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  1. Braidfa' adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     . Abreed , 1 and 2 , wide, apart; over a wide area; O.E. on brǣde , in breadth.]BRAIDFA' , adv . 'Scattered about, in disorder, not in proper place or position: 'The things are a' lyin braidfa'' (Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 , Add .). [From O.E. brǣdo , breadth, and fallan , to fall. Cf 
  2. Are-bone n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1800
     lower rib rather than a vertebrae. Fif. 1800 J. Thomson Agric. Fife 259: Breadth of the houghARE-BONE , n. comb . ? The vertebra nearest the kidneys in an animal, the sirloin area, prob. a 
  3. Bread v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1842
    BREAD , v . To stretch out (cloth, etc.) to its full breadth. See Breed , n . 1 wm.Sc. 1842 
  4. Brenth n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1895
    BRENTH , Breenth , n . “Breadth” (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .; Arg. 1 (rare), Kcb. 1 1936, breenth ; Uls' oot a big D! 
  5. Rappet adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808
     passion cam' sae rappet, That three guid rigg breadth owre the lea, Baith pleugh an' horse he wappet. 
  6. Grib v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1785-1810
     Session Papers , Petition W. Cunningham (15 Dec.) 2, Proof 1: Putting up a wooden loft. . . . Which and joists the breadth of the deal. [Variant of Gruip , v ., q.v.] 
  7. Sky n.2[0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1903
    ' breadth below the wing of the markal pin. The next pin is the millya ski — a middle ski ; the lower end wanting Skys and lives. Sh. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 VII. 585: A square hole is cut through the lower end of the beam, and the mercal , a piece of oak about 22 inches long, introduced, which, at the other end, holds the sock and sky. Sh. 1808 Jam. : Sky : a small board, about four inches in depth, used in the construction of the Shetland plough, in place of a mould-board. An old barrel-stave of this pin must project three fingers' breadth below the markal pin. The next and last is the ivver-ski . [Norw. dial. skeid , skjei , skji , upright part of a plough, O.N. skeið , a weaver's 
  8. Flot n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1916
    FLOT , n . Also flott , float . An area of land ploughed at one turn, of varying breadth (Cai. 3 E.D.D. , float , flot ); the portion allotted to each competitor in a ploughing-match (Cai. 7 1943 five-space rigs making a flott. [Norw. dial. flot , level ground, Icel. flot , id.] 
  9. Binnie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1868-1869
    BINNIE , n . Also variant dim. form, metri causa, binnock . A kind of freestone, specif . from quarries at Binnie near Linlithgow; a monument made from it. Also attrib . Fif. 1868 St Andrews Gazette (19 Sept.): The monument consists of a low flat “Binnie” stone, in two blocks, covering the entire length and breadth of the grave. Edb. 1869 J. Ballantine in The Story of the Edinburgh 
  10. Live n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1734
     'the upper ends of the three ski pins must project above the wing of the markal pin the breadth of a three wanting Skys and lives. [Appar. a variant of Luif , q.v ., the span of the palm, because 
  11. Owerspade v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1811
     equal breadth of untilled land, and in that situation exposed to the winter's frost. 
  12. Druntin n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1715-1898
     hundered or therby of druntun dales beeing eight foot and a half in length and eight inches and a half in breadth. Phr.: to wish anyone at Druntin , to wish anyone at the back of beyond. Sh. 1898 J. J. H. Burgess Tang 33: He was wishing her at “Druntin” (Drontheim), being too good a soul to wish 
  13. Geelum n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1885-1950
    GEELUM , n . Also geellim , gillem , -um . [′gi:ləm] 1 . A rabbet-plane, 'a tool in which the iron extends the whole breadth of the wooden stock, used in sinking one part of the same piece lower than another. . . . When the iron is placed to a certain angle across the sole of the plane, it is called a Skewed Gillem ' (Sc. 1825 Jam., geellim , gillem ; Gsw. 1899 A. Mathieson and Sons Tool 
  14. Cannas n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1712-1938
     cannas.' Comb.: canness-braid , -bred , cannas-breid , 'the breadth of such a sheet' (Sc. 1808 Jam.), a canvas-breadth, a small patch. Sc. 1909 Colville 148: A cot wi' a cannas-breid o' a] 1 . A coarse cloth, a canvas sheet; also used by synecdoche for the sail of a ship. Known to Bnff. 2 (1821) 13: A puft o' wind ye cudna get, To gar your cannas wag. Ags. 1938 (per Ags. 17 ): I knew a jobbing gardener who in going to and from his work carried his tools in what he called his, four pair o' blankets an a can'as. 2 . 'A coarse sheet used for keeping grain from falling on the ground, when it is winnowed by means of a wecht ' (n.Sc. 1808 Jam., cannas , cannes ); 'usually a keep any grain from being lost in a stack yard' (Abd. 7 1925). Known to Bnff. 2 , Abd. 9 1938 gairden. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 21: The shade beneath a canness bred out throw, Held aff the sun beams frae a bony how. Abd. 4 1928 (Proverb): 'Wenna on yer ain can'as,' fall back 
  15. Porter n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1735-1930
     Hist. Brechin 271: A thirty porter or 600 reed is divided into 600 openings in the breadth of 37PORTER , n . Sc. Weaving usage: A section of the reed in a loom containing 20 interstices, called in Eng. a beer . See Hunder , n ., 2 . Fif. 1735 Caled. Mercury (15 April): All Cloth. 357, Note: It was died a blue colour in the wool, and wove for a penny farthing the ell, in a ten porters . Fif. 1831 Fife Herald (17 March): At present a 40-porter dowlas, 30 inches broad and 120 ells long . . . gives to the weaver 15s.; 50-porter of the same length and breadth 20s. . . . Now few weavers can weave a 50-porter in a fortnight . . . A 40-porter is a good 'twa weeks' chapping inches: 20 of these openings are called a porter. Fif. 1894 J. Menzies Our Town iv.: Oh, jist the same as last — a hunder inch, fifty porter — I've nae reason to complain. Fif. 1930 : Porter denotes 40 threads. Also used to indicate fineness of cloth. Thus a 20 porter cloth means there 
  16. Abreed adv.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1754-2003
     laid it again a-breadth, to rot perfectly well before April. Hdg. 1896 Jas. Lumsden Battles wings a wee abreed. Hdg. 1902 Jas. Lumsden Toorle, etc. 273: Quo' Mathie: 'Katie! lie: Ay, mair than Tam has felt the stoun', where haughs fa' weel abrede. Kcb. a .1902 Jos 'is airms abreed. 2 . Over a wide area, abroad. Sc. 1754 J. Justice Sc. Gardiner 245: I To a Louse vii.: O Jeany, dinna toss your head, An' set your beauties a' abreid! Ayr. 1855 skail a' abreed. Gall. 1824 J. MacTaggart Gall. Encycl. 3: Scatter it abreed to the four. Lnk. 1923 Gilbert Rae 'Mang Lowland Hills 20: Come the staney laws, knockin' a' abreid — It's peace in the hairt that's the warld's sair need. sm.Sc. 1988 W. A. D. and D. Riach A Galloway Glossary : abraid, abreed: pu', tak, tear abraid to rip. w.Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott in Trans. Dmf. 2003 : Ye cannae tak a modern clock abreed fur it's a riveted thegither no screwed. [ A 
  17. Breed n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1778-1934
    BREED , BRAID , Breid , Bried , Breedth , Breeth , n . 1 Sc. forms of St.Eng. breadth . Gen.Sc. [brid, bre:d, briθ, bridθ] Sc. 1868 G. Webster Strathbrachan II. xii.: Gin I get a” in John o' Groat Jnl. (19 Jan.): Faigs, A mak' nae mein if . . . ye get twa-three feet breedth) 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xliii.: I winna flench a hair's breid for nedder man nor 'oman. Per. 1857 J. Stewart Sketches 22: She has a gown aught breeds aroun'. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) xii.: But I could scarcely keep from laughing when I . . . saw a glazed queue hanging for half an ell down the braid of my back. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings fall flat on one's back. 1 . Abd. 1 1929 : Ca'd him a leear to the breeth o's face. Ags get the breeth o' her back yet for a' she's sae heich heidit ( i.e . she will be laid low). Ags.(D braid o' his back, the ould soo was lickin' his face an' gruntin'. Comb.: braid-back , a throw on 
  18. Arras n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1911
     M. Lochhead Poems and Songs 124: Five an' a-half to hairs-breadth cuts, And splendid aris on he sharp edge formed by the angular contact of two plane or curved surfaces.' The term is known over a wide area in Eng. dialect and is treated as a Sc. dial. word in Sc. dictionaries. The forms with a, of a stone; the tips of the little ridges laid by the plough. Lth. 1825 Jam. 2 : The angular edge of a stone, log or beam. 'The rebbits of that window would hae look't better, gin the mason 
  19. Back-breed n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1864-1920
    BACK-BREED , -BREETH , n . Lit . the breadth of the back; hence (1) a fall or throw on the back; (2) a burial allotment. [′bɑk-′brid, -′briθ] (1) Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 9: He geed up till 'im, leet a bleach at 'im i' the face, an' ga 'im's back-breed o' the green. Abd' — that is, back breadths. Fif. a .1890 (per Ags. 6 ): A man, whose wife had the right to two 
  20. Space n., v.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1707-1920
    SPACE , n ., v . Sc. usages: I . n . A pace, a stride, commonly accepted as being about three) 504: Sanny wi' a well-wyl'd wap, Yowph[d] her in o'er the Park A space and mae. Abd. 1795 exceed one space and one half in breadth. II . v . To measure by paces (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Cai. 1904 II. 10: Gyaun like a chiel spacin' tatie grun'. [O.Sc. space , = I ., 1601 ( rare ), = II 
  21. Wick n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1899
    WICK , n . 2 Also wik(e) . An open bight or inlet of the sea, a small bay (Sh. 1825 Jam., 1914 Angus Gl .). Very common in I.Sc. and Cai. as a place-name, esp. as a second element, e.g. Wick is not only maritime, but there is always, in the vicinity, an opening of the coast larger than a creek, but smaller than a bay. Sh. 1821 Scott Pirate xix.: By air and by wick, and by breadth and the nature of their surroundings. [O.Sc. weike , 1627, Norw. vik , O.N. vik , id., from 
  22. Belted Plaid n.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1822
     fashion. This was a piece of tartan two yards in breadth, and four in length, which surrounded the waist the arrangements of the belted plaid were of the greatest importance in the toilet of a Highlandman of in large plaits, or folds, adjusted with great nicety, and confined by a belt, buckled tight round 
  23. Cognosce v.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1709-1823
     sufficiency, breadth and length theirof. Lnk. 1709 Mins. J.P.s Lnk. (S.H.S. 1931) 66: This proces. 2 . To pronounce a person insane, after legal investigation. An ellipt . use. Sc. 1818 Scott 
  24. Acre n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1931
     breadth, 4 poles or 22 yards; of length, a furlong (see N.E.D. ); ( b ) (see Bnff. example below). ( a. — This means that, the length of the field being assumed known, a breadth is roughly measured off so that. Robertson Agric. in Perth vi.: A Scotch acre commonly = 6084 square yards. If the differences of inches were narrowly attended to in making the Scotch chain, a Scotch acre would be equal to 6150.7 square yards. Mry.(D) 1873 J. Brown (ed.) Round Table Club 250: Fat think ye o' a man biggin' a hoose in a muir, an' takin' in maybe therty awkers o' lan'. Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie At the Back o' Benachie 79: The other farmer 'would not be seen in a twal aacre park wi' a crater o' a loon fa hid pitten his legs ower far throu' his breeks.' Ayr. 1786 Burns The Twa Dogs ll. 201–202: A country fellow at the pleugh, His acres till'd, he's right eneugh. 2 . As a lineal measure: in compounds acre-breeth , acre-braid , acre-length , or alone, acre ( a ) of 
  25. Wayburn-leaf n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1803-1931
    . 1820 Blackwood's Mag. (Nov.) 202: It shook like a Wabron-leaf. Dmf. 1891 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 62: A leaf of the plantain, called the waeburn leaf, or waybread leaf, used to be wrapped round a toe with a corn to mollify the pain thereof. Sh. 1931 J. Nicolson Incidents 102: For a suppurating sore the common application was a 'waaverin leaf'. [O.Sc. waburne leavis , id phr. Eng. waybread is from the nom. case weȝ-brǣde , 'way-breadth', plantain.] 
  26. Kiggle-caggle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1835-1914
     : I . v . To cause the stone to make a succession of zig-zag movements or inwicks up a port or space between curling stones, to reach a certain object (Sc. 1902 E.D.D. ; Fif. 1960). Also fig . Hence kiggle-caggler , a shot which travels in this way. Dmb. 1835 in D. MacLeod Past Worthies (1894) 87: I am to take all the wicks or kittle shots, and kiggle-kaggle to and fro, and that to a hair's breadth. Abd. 1886 Banffshire Jnl. (12 Jan.) 3: Mark aye weel the kittle-shot, And kiggle caggle to the spot. Sc. 1891–2 Royal Caled. Curling Club Annual 422: A' doors are the same To a curler when he's kiggle-cagglin' hame. Sc. 1911 B. Smith “Shilling” Curler 19: This is the art of imparting a rocking motion to the stone so that it never settles on its sole, and travels freely through the water [on thawing ice]. Such a shot is sufficiently described by its curious name of a “Kiggle-caggler.” II . n . A zig-zag movement of a curling-stone. Sc. 1914 J. G 
  27. Frame n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1803-1943
    : A piece of ground, 8 feet in length, and 6 in breadth, covered with limestone from the quarry, toFRAME , n ., v . Sc. usages: I . n . 1 . A square or hoop of wood hung from the shoulders., ‡Cai., Mry., Abd. 1953). Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' , 23: At auchty-three she ran aboot.: She might tell Lisbeth in a friendly way to take the wooden frame and fetch some water. † 2 . A the height of 3½ feet, is termed a frame , and when the limestone is burnt, produces 150 Winchester bushels of shell lime. 3 . An emaciated creature, human or animal, a “skeleton” (Sh., Cai., Abd., Ags., Kcb. 1953). Sh. 1893 Shetland News (12 Feb.): Der farrow cow wis juist a frame. Kcb. 10 1943 : A see ye mak cats here, mistress. A saw a wheen frames gaun aboot the close as A cam in Ballads No. 202. iv.: Said he, Sae weel we frame, I think it is convenient That we should sing a psalm. 
  28. Deepin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1940
    DEEPIN , n . Also deepen , † dipin , † dippen . Sc. usages of Eng. deeping , a section of a fishing-net: 1 . Of a drift net: a section of net twenty meshes deep, to which other sections are formed of smaller nets called breadths or dippens of twelve yards in length, and two in breadth. 2 . Of a trawl net: 'a strengthening band along the sole, a score of meshes deep, the meshes of this band fouled the bottom and the left wing catchit a rock and tore alang the deepin for aboot ten fathum.' 3 . 'The bag of a salmon-net' (Lth. 1825 Jam. 2 , dipin ). 4 . Fig . in pl . in phr. out o' one's. Picken Poems , Gl .). [ Dipin , a section of a fishing net one fathom in depth, is found in O.Sc 
  29. Eleeven adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1805-2000
     straw plait having a breadth of eleven straws (see quot.). Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. 49 . and n . Eleven. Also used for the ordinal in dates, the eleventh (of a month) (Ork. 1975). Gen.Sc Gibb xviii.: It's a vera stiff brae, an' ere we wan up to the kirk, it was gyaun upon eleyven citadel, and five thoosan pund for the levies, which was a generous sum, but worth it tae keep my lord sweet - sae he got eleiven thoosan pund aw tellt, no a bad income for nae labour.' Hence elevent Marget Pow Comes Home xx.: That's forty-five year come the elevent of November! 2 . n.pl . A: The narrowest kind of plait had seven straws in its breadth, and was therefore called 'sevens , 'le'en hour , a light meal taken at 11 a.m. by labourers and children (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W A. Scott Poems 15: At length 'le'en hour's time brought the dame, And hearts for joy they flutter'd, For clanks o' 'tatoes hail'd ilk wame. Rxb. 1806 J. Hogg Poems 83: A guid 'le-en 
  30. Spade n., v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1733-1965
     Eng., chiefly dial., to dig, delve, vbl.n. spadin(g) , a spade's depth (or breadth) of earth, a length, of a spading-breadth. Ayr. 1793 W. Fullarton Agric. Ayr. 33: To half trench an acreSPADE , n ., v . Also Sc. forms spead (Ork. 1734 P. Ork. A. S . (1923) 65), and, now only of peats that can be cut with a spade by one man in one day (Abd. 1759 Session Papers , Forbes v. Fullarton (15 Jan.) 23). See Darg , n . 1 ; (2) spade-lug , see quot. (Cai. 1971); (3) spade peat , a. used for banking a fire (Cai. 1904 E.D.D. ; I.Sc., Cai. 1971); (4) spade's casting , a measurement. Univ. MSS. : Casting and winning 7 Spadarrack of Peats (reckoning a Spadarrack to be as many Peats as. 1736 J. A. Henderson Banchory-Devenick (1890) 20: 30 'spidarrock' of peats to be cast annually it [peat] is cut with great facility by means of a narrow wooden spade shod at the point with a little iron, and having on one side fixed a kind of knife arising from it at right angles, vulgarly 
  31. Malagruize v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1894-1994
     the trees down the length and breadth of the shrilling Howe. 2 . To injure or hurt, to punish with sneeshan oot an' gey-near malagroosed them a'. Kcd. 1934 L. G. Gibbon Grey Granite 40: Ma rubbing her leg and swearing: Malagaroused by a cat . wm.Sc. 1991 : You watch out or Ah'll A History Maker xiv: 'Why remember those nasty centuries when honest folk were queered exchanges? ... ' II . n . A hurt, an injury, a drubbing (ne.Sc. 1962). Abd. 1916 G. Abel Wylins 92: They vowed they widna rist nor snooze Oontill they gied a malagruze To Weelum. [ Mal(e 
  32. Burrel n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1789-1986
    BURREL , BURRAL , BIRREL , n . 1 A ridge in the old method of ploughing called balk and burral. Sc. 1813 N. Carlisle Topog. Dict. Scot. I. Gloss.: Burrel-fields denote a Waste that has into stripes; sometimes the waste being twice the breadth of the ridge. ne.Sc. 1881 W. Gregor separated from each other by 'baulks' or hollows, often wider than the ridge. Abd. 1901 A. Paterson Monquhitter 12: The riggs are raised towards the centre, and curved somewhat like the side of a barrel 
  33. Scaff n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0]1781-1961
     from the other Scotch craft; they have a flat floor, a long hollow bow, with the greatest breadth at‡ SCAFF , n . 2 Also scaph , skaff- . Gen. in dim. form scaffie . A type of fishing-boat common in the Moray Firth in the mid 19th c., undecked and of a rather broad shape with a raked stem. Now chiefly hist . See also Scaith . Hence adj. skaafy , of a boat: having a great rake at bow or stern (Ork. 1929 Marw.), sc . scaff -shaped. Bnff. 1781 Aberdeen Jnl. (29 Oct.): A large boat or the water-line very far aft; the stem and sternpost rake a good deal. . . . They carried a mizen as about 35 feet in length and had a carvel stem. Abd. 1961 P. Buchan Mount Pleasant 35: In the zulu boats wi' their pinted starns An' the scaphs so blunt an' roon'. [O.Sc. skaf , a .1400 
  34. Polonie n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1722-1867
     a jacket and petticoat all in one buttoning down in front from the throat to a palm's breadth above Eng. adj. polony , Polish. 1 . A loose-fitting gown or coat worn occas. by women but more freq. by young boys, 'a sort of waistcoat, generally of coarse blue cloth, with loose sloping skirts' (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.), a polonaise ; a great-coat or surtout for older boys or men (w.Sc., Rxb. 1825 Jam.). Also in Costume (Maxwell & Hutchinson 1958) 109: Under his arm he carried what was then termed a brown polonie, or great coat. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 207: Wi' a' his braws, and a pair o' new pillonian breeks o' his mither's making. Slk. 1818 Hogg Tales (1874) 77: A sort of dress worn by children in Scotland and called a polony (polonaise perhaps) which is just blue linen caught on the thorn. 2 . By extension (1) a loose, ill-fitting garment, a clumsy. 1966). [From † Polony , Fr. Pologne , Med. Lat. Polonia , Poland, † Polonian , a Pole.] 
  35. Lipe n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1741-1952
    LIPE , n . 1 , v . Also lype , leip ; ¶ lipp . [ləip] I . n . 1 . A crease or fold (Sc. 1825 Jam., lype ). 2 . In Mining : a small intrusion or irregularity in the joints of a coal-seam lipey , of a coal seam: intersected by small hitches or irregular and glazed joints ( Id .). Fif. 1741 Atholl MSS. (Blairingon Coal): The Coalhewers came upon a bodie of Lippy Coals, 20 or 24 fathoms broad, And in Length the whole breadth of the Coall work from Crop to Dipp … which body of Lipps was not worth the working. Fif. 1835 Trans. Highl. Soc. 428: Lipes or “Glazed Backs” (A “glazed back”, is known geologically as a flexure, often occurring in association with faults). Sc. 1952 B. Holman Behind the Diamond Panes 82: All the care in roof support did not prevent a “fall” because of a “greasy lipe”. 3 . The upturned edge, lip or flange of a peat-spade (Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 108, 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Hence lypit spade , a peat-spade ( Ib .). Sc. 1863 Border 
  36. Iver adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1767-1915
    . 1825 Jam. : A term applied to places where there are two of the same name, denoting that which is ski — or upper ski ; the lower end of this pin must project four fingers' breadth below the wing of the markal pin. [A variant of Over (for phonology cf . Ither ); O.Sc. uvir , O.E. yferra 
  37. Harp n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1704-1952
     should be sized by passing through a harp of that width and breadth. Mry. 1813 W. Leslie AgricHARP , n ., v . Sc. usages. See also Hairp . I . n . 1 . A sieve or riddle used for sifting. Antiq. Soc . 149; Cai., ne.Sc., Ags., Kcb. 1956), specif . the lower sieve in a winnowing machine which has a fine mesh to separate weed seeds from grain (Ork., Mry., Abd. 1956). Edb. 1735 Caled. Mercury (10 April): There is to be exposed to Sale . . . a new Malt Harp , a Malt Steel Mill ; also a Milch Cow and a Work horse . Abd. 1744 Monymusk Papers (S.H.S.) 137: 300 B. oats for seed.) 139: He remembers a Man sent to this Country, with Harps and other Instruments, for dressing, and. Mry. 125: The wire, or sifting part of the corn harp, is a parallelogram, set up so as to form an inclined plane, nearly 4 feet in height, and almost 2 in breadth, having two sides of board to prevent the shaker, and give it also a shaking motion. Rxb. 1843 Trans. Highl. Soc. 37: They consist of 
  38. Drumle v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1723-1934
    . Abd. 1873 P. Buchan Inglismill 44: For length o' road he caredna half a bodle, The breadth o't sairly fash'd his drummel'd nodle. Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 126: Wan out whan they. 1823 Blackwood's Mag. (Feb.) 177: Braw profits there! A wheen fine skins, a' daubit wi' drumble and ha' clay. They will gar somebody's pouches jingle! Slk. a .1835 Hogg Poems (1865) 290 : The ramper-eel made a drummle an' santit. (2) A commotion, confusion. Ags. 1898 A. H. Rea Divot Dyke 95: But soon up the long furrows That run past the Murroes It stranded, and caused quite a drumble. (3) A confused jumble. Mearns 1934 “L. G. Gibbon” Grey Granite III. 171: He minded the flints. [Prob. a back-formation from Drumlie , q.v . O.Sc. has drumbled , made turbid, 1637.] 
  39. Breers n. pl.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1853-1993
     , 'to have a hair-breadth escape' (Bnff. 6 1914; Abd. 9 1935); (3) to hing b(y) the breers o' the ee collects on the eyelashes, as when there is inflammation of the eyelids. Thus a person, on whose lashes a(n) , also to hing on be the breers o one's een , to be in a highly precarious position, esp Bnffsh. Jnl. (29 May) 5: Here's Jimmie, badder 'im. He's a rale fine chiel, but he's hingin' b' the A. Jervise Land of the Lindsays 147: [He] gave utterance to the extraordinary exclamation, that' the e'e!' [ Breers is prob. a double pl ., -r as in Childer (O.E. cildru ), Caur (O.E 
  40. Otter n., v.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1735-1955
     . The barb of a fishing-hook or leister (m. and s.Sc. 1869 Athenaeum (13 March) 382; Dmf. 1899 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace) 355; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , Rxb. 1964). 3 . A piece of fishing-tackle., Ayr., Kcb., Slk. 1964), consisting of a float to which a number of lines and hooks are attached or of a kind of spoked reel on a spindle with a handle at each end, fixed to a leather pad tied round the waist, a number of hooks and lines being attached to the spokes of the reel; a shaped piece of wood or metal attached to a fishing-line and manipulated so as to disengage the hook if it becomes entangled try the otter. Sae I launched him on his steady leaden keel — twa yards lang — breadth o' beam three inches — and mountin a hunder and fifty hyucks. Lnk. 1886 J. Stewart Twa Elders 143: The to be cut off with a file. Rxb. 1955 Abd. Univ. Review (Aut.) 154: Fisher's guile and (29 Sept.) 4: A loch can be 'ottered', fish can thus be made shy and hard to catch. [In meanings 
  41. Belly-flaught p.p.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1934
     A. Cunningham Trad. Tales II. 202: Ye'll fall belly-flaught, breadth and length, on the lily ′flɑxt] 1 . Flat on face, stomach. Sc. 1722 W. Hamilton Wallace 45: Ane Beaumont strake a share. Abd. 2 1934 : Monie a fine troot has been ta'en by loons fishin' belly-flaught [ i.e . guddling]. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid x.: Mony a time did we creep bellyflaucht through person falls belly-flaucht , it means a fall on the broadest part of the belly. Kcb. 1 1934 mell, like a bird descending on its prey. Lit . and fig . Sc. 1701–1731 R. Wodrow Analecta Ramsay Chr. Kirke (1721) ii . i.: The bauld Good-wife of Braith Arm'd wi' a great Kail Gully, Came bellyflaught, and loot an Aith, She'd gar them a' be hooly Fou fast that day. Hdg. 1801 R. Gall Poems (1819) 133: Then [Duncan] belly-flaught banged in upo' them, An' gied them a weel 
  42. Cangle v., n.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1701-1988
     in wrangle, Till bearded men are like to fecht, and owre a hair-breadth cangle. m.Lth. 1811 H . . . was a ground for debarring her from the sacrement. This brought in great cangling. Sc. 1737 hame whaur canglin' strife prevails, Is nae a hame deserves the name. Slg. a .1875 R. Buchanan in Harp of Stirlingsh. (ed. W. Harvey 1897) 225: This clan is up, anither's doon, a third is deep! Lnk. 1919 G. Rae 'Tween Clyde and Tweed 70: I was a herd, nae man e'er ca'ed me in When they were canglin' in a land oot-ower. Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 138: Efter a' wus ower they joost settl't doon an cangl't an tweelzie't like ither folk. Wgt. , Kcb. 1988 W. A. D. and D. Riach A Galloway Glossary : cangle to extricate oneself by argument. Rxb' the mou'd. Hence (a) cangler , n., a quarrelsome person; (b) canglesome , adj., “quarrelsome” (Mry. 1914 R. Cairns in Bnffsh. Field Club 26). (a) Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 73: Fy 
  43. Heddle n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1706-1965
     small cords or wires, with the shafts suspended from them, through which the warp is passed in a loom, and which raise and sink a proportion of the threads alternately so as to allow the passage of the a fire. Ags. 1821 D. Shaw Hum. Songs 26: Wi' waft an' warp, an shears sae sharp, My' ye, and a consistent life on the ither — and you'll work your last thrum into the very heddles wi set him apon a lum, or grip a heddle, bi da time 'at we get waaft an' yarn reddy. Uls. c .1920 J. Logan Ulster in X-Rays viii.: The weaver's beam contained a long roll Of threads, 50 to 70 yards in length and spread over about four feet of breadth; these passed through 'heddles,' then through a 'reed.' Fif. 3 1930 : A set of heddles for a web is called a caum. Combs: (1) heddle-shaft (Lnk. 1805 G. McIndoe Poems 11); (2)¶ heddle-threadle , tr., to be associated with (a great yarn in a loom (Ayr. 1956). [O.Sc. he(i)dill , hiddill , from 1513, a metathetic form from O.E 
  44. Foreshot n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1736-1986
    FORESHOT , n . 1 . A projecting floor or window of a house overhanging the street on which it is: Mr Gemmill and Predecessors brought out from the Stone-Wall of the upper Part of the Tenement, a Projection in Timber, commonly called a Fore-Shot . Sc. 1752 Petition of J. Finlayson (Jam.): The or 7 feet in breadth, made of wood and supported by pillars, in the same manner that this was the wooden foreshot of the houses. m.Sc. 1986 Ian A. Bowman in Joy Hendry Chapman 43-4 165 second Faints. Arg. c .1850 in L. McInnes Dial. S. Kintyre (1936) 30: Dohl a' Voomper had a brewing In Kilmaschenachan Glen And of foreshot strong and caochan too A greedy squeep has taen. Edb. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 68: There's a bottlie o' foreshot i' the but-press. Sc. 1950 J. M. Robb Sc. Whisky 36: The low wines are distilled in a similar but smaller still, the first .: the first milk drawn from a cow after calving (Lnk. 1825 Jam.) Cf . Forebroads . [ Fore- , 2 
  45. Bell n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1984-2005
     .). Short for bellman . Sc. Phrs. (1) on the bell , one's turn to buy a round of drinks; (2) the bells Bas 107: Being 'on the bell' in a pub meant it was your turn to buy a round of drinks. It was also Jul–1 Aug) 37: Anyway, rammies like these occur most Saturday nights the length and breadth of the land. It's just a question of scale. Hogmanay in London would end up the same every year if plod brought in the bells togged out for a riot. Per. 1997 : We'll need to get a steg on if we're to 
  46. Rand n., v.1[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1731-1927
    . Blair Haunted Dominie 41); rawn ; ¶ rane . Now chiefly dial. in Eng. Sc. usages: I . n . 1 . A border or rim (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1967); a selvage. Comb. rand-timber , the outer cut of wood from a log, slab-wood. Abd. 1731 Cushnie MSS. (Abd. Univ.): To build an deak along the head of timber. Sc. 1887 Jam. s.v. Rind : When the list or selvage . . . is of medium breadth, it is a rand, ran or rane. 2 . A strip or narrow section (‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ); a strip of ground at the edge of a river (Per. 1967). Rxb. 1825 Jam. : The wool of a sheep is said to be]. 3 . A stripe or streak of a different colour or texture (Rxb. 1825 Jam.; Gall. 1904 E.D.D. , rawn ; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ); a half-cooked section in a badly-baked scone (Kcb. 1967). Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 88: If doun their back there be a rand Of tauty hair. 4 . A mark or stain, a dirty streak left after imperfect cleaning (Rxb. 1825 Jam., 1923 Watson W.-B. ). 5 . A scratch or furrow 
  47. Boddam n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1834-1996
     sall know. Bnff. 1882 W. M. Philip K. MacIntosh's Scholars vii.: Ye have a rayther drier shoppie. I'll win tae the boddom o't afore the day's a meenit aulder. ... ' m.Sc. 1994 Martin boattom drawer ae your chest-ae-drawers, ah cam acroass a photie...an auld photie fae back in the forties buddom seemed to fa' oot o' a big angry lookin', drumly clood on the side o' Maldenoch. Slk. a-breadth , 'the space necessary for seating oneself' (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 19 , Ags. 1 1935); (2) boddum-lyer , 'a designation given to a large trout, because it keeps to the bottom' (Dmf. 1825 Jam. 2 ); (3 of a boat' (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .; Sh. 7 1935). (1) Knr. 1895 'H. Haliburton' Dunbar in M. Sc. 100: Little we seek, nor meikle mair desire — Our boddom-breadths and a sma' blink o' fire 
  48. Fouth n., adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1721-1999
     . Abundance, plenty, fullness, a full or ample amount or supply (‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , Add.; I. and ne.Sc., Ags. 1953). Dim. fouthy (Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 125). Also in n.Eng. dial. For a-fouth , in: An' first o' hose I hae a fouth, . . . An' some o' our ain quintry grouth. Edb. 1773 R. Ayr. 1789 Burns Capt. Grose's Peregrinations vi.: He has a fouth o' auld nick-nackets. Rxb. 1826 A. Scott Poems 54: For a' the ills that mark our wretched lot, (And we poor tods hae fouth o' them I wot). Per. a .1838 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 17: The earth has fouth o' trusty hearts. Bwk. 1863 A. Steel Poems 113: And freely dealt to a' a footh O' blame or praise. Ork. 1905 Dennison Ork. Weddings 33: A fouth o' girse an' a fouth o' corn, A fu' cog best. Abd. 1929 Abd. Univ. Review (March) 130: At a craft there's nae muckle fouth o' ready, well-filled-out (Lnk. 1825 Jam.); of a crop, abundant, plentiful (Ayr. 3 1910; ne.Sc. 1953). Comb 
  49. Thirty adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1920-1991
    . Alexander Johnny Gibb xxix.; Ags. 1892 A. Reid Howetoon 39; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Bwk 210), threty (s.Sc. a .1784 G. Caw Museum 150); thritty (wm.Sc. 1882 Songs and Ball. Cld. combs.: 1 . thirty-two , a plait of straw rope made up of thirty-two straws; 2 . thirtytwosome , a . Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. 49: The narrowest kind of plait had seven straws in its breadth, eightsomes, sixteensomes, and thirty-twosomes. Sc. 1954 H. A. Thurston Scotland's Dances 51: A Nineties the First Black Watch sergeants danced a thirty-twosome. [O.Sc. thretty , 1375, O.E. þritiȝ 
  50. Bodle n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1730-1998
    : She cares na ae boddle For gray-headed heroes. Combs.: (1) bodle-breid , the breadth of a bodleBODLE , BODDLE , n . Also bodel (Sc. 1702 T. Morer Acct. Scotland 23). “A copper coin of). Also transf . a hoard of money, a nest-egg.  [bodl, bɔdl] Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs 101: He would rake hell for a bodle. Sc. 1899 H. G. Graham Social Life 18th Cent. I. 237: At, the mendicant would only ask a modest bodle (equal to the sixth part of a penny). Abd. 22 1935 Bridge is . . . maintained by a Toll of a Bodle, or the sixth Part of a Penny, for each Foot passenger with Goods. Abd. 1998 Sheena Blackhall The Bonsai Grower 48: Mrs Mathers didna gie a boddle fur yon organist. She thocht organs a whiffle o papistry. Ags. 1921 V. Jacob Bonnie Joann, etc. 30: For oh! ahint the Bailie's back Was done a deed o' shame to mak' His righteous he'rt wi' anger swell Nane gie'd a bodle but himsel'! Bwk. 1863 A. Steel Poems 33: Like Lucky 
  51. Pepper n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1777-1962
     pepper, consisting of a piece of wood about six inches in length, and three in breadth, in the middle of mustard breed , — terrier , etc.; 2 . pepper curn , a small hand-mill for grinding pepper-corns. See also Curn , n . 3 ; 3 . pepper-dilse , -dulse , a pungent edible sea-weed, jagged fucus a skipping rope (Sh., Ags. 1965). 1 . Sc. 1824 Scott Letters (Cent. ed.) VIII. 195: A.: Mr. James Davidson of Hindlee, a tenant of Lord Douglas . . . had the humour of naming a celebrated great good humour. . . . An English lady of high rank and fashion being desirous to possess a brace of the celebrated Mustard and Pepper terriers, expressed her wishes in a letter, which was literally Dog World (20 April) 710: [She] has for many years owned a mustard bitch round whom the household revolved. This bitch has now died but Miss Goridge, like many people who have had a Dandie as companion, has decided that she cannot be without one and the bitch has now been replaced by another, a pepper 
  52. Slot n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1793-1897
     of a door, window or the like (Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) Gl., slote , 1808 Jam.; Cai. 1904 [of a door], an' in the stranger passed. Edb. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar 217: The yett was steeked and the slot drawn. 2 . One of the lighter cross-pieces in the framework of a harrow, gen. mortised through the heavier bulls (Sc. 1808 Jam.); a cross-piece in the bottom of a cart (Cai., Kcb. 1970); a cross-piece or bar of wood in gen. Comb. stay-slot , the diagonal stay in a hurdle or gate; the uprights on the sides of a box-cart (see 1825 quot.). m.Lth. 1793 G. Robertson Agric. M D. Ure Agric. Dmb. 42: An ordinary single horse waggon . . . is four feet in breadth, within . Lnk. 1825 Jam. : Slots in a cart are not only the long cross spars, as in a harrow, but also-slots, and one upright. II . v . 1 . To secure a door, window or the like by means of a bolt or bar, to lock, bolt (a door) (Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis , 1808 Jam.; Cai. 1904 E.D.D 
  53. Braid adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1795-1994
    BRAID , adj ., adv . Also bredd (Ags. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 101), † bread (Abd. 1768 A 231, 240), braidness , breadth (Sc. 1837 Wilson's Tales of the Borders IV. 46). Also Compar and the mune up. Dundee 1994 Matthew Fitt in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 175: He wus aa duntit an squint lyk a boaxir's. Sc. usages: I . adj . 1 . In phr.: in braid Scotland , in the whole (breadth) of Scotland. Gen.Sc. Kcb. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xvi.: 'That's . Plain, unmitigated. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Tales, etc. (1837) VI. 6: 'Ye are telling a braid. Sc. 1821 Scott Pirate xviii.: I ken nae use in blurting braid out with a man's name at every moment. Edb. 1798 D. Crawford Poems, etc. 85: Nor leave a hole, without a clout, At which. (ed. A. Nimmo 1882) 194: Oh! the sun frae the eastward was peeping, And braid through the winnocks. Ags. 1826 A. Balfour Highland Mary I. 66: Lookin' braid i' my face, she said - 'Oh, Marion 
  54. Curl v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
     shots I can; and cangle to a hair-breadth.' (3) Ags. 1948 People's Journal (27 Nov.): In has it, he has it, to a hair's breadth.' [O.Sc. has curling , from 1638, and curler , 1639CURL , v . and n . Also curle . 1 . v . To play at curling. Gen. in vbl.n. curling , a game Tour in Scot. 1772 81: Of the sports of these parts, that of curling is a favorite; and one another, great stones of forty to seventy pounds weight, of a hemispherical form, with an iron or wooden. 1890 J. Kerr Hist. of Curling 27: Curling, when first practised, appears to have been a kind of quoiting on ice. The stones had no handles, but merely a kind of hollow or niche for the finger and thumb' the curlin' denner, an' I've got the tickets.' Peb. 1715 A. Pennecuik Descr. of Tweeddale and Sc. Poems 59: To Curle on the Ice, does greatly please, Being a Manly Scotish Exercise. Ayr the hillside, and all the workmanship bestowed on them was the fixing of a bent piece of iron into 
  55. Leet n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1705-1948
    LEET , n . 1 Also leit , leat . [lit] 1 . A stack of peats or ‡coal of certain dimensions varying at different times and places (ne.Sc., Lth. 1960); a section of a peat-stack (Uls. 1953 Traynor … for makeing up a leet of peats, fourteen foots square, carried up seven foots high, and rooffed in to Poultry, half a Mart, and a Wedder and a half, with a Leat of Peats. Gsw. 1762 Burgh Rec. Gsw editor to be about twelve loads]. Abd. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 VI. 8: A leat of peats, measuring 24 feet in length, 12 in breadth at the bottom and 3 at the top and twelve feet high, will cost the services due by the tenants to the laird and one man remarked, 'I've jeest driven a leet o' peats for the laird.' Hence leet-peats , peats delivered in leets as part of a farm-tenant's rent to his Aberdeenshire a substantial part of the rent was paid in kind, 'in cain hens, leet peats and in days in the moss and in hairst.' 2 . A section of a sow or oblong stack of grain or beans (see quots.) (Lth., wm.Sc 
  56. Maist adj., adv.1, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1768-1991
     seen in the world for Charlie no to inherit the breadth o' the blade of a cabaudge o' a' his father's (S.T.S.) I. 130, Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 153; Ayr. 1788 Burns There's a youth iv 1887 quot. Abd. p .1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shep. MS. 122: But can ye now of her nae cuttance. Falconer i . xii.: Weel, ye see, I hae been thinkin' o' a plan for maist han' toomin' hell. Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 27: The maist mester-fiend o' a storm o' wind . . . blew ower a' the) 187: 'She was a woman of the maist wonderfu power. ... ' Edb. 1991 J. K. Annand in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 20: Aneath a hap o snaw it derns Deep in a dwam for maist the year To burst throu in a bleeze o starns Syne skail its flourish on the stour. wm.Sc. 1991 James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 55: Bairn ae a street bringin back bairnhood days Mither deckin ye oot in white an blue Yirsel a soulfu wee craitur maist happy whiles Sc. usages: 1 . Used 
  57. Trow v.1, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1790-1992
    )ie ); something of a length disproportionate to its breadth (Per. 1825 Jam.). 2 . The dung of. troll , to roll, to fish by dragging a baited line through the water. [trʌu(l)] I . v . 1 . intr. ). Also in reduplic. form trow-row . Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 264: Her head out owre her heels, Trull'd owre his face. Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian l.: Like a stane trowling down hill J. Crawford Verses 18: Ower he fa's trow rowin' like a bool. Edb. 1915 T. W. Paterson Auld Saws 133: Wha had gowd come trowin till them. Dmb. 1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle the sky — That land unkenn'd far abune me set. 3 . To walk with a rolling or waddling gait (Rxb may you row, trow, guzzle, swatter. Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 226: There were women wi bairns in prams, loons and lassies trowing fae the school, a puckle o teachers and one vessel to another (Mry. 1813 W. Leslie Agric. Mry . 469, trou ); 'to season a cask by rinsing it 
  58. Vennel n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-1998
    ). [′vɛnəl] 1 . A narrow alley or lane between houses, still freq. in street-names in many Sc. towns, as “Vennel”, a small pathway leading from the churchyard. Dmf. 1852 Life and Works Burns (Chambers) III. 307: The removal which they effected at Whitsunday, 1793, from their little floor of a house in the Wee Vennel to a small detached or independent dwelling in the Mill-hole Brae or Mill Vennel. wm.Sc. 1965 Alan Sharp A Green Tree in Gedde (1985) 29: He took lodgings with Mother Sommerville in the Vinnel, a narrow, two-storeyed street at the centre of the working quarter, an area of knocked over by roistering callants singing and taking up the breadth of the streets in arm-linked ranks Jewish quarter. A Golem rins fae the graveyard An the win is readin quate In the sma synagogue. Lnk. 1998 Duncan Glen Selected New Poems 22: Angles of streets, twisting wynds and vennels. A steep slantit climb up to the Auld Toon. Yet blind alleys, the cul-de-sacs without warning signs. 2 . A 
  59. Grist n.2, v.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1720-1993
     grists , part of the cloth appeared of a fine fabric, while another part of the same cloth seemed quite thread to the pound and is stated as the number of hanks of 560 yards to which a pound of wool can be to be of a certain grist , according to the particular size of the grains. Lnk. 1853 W. Watson Poems 81: 'Tis no for the breadth o' the ocean, 'Tis no for the girst o' the wave. Ork judge, to guess; 'to guess the weight, size, or temperature of a thing without actually weighing or measuring' (Uls. 1900 E.D.D. ). Uls. 1901 North. Whig : The wife, who never likes to see a man without a turn to do, was on fo' me helping with the churn, but we gristed et that ill that I had on'y grist it. [Not in O.Sc. Prob. a variant with met. of girth , + -st suff. as in Grist , n . 1 
  60. Rule v., n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1945
     the nearer side of the thumb with the next yard, etc., so that a thumb's breadth is deducted with each (Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS . ix.). Pa.t. rult (Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 13); rowl't (Abd. 1906-o'er-thoum , (in a) rough and ready, slap-dash (manner), not concerned with precision or accuracy, = Eng. rule of thumb . Explained in 1850 quot. as a method of measuring cloth by putting the thumb just length of the stick and the result is short measure; 2 . rules o' contrary , a ring-game played by-thoum . Refers to a method of measuring cloth which appears to be accurate but is not, and is used to: Rules o' Contrary — A female school game, much like Allicomgreenzie . 3 . Per. 1816 T. Duff not of ruling Elders. But every Elder in the Lord's house is a ruling Elder, because the power and called to a more eminent exercise of it than others. Sc. 1945 J. T. Cox Practice Ch. Scot. 104 members of a Kirk Session, exclusive of the minister or ministers of the charge. 
