ALLAR, ALLER,s.The alder, a tree, S.Statist. Acc.
ALLER,adv.Wholly, entirely, altogether.Aller-hale, a pleonasm.Barbour.
O. E.alder, id. often prefixed to a superlative.
V.Allaris.
ALLERIS,s. pl.The same withAllaris.Douglas.
ALLEVIN,part. pa.Allowed, admitted.Bannatyne Poems.
A. S.alef-an, concedere, permittere; Su. G.lofw-a, Moes. G.laub-jan, id.
ALLIA.V.Alya.
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 great degree, beyond comparison.Barbour.
ToALLOW,v. a.1. To approve of, generally with the prep.ofsubjoined.Rollock.2. To praise, to commend.Douglas.
Fr.allou-er, approbare, Su. G.lofw-a, laudare.
ALLPUIST, APIEST, APIECE,conj.Although, S. B.abies, Loth.Jour. Lond.
Perhaps corr. fromalbeit.
ALLRYN,adj.Constantly, progressive, applied to time.Barbour.
A. S.allomnis, andrinn-an, currere.
ALLSTRYNE,adj.Ancient.Maitland Poems.
A. S.ald, old, andstrynd, generation, orstryn-an, to beget.
ALLTHOCHTE,conj.Although.Douglas.
A. S.all, all, andthohte, part. pa. q. "every thing taken into consideration."V.Thocht.
ALLUTERLIE, ALLUTTERLY,adv.Wholly, entirely.Douglas.
A. S.allomnis, anduter,utter, exterior, fromutextra.
ALL-WEILDAND,adj.All-governing.Wallace.
A. S.all, all, andweald-an, to govern; Franc.alluualt, Isl.all-valdur, omnipotent.
ALMANIE WHISTLE, a flagelet of a very small size, used by children, Aberd.
Thus denominated, because whistles of this kind were originally imported fromAlmanie, i. e. Germany.
ALMASER, ALMOSEIR,s.An almoner, or dispenser of alms.Dunbar.
FromAlmous, alms.
ALMERIE, ALMORIE,s.Anciently a place wherealmswere deposited or distributed; in latter times used to denote a press or cupboard, where utensils for house keeping are laid up; the same with E.ambry.Dunbar.
O. Fr.almoire,aumuire, A. S.almerige, repositorium, scrinium.
ALMOUS, ALMOWS, AUMIS,s.Alms, S.Almesse, O. E.Wyntown.
A. S.almes,almesse; Sw.almosa; Gr. ελεημοσυνα.
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.
Fromall, andquharewhere.
ALRY,adj.For its different senses, V.Elrische.
ALRYNE,s.Apparently a watch-tower, or the highest part of a castle.Maitland Poems.
Su. G.hall-adefendere,hallarepraesidium,hallarenawatchmen.
ALS,conj.As; generally employed in the first part of a comparison; "Alsfers as a lyoun," i. e. "As fierce as a lion."Wallace.
From A. S.ealles, omnino; oreall swa, ita, tam.
ALS, ALSE,adv.Also, in the same manner.V.Sua,Alsua.Barbour.
A. S.eall swa, etiam.
ALSAME, ALSAMEN,adv.Altogether.Douglas.
From A. S.eallall, andsametogether. Alem.alsamen, simul.
ALSMEKLE,adv.As much.Acts Ja. I.
Fromals, andmekle, much, great.
ALSONE,adv.As soon, withassubjoined.Barbour.
Properlyals sone, A. S.eall swa sona.
ALSUA,adv.Also.Barbour.
A. S.alswa, sicut.
ALSWYTH,adv.ForthwithBarbour.
Fromall, andswith, quickly, q. v.
ALUTERLY,adv.V.Alluterlie.
ALWAIES, ALWAYIS,conj.Although; notwithstanding, however.Bellenden.
AMAILLE,s.Enamel.King's Quair.
Fr. Belg.email, Dan.amel; Teut.mael-enpingere, A. S.mael, imago.
AMAIST,adv.Almost, S.ameast, Westmorel.Ross.
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.
AMBASSATE, AMBASSIAT,s.An embassy, as denoting the persons sent considered collectively.Douglas.
Fr.ambassade, id.
AMBRY,s.A press in which the provision for the daily use of a family in the country is locked up, S.V.Almerie.
ToAMEISE, AMESE, AMEYSS,v. a.To mitigate, to appease.Barbour.
Franc.mezz-an, Germ.mass-en, moderari, mitigare; C. B.masw, soft.
AMENE,adj.Pleasant.Douglas.
Lat.amoen-us, id.
