Chapter L: B. opinio, id

_To_ OPPONE, _v. a._ To oppose, Lat. _oppon-ere_.

_Knox._

_To_ OPTENE, _v. a._ To obtain.

_Douglas._

OR, _adv._

1. Before, ere, S.

_Barbour._

_Or thys_, before this time.

_Douglas._

_Or than_, before that time.

_Id._

2. Rather than, S.

_Barbour._

The same with _ar_, before.

OR, _conj._

1. Lest.

_Wallace._

2. Than.

_Douglas._

ORAGIUS, _adj._ Tempestuous.

_Burel._

Fr. _orageux_, id.

ORATOUR, _s._ Ambassador.

_Bellend._

ORATOURE, ORATORY, _s._ An oracle.

_Douglas._

ORCHLE, _s._ A porch, Mearns.

Germ. _erker_, projectura aedificii.

ORD, _s._ A steep hill or mountain.

Gael. _ard_, a hill; Isl. _urd_, montes impervii.

ORE, _s._ Grace, favour.

_Sir Tristrem._

Isl. _oor_, _aur_, largus, munificus; _aur oc blidr_, largus et
affabilis, Verel.

ORERE, OURERE, _interj._ Avaunt.

Fr. _arriere_, aloof.

_Houlate._

ORETOWTING, _part. pr._ Muttering.

Teut. _oor-tuyt-en_, susurrare.

_Burel._

ORFEVERIE, ORPHRAY, _s._ Work in gold, Fr.

_K. Quair._

ORISON, _s._ An oration.

_Bellend._

Fr. _oraison_, id.

ORLEGE, ORLAGER, ORLIGER, _s._

1. A clock, a dial.

Fr. _horloge_, Lat. _horolog-ium_, id.

2. Metaph. applied to the cock.

_Doug._

3. Denoting strict adherence to the rules of an art.

_Douglas._

4. The dial-plate of a church or town-clock. S.

ORLANG, _s._ A complete year, Ang.

Su. G. _aar_, _or_, annus, and _lange_, diu.

ORNTREN, _s._ The repast taken between dinner and supper, Galloway.

A. S. _ondern_, breakfast; also dinner.

_To_ ORP, _v. n._ To fret, or chide habitually, S.

_Ramsay._

~Orpit~, _part. adj._

1. Proud.

_Douglas._

2. Fretful, habitually chiding, S.

_Bp. Galloway._

ORPHANY, _s._ Painters gold.

Fr. _oripeau_, id.

_Pal. of Hon._

ORPHELING, _s._ An orphan.

Fr. _orphelin_, id.

_Knox._

ORPHIR, _s._ Embroidery.

Fr. _orfrais_, id.

_Burel._

ORPIE, ORPIE-LEAF, _s._ Orpine, S.

ORROW, ORA, _adj._

1. Not matched, S.

2. What may be viewed as an overplus, S.

_Ramsay._

3. Not appropriated.

_Shirrefs._

4. Not engaged, S.

5. Occasional, accidental, S.

Su. G. _urwal_, rejectanea; _urfiall_, lacinia agri separata.

~Orrows~, _s. pl._ Things that are supernumerary, S.; _orels_, Ang.

Perh. q. _over alls_.

_To_ ORT, _v. a._

1. To throw aside provender, S.

2. To crumble, S. B.

3. Denoting rejection in whatever sense, S. O.

Ir. _orda_, a fragment.

OSAN, _s._ Hosannah.

_Poems 16th Cent._

OSNABURGHS, _s. pl._ Coarse linen cloth manufactured in Angus, from its resemblance to that made at _Osnaburgh_ in Germany, S.

_Stat. Acc._

OSZIL, OSILL, _s._ The ring-ousel, S. A.

A. S. _osle_, the blackbird.

_Compl. S._

OSTYNG, _s._ Encampment.

_Wallace._

OSTLEIR, OSTLER, _s._ An innkeeper.

V. ~Hostillare~.

_Dunbar._

OSTRYE, OSTRÉ, _s._ An inn.

_Wallace._

Ital. _hostaria_, Fr. _hostelerie_, id.

