Birring, the noise of partridges, &c. when they Brig, a bridge. Brunstane, brimstone. Brisket, the breast, the bosom. Brither, a brother. Blastie, a shrivelled dwarf; a term of con- Brock, a badger. Blellum, an idle talking fellow. Blether, to talk idly; nonsense, Bleth'rin', talking idly. Brogue, a hum; a trick. Broo, broth; a trick. Broose, broth; a race at country weddings, who shall first reach the bridegroom's house on returning from church. Browster-wives, ale-house wives. Brugh, a burgh. Bruilzie, a broil, a combustion. Brunt, did burn, burnt, Brust, to burst; burst. Buchan-bullers, the boiling of the sea among the rocks of Buchan. Blink, a little while; a smiling look; to look Buckskin, an inhabitant of Virginia. kindly; to shine by fits. Blinker, a term of contempt. Blue-gown, one of those beggars who get annually, on the king's birth-day, a blue cloak or gown, with a badge. Bluid, blood. Bluntie, a sniveller, a stupid person. Bock, to vomit, to gush intermittently, Bocked, gushed, vomited. Bodle, a small gold coin. Bogles, spirits, hobgoblins. Bonnie or bonny, handsome, beautiful. Bonnock, a kind of thick cake of bread, a small jannock, or loaf made of oat meal. Boord, a board. Boortree, the shrub elder; planted much of old in hedges of barn-yards, &c. Boost, behaved, must needs. Bught, a pen. Bughtin-time, the time of collecting the sheep in the pens to be milked. Buirdly, stout made; broad made. Bum-clock, a humming beetle that flies in the summer evenings. Bumming, humming as bees. Bummler, a blunderer. Bunker, a window-seat. Burdies, diminutive of birds. Bure, did bear. Burn, water a rivulet. Burnewin, i.e. burn the wind, a blacksmith. Bussle, a bustle; to bustle. But, bot, with; without. But an' ben, the country kitchen and parlour. By himsel, lunatic, distracted. Byke, a bee-hive. Byre, a cow-stable; a sheep-pen. Caller, fresh; sound; refreshing. Canie, or cannie, gentle, mild; dexterous. Cannilie, dexterously; gently. Cape stane, cope-stone; key-stone. Carl, an old man. Carlin, a stout old woman. Caudron, a caldron. Cauk and keel, chalk and red clay. Caup, a wooden drinking vessel. Chanter, a part of a bagpipe. Chap, a person, a fellow; a blow. Cheekit, cheeked. Cheep, a chirp; to chirp. Chimla, or chimlie, a fire-grate, a fire place. Chittering, shivering, trembling. Chow, to chew: Cheek for chow, side by side. Clachan, a small village about a church; a hamlet. Claithing, clothing. Cowe, to terrify; to keep under, to lop; fright; a branch of furze, broom, &c. Cowp, to barter; to tumble over; a gang. Cowrin, cowering. Crabbit, crabbed, fretful. Crack, conversation; to converse. Craft, or croft, a field near a house (in old husbandry). Craiks, cries or calls incessantly; a bird. Crambo-clink, or crambo-jingle, rhymes, doggrel verses. Crank, the noise of an ungreased wheel. Crap, a crop; to crop. Craw, a crow of a cock; a rook. Creel, a basket; to have one's wits in a creel, to be crazed; to be fascinated. Creepie-stool, the same as cutty-stool. Crood, or croud, to coo as a dove. Croon, a hollow and continued moan; to make a noise like the continued roar of a bull; to hum a tune. Crooning, humming. Crouchie, crook-backed. Croose, cheerful; courageous. Crousely, cheerfully; courageously. Crowdie, a composition of oat-meal and boiled water, sometimes from the broth of beef, mutton, &c. Crowdie-time, breakfast time. Crowlin, crawling. Crummock, a cow with crooked horns. Cockernony, a lock of hair tied upon a girl's Crump, hard and brittle; spoken of bread. head; a cap. Coft, bought. Cog, a wooden dish. Coggie, diminutive of cog. Coila, from Kyle, a district of Ayrshire; so called, saith tradition, from Coil, or Coilus, a Pictish monarch. Collie, a general and sometimes a particular name for country curs. Crunt, a blow on the head with a cudgel. Cummock, a short staff with a crooked head. Curler, a player at a game on the ice, practised in Scotland, called curling. Curlie, curled, whose hair falls naturally in ringlets. Curling, a well known game on the ice. Hap step an' loup, hop skip and leap. Harkit, hearkened. Harn, very coarse linen. Gree, to agree; to bear the gree, to be decid- Hash, a fellow that neither knows how to Grapit, groped. Great, intimate, familiar. edly victor. Gree't, agreed. Greetin, crying, weeping. Greet, to shed tears, to weep. Grippet, catched, seized. dress nor act with propriety. Hastit, hastened. Haud, to hold. Haughs, low lying, rich lands; valleys. Haurl, to drag; to peel. Groat, to get the whistle of one's groat, to Haurlin, peeling. play