(Signed)
William Chalmer, N.P.
William M’Cubbin, Witness.
William Eaton, Witness.
GLOSSARY.
“The ch and gh have always the guttural sound. The sound of the English diphthong oo is commonly spelled ou. The French u, a sound which often occurs in the Scottish language, is marked oo or ui. The a, in genuine Scottish words, except when forming a diphthong, or followed by an e mute after a single consonant, sounds generally like the broad English a in wall. The Scottish diphthong ae always, and ea very often, sound like the French e masculine. The Scottish diphthong ey sounds like the Latin ei.”
A.
- A’, all.
- Aback, away, aloof, backwards.
- Abeigh, at a shy distance.
- Aboon, above, up.
- Abread, abroad, in sight, to publish.
- Abreed, in breadth.
- Ae, one.
- Aff, off.
- Aff-loof, off-hand, extempore, without premeditation.
- Afore, before.
- Aft, oft.
- Aften, often.
- Agley, off the right line, wrong, awry.
- Aiblins, perhaps.
- Ain, own.
- Airn, iron, a tool of that metal, a mason’s chisel.
- Airles, earnest money.
- Airl-penny, a silver penny given as erles or hiring money.
- Airt, quarter of the heaven, point of the compass.
- Agee, on one side.
- Attour, moreover, beyond, besides.
- Aith, an oath.
- Aits, oats.
- Aiver, an old horse.
- Aizle, a hot cinder, an ember of wood.
- Alake, alas.
- Alane, alone.
- Akwart, awkward, athwart.
- Amaist, almost.
- Amang, among.
- An’, and, if.
- Ance, once
- Ane, one.
- Anent, over-against, concerning, about.
- Anither, another.
- Ase, ashes of wood, remains of a hearth fire.
- Asteer, abroad, stirring in a lively manner.
- Aqueesh, between.
- Aught, possession, as “in a’ my aught,” in all my possession.
- Auld, old.
- Auld-farran’, auld farrant, sagacious, prudent, cunning.
- Ava, at all.
- Awa, away, begone.
- Awfu’, awful.
- Auld-shoon, old shoes literally, a discarded lover metaphorically.
- Aumos, gift to a beggar.
- Aumos-dish, a beggar’s dish in which the aumos is received.
- Awn, the beard of barley, oats, &c.
- Awnie, bearded.
- Ayont, beyond.