_Sir Alex_.--Oh, what is honour to a father's heart?
Can it extinguish nature--soothe its feelings--
Or make the small still voice of conscience dumb?
My sons! my sons! Though ye should hold me guiltless, there's a tongue
Within me whispers, _I'm your murderer!_
Ah! my Matilda! hadst thou been less noble,
We both had been less wretched! But do I,
To hide my sin, place't on the mother's heart?
Though she did hide the _mother_ from _men's_ eyes,
Now, crushed by woes, she cannot look on _mine_.
But, locked in secret, weeps her soul away,
That it may meet her children's! I alone,
Widowed and childless, like a blasted oak
Reft of its root and branches, must be left
For every storm to howl at!
[ELLIOT _enters with a dagger_.
Ah, my sons!
Could anguish rend my heartstrings, I should not
Behold another sun rise on my misery!
_Elliot [springing upon him]_.--By Heavens, mine enemy,
I swear thou shalt not!
_They struggle. Shouting without. Enter_ FRIAR _and_
SETON'S SONS, PROVOST RAMSAY. FRIAR _springs forward_.
_Friar_.--Down! traitor, down! [_Stabs_ ELLIOT.
_Sir Alex_.--My sons! my sons!
Angels of mercy, do you mock my sight!
My boys! my boys!
_Provost Ramsay_.--Save us a'! save us a'!--callants, come
to my arms too! Here's an hour o' joy! This, in my solemn
opinion, is what I ca' livin' a lifetime in the twinklin' o' an
ee. And what think ye, Sir Alexander! The English camp is a' in
a bleeze, and there they are fleeing awa helter-skelter, leaving
everything behind them.
_Sir Alex_.--What! they fly too!--thank Heaven! thank Heaven!
My cup of joy o'erflows, and floods my heart
More than my griefs!
_Richard_.--'Tis true, my father--
To this, our unknown saviour, do we owe
Our life and yours!--'twas he, too, seized the torch,
And bid the bonfire blaze to Scotland's freedom.
_Sir Alex_.--Forgive me, reverend stranger, if that I,
In the delirium of a parent's joy,
O'erlooked the hand that saved me:
Kneel, my sons,
And with your father, at this stranger's feet,
Pour out your thanks, and beg his blessing also.
_[They kneel around the supposed friar, who casts off the
disguise, and is discovered to be their mother_.
_Lady Seton_.--A _mother_, in her children's cause, fears nothing,
And needs not _thanks_--
A _woman_, in her _country's cause_,
Can dare what man dare! [_They start up._
_Sir Alex_.--What! my Matilda!
_Richard_.--My mother!
_Henry_.--Ha! my mother!
_Lady Seton_.--Joy, joy, my sons; your mother's done her duty!
And joy, my husband, we have saved our _honour_.
_Sir Alex_.--Matilda, thou hast ta'en my heart anew,
And with it, too, my words!
_Provost Ramsay_.--The like o' this! I may weel say, what,
in the universal globe, tempted me to be a bachelor!
[_Exeunt._
XXV.
FAREWELL TO A PLACE ON THE BORDERS.
Lochmaben! I from thee must part,
'Tis destined so to be;
Thy lovely lochs, dear to my heart,
I never more may see.
The heaven of May is mirror'd clear
Within thy waters deep;
So shall my soul with loving care
Thine image ever keep.
I've seen Edina's rocky walls,
Her palaces and bowers;
I've gazed on London's lofty halls,
And monumental towers.
In yon green isle towards the west,
I've roamed without control;
And many a wild, romantic coast
Has charm'd my inmost soul.
But aye to me the sunniest rays
Have thrown their sweetest gleams
Where Bruce was born, and summer days
Inspired my youthful dreams.
The water lilies there shall rest,
And minnows round them play;
The coot shall build her floating nest,
When I am far away.
But ah! no more thy streams and glens
Shall bless my sight, Lochmaben;
Farewell, farewell, lochs, woods, and fens--
Farewell, farewell, Lochmaben!
GLOSSARY AND GENERAL INDEX.
GLOSSARY.
--A--
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.
--B--
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.
SENSYNE, since that time.
SERD, SAIRD, _pret_. served.
SERGE, _s._ a sieve.
SESSION, _s._ the consistory, or parochial eldership in
Scotland.
SESSION-HOUSE, _s._ a vestry.
_To_ SET, _v. a._ to let; to become--as, _He sets
his rank well_.
SHACHLED, _adj._ crooked; unseemly.
SHACKLE-BANE, _s._ the wrist.
SHAFT, _s._ a handle.
_To_ SHAK-A-FA', _v. a._ to wrestle.
SHAKE-DOWN, _s._ a temporary bed made on the floor.
_To_ SHAMBLE, _v. n._ to make a wry mouth.
_To_ SHANK, _v. a._ to travel on foot.
SHARNE, SHERNE, _s._ the dung of cattle.
SHAVER, _s._ a wag.
SHAWS, _s. pl_ the foliage of esculent roots.
SHEAL, SHIELLING, _s._ a hut or residence for shepherds or
fishermen.
_To_ SHEAL, _v. a._ to take the husks off pulse, etc.
SHEELINS, _s. pl_ the husks of grain.
_To_ SHEAR, _v. a._ to reap; to cut down corn.
SHEARER, _s._ one employed in reaping corn.
SHEARIN, _s._ the act of cutting corn.
SHELTIE, _s._ a very small horse.
SHEUCH, _s._ a furrow.
_To_ SHEUCH, _v_. to place plants in the earth before
they are planted.
_To_ SHEVEL, _v. a._ to distort.
SHILFA, _s._ the chaffinch.
SHILPIE, SHILPIT, _adj._ weak; insipid; sickly looking:
thin.
SHILLINGS, SHEELINS, _s. pl_ the outermost husks of grain.
_To_ SHIMMER, _v. n._ to shine.
SHINTY, _s._ a stick with a crooked end, used as a club
for playing a game with a ball called Shinty.
_To_ SHOOT, _v. n._ to push.
