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Ouk is a very old and widely prevalent form in Sc.; now only Aber.; Go. wiko, Ger. Woche, wouke in Chaucer, and uge=vuge in Da. "Pasche olk; olkis, olkly," St. And. K. S. R.
- Outliers, oot-lers, (Burns), 62, 173
- Outspans, 203, C. Du. See spang
- Over-sell or Iver-sell, 147, Mo. See sell, sells and thrammels
- Over-wiseness (Eliz.), 84
- †Own, 38 (rhymes with down), to own, possess, A.S. agn-ian, to own, Go. aigin, possessions, aigan, to possess, pret. aihta. See aacht
- Owre blate, 137, over modest
- Owsen, 23, var. of oxen, Ger. Ochsen, Go. auhsa- Sans, ukshan, a bull. See ox
"When owsen frae the furrow free
Return sae dowf an' weary—O."
"Ball."
- †Ox, 250=the carrier. Skeat derives from Sans. uksh, to sprinkle, not from veho, as in the text, and "therefore is ult. cog. with humid." Kl. says, "Or. from Sans. ukshan, ox, root uks, to sprinkle, or uks, to grow strong, and a masc. form of vacca, cow." Sans. uhsan, page 17, is misprint for ukshan, a bull
- Oxter, 17, 207, armpit. Go. ams-a for ahsl-a, Ger. Achsel, tbe shoulder, under which word Kl. says: "Go. ¤ahsla for I.-Ger. aksla, Lat. axilla and ala, Du. oksel"
- -Oy, -oe, 63, grandchild, Gael. ogha
- Oylé, 211, Lat. oleum, Sc. ile. In early use, but, as in Go. alew, olive oil=ἔλαιον, is borrowed from the Greek
- Oyster-catcher, or mussel-picker, 119
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- Paard, 201, C. Du., Ger. Pferd, a horse
- Pachter, 212, Kl. "Ger. Pacht, under L. Ger. influence, as Du. pacht is derived from Lat. pactus, a bargain struck;" cf. Sc. paction
- Pad, 209, C. Du. path
- Paecan, 71, M.E.; cf. Gael. bocan, a spectre
- Paeg, 70, Da.
- Paidlin, 169, paddling
- Paiks, 137, 179, a drubbing, or. uncert.; Jam. conn. with Ger. pauken, to beat a drum
- Pains, 139, ague, rheumatism
- Paith, 118, 120, path, Ger. Pfad. See pad
- Palall, 127, syn. beds, a sort of shovel-board game with the feet; cf. pall-mall. "Pal-lall, surely the common name peever should have been given here. The game is pal-lall, the piece of stone, slate, &c. is the peever." (J. B. F.). See peevor.
- Pandies, 135, 155, syn. pawmies, Lat. pande palmam, extend the palm
- Pannsl, 72, Sc. law, the accused
- Partan's-taes, 123, crab's toes, Celt. or.
- Particles with verb (Scots), as in Ger., 92
- Pash, 15, 227, Go. paska, Easter (Gr.)
- Passive inflection, 38
- Past participle in -ed., 88
- Pat, puttit, 88
- Pattle, 160, stick to clear away before the plough. Paddle, "a farmer wi' a hand that never held pleugh stilt or pattle, that'll never do."—Scott
- Pawkiness, 69
- Pawky, 179, sly, artful; paik, a trick, v. to deceive
"A thief sae pawkie is my Jean,
She'll steal a glance by all unseen."
Burns.
- Pawn, Pawnd, 155, vallance round a bed; Lat. pendo
- Pea-jacket, paida, 19, 206, Go. a coat of skins. "In Du. pij (pron. pie), and L.Ger. a woollen jacket. Go. paida translates χιτόν, a coat; conn. is βαίτη."—Sk.
- Peasie, 148, pease! as a cry to pigeons. In Fi. Pud-pud!
- Pech, 122, to draw a deep breath—echoic
- Pecht, pechs, elves, 71, 132, sometimes identified with the aboriginal Picts
- Peeack, peck, 150, to speak with a small voice, pee-akin
- Peeay, 70, Forf. Jam. "peeoy, pioye, a little moistened gunpowder formed into a pyramidal
