Chapter VII: Part 7

TOOT, TOUT, _s._ the blast of a horn or bugle.

TOOTHFU', _s._ a moderate quantity of strong drink.

TOSCH, TOSH, TOSHE, _adj._ neat; trim.

TOT, _s._ a term of endearment used to a child.

TOUSIE, TOWSIE, _adj._ disordered; shaggy; rough.

_To_ TOUSLE, _v. a._ to pull at; to put in disorder, as tearing at a girl in sport or rough dalliance.

TOUT, _s._ a copious draught.

TOW, _s._ a rope of any kind.

TOWMONT, TOWMOND, _s._ a year.

TOY, _s._ a woollen or linen headdress worn by women of the lower orders, with the lower part hanging down to the shoulders.

_To_ TOYTE, TOT, _v. n._ to totter as in childhood or old age.

TRAIST, TRYSTE, _s._ an appointed meeting.

TRAM, _s._ the shaft of a cart or carriage.

_To_ TRAMP, _v. a._ to tread with vigour; to walk, as opposed to riding.

TRANCE, _s._ a passage within a house leading from one part to another.

_To_ TRANSMUGRIFY, _v. a._ to transform; to transmute; to change in appearance.

TRAWART, _adj._ perverse.

TREWS, _s. pl._ trowsers.

TRIG, _adj._ neat.

_To_ TRIM, _v. a._ to drub.

_To_ TROKE, _v. a._ to bargain in the way of exchange; to barter.

TROTTERS, _s. pl._ sheep's feet.

_To_ TROW, TREW, _v. a._ to believe.

TROWTH, _s._ truth; belief.

TRUE-BLUE, _s._ an epithet applied to rigid Presbyterians, in allusion to the colour of the cockad worn by the Covenanters.

TRUMPH, _s._ the trump at cards.

TRUNSCHEOUN, _s._ a plate; a trencher.

TRYSTING-PLACE, _s._ a place of meeting previously agreed on.

TUCK, _s. tuck of drum_, beat of drum.

TUILYIE, TOOLYIE, _s._ a quarrel; a broil.

_To_ TUME, _v. a._ to empty.

TUP, _s._ a ram; a foolish, stupid fellow.

TUTTIE-TUTTIE, _interj_. pshaw!

TWAL, _adj._ twelve.

TWA-TIIREE, _s. pl._ a few in number.

_To_ TWIN, TWYNE, _v. n._ to separate.

TWOPENNY, _s._ small beer.

TYDY, TYDIE, _adj._ neat; clean in person or house.

TYRE-CAP, _s. a hat of tyre_; part of the dress of Bruce at Bannockburn.

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UNCANNY, _adj._ unsafe; as having supernatural powers.

UNCHANCY, _adj._ unlucky.

UNCO, _adj._ strange; unknown; very much.

UNCOFT, _adj._ unbought.

ULIE, _s._ oil.

UMAN, _pron_. woman.

UMBRE, _s._ shade.

UNREASON, _adj._ disorder.

UNRYCHT, _s._ injustice; iniquity.

UNSICKKIR, UNSICKER, _adj._ not secure.

UNTILL, _prep._ unto.

UPPISH, _adj._ aspiring; ambitious.

UPTAK, _s._ uptaking; apprehension.

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_To_ VAIG, _v. n._ to wander; to roam.

VALISES, _s. pl_ saddlebags.

VARLOT, VERLOT, _s._ an inferior servant.

VAUNTY, _adj._ boastful.

VENT, _s._ a chimney.

VIRLE, _s._ a ferule.

VOGIE, VOKIE, _adj._ merry; cheerful.

VOUT, _s._ a vault.

VOW, WOU! _interj_. expressive of admiration, somewhat equivalent to Oh!

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WA, WAY, WAE, _s._ wo; grief.

_To_ WACHLE, _v. n._ to move backwards and forwards.