OTHEM UPOTHEM, cold flummery, used instead of milk, with boiled flummery, Aberd.; q. _of them_, as well as _upon them_.

OTHIR, OTHIRE, ODYR, _adj._

1. Other.

_Wyntown._

2. The second, also _tothir_.

_Wyntown._

3. Each other, S.

_Wyntown._

OTHIR, OWTHYR, _conj._ Either, S.

Isl. _audr_, Germ. _oder_, id.

_Bellend._

~Othir~, _adv._ Besides.

_Douglas._

~Othirane~, _conj._ Either, _etherane_, _etherins_, S.

_Wallace._

OTTER-PIKE, _s._ The common weever.

_Sibbald._

OUER, OUIR, OVIR, _adj._

1. Upper, _uvir_, S. B.

_Douglas._

2. Superior, as to power. The _uvir hand_, the upper hand, S. B.

Su. G. _oefwerhand_, id.

_Wyntown._

~Ouerance~, _s._ Superiority.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

OUER, _prep._ Over.

V. ~Our~.

OUER ANE, _adv._ In common.

_Al ouer ane_, all together.

_Douglas._

_To_ OVERBY, _v. a._ To procure indemnity from justice by money.

_Priests Peblis._

_To_ OURFLETE, _v. n._ To overflow.

Teut. _over-fleit-en_, superfluere.

_Doug._

OUERFRETT, _part. pa._ Embroidered.

A. S. _fraet-wan_, ornare.

_Douglas._

OUERHEDE, _adv._ Without distinction, S.

_ourhead_, in the gross.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _oefwer hufud_, id.

_To_ OUERHEILD, _v. a._ To cover over.

V. ~Heild~.

_Douglas._

_To_ OUERHIP, _v. a._ To skip over.

V. ~Hip~, _v._

_Douglas._

OVERLY, _adj._ Careless, superficial, S.

A. S. _overlice_, negligenter.

OUERLYAR, _s._ One who oppresses others, by taking free quarters.

_Acts Ja. II._

OUERLOFT, _s._ The upper-deck of a ship.

_Douglas._

OUERMEST, _adj._ The highest.

_Doug._

OVER-RAGGIT, _part. pa._ Overhaled.

_Priests Peblis._

Dan. _over_ and _rag-er_, to stir.

OUER-RAUCHT, _pret._ Overtook.

_Douglas._

_To_ OUER-REIK, _v. a._ To reach over.

_Douglas._

_To_ OUERSET, _v. a._

1. To overcome.

_Douglas._

2. To overpower, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ofer-swith-an_, praevalere.

_To_ OUERSYLE.

V. ~Oursyle~.

OVERSMAN, OUREMAN, _s._

1. A supreme ruler.

_Wyntown._

2. An arbiter.

_Wallace._

3. A third arbiter, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

Teut. _over-man_, a praefect.

OUERSWAK, _s._ The reflux of the waves.

V. ~Swak~.

_Douglas._

OUER THWERT.

V. ~Ourthort~.

OUER-VOLUIT, _part. pa._ Laid aside.

_Douglas._

OUGHTLINS, _adv._ In the least degree, S.

_Ramsay._

OUGSUM, _adj._ Horrible.

V. ~Ugsum~.

OULIE, _s._ Oil.

V. ~Olye~.

OULK, OWLK, _s._ A week; S. B. _ouk_.

A. S. _uca_, _wuca_, id.

_Bellenden._

OULTRAIGE, _s._ An outrage.

O. Fr. _oultrage_, id.

_Complaynt S._

OUR, OURE, OUER, OWRE, _prep._

1. Over, beyond, &c., S.

_Barbour._

2. Denoting excess, S. Sometimes used as a _s._

OURBELD, _part. pa._ Covered over.

V. ~Beld~.

_Houlate._

_To_ OURCOME, _v. n._ To recover, S.

_Dunbar._

OURCOME, O'ERCOME, _s._ Overplus, S.

_Ramsay._

OURE-MAN, _s._

V. ~Ouersman~.

_To_ OURGAE, OURGANG, _v. a._

1. To overrun, S.

2. To exceed, to surpass, S.

_Ramsay._

3. To master, S.

_Many._

4. _v. n._ To elapse.

_The ourgane year_, the past year, S.

