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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._
