465. =weed=, garment. The word is now restricted to the phrase "widow's
weeds."
490-497. =Torry=, =Lendrick=, =Deanstown=, =Doune=, =Blair-Drummond=,
=Ochtertyre=, and =Kier=, are all on the Teith, between Bochastle and
Sterling.
525. =by Saint Serle.= The necessities of rime compel the poet to choose
a very obscure saint from the calendar.
532. =postern gate=, the small rear gate of a castle, generally used by
the servants only.
584. =jennet.= A small Spanish horse, originally a cross between native
and Arabian stock.
611. =morricers=, morrice dancers. The morrice or morris was an old
dance, imported into England from Spain. Believed to be a corruption of
"Moorish."