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GLOSSARY
last of the old Dukes of Gordon used to quote the saying in the text here as said by one of his farmers in the Cabrach on a wet season."—Prof. Cooper
- Disjonis, disjune, 230, 235, déjeûner, Lat. jejunus, fasting
- Dite, 239, O.F. dit, saying. "After 1500 only Sc."—N.E.D.
- Dornick, 230, cloth of Tournay
- Douce, 242, doux, O.F. dols, Lat. dulcis, sweet
- Dour, 97, 242, North. F. dur, hard
- Dresser, 1, 155; O.F. dresseur, F. dressoir, Med. Lat. directorium
- Drogs, 238, drogues—in use in 14th c.; or. uncertain
- Dule-weid, 106, 230, weed of deuil
- Dool, dole, 242, O.F. doel, Lat. dolium, grief
- Dusty-foot, 184, Sc.–Fr. trans, of pie poudreux, pede pulverosus=pie-powder
- Dyvour, 72, 115, 240, 242, devoir, "or. uncert.—may be same as diver=drowned in debt."—N.E.D.
E
- †Eglantine, 26, last syll. not conn. with tine, Go. tains, as given in text, but from O.F. aiglantier, L. Lat, aculentus, prickly
- Entress=enter and -ess, after duresse, largesse, "chiefly Sc.—right to enter."—N.E.D.
- Essay, 236, essaie
- Essonyie, 33, essoin, Go. sunja, trath, sunjôu, to excuse (may be O.H.G.), O.F. essoyner, from ex and sonia, sunnis, lawful excuse.—N.E.D.
- Evite, 239, éviter, Lat. evitare. "In 18th–19th c. almost peculiar to Sc. writers"—N.E.D.
- Exeem, 239, exempter, Lat. eximere. "Chiefly Sc."—N.E.D.
- Exerce, 239, O.F. exercer, Lat. exercere; "Chiefly Sc."—N.E.D.
- Exoner, 239, exonérer, Sc. law term
- Expede, 239, expédier, Sc. law term
F
- Fagots, 135, 182, F. bundle of sticks. In Cumb. faggot is a term of reproach, corroborating the Campbeltown interpretation given in the text. N.E.D. has, "a term of abuse app. to a woman"
- Fascherie, fachous, fashous, 86, 97, 240, O.F. fascherie, facheux, fâcheux, fâcher:—
"Troth, Caesar, whiles they're fashed eneuch."—"Twa Dogs."
- Fattrels, 240, O.F. fatraille, fatras=things of no value
- Fent, 240, f ente, Lat. findere, to split
- Fleggearis, 230, flèche
- Fond, foond, 238, fond, foundation; superseded in 18th c. by fund, Lat. fundus
- Foy, 208, O.Du. foey, a compact, from foi, faith, covenants being confirmed by eating and drinking together
- Frenges, 232, 238, O.F. frenge, frange, Lat. fimbria, border
- Fushonless, 186, 240, foison
G
- Gabarts, 232, cappers, gabare
- Gadge, 238, O.F. gauge, F. jauge
- Gag, 127, 155, 240, gage, also gig, geg; pledge in security, F. gage, var. of wage, wed, O.F. g(u)age, Go. wadja. Fife term in boys' game, "smoogle the gag," elsewhere, as in the West, pronounced "geg." The Glasgow term, "gegg," a trick, quoted in N.E.D., but not now so used, may be a var. of geek, begeck, in sense of hoax, play a trick on, and therefore not connected with "gag," "geg."—N.E.D.
- Gansel, gansald, gansallin, 136, 140, insolent retort, prop, garlic sauce for goose, O.F. ganse aillie, later, gance d'aulx, in same sense; ail is garlic. Kl. "Ger günsel, from Lat. consolida, which name the old herbalists applied to all healing plants"
- Ganzeis, 230, arrows, prob. contr. of engin; of. Burns's "gin-horse." "Obsc. or.—an Ir. gainne of similar meaning, but word not known in O.F."—N.E.D.
