Langing, longing, wishing. Lang-kail, boiled coleworts. Lang-shanket, long-handed or shafted. Langsyne, long ago, old times. Lap, did leap. Lassie, girl, diminutive of lass. Lathron, a lazy, idle person. Lave, the rest, others, remainder. Laverock, a lark. Lawin', a tavern reckoning. Layne, conceal. Leal, true, honest, faithful. Lear, to learn, learning. Leddy, lady. Lee, to lie. Leear, liar. Len', lend, a loan. Let-a-bee, to let alone. Licht, alight. Lichtit, alighted. Lightlie, to undervalue, decry; to make light of. Lift, the firmament. Linn, a waterfall between two rocks. Lint, flax. Lippen, depend upon, trust to. List, agile, active. Lither, sleepy, lazy. Loan, a lane; an open space near a farm or village where the cows are milked. Loe, to love, to be in love. Loof, the palm of the hand. Loon, a clown, a rogue. Loup, to leap. Lout, to stoop, submit. Lowe, a flame. Lowin', flaming. Lown, calm, sheltered. Loose, to loose. Lug, the ear; the handle of an article. Lumm, a chimney. Lunnun, London. Madge-howlet, an owl. Mailin', a farm. Mair, more. Maist, most. Maister, master; an over-match. Maistry, management, superiority. Mak, make. Makna, make not. Malison, malediction, curse. Manteel, a mantle. Marrow, an equal, a match. Maukin, a hare. Maun, must. Maunna, must not. Maut, malt. Mavis, a thrush. May be, perhaps. Mayna, may not. Mease, to settle; to appease. Mear, a mare. Meltith, a meal. Mends, amends, satisfaction. Mense, manners, discretion. Menseless, unmannerly, ill-bred, forward. Menyie, the follower of a chieftain. Messan, a mongrel dog. Midden, a dunghill. Middlin', moderately. Midge, a gnat. Mim, primness, affectation. Mint, to aim, to endeavour. Mird, jest. Mirk, dark, obscure. Misca', to abuse, to nickname. Misken, neglect, overlook. Mislear'd, mischievous, wild. Misluck, misfortune. Misrid, entangled, confused.

Misterfu', needy, begging. Mither, mother. Moaned, lamented. Moistify, to moisten, to drink. Mony, many. Mool, to crumble; the earth of a grave. Moop, to mump, to impair. Mou, the mouth. Moudiewart, a mole. Mouter, grist; a miller's perquisite for grinding. Mow, a heap, as of hay, fuel, &c. Mows, jests. Moyen, influence, interest. Muck, dung. Muckle, great, tall, much. Muckledom, muckleness, greatness in size. Muir, a moor, a heath. Mump, to hint, to aim at. Mune, moon. Muslin-kail, a very poor broth. Mutch, a woman's cap. Mysel, myself. Na, nae, no, not. Naesay, a refusal. Naething, nothing. Naig, a nag. Nancie, Agnes. Nane, none. Neb, a point, a bird's bill; the nose. Neeboor, neighbour. Needna, need not. Neist, next. Neuk, a nook, a corner. Nicher, to neigh, to laugh. Nieve, the fist, the hand. Niffer, to barter, to exchange. Nip, to pinch. Nit, a nut. Nitty-now, a lousy-head. No, not. Nowte, black cattle. O', on, of. Oe, a grandchild. Olite, active, nimble, ready. Ony, any. Oo, wool. Ool, an owl. Oot, out. Ort, to reject, throw aside; select. Orts, that which is rejected or set aside. Ou, very well; an expression of surprise or indifference. Oursel, ourself. Oursels, ourselves. Ower, owre, over, across, too much, too. Owercome, overcome; the issue, the surplus. Owergang, to overrun, to exceed. Owk, meek. Owsen, oxen. Oxter, the armpit. Paiks, chastisement. Pairt, part. Paitrick, a partridge. Parritch, oatmeal porridge. Partan, the common sea-crab. Pasche, Easter. Pat, pot. Patfu', a potful. Peasweep, the lapwing. Peat, turf, vegetable fuel. Pechan, the stomach, the crop. Penny-wheep, a common kind of beer; small beer. Perfyteness, perfection. Pick, to choose, to select. Pickle, a small quantity. Pig, an earthen pitcher.

