An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 640

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 640


_Dunbar._


Q. something supported above the level of the ground as a b.u.t.t.


PROPYNE, PROPINE, _s._


1. A present, S.


_Douglas._


2. Drink-money.


_Rutherford._


3. The power of giving.


_Minstr. Bord._


Gr. p??p??-?, 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.


_Muses 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 gla.s.s, 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.


PROW, _s._ Profit.







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