GLOSSARY AND GENERAL INDEX.

GLOSSARY.

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A', adj. all.

ABAK, adv. behind.

ABASIT, part. pa. confounded; abashed.

ABBACY, s. an abbey.

ABEE—to let abee, to let alone; not to meddle with.

ABEECH, ABIEGH, adv. aloof; "at a shy distance;" keep aloof.

ABLE, ABLIS, ABLINS, AIBLINS, adv. perhaps; peradventure.

ABONE, ABOW, ABOON, ABUNE, prep, above.

ABOOT, prep, about.

AE, adj. one; only; single.

AFF, adv. off; away.

AFFCAST, s. a castaway.

AFFCOME, s. the termination of any business. "I gied him his affcome," I gave him a down-setting, or offset.

AFEIRD, part. pa. afraid.

AFFHAND, adj. plain; honest; blunt; without premeditation.

AFFLUFF, adv. extempore.

AFORE, prep, before.

AFFPUT, s. pretence for delay.

AFFPUTTING, adj. trifling; delaying.

AFFSIDE, s. offside.

AFT, adv. often.

AFTEN, adv. often.

AFTERHEND, adv. afterwards.

AGAYNE, prep, against.

AGAIT, adv. on the way or road.

AGEE, adv. to one side; ajar; a little open.

AGLEY, A-GLY, adv. off the right line; obliquely; wrong.

AHIND, AHINT, adv. behind.

AIK, s. the oak.

AILEN, part. pa. ailing.

AIN, adj. own.

AINS, adv. once.

AIR, adv. early in the morning.

AIR, AIRE, AYR, s. an heir.

AIRMS, s. pl. arms.

AIRN, s. iron.

AIRT, AIRTH, s. point of the compass.

AISLAIR, adj. a polished substance.

AITS, s. pl. oats.

AITEN, adj. oaten.

AITH, s. an oath.

AIZLE, s. a hot ember.

ALANE, adj. alone.

ALANG, adv. along.

ALD, AULD, adj. old.

ALMOUS, AUMES, s. pl. alms.

AMAIST, adv. almost.

AMANG, prep. among.

AMBRY, s. a press or closet where victuals are kept for daily use.

AN', conj. and.

ANE, adj. one.

ANENT, prep, over against; opposite.

ANETH, prep, beneath.

ANEUCH, adv. enough.

ANIEST, adv. or prep. on this side of; on the nearest side.

ANITHER, adj. another.

ANKERSTOCK, s. a loaf made of rye, sweetened with treacle.

ANSE, adv. once.

APERT, adj. brisk; bold; free.

APERTLY, adv. briskly; readily.

APON, APOUN, prep. upon.

APPARELLE, s. equipage; furniture for warfare.

APPLERINGIE, s. the plant called southernwood.

ARCH, adj. averse; reluctant.

To ARGLE-BARGLE, ARGIE-BARGIE, v. a. to contend; to bandy backwards and forwards.

ARK, s. a large chest used for holding meal or corn.

ARK of a Mill, s. the place in which the water-wheel moves.

To ARLE, v. a. to give earnest of any kind.

ARLES, s. earnest of any kind.

ARLY, adv. early.

ARMYN, ARMYNG; s. armour; arms.

ART and PART, accessory to, or abetting.

ASSE, s. ashes, plural assis and aiss.

ASSHOLE, s. place for receiving ashes under the grate.

ASCHET, s. a large plate, on which meat is brought to table.

ASK, AWSK, s. an eft or water newt; a lizard.

ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, adv. obliquely; asquint; on one side.

To ASSAILYIE, v. a. to attack, to assail.

To ASSOLYIE, v. a. to acquit.

ASTEER, adv. in confusion; in a bustle.

A'THEGITHER, adv. altogether.

ATHORT, prep, through, athwart.

ATOUR, ATTOURE, prep. over.

ATTOMIE, s. a skeleton.

ATTELED, part. pa. aimed.

ATTER-CAP, ATTIR-COP, s. 1. a spider; 2. an ill-tempered person; one of a malignant or virulent disposition.

ATWEESH, prep, between; betwixt.

AUGHT, pret. pa. possessed.

AUCHT, s. property; possession; that which is exclusively one's own. In aw my aucht, all I am possessed of.

AUKWART, AWKWART, prep. across; athwart.

AULD-CLUITY, s. the devil.

AULDEST, adj. oldest; elder.

AULD, adj. old; aged.

AULDFARRANT, AULDFARRAND, adj. sagacious.

AULD-MOU'D, adj. sagacious in discourse. Sometimes used as crafty.

AUMUS, s. an alms.

AVA, adv. at all.

AWA, adv. away.

AWFU', adj. awful.

AWIN, AWYN, adj. own. This is the common pronoun in the south of Scotland; in other parts, ain.

AWNIE, adj. bearded.

AWNS, s. pl. the beards of corn or barley.

AWSK, s. the newt or eft.

AWSOME, adj. awful; appalling.

To AX, v. a. to ask.

AX-TREE, s. an axle-tree.

AYONT, prep. beyond.

AY, adv. yes.

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BABIE, BAWBIE, s. a halfpenny.

BACHLE, BAUCHLE, s. an old shoe or slipper.

BACKLINS, adv. backwards. To gae backlins, to walk backwards, like a ropemaker.

BACKSPANG, s. a trick, or legal quirk; advantage taken by one over another.

To BACK-SPEIR, v. a. to trace a report as far back as possible; to cross-question.

BACK-SPEIRER, s. a cross-examiner.

BADE, pret. of bide.

BADRANS, BATHRONS, s. a designation for a cat.

To BAE, v. n. to bleat like sheep.

To BAFF, v. a. to beat.

BAFF, s. a stroke or blow.

BAIKIE, s. the stake to which a cow is fastened in the stall.

BAILIE, s. an alderman; the deputy of a baron in a borough of barony.

BAIR, BAR, s. a boar.

BAIRD, s. a bard or poet.

BAIRN, BARNE, s. a child.

BAIRNHEID, s. childhood.

BAIRNLY, adj. childish.

BAIRNLINESS, s. childishness.

BAIRNS-MAID, s. a nursery-maid.

BAIS, adj. having a deep or hollow sound: bass.

To BAYT, v. n. to feed.

BAISEE, BAIVIE, s. a large fire; a great blaze.

BAKE, s. a biscuit.

BAKSTER, BAXSTER, s. a baker.

BALD, BAULD, adj. bold; intrepid.

BALDERDASH, s. foolish noisy nonsense.

BALK, BURRAL, s. an elevated ridge, raised by a plough.

BALLANT, s. a ballad; a song.

BALOW, BALOO, s. a lullaby; a term used by nurses when lulling children.

To BAN, BANN, v. a. to curse.

BANNIN, pr. pa. swearing.

BANDKYN, s. a species of cloth, the warp of which is thread of gold and the woof silk, and adorned with figures.

BANDSTER, BANSTER, s. one who binds sheaves after the reapers in the harvest field.

BANE, s. a bone.

BANE-FYER, s. a bonfire.

To BANG, v. a. to change place with impetuosity— as, to bang up, to start to our feet suddenly.

BANNOCK, s. a cake of barley or pease meal baked on a girdle.

BANNOCK-FLUKE, s. a turbot.

BAP, s. a thick cake, baked in an oven, with yeast in it, and made of flour, oat meal, or barley meal, and sometimes a mixture of two of them.

BARE, adj. lean; meagre; naked; uncovered.

To BARKEN, v. n. to become hard; to clot.

BARLA-BREIKIS, BURLEY-BRAKS, s. a game played in a corn-yard, running round the stacks.

BARLEY, s. a term used by children in games, when a truce, or a cessation for the time, is demanded.

BARNE. See BAIRN.

BASSIE, s. an old horse.

BASTOUN, s. a heavy staff; a baton.

BAITH, adj. both.

BATIE, BAWTIE, s. a name applied to dogs, generally large ones, without reference to sex.

BATS, s. pl. the bots, a disease in horses.

To BATTER, v. a. to paste.

BAUCHLE, BACHEL, s. an old shoe.

BAUGH, adj. ungrateful to the taste.

BAUK, BAWK, s. a cross beam in the roof of a house.

BAUK, BAWK, s. a strip of land, two or three feet wide, left unploughed.

BAUSY, adj. strong; big.

To BAW, v. a. to hush; to lull in the manner of nursing a child.

BAW, s. a ball.

BAWBEE, a halfpenny.

BAWDEKYN, s. cloth of gold.

BAXTER, s. a baker.

BEAR, BERE, s. barley.

To BECK, v. to curtsey.

BEDRAL, s. a person who is bedrid.

BEGRUTTEN, part. pa. having the face disfigured with weeping.

BEIK, BIKE, s. a hive of bees.

BEIK, BEKE, BEEK, v. a. to bask, as in the sun.

BEILD, BIELD, s. shelter; refuge.

BEIN, BANE, s. bone.

BIRR, s. noise; cry; force.

BEKE, BEIK, BEEK, v. a. to bask.

BELD, adj. bald; without hair on the head.

BELE, s. a fire; a blaze.

BELYVE, adv. by and by.

To BELL THE CAT, to contend with a person of superior rank; to withstand him, either by actions or words, especially the former.

BELLY-THRA, s. the colic.

To BELT, v. a. to gird; to flog; to scourge.

BEN, adv. towards the inner apartments of a house. A room is generally called ben, and the kitchen but.

BEN-END, s. the ben-end of a house, the inner end of it.

BEN, BIN, s. a mountain.

BENE, BIEN, adj. wealthy; having abundance.

BENK, BINK, s. a bench; a seat.

BENORTH, prep. to the northward of.

BENSHIE, BENSHI, s. a fairy's wife.

BENT, s. a coarse grass growing on sand-hills.

BERE, BEAR, s. barley.

BERN, s. a barn.

To BESEIK, v. a. to beseech; to entreat.

BESYNE, BYSIM, s. a bawd.

BESOUTH, prep, to the southward of.

BEST-MAN, s. groomsman; best-maid, the bridesmaid.

BETWEESH, prep, betwixt.

BEUCH, a branch; a bough.

BEVIE, s. a great fire.

To BEWRY, v. a. to pervert, to distort.

BIB, s. a piece of linen used to keep the breast of a child clean when feeding it.

BICK, s. a bitch; the female of the canine species.

To BICKER, v. a. to fight with stones as schoolboys; to run off quickly.

BICKER, BIQUOUR, s. a small wooden dish, made in the form of a washing-tub, the staves being alternately black and white.

To BIDE, BYDE, v. n. to wait for; to abide; to endure; to suffer.

To BIG, v. a. to build.

BIGGIN, BYGGYN, s. a building.

BIGGIT, part. pa. built.

BIKE, BEIK, BINK, s. a nest of wild bees or wasps.

BILGET, adj. bulged; swelling out.

BILLIE, BILLY, s. a companion; a comrade.

BINDWOOD, s. ivy.

BING, s. a heap; a pile of wood.

BINK. See BIKE.

BIRD, BURD, s. a bird; a damsel; a lady.

BIRDIE, s. a little bird.

BIRK, s. a birch-tree.

To BIRK, v. n. to give a tart or sharp answer.

BIRKIN, adj. of or belonging to birch-wood.

BIRKY, s. a lively young man; a mettlesome person.

BIRL, v. n. to ply with drink; to club money for the purpose of purchasing drink.

BIRN, v. a. to burn.

BIRS, BIRSE, s. a bristle. His birse is up, he is in a passion. He's a birsie man, he is liable to be irritated easily.

To BIRSLE, v. a. to broil; to roast.

BIRSSY, adj. having bristles; hot-tempered.

To BIRZE, BRIZE, v. a. to bruise; to drive or push.

BISKET, BRISKET, s. the breast.

To BISSE, BIZZ, v. n. to make a hissing sound, as hot iron plunged into water.

BISSOME, BYSSYM, s. an unworthy female.

BIT, s. a vulgar term used for food. He takes the bit and the buffit wi't, he takes the food and the blow along with it.

BITTILL, BEETLE, s. a wooden mallet for beating clothes.

To BLABBER, v. n. to babble; to speak indistinctly.

BLACKAVICED, a. dark-complexioned.

BLACK-COCK, s. the black grouse.

BLACK-FISHING, s. fishing for salmon by torch light.

BLACK-FOOT, s. a person who makes matches, or goes between a lover and his mistress.

BLAD, s. a large piece of anything.

BLADE, s. the leaf of a tree.

BLADOCH, BLEDOCH, s. buttermilk.

