Letters of Samuel Rutherford / (Third Edition)

by Samuel Rutherford

Aberdeen, Letter to People of, 364;
referred to, 77, 243, 364.
Abraham referred to, 324.
Abraham, Mr., 24.
Aird, Bethia, 153.
Airds, 59, 217.
Alexander, Sir William, 15.
America, 75.
Anabaptists, 308.
Anderson, Mr. R., 356, 365.
Anwoth, 92, 96, 157, 162, 163, 167, 177, 180, 184, 198, 206, 225, 230, 267, 269, 279, 306, 307.
—— Topography of, 198, and Life.
Antinomians, 308.
Ardross, Lady (H. Lindsay), 321.
Ardwell, 101, 283.
Argyle, Death of, 360.
Ashe, Mr. Simeon, 345.
Assembly, Westminster, 307, 310.
Athernie (in Largo).—See Rigg, 114.
Ayr.—See Kennedy, John.
M. A., 212, 243.
Baillie, Robert, 163, 307.
Balcarras, Earl of, 327.
Ballantyne, Margaret, 79.
Balmerinoch, Lord, 139.
Barcapple, 34.
Barholm, 117 (notice).
Barron, Dr. Robert, 89, 117, 144.
Bautie, James, 249.
Bell, John, 218.
Berwick, 333.
Blackness Castle, 12.
Blair, Isabel.—See Lady Gaitgirth.
—— Mr. Robert, 89, 254.
Bohemia, 62.
Bothwell Bridge, 206.
Boyd, Lady, 77, 107, 167, 210, 245, 277, 294, 299, 303, 309, 321.
—— Lord, 78, 232.
Boyne, 307.
Brethren, to several, 358.
Brisbane, Sarah.—See Rowallan.
Brother, to a Christian, 317.
—— to a minister, 358.
Brown, Fergus, 18.
—— Jean, 18, 32, 84, 111, 131.
—— Patrick, 111.
—— of Wamphray, 131, 243.
Brownists, 303.
Bruce, Mr. James, 146.
Bryce, 231.
Burroughs, Jeremiah, 309.
Burton, D., 17.
—— Henry, 17.
Busbie, the Lady, 133, 120, 270.
Byres, 231.
A. B., 227.
B., 53. R. B., 246.
Caithness, 89.
Cally, Laird of (John Lennox), 198, 202.
Cambridge, 174.
Campbell, John.—See Earl of Loudon.
—— Lady Jane.—See Kenmure.
—— Mr. Robert, 363, 365.
Canons, Book of, 161.
Cant, Mr. Andrew, 179, 206.
Cardoness, the elder (see John Gordon), 82, 166, 180.
—— the Lady (Gordon), 100, 103, 192 199.
—— the younger, 123, 173.
Carleton, Fullerton of, letters to, 157, 169, 176 (referred to, 1, 15, 40, 243, 279).
—— Lady, 254.
Carsen, John, 127, 243.
—— Marion, 32.
—— Patrick, 156.
Carsluth, notice of, 190.
Carsphairn, 28, 102, 357.
Carstairs, John, 336.
Caskeberrie.—See Kaskiberry.
Cassillis, Earl of (John Kennedy), 128, 268, 278.
Cassincarrie (Mure), 191.
Cathcart.—See Carleton.
Christian Brother, 316.
—— Friend, 291, 315.
—— Gentlewoman, 211, 317.
Clark, John, 172.
Colville, Mr. Alexander, 11, 98, 208, 343.
Colwart, Mr. Henry, 90.
Commentaries, proposed, 53, 110.
Corbet, Thomas, 264.
Covenant, 358, 359.
Craig, Mrs., 361.
Craighall, Lord, 86, 99, 174, 220, 227, 236, 257.
Cramond, 43, and 117 (notice).
Crawford, Earl of (see Lindsay), 309.
Cromwell, 329, 331, 339, 346.
Cruickshanks, Mr. John, 365.
Culross, Lady, 62, 74, 178, 222.
Cunningham, Mr. R., 63, 110.
A. C., 189, 209.
Y. C., 76.
C., 44.
Dalgleish, William, 117, 184, 197, 287.
Dalry.—See Earlston.
Dematius, note, 334.
Dickson, Mr. David, 110, 119, 168, 259, 298;
his son, John, 298.
Disdow, 213, 262.
Douglas, Robert, 113.
Dunbar, Battle of, 329.
Dunbar, Mr. George, 265.
Dundrennan, 117 (note).
Dungueich, the Lady, 251.
Durham, Mr. James, 91, 352.
Dury, Mr. John, 91 (notice).
Earlston, elder, 59, 64, 73, 97, 160, 201, 260, 323.
—— the Lady (Eliz. Gordon), 109.
—— younger, 99, 181, 196, 271.
Edinburgh Town Council, 325, 344, 345.
Ellis, Fulk, 234.
Episcopacy, 364, etc.
Erskine, Margaret.—See Lady Marischall.
Ewart, John, 36, 134.
Expecters, 308.
C. E., 92.
Familists, 310.
Fenwick, John, 295.
Fergushill, Mr. John, 112, 187, 188, 275.
Fife, 364.
Fingask, Lady (Moncrieff), 297.
Fleming, Mr. James, 228.
—— John, 68, 159, 241, 266.
Forret, Mr. David, 327.
—— Lady, 125.
Forth, the, 257.
France, 32, 254.
Friend, a Christian, 291, 316.
Fullarton, Margaret, 204.
Fullerton, Grizzel, 5, 155, 339.
—— Mr. W., Provost of Kirkcudbright, 1, 52, 67, 135, 221.
Fullwood, the younger, 224.
F., 17, 254.
R. F., 98.
G. J., 17, 92, 320. (John Gordon?)
Gaitgirth, Lady (Isabel Blair), 187, 239.
—— Laird of, 237.
Galloway, 37.
Galloway, Bishop of (see Sydserff), 161.
Garloch, 65 (notice), 217.
Garven, Mr. Thomas, 152, 165, 246.
Gentlewoman, to a Christian, 2, 211, 318.
—— on husband's death, 105, 122.
—— Letter to one at Kirkcudbright, 25.
George, David, of Delft, 309.
Gillespie, Mr. George, 144, 253, 324.
—— Mrs., 326.
—— Patrick, 337.
Girthon, 198 (notice), 43.
Glasgow, Bishop of, 86, 110.
—— to a minister of, 337.
Glendinning, Mr. Robert, 36, 136.
—— William, 137, 267, 276.
Glendoning, Robert, 36.
—— W., 36.
Goodwin, Thomas, 309.
Gordon, Alex., of Earlston, 59, 73.
—— of Garlock, 65 (notice).
—— Jean, 145.
—— John, at Rusco, 272, 280.
—— John, elder, of Cardoness.—See C.
—— John, younger, of Cardoness.—See Cardoness.
—— of Knockgray, 102.—See K.
—— Mary, of Largmore, 72.
—— Robert, Bailie of Ayr, 129, 200.
—— Robert, of Knockbreck.—See Knockbreck.
—— William, at Kenmure, 203.
—— William, of Roberton, 72.
—— William, younger, of Earlston.—See Earlston.
—— William, of Whitepark, 143.
Greenham, Richard, 159.
Gustavus Adolphus, 16, 48.
Guthrie, Rev. Mr. James, of Stirling, 319, 357, 362.
—— Mr. William of Fenwick, 330.
J. G., 92, 319. (James Guthrie?)
W. G., 222.
Hall, Mr. Gilbert, 357.
Hallhill, the Lady (Learmonth), 148.
Halliday, William, 121.
Hamilton, Barbara, 311, 315.
—— Euphan, 6.
—— Mr. James, 89, 137, 214.
—— John, 8.[532]
Henderson, Mr. Alexander, 115.
—— Mr. Hugh, 138, 194.
—— Mr. John, in Rusco, 150, 207.
Henton, 218.
High Commission, 68, note.
Hog, Mr. Thomas, 245.
Hope, Sir John.—See Craighall.
Hume, Mrs., 314.
—— Mr. William, 312.
Hutchison, George, 344.
Independents, 308, 329.
Ireland, 25, 119, 168, 233, 284, 288.
Jackson, Dr. Thomas, 188.
Jedburgh, 345.
Job, Commentary upon, 58.
Johnston, Sir Archibald, of Warriston, 307.
Kaskeberry, the Lady (Schoneir), 108.
Kells.—See Garlock, and 72.
Kenmure, Viscountess, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 35, 37, 39, 40, 42, 56, 58, 61, 69, 70, 93, 94, 95, 96, 104, 106, 205, 206, 230, 286, 287, 302, 305, 318, 320, 335, 338, 341, 360.
Kennedy, Elizabeth, 77.
—— Janet, 88, 247.
—— John.—See Earl of Cassillis.
—— John, Bailie of Ayr, 22, 75, 130.
Ker, Col. Gilbert, 328, 329, 331, 332, 333, 334, 342, 343.
—— John, 47.
Kerr, Robert, 71.
Kilconquhar, Lady, 226, 261.
Kilmalcolm, Parishioners, 286.
Kirkcudbright, 6, 8, 25, 34, 36, 42, 43, 46, 49, 52, 67, 80, 134, 135, 136, 137, 177, 267, 339, 340, 355.
Kirkdale, 117.
Kirkmabreck, 109, 117.
Knockbreck, Gordon of, 65, 66, 76, 92, 170, 285;
referred to, 279.
Knockgray, Gordon of, 102, 154, 182, 223;
referred to, 243.
Knox, John, 12.
C. K., 349.
Largirie, Lady, 195, 250.
Largmore, 72.
Laurie, John, 175.
Law, James, 86, 110.
Leighton, Dr. Alexander, 289.
—— Mr. Robert, 86.
Lennox, John.—See Cally.