a losing game. Grousome, loathsomely grim. Grumph, a grunt; to grunt. Grozet, a gooseberry. Grumphie, a sow. Grun', ground. Grunstane, a grindstone. Gruntle, the phiz; a grunting noise. Grushie, thick; of thriving growth. Grunzie, mouth. Gude, the Supreme Being; good. Guid, good. Guid-morning, good morrow. Guidman and guidwife, the master and mistress of the house; young guidman, a man newly married. Guid-willie, liberal; cordial. Haverel, a half witted person; half witted. Havins, good manners, decorum, good sense. Hawkie, a cow, properly one with a white face. Hecht, promised; to foretell something that is to be got or given; foretold; the thing foretold; offered. Heckle, a board, in which are fixed a number of sharp pins, used in dressing hemp, flax, &c. Heeze, to elevate, to raise. Helm, the rudder or helm. Guidfather, guidmother, father-in-law, and Herd, to tend flocks; one who tends flocks. Ha'-Bible, the great bible that lies in the hall. Hilch, a hobble; to halt. Hae, to have. Haen, had, the participle. Haet, fient haet, a petty oath of negation; nothing. Haffet, the temple, the side of the head. Hilchin, halting. Himsel, himself. Hiney, honey. Hing, to hang. Hirple, to walk crazily, to creep. Caller, fresh; sound; refreshing. Canie, or cannie, gentle, mild; dexterous. Cannilie, dexterously; gently. Cape stane, cope-stone; key-stone. Carlin, a stout old woman. Caudron, a caldron. Cauk and keel, chalk and red clay. Caup, a wooden drinking vessel. Chanter, a part of a bagpipe. Chap, a person, a fellow; a blow. Cheekit, cheeked. Cheep, a chirp; to chirp. Chimla, or chimlie, a fire-grate, a fire place. Chittering, shivering, trembling. Chow, to chew: Cheek for chow, side by side. Clachan, a small village about a church; a hamlet. Claithing, clothing. Claivers, nonsense; not speaking sense. Clash, an idle tale, the story of the day. Clatter, to tell idle stories; an idle story. Clavers, idle stories. Claw, to scratch. Cleed, to clothe. Cluds, clouds. Coaxin, wheedling. Coble, a fishing boat. Cowe, to terrify; to keep under, to lop; Cowrin, cowering. Cozie, snug. Crabbit, crabbed, fretful. Crack, conversation; to converse. Craft, or croft, a field near a house (in old husbandry). Craiks, cries or calls incessantly; a bird. Crambo-clink, or crambo-jingle, rhymes, doggrel verses. Crank, the noise of an ungreased wheel. Crap, a crop; to crop. Craw, a crow of a cock; a rook. Creel, a basket; to have one's wits in a creel, to be crazed; to be fascinated. Creepie-stool, the same as cutty-stool. Crood, or croud, to coo as a dove. Croon, a hollow and continued moan; to make a noise like the continued roar of a bull; to hum a tune. Crooning, humming. Crouchie, crook-backed. Croose, cheerful; courageous. Crousely, cheerfully; courageously. Crowdie, a composition of oat-meal and boil ed water, sometimes from the broth of beef, mutton, &c. Crowdie-time, breakfast time. Crowlin, crawling. Crummock, a cow with crooked horns. Cockernony, a lock of hair tied upon a girl's Crump, hard and brittle; spoken of bread. head; a cap. Coft, bought. Cog, a wooden dish. Coggie, diminutive of cog. Coila, from Kyle, a district of Ayrshire; so called, saith tradition, from Coil, or Coilus, a Pictish monarch. Collie, a general and sometimes a particular name for country curs. Crunt, a blow on the head with a cudgel. Cummock, a short staff with a crooked head. Curler, a player at a game on the ice, practised in Scotland, called curling. Curlie, curled, whose hair falls naturally in ringlets. Curling, a well known game on the ice. Curmurring, murmuring; a slight rumbling Dribble, drizzling; slaver. noise. Dirl, a slight tremulous stroke or pain. Dizen, or dizz'n, a dozen. Doited, stupified, hebetated. Dolt, stupified, crazed. Donsie, unlucky. Drift, a drove. Droddum, the breech. Drone, part of a bagpipe. Droop-rumpl't, that droops at the crupper. Droukit, wet. Drounting, drawling. Drouth, thirst, drought. Drucken, drunken. Drumly, muddy. Drummock, meal and water mixed in a raw state. FA', fall; lot; to fall. F. Dool, sorrow; to sing dool, to lament, to Fa's, does fall; water-falls. Dowff, pithless, wanting force. asleep. Doylt, stupid. Faddom't, fathomed. Fae, a foe. Faem, foam. Faiket, unknown. Fairin, a fairing; a present. Fallow, fellow. Fand, did find. Farl, a cake of oaten bread, &c. Fash, trouble, care; to trouble, to care for. Fasht, troubled. Fasteren-e'en, Fasten's Even. Fauld, a fold; to fold. Dowie, worn with grief, fatigue, &c. half Faulding, folding. Downa, am or are not able, cannot. |