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  1. Aheat adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1871-1923
     they ran a-heat.' Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 40: The waiter's a-heat — gey ner boilin'! Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 40: Suppin' het kail keeps yin a-heat a' day efter! [ A , pref. 1AHEAT , adv . In or into a hot or warm condition. (Obs. in St.Eng.) Abd.(D) 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb 12: So that they [ sc . the kye] might 'get a caller mou'fu', an' win in afore + heat .] 
  2. Heat n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1768-1957
     feeling hot. Now obs. in Eng. Gen. in phrs. to get a heat , to gie ( anesel ) a heat , to make oneself warm, to become warm. Gen.Sc.; to gie ( somebody ) a heat , to make (someone) smart, lit . and fig . Edb. 1798 D. Crawford Poems 13: His shop was in a bleeze. Your arses then wad get a heat, Had, fizzenless, handless lookin' mortals . . . but she wad gie them a heat afore the end o' the day. Bch. 1874 W. Scott Dowie Nicht 54: Gae awa' an' get a heat, an' eat yer breakfast. Ags. 1905 A. N. Simpson Bobbie Guthrie 67: I wid gae the banker a heat for'd. He just wants a bigger haul himsel'. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 16: Aw . . . hae gotten a greater heat. 29 1952 : Ye're lookin' awfu caul-like, lassie. Come awa' in an' gie yersel a heat at the fire) to come a-heat , to become hot (m.Lth., Bwk., Slk. 1956); (3) to run a heat , — o' the heat (Cai tell ye, an' ye'll sune come a-heat. (3) Cai. 1772 Session Papers, Henderson v. Sinclair (26 
  3. Grild n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1899
    ¶ GRILD , n . In phr. a grild of heat , a sudden spell of heat. Sh. 1899 Shetland News (1. [A mistake for guild o' heat . See Geel , n ., v .] July): Whin I wis young, I wis as fat as what doo is, an' wi' a grild o' haet I was juist useless 
  4. Brander v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    BRANDER , v . 2 'To be in heat — of an animal. In Shet. in form brind , brand , etc.' (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [ Cf . O.N. brundr , heat, semen animalium; Dan. brynde ; Norse brunda , to be in heat (Marw.). Same root as Eng. burn .] 
  5. Ule 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]1888-1899
    ULE , n . Also ul (Jak.); øl ( Ib .), oel , ule . A sultry heat, warm vapour, esp. mist rising from the ground or the sea on a warm day, a steam; heat from a fire (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1973). Also in phr. ule o' heat (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .). [øl] Sh. 1888 B. R. Anderson Broken Lights 88: Da brunnie-spread ribs in a ule by da hert. Sh. 1899 J. Spence 
  6. Breeze v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    BREEZE , v . 'To be in heat (of a sow). Chiefly in partic[ipial] form breezan ; 'a b[reezan] soo'' (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [ Cf . Norw. bræsma , bresne = blesma , in heat (of goats and sheep) (Torp 
  7. Raew n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    . 1920 J. Firth Reminisc . Gl.); the hoarse mew of a cat in heat (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1967); a querulous whine (Marw.). II . v . To cry out, wail, like a baby, or a cat in pain or heat (Ork. 1929 MarwRAEW , n ., v . Also raeoo ; rew (Marw.). [′re:u] I . n . The cry of a cat in pain (Ork 
  8. Lo 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]1831
    † LO , v . Of a bitch: to be in heat. Gen. in ppl.adj. loan . [lø:, lu:] Sh. 1831 Old manufactured the liver of a loan bitch into bread and given me that to eat. [ Cf . Icel. loða , in heat.] 
  9. Owerhip adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1879
    OWERHIP , adv . Also owre- . Of a smith: striking in a particular way by raising the hammer from the hip and bringing it over the shoulder; fig . with a heavy blow, in a hard forcible manner. Comb. owre-hip heat , the degree of heat at which metal may be hammered in this way. Used fig . in quot, wi' sturdy wheel, The strong forehammer. Dmf. 1826 A. Cunningham Paul Jones I. ix.: He rings away on spirituals as loud as my study at an owre-hip heat. Gall. 1828 W. McDowall Poems 
  10. Ro 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]1898
     land is a grice, especially a roin ane. [Of uncertain orig. Cf . O.N. ræða , to be in heat, of aRO , v . 2 Of a female animal, esp. a sow: to be in season (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Ppl.adj. roin , in heat. Sh. 1898 Shetland News (24 Dec.): Ye might better meet da warst bitin' dog i' da sow, raði , a boar, but there are phonological difficulties.] 
  11. Brind 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]1908
    BRIND , v . 2 Of animals: to be in heat, to rut. Pr.p. brindin (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Brind , ( a ) of females (sheep, mares): to desire the male; de yowe [' ewe brindin . [O.N. brundr , heat, rut. The Mod.Sc. vowel may be the result of an older mutation, cf 
  12. Brulyie v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825
     the gridiron meat that has been boiled and has become cold” (Fif. 1825 Jam. 2 ); (2) “to put into a their names profan'd. 2 . intr . To be overpowered with heat. Fif. 1825 Jam. 2 : I'm brulyin wi' heat. [O.Sc. brulȝe , bruilȝe , to burn or broil, O.Fr. bruillir , burn.] 
  13. Brail n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1912-1935
     — 'a b[rail] o' heat' and 'a b[rail] o' sweat'; e.g . 'He was just in a b[rail] o' sweat when he finished'; 'What a b[rail] o' heat it's been the day.' Cai. 7 1935 brile [Icel. bræla J. Spence in Old-Lore Misc., Ork., Sh., etc. V. ii . 68: An dan da tow cam an' a bonnie brail o sun, an he haed a faigh crap efter a'. Ork. 1929 Marw. : Used chiefly in two phrases 
  14. Feem n., v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1804-1951
     , § 128 . [fi:m] I . n . A state of great and sudden heat or fever, a sweat (Ags. 1825 Jam., feim : His heid's sair an' he keeps comin' oot in great feems o' heat. II . v . To be in a state of Gregor D. Bnff. 223: Sic a feam o' heat's they keep the room in. Abd. 1943 W. S. Forsyth great heat or perspiration; also fig . of anger (ne.Sc. 1951). Abd. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 16 in fae the flail jist feamin' agehn. Abd. 1925 A. Murison Rosehearty Rhymes 45: The Chief was troubled wi' a hoast An' fairly feemin; His voice an' temper baith were lost. 