—— Robert, 213, 262.
Leys, Lady, 207.
Lindsay, James, 234.
—— Lord, 231.
Livingston, Mr. John, 90, 343.
—— Mr. William, 142.
Lochinvar, 47, 109.
Lorn, Lord, 59, 60, 61, 204;
referred to, 222.
Lothian, Earl of, 83.
Loudian, Mr., 86, 174.
Loudon, Lord (John Campbell), 116, 258, 281.
Maitland, Lord John, 307.
Malignants, 329, 330, 331, 333, 346, 356, 362.
Mar, Lady, 61, 69, 140.
Marischall, Lady (Margaret Erskine), 207.
Martin, Mr. James, 206.
Maxwell, Bishop of Ross, 6.
M'Adam, James, 141.
—— Sibylla (his sister), 193, 141.
M'Cleland, Mr., 63, 339.
M'Culloch, Jonet, 101, 252.
—— Thomas, 283.
M'Kail, Mr. Hugh, of Irvine, 71, 118, 216, 229.
M'Math, Agnes, 300.
—— Jean, 326.
M'Millan, Jean, 132.
M'Naught, Grizzel, 1, 32, 88.
—— Jane, 49.
—— Marion, 1, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 26, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 41 (postscript), 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 (with postscript), 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 60, 80, 126, 177, 185, 221, 243, 244, 263, 279.
M'Ward, Mr., 179, 337.
Mein, Barbara, 314.
—— Mr. John, senior, 151.
—— Mr. John, junior, 81, 240.
—— Mrs., 312.
Melville, Eliz.—See Lady Culross.
—— of Hallhill, 224.
Melvin, Mr. Ephraim, 91.
Minister in Glasgow, 337.
—— to a Brother, 359.
M. O., 324.
Moncrieff, Mr. Alex., of Scoonie, 357.
—— Lady Ann, of Fingask, 295.
—— Laird of, 171.
Montgomery, Sir Henry, 303.
More, Dr., 311.
Mowat, Mr. Matthew, 120, 167, 239, 301.
Muirfad, 59, 109 (notice).
Mure.—See Lady Ralston.
——.—See Rowallan, 242.
—— Ninian, 164.
Murray, Christian, 262.
—— James, 274.
—— James, wife of, 304.
Murray, John, 356, 365.
—— Margaret, 326.
—— Margaret (Mrs. Gillespie), 326.
G. M., 92.
M. M., 167.
Nairn, Mr. George, 357.
Nevay, Mr. John, 179, 209.
Newcastle, 311.
New England, 12, 75, 151, 153, 161.
Newmills, 179.
Nicholas, Henry, 310.
Nisbet, 344; and, Life, p. 2.
Ochiltree, 112 (notice).
Ormiston, 337.
Osburne, Provost of Ayr, 149.
Oxford, 174.
Oxnam.—See Scott.
N. O., 322.
Parishioners of Anwoth, 225.
Perkins, Dr. William, 159.
Person unknown, anent public worship, 290.
Persons unknown, 308.
Perth Assembly, 244.
Pitsligo, Lady (Marischall), 206, 243, 259.
Pont, Mrs., 292.
Porterfield of Duchal, 286.
Prelacy, 363, 364, etc.
Protesters, 334, 339, 344, 349, 356.
Psalms, King James', 15.
Puritans, 11, 59, 202, 262.
J. P., 49.
Q., 64, 65, 116.
Queensberry, 205.
Rait, Mr., 343, 355.
Ralston, Lady (Mure), 336.
Ramsay, Mr. Thomas, 357.
Reid, Margaret, 248.
Remonstrance, Western, 328, 351, 356, 359.
Resolutioners, 330, 331, 336, 339.
Ridge, Mr. John, 90.
Rigg, William, of Athernie, 114, 256, 273;
and notice, 226.
Robertland, Lady, 282.
Roberton, Gordon of, 72.
Robinson, Mr. John, 309.
Rodger, Mr. William, 88.
Rogers, Dr. Daniel, 159.
Ross, Bishop of, 6.
Row, Rev. John, of Perth, 183.
—— John, of Carnock, 219.
R. J. Rowallan, the Lady, 242.
Rusco, 5 (note), 147, 207, 345.
A. R., 185, 15.
H. R., 185, 15.
Rutherford's Brother George, 34, 73, 75,67, 98, 105, 107, 110, 112, 116, 136, 137, 151, 157, 158, 159, 205, 245, 267, 294, 340.
—— Brother James, 334 (note).
—— Children, 310.
—— Mother, 49.
—— Wife, 8, 11.
Schoneir, James (see Lady Kaskeberry), 108.
Scott, Rev. John, of Oxnam, 349, 350, 352, 357.
Sectaries, 329, 331, 333.
Seekers, 308.
Semple, Mr. John, of Carsphairn, 357.
Senwick, 127.
Separatists, 309.
Service Book, 151, 161, 224, 262.
Sharp, Mr. James, 48, 343.
Sibbald, Dr. James. Life, xviii.
Simpson, Mr. James, 346.
Spain, 309.
Spottiswoode, Archbishop, 11, 86.
St. Andrews, 343, etc.
—— Bishop of, 48, 86.
Stewart, Mr. Henry (Dublin), 291.
—— Sir James, Provost of Edinburgh, 325.
Stirling, Mr. John, 91, 92, 357.
—— Peter, 296.
Strafford, Earl of (Wentworth), 288.
Stuart, John, of Ayr, 161, 162, 163, 189.
—— Mrs., 215.
—— Robert, 186.
Sydserff, 52, 67, 86, 160.
Taylor, Mrs., 310.
Trail, R., 179, 357.
A. T., 102, 284.
Utrecht, 334 (note).
Uxbridge Treaty, 308.
Vivet, Christopher, 309.
Watson, Mr., 214.
Weir, Mr., 214.
Welsh, John, 12.
Westminster Assembly, 306, 308, 309.
Whitepark, Gordon of, 143.
Whiteside, Bell of, 218.
Wigtown, 65, 67, 117, 191, 276.
Wilson, Mr. James, 293.
Wylie, Mr. Thomas, 306, 340, 355.
C. Y., 92.

[INDEX OF SPECIAL SUBJECTS.]

(The Reference is to the Number of the Letter.)

Adversity, lessons of, 167.
Affliction, 28, 29, 35, 37, 42, 76, 92, 94, 102, 112, 122, 167, 171, 186, 211, 223, 248, 265, 273, 282, 289, 298, 302, 312, 313, 315, 317, 323.
Assurance, 106, 134, 190, 196, 286.
—— exhortation as to, 78, 91, 130.
Atheism in the heart, 233, 234, 305.
Backsliding, 225, 227, 234, 286.
Believers, 56, 85, 201, 229, 291.
Bereavements, 35, 37, 105.—See Afflictions.
Bible, 10.
Blessings and Christ, difference between, 335.
Cares, 252.—See Trials.
Catechism, 166, 260.
Catechising, 228.
Children of the godly, 1, 24, 34, 46, 82, 109, 111, 287.
Children of the godly, loss of, 28, 59, 238, 287, 300, 326.
Christ, in Himself, 7, 13, 19, 20, 69, 72, 82, 88, 94, 101, 105, 111, 112, 127, 140, 168, 169, 175, 186, 192, 202, 203, 209, 210, 211, 216, 226, 231, 285, 288, 291, 335.
—— Coming again, 16, 21, 26, 48, 50, 95, 130, 138, 170, 224, 231, 269, 291, 322.
—— interceding, 48.
—— in His liberality, 73, 74.
—— in His love, 20, 68, 70, 87, 112, 113, 120, 130, 143, 166, 170, 171, 187, 195, 212, 233, 254, 256, 257, 269, 270, 285, 295, 297.
—— in His sympathy, 2, 153, 177, 287, 288.
—— in His sufferings, 13, 176.
—— in our sufferings for Him, 59, 67, 95, 113, 116, 117, 148, 218, 290, 333.
—— in His ways, 71, 73, 74, 89, 99, 125, 131, 146, 189, 194, 222, 256, 326, 333, 351.
—— our conformity to Him, 11.
Christ's cause, 78, 115, 245, 332.
Christian walk, direction for, 159, 264, 269.
Church, 26, 38, 41, 45, 50, 97, 276.
—— visible, members of, 364.
Communion with Christ, 7, etc.
—— seasons, 14, 18, 20, 26, 33, 44, 45, 91, 313.
Complaints, 305.
Conflict, 6, 46, 280.
Conscience, 30, 39, 62, 66, 166.
Consolations, 54, 63, 66, 80, 266, 310, 334.
Conversion, 218.
Convictions, 218, 225.
Counsels.—See Christian Walk.
Courage, 329, 331.
Crosses, 61, 62, 95, 116, 118, 119, 134, 143, 146, 148, 219, 240, 242, 246, 248, 257.
Darkness, days of, 338, 342.
Deadness, 319, 342, 344, 345, 353, 354.
Death, 3, 39, 150, 195, 238, 311, 324, 357.
Death of a Husband, 105, 222, 302, 312;
Son-in-Law, 314;
Wife, 315;
Daughter, 2, 316;
Mother, 321;
Child, 4, 28, 35, 310;
Son, 298, 310, 360;
Friend, 299, 300.
Dejections, 249.
Desertions, 6, 100, 228, 234.
Devil, 3, 32, 70, 90, 114, 115, 138, 243.
Difficulties, 205, 248, 250.
Diligence, 77, 121, 123, 141, 147, 173, 186, 198, 261, 280, 283, 289.
Doubtings, 106, 181, 203, 293.
Duty, 126.
Earnest of the Spirit, 7.
Earnestness about the soul, 123, 124, 132, 191, 200, 201, 261.
Evidences.—See Marks.
Experience, 341, etc.
Faith, 7, 19, 95, 178, 182, 229, 291, 294.
