| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameExtraordinary tidesman |
Term description Customs officer who boards ships to check goods |
| NameEx. |
Term description Extract |
| NameEXCS/EXECS |
Term description Executors |
| NameEdict |
Term description A legally authoritative proclamation made in a public place summoning persons to appear (compear) before the courts. |
| NameEik |
Term description An addition or supplement to a deed. |
| NameEntail |
Term description [See also 'tailzie'] A deed by which the legal course of succession to lands can be altered and another one substituted, or by which the descent of the lands can be secured to a specified succession of heirs and substitutes. |
| NameEntres |
Term description Interest |
| NameExecutor |
Term description The legal administrator of the moveable property of a dead person, either nominated in the deceased's testament or by the Commissary Court. |
| NameExecutrix |
Term description A female executor |
| NameEll |
Term description 1. A unit of distance. One ell was equal to 3 and 1/12 feet. Scots measurements of distance were slightly larger than the analogous Imperial measurements. 2. A unit of square measure, slightly larger than an Imperial yard.</p><p>For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>. |
| NameEasle tooth |
Term description Molar |
| NameEebrier |
Term description Eyebrow |
| NameEewinker |
Term description Eyelash |
| NameElectuar |
Term description Elixir, medicinal syrup |
| NameElic/eleak |
Term description Iliac, intestinal |
| NameErn |
Term description To hurt or irritate |
| NameEsscock |
Term description Inflamed pimple |
| NameEtten and spued |
Term description Unhealthy complexion (literally 'eaten and spewed'). Also found in the form 'glaipit and spued' (to glaip is to gulp down). |
| NameEvil |
Term description Scrofula, tuberculosis affecting the lymphatic glands. |
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