  15. Cap v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1938
    , as happens to green wood on exposure to heat' (Ayr. 1879 Jam. 5 ); 'applied to a tub or wooden vessel] Nai. 1813 W. Leslie Gen. View Agric. Nai. and Mry., Gloss. : Kinch . A cross rope capped which has been allowed to stand dry too long' (Ayr. 5 1928). Ayr. 1938 (per Kcb. 9 ): A board is 'caupit' by heat. 
  16. Swither v.4, n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1895-1985
    , a great heat (Sh. 1972). Also in n.Eng. dial. Kcd. 1932 L. G. Gibbon Sunset Song 88: It was ill to cut in a swither of heat. Abd. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 4: Swirlin' aroon in-Hags xxvi.: On that day of swithering heat. Kcd. 1932 L. G. Gibbon Sunset Song 67: His ramshackle face all swithering and his eyes all hot and wet. II . n . 1 . A swelter, a scorching state a swither o' swite. 2 . Also in pl . and in deriv. forms switherel (Ags.), switherum (Fif.): a jelly-fish, Medusa , from its stinging properties (Kcd., em.Sc. 1911; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot . 269, swithers ; Ags. ( switherel ), Fif. 1972). Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day 165: 'Mending nets is just a branch of mathematics,' he said. ... The job itself was live for but eternity. [Norw. dial. svidra , to feel a smarting pain, O.N. sviðra , to burn 
  17. Glaise n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1831-1892
     E.D.D. ). Comb. heat-glaise , sultry heat glow before thunder (Ags. 1954). Lnk. a .1832 W. Watt‡ GLAISE , n . Also gla(i)ze , gles . A warm at a fire (Sc. 1818 Sawers, glaize ; Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), gles ), gen. in phr. a glaise ( glaze ) o' the ingle ( fire ) (Slk. 1825 Jam., Cai. 1900 Poems (1860) 34: When he had o' the ingle taen a glaise To set the blood in motion through his han's taking a glaze o' the fire. [O.Sc. has glaise , a .1566, a touch of fire, a burn, of uncertain 
  18. Forscomfist ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † FORSCOMFIST , ppl.adj . 1 . Overcome with heat (Sc. 1808 Jam.). 2 . Nearly suffocated by a bad 
  19. Broigh v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1892
    . [′brɔiç] 1 . v . 'To be in a fume of heat; to be in a state of violent perspiration, and panting' (Lnk.) Per. , Lnk. 1825 Jam. 2 : A broigh of heat , a fume, a state of complete perspiration muir they cam' stottin' an' stoicherin'! Tramper an' traveller, a' beakin' an' broicherin'! Ant. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 93: To be warm and sweating much, is to be in a ' broich. broche , to be in a profuse sweat, 1622 ( D.O.S.T .), and Broth , n . 2 , v .] 
  20. Feechum 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]
    FEECHUM , n . A kettle-holder for protecting the hands from the heat (‡Abd. 1955). [′fiəm 
  21. Pyauve v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1907-1921
    PYAUVE , v ., n . Also pauv- , pyaav- ; piaav- . I . v . To be in a sickly, ailing condition, “to be done up with the heat” (Mry. 1921 T.S.D.C .), to be “improving slowly from sickness” (Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C .). Ppl.adj. pyauvin , piaavan , sickly, ailing, suffering from the heat (Cai. 1907 County of Cai . (Horne) 81); Cai., Abd. 1967). Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C. : Jock's a peer pyauvin , piaavie , an attack of sickness or faintness, a fit of nausea (Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C .; Cai. 1965). Adj. pyauvie , sickly, unwell (Abd. 1967). Cai. 1907 County of Cai. (Horne) 81: If 'at man hiz a piavvie, he's sure he's gaan till dee. Cai. 1921 T.S.D.C. : She took a pauvie (or pyaavie 
  22. Jander v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    JANDER , v . Of a female animal: to be in heat (Sh. 1958, “a janderin bikk”). [Sh. form of Eng 
  23. Footch n., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    FOOTCH , n ., adj . [fu:tʃ] I . n . A sensation of heat (Cai. 1934). II . adj . Hot (Cai 
  24. Bree 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]1900
    BREE , v . 2 (See quot.) Kcb. 4 c .1900 : To be breein' , to be in an unco state o' heat or perspiration. [Prob. a fig . meaning of Bree , v . 1 ] 
  25. Glew v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1797
    : . . . the wearie heat to cool Whilk scouders a' the ucc frae aff his glewin' hool. 
  26. Hettan 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]
    ¶ HETTAN , adj . Hurried (Ork. 1922 J. Firth Reminisc . 152). [? Str. pa.p. of Heat , i.e 
  27. Teet Gong 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]
    † TEET GONG , n . A flickering seen in the atmosphere, esp. in spring, when the heat of the sun appears to be gyong , Gang , n ., a going.] 
  28. Wummle n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1703-1960
     perhaps a sweerkitty or two. Phrs. and combs.: (1) heat a wummle , a game with a young child held on) wummle-hole , = (2)(ii) (Slg. 1964). Gsw. 1842 Whistle-Binkie 2: I'll 'heat a wummil' — a far, get him yokit tae play at heat a wumble. Bnff. 1905 E.D.D. : Nurses used to amuse infants on to bore a hole in the infant's breast or belly, repeating the words 'Heat a womill, heat a womill. Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 192: His words they brodit like a wumill, Frae ear to ear. Ayr. 1786 Burns On a Sc. Bard iv.: He was as gleg as onie wumble. Sc. 1859 J. Service Dr Duguid 82: He had . . . a lang brog or wummle to take a potatoe out of a cow's the knee (see 1905 quot.); (2) wummlebore , (i) an auger-hole (ne.Sc., Per., Fif. 1974); (ii) a cleft-palate (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Fif. 1909 Colville, whummle- ; Rxb. 1920, whummel- : em.Sc.(a) 1974); (3 the knee by sitting in front of the fire holding the forefinger as if to heat it, and then pretending 
  29. Kaid v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † KAID , v . Of cats: to desire the male, be in heat (Dmf. 1825 Jam.). Hence kaiding-time (Ib may be a back formation.] 
  30. Latent Heat [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    LATENT HEAT . Chem . The phr. was coined by Joseph Black c .1764 in his Lectures on Chemistry 
  31. Luby n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1952
    ¶ LUBY , n . Appar. heat, sultriness. Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 184: Shune wi bundles o austerrace Cover dey da Bacaloo [cod], Till in safety fae da luby Not a tail is left in view. [Phs. a nonce back-formation from Lubit .] 
