Chapter V: Part 5

_Percy_.--Hear them in as few words as I can tell it: Edward hath sworn, and he will keep his vow, That if to-day ye yield not up the town, Become his prisoners, break your faith with Scotland, Ye with the morning dawn shall see your sons Hung up before your windows. He hath sworn it; And, by my earldom--faith as a Christian-- Honour as a peer--he will perform it!

_Lady Seton [aside]_.--Ruler of earth and heaven! a mother begs Thy counsel--Thy protection! Say I _mother_! No voice again shall call me by that name-- Both! both my boys!

_Sir Alex_.--Ha! my Matilda! Thou here! Dry up thy tears, my love! dry up thy tears! I cannot sacrifice both sons and mother! Alas, my country! I must sell thee dearly! My faith--mine honour too!--take--take them, Percy! I am a father, and my sons shall live!-- Shall _live_! and I shall _die_! [_Unsheathing his sword_.

_Lady Seton_.--Hold! hold, my husband--save thy life and honour! Thou art a father--am not I a mother? Knowest thou the measure of a mother's love? Think ye she yearns not for her own heart's blood? Yet I will _live_! and thou shalt live, my husband! We will not rob this Edward of his shame; Write--I will dictate as my sons had done it-- I know their nature, for 'twas I who gave it.

_Sir Alex_.--Thou wait'st an answer, Percy--I will give it. _[Sits down to write_.

No; I cannot, Matilda.

_Lady Seton_.--Write thus: "Edward may break his faith, but Seton cannot! Edward may earn disgrace, but Seton honour! His sons are in your power! Do! do as ye list!"

_[He starts up in agitation_.

_Sir Alex_.--No, no! it cannot be--say not my sons! Lord Percy, let your tyrant take my life! Torture me inchmeal!--to the last I'll smile, And bless him for his mercy!--but spare, oh spare my children!

_Provost Ramsay_.--Really, Sir Alexander, I dinna ken hoo to advise you. To think o' gien up the toun to sic a monster o' iniquity, is entirely out o' the question--just impossible a'thegither; and to think o' the twa dear brave bairns sufferin', is just as impossible as to flee in the air. I tell ye what, my lord--and it is my opinion it is a very fair proposal (if naething but deaths will satisfy your king)--I, for ane, will die in their stead--their faither will for anither; and is there ane amang _you_, my townsmen, that winna do the same, and let your names be handed down as heroes to your bairns' bairns, and the last generation?

_Percy_.--Thou hast a noble heart, old honest Scotsman; but I cannot accept your generous offer.

_Lady Seton_.--Mark this, my husband!--that we may still be parents-- That we might have two sons to _live and scorn us_-- Sell country--honour--all--and live disgraced: Think ye MY SONS would call a _traitor_ father?-- They drew their life from _me_--from _me_ they drew it; And think ye I would call a _traitor husband?_-- What! would ye have them live, that every slave, In banquet or in battle, might exclaim, "For you, ye hinds, your father sold his country?" Or, would you have them live, that no man's daughter Would stoop so low as call your sons her husband? Would you behold them hooted, hissed at, Oft, as they crossed the street, by every urchin? Would ye your sons--your _noble_ sons--met this, Eather than die for Scotland? If ye do love them, Love them as a _man_!

_Sir Alex_.--'Tis done! my country, thou hast made me bankrupt! And I am childless! _[Exeunt_

SCENE VIII.--_The river, and boat. Time midnight. Enter one habited as a friar_.

_Friar_.---'Tis now thick midnight. All round me sleep, And not a star looks from the curtained heaven. The very sentinels cease to pace their round, And stand in calm security. I'll brave them. What though the bridge be guarded, and the river Rush like a tiger?--love has no such fears, And Heaven is stronger than its waters!

_[A bell tolls slowly_.

Ha! that slow-tongued bell, that speaks of death, Falls on my ears as would a solid substance, Pressing my heart down! Oh cruel speed! Already they prepare their execution! But they shall live, or I with them shall die! THOU, who beholdest me, and lookest through The darkness of Thy heavens upon Thy suppliant, Let not a tyrant stain Thy earth with blood-- The blood of innocence! Thou, who art mercy, Spare a father's tears! Thou, who art love, Look on a mother's anguish! Thou, who art justice, Save! oh, save their children! Thou, who art power, Strengthen my hands to-night. _[Rises._ Now, may an angel's hand direct my skiff Straight to their camp, till with one blow I strike Their freedom and my country's!

_[He leaps into the boat and pushes off_.

SCENE IX.--_The English camp. A fire in the distance. Enter_ HENRY _and_ RICHARD, _fettered and guarded_.

_Henry_.--Would it were morning, and the hour were come. For still my heart misgives me, lest our parents Do, in fond weakness, save us by dishonour!

_Richard_.--Rather than purchase life at such a price, And have my father sell his faith for me, And sell his country, I would rather thou, My brother in my birth and in my death, Should be my executioner! We know them better!

_Henry_.--Now I seem old and weary of this life, So joy I in our death for Scotland's sake; For this death will so wed us to our country, We shall be old in years to all posterity! And it will place a blot on Edward's name, That time may blacken, but can ne'er efface.

_Richard_.--My heart, too, beats as light as if tomorrow Had been, by young love, destined for my bridal; Yet oft a tear comes stealing down my cheek, When I do think me of our _mother_, Henry!

_Henry_.--Oh speak not of our parents! or my heart Will burst ere morning, and from the tyrant rob His well-earned infamy.

_Richard_.--Oh! I must speak of them: They now will wander weeping in their chamber, Or from their window through the darkness gaze, And stretch their hands and sigh towards the camp; Then, when the red east breaks the night away-- Ah! what a sight will meet their eyes, my brother!

_Henry_.--My brother! oh my brother!

_Enter_ FRIAR.

_Guard_.--Who would pass here?

_Friar_.--A friend! a friend!--a messenger of mercy!

_Guard_.--Nay, wert thou mercy's self, you cannot pass.

_Friar_.--Refuse ye, then, your prisoners their confessor?

_Guard_.--Approach not, or ye die!

_Friar_.--Would ye stretch forth your hand 'gainst Heaven's anointed?

_Guard_.--Ay! 'gainst the Pope himself, if he should thwart me.

_Friar_.--Mercy ye have not, neither shall ye find it.

_[Springs forward and stabs him_--_approaches_ RICHARD _and_ HENRY, _and unbinds their fetters_.

_Friar_.--In chains as criminals! Ye are free, but speak not.

_Richard_.--Here, holy father, let me kneel to thank thee.

_Henry_.--And let me hear but my deliverer's name, That my first prayer may waft it to the skies.

_Friar_.--Kneel not, nor thank me here. There's need of neither; But be ye silent, for the ground has ears; Nor let it hear your footsteps.

_[He approaches the fire; kindles a torch and fires the camp_.

_Henry_.--Behold, my brother, he has fired the camp! Already see the flames ascend around him.

_Friar_.--Now! now, my country! here thou art avenged! Fly with me to the beach! pursuit is vain! Thou, Heaven, hast heard me! thou art merciful! _[Exit_.

SCENE X.--_Apartment in_ SETON'S _House_.

_Sir Alex_.--Oh, what is honour to a father's heart? Can it extinguish nature--soothe its feelings-- Or make the small still voice of conscience dumb? My sons! my sons! Though ye should hold me guiltless, there's a tongue Within me whispers, _I'm your murderer!_ Ah! my Matilda! hadst thou been less noble, We both had been less wretched! But do I, To hide my sin, place't on the mother's heart? Though she did hide the _mother_ from _men's_ eyes, Now, crushed by woes, she cannot look on _mine_. But, locked in secret, weeps her soul away, That it may meet her children's! I alone, Widowed and childless, like a blasted oak Reft of its root and branches, must be left For every storm to howl at!

[ELLIOT _enters with a dagger_.

Ah, my sons! Could anguish rend my heartstrings, I should not Behold another sun rise on my misery!

_Elliot [springing upon him]_.--By Heavens, mine enemy, I swear thou shalt not!

_They struggle. Shouting without. Enter_ FRIAR _and_ SETON'S SONS, PROVOST RAMSAY. FRIAR _springs forward_.

_Friar_.--Down! traitor, down! [_Stabs_ ELLIOT.

_Sir Alex_.--My sons! my sons! Angels of mercy, do you mock my sight! My boys! my boys!

_Provost Ramsay_.--Save us a'! save us a'!--callants, come to my arms too! Here's an hour o' joy! This, in my solemn opinion, is what I ca' livin' a lifetime in the twinklin' o' an ee. And what think ye, Sir Alexander! The English camp is a' in a bleeze, and there they are fleeing awa helter-skelter, leaving everything behind them.

