This is what is called flash language, and means swore to me.—Creech.
Note 13, [page 153.]
This means the description of him which was inserted in all the Edinburgh and London newspapers, and was very minute and particular.—Creech.
Note 14, [page 154.]
This is another specimen of the flash language, or slang. “And glimed the scrive” means “burned the letter.”—Creech.
As Brown, Ainslie, and Smith’s maid all concur that Mr. Brodie was in Smith’s house on the afternoon of the 5th March, it might appear a contradiction to this evidence; but Brown has fixed that it was very early in the afternoon, some time after two o’clock, but could not say that it was after three, so that it is evident the meeting in Smith’s which they alluded to was between two and three o’clock, and before this witness came to dine with Mr. Brodie. Vide Brown’s evidence.—Creech.