AMERAND,adj.Green, verdant; probably writtenameraud.Douglas.
From the colour of the emerald, Fr.emeraud.
AMERIS, AUMERS,s. pl.Embers; aumers, S. B.Douglas.
A. S.aemyria, Belg.ameren, Isl.eimyria, favilla.
AMYRALE,s.An admiral.Wyntown.
Fr.amiral; Arab.amir, a lord,ameer al omrah, prince of the princes.
ToAMIT,v. a.to admit.Wallace.
AMMELYT,part. pa.Enamelled.Douglas.
Fr.emaill-er, L. B.amayl-are, id.
ToAMMONYSS,v. a.To admonish, to counsel.V.Monesting.Barbour.
AMORETTIS,s. pl.Loveknots, garlands.King's Quair.
Fr.amourettes, love-tricks, dalliances, Cotgr.
ToAMOVE, AMOW,v. a.To move with anger, to vex, to excite.Wyntown.
Fr.emouv-oir, id.
AMOUR,s.Love.Douglas.
Fr. id. Lat.amor.
AMSCHACH,s.A misfortune. S. B.Ross.
Ir. Gael.anshogh, adversity, misery.
AMSHACK,s.Noose, fastening; probably the same withHam-shackel, q. v.Gl. Sibb.
ToAN,v. a.1. To appropriate, to allot as one's own.Sir Tristrem.2. To owe, to be indebted to.Sir Trist.
Su. G.egn-aproprium facere, fromegenproprius; A. S.agnianpossidere, fromagenproprius.
AN, AND,conj.1. If, S. "If, andAn, spoils mony a gude charter," S. Prov.Barbour.2. Sometimes used as equivalent to E.although.W. Guthrie.
Su. G.aensi, et; Isl.end, id.
ToANALIE,v. a.To dispone, to alienate; a juridical term.Reg. Maj.
By transposition from Lat.alien-are.
ANALIER,s.One who alienates property, by transporting it to another country.
Lat.alien-ator.
Stat. Rob. I.
ToANAME,v. a.To call over names, to muster.Wyntown.
ToANARME, ANNARME,v. a.To arm.Acts Ja. I.
ANCLETH, HANCLETH,s.The ancle.Gl. Sibb.
AND,conj.V.An.
ANE,adj.One, S.Barbour.
Moes. G.ain; A. S.an,ane; anc. Su. G.an; mod. Su. G.en; Isl. Germ.ein; Belg.een, id.
ANE,article, signifying one, but with less emphasis.Barbour.
ToANE,v. n.To agree, to accord. Pret.anyd.Wyntown.
Germ.ein-en, concordare, convenire; Su. G.en-a, firmiter aliquid proponere; Isl.eining, unio; Su. G.enig; Germ.einig. concors.
ANEABIL,s.A single woman; properly one who is used as a concubine.Reg. Maj.
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 withAfald.Douglas.
ANELIE,adv.Only.R. Bruce.
ANELYD,part. pa.Aspired; literally, panted for.Wyntown.
Fr.anhel-er, to aspire after; Lat.anhel-are, L. B.anel-are.
ANENS, ANENST, ANENT, ANENTIS,prep.1. Over against, opposite to, S.Barbour.2. Concerning, about, in relation to; still used by old people, S.Acts Ja. I.
Gr. αναντι, oppositum; A. S.ongean, ex adverso.
ToANERD, ANNERE.V.Anherd.
ANERLY, ANYRLY,adv.Only, alone, singly. Henceallanerly.Barbour.
A. S.anre, tantum; Germ.einer, solus, fromanandein, unus.
ANERLY, ANERLIE,adj.Single, solitary; only.G. Buchanan.
ANETH,prep.Beneath, S.Bord. Minstrelsy.
A. S.onin, andneothan, deorsum; Isl.nedan, Belg.neden. Su. G.ned. id.
ANEUCH,adv.(gutt.) Enough, S.Dunbar.
A. S.genog,genoh, satis, deduced by H. Tooke fromgenog-an, multiplicare; perhaps rather from Moes. G.janohmulti, many.
ANEWIS,s. pl."Budding flowers," Tytler.King's Quair.
Perhaps rings, from Fr.anneau, annulus.
ANGELL-HEDE,s.The hooked or barbed head of an arrow.Wallace.
A. S. Dan. Germ.angel, a hook, an angle; Teut.anghel, a sting, O. Teut.anghel-en, to sting.
ANGIR,s.Grief, vexation.Wyntown.
Gr. ἀγγρις, grief; Isl.angr, dolor, moeror; Su. G. Isl.angra, dolore afficere, deduced by Ihre fromaung-apremere, arctare.
