VADMELL, s. A species of woollen cloth manufactured and worn in the Orkneys.
Statist. Acc.

Isl. vadmaal, pannus rusticus.

VAGEIT, part. pa. Mercenary, waged.
Pitscottie.

VAGER, VAGEOURE, s. A mercenary soldier.
V. Wageour.

To VAIG, v. n.
1. To wander, to roam. Vagit, pret.
Complaynt S.
2. Metaph. applied to discourse.
Mellvill's MS.

Isl. vag-a, vakk-a, vagor; Lat. vagari.

Vaiger, s. A stroller.
Baillie.

To VAIK, VAICK, WAKE, v. n. To be vacant, to be unoccupied.
Crosraguel.

Fr. vaqu-er, Lat. vac-are.

To VAIL, VALE, v. n. To make obeisance, to bow.
Priests Peblis.

Fr. veill-er, to watch, studiously to attend.

VAILYE QUOD VAILYE, at all adventures, be the issue as it will.
Doug.

Fr. vaille que vaille, Lat. valeat quantum valere potest.

To VAKE, v. n. To watch, to observe.

Lat. vac-are.

Douglas.

VALE, s. The gunwale of a vessel.
V. Wail.
Douglas.

To VALE, v. n. To descend.
K. Quair.

O. Fr. aval-er, id.

VALENTINE, s.
1. A billet, which is folded in a particular way, and sent by one young person to another, on St Valentine's day, the 14th of February, S.
2. A sealed letter sent by royal authority, for the purpose of apprehending disorderly persons.
Acts Ja. VI.

VALISES, s. pl. Saddlebags, S. wallees.
V. Wallees.
Godscroft.

VALOUR, VALURE, s. Value; Fr. valeur.
Quon. Att.

To VAMPER, v. n. To make an ostentatious appearance, S. A.

C. B. gwemp, splendid.

VANE, s.
1. A vein.
Douglas.
2. A fibre, or shoot.
Douglas.

Vane-organis, s. pl. The veins of the flank.
Dunbar.

Fr. veines organiques, id.

VANHAP, WANHAP, s. Misfortune, S.
Complaynt S.

Isl. van, signifies want, privation.

VANQUISH, s. A disease of sheep, caused by a species of grass which debilitates or vanquishes them, Galloway.
Stat. Acc.

VARIANT, adj. Variable, Fr.
K. Quair.

VARLOT, VERLOT, s.
1. An inferior servant.
Priests Peblis.
2. It sometimes denotes a groom.
Doug.

O. Fr. varlet, jeune homme, jeune galant.

VASSALAGE, WASSELAGE, s.
1. Any great achievement.
Bellenden.
2. Fortitude, valour.
Barbour.

Fr. vasselage, valour; a valiant deed.

To VAUCE, v. a. To stab, to kill.
Doug.

O. Fr. fauss-er, to pierce through.

VAUDIE, WADY, adj.
1. Gay, showy, S. B.
2. Vain, Aberd.
Forbes.
3. It sometimes denotes any thing great or uncommon, Ang.

O. Fr. vaud-ir, rejouir, egayir.

VAUENGEOUR, s. An idler, a vagabond.
Acts Ja. II.

L. B. wayv-iare, relinquere; or corr. from O. Fr. vavasseur, the subject of a vassal.

VAUNTY, adj. Boastful, S.

Fr. vanteux.

Ritson.

UDAL, adj. A term applied to lands held by uninterrupted succession, without any original charter, and without subjection to feudal service, or the acknowledgment of any superior.
Barry.

Isl. odal, bona avita, fundi, allodium; from od, anc. aud, oed, possession.

Udal-man, Udelar, Udaller, s. One who holds property by udal right.
Fea.

VEES, s. Some kind of disease.
Montgomerie.

Teut. vaese, delirium; Isl. vas, tumultuarius impetus et gestus.

VEYLE, adv. Well.
Barbour.

VEIR, VER, WERE, WAIR, VOR, s. The spring; wair, S. A.
Barbour.

