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  1. Hame-drauchtit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1879-2004
    . 1956). Cf. hame-drawn s.v. Hame , III . 5 . Abd. a .1880 W. Robbie Yonderton 10. 2004 : A hame-drachtit buddy - niver gangs oot aboot fae e place. [ Hame + Draucht , v . 4HAME-DRAUCHTIT , ppl.adj . Also -drachted , -drachtit , -draughtit ; ¶ -drocht . 1 . Selfish: Although he was somewhat selfish and 'hame-drachtit.' Abd. 1900 C. Murray Hamewith 25: The Lady that taks on Is young to hae sae muckle on her han', Wi' . . . factors aye hame-drauchted when they can. Abd. 1922 Abd. Wkly. Free Press (11 Feb.) 2: Hame-drauchtit, aye lookin' t own interests, self-interest. Abd. 1886 Bon-Accord (23 Oct.) 7: Aberdeen's 'hame-draughtitness' is such as to preclude the possibility of even a pot of paint or a bag of nails for the work. 1956). Bnff. 6 c .1920 : Him gyang abroad! he's ower hame-drachted to cross the 'haddick peel.' Abd. 1920 T. McWilliam Sc. Life 116: 'It's an awfa' hame-drocht beast this,' said William, as 
  2. Hame n., adv., adj., 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]1700-2001
     sweir That there ye've fun a second hame. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 7: Pincils. a .1730 A. Pennecuik Poems (1787) 32: Hame at their awn town let them bide. Ork. 1880 by train or bus I'd hae to leave a guid hour earlier, and I'd be hame an hour later. ...' Ork lovely boys. Ayr. a .1851 A. Aitken Poems (1873) 7: His only son Was gotten hame, an' by him christen'd John. Lnk. 1888 R. Young Love at Plough 13: A comin' hame an' then the Gourla' rode through the storm for a doctor to bring hame his heir. Sc. 1948 D. Macmillan Not Scot Free vii.: He's a fine man, our doctor, and won't return till all's by and the wean safe hame. ne.Sc. 1884 D. Grant Lays 92: He was so sly an' douce, Until a sonsie pawky quean Cam' hame to pey, when he cam' hame. III . Combs.: 1 . hame-aboot , at home, gen. in reference to a stay-at , return, arrival (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Cai. 1902 E.D.D. ; Sh., Abd. 1956); 4 . hame-comin(g) , a coming-home 
  3. Hameower adv., 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]1721-1998
    : Gin he shoud rise and hame o'er gang, Lang was he in a swidder. Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (1925) 53: Hame-o'er langsyne you ha'e been blyth to pack Your a' upon a sarkless soldier's back. 1806 A. Douglas Poems 152: The weel kend gate They're on the nick o' takin' Hame owre this night. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 106: There I was deaved a' afternoon Wi' orra hame-o'er blether By these “hame-ower fashion of speaking.” Ags. 1945 Scots Mag. (April) 39: Och, juist a hameowre wee hame-come-owre he was too. wm.Sc. 1903 S. Macplowter Mrs McCraw 48: The Yerl 'umsel' was a. 1820 A. Sutherland St Kathleen III. vii.: Will ye tak' a cup o' tea? for ye'll no like our hameHAMEOWER , adv ., adj . Also hameo'er , -(come-)owre , † hame aur , haim-ower . I . adv. Sc. 1774 Lyon in Mourning (S.H.S.) III. 328: The bonniest lass in a' the wardle , whom may God bless and preserve, and her ain guidman, and send them hame aur to their ain fireside. Fif 
  4. Hamit adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1794-1928
     125: I'm only a plain, hame-at body. Knr. 1925 H. Haliburton Horace 244: They're wearinHAMIT , adj . Also hame(i)t , hame-at , hemmit , haem(m)it (Ags. 1852 Montrose Standard (4 June) 8); hame(i)nt (e.Lth., Bwk.). Home-produced, home-grown (Ags. 1825 Jam.; Ags., Slg. 1956); hence, home-loving, homely, familiar, vernacular. Sometimes in a derogatory sense: rough and ready, rude. Menzies Poet. Trifles 86: For fear some ragged rin-there-out, Or hungry weans sud get a glaum o't (Series 2) 84: A hamet-made haggis, unschool'd, and unread. Hdg. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 173: It's a' 'bout Hairyoobit, This unco hameint new bit. Ags. 1914 I. Bell Country Clash Loon 23: Upon the lanesome Corrie heichts Acht miles an' mair frae hamit lichts. [O.Sc. hame(i 
  5. Afiedlert adv.[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
     fieldward], nor at hame. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 57: Frae fouk a fiedlert [ed. 1778: a† AFIEDLERT , A FIELDWARD , adv . Afield, abroad, away from home. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 100: For, tho' I say't mysell, they're nae to keam Against the hair, afiedlert [ed. 1778: a fieldward], nae frae fouk at hame, Will come the antercast ye'll hae to blame. [ Afiedlert is from Abd 
  6. Dandy n.2, 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]1927-1930
     Hansel Fae Hame 31: I [horse] joggit hame, a whistlin' loon Upon my back, That dandit's doon wiDANDY , n . 2 , v . 1 . n . An abbreviation of Eng. dandy-brush , a stiff brush for cleaning horses. Known to Cai. 7 , Kcb. 10 1939. Bnff. 2 1930 : The grieve ga the aal meer a gweed owergyaan wi' the dandy. 2 . v . To groom with a dandy (Bnff. 2 1939). Bnff.(D) 1927 E. S. Rae 
  7. Hamesucken n., adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1707-1956
     hame-sucken(n)ess , n., self-interest. Gall. a .1900 'Mulciber Veritatis' Gallowa' Herds 1 meaning is an artificial comb. from Hame + Sucken (of a mill), with sim. sense development as in Hame : (the offence of committing) a premeditated assault upon a person in his own house or dwelling place (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 39), still known and understood but generally now termed assault, formerly a capital offence. Also used attrib . n.Sc. 1707 Fraser Papers (S.H.S.) 37: The Rape, and hame sucken committed by him on the Person of the said Emilia Lady Dowager of Lovat. Rnf. 1717 W. Hector Judicial Rec. (1876) 218: The defender . . . did by way of Hame Sucken within or Principles iv . iv. 32: Haimsucken . . . is the assaulting or beating of a person in his own house and nightly; so that neither a public-house, nor a private, where one is only transiently, falls Letter xiii.: The essence of hamesucken is to strike a man in his dwelling-place . . . and so there's 
  8. Ahame adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1789-1887
     chiel, Wha bears a heart that's true an' leal, Wha'd sing a-hame, or ficht a-fiel', For the sake o + hame ; cf. a-whoam and other forms in Eng. dial.], Spring 17: [He's] left his gear a'hame to these Wha for't think worth to scramble. [ A = at 
  9. Sove v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1887-1904
    . 1904 E.D.D. : I'll hae to sove awa hame. [Orig. uncertain. Poss. partly imit., partly a variant. Duguid 174, 245: [The craws] were careering and soving awa hame to Eglinton, like the black messengers of doom. . . . The wheepling o' a whaup as it soved owre the heather in the still blue lift. Per 
  10. Hamebide n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0]1948-1952
     P. Smith Fisher Folk 4: A genial crack and an entertaining yarn for all 'hame-bides' andHAMEBIDE(R) , n . A local resident. Esp. applied to natives of Bo'ness in West Lothian or regular 'invasion' resulted in many a Donnybrook between 'hamebiders' and 'interlopers.' Fif. 1952 exception. [ Hame + Bide , v .] 
  11. Haim n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-1999
     traces and brechams and rigwiddies aw noo in his past. Combs.: (1) hame-blade , the half of a set of, i.e . bent inwards (Sc. Ib .); (3) hem-shin , a shin shaped like a hame, hence hem-shin'd , = (2); (4) hame stick , = (1); (5) haim-strap , a strap which fastens one part of the hames to the other. Gen.Sc. (1) Dmf. 1841 S. Hawkins Poems V. 25: Sometimes a bane like a hame-blade. (2 have a glance of gleaming steel 'hame sticks.' (5) Ork. 1 1920 : He cut the hem-strap to); and corrupt form hain ( Ib .). Sc. variants of Eng. hame , one of the two curved pieces of wood or metal forming or covering one-half of the collar of a draught horse to which the traces are fastened; gen. in pl . Gen.Sc. Sc. 1703 Foulis Acc. Bk. (S.H.S.) 335: To him to give James Davie for a pair of haims mounted . . . 13/-. Arg. 1774 D. H. Edwards Men and Manners (1920) 85: A pair hems 9d, for a collar 6½, cart saddle 1s 3d. Arg. 1798 J. Smith Agric. Arg. 60: Nor 
  12. Even 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
    : I'll win hame at even at ony rate. . . . Dinna ye never gae fae hame at even? 
  13. Digeest v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1806-1924
     this I'll no digeest. Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 21: It's a hashin' thing the? Abd. 1924 B. R. McIntosh in Scots Mag. (July) 296: They say an ablach walks her hame; But flu' And your throat's just like a rag . . . And there's naething to digeest. 
  14. Bluiter n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1914-1990
    ) 93: Aifter a guid half-hour's walk he teen the juckal back hame tae the hoose. As soon as the dirty] 1 . n . (1) “Apparently used to denote filth in a liquid state” (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Bnff. 2 1935). (2) “A coarse, clumsy, blundering fellow” (Bnff. 2 1935; Lth. 1825 Jam. 2 ); “a dirty, slovenly person” (Bnff. 4 1912, blutter ). Kcb. 6 1914 : The auld bluiter has made a gey mess o't. (3) A badly executed and unskilful job. Gsw. 1988 Michael Munro The Patter Another Blast 8: blooter As well as kick this word is widely used as a term of general excess. For example, if you quickly spend a sum of money you may be said to have 'blootered the whole lot'. A blooter is a quickly done, sloppy job: 'Look at the run s in this paintwork; this's been a blooter of a job.' A mental blooter is a spree of any kind of excessive behaviour, not solely applied to heavy drinking: 'He's giein it the mental blooter tae get the decoratin done fur her an the baby comin hame. ' 2 . v . (1) “To besmear 
  15. Walcome n., adj., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1818-2004
    -hame , ¶ -haim , 1 . a reception or party given for a bride on entering her new home (Sc. 1808 Jam the newly-married couple, to celebrate the welcome-hame, by a good drink and funny crack. 2 the same farm for another year; but as a matter of fact, each man at a welcome hame, new comer and old Gaelic.' A parliament spokesman defended its policies, saying: ' Language can be a significant barrier, preventing people from exercising their basic democratic rights.' The promotion of Scots is now seen as a a keek roon' and 'Gin ye decide tae visit, please think on whit ye wid like tae see and dae, as the.), a celebration attended by all the friends of a newly-married couple on the Monday after they have been kirked (Sc. 1825 Jam.). See Kirk , v . 1 , 1 . (1); 2 . a celebration held on the occasion of the coming of new ploughmen to a farm (see quot.). 1 . Sc. 1818 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 415 . Knr. 1894 H. Haliburton Furth in Field 18: 'The welcome hame' was usually given 'an eight 
  16. Trill v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1929-1972
    , An' a lick oot o' anither man's pock, An' hame again, hame again. 3 . To chatter continuouslyTRILL , v . 1 Also treel . 1 . As in Eng. dial.: tr . to roll, bowl, trundle (a hoop) (Gsw treel a girr. 2 . intr . To run; to run slowly, esp. of a feeble animal (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1958). Ork. 1929 Old-Lore Misc. ix . ii. 80: Sheu wad rin trillan efter 'im like a peerie dog. Ork. 1972 : Trill, trill, trill, Twa peerie dogs gaen tae da mill, Tak a lick oot o' ae man's pock (Ork. 1929 Marw.), poss. a different word. [Mid.Eng. trille , to spin, roll, trundle. Cf . Norw 
  17. Afiel' adv.[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]1789
     vii.: At hame, a-fiel', at wark or leisure. 
  18. Convoyance 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]1897
    ¶ CONVOYANCE , n . A conveyance, carriage. Per. 1897 C. M. Stuart Sandy Scott's Bible Class (1924) 82: And he's awa hame himsel' in his ain convoyance. 
  19. Cuttle 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]1892
    CUTTLE , n . Sc. usage: a whet, a sharpening. Abd. 1892 J. Smith Hame-spun Rhymes 55: Come out wi' your whuttle, I'll gie't a cuttle, An' sharp it, as also your shears. [From Cuttle 
  20. Sponsefu' adj.[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
     Patrick II. x.: Harlin' awa' a sponsefu' man frae his hame and haudin'. [ Sponse ( < Sponsible 
  21. Onriven ppl. adj.[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]1887
     . . . if ony o' the dochters cam hame frae a fair or a tryst wi' their goons onriven. [ On- , pref . 1 
  22. Umshy 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]1867
    UMSHY , n . A bruise or other injury. [′ʌmʃi] Abd. 1867 W. Anderson Rhymes 186: Some o' the chiels gaed hirplin' hame Wi' umshies on their head. [ne.Sc. variant of Amschach , q.v .] 
  23. 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
     Helenore 120: An' a' the beasts in course of time came hame, An' ilka cow was welcom'd by her dame, . . . Gaed bannin the French again hame. † 2 . A mother. Also used fig . Obs. in Eng. since 16th centDAME , 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. Kcd. 1844 W. Jamie Muse 68: The shepherd was steering his course awa hame To his wee toddling bairns and couthy ain dame. Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 189: Sae Symon, and Janet his dame. ( 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 
  24. Winny v.[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]1911
    ¶ WINNY , v . Appar. a misprint for wirry , Worry in its Eng. sense. Lnk. 1911 G. A. H hame. 
  25. Cankrif adj.[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]1878
     , suff . Per. 1878 R. Ford Hame-spun Lays 98: A fig for cankrif warldly cares, They downa 
  26. Kward 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]1889
     Trans. Bch. Field Club I. 202: Fat ever ither ye fess hame, be sure to fess a pair o' oo' kwards to¶ KWARD , n . A rare or irreg. Abd. form of Eng. card . See also Caird , n . 2 Abd. 1889 
  27. Tarie 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]1874
    TARIE , n . Nonce reduced form of cross-tarrie , Croistarich , q.v ., the fiery cross, as a signal for rallying to arms. [′tɑre] Sc. 1874 W. Allan Hame-Spun Lilts 400: Welcome the foe 
  28. Sumple 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]1897
    ¶ SUMPLE , n . A fool, a booby, simpleton. Edb. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar 155, 258: Gang hame to your ain bitch and stapp her tongue, ye puir sumple. . . . Haud your tongue, you sumple. [Variant of simple , used as a n ., phs. with influence from Sumph .] 
  29. Mistell v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1901
     R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 68: Noo! that minister had a wife o' his ain at hame, if A'm no 
  30. Faetter 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
    FAETTER , n . A variant of Eng. feature , = appearance, figure, shape. See Fayter . Sh. 1930 Manson's Sh. Almanac 196: Wi' peerie Rigga highly commended, ken ye we took da gait hame-trow in no sic 
  31. Dorb n.1, v.[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]1914-1927
    DORB , n . 1 , v . Also darb . 1 . n . (1) A peck; a prod (Bnff. 2 1940, dorb ). Abd me a nesty dorb on the back of the han'. (2) “A variety of the game of marbles in which the marbles are placed hard up against a wall. The pitcher is flung hard towards the wall and if it is caught . To peck, to grub (Bnff. 2 1940). Vbl.n. dorbin . Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel Fae Hame 53-hame in Aiberdeen. Abd. 1920 G. P. Dunbar Peat Reek 34: An' noo they [crows] 're sclamerin' in the air, Or dorbin' at the neeps. [Origin imit.: a variant of Dob , v . 1 , n . 1 , Dab 
  32. Buik v.2[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
    ' hailst her wi' a jook, The lass paid hame her compliment, an buik. [Strong pa.t . of Beck , v . 1† BUIK , v . 2 , pa.t . Curtsied. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 59: To her she hys, an 
  33. Crimpin vbl. 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
     obsol .). Arg. 1929 McInnes Dial. S. Kintyre : Ye'll get a good crimpin when ye go hame: mindCRIMPIN , vbl.n . A whipping, punishment (Arg. 1936 L. McInnes Dial. S. Kintyre 14, obs . or 
  34. Hamie adj.[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
    : Syne ripet a' my shallow pow For hamie lays; Resolv'd to write a sang to you, Before I raise. [ Hame + -ie , adj. suff. Cf . colloq. Eng. hom(e)y , id., from 1856.] 
  35. Latin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1859-1860
    . (1881) 93: I've a good mind to nooze your ribs there where ye lie, an' leave ye to hirple hame on your¶ LATIN , n . Appar. = a rascal, good-for-nothing. Rxb. a .1860 J. Younger Autobiog ae foot. A coward! ye latin o' ye. [Phs. as Watson suggests a corruption of latheron , Laidron 
  36. Bar n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1988
     fowk takkin a dram an a pint or twa afore they cairried the lave o their wages hame. ... ' 71: ' ... It wis a Thursday nicht whan this thing happened, pey-nicht, an the baurs wis stowed wi 
  37. Bauken 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]1870
    BAUKEN , n . A bat. m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 24: In the kingdom o' nature frae the mauken, the bird frae the bauken. [O.Sc. bak , a bat + en = ing . See Backie , n . 4 ] 
  38. Hodder v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1847
     the time till a' get hoddert hame. [ Hod + freq. suff. -er . Cf . Hoddle , v .]‡ HODDER , v . To walk in a steady plodding way, to stump or jog along (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B 
  39. Caukly adv.[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]1755
     in a week and is turned very fat. He'll take but caukly [ sic ] we hame again.. Fleming Robert Adam (1962) 142: He drinks nothing but wine and eats more in a day than he used to do 
  40. Puggle v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1923-2000
     , -t , at a standstill from exhaustion or frustration, done for, at the end of one's resources (Ayr. 1990s). Gen.Sc. Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : A was fair pagart; A coudna rin another fitlenth. em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 228: 'The next evenin, it was a Monday, the doctor was hame early. He was niver hame early. I had been oot at work. I was fucked, puggelt. I came in and he: Puggled megastar Matt Damon sustained a separated rib while trying to work up his swing for The Legend Of, said to be from Hindustani pagal , mad, furious, but it may be simply a euphemistic alteration of 
  41. Broonie n.3[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]1870
    BROONIE , n . 3 A kind of wild bee (Abd. 22 1936). m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 38: There “blackies” and “broonies” stored up their sweet gains Frae the gleg dancin' een o 
  42. Clushet 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
    ‡ CLUSHET , n . 2 “One who has the charge of a cow-house” (Rxb. (Liddisdale) 1825 Jam. 2 ; 1923 Watson W.-B. , obsol.). Sc.(E) 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws of the Marches ii.: Hie way hame and help the clushet milk the kye. [ E.D.D. suggests that this may be a corruption of close-herd .] 
  43. Untentin ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1791-1824
     seen. Sc. 1824 R. K. Douglas Poems 117: Dowie hame at e'en I daunder, Fields and a' their. Learmont Poems 126: Sae aft exteriors cleek th' untentin' een, Whyle lowly merit needs a search ere 
  44. Twatter-catch n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1958
     hame-sook o a dye, an a twatter-catch ida face o da aff-rug. [For twarter (use Thorter , advTWATTER-CATCH , n. comb . A small eddy or cross-ripple. Sh. 1958 New Shetlander No. 47. 11: If da police gets de in Lerwik it'll no be for owerspeedin but mair laekly fir anchorin whar der's a 
  45. Cannock 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]1892-1893
    ¶ CANNOCK , n . A mistake or nonce alteration metri causa for Cammock , q.v . Sc. a .1893 Excursions by Road and Rail for Twenty Miles around Dundee 73: The Romans lang syne had a claught at oor' them hame. 
  46. Doister 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]1900
     E.D.D. : I was oot last nicht an' comin' hame the win' was a perfect deaister an' nearly beat meDOISTER , DYSTER , n . Also dystar , deaister . A stormy wind blowing in from the sea (Bnff. 2 
  47. Forrow 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]1940
    FORROW , n . A load, as much as can be carted or carried at one time (Cai. 1907 D. B. Nicolson in County of Cai . 72; ‡Cai. 1953). Cai. 1940 John o' Groat Jnl. (16 Feb.): Geordie is takin' hame a forrow o' neeps. [Norw. dial. forda [′fɔrə], Sw. fora , id. Cf . O.N. forða , to transport.] 
  48. Antercast n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1822
    . 1768 A. Ross Helenore 57: Frae fouk a fiedlert, nae frae fouk at hame, Will come the antercast† ANTERCAST , n . 'A misfortune, a mischance, S.B. [ i.e . north. Scot.]' (Jam. 1808). Abd ye'll hae to blame. Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems (Glossary): Antercast , mischance. Ayr, chance + cast , a throw.] 
  49. Feuch v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1750-1928
     Hansel Fae Hame 35: Ye feuch your bogie, streeked at ease. ? Hence feugar , a smoker. Ayr. 1790FEUCH , v . 1 , n . 1 Also feugh . [fjux] I . v . To puff (at a pipe), to smoke (Mry. 1 belickit did he the hale gate bat feugh at his pipe. Abd. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 73: Hame frae the alehouse come at night, An' feugh his cuttie, an' light, an' light. Ags. 1892 A. Reid Howetoon 132: [He] feuched wi' mair birr whan his mou' was a' haill. Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae A. Tait Poems 240: Ye'd almost think she has twa wames, Tobacco feugar. II . n . A whiff, draw, puff (at a pipe), a smoke (Bnff. 16 , Abd. 27 , Ags. 1946). Dim. feuchie . Abd. 1903 W. Watson Auld Lang Syne 5: Licht ma pipe . . . and gie me a bit feuchie. Bnff. 1918 J. Mitchell Bydand 11: Ower a feuch o' bogie an' a skirp o' barley-bree. Abd. 1928 Word-Lore III. vi . 149: She liket a feuch o' the pipe. [Orig. onomatopoeic. The word feugar is uncertain in 
  50. Bunta 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]1900
    † BUNTA , BUNTOCH , n . 1 . 'A drink given free after several had been paid for' (Mry. after 1750 Pluscarden MS ., bunta ). 2 . A small perquisite given over and above the regular payment. Kcb. 4 c .1900 : Langsyne a weaver generally got a pun' o' butter, or a whang o' cheese as 'buntoch' when he brocht hame the wab. [See etym. note to Boonta .] 
  51. Troutsho 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]1794
    TROUTSHO , n . Also trootcho , trootsho , troutshow . A disparaging term for a Highlander. [′tr(ʌ)ut′ʃɔ:] m.Lth. 1794 G. Robertson Har'st Rig (1801) 28: A' the Trout shows, in a bang, Do come, and to the barn they thrang, For that's their hame. [From Gael. trobhad so , come here, picked up by Lowlanders as a common expression used by Highlanders and repeated derisively.] 
  52. Upings n. pl.[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]1847
    ¶ UPINGS , n.pl . A clean change of clothes, clothes after being cleaned and repaired. s.Sc. 1847 H. S. Riddell Poems 20: But ye're o'er like our ain when they Come hame to get their up 
  53. Brankless adj.[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]1878
    BRANKLESS , adj . Unchecked, uncurbed, unbridled. Per. 1878 R. Ford Hame-Spun Lays 152 
  54. Cype 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]1927
    ) 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 44: But just a lanely aul' bit biggin', Wi' cypet [earthen] fleer an' seggit riggin'. [A v . formed from the n. cype , a hole in the ground in the game of 
  55. Hereaboot adv.[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]1894
     marry a hereaboot man, or I'm cheated, just as young Maister Willy,' says I, ''ll be bringing hame some 
  56. Underhalf 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]1888
    ' Dalma Linn 103: O! sic a' like wife, wi' her heid in the air, As she's luggin' her unnerhalf hame 
  57. Bedeen adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1913
     an expletive or to eke out a line. [bə′din] Immediately, quickly, soon, early, anon. Sc.(E) 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ i . vi. 10: Whanevir a man griens for ocht ayont missour, bedeen he becomes wanrestfu'. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 48: Whan tyr'd an' weary'd they came hame at e'en, They're clappet up into their hole bedeen. Per. 1821 Anon. Will ye go to 79: Yet aiming to be thought bedeen, Amang their betters. Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake, etc. 23: But when the sun his golden broo had dippit in the sea, Oor lassie wander'd hame , altogether, fully, straightway, continuously. Almost exclusively a rhyme word and frequently only a rhyme-tag 
  58. Darkwise 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]1896
     hame without the lamps? It's wearin' darkwise. [ Dark + suff. -wise = rather.] 
  59. Out-stucken ppl. adj.[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]1922
    OUT-STUCKEN , ppl.adj . Also oot- . Stuck out. Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 
  60. Swank v.2[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]1906
     13: He's funked goin' hame efter swankin' an auld ashpan. 
  61. Total adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1842-1863
    . dial. Hence total(l)er , a total abstainer, a teetotaller. Per. a .1843 J. Stewart Sketches (1857) 22, 78: Shame fa' the loon that's Total, man! . . . Look within the Totaller's hame. Rnf. 1863 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie 131: He's a Templar stanch and true, A Totaler o' the rale true blue. 
  62. Bare-powed adj.[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]1874
    BARE-POWED , adj . Bare-headed. Sc. 1874 W. Allan Hame-spun Lilts 155: The leddies bare 
  63. Outleeve 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]1922
    . Cairncross Scot at Hame 13: I've maybe just ootleeved my poo'er. 
  64. Daul v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1868
    . ). Abd. 1868 W. Shelley Wayside Flowers 67: When faither comes hame frae his wark, dauled and done. Hence † dauler , “a supine delicate person” (Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 ). [ Cf . Eng. dial. dawl 
  65. Clue 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]1878
    CLUE , n . Variant of Eng. clew , a ball of wool. See also Cloo , n . Sc. usages: 1 . An, property, etc. Per. 1878 R. Ford Hame-spun Lays 106: But my auld gutcher's dead, an' has left me 
  66. Crooch 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]1938
    ' wulks [whelks] aa day an' I met her comin' hame wi' a bag o' them on her crooch wad hae frichted a coal‡ CROOCH , n . The back when bent, a hump-back. [krutʃ] Arg. 1 1938 : She wuz getherin). [Gael. cruit , a hunchback, Ir. cruiteach , adj., hunchbacked.] 
  67. Hurlie interj., n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1824-1957
    ). I . int . A call to a cow to come to be milked (Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc . 149 cries, 'Hurly Hawkie, 'String, string awa hame to the milking loan, 'Hurly, Hurly, Hawky.' Kcb, Hurley, hie awa' hame!' sm.Sc. 1922 R. W. Mackenna Flower o' the Heather xxii.: She went out.: hurlie-hornie , a children's game of 'tig' (see quot.). Dmf. 1957 : The game of 'Hurly-Hornie' as free to run on. II . n. Transf .: a cow (Kcb. 1 1929). [Orig. obscure.] 
  68. Hamesome adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1868
     hamesome in his ways. [ Hame , + adj. suff. -some ; cf . Yks. dial. heeamsome , id.] 