  61. Logie n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1913
    ‡ LOGIE , n . Also loggie , loggy , logey , † lyogie . [′logi] 1 . The fire-place of a kiln naked with the young woman. Gsw. 1727 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 289: For building a large corn of lime each. Two loggies , or fire places, were made in the bottom: they were nearly the breadth of the kiln in length, and two feet and a half in width. Sc. 1806 Braes o Yarrow in Child. 1815 J. Ruickbie Poems 27: Freed for a while to take the air From hell's tremendous logie covered with loose straw, on which it [corn] was spread over a fire kindled in the loggie . Sc. 1832 A. Henderson Proverbs 133: Mak a kiln o't, and creep in at the logie. Clc. 1882 J Days 240: In other parts of the country a girl might take a male lamb's fleece, tease it, card it, and spin it at the doorstep. Then, after winding it into a ball, she would go on Hallowe'en to the apartment, holding the end of the thread in her hand. 2 . A small hole at the bottom of a lime-kiln 
  62. Lettern n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1929
    LETTERN , n . Also leteran ; letteran , -on , -in(g) , -rin , le(a)tron ; laiteran , -tron. Strathearn 256). [′lɛt(ə)rən] 1 . The desk or small pulpit used by a precentor in a church, usu minister came in with a new precentor, they found the Latron held by the depute. Sth. 1732 C. D John Ross, Square Wright, was building Sir John Gordon's loft, to employ him also to build a Pulpit: Directly in front of the pulpit below stood the elders' seat, or 'lateron', an area of considerable breadth, which ran nearly from one end of the church to the other. Ags. 1860 A. Whamond James Tacket 64: [He] learned a few of the newest tunes, and among others, Devizes … which he was sure he could old Scottish churches the 'lateran' was also a large square pew on either side of the precentor's desk the lateran' meant either to act as precentor, or to get a child baptized in church. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 35: Gin ye hid steed i' the laiteran's I've deen, ye wid 'a 
  63. Loan n.1, v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1710-1972
     strip of grass of varying breadth running through the arable part of a farm and freq. linking it with.), loaney (Uls. 1901 Northern Whig ). [lo:n] I . n . 1 . Orig., before the enclosing of fields, a the common grazing ground of the community, serving as a pasture, a driving road and a milking place for the cattle of the farm or village and as a common green (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Uls. 1910 C. C. Russell. Arg. 1715 Hist. MSS. Comm. Report V. 619: I came to the end of Loch Dochart earlie in a morning makes a bad milk-cow. Abd. 1755 Lord Glenbervie Diaries (Bickley 1928) II. 351: The school house of Foveran stood at the edge of a common or open green, called in Scotland a loan. Ork. 1772 an artificial excavation, of sufficient breadth, considerably lower than the adjacent fields. Ayr Remains 59: Kimmer can milk a hale loan o' kye. Rxb. 1820 Scots Mag. (June) 533: At Allanhaugh, a small village (the vestiges of which only now remain) in the upper parts of Tiviotdale, the 
  64. Lenth n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2005
    ; s.Sc. lænθ; I.Sc. lɛnt] Sc. forms: ne.Sc. 1994 Alastair Mackie in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 93: A granite Chinese waa that road was, the haill linth o't, that the bourgeoisie raised. usages: I . n . 1 . With a demonstrative, possess. adj. or n., Gen. in adv. phrs. the lenth of , my cannot come this lenth, being near the time of child birth. Mry. 1716 A. & H. Tayler 1715 length of the Dee, Argyle was at a stand, not having heard aught of Huntly's motions or strength. Ags. Sh. 1930 Shet. Almanac 195: If he sood ever come oot wir lent he s'all get a belly fu' o Willie … 'We're takin' a big box the length o' Cormiston.' Abd. 1993 : Ye've gotten this linth. Edb. 2005 : A linth o Harris Tweed. Edb. 2005 : She went the linth o Musselburgh. Dmb. 2005 : We went the lenth o the station wi him. Phr. A widna gang the length o masel , I one's wrath or vituperation. Sc. 1700 Seasonable Precautions in Electing the Magistrates 8: A 
  65. Gaup v., n.[0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1720-1991
     were white and thine, the Breadth of a Shilling, and they gaup'd; And he puts one in their Mouths look up in a wild sort of way, or as expressive of surprise; often, to gaup up ' (Bch. 1825 Jam. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 59: A cud hardly get 'im t' gang at a': he heeld sic a gaupan in at ilky Bygone Days 66: [The height of folly] is kissing an auld wife through a gaupy-riddle. † 2 . To yawn siccan a hurry that he would put you in min' o' a man filling dung. Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J the mouth to fill it with food. II . n . 1 . A stupid person, a simpleton, one who goes about. dial. Cf . Gappy . Dmf. 1843 Carlyle in Froude Life (1884) I. xi.: 'They are a terrible at you.' Abd. 1887 J. Cowe Jeems Sim 6: A gypet gaupie, I kenna fat they ca'd him — he' scringers hingin' roon', An' gaupies frae a neebor toon. Hence gaap-a-leerie , a stupid-looking person (‡Abd. 15 1953). Abd. 4 1932 : Sic a gaap-a-leerie o' a chiel. † 2 . A large mouthful (Sc 
  66. Ish n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1701-1997
     the said James Nisbet tuo elnes breadth for ish and entrie betwixt the said meill mercatt house and et introitu (“with free ish and entry”) imports a right to all ways and passages, in so far as they. Agric. 632: The great advantage would be, the preservation of all the spawn, by giving it a proper thereto or in legal phrase ish and entry . 2 . The conclusion of a period of time, esp. the (date of) expiry or termination of a lease (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 46). Sc. 1701 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1908) 319: He is bound to mantaine and uphold the samen, with the kilne and houses, in a sufficient. (1772) III. 287: A tack without an ish is an anomalous right. Peb. 1802 C. Findlater Agric. Peb. 290: In Scotish law, it is considered as indispensable to the nature of a tack, that it shall important in such cases to determine whether the lease is one with multiple dates of ish or with a single 
  67. Wap v.2, n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1]1700-1999
     , a wrap, a layer of clothing. Vbl.n. wap(p)in , a loose garment worn by a fisherman at work (Dmf, Wap and rowe the feetie o't. Sc. a .1803 Sir Patrick Spens in Child Ballads (1956) II. 27: They fetched a web o the silken claith, Another o the twine, And they wapped them roun that thegither, Wha toss an' tum'le, waupit a' through ither. Gsw. 1863 J. Young Ingle Nook 130: Wi No. 192 A. iv.: And tak a halter in thy hose, But wap it oer the Wanton's nose. Fif. 1831 Fife Herald (17 Nov.): Would half-a-dozen of the shootherless Lords, such as we see in the street sometimes, though they were wappit to each other sideways, match in breadth just ony ane o' our twa sel's. Fif. 1940 : A golf-club is said to be wapped when the head is fastened to the shaft by cobbler's 147: 'Tae mak a heather scrubber, ye tak a bunch o' heather an walt it owre a stane tae tak aa the wee sma heids aff it. Then when ye've got it bare, ye catch it aa thegither an tak a wire an wap it 
  68. Killogie n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1718-1986
     , Logie , Ogie . The word is applied to different parts of a kiln, according to its date and method of to the Kiln logie. Sc. 1746 Lyon in Mourning (S.H.S.) II. 329: Fraser being put in a corn kilnlogie, where he remained for three months. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 35. 1815 Scott Guy M. vi.: The muckle chumlay in the Auld Place reeked like a killogie in his time. 1896 J. Ogilvie J. Cruickshank 132: A kiln called the “logie” or “kiln-logie”, where the corn was dried by means of artificial heat before it was sent to the mill. . . . It was a stone building in four or five feet in diameter at the bottom. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 20: A muckle . . . motor-laarie — a perfeet killogie for reek — cam snorkin an dunnerin bye. m.Sc. 1986 Colin climb down inside the kiln-logie (the pit, you ken), which is a dark and dreich enough place at any time, ... ' 2 . The fire or fire-place of a kiln (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 298; Bnff. 1902 J 
  69. Scum n., v., adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1712-1951
     Net fixed to a Pole, called a Scum-net, the Pole reaching the Breadth of the Water. Abd. 1891. 2 . A thin coating of ice (Cai. 1904 E.D.D. ; Cai., Kcb. 1969). 3 . A darkening gloom overspreading the sky (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Also in Nhb. dial. Cf . O.N. skumi , id. 4 . A worthless used only collectively in Eng.; a mean miserly person (Fif. 1808 Jam.). Sc. 1722 W. Hamilton. Per. 1766 A. Nicol Poems 109: Improver, architects, and foreign scums. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 120: A menseless, gabbin', pridefu' scum. Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet iii.: He is on the outlook for these scums of the earth. Rnf. 1850 A. McGilvray Poems 182: To look, was a farce, at the Judges, the scums! ne.Sc. 1888 D. Grant Keckleton 71: Afore she mairrit her scum o' a man. 5 . As in Eng., a film or layer of dross, in fig . phr. to draw quot. of turtle-soup. Phr. to scum the well , to draw off the first water from a well on New-Year's 
  70. Galloway n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-1997
    GALLOWAY , n . 1 . A small, sturdy type of horse, originally bred in Galloway. In gen. use also in Eng. since late 16th cent. Sc. 1705 J. Spruel Accompt Current 19: I can averr as a truth a Scots Galloway of 40 or 50 shil-ster per piece will ride farder, and kill, beat and founder a Galloway and so training himself by degrees, he must mount the great state-horse all at once. Sc. 1771 Weekly Mag. (29 Aug.) 287: Mounted upon a whitish grey galloway. m.Sc. 1934 J. Buchan Free Fishers v.: A broad chaise, drawn by two stout galloways. 2 . A stocky, hornless , a breed of the same having a broad white band round a black body, sometimes called beltie ( cf rough, glossy, black coats. There is also a White-Belted Galloway breed representing an ancient stock Royal Highland and Agricultural Society to provide a class for yearling heifers of the Belted Galloway since 1931. sm.Sc. 1997 Herald 6 Jun 26: A page in Scottish farming history will be turned 
  71. Drove n., v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1732-2004
     .: (a) drove-road , a road or track used for the driving of sheep or cattle to annual fairs or cattle markets; 'the privilege of using a road of this description as a servitude which may be acquired by prescription' (Sc. 1890 Bell Dict. Law Scot . 347); also in s.Eng. dial.; (b) drove-stance , a halting-place on a drove-road where drovers rested and pastured their cattle. (a) Sc. 1732 D. Hume Trial for Crime (1800) I. 334: Injuring a drove of cattle, on their passage along a public drove-road. Sc. 1773 Faculty Decis. (1784) 170: They . . . had been in the usage of a drove-road to.) 449: 'The Drove Road' is a picturesque description of a time and custom dead and gone, though not so Deeside Road 93: The Glen Builg Pass . . . a well-used drove road from the north country beyond the Avon by way of Loch Builg to Braemar. Sc. 1952 A. R. B. Haldane The Drove Roads of Scotland (1973) 4: At an early stage of the research it became apparent that to construct a map on which were 
  72. Tae n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1785-1991
     the front of the sole of boots (Sh., ne., em.Sc.(a), w.Lth., Lnk. 1972); (2) tae-breadth , -bree(d , the length of one's toe, fig . a very short distance (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; I) tae-stane , a tombstone erected at the foot of a grave. Cf. heidstane s.v. Heid , I . 1 . Combs nae fit to gang the length o' their tae farrer. Ags. 1823 A. Balfour Foundling III. iii tongue like the tae-stane o' a grave. (6) Per. c .1800 Lady Nairne Songs (Rogers 1905) 209) Abd. 1867 A. Allardyce Goodwife 14: See an nae brak yer tae. (10) Edb. 1900 E. H: I canna turn mi tae whar mi heel staands bit what ye hae somethin' ta set i' mi rodd. 2 . A branch of a field drain (Abd. 1792 Trans. Bnff. Field Club (1889) 59). Abd. 1811 G. Keith Agric. Abd. 428: Where several branches meet near the head of a principal drain, which are provincially its toes or taes , . . . these branches generally enter it at an obtuse angle. 3 . A prong or 
  73. Strae n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
    . MSS . XI. 180); (3) strae-bread , the breadth of a straw (Sh. 1971). See Breed , n . 1 ; (4) strae, Nor care yae strae about the morn. Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. lv.: To rin the beast ower wi' a dry wisp o' strae. Sc. 1823 Lockhart Reg. Dalton III. 318: I am ower auld a cat for sic wood, was always thought to run most freely in a “strae wisp,” which very possibly it really did, as J. White Eppie Gray 6: A bee-skep at the garden tap, Weel buskit roon wi' a strae strap. 1964 Nordern Lichts 9: Athin yon shimley nyook an aald man sat An wand da straen simmits in a baa. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 43: Miss Innes keeps a rubbit caad Fuskers in a run in the neuk - richt bosker o a beast wi lugs as big as bananas. Efter I gaed Fuskers clean strae an a sup carrots an lettuce I tuik him up in ma bosie an we toured the classie. Combs. (see also Straw ): (1) strae-and-dash , the mortar, consisting of a mixture of straw and wet clay, used in old 
  74. Seeven adj., n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-2000
     Making of a King 16); se'en (s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell St. Matthew xv. 36; m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Mag . (Feb.) 367). [′si:vən; Bnff., em.Sc. (a), Uls. ′se:vən, Abd. ′səivən] Sc. forms: Dundee 1991 Ellie McDonald The Gangan Fuit 20: I went tae watch a marathon last week. Near twa thousand puir dementit craiturs, ilk ain hauf nakit, forby thrie waiters, Santy Claus, seiven fairies an a freak.); syn- (Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 21); sin- (Gsw. 1807 J. Chirrey Misc. Poetry 76 ; seyventy (Abd. 1932 Abd. Univ. Rev . (March) 103), sinty (Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 199), seventy taen ye mair as seeventy year. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 28: Come back when yir seeventy, (that's ma three score year an ten), a pension then we sen ye, providit yir no deid then. 2 . In combs. and phrs.: (1) seven lang and seven short (sc. years ), a hyperbole for a long indefinite period of time (Ork. 1969); (2) seven-nights , a week. See also Sennicht ; (3) se(e)venpence 
  75. Plaid n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
     the Stripes in Breadth, and Colours. Gsw. 1715 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (B.R.S.) 539: A swatch of. plaidie , -y , plaithie (Edb. 1821 W. Liddle Poems 197). [pled, ‡plɑed] I . n . 1 . A of a chequered or Tartan pattern, which was formerly worn as a mantle or outer garment, predominantly in the rural areas of Scotland, later also as a shawl by women in towns, and which now survives as . Byron Lachin y Gair ii. note. Also fig . as in 1887 quot., and applied by extension to a similarly only by the Men, is made of fine Wool; . . . it consists of divers Colours, and there is a great deal, consists of twelve or thirteen yards, of a narrow stuff, wrapt round the middle, and reaches to the knees; is often fastened round the middle with a belt, and is then called brechan-feal. Ayr. 1796. 1816 Scott O. Mortality x.: I will put on a plaid and slip down with you to the place where they and all, Scotch plaids, Scotch snoods, the blue hills, and clear streams. Lnk. 1887 A. G 
  76. Dooble adj., adv., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2001
    , or two if the draught is heavy: it must be mounted with a double-feathered sock, the breadth of which, suitable for whipping; Gen.Sc.; hence double-creamy ; 4 . double-docks , a game played with large round-downcome , a term used in measuring yarn, appar. from some repeated downward movement of the spinning-machine; 6 . double-dunt , also double dunter . A reduplication of something, e.g. an event, social in ref. to a judge of the Court of Session, who has both civil and criminal jurisdiction, and orig hincher , a feint in kicking at football (see quot.). Cf . Hainch ; 10 . dooble (double)-hindin(g) , a . double house , a house with rooms on either side of an entrance hall. Also in U.S. Cf . Single , adj ., 1 . (9); 12 . double letter , a capital letter (Cai. 1900 E.D.D. ; Bnff. 2 , Abd. 9 1940); 13 . double raip , a straw rope twisted double (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 2 , Abd. 9 1940); 14 . double stone , adj., of walls: drystone. 2 . Fif. 1922 Rymour Club Misc. III. i . 59: A young farmer had gone 
  77. Wab n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1767-1996
     Rhymes 98, 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot . 273, Sh. 1973), wob (Bwk. 1712 A. Thomson Coldingham (1908) App; Abd. 1969 Buchan Observer (7 Jan.) 4), wobb (Sc. a .1776 D. Herd Sc. Songs I. 312), wobe (Slk] I . n . 1 . As in Eng. (1) A (piece of) woven fabric, specif . the length woven on one loom (Sc A. Henderson Proverbs 150: Ye're cawking the claith ere the wab be in the loom. Ork. 1880. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 316: The best o' wabs are rough at the roons. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. 166: Du'll hae a weary wub ta bleach. Bnff. 1939 J. M. Caie Hills and Sea 4: Fa yacht the bairnie, than? Aye, but ye're speerin', Naebody kens o' fat wab he's a swatch. (2) A spider's web (Sh., ne.Sc. ( wob ), em.Sc. (a), Ayr., Dmf. ( wab ) 1973). Cf . (3) (i), (iii). Adj. wobby: Like a wyver that waits For a flee in his wob on the wa'. Abd. 1963 J. C. Milne Poems 56: O for a brush or besom Te dicht the wobby wa'! (3) Combs., phrs. and derivs.: (i) cobwabs 
  78. Wick n.1, v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1721-1960
     to a hair's breadth. Lnk. 1853 W. Watson Poems 64: Now, John, do ye see a' the winner . [wɪk, wik] I . n . 1 . A corner (of the mouth), the angle between the upper and lower lip (Cai 1820 quot. transf . of a doorway. Also in n.Eng. dial. Deriv. weekins , id. (Marw.; I.Sc. 1974). See of his mouth. Ags. c .1860 A. B. Dalgetty Liff (1940) 61: While at her mou' weiks drink never weetit the weeks o' his mou. Kcb. 1904 Crockett Strong Mac xiv.: A trickle of gravy browning the wicks of their mouths. Abd. 1923 R. L. Cassie Heid or Hert 15: A gray .; (2) wick bane , the bone at the side of a fish's mouth; (3) wick-burn , a brand as a mark of ownership at the corner of a sheep's mouth; (4) week teeth , wike- , the canine or eye teeth. (1) Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 217: I wish he and I had a Peck of Gold to deal, there should be scarted far; far wick burn. (4) Sc. 1726 A. Monro Anat. Bones 171: The Two inferior [ canini 
  79. Park n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2000
     field's breadth. See Breed ; park-dyke , a field-wall; park-foot ; park-lamb , -sheep , a sheep or law, is a large extent of ground inclosed and privileged for wild beasts of the chase, by royal grant , whereby is meant a large tract of inclosed ground where deer are kept” (Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot . 702). [pɑrk, perk; Ork., s.Sc. pærk] I . n . 1 . An area of enclosed farm-ground. a field in gen., as a park o corn , gress , neeps , tatties (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial . 192). For historical development see 1950 quot. Gen.Sc., and n.Eng. dial. Sometimes restricted to a meadow or old pasture, esp. in Fif. (Fif. 1893 N. & Q . (Ser. 8) IV. 525). Combs. park-breed , -breath , a lamb reared in a field as opposed to moorland pasture (Cai. 1965). Sc. 1701 in Harleian Misc call an Inclosure a Perk, in his Country. Sc. 1715 T. Boston Memoirs (1853) 257: I was told that one was a-dying at the park-foot. Sc. c .1730 E. Burt Letters (1815) I. 235–6 
  80. Tee n.1, v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1721-1959
    TEE , n . 1 , v . 1 Also T (Sc. a .1872 D. Macleod Memoir N. Macleod II. 223). [ti:] I. 1825 R. Chambers Traditions I. 225: Represented in the habit of a Golfer, in the act of striking a ball from the tee . Sc. 1887 Golfing (Chambers) 46: What he gained from the tee, I always made up in the short play. Combs.: (1) tee bank , the sloping edge of a golfing-green on which the tee is set; (2) tee-shot , the first stroke for every hole, played from a tee. Gen.Sc.; (3) tee the furthest, long drivers being able to send a ball upwards of two hundred yards. Sc. 1878 Golf & Golfers 42: A tall red flag is placed at the spot behind which a good driver ought to stroke played. 2 . In Curling : the target for the stones, a mark set up on or cut in the ice and Acct. Curling 4, 1825 Jam.). Gen.Sc. Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 167: A slow shot drew is of a circular form, with a small hole cut in the middle. Sc. 1858 Chambers's Jnl. (17 
  81. Sole n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1707-1966
     underside of the foot. Deriv. solies , a beating on the soles of the feet. Phr. sole-feet(ed) stockin bastinado became a regular institution, 'solies' superseded 'palmies' in the summer time. 2 . As in Eng., the lower part, bottom or base of anything, specif .: (1) the flat bottom of a golf club (Sc. 1887 Jam.). Gen.Sc.; (2) the smooth undersurface of a curling-stone. Gen.Sc.; (3) the lower crust of a loaf of bread, comb. sole-shaif , the end slice of a loaf, the heel (Cai., Per., Fif., Ayr. 1971); a loaf which has such a bottom crust, a plain loaf , s.v. Plain (Cai. 1952); (4) the bottom rope of a fishing net (Ayr. 1930; Sh., Wgt. 1971). Comb. sole-raip , id. (Sh., n.Sc., Fif., Ayr. 1971); (5) a pan or trough, used e.g . in the making of candles and soap. Comb. † sole-pan , a salt pan with a bottom, as compared with those which only had sides, and were set into the ground; (6) a flat plate such as is placed under a soup-tureen or gravy-boat, or which forms the base of a cheese dish (ne.Sc. 1971 
  82. Knap n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1721-1955
    KNAP , n . 1 Also knapp , (h)nap(p) . [(k)nɑp] 1 . (1) A lump, bump, any rounded knob; a Proverbs 218: It is a good tree that hath neither Knap nor Gaw . There is nothing altogether perfect. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 134: Her reins, wi' siller knaps fu' clear. Rnf the knaps out o' a pickle mair o't [flax]. Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 106: Tho' on his faun' ayont the tailor's tap, An' cam', gweed life! on sic a knap! Abd. 11 1910 : Roofing tiles keep their place on the roof by a knap on the back resting on the pan, or tile lath. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. : Da hnap a da staff. Hence (k)nappie , -y , lumpy, bumpy (Ork. 1887 Jam she brak the pan; Davie's head she made a' knappy. Dwn. 1951 E. E. Evans Mourne Country 66: Nearly all the agricultural land in our area overlies the shales, which break down into a warm friable stony soil, 'knappy' or 'chawndry', as it is termed in South Down. (2) Specif . ( a ) comb.: fir 
  83. Ba' n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1788-2004
    ) ba-hair , also baa-hair , baw-hair , a hair's breadth, a very fine measurement (of width); (5 peculiar to Sc. [bɑ: + a: I.Sc., n.Sc.; bǫ; em.Sc., wm.Sc. but Arg. bɑ:; bɒ: sm.Sc., s.Sc.] Sc. forms of Daily Record 6 Apr 21: Did he cry? Oh no! He just laughed like a big numpty, picked his 'baw' up. Gen.Sc. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 33: A's fair at the ba' o' Scone. Refers to the annual Rasmie's Buddie 9: Wha, tinkin it time for ta gie him a seg, Sank his yackles fair inta da baa o his leg.: baa-peece , a piece of leather put on to the ball or sole of a boot to mend or compensate for a worn piece. Ork. 1949 'Lex' But-end Ballans 11: Du'll hae tae pit a baa-peece on Or else sheu'll spoil her ceuts. (3) The coppers thrown to children at a wedding. Orig. the money was for the purchase of a ball. In Rxb. a ball with coloured ribbons attached and a coin tied on each ribbon was kicked off by the bride and fought for by children to get possession of the ball or at least a ribbon and 
  84. Luif n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1711-1954
     . 320); (3) loof-bare , empty-handed; †(4) loof-bread , the extent of the palm, a hand's-breadth; ¶(5 Ballads 148), leuve (ne.Sc. 1828 P. Buchan Ballads II. 298), luive (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems (Bnff. 1869 W. Knight Auld Yule 61) and reduced form lee (Abd. 1839 A. Walker Deil o' Baldarroch . [I., m. and s.Sc. løf, lyf, lɪf, lɪv; em.Sc.(a) lef; n.Sc. lɪv, ‡li(f); Wgt., Uls. lif] 1 . The. Davidson Lanark (1910) 163: To be burnt on the cheek with a hot iron with the town's mark, being the have a reward o' twenty guineas in his loof. wm.Sc. 1832 Whistle-Binkie 38: Yet, heart to heart, and loof to loof, A bargain we shall mak it. Ags. 1848 Feast Lit. Crumbs (1891) 45: To screen my looves frae monie a thwack. Gall. 1879 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. 47: There was an old woman in Mochrum, who was reputed to be a witch, and boys, now men, in passing her kept the your luif' (that is, the palm of the hand), is a common South-Country simile. Sh. 1948 New 
  85. Rack v.1, n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2003
     to a considerable breadth, before it narrows into a full stream. Applied only to a ford of this kind (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 53; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; em.Sc.(a), Lnk., sm.Sc., Slk. 1967, An' rack your leather. Lth. 1825 Jam. : He has a conscience that will rack like raw; When it took a rackin, it bate a' description. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 99: He'll. Per. 1857 J. Stewart Sketches 48: Donal' Mac's black paintit rung, Is made a carter's rackin shot, the muckle door slot, Made a ranse o' a big racking pin. Ork. 1905 Orcadian Papers (Charleson) 35: This is a strong straw rope formed of two cants twisted together, and spun by hand alone. When spun and 'raked,' that is stretched, it is then wound into large clews the width of a barn door stretch, i.e . to hang, be hanged. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Tales (1874) 522: I hope they'll get him, racking at a gallows tree, He birles cauny roun'. 3 . To wrench, sprain, dislocate, twist (Rxb. 1942 
  86. Coo n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2000
    ) cowshot , a species of marl;  †(24) cow's thumb , a hair's breadth, no distance at all; obs. in Eng , n . 1 ), the weak pl. coos being used after numerals, e.g. a puckle kye ; twa coos . I . = Eng March) 3/7: So John gied up in 'e rig o' a Caithness fairmer tryan til buy their stirkies an' auld Lochhead Tartuffe 18: Like weans in the wid, like twa turtledoos Like a richt perra lovebirds, like Lallans 51 11: Ah herd a low flyin aeroplane. Dugs berkin wildly. Coos lowin nearby. Phrs.: (1 be suckled (Fif. 1962). (1) wm.Sc. 1 c .1900 : Coos in the byre - a figure in the game 'stalls' for the pieces or 'coos'. Each 'coo' is placed in a stall between throws and then all are picked , the bog strawberry, Comarum palustre ( Ib .); (3) cow-cakes , -keeks , (a) the wild parsnip . 799); this form is a mistake for -keek , see (3) above; †(8) cowmack , prob. the white lychnis) cowslip , (a) Anemone nemorosa (n.Sc. 1863 in Border Mag . 286); (b) water avens, Geum rivale (Rxb 
  87. Nieve n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
     measure of length or height, a hand's-breadth. For phr. horned nive , see Horn . Sc. 1701 J. Brand s.Sc. ni:v, nɛv; ne.Sc. nɪv; I.Sc. nev] I . n . 1 . A fist, clenched hand (Sc. 1755 Johnson Dict . s.v. neaf ; Sc. 1808 Jam.). Gen.Sc., obs. in Eng. exc. in n.dial.; a handful, fistful (Sh. 1908 Jak Poems (1877) II. 345: A greedy callan, half a sot, Shot his wee nive into the pot. Abd. 1777 To a Haggis vii.: Clap in his walie nieve a blade, He'll make it whissle. Slk. 1820 Hogg Tales (1874) 276: I wad hae stickit a' the rebel crew, an' their papish prince, the same way, if I rampant in their mettle, With idle foolitch neifs did ettle. Bwk. 1863 A. Steel Poems 48: In News (14 Jan.): Ye wid get a nev o' lozengers. Gsw. 1904 H. Foulis Erchie xxii.: It's hung a' roond wi' hunners o' big gless bools, the size o' yer nief. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 21: An auld herd wui a maud on, an a nibbie in eis neeve. Ork. 1949 “Lex” But 
  88. March n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2000
    ., a boundary or border of a country or territory, specif . the Border between Scotland and England pouched my fee, and drucken a mutchkin of brandy, and now he's ower the march. Combs. and Phrs.: (1) march-day , the sitting of a court of commissioners to deal with infringements of the Border laws and regulations, a .1603. Hist .; (2) marchman , a Border warrior; (3) march treason , an offence against the law of the Borderland between Scotland and England, such as the breaking of a truce. Hist .; (4 gang owre the march , to elope (s.Sc. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 112; Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 11, Rxb. 1962), an o'er-the-march marriage , an irregular marriage, an elopement of a couple from. 1900 A. Lang Hist. Scot. I. x. 293: In ruling the Borders, making raids and holding March-days were of his ain name. Sc. 1896 A. Lang Monk of Fife 314: He is none of your marchmen, or. Hawick Archaeol. Soc. (1909) 34: They went over the march and were married . . . produced a 
  89. Threap v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1714-1999
     ; sm.Sc. trape in sense II . 5 . [θrip, Mry., Bnff., em.Sc. (a) θrep; I.Sc. trep] I . v . 1 . (1) intr . or absol . To argue, contend, to assert one's opinions in a persistent and polemical manner, to; argumentative, pertinacious in assertion. Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 337: It's a treat to.: Johnny offered 'sax poun' and a shilling of 'arles,' after much 'threepin',' as his ultimatum. Dmf. Lumsden Th' Loudons 79: Let priests an' parsons owre their auld creeds threep! Ags. 1920 A. Ayr. 1927 J. Carruthers A Man Beset i . i.: That auld threapin' bubblyjock Targelvie. Sh. 1949 New Shetlander No. 19. 44: Dis set dem a-trepin, an' as dey argued da wirds grew haeter Wallys i Union Terrace, Aiberdeen, has a wheen o sayins o Wallys roun about its found. Ane o them threips argue with, to reduce by argument to a certain state. e.Lth. 1905 J. Lumsden Croonings 331 . 192). Agent n. threeper , thraiper , one who persists in a story, specif . a falsehood. Sc 
  90. Aff adv., prep., adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1728-1996
     will tak' a few feet aff the length o' his tiger, we'll see what can be dune about the breadth o' the I.Sc., n.Sc.] See also Off . 1 . adv . (1) Off; away; at or to a distance. Gen.Sc. (For the most part like off in St.Eng.) Sc. 1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 81: Just on the Wing — towards a Burn, A wee Piece aff his Looks did turn. Sc. a .1733 Orpheus Caled., Leader Haughs ii Inheritance (1882) I. xviii.: There's a barber's bairn twa doors aff that wad maybe be glad o' them. Sc. [1825] J. Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 2: My faithful Hector sitting like a very Christian by my T. Manson Humours Peat Comm. I. 52: Every wan kens his ain banks [of peats] a mile aff. Abd) Sometimes added to verbs to form what is virtually a compound, the meaning of the verb, or of both verb and adv., being more or less altered by the combination. Gen.Sc. (So off in St.Eng.) Sc. 1728 A Gibb xxvi.: I canna pit aff time, fan I've buzness adee. w.Dmf. 1912 A. Anderson 
  91. Tail n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2005
     . 1 . As in Eng. Sc. combs.: (1) tail-chain , a chain by which a horse, or a miner, hauls hutches or) tail-dam , the tail-race of a mill (em.Sc.(b). 1972); (4) tail drain , the drain between the trap or disconnecting chamber and the main sewer or outfall (Sc. 1952 Builder (20 June) 943); (5) tail-ill , a supposed disease of cattle (see quots.). Also in Eng. dial.; (6) tail-lead , the tail-race of a mill , the herring-net first shot in a fleet of nets and therefore the one farthest from the boat (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 189; Sh., Cai. 1972); (9) tail-pock , a bag to hold tails or inferior corn; ¶(10 . below; (12) tail-shaking , a celebration held when an official of an Incorporated Trade demits office; (13) tail-slip , = (5); (14) tailsman , a worker in a saw-mill who takes and sorts the timber from the saw. Gen.(exc.I.)Sc.; (15) tail-stream , = (6); (16) tail-sweepers , the last couple in a wedding-procession who had to drag a heather broom behind them (Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc . 60); ¶(17 
  92. Howe n., adj.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-1999
     . A hollow or low-lying piece of ground, one of the hollows of an indented or undulating surface or Annandale Family Bk. (1894) II. 216: With some hights and hoowes of a batlment. Sc. 1721 Ramsay brecken How. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 143: I'll gar my ain Tammie gae down to the how, An' cut me a rock of a widdershines grow. Ayr. 1786 Burns To J. Smith ix.: An' teach the soocht awa alang the how o' the glens. Dmf. 1910 J. Corrie Glencairn 146: There's never a heich but there's a howe. Lnk. 1919 G. Rae Clyde and Tweed 103: When some soul slips steady up. Derivs. (1) howie , adj., having many hollows; (2) howfu' , n., a valleyful. (1) Sc howfu's o't, There's hillfu's o't. 2 . A stretch of country of basin formation, a wide plain bounded by hills, a vale (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Also dim. howie . Gen. in place-names, e.g. Howe o' the Mearns the How, or hollow lands, of the Mearns. Abd. 1819 P. Buchan Annals Peterhead 65: About a 
  93. Coup v.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1716-2000
    , overturn, capsize; of a plough: to turn over (the ground); used fig .: to lay low, to ruin; also used with a coof wha ne'er was meant to enter on its strife. Ork.(D) 1904 Dennison Orcad. Sk. 16 camp to say that his horse had couped the cart and got a shaft in her side and some of her intestines were out. Bnff.(D) 1847 A. Cumming Tales of the North (1896) 32: Death gae'm a whaff, and: In his gyte flicht he caed ower a pucklie chukken's fa bedd far they war, cheepin desperately wi their shargart shanks in the air. Sae he managed tae win awa, fur his enemy stoppit a meenit bi the the stoor the ba skyters yin wey is blootert the ither a man is cowped. m.Sc. 1917 J. Buchan Poems 16: “Yon Chancellor the ungodly's cairt,” I said, “will coup.” em.Sc.(a) 1991 Kate Armstrong in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 114: Sea-maws twirl mirligo. A peat-stack's cowped aroun the. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 195: It was supposed to be springtime; he'd just come through a 
  94. Thoum n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1722-2000
    : a portion of the liver resembling the thumb (Sh. 1972). 4 . As in ‡Eng. the breadth of a thumb, an. See T , letter, 9 .] I . n . 1 . Sc. forms:  m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 18: Aiblins ye'll try a canny keek oot the pane Dichtin the gless wi yer thoum A'thing unco quaet w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 53: She raxed ower the poke an twixt finger an thoom, A pu'd oot a sticky yin caa'd a soor ploom. Sc. phrs.: (1) abune one's thoum , lit. too high for one, beyond one's reach, power or ability; (2) aside one's thoum , in a fumbling, ineffectual or uncertain manner (Bnff. 1972); of the voice: mumblingly, indistinctly; of manual work: in a groping, inept way; (3) by trick of thoum , in a routine manner, automatically (Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminiscences 33, Ork. 1972); (4) jeweller's thoum , a double-jointed thumb, one that can be bent back unusually far (Edb., Lnk. 1960); (5) my thoomb for , a fig for —! Cf . (16); (6) no to be able to bite one's 
  95. Rax v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1711-2000
     after being in a cramped position. Gen.Sc. Hence raxter , a long walk, a tramp for exercise (Sh. 1904 himsell wi' mony a groan. Rxb. 1808 A. Scott Poems 109: Whan hens begin to mutter on the baux: What tinks doo aboot pittin' dem [kye] up i da hill for a hoor or twa, Sibbie, if hit wis only ta raex. 2 . tr . To stretch or extend a part of the body. Also fig. : (1) of a (cramped) limb, used, and rub their een. Mry. 1883 F. Sutherland Memories 6: The dancers a' convened, Tae rax house a' day I took a turn tae rax my legs. Bwk. 1943 W. L. Ferguson Vignettes 74: Doon i' the dumps! Doon i' the dumps! O for a crust to rax my stumps! Abd. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 4: As prood as a chucken fin raxin' its legs. Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing out (another's neck), hence to hang (Sh., Abd., 1967). Vbl.n. raxing , a stretch, a hanging; ppl.adj neck, and craw. Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond B. Bowden (1922) 101: Wudna there been a gey raxin 
  96. Rig n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-1999
     each of joint employers. Fig . usage and curtailed form of (viii); (x) rig-braid , the breadth of a riggie , ¶ regi . [rig; Sh., Cai. rig] I . n . 1 . The back(bone) of a person or animal, the spine a butcher's account] Feb. 9th. To a rige filet . . . . . 9d. Sh. 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Sh take out the 'rig' or backbone with four cuts to the knife. Sh. a .1936 Sh. Folk Bk. (1957) 7: An mani a hevi stin Wez layin on hez regi. Sh. 1967 New Shetlander No. 83. 24: Up gud me sark agenn an da doctor begude ta trivvel me riggy-benn. Hence combs. and derivs.: (1) back-rig , a mussel shell with a ridge as a sign of a pearl within; (2) fish-rig , the backbone of a fish, freq. used backside; (7) rig-fidge , (i) a gentle blow on the back (Ags. 1825 Jam.); (ii) an itchiness on the back Rigwiddie , n ., adj . (1) Per. 1975 Scottish Field (Oct.) 46: A 'back-rig', a ridged shell Britannia flat, On her rig back. Slk. 1822 Hogg Tales (1874) 632: He struck a third on the 
  97. Land n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1700-1960
     and breadth) at the same time. Fif. 1806 A. Douglas Poems 142: Twa landin's they had.1732 'View of the Diocese of Aberdeen' in Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and. 1821 A. Scott Poems 11: To you, dear sir, far from the Land of Cakes. Abd. 1884 D. Grant-biding , remaining in the land, stay-at-home, stable; (2) lan-bool , a large rounded stone taken off the fields (Cai. 1960). See Bool , n . 1 , 4 ; (3) land-birst , -burst , -birth , a succession of breaking waves on the shore at change of tide or during a storm (Cai. 1902 E.D.D. ); (4) land-breach; (6) Land Court , a court set up by statute in 1911 to adjudicate in all matters arising from the, driven along by the wind after it has fallen (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Hence fig . with great speed, in a straight direct course, with a sole express purpose; †(8) land fel(l) , lantfael , lyantfail , the flood-tide, the tide which rises to the land (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 136, lyantfail , 1866 Edm. Gl 
  98. Hieland n., adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2000
     Scot., specif . in pl . with the , to the mountainous district of Scotland lying north and west of a in breadth. All the islands on the west, and north-west Seas are called Highlands, as well from their Bonny Earl of Murray in Child Ballads No. 181 A. 1: Ye Highlands, and ye Lawlands, Oh, where have you been? Ayr. 1790 Burns My Heart's in the Highl. i.: My heart's in the Highlands a the same as to say, in all the world. Dmf. 1912 A. Anderson Later Poems 111: The hills in go to level down the Hielands. Edb. 1916 J. Fergus Sodger 6: Jist a spunkie Hielan' laddie an' as frisky as a foal, The Hielan' blood intill his heart, the Hielands in his soul. m.Sc; The lang spell, the strang spell, Abd. 1994 Stanley Robertson in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 16: Awa hinnae back, up in the Heilans, there bade a bonnie lassie cawed Morag. † 2 Railway, a separate company till 1923, or a train running on that line; (2) the Royal Highland and 
  99. Mill n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1700-1953
    . 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 XI. 251: A road . . . the breadth of which was to be the length of a mill wand , the driving belt of a spinning wheel; (3) mill-bannock , a round oatmeal cake (see 1824 quot.), esp. one made at a melder and given to the mill-servants as a perquisite or to a poor person. See Bannock , 2 .; (4) mill-bitch , a bag set by the miller in a position to receive some of the customer's meal which was secretly diverted into it. Cf . Black Bitch ; (5) mill-boy , a lad employed to assist at a mill in loading and unloading customers' corn (Kcb. 1962); (6) mill-budie , see Buddie ; (7) mill-burn , a stream used to drive a mill; (8) mill-cap , the wooden vessel with which a miller measured his dues of meal and husks. See (40) and Cap , n .; †(9) mill-capon , a poor person who sought alms of a handful of meal at a mill; (10) mill-carry , a mill-dam which controls the flow of water into the mill stream. See Carry , n . 2 ; (11) mill-caul , -call , a mill dam (Kcb. 1962). See 
  100. Gae v., adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1715-2004
     . = to cover on foot, walk the length and breadth of, often as a pedlar (Abd. 27 , wm.Sc. 1 , Kcb. 10GAE , v ., adj . = Eng. go . A . Sc. forms: 1 . Pr.t.: gae (Gen.Sc.); ge (Sh. 1914 Angus 56; Bwk. 1900 A. T. G. Annals Thornlea 34; Dmf. 1915 D. J. Beattie Oor Gate En' 55). Pr.t. and — gaun , ga(a)n , gaain , ga(u)in , gaw(i)n (Cai., ne., m. and s.Sc., Uls.), † gaen , † gaing ; ¶ gone (see B . III . 2 . (3)); gya(a)in , gya(u)n , gyaen , dya(u)n (Sh., ne.Sc.), gjaain (Sh., Uls.); (3) from gie- — gien (Bwk. 1900 A. T. G. Annals Thornlea 32). (i) The pr.p . in the: gaun(n)a , ganna ; gaunie , gennay (Fif., Lth.) [ cf . P.L.D. § 89 , § 94 ]; ginnie (Rnf. 1835 D , goany , goan (Ags., Fif., Edb., Arg., Gsw., Ayr., Dmf. 2000s). (ii) Used to express a request Going to: 'Ah'm gauny loss the heid in a minute!' Gsw. 1987 Matt McGinn McGinn of the Calton 96: There was a billiard hall in the Gallowgate, two stairs up, facing Charlotte Street and outside 
  101. Peat n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2003
    .). [pit; I.Sc., Bnff., em.Sc.(a) pet] I . n . 1 . A piece, usu. roughly brick-shaped, of the semi Dutchess of Buccleugh (12 July): What Necessity there is for decerning Turf-fuel in a Country where Peats are to be had. Ayr. 1785 Burns To J. Goldie v. : A toom tar barrel An' twa red peats wad bring relief. Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xxix.: I often wish there was a het peat doun their throats. Sc. a .1825 False Knight in Child Ballads No. 3. A. iii.: 'What's neebors waar cairtan hame dere pates. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. : A peat when cut, before it is dried richt boil a potato wi' peat; it's only a smell.' Cai. 1932 John o' Groat Jnl. (4 Nov.): He their Hallowe'en bonfire was, 'Gi'e 's a peat to burn the witches!' Ork. 1967 George Mackay Brown A Calendar of Love (1998) 14: yet when the peats are cut and brought home, then will come the hour of celebration that will necessitate the wearing of a silk shirt! Sh. 1975 Andrina Deyell 
  102. Hand n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2003
     -brode , a hand's breadth (Sh., Cai., Bnff., Ags., Fif., Ayr., Kcb. 1956). Also found in n.Eng. dial. See Bagpipe Muzak 18: But - now we are talkin' here of the City I Love That, once upon a time, wis a busy place Wi' muck on its hauns and a durty face. Abd. 1991 George Bruce in Tom Hubbard The: Intae the sweetie shop, a ha'penny in ma haun, That much tae choose fae, fur hoors ah wid staun Stories from the Doric Writing Competitions of 1994 and 1995 20: 'Aa'd be tellin a lee gif Aa did, Queen; a lass in the hills up yonner maks ma bannocks, wi the lichtest han o a bannock i' aa the it noo as a prison for the rebels.' I . n . Also dim. forms handie (Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems Swatches o' Hamespun 61). 1 . In pl .: a perquisite granted gen. to a female servant to employ her a ploughman up in the Colmonel han'. Wgt. 1877 Saxon Gall. Gossip 271: A Booer's wife ava! . . . Juist tak' a wheen mair green noo. Abd. 16 1941 : They've flitted somewye 
  103. Fit n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2000
     1951); 5 . fit-breed (Slk. 1951), -bree(d)th (Cai. 7 , Abd. 9 , Ags. 2 1945), the breadth of aFIT , n . 1 , v . 1 Also fut , ‡ fute , ¶ fuit (Lth. 1920 A. Dodds Songs of the Fields 24 , footing, fitba , fitstap , football, footstep, etc. Pl. feet ; also † foots , esp. when preceded by a feeties in the games of pinner and marbles by a player whose pinner or marble strikes the foot of smirk up yir sleeve, Ah've had mair than enough, it's time to leave! Be a while afore I set fit again in this habitation, Which has taken quite a tummle in my estimation. Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 15: There's a fit a stoor oan yon telly. There's a thick film of dust on the television. Gsw. 1990 John and Willy Maley From the Calton to Catalonia 47: Mammy, ah scored a hat trick! Wan a flyin heider! Wan wae ma left fit! wm.Sc. 1991 Liz Lochhead Bagpipe Muzak James Roberston A Tongue in Yer Heid 9: She spread a clean newspaper on the table an pit oot the 
  104. Runk n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1929
    RUNK , n . 3 1 . A descriptive term applied to anything especially large or bulky, a big clumsy animal or person, a large wave or heavy swell at sea (Sh. 1968). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A runk o' a body, a runk o' a baess, a runk o' a sea. Ork. 1929 Marw. : A muckle runk o' a man. 2 . A lump, esp. a lump on the head (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [For 2 ., cf . Faer. runkur , a knob or lump on a bone, Meaning 1 . may be rather an extended use of Runk , n . 1 ] 
  105. Knoost n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1805
     E.D.D .). [(k)nust, knɔist, knuʃ, knʌuʃ (Cai.)] I . n . 1 . A large lump, a chunk, a hunk, as of cheese (Lth. 1808 Jam.; Cld. 1825 Jam.; Mry. 1 1911, knais(h)t ); a heap, a pile, “like a miser's hoard” (Kcb. 4 1900); a hump (Cai. 1 c .1920, knoush ); a swelling on the joint of the big toe, a bunion ( Id ., Cai. 1960, knoush ); a wisp of straw, a tuft of wool (Mry. 1 1928); fig . a greedy, ill Poems (S.T.S.) II. 46: Syne out he took the heaviest haff [of a cheese], And ate a knoost o't quickly aff. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 35: Mak her a guid cogfu' o' brose, an' put a knoist o' butter in them. 2 . A blow, thump (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 366 wud laudron wi' a rung Weel noostit me. [L.Ger. knuust , knoost , a thick, unshapely mass, a lump, Mid. Du. knoest , a knot in a tree, Flem. knuist brood , a lump of bread.] 
  106. Cloint n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    CLOINT , Klont , n . 1 . 'A lump; piece of wood, esp.: ( a ) log of wood, a klont o' wood ; a piece of wood, badly hewn; a klont o' a tree ; ( b ) a shapeless stone, a klont o' a sten ' (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). 2 . 'A corpulent, clumsy person; an obese, dull person, a klont o' a fellow ' ( Ib .); also used of a clumsy animal (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., cloint ). [Prob., as Jak. suggests, the same as Dan. klunt , a log of wood, clumsy person, which is prob. from M.L.Ger. klunte , lump, mass ( cf 
  107. El D n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1985-2000
    . 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 23: El D A familiar name for Eldorado, a proprietory brand of fortified wine. Also L. D. Gsw. 1985 James Kelman A Chancer 128: Clatty Mattie! Rab gaped at him. Then he laughed: Hey, we should've brought her with us. Go down a bomb in here man — a couple of glass of eldee inside her and she'd be up on top of the bent shot's bar doing tricks with a guiness bottle. Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 29: 2 boatles a L.D. A boatle a Lanny. A dizzen cans a heavy. Hauf-a-dizzen cans a light. A hauf boatle a voddy. A wee boatle a pep 
  108. Blett n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1935
    BLETT , n . 1 . A spot, a blot; a patch of ground, etc., different from its surroundings. Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. : 'A mouldy blett' black muddy soil at the head of a bay, or the mouth of a burn. 1914 Angus Gl. : A muldi blett. Sh. 7 1935 Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Dirty spot on cloth, dirty bletts . Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): 'A green b[lett],' a grass-grown plot on a stretch of heather and . . . 'a steni b[lett],' a stony plot of ground. 1914 Angus Gl. : A piece of ground of a distinct colour, as 'a green blett'. Ork. 1929 Marw. : 'A b[lett] o' oo (wool)' lying on the grass; a 'b[lett] o' ware,' patch of seaweed on grass. 2 . Used derisively. Ork. 1929 Marw. : 'Great bletts o' feet'; a 'great b[lett] o' a plate, boat, etc.' 3 . Of snow: a large flake. Ork. 1929 Marw. : Great bletts o' snaa on the window. ['In Sh. the form for 3 is bladds , which Jak. places along with Swed. dial. bladda , 1, a smudge; 2, big drop 
  109. Bessie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1850-1930
    BESSIE , BESSY , n . 1 1 . 'An ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl' ( S.D.D . 1911 for Sc.). Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. : Bessie . A virago. Bessik and bessikie are the diminutives. Abd. 7 1925 : Bessie . A word used to a person when one is angry: as when a mother in a temper says to her girl, 'Ma bessie, gin I hid haud o' ye.' Abd. 1930 Nan Shepherd The Weatherhouse (1988) 202: 'No,' said Paradise, 'that's not a pose. Stella has a warm heart. A bold bessy but a warm heart. ...' † 2 . 'A kind of squire to a Guizard [ q.v .], dressed like a girl' (Sc. 1826 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 169). 3 . The female genitals. Cf. keek-a-bessy s.v. Keek . Sc. c .1850 A Few Rare Proverbs : A gude Paisley tocher-- a Bible and a bessy. [ Bessie is dim. of Bess , an abbrev. of Elizabeth .] 
  110. Thoog A Poog n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1899
    ¶ THOOG A POOG , n . A lie, a hoax, a leg-pull. Prob. a nonce idiosyncrasy. Peb. 1899 J. Grossart Chronicles 50: 'A ghost!' derisively snorted the Cooper, 'ga' wa' mon, ga' wa', that's jist a thoog a poog, and ye've gane and spoilt a guid nicht's fishin'. But it wis rale shabby o' the scoondril tae fricht ye, Charlie, and sae mony braw fish in the water — that alane proved it a thoog a poog, and no a ghost ava.' 
  111. Rekster n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1899-1948
    REKSTER , n . Also rexter ; rakster (Marw.). 1 . A going or proceeding (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .); a pursuit (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1932)), progress. Sh. 1908 Jak. II. (1932) 689: He made a puir rekster, he did not gain much. 2 . A stretch or extent of land (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .), esp. of poor o' Weisdaal ir full o' ljoags an shuns an dir rexter is immense. 3 . A long journey or drive. 1908 Jak. II. (1932) 689: What a rekster I'm had me. . . . He's made him a rekster, he made a journey (without success). 4 . An enclosure into which sheep are driven (Jak.), a walled track along which sheep are driven. Hence rekster-dyke , a wall which helps to control the driving of animals ( Ib .); rekster-goe , a creek used for this (Sh. 1904 E.D.D. ). See Geo . Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore: Der wer a guid rekster upon him. 6 . A pulling of the ears as a punishment, a trouncing, a dressing-down. Also as vbl. deriv. rakstering . Sh. 1908 Jak. II. (1932) 689: I'll giv dee a 
  112. Frail n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1920
    ‡ FRAIL , n . 1 , v . I . n . A container consisting of a circular wooden frame with a sheepskin bottom, used for winnowing corn, a Wecht (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; m.Lth., Dmf., Rxb. 1953). Rxb. 1920 Kelso Chron. (17 Dec.): The implement for this [ dighting ] being a sieve composed of a wooden frame and a sheepskin bottom which was called a 'frail.' II . v . To winnow corn with a frail (Dmf. 1895–1953). [O.Sc. frael , a rush basket, a .1450, Mid.Eng., O.Fr. frayel , a 
  113. Grawl n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1812-1928
    GRAWL , n . Also graulse . 1 . A young salmon, a grilse (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 240, graulse ; Kcb. 10 1955, graulse ). Ayr. 1812 A. Boswell Poet. Wks. (1871) 100: Many a grawl, and many a trout, By net resistless dragg'd to shore. 2 . Fig . A youth, a growing boy (Ayr. 1916 T.S.D.C . II.). Cf . Grilse , 2 ., Grulsh . Ayr. 4 1928 : A wiz jist a young grawl o' a boy. [ Grawl is a back formation from graulse , a variant of Grilse , q.v . Cf 
  114. Bumph n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1925-1937
    BUMPH , n . Cf . Bumfle . [bʌmf] 1 . A lump, a bundle. Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 19: Her claes were a' in a bumph aboot her. 2 . A stupid fellow. Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 19: A stupid fellow—A muckle bumph. Kcb. 1937 (per Kcb. 1 ): You're a muckle bumph. [Sc. variant of Eng. bump , a swelling. Cf 
  115. Gull n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1929
    GULL , n . 1 , v . 1 [gʌl] I . n . 1 . “A thin, cold mist, accompanied by a slight wind” (Bnff. 1866, Gregor D. Bnff . 71; ne.Sc. 1955). Also attrib . Bnff. 1825 Jam. : A cauld gull nicht , a chill evening, one marked by a cold wind. Abd. 1900 E.D.D. : There's a gull on the hills this forenoon. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 119: Nyod, that's a gey gull comin' doon the nicht; we'll hae a bit dyow aw'm thinkin'. 2 . A chill (Bnff. 2 1940). II . v . To become covered with a thin mist driven by a cold wind. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 71: A think it'll be rain; it's a' beginnin' to gull. [Norw. dial. gul , Icel. gol(a) , a breeze, esp 
  116. Glunimie n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1828
    † GLUNIMIE , n . Also glun(e)amie , glunimae , glunyie-man . 1 . A Lowland name for a Highlander; “a rough unpolished boorish-looking man; a term generally applied to a Highlander” (Bnff. 1825 Jam., glunyie-man ). Abd. 1737 W. Meston Poet. Wks. (1802) 97: Some Glunimies met at a fair, As deft and tight as ever wore A durk, a targe, and a claymore. Sc. 1827 Scott Two Drovers i.: Not a Glunamie of them all cocked his bonnet more briskly, or gartered his tartan hose under knee over a pair of more promising spiogs (legs), than did Robin Oig M'Combich. Sc. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth iii.: He is but half a Highlander neither, and wants a thought of the dour spirit of a Glune-amie. 2 . “A fondling name to a cow” (Mearns 1825 Jam., glunimie , -mae ). [The. 796, gluntoch in Dunbar Flyting (S.T.S.) l. 99, as a contemptuous term of address to a Highlander, = Gael. glun dubh , black (i.e. hairy) knee. The whole may represent Gael. gluineanach , gartered, a 
  117. Pooit n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1934
    POOIT , n . A policeman. Ags. 1934 G. M. Martin Dundee Worthies 28: A policeman was given various names. Among others these names were: “a Peeler”, “a Bobbie”, “a Snout”, “a Poo-it”, or “a Slop”. [? A variant of powit , Powhead , a tadpole, from the policeman's helmet.] 