_Sir Alex_.--What! they fly too!--thank Heaven! thank Heaven! My cup of joy o'erflows, and floods my heart More than my griefs!

_Richard_.--'Tis true, my father-- To this, our unknown saviour, do we owe Our life and yours!--'twas he, too, seized the torch, And bid the bonfire blaze to Scotland's freedom.

_Sir Alex_.--Forgive me, reverend stranger, if that I, In the delirium of a parent's joy, O'erlooked the hand that saved me: Kneel, my sons, And with your father, at this stranger's feet, Pour out your thanks, and beg his blessing also.

_[They kneel around the supposed friar, who casts off the disguise, and is discovered to be their mother_.

_Lady Seton_.--A _mother_, in her children's cause, fears nothing, And needs not _thanks_-- A _woman_, in her _country's cause_, Can dare what man dare! [_They start up._

_Sir Alex_.--What! my Matilda!

_Richard_.--My mother!

_Henry_.--Ha! my mother!

_Lady Seton_.--Joy, joy, my sons; your mother's done her duty! And joy, my husband, we have saved our _honour_.

_Sir Alex_.--Matilda, thou hast ta'en my heart anew, And with it, too, my words!

_Provost Ramsay_.--The like o' this! I may weel say, what, in the universal globe, tempted me to be a bachelor! [_Exeunt._

XXV.

FAREWELL TO A PLACE ON THE BORDERS.

Lochmaben! I from thee must part,
'Tis destined so to be;
Thy lovely lochs, dear to my heart,
I never more may see.

The heaven of May is mirror'd clear
Within thy waters deep;
So shall my soul with loving care
Thine image ever keep.

I've seen Edina's rocky walls,
Her palaces and bowers;
I've gazed on London's lofty halls,
And monumental towers.

In yon green isle towards the west,
I've roamed without control;
And many a wild, romantic coast
Has charm'd my inmost soul.

But aye to me the sunniest rays
Have thrown their sweetest gleams
Where Bruce was born, and summer days
Inspired my youthful dreams.

The water lilies there shall rest,
And minnows round them play;
The coot shall build her floating nest,
When I am far away.

But ah! no more thy streams and glens
Shall bless my sight, Lochmaben;
Farewell, farewell, lochs, woods, and fens--
Farewell, farewell, Lochmaben!

GLOSSARY AND GENERAL INDEX.

GLOSSARY.

--A--

A', _adj._ all.

ABAK, _adv._ behind.

ABASIT, _part. pa._ confounded; abashed.

ABBACY, _s._ an abbey.

ABEE--_to let abee_, to let alone; not to meddle with.

ABEECH, ABIEGH, _adv._ aloof; "at a shy distance;" keep aloof.

ABLE, ABLIS, ABLINS, AIBLINS, _adv._ perhaps; peradventure.

ABONE, ABOW, ABOON, ABUNE, _prep_, above.

ABOOT, _prep_, about.

AE, _adj._ one; only; single.

AFF, _adv._ off; away.

AFFCAST, _s._ a castaway.

AFFCOME, s. the termination of any business. "I gied him his _affcome_," I gave him a down-setting, or offset.

AFEIRD, _part. pa._ afraid.

AFFHAND, _adj._ plain; honest; blunt; without premeditation.

AFFLUFF, _adv._ extempore.

AFORE, _prep_, before.

AFFPUT, _s._ pretence for delay.

AFFPUTTING, _adj._ trifling; delaying.

AFFSIDE, _s._ offside.

AFT, _adv._ often.

AFTEN, _adv._ often.

AFTERHEND, _adv._ afterwards.

AGAYNE, _prep_, against.

AGAIT, _adv._ on the way or road.

AGEE, _adv._ to one side; ajar; a little open.

AGLEY, A-GLY, _adv._ off the right line; obliquely; wrong.

AHIND, AHINT, _adv._ behind.

AIK, _s._ the oak.

AILEN, _part. pa._ ailing.

AIN, _adj._ own.

AINS, _adv._ once.

AIR, _adv._ early in the morning.

AIR, AIRE, AYR, _s._ an heir.

AIRMS, _s. pl._ arms.

AIRN, _s._ iron.

AIRT, AIRTH, _s._ point of the compass.

AISLAIR, _adj._ a polished substance.

AITS, _s. pl._ oats.

AITEN, _adj._ oaten.

AITH, _s._ an oath.

AIZLE, _s._ a hot ember.

ALANE, _adj._ alone.

ALANG, _adv._ along.

ALD, AULD, _adj._ old.

ALMOUS, AUMES, _s. pl._ alms.

AMAIST, _adv._ almost.

AMANG, _prep._ among.

AMBRY, _s._ a press or closet where victuals are kept for daily use.

AN', _conj_. and.

ANE, _adj._ one.

ANENT, _prep_, over against; opposite.

ANETH, _prep_, beneath.

ANEUCH, _adv._ enough.

ANIEST, _adv._ or _prep._ on this side of; on the nearest side.

ANITHER, _adj._ another.

ANKERSTOCK, _s._ a loaf made of rye, sweetened with treacle.

ANSE, _adv._ once.

APERT, _adj._ brisk; bold; free.

APERTLY, _adv._ briskly; readily.

APON, APOUN, _prep._ upon.

APPARELLE, _s._ equipage; furniture for warfare.

APPLERINGIE, _s._ the plant called southernwood.

ARCH, _adj._ averse; reluctant.

_To_ ARGLE-BARGLE, ARGIE-BARGIE, _v. a._ to contend; to bandy backwards and forwards.

ARK, _s._ a large chest used for holding meal or corn.

ARK _of a Mill_, _s._ the place in which the water-wheel moves.

_To_ ARLE, _v. a._ to give earnest of any kind.

ARLES, _s._ earnest of any kind.

ARLY, _adv._ early.

ARMYN, ARMYNG; _s._ armour; arms.

ART _and_ PART, accessory to, or abetting.

ASSE, _s._ ashes, plural _assis_ and _aiss_.

ASSHOLE, _s._ place for receiving ashes under the grate.

ASCHET, _s._ a large plate, on which meat is brought to table.

ASK, AWSK, _s._ an eft or water newt; a lizard.

ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, _adv._ obliquely; asquint; on one side.

_To_ ASSAILYIE, _v. a._ to attack, to assail.

_To_ ASSOLYIE, _v. a._ to acquit.

ASTEER, _adv._ in confusion; in a bustle.

A'THEGITHER, _adv._ altogether.

ATHORT, _prep_, through, athwart.

ATOUR, ATTOURE, _prep._ over.

ATTOMIE, _s._ a skeleton.

ATTELED, _part. pa._ aimed.

ATTER-CAP, ATTIR-COP, _s._ 1. a spider; 2. an ill-tempered person; one of a malignant or virulent disposition.

ATWEESH, _prep_, between; betwixt.

AUGHT, _pret. pa._ possessed.

AUCHT, _s._ property; possession; that which is exclusively one's own. _In aw my aucht_, all I am possessed of.

AUKWART, AWKWART, _prep._ across; athwart.

AULD-CLUITY, _s._ the devil.

AULDEST, _adj._ oldest; elder.

AULD, _adj._ old; aged.

AULDFARRANT, AULDFARRAND, _adj._ sagacious.

AULD-MOU'D, _adj._ sagacious in discourse. Sometimes used as crafty.

AUMUS, _s._ an alms.

AVA, _adv._ at all.

AWA, _adv._ away.

AWFU', _adj._ awful.

AWIN, AWYN, _adj._ own. This is the common _pronoun_ in the south of Scotland; in other parts, _ain_.

AWNIE, _adj._ bearded.

AWNS, _s. pl._ the beards of corn or barley.

AWSK, _s._ the newt or eft.

AWSOME, _adj._ awful; appalling.

_To_ AX, _v. a._ to ask.

AX-TREE, _s._ an axle-tree.

AYONT, _prep._ beyond.

AY, _adv._ yes.

--B--

BABIE, BAWBIE, _s._ a halfpenny.

BACHLE, BAUCHLE, _s._ an old shoe or slipper.

BACKLINS, _adv._ backwards. _To gae backlins_, to walk backwards, like a ropemaker.

BACKSPANG, _s._ a trick, or legal quirk; advantage taken by one over another.

_To_ BACK-SPEIR, _v. a._ to trace a report as far back as possible; to cross-question.

BACK-SPEIRER, _s._ a cross-examiner.

BADE, _pret_. of bide.

BADRANS, BATHRONS, _s._ a designation for a cat.

_To_ BAE, _v. n_. to bleat like sheep.

_To_ BAFF, _v. a_. to beat.

BAFF, _s._ a stroke or blow.