  69. Broach 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]1779
    BROACH , v . As in St.Eng., except in the phr.: to broach a person on a thing , to open the matter to him. In the Eng. usage the v . does not take a personal obj. Known to Bnff. 2 , Abd. 9 , Ags, I'll hame and broach her the night on't. 
  70. Hoax v.[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
     stoning each other from a safe distance. Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. xv.: 'Hame ye goHOAX , v . Sc. usage: To spoil or disorganize (a game) (Mry. 1 1925). Mry. 1897 J, then,' says the counter, giving him a push: 'ye're aye hoaxin' the play.' 
  71. Jeel adj.[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]1847
     gaed frae hame baith jeel an' young, came back baith stiff an' auld. 
  72. Minny 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]1927
     Cruelty cam' on 'er an' gae 'er the minny tae tak 'er hame. 
  73. Guts v.[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]1903
     ye hedna kep' us in sae lang, wi' yer haivers, A wid hae been hame tae keep her frae gutsin 
  74. Smick n.[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]1804
     Poems 23: Blest wi' a smick o' hame content, I ward skaith o' the moorlan bent. [Prob. a variant† SMICK , n . A spot, trace, tincture (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.); any small inconsiderable trifle; “a of Eng. smack , a taste, tinge, a small quantity, with altered vowel to suggest something smaller or 
  75. Fauchie adj.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1922-1996
    FAUCHIE , adj . 1 Also fyauchy ; fya(a)chie ; † feachy (Mry. 1911 Trans. Bnff. Field Club 108). Pale yellowish grey, of a faded colour (Inv., Mry., ne.Sc., Ags. 1950); of persons, pasty-faced. Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel Fae Hame 24: Fae the sicht o' the fauchie fite-faced croods An' the kirn o' the toon's mineer. Abd. 1993 : At corn's a fyaachie kinna colour inoo. Abd ay the ane gart bide at hame, tae turn as fooshty an fyachie's the mill-puil ower bi Clashmore, that 
  76. Jinkie adv.[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]1927
    JINKIE , adv . Jauntily. Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel Fae Hame 14: I sanna seek 
  77. Onwith adv.[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]1891
    : I maun gang onwith — The Bruntlan's my hame. [Reduced form of Onworth . See Hamewith and note.] 
  78. Thrill n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1871-1907
     lx. 5: That the folk ye loe weel may win hame out o' thril. Sc. 1907 D. MacAlister Echoes (1923) 125: Wha canna thole, what'er betide, Tae live in thrill tae onie. [A nonce usage from O.Sc. thryll , a slave, bondman, thrildom , slavery, 1375, Sc. variants of Eng. thral(ldom) . Cf . also 
  79. Outroad 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]1927
     Hansel fae Hame 45: 'Neath unkent lifts, fremt folk amang, And further fyles — the ootroad's lang. 
  80. Byouty 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]1927-1932
     Hansel fae Hame 43: A ruin but nae o' byouty shorn, For nature is to a' forlorn A kin'ly frien een, an' min' 'at they're i' the hicht an' fu'ness o' life in a wardle o' byowty. 
  81. Onlookin adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1912-1961
    . 1912 J. Nicolson Hame-Spun 45: I was skeetit frae head ta foot, sae 'at I'm not onlookin tae a bruck a dirt, an wisna on-lookin. [ On- , pref . 1 , + look . Cf . Norw. anselig , id.] 
  82. Fore E'en n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1916
     Rustic Rhymes 196: He's been awa' this hale fore-e'en, An' come hame fu' o' stories. [ Fore- , 2 
  83. Tuchin n., 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]1943
    TUCHIN , n ., adj . Also tuchan , teuchin . [′t(j)uxən] I . n . A husky cough, a slight 138: He's gane hame t' his mither wi' the tuchan. II . adj . Hawking, clearing the throat of assimilated to ppl. and gerundial forms of a v. * tuch .] 
  84. Clunk n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1936
     1936 : Aff he set for hame, as happy's Laurie, wi' a quarter o' breed in ae han', an' a clunk oCLUNK , n . 3 A large mass or lump, esp. of cheese or beef. Cf . Klunsh . [klʌŋk] Bnff. 2' cheese in the ither. [Prob. a reduced form of Clunkart , n ., 1 , with influence from Eng. chunk , but cf . Norw. and Sw. dial. klunk , a lump (Falk and Torp s.v. kluntet ), which is of the same 
  85. Barlic adj.[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]1790
    † BARLIC , adj . Angry, drunken. Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 151: When hame the husband comes just roarin' fu'; Nor can she please him in his barlic mood, He cocks his hand and gi's his wife a 
  86. Ca'way v.[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]1908-1915
    : Cawaw tay yur tee. w.Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo (1912) xii.: Ca'way hame, like a wee 
  87. Fortravailed ppl. adj.[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]1827-1922
     T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 34: And the wee bit squeaky fiddle was a gey weel-trysted frien 
  88. Backerty-wyes adv.[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
    : Ye're that slow the nicht ye'll be meetin' yersel' traivellin' hame backerty-wyes. [ Backwart 
  89. Keeawd adj.[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]1931
    KEEAWD , adj . Fuddled with drink. [′kiǫ:d] Arg. 1 1931 : I saw him gaan hame yesterday 
  90. Whilsome adj.[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]1872
    , their vera name Is unkent in their whilsome hame. [Nonce form poss. based on while sin s.v. While 
  91. Forbes' Hour n. phr.[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]1870-1877
    , We'll a' steer hame like dacent folk. Lnk. 1877 W. McHutchison Poems 183: The clock, twa 
  92. Happock 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]1890-1909
    HAPPOCK , n . Also hapock . A mound, knoll. Abd. 1890 Sc. N. & Q. (Ser. 1) IV. 52: The coggie set aff hame, O'er hills and o'er hapocks O'er cairns and o'er knapocks. ne.Sc. 1909 
  93. Raing v.2, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1773-1822
     81: Hame frae the fields, in raings war comin', Fu' monie a weary man an' woman. [A variant of. II . n . A rank, file, row (Sc. 1808 Jam., a raing of soldiers). Edb. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 
  94. Airch v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1979
     Chapman 23-4 (1985) 65: The day birls to tea-time and the dander hame. The sun has foonert and grey 
  95. Awid adj.[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]1891-1932
    .: But let the matter drop I winna, though I ken you're a' awid to be hame now. Ags. 1 1932 : I have applied to a native of Kirriemuir . . . still in touch with the place. He says awid is well 
  96. Pirlet 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]1822
    . Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie v., ciii.: A pretty pirlit ye'll be; me leading you hame, blendPIRLET , n . Also pirlit . A puny, deformed or battered-looking person, an “object”. Only in Galt and bleeding, wi' a napkin or an auld stocking tied round your head. . . . Miss Mizy judiciously protested . . . that it would be a disgrace to them for ever to pass through the town with such a pirlet of a driver. [? Dim. deriv. from Pirl , n ., 1 ., something twisted or deformed. Cf Pirlie 
  97. Brim n.2[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]1904
     eer I marry anither woman, Or bring anither hame, I wish a hundred evils may enter me, And may I fa, destruction, as the swine in the parable, by falling over a precipice or into the sea. Known to Abd. 2 , Abd. 9 1936. [brɪm, brɪ̢m] Sc. 1904 Burd Isabel in Ballads (ed. Child) No. 257 A. 16: If 
  98. Droddy-bottle n. comb.[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]1847-1848
    DRODDY-BOTTLE , n.comb . See quot.: Dmf. a .1848 D. Hogg J. Wightman (1873) 117: As he could not so readily dispose of the liquid [dispensed at a funeral], any man, whose better half was indisposed at home, took with him what was popularly called a 'droddy-bottle'; and when those serving came round, he held out his flask, and said: 'Put it there, and I'll tak it hame to the wife.' [? droddy 
  99. Ower-shooder adj.[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]1927
     Shouder . Abd. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 51: He loups the fun ditchie, but shaakie his 
  100. Backspeirin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1827-1932
     to 'foo she'd come hame fae a forenicht's feast an' rantin.' Slg. 3 1932 : Backspeirin 
  101. Parrymauk n.[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]1916-1921
    . Bch. , Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C. : I hae a quoy at hame, the peeriemyak o' that ane. [ Parry 
  102. Sunk v.[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]1737
    SUNK , v . Also sonk . To sulk, be in a gloomy sour mood. Ppl.adj. sunkan , sullen, surly, ill now have nae Relief, But sonk at hame, and cleck Mischief. [Orig. obscure. Phs. connected with the 
  103. Billgate 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]1900
     c .1900 : I gaed hame yestreen, geyly ower the stick, an' kickit up the Deil's delicht, sae I gat my billgate this morning. [O.Sc. billiet , billȝett comes from Fr. billet , a ticket. Phs. Yett may have suggested Gate , a road, because of confusion between Sc. Yett , a gate, and gate used in Eng. sense. A genuine Sc. comb. would be gate-bill , road ticket. See note to Bilget , n . 1 ] 
  104. Caver n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1747-1931
     be affected by drink. Arg. 1 1931 : I saa Jock gaan hame the ither nicht an' he had a wee bitCAVER , Kaver , Kever , n . [′ke:vər] † 1 . “A gentle breeze” (w.Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 , caver disperst by a feeble caver of north-easterly wind. 2 . Fig . in phr.: to have a bit kaver in one , to 
  105. Brung v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1791-1901
    . 1791 J. Learmont Poems 296: Your Honour kens, and mony ane I trow, That she's brung hame accomplishments anew. Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 43: The doctor brung him in tae gie him a dram. [Not in D.O.S.T . Found in Mod.Eng. dial. of 19th cent.; either a survival of rare O.E. pa.p 
  106. Dyang v.[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]1913-1932
     cud tak a gey skyte o' a dram, bit never got sae foo's he cudna dyang hame on's ain fit. Bch 
  107. Kyar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1868-1950
     decks). Sh. 1912 J. Nicolson Hame-Spun 81: A muckle doll wi' painted cheeks an' kiar hairKYAR , n . Also kiar . A form of Eng. coir , prepared coconut fibre used for making ropes, etc (187) 136: The mate scrubbed his chest and back with a kyar broom (a hard broom used for cleaning the. Sh. 1950 New Shetlander No. 22. 5: Even after supper he would take a head of kyar and repair a 
  108. Strunty adj.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1756-1922
    . S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 68: The strunty scrog grows green. [Phs. a variant of Eng n.Eng. dial. Sc. 1756 M. Calderwood Journey (M.C.) 169: A dead, sandy desert, covered with a poor strunty heather. Ags. 1808 Jam. : Short, contracted; as, a strunty gown. Edb. 1897 
  109. Toustie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1827-1927
     was a wee toustie when you rubbed him again the hair. Per. 1878 R. Ford Hame-Spun Lays 105: A fig for Maggie's toustie mither, Her rowtin', flytin', yowtin' mither. Ags. 1893 F. Mackenzie Cruisie Sk. xvi.: Everything he did was a fault. They were toustie every way he tried them generally referred to as 'Toustie Tizzie.' [Orig. uncertain, phs. a conflation of Towt , n ., and 
  110. Lackanee interj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1847
    . 1813 E. Picken Poems II. 134: But, O, lackanee! had he kent but a styme O' the blirt that was sae, Their father's hame in life that they Agane should never enter. [From lack , aphaeretic form 
  111. Aboot-kast 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]1908-1931
    . (1) A sudden veering round of the wind. Ork. 1929 Marw. : I think it will be a boot-kast soon. (2) The time of the equinox. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): He will be hame at aboot-kast again 
  112. Stimmer v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1933
    STIMMER , v . Sc. form of Eng. stammer . 1 , To go about in a confused manner, to blunder about (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). See Stammer . Gall. 1933 Gallov. Annual 89: [To] tak' a dram an orra time, wi'oot comin' stimmerin' hame. 2 . To stammer, to speak haltingly, to stutter (Ork. 1971). Ork 
  113. Confeerance 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]1891
     , Abd. 2 1937); 2 . to be in confeerence , to harmonise (with), to match (Fif. 1938 N. A. M. Rowlands' 22: We think o' her deep love o' kindred an' hame: Life's comforts were dross in confeerance to 
  114. Eer possess. adj.[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]1909-1929
    ' eer mizzur. Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 19: My! Sic a floors ee heh in eer than tae . . . waste ma time haverin' aboot the wather, 'ee'd better gang hame till 'eer mither. 
  115. Decay n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1821
    . Midlothian xviii.: Her son that she had left at hame weak of a decay. Ayr. 1821 Galt Ann. Parish† DECAY , n . A decline; used specifically of consumption. This use has been obs. in Eng. since middle 18th cent. Sc. 1701 J. Brand Descr. Orkney, Zetland, etc. 62: They have a charm also whereby they try if persons be in a decay or not, and if they will die thereof. Sc. 1818 Scott H xviii.: He fell into a decay, and died in the winter. [ Decay , a failing in health; a 'decline 
  116. Exactly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880-1931
     hame again, an' pat it in till his ain barn. Lnk. 1902 A. Wardrop Hamely Sk. 33: I'll exactly walk doon to the East Free Kirk minister the morn. 'em.Sc.(a) '' 1931 Gsw. Herald (8 Aug 
  117. Hap n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1878
     Hame-spun Lays 56: An' peeries, haups, an haws. [O.Sc. has hep , id., from 1513, Mid.Eng. heppe , from O.E. heope , with shortening of vowel. The a is irreg., and may be due to the influence of Whaup , a pod.] 
  118. Bonnet 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]1890-1927
     Hame 50: Bide ye, be canny, he's sattlin' tae licht, — An' he bonnets the butterflee aifter an' aBONNET , v . 1 . To capture by means of a bonnet. Bnff.(D) 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae'. 2 . “To crown the top of anything with one's bonnet as a feat of daring” (Bnff. 2 1935). Ags.(D) 1890 A. N. Simpson Muirside Memories ix.: Craws' nests he cud harrie by the dizzen, and bonnet the highest beech in a' the craw-wid. Ags.(D) 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden xii.: Sandy swore he cud bonnet a boat's mast afore the auld skipper himsel'. 
  119. Ceetie 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]1988-2001
     aye been the toon A wid caa hame. they mind on us, the trees, in the grey touns whaur a tree is anither thing in a Cooncil Park lik a widden bink, aw thir tame beds o flouers in couthie suburbs hapt wi an airn dyke, nae mair a pairt o thair realitie nor fremit beasts in a faur ceetie zoo? Uls. 2001 Belfast News Letter 17 Mar 
  120. Beamfoo 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]1898
     [′bimfu] n.Sc. 1898 W.G. in E.D.D. : She came hame wi' her mehl-pyock beamfoo. n.Sc. 1898 
  121. Hailse v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1925
     wis' Than faith in this glad halison, 'The E'enin' brings a' Hame.' Abd. 7 1925 : 'Gin I gid. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 59: Amo' the trees, a lass she do's espie; To her she hys, an' hailst her wi' a jook. Abd. 1880 Mod. Sc. Poets (Edwards) I. 66: Sweeter bliss nae bard can in I got a gey hailzin,' which means that the person who entered the house was accosted in an angry 
  122. Bung-fu' adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1879
    . 10 , Arg. 1 1937). Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems, etc. 52: Whan a Rake's gaun hame bung-fu and Verse 223: Wi' sense and wit, he's maist bung-fu'. 2 . “Quite intoxicated; a low word, q[uasi] full to the bung ; in allusion to a barrel” (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ; Bnff. 2 , Abd. 2 , Ags. 1 , Fif' . . . He has na a' his senses. [See Bung , adj .] 
  123. Dern v.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]1895-1898
     wad be sorter like, if a wife, insteed o' gaddin' aboot wi' a slut frae Scuttlebrig, wud bide at hame and dern her brats' stockin's. Uls. 1898 A. M'Ilroy Auld Meetin'-Hoose Green 65: She . . . works hard, Guid kens; thinkin' naethin' o' sittin' up a' nicht, washin' an' sterchin', an' bakin' an 
  124. Tartar 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]1905-1932
     hame. Cai. 1932 John o' Groat Jnl. (18 Nov.): A met him an' Willie tarterin' in their car). Ppl.adj. tartaran , restless, always on the move (Cai. 1972). Cai. 1928 : They a' cam' tartaran fae ae big fairm till anither. II . n . A disturbance, noise, hubbub (Cai. 1921 T.S.D.C ., Cai. 1972). Cai. 1905 E.D.D. : Fat ir ye kickan ip sic a tartre far? [Gael. tartar . noise 
  125. Bieldless adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1875-1994
     Harp of Perthsh. (ed. Ford 1893) 364: Though far frae hame I sune may be, ower beildless tilth an' tide. m.Sc. 1994 John Murray in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 102: Faces o seers an 
  126. Cubbart 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
    , cubbert ; Kcb. 10 1941, Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , Intro. § 3 (H)). [′kʌbərt] Gsw. 1877 A. G death-watch in the cubbart ticks; an' O! I'm nearin' hame. [The forms without the letter p have 
  127. Getling n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1908
    . forms of Get , n . 1 . A young child, an infant (Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Agric. Ayr . 692, gytling ; Kcb. 4 1900, Dmf. 1954, goitlin' ); 'lit. a dim. of get , a child, but in that sense applied only to one begotten in bastardy. Most commonly a term of opprobrium like fellow, knave, vagabond, and confounded with gadling ; also used colloq. like bairn, child, etc., as applied to a timorous or cowardly (S.T.S.) I. 191: The Beauty, in o'er rash a Jest, Flang the Arch-Gytling [Cupid] in South-Sea . Sc schools. Cai. 1776 Weekly Mag. (25 Jan.) 146: Nurs'd frae a gaitlin' till she grew a lass. Peb. 1793 R. Brown Carlop Green (1817) 130: Tae victual the house for a month, And gytlings please at hame. Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 119: Daft gytlin things! what gypitness is this? Gsw. 1827 A. Rodger Peter Cornclips 70: The screams o' wives and gettlings squalling Pattison with his lesson. Wgt. 1877 G. Fraser Sketches 185: Naebody ever saw us comin' hame 
  128. Vaige 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]1875-1950
    , aald vaiger is hame, hame at last. Sh. 1950 New Shetlander No. 20. 11: Gjaan eence a vaigeVAIGE , n . Also vaidg , va(e)ge ; veege ; veage ; and anglicised forms vo(a)ge , vodge . [′ve(ə)dʒ; †vodʒ] 1 . A journey, trip, outing or expedition (wm.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh., Edb. ( veage ) 1973); a return journey. Phr. eence a vaige , for the sake of the trip only. Cf . Aince Errand . Agent n. vaiger , a traveller. Abd. 1875 W. Alexander My Ain Folk 195: Mains of Puddleweal sent his carts on a weekly 'vaege' to the burgh of Innerebrie to fetch his supplies of lime. Sh ta Lerrook. 2 . A voyage, a journey by sea (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., vaidg , Sh. 1973). Abd. 1880 W. Robbie Yonderton 63: It's naething oncommon, fan they come aff o' a lang voge, to see: I winna firgit dat sam' vaige in a dirl. Sh. 1919 T. Manson Peat Comm. 94: Dis is harder wark as a vaige ta da haaf. Cai. 1933 John o' Groat Jnl. (20 Oct.) 8: 'E veege til 
  129. Burkin' House n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1870-1886
    BURKIN' HOUSE , BURKING- , n. comb . A house used for dissections. ne.Sc. 1883–1886 D. Grant Chron. of Keckleton (1888) 34: There's nae a cat nor a dog can gang in the direction o' the Back Lodge . . . that ever finds its way hame again; but it's weel kent where the puir brutes gang 
  130. Linen n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1707-1988
    , i.e . shirts, undergarments, etc. (Sc. 1787 J. Beattie Scotticisms 51; Sh. 1961); grave-clothes, a T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 191: I'll slip hame, and wash my feet, And steal on linens fair and clean, thay said, come ben afore he's pitten in his lang hame, come ben nou whan ye're bidden tae pey yir last respecks; he luks the same as aye he did. The coffin lik a frame limned oot the corp, aw in the linins hidden. Deriv. ¶ linener , a linen shirt. Gsw. 1860 J. Young Poorhouse Lays 28: Warkmen's Writings II. 20: The 'sacken sark' had a variety of names, such as 'the harden gown,' 'the sack gown 
  131. Stroick n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1930
     lassie cam hame, her peeny wus aa in stroicks. II . v . To rend, rip or tear (Arg. 1936 L. McInnes 
  132. Sunket n.1, adv.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1900
    . m.Lth. 1724 A. Pennecuik Coll. Sc. Poems (1750) 20: Syne I came unco bravely hame, Whan I got.) 321: Hame he never came without a kind kiss and sunket for me. . . . At sunket-time on the sunny: Lay Sunkots up for a sair Leg. Ayr. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 156: Think ye, that any body gied me sunket for to lie to you? Kcb. 4 1900 : When the pupils could not name a word the Sunkets in my Wame. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd MS. 177: Gin the dead o' night they-side o' a thorn bush. Lnk. a .1832 W. Watt Poems (1860) 352: Yet they maun ha'e to quench drammock twice a-day, And sunkets on a Sunday morn. II . adv . Somewhat, rather. Ayr. 1790 J 
  133. Gaase v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1886-1949
    : We'se gaase dem rex dir rigs afore dey geng hame agen.' Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Buddie.' Sh. 1949 New Shetlander No. 18, 14: I was ashore dere, got blinnd-foo, an fell in wi a lass 
  134. Fantation 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
     shu'll be able ta win hame wi' fantashen, lat alane cauld. [ Fant , v ., + -ation . Cf. starvation .] 
  135. Howe adj.2, adv.[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]1890
     sometimes uttered his word of command to the fairies in much briefer language, such as — 'Skeet howe hame 
  136. Kire 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]1927-1929
    ] Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel Fae Hame 29: Oor kire is fu' o' bonnie quines as e'er could licht 
  137. Whilliewhallie v., adj.[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]1922
    . Liter . Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 50: You may threpe aboot your twa-step And 
  138. Back-gate n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1932
    -gate fin ye're gaan hame; it's a hantle shorter. 2 . fig . Cunning, deceitful action. Sc. 1825BACK-GATE , n . [′bɑk′get] 1 . lit . A back road. Bnff. 2 1932 : Ye sid tak the back of mischievous or immoral conduct. Abd. 2 1932 : A father reproving his boys for mischief might add, 'Laddies, ye're a' gyaun the backgate.' Per. 1932 (per Abd. 2 ): An old man in 
  139. Ghaistly adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1851-1929
    . Cairncross Scot at Hame 13: And lookin' roun' wi' gaistly glowr, He yawned and said “It's near a' owre . Edb. 1851 A. Maclagan Sk. from Nature 157: Enough, auld frien'; sic ghaistly rant Would aggravate a holy saunt. Kcb. 1894 Crockett Raiders i.: It'll be waur for ye gin the Ghaistly Hounds get a grip o' your shins, Gil, my man. They draw men quick to hell! Lnk. 1922 T. S 
  140. Sklent n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1901-1930
     took advantage o' the sklent t' had hame. Phr. to get a sklent on , to get an opportunity or chanceSKLENT , n . 3 Also sklant , sclant . Chance, opportunity; interval, as in a storm (Sh. 1914. : 'Did doo speak wi' Rasmie da streen?' 'Naa, boy, I never haed a sclant.' Bnff. 2 1930 : He of speaking to (a person) (Uls. 1953 Traynor). [Ad. slang (orig. naut.) Eng. slant , id., with the 
  141. Outmost adj., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1709-1927
    . 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 1: The hert rugs hame fae ootmaist eyens o' earth. 2 . Utmost. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 23: A' in outmost mazerment an' care. e.Lth. 1908 J beach that will do theire outmost to catch a proper opportunitie. Lnk. 1861 W. McHutchison 125: A richt guid intention to dae my ootmost to mak . . . a thrifty an' helpfu' gudewife 
  142. Freer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1827-1925
     Dumfries adieu! Knr. 1925 “H. Haliburton” Horace 195: Hame ran the greedy freer, Girnin' as 
  143. Traeten v.[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
     Mansie's Rod (1922) 131: As I wis in sight o' da boat I traetn'd “Sly” hame. 
  144. Yink v.1, 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]1897
     haed da midder o' hit hame, an' Girzzie yinkit hit to wir Gibbie. II . n . 1 . A possession, what, esp. a child, something, often a young domestic animal, to whom the child gives its name (Sh. 1860 Edm belongs to one, a number, quantity, etc. of goods or chattels (Sh. 1905 E.D.D. , a yink o' sheep). 2 . Fig . A sweetheart, one who is engaged to another (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1974 
  145. Awl n.[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]1819-1823
     awls and gang hame to Mrs Spruil's. [ Alls is found in some Eng. examples, but is prob. due to a 
  146. Brang v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1901
     it gade I brang hame the sack, For the miller has taken nae mowter frae me. Slg. 1862 D. Taylor Poems 15: The verses that I wrote and brang To you, I ettled for a sang. Gall.(D) 1901 
  147. Ert n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1880-1998
     the lasses' he'rt. Ant. 1928 Irish Breeder 18: If a had the erts tae mester this trade, Wud an hame. 