  118. Bally n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1912
    BALLY , BALLY-COG , n . A milk pail. Bnff. 1825 Jam. 2 : Bally-cog . A milk-pail, synon. Leglin . Bnff. 1898 W.G. in E.D.D. : A ballycog is also called a bally. A cog is not so tall as a pail, and has a handle for carrying it, and not a “bow” as a pail has. Bnff. 4 1912 : Bally cog , a milk pail with a handle formed of an elongated stave. Bnff. 7 1912 [ Cf . Dan. balje , which denotes a tub; the addition of cog must be modern. Cf . also Bala-pat .] 
  119. Kilp v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † KILP , v . 1 To catch sea-fowl on a cliff by means of a rod or pole with a running loop on the end of it (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl .). Comb.: kilpin-stick , ( a ) a rod with a hook at the end, for catching sea-fowl (Jak.); ( b ) a rod to which a rope, with a loop at the end, is fixed, used esp. for hoisting up sheep from awkward ledges ( Ib .). [Norw. kylpa , to fish with a rod, Icel. kilpr , a loop of whalebone fastening the handle to a bucket.] 
  120. Blast n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1746-1963
    BLAST , n . 1 . A smoke, a whiff of a pipe. Gen.Sc. Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 : A blast of) xxxii: Juist as I was sittin' doon at the cheek o' the fire to enjoy a comfortable blast o' my pipe. m.Sc. 1934 (per Slg. 3 ) Rxb. a .1860 J. Younger Autobiog. (1881) 101: Find your pouch an' ye ha'e a bit end o' 'bacco, an' fill the pipe, and we'll ha'e a blast wi' Willie. n.Rxb. , w.Rxb. , s.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : Sit inti the fire an' let's hae a blast. 2 . “A stroke, a chill, a sudden fit of illness” (Bnff. 2 1934). Abd. 1746 W. Forbes Dominie Deposed in John Cheap, Chapman's Library (1877) 11: Poor Maggy took a sudden blast, And o'er did tumble. Abd. 19 1934 Lnk. c .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 61: A dole woman, I took a sudden blast o' the hame gawn. 3 . A loud noise, a hue and cry. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 283: Gude kens how'twill end at the last, But sairly I'm dreading a shiney; I doot it will end in a 
  121. Knolt n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
    KNOLT , n . Also hnolt (Angus). A log of wood, a lump, “a thick, lumpish thing” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl .); fig . a big, well-developed person or animal ( Ib ., Sh. 1960). [knolt, hnolt] Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A knolt o' a codlin. A hnolt o' a chap. [Of Scand. orig. Cf . Norw. knolte , a knoll, Sw. dial. knollt , a lump of earth.] 
  122. Cursour n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1862-1896
    † CURSOUR , n . A stallion. This meaning of courser has been obs. in Eng. since 16th cent. ( N.E.D. ). Cf . Cooser . Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs 5: A fey man and a cursour fears na the deil. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 140: He nickers like a cursour at a caup o' corn. [O.Sc. has cursour , a large powerful riding horse or war-horse; a stallion, from c .1420, variant of coursour , a courser, a steed ( D.O.S.T .); O.Fr. corcier , Mod.Fr. coursier (Hatz. and Darm.).] 
  123. Slag n.3, v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1929
    SLAG , n . 3 , v . 3 Also slaag ; sla . [slɑ:g] I . n . 1 . A slap, swinging blow, “slug”; a beating, drubbing (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Sh. 1898 Shetland News (24 Dec.): I gae her a slaag wi' da eel. 2 . A heavy swell in the sea (Ork. 1970). Ork. 1929 Marw. : The're a filty slag in the sea the day. 3 . A heavy clumsy person or thing, a great hulking object (Sh. 1970). Ork. 1929 Marw. : A great slag o' a wife, a muckle slag o' a boat. 4 . An indefinite number, a crowd, swarm (Sh. 1904 E.D.D. , a slaag o bairns). Also in reduced form sla (Ib.). II . v . To hit with a swinging blow, slap, “swipe”. Vbl.n. slagin , a beating, “thumping” (Sh. 1908 Jak mooth. Sh. 1900 Shetland News (10 March): Doo'd no slaagid Tamy o' da Lees wi' a weet cob. [Norw. O.N. slag , a blow, stroke, battle, with extensions of meaning. Cf. e.g . Dunt .] 
  124. Gabbit n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1782-1900
    † GABBIT , n . Also gabbot , -art , gab(b)er(t) . Sc. forms and usages of Eng. gobbet , a piece, lump. 1 . A morsel, mouthful, 'the mouthful of food which a bird is carrying to its young' (Rxb frae bein' stabbit. 2 . A broken piece, a fragment, often in phr. to be a gabber , used to describe an imperfect or ruined article or beast, a 'goner.' In pl .: 'shivers; applied to what is dashed to pieces' (Per. 1825 Jam.). Sc. 1782 J. Callander Ancient Sc. Poems 79: When a thing is no a hale gabbit o't , it is all to rags. Per. 1900 E.D.D. : If a man lets fall a pane of glass, 'O! it's a gabber,' 'Ye've made a gabber o' that cup.' If a horse or cow dies, 'O! it's a gabber noo.' A boy says he has three marbles in his pocket and a gabber (a broken one). 
  125. Blink n.1[1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1935
    BLINK , n . 1 1 . A bright and cheerful glance. Gen.Sc. N.E.D. says chiefly Sc. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 103: She met my lad, . . . An' gar'd her lips on his gee sick a smack, . . . An' then wi' sick a blythsome blink she took it. Abd. 2 1935 Abd. 9 1935 Edb. 1844 J. Ballantine Miller of Deanhaugh 129: Ye dinna swither to cast down a blythe blink o' your ee on me. Bwk. 1879 W. Chisholm Poems 63: But ne'er a blink o' Fortune's e'e E'er comes my airt ava'. 2 . A glimpse, a hurried view. Gen.Sc. N.E.D. says chiefly Sc. Sc. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 7: There was a view on a bit of empty road, . . . houses . . . and a was scarce a blink o' the wa's For the flower o' the gean. Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie lxxi.: Gang and bring me your books, and when I have ta'en a blink of their contents, I'll gie you an answer. Kcb. 1 1935 : Hursle forrit yer creepie an' get a blink o' the ingle. 3 . A short time, a 
  126. Parrock n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1825-1956
    . usages: I . n . 1 . A small enclosure or pen (Dmf. 1808 Jam., parrok ; s.Sc. 1869 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric . II. 724), esp. one used for familiarising a sheep with a strange or neglected lamb (Rxb. 1825 . a small or poky room in a house (Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc . XIII. 34, a parrack o' a place). Also in Eng. dial. Sc. 1882 Trans. Highl. Soc. 146: Along the north wall are erected a row of twenty houses, 'parricks' or pens, the roofing of which is made by fixing timber from the Chron. (11 Dec.) 4: It very soon puts the milk off a lean ewe if she is to stay in a bare, 'keb' park any length of time, after perhaps a night in a parreck. Dmf. 1925 Scottish Farmer (24 Jan.): In stormy lambing weather, it is a good plan if you have a handy kebhouse or parack. Bwk. 1927 R. S. Gibb Farmer's 50 Years 161: A wild, Cheviot gimmer was in the 'parrack,' and in a second the flake-gate closed. em.Sc. 1947 Scots Mag. (April) 13: A gead through the stable an 
  127. Hunk n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825
    † HUNK , n . 1 A lazy slut. Cf . Hulk , n . 1 , v . Rxb. 1825 Jam. : A sluttish, indolent woman, a drab; as, 'a nasty hunk ,' 'a lazy hunk .' [Prob. a fig . use of hunk , a lump, a 
  128. Kitchal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929
    KITCHAL , n . A pot-belly, “a corporation”, a person with a stout paunch (Ork. 1960). [′kɪtʃəl] Ork. 1929 Marw. : He had a muckle kitchal. He was a great kitchal o' a man. [Etym. uncertain. Phs. a deriv. of Kyte .] 
  129. Chard n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    CHARD , SHARD , n . “A ridge or bank of sand in a links” (Ork. 1887 Jam. 6 ); “a grassy hollow in links — surrounded by sandy sides, place where wind has blown a hollow in sandy links” (Ork. 1929 Marw., shard ). [ Cf . O.N. skarð , a notch, hack; empty space, breach, gap; mountain pass (Zoega); Norw. skard , a dip in the ridge of a hill (Falk and Torp). Cf . also Eng. dial. shard , a gap or broken place in a hedge, wall, etc.; a clearing in a forest ( E.D.D. ).] 
  130. Nossock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1778-1844
    † NOSSOCK , n . Also nossac . A dram, a drink of strong liquor. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 54: I'll gie ye a nossock to heat your wame. Dwn. 1844 R. Huddleston Poems 17: Ah! Bacchus, don't yeir drink yet spare, But hoise him in a nossac mair. [Appar. a formation, by wrong division, from an ossock , a dim. form of Eng. oss(e) , obs. since 17th c., an auspicious greeting, a wishing of good luck, sc . a toast, a health, a drink for luck.] 
  131. Speld n.[1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1707-1758
    † SPELD , n . A measure of land; a small piece of land, originally one of a series into which a field was divided by ploughing in a special manner. Deriv. spieldo , an angular piece of land, a triangular corner of a field, any odd strip of land (Ork. 1929 Marw.) Ork. 1707 Marw. (1929): 3 rigs laboured by Newark and a little speld by Rob. Sinclair. Sh. 1758 Session Papers, Graham v. Tyrie (18 Jan.) 10: Two Spelds or little Rigs, which he delves with a spade. [O.Sc. speld , id., 1643 (Ork.), appar. ad. Norw. dial. spjell , a strip of ground, poss. from spjeld , a flat piece of wood or the like to cover up an opening, O.N. spjald , speld , a tablet, spilda , a flake, slice (see Speld , v .). But cf . also Norw. dial. spol , pl. spelir , a strip of cloth, of land, narrow ridge of a field.] 
  132. Tillie-pan n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1735-1956
     tillie . A skillet or flat iron cooking pan, a sauce-pan (Mry. 1825 Jam.; Mry., Abd. 1972); a baling scoop (Abd. 1931). Abd. 1735 Abd. Estate (S.C.) 21: To 3 Fish and a Big Tillie . . . 1s 10d. Abd. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 28: A tillie pan O white iron, whilk I made mysel. Abd. Abd. 1930 Tinker's Rhyme : Wull ye no buy a brander, A stander, a tullypander, Or a jouggie tae' a “tanner“bocht a gill, A besom or a tilly pan. [Orig. obscure.? For tiller-pan , one with a long handle, like a tiller. See Tillie , n . 2 ] 
  133. Daw n.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1901
    ‡ DAW , Daa , Da , n . 2 1 . A sluggard, a lazy, idle person (Cai. 1907 D. B. Nicholson in done little work. Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs 29: A working mither maks a daw dochter. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 20: A morning's sleep is worth a fauld o' sheep to a.hudderin' dudderin' daw. m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 64: I'm cheated, if he doesna aither turn oot a deil or a daw. 2 . A slattern, a drab, an untidy woman; “used in Ayrs. to denote a trull or bad woman” (Jam. 2 ). Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 325: There was never a Slut but had a Slitt, there was never a Daw but had twa. Sc. [1826] R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 388: They that wash on Saturday, Are dirty daws indeed. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Rock and wee pickle Tow xiv.: But I see that but spinning I'll never be bra', But gae by the name of a dilp or a da. Uls. 1901 J. W. Byers in North. Whig Lecture iv.: Every day braw Makes a Sunday daw. [ Fig . extensions of daw 
  134. Slung n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1768-1965
    SLUNG , n . 1 , v . [slʌŋ] I . n . 1 . A sling for hurling stones (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ags., Fif., Slg., Lnl., wm.Sc., Kcb. 1970). Comb. slung-stane , a stone for use in a sling, freq. in phr. like a slung-stane , as if from nowhere, “like a bolt from the blue” (Abd. 1970). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 89: Tho' I'm amo' you cast like a slung stane. Abd. 1895 J. Davidson Old Ministers 104: Ye're nae jist like ane o oorsel's; ye cam' in amon's like a slung stane. Ags. 1897 Bards Ags. (Reid) 221: You ken how David wi' a slung, Did cast a stane. 2 . A gangling simpleton, a “tall, lank booby” (Abd. 1825 Jam.); a disreputable character, a scoundrelly fellow orra slung, hed stown a silver watch. Abd. 1916 G. Abel Wylins 128: His brither wis a slung. Abd. 1965 Huntly Express (25 June) 2: He wis a dour slung onywye. II . v . To hurl as from a sling, to expel forcibly (Ayr. 1880 Jam.). Cf . colloq. Eng. sling . [O.Sc. slonge 
  135. Knibloch n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1716-1915
    KNIBLOCH , n . Also knibblach , -lock , knib(b)lack (Abd. p .1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shep . (S.T.S.) 173), knublack , -ock . [′knɪbləx, -ək] 1 . A small, rounded stone, a boulder, a hard clod of earth, a knot, knob, or lump in gen. (Sc. 1808 Jam.), a small piece, a chunk, as of cheese (Ayr. 1880 Jam.; Mry. 1 1925); a lump, a swelling raised by a knock or blow (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gl.); fig ., a small insignificant person (‡Abd. 1960). Cf. kneeplach s.v. Kneep , n ., 1 . Sc. 1716 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 69: But a thrawn Knublock hit his Heel, And Wives had him to haul up, Haff fell'd that Day. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 61: But as luck was, a kniblack took his tae, An' o'er fa's he, an' tumbl'd down the brae. Sc. 1812 Popular fells, The knublocks rattled like a bag o' shells. Sc. 1827 C. I. Johnstone Eliz. de Bruce I. xii.: Leddy 'Lisbeth is drapping double brandy for him on a knublock o' sugar. Fif. 1827 W 
  136. Powler n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1945
    POWLER , n . Something which is outstanding of its type, a Beezer , Palmer . Cai. 1 1945 : A boy, looking at a big-sized haddock at the quay, says to a companion: 'Boy, 'at's a great powler o' a chiel.' [Phs. a variant of pauler , something which astonishes one, a 'knock-out', a 'floorer 
  137. Boucht n.1, v.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1712-1935
    , bʌxt, bʌuxt] 1 . n . (1) A bend of any kind, a fold; a knot; a coil of rope; a creek or bay in a river. Sc. 1808 Jam. : 'The bought of a blanket,' that part of a blanket where it is doubled. Where the sea forms a sort of bay, it is said to have a bought . Sc. 1899–1901 A Lassie Lives by Yonder Burn in R. Ford Vagab. Songs, etc. (1901) 26: I'll ben the spence and dress a wee, Wi-workers speak about putting a 'bucht' or twist on a rope. (Also Bnff. 2 1935 ) (2) A length of Rev. J. Mill (1889) 121–122: As peace is made with Denmark, will prove a great blessing to this. Nicolson Shet. Incidents and Tales 53: Each sixaern [six-oared Norway skiff] was furnished with a , 'a running knot; one that can easily be loosed, in consequence of the cord being doubled ' (Sc. 1808 , to fold down. Hence bouchting-blanket , boughting blankit , 'a small blanket, spread across a feather bed, the ends being pushed in under the bed at both sides' (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Ags. 1712 A 
  138. Fup v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1929
     . Phrs.: to fup a haud o' , to seize in one's grip, to grab (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 27 1943); † to fup the cat' oot a geyan bare, leensome liveliheed fuppin'-'e-cat, dargin', an' thiggin'. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 118: She wid come ben the kirk wi' a suddenty, an' fup a haud o' 's an' set's doon wi' a doosht a bit farrer ben the seat. II . n . 1 . As in Eng. Also a blow, stroke, lit . and fig . (Abd. 27 1953), a whipping; a moment, a trice. Phrs. and combs.: fupshaft , a whipstock; fup-tow , a whip-lash for a spinning-top (Abd. 1923 A. Shewan Spirat Adhuc Amor 277); in a fup , in an instant (Cai. 1900 E.D.D. ). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 13: How stand poor I, o'er ta'en wi' sick a trick, To look like blunty an' the fupshaft lick. Abd. after 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd MS. 58: His exercise he speedily takes up, Nor e'er for gaing wrang anes got a fup. Abd. 1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess iii . i.: I'm thinking Bessy's pride will dree a fup 
  139. Memorandum n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1720-1933
    MEMORANDUM , n . Sc. usages: ¶ 1 . An epitaph, a memorial inscription on a gravestone. Edb. 1720 A. Pennecuik Helicon 80: The Laird of the Ground . . . Put up a Stain with this Memorandum. ‡ 2 . A memento, a souvenir, a keepsake (Bnff. 12 c .1930; Abd., Per. 1962). Obs. in Eng. Sc. 1865 C. Graham Mystifications 26: He excused himself, saying it [snuff-box] was a keepsake from a deceased . . . friend. She said . . . that very circumstance made her the more desirous to obtain it; it would be a memorandum of them both. Abd. 14 1933 : An old woman once knitted me a pair of socks “for a memorandum”. 
  140. Cammock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1768-1978
    , ′kʌmək Sc., but Abd. + kɑmeg; kɑməg Cai.] 1 . 'A crooked stick' (Sc. 1808 Jam.); 'a short staff with a' (Ayr. 4 1928). Known to our Abd. correspondents (1938). Also attrib . Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs (1870) 84: Early crooks the tree, that good cammock should be. Abd. after 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd MS. 131: A cammock staff, cut after nature's cast He leaned upon. Abd. 1872 J. G. Michie Deeside Tales (1908) xviii.: He . . . proceeded to trace a cross on the path with the point of his camaig. Ayr. publ. 1834 Burns To Major Logan (Cent. ed.) iii.: Until you on a cummock driddle, A grey-hair'd carl. 2 . 'The game otherwise called Shinty ' (n.Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 , camack ; Per. Ib., cammock ). Also attrib . Inv. 1822 Abd. Jnl. N. & Q. I. 144: A very Nonagenarian (1886) 5: On Sabbath forenoon, instead of . . . going to the kirk, a numerous party assembled on the spot known as the bleaching green, and played a game of Cammack. Inv. 1978 Eona 
  141. Keek n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1832-1932
    KEEK , n . 2 Also Keeg , keig , caig . A cunning, sly, or malicious person (Mry. 1925; Abd. 1941); also applied in contempt or opprobriously to a young woman, a jade, a vixen (Abd. 1911 Weekly Jnl . (20 Jan.)); a flirtatious, spirited young person (Abd. 30 1959). [kik, kig] Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 124: Ye rampin' keegs, black be ye're fa', Ye plague a body ane an' a'. Abd. 14 1915 : Ye vile keig, ye! On Deeside a girl may be called a caig o' a quynie, a jade of a lass. Kcd. 1932 L. G. Gibbon Sunset Song 22: One of the queans was Faith, and faith she looked a 
  142. Black-strippit Ba' n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1926-1991
    BLACK-STRIPPIT BA' , n . Also black-strippit ball , black striped ball . Bull's eye, a sweet and black-strippit balls and sugar-elly straps and sherbet bags, all a haipny each. Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day 14: Agnes went round the shelves with the line: a tin of Lyle's Golden Syrup; a tin of Fowler's treacle; a half pound of margarine; a half a dozen eggs; a tea loaf; a packet of Rinso; a bar of Sunlight; a packet of Woodbine; and a quarter of black striped balls. Edb. 1991 : When I wis wee I used tae get a bag o mixed sweeties an ma mither yaised tae pick oot aw the 
  143. Pillion n.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1707-1834
    PILLION , n . Also pullion , peilion . A sack stuffed with rags, a pad, cushion (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 382), specif . one used as a saddle, a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle for a second rider or to carry luggage. Hence mail-pillion , id.; pillion-mail , a valise or portmanteau suitable for carrying on a pillion. Sc. 1707 Ho. Bk. Lady G. Baillie (S.H.S.) 16: To a new male pillion . . . 12s. Rs. 1732 W. MacGill Old Ross-shire (1911) II. 130: A large. 1834 M. Scott Tom Cringle xi.: His portmanteau behind him on a mail-pillion. [O.Sc. pilȝane , a pad, light saddle, 1503, Gael. pillin , -ean , id., from Lat. pellis , a skin, pelt. The word entered Eng. at a later date ( a .1620) from Irish Gael.] 
  144. Cuddie n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    CUDDIE , n . 3 † 1 . “A gutter in a street” (Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 ; 1923 Watson W.-B. , obs.). 2 . “A ditch or cutting to lead the drainage of a district to a river; also, an overflow connection between a canal and a river” (Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 ). [Prob. a later variant of Cundy , a covered drain 
  145. Ever n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1914
    . [′e:vər] Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A ever o' a man, o' a coo . . . etc.; a ever o' a fire, a great, blazing fire. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. : A graat ever av a ku. [A form of Aiver , n . 1 , q.v 
  146. Staggle n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1958
    ¶ STAGGLE , n . A young stag, a male deer between his third and sixth years. Ags. 1958 C. Gibson Highl. Deer Stalker 107: A deer-calf becomes “a knobber” in his second year, “a staggle” in his third, “a stag” or “a hart” in his sixth. [Formally a dim. form in -le of stag , but prob. a corruption of Eng. staggard , -art , id.] 
  147. Scart n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1869-1950
    SCART , n . 2 1 . A hermaphrodite, an animal of indeterminate sex (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Bwk. 1969). 2 . A puny, shrunken person (m.Sc. 1969); as a more gen. term of abuse, a contemptible, good-for-nothing, scurvy fellow, a mean, niggardly individual (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Uls to a scart O' a think [ sic ] like a buskit-up monkey. Sc. 1874 A. Hislop Bk. Sc. Anecdote 319: I ha'ena buried a leevin' sowl for sax months, an' it bena a scart o' a bairn. Knr. 1895 H. Haliburton Dunbar 17: He's a puir scart wha sets himsel' wi' care To gather gear his sordid lifetime thro'. ne.Sc. 1896 Scots Mag. (Aug.) 224: On you, ye scart o' a Hielantman! m.Sc. 1934 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 40: When do you think a scart like you could pay me? Per. 4 1950 : He's nothin but a drucken scart. [Metathetic form of Scrat , n . 2 ] 
  148. Bloss n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1792-1866
    BLOSS , n . 1 . A term of endearment; a sweetheart. Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 : Bloss , a term applied to a buxom young woman. Lnk. 1792 Airdrie Bards (Knox 1930) 309: Wa here like queens. 75: But don't be frightened, my purty bloss, I hev now a wee fiel' at the edge of the moss. 2 west of Scot. . . . . as denoting a trull. [Prob. a shortened form of blossom , extended to mean a sweetheart, etc., and often in a derogatory sense. Bloss is also found in Yks., Lin., used ironically of a woman' and blossom in w.Yks., Chs., Lin., to mean a hussy, a dirty person or thing ( E.D.D. ). Jam. 2 suggests a connection with obs. or dial. Eng. blowze , a trull, a fat wench, used by Shakespeare in Titus Andr . IV. ii. 72: 'Sweet blowse, you are a beautious blossome sure.' Farmer and Henley give bloss , 'generic for a woman — girl, wife, or mistress.'] 
  149. Bordel n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1801-1935
    BORDEL , n . A brothel. Now obs. in Eng., latest quot. in N.E.D. a .1722. Not given in Concise our daughters' sleeping-chambers, as if they were in a bordel in Paris. Hence bordeller , a.: But this peevish Catharine uses me as if I were a brawler and a bordeller! Comb.: bordel house , a keep a Bordel house. Abd. 22 1935 [O.Sc. bordale ( c .1400), bordel , borthel (1623), a brothel, bordalour , a keeper or frequenter of brothels ( D.O.S.T. ); O.Fr. bordel , orig. a hut, cabin, brothel; dim. of borde , a cabin, from bord , a plank, which was extended to mean a building made of , a lewd person, a base wretch, whence was made brothel-house , a house for vile people, afterwards 
  150. Russie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1908-1958
    RUSSIE , n . 1 Also russi , russy ; russa . 1 . A male horse, a stallion (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. russie-foal , a young stallion (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928)), hence by extension, a foal with a matted shaggy coat (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1968), a slovenly unkempt person (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .); a nickname for a native of Fetlar in Shetland where horses were bred in large numbers (Sh. 1883 J. R. Tudor a more gen. sense = male, in e.g. russa-bairn , a male child, boy (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 155). Sh. 1958 Shetland News (30 Dec.) 4: Mirlin laek a russi-foal. 2 . A shaggy unkempt person (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .). Cf. russie-foal above. 3 . A mare, esp. in sea taboo-speech. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Russa is com inna-dikes. [A dim. form orig. ad. O.N. hross , a horse. Rossa is strictly the fem. form from Norw. dial. rossa , O.N. hryssa , a mare. Cf . Hest .] 
  151. Drowlack n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1840-1924
    DROWLACK , DROWLY , n . “A seat to which a rope is attached to let a man down over a precipice” (Bnff. 1916 T.S.D.C . II.; Bnff. 9 c .1927): a hammock or swing. Nai. 1840 W. Gordon Poet. Traveller 215: To Gibbie's kiln they brought them out To swing them in a drowly. Bnff. 1924 Scots Mag. (June) 188: His wife — the muckle clort — shoudin' in a drowlack! [Gael. drolag , a swing, dim. of drola , a chain, a loop.] 
  152. Lanny n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1983-2002
    LANNY , n. Nickname for Lanliq, a proprietary brand of cheap fortified wine. Gsw. 1983 James Kelman Not not while the giro 30: Didny win much bit enough tae git us a hauf boattle a Lanny. Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 42: Lanny Nickname for Lanliq, a proprietary brand of cheap fortified wine. Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 29: 2 boatles a L.D. A boatle a Lanny. A dizzen cans a heavy. Hauf-a-dizzen cans a light. A hauf boatle a voddy. A wee boatle a pep. Gsw. 1992 Jeff Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! (1993) 16: Kerouacs Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 155: A thocht they'd been skelpin inti the Lanny, but wee Eric says he was the 'The Lannie'. The Lannie is a sort of British sherry that people drank, it was very cheap and Jan 12: Burns probably was, Paddy assures us, a member of the Dumfries branch of the AA. No, not 
  153. Rick v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1877-1958
    RICK , v . 1 , n . 1 Also rik(k) . I . v . 1 . To pierce with a sharp upward jerk as a hook or fish spear pierces a fish, to hook (a fish) (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 186, 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1968). Sh. 1899 Shetland News (25 Feb.): A ting o' a brismik 'at Johnnie. Sh. 1931 Shetland Times (14 March) 7: Laek nawthin' sae much on ert' is a rikkit codlin,. Derivs.: (1) rikker , a spar with a hook attached for use as a fish spear (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1968); a small boat spar (Edm.); (2) rikki , a fish spear (Angus; Sh. 1968). 2 . Of a Lowrie (1949) 14: A vild iron heuk thing stikkin' oot frae da tram, rickit athin wir front wheel. Sh. 1958 New Shetlander No. 47. 9: The ring was found, rikkit in a Shetland scarf she'd been wearing. II . n . A sharp upward jerk, a sudden pull (Sh. 1968). Sh. 1877 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 13: Sae as ye can gie your waand a rick da minnit your bait is oot o' sicht. Sh. 1891 J 
  154. Belch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1767-1924
    BELCH , BILCH , BAILCH , BELGH , n . [bɛlx, belx, bɪlx] 1 . A stout person. n.Sc. 1808 Jam. : A term applied to a very lusty person. ' A bursen belch , or bilch , one who is breathless from corpulence, q[uasi] burst, like a horse that is broken-winded.' Abd.(D) 1767 R. Forbes like a horse i' the strangle, a rigglenth e'er [sic] you came neer them. Abd. 1768 A. Ross. 1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 11: He's as bilchy a beast as in a' the barronry. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 219: I could a' tell't ye a hun'er stories aboot Nanny, for I sat for oors hearkenin' tae Mrs Smith tellin' them, — a bilchy bit lassock, ye ken. 2 . A person or animal . In Selkirks. denoting 'a little, crooked, insignificant person.' Uls. 1924 (2nd ed.) W length and size of its legs. 3 . A term of disrespect for (1) a child, (2) a grown-up person. (1) Ags.(D) 1822 A. Balfour Farmers' Three Daughters 66: The belch winna sleep sae lang as ane 
  155. Sloo n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1866-1951
    SLOO , n ., v . Also slu(e) . [slu:] I . n . 1 . A layer, of something evenly spread over a surface, specif . of dung applied to land, of turf, or of peat-dross spread over the floor of an animal's stall, a layer of compost (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 202, 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1970). Sh. 1898 Shetland News (29 Oct.): I maun gie da aetin' anes [potatoes in a clamp] anidder sloo o' poans. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): He leaved a slu o' hay ahint him. Sh. 1951 Sh. Folk Book II. 3: Tak a divit aff o' de second slue o' Ole's byre and pit him anunder de kirn. 2 . A long, lanky, overgrown person or animal; a sluggish, idle or soft fellow (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1914 Angus Gl: Rise dee wis up, du lazy sloo! Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A great lang slu o' a boy: a soft slu o, being interpreted, signifieth slatterns. II . v . 1 . To spread a thin layer of any substance, esp. of earth, peat-mould, manure or the like on a heap, in a cattle-stall, on land (Sh. a .1838 Jam 
  156. Reemis n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1754-1966
    (a)mish . ne.Sc. forms of Rummiss , q.v . See P.L.D. § 37 . [′rimɪʃ, -ɪs] I . n . 1 . A resounding crash or rumble, as of a falling body, masonry, etc. (Bnff., Abd. 1825 Jam., Bnff., Abd. 1968). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 68: With a loud crack the house fell down at last, The reemish put a knell unto her heart. Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 84: Weel, sorra tak' this warld wi' a reemise. Abd. 1879 G. MacDonald Castle Warlock xiii.: There was no accounting for the reemish they baith h'ard. Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. xi.: He wisna weel doon fan we heard an awfu unearthly roar and seen a great remise. 2 . Of a lighter sound: a scuffle, a noisy upheaval, a din, clatter (Abd. 1968). Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 60: As gin some warlock hid made a reemice amon' the breem busses. Sc. 1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick II. xvii.: The vera.: In sic a whummule an' a rum'le an' a remiss as this Lon'on. Abd. 1895 J. Davidson Ministers 
  157. Sheemach n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1866-2004
    SHEEMACH , n . Also sheim- , shemach , -ich , sheemich . Dim. sheemachan . [′ʃiməx] 1 . A piece of thick matted cloth or dress of any kind (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 154), a tangled or matted mass of hair or any hairy or fibrous substance ( Id .; Mry., Bnff. 1930), a tangled mass of weeds. Also attrib . = shaggy, tousled. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 154: His hair's jist a sheemach; for it hizna seen a reddin-kaim for a month. Bnff. 1916 Banffshire Jnl. (28 March) 2: Dysie's sheemach head. Abd. 1 1929 : Her heidie wis jist a sheemach o' curls. Abd. 1952 Huntly Express (27 June): A shemach o' weeds or ither growth. 2 . A pad or woven covering placed on a horse's back and used instead of a saddle, a kind of pack-saddle (Sc. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron Sc. Poetry Gl.), 'a kind of bass made of straw or sprot -ropes plaited, on which the panniers are hung which are fastened to a pack-saddle' (Kcd. 1808 Jam.). Abd. c .1890 Gregor MSS. : On the animal's 
  158. Toosht n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1866-1996
     . [tuʃt] I . n . 1 . A loose untidy bundle of rags, straw, or the like (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 194; ne.Sc. 1972); a small heap or cock of hay, grass, etc. ( Id .); a small quantity of anything, esp. of a fibrous or granular nature. a bunch, tuft, wisp, truss, pinch (Gregor; Abd. 1897 Trans. Buchan); transf . a diminutive person. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 75: Ilky wee bit tuschlich o' a ruckie it he's thrashin'. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb vi.: A' the toosht aboot oor toon'll mak' little odds. Abd. 1905 E.D.D. : Gie's a tushloch o' yarn. Abd. 1924 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 55: A 'tooshlich' means a small quantity loosely contained, as 'a wee tooshlichie o' sheelicks in a pyock.' Bnff. 1929 Banffshire Jnl. (1 Oct.) 2: Pickin' up a tooshlichie o' saut atween her thoom an' finger. Abd. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 6: Little Jock Pom, a toosht o' a craitur. Bnff. 1956 Banffshire Jnl. (26 Feb.): A roosty-reid fusker that stack oot o's 
  159. Deeal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929
    DEEAL , n . “A wet patch of ground, a little swampy piece in a field” (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [′diəl] Ork. 1929 Marw. : That's a weet deeal o' a piece that we kunno plough yet. [O.N. dili , a spot or mark; Norw. dile , a wet, damp spot, esp. in a field.] 
  160. Tuardelie n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1712
    † TUARDELIE , n . Also turdilue . A drape surrounding the lower part of a bed, a valance. Ags. 1712 A. Jervise Land of Lindsays (1853) 340–1: A bed hung with gold coullered hanggins, a tuardelie, . . . a busting bed shewed with green, with a turdilue. [Fr. tour de lit , id.] 
  161. Haiches n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1927
    ‡ HAICHES , n . Also haichess (Abd. 1825 Jam.), (h)aichus (Mearns Ib .), haechis . A heavy fall, the sound resulting from it, a thud. [′heçəs] Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 25: A mim mou'd maiden jimp an' spare, Mistook a fit for a' her care, An' wi' a haiches fell. Mry. 1927 E. B. Levack Lossiemouth 9: Doon A cam' wi' sic a haechis that A thoucht A wis throw the grun 
  162. Skolabrod n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
    ‡ SKOLABROD , n . Also skolla- , skol(l)i- . A broken piece of wood, a splinter, a stave, most. 1908 Jak. (1928): He has no a skolabrod. Gane i skolibrods. A auld skolabrod o' a boat. [Prob. ad. Norw. skalbrott , a fragment of a (wooden) bowl, a sherd, Norw. dial. skalbrot , a little old 
  163. Blad n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1914
    BLAD , n . 3 1 . “A person who is of a soft constitution; whose strength is not in proportion to his size or looks. It is often applied to a young person, who has become suddenly tall, but is of a relaxed habit” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. : “A blad of a man” — a delicate Jak. (1928); 1914 Angus Gl .). 2 . “A useless thing” (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn .). [Prob. from O.E. blæd , a leaf, a thing of no importance, O.N. blað , a leaf.] 
  164. Burbenk n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    BURBENK , Borbenk , n . and v . 1 . n . “A low, supporting wall of earth and stone, built outside, against the wall of a house or byre” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), borbenk s.v. borbakk ); “a bank built against a failing wall to protect and strengthen it; a fillet of cement around the base of a chimney can; any similar appliance” (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., burbenk ). 2 . v . “To fortify a frail building with a bank of turf or stones” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .). [O.N. barð , brim, edge, + Norw. bænk , a bench, a long narrow terrace on a mountainside (Falk and Torp); cf . Bink , n . 1 ] 
  165. Sprig n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1870-1950
    SPRIG , n . A tune, a snatch of song, a dance tune (Abd. 1904 E.D.D. ; n.Sc., Ags., Fif., Lnk., sm.Sc. 1971). [sprɪg] Edb. 1870 J. Lauder Warblings 95: I shall play Ower a sprig o' the merriest. m.Sc. 1899 J. Buchan Grey Weather 263: Once I heard a tinkler play a sprig of it on the pipes. Per. 1904 E.D.D. : Gie's a bit 'bacco an' I'll gie ye a sprig o' a tune. ne.Sc. 1950 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 330: For thare's nae a bonnier whussler an Ah ken a hantle better 
  166. Vellye n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1904-1931
    VELLYE , n . Also velya . A force, a sudden jerk (Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk . 226); a crash, a heavy fall or thud (Ork. 1973). [′vɛljɪ] Ork. 1904 W. T. Dennison Sketches 6, 22: Some o' de whalls lep' half oot o' de sea, an' dan fell wi' a vellye. . . . Sheu ap wi' a hard paet, an' sookid hid on him wi' a vellye. Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 124: Bit 'e gaed doon wi' sic a velya 'at 'e pat 'is sheuther bane oot o' joint. [Orig. doubtful. Phs. a variant with extended meaning of Failyie , a failure, a collapse.] 
  167. Dram n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1899-1908
    DRAM , Dramm , Draam , n . 2 , v . 2 1 . n . A piece of wool, cloth or thread attached as a distinguishing mark to a hole in the ear of an animal, usu. a sheep or a horse (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .; 1914 Angus Gl .; Sh. 10 1949 (of a sheep only)). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): As a mark on a horse, a dramm is attached also to the mane or to the tail. 2 . v . To mark an animal with a dram (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Sh. 1899 Sh. News (20 May): I wis gotten haud apo' da lamb an' draamd him wi' a rid treed i' da right lug. [ Cf . Norw. dram , show, Mod.Icel. drambr , a lump, knot.] 
  168. Doorie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1850-1880
    DOORIE , n . 1 A pig; the smallest pig of a litter; a sow that has had a litter of pigs, a brood-sow (s.Sc. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 57). Also as int ., a call to a pig. Also durrie (Arg. 1 1931 Gl. Ant. and Dwn. : There's a dyorrie pig in every litter. [Gael. durradh , a pig, sow; also used as a call to a pig; durrag , a little pig.] 
  169. Smiach n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1921-1961
    SMIACH , n ., v . Also smeech . [′smi(ə)x, smjɑx] I . n . A slight sound, a whisper, murmur (Inv. 1948; Per. 4 1950, smeech ); by extension, a trace of any kind, a spark, puff, sign of life (Cai. 1970). Cai. , Rs. 1921 T.S.D.C. : No a smeech fae him. Inv. 1948 : Not a smiach! Not a sound! Hush! He never made a smiach. Per. 4 1950 : Not a smeech oot o you noo, or it'll be the worse for yersel! Cai. 1956 : I canna get a smyach out o 'at fire. Cai. 1961 Edb. John o' Groat Liter. Soc. 4: They could no raise a smiach o' steam. II . v . To utter a. [Gael. smiach , a syllable, sound.] 
  170. Hangrel n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824
    HANGREL(L) , n . Also hangarell , hangerell . † 1 . A stick or arm on which anything is hung, esp. applied to a stout tree-branch with projecting knots erected in a stable for holding bridles, etc. (Rxb. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry , Gl., hang(a)rell , 1923 Watson W.-B. ); a curved wooden bar with hooks on which a sack can be hung and held open for filling (e.Lth. 1960). Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 316: Liggett — A reclining gate . . . they must recline, or they would not close of themselves; they are hung on what is termed a hangrell . 2 . A pole notched at both ends on which a carcass is hung in a butcher's shop (Bwk. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 102; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Wgt. 1956). Cf . Camrell , id . [O.Sc. hangrell , a .1585, a gallows; ? for hang 
  171. Preface n., v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1727-1897
    PREFACE , n ., v . Sc. church usages, now obs.: I . n . A commentary on or introduction to a Life A. Thomson 261: A model preface would be a far nobler help to congregational praise than any choir or organ. II . v . Of a minister: to deliver a paraphrase of or commentary on a psalm to be sung by the congregation of a church (Sc. 1825 Jam.), to deliver a preface , see I . Sc. 1727 P. Walker Remark. Passages 150: He had . . . a singular Gift of Prefacing, which was always practised in that Day. Sc. 1824 P. Landreth Life A. Thomson (1869) 227: This must have appeared strange to a people whose minister “prefaces” the psalm for a full hour. Kcb. 1897 Crockett 
  172. Flisom n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1952
    FLISOM , n . A flake, a particle; a very small amount (Abd. 1900). Also in e.An. dial. [′flɪzəm] Abd. 27 1952 : A flisom o snaa; a flisom o a shower. [A deriv. of Fliss .] 
  173. Lab n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1814-1958
    LAB , n ., v . Also labb ; lob , lub . [lɑb, lǫb] I . n . 1 . A lump, a heavy unwieldy thing, a large piece or area of anything (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Slk. a .1838 Jam. MSS . X. 178; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Dmf. 1825 Jam., lub ; Cld. 1880 Ib ., lob ; Ags. 1961, lob (now dial. in Eng.)); a portion, fragment, bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose (Lth., Dmf., Rxb. 1960). Deriv. lobbach , a lump, chunk (Cld. 1880 Jam.). Bwk. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 57 labs by herte O' the prophit Jerimiah. † 2 . Hence: a pendulous ornament, a projecting drooping part of an object. Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Tales 27: A Roman urn, wi' siller labs. 3 . A blow, a stroke (Ags. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1942 Zai; Bwk., Slk. 1960). Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 65: [I] maun bide the lab o' critics bill Like ither fowk. 4 . A throwing of anything out of the hand, a pitching, tossing movement. Specif .: a game of marbles (Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl .; Ayr. 1960 
  174. Scuip n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1837-2001
     . n . 1 . As in Eng., a vessel for ladling or baling; a wooden scoop for throwing water on bleaching clothes (Fif. 1921 T.S.D.C .); anything hollowed out (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.), esp. a hollowed-out wooden drinking vessel (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 422); a drink from such (Fif. 1825 Jam., a skube o' drink). Hence scuipfu , a scoopful, skup net , scoop net. Ags. 1857 A. Douglas Hist. Ferryden 15: Ye'll get the fu' o' your boats' scupe for a saxpence. Abd. 1881 J. W. Ritchie (13 Aug.): Wid Donald Ertirson sleep soond if he saw ane takkin a skjopfu' o' herrin'? Bwk. 1906 Rymour Club Misc. I. 35: Gae tak' a scuipfu' frae ilk sack. Sh. 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Rod 130: Mind da boy's skup net is i' da boat. † 2 . A kind of tennis bat. Cf . Scuif , 2 . Phr. scupe and maggie , “a game in which a flat piece of wood is used for striking a ball into a hole made in the ground. To lodge the ball in this hole is the object of the player” (Rxb. a .1838 Jam 
  175. Stug v.1, n.1[0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1716-1956
    ] I . v . 1 . To stab, pierce with a sharp-pointed weapon or the like, to prick, jab (Ayr. 1880 Jam is jagged by long stubble is said to be stuggit . Sc. a .1830 Lamkin in Child Ballads heard that ane was stugg'd be the spurtle-blade? 2 . To probe with a stick, 'to push a stick down through the soil to ascertain the distance of the till from the surface; to search a pool or marsh by pushing down a pole at intervals' (Slk. 1825 Jam.). 3 . To dress stone roughly with a pointed chisel (em.Sc., Rxb. 1971). Hence stugged , of a stone (Sc. 1946 Spons' Pract. Builder's Pocket Bk . 442 with a cutting tool into wood, as in turning, planing or adzing (Bwk. 1825 Jam.); sim. of rough, uneven, 'stogging and blonking' (as you once defined Carson's ploughing). II . n . 1 . A prick, stab with some pointed object, e.g . a weapon, a needle, a thorn, prickle, a puncture (Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc . XIII. 40); the object itself, a dart; a rough, hasty stitch in sewing (n.Sc. 1808 Jam 
  176. A' adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1771-2003
    A' , AA , AW , A , Aal , adj ., adv ., all. [ǫ em.Sc., wm.Sc.: ɒ sm.Sc., s.Sc.; ɑ I.Sc., n.Sc.; a I.Sc., Cai.; a:l I.Sc., Cai. The vowel is generally long.] A . adj . 1 . Used in Sc., as in St.Eng., before a few singular collective nouns, before abstracts, names of countries and express the entire number, quantity, or extent: a' Scotlan', a' fowk, a' flesh, a' guidness, a' craeters, a' nicht, a' June, etc. Sc. 1862 Alex. Hislop Proverbs 13: A' cracks maunna be trew'd, ta aal appearance, truly. Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy 93: But a' forenicht I is the po'er o' risin' fame! It meets me at a' turns. 2 . So also when a defining word is used, as in St.Eng.: a' the fowk, a' thae men, a' his tune, a' Jock's frien(d)s. m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 7: A thae gowden lyrics liggin aside ye, Chris Yirdit there i the moul wi yer best-loo'ed thochts. Edb. 1866 Jas. Smith Poems (1869) 46: Oh sad I think on a' thy 
  177. Hulbie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825
    † HULBIE , n . A large unwieldy object, a clumsy person. Lnk. 1825 Jam. : A hulbie of a stane , a large unwieldy stone; a hulbie of a house , man , etc . [Orig. obscure. Prob 
  178. A adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1828-1929
    A , AN , adj . [ə, ən] Unstressed form of the numeral Ane , A.; the indefinite article. An is found as a variant of Ane , B. (Ags. 1728 Trial J. Carnegie (1762) 120, an meeting). Phs. a mistake or misreading. 1 . In modern colloquial usage a occurs before a vowel as well as before a Rod 10: Doo's aye in a aet ta git news, an' as kibbie tae tell hit. Mry.(D) 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sketches 62: 'Hae here's a aipple tae ye 'cause ye're a gweed laddie,' said Betty. m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witchwood 33: It's a unco thing the Wud, Mr Sempill, sir? Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 3: This wus a Insurance Company wantin' him tae gang tae Palnure tae emphatic. Gen.Sc. Bnff. 2 1929 : Ae boat's crew o' ye speak at a time. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) 332–333: 'Keep to a side,' cried Tommy Staytape, 'for . . . Moosey'll maybe hae a also in Older Scots. Gen.Sc. Bnff. 2 1929 : I'll tak a sax or seiven o' them at that price 
  179. Flanders Frost n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1985
    FLANDERS FROST , n.comb. A frost accompanied by a south-east gale. Fif. 1985 Peter Smith Lammas Drave 76: By the middle of January, a Flanders frost (a south-easterly gale with frost)... Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day 46: One year there was a Flanders frost in February. That was the name the old folk gave to a south-east gale that carried a frost as hard as armour — and many of the smaller craft hadn't put to sea for over a week. 
  180. Shine v.1, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1833-1936
    . 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 168); weak shined (Slg. 1804 G. Galloway Luncarty 6; Ags. 1826 A. Balfour Highland Mary III. 82; m.Sc. 1838 A. Rodger Poems 48). Sc. usages: I . v . In comb. shinin-gless , a piece of mirror used as a reflecting toy by children (wm.Sc. 1910; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). II . n . A social gathering, a mild jollification, a party (Abd., Ags., Per., Bwk., Lnk. 1970), freq. in combs. cookie-shine , a 'bun-fight,' tea-shine , a tea-party; a stir, bustle, turmoil, a row (I., n.Sc., Ags. 1970). Phr. to haud or kick up a shine , to create a fuss or disturbance (Sh., Cai. 1970 Clashin' Wives 13: Patie an' me's haen 'a shine'; Oh, dear me! what will I dae? Ayr. 1879 J. White Jottings 234, 268: Her shines I tell her are a pest. . . . Fine cosies an' braws, and gran' cookie shines. wm.Sc. 1880 Jam. : The term is generally applied to a social gathering, especially when of a convivial kind, as a wedding, an assembly, or a merry-making, which is called a grand 
  181. Dame n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1939
    DAME , n . 1 . A wife (esp. the wife of a farmer), the mistress of a household, a housewife (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 9 , Fif. 10 1939). Arch . or dial. in Eng. ( N.E.D. ). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 120: An' a' the beasts in course of time came hame, An' ilka cow was welcom'd by her dame bairns and couthy ain dame. Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 189: Sae Symon, and Janet his dame, . . . Gaed bannin the French again hame. † 2 . A mother. Also used fig . Obs. in Eng. since 16th cent. ( N.E.D. ). Sc. 1796 [A. Jaffray] Elcho Castle 9: This is the picture of thy dame, Her very devotion. 3 . A young unmarried woman; a girl (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 19 1939). Cf . Deem . Dims. damie , dameack(ie) , id. (Crm. 1928 Rymour Club Misc . III. 77, dameack(ie) ); a sweetheart (Abd. 27 1947. 1844 T. Anderson Poems 30: Meg's damies, whether rich or puir, Had a' got men. Ags. 1921 A. S. Neill Carroty Broon 241: So Will Martin played a tune, and then one by one the men 
  182. Stolum n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1922
    . form stollie . [stol(ə)m] 1 . The amount of ink taken up with one dip of a pen, a pen-nibful of). Fif. 1911 Scotsman (26 Dec.): When I was a boy at school, in Fife — more than half a century ago — when a boy wished a dip of ink he asked for a “stolm” of ink. Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 55: I'll wad a richer screed ne'er yet Cam frae yer stollum. 2 . A pinch of snuff, the amount taken up by a snuff-pen (Mry. 1813 W. Leslie Agric. Mry . 467). wm.Sc. 1854 Laird of Logan 512: Taking a powerful stolum of snuff. 3 . A slice or cut, as of bread or cheese, “a large Muse 169: Or does the greed of pelf . . . T' invade my loose-laid stollums make thee [a rat] bold? s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws xvii.: A stolum o' bread and a seip o' milk. e.Lth. 1912 Scotsman (19 Jan.): What a stolm o' brose he put in'im. 4 . A cloud or billow of smoke. Mry. 1921 T.S.D.C. : Stolums o' reek cam' throu the keyhole. 5 . A supply, a store (Slk. 1825 Jam 
  183. Ar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
    AR , n . A small particle; a feeble movement. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): I tink', der'r a ar o' frost i' de air (a slight frost). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Der'r hardly a ar upo de shore (a slight surf). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A ar o' wind (a very light breeze). [Jak. refers the word to Icel. ar , n., minute speck of dust, mote in a sunbeam, but see Ar , v .] 