Isl. vor, Su. G. waar, Lat. ver, Gr. ea?, Gael. earrach, id.

VELE, VEYL, s. A violent current or whirlpool.
Bellenden.

The same with S. wele, wallee; Isl. vell, ebullitio.

V. Wele.

VELVOUS, s. Velvet; Fr. velous.
Maitland P.

VENDACE, s. The gwiniad, salmo lavaretus, Linn. S.
Stat. Acc.

VENENOWS, WENENOUS, adj. Venomous.
Wyntown.

O. Fr. veneneus, Lat. venenos-us.

VENESUM, adj. Venomous.
Complaynt S.

VENALL, VINELL, s. An alley, a lane, S.

Fr. venalle, id.

Skene.

VENT, s. A chimney, S. as being a place of egress for the smoke.

VENTAILL, s. The breathing part of a helmet; Fr. ventaille.
Gawan and Gol.

VENUST, adj. Beautiful, pleasant; Lat. venust-us.
Douglas.

VER, VERE, s. The spring.
V. Veir.

VER, adj. Worse.
S. P. Repr.

VERES, s. pl. Glasses.

Fr. verre.

Sir Gawan.

VERGELT, WERGELT, s. Ransom, or restitution legally made for the commission of a crime.
Reg. Maj.

A. S. wergeld, the payment of the were, or price at which the life of every individual was estimated.

VERGER, s. An orchard.
Pal. Hon.

Fr. vergier, Lat. viridar-ium, a green place inclosed.

VERLOT, s.
V. Varlot.

VERNAGE, WERNAGE, s. A kind of white wine.
Wallace.

L. B. vernachia, vernac-ia, O. Fr. garnache, id.

VERRAYMENT, s. Truth.
V. Werrayment.

VERT, WERT, s. A term used in old charters, to signify a right to cut green wood.
Chart. Q. Anne.

Fr. verd, Lat virid-is.

VERTUE, s. Thrift, industry, S.

Vertuous, adj. Thrifty, industrious, S.
Ramsay.

To VESIE, VISIE, VISYE, WESY, WISIE, v. a.
1. To visit.
Douglas.
2. To examine accurately, S.
Gawan and Gol.
3. To send good or evil judicially.
Wallace.
4. To take aim, to mark, S.

Fr. viser, id. Lat. vis-o, to visit; also, to survey.

VETIT, adj. Forbidden; Lat. vetit-us.
S. P. Repr.

VEUG, s. Amorous.
Houlate.

A. S. fog, conjunctio; whence fogere, a wooer.

To UG, v. a. To feel abhorrence at, S.
Ramsay.

Ugertfow, adj. Nice, squeamish.
V. Ogertful.

Ugsum, Ougsum, adj.
1. Frightful.
Doug.
2. Exciting abhorrence.
Wyntown.

Ugsumnes, s. Frightfulness, horror.
Doug.

VICTUAL, s. Grain of any kind, S.
Stat. Acc.

Victualler, s. A corn-factor, S.

VIER, VYER, s. One who vies with.
Watson.

VIFELIE, adv. In a lively manner.
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 grass 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.

VIVE, VIUE, adj.
1. Lively, representing to the life, S.

Fr. vif.

Rollocke.
2. Brisk, vigorous, S.

Vively, adv. In a vivid light, S.
Ross.

VIVERIS, VIEVERS, s. pl. Provisions for the sustenance of life, victuals, S.

Fr. vivres, id.

Knox.

ULIE, s. Oil.
V. Olye.

ULISPIT, pret. v. Lisped; MS. wlispit.

A. S. wlisp, dentiloquus.

Barbour.

UMAN, the pron. of woman, Ang.

UMAST, UMEST, UMAIST, adj. Uppermost, highest.
Wyntown.

A. S. ufemest, supremus; from ufa, above, and mest, most.

Umast claith, a perquisite claimed by the vicar, in the time of popery, on occasion of the death of any person.
Lyndsay.

To UMBEDRAW, v. n. To turn about.
Douglas.