_To_ SHOWL, _v. n._ to distort the mouth or face.
_To_ SHUE, _v. a._ to drive away any animals by
making a noise.
SIB, _adj._ related by blood: consanguineous.
SIBMAN, _s._ a near relation.
SIBNES, _s._ propinquity; nearness of relationship.
SIC, SICK, SIK, _adj._ such; in the same manner.
SICKER, SIKHER, _adj._ secure; cautious.
SICKEN, _adj._ such kind of.
SICKERLY, _adv._ firmly.
SICKLIKE, _adj._ of the same kind.
SIDE, SYDE, _adj._ a long low-hanging dress.
SIDLINGS, SIDELINS, _adv._ placed side by side.
SILDER, SILLER, _s._ silver.
SILLY, weak from ill health; weak in mind.
SIMMER, SYMER, _s._ summer.
SIMPELL, SEMPLE, _adj._ low-born; poor in circumstances.
SIND, SEIN, SYND, _v. a._ the last water used in washing
clothes.
_To_ SINDER, _v. a._ to sunder.
SINDRY, _adj._ sundry; in a disjoined state.
SINGIT-LIKE, _adj._ miserable-looking; puny.
SINCESYNE, _adv._ since that time.
_To_ SIPE, SEIP, _v. n._ to ooze.
_To_ SIST, _v. a._ to delay or stop proceedings.
_To_ SKAIL, SKALE, _v. a._ to dismiss; to spill.
SKAITH, _s._ hurt; damage.
_To_ SKAUDE, _v. a._ to scald.
SKEELY, _adj._ skilful.
SKEICH, SKEIGH, _adj._ apt to be startled; proud; shy,
applied to females.
SKEIL, SKEILL, _s._ a small tub for washing, with a single
handle.
SKELB, _s_ a splinter.
SKELF, _s._ a shelf.
SKELLIE, SKELLY, _s._ squint in the eye.
_To_ SKELLIE, _v. n._ to squint.
_To_ SKELLOCH, _v. n._ to utter a shrill cry.
_To_ SKELP, _v. a._ to beat; to strike with the open
hand.
SKELVE, _s._ a thin slice.
SCEP, SCAPE, _s._ a bee-hive.
SKERRY, _s._ a sunken rock in the sea.
SKIFT, _s._ a flying shower.
SKILLY, SKEELY, _adj._ skilful; intelligent.
SKIPPARE, SKIPPER, _s._ a master of a sailing vessel.
_To_ SKIRL, _v. n._ to utter a shrill cry.
_To_ SKITE, _v. a._ to eject any liquid forcibly; to
squirt.
SKLAIT, _s._ slate.
_To_ SKLICE, _v. a._ to slice.
SKRANKY, _adj._ a lean, meagre person.
SKRUNTY, _adj._ raw-boned; meagre.
SKUG, SCUG, _s._ a shade; shelter.
SKULE, SCULE, _s._ a large collection of individuals, as a
flight of crows.
SKULL, _s._ a hollow basket of an oval or semicircular
form.
SKYNK, _v. a._ to pour out liquor.
SLAE, _s._ a sloe.
_To_ SLAISTER, SLOYSTER, _v. n._ to perform anything
in a dirty awkward manner.
SLAP, _s._ a narrow pass between two hills; a breach in a
wall or hedge.
SLEEKIT, _adj._ deceitful; cunning.
SLOGAN, _s._ the war-cry or gathering word of a Highland
clan.
_To_ SLOKEN, _v. a._ to quench thirst.
_To_ SLOUNGE, _v. n._ to walk about in a slovenly
manner.
SLUMP, _by the slump_, altogether, or in unbroken
quantities.
SLUMP, _adj._ taken in gross.
SLUSCH, SLUSH, _s._ soft plashy ground; snow in a state of
thawing.
SMA, _adj._ small.
SMATCHET, _s._ a term of contempt applied to a man, but
more commonly to a child.
SMEDDUM, _s._ quickness of apprehension.
_To_ SMEEK, _v. a._ to smoke.
SMIDDY, _s._ a smithery.
SMIRIKIN, SMEERIKIN, _s._ a hearty kiss.
_To_ SMORE, _v. a_, to smother; to choke.
SMIT, SMYT, _v. a._ to stain.
SNAB, _s._ a shoemaker.
SNACKIE, _adj._ tricky; quirky.
SNAW, _s._ snow.
SNAK, SNICK, _s._ the latch of a door.
SNEESHIN, _s._ snuff.
SNEESHIN-MILL _s._ a snuff-box.
SNEIST, _s._ a taunt.
SNELL, _adj._ keen; severe.
SNELLY, _adv._ sharply; quickly.
SNIPPY, _adj._ tart in speech.
SNISTY, _adj._ given to saucy language.
_To_ SNITE, _v. a._ to snuff, applied to a candle.
SNODDED, _adj._ lopped; pruned.
SNOT, _s._ mucus from the nose.
SNOOD, SNUDE, _s._ a fillet which binds the hair of young
women.
SNAW-FLAKE, _S_. the snow bunting.
SOBER, _adj._ poor.
SODROUN, SOTHROUN, _s._ an Englishman.
SONSE, SONSY, _adj._ plump in appearance; in good
condition of body.
SOOCH, _s._ a copious draught.
SOOTH, _adj._ true; faithful.
SOSS, _s._ a mixture of different qualities of food.
SOUP, SUP, _s._ a spoonful.
SOUR-MILK, _s._ buttermilk.
SOUROCK, SOURACK, _s._ sorrel.
SOUTAR, SOUTER, a shoemaker.
SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ a stack of hay before it is ready to be
removed from the field.
SPAE-MAN, _s._ a soothsayer; a fortune-teller.
SPAE-WIFE, _s._ a female fortune-teller.
_To_ SPAIN, SPEAN, _adj._ to wean.
SPAIT, SPATE, _s._ a flood.
SPANG, _s._ the act of spanning.
SPARE, _adj._ lean; meagre.