WADDS, _s. pl._ pledges used in youthful amusement.

WADSETTER, _s._ one who holds the property of another.

WAFF, _adj._ worthless in conduct; ill-dressed.

WAFFIE, _s._ a vagabond.

WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, _s._ the woof in a web.

WAGANG, WAYGANG. _s._ a departure.

_To_ WAIGLE, WEIGLE, _v. n._ to waddle; to waggle.

_To_ WAIK, _v. a._ to watch.

WAIR, _v. a._ to spend.

WAKERIFE, _adj._ watchful.

WALD, _v. aux_. would.

_To_ WALE, _v. a._ to select; to pick; to choose.

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

_To_ WALLOW, _v. n._ to be immersed or rolling in anything.

WALY! WALLY! _inter j_. expressive of lamentation.

WAMBE, WAME, _s._ the belly.

_To_ WAMBLE, WAUMBLE, _v. n._ to move in an undulatory manner.

WAN, _adj._ black; gloomy.

WANCOUTH, _adj._ uncouth.

WANTER, _s._ a widower or bachelor.

_To_ WAP, _v. a._ to throw rapidly; to throw.

WAPPIN, WAPPYN, _s._ a weapon.

WAR, WARR, _adj._ worse.

_To_ WAR, _v. a._ to overcome.

WARE, _s._ sea-wced.

WARK, WARKE, _s._ work.

WARKMAN, _s._ a labourer.

WARLD, _s._ the world.

WARLOCK, _s._ a wizard.

_To_ WARSELL, WERSILL, _v. n._ to wrestle; to strive.

WARWOLF, WARWOUF, _s._ a person supposed to be transformed into a wolf.

WASTING, _s._ a consumption.

_To_ WAT, _v. n._ to know.

WATERGANG, _s._ a mill-race.

_To_ WAUBLE, _v. n._ to swing or reel.

WATER-WRAITH, _s._ the spirit of the waters.

_To_ WAUGHT, WACHT-OUT, _v. n._ to quaff; a large draught of any liquid.

_To_ WAUK, _v. a._ to full cloth; to shrink in consequence of being beetled.

_To_ WAW, WAWE, _v. n._ to caterwaul.

WEAN, WEANE, _s._ a child.

_To_ WEAR-IN, _v. a._ to gather in.

WEARY, _adj._ feeble.

WEBSTER, WABSTER, _s._ a weaver.

WEE, _adj._ little.

WEEM, _s._ a natural cavern.

WEET, _s._ rain; wet.

WEFT, _s._ woof.

WEILL-FARAND, WEEL-FARD, _adj._ good-looking.

WEIRD, WEERD, _s._ fate; prediction.

WEIRDLESS, WIERDLESS, _adj._ unprosperous; worthless; not well-doing.

WELCOME-HAME, _s._ repast presented to a bride on entering the door of the bridegroom.

WERSH, _adj._ insipid; tasteless.

WHAAP, _s._ the curlew.

WHANG, _s._ a thong; a large slice.

WHEEN, _s. pl._ a number; a few.

WHID, _s._ a lie.

WHINGE, _v. n._ to whine.

WHISHT! _interj_. hush! be silent.

WHISTLE, WHUSSEL, _s._ the throat.

WHITTLE, _s._ a knife.

WHITTRETS, WHUTTRET, _s._ a weasel.

_To_ WHUMMIL, WHOMEL, _v. a._ to turn upside down.

WHUTTLE, _s._ whitlow, a gathering in the fingers.

WHYLES, _s._ sometimes.

WIDDIE, WUDDY, _s._ the gallows.

WIFE, WYFE, _s._ a woman.

WIFFIE, _s._ a little woman.

_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. n._ to entice.

_To_ WIMPLE, WYMPEL, WOMPLE, _v. n._ to meander as applied to a stream.

_To_ WIN, WYN, _a. v_. to dry corn.

WINDOCK, WINNOCK, _s._ a window.

