An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 258
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EASTLAND, _adj._ Belonging to the east.

_Baillie._

EASTLIN, _adj._ Easterly, S.

_Ramsay._

~Eastlins~, _adv._ Eastward, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _east-laeng_, oriente tenus.

EASTILT, _adv._ Eastward, _westlit_, westward; p.r.o.n. _ea.s.silt_, _wessilt_, Loth.

A. S. _east-daele_, plaga orientalis.

EAT, _s._ The act of eating, S. B.

A. S. _aet_, Teut. _aet_, food.

EATIN BERRIES, Juniper berries, S. B.

V. ~Etnagh~.

EBB, _adj._ Shallow, S.

_Rutherford._

~Ebbness~, _s._ Shallowness.

_Rutherford._

ECCLEGRa.s.s, _s._ b.u.t.terwort or sheep-rot, Orkn.

_Neill._

ECHER, ICKER, _s._ An ear of corn, S.

A. S. _aecer_, _aechir_, id.

_Douglas._

ECHT, _s._ Ought.

_Barbour._

EDROPPIT, _part. pa._ Dropsical.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

EE, _s._ Eye.

V. ~E~.

~Ee~ _of the day_, Noon, mid-day, S. B.

~Ee-list~, ~Eye-list~, ~Eye-last~, _s._

1. A deformity, an eye-sore.

_R. Bruce._

2. An offence.

_G.o.dscroft._

3. A break in a page, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

A. S. _eag_, oculus, and _laest_, defectus.

~Ee-stick~, ~Eistick~, _s._ Something singular or surprising; q. that which causes the _eye_ to _stick_ or fix, S.

_Ferguson._

~Ee-sweet~, ~Eye-sweet~, _adj._ Acceptable, S.

_Rutherford._

~Ee-winkers~, _s._ The eye-lashes, S.

_Rutherford._

~Een~, ~Ene~, _pl._ of ~Ee~, Eyes, S.

_Douglas._