MOSINE, s. The touchhole of a piece of
ordnance; metaph. S. motion-hole.
Z. Boyd.
MOSS, s.
1. A marshy place, S.
Barbour.
2. A place where peats may be digged,
S.
Statist. Acc.
Su. G. mose, mossa, id., locus uliginosus.
Moss-bummer, s. The Bittern, S. A., from its booming sound.
Moss-cheeper, s.
1. The Marsh Titmouse.
Sibbald.
2. The Tit-lark, S.
Fleming.
Moss-corns, s. pl. Silverweed, S.; also Moss-crops, and Moor-grass.
Moss-crops, s. pl. Cotton-rush, and Hare's-tailed
Rush, S.
Lightfoot.
Moss-troopers, s. Banditti who inhabited
the marshy country of Liddisdale, and
subsisted chiefly by rapine.
Lay Last Minstrel.
MOSSFAW, s. A ruinous building, Fife.
MOT, v. aux. May.
V. Mat.
MOTE, s.
1. A little hill, or barrow.
Bellenden.
A. S. mot, Isl. mote, conventus hominum, applied to a little hill, because anciently conventions were held on eminences. Hence our Mote-hill of Scone.
2. Sometimes improperly used for a
high hill.
Bellenden.
3. A rising ground, a knoll, S. B.
Ross.
To MOTE, v. a.
1. To pick motes out of
any thing, S.
2. To mote one's self, to louse, S.
3. To use means for discovering imperfections,
S.
Douglas.
MOTH, adj. Warm, sultry, Loth.
MOTHER, s. The mother on beer, &c., the lees working up, S.
Germ. moder, id.
MOTHER-NAKED.
V. Modyr-nakyd.
MOTHER-WIT, s. Common sense, discretion,
S.
Ferguson.
MOTTIE, adj. Full of motes.
Ross.
MOVIR, MOUIR, MURE, adj. Mild,
gentle.
Wyntown.
Belg. morwe, murw, Su. G. moer, mollis.
Movirly, adv. Mildly.
Wyntown.
MOULY HEELS.
V. Mules.
To MOULIGH, v. n. To whimper, to whine, Ayrs.
Isl. mogl-a, to murmur.
MOUNTAIN DULSE, mountain laver, S.
MOUNTH, s. A mountain.
V. Month.
To MOUP, MOOP, v. a.
1. To nibble,
to mump, S.
Douglas.
2. To impair by degrees.
Ramsay.
Most probably corrupted from E. mump.
MOUSE, s. The bulb of flesh on the extremity of the shank of mutton, S. pron. moose.
Teut. muys, carnosa pars in corpore.
MOUSE-WEB, s.
V. Moose-web.
To MOUT, v. n. To moult, S.
Acts Ja. II.
Teut. muyt-en, plumas amittere.
To Mout awa' (pron. moot) v. a. To take away piecemeal, S.
Moutit, part. pa. Diminished, scanty,
bare.
Palice Honour.
To MOUTER, v. a. To take multure for
grinding corn, S.
Ramsay.
To MOUTER, (pron. mooter) v. a. The same with mout awa', S.
MOUTON, s. A French gold coin brought
into S. in the reign of David II., having
the impression of the Agnus Dei,
which the vulgar mistook for a sheep;
hence called mouton.
L. Hailes.
MOW, MOUE, s. A heap, S.
Barbour.
A. S. mowe, acervus.
MOW, (pron. moo) s.
1. The mouth, S.
Maitland Poems.
Fr. moue; Su. G. mun, Teut. muyl, id.
2. A distorted mouth.
Roull.
3. Used in pl. in the sense of jest. Nae
mows, no jest, S.
Chr. Kirk.
To Mow, v. n. To speak in mockery.
Lyndsay.
Mowar, s. A mocker.
Palice Honour.
To Mow-band, v. a. To mention, to articulate,
S.
Ross.
Teut. muyl-band-en, fiscellam ori appendere.
Mow-bit, s. A morsel, S.
Ferguson.
Mow-frachty, adj. Palatable, S. B.
From mow, the mouth, and fraucht, perh. a lading.
MOWCH, s. A spy, an eave-dropper.