WINKERS, _s._ the eye-lashes.

WINSOME, _adj._ merry; gay; cheerful.

_To_ WISEN, WYSSIN, _v. n._ to wither.

WISHY-WASHY, _s. pl._ shuffling; half-and-half.

_To_ WIT, WITT, _v. n._ to know; _I wit na_, I know not.

WITE, WYTE, _s._ blame.

_To_ WITE, WYTE, _v. n._ to blame; to accuse.

WITTENS, _s._ knowledge.

WIZEN, _s._ the throat.

WIZZEN, _adj._ dry; withered

WOB, _s._ a web.

WOD, WODE, _adj._ mad.

_To_ WON, _v. n._ to dwell.

WOO, _s._ wool. _v_. To make love; to court.

WORDY, WEIRDY, _adj._ worthy.

WORLIN, _s._ a feeble puny person.

_To_ WORRY, _v. n._ to choke; to be suffocated.

WORSET, _s._ worsted.

_To_ WOUFF, _v. n._ to bark.

WOW! _interj_. expressive of admiration.

WRAITH, WRAITHE, _s._ the apparition of a person seen before death, or soon after it.

WRAK, WREK, WRACK, _s._ anything cast upon the sea-shore.

WRAT, _s._ a wort.

WHITER, _s._ an attorney.

WYND, _s._ a narrow lane or alley.

WYSS-LIKE, _adj._ having a decent appearance.

WYTELESS, _adj._ blameless.

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_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ to gabble.

YAD, _s._ an old worn-out mare.

YALD, YAULD, _adj._ sprightly; alert.

_To_ YAMER, YAMMER, _v. n._ to complain; continued whining; to pet.

_To_ YAMPH, YAMF, _v. n._ to bark.

YAP, YAPE, _adj._ having a keen appetite; very hungry.

YARD, _s._ a garden for flowers; pot herbs.

VARE, _s._ a weir for catching fish.

YAUD, _s._ an order given by a shepherd to his dog; _far-yaud_, signifying drive the sheep to a distance.

_To_ YAUP, _v. n._ to yelp.

YEALD, _adj._ barren.

YEARN, YERNE, _adj._ eager; wishful.

YELD, YELL, EILD, _adj._ a cow is said to be _eild_ when she is giving no milk.

YELDRING, YELDRIN, _s._ a yellow-hammer.

YERD, YERTH, YIRD, _s._ earth; soil.

_To_ YERD, _v. a._ to bury.

_To_ YERK, _v. a._ to beat; to strike smartly.

YESTREEN, _s._ last night.

YET, YETT, _s._ a gate.

YHULL, YULE, _s._ Christmas.

YILL, _s._ ale.

_To_ YIRR, _v. n._ to snarl; to growl.

_To_ YOKE, _v. n._ to engage with another in dispute or in a quarrel.

YONT, _prep_, beyond.

YOUDEN-DRIFT, _s._ snow driven by the wind.

_To_ YOUF, YUFF, _v. n._ to bark.

YOUK, YEUK, _s._ the itch.

_To_ YOUK, YUKE, _v. n._ to itch; to be itchy.

YOUKY,_adj._ itchy; metaphorically, eager, anxious.

_To_ YOUL, YOULL, _v. n._ to howl, to yell.

YOW, YOWE, _s._ a ewe.

YULE, _s._ the name given to Christmas.

YULE-E'EN, _s._ the night preceding Christmas.

_To_ YYRNE, _v_. to coagulate; to curdle.

GENERAL INDEX.

Abduction, The, ix. Adopted Son, The, ii. Age and Youth, Ballad of, xxiv. Ailie Faa, Ballad of, xxiv. Allerley Hall, The Legend of, xxiv. Amateur Robbery, The, xxii. Amateur Lawyers, The, vii. Ancient Bureau, The, vii. Angler's Tale, The, xvi. Archy Armstrong, v. Artist, The, vii. Assassin, The, xviii. Avenger; or, Legend of Mary Lee, The, xix.