ToANHERD, ANERD, ANNERE, ENHERDE,v. n.To consent, to adhere.Wyntown.
A. S.anhraed,anraed, signifies constans, concors, unanimis; apparently fromanone, andraedcounsel. But I find O. Fr.enherdancerendered by Roquefort, adherence, attachment. Lat.inhaerere, to cleave, or stick fast in, or to, is therefore the more probable origin.
ANIEST,adv.orprep.On this side of, Ayrs.; q. "on the nearest side." This is opposed toAdist,adiest, on that side.
A. S. onneawiste, in vicinia, prope ad; oronandneahstproximus, fromneahnear, E.nigh.
ANYD,pret.Agreed.V.Ane,v.
ANYNG,s.Agreement, concord.Wyntown.
ANIS, ANYS, AINS,adv.Once; pron. asainze, oryince, S.eenze, S. B.Douglas.
The genit. of A. S.an, unus, one,anesunius, also rendered semel, q. actio unius temporis.
ANIS, ANNIS,s. pl.1. Asses.Chron. S. P.2. Metaphor used for foolish fellows.Bannatyne P.
Fr.asne, Lat.asinus; Su. G.asna, Isl.esne.
ANYS, the genitive ofAne, one.V.Anis.
ANKER-SAIDELL, HANKERSAIDLE,s.A hermit, an anchorite.Philotus.
A. S.ancer-setle, an anchorite's cell or seat, a hermitage; fromancer, a hermit, Lat.anachoreta, Gr. αναχωρητης.
ANKERSTOCK,s.A large loaf, of an oblong form. The name is extended to a wheaten loaf, but properly belongs to one made of rye, S.Gl. Sibb.
Q. ananchorite'sstock, or supply; or from some fancied resemblance to thestockof ananchor.
ANLAS,s.Properly "a kind of knife or dagger usually worn at the girdle," as the term occurs in Chaucer; but used to denote a pike fixed in the cheveron of a horse.Sir Gawan.
Franc.anelaz,analeze, adlaterale telum, fromlezlatus, the side; C. B.anglas, a dagger; L. B.anelac-ius, id.
ANN,s.A half-year's salary legally due to the heirs of a minister, in addition to what was due expressly according to the period of his incumbency, S.Acts Cha. II.
Fr.annate, L. B.annata.
ANMAILLE,s.Enamel.V.Amaille.
ToANORNE,v. a.To adorn.Douglas.
L. B.inorn-are, Tertullian.
ANSE, ANZE, ENSE,conj.Else, otherwise, Ang.
Allied perhaps to Su. G.annarsalias.
ToANTER,v. n.1. To adventure, S. B.Ross.2. To chance, to happen, S. B.Journ. Lond.3. In the form of a participle, as signifying occasional, single, rare.Anantrin ane, one of a kind met with singly and occasionally, or seldom, S.Ferguson.
To be viewed as the same withAunter, q. v.
ANTERCAST,s.A misfortune, a mischance, S. B.Ross.
Anter, oraunter, adventure, andcast, a chance, q. something accidental.
ANTETEWME,s."Antetune, antiphone, response," L. Hailes.Bannatyne P.
ANTYCESSOR, ANTECESSOWR, ANTECESTRE,s.An ancestor, a predecessor. Lat.antecessor.Wallace.
APAYN,part. pa.Provided, furnished.Barbour.
Fr.appan-é, having received a portion,appan-erto give a portion, L. B.apan-are, id. frompain, Lat.pan-is, as originally denoting the supply of bread and other necessaries of life.
APAYN,adv.1. Reluctantly, unwillingly; sometimes written distinctly,a payn.Barbour.2. Hardly, scarcely.Wallace.3. It seems improperly used forin case.Wallace.4. Under pain, at the risk of. In editions,on payn.Wallace.
Fr.à peine, "scarcely, hardly, not without much ado," Cotgr.
A PER SE, "An extraordinary or incomparable person; like the letterA by itself, which has the first place in the alphabet of almost all languages;" Rudd. Chaucer id.Douglas.
APERSMAR, APIRSMART,adj.Crabbed, ill-humoured;snell,calschie, S. synon.Douglas.
A. S.afor,afre, Isl.apur,asper, (asapurkylde, acre frigus); and A. S.smeorte, Su. G.smarta, pain. Haldorson remarks, that the Isl. term is also applied to one of austere manners.
APERT,adj.Brisk, bold, free.Barbour.
Fr.appert, expert, prompt; Lat.apparat-us, prepared.
