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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language.by John Jamieson.PREFACE.~The Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language~, which was published in the year 1808, has been so favourably received, that although the impression was large, a set is no
- 1 An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language.by John Jamieson.PREFACE.~The Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language~, which was published in the year 1808, has been so favourably received, that although the impression was large, a set is no
- 2 TO THE GOTHIC._Ill.u.s.trated from the Moeso-Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Francic, Alemannic, Suio-Gothic, Islandic, &c._ TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A DISSERTATION ON THE HISTORICAL PROOFS OF THE SCYTHIAN ORIGIN OF THE GREEKS.? A few copies have been printed in royal
- 3 Fr. _en abandon_, _a labandon_, id. from _a_, _ban_, and _donner_, to give up to interdiction. _To_ ABANDON, _v. a._ 1. To bring under absolute subjection. _Barbour._ 2. To let loose, to give permission to act at pleasure. _Wallace._ 3. To destroy, to cut
- 4 _Wyntown._ Lat. _habil-is_, Fr. _habile_, C. B. _abl_, Teut. _abel_, id. ABIL, _adv._ Perhaps. V. ~Able~. ABYLL, _adj._ Liable, apt. V. ~Abil~. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ ABITIS, _s. pl._ Obits, service for the dead. _Bannatyne Poems._ Lat. _obit-us_, death; also
- 5 AC, EC, _conj._ But, and. _Barbour._ A. S. _aec_, _eac_; Moes. G. _auk_; Alem. _auh_; Su. G. _och_, _ock_; Belg. _ook_; Lat. _ac_, etiam. ACCOMIE, _s._ A species of metal, S. V. ~Alcomye~. _To_ ACCORD. Used impersonally; _as accords_, or _as accords of la
- 6 ADDILL, ADDLE, _s._ 1. Foul and putrid water. _Douglas._ 2. The urine of black cattle, Renfrews. A. S. _adl_, filthy gore, Teut. _adel_, filth, mire. Hence, _To_ ADDLE, _v. n._ To moisten the roots of plants with the urine of cattle, Renfrews. Su. G. _adl
- 7 AFF, _adv._ Off, S. _Ross._ Moes. G. Isl. Su. G. Dan. Belg. _af_, Gr. ap?, af, Alem. and Lat. _ab_. _Aff at the knot_, lunatic, deranged, S. B. _Gl. s.h.i.+rrefs._ _Aff and on_. 1. Applied to those who lodge on the same floor, S. 2. Without any permanent
- 8 From S. _aff off_, and _lufe_, the palm of the hand. AFFPUT, _s._ Delay, or pretence for delaying. S. AFFPUTTING, _adj._ Delaying, trifling, dilatory, _putting off_, S. AFFRAY, _s._ Fear, terror; Chaucer, id. Fr. _affre_, _effroi_, terreur. _Barbour._ AFF
- 9 _A_ in the sense of _on_, and _gait_, a way. AGATIS, _adv._ In one way, uniformly. _Barbour._ _A_, one, and _gatis_ the plur. or genit. of A. S. _gat_, a way. AGEE, A-JEE, _adv._ 1. To one side, S. _To look agye_, to look aside, Gl. Yorks. _Ramsay._ 2. A-
- 10 AIGLET, _s._ 1. A tagged point. _Gl. Sibb._ 2. A jewel in ones cap. _Gl. Sibb._ Fr. _esguilette_, id. q. _aculeata_. AIK, AYK, _s._ The oak, S. Plur. _akis_, oaks. _Douglas._ A. S. _ac_, _aec_, Alem. Germ. _eiche_, Su. G. _ek_, Isl. _eik_, quercus. AIKERI
- 11 _Are morrow_, early in the morning. _Douglas._ Moes. G. _air_, A. S. _aer_, Alem. _er_, Belg. _eer_, ante, prius; also tempus matutinum. AIR, _adj._ Early, S. _Journ. Lond._ AIR, _s._ Expl. "hair, used for a thing of no value." _Bannatyne Poems.