Belg. omdraaij-en, to turn about.

UMBERAUCHT, pret. Encompassed.
Douglas.

A. S. umb, circa, and raucht, from raec-an, to extend.

UMBERSORROW, adj.
1. Hardy, resisting disease, or the effects of severe weather, Border; sometimes number-sorrow.
2. Rugged, of a surly disposition, Loth.

Teut. on-be-sorght, negligens curae; or Su. G. ombaer-a, portare, and sorg, aerumna.

To UMBESCHEW, v. a. To avoid.
Douglas.

A. S. umb, about, prefixed to eschew.

To UMBESET, v. a. To beset on every side.
Douglas.

A. S. ymb-saet-an, id. circumdare.

To UMBESEGE, v. a. To encompass with armed men.
Douglas.

To UMBETHINK, v. n. To consider attentively.
Barbour.

A. S. ymbe-thinc-an, cogitare de.

UMBEWEROUND, part. pa. Environed.
Barbour.

A. S. ymbe-hwearf-an, circumcingere.

UMBOTH, adj. Alternate; as belonging to different possessions by rotation, Shetl.
MS. Acc. P. of Unst.

Isl. um-bod, tutela, procuratio.

UMBRE, s. Shade.

Fr. ombre, Lat. umbra.

King's Quair.

UMQUHILE, adv.
1. Sometimes, at times.
Barbour.

A. S. hwilum, aliquando, inverted; from umb, circum, and hwile, intervallum temporis.

2. Used distributively, in the sense of now as contrasted with then.
Priests Peblis.
3. Sometime ago, formerly.
Douglas.

Umquhile, adj. Former.
Reg. Maj.

UMWYLLES, s. Reluctance.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. un-willes, cum reluctatione.

UN, a negative particle in composition.
V. On.

UNABASYT, part. pa. Undaunted, E. unabashed.
Douglas.

Unabasitlie, adv. Without fear or dejection.
Pal. Honour.

To UNABILL, v. a. To incapacitate.
Knox.

UNAMENDABLE, adj. What cannot be remedied.
Baillie.

UNBEIST, s. A monster.
V. Onbeist.

UNBEKENT, part. pa. Unknown, S. B.

Belg. onbekend, Germ. unbekaunt, id.

UNBODIN, adj. Unprovided.
V. Bodin.
Acts Ja. II.

UNCAIRDLY, adv. Carelessly, without care.
Burel.

UNCANNAND, adj. Possessing preternatural power.
Sir Egeir.

UNCANNY, adj.
1. Not safe, dangerous, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.
2. Not tender, harsh, S.
Ferguson.
3. Incautious, imprudent, S.
Baillie.
4. Mischievous, not safe to meddle with, S.
Baillie.
5. Applied to one supposed to possess preternatural powers, S.
V. Canny.
Mannering.
6. Severe; applied to a fall or blow, S.
Waverley.

UNCASSABLE, adj. What cannot be annulled.
Reg. Maj.

In negat. and L. B. cass-are, irritum reddere.

UNCHANCY, adj. Not lucky, not fortunate, S.
Bellenden.

UNCO, adj.
1. Unknown.
Ramsay.

A. S. uncuth, id.

2. Not acquainted, being in the state of a stranger, S.
Bellenden.
3. Not domestic, S.
Ross.
4. So much changed as scarcely to be recognised, S.
Glenburnie.
5. Unusual, surprising, S.

A. S. uncuth, alienus.

6. Strange, as applied to country, S.
Mannering.
7. Distant, reserved in one's manner towards another, S.

Unco, adv. Very, S.
Ross.

Uncos, used as a s. pl. News, S. B.
Morison.

UNCOFT, adj. Unbought, S.
V. Coff, v.
Bellenden.

UNCORDUALL, adj. Incongruous.
Wallace.

UNCORNE, s. Wild oats, S. B.
Doug.

UNCOUDY, adj.
1. Dreary, causing fear, S. B.
2. Under the influence of fear, S. B.
V. Coudy.