BLAE, BLA, adj. livid; used when the skin is discoloured with a blow, or when chilled with cold.

BLAEBERRY, s. the bilberry.

BLAIDRY, s. nonsense; folly; silly talk.

BLAIN, s. a mark or blemish left by a wound.

BLAIT, adj. bashful; sheepish.

BLAIT-MOUIT, adj. sheepish; ashamed to open one's mouth, or speak. Ye'r no blait, you are very forward or impudent—used metaphorically.

BLAITIE-BUM, s. a stupid, simple fellow.

BLASH, s. a heavy fall of rain.

BLASHY, adj. deluging, sweeping away, as in a flood; thin, poor, as applied to broth or soup.

To BLAST, v. n. to smoke. To take a blast, to take a smoke.

BLATE, BLAIT, adj. bashful.

To BLATHER, v. n. to talk nonsense; to talk ridiculously.

BLATTER, s, a rattling noise, such as that made by a heavy shower of rain or hail.

To BLAW, v. to blow.

BLEAR, s. to obscure the sight.

BLEARD, s. dull of sight; having inflamed eyes.

BLEEZE, v. n. milk is said to be bleezed when it has become a little sour.

BLEIB, s. a pustule, a blister.

The BLEIBS, s. pl. the chicken-pox.

To BLENK, BLINK, v. n. to open the eyes as after slumber; to throw a glance of regard.

BLENK, BLINK, s. a gleam of light.

BLENT, s. a glance as in the quick motions of the eye.

To BLETHER, v. n. to stammer, or speak indistinctly, or nonsensically.

BLIN, adj. blind.

BLINK. See BLENK.

To BLIRT, v. n. to burst out a-crying or weeping.

BLOB, BLAB, s. 1. anything circular and turned; 2. a blister.

BLOBBIT, part. pa. bloated; blurred; blotched.

BLUBBER, s. a bubble of air.

To BLUBBER, v. a. to cry, to weep.

BLUE-GOWN, s. a pensioner. Formerly all pensioners received a blue gown on the king's birthday.

BLUID, s. blood.

BLUIDY, adj. bloody; bloodthirsty; covered with gore.

BLUITER, BLUTTER, v. n. to make a rumbling noise.

BLUNTIE, s. a stupid fellow; a sniveller.

BOAL, BOLE, s. a small aperture or press in a house for the reception of small articles; a small opening in a wall for the admission of light or air.

BOB, s. a curtsey.

To BOCK, v. a. to make a noise with the throat, as persons will frequently do before vomiting.

BOD, BODDY, s. a person of diminutive stature.

BODDUM, s. bottom.

BODE, BOD, s. an offer made prior to a bargain; a proffer.

BODEN, BUDDEN, v. offered; proffered.

BODLE, s. an old copper coin of the value of two pennies Scots, or third part of a penny English.

BOGILL, BOGLE, s. 1. a hobgoblin; a spectre; 2. a scarecrow; any made-up imitation of a spectre.

BOMBILL, BUMBILL, s. buzzing noise.

BOMBILL-BEE, s. a drone.

BONIE, BONYE, BONNY, adj. beautiful; having a fine countenance.

BONIEST, adj. the most beautiful.

BOOL, s. an ironical name, as applied to an old man.

BOONMOST, adj. uppermost.

BOORDLEY, s. strong; large; broad; having a manly appearance.

BORDEL, s. a brothel.

BOS, BOSS, BOIS, adj. hollow.

BOT, BUT, conj. but; without anything.

BOTHE, BOOTHE, s. a shop made of boards.

BOTHIE, s. pl. a cottage; such a one as is occupied generally for the use of servants.

BOTTINGS, BUITINGS, s. half boots, or leathern spatterdashes.

BOUCHT, BOUGHT, BUCHT, s. a small pen used for milking ewes.

To BOUCHT, BUCHT, v. a. to enclose.

BOUK, BUIK, s. the trunk of the body; bulk.

BOUKIT, adj. bulky, large. No muckle boukit, not of much size or dimensions.

BOUN, adj. prepared; ready.

BOUR, s. the private chamber of a lady in ancient times.

BOURTREE, BOUNTREE, s. common elder-tree.

BOW, s. a boll; eight pecks.

BOW, s. the arch of a bridge; a gateway; a crooked path.

BOWIE, s. a small cask or barrel; a milk pail.

BOWSIE, adj. crooked; applied to a crooked person, who is called a bowsie.

BRACE, s. the chimney-piece.

BRACKEN, BRAIKEN, BROCKEN, s. the fern.

To BRACK, v. a. to break.

BRACKIT, BRACKET, BRUCKIT, adj. speckled.

BRAE, s. tho side of a hill; an acclivity.

To BRAG, v. a. 1. to defy; 2. to reproach.

BRAID, BRADE, adj. wide; broad.

BRANDNEW. See BRENTNEW.

BRANDER, s. a gridiron.

To BRANDER, v. n. to broil.

BRANG, part. pa. brought.

BRANKS, s. a swelling in the glands of the neck.

BRAT, s. a coarse apron.

BRATCHET, BRATCHART, s. an opprobrious term, equivalent to whelp.

BRAW, BRA, adj. fine; gaily-dressed.

BRAWLY, BRAVELY, adv. very well.

BRAWS, s. fine clothes; a person's best suit.

BRAXY, BRACKS, s. a disease in sheep.

BREADBERRY, s. pap, used as food for children.

BREAK (of a hill,) s. a hollow cleft in a hill.

BRECHAME, BRECHEM, s. the collar of a horse.

BREE, BRIE, BREW, BROO, s. broth; soup.

BRE, BREE, s. the eyebrow.

BREEKS, BREIKS, s. breeches.

BREER, BREARD, s. the first blades of grain which appear above ground.

To BREER, v. n. to germinate.

BREID, s. breadth.

BRENT, adj. high; straight; upright.

BRENTNEW, quite new.

BRIG, BREG, BRYG, s. a bridge.

To BRIZE, BIRSE, v. a. to bruise; to drive or push.

BROCHAN, s. oatmeal boiled to a consistence thicker than gruel.

BROCK, s. a badger.

BROCKED, BROCKET, adj. streaked and spotted, as a brockit cow.

BROCKLIE, adj. brittle.

BROD, s. a flat piece of wood; a board.

To BROG, v. a. to pierce.

BROGUE, s. a coarse kind of shoe made of horse leather with the hair on, used by Highlanders.

BROK, s. refuse; fragments.

BROO, s. broth.

BROONIE, s. a spirit supposed to haunt farm-houses, and which, if treated well, performed the duties of the servants while they were sleeping.

BROSE, s. a kind of food made by pouring hot water on oatmeal, and mixing them together. Kail-brose is made by substituting broth for water.

BROWST, s. the quantity of malt liquor brewed at one time.

BRUGH, BURGH, s. a borough; a circular encampment; the hazy circle round the moon.

BRUSE, BROOSE, BRUISE, v. a. To ride the bruise, to run a race on horseback at country weddings. Metaphorically— to contend; to strive.

To BRUSH, v. a. to rush forth with speed.

BU, BOO, s. a sound often made use of to excite terror in children. Bu-man, the devil, or a goblin; an imaginary evil being; a phrase used to keep children in subjection.

BUBBLY, adj. snotty.

BUBBLYJOCK, s. a turkey-cock.

BUCHT, s. a fold; a bending; the fold of a ribbon.

BUCKIE, BUCKY, s. any spiral shell.

BUCKIE-INGRAM, s. the soldier-crab, Cancer bernardus, which always inhabits the shells of other animals.

To BUCKLE, v. a. to join together, as in marriage.

BUCKLE-THE-BEGGARS, s. a person who marries others in a clandestine manner.

BUCKTOOTH, s. a tooth jutting out from the others.

BUFF, s. a stroke; nonsense.

BUFFER, s. a foolish fellow.

BUFFET, s. a blow.

BUFFETS, s. pl. swellings in the glands.

BUFFIE, adj. swelled; blown up; puffed up.

BUIK, s. the body; the chest.

BUIK, BUK, BUKE, s. a book.

BUIRDLY, BURDLY, adj. large and well-made; stately.

To BULLER, v. n. to make a noise like water rushing to and fro in the cavity of a rock.

To BULLIRAG, v. a. to abuse; to tease; to rally in contempt; to reproach.

BULYIEMENTS, s. habiliments.

To BUM, v. n. to make a sound like that of bees; the sound emitted by a bagpipe.

BUMBAZED, adj. stupified.

BUMBEE, s. the humble bee; a wild bee; a drone.

BUM-CLOCK, s. the common flying beetle.

BUN, BUNN, s. a cake commonly used at New-Year time, composed of flour, dried fruits, and spices.

To BUNG, v. n. to make tipsy.

BUNKER, BUNKART, s. a low and long chest, frequently placed in front of a bed in cottages, and used as a press, and also as a seat.

BUNTLING, s. a bantling; a bird.

BURD, s. a damsel; a lady.

BURDALANE, s. used when a person is left solitary, as a child the inmate of a strange family.

BURDE, BOORD, s. a table; a board.

BURIAN, s. a tumulus; a mound of earth.

BURLAW, BYRLAW, BIRLEY, s. a court consisting of country neighbours who settle local disputes, etc.

BURLY, s. a crowd; a brawl.

BURN, s. a small stream; a rivulet. Burnie, burny, is used as the diminutive of burn.

BURR, BURRH, s. persons are said to have the burr who pronounce the letter r with a whirring sound, as the Northumbrians.

BURSIN, BURSTEN, part. pa. burst; overpowered with fatigue.

To BUSK, v. a. to dress; to attire.

BUT, prep, without; towards the outer apartment of a house, or kitchen.

BUTER, BUTTER, s. the bittern.

BYGANES, s. what is past; used in quarrels, as, Let byganes be byganes; let what is past be past.

BYRE, s. a cow-house.

BY-RUNIS, s. pl. arrears; past debts.

BYSPRINT, part. pa. besprinkled.

BYSSYM, BISSOM, s. an unworthy female.

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To CA, v. a. to call; to strike; to drive.

To CAB, v. a. to pilfer.

CABBACK. See KEBBUCK.

CADDIS, s. lint for dressing a wound.

CADIE, s. an errand-runner; a carrier of parcels.

CAFF, s. chaff.

CAIGIE, s. wanton.

CAIGIELY, adv. cheerfully; wantonly.

CAIK, s. a flat cake made of oatmeal.

To CAIKLE, v. a. to make a noise like a hen.

CAIRD, s. a gipsy; a travelling tinker.

CAIP, CAPE, s. the highest part of anything.

CAIRN, s. a conical heap of stones.

CAIR-WEEDS, s. mourning weeds.

CALD, CAULD, s. cold.

CALLAN, CALLANT, s. a stripling.

CALLER, adj. cool; refreshing.

CALLOT, s. a cap for a woman's head.

CALM-SOUGH, to say little.

CALSAY, CAWSAY, s. a causeway street; that part of a street which is bounded by the flags.

CAM, pret. came.

CAM-NOSED, adj. hook-nosed.

CAMPY, adj. bold; brave.

CAMSHAUCHEL'D, part. adj. distorted.

CAMSTERIE, CAMSTAIRIE, adj. unmanageable; perverse.

CANE, KAIN, s. a duty paid by a tenant of land to the owners in kind.

CANKERT, adj. ill-tempered; cross.

CANN, CAN, s. skill; knowledge; acquirements.

CANNA, CANNAE, cannot.

CANNIE, KANNIE, adj. cautious; prudent.

CANNILY, adv. prudently; cautiously.

CANTY, adj. cheerful; lively.

CANTEL, s. the crown of the head.

CANTRAP, s. an incantation; a spell; mischief artfully performed.

CAP, v. n. to crown; to surmount.

CAP, KAP, s. a wooden bowl.

CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALYEANE, s. the wood-grouse or cock of the wood, Tetrao urogallus (Linn.)

CAPERNOITED, adj. peevish; irritable; crabbed; snappish.

CARDINAL, s. a long cloak worn by women, generally those of a red colour, and commonly provided with a hood.

CAR-HANDED, adv. left-handed.

CARL, CAIRLE, CARLL, s. an old man.

CARLIE, s. a diminutive man.

CARLIN, s. an old woman.

CARLINS-E'EN, s. the last night of the year.

CARLISH, s. boorish; clownish.

CARRITCH, CARITCH, s. the catechism.

To CARP, v. a. to contend.

CARSE, KERSS, s. a low and fertile tract of land adjacent to a river.

CASTOCK, CASTACK, s. the stalk or inner core of cabbage or greens.