Fear of man, 235, etc.
Feeling, 293, 295.
Formality, 87, 198, 218.
Free-will, 69, 120, 254, 273, etc.
Friends, 5, 30, 104.
Glory, 19, 20.
God, 342.—See Christ.
Grace, 85, 106, 192, 217, 219, 233, 254, 273, 277, 323, 324.
Headship of Christ, 115, 215, 245, 278, 281, 337, 359, 363.
Heaven (see Christ), 24, 246, 247, 304.
Holiness, 104, 215.
Humility, 82, 230, 285, 342.
Idolatry (in kneeling at communion), 91, 174, 179.
Idols, 102, 133, 191, 280.
Jews, restoration of, 14, 28, 50, 194, 235, 289, 295, 296.
Justification, 170.
Law, 230.
Life rather than dying, 336.
Long-suffering, 12, etc.
Lord's Supper, 269.
Marks of salvation, 172, 203, 235, 284, 293.
Martyrdom, prospect of, 362.
Ministry, his own, and others, 61, 180, 184, 188, 214, 225, 228, 286.
Non-fundamental truths, 337.
Offences, 229.
Old man, 256.
Ordinances, 11, 24.
Patience, 13, 21, 138, 196, 336.
Persecution, 291, etc.
Praise, 102, 304.
Prayer, 17, 29, 249, 263, 269, 293, 319.
—— meeting, 263, 269, 286.
—— union for, 31, 171, 365.
Prosperity, 30.
Proverbs iii., 11.
Providence, 11, 12, 89, 110, 194, 197, 234, 256, 260, 329, 331, 333.
Reproach, 26, 238.
Reprobates, 234.
Resignation, 2, 3, 90;
nine reasons for, 361.
Revival, 354.
Saints, 52.
Salvation, 79, 82, 121, 135.—See Diligence.
—— nature of, 133.
Sanctification, 81, 170, 213, 215.
Satan, 32.—See Devil.
Self, 12, 188, 189, 198, 284, 324.
Self-deception, 353.
Self-denial, 21, 284.
Sickness, 3, 6, 26, 125, 313, 337, 345.
Silence, 162, 163, 185, 197, 208, 294.
Sin, 84, 276.
—— against the Holy Ghost, 227.
—— uses of, 197, 294.
Sinners, awful words to, 225, 328, etc.
Sloth, 198, 200, 260, 286.
Soul's value, 79, 82.
Sovereignty of God, 35, 298, 342, 347.
Sparrows at Anwoth, 167, 168, 206.
Submission, 10, 27, 47, 157, 183, 186, 255, 298, 300, 301.
Suffering, design of, and blessings under, 113, 160, 161, 206, 265.—See Trials, Afflictions.
—— words to a brother under, 329, 337, etc.
Temptation, 41, 92, 157, 196, 293.
—— public, 51.
Toleration, 349, 352.
Trials, 3, 4, 12, 22, 23, 52, 61, 63, 71, 72, 74, 75, 80, 84, 131, 133, 138, 143, 160, 161, 166, 182, 206, 211, 230, 246, 257, 265, 266, 273, 276, 289, 291, 292, 320.
Unbelief, 85, 153, 222, 239.
Union among believers, 322, 336, 337, 355.
Visible Church, 364.
Warnings, 72, 173, 225, 227.
Watchfulness, 30, 263, 353.
World, 5, 42, 99, 100, 122, 139, 190, 192, 200, 223, 224, 229, 251, 255, 268, 272, 282.
Youth, 16, 24, 41, 111, 142, 156, 164, 166, 173, 181, 186, 199, 202, 203, 232, 240, 287, 307.
Zeal, 10, 233.

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[GLOSSARY.]

[THE REFERENCES TO SPECIAL WORDS MAY SERVE THE PURPOSE OF A VERBAL INDEX.]

(The Figures refer to the Letters.)

Abjects; persons in the lowest grade of society. 291.
Accidents; incidental accompaniments, not essential. 293.
Account-book; journal of translations. 122, 124.
Acquaint; personally known.
Ado; Adjective, in the sense of a-stir. 97, 99, 181.
Noun; occupation,[533] trouble, concerns. 97, 99, 181, 184, 226, 250.
Affect; to love, have affection to. 4, 67, 174, 274, etc.—So in Gal. iv. 17, etc.
After-supper; latest part of the day, between supper and bed-time. 82.
Agent; advocate. 86.
Airt, or airth; quarter of the heavens, direction. 41, 167, 229, etc.
All; "to all power," to the utmost of my power.
Allow; to give an allowance. 105, 242, 287.
Alone; for only. 231, etc.
Alongst; along, side by side with. 363.
Always; although, notwithstanding.
(Fr., toute-fois.) 249, 336, 337.
Anchor-tow; the cable. 107.
And, or an; the conjunction "if." (Gr., ἐαν.)
Anent; concerning, over-against. 110, 234, etc.
Annual; yearly rent, quit-rent. 119.
Annuity; quit-rent. 70.
As; than. 306.
—It is the German "als," and is still a common word in the south of Scotland.
A-swoon; in a swoon, or faint. 110, 186, 249.
Athort; athwart, across. 243.
Aught; to own. The Noun; possession, property. 247, 293.
So used by Gavin Douglas.
Awsome; fitted to overawe. 190, 219, 281, 317.
Back. The Verb intr. means: "to be unfortunate." 62.
The Verb trans.: "to help on." 128, 149, 200, 229, etc.
In a sermon on Zech. xi. 9, "The Godhead backed him, and convoyed him to the bar of God's justice."
Back-bond; a bond given after a former bond, declaring the person who gave the first bond free. 118, 265, 291.
Back-burden; laid on a person's back. 288.
Back-entry; back-door. 277.
Back-friend; friend to back you or help. 199. So in a sermon on Rev. xix.
Back-over; backward, quite in the other direction. 276.
Back-set; a thrust back. 167.
Bailie; magistrate. 138, etc.
Bairns; children. 18, 20, 106, 293, etc.
Bairnteme; family of children by one mother. 105, 106.
Peden speaks of the Church "with her bonny bairn-teme." In Norse, "toma" signifies to bring forth.
Balk; beam for suspending scales. 225, 261.
Band; a bond, engagement. 18.—"To take band with" is to unite, q.d., bind together. 46, 189, 292, 358.
"Keep band," the same. 42.
Bankful; full like a river up to the top of its bank. 169, 257.
Bann; to curse in the form of a minced oath. 147.
Beguile, Noun; deception, trick, disappointment. 176, 205, 353.
Behind with one; coming short of his due. 152, 157.
Being-place; may be a misprint for "bigging," i.e. building. 192.
Bemist; involved in mist, like benight. 118, 169, 176.
—See also "misted." 59, 223.
Ben; (q.d. being in), in the inner chamber, within. 20.
Beside; apart from, contrary to. 266, 271.
Better cheap.—See Cheap.
Bidding; command. "To sit a b.," to fail in prompt obedience. 43.
Bide; stand, wait for, endure. 23, etc.
—"Law-biding," ready to meet the law, instead of fleeing. 106, 107, 222, 302.
Knox's Work, vi. 593, etc.
Bide out; hold out. 85.
Big, Verb; to build.
Binding. The phrase, "to take binding," is the same as to "take band." 20, 43.
Binks; benches. 285.
Bird-mouthed; mealy-mouthed. 181.
In this phrase bird is the young, or chicken; hence, the sense of softness.
Bite upon; leave the mark of their teeth. 84.
Black-shame; utter shame; so very dark. 130.
So in 272 he writes, "black nothing."
Blae; pale, unsatisfactory hue. 262. As in the phrase, "to look blue."
Blaflume, or blayflume, or bleflume; a mere sham, air-bubble; from blaw, or blow. 225, 249.
Same as "blellum," one good for nothing.
Bleeze; a sudden flaming up. 82.
Blench; a piece of white money; a mere peppercorn or nominal rent. 254. (Fr., "blanc.")
Blenk, or blink; a gleam, slight glance. 50, 57, etc.
Blind; a cheat, disappointment. 212.
Block; a bargain. The Verb; to bargain, plan, scheme. 20, 100, 106, 163, 200.
Bloom; blossom. 90, 93, 184, 185, 193.
Bludder, or bluther; to bleer, disfigure the face with weeping, or the like. 105, 138.
Board; table. "Boardhead," head of the dinner-table. 30, 104, 107, 177, 249.
Over the board, 190.
The seller, when he handed the goods to the buyer, "over the board," drank good luck to him. And so this came to be a phrase for formally giving up or renouncing.
Bode; to offer with view to a bargain. 177, 186.
It is allied in sense to "bait." Sibbs uses "bawd" (on 2 Cor. i. 3).
Boist, or bost, and sometimes written boasts; to threaten with a blow. 101, 211, 226, 291.
It is connected with "boisterous."
Borne in; forcibly brought into the mind. 249.
Borrow and lend; to have dealings with. 98, 109.
Borrows; security in law, an Anglo-Saxon word.
"To die in borrows," to fail in security.—See Burrows.
Botch-house; house spoilt and disfigured. 237.
Bouk; from "bulk;" the corpse of man or beast. 141.
Bound-road; boundary-line. 273, 286.
Brae; declivity, slope of a hill. 69 141, etc.
Above ordinary bounds.—"From bank to brae." 147, etc.
Braird; the sprouting up blade of young wheat, or the like. 259.
Brangle; to shake into disorder, shake to and fro. 41, 196.
Brash; a passing fit of sickness. 186.
Broadside; openly, frankly. 81.
—Lay on the broadside; lay flat. 24.
Brod; same as board. 328, etc.
Brook, or bruke; enjoy, possess. 140, 115, 249.
Browden; eagerly desirous of, foolishly attached to. 77.