  148. Owerfauld v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1894-1927
     Hansel fae Hame 45: When Nature's gloom owre-faulds me kin', And quate the nicht. II . n . That part of a stocking which is folded over at the top. Kcb. 1894 Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet iv 
  149. Geeg 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]1925-1932
    GEEG , n . Sc. form of Eng. gig , a light, two-wheeled carriage (Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; n.Sc., ‡wm.Sc., Gall., Rxb. 1954). Dim. geegie , a light, four-wheeled hand E. C. Smith Mang Howes 13: An fient a trap . . . geeg . . . or hurlie cood A airt oot or hear tell-o gaun up Teiot. Abd. 1932 Abd. Press & Jnl. (13 April): Wattie wis hurlin hame fae the spittal ae rent day — ye see he never wan the lenth o' a geeg — fan Wastie drives tee on 'im, an 
  150. Knoup v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1848-1934
     knoupit. II . n . 1 . A blow, stroke. Used fig . in quot. Per. 1878 R. Ford Hame-spun Lays 95: Ilk' victim's health gets mony a skelp, His fortune mony a fell knowp. 2 . A game at 
  151. Tunag n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1771-1825
    TUNAG , n . Also tanac ; tonnoch- . A short woollen mantle or cloak formerly worn by women (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Gael . and hist . Hence tonnoched , ppl.adj. wearing a tunag . [′tunək] Highl fastened before with a brotche. Sc. 1815 C. I. Johnstone Clan-Albin I. v.: The plaid is only worn in full dress, but the tunag by way of shawl. Per. 1825 in Jam. 2 : Ca' them hame, poor tonnoched Willy. [Gael. tonnag , a woollen shawl, O. Ir. tonach , id., Lat. tunica . “The tonnag 
  152. Biggonet n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1725-1836
     biggonets. Rnf. 1836 R. Allan Poems and Songs 121: He brings me hame a bigonet An' pearlingsBIGGONET , Bigonet , n . “A linen cap or coif” (Abd. 1790 A. Shirreffs Gloss .). Often used in 
  153. Fornyaw v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1913
    .): One old man told me that after he had walked a long distance, 'he was gey furnyaud whan he got hame forjesket and forniaw'd as a forfoughten cock. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxxv.: I wad see them a' at heckle-birnie afore I wad fornyaw mysel' at that rate. Dmf. 1912 Scotsman (25 Jan 
  154. Grannie n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1880-2001
     apples (Sc. 1951 Hotch-Potch 26); (7) Granny's Hielan Hame , nostalgic reference, esp. in a song, to granny's Hielan hame. He writes: 'Traipsing through a new woodland section, there was the croft house by a (Abd. 1936 D. Bruce Cried on Sunday 8), -y , and reduced form gran (ne. and em.Sc. (a), wm. and s.Sc. 1955). Sc. usages: I . n . † 1 . A child's name for a grandfather (Sc. 1825 Jam.). 2 . The. 1880 Patterson Gl. : Granny . A small sheaf composed of the last remaining growing stalks of corn on a farm at harvest. The stalks are plaited together, and are cut down by the reapers throwing their reaping-hooks at it from a little distance. It is then carried home in triumph, and the person who granny . 3 . A hairy caterpillar, the larva of the tiger moth (n.Ir. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl .; Kcb. 6 Fishery Board Gl .). 5 . A chimney cowl (Abd., e., w. and sm.Sc. 1955). Abd. 1920 G. P. Dunbar. wm.Sc. a .1930 N. Munro Looker-on (1933) 214: There's a 'granny' on a lum up there that's jist 
  155. Bedraigle v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1870-1929
     o' Hame 115: Yer tautit wame bedraigled a', wi' paidlin' through the dibs. dirt. Lnk. 1923 G. Rae 'Mang Lowland Hills 66: In mony a weary dooncast 'oor, When cares bedraigled a' my sky. 2 . ppl.adj. bedraig(g)led , soiled by dragging in wet or dirt. Sc. 1929 J. A. Penney in Sc. Mag. (Feb.) 400: Wi' broken and bedraigled wing It lichted 'yont the hill. Ags. a .1892 A. Doig in A. Reid Bards of Ags. and the Mearns (1897) 133: Some o' them sat 
  156. Brad n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1877
    ! if I had ya hame I wad gae ya something guid for ya.' 
  157. Cuttle v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1847-1870
    ' Hame 35: Thy blade I'll scour, thy edge I'll cuttle. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 144: Thy rough and ready weapon's nane sae blunt, 'Twill staun' a rattle 'gainst their cuttl't gullies. Hence cuittler , “one who sharpens; a cutler” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ); also in comb. cuittler's dreep ( drap ), a drop of mucus on the end of the nose ( Ib .), from the similarity to the water-drip which moistens a cutler's wheel. [A back-formation from O.Sc. cutler , 1356 ( D.O.S.T .).] 
  158. Doil n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1776-1927
    DOIL , n . 2 Also doyl , dile . Sorrow. Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 24: I, mournful; 2 . doylach , -och , a stupid or crazy person. 1 . Cai. 1776 Weekly Mag. (25 Jan ratherly a doyloch . Gall. 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 60: There wus a kin o' a doylach they ca't Gib M'Jiltroch . . . an they made him President. [Prob. a variant of Dool , n . 1 ; see 
  159. Maillie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1814-1907
    MAILLIE , n . A general term for a ewe or a pet name for a favourite one, prob. deriv. from No. 33. 31: She ca'd hame the maillies, an' milked them forbye. Hence mailie , malae , malie , and corrupt form merley , calls to cows, sheep or lambs (Uls. a .1908 Traynor (1953), mailie 
  160. Shyve v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1961
    . 1970); specif . to throw a rope, e.g. from a boat to the pier ( Id .). [ʃɑev] Bnff. 1961 Banffshire Jnl. (7 Feb.): The door was flung open to show an assistant standing on a box, while willing children. There was always a bunch of fishermen gathered round the 'lamp shed' (a little bit away: Loons were there fae far and near, Shyvin' oot their hame-made linies. [The form is phs. due to 
  161. Idiotical adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1751-1945
     would na be at hame to a living soul. Per. 1902 E.D.D. : Newspapers are characterized as onything sae idiotical as that! II . n . Nonsense, a foolish thing, trash. Gen. found in pl . Ayr 
  162. Skobe 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]1898-1901
     hooks clear of the sea-bottom or to be paid out in a strong tide (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 193 Shetland News (23 April): Whin da cappie wis hame, Lowrie gae plenty o' skobe. Sh. 1901 T. P 
  163. Squeerie v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1887-1940
     are awa frae hame. Abd. 15 1940 : She's a squeerichin, throweddir breet. [Abd. variant of. Robertson Bogie's Banks 81: They squeerie ower the warl' wide, the laddies noo-a-days. Bnff. 1924 
  164. Alake interj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1725-1826
     at hame are held in nae repute.' Ayr. 1786 Burns Scotch Drink xiv.: Alake! that e'er my Muse has reason, To wyte her countrymen wi' treason! [Prob. from A , pref. 7 + Lake , Sc. form 
  165. Daidle 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]1896-1928
    DAIDLE , v . 3 , tr . and intr . To fondle a child, to toss it (on the knee); used of the child her as if she were an infant. Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 58: Wee Tiddle 
  166. Hailly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1827-1882
    : The feckless sigh, an' the Lord can hear; an' frae a' their fash redds them haillie. [ Ib . xiv. 1 brethren gie, But I maun leave my true heart halelie At hame, my love, wi' thee. [ Hail , adj . + adv 
  167. Vitch v.[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]1894-1899
     exchange news or gossip (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 226, 1866 Edm. Gl ., ‡Sh. 1973). Vbl.n. vitching hands at hame. Sh. 1898 Shetland News (8 Jan.): Her time is spent vitchin, an' carryin 
  168. Ferry v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1847-1864
     sow with young. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin viii.: My mither was at hame waitin' on a Pop. Rhymes 222: The soo was soon to farra, and she hopit for a good bairn-time. Fif. 1864.' [1894 ed. has farryt .] II . n . A litter of pigs (Sc. 1818 Sawers). Hence comb. ferry sow , a 
  169. Gilly-gawkie n., v., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1779-1954
    ‡ GILLY-GAWKIE , n ., v ., adj . Also gillie- , -gaukie . † I . n . A silly young person; “a by a gilly-gawkie. Slk. 1835 Hogg Wars Montrose I. 74: You mouse-trap, you gillie-gawkie, I say go away hame. † II . v . “To spend time idly and foolishly” (Lth. 1825 Jam.). III . adj. [ Gilly- , as in Gilly-gawpus , + gawkie , a foolish, awkward person (see Gawk ).] 
  170. Droog v.[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
     'drooglan work.' Bnff. 6 c .1920 : The bairns cam hame fae the skweel yesterday like droogled rats 
  171. Tyce v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1760-1963
     Sandy Todd 47: I'll need tae be ticin' awa' hame. Abd. 1963 Buchan Observer (22 Jan.) 4 
  172. Stoiter v., n., adv.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1724-2005
    . 1995 Sheena Blackhall Lament for the Raj 6: Altho he niver steers frae hame The tortoise, like a Poems (S.T.S.) III. 90: Quhen staggirand and swaggirand, They stovter Hame to sleip. Lnl. 1768.) II. 143: Till he can lend the stoitering state a lift. Ayr. 1787 Burns Letters (Ferguson: Stoiterin and stacherin and tumblin. Per. 1842 R. Nicoll Poems 24: Now, wi' a staff, about the stouterin' awa' hame near blind. Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sketches 87: Stoiterin' wi' age an' mony, stytering South Scotch they [the English] think sae muckle o'. II . n . 1 . A staggering motion, stumble, a reeling about (Sc. 1808 Jam., stoiter , stoitle ; Sh., ne.Sc., Ags., Fif., Wgt. 1971). Comb. stoiter-shaughle , used as a nickname of a weak-legged, tottery person. The assertion in the 1827 quot iii.: A shambling uncertainty to his gait, which procured him [King James VI] the familiar cognomen of stoiter-shaughle . Rnf. 1830 A. Picken Dominie's Legacy I. 137: She never geid 
  173. Dinger n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1860-1948
    DINGER , n . 1 . A smashing blow (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , 1942 Zai). Also in Eng. dial. 2 . 'A masterful or vigorous person' (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Gsw. 1860 J. Young Selections (1881) 16: Ay, doubtless ye're a dinger -but my fegs, I'll ding a while ere I ding back my eggs. 3 . 'A vigorous course of action' ( Ib .): gen. in phrs. to gae a ( one's ) dinger , to do anything in a vigorous, boisterous fashion, to go the pace, go the whole hog (Fif. 14 , Ags. 18 1947; Edb. 5 1940; Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 10, — a — ); to gan a bonnie dinger , id. (Slk. 1947 (per Abd. 27 )). Gsw. 1948 Bulletin (7 May): 'Welcome hame, chaps. Fegs 
  174. Toddle v.1, n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1726-1934
    TODDLE , v . 1 , n . Also toadle , todle ; ¶ toodle (Ags. 1905 A. N. Simpson Bobbie Guthrie a young child or animal, or an old, infirm or drunk person, to totter. Gen.Sc. Adopted in Eng. in the 19th c. Ppl.adj. toddlin . Sc. 1726 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 161: When round as a neep you come todlen hame. Sc. 1783 Allison Gross in Child Ballads No. 35. x.: She's Amb. (1855) I. 123: Leadin a toddlin bairn in her hand. Slg. 1841 R. M. Stupart Harp of lambs are toddlin' i' the sun. Sc. 1893 Stevenson Catriona xv.: Tam took me, that was a todler-tyke has a very gude byke. Sc. 1846 Chambers's Jnl. (30 May) 349: A light yellow bee. Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel xxxii.: The King, to use a north country word, expressive of his-Pairty 59: We should jist be gettin' on oor haps an' toadlin' awa hame. em.Sc. 1909 J. Black cogn. accusative. Per. a .1843 J. Stewart Sketches (1857) 15: 'Mang a' the queer bodies 
  175. Blastie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1800-1928
    ‡ BLASTIE , n . 'A shrivelled dwarf, an ill-tempered or unmanageable child or animal, a term of fourth's a Highland Donald hastie, A damn'd red-wud Kilburnie blastie! Ayr. 4 1928 Gall, an' I'll let the life oot o' ye! Wgt. 1877 G. Fraser Sketches, etc. of Wgt. 386: A burly tradesman came up to the worthy Bailie, and seizing him by his coat collar, gave him a shake, saying 'Awa' hame oot o this, ya blastie, or ee'll be trampit tae death.' [From blast , to curse or wither.] 
  176. Fusker n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1871-2002
     P.L.D. § 59 , § 134 . Phr. ‡ to hing the fusker , to sport whiskers, sc . as a sign of age and authority, to be a foreman or overseer. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxx.: Yon stoot chap, min. Abd. 1949 Buchan Observer (17 May): Filling the post of foreman on a large farm, a. Abd. 1953 Huntly Express (30 Jan.): Am gyan hame tae Bogs o' Noth, The fusker for tae hing. Edb. 2002 : Ah juist cannae go a man wi fuskers. 
  177. 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
    . S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 56: I [cat] had a bield, a lilac tree . . . An' there I crouched five. 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 was gane, The daintiest littleane bonny Jean fuish hame. Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) 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 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 
  178. Gastrous adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1821-1999
    . Abd. 1851 Banffshire Jnl. (2 Dec.): But coming hame I got a gastrous fright. em.Sc. 1999 scunnersome an gastrous thing Scowkin an lurkin ben. Hence ¶ gastrouslye , adv., monstrously, in a 
  179. Clock n.2[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1737-1988
    . Cairncross Scot at Hame 65: Or he'll clout ye there-and-then Like a big, begrut clock-bee. (2) Ags Summer. Sh.(D) 1898 “Junda” Echoes from Klingrahool 9: Fan du a klok or a wiglin wirm Or a' golachs, an' the like O' a' yon vairmin has their use. sm.Sc. 1988 W. A. D. and D. Riach A Galloway Glossary : clock 1. a black beetle Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize II. xix.: An auld bigging, such as our kirk was, a perfect howf of cloks and spiders. Combs.: (1) clock-bee , a flying beetle whose wings produce a humming sound (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Abd. 22 1936); see also bum-clock s.v. Bum , v . 1 , 6 ; extended in quot. to denote a grumbling, whining person; (2) clockleddy , clok. 1934 H. B. Cruickshank Up Noran Water 17: Clok-leddy, clok-leddy, Flee awa' hame. Ayr, atweel there's an abundance o' that at the Garden of Plants. [O.Sc. clok , clock , a beetle, from a .1550 ( D.O.S.T .). Of uncertain origin, but cf . Sw. dial. klocka , a beetle, an earwig (M.E.).] 
  180. Fisher n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1726-1974
    FISHER , n . n.Sc. usages: A member, female as well as male, of a fishing community (Cai., Rs , a fisherman (Bnff. 2 1945): see Doddie ; fisher-land , 'land on the seashore used by fishermen to dry fish, spread nets, etc.' (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .); † fisher-nannie , a fisherwoman; fishers' hen , a sea-gull (Ags. 1975); fisher-toun , a fishing village. Cf . Fish , 3 . (9). ne.Sc. 1726 Edb belong to Whitehills, a Fisher-town in the Murray Frith. Abd. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 7: Clanish as the curious fisher fouk. Mry. 1832 Fife Herald (3 May): A son of St Crispin, whose knowledge of the English Language does not exceed a fisher's dozen words. Abd. 1842 Blackwood's Mag. (March) 299: They have a dread of being counted, of which the mischievous boys of Aberdeen were wont to avail themselves, by crying as the fisherwomen passed — 'Ane, twa, three, What a lot of fisher-nannies I naething but a fisher-body upon a sma' watter. Bnff. 1880 J. F. S. Gordon Chron. Keith 71 
  181. Mistryst v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1816-1922
     B. Dwarf iv.: Feind o' me will mistryst you for a' my mother says. Dmf. 1826 A. Cunningham Paul Jones I. vi.: A lassie ruined and mistrysted. Per. c .1890 D. M. Forrester Stevenson Catriona xiii.: Ye'll just mistryst aince and for a' with the gentry in the bents. Kcb. 1893 Crockett Raiders xlvi.: There was an ill speldron o' a loon that had mistrysted wi' twa lasses already. Ags. 1894 A. Reid Songs 24: A lassie mistrystet, the mirk roond me twinin meeting with . Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 67: Oh I ha'e lost my playmate and the astray, delude, sc . of a malign or supernatural agency, hence in pa.p. mistrystit , bewildered Scott B. Dwarf iii.: It's a braw thing for a man to be out a' day, and frighted — na, I winna say that neither — but mistrysted wi' bogles in the hame-coming. Sc. 1817 Scott Rob Roy xiv 
  182. Clunk v.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]1922
    . Cairncross Scot at Hame 22: And Jean just clunks aboot Reddin' up wi' muckle clutter. Hence clunker , a large, heavy foot. Ags.(D) 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden xv.: An' syne I saw Sandy's , to walk in a heavy, noisy manner ( E.D.D. ), for which N.E.D. compares Du. klont , E.Fris. klunt influenced, however, by Clunk , n . 1 , 1 , a dull, clanking sound.] 
  183. Hod v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1889
    HOD , v . To jog along on horseback, to bump in the saddle, to have a loose ungainly seat, of a. Gsw. 1860 J. Young Poorhouse Lays 123: Noo hodden on he soon reached hame. ne.Sc. 1884 D. Grant Lays 43: Hoddin' on through Tullynessle . . . Wi' a seat nae unco sicker. Sc 
  184. A'gait 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]1822-1927
    A′GAIT , A′GATE , adv . 1 . On the road, afoot, going about (esp. after illness). Sc. 1825 shauchlin [ sc . shoon], and aiblins may gar me cowp i' the glaur, when I gang agate. Mry. a .1927 . Away. Sc. 1822 A. Cunningham Trad. Tales II. 290: Though it's sinful-like to send the poor messenger a mile agate with a lie in his mouth without a glass of brandy. em.Sc. 1920 J. Black Airtin' Hame 63: I've been far awa', As far agate as London toon. Gall. 1900 R. J. Muir 
  185. Dindee n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1891-1930
    ' siccan a dundee aboot the gran' ane 'at she got hame. Bnff. 2 1930 : Sic a dinniedeer! I wiss ye) , dun- , dinniedoo . A noise, uproar, “either of people quarrelling, or in fun” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff . 42, dundee(rie) , Abd. 13 1910, dinniedoo ; Abd. 2 1940, dinniedeer ); a fuss, to-do (Abd the wa' Wi' sic a dinnydeer, The gavil o' the Royal hut Fell outward clean an' clear. Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Back o' Benachie 51: The cairts kick up sic a din-deerie on the steens. [Also 
  186. Sin n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1930
     haudin' doon at hame, fyles rin oot o' theet a' thegidder fin they wun t' the Toun. A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 33: Nae man but women ye shall see therein, An' be as welcome as my mither's sin. Ayr. 1773 Weekly Mag. (Feb.) 237: I think he'll be the sin o' a duke. Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Poems 4: The first a farmer's eldest sin; Was beef without, but blank within. Uls. 1897 A. M'Ilroy When Lint was in the Bell vii.: My sins dinna care for it ether, an 
  187. Dod v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0]1790-1979
     A. Crawford in Whistle-Binkie (1878) I. 398: For at the very bit he turn'd about, And doddit hame to eat his rows and butter. Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 s.v. dodder : He's hardly able to dod out to music. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 135: On thee the fiddler has his dotts, He'll sit and 
  188. Chack n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1818-1913
     Frae the Heather 100: Hied hame for a cup and a chak. Comb.: deid-chack , see Deid , IIICHACK , Chak , Check , n . 3 A snack; a casual, slight or hurried meal (Fif. 10 , Arg. 1 , Lnk family-chack, at ane preceesely — there wad be a leg o' mutton, and, it might be, a tup's head. Per [Queen Victoria] a “chack o' meat” on the green before the door. em.Sc. 1913 J. Black Gloamin' Glints 154: Come in, callans, and get a chack o' breid an' cheese. Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of the Lairds 345: But ye'll stop and tak a check o' dinner with me. Kcb. 1898 T. Murray 
  189. Reticule n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1857-1962
    .: Tibbie never could gang half-a-mile frae hame withoot haein' a radicle basket on her airm. Kcb. dial. Sc. comb. reticule basket , a woven bag for carry ing on the arm (Cai., em.Sc.(a), Wgt. 1968 with a reticule-basket, and gave me little cakes. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxxv. Field Club XIII. 39: Nannie wi' 'er reddicle basket, an' a big lump o' butter wi' a cabbitch blade roon't. Cai. 1962 John o' Groat Lit. Soc. 13: A redicel basket on a kist. 
  190. Plicht 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]
    PLICHT , n . Also plycht (Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 22). Sc. forms and usage of 110; Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15). The form plichen , plight, predicament (Fif. 1825 Jam.) appears to be a deriv. [′plɪçən] Phr. plight of the season , the height of the season (Sc. 1782 J unlikely that there is any influence from Eng. plight , †danger, pledging, O.Sc. plycht , blame, a .1400.] 
  191. Rab n.2, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1949
     aye mair o' dat confoondid nonsense raabid comin' hame frae da hoos o' Gud dan sood be. Sh. 1901 Shetland News (13 April): Du kens he is sic a rabbin soul, nane can believe him. Sh. 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Rod 35: Hit wid a vexed da hert a' a saant oot o heeven, far less a bursen mortal, ta see a lock o' folk comin' dryllin behint a', an' raabin a lock o' nonsense ta ane anidder 
  192. Hashie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1836-1925
     often abroad in the service of God He dealt out his hashies at hame . . . Ye've gien him a call to a greater degree of emphasis (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 75, hashy ). 2 . A confused mass, a mixture (Lth. 1825 Jam., hassie ); hence (1) a mixture of chopped meat, oatmeal, etc. (Ags., m.Lth. 1956: We'll hae a plate o' tripe, or, what dae ye say for hashie? Ags. 1925 Forfar Dispatch (3 Dec oppose Dr Hall; He'll feed you wi' hashies belyve. [O.Sc. has(c)hie , 1595–1650, a hash, mixture of 
  193. Toober v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1930
     'Soon' the day. I got a wild tooberin gaan hame frae the toon on the Fair Day. † II . n . A quarrel., Edb., Ayr. 2000s). Vbl.n. to(o)berin , a beating, thrashing (Ayr. 1912 D. McNaught Kilmaurs 298; em., wm.Sc. 1972, toberin ); a buffeting with wind. wm.Sc. 1825 Jam. : I gae him a gude tooberin aften toobers thee for tricks. Arg. 1930 : The steamer'll get a bad tooberin comin' doon the, scuffle (wm.Sc. 1825 Jam.). [A variant of Tabour , q.v .] 
  194. Blackbyd n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1934
    ′bəid, -′bɔid] m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 92: Aff to the braes to gather slaes Or blackboids in a can. w.Sc. 1808 Jam. : Black-boyds . The name given to the fruit of the bramble. Rnf. 1815 (2nd ed.) R. Tannahill Poems and Songs (1817) 202: Wi' a round rosy tap, like a meikle blackboyd, It was slouch'd just a kening on either hand side. Gsw. 1877 A. G 
  195. Dumpy adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1843-1885
     Jam. 2 ). Hence dumpiness , coarseness and thickness (of cloth) ( Ib .). 2 . n . (1) A short thick-set person (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Also used as a nickname. Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet Intro. 9: There's ae window shines thro' the darkness sae dun — That's the hame o' auld Dumpie and Duncan her son. †(2) One of a breed of very short-legged fowl (Per. 1861 F. Blair Hen-wife title a breed of fowls has long been known in Scotland. The most important characteristic of these birds' eggs, genuine Scotch breed. (3) A footstool or hassock stuffed with chopped hay (Rxb. 1949). 
  196. Mail n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1807-1913
     Scott H. Midlothian xvii.: A bit rag we hae at hame that was mailed wi the bluid of a bit skirlingMAIL , n . 2 , v . 2 Also mael(e) . I . n . A reddish spot or stain on cloth, esp. that H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ iii . xxiii.: Seenil is onie ane fun' hailly lowse frae a' mael o wean. [O.E. mal , a spot or stain, of which the regular southern development gives Eng. mole , id.] 
  197. Guttie n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1831-1994
    .) 44: In thae days the hole was a guid thing shorter, so wi' the gutty twa lang skelps puts you hame, e.g . a boy's catapult (Per., Edb., Ayr. 1955), a gym shoe (Lnk. 1954 Sc. Educ. Jnl. (30 July) 509; Ayr. 1955), but esp. a golfball (m. and s.Sc., Uls. 1955). Freq. attrib . with ba (Ib.). See also Gutta . Slk. 1831 Fraser's Mag. (Feb.) 32: A lang, gutty machine, like a new fashioned ear-trumpet, thrust down my craig [of a stomach pump]. Lnk. 1881 A. Wardrop Poems 106: He's. 1931 Gsw. Herald (14 Feb.): Weel dae I mind o' my ain feyther bringin' ane o' thae gutty ba's hame: He was wearing a yellow T-shirt, a black dress jacket, bleached Levi's and his black gutties' thir gutties an' Stert-Rites, ... Dundee 1994 Matthew Fitt in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 174: The grund wus rimy an ther wus a snell wund blawin bit aa he had oan unnir his lang blek coat wus a whyte t-shirt, a perr o jeans, an mawkit gutties oan his feet. [A variant in -ie 
  198. Cangle v., n.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1701-1988
     hame whaur canglin' strife prevails, Is nae a hame deserves the name. Slg. a .1875 R. Buchanan . . . was a ground for debarring her from the sacrement. This brought in great cangling. Sc. 1737 in Harp of Stirlingsh. (ed. W. Harvey 1897) 225: This clan is up, anither's doon, a third is deep in wrangle, Till bearded men are like to fecht, and owre a hair-breadth cangle. m.Lth. 1811 H! Lnk. 1919 G. Rae 'Tween Clyde and Tweed 70: I was a herd, nae man e'er ca'ed me in When they were canglin' in a land oot-ower. Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 138: Efter a' wus ower they joost settl't doon an cangl't an tweelzie't like ither folk. Wgt. , Kcb. 1988 W. A. D. and D. Riach A Galloway Glossary : cangle to extricate oneself by argument. Rxb' the mou'd. Hence (a) cangler , n., a quarrelsome person; (b) canglesome , adj., “quarrelsome” (Mry. 1914 R. Cairns in Bnffsh. Field Club 26). (a) Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 73: Fy 
  199. Funcy adj., 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]1990-1998
    : 'Ma mither got it at a jumble afore the war. She jist took a funcy till't and she swappit a hame-made tea-cosy and a puckle bannocks for't. ...' Comb.: funcy piece , A cake. Abd. 1990 : Funcy piece: 'piece' could be a scone or bread with butter, jam, but can also be a cake, especially if 'funcy I'll hae a funcy piece.' ne.Sc. 1995 Daily Record 19 Sep 26: I can report an expanding waistline and no shortage of places to stop for a 'fly cup and a funcy piece' — sorry, I can't help slipping for a 'fly cup and a funcie piece'. 
  200. Scunge v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1832-1995
     slink about, of a dog looking for food or of human beings 'on the mooch', to sponge, scrounge (Uls. 1904 266; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Sh., ne.Sc., em.Sc.(a), wm., sm.Sc. 1969). Hence scunger , squeenger , a prowler, 'moocher' (Mry., Bnff., Abd. 1969); skweengy , skweenjee , given to prowling or prying Jamie Fleeman (1912) 35: Hame wi' you, ye scunging tyke, hame! Dmb. 1844 W. Cross' Hamespun 20: He eese't te gyang scungin aboot wi' a motor bike. Bch. 1925 R. L. Cassie Gangrel Muse 29: We wud squeengie throwe a' thing 'at ever hid prent. Arg. 1 1934 : He's come tae sidelins on the float, a cowt atween the theats, A skweengin' bikk ahin the wheels. Per. 4 1960 maybe been a scunjin' dog. Arg. 1992 : An then they'd be round there scungin. Abd. 1993 sooks the livrock's breist. 2 . To rummage about, as in a drawer or cupboard (ne.Sc. 1950). II . n . One who scunges , a scrounger, sponger, prowler after food, etc. (Ayr. 1910; Per. 1915 Wilson 
  201. Rame v., n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1936
    ', nae doot, sae near his hame That Tam wad laithless stert his rhaim. [O.Sc. rame , to cry aloud, a Analecta (M.C.) I. 43: 'Thou shalt not eat of a cuckou,' 'because,' sayes he, 'shee remms still over the ower again, like gouks i' June. Edb. 1839 D. Moir Mansie Wauch xxii.: A cleipy woman xi.: I canna make top tail nor mane of the bit song you been rhaming o'er. 3 . To dwell on a subject persistently, to whine over a grievance, to 'harp' on about one's troubles (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai). Vbl.n. raimin , ramin , a persistent crying for something, as of a sick child. Slk. 1875 Border Treasury (20 Feb.) 343: Ye'se no hae that to rhame about turn it took sick a raimin for troots tae eat. Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 18: A'm). Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 113: And, Willie, never rake frae hame, Wi' cronies dear open daylicht, They quaffed wi' the furies that haunted their hame. Sh. 1893 Sinclair MS. 4 
  202. Scurry v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1835-1941
     hame. II . n . Also in reduplicative comb. scurrie-whurrie , skirry-whirry , a hubbub, bustle and usages: to roam about from place to place, to wander idly, to prowl about or range over a district like a dog on the hunt (Sc. 1880 Jam.; ne.Sc. 1969). Comb. skurrieman , a wanderer, vagabond (Ayr. 1941 D. C. Cuthbertson More Dream Roads 26: The skurrieman's a queer man, Without a hoose or, to-do, tumult (Cld. 1825 Jam.). Peb. 1835 J. Affleck Poet. Wks. 127: Then began a skirry-whirry; — Sic a dust ye never saw. [The precise relationship of the variant forms to one another is 
  203. E'enin n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1718-1917
     can a Young Lassie ii.: He's always compleenin Frae mornin to eenin. Rxb. 1811 A. Scott Poems 98: Last week, at e'enin milkin o' the kye. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 93, just step into the big room there, an' I'll gie you your e'ening afore ye gang hame. 
