| alition | The action of supplying nourishment; alimentation. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| back-land | Sc. The back portion of a piece of ground; a building on this; spec. a house or tenement built behind others. (Cf. land n. 8.) | 1488 | Go To Quotation |
| biggonet | A woman's cap or headdress. | 1637 | Go To Quotation |
| bure | A coarse woollen stuff. | 1585 | Go To Quotation |
| computative | Of or relating to computation; given to making computations. Also: calculable; that is to be calculated. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| frog | An ornamental fastening originally used on military dress coats or cloaks, consisting… | 1635 | Go To Quotation |
| geo | In Caithness, Orkney, and Shetland: a rocky gully or inlet on the coast. Also in extended… | 1617 | Go To Quotation |
| handwrite | Handwriting. | 1483 | Go To Quotation |
| hogskin | The skin of a hog; leather made from this; pigskin. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| India | attrib. Designating any of various products, esp. textiles, made in, associated with… | 1586 | Go To Quotation |
| Kilmarnock | Used (freq. attrib.) to designate various articles made in Kilmarnock, or… | 1643 | Go To Quotation |
| macle | Heraldry. = mascle n. 2b. Obs. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| Mahometist | A Muslim. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| manducation | The action of eating; spec. the action of consuming the consecrated host at the… | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| marge | intr. To be adjacent to. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| mastic | trans. To treat with a preparation of mastic; to fasten or stick with mastic. Also fig. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| maud | A checked plaid of a type traditionally worn by shepherds in Scotland, esp. in… | 1653 | Go To Quotation |
| meltith | = mealtide n. Now rare. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| memoir | A note, a memorandum; a record; a brief testimonial or warrant; (in pl.) records, documents. In early use chiefly Sc. Obs. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| mensural | Music. Having fixed rhythm with notes and rests indicating a definite duration; spec.… | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| merciament | The state of being liable to a fine or amercement; (also) an amercement, a fine. | 1455 | Go To Quotation |
| micklewame | The stomach, esp. that of the ox, etc. (as opposed to that of the sheep), used for culinary purposes. | 1566 | Go To Quotation |
| middling | Of medium or moderate size, strength, quality, etc. (now colloq., passing into sense… | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| modifying | The action of modifying something (in various senses); modification; an instance of this. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| moor-ill | Disease seen in livestock (esp. cattle) grazing on moorland, or attributed to this; esp.… | 1556 | Go To Quotation |
| morella | A kind of mohair fabric formerly used for making dresses, curtains, etc. Also morella mohair. Cf. moire n. adj. | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| mortcloth | A funeral pall. Now hist. | 1497 | Go To Quotation |
| mow | Dust, mould; impure or foreign matter. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| muckman | A street cleaner. Later also: a refuse collector, a dustman. | 1569 | Go To Quotation |
| muffle | Sc. (chiefly north. and east.) and Eng. regional (Northumberland). = mitten n. 1a, mitt n. 1. | 1575 | Go To Quotation |
| muller | A decorative or ornamental moulding, facing, or frame. | 1524 | Go To Quotation |
| musted | Perfumed with musk; (perh. also) containing musk. | 1575 | Go To Quotation |
| niffer | Exchange of goods or services; barter; (also) an instance of this. | 1400 | Go To Quotation |
| nolt | Cattle, oxen. Also: an individual ox, a bullock. Cf. nowt n. | 1437 | Go To Quotation |
| norland | Belonging to the north, that comes from the north. | 1577 | Go To Quotation |
| northing | The north. | 1644 | Go To Quotation |
| nuisant | Harmful, hurtful; of the nature of a nuisance. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| numerosity | Rhythmic or metrical quality; = numerousness n. 2. Obs. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| occasionably | Sc. As a result, in consequence. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| octave | The note which lies at an interval of seven degrees of the scale above or (occas.) below… | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| oil colour | A paint made by mixing a pigment with a drying oil such as linseed oil; = oil n. 3a, oil paint n. at oil n. 5. Chiefly in pl. | 1498 | Go To Quotation |