UNCOUNSELFOW, adj. Unadviseable, S. B.

UNCOUTHNESSE, s. Strangeness, want of acquaintance.
Ferguson.

UNCREDYBLE, adj. Unbelieving.
Douglas.

L. B. incredibilis, incredulus.

To UNCT, v. a. To anoint.

Lat. unct-us.

Abp. Hamiltoun.

Uncting, s. Anointing.
Hamilton.

UNCUNNANDLY, adv. Unknowingly.
V. Cunnand.
Dunbar.

UNCUNNANDNES, s. Ignorance.
Douglas.

UNDEGEST, adj.
1. Rash, imprudent.
Douglas.
2. Untimely, premature.
Douglas.

UNDEIP, s. A shallow place.
Douglas.

Teut. on-deipte, vadum, brevia.

UNDEMIT, UNDEMMYT, adj. Uncensured.
Gl. Sibb.

UNDEMUS, adj. Incalculable, inconceivable; undeemis, undeemint, S. B.
Bellenden.

A. S. un negat. and dem-an, to judge, to reckon.

To UNDERLY, v. a. To undergo, S.

Belg. onderlegg-en, to lie under.

To UNDERLOUT, WNDYRLOWTE, v. n. To stoop, to be subject.

A. S. underlut-an, id.

Wyntown.

Underlout, Wndyrlowte, adj. In a state of subjection.
Wyntown.

To UNDO, v. a.
1. To cut off.
Douglas.
2. To unravel.
Douglas.
3. To disclose, to uncover.
Douglas.

A. S. un-do-en, aperire, solvere.

UNDOCH, UNDOCHT, UNDOUGHT, WANDOUGHT, s.
1. A weak or puny creature; applied both to body and mind, S., wandocht, S. B.
Calderwood.
2. Expl. as signifying a coward.
Rudd.

Teut. on-deughd, vitium; on negative, and deughd, virtus.

UNDON, WNDON, part. pa. Explained.
Wyntown.

UNE, s. Oven, S.
V. Oon.
Bellenden.

UNEGALL, adj. Unequal.

Fr. inegal.

G. Buchanan.

UNEITH, ONEITH, UNETH, S. UNETHIS, UNEIS, UNESE, WNESS, UNEIST, adv. Hardly, with difficulty.
Wallace.

A. S. un-eathe, vix, scarcely.

UNERDIT, part. adj. Not buried.
Doug.

UNESCHEWABIL, adj. Unavoidable.
Douglas.

UNESS, adv.
V. Uneith.

UNFANDRUM, adj. Bulky, unmanageable, Ang.

UNFERY, ONFEIRIE, adj. Infirm, unweildy, S.
V. Fery.
Pop. Ball.

Su. G. wanfoer, imbecillis.

UNFLEGGIT, part. pa. Not affrighted.
Ferguson.

UNFORLATIT, part. adj.
1. Not forsaken.
Ruddiman.
2. Fresh, new.
Douglas.

Belg. wyn verlaat-en, to rack wine.

UNFORSAIN'D, adj. Undeserved.
Ross.

Perhaps originally, irremediable; Teut. on, negat., and versoen-en, Sw. foerson-a, to expiate.

UNFRE, adj. Discourteous.
Sir Tristrem.

UNFRELIE, UNFREELY, adj. Not handsome.
V. Frely.
Houlate.

UNFRELIE, UNFREELIE, adj.
1. Frail, feeble, S. B.
2. Heavy, unweildy, S. B.

Isl. un, negat., and fralig-r, fleet; also powerful.

UNFREND, UNFRIEND, s. An enemy, O. E.
Lyndsay.

Teut. on-vriend, inimicus, parum amicus.

UNFUTE-SAIR, adj.
Priests Peblis.

A. S. fota-sare, dolor pedum, with the negat. prefixed.

UNGAND, part. pr. Unfit, not becoming,
Douglas.

UNGEIR'D, UNGEARIT, adj. Not clad, unharnessed.
V. Geir.
Gl. Shirr.