  204. Mocher v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1773-1922
    .). Now only liter . Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 67: It's a lang hard road to feeding, as a cow before milking, to pet, pamper, esp. with tasty food (Cai. 1903 E.D.D. , Cai. 1963 “mochered”. [Appar. a variant of Moger .] 
  205. Bullin n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1767-1910
    BULLIN , BULLEN , BULLON , BULLAN , n . and v . [′bʌlɪn, ′bʌlən] 1 . n . “A heap” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., bullen ); “a pile of peats or tangles built up for drying” (Ork. 1929 Marw.; Cai. 7): Betty an' I pat da paets in bullins mair is [than] a ook frae syne. Ork. 1910 J. T. S. Leask in Old-Lore Misc., Ork., Sh., etc. III. i . 32: A week or twa efter whin ane o' 'is neebors waar cairtan hame dere pates, dey fand Tammy's knife stickan i ane o' da bullons. 2 . v . Of peats: to Jo Hay and 5 others to kase and bullan what peats I had in the Calf. . . . My peats all down save a few not bullan'd. [O.N. bolungr , bulungr , a pile of logs, firewood (Zoega).] 
  206. Barefitted adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1843-1929
     was barefeeted, and had just her nicht gown on. m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicolson Idylls o' Hame 39: A' the day lang I was keepit oot bye, A bare-fitted laddie a-herdin the kye. Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet 7–8: A bare-headed, bare-fitted urchin, clad in an auld pair o' knee-breikums, an' a coat that might hae ance been his grandfaither's. Ayr. 1892 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 
  207. Chate v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1968
     pastry)? 2 . n . A cheat, fraud (Bnff.(D) 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 50, chate ; Kcb. 1 1939). (Ags. 16 1939), chait-me-guts ,  -the-belly , n.phrs., “a puffed-up pastry biscuit” (Bnff. 2 1939; Abd. 4 1928; Fif. 10 1939); a light cake, e.g. of puff pastry (Bnff. 2000s). Ags. 1968 William afternoon tea 'fat aboot a sair-headie' (sponge cake with paper round it), or a 'chait-me-guts' (flaky 
  208. Dixie n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1827-1949
    DIXIE , DIX(E)Y , n . and v . 1 . n . A sharp scolding, a “telling off” (Sc. 1808 Jam. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 365: I sall gie him his dixies for sic a rash ac'. Ork. Bnff. 6 c .1915 : Ye'll get yer dixies the nicht, Johnnie, fin yer father comes hame. Abd. a .1879 W. Forsyth Sel. from Writings (1882) 24: If ony odds, I'se make it up, An' square the Deil aff wi' a dixy. Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Back o' Benachie 181: Never min' him — he'll get 
  209. Pell v.2, n.2, adv.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1715-1880
     (1821) II. 6: To pell, and mell, and kill, and fell. 2 . To walk in a heavy, blundering way, to hurry, dash (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 229). Also in Eng. dial. II . n . A heavy blow, a buffet; a. 1880 Jam. : Ga'in hame he got twa or three gae pells on his head. III . adv . Violently, with great force, with a crash (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 123). Bnff. 1880 Jam. : He fell pell 
  210. Runk v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1920-1988
    ] Abd. 1920 R. Calder Gleanings II. 12: He cam hame clean runket. Lth. 1928 S. A clean out (n.Sc. 1825 Jam., Rnf. a .1850 Crawfurd MSS . ( N.L.S .) R.53; ne.Sc., Ags., Slg., Fif. 1968. Robertson With Double Tongue 46: Sandie had a poosie-knuckle and aye was runkit first. Ags. 1934 washes oot memory. 2 . To rob a bird's nest of its eggs (Ags. 1968). [Prob. a conflation of Rook 
  211. Spurg n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1849-1996
    SPURG , n . Dim. form spurgie . A sparrow, Passer domesticus (Abd. 1825 Jam., Mry. 1925, spurgie ; ne.Sc. 1971, spurgie ), most freq. in dim. form; also a nickname for one whose step is like the hop of a sparrow (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .). Comb. spurgie-hocht , ppl.adj., with thin legs like a sparrow pleasure-seekers win hame frae the discos, fusslin an chirpin tae ane anither like mirky spurgies. [Prob. a reduced form of Spur , n . 2 , + -Ock , dim. suff. For -k > -g after r , cf. Darg .] 
  212. Tye adv., interj.[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]1880-1958
    TYE , adv ., int . Also ty , taye , ¶ ti (Abd. 1957 Bon-Accord (22 Aug.) 9). A contracted, indeed, certainly, to be sure, freq. employed to cover a lull in a conversation (ne.Sc. 1921 T.S.D.C 102: 'Tye,' said Eppie, 'she may hae mony failins, bit Nancy's never at a loss for an answer.' . . . 'Aw wonner if he's left a wull noo?' 'O, tye, aw'm thinkin' he hiz.' Abd. 1905 C. Horne Forgue 65: 'Is Robbie come hame yet?' . . . 'Oot ty, and in his bed sleeping lang ago' Bnff 
  213. Calton Tongs 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]1990-2003
    CALTON TONGS , prop . n . Name for a Glasgow gang active esp. in the 1920s and 30s. Gsw. 1990 John and Willy Maley From the Calton to Catalonia 16: If he wanted a fight why did he no jist join the Calton Tongs? At least he'd be hame at nights, chibbed ur no. Sc. 1993 Times 15 May : The change in knife-use has been witnessed by David Bryce, who was a prominent member of the Calton drifted in and out of approved schools and young offenders' institutions before serving a 21-month sentence in Peterhead prison for running a protection racket with the Calton Tongs. Sc. 2003 Daily 
  214. 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).] 
  215. Flowin 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
    ] Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 49: The gueede wife ga' him a drink o' hame-brown ale wee a flowanFLOWIN , n . Also flowan , flouan . A small quantity of anything in small grains or flakes, as. flownie , as of meal sprinkled on a drink of water (Ags. 1825 Jam.). Adj. flownie , flounie , light 
  216. Joy n., v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1706-1952
     dial. in Eng. Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sk. and Poems 55: He cam' hame wi' me laek a joy. Sh). The alternative Sc. form is Jo , n . 1 , q.v.] I . n . As in Eng. and also as a term of endearment to a child or of friendly address, esp. between women (Sh. 1959). Cf . Jo , n . 1 Now only. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 75: Hit wis a Norseman's grave, my Joy. † II . v . To enjoy the 
  217. Fill prep., conj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1949
    ); † 2 . While. Rare . 1 . Sh. 1900 Shet. News (10 Feb.): Tak' an' cut a lap o' tatties in fill we see. Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 266: Thu'r welcome hame, wait fill I pit we sit with mony a Hungry Wame. [The form in f is n.Sc. (see P.L.D. § 134 ) and has been 
  218. Whig v.3[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1897
    . Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. xxiv.: I was whigging cannily awa hame. Dmf. 1836 A, to whisk. Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan III. vii.: To whig him awa on the back of. 1923 Watson W.-B. , whig , wheeg ). [O.Sc. whig , to spur, urge a horse on, 1666, to jog along 
  219. Owerhie v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1900
     win hame. Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 36: Dreary was the scene That o'erhied Helen on the 
  220. Jamph v.1, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1929
    .). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 126: But she but jamphs me, telling me I'm fu'. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 50: Ye manna tell the nibours, for the chields wad aye. Fables 29: Until in the wey a Birkie they met, Wha jamph't, an' quo' he: 'A braw sicht indeed!' Hence jampher , a scoffer, 'one who makes sport at the expence of another' (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 61: Let never jamphers yet be better sairt. Ags. 1873 D. M. Ogilvy Poems 127: There's a jampher that's fleechin' the dey wi' fair words. 2 . To. 2 1947); 'to walk in a slow, idle manner' (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 89). Vbl.n. jamphan , the act of idling, or trifling over work, ppl.adj. jamphin , habitually idle, lazy; agent n. jampher , a trifler, an idler ( Ib .). Bnff. 1869 W. Knight Auld Yule 135: For ane wha mends a sark, A thousan' jamph the wark. Abd. a .1880 W. Robbie Yonderton 68: Oor servans may jamff aboot an 
  221. Reeze v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1825-1993
     (Sc. 1880 Jam.). Ppl.adj. reezin , reesin , in phr. a reezin wind , a strong dry wind (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Deriv. reesie , windy, blowy; gusty, of the wind. Fif. 1825 Jam. : A reesie day. em.Sc. 1920 J. Black Airtin' Hame 48: A'e day when the wind was reezie, An auld man lost his wig. m.Lth. 1 1948 : I call a day on which there is guid drouth tae dry the claes “a reesy day” “There's a guid reesy wind” Edb. 1993 : Wi've hid some right reezie days recently. 2 . With behind : to break wind. Rxb. 1825 Jam. : A reezing horse for one that is healthy; equivalent to the Prov., “A farting bairn is ay a thriver” 3 . To pull someone about roughly (Sc. 1825 Jam.), sc . as if by a boisterous wind. But phs. a different word. [Orig. doubtful. Phs. chiefly onomatopoeic. There is a curious parallelism of form and meaning between Reeve , v . 1 and Reeze , v . 1 
  222. Pound n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1816-1947
     W. L. Ferguson Makar's Medley 21: Juicks frae the pownd returnin' hame. [A variant of EngPOUND , n . Sc. usage. Also pownd . An enclosed stretch of water, a pond, pool, reservoir (Bch: A resting place, to mar their sloy Upon the curlin' pound. Lnk. 1890 H. Muir Rutherglen 42: Diggin' an auld ditch to mak' a fish poun'. Bwk. 1900 A. Thomson Thornlea 72: A wud gang the length o' hae'ni' a mull driven be water-pooer, if ye hae a guid pound. Bwk. 1947 being Pund , n . 2 , a pound, an enclosure for straying animals, q.v. Pond is orig. a form of pound , an enclosure, confined space, e.g . a dam of water.] 
  223. Eemost adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1773-1934
    ); eemaist (Mry. 1 1925); yimost (Mry. 1825 Jam. 2 ); immost (Abd. a .1784 A. Ross Bridal o't iii' cairry them [newly “tacketed” boots] hame wi' the soles eemost, an' nae lat the tackets fa' oot. Bnff 
  224. Reezie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1805-1895
     J. Nicol Poems I. 158: But tho' the reezie lads set hame, Wi' friendlie chat, the lassies. Rxb. 1815 J. Ruickbie Poems 49: Lang about Ettrick may ye toddle, And clew a poet's reezy v.: I winder ye're no fear'd to gang oot wi' that reesy beast. [Orig., uncertain. Phs. a 
  225. Cwite n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1868-1995
     . Cf . Quite . [kwəit ne.Sc., but Mry. + kwit] 1 . A coat (Mry. 1 , Mry. 2 1925, cweet ; Bnff. 2 , Abd. 9 1941, cwyte ). Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie III. ix.: As gien a poet was sic a gowk 'at naebody heedit . . . whether he gaed wi' 's cwite hin' side afore or no. Abd.(D) 1916 G. Abel Wylins 135: Twa men cam' hame fae kirk fu' snod — Braw kwyte an' sheenin' boot the early gloam, Wi a muckle cwyte aboot her an a graavit ower her face. Bch. 1932 P. Giles in Abd. Univ. Review (March) 101: Bein' in a hurry he hid nae time ta put on a cwyt or a bonnet. 2 . A petticoat (Bnff. 13 c .1927, cwite ; Abd. 1929 (per Abd. 4 ), kwite ; Abd. 2 1941; Bnff 
  226. Gorbet n.[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]1854-1909
    † GORBET , n . Also -it . Cf . Gorbal . 1 . A young unfledged bird (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Rxb, as licht's a gorbet's feather. Per. a .1869 C. Spence Poems (1898) 158: The half, there's but three; An' sune they'll flap their little wings, An' try frae hame tae flee. Fif. 1909; also fig . the downy hair on an adolescent boy's face (Mearns, Lnk. 1955). Cf . Gorblin . 2 . A, — a beaver t' Jock; Gie! gie! cries the vixen, ilk gorbit cries, Gie! ¶ 3 . A beak, mouth. Ags. 1897 A. Reid Bards Ags. & Mearns 495: Noo gape a wide gorbit — there, that's a big sup 
  227. Krekin n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1789-1895
    KREKIN , n ., v . Also kraken , cracken , krechin . I . n . A fisherman's taboo-name for a (1900) 210: It's said there's a beast or a fish they call the Cracken in the sea, which is the reason. 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shet. 565: The kraken or horven, which appears like a floating island, sending forth tentacula as high as the masts of a ship. Sh. 1884 C. Rampini Shetland 50: He up, plunder, as a sea-monster. Bnff. 1895 Banffshire Jnl. (20 Aug.) 6: Macduff's the Bamfy's auldest son, But Bamfy's aye the laird An' they kraken the Moray Firth To hame an' herrin,-yaird. [Ad. Norw. dial. krake , krakunge , a mythical sea-monster of enormous size. The word has been 
  228. Bardie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1773-1987
     Poems 2: Ae night a bardie about witching time, Frae Ardies nae langsyne was saunterin' hame. AgsBARDIE , n . 1 A minor poet, a humble bard. [′bɑrdɪ̢, ′bɑrdi] Abd. 1826 D. Anderson. 1845 P. Livingston Poems, etc. (1855) 61: But accept frae humble bardie, A' he has — an earnest. Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 26: The fuddlin' Bardies now-a-days Rin maukin- mad' plays an' pranks! Accept a Bardie's gratefu' thanks! attrib . Ayr. 1789 Burns Second Ep. to Davie (Cent. ed.) v.: Of a' the thoughtless sons o' man Commen' me to the Bardie clan. [Dim. of 
  229. Alaft adv.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1725-1916
    ] Sc. 1725 Orpheus Caled., The Country Lass (1733) i.: Altho' my Gown be hame-spun Gray, My Skin angels'll gar Donal' tak' His pipes oot o' the kist. [Eng. aloft , from O.N. a = on + lopt = sky 
  230. Draunt v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1922
     and drivel out a life at hame. Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick v.: 'I no' need you to.) viii.: But lest you think I am uncivil To plague you with this draunting drivel. † 2 . n . A slow, drawling manner of speaking, a whine; a slow and dull tune (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems. 1737 Ramsay Proverbs (1776) 37: He that speaks wi' a drawnt and sells with a cant, Is right like a snake in the skin of a saunt. Sc. 17.. H. G. Graham Soc. Life Scot. (1899) II. 26 Rev. J. Wightman 380: The drant was a peculiarly solemn drawling whine or intonation, made use of Scot at Hame 16: Kirks are for fules wi' drant and sang And auld-warl' passion. [Prob. imit. in 
  231. Daggle v.2, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1827-1940
     gae hame as I cam. [ Cf . Eng. (now dial.) daggle , to walk in a slovenly way (through mud or Watson W.-B. ); to idle; hence daigler , daggler , “a laggard” ( Ib .); “an idler, a lounger” (Fif wi't [a train] — it's just a puckle men rinnin' aifter a coal-fire — tho' left in the daggle I'll juist 
  232. Dook n.3[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]1885-1948
     )). Also attrib . with brae . em.Sc. 1920 J. Black Airtin' Hame 130: At a part undergroundDOOK , n . 3 Mining : an inclined roadway; 'a mine or roadway driven to the dip, usually the there was a 'dook' which had to be kept clear of water by means of a pump. Slg. 1930 Session they went. Lnk. 1885 F. Gordon Pyotshaw xxxvi.: I heerd a queer chappin' sound no hauf-an-hour ago doon the dook. Ayr. 1948 Scotsman (10 Jan.): A solid wall of water burst through an 
  233. Lerb v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1915-1993
     tongue, to slobber in drinking (Abd. 6 1913, Abd. 27 1960). II . n . (1) A lick, as much as can be taken up by the tongue, a mouthful of some liquid or semi-liquid, as of jam (Abd. 30 1960); (2)  In: Fare fa' ye, lassie! I'll need tae gee ye a lerb o' milk. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains &; Hilly 4: I'se see ye by the hens' pot, for fear ye tak' a lerb i' the bygyaun. Abd. 1993 : There wis twa doggies geed tae the mull. They took a lerb oot o this wifie's pyock, An a lerb oot o that wifie's pyock, Syne ran aw hame, Cryin loupie for spang, loupie for spang. [An emphatic variant of 
  234. Welter v.[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]1837-1927
     hame through bogs an' hillocks Aifter mony a weary fa'. Mry. 1927 E. B. Levack Lossiemouth down . e.Lth. 1885 S. Mucklebackit Rhymes 41: [A dog] boundin' awa' . . . An' welt'rin' doun, his e'e upo' them. 2 . To reel, stagger, go in a stumbling, floundering manner (Cai. 1974). Dmf. 1837 Carlyle New Letters (1904) I. 70: I am to make my appearance as a Lecturer. Per. 1896 D. MacAra Crieff II. 233: I seized a pick and sent one of the arms into the eel's. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis , 1808 Jam., to welter a cart). [O.Sc. welter , to rock 
  235. Owse n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1724-1955
     hill taps are a' in a flame, An' wearied owsen wanner hame. ne.Sc. 1952 John R. Allan North Ramsay T.T. Misc. (1876) I. 8: I have three owsen in a plough, Twa good ga'en yads, and gear enough Braes o' Yarrow in Child Ballads No. 214 E. 15: Tak hame your ousen, tak hame your kye. Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality vi.: Tak tent ye dinna o'erdrive the owsen. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Tales (1874) 592: The lives o' men are nae mair countit on now-a-days than they were a wheen auld David called it. Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 183: The laird, they say, has no ploughman could turn in a tidy headland, so the furrows were drawn along the field in the shape of a capital S - as it were preparing to turn all the time. Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie ¶ oussen'd , deriving from oxen. Mry. 1804 R. Couper Poems I. 61: The wain, wi' a' its oussen'd strength, Is sticking by the mill. Combs.: 1 . † ouse-John , a nickname for an ox-herd; 2 . owsegate 
  236. Brain v.2, n.3[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1724-1991
     xxxii.: And me to be brained by my mother when I gang hame, and a' for your sake. Lnk. 1724 P , Fif. 10 , Lnl. 1 , Arg. 1 , Ayr. 8 1935); 'to stun by a blow on the head' (Cai. 1907 D. B. Nicolson his Feet, and brained himself. Hence brainan , vbl.n., 'a severe injury' (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 218). 2 . n . (1) 'A severe injury' ( Ib .). (2) Sc. form of Eng. brain . (2) Dundee it comes tae anatomy, yer brehns is in yer feet.' Man, whit a coup d'etat. [ D.O.S.T . gives 
  237. Lily 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
    -lily , id. See Loch . Fif. c .1920 R. Holman Scottish Sketches 38: At hame I look at a water-lily, Nuphar luteum (Per., Fif. 1825 Jam., “the lily in the form of a cup or can”); (3) loch , n . 2 , 2 . [Meaning 2 . may be a different word or phs. is so called from a fancied resemblance of the symptomatic spots in the mouth to those on a lily. Cf . Rose .] 
  238. Corn v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1718-1943
    CORN , v . Sc. usages. I . v .  1 . To feed (a horse) with oats (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 19 , Ags. 1 corned, and a' his riding gear in order. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin vii.: The cuddy [was] unable to walk fast . . . frae takin' ower menseless a wame-fu' o' Luckie Paunch's fodder, for village of Monkton they halted to 'corn their naig,' at a neat looking inn. Slk. 1818 Hogg , applied to a person addicted to drink (Ags. 9 1927; Edb. 3 1929; Lnk. 3 , Kcb. 9 1937). (1) em.Sc. 1920 J. Black Airtin' Hame 101: At cornin' time, wi' baps and ale, The steam was raised for transf . in a sexual sense in 1718 quot., and = chastisement, drubbing in 1773 quot. Cf .  Corn , n . 1' desperate yawpish, I proposed we should corn, which bein' agreed tae, aff we mairched tae a hotel. 3. 2 1943 : Jeems cam' hame fae the roup braw weel corn't. (2) Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B 
  239. Claggum n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1874-1926
     buy claggum fae Candy Shusie, an' ye're fader fees hame f' Bartle Market a fairin' o' Solomon's TempleCLAGGUM , CLAGUM , Clagam , Claggie , n . 'A coarse sweetmeat, consisting of treacle hardened by boiling, and flavoured' (Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 , claggum , claggie ), a sticky kind of toffee. Cf 'fairing' to their female acquaintances, this fairing consisting of . . . ginger-bread, or a lump of 
  240. Pilliedacus n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1858-1953
    . 1921 T.S.D.C . 18; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , pollidockus ; ne. and em.Sc.(a) 1965). [pɪle′dɑkəs polydacus” in the concern. Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs 24: At comin' hame o' bairns, an' at: It's true they'd a Principal; what need they care? Oor John was the heid pilliedawkus. Abd. 1953 they should be put in charge of all affairs. [Orig. doubtful. Phs. Billie , a fellow, + a mock 
  241. Ramshackle adj., n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1823-1922
     Hame 56: He was jauped and gey ram-shackle, And his breeks hung gey far doun. 2 . Difficult to utter or repeat (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). II . n . A thoughtless fellow (w.Sc. 1825 Jam.). Sc. 1823 J. G. Lockhart Reg. Dalton viii . iv.: 'A strange blunder, surely in the lawyer.' 'An ignorant ramshackle, no question.' III . v . To throw into confusion, to reduce to a state of disorder MSS. XI. 304: Thae lassies loot oot the kye to shallivogue a bit, an the swine was in an 
  242. Awn v.1[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1730-1925
    : George, son of lairds that awn'd the laund, Sin' Scotland was a nation. Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross The Scot at Hame 56: But I think he awned the toun. 2 . To acknowledge (as one's own; as xix. (1877) 347: I shall first begin, And awn whate'er my conscience ca's a sin. m.Sc. 1917 J. Buchan Poems 45: For last we fed, as ye maun awn, On a sma' troot and pease-meal scone 
  243. Ba' v.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1711-1999
    BA' , BAA , BAW , v . 1 To lull, to hush a child to sleep. Gen.Sc. [Phon. as Ba' , n . 1 Poems 127: Ay, it's time for baw-baw noo When they've lit the leerie. Ags. 1880 A. M. Soutar Hearth Rhymes 81: Weary little Clara . . . Comes hame to get to beddie baa. Ags. 1990s Walter Gray Glossary : Beddie-baa: n., bed, to a child. w.Lth. 1930 R. Morrison in West Lth 
  244. Fuddle v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1904
     drinking. Abd. 1845 P. Still Cottar's Sunday 48: [He] aften left his hame to fuddle Days, an' weeks, an' months awa. Edb. 1851 A. Maclagan Sketches 182: Ye're like a house without its small bones . . . all closed in a piece of Old fuddled Paper. 
  245. Fusper v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1991-1996
     luikin agley at him, he fuspered insteid. 'Ye spakk,' quo he, in a sma voice. II. Sc. form of Eng and Stories from the Doric Writing Competitions of 1994 and 1995 34: 'Na faith, he's hame on Deeside' cam the repon, bit his wird wis jist a fusper, fur he'd already traivelt a mile wi ae lowp. 
  246. Hawkie n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1912
     (S.T.S.) II. 54: Twa Herds between them coft a Cow: Driving her hame, the needfu' Hacky . AgsHAWKIE , n . Also hawk(e)y , hacky , -ie , haukie , -y . [′hǫ:ke, ′hɑ:ke] 1 . A cow with a white face (Sc. 1808 Jam., hawkey ); also a gen. term for any cow or a pet name for a favourite one (Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii . iii., 1825 Jam.; Kcb. 1 a .1940; Ags., Knr. 1956. 1750 Meikle Miln Roup Roll MS. : A Quey, Hauky. To said John Nicoll. . . £14. 18. Edb. 1773 Branies feed sweet on the lee. Ags. 1893 F. Mackenzie Cruisie Sk. viii.: She's as bonny a hawkie as ye'll get i' the country-side. Abd. 1904 W.A. G. Farquhar Fyvie Lintie 48: A French 26: Its value a haukie an' cauf wull syne buy. Phr.: hurly hawkie , a call to cows at loan, 'Hurly, Hurly, Hawky.' † 2 . Fig . uses: (1) a stupid fellow (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems , Gl., hawkey ). Sc. 1787 W. Taylor Poems 57: Be gane frae me, ye dozent hawkie, Gae hame 
  247. Crowdie n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1936
    CROWDIE , CROWDY , Croudy , n . 1 [′krʌudi] 1 . A mixture of oatmeal and cold water, etc is found in A. Cunningham Trad. Tales (1822) II. 191. Gen.Sc. Also used fig . Common in Eng. (esp. n.Eng.) dial. ( E.D.D. ). Sc. ? a .1682 Semple Blythsome Wedding in J. Watson Choice Coll. (1869) i . 10: Pow-Sodie, and Drammock, and Crowdie and callour Nout-feet in a Plate. Sc. 1929, Cakes, and Kail, A bicker o' guid reamin' Ale. m.Sc. 1928 W. P. McKenzie Fowls o' the Air 11: When the aits had gaen tae the miller An' the crackit meal cam' hame There'd be rowth for halesome crowdie Tae comfort the cravin' wame. Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff 154: They steer aboot a kin o' crowdy o' Bible phrases. Rnf. 1807 R. Tannahill Poems 103: Yet mony a puir doil't) butter-crowdie , see Butter ; (2) cream-crowdie , see Cream ; †(3) croudy-eater , a disparaging name for a rustic; (4) crowdy-meal , = 1 . above: †(5) crowdy-mowdy , -moudy , a mixture similar to 
  248. Infare n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1929
    † INFARE , n . Also -fair , -far . [′ɪnfe:r] 1 . The coming of a bride to her new home and. Infore (Ayr. 1826 Galt Lairds xx.) is a misprint. Abd. 1701 R. Dinnie Birse (1865) 143: The J. Wilson Hawick (1858) 45: The session appointed a meeting for enquiry after the scolding and Scots Mag. (Nov.) 414: The day after the wedding is the infare . . . . This may be considered a that were left at the wedding feast. On this occasion every one of both sexes who has a change of dress, appears in a garb different from that worn on the preceding day. Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail xxviii moonlight marriage.' Ags. 1846 A. Laing Wayside Flowers 145: At blythe-meat an' dredgy, yule-feast an' infare, He's ready aff-hand wi' a grace or a prayer. Fif. 1893 G. Setoun Barncraig 141: There'll be neither contract nor infair then? Comb. infar-cake , a piece of oatcake or shortbread broken over the head of a bride as she enters her new home. Lth. 1882 J. Strathesk 
  249. Whitter n.2, v.2[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]1785-1936
     L. McInnes S. Kintyre 16: He had a good whitter on him gaun hame frae the fair. II . vWHITTER , n . 2 , v . 2 Also whutter , wheeter . I . n . A drink of liquor, a dram (Rnf. c. Lapraik xix.: We'll sit down an' tak our whitter, To cheer our heart. Bnff. a .1829 J. Sellar Poems (1844) 12: An' syne a plate o' yellow butter — A glassie an' a pig o' whitter. Gsw. 1863 day. Edb. 1905 J. Lumsden Croonings 208: I was barglin ower a whitter. Arg. 1936', drunken Tam Noo cocks his nose, tae, at a dram. [Orig. uncertain, phs. a specialised use of Whitter , n . 1 , but cf . also E.M.E. whittle , to ply with drink, conjectured to be a fig . usage of 
  250. What v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1785-1940
     wi' his claws. Ayr. 1912 G. Cunningham Verse 154: Whar, oure a claut o' hame-brewed maut in phr. a whuttin o' drink , a dram to sharpen the wits (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 479). Combs. whatstane (Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Agric. Ayr . 683), whutstane (MacTaggart), a whetstone, whatstick , a hone or emery board with a wooden handle, used by cobblers (Abd., Ayr., sm.Sc., Rxb. 1974 Their rusty tongues they whatt. Abd. 1940 Abd. Univ. Review (July) 234: Here's a whang o' yer Eng., an appetiser, a snack. Sc. 1831 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) III. 97: I'm hungrier than if I had ate a haill solan-guse. What'n a what! 