Fr. mousche, mouche, id.
Lyndsay.
MOWE, s. Dust, S.
peat-mowe, peat-dust.
Ruddiman.
MOWE, s. A motion.
Douglas.
MOWENCE, s. Motion, or perhaps dependance.
Fr. mouvance, id.
Barbour.
MOWSTER, s. Muster.
Bellenden.
MOZY, adj. Dark in complexion, S.
Isl. mos-a, musco tingere.
To MUCK, v. a. To carry out dung, S.
Su. G. mock-a, stabula purgare.
Muck-fail, s. The sward mixed with dung,
used for manure, S. B.
Statist. Acc.
Muck-midden.
V. Midden.
MUCKLE, adj. Great.
V. Mekil.
MUD, s. A small nail, used in the heels of shoes, Loth.
Isl. mot, commissura, a joining close.
To MUDDLE, v. a. To overthrow easily
and expeditiously.
Chr. Kirk.
Perh. a dimin. from Teut. maed-en, Isl. maed-a, secare, desecare; q. to mow down.
To MUDDLE, v. n. To be busy at work, properly of a trivial kind, while making little progress, S.
Teut. moddel-en, lutum movere, fodicare.
To MUDGE, v. n. To stir, to budge, S.
Mudge, s. The act of stirring, S.
O. Fr. muete, Lat. motus, C. B. mud, a motion.
MUDYEON, s. A motion of the countenance,
denoting discontent, scorn, &c.
mudgeon, Renfr.
Montgomerie.
Isl. modg-a, irritare.
To MUE, or MOO, v. n. To low as a cow, S.
Germ. mu, vox vaccae naturalis; muh-en, mugire.
MUFFITIES, s. pl. Mittens, either of leather or of knitted worsted, worn by old men, Ang. Orkn.
Isl. muffa, Dan. moffe, chirotheca pellita, hyberna.
MUFFLES, s. pl. Mittens, S.
Fr. mouffle.
MUGGS, s. pl. A particular breed of
sheep, S.
Statist. Acc.
MUIR, s. A heath, &c.
V. Mure.
Muir-burn.
V. Mure-burn.
Muir-ill, s. A disease to which black cattle
are subject, S.
Statist. Acc.
MUIS, s. pl.
1. Bushels.
Complaynt S.
O. Fr. mui, a bushel; Lat. mod-ius.
2. Heaps, parcels.
Gl. Sibb.
Corr. from Fr. musque, id.
Douglas.
MUKERAR, s. A miser.
V. Mochre.
Douglas.
MULDES, MOOLS, s.
1. Pulverised
earth, in general, S.
2. The earth of the grave, S.
Ramsay.
3. The dust of the dead.
Douglas.
Moes. G. mulda, Su. G. mull, A. S. mold, dust, mol-a, comminuere.
Mulde-mete, s.
1. A funeral banquet.
Douglas.
2. The last food eaten before death.
To give one his muld meat, to kill him, S.
Ruddiman.
MULDRIE, s. Moulded work.
Palice Honour.
To MULE, MOOL, v. a.
1. To crumble,
S.
Isl. mol-a, id.
2. To mule in, to crumble bread into a
vessel, for being soaked, S.
Ramsay.
3. To mule in with, to have intimacy
with, q. to eat out of the same dish, S.
Ross.
Mulin, Mulock, s. A crum, S.
Teut. moclie, offa; C. B. mwlwg, refuse.
MULES, s. pl. Kibes, chilblains, S.
Fr. mules, id.
MULIS, s. pl. A term of contempt.
Montgomerie.
MULL, MAOIL, s. A promontory, S.
Barry.
Isl. muli, frons montis, promontorium; Gael. maol, id.
MULL, s. A virgin.
Kennedy.
A. S. meoule, id. Moes. G. mawilo, a damsel.
MULL, s. A mule.
Knox.
To MULLER, v. a. To crumble, S.
V. Mule.
MULLIS, MOOLS, s. pl. Slippers, without
quarters, anciently worn by persons
of rank.
Maitland Poems.
Fr. mules, Ital. mulo, Teut. muyl, sandalium.
MULTIPLÉ, MULTIPLIE, s. Number,
quantity.
