An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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NA, _adj._ No; none.
_Barbour._
_To_ NAB, _v. a._ To strike, S.
NACHET, NACKET, _s._
1. An insignificant person.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _nacquet_, a lacquey.
2. _A little nacket_, one who is small in size, S.
NACKET, _s._
1. A bit of wood, stone, or bone, used at the game of _s.h.i.+nty_, S.
Su. G. _kneck_, globulus lapideus, quo ludunt pueri.
2. A quant.i.ty of snuff made up, or a small roll of tobacco, S.
NACKETY, _adj._
V. ~Knack~.
NACKIE, _adj._
V. ~Knacky~.
NACKS, _s._ A disease in the throat of a fowl.
V. ~Knacks~.
NAES, _nae is_, is not, S. B.
NAGUS, _s._ An abusive designation, Dunbar.
Su. G. _Necken_, _Neccus_, Old Nick.
NAIG, _s._
1. A riding horse, S.
_Burns._
2. A stallion, S.
NAIL. _Aff at the nail_, dest.i.tute of any regard to propriety of conduct, S.
NAILS, _s. pl._ Refuse of wool, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
NAIP, _s._ The summit of a house, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _nap-ar_, prominet, _nauf_, prominentia.
NAYSAY, NA-SAY, _s._ A refusal, S.
_To_ ~Naysay~, _v. n._ To refuse, S.
NAIPRIE, _s._ Table linen, S.
_Knox._
Ital. _napparie_, id.
NAITHLY, _adv._ Perh. industriously.
A. S. _nythlice_, studiosus.
_Douglas._
NAKYN, _adj._ No kind of, S.
_Barbour._
