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

Wynt.

PROP, s. An object at which aim is taken, S. prap.
Dunbar.
Q. something supported above the level of the ground as a butt.

PROPYNE, PROPINE, s.
1. A present, S.
Douglas.
2. Drink-money.
Rutherford.
3. The power of giving.
Minstr. Bord.

Gr. προπιν-ω, Lat. propin-o, id. Hence Fr. propine, drink-money.

To Propine, v. a.
1. To present a cup to another.
Rollocke.
2. To present, in a general sense.
Muse's Threnodie.

To PROPONE, v. a. To propose.

Lat. propon-o.

Douglas.

To PROPORTE, v. n. To mean.

E. purport, L. B. proport-are.