Glossary
glossary a', all. a-back, behind, away. abiegh, aloof, off. ablins, v. aiblins. aboon, above up. abread, abroad. abreed, ih. ae, one. aff, off. aff-hand, at once. aff-loof, offhand. a-fiel, afield. afore, before. aft, oft. aften, often. agley, awry. ahin, behind. aiblins, perhaps. aidle, foul water. aik, oak. aiken, oaken. ain, own. air, early. airle, ear money. airn, iron. airt, dire. airt, to direct. aith, oath. aits, oats. aiver, an old horse. aizle, a der. a-jee, ajar; to one side. alake, alas. alane, alone. alang, along. amaist, almost. amang, among. an, if. an', and. ance, once. ane, one. ah, beh. anes, ones. anither, another. aqua-fontis, spring water. aqua-vitae, whiskey. arle, v. airle. ase, ashes. asklent, askew, askance. aspar, aspread. asteer, astir. a'thegither, altogether. athort, athwart. atweel, in truth. atweeween. aught, eight. aught, possessed of. aughteeen. aughtlins, at all. auld, old. auldfarran, auldfarrant, shrewd, old-fashioned, sagacious. auld reekie, edinburgh. auld-warld, old-world. aumous, alms. ava, at all. awa, away. awald, backways and doubled up. awauk, awake. awauken, awaken. awe, owe. awkart, awkward. awnie, bearded. ayont, beyond. ba', a ball. backet, bucket, box. backit, backed. bas-in, ing back. back-yett, gate at the back. bade, endured. bade, asked. baggie, stomach. baig's, bayos. baillie, magistrate of a scots burgh. bainie, bony. bairn, child. bairntime, brood. baith, both. bakes, biscuits. ballats, ballads. balou, lullaby. ban, swear. ban', band (of the presbyterian clergyman). bane, bone. bang, an effort; a blow; a large number. bang, to thump. banie, v. bainie. ba, bo. bannock, bonnock, a thieal cake. bardie, dim. of bard. barefit, barefooted. barket, barked. barley-brie, or bree, barley-brew-ale or whiskey. barm, yeast. barmie, yeasty. barn-yard, stackyard. bartie, the devil. bashing, abashing. batch, a number. batts, the botts; the colic. bauckie-bird, the bat. baudrons, baudrans, the cat. bauk, cross-beam. bauk, v. bawk. bauk-en', beam-end. bauld, bold. bauldest, boldest. bauldly, boldly. baumy, balmy. bawbee, a half-penny. bawdrons, v. baudrons. bawk, a field path. baws'nt, white-streaked. bear, barley. beas', beasts, vermin. beastie, dim. of beast. beck, a curtsy. beet, feed, kindle. beild, v. biel. belang, belong. beld, bald. bellum, assault. bellys, bellows. belyve, by and by. ben, a parlor (i.e., the inner apartment); into the parlor. benmost, inmost. be-north, to the northward of. be-south, to the southward of. bethankit, grace after meat. beuk, a book: devil's pictur'd beuks-playing-cards. bicker, a wooden cup. bicker, a short run. bicker, to flow swiftly and with a slight noise. bickerin, noisy tention. bickering, hurrying. bid, to ask, to wish, to offer. bide, abide, endure. biel, bield, a shelter; a sheltered spot. biel, fortable. bien, fortable. bien, bienly, fortably. big, to build. biggin, building. bike, v. byke. bill, the bull. billie, fellow, rade, brother. bings, heaps. birdie, dim. of bird; also maidens. birk, the birch. birken, bir. birkie, a fellow. birr, force, vigor. birring, whirring. birses, bristles. birth, berth. bit, small (e.g., bit lassie). bit, nick of time. bitch-fou, pletely drunk. bizz, a flurry. bizz, buzz. bizzard, the buzzard. bizzie, busy. black-bohe presbyterian elder. blaebbit, black-beaked. blad, v. blaud. blae, blue, livid. blastet, blastit, blasted. blastie, a blasted (i.e., damned) creature; a little wretch. blate, modest, bashful. blather, bladder. blaud, a large quantity. blaud, to slap, pelt. blaw, blow. blaw, t. blawing, blowing. blawn, blown. bleer, to