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  1. Boil 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]1936
    BOIL , n . 2 , in phrs. in a boil , in a state of perspiration; throu the boil , boiling, sodden. See Throu , prep ., 1 . (8). Ags. 2 1936 : He was in a boil o' sweit (sweat). 
  2. Boil House n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1935
    BOIL HOUSE , BILE-HOOSE , n . [′bəil′hus, ′bɔɪl′hus] 1 . “A building where fish oil was kitted in a neat and commodious boil-house. Cai. 1930 P. F. Anson Fishing Boats, etc. 257: There was also a “boil house” at Wick, for the salmon caught at Thurso. 2 . (See quot.) Bnff. 2 containing a boiler in which food for animals was cooked. Abd. 9 1935 : boil-house . Ags. 1 1935 ; About 50 years ago there was at many farm steadings a “bile-hoose” — a small building 1935 : boil-house . Fif. 1 1935 : boil-house . 
  3. Aboil adv.[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]1810-1928
     comes a-boil, is transformed into a coagulation or jelly. Sc. 1858 Hugh Miller Schools and danger o' coming a-boil. wm.Sc. 1835 J. D. Carrick The Laird of Logan I. 85: The materials had not got fairly a-boil . [ A , pref. 1 + boil .] Little Minister II. xxxviii. 164: You needna fear burning wi' a' that water on you. You're in mair 
  4. Bile n.3[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1915
    BILE , Beil , n . 3 “A boil, a tumour” (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .); “a boil, suppuration” (Rxb. 1923 sair beil ut wuz tui. [O.Sc. bile , byle , O.E. bȳl(e) , a boil or carbuncle. See also Beal Watson W.-B. 55). [bəil, beil] Sc. 1700 S. C. Misc. III. 186: Ther wes a' man in Achluncart that had a bile, whom McPhersone took in hand to cure. Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 37: Ye say I biles and blotches sent, On man of Uz. Per. 1915 J. Wilson L. Strathearn 98: A gei 
  5. Surt 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]
    SURT , v ., intr . To boil gently, to simmer, to make a quiet bubbling sound in boiling (Ork. syde , to boil. Cf . also Norw. dial. sutra , sautra , to murmur, chatter, growl.] 
  6. Byle 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]1917
    BYLE , n . A common Sc. pronunciation of Eng. boil , tumour. See also Bile , n . 3 [bəil E.M.E. and mod. dial.), byil , O.E. bȳl , a boil.], We've broken oot in mony a byle. [O.Sc. byle , a .1400 ( D.O.S.T .), Mid.Eng. bile , byle (also 
  7. Brook n.4[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1818
    BROOK , BREUK , Bruick , n . 4  Also bruke . [bruk, bryk] 1 . “A kind of boil” (Sc. 1825 for a buke [ sic ] or a boil. 2 . “The mark on the knees of a broken-kneed horse” (Sc. 1911 S.D.D Montiaghisms , brook ). Lnk. 1818 A. Fordyce Country Wedding  45:  It [face] would still be no worse .). Fif. c .1700 P. Birnie in R. Ford Vagab. Songs, etc. (1904) 281: On ilka knee she had a breuk — What ail'd the beast to dee? 3 . Comb.: brook-bile , bruick-boil , “an inflamed tumour or swelling of the glands under the arm” (n.Sc. 1879 Jam. 5 , s.v. bruick ); “a sort of lump on the cheek or inflamed tumour ( D.O.S.T .). Cf . Icel. bruk , swelling, rising (of yeast), O.N. bruk , a heap.] 
  8. Stoog 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]
    STOOG , n . Also stogg . The core of a boil or imposthume, the pus in an abscess (Cai. 1904 E.D.D. , Cai. 1971). [stug, stog] [Gael. stuc , a little, conical hill, a lump.] 
  9. Boil n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    BOIL , n . 1 “The trunk of a tree” (Lnk. 1825 Jam. 2 ). An unusual Sc. form of St.Eng. bole 
  10. Biling vbl. n.[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]1777
    † BILING , vbl.n . An abscess, boil, a festering. Sc. 1777 Weekly Mag. (2 Feb.) 36: Every 
  11. Buo 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]
    BUO , BUOCK , n . “A pimple” (Ork. 1887 Jam. 6 , buock ); “a small boil or suppurating pimple 
  12. Suid 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]
    SUID , v . To simmer (Sh. 1971). [sød] [Norw., Dan. syde , to seethe, boil.] 
  13. Daughter 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
    † DAUGHTER , n . A boil. [′dɑ(i)tər] Ork. 1929 Marw. : Only heard once—of some man who 
  14. Kul n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1908-1960
     : Did du see da steen kulin dere just noo? [Norw. dial. kul , a boil, lump, knuckle, kula , a round, protruding boil, O.N. kula , a ball, knob, M.L.Ger. kute , a ball, sphere.] , koilk , and double dims. kulki , kolki . A knob, lump, protuberance, specif . the nipple on the outside of the bottom of a cast-iron pot (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl ., kullik ); a round, lumpy object (Jak., kollek ), a chunk (Cai. 1960); also fig ., the nose; in dim., the hollow at the foot of a wine-bottle, the punt or kick (Sh. 1960, koilk ). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): De kolki (kulki) o' de kettle [= pot]. To wash de kuli o' de face. Cai. 1950 : A kulk o' cheese. II . v . Of a rock in the sea: to protrude, to appear just above the waves (Sh. 1960). Sh. 1960 
  15. Bweil 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]1937
    BWEIL , n . Cai. form and usages of Eng. boil . [bwəil] 1 . In phr. a bweil o' sweat , a state of profuse perspiration (Cai. 7 1935). 2 . A commotion. Cai. 7 1937 : A bweil in 'e 
  16. Bile n.4[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]1926-1934
    BILE , n . 4 Bog, with green mossy surface, forming a clump, resembling a boil in shape. Sh. 1926–1928 Joseph Gray Lowrie on Vitamins in Sh. Times : We're faain atill a aert [earth] bile 
  17. Seyth v.[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]1773
    † SEYTH , v . Variant of Eng. seethe , to boil. Cf . P.L.D. § 126.2 . [səið] Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 183: Imprimis , then, a haggis fat, Weel tottl'd in a seything pat, Wi 
  18. Glackach 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]1882
    † GLACKACH , n . A swelling, a boil. Gael . Arg. 1882 Argyllsh. Herald (3 June): It hov't an swall't the bouk o' a wincarnal an' didna it turn oot a sair glackach. [Gael. glacach , a 
  19. Bulek 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]
    BULEK , BuLIK , Boolach , n . “A pimple” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., s.v. boolach ; 1914 Angus Gl); Norw. bule , boil, swelling (Falk and Torp).] 
  20. Taiver n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1759-1930
    . Cleland Cookery 6: To make Soup de Saute the French way. Boil a Hough of Beef to Tavers on a very slow fire. Ayr. 1822 Galt Steam-Boat xii.: They boil the meat to tavers. Fif. 1846 
  21. Dowlie 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
    . [? Variant of doily , a napkin; cf . Bowl , v . 1 , = boil .]¶ DOWLIE , n . A handkerchief. Hdg. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 138: [Agnes] bade her 
  22. Pos 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]1908-1954
    POS , n . Also pus . Dim. forms possic(k) , posic . [pos, pus] 1 . A boil, swelling (Sh same word as 1 . For 1 . cf . Eng. obs. or dial. push , a boil, of obscure orig. ? Cf . Norw. dial. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Dim. possic , “a gathering of pus” (Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 270; I.Sc. 1966). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): De beilin was a' in a saft pus. 2 . In dim.: (1) a poultice. Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 149: Shuu lade on a possick o' brunt floor it nearly kolcoomed me hoose mirrin aroond me I didna dwall aff. (2) a quantity, sc . of some messy substance (Sh. 1962); fig . a farrago of nonsense, a rigmarole. Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 7: Whin I got. pusa , to swell, pose , a bag.] 
  23. Broilyie 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]
     on a brander or gridiron” (Fif. 1825 Jam. 2 ). [O.Sc. brulȝe , bruilȝe , broilȝe , burn or boil. O.Fr. bruillir , to burn. See Brulyie .] 
  24. Cowrack 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]
    ., from cath , chaff, husks of corn, and bruich , to boil, cook (MacBain).] 
  25. Sonker 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]
    SONKER , v . Also songer (Jak.). To simmer, to boil slightly (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1908 Jak. (1928. sangra , to growl, grumble, O.N. sǫngra , to make a rattling sound.] 
  26. Vose-mither 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]
    VOSE-MITHER , n . The core root of a boil or abscess (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [′vo:zmɪðər] [Prob. ad. Norw. vagmor , id., < vog , pus. The -s may come from a by-form * vags- (gen.); for the second 
  27. Pimple v.[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]1766
    † PIMPLE , v . Nonce Sc. usage, of a simmering liquid: to form into bubbles, seethe, to Papple stand till it [milk] just pimple up; don't let it boil. 
  28. Suyan 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]
    .). [′sʌjən, ′sø-, ′so-] [Norw. dial. sy , sjøe , reduced forms of sjoda , O.N. sjoða , to boil.] 
  29. Musk n.3[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1757
    ¶ MUSK , n . 3 A mash, a soft pulp. Sc. 1757 R. Maxwell Practical Husbandman 153: Take as much Water as will fully cover the Quantity of Grain . . . Boil all these till the Grain is reduced to a Musk. [Misprint for or variant of Mask , q.v . Cf . the sim. alternation mash , Mush .] 
  30. Sketch n.2[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]1843
     (2) i 6: If she gets the least “sketch of cold” she gets a “boil” in her throat often.SKETCH , n . 2 Also skaitch . Sc. usage: a brief period of time, a short spell (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , Rxb. 1970); a slight attack of illness, a touch. wm.Sc. 1843 Children in Trades Report 
  31. Boilled ppl. adj.[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
     is genuine, poss. a vbl. form from Boil , n . 1 , made like a tree trunk, made round, swelling and' looking skup it was, sticking out afore ye an ell and a half, (boilled round wi' crape.) [If the word 
  32. Undercotted ppl. adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1727
    . compares Eng. obs. or dial. quat , quot , a boil, a pustule.]† UNDERCOTTED , ppl.adj . In a state of inward suppuration. Sc. 1727 P. Walker Remark. Passages 76: A slight Way of Healing indeed, which now is undercotted, and seems to be incurable 
  33. Bowl v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1853
    BOWL , v . 1 'To boil, the pron[unciation] of Fife, and perhaps of some other counties ' (Fif runts, an' rotten eggs, heaved at 'm. Hence bowler , 'a kettle, q[uasi] a boiler ' ( Ib .). [Fif 
  34. Wangus 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]1920
     pot, linket it on tae the wangus and swung't on the fire tae boil . . . the wangus wis a big timmer¶ WANGUS , n . A crane for pots hung over a fire, a Swey (see quot.). Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. ii.: The foreman an the orra man got a big rung o' a stick, pat it throw the bow o the bait 
  35. Beat v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1821-1855
     . Sc. 1821 T. Carlyle Early Letters (Norton) I. 318: Boil it, change the water, and -beit 
  36. Bogan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1882
    BOGAN , Boggan , Boggin , n . “A boil, a large pimple, filled with white matter, chiefly Argyllsh. Herald (3 June): The wins was awfu cowld an' he tok a boggan . . . in his chokes. Rnf 
  37. 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
    , orig. a boiling, from syda , to boil, seethe. Cf . Icel. suða , with sim. meanings.]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 
  38. Esscock n.2[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]1732-1895
     with never spoke of a boil. It was always escockle . [See P.L.D. § 143 and Arsecockle , id .]. 2 1944). Also escockle , escok , and (by wrong division of indef. art.) nescock (w.Sc. 1741 A 
  39. Wheiso-bealing 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]
    . kveisa , a boil or festering, Sw. dial. kvaiso , a whitlow, O.N. kveisa , abscess, Norw. dial. kveisaWHEISO-BEALING , n . A whitlow or similar abscess in the finger (Ork. 1929 Marw.). See Beal , v , a “hangover”, delirium, Icel. kveisa , colic, Sw. dial. kvaiso , rheumatism, all from * kveis , Norw. dial. kveis , Dan. kvæse , a worm in the brain or bowels of an animal, many diseases, incl. boils, being attributed to the presence of a worm in the affected part. Cf . also Icel. kveisugras 
  40. Wheisa-girs 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]
    . ] Cf . Norw. dial. kveisa , a boil or festering, Sw. dial. kvaiso , a whitlow, O.N. kveisa , abscess, Norw. dial. kveisa , a “hangover”, delirium, Icel. kveisa , colic, Sw. dial. kvaiso , rheumatism, all from * kveis , Norw. dial. kveis , Dan. kvæse , a worm in the brain or bowels of an animal, many diseases, incl. boils, being attributed to the presence of a worm in the affected part. Cf . also Icel 
  41. Sowdie n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1864
    SOWDIE , n . Also sowdy , soudie , -y . A hotch-potch, a heterogeneous mixture, lit . and fig statesmen, for taxmen, for soldiers, what think ye? Where shall ye see such, or find such a soudy? Rnf. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xiv.: A tongue that saured o' saep an' sour oudie. [Orig , sodden , to boil.] 
  42. Whillins 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]1864
    WHILLINS , n . Also -whullions . Oatmeal boiled with whey, “a flummery prepared by collecting all at Buttonhole aboot mid-afternoon, an' had gotten his wamefu' o' guid whey-whullions. [Poss. a reduced form of whey-w(h)ellins . Cf. Eng. dial. welling of whey , a boiling or scalding of whey, from well , †to boil.] 
  43. Girran n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1856
    GIRRAN , n . A small boil or pustule (Dmf. 1825 Jam.; Cai. 8 , Arg. 3 , ‡Ayr. 1954). Also guran., full of small boils (Cld. 1825 Jam.). [Gael. guirean , a pimple, pustule, gur , festering, pimple 
  44. Fuzzie adj.[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]1804-1925
     P.L.D. § 58.1 . Cf . also Fiss , v . and Yks. dial. fuss , to boil over; all onomat.] 
  45. Bool v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1877-1916
     piltiks bul an da tirriks dip, An da ember sails lek a laden ship. Sh.(D) 1916 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Smaa Murr 28 Maerch: For a mercy, even da submarine canna help boollin. 2 . “Of tide: to bubble; run rapidly” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928) s.v. bull ). [ Cf . Icel. bulla , to bubble, boil (Torp).] 
  46. Weel v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1820-1845
    WEEL , v . Also weal , weil . Sc. forms of Eng. well , to boil, swell up, overflow. [wil 
  47. Hassbiles n. pl.[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]1908-1931
    ' — maybe hassbiles. Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 68: It was much the same with a children's trouble known in Orkney as 'hassbiles.' It is a kind of weeping eczema on the head which exudes matter and ultimately develops into large mattery sores. [O.N. hauss , skull + Bile , n . 3 , boil 
  48. Blush n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1923
     boil” (Slk. 1825 Jam. 2 ). 2 . v . To raise a blister upon some part of the body by chafing. GivenBLUSH , n . and v . [blʌʃ] 1 . n . (1) “A kind of low blister” (Bwk. 1825 Jam. 2 ); “a blister raised by chafing” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Found also in Eng. dials., see E.D.D. (2) “A. 1917 Kelso Chron. (19 Aug.) 2/6: When he finished the drill he owned to a sore back and “blushing 
  49. Fuggle n.[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]1866-1916
     hae I been fou, But I never set fire to my fuggle till noo. † 3 . The core of a boil ( Ib .). Cf‡ FUGGLE , n . Also feug(g)il , feugle , † figgle . [′f(j)ugəl, ′f(j)ʌg-] 1 . A small truss or bundle of any soft material as hay, straw, grass, rags, etc. esp. one twisted to stop up a hole stappit the broken lozen wee a feuggil o' cloots. † 2 . An unburnt plug of tobacco in a pipe, the dottle (Bnff. 3 1910; Abd. 14 1915). ne.Sc. 1916 Old Song in T.S.D.C. II.: O mony a time . Dottle , n . 1 , 5 . and 2 . above. [Dim. form of * fug . Cf . Norw. dial. fugge , a small bundle 
  50. Frythe v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1746-1874
    . (1829) 290: He's in a' Satan's frything pans, Scouth'ring the blude frae aff his han's. Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 60: I've lain a' frythin' on the grass, To hear yer nonsense gath'ring .1850 in Colville 115: Fire water — fire a spoucher full — These frythan stouns to stay. ne.Sc boil, phs. also of Freith .] 
