Prod,Craw-prod,s.A pin fixed in the top of a gable, to which the ropes, fastening the roof of a cottage, were tied, S. B.Prod, and perh.crap, the top.
PROG, PROGUE,s.1. A sharp point, S.2. An arrow.P. Buch. Dial.
Prog-staff,s.A staff with a sharp iron point in its extremity, S. B.V.Brog,v.
ToPROYNE, PRUNYIE,v. a.1. To deck, to trim; applied to birds.K. Quair.2. Denoting the effeminate care of a male in decking his person.Doug.
Germ.prang-en, to make a shew; Su. G.prydn-ing, trimming.
PROKET,s.Proket of wax, apparently a small taper.
Fr.brochette, a prick or peg.
PROLOCUTOR,s.An advocate.Quon. Att.
Lat.proandloqui, to speak for.
Praeloquutour, id.Acts Ja. VI.
PROLONG,s.Procrastination.Wallace.
ToPROMIT,v. a.To promise.
Lat.promitt-o.
Bellenden.
Promit,s.A promise.Pal. Hon.
ToPROMOVE,v. a.To promote.
Lat.promov-eo.
Acts Parl.
PRON,s.Flummery, S. B.
Gael.pronn, pollard.
PRON'D, PRAN'D,part. pa.Bruised, wounded.Buchan.
Gael.pronn-am, to bruise.
PRONEVW, PRONEPUOY,s.A great grandson.
Lat.pronepos.
Wynt.
PROP,s.An object at which aim is taken, S.prap.Dunbar.Q. something supported above the level of the ground as a butt.
PROPYNE, PROPINE,s.1. A present, S.Douglas.2. Drink-money.Rutherford.3. The power of giving.Minstr. Bord.
Gr. προπιν-ω, Lat.propin-o, id. Hence Fr.propine, drink-money.
ToPropine,v. a.1. To present a cup to another.Rollocke.2. To present, in a general sense.Muse's Threnodie.
ToPROPONE,v. a.To propose.
Lat.propon-o.
Douglas.
ToPROPORTE,v. n.To mean.
E.purport, L. B.proport-are.
Doug.
PROSPECT,s.A perspective glass, S.
Fr.prospective; Lat.prospicio.
Baillie.
PROT,s.A trick.V.Pratt.
PROTEIR.
L.protegere.
Dunbar.
PROTY, PROTTY,adj.1. Handsome, elegant, S. B.P. Buch. Dial.2. Possessing mettle, S. B.Ross.
Isl.prud-r, decorus, A. S.praete, ornatus.
PROTICK,s.V.Prattick.
PROTTY,adj.V.Pratty.
PROVENTIS,s. pl.Profits.Knox.
Lat.provent-us.
PROVOST,s.The mayor of a royal burgh, S.
PROW,s.Profit.Maitland P.
Fr.prou, id.
PROWAN,s.Provender.Kelly.
Fr.provende, id.
PROWDE,adj.Magnificent.Wyntown.
Su. G.prud, id.
PROWDE,s.Fair, beautiful woman.Maitland P.
Su. G.prud, ornatus; Isl.frid, pulcher.
ToPRUNYIE,v. a.To trim.V.Proyne.
PTARMIGAN,s.The white game, S.
Gael.tarmoch-an.
Sibb.
PUBLIC-HOUSE,s.An inn, a tavern, S.Sir J. Sinclair.
PUCK HARY,s.A certain sprite or hobgoblin, S.Colvil.
Isl. Su. G.puke, daemon, spectrum.
PUD.Inkpud,s.An inkholder, Loth.
Teut.enck pot, atramentarium; orpuyd, suggestus, q. what supports.
PUD,s.A fondling designation for a child.
Isl.ped, homuncio, puer.
PUDDIE, PUDDY,s.A kind of cloth.
Teut.poote, pellis cervaria.
Ritson.
