An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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VERLOT, _s._
V. ~Varlot~.
VERNAGE, WERNAGE, _s._ A kind of white wine.
_Wallace._
L. B. _vernachia_, _vernac-ia_, O. Fr. _garnache_, id.
VERRAYMENT, _s._ Truth.
V. ~Werrayment~.
VERT, WERT, _s._ A term used in old charters, to signify a right to cut green wood.
_Chart. Q. Anne._
Fr. _verd_, Lat _virid-is_.
VERTUE, _s._ Thrift, industry, S.
~Vertuous~, _adj._ Thrifty, industrious, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ VESIE, VISIE, VISYE, WESY, WISIE, _v. a._
1. To visit.
_Douglas._
2. To examine accurately, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
3. To send good or evil judicially.
_Wallace._
4. To take aim, to mark, S.
Fr. _viser_, id. Lat. _vis-o_, to visit; also, to survey.
VEt.i.t, _adj._ Forbidden; Lat. _vet.i.t-us_.
_S. P. Repr._
VEUG, _s._ Amorous.
_Houlate._
A. S. _fog_, conjunctio; whence _fogere_, a wooer.
_To_ UG, _v. a._ To feel abhorrence at, S.
_Ramsay._
~Ugertfow~, _adj._ Nice, squeamish.
V. ~Ogertful~.
~Ugsum~, ~Ougsum~, _adj._
1. Frightful.
_Doug._
2. Exciting abhorrence.
_Wyntown._
~Ugsumnes~, _s._ Frightfulness, horror.
_Doug._
VICTUAL, _s._ Grain of any kind, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Victualler~, _s._ A corn-factor, S.
VIER, VYER, _s._ One who _vies_ with.
_Watson._
VIFELIE, _adv._ In a lively manner.
