlaw ?—
Thou'st been, I doubt, like mony a wha,
Owre het ahame. Gall. Enc. p. 397.
game at cards, Gall.
Mactaggart has given us a curious list of a variety
of old names of a similar appropriation.
" The chief Galloway games at cards are, Catch
Pairs for Slaes, Beggar my Neebour, Birkie, Love after
Supper, and Wha to be ?narried first. These are the
genuine rustic games/' Gall. Enc. vo. Fowl. -
QUHAUP.
The auld whaap-nch. V.
WHAUP-NEB.
T o W H A C K , v. n. T o quack, South of S.
The ducks they whackit, the dogs they howled,
The herons they shriekit most piteouslie;
The horses they snorkit for miles around,
While the priest an' the pedlar together might be.
Hogg's Mountain Bard, p. 20.
Isl. kualt garritus avium ; Runolf. Ion.
W H A C K E R , s. A n y thing uncommonly large
of its kind, D u m f r . ; synon. Whapper. I t seems
to be of the same origin with Whaulc, v., q.
something that has power to give a stroke.
W H A E , pron. W h o ; the pronunciation of
Roxb. and other southern counties.
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i'or nioiiv year nae tnrec cudc -tand ium, auk ward stroke of a workman's instrument, by means
//Van- ever trv'd, their master fand him. of which he wounds himself. Wachter derives Germ.
I/<>m'x Scottish Pdst'tnil.^ y. I I. Y.OIN'\. humpl-cn id.'from hamweln, mutilare, to maim
V\ 11 A 1 I A M I, -V. A lu.-hing wilh a ropeV ei :d, W H A X - A V B E , W H K N - A ' - I I K , adv. However,
— from the name of a rope called a whalc-lnn', notwithstanding, Loth., B.C.).
u-ed in Ibhmg for : j h n l e s G a i l . Enc. The master—vows—that he wall share
T o W H A J S I I , I". //. T o wheeze as our who His staff amang them, and no spare
ha< taken cold, Roxb. Sic daft fool-folk;
Thb, term b not e\ac.tiy ,-ynon. with // hnish\ or iriian-a'-be, they but kemp the mair.
//'//.•-•;./<' ; as tlie letter denote.- a shriller and more The Ha/st Rig, „t. Gn.
continued wlmczing than // haish. W hen // haish is A low term, aukwardly compounded ol" when, <d(,
conjoined with /fVacra'V, according to the alliterative and be, (j. although all be, or should be so.
idiom of the Scott i-.h. it becomes // haislde\ as, 41 That, W H A N G , .v. I. A thonsr, S.
>nir dune bodie boich.> a' nicht, and gangs irhatsh- " Many one tines the half-merk whinger for the
in' and whee'A'ui a' day." \ . WiiAihiK. half-penny whang;" S. Prov. ; " >puken w hen peo-
T o W I I A I S K , AY II kmc, v. it. 1. T o speak with ple lose a considerable thing, for not being at an in-
a h u s k v voice, to speak with difficulty Ironianv considerable expence." Kelly, p. <J 1S, ^-J.O. Momf
ailrction m tiir throat, lb>xb. aneFerguson's Prov.
9,. T o emit a noise like our who strives to dis- Kelly expl. half-merk as equal to sixpence. But
1 odn't.' anv thing that has stuck Iix his throat, its proper value was hix shillings and rightpeuce
to hawk, Tweedd. ; sviion. llti.sk. Scots. V. G>rn.\iNo.
V!
Vj. A b< > e\pi. I o gasp violent I v for brrat hf* T weed. " A blow, or rather—a lash with a whip ;
Galh Enc.
Thi- r. b viewed us different in >!gnilication from T o \\r11an"(>, r. a. 1. T o flog, S.] Add;
H'fnii.sic. It mav, however, he a f'requentati \ c from ft. T o cut down m large slices, S.
A.S. lurcos-an, Su.G. lnraea-a, raucere, to ir/nrze. M. At last, came cheese to crown the feast;—•
furas-a, fes>us anhelare. If not, it may be allied to My uncle set it to Ins breast,
Su.G. hnisk-a, l.sb htvi.sk-iu, mussitare ; Dan.lueisl And whang'd it down.
/'/*, to mutter, to gruml)le. IV. Peat tie's Pales, p. 8.
W J I A I S K I N , .V. T h e act ol'speaking with such a w trAXO-J5IT, .9. A bridle mad'.' of leather, ap-
voice, ibid, parent ly as distinguished from /iran/i'S), Tether..
Y Y H A J S L E , W H E A S L E , A\ T h e wheezing sound and perhaps a bo Siujfle-biL
emitted by the lungs, when one has a severe My daddie left me gear enough—
cold, S. A n'hang-bit and a sai/flc-bit,
\Y 11 A M , .v. A wide and flat glen, tis.ualiv ap- "Herd's Coll. ii. H3.
plied to one through which a brook runs, T o W H A N K , r. L To beat, to flog, l l o x k
Tweedd. ( F )NIAM,and Y V H A I M . // hank synon.
\Y H A M , WHAT*\I, .v. A blow, S.B. But tho' 1 get my liurdies whankit—-
** A meikle man," coJ he, " foui law him," I WALL b e l a i t h
Hut kent na it was Tainmie, To quat the muse, while ae auld blanket
Uax'd me alang tlie chafts a tvham, Can hap us baitli.
As soon as e'er he saw me. Iluiehbies Waij-side Cottager, p. 175.
And made me blae. 2. T o cut off large portions, Tweedd.
Christmas- Pxiing, Skinner s Misc. Poet. p. 125. W . H A K K J S. A stroke; theu act of striking, pro-
In Aberd. Edit. 1805, whaum. perly with the f i s t ; as, a ivhank aneth the
Allied probably to I si. hvim, mot us celer, livim~a haffets;" Roxb.
cito mov ere. Tins seems to be a frequentative from the v. to
T o W H A M B L E , v. a. T o overturn, Fife. Ifliang, (In hang, id. It affords a strong presumption
V. QUHEMLE. in favour of this idea, that as S. whang, in a secon-
WHAMLE, T h e state of being turned upside dary sense, denotes a slice, A.Bor. whank has the
down, Ayrs. same application: " IF hank of cheese, a great slice
" The chaise made a clean whande, and the laird of cheese/' Grose.
was lowermost/' Sir A. Wylie, iii. 293. WnANKER, s. Something larger than common.,
" The vessel heel'd o'er, till I thought she would R o x b . ; synon. Whulter.
hae coupit, and made a clean ivhamle o't." The W H A P , A stroke or blow, Tweedd.
Steam-Boat, p. 287. I was at first inclined to view this as merely JPap.
WI-IAMPLEJ A stroke, a blow, Tweedd. ; id. aspirated. But I observe that it is an old C.B.
synon. Whap. word. Chwap, a sudden stroke or blow ; ehwap-
<c Q n y m a l l that has said to ye, that I am no grate- law, to strike smartly. This perhaps is the proper
iV for the situation of Queen's cooper, let me hae a origin of JFap. itself, as bearing this sense.
whample at him wi' mine eatche." Bride Lam. ii. 278. W H A P I E , s. Used as a dimin. from xcltelp, S .
Allied probably to Teut. hurnpel-en3 inepte operarl. whalp.
Hence hmnpeler denotes an auk ward or unskilful They stood in rows, like whapies doil'd,
workman. Thus whample might originally denote an Set up upo' their end.—Lintoun Green, p. 15.
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<e
Whelps confused," N. ibid.
WHAPPER, A n y thing excessive in its hind,
or surpassing expectation in regard to size ;
said of a large fish, of a big apple, of a swing-
ing blow, &c. D u m f r . ; synon. Whacker.
This seems merely a variety of JVapper.
T o W H A R L E , z<. ii> ' T o pronounce the letter
r with too much force, Ettr. F o r . ; to Whury E .
Synon. Iluur^ Burr.
W 1 I A T E N , adj. W h a t kind of. Y. Q U H A T K Y N .
W H A T F O R , adv. F o r what reason, why,
wherefore, S.
" The women wept, the men looked doure, and
the children wondered what/or an honest man should
be brought to punishment." It. Gilhaize, ii. 323.
V. FYKERIE.
" IFhat for are ye greeting, mother?' said Marga-
ret ; f Let us hope the best." M. Lyndsay, p. 85.
W H A T - R A C K , an exclamation expressive of
.. surprise. V. RAIK, S. Care.
W H A T R E C K , conj. Expl. " notwithstanding
' Gl. Surv. Ayrs. V. R A I K , ut sup.
W H A T - L I K E , adj. Resembling what, used
interrogatively; as, W'ttulMke is t ? W h a t does
it resemble ? What-like is he ? W h a t appear-
ance has he ? S.
This is perfectly analogous to Moes.G. quhelciks,
qualis, formed'from quhc cui, and leiks similis. V.
Hermes Scythieus, p. 173. 1<)4.
T o W H A U K , v. a. 1. T o strike, &c.} Insert,
as sense
2. T o slash, or cut severely with any sharp in-
strument. W h e n a culprit is scourged, lie is
said to be whaukit, S.A.
5. To Whauk doun, to cut in large slices. T h e
phrase is often applied to a cheese, ibid.
Whang is synon.; and it is worthy of remark, that
they both primarily denote corporeal correction.
W H A U K , S. 1 . A smart stroke, the act of thwack-
ing, S.
2. A large slice, ibid.
W H A U M , s. 1. A hollow part of a field, Roxb.
2.'Perhaps more properly expl. " a glen where
the ground on both sides spreads out into an
ample bosom of hills," E t t r . F o r .
This is distinguished from Ilow m, also used in the
same district, but as denoting flat ground, or a plain
on the side of a river.