Wallace.
Fr. multiplie, manifold.
MULTURE, MOUTER, s. The fee for
grinding grain, S.
Douglas.
Fr. mouture, L. B. molitura.
Multurer, s. The tacksman of a mill, S.
MUM, s. A mutter, S. B.
Teut. momm-en, larvam agere.
MUM CHAIRTIS, s. pl. Cards with
figures: or for mumchancis; mumchance,
being an old game at cards.
Maitland Poems.
MUMMING, s. Perh. muttering.
Burel.
To MUMP, v. n. To hint, to aim at, S.
Shirrefs.
MUMM'D, part. pa. Tingling from cold, Loth.; apparently corr. from E. numb, torpid.
Mumt-like, adj. Having the appearance of stupor, Loth.
MUN, v. aux. Must.
V. Mon.
Mundie, s. Perhaps, prating fool.
Teut. mondigh, loquacious.
Philotus.
MUNDS, s. The mouth. Loth.
Germ. mund, id.
MUNKS, s. A halter for a horse, Fife.
Isl. mundvik, canthus oris; Gael. muince, a collar.
MUNN, s. A short-hafted spoon, Galloway.
Stat. Acc.
Perhaps from Isl. munn, the mouth.
MUNSIE, s. A designation expressive of contempt or ridicule, S. perh. a corr. of Fr. monsieur, vulgarly pron. monsie.
MUR, adj.
V. Movir.
MURALYEIS, s. pl. Walls.
Douglas.
Fr. muraille, a wall.
To MURDRES, MURTHREYS, v. a.
To murder.
Bellend.
Moes. G. maurthr-jan, id.
Murdresar, s.
1. A Murderer.
Bellend.
2. A large cannon.
Compl. S.
Fr. meurtriere, id.
MURE, MUIR, MOR, anc. MORE, s.
A heath, a flat covered with heath, S.
Barbour.
A. S. mor, ericetum, heath-ground, Isl. mòr, id.
Mure-burn, s.
1. The burning of heath,
S.
Acts Ja. IV.
2. Metaph. strife, contention, S.
Mureland, Moorland, adj. Of or belonging
to heathy ground.
Ramsay.
To MURGEON, v. a.
1. To mock, by
making mouths.
Chr. Kirk.
Fr. morguer, to make a sour face.
2. To murmur, to grumble, S.
Murgeon, Morgeoun, s.
1. A murmur, S.
Ramsay.
2. Muttering, in reference to the Mass.
R. Bruce.
To MURGULLIE.
V. Margulyie.
MURYT, pret. Walled.
Barbour.
Fr. mur-er, to wall.
MURLAN, s. A round narrow-mouthed
basket, S. B.
V. Murling.
Pop. Ball.
C. B. mwrl, crumbling.
Priests Peblis.
Murlie, s.
1. Any small object, Ang.
2. A fondling term for an infant, also
murlie-fikes, Ang.
MURLING, MORTHLING, MURT,
s. The skin of a young lamb, or of a
sheep soon after it has been shorn.
Gl. Sibb.
This is merely E. morling, mortling.
MURLOCH, s. The young piked dogfish.
Statist. Acc.
MURMLED, MURBLED, adj. Having sore or tender feet, so as to go lame, Loth. S. A.
O. E. mormall, a sore, or swelling on the feet, or elsewhere.
To MURR, v. n.. To purr as a cat, a term applied to infants. S. B.
Isl. murr-a, Teut. murr-en, murmurare.
Murling, s. A soft murmur, Ang.
Su. G. morl-a, mussitare.
MUMRELL, s. Murmuring.
Lyndsay.
Teut. murmul-en, submurmurare.
MURRIOW, MURRIOWN, MURREON,
s. A helmet.
Knox.
Fr. morion, morrion, id.
MURTH, MORTH, s. Murder.
Su. G. mord, id.
Gl. Sibb.
To MUSALL, MISSEL, v. a. To veil.
Su. G. musla, occultare.
Acts Ja. II.
Mussal, Myssal, Mussaling, s. A veil.
Philotus.
MUSARDRY, s. Musing, dreaming.
Fr. musardie, id. musard.
Douglas.