- 12 AIT, oat or oaten. V. ~Aits~. _Douglas._ AITS, _s. pl._ Oats, S. _Wild aits_, bearded oat-gra.s.s, S. Avena fatua, Linn. A. S. _ata_, _ate_, avena. AITEN, _adj._ Oaten, S. _Ritson._ AITH, AYTHE, _s._ An oath. V. ~Athe~. AITH, or AIFTLAND, _s._ That kind o
- 13 ALBLASTRIE, _s._ Apparently, the exercise of the cross-bow. V. ~Awblaster~. ALCOMYE, _s._ Latten, a kind of mixed metal still used for spoons. Hence, _Accomie spunes_, spoons made of alchymy, S. B. _Douglas._ From Fr. _alquemie_ or O. E. _alchymy_. ALD, A
- 14 V. ~Lite~. _Lyndsay._ ALLAGRUGOUS, _adj._ Grim, ghastly. _Journ. Lond._ Perhaps from _all_, Moes. G. _alla_, and _gruous_, ghastly, q. v. ALLAGUST, _s._ Suspicion. _Journ. Lond._ Fr. _a le goust_, has a taste or smack. _To_ ALLAYA, _v. a._ To ally. _Compl
- 15 ALLYNS, _adv._ Altogether, thoroughly. _Gawan and Gol._ Su. G. _alleingis_, _allaengis_, A. S. _allinga_, _eallenga_, omnino, prorsus. ALLKYN, ALKIN, _adj._ All kind of, _Aw kin kind_, S. B. _Douglas._ A. S. _eall-cyn_, omnigenus. ALL OUT, _adv._ In a gre
- 16 ALPE, _s._ An elephant. _Alpes bon_, ivory. _Gl. Complaynt S._ A. S. _elp_, Lat. _eleph-as_; Heb. _alaph_, bos. ALQUHARE, ALLQUHARE, _adv._ Every where. _Douglas._ From _all_, and _quhare_ where. ALRY, _adj._ For its different senses, V. ~Elrische~. ALRYN
- 17 A. S. _ealmaest_, Belg. _almeest_, id. AMANG, AMANGIS, _prep._ 1. Among; _amang_, S. Westmorel. _Wyntown._ 2. At intervals, occasionally. _Barbour._ A. S. _meng-an_, Su. G. _maeng-a_, Isl. _meng-a_, to mix, to blend. AMBa.s.sATE, AMBa.s.sIAT, _s._ An emba
- 18 Fr. id. Lat. _amor_. AMSCHACH, _s._ A misfortune. S. B. _Ross._ Ir. Gael. _anshogh_, adversity, misery. AMSHACK, _s._ Noose, fastening; probably the same with ~Ham-shackel~, q. v. _Gl. Sibb._ _To_ AN, _v. a._ 1. To appropriate, to allot as ones own. _Sir
- 19 O. Fr. _anable_, habile, capable, convenable, from L. B. _inhabil-is_, valde habilis; Gl. Roquefort. ANEDING, _s._ Breathing. V. ~Aynd~, _v._ _Barbour._ ANEFALD, _adj._ Honest, acting a faithful part, the same with ~Afald~. _Douglas._ ANELIE, _adv._ Only.
- 20 _inhaerere_, to cleave, or stick fast in, or to, is therefore the more probable origin. ANIEST, _adv._ or _prep._ On this side of, Ayrs.; q. "on the nearest side." This is opposed to _Adist_, _adiest_, on that side. A. S. on _neawiste_, in vicin
- 21 _Ferguson._ To be viewed as the same with ~Aunter~, q. v. ANTERCAST, _s._ A misfortune, a mischance, S. B. _Ross._ _Anter_, or _aunter_, adventure, and _cast_, a chance, q. something accidental. ANTETEWME, _s._ "Antetune, antiphone, response," L
- 22 A. S. _on_ and _pliht_ periculum, _pliht-an_ periculo objicere se. APON, APOUN, _prep._ Upon, S. _Barbour._ A. S. _ufa_, Su. G. _uppa_, insuper, and _on_. APORT, APORTE, _s._ Deportment, carriage. _Wyntown._ Fr. _apport_, from _apport-er_, to carry; Lat.
- 23 2. To raise up. _Douglas._ This sense is so different from the former, that it might rather seem to be put for _arraise_, q. to raise up. Fr. _arrach-er_, to tear, to pull by violence; to pull up by the roots, from Lat. _eradic-are_. ARBY, _s._ The sea-gi
- 24 2. To censure, to reprehend, to chide with. _Wallace._ Fr. _argu-er_, Lat. _argu-ere_. ARGUESYN, _s._ The lieutenant of a galley; he who has the government and keeping of the slaves committed to him. _Knox._ Fr. _argousin_, satelles remigibus regendis et
- 25 Franc. _arn_ spica. ARNUT, LOUSY ARNOT, _s._ Tall oat-gra.s.s or pignut; Bunium bulbocastanum, or flexuosum, Linn. S. _Yurnut._ A. Bor. _Lightfoot._ Corr. from _earth-nut_. ARR, _s._ A scar, S. A. Bor. _Pock-arrs_, the marks left by the small-pox, S. Lanc
- 26 _Douglas._ V. ~Hoif~. ARTOW, Art thou? used interrogatively, S. the verb and p.r.o.noun being often, in colloquial language, conjoined in Scottish, as in Germ. and Isl. Isl. _ertu_, id. _Kings Quair._ _Ertow_, id. _Ywaine and Gawin._ AS, _conj._ Than, S.