BAIKIE, _s._ the stake to which a cow is fastened in the stall.

BAILIE, _s._ an alderman; the deputy of a baron in a borough of barony.

BAIR, BAR, _s._ a boar.

BAIRD, _s._ a bard or poet.

BAIRN, BARNE, _s._ a child.

BAIRNHEID, _s._ childhood.

BAIRNLY, _adj._ childish.

BAIRNLINESS, _s._ childishness.

BAIRNS-MAID, _s._ a nursery-maid.

BAIS, _adj._ having a deep or hollow sound: bass.

_To_ BAYT, _v. n_. to feed.

BAISEE, BAIVIE, _s._ a large fire; a great blaze.

BAKE, _s._ a biscuit.

BAKSTER, BAXSTER, _s._ a baker.

BALD, BAULD, _adj._ bold; intrepid.

BALDERDASH, _s._ foolish noisy nonsense.

BALK, BURRAL, _s._ an elevated ridge, raised by a plough.

BALLANT, _s._ a ballad; a song.

BALOW, BALOO, _s._ a lullaby; a term used by nurses when lulling children.

_To_ BAN, BANN, _v. a._ to curse.

BANNIN, _pr. pa_. swearing.

BANDKYN, _s._ a species of cloth, the warp of which is thread of gold and the woof silk, and adorned with figures.

BANDSTER, BANSTER, _s._ one who binds sheaves after the reapers in the harvest field.

BANE, _s._ a bone.

BANE-FYER, _s._ a bonfire.

_To_ BANG, _v. a_. to change place with impetuosity-- as, _to bang up_, to start to our feet suddenly.

BANNOCK, _s._ a cake of barley or pease meal baked on a girdle.

BANNOCK-FLUKE, _s._ a turbot.

BAP, _s._ a thick cake, baked in an oven, with yeast in it, and made of flour, oat meal, or barley meal, and sometimes a mixture of two of them.

BARE, _adj._ lean; meagre; naked; uncovered.

_To_ BARKEN, _v. n_. to become hard; to clot.

BARLA-BREIKIS, BURLEY-BRAKS, _s._ a game played in a corn-yard, running round the stacks.

BARLEY, _s._ a term used by children in games, when a truce, or a cessation for the time, is demanded.

BARNE. See BAIRN.

BASSIE, _s._ an old horse.

BASTOUN, _s._ a heavy staff; a baton.

BAITH, _adj._ both.

BATIE, BAWTIE, _s._ a name applied to dogs, generally large ones, without reference to sex.

BATS, _s. pl._ the bots, a disease in horses.

_To_ BATTER, _v. a_. to paste.

BAUCHLE, BACHEL, _s._ an old shoe.

BAUGH, _adj._ ungrateful to the taste.

BAUK, BAWK, _s._ a cross beam in the roof of a house.

BAUK, BAWK, _s._ a strip of land, two or three feet wide, left unploughed.

BAUSY, _adj._ strong; big.

_To_ BAW, _v. a_. to hush; to lull in the manner of nursing a child.

BAW, _s._ a ball.

BAWBEE, a halfpenny.

BAWDEKYN, _s._ cloth of gold.

BAXTER, _s._ a baker.

BEAR, BERE, _s._ barley.

_To_ BECK, _v_. to curtsey.

BEDRAL, _s._ a person who is bedrid.

BEGRUTTEN, _part. pa._ having the face disfigured with weeping.

BEIK, BIKE, _s._ a hive of bees.

BEIK, BEKE, BEEK, _v. a_. to bask, as in the sun.

BEILD, BIELD, _s._ shelter; refuge.

BEIN, BANE, _s._ bone.

BIRR, _s._ noise; cry; force.

BEKE, BEIK, BEEK, _v. a._ to bask.

BELD, _adj._ bald; without hair on the head.

BELE, _s._ a fire; a blaze.

BELYVE, _adv._ by and by.

_To_ BELL THE CAT, to contend with a person of superior rank; to withstand him, either by actions or words, especially the former.

BELLY-THRA, _s._ the colic.

_To_ BELT, _v. a._ to gird; to flog; to scourge.

BEN, _adv._ towards the inner apartments of a house. A room is generally called _ben_, and the kitchen _but_.

BEN-END, _s. the ben-end of a house_, the inner end of it.

BEN, BIN, _s._ a mountain.

BENE, BIEN, _adj._ wealthy; having abundance.

BENK, BINK, _s._ a bench; a seat.

BENORTH, _prep._ to the northward of.

BENSHIE, BENSHI, _s._ a fairy's wife.

BENT, _s._ a coarse grass growing on sand-hills.

BERE, BEAR, _s._ barley.

BERN, _s._ a barn.

_To_ BESEIK, _v. a._ to beseech; to entreat.

BESYNE, BYSIM, _s._ a bawd.

BESOUTH, _prep_, to the southward of.

BEST-MAN, _s._ groomsman; _best-maid_, the bridesmaid.

BETWEESH, _prep_, betwixt.

BEUCH, a branch; a bough.

BEVIE, _s._ a great fire.

_To_ BEWRY, _v. a._ to pervert, to distort.

BIB, _s._ a piece of linen used to keep the breast of a child clean when feeding it.

BICK, _s._ a bitch; the female of the canine species.

_To_ BICKER, _v. a._ to fight with stones as schoolboys; to run off quickly.

BICKER, BIQUOUR, _s._ a small wooden dish, made in the form of a washing-tub, the staves being alternately black and white.

_To_ BIDE, BYDE, _v. n._ to wait for; to abide; to endure; to suffer.

_To_ BIG, _v. a._ to build.

BIGGIN, BYGGYN, _s._ a building.

BIGGIT, _part. pa._ built.

BIKE, BEIK, BINK, _s._ a nest of wild bees or wasps.

BILGET, _adj._ bulged; swelling out.

BILLIE, BILLY, _s._ a companion; a comrade.

BINDWOOD, _s._ ivy.

BING, _s._ a heap; a pile of wood.

BINK. See BIKE.

BIRD, BURD, _s._ a bird; a damsel; a lady.

BIRDIE, _s._ a little bird.

BIRK, _s._ a birch-tree.

_To_ BIRK, _v. n._ to give a tart or sharp answer.

BIRKIN, _adj._ of or belonging to birch-wood.

BIRKY, _s._ a lively young man; a mettlesome person.

BIRL, _v. n_. to ply with drink; to club money for the purpose of purchasing drink.

BIRN, _v. a._ to burn.

BIRS, BIRSE, _s._ a bristle.
_His birse is up_, he is in a passion.
_He's a birsie man_, he is liable to be irritated easily.

_To_ BIRSLE, _v. a._ to broil; to roast.

BIRSSY, _adj._ having bristles; hot-tempered.

_To_ BIRZE, BRIZE, _v. a._ to bruise; to drive or push.

BISKET, BRISKET, _s._ the breast.

_To_ BISSE, BIZZ, _v. n_. to make a hissing sound, as hot iron plunged into water.

BISSOME, BYSSYM, _s._ an unworthy female.

BIT, _s._ a vulgar term used for food.
_He takes the bit and the buffit wi't_,
he takes the food and the blow along with it.

BITTILL, BEETLE, _s._ a wooden mallet for beating clothes.

_To_ BLABBER, _v. n._ to babble; to speak indistinctly.

BLACKAVICED, _a_. dark-complexioned.

BLACK-COCK, _s._ the black grouse.

BLACK-FISHING, _s._ fishing for salmon by torch light.

BLACK-FOOT, _s._ a person who makes matches, or goes between a lover and his mistress.

BLAD, _s._ a large piece of anything.

BLADE, _s._ the leaf of a tree.

BLADOCH, BLEDOCH, _s._ buttermilk.

BLAE, BLA, _adj._ livid; used when the skin is discoloured with a blow, or when chilled with cold.

BLAEBERRY, _s._ the bilberry.

BLAIDRY, _s._ nonsense; folly; silly talk.

BLAIN, _s._ a mark or blemish left by a wound.

BLAIT, _adj._ bashful; sheepish.

BLAIT-MOUIT, _adj._ sheepish; ashamed to open one's mouth, or speak. _ Ye'r no blait_, you are very forward or impudent--used metaphorically.

BLAITIE-BUM, _s._ a stupid, simple fellow.

BLASH, _s._ a heavy fall of rain.

BLASHY, _adj._ deluging, sweeping away, as in a flood; thin, poor, as applied to broth or soup.

_To_ BLAST, _v. n._ to smoke. _To take a blast_, to take a smoke.

BLATE, BLAIT, _adj._ bashful.

_To_ BLATHER, _v. n._ to talk nonsense; to talk ridiculously.