MUSH, s. One who goes between a lover and his mistress, Fife.
Fr. mousche, a fly; metaph. an eave-dropper, a promoter.
V. Mowch.
MUSHINFOW, adj. Cruel, W. Loth. apparently q. mischantfou.
MUSKANE, MUSCANE, adj.
1. Mossy.
Teut. mosch-en, mucere.
Pal. Hon.
2. Putrid, rotten.
Bellenden.
MUSLIN-KAIL, s. Broth made of water,
barley, and greens, S. q. meslin-kail.
V. Maschlin.
Burns.
MUSSLING, adj. Uncertain.
Z. Boyd.
MUST, s. Mouldiness.
Henrysone.
Teut. mos, mosse, mucor.
MUST, s. Musk.
V. Muist.
MUST, s. Hair-powder, or flour used for this purpose, S.; perhaps as anciently scented with musk, S. must.
MUSTARDE-STONE, s. A stone used
for bruising mustard seed, S.
Dunbar.
To MUSTUR, v. n. To make a great parade;
q. To shew one's self.
Douglas.
To MUT, v. n. To meet.
Wallace.
Moes. G. mot-jan, Su. G. moet-a, id.
MUTCH, s. A head-dress for a female, S.
Ramsay.
Teut. mutse, Su. G. myssa, id.
MUTCHKIN, s. A measure equal to an
English pint, S.
Acts Ja. I.
Belg. mutsie, denotes a quart.
MUTE, s.
1. Meeting.
Wallace.
2. A parliament, an assembly.
Kennedy.
To MUTE, v. n.
1. To plead; an old law
term.
Baron Courts.
2. To treat of.
Barbour.
A. S. mot-ian, tractare, discutere.
Mute, Mote, s.
1. A plea.
Reg. Maj.
2. A quarrel.
Rutherford.
To MUTE, v. n.
1. To articulate.
Lyndsay.
2. To mention what ought to be kept secret,
S.
Godscroft.
3. To complain, S.
Wallace.
Lat. mut-ire, to mutter.
Used also as a v. a.
Kennedy.
MUTH, adj. Exhausted with fatigue.
V. Mait.
Wyntown.
A. S. na, ne, id.
Barbour.
NA, NE, conj.
1. Neither.
Douglas.
2. Nor.
Barbour.
3. Used both for neither, and nor.
A. S. na, ne, neque, nec.
Douglas.
NA, conj. But.
Douglas.
NA, conj. Than.
Wallace.
C. B. Gael. Ir. na, id.
NA, adj. No; none.
Barbour.
To NAB, v. a. To strike, S.
NACHET, NACKET, s.
1. An insignificant
person.
Dunbar.
Fr. nacquet, a lacquey.
2. A little nacket, one who is small in size, S.
NACKET, s.
1. A bit of wood, stone, or
bone, used at the game of Shinty, S.
Su. G. kneck, globulus lapideus, quo ludunt pueri.
2. A quantity of snuff made up, or a small roll of tobacco, S.
NACKETY, adj.
V. Knack.
NACKIE, adj.
V. Knacky.
NACKS, s. A disease in the throat of a
fowl.
V. Knacks.
NAES, nae is, is not, S. B.
NAGUS, s. An abusive designation, Dunbar.
Su. G. Necken, Neccus, Old Nick.
NAIG, s.
1. A riding horse, S.
Burns.
2. A stallion, S.
NAIL. Aff at the nail, destitute of any regard to propriety of conduct, S.
NAILS, s. pl. Refuse of wool, S. B.
Statist. Acc.
NAIP, s. The summit of a house, S. B.
Ross.
Isl. nap-ar, prominet, nauf, prominentia.
NAYSAY, NA-SAY, s. A refusal, S.
To Naysay, v. n. To refuse, S.
NAIPRIE, s. Table linen, S.
Knox.
Ital. napparie, id.
NAITHLY, adv. Perh. industriously.
A. S. nythlice, studiosus.
Douglas.
NAKYN, adj. No kind of, S.
Barbour.
NAKIT, pret. v. Stripped.
Pal. Hon.
NAM, am not, q. ne am. Chaucer, n'am.
Sir Tristrem.