  51. Broigh v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1892
    . [′brɔiç] 1 . v . 'To be in a fume of heat; to be in a state of violent perspiration, and panting' (Lnk muir they cam' stottin' an' stoicherin'! Tramper an' traveller, a' beakin' an' broicherin'! Ant.) Per. , Lnk. 1825 Jam. 2 : A broigh of heat , a fume, a state of complete perspiration. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 93: To be warm and sweating much, is to be in a ' broich ' with sweat. [ Cf . Gael. bruich (variant of bruith ), boil, cook (MacBain). Cf . also O.Sc. broche , to be in a profuse sweat, 1622 ( D.O.S.T .), and Broth , n . 2 , v .] 
  52. Felon 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]1764
     generally used, would carry off the distemper altogether. [A Sc. usage of Eng. felon , a boil, anFELON , n . Also fellin , -on . “A soreness of the skin of cattle, due to cold or checked perspiration” (Sc. 1825 Jam., fellin , Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Combs.: † 1 . fellon drink , a medicinal drink given as a cure for the complaint; 2 . fellin-gerse , -grass , (1) the wild angelica, Angelica. (Dec.) 640: Upon this I had a vein opened; and the blood was, as I expected, thick, and had scarcely any serum in it, resembling that of a person in an ague: Hence I thought a fellon-drink, such as is 
  53. 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
     lump (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., hivad , Sh. 1957). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A beilin' heved, a boilHIVVET , n . Also heved , hived (Jak.); hivad ; hivik . [′hɪvət, -d] 1 . A swelling, a. 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.] 
  54. Werrock n.[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]1838-1935
     ; Fif. 1974). Comb. stiennie-warrag , a boil, imposthume (Cai. 1921 T.S.D.C ., Cai. 1974). See StaneWERROCK , n . Also weerock ; wirrok ; -warrag (Cai.). A lump or hard excrescence on the foot, variously explained as a corn, bunion or wart, a verruca (s.Sc. 1801 J. Leyden Complaynt 380, wirrok, conceited, Mary Hay, Who had a weerock on each tae. Fif. 1899 Proc. Philos. Soc. Gsw. XXXI. 44: 'Ye've ower mony werrucks to get a man,' is a common saying. Sc. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 31. wyrok , id., c .1500, prob. a dim. form ad. O.E. wearr , a callosity, or Mid.Du. weer , id. cf 
  55. Scattan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1877-1949
    SCATTAN , n . Also scatyin , -un ; skadyen (wm.Sc. (1835 Gsw. Journal (19 Dec.) 104). A” Gall. Gossip 264: He was “gaun tae hae a day at the Scatyins”. Mry. 1883 F. Sutherland Memories 134: A pot stuff'd wi' tatties an' scattan. Arg. 1899 R. Ford Vagabond Songs (1904) 242: The captain, being kind to us, Put on the muckle pot, Wi' scatyuns for to boil to us. Bnff. 1923 Banffshire Jnl. (5 June): “Scattan galore”, I hear a Gael say. Bch. 1949 W. R. Melvin 
  56. Wuss 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]1825-1833
     tobacco, when it is very dry, 'The wuss is a' out o' that tobacco'. 2 . The liquid drawn from the. 1833 Chambers's Jnl. (Dec.) 364: When in use, it is necessary to boil them regularly every few weeks in a ley of oak bark (called wis or wash ), by which process they are found to dry more readily 
  57. Wheesa-cramps 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]1949
    . Cf . Norw. dial. kveisa , a boil or festering, Sw. dial. kvaiso , a whitlow, O.N. kveisa , abscess out-of-sorts condition, when one is rather unwell or (metaph.) out of temper; a state of sulk” (Ork, Norw. dial. kveisa , a “hangover”, delirium, Icel. kveisa , colic, Sw. dial. kvaiso , rheumatism, all from * kveis , Norw. dial. kveis , Dan. kvæse , a worm in the brain or bowels of an animal, many diseases, incl. boils, being attributed to the presence of a worm in the affected part. Cf . also Icel 
  58. Chatter v.1, n.1[0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1717-1826
    CHATTER , v . 1 , n . 1 [′tʃɑtər] 1 . v . “To divide a thing by causing many fractures, to. Lockhart Poems 75: When we cam hame at e'en . . . [Ye] brought your tanker to the boil And washed the chattrie clean. Rnf. 1826 Miscellany S.H.S.  VIII. 155:  A Dresser and Rack and a quantity of . as a variant of schatter , 1669. Cf . L.Ger. schateren , v., as above (Franck).] 
  59. Eik v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1828-1924
     John, eke the fire up till I boil some beer, To gie to my horses that toil for our gear. Abd eekit “Collie”, kickin up a fearfu row. [From Eik , v . 1 , esp. in the sense of supplementing a 
  60. Dottle n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1743-1965
    ). 5 . The core of a boil (Abd. 2 , Fif. 10 1940; Ayr. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl .; Ayr. 4 1928); see also, as for example the debris of a boil or the membrane of diphtheria. 6 . The cut-off top of aDOTTLE , n . 1 and v . 1 Also dottel , dottal . I . n . 1 . A stopper or plug (Sh. 11 1949). Sc. 1743 R. Maxwell Select Trans. Agric. 284: Have a tub, with a small hole in the bottom of it, wherein put a cork or dottle in the under end. 2 . A particle, a jot (Sc. 1808 Jam list of sages I did note all . . . Who have declared not worth a dottle Is man's old faith! Ayr. 5 1928 : A dinna care a dottle. Ayr. 9 1949 : Put a wee dottle of icing on the cake. Ant called a dottle. 3 . The plug of half-burnt tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe after smoking (Abd. 1857 Misty Morning 242: A weel-filled pipe, stuck in my face, Is the thing to keep me cheerie. So. 1965 Alan Sharp A Green Tree in Gedde (1985) 178: Here they were, while the tea curved to the 
  61. Kirnel 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]1704-1847
     neck, a swollen gland (Fif., Lth., Kcb., Dmf., Rxb. 1960); a boil (Cai. 1940 John o' Groat Jnl . (2 usages: 1 . A kernel (Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 141, 1759 J. Justice Brit. Gardener's Cat . 59; Kcb. 1897 T. Murray Poems 106, Kcb. 1960). 2 . A lump or hard gathering below the the skin, gen. in the. 1741 A. McDonald Galick Vocab . 25, waxing kernals ; Fif. 1912 D. Rorie Mining Folk of Fife 405 Gill Binklets 53: [It] raised, as his mother expressed it, a kirnel on his head like a hen's egg. 3 . A gland in an animal's body used as food; in pl .: lamb's fry, lamb's testicles (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Gall. 1960). Sc. 1704 Foulis Acct. Bk. (S.H.S.) 350: A lyre and Huckbone of 
  62. Wursom n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1716-1931
    -mither , -midder , the “worm” or core of a boil (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), wisam-midder ; Ork. 1929 Marw .). Pus, the discharge from a festering sore (Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis s.v. Eatir ; wm.Sc. 1741 A. McDonald Galick Vocab . 25; Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .; I.Sc., Cai. 1974); the matter that: For Spitting of Worsom or filthy Matter. Ags. 1853 W. Blair Aberbrothock 70: She had a' rinnin' in her head, an' wanted a twa three bawbees to get saw to put till't to bring the wursome oot.; I.Sc. 1974). See Vose-mither . (2) Sh. 1931 J. Nicolson Tales 102: For a suppurating sore the common application was a “waaverin leaf” . . . said to expedite the removal of the “wirsim midder 
  63. Rossie 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]1800
    ROSSIE , adj . In comb. † Rossie porridge , a porridge made from rice and barley, so called from benevolent Mr Parish of Hamburgh, now in this country (of which he is a native), after a variety of experiments, to find out a cheap, but equally nourishing, substitute for oatmeal porridge. The results of Mr ; which is, to take one pound of rice and one pound of barley, and to boil them in four full Scots pints or two English gallons of water, over a slow fire, for four hours, with an ounce of salt, stirring it, which will make a good substantial meal, weighing 16 pounds, for 10 or 11 hungry people. 
  64. Smash v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1754-1910
    ' my banes broken or dung a smash. Sc. 1759 E. Cleland Cookery 13: Boil a Peck of Pease in: Put in two chopins of split white or green pease . . . boil them to a smash. Abd. 1804 W. first found in Galt; (2) smashie , n., a game of marbles in which a heavy marble is thrown with force at smaller marbles placed either in a hole in the ground or along the base of a wall (e. and wm.Sc. blind smashie , a similar game played with birds' eggs (see 1882 quot. and cf . Pilliewinkie ); (3. smasht , in phr. smasht a ane !, never a one, devil a one. Cf . Eng. smash , used imprecatively. (1 a smashery of the poor weans. Ayr. 1826 Galt Lairds xxxv.: A corresponding smasherie. c .1910 : A game in which chipped bools were put in holes and smashed out by a plunker. (3) Kcb. 1885 A. J. Armstrong Friend and Foe xxxi.: Jim's a smashin chiel, he's the brawest lad I hae laid een on. m.Lth. 1897 P. H. Hunter J. Armiger 110: He's a muckle smashin' chiel 
  65. Tottle v.1[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1739-1928
     swee. † 2 . tr . To cause to simmer or boil gently. Per. 1739 A. Nicol Nature 100: InTOTTLE , v . 1 Also to(at)tle . [tɔtl, totl] 1 . intr . Of the contents of a cooking-pot: to boil gently, to bubble, simmer (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Per. 1880 Id .; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Ags. 1972). Also of the pot itself. Sc. 1806 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 696: Twa gude pingles and a pat tottling of the pot. Per. a .1869 C. Spence Poems (1898) 85: Come, buy my hot and tottling lang eneuch. Lth. 1928 S. A. Robertson With Double Tongue 184: The kettle tottlin on the Winter-time a Piece fat Beef to tottle. Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 183: Imprimis , then a haggis fat, Weel tottl'd in a seything pat. Sc. 1776 D. Herd Sc. Songs II. 182: Ye's get a cock well totled i' the pat. 3 . Of running water: to chatter over stones, to ripple. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie ciii.: When [their bairns] begin to tottle about the house. Dmf 
  66. Yim n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1931-1961
    YIM , n . 2 , v . 2 Also yem . [jɪm] I . n . A thin film or coating on the surface of anything, a scum, a layer of dust, condensed vapour, or the like (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 213; Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C .); a smudge, stain or streak of dirt on a surface. Abd. 1961 : A yim roun your neck. What a yim at claes hes at's hingin o' that tow! II . v . To cover or become covered with a thin film, scum or froth (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 213). Vbl.n. yim(m)in , yemin , a superficial; Jnl. (30 Jan.): Speaking of the lack of cream in the milk of one of her cows, a goodwife says, 'It's jist a thin yim,' or a 'yiminie.' 'There wis a yimin o' ice on the water i' the mornin'.' Abd. 1955 People's Friend (15 Oct.): When potatoes were frothy on top just before they came to the boil 
  67. Bummel v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1835-1928
    , bɔml] 1 . v . (1) To bubble, boil up. Ppl.adj. bumbling , seething. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928. 91: I'll send ye, pack an' a', sixty yards lower into the bumbling pool o' Balachun Linn. (2) 'To make a splash in the sea' (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .; 1914 Angus Gl .); to tumble (about). Sc. 1928). He bummeld or bommeld atill a hole , he tumbled into a hole. 2 . n . A splash; the noise produced by a splash or fall (Sh. 1825 Jam. 2 , bummle ; 1866 Edm. Gl ., bumbl ). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A b [ ummel ] o' de ayre [' oar '], a splash of an oar; a b [ ummel ] i' de sea , agitation in the sea. [Icel. bumbla , Sw. dial. bumla , to give a hollow echo (Torp, s.v. bumma ). In 
  68. Sotter v., n.1[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]1799-1996
     Crawfurd MSS . XI. 328; Arg. 1930). [′sotər] I . v . 1 . intr . To boil, cook slowly, simmer, to Wilson; Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc . 39; Ork., ne., em.Sc.(a), wm., sm.Sc. 1971). Also fig . Also in Eng. dial. Rarely tr . Sc. 1799 A Butter'd Slice 5: The lid being aff, the broth did smell, Whilk did to a' the world soon tell What was sae nicely sott'ring there. Dmb Poems (1870) 53: Tup-mutton sotter'd weel in pats. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Tales (1837) VI. 53 hellicat warlock's banes. ne.Sc. 1934 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 43: When a' the wardle's sotterin' Like tatties in a pot. Ags. 1946 Forfar Dispatch (2 May): They were aye sotterin on my gas ring. 1880 Jam.); fig . to make a burbling noise as in sleeping. Ayr. 1834 Galt Liter. Life III. 51 sottered legs and thighs of the woman. 4 . intr . To smart (of a burn), to be slightly scorched (Per . 431; Bwk., Gall. 1971); intr ., to soak, to wallow, also fig . Ayr. a .1855 Carrick Anthol 
  69. Besooth prep., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1774-1927
    ) 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Rod 53: 'A'm pittin' dem ta da hill. Dey wir laid a slap apo' wir daeks: We now maun leave them for a wee, An' afterwards look back an' see, What luck they had besouth the bent. Ayr. 1786 Burns To W. Simpson vii.: Or whare wild-meeting oceans boil Besouth Magellan . Followed by of : m.Sc. [1838] A. Rodger Poems and Songs (1897) 178: And thundering 
  70. Gloze v., n.[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]1808-1937
    ' through reek to mak' a bleeze And boil his pat. II . n . 1 . A blaze (Ags., Per. 1954); “a glow of brightly (Ags., Per. 1954). Sc. 1808 Jam. : The fire is said to be glozin , when it has a bright flame. Sc. 1820 A. Sutherland St Kathleen III. 167: Gudewife, carry up a glozin' peat, an' kennel a spunk o' fire in them baith. Ags. 1914 I. Bell Country Clash 64: On entering the shop, which was heated up by a glozing wood fire, Maggy began to cough. Sc. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 24: The souter's ingle still was glozin'. 2 . To warm at a fire. Ppl.adj. glozened.: The ham dip gaed up the lum in a gloze. Ags. 1896 Barrie Sentimental Tommy xxiii.: It's at the gloze. † 2 . “The act of warming one's self at a quick fire” (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Cf . Gloss 