This would seem more nearly allied, than Holme,
Howm, to Isl. hwamm-r convallicula, seu semivallis,
referred to under Holme. The terms by which the
Isl. word is rendered, appear to be the most proper
that could be employed for denoting a glen of this
description. Haldorson expl. i t ; Convallicula decli-
va, adding, in Dan. " a little dale, or depression/'
3. I t is sometimes used to denote a hollow in one
lull or mountain; viewed as exactly synon. with
Gael, corri. V . C O R R I E .
T a W H A X J P , v. T o send forth pods, SJB.;
synon. Swa<p% S. Hence,
W H A U P . , $. A pod, a capsule, S.B.; synon. Swaj),
II E
T o W H A U P , v. n. T o wheeze, File.
Perhaps an oblique use of E. whoop ; or from A.S.
hweop-an elamare, ejulare; Moes.G. wop-jan clamare.
W H A U P - N E B , W I I A A F - K E B , S. E T h e beak
of a curlew, S.
c
2. The a aid xchaap-neb, a periphrasis for the de-
vil, S.B.
" These Indians wad devour the auld whaap-neh
hi nisei1 gin he were weel cooked, and sup the broth
after." Penrose's Journal, iii. 93, 94.
W II AIJ P-XE B B I T , adj. Having a long nose, Roxb.;
in allusion to the Quhaup or curlew.
" Whaup-nebbed Samuel fell afT the drift too."
Gall. Erie. p.
W I I A U R I E , s.] Dele definition, and ml&titutc;
A term applied to a mis-grown child, Aug.
W H A W K I E , s. A low and ludicrous designa-
tion for whisky, S.
—I was musin' in my mind—
On hair-mould bannocks fed an' barefoot kail,
Withoutten whawkie or a nog o' ale.
Taylors Scots Poems, p. ?>.
To W 1 P E A K , W K E K , V. n. To whine, &c. ] Add;
" Vvaknui, fretfulness, peevishness, Exin." Grose*
T o W H E A S E E . V. W ii A I S L E .
Vv 1 I E E G E E , s. 1. A whim, a maggot, S.
iL In pL Superfluous trappings, ornaments of
dress, Fife, Ayrs.
C.B. g/rag, vain, frivolous ; gwegi vanity; levity.
Isl. veig is expl. ornamentum peculiare; G. Andr.
W I I E E G I L , s. A piece of wood used, on the
harvest field, for pushing in the end ,of the
straw-rope with which a sheaf is bound; Loth.
W H E E L , -v. • A whirlpool or eddy, Ang.
" It widna be Christian-like to stay cosie at hame,
an* a' the country-side on the Wheel.—The Wheel o"
Clackriach has made mony watery ee afore now.
St. Kathleen, iii. 2I(j, 217.
Tins is the same with JFele, q. v., only aspirated.
W H E E L I E C R U S E , s. A church-yard, Orkn.
Some of the more intelligent inhabitants of the
country say, that, in the old language, this term sig-
nifies " a place of stopping or resting." And indeed
their interpretation has great plausibility. For IsL
hvil-a signifies quiescere, hvila lectus, eubile, hmld
quies; and kro-a (prom Icrou-a) circumsepire, inclu-
dere; q. to inclose in the bed of death, or to inclose
the place of rest ; unless we deduce the last syllable
from kros crux, q. the rest of the cross, i. e. in con-
secrated ground.
T o W F f E E M E R , v. n. T o go about mutter-
ing complaints and disapprobation, Roxb. ;
Fly re, synon.
C.B. chwimiamr, one who stirs about briskly; or
changed from achnnjnwr, a com plainer.
W H E E N , <s-. 1. A number, a quantity, S. V.
QUHEYXE.
This .v. is sometimes used in the plural; as,
" Wheens foci it, and n: heens fled." " How mony
wheens war there ?" i. e. How many parties were
present? " There war a gay twa-three wheens•
Clydes.
2., A division,. Clydes*
 W II E W II E
l i i r y rade flirt! in t'lr*"'' rr !tcpfis; the first munt- from Su.O. (juard-a, Lvl. hrcd-a, Germ, qued-en, ea*
fin !)!;;«••!. i the nebt. on grey, an' syne the nere, or Su.(i. <juid-a, A.S. cirijlh-an, ejulare. Alem.
last on honhi" wee be-'e-tie- white a - i h o d r i f t i l snaw." (juifd-t)if given by Hire as synon. with qnaed-a;
i'. iiir Isi-v p. !/,/;. V. \k, adj. t h o u u h 1 have not observed that it is m e n t i o n e d b y
A } 1 L L \ . .;. Ou.-en, H i r t i. : //. o r p e r h a p s r a - Sehiiter.
lb. r h'./. I • 'i:;1/ a 1 w a y - -1 i I iM.it u t c< i for <jl>. "Wn E K T L E , T h e sharp peeping sound made
.> W H h E I ' L K , v. fn rrt, a , by young birds, S.
** T o I:I !'• I . E a. v. haup Gail. Knc., VO. WiiKETi.E. .s\ u\ duckling, or young d u c k ; evi-
s'/w;,;,. dently deiiomiuated from the sound which It
< ban. uhUtie, a trill ; rhwibiaw, to trill, makes. Loth.
• ;'ia\'-r; rhwddnwt, of a. trilling quality ; from T o W I I K K T L E , 7'. T o wheedle.
<f
w:!> a pipe*. Vc wad irhcelte, an' whushie, an' blaw i' the lug
T o Sii-ir v. nil a -brill melancholy note, as o' Satiian to t r y - t a bein neuk at t h e cheek o' his
ph-v.-r-. i;<>>J;.. (.'!vdes. b r u n s t a n e ingle, ye warlock-face't elfs." Saint P a -
T h e fairy ii »u::'iis arc iiiiing- on, trick, ii. 1 fj 1!
l a k e i—.iv. ing - )>• hecj)!) nn t h r o u g h the mi-t. Johnson says he " can find no etymology" for the
Hunt of F/ddoit. p. .vi:;. E. word. Srren. derives it from Isl. raet-a decipere.
' I J K L U I K I N S . \\ I H ifk 1 \ : ; , . v . / / . T h e hips. J>nt I am eon \ ineed that the origin is the same with
r
i! v. i: a* i; k \<>\w \ehcrril/i1 will beat vourthat given under the preceding verb.
iuv.-ch h-r v. m . Lanark*-.. l a i m . T h i s m R o x b . W l s K E Z A X , .v. " T i m noise carriage-wheels
j'. I!i!i • e^,cd ; " 111 v. hither vour :ehirhi/i$ make, w hen moving last (iail. Enc. Su.G.
hreacs.-n* ndei'e.
'Hi. • n ay be on: me wit Ji //urlde-hmu\ coxa, \\ 11 WW/] L. .y. An act of whizzing ])roduced b y
< j. A .. or Tt !!; . ftu \v-<w. A u rf/.'-i'n. inehnare se, whence ilanie, (.'I\des.
r
ilurLIrJjxnr ha originated. ( )r it may have hern T o \\ i\ ic KZ j j'i, r. n. i\) blaze with a whizzing
formed from A fur cor fa verticllium, like //.' noise, ibid.
nan, L. whirl-banr ; because here tin.* bones so meet W J I E E Z I K , .V. A blaze accompanied with a whizz-
that the*,' mav t u r n . IVhifhrr seems to claim aflinity ing noise, ibid.
with L b hiridr-a, cito eommoveri. T h e s e t e r m s are not derived f r o m a n y root d e -
"\V I LK K l i 1 AL.V. A i:v \ h n . g insignificant. A b e r d . noting flame, but have a common origin with E . to
A ;1 ie<i pcrh;.p- to Su.G. j/'///'/.'•, a whim or wfmii- // hiz, of which Johns, merely says, from the sound
.-i-y : or to A hn >'>; rf-ina ciremu Voht a re. S u . G . that it expresses." He o u g h t to have observed, t h a t
inn-rfw-a in v.vrum agere. irifr-a in orbem movere. it occurs in various northern dialects, as indeed r a -
\\* i 1 K V. U ** Y . .y. A very g v n i l e hree/ag O r k n . dically the same with Wheeze, A.S. hucos-an. Sere-
W i l l i K l - i k M , .v. A \ n \ \ a p l u v - l h i n g , R o x b . nius gives Sw. tneucs-a as signifying to whizz, al-
fcrii; 1 ))-. iVoiM A S. // ;h-rf-ia n, h //vi^r;-urn, to whirl, though it also expl. si hi lare, to hiss. Indeed, wheez-
rind uui or um about, u(. whirligig. 1 he / is t h r o w n inn, trhi:~:dh<j\ and fussing, are all congenerous ; sug-
away in eompo-it ion, a- in invcor-hau a. whirl-bone. gesting a common idea as to the s o u n d caused b y
W I I L L>i 1 T , infer), and .v. T h i s is the com- t h e action of the air. T h u s , Isl. Jiwass, formed f r o m
m o n S. p r o n u n c i a t i o n of w h a t is Whist in E . ineas-a, fessus anhelare, signifies ventosus, and hwes*
££
IVhcv.sk f an order for silence. I laud ijuur tchecsht, sir, surgit ventus.
be silent Gall. L n c . T o W I I E E Z I E , v. a. T o pull pease by stealth,
To W H E E S K , n , T o creak, but not very Clydes.
liarslily, lloxb. WHEEZIE, T h e act of pulling pease by stealth,
W H E K S K , .s*. .A creaking sound, ibid. ibid.
" Thilk dor gyit ay thilk tother wheesk and thilk Shall we trace this to C.B. chwiw-iati, to pilfer,
tother jerg." Wint. Ev. Tales, ii. 42. V . W H A I S K . chwiwg?, a pilferer?
