[1188] aught.
[1189] Blackmail was the yearly sum paid by farmers on the Highland and English borders to some powerful chieftain like Rob Roy or Johnnie Armstrong, who in return undertook to make good any losses by depredation.
[1190] wrecked.
[1191] accommodated.
[1192] broth made without meat.
[1193] carry off.
[1194] walls.
[1195] despoil.
[1196] stores.
[1197] reel and distaff.