  71. Neist n., v.[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]1880-1964
    -cock , nistikorn , a small suppurating pimple or boil (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1932)), phs. neistin , niskin (Jak.). [Sh. ni:st, Ork. naist] I . n . 1 . A spark of fire, esp. the last glowing fragment of a dying fire (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .; Ork. 1929 Marw.). Also fig . in combs. † nistie. partly by a conflation with Esscock . Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 129: As on his riggin' he tabacha, wi' da cutty dirrlin apo da sleb — yocks a pett wi' a peerie neest. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. : Whan I cam in de wir no a niest upo da hert. Ork. 1929 Marw. : The're no a neistin on the hearth ava. Sh. 1964 Norden Lichts 11: Whin every flan wid send da neesties flyin. 2 . A. dial. (g)neiste , Faer. neisti , O.N. gneisti , a spark, vestige. For v . cf. the similar extension 
  72. Tanker 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]1821-1920
    . Lockhart Poems 117: And brought your tanker to the boil. 3 . An epithet for a fishing-boat, a). Hence tankerfu , a tankardful (Wettstein). [′tɑŋkər] 1 . As in Eng. Combs. (1) tankard-backet , appar. having a back shaped like a tankard, round-shouldered and hollow-backed, but the word may orig. be a confused form of tangle-backit (see Tangle , adj ., Derivs.) (em., wm., s.Sc. 1972); (2) tanker-mouthed , wide- or gaping-mouthed. (1) Dmf. 1920 J. L. Waugh Heroes 16: A lang-mouthed girners [dogs] in the trance, ance and again this day. 2 . A tea-kettle. Ayr. 1821 C black tankards. 4 . A big, lean, ugly person, animal or thing (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 190 
  73. Eemir n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1777-1949
    . humour , id., a boil. Abd. 15 1928 : It's some eemir comin' oot on him. II . v . To humour can mak' ye mair uncomfortable nor an 'oman fin she's in a kittle eemur. Hence (1) phr. to queel. applied to a person of jolly disposition. (1) Abd. 4 1929 : This 'ill queel yer eemirs tae ye them to . . . suggest a game of cards. 2 . An eruption of the skin (Abd. 27 1948). Cf . Eng. dial. Abd. a .1778 in J. B. Pratt J. Fleeman (1912) 36: Ye're wantin' out, are ye? Weel, I'se, makin' up her min' tae eemir the breet. [The second meaning of the n . is a survival of the use of 
  74. Brumstane n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1824-1983
    . Bk. 70: O! Vellyan, gin ever I get thee, th'u's boil i' bruntsteen'! Ags. 1897 P. Whytock in A. Reid Bards of Angus and the Mearns 497: An' e'en a brunstane smell I thocht His majesty Fearfu' Hinderend in Rymour Club Misc. (1912–1919) II. 46: He kenned he wad lunt like a brumstany 1936). Gall. 1824 J. MacTaggart Gall. Encycl. 94: Amaist, like Bonar, he a skep Cou'd paise 
  75. Myles n. pl.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1743-1853
    . Borders 171: It is an old saying, 'Boil Myles in water, and chop them with butter, and you will have aMYLES , n.pl . Also miles ; milds ; mails , also in sing. mile . [məilz] 1 . A name given . The wild celery, Apium graveolens (Rxb. 1825 Jam., mile ). This appears to be a somewhat doubtful 
  76. Spue v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1727-1928
     spewsome name, I cannot recall it. 2 . Fig . usages: (1) of a cooking pot: to boil over; (2) of a (ne.Sc., Ags., Kcb. 1971); (3) spewmagruel , wishy-washy, unpalatable food, specif . a ploughmen's) Sc. 1926 H. M'Diarmid Drunk Man 25: It's an eaten and a spewed-like thing. (2) Edb. 1727 A. Pennecuik Poems (1750) 10: A' spewing fou. Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Benachie 122: Some o' them hid been spuin' fou, fernyear, an' made an' awfu' chaumer. (4) Abd. 1904 W. A. G. Farquhar Fyvie Lintie 76: Satan, delighted wi' the sight O' a' his fouk sae spew-sick. (6) Sc, liquids, smoke, etc.: to flow, pour, run in a copious stream, billow out. Freq. with out , owre . Gen.Sc. (1) Abd. 1892 Innes Review (Autumn 1956) 89: The pot wasna allowed to boil owre fast or haand, Shu plumps dem ane by ane in; An no ta lit dem spleet or spue, Fast ower she pricks a pin in. 1826 A. Scott Poems 46: The curling reek spew'd out frae mony a lum. Abd. 1867 A 
  77. Gigot 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]1791-2005
     Cookery 57: To broil a leg of Lamb: Cut off the loin and boil the gigot. Ayr. 1823 GaltGIGOT , n . Also jig(g)ot , jigget , gigid . [′dʒɪgət] 1 . A leg of mutton; also used of Entail lxxvii.: I hae been at the cost and outlay o' a jigot o' mutton. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) ii.: Such a display of mutton-broth . . . and roasted jiggets of lamb. Sc the promise o' a new killed jiggot o' mutton the morn. Sc. 1946 F. M. McNeill Recipes from Scotland 35: A Gigot of Mutton. . . . Trim the gigot and rub all over with the sugar. wm.Sc. 1985 Liz Lochhead Tartuffe 9: Oh, he sat down with appetite, Demolished a gigot o' mutton and a brace wholesale usage. 2 . Extended use: a hunk, lump (Ork. 5 1954). Ork. 1904 Dennison Sketches 10: They wur . . . a muckle gigid o' cheese on a plate. [Adoption of Fr. gigot , a leg of mutton or 
  78. Lithocks n. pl.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1708-1946
     at boiling-point, add the top of it, or strain it, keeping back the coarse grains. Boil for a little ladyuch , lyelicks , liricks . [′ləiθəks, ′lɑeð-] 1 . A kind of gruel or thin porridge made from the Gsw. Herald (23 Aug.): Slg., w.Lth., wm.Sc. 1961) or used as a poultice (Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems, whose entertainment was stately, of Dudds, Leydocks, Carlins, Orgements and Crowdy-moudy. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 142: [She] had wasted her body with water lythocks into a scrufe o skin and bane. Dmf. 1946 Gsw. Herald (23 Aug.): Lyelicks is usually the nightcap in a, add sugar to taste and take very hot. 2 . Broth made of greens, butter and lythin (Bwk. a .1838 Jam. mss . XII. 136); “a name applied to soup when it was too thick, or to any thick, sticky liquid 
  79. Buller n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1820-1985
    . Sands Poet. Effusions 116).  [′bʌl(d)ər, ′byl(d)ər, ′bulər, ′bɔlər] 1 . n . (1) 'A loud gurgling noise' (Sc. 1808 Jam.); 'a loud roar' (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Abd. 19 , Ags. 2 1937). Ags.(D) 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden xi.: Sandy lut a buller o' a roar. (2) Irrelevant or blustering talk; nonsense; 'a blustering lie' (Cai. 1 c .1920). In pl . = 'a nickname for a rough-spoken bully' (Cai. 7 1937, bulders ). Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 16: Noo, a' this bulder o' Paetie's wus doonricht lees. Ork. 1929 Marw. : What a b[ulder] o' nonsense. (3) 'A spasmodic: This new cause o' sorrow increased my paroxysm to a perfect buller. (4) A bubbling circle or whirlpool; a bubble. Sh.(D) 1877 G. Stewart Sh. Fireside Tales (1892) 69: An' guid ower da face o' da stane in a bulder. Rxb. 1923 Kelso Chron. (26 Oct.) 2/8: He [a salmon] made one splendid spurt, and in an instant was through the 'slap' in the cauld and indulged in a glorious revel in 
  80. Mutton n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1725-1955
    . II. i.: Our meikle Pot that scads the Whey put on, A Mutton-bouk to boil. 3 . m.Lth. 1812MUTTON , n . Sc. usages in combs. and phr.: 1 . mutton-bouk , the carcase of a sheep. See Bouk ; 2 . mutton eater , a nickname for a native of Duncansby parish in Cai., as living on the mutton of the native  Keerie  sheep (Cai. 1972 Caithness Bk . (Omand) 84); 3 . mutton-ham , a leg of mutton . mutton-tee , = 3 . (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .). See Thie ; 6 . sic a mutton's on a hen !, an exclamation P. Forbes Poems 22: Porter, beef or mutton ham. Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie lxxxviii.: The shackle-bane o' a mutton-ham. Abd. 1881 W. Paul Past & Present 128: Ye'll get a slicy o' a dishy nicey, An' a sweety wiggy, an' a mutton ham. Lnk. 1895 W. Fraser Whaups 221: The kitchen ceiling darkened with a goodly array of mutton-hams. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xlvi.: He rode past, bung full of brandy and good mutton ham. 4 . Fif. 1806 A 
  81. Papple v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1755-1897
     Edinburgh to be at the Lug of the Law, where she would keep the Matter papling. Slk. a .1835 Hogg.). Also fig ., to boil with rage or indignation, seethe with anger, “simmer”; to be extremely excited, in a “fizz”. n.Sc. 1808 Jam. s.v. pople : I was aw paplin. Ags. 1897 Arbroath Guide (9 Oct.) 4: I'm just a' peplin to see the grandeur o't [a present]. II . n . A bubble, as in a cooking pot (Sc. a .1838 Jam. MSS . X. 241). Obs. in Eng. Phr. done ( ready ) to a popple , of food: cooked to just the right degree of readiness, done to a turn. Sc. 1827 M. Dods Manual 21: The boils done to a popple , the roast to a turn, — the stews to the nick of time . Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan I, i.: He knew a fat haggis was ready to a popple at home. 
  82. Eariwig n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1965-2003
    . 1965 Alan Sharp A Green Tree in Gedde (1985) 97: Every time you say the word it's like eariwigs likes their eight hours' sleep, doesn't enjoy The Great Outdoors (eariwigs and all), other people, boil-in-the-bag beef warmed up over a camp fire, or who has never run for the bus. Sc. 1998 Herald 1 Aug 20: The good news is eariwigs feed on aphids and other tiny creatures that can be a). Gsw. 1994 James Kelman How Late it Was How Late 26: Once upon a time ye were feart to have a talking about; if they were saying something he didnay like he jumped right in and telt them it was a load a deal with the News of the World whereby they bought me a pint of Stella Artois and I sat in the sun in a far corner of the beer garden. II. Add Deriv.: earywigger , An eavesdropper (Ags., Arg. 2000s). m.Sc. 1992 Daily Record 18 Mar : Being a journalist and a fully-qualified eary-wigger. 
  83. Stourie n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1733-1966
    STOURIE , n . Also stoorie , stoor(a) -, and with variant suffs. stourach , stoorack , -ick ; stouram , -um , stooram , -im , -um ; stourreen , stoorin , and in comb. stoor(a)-drink (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .), stoorie-drink (Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 269). A kind of oatmeal gruel, made in various ways but essentially consisting of a spoonful of powdery oatmeal with boiling water poured over it, the sediment being allowed to sink and the liquid drunk off as hot as possible, gen. with a little shall my sel' shame. Abd. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes lviii.: Just mak a drappy o' stoorum to me. Rs. 1923 N. Macrae Romance Royal Burgh 181: A dish of “stoorack” (a hot drink made with a little oatmeal) being the last before retiring. Inv. 1931 I. Macpherson Shepherd's Cal. 63: They had bannock and stourach for supper. Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 57: A coarn o' stoor-a-drink an' a bannock. Ags. 1966 Weekly Scotsman (3 March) 7: “Stoorin” — Into 
  84. Beal v., n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2004
    : 'Mind the aul man dizny get ye - he's beelin the night.' Also used to describe a spot, boil, etc., that last.' Byle comes from O.E. bȳl , a boil, cogn. with Du. buil and Ger. beule , a boil, O.N doctor says ma mither's thoom's gyan ta beel. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 64: Her heart for heard a hunn'er times the nigh [sic] how it a' startit, an' how it a' finished,' she argued sounding thoom and the sarest thing he ivver pit up wi. 2 . n . A festering sore. Abd. 7 1925 : Beel , a festering sore. [The vbl.n. bealin' is more common.] 3 . ppl.adjs. (1) bealt , beeled). Gen.Sc. and Uls.(ii)  Also bealin . Very angry; in a highly agitated state. (1) Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie I. iii.: The lass is laid up wi' a bealt thoom. Uls. 1898 M. B.-S. in E.D.D. : A beeled finger. (2) (i) Sc. 1893 W. T. Dennison in Scot. Antiq. VII. 174: The youngest lass had to stay at home, for she had a beelan (suppurating) foot. Sc. 1920 D. Rorie The 
  85. Ramp v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1837-1955
    ' reid tiles on the reef an' roses rumpin' an' climmin' a' ower their wa's. 2 . To romp, to sport in a boisterous manner (Sc. 1818 Sawers; Uls. a .1870 W. Lutton Montaighisms (1924) 32; ne.Sc., Ags'-mull fae this feel ramplin' jade o' a kwine. Fif. 1872 W. Tennant Anster Fair 101: Men. Kcb. 1890 A. J. Armstrong Ingleside 70: The bairnie wad tire o' his rampin' an' play moon. 3 . To stamp, beat the floor with the feet (em.Sc.(a), Lnk., sm. and s.Sc., Uls. 1967). Lnk. 1886 A. G. Murdoch Readings (1889) ii . 23: Ramping his cluggs on the floor as loudly as he could. 4 . To boil strongly (I.Sc. 1967). Sh. 1901 T. Ollason Mareel 47: Anderina hed da News (20 Dec.): Hit's bon rampin ida pot fae twaal-time. II . n . 1 . An outburst of temper, a wiz in an awfu' ramp, an' bann't 'im for a' the blackgairds on earth. 2 . A romp, scuffle, a a ramp fa wid get hauds o' her first. 
  86. Glessie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1853-1991
     .(1))] 1 . The name given to a home-made candy sweetmeat; “a kind of toffee often made at home from 301: Aleck had a bit of gundy, glassy, or blackman (the stuff was known by any or all of these names: Glessie (an old-fashioned sweetmeat). Soft sugar, syrup, butter, cream of tartar, water . . . Boil up, or pull out as for Black Man and cut into sticks. 2 . A glass playing marble (Slg. 1910 Robbie Doo iii.: My faither . . . had bocht me a hummin' peerie and a plumper glessy bool. Slg. 1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 126: A fankled bit string, then a plunker an' glassie. Ags. 1934 Reminiscence Group 32: I had been playing booley when the tuppence wrapped in a bit paper completed its . = made of glass, or having a smooth, glass-like surface, used substantivally.] 