Ballogie's Daughters, Ballad of, xxiv. Barley Bannock, The, xx. Battle of Dryffe Sands, The, xv. Beggars' Camp, The, viii. Bereaved, The, xvii. Bewildered Student, The, x. Bell Stanley; or, a Sailor's Story, v. Bell White, v. Bonny Mary Gibson, xvi. Bride, The, viii. Bride of Bell's Tower, The, xxi. Bride of Bramblehaugh, The, xviii. Broken Heart, The, vii. Brownie of the West Bow, The, xxiii. Burning of Mrs. Jamphray, Legend of the, xxiv.

Cairny Cave of Gavin Muir, The, xvii. Caldermuir, Legend of, xvii. Caleb Crabbin, x. Case of Evidence, The, xv. Castle of Weir, The Romaunt of the, xxiv. Castle of Crail, The; or, David and Queen Maude, x. Cateran of Lochloy, The, vii. Chance Question, The, xxi. Charles Gordon and Christina Cunningham, Story of, xvii. Chatelard, ix. Chevalier de la Beauté, xxiii. Cherry Stone, The, viii. Christie of the Cleik, ix. Church of Abercromby, Legend of the, x. Clara Douglas, The Story of, iv. Clerical Murderer, The, xv. Condemned, The, xvii. Conscience Stricken, The, v. Contrast of Wives, The, xi. Convict, The, xxii. Convivialists, The, ii. Cottar's Daughter, The, xv. Countess of Cassilis, The, xvi. Countess of Wistonburgh, The, i. Country Quarters, iv. Covenanter's March, The, iv. Covenanting Family, The, xiv. Cradle of Logie, The, xxiii. Craigullan, Legend of, xxiv. Cripple, The; or, Ebenezer the Disowned. ix. Crooked Comyn, The, x. Curate of Govan, The, xv. Cured Ingrate, The, ii. Curlers, The, xviii. Curse of Scotland, The, xix.

David Lorimer, xxii. Death of James First, The, xv. Death of James Third, The, xvi. Diamond Eyes, The, xxii. Disasters of Johnny Armstrong, The, i. Dissolved Pledge, The, xix. Diver and the Bell, The, iii. Divinity Student, The, v. Doctor Dobie, xxi. Domestic Griefs of Gustavus MacIver, The, xix. Dominie's Class, xi. Dominie's Courtship, The, xiii. Dominie of St. Fillan's, The, xx. Donald Gorm, ii. Doom of Soulis, The, viii. Double-Bedded Room, The, v. Douglas Tragedy, The, xvi. Dowielee, Legend of, xxiv. Dream, The, xiii. Droich, The, vii. Duncan M'Arthur, viii. Duncan Schulebred's Vision of Judgment, v. Dura Den, ix.

Early days of a Friend of the Covenant, xxi. Early Recollections of a Son of the Hills, iv. Edmund and Helen, xxiv. Ellen Arundel, ix. Enthusiast, The, xiv. Eskdale Muir Story, The, xvi. Experimenter, The, iii.

Faa's Revenge, The, i. Fair, The, iv. Fair Maid of Cellardykes, The,[*Illegible*] Fair Emergilde, Legend of the, xxiv. Fair Helen of Kirkconnel, Legend of, ix. Faithful Wife, The, xxiii. Family Incidents, vii. Fatal Mistake, The, xvi. Festival, The, xiv. First and Second Marriages, The, xix. First Foot, The, x. Floshend Inn, The, xiii. Forger, The, xii. Fortunes of William Wighton, The, ii. Foundling at Sea, The, xviii. Fugitive, The, xviii.