BLATTER, _s_, a rattling noise, such as that made by a heavy shower of rain or hail.

_To_ BLAW, _v_. to blow.

BLEAR, _s._ to obscure the sight.

BLEARD, _s._ dull of sight; having inflamed eyes.

BLEEZE, _v. n_. milk is said to be bleezed when it has become a little sour.

BLEIB, _s._ a pustule, a blister.

_The_ BLEIBS, _s. pl._ the chicken-pox.

_To_ BLENK, BLINK, _v. n._ to open the eyes as after slumber; to throw a glance of regard.

BLENK, BLINK, _s._ a gleam of light.

BLENT, _s._ a glance as in the quick motions of the eye.

_To_ BLETHER, _v. n._ to stammer, or speak indistinctly, or nonsensically.

BLIN, _adj._ blind.

BLINK. See BLENK.

_To_ BLIRT, _v. n._ to burst out a-crying or weeping.

BLOB, BLAB, _s._ 1. anything circular and turned; 2. a blister.

BLOBBIT, _part. pa._ bloated; blurred; blotched.

BLUBBER, _s._ a bubble of air.

_To_ BLUBBER, _v. a._ to cry, to weep.

BLUE-GOWN, _s._ a pensioner. Formerly all pensioners received a blue gown on the king's birthday.

BLUID, _s._ blood.

BLUIDY, _adj._ bloody; bloodthirsty; covered with gore.

BLUITER, BLUTTER, _v. n._ to make a rumbling noise.

BLUNTIE, _s._ a stupid fellow; a sniveller.

BOAL, BOLE, _s._ a small aperture or press in a house for the reception of small articles; a small opening in a wall for the admission of light or air.

BOB, _s._ a curtsey.

_To_ BOCK, _v. a._ to make a noise with the throat, as persons will frequently do before vomiting.

BOD, BODDY, _s._ a person of diminutive stature.

BODDUM, _s._ bottom.

BODE, BOD, _s._ an offer made prior to a bargain; a proffer.

BODEN, BUDDEN, _v_. offered; proffered.

BODLE, _s._ an old copper coin of the value of two pennies Scots, or third part of a penny English.

BOGILL, BOGLE, _s._ 1. a hobgoblin; a spectre; 2. a scarecrow; any made-up imitation of a spectre.

BOMBILL, BUMBILL, _s._ buzzing noise.

BOMBILL-BEE, _s._ a drone.

BONIE, BONYE, BONNY, _adj._ beautiful; having a fine countenance.

BONIEST, _adj._ the most beautiful.

BOOL, _s._ an ironical name, as applied to an old man.

BOONMOST, _adj._ uppermost.

BOORDLEY, _s._ strong; large; broad; having a manly appearance.

BORDEL, _s._ a brothel.

BOS, BOSS, BOIS, _adj._ hollow.

BOT, BUT, _conj_. but; without anything.

BOTHE, BOOTHE, _s._ a shop made of boards.

BOTHIE, _s. pl._ a cottage; such a one as is occupied generally for the use of servants.

BOTTINGS, BUITINGS, _s._ half boots, or leathern spatterdashes.

BOUCHT, BOUGHT, BUCHT, _s._ a small pen used for milking ewes.

_To_ BOUCHT, BUCHT, _v. a._ to enclose.

BOUK, BUIK, _s._ the trunk of the body; bulk.

BOUKIT, _adj._ bulky, large. _No muckle boukit_, not of much size or dimensions.

BOUN, _adj._ prepared; ready.

BOUR, _s._ the private chamber of a lady in ancient times.

BOURTREE, BOUNTREE, _s._ common elder-tree.

BOW, _s._ a boll; eight pecks.

BOW, _s._ the arch of a bridge; a gateway; a crooked path.

BOWIE, _s._ a small cask or barrel; a milk pail.

BOWSIE, _adj._ crooked; applied to a crooked person, who is called a _bowsie_.

BRACE, _s._ the chimney-piece.

BRACKEN, BRAIKEN, BROCKEN, _s._ the fern.

_To_ BRACK, _v. a._ to break.

BRACKIT, BRACKET, BRUCKIT, _adj._ speckled.

BRAE, _s._ tho side of a hill; an acclivity.

_To_ BRAG, _v. a._ 1. to defy; 2. to reproach.

BRAID, BRADE, _adj._ wide; broad.

BRANDNEW. See BRENTNEW.

BRANDER, _s._ a gridiron.

_To_ BRANDER, _v. n._ to broil.

BRANG, _part. pa._ brought.

BRANKS, _s._ a swelling in the glands of the neck.

BRAT, _s._ a coarse apron.

BRATCHET, BRATCHART, _s._ an opprobrious term, equivalent to _whelp_.

BRAW, BRA, _adj._ fine; gaily-dressed.

BRAWLY, BRAVELY, _adv._ very well.

BRAWS, _s._ fine clothes; a person's best suit.

BRAXY, BRACKS, _s._ a disease in sheep.

BREADBERRY, _s._ pap, used as food for children.

BREAK (_of a hill_,) _s._ a hollow cleft in a hill.

BRECHAME, BRECHEM, _s._ the collar of a horse.

BREE, BRIE, BREW, BROO, _s._ broth; soup.

BRE, BREE, _s._ the eyebrow.

BREEKS, BREIKS, _s._ breeches.

BREER, BREARD, _s._ the first blades of grain which appear above ground.

_To_ BREER, _v. n._ to germinate.

BREID, _s._ breadth.

BRENT, _adj._ high; straight; upright.

BRENTNEW, quite new.

BRIG, BREG, BRYG, _s._ a bridge.

_To_ BRIZE, BIRSE, _v. a._ to bruise; to drive or push.

BROCHAN, _s._ oatmeal boiled to a consistence thicker than gruel.

BROCK, _s._ a badger.

BROCKED, BROCKET, _adj._ streaked and spotted, as a _brockit cow_.

BROCKLIE, _adj._ brittle.

BROD, _s._ a flat piece of wood; a board.

_To_ BROG, _v. a._ to pierce.

BROGUE, _s._ a coarse kind of shoe made of horse leather with the hair on, used by Highlanders.

BROK, _s._ refuse; fragments.

BROO, _s._ broth.

BROONIE, _s._ a spirit supposed to haunt farm-houses, and which, if treated well, performed the duties of the servants while they were sleeping.

BROSE, _s._ a kind of food made by pouring hot water on oatmeal, and mixing them together. _Kail-brose_ is made by substituting broth for water.

BROWST, _s._ the quantity of malt liquor brewed at one time.

BRUGH, BURGH, _s._ a borough; a circular encampment; the hazy circle round the moon.

BRUSE, BROOSE, BRUISE, _v. a._ _To ride the bruise_, to run a race on horseback at country weddings. Metaphorically-- to contend; to strive.

_To_ BRUSH, _v. a._ to rush forth with speed.

BU, BOO, _s._ a sound often made use of to excite terror in children. _Bu-man,_ the devil, or a goblin; an imaginary evil being; a phrase used to keep children in subjection.

BUBBLY, _adj._ snotty.

BUBBLYJOCK, _s._ a turkey-cock.

BUCHT, _s._ a fold; a bending; the fold of a ribbon.

BUCKIE, BUCKY, _s._ any spiral shell.

BUCKIE-INGRAM, _s._ the soldier-crab, _Cancer bernardus_, which always inhabits the shells of other animals.

_To_ BUCKLE, _v. a._ to join together, as in marriage.

BUCKLE-THE-BEGGARS, _s._ a person who marries others in a clandestine manner.

BUCKTOOTH, _s._ a tooth jutting out from the others.

BUFF, _s._ a stroke; nonsense.

BUFFER, _s._ a foolish fellow.

BUFFET, _s._ a blow.

BUFFETS, _s. pl._ swellings in the glands.

BUFFIE, _adj._ swelled; blown up; puffed up.

BUIK, _s._ the body; the chest.

BUIK, BUK, BUKE, _s._ a book.

BUIRDLY, BURDLY, _adj._ large and well-made; stately.

_To_ BULLER, _v. n._ to make a noise like water rushing to and fro in the cavity of a rock.

_To_ BULLIRAG, _v. a._ to abuse; to tease; to rally in contempt; to reproach.

BULYIEMENTS, _s._ habiliments.

_To_ BUM, _v. n._ to make a sound like that of bees; the sound emitted by a bagpipe.

BUMBAZED, _adj._ stupified.

BUMBEE, _s._ the humble bee; a wild bee; a drone.

BUM-CLOCK, _s._ the common flying beetle.

BUN, BUNN, _s._ a cake commonly used at New-Year time, composed of flour, dried fruits, and spices.

_To_ BUNG, _v. n._ to make tipsy.