  32. Snisle 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
    † SNISLE , v . Only in ppl.adj. snisled , half-burned, hardened by heat. Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. 159: A piece of hard soot is said to be snisled. Ham when singed in 
  33. Bingly adv.[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]1791
     368: An' gart the lowe Heat ilka corner bingly thro' an' thro'. 
  34. Strauchie 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
     154: The mauchie strauchie simmer heat. [Orig. obscure. The authenticity of the word is doubtful.] 
  35. Loom v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † LOOM , v . 2 Also lume (Jam.). To warm, heat, dry off, esp. to dry corn in a pot over a fire instead of in a kiln (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 139, 1908 Jak. (1928)). Hence loomin burstin , drying 
  36. Bronse v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † BRONSE , v . “To overheat one's self in a warm sun, or by sitting too near a strong fire” (Sc. meaning suggests rather a connection with the root of Eng. burn ; cf. It. bronze , glowing coals (Diez), and Ger. brunst , burning, heat.] 
  37. Lubit 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]
    LUBIT , adj . Also ljubet (Angus), løbet (Jak.). Of a liquid: lukewarm; hence, insipid to Norw. dial. løypa , to curdle with heat, of milk, O.N. hleypa , id., with formal influence from Lew 
  38. Sychter v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880
     with a strong heat, they 'sychter.' [Appar. a freq. formation drived from Sich , to sigh, make a¶ SYCHTER , v . To burn away with a soft hissing noise, to smoulder slowly and gently. Abd 
  39. Upthrou adv., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1827-2005
     . Phr. an up-throwe heat , a warming of the thighs and crutch of the body by sitting with the legs naething like a gweed up-throwe heat'. Abd. 2005 : She spread er skirts afore e fire tae get a Gibb xi.: A visitor, a particular friend from 'up throu', an agriculturist like himself. Sh. 1914 A. McS. The Bishop 35: Na, laird, ye winna ken me. I come fae up throu'. Mry. 1939' a sho'er or twa'. II . adj . 1 . Upland, dwelling up country, coming from inland (Abd. 1825 spoiled by their 'upthrough neighbours'. Abd. 1882 W. Alexander My Ain Folk 35: It's a caul' up-throu place. Uls. 1898 A. M'Ilroy Auld Meetin'-Hoose Green 3: Those dwelling on the apart in front of a fire (Abd. 1973). Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick i.: Eppie Elrick gweed upthrowe heat. [ Up + Throu .] 
  40. Kolkoom v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1949
    KOLKOOM , v . Also colkoom . To char, to burn by using too great heat, as in toasting bread, etc . . . wi' twa knuckle o' him colkoomed apun a vild haet noopie o' da engine. [From * col = coal, charcoal, + Coom , v ., to reduce to a fine powder by burning.] 
  41. Owerday 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
     fire to a milk-warm heat. 
  42. Mulie 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]
    . mæðiligr , troublesome, wearisome, but the phonology is obscure. Cf . also †Sh. Norn mol , a close heatMULIE , adj . Also møli (Jak.), muhlie (Jam.). Slow, inactive, languid, weary (Sh. a .1838 
  43. Teebro 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]
    ‡ TEEBRO , n . Also teedburrow , -burn . A flickering or shimmer in the atmosphere, esp. in spring when the heat of the sun causes rapid evaporation (Ork. 1929 Marw., teedburrow , -burn , Ork. 1972). [′ti(d)b(ə)rʊ, -bʌrn] [Icel. tiðbra , id., a mirage, O.N. tiðr , frequent, rapid, + braga 
  44. Pomate v., 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]1773-1823
    POMATE , v ., n . Also pomet . Sc. curtailed form of Eng. pomatum , a pomade, to dress the hair hair, with the heat he was in, was as if it had been pomated. 
  45. Breem v., n.2, adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1777-1885
     the world is the broth of a brode sow, a-breming . 2 . n . A state of heat. Dmf. [1777 . “Applied to the female of a swine, when she desires the male” (Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 ); “used of a cat and also of a whale” (Ork. 1929 Marw., brim ); “to burn with desire” (w.Dmf. 1899 J. Shaw Country Schoolmaster 344). Known to Fif. 10 1935. Brim is now obs. or very rare in St.Eng. Hence (a-)breemin(g) , -breming , -brimmin' , brummin , “applied to a sow when in season, or desirous of the boar” (Fif., Border 1825 Jam. 2 , brummin ; Rxb. Ib ., breeein , a-breeming ; 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Known also to Kcb. 9 1935, a-brimmin' . Rxb. 1801 J. Leyden Compl. Scot., Gl. 315: The rankest poison in] J. Mayne Siller Gun (1836) 49: Disporting in the sunny beam, When gentler mates are in a breem, Some seek the shade, and some the stream, And banquet there. 3 . adj . Of a sow: in season. s.Sc. 1885 W. Scrope Salmon Fishing 270: He was killed by drinking the kail made o' a breme 
  46. Map v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    : to be in heat (Sc. a .1758 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 290). Ppl.adj. mappit , stupid, thick in Eng., to be in a listless, spiritless condition, to be sorry for oneself (Ags. 1945); of a bitch-headed (Abd., Ags., Per. 1962); exhausted, worn out (Ags. 1962); deriv. mawpie , -y , a listless 
  47. Veem n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824
    VEEM , n . A state of exaltation or excitement; the physical symptoms of this, 'a close heat over MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 455: A person is said to be in a veem , when inspired-looking, when exalted 
  48. Disgushle 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]1915
    .; to warp by the action of heat' (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .). [ Dis- , intensive pref., + Scushle , with 
  49. Swelt v.1, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1914
    . 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 93: Wi' faut an' heat I just was like to swelt. Hdg. 1790 stifled with heat, swelter (Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. Gl.). Obs. in Eng. exc. dial. Abd , swalten , hungry, lean, emaciated, esp. of a cod (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., sweltin-cod ), hence also as a n ., a cod in poor condition (Sh. 1814 Irvine MSS ., swalten , 1908 Jak. (1928), sweltin ), and transf . of children. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Sweltins o' bairns, eatin' for ever. Kcd. a .1914 Mearns Leader (23 June 1950): Scotch codlins oor burden . . . Fient a sweltin' amang them — a' fit for the pan. II . n . A poor-conditioned lean cod (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). See 2 . above. [O.Sc. swelt , to die, 1375, to faint, a .1475, Mid.Eng. swelt , id., O.E. sweltan , to die, O.N 
  50. Hettle 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]
    . hettle-tongued , irascible. [Etym. doubtful. Phs. O.Sc. hetful , c .1470, id., lit . “full of heat 
  51. Aim n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1907-1992
    : a-im, n . A hot glow, a blast of hot air. ''Er wiz sicna aim wi' the fire.' Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 138: She looked at his pen and the sheep crowding inside it, standing nose to tail, their flanks heaving. The air above them wavered with the aime of their heat. [O.N 
  52. Nossock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1778-1844
     Writings (1883) II. 54: I'll gie ye a nossock to heat your wame. Dwn. 1844 R. Huddleston Poems† NOSSOCK , n . Also nossac . A dram, a drink of strong liquor. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham 17: Ah! Bacchus, don't yeir drink yet spare, But hoise him in a nossac mair. [Appar. a formation, by wrong division, from an ossock , a dim. form of Eng. oss(e) , obs. since 17th c., an auspicious greeting, a wishing of good luck, sc . a toast, a health, a drink for luck.] 