Pike, to pick, to scratch with the finger nails. Pintstoup, a pint measure. Pirn, a reel, a bobbin. Pit, to put. Plack, two bodles, one-third of the English penny. Pliskie, a mischievous trick. Ploom, a plum. Ploy, a merry meeting, an excursion. Pock, a bag, a sack. Poind, to distrain for rent. Poortith, poverty. Pouch, the pocket. Pouse, to despoil. Pow, the head. Powther, gunpowder. Pree, to taste. Preen, a pin. Prent, printed. Primsie, precise, demure. Puddin, pudding. Puddock, a frog. Pund, a pound weight. Quaich, a small, shallow, drinking cup of wood or metal, with two handles. Quat, to quit, to relinquish, to give over. Quey, a young cow. Quire, the choir of a church. Quo', quoth, said. Raible, a rhapsody of nonsense. Raggit, ragged. Raip, a rope. Rash, a rush. Ravelled, confused. Raw, a row or line. Rax, to stretch. Reavers, robbers, thieves. Red-wud, stark mad. Redd, to put in order, to counsel, to caution. Rede, afraid. Ree, half-drunk, tipsy. Reek, smoke. Reeky, smoky. Reem, cream, froth. Reik, to reach, to stretch out the hand. Reird, a scolding or noisy tongue. Remede, remedy. Reive, reeve, to rob, to steal. Riggin', the ridge of a house. Rin, to run. Rip, a handful of unthrashed corn. Rippling-kame, a flax-comb. Rive, a tear, a rent. Rock, a distaff. Roon, a selvedge, a shred. Rooser, a boaster. Roupy, hoarse. Routh, plenty, abundance. Row, to roll up. Rowan tree, the mountain ash. Rowte, a roar, a lowing of cattle. Royt, forward, rude, disorderly. Ruse, to praise, to commend. Sab, to sob. Sae, so. Saft, soft. Sair, sore, sorely. Sairy, poor, silly. Sang, a song. Sap, a sop. Sark, a shirt. Sauch, saugh, a willow-tree. Saucht, peace, ease. Saunt, a saint. Saut, salt. Saw, a proverb, an old saying; salve, plaster. Sawn, sown.

Sax, six. Sca'd, scabbed, scared. Scambler, "a bold intruder upon one's generosity at table." Scant, scarcity, want. Scart, a scratch, to scratch. Scaur, to scare, to be scared. Schule, school. Sclate, a slate. Scone, a common flour cake. Scouth, ease, liberty, freedom to say or do anything. Scouther, to scorch, to singe, to burn slightly. Scrimpit, straitened, oppressed. Scunner, to be disgusted, to loathe. Sea-maw, a sea-gull. Seil, happiness, salvation. Sel, self. Selgh, a seal. Ser', to serve. Shae, a shoe. Shairney, befouled with dung. Shank, to travel on foot. Shanks, the legs, the feet. Shanna, shall not. Shauchle, to go slip-shod, to walk lazily. Shaup, a husk. Shaw, to show. Shear, to reap, to cut close. Shearer, a reaper. Shears, scissors. Sheeled, shelled. Shent, confounded, blamed, disturbed, ashamed. Shoo, force, persuade. Shool, a shovel. Shoon, shune, shoes. Shore, to threaten. Shot, a stroke in play, a move in chess or draughts. Shouther, shoulder. Shute, to push. Sib, akin, related. Sic, such. Sicker, sure, certain. Siller, silver, money. Simmer, summer. Sindle, seldom. Sindry, separately. Skail, to disperse, to scatter. Skaith, harm, injury. Skeel, skill. Skelp, to whip, to slap. Skink, a strong soup made of cows' hams. Skreigh, to shriek. Skyte, to shy, to fly off or against anything. Slabber, to besmear. Slid, slippery; wheedling, cunning. Sliddry, slippery. Slocken, to quench. Sma', small. Smit, to infect. Smoor, to smother. Snapper, to stumble, to err. Snaw, snow. Snawba', snowball. Snite, to blow the nose. Snodder, neater, tidier. Sodger, a soldier. Sonsy, stout, healthy, thriving. Sooking, sucking. Soom, to swim. Soop, to sweep. Soor, sour. Sooth, true. Souck, wile, persuade. Sough, the low, mournful sound of wind. Souter, a shoemaker, a cobbler. Souther, to solder. Sowens, pottage made of the dust in oatmeal seeds steeped and soured.