To CAST-OUT, v. n. to quarrel.

To CAST-UP, v. a. to upbraid; to throw in one's teeth.

CATCHY, adj. ready to take advantage of another.

CATTLE-RAIK, s. a common on which cattle are fed; the feeding range of cattle.

CATWITTIT, adj. harebrained; unsettled.

CAUDRON, s. a chaldron.

CAULD, s. cold.

CAULDRIFE, adj. susceptible ofcold.

CAULD-STEER, s. sour milk and oatmeal stirred together.

CAUSE, conj. because.

CAUSEY, CAUSAY, s. a street.

CAUTION, s. surety.

CAUTIONER, s. a surety.

CAVIE, s. a hencoop.

To CA', v. a. to drive.

To CAWK, v. a. to chalk.

CAWKER, s. a dram; a glass of any spirits.

CERTIS. Certis, ye're a fine ane! You are indeed a good one—(ironically.)

CHACK, CHECK, s. a slight repast.

CHAFTS, s. the chops.

CHAFT-BLADE, s. jaw-bone.

To CHAK, v. a. to check.

CHAKIL, s. the wrist.

CHALMER, s. a chamber.

To CHAMP, v. a. to mash; to chop.

CHANCY, adj. fortunate; happy.

CHANNEL, s. gravel.

CHAP, s. a fellow.

To CHAP, v. n. to strike with a hammer or any other instrument, or with a stone.

CHAPIN, s. a quart.

CHAPMAN, s. a pedlar.

CHAUDMELLE', s. a sudden broil or quarrel.

To CHAW, v. a. to gnaw; to fret.

CHEEK-BLADE, s. cheek-bone.

CHEIP, CHEPE, v. n. to chirp, as young birds do.

CHEK, s. the cheek; the side of a door.

CHESS, s. the frame of wood for a window.

CHESWELL, s. a cheese-vat.

CHEVERON, s. armour for the head of a horse.

CHIEL, CHIELD, s. a fellow; a stripling.

CHILD, CHYLD, s. a page; a servant.

CHILDER, s. pl. children.

CHIMLEY, s. a grate; a chimney.

CHIMLEY-BRACE, s. the mantelpiece.

CHIMLEY-LUG, s. the fireside.

To CHIRK, CHORK, v. n. to grind the teeth in a noisy manner.

To CHIRME, v. a. the soft warbling of a bird.

To CHITTER, v. n. to shiver.

CHOUKS, s. the glandular parts under the jaw-bones.

CHOWS, s. small bits of coal.

CHUCKIE, s. a hen.

CHUCKIE-STANE, s. a small pebble.

CLACK, s. the clapper of a mill.

CLAES, CLAISE, s. pl. clothes.

CLAG, CLAGG, s. an incumbrance.

CLAGGY, adj. adhesive; unctuous.

CLAIK, v. n. to make a clacking noise like a hen.

CLAIRGY, s. clergy.

CLAITH, CLAYTH, s. cloth.

To CLAIVER, CLAVER, v. a. to talk idly.

CLAM-SHELL, s. a scallop shell.

CLAMJAMPHRY, s. pl. low acquaintances; not respectable.

CLAMP, s. a heavy footstep.

CLAP, s. a stroke.

CLAP O' THE HASS, the uvula of the throat.

CLARTS, s. pl. dirt; smell.

CLARTY, adj. dirty or foul.

To CLASH, v. n. to talk idly.

To CLAT, v. a. to rake anything together.

CLAT, s. a rake or hoe.

CLATCH, s. thick mud.

To CLATTER, v. a. to tell tales; to tittle-tattle.

CLAUGHT, pret. laid hold of suddenly or eagerly.

To CLAVER, v. a. to talk in an idle or nonsensical manner.

CLAVER, s. clover.

To CLAW, v. a. to scratch.

CLECKIN, s. pl. a brood of birds.

CLECKIN-BROD, s. a battledoor.

To CLEED, v. a. to clothe.

CLEG, GLEG, s. a gad-fly; a horsefly.

To CLEIK, CLEEK, v. a. to catch with a hooked instrument.

CLEIK, CLEEK, s. an iron hook.

CLEIKY, adj. ready to take advantage.

CLEUCH, CLEUGH, s. a precipice; a steep rocky ascent; a strait hollow between two steep banks.

To CLEW, v. a. to stop a hole by compressing.

CLICK-CLACK, s. uninterrupted talking.

CLINK, s. a smart blow; money.

CLIPPIE, s. very talkative; generally applied to a female.

CLISH-CLASH, s. idle discourse.

CLISHMACLAVER, s. idle nonsensical talk.

CLITTER-CLATTER, s. idle talk carried from one to another.

To CLOCHER v. n. to cough.

To CLOCK, CLOK, v. n. to chuck; to call chickens together.

CLOIT, s. a clown; a stupid fellow.

To CLOIT, v. n. to fall heavily, or suddenly.

CLOITERY, s. tripe; dirty work.

CLOOT, CLUTE, s. a hoof.

CLOSE, s. a passage; an entry.

To CLOUR, v. a. to dimple.

CLOUSE, s. a sluice.

To CLOUT, v. a. to patch; to mend.

CLOUT, s. cuff; a blow.

CLUF, CLUIF, s. a hoof.

CLUMP, s. a heavy inactive fellow.

CLUTE, s. a hoof.

COBLE, s. a small boat, such as is used by fishermen.

COCKERNONNY, s. the hair of a female gathered in a knot.

COCKLAIRD, s. a landowner who cultivates all his own estate.

COD, s. a pillow.

COFF, COFFE, v. a. to buy; to purchase.

COFT, pret. and part. of purchased or bought.

COG, COAG, COGUE, s. a wooden basin.

To COGLE, v. a. to move anything from side to side, as a boat in the water.

COLLIE, COLLEY, s. a shepherd's dog; a lounger.

COLLIESHANGIE, s. a squabble, an uproar.

COMMONTIE, s. a common; a community.

To COMPEAR, v. a. to appear.

COMPLIMENT, s. a present.

CONYNG, s. knowledge.

COODIE, CUDIE, s. a small tub.

COOF, CUFE, s. a dastardly silly fellow.

COORIN, v. n. crest-fallen; timid.

CORBIE, CORBY, s. a raven.

CORP, s. a corpse; a dead body.

CORRIE, s. a hollow in a hill.

CORS, CORSE, s. the market-place or cross.

COSH, s. neat; quiet.

COSIE, COZIE, adj. warm; snug, well-sheltered.

COTTAR, COTTER, s. a person who inhabits a cottage.

To COUP, COWP, v. a. to exchange; to deal; to fall; to upset.

COUPER, s. a dealer.

COUPLE, s. a rafter.

COUR, v. n. to stoop; to crouch.

COUT, s. a young horse.

COUTH, COUTHY, adj. affable; facetious; affectionate; pleasant.

COVE, s. a cave.

COW, KOW, s. a besom made of broom.

COWE, v. n. to beat; to overcome.

To COW v. a. to poll the head; to cut; to prune; to damp or frighten.

COWIT, part. pr.. docked closely; cut; having short hair.

COWSHOT, CUSHIT, s. the ringdove.

To CRACK, v. a. to talk.

CRAFT, s. a piece of ground adjoining a house.

CRAG, CRAGE, CRAIG, s. the neck; the throat. CRAIG, s. a rock; a precipice.

To CRAIK, v.n. the cry of a hen after laying.

CRANCH, v. n. the sound made by an animal in eating bones or other hard substances. CRAP, s. a crop, the produce of the soil; the craw of a fowl; the highest part of anything.

To CRAW, s. to crow; to boast.

CRAW, s. a crow. CREEK of day, dawn; the first appearance of morning.

CREEPY, s. a low stool.

To CREEP-IN, v. n. to shrink.

CREIL, CREEL, s. an osier basket.

CREISH, s. grease.

To CREISH-A-LUFE, v. a. to give money as a bribe or recompense.

CRINCH, s. a very small bit of anything.

To CRINCH, v. a. to grind with the teeth.

To CRINE, CROYNE, CRYNE, v. n. to shrivel; to shrink.

CROK, s. a dwarf. CRONEY, s. a companion.

CROUS, CROUSE, adj. brisk; brave; speeding courage.

CROWDIE, s. meal and water in a cold state, or sometimes meal and milk, or cream.

CRUDS, s. curds.

CRUELS, s. the king's evil; scroula.

CRUMMIE, CRUMMOCK, s. a cow.

CRUNE, CROON, s. a moaning sound.

CRUSIE, s. a lamp, properly one made of malleable iron, and suspended by a handle or wire.

To CRY, v. a. to proclaim the banns of marriage in church.

CRYING, s. childbirth.

CUD, s. a club; a strong staff.

To CUDDLE, v. a. to embrace.

CUDDIE, s. an ass.

CUFE, s. a simpleton.

CUFF-O'-THE-NECK, the back part of the neck.

CUMMAR, KIMMER, s. a young woman.

CUNING, CUNNIE, s. a rabbit.

To CURFUFFLE, v. a. to discompose.

To CURL, a game, to throw or force a flat-bottomed stone along the surface of ice.

CURLING, s. a game in which stones are pushed along ice.

CURPLE, s. a crupper.

CURRAN, CURN, KURN, s. a few; indefinite number.

CURUNDDOCH, CURCUDDY, s. a dance among children, in which they sit down on their houghs, and hop round, in different directions.

CUSCHETTE, s. a ringdove.

CUTE, COOT, s. the ankle.

CUTIKINS, s. pl. spatterdashes.

CUTTY, s. a wanton immoral young woman.

CUTTY, CUTTIE, adj. short.

CUTTY-STOOL, s. a low stool; the stool of repentance.

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To DAB, DAUB, v. a. to peck, as birds do with their bills.

DAD, DADDIE, s. father.

To DAD, DAUD, s. to beat.

To DADDLE, DAIDLE, v. a. to do anything slowly.

DADDLIE, s. a larger sort of bib.

To DAFF, v. n. to sport; to romp.

DAFFIN', s. gaiety; sporting; diversion.

DAFT, adj. delirious; stupid.

DAFT-LIKE, adj. foolish-looking; silly-like.

DAFT-DAYS, the Christmas holidays.

DAG, s. a gentle shower.

To DAG, v. a. to rain gently.

DAIGH, s. dough.

DAINTITH, s. a dainty.

DAINTY, adj. pleasant; good-humoured; worthy; excellent.

DAIVERED, adj. dull; stupid; wanting apprehension.

DALL, s. a doll.

DAMBROD, s. a draft-board.

To DANCE, his or her lane, a phrase used to signify sudden and great rage, or joy at any news.

To DANDER, v. n. to wander slowly; to roam.

DANDERS, s. pl. the hard refuse of a smithy fire.

DANG, the pret. of ding.

DARKLINS, adv. in the dark; hidden; sly.

To DASE, DAISE, v. a. to stupify; to benumb.

DAW, DA, s. a sluggard; appropriated to a female, a drab.

To DAW, v. n. to dawn.

DAWDIE, s. a dirty slovenly female.

To DAWT, DAUT, to fondle; to caress; pet; to dote upon.

DAWTIE, s. a favourite; a darling.

DAWTIT, part. pa. doted; fondled; caressed.

DAYWERK, DAWERK, s. a day's work.

To DEE, v. n. to die.

DEAN, DEN, s. hollow with sloping banks on both sides; a small valley.

To DEAVE, DEEVE, v. n. to deafen.

DEDE-THRAW, s. in the agonies of death.

DEED-DAIL, s. the board on which the dead are laid before being coffined.

'DEED, adj. indeed.

DEEIN', v. n. dying.

DEEVIL, s. the devil.

DEIL, DEEL, s. the devil.

DEIL'S-BUCKIE, s. a wicked imp.

DEIS, s. the upper part of a hall, where the floor was raised, and a canopy erected over it, as for festivals, etc.

DELIERET, adj. delirious.

To DEMENT, v. n. to deprive of reason.

DEMENTED, adj. insane; unsettled in mind; crazy.

DEN, s. a hollow in a hill or mountain.

To DEPONE, v. n. to testify on oath.

To DEVALL, DEVALD, s. to cease; to intermit.

To DEVE, v. n. to stupify with a noise.

DEUCHANDORACH, DEUCHANDORIS, s. a drink taken at the door before departing.

DICHT, DYCHT, v. to wipe.

DIDNA, did not.

DIKE, DYKE, s. a wall either of mud or stones.

DING, v. a. to beat; to drive.

DINNA, do not.

To DINLE, v. n. to tremble.