- 27 Fr. _asper_, dur, rude, baton noueux; Gl. Roquefort. ASPRIANCE, _s._ V. ~Asperans~. _To_ a.s.s, _v. a._ To ask. _Henrysone._ Germ. _eisch-en_, Fran. _eiscon_, interrogare. a.s.s, _s._ Ashes. V. ~As~. _To_ a.s.sAILYIE, _v. a._ To attack, to a.s.sail. _Wall
- 28 _To_ a.s.sOILYIE, _v. a._ 1. To acquit, to free from a charge or prosecution; a forensic term much used in our courts, S. _Reg. Maj._ 2. To absolve from an ecclesiastical censure; as from excommunication. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ Old E. _a.s.soil_, _asoilen_, a
- 29 AT, _p.r.o.n._ That, which. _Wyntown._ AT ALL, _adv._ "Altogether," Rudd.; perhaps, at best, at any rate. _Douglas._ ATANIS, ATTANIS, ATANYS, ATONIS, _adv._ At once; S. at _ainze_. V. ~Anis~, ~Anys~. _Gawan and Gol._ ATCHESON, ATCHISON, _s._ A b
- 30 Fr. _atour_, attire. _Barbour._ ATOUR, ATTOURE, _prep._ 1. Over, S. _Wallace._ 2. Across, S. _Wallace._ 3. Beyond, as to time; exceeding. _Quon. Att._ 4. Exceeding in number. _Wyntown._ Fr. _a tour_, _en tour_, _au tour_, circ.u.m; or Su. G. _at_, denotin
- 31 2. An ill-natured person; one of a virulent or malignant disposition, S. A. S. _atter-coppe_, _atter-coppa_, aranea, from _atter_ venenum, and _coppe_ calix, q. "a _cup_ full of _venom_;" like Isl. _eitrorm_ a serpent, i. e. "a poisonous wo
- 32 AVENAND, _adj._ Elegant in person and manners. _Gawan and Gol._ Fr. _advenant_, _avenant_, handsome; also, courteous. AVENTURE, _In aventure_, _adv._ Lest, perchance. V. ~Aunter~. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ Fr. _a laventure_, id. AVER, AVIR, AIVER, _s._ 1. A hors
- 33 AULDFARREN, _adj._ Sagacious, S.; _audfarand_, id. A. Bor. _Ramsay._ Moes. G. _ald_ old, and Swed. _far-a_, Germ. _far-en_, experiri; Swed. _faren_, Isl. _farinn_, peritus; Belg. _aervaaren_, skilful. AULD-MOUD, _adj._ Sagacious in discourse; sometimes im
- 34 AUSTIE, _adj._ Austere, harsh. _Henrysone._ A. S. _ostige_, knotty, from _ost_, Teut. _oest_, a knot, properly in wood. _To_ AW, AWE, _v. a._ To owe, S. _Wallace._ Isl. _aa_, _atte_, debeo, debuit; A. S. _ag_, _ahte_; Su. G. _a_; Moes. G. _aih_, habeo, im
- 35 AWBYRCHOWNE, AWBERCHEOUN, _s._ The habergeon, or breastplate. _Wyntown._ Franc. _halsberge_, Isl. _halsbeorg_, collare chalybeum, from _hals_ the neck, and _berga_ to defend; Fr. _haubergeon_; L. B. _halberg-ium_. AWBLASTER, _s._ 1. A crossbow-man, _albla
- 36 _agena_, id.; also, a shoot or stalk. AWP, WHAUP, _s._ The curlew, a bird, S. V. ~Quhaip~. _Gl. Sibb._ AWORTH, _adv._ "Worthily," Tytler. _Kings Quair._ A. S. _awyrth-ian_, glorificare. AWRO, Probably _a wro_, a corner. _Gl. Complaynt S._ Su. G.
