Sowp, a little (applied to liquids), a spoonful. Spail, a chip of wood. Spak, spoke. Speir, speer, to inquire, to ask a question. Spring, a cheerful tune. Spune, a spoon. Spurtle, a short stick for stirring porridge. Stamach, the stomach. Stane, a stone. Stannin', standing. Stark, strong. Starns, stars. Steek, to close, to shut; a stitch. Steer, to stir, to trouble. Stey, steep, precipitous. Stimpart, the fourth part of a peck. Stipend, the salary of a clergyman, a benefice. Stirk, a young cow or bull. Stock, a head of cabbage. Stook, a stack of corn, consisting of twelve sheaves. Stoor, dust. Stot, a young bull or ox. Stoup, a jug with a handle, a wooden water pitcher. Straa, an expression of defiance. Strae, straw. Strake, to stroke; a stroke, a blow. Strang, strong. Straught, straight, to straighten. Stravaig, to stroll about idly. Streek, to stretch. Strunt, to offend, sullenness. Sturdy, a disease among sheep. Sturt, rage, anger, trouble. Sumph, a blockhead. Sune, soon. Sunks, a pad used in place of a saddle. Suld, should. Sute, soot. Swat, did sweat, to perspire. Sweer, sweird, averse, slow, unwilling, indolent. Swith, quickly. Synd, to rinse. Syne, since, after that, then, late. Tack, a lease. Tacked, nailed to, attached. Tae, to, too; the toe. Taen, one, correlative of tither, the other; taken. Taiken, a mark, a token. Tait, a small quantity. Tak, to take. Tam, Thomas. Tangs, the tongs. Tap, the top. Tappit-hen, a hen with a tuft of feathers on her head. Tarrow, to take a loathing at meat; to be nice, particular. Tauld, told. Taury, tarry. Tawpie, a foolish or idle woman. Taws, the leather scourge used by schoolmasters. Tee, the goal in such games as curling, quoits, &c. Tent, to take care of, to observe. Tentless, careless, incautious. Tether, to tie up, to restrict. Thae, those. Theek, to thatch. Theekit, thatched. Thegither, together. Thereout, without. Thig, to borrow, to beg.

Thir, these, these here—used only of things at hand. Thole, to suffer, to endure, to bear. Thoom, the thumb. Thow, a thaw. Thrang, throng, busy. Thraw, to twist, to oppose, to anger, to form. Thrawart, cross-tempered. Thrawn, obstinate. Thrist, thirst. Thrums, waste threads. Thunner, thunder. Ticht, tight. Tig, to jest or trifle. Till, to. Tine, to lose. Tinkler, a tinker. Tint, lost. Tippence, twopence. Tither, the other. Tocher, a dowry, fortune. Tocherless, without a dowry. Tod, a fox. Tooly, to fight. Toom, empty, to empty. Toun, a town. Toustie, cross. Tout, to blow a horn; the blast of a horn. Touzie, disordered, dishevelled. Tow, a rope; hemp or flax in a prepared state. Trewed, believed, trusted. Trow, to believe, to credit. Tryst, a fair, an appointment. Tulzie, a quarrel; to quarrel, to fight. Tup, a ram. Twa, two. Twal, twelve. Twalpenny, a Scots shilling, of value one penny English. Tyke, tike, a dog, a clumsy person. Unco, strange, unknown, very, extremely. Uncoft, unbought. Unsicker, not secure, unsafe. Untimeous, untimely, unseasonable. Uphaud, to support, to uphold. Upwith, upwards, elated. Wa', a wall. Wab, a web. Wabster, a weaver. Wad, would; a pledge, a wager. Wae, sorrow, woe, sadness. Waft, woof. Wa'gang, a departure, going away. Wair, spend. Wail, wale, to choose. Waly, an exclamation of grief. Wame, the womb, the belly. Wampish, to brandish, to flourish. Wan, won. Wark, work. Warld, the world. Warling, a worldling. Warlock, a witch. Warst, worst. Wast, the west. Wat, wet; addicted to tippling. Watna, wot not, know not. Wastrie, waste, prodigality. Wauk, to awake, to watch. Waukin, to awake. Waukrife, wakeful. Waur, worse. Wean, a child. Wee, little. Weel, well, properly. Ween, to suspect.

Weet, to wet. Weird, fate, destiny; proof, confirmation. Weise, beguile, attract. Wersh, insipid, tasteless. Wha, who, who? Whalp, a whelp. Whang, a thong, a large slice. Whase, whose. Whaup, a curlew. Whaur, where. Wheen, a number. Whilk, which. Whilliwha, to cheat, to influence, to cozen. Whinger, "a short hanger, used as a knife at meals, and as a sword in broils." Whins, furze. Whisquer, windy, blustering. Whittle, a knife. Whupshaft, a whip handle. Wi', with. Widdie, a rope; a gallows. Widdle, to wriggle, bustle; to attain by violent exertion. Wight, courageous, stout. Wimple, a curl, an undulation. Window-bole, "the part of a cottage-window that is filled by a wooden blind, which may occasionally be opened." Windlin, a bottle of straw or hay. Wink, an instant, a twinkling. Windlestrae, a stalk of ryegrass. Winna, will not. Wist, wished. Wisp, to clean; to tie up with straw; a handful of straw. Withershins, the contrary direction. Wizen, weasand, the throat. Woad, mad. Woo, wool. Woodie, diminutive of wood. Worry, to strangle, to suffocate. Wow, the cry of a cat. Wrang, wrong, injury, hurt. Wud, mad. Wuss, to wish. Wylie-coat, a flannel vest. Wyte, to blame, to find fault with. Yaird, a yard, a kitchen garden. Yeld, barren. Yer, your. Yerk, to writhe, to start with pain. Yeuky, itchy. Yewns, "the refuse of grains blown away by the fanners." Yirr, to snarl like a dog. Yokin, the time that a horse should be in a cart. Yoursel, yourself. Yowl, to howl; the cry of a dog. Yule, Christmas.

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