APERT.In apert,adv.Evidently, openly.Barbour.
Fr.apert,appert, open, evident; fromappar-oir, Lat.appar-ere, to appear.
APERTLY,adv.Briskly, readily.V.Apert,adj.Barbour.
APIEST, APIECE,conj.Although.V.Allpuist.
APILL RENYEIS,s. pl.A string, or necklace of beads; q. areinor bridle of beads, formed likeapples.Dunbar.
APLIGHT,adv.Completely; O. E.apliht.Sir Tristrem.
A. S.onandplihtpericulum,pliht-anpericulo objicere se.
APON, APOUN,prep.Upon, S.Barbour.
A. S.ufa, Su. G.uppa, insuper, andon.
APORT, APORTE,s.Deportment, carriage.Wyntown.
Fr.apport, fromapport-er, to carry; Lat.adandport-are.
ToAPPAIR,v. a.To injure, to impair, O. E.apeir.Detect. Q. Mary.
Fr.emper-er, id.
V.Pare,v.
APPARELLE, APPARYLE, APPARAILL,s.Equipage, furniture for warfare, preparations for a siege, whether for attack or defence; ammunition.Barbour.
Fr.appareil, provision, furniture, preparations for war.
APPIN,adj.Open, S.Complaynt S.
Dan.aabenapertus; Isl.opnaforamen. Wachter derives Germ.offen, apertus, fromaufup.
APPLERINGIE,s.Southernwood, S. Artemisia abrotanum, Linn.
Fr.apiléstrong, andauronnesouthernwood, from Lat.abrotanum, id.
ToAPLEIS, APPLESS,v. a.To satisfy, to content, to please.Wallace.
Apparently from an obsolete Fr. v. of the form ofapplaire.
APPLY,s.Plight, condition.Sir Egeir.
Fr.plistate, habit.
ToAPPORT,v. a.To bring, to conduce.
Fr.apport-er, id.
R. Bruce.
ToAPPREUE, APPRIEVE,v. a.To approve.Douglas.
Fr.approuver, Lat.approbare.
AR, ARE,adv.Formerly; also, early.V.Air.
ToAR, ARE, ERE,v. a.To plough, to till, S.to ear, EDouglas.
Moes. G.ar-ian, Su. G.aer-ia. Isl.er-ia, A. S.er-ian, Alem.err-en, Germ.er-en, Gr. αρ-ειν, Lat.ar-are. Ihre views Heb. ץארar-etz, earth, as the fountain.
ARAGE, ARRAGE, ARYAGE, AUARAGE, AVERAGE,s.Servitude due by tenants, in men and horses, to their landlords. This custom is not entirely abolished in some parts of Scotland. "Arageand carriage" is a phrase still commonly used in leases.Skene.
L. B.averag-ium, fromaver-ia, a beast for work; and this perhaps from Fr.ouvrework.
ToARAS, ARRACE,v. a.1. To snatch or pluck away by force.Wyntown.2. To raise up.Douglas.
This sense is so different from the former, that it might rather seem to be put forarraise, 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-gilliflower, Orkn.Neill.
ARBY-ROOT,s.The root of the sea-pink, or Statice armeria, Orkn.
ARCH, ARGH, AIRGH, ERGH, (gutt.)adj.1. Averse, reluctant; often including the idea of timidity as the cause of reluctance, S.Douglas.2. Apprehensive, filled with anxiety, S. Chaucer,erke, weary, indolent.Popul. Ball.
A. S.earg, desidiosus, iners, slothful, sluggish,earhfugax, "timorous, and ready to run away for fear," Somn. Isl.arg-ur, reformidans;arg-rpiger, deses; Su. G.arg, ignavus. Among the Gothsargur, L. B.arga, denoted a poltroon, a coward.
ToARCH, ARGH,v. n.To hesitate, to be reluctant.V.Ergh,v.
ARCHNES, ARGHNESS,s.1. Reluctance, backwardness.Wodrow.2. Obliquely used for niggardliness, q. reluctance to part with any thing.Legend Bp. St Androis.
ToAREIK, ARREIK,v. a.To reach, to extend.Douglas.
A. S.arecc-an, assequi, to get, to attain.
AREIR,adv.Back.To rin areir, to decline.Lyndsay.
Fr.arrierebackward; Lat.a retro.
ARESOUND,pret.Perhaps, called in question; Fr.aresoner, interroger, questionner, demander;ratiocinari; Gl. Roquefort.Aresonis used by R. Brunne in the sense of persuade, or reason with.
Sir Tristrem.