W H E E T I E , QUHEETIE, adj. Low, mean, scur- W H E E Z L E , T h e act of wheasing, S.
vy, shabby, Aberd., Mearns; svnon. with Fouty. " I lost all power, and fell on the ground in a con-
C.B. chwiili, chwiihig, left, sinister, not right. V. vulsion of laughter, while my voice went away to a
W HITIE-W H AT IES. perfect wheezie!" Perilsof Man,ii. 346. V. W H A I Z L E , ^ .
W H E E T I E , s. T h e whitethroat, Motacilla VV H E E Z L E - R U N G , A stick often used by
•sylvia, Linn., L o t h . ; supposed to receive its the country-people for lifting a large boiling
name from the whiteness of its throat. pot off the fire, Ayrs.
W H E E T I E - W I I I T E B E A E D , S. T h e same, L an arks. W H E E Z L O C H , A n old term which seems
T o W H E E T L E , v. n. A term used to denote to have denoted the state of being short-winded;
the peeping sound emitted by young birds, es- from the same fountain with E . Wheeze, " to
pecially by pullets, S. breathe with noise.'"
This seems to be a very ancient t e r m ; apparently , She had the cauld, but an' the creuk,
the same with old Teut. quedel-en, thus defined by * The wheezloch, an' the wanton y e u k ;
Kili an ; Garrire, modular!: minutizare, v em are, gut- On ilka knee she had a breuk.
turire, queri. Ovid. Dulce querunlur aves ; et Horat. A Mile aboon Dundee, Old Song,
Queruntur in sitvis aves. This verb is a diminutive Edin. Month. Mag. June 1817, p. 238.
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A.S. hweos-an, exspumare; Isl. Su.G.hwaes-a, gra-
viter anhelare.
T o W H E G L E , v. n. T o wheedle, to use means
for cajoling, Berwicks. Isl. hweck~ia, decipere.
W H E Y - B I I I D , s. T h e wood-lark, Alauda ar-
borea, Linn., Lanarks.; a name probably from
Isl. hwei colli cuius, q. the hill-lark, if not corr.
from the Cimbric name of this bird, heede-lerke,
as given by Penn. Zool. ii. 286. Hecde seems
the same with Isl. heide, sylva, q. wood-lark.
W H E Y - D R O P , W I I E Y - D R A P , .v. A putrifying
hole in a cheese, resembling an ulcer, S.O.
fC
If the milk is either allowed to cool too much,
before it is made into curd, or not brought to the pro-
per temperature, when the rennet is mixed into it,
the curd is soft, does not part with the whey, and the
cheese is soft, brittle, and difficult to be kept toge-
t h e r ; and even when the utmost pains have been
taken to press out the serum, (r. whey) it will, seve-
ral weeks after the cheese has been made, burst out
in putrifying holes, which, in the dairy language of
Ayrshire, are termed whey-drops." Agr. Surv. Ayrs.
p. 452.
W H E Y - E Y E , W H E Y - E E , S. Synon. with Whey-
drop, Ayrs.
" Whey-springs, or eyes, are seldom met with in
the cheeses of Ayrshire." Agr. Surv. Ayrs. p. 455.
W H E Y L K I N , s. E x pi. " lively, coy motions,"
Sheth ; by insertion of the aspirate, from Isl.
vclklng eontreetatio, vclk-a contrectare, volvere.
W H E Y - S E Y , s. A tub in which milk is curdled,
L a n a r k s . ; from EL Whey, and S. Say, Saye,
W I I E Y - W H [ J L L I O N S , pi Formerly a very
common dish for dinner among the peasantry of
S . ; consisting of flummery prepared by collect-
ing all the porridge left at breakfast, which was
beat down among fresh whey, with an additional
quantity of oat-meal. This, being boiled for
some hours, was eaten, or according to our ver-
nacular phraseology, siqipit, with bread, instead
of broth.
Whidlion seems to be merely the aspiration of Su.G.
waelling, the definition of which has the closest ana-
logy, as it denotes a thinner sort of porridge; Pul-
tis liquidioris genus. To this agree Isl. veiling, puis
fervicle cocta, diuque par at a; G. Andr. p. 252.—
Puis tenerior, sorbitio, (Haldorson), what our peasan-
try would call suppable- or spoon-meal; Dan. veiling,
cc
porridge, broth/' Wolff. The word is also, with some
slight variation, to be found in the German dialects ;
Teut. woUinek, farraceum; ex alica farris edulium,
Kilian ; Mod. Sax. welgen, id. A.S. wealUan, Alem.
uuall-an3 Su.G. waelUa3 Isl. veil-a, Teut. well-en, Germ.
wall-en, all signify to boil.
W H E N A T E E , adv. However, after all. V.
WHAN-A'-BE.
T o W H E S K , v.,n. V. W H A I S K .
T o W H E W , v. n. T o whistle with a shrill pipe,
as plovers do, S.A.
<<r
Ilka hag, and den, and todhole round about,
seemed to be fu' o' plovers, for they fell a' to the
whistling an' answering ane another at the same time.
671
W H I
I had often been wondering how they staid sae lang
on the heights that year, for I had them aye ndtetving
e'en and morn." Brownie of Bodsbeck, i. 49-
This seems from the same origin with E. whiff] a
blast; properly the act of breathing with the mouth;
perhaps C.B. chivyIh, halitus. Isl. hwi-a, however,
signifies to neigh ; adhinnire equorum lascivientium,
Haldorson.
W H E Z L E , s. T h e vulgar name for a weasle,
mustela, Loth.
W H I Civ I E , adj. Crafty, knavish, Clydes.
Isl. hweck-ia decipere, Jiweck-r dolus, impostura,
hwechiol-r, subdolus, vafer. Perhaps the root is hwik-
a, Su.G. hwelc-a, hwick-u, vacillare. G. Andr. gives
as one sense of liwecke, celeriter subtraho.
W H I C I C I N G , .v. A term used to express the
cry of pigs.
" The whicking of pigs, the gushing of hogs.'"
Urqu hart's Rabelais. V. C H E E P I N G .
This seems the same with wheaking. V. W I I E A K ,
WEEK. Flaldorson renders Isl. qvak-a minurizare,
to chirp.
T o W H I D , W J I U D , I ' . n. T o fib, S. I t conveys
the idea, of less aggravation than that which is
attached to the term lie; implving that the false-
hood is not so direct, that the person rather
equivocates than tells an absolute falsehood.
W H I D , W I I L D , .v. | Substitute as definition ; — A
falsehood of a less direct kind, an untruth, S.
To the example given, subjoin ;
A rousi/tir whid is not a common, nor a correct,
phrase. It suggests the idea of a more gross infringe-
ment on truth than is warranted by the determinate
use of the term.
Upc/ their tongues the rising topics swell,
An' sometimes mix'd too wf a lusty whid, &c.
A. Scott's Poems 1811, p. 161.
Here also the term is used in a stronger sense than
what properly 1),-longs to it.
For the probable origin, V . Q H Y D , W H I D , sense 4.
T o W H I D , v. n. T o move nimbly and lightly,
without noise, S.
" That creature whids about frae place to place,
like a hen on a liet girdle, clip, clipping wi' a tongue
that .wad clip clouts." Saxon and Gael, iii. 104, 105.
Whidding like a hen on a het girdle,' is not quite
an appropriate conjunction; as this allusion refers to
a timorous and unsteady motion, as that of one who
has tender or gouty feet. " Whidding, scudding;" GL
Antiq. V. Qunin, v.
To W H I D back and for retto whisk backward*
and forwards with a quick motion, S.
W H I D D E I 1 , s. A gust of wind, S b e t l
The term is used in tills sense by Gawin Douglas.
V . Q U H I D D E R , «?.
W H I B D Y , adj. Unsteady, unstable; as, a
wkiddy wind, i. e. one that shifts a b o u t ; Orkn.
Isl. hinda, cita commotio aeris; Haldorson. V.
Quni D, v. and ,v.
W H IDDIE, A name for a hare, Banffs.; pron.
Fuddie, A b e r d . ; xch being changed i n t o / !
Rob than to her did hunt his dogs,
Thro' glens an' shaws, thro' niuirs an' bogs;
 W II I W H 1
i >;; t, Ji'/'i>!'i:>\ \\ i' her f oek i t lug-, Bcig. ha if ii hrh'ti to di>^emble, to play the hypocrite;
S: :< i. K i.-- \ i air !nck i«*. sviimi. with K. junidc.
7 'fi/or's S. I}i>ctu.\, ]). fi I, AVHKi.M l«:i/l«:i:KIi;, .v. 1. T h e name of a
or r.K,\>. V fr«>m it- '.nick motion. \ . O I UNJ,.T. r i d i c u l o u s g a m e . ] Add ;
1 \V;:i r\ 'To ]jtocc-.-fl with a light A hintaMical o r n a m e n t in masonry,dress, &c., S.
Ah ' it's a brava? kirk, mine o' yere whigmalee-
:•:•; ',• i iii'»' u »u. K
r'/i'.s and curliewurlit s about it." Rob Roy, i. P27.
. !..' v a diminutive from the v. to Wind.
"Winn M i. v. K R 11:, adj. 1.1 )ealing in gim cracks S.
V . (M •:!!).
