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_Poems Buch. Dial._
Teut. _dwyn-en_, attenuare, extenuare.
_To_ ~Dwyn~, _v. a._ To cause to languish.
_Montgomerie._
~Dwyning~, _s._ A decline, S.
Isl. _dwinar_, diminutio.
E
E, ~Ee~, _s._ The eye, S.
_Douglas._
EA, _adj._ One.
V. the letter A.
_To_ EAND, _v. n._ To breathe.
V. ~Aynd~, _v._
EARLEATHER-PIN, _s._ An iron pin for fastening the chain by which a horse draws in a cart, Fife.
_To_ EARM.
V. ~Yirm~.
_To_ EARN, _v. n._
1. To coagulate, S.
2. To cause to coagulate, S.
Germ. _ge-rinnen_, Su. G. _raenn-a_, coagulare.
~Earning~, _s._ Rennet, S.
A. S. _gerunning_, id.
EARN-BLEATER, _s._ The snipe, S. B. _earnbliter_.
_Ross._
EARNY-COULIGS, _s. pl._ Tumuli, Orkn.
Isl. _ern_, ancient, and _kulle_, tumulus, Su. G. summitas montis.
EASING, EASINGDRAP, _s._ The eaves of a house, S.
A. S. _efese_; Belg. _oosdruyp_, id.
_To_ Ea.s.sIN, EISIN, _v. a._
1. To desire the bull, S.
2. Applied to strong desire of any kind.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _yxna_ or _oxna_, vitula appetens taurum.
~Eastning wort~, Scabious, an herb, S. A.
_Pennecuik._
EARN, _s._ The Eagle.
V. ~Ern~.
EARTH, _s._ The act of earing, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
Sw. _ard_, aratio, from _aer-ia_, to ear.
EASTIE-WASTIE, _s._ An unstable person, Ang.; q. one who veers from _east_ to _west_.