ARETTYT,part. pa.Accused, brought into judgment.Barbour.
L. B.rect-are,ret-are,arett-are, accusare, in jus vocare, Du Cange.
ARGENT CONTENT, Ready money. Fr.argent comptant, id.Bellenden.
ToARGH,v. n.To hesitate.V.Arch, andErgh,v.
ARGIE,s.Assertion in a dispute, the specific plea which one uses in disputation, S. B.
Su. G.ierga, semper eadem obgannire; Isl.iarg-r, keen contention.
ToARGLE-BARGLE, AURGLE-BARGIN,v. n.To contend, to bandy backwards and forwards, S.Argle-bargin, Loth.Eaggle-bargin, synon.Ramsay.
Isl.argenraged,jarg-ato contend.
ToARGONE, ARGOWNE, ARGWE, ARGEW,v. a.1. To argue, to contend by argument.Bannatyne Poems.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 custodiendis praepositus, Dict. Trev.
ToARGUMENT,v. a.To prove, to shew.Crosraguel.
Lat.argument-ari, to reason.
ARK,s.A large chest, especially one used for holding corn or meal, S.Bannatyne Poems.
A. S.arce,erce, a chest, a coffer; Alem.arca; Su. G.ark, Lat.arca, Gael.arc.
Hence,
Eel-Ark,s.That kind of box which is placed in lakes, ponds, &c., for catching and retainingeels; a term common in old deeds.
ARKof a Mill, the place in which the centre-wheel runs, S.
ARK-BEIN, the bone called theos pubis, S. B.
ToARLE,v. a.1. To give an earnest of any kind, S.2. To give a piece of money for confirming a bargain, S.3. To put a piece of money into the hand of a seller, at entering into a bargain, as a security that he shall not sell to another while he retains this money, S.Skene.
L. B.arrh-are, arrhis sponsam dare, Fr.arrh-er,arr-er.
ARLES, ERLIS, ARLIS, ARLIS-PENNY, AIRLE PENNY,s.1. An earnest of whatever kind, a pledge of full possession, S. A. Bor.Wyntown.2. A piece of money given for confirming a bargain, S. A. Bor.Acts Ja. IV.3. A piece of money put into the hands of a seller when one begins to cheapen any commodity; as a pledge that the seller shall not strike a bargain, or even enter into terms with another while he retains thearles, S.
Lat.arrhabo,arrha, Gael.iarlus, id.
ARLICH, ARLITCH,adj.Sore, fretted, painful, S. B.V.Arr.
Su. G.argiratus,arg-a laedere, Dan.arrig, troublesome; as we say, "an angry sore;" or from Su. G.aerrcicatrix, whenceaerrigvulneratus.
ARLY,adv.Early.Barbour.
A. S.arlice, matutinè.
ARMYN, ARMYNG.s.Armour, arms.Wyntown.
ARN,s.The alder; a tree, S. pronounced in some counties q.arin.
C. B.uern, Arm.vern,guern, Gael.fearn, alnus.
ARN,v. subst.Are, the third pers. plural; Chaucerarn.Sir Gawan.
A. S.aron, sunt.
ARNS,s. pl.The beards of corn, S. B. synon.awns.
Franc.arnspica.
ARNUT, LOUSY ARNOT,s.Tall oat-grass or pignut; Bunium bulbocastanum, or flexuosum, Linn. S.Yurnut.A. Bor.Lightfoot.
Corr. fromearth-nut.
ARR,s.A scar, S. A. Bor.Pock-arrs, the marks left by the small-pox, S. Lancash.
Su. G.aerr, Isl.aer, cicatrix.
ARRED,part. adj.Scarred, having the marks of a wound or sore.Hence,Pock arred, marked by the small-pox, S.
Dan.arredcicatrised; Isl.aerracicatrices facere.
ToARRACE.V.Aras.
ARRONDELL,s.The swallow, a bird.Burel.
Fr.arondelle,hirondelle, from Lat.hirundo, id.
ARSECOCKLE,s.A hot pimple on the face or any part of the body, S. B. The term seems originally to have been confined to pimples on the hips; synon. with Teut.aers bleyne, tuberculus in ano.
ARSEENE,s.The quail.Houlate.
A. S.aerschen, coturnix, alsoerschenn, fromerscandhenn, q. gallina vivarii.
ARSELINS,adv.Backwards, Clydes. S. B.Ross.
Belg.aersel-en, to go backwards;aerselingreceding;aerselincks, retro.
ARSOUN,s.Buttocks.Barbour.
