An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 580
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 580
_Douglas._
NOME, _pret._ Taken.
_Wallace._
A. S. _nim-an_, to take; part. _nom._
NONE, _s._
1. Noon.
_Barbour._
A. S. _non_, Fr. _none_, id.
2. Dinner.
_Diallog._
NON-FIANCE, _s._ Want of confidence.
_Baillie._
Fr. _non_, neg. and _fiance_, confidence.
NON-SOUNT, _s._ A base coin.
_Knox._
Fr. _Messieurs de non sont_, men who are imperfect in a physical sense.
NOR, _conj._ Than, S.
_Dunbar._
NORIE, _s._ The Puffin, Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
NORIES, _s. pl._ Whims, Perths.
Sw. _narr-as_, illudere.
NORYSS, _s._ Nurse.
V. ~Noyris~.
NORLAN, NORLIN, NORLAND, _adj._ Belonging to the North country, S. B.
_Percy._
Isl. _nordlingr_, Dan. _nordlaend-r_, id.
~Norlins~, _adv._ Northward, S. B.
_Ross._
NORLICK, KNURLICK, _s._ A tumor occasioned by a blow, S. A.
E. _knurl_, a knot.
_Journal Lond._
NORTHIN, NORTHYN, _adj._ Northerly.
_Complaynt S._
NOSEWISS, _adj._
1. Having an acute smell, S.
2. Metaph. denoting one, who either is, or pretends to be, quick of perception.
_Bp. Galloway._
Germ. _naseweis_, self-witted, critical.
NOST, _s._ Noise; speculation about any subject, S. B.
Su. G. _knyst-a_, mussitare; Isl. _hnist-a_, stridere.
NOT, know not.
V. ~Nat~.