An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 921

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 921

_A. Hume._


VYIS, YYSS, _adj._ Wise.


_Henrysone._


VYLAUS, _adj._ Perh. deceitful, q. _wilous_.


_Wyntown._


VYLD, _adj._ Vile, S.


_Burel._


VYLT, _s._ Apparently, vault.


_Monroe._


_To_ VIOLENT, _v. a._ To do violence to.


Fr. _violent-er_, id.


_Fleming._


VIOLER, _s._ One who plays on the fiddle or violin, S.


O. Fr.


VIRE, _s._ The arrow called a _quarrel_, used only for the crossbow.


Fr. _vire_, id.


V. ~Wyr~.


_Douglas._


VYREENIN, _part. pr._ Veering, turning or winding about.


Fr. _vironnant_, id.


_N. Burne._


VIRIDEER, _s._ The keeper of the gra.s.s or green wood in a forest.


_For. Lawes._


L. B. _viridar-ius_, Fr. _verdeur_, id.


VIRLE, _s._ A small ring put round any body, to keep it firm, S.


_ferrule_.


O. E. _vyroll_, Fr. _virolle_.


_Ramsay._


VIRR, VIR, _s._ Force, impetuosity, S. B.


V. ~Bir~.


_Shirrefs._


VIRROCK, _s._ A corn, or bony excrescence on the feet, S. _wirrock_.


Lat. _ver-ruc-a_, a wart; A. S. _wearrig_, callosus, nodosus.


_Dunbar._


VYSE. _Bowys of vyse_, bows worked by screws.


Fr. _vis_, Belg. _vijs_, a screw.


_Wynt._


_To_ VISIE, _v. a._


V. ~Vesie~.


VISORNE, _s._ A mask or visor.


_Knox._


VIVDA, _s._ Beef or mutton hung and dried without salt, Orkney.