PUDDILL,s.A pedlar's pack or wallet.Gl. Sibb.
Teut.buydel, Fris.puyl, sacculus.
PUDDINGFILLAR,s.A glutton.Dunbar.
ToPUDDLE, PUDLE,v. n.1. To work diligently in a mean way, S. from E.puddle, a mire.Statist. Acc.2. Applied to laborious and frivolous engagement in the Popish ceremonies.R. Bruce.
PUDGE,s.A small house, a hut, Perths.
Isl.bud, Teut.boede, casa; O. Teut.poest, an ox-stall.
ToPUG,v. a.To pull, Perths.
PUIR,adj.Poor.V.Pure.
ToPuir,v. a.V.Pure,v.
PULAILE, POULAILE,s.Poultry.
L. B.poyllayllia, id.
Barbour.
ToPULCE,v. a.To impel.
Lat.puls-o.
Complaynt S.
PULDER,s.Powder, dust.
O. Fr.puldre, id.
Complaynt S.
Pulderit,part. pa.Sprinkled.Douglas.
PULLAINE GREIS,s.Greaves worn in war.Wallace.
L. B.polena, pars qua genua muniuntur.
PULL LING,s.A moss plant, S.
PULLISEE,s.A pulley, S.pullishee.Ramsay.
PULOCHS,s. pl.Patches, S. B.
Mod. Sax.pulten, id.
PULTRING,part. adj.Rutting, Perths.
Fr.poultre, a horse-colt.
ToPUMP,v. n.To break wind softly behind, S.
Isl.prump-a, pedere.
Pump,s.The act of breaking wind softly, S.
ToPUNCH,v. a.To jog with the elbow, S. O. E.
Sw.bunk-a, cum sonitu ferire.
Punch,s.A jog, a slight push, S.
PUNDELAYN,s.Barbour.
Fr.Pantaleon, the name of a saint much celebrated in former ages.
PUNDIE,s.A small tin mug for heating liquids, Perths.; originally containing apoundweight of water.
PUNDLAR, PUNDLER,s.An instrument for weighing, resembling a steelyard, Orkn.Barry.
Su. G.pundare, statera; frompund, libra.
PUNDLER, PUNLER,s.1. A distrainer, Ang.V.Poinder.Bann. MS.2. A stalk of peas bearing two pods, Ang.
ToPUNGE,v. a.V.Punye.
PUNGER,s.A species of crab.Sibbald.
PUNYE,s.A small body of men.Barbour.
Fr.poignée de gens, a handful of people.
ToPUNYE, PUNGE,v. a.1. To pierce.Wallace.2. To sting.Fordun.3. To sting; applied to the mind.Wallace.
O. Fr.poign-er, Lat.pungere.
PUNYOUN,s.Side, party.V.Opinion.Wallace.
PUNSIS, PUNCIS,s. pl.Pulses.
Corr. frompulse.
Montgomerie.
PURCHES,s.1. An amour.Douglas.
O. Fr.porchaz, intrigue.
2. Space for exertion, S.3.To live onone'spurchase, to live by one's wits, S.
PURE, PUIR,adj.Poor, S.Douglas.
O. Fr.poure, id.
Puirlie,adv.Humbly.K. Hart.
Pure man,s.A beggar, S.K. Quair.
ToPure,Puir,v. a.To impoverish.Wallace.
PURED,part. adj.Furred.Sir Gawan.
PURELLIS,s. pl.V.Pouerall.
PURFLED, PURFILLIT,part. adj.Short-winded, S.
PURIE,s.A small meagre person, Orkney.
PURLE,s.A pearl.Watson.
PURL,s.1. A portion of the dung of sheep or horses, S.Ess. Highland Soc.
Su. G.porl-a, scaturire.
2. Dried cow-dung, used for fuel, Fife, S. A.
PURLICUE, PARLICUE,s.1. A flourish at the end of a word in writing, Aberd.