  87. Curcuddie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1822-1927
    -pile a hale dressing frae the ither, and dancing curcuddie in the pot a-boil — I thocht mony a time myCURCUDDIE , CUR(R)CUDDY , n . Also carcuddy , kirrcuddy , curcuddoch , † kircuddoch . “A , kirrcuddy ). Also used attrib . and as a proper name in the rhyme sung to the dance. [kʌr′kʌdɪ̢, kər naebody And linkit awa' my lane, Curcuddie. Usu. in phr. to dance curcuddie , etc., “a phrase used to denote a play among children, in which they sit on their houghs, and hop round in a circular form” (Sc heart wad ne'er been able to send a shot mair through the shed. Ags. 1927 V. Jacob Northern. Mills Beggar's Benison  I. 300:  Cur-cuddoch . . . consists in a lowered attitude - the dancer, as it were, sitting on his houghs, and hopping around, while his legs are shot out and in. Lnk. a .1832 W. Watt Poems (1860) 93: She gied the bailie a curtchie, as laigh as she had been gaun to 
  88. Faem 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]1768-1991
     . to boil with rage (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Cai. 9 1939). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 55: What spies. Bnff. 1869 W. Knight Auld Yule 26: I wasna sleepin', Rab was in a faem O' sweat, that drookit's like a burnie stream. Kcb. 1890 A. J. Armstrong Ingleside Musings 19: For my heart is wis cuttin' ae day, an' got intae sic a faem o' heat 'at his watch meltit in his pooch. Ags she coming, but a furious man, Feaming like onie bear, that ever ran. Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 193: A cog o' yill did on the gantry faem. Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems I. 194: He 67: A roar in my lugs, an' fite, faimin', fa'n' water afore my een. Ork. 1949 “Lex” But 
  89. Knottie adj.[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]1858-1992
     means milk brose. You put the milk to the boil and pour it on the oatmeal and salt in a bowl or caup a Dutchman!'; 5 . knotty tam(s) , -tammies , -tommies , a dish consisting of hot milk or water; used as a dish in Renfrew' (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Cf . Aigars . Also fig . Slk. 1892 W. M. Adamson as knotty as shearers' parritch. 3 . Sc. 1858 Sc. Haggis 71: Knotty sowens, and a wee stirred thro' it, hence the name. In some farm kitchens this is a favourite dinner for the men on a busy day in the house. Cai. 1929 F. M. McNeill Sc. Kitchen 199: Knotty Tam . . . is a brose 
  90. Tablet n.[0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1736-2003
     Eggs, and set it on a slow Fire, and boil it till it be almost candyed, then put in the Grate of theTABLET , n . Also taiblet ; ¶ tablement . Sc. usage: a confection, composed of sugar, butter and flavouring, orig. a sweet of the candy sort but now of a firmer crisper consistency suitable for cutting into., Cai., Bnff., Ags., Fif., Edb., Arg., Gsw., Ayr., Dmf., Rxb. 2000s); a square or chunk of this . Grate the Oranges, take 2 lb. of Sugar, and a Mutchkin of Water, then clarify it with the White of 2: If you are serving a lighter ice or mousse, proffer shortbread or tablet (Scottish fudge) alongside 
  91. Hotter v., n.[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]1801-1998
     an uneven, jerky manner, to jolt about, bump, as of a vehicle on a rough road (Rxb. 1825 Jam.; ne.Sc., m.Lth., Bwk., Rxb. 1957). Of a plane: to shake, jolt, when the wedge does not fit properly (Sh. 1914. Gordon Chrons. Keith 148: Kilns or “Killogies”, Fanners and Sifters were then unknown. In doing a “melder” the primitive mill “hottered” away at the rate of six bolls of Meal ground in a week. Abd. Caie Kindly North 62: The hotterin' harras that raised sic a stew. Abd. 1998 Sheena ho(a)ttery , of a road, etc.: rough, uneven (Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 81, Rxb. 1957); of a was at ma tung-ruits ti cry on the hoattery affair, for fear it was ma hinmaist chance o a cairrie ti Haaick. 2 . To walk unsteadily, to totter (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; s.Sc. 1957); “to move like a.: Canny noo meer, fat are ye hotterin aboot 'at gait for? 3 . Of liquid, etc.: to seethe, bubble, boil steam fyllies. Bnff. 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 8: A poothery deevil hotterin' on th 
  92. Gowp v.2, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1796-1994
     Laird's Lykewake 141: 'Jist tak' a chair,' some gutcher says; 'Sit doon,' but, od! My goupin' 'boil goup, Depriv'd o' a' the gleams o' houp. Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums viii.: Little do Echoes 49: Sair my heart wi' love is gowpin'. Lth. 1920 A. Dodds Songs 13: My hairt gangs his moo For a' the joy that dirl'd him thro'. 2 . Of bodily sores or pains: to throb with pain, to the heart of a gorling'; it beats like the heart of a young bird, when affrighted. Ayr. a .1843 J. Stirrat Poems (1869) 11: Or whitloe gouping in the thumb. Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch,' for days an' days, Was in the road. Ant. 1892 Ballymena Obs. ( E.D.D. ): A hae a sore head, feel how it's goupin. Sc. 1920 D. Rorie Auld Doctor 14: A reg'lar, riving, ragin' colic, A Wi' the gowpin' o' her sair heid and seeck At the thocht o' touchin' a singel bite. Gsw. 1987 James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 15: I'd never noticed nails oan a man afore either, but ma 
  93. Bile v., n.1[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]1926-2004
     .] 1 . v . (1) Sc. forms of Eng. boil (water, etc.). Lnk. 1926 W. Queen We're a' Coortin up the bluid wi the chaunce o a chase. Dundee 1994 Matthew Fitt in James Robertson A. boiling  also bilin , (i) a quantity big enough for a serving, whether for one person or a family; (ii) a the custom to fill the now emptier piece bags with a few boilings of choice potatoes, without the farmer's knowledge of course! ...' Edb. 2000 : The wifie up the road gied me a bilin o peas oot o! It's ticklish! You want a wee boiling tae sook, or a bit o' lickerish? w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 53: Mixed bilins are guid an they last for a while an suin aa the bus-load wir cudna buy a cheeny-cup. (2) wm.Sc. 1980 Anna Blair The Rowan on the Ridge 147: 'Bryce Melbourne will soon be exhorting each other to 'awa an bile yer heid', or crooking a pinky and enunciating, in their best Morningside, 'You meet a nice cless of person on the No 23 bus'? Sc. 1999 
  94. Chirm n.1, v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1725-1990
    , tʃʌrm] 1 . n . (1) A chirp, warble, bird's note; a song. In Nhb. dial. in form churm ( E.D.D mornin. Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake, etc. 200: Awa' wi' denty chirms o' love sound made by the small stones on a pebbly beach when a wave sucks back over them' (Fif. 10 1940). 2 . v . (1) To warble as a bird, sing; to croon, hum; of cats: to purr. Used both tr . and intr . Now and Songs 10: The pan's chirmin' sweetly its promise to boil. Ayr. 1821 Galt Ayrshire habitually complaining' (Sc. 1808 Jam., chirme ; Uls. 2 1929); 'to argue a point that has been settled' (Sc get little good from her mother, a chirming, wairdless, foolish woman, to come trailing here in her. [O.Sc. has chirm , chyrm , n., a cry or chirp (of birds), and v ., to make a slight sound, to chirp make) a noise (Stratmann). Imitative; cf . Chirl , v . and n . 1 ] 
  95. Parritch 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]1761-1998
    . ). See Tree ; (17) to boil somebody's parritch-pot , to provide one with a living, to support or keep Jam.). I . n . 1 . In Sc. freq. construed as a pl . From its being a staple of Scottish diet, the. and phrs. see below. Adj. ¶ parritchable , able to eat one's food, in a good state of health. Cf Liz , Gi'e me my sark an' gravat. Sc. 1776 D. Herd Sc. Songs II. 182: Ye's get a panfu. e.Lth. a .1801 R. Gall Poems (1819) 26: An' [Meg] sturdily did hook The parritch-kettle on the A. Henderson Proverbs 75: Cauld parritch is sooner het again than new anes made. Slk, parritch. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet ix.: Ye hinna carried in a single peat, an' it ill deil sat forenenst me at the table, than parratch in a poke. Gsw. 1904 H. Foulis Erchie Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 1: Attie likit a dram in a drap o tarry tea - a Birse cup he caad it. He likit his sark weel-aired ilkie mornin afore the fire fyle he cweeled his parridge wi a 
  96. Hurdie n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1715-1995
    . Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 141: A “boil” began to rise an' swell On my left hurdie. Per. 1908, Gar'd a' their Hurdies wallop. Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) III. 215: To bang the' the bonie burdies! Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality xxxiii.: Here's a raw hide that has been about the hurdies o' a stot not half an hour syne. Ags. 1848 Feast Literary Crumbs (1891) 34: An' sic a pock sae deep an' wide, Say, does it hang down by his side, Or on his sturdie hurdie ride, On the tapmost knoup o't? Dmf. 1873 A. Anderson Song of Labour 77: But yesterday, juist, when some faut he could help Gar't me turn up his hurdies and gie them a skelp. Gsw. 1877 A. G. 1914 N. Munro New Road vii.: A claymore swinging plainly at my hurdies would look ridiculous gied me the awfiest dunt i the ribs, an there she stud - a shilpit wee craitur wi naither briests nor hurdies fit tae grace the glossies lat alane the ploo. Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White 
  97. Sing v.2, 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]1725-1993
    SING , v . 2 , n . 2 Sc. form of Eng. singe . I . v . A . Forms. Pa.t. weak singit (Ags. Antiq. Soc . XIII. 38; ne.Sc., em.Sc.(a), Lnk., Dmf. 1970). [sɪŋ, pa.t. and p. ′sɪŋɪt, sʌŋ] Sc. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 184: Secundo , then a gude sheep's head Whase hide was singit. Sc. 1817 Scott Rob Roy xxviii.: She smells like a singit sheep's head! Slk. 1819. 1882 G. MacDonald Castle Warlock lv.: The parritch 'ill be a' sung. Sc. 1933 E. S. Haldane Scotland of Our Fathers 29: The old tradition for Sunday fare was to set a 'singit' sheep's head to boil and leave it there during church hours. Abd. 1993 : E kitlin geed ower near e fire singeing (ne.Sc. 1970). Sc. 1822 R. M'Chronicle Legends Scot. II. 89: Sicken a heed saw I never; it wunna sing. Sc. 1834 Chambers's Jnl. (May) 128: I want a sheep's head that will sing. ; Per. 1970). Also singit like , -looking , id. (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein). Cf . Eng. phr. like a singed 
  98. Quak v., n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1734-1996
     quaking Pudding . Take 3 Mutchkins of sweet Cream, boil it into a Choppen with the soft of an Half Penny. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 262; I. and n.Sc., em.Sc.(a), Ayr., Wgt. 1967). Pa.t. strong: quuke (s.Sc. Combs.: (1) qua(c)kin-bog , a quagmire (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 136; Uls. 1953 Traynor; Bnff., m.Lth., Lnk., Wgt. 1967). Cf. n ., 2 .; (2) quakin esh , — a(i)sh , the aspen, Populus tremula (Sc) quaking pudding , a kind of dumpling (see quot.); (6) quakin quaa , — quaw , = (1) (Kcb. 1967). Also rider should disappear for ever in a Quaakin' Bog. (2) Abd. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XIV. 337: A. (4) Arg. 1878 Trans. Highl. Soc. 91: The greater part is a perfect quagmire or quaking cross Wi' mony a hagg an' quakkin-moss. (5) Sc. 1736 Mrs. McLintock Receipts 19: For a Loaf, some Sugar and Cinnamon; then take a little Flour to fasten it, six Eggs, . . . mix them all . Ork. 1967 : Whackan wi' mites. II . n . 1 . A shaking or shivering. For combs. coo('s 
  99. Outcome n., v.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1922
    , appearance, emergence, escape. Obs. in Eng. Specif . a skin eruption, a boil, imposthume (Ork. 1964). GswOUTCOME , n ., v . Also outcum , ootcome . Sc. usages. [′utkʌm] I . n . 1 . A coming-out. 1865 J. Young Homely Pictures 51: [She] had a cluster o' white pearls [teeth] . . . Ere the glegest mither could discern Their outcome in an or'nar bairn. Kcb. 1885 A. J. Armstrong Friend hoose. Dmf. 1913 J. L. Waugh Cracks wi' R. Doo 2: A certain solidifyin' o' character which difference between raw material and manufactured article, a favourable balance between income and expenditure xxvii.: My father . . . has gi'en Charlie a' the outcome frae the till. Sc. 1827 C. I. Johnstone Eliz. de Bruce I. vi.: The gudewives o' the congregation thought her but a doin'less boddie, to make so short outcome o' a stipend o' thirty English pounds. Sc. 1879 P. H. Waddell yarn supplied; at the very least computation there should have been two yards more. Kcb. a .1902 
  100. Plot 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]1718-1999
    . 1808 Jam.; Mry. 1925; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai). Gen.Sc. Combs. plot-gut , n., a jocular, Rather than plot a tender tongue. Per. 1747 J. Christie Witchcraft in Kenmore (1893) 9: She advised them to wash and plot their milk looms well. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II.: The cheque napkin [from an infected corpse] he gae afterhend to the minister's lass: it was ne'er a (the carcase of a fowl, pig, etc.) in boiling water to facilitate the plucking or scraping process; to). Comb. platting-tub , a tub for scalding a pig in. Gsw. 1718 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 5: No genius seems to give as little pain to vulgar minds as the plotting a bird does to a cook. Slk me bled, an' plottit, an' made into beef-steaks. Rnf. 1850 A. M'Gilvray Poems 198: The colour of a plotted grumphie. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin vi.: The haill regiment o. 1913 Old-Lore Misc. VI. ii . 87: A blot (wash), strong with soap and soda, was prepared in the 
  101. Play v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2004
     Play-Fool, and to set up himself for a Doctor. 2 . Of a liquid: to boil, seethe (Sc. 1710 T gang to the kirk the day. Sh. 1966 : Boil kettle boil an play pot play, Mony a hungry gut is , refl., a .1400, to boil, c .1420, in adv. phr., 1540, a game, 1456, a fair, a .1500, school holiday. form of Eng. play . Dundee 1994 W. N. Herbert in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 158: But he hud a pack o cairds, so he pleyed patience. Aw the time. And the warder didnae like him, so he . 1 . Used refl ., now obs. in Eng., to amuse oneself, sport (Sc. 1881 A. Mackie Scotticisms 26. 483: I gaed awa to . . . my grandfather's, to stap a week or twa, and play myself amang the.' Mry. 1988 : Ye're jist playin yersel. Edb. 1992 : He's just playin hissel workin in a bar - he'll get a real job efter he's been tae the Uni. Ags. 1992 : Will you two stop playin yersels and get on doin the dishes. Edb. 1993 : He's just playin hissel at bein a doactor - the auld 
  102. Melt n., v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1766-2004
     tenacious substance, as for example the debris of a boil or the membrane of diphtheria. (2) Clc). Also of a person. Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 45: melt To get into someone's Jam.); (2) miltie-pain , a pain in the side (Sh. 1957); (3) milt-token , a method of weather animal was taken out and laid on a board, and six cuts were made crosswise, equidistant from each other, November; the second, December; the third, January; and so on to April. The milt was now laid in a dark place for three days and three nights. It was then carefully examined, and if a cut had closed and presented a dry appearance, the month it represented was to be mild and dry; but if the cut was open and dry the month was supposed to be windy. An open and wet cut foretold wind and rain. 2 . Of a male fish: the spawn or sperm (Sc. 1818 Sawers; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl ., a .1908 Traynor (1953); Ayr. 1923. 1825 T. D. Lauder Lochandhu iii.: A mass of herring melts . . . had fallen into his hair. 3 
  103. Off prep., adv., adj., v.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]<1700-1998
     mod.Sc. form see also Aff . I . prep . 1 . Used where Eng. has a different prep.: (1) Away from (out of the draught of). Sc. 1881 A. Mackie Scotticisms 16: Sit off the door . . . not far: Mary's little room (off my uncle's). 2 . Phrs.: (1) off book , of a preacher: without using notes or reading from a manuscript, extempore; (2) off hand , off one's hands, achieved, cleared off, out of the .; (6) to be never off the turn , of a door: to be constantly opening and shutting (Ags. 1964). (1) Sc. 1827 Scott Journal (1910) 495: Despatched a hugeous parcel to Will Scott at Selkirk. It is always something off hand. (3) Fif. 1811 C. Gray Poems 62: “Off loof” ye'se get a, Content them a' with Honesty. (6) Lnk. 1895 W. C. Fraser Whaups of Durley xiii.: I canna get daein' a han's turn for them; the door's never off the turn wi' them. II . adv . In comb. with a prep .: 1 . off from , off, clear of, away from. Obsol. in Eng.: 2 . off o(f) Ags., Edb 
  104. Leep v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1949
    . leepin , a period of hot moist weather (Sh. 1960). Comb. leaped gibbo , hot buttermilk mixed with : We say that a thing is leeped , that is heated a little , or put into boyling water or such like for a little time . ne.Sc. 1790 Sc. Mus. Museum III. 223: Next down their breakfast it was Old-Lore Misc. VI. i . 22: The wazzie or straw collar was the result. With a collar of this kind there was no danger of leeped shoulders. Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. iv.: The beasts got scald milk-dishes, etc., to pour boiling water over a slaughtered pig in order to remove the bristles. 2 . intr . To become warm, to start to boil. Also fig . of human beings (Ork. 1902 E.D.D. ; Sh sitting by the fire and to coddling oneself, pampered, not hardy (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gl.; Ork. 1929 Marw.; n.Sc. 1960); used as a n . in dim. form leepedie , a soft, coddled creature. Sc. 1706. Abd. 1754 R. Forbes Jnl. from London 28: The leethfu' leepit sleeth o' a coach-man. Lnk 
  105. Pint 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]1716-1957
    PINT , n . Also † p(a)ynt . Sc. forms and usages: as in Eng., a measure of capacity, in Scot. Sc. c .1750 Young Chevalier 31–2: They . . . actually furnished John Roy Stewart with a Ten boil them in four full Scots pints or two English gallons of water. Sc. 1826 Scots Mag. (Feb. 1829 G. Buchanan Tables 233, 250: A Measure called a Scotch Pint, containing 111 Cubic Inches by the pint, which is half a gallon. Sc. 1927 J. Kirkland Bakers' ABC 267: The Scotch bakehouses, has a measurement, according to the standard Stirling jug, of 103.404 English cubic inches. Its capacity is about five-elevenths of an English ale gallon; that is a little less than half a gallon, i.e ., the larger one was half a gallon. Sc. 1957 R. Sheppard & E. Newton Bread 142 , see Found , v .; 2 . pint-pig , an earthenware vessel used by children and others as a money-box (Sc. 1825 Jam., pynt-pig ). See also Pig , n . and Pyne-Pig , of which this may be orig. a 
  106. Sture adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1723-1954
    . 1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 178: A muckle stour man aboot six foot lang. Combs.: (1) stour-fisk , 'big-fish', transf . a whale; (2) stour-mackerel , the shad, Trachurus trachurus . See also Mackerel ; ¶(3) stoorworm , a monster serpent, a sea-dragon. Liter . (1) Sh. 1832 Old-Lore Misc boil da whale in. (2) em.Sc. 1810 Wernerian Soc. Mem. I. 540: Scad, Horse-mackerel or stour-mackerel, is said sometimes to have been found in the Frith. (3) Ork. a .1840 Sc clean in two. 2 . Of persons: strong, sturdy, stout-hearted, valiant (Sc. 1808 Jam. Sh. 1971); of a Ballads No. 5 A. xxxix.: The auld queen she was stark and steer; She gard the door lye i the fleer that could nought avail, man. Edb. 1866 J. Smith Merry Bridal 155: I'll gie them a claught mair siccar an' stour. Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 121: A stoorer he'rt might ha'e been yark. Dmf. 1898 J. Paton Castlebraes 49: Swuftly an' stourly I laid on a heezel rung 