ART, ARD.This termination of many words, denoting a particular habit or affection, is analogous to Isl. and Germ.art, Belg.aart, nature, disposition; as E.drunkard,bastard; Fr.babillard, a stutterer; S.bombard,bumbart, a drone,stunkart, of a stubborn disposition;hastard, hasty, passionate.
ARTandPART, Accessory to, or abetting, a forensic phrase, S. used in a bad sense.Artdenotes the instigation or advice,Partthe share that one has in the commission of a crime.Erskine.
The terms are frequently used in the way of discrimination, "Artorpart."
Wyntown.
Borrowed from the Lat. phrase,Artemetpartemhabuit.
ARTAILYE,s.Artillery; applied to offensive weapons of what kind soever, before the introduction of fire arms.V.Artillied.Wallace.
ARTATION,s.Excitement, instigation.Bellenden.
L. B.artatio, fromartoforarcto,arc, to constrain.
ARTILLIED,part. pa.Provided with artillery.Pitscottie.
Fr.artill-er, to furnish with ordinance.
ARTHURY'S HUFE, the name given to the constellation Arcturus.Douglas.V.Hoif.
ARTOW, Art thou? used interrogatively, S. the verb and pronoun being often, in colloquial language, conjoined in Scottish, as in Germ. and Isl.
Isl.ertu, id.
King's Quair.Ertow, id.Ywaine and Gawin.
AS,conj.Than, S. synon. withnor.Kelly.
AS, ASS, ASSE, ALSE,s.Ashes; plur.assis, S.assandaiss; A. Bor.ass, Cumberl.esse, id.Dunbar.
Moes. G.asja, Alem.asca, Germ. and Belg.asche, Su. G. and Isl.aska, cinis.
ASSHOLE,s.The place for receiving the ashes under the grate; S. Lancash.esshole,ashole, id.V.Preceding word.
ASCHET,s.A large flat plate on which meat is brought to the table, S.
Fr.assiette, "a trencher-plate," Cotgr.
ASYNIS,s. pl.Asses.Bellenden.
Fr.asne, Lat.asin-us.
ASK, AWSK,s.An eft, a newt; a kind of lizard, S.;asker, A. Bor.Wyntown.
Germ.eidechs,eidex; Franc.edehsa; A. S.athexe; Belg.egdisse,haagdisse, id. Wachter deduces the Germ. word fromey,eg, ovum, andtyg-engignere, q. "produced from an egg."
ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT,adv.Obliquely, asquint, on one side, S.Aslant, E.R. Bruce.
Swed.slant, obliquus, fromslindlatus.
ASPECT,s.The serpent called the asp, or aspik, Fr.aspic.Burel.
ASPERANS,adj.Lofty, elevated, pompous; applied to diction.Wallace.
Fr.aspirant, Lat.aspirans, aspiring.
ASPERT,adj.Harsh, cruel.King's Quair.
Fr.aspre, Lat.asper.
ASPYNE,s.From the connexion, apparently meant to denote a boat.Barbour.
Swed.esping, a long boat, Teut.hespinghe,espinck, cymba, a small boat.
ASPRE,adj.Sharp.V.Aspert.Wallace.
ASPRESPER,s.Perhaps q. "sharp spear;" likeasprebow, also used byBlind Harry.Wallace.
Fr.asper, dur, rude, bâton noueux; Gl. Roquefort.
ASPRIANCE,s.V.Asperans.
ToASS,v. a.To ask.Henrysone.
Germ.eisch-en, Fran.eiscon, interrogare.
ASS,s.Ashes.V.As.
ToASSAILYIE,v. a.To attack, to assail.Wallace.
Fr.assaill-ir; L. B.adsal-ire,assal-ire, invadere, aggredi.
ASSAYIS,s.Assize, convention.Wyntown.
ASSEDATION,s.1. A lease; a term still commonly used in our legal deeds, S.Balfour.2. The act of letting in lease.
L. B.assedatio.
Chalmerl. Air.
ToASSEGE,v. a.To besiege.Wyntown.
Fr.assieg-er, L. B.assidiare, obsidere; from Lat.ad, andsedeo.
ToASSEMBLE,v. n.To join in battle.Wyntown.
Fr.assembl-er, from Su. G.saml-a, Germ.saml-en, Belg.zamel-en, congregare; from Su. G. and Germ.sam, a prefix denoting association and conjunction.
ASSEMBLÉ,s.Engagement, battle.Wyntown.
ASSENYHE,s.The word of war.
Corr. fromEnsenyie, q. v.
Barbour.
ASSILAG,s.The stormy petrel, a bird; Procellaria pelagica, Linn.Martin.