Fr.pour le queue, q. for the tail.
2. In pl. whims, trifling oddities, Ang.
PURLIE-PIG,s.V.Pirlie-pig.
PURPOSE-LIKE,adj.Apparently well qualified for any business, S.Sir J. Sinclair.
PURPRESTRE,s.A violation of the property of a superior.Reg. Maj.
Fr.pourprendre, invadere.
PURRAY, PURRY,s.A species of fur.
Fr.fourrée, id.
Acts Ja. I.
PURRY,s.A kind of porridge, Aberd.Pop. Ball.
PURRING-IRNE,s.A poker, Ang.
Teut.poyer-en, fodicare.
PURSY,s.Short-breathed and fat.
O. Fr.pourcif, id.
Gl. Sibb.
PURSILL,s.As much money as fills a purse, S. B. q.purse-fill.
PURS-PYK,s.A pickpocket.Dunbar.
PURTYE, POORTITH,s.Poverty.
S. O. Fr.poureté.
Bannatyne P.
ToPUT,v. n.To push with the head or horns, S.Douglas.
Teut.bott-en, C. B.pwt-iaw, id.
ToPutat,v. a.To push against.Knox.
ToPuton,v. a.To jogg, to give a gentle push, S.Leg. St Androis.
Put,Putt,s.1. A thrust, a push, S.Knox.2. Metaph. an attempt.Pennecuik.
ToPut,v. n.To throw a heavy stone above-hand, S.Ramsay.
C. B.pwt-iaw, to push, to thrust.
PutandRow,adv.With difficulty, S.Ross.
Putting-stone,s.A heavy stone used inputting, S.Pennant.
ToPutout,v. a.To discover, to make a person known who wishes to conceal himself, S.
PUTTER,s.Acorr. ofpetard.Spalding.
PUTTER,s.Acorr. ofpetard.Spalding.
QUAICH, QUEYCH, QUEGH, QUEFF,s.A small and shallow drinking cup with two ears.Ferguson.
Ir. Gael.cuach, a cup or bowl.
QUAID,adj.Evil.Pal. of Hon.
Alem.quad, Belg.quaad, malus.
QUAIFF, QUEIF,s.A coif.Philotus.
Teut.koyffe, Su. G.kwif, id.
QUAIK,s.The wheezing sound emitted in consequence of great exertion.Douglas.
Teut.quack-en, Lat.coax-are.
QUAILYIE, QUALYIE,s.A quail.Acts Marie.
QUAIR, QUERE,s.A book.Lyndsay.
Isl.kwer, libellus, codicillus; O. Fr.quayer, a book, id.
QUAKING ASH,s.The asp or aspen, S.
QUALIM,s.Ruin.Douglas.
Alem.qualm, excidium.
QUARREL,s.A stone quarry, S.V.Querrell.
QUARTER-ILL,s.A disease among cattle, affecting them only in one limb orquarter, S.Pop. Ball.
ToQUAT,v. a.To quit, S.
Quat,adj.Released from, S.Ramsay.
QUAUIR,s.A quiver.Douglas.
QUEET,s.The ancle, Aberd.V.Cute.Ross.
QUEY, QUY, QUOY, QUYACH, QUOYACH, QUEOCK, QUYOK,s.A cow of two years old, S.Acts Malc. II.
Dan.quie, Su. G.quiga, id.
QUEYN, QUEAN,s.A young woman, S.Gl. Sibb.
A. S.cwen, Su. G.qwinna, mulier.
QUEINT, QUENT,adj.1. Curious.Douglas.2. Strange, wonderful.Douglas.3. Cunning, crafty.Douglas.
O. Fr.coint, bien fait, sage; Arm.coant.
Quentis,s.Elegant device.Barbour.
O. Fr.cointise, ornement, ajustement.
Queint,Queynt,s.A wile, a device;
O. Fr.cointe.
Wyntown.