blear. bleer't, bleared. bleeze, blaze. blellum, a babbler; a railer; a blusterer. blether, blethers, nonsense. blether, to talk nonsense. bletherin', talking nonsense. blin', blind. blink, a glance, a moment. blink, to glao shine. blinkers, spies, oglers. blinkin, smirking, leering. blin't, blinded. blitter, the snipe. blue-gown, the livery of the lised beggar. bluid, blood. bluidy, bloody. blume, to bloom. bluntie, a stupid. blypes, shreds. bobbed, curtsied. bocked, vomited. boddle, a farthing. bode, look for. bodkin, tailor's needle. body, bodie, a person. boggie, dim. of bog. bogle, a bogie, a hobgoblin. bole, a hole, or small recess in the wall. bonie, bonnie, pretty, beautiful. bonilie, prettily. bonnock, v. bannock. 'boon, above. boord, board, surface. boord-en', board-end. boortress, elders. boost, must needs. boot, payment to the bargain. bore, a k, recess. botch, an angry tumor. bouk, a human trunk; bulk. bountith, bounty. 'bout, about. bow-hough'd, bandy-thighed. bow-kail, cabbage. bow't, bent. bras, ferns. brae, the slope of a hill. braid, broad. broad-claith, broad-cloth. braik, a harrow. braing't, plunged. brak, broke. brak's, broke his. brankie, gay, fine. branks, a wooden curb, a bridle. bran'y, brandy. brash, short attack. brats, small pieces, rags. brats, small children. brattle, a scamper. brattle, noisy o. braw, handsome, fine, gaily dressed. brawlie, finely, perfectly, heartily. braxies, sheep that have died of braxie (a disease). breastie, dim. of breast. breastit, sprang forward. bre, ferns. breeks, breeches. breer, brier. brent, brand. brent, straight, steep (i.e., not sloping from baldness). brie, v. barley-brie. brief, writ. brier, briar. brig, bridge. brisket, breast. brither, brother. brock, a badger. brogue, a trick. broo, soup, broth, water; liquid in whiything is cooked. brooses, wedding races from the church to the home of the bride. brose, a thick mixture of meal and warm water; also a synonym for pe. browster wives, ale wives. brugh, a burgh. brulzie, brulyie, a brawl. brunstane, brimstone. brunt, burned. brust, burst. buckie, dim. of buck; a smart younker. buckle, a curl. buckskin, virginian: the buckskin kye, negroes. budget, tinker's bag of tools. buff, to bang, to thump. bughtin, folding. buirdly, stalwart. bum, the buttocks. bum, to hum. bum-clock, beetle, cockchafer, junebug. bummle, a drone, a useless fellow. bunker, a seat. bunters, harlots. burdies, dim. of bird or burd (a lady); maidens. bure, bore. burn, a rivulet. burnewin, the blacksmith (i.e., burn the wind). burnie, dim. of burn, a rivulet. burr-thistle, spear-thistle. busk, to dress; to garb; to dress up; to adorn. buss, a bush. bussle, bustle. but, without. but, butt, i (i.e., the outer apartment). by, past, aside. by, beside. by himsel, beside himself. bye attour (i.e., by and attour), beside and at a distance. byke, a bees' ; a hive; a swarm; a crowd. byre, a cow-house. ca', call, knock, drive. cadger, a hawker (especially of fish). cadie, caddie, a fellow. caff, chaff. caird, a tinker. calf-ward, grazing plot for calves (i.e., churchyard). callan, callant, a stripling. caller, cool, refreshing. callet, a trull. cam, came. ie, ie, geractable, quiet, prudent, careful. krie, crabbed. a, ot. iest, quietest. ilie, ily, quietly, prudently, cautiously. tie, cheerful, lively, jolly, merry. traip, magic, witg. ts, merry stories, ters or sprees or merry doings. cape-stanc, copestone. -castrate. care na by, do not care. carl, carle, a man, an old man. carl-hemp, male-hemp. carlie, a manikin. carlin, carline a middle-aged, or old, woman; a beldam, a witch. carmagnole, a