UNGLAID, adj. Sorrowful.
Douglas.

A. S. un-gladu, tristis.

UNHALSIT, part. pa. Not saluted.
V. Halles.
Douglas.

UNHEARTSOME, adj. Melancholy.
Rutherford.

To UNHEILD, v. a. To uncover.
V. Heild.
Pal. Hon.

A. S. unhel-an, revelare.

UNHELE, s. Pain, suffering.
Houlate.

A. S. un-hele, crux, tormentum.

UNHIT, part. pa. Not named.
V. Hat.
Douglas.

UNHONEST, adj. Dishonourable.
Bellenden.

Lat. inhonest-us; Fr. inhoneste.

Unhonestie, s. Injustice.
Acts Ja. VI.

UNIRKIT, adj. Unwearied.
Douglas.

UNKENSOME, adj. Unknowable.
Minstr. Bord.

UNKNAW, part. pa. Unknown.
Douglas.

UNLATIT, part. pa. Undisciplined, destitute of proper breeding.
V. Lait.
Fordun.

UNLAUCHFUL, adj. Unlawful.
Acts Ja. VI.

UNLAW, UNLACH, s.
1. Any transgression of the law, O. E.
Quon. Att.

A. S. unlaga, unlage, quod contra legem est.

2. A fine exacted from one who has transgressed the law.
Wallace.
3. Used improperly, to denote a law which has no real authority.
Baillie.

To Unlaw, v. a. To fine.
Burr. Lawes.

UNLEIF, adj. Unpleasant, ungrateful.
V. Leif.
Douglas.

UNLEILL, adj. Dishonest.
V. Leil.
Lyndsay.

UNLESUM, adj. What cannot be permitted.
V. Lesum.
Douglas.

UNLUSSUM, adj. Unlovely.
V. Lufsom.
Douglas.

UNMODERLY, adj. Unkindly.
Wyntown.

Un negat. and A. S. mothwaere, meek.

UNPAUNDED, part. adj. Unpledged.
Baillie.

UNQUART, s. Sadness.
Gawan and Gol.

The reverse of Quert, q. v.

UNRABOYTYT, part. pa. Not repulsed.
V. Rebut, v.
Wallace.

UNREASON, UNRESSOUN, s.
1. Injustice, iniquity.
Priests Peblis.
2. Disorder.
Acts Marie.

UNREDE, UNRIDE, adj. Cruel, severe.
Sir Tristrem.

A. S. un-ge-reod, un-ge-ridu, barbarous, cruel.

UNREST, s.
1. Trouble.
Wallace.
2. A person or thing that causes disquietude.
Baillie.

Teut. on-raste, on-ruste, inquies.

UNRYCHT, s. Injustice, iniquity.
Lyndsay.

A. S. un-richt, Teut. on-recht, injustitia.

UNRUDE, adj. Vile, impure.
Douglas.

Teut. on-raed, sordes, immundities.

UNSALL, adj.
V. Unsel.

UNSAUCHT, UNSAUGHT, adj. Disturbed, troubled.
Gawan and Gol.

Teut. on-saecht, durus, asper, rudis.

Unsaucht, s. Dispeace, trouble, S. B.

A. S. un-saeht, un-seht, discordia, inimicitia.

To UNSCHET, v. a. To open.
V. Schete.
Douglas.

UNSEY'D, part. adj. Not tried, S.
V. Sey, v.
Ferguson.

UNSEL, UNSALL, UNSILLY, adj.
1. Unhappy, wretched.
Dunbar.

A. S. un-saelig, Su. G. usel, infelix.

2. Naughty, worthless.
Montgomerie.

Moes. G. unsel, malus.

Unsele, Unsell, s.
1. Mischance, misfortune.
Barbour.

A. S. un-saelth, infelicitas, infortunium.

2. A wicked or worthless person.
Bannatyne P.

Moes. G. unsel, evil, wickedness.

UNSELYEABLE, adj. Unassailable.
Houlate.

UNSETT, s. An attack, for onset.
Doug.