NAMEKOUTH, adj. Famous.
Doug.
A. S. namcutha, nomine notus.
NANE, adj. No, none, S.
Doug.
A. S. nan, id.
NANES, NANYS, s. For the nanys, on purpose.
Su. G. naenn-a, to prevail with one's self to do a thing.
NAPPIE, adj. Brittle.
J. Nicol.
Q. what knaps, or is easily broken.
NAR, conj. Nor.
Douglas.
NAR, were not.
Sir Tristrem.
NAR, adj. Nigher.
Poems 16th Cent.
A. S. near, id.
To NARR, NERR, NURR, v. n. To
snarl as dogs, S. O.
Gl. Sibb.
E. gnar, A. S. gnyrr-an, id.
NARROW-NEBBIT, adj. Contracted
in one's views with respect to religious
matters, S.
V. Neb.
NARVIS, adj. Belonging to Norway.
Sw. Norwegz, Norwegian.
Skene.
NAS, was not.
Sir Tristrem.
A. S. nas, i. e. ne was, non erat.
NAT, adv. Not.
Douglas.
A. S. nat, i. e. ne wat, non scio.
To NATCH, v. a. To lay hold of violently, S. B.
NATE, s. Use.
Douglas.
Isl. not, id.
V. Note.
NATHING, s. Nothing, S.
Barbour.
To NAVELL.
V. Neive.
NAVEN, NAWYN, s. A navy.
Barbour.
Germ. nawen, navis.
NAWISS, NAWYSS, adv. In no wise.
Barbour.
NAXTÉ, adj. Nasty.
Sir Gawan.
NE, conj. Neither.
V. Na.
NE, adv. No.
V. Na.
NE, prep. Nigh.
A. S. neah.
Douglas.
NE WAR, Unless.
Douglas.
Alem. ne uuare, nisi.
To NE, v. n. To neigh.
Douglas.
Teut. naey-en, id.
Ne, s. Neighing.
Douglas.
NEAR-GAWN, NEAR-BE-GAWN,
adj. Niggardly, S.
Ferguson.
From near and gaand, going.
NEASE, s. Nose.
R. Bruce.
NEATY, NEATTY, adj.
1. Mere, S. B.
Ross.
2. Identical, S. B.
Ross.
NEB, s.
1. The nose, used ludicrously.
Lang-nebbit, Narrow-nebbit, q. v.
Sharp-nebbit, having a sharp nose, S.
A. S. nebbe, Isl. nef, nasus.
2. The beak of a fowl, S.
Kelly.
A. S. Belg. nebbe, rostrum.
3. Applied to the snout.
Kelly.
4. Any sharp point, S.
NECE, s. Grand-daughter.
V. Neipce.
NECKIT, s. A tippet for a child, S. B.
NECK-VERSE, s. The beginning of
the 51st psalm, Miserere mei. &c.
Lay Last Minstr.
NEDMIST, adj. Undermost, S.
A. S. neothemest, id.
NEDWAYIS, adv. Of necessity.
A. S. neadwise, necessary.
Barbour.
NEEDLE-FISH, s. The shorter pipe-fish.
Sibbald.
NEEF, s. Difficulty.
P. Buch. Dial.
A. S. naefde, want.
NEERDOWEIL, s. One whose conduct
gives reason to think that he will never
do well, S.
Ramsay.
To NEESE, v. n. To sneese, S.
A. S. nies-an, Belg. niez-en, id.
To NEESHIN, v. n. To desire the male,
S. B.
V. Eassin.
NEFFIT, s. A pigmy, S. pron. nyeffit.
Belg. nufje, a chit; or from neive.
To NEYCH, NICH, NYGH, NYCHT,
(gutt.) v. a. To approach.
Chr. Kirk.
Moes. G. nequh-jan, A. S. nehw-an, id.
NEIDE, s. Necessity.
Wallace.
NEID-FYRE, s.
1. Fire produced by the
friction of two pieces of wood, S.
Gl. Complaynt.
A. S. nyd, force, and fyr, fire; q. forced fire.
2. Spontaneous ignition, S.
Bellenden.
3. The phosphoric light of rotten wood,
S. A.
Gl. Complaynt.
