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EEBREK c.r.a.p, The third crop after lea, S. B.
EEGHIE ~nor~ OGHIE. _I can hear neither eeghie nor oghie_, neither one thing nor another, Ang.
_Ross._
Su. G. _igh_, or _eighi_, not.
EEKFOW, _adj._ Equal; also, just, Ang.
Su. G. _ekt-a_, Germ. _eicht_, justus.
~Eeksie-peeksie~, _adj._ Equal, Ang.
EEL. _A nine-ee'd eel_, a lamprey, S.
Su. G. _neionoogon_, Germ. _neunauge_, id.
~Eel-backit~, _adj._ Having a black line on the back, applied to a dun-coloured horse, S.
~Eelpout~, _s._ The viviparous Blenny, S.
EERIE, _adj._ Timorous.
V. ~Ery~.
EFFECTUOUS, _adj._ Affectionate.
L. B. _affectuos-us_, id.
_Douglas._
_To_ EFFEIR, _v. n._
1. To become, to fit.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. To be proportional to.
_Knox._
~Effeir~, _s._
1. What is becoming.
_Maitland Poems._
2. A property, quality.
_Dunbar._
_To_ EFFERE, EFFEIR, _v. a._
1. To fear.
_Lyndsay._
2. To affright.
_Douglas._
A. S. _afaer-an_, terrere.
_To_ ~Effeir~, _v. n._ To fear.
_Lyndsay._
~Effray~, ~Effraying~, _s._ Terror.
_Barbour._
Fr. _effray-ir_, to affright.
~Effrayitly~, _adv._ Under affright.
_Barbour._
EFREST, Best; Isl. _ypprist_.
_Houlate._
EFT, _adv._ After.
A. S. id.
_Wallace._
~Eft castel~, Hinder part of the s.h.i.+p.