SPEERE, _s._ a hole in the wall of houses in former times,
whereby the family received and answered inquiries from
strangers.
_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ to ask.
_To_ SPELDER, _v. a._ to spread open.
_To_ SPELL, _v. n._ to climb.
SPICY, _adj._ proud; testy.
SPLEUCHAN, _s._ a tobacco holder.
SPRAICH, _s._ a shriek.
SPRECKLED, _adj._ speckled.
SPREE, _adj._ trim; gaudy; spruce.
SPRING, _s._ a quick cheerful tune on a musical
instrnment.
SPUNK, _s._ a match; spirit; vivacity.
SPUNKIE, _s._ _Ignis Fatuus_, or Will-o'-the-Wisp.
SPUNKIE, _adj._ mettlesome; spirited.
_To_ SPUNK-OUT, _v. n._ to be gradually discovered or
brought to light.
STAIG, _s._ a horse not yet broken in.
STALWART, _adj._ brave; strong; powerful.
STAMMACK, _s._ the stomach.
_To_ STAMP, _v. n._ to go about stoutly.
STAMREL, _adj._ half-witted.
STANE, _s._ a stone.
_To_ STANG, _v. a._ to sting.
STANG, _s._ a long pole.
STANK, _s._ a ditch with a slow running stream or stagnant
water.
_To_ STAP, _v. a._ to stop; to cram; to fill.
_To_ STAW, _v. n._ to surfeit.
STAY, STEY, _adj._ step.
STEAD, STEADING, _s._ a farm house.
_To_ STEEK, _v. a._ to shut.
_To_ STEER, STIR, _v. a._ to meddle with.
STEEVE, _adj._ firm, relating to a bargain made; sometimes
used for obstinate.
_To_ STEIK, _v. a._ to stitch.
STELL-NET, _s._ a net stretching a considerable way into a
river, and sometimes across it.
_To_ STEND, _v. n._ to spring; rise to an elevation.
_To_ STERE, STEIR, _v. a._ to stir.
STERE, STEIR, _s._ commotion.
STEY, _adj._ steep.
_To_ STICK, _v. a._ to bungle.
_To_ STILT, _v. n._ to go on crutches.
_To_ STINT, _v. n._ to limit; to act shabbily.
STIRK, _s._ a bullock or heifer between the age of one and
two years; a stupid rude fellow.
STOB, _s._ a prickle.
STOCK AN' HORN, _S_. a musical instrument composed of a
_stock_, which is the thigh-bone of a sheep, and the
_horn_, the smaller end of a cow's horn, and a reed.
STOITER, the act of staggering.
STOLUM, _s._ as much ink as a pen will hold.
STOOK, STOUK, _s._ a rick of corn consisting of twelve
sheaves.
STOOP, _s._ a post fastened in the earth; a prop; a
support.
STORM-STED, _adj._ stopped on a journey in consequence of
a storm.
STOT, _s._ a young bull.
_To_ STOT, _v. n._ to rebound from the ground as a
ball.
_To_ STOUND, _v. n._ to ache.
STOUP, _s._ a deep and narrow vessel for holding or
measuring liquids.
STOURIE, _adj._ dusty.
_To_ STOVE, _v. a._ to stew.
STOWN, STOWIN, _part pa_. stolen.
STRAIK, STRAKE, _s._ a blow.
STRAND, _s._ a rivulet; a gutter.
STRAPPING, STRAPPAN, _part. adj_. tall and handsome.
STRATH, _s._ a valley of considerable extent.
STRATHSPEY, _s._ an air slower than a reel.
STRAVAIG, _v. n._ to stroll about in an idle manner.
STRAUCHT, _adj._ straight.
STREAMERS, _s. pl._ the Aurora Borealis.
_To_ STREIK, STREEK, _v. a._ to stretch; lay out a
dead body.
STREIN, STREEN, _s._ evening. _The_ _Strein_,
yesternight.
STRIDELEGS, _adv._ astride.
STROUP, STROOP, _s._ the spout of a tea-kettle or pump.
STUDY, STYDDY, _s._ an anvil.
_To_ STUMP, _v. n._ to go about stoutly.
STURDY, _s._ a vertigo; a disease to which black-cattle
and sheep are liable when young.
STURE, STOOR, _adj._ strong; robust; rough; hoarse.
SUCH, _s._ a whistling spund.
SUNKETS, _s. pl._ provisions of any description.
SUTHFAST, _adj._ true.
_To_ SWAY, SWEY, _v. n._ to incline to one side; to
swing.
_To_ SWEEL, _v. n._ to drink copiously.
SWEETIES, _s. pl._ comfits; sweetmeats.
SWEIR, SWEER, _v. n._ lazy; indolent.
_To_ SWIDDER, SWITHER, _v. n._ to be irresolute.
_To_ SWIRL, _v. n._ to whirl like a vortex.
SYNE, _adv._ afterwards; late as opposed to soon.
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TABETLESS, TAPETLESS, TEBBITLESS, _adj._ benumbed.
TACK, _s._ a slight hold, as a stitch or two; a lease.
TACKET, _s._ a small nail with a head.
TACKSMAN, _s._ the holder of a lease.
TAE, _s._ a toe.
TAID, _s._ a toad.
TAILE, TAILYE, _s._ a covenant; an entail.
TAIS, TASSIE, _s._ a cup.
TAIVERS, TATTERS, _s. pl._ Meat which has been much
overboiled is said to be boiled to _taivers_.
TAIVERSUM, _adj._ tiresome.
_To_ TAK THE GATE, _v. n._ to go off on a journey.
_To_ TAK-ON, _v. a._ to buy on credit.
TALE-PIET, _s._ a tale-bearer: a tattler.
TAM, TAMMIE, TAMMAS, _s._ Thomas.
TANGLE, _s._ an icicle; the large _fuci_ or sea
plant.
TANGS, TAINGS, _s._ tongs.
TANTRUMS, _s._ high airs; exhibiting a proud and dignified
aspect.
_To_ TAPE, _v. a._ to use sparingly.
