An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. infaere, ingress.

INFIELD, adj.
1. Applied to land receiving manure, and still kept under crop, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. To corn growing on this land, S.
Acts Ja. VI.

Infield, s. Land continually cropped, S.
Statist. Acc.

INFORTUNE, s. Misfortune.
Lyndsay.

INGAN, s. Onion, S.
Ramsay.

INGER, s. Expl. as signifying a gleaner, Loth.

O. Teut. inghe, angustus; ingher, exactio.

Ingher's pock, a quantity of all kinds of grain dried in a pot, and ground into meal, Loth.

INGYNE, ENGYNE, ENGENIE, s.
1. Ingenuity, genius, S.
Douglas.
2. Disposition.
Pitscottie.
3. Mind in general.
Pitscottie.
4. Scientific knowledge.
Douglas.

O. Fr. engin, engien, esprit, volonté, genie, Roquef.