  107. Puddin n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1706-1973
     Just Reflections on a Nonsensical Pasquil 7). [′pʌd(ɪ)n] 1 . A type of sausage made from the stomach or entrails of a pig, sheep or similar animal stuffed with various mixtures of oatmeal, onions. Deriv. puddeny , adj., having the appearance of a pudding, fat, stuffed-looking, 'puddingy' (ne. and em. Sc.(a), Lnk., Dmf. 1966). Sc. 1776 D. Herd Sc. Songs II. 160: Our goodwife got puddings to make, And she's boiled them in the pan. e.Lth. a .1801 R. Gall Poems (1819) 66: The: Whan the puds were sodden And weel hung up to dry. Sc. 1832 A. Henderson Proverbs 110: Everything has an end, and a pudding has twa. Ags. 1858 People's Jnl. (10 April) 2: Hame I cam', burstin like a puddin'. Fif. 1933 J. Ressich Thir Braw Days 27: 'Puddeny Willie' they ca'ed him, he wis that terrible fat. Combs. and phrs.: (1) black puddin , a savoury type of sausage made of oatmeal or flour, suet, seasoning and blood, gen. that of a pig. Gen.Sc. See also (2), (3) and (19 
  108. Lawland 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]<1700-1999
    LAWLAND , adj ., n . Also -lan , -lin , -lant ; la(a)- . Sc. forms of Eng. lowland , now Lowlands of Scotland or its language (Ags., Ayr. 1960). Combs. Lowland bonnet , a Kilmarnock bonnet . Often in pl. Bagpipe in which the air is supplied by a set of bellows. See also cauld-wind pipes (s.v .1800 Mem. S. Sibbald (Hett 1926) 166: He had a Maud about him and on his head a Scotch bonnet (or maud may be said to be a long scarf, from 3 yards to 4 yards long, generally 1 yard wide, and sometimes technically as a six-and-six check, called the Lowland or Border check. Clc. 1874 in J. Crawford Mem. Kcb. 1897 Crockett Lochinvar xxviii.: Ye can boil him Lawland brose as muckle as ever he can sup. Sc. 1973 Anthony Baines Bagpipes 117: A second Scottish bagpipe is the bellows-blown, etc., and many leading performers on the Highland bagpipe possessed a set of lowland. Sc. 1988, fixed in a single common stock and was preferred with bellows by which 'cauld-wind' (i.e. cold wind 
  109. Huil 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]1715-1928
    , 6 . [m. and s.Sc. høl, hyl, hɪl, em.Sc.(a) hel] I . n . 1 . The husk, pod, outer rind, skin or shell of a fruit, nut, etc., the hull (Abd. 1825 Jam., hill ; Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., hule ; Ayr. 3 1910. (1876) I. 110: Ilk kind of corn it has its hool. Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs 171: Ilka corn has its shool. Mry. 1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 152: The Barley and Oats are of a smaller body, and a thicker hool. Sc. 1788 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 559: Ye've aiblins sat the cuttie-stool For some bit brat that cust the hule. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 18: To rich he'll roast, to poor he'll boil, Gie's beggars hools o' pease. Ags. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 24: I canna get berries, put up wi' the hools. Per. c .1879 Harp Per. (Ford 1893) 347: A hool o Sin' thy vera first buik was in hool? Lth. 1928 S. A. Robertson With Double Tongue 26: Braird that shot at Beltane shows a new hool in October. 2 . By extension to other forms of covering 
  110. I n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    . 1836 in Ellis E.E.P . V. 777). In Sc., i is a front vowel having in gen. the same uses and values as pronounce i as a high or mid front lax lowered vowel [, ] or as a mid back tense vowel [ʌ] in certain), Skeel (skill), Steer (stir); (3) in ne.Sc. in the ending -ie , -y , after a high or closed vowel in); (5) earlier a , ai , e before -nt in ne.Sc., e.g. wint (want), pint (paint), kint (kent P.L.D. § 107 , § 118.2 , § 164.7 ). [], written i , also develops in s.Sc. from O.E. (h)a- by a ( Hame ), hyill ( Hail , adj .); Cf . also Stell , n . 2 , a still. (3) to [ʌ] in e. and wm.Sc. in, lʌtl]. Muckle is Gen.Sc. See on the above A. Scott The Contrast (1779); (4) to [ e ] in the ending n.Sc. before voiced fricatives, [ɑe] as in buy , dry , Kye , and among old speakers in n.Sc. in a. § 131 and A. Scott The Contrast (1779)). But see also 1 . (1). The diphthong [əi, in nn.Sc. ei) represents Mid.Eng. oi , ui , O.Fr. ui , mod.Eng. oi , in boil , oil , joint , point , in n. and m.Sc 
  111. Broon n., adj., adv.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1725-1988
    ) to play brown , boil —, 'a phr. applied to the broth-pot when it is meant to say the broth is rich. pronunciation [brun]. Broon is also used as a v ., with meanings as in Eng. Sc. form of Eng. brown . m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 68: Ye'll see thaim there on monie a graund occasion in the nation. The stoat kens fine it will gae broun again: ablo aw finerie a stoat's a stoat. Sc. usages: 1 . n . (1) A brown horse (Abd. 2 , Ags. 1 , Fif. 10 , Lnl. 1 1936). Bnff.(D) 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 14: Lowsed fae the lanely ploo owre gloamin' rigs, A pair o' dowf broons Cottar's Sunday, etc. 136: An' swig a pint o' stoutest brown To you an' yours. Lth. 1892 J.: whitet broon , whitey —, a kind of strong whitish thread, resembling lint yarn and sold in hanks (Abd Johnny Gibb vi.: Mrs Birse . . . bought in return 'an unce o' spice, a pennyworth o' whitet broons, half a peck o' saut.' 2 . adj . and adv . in phrs.: (1) the brown man of the muirs , 'a fairy of 
  112. Jeel 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]1736-1998
     doon frae the Dinnet muir, as yirdfaist a pairt o the Howe as the laricks soughin ower the lochs an the snaw an ice - a geelin claddin far aa souns smored an the treetles o watter faain frae spoots an icicles vanished inno the bosie o a wraith o a drift. 2 . To set, congeal, become firm, esp. of jam or. 1736 Mrs McLintock Receipts 32: To every Mutchkin of the Juice of Rasps, take half a Mutchkin of Marget Pow 159: That cranberry jam didna geill, and it made wi' pure cane sugar and a'. Slg . To spread with jam or jelly. Cf. n ., 2 . m.Sc. 1917 J. Buchan Poems 51: A can o' worms, as of water in winter; chilliness, frostiness (Abd. 1825 Jam.); a severe chill, chilling sensation (Abd., Kcd., Ags. 1959), and in phr. jeel o' caul' , a chill (ne.Sc. 1911 S.D.D . Add.); ice. Also: Sits a' day lang wi' heart like jeel, An' carkin' hoast. Abd. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 54: He thocht she hid gotten a gey jeel. Mry. 1 1925 : Pit in het water tae tak aff the geel 
  113. Fouter n., v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1714-2005
     ; foo(t)ther (Uls.). [′fu:tər] I . n . 1 . A term, orig. of gross abuse or contempt, for a toned down in force, a tedious, exasperating person. Gen.(mostly n.)Sc. Rarely applied to women (Dmb. 1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle iii . viii.) but not infrequently, in a half-scolding manner, to children. ne.Sc. 1714 R. Smith Poems 19: It seem'd thou was a scurvie Futor. Dmf. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun 67: And, swearing he was better stuff Than sic a fouter, Stripp'd, in a twinkling 1st Bk. of the McFlannels viii.: 'You're a wee footer!' declared Sarah. 'There never was a family like this for grumbling about their food.' 2 . Specif .: a worthless, dissolute person, a slacker, a shirker; now mostly in a modified sense, a muddling, bungling, unmethodical, aimless individual. Gen.Sc. Sometimes applied half-jocularly to an old man or to a childless husband (Fif. 10 1943). Dmf. 1817 W. Caesar Poems 20: [He] had shown himsel' an unco foutor, An' scarcely fit to be a souter 
  114. Snap v., n.1, adj.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1739-1946
     mixture must be brought to a boil. sm.Sc. 1923 R. W. Mackenna Bracken and Thistledown 11 n.Eng. dial.; ¶(2) snapgash , clipped or affected English; (3) snappie , -y , a small cod, Gadus, exorbitant; ¶(5) snap-the-louse , a jocular name for a tailor. Cf . Eng. dial. prick-the-louse , id. (1 crumbled into a bowl of milk. (2) Ayr. 1833 J. Kennedy G. Chalmers 32: 'To the genius o' the the Billie, snap-the-louse, Got you into his hand. 2 . With inf .: to attempt. Per. 1766 A. Nicol Poems 19: If some auld swinger snap to speak Of pink-ey'd queans, he gives a squeek. 3. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 499: Now a trap did snap him gye snell. s.Sc. 1859 J them up, an' took a guid bellyfa every time she wus at them. † 5 . To stumble, to trip, to fall , appar. a maker of snap-hooks for buckles; (2) snapp(o)us , hasty in temper, testy, crabbed (Sc. 1825. 1766 A. Nicol Poems 20: The snapsy karles grane in ease; They sleep and eat whene'er they please 
  115. Bannock 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]<1700-1995
     Miller A Fine White Stoor 11: While he waited for the electric kettle to boil, he spread butter . Also bunnock (Ayr. 1828 A. Aitken Poems (1873) 57), bonnag (Per. 1796 Sc. N. & Q . (Ser. 1. + ′bnɪk; ′bɔnək wm.Sc.] 1 . A round, flat, thickish cake of oatmeal, barley, pease or flour, baked on a girdle. Sc. 1895 J. Wood in Sc. Antiquary X. 76: The goodwife was baking, and had a girdleful of bannocks on the fire. Sh.(D) 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Rod 14: He's a moment noo sin' doo guid oot i' da moarnin' wi' a bit o' a flooer bannock. [ Bannock is not used in Sh. for oatmeal cakes.] Ork. 1913 J. Firth in Old-Lore Misc., Ork., Sh., etc. VI. 147: In view of such a be partaken of by means of a spoon). Bannocks, pron[ounced] in N.Isles Binnicks . Hebr 1995 well as bannocks of oatcake, we made a fire in the open, preparing wood-shavings for kindling, using a thickly on a bannock and began to munch it. Bnff. 1890 Trans. Bnffsh. Field Club (18 Dec.) 10 
  116. Income n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1702-1983
     boots could be worn. Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. : It wis the fashion amo' the farmer fowk to buy a little heilan stirkie aboot the income fae the girse. 2 . A new-comer, new arrival, esp. one who comes to settle in a place (Abd. 1825 Jam.). Also used fig . Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems): When a young man in the real fishing village pays court to the daughter of a crofter or a tradesman. ; Fif. 1909 Colville 139; Dmf. 3 1920; Cai., ne.Sc., Ags., Rnf. 1958), often applied to a swelling, abscess, boil or other festering sore (Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl .; Sh. 1947 New Shetlander (June-July) 2; I. and n.Sc., Fif., Slg., wm.Sc., Kcb. 1958), or to a disease of a bone or joint (ne.Sc. 1958), a sharp attack of pain, a stitch in the side (n.Sc., Ags., Ayr., Kcb., Rxb. 1958). Cf . Oncome . Abd. 1702 W. Cramond Ch. Aberdour (1869) 48: Alexander Tarres, who has left his service through a swelling in his leg, an income. Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie xciii.: She had got an income in 
  117. Sned v.2, n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2003
    SNED , v . 2 , n . 2 Also snedd , snade , snid , sneed . [snɛd] I . v . A . Forms: inf . Usages: 1 . To chop, to lop off (a branch of a tree), specif. to prune (Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to .). Gen.Sc., also in n.Eng. dial.; in forestry: to trim the side-branches flush with the trunk of a tree removed (Bwk. a .1760 Trans. E. Lth. Antiq. Soc . VII. 15; Sc. 1808 Jam.). Combs. snading-ax , snedding-knife , a pruning-axe or -knife. Edb. 1705 Foulis Acct. Bk. (S.H.S.) 367: A jock the leg sueding [ sic ] knyfe. Sc. 1712 J. Monro 50 Religious Letters (1722) 54: A pruning, snedding. 1778 A. Wight Husbandry II. 60: The bodies of the trees making the stakes, and the sneddings the lane, Come na back like a rung that is sneddit. Hdg. 1848 A. Somerville Autobiog. Working Man: [He] would use his garden snedding-knife. Arg. 1914 N. Munro New Road iii.: A snedded. Rxb. 1955 Abd. Univ. Review (Aut.) 142: A rumpit stock, my branches snedded. Uls. 1987 
  118. Bicker v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1704-1934
     things: to move quickly and noisily; of rain: to pelt. Given in N.E.D. of the brawling of a stream and John o' Groat Jnl. (25 Oct.): Ye wid see them makin' hame a' they could bicker. Fif. 1931 J. 1803 Sir A. Boswell Poet. Works (1871) 118: And he's seen a ewe, wi' a coal-black lamb has also the special meaning of 'to engage in a street or school fight.' Also tr . with the missiles. (1809) 46: The cousins bicker'd wi' a clank, Gart ane anither sob, And gasp that day. Fif. 1841. (4) To gleam, flicker; to sparkle, burn briskly; of water, etc., at the boil, to bubble quickly (Bnff Concise Eng. Dict . but not the Un. Eng. Dict . Sc. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. xii.: A repeated blows. Sc. 1733 Session Papers , Petition D. Dickson (9 March 1763) 18: A great many cadies following him, who were bickering him with stones. Edb. 1851 A. Maclagan Sk. from Nature. II . n . 1 . A rapid and noisy movement, a short run. Given as Sc. in N.E.D. with quot. from 
  119. Sype v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1707-2004
    . 1880 Jam.). Freq. form syper , to simmer, boil gently (Ork. 1929 Marw.). Per. 1964 : A sponge occasion a slackening of the Girths, whereby some of the Pickle will sype out. Ags. 1795 Session Papers, Arbuthnott v. Scott State of Process 265: The water sciped mostly through the dike where a Notandums 17: A sma' bit inkling of the case must have been seipin' doon into my mind. Bwk. 1899 saw with regret that he was coming very near the 'sypins'. 2 . tr . and absol . Of a vessel, etc clothes, ground, etc. Ppl.adj. seiping , leaky. Abd. 1739 Caled. Mag. (1788) 499: A snype . . . gart his swall'd een sype Sawt tears that day. Sc. 1761 Magopico 36: A seiping dish, a dish what winno' hald in. Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan III. x.: I streeked him [drowned: That meada has siped weet the day efter the rain. Ork. 1968 M. A. Scott Island Saga 72: It 54: A pauchle o bleck steered aside me. 'Ma?' said ma loonie. His face wis that birssled, I cudna 
  120. Steep n.1, 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]1711-1999
     for brewing or flax for retting. Phrs. and combs. a-steep , in ( the steep ), in the process of being soaked or macerated, applied to malt, ham, clothes, etc. (Abd. 1971); fig . of the mind: in a .; steep-stone , a hollowed stone trough in which flax, malt, etc. may be steeped; steep of weet III. 29: It came on such a steep of weet that was just extraordinary. Sh. 1894 J. Nicolson T.S.D.C. : Lay yer brains a-steep = exercise all your wits. 2 . A place or vessel in which things Malt-Barns, and Lofts for holding of Victual, Wall and Kill, and a Steep that will hold 30 Bolls of Bear. Ayr. 1868 J. K. Hunter Artist's Life 104: Fifteen farmers were . . . put into a manure steep. Abd. 1956 People's Friend (29 Dec.): At the back of the barn was a place called his grain steepies. Per. a .1943 W. Soutar Collected Poems (1948) 158: Steepies for the bairnie. Ags. 1959 Forfar Dispatch (24 Dec.): Feedin on steepies for a week. Ags. 1990s 
  121. Ebb n., adj., v.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1949
     assigned to individual fishermen. Cf . grun (ground) ebb s.v. Grund , I . 4 . Combs. A . (8) ( b ). Ork. 1700 in A. W. Johnston Church in Ork. (1940) 56: Aleadged to have beine in the ebb and carieing dils out of the same on the Sabbath day. Sh. a .1733 in P.S.A.S. (1892) XXVI. 201: The auld geudman o' Saennis wus wint tae set a selkie net doon i' the ebb. Arg. 1914 N. Munro New Road xxiv.: A clamour of birds out on the ebb gave him a notion that men walked there. Sh ., -midder ); 'a very heavy current in Yell sound . . . a very heavy wave running further up the shore than' (Sh. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 194); ‡(7) ebb-snippek , -ik , (a) = (6) (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928) ( Ib .); (8) ebb-ste(e)n , a stone in or from the ebb (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., -sten ; Sh. 10 1949 10: Potatoes and herring was a very common diet, and in hard times even ebb meat (shell fish). (8) Sh. 1877 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 32: He wis pickin' at da side o' a muckle ebb stane 
  122. Wall 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]1701-1995
    . Mid.Eng. walle ,, O.E. (Anglian) wælle , a well, wællan , to boil, bubble up. The vbl. forms in -d as . [Gen.Sc. wɑ:l, wǫ:l] I . n . 1 . A natural spring of water which forms a pool or stream (Rxb. 1923 107: There is a remarkable fine spring, called Geddes's wall, near the top. ne.Sc. 1786 Edb. Ev. Courant (12 Dec.): The can that gangs aft to the wall Will crack at last. Sc. a .1806 o'er. w.Lth. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 II. 66: A noted well or fountain of water which went by the: Sit by the wallie and dip in your feet. Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 336: A fine. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. 170: Ye kanna tak clean watter ut av a dirty wal. Fif. 1914. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's v. 15: Frae the waters in-by yer ain waal. Ags. 1932 A. Gray Arrows 'wallies', little stone-encircled pools of water fed by a trickle of water from a pipe sticking out of the bank at the foot of which the 'wallie' was sunk. A few of them were 'bubblin' wallies' in which the 
  123. O n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     phoneticians in the 18th c., e.g . J. Elphinston Propriety (1787) II. 9, and is sometimes indicated by a as a local development of [əi, ɑe] from O.E., O.N., O.Fr. i . Cf. oy (I), foive (five), moy (my) (Sc. 1779 A. Scott The Contrast 7), doyk (dike) (Bch. coast 1804 S c. N. & Q . (Oct. 1928 develops ( a ) in ne.Sc. from O.E. -eaw as in fyow ( Few ), dyow ( Dew ), nyow ( New ); and in in Bowl , v . 1 , (boil), Dowtit , jown ( Join ), pount (point), vouce (voice). See Fif) oa , used as in Eng. to represent a long o sound [o:] as in 1 ., e.g. in the phonetic spellings., O.N. o , O.Fr. u . See P.L.D. § 20 , § 35 . This is a 16th c. adaptation of the Eng. spelling for, partly though influence of St. Eng., partly phs. as a survival from Mid.Sc. where u and w were not a borrowing from St. Eng. orthography, though found as early as the 17th c. in Sc. Cf . (3) (i. Cf . (3) (i), (4) (ii), and 2 . (2). 4 . o appears irreg. chiefly before a nasal for a in 
  124. Mint v., n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1703-1951
    ; Cai. 3 1931; ne.Sc. 1963). Sc. 1703 Letter to a Minister in the Country 50: I warn and he mints to blaw, Bonnie laddie, Highland laddie. Ayr. 1824 A. Crawford Tales Grandmother. Brewster Poems 46: If whiles she may mint frae a chair to the wa', When chasin' the dog or the cat, there's a fa'. Hdg. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 152: I do howp, whan he backs to the South: Fat blecks me is that, efter sic a life, Ye wad mint at number twa, wi' sic a wife. Bnff. 1939 J. M. Caie Hills & Sea 8: A professor o' philosophy I mintit neist tae spier. (2) tr .: to attempt (a thing), to plan, plot, scheme, venture on (Abd. 1963). Hence ill-minted , with Roy xxxii.: I think ye are the first Hieland woman wad mint sic a doom to her husband's kinsman but four times removed. Ayr. 1822 Galt Entail lxxviii.: I'll gie you a toast, a thing which what I said wus no' ill minted; Feul trow, that hid s'u'd sae affend thee. Ags. 1894 A. Reid 
  125. Throu prep., adv., adj., 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