- 37 _Knox._ Fr. _bas-piece_, base or billon money. BABIE-PICKLE, _s._ The small grain, which lies in the bosom of a larger one, at the top of a stalk of oats, S. V. ~Pickle~. BACHLANE; To ~Bachle~. V. ~Bauchle~. BACK, _s._ An instrument for toasting bread abo
- 38 BADE, BAID, _s._ 1. Delay, tarrying. _Wallace._ 2. Place of residence, abode. _Sibbald._ BADDERLOCK, BADDERLOCKS, _s._ A species of eatable fucus, S. _Lightfoot._ BADDOCK, _s._ Apparently the coal fish, or Gadus carbonarius, Aberd. _Statist. Acc._ BADDORD
- 39 _S. Prov._ BAIKIE, BACKET, _s._ A square wooden vessel, for carrying coals to the fire, S. BAIL, BAILE, BAYLE, BALL, BELE, BELLE, _s._ 1. A flame, or blaze of what kind soever. _Barbour._ 2. A bonfire. _Sir Gawan._ 3. A fire kindled as a signal. _Douglas.
- 40 _Acts Ja. VI._ C. B. _bardh_, Gael. Ir. _bard_. BAIRMAN, _s._ A bankrupt. _Reg. Maj._ E. _bare_, nudatus. BAIRN, BARNE, _s._ A child, S. _Douglas._ Moes. G. _barn_, a child, from _bair-an_, ferre, gignere, A. S. _bearn_. BAIRNHEID, BARNEHEID, _s._ 1. The
- 41 BAIT, _s._ A boat. V. ~Bat~. _To_ BAYT, _v. a._ To give food to. _Barbour._ Isl. _beit-a_, to drive cattle to pasture, _beit_ pasture. _To_ BAYT, _v. n._ To feed. _Gl. Sibb._ BAITTLE, _adj._ Denoting that sort of pasture, where the gra.s.s is short and cl
- 42 2. Irascible, S. _Douglas._ 3. Pungent to the taste, or keenly affecting the organ of smelling, S. 4. Keen, biting; expressive of the state of the atmosphere, S. _Davidson._ 5. Certain, a.s.sured. _Henrysone._ 6. Used obliquely, bright; as "a _bald_
- 43 _A. Douglas._ BAND (To take), to unite; a phrase borrowed from architecture. _Rutherford._ BAND, _s._ Bond, obligation, S. _Wyntown._ _To mak band_, to come under obligation, to swear allegiance. _Wallace._ BAND _of a hill_. The top or summit. _Douglas._
- 44 Su. G. _baang_, tumult, Isl. _bang-a_, to strike. _To_ BANG _out_, _v. a._ To draw out hastily, S. _Ross._ BANG, _s._ 1. An action expressive of haste; as, He _cam wi a bang_, S. _In a bang_, suddenly, S. _Ross._ 2. A great number, a crowd, S. _Ramsay._ _
- 45 _Ritson._ 2. A roll, a small loaf of wheaten bread, of an oblong form, S. BAR, _s._ The grain in E. called barley; _bar-meal_, barley-meal; _bar-bread_, _bar-bannock_, &c. S. B. Moes. G. _bar_, hordeum. BAR, _s._ A boar. V. ~Bair~. _To_ BAR, _v. n._ To ba
- 46 A. S. _bare_, _baer_, nudus. _To_ BARGANE, _v. n._ To fight, to contend. _Wallace._ Su. G. _baer-ia_, _beargh-a_, ferire, pugnare. BARGANE, _s._ 1. Fight, battle, skirmish. _Barbour._ 2. Contention, controversy, S. B. _Ross._ 3. Struggle, S. B. _Ross._ BA
- 47 2. Pa.s.sionate, choleric. "A _barmy_ quean," a pa.s.sionate woman, S. From E. _barm_, yeast. BARMKYN, BERMKYN, _s._ The rampart or outermost fortification of a castle. _Wallace._ Fr. _barbacane_; or Teut. _barm_, a mound, with the termination _
- 48 BARTANE, _s._ Great Britain. _Bannatyne Poems._ BARTANYE, BERTANYE, _s._ Britanny. _b.e.l.l.e.n.den._ BARTIZAN, BERTISENE, _s._ A battlement on the top of a house or castle, or around a spire, S. _Statist. Acc._ O. Fr. _bretesche_, wooden towers used for
- 49 BASTOUN, _s._ A heavy staff, a baton. Fr. _baston_, _baton_, id. _Douglas._ BAT, _s._ A staple, a loop of iron, S. BATAILL, _s._ 1. Order of battle, battle-array. _Barbour._ 2. A division of an army, a battalion. _Barbour._ 3. It seems to signify military