DIRD, s. a stroke.

DIRDUM, s. an uproar.

DIRK, a dagger.

To DIRLE, v. a. to tingle.

DIRL, s. a vibration.

DIRT, s. excrement.

DIRTIN, adj. mean; shabby; contemptible.

DISNA, DOESNA, does not.

DISJASKET, part. pa. having a dejected or downcast look.

To DISPARAGE, v. n. to despise on account of want of rank.

To DISPLENISH, v. a. to disfurnish.

DIV, v. a. do. I div, I do.

DIVET, DIFFAT, DIVOT, s. a thin oblong turf used for covering cottages and mud walls.

DIZEN, s. dozen.

DOCHTER, DOUGHTYR, s. daughter.

DOCKEN, DOKEN, s. the dock; an herb.

DODDY, DADDIT, adj. destitute of horns; bald.

DOGGIT, adj. stubborn.

DOIN, v. n. doing.

DOITIT, DOITED, adj. stupid lack of mental activity.

DOIT, s. a small copper coin, long in disuse.

DOIT, s. a fool; a numskull.

DOMINIE, s. a schoolmaster; a pedagogue; a contemptuous name for a clergyman.

DONNARD, DONNART, adj. stupid.

DOOCK, DUCK, s. a strong coarse cloth used for sails, etc.

To DOODLE, v. a. to dandle; to fondle.

DOOF, s. a stupid silly fellow.

DOOKIT, s. a dovecot or pigeon-house.

To DOOK, DOUK, v. n. to bathe; to duck.

DOOL, s. grief; sorrow.

DOON, DOUN, s. down.

DOOT, s. doubt.

DORT, s. pet.

To DORT, v. n. to pet.

DORTY, adj. pettish.

DOTTAR, s. become stupid from age.

DOUCE, DOUSE, s. sedate; quiet.

DOUF, s. a stupid fellow.

DOUF, DOLF, s. destitute of courage.

DOUKED, v. n. bathed; wetted.

DOUNGEOUN, s. the strongest or chief tower belonging to a fortress.

DOUP, s. the buttocks; the bottom of anything.

DOUR, adj. stubborn; inflexible; obstinate.

To DOUSE, v. a. to beat; to maltreat.

DOUSE, adj. solid; sedate.

DOUSS, s. a blow; a stroke.

To DOVER, v. n. to slumber.

DOW, DOO, s. a dove; a pigeon.

To DOW, v. n. to fade; to wither; to lose freshness.

DOWCATE, DUKET, s. a dovecot.

DOWNCOME, adj. the act of descending.

DOWY, DOWIE, adj. dull; downcast; sorrowful.

DOZEND, DOSEND, s. stupified; benumbed.

To DRABLE, DRAIBLE, v. a. to slabber; to befoul.

DRAFF, s. the refuse of grain after being distilled or brewed.

DRAGON, s. a paper kite.

To DRAIGLE, v. a. to bespatter.

DRAMOCK, s. a mixture of meal and water in a raw state.

DRAP, s. a drop.

DRAVE, s. a drove of cattle.

To DREEL, v. n. to move quickly.

DREGY, DERGY, s. the compotations after a funeral.

DREICH, DREECH, adj. slow; tedious.

DRIBBLE, s. a very small drop.

To DROUK, v. a. to drench.

DROIC, s. a dwarf.

DROUTH, s. drought; thirst.

DRUMLY, DRUMLIE, adj. troubled.

DRUNT, s. to be in a sour, pettish humour.

DUB, s. a small pool of water, generally applied to those produced by rain.

DUD, s. a rag; a dish-clout.

DUDDY, adj. ragged.

DUKE, s. a duck.

DULE, s. grief.

To DULE, v. n. to grieve.

DUMBIE, DUMMIE, s. a dumb person.

To DUMFOUNDER, v. a. to stupify; to confuse; to confound.

DUMPY, adj. short and thick.

DUN, s. a hill; an eminence.

To DUNCH, v. a. to jog; to push with the elbow or fist.

DUNDERHEAD, s. a blockhead.

To DUNT, v. a. to strike, so as to produce a dull hollow sound.

DURK, DIRK, s. a dagger.

DUST, s. a tumult.

DWALM, DWAUM, s. a swoon; a sudden fit of sickness.

DWINING, s. a declining consumption.

To DWYNE, s. to pine.

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EARN, s. an eagle.

To EARN, YEARN, v. to coagulate.

EASING, s. pl. the eaves of a house.

EASTLIN, adj. easterly.

EBB, adj. shallow.

EE, s. an eye.

EEN, s. pl. the eyes.

EE-SWEET, adj. agreeable or pleasing to the sight.

EERIE, adj. dull; lonely.

EFTERHEND, adv. afterwards.

EIDENT, adj. diligent; industrious.

EIK, EKE, adj. an addition.

To EIK, v. n. to add to anything.

EIZEL, s. a hot ember.

ELBECK, ELBUCK, s. elbow.

ELD, adj. old.

ELEVEN-HOURS, s. a luncheon.

ELDERS, s. pl. the members of the kirk-session among Presbyterians.

ELS, adv. already.

ELSYN, ELSHYN, s. an awl.

ELVES, s. pl. fairies.

ELWAND, ELNWAND, s. a rod for measuring, an ell in length.

EMBRO', s. Edinburgh.

EMERANT, s. emerald.

ENEUCH, ENEUGH, s. enough.

ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, s. earth; soil or ground.

To ERD, YERD, v. a. to inter.

ERDDIN, YIRDIN, s. an earthquake.

ERLIS, EARLES, s. earnest.

ERSE, s. Gaelic or Celtic, the language of the Highlanders of Scotland.

ERY, EIRY, EERIE, adj. affected with fear.

ESK, s. a newt or lizard.

To ETTIL, v. n. to aim at.

To EVEN, v. a. to level.

EVENDOUN, adj. perpendicular.

EVIRLY, adv. continually; constantly.

EVINLY, adj. equally.

To EXCAMB, v. a. to exchange.

To EXPONE, v. n. to explain.

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FA, FAE, s. foe.

FA', s. fall.

FAIL, FALE, FEAL, s. a grassy turf; a sod.

FAIL-DYKE, s. a wall built of sods.

To FAIRLY, FERLEY, v. n. to wonder.

FAIRNTICKL'D, adj. freckled.

FALD, FAULD, s. a sheepfold.

FAME, FAIM, s. foam.

FAND, pret. found; felt.

FARD, adj. Weel-fard, well-favoured; well-looking.

FARLE, s. the fourth part of a thin cake of oat or other meal.

FARRAND, FARRANT, adj. seeming; Auld-farrand, sagacious; Fair-farrand, Weel-farrand, having a goodly appearance.

To FASCH, FASH, v. a. to trouble.

FASCHEOUS, adj. troublesome; difficult.

FAUCHT, pret. fought.

To FAW, FA', v. a. to obtain.

FAY, s. faith.

FE, FEE, s. wages.

FEALE, adj. loyal; faithful; true.

To FECHT, v. a. 1. to fight; 2. to toil.

FECK, FEK, s. 1. quantity; number; 2. the greater part.

FECKLESS, adj. weak.

To FEE, v. a. to hire.

FEENT, not any; not one.

FEENICHIN, adj. triflingly foppish.

FEEZE, v. a. to twist.

FEIGH, FEECH, interj. fy!

To FEIKLE, FICKLE, v. a. to puzzle.

To FELL, adj. to kill; to murder.

To FEND, FEN, v. a. to shift.

FERLIE, FAIRLIE, s. a wonder.

FETTEL, FETTLE, s. power; energy.

FEU, FEW, s. a possession held on payment of a certain yearly rent, the same as a chief-rent in England.

FEYKIE, adj. troublesome.

To FICKE, FYKE, v. n._ to be in a restless state.

FIDDLING, adj. trifling, although apparently busy.

FIDGING, v. n. itching.

To FILE, FYLE, v. a. to dirty or sully.

FILIBEG, s. a kilt or short petticoat, reaching a little way above the knee-cap (patella), and worn by the men in the Highlands instead of breeches.

FILL, s. full.

FILLAT, FILLET, s. the flank of an animal.

FILLER, s. a funnel.

To FIND, FIN, v. a. to feel.

FIREFLAUCHT, s. lightning.

FIRLOT, s. the fourth part of a boll.

FIRTH, s. an estuary.

To FISSLE, v. n. to rustle.

FIXFAX, s. the tendon of the neck of cattle or sheep.

To FIZZ, v. n. to make a hissing noise.

To FLAF, v. n. to flap.

FLAT, s. a floor of a house.

FLEE, s. a fly.

FLEEIN, v. a. flying.

To FLEG, v. n. to affright, to frighten.

To FLEISH, FLEITCH, v. a. to wheedle.

FRENDRIS, FLINDERS, s. pl. splinters.

FLIPE, FLYPE, v. a. to turn a stocking or glove inside out.

To FLISK, v. a. to skip; to caper.

FLIT, s. to transport.

To FLIT, v. n. to remove from one house to another.

FLOURISH, s. blossom.

FLUNKIE, s. a servant in livery.

FLUSTER, s. bustle; confusion.

To FLUTHER, v. n. to be in a bustle.

FLYTE, v. n. to scold.

FOG, s. moss.

FOISON, FUSHIOUN, s. strength, ability.

FOISIONLESS, adj. weak in intellect; weak in body.

FOK, s. pl. folk.

FOOL, s. a. a fowl.

FOR, conj. because.

FORAT, adv. forward.

FORBEARIS, s. pl. ancestors.

FORBY, adj. besides.

FORE, prep, priority; to the fore; still remaining.

FOREFOUCHT, FORFOUCHTEN, adj. exhausted with fighting.

FORGANE, FOREGAINST, prep. opposite.

To FORGATHER, v. n. to meet accidentally.

FORGIE, v. a. to forgive.

FORJESKET, p. pa. jaded; fatigued.

FORNENT, prep. opposite.

FORPET, s. the fourth part of a peck.

FORRAY, s. a predatory excursion.

To FORSTA, v. a. to understand.

FOUL, adj. wet, rainy.

FOUMARTE, s. a polecat.

FOURHOURS, s. tea; four o'clock being the old hour at which that meal was taken in early times.

FOUTRE, s. a term expressive of the greatest contempt.

FOW, FU, FOO, s. full; drunk.

FOY, s. an entertainment given by or to a person before leaving home, or where he has been some time on a visit.

FOZY, adj. spongy; porous.

FRACTIOUS, adj. fretful; peevish.

FRAE, prep. from.

FREND, FREEN, FREEND, s. a relation.

FRESH, s. a slight flood after rain.

FREY, s. a tumult; a fray.

FUD, s. the tail of a hare or rabbit.

FUGIE, s. a coward.

To FUNK, v. a. to strike or kick behind, like a horse. In a funk, in a bad humour.

FUR, FURE, s. a furrow.

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To GA, GAE, v. n. to go.

GAB, s. the mouth.

GABBY, adj. fluency or speech.

To GAB, v. n. to prate; to mock.

GABERLUNGIE, GABERLUNZIE, s. a wallet that hangs by the loins, such as is often used by beggars.

GAED, GAID, pret. went.

To GAFFAW, v. n. laugh loud.

GAISLINE, s. a gosling, a young-goose.

GAIST, s. a ghost.

GAIT, GATE, s. a way; a street.

GAIT, s. a goat.

GANE, part. pa. gone.

To GANG, pret. to go; to walk, in opposition to riding.

GANGIN, v. a. going.

To GANT, GAUNT, v. n. to yawn.

GAPUS, s. a fool; a silly fellow.

To GAR, v. a. to make; to cause; to force.

GARRIN, v. a. making.

GARRON, GERRON, s. a small horse.

GART, GERT, pret. of made.

GART, pret. of Gar.

GARTEN, s. a garter.

To GASH, v. n. to talk much and confidently; pert, insolent talking.

GASH-GABBIT, s. with a projecting under-jaw.

GATE, s. road.

GAUCY, GAWSY, s. plump; jolly.

GAUCKIT, adj. stupid.

GAVEL, GAWL, s. the gable of a house.

To GAW, v. n. to gall.

GAWD, s. a goad.

GAWKIE, GAWKY, s. a foolish gaping person.

GAWKIT, adj. foolish; giddy.

GAWN, pret. of going.

GEAN, GEEN, s. a wild cherry.

GEAR, GERE, GEIR, s. goods.

GEAT, GETT, s. a child.

GEBBIE, s. the crop of a fowl.

GEE, pettish. To tak the gee, to become unmanageable.