  251. Cahoochy n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1870-2000
     the system's varyin' moods. m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 121: A haveral-hash 1938. [kɑ′hutʃi] Sc. 1920 D. Rorie Auld Doctor 16: A' kin' o' queer cahoochy goods To suit, wi' head as saft as a cahoutchie ba'. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 61: Hoo. 1917 A. W. Blue Quay Head Tryst 176: There's nae doot Hughie was pleased, bobbin' his heid like a cahootchie ba'. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 110: He gied Willie Pung a cloor on the haffet, that garred him stot against the door like a cahootchy ba'. [A corruption of Fr 
  252. Fuskie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1806-1998
    : Breengin hame frae a tulzie ower a keg o fusky ae nicht bi Tom-na-Fuar, the auld warlord wis catchit in-blether , a skin bottle for holding whisky; fusky-pig , a whisky jar; fusky pot , a whisky still; fuskie-tacket , a pimple found freq. on the faces of whisky-drinkers (Abd. 7 1925). Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 134: For mony an awfu browst he took And mony a Fusky Pot he brook. Mry. Milne Orra Loon 31: 'Rin, Geordie, for the fusky, Aul' Stinker's ta'en a dwam!' m.Lth. 1992 wintry smoor, weeted throwe, been-jeeled an drookit; sune dee'd in's bed o a hoast. 
  253. Stavel v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1928
     stibblin' hame. Sc. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 19: [He], wi' the fley, a stoiter gaed An , stibble . [stevl] I . v . To walk in a halting, uncertain manner, to stumble, blunder on (Slk. 1820 n.Eng. dial. Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 130: Mang Russian dales where winter girns, Did Bonnie. Dmf. 1873 A. C. Gibson Folk Speech Cmb. 117: I, darklin', stayvelt owre the bent, An' fan' narhan' steevelt i' the lade. II . n . 1 . A stumble (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , Rxb. 1971). Rxb. 1808 A. Scott Poems 164: Wi' mony a stoit an' stevel She rais'd a trot. 2 . A hard blow that 
  254. Rank adj.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1801-1830
     . 3 , 3 . s.Sc. a .1802 Kinmont Willie in Child Ballads No. 186 vi.: Now haud thy tongue, thou rank reiver! There's never a Scot shall set thee free. Sc. a .1803 May Collin in Child Ballads IV. 442: They came to a rank river, Was raging like a sea. Sc. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 114: Will ye to the rank highlands, For my lands lay far frae hame. Ayr. 1822 Galt Steam-boat ix.: A gang of rankringing enemies of blackguard callants came bawling, aggressive, of a beggar, a .1500 ( cf . Randie . adj ., 1 .), wild, undisciplined, 1531.] 
  255. Hurt v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1899-1991
     grund , injured by a supernatural agency; brought down by elf-shot . See Grund . Sh. 1899 J Munro The Patter 35: hurtit A past tense of hurt: 'He says it never hurtit him.' Dundee 1991 Ellie McDonald The Gangan Fuit 26: They maun be ettlan tae be hame nou, my puir wee hurtit 
  256. Glaim n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1777-1920
    , The barks had a' gane gleam; If ither fouk had na been there, He'd been sent roasten hame. Ags Sc. usages of Eng. gleam : I . n . 1 . A flash (of lightning). Also in n.Eng. dial. Ayr the thunder bellow'd. 2 . A flame (Ags. 1954). Used adv . in phr. to gae gleam , to catch fire, to go up in a blaze. Abd. 1777 R. Forbes in Sc. Poems 27: In spite o' Ajax' muckle targe o't. Ags. 1920 A. Gray Songs & Ballads 39: Dowsed noo are the glames o' passion, Cauld my hert, and fu' o' sadness. II . v . To burn with a bright flame. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 65: We wiz sittin' in the gloamin at the cheek o' a fine glaimin' bit firie newsin' awa 
  257. Fob v.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1739-1993
     1945) as a child in sobbing (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.). Abd. 1739 in Caled. Mag. (1788) 501: The Cousins bicker'd wi' a clank, Gart ane anither fob And gasp that day. Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 66: The hails is won, they warsle hame, The best they can for fobbin. Bnff. 1869 W. Knight (11 Feb.): Aw'm fair oot o' win', an fobbin' like a fat kittlin, as they say. ne.Sc. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 52: Thae knottit j'ints a' shot wi' pains, That fobbin' as we breist the brae. Abd. 1993 : Lyin fobbin like a fat kittlin in e sun. [Imit. in orig. Cf . Eng. sob . For the a forms see P.L.D. § 54 .] 
  258. Shilpie adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1832-1922
    . S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 57: His chafts were blae and shilpie. 2 . Of ears of corn: not, insipid, tasteless. Bnff. 1852 A. Harper Solitary Hours 48: Pledge their toast in gear nae shilpy. 4 . Of milk that has been kept too long: sourish, tainted, 'off' (s.Sc. a .1838 Jam. MSS . n . A puny spiritless person; 'a person trembling always, a sycophant' (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 425). [A variant formation from Shilpit , q.v .] 
  259. Idleset n., adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1729-1993
     bread. Abd. 1993 : I'm jist livin a life o idleseet since I cam hame fae e hospital. 2. ( -sey ), Mry., Bnff., Abd. ( -seat ), Ags., Fif., m.Lth., Kcb.1958). Edb. 1789 A. Steele Shepherd's Wedding 18: For idleset will seldom, now-a-days, Fill folks wame, or cleed their back wi claithes. Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie xciii.: Nobody says or thinks that it was idleset which town. Sc. 1897 Stevenson W. of Hermiston iii.: Ye'll have to find some kind of a trade onything but a sizzen o' idleset, . . . I was keepit trottin' here an' there an' back an' fore. Lnk. Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 27: Grants and doles, Baith for idleset and sickness. Abd. 15 1928 : It's jist idlesee that ails the beast. 3 . A period of enforced unemployment. Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 80: Dubbies wis a driver an' keepit nae idleseet fowk aboot's 
  260. Birken adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1923
     hame before wi' birken wands. Ags. 1826 A. Balfour Highland Mary I. x. 213: Flunky Tam sat. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 42: His legs they loos'd, but flighter'd held his hands, An' lasht him hiddlings behind a birken-buss. Edb. 1801 J. Thomson Poems 94: An' fareweel a' ye birken bow'rs birkens doon-bye. Ags. 1897 C. Sievewright in A. Reid Bards of Angus and Mearns 411: The 
  261. Airt v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1782-2000
     cheerless gate seems lang That airts my hame sae far frae you. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle. 'em.Sc.(a) '' 1920 J. Black Airtin' Hame 21: The langest journey has a turn When facin' roon ane airts for hame. Ags. 3 1931 : He's airtin ti a coup — i.e . a fall (Arbroath). Knr. 1925AIRT , ART , AIRTH , ERT , v ., tr . and intr . Gen.Sc. 1 . tr . (1) To direct, guide (a person) to a place, also with refl. pron.; to set (any object) facing or moving in a certain direction. Vagabond Songs, etc. (1904) 270: If there's a waddin' in a toun, I'll airt me to be there. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Banff. 8: Airt , to place towards a certain quarter of the heavens; as, 'See. 1900 E. H. Strain Elmslie's Drag-Net 51: They never missed a chance o' airtin' business my way. Ayr. 1787 Burns To James Tennant ll. 51–52: Her kind stars hae airted till her A guid chiel wi' a pickle siller! Gall. 1900 R. J. Muir Mystery of Muncraig 120: Here Jen struck in 
  262. Tint n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1922
    . Now only liter . Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 46, 51: Tint nor tryal she had gotten ne'er get tint or wittins o't. Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 38: Afore the. taint , incriminatory proof, a conviction, 1479, a verdict or pronouncement of a jury, 1609, hence the 
  263. Treesh v., n., interj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1804-1964
    ] I . v . 1 . Gen. followed by wi : to entreat, wheedle, cajole, entice in a kind and flattering. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 202: They're a' rinnin' at yer tail an' treeshin wi, tae come wi' his coal-larry tae cairt hame the skeps o' bees. Kcd. 1958 Mearns Leader (17 Oct.): He's a girnin' auld deevil, but treesh awa' wi' him an' ye'll get on fine. 2 . intr ., with at): Sandy treeshed an' fraised wi't [a pig]. Abd. 1964 Abd. Press & Jnl. (14 Nov.): Treeshin hame the calvers at the ley-park yett. II . n . Enticement, flattery, cajolery. Bnff. 1866' thir dothir. III . int . A call to cattle, esp. calves, to come to one (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff brither began to cry, 'Coey, coey, coey, trushie, treesh, treesh, treesh, an' presently a' the cattle 
  264. Wanworth adj., n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1]1706-1999
    : Wanworths as she is may pair wi' a lackey. Per. 1878 R. Ford Hame-Spun Lays 30: I've been a 84: Sic a waefu' wanworth meddler Weel deserves a hankit craig. Bnff. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 81: An' birst them again for a wanworth pack. em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 15: Ye fuil fowk that wur radge for gowd Mair nor for Heiven's hame content, Wanworth an wastit is yer niffers, An yer gowd's aw spent. II . n . 1 . A very low price for an article, an undervalue, a bargain (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Kcb. 1900; Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928); ‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Abd. 1931), gen. in phrs. at , for a wanworth , extremely or excessively cheaply, at a bargain price, for next cannot get our Guids sold unless we sell it at a Wanworth. Sc. 1765 Session Papers, Petition J. McPherson (23 July) 14: In order to get possession of his estate at a wanworth. Edb. 1773 naething. Rnf. 1876 D. Gilmour Paisley Weavers 126: Ministers wha expeckit my gudes for a 
  265. Boyne n.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2000
     19: Drookit miners at lowsin, whan hame fae the mine, Suin stripp't aff thir pee-wee's, ti a scrub. + bʌuən, e.Per. + boɪn (Sir James Wilson)] 1 . 'A flat broad-bottomed vessel, into which milk is emptied from the pail' (Lth. 1825 Jam. 2 ); 'a broad shallow dish made of staves, for holding milk' (Per cream, for Jeannie at Hill-foot skimmed the best o' a milk-bine for me. em.Sc. 1918 J. Black Gloamin' Glints 117: Dae ye kep it [rain] a' in milk boynes at Crooklan's? Edb. 1823 M. and M might fill them with whiskey punch. sm.Sc. 1988 W. A. D. and D. Riach A Galloway Glossary : bine, boyne a freestone plate for pouring milk to let cream rise. Ayr. 1821 Galt Ann. Parish iv.: It had fallen into a boyne of milk that was ready for the creaming. 2 . A tub, esp. a washing-tub (Bnff. 2 , Kcb. 1 1935). Hence binefu , a tubful. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 23: She . . . teem't the heavy bine. m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 30: Ye wad 
  266. Catecheese v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1884-1930
     buiks are sell't, He aye brings hame a box, An' then I scarce can get him oot To catecheese his folks a cattajeesin. Fif. 1 1930 : An inveterate old poacher once said to me, of his meeting with a game-keeper, 'Tae think that he was gaun to catecheeze me!' [O.Sc. catechise , -cheise , as 
  267. Bauchle v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1825-2000
    ) 1915 H. Beaton At the Back o' Benachie 46: It's a Gweed's blessin' he wan hame, for it wis a ma min' I'd jist mak for hame It wis hardly a nicht tae dauchle I wis sowpit an' sodden an' looked sic a sicht An' ma sheen were beginnin' tae bauchle. Abd. 1992 David Toulmin Collected Short Stories 208: Stitching a patch on the leather-work of some bauchled old shoe. Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 15: An syne aroon ma feet there lowped A cripple-fittit cooshie, A her Her feet are aa bauchled. Ags. 1879 T. Ormond in A. L. Fenton Forfar Poets 147: Bauchled shoon an' tatit pallet. Ags. 1882 Brechin Advert. (7 March) 3: But though a cobbler chiel himsel', Tam aye was puirly bachled. Ags. 1895 Caledonia I. 290: A wee bechlin youchal, puir bowleggit drochle. m.Sc. 1917 J. Buchan Poems 27: O' a' man's warks ye canna for a' that he has on, An' yet that bauchlin' body is a laird. w.Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh 
  268. Asklent adv.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1929
     looks aslent. Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross The Scot at Hame 53: I used to step gey cheery Seasons, Spring l. 482: Frae bush to bush asklent the bank he scours. Rxb. 1826 A. Scott 
  269. Borrowin Days n. pl.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1918
    . 1808 Jam.). Also found in sing . Gen.Sc. Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 5: Upon a Borrowing-day. 314: But when the borrowed days were gane, The three silly hogs came hirplin hame. Sh.(D 
  270. Grimlins n. pl.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1908-1995
    , alis, whin da grimlins cam' an' he gaed tae geong hame feinty sheep nor shoon fand he. Ork. 1922 shore in the grimlins when, from the Burn of Gairsty, I saw a flash of light at the end of our house 
  271. Hey interj., v., n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1948
     How, Wullie Wine, I hope for hame ye'll no incline, Ye'll better light, and stay a' night, And I'llHEY , interj ., v ., n . 3 [həi] I . int . Used as in Eng. as a cry to attract attention phrases: 1 . hech-hey , see Hech , 4 . (2); 2 . hey-jing-go-ring , a girl's game. See Jingo-ring ; 3 . heykokutty , 'a ludicrous dance performed by persons squatting on their hookers , to the tune A. Wardrop Hamely Sk . 52) in phrs.: (1) like hey-ma-nanny , vigorously, quickly (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Gen.(exc. I.)Sc.; (2) to get ( gie ) ( one's ) hey-ma-nanny , to get (give) a drubbing quot. 4 . (1) Lnk. 1881 A. Wardrop J. Mathison's Courtship 12: Here he sprang frae N. Shepherd Quarry Wood iii.: You 'll get yer hi-ma-nanny when ye win hame. Bch. 1941 sendin' a letter. 5 . Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 261–2: An old fire-side play gie thee a lady fine . . .' [A dialogue between them follows of question and answer till a girl's name 
  272. Fremd adj., n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1721-1999
    . Ainslie Pilgrimage 85: An' the hame that ance was mine Is a fremmit house to me. Sc. a .1825 fill my youthfu' hame. Kcb. 4 1900 : A young man who leaves home to push his way in the world. (Sh. 1953); fremitness , strangeness, unfamiliarity. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 5: Gin. 1816 Scott O. Mortality xiv.: He routed like a cow in a fremd loaning. Ayr. 1822 H The King's Dochter in Child Ballads No. 52 A vii.: I wish I had died on some frem isle And never had come hame. Sc. 1827 R. Chambers Picture Scot. I. 246: Its long-maintained Lucky Gillpot says. Sc. 1862 J. Brown Rab and his Friends 28: Rab called rapidly, and in a . . . had still a lonesomeness and fremitness that often made my heart sore. Dmf. 1921 J. L. Waugh. P. Slater Marget Pow 31: It's a fine large place, and many a stranger is lying fremd and 166: Bring the breath of a fremmit world into these utter desolations. Fif. 1985 Tom Hubbard 
  273. Limb n., v.[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]1821-1909
    . Kcb. 1890 A. J. Armstrong Ingleside Musings 141: Hame cam' the limb in tatters. Sc deil , limb o sorrow (see Sorra ), — Satan , etc., for a wicked or mischievous person or animal, an imp of Satan. Gen.Sc. Often reduced to limb alone, id., freq. of a woman (Lnk., Rxb. 1825 Jam.). Also in colloq. Eng. Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 26: Ye sorra's lims, quo' he, d'ye see What limbs! Ayr. 1879 J. White Jottings 276: When wi' fun he runs wud He's a lim' o' the Deil. 1909 J. Colville Studies 137: A mischievous boy was a loon-lookin' dog, or a “limb o' Sawtan”. 2 . The shaft of a fishing-rod. Sh. 1892 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 257: I gets haud o' da limb o' a piltock waand. Sh. 1899 Shetland News (4 Feb.): He ran dalim o' his rod i' da aeft stammerin. II . v . To cut the branches off a tree (wm.Sc., Slk. 1961). 
  274. Butt n.4[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]1890-1992
     ye a butty hame. Gsw. 1962 Bill McGhee Cut and Run 18: Ah'll gie ye a 'butty' inty the. 1931 E. Albert Herrin Jennie 190: She must 'a' spent her money on her butties. Arg. 1 1937 : Me an' him wuz butties for mony a day. Lnk. 1890 J. Coghill Poems 86: Ane boastit owre his butties a' That nane wi' him could big a wa'. 2 . An escort. Rnf. 3 1914 : I'll gie A walk in the company of an acquaintance: 'Wait a wee minute an Ah'll gie ye a buttie up the road last reel so's I could give the drunken Paddy a butty up the road. This seemed to satisfy her. 
  275. Sloit v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1912
     hame wi' the water this meenit. [A variant in the series Slott , Slout , Slut , Slotter. slʌut. See O , letter, 2 . (2) (vii) (b)] I . v . 1 . To walk in a slow, slouching way, to lounge, sklowter ). Ppl.adj. sloiterin , loafing, making a pretence of working (Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl .). Ags. 1825 Jam. : To sloit awa, to pass on in a careless manner. Lnk. a .1882 W. Watt Poems. Smith Fisher Folk (1952) 11: They're never sloutin' far behind. 2 . To work in a messy way or at some wet and dirty job. Ppl.adj. sloiterin . Lnk. 1825 Jam. : A sloiterin' creature, one who takes pleasure in work of this description. II . n . An idle lay-about, a lazy, slovenly person, a “slow-coach”, dawdler (Rnf. 1825 Jam., sloit , Lnk. Id., sloiter ); a dirty person in 
  276. Posh n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1870-1930
    : Come awa' tae yer posh, sup as muckle's ye can, For dad will be hame in a jiffey, gude man! DmfPOSH , n . 1 Also poach- . [poʃ] 1 . A child's name for porridge. Gen.Sc. Also in dim. forms poachie (Abd., Per. 1903 E.D.D. ), poshie (Ork., Abd., Ags., Per., Gsw. 1966). Hence posh(ie)-pat , a porridge-pot, posh-time , time for porridge, a meal-time. Mry. 1870 W. Tester Select Poems 128. 1873 A. Anderson Song of Labour 60: He winna sup his poshie, the buffy, curly loon. Edb. Ags. 1897 A. Reid Bards Ags. 494: Come awa' to yer poshie, ye wee toddlin' lammie. Abd. 12 1930 : Roon aboot the poshie-pot One, two, three, Gin ye wint a bonnie lassie Jist tak' me of as a child's corrupted form of porridge . There may also be some influence from Eng. dial. posh , a soft pulpy mass, slush.] 
  277. Swink v.3, n.2[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]1886-1960
     cam' hame swinklin'. 3 . To tilt (a vessel containing water) (Cai. 1972). II . n . In dim. formSWINK , v . 3 , n . 2 Also freq. form swinkl(e) , -el (Cai.). I . v . 1 . intr . Of a liquid: to splash about in a container, to plash, gurgle, ripple (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), swinkl , 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1972, swinkel ); to make a shaking side-to-side motion. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928 wad drink far mair drink Than a' that in his wame can swink. Sh. 1960 Shetland Hamefarin 14 ). Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii . 321: Like a peerie laveric leukan for a swinky fae hid's minny. Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 265: A worm — a common 'swinky.' [Appar. ad 
  278. Miraculous adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1881-2005
    : 1 . In a stupefied or incapable condition, esp. from drink, very intoxicated (Sc. 1903 E.D.D. ; Abd 175: The hale lot in a body Had got themsel's mirac'lous fu'. Wgt. 1904 J. F. Cannon Whithorn 107: Jamie was once taken home in a 'miraculous' condition and put to bed. Fif. 1912 D. Rorie Mining Folk 406: A drunk man, if very drunk, is described as 'mortagious', 'miracklous, pronounced 'marockyoolus', this is a slang term for drunk. Maroc is sometimes heard as a shortened form of wis!' Edb. 2005 : He came hame completely mirac. 2 . Clumsy, awkward (Cai. 9 1939), irresponsible in behaviour, loutish (Cai. 1963). Abd. 15 c .1930 : He's a miraclous lump. 
  279. Yowdendrift n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1947
    ). See also Erd . Obs. exc. liter . Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 285: To my Meg I bend my first thing meets him, is a dose Of styth endrift and hail. Ags. a .1823 G. Beattie Poems: I'll be lost, I'm feared, in the yowndrift . Mry. 1852 A. Christie Mountain Strain 16 Sangschaw 23: An' my eerie memories fa' Like a yowdendrift. Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel Fae Hame 18: Antrin shooers o' yowden drift. Sc. 1947 D. Young Braird o' Thristles 12: Skinklan pouther frae a licht yowden-drift o' snaw. [O.Sc. ewindrift , id., 1630. The first element is obscure, phs. ad. yowden , pa.p. of Yield , but the sense development is unexplained. Endrift may be a 
  280. Will adj., adv., v.2, n.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1721-1964
    -Accord (Walker 1887) 601: Fu faen wad he 'abeen till a taen himsel' hame, But was wull o' a wyle for Baldarroch 12: In gaun hame she had gane will, An' tint her meaths for a' her skill. Mry. 1851 D). Also trans . and merging with (2). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 26: Breathless and Pop. Ballads I. 242: In his richt hand a lichted brand That aft the wull nicht-wanderer Has i.: Whaur are ye gaein' that get, like a wull shuttle? m.Sc. 1884 C. Neill Poet. Musings 94: In this mirk warld I feel quite wull. Abd. 1959 People's Jnl. (5 Dec.) 13: A body wis gey wull aboot a new toon. (2) Transf . of things: straggling, spreading unchecked. Sc. 1926 H. M'Diarmid Drunk Man 10: Fear, shame, pity, like a will and wilyart growth, That kills a' else wi' in its reach. 2 . In a moral or intellectual sense: misguided, erring, wayward (Rxb. 1942 Zai); bewildered, crazed, perplexed, at a loss (ne.Sc. 1974). Phr. to be will o , to be in a quandary 
  281. Leesome adj.2[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1896
     the member of a court to protest. Sc. 1726 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 187: Tak hame of friendship … and of leasome love. [O.Sc. leissum , lawful, from 1466, leifsum , a .1500 
  282. Cley n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1844-1935
    .: An' noo thae weans are men Plooin the cley-bund rigs o' hame Within this peacefu' glen. Dwn 
  283. Crivens interj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1894-1998
     (17 Dec.) 3/4: Crivens! The schulemaister! A thocht, he wis tae be awa frae hame the nicht! [ Cf 12: A long-overdue Scottish alternative to the ever-popular 'Maggie, Maggie, Maggie - Out, out, out!' was included. It runs Crivvens, jings and help ma boab, let's put Thatcher oot o' a job. But despite, he's gotten a richt horse for Donal', noo. m.Sc. 1991 Robert Alan Jamieson A Day at the Sea Tangle 20: 'Holy crivvens!' he cried then. 'It's a lassie!' Slk. 1914 Southern Reporter 
  284. Dacent adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1823-2000
    ., but Cai. ′dei-] Sc. 1823 J. G. Lockhart Reg. Dalton III. 100: It's a very convenient bit: So, lay aa yon aff an pit daecent stockins an buits ipu dee feet or dan bide hame. Abd.(D) 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 143: Bit the foreman wis a daicent chiel, an' he fairly leet ma see foo to dee. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 44: 'Her? I've kent i ma time a curn far coorser folk At I've likit a dassint sicht better.' em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The dune And a' maist dacint. w.Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo (1912) v.: He couldna bury a 
  285. Daylicht n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1822-1994
    DAYLICHT , n . Also deylicht . Sc. form of Eng. daylight . Cf. day-a-licht s.v. Day , Combs' hamewuth afore we tint the daylicht a' thegither. Dundee 1994 Matthew Fitt in James Robertson A run doon the sterrs an oot intil the deylicht agen. m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 113: Day-licht is glintin' in the sky. Phr.: not to see day('s) licht ( til or for a body daylicht til him, or faur he's concerned. Ags. 1822 A. Balfour Farmers' Three Daughters I. 242: His lassies could na see day's light to me. em.Sc. 1947 A. Fleming Common Day i . i 
  286. Ether n.3[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1733-1926
    -), Per., Fif.; ′ɪðər Ork.] 1 . The udder of a cow or other domestic animal (Abd. 1825 Jam. 2 , edder. Philip It 'ill a' Come Richt 128: They teuk a' her milk fae her ae nicht, and turned her ether into' yer ether?” Abd. 1926 L. Coutts Lyrics 21: The kye wi creamy edders full Gid lowin hame te the byre. Comb.: edder-pap , the nipple. Abd. 1904 W. A. G. Farquhar Fyvie Lintie 126 While ye remain a foalie. 2 . The breast of a woman (Abd. 1825 Jam. 2 , edder ; Abd. 27 1940 
  287. Heech interj., v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1886-1994
     on the spoons), heechin, skirlin, lowpin, fleein, faain doon, stotterin hame... III . n .  A uttered by the male dancers in a Highland reel. Cf . Hooch , id . [hi:ç] Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sk. and Poems 114: Naethin' ta be heard bit da smucksin o' feet ipo da fluir, an' noo an' dan a was, however, little art in their dances, but a tremendous deal of 'hooching' and 'hiching,' stamping spirited cries of 'Hech!' which . . . has a curious effect when accompanied by the vigorous stamp of hob cry of heech . Edb. 1994 Douglas McKenzie in James Roberston A Tongue in Yer Heid 10: He 
  288. Ill-less adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1822-1927
     should a young ill-less thing like this be made to suffer? Phr.: ill (ull)-less guidless ( gweed- ), colourless, lacking in force of character, “having a character not marked by any extreme, neither good nor. de Bruce I. iii.: An ill-less, gude-less, prinkie kind o' prelatic boddie. Bnff. 1852 A good nature. Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel frae Hame 28: First on the leet lyaug-lyaugit lang, an' gart us a tae gant, The neist an ulless-guidless breet some bathert wi' a mant. [O.Sc. illes , harmless, a .1598. Ill , n ., 1 . + adj. suff. -less .] 