| oneration | Sc. Law. A financial charge or burden; a written statement of this. | 1534 | Go To Quotation |
| ostensive | Denotative; directly or manifestly demonstrative. Chiefly in Logic: (of a proof… | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| out-hounder | A person who incites another to crime, etc. | 1596 | Go To Quotation |
| outred | Settlement of a debt or liability; payment of accounts; conclusion or clearing up of business. Obs. | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| outreik | trans. To fit out or equip (a person, ship, etc.). | 1591 | Go To Quotation |
| outskin | A pelt, an outer skin. Also fig. | 1583 | Go To Quotation |
| overcast | Sc. The action or an act of casting something over or down. Obs. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| packman | An itinerant trader who carries goods in a pack for sale; a pedlar. Now regional (chiefly Sc. and N. Amer.). | 1571 | Go To Quotation |
| paranymph | At a wedding: a bridesmaid or best man. Also fig. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| parrot | In full parrot coal. Cannel coal. Formerly also: †a lump of cannel coal (obs.). | 1594 | Go To Quotation |
| pastoring | The work of a shepherd; the action of tending as a shepherd. Obs. | 1500 | Go To Quotation |
| patrocine | = patrociny n. | 1590 | Go To Quotation |
| patruel | A child of a person's paternal uncle; (also) a child of a person's brother. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| pearl | trans. = purl v. 1 3 4. Cf. pearled adj. | 1624 | Go To Quotation |
| pearled | Trimmed with pearl (pearl n.); made with a series of minute loops or twists, esp. as an ornamental edging. | 1575 | Go To Quotation |
| pedicular | Of or relating to a louse or lice; lousy. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| perturbator | = perturber n. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| Pictland | The area of Scotland formerly inhabited by the Picts, north of the Firth of Forth. In early use freq. attrib. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| pignoration | The action of pledging or pawning something. | 1549 | Go To Quotation |
| pionery | Sc. The office or duties of a porter or labourer, esp. one approved by a burgh. Cf. pioneer n. 2, piner n. 1. rare. | 1547 | Go To Quotation |
| piquant | A sharp, pointed object; spec. a hedgehog spine. Obs. rare. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| pirnie | Of cloth: woven from threads of different colours; striped. Cf. pirn v. | 1597 | Go To Quotation |
| ployk | A club or bludgeon. | 1450 | Go To Quotation |
| plying | The action of ply v. (in various senses). | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| poil | Sc. A fabric with a nap or pile. | 1582 | Go To Quotation |
| point lace | Sc. Lace for making points (point n. 23a). Cf. pointing ribbon n. at pointing n. 2. Obs. | 1634 | Go To Quotation |
| pomate | = pomade n. In early use chiefly Sc.; in later use Eng. regional (north.). | 1575 | Go To Quotation |
| pommelly | Of a cross: having the arms terminating in pommels or knobs; = pommé adj. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| post | An office to which a person is or may be appointed; a position of paid employment, a job. in post… | 1562 | Go To Quotation |
| postie | A postman or postwoman. Also used as a title or form of address. | 1611 | Go To Quotation |
| pourriture | Rottenness, rot, decay; freq. fig. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| pract | trans. To put into practice, to be engaged in, to carry out; to be skilled at. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| prejudgement | The action or fact of prejudging someone or something; a conclusion or decision… | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| preparement | The action of preparing; preparation; (in pl.) preparations. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| printing ink | Ink used in printing; printers' ink. Also (fig.): printed matter, print. | 1579 | Go To Quotation |
| procuratrix | A female procurator or agent. Cf. factrix n. Now hist. and rare. | 1584 | Go To Quotation |
| produce | The action or fact of producing; production of something specified. Now rare. | 1562 | Go To Quotation |
| pronounceable | That can be pronounced. | 1580 | Go To Quotation |
| proof | Of tried or proven strength or quality; (originally esp. of armour) of tested power… | 1583 | Go To Quotation |