TAPPIE-TOORIE, _s._ anything erected on a slight,
tottering foundation.
TAPPIT-HEN, _s._ a crested hen; a quart measure of ale or
beer with a top of foam.
TARRY, _s._ delay.
TARRY-FINGERED, _adj._ light-fingered; a thief.
TARTAN, _s._ cloth chequered of various colours, and
originally worn only in the Highlands, every clan adopting its
own peculiar tartan.
_To_ TASH, _v. a._ to tuffle; to soil.
TATE, TAIT, _s._ a very small portion of any dry
substance.
TATTER-WALLOPS, TAUTER-WALLOPS, _s. pl._ rags fluttering
in the wind.
TATTIES, _s. pl_, potatoes.
TAULD, _adj._ told.
TAUPIE, TAWPIE, _s._ an inactive, silly, and slovenly
woman.
TAWIS, TAWES, _s._ a whip; a lash; the ferula used by a
schoolmaster.
TEAZLE, _s._ a severe brush; an onset.
_To_ TEET, _v. n._ to peer; to look with the eyes
half shut.
TEHEE, _s._ a loud laugh.
TEINDS, _s. pl._ tithes.
_To_ TEND, _v_. to guard.
TENEMENT, _s._ a house, sometimes applied to one
containing several separate dwellings under one roof.
TENT, _s._ care; attention.
_To_ TENT, _v. n._ to attend.
_To_ TENT, _v. a._ to observe; to remark; to put a
value upon.
TENTLESS, _adj._ inattentive.
TERCER, _s._ a widow living upon a terce.
TEUCH, TEUGH, _adj._ tough.
_To_ TEYME, TEME, TUME, _v. a._ to empty.
THACK, THEIK, _s._ thatch.
THAFTS, _s. pl._ the benches of a boat.
THAIRANENT, _adv._ concerning that.
THAIRATTOUR, _adv._ concerning.
THAIRBEN, _adv._ in an inner apartment of a house.
THAIRM, _s._ the belly.
THAN, _adv._ then; at that time.
THANE, THAYNE, _s._ an ancient Scottish title of honour,
denoting presidency in a county or province.
THEE, THEY, _s._ thigh.
THEGITHER, _adv._ together.
_To_ THEIK, _v. a._ to cover with straw; to thatch.
THEIVIL, _s._ a porridge-stick, or stick for stirring
broth while boiling.
THEN, _conj_. than.
THEWLESS, THOULESS, THIEVLESS, _adj._ unprofitable;
useless; feeble.
THICK, _adj._ intimate; familiar.
THIR, _pron. pl_. these.
THIRL, _s._ to bind; to enslave.
THIRLWALL, _s._ the name given to the wall between England
and Scotland thrown up by Severus.
THO, _adv._ at that time.
_To_ THOLE, _v. n._ to bear; to endure; to suffer.
THON, _adv._ yonder; yon.
THOUELL, _s._ the nitch in which the oars of a boat work.
THOUGHT, THOUGHTY, _s._ a moment.
_To_ THOW, _v. n._ to thaw.
THOWLESS, _adj._ inactive.
_To_ THRAPPLE, _v. a._ to throttle.
THRAW, _s._ a pang; an agony.
THRAW-CRUK, _s._ an instrument for twisting straw or hair
ropes.
THRAWIN, _part. adj_. distorted.
_To_ THREPE, _v. n._ to aver pertinaciously; to argue;
to persist.
THRESUM, _adj._ three together.
THRETTY, _adj._ thirty.
THRIFTY, _adj._ industrious and economical.
THROPILL, THRAPILL, _s._ the windpipe.
THUD, _s._ a dull noise.
THUMBIKINS, _s._ an instrument of torture applied as a
screw to the thumbs to force the sufferer to confess or
divulge a secret, etc.
THUMBLICKING, _s._ an ancient mode of confirming a bargain
by the parties licking their thumbs and then placing them
against each other.
TIBBIE, _s._ Elizabeth.
TICK, TICKER, _s._ a dot.
_To_ TICK, _v. n._ to click as a clock or watch.
TID, _s._ humour.
_To_ TID, _v. n._ To choose the proper time.
TIFT, _s._ the act of quarrelling; a hasty fit of ill
humour.
_To_ TIG, _v. n._ to touch lightly; a game played by
children.
TIKE, TYKE, _s._ a cur; a dog; a rough bad-tempered
fellow.
TIL, TIYL, _prep._ to.
TILL, _adv._ while; during the time that.
TIME-ABOUT, _adj._ alternately.
TIMMER, _s._ timber.
TIMMER-TUNED, _adj._ unmusical; destitute of ear.
TINCHELL, TINCHEL, _s._ a circle of sportsmen, who, by
surrounding an extensive space, gradually closing, bring a
number of deer and game within a narrow compass.
_To_ TINE, TYNE, _v. a._ to lose.
TINT, _pret_. of To lose.
_To_ TIRL, _s._ to give a stroke.
TIRLESS, TIRLASS, _s._ a lattice; a wicket.
TIRLIEWIRLIE, _s._ a whirligig.
_To_ TIRR, TIRLE, _v. a._ to tear; to uncover.
TIRRIVEE, _s._ a fit of passion.
TIRWIRR, TIRRWIRRING, _adj._ habitually growling.
TITTY, _s._ a sister.
TO, _adv._ shut. The door is _to_, i.e. shut.
TOCHER, _s._ the dowry brought by a wife.
TOCHERLESS, _adj._ destitute of portion.
TOD, _s._ a fox.
TODLE, TODDLE, _v. n._ to walk in a tottering manner, or
with short unsteady steps.
TODDY, _s._ whisky, sugar, and hot water.
TODDY-LADLE, _s._ a small ladle of wood or silver used in
filling a glass from a tumbler in which toddy is made.
TOFALL, _s._ a building annexed to the wall of a larger
one.
TOIT, TOUT, _s._ a fit of illness; a fit of bad humour.