  289. Kip v.3, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1821-1925
     kipper ye whan A gets ye hame. Lth. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 110: But the ither two. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; em.Sc.(a), m.Lth., Rxb. 1960). Vbl.n. kippin . Edb. 1821 D. Haggart Life. Sc. 1894 Stevenson Letters (1924) V. 150: A boy who was a very good boy, and went to Sunday Schule, and one day kipped from it. II . n . A truant, in phr.: to play ( the ) kip , to play 
  290. How interj., v.2[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1750-1915
     III. 265: Ned! hou, Ned! wi' dear me, what's keepin' ye sae lang? Comb. how-sheep , “a call given by a shepherd to his dog to incite him to pursue sheep” (Lnk. 1825 Jam.). 2 . An exclamation . 3 . A call to an animal to move on or come to one. Reduplic. form how-how ; to a horse to move to was time to 'how, how' -that is to say, call 'the beasts hame'. II . v . 1 . To cry how! from 
  291. Januar n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1702-1993
     . . . £1 3 6. Ayr. a .1796 Burns There was a Lad ii.: 'Twas then a blast o' Janwar' win' Blew, 'Twill be the worse for't a the year. Ags. 1880 J. E. Watt Poet. Sk. 45: Skelpin' through thick an' thin, frae Janwar' to June wi't. Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel Fae Hame 57: Syne 
  292. Plenty n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1845-1964
    PLENTY , n . Sc. usages: 1 . In phr. plenty of , a great number of, many, a large proportion of. Gen.Sc. The Sc. usage carries no implication of sufficiency as does the Eng. phr. Sc. 1881 A them a' their flegs, Wi' plenty clarts, an' rotten eggs. Sc. 1878 Stevenson Inland Voyage 8 Scot at Hame 38: And so I draigle roun' aboot . . . Wi' plenty smeddum. Dmf. 1964 Dmf 
  293. Sab v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1785-1987
     join, Till white in ase they're sobbin. Sc. 1832 A. Henderson Proverbs 74: Birk will burn. Abd. 1987 Donald Gordon The Low Road Hame 35: 'Fit seek ye here on the cauld hillside, Traivellin sae late at e'en, Fan the owlet hoots tae the sabbin win I' the licht o a weary mune! II . n . The noise made by a gust of wind or by the rise and fall of the sea; a full sea occurring on the east 
  294. Bung v.1, n.1, adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1937
    . . . . He's hame nae time syne in a terrible bung. (2) Mry. 1825 Jam. 2 : To tak a bung , a lowBUNG , v . 1 , n . 1 , adv . A variant of Bang , v . 1 , adv ., and Bang , n . 1 , q.v ). Gen.Sc. Now also Eng. slang. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 236: Like a light bung in a gutter' a puckle chiels, tirred half-nyaukit, bungin' the hemmer. Abd. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2  XII. 624 note:  Sir William Wallace ups wi' a stane like a houseside and bungs 't frae the tap o' Benachie, an' no' come bungin' them into my entry. Edb. 1926 A. Muir Blue Bonnet vi.: Weren't worth bunging a chuckie at. (2) To offend. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 20: Y'ive bungt, become sulky. Abd. 2 1932 : If ye dinna lat wi her [gie in till 'er] she'll bung an' rin awa hame walk quickly with a haughty air' (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 20). II . n . 1 . 'The act of throwing a stone [forcibly]' (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ; Bnff. 2 , Abd. 2 , Fif. 10 1937). 2 . A blow, bang or 
  295. 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
    ' Moses hasna muckle o' a hame wi' her, the gloidin' tawpie 'at she is. Ags. 1912 A. Reid Forfar . 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 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 .] 
  296. Bar n.6[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1823-1933
     or exertion. Lth. 1933 (per Lnk. 3 ): Common in Lothians and Lanark. Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake, etc. 68: He reissles hame as fou's the Clyde, Defying Poverty and Care, And.: What's set the man a snoring like the bars o' Ayr, at this time o' day, I won'er? Ayr. 1887 J Bars of Ayr. Ayr. 9 1931 : Runnin' like the bars o' Ayr, describes a heavy spate in the river 
  297. Bow-kail n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1779-1802
    ' crackin' jokes. Lnk. 1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 34: Ye had as good a gane hame an' a. bugan , to bend, or from O.E. bolla , a bowl. The original meaning of the first root is to curve, and 
  298. Juitle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1939
    . Balfour Campbell I. xviii.: They'll be baith hame glowran fu; for the dominie's a juttlin' elf. 2: At fairs young Brainless stay'd o'er late, And gill'd and juttled by the gate. Ags. 1819 A licht wecht wi' his coal. II . n . A dash or splash of liquid (Ayr. 1959). [Dim. or freq. form of 
  299. Sermon n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1823
    . Minnigaff (1939) 330: They had a mind to have taken sermon at the Church of Bar. Sc. 1773 A. Sc. 1798 J. A. Haldane Tour 37: There would be sermon next morning at eight oclock. Ags of Hazlewood rides hame half the road wi' her after sermon. Dmf. 1823 Carlyle Early Letters 
  300. Stotter v., n.[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]1827-1994
     stumble (Slk. 1825 Jam.; n.Sc., em.Sc.(a), wm. and sm.Sc. 1971). Vbl.n. stotteran (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D William J. Tait in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 37: As I stoater hame through Drummond Place At ten tae five o an April moarnin, A barrage o birdsang opens up, Blackies an mavises burstin their haases wm.Sc. 1987 Duncan and Linda Williamson A Thorn in the King's Foot 149: He kin o staggert an blouster till he draps on the flair or spews up his ring as he stotters hame, syne faas intae bed and lies A Fine White Stoor 132: He hauled himself to his feet, using the corner of the gable, and stottered off to the steading. The byre door was not locked but it took him a few moments to fumble for the violently (Gsw. 1971). II . n . 1 . The act of stumbling or tottering, a stumble, stagger, unsteady gait (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 184; n.Sc., em.Sc.(a), wm. and sm.Sc. 1971). Mry. 1865 W. H. Tester Poems 150: Sittin' back he gaed a stotter — Ower he flappit on the fleer. Lnk. 1886 J 
  301. Bluiter n.3, v.3[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]1835-1935
    . Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 54: To bluiter like a bogle aneth a six-foot wa.] 1 . n . 'A senseless talker' (Edb., w.Lth. 1935 (per Edb. 1 ); Ayr. 4 1928, bluitter ). wm.Sc. [1835] Laird of Logan (1868) App. 486: Bluiter . A senseless talker, an outspoken, inconsiderate person, a cuif. Kcb. 9 1935 Arg. 1907 N. Munro Daft Days (1923) xiii.: 'Oh, to the devil wi' ye!' said Wanton Wully, sweating with vexation. 'Of all the senseless bells! A big, boss bluiter! I canna compel nor coax ye!' w.Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott Vern. of Mid-Nithsdale in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 18: He's sic a bluiter o' a speaker I canna make him oot. 2 . v). Lnk. 1858 G. Roy Generalship 154: John here blutred out a volume of indignant astonishment, sir, fellin' a deid dowg!' [Prob. this and the two foregoing words are all of the same origin.] 
  302. Farrach n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1742-1941
     : She wis in a terr'le farrach aboot the littlens nae hame fae the skweel, an it come on sic a nicht o. 1820 A. Balfour Contemplation 272: Warslin' frae ae wreath to anither, John tint his farrach a' thegither. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 44: That things o' buns hae nae farrach at a' i' the noo. Abd. 1 1929 : Tibbie wis a fenless craitur, nae farroch at cleanin' a hoose ava. 2 . A bustle, state of agitation, a “to-do” a mix-up (Ags. 1950). Abd. 1898 W. Brewster Poems 48: To beckon them ben wi' a kindly smirk, But wi' little farroch or din. Abd. 15 1928 
  303. Cloor n., 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]1891-1930
    ., Ork., Sh., etc. I. v. 174: He tuik her hame wi' him and a gey fashus job it wis for he cairried herCLOOR , Kloor , Klur , Kluir , n . and v . [klu:r, kluər] 1 . n . (1) 'A scratch — of any sort' (Ork. 1929 Marw., kloor ); 'a scratch, as that made by a pin or by the claws of a cat' (Sh . v . (1) To scratch (of a cat, etc.) (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., kluir ), to tear by scratching. Sh.(D) 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Buddie 9: Sae he springs till his feet, an makin a claw For mi gansey [jersey], he cloors baid da shooders awa. Ork. 1908 J. A. Pottinger in Old-Lore Misc a' the wey and she nearly cloored the lugs aff o' him i' her madrum. Ork. 1 1930 : The, klora , to scratch (like a cat) (Zoega).] 
  304. Guid-dame n. comb.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1897
    † GUID-DAME , n.comb . Also gude- , guidam(e) , gudame , goodam , -um , giddim . A Poems 273: I'm tethered at hame, Wi' the ties o' my bairns, an' my couthie guid-dame. [O.Sc. has 
  305. Iron-eer n. comb.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1735-1955
     a red deposit in soil or water or as a stain on linen (Abd. 1880 Jam.; Cai. ( -ever ), Abd. 1958 frae my spoot; Or is't because the iron eer Is a' run oot? Cai. 1916 John o' Groat Jnl. (14 April): The ground often had a hard “pan” or bottom, and on some parts “iron-ever” or chalybeate inadequate to carry off anything more than a mere trickle of mud and ironeer. Kcd. 1955 Mearns Leader (13 May): Jist a drappie fae the iron-eer spring up the roadside there. Hence iron-eerie , -y. Arbuthnot True Method (1811) 67: A cold soil, composed of clay and sand , intermixed with ore ironeerie spoots at hame we'd fain pree whan we're dry. Abd. 1902 E.D.D. : That water's awfu' ironeery. That's a fine drink o' ironeery water. [Sc. forms of iron-ore ; O.E. ora , ore. Cf . Ure .] 
  306. Bum v.2, n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1817-1923
     wages. Kcb. 6 1914 : He wudnae dae a day's wark, sae the mester bummed him aff hame. 3 Watson W.-B. ). Vbl.n. bummin , a beating. Ayr. 1898 E.D.D. : He bummed me against the wall. Dmf. 1817 W. Caesar Poems 49: Stood rank an' file, to gie'm a bummin, As he gaed by. †Comb . Phr.: to lat bum at , 'to strike' (Fif. 10 1937). II . n . A knock, a blow. Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : A bum i' the lug. [Prob. imitative. bum , v ., 2 above, may be a variant of 
  307. Craw n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1920
     a hoarse voice (in wm.Sc. quot., the broken voice of adolescent youth). Abd. 1768 A. Ross. [1835–37] Laird of Logan (1868) 172: Saf' us a', I would tak' ye to be but young cocks by your roupy craw, lads. 2 . A shout, cry, as of children at play (Abd. 9 1940). Cf . Eng. crow , the joyful cry of an infant. Lnk. 1882 A. Orr Laigh Flichts 92: I like to see the bairns at play. Murray In the Country Places 6: Noo roadit for hame there's some I could name Nae freely sae croose i' the craw, For they've wives like mysel' an' the lees we maun tell Blauds the tail o' a nicht for us a'. 
  308. Tweetle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1830-1952
     at Hame 69: The birds are tweetlin' gran' Frae the sykes and slacks and trees. Lth. 1924 A, sing. Gen.Sc.; to play (on a whistle). Rare and dial. in Eng. Abd. 1909 C. Murray Hamewith 5 of a whistle or the like (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 100: As I watched da bow legs tweetlin Up yon steep an heavy brae, Min, I tought hit wis a marvel Whaar yon speed cud aa come fae! † II . n . A public assembly of young people for dancing, a “hop' great glee. Mry. 1887 Lintie o' Moray 24: He instituted a series of “tweetles” or dancing 
  309. Edge n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1785-1948
     ( in ) the edge o' a time , from time to time, occasionally (Bnff. 2 1942); (2) at , i' , (up)on)); (3) to edge hame , to proceed slowly on one's homeward journey (Sh., Abd., Ags., Slg., m.Lth., Kcb ples in 'da eage o' a tyme.' Sh. 1898 W. F. Clark Northern Gleams 90–91: He wid slip oot a wird at da edge o' a time 'at wis harley ta be luekid for i' da mooth o' a Scotchman. (2) Ayr. 1873 J. Ogg Willy Waly 17: The droothy cronies will be edgin' hame. 2 . Combs.: (1) edge coals , (see quot.); (2) edge seam , = (1), a seam of coal lying at a steeper angle than 1 in 1 (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 26); a specific name for the west outcrops in Midlothian (Edb. 6 1944 steep seams of the Mid-Lothian Coal Basin which, lying low in the system, have got a more vertical tilt 
  310. Buff v.1, n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1936
     W.-B. : Hei buff't oot inti a laugh. Rxb.(D) 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes an Knowes 11. buffies , 'the lungs of an animal' (Kcb. 4 c .1900). m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 89 , buft , puffed, 'a bufft eassi chair,' Household Bk. Gr. Baillie (1703) 173, see D.O.S.T .] 
  311. Haiveless adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1804-1939
    . Anderson Poems 106: I left the hinds and hizzies a' At haveless hame-o'er clatter. Abd. 1893 G); haweless (Abd. 1936 Huntly Express (10 Jan.) 6); heauveless . Found in n.Lin. dial. as ha(a)veless haveless crater I used to be. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xix.: He's a haiveless man. Macdonald Songs 12: Liltin' a haveless sang, Nannie — I wad kiss yer verra shune. [O.Sc. hafles , c .1450, Mid.Eng. haveles , poor, destitute, from have + less (cf. O.E. hafenleas ), with a 
  312. Clyte n.2, v.1, adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1821-1936
    :  That man kens naething about managing a horse. He'll get anither clyty afore he taks hame the beast. Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs 258: Yestreen I cam' hame frae the trauchle, My brain in aCLYTE , Clite , n . 2 , v . 1 and adv . [kləit] 1 . n . (1) A sudden heavy fall (Bnff. 2. Bnff. 1887 W. M. Philip Covedale x.: He would get a deil o' a clyte amon' the stanes below ye wid 'a' kent a' aboot it. Edb. 1876 J. Smith Archie and Bess 79: It was at the very:  There's nae saying how soon we may be laired a' thegither in frost and snaw for ever. . . . Hech man, and that will be a cauld clyte to the feck o' us. Phr.: to come a clite , to fall heavily, to 'come a cropper.' Ags. 1931 W. Muir Imagined Corners (2nd impression) ii . vii. 127: She'll come a clite on her head one of these days. (2) The noise of such a fall. Bnff.(D) 1933 M. Symon maijesty I'm aff To mak' a speech on Burns. 2 . v . (1) To fall heavily (Abd. 19 , Ags. 1 , Lnk. 3 
  313. 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
    ', it wis driven hame an' biggit up in the smiddy. Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 62: A hauf. 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. [O.Sc. smudder , to smother a fire, 1594.] 
  314. 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
     that she had left at hame weak of a decay. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xix.: HeDROW , 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 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 
  315. Kiggle-caggle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1835-1914
     same To a curler when he's kiggle-cagglin' hame. Sc. 1911 B. Smith “Shilling” Curler 19 : I . v . To cause the stone to make a succession of zig-zag movements or inwicks up a port or space between curling stones, to reach a certain object (Sc. 1902 E.D.D. ; Fif. 1960). Also fig . Hence kiggle-caggler , a shot which travels in this way. Dmb. 1835 in D. MacLeod Past Worthies (1894) 87: I am to take all the wicks or kittle shots, and kiggle-kaggle to and fro, and that to a kiggle caggle to the spot. Sc. 1891–2 Royal Caled. Curling Club Annual 422: A' doors are the: This is the art of imparting a rocking motion to the stone so that it never settles on its sole, and travels freely through the water [on thawing ice]. Such a shot is sufficiently described by its curious name of a “Kiggle-caggler.” II . n . A zig-zag movement of a curling-stone. Sc. 1914 J. G, imparted to it the motion known as the “kiggle-kaggle”. [A reduplic. formation imit. of a zig-zag, side 

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  1. Hame n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1375-1650
     Irland Asl. MS. I. 64/8. The synnare … biggis him a hame place & habitacoun in hell (2 the Sevyne Sagis 1885. A burges … held a michti hous at hame c1500-c1512 Dunb. lv. 4 . To bring (also bere , cary , etc.) hame , To fetch from a distance, or from abroad; to import ȝe, Or quha bringis hame the buiting? 1600-1610 Melvill 22. Ther was ... a post, that bring hame … ane dispensatioune be Pasch cum a yere c1515 Asloan MS I. 228/10. Willam [a dispensation] cum hame, he had hir bruikit 1575 Edinburgh Testaments III. 363 bHame , n. 1 and adv . Also: ham , haim(e , haym(e , haem , hem , heim(e . [Northern ME. ham(e , midl. and southern ho(o)m , OE. ham n. and adv.] A . n. 1 . A person's dwelling-place, or native country. Also fig . in lang hame , the grave. (1) a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 91. Into sic talk fell thay Quhill thay war neir hame 1513 Doug. vii . viii. 139. Fyve bowis of 
  2. Hame-bring v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1580-1658
    Hame-bring , v. Also anglicized variant: home-bring . [ Hame adv . 2, after Hame-bringing vbl. n .] tr . To fetch from a distance or from abroad, to import. — 1580 Inverness Rec. I. 274. For stenting of horses to hame bring the commoun stanes, … for reparatioun of the port on the brig 1596 Dalr. II. 193/2. He hes hame-brocht syluer, suddartis, and vther necessairs in the 
  3. Hame-com n.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1586
     .] A home-coming. a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 64. Scho … Ȝarnit his hame come in the landHame-com(e , Haym-com , n. Also: homcwme . [ME. homcome , early ham cume , OE. hamcyme 1424 Cambuskenneth Letter . We … bidis ay in gude hope ȝour hame come a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1891. All that wes done scho wald him tell At his hame come full opinly 1513 Doug richt blyth … Of the hame-come of gude erle Johnne 1586 Gray Lett. 139. The Master of Gray 
  4. Hame-bringar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1515-1678
     Hame-bringin(g , vbl. n .] a . One who conducts or escorts from abroad. b . One who brings in fromHame-bringar , n. Also: -bringair , -bringour . Also anglicized variant: homebringer . [f. as Crechtoun … was the hame bringaris of the qwene — 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 204. The said siluer to be brocht hame … , and the merchandis hame bringouris thairof to haif … as followis 1567 Acts III. 43/2. That ordoure be takin … for the hame bringaris of fals cunȝe within this realme setteris of prices of the samin 1597 Ib. IV. 119/2. That nane … bring hame to be sauld ony kind 
  5. Afeild adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1531-1650
     xiiii daillis hame and a field a1578 Pitsc. II. 95/23. The governour … wald nocht suffer in Edinbruch, and be the gait hame, and a-feild 1633 Master of Works Accounts XXVI. 11 b) . [ME. a felde ( c 1225), o felde (13th c.): see Felde n .] 1 . In the field; away from home; abroad. (Contrasted with at hame. ) 1531 Bell. Boece I. 84. This Metellane … governit all materis, baith at hame and afeld, with gret felicite 1551 Ayr B. Ct. & Council Bks. 16 March am … sertane of bathe affeill and at hame 1596 Dalr. I. 85/6. Nocht only … Ingland at hame brother steyis to long afeild 2 . Into the field; away from home or from a place of stay, storage, etc. (Contrasted with hame or hamewart. ) 1563–4 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 192. To the … pyonaris for beringe thame … to pase hame as they come afeild 1617 Montgomery Mem. 278. For the compteris expensis. For caryeing thair geir home and a feiid — iij li ij s b . Abroad; out of the country. 1553 
  6. Hame-over adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1584-1629
    Hame-over , adv . Also: haime- and -ovir , -ower . [ Hame adv ., Over adv .] Homewards sowm of thre pund to help thair expenssis hame ower 1600-1610 Melvill 227. We maid for the jorney hame ower 1615 Melrose P. 219. I wald request your lordship to be his freind, and to forder him hame ouir 1625 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II. 175. Mair to him for his transport transport hame over 1629 Ib. 227. 
  7. Hame-throw adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1584
    Hame-throw , -through , adv . [ Hame adv . + Throw adv .] All the way home. — 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 726. He beand scapit of that danger, Hame through he past 1584 Ib. 729. They bring thame farre on ambeling foiles, Bot send thame hame throw on thair soilles 
  8. Hame-cuming vbl. n.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1399-1648
    Hame-cum(m)in(g , vbl. n. Also: ham- , haim(e)- , haym(e)- , heam- , ( home- ), and -cum(m)yn(g , -com(m)ing . [ME. homcomyng (rare, Chaucer).] A coming, or return home, or arrival from ware drownit in thare hame cummyng a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1077. Ysak … syn wp to the wyndo past Hir hame cummyn for till haf sene 1537 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 84. At oure souerane lordis and quenis graces hame cumming a1578 Pitsc. II. 244/29. That na thing sould be done. Eftir my hame cuming out of the Lawland 1624–5 Misc. Spald. C. V. 100. For upputting of Patrik Haliburtoun to bring hame sex Holland meris to the King; … at the hame cummyng of the meris 1538 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries II. 363. In the meyn tyme quhill the hame cuming of the Denmark] 1574 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 19. The hame cumming of the schip callit the William 
  9. Hame-bringin vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1474-1684
    . 106/2. That the custummaris sall … tak souerte … of ilk a mercande for the hame bringyne of bulȝeon Accounts MS. 170 b. For hame bringing of a camiell fra Ingland to his maiestie 1604 Ib. VI. 307Hame-bringin(g , vbl. n. Also: ham- , haym(e)- , heam- , hem- , and bringyne ; home-bringing , hombringing . [ Hame adv . 2.] In common use throughout the 16th century. 1 . The action of bringing home, fetching, from a distance, or from abroad; importation. (1) 1474 Acts II thair warlkumes 1556 Liber Calchou 479. For the hame bringing of the fewale to the hame bringing of meill 1597 Grant Chart. 189. [He] sall do his exact dilligence to the heam of comone brome 2 . The action of conducting or escorting (a new queen or king) from abroad hamebringing of a quene 1534–5 Ayr B. Acc. 72. To fill furth the stent with to the Quenys hayme Ingland 1589 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 8. Twenty men … to pas … to Norway … for the hame bringing of 
  10. Unpassit p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1535-1596
     .] 1 . Without having passed (( on ) to a place, hame , etc.). 1541 Aberd. B. Rec. MS XVII (Jam.] 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I 85. He was forsit to return hame onpast to his schip 2 . a . Not given.). To returne hame on past to the tryst 1535 Stewart 45213. This Lues … In Ingland wes that tyme wnpassit hame 1535 Stewart 51934. Schir James of Douglas … Vnpassit wes onto the Halie the seals of the state ( Pas v. 20). a . 1583 Perth B. Ct. 14 Aug. Conforme to the ordour 
  11. Unsped p.p., ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1531-1583
     (Gower); Sped(e p.p .] p.p. a . Of an errand, etc.: Not accomplished, discharged or expedited ( to a person). b . Of a person: Not having succeeded (in ( of ) an errand). ppl. adj. That has failed to achieve its purpose; unsuccessful. — p.p. a . 1531 Bell. Boece II 334. He Stewart 28402. This messinger … Come hame agane and his erand vnsped — ( b ) 1583 Perth B. Ct. 14 Aug. (see Unpassit p.p. 2 a). Onsped — b . 1535 Stewart 52859. Wnsped also of thair erand war fane Withoutin skaith for to pas hame agane — ( b ) 1535 Stewart 44769. Bot leit him pas … Hame to the paip of his erand onsped — ppl. adj. a1568 Bannatyne MS 217a/8 
  12. Proclam n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1461-1535
    Proclam(e , n. [f. Proclame v .: cf. F. proclame , med. L. proclama .] A proclamation lentht of tym bydin efter a proclam maid at the dur gaif that for dom 1535 Stewart 17900. And that same tyme maid ane oppin proclame [: hame] All suld be reddie at set da and place 1535 Ib. 20509. Quhen the herald had maid his proclame He tuke his leif and syne he sped him hame 
  13. Missal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1454-1510
    . Messale n .] A missal, mass-book. Also attrib. with -buke . — 1454 Old Dundee II. 13. Twa. Sc. Printing 84. Walter Chepman … brocht hame ane prent … for prenting of … missalis [etc.] 1509–10 Ib. That nain of thaim … bring hame … ony missale bukis, mannualis, portuis or matin bukis 
  14. Hame n.2[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1380-1698
    Hame , n. 2 Pl. hamis , -ys , -es , hammys , haimes , hemis , hemmis , hemys , hemmys , hemmes , heamis , heems , ( chamis ). [ME. hame (1303), MDu. hame , haem , MHG. hame , etc. Cf. Heghemis .] Each of two curved pieces of wood or metal placed behind the outer rim of the collar of a Treasurer's Accounts I. 293. A quhit hyde to be brestledderis and nekledderis to hamys 1496 Ib. 300 
  15. Hayme-sok n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1531-1532
    Hame- , Hayme-sok , n . In Wigtown: = Hamesuk(k)in . — 1531 Wigtown B. Ct. 259 b. Malle M c garue to Jene Mwre schallans fore hame sok hyre avyne hovis 1532 Ib. 266. Wylle M c 
  16. Remanence 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
    ), f. L. manere to remain.] a . The remainder or rest. = Remanent n. 1 and 2. b . The act of staying ( at a place, fra an assembly). — a . 1540 Maxwell Mem. I 280. Ȝe salbrying the remanence of the towneschep at hame … thair licence for thair remanence at hame fra the rayd of Falamowyr 
  17. Curloreous 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
    Curloreous , a . ? — a1568 Peder Coffeis 49. Ane curloreouss coffe, that hege skraper, He sittis at hame quhen that thay baik 
  18. Channoun 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
    . xxxiii. 54. Thocht he come hame a new maid channoun, He had dispensit with matynnis channounChannoun , variant (cf. Chanoun , n .) of Canon a . Canonical. — c1500-c1512 Dunb 
  19. Forchaist p.p.[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
    Forchaist , p.p . [ME. forchase v. ( a 1300).] Hard pressed by being chased. — a1500 Doug. King Hart 260. Raddour ran hame full fleyit and for-chaist 
  20. Howfing adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    Howfing , a . ‘Mean, shabby, beggarly looking’ (J). — Alace! that Scotland had no schame To send sic howfing carles from hame! 1584 Sat. P . xlv. 586. 
