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GLOSSARY. 401
Napa, 7iever, Lb. II. xli. Ne, not + Apa,
ever.
Neahc nef-ij;, fanting for a night, tvilh fast
unbroken ; see Lb. II. Ixv. 5, and II. vii.
at beginning.
Necle, fem., geu. -an, nettle, nrtica. fio
micle j'0]i)ji5 nerle, /. dioica. Lb. I.
xlvii.
Neupij-ne, ace, a disease. Lb. I. lix. and
contents.
Nepe)-eo)>a, Nu-, masc, gen. -an, that part
of the belli/ which lies between the navel
and the sliare or pubes, the pit of the
belly. Lb. II. xxxvi., xxxi., xvii. and
contents, xlvi. " Hium," Gl. M.M.,
p. 137 b, 15.
o.
Oyepjryllo, neut., overflow, overfilling,
spuma vas coronans. Lb. I. li.
Ojejij'sepij-c, from over sea, transmarinus.
Lb. I. vi. 6. M.H.lOOa. Tlie reading
Opepfsepii'c is not in the MS. nor agreeable
to analogy.
Opiec, (gen. prob. -e)-), a close vessel. In
Lb. I. ii. 11, oynece translates " vas-
" culo clause vel operto." The word
may be connected with 0}en, overt ; the
K\iPavos -was a close vessel covered up
in the hot embers, and an oven at the
same time.
0)')-cot;en, properly badly wounded by a
shot, but specially used, Lb. I. Ixxxviii.
2., II. Ixv. i., for elf shot, the Scottish
term, that is, dangerously distended by
greedy devouring of green food. It is
spoken of cattle ;
sheep are very subject
to it, if they get into a clover field at
full freedom. " The disease consists in
" an overdistension of the first stomach,
" from the swelling up of clover and
'•'
grass, when eaten with the morning
" dew on it."
VOL. II.
Ojjcoren cont.
Next you'll a warlock turn, in air
you'll ride.
Upon a broom, and travel on the tide ;
Or on a black cat mid the tempests
prance
In stormy nights beyond the sea to
France ;
Drive down the barns and byars,
prevent our sleep,
Elfshoot our ky, and sraoor mang drift
our sheep. Falls of Clyde, p. 12U.
The approved cure is to chafe the parts
affected with a blue bonnet. The basting
is performed for an hour without
intermission, by means of blue bonnets.
The herds of Clydesdale, I am assured,
would not trust to any other instrument
in chafing the animal." Jamieson
in Elfshot, and Suppl. " When
" cattle are swollen they are said to be
degbowed. I have fi'equently known
" a farmer strike a sharp knife through
the skin, between the ribs and the
" hips, when the cow felt immediate
" relief from the escape of air through
" the orifice, so that the distended car-
" case instantly collapsed, and the excrements
blown with great violence
to the roof of the cow house."
Carrs
Craven Gl. " Deggbound, mightily
" swelled in the belly." Yorkshire
dialogue, Gl. 1697, A.D.
Ome -an ; fem. corrupt humour, especially
gastric, the pituita of the
medical and classical authors ; also
Erysipelas, the external symptom of
such a humour. Lb. I. xxxv. Dat.
pk Omum ;
gen. pi. Omena. The
analogy of the Islandic suggests a
feminine form.
Ompjie, fem., gen. -an, dock, rumex; the
German Ampfer, masc, dock, rumex.
" Rodinaps, ompre, docce," Gl. Mone,
p. .322 a. " Cocilus,' Gl, Cleop. If
KavKaXis, not likely. Of the Omppe,
that will swim, see Docce, Lb. I. viii.
2 ; III. xxvi. Lacn, 23.
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