    ' bring it through the boil. (9) Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 192: He got a gey through-the.) 15; Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 4, Abd. p .1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 173, Sc. 1776 Clerk Saunders in Child Ballads No. 69 A. xxiii., 1823 Fair Janet in Child Ballads No. 64 A. xx G. MacDonald Alec Forbes xii.; Knr. 1886 H. Haliburton Horace 5; Abd. 1928 P. Grey Making of a. Sh. 1991 William J. Tait in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 45: Trow every yett o five A ghaist stails hame At, ne'er alive, Can pey a daid man's debt. Sh. 1994 Laureen Johnson in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 165: So feth, da gairden wid wait. Der naethin I laek better mesell as fun a second hame. Sc. Phrs.: (1) doon throu , see Doon , adv ., III . 38 .; (2) throu han(d) ( s ), under consideration, review or discussion, so as to sort out or dispose of (a matter, etc Traynor; ne.Sc., em.Sc. (a), Lnk., Kcb. 1972). See also Hand , I . 8 . (30); in form through-hand 
  126. Tongue 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]1727-1991
     . As in Eng. Sc. forms: em.Sc.(a) 1991 Kate Armstrong in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 113: Ah heichts, liftin the likeliest Sc. combs. and deriv.: (1) tong(g) a blaa [ < tongue of blaw) tongue-hung , id., having a loose tongue, sc . suspended like a bell; †(7) tongue-law , argument, wrangling, altercation; (8) tongue-lowser , a tongue-loosener, an aid to conversation, a stimulant to talk (Ork. 1972); (9) tongue-of-butter , a flattering, smooth-spoken person; (10) tongue o the trump , the vibrator in a Jew's harp (I.Sc. 1972). Hence fig . the indispensable part or person, the chief or most active person in a group or enterprise, the life and soul of a party (Bnff. 1972), etc. See also Stang or scolding; hence as a v ., to scold, rage at, vbl.n. tongue-raikin , a scolding (Fif. c .1850 one's tongue, of a statement about to be articulated (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh., Cai. 1972); his tongue reet's .); ¶(14) tongue-strabush , a babel of voices, a clamour. See Strabush ; (15) tongue-tack(it) , tongue 
  127. South adv., adj., 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]1716-2003
     Hubbard The New Makars 22: He struck oot sooth. The lift gaed the wrang wey, turned aff tae a side-road, syne intae a sma glen. Sc. Combs. and derivs.: 1 . sooth about , (1) adv ., in the south.(a), wm.Sc., Wgt. 1971); 4 . southen , -in , (1) adj ., esp. in ballad usage, south, southern; (2 her soothaboot freends. 2 . Abd. 1952 Buchan Observer (2 Sept.): A Buchan laird who had. Coll. (S.H.S.) I. 71: Cairnbulg, which is a fisher toun two miles to the southert of Fraiserburgh Forth; (3) soosider , a person from the Sou Side ; (4) Sou Side , the parts of Glasgow south of the). Cf . Eng. slang southpaw ; n., a Lowlander (Cai. 1971); (6) southlan(d) , southlin , southern, coming from the south (Sc. 1825 Jam.); as a n ., one who comes from the south country (n.Sc. 1808 Jam confectionary, close to every Soo-Sider's heart, to fall into ruin. Gsw. 1998 : Soosider = a resident of: Here I have to make an admission about the West End: I envy it. As a southsider of course I do. The 
  128. Wersh adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1720-2005
     ca's Divine. Sc. 1736 Ramsay Proverbs (1776) 14: A kiss and a drink of water is but a, neither gude to fry, boil, nor sup cauld. Sc. 1825 Jam. : I dinna like them [porridge]; they're unco werse; gie me a wee pickle saut. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 226: Want's a wersh. 1899 W. L. Watson Sir Sergeant xi.: A half-done deed and a half-boiled egg are wersh things was red (though it's a wersh beverage and I'm a patriot even in my drink). Lth. 1928 S. A. Douglas Priorsford iv.: I thocht that was a wairsh kinna meal for comin' aff a journey. Rxb of the weaving work, the faery was something of a mischief with their butter and cream and cheese, for she could take the virtue out of them and leave them thin and wersh. 2 . Fig . (1) Of a Arch. Soc. (1868) 40: The minister had a weary warsle wi' a wersh discourse [ sic ]. Sc. 1883: Gie me a gude fiddle, an' a gude Strathspey, an' nane o' your waersh foreign trasherie. 3 . Of 
  129. Stane n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1711-2000
     1815 quot. suggests that the word may mean a boil or abscess in the foot, corresp. to Uls. dial. stone Wheybeard ; ‡(ii) stiennie-warrag , a boil, imposthume (Cai. 1921 T.S.D.C .), appar. so-called because of), ‡ stene (Abd. 1851 W. Anderson Rhymes 149, 1867 A. Allardyce Goodwife 9), dims. steinie (Abd. 1809 and usages of Eng. stone . Adj. stanie , stan(e)y (Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 128; Ags. 1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 152; Lnk. 1919 G. Rae Clyde and Tweed 112), steenie , -y (Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk . 17; Abd. 1914 N. Maclean Life North. Univ . 16; Ags. 1932 A. Gray lang, their clarty-minds imagine A'body but them's a bad yin. Ah say ... it's them wi' guilty secrets o' their ain That are the first to cast the stane! 'Yon's a drunkert' 'She's a hure!' Sich brattle It's a' a case o' the poat cryin' the kettle. Edb. 1991 J. K. Annand in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 19: The bowl slipped frae my fingers And smashed upon a stane. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry 
  130. Crap n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1999
     is brought to the boil, and is sometimes used instead of milk; it is, however, but a poor substitute ground; the craw of a bird (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., kroppi ); a close hair-cut. See P.L.D. § 54 , § 105.2 Angus Gl ., krap ; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ); esp. used of: (1) the top of a plant or tree; a head of raphanistrum (Bwk. 1886 B. and H. 127, crawps ); †(2) the head of a person; (3) 'the essence of whey ); 'boiled whey, a dish somewhat like sowens' (Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc . 22); also attrib ; also comb. crap-whey , id.; (4) the handle of a plough; †(5) 'the uppermost section of a fishing-rod' (Sc. 1808 Jam.); obs. in Eng. since 15th cent. ( N.E.D. ); †(6) 'the surface of the ground' ( Ib .); (7) the top of a potato (Mry. 1 1928); (8) the top of a wave (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., krap ); (9) the tip (of the fingers); (10) 'a head of tangle' (Cai. 1 c . 1 920, croppie ); (11) the top of a coal-seam. (1) Sc. a .1827 Prince Robert in Ballads (ed. Child) No. 87 B. xvi 
  131. That pron., adj., adv., conj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-2000
     . forms see Thae . Sc. forms and usages: I . pron . 1 . As a relative pron. used as in Eng. but also neepours wi' a chap't cud 'a deen that. Sc. 1921 Grant and Dixon M.M.S. 102: Quha and quham-bloody-true ah'm gaunnae kick up a song'n dance! If it's no the peanut butter thit's coastin mair, it's the meat's noo 69 cents a pund instid ae 49; and if it's no that it's somethin else is dearer' Shanter 160: Rigwoodie hags wad spean a foal. Sc. 1817 Scott Rob Roy xxviii.: Her house a preposition, the word order after the pronoun remains as if it had been a principal clause. The 's of that (hi)s was later construed as a possess. ending as in its and is used of masc., fem the same time. Gsw. 1988 Michael Munro The Patter Another Blast 29: Green Lady A familiar name for a Health Visitor, originally from the colour of their uniform. Although nowadays they no longer wear a uniform this is still the general term in common use: 'She's friendly with Mrs Sloan, ye 
  132. Wrack 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]1700-1992
     ill of a stitch, they take a quantity of lady wrack, and half as much of red-fog, and boil them in)rɑk; (w)rek; ne.Sc.†vrɑk] I . n . 1 . A shipwreck, a broken ship (Sh., ‡ne.Sc. 1974). Obs. in Eng blew the winds, and his ship was a wrack. e.Lth. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-Head 32: 'What calmly took a seat and newsed aboot the vrack. Combs. †(1) wreck goods , goods driven ashore from a wreck; (2) wrack-ship , a wrecked ship (Sh. 1974). (1) Sc. 1773 Erskine Institute II. i , material or wordly goods in a contemptuous sense, gear, pelf. Abd. 1769 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 23: Three fallows bauld, like very lions strong, Were a' his wrack, an' wrought him a' his wrang mak' This awfu' drink that gars sic wrack. ne.Sc. 1915 W. S. Bruce Nor' East 5: It's a fair Ca' body, sowl and purse to vrack. 3 . A broken object, something which has been smashed or 263; I., ne., em., sm.Sc. 1974); also of living creatures: a broken-down animal. Obs. or arch. in Eng 
  133. Scart v., n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-2000
     .; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai; Uls. 1953 Traynor). Gen.Sc. Vbl.n. scartin , scratches. A scartin post , a scratching post for cattle. Also ppl.adj. Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 397: I'll is Scots fowk's wooing. Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 81: Ithers scart their sides and lugs. Ags. 1822 A. Balfour Farmers' Three Daughters I. iv.: She'll fout wi' her feet, an' scart wi scartin. Wgt. 1880 G. Fraser Lowland Lore 160: “Ye'll scart a beggar's houghs yet”, is spoken wanless dorts o couthie rhymes, imported sangs, relished dool or paradise in a glen. m.Sc. 1991 in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 66: Ma interview wis interrupted at this point: somewan skarted at the back door; somewan or something possessing a claw. wm.Sc. 1996 Robin Jenkins heich as the pownie in the field if no sae fat and wi an itchier, scartin coat for a boy in short troosers. And a lockt press wi the guns though shut oot o sicht. Phrs.: (1) to gar or mak one scart 
  134. Blin v.2, n., adj.[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]1769-1998
     lump , a boil that does not come to a head. Gen.Sc.; (28) blind man's ball , blinmen's baw Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 52: Aa o a sudden there wis a muckle blaff frae the airt o Aiberdeen. Syne, there wis a blinnin fire-flaucht. I thocht the sun hid faaen ooto the lift! Arg. 1998 Angus ringin on a puckle throu win an blinnin sna. (1) To close; spoken of the eyes, as in sleep. Sc. 1840 G. Webster Ingliston xxx.: I could neither blind in my bed, nor let a mouthfu' o' onything with object omitted: I'm [I have] no blinded de night , I did not sleep a wink last night. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. : Blind di een. Sh. 1993 New Shetlander Sep 22: 'It's a year since he Donald Goodbrand Saunders in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 136: He's written her a letter: 'My hairt, O) To pack the large stones forming the bed of a road with smaller material to give strength and face of a mass of stones driven by the tenant, and blinding the same for giving access from the main 
  135. Wash v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2004
     to boil them [fishing nets] regularly every few weeks in a ley of oak bark (called wis or washWASH , v ., n . Sc. forms and usages: I . v . A . Forms. Pr.t. and inf.: wash (Gen.Sc.), wusch (Bwk. 1876 W. Brockie Leaderside Leg . 26), wish (Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis , 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 136, 1832 W. Scott Poems 12; Cai. 1905]. Pa.p. strong washen (Edb. 1715 J. Monro Letters (1722) 97; Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 12)); (2) to wash an apron , to celebrate the arrival of a new apprentice or the passing of an apprentice into a journeyman by a ceremony of initiation including the washing of his apron and a carousal; 'this. apron-washing ; (3) to wash its face , of a commercial enterprise: to pay its way, to equate returns with expenses, 'to break even.' Gen.Sc. Cf . (1); (4) to wash the heid , to initiate a new member into a society, orig. from the practice of washing the head of one entering into a trade. Cf . (2) and 
  136. Greet v., n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2003
    ] 1 . intr . To weep, cry, whimper, lament; to complain, grumble in a helpless trifling manner language against the principal by calling him a greeting hypocrite. Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 123: Dar'st thou of a' thy Betters slighting speak, That have na grutten sae meikle learning had greeted myself mostly blind, and cried till I was as hoarse as a corbie. Slk. a .1835 T. Bodkin iv.: The puir innocent thing . . . had grutten itsel' as hearse as a crowpie. Sh. 1937 F. Niven Staff at Simson's xxv.: The wife — she's no' a greetin' kind, I can assure you Forbes. 'Ye're ay greetin' at each other.' Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day left hardly a mett Idda boannie green moss at lay tick idda gyill. An I grett. Dundee 1991 i the stibbly field, I taen a roch an stany brae tae the hill whaur the twice-owre teuchat gret foond the boady lyin it the table. She gret a wee bit but theyd bin expectin it. Arg. 1993 : A 
  137. Wind 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]1705-1997
     carding; (6) win carnal ( < wind-kernel ), a boil, swelling, imposthume, supposedly caused by wind (Ayr. 1785 Burns There was a Lad ii., Abd. 1884 D. Grant Lays 109; Dmf. 1894 R. Reid Poems 59; the wund is snell. What is't? I hae a cauld. Lnk. 1982 Duncan Glen in Hamish Brown Poems of chitter in a licht nae dawin wrocht - a dreel o wund vainishin intae a gloweret lift; air is fire; banes daurk, smokey vennels Windin, we reached the Jewish quarter. A Golem rins fae the graveyard An the win , between wind and wave , between the horns of a dilemma, in a quandary, from one alternative to another. See also Waw , n . 2 ; (2) fairies' ween , a swirl or eddy of wind raising dust on a road as if) (in)to the wind , setting one's face to the wind, starting off on a journey; (5) ower the wind , out also Lug , n . 1 , 8 .(7); (7) to brak the win , of a medicament: to act as a carminative, to' to fill the pockets of, make money for; (10) to sit in or upon a ( the ) wind , to sit in a 
  138. Sowans n. pl., 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]1703-1995
    . 124), suins (Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 292); sweens (Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 168, Lnk. 1893 . ‡ 1 . (1) A kind of flummery; husks or Seeds of oats, together with some fine meal, steeped in water for about a week until the mixture turns sour, then strained and the husks thoroughly squeezed to extract all the meal, when the jelly-like liquor is left for a further period to ferment and separate, the of Butter'd ale and Souins for myself. Sc. 1727 A. Buchan Descr. St. Kilda 22: These Sowens produce a good Yest, which makes good Ale. Sc. 1764 Boswell Grand Tour, Germany, etc Halloween xxviii.: Butter'd So'ns, wi' fragrant lunt, Set a' their gabs a steerin. Abd. 1795 Stat at short intervals of about a week. In Caithness more art is displayed, the whole stock for half a Hieland sowens by Mr Duncan MacDonought, the last minister. Bnff. 1847 A. Cumming Tales 44: Some o' the folks had been langin' for a drink o' sowens. Abd. 1851 W. Anderson Rhymes 127 
  139. Milk 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]1726-2002
    . Sc. 1837 'Mrs. Dods' Manual 144: Milk-Soup. Boil two quarts of milk, with a little salt, a H. Foulis Erchie xvi.); mylk (Sh.); melk . Phr.: a face/look that wid turn milk , A very-meal , porridge boiled in milk (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Ags. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 145); (3) milk-and-bake , a biscuit made with milk; (5) milk-beal(in) , a festering at the side of the fingernail freq. caused by friction when milking, a whitlow (Ayr., Gall., s.Sc., Uls. 1962); (6) milk-bowie , a wooden , -bine , -bin , a broad, shallow wooden vessel for holding milk (Fif., w. and sm.Sc. 1962). See Boyne , n ., 1 .; (8) milk-brose , a dish made by mixing boiling milk with oatmeal (I. and n.Sc., Ags., Per., w.Lth., Dmf. 1962). See Brose ; (9) milk-broth , a broth made with barley and milk (see quots.) (Sc. 1825 Jam.; n.Sc. 1962); (10) milk-cellar , a small room, usually off the kitchen of a farmhouse, used as a dairy (Ork., Abd. 1962); (11) milk-cog , a wooden milking vessel (Ayr. 1928; ne.Sc., Per 
  140. 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
    . 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 thickness or capacity of one's thumb, hence a small amount, a mere iota, the least little thing. See Bouk 
  141. Hae v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1704-2000
    ., em.Sc., Dmf. + hɪv, Ags., Uls. + hɛv, Arg. + he:v, Cai. + he 1 v] I . v . A . Sc. forms: 1 . Sc. forms of Eng. have . Inf.: as 1st person sing. pr.t., and also in reduced form a , in unstressed itself my heart's in, gin I could ever hae got my name on a stretch or two.' Ags. 1988 Raymond hais, or can hae. And it's a sair fecht. 2 . (1) Pr.t.: Sc. forms of Eng. have . 1st person sing sing.: his (Rnf. 1873 D. Gilmour Pen' Folk 45; Ags., Ayr. 1956); hes (Uls. 1897 A. M'Ilroy Lint., Abd., Ags., wm.Sc. 1956), hanna (Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 34; Edb. 1931 E. Albert Herrin licht and sweetness of manhood in your bluid, laid a woman on the wavering grass up yonder, and violets: Toomity that nivir wauks or lats a lassie moan huz in ma palice tuke hissel tae doss upo ma throne huz huddiz oor. Arg. 1998 Angus Martin The Song of the Quern 54: For mony a wan haes slep' face tae the table, ... (5)   m.Sc. 1997 Liz Niven Past Presents 18: Huv ye ever hid a 
  142. Deid 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]<1700-2000
     appearance of a person approaching death; 31 . deid-lump , a boil (Mearns 3 c .1916; Ags. 1 1934); 32 New Makars 45: Trow every yett o five A ghaist stails hame At, ne'er alive, Can pey a daid man's debt. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 5: 'Forbye, a fairm needs a wummin's 3: Can you bring the wean up well When you're scarce mair than a lassie yoursel'? Her pair, deid: 1 . In games: (1) of a golf-ball lying so near the hole that the putt is a 'dead' certainty (Sc. Chambers Poet. Rem. (1883) 61: And when, these perils past, thou seemest dead, And hope'st a half — O woe, the ball goes crooked. (2) Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 , Add .: It's deids , i.e., it is a quoits, bowls, etc., are found to be equidistant from the tee. 2 . Phrs.: (1) the deed dark , a fisherman's term for a period of about six days at new moon when the moon is practically invisible; (2) to be like a deid dog , to be out of sorts (Bnff. 2 1940; Abd. 4 1929; Abd. 9 1940). (1) Arg. 1 
  143. Moss n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1703-1988
     stellaris (Gall. 1903 E.D.D. ); (8) moss-boil , a bubbling spring or fountain in marshy ground; theMOSS , n ., v . Sc. usages: I . n . 1 . A marsh, bog, a tract of soft wet ground (Sc. 1710 T , boggy, swampy, found in a moss. Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife (1803) 150: In some parts has aught to say, But scowrs o'er Highs and Hows a' Day, Throw Moss and Moor. s.Sc. a .1784 from corrupted vegetables, which is sometimes in a fluid state, and sometimes dry and porous. Sc the moors and mosses of the interior. Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man xii.: It was a three-cornered piece of land . . . across the base of the triangle there ran a moss. w.Lth. 1930 w.Lth. Courier (3 Jan.): He crawls among the heather, Hides in a mossy hag. ne.Sc. 1952 John R. Allan 'mosses' of the Cairngorms are certainly a unique topographical feature of the British Isles and also include the most remarkable natural sanctuary in Scotland. 2 . Specif .: a bog from which peats are 
  144. Sair adj., n., 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]1704-2004