UNSIKKIR, UNSICKER, adj.
1. Not secure, not safe.
Douglas.
2. Unsteady, S.
V. Sikkir.
Burns.

UNSILLY, adj.
V. Unsel.

UNSNARRE, adj. Blunt, not sharp, S. B.
V. Snarre.

UNSNED, part. pa. Not pruned or cut, S.

UNSONSIE, adj.
1. Unlucky, S.
Ramsay.
2. Mischievous, S.
V. Sonsy.
Ramsay.

To UNSNECK, v. a. To lift a latch, S.
Pop. Ball.

UNSOUND, s. A pang.
Gawan and Gol.

Teut. on-ghe-sonde, morbus.

UNTELLABYLL, UNTELLIBYLL, adj. What cannot be told.
Bellenden.

Untellably, adv. Ineffably.
Douglas.

UNTHINKABILL, adj. Inconceivable.
Lyndsay.

UNTHOCHT, To haud one unthocht lang, to keep one from wearying.
Pop. Ball.

Teut. ondeuchtigh, curae et timoris expers.

UNTHRIFTY, adj. Unfriendly.
V. Thryft.
Douglas.

UNTILL, prep. Unto.
V. Skair.

UNTYNT, part. pa. Not lost.
V. Tyne.
Douglas.

UNTRAIST, adj. Unexpected.
V. Traist, adj.
Lyndsay.

UNTRETABYLL, adj. Unmanageable, untractable.
Douglas.

Lat. intractabil-is.

UNTROWABILL, adj. Incredible.
V. Trow, v.
Lyndsay.

UNWAR, UNWER, adj. or adv. Unwary; or unawares.
Douglas.

A. S. unwar, unwaer, incautus; Isl. war-a, videre.

UNWARYIT, part. pa. Not accursed.
V. Wary.
Douglas.

UNWARNYST, part. pa. Not warned, S.
V. Warnis.
Unwarnistly, adv. Without previous warning.
Douglas.

UNWEMMYT, part. adj. Unspotted, unstained.
Douglas.

A. S. un-waemme, un-waemmed, immaculatus.

UNWERD, s. Sad fate, misfortune, S.
V. Weird.
Ruddiman.

A. S. un-wyrd, infortunium.

UNWYNNABILL, adj. Impregnable.
Bellenden.

A. S. un-winna, invincibilis.

UNWINNE, adj. Extreme.
Sir Tristrem.
V. Win.

A. S. un-winna, invincibilis, injucundus, inamoenus, asper.

UNWROKIN, part. pa. Unrevenged.

A. S. un-wrecen, inultus.

Douglas.

UNYEMENT, s. Ointment.
Bellenden.

O. Fr. oignement, id.

VOCE, s. Voice, S. B.
Douglas.

VODE, adj.
1. Empty, void.
Douglas.
2. Light, indecent.
Douglas.

To Vode, v. a. To void, to empty.
Douglas.

VOE, s. A long narrow bay, Orkn. Shetl.
Barry.

Isl. vog-r, sinus maris angustus.

VOGIE, VOKIE, adj.
1. Vain, S.
Ross.

Fr. vogue, Ital. voga, fame.

2. Merry, cheerful, S. B.

VOICER, s. A voter.
Baillie.

VOLE MOUSE, the short-tailed field mouse, Orkn.
Barry.

A. S. wold, planities; Su. G. wall, solum herbidum; Isl. voell-r, campus, pratum.

VOLLAGE, adj. Fickle; Fr. volage.
Complaynt S.

VOLOUNTÉ, s. The will; Fr. volontÉ.
Douglas.

VOLT, s. Perh. cupola or dome.

Fr. voulte, a vaulted or embowed roof.

Maitland P.

VOR, s. The spring, Orkn.
V. Veir.

VOSTING, s. Boasting.
Hamilton.

VOTE, s. A vow.
Bellend. Cron.

O. Fr. vot, vote; Lat. vot-um.

To VOTE, v. a. To devote.

Votit, part. pa.

