An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 922
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VIVE, VIUE, _adj._

1. Lively, representing to the life, S.

Fr. _vif_.

_Rollocke._

2. Brisk, vigorous, S.

~Vively~, _adv._ In a vivid light, S.

_Ross._

VIVERIS, VIEVERS, _s. pl._ Provisions for the sustenance of life, victuals, S.

Fr. _vivres_, id.

_Knox._

ULIE, _s._ Oil.

V. ~Olye~.

ULISPIT, _pret. v._ Lisped; MS. _wlispit_.

A. S. _wlisp_, dentiloquus.

_Barbour._

UMAN, the p.r.o.n. of _woman_, Ang.

UMAST, UMEST, UMAIST, _adj._ Uppermost, highest.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _ufemest_, supremus; from _ufa_, above, and _mest_, most.

~Umast claith~, a perquisite claimed by the vicar, in the time of popery, on occasion of the death of any person.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ UMBEDRAW, _v. n._ To turn about.

_Douglas._

Belg. _omdraaij-en_, to turn about.

UMBERAUCHT, _pret._ Encompa.s.sed.

_Douglas._

A. S. _umb_, circa, and _raucht_, from _raec-an_, to extend.

UMBERSORROW, _adj._

1. Hardy, resisting disease, or the effects of severe weather, Border; sometimes _number-sorrow_.

2. Rugged, of a surly disposition, Loth.

Teut. _on-be-sorght_, negligens curae; or Su. G. _ombaer-a_, portare, and _sorg_, aerumna.

_To_ UMBESCHEW, _v. a._ To avoid.

_Douglas._

A. S. _umb_, about, prefixed to _eschew_.

_To_ UMBESET, _v. a._ To beset on every side.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ymb-saet-an_, id. circ.u.mdare.

_To_ UMBESEGE, _v. a._ To encompa.s.s with armed men.

_Douglas._

_To_ UMBETHINK, _v. n._ To consider attentively.

_Barbour._

A. S. _ymbe-thinc-an_, cogitare de.

UMBEWEROUND, _part. pa._ Environed.

_Barbour._