GEY, GAY, adj. tolerable; pretty much. A gey wheen, a considerable number.

GEILY, GEYLIES, adj. pretty well.

GENTY, adj. neat; genteel-looking; neatly formed.

GEORDIE, s. George.

GERS, GYRS, s. grass.

GEYEN, GEISIN, GIZZEN, v. a. to become leaky for want of moisture.

GIBBLE-GABBLE, s. noisy confused talk among a party.

GIBE, v. n. to tease; to taunt.

GIE, v. a. to give.

GIEN, pret. of given.

GIF, GYVE, conj. if.

GIFF-GAFF, s. mutual giving.

GILLIE, s. a page or attendant.

GILLIEPAGUS, s. a fool; a silly fellow.

GILPY, s. a roguish boy or frolicsome girl.

GILSE, s. a young salmon.

GIMMER, s. a ewe two years old.

GIMP, GYMP, JIMP, adj. slim; delicate; scanty.

GIMPLY, JIMPLY, adv. scarcely.

GIN, conj. if.

GIR, GIRD, GYRD, s. a hoop.

GIRDLE, s. a circular plate of malleable iron with a handle, for toasting oaten bread, etc., over a fire.

To GIRN, s. to grin.

GIRN, s. a snare for catching birds.

GIRNALL, GIRNELL, s. a large chest for holding meal.

GITE, s. crazy.

GLAIKIT, adj. light; giddy.

GLAMER, GLAMOUR, s. gipsies were formerly supposed capable of casting a charm over the eyes of persons, and thus making them see objects differently from what they really were. Cast the glamer o'er her, caused deception of sight.

GLAR, GLAUR, s. mud; mire.

To GLAUM, v. a. to grasp anything greedily.

GLAYMORE, s. a two-handed sword.

GLED, s. the kite, a bird of the hawk kind.

GLEEK, v. a. to gibe.

GLEG, adj. quick of perception.

To GLEG, GLYE, GLEE, v. n. to squint.

GLEN, s. a hollow betwixt two hills.

To GLENT, GLINT, part. pa. to glance.

GLEYD, adj. squint-eyed.

GLIB-GABBIT, adj. glib-tongued.

GLIFF, s. a sudden fright or alarm.

GLIMMER, v. n. to wink; to blink; to twinkle.

GLISK, s. a transient view.

GLOAMIN, s. twilight.

GLOCK, s. a gulp.

To GLOUM, GLOOM, v. n. to frown.

To GLOUR, GLOWR, v. n. to stare.

GLOUR, s. a broad stare.

GLU, s. a glove.

To GLUDDER, v. n. to work in a dirty manner.

To GLUNSH, v. n. to pout.

GOLACH, s. a beetle of any kind.

GOLDSPINK, GOUDSPINK, s. the goldfinch.

GOLK, GOWK, s. the cuckoo; a stupid fellow.

GOMRELL, s. a stupid fellow; a numskull.

GOOL, GULE, adj. yellow.

GORB, GORBET, GORBIE, s. a young bird.

GORMAND, s. a glutton.

GOUF, s. a stroke; a blow.

GOUD, GOULD, s. gold.

GOUPIN, GOWPIN, s. the hollow of the hand.

GOWAN, s. the wild mountain daisy. Ewe-gowan, the common wild daisy.

GOWANY, adj. abounding with daisies.

GOWK, s. the cuckoo.

GOWK'S-ERRAND, s. a fool's errand.

GOWL, s. a hollow between two hills.

To GOWL, v. n. to howl; to yell.

GOWP, s. a mouthful.

To GOWP, v. a. to gulp.

GRAIP, s. a dung-fork.

To GREEN, GREIN, v. n. to long for anything.

To GREIT, GREET, v. n. to weep.

GREETING, s. weeping.

GRIEVE, s. an overseer.

GRILSE, s. a salmon not full grown.

GRIPPY, adj. disposed to defraud; to be quick at taking advantage.

GRIST, s. fee paid to a mill for grinding any kind of grain.

GROATS, s. oats with the husks taken off.

GROSET, GROSART, s. a gooseberry.

To GROUE, GROWE, v. n. to shiver.

GROUSAM, GRUESOME, adj. frightful, uncomely.

GRUMPHIE, s. a vulgar name for a sow. People are said to be Grumphie when in a bad humour.

GRUTTEN, part. pa. of cried.

GRYCE, s. a pig.

GUD, GUDE, GUEED, adj. good. Frequently used for the name of God, as Gude forgie me, God forgive me.

GUD-BRODER, GUD-BROTHER, s. brother-in-law.

GUD-DOCHTER, s. daughter-in-law.

GUD-SISTER, s. sister-in-law.

GUD-SYR, GUDSHER, s. a grandfather.

GUD-WIFE, s. 1. a wife; 2. a landlady.

GUDGIE, adj. short and stout.

GUFF, s. a vapour; a smell.

GUIDMAN, GUDEMAN, s. a proprietor of land; a farmer; a husband.

To GULLER, v. n. to guggle.

GULLY, s. a large knife.

GUMPTION, s. understanding.

GUSEHORN, GUISSERN, s. the gizzard.

GUSTY, adj. savoury.

GUTSY, adj. gluttonous.

To GUTTER, v. n. to do anything in a dirty manner.

GUTTERS, s. pl. mire; mud; dirt.

GUTTY, adj. gross; thick—applied both to persons and things.

GYISARD, GYSART, s. children who go from door to door singing during the Christmas time. Masks are frequently used on such occasions.

GYM, adj. neat and spruce.

To GYS, v. a. to disguise.

GYTE, adj. foolish. To gang gyte, to act extravagantly or foolishly.

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HA', s. a hall.

HAAFLANG, HAFLIN, adj. half-grown.

HAAR, s. a fog; a chill easterly wind.

To HABBER, v. n. to stutter.

HA-BIBLE, s. a large family Bible.

HABBLE, s. a scrape; a perplexity.

HACK, s. a chop in the hands or feet.

To HAE, v. to have.

HAE, v. n. to offer anything.

HAEIN, s. having.

HAENA, have not.

HALF-MERK-MARRIAGE, a clandestine marriage. From the price paid, viz. a merk.

HAFFIT, s. the side of the head.

To HAG, v. a. to hew wood.

HAGABAG, s. coarse table-linen.

HAGBUT, s. a kind of firearms used soon after the discovery of gunpowder.

HAGGIES, HAGGIS, s. a pudding made of a lamb's maw, lungs, heart, and liver, mixed with suet, onions, salt, pepper, and oatmeal, and boiled in the stomach of a sheep.

HAILSOME, adj. wholesome; healthful.

To HAIN, HANE, v. a. to spare; to save.

HAIR-MOULD, s. the mould which appears on bread. Hair-ryme, hoar-frost.

HAIRST, s. harvest.

HAIRUMSKARUM, adj. harebrained.

To HALD, v. a. to hold; to cease.

HALE, HAILL, adj. whole; unbroken.

HALF-MARROW, s. a husband or wife.

HALLACH'D, HALLAKET, adj. crazy, boisterous; extremely frolicsome.

HALLANSHAKER, s. a sturdy beggar; a person of shabby appearance.

HALLAN, HALLON, HALLOND, HALLIN, s. a mud wall in cottages, extending from the front backwards, to shelter the interior of the house from the draft of the door when open.

HALLOWE'EN, s. the evening before Allhallows.

HALLOKIT, adj. giddy; harebrained.

HALLOCK, s. a thoughtless, giddy girl.

HALS, HAWSE, s. the neck.

HALY, adj. holy.

HAME, HAIM, s. home.

HAMELY, adj. familiar; friendly.

HANDSEL, s. the first money received for goods; a gift on the first Monday after New Year's Day.

HANDSEL-MONDAY, s. the first Monday of the new year.

HANK, s. a coil.

HANTLE, s. a considerable number.

To HAP, v. a. to cover; to conceal.

HAP-STEP-AN'-LOUP, v. a. to hop, step, and leap.

HARIGALDS, s. the pluck of an animal.

HARN, s. coarse linen cloth made from the tow-hards.

HARNES, s. brains.

HASH, s. a sloven.

HASSOCK, HASSICK, s. a besom; a large round turf used as a seat. HATE, HAIT, HAID, s. a whit; an atom; the smallest bit of anything. Fient a haid hae I i' the house, I have not a particle of anything in the house.

HATHER, HEATHER, s. heath.

HAUGH, HAWCH, HAUCH, s. low-lying flat ground.

To HAUP, v. n. to turn to the right, applied to horses in the yoke. He will neither haup nor wind, he will neither turn to the right nor left; a stubborn man.

To HAVERS, v. n. to talk foolishly.

HAVERS, s.. foolish, incoherent talk, or idle talk.

HAVERIL, s. one who habitually talks idly.

To HAWGH, v. n. to force up phlegm; to hawk.

HAWKIT, adj. having a white face—applied to cattle.

HAWKEY, s. a cow with a white face.

HAWSE, s. the throat.

HEARTSOME, adj. merry; light-hearted.

HEARTY, adj. cheerful; liberal.

HEATHER-BELLS, s. heath-bells.

HECH, s. an exclamation.

HECK, s. a rack for cattle.

To HECKLE, v. a. to dress flax; to examine with severity.

HEGH-HEY, HEIGH-HOW, an interjection expressive of languor or fatigue.

HEIL, HEYLE, s. health; in health.

HEIS, HEESE, v. a. to lift up.

HEMPY, s. a rogue.

HENDER, adj. past; bygone. Henderend, the back end.

HEREAWAY, adv. in this quarter.

HERISON, s. a hedgehog.

HERRIE, v. a. to rob; to pillage.

HERRIE-WATER, s. a net made with meshes of a small size, such as used by poachers.

HESP, s. a clasp; a book.

HET, adj. hot.

HETFUL, adj. hot; fiery.

HET-PINT, s. a hot beverage carried by persons to the house of their friends early in the morning of New Year's Day, composed of ale, whisky, and eggs.

HEUCH, HEUGH, s. a crag; a rugged steep.

HEUCK-BANE, s. the hackle-bone.

HIDDIL, HIDLINS, adv. secretly.

HILLIEGELEERIE, adv. topsy-turvy.

HILT AND HAIR, adj. the whole of anything.

HILTER-SKILTER, adv. in rapid succession.

HIMSEL, part. pa. of himself.

To HIRD, v. a. to tend cattle or sheep.

HIRD, s. a shepherd; one who tends cattle.

To HIRE, v. a. to let; to engage.

To HIRPLE, v. a. to walk in a lame or waddling manner.

HIRSELL, HIRSLE, v. n. to move forward resting on the hams.

HISSIE, HIZZIE, s. a housewife.

HISSIESKIP, HUSSYFSKAP, s. the business of housewifery.

HIT, pron. It.

HITCH, s. a quick motion by a jerk.

HOAM'D, HUMPH'D, part. adj. fusty tasted.

HOBBLE, s. a scrape, or state of perplexity.

HOBBLEDEHOY, s. a stripling.

HOCUS, s. a stupid dull fellow.

HODDEN-GREY, adj. cloth made of wool in its natural condition, and worn by the peasantry.

HODDIE, HOODIE, s. a carrion crow; also applied to the black-headed or royster crow.

HOESHINS, s. stockings without feet.

HOG, s. a sheep before it has been shorn of its first fleece.

HOGGERS, s. coarse stockings without feet, generally worn over the shoes.

HOGMANAY, HOGMENAY, s. the last day of the year.

HOGRY-MOGRY, HUGGERY-MUGGERY adj. slovenly.

HOIF, HOUFF, s. a haunt; a place of concealment; burying-ground.

To HOIST, HOST, HOAST, v. a. to cough.

To HOLK, HOUK, HOWK, v. a. to dig.

HOLL, HOWE, s. a hollow or deep place; concave.

HOLM, HOWN, s. the low level ground on the bank of a river.

HOOLIE, adj. slowly; moderately.

HOP, HAP, s. a dance.

HORSE-COUPER, s. a horse-dealer.

HOSTELER, s. an innkeeper.

HOSTILAR, HOSTILLARIE, s. an inn.

To HOTCH, v. n. to move the body by sudden jerks.

HOTCH-POTCH, s. broth made of lamb cut into small pieces, accompanied with greens, carrots, turnips, green-peas.

HOW, a hollow.

HOWDY, s. a midwife.

HOWSOMEVER, adv. howsoever.

HOUP, s. hope.

HOWTOWDY, s. a hen that has never laid eggs.

HUBBILSCHOW, s. a tumult; a hubbub.