violent ja. cartes, playing-cards. cartie, dim. of cart. catch-the-plack, the hunt for money. caudron, a caldron. cauf, calf. cauf-leather, calf-leather. cauk, chalk. cauld, cold. cauldron, caldron. caup, a wooden drinking vessel. causey-ers, causeway-ers. cavie, a hen-coop. chamer, chaumer, chamber. ge-house, tavern. ter, bagpipes; the pipe of the bag-pipes which produces the melody; song. chap, a fellow, a young fellow. chap, to strike. chapman, a pedler. chaup, chap, a stroke, a blow. chear, cheer. chearfu', cheerful. chearless, cheerless. cheary, cheery. cheek-for-chow, cheek-by-jowl (i.e. close beside). cheep, peep, squeak. chiel, chield (i. e., child), a fellow, a young fellow. chimla, ey. chittering, shivering. chows, chews. chuck, a hen, a dear. chuckie, dim. of chuck, but usually signifies mother hen, an old dear. chuffie, fat-faced. chuse, to choose. cit, the civet. cit, a citizen, a mert. cla, a small village about a church. claeding, clothing. claes, claise, clothes. claith, cloth. claithing, clothing. kie, a severe knock. clap, the clapper of a mill. clark, a clerk. clark, clerkly, scholarly. clarkit, clerked, wrote. clarty, dirty. clash, an idle tale; gossip. clash, to tattle. clatter, attle, talk, disputation, babble. clatter, to make a noise by striking; to babble; to prattle. claught, clutched, seized. claughtin, clutg, grasping. claut, a clutch, a handful. claut, to scrape. claver, clover. clavers, gossip, nonsense. claw, a scratch, a blow. claw, to scratch, to strike. clay-cauld, clay-cold. claymore, a two-handed highland sword. cle, a brood. cleed, to clothe. cleek, to snatch. cleekit, linked arms. cleg, gadfly. k, a sharp stroke; jingle. k, money, . k, to k. k, to rhyme. kin, with a smart motion. kum, kumbell, the beadle, the bellman. clips, shears. clish-ma-claver, gossip, taletelling; non-sense. clo-time, clug- (i. e., hatg-) time. cloot, the hoof. clootie, cloots, hoofie, hoofs (a niame of the devil). clour, a bump or swelling after a blow. clout, a cloth, a patch. clout, to patch. clud, a cloud. k, to make a hollow sound. coble, a broad and flat boat. cock, the mark (in curling). cockie, dim. of cock (applied to an old man). cocks, fellows, good fellows. cod, a pillow. coft, bought. cog, a wooden drinking vessel, a pe dish, a easure for horses. coggie, dim. of cog, a little dish. coil, coila, kyle (one of the a districts of ayrshire). collieshangie, a squabble. cood, cud. coof, v. cuif. cookit, hid. coor, cover. cooser, a courser, a stallion. coost (i. e., cast), looped, threw off, tossed, chucked. cootie, a small pail. cootie, leg-plumed. corbies, ravens, crows. core, corps. ou, heap. 't, fed with . corse, corpse. corss, cross. cou'dna, couldna, couldn't. tra, try. coup, to capsize. couthie, couthy, loving, affable, cosy, fortable. cowe, to scare, to daunt. cowe, to lop. crack, tale; a chat; talk. crack, to chat, to talk. craft, croft. craft-rig, cre. craig, the throat. craig, a crag. craigie, dim. , the throat. craigy, craggy. craik, the -crake, the land-rail. crambo-k, rhyme. crambo-jingle, rhyming. , the support for a pot or kettle. kous, fretful. ks, creakings. reuch, hoar-frost. crap, crop, top. craw, crow. creel, an osier basket. creepie-chair, stool of repentance. creeshie, greasy. crocks, old ewes. ie, intimate friend. crooded, cooed. croods, coos. oan, low. , to toll. ing, humming. croose, crouse, cocksure, set, proud, cheerful. crouchie, hunchbacked. crousely, fidently. crowdie, meal and cold water, meal and milk, pe. crowdie-time, pe-time (i. e., breakfast-time). crowlin, crawling. crummie, a horned cow. crummock, cummock, a