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

Fr. compar-oir, to appear, Lat. compar-ere, id.

Compearance, s. The act of presenting one's self in a court, S.
Baillie.

COMPER, s. The Common Fishing Crog, Lophius piscatorius, Linn. Orkn.
Barry.

To COMPESCE, v. a. To restrain.

Lat. compesco.

Baillie.

To COMPETE, v. n. To be in a state of competition, S.

COMPLENE, The last of the canonical hours.
Douglas.

L. B. complendae, officium ecclesiasticum, quod cetera diurna officia com-plet et claudit.

COMPLIMENT, s. A present, a gift, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.