An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 568

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 568

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 quant.i.ty 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_, dest.i.tute 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._