- 50 BATWARD, _s._ A boatman; literally, a boat-keeper. _Wyntown._ Isl. _bat_, cymba, and _vard_, vigil, Swed. _ward_, custodia. BAVARD, _adj._ Worn out, in a state of bankruptcy. _Baiver_ and _baiver-like_, are used in S. to signify shabby in dress and appear
- 51 A. S. and C. B. _balc_, Su. G. _balk_, porca, a ridge of land between two furrows; Isl. _baulkur_, lira in agro, vel alia soli eminentia minor. BAUKIE, _s._ The razorbill, Alca torda, Orkn. _Barry._ BAUSY, _adj._ Big, strong. _Dunbar._ Su. G. _ba.s.se_, v
- 52 Perhaps from Su. G. _ba.s.se_, vir potens, V. ~Bausy~, or _base_, spectrum, and _brun_, fuscus, q. the strong goblin of a brown appearance. BAXTER, _s._ A baker, S. V. ~Bakster~. _Ramsay._ BAZED, BASED, BASIT, _part. pa._ _Watsons Coll._ _Maitland Poems._
- 53 1. To swallow any liquid in small, but frequent draughts; whether the liquor be intoxicating or not, S. 2. To tipple, _v. n._ "Hes ay _bebbling_ and drinking;" he is much given to tippling, S. It seems to be formed from Lat. _bibere_ to drink, i
- 54 BEDOYF, _part. pa._ Besmeared, fouled. _Douglas._ Su. G. _doft_, _dupt_, pulvis; or A. S. _bedof-en_, submersus, dipped. BEDOWIN, _part. pa._ _Douglas._ Rudd. expl. _bedowyne_, besmeared, deriving it from Belg. _bedauwen_, to bedew, or sprinkle. BEDRAL, _
- 55 BEFORN, _prep._ Before. _Wallace._ It occurs also in O. E. _R. Brunne._ A. S. _beforan_, ante; coram. BEFOROUTH, _adv._ Before, formerly. V. ~Forowth~. _Barbour._ BEFT, _part. pa._ Beaten. V. ~Beff~. _To_ BEGARIE, _v. a._ 1. To variegate, to deck with var
- 56 A. S. _graf-an_, fodere; Teut. _be-gra-ven_, sepelire. BEGRETTE, _pret._ Saluted. _Douglas._ A. S. _gret-an_, Belg. _be-groet-en_, salutare. BEGRUTTEN, _part. pa._ Having the face disfigured with weeping, S. Sw. _begratande_, bewailing. V. ~Greit~. BEGUIL
- 57 _To_ BEJAN, _v. a._ When a new shearer comes to a harvest-field, he is initiated by being lifted by the arms and legs, and struck down on a stone on his b.u.t.tocks; Fife. This custom has probably had its origin in some of our universities. It is sometime
- 58 BEILDY, _adj._ Affording shelter. _Ramsay._ BEILD, _adj._ Bold. _Houlate._ A. S. _beald_, id. A. S. Alem. _belde_, audacia. BEILL, _s._ Perhaps, sorrow, care, q. _baill_. _Bannatyne Poems._ BEIN, _s._ Bone, Ang. One is said to be _aw frae the bein_, all f
- 59 _To beit the fire_, or _beit the ingle_. To add fuel to the fire, S. "_To beet_, to make or feed a fire." Gl. Grose. _To beit a mister_, to supply a want, Loth. 2. To blow up, to inkindle, applied to the fire. _Douglas._ 3. To bring into a bette
- 60 _Wyntown._ This, however, may mean, bellowed, roared, from A. S. _bell-an_, Su. G. _bal-a_, id. Chaucer uses _belle_ in the same sense. BELE, _s._ A fire, a blaze. V. ~Bail~. _To_ BELEIF, _v. a._ To leave; pret. _beleft_. A. S. _be_ and _leof-an_, linquer
- 61 V. ~Beld Cyttes~. BELLAN, _s._ Fight, combat. _Douglas._ Lat. _bellum_. BELLE, _s._ Bonfire. V. ~Bail~. BELLING, _s._ The state of desiring the female; a term properly applied to harts. _Douglas._ Rudd. derives the phrase from Fr. _belier_, a ram; but per
- 62 _To_ BELT, _v. a._ To flog, to scourge, S._To_ BELT, _v. n._ To come forward with a sudden spring, S.Isl. _bilt-a_, _bilt-ast_, signifies, to tumble headlong.BELT, _part. pa._ Built._Douglas._ BELTANE, BELTEIN, _s._ The name of a sort of festival observed
- 63 Teut. _binnenste_ is synon. BEN-INNO, _prep._ Within, beyond, S. B. _Journal Lond._ From _ben_, q. v. and A. S. _inne_, or _innon_, within; Alem. _inna_; Isl. _inne_, id. ~There-ben~, _adv._ Within, in the inner apartment, S. V. ~Thairben~. BEND, _s._ 1.