  184. Trebuck v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1887-1971
     .); terbutche , terbutsme . [†trə′bʌk, tər′bʌtʃi, -smi] I . v . To make a false move in a game. Used exclam. in quasi-imper. form as a call when a player in a game wishes to retrieve a fault and make a second attempt or when someone wishes to correct what he has just said or to change his mind in making a choice (‡Ayr. 1973). An opponent may also anticipate the call by making it first and so exact a forfeit. See etym. note. Sc. 1887 Jam. Suppl. : If a person, on making a false move in a game of, biled wulks, a bawbee a jug [of a street-hawker too drunk to remember what he was selling]. Ayr. 1971 Kilmarnock Standard (23 April): A player who aimed a “dinger” at a particular bool and then changed his mind would receive permission to do so simply by calling out “terbutche”. II . n . A slip, check or false move in a game of skill (Sc. 1887 Jam. Suppl .). [North. Fr. dial. trebuquer , trabuquer , Fr trebucher , to stumble, trip, make a mistake. The grammatical form of the call is somewhat 
  185. Scallag n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1713-1914
    ‡ SCALLAG , n . Also scalag , skallag , scallack ; ¶ skelach ; † scol(l)og . A kind of land-labourer in the Highlands, a farm-servant (see quots.) (Sc. 1825 Jam.); a country bumpkin (Cai. 1972 D. Omand Cai. Book 256). Hist . Sometimes used as a form of address to a boy = my lad, young fellow. [′skɑlək] Sc. a .1714 Earls Crm. (Fraser 1876) II. 480: McLeane of Lochbuy wes kild by Duncane, whether male or female, is a poor being, who, for mere subsistence, becomes a predial slave to another, whether a subtenant, a tacksman, or a laird. The scallag builds his own hut with sods and boughs of trees these, forms a new hut in another place . . . Five days in the week he works for his master; the sixth. 370: A single male servant, (here called scalag ). Arg. 1914 N. Munro New Road ix , id., a bond-servant, Ir. scolog , a tenant of church land, orig. a disciple of a saint, a student in a monastery, a scholar, from scol , school.] 
  186. Slotch v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1830-1936
     . [slotʃ] I . v . 1 . To move or walk in a slouching hang-dog manner, to drag the feet in walking (Rxb (1832) 169: Coming slowly slodging o' the lea. Lth. 1888 D. Carmichael Cosietattle 36: A' Ling 12: Twa billies on the hunt for wark, Gaed sloatchin up a ferm-toon road. 2 . To eat or drink in a messy way, slobber, “to eat like a pig” (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein). II . n . 1 . A lazy, slouching person, a sloven, lay-about, ne'er-do-well (Slk., Rxb. 1825 Jam., slodge , sloatch ; Cld. 1880 Cosietattle 227: A dandy was he ance and gay, A drucken lazy slotch the day. s.Sc. 1898 E. Hamilton Mawkin ii.: You great thowless slotch, wake up, man. 2 . A greedy person, a gourmand, a voracious and messy eater (Bwk. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 169, a greedy slotch). Bwk. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 90: He's a slotch! he's a slotch! He wad slouter up a'. 3 . A slobbering noise, “the sound a calf, makes drinking” (Abd. 1913). [A variant of Slatch , chiefly of imit. orig., poss 
  187. Guest n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1807-1908
     coming of a stranger (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh., Ork. 1955). Slk. 1807 Hogg Mountain Bard 27, Note: If a feather, a straw, or any such thing be observed hanging at a dog's nose, or beard, they call that a guest , and are sure of the approach of a stranger. . . . They judge also from the length of this guest , what will be the size of the real one, and, from its shape, whether it will be a man or a woman. Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 222: 'It's ill ta drook a laughin guest.' A brand standing by itself in the fire was called a guest; a smoking brand betokened an unwelcome guest, while a bright brand meant a friend. The coming of the unwelcome guest might be prevented by pouring water on the brand, but care was needed lest the act should bring misfortune on a friend, who might fall into a mire, without any support, when the fire wastes away; this is considered as a fore-telling of a guest's arrival said: 'dis is gaun to be a welcome gest.' 
  188. Blichan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1935
    BLICHAN , BLICHEN , Blicham , Blichin , Blichim , Blecham , n . 'In general a term of abuse or contempt' (Ags. 2 1934). Lit . and fig . [′blɪçən, ′blɪçəm] 1 . 'A contemptuous designation for a person' (Ags. 2 1934; Per. 1808 Jam., blicham ). Ags. 1891 Brechin Advert. (22 Sept.) 3: Ah, little did the blecham think That he'd be there afore her. Lth. 1825 Jam. 2 : 'He's a puir blichan .' 'You! ye're a bonny blichen indeed to pretend sic a thing!' Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick xvii.: I hae wit eneuch to see through a blichan o' a la'yer, onyway! Peb. 1836 J. Affleck Poet. Wks. 111: There's no sic a blichim 'twixt Ayr and Dundee, As the velveteen hero ca'd Jamie Brownlee. 2 . A lean, worn-out, worthless animal or person. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 75: Blichan . A person useless for any thing. Kcb. 9 1935 , obsol. Dmf. 1825 Jam. 2 : An auld blichen o' a beast. Also, a worthless fellow. 3 . ‡(1) 'A 
  189. Chavie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1914-2004
    CHAVIE , CHAVEY , Chavvie , n .  A boy, a sweetheart (Per., Arg. 1907 A. McCormick Tinkler-Gypsies , App. x., chavey ); also as a term of address to a boy or young man. Also in forms chavo , chauvie (Gall. Ib .). Sc. 2004 http://scottishpool.com 15 Jul : A chavie is like a geeser Scotsman 20 Oct 24: Now, the Diary was never a 'ned' but was addressed as a 'chav' or 'chavvie' as a had in common with Delhi and Ahmadabad was not only a Ruby Murray on a Saturday night, but a shared language. Kerr traced a lineage from the Khyber Pass to Leith Walk, through the gypsies who left northern India a thousand years ago, decamping five centuries later in East Lothian. 'The old Nungate quarter of' slang, such as chavvi (a child), mortie (a girl), chore (to steal) and scran (food). e.Dmf. 2 1914 : Has she gotten a chavie? [ Cf . Romany Sp. chabo , boy, youth, from Skr. śava , the 
  190. Coup n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1794-1888
    † COUP , n . 3 Sc. forms and usages of Eng. coop . The Eng. form is illustrated only in a usage long obs. in St.Eng. [kup, kʌup] 1 . A sort of pannier; one of two on a horse's back, or fixed on a coups , i.e. panniers fixed upon a sledge. 2 . A cart with closed sides or ends, usually used for. Smith Agric. Gall.  40:  When used for conveying dung, ashes, &c. a matting or net-work made of straw ropes was spread upon the bottom. This was termed a coup : probably from the facility with which by means of it the carr was unloaded. [O.Sc. coup , cowp , a basket for catching salmon, 1469; a small close cart used for carrying manure or earth, 1494 ( D.O.S.T .); Mid.Eng. cupe , coupe , a basket, a .1300; cowp , a cart with closed sides, 1582 ( N.E.D. ), prob. from O.E. * cupe , a parallel form to O.E. cýpe . For extension of meaning from a wickerwork basket to a box-cart, cf . Ger. kiepe , a wicker basket, which in Saxony means a box, or box-cart.] 
  191. Puppie n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1705-1926
    PUPPIE , n . 1 Also puppy- ; popp(e)y . In combs. puppie-play , poppy-show , a puppet-show, a- ). Also in Eng. dial.; hence any display or spectacle, esp. a ludicrous one. Phr. to mak a puppy-show o' anesel , to make oneself look a fool, make an exhibition of oneself (em.Sc.(a), wm.Sc. 1967), make the puppie play yisterday . . . 5s. 0d. Edb. 1798 D. Crawford Poems 88: You'd mak a noble poppey-show. Ags. 1826 A. Balfour Highland Mary I. xi.: An' you hae nae a wish to kiss the causey, an' dinna want to make a poppy-show o' yoursel', you'll never offer to take it [horse] that length. m.Lth. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch vii.: They let me in with a grudge for twopence . . . to see a punch and puppie-show business. Hdg. 1886 J. P. Reid Facts & Fancies 43: It was there we used to gather floo'ers to mak' a poppy-show. Abd. 1926 Buchan Observer (April): A preen tae see the poppy show, A preen tae see it a', A preen tae see the little mannie Dancin' on 
  192. Slud n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1886-1947
    , specif . (1) an interval between showers of rain (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 201, 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1970). Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 239: Dis is only a slud atween wadders. (2) an. 1898 Shetland News (23 April): Hit wis wi' a sludd o' dis kind 'at ye kent what Magnie wis. Sh. 1927 Shetland Times (3 March): Waitin' fur a slud ta tak it up. (3) in reference to courtship: a lovers' meeting, a short period in one another's company. Sh. 1947 New Shetlander (Oct.) 12: 'Ir you haevin' a slud, boy!' as spoken to a lad going for a walk wi' a lass, or spaekin' wi' a lass, in a leisurely wye! ‡ 2 . By extension of (3) above: a sweet-heart, lover, boy- or girl-friend Lees? Isna he a slud o' dine, as da youngsters ca' it noo-a-days? [Norw. dial. slot , pause, lull, a break in a storm, O.N. (vind-)slot , a lull in the wind.] 
  193. Kebrock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1837-1838
    KEBROCK , n . Anvthing big and clumsy. Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS. X. 165: A kebrock o' a stane, — o' a bairn. [Prob. a dim. form of Caber , 1 ., a heavy pole, 6 ., a big, clumsy man.] 
  194. Peester v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1892-1958
    PEESTER , v ., n . Also peestir , pister . [′pistər] I . v . 1 . To utter a faint cheeping sound, to squeak, whimper (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 172, 1914 Angus Gl .; Ork. 1929 Marw.; Sh. 1965). Vbl.n. peesterin , a squeaking or whimpering noise; n.comb. peester leetie , pisterliti , (1) a querulous, complaining person, a grumbler, “moaner” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). In 1958 quot. the name of a Trow or gnome; (2) a half-grown boy (Jak.). For second element ? cf . Norw. lyde , sound. Sh. 1892 G. Stewart Tales 252: Dere wis a peesterin' an' a neesterin', a pleepin' an' a: Have you never heard a rabbit speak? I, I, no I, bit A'm herd een peesterin whin Rover wis wirryin him Peesterleetie, Terrie Mittens an Trunsher Face. II . n . A faint high-pitched cry, a cheep, squeak, whimper (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., Sh. 1914). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): He never made a pister. [Norw. pist(r)a , to squeak, make a faint sound, whimper.] 
  195. Kneevle n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1750-1957
    KNEEVLE , n . Also kneevil , knevell . A bit, piece, lump, clot, a protruding knot or , -elock , knievlock , a large knot or protuberance (Gregor), a big lump, as of food, esp. cheese (ne.Sc. 1960), fig ., a fair quantity of anything. [′kni:vəl, ′knivlək] Mry. p .1750 Pluscarden MS. : They cuttit aff a kneevil an' ye took it in yer han. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb ii. Beaton Benachie 33: Everybody . . . who visited where there had been a recent birth, had to partake from the 'cryin' kebbock,' a 'kneevlick o' cheese an' breed,' and a drink of home-made whisky or ale. Abd. c .1930 B. R. McIntosh MS. Verses : They'll baith need a kneevlick o' gear. Abd. 1957 Bon-Accord (25 April) 13: Ye eence tauld her ye wis mangin' for a kneevlick o' richt real aul' fashiont green cheese. [Orig. uncertain. Phs. L.Ger. knafel , knevel , a lump, a heavy powerfully-built person or animal, with influence from Nieve , sc . a lump like a fist or a fistful.] 
  196. Maschle n., v., adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866
    . 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 112–3). [mɑʃl] I . n . A mixture; a confusion, a muddle, a mix up; a mess (Bnff., Abd. 1962). Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 112, 113: Sic a maschle 's a' thing's in . . . They've made an unco meeschle o' that maitter. II . v . To mix; to crumble into a mixture; to throw into confusion, to allow things to become confused; with up : to mix up, confuse, make a muddle of (of Gregor D. Bnff. 112, 113: They're a' maschlet up thegither in that place . . . It wiz a' meeschlet up thegither. III . adj . Confused, in a state of muddle; inbred, closely related through intermarriage. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 113: Their money maitters are a' meeschle-maschle. . . . The hail toonie's a' meeschle-maschle freens through ither. IV . adv . In a state of confusion. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 113: The hail thing geed meeschle thegeether. [A formation prob 
  197. Stirrah n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1848
    STIRRAH , n . Also stirra . [′stɪrə] 1 . A stout sturdy boy, a young lad (s.Sc. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gl.; ‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 13: A dainty stirrah twa years out gane. Edb. 1772 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 81: If ony mettl'd stirrah green For favour frae a lady's ein. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 41: She's born a bra wally thumping stirra. Ags. 1823 A. Balfour Foundling II. iii.: In comes a stirrah, a' hechin'. Rxb. 1848 R. Davidson Leaves 45: And then some force; a fellow, a rough, unmannerly youth, a booby (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , Rxb. 1971). In 1816 quot. in a command to a dog. Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xv., xxi.: Where are ye gaun? . . . Stirra soon begun to a braw trade! [O.Sc. stirrow , id., 1665, variant of Eng. sirrah . For the form see 
  198. Ticket n., v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2004
    (t)ie . Sc. forms and usages: I . n . 1 . A severe drubbing or chastisement, a smart blow or stroke (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Phrs. to gie or get a ticket , one's tickets , to deal or be dealt severely with physically or by stern reproof, to get or give (one) a hammering or drubbing (Fif. 1825 Jam.). Prob. orig. from the meaning of ticket as a legal notice, an order from a court, etc. Cf. a sim. development of Summons . Ags. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 121: I gae the creature sic a ticket, I gard rubbing a pen on the desk and not on the thumb might look out for a ticket. † 2 . A bill, promissory note, a signed obligation. Sc. 1790 Nairne Peerage Evidence (1873) 99: Bond heritable or Lectures Law Scot. I. 45: The first moveable bond consisted of no more than a simple obligement for payment of a principal sum under a penalty. In England they went under the name of bills , and in Scotland of tickets . This technical term in the law is now out of practice. † 3 . A small inscribed 
  199. Cove n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1941
    COVE , n . Sc. usages. [ko:v] 1 . A cave or cavern (Arg. 1990s;  Ags. 17 1941; Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn .); 'a worn-out ledge or hag on a river-bank' (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Also roofs fantastic — stony groves. 2 . A recess (in a wall). Bnff. 2 1941 : He said he fan the boxie in a cove in the wa'. [O.Sc. has cove , coif , etc., a recess in a rock, a .1400, a cave, c .1470 ( D.O.S.T .); Mid.Eng. cove , a cove, a small room, a cell (Stratmann); O.E. cofa , a 
  200. Durk n.2, adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1944
    DURK , n . 2 , adj . Also dork , dorg , durg , dirk . 1 . n . Something big and clumsy; a 1941; Abd. 27 1950; Kcb. 4 1900, durg ); a lump of anything (Sh. 10 1950). Hence durkie , adj., clumsy (Ork. 5 1951). Ork. 1929 Marw. : What a great durk o' a knife to carry about wi' thee! Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 42: 'A durk o' a stick;' 'A durk o' a carrit.' The word is also applied to persons; as, 'He's a stout durk o' a cheel.' 2 . adj . Thick-set, sturdily built, squat), † durgy (Lth. 1808 Jam.). Per. 1944 D. M. Forrester Logiealmond 197: A short 'durky' man, with his big head far sunk between his shoulders. [Norw. dial. dorg , a mass, heap, a heavy, slovenly woman. Cf . Gael. dorc , durc , a lump, shapeless piece.] 
  201. Laega n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1922
    ‡ LAEGA , n . Also lega (Jak.). The act of lying, as in bed; of a fishing-boat: a lying in one place, an anchorage, the catch of fish taken here. Also fig . a resting-place. Freq. in phr. to lie a laega , of a person or boat. Sh. 1898 Shetland News (18 June): An' I'd tought dat wis ta be da end o' siccan pritty livers, dey sood made a better laega. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): He is lyin' him a lega — he is taking a long nap; to mak' a guid or ill lega — to make a good or poor haul of fish. Shu'll no get a laega — sae muckle as da waur. . . . Com' below boys, an' lats get mooth o' suntin' ta aet. I fear we'll no lie a laega. [Norw. dial., Faer. lega , a lying in bed, an anchorage, O.N. lega , a lying.] 
  202. Scarnach n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1927
     . 1 . Heaps or accumulations of loose stones on a hillside, a scree, a bed of detritus. Arg. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 VIII. 415: Rocks and stony parts, without even a mixture of earth. These parts are scarnachs , the haunts of foxes and ravenous birds. 2 . A great number of anything, a multitude, of words (Ayr. 1825 Jam.), “a collection of children, an exhibition of glaring lights” (Rnf. 1837 Crawfurd MSS . XI. 325–9, scarnoch , squarnoch ). Now arch . Ayr. 1927 J. Carruthers A Man Beset i . vii.: A glaikit lass to be carried awa' by a scarnoch o' coo-me-doo words aboot love in a cottage. 3 . A noisy tumult (Lnk. 1825 Jam.). II . v . Only in vbl.n. scarnoghin , a great noise (Ayr. 1825 Jam.). [Gael. sgairneach , = 1 ., the noise of the fall of such stones, a howling, rumbling 
  203. Skrift n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1897-1956
    SKRIFT , n . Also scrift , skriff . A very thin or lean person, animal, or object, a thin piece or slice of a substance such as bread, cheese, wood, etc., a fragile object (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. Sh. 1904 E.D.D. : A por aamis scrift o' a ting. A boat built of thin wood is termed a scrift o' a boat. Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle ,115, 181: He wis wan o' yin peerie skrifty men aboot the colour o' a moth. . . . Yin scrifty, scrunty t'ing; thir's a hantle o' differ atween denty an' scrifty! [Presumably of Scand. orig. ? Cf . Sw. dial. skrift , a skeleton, a lean, emaciated person, skryvla , to wrinkle, shrivel. In em.Sc. prob. rather a variant of Scruif , n ., 4 .] 
  204. Clatch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1937
    CLATCH , Clatsh , Klatsh , Clotch , n . [klɑtʃ, klɔtʃ] 1 . A flat or splashy sound caused by the fall of a soft, heavy object (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., klatsh ; Abd. 2 , Lnk. 3 1937; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Slk. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Phr. to play clatch , to fall with such a sound. Per. 1898 causing it: 'a slap as with the palm of the hand' (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., klatsh ; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). 3 . Extended to denote any object which would cause such a sound: (1) a wet mass, a clot (Bnff. 2 1937), 'anything thrown for the purpose of daubing; as 'a clatch of lime,' as much as is thrown from the trowel on a wall' (Sc. 1808 Jam.); (2) 'a piece of ground in a soft or sloppy condition' (Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 ). (1) Sh. 1900 Shet. News (18 Aug.): Da grices hae a wye o' rotin' ony lom 'at's empty afore dem, fil hits in wan clatsh o' gutter. Sh. 1926–28 J.G. Lowrie buys a Ford in Shet. Times : I got a clatch o' marrow fat apo da leg o' me breeks. (2) Rxb. 1923 
  205. Reird n., v.[0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1713-1935
     .1850 R. Peattie MS .; Bnff., Lth., wm.Sc. 1880 Jam.). [rerd] I . n . 1 . A roar, a loud outcry, a clamorous protest. Sc. 1718 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 80: And sic a Reird ran thro the Rout. ne.Sc. a .1725 Habbyac on A. Ramsay 3: For a the Din, an a the Raird. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 147: At nine months' end you'll hear the rairds In our Scotch kirks. Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel ii.: The tottering deevil coupit ower amang his ain pigs, and damaged a' than we hear a flist, A reerd wud deeve Van Winkle. 2 . A loud vocal outburst, a scolding tongue, a Proverbs 44: A House with a Reek, and a Wife with a Reerd, will soon make a Man run to the Door. Sc. Sc. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 58: A reekin' lum's ill, but a wife wi' a raird Is fit to gar ony man bite on his baird. 3 . Of sheep or cattle: lowing or bleating (Rxb. 1825 Jam.). 4 . A cracking or crashing noise, a loud report (Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems Gl., 1825 Jam.). Sc. 1806 R 
  206. Sunk n.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1714-2000
    SUNK , n . 1 Also sonk and dim. forms sunkie , sonkie . [sʌŋk] 1 . A seat made of turf, a kind of settle or sofa made of sods laid in layers, freq. constructed at the fireside or against a sunny gable (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc . 155; Uls. 1904 E.D.D. ); a bench or long seat, in gen. Dim. sunkie , a little bench or stool, e.g . a milking-stool (s.Sc. 1825 at the cheek of the little ingle, upon a fail sunk. Abd. p .1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 184: A butt an' ben, Wi' earthen sunks a' round about the wa'. Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems upon the sunk. Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. xxii.: Mony a day hae I sat on my sunkie under that saugh. Ags. 1848 W. Gardiner Flora Frf. 88: A turf-built sofa by the fire, termed a sunk . Mry. 1866 J. Shanks Elgin 172: The old stone, called in Morayshire a sunk , which sat by the old fireplace. 2 . A bank or wall, esp. of earth or turf. Comb. sunk-dyke , a wall built of stone 
  207. Banker n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1832-1931
    BANKER , n . 1 and v . 1 . n . A bench or rough table on which a mason rests the stone he is,' a kind of heavy stool, sometimes of wood, sometimes a mere temporary arrangement of rough blocks of stone, on which a hewer shapes a stone. Dmf. 1832 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 46: The master builder, pleased with his ingenious diligence, once laid a shilling on his 'banker.' 2 . v . To place a stone in position for working on the banker. Lnk. 1890 J. Coghill Poems 84: Banker your stane an' show ye're a mellsman. [ Bank , a bench: perhaps a perversion of It. banco , a 
  208. Infa n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1895-1949
    INFA(A) , n . Also infall . 1 . The junction of two roads, esp. of an upper with a lower, or of a tributary with a main river (ne.Sc. 1958). Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xlvii.: It was near to the infall of the road from Loch Dee that we first gat a sight of those we sought. 2 . A wedge; a piece of wood used to repair a split or gap in the timbers of a boat. Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 38: Baith o' dem wis kind a spleet, an' een o' da mid rooths wis brawly weel schowed, so I pat a aik infaa inta him tu, afore I left. [ In , adv . + FA, v . O.Sc. infall , the inflow of a 
  209. Pairtisay n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1933-1936
    PAIRTISAY , n . Also pairtisie , partisay , -ie (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.). A thing done by or belonging to more than one person, a communal undertaking, a joint venture or possession. Also attrib . in n.combs.: 1 . pairtisie wa' , a common wall erected jointly by two or more persons (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.); 2 . partisie wab , -wob , a web or piece of weaving made in collaboration by a group of weavers ( Ib .); 3 . partisie work , a joint or communal task, a cooperative undertaking ( Ib .). Sc. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' the Ling 5: A fell melee, A pairtisay O' eager eident han's. 2 . Sc. 1933 Sc. N. & Q. (July) 99: A partisay wob an' a lovedarg mak mair faes than friens. [Fr. partise 
  210. Letto n., interj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929-1931
    LETTO , n ., int . Also let(e) (Jak.). [′læt(o)] I . n . A trifle. something insignificant or of little worth. Used attrib . Ork. 1929 Marw. : A letto ting o' a calf. II . int division, o lit! o lit! (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .), lit-a-lit . Used to a small child or animal (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Ork. 1929 Marw. : Oh letto! what a ting! A letto, a letto! Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 137: Lit-a-lit, alt'o da wather waasna rouch sheu camna back. [Norw. dial. læta , a trifle, an insignificant specimen, lit . a sound.] 
  211. Moor n., v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1880-1961
    MOOR , n ., v . 1 Also moar ; mur (Jak.); moori(e) , muri , mura . [mur(i, a)] I . n . A dense fall of fine powdery snow liable to pile up into drifts (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl .; Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1963). Hence moorie-blinnd , a blinding snowstorm. Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 127: A moor had fa'n a' the heel day. Sh. 1909 : It's on a moory. There is a fall of heavy, fine snow. Sh. 1931 Shetland Times (14 March) 7: I' da voar whin da snaa is kumin' doon in a blind moorie! Sh. 1961 New Shetlander No. 59. 6: An you heard da soond o da muckle wind As he shook da hoose in a moorie-blinnd. II . v. intr . 1 . Of snow: to fall drifting (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 147; I.Sc. 1963); vbl.n., a dense snowfall (Jak.; I.Sc. 1963 Williamson MSS. (25 Jan.): Sic a night o moorin as he is outside. Ork. 1929 Marw. : It's beginnan tae moor; it's been mooran a' the day. The dikes 'll be a' moored ap. Sh. 1930 Shetland 
  212. Brade n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    BRADE , Braid , Breid , Bred , n . 1 and v . 1 1 . n . (1) 'A spike, a sharp-pointed instrument like an awl, a goad: synon. brog . Also, a splint, a splinter, shred: 'The stick was dung to braids' ' (Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 , Add .). (2) 'A prick, a thrust or job with a sharppointed instrument' ( Ib brod , prick or goad, n . and v .; O.N. brodda , to prick, goad, broddr , a spike (Zoega). Cf . Mod.Eng. brad , earlier brod , a nail, and bradawl .] 
  213. Lurt n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1930
    ‡ LURT , n . Also lort (Jak.), and derivs. luirtiss , -too (Ork.). [lʌrt, lʊrt] 1 . A lump of dirt or excrement, a turd (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .; Sh., Ork. ( luirtiss , -too ) 1961). Ork. 1930 Orcadian (13 Feb.): A luirtiss was a shapeless, unsightly mass. Luirtoo was much the same. 2 . A clumsy person (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1932), Sh. 1961), a lazy lout (Ork. 1929 Marw.); any overgrown unwieldy person or animal. Sh. 1908 Jak. II. (1932) 524: A lort o' a piltek; a lort o' a chield. [Norw. lort , filth, dirt, excrement.] 
  214. Barley n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1757-1999
    .  [′bɑrlĕ + Sc.; em. and wm.Sc. + ′brl] 1 . n . A truce, a rest; a pause in any activity, esp. in a.: And like a proper lad o' his quarters, that will not cry barley in a brulzie. Sc. 1846 Anon. The Muckomachy (based on W. Drummond Polemo-Middinia ) 20: 'A barley!' through the armies baith, From ilka geysend craig resoundit. Sh. 4 1933 : I beg a barley. Abd. 19 c .1875. Slg. 1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 30: In vain the chiel a baurley socht. Edb. 1812 W. Glass Caledonian Parnassus 42: Then Bonaparte, completely cow'd, Shall cry, 'Guid safe's, a barley!' sm.Sc. 1988 W. A. D. and D. Riach A Galloway Glossary : barley a rest time in a children's the craig and fair choked me afore I could cry a barley. Gsw. 1898 D. Willox Poems and Sketches 87: I concluded that it was a' a vile conspiracy tae gar folks burst themsel's, an' resolved tae cry' a barley.' Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 284: The sun is blinking warm and 
  215. Budgel n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1837-1838
    BUDGEL , n . Also budyel . “Lit. a bag, a poke, and sometimes so used; but generally it implies a bundle, pack, budget” (w. and s.Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 ). Not known to our correspondents. Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS.  XI. 19:  Budyel . A bag kept under the hopper of a mill to abstract some of the meal, a black-bitch . [Prob. a cross between Eng. bundle and budget , but cf . O.Sc. budgell , a bottle 
  216. Custrin n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1731-1890
    † CUSTRIN , Custroune , n . A rogue, a base fellow. Also used attrib . Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums 113: Noo she's a boul-horned guidwife wi' a custroune carl o' a man. e.Dmf any Urdam, Durdam. . . . [O.Sc. has custron , custroun , etc., a base fellow, a knave or varlet, from 1530 ( D.O.S.T .); Mid.Eng. quystron , c .1300 ( N.E.D. ); O.Fr. coistron , a scullion, a 
  217. Snargash v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1930
     Jan.)). II . n . A slash, an incision, a gash, a slit, a cut. Deriv. in fig . phr. ¶ snargashlach o a face , a horrible, repulsive countenance. Abd. 1930 : 'Fat wye's yer nose bleedin'?' 'Aw gid it an ull snargash wi' a strae.' . . . He hid sic a snargashlach o' a face, it feart the bairn 
  218. Theevil n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1768-1999
     , ¶ wheedle (Clc. 1921 T.S.D.C .). See also Wheegil . [′θi:vəl; Fif., Knr. θi:l, ′θidəl; Dmf. ′θəivəl] A short tapering stick used to stir food cooking in a pot, a pot-stick, Spurtle (wm.Sc. 1741 A. McDonald; n.Sc. (obsol.), em.Sc. (a), w.Lth., Peb., Dmf. 1972). Also in n.Eng. dial. Abd. 1768 A. Ross: An' ay's they steer'd them wi' a theevil, They mummelt 'crowdy for the deevil.' Sc. 1829 Mrs Dalgairns Pract. Cookery 358: A round wooden stick, smaller at the one end than the other, in Scotland called a thevil, is better adapted for stirring sugar or preserves with than a silver spoon. Fif Border Mag. (Oct.) 234: The stirring utensil called a 'theedle'. Ags. 1906 Rymour Club Misc, widely used on the East Coast for the wooden porridge stirrer also known as a spurtle. Combs. theevil-bow , a small piece of bent willow or whale bone, used with a plate and a bowl as a means of trapping mice (Fif. c .1850 Peattie MS .); theevil-ill , -shot (Ags.), a pain in the side, a stitch; 'from 
  219. Pair n.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1709-1994
     Tartuffe 26: Why then give me such advice? Why ask me? That wasn't very nice. A perra loonies! Gie's yer, son. But ah'm an expert. Never burnt a per a troosers yet. Dundee 1994 Matthew Fitt in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 174: ... aa he had oan unnir his lang blek coat wus a whyte t-shirt, a: 'You'd look a doll in a mair casual gear, like. F'r instance, perra cords and a Grandpa nightshirt...' Sc. usages: 1 . As in Eng. Adj. ¶ pairless , unpaired, not having a companion, alone, solitary. Lnk. 1853 W. Watson Poems 74: Pairless I stray by mysel'. 2 . Specif .: a team of two horses for ploughing, etc. Gen.Sc. Also fig . as in 1923 quot. Farms are described as being a(n) ae interjected, 'eight hundred pounds for a muckle fowre-pair-horse ferm.' Abd. 1916 A. Gibson Under tether.' Abd. 1923 Swatches o' Hamespun 86: 'An ill-gyaun pair' sums up a matrimonial misfit. Abd. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 49: 'Er man dee't, an' leeft 'er wi' a pair-placie an' a loonie 
  220. Rivvle n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929
    RIVVLE , n . 2 A stout, thick-set person, a gnarled or nobbly object. Hence deriv. rivvely , rivvaly , thick-set, stout. Ork. 1929 Marw. : A rivvle o' a staff, a rivvle o' a boy . . . a 
  221. Maggiedoozler n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1919
    MAGGIEDOOZLER , n . A paragon, a superb specimen of its kind, a real “stunner”. Dmf. 1919 Border Mag. (Dec.) 189: He's a gran' 'un, a fair clipper, a perfect maggiedoozler [of a horse 
  222. Beauty Spot n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768
    BEAUTY SPOT , n . A thing of beauty. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 31: I grant, he says, she's nae a beauty spot But he that wad refuse her is a sot. [In St.Eng. beauty spot means a patch on a lady's face, extended also to mean a beautiful scene. The further extension to a person seems to 
  223. Stimpart n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1924
    STIMPART , n . Also -pert , -pard , stumpard . [′stɪmpərt] 1 . The fourth part of a peck, in dry measure, gen. of oats, a Forpet or Lippie (Ayr. 1779 J. Swinton Weights , etc . 58, 1811 . Ayr. 1787 Burns Letters (Ferguson) No. 112: She [a mare]'ll whip me aff her five stimparts o' the best aits at a down-sittin. Ayr. 1821 Galt Legatees iv.: Buying coals by the stimpert. Ayr. 1868 J. K. Hunter Artist's Life 92: I ate a stimpart o' potatoes. Lnk. 1880 Clydesdale Readings 194: Like a Clydesdale roadster after a heatit stimpart o' aits an' beans. Ayr. 1906 Scottish Review (22 Nov.) 571: The usual order to the grocer was for a stimpart of oatmeal. 2 . (1) A measure of land sown with flax, of an extent requisite to produce a stimpart of seed that a “stimpart” of lint should be sown, so that they could claim it on their own account. (2) the fourth part of a rig , which would correspond roughly to (1). Hence comb. stimpart-shearer , a young 
  224. Toot-moot n., adv., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1896
    . ‡′tit-′mit] I . n . 1 . A low muttered conversation, a whispering together (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 192); the subdued mutterings or growls which frequently precede a violent quarrel or brawl. The. : Being interrogated by her landlord, who was ex officio a judge, as to the origin of the fray, she replied; 'It began, my lord, wi' a laigh tut-mute, and it raise to a heich tuilyie mulie; and or ever your lordship wad hae kissed your ain a — e, they were a' i' the mussel-midden abone ither.' Abd. 1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm II. iii.: Says she, makin' a laich toot-moot o' 't, — 'He's Lord Lossie's? ' Ork. 1894 W. R. Mackintosh Peat-fires 252: Thei set tew at a low tut-mut, efteran thei gaed tae a heich cullya shearg, at a hun's bark thei ware at a heich cullya whumlie. Per. 1896 I. Maclaren Kate Carnegie 229: Hillock's 'tout-mout' with Gormack over a purchase at a roup. 2 . A whisper, a quiet hint, an insinuated rumour (Sc. 1911 S.D.D ., toot mootre ). Abd. 1862 G. MacDonald 
  225. Kinch n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1804-1942
    KINCH , n . 1 , v . Also kynch , kins(c)h , kench . [kɪnʃ, kɛnʃ] I . n . 1 . A twist or doubling in a rope, a kink (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Cai. 1907 County of Cai . (Horne) 76; Uls. 1953 Traynor; n. and em.Sc.(a), m.Lth., Kcb., s.Sc. 1960), a loop, a noose, a running knot (Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1960); a handcuff. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xiv.: A better plan than a' that wad be to make a strong kinch of ropes and hang her. Bch. 1832 W. Scott Poems 146: A' the dandy kin's o.: I ha'e maist got my neck intil a kinch for my pains. Edb. 1861 J. McLevy Curiosities of. Latto T. Bodkin xxvi.: I . . . prepared a string . . . I cuist a kinch on the end o't. 2 . A . A tight corner, predicament, fix, a difficult problem, a “puzzler” (Abd., Fif. 1960). Hence kincher : Ay, 'twis a gey kinch. Bnff. 2 1942 : I doot Robbie'll fin' that jobbie a kincher. ‡ 4 . A sudden twist in wrestling (Cai. 1907 County of Cai . (Horne) 76; Per., Fif., Wgt. 1960), a sharp 
  226. Dirvin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929
    DIRVIN , n . A thick, clumsy-looking object, used especially of a bannock or of a large untidy woman (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 2 1948). [′dɪrvin] Ork. 1929 Marw. : A dirvin o' a bannock. . . . A muckle dirvin o' a wife. [Origin uncertain.] 
  227. Soup n.1, v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1922
    SOUP , n . 1 , v . 1 Also soop , sup (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .). [sup] I . n . A quantity of liquid, essentially a small amount, a sip, a spoonful, but freq. used ironically for quite a considerable; Fif., wm. and sm.Sc., Rxb. 1971). Also in Eng. dial. When followed by a qualifying noun the o(f) is gen. omitted. See O , prep ., 1 . (5). Phr. a bite and a soup , a small amount to eat and drink held my wee soup whey. Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 93: A wee soup drink dis unco weel To had the heart aboon. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 97: The goodwife collected a soup out of every cog. Edb. 1798 D. Crawford Poems 44: To coup a gay soup be glad to do that for a bite and a soup. Sc. 1823 E. Logan St Johnstoun II. ix.: Naething louses the jaw like a soup drink. Sc. 1827 G. R. Kinloch Ballad Book (1885) 54: There was nae drink but a soup I' the boddom o' a tun. Fif. 1882 S. Tytler Sc. Marriages III. 118 
  228. Forpet n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1708-2003
     , † fourpitt , † fourpeth , † four-part . The fourth part of a peck, a Lippie , in dry measure, now used. freq. in Lth. A boll of potatoes is calculated at twice the weight of a boll of meal and as = 16 stones. Hence a forpit is, for potatoes, 3½ lbs. (a quarter stone) and, for meal, 1¾ lbs. Also a dish holding). [′forpət] Rnf. 1708 W. Hector Judicial Rec. (1876) 86: A fourpitt of corn to Blairs horse . 2s 0d. Sc. 1729 W. Macintosh On Inclosing 123: A Fourpeth or Lippie of Meal per Day a forpet o' ma't, And I canna come ilka day to woo. Dmb. 1794 D. Ure Agric. Dmb. 101: The miller's servant has besides . . . a fortpet out of every boll. Edb. 1801 J. Thomson Poems 8: A forpit-dish, a tatie-peck, A firlot, an' a row. Bwk. 1809 R. Kerr Agric. Bwk. m.Lth. 1842 Blackwood's Mag. (March) 304: Retailing it [salt] at sixpence a caup — a wooden measure, the one end of which was a forpit, the other half a forpit. Sc. 1883 Stevenson Letters 
  229. Adist prep.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1912
    . Gall. a .1824 A riddle in J. MacTaggart Gall. Encycl. 10: Heg Beg adist the dyke — and Heg Beg ayout [ sic ] the dyke Gif ye touch Heg Beg — Heg Beg — will gar ye byke. [A nettle.] Dmf. 1831 R. Shennan Tales 60: Tam Peevish lives in Galloway Athis'd Dumfries a mile or twa. w.Dmf. 2 c .1880 : Athist — on this side of. Kcb. 2 a .1899 A riddle from Carsphairn horn, And sic a beast was never born. [A cock.] Lnk. a .1911 From a riddle in T. Frazer's coll., Trans. Rymour Club (1906–1911) I. 225: A-thist the dyke, ayont the dyke, I heard a filly rout is prob. a contr. for 'a (= on) this side,' used as a prep. in Eng. dialect before words of place and time — e.g . 'a this side Christmas' (Lei.), 'a-this-side Lunnon' (nw.Der.); see E.D.D. under Side 3. So also in Mid.Eng.: a þys syde þe toun, Sir Ferumbras , c .1380 ( N.E.D. ). As the popular rhymes show, the word latterly had become a mere echo, and in one case 'a dusty dyke' is actually used as 
  230. Bab n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1908
    BAB , n . 1 A Sc. form of the Eng. dial. bob . See P.L.D. § 54 . [bɑb] 1 . A posy or nosegay of flowers; a tassel or bunch of ribbons. Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality xxiv.: A cockit hat with a bab o' blue ribbands. Sc. 1908 W. Wingate in Glasgow Ballad Club III. 159: Wi' a cane in his han' — in his button a bab — What d'ye think o' our Sandy Macnab? Lnk. 1862 D . Combs.: (1) bab o' a' the boon , the finest and best-dressed lass or lad among the boon or band of shearers; (2) wooer-bab , a garter at the knee with two loops, worn by a suitor as a proposal of marriage. (1) Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 21: For he shoor on the stibble han' Wi' Lizzie frae the ha', Wha shene the bab o' a' the boon, She was sae buskit braw. (2) Ayr. 1786 Burns Halloween' gabs Gar lasses hearts gang startin. 3 . A soft lump, a blob, dollop, lit . and fig . of a person; a stupid, lumpish fellow. Dmf. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 94: Ye soon coud mak' ilk worthless 
  231. Smot v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1828-1997
     matter as a sign of ownership (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Bwk. 1970). Ayr. 1828 D. Wood Poems 60: I likewise had a gae piece keel, To smot the sheep. Bwk. 1907 Trans. Highl. Soc. XIX. 153: To mark, or 'smott', on some part of the body, all the first tupped ewes. II . n . 1 . A spot, stain, smudge (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.); specif . a mark of ownership put on a sheep with ruddle or the like (s.Sc J. Aiton Clerical Econ. 225: No man will break his 'smote,' as it is called, but at a loss lamb within each period of a week or five days. Dmf. 1997 Nell Thomson Spit the First Sook 14: What better sight than a row of clippers sitting on sheep stools, good sharp shears at the ready, and the shout of rough sheep. Bist and sometimes tar was applied if a sheep got a nick, and that kept the flies off. A good shearer was a delight to watch. Now my job was to bist, a pot of tar was melted over a fire, a smot with the owner's initials on it. This was put on the newly clipped sheep 
  232. Hogger n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1711-1931
     with Moggan , ¶ hoggan . [′hogər, ′hʌg-] 1 . A coarse stocking without a foot, worn as a gaiter (Gall. 1902 E.D.D. ; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; em.Sc.(a), wm.Sc., Rxb. 1957), sometimes worn on the arms, e.g . by reapers as a protection against thistles, etc. (Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 107; Uls. 3 1931). Sc. 1711 J. Kirkwood Hist. 27 Gods Lnl. 36: A Boy . . . with a Blanket and a Pair of Hoggers on his Legs. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 145: A pair of gray hoggers, I only observed one person, a big boy from the country, wearing mire-pipes , or stockings without had his wife's shawl tied over his hat by a great knot under the chin, and a pair of huggars drawn over his shoes and above his knee. Lnl. 1868 A. Dawson Rambling Recoll. 31: Arrayed with , huggered , -t , ppl.adj., of a stocking: footless; of a person: wearing hoggers ; (2) hugger-muggan , a hogger (Fif. 1958); (3) to hae somebody by the huggers , to have someone in custody, to have a tight 
  233. Pavie n., v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1925
    PAVIE , n ., v . Also pav(e)y , paavie , pa(a)vee. pauvie , -ee ; peyvee , peevee , pivvie (11 Dec.) 13). [′pevi; ‡pɑ′vi, esp. as v .] I . n . 1 . A caper, a fantastic movement of the body; a flamboyant or affected gesture, a stylish or grandiose flourish of the limbs, a stately or strutting carriage (Sc. 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety II. 164, pauvee ). Abd. p .1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shep. MS. 106: Well drest an' clean, an' stately step with a', With a pavie he comes into the Ha'. Sc. 1808 Jam. : 'He came in with a great pavie ,' i.e. He entered the apartment with a great many airs. It is used to describe the manners of a fribble. Sc. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth xxiv.: [A hanged man] dancing a pavise in mid-air to the music of his own shackles. Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. 82: A kind of fantastic gesture, waving with the hand, etc.; when speaking, using such gestures is called the 'paavie'. 2 . A trick, prank, practical joke; 'a heedless action, a 
  234. Staig n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1993
    (y)ag(g)ie . [steg, Abd. + ‡stjɑ:g; †stɑg] 1 . A young horse from one to three years old, of either sex and not yet broken to work, specif . a young castrated horse, a colt, gelding (Sc. 1808 Jam. ; I.Sc. Cai., e. and wm.Sc., Wgt. 1971). Also in Eng. dial. Comb. stagghouse , a shed or stable for young horses (Ags. 1752 Farm Inventory MS .). Sc. 1700 Edb. Gazette (27–30 May): A Dark Brown Staig of four Years, with a White Spot on his far hinder Foot. Sc. 1710 Sc. Courant (2–4 Aug.): A black din lyred Horse-Staig with the Hair unpolled. e.Lth. 1721 Caled. Mercury (19 Sept.): There was Stolen a dark brown Mare-Stag. Edb. 1739 Caled. Mercury (13 Nov.): Four Stags, viz. A brown two-year old Fillie, with a white Face and a white Hind-foot; A grey year-old Fillie; Two Foals, one a Colt, the other a Fillie. Ork. 1772 P. Fea MS. Diary (August): Sold the black like ony staggie. Abd. 1809 J. Skinner Amusements 39: Wi' mony a staig and mony a stirk An 
  235. Fang n.3, v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    FANG , n . 3 , v . 3 I . n . A hitch in a rope, made on a weak part of a fishing-line (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)) or to shorten a cow's tether ( Ib .) or put on a tethered animal's ear to prevent it pulling out its stake (Ork. 1929 Marw.). II . v . To strengthen a weak part of a fishing-line by doubling and knotting it (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928); 1914 Angus Gl .). [O.N. fang , a gripping.] 
  236. Glipek n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     . . . the broken, upper part of a wall or of a stone fence” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)); “a bit broken out of the edge of a board; any small hollow, as, for instance, in the top of a wall; a rift, a rent” (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., glippik ). Also glip (Angus). [Deriv. from Norw. dial. glip , a small channel-shaped opening, a crack.] 
  237. Plichen n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1814
    † PLICHEN , n . Also pleghan . “A peasant” (w.Fif. 1825 Jam.), a boy who did odd jobs on a farm. Per. a .1814 J. Ramsay Scot. in 18th c. (1888) II. 209: Our ordinary farmers' households consisted of a big man, a little man, a pleghan — i.e ., a lad of fifteen or sixteen years of age, who could drive the plough or thrash occasionally. [Orig. uncertain; phs. a deriv. of Pleuch , n 
  238. Seddick n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1877
    † SEDDICK , n . Also saedick , sedek (Jak.). [′sɛdək] 1 . A fishing-ground, a place frequented by fish (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 191, 1908 Jak. (1928)). 2 . A stool made of straw, a small seat (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Sh. 1877 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 40: A creepy stool, two seddicks, one high-backed straen chair. [Dim. form from Norw. dial. seta , a seat, a fishing-ground, Dan. sæde , O.N. seta , a seat. See Seat , n ., 6 .] 
  239. Pilsh n., v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1723-1948
     . in phr. a toom pilsh , an empty shell, a delusion, hollow sham. Ags. 1897 Arbroath Guide (15 May) 3: Feint a ane o' them will she buy. They're 'oot o' season', 'toom pilshes', or some ither equally mysterious fau't clings to them. 2 . (1) a triangular piece of material, gen. flannel, bound over a baby's napkin to keep it in place (Mry. 1921 T.S.D.C ., pilch , pilschach , pulschach ). Gen.Sc., rare and dial. in Eng.; 'a kind of petticoat open before, worn by infants' (Lth. 1825 Jam buttons, a triangular piece of cloth for keeping the rest clean. (2) a piece of sacking or coarse material worn apron-wise to protect the thighs in peat-digging, a peltin-pyock (Sc. 1825 Jam., 1921 T.S.D.C ., pilch ). See Pelt . 3 . A piece of dirty thick cloth, a rag (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 125). Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 62: She flang a cassen pilchach o' a shawlie ower her heed. Bnff. 1941 : Some fool pilshachs like the duds o' a tinkler's washin. 4 . A gross 
  240. Peff n., v., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866
    PEFF , n ., v ., adv . I . n . 1 . A dull, heavy blow or thud, the noise so made, a heavy footfall (Bnf. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 123). 2 . A clumsy, stupid person, a dolt, clodhopper ( Ib .). II. ( Ib .); vbl.n. peffan , a beating, drubbing; intr . to fall over heavily; to walk in a heavy-footed, clumsy way, to clump along. Deriv. peffin , a stout heavy-footed person, a clumsy lump ( Ib .). Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 123: Peff in the pile. Peff doon that stane. Sic a peffan's he did get. III . adv . In a dull, heavy manner, in a clumsy heavy-footed way, with a thud ( Ib .). [Variant of 
  241. Sagan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1904-1958
    SAGAN , n . Also saggin ; saigen . A contemptuous name for a person, gen. implying surliness, uncouthness or clumsiness in build or movements, a rough boorish person (Abd. 1 1929). Sometimes applied to animals. [′sɑgən, ′seg-] Abd. 1904 E.D.D. : That lassie has a sagan o' a temper. Johnny Smith's a coorse sagan. Ye're behavin' like a perfect sagan. Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C. IV.: A sair a saggin as she is, eh, sic a fattie, fat a hillock o' creesh! Abd. 1958 Bon-Accord (18 Dec, barbit weer, or nettin' weer. [Orig. doubtful. Supposed to be a euphemistic alteration of Sawtan .] 