BUNKER, BUNKART, _s._ a low and long chest, frequently placed in front of a bed in cottages, and used as a press, and also as a seat.

BUNTLING, _s._ a bantling; a bird.

BURD, _s._ a damsel; a lady.

BURDALANE, _s._ used when a person is left solitary, as a child the inmate of a strange family.

BURDE, BOORD, _s._ a table; a board.

BURIAN, _s._ a tumulus; a mound of earth.

BURLAW, BYRLAW, BIRLEY, _s._ a court consisting of country neighbours who settle local disputes, etc.

BURLY, _s._ a crowd; a brawl.

BURN, _s._ a small stream; a rivulet. _Burnie, burny_, is used as the diminutive of burn.

BURR, BURRH, _s._ persons are said to have the burr who pronounce the letter _r_ with a whirring sound, as the Northumbrians.

BURSIN, BURSTEN, _part. pa._ burst; overpowered with fatigue.

_To_ BUSK, _v. a._ to dress; to attire.

BUT, _prep_, without; towards the outer apartment of a house, or kitchen.

BUTER, BUTTER, _s._ the bittern.

BYGANES, _s._ what is past; used in quarrels, as, _Let byganes be byganes_; let what is past be past.

BYRE, _s._ a cow-house.

BY-RUNIS, _s. pl._ arrears; past debts.

BYSPRINT, _part. pa._ besprinkled.

BYSSYM, BISSOM, _s._ an unworthy female.

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_To_ CA, _v. a._ to call; to strike; to drive.

_To_ CAB, _v. a._ to pilfer.

CABBACK. See KEBBUCK.

CADDIS, _s._ lint for dressing a wound.

CADIE, _s._ an errand-runner; a carrier of parcels.

CAFF, _s._ chaff.

CAIGIE, _s._ wanton.

CAIGIELY, _adv._ cheerfully; wantonly.

CAIK, _s._ a flat cake made of oatmeal.

_To_ CAIKLE, _v. a._ to make a noise like a hen.

CAIRD, _s._ a gipsy; a travelling tinker.

CAIP, CAPE, _s._ the highest part of anything.

CAIRN, _s._ a conical heap of stones.

CAIR-WEEDS, _s._ mourning weeds.

CALD, CAULD, _s._ cold.

CALLAN, CALLANT, _s._ a stripling.

CALLER, _adj._ cool; refreshing.

CALLOT, _s._ a cap for a woman's head.

CALM-SOUGH, to say little.

CALSAY, CAWSAY, _s._ a causeway street; that part of a street which is bounded by the flags.

CAM, _pret_. came.

CAM-NOSED, _adj._ hook-nosed.

CAMPY, _adj._ bold; brave.

CAMSHAUCHEL'D, _part. adj_. distorted.

CAMSTERIE, CAMSTAIRIE, _adj._ unmanageable; perverse.

CANE, KAIN, _s._ a duty paid by a tenant of land to the owners in kind.

CANKERT, _adj._ ill-tempered; cross.

CANN, CAN, _s._ skill; knowledge; acquirements.

CANNA, CANNAE, cannot.

CANNIE, KANNIE, _adj._ cautious; prudent.

CANNILY, _adv._ prudently; cautiously.

CANTY, _adj._ cheerful; lively.

CANTEL, _s._ the crown of the head.

CANTRAP, _s._ an incantation; a spell; mischief artfully performed.

CAP, _v. n._ to crown; to surmount.

CAP, KAP, _s._ a wooden bowl.

CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALYEANE, _s._ the wood-grouse or cock of the wood, _Tetrao urogallus_ (Linn.)

CAPERNOITED, _adj._ peevish; irritable; crabbed; snappish.

CARDINAL, _s._ a long cloak worn by women, generally those of a red colour, and commonly provided with a hood.

CAR-HANDED, _adv._ left-handed.

CARL, CAIRLE, CARLL, _s._ an old man.

CARLIE, _s._ a diminutive man.

CARLIN, _s._ an old woman.

CARLINS-E'EN, _s._ the last night of the year.

CARLISH, _s._ boorish; clownish.

CARRITCH, CARITCH, _s._ the catechism.

_To_ CARP, _v. a._ to contend.

CARSE, KERSS, _s._ a low and fertile tract of land adjacent to a river.

CASTOCK, CASTACK, _s._ the stalk or inner core of cabbage or greens.

_To_ CAST-OUT, _v. n._ to quarrel.

_To_ CAST-UP, _v. a._ to upbraid; to throw in one's teeth.

CATCHY, _adj._ ready to take advantage of another.

CATTLE-RAIK, _s._ a common on which cattle are fed; the feeding range of cattle.

CATWITTIT, _adj._ harebrained; unsettled.

CAUDRON, _s._ a chaldron.

CAULD, _s._ cold.

CAULDRIFE, _adj._ susceptible ofcold.

CAULD-STEER, _s._ sour milk and oatmeal stirred together.

CAUSE, _conj._ because.

CAUSEY, CAUSAY, _s._ a street.

CAUTION, _s._ surety.

CAUTIONER, _s._ a surety.

CAVIE, _s._ a hencoop.

_To_ CA', _v. a._ to drive.

_To_ CAWK, _v. a._ to chalk.

CAWKER, _s._ a dram; a glass of any spirits.

CERTIS. _Certis, ye're a fine ane!_ You are indeed a good one--(ironically.)

CHACK, CHECK, _s._ a slight repast.

CHAFTS, _s._ the chops.

CHAFT-BLADE, _s._ jaw-bone.

_To_ CHAK, _v. a._ to check.

CHAKIL, _s._ the wrist.

CHALMER, _s._ a chamber.

_To_ CHAMP, _v. a._ to mash; to chop.

CHANCY, _adj._ fortunate; happy.

CHANNEL, _s._ gravel.

CHAP, _s._ a fellow.

_To_ CHAP, _v. n._ to strike with a hammer or any other instrument, or with a stone.

CHAPIN, _s._ a quart.

CHAPMAN, _s._ a pedlar.

CHAUDMELLE', _s._ a sudden broil or quarrel.

_To_ CHAW, _v. a._ to gnaw; to fret.

CHEEK-BLADE, _s._ cheek-bone.

CHEIP, CHEPE, _v. n._ to chirp, as young birds do.

CHEK, _s._ the cheek; the side of a door.

CHESS, _s._ the frame of wood for a window.

CHESWELL, _s._ a cheese-vat.

CHEVERON, _s._ armour for the head of a horse.

CHIEL, CHIELD, _s._ a fellow; a stripling.

CHILD, CHYLD, _s._ a page; a servant.

CHILDER, _s. pl._ children.

CHIMLEY, _s._ a grate; a chimney.

CHIMLEY-BRACE, _s._ the mantelpiece.

CHIMLEY-LUG, _s._ the fireside.

_To_ CHIRK, CHORK, _v. n._ to grind the teeth in a noisy manner.

_To_ CHIRME, _v. a._ the soft warbling of a bird.

_To_ CHITTER, _v. n._ to shiver.

CHOUKS, _s._ the glandular parts under the jaw-bones.

CHOWS, _s._ small bits of coal.

CHUCKIE, _s._ a hen.

CHUCKIE-STANE, _s._ a small pebble.

CLACK, _s._ the clapper of a mill.

CLAES, CLAISE, _s. pl._ clothes.

CLAG, CLAGG, _s._ an incumbrance.

CLAGGY, _adj._ adhesive; unctuous.

CLAIK, _v. n._ to make a clacking noise like a hen.

CLAIRGY, _s._ clergy.

CLAITH, CLAYTH, _s._ cloth.

_To_ CLAIVER, CLAVER, _v. a._ to talk idly.

CLAM-SHELL, _s._ a scallop shell.

CLAMJAMPHRY, _s. pl._ low acquaintances; not respectable.

CLAMP, _s._ a heavy footstep.

CLAP, _s._ a stroke.

CLAP O' THE HASS, the uvula of the throat.

CLARTS, _s. pl._ dirt; smell.

CLARTY, _adj._ dirty or foul.

_To_ CLASH, _v. n._ to talk idly.

_To_ CLAT, _v. a._ to rake anything together.

CLAT, _s._ a rake or hoe.

CLATCH, _s._ thick mud.

_To_ CLATTER, _v. a._ to tell tales; to tittle-tattle.

CLAUGHT, _pret._ laid hold of suddenly or eagerly.

_To_ CLAVER, _v. a._ to talk in an idle or nonsensical manner.

CLAVER, _s._ clover.

_To_ CLAW, _v. a._ to scratch.

CLECKIN, _s. pl._ a brood of birds.

CLECKIN-BROD, _s._ a battledoor.