HUDGE-MUDGE, adv. clandestinely.

HULLION, s. a sloven.

HUMMEL-BEE, s. a drone bee.

To HUNKER, v. n. to squat down upon one's hams.

HURCHEON, s. a hedgehog.

HURDIES, s. the buttocks.

To HURDLE, v. n. to crouch.

To HURKLE, v. n. to draw the body together.

HURRY-SCURRY, s. an uproar.

HY, s. haste.

HYNDER, s. hindrance.

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IDLESEST, s. the state of being idle.

IER-OE, s. a great-grandchild.

ILK, ILKA, ILKE, adj. each; every.

ILKA-DAY, s. a week-day.

ILL-AFF, adj. badly off.

ILL-DEEDY, adj. mischievous.

ILL-FARD, adj. ill-looking.

ILL-SAR'D, adj. ill-served; badly used.

ILL-WILLIE, ILL-WILLIT, adj. ill-natured.

IMMICK, s. an ant.

To IMPLEMENT, v. a. to fulfil.

IN-BY, adv. the inner part of the house.

INCH, s. an island; a level plain.

INGAN, INGIN, s. onion.

INGLE, INGIL, s. fire.

INGLE-NOOK, s. the corner of the fireside.

INLYING, s. childbearing.

INTILL, pret. into; denoting entrance.

IRNE, AIRN, s. iron.

ISK! ISKIE! interj. a word used in calling a dog.

ITHER, pron. other.

IZIE, IZBEL, s. Isabella.

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To JAG, v. a. to job.

JANET, s. Jess.

JANTY, adj. cheerful.

JAP, JAWP, s. a spot of mud.

JAPIT, adj. bespattered with mud.

JAW, JAWE, s. a wave; coarse raillery.

JEDDART, s. Jedburgh, a town of Roxburghshire.

JEDDART-JUSTICE, s. a legal trial after punishment has been inflicted on the accused.

To JEE, v. n. to move to one side.

To JELOUSE, v. n. to suspect.

JENNY, s. Jess.

JIFFIE, s. a moment.

JILLET, s. a giddy girl.

JIMP, s. neat, slender.

JINK, v. n. the act of one eluding another.

JO, JOE, s. a sweetheart.

JOCK, JOCKIE, s. John.

JOCKTELEG, s. a clasp knife; a folding knife.

To JOGILL, v. n. to jog; to move from side to side.

JOG-TROT, s.. to trot at a slow rate on horseback; anything done in a slow manner.

To JOUK, v. n. to bend down the body with a quick motion so as either to elude the sight or a blow.

JOUKRY-PAWKRY, s. trickery; juggling.

JUGGS, JOUGS, JUGGES, s. pl. a kind of pillory, used on the Borders, whereby criminals were fastened to a post on the wall, with their necks enveloped in an iron collar.

JUPE, s. a kind of short mantle for a female.

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KAIL, KALE, s. common colewort.

KAIL-BROSE, s. raw meal placed in a basin with boiling broth poured over it, and then stirred all together.

KAIL-RUNT, s. stem of colewort.

KAIM, s. a comb.

KAR-HANDED, adj. left-handed.

KAY, KA, KAE, s. a jack-daw.

KAYME, KAME, s. honeycomb.

KEBBUCK, CABBACK, s. a cheese.

KEGIE, adj. cheerful.

KEEK, KEIK, v. n. to look with a prying eye.

KEEK-BO, s. bo-peep.

KEEKING-GLASS, s. a mirror.

KEELIVINE, s. a blacklead pencil.

To KEKKIL, KEKIL, v. n. to cackle; to laugh aloud.

KELL, KULL, s. a dress for a woman's head. A caul, the hinder-part of a woman's cap.

KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, s. the spirit of the waters, who, as is vulgarly believed, gives warning of those who are to be drowned within the precincts of his beat. This is indicated by preternatural noises and lights. He is supposed to appear in the form of a horse. Many wonderful exploits are attributed to the kelpie.

KELT, s. a salmon that has just spawned; a foul fish that has not been in salt water.

KEMP, s. a champion.

KEMPIN, s. the act of striving on the harvest field.

To KEN, v. n. to know.

KENNED, part. pa. of to know.

KENSPECKLE, adj. having so remarkable an appearance as to be easily known.

KEP, KEPP, v. a. to intercept.

KICK, s. a novelty. Kickshaw, a new piece of finery.

KILL, s. a kiln.

KILT, s. a short petticoat extending from the belly to the knee, used by the Highlanders of Scotland instead of breeches.

To KILT, v. a. to tuck up.

KIMMER, s. a young woman.

KIN, s. kindred.

KINK, s. a violent fit of coughing, with suspension of breathing.

KINKHOST, KINGCOUGH, s. the hooping-cough.

KINSCH, s. a loop made on a string or rope.

KIPPER, s. a salmon split open, salted, and dried.

KIRK, s. church; a body of Presbyterian Christians.

To KIRK, v. a. to carry to church as a bride after being married.

KIRN, s. a churn.

To KIRN, v. a. to make a confused mass of anything.

KIRN-MILK, s. butter-milk.

KIST, KYST, s. a chest; a coffin.

KISTING, s. the act of placing a corpse in a coffin.

KIT, s. the whole of a person's property.

KITCHEN, KITCHING, s. anything taken to bread, as meat, cheese, or butter.

KITH, s. acquaintances, friends.

KITLING, s. a kitten.

KITTIE, KITTOCK, s. an immodest female.

To KITTLE, v. a. to litter; to tickle; to puzzle; to perplex.

KITTLIE, adj. itchy.

KITTY-WREN, s. the common wren.

KNACKETY, adj. self-conceited; small; trifling.

KNACKY, adj. quick at a reply or repartee.

KNAPPISH, adj. snappish; tart.

KNOCK, s. a clock.

KNOIT, NOYT, s. a sharp blow.

KNOW, KNOWE, NOW, s. a little hill; a hillock.

KNYFE, s. a hanger; a dagger; a cutlass.

KOBIL, s. a small boat.

KOWSCHOT, CUSHAT, s. the ringdove.

To KRUYN, v. n. to murmur.

KY, KYE, s. pl. cows.

KYLE, s. a strait of the sea; a sound.

KYNRIK, s. a kingdom.

KYTE, s. the belly.

KYTIE, s. fat; big-bellied.

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LAB, s. a stroke; a blow; a lump.

To LABOUR, v. a. to plough.

LACHTER, s. the whole eggs laid successively by a hen.

To LACK, v. a. to slight.

LAD, s. a sweetheart

LADDIE, s. a boy, or young man.

LADE, LAID, s. a load.

LADE, LEAD, s. a mill course.

LAFE, LAVE, s. the rest.

LAIF, LAEF, s. a loaf.

LAIGH, LAYCHE, adj. low; flat.

LAIRD, LARDE, s. a person of superior rank; a landholder, under the degree of a knight or squire.

LAIRDSHIP, s. a landed estate.

LAITH, adj. reluctant; unwilling.

LAITHFOW, adj. bashful.

To LAMB, to yean.

LAMMER, LAMBER, s. amber. Lammer beads and red thread, when together, were supposed to be a charm with power to repel witchery in former times.

LAMPER, s. a tall woman.

LAMPET, LEMPET, s. the limpet, a testaceous shellfish which adheres to rocks.

LAND, s. a house consisting of several stories, generally including separate dwellings.

LAND O' THE LEAL, state of the blessed; heaven.

LAND-LOUPER, s. a person who shifts frequently from one place of the country to another.

LANE, adj. alone; lone.

LANELY, adj. lonely.

LANESOME, adj. lonesome.

To LANG, v. n. to long; to weary; to think long.

LANG-NEBIT, adj. long-nosed or long-billed.

LANG-RIN, adv. at length.

LANGSUM, adj. slow; tedious.

LANGSYNE, adv. long ago.

LANG-TONGUED, adj. babbling; given to tell secrets.

LAP, pret. leaped.

LAPPORED, part. pa. coagulated.

LARE, LERE, s. learning.

To LARE, LERE, v. a. to teach; to learn.

LARICK, LAVROCK, s. a lark.

LASS, s. a sweetheart; a young woman.

To LAT, v. a. to permit; to suffer; to lat-be, to let alone.

LAWIN, LAWING, s. a tavern bill; money subscribed or paid for drink.

LAW, s. a conical hill.

LEA, s. pasture land not ploughed.

LEA-LANG, adj. livelong; tedious; long in passing.

To LEATHER, v. a. to lash; to flog.

LEDDIE, LEDDY, s. lady.

LEE, adj. lonely; fallow land.

LEE, s. a lie.

LEESOME, adj. pleasant.

LEEZE-ME, LEESE-ME, dear is to me—expressive of strong affection or love.

To LEG, v. n. to run.

LEG-BAIL, s. to run off.

LEGLIN, LAIGLIN, s. a milk-pail.

LEID, LEDE, LUID, s. a song; a lay.

LEIF, adj. willing.

LEIL, LEELE, LELE, adj. lawful; right.

LEISCH, s. a lash; a thong.

LEISTER, LISTER, s. a pronged instrument for striking fish, generally used by poachers.

To LEN, v. a. to lend.

To LET-BE, v. n. to let alone.

LEUCH, LEUGH, pret. laughed.

To LEUE, LUVE, v. n. to court; to make love.

LEVIN, s. lightning.

LEW-WARME, adj. tepid.

LIART, LYART, adj. having grey hairs intermixed.

LICHTER, LICHTARE, part. pa. delivered of a child.

LICHTS, s. pl. the lungs.

To LICK, v. a. to strike; to beat.

LIFT, LYFT, s. the atmosphere; the sky.

LIGLAD, s. a confused noise of tongues; a deal of idle or noisy talk.

LIKAND, part pleasing.

LIKE-WAKE, s. the watching of a dead body.

LILT, s. a cheerful air.

To LILT, v. n. to sing cheerfully and merrily; lively music.

LILT-PYPE, s. a musical instrument, the upper part of which was in the form of a flageolet, terminating below in a kind of trumpet-shaped mouth.

LIMMAR, LIMMER, s. a scoundrel; a woman of loose manners.

LIN, LYN, s. a cataract; a waterfall,

To LINK, v. a. to trot or walk smartly.

LINKS, s. pl sandy barren ground.

LINTIE, s. the grey linnet.

To LIPPEN, v. n. to expect; to place confidence in.

LIPPIE, s. the fourth part of a peck.

LISK, LEESK, s. the groin.

LISTER, s. a fishing spear.

To LITHE, v. a. to thicken; to render mellow; to soften.

LITTLEANE, s. a child.

LOAN, LONE, LOANING, s. an opening between fields of corn; lane; a narrow enclosed way.

LOCH, LOUCH, s. a lake.

LOCK, LOAKE, s. a small quantity.

LOGIE, KILLOGIE, s. a vacuity in a kiln for producing a draft of air.

LOME, LOOM, (pronounced Lume,) s. a utensil of any kind.

LOOT, LOUT, LOWT, v. a. to bow down the body; to make obeisance.

LOSH! n. a. an exclamation of wonder.

To LOUE, LOWE, LUVE, v. a. to love.

LOUN, LOWN, LOON, s. a tricky, worthless person; a boy.

LOUN'S-PIECE, s. the first slice of a loaf of bread.

LOUN, LOWNE, adj. sheltered; calm.

To LOUNDER, v. a. to beat severely.

LOUNDIT, part. pa. beaten.

To LOUP, v. n. to leap; to spring.

LOUPIN-AGUE, s. St. Vitus' dance.

LOUPIN-ON-STANE, s. a large stone, or flight of steps, for assisting a person to leap on a horse easily.

LOW, s. a flame.

LOZEN, s. a pane of glass.

LUCKEN, part. pa. shut up; contracted.

LUCKIE, LUCKY, s. an elderly woman; a grandmother; the mistress of an alehouse.

LUCK-PENNY, s. a sum given to a person who makes a bargain.

LUESOME, adj. lovely; worthy of being loved; attractive in manner or appearance.

LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, s. the palm of the hand.

LUG, s. the ear.

LUGGIE, s. a small wooden dish for holding meat or drink, made of staves in the manner of a tub, with one of them prolonged considerably above the others.

LUM, LUMB, s. a chimney.

LUM-HEAD, s. the chimney-top.

LUNCH, s. a large piece of anything, particularly applied to something eatable.

LURE, s. the udder of a cow.

LUSTY, adj. beautiful; pleasant; of agreeable manners.

LYART-HAFFETS, s. grey hairs on the cheeks.