  242. Smudder v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1920-1970
    . See D , letter, 4 . Phr. smuddered peats , peat treated as in 1920 quot. to produce a kind of charcoal for use in blacksmith's fires. Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. iii.: For common smuddert peats wis used an' a fine fire they made, but it hadna the same heatin' poo'er as coal. The iron nott mair o war casten an' dried jist the common wye. Syne they war a' giddert in a hullock an' cover't up wi' weet moss, a' less a wee holie that wis left for kennlin't wi' a fiery peat. Fan the fire got a guid haud the hole wis closed up an' a' the reekin' bores roon' the hullock. The hullock wis a' clappit wi' the back o' a spad an' left tae smudder for a day or twa. Aifter that the moss wis tae'n aff an' they took a look in tae see if it wis a' richt. It wis happit up again for a week or sae. Fan it wis caul', it wis driven hame an' biggit up in the smiddy. Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 62: A hauf. [O.Sc. smudder , to smother a fire, 1594.] 
  243. Tummock n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1789-2000
    . Bnff . 232). I . n . A small mound or hillock, a tuft or tussock of grass, a mole-hill (sm.Sc. a .1813 A. Murray Hist. Eur. Langs (1823) I. 101; Ayr. 1825 Jam.; Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 232; Dmf. Davidson Seasons 25: Upo' a turf-dyke, straught, they take their stan', Or round a tammock wheel. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. ix.: A “rouch curr tyke”, seated in a comfortable manner tammocks owre. Kcb. 1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 225: The Moat in Gallawa's a muckle conical tummock, maistly wi a flat tap. Sc. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 8: Nae time, enoo, to sairch for nests, Or on a tummock tak' their rests. Gsw. 2000 Donny O'Rourke in Alec Finlay Atoms of Delight 129: A proper tummock, you can scarcely see at all The bump in a bog, a marshy mound, a knubby knoll. II . v . To build up to a high point without stability (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 232, tumick ). [Gael. tom , a bush, thicket, knoll, + Sc. dim. ending -Ock . See also Tam 
  244. Gloid v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1894-1953
     . To do anything in a dirty, awkward manner (Ags. Ib .), to make a botch of a job, to mess (about). Hence gloidin , adj., awkward, slovenly (Ags. 1 1926), always in a mess or muddle (Ags. 1954). Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) v.: She's a clorty, weirdless-lookin' cratur. I'm dootin' Moses hasna muckle o' a hame wi' her, the gloidin' tawpie 'at she is. Ags. 1912 A. Reid Forfar expressive when a man made a mess of his web or work . . . or when, as a 'gloidin' eedit,' he fairly stuck it altogether? Ags. 19 1953 : To gloid aboot among stuff. II . n . 1 . A botch, a mess. Ags. 1902 A. Reid Royal Burgh Forfar 262: Some have made a 'perfit gluide' of their observations. 2 . A slovenly, wastefulperson (Ags. 19 1954). [Prob. a voiced variant from the stem of Cloiter , to work in a dirty manner, esp. in wet, messy stuff. Cf . Cloit . n . 2 and Gloit .] 
  245. Nokku n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1836
    NOKKU , n . Also nuckie , -y , nukki(e) (Jak.); nicky- . [′nʌkɪ] 1 . A twisting or tangle. 1929 Marw.), a tangle or ravelling, as of yarn in spinning (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 99, 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1964). See Snorl ; 2 . A tassel on a woollen cap, as a night-cap (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), nokki , nukki ); 3 . A taboo-name for a fish-hook (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MS . XII. 156, 1908 Jak. (1928)). Comb.: bolnokki , a taboo-name for the fish-hook nearest to the sinker of a hand-line or long-line (Jak.); 4 . Deriv. nokken (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .), (k)nokkin , noggin , nuggin , the head of a is uncertain whether all the above are of the same orig. For 1 . cf . Norw. dial. nokkesnur , a tangle in a thread which has been spun too hard, Dan. dial. nokkesnørl , a thin length of yarn; for 3 . cf . Norw. dial. a nokke , small iron hook; for 4 . cf . Sw. dial. nokk , a roof-ridge.] 
  246. Perk n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1779-1887
    PERK , n . 1 Also pirk , purk . [pɛrk] 1 . A pole, a perch (Ayr. 1825 Jam.), specif . a wooden pole or rod projecting from a wall or window on which clothes are hung to dry, now applied also to. Kintyre 15; Lnk., Ayr. 1958, purk ). Also in Eng. dial. Hence perk-tree , an upright pole or post in a garden or yard for supporting a clothes-line, a clothes-pole; “a rough or unbarked pole from which green: On every pirk the clouts are clashing. 2 . A small wooden skewer used for stopping up a hole, a peg (Cai. 1903 E.D.D. ). 3 . A lineal measure varying in extent from place to place, a rod, pole or. [A northern form, prob. orig. from North. Fr. dial. perque , of Eng. perch , Fr. perche , Lat. pertica , a measuring rod. O.Sc. perk , a pole, a .1400.] 
  247. Bourie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1914
    BOURIE , Bowry , n . [′bu:ri, ′bʌuəri] 1 . A rabbit's burrow; an animal's lair; sometimes extended to the resting-place of a person (see quot. 3). Sc. 1808 Jam. : Bourie , a hole made in frae the French 93: A mappy frae his bourie boundit oot, Syne skipt ahint a buss. Hdg. 1885 “S. Mucklebackit” Rural Rhymes, etc. 11: A rumblin' like a yirthquake sheuk My simmer morning bourie! 2 . A house made of sand. Cf . Boorach , n ., 4 (2). Slg. 3 1914 : Let us hae a bowry . [May be a reduced form of burrow , or a dim. of Bour , n ., 1 , with extended 
  248. Clunkart n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1936
    CLUNKART , n . [′klʌŋkərt] 1 . 'A very large piece of anything; as, A clunkart o' cheese, a clunkart o' beef, a clunkart o' a stane' (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 28; Bnff. 2 , Abd. 2 1936); 'a shapeless lump, e.g . of dried or frozen mud: 'a clunkart o' dirt'' (n.Ags. 1936 (per Ags. 2 )). 2 . A fechtin, ye nickum! 3 . A short, dumpy person (Bnff. 2 1936). Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 28: Sie a clunkart o' a littlin! [The same as Clunker , n . 1 , with substitution of the Romance suff 
  249. Shampse v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1879
    SHAMPSE , v . To speak with a slur, to pronounce s somewhat like sh or, more exactly, like a neither a stammer nor a burr, nor a lisp, nor a snivel, and, like her hair, English wants a word for it, so we must again resort to Zetlandic. She had a 'shampse,' which consists in almost invariably introducing an 'h' sound following the 's', modified sometimes by a sound between an 'h' and a 'z'. [A Sh 
  250. Kendlin n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1739
    KENDLIN , n . A young person. Erron. read as hindling and keulin (see Jam. s.v.). Abd. 1739 Caled. Mag. (1788) 501: A Chiel came wi' a feugh, Box'd him on's arse wi' a bauld brattle, Till a' the kendlins leugh At him that day. [O.Sc. has kenling , 1563, Mid.Eng. kyndlyng , a brood, a progeny, a young animal, vbl.n. from kindle , to bring forth young.] 
  251. Neukatyke n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825
    † NEUKATYKE , n . A rough, shaggy shepherd's collie (Fif. 1825 Jam. 2 ); fig . a man who masters another easily in a quarrel ( Ib .). Fif. 1825 Jam. 2 : He shook him like a neukatyke , i.e., as easily as a powerful collie does a small dog. [Phs. a dog that lies in a corner of the room, in the 
  252. Scant n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1951
    SCANT , n . 2 A type or size of slate (see quot.) (Abd., Per. 1969). Also in Yks. dial. Abd. 27 1951 : A short slate nailed immediately under the ridge of a roof; in pl . the highest row of slates on a roof. [A reduced form of Eng. dial. scantle , a small slate, conn. with scantling , a rule or standard of measurement, a dimension.] 
  253. Tun n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1712
    TUN , n . Also † toun . As in Eng., a vat, tub. Sc. combs.: toun cog , a wooden vessel with a long handle used to pour the wort of ale into casks; † tumill [ < tunmill ], a funnel used for the same purpose. Also in n.Eng. dial. Ags. 1712 A. Jervise Land of Lindsays (1853) 342: A tumill, a skimmer, a toun cog. [O.Sc. tummell , 1576.] 
  254. Brod n.2, v.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1933
    BROD , Brodd , Brode , n . 2 , v . 2 1 . n . (1) Something with a point on, as a goad, a was ne'er a good Ox. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 213: Its hard to sing at the brod (goad), or kick at the prick. ne.Sc. 1881 W. Gregor Folk-Lore of N.-E. Scot. 15: Pit a bit upo' the tae, T' gar the horsie clim' the brae; Pit a bit upo, the brod, T' gar the horsie clim' the road. (2) “A broad-headed nail” (Mry. 1 1925). Sc. [1826] R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 18: There's a nail, and there's a brod, And there's a horsie weel shod. [Given by E.D.D. for n. and cent. dial. as a short, round-headed nail made by blacksmiths.] Comb.:  brod-iron , nail iron.  Inv. 1726 Trans. Inv. Scient. Soc.  I. 226:  50 lbs pan brass and 50 lbs brod iron. (3) “A stroke [thrust] with any sharp-pointed instrument” (Sc. 1808 Jam., brod , brode ); a prick (Bnff. 2 , Lnl. 1 1936). Abd.(D) 1923 R. L. Cassie Heid or Hert x.: A fan' stoons aboot my hert like the brod 
  255. Tass n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1704-1995
    TASS , n . 1 Also tasse ; ¶ toss (phs. a misprint). Dim. tassie . A cup, bowl, goblet, also a winner's cup, a trophy. [′tɑs(e)] Bnff. 1704 W. Cramond Keith Records 29: They have.: Fill him up a tass of usquebae. Abd. 1730 Rec. Old Abd. (S.C.) II. 176: Rob. Cruikshank, silversmith for mending the lug of the silver tass. Abd. p .1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shep. MS. 130: A tass cut out of eaten wood. Sc. 1774 Weekly Mag. (1 Jan.) 23: For the spirits, they had what they called a pewther toss, instead of a glass: some of these tosses had a cup at each end, a longer for a great dram, and a smaller for a little one. Ayr. 1788 Burns Go, Fetch to Me i.: Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie. Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet Letter xi.: Gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs. ne.Sc. 1828 P. Buchan Ballads II. 208: Out has he taen his poor bluidy heart, Set it on a tasse of gold. Ags. 1892 F. F. Angus 
  256. Grumph n., v.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1737-1988
    GRUMPH , n ., v . Also grumf(f) . I . n . 1 . A grunt, either from an animal or a person. Gen.Sc. Sc. 1737 Ramsay Proverbs (1750) 20: Better thole a grumph than a sumph. Sc. 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gael I. v.: Pressing his lips together, he drew a long sigh or morning in his head, . . . he would have spoken more like a gentleman. But you cannot have more of a sow but a grumph. Sc. 1830 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1864) III. 36: A girn — or a toss o' your head — or a grumph, 's a' you aften condescend to gie in answer to a remark. Rnf. 1835 D. Webster Rhymes 209: A fig for their pretended care, Their formal grumph and groan. Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) v.: 'An' a weeda man too!' said Mysie wi' a grumph. Edb. 1900 E. H. Strain Elmslie's Drag-Net 49: Sir Thomas gied a kin' o' grumph. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15: As aye the grumphs flew back an' fore I wished the drooth wid dry their tongue 
  257. Pink v.2, n.3, adv.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1768-1963
     . I . v . 1 . Of small drops of moisture: to drip, drop, fall with a sharp, tinkling sound, plop continually; vbl.n. pinklan , peenklin , a splashing sound, a dripping, peenkle-pankle , “the sound of liquid in a bottle” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 382). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 30: An' a' the time the tears ran down her cheek, An' pinked o'er her chin upon her keek perpetual fall. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 241: “I dare say there is a dreeping-end Ballans 21: Dere wisno a soond i' a' de warld bit a peenklan i' de tang. Abd. 1957 : I've heard a Boddamer speak of tears pinkin doon someone's cheeks. 2 . tr . To strike with a small object so as to make a tiny sharp sound (Cld. 1825 Jam.; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl .; Lth., wm. and s.Sc. 1965); to impel or catapult a small object through the air, to “ping” (Ayr. 4 1928; ne.Sc. 1965), to hit with a bullet. Cld. 1880 Jam. : Pink that bool out the ring. Lnk. 1902 A. Wardrop 
  258. Rub v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1717-1957
    ) a hard brush for rubbing or scrubbing, a scrubbing brush (Lnk. 1968). Rare or dial. in Eng.; (ii) Mining : a piece of wood so used as to reduce friction on sliding pump rods or moving hutches (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 56); (iii) in pl .: a disease in sheep, a severe itch which causes them to rub-doun , a glass of whisky; (3) rubbing bone , a bone used to rub cloth in order to hide blemishes in the weave. Cf . 2 .; (4) rubbing bottle , a bottle of liniment or embrocation (Sc. 1904 E.D.D , a piece of pipe-clay used to whiten door-steps (Ayr. 1900; Ork., m. and s.Sc. 1968); (6) rubbing stick , a stick used by shoemakers in order to rub leather smooth (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .; Ork. 1968); (7) rubbing stock , a post set up in a field for cattle to rub themselves against (Ork., Per. 1968); (8) rubbin(g)-tub , a tub used for cleaning or rubbing the husks off corn (Sh. 1968); (9) rubbins , liniment rub, wipe (I.Sc. 1968). (1) (i) Per. 1737 Ochtertyre Ho. Bk. (S.H.S.) 21: For a wasshing 
  259. Belter n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1790-2002
    BELTER , n ., v . Also † balter . I . n . 1 . A battering. Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail liii.: I'll stand ahint a dike, and gie them a belter wi' stanes, till I hae na left the souls in their bodies, if ye approve o't. 2 . A jolt, a sudden start, jerk or spurt. Cai. 1829 J. Hay Poems 104: Pale Death gat up wi' sic a balter Behint his back. 3 .  A native or inhabitant of Tranent; a member of a Tranent football or rugby team. Sc. 2002 Edinburgh Evening News 13 Apr 20: Urwin eased the jitters for the Belters [Ross High rugby team] when he capped a fine performance with a try in 74 minutes. Sc. 2002 Edinburgh Evening News 21 Oct 8: Brian Murray drove a fierce Juniors - football] were in danger of suffering a humiliating defeat at this stage ... Edb. 1990 : A pub in Tranent still called 'The Belters'. m.Lth. 1991 : Ye mind on Big Chic Gordon, he mairried a Belter efter the war. II . v . To pelt, batter. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 120: Wi 
  260. Black-a-viced adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1826-1991
    BLACK-A-VICED , -VISED , -VIZED , adj . Also black-avizit . 'Of a black complexion' (Sc. 1721 Amb. (1855) I. 160: You'll see an ill-faured, pock-marked, black-a-viced hizzie in the front laft. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin (1868) xxix.: 'Where is Mrs Bodkin,' inquired a lang black-a-viced man. Gsw. 1991 James Alex McCash in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 15: Grey : A wee, stumpy, blackaviced chap as dour as a whunstane. Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of the Lairds 169: A blackavised, pockyawr'd, knock-kneed, potatoe-bogle o' a dominie. Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn. : Black-a-vized . Dark-complexioned. Hence black-a-vicedness , n. Fif. 1895 'S. Tytler' The Macdonald Lass xv.: The black-a-vicedness remained, it is true, though he had striven to tone it down. [A hybrid word; -a-viced from O.Fr. a vis , as to the face or appearanee ( cf . mod.Fr. vis-a-vis ). Given as n.Eng. dial. in N.E.D. , as arch . in Concise Eng. Dict 
  261. Butterie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1899-1994
    BUTTERIE , n . 1 A butter biscuit (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 22 , Ags. 1 1937); 'a morning roll with fat as a predominant ingredient, as distinct from the plain Bap ' (Abd. 1936 (per Mry. 2 )), 'and] Abd. 1994 Press and Journal 22 Jun 16: Is there a difference between a rowie and a buttery ignorance. Not so. According to a colleague who has made a detailed study of the etymology, construction and origin of the buttery/rowie, there are distinct differences. A conversation with a respected baker or two would appear to back him up. 'A rowie has a curved bottom. A buttery is flat.' So now you know. Ags weel filled. Ags.(D) 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden xiv.: [I was] takin' a chack at a butterie. [O.Sc. has buttrie , adj., greasy with butter, a .1585 ( D.O.S.T .).] 
  262. Heifer n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1824-1950
    HEIFER , n ., v . [Sc. ′hifər; s.Sc. ′hæfər] Sc. usages: I . n . 1 . A young cow, the precise meaning varying considerably, according to whether the animal has not borne a calf, or has had one or even two calves. Combs. cow heifer , a young cow which has had one calf (m.Lth. 1 1957); heifer stirk , a young cow to be kept for fattening (Lnk. 1955 Scotsman (20 May)). Arg. 1884 Crofters' Comm. Evid. IV. 3048: An heifer counts as a cow when it is over three years of age? — Yes, or when it has a calf. Sc. 1950 Abd. Press and Jnl. (23 June): The Royal Highland Society's description of a heifer is a female that has not had a calf, and once calved becomes a cow . . . in England they did not call a heifer a cow until she had calved a second time. . . . In Canada and the United States a female was still a heifer until five years old. 2 . Fig . A big, awkward, clumsy person 
  263. Sleesh n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1899-1968
     . 1 . A slice (Abd. 1970). Deriv. ‡ sleeshack , sleishoch , n., a dish composed of sliced potatoes grilled (Rs., Inv. 1970); fig . , “mincemeat”, a thousand pieces. Sh. 1899 Shetland News (17 June): Shu cuttid a sleesh or twa o' lof. Kcb. 1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 284: He dung “the Singing Sands vii.: Sleeshacks were mashed potatoes fried in slices. 2 . A swipe, cutting stroke; a lash or slash, as with a whip or the like (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein). Ork. 1968 M. A. Scott Island Saga 71: Wi' a swish, a slash, a slish, ye swore ye'd no be beat. II . v. tr . and intr . To lash with a whip or the like, to make slashing or cracking gestures with a whip (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Vbl.n. sleeshin , a thrashing, lashing (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein). Ppl.adj its kind, a whopper (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1970). Slk. 1947 : We got a sleeshin denner 
  264. Tichle n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1818-1835
     . n . 1 . A troop, a number of persons or animals thought of as forming a file, column or row one after the other, gen. used contemptuously, a string, a tail of stragglers. Freq. in Hogg. Slk. 1822 Hogg Perils of Man I. 246, III. 407: A tichel o' wallydraggle tup hoggs rinning after her . . . a caickle in the gainder's nest, there wad be a dainty tichel o' gezlings. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Tales (1837) I. 309: We had a tichel of dogs with us, and from their marking on a snow wreath, we Jam.). Phs. a different word. Lnk. 1818 A. Fordyce Country Wedding 57: Yet I've whiles hidden tychiles, it's needless to lie. II . v . To join hands, esp. in a game to form a circle or a 
  265. Durkin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866
    DURKIN , Durgan , -on , n . 1 . Applied to anything short, thick and strong, hence a short ., durgan ). Also in Eng. dial. in form durgan . Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 42: A durkin o' a knife: A durkin o' a club. 2 . “A big person of a bad disposition” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 42, durgon ). [Gael. durcan , dim. of durc , a lump or piece of anything, a clumsy knife. For sense 2 ., cf . Gael. duaircean a surly, base fellow. Cf . Durk , n . 2 , adj .] 
  266. Muind n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1892-1908
    ‡ MUIND , n . Also mond ; mund (Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 241). A period of time, a while (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1932)), esp. a short period of stormy weather, a squall or fig . a period of good or bad temper ( Ib .). [mønd] Sh. 1892 Manson's Sh. Almanac : Wir a' seen an atrie muind comin oot o da laek o dis. Sh. 1908 Jak. II. (1932) 568: Hit is a mond frae du guid. Der' cam' a mond o' ill wadder. Der' wer' a ill mond upon him dis mornin'. [Norw., O.N. mund , a short period 
  267. Skert n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1908
    SKERT , n . Also skirt . A sheep-mark made by cutting off the tip of the ear and notching the cut edge thus produced (Ork. 1929 Marw.), or by making a somewhat similar slit or cut in the nostril. [skjɛrt, stjɛrt] Ork. 1808 W. Mackintosh Glimpses Kirkwall (1887) 225: A ewe with a skirt on the right nose. Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. v. 165: A bit before on left lug, and a skirt in right nose. [ Cf . O.N. skarð , a cut, notch, Norw. derivs. skjerding , a sheep-mark of this shape, skjerda , a cut or slit, a slice.] 
  268. Gowpenfu n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1789-1996
     .), gopan- (Arg. 1936 L. McInnes Dial. S. Kintyre 14), goapin- , † gopin- . A double or, rarely, a., obsol. Also fig . = a (large) quantity. Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 13: Who for a knife Or. 196: As long's there's a plack to the fore in the purse, or a gowpenfu' o' meal in the kist, ye'se aye be welcome to a share. Dmf. 1852 Carlyle in Froude Life (1884) II. xx.: An old. Latto T. Bodkin xxv.: I tane up a gowpen-fu' o' snaw . . . an' drappit it gently doon the lum when finished a small lady took a gowpen full of their meal and put it into John's hands. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 88: I sighed . . . for a lang simmer's day to gather gowpenfu's of . . . sold dulse at the rate of a half-penny a gowpenful. Edb. 1916 J. Fergus Sodger 14: Yet a' the while his puir auld heart was far frae being tume, But held a gowpenfu' o' love for her his leddy dear. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 9: Something ti serr as an off-pit . . . a 
  269. Lag n.4, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1897-1922
    LAG , n . 4 , v . Also laag , laug . I . n . ‡ 1 . A manner of lying, the way in which a thing lies or is set, specif . of a mill-stone's adjustment to a particular kind of grain (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. : A millstone is laid upon a 'bere lag,' or on a 'et lag'; i.e oats]. 2 . A tug, a pull, esp. on an oar or in beaching a boat (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 132, 1914 Angus Gl .). ‡ 3 . A catch of fish (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1960). Sh. 1899 Shetland . Fig . A humour, mood, temper (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1960); a state of excitement or high spirits laag at a cairdin'. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Der'r a lag upo dee; du is in a lag. Der'r nae lag story da night. A'm no heard him apo' siccan a laug shunner i' mi time. II . v . 1 . To pour or hit oot apo' William's mull. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): To lag a midden. 2 . To tug, pull, trail, drag a short distance at a time (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 132, Sh. 1960), to tug at an oar 
  270. Rack n.1[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1702-1934
    RACK , n . 1 Sc. usages of Eng. rack , a bar or frame of bars: 1 . A framework of spars set against a wall for holding crockery and cutlery (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Gen.Sc. Also in Eng. dial. Comb. rack-stick , see second quot. Sc. 1829 G. Robertson Recollections 93: A rack , or press of spars, for displaying the pewter plates, and stoneware of various fabrics. Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 182: Rack-stick. A stick with pieces of leather or holes for keeping tools in, commonly, knives, forks and spoons is sometimes a picture in itself. Sh. 1934 W. Moffatt Shetland 105: A table and some cupboards, and a “rack”, which is a series of shelves often reared above the . A set of bars used to support a roasting spit. Gen. in pl. form racks , rax . This has been. Bk. (S.H.S.) 304: For a pair of littlehand raxes . . . 10s. 0d. Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems. 1747 P. Ork. A.S. XII. 50: A Collep tongs, a fire tongs, a pair of Raxes. m.Lth. 1812 P 
  271. Skit v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1881
    SKIT , v . 1 , n . 1 [skɪt; Sh., Cai. skit] I . v . 1 . To caper, as a young horse; to be a misprint for skiting (see Skite ). Per. 1881 D. McAra Crieff 248: The [fire). Hence skitter , a thief ( Id .). School slang and phs. a different word, with some allusion to Skit a skitter besides. II . n . † 1 . A sportive or skittish young horse (Sc. 1880 Jam.); a light-minded, frivolous or wanton woman ( Id .). † 2 .A silly frivolous action, a piece of showing-off (Sc. 1908 Jam.). 3 . A trick, a hoax, a piece of duplicity or humbug (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Bnff. 1866 Gregor D trying to hae a bit skit at your expense. 4 . A squirt or spirt of water, a jet; a sharp short shower: No more than a skit of a boy's squirt can put out the sun. † 5 . A hasty stroke, flick. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 237: The lawyer's pen comes on a skit. ¶ 6 . A blow, stroke of misfortune. Cf. Skite . Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 43: An' faith he has a fouth o' wit, Which gars us 
  272. Body n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1716-2004
    BODY , BODIE , BOADY , BUDDY , Bothie , n . Used as in St.Eng. In the sense of a human being, a person, an equivalent of the pron. one , oneself , it seems to have a wider range than in St.Eng: 'Ach thae films is fur weans. Ah go mair fur Brigitte Bardot.' Woody sniggered. 'Whit a boady.' 1 . A human being, a person. = Fr. on , Ger. man , freq. in reference to the speaker's self. Gen.Sc. A bodie's sel , oneself (Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1923-6 Wilson; ne.Sc. 1975).  Sc. c .1770 Hume in E. Mossner Life (1954) 370: Lord canna ye let a Body amuse themselves without always clattering. Sc. 1930 M. P. Roy in Scots Mag. (Dec.) 189: Ma man, a bird that speaks like a buddy is no, bockie or baest, Lord ken o' me, as I ken no'. Mry. 1716 A. & H. Tayler 1715 (1936) 287: Pleadging the most valouable things a bodie may have. Abd. 4 1930 : Tramp on a buddy's fit, ye tak me of my wasted anger, my closed mind, that I am a bodie, both harmless and nesty, a gangster (a 
  273. Stank n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
    STANK , n . 1 , v . 1 Also staank (Sh.), † stanck . [stɑŋk] I . n . 1 . A pond, pool vegetation, a swampy place. Gen. (exc. Sh.) Sc. Freq. in place-names. Also fig . Also dim. stanky . Hence.' Dmf. 1825 Carlyle A History of the First Forty Years of his Life (Froude) I. 296: To plash. 1828 Hogg Shep. Cal. (1874) xiii.: The creature took across a mire, a perfect stank. Gall. (15 Oct.) 4: Considering using for a football field the ground known as 'The Stanks.' Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vii.: A naisty yowm comin' aff 'e stanks o' the Moss o' Lenabo. wm.Sc. 1988 Scotsman (30 Jul) 4: Once upon a time, within a half mile square of my house, I could have watched dragonflies, in a score of places, for every worked-out quarry pond and stanky., sm. and s.Sc. ( stankie ( -hen )) 1971); an angling fly made from a water-hen's feather (Rxb. 1949, stankie ); (2) stank-lochen , 'a dead lake covered with grass' (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl 
  274. Smitch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1822-1900
    SMITCH , n . Also smytch . [smɪtʃ] 1 . A stain, blemish, taint, smudge, fig . a moral stain or flaw, a smirch on the character (Cld., Slk. 1825 Jam.; Uls. 1929; Dmb., Ayr. 1970). Rxb. 1858 H. S. Riddell Song of Solomon iv. 7: Thou art a' fair . . . There is nae smitch in thee. Kcb. 4 1900 : It's quite clean, there's no even a smitch on't. 2 . A very small amount, a smitch o't was a kin' o' red. Slk. 1875 Border Treasury (19 June) 529: They had the Edinburgh wi' a smitch o' the Glasgow twang theirsells. 3 . A small insignificant person. Also in extended form smytcher , id. Cf . Smatchet . Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie xliv.: I ken vera weel that ye dinna like to hae sic a wee smytch o' a partner as me. Ayr. 1822 Galt Entail lxxx.: I used to send the impudent smytcher, wi' my haining o' twa-three pounds to the bank. [Appar. a variant of smutch but with influence from Eng. dial. smit , a smut. See also Smite , n . 1 , which 
  275. Vast n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1778-1922
    VAST , n . Sc. usage: a large number, a quantity or amount, a great deal (Ags. 1825 Jam.; s.Sc. dial. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 79: The old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom. Ags. 1794 W. Anderson Piper of Peebles 14: A vast o' foak a' round about came had been a vast o' bludeshed. Ags. 1822 Caled. Mag. I. 343: She could see a vast farrer before they have time to change themsel. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxviii.: We mak' a vast o' din. . . . I kent there were a vast o' grand new hooses oot thereawa. Kcb. 1898 T. Murray Frae the Heather 149: I've yet a vast o' baith to do. Dmf. 1917 : She's a vast better. Abd. 1922 A. R. Birnie Jock McAndrew 14: There's a vast o' young chaps dichtit up wi' this 
  276. Lithy n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    LITHY , n . A lull, a calm period in a storm or gale (Ork. 1929 Marw.); a passage of smooth water amid surf or breakers for a boat to beach in ( Ib .). [′lɪθɪ] [Appar. ad. Norw. dial. lid , O.N. hlið , a gate(way), a space, interval.] 
  277. Beast n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1768-1998
     St.Eng. For exceptions see second quot. It may be used also occasionally as a collective noun. See Ork. quot. [bist, best] 1 . 'A living creature of any kind, that is not of the human species' (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Specif . a cow (Sh., ne.Sc., Per. 1975), a sheep. Sc. 1787 J. Beattie Scoticisms Scots often apply it to birds, insects, and fishes; as, the cock is a noisy beast ; the spider , a filthy beast ; the shark , a terrible beast . Sc. 1926 Jenny and the Fairies in Sc. Mag. (Sept.) 420: The sneakit little brute! . . . What could the baste [a mouse] tell? Sh. 1817 Gentleman's Mag. (1836) II. 589: Rydin apo Peter o' Hundegird's blessit hoarse, wi' a sheep best afore him. Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 52: An' a'to' the' wur a Eerif [land court] hauden whin the faither dee'd, Backaskeel keepid a' the geud horse baest. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore. c .1780 Ellis E.E.P. V. 771: Ilkie baist aboot the toon got a rip o' corn. m.Sc. 1991 
  278. Gloff n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1922
     , Gliff , Gluff , n ., v . 1 I . n . 1 . A sudden fright, a shock, a scare (Mry. 1 1925 glowff ). Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 337: There came never such a Gloff to a Daw's Heart. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 37: But ere I wist, I clean was at the float, I sanna tell you, what a gloff I got. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Poems (1865) 321: Till the gloffs o' dread shot to my heart. Kcb. 1897 A. J. Armstrong Robbie Rankine 12: A hare sprang frae a hole in the bucht-dyke and gaed Robbie an unco gloff. w.Dmf. 1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo i.: Nancy's ash-hole was a deep yin . . . and when I saw the sheepheid gaun oot o' sicht, I tell ye, I got a glauf. 2 . A sudden burst of heat or cold, a “glow, uneasy sensation of heat, producing faintishness” (Ags. 1808 Jam R. Reid Moorland Rhymes 70: Ye come like a glouf o' the winter sun, yin hardly kens ye are here glowffs o' the storm. ¶ 3 . A sudden variation in the density of darkness. Slk. 1813 Hogg 
  279. Swack n., v.1, interj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1948
    SWACK , n ., v . 1 , int . Also swak(k) , swauk , ¶ suak . [swɑk] I . n . 1 . A sudden heavy blow, a thud, thump, a clatter, the sound made by a sharp blow or fall (s.Sc. 1801 J. Leyden Watson W.-B. ; Lth., Rxb. 1972). Also in Eng. dial. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 114: The taties come out wi' a swack. Sc. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. xxiv.: The fell auld lord took the whig such a swauk wi' his broadsword that he made twa pieces of his head. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 5: The steeple rock't at ilka swack. 2 . A gust of wind, a blast (Slk. 1825 Jam., a swack of wind). Comb. back-swack , a gusting backwards of wind in a chimney, a blow-down (Dmf. 1952). 3 . A sudden onrush or attack; a powerful movement or exertion (s.Sc. 1801 J. Leyden Comptaynt 375). s.Sc. 1886 C. Scott Sheep-Farming 202: A small dog has less command over the sheep than a large one, which comes round with a heavy swack. 4 . A big mouthful, a deep draught of liquor, etc 
  280. Wheen n., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1757-1999
    WHEEN , n ., adj . Also † whean , † whin(e) ; erron. whing . The word, orig. a noun used adv ., came later to be construed as an adj . and to be used as equivalent to Eng. ( a ) few . As in Sc followed by a pl . noun or a noun construed in Sc. as such: a few, a small number, several (Sc. 1808 Jam number or quantity, freq. with bonnie , gey , etc., connoting a considerable amount (Cai., wm.Sc. 1974 supped a whine of them. Sc. 1769 D. Herd Sc. Songs 290: There was a bonny wie ladie Was keeping a bonny whine sheep. Bwk. 1780 Session Papers, Johnston v. Robertson (July) 8: He and other four labourers did dig up and remove a guid wheen of the ashes. Ags. 1794 'Tam Thrum' Look before ye Loup 20: A whin ragamuffins o' their ain makin'. Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality xli.: There's a wheen German horse down at Glasgow yonder. Slk. 1829 Hogg Shep. Cal. (1874) i.: The storm cut off a wheen o' the creatures. Ayr. 1838 J. Morrison M'Ilwham Papers 
  281. Baigle n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1720-1993
    BAIGLE , Beagle , Beegle , Bagle , n . Used as beagle in St.Eng. to mean a small hound employed in hare-hunting; hence a spy, an informer, a constable. [′begl Mry., Ags., s.Kintyre, Ant.; ′bigl Mry., Bnff., Rxb.] The peculiar Sc. extensions are: 1 . A thin man; an odd figure. Mry.(D) 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. 11: Fatna famished-lookin' baigle o' a fellow wis yon at gaed doon through the toon the day, ken ye? Mry. 1932 (per. Bnff. 4 ): Fat waff lookin' beegle o' a crater is that? 2 . A disagreeable, dirty person; a sight, a fright. Abd. 1993 : E nutty baigle walkit stracht intil e traffic. Ags. 10 1925 : Watch the bairn. He's makin' a fair baigle o then, and exclaimed, 'I am kinda green, but I was taught that much. I'm no' a dirty bagle.' Travelling people believed that at least three months should elapse before a man should touch his wife after I'm idle To crack sae lang wi sic a beagle. Gall. 1932 (per Arg. 2 ): I know the phrase 
  282. Buist n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1801-1964
     Abd. + buʃt; byst m.Sc.; best Fif.] 1 . 'A box or chest' (Sc. 1808 Jam.); 'a small box' (Ork. 1845 Edmonston and Saxby Home of a Naturalist 39: The 'Buest' . . . was an oval box, prettily carved and stitched (as it were) together by withes. . . . In it our mother kept her baby-gear. Abd. 1900 A. F. Moir in Scots Mag. (March 1934) 440: Few houses were without the 'buist,' an open box containing a very varied collection of tools. Mearns 1822 G. Menzies Poems (1854) 136: O' a' the: An' frae the willow buist did scatter A tate o' meal upo' the water. Combs.: (1) meal-baist , a meal-chest (Fif. 1957); (2) Norrowa bost , a small carved box for trinkets, etc., made in Norway; (3-troch,' 'Norrowa bost'. † 2 . 'A coffin; nearly antiquated, but still sometimes used by tradesmen' (Lth. 1808 Jam.). Hence buist-maker , 'a coffin-maker; a term now nearly obsolete' ( Ib .). 3 . fig . A strong, coarse person or animal. Ags. 1930 'A Kennedy' Orra Boughs xxiv.: It's hard 
  283. Wham n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1773-1972
    ] 1 . A dale or valley, a broad hollow among hills through which a stream runs (Peb., s.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ), a little glen (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1974), found in place-names in the hill-regions of s.Scot.; sometimes applied to the (steep) sides of such a hollow, a slope, bank; 'a crook, a bend' (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 218). Ags. 1773 Caled. Mercury (8 Esk. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 197: They hunt the fox Out through the whams. s.Sc storms. Kcb. a .1900 Gallovidian No. 59. 109: Ilka lan' will its ain needfu's hae Growin' but boanni hoolins, nae slakki ir weet whamp hippit. 2 . A hollow piece of ground in a field, etc., a depression (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , Rxb. 1952; Sh. 1974), freq. of a marshy nature (Lth. 1825 Jam.; Lnk. 1974). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): De hwamm o' a corn-rig. Fif. 1940 : There used to be in St Andrews an old public-house, standing in a slight hollow, called The Whaums 
  284. Lib n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1880-1953
    LIB , n . Also love- . A charm, magic potion. In combs. lib-for-spoken , a potion against the evil eye. See Forspeak ; love-spoken , bewitched, under a spell. Now only hist . Bnff. 1880 J. F. S. Gordon Chron. Keith 58: When a person was 'Love-spoken', a drink was given out of a Cog in which was immersed a silver coin crossed with a fasting spittle. Cai. 1921 Old-Lore Misc. IX. i . 18: The cure for 'forespoken,' or affected by the evil eye, was a drink of water off silver or out of a vessel in which silver had been placed. A mixture of oatmeal and salt, called the 'lib the mixture with a steel needle and muttered over it some incantation. Cai. 1953 Edb. John o' Groat Lit. Soc. : Old James Cook of Freswick could make 'lib-forspoken'. [O.Sc. lib(b) , to use a charm, c .1470, a charm, 1560, O.E. lybb , medicine, drug.] 
  285. Loorach n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1825-1990
    LOORACH , n . Also leurich , lur(r)ach ; † lural (Mry., Bnff. 1919 T.S.D.C .). A tattered piece of cloth, a strip of rag, an untidy bit of rope or string, a trailing garment, anything of the kind untidy or messy (Inv., ne.Sc. 1961); a much worn coat (Abd. 1919 T.S.D.C ., Abd. 1961); an ungainly, gangling or untidy person, a sloven, trollop (Mry. 1 1928; Inv., ne.Sc., Per. 1961); in pl here. [′lu:rəx] Abd. 1825 Jam., s.v. Cuttumrung : A cuttumrung aneth her tail, a stramlach and a leurich. Mry. 1 1928 : There's a loorach hinging at your goun. Adj. loorachie , lourichy , in a poor state, e.g . of health, ailing, tottery, of a person or animal (Per. 1961);  dirty lourichy and she never seemed tae get onything frae him but dog's abuse. [Ad. Gael. luireach , rags, a patched garment, a slattern, Ir. luireach , Lat. lorica , a coat-of-mail.] 
  286. Noraleg n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1879-1952
    .). 1 . A needle (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928)), often one with a broken eye (Sh. 1964); a large pin, an awl (Jak.). Sh. 1879 Shetland Times (16 Aug.): Ye maun gie me a auld noraleg, so as to draw their drorie with a steel noraleg, deprived them of their power to hurt. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. : As blind as dee ee av a noraleg. Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 135: Tho da peerie waand wis little — Biggar dan a norra-leg. † 2 . The lower leg-bone of a pig, used in the making of a Snorick (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 155, 1866 Edm. Gl .). [Orig. uncertain. Jak. suggests * nalarleggr , from O.N. nal , a needle + leggr , a leg, with dissimilation of l ; 2 . may be a different word, from Nor , to snore, from the noise produced by a Snorick , + leggr .] 
  287. Sick interj., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0]1940-1970
    SICK , int ., n . 1 Also sic , and dim. forms sickie , siccie . [sɪk] I . int . A call to a lamb or to a calf to come to be fed from its bottle (Abd. 1904 E.D.D. ; ne.Sc., Ags. 1970). Also in n.Eng. dial. as a call to pigs. Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick ii.: 'Sic, sic, siccie, sic, sic, siccie, sic, sic,' said Mains in the manner of feeding a sucking lamb. II . n . 1 . A pet lamb brought up on the bottle. Hence attrib. a sick lamb , an orphan lamb (Bch. 1926 Dieth 59; Bnff., Abd. 1970). Bnff. 2 1940 : We've lost a lot o' yowes this sizzon, an' I've half a dizzen o' sickies to look efter. ne.Sc. 1970 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 422: There was never a lamb born yet without a mother. We dinna want nae siccies here. 2 . A fir cone, esp. one used as a plaything. dial. sucky , a call to calves, occas. to sheep or pigs.] 
  288. Slab n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1887-1970
    SLAB , n . 1 , v . 1 I . n . 1 . The first slice cut off a loaf of bread, having one side crusty (em.Sc.(a), w.Lth., Lnk. 1970), an extended use of Eng. slab , the first bark-covered plank sawn from a log, a slice of anything. 2 . A thin person with a broad frame, a lanky lad (Bnff., Ags. 1921 T.S.D.C .). Also in deriv. slabber . Abd. 1898 J. M. Cobban Angel of Covenant xix.: A lean slab o' a chiel, wi' a gude lang neb. Bnff. 1970 : A lang slabber o' a chiel. † 3 . A nickname for a pupil of Arbroath High School, poss. an extension of 2 . Ags. 1887 J. McBain 
  289. Booscht n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1935
    BOOSCHT , Busht , n . A little talkative person. The term is frequently used in a disparaging sense. [buʃt, bʌʃt] Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 15: 'He's a gang[e]in' booscht o' a mannie.' English chatterbox . Bnff. 2 1935 Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 32: He's a peer crochlin' busht o' a mannie. Abd. 2 1935 : A nesty booscht o' a cratur. [Origin doubtful. Might be connected with Boose , v . 3 , or with the stem of bustle , or Buist , a box.] 
  290. Shaek n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1899
    † SHAEK , n . Sh. form of Chack , n . 2 , a clicking noise. See S , letter, 6 . Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 163: Hearing certain sounds in old wood, called a shaek, foreboded forefathers heard them as the voice of Fate. A sound like the ticking of a watch was called a 'marriage shaek,' a vibrating sound a 'flitting shaek', and a dropping sound a 'dead shaek'. 
  291. Clow n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1985
    CLOW , n . 4 A (young) sea-gull (Fif. 1975). Also in comb. clow-maw (Id.). [klʌu] Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day 263: I have made no attempt to let the sounds of Fifers of today, who call a gull a gull, and not a 'clow' or a 'coorie' or a 'cuttie' or a 'maw 
  292. Fidder v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1790-1955
    FIDDER , fither , v ., n . 1 I . v . To flutter, lit . and fig . (Kcb. 1950); to be in a state of excitement; to hover in a stationary position as a hawk, or a bird over its nest (Dmf. 1825 Jam. 1894 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 159: There's a badly spelled letter announcing her engagement. She would be fiddering — i.e ., she would be in a flutter. II . n . 1 . A shudder “which overtakes one after ensconcing oneself under the blankets, esp. on a frosty night” (Kcb. 4 1900). 2 . A flutter, an excited state, a scurry. Ayr. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 90: Wha met her i' the trance that een, As she cam wi a fither. Mry. 1955 Bulletin (1 Nov.): We are in a bit of a fither 
  293. Pirkas n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1930-1957
    , a gratuity, tip, perquisite, “perk” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 383, pirkus ). 2 . A thing worth having, something of value, a lucky acquisition or gain (Cai. 8 1934). Also used ironically = a small matter, a “detail” (Cai. 1921 T.S.D.C ., Cai. 1965). Cai. 1930 John o' Groat Jnl. (3 Jan.): 'At's a pirkas; fa wid miss 'em if they a' deed 'e morn? 3 . A small fussy person (Cai. 1921 T.S.D.C .). 4 . A finicky troublesome matter, a bother, pickle, predicament (Cai. 1965). Cai a pirkas. Cai. 1957 : I heard the shepherd say he was in an “affa pirkas” when he'd been up the hill alone at night and a gimmer had forsaken her lamb and he couldn't catch her. [A reduced 
  294. Cool n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1919
    COOL , COUL , Kool , Kul(l) , n . Sc. forms and usages of Eng. cowl , a monk's hood. [kul] 1 . A woollen cap, 'a baby's woollen cap' (Fif. 10 1937); 'a close cap worn within doors' (Sc. 1911 S.D.D ., cool ); 'a sailor's 'sou'-wester'' ( Ib ., kool ); a night-cap (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 , coul ); a smoking cap. Also dims. coolie , kul(l)i , 'a snug-fitting cap without a brim' (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. Sh.(D) 1919 T. Manson Humours Peat Comm. II. 2: Wan time dey [women] hae a thing . . . laek a mutch; neist its laek a aald man's coolie. Ags. 1879 J. Y. Geddes New Jerusalem 119: An' Jean has sent a smoking cool . . . Sae we bude send a broidered stool. In phr. to pu' on the cool an' the mutch , 'part of the obs. practices of the 'bedding' at a wedding' (Gall. 1898 E.D.D. ). Lnk. 1881 A. Wardrop J. Mathison's Courtship, etc. 33: You've dune me oot o' the pleasure o' pu'in the cool an' the mutch on this mornin'. 2 . Fig .: 'a raised peak in the centre of the foam 
  295. Knur n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1855-1933
     . [(k)nʌr, (k)nɪr; ′(k)nɔre, -o] I . n . 1 . A lump, bump, a weal or contusion resulting from a used in shinty. Also in Eng. dial.; a large marble (Ork. 1960). Bwk. 1897 R. M. Calder Poems 236: In simmer days, wi' shinties armed, We made the knurr to flee. 3 . A decrepit, dwarfish, or wizened person (Rxb. 1825 Jam., nurr ; Rnf. 1837 Crawfurd MSS . XI. 320, n(y)irr ; Dmf. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 129; Sc. 1887 Jam., nirr ; Uls. 1953 Traynor), a dwarfish, stunted animal, a small insignificant thing (Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl ., 1953 Traynor). Dim. nurrit , a dwarfish or insignificant person (Rxb. 1825 Jam., 1923 Watson W.-B. ), a contemptuous term for a small boy (Watson), hence nurrited , dwarfish, of small stature. Sc. a .1856 G. Outram Lyrics (1874) 33: Lot's wife was fresh . — A little, ill-natured cur, always snarling; a crabbed, decrepit creature, full of talk and discontent. Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums 125: Does ony bit nir o' a critic want a ggem at Blin 
  296. Scow n.2, v.1[1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1702-1992
     . n . 1 . A barrel stave, a thin plank from which barrel staves are made, the outer planks cut from a Dec.): Kerrying a barrel skow in his haand. 2 . A splinter of wood, a sliver of a plank or stave (wm.Sc. 1882 Jam.; Cai. 1904 E.D. D .); by extension, a fragment, a bit, pieces, smithereens, shattered particles (Ayr. 1882 Jam.; Ork., Cai. 1969); a state of ruin or destruction (Abd. 1825 Jam.). Phr. to ding what was ony boat in a nicht like this, when a single jaw would hae smashed her to scow! Ork Orcadian (7 May): Dey might 'a dung da mill tae skows. Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White shatter it in scow like a piece of thin laim. 3 . A small branch or twig; in pl .: brushwood, firewood (Sc. 1882 Jam.). 4 . A long, thin, bony person or animal; contemptuously of a woman (Ork. 1929 Marw.; Sh. 1969). Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. : “A great scow of a woman” — a tall, thin, bony woman. Sh. 1897 Shetland News (2 Oct.): What can a air o' blaand an' what girse he can paek apo' da 
  297. Sod n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1703-1988
    .)] I . n . 1 . As in Eng., a piece of turf. Sc. combs., phrs. and derivs.: (1) sod and stone , the symbols of delivery of a title to land in the ceremony of Sasine , q.v .; (2) sod-coping , a top covering of turf on a dry-stane dyke ; (3) soddie , sod(d)i , a seat made of turf (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl .; Sh., Cai. 1971); (4) sod-dyke , a turf wall; (5) sod-lark , the however sod may be rather a variant of Sad , adj ., dull in colour, or plaintive in song. (1) Slk her in turn with a sod and a stone taken from the lands of Torwoodlee, which she placed on the Cross turf furnishing, on a stone wall, or dyke, is far inferior to the Galloway top. The turf is ready to ., a piece of surface turf used as fuel, a kind of peat (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Ork., Cai., Bnff., Ags., Arg., Rxb. 1971). Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xi.: [They] had availed themselves of 'a het sod' to light their pipes. Per. 1897 D. Butler Church & Par. Abernethy 78: A lighted 
  298. Hobble n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1798
    † HOBBLE , n . 2 A clown, a rustic. Edb. 1798 D. Crawford Poems 121: Altho' they are no worth a boddle, They'll mind you o' a Loudon hobble. [A borrowing from Eng. dial. hobbil , E.M.E. hoball , fool, idiot. Cf. Hob , a rustic, a pet form of Robin .] 
  299. Dullack n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    DULLACK , Dolek , Dujllik , n . A trickle of water or other liquid, e.g . of water leaked into a boat (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .; 1914 Angus Gl ., dujllik ), a small watercourse, the drainage from a byre, a dirty puddle, etc. (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), dolek ). [Orig. form and etym. uncertain. Some meanings suggest Norw. dial. dulka , a small hollow, others an adaptation of Du. doorlek , a leak, a 
  300. Quaisterin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880
    † QUAISTERIN , n . A person who lives on his friends, a sponger (Kcd. 1880 Jam.). Also in reduced form quaist , a rogue. rascal, wag (Kcd. 1825 Jam.). Kcd. 1880 Jam. : A main quaist, a great rogue. [Appar. the same word as O.Sc. custroun , cuistroun , a knave, from 1530; the forms cu(i)st , coyst , are also found in O.Sc. from a .1500; O.Fr. coistron , quistron , a scullion.] 