Perhaps from Gael.eascal, Ir.eashal, a storm.
ASSILTRIE,s.An axle-tree.Douglas.
Fr.asseul, Ital.assile, axis.
ToASSYTH,ASSYITH, SYITH, SITHE,v. a.To make a composition to another, to satisfy, Old E.asseeth,asseth, id.Acts Ja. I.
Lat.adand A. S.sithe, vice; Skinner. Rather from Su. G. and Isl.saett-aconciliare; reconciliare. Ir. and Gael.sioth-am, to make atonement.
ASSYTH,ASSYTHMENT, SYTH, SITHEMENT,s.Compensation, satisfaction, atonement for an offence.Assythmentis still used as a forensic term. S. O. E.aseeth, Wiclif.Wyntown.
This word is still in use in our courts of law, as denoting satisfaction for an injury done to any party.Su. G.saett, reconciliation, or the fine paid in order to procure it.
ToASSOILYIE,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.Bellenden.
Old E.assoil,asoilen, andasoul, denote the absolution by a priest; P. Ploughman.
3. To pronounce absolution from sin, in consequence of confession.Abp. Hamiltoun.4. To absolve from guilt one departed, by saying masses for the soul; according to the faith of the Romish church.Barbour.5. Used improperly, in relation to the response of an oracle; apparently in the sense ofresolvingwhat is doubtful.Douglas.6. Also used improperly, as signifying to unriddle.Z. Boyd.
O. Fr.assoilé,absoillé, dechargé, absous, despensé; Gl. Roquefort; corr. from Lat.absolv-ere.
ToASSONYIE, ESSONYIE,v. a.1. To offer an excuse for absence from a court of law.Stat. K. Will.2. Actually to excuse; the excuse offered being sustained.Quon. Attach.3. To decline the combat, to shrink from an adversary.Wallace.O. E.asoyned, excused; R. Glouc.Essoine, a legal excuse, Chaucer.
V.Essonyie,s.
Fr.essoyner,exon-ier, to excuse from appearing in court, or going to the wars. Su. G.son-a, Germ.sun-en, to reconcile, to explain; Moes. G.sunj-an, to justify.
ASSURANCE,s.To takeassuranceof an enemy; to submit, to do homage, under the condition of protection.Complaynt S.
Fr.donner assurement, fidem dare; L. B.assecur-are, from Lat.adandsecur-us.
ASTALIT,part. pa.Decked or set out.Gawan and Gol.
Fr.estail-er, to display, to shew.
ToASTART, ASTERT,v. n.1. To start, to fly hastily.King's Quair.2. To start aside from, to avoid.King's Quair.
Teut.steert-en, to fly; Germ,starz-en, to start up.
ASTEER,adv.In confusion, in a bustling state; S. q.on stir.Ritson.
ASTRE,s.A star; Fr.Chron. S. Poet.
AT,conj.That; O. E. id. Gower.Barbour.
Dan. and Swed.at, quod; Su. G.att, a conjunction corresponding to Lat.ut.
AT,pron.That, which.Wyntown.
AT ALL,adv."Altogether," Rudd.; perhaps, at best, at any rate.Douglas.
ATANIS, ATTANIS, ATANYS, ATONIS,adv.At once; S. atainze.V.Anis,Anys.Gawan and Gol.
ATCHESON, ATCHISON,s.A billon coin, or rather copper washed with silver, struck in the reign of James VI., of the value of eight pennies Scots, or two-thirds of an English penny.Ruddiman.
From the name of the assay-master of the mint.
ATHARIST, Houlate III. 10.V.Citharist.
ATHE, AITH, AYTHE,s.An oath; plur.athis.Barbour.
Moes. G.aith, A. S.ath, Precop.eth, Isl.aed, Su. G.ed, Dan. and Belg.eed, Alem. and Germ.eid, juramentum.
ATHER,conj.Either.V.Athir.R. Bruce.
ATHIL, ATHILL, HATHILL,adv.Noble, illustrious.Houlate.
A. S.aethel, nobilis; whenceAetheling,Atheling, a youth of the blood royal; Su. G.adel, id.;adling, juvenis nobilis; deduced from ancient Gothicaelt, kindred. C. B.eddylis also equivalent to Lat. gens, cognatio.
ATHIL, HATHEL,s.A noble prince, a man, an illustrious personage; plur.athilles, (erroneouslyachilles,)hatheles.Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.
ATHIR, ATHYR,pron.1. Either, whichsoever.Wyntown.2. Mutual, reciprocal.Bellenden.
A. S.aegther, uterque.
V.Either.