| proportionly | = proportionally adv. (in various senses). | 1469 | Go To Quotation |
| quadrangle | Of or relating to a quadrangle; quadrangular. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| quickened | Made living or lively; animated, revived, stimulated. | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| racketball | A ball, typically small and hard, used in the game of rackets. | 1597 | Go To Quotation |
| rance | trans. To prop up, brace, or support; (also) to bar, jam, block up. | 1680 | Go To Quotation |
| rancellor | = rancelman n. | 1615 | Go To Quotation |
| rapacity | The quality or fact of being rapacious; rapacious behaviour or tendencies; greed. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| rashed | Having two colours meeting in a jagged line; = erased adj. 2a. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| reconvene | trans. Law. Of a defendant: to countercharge (a plaintiff); to bring a counteraction… | 1454 | Go To Quotation |
| redship | The equipment or tackle of a ship. Also in extended use. | 1553 | Go To Quotation |
| reduceable | = reducible adj. (in various senses). | 1565 | Go To Quotation |
| reformed | That has been subject to reform; freed of errors or abuses. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| repass | The action or fact of going back again; an instance of this. Freq. in pass and repass. rare after 17th cent. | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| reproduce | trans. To exhibit or present (a person or item) again. Now rare. | 1584 | Go To Quotation |
| resignation | The action or an act of relinquishing, surrendering, or giving up something; (Sc. Law)… | 1380 | Go To Quotation |
| resistant | That makes or offers resistance or opposition; tending to resist someone or… | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| rest | intr. Of a sum of money, a debt, etc.: to remain due, be unpaid. Now rare. | 1456 | Go To Quotation |
| restable | trans. To re-establish. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| rigging stone | Chiefly Sc. Stone used to construct a roof or roof ridge. | 1471 | Go To Quotation |
| rigging tree | The horizontal wooden beam running the length of the top of a roof ridge, at which the… | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| rigol | A ring or circle; (in later use chiefly with reference to Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2) a… | 1459 | Go To Quotation |
| ringle-eyed | = wall-eyed adj. 1. Also: having a ring of white round the eye. | 1586 | Go To Quotation |
| roddikin | The abomasum or fourth stomach of a ruminant animal. Also: tripe. | 1512 | Go To Quotation |
| Roodmas | = Rood Day n., b. More fully Roodmas day. | 1526 | Go To Quotation |
| rottan | A rat. Cf. ratton n. | 1573 | Go To Quotation |
| roup | trans. To sell or let at a roup (roup n.); to put up for public auction, freq. as a… | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| rouping | The action of selling or letting by roup (roup n.). Also: a roup; a public auction. Now chiefly hist. | 1513 | Go To Quotation |
| rousing | The sprinkling of fish (esp. herring) with salt, as part of the curing process. Cf. rouse v. Now rare. | 1667 | Go To Quotation |
| rove | trans. To secure with a rove (rove n.); to rivet. Also fig. | 1568 | Go To Quotation |
| rowage | A charge or duty levied for rowing. | 1589 | Go To Quotation |
| ruche | Sc. A beehive. Cf. ruskie n. 2. Obs. | 1494 | Go To Quotation |
| rugging | The action of pulling or tugging; robbery, plunder, pillage. Freq. in rugging and reaving (also… | 1507 | Go To Quotation |
| rug-saw | A two-handed saw. Also fig. | 1582 | Go To Quotation |
| running shoe | Each of a pair of shoes worn or designed to be worn while running; (now) spec. = trainer n. 3d. | 1665 | Go To Quotation |
| subtack | A tack or lease granted by a superior to an inferior tenant; a sublease. | 1574 | Go To Quotation |
| subtract | trans. To withdraw or withhold (something beneficial, useful, or valuable, or something… | 1537 | Go To Quotation |
| supernumeral | = supernumerary adj. (in various senses). | 1565 | Go To Quotation |
| supersede | intr. To defer action; to delay, hesitate. With of (the action) or infinitive. Obs. | 1433 | Go To Quotation |
| supervenient | Coming after (and in connection with or as a consequence of) an existing… | 1565 | Go To Quotation |
| supple | The part of a flail that strikes the grain in threshing. | 1556 | Go To Quotation |
| taffel | A table; (in later use) spec. a small one. | 1552 | Go To Quotation |