Geordie Willison and the Heiress of Castlegower, vi. Ghost of Howdiecraigs, The, x[*Illegible*] Ghost of Gairyburn, The, xi. Girl Forger, The, xxiii. Glass Back, The, xii. Golden Counsel, Ballad of, xxiv[*Illegible*] Good Man of Dryfield, The, vii[*Illegible*] Grandmother's Narrative, The, xv[*Illegible*] Grace Cameron, xvi. Grizel Cochrane, xv. Guid Wife of Coldingham, The, vi. Guilty or Not Guilty, vi. Gustavus MacIver, The Domestic Griefs of, xix.

Happy Conclusion, The, xvi. Harden's Revenge, viii. Hawick Spate, The, xix. Heir of Inshannock, The, xii. Helen Palmer, xvii.

Henpecked Man, The, viii. Hen Wife, The, viii. Hermit of the Hills, xxiv. Heroine, The, a Legend of the Canongate, xx. Highland Boy, The, v. Highland Tradition, A, xvii. Hogmanay; or, the Lady of Ballochgray, xvii. Holyrood, Legend of, xiv. House in Bell's Wynd, The, xxi. Hume and the Governor of Berwick, xvii.

I canna be fashed; or Willie Grant's Confessions, x. Imprudent Marriage, The, x. Irish Reaper, The, xvi.

James Renwick, xviii. John Govan's Narrative, xx. John Square's Voyage to India, vii. Johnny Armstrong, Disasters of, i. Judith the Egyptian, vii.

Kate Kennedy, i. Katheran, The, iv. Kinaldy, xix. Kirkyards, xiv.

Lady Katharine, Legend of the, xxiv. Lady Rae, xxii. Laidley Worm of Spindelston Heugh, vi. Laird of Darnick Tower, The, vii. Laird of Hermitage, The, xix. Laird of Lucky's Howe, ix. Laird Rorieson's Will, xviii. Last of the Pedlars, The, v. Last Scrap, The, xxiii. Leaves from the Life of Alexander Hamilton, xix. Leaves from the Diary of an Aged Spinster, vi. Leein' Jamie Murdieston, viii. Leveller, The, xvi. Linton Lairds, The; or, Exclusives and Inclusives, iv. Lord Durie and Christie's Will, ii. Lord Kames's Puzzle, xxiii, Lost Heir of the House of Elphinstone, xx. Lottery Hall, xiii. Lykewake, The, vii.

Maid Marion, Ballad of, xxiv. Maiden Feast of Cairnkibbie, The, iv. Man-of-Warsman, The, xvi. Mary Brown, The Story of, xxiii. Mary Lee, The Legend of, xxiv. Master Samuel Ramsay Thriven, xvi. Matrimony, Ballad of, xxiv. May Darling, x. May, The Romance of the, x. Major Weir's Coach, v. Medal, The, x. Merchant's Daughter, The, xxi. Meeting of St. Boswell's, The, x. Midside Maggie; or, The Bannock of Tollishill, i. Mike Maxwell and the Gretna Green Lovers, xii. Miser of Newabbey, The, xx. Mistake Rectified, The, ix. Mistress Humphrey Greenwood's Tea Party, ix. Monk of St. Anthony, The, iv. Monks of Dryburgh, The, iv. Monomaniac, The, xviii. Mortlake, a Legend of Merton, viii. Moss Trooper, The, xii. Mountain Storm, The, i. My Black Coat, ii. Mysie Craig, Story of, xxiii. Mysterious Disappearance, The, xvi.

Natural History of Idiots, The, xiii.

Old Bluntie, xx. Old Isbel Kirk, xviii. Order of the Garter, The, xiv. Orphan, The, xxiii.