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MA, MAY, MAE, adj. more in number.

MAAD, MAWD, s. a shepherd's plaid.

MADGE, s. Magdalene.

To MAE, v. n. to bleat.

MAGGS, s. a perquisite.

MAHOUN, s. Mahomet; the devil.

MAIDEN, s. an instrument formerly used for beheading state prisoners, similar in its construction to the French guillotine.

MAIK, s. a cant word for a halfpenny.

MAIL, s. tribute. Black Mail, a tax paid to freebooters by heritors and tenants for the security of their property.

MAILAN, MAILING, MALING, s. a farm.

MAIL-FREE, adj. without paying rent.

MAIN, s. moan.

MAINING, adj. moaning.

MAINS, s. the chief farm of an estate, generally that which is attached to the mansion.

MAIST, adj. most.

MAISTER, s. a landlord; a designation given to the eldest son of a baron.

MALISON, s. a curse.

MAMMIE, s. a childish term for mother.

MAN, s. a vassal; a husband; a male servant.

MAN, MAUN, aux. v. must.

MANE, s. lamentation.

MANGLE, s. a calender.

To MANGLE, v. a. to calender linen or other clothes.

MANSE, s. a parsonage house, the house of a minister.

To MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, v. to perjure.

To MANT, MAUNT, v. n. to stammer.

MARCHE, s. a landmark.

MARK, MERK, s. a pound of thirty-two ounces.

MARK, MIRK, adj. dark.

MARROW, s. a companion; a married partner.

MARROWLESS, adj. matchless.

MART, MARTE, MAIRT, s. a cow or ox killed for winter's use.

To MASK, v. a. to catch in a net; to infuse.

MAUK, s. a maggot.

MAUKIN, s. a hare.

MAUMIE, adj. mellow.

MAUCHLESS, MAUCHTLESS, adj. feeble; inactive.

MAW, s. a sea-gull.

MAWKISH, adj. spiritless; actionless; slow.

MAWT, s. malt.

MAY, s. a maid; a virgin.

MEDE, s. a meadow.

MEIKLE, MEKYL, MUCKLE, adj. great.

MELL, s. a maul.

MELT, s. milt.

MENDS, s. atonement.

To MENE, MEANE, MEYNE, v. a. to bemoan.

MENSK, MENSE, s. dignity of demeanour; discretion.

MENSKFUL, adj. manly; moderate; discreet; mannerly.

MERE, s. a boundary; a limit; the sea.

MERK, s. an ancient Scottish silver coin, value thirteen shillings and fourpence Scotch money, or thirteen pence and one-third of a penny sterling.

MERLE, s. a blackbird.

MERRY-BEGOTTEN, s. an illegitimate child.

MERRY-DANCERS, s. the Aurora Borealis.

MES. s. mass. Mes or Mass John, a name of derision for a parish minister.

MESSAN, s. a small mongrel dog.

MET, METT, s. measure.

MEVIS, s. a thrush.

MICHTIE, adj. of high rank; stately; haughty.

MICK, s. Michael.

MIDDEN, s. a dunghill.

MILK-SYTH, s. a milk strainer.

MILL, MULL, s. a snuff-box made of a horn.

MILL-LADE, MILL-LEAD, s. a mill-course.

MIM, adj. prim; demure; prudish.

MIM-MOU'D, adj. soft of speech; bashful.

To MIND, v. n. to remember; to recollect.

MINNIE, MINNY, s. mother.

MIRK, MYUK, MARK, adj. dark.

MIRLYGOES, s. pl. when persons see indistinctly they are said to be in the Mirlygoes.

MISCALL, MISCA', v. a. to call hard uames.

MISCHANTER, s. misfortune; mishap.

To MISKEN, v. n. not to recognise.

To MISTROW, v. a. to suspect; to mistrust.

To MISTRYST, v. a. to break an engagement.

MITTENS, s. pl. woollen gloves.

MIXTIE-MAXTIE, adj. in a state of confusion.

To MODERATE, v. n. to preside in an ecclesiastical court.

MODERATOR, S. he who presides in an ecclesiastical court.

MODYWART, MODEWORT, s. a mole.

MOLLIGRANT, MOLLIGRUBS, whining, complaining.

MONY, adj. many.

To MOOL, v. a. to crumble.

MORN, MORNE, s. to-morrow. The morn, to-morrow.

To MORTIFY, v. a. to give in mortmain.

MOSS-TROOPERS, s. banditti.

MOTHERWIT, s. common sense.

MOW, s. the mouth.

To MUCK, v. a. to carry out dung.

To MUDDLE, v. n. to be busy without making progress at a trifling work.

To MUDGE, v. n, to stir; to budge.

MUIR, s. a heath.

MULIN, MULOCK, s. a crumb.

MULTURE, MOUTUR, s. the fee for grinding corn.

MUNDS, MUNS, s. the mouth.

MURRION, MURREON, s. a helmet.

MUTCH, s. a cap for a female.

MUTCHKIN, s. an English pint,

MY-CERTE, by my faith.

MYSCHANCY, adj. unlucky.

MYSELL, s. myself.

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NA, NAE, adv. no; not.

NA, NE, conj. neither; nor,

NACHET, NACKET, s. an insignificant person. A little nacket, one of very diminutive size,

NAIG, s. a stallion; a riding horse,

NAIPRIE, s. table linen.

NANCY, NANNIE, s. Agnes.

NANE, adj. no; none.

NATHING, NAETHING, s. nothing.

NAYSAY, s. a refusal.

NEAR-GAWN, NEAR-BE-GAWN, adj. niggardly.

NEB, s. the bill of a fowl.

NEEBORS, s. neighbours.

NEER-DO-WEIL, s. a never-do-well.

NEFFIT, s. a pigmy; a very diminutive thing.

To NEIFFER, NIFFER, v. a. to exchange.

NEIPCE, s. a granddaughter.

NEIRS, s. pl. the kidneys.

NEIST, NIEST, adj. next; nearest.

NEIVE, NEIF, s. the fist.

NEVEW, NEVO, NEVOW, s. a nephew.

NEWFANGLED, fond of new things or persons.

To NICHER, v. n. to neigh; a loud coarse laugh.

NICHT, s. night. The nicht, tonight.

NICHTFA, s. twilight.

NICK-NACK, s. a gim-crack; small wares.

NIP, s. a small bit of anything.

To NIP, v. a. to carry off cleverly; to pinch.

NIPPIT, adj. niggardly

NO, adv. not.

NOB, s. a knob.

NOCHT, s. nothing.

NOLT, NOUT, s. black cattle; a stupid vulgar fellow.

NOO, s. now; at the present.

NOR, conj. than.

NORLAN, NORLAND, adj. belonging to the north country.

NORYSS, s. nurse.

NOUTHER, NOWTHIR, conj. neither.

NUIK, s. the corner.

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OE, OYE, s. a grandson.

OERCOME, OURCOME, s. the overplus.

OHON! interj. alas!

OMNE-GATHERUM, s. a miscellaneous collection; an incongruous mass.

ONCOME, s. a fall of rain or snow.

ONGOINGS, s. pl. procedure.

ONKEND, part. adj. unknown.

ONSTEAD, s. the building on a farm.

ONY, adj. any.

OO, s. wool.

OORIE, OURIE, OWRIE, adj. chill; bleak; having the sensation of cold.

OR, conj. lest; than.

OR, adv. before, as Or this, before this time; rather than, Or than, before then.

ORROW, ORA, adj. unmatched; not used.

ORROWS, s. pl. supernumerary articles.

OSTLEIR, OSTLER, s. an innkeeper.

OTHIR, OTHERE, ODYR, adj. other.

OUER, prep. over.

OULK, OWLK, s. a week.

OUR, OURE, OUER, OWRE, prep, over, beyond; denoting excess.

OURGAE, OURGANG, v. a. to overrun; exceed; to surpass.

OUR-RAUGHT, pret. overtook.

To OURSET, v. a. to overcome; to overpower.

OURTILL, prep, above; beyond.

OUSEN, s. oxen.

OUT-ABOUT, adv. out of doors.

OUTBREAKING, OUTBREKIN, s. eruption of the skin.

OUT-BY, adv. out of doors; abroad.

OUTFALL, s. a contention.

OUTGAIT, OUTGATE, s. a way of egress; escape from any kind of hardship.

OUTGANE, part. pa. elapsed.

OUTLAY, s. expenditure.

OUT-OUR, OUT-OWRE, adv. over.

OUTSHOT, s. a projection.

OUTSPECKLE, s. a laughing-stock.

OUTSPOKEN, s. free of speech; undisguised in conversation or opinion.

OUTSTRIKING, s. an eruption.

OUTWAILE, OUTWYLE, s. the refuse.

To OUTWAIR, v. a. to expend.

OUTWITH, prep, without; on the outer side or exterior; outwards; out from.

OVERLY, adj. careless.

OWKLY, adj. weekly.

OXTAR, OXTER, s. the armpit.

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PACKMAN, s. a pedlar.

PADDOCK-STOOL, s. a toad-stool; agaricus in general.

PAFFLE, s. a small landed estate.

PAFFLER, s. a farmer of a small estate.

To PAIK, v. a.. to beat; to drub.

PAIKER, s. a causey-paiker, a street-walker.

PAILIN, PAILING, s. a fence of stakes.

PAINCHES, s. tripe.

PALAVER, s. idle talk.

To PALE, v. a. to make an incision in cheese to try its quality.

PALLACH, s. a porpoise; a lusty person.

PAND, s. a pledge.

PAN-KAIL, s. broth made of cole-worts, thickened with oatmeal.

PANNEL, s. one brought to the bar of a court for trial.

PAP-O'-THE-HASS, s. uvula.

PAPE, PAIP, s. the pope.

PAPEJAY, PAPINGAY, s. a parrot.

PARITCH, PARRITCH, s. hasty-pudding; oatmeal and water boiled together.

PARROT-COAL, s. cannel coal which burns clearly.

PARTAN, s. the common edible crab.

PARTICATE, s. a rood of land.

PARTRICK, PATRICK, s. a partridge.

PAT, pret. of put.

To PATTER, s. to mutter uninterruptedly.

PATTLE, PETTLE, s. a stick wherewith a ploughman clears away the earth which adheres to his plough.

PAUK, s. art; wile.

PAUKY, adj. sly; artful.

PAWMIE, s. a stroke on the hand with the ferula.

PAWN, s. a narrow curtain fixed to the roof or bottom part of a bed.

PAY, s. a drubbing.

PAYS-EGGS, s. pl. eggs boiled in dye of various colours, and given to children to amuse themselves during Easter.

PEARIE, s. a pegtop in the shape of a pear.

PEARLIN, s. a species of thread lace.

To PECH, v. n.. to puff; to pant.

PEEL, PEIL, s. a place of strength; a Border tower.

To PEENGE, PINGE, v. n. to whine; to complain.

PEESWEIP, PEEWEIP, s. the lapwing.

PEG, s. a stroke.

To PEG OFF or AWAY, v. n. to run off quickly.

PENCH, PENCHE, s. the belly. Penches, tripe.

PEND, s. an archway.

PENDICLE, s. a small piece of ground.

PENNIE-BRYDAL, PENNY-WEDDING, s. a wedding at which those who attend pay money for their entertainment.

PENNYSTANE, s. a flat stone used as a quoit.

PEPE, PEEP, s. the chirp of a bird.

PERJINK, adj. precise.

PERNICKITIE, adj. precise in trifles.

To PETTLE, s. to fondle.

To PEW, PEU, v. n. the mournful sound emitted by birds.

PHILIBEG, s. See FILIBEG.

To PHRASE, FRAISE, v. n. to boast; to wheedle.

PIBROCH, s. a Highland air of a martial character.

PICKLE, PUCKLE, s. a grain of seed; a small quantity.

PIG, PYG, s. an earthen vessel.

PIGS, PYGS, s. pi. earthenware.

PIK, PICK, s. pitch.

PILK, v. a. to pilfer.

To PINGLE, v. a. to labour with assiduity.

To PINK, v. n. to glimmer with the eyes half contracted.

PINNER, s. a female head-dress, with long lappets pinned to the temples and reaching to the bosom, where they were fastened.

PIRN, s. a reed or quill. To wind him a pirn, to make him repent of what he has done.

PIT AND GALLOWS, s. an ancient baronial privilege, by which they had on their ground a pit to drown women and a gallows to hang men.

PLACK, PLAK, s. a small copper coin formerly in use, the value of the third part of a penny sterling.

PLACKLESS, adj. moneyless.