V ] 11 F F I N G E K , . s \ A vagabond. V . W A F F I X -
!L Whimsical, S.
y.i:. 1 met ane very hon^.-t. fair-spoken, weel put-on
, \ Y I . R . T o GO ( p i i e k ! V : L o t h . ( s v n o n . gentleman,—that was in the ir/dgmaleerijman's back-
fill.) 11 a. • • aim- v. IFH Wh'dih, Aug., shop." Nigel, i. 77-
\Y 11111 E ( g u t t . ) , ,y. " TTie s o u n d o f a n a d d e r ,
•'.> F PI "(•!•.!.., V, H!I a V / I I I / Z I I I G m o t i o n : C . B .
h e r f a f f i n g •tioi.sc, w h e n a n g e r e d f G a l l . E r i e . ;
I U. ':.NU IC TURN, or dart a b o u t , to ILY h e r e
s l i g h t i y c h a n g e d f r o m C . B . chunf, a hiss, or
c l n c i t h - t t , to hiss.
f:';>'i-i'!trj\ joggimr rudely ; urging f o r w a r d ; "
V\ H i L E , con/. (* nt d , S .
G L . A UTIIJ.
" Stili the eo\"ciianters eouid not be pleased while
T o \V«:ii; r . n. T o m o \ e a! an easy and
t h e i r c u p u as i'uli, c o n f b r n i to t h e c o n c l u s i o n b e -
Meadv pace, to jog. Iu<ide^daie. t Vv een t h e m a n d t h e c o v e n a n t e r s or i n a l e c o n t e n t s of
— \\'i;,-r I had «_'ot;eii ju.-t in again noon the 1MI«. 1 aII(!." VVE. Spahlissg, i. S I . V. QUIMLL.
, ;-;:'! w, i - /, /'• / > i ( c a u m i v tnra ha me. t. wa land-W i n E E O M S , lidw A t times, sometimes, S . B .
: ..; k ,f • • ]••,!. pit o:,t of 11;1 g oii me or I \\ as /f 7/''i'uuts t h e y t e n t e d , a n d s o m e t i m e s t h e y p l a y ' d ,
a-i.l not me down, and kuevtilecl nie sair Ami -omethn".- ra-ben ho<ids and buckies made.
' ( I; I V AI;unierin'J\ ii. /ey.v.v'.v iJclctmrr, p. 14. V. QliYLUM.
To 11 //'•;• a ten' irii h a i iir!" remark- Sir \V. Seott, W l l l b b S , adv. At times, occasionally, S.
in a, not*- to \)U R., " .-i.nnilie- to d r i \ O i t b r i s k l y on.
He offered him to prove that though she took
I r e m e m b e r h e a r i n g a n H i g h l a n d f a r m e r in K s k d a l e ,
trhdes fits of distraction, yet that she had delucida
a l t e r uivhsir m i n u t e directions t o t h o s e w h o DROVE the
iiilerndla, and that it was in one of these that she
h e a r . - " o f h i s W ife, b o w t h e y Were TO CRO.-^ s o m e boggy
granted the said assignation." Fount. Dec. SuppL
!..]!»;, e:; N ei 11 T'i e : " N o v . . had-, whtu att'tl' wi* h e r . "
ii. 1 ()0.
A i i :< •( I ; >erha j)- t o \n. hr><-! -u \aeidai *e, Mv. tciek-a " He lies a' day, and trhdes a* night, ill the cove
{.'< b*g in the deni ha<r." Waverley, iii. 23J. V. Q C I I I L E ,
To Wi) v. n. S l u l o c h u r n e d m i l k , w h e n it Qi un.Ks. Add to etymon ;
111r<> .• f If a - e ' f n m iit, - a i d to NuIIMI. 1 he-itate whether we ought not rather to view
\ s ' i i : ' i A }. • iv K. y. A FANS I e i'ii i f d ' t h e s a m e this term as the genitive sing, of A.S. Itivil tempus,
NJE;.N!.!G v. it B '!•'{. R , as J >| > 1 M < I to t h e o l d P r e s - which i-> h/riles, (p ot' a time she took fits," &c.
j)v i -R'L.I.I-. t>141 a,/:)''!"'' 5 .): more contempt nous, It would seem indeed that A.S. hied am (retained in
"'i'ii.-re v.-a- !i * a n d t h a t >«»ur tr/iiyantotr t h e y O.M. Whilom,) signi!ying aliquando, is merely the
ca'd WUR'IEV — if t w a m e n coulrt hat; w o n a field, w e same A.S. noun in. the dative or ablative plural, cp
w a d u a h a e g o t t e n o u r .-kins p a i d t h a t d a y . " T a l e s l)i/, or in tunes.
of m y L a n d l o r d , iv. K i t . WIIILLIE-BILL0IJ, A v a r i e t y of I l i U
W m o u K u v . .v. T h e notions or practices of a liebalow, Gall. Whilly-hcdoo, D u m f r .
Scottish P r e s b y t e r i a n . S. " Whillie Billon, a noisy commotion, as when the
(i-mg awa' wi ; vour //'/tiisu'fr//, if that's a ' y e can fox is up, started for chase;" Gall. Enc.
(In; ai;Id ("urate Kilstouk wad hae read half the Can this have any connexion with C.B. ehwylwi-
Praver-P>ook to me by this time." J I. M. ia;th. i. Kj.a. hiatrl, apt to wander about, from ehtvi/lwib-iaw, to
Tliat'.- a' your tr/itgw'/'J/-' re-echoed the virago, wander round about, and this again from ehtvyhrib,
< that's a' vour trhin'lsfny, and }'our l ; resl>ytery, ye orbit, motion ?
cut-lugged graning carle.-." W'a\ erley, ii. 122. T o W I I I L L Y , W H T J L L T , r . a. T o cheat, to
T o W I I I G G L E , W H K . G L E (Uang\ v. n. TO g u l l . ] Add;—properly, bv wheedling means.
4f
wriggle, to waddle, F i f e ; the same with l i ^ ' - Let me alane for rv hilly ing an advocate ,*—it's
gle. V. WAIGLE. nae sin to get as muckle frae them as wi' can—after
To W H I G G L E , T-. R?. To trifle, Fife. a' it's b u t the wind o' their mouth—it costs them
I am at a loss whether to view this term as an ob- naething." Heart M. Loth. i. 828.
lique use of the preceding one, or as allied to Teut. " Whilly in gy bamboozling; deceiving with spe-
frijcheUen hariolari, augurari, as latterly applied in cious a r g u m e n t s ; " GL Antiq.
ridicule of the arts of divination. W F I I L L I E G O L E E R I E , s. A hypocritical fel-
WHIGGLE, A trifle, a toy, a kickshaw, F i f e . low, a wheecller, one who speaks fair f r o m sel-
W H I G G L E , s. A gimcrack ; a term used to
fish motives, R o x b . ; synon. with Whillie-wha.
d e n o t e any t h i n g t h a t ministers m o r e to con- T h e first part of the word is evidently the same
ceit t h a n to utility, F i f e . with Whilly, Wkully, v.
IsL kvikidl inconstans, from hvika cedere. Or, This, if traced to Goth, may be deduced from Su.G*
m%
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to delay, and Teut. laerie, mulier o' death, and wunna be for a whileockr M. Lynd-
vaniloqua, stulta, laeri-en ineptire, nugas ineptias- say, p. 145.
que dicere, A.S. ge-laer, Germ, leer, vacuus. Or It Ock is the mark of diminution, as in many other
may be from C.B. chwiliaw to pry about, and llewyr words. V. the letter K, also Oc, termin.
radiance, conjoined by the particle go, denoting pro- Teut. wijlken, parvum temporis spatium, is form-
gress towards, q. one who pries about, exhibiting a eel in a similar manner, by the addition of ken, the
fair and flattering appearance. mark of the diminutive, from wijle momentum.
W H I L L I L U , s. A n air in music, E t t r . For. W H I L P E R , 6'. A n y individual larger t h a n
" And all the while he was full earnestly whist- the ordinary size of its genus ; as, " W h a t a
ling a tune. wh'rfper of a trout P Dumfr.
List me, my son, What whillilu is that Windier is used in some other counties.
Thou keep'st a trilling at ?" Hoggs Tales, i. 162. W I I I L T I E - W 1 1 A L T I K , adv. I n a state of palpita-
Isl. kvell-a sonare, hvell-r sonitus, and lu lassitu- tion, S.] Add;
do; q. a dull or flat air. The Danes use hulierl og bidlert in the sense of
W H I L L I E - W H A , s. L A person on whom upside down.
there can be no dependence.] Add, as sense T o W H I L T I E - W H A L T I E , v. 71. T o palpitate, Ayrs.
2. A cheat, S. — " A kin' o' nettling ramfeezalment gart a mv
If ye gang near the South-sea : heart whiltie whallier Ed. Mag. Ap. 1821, p. 351.
The whilly-whas will grip your T o W H I L T I E - W H A L T I E , V. N. T o dally, to
Herd's Coll ii. 40. loiter; given as synon. with Wkttly-whally5
IJsecl also to denote a wheedling speech, coax- S.B.
ing language, South of S. T o W L I I M M E R , v. n. T o cry feebly, like a
" I wish ye binna beginning to learn the way of child, Roxb.
hi awing in a woman's tug, wi' a' your
L'S lug, This seems radically the same with E. to Whim-
Tales of my Landlord, ii. 105. per ; only retaining the form of Teut. wimmer-en ob-
" Whilly-whas, idle cajoling vagire, clamitare prae dolore vel gaudio. (V. Skin,
rv ;" Gl. Antiq. Add to etymon ; ner, vo. Whimper.) Germ, -wimmer-en, £c to whimper,
" Perhaps rather allied to C.B. ehwilgi, a searching or whine, as a little child/' Ludwig. Wachter views
clog; a busy body; chwiliaw, chwiliaeh, to pry about ; it as the same with Germ, jammern, ejulare, w being
chwiliai, a pryer; Owen. prefixed. This must be the same with Wkeemer.