ToQUEINTH, QUEITH,v. a.To pacify, or to bid farewell to.Douglas.
Su. G. Isl.qwaed-ia, salutare; valedicere.
QUELLES,s. pl.Yells.Sir Gawan.
Su. G. Isl.qwill-a, ejulare.
ToQUEME,v. a.To fit exactly;queem, Lanerks.Quemit,part. pa.
Queme,adj.Exactly fitted, used as anadv.Queem, Lanerks. id.Douglas.
Teut.quaem,be-quaemaptus.
QUEMIT,part. pa.Exactly fitted.Pal. of Hon.
Franc.biquamcongruit, convenit.
QUENRY,s.Abundance of bad women.Chr. S. P.
A. S.cwen, mulier, andric, dives.
QUENT, QUENTISS.V.Queint.
QUENT,adj.Familiar, acquainted.
Fr.accoint, id.
Bellenden.
QUERRELL, QUAREL,s.A quarry, S. B.Bellenden.
Fr.quarrel-er, to pave with flat stones.
QUERT,s.In quert, in a state of hilarity.S. P. Repr.
C. B.chwaer-u, to be active;chwar-eu, to sport;chwareuad,chwuareuaeth, sport, merriment;chwarth, a laugh; Arm.choar-i, jouer.
Quierty,Querty,adj.1. Lively, possessing a flow of animal spirits, S.2. Active, Ayrs., Dumfr.
QUESTES,s. pl.Noise of hounds.Sir Gawan.
Fr.quest-er, to open as a dog.
QUETHING.V.Queinth.Douglas.
QUH, expressing a strong guttural sound, S.
QUHA, QUHAY,pron.Who;quhays, whose, S.Douglas.
QUHAYE,s.Whey.Flot quhaye, a delicate sort of curd which floats at the top of whey when boiled, S.Complaynt S.
A. S.hweg, Belg.weye,huy.
QUHAYNG, WHANG,s.1. A thong, S.
A. S.thwang.
Bellenden.Ay at the whittle and the quhang, S. Prov. Still in a broil; Sw.tweng, id.2. A thick slice of any thing eatable, S.Burns.
ToQuhang,Whang,v. a.1. To flog, S.2. To lash in discourse.Burns.3. To cut in large slices, S.
QUHAIP, QUHAUP, WHAAP,s.A curlew, S.Acts Marie.
Quhaip,Quhaup,s.A goblin supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after night fall, having a long beak, Ayrs.
QUHAM,s.1. A dale among hills, S.2. A marshy hollow, Loth.
Isl.hwamm-r, convallicula seu semivallis;hwome, vorago.
QUHARE,adv.Where.S. P. Repr.
Quhairintil,adv.Wherein.R. Bruce.
QUHA-SAY,s.A sham, a pretence.Leg. St Androis.
Corr. perh. from Lat.quasi, as if.
QUHATKYN, QUHATEN. What kind of; S.whattin.V.Kin.Barbour.
QUHATSUMEUIR,adj.Whatsoever.Crosraguel.
ToQUHAUK,v. a.To beat, S. E.
QUHAUP,s.A curlew.V.Quhaip.
QUHAUP, WHAAP.There's a whaap in the raip, S. Prov. There is something wrong.Kelly.
QUHAUP,s.A pod in the earliest state, S.
ToWhaup, or to beWhauped,v. n.To assume the form of pods, S. B.
ToQuhaup,v. a.To shell peas, S. B.
ToQUHAWCH,v. n.V.Quaik.
QUHAWE,s.A marsh, a quagmire.
C. B.chwi, a whirl;chwiawg, full of whirls.
Wyntown.
QUHEYNE, QUHENE, QUHOYNE, QUHONE,adj.Few, S.Barbour.
Quhene, S.wheen,s.A small quantity.
A. S.hwaene,hwene, aliquantum, paulo.
ToQUHEMLE, WHOMMEL,v. a.To turn upside down, S.whummil.Bellenden.