Bellenden.

VOTH, s. Outlawry.
V. Vouth.
Skene.

To VOUST, v. n. To boast, S.
P. Buch. Dial.

Voust, Voist, Vosting, s. Boasting; a boast, S.

C. B. bostio, to boast.

Douglas.

Vouster, s. A boaster, S.
Ruddiman.

Vousty, adj. Vain, given to boasting.
Beattie.

VOUT, s. A vault, S. O. E. id.

Fr. voute, id.; Sw. hwalfd, arched.

VOUTH, adj. Prosecuted.
Skene.

A. S. wothe, clamor.

Vouth, s. Prosecution in course of law.
Skene.

Vouthman, s. An outlaw; one who has been legally called, but not having presented himself in court, has been outlawed.
Skene.

VOW, interj. Expressive of admiration or surprise, S.
Ramsay.

Isl. vo, metuendum quid.

VOWBET, WOUBIT, OUBIT, s.
1. A hairy worm, S. A.
V. Wobat.

A. S. wibba, a worm.

Gl. Sibb.
2. A puny dwarfish creature.
Montgom.

To UP-BANG, v. a. To force to rise, especially by beating.
Watson.

To UPBRED, v. a. To set in order.
V. Braid up.
Houlate.

To UP-BULLER, v. a. To boil or throw up.
V. Buller, v.

UPCAST, s. Taunt, reproach, S.
Henrysone.

UPCASTING, s. The rising of clouds above the horizon, especially as threatening rain, S.

UPCOIL, s. A kind of game with balls.
Evergreen.

UPCOME, s. Promising appearance, perh. from the first appearance of the blade after sowing.
Godscroft.

A. S. up-cyme, ortus.

To UPDAW, v. n. To dawn.
Dunbar.

Belg. op-daag-en, to rise, to appear.

UPGANG, s. An ascent, an acclivity.

A. S. up-gang, ascensus.

Barbour.

UPGASTANG, s. A species of loom anciently used in Orkney.
Stat. Acc.

UPHALD, s. Support, S. uphadd.
G. Buchanan.

Isl. uphellde, sustentatio, victualia.

To Uphald, Uphadd, v. a. To warrant; as, to uphadd a horse sound, to warrant him free of defect, S.

To UP-HÉ, UPHIE, v. a. To lift up, to exalt; pret. upheit.
Dunbar.

Dan. ophoy-er, Belg. ophoog-en, to exalt.

UPHEILD, part. pa. Carried upwards.
Douglas.

A. S. up, and hyld-an, inclinare.

To UPHEIS, v. a. To exalt, S.
V. Heis.
Douglas.

To UPHEUE, v. a. To lift up.
Doug.

A. S. up-hef-an, levare, Isl. upphef-ia, exaltare.

UPHYNT, part. pa. Snatched up.
V. Hint.
Douglas.

UPLANDS, UP OF LAND, UPON-LAND, UPPLANE, adj.
1. One who lives in the country, as distinguished from the town.
Burr. Lawes.
2. Rustic, unpolished.
Dunbar.

A. S. up-land, highland; also, a midland country.

To UPLOIP, v. n. To ascend with rapidity.
V. Loup, v.
Montgomerie.

Teut. oploop-en, sursum currere.

UPPIL ABOON, clear over-head, S. B.

Sw. uphaalls vaeder, dry weather; from uphaalla, to bear up.

To Uppil, v. n. To clear up, S. B.

UPPISH, adj. Aspiring, ambitious, S.

Su. G. ypp-a, elevare; yppig, superbus.

UP-PUT, s. The power of secreting, so as to prevent discovery.
Cleland.

To UPRAX, v. a. To stretch upward, to erect.
V. Rax.
Douglas.

To UPREND, v. a. To render or give up.
Douglas.

UPREUIN, part. pa. Torn up.
Doug.

To UPSET, v. a. To recover from; applied to a hurt, affliction, or calamity, S.
A. Douglas.

To UPSET, v. a. To overset; as, a cart, boat, &c. S.

