GLOSSARY.

GLOSSARY.

A', all. A-be, to let alone. A'body, every person. Aboon, abune, above. Aboot, about. Adreich, askant. Ae, one. Aff, off. Afore, before. Aft, oft, frequently. Aften, often. Agley, aside, askant. Ahint, behind. Aiblins, perhaps. Ail, injury, hurt. Ain, own. Air, soon, early. Airn, iron. Airt, art, direction. Aith, an oath. Aiver, a cart-horse, an old horse. Ajee, to one side, askant. Alane, alone. Amaist, almost. Amang, among. An, if. An', and. Ance, once. Aneath, beneath. Anither, another Aqual, equal. A'thing, everything. Atweel, very well, just so. Atween, between. Aucht, to own, possession. Auld, old. Auld-farrant, sagacious, shrewd, "old-fashioned." Aumrie, a cupboard. Auncient, ancient. Ava, at all. Awa, away, out of sight. Awfu', awful. Awmous, alms. Ayont, beyond. Ba', ball, the game of ball. Backfriend, one who supports another. Baillierie, the magistracy. Bairn, a child. Baith, both. Baken, baked. Bane, a bone. Bann, to knock, to malign. Bannet, a bonnet. Bannock, home-baked flour cakes, or "scones." Bardy-loon, mischievous or impertinent fellow. Barefit, barefooted. Barlikhood, obstinacy, ill-nature.

Batch, a baking. Bauch, insipid, tasteless, useless. Bauchle, an old shoe. Baudrons, a cat. Bauk, to baulk, to disappoint. Bauld, bold, courageous. Bawbee, a halfpenny. Bawty, a dog. Baxters, bakers. Bear, barley. Beck, to bow, to curtsy. Bedral, a beadle, church-officer. Beetle, a heavy wooden mallet. Behint, behind. Beild, a shelter, protection, a house. Bein, in comfortable circumstances, well-to-do. Beit, to renew. Beltane, the first of May, O. S. Belyve, immediately, by-and-by. Ben, inwards. Bend-leather, thick leather, such as is used for soles of boots. Besom, a broom, a brush. Bicker, a small wooden dish or basin. Bide, to stay, to endure. Big, to build. Biggin, a small house, a building. Bink, a bench, a seat. Birk, birch. Birn, a burden. Bit, a piece. Blad, a blow or slap; cast or throw. Blate, bashful, shy. Blattran, rattling. Blaw, to blow, to flatter. Bleer-ee'd, bedimmed with tears, weak-sighted. Bleeze, a blaze, to blaze. Bletheration, nonsense, foolish language. Blirt, to gush forth. Blude, blood. Board-claith, a table-cloth. Bode, an offer, a portent. Bodle, an ancient Scottish coin, value one-sixth of the English penny. Bogle, bugbear, an object of terror. Bonnie, bonny, pretty, beautiful, handsome, good-looking. Bonoch, a cake or bannock. Bore, a hole. Bouk, bulk, compass. Bourd, a jest, to jest. Bourdna, do not jest. Bowrock, cluster, heap, clump. Brachens, ferns. Brae, side of a hill, an inclined road. Braid, broad. Braird, blade of grass. Brak, broke, did break. Brat, a coarse apron. Brattle, a rattle. Braw, brawly, finely, gaily dressed. Bree, broth. Breed, to resemble, to take after. Breeks, breeches, trousers. Brig, bridge. Brither, brother. Brod, goad to drive oxen. Brogue, bradawl. Broke, kitchen refuse, pigs meat. Broo, the fluid part of soup, juice. Broose, a race at a country wedding. Brose, a dish of oatmeal and boiling water. Browst, a brewing. Browster, a brewer. Brunt, burned. Bubbly-jock, a turkey-cock.