- 64 _Douglas._ This word is most probably from Lat. _bene_, well. BENJEL, _s._ A heap, a considerable quant.i.ty; as "a _benjel_ of coals," when many are laid at once on the fire, S. B. _Bensil_, however, is used in the same sense in the South and W
- 65 BERE, _s._ Noise; also, To ~Bere~. V. ~Beir~. BERE, _s._ Boar. V. ~Bair~. _Douglas._ BERE, _s._ Barley. _Wyntown._ BERGLE, BERGELL, _s._ The wra.s.se, a fish, Orkn. _Barry._ The first syllable of its name is undoubtedly from Isl. _berg_, a rock. Had it an
- 66 Goth. BERSIS, _s._ "A species of cannon formerly much used at sea. It resembled the faucon, but was shorter, and of a larger calibre," Gl. Compl. _Complaynt S._ Fr. _barce_, _berche_, "the piece of ordnance called a base;" Cotgr. pl. _
- 67 BEST, _part. pa._ Perhaps, fluttering, or shaken. _Barbour._ Isl. _beyst-i_, concutio. BEST, _s._ "Beast, any animal not human," Gl. Wynt. _Wyntown._ The term is still used in this general sense, S. p.r.o.nounced q. _baist_. S. B. BEST-MAN, _s._
- 68 _Barbour._ Hence "the common Scots expression, _G.o.d I beteach me till_," Rudd.; and that used by Ramsay, _Betootch-us-to_; i. e. Let us commend ourselves to the protection of some superior being. O. E. _bitoke_, committed; also _bitaughten_, _
- 69 BEW, _adj._ Good, honourable. _Bew schyris_, or _schirris_, good Sirs. Fr. _beau_, good. _Douglas._ _To_ BEWAVE, BEWAUE, _v. a._ To cause to wander or waver. _Palice of Honour._ A. S. _waf-ian_, vacillare, fluctuare. BEWIS, BEWYS, _s. pl._ Boughs. V. ~Beu
- 70 _Dunbar._ In edit. 1508, it is _buthman_. BYCHT. V. ~Lycht~. _Houlate._ BICK, _s._ A b.i.t.c.h; "the female of the canine kind," S. A. S. _bicca_, _bicce_, id.; Isl. _bickia_, catella. _To_ BICKER, BYKER, _v. a._ This _v_., as used in S., does n
- 71 _Statist. Acc._ BIG, BIGG, _s._ A particular species of barley, also denominated _bear_, S. c.u.mb. id. barley. _Statist. Acc._ Isl. _bygg_, hordeum, Dan. _byg_, Su. G. _biugg_, id. _To_ BIG, BYG, _v. a._ To build; S., c.u.mb., Westmorel., id. _Wallace._
- 72 BIGS, Barbour, xix. 392. Pink. ed. Leg. ~Lugis~. BIKE, BYKE, BEIK, _s._ 1. A building, an habitation, S. _Gawan and Gol._ 2. A nest or hive of bees, wasps, or ants, S. _Douglas._ 3. A building erected for the preservation of grain; Caithn. _Pennant._ 4. M
- 73 _Douglas._ This phrase is perhaps merely a circ.u.mlocution for the _bipennis_, or large ax. V. ~Balax~. BILTER, _s._ A child, Dumfr.; Isl. _pilter_, puellus. BIN, _s._ A mountain, S. O. _Galloway._ From Gael. _ben_, id., Lomond _bin_, being synon. with _