W H I L L I E - W H A W J adj. Not to bedepended upon, S. W H I M W H A M , s. 1. A whim, a whimsey,
" Because he's a whilly-whaw body and has a plau- Loth., as used by old E . writers.
sible tongue of his own,—and especially because 2. A kickshaw, in relation to food.
nobody could ever find out whether he is Whig or They brought to him a good
Tory, this is the third time they have made him A napkin, and a to
Provost." lledgauntlet, ii. 277- Gae, tak your whim-n ms a,' frae me,
T o W I I I L L Y - W H A W , V. N. T o talk in a kindly bring me fast
{
Ballad Book, p. 17.
and cajoling way; used to express the conversa-
C.B. chwym, motion, impulse, Owen ; a whimsey,
tion of two young persons supposed to have a
Richards. The Isl. exactly corresponds. Hwim,
mutual attachment.
motus celer ; hwim-a, cito movere.
" What, man ! the life of a king, and many thou- W H I N , s. A few. V. Q U H E Y N E .
sands besides, is not to be weighed with the chance It is also improperly given in the form of Whine3
of two young things whilly-whawing in ilk other's under J O B - T R O T T .
ears for a minute." Q. Durward, iii. 217- T o W H I N G E , v. n. T o whine, S,] Add;
T o W H I L L Y W H A , V. a. T o cajole, to wheedle, S. << Mr. William [ G u t h r y ] said,' 111 tell you, C
" I'm ouer failed to tak a help-mate, though Wy- what I'm not only thinking upon, but I am sure of
lie Mactrickit the writer was very pressing and spak it, if I be not under a delusion; and it is this, that
very civilly; but I'm ower auld a cat to draw that the malignants will be your death, and this gravel
will be mine ; but ye will have the advantage of me,
dune mony a ane." Tales of my Landlord, iv. 246. for ye will die honourably before many
W H I L L Y W H A I N G , W H I L L Y W H A I N G , S. T h e act with a rope about your neck, and 1 will die whing*
of wheedling, S. ing upon a pickle straw." Walker's Remark. Fas-
" My life precious !' exclaimed Meg Dods; < nane sages, p. 174.
o' your whtdlywhaing, Mr. Bindloose." St. Ronan, W H I N G E R , W H I N G A R , S. A sort ofhanger.]
ii. 11. Add;
Whiniard is expl. by Phillips, " a kind of <
T o W H I L L I E W H A L L I E , V. n. T o coax, to whee-
sword." Minsheu and Skinner also give the same
dle, Perths. word; so that it is probably O.E. Jacob derives it
T o W I I I L L I E - W H A L L I E , v. a. T o dally, to loi- from A.S. winn, to get, and are honour.
ter, S.B. V. WHILLIWIIAW. WHINGICK, A snuff-box, Shetl.
W H I L O C K , WHILEOCK, WHILOCKIE, A
little while, S.O., Dumfr., Perths.
fr
I'll wauger half-a-croon that he's no at the point to a box
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nated htraiui, a n d -eems to have been a favourite
root with the Seandina* ian.-. T h e J )aleea.riian-, in
S w e d e n eali it i/nannd* the N o r w e g i a n s \pianne.
W Ii 1 N V A 111). .V. T i n : s a m e with Whinger.
lluth 1 . en, with his com pi ice.-,—.-truck him over
our di«/uider with )t~itin-ydrd s ^ c . C h a i m e i V I * a r v,
1. Itik
T o W H I N I C , r. n. 1. A t e r m used to d e n o t e
t h e s u p p r e s s e d b a r k of a : d i e p b e r d \ d o g , w h e n
f r o m want of breach he is u n a b l e to e x t e n d his
c r v ; or lu> --dir]iI impal lent t o n e , when he loses
s i g h t nf t h e h a r e \ , h i c h lie h a s b e e n in p u r s u i t
o f ; iVdr. For.
'' 1 fe >aw—the m a l i g n a n t collies whiliking a f t e r
him." Peri;.-, of Man, ii. 22.
T h e word, 1 am i n f o r m e d , is confined to the Cotlie ;
and used only in relation to his p u r s u i t of game.
2. T o b a r k as. an u n t r a i n e d d o g in p u r s u i t of
g a m e , ibid., T w e ; d d .
I never t h o u g h t , fur a' your ruse,
T h a t e'er he* wa> for m u e k i e use,
l A c e p t for drivin' nout to lairs,
O r niiiini' uhinkui' alter hart s.
II<tgg'x Sett/. Pastorals, p. 2U.
W i n sic, s. T h e s u p p r e s s e d b a r k of a s h e p h e r d ' s
d o g , ;h a b o v e d e . ^ e n b e d , ibid.
Isl. (jircinli-a, f r e q u e n t e r lamentari, is t h e only
word t h a t a p p e a r s to have any resemblance. Su.G.
tneink-a, vaci ilare, is indeed perfectly similar, B u t
it refers to motion, not to sound. T h e same t h i n g
may be oh>er\ ed of T e u t . <pti nek-en > dubio et trcniulo
motu fern.
W i l l N.Ni.ii, .v. 1. T h e s o u n d c a u s e d by r a p i d
flight or m o t i o n , w h i / z i n g noise, S . B . , L o t h . ,
D u m f r . JVhu n / i e r , G a i l ,
44
// banner, a t h u n d e r i n g s o u n d , " Gall. Enc.
fi, Ci T h e blow w h i c h causes s u c h a s o u n d ibid.
A t la.-t the b e g g a r s clear'd t h e field,
For wha eouid staif their whinners ?
T h e very p l o u g h m e n had to yield,
Wi' hides as black as shtuiers. Ib. p. 2()S.
3 A smart resounding box on the ear, D u m f r .
Isl. heinr, sonus ex vibratione ; fremitus venti ;
Haldorson.
WiiixNiiiaN 1 , part. adj. A whinner in" drouth,
a severe drought, accompanied with a sifting
wind. I t is applied to any thing so much
dried, in consequence of extreme drought, as
to rustle to the touch ; as, " T h e corn's a"
whinnering Clyde's.
W H I N - S P A R R O W , s. T h e Field or Moun-
tain sparrow, S . ; Eringilla montana, Linn. ;
denominated, as would seem, from its being
often found among whins or furze,
W H I P . In a Whip, adv. In a moment.] Add;
C.B. chwip, a quick flirt or t u r n ; also quickly,
instantly ; chwip-iaw, to move briskly ; Owen.
W H I P - L I C K E R , s. One who has a cart and
horse for hiring, F i f e ; a cant term.
W H I P - M A N , 6'. A common carter,Loth., Perths.
But waes me, seldom that's the case,
Whan routhless whip-men, scant o' grace,
Baghash and bann them to their face.
The Old Horse, Buff's Poems, p. 84.
W H I
W H I P P E R - S N A P P E R , ,5'. 1. A little pre-
s u m p i u o u s f e l l o w ; a, very c o n t e m p t u o u s t e r m ,
S. T i n s is also cant E . , e x p h a diminutive
fellow Class. Diet.
2. A. c h e a t , D u m f r . ; p r o n . IVhoppei^-snapjjer.
o. A f r a u d u l e n t t r i c k , ibid.
It might: he deduced f r o m I.sh htvipp, salt us, ccler
eursus, and snap-a, eaptare e>cam ; as originally de-
noting one who manifested the greatest alacrity in
snatching at a morsel.
W H I P P Y , .y. A term of contempt applied to
a girl or voting w o m a n ; a m a l a p e r t p e r s o n ;
sometimes i m p l y i n g the ulea of lightness of
carriage, I ,anarks.
" Go ! ye idle a hip pi/ /' said her m o t h e r , f and let
me see how wee) ye'll ca' the kirn." Cottagers of
G l e n b u r n i e , p.
Im. hiropa levitas ; whence hieopulegr, levis et iri-
eoiistalls ; G. Andr. p. 1 2~( ; hwippin, ultro citroque
vagari. (. .Ii. (lnrip-/<ui\ to move briskly.
W I I I I T Y , W i i r p r y , a<ij. Active, agile, clever,
I .anarks.
To W 111 R, W n IKRY away, v. n. T o fly off with
such noise as a p a r t r i d g e or m o o r c o c k m a k e s ,
when it s p r i n g s f r o m t i n * g r o u n d , R o x b .
" Or 1 gat his grave weel howket, some of t h e
quality, t h a t were of his ain u n h a p p y persuasion,
had the corpse -whirried away up the water, and bu-
ried him a f t e r their ain pleasure doubtless." Mo-
nastery, h 49
Whir ring is used as a part, in this sense in E. Se-
renius traces it to Su,Q. hnrr-a, cum impetu circuin-
agi. Ilwar/'w-a, in gyrum agere, is nearly allied.
T o W H Y R I P E , v. n. T o mourn, to fret, Gali.
cc
One always railing against this world, whyripes,
frets, &cv—I know some who are ever whyriping on
their poor husbands." Gall. Enc.
Changed, perhaps, in transmission, from C.B.
chwerw-iy to fret.
W H I R K I N S , s. pi. T h e posteriors. V.WHEE-
ITLKTNS.
W H I R L , Wnuiti,, s. T h e apple also denomi-
nated the Thorle pippin, Roxb.
The name is still the same; the difference arising
solely from the various modes of pronouncing the
same term. V. W I - I O R L E .
W H I R L I W H A W , s. A whirligig, S.O.
" There's mair gold about the whirli-whatv o' that
ae button-hole than in the whole bouk o' a rose
noble." Roth el an, i. 213.
W H I R R E T , s. A smart blow, apparently as
including the idea of the sound caused by it.