  21. Hamesukin n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1685
    Hamesuk(k)in , n. Also: hame- , haymesokyn ; hamesukkyn , -ing , -suckin(e , -en ). [ME. hom- , hamsok(e)ne , OE. ham-socn , ON. heim-sokn .] The crime of assaulting a person in his Dictionary of the Law of Scotland s.v. ( a ) a 1300 Acts I. 59/1. Quod nullus exaudiatur de roboria neque de hamesokyn [ transl . haymesokyn] … nisi racionabilem faciat sectam a 1300 Ib 1576 Digest Justiciary Proc. I. 35. Bodin in feir of weir … [thay] come be way of hame sukin to the. Committing thairby manifest oppressioune and hame suckin 1661 Justiciary Ct. Rec. I. 6. George Clepon [etc.] … found guilty of hame-sucken 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i . xi. § 14. The injury is hightned by polluting the husbands own house, and becomes a kind of adulterous hamsucken ( c 
  22. Bairnie 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]1650
    Bairnie , n. [Dim. of bairn Barne n .] A little child. — 1650 Elgin Rec. II. 272. Scho said . . scho had ane seik bairnie whilk mad hir byd at hame 
  23. Bringar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1470-1626
     brings. 1470 Prestwick B. Rec. 17. Thar salbe a penny allowit to the bringer hame of it 1519 Ib. 190. The bringare thairof to the merkat 1554 Ib. II. 203. The merchandis hame 
  24. Hom n., adv.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0]1400-1678
     of Hame n. 1 and adv . A . 1 . c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii . 8. In, as a servant or employee; = into service. Also Hame adv. B. 1 c. — c . 1658 Sc. Ant. IXHom(e , n . and adv . Also: hombe . [ME. and e.m.E., instead of Sc. Hame .] Home, in senses context. d . (To take a person) into one's household, or (to come, enter, go) into a person's household 
  25. Unschippit p.p.[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]1620
    Unschippit , p.p . [18th and 19th c. Eng. unshipped (1720) not provided with a ship, (1868) unloaded from a ship; S(c)hip v .] ? Not put on board, or ? sent by, ship. — 1620 Edinburgh Testaments L 343. Lyand vnschippit at hame fyve scoir thrie may skines 
  26. Dispensatioun n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1578
     licence. ( a ) c1420 Wynt. ix . 2961. Be speciale dispensatioune He held all tym possessioune [of the bishopric] 1462 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 23. At Dauy Simpson sal bring hame … ane dispensatiouine be Pasch cum a ȝere 1480 Reg. Great S. 310/1. Gife it happenis me to part with the said James or the dispensatione cum hame c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxii. 72. Twa curis or thre hes to Rom for a dispensacion betwix the Lord Gram and Archbald Edmestonis dochtir 1520 Grant Chart. 65. At the mariage sal be completit quhat tyme and quhow sone the said dispensacion cumis hame 
  27. Whall conj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1644
    Whall , conj . (Var. of Quhil(l conj. 1 a.) — 1644 Hibbert P. No. 13. Whitther I sall com hame or gea to the Far[oes] for I haue notthing adoe ther nor ȝeit into Whallssay whall Otta com 
  28. Tharfurth adv.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1533
     1450).] Outwith (a particular area), outside (a building), out in the open. 14.. Acts I 30/2 weris aganis vncouth inemyis tharefurth than civile dissensioun at hame amang thame self 1533 Bell. Livy I 221/12. The pepill … seirchit to invaid thame self with iniuris at hame, becaus na 
  29. Hamholding vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1672
    ( Hame- ,) Hamholding , vbl. n. [Cf. Hamehald , v .] Appropriation. — 1672 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 292. [John Purves to deliver to James Louse a stray horse, now in his custody, pertaining 
  30. Plaistirman 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]1503-1505
    ( Plaster- ,) Plaistirman , n. [ Plaster n. 1 ] A plasterer; cf. Plasterar n. — 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 274. With the expens of the plaistirman brocht hame for wirking of the said 
  31. Bringing vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1446-1575
     1489 Reg. Aberbr. 263. Item, in the celleraris office for the fuel bringing hame v li. 1494. Victour with the bryngyn hame Ȝon bludy spulȝe 1555–6 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 365. For bringing of 
  32. Hege-scraper n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1567-1568
    . That hege skraper, He sittis at hame quhen that thay baik 
  33. Murlandis adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1628
    Mur(e)landis , Muirlands , a. [ Mur(e)land n. , with suffix as in Uplandis .] Of or. mvrlandis] man of vplandis mak At hame thus to his nychtbour spak a1628 Carmichael Prov. No 
  34. Bow Staff n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1425-1447
    Bow staff , n . [ Bow n . 1 Also ME. (1436) and e.m.E. pl. bowstaves .] A stave of wood suitable for making into a bow. 1425 Acts II. 8/1. That all merchandis passande oure the see … bring hame … harnes & armouris with spere schaftis & bow staffis 1445 Edinb. Chart. 67. Of 
  35. Downe-lying vbl. 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]1596
    . Almaist ilk ane at hame left his wyfe at the dounelying of barne 
  36. Mallie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1533-1534
     ane elne lemistar blak with mallie send hame be the maister alimosinar 
  37. Counsalabil adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1530-1540
    Counsalabil(l , -abyll , a . [f. counsale Counsail v . Cf. Counsellable .] Willing to be constranit to return hame 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 515. Allace! that daye had he bene counsalabyll 
  38. Custome-frie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1581-1688
    Custome-frie , a . [ Custom(e n . 2. Cf. Custum(e)-fre .] Free from paying custom. — 1581 Acts III. 240/2. That the raw … silkis to be brocht hame be him salbe custome frie 1688 
  39. Prophetie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1562-1600
     (pronounced -fesi).] a . = Prophecy n. 1. b . = Prophecy n. 2. — 1562-3 Winȝet I 90/8] returned hame within his coche, he red the prophetie of Esaie 
  40. Dispending vbl. n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375
     . 509. The constabill and all the lafe … He tuk, and gaf thame dispending, And send thame hame 
  41. Hamehald adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1513-1648
     , hamal , hammell . [Northern ME. (once) hame hold (14th c.), ON. heimoll , -ull , -ill , homely, alledging that the samin was his lauchfull and hame-hald cattel c1575 Ib. Alledging the horse or beist to be his awin hame-hald gudis 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 108. This horse, oxe, or kow, or 
  42. May-pole n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1625-1651
     Mediæval Plays 263. John Baillie [etc.] … prophaners of the Sabbothe in fetching hame a maypole, andMay-pole , n . [e.m.E. may(e pole (1554).] A maypole … — 1625 Lanark Presb. in Mill [1621], the weavers in St Paul's Worke … set up a highe May pole, with their garlants and bells hanging 
  43. Fleyitnes n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1549
    Fleyitnes , Fleidnes , n. [f. Fleyit ppl. a . Cf. Fleitnes .] Fright, alarm. — a1500 hame 1533 Boece viii . xiii. 280 b. Quhen all war … for fleyitnes fallin to ground 
  44. Heghemis n. pl.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1647-1648
    . Hame n. 2 . — ?a1648 Polemo-Middinia 49. & crooksaddeliis, heghemisque [ v.r . hemmesque 
  45. Rinaway 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]1646-1675
    . 1 ] a . A fugitive or deserter. b . A truant. — a . 1646 Stirling B. Rec. I 191. Anent the rynawayis of Sterling to abyde at hame, and anent the new levie — b . 1675 Cullen Kirk S. 5 Nov. Ife he be not making proficiencie in his learning or be a runavay and not attending the 
  46. Enunte p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513
    . — 1513 Doug. iii . iv. 137. Our falloschip excers palestral play, As thai war wont at hame, with 
  47. Unbrist ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1599
     v .] = Unbrokin ppl. adj. — 15.. Christis Kirk 147 (M). The menstrale … come hame with 
  48. Exploiet n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1573
     … the soldiouris hame agane 
  49. Nain adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1700
    Nain , a. (The later dial. form ain own (see note to Awin a .) with prefixed n as in Nan(e a . 2 , used after the possess. pron. her (see Hir pron . id) as a supposed feature of a II. xli. i ; 19. Teir cowns … Tey pe sa pra an syd Not like her nain cootwife's at hame, Tat scarce 
  50. Cunȝer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1553-1630
    Cunȝer , Cuinȝier , n . [ Cunȝe v . Cf. Conȝier .] A coiner. 1553–4 Edinb. Old Acc. I ounce of brunt silver, that he bringis hame to the cuinȝiers 1630 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 261. I 
  51. Forsoch ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1573
    Forsoch(t , -sauycht , -sawycht , corrupt forms of forthocht , Forethocht ppl. a . — c1420. Quhilk is forsochfelloun, hame sukin, and commoun oppressioun 
  52. Quikking n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1623
     quick[in]ing .] A quantity of yeast or other fermenting agent. — 1623 Falkirk Par. Rec. I 36 Janet sent hame again … efter the quhilk tyme … thair remained no barme upon her haill brewing of aill 
  53. Febilly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1450-1581
     a raw … cummys hame 1581 Satirical Poems xliii. 147. Bothwell … Quha slew ȝour father andFebilly , -illie , adv . Also: fibilly . [ME. febylly , febilly ( a 1340), also febly febillie [ A . misterlyk] wes maid 1513 Doug. v . v. 3. Hys schyp … Of brokyn arys febilly with 
  54. Unbiddin p.p.[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]1460
     com vncald And hame agane vnbiddin pas he wald 
  55. Weltirar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1570-1581
    ( Weltirar ,) Walterar(e , -er , n . [ Weltir v. 4 c.] One who overturns (a state of. That walterars of courts ȝe lat suborne ȝow 1581 Bann. Memor. 321. Sundrie war brocht hame 
  56. Unclippit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1550-1671
     .] a . Of coins: Not diminished by clipping. b . Of sheep: Not shorn. — a . 1550 Reg. Privy C. I 109. Thair is diverse … legis that … bringis hame furth of the partis of France sowsis and 
  57. Messe-preist n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1579-1661
    . mæssepreost .] A priest who celebrates mass; a Roman Catholic priest; a (person's) chaplain. — (1) 1579–80 Reg. Privy C. III. 273. Gif they brocht not hame agane thair messe preist, Sir Stevin Wilsoun 
  58. Bulȝeon n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1436-1641
     ) 1436 Acts II. 23/2. It at payis as a serplaith in fraucht sal bring thre vnce of bulȝeon hame.] Gold or silver as metal or coin; bullion. ( a ) 1436 Exchequer Rolls IV. 680. In vestimentis 1449 Ib. 37/1. The actis maide … for the bringyng hame of bulȝeon … be the merchandis 1451 1461 Liber Pluscardensis 397. Quhen a king … has … a barane land, Of mynnis of gold na boilȝon the compelling of thaim to bring hame bulȝeon furth of vther cuntreis 1579 Rec. Convention of 1641 Acts V. 352/2. Many merchantes … will be put to great … chairges for a small mater of bullȝeon 1554 Treasurer's Accounts X. 264. For hame bringing of bulȝeoun to the cuinȝe hous 1556 chekker thairefter following 1599 Reg. Privy C. VI. 28. [A charge to all who are] addettit and 
  59. Home-over adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1633-1637
    Home-over , anglicized form of Hame-over adv . (homewards) — 1633 Rutherford Lett. (1894 
  60. Unclenging vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1529
     of his gudis … and to remane be himself xv dayis efter his hame cummyn 
  61. Broching vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1501-1581
     a narrow-pointed chisel. 1501 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 89. As for the broching at the querrell and bring thame easyer hame 
  62. Spere-schaft n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1425-1549
    ), OE sperescæft ; Sper(e n. 1 and S(c)haft n. 1 1.] The shaft of a spear. — 1425 Acts II 9/1. That all merchandis … passande oure the see … bring hame … harnes & armouris with spere 
  63. Sukkin n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1494-1555
    , ane ra, ane swken, a pygy mast; and thir rais and the takling with ane mers … and for ane pomp and boit to bring hame pece of hewn wark, and the twa greit lang stanis that ar sukkin to the greit ryngs 
  64. Quhit-stane n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1628
    Quhit-stane , n. [Cf. e.m.E. whitston (1617), 18th c. south-west. Eng. dial. whitstone .] A hame 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II 176. Ane quhitstane chenȝeit with irin 1533 Bell 
  65. Holyglas n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1583-1600
     Owlglass, a buffoon. — 1583 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 51. Now Holyglas, returning hame, To play the 
  66. Hird n.2[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1535
     ] A herd or flock. c1420 Wynt. i . 1350. Thare hyrdys hydys holme and hille c1460. Kepand his hird vnder a huche 1513 Doug. iii . iv. 22 (Sm.). Flockis and hirdis of oxin … And trippis eik of gait 1535 Stewart 34636. With all his hird to Ros he passit hame 
  67. Patent adj.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1540
    Patent , a . 3 (Applied to pardons or indulgences, either in same sense of Patent a . 2 ( ? sense 4), or as in Patent a. 1 , ? and hence to a pardoner purveying these, or ? licensed by letters patent ( Patent a. 1 and Patent n. : see ME. (Piers Plowman, Chaucer) patent(e n. a papal] pardouns ȝe may se Cum fra the Caue [ B . can] of Tartarie 1540 Ib. 2123. Welcum hame Robert 
  68. Appelland n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456-1540
    . — 1540 Acts II. 357/1. The appelland nocht bringand hame his commissioun within ȝeire and day 
  69. Kariage n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1565-1633
    . I. 300. The remanent neburis quha remanit at hame oblist thame to pay the kaireag 1633 
  70. Relegate p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1537-1538
    .] Banished, exiled. — a1538 Abell 116a. Tha at wes religait in Ingland come hame in Scotland 
  71. Hamehald v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1575-1609
    Hamehald , Haymhald(e , v. [ad. legal L. haymaldare (Acts I. 284), f. Hamehald , a .] tr ressonabill cause be alledgit in the contrare, the persewar sall hame-hald, and with him away have, the said 
  72. Northing adv., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0]1644-1667
    . norden adj., belonging to the north, and fae da norden from the north.] in Shetland. a . adv . North ( of a place). b . n. (From the) north. — 1644 Hibbert P. No. 13. Whitther I sall come hame or gea to the Far[oes] … whall Otta com[is] from the northeing 1667 Laing MSS. I. 362 
  73. Pompusly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513
     1513 Ib. xiii iv 17. Quhilk steyd had careit Turnus oft tofor As victor hame … Full pompusly 
  74. Scaitbird n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1599
     in later Sc. as Dirten Allen, Dirty Allan , from a former popular belief that it ate the excreta of. skaitbirde] and commoun skamelar 15.. King Berdok 27. Quhen he come hame it wes ane howlat nest 
  75. Kame v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1601
     (14th c.); f. Kame n., replacing earlier Kem v.] tr . a . To comb. Also absol . b . To tease (wool). — a . 15.. Clariodus iv . 1007. Hir ȝellow hairis keaming as the wyre 1595. Kaime] sindle [ pr. single], kame sair b . 1601 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 307. To bring hame sic 
  76. Scour v.2[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1644
     (14th c.; v.r. scoure ), score (1477). Of unknown origin. Cf. Norw. skura to rush violently.] a compl . — a . a1400 Legends of the Saints xi 297. Thai wysmen than scouryt tham faste — b 1644 Hibbert Shetland Islands 597. The said cow … tuik … madnes and cam scouring hame … to the 
  77. Ennoy v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513
     gret purpos 1513 Ib. v . xi. 109; etc. My self left Beroes … Lyand seyk at hame, and ful 
  78. Flaw n.3[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]1498-1568
    Flaw , n. 3 [e.m.E. (1586).] A defect; a break or fault in a thing. (The meaning in the first a fle Makand hir net quhilk falȝeis nocht a flaw c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiv. 29. Sic fenȝeit ii. 195. Thus hame, with mony crak & flaw, They passid every ane 
  79. Spendar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1567-1699
    . Parv.); Spend v. 1 ] One who spends. b . A spendthrift. — 1588 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 8 25. He was … sik ane nobill spendar in owttingis, with the best halding hous at hame that ewer was in the land — b . a1568 Bannatyne MS 147a/12. A ȝong man chiftane witles A pure man 
  80. Bewist n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1400
     thar was that bywiste In honour of sancte Johnne the baptist a1400 Ib. xix. 268. Hame he 
  81. Nome n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1500
     beside hame etc. (Only in Troy-bk . and Lanc .) — c1400 Troy-bk. ii . 248 (C). Thys token 
  82. Untransportit p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1549-1627
     keip Schir Robert Bowis, Inglisman, untransporttit hame in his awin cuntre 1627 Reg. Privy C 
  83. Extern adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1531-1596
    Extern(e , a. [e.m.E. (1537), L. externus .] External. 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xxiv/6. Nocht only … Ingland at hame, bot evin afeild externe and outland natiouns 1596 Ib. II 
  84. Gek v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1583-1603
    Gek , Geck , v. Also: gect . [Du. and LG. gekken , G. gecken .] a . tr . To mock; to grave ȝour gravitie is geked [: brek it] 1583 Satirical Poems xlv. 867. Hame to the prowest 
  85. South Cuntre n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375
     Cuntre n .] The southern part of a country; England as distinct from Scotland. — 1375 Barb. xvi Ingland hame his way he tais 
  86. Galioun n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1533-1650
    Galioun , Gallioun , n. Also: galeoun , gaillion . [F. galion ; e.m.E. gallion ( a 1608). See also Galȝeoun .] A galleon. 1533 Boece ii . vi. 68 b. Ferquhard … departing with mony Diurnal of Occurrents 67. The twa gaillionis quhilk brocht the quenis grace hame c1650 Spalding 
  87. Kol n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1629-1644
    . II. 149. 13/4 [each] for four laid koills leding hame — attrib . 1633 Master of Works 
  88. Unresistable adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1600-1632
    , overwhelming. — 1600-1610 Melvill 368. To perswade the king … to call hame these erles lest … they sould 
  89. Unbend v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1632
    Unbend , v . P.p. also onbent . [ME and e.m.E. unbende ( c 1290).] tr. a . To release from tension, unstring (a bow). b . To uncock (a firearm). — a . p.t. a1400 Legends of the schulderis with grete schame Thare big bowis vnbent [ C. , Sm. onbent] has tursit hame — b . 1632 
  90. Hamely adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1610
    Hamely , adv . Also: hamly , -lie , hamille , haymly . [Northern ME. ham(e)ly ( a 1340), midl. and southern homeliche , -li , ho(o)mly (Chaucer), f. Hame n. 1 ] In senses of  Hamely a . a . Familiarly, intimately, as if at home. b . Candidly, bluntly. c . In friendly fashion, kindly, graciously, with good will. a . c1420 Wynt. ix . 918. Thare fand thai Inglis men hamly with men hamely a1540 Freiris Berw. 168 (M). Sen Symon is fra hame, I will take the hameliar turne it in a tender luke … , And him behaldis hamely [ M . hamlie] with hertly smyling a1578 
  91. Responsabill adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0]1510-1677
     .] 1 . a . Of a thing: Suitable ( for animals). b . Of a person: Answerable, accountable ( to a person) ( for an action). Only predic. a . 1510 Reg. Privy S. I 325/2. And gif the grond be. Rec. I 143. That the names of all sic fensabill personis habill for weir remanend at hame fra the said army salbe put in writt that thai may be responsabill to our souerane lordis returning … hame 
  92. Deil n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1581-1607
    Deil(l , Deele , Deal , n . 2 [ME. dele (1402), deale ( a 1450), MLG. dele . Cf. Dale n . 3 , Dell n . 2 ] A deal or plank. 1581 Dundee Shipping L. 204. Twa hundreth deals.). For the bering hame and afeld off tua deillis fra the plafeld, xxx d 1595 Duncan Appendix . Asser , a deele or plank 1607 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 165. With the said schipe be ventour laidnit 
  93. Forlane ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1550
    Forlane , ppl. a . [P.p. of Forly v ., but app. associated with lay .] a . Set aside, disregarded, forgotten. b . Despicable, worthless. a . a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 140. I [am] fra luifferis left and all forlane 1535 Stewart 42467. Forlane, tha sa, suld ay cum lauchand hame 
  94. Scraper n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1560-1691
    Scraper , n . Also: skra(i)per . [e.m.E scraper (1552); Scrap(e v .] a . Hege-scraper n. , q.v. b . An implement for scraping. c . A golf-club ‘of the niblick or bunker iron sort’ (SND, s.v. Scrape v . 1 Derivs. (3)). — a . a1568 Peder Coffeis 49. Ane curloreous coffe, that hege skraper He sittis at hame quhen that thay baik — b . 1560 Edinb. Old Acc. II 99 
  95. Welcum v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1691
    ), welcum (Cursor M.), OE wilcumian .] tr. To greet with pleasure, to make welcome. Also const. hame wylcum the Hame to thy native peple and cuntre 1558-66 Knox I 459. The Queyn glad of victorye. [They] reverentlie salust the Duik of Albanie and wilkhimit him hame a1578 Pitsc. I 361/13 
  96. Pietuos adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1533
    Pietuo(u)s , a. Also: pyet- and -uus , -uis . [Cf. Pietous a., also Petuo(u)s a., Pituous a .] a . Deserving pity; lamentable. = Petuo(u)s a . 1. b . Compassionate. = Petuo(u)s a . 2. c . Pious; of piety. Cf. Petuo(u)s a . 3. — 1525 St. A. Formulare I. 268. The pietuos — 1533 Bell. Livy I. 18/14. This hird movit be pietuous commiseracioun brocht hame thir barnis 
  97. Reskewing vbl. n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1548
    . And for thair abiding at hame fra … raidis … devisit for keping of the partis of Fiffe, and reskewing 
  98. Ingȝon n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1506-1660
    . Bringeris hame of engȝeoun seid … sall report and bring hame a ticket of the merchand fra quhom he byes the .] An onion. Also attrib. with seid . ( a ) 1506 Treasurer's Accounts III. 129. Ane pund pound … ingȝeoun seid 1596 Wedderb. Compt. Bk. 71. Half a last of ingȝeonis 1660 
  99. Smuking vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1500-1658
    ) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 162/56. Thocht he come hame a new maid channoun … On him come nowther stole shall sooner keep water from smoaking ouer a hot fire 
  100. Refete v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1500
     and e.m.E. refet(e, -fetyd , ppl. adj., of the same origin.] a . tr. To refect, refresh. b . intr. To recover health, recuperate. — a . a1400 Legends of the Saints xlvi 294. That scho at hame in … Trace, Scho wald refete [ Bann. rewert] full sone in fax and face 
  101. Spirlin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1500-1700
     other (small) fish. ( a ) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 75/95. Cum hame … Quhair fische to sell is. sperling (1307-8), spyrlyng ( c 1425), sparlynge (15th c.), spurling ( a 1471), spirling (1655 non bot spirling Cum hame and dwell no moir in Strivilling 1512 Household Bk. Jas. IV 8b 
  102. Greving vbl. n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1626
     ] Injuring, wronging; offending; harm, offence. — 1375 Barb. viii . 510. [He] send thame hame, but 
  103. Harbor n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1567-1606
    , hame and heritage 1590 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 52. Our harbour off Aberbrothek 1596 
  104. Tun v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1589-1673
    ( Tun ,) Toone , v . 2 P.p. tun(n)ed . Erron. for Cun v. a . To inform, teach. (Cf. Cun v. 1.) b . To taste (ale). ( Cun v. 3.) — a . 1589 James VI in Bruces of Airth App. xcvii. Take all the painis ye can to toone our folkis ueill nou againes oure hame cumming 1598 
  105. Beilding vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1507-1590
     act of building; a building. 1507 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 709. That thing that the said Johne Doug. iv . Prol. 259. Thi citeis beilding, and thi ryal hame c 1552 Lynd. Mon. 1928 
  106. Chafare n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1586
     .] Merchandise. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi. 913. One a tyme it betyde Hyme pas with his chafare Fra hame a1400 Ib. xxxiv. 48. As men that chafere sellis, … quha-sa wald mast hir gefe [etc 
  107. Miscuke v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1638
     a cury may miscuke, that knawledge wantis b . c 1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1180. Had it cum hame he had hir bruikit, Bot, or it come, it wes miscuikit 1570 Satirical Poems xvi. 8. This 
  108. Sophist n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1549-1584
     (1370 in Larousse).] A sophist, one who employs fallacious or specious reasoning. Also attrib. Now Holyglass, returning hame, To play the sophist thought no schame — attrib. 1549 
  109. Starkyn v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1512
    ; Stark adj .] a . Of a person: To grow up, become strong. b . Of the penis: To grow erect, to become stiff. — a . c1420 Wynt. i 1540 (C). Qwhil he passit al youthaide And starkynnyt [ R thow pas hame thai way And sulk ane quhile apoun thai moderis kne Quhill bettir starkyn for the were 
  110. Scrip n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1494-1528
    Scrip , n . 1 Also: skrip , skryp , crip . [ME and e.m.E. scrippe ( a 1300), scrip (1587), OF escrepe (12th c. in Larousse) a wallet, purse, f. Frankish * skirpja (mod. F. echarpe a scarf).] A wallet or bag carried by a beggar or pilgrims. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 2473. To beg my breid. Dreme 925. With scrip on hip and pyikstaff in his hand As he had purposit to passe fra hame 
  111. Hast v.[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1689
     St. A. Kirk S. 481. Ordour to be takin … that he may be hestit to cum hame 1614 Highland PHast(e , Haist , v . Also: hest , heist , heast . [ME. hast ( a 1300), haste , OF . intr . To make haste, to hasten, go quickly. ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 112. The. 391. We suld heast to purge thame sune b . refl . in the same sense. ( a ) 1375 Barb hasted them hame ( b ) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace xi . 1216. To my purpos breiffly I. He haistit him hame, bot befoir he com scho wes deid ( c ) 1591 Thanes of Cawdor 195 himselfe hither 2 . tr . a . To hasten, esp. to send or forward in haste from one place to another, to instruct (a person) to go in haste. ( a ) c1420 Wynt. v . 2377. Quhethire art thow hast. Inglismen … Haistyt sa fast a battaill to the feild 1489 Treasurer's Accounts I. 116. Til a man contenwatioun 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 328. My lord Huntlie wes haistit hame to stay his broder 
  112. Rancing vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1531-1680
     and later Sc. rance v. to prop or stay.] a . The action of preparing logs, etc. for use as struts or props. b . The action of supporting or bracing (a mine shaft) with props. — a . 1531–2 pece gestis ordanit and coft for the said new werk [ sc. a platform] 1581 Mylne Master Masons hame leiding of thame to the place — b . 1680 Fawside Coal Compt 62. To the coallheuers for 