  53. Ure n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1818-1948
     perspiration ( Ib .). † 4 . Slow heat such as proceeds from embers, a suffocating heat (Peb. 1825 JamURE , n . 2 Also ur (Marw.), oor- . [u:r] 1 . A damp mist; fine rain, drizzle (Ork. 1929: The mune be this was shinan clearly abune a' the ure. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl 
  54. Glude n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1836-1950
    GLUDE , n ., v . Also gloed , glød , glud(e) , glud(d) . [glød] I . n . A glow of heat; . . . a strong, brief heat from the sun” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)); red-hot embers, a fire burnt down to or light (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., gludd , Sh. 10 1954); “a faint light from the fire on the hearth embers ( Ib .). Sh. 1836 Gentleman's Mag. II. 591: Whin hee wiz onee ting o' a glud apun him [byre gutter] . . . hit wiz anioch ta confees a dugg. Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Buddie 64: Ye see yun glude o ferries-kaerds. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): De sun was ut wi' a glød; a glød atween shooers. Sh. 1933 J. Nicolson Hentilagets 25: Da sky i da wast wis a pritty red glod, An Naiter wis lookin its best. Sh. 1950 New Shetlander No. 20. 43: A lowan taand fell ta da hertsten, . . . da gloed hit made seemin ta fill da hale room for a meenit. II . v . Of a News (20 Nov.): Hit's mair needfil 'at I get a lock o' dis glodin colls an' aes smookid at the back 
  55. Owerfammer 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]1911-1929
     owerfaamered wi' the heat the day. [For the second element, cf . Norw. dial. f(j)aama , to go about in a said sentence, da villan owerfammer'd him wi' a cut o' tree. Ork. 1929 Marw. : I'm just 
  56. Sul 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]
    ‡ SUL , n . 1 Also sool- . A glow of sunlight and heat, the influence of the sun (Sh. 1866 Edm 
  57. Titbow n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1937-1949
    † TITBOW , n . Only in attrib. usage in combs. titbow dance , -reel , a heat haze or shimmering 
  58. Olg v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
    ' de dirt. II . n . An oppressive heat, warm vapour rising from the ground ( Ib .). [Norw. dial 
  59. Eisen v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1715-1928
     . To desire the male, as a cow the bull (Sc. 1808 Jam., eassin , eisin ; 1825 Jam. 2 , eicen ); also. 1735 Broadsheet (4 Oct.)); also with vbl. pref. a(n) (= on); 2 . ppl.adjs. (1) eassint , “having, Business, now; For ye'll weet mony a drouthy mou', That's lang a eisning gane for you. Edb. 1857–9 easnan the day. Comb.: † eastning wort , scabious. m.Lth. 1715 A. Pennecuik Descr. of Twd. 15. Scabious] Eastning wort , which they affirm makes there [ sic ] Cowes come to a Bulling, when they get of O.E. oxa , ox. Cf . O.N. yxna , in heat, and Norw. dial. yksna , to be in heat, yksnagras 
  60. Drob v., n.[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]1857-1883
    , Gley'd Andro Toshack held wi' Pate, Wha drawin' a steek wi' nettled heat, Drobb'd Andro's ringle ee, man† DROB , v . and n . 1 . v . “To prick, as with a needle or other sharp instrument” (Ags. 1808 Jam.; Per. 1900 E.D.D. ). Per. 1857 J. Stewart Sketches 33: A lang dispute anent the State. Per. 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken 232: Drobbin' him wi' prins, an' what no. 2 . n . A thorn, a prickle (Per. 1808 Jam.; 1900 E.D.D. ). [Of imit. origin: cf . Dob , v . 1 , n . 1 
  61. Bruize 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]1925
     Mang Howes an Knowes 19: An i simmer . . . the bruizzin, frizzlin heat turns frush things tewd an 
  62. Droosy adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1812-1924
     rather droosy mysel. Sc. 1835 Ane Pleasant Garland (ed. Maidment) 9: She was a minikin lass, And he was a — drousie fellow. Abd. 1924 M. Angus Tinker's Road 10: A'thing hapt in a droosy air That's naither cauld nor heat. Edb. 1812 P. Forbes Poems 22: Acquavitae, auld an 
  63. Scad n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1897-1949
    . uncertain. Phs. an extended meaning of Scaud , a scald or burn, a state of heat. Scald is used in theSCAD , n . Also ska(a)d . A hurry, flurry, fluster, haste, a bustling crowd (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1932), Sh. 1969). Sh. 1897 Shetland News (14 Aug.): Dey 'at wir in a scad ta get sheep an' lambs wi' muckle tails is finin' da frost o' hit noo. Sh. 1908 Jak. II. (1932) 772: Der'r been a skad o' folk here a' day. Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 21: Kirsie wis i' da grittest scad. [Orig sense of a thronging crowd in Eng. dial.] 
