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

EEL. A nine-ee'd eel, a lamprey, S.

Su. G. neionoogon, Germ. neunauge, id.

Eel-backit, adj. Having a black line on the back, applied to a dun-coloured horse, S.

Eelpout, s. The viviparous Blenny, S.

EERIE, adj. Timorous.
V. [Ery].

EFFECTUOUS, adj. Affectionate.

L. B. affectuos-us, id.

Douglas.

To EFFEIR, v. n.
1. To become, to fit.
Chr. Kirk.
2. To be proportional to.
Knox.

Effeir, s.
1. What is becoming.
Maitland Poems.
2. A property, quality.
Dunbar.