TOKIE, _s._ the head-dress of an old woman, resembling a
monk's cowl.
TO-NAME, _s._ a surname.
TOOM, TUME, _adj._ empty.
TOOT, TOUT, _s._ the blast of a horn or bugle.
TOOTHFU', _s._ a moderate quantity of strong drink.
TOSCH, TOSH, TOSHE, _adj._ neat; trim.
TOT, _s._ a term of endearment used to a child.
TOUSIE, TOWSIE, _adj._ disordered; shaggy; rough.
_To_ TOUSLE, _v. a._ to pull at; to put in disorder,
as tearing at a girl in sport or rough dalliance.
TOUT, _s._ a copious draught.
TOW, _s._ a rope of any kind.
TOWMONT, TOWMOND, _s._ a year.
TOY, _s._ a woollen or linen headdress worn by women of
the lower orders, with the lower part hanging down to the
shoulders.
_To_ TOYTE, TOT, _v. n._ to totter as in childhood or
old age.
TRAIST, TRYSTE, _s._ an appointed meeting.
TRAM, _s._ the shaft of a cart or carriage.
_To_ TRAMP, _v. a._ to tread with vigour; to walk, as
opposed to riding.
TRANCE, _s._ a passage within a house leading from one
part to another.
_To_ TRANSMUGRIFY, _v. a._ to transform; to transmute;
to change in appearance.
TRAWART, _adj._ perverse.
TREWS, _s. pl._ trowsers.
TRIG, _adj._ neat.
_To_ TRIM, _v. a._ to drub.
_To_ TROKE, _v. a._ to bargain in the way of exchange;
to barter.
TROTTERS, _s. pl._ sheep's feet.
_To_ TROW, TREW, _v. a._ to believe.
TROWTH, _s._ truth; belief.
TRUE-BLUE, _s._ an epithet applied to rigid Presbyterians,
in allusion to the colour of the cockad worn by the
Covenanters.
TRUMPH, _s._ the trump at cards.
TRUNSCHEOUN, _s._ a plate; a trencher.
TRYSTING-PLACE, _s._ a place of meeting previously agreed
on.
TUCK, _s. tuck of drum_, beat of drum.
TUILYIE, TOOLYIE, _s._ a quarrel; a broil.
_To_ TUME, _v. a._ to empty.
TUP, _s._ a ram; a foolish, stupid fellow.
TUTTIE-TUTTIE, _interj_. pshaw!
TWAL, _adj._ twelve.
TWA-TIIREE, _s. pl._ a few in number.
_To_ TWIN, TWYNE, _v. n._ to separate.
TWOPENNY, _s._ small beer.
TYDY, TYDIE, _adj._ neat; clean in person or house.
TYRE-CAP, _s. a hat of tyre_; part of the dress of Bruce
at Bannockburn.
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UNCANNY, _adj._ unsafe; as having supernatural powers.
UNCHANCY, _adj._ unlucky.
UNCO, _adj._ strange; unknown; very much.
UNCOFT, _adj._ unbought.
ULIE, _s._ oil.
UMAN, _pron_. woman.
UMBRE, _s._ shade.
UNREASON, _adj._ disorder.
UNRYCHT, _s._ injustice; iniquity.
UNSICKKIR, UNSICKER, _adj._ not secure.
UNTILL, _prep._ unto.
UPPISH, _adj._ aspiring; ambitious.
UPTAK, _s._ uptaking; apprehension.
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_To_ VAIG, _v. n._ to wander; to roam.
VALISES, _s. pl_ saddlebags.
VARLOT, VERLOT, _s._ an inferior servant.
VAUNTY, _adj._ boastful.
VENT, _s._ a chimney.
VIRLE, _s._ a ferule.
VOGIE, VOKIE, _adj._ merry; cheerful.
VOUT, _s._ a vault.
VOW, WOU! _interj_. expressive of admiration, somewhat
equivalent to Oh!
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WA, WAY, WAE, _s._ wo; grief.
_To_ WACHLE, _v. n._ to move backwards and forwards.
WADDS, _s. pl._ pledges used in youthful amusement.
WADSETTER, _s._ one who holds the property of another.
WAFF, _adj._ worthless in conduct; ill-dressed.
WAFFIE, _s._ a vagabond.
WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, _s._ the woof in a web.
WAGANG, WAYGANG. _s._ a departure.
_To_ WAIGLE, WEIGLE, _v. n._ to waddle; to waggle.
_To_ WAIK, _v. a._ to watch.
WAIR, _v. a._ to spend.
WAKERIFE, _adj._ watchful.
WALD, _v. aux_. would.
_To_ WALE, _v. a._ to select; to pick; to choose.
_To_ WALLOP, _v. n._ to move quickly.
_To_ WALLOW, _v. n._ to be immersed or rolling in
anything.
WALY! WALLY! _inter j_. expressive of lamentation.
WAMBE, WAME, _s._ the belly.
_To_ WAMBLE, WAUMBLE, _v. n._ to move in an
undulatory manner.
WAN, _adj._ black; gloomy.
WANCOUTH, _adj._ uncouth.
WANTER, _s._ a widower or bachelor.
_To_ WAP, _v. a._ to throw rapidly; to throw.
WAPPIN, WAPPYN, _s._ a weapon.
WAR, WARR, _adj._ worse.
_To_ WAR, _v. a._ to overcome.
WARE, _s._ sea-wced.
WARK, WARKE, _s._ work.
WARKMAN, _s._ a labourer.
WARLD, _s._ the world.
WARLOCK, _s._ a wizard.
_To_ WARSELL, WERSILL, _v. n._ to wrestle; to strive.
WARWOLF, WARWOUF, _s._ a person supposed to be transformed
into a wolf.
WASTING, _s._ a consumption.
_To_ WAT, _v. n._ to know.
WATERGANG, _s._ a mill-race.
_To_ WAUBLE, _v. n._ to swing or reel.
WATER-WRAITH, _s._ the spirit of the waters.
_To_ WAUGHT, WACHT-OUT, _v. n._ to quaff; a large
draught of any liquid.