Browst; a brewing, or what one brews for himself. 188. An ill-managed matter is "an ill-browst."
Bud; to bribe, try to win over by a gift. 63, 88, 277.
Bulks.—See Bouk.
Burrows, or borrows; (Anglo-Saxon) a pledge or security.
Law-burrows; security given not to injure the person or property of one. 61, 163, 184, 222.
Bushy-biel (see Life). In Scotch, bield is a shelter.
The name of Rutherford's house is said by some to have been "Bush o' Biel'," the bush of shelter.
In old Scott. Prov., we find, "Every man bows to the bush he gets bield frae."
Yet it is more probable that the name is corrupted from Bosco Beoll, or Boscobel, "the fair wood," like the celebrated spot in Shropshire where Charles I. hid in the oak.
Busk; adorn, deck. 22, 42, 133, 143.
But; only, only this and no more. 102, 188.
Buy a plea; get up a charge, when properly there is no room for it. 74, 75, 161, 171, 284.
"Buy up;" to bribe; or so to buy up as to set another aside. 261, 265.
By, or bye; aside from, past, as in Acts xx. 16, "sail by." 23, 105, 148, 160, 175.
Also: Without, 96; beside, 359.—"Lock-by," mislock, 218.
By-board; side-table where the children sat. 77, 111, 197.
By-errand; message done at leisure time, as being of little importance. 191, 199.
By-going; passing by. 122.
By-gone; passed away. 71, etc.
By-gones; things forgotten. 62, 72.
By-good, or bye-good; an object in addition to some other good. 195.
By-hand; aside. 72, 276.
By-look, side-look. 249.
By-past; time that has elapsed, or recently, as a thing done. 190.
By-purse; a side purse, away from the other. 284.
By-work; work done at leisure time only. 191.
Canny; prudent, cautious and skilful. Adv., cannily. 69.
Card; chart or map. 69, 232.
Cast; participle, casten: throw or fling. 324.
—Cast the balance; turn the scale. 153.
—"To cast at;" be sulky, quarrel with. 4, 23.
—"To cast up;" to upbraid.
—"To cast out with;" quarrel. 224, 254.
—"Cast a knot;" tie so as not to slip. 122.
Cast, a Noun; lot, fate. "Common cast;" a providence occurs often in Brown of Wamphray. 185, 265.
Casualty; emoluments beyond the stated yearly dues paid to the superior. 240, 253.
Cauldrife; susceptible of cold; lukewarm. 198.
Caums; a mould. 282.
—Moulds being often made of pipe-clay, it became customary to call pipe-clay "caum-stone."
Baillie in his "Letters" spells it "caulms."
In Gaelic, cuma means a pattern, or shape.
Causey (Fr., chausée); the public street. "To keep the crown of the causey" is to make bold appearance in the public street in open day. 52, 59, 69, 181.
The streets in those days were raised in the middle, and had gullies on either side. The French had the phrase, "Tenir le haut du pavé." See "Notes and Queries," March 29, 1873.
Caution; security, surety. 2, 19, etc.
—Adj., Cautionary. 187. And as Noun, suretyship. 114.
Challenge; charge, upbraiding, accusation. 2, 10, etc.
Cheap is connected with "chapman;" from the old English "chap," a bargain. The phrase "Better cheap." 216, 293.
—And so "Good cheap," properly "a good bargain."
Chirurgeon; surgeon. 293, 295. Greek and Latin word.
Clap; something done unexpectedly. "In a clap;" like thunder suddenly heard. 264.
Clay; earth, earthenware. 291, etc.
—"Clay-banks," 300. So "Clay-heavens," 294;
"clay-pawns," 300, bodies of dust.
Cleck; to hatch a brood, swarm. 281.
Clipped; coin not of full weight. 81.
Clog; to adhere; form an encumbrance. 249.
—Used in old English.
Close, a Noun; the lane or porch leading into the house. 157.
Close, Adv.; "close off," completely. 50, 82 (like the phrase close-shaven), 88.
Closet-ward; guard-room. 254.
Coast; to sail near land, sail from one port to another. 301.
Coastful; full to the utmost shore. 201.
Cog; to fix the teeth of a wheel, and so stop its motion; put on a drag. 51, 194, 229.
Coldlike; like a fire going out; hope abating. 179.
Coldrife, 198.
—See Cauldrife. "How coldrife and indifferent are ye!" (Sermon on Isa. xlix. 1-4). Chilly, heartless.
Common; alluding to persons sharing at a common table in College. As this was a privilege enjoyed by special favour, "To be in one's common" is to be indebted to, under obligation to. 42, 52, 157, 252, etc.
—"To quit commons" (214); to be freed from obligation by requiting the person.
In 275 and 285, "It is ill my common" seems to mean, It ill becomes me, having no right.
Communion; the dispensing of the Lord's Supper. 14, 20, 25, etc.
Companionry; companionship. 147, 280.
—The termination "ry" marks plurality in old English.
Compear; appear judicially, at the bar. 3, etc.
Compearance; the act of appearing in court in obedience to a citation.
Compose; compromise. 357.
—Composition, in same sense.
Comprize; to arrest by a writ; attach by a legal process. 130, 160, 171.
Seize for debt. 184, 206, etc.
Concional. 179.—See note.
Concredit; entrust. 260. Used often by Dickson on Job.
Conquest; written also conquess; acquisition, made not by inheritance but by purchase and exertion. 2, 54, 79, 182, 190, 191.
—"The young heir knows not how hard the conquest was to his poor father" (Sermon at Anwoth on Zech. xi. 9).
Conscionable; according to conscience, reasonable, just. 365.
Considerable; worthy of consideration or regard. 321, 331.
Construct; for construe. 361, etc.
Contestation; strife. 189.
Contrair; adversary, contrary to. 6.
Convoy; to accompany a friend on the way. 210, 230, 231.
Couchers; cowards; or rather lazy fellows. Fr., coucher, to lie down. 251.
Count; to lay the count. 289. To settle, balance.
Country, in opposition to city; common, in contrast to fine. 153, 353.
Coup; to upset, overturn. 120.
Court. "No great court;" no influence. 78, 141, 148, 151, 158, 183, etc.
—"To be in court," in favour. See "Sermons."
Cow; to cut out, eat up, carve (Fr., couper). 170, 178.
Cripple; halting. 258.
Crook; to walk crookedly, lamely; halt. 233, 299.
Cry down; depreciate, cause to lose good name. 280.
—As a Noun. 289.
—"Cry," proclamation, 289.
Cuff; a blow with the hand. 130.
Cumber; trouble. 196.—Adj., "cumbersome." 292.
Daft; foolish, crazy. 93, 285.—"A daft young heir" (Sermon on Zech. xi. 9).
Dainty; that has in it something fine, 301.
Dawted; made a favourite, petted. 89, 98, 166.
—"Dawted Davie;" a petted child. 110.
—"Better be God's sons than the world's dawties" (Sermon on Isa. xlix. 1).
Daylight; note in 315.
Dead; in the expression, "Dead-sweer," thoroughly lazy; as incapable of moving as one dead. 105.
Deaf nuts; no kernel in them. 138.
Dear; where provision is sold at a high price. 84.
Deave, from deaf; to make deaf; distract. 286.
Decore; to adorn. 42.—(Lat., decorus.)
Decourt; to discard, send out of court. 188, 197, 284.
Decreet; a judicial sentence. 3, 12, 132, etc.
Depone; state as a witness. 180.
Depursement; same as disbursement. 59.
—Q.d., taking out of the purse, or bourse (291).
Dew; a Verb; to moisten. 333.
Din; noise. 38, 59, 100, 155, 249, 282, 325.
Ding; knock in with violence. 248.
Dint; the stroke, or force. 332.
—Zachary Boyd speaks of "The dint of God's judgments."
Dispone; make over. 19, 261.
Disrespective; disrespectful. 300.
—See Respective.
Ditty, or Dittay; indictment, ground of accusation. 12, 44, 180, 233.
Do. "To do for;" to act for; make effort for; accomplish a thing. 93, 116, 135, 162, 206, 228, 244.—See Ps. cix. 21.
Dool-like; in mourning guise. 268.
—Dool; grief; "Dolor." 272.
Doomster; pronouncer of sentence. 229.
Dorts; the sulks, offence taken. 23, 70, 89.
Double; a duplicate. 353.
Dow; to be able; can. 23, 260, etc.
—Dought is the past tense. Hogg's "Queen's Wake" uses the perf.: "She turned away and dought luck nae mair." So Letter 74, "dought."
Draff-poke; the beggar's bag, for carrying anything put in. 249.
—Draff; a useless thing; "draught," Matt. xv. 17. "Corruption like a draff-poke at my heels" (Eliz. West).
Draught; plans drawn out and sketched. 14.
Draw; in the sense of "remove;" table drawn. 146.
In Lady Montague's Letters, "drawing-room, or withdrawing room, as they now say."
Draw by; draw aside. 11.
Draw-knot; a slip-knot, easily loosened. 51.
Dreary; sad. 87.
Drink over the board; renounce.
Drink-silver; gift, or token of regard for kindness shown or service done,
—a gift to servants. 119.
—Drink-money, 277; the same.
Drouthy; from "drought;" very dry. 256.
Drumbled; made muddy; troubled water. 153.
Dry; reserved, backward. 181, 182, 187, 206, etc.
Dumps; bad humour. 187.
Dwine; to pine away. 85, 169, etc.
Dyke; a wall. 194, 276, etc.
Dyvour; a debtor; sometimes a bankrupt
—Fr., "Devoir."
Earnest; the foretaste. 179.
Ease-room; a room for pleasure or repose. 5, 247, 311.
Ebb, Adj.; shallow, like tide going back. 94, 120, etc.
—Ebbness. 175.
Edge by; push aside. 225.