4. A beacon, S. A.
Lay Last Minstr.
NEIDFORSE, s. Necessity.
Compl. S.
Q. the necessity arising from force.
NEIDLINGIS, adv. Of necessity.
Doug.
To NEIDNAIL, v. a.
1. To fasten by
clinched nails, S.
2. A window is neidnail'd, when so fastened
with nails in the inside, that the
sash cannot be lifted up, S.
Sw. net-nagla, to rivet; from naed-a, to clinch, and nagla, a nail.
NEIGRE, s. A term of reproach, S. borrowed from Fr. negre, a negro.
NEIPCE, NECE, s. A grand-daughter.
Lat. neptis, id.
Skene.
NEIPER, s. Corr. of E. neighbour, S. B.
Ross.
To NEIR, NERE, v. a. To approach.
Douglas.
Germ. naher-n, propinquare.
NEIRS, NERES, s. pl. The kidneys, S.
Lyndsay.
Isl. nyra, Su. G. niure, Teut. niere, ren.
NEIS, NES, s. The nose, S.
Douglas.
A. S. naese, nese, Su. G. naesa, id.
Neis-thyrle, Nes-thryll, s. Nostril, S.
A. S. naes-thyrlu.
Douglas.
NEIST, NAYST, NEST, NIEST, adj.
Nearest, S.
Wyntown.
A. S. neahst, Su. G. Dan. naest, id.
Neyst, prep. Next.
Wyntown.
Neist, adv. Next, S.
Ramsay.
NEIVE, NEIF, s.
1. The fist, S.; pl.
neiffis, nevys, newys, newffys.
Douglas.
To fald the nieve, to clinch the fist, S.
2. Hand to nieve, hand and glove, S.
R. Galloway.
Isl. nefi, knefe, Su. G. knaef, naefwe, id.
Nievefu', Neffow, s. A handful, S.
Su. G. naefwe full, id.
Burns.
Nivvil, s. The same, S. B.
To Nevell, Navell, Neffle, v. a.
1. To
strike with the fists, S.
Philotus.
Su. G. hnuff-a, pugnis impetere.
2. To take hold with the fist, S.
Isl. hnyf-a, pugno prendo.
Nevel, Nevvel, s. A blow with the fist, S.
Ramsay.
Nevelling, Neffelling, s. Fistiecuffs, S.
Knox.
To Neiffar, 'Niffer, v. a. To barter;
properly, to exchange what is held in
one fist, for what is held in another, S.
Rutherford.
Neiffer, Niffer, s. A barter, S.
Burns.
Niffering, i. e. The act of bartering.
Rutherford.
To NEK, v. a. To prevent receiving check,
a term at chess.
Montgomerie.
Su. G. nek-a, to refuse.
NEPUOY, NEPOT, NEPHOY, NEPHEW,
NEVO, NEVW, NEWU,
s.
1. A grandson.
Wyntown.
Lat. nepos, a grandson.
2. A great grandson.
Douglas.
3. Posterity, though remote.
Douglas.
4. A brother's or sister's son.
Wallace.
A. S. nepos, brother sune, vel suster sune.
5. Any relation by blood.
Wyntown.
NER, NERE, prep. Near, S.
A. S. ner, Su. G. Dan. naer.
Nerhand, Near hand, prep. Near, S.
Barbour.
Nere hand, adv. Nearly.
Wyntown.
Ner til, prep. Near to, S.
Ner-sichtit, adj. Shortsighted, S.
Su. G. naarsynt, id.
NES, s. A promontory; ness, S.
Doug.
A. S. nesse, Su. G. naes, Belg. neus, id.
Nes-thryll.
V. Neis-thyrle.
NESS. S. pl. nessis, Vallies.
Wallace.
A. S. nessas, loca depressa.
NET, s. The omentum, the caul, S.
Teut. net, A. S. net, nette, id.
A. S. neothan, Su. G. ned, infra.
NETHELES, conj. Nevertheless.
A. S. na the laes, id.
Douglas.
NETHIRMARE, adv. Farther down.
A. S. nither, and mare, more.
Doug.
NETHRING, s. Depression.
V. Nidder.
Barbour.