Then did the monk, with his staffe of the crosse.
e him such a sturdie thump and whir ret. betwixt
neck and shoulders,—that he made him lose
both sense and motion, and fall down stone dead at
his horse's feet." Urquhart's Rabelais, B. i. p. IQ2.
Bailey gives Wherret in the same sense. Perhaps,
as denoting the sharp sound of the stroke, from
Quhir, v,, to whizz, q. v.
It seems to be merely a provincial term. " Wherret,
a great blow; perhaps aback-handed stroke;" Grose.
T o W H I R R Y , v. a, Apparently a clownish
corruption of the E . v. to Hurry.
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See now, mither, what ye hae dune/ whispered rently a mare having a switched tail, Perths, ;
Cuddie; f there's the Philistines, as ye ca' them, are q. one adapted for whisking off the flies.
gaun to whirry aw a' Mr. Harry, and a' wri' your W H I S K S , s. pi. A machine for winding yarn
nashgab." Tales of my Landlord, ii. 194. on a quill or clue; of more modern construc-
W H I R R O C K , s. A knot In wood, caused b y tion than Windles, R e n f r . ; probably from E.
the growth of a branch from the place; Tweedd. Whisk, because of the quick motion,
V . VLRROCK. W H I S T L E R , s. A bird so named, Kinross.
W H I S H , W H U S H , S. A rushing or whizzing V . L O C H - l e a ROCK.
sound.] Add to etymon ; W H I S T L E R S , .y. pi « These farmers upon
Hwijsk-a, mussitare, ibid. p. 127. a very extensive estate, who give the common
W H I S H T , interj. H u s h , be silent.] Add; enemy, i. e. the proprietor, information as to
Clav. Yorks. cc Whesht, whesht, is peace, peace/' the rent or value of their neighbours'5 farms,
Ben. Jonson frequently uses liusht precisely in the when he is about to raise his rents." South of
same sense with our whisht. S. Sir W . S.
" If Instil, gtidewife ; is this a time, or is this a day, T o W H I T , r;. a. T o milk closely, to draw off
to be singing your ranting fule-sangs In r" Waver- the dregs, E t t r . For. ; Jib synon.
ley, ii. I see no analogous term except perhaps C.B.
This Is sometimes used as a v. S.B. chwyd-u, to eject, chwyd ejection.
They'd better whisht, reed I sud raise a fry. W H I T T I N S , S. pi. T h e last part of what Is called
Ross's Helenore, p. 18.
" a male of m i l k w h i c h is considered as the
This is nearly allied to Fr. houische, which Palsgr.
richest, and is usually milked by a thrifty
gives among " Interiections betokenyng kepyng of
housewife into a vessel by itself, and put among
sylence ;" F. 473, a.
W H I S K E R , W H I S C A R , S. 1. A bunch of fea- the cream reserved for making butter, Tweedd.
thers for sweeping any thing, Moray. E . WHISKY T o W H I T E , v. a. T o cut with a knife.] Add;
a small besom or brush. This appears in O.E. in the form of Thwytyn and
u
2. T h e sheath, at a woman's side, used for holding Twytipi. Telwyn or twylyn. Abseco. Reseco."
the end of a wire, while she is knitting stock- Prompt. Parv. The ,v. is also given as Thuytynge,
ings, ibid. and " They tinge. Scissulatus." Ibid.
Sw. hwiska, scopae; Seren. Teut. wissch-en, tergere. W H I T E R , 5. 1. One that whittles, S.
W H I S K E R , W H I S Q U E R , .V. " A blusterer. 1 ' 2. A knife, in respect of its being ill or well adapt-
" March whisker was never a good fisher/' S. Pro v.; ed for this purpose ; as, " a gude whiter" an
cc
an old proverb signifying that a windy March is ill whiter/' S.
a token of a bad fish year." Kelly, p. 254. Fergu- W H I T I N S , S. pi. T h i n slices cut off with a knife,
son writes whisquer. Clydes.
Isl. luvas-a an h el are ; hwass, ventosus ; hwass-wi~> T o W H I T E , v. a. T o flatter, Galloway.
driy ventus acer; nu er hwast, vent us spirat. " To White, to flatter for favour / ' Gall. Enc. C.B.
W i l l S K I E , s. A kind of gig, or one-horse chaise, hud-o, to wheedle, chwyd-aw, to trick. Hence,
S . ; denominated perhaps from its whisking W H I T I E , W H I T E L I P , ,Y. A flatterer. " An auld
motion. whitie, a flatterer ; the same with whitelip Z*5
W H I S K Y , s. A species of ardent spirits, dis- Gall. Enc. V. W H I T E F O L K .
tilled from malt, S. W H I T E - C R A P , s. A name applied to grain,
Dr. Johnson observes that Usquebaugh is cc an Irish to distinguish it from such crops as are always
and Erse [[Gael.]] word, which signifies the water of green, S.
life." He adds; cc It is a compounded distilled spi- " While-crops, corn, as wheat, barley, &c., Glouc."
rit, being drawn on aromaticks; and the Irish sort is Grose.
particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild W H I T E - F E A T H E R . T o have a white feather
flavour. The Highland sort is somewhat hotter; and, in one's wing, a proverbial phrase denoting ti-
by corruption, in Scottish they call it whisky." Diet. midity or cowardice, South of S.; analogous to
I know not how the learned lexicographer had E . White-livered.
adopted the idea of its " being drawn on aromaticks/' " He has a whitefeather in his wing this same West-
unless it had been from the occasional flavour of the
burn flat after a'/ said Simon of Hackburn, some-
peal-reek.
what scandalized by his ready surrender. < He'll
It is a curious fact that, in former ages, none of
ne'er fill his father's boots." Tales Landl. i. 180.
that liquor, then called aquavilae, might be distilled
or sold in Edinburgh, save by members of the incor- W H I T E F I S H . V. under Qmi.
poration of surgeons. W H I T E F O L K , a designation given to wheed-
<c
That nae persons, man or woman, within this lers, S.
<f
brugh, maik or sell any Aquavilae within the samen, You are as white as a loan soup. Spoken to flat-
except the said masters, brether, and frie men of the terers w ho speak you fair, whom the Scots call White
said crafts, under the pain of the escheat of the sa- Folk." Kelly's S. Prov. p. SIX.
men, but favours/' i. e. without any exception. Seal I see no particular reason for the use of this me-
of Cause, A. 1505, Blue Blanket, p. 58. taphor by our ancestors, unless we should suppose
W i l l S K I T , part adj. A whiskit mare, appa- that it originated in the preference given to this co-
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lour l)y those who laid claim to greater purity than T o W H I T H E R , v. a. T o b e a t , to belabour,
other*, as in the dres* of priests, virgin>, &c., who Roxb.
too often gave prac tieal evidence that their purity W H I T H E R , .?. A stroke, a smart blow, ibid.
lay chiefly iri their dre>s. The only approach to the Isl. fnvidr-a, cito commoveri.
u-.eofa >imilar metaphor, which I have observed,, ir>in T o W H I T H E R , v. n. T o whirl rapidly with
the Fr. phra>e, ("e>t le cheval aux quatrc pied?, hlanc, a booming sound, T e v i o t d . V. QUIIIDDIK, v.
which C.otgr. say>, <£ is mo>t used to expres-e a com-
WHITHEIi-SPALE, WHUT H KIt-SPALE, WITIiEK-
panion that promises much, and performer nought."
S P A L E , s. L A child's toy, composed of a
Another Fr. phrase conveys the same idea: lis
.sont tout hlanr au-dehors, & tout noirs au-dedans ; piece of lath, from seven inches to a foot in
c'est-a-dire, qu'ils >.ont verteux en apparence, mais length, notched all r o u n d , to which a cord is
(|u'au funds ce sont des medians. Diet. Trev. attached. T h i s , when whirled r o u n d , p r o d u c e s
W H I T E J I A R E , the Alpine hare, S. a booming sound, R o x b .
" Lepus variabilis. Alpine Hare.—S. White hare." 2. E x p l . " a light straw o r down." " H e would
I d i n . Mag. July 1 « I } > - 0O7. steal it, if it were as light as a whither-spale" ibid.
W H I T E H A W S E , " a favourite p u d d i n g ; that 3. A thin, l a t h y person, ibid.
which c o n d u c t s t h e food to t h e stomach with 4. One who is of a versatile cast of m i n d , who is
sheep Gall. Enc. easily t u r n e d from his opinion or p u r p o s e , ibid.
W H I T E - I K O N or A I R v . T i n - p l a t e , S. I do not suppose that the 2d sense is correctly com-
W11 ITK-1 I« o \R SMITH, a tui-plate worker, S. municated. Most probably the meaning, in this ac-
" We observed two occupations united in the same is; " Light as a straw or down." For the
person, who had h u n g out two sign-p<»ts. I poll application seems to have been to the toy,
one wa-, 4 J a n u - I iood, White Iron Sunt!,; (\. e. Tin- above described; from Whither, to whizz (V.QHID-
plate Worker, j Upon another, ' t h e Art of Fencing DIit, Q U H E T H Y R , ) and Spate, spail, a lath, or shaving
tauifht bv Jame> I Iood." Bo.-»well's Journal, p. f, 1-. of wood, q. " a whizzing" or " booming spail."
W 1 1 I T E L E G S , <v. pi. T h e smaller wood, such W H I T I E - W H A T I E S , J. pi. Silly pretences,
as branches, of a h a g or cutting, Berw. &e.] Add;
<f T h e smaller wood, provincially ter Whiltie-Whams is used in the same sense, Aberd.
te<>s; is sold for temporary fences, or fire wood."Agr. It's them that fleys me wi' their taws, <
Surv. Berw. p. :;:; k Their cankart cuffs, and whitly whams.
Skinners Misc. Poet. p. 179.