  64. Crusil v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     ). Cf . Crosle . [ Cf . Eng. dial. crozzle , to curl up (with heat), phs. cogn. with Ger. krauseln 
  65. Bas n.2, 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]1908
    BAS , n . 2 and v . [bas] 1 . n . (See quot.) Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Bas , a large, fiercely blazing fire; peat-fire, a b[as] o' a fire . . . a mass of peat piled up on the hearth when lighting a fire; dey're bigget on a b[as] o' peats. [Also given in Angus Gl . (1914).] 2 . v . (See quot.) Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Bas , to build up a fire; to get a fire to blaze up . . ., to “b[as] on” a (great) fire. [ 1 and 2 known to Sh. 4 ] [Is partly Norw. basa , to spread on liberally, partly Sw. dial. basa , to warm, heat (Jak.).] 
  66. Swee v.1, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1836-1961
     imprecatively, to smart (I.Sc. 1972); to heat oneself before a fire (Jak., Marw., Ork. 1972). Comb. swiin-bar sting with excessive heat or cold (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 214, 1908 Jak. (1928); Ork. 1929 Marw, roast, scorch, singe, to apply or be exposed to fire or red-hot metal, to bore with a hot iron (Sh. a claes noo swee'd his hide. Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Buddie 78: An frae da lum a heavy head an' feet [of a sheep] oot o' da rod. . . . To clean da gless o' da lamp wi' a bit o' auld cloot apo' da end o' da sweein irn. Sh. 1901 Shetland News (6 April): I wis tryin' ta swee on a heel hole apon a spade heft. Sh. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. vi . 231: “I wis do may swee fur dat” . . . a very modified form of consigning an enemy to the furnace of Vulcan. Ork. 1931 Shetland News (14 Oct.) 4: We'd got some mackerel from a boat and thought we'd swee dem ower da fire. 2 . To cause heat (on the skin), hence tr . and intr . to (make to) smart, tingle with pain, to 
  67. Swarm v.[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]1898-1914
    SWARM , v ., tr . To turn, to move round, specif . of a pot over a fire in order to distribute the heat (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)); to stir (Sh. 1972). Also intr . with apo . Sh. 1898–1901. 1914 Angus Gl. : I wis at du wid swarm upo da kettle, he's boilin aa at e side. [A nasalised variant of Norw. dial. svarva , to turn or spin round, which has also a parallel form svarma , to be dizzy, cogn. with Eng. swerve , and poss. with swarm , of bees. to climb a tree, etc.] 
  68. Muith n.1, adj., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1768-1961
    . § 158 )] I . n . A warm, moist atmosphere, oppressive humid weather, a close oppressive heat (Sh. a heat (Jam.). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 78, 93: An' they are posting on whate'er .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 149, 1908 Jak. (1928); I.Sc. 1963); a disagreeable smell ( Id .). Ork. 1929 Marw. : What a muif o' heat's in here. Derivs.: 1 . muithy , moothy , meichie , meighie socht a place to lie. 2 . Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 28: She to fag began; Wi' wae, an' faut, an' meethness o' the day. Ayr. 1913 J. Service Memorables 137: There cam a heavy rain and a meighness of the air. II . adj . 1 . Of the atmosphere: oppressively close and meeth, and weary he. Rxb. 1825 Jam. : A muith morning, a close, dull, warm, foggy morning , -lye , in a soft, smooth manner. Slk. 1820 Hogg Tales (1874) 110: I harde ane chylde unhaspe. Mercury (4 Sept.): Weil fell her o' yo'r mainsome nater, Sae mieth ti' awn a poer auld creater. † 4 
  69. Foreken v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1818-1998
     Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 95: The first dairk wis dairk o storm. We had forekent it by the heat amethyst are implantit the ages of nicht and a forekent intelligence of licht explodes the sadness 
  70. Macallum n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1931-1951
     macallum. It's the wife that's feelin' the heat. [A jocular adaptation of the surname MacCallum , probMACALLUM , n . An ice flavoured with raspberry juice (m. and s.Sc. 1962). Dmb. 1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle i . v.: Now she was eating her macallum, a delicious concoction of ice-cream and raspberry juice. Gsw. 1951 H. W. Pryde M. McFlannel's Romance 148: Ah'm as cool as a. with a play on Mak + caul(d) , cold, + 'em , them. An unconfirmed explanation connects the word with the name of John McCallum, of Bridgeton, a player for Clyde Football team, and later Provost of Rutherglen, a popular figure in the area c .1887 (see Glasgow Herald (11 Nov. 1965) 8).] 
  71. Scomfish v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1766-1999
    . 1831 Hogg Good Queen Bess (1874) 194: There's a heat about ye that's like to skomfish me from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench or the like, to affect or overpower from any of these causes (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Cai. 1904 E.D.D. ; Sh., ne.Sc., em.Sc. (a), Bwk., s.Sc. 1969). Also fig . Ppl.adj. scomfished , overpowered with heat, etc., scomfishin , suffocating, stifling (Abd. 1904 E.D.D. ). Also in, mither deere, The reek it skomfishes me. Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xxxix.: A' thing is sae poisoned wi' snuff, that I am like to be scomfished whiles. Ayr. 1825 A. Crawford Tales. Ayr. 1836 Galt in Tait's Mag. (Jan.) 29: A scomfished man I surely was, in great need of a cordial drink of tea. Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 125: Feech! what a scuneris guff! Anouch. Caie Hills and Sea 84: Fair scomfisht wi' a' his gran' studies. Abd. 1957 Bon-Accord (25. 1894 A. S. Robertson Provost 111: What's common is gey an' often lookit upon as unclean, an' I 
  72. Blinter v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1804-1995