Packman's Journey to London, The, ix. Palantines, The, vi. Parsonage, The, vi. Peat-Casting Time, x. Peden's Farewell Sermon, xv. Pelican, Story of the, xxiii. Penny Wedding, The, vii. Persecution of the M'Michaels, The, xv. Perseverance; or, The Autobiography of Roderick Grey, xvi. Philips Grey, ii. Phoebe Fortune, iii. Physiognomist's Tale, The, viii. Polwarth on the Green, xiv. Poor Scholars, The, vii. Porter's Hole, xvii. Prescription; or, The 29th September, i. Prince of Scotland, The, xiv. Prisoner of War, The, xviii. Procrastinator, The, xxii. Prodigal Son, The, xxi.

Rattling Roaring Willie, v. Recluse, The, xvii. Recluse of the Hebrides, The, ix. Recollections of Burns, ii. Recollections of Ferguson, i. Recollections of a Village Patriarch, xv. Redhall, The; or Berwick in 1296, xi. Restored Son, The, xiv. Rescue at Enterken, The, xvi. Retribution, xiv. Return, The, vii. Reuben Purves, xii. Rival Night-Caps, The, iii. Robbery at Pittenweem, The, xvii. Roger Goldie's Narrative, xvii. Romance of tho Siege of Perth, The, x. Rosalie, Song of, xxiv. Roseallan Castle, Ballad of, xxiv, Roseallan's Daughter, xiii. Rothsay Fisherman, The, vi. Royal Bridal, The, iii. Royal Raid, The, iii. Rumbollow, Ballad of, xxiv.

Sabbath Wrecks, The, vi. St. Mary's Wynd, The Romaunt of, xxiv. Salmon Fisher of Udoll, iv. Sayings and Doings of Peter Paterson, xx. School Fellows, The, xi. Scottish Veteran, The, xii. Scottish Hunters of Hudson's Bay, The, xii. Sea Fight, The, xix. Sea Skirmish, The, xx. Seeker, The, xxi. Seer's Cave, The, vi. Sergeant Wilson, xvii. Seven Years' Dearth, The, xiv. Sea Storm, The, xii. Shoes Reversed, The, xx. Siege, The, xxiv. Simple Man is the Beggar's Brother, The, xvii. Sir Patrick Hume, ix. Sir Peregrine and the Lady Etheline, The Romaunt of, xxiv. Skean Dhu, The, xiv. Slave, The, iv. Smuggler, The, xi. Snow Storm of 1825, The, vi. Social Man, The, xi. Solitary of the Cave, iv. Somnambulist of Redcleugh, The, vi. Sportsman of Outfield Haugh, The, xix. Squire Ben, xv. Stone Breaker, The, xviii. Souter's Wedding, The, xiii. Suicide, The, xi. Suicide's Grave, The, iv. Surtout, The, xi.

Ten of Diamonds, The, xxii. Thomas Harkness of Lockerben, xx. Thomas of Chartres, xviii. Tibbie Fowler, xxiii. Tournay, The, xxiv. Tom Duncan's Yarn, ix. Tom Bertram, Story of, xv. Three Letters, The, xii. Three Brethren, The, ix. Trees and Burns, xiv. Trials and Triumphs, xx. Trials of Menie Dempster, The, xiii. Trials of the Rev. Samuel Austin, The, xix. Twin Brothers, The, xxiii. Two Comrades, The, xi. Two Red Slippers, The, xxiii. Two Sailors, The, xiii.

Unbidden Guest, The, xvii. Unknown, The, xiii. Ups and Downs; or, David Stuart's Account of His Pilgrimage, xxii.

Vacant Chair, The, i. Violated Coffin, The, xviii.

Wager, The, xxi. Warning, The, xv. Wedding, The, xii. We'll have Another, xii. White Woman of Taras, xii. Whitsome Tragedy, The, iii. Widow's ae Son, The, xxiii. Widow of Dunskaith, The, iii. Wife or the Wuddy, A, ii. Willie Smith, Autobiography of, iii. Willie Wastle's Account of his Wife, xviii. Woman with the White Mice, The, xxi. World's Vanity, Ballad of the, xxiv.

Young Laird, The, iii.

END OF VOLUME XXIV.