An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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3. To purchase with money.
_Reg. Maj._
~Conquace~, ~Conquese~, _s._
1. Conquest.
_Wallace._
2. Acquisition by purchase.
L. B. _conquestus_, id.
_Quon. Attach._
CONRYET, _pret._ Perhaps, disposed.
_Wallace._
O. Fr. _conraer_, to prepare, whence _conroi_, order of battle.
CONSTABLE, _s._ A large gla.s.s, the contents of which he is obliged to drink, who has not drunk as much as the rest of the company, S.
CONSTERIE, CONSTRY, _s._ Consistory.
_Forbes._
_To_ CONSt.i.tUTE, _v. a._ To open an ecclesiastical court with prayer, S.
CONTAKE, _s._ Contest.
_Douglas._
CONTEMPTION, _s._ Contempt.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_To_ CONTEYNE, _v. s._ To continue.
_Wallace._
_To_ CONTENE, _v. n._ To demean one's self.
_Barbour._
~Contening~, _s._
1. Demeanour.
_Barbour._
2. Military discipline.
_Barbour._
CONTENEU, _s._ Tenor.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _contenu_, id.
CONTER. _A conter_, to the contrary.
_Ross._
Fr. _contre_, against.
CONTERMYT, _part. pa._ Firmly set against.
_Wallace._
Fr. _contremet-tre_, to oppose.
_To_ CONTINUE, _v. a._ To delay.
_Spotswood._
CONTRIMONT, _adv._ The contrary way.
_Douglas._
Fr. _contremont_, directly against the stream.
CONTRAIR, _adj._ Contrary, Fr.