     : Blinter . To shine feebly, or with an unsteady flame, like a candle going out. Abd. 1824 G. Smith Walter Perrie A Lamentation for the Children (1977) 11: ... an set oot in a blinterin dawn of a defect of vision [or as a result of internal or external stimulus] . . . to blink” (Mry., Abd lilts wad gar a Quaker blinter. ppl.adj. blint'rin' , short-sighted; blinking. Nai. 1828 W , “a person with weak eyes” (Bnff. 2 1935; Abd. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl .). II . n . The shimmering haze often seen in the strong heat of summer. Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 22: An' fend the heat o' simmer's blinter. [ D.O.S.T . gives blent , n., a glance, a look, and v., to glance at, as a variant of blenk , based on the pa.t. blenkt . A frequentative * blenter would give rise later to blinter , as 
  73. Leaf n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1845-2001
    LEAF , n . Also laif ; laef (I.Sc.). Pl. leafs ; laives (Ags.). [Sc. lif, I. and em.Sc. (a Hubbard The New Makars 31: whaur nuintyde murls amang the leafs in the sooch o a saft wuin, whaur aathing cawed tae the hunkers wi heat funds beild tae byde in m.Sc. 1994 John Burns in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 27: The rain was nou a wee thing heavier an made an unco queer rustlin A Tongue in Yer Heid 164: Hit wis a dead branch, nae doot aboot dat. Not a laef kind. Ruinin da Judgement 23: 'Feast yer een on the bonnie Tree That bields ye frae the stangin heat. Drink frae its Burgess and Janet Paisley New Writing Scotland 18: Going Up Ben Nevis in a Bubble Car 37: Mrs Cloud teaches us to draw leafs. They are all kinds of leafs. Sc. usages: 1 . A stratum or layer of mineral throat. [For meaning 2 . cf . Eng. leaf , a flap, a hinged part, but there may also be some 
  74. Gludder 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]1899-1908
    GLUDDER , n . Also gloder (Jak.). [′glʊdər] 1 . A glow (Sh. 10 1954); “a glow of heat from the sun; . . . bright, fleeting sunshine between showers” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928); “a quivering glud 240: Da sun wis noo come in trow wir ben lozen wi' a gludder dat wisna sma. Sh. 1908 Jam. (1928): Der'r a gloder wi' de sun. Hence gluddery , of the sky: having a brightish, but unsettled which the sun shines” (Jak.). † 2 . A sea-term for the sun (Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 121 
  75. Flamp adj.[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]1829-1931
     himsel' wis trowie and flamplike Wi' warkin' a' day i' the heat. Ork. 1929 Marw. : After theFLAMP , adj . Limp, relaxed, fatigued, in a state of lassitude (Ork. 1825 Jam., 1886 Edm. Gl 
  76. Bannock-stane n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1779-1933
    BANNOCK-STANE , -STONE , n . A stone (generally round) placed before a fire on which bannocks and cakes of oatmeal were baked, or a small flat stone laid among the hot ashes. The bannock-stane was superseded by the Girdle . Sc. 1930 D. A. Mackenzie Scotland 119: In a Hebridean folk-tale a giant's soul is concealed in the “bannock-stone” — that is, the round stone, placed before a fire, on which oatmeal and barley-meal bannocks were baked. Crm. 1933 D. A. Mackenzie The Stroopie Well front of the fire. Lnk. c .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 38: Heat my feet wi' the 
  77. Cheerer n.[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]1790-1828
     Poems 331: I gi'e my word ye'se hae a chearer, Sall heat your crap like ony spice. Edb. 1828† CHEERER , Chearer , n . A glass of spirits and hot water; a toddy; a dram. Also in n.Eng. dial cheerer , as Dinmont termed it in his country phrase, of brandy and water. Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) xvii.: Ask in a reputable neighbour to . . . take a cheerer with 
  78. Aboil adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1810-1928
    ABOIL , adv . At or to boiling-heat. E.D.D. gives it for Sc. and Yks. [ə′bəil Sc., ə′bəɪl s.Sc comes a-boil, is transformed into a coagulation or jelly. Sc. 1858 Hugh Miller Schools and Little Minister II. xxxviii. 164: You needna fear burning wi' a' that water on you. You're in mair danger o' coming a-boil. wm.Sc. 1835 J. D. Carrick The Laird of Logan I. 85: The materials had not got fairly a-boil . [ A , pref. 1 + boil .] 
  79. Folm v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1925
    . 7 1925 : A folm of heat; a folm of pain; and the mist coming up the hollows in folms. [A. 50: The boat folmt an' a' the men wiz droont. II . n . (1) Something that rolls or seems to roll over and over, a billow, wave, lit . and fig .(2) Something that upsets the stomach (ne.Sc. 1911 
  80. Scrae n.1, adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1940
     . A shrivelled dried-up object, something that has been exposed to too much heat, specif . an oldSCRAE , n . 1 , adj . Also scray , skrae , screa . [skre:] I . n . 1 . A stunted and mind. Arg. c .1850 L. McInnes S. Kintyre (1936) 29: I'm a poor cruichach, spalyin a skrae. Bnff. 1927 Banffshire Jnl. (26 April) 6: That's a gey peer skrae o' a coo. 2, e'er the Heat come to the Tea'. Spoken when one holds his Shoe to the Fire to warm his Foot. s.Sc. 1825 Jam. : A certain shoemaker, from his making shoes of bad leather, which were apt to shrivel and become hard, got the nickname of Scrimple-hard-scraes. Cai. 8 1934 : 'Burnt to a scray', over roasted or fried. 3 . An ill-natured, carping person (Ayr. 1880 Jam.); a miser, skinflint (Cai the clap o' their hass steekit. Cai. 1940 John o' Groat Jnl. (26 March): Feint a perlickid scrae. [O.N. skra , a piece of dried skin or parchment. N.E.D. connects, less plausibly, with the 
  81. Blase v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1934
    ., Ags. + ble 1 z, Fif.; bli:z Bch., Kcb., Dmf.] Sc. 1808 Jam. : Bleeze . To become a little. Ags. 1896 A. Blair Rantin Robin and Marget 121: Princie, puir thing, took his drap blaised because the milk was supposed to be affected by lightning or the heat of the atmosphere.] 
  82. Spare adj., adv., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1932
     tailor's term. “Will you have a spare in your iron?” i.e. will there be as much heat left in your iron as a spare, frugal manner, with only the bare necessaries. Adv. spairly (Rnf. 1853 J. Fraser Chimes . n . Something left over and to spare, specif . as a tailor's term (see quot.). Sc. 1932 : A will suffice for my cloth? Also, can I have a spare of your chalk? 