W H l T i ; k l V b l b .y. T h i s word is used in a
Add to
SCUM' quite different from the E. a d j . ; for it Isl. vacttuge, quod nulli ponderis,^ atomon.
denotes a flatterer, R o x b . quod non potest'librari ; G. Andr.
White is used by our old writers as signifying hy- a sly pilferer ; Owe nugatio, gesti-
pocritical. V. Q m i v n : , adj. culatio; Boxhorn.
W H L T E - M K A L , .v. Oat-meal ; as distinguish- * WHITING, T h e name of this fish is me-
ed from what is made of barley, called Bread- tapli. used for the l a n g u a g e of flattery, S.
vintl, Ulvdes. H e gave me whitings, but [ w i t h o u t ] bones," S.
W H I T E N I N , -v. T h e chalk used for m a k i n g P r o v . ; " T h a t is, he gave me fair words. The Scots
walls or floors white, S. call flatteries whitiws, and "
W H I T E P U D D I N G , a p u d d i n g made of meal, Kelly, p. 158. V. WH:
s u e t , and onions, stuffed in one of the intestines T h e phrase to, a Whiting, is i tin the*
of a sheep, S
And first they ate the white W H I T L I E , Q U I I I T E L Y , Q U I I I T L I E , adj. Hav-
And then they ate the black. ing a delicate or f a d i n g look, S.] Add;
Herd's Coll. ii. J 5 9 - V. B L A C K P U D D I N G . " As for the earle of Bothwell he wes fair and
W H I T E S H O W E R , a shower of snow, A b e r d . ; quiiitlie,hinging shouldered,andwent something ford-
p r o n . File shower. ward." Pitscottie's Cron. p. 423. Whitely, Ed. 1728.
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W H I T E - S I L L E R , s. Silver m o n e y ; as, " Ell W H I T T E R , s. A n y t h i n g of weak g r o w t h
gie ye white-siller f o r t , " I shall give y o u a six- is a whitterr Gall. E n c . Twitter, q. v., is
p e n c e at least, S. elsewhere used in the same sense.
T h e phrase hwit seolfer occurs in A.S., but as sig- T o W H I T T E R , v. n. T o move with lightness
n i f y i n g pure silver; Lye, vo. Seolfer. Sw. hwitapen- a n d velocity; as, Whitterin down the stair, A y r s .
I t must be the same word with that given by
WHITE WAND. Y. W A N D O F P E A C E . ' ; in a strange
W H I T E - W I N D , s. F l a t t e r y , wheedling; a The way a modest lover haunts his
t e r m . To blaw white wind in ane's lug, to flat- mistress;" Gall. Enc. Apparently a diminutive from
t e r one ; Clydes., R o x b . Quhid.
WHITE-WOOD, T h e white a n d more de- T o W H I T T E R , v. n. To lessen b y t a k i n g
cayable wood on t h e outside of a tree, S. away small portions, to fritter, R o x b .
" T h e oaks [in the mosses] are almost entire; the Shall we view this as a frequentative from the v.
rvhite wood, as it is called, or the outermost circles of to White, to cut with a knife, as perhaps originally
the tree only are decayed." Agr. Surv, Stirl. p. 40. applied to the manual operations of children?
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T o W H I T T E R , v. n. T o speak low and ra- less character, Teviotd. ; synon. Scamp. C.B.
pidly, Roxb. chwyn denotes a chaos, also weeds ; chwyriu a
Here objects charm on every hand, grub.
The winking swankies whitter, W H O P I N , W H A U P I N , part, pa, Large, b i g ;
And fondly ee some female band A zchaup'ni pennyworth, a good bargain for the
Sail by in smirking titter. money, Lauarks.
St. Bos well's Fair, A. Scoffs Poems, p. 56. W H O P P E R - S N A P P E R , * . Y . W H I P P E R -
W H I T T E R , S. Loquacity, prattle. " Hold your SNAPPER.
whitter? be silent, Roxb. W H O R L E ^ . I T h e flyof a spinning-rock .]Add;
W H i T T E it - w H A T TEE,, s. Trifling conversation, Wi cauk and keel I'll win your bread,
chattering, Roxb. And spindles and whorles for them wha need.
XIout, man, it's ablins but a clatter ; Gaherlunyie Man, Herds Coll. ii. 51.
What need we heed sic mhitter-whdttcr, O.E. FF Whorl-e of a spyndyl. Vertebrum." Prompt
Or 'tween us twa what need we care, Parv.
Tho' a' the French were stanin there ? W H O R L E - R A N E , s . Thehip-bone orjoint,Fife.
A. Scott's Poms, p. 47. Teut. wcrvel-been, vertebra, spondylus. E. whirl-
A woman who is very garrulous, is said to be hone denotes the knee-joint. But in O.E. whyrkbon
" a perfect whitter-whatter " ibid. had the same signification with the S. word. fC Joynt
This reduplicative term, more forcibly expressing or hole of the knokyll bone cleped, the whyrkbon.
continuation, is formed from a v. primarily denoting Ancha." Prompt. Parv. A/icha is expl. as synon.
the chattering of birds. V. Q u H I T T E R , V. with Coxendix ; Du Cange. Knokyll bone is after-
T o W H I T T E R - W I I A T T E R , v. n. T o converse in a
wards rendered, not only by the more general term
low tone of voice, Roxb. V. Qu H I T T E R , sense 2.
Conclilus, but by Coxa, the hip-bone.
W H I T T I E - W H A T T I E , s. 1. Vague, shuf-
W H O W , interj.
fling, or cajoling language, S.
— " Your reluctant brethren—may essay to keep Perhaps, like Lat. cho, expressive of admiration.
you back by telling you some new stories (when Dan. ho ! ho! aha, hold a little. V . W H O O G H .
they find you cannot be charmed or inchanted into a W H O - Y A U D S , interj. A term used to make
forbearance by the old Spying of Prudence) of they clogs pursue horses, Lauarks.
themselves know not what. But the sense and sub- Who seems the same as Hon in Hou-SHEEP, q. v.
stance of all this rvhiitie whattie, to be sure, will be V. YAD. •

only, " O be quiet, let nothing be heard, that may T o W H O Z L E , v. n. T o wheeze, D u m f r .

provoke his Highness/' M'Ward's Contend, p. 363. .—Whozling sair and cruppen down
Applied to a person, as denoting one who em- Auld Saunders seem'd.
ploys every kind of means to gain an end, Fife. Mayne's Siller Gun, p. 42.
T o W H I T T I E - W H A T T I E , v. n. 1. T o talk frivo- " Whozling, breathing hard, as from a s t h m a G L
lously, to shilly-shally, S. ibid. p. 1 5 3 . V . W H A I S L E .
What are ye whittie-whattieing about, ye gowk/ W I I U D , .v. A lie, South of S. V. Q U H I D .
said his gentle sister, < gie the lathe back her borne T o W H I J D D E R , v. n. T o make a whizzing or
die there, and be blithe to be sae rid on't." The Pi- rushing sort of noise. " T h e wind in a cold
rate, i. 136. night is said to whudder Gall. Enc.
2, T o form frivolous pretences or excuses, S. W I I U D D E R , s. A noise of this description, ibid.
W H I T W R A T C I I , .9. T h e name formerly V . Q U H I D DIR.
given in S. to a tarrier. T o W H U L L Y , V. a. T o circumvent by wheed-
" But before they departed from these ugly earth- ling. V. W H I L L Y , V.
holes, an ill-contrived urchin, or a cur out of shape, T o W H U L L U P , W H O L L U P , V. n. To fawn, to
and deform'd, (as they described him), but we call wheedle, to curry f a v o u r ; as including the idea
him a Tarrier, and they by the name of a Whilwratch of bestowing a small gift on the person whose
(bastard-brood of the Fox) as the servants appre- good graces are courted, Roxb.; perhaps eontr.
hended; so might any man as well as they ration- from Whully up, V. W H O L L Y .
ally conclude, as by the circumstances given us by W R U L L I G O L E E R I E , s. A wheedling
their description." Franck's Northern Mem. p. 136. low. V. AYHILLIEGOLEERIE.
Apparently q. white ratch. V . R A C I I E . The Iceland- W I I U L L1 I L O W , " T h e same with Whittle-
ers call a fox modrache ; G.Andr. vo. Raclie, p. 3 94. billou i 'Gall. Enc.
W H O O G H , interj. A n exclamation, especially W I I U L T , s. " A blow received from a fall, or
used by dancers, for mutual excitation, M earns, the noise attending such a fall. 6 H e gat an
Ang. unco wha It from falling, 1 and, 4 H e fell with
At ilka thud and sough, an unco what;" Gall. Enc.
They cried, " Weel done !—hey ! hilloa! whooghT C.B. chwelyd, to overturn; chwil, a turn. The S.
Beattie's John d Arnhcu p. 58. word may have been primarily used to denote the
" Whoo! whoo! an interjection, marking great act of foiling, or a kind of somerset.
surprise. North." Grose. WIIULT, A n y thing uncommonly large,
W H O N , W H U N , S. A vulgar name for a worth- " any thing larger than e x p e c t e d G a l l . Enc.
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T h E ni iv h a w been ehanged perhaps from (ML
hi'hrr'h, chrfarfh. i-:i'*', //»*/act//-//; to amplify. (hrala
;\iio E it ifi«-- tuih:.*—, and uiratc-d a making; fuil.
W i 1 f ' E T EEE .v. A trrm u-ed to denote any
thin;: : hat E iargy of iN k i n d ; as, What'n a
'ji'iwfndt-'r'. or, a mnekE \e/nt/fi i\ S.