    ., Per. 1969); (10) sair-lump , a boil, imposthume; †(11) sair-six , the six-crop rotation system of Morning i.; Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel xiv.; Slk. a .1835 Hogg Tales (1874) 280; Dmf. 1883 R. W. Thom. Rennie St Patrick III. iv.: I'm no that dune gleg i' the hearin', sin I teuk a sair caul', Beltane was a twa year. Sc. 1823 Fair Janet in Child Ballads No. 64 A.xvii.: There's a sair pain in my head, father, There's a sair pain in my side. ne.Sc. 1884 D. Grant Lays 46: Those who nursed him Through his sair and weary ill. Fif. 1929 A. Taylor Bitter Bread 125: The Major's gotten a sair hoast. Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 20: Ye've got a real sore wan there. That really is a painful injury. m.Sc. 1994 Martin Bowman and Legge I Love Me (Who Do You Love?) 7: Robbie brought play to a halt in the cup final. 'An axe through the skull,' he said, 'That's a fucking sare yin.' (2) sim. of a task, an activity or the like 
  145. Rin 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]1717-1997
    RIN , v ., n . Also rinn . Sc. forms and usages of Eng. run . I . v . A . Forms: Pr.t. rin. Beattie Scoticisms 76), † rune (Sc. a .1714 Earls Crm . (Fraser 1876) II. 485). Pa.p. run ; ran sm.Sc. 1979 Alan Temperley Tales of Galloway (1986) 1: 'I lived in a lan' where we saw nae sky, I dwalt in a spot where a burn rins na by; ... ' m.Sc. 1982 Douglas Fraser in Hamish Brown. A Golem rins fae the graveyard An the win is readin quate In the sma synagogue. B . Usages: 1., runabout, roving. Gen.Sc. Also as a n ., a vagabond, rover; a restless gadabout person. Gen.Sc.; (ii) rin apin , -apo , see (xiv) (Sh. 1968); (iv) rin(n) awa , adj., runaway (Ags. 1886 A. Willock Rosetty Ends 31). Gen.Sc. As a n . applied to the third or ring finger in children's rhyme about the fingers (see quot.); (v) rin by , of a bill, etc.: to become overdue (Abd. 1968); (vi) rin doon wi , to pour young pigs; sim. of giving medicine (Ork. 1968); (vii) rin in by or to , to pay a short call on (a 
  146. 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
     richt boil a potato wi' peat; it's only a smell.' Cai. 1932 John o' Groat Jnl. (4 Nov.): He.). [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 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 
  147. 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 ] 
  148. 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.] 
  149. 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 
  150. 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 
  151. 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 
  152. 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 .] 
  153. 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.' 
  154. 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 
  155. 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 
  156. 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 
  157. 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 
  158. 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 
  159. 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 
  160. 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.] 
  161. 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 .] 
  162. 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.] 
  163. 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 
  164. 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.] 
  165. 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.).] 
  166. 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 .] 
  167. 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). 
  168. 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 
  169. 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 
  170. 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 
  171. 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 .] 
  172. 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. ).] 
  173. 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.] 
  174. 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.] 
  175. 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 ] 
  176. 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 
  177. 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 
  178. 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 
  179. 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 
  180. 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 
  181. 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 
  182. 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”. 
  183. 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 
  184. 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 
  185. 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 
  186. 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.] 
  187. 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 
  188. 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 
  189. 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.] 
  190. 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 ] 
  191. 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.'] 
  192. 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 
  193. 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 .] 
  194. 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.] 
  195. 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 
  196. 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 
  197. 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 
  198. 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 
  199. 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 
  200. 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 
  201. 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 
  202. 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.] 
  203. 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.] 
  204. 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 
  205. 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 
  206. 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.] 
  207. 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 ] 
  208. 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 
  209. 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.] 
  210. 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.] 
  211. 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.] 
  212. 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.] 
  213. 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 
  214. 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 
  215. 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 .] 
  216. 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 
  217. 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 
  218. 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 
  219. 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 
  220. 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 
  221. 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 
  222. 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. 
  223. 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 
  224. 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 
  225. 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 
  226. 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 .] 
  227. 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 
  228. 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.] 
  229. 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 
  230. 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.' 
  231. 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 
  232. 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 
  233. 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.] 
  234. 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 
  235. 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.] 
  236. 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.] 
  237. 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.] 
  238. 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.] 
  239. 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 
  240. 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 
  241. 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 
  242. 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 
  243. 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.] 
  244. 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.] 
  245. 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 
  246. 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 .] 
  247. 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 
  248. 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 
  249. 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 
  250. 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 
  251. 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 
  252. 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 
  253. 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.] 
  254. 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 
  255. 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 .] 
  256. 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.] 
  257. 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 
  258. 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 
  259. 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 
  260. 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 
  261. 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 
  262. 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 
  263. 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 
  264. 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 
  265. 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 
  266. 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 
  267. 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 
  268. 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 
  269. 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.] 
  270. 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 
  271. 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 
  272. 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 
  273. 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 
  274. 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 
  275. 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 
  276. 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 
  277. 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 
  278. 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.] 
  279. 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.] 
  280. 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 
  281. 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 .] 
  282. 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 
  283. 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 
  284. 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 .] 
  285. 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.] 
  286. 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 
  287. 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 .] 
  288. 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.] 
  289. 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.] 
  290. 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 
  291. 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 
  292. 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 
  293. 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.] 
  294. 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 
  295. 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.] 
  296. 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.] 
  297. 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 
  298. 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 
  299. 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 
  300. 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 
  301. 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 
  302. 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 
  303. 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 
  304. 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 .).] 
  305. 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 
  306. 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 
  307. 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 
  308. 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 .] 
  309. 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 
  310. 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.] 
  311. 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 
  312. 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 
  313. 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 
  314. 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 
  315. 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 
  316. 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 
  317. 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 
  318. 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 
  319. 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.] 
  320. 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 
  321. 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 
  322. 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 
  323. 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 
  324. 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 
  325. 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 
  326. 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 
  327. 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.] 
  328. 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.] 
  329. 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 .] 
  330. 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.] 
  331. 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 
  332. 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.] 
  333. 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'. 
  334. 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 
  335. 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 
  336. 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 
  337. 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 
  338. 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 
  339. 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 
  340. 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 
  341. 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 .] 
  342. 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 
  343. 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.] 
  344. 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.). 
  345. 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 
  346. 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 
  347. 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 
  348. 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 
  349. 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 
  350. 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 .).] 
  351. 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! 
  352. 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.] 
  353. 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 
  354. 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 .] 
  355. 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 
  356. 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 
  357. 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 
  358. 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 
  359. 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 
  360. 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 
  361. 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 
  362. 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 
  363. 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 
  364. 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 .] 
  365. 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 
  366. 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 
  367. 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 
  368. 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.] 
  369. 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 
  370. 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 .] 
  371. 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 .] 
  372. 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).] 
  373. 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 
  374. 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 
  375. 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 
  376. 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 
  377. 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 
  378. 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 
  379. 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 
  380. 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 
  381. 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 
  382. 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 
  383. 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 
  384. 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 
  385. 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 
  386. 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 
  387. 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 
  388. 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 
  389. 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'. 
  390. 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.] 
  391. 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.] 
  392. 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 .] 
  393. 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.] 
  394. 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.] 
  395. 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 
  396. 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 
  397. 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 
  398. 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 
  399. 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 
  400. 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 
  401. 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 
  402. 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 
  403. 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 
  404. 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 
  405. 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 
  406. 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 
  407. 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 
  408. 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 
  409. 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. 
  410. 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.] 
  411. 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 .] 
  412. 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 
  413. 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 
  414. 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 
  415. 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 
  416. 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 
  417. 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 
  418. 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 
  419. 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 
  420. 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.] 
  421. 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.] 
  422. 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 
  423. 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 
  424. 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 .] 
  425. 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 
  426. 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 .] 
  427. 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 
  428. 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. 
  429. 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. 
  430. 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 
  431. 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 
  432. 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.] 
  433. 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.] 
  434. 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 
  435. 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 .] 
  436. 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 
  437. 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. 
  438. 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.] 