_To_ CLEED, _v. a._ to clothe.

CLEG, GLEG, _s._ a gad-fly; a horsefly.

_To_ CLEIK, CLEEK, _v. a._ to catch with a hooked instrument.

CLEIK, CLEEK, _s._ an iron hook.

CLEIKY, _adj._ ready to take advantage.

CLEUCH, CLEUGH, _s._ a precipice; a steep rocky ascent; a strait hollow between two steep banks.

_To_ CLEW, _v. a._ to stop a hole by compressing.

CLICK-CLACK, _s._ uninterrupted talking.

CLINK, _s._ a smart blow; money.

CLIPPIE, _s._ very talkative; generally applied to a female.

CLISH-CLASH, _s._ idle discourse.

CLISHMACLAVER, _s._ idle nonsensical talk.

CLITTER-CLATTER, _s._ idle talk carried from one to another.

_To_ CLOCHER _v. n._ to cough.

_To_ CLOCK, CLOK, _v. n._ to chuck; to call chickens together.

CLOIT, _s._ a clown; a stupid fellow.

_To_ CLOIT, _v. n._ to fall heavily, or suddenly.

CLOITERY, _s._ tripe; dirty work.

CLOOT, CLUTE, _s._ a hoof.

CLOSE, _s._ a passage; an entry.

_To_ CLOUR, _v. a._ to dimple.

CLOUSE, _s._ a sluice.

_To_ CLOUT, _v. a._ to patch; to mend.

CLOUT, _s._ cuff; a blow.

CLUF, CLUIF, _s._ a hoof.

CLUMP, _s._ a heavy inactive fellow.

CLUTE, _s._ a hoof.

COBLE, _s._ a small boat, such as is used by fishermen.

COCKERNONNY, _s._ the hair of a female gathered in a knot.

COCKLAIRD, _s._ a landowner who cultivates all his own estate.

COD, _s._ a pillow.

COFF, COFFE, _v. a._ to buy; to purchase.

COFT, _pret._ and _part._ of purchased or bought.

COG, COAG, COGUE, _s._ a wooden basin.

_To_ COGLE, _v. a._ to move anything from side to side, as a boat in the water.

COLLIE, COLLEY, _s._ a shepherd's dog; a lounger.

COLLIESHANGIE, _s._ a squabble, an uproar.

COMMONTIE, _s._ a common; a community.

_To_ COMPEAR, _v. a._ to appear.

COMPLIMENT, _s._ a present.

CONYNG, _s._ knowledge.

COODIE, CUDIE, _s._ a small tub.

COOF, CUFE, _s._ a dastardly silly fellow.

COORIN, _v. n._ crest-fallen; timid.

CORBIE, CORBY, _s._ a raven.

CORP, _s._ a corpse; a dead body.

CORRIE, _s._ a hollow in a hill.

CORS, CORSE, _s._ the market-place or cross.

COSH, _s._ neat; quiet.

COSIE, COZIE, _adj._ warm; snug, well-sheltered.

COTTAR, COTTER, _s._ a person who inhabits a cottage.

_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ to exchange; to deal; to fall; to upset.

COUPER, _s._ a dealer.

COUPLE, _s._ a rafter.

COUR, _v. n._ to stoop; to crouch.

COUT, _s._ a young horse.

COUTH, COUTHY, _adj._ affable; facetious; affectionate; pleasant.

COVE, _s._ a cave.

COW, KOW, _s._ a besom made of broom.

COWE, _v. n._ to beat; to overcome.

_To_ COW _v. a._ to poll the head; to cut; to prune; to damp or frighten.

COWIT, _part. pr._. docked closely; cut; having short hair.

COWSHOT, CUSHIT, _s._ the ringdove.

_To_ CRACK, _v. a._ to talk.

CRAFT, _s._ a piece of ground adjoining a house.

CRAG, CRAGE, CRAIG, _s._ the neck; the throat. CRAIG, _s._ a rock; a precipice.

_To_ CRAIK, _v.n_. the cry of a hen after laying.

CRANCH, _v. n._ the sound made by an animal in eating bones or other hard substances. CRAP, _s._ a crop, the produce of the soil; the craw of a fowl; the highest part of anything.

_To_ CRAW, _s._ to crow; to boast.

CRAW, _s._ a crow. CREEK _of day_, dawn; the first appearance of morning.

CREEPY, _s._ a low stool.

_To_ CREEP-IN, _v. n._ to shrink.

CREIL, CREEL, _s._ an osier basket.

CREISH, _s._ grease.

_To_ CREISH-A-LUFE, _v. a._ to give money as a bribe or recompense.

CRINCH, _s._ a very small bit of anything.

_To_ CRINCH, _v. a._ to grind with the teeth.

_To_ CRINE, CROYNE, CRYNE, _v. n._ to shrivel; to shrink.

CROK, _s._ a dwarf. CRONEY, _s._ a companion.

CROUS, CROUSE, _adj._ brisk; brave; speeding courage.

CROWDIE, _s._ meal and water in a cold state, or sometimes meal and milk, or cream.

CRUDS, _s._ curds.

CRUELS, _s._ the king's evil; scroula.

CRUMMIE, CRUMMOCK, _s._ a cow.

CRUNE, CROON, _s._ a moaning sound.

CRUSIE, _s._ a lamp, properly one made of malleable iron, and suspended by a handle or wire.

_To_ CRY, _v. a._ to proclaim the banns of marriage in church.

CRYING, _s._ childbirth.

CUD, _s._ a club; a strong staff.

_To_ CUDDLE, _v. a._ to embrace.

CUDDIE, _s._ an ass.

CUFE, _s._ a simpleton.

CUFF-O'-THE-NECK, the back part of the neck.

CUMMAR, KIMMER, _s._ a young woman.

CUNING, CUNNIE, _s._ a rabbit.

_To_ CURFUFFLE, _v. a._ to discompose.

_To_ CURL, a game, to throw or force a flat-bottomed stone along the surface of ice.

CURLING, _s._ a game in which stones are pushed along ice.

CURPLE, _s._ a crupper.

CURRAN, CURN, KURN, _s._ a few; indefinite number.

CURUNDDOCH, CURCUDDY, _s._ a dance among children, in which they sit down on their houghs, and hop round, in different directions.

CUSCHETTE, _s._ a ringdove.

CUTE, COOT, _s._ the ankle.

CUTIKINS, _s. pl._ spatterdashes.

CUTTY, _s._ a wanton immoral young woman.

CUTTY, CUTTIE, _adj._ short.

CUTTY-STOOL, _s._ a low stool; the stool of repentance.

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_To_ DAB, DAUB, _v. a._ to peck, as birds do with their bills.

DAD, DADDIE, _s._ father.

_To_ DAD, DAUD, _s._ to beat.

_To_ DADDLE, DAIDLE, _v. a._ to do anything slowly.

DADDLIE, _s._ a larger sort of bib.

_To_ DAFF, _v. n._ to sport; to romp.

DAFFIN', _s._ gaiety; sporting; diversion.

DAFT, _adj._ delirious; stupid.

DAFT-LIKE, _adj._ foolish-looking; silly-like.

DAFT-DAYS, the Christmas holidays.

DAG, _s._ a gentle shower.

_To_ DAG, _v. a._ to rain gently.

DAIGH, _s._ dough.

DAINTITH, _s._ a dainty.

DAINTY, _adj._ pleasant; good-humoured; worthy; excellent.

DAIVERED, _adj._ dull; stupid; wanting apprehension.

DALL, _s._ a doll.

DAMBROD, _s._ a draft-board.

_To_ DANCE, _his or her lane_, a phrase used to signify sudden and great rage, or joy at any news.

_To_ DANDER, _v. n._ to wander slowly; to roam.

DANDERS, _s. pl._ the hard refuse of a smithy fire.

DANG, the _pret._ of ding.

DARKLINS, _adv._ in the dark; hidden; sly.

_To_ DASE, DAISE, _v. a._ to stupify; to benumb.

DAW, DA, _s._ a sluggard; appropriated to a female, a drab.

_To_ DAW, _v. n._ to dawn.

DAWDIE, _s._ a dirty slovenly female.

_To_ DAWT, DAUT, to fondle; to caress; pet; to dote upon.

DAWTIE, _s._ a favourite; a darling.

DAWTIT, _part. pa._ doted; fondled; caressed.

DAYWERK, DAWERK, _s._ a day's work.

_To_ DEE, _v. n._ to die.

DEAN, DEN, _s._ hollow with sloping banks on both sides; a small valley.

_To_ DEAVE, DEEVE, _v. n._ to deafen.

DEDE-THRAW, _s._ in the agonies of death.