•• A jar'i • p«»* .t-e E termed a irhuitrr ;" Call. Enc.
i'e; !!;. 1 - !Vo:<i the -ame origin with t!ic V. II offer.
Tent. /••',//.•,••-,•//. to overturn; q. .-omething ready
to o\'j"i"t 11rii another object.
\V!I R:\KI .V. Evp). - vexatious whisper-
i n g ; aim, t riviui t rick E Ca.lL Enc.
Ah Ed |:er!ia;-v t'» (\B. <!nr'uu in;pulse, chwimAaw,
to move »•;• i'S br: k 1 y, cfnrinurth nimble, speedy.
!A. /•/,••;////.v, ho v. cr, is expl. repre>sae voeis sibil us ;
Ibmh-r-m.
W H E AEU I I E . /,/. A scourge for a top,
A bird. Er ;.: M I I.-.
\Y I I I ' .E E E , .v. (; vei'i limw, overturning, S.
•• N- e d.»ubt - ;t' - an a wfu* // fu'nualc—and for ane
thai E-U hE ,'i.-ad .-ae high too." hob Hoy, ii. 194.
V . { / i i r i . I. •..
W E i EM EI IE .v. A wooden dish which contains
a - niudi >orbile food as >idsiees for two persons;
other v. Ee expressed, a fwu.su in bicker, Berw.
Probably transmitted from the I)anes ofNorthum-
berland ; i)an. fun.ijicr signifying a. howl.
W H E N , .v. Furze, S. Winn, E.
'fhe waving" flags, and niony a gunn,
IE-kit wi' fiuw'r^ ai;(i yeilow -whim—
Stream'd like a rainbow—
Mai/tie's Sdfcr Cunt, p.
\ \ E I ENC E, v. A heavy blow, or the noise of
Mich a blow, a - wlleti t wo cfuiuulc-sluncs strike
one another E (?aik Enc.
( i r . perhaps from K. IVincr, as denoting the ef-
fect produced by Mich a blow. C .Ik gadng-o, sig-
nifies to wince.
YY H E N I A N T i i"j, .v. r rhis is said to he the red
linnet, and to he thus denominated as often
building its nest among whins, S.A.
They are of different sorts, though all of the
linnet tribe. W hunlintics form the greatest num-
ber." Gall. Enc. vo., Havoc-Burds.
T o W H U X N E R , v. n. T o strike with force so
as to cause a loud noise, S.
•—" Yonner a gathering o' the Pelits whuimerin at
the dyke wi' a' their birr ; as if they wadna lea a
clod o't tae hand out a stirk." Saint Patrick, iii. 84.
V . W H I N N E R , V.
W F I I J P P I E , s. A term of contempt applied to
a female ; as, a a sour-like whuppie;" viewed
as svnon. with Gipsy, and Cuitie, Perths.
This is merely a variety of Whippy, given above.
W H U R A M , s. 1. A term applied to slurs or
quavers in singing, Roxb.
2. A n y ornamental piece of dress, ibid.; a variety
of Wheerum, q. v.
T o W H U R K E N , v. a. T o strangle, Teviotd.
" WhirJcened, choaked, strangled," A . Ror.
Grose.
Isl. kyrk-ia strangulare, from kverk, qverk, the
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throat; kyrking, strangulatio ; Su.G. (jwarka guttur:
whence the? term is tran.slerred to that disease in
horses in which the}' labour under a. cough and
phlegm, (]. " the dEease of the throat."
W H E R E I I E I M R E I E , .v. " A n y thing which
whirleth round. ('SiiIdren have little toys they
spin, so termed (xalk IEJC. ; jirobably a lu-
dicrous name eorr. from E . Hurhj-burly.
T o W i l l K EI W J I A, r. a. rTo gull.
1 can read tin; bright winkin o' yer cell,—though
these gowks eanna. It does ane's heart glide to see
how ye irhurtin ha a' round ye." Corspatrick, ii. 2Of).
r
i'he pro]H• r orthogra)>h y, don 1 )t 1 ess, is /Vhulliwhaiv.
To W l I C R l l , n. r Eo make a whirring noise, S.
\ . h)i J f I It K.
W I I E SEE v. 1. A rushing noise, Fittr. F'or.
— tl ' f h e roar of the water-fall only reached his
ears now and \ hen wi' a loud a'/ntxh, as iI* it had been
a sound wauderingaeross the bills by itsel/' Blackwx
Mag. Mar. l.S-j;i. p. ;; I N.
A iainuuir. 4w A lnai'i iage makes a whush for
«'i wlnle on a. L'iufm side Gall. Enc.
W i l l ' S 1 1 E I E W u i ' s n kui no, s. A whisper,
whispering, (iail. Enc.; C.B. /tasting, i d . ; hust9
a low or buzzing noise. But sec; WiiisH, id.
T o W T I U S I I I E , v. n. Apparently, to soothe,
to mitigate ; svnon. with E. Hash.
" Ye wad AVbeetle arf whushie, an' blaw I* the lug
o' Sathan/' <SJC.. Saint Patrick, ii. 191.
View ed as a variety of II us hie, to lull a child. V.
W I f V, i'/l f, K, V.
W H E T T E E - C i E A S S , .v. Melilot, Trifolium
M. oflicinalis Einn., R o x b . ; called also Kings-
cturer.
Perhaps from some supposed resemblance in form
to a, whittle or knife.
W H E T - T H R O A T , ,9. T h e weazle, Gall.
ff
The wtuft-throat or weazle, and the hoodie, have
often bloody wars with each other about a piece of
food they both relish, such as the egg of a hen."
Gall. Encycl. p. 375.
<c
Whut-fhroat jtiffing, confab of weazles lb. 306.
O ! hatefu' it's to hear the whut-throat eh ark,
Frae out the auld taffdyke. Ibid. p. 41 E
This is merely a eorr. of the old S. name Quhilred,
Quhittret, Whilred, q. v.
W F , prep. 1. Commonly used for with, S.
2. F r o m , owing to, in consequence o f ; as, " JfT
hem 1 frae hame, I miss\l him."— 6C Fie t u n f d
sick, wi the kirk be in" sae fu 1 ," S.
3. Sometimes, though rarely, used in the sense of
for, b y means o f ; as, " T h e horse winna gang
to the water wi me," S.
4. Conjoined with the active voice of active tran-
sitive v e r b s ; as, " T h a t buik winna read w%
me," T h a t book I cannot read, S.
5. Equivalent to by; as, " Fie was praniEd wP
a horse," Aberd.
It is justly observed, that by Sir D. Lyndsay,
ci
with is used in the sense of by" Chalmer's Lynds.
i. 160, N.
W I B R O U N , .s>. A designation given to the
Gyre Carling.
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For this wild wibroun wichthame widlltsaand wareit;
And the same North Berwik Law as I heir wy vis say,
Tins Carling, with a fals east, wald away eareit.
Bannatyne MS. Minstrelsy, ii. 201, N.
Perhaps a dimin. from Guehre, a name given by
the Persians to an infidel. V. Diet. Trev. The
word might be introduced during die Crusades. Or
from Fr. guespiere, guepiere, a wasp's nest, likegwe«s-
pine a waspish dame (Cotgr.)
T o W I C H E S A U F , v. n. . T o vouchsafe.
Ck
' The lordis baronis walde beseke our souerane
lorde, that he walde wlchcsauf \ of ilk state to tak
twa persounis of wisdome, conscience, and knaw-
lege, for the cleirnes of the said mater is to be had/'
Acts Ja. III. A. 1473, Ed. 1814, p. 105.
W I G H T , adj. 4. Strong, as applied to inani-
mate objects.] Add;
It is also used to denote the strength of wine.
And ay besydis he fillis his guttis,
Waehting the wyne, for it was wycht.
Legend Bp. St. Androis, Poems 167A Cent. p. 333.
W I G H T Y , adj. Powerful.
Put on, put on, my wichty men,
Sae fast as ye can drie.
Adam d Gordon, Pink. Trag. Ball. i. 50.
Evidently a dimin. from JVicht, id.; although I do
not find it in any other dialect.
W I C K , .v.] Insert, as sense
1. A n open bay, Shetl.
By air, and by wick, and by helyer and gio.
The Pirate, ii. 142. V. AIR.
W I C K , s. A term used in curling, to denote a
narrow port or
W I E
" Instead of ropes for halters and harness, they
generally make use of sticks of birch twisted and
knotted together; these are called woodiest Burt's
Letters, i. 87-
The rope, called a widdie, is in Perths. and other
places often made of birchen twigs.
To C H E A T the W I D D I E , to escape the gallows,
when it has been fully deserved, S.
" Ye's liae the hale crew in yer hands afore nicht,
an' may hang them a' in ae tow, an' Nan o' Gab or
at the end o't, sae be as ye dirmalet Elliock Jamie-
son cheat the wuddie." Corspatriek, i. 168.
There is a proverb which every Scotsman lias,
heard, " The water '11 no wrang the widdiecon-
veying the same idea with the E. adage, " Pie who
is born to be hanged will never be drowned." Kelly
gives this in a form that is not so well known;
" The water will never warr the widdie," i. e. outrun
it. Prov. p. 304.
T o W I D D I L L , v. InsertP as sense
Ik T o attain an end by short, noiseless, or ap-
parently feeble but prolonged exertions ; as,
" He's made a hantle siller in his sma"1 way ii
doing ; he's a bit waddling bodie — u T h a t
bairn, for as weak as it looks, can wuddie (Per
the dike," &c. S.
WIDDIL, ,y. A contention ; as, " They had a
widdil thegither, Kinross.
Perhaps originally the same with the following
word.
WIDDXE, Wriggling motion ; bustle.] Add i
Or is't to pump a fool ye meddle,