  301. Train n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795
    TRAIN , n . Sc. †usages: 1 . A rope for dragging a plough or harrow, a trace. Ork. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XX. 260: The harrows are drawn side-ways by a train or side rope, (like that used in a plough), fastened at each end. 2 . A small quantity of gunpowder moistened and kneaded into a pyramid to serve as priming for a toy gun (Abd. 1867 Jam.). 
  302. Whilliegoleerie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1876
    WHILLIEGOLEERIE , n . Also whullie- , willi- . A hypocritical sycophant, a flatterer (Rxb. 1825 Jam., 1923 Watson W.-B. ); in quot. appar. as a nonce term of endearment = a pet, a favourite. Sc. 1876 A. B. Grosart Wilson's Poems I. xxxiv.: But whaur's my willigoleerie? Ay, come in owre, my bonny doo, an' buy a gownpiece. [A conflation of Whillywha and -goleerie (see Leerie , n . 2 
  303. Pattle n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1711-1929
    , pɛtl] ‡ I . n . An implement with a spatulate blade, usually carried on a plough for clearing the mould-board of soil, a plough-staff (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Uls. 1905 Uls. Jnl. Archaeol . 125; Sh. 1908 Jak , id. (Ayr. 1785 Burns Earnest Cry xv.), and deriv. pettler , n., one who wields a pattle , the ploughman's boy (Arg. 3 1952). Abd. 1711 W. Meston Poet. Wks. (1802) 155: Meantime a Ploughman, with a Pattle, Engag'd the Captain close in battle. Abd. 1739 Caled. Mag. (1788) 501: A: With the pattle (a piece of furniture belonging to the plough) he gave him a violent blow on the head. Kcd. 1768 in A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 6: The devil pay them with a pettle, That slight the North. Ayr. 1786 Burns To a Mouse i.: I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murd'ring pattle! Sc. 1820 Scott Monastery xi.: If he liked a book ill, he liked a plough or a pattle 'ma' at the aul' fowk ca'd the haimmer on a ploo the pattle. Combs.: (1) pattle shaft , the wooden 
  304. Spar n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1813-1966
     , spardie , -y (Rs.). Sc. usages: I . n . 1 . (1) A wooden bolt for securing a door, a linch-pin (Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 174, 1923 Watson W.-B. , ‡ spare , † spear ; wm.Sc., Wgt., Rxb. 1971). Also in Eng. dial.; (2) a bar or rail of a wooden fence or gate (ne.Sc. 1971); (3) the rung of a chair or ladder (ne., m. and s.Sc. 1971); (4) a stout pole passed through the centre of a millstone to guide and balance it when trundling it on its rim from one place to another; (5) a cross-bar or slat of wood in a kitchen-dresser (ne.Sc., Ags., Per., Lnk. 1971); (6) a rafter, also in Eng. dial. (7) in dim. form spardie , -y : a foot-rest in a rowing boat (Rs. 1921 T.S.D.C .); a wooden erection for supporting a basket for fishing-lines (Crm. 1921 T.S.D.C .); an attic or loft (Crm. 1958). Cf . (6); (8) a perch for a bird (Cai., Inv. ( spardie ), Per. 1971); (9) in dim. form sperrek , fig., a tall thin person (Sh 249: Tak' care; yer ladder's losing its spars. Gsw. 1910 H. Maclaine My Frien' 78: 'A 
  305. Slaik v., n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2000
     (Gregor); sklack , sklaich ; and deriv. slaicher (Per.). ' Sllauch indicates a greater digust than. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Ags., Per., wm.Sc., Wgt. 1970), to make a licking or lapping movement with the tongue. Also fig . of the tide, a mist. etc. Sc. 1729 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 114: Out of' advantage o' a ba' that wis pairfectly easy tae mak' an' that didna jist exactly turn intil a slaikit bap at on the shore where they were slaiked by every tide. (2) Esp. of a pet animal: to lick (dishes lounge like a dog that is content to feed on offals' (Sc. 1825 Jam.), to scrounge; to eat soft or liquid food in a dirty, slobbering way, also intr . with at (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 166–7). Rnf. 1806 R. Tannahill Poems (1900) 87: Tae slake about a great man's kitchen, An, like a spaniel rin and slake 'mang bowls and pats. Fif. c .1850 Peattie MS : A lazy slaikin beggar. (3 way (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ayr. 1970); to make much of in a fulsome, amorous manner, to fawn on, act 
  306. Doonsit n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1702-1937
    DOONSIT , n . Also more commonly vbl.n. doon-sittin(g) , doun- , down- 1 . A settlement, esp. that obtained by marriage or inheritance; Gen.Sc.; “a business establishment” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , -sittin ). Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 40: He ga's sin a gueede doon-sit, fin he pat 'im in o' he'll get a braw doon-sit at Gushetneuk. Fif. 1897 “S. Tytler” Witch-Wife v.: Glenfierroch will be a fine down-sitting for our sister's daughter. Edb. 1925 C. P. Slater Margey Pow 45: She has got a good down-sittin', and a kind man. Arg. 1 1937 : Gear's no everything; many's the lass I saa that got a gran' doonsittin an' had a gey sair hert efterhin. Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan III. xii.: Marry the heiress: Howeboddom is a warm downsitting. Rxb. 1925 nae canty doonsitteen! 2 . A sitting-down. †(1) The opening session of a deliberative body. Ayr. 1702 in Ayr. and Gall. Arch. Assoc. (1891) XV. (2) 120: It being a considerable tyme to the 
  307. Block n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1914-1929
    BLOCK , n . 1 Gen.Sc. 1 . 'A fellow in gen. (without any feeling of friendliness)' (Ags. 2 1935). Cf . Eng. slang bloke , also Eng. block , which has a less gen. applieation. Lnk. 1929 G. Blake Path of Glory iii.: Get thae lazy blocks oot their beds. 2 . A pal, a chum. Avoch , e.Rs. 1914 T.S.D.C. I. 23: 'Ee wis a great block o' ma faither's. 3 . The base in. 1923 A. Shewan Spirat Adhuc Amor 279: Blockie, or 'Little Cricket,' as some called it, with a stump of a tree for a wicket and any bit of wood for a bat. [O.Sc. has blok , (1) a block of wood, (2) a quantity or amount — e.g . of goods sold at one time, (3) blockish person ( D.O.S.T .).] 
  308. Cockie-bendie n. comb.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1936
    COCKIE-BENDIE , -bendy , Cockybendie , Cock-a-bendy(ie) , n. comb . 1 [′kɔkə′bɛndi] 1 . A small, bumptious or somewhat effeminate man; also applied affectionately to a small boy (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 9 , Slg. 3 , Lnl. 1 1936); “a sprightly boy” (Dmf. 1825 Jam. 2 , cock-a-bendy ). Edb. 1882 (3rd ed.) J. Smith Canty Jock, etc. 87: Now this minister was a wee, fat, dumpy cockiebendy a clout, Lassie, will ye send 'em? Arg. 1936 Rhyme (per Arg. 2 ): Cock-a-bendie and his wife, O' but they were canty. 2 . Applied to a woman in a derogatory sense. Edb. 1866 J. Smith Poems 16: Rise, cockybendies! gabblin luckies! Rise, swankies gay, wi' a' yer duckies! Edb. 2 1930 : What a lot o' cockybendies Solomon had! 
  309. Dwall n., v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1922
    DWALL , n . and v . 2 Also dwa(a)l , dwali . 1 . n . (1) A light sleep, a doze (Sh. 1866: Ae nicht last ook, I happen'd ta faa upun a dwall. [p. 21, dwaal .] (2) A temporary lull in a storm. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): He made a dwali for de time , there was a lull in the storm for a time. 2 . v . (1) To fall into a light slumber (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .; Sh. 10 1950). Sh. 1908. 1908 Jak. (1928): He's dwald a bit. [Norw. dvale , lethargy, torpor, dval , sudden cessation of wind, dvala , to abate, subside; Icel. dvali , a short rest.] 
  310. Hotterel n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1900-1998
    HOTTEREL , n . Also hot(te)ril , hotrel . 1 . A crowd, a great number, a swarm (Bnff. 1957). Bnff. 2 1900 : We got a perfect hotteril o' young rottans aneth the shaives. Abd. 1930 N. Shepherd Weatherhouse 239: There'll be a hotterel o' folks in here afore the night's out. Bnff. 1953 Banffshire Jnl. (27 Oct.): The bit gairdenie a hotrel o' weeds an' thristles an' dockens. Abd. 1998 Sheena Blackhall The Bonsai Grower 69: ... a hale breenge o bawds, a fleerich o mappies, a kirn o creepie-crawlies an a hotterel o mowdies, tods, brocks an bantam chukkens. 2 . A 1928 : It's that frosty win's; ma han's is a sad hotterel o' cankert hacks, an' picket. [ Hotter 
  311. Hulter n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1957
    HULTER , n . Also holter , hulder , hilder . Cf. hiller s.v. Hill , n ., Whilter . 1 . A large boulder or lump of rock (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 109, 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1957). Also used). 2 . A heap of boulders resulting from a fall of rock (Jak.). Extended to mean a beast's lair in such a place ( Ib .) and fig . in phr. a hulder ( hilder ) o' beens , a rickle of bones, a very lean person or animal ( Ib .). Sh. 1957 Sh. Folk-Bk. III. 70: Deyre mony a hulter greff and shon Ta clim, ta spang, ta sweem. 3 . Fig . A mountainous wave or sea (Jak.). [Norw. dial., Icel. holt , any rough, stony hill or ridge, cogn. with Eng. holt , a wooded hill, + augmentative suff. -er .] 
  312. Knub n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1836
    KNUB , n ., v . Also knobb (Jak.). [(k)nʌb, (k)nob] I . n . 1 . A log, a short cudgel or club (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928)); fig . a short, thick, sturdy person (Jak.). 2 . A thump, knock, sharp blow, a bump raised by such a blow (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 128, 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1960). Cf . Eng. dial. nub , a nudge, prod. Sh. 1836 Gentleman's Mag. II. 591: Whin I'd geen him a gude trist o' da kreag, an tree or four sonsee knubs aboot da shafts. II . v . To push; to strike, thump, pummel; to raise a bump by a blow (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 128, 1908 
  313. Mardle n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1875-1993
    MARDLE , n . 2 Also mardel ; merdle , mairdle ; meirdel (Mry. 1825 Jam.). A large number, a crowd, a heterogeneous collection, a swarm (Mry. 1 1925; ne.Sc. 1962). [mɑrdl, mer-] Abd. 1875 W. Alexander My Ain Folk 131: Ye see fat it is to hae a freen' i' the coort, man. There was a perfeck merdle o' them aifter't. Abd. 1903 W. Watson Auld Lang Syne 74: There's a mairdle o there's a mardel o' fock that's come fae near an' far. Abd. 1959 People's Jnl. (19 Sept.): Nae win'er there's been sic a mardle o' hairy wirms. Abd. 1993 : A mardle o geets. [O.Sc. merdale , a collection of camp followers, 1375, Fr. merdaille , a heap of dung. In mod. usage the word 
  314. Slather v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1904-1939
     slaitherin' him noo. II . n . A smear, slobber, a quantity of any messy substance (Bte., Rxb. 1970); fig . a 'softie' of a person, a sloppy, spineless fellow. Mry. 1939 J. M. Dallas Toakburn 57: He's a lang slather o' a man, but there is a little gweed in his heart. w.Sc. 1939 A. Borthwick Always a little further v.: Two big slabs o' breed wi' a slather o' jam in atween. [Orig. doubtful, trail the feet, thin mud, and slatter with sim. meanings, a sloven. Cf. also Slitter , Slotter 
  315. Whush n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1823-1893
     . A rushing noise (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ork., m.Sc. 1974); fig . a stir, fuss, commotion. Also in Eng. dial then wi' a loud whush ! Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 478: A marriage makes a whush for a while on a kintra side. Per. a .1843 J. Stewart Sketches (1857) 91: Hear ye a whush like waters fa'in? Abd. 1893 G. MacDonald Songs 32: Up cam the tide wi' a burst an a whush. II . v . To make a soft rushing noise, as wind, waves, etc. Also in Eng. dial. Lth. 1882 
  316. Plowt v., n.1, adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2003
     thrust (a thing) into a (liquid), to submerge quickly in (Rnf. a .1850 Crawfurd MSS . (N.L.S.) P. 55, plout ; Cai. 3 1931; wm.Sc. 1966). Combs. plowt-kirn , -churn , a churn operated by raising and lowering a plunger with rapid strokes, a plunge-churn, plump-kirn (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Ork. 1966); plout-net , a type of fishing-net, see 1825 quot., phs. simply an erroneous form of pout-net s.v. Powt ; ploot-staff , the plunger or kirn-staff of a plunge-churn. Sc. 1705 Dialogue between Country-Man and Landwart School-Master 3: I . . . gave the other such a Thwack with my Ploot Staff, that he dropt his Durk and fell down half dead. Fif. 1722 Rothes MSS. : Jun the 20: a neu plout kiren . . . £3. 12s. 0. Ork. 1747 P. Ork. A.S. XII. 52: A Plout Churn . . . 4 butter Kitts. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 148: To plout her hands through Hawkey's caff-cog, is a hateful hardship for Mammy's Pet, and will hack a' her hands. Lnk. 1825 Jam. : Plout-net . A 
  317. Girn n.2, v.2[0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1716-1979
    GIRN , n . 2 , v . 2 Also † girne , † gurn ; grin (sm.Sc.). [gɪrn] I . n . 1 . A snare, variously made, with a running noose, for catching animals, birds or fish; “a snare made by stretching lines across a hoop and tying running loops or horse-hair on to the strings” (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .), also gird-an-girns , id.; “a snare on the end of a fishing rod, for catching trout in deep pools” (Ayr. 1 1910; Slk. 1949). Also fig . = a trap. Gen.Sc. Rnf. 1716 W. Hector Judic. Rec. (1878) 102: James Gardner, Blackholm, deponed negative, except ane Hare with a Girne. Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems Blackwood's Mag. (April) 55: Civil law . . . a desperate foumart trap — a cursed gird-an-girns to grip all, perceiving I had now got him in a girn, I . . . would not permit him to proceed. Sc. 1831 Wilson sawmon-rae —. . . or a girn! Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xvii.: He discovered four 8: Ae morn grim Death — that poacher fell — Gat Kirsty in his girn hersel'. Lth. 1928 S. A 
  318. Warroch n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1839-1914
     wanrack (Sc. 1912 Scotsman (19 Jan.) 10). [′wɑrəx] I . n . 1 . A knotty stick (Ags. 1825 Jam., warroch , -ach ); a knot in wood (Peb. 1825 Jam., whirrock ). Deriv. warrachie , rough and knotty, of the trunk of a tree (Kcd., Ags. 1825 Jam.). 2 . Fig . A person of stubborn temper (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 107, warrock ). 3 . A stunted, feeble, ill-grown person, plant, etc.; a worthless fellow, a ne'er-do-well, freq. in phr. a weary warroch (Kcd., Ags. 1825 Jam.). Abd. 1839 A warroch. Kcd. 1842 Scotsman (31 Jan. 1912) 11: When looking at a field of turnips in the Mearns, in which finger-and-toe was developing, the writer heard one of the plants described as a 'warrack o' a thing, wi' a fuff o' a heid.' Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin vii.: Naebody likes to be made a fule o', mair especially by a weary warroch like Whistlin' Willie. Per. 1878 R Arbroath Guide (17 July) 3: When we see some wee warroch o' a craiter ging aff wi' a bang in that same 
  319. Gliff v., n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1732-1997
     a hurried or careless and unheeding manner (Ags. 19 1953). Sometimes used tr . with direct obj. dial. Abd. 1868 W. Shelley Wayside Flowers 181: Now haud ye cheerie, neebors a', And gliff' the snug ingle-neuk, Whiles biggin' braw dreams, and whiles gliffin' a buik. Edb. 1928 A. D the nock. (2) To strike a glancing blow at, to slap, spank (Rxb. 1954). Phr. to gliff someone's eer breeks for ee. † 2 . intr . “To glint, gleam, or glare, like a flush of sunshine or a flash of. Slk. 1817 W. Crozier Cottage Muse (1847) 73: And gin ye meet, amang yere glens, A wreath o Chron. (22 Aug.) 2: A “heid yin” of the harvest field approached the consequential gamekeeper and , -y (Edb. 1839 W. McDowall Poems 117). 1 . A glimpse, a glance (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 233; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot . 245; Sh. 10 ( rare ), em.Sc.(a), wm. and sm.Sc., Slk. 1954). Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums iv.: I got a gliff o' something 
  320. Blaud n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1789-1934
    BLAUD , BLAWD , BLAD , BLAAD , n . 1 1 . A blast (of wind), a downpour (of rain). n.Sc. 1808 Jam. : A heavy fall of rain is called 'a blad of weet.' Ags. 1874 Kirriemuir Observer (6 Nov.) 4/2: Atween the big blads o' rain an' ither henders we got, it was a dreich hairst till's wind an' the scud o' the shower. w.Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 : A great or sudden blast of wind is also called a blaud . Dmf. c .1900 (per Slg. 3 ) 2 . A stroke or blow. Sc. 1826 Scott Woodstock xx.: A hungry tyke ne'er minds a blaud with a rough bane. Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Gloss. : To give a blaud to any one , to give him a slap or blow. Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 170. Songs and Poems 14: Whar he fell wi' a blawd on the bredth o' his back. Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 78: Wha gied them mony a donsy blaad. Dmf. 1834 H. Johnston Poems 18: Thou wanton witless weaver lad, That fell'd my chuckie wi' a blad. 3 . fig . Abuse. Sc. 1929 Scots Observer 
  321. Chickie-mellie n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1934-1987
    CHICKIE-MELLIE , CHICKY-MAWLY , —MALLY , n. comb . Also chickymelly . A game or trick played by boys (see quot.). The form chicky-mawly is given for Ags. by A. S. Neill in Carroty Broon (1921 procured a “pirn” of thread . . . proceeded to tie a nail or large button to a piece of thread 6 to 8 inches long, which they attached to part of a window frame with a pin. At the weighted end the rest of the pirn of thread was attached and from a “hidey hole” they pulled the nail or button with rhythmical category. A wood screw, a length of string and a rubber washer from a lemonade bottle stopper, was arranged as depicted. With moistening, this contraption could be stuck to the hidden corner of a window pane. Running a hand over the knotted cord caused the screw-head to play a tattoo on the glass to the puzzlement and even alarm of the householder. [The first element is prob. connected with Chick , n . 1 , a tick, or beat. Mellie , with its variants, is a dim. of Mell , a mallet, a hammer, q.v .] 
  322. Mawsie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1790-1959
    -proportioned, stout woman, a motherly-looking woman. Used fig . in 1790 quot. of a fiddle and in 1825 quot. of a broody hen; in a derogatory sense: a slovenly, untidy woman, a trollop, a stupid, senseless woman Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 26: Never set aboon fourteen eggs to ae hen, nor indeed mair than a dizzen, unless she be a weel-feathered mawsie, and broad across the shoulders. Sc. 1826 Wilson to the causeway. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 112: She's a braw sonsie mawsie , that wife o' his. Bwk. 1869 R. Mennon Poems 18: A withert mause frae Edencraw. 2 . A warm woollen garment such as a jersey or pullover (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 112; ne.Sc., Ags. 1962). Bch. 1906 J. Christie Drachlaw Revis. 43: They donn'd a grey hame-woven mawsie. Bnff. 1923 Banffshire Jnl. (19 June) 8: Keep yer quites on, an' put on a mawsey gin ye can get een, an' ye'se dee. Abd. 1959 People's Jnl. (15 Aug.): She'd on a mawsie an' wee short breekies. [In sense 1 
  323. Skeel n.2[0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1712-1903
    SKEEL , n . 2 Also skeal , skeil(l) , skiel . Dim. form skeelly . [skil] 1 . A kind of wooden tub, freq. with handles formed by elongated staves, used to hold milk or water, a milking bucket, a washing tub, etc. (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ags. 1970); a scoop (e.Lth. 1970). Also in n.Eng. dial. Combs. skeel-dish , a wooden scoop for baling a boat (Bnff. 2 1930); skeel-tramping , the treading of clothes in a wash-tub (Ags. 1799 Dundee Mag . (July)). Ags. 1712 A. Jervise Lands of Lindsays (1853) 342: A wirt dissh, a wirt skeel. Ags. 1742 Glamis Estate Papers MSS. (9 July): Ane. Skul : A washing-tub is called a washing-skiel . The tubs used by brewers for cooling their wort are, in like manner, called skiels . Ags. 1823 Scots Mag. (June) 687: Standing upright in a sheets. Ags. 1903 T. Fyfe Lintrathen 36: Eh, fat a braw skeelly! 2 . A wooden drinking-vessel with a handle, of the quaich sort (Sh., Ork. 1866 Edm. Gl .). Ork. c .1836 Old-Lore Misc 
  324. Cast n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1709-1939
    CAST , Kast , Kest , Kiest , n . A throw. From the basic meaning of 'throw' have been evolved a in Eng. [kɑst, kɛst, kəist] 1 . (1) ( a ) A turn or twist, from the action of the hand in. 1808 Jam. : His neck has gotten a cast, or a wrang cast. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 80: For Nory's heart began to cool right fast, Fan she saw things had taken sick a cast. ( b ) Hence fortune, luck, from the throwing of the dice; a casting of lots, a selection by some form of chance; what is alloted or apportioned in this way. Comb. cast-up , a turn of fortune or events, an incident, (strange) happening. Cf .  Cast , v ., II . 8 . Often in phr. kittle cast , a piece of bad fortune backslidden, upsitten, lukewarm ministers, elders, and professors get not a cast by common, their sun will not): . . . but let na on what's past 'Tween you and me, else fear a kittle Cast. Sc. 1820 Scott twenty folk before the death of Walter Avenel, haly be his cast! Sc. 1822 A. Cunningham Trad 
  325. Trosk n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1922-1992
    TROSK , n . A silly, talkative, empty-headed sort of person, a buffoon, an oaf, a slow-witted, slovenly person, freq. of a woman (Cai. 1973), also applied to animals. Cai. 1922 J. Horne Poems natives. Cai. 1932 John o' Groat Jnl. (25 Nov.): A hairm-skairm kind o' a trosk. Cai. 1961 “Castlegreen” Tatties an' Herreen' 40: Bit yon trosk o' a coo pit 'ur heid through 'e weir An' chowed up thur wan bit o' carpad. Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 176: Jessie's face twisted in scorn. 'Will Auld was aye a trosk as lang as I can mind.' [Gael. trosg , a cod, booby, itself from O.N. þorskr , a cod.] 
  326. Firlot n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1935
    -] 1 . A measure of capacity for grain, the fourth part of a Boll and equal to 4 Sc. pecks , the mean a largish quantity. Hdg. 1701 Rec. Sc. Cloth Manuf. (S.H.S.) 254: Receaved letter from my to Leith. Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. ii . i.: A Firlet of good Cakes my Elspa beuk. Abd. 1768 A. Ross To the Begging ii.: An' first I'll have a meal-pock, Of good aum'd leather made To had at least a firlot. Ags. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 IX. 146: It is to be observed, that the firlot, both barley and wheat, is a Scotch pint larger than the standard. This may be in some degree owing to a privilege possessed by the burgh of Dundee, of taking a ladleful from every boll delivered in the town or at the harbour. Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail lxxxiii.: It's no for a courtesy jist so easy now . . . to run off wi' a sheep or a firlot o' tatties. Sc. 1935 Scotsman (31 you may still be served with a “lippie” of flour or potatoes; and where you may even find it possible 
  327. Lippie n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1822-1913
    LIPPIE , n . 2 A glass full to the brim with drink, a brimming bumper (Ayr. 4 1928). Ayr. 1822 Galt Entail lxxviii.: I'll gie you a toast, a thing which, but at an occasion, I ne'er think o' minting, and this toast ye maun a' mak a lippy. Gall. 1899 Crockett Anna Mark xxvi.: Get a lippie or twa o' Hollands oot o' a bit corner cupboard. Ayr. 1913 J. Service Memorables 63: When we had ta'en a lippy thegither. [From Lip , v ., 3 .] 
  328. Shud n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1897
    SHUD , n . 2 Also shood ; sjodd (Jak.). A dull distant thudding noise, “as that caused by the trampling of horses” (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS XII. 197, 1866 Edm. Gl ., shood , Sh. 1970). [ʃʊd] Sh. 1897 Shetland News (20 Nov.): A moment efter dis we heard da shud o' folks' feet an' da bark o' a dog. [A palatalised form from Norw. dial. sod(a) , a humming buzzing noise, a muttering sound, orig. a boiling, from syda , to boil, seethe. Cf . Icel. suða , with sim. meanings.] 
  329. Rukka n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
    RUKKA , n . Also rukk (Jak.). A long time or distance, a long time absent, a long journey (Sh. 1962). [′rukə] Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): I'm been me a rukka de day. [Norw. ruka , a period of time, a large amount, a heap, cogn. with Roo, n . 1 , Roog , Ruck .] 
  330. Broch n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1819
    ¶ BROCH , n . 3 In phr. a broch o' sweat , a lather of sweat, a profuse perspiration. Sc. 1819 A. Sutherland Redmond the Rebel II. ii.: I'm in a broch o' sweat mysel' climmin' that ugly knowe. [Prob. a mistake for a droch o sweat , see Droke , n ., (1).] 
  331. Wummle n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1703-1960
    . Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 192: His words they brodit like a wumill, Frae ear to ear. Ayr. 1786 Burns On a Sc. Bard iv.: He was as gleg as onie wumble. Sc. 1859 J. Service Dr Duguid 82: He had . . . a lang brog or wummle to take a potatoe out of a cow's perhaps a sweerkitty or two. Phrs. and combs.: (1) heat a wummle , a game with a young child held on the knee (see 1905 quot.); (2) wummlebore , (i) an auger-hole (ne.Sc., Per., Fif. 1974); (ii) a cleft-palate (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Fif. 1909 Colville, whummle- ; Rxb. 1920, whummel- : em.Sc.(a) 1974); (3) wummle-hole , = (2)(ii) (Slg. 1964). Gsw. 1842 Whistle-Binkie 2: I'll 'heat a wummil' — a far, get him yokit tae play at heat a wumble. Bnff. 1905 E.D.D. : Nurses used to amuse infants on to bore a hole in the infant's breast or belly, repeating the words 'Heat a womill, heat a womill. Bore, bore, bore.' Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. v. 162: Hate a wimble, hate a wimble, Bore a 
  332. Beezer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1910-1993
    BEEZER , Beeser , n . Used, as Beez , n ., by children; also gen. to mean a smart fellow, or meanin' serial films — no' stories. I ance saw a beezer. It was ca'd 'Vera the Vampire of Paris.' e.Rs. 1 1929 : Beezer , an uncommonly effective person; also 'a beezer of a blow,' etc. — i.e . a most effective blow, etc. Bnff. 2 1930 : The neeps werena a great crap, bit there wiz was a thumping crop [of potatoes] and lots of 'beezers.' Abd. 1993 : What a beezer o a tattie. Auld bed-springs, booncers, tethert til the feet. Boolies knockit wi a skirl frae chalkit rings an' beezer conkers crackt owre soon, flin'ert on tirlin strings. Slg. 1 1933 : It was a beezer — i.e . a knock-out blow. Edb. 2 1933 : Your bool was a beezer. Edb. 1990 : It's a beezer the day. Arg. 1 1929 : Here's a beezer comin' [a big wave]. Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 10: beezer An extremely cold, icy day: 'I'm no goin oot the day, it's a beezer 
  333. Grain n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1779-1952
     usages: † 1 . A Scots weight = 1/36 Drap , 1/576 oz. Scots or .825 Troy grains. Sc. 1779 Swinton Weights and Measures 38: 36 Scotch grains were reckoned to make a drop weight. 2 . Used fig ., as in Eng. = a small quantity or amount, a little bit, but in Sc. used with more commonly concrete nouns. with the omission of o before the noun governed. Dim. grainie , a pinch (Abd. 27 1955), grenock, Baith waft an' warp. Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 136: An' still a fresh croud was advancin' That ne'er a grain room for the thrang They had for the fiddle an' dancin'. Lnk. 1887 A Fireside Tales 255: A' wis dark an' still except a peerie grain o' licht i' Eddie Maikimson's skylicht. Ags. 1895 Arbroath Guide (5 Jan.) 3: There was a grain snaw on the grund. Ant. 1900 E.D.D. : 'A grain of hay,' a bundle, an armful. 'A grain of sugar,' a good spoonful. Bnff. 2 1933 : Jeems's hoast's nae a grain better. Abd. 1952 Buchan Observer (7 Oct.): Ye growl 
  334. Moger v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1903-1999
    MOGER , v . 1 , n . 1 Also mo(a)gre ; mooger ; -ard ; and n.Sc. forms myogre , mya(u)gre . [′m(j)o:gər; ′mjɑ:gər] I . v . To work about in a slovenly, aimless manner (wm.Sc., Kcb. 1963); to make a mess of something or botch a piece of work with clumsy dirty handling (Cai. 1903 E.D.D. ; Cai., Crm., Ayr. 1919 T.S.D.C .); to dabble in a soft messy material (Mry. 1911; Cai. 1934); to roll in the, bogged down; mogran , clumsy, botching (Cai. 1919 T.S.D.C .). Deriv. mogeration , a muddle, mess (Ayr : In sic a weety hairst, binders and reapers were left moogart on the eyn-rigs. Dmf. , Gall. 1955 : To be aye mogerin aboot — to keep working on rather aimlessly, said of a person who just can't. moogart , a worthless person or thing (Cai. 1903 E.D.D. ), with -art suff. for -er . II . n . 1 . A muddle, a state of great confusion, a mess, a bungle (Cld. 1825 Jam.; Cai. 1907 County Cai . (Horne) 79, moogard ; Cai., wm.Sc., Kcb. 1963). Cai. 1903 E.D.D. : To mak a mogre of a job, to 
  335. Shangie n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1786-1999
     , shanjan (Jam.). [′ʃɑŋi, ′ʃɑŋən] I . n . 1 . A cleft stick put on a dog's tail so as to grip “by way MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 425; s.Sc. 1880); a tin can or the like tied to a dog's tail. Also fig ., a curb, check; a plague, nuisance, mischievous person. Used attrib. in 1824 quot. Ayr. 1786 Burns Ordination ii.: He'll clap a shangan on her tail, An' set the bairns to daud her. Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 20: And Gibby skelp'd before the fae Like Colly wi' a shangin. Dmf. 1805 shangy tail, The auldest nae eleven. Rxb. 1825 Jam. : It is pronounced shangie . A letter is sometimes fastened by this means to the tail of a dog, who carries it to the place appointed, faster than it uproar like that produced when collies fall a-worrying one another about one of their own kind who has got a shangie or sha[n]gan, i.e. a canister, etc. tied to his tail. Per. 1835 R. Nicoll Poems 63: Sic a slee tricksy shangie was Minister Tam. 2 . An ornament or ribbon on a horse's 
  336. Glisk v., n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2000
    GLISK , v ., n . [glɪsk] I . v . 1 . tr . & intr . To glance, to take a cursory look (Sh. 10 rare, wm.Sc. 1 1954); to catch a glimpse of. Sc. 1720 R. Wodrow Corresp. (1843) II: In glisking owre your letter, a kin' o' nettling ramfeezlement gart a' my heart whiltie-whaltie. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Poems (1865) 63: She gliskit wi her e'e. Arg. 1914 N. Munro New 146: In a singin' bird ye can glisk a likeness to the glory that fills a' heaven. m.Sc. 1986 Bluid 26: 'A'm a richt auld wyfie, gittin,' said his mither, an whan Andrae gliskit, richt aneuch, the war mair nor a bit o the kerlin about hir: ... Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall beads, he glisked genuine Spanish leather-wirkers an Toledo jewelsmiths, like winnin a teet o Yehudi Menuhin amang a squalloch a glee singers. 2 “To give a hasty, transient gleam” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928: Naethin' faered me, bit ghosts, foregengs, witches, an' hillfolk gliskin' aboot me in a dark nicht. Sh 
  337. Cockernony n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1718-1892
    COCKERNONY , COCKERNONNY , Cockernon(n)ie , cock-a-nanny , n . [′kɔkər′nɔnɪ̢ Sc.; ′kɔkər′nonɪ̢ Abd.; ′kɔkɑ′nɑnɪ̢ Uls.] 1 . 'The gathering of a young woman's hair, when it is wrapt up in a band or fillet, commonly called a snood' (Sc. 1808 Jam.), a high coiffure. (Some of the examples may III. vii. in Poems (1721): [She] dung a' her Cockernonny A jee that Day. Abd. 1851 W. Anderson Rhymes, etc. 164: A manky gown, my Lucky wore — A cockernony, plaitet weel. Lth. [1811. Phr.: to busk ( up ) one's cockernonie , see Busk , v ., Phrs. (3). 2 . A pad of false hair used to give a full appearance to the coiffure. Obs. except hist. Sc. 1824 Scott St Ronan's W cockernonied , adj., wearing a 'cockernonie.' Hdg. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head and Trotters 51: An . A woman's cap with starched crown. Obs. except hist. Sc. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. xii.: Her mother . . . sat by the fire in the full glory of a grogram gown, lammer beads, and a clean 
  338. Ganfer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1774-1995
    GANFER , n . Also ganfir , gamfer , gaenfore ; gonfer(t) (Marw.), -for . 1 . A ghost); 'an apparition of a living person in a place where he is not corporeally present; supposed to be a. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 162: A person likely to die was said to be fey , and a gaenfore or feyness was a prelude of death. Ork. 1912 Old-Lore Misc. V. ii . 70: Atween dem baith he saw) An atmospheric sign or phenomenon; a portent; drizzle or mist foretelling a snowstorm. (2) 'any supernatural phenomenon' (Ork. 1929 Marw.). (1) Ork. 1929 Marw. : A 'sun-gaa' or a 'broch aboot the moon' is regarded as a gamfer betokening bad weather; in winter, a cold, foggy drizzle is regarded sometimes as a 'gamfer for snaa.' Ork. 1 1929 : This wather's like a ganfir afore sna. Ork: In the winter time, if it gets suddenly calm, and if there is a slight drizzle, weather prophets say that it is a 'ganfer' for snow, and a snowstorm is expected in the immediate future. Ork. 1995 
  339. Scrunt v.2, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1793-1902
    . 1969). Also fig . Deriv. scrunter , a worker in a foundry who cleans and smoothes iron castings (Ags: His law was but a grinding stane, That skrunted puir folk to the bane. 2 . To plane (a board) roughly so as to remove a thick shaving, as in planing the joints in flooring (Abd., Ags., Lth., Lnk. 1969); to rough down pointing with a hand-pick ( Id .). 3 . To make a creaking noise (Cld. 1808 Jam.); to produce a harsh sound by scraping, as 'by rubbing or scratching on a board with a blunted point' (Cld. 1825 Jam.); to scrape (a tune) on a fiddle. Rnf. a .1794 A. Wilson Poems (1876) II. 324: Before the screen, wi' a bit fiddle sat . . . An' scruntit 'Owre the hills an' far awa.' Lnk. a thunder. Lnk. a .1852 Poets Scot. (Wilson) 384: An' Ned now scrunts an interlude, Wi' short springs on his fiddle. II . n . 1 . The act of planing roughly; a thick or rough shaving of wood (Abd., Lnk. 1969). Cf . I . 2 . Also fig . a critical survey. m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 109 
  340. Tossel n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1743-1992
     , a bonnet with a tassel. Sc. 1743 Caled. Mercury (1 Aug.): A Scarlet Pistol-Bag trim'd with Silver, fringed, and a Tossel. Sc. 1797 Encycl. Britannica II. 214: A white sash, with green. Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond B. Bowden (1922) 96: A braw noo silk umberell, wi' a sterlin' silver hannel an' a pair o' silk tossels. Lth. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 13: The hassocks with the tossels. s.Sc. 1962 Southern Annual 28: The ear flaps were fastened on the top with a broad black braid, making a kenspeckle tossel. Abd. 1992 David Toulmin Collected Short Stories 195: Brass handles on the ends and black cords and toshels draped along its sides. 2 . A tuft or fringe of hair (Sh., ne.Sc., Ags., Per. 1972). Obs. in Eng. Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Benachie 79: A loon fa's een is luikin' oot amo' a tossle o' hair, like a fumert's. † 3 . Transf . a dead body hanging on a gallows. Also gibbet tossel , id. Kcb. 1885 A. J. Armstrong Friend and Foe xxiv 
  341. Besom n.[0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1714-2000
    BESOM , n . 1 . A sweeping implement. In Sc. besom is used very much as broom in Eng. except that it is never applied (like broom ) to a plant. In Eng. besom has a more limited application, meaning 'a bundle of twigs, etc., tied round a stick for sweeping, a kind of broom' ( Concise Eng. Dict. 1925 R. Fleming in Scots Mag. (March) 472: An aul' fiddler wi' a heid like a heather bissum. Sh. 1926–1928 J.G. Lowrie buys a Ford in Shet. Times : Een o' yon men wi a . . . lipperin borrow an a bussom apo da tap o' him. Abd. 13 1914 : An aul' beezim maks a hard skrubber — meaning when a beggar gets up in the world he is a worse master than a gentleman born. Ags. 1738 Private Valuation : A small hearth bisom. m.Sc. 1979 Ian Bowman in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 41: I'll blouter their nebs on the clean close wa' an' gie them a taste o' heid the ba', I'll gar them swidder tae chap ma door when ma bristly besom dings their splore. Edb. 1721 A 
  342. Scarcement n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1767-1957
    SCARCEMENT , n . Also scarse- . [′skers-] 1 . A plain horizontal set-off or rebate in a wall, as in the foundations of a house, or on the top of a gable used as a ledge on which to rest the ends projection in a stone dyke, a mine-working, etc. Lnk. 1767 Session Papers, Petition J. Dickson (16 June) 2: The scarcement above the bridge to be 18 inches broad, with a facing of three fail deep called the first lift, where there is a scarcement left as a projecting base. Sc. 1839 D. Ure Dict. Arts 971: If a strong bed of sandstone occurs, a scarcement of it is left projecting about 3 width, forming thus a series of steps on each side of the wall. These steps are called footings, or scarcements, the latter being a general term in Scotland for any diminution in the thickness of a wall by an inches on either side is necessary. 2 . The edge of a ditch so cut as to form a ledge on which thorns or bushes may be planted (Sc. 1808 Jam.); the strip of grass between a made road and the wall or 
  343. Slype n., v., adv.[0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1739-1968
     sklypach (Gregor). [s(k)ləip] I . n . † 1 . A large thin piece of anything, a strip, slice (Bnff of the hands or feet, or of gloves, shoes, or other articles of clothing, a large spot, smear, smudge, lump (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 161). (2) A hard slap or smack, a swipe, a thud caused by falling. = a stroke, blow. Phrs. sklype-for-da(u)d , adv., imit. of the noise of a clumping, flat-footed gait: clip-clop, also used as a n., a large flat woollen cap, prob. imit. of its motions when the wearer is walking and partly in association with sense (1) above; to cry sclipe , to come whack!, with a crack. Abd. 1888 Sc. N. & Q. (Ser. 1) II. 12: I got a good sclype mysel' [of a fall on ice]. Abd. 1918 J. Mitchell Bydand 15: Fain wad threep tae gie'm a sclype. Sc. 1943 Abd. Press and Jnl. (2 Aug.) 2: A “skylp [ sic ]-for-daud” Kilmarnock or the Scotch mole-catcher's bonnet.: Tae gar't cry sclipe ower 'e pow o' some peer chiel. 3 . A term of great contempt for a lazy 
  344. Sowp n.1, v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1947
     omission of o(f) before the word governed: a small amount of liquid, a spoonful, a sip, freq. used ironically of a rather larger amount when applied to spirits, a draught, a swig (Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1923–26: After ilk Tune he took a Sowp, And bann'd wi' birr the corky Cowp. Edb. 1772 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 68: They'll ablins a' their siller coup And swallow o'er a dainty soup. Ayr. 1786 Burns Earnest Cry xxv.: God bless your Honors, a' your days, Wi' sowps o' kail and brats o' claise Redgauntlet xi.: A sowp of brose, or a bit of bannock. Slk. 1830 Hogg Tales (1866) 211: I suld clash a sowp cauld water on you. Gsw. 1879 A. G. Murdoch Rhymes 45: Auld Donald Blue, a drover, frae Braemar . . . Could sneck a mutchkin like a sowp o' jeel. Sc. 1887 Stevenson Merry Men iv.: 'Ha'e,' holding out the bottle, 'tak' a sowp.' Gall. 1889 Bards Gall. (Harper) 22: Come wi' me an' ye'll get a sowp milk. m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick 171: No' a 
  345. Waff v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1705-1951
     . To wave, cause to move to and fro with a regular motion, to wag (Sc. 1808 Jam.; em. and wm.Sc., Dmf. Gossip 24: Betty got wild and waffed her arms about her head. Lnk. 1902 A. Wardrop Hamely Sk. 159: Liftin a scarlet cloth aff the sacramental table, waffin't roon his heid. Bnff. 1924., Wgt. 1973); to wave the hand in salutation, to give a friendly wave of the hand. Slk. 1813 Hogg. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 23: For a' his aches an' waffin' duds. 2 . (1) tr . and absol . To set (air, etc.) in motion; also fig .; to direct a current of air at, to fan (Sc. 1886 J: Though a bird waffed it in my lugs wi' its wings. Ayr. 1855 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage (1892) 190: Waffing her wan face wi' a claith. Lnk. 1862 D. Wingate Poems 63: The cool air in his face pavement …. As I had some distance to go for a fireman, I had it cleared by 'waffin.' Kcb. 1901 R' sanctity ower the ploy. Sc. 1929 Gallovidian 77: To waff oot ower the wuds a spell O' halie 
  346. Babbin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1822-1879
    BABBIN , n . A Sc. form of St.Eng. bobbin , a reel of thread, etc. See P.L.D. § 54 . [′bɑbɪn babbins' for a 'baby and a blanket.' Uls. (D) 1879 W. G. Lyttle Readings by Robin 100: Then he tuk a thing jest like a babbin, an' he pit yin en' o' it tae my breast. Comb. babbincue , waste cotton wound up in a ball like string (Ayr. 1975). For the second element see C'ue , n . 1 . [ Cf . Fr. bobine , a quill for a spinning wheele; also, a skaine (Cotgrave 1611). Origin unknown (Hatz 
  347. Back-ca' n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1830-1894
    BACK-CA' , n . [′bɑk′kɑ:, ′bɑk′kǫ: See P.L.D. § 85 , § 93 .] (1) A reverse; a relapse. Ags. 1830 A. Balfour Weeds and Wildflowers 135: Thretty pounds lost in a towmont, was a sair backca' to a poor man. Ags. 1894 'F. Mackenzie' Humours of Glenbruar ix.: Ye'll sune be on your feet again, my leddy, feint a hair the waur o' this back-ca'. (2) A retort, a snub. Ags.(D) 1894 present state.' 'He wudna need to be very parteeklar,' says I, juist to gie Mysie a backca'. 
  348. Brot n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1936
    BROT , n . 1 and v . 1 . n . A tangle, muddle. Abd. 9 (Donside) 1936 : I saw'd gweed girss seed an' it cam' up a brot o' sooricks. Per. 1898 E.D.D. : Yer stocking or yer yarn has gone into a brot. A child's head may be 'in a brot o' vermin' when they are there in abundance, or a coat is worn out 'into a brot o' holes.' 2 . v . To tangle; to darn clumsily. Abd. 2 1936 : The haunless taupie has brotit a' my shank. Per. 1898 E.D.D. : A clumsily darned hole in an apron, stocking, etc., is 'a' brotted.' 'What gart ye brot the heel that wye?' [Origin obscure.] 
  349. Leerie n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1960
    LEERIE , n . 2 Orig. a meaningless word or element used for rhythmic purposes in children's rhymes and as a suffix in such words as Bummeleerie , Fitakaleerie , Gowkmaleerie , Heeligoleerie , Whigmaleerie , to denote sprightly, bustling motion, fanciful appearance or the like. Abd. 30 1960 : A child's word for bouncing a ball under one leg. From the rhyme: One, two, three, a leerie, Four, five, six, a leerie, Seven, eight, nine, a leerie, Ten, a leerie, postman. [Orig. echoic, but there may , etc. used as a kind of notation in bagpipe-playing. O.Sc. has lierie and larie , id., a .1568.] 
  350. Medie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1874-1929
    MEDIE , n . An error in a Latin version which is of a less serious nature than a Maxie , q.v ., and thus merits a moderate penalty. Cf . Majie . Abd. 1874 N. Maclean Northern University 1: Nae that a version wi' maxies hisna got the first bursary afore noo, for I could show ye the version o' a first bursar wi' sax o' them in't, and as mony medies as wid mak' a gweed mony mair. Abd. 1929 K. E. Trail Reminisc. Old Aberdeen (1952) 36: A minor mistake in the Version counted as a “Medie” and was marked with a 2. [Curtailed dim. form of Lat. medius error .] 
  351. Suck n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880-1891
    SUCK , n . 1 Also suk(k) . [sʌk; Sh. sʊk] 1 . A mess, a state of disorder or filth (Ork. 1929 Marw.; I.Sc. 1971), a heap of rubbish; a slatternly person (Ork. 1971). Adj. sucky , dirty, slovenly, untidy, of a place or person (Ork. 1845 Stat. Acc . 2 XV. 96, Ork. 1971). Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 135: The hoos a' i' a filty suck. Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Buddie 112: An troo it sticks a louwin taand, Ta swee da suk. 2 . Loose straw rubbish (Ork. 1845 Stat. Acc . 2 XV. 96); litter for a cowshed or stable (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1971). [ Cf . O.N., Icel. sukk , a muddle, mess.] 
  352. Tingle v.2, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1930
    TINGLE , v . 2 , n . 2 [tɪŋl] I . v . To patch or lap a leak in the clinkers of a boat (Mry., Kcd., Fif., m.Lth. 1972). Vbl.n. tinglin . m.Lth. 1930 : One soaks a piece of flannel in Archangel tar, places it over the crack, lays a piece of three-ply wood over the flannel and screw-nails it down to the leaking board. This process is called tinglin at Fisherrow. II . n . A patch in the boards of a boat (Ags. 1972). [Appar. an extended use of Eng. tingle , a way of lapping sheets of lead to form a close joint, a lead clip, a small nail.] 
