Chapter C: B. ynis, Ir. innshe, Gael. insh, id
INCOME, _s._ Any bodily infirmity, not apparently proceeding from an external cause, S.
INCOMIN, _part. pr._ Ensuing, S.
INCONTINENT, _adv._ Forthwith, Fr.
INCOUNTREY, _s._ The interior of a country.
_Spotswood._
IND, for _in_ prep.
_Bannatyne P._
INDILLING.
V. ~Eldnyng~.
_Dunbar._
INDING, _adj._ Unworthy.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _indigne_, id.
INDRAUGHT, _s._ A strong current.
Su. G. _indrag-a_, to draw in.
_St. Acc._
INDULT, _s._ A papal indulgence, Fr. id.
_Bellenden._
INEFFECTIONAT, _adj._ Candid; from _in_ neg. and _affectionate_, q. without partial attachment.
_Crosraguell._
INFAL, _s._ A hostile attack.
_Wodrow._
Teut. _in-val_, illapsus.
INFANGTHEFE, _s._
1. A thief apprehended by a baron within his own territory.
_Skene._
A. S. _infangenthef_, a thief taken within.
2. The privilege conferred on a landholder of trying a thief taken within his territory.
V. ~Fang~.
INFAR, INFARE, _s._
1. An entertainment given by the possessor, on newly entering a house.
_Barbour._
2. The entertainment made for the reception of a bride in the bridegroom's house, S.
_Spalding._
A. S. _infaere_, ingress.
INFIELD, _adj._
1. Applied to land receiving manure, and still kept under crop, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. To corn growing on this land, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
~Infield~, _s._ Land continually cropped, S.
_Statist. Acc._
INFORTUNE, _s._ Misfortune.
_Lyndsay._
INGAN, _s._ Onion, S.
_Ramsay._
INGER, _s._ Expl. as signifying a gleaner, Loth.
O. Teut. _inghe_, angustus; _ingher_, exactio.
~Ingher's pock~, a quantity of all kinds of grain dried in a pot, and ground into meal, Loth.
INGYNE, ENGYNE, ENGENIE, _s._
1. Ingenuity, genius, S.
_Douglas._
2. Disposition.
_Pitscottie._
3. Mind in general.
_Pitscottie._
4. Scientific knowledge.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _engin_, _engien_, esprit, volonté, genie, Roquef.
_To_ INGYRE, INGIRE, _v. a._ To introduce one's self into any situation, by artful methods.
_Douglas._
Lat. _in_ and _gyr-o_, q. to wind one's self into favour.
INGLE, INGIL, _s._ Fire, S. A. Bor.
Gael. _aingeal_, Lat. _ignis_.
_Doug._
~Ingle-nook~, _s._ The corner of the fireside, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ INHABLE, _v. a._ To render unfit.
_R. Bruce._
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