An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 179
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 179
_To_ COMPEIR, COMPEAR, _v. n._
1. To appear in the presence of another.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. To present ones self in a court, civil or ecclesiastical, in consequence of being summoned, S.
_Priests Peblis._
Fr. _compar-oir_, to appear, Lat. _compar-ere_, id.
~Compearance~, _s._ The act of presenting ones self in a court, S.
_Baillie._
COMPER, _s._ The Common Fishing Crog, Lophius piscatorius, Linn. Orkn.
_Barry._
_To_ COMPESCE, _v. a._ To restrain.
Lat. _compesco_.
_Baillie._
_To_ COMPETE, _v. n._ To be in a state of compet.i.tion, S.
COMPLENE, The last of the canonical hours.
_Douglas._
L. B. _complendae_, officium ecclesiastic.u.m, quod cetera diurna officia _com-plet_ et claudit.
COMPLIMENT, _s._ A present, a gift, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
_To_ ~Compliment~ _with_, _v. a._ To present one with, S.
_To_ COMPONE, _v. a._ To settle.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ COMPONE, _v. n._ To compound.
_Baillie._
CON, _s._ The squirrel; A. Bor. id.
_Montgomerie._
CONABILL, _adj._ Attainable.
_Barbour._
Lat. _conabilis_, what may be attempted.
CONAND, _part. pr._ Knowing, skilful.
From _Cun_, to know, q. v.
_Wyntown._
_To_ CONCEALE, _v. a._ To conciliate, Lat. _concil-io_.
_More._
CONCEIT-NET, _s._ A fixed net, used in some rivers, S. B.
_To_ CONDESCEND, _v. a._
1. To agree, to unite, S.
_Complaynt S._
L. B. _condescend-ere_, consentire.
2. To pitch upon, to enumerate particularly, S.
CONDET, CONDICT, CONDYT, _s._ Safe conduct.
_Wallace._