- 74 BYPTICIT, _part. pa._ Dipped or dyed. Lat. _baptizo_. _Houlate._ BIR, BIRR, _s._ Force. I find that Isl. _byr_, expl. ventus ferens, is deduced from _ber-a_, ferre; Gl. Edd. Saem. V. ~Beir~. BIRD, BEIRD, BRID, BURD, _s._ 1. A lady, a damsel. _Gawan and Go
- 75 _Minst. Border._ 3. To drink plentifully, S. _Douglas._ 4. To club money for the purpose of procuring drink. "Ill _birle_ my bawbie," I will contribute my share of the expence; S. _Ramsay._ In Isl. it is used in the first sense; _byrl-a_, infund
- 76 _Birl_ seems to be a dimin. from the v. _Birr_, used in the same sense, formed by means of the letter _l_, a common note of diminution. BIRS, BIRSE, BYRSS, BIRSSIS, _s._ 1. A bristle, "a sows _birse_," the bristle of a sow, S. _Evergreen._ 2. Me
- 77 BISHOPRY, _s._ Episcopacy, government by diocesan bishops. _Apologet. Relation._ A. S. _biscoprice_, episcopatus. BISHOPS FOOT. It is said, _The Bishops foot has been in the broth_, when they are singed, S. This phrase seems to have had its origin in time
- 78 Mr Macpherson, vo. _Bysynt_, mentions A. S. _bysmorfull_, horrendus. Isl. _bysmarfull_ has the same sense; _bysna_, to portend; _bysn_, a prodigy, grande quod ac ingens, G. Andr. BISTAYD, BISTODE, _pret._ Perhaps, surrounded. _Sir Tristrem._ A. S. _bestod
- 79 V. ~Capercailye~.BLACK FISH, fish when they have recently sp.a.w.ned.V. ~Reid Fische~.BLACK-FIs.h.i.+NG, _s._ Fis.h.i.+ng for salmon, under night, by means of torches, S.V. ~Leister~._Statist. Acc._ BLACK-FOOT, _s._ A sort of matchmaker; one who goes betw
- 80 BLADE, _s._ The leaf of a tree, S. A. S. _blaed_, _bled_; Su. G. Isl. Belg. _blad_, Germ. _blat_, Alem. _plat_, id.; perhaps the part. pa. of A. S. _blew-an_, _blow-an_, florere, to bud, to burgeon; _blaewed_, q. what is _blowed_, or shot forth; just as F
- 81 _Ramsay._ 2. Blunt, unfeeling; a secondary sense._Douglas._ 3. Curt, rough, uncivil._Spalding._ 4. Easily deceived._Gl. Surv. Nairn._ O. E. _blade_, silly, frivolous; or in the same sense in which we now speak of a blunt reason or excuse. Isl. _blaad-ur_,
- 82 _To_ BLASH, _n. a._ To soak, to drench. "To _blash_ ones stomach," to drink too copiously of any weak and diluting liquor; S. V. ~Plash~. Perhaps radically the same with _plash_, from Germ. _platz-en_. BLASH, _s._ A heavy fall of rain; S. BLASHY
- 83 Lat. _blater-are_, Teut. _blater-en_, stulte loqui. BLAUCHT, _adj._ Pale, livid. _Palace of Hon._ A. S. _blac_, _blaec_; Su. G. _blek_, Isl. _bleik-r_, E. _bleak_, pallidus. A. S. _blac-ian_, Su. G. _blek-na_, to wax pale. BLAVING, BLAUING, _s._ Blowing.