A. S. _ofer-gan_, excedere.

_To_ OURHARL, _v. a._ To overcome.

_Maitland Poems._

_To_ OURHYE, _v. a._ To overtake.

_Wallace._

A. S. _ofer_ and _hig-an_, to make haste.

OURIE, _adj._ Chill.

V. ~Oorie~.

OURLAY, OWRELAY, _s._ A cravat, S.

_Ramsay._

OURLORD, OURE-LARD, _s._ A superior.

_Wallace._

OURLOUP, OURLOP, _s._ An occasional trespass of cattle.

_L. Hailes._

A. S. _ofer-leop-an_, transire.

OURNOWNE, _s._ Afternoon.

_Wallace._

A. S. _ofer non_, id.

OUR QUHARE, _adv._

V. ~Quhare~.

OURRAD. L. _Our rad_. Too hasty.

_Wallace._

A. S. _ofer_, nimis, and _hraed_, celer.

OUR-RYCHT, OURYCHT, _adv._ Awry.

_Dunbar._

Q. _beyond_ what is _right_, Fland. _over-recht_, praeter rectum.

_To_ OURRID, _v. a._ To traverse.

_Barbour._

A. S. _ofer-ryd-an_, equo aut curru transire.

_To_ OURSYLE, OUERSYLE, OVERSILE, _v. a._

1. To cover, to conceal.

V. ~Sile~.

_Hudson._

2. Also rendered, to beguile.

OURTANE, _part. pa._

1. Overtaken, S.

2. Overtaken by justice, brought to trial.

_Barbour._

OURTHORT, OUERTHWERT, OUERTHORTOURE, _prep._ Athwart; _athort_, S. _ourter_, Dumfr.

_Wallace._

Sw. _twert oefwer_, id. inverted.

OURTILL, _prep._ Above, beyond.

_Dunbar._

_To_ OUR-TYRVE, OWR-TYRWE, _v. a._ To turn upside down.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _tyrv-a_, to overwhelm.

_To_ OURWEILL, _v. a._ To exceed.

_Evergreen._

A. S. _ofer-well-an_, superfluere.

OURWORD, OWERWORD, _s._

1. Any word frequently repeated, S.

_Burns._

2. The burden of a song.

_Dunbar._

OUSEN, OWSEN, _pl._ Oxen, S.

_Burns._

Moes. G. _auhsne_, id. _auhs_, bos.

~Ousen milk~, _sowens_, or flummery not boiled; used instead of milk, Dumfr.

OUT, OWT, _adv._ Completely.

_Wyntown._

_To_ OUT, _v. a._ To expend; or, to find vent for.

_Rutherford._

~Outing~, _s._ A vent for commodities.

_Id._

_To_ OUT, _v. n._ To issue.

_Barbour._

OUT-ABOUT, _adv._ Out of doors, S.

_Ross._

OUT-BY, _adv._

1. Abroad, without, S.

2. Out from, at some distance, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _ut_, ex, extra, and _by_, juxta.

_To_ OUT-BRADE, _v. a._ To draw out.

_To_ ~Outbrade~, _v. n._ To start out.

V. ~Brade~.

OUTBREAKING, _s._

1. Eruption on the skin, S.

2. An open transgression of the law of God, S.

_Rutherford._

_To_ OUTBULLER, _v. n._ To gush out with a gurgling noise, S.

_Douglas._

OUTCAST, _s._ A quarrel, S.

_Rutherford._

OUTCOME, OUTCUM, _s._

1. Egress.

_Barbour._

2. Termination, S.

_R. Galloway._

3. Increase, product, S. Belg. _uytkomen_, to come out.

4. That season in which the day begins to lengthen.

_Watson._

OUTFALL, _s._ A contention, S.

_Pennant._

Sw. _utfall_, a hostile excursion.

OUTFIELD, _adj._ and _s._ Arable land, which is not manured, but constantly cropped.

_Statist. Acc._

OUTFORNE, _pret. v._ Caused to come forth.

_Montgomerie._

A. S. _utfore_, egressus est.

OUTGAIT, OUTGATE, _s._

1. A way for egress.

_Douglas._

2. Escape from hardship of any kind.

_R. Bruce._

OUTGANE, _part. pa._ Elapsed, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

OUT-HAUAR, _s._ One who carries or exports goods from a country.