To UPSET, v. n. To be overturned, S.

UPSET, s. Insurrection, mutiny.
Wynt.

Su. G. uppsaet, machinatio.

UPSIDES, adv. Quits, q. on an equal foot, S.
Pop. Ball.

To UPSKAIL, v. a. To scatter upwards, S.
V. Skail, v.
Dunbar.

To UPSTEND, v. n. To spring up.
V. Stend.
Douglas.

UPSTENT, part. pa. Erected.
Douglas.

Teut. op and stenn-en, fulcire.

To UPSTOUR, v. n. To rise up in a disturbed state, as dust in motion.
Doug.
V. Stour, v.

UPSTRAUCHT, pret. Stretched up.
V. Straucht.
Douglas.

UPTAK, UPTAKING, s. Apprehension, S.
Bp. Galloway.

UPWELT, pret. Threw up.
V. Welt.

UPWITH, adv. Upwards, S.
Kelly.

Upwith, s. To the upwith, taking a direction upwards, S.

Isl. uppvid, sursum tenus.

Upwith, adj. Uphill, S.
Wallace.

To UPWREILE, v. a. To raise or lift up with considerable exertion.
V. Wreil.
Douglas.

VRAN, s. The wren, Loth.

A. S. wraen.

Complaynt S.

WRANDLY, adv. Without intermission; or, with much contention.
Wallace.

Fris. wrant, a litigious person, wrant-en, to litigate.

URE, s. Chance, fortune.
Barbour.

O. Fr. eur, hazard; Teut. ure, vicissitudo.

URE, s. Practice, toil.
Maitland P.

Teut. ure, commoditas, temporis opportunitas.

URE, s. The point of a weapon.
Acts Ja. I.

Su. G. or, anc. aur, a weapon; Isl. aur, an arrow.

URE, s.
1. Ore; in relation to metals, S.
Douglas.
2. The fur or crust which adheres to vessels, in consequence of liquids standing in them, S. B.

Ury, adj. Furred, crusted, S. B.

URE, s. A denomination of land in Orkney and Shetland.
Stat. Acc.

Isl. auri, octava pars marcae, tam in fundo, quam in mobilibus.

URE, s. Colour, tinge, S. B.

Belg. verw, Sw. ferg, id.

URE, s. Soil. An ill ure, a bad soil, Ang.

Ir. Gael. uir, mould, earth.

URE, s. Sweat, perspiration, Ang.

Ury, adj. Clammy, covered with perspiration, ibid.

URISUM, URUSUM, adj.
1. Troublesome, vexatious.
Douglas.
2. Frightful, terrifying, S.
Ruddiman.

Su. G. orolig, inquietus; oro, inquies.

URLUCH, adj. Having a feeble and emaciated appearance, S. B.
V. Wroul.

Perh. q. wurl-like.

Ross.

To URN, v. a. To pain, to torture, Ang.
Wallace.

Isl. orne, calor, orn-a, calefacio.

To USCHÉ, v. n. To issue.
Dunbar.
V. Ische, v. n.

To Ushe, v. a. To clear.
Acts Sed.

USTE, s. The host, the sacrifice of the mass.

O. Fr. oiste.

Abp. Hamiltoun.

UTASS, WTAST, corr. of Octaves.
Wallace.

UTELAUY, WTELAUY, s. An outlaw.
Barbour.

A. S. ut-laga, Isl. utlaeg-r, exul.

UTERANCE, s.
1. Extremity, in any respect.
Douglas.
2. Extremity, as respecting distress.
V. Outrance.
Douglas.

UTGIE, UTGIEN, s. Expense, expenditure, S.

Belg. uytgaave, id.

UTOUTH, prep.
V. Outwith.

UTTERIT.
V. Outterit.

UVER, UVIR, adj.
1. Upper, in respect of situation, S.
Bellenden.
2. Superior in power. The uver hand, the superiority, S.
V. Ouer.

VULT, s. Aspect.
Wallace.

O. Fr. vult, Lat. vult-us.

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