- 84 BLAWN COD, a split cod, half-dried, Ang.; so denominated, perhaps, because exposed for some time to the _wind_. BLAWORT, _s._ The Blue bottle; Centaurea cya.n.u.s, Linn., S. _Witch-bells_, also _Thumbles_, S. B. _Neill._ From _bla_, livid, q. v. and _wort
- 85 BLEIB, _s._ 1. A pustule, a blister. "A burnt _bleib_," a blister caused by burning, S. _Bleb_, a blister, A. Bor. Gl. Grose. 2. _Bleibs_, _pl._ An eruption to which children are subject, in which the spots appear larger than in the measles; Lot
- 86 4. A gleam of prosperity, during adversity. _G.o.dscroft._ 5. Also transferred to a glance, a stroke of the eye, or transient view of any object; the idea being borrowed, either from the quick transmission of the rays of light, or from the short-lived inf
- 87 _Chron. S. Poet._ BLIND HARIE, Blind man's buff, S. _Belly-blind_, synon._Herd._ In the Scandinavian _Julbock_, from which this sport seems to have originated, the princ.i.p.al actor was disguised in the skin of a _buck_ or _goat_. The name _Blind Ha
- 88 _To_ BLIZZEN, _v. a._ Drought is said to be _blizzening_, when the wind parches and withers the fruits of the earth, S. B. Su. G. _blas-a_, Germ. _blas-en_, A. S. _blaes-an_, to blow. BLOB, BLAB, _s._ Any thing tumid or circular, S. 1. A small globe or bu
- 89 V. ~Blob~. _Henrysone._ _To_ BLUDDER, BLUTHER, _v. a._ 1. To blot paper in writing, to disfigure any writing, S. Su. G. _pluttra_, incuriose scribere; Moes. G. _blothjan_, irritum reddere. 2. To disfigure the face with weeping, or in any other way, S. _Ro
- 90 BLUTE, _s._ An action; used in a bad sense. _A fuil blute_, a foolish action, S. B. perhaps the same with _Blout_, q. v. BOAKIE, _s._ A sprite, a hobgoblin, Aberd. Shetl. Norw. _bokje_, Isl. _bocke_, _bokki_, vir grandis et magnificus. In Sanscrit _buka_
- 91 Germ. _bot_, id. from _biet-en_, to offer. Isl. _bud_, a proffer, from _bioth-a_, offerre, exhibere, praebere. BODE, _s._ Delay. _Sir Egeir._ BODDUM, _s._ 1. Bottom. _Douglas._ 2. Hollow, valley. _Douglas._ Alem. _bodem_, Germ. Belg. _boden_, solum, fundu
- 92 _Ramsay._ 2. A pettish humour. _Philotus._ In Lincolnsh. this word is used for a scarecrow, from _bogill_, or C. B. _bogel-u_, to affright, and _bo_, a hobgoblin, q. "the affrighting goblin." _To_ BOGG-SCLENT, _v. n._ Apparently, to avoid action
- 93 _Lyndsay._ BOKS, _s. pl._ "Corner teeth," Gl. Sibb. _Maitland Poems._ _To_ BOLDIN, BOLDYN, _v. n._ To swell. _Douglas._ ~Boldin~, ~Boulden~, _part. pa._ swelled. This is softened into _bowdin_, _bowden_, S. Often in the _pret._ and _part._ it is
- 94 _Maitland Poems._ _Boniest_, most beautiful._Montgomerie._ 2. It is occasionally used ironically, in the same way with E. _pretty_, S._Priests of Peblis._ 3. Precious, valuable._Minstrelsy Border._ _Bonny_ is used in the same sense by Shakspeare, and sinc
- 95 A. S. _bufan_, _bufon_, above, and _most_. BOOT, BUT, BOUD, BIT, BUD, BOOST, _v. imp._ Behoved, was under a necessity of, S.; _He boot to do_ such a thing; he could not avoid it. _It bit to be_; it was necessary that this should take place. _Ross. Burns._
- 96 BORE-TREE, _s._ Sambucus nigra. V. ~Bourtree~. BOREAU, _s._ An executioner. V. ~Burio~. BORGH, _s._ A surety. V. ~Borch~. BORN. _Wallace._ _Born_ may have some affinity to Isl. _borgun_, Su. G. _borgen_, suretys.h.i.+p; q. one under contract or obligation
- 97 BOTCARD, s. A sort of artillery used in S. in the reign of Ja. V. _Pitscottie._ The same instruments seem to be afterwards called _battars_, ib. Fr. _b.a.s.t.a.r.de_, "a demie canon, or demie culverin; a smaller piece of any kind," Cotgr. BOTE,
- 98 BOUCHT, BOUGHT, BUCHT, BUGHT, _s._ 1. A small pen, usually put up in the corner of the fold, into which it was customary to drive the ewes, when they were to be milked; also called _ewe-bucht_, S. _Douglas._ 2. A house in which sheep are inclosed, Lanerks
- 99 BOULENE, _s._ The same with E. _Bowline_. A rope fastened to the middle part of the outside of a sail. _Complaynt S._ Sw. _bog-lina_, id. from _bog_, flexus. BOUN, BOUNE, BOWN, _adj._ Ready, prepared, S. _Barbour._ _Bone_ is used in the same sense, O. E.
- 100 Gael. _buarach_. BOURBEE, _s._ The spotted Whistle fish, S. _Sibbald._ _To_ BOURD, _v. n._ To jest, to mock, S. _Ramsay._ Fr. _bourd-er_, id. But this seems to be merely an abbrev. of _behourd-ir_, _bohord-er_, to just together with lances. _Bohord_, _beh