  113. Derly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1600
    Der(e)ly , Deirlie , adv . [ME. derely , early deorliche , OE. deorlice .] a . Finely, splendidly. b . Affectionately, fondly. c . At a high cost. a . a1500 Golagros and Gawane 609 deirlie wylcum hame 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 109. His deirlie beluffit Kirk and Congregatioun 
  114. Restand n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0]1563-1677
    Restand , n. Also: -ane , -ene . [Absol. use of pres. p. of Rest v. 2 ] a . The outstanding amount (of a sum due). b . What remains unfulfilled. — a . 1563 Dumfries B. Ct. fol.). He micht nocht continew at hame … to fulfill the restand of the ordinance 
  115. Herryit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1601-1652
     … removit hame 1652 Red Bk. Grandtully II. 147. He mey trie iff any further … allouence will be 
  116. Perch n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1620-1693
    ).] = Perch-tre n. — 1620–21 Dumbarton Common Gd. Acc. 26. For bringing hame the perche fra 
  117. Spraichrie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1584-1585
    . That na maner of persouns … bring hame frome ony pairt of Flanders any maner of bedding, howshald geir 
  118. Boun v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1592
    Boun , Bown , v . Also: bun . [e.m.E. bowne , ME. boune , bune (Cursor M .), f. Boun a Kennedy Flyt. 474. Boun with the to haue a fals botwand 1513 Doug. vii . Prol. 97. I. 62. He saw a cors … That ser men … War bownand furth it to enter c1400 Troy-bk. ii . 2712 obediens c1450-2 Ib. 508. He bownyt till a batall a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 398 Rolland Seven Sages 102/2. Vnto his hous this burges bownit hame a1578 Pitsc. I. 355/6. He as object). a1500 Golagros and Gawane 1349. The renkis rial of array Bownyt hame thair way bowned him and wald nocht byid 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 104. Bownand me hame and list na bownit him sonare to bed than he accustummyt 1535 Stewart 647. To boun him hame than Yber Freiris Berw. 231 (M). Sche … bownit hir till hir bed anone 4 . In p.p . = Boun ppl. a . c1420 Wynt. viii . 2506. Thai … fand thare … a gret bataylle Bownde [ C . bounde] to defend and 
  119. Fannoun n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1569
    . xxxiii. 55. Thocht he come hame a new maid channoun, … On him come nowthir stolenor fannoun 1510), e.m.E. fannon , phanon , F. fanon , med. L. fano .] A fanon, maniple. c1420 Wynt. ix . 597 Stirlings of Keir 293. A stole, a fanone, a amet c 1555 Crail Ch. Reg. 64. Twa tunykillis 
  120. Adred adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1475-1599
    Adred , Adrede , a . Also: addrede , adreid , adread . [ME. adred (13th c.), also later sould ȝe dout or be a-dred 1513 Doug. iii . v. 75. Hyr vissage down scho kest, for schame iii . 476. He dar not to ane vther set his hart, For hir at hame he is sa sair adred 
  121. Camel n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1636
     Ib. 3128. 1589 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 170 b. For hame bringing of a camiell fra Ingland. camelus .] A camel. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 461. Scho with camelis and cart Held on to 
  122. Lame n.2[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1512
    Lame , Layme , n . 2 [North. ME. lame (Cursor M.), f. Lame , a .: otherwise only in earlier Sc. verse and, as in Cursor M., chiefly in rhyme.] Lameness; a crippling or disabling injury or defowle and lame [ C . layme, W . na lame] c1420 Ib. 5210 (W). Dowglass … come hame Baith 
  123. Brok n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1538-1700+
     138 a/78. Quhen ȝe haif done, tak hame the brok 1578–9 Haddington Acc. MS. Bering throw of 
  124. Custom v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1554-1603
     bring hame four vnce siluer 1554 Ib. All vther merchandice that passis furth of the cuntre schippis 2 . To practise, make a habit of. 1603 Elgin Rec. II. 116. William Tares forbidden to 
  125. Cok-craw n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1420-1650
     cok craw, Makand hir hame, his awin wife he saw 1595 Duncan Appendix . Gallicinium 
  126. Welcum adj., interj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1686
    , visitor, companion, etc.) ( here ( hame , etc.), onto (throwout, in) a place or to a person). Also . Compar. welcom(m)er , wellcummer , veilcumar . [ME and e.m.E. welcume ( a 1200), wulcume, wilcume OED for development from OE.] A . adj. 1 . Gladly received, acceptable, pleasing (as a guest compar. and proverb. Also to make (a person) welcome. Cf. Wele adv. 9. (1) 1375 Barb hame ?1438 Alex. ii 3175. The king … said … 'Ȝe ar richt welcum [F. Bien veigniez ], be asur her schu wald a bin weilcom to a pur strenger 1605 Misc. Hist. Soc. II 247. As to yow[r a1568 Scott xxvii 38. Quhen schow growis meik and tame, Scho salbe wylcome hame a1578 Pitsc persons: He is as welcome as water in a rivin ship. He is as welcome as snaw in harvest compar: Pleasing, agreeable ( to a person). 1513 Doug. xiii Prol. 170. Sone our the feildis schynys the … gif thai list a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 71. Thow suld be wel-cum to pas hame with me 
  127. Chanȝe n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1500-1694
     . [Variant of Chenȝe n ., with vowel assimilated to Chain n .] A chain. 1552 Treasurer's Accounts. For the bering off the yroun chanȝe hame and affild 1602 Dundee Shipping P. 74. Ane stand of 1652 Aberd. Univ. Rec. 599. A chanȝie to the knock 1694 Inchmahome Pr. 160. Tuo silver 
  128. Feing vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1456-1652
    Feing , vbl. n. Also: feyng , feying , fieing , fying . [f. Fe v .] Engagement by a fee; hiring for a fee. 1456 Hay I. 146/27. Na in his condicioun of feyng was divisioun maid of his thre hors passand to London … , and for hors feying cummand hame 1557 Peebles B. Rec. I. 243 
  129. Mylnrey n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1581-1683
     thousand and reis .] A Portuguese gold coin equal to 1,000 reis . Also comb . ( a ) 1590–1 Crail Wedderburn Compt Bk. 140. To bring me hame myln rayis of gold and wecht comb . 1581 Edinburgh 
  130. Brigancy n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1561-1605
     Aberd. B. Rec. I. 338. Peter Howatt, quha wes found be the … consell as a saillar in brigacie [ sic maisterfull oppressioun 1584 Acts VI. 305. Be way of hame sukkin, brigancie and forthocht fellony 
  131. Uncum p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1512-1650
     v .] That has not come ( in ); not (yet) arrived. ( a ) 1512 Treasurer's Accounts IV 295 1535 Stewart 57273. The lordis … Quhilk in England vncuming hame war than 1572–3 Cal. Sc 
  132. Bent p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1568-1581
     hame of the quenis majestie). 1581 Satirical Poems xliv. 356 (vith villis bent). (2 
  133. Dreg n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1490-1698
     silkis to be brocht hame be him salbe custome frie with the dreggis for litting fig . c1490 to the boddum stikk 1596 Dalr. II. 83/24. Hame he returnis to his alde dreg, to his alde 
  134. Cellerar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1473-1550
    . celerer , cellerer ( a 1400), AF. celerer , med. L. cellerarius .] A cellarman. 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 198. xij suklar kyddis … to be kepit and delyuerit at the ordynans of the cellerar and wardan c 1489 Liber Aberbr. 263. Item, in the celleraris office for the fuel bringing hame v. Cupar A. II. 56. Thai sall present the samyn [fowls] … to our celleraris or stewartis for the time 
  135. Dule n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1500-1689
    . dole.] a . A boundary mark. b . A goal in football. (Cf. Dooll tree .) a . 1563 Dumfries . 15.. Christis Kirk 217 (M). Fresche men com hame and halit the [ B . come in and held thair 
  136. Multure-schefe n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1446-1680
     schevis , moulter shaves . Appar., some proportion (? a tithe) of the corn growing within a sucken appropriated as a due to the sucken mill. ? Cf. mylnaris tende , Tende n. 1446 Reg. Episc. Brechin lie multure schaif et ring beire totius et integre baronie de Kingoldrum 1549 Reg. Cupar A samyn … togidder with the multyr and multirscheif of the samyn hame bringin of the miln stanis [etc 
  137. Northward adv.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1633
     or to the north, in a northerly direction. ( a ) 1375 Barb. xviii . 556. Syne northwarde [ E. northwart] tuk thai hame thar way 1569 Reg. Privy C. II. 67. Thay haif reterit thame. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 111. Syne ran a feynd to feche Makfadȝane Far northwart [ M. northewart, northwert] in a nuke 1509 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 353. Discendand to ane faire rynnand wale 
  138. Fax n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1560
    Fax , n. [ME. faxe , fax , OE. fex , feax .] a . The hair of the head. b. erron . Face (of a person). a1400 Legends of the Saints xvii. 7. Scho was far of fax and face ?1438 my fax, quod the file, fassonit so foule? a1500 Henr. Orph. 365. Were scho at hame. The fillok hir deformyt fax wald haue a fair face c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i . 617 
  139. Unwaiting vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1607-1640
     for orders, instructions, etc.). = Onwait(t)ing vbl. n. — ( a ) 1607 N. Meldrum Forteviot vnfre pakers of hering 1623 Aberd. Council Lett. I 207. We salbe compellit eftir a long chargabill and verisome and [ sic ] unwaitting to sell our woll at a verie small rait 1640 Kirkcaldy to yow, and hendersome to your awen affaires at hame 
  140. Scart n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1513-1689
     the common Sc. metathesis of r + vowel (cf. Gers n. , Gres n. , etc.)] A scratch. Also, scart free , hail(l scart(h , without a scratch, uninjured, unhurt. See Haleskarth adj. for further. 455. All the children safe without a scart ( b ) 1662 Criminal Trials III 611. We will haw slycht and wylis sal the nocht beir away, Nor haylscarth [ Ruddim. hail skarth] hyne do turs the hame 
  141. Bud v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1571-1655
     Pitsc. I. 341/30. The bischopis … budit the king to byde at hame 1595 Reg. Privy C. V. 233 
  142. Replegis v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1482-1502
     tenandis … sall hapin … for to be … attechit before ony juge … for to replegis ande reduce hame agane to 
  143. Invading vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0]1471-1678
    Invading , vbl. n . Also: -ying , -eing , invaiding . a . Attacking or raiding with armed woundeing of his maiesties leidges 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i . xxi. § 2. The invading a person in his own house, with us is called hame-sucken 
  144. Karter n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1542-1689
    Karter , Kairter , n. Also: kerter . [ME. karter (14th c.), var. of Cartar (e n .] A carter. ( a ) 1542 Treasurer's Accounts VIII. 111. To Thomas Gybsoun, karter 1595–6 of pepill equall … with thame 1624 Peebles B. Rec. I. 412. Gewine to the kairter for hame 
  145. Hamewart adv., adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1643
    Hamewart , adv . and a. Also: hamwart(e , -vart , hamewartt , -vart , hamiwart , haymwart; towards, or to, home, or one's own country. ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 163. He thane Hamwart in thaire awyne cuntre a1500 Henr. Orph. 414 (Asl.). A wofull wedowe hamwart is he went 1491 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 419. The merchandis … sal bringe hame … for euere sek j tovne. 170. In his gat hame-wart c1420 Wynt. viii . 1985. As throwch oure land he hamewart rade 
  146. Hidous adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456-1586
    Hidous , Hidows , a . Also: hiddous , -ows , hyd(d)ous ( hoddous ); hyddows . [ME. hydous , hidous ( a 1300), ( hudous ), AF. hidous , OF. hidos , -eus .] Hideous. ( a ) 1456 Hay I. 27/25. A misty smoke of hidous reik 1456 Ib. 52/36. A mare hydous and terrible tempest Stewart Bann. MS. 140 a/3. Ȝoue ar sowttaris be sicht, With hiddous hoist vpoun hicht c 1552 hiddous pit pestiferus a1570-86 ( Dunb. ) Maitland Folio MS clxvii. 18. His hippis gaff mony a hoddous cry ( c ) a1570-86 ( Dunb. ) Maitland Folio MS cxiv. 94. Fra hyddows hell cum hame 
  147. Chastify v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1531-1581
     . xiv. 628. I shall bring him hame that sall chastifie you and me baith 1555 Peebles B. Rec 
  148. Warm v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1598
     a fire or fuel: To cause (a person) to become warm. Also absol. pres. a1500 Buke of the And my lord … is auld … Quhen he cummis hame it may him warme c 1552 Lynd. Mon. 1842 bot ane gleid, It warmis weill a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 263. Better a littil fyr that warmes nor ane meikl that burnes b . reflex. Of a person: To warm oneself (at a fire). c1520 womans house in Dysart and teichand hir the commandis of God 2 . fig. a . intr. To feel uplifted. a . a1500 Henr. Fab. 456. Quhen I behald ȝour fedderis fair and gent, … My hart warmys, me think I am at hame b . c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 496. To every man in speciall 
  149. Spite n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1499-1700+
    . , Dispit(e n. Cf. MDu. spijt , MLG spyt , spit , MSw. spit .] 1 . Spite, malice, ill-will, a not in grief nor spite 1570 Satirical Poems xiii 64. On a croce on lenth and breid him drew 2 . In spite of (a person, action, etc.), in defiance of, in the face of, notwithstanding. Also Sempill in Sat. P. xxxix 39. The Frenchmen … hame thay past in spyt of all thair nois fig hoipitt that within few dayis scho suld be at hame the spytt of hir [ sc. Elizabeth] and all hir [ sc. the French] gang hame agane, spyte of thair teith 
  150. Cariage-man n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1640
    Cariage-man , n . Also: caryage , careage , etc. [ Cariage 4.] A man engaged in carriage or 1489 Treasurer's Accounts I. 123. Til a caryage man, to pass to Edinburgh for powder to Dunglas and Cuthbertis caraghman 1551 Reg. Cupar A. II. 70. Maister Alexander … sall fynd … ane cariage man to bring hame our fysche a1578 Pitsc. I. 173/3. Fyftie thousand fightand men, by carrage men and bordereris 1585 Reg. Morton I. 145. With euerie horse a sufficient able careage 
  151. Mons n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1]1489-1692
    Mons . Also: Monce , Munce , Mounts . The name given to a large cannon, that later known as. To bring hame Mons and the othir artailȝery 1501 Ib. II. 25. 1539 Ib. VII. 222. 1637 Monro Exped. ii . 215. Such as Mounts on the castle of Edenburrough being so wide … that a man did get a child within 1637 Ib. It is a huge great peece, from whence did come our old 
  152. Bow n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1529-1578
    Bow , n . 3 [Variant of Bull n . 2 , with normal change of ull to u .] A papal bull or letter, spec. one granting or confirming a presentation to a benefice. 1529 Lynd. Complaynt 223. Be his bowis war weill cumit hame, To mak seruyce he wald thynk schame 1540 Id. Sat. 3385 
  153. Lame adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1500-1647
    Lame , Laim , Leam(e , a . Also: laym . [ME. and e.m.E. lame , OE. lama wk. adj. More common is the synonymous Lamit , Lamed , ppl. a .] Lame; crippled, disabled, maimed. Also absol . Also const. of the limb affected. ( a ) c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxii. 53. Through streittis nane. 53. The deir, so dedly woundit and to laym, … can fleyng hame 1558 ( c 1650) Dundee B 
  154. Renoume n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1581-1639
     n. a . 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 14. Not esteming thame selfis of any gret authoritie or. Of a rasonable renoumne and reputatione 1596 Ib. 233/11. Baldred … was haldne of gret renome sits lang at hame ( c ) 1639 Johnston Diary I 410. That the Lord … upon thair weaknes and the pouer of his enemies as upon tuo pillers, … wald erect a touer of renomme to himselth (2 
  155. Schipwricht n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1626
     scipwyrhta ; S(c)hip n. and Wricht n .] A man employed in the construction of ships. (1) 1506 quhilk he send hame in thair feis beforehand j c lxxxv frankis 1507 Ib. 401. To the maister Terrell, schipwricht 1559 St. A. Kirk S. 5. Robert Roger, schipwrycht, cittiner of Sanctandrois ( b ) 1573 St. A. Kirk S. 377. Lucas Storme, schifwrycht 
  156. Ambaxat n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1455-1566
    . A gowne … the quhilk was gevin to the hereald of Inglande at the passing of the ambaxat 1490 tuke leve and passit hame 1535 Ib. 26761; etc. Ane greit ambaxat suddantlie he send 
  157. Hostage n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1615
    . Ostage .] Hostage, security; a hostage. (1) 1375 Barb. x . 133 (E). He thair hostage all has hostage (2) c1420 Wynt. viii . 6616. For till cum hame in his cuntre On hostage 1427 
  158. Outing vbl. n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
     kill ane of his best warke hors 2 . In intr . use. a . A going out or abroad, an expedition. b. a . 1375 Barb. xix . 620. The erll sperit at hym tithing How he had farn in his outyng [ E Melvill 141. Whill he is a bissie bischope about thir things in outting, as the cours was layed, they war nocht ydle at hame 1602 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 137. Gif ony within schip was … sik ane nobill spendar in owttingis, with the best halding hous at hame c . 1664 Reg 
  159. Trattillar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456-1598
     .] Chatterer, gossip. 1456 Hay I 78/33. The tane is a grete tratlar, the tothir a still herkenare a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i 68. A cursit custumar A tratlar a tinklar And mony vthir the form of a padok … quhen it is fair weddir thai mak gret caquetes and noys [etc.] … and signifies at he that bure thaim first in armes wes a gret tratlar c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 38/10. Be Sages 4072. Scho is … Ane twme trattillar, to bring hame ill tythance c1590 J. Stewart 21 of the personne reporter … quhaire ye finde a tratler auaye uith him 
  160. Vilely adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1537-1670
     1290), vilik , vilelik (both Cursor M.), vyly (Manning), vilely (14th c.).] a . In a despicable, reprehensible manner. b . In a filthy, foul manner. a . a1538 Abell 77b. Ondir him be way of hame sukkin brigancie and forthocht fellony maist vyldlie … murtherit him 1586 Criminal Trials I ii 145. Wyildlie c1590 Fowler II 134/22. Vyldlie doing and committing a and Heavenly Speeches of Viscount Kenmuir 9. A gentleman of your name who killed a man vildely 
  161. New-cumyn p.p., ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1460-1650
    New-cum(m)yn , -cum(m)it , -cum , p.p . and ppl. a . Also: new-cuming , -cumde , -come. niwe cumen ; New adv . 1 and p.p.s of Cum v .] Lately come, just arrived. a . p.p . b . ppl. a . — a . c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x . 846. Fulys thai ar, is new cummyn off. 84. The geir eftir following new cummit hame fra the saill 1619 Misc. Bann. C. I. 214. Mr . c1460 Consail Vys Man 357. And lipin nocht in a new-cumyne gest 1513 Doug. vii . vii. 36 
  162. Wald n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1375-1657
     country, a plain, a hill, a stretch of moorland; the earth, the ground. b . attrib. Ane heid wald hedge , a hedge marking the boundary of a piece of land. 1375 Barb. xviii 555. Trawaillyt thai Brynnand … and destroyand … Quhill till the wald cummyn war thai Syne northwart tuk thai hame thar way 
  163. Wastin n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1375-1450
     (? a 1400), ONorthumb. wœ́stern , OF wastine .] (A) wilderness, desert, waste; uninhabited or uncultivated land. — 1171–8 Chart. Coupar A. I 4.] [Volo itaque et precipio ut predicti monachi predictam terram et chaciam et wastinam habeant et teneant [etc.] — ( a ) a1400 Legends of the of the Saints xviii 1125. & faste hame syne ȝed … Ewyne throu the wastrine that ilke day, That 
  164. Ery adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1399-1661
     strenthis sary, Bownand me hame 1513 Id. Æn. viii . iv. 91. Swyft as the wynd he fled … , And 
  165. Stay v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1567-1675
     estayer (1213 in Larousse).] To support, sustain; to comfort (a person, oneself). b . To support hame summoneit be him befoir the counsale, [£15 6 s. 8 d.] 
  166. Unlettin pres. p., p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1574-1598
    . Not letting, without letting (a person) (do something or to liberty). p.p. Not let go ( to unlatting him pas hame upoun … ony maner of conditioun 1597–8 Reg. Privy C. V 439. Thay … forceit 
  167. Pouther 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
    . [Having] brocht hame with him, out off Ittally, poutthard quhilk wald blaw wp the ȝett 1621, 06, 8 1688 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. 213. Puther — (2) 1693 Foulis Acc. Bk. 159. For a 
  168. Singill n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1500-1699
     hame a single 1616 Ritchie Ch. S. Baldred 151. James Dewar … accusit for prophaining the sense a, in the later Sc. and north. Eng. dials.] a . A small bundle of gleaned corn; a handful of gleanings. b . A single amount (of money), only in contrast with the doubill (amount). a . c1500 Sabbothe by threshing, answeirit that he did thresh bot a verie short space—twa or thre singlis—in his necessitie 1634 Wedderburn Gramm. 12. Merges , a single of corne 1638 Henderson Serm 
  169. Say n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1472-1684
    Say , Sey , n. 1 Also: saye , sae , se(a . [ME and e.m.E. say (1297), saie (Wyclif), seeay (1519), sey (1636), OF saie ( c 1212 in Larousse).] 1 . A fine cloth similar to serge; a piece or length of such cloth. Also pl. ( a ) 1490 Acts Lords of Council I 158/1. Ane stik of red say 1499 Halyb. 161. A goun … lynit with say 1506 Treasurer's Accounts III 89, etc. Thre stremaris for the schip, of the say send hame be Jerome Friscobald 1517 Lanark ( b ) 1493 Acts Lords of Council I 315/1. A doble curlet of sey 1501 Treasurer's. Thair is sevin Flemyngs laitlie cum hame fra Flanders … quhairof sex to mak seyis and the sevint for James Young 132. A pare of se peis 1658 Lanark B. Rec. 169. Ane greine sey approun 1673 Paterson Ayr & Wigton II 546. She never took a sey apron off the dyke — 1653 197. A rid pock for a sea bed, a pair blankets [etc.] — 1562 Will A. Betoun 224. v pair of 
  170. Alteratioun n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1490-1626
     (to mak change or alteratioun). 2 . Change to a worse condition; a distempered state. 1558 allteratioun desyrit the cardinall hame to his awin cietie a1578 Ib. 83/7. They fell schortlie to 
  171. Coch n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1]1562-1700+
     and Cotch .] 1 . A coach. 1562 Treasurer's Accounts XI. 154. To the smythtis … in mending company 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 57. [As he] returned hame within his coche, he red the Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 3. For a coch … to Walstons buriall 1701 Ib. 7. For bearing rains to 
  172. Gude Nicht n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1625
     . [ME. gud nyght , good niȝt ( c 1374).] Good night, as a leave-taking phrase. a1500 Henr. Adew, gallandis, I geif ȝou all gud nycht 1535 Stewart 36802. Tha bad gude nycht and hame. 17. O that gudnicht hes cansit mekill wo a1585 Ib. lxxxiii. 1. Ane new fairweill, a 
  173. Overhy v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1535-1672
     overhy [ pr. oversy] him 1635 Dickson Wr. 73. If they be overheyed, they are turned hame at me till I be in Fyfe 1672 Justiciary Ct. Rec. II. 86. He … having taken a shorter way did he [a pirate] ouirhyit, … He gart him die than 
  174. Gladsum adj.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1599
    Gladsum , Glaidsum(e , a. Also: gladsome . [ME. gladsum ( c 1410), gladsom ( c 1386), f. Glad a .] Implying, suggestive of, or showing gladness. (Cf. senses of Glad a .) (1) 1375 richt gladly, And maid a fest and gladsum cher a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 632. Lowand-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 359. He wes no glaidsum gest for a gay lady 15.. Clariodus iv . 2184. Hame he went, rycht gladsome of his cheire (3) 1513 Doug. v . Prol. 45. Quha so lyst 
  175. Hornar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1568-1689
     .] 1 . A worker in horn; one who makes articles of horn. 1568 St. A. Kirk Sess. 303. Siclik the drinkand in Fraser the horneris hous 1645 St. A. Presb. 25. Whereas the vagabond beggar … is willing to reside in a paroch, and to worke in his calling, he being a horner 1689 Peebles B. Rec. Ony cryme, sic as … hame suckin, ressett of hornaris, assistaris to thevis or tratouris 1590 
  176. Lance-staf n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1615
     , -staiffis , -stavis , -stawes . [ Lance n . 1 ; Staf(f n .] A piked staff; a kind of lance or pike Criminal Trials I. i . 96. [Coming upon them in warlike manner with a] lance-staf 1535–6 Acta horse a … careage man with knapscall and lance staff 1596 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. 328. Thair provest being to pas to Edinburgh to bring hame ane dossane of hagbuittis and xxiiij lancstawes 
  177. Hameward adv.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1626
    ) homeward , also hăm(w)ard(e , hŏmward , OE. hamweard . Cf. Hame wart .] Homeward. 1375 Barb. vi 
  178. Sons n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1420-1689
     nane at hame hes hed a1568 Bannatyne MS 64a/1. Sons hes bene ay exilit owt of sicht Sen 
  179. Pusoun n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1586
    . = Poiso(u)n n. (1) a1500 Henr. Fab. 2676 (Bann.). The fadir thocht to mak a strang pvsoun bringis hame pusioun a1538 Abell 99b. Nocht with standing at the pusone kithit apone him (3 
  180. Donk adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1627
     tyll his regioun aurorall a 1627 Craig v . 34. The bairne … hyde hastie hame, ThroghDonk , a . Also: donke , donc . [ME. danke (14th c.), of obscure origin. The o of the Sc 
  181. Brecham n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1501-1661
     , braugham , etc., app. f. OE. berᵹ- , beorᵹ- to protect, and Hame n .] A collar for a draught-horse MS 138 a/57. I haif … Ane brechame and twa brochis fyne 1617 Master of Works Accounts XV. 37 b. For a stouk of quheit stra to be brechimes 1618 Ib. XV. ii . 21 b For 2 threve of 1661 Criminal Trials III. 195. In the morning his shirt was fownd fast abowt his neck, as a 
  182. Fole n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1624
    . fole , foli .] A foal. ( a ) 14.. Acts I. 324/2. Of a stud gif … thai be fundyn in the forest it is leffull to the forster … to tak a fol 1513 Doug. iv . ix. 87. Thai seik … The 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1977. Wee had ane meir … And everie ilk ȝeir scho brocht vs hame ane foill Lords Auditors 7/1. Twa berand meris, twa ȝong hors, & twa follis 1584 St. A. Test. II 
  183. Empesch v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1531-1616
     1533 Id. Livy I. 182/26. Pece is maid with vncouth inemyis, bot it is empeschit at hame 
  184. Fuaill n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]<1375-1663
    . Item, in the celleraris office for the fuel bringing hame v li. 1511 Antiq. Aberd. & B 
  185. Lost ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1498-1695
    Lost , ppl. a . Also: loste , loist . [e.m.E. lost ( a 1500), loost , p.p. of Los v . 1 but loste laubour and a vane purpois to perswade men to repent that acknawledgis na fault 1648. a . Of whose presence one has been deprived by separation or absence. b . ? Having gone morally come hame to his father agane 

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