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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.