DEED-DAIL, _s._ the board on which the dead are laid before being coffined.

'DEED, _adj._ indeed.

DEEIN', _v. n._ dying.

DEEVIL, _s._ the devil.

DEIL, DEEL, _s._ the devil.

DEIL'S-BUCKIE, _s._ a wicked imp.

DEIS, _s._ the upper part of a hall, where the floor was raised, and a canopy erected over it, as for festivals, etc.

DELIERET, _adj._ delirious.

_To_ DEMENT, _v. n._ to deprive of reason.

DEMENTED, _adj._ insane; unsettled in mind; crazy.

DEN, _s._ a hollow in a hill or mountain.

_To_ DEPONE, _v. n._ to testify on oath.

_To_ DEVALL, DEVALD, _s._ to cease; to intermit.

_To_ DEVE, _v. n._ to stupify with a noise.

DEUCHANDORACH, DEUCHANDORIS, _s._ a drink taken at the door before departing.

DICHT, DYCHT, _v._ to wipe.

DIDNA, did not.

DIKE, DYKE, _s._ a wall either of mud or stones.

DING, _v. a._ to beat; to drive.

DINNA, do not.

_To_ DINLE, _v. n._ to tremble.

DIRD, _s._ a stroke.

DIRDUM, _s._ an uproar.

DIRK, a dagger.

_To_ DIRLE, _v. a._ to tingle.

DIRL, _s._ a vibration.

DIRT, _s._ excrement.

DIRTIN, _adj._ mean; shabby; contemptible.

DISNA, DOESNA, does not.

DISJASKET, _part. pa._ having a dejected or downcast look.

_To_ DISPARAGE, _v. n._ to despise on account of want of rank.

_To_ DISPLENISH, _v. a._ to disfurnish.

DIV, _v. a._ do. _I div_, I do.

DIVET, DIFFAT, DIVOT, _s._ a thin oblong turf used for covering cottages and mud walls.

DIZEN, _s._ dozen.

DOCHTER, DOUGHTYR, _s._ daughter.

DOCKEN, DOKEN, _s._ the dock; an herb.

DODDY, DADDIT, _adj._ destitute of horns; bald.

DOGGIT, _adj._ stubborn.

DOIN, _v. n._ doing.

DOITIT, DOITED, _adj._ stupid lack of mental activity.

DOIT, _s._ a small copper coin, long in disuse.

DOIT, _s._ a fool; a numskull.

DOMINIE, _s._ a schoolmaster; a pedagogue; a contemptuous name for a clergyman.

DONNARD, DONNART, _adj._ stupid.

DOOCK, DUCK, _s._ a strong coarse cloth used for sails, etc.

_To_ DOODLE, _v. a._ to dandle; to fondle.

DOOF, _s._ a stupid silly fellow.

DOOKIT, _s._ a dovecot or pigeon-house.

_To_ DOOK, DOUK, _v. n._ to bathe; to duck.

DOOL, _s._ grief; sorrow.

DOON, DOUN, _s._ down.

DOOT, _s._ doubt.

DORT, _s._ pet.

_To_ DORT, _v. n._ to pet.

DORTY, _adj._ pettish.

DOTTAR, _s._ become stupid from age.

DOUCE, DOUSE, _s._ sedate; quiet.

DOUF, _s._ a stupid fellow.

DOUF, DOLF, _s._ destitute of courage.

DOUKED, _v. n._ bathed; wetted.

DOUNGEOUN, _s._ the strongest or chief tower belonging to a fortress.

DOUP, _s._ the buttocks; the bottom of anything.

DOUR, _adj._ stubborn; inflexible; obstinate.

_To_ DOUSE, _v. a._ to beat; to maltreat.

DOUSE, _adj._ solid; sedate.

DOUSS, _s._ a blow; a stroke.

_To_ DOVER, _v. n._ to slumber.

DOW, DOO, _s._ a dove; a pigeon.

_To_ DOW, _v. n._ to fade; to wither; to lose freshness.

DOWCATE, DUKET, _s._ a dovecot.

DOWNCOME, _adj._ the act of descending.

DOWY, DOWIE, _adj._ dull; downcast; sorrowful.

DOZEND, DOSEND, _s._ stupified; benumbed.

_To_ DRABLE, DRAIBLE, _v. a._ to slabber; to befoul.

DRAFF, _s._ the refuse of grain after being distilled or brewed.

DRAGON, _s._ a paper kite.

_To_ DRAIGLE, _v. a._ to bespatter.

DRAMOCK, _s._ a mixture of meal and water in a raw state.

DRAP, _s._ a drop.

DRAVE, _s._ a drove of cattle.

_To_ DREEL, _v. n._ to move quickly.

DREGY, DERGY, _s._ the compotations after a funeral.

DREICH, DREECH, _adj._ slow; tedious.

DRIBBLE, _s._ a very small drop.

_To_ DROUK, _v. a._ to drench.

DROIC, _s._ a dwarf.

DROUTH, _s._ drought; thirst.

DRUMLY, DRUMLIE, _adj._ troubled.

DRUNT, _s._ to be in a sour, pettish humour.

DUB, _s._ a small pool of water, generally applied to those produced by rain.

DUD, _s._ a rag; a dish-clout.

DUDDY, _adj._ ragged.

DUKE, _s._ a duck.

DULE, _s._ grief.

_To_ DULE, _v. n._ to grieve.

DUMBIE, DUMMIE, _s._ a dumb person.

_To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ to stupify; to confuse; to confound.

DUMPY, _adj._ short and thick.

DUN, _s._ a hill; an eminence.

_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ to jog; to push with the elbow or fist.

DUNDERHEAD, _s._ a blockhead.

_To_ DUNT, _v. a._ to strike, so as to produce a dull hollow sound.

DURK, DIRK, _s._ a dagger.

DUST, _s._ a tumult.

DWALM, DWAUM, _s._ a swoon; a sudden fit of sickness.

DWINING, _s._ a declining consumption.

_To_ DWYNE, _s._ to pine.

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EARN, _s._ an eagle.

_To_ EARN, YEARN, _v._ to coagulate.

EASING, _s. pl._ the eaves of a house.

EASTLIN, _adj._ easterly.

EBB, _adj._ shallow.

EE, _s._ an eye.

EEN, _s. pl._ the eyes.

EE-SWEET, _adj._ agreeable or pleasing to the sight.

EERIE, _adj._ dull; lonely.

EFTERHEND, _adv._ afterwards.

EIDENT, _adj._ diligent; industrious.

EIK, EKE, _adj._ an addition.

_To_ EIK, _v. n._ to add to anything.

EIZEL, _s._ a hot ember.

ELBECK, ELBUCK, _s._ elbow.

ELD, _adj._ old.

ELEVEN-HOURS, _s._ a luncheon.

ELDERS, _s. pl._ the members of the kirk-session among Presbyterians.

ELS, _adv._ already.

ELSYN, ELSHYN, _s._ an awl.

ELVES, _s. pl._ fairies.

ELWAND, ELNWAND, _s._ a rod for measuring, an ell in length.

EMBRO', _s._ Edinburgh.

EMERANT, _s._ emerald.

ENEUCH, ENEUGH, _s._ enough.

ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, _s._ earth; soil or ground.

_To_ ERD, YERD, _v. a._ to inter.

ERDDIN, YIRDIN, _s._ an earthquake.

ERLIS, EARLES, _s._ earnest.

ERSE, _s._ Gaelic or Celtic, the language of the Highlanders of Scotland.

ERY, EIRY, EERIE, _adj._ affected with fear.

ESK, _s._ a newt or lizard.

_To_ ETTIL, _v. n._ to aim at.

_To_ EVEN, _v. a._ to level.

EVENDOUN, _adj._ perpendicular.

EVIRLY, _adv._ continually; constantly.

EVINLY, _adj._ equally.

_To_ EXCAMB, _v. a._ to exchange.

_To_ EXPONE, _v. n._ to explain.

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FA, FAE, _s._ foe.

FA', _s._ fall.

FAIL, FALE, FEAL, _s._ a grassy turf; a sod.

FAIL-DYKE, _s._ a wall built of sods.

_To_ FAIRLY, FERLEY, _v. n._ to wonder.

FAIRNTICKL'D, _adj._ freckled.

FALD, FAULD, _s._ a sheepfold.

FAME, FAIM, _s._ foam.

FAND, _pret._ found; felt.

FARD, _adj._ _Weel-fard_, well-favoured; well-looking.

FARLE, _s._ the fourth part of a thin cake of oat or other meal.

FARRAND, FARRANT, _adj._ seeming; _Auld-farrand_, sagacious; _Fair-farrand_, _Weel-farrand_, having a goodly appearance.

