An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 257

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 257


_Poems Buch. Dial._


Teut. _dwyn-en_, attenuare, extenuare.


_To_ ~Dwyn~, _v. a._ To cause to languish.


_Montgomerie._


~Dwyning~, _s._ A decline, S.


Isl. _dwinar_, diminutio.


E


E, ~Ee~, _s._ The eye, S.


_Douglas._


EA, _adj._ One.


V. the letter A.


_To_ EAND, _v. n._ To breathe.


V. ~Aynd~, _v._


EARLEATHER-PIN, _s._ An iron pin for fastening the chain by which a horse draws in a cart, Fife.


_To_ EARM.


V. ~Yirm~.


_To_ EARN, _v. n._


1. To coagulate, S.


2. To cause to coagulate, S.


Germ. _ge-rinnen_, Su. G. _raenn-a_, coagulare.


~Earning~, _s._ Rennet, S.


A. S. _gerunning_, id.


EARN-BLEATER, _s._ The snipe, S. B. _earnbliter_.


_Ross._


EARNY-COULIGS, _s. pl._ Tumuli, Orkn.


Isl. _ern_, ancient, and _kulle_, tumulus, Su. G. summitas montis.


EASING, EASINGDRAP, _s._ The eaves of a house, S.


A. S. _efese_; Belg. _oosdruyp_, id.


_To_ Ea.s.sIN, EISIN, _v. a._


1. To desire the bull, S.


2. Applied to strong desire of any kind.


_Ferguson._


Isl. _yxna_ or _oxna_, vitula appetens taurum.


~Eastning wort~, Scabious, an herb, S. A.


_Pennecuik._


EARN, _s._ The Eagle.


V. ~Ern~.


EARTH, _s._ The act of earing, S. B.


_Statist. Acc._


Sw. _ard_, aratio, from _aer-ia_, to ear.


EASTIE-WASTIE, _s._ An unstable person, Ang.; q. one who veers from _east_ to _west_.







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