ATHORT,prep.Through, S.;athwart, E.V.Thortour.Baillie.
ATHORT,adv.Abroad, far and wide.Baillie.
ATIR, EATIR,s.Gore, blood mixed with matter.Douglas.
A. S.ater,aetter,aettor; Alem.eitir, Isl. and Germ.eiter, Su. G.etter, venenum; from Alem.eit-en, to burn.
ATO,adv.In twain.Sir Tristrem.
A. S.on twa, in duo.
ATOUR,s.Warlike preparation.
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, circum; or Su. G.at, denoting motion towards a place, andoefwer, over.
ATOUR, ATTOUR,adv.1. Moreover,By and attour, id. Laws, S.Pitscottie.2. Out from, or at an indefinite distance from the person speaking, or the object spoken of.Douglas.To stand attour, to keep off;to go attour, to remove to some distance, S.By and attour,prep. Besides, over and above, S.Spalding.
ATRY, ATTRIE,adj.1. Purulent, containing matter; applied to a sore that is cankered, S.R. Bruce.2. Stern, grim, S. B.;attern, fierce, cruel, snarling; Gloucest.V.Atir,Eatir.Ross.
Belg.etterig, full of matter;eiter-en, to suppurate.
ATRYS,s. pl.Perhaps from Fr.atour, a French hood.Watson's Coll.
ATRYST,s.Appointment, assignation,V.Tryst.Dunbar.
ATTAMIE, A skeleton, S.
Abbreviated from Fr.anatomie.
ATTEILLE, ATTEAL, ATTILE,s.Apparently the wigeon; being distinguished from theteal.Acts Ja. VI.
Isl.tialld-r, turdus marinus.
ATTELED,part. pa.Aimed.Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.V.Ettle.
ATTEMPTAT,s.A wicked or injurious enterprise.Bellenden.
L. B.attemptat-io, nefaria molitio, scelus, Gall.attentat; Du Cange.
ATTER-CAP, ATTIR-COP,s.1. A spider, S.Attercop,attercob, id. A. Bor.Montgomery.2. An ill-natured person; one of a virulent or malignant disposition, S.
A. S.atter-coppe,atter-coppa, aranea, fromattervenenum, andcoppecalix, q. "acupfull ofvenom;" like Isl.eitrorma serpent, i. e. "a poisonous worm."
ATTOUR,prep.V.Atour.
ATWEESH,prep.Between.Shirrefs.
Franc.tuisc,entuishan, Belg.tuschen, inter.
AVA',adv.At all, S.Ross.
Corr. fromaforof, andall.
AVAILL,s.Abasement, humiliation.Dunbar.
Fr.aval-er,avall-er, to fall down;aval, en descendant, au bas, en bas;ad vall-em; Gl. Roquefort.
ToAUALE,v. n.To descend.V.Availl.Douglas.
AUANT, AWANT,s.Boast, vaunt; Chaucer, id.Douglas.
AVANTCURRIER,s.One of the fore-runners of an army, the same perhaps that are now called picquet-guards.Godscroft.
Fr.avantcoureur, fromavantbefore, andcourirto run.
AUCHINDORAS,s.A large thorn-tree at the end of a house; Fife.
AUCHLIT,s.Two stones weight, or a peck measure, being half of the Kirkcudbright bushel; Galloway.
AUCHT, AWCHT, (gutt.)pret.of Aw.1. Possessed.Auht, id. R.Brunne.Wyntown.2. Owed, was indebted, id. R. Brunne.Wyntown.
AUCHT, (gutt.)v. imp.Ought, should.Douglas.Auchtenoccurs in the same sense.Douglas.
A. S.aht-on, the third pers. plur. pret. of A. S.ag-an, possidere.
AUCHT,s.Possession, property; what is exclusively one's own.In aw my aucht, in my possession, viewed at its utmost extent, S.V.Best Aucht.Bannatyne Poems.
A. S.aht; Moes. G.aigin,aihn, peculiaris ac propria possessio.
AUCHT, (gutt.)adj.Eight, S.auhte, O. E. id. R. Brunne.Wyntown.
Moes. G.aht-au, A. S.eaht-a, Germ.aht, Belg.acht, Isl. and Su. G.att-a, Gael.ocht, Lat.oct-o.
AUCHTAND, AUCHTEN,adj.The eighth. Isl.aatunde, octavus.Douglas.
AVENAND,adj.Elegant in person and manners.Gawan and Gol.
Fr.advenant,avenant, handsome; also, courteous.
AVENTURE,In aventure,adv.Lest, perchance.V.Aunter.Bellenden.