_To_ WAUK, _v. a._ to full cloth; to shrink in
consequence of being beetled.
_To_ WAW, WAWE, _v. n._ to caterwaul.
WEAN, WEANE, _s._ a child.
_To_ WEAR-IN, _v. a._ to gather in.
WEARY, _adj._ feeble.
WEBSTER, WABSTER, _s._ a weaver.
WEE, _adj._ little.
WEEM, _s._ a natural cavern.
WEET, _s._ rain; wet.
WEFT, _s._ woof.
WEILL-FARAND, WEEL-FARD, _adj._ good-looking.
WEIRD, WEERD, _s._ fate; prediction.
WEIRDLESS, WIERDLESS, _adj._ unprosperous; worthless;
not well-doing.
WELCOME-HAME, _s._ repast presented to a bride on entering
the door of the bridegroom.
WERSH, _adj._ insipid; tasteless.
WHAAP, _s._ the curlew.
WHANG, _s._ a thong; a large slice.
WHEEN, _s. pl._ a number; a few.
WHID, _s._ a lie.
WHINGE, _v. n._ to whine.
WHISHT! _interj_. hush! be silent.
WHISTLE, WHUSSEL, _s._ the throat.
WHITTLE, _s._ a knife.
WHITTRETS, WHUTTRET, _s._ a weasel.
_To_ WHUMMIL, WHOMEL, _v. a._ to turn upside down.
WHUTTLE, _s._ whitlow, a gathering in the fingers.
WHYLES, _s._ sometimes.
WIDDIE, WUDDY, _s._ the gallows.
WIFE, WYFE, _s._ a woman.
WIFFIE, _s._ a little woman.
_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. n._ to entice.
_To_ WIMPLE, WYMPEL, WOMPLE, _v. n._ to meander as
applied to a stream.
_To_ WIN, WYN, _a. v_. to dry corn.
WINDOCK, WINNOCK, _s._ a window.
WINKERS, _s._ the eye-lashes.
WINSOME, _adj._ merry; gay; cheerful.
_To_ WISEN, WYSSIN, _v. n._ to wither.
WISHY-WASHY, _s. pl._ shuffling; half-and-half.
_To_ WIT, WITT, _v. n._ to know; _I wit na_, I
know not.
WITE, WYTE, _s._ blame.
_To_ WITE, WYTE, _v. n._ to blame; to accuse.
WITTENS, _s._ knowledge.
WIZEN, _s._ the throat.
WIZZEN, _adj._ dry; withered
WOB, _s._ a web.
WOD, WODE, _adj._ mad.
_To_ WON, _v. n._ to dwell.
WOO, _s._ wool. _v_. To make love; to court.
WORDY, WEIRDY, _adj._ worthy.
WORLIN, _s._ a feeble puny person.
_To_ WORRY, _v. n._ to choke; to be suffocated.
WORSET, _s._ worsted.
_To_ WOUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
WOW! _interj_. expressive of admiration.
WRAITH, WRAITHE, _s._ the apparition of a person seen
before death, or soon after it.
WRAK, WREK, WRACK, _s._ anything cast upon the sea-shore.
WRAT, _s._ a wort.
WHITER, _s._ an attorney.
WYND, _s._ a narrow lane or alley.
WYSS-LIKE, _adj._ having a decent appearance.
WYTELESS, _adj._ blameless.
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_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ to gabble.
YAD, _s._ an old worn-out mare.
YALD, YAULD, _adj._ sprightly; alert.
_To_ YAMER, YAMMER, _v. n._ to complain; continued
whining; to pet.
_To_ YAMPH, YAMF, _v. n._ to bark.
YAP, YAPE, _adj._ having a keen appetite; very hungry.
YARD, _s._ a garden for flowers; pot herbs.
VARE, _s._ a weir for catching fish.
YAUD, _s._ an order given by a shepherd to his dog;
_far-yaud_, signifying drive the sheep to a distance.
_To_ YAUP, _v. n._ to yelp.
YEALD, _adj._ barren.
YEARN, YERNE, _adj._ eager; wishful.
YELD, YELL, EILD, _adj._ a cow is said to be _eild_
when she is giving no milk.
YELDRING, YELDRIN, _s._ a yellow-hammer.
YERD, YERTH, YIRD, _s._ earth; soil.
_To_ YERD, _v. a._ to bury.
_To_ YERK, _v. a._ to beat; to strike smartly.
YESTREEN, _s._ last night.
YET, YETT, _s._ a gate.
YHULL, YULE, _s._ Christmas.
YILL, _s._ ale.
_To_ YIRR, _v. n._ to snarl; to growl.
_To_ YOKE, _v. n._ to engage with another in dispute
or in a quarrel.
YONT, _prep_, beyond.
YOUDEN-DRIFT, _s._ snow driven by the wind.
_To_ YOUF, YUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
YOUK, YEUK, _s._ the itch.
_To_ YOUK, YUKE, _v. n._ to itch; to be itchy.
YOUKY,_adj._ itchy; metaphorically, eager, anxious.
_To_ YOUL, YOULL, _v. n._ to howl, to yell.
YOW, YOWE, _s._ a ewe.
YULE, _s._ the name given to Christmas.
YULE-E'EN, _s._ the night preceding Christmas.
_To_ YYRNE, _v_. to coagulate; to curdle.
GENERAL INDEX.
Abduction, The, ix.
Adopted Son, The, ii.
Age and Youth, Ballad of, xxiv.
Ailie Faa, Ballad of, xxiv.
Allerley Hall, The Legend of, xxiv.
Amateur Robbery, The, xxii.
Amateur Lawyers, The, vii.
Ancient Bureau, The, vii.
Angler's Tale, The, xvi.
Archy Armstrong, v.
Artist, The, vii.
Assassin, The, xviii.
Avenger; or, Legend of Mary Lee, The, xix.
Ballogie's Daughters, Ballad of, xxiv.
Barley Bannock, The, xx.
Battle of Dryffe Sands, The, xv.