NEUCHELD, (gutt.) part. pa. With calf, Perths.
To NEVELL, v. a. To strike with the fist.
Nevell, s. A stroke of this kind.
V. Neive.
NEVEW, NEVO, NEVOW.
V. Nepuoy.
To NEVIN, NEUIN, NYVIN, v. a. To
name.
Gawan and Gol.
Isl. nafn, Dan. naffn, a name; naevner, to name.
NEVYS, pl. Fists.
V. Neive.
A. S. neow-ian, id.
Gawan and Gol.
NEWCAL, s. A cow newly calved, Loth.
Ramsay.
NEW'D, part. pa. Oppressed, S. B.
Ross.
Isl. nu-a, conterere, the same with gny-a, subigere.
NEWYN, Renewing; or perh. naming.
Wallace.
NEWINGS, s. pl. Novelties.
Rutherford.
NEWIT, part. pa. Renewed.
V. New.
NEWIS, NEWYS, NEWOUS, adj.
1. Earnestly desirous, Loth.
2. Parsimonious, covetous, greedy, Loth.
A. S. hneaw, tenax, O. E. niggish, covetous; Su. G. nidsk, nisk, avarus, parcus.
NEWLINGIS, adv. Newly; S. newlins.
Barbour.
NEWMOST, adj. Nethermost, S. B.
A. S. neothemest, id.
Journ. Lond.
NEWTH, prep. Beneath.
V. Neth.
Barbour.
To NYAFF, v. n.
1. To yelp, to bark, S.
2. Applied to the pert chat of a saucy
child, or of any diminutive person, S.
V. Niffnaffs.
To NIB, v. a. To press or pinch with the
fingers.
Montgomerie.
Isl. hneppe, coarcto.
* NICE, adj. Simple.
Bannatyne P.
Fr. niais, simple.
Niceté, Nyceté, s. Simplicity.
Barbour.
O. Fr. nice, dull, simple; niceté, simplicity.
To NICH, NYGH, v. a.
V. Neych.
NYCHBOUR, NYCHTBOUR, s. A
neighbour.
Bellenden.
A. S. neah-ge-bure, Germ. nach-bauer, neah, nach, nigh, id.; and ge-bure, bauer, an inhabitant.
To NICHER, NEIGHER, (gutt.)
NICKER, v. n.
1. To neigh, S.
Rams.
A. S. gnaeg-an, Isl. hnaegg-ia, id.
2. To laugh in a loud and ridiculous
manner, S.
Minstr. Bord.
Nicher, Nicker, s.
1. A neigh, S.
Minstr. Bord.
2. A horse laugh, S.
NYCHLIT, pret. v. Uncertain.
Houlate.
NYCHTYD, pret. Drew to night.
Wyntown.
Su. G. Isl. natt-as, ad noctem vergere.
To NICK, v. n. To drink heartily, S. B.
To NICKER, v. n.
V. Nicher.
NICKSTICK, s. A tally, S.
Trans. Antiq. Soc.
S. nick, a notch, and stick.
NICKET, s. A small notch.
Gl. Sibb.
NICK-NACK, s.
1. A gim-crack, S.
2. Small wares, S. B.
Morison.
NICNEVEN, s. The Scottish Hecate or
mother-witch.
Montgomerie.
To NIDDER, NITHER, v. a.
1. To depress,
S.
Ross.
2. To straiten; applied to bounds.
Douglas.
3. Niddered, pinched with cold, Ang.
Loth.
4. Pinched with hunger, S.
5. Stunted in growth, S. A.
Gl. Sibb.
6. Plagued, warmly handled, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
Su. G. nedr-as, nidr-as, deprimi; Teut. ver-nedr-en, id.
To NIDDLE, v. n.
1. To trifle with the
fingers, S.
2. To be busily engaged with the fingers,
without making progress, S.
Isl. hnudl-a, digitis prensare.
NIEVE, s. The fist, S.
V. Neive.
To NIFFER, v. a.
V. Neive.
NIFFNAFFS, (pron. nyiffnyaffs), s. pl.
1. Small articles of little value, S.
2. Denoting a silly peculiarity of temper,
displayed by attention to trifles, S.
