Scotch Wit and Humor
W. H. Howe
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  • Faa'. Fall.
  • Fack. Fact
  • Far eist? Where is it?
  • Far was't? Where was it?
  • Fash. Trouble.
  • Fat? What?
  • Faud. Found.
  • Faut. Fault.
  • Fecht. Fight.
  • Feck. A term denoting space, quantity, number; the feck o' them means "the most part of them."
  • Feckled. Made weak.
  • Feine. Fine.
  • Ferry. Very.
  • Fifish. Somewhat deranged.
  • Fleg, fley. To frighten.
  • Flit, flyt. To change, to remove, to transport. Commonly used of changing one's residence.
  • Fluir. Floor.
  • Flyte, Flytings. To scold, scolding.
  • Fog. Moss.
  • Forebears. Ancestors.
  • Forrit. Forward.
  • Fortnicht. Fortnight.
  • Foo'. A fool, through being drunk.
  • Fou, fu'. Drunk, full.
  • Fouk. Folk.
  • Freens. Friends, relatives.
  • Fremit. Strange.
  • Fules. Fools.
  • Fund. Found.
  • Gaed. Went.
  • Gait. Way.
  • Gang. Go.
  • Gars. Causes, makes.
  • Gash. Ghastly.
  • Gav'd. Made, induced.
  • Gey, gay. Moderately.
  • Gied. Gave.
  • Gin. If.
  • Glint. Sight, glimpse.
  • Gowd, goud. Gold.
  • Gowk, golk. Cuckoo, fool.
  • Greetin', greitin. Crying, the act of.
  • Grit. Great.
  • Grond. Grand.
  • Grup. Grip.
  • Gude, guid. Good.
  • Gully. A large knife.
  • Hae. Have.
  • Haggis. A pudding, made in a sheep's stomach, with oatmeal, suet, the heart, liver and lungs of the sheep, minced down and seasoned with salt, pepper, and onions, and boiled for use.
  • Haist. Haste.
  • Hale. Whole.
  • Haudin'. Holding, keeping.
  • Haveril. One who talks habitually in a foolish manner.
  • Heck, hech, high. To pant, to breathe hard; an exclamation which expresses a condition of breathlessness.
  • Heid. Head.
  • Hemmel. A cow without horns.
  • Het. Hot.
  • Hielans. Highlands.
  • Hirple. To move in a halting manner, as if crippled or momentarily injured, as by a blow.
  • Hoo. How.
  • Hunner. Hundred.
  • Hurdham. Squabble.
  • Hustrin. Lascivious.
  • Ilka, ilk. Every, each.
  • Intil, intill. In, into.
  • Intil't. Into it.
  • Jalouse. Expect, guess.
  • Jaud. Jade.
  • Keeking, keiking. Looking with a prying eye, peeping.
  • Kame, kaim. To comb, comb, honeycomb.
  • Ken. To know; to be acquainted; to understand.
  • Kintra. Country.
  • Kirk. Church.
  • Kirsen. To christen.
  • Laird. A man of superior rank; the owner of a property.
  • Lang. Long, to long or yearn.
  • Langsyne. Long since.
  • Lawin'. A tavern bill.
  • Leear. Liar.
  • Lees. Lies.
  • Leeve. Live.
  • Leeving. Living.
  • Lippened. Trusted, depended.
  • Li-thall. Lethal, deadly, mortal.
  • Loon. Clown, fool.
  • Lugs. Ears.
  • Lum, lumb. Chimney.
  • Louring drouth. Thirst.
  • Mair. More.
  • Mairret. Married.
  • Maun. Must.
  • Meikle. See "[Muckle]."
  • Micht. Might.
  • Misca'. Miscall.
  • Modiwarts, modywarts, moudicworts. Moles.
  • Mon. See "[Maun]."
  • Muckle. Much, great.
  • Mune. Moon.
  • Nit. Nut.
  • Noo. Now.
  • Ocht. Ought.
  • Oot. Out.