Empawn; lay down as pledge. 229, 268.
Enact; to decree. 291.
"End;" thrice on end. 324.
—Thrice in succession.
Engyne, or ingyne; Latin, Ingenium, disposition, ability, policy. 84, 94.
—Power of mind. 64.
Entire; no division or half-heartedness. 119, 280.
Errand; business. 210, 250.—"Ride his errands," 249, go on with his work.
Evangel; good news generally. 224.
Even; to put down one as capable of a thing; propose as fit for a person, 70.
—The phrase, "Be even with;" have accounts settled, be quits. 113, 114.
Evil-worthy; unworthy, ill-worth. 336.
Expone; explain the sense. 165.
Eye, Verb; to look for. 276.
Eye-sweet; pleasant to the eye. 213, 277.
Fail, or feal; turf. 194.
Fain; glad. "Faintes," most gladly.
"Fain not twice" is glad to remain settled; not caring to rise after sitting down.
"Fain have taken effect," 16; desire to have carried through.
Fair; a market. 172.
Fair; Adj. in the phrase, "fair fire," is commonly in Scotland "a fair lowe," i.e. all a flame together. 204.
—"Fair fall you," good betide. 337.
Faird, or fard; to paint (q.d. make fair), embellish, disguise. 82, 83, 88, 191.
Fair-outsided. 88.
—Applied to the world that is fair only on the outside.
Fall about; search about. 21.
—"Fall by;" be lost. 252, 291.
—"Fall to;" engage in. 72, 288.
—"Fall off;" forsake. 246.
Far "The far end," the final issue. 184.
Fard; paint, fine colouring. 82, 83.
Farm-room; a rented room, like a tenant's firm.
Fash and fashery; trouble by importunity and about little things. 145, 196, 249, etc.
Fast; firm. 74, 250.
Feared; alarmed, timid. 293.
Feckless; worthless, useless, pithless. 23, 24, etc.
—Baxter in his "Saints' Rest" uses it.
Fenced; guarded; also constituted; a law term, used of opening a Court and proclaiming the authority by which the Court was held and the object of it. 77, 82, 112, 146, 161.
Fend; provide for, take care of. 87, 114, 129, etc. So Maxton on Ps. cxix. cxlv.
Fetch; to make for a place. 83, 106, 184, 240, 241, 284.
Feu-duty; yearly rent for ground on which a house is built. 254.
Find; to feel, or find out. 155, 169, 192, 334.
Fire-flaught; a flake of fire, a flash of lightning. 104.
—In Row's "Hist. of Scot.," "extraordinary thunder and fire-flaught," p. 333.
Flitting; removing furniture and goods to another place. 250, 277. (It is A.S.)
Flourish; to blossom. 50.
Flyte; to scold or chide. 189.
—"Flyting free;" they have nothing to say against him. 181.
Foot. The phrase, "hold the foot to it," go on in the march. 249.
Foot-mantle; a riding habit reaching to the feet. 268.
—In a sermon on Zech. xi. 9, "Gold, silks, velvets, and foot-mantles, and high horses."
For; notwithstanding. 307.
Forcasten; cast away, neglected. 167, 177, 285.
Fore; surplus; the perquisite given over and above; something still remaining. 70, 80, 158.
Foregainst; opposite. 289.
Forfeit; declare to be forfeited. 206.
Forlorn; prodigal. 167, 228, 285.
—"The lost forlorn son" is the prodigal. (So in German.)
Forthcoming; ready to come forward and speak. 250.
Four-hours; the afternoon meal, taken four hours after the forenoon's. 94, 110, 118, 285.
Fourteen Prelates; the number of Bishops in Scotland under Charles II.
Frame; to fit or set (Judg. xii. 6; Hos. v. 4), set in a proper position; turn out, or succeed. 32, 41, 187, 232, 254, 287.
Fraught; the same as freight. 84, 153, 195, 217.
—"Fraught-free;" no fare to pay. 265.
Freeholding; lands held for life. 203.
Free-ward; liberty. 269.
Free-warders; prisoners who have right to go free. 265.
Frem, A. S., "fremd;" hence written "fremd" or "fremmyt;" strange, foreign, distant. 69, 165.
Friend-sted; to befriend. 188, 275.
Frith; strait; sea. 84.
Fryst, or frist; to postpone possession or action,—the opposite of tryst. 176, 205, etc.
Give credit to. 105.
Put off a demand. 20.
Fyle; to defile, find guilt. 212.
Gaddy; fond of gadding about. 270.
Gardies, or gardess; arms. 18.—It is
the Gaelic word "gairdean," an arm. In Row's "Life of Blair" (p. 154), "Mrs. Hamilton came up to Traquair, and fest-grip his gardie."
Gate; road, way, manner of doing. 29, 38, etc.
—The phrase, "start to the gate," begin early, soon on the road. 136, 148, 186, 294.
Gawd; trick, bad custom. 240.
—Used by Gawin Douglas and by Chaucer for a freak, and said to be from Fr., "gaudir," to be merry.
Gear; goods, substance, money. 120.
General; not at all familiar. 205.
"In fair generals." 93.
Not coming to close quarters.
Gifted; bestowed as a favour. 353, 359.
—Often so used in his "Covenant of Life Opened." Make a present of.
Glaiked, or glaiket; giddy, light. 284.
Glance; bright as glowing metal. So in his sermon on Zech. xiii. 7. 287, 295.
Glister; glitter, shine bright. 51.
—See Luke ix. 21.
Gloom; frown, sullen look. Verb and Noun. 187, 266, etc.
—"The sad and glooming cross" ("Christ Dying").
Goodman, or gudeman; one who holds his house or lands from a superior; unlike laird, who owns no superior but the king. 16, 18, etc.
—Goodwife. 34.—See Luke xii. 39.
Good cheap; very cheap, gratuitous.
But probably cheap is here a Noun, "chap," equivalent to "bargain." 104, 105, 121, 186, 215, 245, 249.
—"Better cheap." 216.
—See Cheap.
Gone; ruined, hopeless. 183.
Gowk; a simpleton.
—"Gowket," acting like a simpleton, or put in a foolish position. 151, 232, 256.
Grace; to give favour and honour to a person, to adorn; sometimes to get mercy. 12, 29, 133, 237, 275.
Grammercy; thanks. 249.
—French, "grand-merci."
Green; to long after. 85, 160, 213, 226, etc.
Grip; a grasp, firm hold, clasp. 22, 24, etc.
—"Grips," close quarters, fight. 294.
Ground; bottom. 85, 99, 203, 287.
Out at the ground. 287.
—"Ground-stone;" foundation-stone; from the very foundation. 74, 82, 248.
—"Grounds;" dregs of a cup. 251.
Guide; to manage or to make use of. 256, 275.
Guise; manner, way (French). 101, 164, 172.
—Bunyan, in his History of Badman: "One guise for abroad, another for home."
Gutters; pools of dirty water, marks made by the tears that soil the face. 138, 194.
Hable; able. Fr., habile. 325.
—Rollock (Lect. li.), "hability and strength." Trappe on Rom. vi. 22, "Our hability for obedience."
Halfer; an equal sharer. 200, 245, 249.
—Written "halver" also.
Half-hungered; left in a hungry state. 26.
Half-marrow; a married partner. 183, 270.
Half-tiner; half-loser. 182.
Hall; the "hall-house," or ha-house, the mansion-house. So in sermon on John xx. 13, 285.
—Hall-binks; seats of honour.
Handfast; to join hands in betrothing, to affiance. 143, 173, 225.
Handgrips; grasping close. 87, 106.
Handsel; to use for the first time. 239.
Handwrite; written with one's own hand. 270.
Hard.
—See Heads.
Hardly; with difficulty. 232.
Haunt up; be up frequently in his company. 84.
—Fullerton of Earlton, in his "Turtle Dove," speaks of Christ and His saints; "with whom espoused now He haunts in heavens of bliss."
Hause; to clasp or close with. 69.
—Gawin Douglas uses it for "embrace;" from "hals," the neck or throat.
Have; to "have over," to let alone, be done with. 87, 106.
Head of Wit; a wiseacre, one who affects to have much wisdom. 230, 234.
—"Hard-heads;" the name of a small coin. 270.
—Knox's "History," etc. See note in Letter 270.
Heap-mete; heaped up measure, full measure. 249.
Hear; to attend, to treat, serve. 195.
Heartsome; happy, cheerful. 32, 51, 167.
—"Clear, bright, and heartsome morning" (Sermon on Zech. xi. 9). So heartful. 99.
Heaven-name; name he bears in heaven. 301.
Hell-hot; hot as hell. 357.
Hereaway; in this quarter. 50, 286, 336, etc. In this present life, in this world.
Herry; cruelly spoil, or rob. 52.
Hesp; hank or hasp of yarn. 196.
Hide; the skin. 198.
—In "Christ Dying," he speaks of the skin or hide of the visible hearers.
Hing; for hang. 104, 249.
Ho; cessation, to cause to stop. 167.
Hold-draw; struggle with. 137.
Holding; tenure. 284. So in sermon on Rev. xix.
Hole (sometimes spelt "holl"); to make a hole, to pierce, dig out. 103, 177, 196.
—"Holey," or "holie;" full of holes. 83, 196, 258.
Homely; familiar, at home with one. 59, 105, 130, etc.
Home over; homewards. 28, 205, 211, etc.
Homeward; in its own favour. 163.
Honesty; kindly dealing. 69-76.
Hook; sickle, reaping-hook. 16, 21, 224, etc.
"Mowers with the scythe and hook." Sermon at Kirkmabreck, 1630.
Hope; consider. 204, 295.
Horning; a legal demand for payment of a debt under threat of imprisonment and being proclaimed rebels. It used to be proclaimed by sound of horn in the market-place. 130.