  353. Bjog n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1914
    . 8: Biog , a horse-collar made of straw. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928) 46: Bjog , collar of knockin'-stane” Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. 20: Bjо̄g , a horse-collar; a ring of twisted straw laid about the lip of a knokkin-sten to keep the corn from starting out when it is struck with the mell, placed round the neck of a sheep to prevent it from breaking through the fences. (3) Ring round the sun or the moon. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928) 46: A sun- or moon-b[jog]. (4) (See quot.) Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. 8: Biog , a pattern exhibiting rings of different-coloured worsted upon stockings. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928) 46: Bjog , circular stripe, esp. a stripe of another colour round a stocking or sock. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. 20: Bjо̄g , a ring of a distinct colour around a stocking. 2 . v . To knit circular stripes in a stocking or sock. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928) 47: To b[jog] de sock. [O.N. baugr , a ring, cogn. of O.E. beag , a ring, s.Sc. beye , a ferrule 
  354. Coffin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1823-1909
    -bed , prob. = a box-bed [ coffin may mean simply a box in O.Sc. (see D.O.S.T . s.v. cofyne ). The ; † 2 . coffin-clock , a grandfather clock; 3 . coffin cutter , ' Ocypus olens , the cock-tail, an insect larger than an earwig, of a black colour' (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn .); 4 . coffin-trams , a stretcher-like contrivance for carrying a coffin (Fif. 1 1937). 1 . Ags. 1888 J. M. Barrie Auld Licht Idylls viii.: She juist lifted up the litlins, twa at a time, an' flung Kennethcrook v.: If a father presented a son with a coffin-clock as a marriage present, the woman was considered to have made a good marriage. 4 . Fif. 1909 Colville 118: Those Goths, the parish obliterated its exquisite Norman arch with a lath and plaster partition. Sc. usage: 5 . A live coal falling from a fire and thought to presage the death of the person nearest to it. Sc. 1823 A. Sutherland Macrimmon  I. vii.:  She had seen a coffin start from the fire and fall at Alister Chisholm's 
  355. Drow n.2[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1925
    DROW , n . 2 Also drowe . An attack ofillness, a fainting-fit, a stupor (Abd. 1825 Jam. 2 , Abd., Ags., Fif. 1950); “a state of partial insensibility in dying persons” (Ags. 1808 Jam.); a spasm (of. Midlothian xviii.: The lady confessed in my hearing, that a drow of anxiety had come ower her for her son that she had left at hame weak of a decay. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xix.: He made oot to win free o' the meetin' by feingyin' a drow. Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs 194: Twas musin' further thus, belyve, he fell into a drowe. Fif. 1867 J. Morton C. Gray 115: A xiv.: The change o' air and scene will set you up, from just a bit drow and fever that has overcome you. Knr. 1925 “H. Haliburton” Horace in Homespun 217: She looks like a maid In a drow or a dream. Lnk. 1728 P. Walker Life A. Peden (1827) 107: There was a Drow of Anxiety callant 's fa'en into a drow, an' I'm feared he's gaun to dee. [O.Sc. has drow , a fainting fit, 1591 
  356. Pud n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1935
    PUD , n . 1 Also pood , pod . 1 . A small neat person or animal, “a little fat man” (Mry. 1925; Uls. 1966), “a plump or lusty child” (Sc. 1808 Jam., pud s.v. Pod ), a term of endearment for a child or small squat animal (Fif., Lnl., Lnk. 1966). Hence podsy , adj., plump, squat. Comb. shaky-pud , a nickname for a little fat person (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein). Cf . Pudge . w.Lth. c .1700 Gregor D. Bnff. 131: Sic a dear pod o' a loonie. Fif. 1894 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxx.: A little fat, podsy body, wi' . . . a paunch hoaved oot wi' roast beef an' maut liquor. 2 . A name given to a pigeon (Per. 1903 E.D.D. , pod ; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai, pood ; Ags., Per. 1966). Also used as a call-name. Dim. form poodie , id. (Watson, Rxb. 1825 Jam.), a tame pigeon (Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 262; Per., Fif. 1966). Per. 1935 W. Soutar Poems in Scots 40: She breisted like a puddy-doo. [Phs. merely extended senses of pud 
  357. Skrattiskrae n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1932
    SKRATTISKRAE , n . Also -skre ; more commonly as sklat(t)i- , sklet(t)a- , sclaty- , sklater- , -skray , -scrae . [′skrɑtɪskre:, ′skletə-] 1 . The dunlin, Erolia alpina (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 200, 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928)); a flock of dunlin (Jak.). 2 . A term of abuse and contempt (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., sclaty-scrae ); heard as meaning a loquacious but rather ignorant person, who talks a great deal about what he little understands (‡Sh. 1967). Sh. 1932 J. M. E. Saxby Trad. Lore 118: 'He's no' o' wir auld gentlefolk. He's just a sklaterscrae.' When a person begins to rise in the world a bit above his class, the first sign of his rise was putting a slate roof on his thatched cottage in imitation of 'Upperlees.' A sklater is a repulsive insect. . . . A scray is a swarm of vermin, an ignoble crowd of snobs, overrunning everything. 3 . A swarm (of insects, mice or other first element suggesting connection with Norw. dial. skratta , to make a rattling drumming noise, to 
  358. Refreshment n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1985-1998
    : refreshment The most popular euphemism for an alcoholic drink is a wee refreshment : 'It's not unknown for Big George to take a wee refreshment of a Saturday night.' m.Sc. 1985 Janette Walkinshaw in saying it was him told the Arabs I had a few bottles on me. How they expect a man to work in that heat without a refreshment beats me. m.Sc. 1987 Dave Brown and Ian Mitchell Mountain Days and Bothy Nights (1992) 89: As his name suggests, Malky [Malky the alky] was fond of a wee refreshment. Edb. 1992 : Yer grandad likes a wee refreshment on Saturday efternuin. Sc. 1994 Daily Record 22 Dec 26: And when I finally settle down on the 25th for a wee refreshment only to discover they've Nell Thomson Spit the First Sook 22: He usually stopped for a refreshment at the Craigdarroch Arms, and he would shout 'Here lass, haud this horse tae a get a pint'. Gsw. 1998 Alan Spence Way to Go (1999) 3: My father must have had a drink or two in the afternoon. Or three. A tipple. A 
  359. Clash n.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1718-1998
     . A blow, 'a slap, or a collision of soft bodies' (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., klash ). Gen.Sc. Sc. 1808 Jam. : 'A clash on the side of the head'; a box on the ear. Gsw. 1884 H. Johnston Martha Spreull (1930) xiii.: The next instant the heavy-fingert tawse labbit wi' a stingin' clash on Tammas' jawblade. Ayr. 1822 Galt The Provost x.: A dead cat came whizzing through the air . . . and gave me such a clash in the face. 2 . A mass of any soft or moist substance; anything very wet (Bnff. 2 , Fif. 10 1937); a downpour (of rain) (Fif. 10 , Kcb. 9 1937). Also used fig . Inv. 1943. xxxv.: A huge clash of mire was thrown. s.Sc. 1835–1840 J. M. Wilson Tales of the Borders (1857) IX. 56: 'What's brocht ye oot, woman,' said Willie, 'in sic a clash o' rain as this?' Phr.: as wat as a clash , sopping wet. Ayr. 1903 G. Cunningham Verse and Prose 58: Claes, a' as wat as a clash. 3 . (1) A large quantity, amount (Ags. 1 , Kcb. 9 1937); ‡(2) a large number. (1 
  360. Pirr n.2, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1824-1994
    PIRR , n . 2 , v . Also † pirrhe . I . n . 1 . A gentle breath of wind, a light breeze (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 175, 1914 Angus Gl .; Sh., ne.Sc. 1966); a ripple on water. 1831 Fife Herald (18 Aug.): And were they [corn fields] to be visited with a pirr of wind sigh . . . in vain for a 'pirrhe' of wind. Sh. 1918 T. Manson Peat Comm. 45: A gentle.): A gey pirrie o' win' an flans o' shooers skilpin roon wir lugs at 'e plooin. Sh. 1994 Laureen Johnson in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 169: I raise an lookit oot da window. Dey wir a pirr o wind apo da voe, makkin a shadow on da sea. 2 . A sudden access of activity, specif . (1) a burst of energy, a vigorous onslaught (on a task, etc.). Hence pirrie , -y , of persons Gregor D. Bnff. 127: He gangs till's wark wee a pirr. Sh. 1924 T. Manson Peat Comm. 178 nearly awey. (2) a harassed, over-excited state of mind, a flurry, panic, rage (I. and ne.Sc. 1966 
  361. Pig n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1812-1947
     , -croo , -crew , a pigsty (Ags., Per. 1965). See Crue ; (2) pig frame , one of the side pieces placed on a cart when pigs are being transported (Arg. 1 1937); (3) pig-hoose , a pig-sty. Gen.Sc.; (4) pig('s) lug , lit., a pig's ear (see Lug ); fig. a strip or edge of lead worked up and remaining surplus when a plumber is making a lead box (Sc. 1950 B.B.C. Broadcast (12 May)). Cf. soo's lug s.v. Soo. Phr. to mak a pig's lug o , to make a mess of, to botch, mismanage (Ags. 1965); (5) pig('s) meat , pig-food, swill. See Meat , n ., 1 .; (6) pigmire , a muddy, trampled piece of ground, a slough, quagmire (Uls. 1965); (7) pig's whisper , “a loud whisper, one meant to be heard” (Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl .), a stage-whisper. (1) Uls. 1923 J. Logan Uls. in X-Rays 81: There was mair. Rae Sandy McCrae 65: Did ye ever spend the forepairt o' a nicht in a pig-hoose? (4) Sc) Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man xxxv.: A pail of pigs' meat in her hand. (6) Lnk. 1902 
  362. Plump v.2, n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-1993
     staff or plunger of a plunge-churn (ne.Sc. 1966); comb. plumper- , plumping-churn , a churn worked by a plunger which is raised and lowered perpendicularly with a rapid plumping or plunging motion, a plunge-churn. Cf . II . 1 . below and Plowt . Abd. 1731 Monymusk Papers (S.H.S.) 7: A: The old-fashioned straight plumper churn, being . . . most suitable for holding a dinner for a large). Gen.Sc. Sc. 1879 J. Brown Letters (1909) 261: It'll be kittle to plump, but it'll no be a. 3 . Of a liquid or semi-liquid substance: to make a loud bubbling or plopping noise, e.g . in boiling (Uls. 1966). Ppl.adj. plumpin , plopping. Deriv. plumper , a bumper, hearty drink. Sc. 1766 D. Herd Sc. Songs II. 182: Ye's get a panfu' plumpin' parrage. Ayr. 1833 J. Kennedy G. Chalmers vii.: Let us solace ourselves with another plumper. II . n . 1 . As in Eng., a heavy fall, a thud, a plunge into water or the like, a sousing, ducking, a splash. Phr. to play plump , to 
  363. Cartow n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1909
    CARTOW , n . A cannon. Arch . Abd. 1909 J.T. Jeannie Jaffray iv.: Ye'll better ram-an'-by. [O.Sc. cartow , a quarter-cannon, throwing a ball of a quarter of a hundredweight ( D.O.S.T .). Du. kartouw , cannon-royal, Lat. quartum , a quarter ( cf . Corter , a quarter of a round 
  364. Hodrod n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1923
    ‡ HODROD , n . Also † hoad-road . A confusion, a turmoil, a state of chaos; a conglomeration, an lightit, a' the house was in a hoad-road. Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : A perfec' hodrod o' stuff lyin' in ablow the bed. [A variant with extension of meaning of hot-trod s.v. Het , adj ., 1 
  365. Jilt n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1816-1908
    † JILT , n . 1 Sc. usage: a contemptuous term for a girl or young woman (Abd. 1790 A Shirrefs Poems Gl.). See also Jillet . Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality viii.: Tom, help the maid to a comfortable cup, though she's but a dirty jilt neither. Ayr. 1821 C. Lockhart Poems 51: She's but a lazy jilt. Hdg. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 141: A wild gipsy jilt, a ward o' Auld 
  366. Lo adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1890-1908
    † Lo , adj . Big, large, sizeable. Sometimes used as a n . with ironical force. [lø:] Sh. 1890 J. Spence Folk-Lore 197: Ta reel a pirm Or wind a clew, A lo soolpaltie Will tak you. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): 'We're gotten a lø corn' — we've had a good meal. ' Yon is a lø' of a 
  367. Minuwae n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1890
    MINUWAE , n . Also minowaye , minaway ; minua , minawa (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .). A minuet, the. 112: Like a Lady's gentlewoman in a minuwae, or a hen on a het girdle. Slk. 1816 Hogg Poems (1874) 173: The otar dancit ane minowaye. Ags. 1890 A. Lowson J. Guidfollow 233: Could mince a minua on mist, Or caper on a cloud. 
  368. Pundie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1836
    PUNDIE , n . 1 “A small white iron mug, used for heating liquids on the fire” (Per. 1808 Jam.), of the capacity of about one and a half pints. Per. 1836 G. Penny Traditions 25: A pundie , which contained nearly a choppin, was retailed out of the house at a halfpenny. [Jam. suggests a deriv. of Pund , n . 1 , a vessel holding a pound weight of liquid. ? O.Sc. punny , id., 1563.] 
  369. Swatcher n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1833
    ¶ SWATCHER , n . A term of contempt, a mean insignificant specimen of a person. Ayr. 1833 Galt Howdie (1923) 133: No, py Got, he shall not offer for to go with the M'Goul — umph! a bit swatcher of a writer — umph! set him up to go with the M'Goul in a coach. [A nonce form, put in the speech of a Highlander, prob. to be associated with Swatch , n .] 
  370. Knoit n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1834-1981
    . knəit] 1 . A big bit, a large piece, a chunk, a hunk, lump (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; ne.Sc. 1960, knyte ); fig . a strong, sturdily built person (ne.Sc. 1960). Also dims. knytie , knytach(ie) (Bnff. 3 c Ain Folk 180: He tried to tak' 'er up for sellin' butter wi' a knyte o' croods i' the hert o' ilka' granite. Ags. 1896 A. Blair Robin and Marget 82: I gaed an' got the wee goblet, put in water, a wee knoit butter, an' a tick meal. Mry. 1 1925 : A knite o' a loon. Abd. 1957 People's Jnl. (9 Nov.): The awfaest knyte o' beef ye ever saw. Hence knoity , of a person: sturdy' breed are served wi' broth An' butteries wi' a snack 2 . A lump of wood used as a ball in shinty. Hdg. 1883 J. Martine Reminisc. 84: Many a tough game has been played there, and many hard knocks and sore shins had to be endured before the 'nuit' was 'doulled.' † 3 . A knob, a lump, bump, a swelling on the joint of the big toe, a bunion (Ayr. 1880 Jam., noit(yon) ; Uls. 1905 Uls. Jnl. Archæol 
  371. A prep.2[0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1719-1928
    A , prep . 2 O.E. an , on reduced to a through lack of stress. Gen.Sc. 1 . Before the vbl Guy Mannering II. xv.: They hae ta'en Yule before it comes, and are gaun a-guisarding. ne.Sc', Whene'er ye meet wi' ane anither, Hae set my very teeth a-dirlin'. Rxb. 1916 Kelso Chronicle 31 March 4/1: An' the wee lark keeps a singin' far abune the wintry gale. Uls. (D) 1879 W. G. Lyttle Readings by Robin 77: Peggy tuk haud o' the tangs, an' begood a biggin up the peats roon a pot that wuz on the fire. (2) or forming a continuous passive with the verb to be . Sc. 1727 Wodrow Corresp. (1843) III. 296: To-morrow, all day, papers will be a-reading. m.Sc. 1870 Jas. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 77: Her braw bridal dress is a-makin'. 2 . Before a noun. Sc. 1719 Ramsay Poems  (S.T.S.) I. 126:  I'd better been a yont side Kairn-amount. Sc. 1829 J. Wilson be a-cackle frae John o' Groat's House to St Michael's Mount. Sh. (D) 1928 Stap, Lowrie in 
  372. Knitch n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1869-1952
    KNITCH , n ., v . Also knitsch , nitch(e) , neitch , knidge . [(k)nɪtʃ] I . n . 1 . A Eng. Sc. 1869 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 1125: Knitch, a bundle of unbroken straw, 34 inches in girth. Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. 31: A bundle of heather such as could be compassed within the clasp of a man's arms was called a nitche of heather. Ork. 1930 Orcadian (13 Feb.): Neitch was the name given to a windlin' o' strae tied up but not in hallow style. Abd itself. Hence dim. form knitshel , hnitshal , nøtskel(t) (Jak.), a number of things tied together in a bundle (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928); Sh., Fif., (of sacks) 1960). 2 . A big piece (Abd. 1929). Dim. knidget , a handful of meal dipped in water, kneaded, and roasted in the ashes of a kiln (Bnff. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 128). Cf. dry-goose s.v. Dry , I . 11 . Bnff. 2 1943 : The gweed-wife ga'e me a knidge aff o' the heel o' the kebbock. 3 . A thick-set, sturdy person or 
  373. Nub n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1725-1952
    NUB , n . Also knub- . [nʌb] 1 . A knob, as on the end of a walking-stick; 'a round wooden) nubbie , (i) a walking-stick with a hooked head (Rxb. 1825 Jam., 1923 Watson W.-B. , Rxb. 1964). Cf . Nibbie . Hence nubbie-end , the thick or knobbed end, as of a cudgel (Watson); (ii) fig . 'an unsocial person, worldly, yet lazy' (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 366); (iii) adj ., of a person; short, plump, dumpy; (3) nublikin , a bump or slight obstruction on a flat surface. (1) Dmf. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XIII. 243: A small berry, commonly called the Nub Berry. It bears some resemblance to: An' mony a dub we strode across; Owre heather an' nub-berrie leaves. Peb. 1952 Scotsman (6 Sept.): I helped . . . to gather these berries on a hilltop near the two thousand foot level within thirty miles of Edinburgh. . . . The farmer, a knowledgeable botanist, identified them as Rubus Chamaemorus , and gave us their Scottish name as Nubberries. (2) (iii) Cld. 1880 Jam. : He's a wee 
  374. Raith n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1768-1950
    . wraith (Abd. 1902 J. Ogilvie J. Ogilvie 22). 1 . A quarter of a year, a period of three months (Bnff., Abd. 1967). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 12: And fu soon as the jimp three raiths.) II. 129: You needna grudge to draw your breath For little mair than haf a reath. Abd. 1802 roun raiths o a year, An even at the three raiths' end I sall draw near. Cai. 1842 J. T. Calder Sketches 227: There was a particular time for visiting it [a holy loch], viz., the first Monday of the 'reath,' or quarter. Fif. c .1850 R. Peattie MS. : She's awa' takkin' a raith at the saut. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 56: I [cat] had a bield, a lilac tree . . . An' there I crouched five raith an' mair. 2 . Specif .: a term at school, a three-monthly period of full-time education. ne.Sc. 1826 Aberdeen Censor 101: I then, in a loud country voice, told them of my intention, if possible, to gain a 'gude buss,' for the attainment of which I was to take a 'raith's schuling' with them 
  375. Sauchen adj., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1925
    , belonging to a willow, of willow (Bnff., Abd., Per., w.Lth. 1969). Hence sauchen-bush , -tree , etc., a willow, sauchen-bow , a hoop or curved handle of willow wood. Used as a n . in 1841 quot. Sc. 1728 Six Saints (Fleming 1901) I.95: He caused dig a cave, with a saughen-bush covering the mouth of it. Per. 1773 in Fergusson Poems (Grosart 1879) 76: Just jog on at the sauchen tree, And mak' a riddle. Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 260: As well yon bonny sauchen-shade Whare she first made his heart fu' glad. Abd. 1841 J. Imlah Poems 7: A strain frae Strachan Will mak a man the hills on a sauchen bier. Ags. 1901 W. J. Milne Reminiscences 24: Cornel whips and sauchen whistles! Bnff. 1908 Banffshire Jnl. (26 May) 16: He would “let oot” a raip which one or other of the young men would twine with a sauchen-bow thraw-crook. Abd. 1925 A. Murison. sauchen-toup , a simpleton, an easy dupe (Kcd. 1825 Jam.) See Toup . Abd. 1739 Caled. Mag. (1788 
  376. Scour v.2, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1796-1990
    SCOUR , v . 2 , n . 2 Also scoor (Abd. 1875 G. Macdonald Malcolm I. xvi.; Gsw. 1877 A. G Poems I. 31; Gall. 1898 A. J. Armstrong Levellers 121). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. scour , to rush. Per. 1990 Betsy Whyte Red Rowans and Wild Honey (1991) 67: A watery sun timidly peeped joy all over us. Sc. usages: As in Eng. Vbl.n. scourin , a rushing about, a fuss, commotion (Inv-the-kintry blackguard. II . n . 1 . A run, rush, a quick pace or walk, a race (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 149; n.Sc. 1969). Phr. at a guid scour , at a quick pace. Obs. in Eng. Kcd. 1796 J. Burness Thrummy Cap (1887) 8: Sae on they gaed at a guid scour. Sc. 1821 Bannockburn I. i.: I'll hae a scour down to Carron to see them. Ags. 1822 A. Balfour Farmer's Three Daughters IV. viii.: I took the mare a skelp, an' cam aff at a good scour of a trot. Kcb. 1894 Crockett Raiders xxx.: Taking a scour up over the rugged boulders. 2 . A blow, stroke, swipe, box 
  377. Snack n.1, v.1, adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1823-1925
     , bite, share, a light meal. [snɑk] I . n . A bite, a snap, esp. of a dog, a snapping of the teeth (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh., ne., em., sm., s.Sc. 1970). Now only dial. in Eng. Deriv. snackus , a sharp blow, smack (Kcd. 1825 Jam.). See -Us . Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 87: But ane gies him a snack an' syne anither, Till he is near-hand worried a' thegither. Rxb. 1848 R. Davidson Leaves 31: A surly hound salutes him wi' a snack. II . v . 1 . tr . and intr . To snap with the teeth. snakkers , jaws. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 104: May ye ne'er want a freen', gin need snakkers ken nae haivens. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Bog-Myrtle 366: He'll no as muckle as snack at a best richt to the troot, snack her up, man. 3 . tr . To break off sharply or with a snap, snap off short. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xxiii.: A shove that snacked the good new farthing tobacco-pipe. Ags. 1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 31: A blue-faced monkey wi' its tail 
  378. Carrigal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    CARRIGAL , n . “A wheeled bogie on which a number of hutches are placed for conveyance of coal; a platform on wheels for conveying hutches in a level position on a highly-inclined roadway” (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 15). [Phs. a corruption of Eng. curricle , a twowheeled carriage.] 
  379. Cunner v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1928
    † CUNNER , v . and n . 1 . v . To scold (Upp. Clydesd. 1825 Jam. 2 ); vbl.n. cunnerin , a scolding. Ayr. 1928 (per Ayr. 4 ), obsol.: A gied him a guid cunnerin. 2 . n . A scolding (Upp. Clydesd. 1825 Jam. 2 ); “a reprimand, a reproof” (Fif. Ib .). [A variant of Channer , chunner , q.v.] 
  380. Aweel adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1778-1921
    AWEEL , adv . Used like well in introducing a remark, and sometimes also expressing agreement with what has been said, or resignation, submission; or in continuation of a narrative, etc. Gen.Sc a tone of mild solemnity, 'our accounts differ in no material particulars.' Lnk. 1881 A. 1921 Kelso Chron. (27 May) 4/5: 'Hoots, wumin, take a taste it'll dae ye gude.' 'Aweel aa'll duist taste it.' Comb.: Aweel-a-wat , — waet , a well I wat , assuredly ( lit . 'well I know,' see Weel-a-wat ). Abd. 1778 (2nd ed.) A. Ross Helenore 21: Is Nory fifteen out this year? A well I: Gibby: '. . . A wunna taste drink this sax months onywey.' Sauners: 'Aweel awat, nether wull A, for A wus fou yestreen tae.' s.Sc. a .1870 H. S. Riddell Poet. Wks. (1871) I. 211: A-weel-a 
  381. Clinch v., n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1887
    . Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxviii.: He sees Dawvid comin' for's orders, clenchin awa' wi' a bit staffie in's han'. Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 156: . . . a red tumour, swith it raise, And made me clinch for several days. Hence (1) clincher , a lame person, a cripple (Kcb. 9 1937); †(2) clenchie , in comb. clenchie-fit , “a club-foot” (Mearns 1825 Jam. 2 ). (1) w.Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 : A lame person or one with a club-foot is often called a hippity , a clincher , or a hippity-clincher . [Kcb. 6 1914 gives hipperty-clinch .] 2 . n . A limp (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 19 1937). Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas, etc. 92: A' our enjoyments wad dwine to a dripple; Our swaggerin' be nought but the clench o' a cripple. Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 201: Wi' yowlin' clinch aul 
  382. Lig v.2, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1812-1937
    . N. & Q . (Feb.) 24). I . v . To talk a great deal, to chatter, prate, gossip (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 105, Bnff. 1960). Ayr. a .1843 J. Stirrat Poems (1869) 87: For sic a . Chatter, idle talk, the noise of many people talking, noisy unintelligible talk, a gabble (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Sc. a .1813 A. Murray Hist. Eur. Langs. (1823) I. 331: Lig-lag (Scotch, for the confused noise of geese, etc.). Sc. 1825 Jam. : Such is the term which a lowlander applies to a conversation in Gaelic; Sic a lig-lag as they had. Bch. 1832 W. Scott Poems 129: There's sic a leg-laig an' a clatter. Upon the street. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 105: A hard the lig o' thir tungs lang afore a got in aboot. Abd. 1921 W. Walker W.-L. : “A lang leg-laig and a short cullyshangie”, the hubbub preliminary to a row. [Variant of Laig , q.v .] 
  383. Rauchle n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1870-1950
    RAUCHLE , n ., v . Also -el , rachle , raughle ; rackle . [′rǫxəl, rɑxl] I . n . A loose, untidy heap of objects, e.g . a dry-stone wall, a tumbledown house; a conglomeration; anything dilapidated or ramshackle (m.Sc. 1967). Phr. a rachle o' banes , an emaciated person, someone who is skin and is the rent, an' the bargain ye mak aboot the steedin', for atweel it is e'enow a sorry an' a fushionless rauchle. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Bog-Myrtle 205: It's sma' savin' o' expense to bring up a. 128: Raughle. A rough heap of stones; a wall loosely built without mortar, ready to tumble down. Per. 4 1950 : There's a richt auld rachle o' a motor car. II . v . To pile up in a loose heap, to build roughly and hurriedly, to throw up (a wall). Sc. 1870 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes 28: The gled he was a wily thief, He rackled up the wa'. [Orig. doubtful. Phs. simply a by-form 
  384. Snicher v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1825-1996
     . v . To snigger, laugh in a suppressed way (Abd. 1825 Jam.). Gen.Sc. Sc. 1825 Aberdeen Censor' girn. Ags. 1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 33: A hantle o' snicherin' amang the mair' like that. Bnff. 1937 E. S. Rae Light in Window 14: She's a sleekit, snichlin', inhaudin' snite. Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xx.: A snicherin kin' o' a lauch. Abd. 1996 paper shoppie, war keekin ower at Davie an snicherin nesty-like. Davie reidened an turned awa, kickin a teem crisp pyock ben the tarred playgrun. II . n . A snigger, a titter. Gen.Sc. Ags. 1892 A. Reid Howetoon 126: A bit snicher ran roond the table. Gall. 1900 R. J. Muir Muncraig iii.: A snicher and a smile went round the shop. Ayr. 1912 G. Cunningham Verse 69: Monie a snicher and hearty guffaw. Abd. 1940 C. Gavin Hostile Shore ii.: Wi' a white collar and a feart-like snicher. [Imit. Cf . Nicher .] 
  385. Swarrach n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1804-1958
     . [′swɑrəx] I . n . 1 . A crowd of people (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 187), a numerous collection, a swarm, esp. of young children in a family, also occas. of other living creatures (ne.Sc. 1972). Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 63: A swargh o' gladsome neibour fock, That glomin did forgather. Abd. 1936 D. Bruce Cried on Sunday 9: Fechten masel' to fesh up a swarrach o' geets. Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xi.: Swarmin up 'e Links like a swarrach o' horny gollachs. Bnff. 1958 Banffshire Jnl. (1 April): Tibbie an' him reared a squarrich o' fine loons an' quines there. 2 . A large disorderly heap (Sh., Ags. 1825 Jam.), an entangled mass (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 187); a large quantity of liquid (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., swarrack , -ig ). II . v . To crowd together in confusion, to mill (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 187); of a place: to swarm with living creatures (Bnff., Abd. 1972). Vbl.n. swarrachan , a throng, a crowd. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff 
  386. Tease v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1805-1928
    .), taise (Edb. a .1730 A. Pennecuik Coll. Sc. Poems (1787) 12, Fif. 1909 J. C. Craig Sangs o' Bairns 103); taz- . Sc. forms and usages. [ti:z; Sh., em.Sc.(a) te:z] I . v . 1 . As in Eng. Deriv. 1814 J. Sinclair Agric. Scot. III. 145: A chacer or teazer (a wether sheep that had only one the measure (Sc. 1911 S.D.D ., tize ). 3 . To nibble or pick slowly (Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 183, tese ). II . n . Also in dim. forms tazie , tizzy , teesie . A struggle, tussle, strenuous effort, a tiring or trying spell of work (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Ags., Per. 1972); a fit of passion (Fif. 1808 Jam., teesie ); a troublesome search or hunt. Rxb. 1805 A. Scott Poems 133: For poets are in love right crazy, An' up Parnassus, wi' a tazie, Ye'll leg, an' lean. Rxb. 1808 A. Scott Poems 75: O, weils me on the muse, sweet hizzie, Whan we've thegither taen a taizie In hamely rhyme. Cai. 1928 : Mony's a teize A hed for'd. 
  387. Mollacher n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1991-2003
    MOLLACHER , n. also mollicker . Something impressively big. Arg. 1991 : It's a mollacher. [of a cabbage] Arg. 1992 : It's a mollicker o a sheep. Edb. 2003 : She's a big mollacher o a wumman. 
  388. Blaw n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1772-1993
    BLAW , BLA' , BLAA , Blyave , Blyaver , n . 1 1 . “A blast, a gust” (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Abd. 19.: Imphm! the wind's changin', Maister Weelum, to the nor'-east. That means a bla' doon your lum, I'm thinkin'. 2 . Breath, hence rest (Sh., Ayr. 2000s). Mearns 1890 J. Kerr Reminisc. of a Wanderer I. 23: We micht just sit down here an' tak' a bit blaw. Ags. 2 1934 Fif. 1 1934 Gsw. 1988 : Ah'll huv a blaw afore ah dae onythin else. 3 . “The direction of the wind” (Bch corn anent the blaw, Thinkin her joe wad scud her Fast by that night. 4 . A puff (of a pipe gravestones discussing the parish ferlies, taking a bit blaw o' a smoke. w.Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo (1914) v.: And every noo and again takin' a blaa o' a short, black cutty pipe, which she keepit at the back o' the hud [fireplace]. 5 . A pull of liquor. Sc. 1808 Jam. : Blaw . A pull, a draught; a cant term, used among topers. Edb. 1772 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 9 
  389. Ailiss n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1907-1920
    . 63: Ailiss , n. A hot blazing; 'A roastin' ailiss of a fire.' Cai. 2 c .1920 : Aillis , a blazing fire. [ Cf . Sh. elis , which Jak. explains: 'a strong current of air; strong draught . . . el is doubtless O.N. el . . . a shower, Norw. eling , ( a ) a shower, ( b ) jerk; attack; Sw. il , a violent gust of wind.' For extension to Cai. meaning cf . Aes , n ., blazing fire, Aes , v 
  390. Breek n.2, v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1923
    BREEK , Brecks , n . 2 and v . 3 1 . n . 'A piece of cloth sewed across the tail of a ewe ; Bnff. 2 1935). Cf . Brat , n ., 7 . Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : Breek , a piece of cloth sewed over the hips, etc., of a hog, to prevent copulation: 'A breek for a hog.' 2 . v . 'To provide (a hog) with a breek ' ( Ib .). [A specific use of Breek , n . 1 , and Breek , v . 1 , q.v.] 
  391. Cum n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † CUM , CUMB , COOM , KIM , n . 3 1 . 'A tub, cistern, as 'a milk -cum or kim' ; also, a large ladle for baling a boat' (w. and s.Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 (all four forms)). Cf . Cummen . 2 . The inverted conical flue of a mill-kiln (Abd. 1950). [Prob. the same word as Eng. coomb , a brewing vat. cumb , a vessel, a cup; or perhaps a small measure, 791– c .1000, and Du., Fris. kom , idem.] 
  392. Curr n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1867
    CURR , KURR , n . 1 and v . 1 1 . n . (1) A soft, murmuring sound. Sc. 1867 Blackwood's Mag. (Feb.) 148: They'll send the stanes spinnan Wi a whirr and a curr till they sit roun' the tee. (2) A slight sound, a whisper, a rumour (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., kurr , curr ; 1908 Jak. kurr , a murmur, grumbling, a rumour; Eng. curr , to make a low murmuring sound, used of doves, owls 
  393. Ford n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1897-1908
    FORD , n . Also fore . Something of value discovered, a find (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 10 1953). Used also ironically to mean a poor result, a 'wash-out,' esp. in phr. to come til a fore (Ib.). Sh. 1897 Shet. News (2 Oct.): My fishin' is come till a fore da nicht! Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): He tought he was fonn a fore. Hit cam' till a puir ford. [Of doubtful origin. Phs. Norw. dial. forda , a load, Icel. forði , a store, livelihood, but ? cf . Fore , n ., 2 . and 4 .] 
  394. Nonentity n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1712-1822
    NONENTITY , n . Obs. Sc. usages: 1 . A sinecure, a figment, a nothing. Ayr. 1822 Galt render the provostry in your lordship's name a perfect nonentity. 2 . In phr. to be at a nonentity , to be in a vague or indeterminate state, in a vacuum, at a standstill or nonplus. Sc. 1712 R. Wodrow Corresp. (1843) I. 307: We are yet at a nonentity as to our Assembly. We have no account of 
  395. Porter Biscuit n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1900-1957
    PORTER BISCUIT , n.comb . A large round flattish bun resembling a roll in texture, said to be so ., and Saft . Gsw. 1900–57 : Porter biscuit . A kind of bap, very like the Aberdeen “softie”, said to be a favourite of carters, etc., who dipped it in their porter or ale as a snack. Dmb. 1957 Bulletin (2 May): A porter biscuit is similar to a morning roll, only sweet and of a finer texture, almost like a plain cookie. 
  396. Sinacle n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768
    SINACLE , n . Also sinnacle . [′sɪnɑkl] 1 . A sign, vestige, trace, a grain, small quantity (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gl.). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 15: Never a sinacle of life was there. 2 . A person of a vicious disposition (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 155 or notorious for some (bad) trait, a bad example. Cf . Moniment . [O.Sc. signakle , c .1500, Mid.Eng. sygnacle , O.Fr. si(g)nacle , Late Lat. signaculum , a small sign, mark.] 
  397. Skleet-sklyte n., v., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † SKLEET-SKLYTE , n ., v ., adv . [′sklit ′skləit] I . n . A violent fall, dash or clash to the ground, a flat-footed gait, a heavy tread (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 159). II . v . To throw or dash down with violence, to fling out with a soppy splash or in a wet mass, as in emptying a pail, to walk with a heavy flat-footed step ( Id .). III . adv ., describing the action of the v .: with a violent dash or clash downwards ( Id .). [A reduplicative form of Sklyte , with probable 
  398. Slug n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1901-1904
    SLUG , n . 1 Sc. usages of Eng. slug , sluggard, snail, etc. 1 . As in Eng. Phr. a slug for the drink , a person who can drink a large quantity of liquor without showing signs of inebriation. Ayr. 1901 G. Douglas Green Shutters xvii.: A 'slug for the drink' is a man who soaks and never succumbs. 2 . A sleep, doze, nap, a state of inactivity (wm., sm.Sc. 1970). Also in n.Eng. dial. Gall. 1904 E.D.D. : A convalescent's wife said to me at her husband's bedside, 'He taks a 
  399. Stramlach n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1908
    , e.g . a rope, a torn piece of dress, etc. Abd. a .1825 in Jam. 2 s.v. Cuttumrung : A wand brank, a cuttumrung aneth her tail, a stramlach and a leurich. [The version in Rymour Club Misc . (1910) I. 173 reads scrappach .] Abd. 1908 in J. G. Michie Deeside Tales 291: “Stramlach”, a long trailing slender thing. 2 . A tall, lanky, gangling person (Bnff. 1920; Bnff., Abd. 1971 
  400. Daubing vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795
    † DAUBING , vbl.n . A gathering of neighbours to build the walls of a new house. Dmf. 1795 dig out the foundation of the house, and lay a row or two of stones, then they procure from a pit contiguous, as much clay or brick-earth as is sufficient to form the walls: and having provided a quantity of straw, or other litter to mix with the clay, upon a day appointed, the whole neighbourhood, male and female, assemble, each with a dung-fork, a spade, or some such instrument. . . . In this manner, the walls of the house are finished in a few hours: after which they retire to a good dinner . . . where they have music and a dance. . . . This is called a daubing . [From Eng. daub , to smear.] 
  401. Hivvet n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1897-1908
    HIVVET , n . Also heved , hived (Jak.); hivad ; hivik . [′hɪvət, -d] 1 . A swelling, a lump (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., hivad , Sh. 1957). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A beilin' heved, a boil. 2 . A heap (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .); 'a closely cohering mass . . . generally used in a derogatory sense of something out of order — e.g . a lump of earth bound together by roots or weeds' (Ork. 1929 laekly no geng, for dey're sowder'd tagedder in a sutie, moorie hivik. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): 'In a heved o' breer' is said of reaped corn grown together at the ears in consequence of damp . . . 'He left it a' . . . lyin' in hiveds,' he left it lying in lumps, applied to someone digging carelessly with a spade, leaving the soil unsmoothed. [Extended uses of Norw. hoved , O.N. hǫfuð , head.] 

