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.
To PROYNE, 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. pro and loqui, to speak for.
Praeloquutour, id.
Acts Ja. VI.
PROLONG, s. Procrastination.
Wallace.
To PROMIT, v. a. To promise.
Lat. promitt-o.
Bellenden.
Promit, s. A promise.
Pal. Hon.
To PROMOVE, 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.
To Propine, v. a.
1. To present a cup to
another.
Rollocke.
2. To present, in a general sense.
Muse's Threnodie.
To PROPONE, v. a. To propose.
Lat. propon-o.
Douglas.
To PROPORTE, 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.
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.
To PRUNYIE, 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; or puyd, 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.
To PUDDLE, 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.
To PUG, v. a. To pull, Perths.
PUIR, adj. Poor.
V. Pure.
To Puir, v. a.
V. Pure, v.
PULAILE, POULAILE, s. Poultry.
L. B. poyllayllia, id.
Barbour.
To PULCE, 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.
To PUMP, v. n. To break wind softly behind, S.
Isl. prump-a, pedere.
Pump, s. The act of breaking wind softly, S.
To PUNCH, 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 a pound weight of water.
PUNDLAR, PUNDLER, s. An instrument
for weighing, resembling a
steelyard, Orkn.
Barry.
Su. G. pundare, statera; from pund, libra.
PUNDLER, PUNLER, s.
1. A distrainer,
Ang.
V. Poinder.
Bann. MS.
2. A stalk of peas bearing two pods,
Ang.
To PUNGE, 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.
To PUNYE, 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. from pulse.
Montgomerie.
PURCHES, s.
1. An amour.
Douglas.
O. Fr. porchaz, intrigue.
2. Space for exertion, S.
3. To live on one's purchase, 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.
To Pure, 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.
S. O. Fr. poureté.
Bannatyne P.
To PUT, v. n. To push with the head or
horns, S.
Douglas.
Teut. bott-en, C. B. pwt-iaw, id.
To Put at, v. a. To push against.
Knox.
To Put on, 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.
To Put, v. n. To throw a heavy stone
above-hand, S.
Ramsay.
C. B. pwt-iaw, to push, to thrust.
Put and Row, adv. With difficulty, S.
Ross.
Putting-stone, s. A heavy stone used in
putting, S.
Pennant.
To Put out, v. a. To discover, to make a person known who wishes to conceal himself, S.
PUTTER, s. Acorr. of petard.
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 or quarter, S.
Pop. Ball.
To QUAT, 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.
To QUEINTH, 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.
To QUEME, v. a. To fit exactly; queem, Lanerks. Quemit, part. pa.
Queme, adj. Exactly fitted, used as an adv.
Queem, Lanerks. id.
Douglas.
Teut. quaem, be-quaem aptus.
QUEMIT, part. pa. Exactly fitted.
Pal. of Hon.
Franc. biquam congruit, convenit.
QUENRY, s. Abundance of bad women.
Chr. S. P.
A. S. cwen, mulier, and ric, 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.
To Quhang, 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.
To QUHAUK, 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.
To Whaup, or to be Whauped, v. n. To assume the form of pods, S. B.
To Quhaup, v. a. To shell peas, S. B.
To QUHAWCH, 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.
To QUHEMLE, 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.
To QUHETHIR, v. n.
V. Quiddir.
To QUHEW, 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.
To QUHICH, 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.
To QUHID, 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.
To QUHIDDIR, 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."
To QUHYNGE, v. n. To whine, S.
wheenge.
Douglas.
Su. G. weng-a; plorare.
To QUHIP, 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.
To QUHIRR, v. n. To emit such a sound as that of a partridge or moorfowl, when it takes flight, S. whurr.
E. whirring is used as an adj. Su. G. hurr-a, murmurare, cum impetu circumagi.
Quhirr, s. The sound of an object moving, as above expressed, S. whurr.
To QUHISSEL, 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.
To QUHYTE, 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.
White used metaph. like fair, 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.
To QUHITTER, 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.
To QUHOMMEL, v. a.
V. Quhemle.
QUHONNAR, adj. Fewer.
V. Quheyne.
Barbour.
QUHOW, adv. How.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
To QUHRYNE, 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., from pen, head, and cuwch, 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.
To QUIN, 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.
To QUITTER, v. n.
V. Quhitter.
To QUYTCLEYME, 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. with bucht,
Orkn.
Isl. kwi, claustrum, ubi oves includuntur.
3. A ringit quoy, one which has originally been of a circular form, ibid.