_Acts Ja. I._

OUTHIR, _conj._ Either.

V. ~Othir~.

OUTHORNE, _s._

1. The horn blown for summoning the lieges to attend the king in _feir of were_.

_Acts Ja. II._

2. The horn blown to summon the lieges to assist in pursuing a fugitive.

_Acts Ja. I._

3. The horn of a sentinel.

_Maitland P._

OUTHOUSE, _s._ An office-house, S.

Sw. _uthus_, id.

OUTLAY, _s._ Expenditure, S.

_Stat. Acc._

Sw. _utlagg-a_, to expend.

OUTLAK, _prep._ Except.

_K. Hart._

_Out_ and _lack_, to want.

OUT-LAIK, OUT-LACK, _s._ The superabundant quantity in weight or measure.

_Gl. Sibb._

OUTLER, _adj._ Not housed, S.

_Burns._

~Outler~, _s._ A beast that lies without, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

OUTLY, _s._ Applied to money which _lies out_ of the hands of the owner, S.

OUTLY, _adv._ Fully, S. B.

_Ross._

OUTLYER, OUTLAIR, _s._ A stone not taken from a quarry, but _lying out_ in the field, S.

OUT-THE-GAIT, _adj._ Honest; q. one who keeps the straight road, S.

OUT-OUR, OUT-OWRE, _adv._

1. Over, S.

_Barbour._

2. Out from any place, S.

OUTOUTH, _prep._

V. ~Outwith~.

OUTQUENT, _part. pa._ Extinguished.

V. ~Quent~.

_Douglas._

OUT-RAKE, _s._

1. Expedition.

V. ~Raik~.

2. An extensive walk for sheep or cattle, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

OUTRANCE, _s._ Extremity.

_Maitland P._

Fr. _oultrance_, id.

_To_ OUT-RED, _v. a._

1. To extricate, S.

2. To finish any business, S. B.

3. To clear off debt.

_Mellvill's MS._

Isl. _utrett-a_, perficere negotium.

~Outred~, _s._

1. Rubbish, S.

2. Clearance, finishing, S. B.

_Ross._

OUTREYNG, _s._ Extremity.

_Barbour._

Fr. _outrer_, to carry things to extremity.

OUTSCHETT, _part. pa._ Excluded.

_Palice Honour._

A. S. _ut_ out, and _scytt-an_, obserare.

OUTSET, _s._

1. Commencement, S.

2. The publication of a book, S.

OUTSHOT, _s._ A projection, S.

Sw. _utskiutande_, id. _skiut-a ut_, to project, Belg.
_uytschiet-en_, id.

OUTSIGHT, _s._ Goods, or utensils out of doors, S.

_Erskine._

OUTSPECKLE, _s._ A laughing-stock.

_Minstrelsy Border._

OUTSPOKEN, _adj._ Given to freedom of speech, S.

OUTSTRIKING, _s._ An eruption, S.

OUTSUCKEN, _s._

1. The freedom of a tenant from bondage to a mill, S.

_Erskine._

2. Duties payable by those who are not _astricted_ to a mill, S.

_Id._

~Outsucken~, _adj._ Used in the same sense, S.

V. ~Sucken~.

_Id._

OUT TAK, OWTAKYN, OWTANE, _prep._

1. Except.

_Douglas._

_Tane_ or _taken out_.

2. Besides, in addition.

_Barbour._

OUTTERIT, _pret._ Ran out of the course.

Fr. _oultrer_, to run through.

_Lyndsay._

OUTWAILE, OUTWYLE, _s._ Refuse, S.

Isl. _utvel-ia_, eligere.

_Henrysone._

_To_ OUTWAIR, _v. a._ To expend.

V. ~Ware~.

_Arbuthnot._

OUTWITH, OWTOUTH, WTOUTH, _prep._

1. Without, on the outer side.

_Bellenden._

2. Outwards, out from.

_Barbour._

3. Separate from.

_R. Bruce._

Sw. _utot_, outwards; A. S. _oth_, versus; frequently used in
composition.

