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_Crosraguell._
INFAL, _s._ A hostile attack.
_Wodrow._
Teut. _in-val_, illapsus.
INFANGTHEFE, _s._
1. A thief apprehended by a baron within his own territory.
_Skene._
A. S. _infangenthef_, a thief taken within.
2. The privilege conferred on a landholder of trying a thief taken within his territory.
V. ~Fang~.
INFAR, INFARE, _s._
1. An entertainment given by the possessor, on newly entering a house.
_Barbour._
2. The entertainment made for the reception of a bride in the bridegroom's house, S.
_Spalding._
A. S. _infaere_, ingress.
INFIELD, _adj._
1. Applied to land receiving manure, and still kept under crop, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. To corn growing on this land, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
~Infield~, _s._ Land continually cropped, S.
_Statist. Acc._
INFORTUNE, _s._ Misfortune.
_Lyndsay._
INGAN, _s._ Onion, S.
_Ramsay._
INGER, _s._ Expl. as signifying a gleaner, Loth.
O. Teut. _inghe_, angustus; _ingher_, exactio.
~Ingher's pock~, a quant.i.ty of all kinds of grain dried in a pot, and ground into meal, Loth.
INGYNE, ENGYNE, ENGENIE, _s._
1. Ingenuity, genius, S.
_Douglas._
2. Disposition.
_Pitscottie._
3. Mind in general.
_Pitscottie._
4. Scientific knowledge.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _engin_, _engien_, esprit, volonte, genie, Roquef.
_To_ INGYRE, INGIRE, _v. a._ To introduce one's self into any situation, by artful methods.
_Douglas._
Lat. _in_ and _gyr-o_, q. to wind one's self into favour.
INGLE, INGIL, _s._ Fire, S. A. Bor.
Gael. _aingeal_, Lat. _ignis_.