Su. G.hwiml-a, vertigine laborare.
QUHETHIR, THE QUHETHYR,conj.However.Barbour.
A. S.hwaethere, tamen, attamen.
ToQUHETHIR,v. n.V.Quiddir.
ToQUHEW,v. n.To whiz, to whistle.
C. B.chwaw-iaw, to blow.
Burel.
Quhew,s.1. The sound produced by the motion of any body through the air with velocity; S. B.few.Douglas.2. A disease which proved extremely fatal in Scotland, A. 1420; occasioned, as would appear from the description, by the unnatural temperature of the weather.Fordun.
C. B.chwa,chwaw, a blast, a gust.
V.Quhich.
QUHY,s.A cause, a reason.K. Quair.
ToQUHICH, QUHIGH, QUHIHHER, (gutt.)v. n.To move through the air with a whizzing sound, S. B.Minstrelsy Bord.
A. S.hweoth,hwith, flatus, aura lenis.
ToQUHID, WHUD,v. n.1. To whisk, to move nimbly, S.Ramsay.2. To fib, to equivocate, S.
C. B.chwidraw, to move quickly; also to juggle;hwidrar, pernix fertur.
Quhyd,Whid.1. A quick motion, S.2. A smart stroke.Burel.3.In a whid, in a moment, S.R. Galloway.4. A lie, properly in the way of evasion.
Isl.hwida, fervida actio; C. B.chwid, a quick turn.
ToQUHIDDIR, QUHETHYR,v. a.To whiz, S.V.Quhich.Barbour.
A. S.hwother-an, to make a booming noise.
Quhidder,s.A whizzing sound, S.whithir.Douglas.
QUHIDDER,s.A slight and transient indisposition, S.quhither.
A. S.hwith; q. a passing blast.
QUHIG, WHIG,s.The sour part of cream, which separates from the rest, S.
A. S.hwaeg, serum, whey.
Gl. Compl.
QUHILE, QUHILIS,adv.At times.Wyntown.
Moes. G.quheil-a, A. S.hwil, time.
Quhile,Quhil,adv.Some time, formerly.Barbour.
Quhile,Quhille,adj.Late, deceased.Barbour.
QUHILK,pron.Which, who, S.Wynt.
A. S. Dan.hwilc, Belg.welk, id.
QUHILK,s.An imitative word expressing the cry of a gosling.Compl. S.
QUHILL,conj.Until, S.Barbour.
A. S.hwile, donec, until.
QUHILLY BILLY, the noise made in violent coughing or reaching.V.Hillie-billow.Lyndsay.
QUHYLUM, QUHILOM,adv.1. Some time ago.Wyntown.2. At times.V.Umquhile.Barbour.3. Distributively; now, then.Dunbar.
A. S.hwilom,hwilum, aliquando.
QUHYN, QUHIN-STANE,s.Green-stone; the name given to basalt, trap, &c. S.Douglas.
Isl.hwijn-a, resonare;hwin, resonans; q. "the resounding stone."
ToQUHYNGE,v. n.To whine, S. wheenge.Douglas.
Su. G.weng-a; plorare.
ToQUHIP, WIPP,v. a.To bind about, S.
Moes. G.waib-jan, to surround; Isl.wef, circumvolvo.
Quhippis,s. pl.Crowns.Gl. Sibb.
Moes. G.waips, corona.
ToQUHIRR,v. n.To emit such a sound as that of a partridge or moorfowl, when it takes flight, S.whurr.
E.whirringis used as anadj. Su. G.hurr-a, murmurare, cum impetu circumagi.
Quhirr,s.The sound of an object moving, as above expressed, S.whurr.
ToQUHISSEL, WISSIL,v. a.1. To exchange.Douglas.2. To change; used as to money, S. B.Acts Ja. V.