cudgel, a crooked staff. crump, crisp. t, a blow. cuddle, to fondle. cuif, coof, a dolt, a ninny; a dastard. cummock, v. crummock. curch, a kerchief for the head. curchie, a curtsy. curler, one who plays at curling. curmurring, otion. curpin, the crupper of a horse. curple, the crupper (i. e., buttocks). cushat, the wood pigeon. custock, the pith of the colewort. cutes, feet, ankles. cutty, short. cutty-stools, stools of repentance. dad, daddie, father. daez't, dazed. daffin, larking, fun. daft, mad, foolish. dails, planks. daimen icker, an odd ear of . dam, pent-up water, urine. damie, dim. of dame. dang, pret. of ding. danton, v. daunton. darena, dare not. darg, labor, task, a day's work. darklins, in the dark. daud, a large piece. daud, to pelt. daunder, saunter. daunton, to daunt. daur, dare. daurna, dare not. daur't, dared. daut, dawte, to fondle. daviely, spiritless. daw, to dawn. dawds, lumps. dawtingly, prettily, caressingly. dead, death. dead-sweer, extremely relut. deave, to deafen. deil, devil. deil-haet, nothing (devil have it). deil-ma-care, devil may care. deleeret, delirious, mad. delvin, digging. dern'd, hid. descrive, to describe. deuk, duck. devel, a stunning blow. diddle, to move quickly. dight, to wipe. dight, winnowed, sifted. din, dun, muddy of plexion. ding, to beat, to surpass. dink, trim. dinna, do not. dirl, to vibrate, t. diz'n, dizzen, dozen. dochter, daughter. doited, muddled, doting; stupid, bewildered. donsie, vicious, bad-tempered; restive; testy. dool, wo, sorrow. doolfu', doleful, woful. dorty, pettish. douce, douse, sedate, sober, prudent. douce, doucely, dousely, sedately, prudently. doudl'd, dandled. dought (pret. of dow), could. douked, ducked. doup, the bottom. doup-skelper, bottom-smacker. dour-doure, stubborn, obstinate; cutting. dow, dowe, am (is or are) able, . dow, a dove. dowf, dowff, dull. dowie, drooping, mournful. dowilie, drooping. downa, ot. downa-do (ot do), lack of power. doylt, stupid, stupefied. doytin, d., dozen'd, torpid. dozin, torpid. draigl't, draggled. drant, prosing. drap, drop. draunting, tedious. dree, endure, suffer. dreigh, v. dreight. dribble, drizzle. driddle, to toddle. dreigh, tedious, dull. droddum, the breech. drone, part of the bagpipe. droop-rumpl't, short-rumped. drouk, to wet, to drench. droukit, wetted. drouth, thirst. drouthy, thirsty. druken, dru, drunken. drumlie, muddy, turbid. drummock, raw meal and cold water. drunt, the huff. dry, thirsty. dub, puddle, slush. duddie, ragged. duddies, dim. of duds, rags. duds, rags, clothes. dung, v. dang. duhrobbed, beat. dunts, blows. durk, dirk. dusht, pushed or thrown down violently. dwalling, dwelling. dwalt, dwelt. dyke, a fence (of stone or turf), a wall. dyvor, a bankrupt. ear', early. earn, eagle. eastliern. e'e, eye. e'ebrie, eyebrow. een, eyes. e'en, even. e'en, evening. e'enin', evening. e'er, ever. eerie, apprehensive; inspiring ghostly fear. eild, eld. eke, also. elbuck, elbow. eldritch, uhly, haunted, fearsome. elekit, elected. ell (scots), thirty-seven inches. eller, elder. en', end. eneugh, enough. enfauld, infold. enow, enough. erse, gaelic. ether-stane, adder-stone. ettle, aim. evermair, evermore. ev'n down, dht, positive. eydent, diligent. fa', fall. fa', lot, portion. fa', to get; suit; claim. faddom'd, fathomed. fae, foe. faem, foam. faiket, let off, excused. fain, fond, glad. fainness, fondness. fair fa', good befall! wele. fairin., a present from a fair. fallow, fellow. fa'n, fallen. fand, found. far-aff, far-off. farls, oat-cakes. fash, annoyance. fash, to trouble; worry. fash'd, fash't, bothered; irked. fashious, troub