An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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IMBa.s.sET, _s._ L. _inba.s.set_. Amba.s.sador.
_Wallace._
IMMER GOOSE, The greater ducker, Orkn.
_Sibbald._
_Barry._
_Immer_, id. Norw. Dan. &c.
IMMICK, _s._ An ant, S. apparently corr. from E. _emmet_.
IMMIS, _adj._ Variable.
V. ~Emmis~.
_To_ YMP, _v. a._ To ingraff.
_Henrysone._
A. S. _imp-an_, Su. G. _ymp-a_, id. E. _imp_.
IMPERTINENT, _adj._ Uncivil, indiscreet, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ IMPESCHE, _v. a._ To hinder.
Fr. _empescher_, id.
_G. Buchanan._
_To_ IMPYRE, _v. n._ To bear sway.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ IMPLEMENT, _v. a._ To fulfil, S.
_Law Case._
YMPNE, _s._ A hymn.
_Douglas._
_To_ IMPONE, _v. a._ To impose.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ IMPRIEVE, _v. a._ To disprove; also to impeach; a forensic term.
_Acts Sedt._
Lat. _improb-are_, to disallow.
IMPRESTABLE, _adj._ What cannot be performed.
_Wodrow._
Lat. _in_ neg. and _praest-are_, to perform.
IN, _prep._ Into.
Moes. G. A. S. _in_, id.
_Wallace._
IN, a termination denoting the feminine gender; as in Germ. and Su. G.
IN, INNYS, _s._
1. A dwelling, A. S.
Su. G. Isl. _inne_, id.
_Barbour._
_Inns_, in vulgar language, S. a house of entertainment.
2. The tents of an army on the field.
_Barbour._