~Outwith~, _adv._

1. Abroad, S.

_Ross._

2. Outwards.

_Barbour._

OUZEL, OUSEL, _s._ The Sacrament of the Supper, Peebles.

E. _housel_, A. S. _husl_, the sacrifice of the Mass; Isl. _husl_,
oblatio.

OWE, _prep._ Above.

_Barbour._

A. S. _ufa_, Isl. _ofa_, supra.

_To_ OWERWEIL, _v. a._

V. ~Ourweill~.

OWKLY, _adj._ Weekly, S.

V. ~Oulk~.

_Macneill._

_To_ OWRE-HALE, _v. a._ To overlook.

_Montgomerie._

Sw. _oejwerhael-ja_, to cover.

OWRESKALIT, _part. pa._ Overspread.

V. ~Skale~.

_Dunbar._

OWREHIP, _s._ A blow with the hammer brought over the arm, S. O.

_Burns._

OWRIE, _adj._ Chill.

V. ~Oorie~.

_To_ OWRN, _v. a._ To adorn.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _orn-er_, id.

OWT, _adj._ Exterior.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _yte_, exterus.

OWTH, _prep._ Above, over.

_Wyntown._

OWTING, _s._ An expedition.

_Barbour._

OXEE, OX-EYE, _s._ The Tit-mouse, S.

_Complaynt S._

OXGATE, OXENGATE, _s._ An ox-gang of land.

_Skene._

From _ox_ and _gate_, iter.

OXPENNY, _s._ A tax in Shetl.

_Stat. Acc._

OXTAR, OXTER, _s._

1. The armpit, S.

_Bellenden._

2. Used in a looser sense for the arm, S.

A. S. _oxtan_, Teut. _oxtel_, id.

_Dunbar._

OZELLY, _adj._ Swarthy, resembling an _ousel_, Loth.

P

_To_ PAAK, _v. a._ To beat.

V. ~Paik~.

PAAL, _s._ A post, S. B.

A. S. _pal_, Su. G. _paale_.

PAB, _s._ The refuse of flax, Loth. _pob_, S. B.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

PACE, _s._

1. The weight of a clock, S.

2. Used metaphorically.

_Rutherford._

PACK, _adj._ Intimate, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _pack-a_, constringere.

PACKALD, _s._ A pack.

_Rutherford._

Belg. _pakkaadie_, luggage.

PACKHOUSE, _s._ A warehouse for receiving goods, S.

Teut. _packhuys_, id.

PACKMAN, _s._ A pedlar, one who carries his _pack_, S.

PACT, _s. To spend the pact_, to waste one's substance; _to perish the pact_, S.

_Maitland Poems._

PADDLE, _s._ The Lump fish, Orkn.

PADDOCK-HAIR, _s._

1. The down that covers unfledged birds, S.

2. The down on the heads of children born without hair, S.

Teut. _padden-hayr_, lanugo.

PADDOCK-PIPES, _s. pl._ Marsh horse-tail, S.

_Lightfoot._

PADDOCK-RUDE, _s._ The spawn of frogs, S. also _paddock-ride_.

_Ramsay._

PADDOCK-STOOL, _s._ The Agaricus in general; especially the varieties of the Agaricus fimetarius, S.

Teut. _padden-stoel_, fungus.

PADE, _s._

1. A toad.

_Sir Gawan._

2. Apparently a frog.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _pade_, Germ. Belg. _padde_, id.

PADELL, _s._ Expl. "a small leathern bag."

_Bannatyne Poems._

Teut. _buydel_, bulga.

PADYANE, PADGEAN, _s._ A pageant.

_Dunbar._

PAFFLE, _s._ A small possession in land, Perths.

Isl. _paufe_, angulus.

_Stat. Acc._

~Paffler~, _s._ One who occupies a small farm, Perths.

_Statist. Acc._

PAGE, _s._ A boy.

_Wyntown._

_To_ PAY, _v. a._ To satisfy.

_Wallace._

Fr. _pay-er_, Teut. _pay-en_, id.

~Pay~, _s._ Satisfaction.

_Priests Peblis._

~Pay~, _s._ Drubbing, S. _pays_.

_Barbour._