  83. Leep v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1949
    ). II . n . A period of warm weather, a hot atmosphere (Sh. 1960); a warming or exposure to heat, a parboiling, a sitting by the fire (Bnff. 1880 Jam.); a state of great heat, a swelter (Ork., Cai. 1960). Also, folk. Ork. 1929 Marw. : He was in a leap (or leaper ) o' heat … in a leap o' sweatLEEP , v ., n . Also lepe (Jam.); leap . [lip] I . v . 1 . tr . To heat partially, to. leepin , a period of hot moist weather (Sh. 1960). Comb. leaped gibbo , hot buttermilk mixed with : We say that a thing is leeped , that is heated a little , or put into boyling water or such like for a little time . ne.Sc. 1790 Sc. Mus. Museum III. 223: Next down their breakfast it was Old-Lore Misc. VI. i . 22: The wazzie or straw collar was the result. With a collar of this kind there was no danger of leeped shoulders. Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. iv.: The beasts got scald milk-dishes, etc., to pour boiling water over a slaughtered pig in order to remove the bristles 
  84. Earn v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1840
    EARN , ERN , v . To (cause to) coagulate, to curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat (Sc. Hence ernt ( irnt ) mulk , curds (Ags. 18 1949). [O.Sc. has yyrne , id., a .1568 (see Yirn , v 
  85. Chaud Melle n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1752-1890
     ancient law, applied to homicide committed on a sudden, and in heat of blood. Skene defines it, a hot† CHAUD MELLE , CHAUD MELLA , n . A term in Sc. law (see second quot.) “put forward as a defence to a criminal charge” (Abd. 16 1939). Given as obsol. for Gall. in E.D.D. (1898). Sc. 1752 chaud mella . Sc. 1890 Bell Dict. Law Scot. 171: Chaud melle . . . is a term in our proved chaud melle , he was returned safe in life and limb. [O.Sc. chaudmelle , -mella(y) , a 
  86. Lunk adj.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1808-1953
    .: Noo fu' o' zele, noo lunk. Uls. 1953 Traynor : It's a terrible lunk heat the day. II weather (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Hence lunkieness (Ib.). Gsw. 1912 Scotsman (19 Jan.): A close day is 
  87. Rizzer v., n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1745-1925
    . ). II . n . 1 . A drying, esp. in the heat of the sun (Sc. 1808 Jam.). 2 . A lightly-salted, half Chron. Sc. Poetry Gl.; Fif. c .1850 R. Peattie MS .; Ags. 8 1936); specif . of a haddock: sun-dried. 1773 Boswell Hebrides (1936) 37 note: We found a good supper . . . rissered haddocks and mut[ton. Sc. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 744: After the soil on the top of the drills has become a M. of Lossie I. iii.: Come an' tak' yer supper wi' me the nicht — a rizzart haddie an' an egg of Manse i . iii.: A boiled salt, or a rizzered red herring. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 19: The bruizzin, frizzlin heat turns frush things tewd an rizzert. 2 . To dry clothes in ppl.adj. rizzared , of the skin: puckered or shrivelled on a wound, esp. a burn (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B 
  88. Bol n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
    ) fig . In phr. in a bol , of human beings: in a state of heat and perspiration. Sh. 1908 JakBOL , BOLE , Boul , Boli , n . 1 , v . 1 [bo:l(i), bɔul] 1 . n . (1) “A blazing fire” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928); 1914 Angus Gl ., bol ). (2) “A dense cloud of smoke” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., bole ; 1914 Angus Gl .). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A boli o' reek , very dense smoke. (3. (1928): He was in a b[ol] o' sweat. 2 . v . (1) To blaze. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A bo(u)lin fire. (2) “To burst out, as a volume of smoke” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .); “of smoke; dust, etc., in. bal , a great fire, Eng. bale-fire . O.N. a may become [o, u, more rarely ɔu] m Sh. (see Jak. Intro 
  89. Halta Dance n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1937
    ' a hilkadans' reported of a tethered cow, trying to break loose. 2 . A heat-haze; the shimmeringHALTA DANCE , n.comb . Also hilkadans , halkadans , hjaltadans . 1 . Orig. a fairies' dance. Now only fig ., a frantic struggle, a mad rushing-about. Phr. to had a halta dance , to run about scolding and making a noise (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1956). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): 'Shø's dansin dry, warm, summer weather, when the light seems to dance along the hills. The halta dance was a dance 
  90. Byke n.3[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]1881-1914
    ” are turned towards the door when a new female servant makes her arrival, she will in no long time leave the service. Mry. 2 1914 : Bike , used of the hook fixed in a crook (chain) suspended from a swey (a crane) over an open fireplace. The bike may be moved from link to link of the chain, to regulate heat as required for cooking. w.Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 : Bike , Byke , Bicht . The bend of a hook; also, the hook at the end of the chain by which a pot is suspended over a fire, or, the hook 
  91. Skrunk v.[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]1868-1999
     it is said to be skrunket. Bnff. 6 1920 : I've skrunkled a' the breed. Abd. 1928 like bark on reid-het coals, Skrinkin an scrockenin wi the heat. [O.Sc. skronklit , wrinkled, shrivelled, c .1590. Orig. rather doubtful. Poss. a conflation of Scrunt and shrink . Cf . also the cogn 
  92. Lew adj., n., v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1824-1956
     corn are said to take a “lew”, when they are built, not being dry, when they heat. Abd. 1951 every stack having something more than just a “wee bit loo” in it. III . v . To make tepid, heat warmth (Sh. 1960). Now only dial. in Eng. Ags. 1860 A. Whamond James Tacket xiv.: Dip the clout i' the loo warm water, an' pit it on the sair place; that's a tepid fomentation. Sc. 1873 N. & Q. (Ser. 4) XII. 336: Loo water, mixed with a little milk, is a favourite lotion for a, Wir rostin tings o soles ta cul. Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 109: Ta fetch a coarn o' speerits oot o' da ben press … hit cood aye pit a scaar o' leuness trow him. Ags. 1953 Kirriemuir Free Press (3 Sept.): Frae stowp an' boilin' kettle she A lu'-warm bath sune made. Bnff. 1956 Banffshire Jnl. (30 Oct.): But awa' the mitherly buddy gaed an' com' back in a meenit wi' a basin o' loo-warm water. II . n . A warmth, a slight rise in temperature, esp. used of the interior of stacks 
  93. Gliffin vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1925
     fire 'll sune thow't [treacle] tho', syne I'll rin't aff in a gliffin. † 2 . “A sudden glow of heat‡ GLIFFIN(G) , vbl.n . 1 . The time required to give a hurried glance, a moment, an instant (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Gen. found in phr. in a gliffin(g) . Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxii.: I'll speak to these gentlemen in a gliffing. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 38: And in a gliffin' ilka bishop Ramm'd in his hand and cleik'd his fish up. Dmb. 1868 J. Salmon Gowodean 28: Scarce for a gliffin stemmed the murky cloud. Sc. 1925 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 277: Ma” (Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems , Gl.); a flash, gleam. Also fig . Sc. 1839 Wilson's Tales of the gliffins o' natural affection. † 3 . A shock of fright or surprise. Rnf. 1813 E. Picken Poems 
  94. Spree n., v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1812-1931
     usages: I . n . A boisterous quarrel, a spirited argument; a disturbance, hubbub. Abd. 1812 W. Walker Bards (1887) 600: Twa Emperors ance had a bit o' a spree, I believe they fell out 'cause they, Gallovidians stood the spree. Ayr. 1883 W. Aitken Lays 50: When ony twa wanted to raise up a spree half the bliss o' married life, A wee bit wordie spree. II . v . 1 . To go courting (Ork. c heat (Slg. 1971). 