  439. 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 

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  1. Boil v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1550-1611
    ( Boil ,) Boyl , v . Also: boyle , boylle . [e.m.E. and ME. boyl(e , boil(e , OF. boillir . Cf. Builȝe v .] intr . and tr . To boil. Also fig . c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i 
  2. Builȝe v.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1580
    Builȝe , Bulȝe , v . [ME. buyle (14th c.), OF. boillir (F. bouillir ): cf. Boil v .] tr . To boil. c1420 Wynt. v . 4648 (C). Qwhar Bellyal bar inys ar bulȝeande 1568 Mar 
  3. Phlegmon n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1581-1623
    Phlegmon , n. [e.m.E. and ME. flegmone (1398), phlegmone (1541).] An inflammatory tumour; a boil. — 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 160/891. Plouks, shirres and atrie phlegmons v.r 
  4. Recoct v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1646
    Recoct , v. [e.m.E. recoct (1562).] To boil or cook a second or subsequent time. — 1646 
  5. Loddin p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1567-1568
    Loddin . [? p.p. of Lythe v ., by analogy with soddin p.p. of Sethe v . to boil.] ? Made tender by cooking. — a1568 Bannatyne MS 138 a/77. The kaill ar soddin And als the laverok is fust 
  6. Boul v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1604-1605
    Boul , v . [Var. of Bule v .] tr . To boil. — a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 242 (L 
  7. Lepe v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1633
     , Loup v . In the mod. Sc. and north. Eng. dial. as leep , leap , lep .] tr . To boil; to boil slightly, to parboil: ‘we say that a thing is leeped that is heated a little or put into boiling water or such like for a little time’ (Ruddiman). — 1513 Doug. viii . Prol. 92. Sum latyt latton, but 
  8. Boch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1517-1609
    . boche , OF. boce (F. bosse ), boil, ulcer.] 1 . A contagious eruptive disease. Boche folk , those botch and boyll was on thair person 2 . A boil or ulcer. a1605 Montg. Flyt. 784. Mischancit 
  9. Warbillis n. pl.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1604-1605
     horse's back. Cf. MSw. varbulde a boil.] The swelling on the back of an animal produced by the larva ofWarbillis , Warbles , n. pl . 2 [17th c. Eng. warbles a tumour caused by saddle pressure on a 
  10. Leydocks n. pl.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1700-1700+
     meal and cold water, stirred together over the fire till they boil.’ — a 1708 Prince of Tartaria.) lithe adj. = smooth, thick (broth etc.) (mod. Sc. dial. has lithy in the same sense).] ‘A mixture of 
  11. Reist v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1604-1692
     burn, smoke, Dan. riste to grill or boil, f. ON rist gridiron.] a . tr. To cure by means of smoke or heat. b . To expose (a person) to heat or smoke as a punishment. — a . a1605 Montg 
  12. Quhelling vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1540-1586
    . welle(n v. to boil, melt, etc., OE wiellan, wellan ( Well v. ).] Boiling (liquids); melting (metal qualiteis acquyr And grethid in gleid groves glorious gleting golde Sa in afflichsioun as a fornace fyir 
  13. Unleipit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1567-1568
    . Lepe v. 2 ‘to boil slightly’; and by Earl F. Guy, in ‘Some Comic and Burlesque Poems in Two shear (a sheep)'.) — a1568 Gyre-carling 4. Thair dwelt ane grit gyre carling in awld Betokis 
  14. Buller v.1[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1630
    Buller , v . 1 Also: bullyr , bulr- . [Cf. OF. bullir , Icel. bulla to boil.] 1 . intr. The ble of his bright weid wes bullerand in blude 1513 Doug. ix . vi. 58. Lyke a ded stok . To boil or bubble up; to rush or flow impetuously or noisily. a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis/19. Quhat haeresie euir hes bullerit out, bot onder a certane name? 3 . tr . To send forth in a 
  15. Lopperit p.p., ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1623
     curdle, also to simmer, boil slowly, and cf. north. ME. loper a. coagulated. and mod. south Sc. andLopperit , Lopprit , Loppred , p.p . and ppl. a . Also: lopperyt , loppirrit . [North. ME. lopred ( a 1300), lopyrde , lopyrryde (Cath. Anglic.). and mod. north. Eng. dial. loppered , f lopna , to curdle, etc. (Thorson). Cf. Lapper v . and Lap(p)er(e)d ppl. a .] Coagulated, clotted 
  16. Pluk n.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1400-1686
     tumour; a boil; a pimple. Also, comb . in pluckeuill , a disease characterized by boils or the like … was a pestilentious boil … striking out in many heads or in many plukes 1581-1623 James VI (Cath. Angl.), plouke (1562), plucke (1562), of unknown origin. Gael. pluc (a knot, tumour, pimple, the rot in sheep) ‘appears to be from Scots’ (OED.).] 1 . A disease of sheep, ‘rot’ or ‘scab vocatur pilsoucht vel pluk in vicecomitatu vestro iuste examinatur [etc.] 2 . A growth, swelling or the pluckeuill 3 . A small protuberance near the rim or mouth of a vessel, marking the level to which it must be filled to contain a specified measure. Also attrib . Cf. Pluking vbl. n. 2 stoup as followis 1686 Mackenzie Observ. (1687) 120. By our custom there is a plouck in 
  17. Pestilentius adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1531-1632
     beist 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 164. The disease … was a pestilentious boil 1632Pestilenti(o)us , -ci(o)us , a . Also: peste- . [Cf. e.m.E. pestilentious ( a 1586), F.] Pestilentious, in the usual senses. a . Tending to produce pestilence. = Pestifer(o)us a . 1. b . Morally harmful or pernicious. = Pestifer(o)us a . 3, Pestilent a . 2. a . 1533 Bell. Livy I 
  18. Byle n.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1399-1662
     , OE. býl .] A boil. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxviii. 294. With a faire clath scho clengit Calchou 450. The venome … makis a byle or a bolge in som part c1420 Ratis Raving 180. The see, Ane byill new brokin on his thye a1568 Bannatyne MS fol. 135/51. A byle that is lang the disease … was a pestilentious byle, … ane attrie kind of byle 1600-1610 Melvill 576. Misc. P. vi. 10. I feill a byll within my bosum beill 
  19. Popill v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1513-1661
    .), populand ( a 1450), ppl. adj., e.m.E. poppell (1530), pople (1555), prob. of onomatopoeic origin: cf (Kilian) to murmur.] intr. To stream or be poured out or over ( out , furth or up ) in a tumbling, bubbling and frothy manner, as disturbed or turbulent water or fiercely boiling liquid; to boil or bubble about] 1661 Criminal Trials III 199. A spring, like unto blood, popling up, running into several streams all over the root b . quasi- tr. To pour in a bubbling, boiling, turbulent stream 
  20. Soup n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0]1500-1671
     belong. ( a ) 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i li. Then made they ready store of carbonadoes … and maisteris [ sc. of Glasgow University] sall have to their disjoyne ane quhyte breid of ane pund wecht in a thrie and thrie ane ait laif in a sowpe ( d ) 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 76. To know the way of his cut doune loaves 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 76. If a man would make a good soup without flech he would cut me doune some onions with a lump of butter … which he sall frie in a pan, then pour in some vinaigre … vater … salt and spice, and let al boil together, then pour it on your sup, and I promise you a good sup 1671 Sc. Hist. Rev. LXI 147. Wedensdaye to denner swp and collops is 1 s 
  21. Wel v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1450-1659
    ), welle(n ( a 1225), well (Cursor M.), wel (1570), OE weallan, wiellan , Angl. wællan, wellan (to cause) to boil, MLG wallen, wellen , MDu. wellen , MFlem. wallen , ON vella .] 1 . fig. To plunge, embroil (persons) in wa (woe). c1450-2 Howlat 499 (A). The wyis quhar the wicht went war (metal). Also transf. b . intr. Of metal: To melt, amalgamate (by the process of casting). ( a … Pyracmon The glowand irne to well [ Ruddim. wel] and peyn 1513 Doug. viii vii 174. A hug yron oare is found within halfe a foote of the turfe which will wall togither lyke osement yron c … they can, nor mixe, nor wall 1659 A. Hay Diary 40. Parliament and the protestant partie 
  22. Seth 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
    . soden .] 1 . tr. a . To subject to the action of boiling liquid; to cook by boiling. Also absol hir tak thre pyntis of sweit wirt and seith it with a quantitie of fresche butter 1597 seathe the whay with 1646 Montgomery Mem. 297. A chopin [of ale] to seath a codline ( d geese ( e ) 1589 St. A. Kirk S. 653. Deponis sche hes sein Mr. Androw saith herbis in ane pan Rec. II 45. Scho … pat the samyn in a pane mixit thair with aquavytie, raw hony and seithet thame a1500 Henr. Orph. 526 (Ch. & M.). He to the soupere Slew his awin sone … In till a sewe wyth. Hydromeli , water and honie sodden togather 1596 Dalr. I 94/26. Thay fand out a new … maner of noucht … to seythe thaim fische or flesche a1500 Henr. Fab. 235 (Bann.). A gentill hairt is bettir recreat With blyth visage than sethe to him a cow a1500 Henr. Orph. 535. Men … The (liquid) to boil. Also const. away . (1) 1542 Treasurer's Accounts VIII 131. For the cariage of 
  23. Brew v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1400-1687
    . browin , etc., occurs frequently in town records. ( a ) 14.. Acts I. 27/2. Quha sum evir will brugh 1687 Ayr Chart. 69. Ilk boll of malt brewen b . To boil or make (soap). 1554 haue brouin that bargane, sa thay drank a1605 Montg. Son. xxiv. 9. A brybour baird that 
  24. Pest n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1479-1697
    ; pestilence. b . spec . The bubonic plague. c . A particular instance or outbreak of either of these support hir [6/8] 1605-6 Welsh Forty-eight Serm. 146. The pest in … this land is now a Burgesses 73. [A burgess] deprived of his freedom for … repairing to Ingland quhair the pest is raging and Fraser Polichron. 350. A box chest of flax … being opened and loused the pest spread — 1581-1623 cleinger of the seik folks in tyme of pest 1570 Lanark B. Rec. 51. 1587 St. A. Kirk S Accounts XII. 282. Williame Wallange skippar suspect of pest 1589 St. A. B. Ct. 15 Aug. Eftir … ane attrie kind of boil striking out in many heads or … plukes … the maist … deadly kind of pest and boil that was in the dayis of that king (4) 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 4. Ane pest is the perllis a pest Bereft him all a1578 Pitsc. I. 30/18. 1600-1610 Melvill 222. In that simmer He send a pest d . The pest of guiddis , ? murrain. 1552 Elgin Rec. I. 117. That na 
  25. Probabil adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1490-1691
     well-conceived equivocations [etc.], … boil all these in a Jesuit's brainpan, and add thirto of the acceptable.] 1 . Capable of being proved, demonstrable, provable. Also, ellipt. , of a person: Capable of Fraser, a parte quherof is evident and manifeist, ane vther parte lycklie and probable 1670 matters of conscience it is lawful to follow any course in support of which the authority of a recognised doctor of the Church can be cited’ (OED). 1682 Lauder Observes App. iv 309. Take … a douson of doctrine of probable opinions c . Of an assertion or a person making an assertion: Worthy of acceptance 
  26. Scald v.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1699
     ; schald . [ME and e.m.E. schalde(n (Ancr. R.), skalde(n ( a 1300), scalde(n (Rolle), scolde(n … And al the cost belyve of flambys scald 1513 Ib. xii v 199. A byrnand schide … That blesyt vp hys lang berd … Quhilk scaldit thus a strang fleur dyd cast — 1567 Gude and Godlie: To burn (a person) by way of punishment. Also absol. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 4020. Thow (something) in a way comparable to the effect produced by the action of hot water or steam; to damage severely. a . Of words, etc. b . Of a sore. c . Of heavy rain. a . 1513 Doug. i Prol. 258 Belhaven Rudiments 12. For oft-times a sudden spait of rain scalds the tender grain d . Of thoughts or cares: To inflame or irritate (a person, his or her mind). a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii mariage Skaldyng hir breist and mynd half in a rage 3 . To cleanse, wash out or sterilise with boiling. To forge a querrell … and skad your lippes in other men's kaile a1628 Carmichael Prov. No 
  27. Play 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]1375-1692
    , as boiling water; to boil. c1420 Wynt. i . 1174. As [in] a caldrown … For het of sown the se A. Shields Some Notis of a Sermon Preached at the Lothers in Crafoord Moor 24–5. Yet others pot play well proverb . a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 115. A mean [ Carmichael reaven] pot plaid never evin c . Of a spring: To bubble up. — a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2181. Vnder; to activate. 3 . tr . In brewing: To ‘ play ’ the wort , to ‘work’ (i.e. ? to stir or ? to boil. A. Kirk S. 922. She played woiert on the Saboth day upon necessitie 1626 Elgin Rec. II say] the lasse has put on the caldron and played some afterwort 4 . a . intr . Of a cannon: To fire, be discharged continually. b . tr . To fire (a gun) again and again. To play nipshot (= ? to action or activity. 5 . tr . To execute (a quick movement). 1598 Birrel Diary 45. Ane man 6 . To execute a deception; to play a trick or prank (on (to, with ) a person, also const. dat 
  28. Play 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]1375-1681
     a pan), to cause to move about briskly, by stirring, bringing to the boil or simmering. Cf. Play v. 1 Cf. ME. plaȝe ( c 1250), plahe ( a 1225), plawe ( a 1290), plau (14th c.), f. OE appear to mix the two types ple(o)ȝe and plawe ’ (OED.).] Play, or a play, in various senses. The. 2 , may pres.t. of May v. 1 , pray , say , etc. 1 . Brisk or vigorous movement. a dayes playe agane and hes hitt the castell uith ane schotte c . To give (ingredients) a play (in v. 2 and 3. — 1650 Brechin Presb. 37. To tak som plumb damouses and sugar and give them a play in a pan together with som drink 2 . Exercise or activity done for the sake of recreation pane that eftir may follow (2) 1584 Melvill 184. Giff … at meat, play or elswhare a gentilman sall nam the devill [etc.] b . Enjoyment, pleasure, delight. c . Applied to a person viewed as a source of this. b . 1375 Barb. v . 73 (E). It is gud that we samyn ta Dissese or ese 
  29. Pleuch 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
    (e , late OE. ploh , ON. plogr (also OFris. ploch , OHG. pfluog , etc.), a word of appar. late regularly f. OE. ploȝas pl. The form pleuchis etc. is a re-formation f. the (orig. uninflected) sing. ] 1 . A plough, the agricultural implement. Also, transf ., applied to the activity or occupation of ploughing. See also b–d below. Also proverb . For a detailed discussion of the plough, its parts, team and manpower, see A. Fenton The Plough-Song in Tools & Tillage I. (1970) 175–91. For further examples of (7), see Lows v. 1 7 a and Lowsing vbl. n. 1 1 a (5). (1) 1375 Barb. xix. Furneisand thrie horsis with pluich and pluich yrones 1638 Hawick Ann. 42. Scots are awarded to a the pleuch 1570 Satirical Poems xii. 72 (see Patil(l n. a). 1598 James VI Basil. Doron 196/10. & not that a colte shall drau the pleuch & ane aulde horse rinne auaye pleuch … may nocht be poynded … in tyme of labouring a 1650 Descr. Orchad. 31 in 
  30. Strik 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+
     body: To break out in a rash of boils or blisters. Also, of a boil: To erupt. a . 1618 Master), strak(e (1400-40), strooke (1557), strucke (1627), stroake ( a 1650), also stryked (Chaucer a 1450), stricken (1542), stroken (1560), stroke ( a 1566), strooken ( a 1577), stricke), OE strican , p.t. strac , p.p. stricen .] I . To deal a blow to, hit, beat. 1 . tr. To hit (a person or animal), usually with the hand or with an implement; to kick (also, of a horse). Also Catechism 87. He that strikkis and slais a man or a woman, lat him dee the deed 1560 Rolland 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 68. The larde of Grange … had gewin charge … to stryk the said Henrie with a Donald Ure was sitting on a strull [? = stuill], John Galie wricht did streik the said Donald with his devill uith ane battoun 1641 Misc. Spald. C. II 235. Thay say he had striken a man, whereof he wyfe, being within a month of her tyme 1676 Meikle Old Session Bk. 98. William Barnat 
  31. 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 
  32. 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 
  33. 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 
  34. 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 
  35. 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 
  36. 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 
  37. 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 
  38. 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 
  39. 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 
  40. 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 
  41. 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 
  42. 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 
  43. 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 
  44. 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 
  45. 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. 
  46. 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 
  47. 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 
  48. 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 
  49. 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 
  50. 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 
  51. 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 
  52. 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 
  53. 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 
  54. 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 
  55. 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 
  56. 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 
  57. 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 
  58. 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 
  59. 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 
  60. 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 
  61. 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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