Belg.wissel-en, Germ.wechsel-n, Su. G.waexl-a, id.
Quhissel,Whissle,Wissel,s.Change given for money, S. B.Burns.
Belg.wissel, Germ.weschell, id.
Quhysselar,s.1. A changer of money.2. A person employed privately to raise the price of goods sold by auction.
Teut.wisseler, id.
Gl. Sibb.
ToQUHYTE, WHEAT,v. a.To cut with a knife; usually applied to wood, S.
A. S.thwit-an,thweot-an, id.
QUHYTE,adj.Hypocritical, dissembling.Douglas.
Whiteused metaph. likefair, specious.
QUHITE MONEY,silver.Acts Ja. V.
Su. G.hwita penningar, silver money.
QUHITHER,s.A slight illness.V.Quhidder.
QUHYTYSS,s. pl.Barbour.
O. Fr.heutte, a hat worn by military men; L. B.huveti, vestis species, viewed as a sort of mantle.
QUHITRED, QUHITTRET,s.The weasel, S.;whitrack, Moray.Sibbald.
Isl.hwatur, Su. G.hwat, quick, fleet; C. B.chwidrad, unsteady motion;chwid-rawg, full of giddiness.
QUHITSTANE,s.A whetstone.Doug.
Teut.wet-sten, cos.
ToQUHITTER, QUITTER,v. n.1. To warble, to chatter, S.Douglas.2. Applied to the quick motion of the tongue.Douglas.
Su. G.qwittr-a, Belg.quetter-n, garrire instar avium.
QUHOYNE,adj.Few.V.Quheyne.
ToQUHOMMEL,v. a.V.Quhemle.
QUHONNAR,adj.Fewer.V.Quheyne.Barbour.
QUHOW,adv.How.Abp. Hamiltoun.
ToQUHRYNE,v. n.1. To squeak.Montgomerie.2. To murmur, to whine.Douglas.
A. S.hrin-an, Isl.hrin-a, ejulare, mugire.
Quhryne,s.A whining or growling sound.Douglas.
QUY, QUYACH,s.V.Quey.
QUIBOW,s.A branch of a tree, S. B.
Ir. Gael.caobh, id.
QUICH, (gutt.)s.A small round-eared cap for a woman's head, worn under another, Ang.
Su. G.hwif; C. B.penguwch, id., frompen, head, andcuwch, the brows, or knitting of them.
QUICKEN,s.Couch-grass.Lightfoot.
Sw.qwick-hwete,qwick-rot,qwicka, id.
QUIERTY,adj.Lively.V.Quert.
QUIETIE,s.Privacy.Lyndsay.
ToQUIN,v. a.To con.Maitland P.
QUYNYIE, QUYNIE, QUEINGIE,s.A corner.
O. Fr.coing, id.
Journal Lond.
QUINK, QUINCK,s.Golden-eyed duck, Orkn.Acts Marie.
Norw.quink-e, to pipe.
QUINTER,s.A ewe in her third year; q.twinter, her second year being completed.Gl. Sibb.
QUIRIE,s.The royal stud.Spotswood.
Fr.ecurie, id.
QUISQUOUS,adj.Nice, perplexing, S.
Lat.quisquis.
Wodrow.
QUYTE,part. pa.Requited.Gawan and Gol.
ToQUITTER,v. n.V.Quhitter.
ToQUYTCLEYME,v. a.To renounce all claim to.Wallace.
Qwyt-cleme,s.Renunciation.Wyntown.
QUOD,pret. v.Quoth, said, S.
Alem.quad, dixi.
Complaynt S.
QUOY,s.A young cow.V.Quey.
QUOY,s.1. A piece of ground, taken in from a common, and inclosed, Orkn.2.Sheep quoy, a penn; synon. withbucht, Orkn.
Isl.kwi, claustrum, ubi oves includuntur.
3.A ringit quoy, one which has originally been of a circular form, ibid.