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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._