Horologue; a watch. From the Greek.
—An old tower at Montrose bore the name of "The Horologue Tower." 238, 289.
Rutherford in a sermon before the House of Lords speaks of "Time's horologue, set agoing by God at the Creation."
House; "take up his house." 250.
Enter on housekeeping.
Howbeit; although.
—See our Version of the Bible.
Huge; vast, very great. 189, 288, etc.
—"I am hugely pleased with your letter," says Waterland, in a letter to T. Boston (App. to Life). In Forbes, on Rev. xix., "huge matter of God's praise." In Rutherford's Treatise on Prayer, "heaven is a huge thing," p. 97. 305.
Hungredly; on spare diet. 282.
Hungry of heart; heart-hungered. 203.
If; but that. 342.—O if. 206.
Ill; in the phrase, "Ill to please," difficult to please. 131.
Ill-flitten; misplaced. 106. Q.d. removed to a wrong place.
Ill-friended; without friends. 96.
—Zachary Boyd uses this word in "Last Battle," p. 410.
Ill-learned; taught evil. 276.
Ill-ravelled; sadly entangled. 196.
Ill-waled; ill-selected. 326.
Ill-washen; dirty. 227, etc.
Improbation; action to prove forgery, or that the person had no right to what he claimed. 178.
Incontinently; immediately, as if unable to restrain himself. 241.
Indent Its common English sense occurs in Letter 288, to set in corresponding notches.
But also to sign a paper containing agreement to certain articles. 173.
—Zachary Boyd's "Samson" has, "As I indented, so I'll undertake."
Ingyne. 64.
—See Engyne.
Inhibit; forbid.
Instant; earnest. 16.
Instruct of; instruct concerning. 225.
Instruments, to take; to take documents from the hand of the proper party by way of attestation. 107, 110, 144, etc.
Interdict; forbid by positive injunction to do or use a thing for a time, to enter on possession.
Into; for in. 336.
—Rollock (Lect. xlvii.): "When the Spirit is wrestling into us."
Intromit; intermeddle, a law phrase; handle. 82, 105.
In-under; close under. 260.
Irresponsal; not able to pay, insolvent. 104, 204.
Jealousy; suspicion. So the Adjective. 74, 144, 148, 152, etc.
Jouk; to bend down, in order to escape a storm or a stroke; to dissemble, compromise. 16, 181, 284.
Kep; intercept, catch when falling. 165.
Kind; nature. 276.
—"Man doth his kind in committing evil," says Trappe on Gen. vii. 21; that is, does what his nature leads to.
Kindly; what our kindred give us right to. 261. Also according to nature; natural. 66, 98, 102, 254.
—In "Christ Dying" (p. 30) we find, "The life of Christ had infirmities kindly to it."
Kingly. 55, 61, 281, 363; and used by him on his deathbed.
Kinless; who have no kindred. 250.
Knot; difficulty to be solved. 312.
—Rollock (Lect. li.) speaks of "getting office with a knot"
—a difficulty accompanying it.
Knottiness; full of knots. 287.
Lair; a bog. 110. "To lair" is to stick in the mire.
Laird.—See Goodman.
Lap; the loose part or fold of a garment. 78.
Laureation; obtaining or conferring academic honours. 274.
Law-biding. 106, 231, 299.—See Bide.
Law-burrows; giving a pledge not to injure.
—See Burrows. 61, 66, 163, 184, 275, etc.
Lea; an unploughed part of a field, where the grass grows. 75, 234.
Lead. In the phrase, "Lead stones to a wall;" convey them, q.d. by leading the horse and cart. 24.
Leal; honest, genuine, loyal. 182, 225.
Learn; in the sense of "to teach." 175, 199, 222.—(German, "lehren.")
Leave; dismissal from a situation. 277, 311.
Leavings; the overplus of the feast.
Leck; a leak. 130.
—In Row's "History" (398) we find, "The ship being leck."
Leel-come; what has been got in an honest way. 182.
Lee-side; sheltered side. 115.
Leme; earthen; our "loam." Lat., "limus." 182.
—In Row's "Hist." (260), "A leme pig" is an earthen jug. Rutherford in a sermon on Dan. vi. 26 speaks of the potter making a "leme vessel."
Let; to hinder.
—"To let in," to admit. To let on. 182. To seem to notice.
Lift; part of a load. 298.
Lightly, a Verb; to trifle with. 201, 260, 272. Knox and Rollock use this word.
Like; same as likely; probable. 21, 267, 384.
—"The like of;" such as. 92, 158, 275, 284, 336.
Lippen; to trust, entrust. 69, 182, 260.
Lith; a joint.
—"The shoulder-blade out of lith." Sermon, 1634. The A.S. word for the joints of the body. 86, 167.
Lone; one's self, alone. 49, 162, 192, etc.
Long. "Think long;" to weary for. 14, 93, etc.
Loof; the palm of the hand.
—Gaelic, "lambh." 77, 122.
Look by; neglect, look aside. 23.
Loun; a rogue, worthless fellow; q.d. low one. 116, 160, 232, 241.
Love-blinks; love-glances.
Low; of low stature. 236.
Lucks-head; chance of winning, prospect of success. 178, 182. Brown of Wamphray, p. 150, "Swan-Song."
Lust; to desire a thing. 226, 276.
Lustred; made to shine, 89, 117, 191.
—Noun, 75, 260, 289, 295, 297, 298. A fair, shining look.
Mail; rent, tax.
—"Mail free;" rent free. 29, 50, 284, 321.
Mailing; sometimes written "mealing;" a farm, for which rent is paid. 29, 50.
Make; to mould, turn to use. 145.
Make on; to make up by putting the fuel in order. 32.
Make up with. 247. Become friends with.
Man, a Verb; "to man the house," act as the goodman of the house, attending to visitors, etc. 142.
March-boundary; limit. 82, etc.
—"March-stones;" 278.
In his Treatise on Prayer, he calls Christ, as God-man, "the common march-stone."
Market-sweet (like "eye-sweet"); pleasing to the frequenters of the market; suitable for sale, and so set up in open market. 213, 216, 237.
Marrow; a match, companion. 26, 133, 148, etc.
—"Marrowless" occurs, 180.
Unequalled; peerless.
Mask; to infuse. 287.
Masterless; owned of no one. 120.
Mealing.
—See Mailing. 50.
Mean; to consider, reckon. 86, 250.
Noun; resource, 257.
Meikle; much. "Meikle world's good," as much as having a world's good things. 165, 180, 225.
Melancholious; melancholy. 293.
Mends; reparation of a wrong. 14.
—"To the mends;" to boot, besides, add to that.
Midses; means, instrumentality. 190, 317.
Mid-way; courses. 190.—Half and half, undecided.
Minch; cut into small pieces. 127.
Mind; remember, take care to speak of. 333, 334, 342.
Mint; to attempt, intend at doing, essay. 29, 92, 188, etc.
Mired; plunged into mire, soiled. 174.
Misbelief; wrong belief. 112, 143.
Miscall; give wrong names to. 322, etc.
Misconstruct; misconstrue. 285.
Miscount; erroneous calculation. 133.
Misken; to misunderstand, overlook, to treat as if unknown. 89, 99, 102, 148, 181, etc.
Misleard; indiscreet, rude; q.d. mislearned. 112, 181.
Mismannered; unmannerly. 106.
Misnurtured; ill-disciplined, ill-trained. 181, 234.
Missive; a letter empowering the person to act. 142.
Misted.
—See Bemisted. 118, 146.
Like one in a mist.
Moderate, a Verb; to rule over a meeting. 203.
—An ecclesiastical phrase from the Latin.
Moneys; price. 281.
Moyen; means; interest; influence. 59, 116, 119, etc.
Muir-ground; waste land covered with heath. 157, 298.
Naughty; vile, worthless. 77, 81, etc.
—Bunyan calls Badman, "a man left to himself, a naughty man."
Nay-say; denial. 80, 231.
—In a sermon on Zech. xiii. 7: "Christ gave the devil three nay-says."
Near-hand; near at hand. 29, 79, 191, etc.
Need-force; by sheer necessity; or, by hook or crook. 71, 179, 205, etc.
Under plea of necessity.
Nether; the lower; not high enough. 245.
Newings; novelties; q.d. new things. 29.
Nice; chary, capricious, ill to please. 81, 226.
Nick; mark, notch, point. 70, 249, etc.
Niffer; exchange, barter. 140, etc.
Nigh-hand; near. 183, 347.
Night-glass; hour-glass. 281.
Non-entry; money, or rents, due to the superior by an heir on coming to his property; or the state of one who is heir, but has not yet got the legal investiture. 222, 256.
Nor; than. 144, 307.
Noughty; useless, worthless, nothing in it. 175, 200, 225.
—Sibbs, "Others that are nought" (on 2 Cor. i. 4).
Nurture; discipline. 70, 98, 206.
—The Verb, to use discipline. 299.
Odds; difference. 294.
—Also odd; any leisure time.
Of. The use of the preposition "of" is common and peculiar to the time in such phrases as "Dear of a drink of water;" at the price of. 148.
—"Content of." 45.
—"Understood of." 51.
—Is it from the French
"de?" Old Chaucer sings: "And all the orient laugheth of delight" (Knight's Tale).
Off-fallings; droppings, remnants, 70, 169, 285. John Livingstone writes:
"Compared with Christ Himself, what is all this but the off-fallings."
Oh if. 180, 204, etc.
—"Oh if," 152.
What would you say if.
Oh that! in the sense of Alas! 189.
So "Oh for." 97.
Old-dated; antiquated, 320.
Once; one time or other, sooner or later. 62, 112, 143, 152, 170, 217, 255, 270, 330.
Knox uses it often thus. Also, once for all; altogether.
Once-errand; on the sole business. 210, 301.