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  1. Bredth n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1596-1687
    Bredth(e , Breidth , n . Also: breydth , breedth . [e.m.E. bredth , ( breadth ,) bredeth (1523). Cf. Brede n . 2 ] Breadth. 1596 Dalr. I. 110/26. Baith in lenth and bredthe Bisset II. 50/20. Of a lyke lenth, breidth and quantitie 1622-6 Ib. 23. (Twelve) mylis … of 
  2. Hair-bred n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1577-1578
    Hair-bred , n. [e.m.E. here breade , ME. heere-brede .] A hair's breadth. — a1578 Pitsc 
  3. Narow v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1596
    ( Narow ,) Narou , Narrow , v. Also: nairow . [ME. narwe(n ( a 1300), narewe(n , nerewe(n (Manning), late ME. narow (1429), OE. nearwian , f. nearw- Naro(w a .] 1 . intr . To become narrower, to decrease in breadth. 1375 Barb. xvi . 381. As ane schelde it narrowit ay make narrower, to reduce in breadth, to constrict. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii . 133. A maner dyk … Narrowyt the way 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 419. He wald repent that narrowit 
  4. Land-flood n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0]1651-1662
    Land-flood , n . [ME. and e.m.E.] A flooding of land, a flood. — 1651 Select Biographies I. 261. Land-floods that will fill the breadth of Emmanuel's land 1662 Wodrow Hist. (1828) I. 288. Prelacy is now coming in like a land-flood 
  5. Elne-breid n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1481-1597
    Elne-breid , -bred , n . The breadth of an ell; a fabric of this width. — 1481 Prestwick B. Rec. 29. A quhit elne of clath extendand till elne breid & elne lyntht 1597 Brechin 
  6. Stripe v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1632
    . ? To form a stripe, or stripes. — 1632 Lithgow Trav. i 40. The breadth in the planure is 
  7. Largitude n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1590
    Largitude , n . [e.m.E. (once, 1599), late L. largitudo .] Breadth, width. — 1590 Burel 
  8. Pottit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1681
    Pottit , ppl. adj. [ Pot(t v. 1 2 and 3.] a . Of a march stone: That has been erected in a pit. b . Of a piece of ground: That has been marked off by pits or pitted stones. — 1681 Inverness Rec. II 291. Which extends also in breadth … betwixt the two pottit stones [etc.] 1681 
  9. Monzie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1685-1686
     thorow the breadth and length of the south and west of Scotland ? a 1686 Ib. Oh the monzies munsie , also monsey .] A disparaging term for a Frenchman cf. Monsieur n . 2. — ? a 1686 (1725) A. Peden in P. Walker Biog. Presb. (1838) I. 79. Saying O the monzies, the monzies will be 
  10. Utbrede n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1662
    ( Utbrede ,) Wtbreid , n . [? Out adv. ( adj. ) and Brede n. 2 ] ? Some kind of breadth 
  11. Jinke-roll n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1644
     Islands (1822) 594. Ye sent her ane cheese of the breadth of one loof, composed by your said devilish 
  12. Handbreid n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1455-1575
    . handbred , hande brad .] A hand's-breadth. — 1455 Acts II. 43/2. That all erlis sall vse mantillis 
  13. Futebraid n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1578
    Futebraid , Futbreid , n. [ME. fote brede (Chaucer).] A foot-breadth. — 1375 Barb. xi . 365. He gert men … pottis ma Of a fut breid round 1531 Acts Lords of Council MS. XLIII. 140 
  14. Narrownes n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1596
     .: cf. OE. nearo- , nearunes .] a . Narrowness, lack of breadth. b . Closeness, close or intimateNarow- , Narrownes , n. Also: nareue- . [e.m.E. narownesse (1530), narrow- , f. Naro(w a concern. — a . c1515 Asloan MS I. 156/28 (see Narow v. 1). — 1560 Inverness Rec. I. 47 Dalr. I. 32/23. Farther beyonde Lorne the lande … is driuen to a strait and gret narownes b 
  15. Abrede adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1599
    Abrede , Abreid , adv. Also: abbreid , abread . [M E. a brede , o brede , reduced form of on brede : see Brede n .] On or in breadth; widely, far and wide, abroad. 15.. Clariodus. 521. The fame thairof wes … blawin abrede a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlviii. 40. Gif it be 
  16. Bradenes n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1618
    . bradnes , -nys .] Breadth. 14.. Acts I. 42/2. Thai sall leilly lyne in lenth as braidnes baith 
  17. Incertantie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1573-1645
     Maxwell Mem. II. 5. The incertantie of the arryvall of the … ambass[a]douris 1641 Acts V. 497/2. Thruch the deceat vsit be the bleitchers in lyming therof … and the incertantie of the breadth 
  18. Brede n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1691
    . breade , bræde , OE. brǽde , brǽdu , -o , f. brad Brade a .] 1 . Breadth, width. Freq. in phr.) a . In brede , in breadth; also rarely, abroad. For in lenth and brede see Lenth n . (1 brede , in breadth or extent; in an open or displayed manner; out from a centre, abroad. Also upon. of brede . ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints xiii. 48. Of al this warld, lynth & bred 1590 Criminal Trials I. 203. To ryn the breid of nyne rigis a 1595 Skene Celtic Sc of a lyik breid 1650 Peebles Gleanings 299. Witnesses to be led for proving of breid of the a1568 Scott xxxv. 15. Quhois workis on braid sall evir spraid c . Of breid , in breadth or- , finger- , fur- , fute- , penny- , stra-brede . 1437 Reg. Dunferm. 285. A gate liand betuix quarter breid 1596 Paisley B. Rec. 176. To big ane chop of sex quarters breid 4 . A single breadth (esp. of cloth). c1450-2 Howlat 27. The birth that the ground bure was browdin on breidis 
  19. Hecht n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1626
     the sone 1622-6 Bisset I. 21/14. Quhat lenth, breadth, hecht nor deip their poware drawes 
  20. Lairgnes n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1420-1688
    . 2 . a . Extensiveness, spaciousness; extent, breadth, width c1420 Wynt. vii . 878 (A . [ME. and e.m.E. largenes(se (Cursor M.); f. Larg a ., Large a .] 1 . Liberality, generosity). [Swylk a cloystyr as than was Noucht swylk] as now in largisnes [ C . largenes] 1427 Acts II breadth so long, this hienes so profound c1590 Fowler II. 108/19. The largenes of the plaines moss 1685-8 Renwick Serm. (1776) 432. It is a place of marrow and fatness; it is a place 
  21. Lane n.5[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1632-1690
    Lane , Laine , Leane , n . 5 [Gael. lean = sense a. Also in the mod. dial. of Galloway in Galloway: a . A swampy piece of ground, a marshy meadow. See also Lane-onion n . b . A (slow-moving) stream draining such ground. a . 1674 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. 185 (3 Jan.). [The] Grayston croft and sheep lears [lying in breadth between] the leane [and the way] 1679 Galloway P.) June 20 (R. C. Reid). By a lane callit the Galloway Lane from that part of it where the burn of 
  22. Wyndskew n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1586-1692
     dial., a smoke deflector in a chimney (SND Wind n. 1 2).] a . The stone coping of a gable, = Skew n. 1. Cf. windo-skew ( Wyndo(w n. 4 b (6)). b . Appar. = Halland n. a . 1586 Huntar Weights & Measures 55. The owners … knowing the length and breadth of everie … roofe or 
  23. Sclating vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1553-1699
     of furnishing (a roof, etc.) with slates. ( a ) 1587 Bk. Univ. Kirk II 706. That the lead. There is divers workes that are mett and measured both in length and breadth, as pieces of tapistrie painting, and furnish a sufficient servant for furthering of the work 1655 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III 
  24. Troll n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1460-1700+
    Troll , Trow(e , n . [ON troll a giant, fiend, demon. Also, in senses 3 and 3 b below, in the later dials. of Orkney and Shetland.] 1 . ? A troll (cf. 3 below). Cf. Jamieson, s.v. Trolie , Troll n. 3 ‘Any object that has length disproportionate to its breadth’. 1460 Hay Alex. 16175 all thare body schorte was of the schene Like till ane troll that of a lynke had bene Ane litill hede vnder the hals a lap 2 . ? A small horse, pony. 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II 389. To ane man . In Orkney and Shetland: A troll or ‘trow’, the supernatural being of Scandinavian mythology. Also, sea-trow , a troll whose abode is the sea. 1616 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 39. [For art and do appear to fishers at sea, particularly such as they call sea-trowes b . Trowis glove , a sea 
  25. Depe n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1375-1649
    Depe , Deip(e , n . [ME. depe , OE. deop and deopa (WS. dýpa ), f. Depe , a .] 1 . The deep part (of the sea, etc.); a deep place. 1375 Barb. iii . 711. Othir schippys, that war thar . 719. A thousand in the myre, Off hors with men, was plungyt in the deipe 1513 Doug. i . ii. Quhat lenth, breadth, hecht nor deip, thair poware drawes 1649 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 71 
  26. Strak n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1509-1662
     planking along the side of a vessel; the breadth of such a plank as a unit of vertical measurement in a), streake (1565), straike (north., 1587), f. as Strek(e v .] 1 . A strip of iron, esp. as covering for the outer rim of a cartwheel. In the quot. 1618 M. Works Acc. , double may be erron. for doull . A stripe. 1509 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. II 275. The armes of the Symsonis … The feilde is of asure scheilde is of [etc.] b . The mark of a blow; a weal; ? a scar. 1540 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 226. I Kirk S. 10 Aug. That ane called Smyth with ane straik in his face was thair 3 . A length of the. [To build] ane great boat of … threttie foot of keel, with six stroack of oack round about 4 . A 
  27. Finger n.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1399-1651
    . fynger , -gir , finger , fingre , etc., OE. finger , fynger .] 1 . A finger of the hand. ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 603. He … of his fynger tuk a ringe a1400 Ib. xxxvi. 293 kingis awin fingeris fed 1596 Dalr. I. 51/6. Thair ȝoung, … afor thay be a fingre gretter bled a lytill c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 25. Thair mantillis … Fetrit with thair quhyt comb. with braid (breadth), end , fed , fang'd . a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii. 566. He 1596 Dalr. II. 302/24. That na man … a finger braid … durst seperat him selfe from his cumpanie sufficient to maintaine them at home 2 . A metal attachment to a cannon. 1496 Treasurer's Accounts 
  28. ȝerd v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1533-1658
    -born bairn yearded not an hand-breadth under the earth 1616 Analecta Scotica I 287. Jasper ther was a cat yearded heer and her four feet upward a1578 Pitsc. (1728) 117. One … offered 
  29. Tryar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1579-1665
     perfyte tryer Quhat lenth, breadth, hecht nor deip, thair poware drawes 2 . One who examines, tests or tryer of sutch persones 3 . One who tries to obtain (something); a candidate; a competitor. c1646 
  30. Straiten v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1614-1700+
     . To narrow, reduce the breadth of (a passage, etc.). b . To reduce, diminish. a . c 1614–54. streyten (1523), streyghten (1552), straighten (1604), straiten (1611); Strait adj .] 1 . a I can not writt my self 3 . To narrow or restrict the freedom, power or privileges of (a person). 1653 Binning Wks. (1735) 233. Was it the satisfaction of his justice that straitned him and put a by Christian prudence 4 . To inconvenience (a person) by inadequate supply of something. 1671 sacrament in this place 5 . To hamper, impede; to inflict difficulties on, harass (a person). 1680 straitened in this because there are many other articles proven a 1714 Cromartie Corr. II 477 
  31. Thrum n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1400-1693
    . Spurroway … propossing that some persones have a mind to buy up the thrums comes of the cloath it is ordered piece and halfe piece three finger breadth of the warp yarne unwafted to remain for thrumbs to each. 1681 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. 3 Ser. XXXVI 39. Three quarters of a pack of linen yarne and trum b . A thread. 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 189. Elspet Strachund … is indydtit to haue charmit Mage Clark … for the fewers … with ane sleipth and ane thrum 2 . The stamen of a flower. 1683 Reid 
  32. Span n.1[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1420-1651
    ), span ( c 1400), spayn (Cath. Angl.), ME also sponne ( a 1310), OE (rare) span(n , spon(n . Cf. ON spǫnn , spann- , MDu. spanne , OF espan (1150 in Larousse).] A span, the measurement. Also. a1500 Golagros and Gawane 983. 15.. Sym & Bruder 115. The first rynk raif his mowth a. Scho will not hurt, thocht ȝe hir kiss a span within the beird fig. (also attrib. ). c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 160. With that sprang up hir spreit be a span hechar — 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 184. My little, feckless span-length and hand-breadth of love 1637 will come to an inch 1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith (1743) 298. A carnal man's faith … goeth [ sc. Mars'] nek was greit a span lenth weill or mair b . A small extent or space. a1568 Bannatyne MS 143b/25. Feill ȝe nocht me & I so neir I am nocht fra ȝour hairt a span 1599 Reg inch. c1420 Ratis Raving App. iv 7. Luf most thi God … for ilk ynch he wyll the quyte a spane 
  33. Palm n.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1400-1684
     niwe 2 . The breadth of the human palm as a measure of length. Also comb . in palm-bread , id. Cf . The palm of the hand. 14.. Burgh Laws c. 12(A). And gif the maister … gifis ony of thaim a hand thearof, quhilk had beine the straik as appeirithe of ane sword 3 . a . A stroke on the palm. That all good nytbors … have a box … hung above his board with ane palm hung therat for correcting the banners and swearers in ther oun domestick house 4 . transf . a . (Only in Doug.) The blade of an . The hand of a clock. This sense only Sc. 1629 Boyd Last B. (1629) 519. The palme turneth palme of the horologe to tellthe time c . Applied to a flat widened part at the end of something 
  34. Neve n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     the stature etc. of horses: The breadth of a fist, a ‘hand’. 1672 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 292 , næva , Sw. nafve , Dan. næve ). Cf. Nefe and Nave .] 1 . A fist. (1) 1375 Barb. iii a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae. 1552 (Wr.). a1605 Id. Misc. P. xxxii. 68. A pretty play Baillie I. 220. Neives 1651 J. Hope Diary 149. [In a dream] I keeped his [a lion's] body in my neive 1662 Highland P. III. 24. There was a hole in it that ye micht put your neive in fauldet neeve 1683 Fountainhall Decis. I. 254. For giving him a mortal stroke … with a stone. 427. The teindis will not cum in thair neuis Sa lang as ony of vs leuis 2 . As a measurement of; Shetl. 77. They have a sort of little horses called shelties, … some will be but 9, others 10, nives 
  35. Profound adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1490-1623
     applications. A . adj. 1 . Physically deep; having considerable depth. Also transf. 1513 Doug. vi iv 3. Thar stude a dirk and profound cave fast by 1533 Boece 223b. Thai war commandit to lairgenes & this breadth so long, this hienes so profound, this boundit infinit transf. 1513 . Of a person: Having great knowledge, intellectual perception or insight; very learned ( in a subject to various other non-material things. a . Of a subject of thought: Deep in meaning; not superficial. ( a ) 1490 Irland Mir. I 8/9. Perchaunce lawde pepil comprehendis nocht the profound verite. That with the gretter facilitie we may prepare the way sum things to reherse mair profunde b . Of a 
  36. Acre n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]<1375-1683
    .) Also pl. fields, arable land. ( a ) c 1190 Liber Calchou 129 (Temple-acre). c 1250 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 14 (the four akiris of his lande). 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 188 (twa akrys on breid). 1550 Reg. Cupar A. II. 73 (ane akir of outfeild land). 1559 Mun. Univ. Cupar A. II. 183 (twa ackaris); 184 (fyfe ackyr). 1553 Lanark B. Rec. 26 (thre akkyris of abowt the toun). 2 . In. combs. as acre-brede (= breadth); acre-dale , the amount of an acre 
  37. Win ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1420-1689
     , wounded . [e.m.E. wonne (1553).] 1 . Of a victory: Won decisively, won outright. c1420 Wynt reasonable, as will give content to many, and so be able to make a division among the subscryvers, which to them is a win field 3 . In combination with an adverbial: Acquired as a result of effort, gambling 4 . Of a crop or land bearing a crop: Harvested, having undergone the processes of cutting and Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 219. Haveing ane ruk of win hay upon the watirsyd 5 . Of a. That ilk heretor of tenements … of six elnes in breadth cast no more peites bot onlie threttie loads of 
  38. Jouk v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1450-1700+
     your adversaries in a hair-breadth 1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Discourse 8. We flang oursels. a palatalized var. of Douk v. Only Sc.] 1 . intr . To move the body quickly downward, to avoid a missile, a blow, or the like; to duck. Also, to duck under water to avoid a blow. 1513 Doug a Scots proverb, Juick, that the wave may go over you; will ye juick a litle, Mr Guthrie?’ Mr in themselves 1740 Letter by Mr. John Dickson from the Bass Prison 5. A lukewarm church … and self justification jouking under a smoaking bramble 1680 Copy of Letter by Mr. John . kneel'd) to me 4 . a . ? To bend or lean over, to topple. b . ? To fall away, sway, swerve. fig . 1513 Doug. viii . iv. 120. Hercules it [the rock] smytis with a mychty towk Apon the rycht half bauldly be his baner he abaid, And did not iouk ane ioit from vprichtnes 5 . Said of a conjurer: ? To 
  39. Thoum n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1693
     gluifis with browderit thoumes 3 . A standard measuring instrument corresponding to a thumb's breadth. ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints xiii Prol 62. For he wald nocht haf the state Of bischape at the rut of the nayll 14.. Acts I 309/2. Be the thoume of a medilkinman it [ sc. the thoume in a toune in Galloway was brochte vpe 1596 Dalr. I 343/3. Jhone Balie vndir thoume had the Saints xxxvi 882. As a thoume-bane propirly, That quhytare wes than ony snaw 2 . The part of a glove designed to cover the thumb. 1615 Edinburgh Testaments XLVIII 215. Ten pair of, or an inch. 1682 New Mills Manuf. 38. A couple of allwands sealed by the Dean of Guild of Edinburgh and a silver thumb which George Home is ordered to cause make and send out by which the cloath in 
  40. Tristing vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1473-1699
     arranging a meeting, an agreement or appointment to meet. 15.. Clariodus ii 460. Clariodus … bad me or livestock markets. 1622 Fife Synod 96 (see Trister n. 2). Trysting 2 . a . A meeting arranged for the purpose of negotiation towards the settlement of a dispute. b . The action of negotiating such a settlement; arbitration, negotiation. 1576 Douglas Corr. 214. I wald the mater had tryst [etc.] 1640 Baillie I 276. In our treatie, we prefaced with a declaration in wryte offices and ordinances, which ought to be of Christ's appointment admit not of a latitude to come and go wes to persue him as he thocht fitt [etc.] c . To put (a person or thing) in (to, under) trysting or the least … hair-breadth of truth, under trysting d . attrib. With place , terms. Chiefly fig. and in fig. context. See also Trist n . 1 2 for a further example. (1) a1633 W (1724) ii viii. A fit trysting-place for God and men to meet into (2) a1658 Durham Comm 
  41. Ledar n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1688
     lenth [of the mine] being nyntie sex fathoms and the breadth three fathoms and a half from the leaders , leiddar ; leadar , lead(d)er ; laidar . [ME. leder ( a 1300), e.m.E. leader .] One who or that which leads, in senses of Lede v . 1 . One who leads (a person by the hand, an animal by a cord etc downe Till tak his coronatyowne (2) 1375 Barb. vii . 20. Quha endlang a vattir … Wald vayd sam men … he [a hound] vses to invade quhome he perceiuet to do ony skaith to his maistiris &; leidaris b . The person in charge of a pack- or draught-animal; a driver; a carrier or carter: see Lede v . 6. Also sand- , scailȝe- , stane-ledar , and Burne-ledar . 1456 Hay I. 235/8. A personis prisouneris 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 177. With ledyn of sand to al nedful thyngis of the troup 2 . One who leads the way, guides or directs. a . lit . and b . fig . a . (1) c1420. 175/20. Honour is the ledere of gud men to hie estait c . The leader of a herd of animals 
  42. Lenth n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700
     measurement or as opposed to breadth and height; longitudinal extent. Also fig . For several further examples the hornis of a lenth 1456 Hay I. 12/23. For as … nane can get the mesure of nouthir lenth depnes the lenth and the breid 1622-6 Bisset I. 21/14. Quat lenth, breadth, hecht nor deip and thertene of brede c1420 Wynt. vi . 1400. A wound … Four fute off lenth [ C . lenythe armed with a great pitch fork … of ane extraordinary lenth (5) 14.. Acts I. 309/2. Efter the of a … pipe staf a1538 Abell 52 b. Dagobard … slew all Saxonis … at wes hechar na the and a halff c 1552 Lynd. Mon. 1660. Ten cubitis large he wes of hycht, Proportionat, in. The said rygis … as thai lye in lentht and breid 1551 Reg. Cupar A. II. 70. As the saidis c1400 Troy-bk. ii . 1559. Whar hye brayes one ilk a syde Was lyande both one lenth & breide Bann. MS. 96 a/11. Throw the erd in lenth and breid Thow art the most illustir leid 1570 
  43. Brade adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1375-1676
    Brade , Braid , a . Also: brad , braide , brayd , bread , breid , bred . [Northern ME-names, as Bradestrother , Brademedwe ( c 1200), Bradeforde ( c 1230), Bradewude ( a 1240), etc. ( a ) 1375 Barb. vii . 467. Quhen thai war passit the watir brad 1375 Ib. xiii . 136. Thay … That occupied our landis brade a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiii. 43. A locht … lyk a se … It is sa mykil, lang & brade c1400 Troy-bk. i . 226. The stretis ware . iv. 15. In a braid sound … Flowis the schore deip 1513 Ib. ii . xii. 36. Our the braid heich craig … weill braid on the heicht thairof a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI. 145. A bulwark things. ( a ) 1375 Barb. iv . 128. Fyre … as a stern, syne as a moyne, And wele bradar tharefter soyn a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii. 220. In a fat … brad & depe a1400 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 81. A braid chenȝe 1488 Ib. 86. Twa braid pecis of brynt 
  44. Strait v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1500-1678
    ), straight- (1579-80); Strait adj .] 1 . tr. To make narrower, reduce in breadth (a road, etc Diary I 110. Being straited by God (as I thought) betuixt three unsupportable burdens 3 . a . To straitit him verie sore about a band 1594–5 Cal. Sc. P. XI 555. [They … will seek some private tortour anent Cadellis murthur b . To force, compel (a person) ( to do , also, to ) something. (1 Huntlyes divisiue band being straited therunto c . specif. To press (a person) for (payment of Lett. VI 134. All such as are constant leavers in Aberdein and have a benefite … of brewing their own d . passive. To be at a loss, in a dilemma. Also const. with (something), to be in dire straits think … Newcastle and King … would quickly gather ane armie, and strait us 4 . intr. To be a cause of trouble or hardship. ? 1640 12th Rep. Hist. MSS . App. viii 28. And now they would begin a 
  45. Twenty num.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     .] The cardinal number twenty. Also denoted by xx or 20. A . adj. 1 . Qualifying a noun. In some instances used less precisely to indicate a large number. b . Twenty days , a period of warning or continuation. ( a ) c 1379 MacRae Early Sc. Texts No. 1. Twenty mark of sterlyngys c1420 Prol. 260 (Sm.). A twenty devill mot fall his [ sc. Caxton's] werk at anis, Quhilk is na mair lyke. Urquhart 16. Thrittie foot off length and tuantie foot in breadth 1662 Criminal Trials III 617. II 25 April. [He] desyrit contiowacione for twantie dayis or a monethe off the sessione … quhilk was grantit c . As part of a higher cardinal or ordinal number. ( a ) 1375 Barb. xiv 51 (C. The twenty sixt day of Juny 1423 (1426) Reg. Great S. 11/2. In the yer off our Lord a thowsand four hwnderd twinte and thre yer 1423 (1430) Reg. Great S. 38/2. A thousand maid within twenty a dais nixt hereftir folowand c 1552 Lynd. Mon. 4560. Twentye 
  46. Sarg n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1697
     Larousse), pop. L. * sarica , L. serica , belonging to the Seres (i.e. Chinese).] A . noun . Woollen Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII 361. A bed hung with gray sarge. 3 knups upon the top of it ) 1586–7 Acc. Lady Bellenden 1. To lyn a clock to my lord iiii els unwalket searg at xxviii s. the. His maiestie … doth prohibite & discharge any weaver … to make any searges vnder the breadth of an ell & a naill 1670 Ure Rutherglen 43. At the exporting of a pack of cloathe woollen searg of bovas to be a nother pair of schankis 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXI 286b. Ane steik 1669 Edinburgh Testaments LXXIII 292b. Ane searge pittecot a 1670 Old Ross-shire I 143 shelonigs on it £12 1680 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 23 July. A stand of new seirg cloaths with a 
  47. Rud n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700
     eighteen ells in length and two ells in breadth, it makes a rood. Twelve ells in length and three ells in breadth is a rood [etc.] d . attrib. in rude rig , ? a ‘rig’ one rood in area. 1568–9 Protocol), rod (1391), rood ( e (Lydgate), OE rod a cross, a twig or rod (also measuring-rod, measure of land). Cf. Rede n. 6 As a unit of measurement, in the ME period appar. recorded only in the Latinized form roda until c 1450.] I . A cross, the religious symbol. 1 . The rude , the cross on Saints Prol. 73. & mad … in Cristis syd A slope … Vith ane scharpe spere a-pon the rud a1400 starf on rude a1450 Fifteen Ois 310. As a fagit … thow hang on rud anerly c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix 151. ‘Mercy,’ he said, ‘for him that deit on rud’ ? a 1500 or devotion, also ? with reference to its central role in the crucifixion of Christ, as a symbol of Howlat 94 (A). Be the rud, I am richt rad For to behald ȝour halynes a1500 Henr. Robene & 
  48. Rod n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700
    , trampling, nauta-trod the trampling of cattle. Also (with a short vowel) in the later and mod. Sc. ). The Scottish material does not, however, necessitate such a derivation. 1 . A path or way; a track; a road; a route or means of passage. Also comb. In pl. , common in charters in lists of the mairch stounes thairintill 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 6. I almost thought I saw a woman walking … over a hil throw the beaten rod 1700 Peebles B. Rec. II 162. The great skaith done to the kirkland through the rod comeing doun through fra the park nook to the highgait ( b ) a 1231 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 312. The onlie accustomacie road being be a liggitt of the said John … upon the rodway coming hether ( b ) 1653 Inverurie 311. A church … on the rodeway not far) 1375 Barb. vi 239. A litill rod he fand Wp towart the crag strekand 1375 Barb. x 379 2908. 1446 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I 245. Syn evyn furth til a rod behynd the Camehill 
  49. Thre num.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1695
     . [ME and e.m.E. þri ( a 1175), þre (Orm), thre , thrie , tre (all Cursor M.), three (Wyclif), treye (Chaucer), OE þri ( þrie ), þrio , þreo , ON þrir .] A . adj. 1 . The cardinal number three, qualifying a noun. ( a ) 1375 Barb. iv 448. Off the thre batis drownyt twa 1512 Wigtown B. Ct. 10a. The vrangus withhaldyn fray him of a threhauld scheip 1549, price of the peice xl s. 1590–1 Criminal Trials I ii 218. Shee tooke a blacke toade, and] b . As part of a larger number. Cf. Threscore num . 1375 Barb. xvi 522. Thre hunder on Witsonday 1398 MacRae Early Sc. Texts No. 5. Incarnation of our Lorde a thousand thre . Twa-thre , twa or thre , see Twa num . (= an indefinite small number, a few). B . 1 . absol. Two bad shillings, and a thrie and a babie pl. 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I 84. A collere adjectives. a . With nouns: Thriefoot , a trivet. 1617 Compt of Provisions brought from England for 
  50. Scant adj., adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1689
    . scant adj. ( a 1400), adv. ( c 1400), ON skamt , neut. of skamm-r short, brief.] A . adj. 1 scant time , a period when things are less plentiful. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 8532. Now is scairis found wer sax ?a1640 Copie of a Baron's Court (1821) 33. Good servants now are scant the case or than would suit the circumstances described. b . specif. Of a measure or measured myllar mythis the multyr with a met skant For droucht had drunkyn vp his dam in the dry ȝeir 1525. Howbeit your elwand be to scant 1575 Edinburgh Testaments III 318. A … flekket of ane quart. 831. I am not sa scant of claith as to sole my hose with a doken 1639 J. Corbet Ungirding nocht ȝour sentens thus, skant worth a fas, ‘Quhat honeste or renoun is tobe dram?’ 1535 a1568 Scott xxvi 34. Thay wis thair will that skant weill wenys b . Of a numeral, or a measured amount, distance, etc., stated in terms of numbers and fractions. Cf. A 2 above. 1375 Barb. (1751 
  51. Slop n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     later dial.] 1 . A gap, breach or hole (in a wall, etc.); hence, an entrance or exit, means of access the Kirkgate to the Barkerland slop ( a ) 1375 Barb. viii 274. The nobill kyng … to the 140/1. c 1550 Lynd. Meldrum 736. The Scottis gunnis … hat hir [ sc. a galleon] … With bigging up a great slop that schott out in the syd of Sir Michell Elphinstounes hous 1653 Peebles you at the slap of Birssay if ye knew [etc.] 1630 Elgin Rec. II 215. He cast a slap in the. Grange 33. Slapp 1699 A. Watt Early Hist. Kintore (1865) 41. That when the magistrates 1708 Black Orkn. & Shetl. Folklore 133. Kathrine Brown coming to a common slap on the high way, carrying the water … in a large stoup … and emptying the said stoup in the said slap … and he coming to the said slap did find a stone and feal on the said water or where it was spilled … and that he suspecting some devilrie did break down a slap in another place of the dike and passed over ( d ) 1557 
  52. Loft n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1698
     Cramond Kirk S. II. 5 Jan. To build a loft reaching the full breadth of the kirke 1674 Sc. (chiefly in verse): cf. Aloft adv ., which eventually superseded this phr. in Sc. also. a c1475 Ib. x . 876. Crawfurd on loft thair saill brynt in a bles 1494 Loutfut MS. 132 a a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 343 (L). I luikit vpoun lofte c . In a high voice, out loud. 26. Belevand ay for grace, I hald my hart on loft a1568 Balnaves Bannatyne MS 138 a/8; a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS cxxix. 6. With curage he on loft 3 . Appar., the deck of a ship. On loft , above, on deck (cf. sense 2 a). Under loft , below deck, below. Cf. also Ourloft n ster man … In the holl … he gert thaim go … .Him selff on loft [was] with a drawyn suord 4 . a . The upstairs part of a building; the upper storey of a two storey building. b . An attic made by flooring the joists under the roof of a building or suspended on joists over a large room. c . Any upper 
  53. Gate n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1697
     the rodd … schowing the breadth of the gate 1697 Foulis Acc. Bk. 212. To a wife at documents and records dating from c 1220 onwards. ] 1 . A way or road. (See also He gate .) ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 617. As he rad a-pon a day, He met a pilgrime in the gat a1400 … gat a chek bone off ane as, That in the gat thare lyand wes 1437 Reg. Dunfermline 285. The downe in the gate lyk a hare 1660 Melrose R. Rec. I. 333. To make ditches on both sydes of. Great S. 753/2. Passand north to ane commoun gait … and a litill benorth the said gait onto ane merche , by , in , or on the gate . a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2148. Ȝit by the gait thai met a gyde to God 2 . A street in a town. ( a ) c1420 Wynt. viii . 5705. Wate off Curry … conwoyit thame wpwart the gate, And went befor thame to the ȝate 1433 Liber Coll. Glasg. 166. A xxvii. Ye sall weir … Your myssell quhen ye gang to gait 3 . A particular way, course, or direction 
  54. Mos n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700+
     grass, about the breadth of a straw, and a foot or two high … ; so that some mosses are so weel . [North. ME. mos ( c 1260), mosse (? a 1400), also e.m.E. mosse (1485), moos (1486), ‘bog’ etc). Early north. ME. mose (? c 1150) in this use may be f. ON. mose . ] I . 1 . As a place-name or Grenemos … et a parte aquilonali de Grenemos versus orientem inter mussam et moram 1446 Reg. Episc a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 168. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1633. There is mosse in a montane, wod in a wildernes [etc.] 1627 Rep. Parishes 70. The lairgnes of this parochin in lenth thrie mylis … all moss 3 . A bog, marsh, mire; also, a tract of bog or wet moor, a stretch of boggy moorland. ( a ) (1) 1208–18 Liber Calchou 76.] [Sicut riuulus descendit a mossa, … inter). The hey gat liand was Apon a fayr feild, ewyn and dry, Bot apon athir sid … Wes a gret mos 1375 war bayth deip and wyde a1568 Bannatyne MS 267 a/23. Quhen … everilk mos ar maid in gude 
  55. Strek v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1696
    ), streyk- (Prompt. Parv.), streak- (1577), streek- (1594); also streche ( a 1225), stretche (Wyclif), stratch- (Malory), OE streccan (see OED Streek v. for a discussion of the history and development of north. ME strek- and south. ME strech- .] See also Overstreke v. 1 . tr. a . To extend or pull (something flexible) from one point to another or over a surface, by drawing it out straight. ( a ) 1375 Barb. x 367. A cruk … Of irn … fra it in ane kyrnaill ware, And the leddir. (1681) ii 11. Then upon his hands he streeches Two yellow gloves b . To stretch (a person) on a cross or rack, as a punishment. ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 688. Thane one the croice. Catife corse is now Nakit strekit in til a frame a1400 Legends of the Saints xlii 168. He gert strek hire in a frame [L. in equuleum ] & torment hir in syndry vyse ( b ) a1400 Legends 453. That he syne suld hynge A-pone the croice with handis stracht 2 . intr. To extend, stretch 
  56. Stra n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
     straw's breadth, as a measure of smallness or insignificance. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 234 67/1. A tub a cruk j turs of haddir with stray of a bed 1501 Treasurer's Accounts II 124 1595 St. A. Test. II 226. For stray to clenge the hows 1597 Criminal Trials II 26. [She. Strea sels in most places a half a crown and three shillings a thrave ( f ) a1500 Henr. Test Saints I 362. I will die whinging upon a pickle straw 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 236. The food for man or beast 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 493. His sone and servants being in a kill . With specification of the type of cereal, etc. 1589 St. A. B. Ct. 20 June. Sewin threaffis aett-grass. 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. cxxvi (Bot.). Squinantum , camell stray 2 . A stalk of a cereal plant, a (piece of) straw. Also pl. Also proverb. ?1438 Alex. ii 2185 winlings 3 . attrib. and comb. a . Made of or consisting of straw. ?a1500 Dewoit Exerc. 83 
  57. Rig n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1699
     quhilkis landis … lyis on the Haynyng Reig d . In references to the length or breadth of the rig as a e.m.E. rig ( a 1300), rigg ( e ( a 1400–50), ON hryggr . Also in the later Sc. and north. Eng. dials. Cf. Ridge n .] Common, in early use, as a place-name element, chiefly or only in sense 4 Ib. 78. Morrig a 1214 Reg. Neubotle 52. Wytterigh c 1220 Liber Dryburgh 148. Grenerig a 1233 Reg. Paisley 20. Mickelregis ? 12.. Reg. St. A. 322. Scortrig 12.. Reg. Dunferm. 219. Nortryg a 1327 Reg. Great S. I 527 n. Apiltrieriggis 1327–8 Reg. Dunferm. 254. Wynderigz I . 1 . The back of a human being or animal; the spine. c1450-2 Howlat 835 (A). The tuchet gird to the golk, … Raif his taile fra his rig 1513 Doug 2 . A long, narrow stretch extending along the top of a hill or mountain; a chain of hills, rocks. Our ane hey rig thai saw ridand towart thaim ewyn a battaill braid 1487 Reg. Episc. Glasg 
  58. ȝeld v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1691
     Lett. (1894) 551. Do not now jouk, or bow, or yield to your adversaries in a hair-breadth 1665. ᵹolden , ON gjalda .] I . 1 . tr. a . To render (payment), to pay (money, a debt, what is due, permit, concede (something). a . 1406 Rep. Hist. MSS, Var. Coll. V 79. Yheldand and payand hundreth poundes … and … ten horsemen [etc.] b . a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiii 28. A.] ( c ) c1520-c1535 Nisbet Rom. ii 15. The conscience of thame yeeldis to thame a witnessing, to render (one thing) ( for another). Also absol. or intr. b . tr. To repay, requite (a.] … & a voice ansuere ȝald c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1312. Vlixes ȝeldit [ C. yhalded] him thou makis a feest, call pure men, febile, crukit and blind, and thou salbe blessit … for it salbe c1420 Wynt. iii 399. For luff to yheld fenyhyng, It is to lele hart a throwyng c1520-c1535, surrender (a stronghold, weapon, etc.) ( to , till a conqueror), also in fig. context. Also const. our 
  59. Smal adj., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700+
     relatively little breadth, narrow. a . Of ribbon, etc. ( a ) 1473 Treasurer's Accounts I 16. viij. Coll. II 561. A loch … sixteen myles of lenth and of small breadth 3 . Of cloth, etc.: Made of. smali n. small cattle, etc.).] Also in place names and personal names. a 1160 Liber Calchou 75. Rivulus que vocatur smalbec 12… Reg. St. A. 32. Smalham 1321 Douglas Chart. 357 II 431. Ricardo Smalle 1465 Peebles B. Rec. I 154. Sir Wylyam Smayll A . adj. I . 1 . Of a person, a limb, etc.: Of relatively little girth or circumference, slender, thin. Also. Coll. II 530. Devyded be a small cutt of land c 1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog clath for iij sarkis and a curche 1474 Treasurer's Accounts I 23. vj quarteris of grete brade clatht to stufe a doublat … v quarteris of smallare brade claith to floyte the samyn 1483 Acts Will A. Betoun 224. x buirdclayths of small lyning 1594 Treasurer's Accounts MS 143b 
  60. Lang adj.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1692
    Lang , a . 1 Also: lange ; launge ; laing , layng . [North. ME. lang , midl. and south Large a . (I) 1375 Barb. vii . 109. A mwre … That wes bath hee [&] lang & braid a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 458. A lang plat of fyftene fute of lynth a1500 Golagros 49. He had a wyf was lang of clift a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1053. Apoune the croce breadth of Britain] in sum places it is langre, in some places schorter a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS. No. 976. Lang & smal lyk the cats elbow a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 231. A wide tharme had never a lang arme 1674 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 17 Oct. The lang hill 1680 Saints ix. 52. With … fare barbe, that sumdele launge is ( c ) a 1595 Cullen Chron. Aberd. 61. A pair of gallowse lairg and layng (2) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi. 763. Thre 1498 Halyb. 162. A mat … 20 fut lang and alls brad a1538 Abell fol. xvi a. Arthuris 
  61. Send v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1685
    . also sendin(g . Imperative also sent . [ME and e.m.E. sende(n ( a 1200), siende ( c 1290), sent), sent (Layamon), sente ( c 1330) (also sendyd ( a 1370), seended (Wyclif)), p.p. sennd (Orm occasion (a person, freq. a messenger, ambassador or delegate) to go; to dispatch or direct a person. a . To ( into ) a destination. b . Fra a source. c . For , in (also, with omission of the preposition) a purpose. d . To do, gar do, and do (something). Also const. in a message , embassat) send Fortune from one, i.e. escape my fate’, but the text is unreliable and may be corrupt. a . pres Barb. xiii 619. The erle Patrik … gert ta A bate and send the king by se To Bawmburgh in his awn Schir William Wallace i 203. Wpon a day to Dunde he was send 1535 Stewart 55860 1649 Lamont Diary 11. Mr. George Wynram … was sent, with a comission to our king, now leyen at … Gernsey 1676 Cunningham Diary 81. Sent into Pasley post with a letter to Edin., 4 s. b 
  62. On prep.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1699
    . rr . in] hand sayand his paternoster a1500 Id. III. 114/10. Ane catyf one a club cumand. 16. To mak Nikky and Bell a bed to ly on 1501 Ib. II. 43. For ane hors to the ladyis person, one's back, etc.). 1375 Barb. iii . 432. And on his bak ber a fardele 1456 Hay I. 202/26. A preste … berand Goddis body on him a1568 Bannatyne MS 288 b/102. And on thy a myllyn dame … in ande on the landis of the said Schir Jone a1500 Golagros and Gawane also Bak n. 1 2 a. 1375 Barb. xix . 352. A gown on his armyng he had 1513 Doug were not a hail rag on them 6 . a . Mounted on (a horse or other animal); on (horseback). b . On . 1720. Knichtis … On fute wer fechtand c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v . 286. A large on se fra ile tyll ile 7 . a . At (one's table). a1400 Legends of the Saints v . 547. Et supported or suspended on. c1450-2 Howlat 400. On ilk beugh till embrace Writtin in a bill was [etc 
  63. Penny n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1389-1699
     gold may sone be grippit In till ane penny purs d . (Breadth) of a penny. 1540 Lynd. Sat , penc(e , pince . [ME. peni(e ( a 1200), peny , peney ( c 1400), penny ( c 1450), also peninng (Orm), also paniȝ ( c 1160), pane ( c 1290), plur. peneȝes ( c 1175), peniis ( a 1300), penyes , penies , pennis (1426), pens (Piers Plowman B), pense ( a 1500), pensys (1482 to it, see Black Surnames s.vv. 1 . A coin of the value of a twelfth of a shilling, a one hundred and sixtieth of a mark and a two hundred and fortieth of a pound of the currency specified or assumed; chiefly the penny Scots. b . Also freq. as a unit of value or a money of account. Shortened, after a numeral, to d ., L. denarius . For further examples see Blancheferme n. 1 , Blench(e n. , a . and adv . 1 and 2, Blencheferme n. 2. sing . 1394 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 30. He sal haf a penny til his noynsankys c1420 Wynt. iv . 2530. A denere comwnaly 
  64. Short adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1696
    . Cf. Lang adj. 1 2, q.v. also for further examples. a . Schort band, boben, breid (= a breadth (compar. scyrtra , superl. scyrtest , scortost ).] A . adj. I . Of extent in space. 1 expected. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxii 539. A tre Quhare-of a balk mad suld be … was schortare 1481 Acts II 132/2. That thar be na speris made … nor sald that is schortar than five elne & a half or v elne at the leist 1494 Loutfut MS 123a. On his left sleif a schort lasse of quhit. Then followed a coach and its pertinents in murning; lastly his short coach, with the leamd horse and wounded postilion b . Of a piece, or strip, of land; also, of a type of ploughing (see SND Gaither, or part of the body, of a person, also an animal. Also, fig. , after the Biblical expression ‘Is the) a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 34. A fair bryde is soon buskt, and a short [ 1706 skort] horse soone wispt vas d . Of a journey, distance or route: Extending over a short distance; not long. Also in fig 
  65. Roum n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
     roume … let it be sufficient to recite them in Inglish 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 432. It is a place of room and largeness c . Broade roome , breadth. 1624 Huntar Weights & Measures d . Only in Douglas: On roume , at a distance; apart. Cf. obs. ME, in this sense ( c 1250– c 1400 the feild within suldbe patent 1513 Ib. x xiii 52. e . To hald roume , ? to maintain a for a particular purpose or occasion; accommodation. Also as the second element of a compound in Hous mycht Kest down hillys hey on hycht 1456 Hay II 118/24. For quhen a persone is … sclender. Among a great many papers … as judged wseles or wnworthie roome among others of better consequence ( b mair willinglie to resoirt to thair schoir and hawin of Leith b . A bait of iiij mennis rowme , a or space between the thwarts in a boat’ (SND, s.v. Room n . 1 5). c1515 Asloan MS I 159/2. Thair is redis samekle that a man may haf a bait of iiij mennis rowme to roll our a watter of a part 
  66. Win v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     your feet again 1681 Cloud of Witnesses (1714) 90. There are few that yield a hair breadth . [ME and e.m.E. winnenn (Orm), winne(n ( c 1200), wynne ( a 1300), win(ne (both Cursor M .] I . tr. 1 . To conquer, overcome, take control of (a country, ruler, etc.); to occupy (a city, etc.), to seize, take possession of (a stronghold, ship, etc.) by violent means. Also, to win off Maknakill with a gyn Wan off thar schippis four or fyve c1420 Wynt. ii 755. Alle the men thare c1420 Wynt. viii 5018 (C). Qwhen that the wardan … of the lande Had wan [ A. wonnyng, E. 2 , L. wynnyne] a gret part til his hande, He [etc.] c1420 Wynt. vii 258 (W). Won 1456 Hay principall citie called Morea 1639 Baillie I 195. Dumbartane was a strength that no force ever had landis of Homylknoll 2 . To win (a battle, the field, etc.) by overcoming an opponent; to overcome feld in fycht c1450-2 Howlat 503 (A). Thus feile feildis he wan 1456 Hay II 55/19 
  67. Power n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1699
     ] Power; a power. Some examples appear to imply more than one of the senses. 1 . ( The , also one's part to ger it [a discord] be stanchit 1424 Acts II 4/2. And that the extentouris salbe something or someone; telling force; might. a . Physical strength or vigour; power of physical movement. 3767. Hit him … with sic a will, With all his force and power put thairtill a1500 Golagros 364. That a persone … Trowys to stop the power of Ingland 1497–8 Acts Lords of Council II bludie appetit c . Divine, spiritual, mental or moral power; power to work miracles or the like. ( a goddis … Quhais power may nocht help a haltand hen 1528 Lynd. Dreme 538. 1535 Stewart. (S.T.S.) 45/24. ( c ) a1568 Bannatyne MS 32 a/77. Hale of honor puer and dignite … Immensurable d . A particular faculty of body or mind. 1490 Irland Mir. MS fol. 294. As the power the parentis hes almaiste euer a prophetike pouaire ioined uith it e . Some combination of the 
  68. Stan n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700+
     breadth of four futtis a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 106. A hagbute … brak sum staynes of the), stone (Manning), stoon (Chaucer), stonne (1520), OE stan , ON stein .] A stone. Also in place and personal names. c1616 Hume Orthog. 8. A, sik as we pronunce in stean, or the south in stain a 1150 J. B. Johnston Place-names of Scotland (1972) s.v. Stenton . Steinton. I 165. Willelmus Thyrlstane I . 1. a . A stone, a small, freq. loose, piece or fragment of rock, a pebble, a piece of grit. Also pl. , rubble, ballast. b . A rock, a large or massy piece of stone, freq. fixed in the ground. Also proverb. There is some overlap with sense 6. a ., b . 1375 Barb. xi 24. A litill stane … May ger weltir ane mekill wane a1400 Legends of the Saints iv 264. The corse … thai … lad … done one a stane a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiii 102. Thai … rest has tane In a hol cowe vnder a stane ?1438 Alex. i 3146. Sa fast 
  69. A indef. art.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1375-1682
    A , indef. art. Indefinite article. [Early ME. a , unstressed form of a : see  A , num . In later use commonly replaced by Ane .] a . Before consonants. (See also Devil , Fende .) 1375 Barb. iii . 195. A man 1375 Ib. i . 289. A sone, … a litill page a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiii. 863–4. A martyre, … a thousand 1424 Acts II. 4/2. A gait, a gymer or a dynmont c1420 Wynt. viii . 3551. At a fest 1456 Hay I. 234/3. [He] hid him in a busk c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii . 1736. A warians c1515 Asloan MS I. 215/6. Scotland was a kinrik 1513 Doug. ix . viii. 114. A clos volt 1562-3 Winȝet I. 4/12. For a tyme 1596 Dalr. I. 138/7. To beir a croune 1596 Ib. 138/30. A bald battel 1600-1610 Melvill 18. A ballet sett out in print against ministers b . Before vowels. a1400 Legends of the Saints ix. 136. A vnwemmyt virgine a1400 Ib 
  70. Sautouer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1494
    Sautouer , Sawtry , n. [OF] A saltire or St. Andrew's Cross. — 1494 Loutfut MS (ed.) 12a. A chefe, a bend, a fes, a pole, a cheueron, a wnde, a geron, a croix and a sautouer [F. sautouer ] 1494 Ib. 12b. And giff ȝe will wit quhat is a sautouer [F. sautouer ] luk in this buk the armes of Boudeuille 1494 Ib. MS 61b. There bene in armes callit two pynyons. One is quhen the feild is a 
  71. Truphane n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1500
    Truphane , n . [OF truf(f)ant . Cf. med. L. trufa trifle, trick and Truf(f n .] A deceiver. — a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i 78. A trumpour a trvcour A hangman a hasardour A tyrant a tormentour A truphane a tratlour 
  72. A num.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1610
    A , num. Also: ae , ea . [Northern ME. a (Southern o ), reduced form of an Ane num. Nisbet writes aa , after ME. oo . Now ae .] One; a single. See also Gate n. , Part n. , Time n. 1375 Barb. ii . 339. A thing will I to ȝow say 1375 Ib. iii . 429; etc. In a nycht and in a day a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 458. On a day a1400 Ib. xli. 294; etc. Of a mylk and of a clath c1420 Wynt. viii . 4261. The grettast a schype off thame all 1424 Acts II. 4/1. Thar salbe rasyt a general ȝelde or ma 1456 Hay I. 298. He has bot a citee in his contree c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 623. Sen al gais a gait to the erde 1496 Treasurer's Accounts I. 288. The harpare with the a hand 1501 Thanes of Cawdor 112. Within twenty a dayis … folowand 1513 Doug. xi . i. 124; etc. Thy a son 1531 Bell. Boece I. 8. Under a mind 1531 Ib. 146. Baith of a blude 1551 
  73. Res n.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1399-1669
     (Layamon), res ( a 1250), rese (Cursor M.; also Caxton), resse , rees , reys , also ras ( c 1330), OE rǽs = ON ras Ras(e n. 1 ] a . In a rese at a run, at full speed. = Ras(e n. 1 1. Cf. ME in a res (Cursor M.). b . The course (of a river). c . A (competitive) race; a horse race. & a . a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 31. & to the pressone in a rese Went a1400 Ib. xvi 823. Men says that Hercules … a stage in a rese [: pes] Vald ryne, sa wel anedyt he ves c1500 Makculloch MS iv 54. To Lungius hand thi blud ran one [ Bann. in] a rest — b 1669 Lamont Diary 215. A horse reace for a sadell, … and a foot reace for a bonet, and a paire of 
  74. Labial adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1616
    Labial , -el , a . [e.m.E. (1594).] In phonetics: Labial, made with lip closure. — c1616 Hume Orthog. 18. A labiel symbol can not serve a dental nor a guttural sound; nor a guttural symbol a dental nor a labiel sound c1616 Ib. A labial letter 
  75. Clouter n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1500-1651
     v.: cf. Cloutit ppl. a .] A patcher, cobbler. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvii. 5 (A). A tornament … Betuix a talȝeour & a sowtar, A priklous and a coble clowtare [ B . clowttar, M . cloutter] a1651 Calderwood IV. 448. Colonell Stuart was (as is constantlie reported) first a cloutter of old 
  76. Pikan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1494
    Pikan(t , Pickand , n. [F. piquant ppl. a., also used as noun, f. piquer to prick, sting. Cf. Piking a .] A prickle; a thorn; a spike. — 1494 Loutfut MS. 19 a. The herichon … is … armyt … with spines thornys or pickandis 1494 Ib. 33 a. Pikans — 1494 Ib. 37 a. Nan bure the mollet in his spur bot he war noble bot bure a litill pickand [etc.] — 1494 Ib. 40 a 
  77. Ledge n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1609-1624
    Ledge , n . [e.m.E. ledge , ME. legge ( c 1330) a ledge on a door or the like, a raised edging round a board, a ledge on a wall or cliff.] a . A raised edging or ‘lip’ of a board. b . ? — a 
  78. Quhim-quhame n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1500-1678
    ( Quhim-quhame ,) Quhum-quhame , n. Also: whim- , whum- and -wham . [e.m.E. whymwham ( a 1529), whim- (1580).] a . ? A trifle, trinket, trifling ornament. b . A fantastic notion. — a a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 196. A whum whan to a pair of wakeris sheiris a1598 Ib. No. 198. A whim wham for a goos brydel b . 1678 J. Brown Hist. Indulgence  (1783) 237. This is secundum artem violatilizare [sic] densa et densare volatilia: a pretty whimwham good for nothing. Oh a place of a plain testimony 
  79. Wynd n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1493-1684
     windlass, ON vinda a hank of yarn.] a . The quantity of a commodity which can be wound on to a reel, etc.; a twist of tobacco. b . A twist or turn in movement. — a . 1493 Acts Lords Auditors 176/2. A quarter of beif takin for a penny of custum, a cabok of cheis takin for a halfpenny of custum, a wynd off quhite claith for a penny of custum c 1675 K. Parker My Ladie Dundie 
  80. Pitous adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456-1500
    Pitous , a . Also: pitt- and -ows , -ouse . [ME. pito(u)s (1297), pitus , -ouse , pytous.). Cf. med. L. pietosus , Piteous a ., Pituous a ., Petous a .] a . Deserving pity. = Petuo(u)s a . 1, Piteous a . 1. b . Full of pity. = Petuo(u)s a . 2, Piteous a . 2. c . Either a or b above. — a . a1500 Henr. Orph. 349 (Ch. & M.) (see Petuo(u)s a . 1 (2 a1500 Quare of Jelusy 95. With that sche sichit with a rycht pitouse chere 
  81. Quhap n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1627-1692
    Quhap , Whap , Whawp , n. (Cf. e.m.E. wap ‘a turn of a string wrapped round something’ (1545), also in the later north. Eng. and north-east Sc. dials. = ‘a splicing or joining made by means of a is a quhap in the rape , there is a joint (a potentially weak spot) in the rope, ‘there is a hitch somewhere’. — a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1530. There is a quhap in the raip 1657 R. Moray Lett. 72. There would have been a whawp in the rope if you had told me such a theaveless tale 1692 Presbyterian Eloquence (1692) 106. There is a whap in the rape [ pr. kape: gl. all's not 
  82. A-per-se n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1585
    A-per-se , n . Also: A per sie , A per c , apercy ; E per sie . [Late ME. a per sey ( a 1500), e.m.E. a-per-se , late L. a per se ‘a by itself’.] A unique or pre-eminent person or thing; a paragon. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 78. O fair Creisseid! the flour and A per se Of Troy and Greece c1500 Crying of Play 133. In Edinburgh … Quhilk Is the lampe & A per se Of this regioun in all degre c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxviii. 1. London, thou art of townes A per se 1513 Doug. i . Prol. 8. Lantarn, laid stern, myrrour, and A per se 1535 Stewart 36550 Apersie 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 147. Christ Jesus is ane A per C, And peirles Prince of to the Aperse & peirles perle preclair a1585 Ib. lxiii. 14. The blythest bird … As A 
  83. Mik n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1496-1566
    ( Mik ,) Myk , Mek , n . [ME. (once) mike (14th c.) a ‘crutch’ supporting a boom in a ship: corresp. to e.m.E. miche (1495), meche (1514) support for a cannon etc., mod. (Sc. and Eng.) nautical mitch ( -board ) ‘crutch’ in a ship, meck , a notched staff in a whale-boat on which the harpoon rests. Cf. MDu. micke , mic (Du. mik ) forked stick, support, MLG. micke , E.Fris. mikke , etc.] a . A support for a gun. b . Some accessory of a clock. a . 1496 Treasurer's Accounts I. 292 . 1546–7 Ayr B. Acc. 101. [For repairs to the knock including two] mekkis [and a] mydstanchir 12s. 2d. 
  84. Coble Clowtare n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1512
    Coble clowtare , n . [Cf. Coble , v .] A cobbler. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvii. 5 (A). Betuix a talȝeour & a sowtar, A priklous and a coble [ B . hobbell] clowtare 
  85. Pilledow n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1602-1603
    Pill(i)edow , n. [ Pelit ppl. a . and Dow n .] A plucked dove. also, fig ., a tonsured priest. — a1603 Anc. Prophecies 12. A pilledow with a tode a1603 Ib. 33. A proude powne in a preis lordly shal light With piotes and pilliedowes pulled in the crowne 
  86. Pow n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1662
     doubtful.) — 1662 Criminal Trials III 605. [In Auldearn:] It [a clay image of a child] was lyk a pow or a flain gryce 1662 Ib. 615. A pictor … lyk a child, als big as a pow 1662 Ib. 618. It was about the bignes of a feadge or pow 
  87. Stain n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1587-1685
    Stain(e , Stayne , Stainȝie , n . [e.m.E. stayne (1547), staine ( a 1586), steigne (1602), steine (1610), stain ( c 1610); Stain(e v .] a . A mark or discoloration (on cloth). b . A blemish or imperfection (in beauty). c . fig. A blemish; a mark of infamy or disgrace; a slur ((put) (up)on a person, etc.'s reputation or good character). — a . 1587 Carmichael Etym. 32. Labes , a stainȝie in claith — b . c 1614 Mure Dido & Æneas i 165. Beauty can not abide to beir a stayne — c . 1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II 167. That the cuntrie mycht be freed fra a foule stayne imposit … on it for the … cruel murther of the Ld. Darnley 1685 
  88. Wife v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1572-1628
    Wife , Wyfe , Wive , Vyve , v . [ME and e.m.E. wiue(n ( a 1225), wifue(n ( c 1250), wyfe (Trevisa), wyue(n (Chaucer), wife (1599).] a . tr. ( reflex. ) and intr. Of a woman: To give oneself in marriage, marry, become a wife. Also proverb. b . intr. Of a man: To marry a wife. Only proverb. — a . reflex. 1572 Black Bk. Taymouth 415. Gif it salhappin the said Hew to deceis me — intr. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 900. It is hard to a wife to wive and thrive in a yeir — b . a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 516. It is hard to wife [ 1706 wive] and thrive in a year a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 138. A man may not wyfe and thrive in a yeir 
  89. Lik n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1600-1699
     licking or tasting; a lick, a taste. Also transf . a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1686. With a lik and a thing as Malie brunt hir toung 16.. Row Cupp of Bon-Accord i b. A good minister wald a been content of … humble meat indeed; but our prelats now will have a lick of the best of it 1653 Binning Wks. 654. He … must lift up his garments that hang side and take a lick of everything by the way b . Enough to provide a mere taste, a trifling allowance. c . A small piece, a obtained, they called it a lick of cream c . 1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 153. He having … lost al . A dab, an application of a small quantity (of paint or the like). c 1648 Sc. Pasquils 154. To know them one by one afarre We'll mark them with a lick of tarre 2 . Put for: A cut or slash forces scattered, and is himself overtaken and slain;] And a great number [of Maxwell's forces] hurt in the face, whilke was called a Locarbie like; speciallie the laird of Newark Maxwell was all magilled 
  90. A prep.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1456-1657
    A , prep. 1 Reduced form of o , On prep. Corresponding to Eng. a , current in various uses c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x . 529. A south the toun 1602 Monkland Baron Ct. 5. A eistell the wostell end 1610 Carnegie Lett. 343. Tua legues a this syd off … 1614 Melrose P. 159. Being a schipboord 1657 Balfour Ann. III. 435. He … went to Ely, a purpois to embarke 2 . With verbal nouns. 1558-66 Knox II. 469. Not … lang a doing 1596 Dalr. II. 412. That nathing be … a seiking 1644 Baillie II. 152. The armies are near a-yocking 1653 Hope Diary 161. The ludgeing was a faling 
  91. Frusch n.[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1420
    Frusch , Frusche , n . [ME. frusche (c. 1400), (OF. fruis , frois .] 1 . A crash as of breaking weapons; a crashing noise. 1375 Barb. xii . 545. Quhill men mycht her … A gret frusche of the speres that brast 1375 Ib. xvi . 60. Thar wes of speris sic bristing, … That it a veill gret frusche has maid c1420 Wynt. iv . 2389 (W). A sudane thud maid sic a frusch, That all the wyndois at a brusche … Brak vp 2 . A violent rush to attack or escape. 1375 Barb. xiii . 296. He and all his cumpany … In-till a frusche all tuk the flycht 1375 Ib. xiv . 542. In a frusche … Thai schot apon thame hardely 1375 Ib. xv. 478. Than in a frusche 
  92. Tharm n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1513-1699
     , ON þarmr .] a . pl. Intestines, entrails, also sing . b . Gut as used in driving the mechanism of a watch. Also in the mod. dial. — a . 1513 Doug. viii xi 9. The tharmys and the bowellys rent a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 231. A wide tharme had never a lang arme — b . 1699 Edinb. Gazette 12-14 April. Stolen out of a house in Edinburgh … a gold watch moving with a thern, made by Richard Baker 1699 Edinb. Gazette 17-21 Aug. A plain silver watch … with a shagarin pin'd caice, goes with a phern 
  93. Parliamentar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0]1650-1681
    Parliamentar , -er , n. [Corresp. to e.m.E. parliamentary a. (1616), n. (1626 in sense b below, 1649 in sense a): cf. also e.m.E. parliamenteer , -ier (1642) in sense a.] a . In Spalding: A supporter of the English Parliament in the Civil War of the 17th century, a Parliamentarian. b . A member of Parliament. — a . c1650 Spalding II. 171. Now the King is growing to ane heid Hist. (1722) II. 188. A most treasonable paper termed ‘A protestation and testimony against 
  94. Libbar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1499-1662
    Libbar , -er , n . a . ? Cf. late ME. and north. e.m.E. lybbere (15th c.), libber gelder, sow-gelder. b . f. Lib v . 1 : cf. OE. lybbestre a witch. — a . a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i . 59. Scho callit to hir cheir … A libbar and a lyar b . 1662 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXII. 228. [In Crook of Devon,] Ye confessed … that ye was a witch, a charmer, and a libber 
  95. Vade Mecum n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1632
    Vade mecum , n . [17th c. Eng. vade mecum (1629), a manual suitable for carrying about for ready reference, (1654) a thing a person commonly carries with him as a necessity.] A thing a person carries with him as a necessity. — 1632 Lithgow Trav. viii 355. Gold … was my continuall vade 
  96. Prikett-hatt n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456
     Preking-hat , a riding-headpiece.) — 1456 Acts II 45/2. And at ilk man … be bodyn at the lest with … a sellat or a prikit [ v.r. prikett] hatt a suerde and a buclar a bow and a schaif of arrowis 
  97. Jouk n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1584
    Jouk , n . Also: jowk , juike . [f. Jouk , v .] a . A quick ducking or dodging movement. b . A bobbed obeisance, a genuflexion. c . fig . A ‘dodge’, a shifty trick, an evasion. — a . 1513 Doug. xiii . xi. 101. In circulis wyde scho drave hym our the bent, With mony a curs and jowk played a juike That will not be foryet this oulke 
  98. Middest n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1633-1678
    ( Middest ,) Midst , n . 2 [Cf. Middis n . 2 and Middest n . 1 ] a . A mean, a middle course, an intermediate position. b . = Middis n . 2 2 c. — a . 1638 Henderson Serm. 462. There is not a midst between the two, that we need neither to fight, nor to be slaves a 1649 Drummond Wks. (1711) II. 30. The majesty of a prince hardly falleth from a height to a midst, but 
  99. Turlupin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1653
    Turlupin , n . [17th c. Eng. turlupin (1639), OF turlupin , med. L. turlupinus a member of a heretical sect, later, an upstart, a person of no value (Cotgrave); F. tirelupin (Rabelais) ‘said by Duchat to be a name given in 1372 to a certain people who … lived on lupins which they gathered ( tiraient )' (OED), a scoundrel (Cotgrave).] Only in Urquhart , translating tirelupin . — 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i Prol. So saith a turlupin or a new start-up grub of my books [F. ung tirelupin de mes livres ], but a turd for him 

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