PLAID, s. an outer covering, of an oblong square shape, of different coloured stripes, worn by the Highlanders.

PLAIDEN, PLAIDING, s. coarse tweeled woollen cloth.

PLAINSTONES, s. pl. the pavement or flags.

To PLASH, v. n. to make a noise by the dashing of water.

To PLAT, PLET, v. a. to plait.

PLAYFAIR, s. a toy.

PLEY, PLEYE, s. a debate; a quarrel.

To PLENISH, PLENYS, v. a. to furnish a house.

PLENISHING, s. pl. household furniture.

PLEUCH, PLEUGH, s. a plough.

PLEUGH-GANG, s. as much land as can be tilled by means of a single plough.

PLISKIE, s. a mischievous trick.

PLOY, s. a harmless frolic.

To PLOT, v. a. to scald.

PLOUKE, PLOUK, s. a pimple.

PLOUKIE-FACED, adj. having a pimpled face.

To PLOUTER, v. a. to make a noise among water.

PLUFFY, adj. flabby; chubby.

PLUMB-DAMES, s. a Damascene plum.

PLUMP, adj. a heavy shower of rain without wind.

PLUNK, v. n. the sound made by a stone or other substance thrown into water.

PLY, s. a plait; a fold.

PODLIE, s. the fry of the coal fish.

To POIND, POYND, v. a. to distrain.

POLICY, POLLECE, s. a demesne.

POORTITH, s. poverty.

PORRINGER, s. a small round earthenware jug with a handle.

PORTIONER, s. a person who possesses part of a property which has been divided among co-heirs.

POSE, POIS, POISE, s. hidden treasure.

POURIN, s. a small quantity of anything liquid.

POUT, s. a young fowl.

To POUT, POUTEN, v. n. to poke or stir with a long pole or stick.

POW, s. the head.

To PREE, v. a. to taste.

PREEN-COD, s. a pin-cushion.

PREIN, PRIN, s. a pin.

PRESERVES, s. pl. spectacles which magnify but little.

PRETTY, adj. having a handsome face.

PRICKMADAINTY, s. a person who is finical in dress or carriage, particularly a small person.

PRIDEFOW, adj. proud; conceited.

To PRIG, v. n. to haggle; to beat down in price.

To PRINK, v. a. to deck; to prick.

To PRINKLE, v. n. to thrill; to tingle.

PROCURATOR, s. a barrister or advocate.

PROG, PROGUE, s. a sharp point.

PROP, s. an object placed up to be aimed at.

To PROPONE, v. a. to propose.

PROSPECT, s. a telescope.

PROVOST, s. the mayor of a royal burgh.

PUBLIC-HOUSE, s. a tavern or inn.

PUDDENFILLER, s. a glutton.

PUIR, PURE, adj. poor.

PUIRLIE, adj. humbly; unwell.

To PUNCH, v. a. to jog with the elbow.

PURPOSE-LIKE, adj. seemingly well qualified for anything; well clad.

To PUT-UPON, to impose upon; to take advantage of another's weakness.

To PUT, v. n. to throw a heavy stone with the hand raised over the head.

PUTTING-STONE, s. a heavy stone used in the game of putting.

PYAT, PYOT, s. a magpie.

PYGS, s. pl. crockery ware; earthenware.

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QUAICH, QUEYCH, QUEGH, s. a small shallow drinking cup, made of wood or silver, with two ears.

QUEET, CUTE, s. the ankle.

QUEINT, QUENT, adj. curious; wonderful.

QUENT, AQUENT, adj. acquainted; familiar.

QUEY, s. a two-year-old cow.

QUEYN, QUEAN, QUINE, s. a young woman.

QUHAIP, QUHAUP, WHAAP, s. a curlew.

To QUHEMLE, WHUMMIL, v. a. to turn upside down.

To QUHID, WHEED, v. a. move quickly.

QUHILK, pron. which; who.

QUHIRR, v. n. to make a sound like the wings of a partridge or grouse in the act of flying.

QUHITRED, QUHITTRET, s. a weasel.

QUHYNE, QUHENE, WHEEN, adj. a few.

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RA, RAE, s. a roe deer.

RACHE, s. a lurcher, or dog that finds and pursues his prey by the scent.

RACK, s. a shelved frame fixed to the wall for holding plates.

RACKLE-HANDED, adj. careless; rash.

RADE, RAID, s. an invasion; a violent attack.

RAIK, s. a single carrying of a thing from one place to another.

To RAIL, v. n. to jest.

RAIP, s. a rope.

RAISED, adj. excited; maddened.

RAIVEL, s. a rail.

RAMFEEZLED, part. adj. exhausted, fatigued.

RAMMER, s. a ramrod.

To RAMPAGE, v. n. to prance about in a furious manner, as exemplified in passion.

RAM-STAM, adj. forward; rash; thoughtless.

RANDY, RANDIE-BEGGAR, s. a beggar who endeavours to obtain alms by means of threats; a female scold.

RANDY, adj. quarrelsome.

RANTLE-TREE, s. a tall raw-boned person.

RAPEGYRNE, s. the ancient name given to the little figure made of the last handful of grain in the harvest-field, now called the maiden.

RAPLACH, RAPLOCH, s. coarse, homespun, undyed woollen cloth.

RASCH, RASH, s. a rush.

RASHY, adj. beset with rushes.

RATH, adj. strange or savage in aspect.

RATTAN, ROTTEN, s. a rat.

RAUCHAN, s. a plaid worn by men, formerly made of grey undyed wool.

RAUN, RAWN, s. roe of a fish.

RAUCLE, adj. rash.

To RAVE, v. a. to plunder by violence.

RAW, adj. damp; chill.

RAW, s. a row or rank.

To RAX, v. n. to extend the limbs; to stretch them.

RAY, REE, adj. mad; wild.

REAM, REYME, s. cream.

REAMING-FULL, adj. full to the lip or brim.

REAVER, s. robber.

REBALD, s. a low contemptible fellow.

To REBUT, v. a. to repulse.

RED, s. riddance.

To RED, REDE, v. a. to counsel; to disentangle.

REDDIN-STRAIK, s. the blow which persons frequently receive on attempting to separate those who are fighting.

To RED-UP, part. adj. to put in order.

RED-WUD, adj. in a violent passion; furious.

REEK, REIK, s. smoke.

REEL, s. a Scottish dance generally performed by two males and two females.

REEL-RALL, adj. topsy-turvy.

To REESE, v. a. to extol.

REIF, REFE, s. the itch.

REIKIE, adj. smoky.

To REIK-OUT, v. a. to fit out or dress out.

To REIST, v. a. to dry by exposure to the heat of the sun, or in a chimney.

To RENG, RING, v. n. to reign.

To RESETT, v. a. to harbour; to receive stolen goods.

To REST, v. n. to be indebted.

To RETOUR, v. a. to return.

RIBBLE-RABBLE, adj. disordered.

RICKLE, RICKILL, s. a heap. A rickle o' banes, a person who is very meagre.

RIFE, RYFE, adv. plentiful.

RIFF-RAFF, s. the rabble.

To RIFT, v. n. to belch.

RIGGING, s. the ridge of a house.

RIN, v. n. run.

To RIND, RYNDE, v. a. to melt fat by the heat of the fire.

RINGE, s. a whisk made of heath.

RINGLE-EE'D, RYNGIT, adj. having a great quantity of white seen round the irides of the eves.

RINO, s. ready money.

To RIPE, RYPE, v. a. to search a person.

To RIPPLE, v. a. to separate the seed of flax from the stalks.

RIPPLIN-CAME, s. a flax-comb.

RISE, RYSS, s. a small twig.

RIVE, s. rent; tear.

ROCKLAY, ROKELY, s. a short cloak worn by females.

RODEN, ROWEN, s. the fruit of the mountain ash.

RODEN-TREE, ROWAN-TREE, s. the mountain ash.

ROID, ROYD, adj. rude; severe.

ROLLOCHIN, adj. lively: free-spoken.

To ROOSE, RUSE, v. a. to extol.

ROSET, s. rosin.

ROSIE, s. Rose—a Christian name.

ROSIGNELL, s. a nightingale.

ROUNG, RUNG, s. a cudgel.

ROUP, ROOP, s. hoarseness.

To ROUP, to cry aloud; to shout; to sell by auction.

ROUSTY, ROOSTY, adj. rusty.

To ROUT, v. n. to bellow.

ROUTH, ROWTH, s. plenty.

To ROW, v. a. to roll.

ROYED, adj. wild.

ROYSTER, s. a freebooter.

RUCK, s. a heap of corn.

RUDE, adj. strong; stout.

To RUG, v. a. to tear.

RULLION, s. a shoe made of untanned leather; a coarse masculine female.

RUM, adj. excellent.

RUMGUMPTION, RUMMILGUMPTION, s. common sense.

To RUMMIL, v. n. to make a noise.

RUMPLE, RUMPILL, s. the rump; the tail.

RUND, ROON, s. a border; a selvage.

RUNT, s. the stalk of colewort or cabbage; term applied to an old disagreeable woman.

RUSKIE, s. a basket made of twigs.

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SAB, v. n. to sob.

SAD, adj. grave; heavy.

SAE, adv. so.

SAELIKE, SALIKE, adj. of the same kind, similar.

SAFT, adj. soft.

SAFTLY, adv. lightly; softly.

SAILYE, s. assault.

SAIP, s. soap.

SAIR, adj. sore; a sore; a wound.

To SAIR, v. a. to satisfy; to serve.

SAIRHEAD, s. a headache.

SAIRING, s. as much as satisfies one.

SAIRLY, adv. sorely.

SAL, v. defective, shall.

SAND-BLIND, adj. being very short-sighted, as is often the case with people with very fair hair.

SANDY, s. Alexander.

SANG, s. a song; also the past of sing.

SAP, s. liquid of any kind taken to solids.

SAPS, s. bread soaked or boiled in ale, or wine and water.

SARK, s. a shirt, frequently applied to the shift of a female.

SAUCH, SAUGH, s. the willow tree.

To SAUCH, SOAGH, v. n. to emit a rustling or whistling sound, like the wind in a narrow pass.

SAUL, SAWL, s. soul.

SAULLESS, adj. destitute of soul.

SAULLIE, SAULIE, s. a hired mourner, such as go in front of a hearse.

SAUT, s. salt.

SAUT-FOOT, s. a salt-cellar.

To SAW, v. a. to sow.

SCAIL, s. a kind of tub.

SCANT, s. scarce.

SCANTY, s. scarcity.

SCANTLINGS, s. pl. small pieces of wood tying the rafters together.

SCAMP, s. a cheat.

SCAPE, s. a bee-hive.

SCAR, SCAIR, SCAUR, s. a bare place on the side of a hill from which the soil has been washed off.

To SCART, v. a. to scratch.

SCART, s. a scratch.

SCHACHLED, adj. crooked; unseemly.

SCHANK, s. the leg.

SCHAVE, SHEAVE, SHEEVE, s. a slice of anything, such as bread, etc.

SCHAW, s. a grove or thicket; a shadowy place.

SCHEL, s. a shed for sheep.

To SCHERE, v. n. to divide.

SCHILL, adj. shrill.

SCHOAG, SHOG, v. a. to move backwards and forwards.

SCHOGGLE, v. a. to shake.

SCHONE, SHOONE, s. pl. shoes.

SCHULE, SHUIL, SHOOL, s. a shovel.

To SCHUTE, v. a. to push.

SCLAITE, SKLAIT, s. slate.

SCLATCH, s. a lubberly lazy fellow.

To SCLENT, SKLENT, v. n. to slope.

ASCLENT, adv. obliquely.

SCON, s. a flat cake, made of barley meal or flour.

SCREED, s. a harangue.

To SCREED, SKREED. v. a. to rend in pieces.

To SCREIGH, SKREIGH, v. n. to shriek.

SCRIMP, adj. narrow; scanty.

SCROOFF, SCRUFF, a thin crust.

SCRYMMAGE, s. a skirmish.

To SCUG, v. a. to shelter.

SCULDUDRY, has an illusion to a breach of chastity.

SCULL, s. a shallow basket.

SCUM, s. a mean greedy fellow.

To SCUNNER, v. n. to loathe; to shudder in disgust.

To SCUTLE, v. a. to spill from carelessness.

SEAM, used in respect to any sort of needlework.

SEATH, SYTHE, s. the coal-fish.

SEGG, s. the yellow flower-de-luce.

SEKER, SICKER, adj. firm.

SEMPILL, SYMPILL, adj. low-born.

SEN, conj. since; seeing.