Opposites; opponents. 231.
Or.
—See Then.
Order; take order is an old English phrase for "take measures." 18.
Ordinarily; usually. 144.
Other; ought else. 68, 77.
—Others; each other. 82.
Out, a Noun; laying out, exhibiting for sale. 277.
Outcast; a contention, quarrel. 239, 274, 275.
—In a sermon on Zech. xiii. 7 he says: "After a sore outcast, there is greater love betwixt Christ and His people than before."
Outfield; waste land, covered with heath. 256, 261.
Outgate; way of escape, outlet. "Make home over us, go homeward."
Over; in the phrase "over-little," too little. 257.
Overmist; rise over like a mist. 189.
Over-watered; plated over. 299.
Oyess; the French Oyez; the crier's "Hearken." The Verb, to denounce one by public proclamation. 249.
Paces (from French "peser," to weigh, and old English "to paise"); the weights of a clock. He uses the same figure in a sermon on Song v. 1. 189, 197, 199, 292.
Packald; burdens, things packed up. 198.
Packs, or paiks; a severe blow. "Paiks the man," the man soundly beaten. 138.
Pact. 230.
Paiks.
—See Packs.
Painful; taking pains, laborious. 188.
—See Baxter, etc.
Paintry; painting. 83.
Panged; quite full, crammed; "Pang-full." 225.
Pantry, a Verb; to lock up in the cupboard. 110.
Pasch; Passover, or Easter. 51. (Acts xii. 4; πασχα.)
Pass from; used of a summons; not enforce it.
Passments; strips of lace sewed on dress by way of ornament. 42, 75, 275.
Pawn; pledge. "Pawn-clay;" a thing of dust, and that is only partly ours. 77, 130, 139.
Perqueer; the French par cœur; by heart, perfectly. 204.
Pertinacy; same as pertinacity.
Pickle; small grain. 22, 186, 197.
Piece-withered; withered patches. 254.
Pinning; a small stone to fill up a crevice. 211, 239. In a sermon on Zech. xi. 19 he says: "Would they give Christ no room? Might they not have made Him a pinning?" R. Blair's "Life" (p. 115). "Weak pinnings are very useful in building a wall; and so are graces, though they are not the foundation."
Playmaker; director of the play. 70.
Plea; a quarrel between parties. 240, etc.
Plenishing; furniture, possessions. 4, 133, 258. The Verb, fill. 247, 250, 326.
Ply; a fold or turn. Verb; to ply, applied to a ship. 95, 105, 152.
Poind; to distrain, make seizure of goods. 160. "Drive the poind" is to drive away the cattle thus seized.
Point; to fill up crevices in a wall with lime and little stones. 299.
Port; gate. 241, 336, 339.
—"He went out at the ports, bearing His cross." Sermon on Heb. xii.
Pose; a hoard, store. 206.
—In a sermon by Rutherford, we find
the "miser's hoard" called "the wretch's pose."
Prevent; anticipate. 297. Be first in acting.
Prig; to chaffer or higgle about a thing. 21, 81.
Proctor-fee. 285. A fee to the procurator, one who manages a cause, paid when the suit is ended.
Professor; in the sense of confessing or professing the faith. 105, 284, 292, 304.
Propine; Noun and Verb; hold out a gift, to present. 37, 88, 130, 165. Used as a Noun, 29.
Put; to "put" as a ram, push, help.
—"Put by;" to put away from, cause to pass by. 111.
—"Put it down;" make it more easily swallowed. 62.
—"Put off;" spend time. 162. Also, put aside as finished. 190.
—"Put to;" apply; also to shut. 97, 275.
—"Put upon;" urge, to set on one in the way of importunity. 7, 12.
—To cause difficulty. 319.
—"Put up;" push up. 29.
Quarrelous; fault-finding, provoking to quarrels. 184, 189, 239.
—He writes it "querulous" in his "Christ Dying," p. 179: "Querulous love-motions against the reality of Christ's love."
Quick; alive. 61, 265.
Quit; to set one free from. 224, 268.
Ragged; torn and incomplete. 151.
Ravel; disorderly twisting of threads. 196.
Reckon; consider of importance. 230, 233.
Red, Adj., in the phrase, "red hunger," intensive. 213.
—"Red war," and "red wet," means soaked in wet.
Redd up; to clear up, settle. 34, 38, 48, 136, etc.
Refreshful; full of refreshment. 333.
Registrate; to register, to protest. 85, 249.
—See note.
Repair; make amends to. 312.
Resemble; to represent. 3.
Respective; to each individual. 136.
—Is this Sibbs' meaning, "Every saint has something lovely and respective in him" (on 2 Cor. i. 1)? But, also, Sibbs uses it for respectful: "Dependency is always very respective." And so Ferguson on Col. iii. 22: "Servants respective to their masters."
—See Disrespective. Letters 321, 360.
Responsal; solvent, able to pay. 231.
Rest; in the Latin sense, "remains." 244.
Reverence; q.d. rendering homage, power. 30, 43, 233, 298.
—"I will not be in your reverence" was a phrase for, "I will not submit to your dictation."
Reversion; the right held by some one to the future possession of an estate. 148.
Rid (see Redd); annihilate. Participle, put away. 133.
Ridable; can be crossed on horseback. 160.
Rifle; same as ruffle. 158.
Rift; a rent, crack. 241, 284.
—Verb, to vomit, or come back with violent retching. 72.
—Rifty; broken, full of rents. 120.
Right, Verb; to put right. 196.
Rights; title-deeds. 77.
Rink; the ring, or race-course. 122, 276, 286.
Ripe; to examine and search carefully. Connected with "rip up." 203.
Rive; rend, tear; break up. 16, 50, 72, etc.
Rooftree; the beam that runs across the roof, and supports the rafters. 270.
Room; place. 22, etc.
Round; whisper or sing in the ear. (German, raunen.) 293.
Roup; set up to sale by action. 37, 131, 199, etc.
Rovers; "at rovers," at random. 182.
Roving; wandering through excitement of mind, raving. 161.
Rub; trouble. 323.
Rue; to repent, be sorry, 115.
—"Rue upon;" take pity. 21, 69, 186, etc.
Run by; run past. 226.
Rush; to push forward with violence. 270.
—See note.
Sad; settled, solid, real. 62, 75, 99, 163, 191, 203.
—It is from old English "set," settled down. Wickliffe's Bible, Rom. xv. 1: "We that are sadder men" (stronger). Pilkington on Neh. iv.: "A good builder digs down to the sad earth."
Salt; bitter, unpleasant, sarcastic. 115.
—In his "Christ Dying," p. 690, he says: "A violent death hath a salter bite."
Sanded; driven on the sands. 217.
Scad; the red tinge of a burn. "Scadded and burnt in the furnace" (Rutherford's "Cov. of Life," p. 69). The tinge given by reflected light. 291. It is connected with "scald."
Scaur, or scar; to boggle, take fright. 70, 119, 183, etc.
School-heads; worldly wise. 337.
Second, Noun and Verb; one who helps.
—Often used by Lord Kenmure in "Last Speeches." 2, 91, 247.
Seen-in; experienced in a matter. 86.
Set; it becomes, 260; disposed, 120.
—"Set to;" engage, set about. 110, 145, 179, 235.
Set-rent; full rent.
Shake; to push aside, push out.
Shell of a balance; the scale. 268.
Short; in temper hasty, rash. 153.
—"Shortly;" forthwith. 249.
—"Short-dated;" lasting only a short time. 196.
Shute; sometimes written shoot; to push in, shove back. 20, 29, 158, 163.
—"Satan shutes in his teeth," occurs in Rutherford's "Christ Dying."
Sib; nearly related to. 106, 212, 245, etc.
—"We behoved to be as sib as brethren." Sermon.
Sicht, or sight, a Verb; to examine narrowly, q.d. by close sight. 12. It occurs in Row's "History" often.
Sicker; strong. 107.
Silly; poor, frail, pitiful. 27, 184.
Silver, or siller; money. 254.
Sing; in the phrase, "Sing dumb," be reduced to silence. 128.
Singly; with a single mind. 83.
Sink; a common sewer. 272, 276.
Sit with; to endure in patient silence. 52, 63. Submit to. 43. Treat with carelessness.
Skaill; disperse, scatter. 160, 190, 241, etc.
Skaith; harm. 285.
Skaur.
—See Scaur.
Skink; formally renounce, or bid farewell to. 85, 88.
—In A.S., the Verb is "to give drink;" in German, "schenken," to give. It is q.d. take leave by giving a present, or by drinking a farewell.
Slot; a moveable bolt; bar. 29, 47, 48.
Sned; to prune, lop off, make tidy. 298.
Solacious; full of cheer, or comfort. 105.
Soldiers-stately; in Letter 63. It might have been noticed that old editions make this one word equivalent to "a spirit becoming a soldier;" like Milton's "timely-happy spirits." Joseph Alleine's "Life" has, "holy-taking rhetoric." Others point thus, "Your soldier's stately spirit." So, "heavenly-wise." 191.
Some. 64, 214. For somewhat.
Sometimes; properly "some-time;" on former days, once on a time. 28, etc.
—In our Version of the Bible, Eph. ii. 3; 1 Pet. iii. 20.
Soon-saddled; hasty in temper. 189.
—Little time taken to get on the saddle.
Soul-couper; a jobber in souls. 330.
—See Coup.
Souple; same as supple. 132.
Spaits.
—See Speat.
Sparing; niggardly. 222.
Spark; to squirt out. 163.
Sparkle; to spark out, scatter sparks. 263.
—Chaucer speaks of the shepherd seeking his "sparkeland sheep," i.e. scattered.
Speat, or spait; a flood, overflowing stream. 37, 248, 285. (Gaelic, "speid"), a river-flood.
Speed; to "come speed" is to succeed.