Fr. nipes, trifles, Sw. nipp, id.
To Nifnaff, v. n. To trifle, to speak or
act in a silly way, S.
Ramsay.
To NIGHT, v. n. To lodge during night.
Isl. natt-a, pernoctare.
Spalding.
NIGNAYES, NIGNYES, s. pl.
1. Gim-cracks, S.
Ramsay.
2. Whims, peculiarities of temper or
conduct, S.
Cleland.
NYKIS, 3. p. pres. v.
Gawan and Gol.
Perhaps allied to Su. G. nek-a, to deny.
NILD, L. could.
Maitland Poems.
NYMNES, s. Neatness.
Burel.
To NIP, NIP up, or awa, v. a. To carry
off cleverly by theft, S.
Ross.
Isl. knippe, raptim moto.
Nip, Nimp, s. A small bit of anything, S.
Su. G. nypa, id.
Nip, s. A bite, a term used in fishing, S.
Nipcaik, s. One who eats delicate food
clandestinely, S.
Dunbar.
Nippit, adj.
1. Niggardly, S.
Su. G. napp, Isl. hnepp-er, arctus.
2. Scanty in any respect, S.
Lyndsay.
Niplug, s. To be at niplug, to quarrel, S.
NIPSHOT, s. To play nipshot, to give
the slip.
Baillie.
Perhaps, q. to nip one's shot.
V. Shot.
NIRL, s.
1. A crumb, S.
2. A small knot, S. B.
3. A puny dwarfish person, S. B.
Teut. knorre, tuber, E. knurle.
Nirled, adj. Stunted; applied to trees, Loth.
NIRLES, s. pl. A species of measles, S.
which has no appropriate name in E.
Montgomerie.
NISBIT, s. The iron that passes across the nose of a horse, and joins the branks together, Ang.
From neis, nose, and bit.
To NYTE, v. n. To deny.
Douglas.
Isl. neit-a, Dan. naegt-er, id.
To NYTE, v. a. To strike smartly.
V. Knoit.
NITHER, NIDDER, adj. Nether, S.
Isl. nedre, id.
Ruddiman.
To NITHER, v. a.
V. Nidder.
NITTIE, NEETIE, adj. Niggardly, covetous, S.
Su. G. gnetig, Mod. Sax. netig, id.
To NYVIN, v. a. To name.
V. Neven.
NYUM, Houlate. L. nyvin, name.
NIVLOCK, s. A bit of wood, round which the end of a hair-tether is fastened, S. B.
From nieve, Su. G. naefwe, the fist, and lycka, a knot.
NIVVIL, s.
V. Neive.
NIXT HAND, prep. Nighest to.
Doug.
NIZ, s. The nose, Ang.
V. Neis.
NIZZELIN, part. adj.
1. Niggardly,
S. B.
2. Spending much time about a trifling
matter, from an avaricious disposition,
S. B.
Su. G. nidsk, nisk, covetous.
NOB, s. A knob.
Houlate.
NOBLAY, s.
1. Nobleness, faithfulness.
Barbour.
2. Courage, intrepidity.
Barbour.
O. Fr. noblois, nobilitas.
NOBLES, s. The armed bullhead, Loth.
NOCHT, adv. Not.
Barbour.
A. S. naht, noht, nihil.
Nocht for thi, conj. Nevertheless.
Barbour.
NOCK, NOK, NOKK, s.
1. The notch
of a bow or arrow.
Douglas.
2. The extremity of the sailyard.
Doug.
3. The notch of a spindle, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
Bannatyne Poems.
Teut. nocke, crena, incisura.
Nockit, Nokkit, part. adj. Notched.
Doug.
NOCKIT, NOKKIT, s. A luncheon, S. Aust.
To NODGE, v. a. To strike with the
knuckles, S. B.
V. Gnidge and Knuse.
To NOY, v. a. To annoy.
Lyndsay.
Teut. noy-en, noey-en, id.
Noyit, part. pa.
1. Vexed, S.
2. Wrathful, S. B.
Noy, s. Annoyance.
Barbour.
Noyis, s. Annoyance.
Wyntown.
Noyous, adj. Noisome.
Houlate.