_To_ FASCH, FASH, _v. a._ to trouble.

FASCHEOUS, _adj._ troublesome; difficult.

FAUCHT, _pret._ fought.

_To_ FAW, FA', _v. a._ to obtain.

FAY, _s._ faith.

FE, FEE, _s._ wages.

FEALE, _adj._ loyal; faithful; true.

_To_ FECHT, _v. a._ 1. to fight; 2. to toil.

FECK, FEK, _s._ 1. quantity; number; 2. the greater part.

FECKLESS, _adj._ weak.

_To_ FEE, _v. a._ to hire.

FEENT, not any; not one.

FEENICHIN, _adj._ triflingly foppish.

FEEZE, _v. a._ to twist.

FEIGH, FEECH, _interj._ fy!

_To_ FEIKLE, FICKLE, _v. a._ to puzzle.

_To_ FELL, _adj._ to kill; to murder.

_To_ FEND, FEN, _v. a._ to shift.

FERLIE, FAIRLIE, _s._ a wonder.

FETTEL, FETTLE, _s._ power; energy.

FEU, FEW, _s._ a possession held on payment of a certain yearly rent, the same as a chief-rent in England.

FEYKIE, _adj._ troublesome.

To FICKE, FYKE, v. n._ to be in a restless state.

FIDDLING, _adj._ trifling, although apparently busy.

FIDGING, _v. n._ itching.

To FILE, FYLE, _v. a._ to dirty or sully.

FILIBEG, _s._ a kilt or short petticoat, reaching a little way above the knee-cap (_patella_), and worn by the men in the Highlands instead of breeches.

FILL, _s._ full.

FILLAT, FILLET, _s._ the flank of an animal.

FILLER, _s._ a funnel.

To FIND, FIN, _v. a._ to feel.

FIREFLAUCHT, _s._ lightning.

FIRLOT, _s._ the fourth part of a boll.

FIRTH, _s._ an estuary.

To FISSLE, _v. n._ to rustle.

FIXFAX, _s._ the tendon of the neck of cattle or sheep.

To FIZZ, _v. n._ to make a hissing noise.

To FLAF, _v. n._ to flap.

FLAT, _s._ a floor of a house.

FLEE, _s._ a fly.

FLEEIN, _v. a._ flying.

To FLEG, _v. n._ to affright, to frighten.

To FLEISH, FLEITCH, _v. a._ to wheedle.

FRENDRIS, FLINDERS, _s. pl._ splinters.

FLIPE, FLYPE, _v. a._ to turn a stocking or glove inside out.

To FLISK, _v. a._ to skip; to caper.

FLIT, _s._ to transport.

To FLIT, _v. n._ to remove from one house to another.

FLOURISH, _s._ blossom.

FLUNKIE, _s._ a servant in livery.

FLUSTER, _s._ bustle; confusion.

To FLUTHER, _v. n._ to be in a bustle.

FLYTE, _v. n._ to scold.

FOG, _s._ moss.

FOISON, FUSHIOUN, _s._ strength, ability.

FOISIONLESS, _adj._ weak in intellect; weak in body.

FOK, _s. pl._ folk.

FOOL, _s. a._ a fowl.

FOR, _conj._ because.

FORAT, _adv._ forward.

FORBEARIS, _s. pl._ ancestors.

FORBY, _adj._ besides.

FORE, _prep_, priority; to the fore; still remaining.

FOREFOUCHT, FORFOUCHTEN, _adj._ exhausted with fighting.

FORGANE, FOREGAINST, _prep._ opposite.

To FORGATHER, _v. n._ to meet accidentally.

FORGIE, _v. a._ to forgive.

FORJESKET, _p. pa._ jaded; fatigued.

FORNENT, _prep._ opposite.

FORPET, _s._ the fourth part of a peck.

FORRAY, _s._ a predatory excursion.

To FORSTA, _v. a._ to understand.

FOUL, _adj._ wet, rainy.

FOUMARTE, _s._ a polecat.

FOURHOURS, _s._ tea; four o'clock being the old hour at which that meal was taken in early times.

FOUTRE, _s._ a term expressive of the greatest contempt.

FOW, FU, FOO, _s._ full; drunk.

FOY, _s._ an entertainment given by or to a person before leaving home, or where he has been some time on a visit.

FOZY, _adj._ spongy; porous.

FRACTIOUS, _adj._ fretful; peevish.

FRAE, _prep._ from.

FREND, FREEN, FREEND, _s._ a relation.

FRESH, _s._ a slight flood after rain.

FREY, _s._ a tumult; a fray.

FUD, _s._ the tail of a hare or rabbit.

FUGIE, _s._ a coward.

To FUNK, _v. a._ to strike or kick behind, like a horse. _In a funk,_ in a bad humour.

FUR, FURE, _s._ a furrow.

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_To_ GA, GAE, _v. n._ to go.

GAB, _s._ the mouth.

GABBY, _adj._ fluency or speech.

_To_ GAB, _v. n._ to prate; to mock.

GABERLUNGIE, GABERLUNZIE, _s._ a wallet that hangs by the loins, such as is often used by beggars.

GAED, GAID, _pret_. went.

_To_ GAFFAW, _v. n._ laugh loud.

GAISLINE, _s._ a gosling, a young-goose.

GAIST, _s._ a ghost.

GAIT, GATE, _s._ a way; a street.

GAIT, _s._ a goat.

GANE, _part. pa._ gone.

_To_ GANG, _pret_. to go; to walk, in opposition to riding.

GANGIN, _v. a._ going.

_To_ GANT, GAUNT, _v. n._ to yawn.

GAPUS, _s._ a fool; a silly fellow.

_To_ GAR, _v. a._ to make; to cause; to force.

GARRIN, _v. a._ making.

GARRON, GERRON, _s._ a small horse.

GART, GERT, _pret. of_ made.

GART, _pret. of_ Gar.

GARTEN, _s._ a garter.

_To_ GASH, _v. n._ to talk much and confidently; pert, insolent talking.

GASH-GABBIT, _s._ with a projecting under-jaw.

GATE, _s._ road.

GAUCY, GAWSY, _s._ plump; jolly.

GAUCKIT, _adj._ stupid.

GAVEL, GAWL, _s._ the gable of a house.

_To_ GAW, _v. n._ to gall.

GAWD, _s._ a goad.

GAWKIE, GAWKY, _s._ a foolish gaping person.

GAWKIT, _adj._ foolish; giddy.

GAWN, _pret. of_ going.

GEAN, GEEN, _s._ a wild cherry.

GEAR, GERE, GEIR, _s._ goods.

GEAT, GETT, _s._ a child.

GEBBIE, _s._ the crop of a fowl.

GEE, pettish. _To tak the gee_, to become unmanageable.

GEY, GAY, _adj._ tolerable; pretty much. _A gey wheen_, a considerable number.

GEILY, GEYLIES, _adj._ pretty well.

GENTY, _adj._ neat; genteel-looking; neatly formed.

GEORDIE, _s._ George.

GERS, GYRS, _s._ grass.

GEYEN, GEISIN, GIZZEN, _v. a._ to become leaky for want of moisture.

GIBBLE-GABBLE, _s._ noisy confused talk among a party.

GIBE, _v. n._ to tease; to taunt.

GIE, _v. a._ to give.

GIEN, _pret. of_ given.

GIF, GYVE, _conj_. if.

GIFF-GAFF, _s._ mutual giving.

GILLIE, _s._ a page or attendant.

GILLIEPAGUS, _s._ a fool; a silly fellow.

GILPY, _s._ a roguish boy or frolicsome girl.

GILSE, _s._ a young salmon.

GIMMER, _s._ a ewe two years old.

GIMP, GYMP, JIMP, _adj._ slim; delicate; scanty.

GIMPLY, JIMPLY, _adv._ scarcely.

GIN, _conj_. if.

GIR, GIRD, GYRD, _s._ a hoop.

GIRDLE, _s._ a circular plate of malleable iron with a handle, for toasting oaten bread, etc., over a fire.

_To_ GIRN, _s._ to grin.

GIRN, _s._ a snare for catching birds.

GIRNALL, GIRNELL, _s._ a large chest for holding meal.

GITE, _s._ crazy.

GLAIKIT, _adj._ light; giddy.

GLAMER, GLAMOUR, _s._ gipsies were formerly supposed capable of casting a charm over the eyes of persons, and thus making them see objects differently from what they really were. _Cast the glamer o'er her_, caused deception of sight.

GLAR, GLAUR, _s._ mud; mire.

_To_ GLAUM, _v. a._ to grasp anything greedily.

GLAYMORE, _s._ a two-handed sword.

GLED, _s._ the kite, a bird of the hawk kind.