Beggars' Camp, The, viii.
Bereaved, The, xvii.
Bewildered Student, The, x.
Bell Stanley; or, a Sailor's Story, v.
Bell White, v.
Bonny Mary Gibson, xvi.
Bride, The, viii.
Bride of Bell's Tower, The, xxi.
Bride of Bramblehaugh, The, xviii.
Broken Heart, The, vii.
Brownie of the West Bow, The, xxiii.
Burning of Mrs. Jamphray, Legend of the, xxiv.
Cairny Cave of Gavin Muir, The, xvii.
Caldermuir, Legend of, xvii.
Caleb Crabbin, x.
Case of Evidence, The, xv.
Castle of Weir, The Romaunt of the, xxiv.
Castle of Crail, The; or, David and Queen Maude, x.
Cateran of Lochloy, The, vii.
Chance Question, The, xxi.
Charles Gordon and Christina Cunningham, Story of, xvii.
Chatelard, ix.
Chevalier de la Beauté, xxiii.
Cherry Stone, The, viii.
Christie of the Cleik, ix.
Church of Abercromby, Legend of the, x.
Clara Douglas, The Story of, iv.
Clerical Murderer, The, xv.
Condemned, The, xvii.
Conscience Stricken, The, v.
Contrast of Wives, The, xi.
Convict, The, xxii.
Convivialists, The, ii.
Cottar's Daughter, The, xv.
Countess of Cassilis, The, xvi.
Countess of Wistonburgh, The, i.
Country Quarters, iv.
Covenanter's March, The, iv.
Covenanting Family, The, xiv.
Cradle of Logie, The, xxiii.
Craigullan, Legend of, xxiv.
Cripple, The; or, Ebenezer the Disowned. ix.
Crooked Comyn, The, x.
Curate of Govan, The, xv.
Cured Ingrate, The, ii.
Curlers, The, xviii.
Curse of Scotland, The, xix.
David Lorimer, xxii.
Death of James First, The, xv.
Death of James Third, The, xvi.
Diamond Eyes, The, xxii.
Disasters of Johnny Armstrong, The, i.
Dissolved Pledge, The, xix.
Diver and the Bell, The, iii.
Divinity Student, The, v.
Doctor Dobie, xxi.
Domestic Griefs of Gustavus MacIver, The, xix.
Dominie's Class, xi.
Dominie's Courtship, The, xiii.
Dominie of St. Fillan's, The, xx.
Donald Gorm, ii.
Doom of Soulis, The, viii.
Double-Bedded Room, The, v.
Douglas Tragedy, The, xvi.
Dowielee, Legend of, xxiv.
Dream, The, xiii.
Droich, The, vii.
Duncan M'Arthur, viii.
Duncan Schulebred's Vision of Judgment, v.
Dura Den, ix.
Early days of a Friend of the Covenant, xxi.
Early Recollections of a Son of the Hills, iv.
Edmund and Helen, xxiv.
Ellen Arundel, ix.
Enthusiast, The, xiv.
Eskdale Muir Story, The, xvi.
Experimenter, The, iii.
Faa's Revenge, The, i.
Fair, The, iv.
Fair Maid of Cellardykes, The,[*Illegible*]
Fair Emergilde, Legend of the, xxiv.
Fair Helen of Kirkconnel, Legend of, ix.
Faithful Wife, The, xxiii.
Family Incidents, vii.
Fatal Mistake, The, xvi.
Festival, The, xiv.
First and Second Marriages, The, xix.
First Foot, The, x.
Floshend Inn, The, xiii.
Forger, The, xii.
Fortunes of William Wighton, The, ii.
Foundling at Sea, The, xviii.
Fugitive, The, xviii.
Geordie Willison and the Heiress of Castlegower, vi.
Ghost of Howdiecraigs, The, x[*Illegible*]
Ghost of Gairyburn, The, xi.
Girl Forger, The, xxiii.
Glass Back, The, xii.
Golden Counsel, Ballad of, xxiv[*Illegible*]
Good Man of Dryfield, The, vii[*Illegible*]
Grandmother's Narrative, The, xv[*Illegible*]
Grace Cameron, xvi.
Grizel Cochrane, xv.
Guid Wife of Coldingham, The, vi.
Guilty or Not Guilty, vi.
Gustavus MacIver, The Domestic Griefs of, xix.
Happy Conclusion, The, xvi.
Harden's Revenge, viii.
Hawick Spate, The, xix.
Heir of Inshannock, The, xii.
Helen Palmer, xvii.
Henpecked Man, The, viii.
Hen Wife, The, viii.
Hermit of the Hills, xxiv.
Heroine, The, a Legend of the Canongate, xx.
Highland Boy, The, v.
Highland Tradition, A, xvii.
Hogmanay; or, the Lady of Ballochgray, xvii.
Holyrood, Legend of, xiv.
House in Bell's Wynd, The, xxi.
Hume and the Governor of Berwick, xvii.
I canna be fashed; or Willie Grant's Confessions, x.
Imprudent Marriage, The, x.
Irish Reaper, The, xvi.
James Renwick, xviii.
John Govan's Narrative, xx.
John Square's Voyage to India, vii.
Johnny Armstrong, Disasters of, i.
Judith the Egyptian, vii.
Kate Kennedy, i.
Katheran, The, iv.
Kinaldy, xix.
Kirkyards, xiv.
Lady Katharine, Legend of the, xxiv.
Lady Rae, xxii.
Laidley Worm of Spindelston Heugh, vi.
Laird of Darnick Tower, The, vii.
Laird of Hermitage, The, xix.
Laird of Lucky's Howe, ix.
Laird Rorieson's Will, xviii.
Last of the Pedlars, The, v.
Last Scrap, The, xxiii.
Leaves from the Life of Alexander Hamilton, xix.
Leaves from the Diary of an Aged Spinster, vi.
Leein' Jamie Murdieston, viii.
Leveller, The, xvi.
Linton Lairds, The; or, Exclusives and Inclusives, iv.