Speir, or speer; ask questions at.
—"Speer out," search out by questions. 180.
Spelk; to truss, support by splinters. 107, 128. (Saxon word.)
Spill; spoil, mar, or injure. 22, 310, etc.
—So Ps. lxiii. 9, in Rous' version; a child spoiled by indulgence.
Spring; a tune, sprightly air. 181, 182, 214.
Spunk; a spark. 215.
Stalks. In Letter 17, "to keep the stalks," is the reading of some old editions; but in another Letter, 194, "keep the stakes." If the former, the sense is, "to get only the withered stalks to keep," Song ii. 14 specially; if the latter, "get what they deposited."
Stand upon; require the help of. 81.
Standing drink. 177.—Like the stirrup-cup handed to a friend as he stood at the door.
Startle; ran up and down in excitement, as cattle do in hot weather; act extravagantly. 69, 75, 182, 258.
Starts. "At starts;" fitfully. 7, 293.
—"Start to the gate."
—See Gate.
State; the mode of putting or stating a question. 214, 245, 278, 333, 359.
—"Stated;" set down. 359.
Sted; a place, a foundation for a house, a site. 18. So used by Gawin Douglas.
—"Stedable," q.d. able to furnish a foundation; available, serviceable. 170, 252.
Stent; to fix at a certain rate, and no more. 249. In Fullerton's "Turtle Dove:" "He stented twice on the horologue."
Still; always, ever. 87, 108, 133, 285. In our metre version of the Psalms it occurs, e.g. Ps. ciii. 9, "Keep His anger still."
Stob; a stake sharpened at the end. 240.
Stock of cards; a pack of. 194.
Stoop; to make a stoop is to bow low. 287.
Stop-hole; anything to fill up a hole. 239.
Stot; a rebound. 249.
—"To keep stots;" keep pace with, to rebound regularly. 236.
Stound; a stroke that suddenly over-powers and produces faintness. 167.
Stoup; a stake, post, prop. 84, 196.
Suit; urge a suit, woo, solicit. 19, 26, 37, 355, etc.
Sundry; separate. 247.
—"Sunder," part from, the Verb. 264.
Sure; surely. 359, etc.
Suspension; an act in law, suspending final execution of a sentence. 230.
Swatter; to move, or toss about, as a duck in the water. 178.
—R. Blair (see "Life" by Row) uses it in a poem,—
"Out of the dreary vale of tears
My soul hath swattered out."
Rollock (Lect. xxxviii.): "He swatters and swims."
Swear one's self bare; swear that you have given up everything. 285.
Sweer; lazy, reluctant. 178, 230, 285.
Tack; stitch, hold, tie. 275.
Also, possession by lease. 284.
Tailzie; a Scotch law term for entail or charter of entail. 32.
Take up house; enter on housekeeping. 250.
—I take myself. 98.
—I retract my word.
Taken up with; occupied with. 185.
Taking; that is, attractive. 305. South's sermons has it.
Tarrow; to be pettish at, reluctant. 23, 118.
Tell; count up. 85, 167, 241, 249, 265.
—"Telling;" something to mark down. 209.
Testificate; certificate, testimony to character. 149.
That; often for "so;" e.g. that much. 41, 59, 85, 293.
Then; in that case. 24, 39, 220, 238, 241.
—"Or then;" if that be not so, otherwise. 43, 46, 72, 323.
Thereanent; regarding this. 110.
Thereaway; to or in that quarter. 133.
Therefor; on account of this. 34.
—See note.
Thick; a crowd or throng. 209, 225, 251.
—Adjective; very familiar with one. 94, 128.
Thieves'-hole; a prison. 178.
Thin. 223.
—Thin-skinned; soft. 256.
Think long. 16, 207, 133, 151, etc.
—See Long.
—It is still common to write, "I think long after you."
Threap; to assert vehemently, over and over. 85.
Thring; to push in by force. 147, 226, 282.
Throng; the multitude and the busy part. 206.
—Thronging; crowding in. 180, 206.
Through other; one thing blended with the other, promiscuously. 226, etc.
Tig; dally, toy with. 48.
—Also a civil sort of begging, when a new-married person brought his cart to the house of friends, that they might put in something to his store.
Timeous; early, seasonable, opportune. 180, 212, 275.
—So Knox uses it; and our metre version of Psalms, cxix. 148.
Tine; to lose. 182, 226, etc.
To; used for "in comparison of," in the phrase, "little to." 361.
Tocher; a marriage dowry. "Tocher-good." 265, 285.
Toom; quite empty; nothing in it. 138, 178, 188, etc.
Topic-maxim; a maxim for general use. 259, 260.
Tops; to be "on one's tops," to assault or oppose. 231.
—"To tope" is to oppose. "He has continued all his days on tops with God, and will not make peace with Him." Durham Sermon 54, Isa. liii.
Totch; a push. 183.
—See note.
Touches; to "keep touches," 121, an English phrase for the exact performance of an engagement.
Towe; rope made of tow, a hauser. 196.
Train; to draw, entice. 30.
—It is French, trâiner.
Trance; passage. Latin, transitus. 26.
Tree; for the wood of a tree. 225.
—As in sermon on Rev. xix.
Trindle; same as trundle. 107.
Truant; pretended, like boys' pretences for play. 181.
Tryst; to appoint a meeting at a certain place and time. Noun and Verb. 176, etc.
Turnpike; stair that winds. 300.
Tutor; to discipline. 282.
Twin; to separate. 82.
—It is q.d. to make into two.
Unco; uncommon, strange. Same originally as uncouth, and so written very often.
—Noun; Unconess; 179.
Undercote, or undercoat; fester under the skin (coat is "cutis," skin). 66, 82, 151, 284.
—Calderwood in his "History" uses this word, v. 658.
Under-tools; lesser tools. 311.
Under-water; bilge-water. 82, 86, 203, 284.
Unfriend; less than friendly. 178.
Unheartsome; sad. 277.
Unlaw; transgress the law; also, to fine for transgressing the law. 201.
Unrid, or unred. 133.
—It is q.d. unred-up; the boundaries not fixed.
—In A.S., unrid is "disorderly."
Upsun; the sun above the horizon.
Uptaking; as a Noun, apprehension, 56, 275;
as an Adjective, exhilarating, or exalting, 210.
Vaccane, or vacanse; vacation, holidays. 84.
Vively; in a lively manner, to the life. 4.
Voyage; journey. 226.
—The French "voyage," from via.
Wad-fee; the sum paid in hiring, as a pledge of the person being engaged.
—Wad is a pledge.
—See Wed.
Wadset; to pledge in mortgage, alienate by reversion. 79, 191, 201, 206, etc.
—Noun, the money paid in hiring as a pledge of engagement. 182.
Wager; something hazarded. 220.
A pledge. 170.
Wair'd, or wared.
—See Ware.
Wale; to choose (Noun and Verb), select out of other articles. 39, 192, etc.
Walkings; weights of a clock. 199.
—Possibly the waggings of the pendulum, though some say it is the striking of the hour that "waukens up." It is connected with motions. 292, 342.
Wandhand; the hand that holds the rod, or whip, as the hand that guided the horse was the working hand. 186.
Want; to be destitute of. 95.
Ward; guard. 254.
Ware; to expend, use. 37, 104, 201, 228, etc.
Warmly; heart-warming. 227.
Washen; washed or whitened, with fair appearance. 167.
Waster, Adj.; prodigal, wasteful. 226.
Watch-glass; hour-glass. 276.
Watered; plated over. 206, 280.
—"The watering will go off and leave nothing but dross" is a sentence in a sermon on Zech. xiii. 7.
Wed; a pledge or fee. Written also wad.
—Our "wedding" is a derivative, signifying the security or pledge given by the parties.
Weight, or wecht; to put on a weight or burden, depress. 115, 159.
In one of his sermons he says, "Death did not weight the martyrs.
"—"To bear weight," 249, is to stand the weighing.
Well; a Noun for weal, welfare. 72, 202.
—"Well is me;" it is good for me. 120, 222, 250, 257, etc.
—"Wellcome;" come in an honest way. 162, 182.
Well-wared; well laid out. 104.
—Well deserved. 203.
Wersh; saltless, insipid. 182.
While, or whill; till. 12, 24, 44, etc.
Whiles; at times. 102, 182.
White; the white is the mark aimed at, the bull's eye. 194.
Whiten. 287. Like a stick from which the bark is stript.
Whitsunday; term day. 21.
"Who but he?" a non-such. 23.
—See note.
Why but? why object although? 295.
Win; reach, attain to. 21, 30.
—"Win away;" to escape from. 6.
Wind in; get your way into. 297.
Windlestrae or windlestraw; from Windel, to hoist about. Used in plaiting. A withered stalk of dog's-tail grass; metaphorically, a mere trifle. 63, 190, 192, 212.
—In the "Life" of Pringle of Greenknow, a place is mentioned called "The Windlestraw Law." So Durham on Job, p. 285.
Wit; to know. Noun; wisdom, intelligence. 184, 282.
—"Wit's head;" a wiseacre. 232, 235, 239, 249, 258.
Wo, an Adjective; sorrowful. 116, 178, 196.
—Generally written "wae" by Scotch writers.
Wombful; bellyful. 225.
Won goods; goods already got and secured. 128.
Work on; it causes care. 230.
Wrack; ruin, wreck. 284.
Wring; squeeze out water; as Judges vi. 30. 300.
Writ; a writing in law. 59, 285, 359.
—"In write;" by written paper. 359.
Yoke; yoke for work; set to, press in. 94, 119, 181, 202.
—Noun, yoking, a setting to, contest, onset. 117. "He yoked to the Jews early" (sermon on Heb. xii. 1). So Durham on Isa. liii. 8.
Yonder; far off in the distance. 245.
—"The yonder end."