Lord Durie and Christie's Will, ii.
Lord Kames's Puzzle, xxiii,
Lost Heir of the House of Elphinstone, xx.
Lottery Hall, xiii.
Lykewake, The, vii.
Maid Marion, Ballad of, xxiv.
Maiden Feast of Cairnkibbie, The, iv.
Man-of-Warsman, The, xvi.
Mary Brown, The Story of, xxiii.
Mary Lee, The Legend of, xxiv.
Master Samuel Ramsay Thriven, xvi.
Matrimony, Ballad of, xxiv.
May Darling, x.
May, The Romance of the, x.
Major Weir's Coach, v.
Medal, The, x.
Merchant's Daughter, The, xxi.
Meeting of St. Boswell's, The, x.
Midside Maggie; or, The Bannock of Tollishill, i.
Mike Maxwell and the Gretna Green Lovers, xii.
Miser of Newabbey, The, xx.
Mistake Rectified, The, ix.
Mistress Humphrey Greenwood's Tea Party, ix.
Monk of St. Anthony, The, iv.
Monks of Dryburgh, The, iv.
Monomaniac, The, xviii.
Mortlake, a Legend of Merton, viii.
Moss Trooper, The, xii.
Mountain Storm, The, i.
My Black Coat, ii.
Mysie Craig, Story of, xxiii.
Mysterious Disappearance, The, xvi.
Natural History of Idiots, The, xiii.
Old Bluntie, xx.
Old Isbel Kirk, xviii.
Order of the Garter, The, xiv.
Orphan, The, xxiii.
Packman's Journey to London, The, ix.
Palantines, The, vi.
Parsonage, The, vi.
Peat-Casting Time, x.
Peden's Farewell Sermon, xv.
Pelican, Story of the, xxiii.
Penny Wedding, The, vii.
Persecution of the M'Michaels, The, xv.
Perseverance; or, The Autobiography of Roderick Grey, xvi.
Philips Grey, ii.
Phoebe Fortune, iii.
Physiognomist's Tale, The, viii.
Polwarth on the Green, xiv.
Poor Scholars, The, vii.
Porter's Hole, xvii.
Prescription; or, The 29th September, i.
Prince of Scotland, The, xiv.
Prisoner of War, The, xviii.
Procrastinator, The, xxii.
Prodigal Son, The, xxi.
Rattling Roaring Willie, v.
Recluse, The, xvii.
Recluse of the Hebrides, The, ix.
Recollections of Burns, ii.
Recollections of Ferguson, i.
Recollections of a Village Patriarch, xv.
Redhall, The; or Berwick in 1296, xi.
Restored Son, The, xiv.
Rescue at Enterken, The, xvi.
Retribution, xiv.
Return, The, vii.
Reuben Purves, xii.
Rival Night-Caps, The, iii.
Robbery at Pittenweem, The, xvii.
Roger Goldie's Narrative, xvii.
Romance of tho Siege of Perth, The, x.
Rosalie, Song of, xxiv.
Roseallan Castle, Ballad of, xxiv,
Roseallan's Daughter, xiii.
Rothsay Fisherman, The, vi.
Royal Bridal, The, iii.
Royal Raid, The, iii.
Rumbollow, Ballad of, xxiv.
Sabbath Wrecks, The, vi.
St. Mary's Wynd, The Romaunt of, xxiv.
Salmon Fisher of Udoll, iv.
Sayings and Doings of Peter Paterson, xx.
School Fellows, The, xi.
Scottish Veteran, The, xii.
Scottish Hunters of Hudson's Bay, The, xii.
Sea Fight, The, xix.
Sea Skirmish, The, xx.
Seeker, The, xxi.
Seer's Cave, The, vi.
Sergeant Wilson, xvii.
Seven Years' Dearth, The, xiv.
Sea Storm, The, xii.
Shoes Reversed, The, xx.
Siege, The, xxiv.
Simple Man is the Beggar's Brother, The, xvii.
Sir Patrick Hume, ix.
Sir Peregrine and the Lady Etheline, The Romaunt of, xxiv.
Skean Dhu, The, xiv.
Slave, The, iv.
Smuggler, The, xi.
Snow Storm of 1825, The, vi.
Social Man, The, xi.
Solitary of the Cave, iv.
Somnambulist of Redcleugh, The, vi.
Sportsman of Outfield Haugh, The, xix.
Squire Ben, xv.
Stone Breaker, The, xviii.
Souter's Wedding, The, xiii.
Suicide, The, xi.
Suicide's Grave, The, iv.
Surtout, The, xi.
Ten of Diamonds, The, xxii.
Thomas Harkness of Lockerben, xx.
Thomas of Chartres, xviii.
Tibbie Fowler, xxiii.
Tournay, The, xxiv.
Tom Duncan's Yarn, ix.
Tom Bertram, Story of, xv.
Three Letters, The, xii.
Three Brethren, The, ix.
Trees and Burns, xiv.
Trials and Triumphs, xx.
Trials of Menie Dempster, The, xiii.
Trials of the Rev. Samuel Austin, The, xix.
Twin Brothers, The, xxiii.
Two Comrades, The, xi.
Two Red Slippers, The, xxiii.
Two Sailors, The, xiii.
Unbidden Guest, The, xvii.
Unknown, The, xiii.
Ups and Downs; or, David Stuart's Account of His Pilgrimage, xxii.
Vacant Chair, The, i.
Violated Coffin, The, xviii.
Wager, The, xxi.
Warning, The, xv.
Wedding, The, xii.
We'll have Another, xii.
White Woman of Taras, xii.
Whitsome Tragedy, The, iii.
Widow's ae Son, The, xxiii.
Widow of Dunskaith, The, iii.
Wife or the Wuddy, A, ii.
Willie Smith, Autobiography of, iii.
Willie Wastle's Account of his Wife, xviii.
Woman with the White Mice, The, xxi.
World's Vanity, Ballad of the, xxiv.
Young Laird, The, iii.
END OF VOLUME XXIV.