  95. Brewis n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1900
     (Littre), from Gmc. root bro- , bru- , with the gen. sense of heat, warm, then of preparing food over a bubbled on the aforesaid bickering fire, a huge pot, or rather cauldron, steaming with beef and brewis. Kcb. 4 c .1900 : A fitless cock is an oatmeal dumplin' which has been drookit and mixed with the liquid out of the leeside of a brooze pot, where the beef essence harbours. [O.Sc. bruise , brewis 
  96. Freet v.[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]<1700-1892
    . 1684 Narr. of James Nimmo (S.H.S.) 57: Which in a litle begot some confusion in my minde, so that Sheep-Head 149: If . . . something of the general heat In his thaw'd breast begin to friet! [O.Sc. frete , to chafe, a .1400, to fret, a .1586, O.E. fretan , to eat, devour. The [i:] is a reg 
  97. Spire v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1764-1913
    . 1942 Zai; Lth., Bwk., Rxb. 1971); adj. spiry , id. Lth. 1808 Jam. : Thus heat, or a strong wind, is said to spire the grass . It is said to be a spiry day , when the drought is very strong 
  98. Rumford v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1807-1960
    RUMFORD , v . Also rumfoord- , -fuird . To improve the draught of a chimney by narrowing the vent by various means. Ppl.adj. rumforded , of a chimney: constructed in this manner; in quot. jocularly of a meal cooked in a rumforded fireplace. Hence rumfo(o)rdin , a sheet of metal used as a lining or casing for the back of a fireplace (Ags., Per., Slk. 1968); a hinged board fixed under the lintel of a fireplace (Fif. 1900). [rʌm′ferdɪn] Per. 1807 Letters J. Ramsay (S.H.S.) 194, 195, 238: Do not Rumford your kitchen or get a Rumford cook. . . . Away they drove to a Rumforded.): Rumfoordin — the iron lining or casing of a fireplace which covers the stone or brickwork. Sc. 1960 Scotsman (8 March) 8: In Scotland, for about 140 years, the backs of kitchen grates were finished with a curved sheet of iron to protect the stonework from the heat. It measures about 3 ft. by 2 ft. and is called 'rumfording.' [From Count Rumford (1753–1814), who suggested a method of improving smoky 
  99. Greesh n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1763-1916
    GREESH , n . Also greece , grece , grish . A stone abutment built against the gable wall inside a cottage, forming the back of the fireplace, 'so that the fire might be thrown forward a foot or so into the room and still be under the 'box,' a wooden erection carrying the smoke out of the room.' (Mry Mistress of Garafad's women would stay in her kiln, because of a corpse in its linens, they frequently saw on the kiln-grish, or where corn is dried, a very unusual place indeed to lay corpses on! Ayr. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 149: Within the same [a kiln pot] she made it [clue of yarn] stot. An. 1 1916 : The lugs o' the greeshie were formed by a flat stone projecting like a mantelpiece. [Gael. gris , Ir. grios , fire, heat.] 
  100. Wad n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1761-1902
     contact with the whin, and had been converted into graphite by the action of the heat. [The word is aWAD , n . 2 Also wadd , waud , wodd ; † wade . Black lead, plumbago, graphite; by extension: a mine of black lead; a lead pencil (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Kcb., Dmf. 1973). Also in n.Eng. dial. [wɑd] Ayr. 1761 Session Papers, Depositions Witnesses of Linen Co., Irvine (25 July) 2: In a April) 4: A mine of wade, or black lead. Ayr. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 VI. 99: A wodd mine was Gall. Antiq. Soc. 158: My scholars ask for wad when they wish to purchase a blacklead pencil. Ayr. 1902 R. W. Dron Coal-Fields 63: The 'Waud ' consisted of a band of coal which was in 
  101. Barlickhood n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1890
    . 1805 A. Scott Poems (1808) 53: Whane'er they tak their barley-hoods An' heat o' frenzy fires‡ BARLICKHOOD , BARLEY-HOOD , BARLIK- , BARLOCK- , BARLIE- , n . A fit of obstinacy or violent ill temper; also used to denote a state of drunkenness. [′bɑrlɪ̢khud Sc.; ′bɑrlhyd m.Sc.] Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 321: Instead then o' lang Days o' sweet Delyte, Ae Day be dumb, and a' the neist he'll flite: And may be in his Barlickhoods, ne'er stick To lend his loving Wife a loundering Lick. Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Gl. 4: Barlikhood , a fit of drunken angry passion. wm.Sc. 1835 
  102. 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
    FOB , v . Also fab(b) (Mry., Bnff.). To pant with heat or exertion, to breathe hard (n.Sc. 1825 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 (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 .] 
  103. Loom v.1, n.1[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]1824-1899
     indistinctly as out of a haze or shadow. Vbl.n. loumen , a blurred appearance or outline; loomin , twilight mirk and unkent about us, nae a loumen o' moon nor starn was to be seen in the hale wilkin. Bnff room An' saw some women on me loom. II . n . The indistinct appearance of anything seen through a haze or at a great distance, a haze or fog (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 325; Uls. 1953 to the right the loom of the land through the midday heat. Hence loomy , hazy, misty. Gall 
  104. Maistly adv.[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]1768-1920
     Strains 118: What a drouth! Wi' heat I'm maistly choket. Sc. 1825 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855 usages of Eng. mostly . 1 . Most of all, especially (Sh., Ags., Ayr., Kcb. 1962). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 111: Quo Lindy, 'Sir, this is a sareless feast, To tak in earnest what ane) I. 61: When the troops are maistly a' without muskets or beggonets. Rxb. 1847 H. S Reek 23: I've haen my share o' ups an' doons, we maistly a' ha'e that. 
  105. Gluff n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1776-1995
    : Never saw I in a nightmare Things sae gluffsome, or sae queer. 2 . A sudden blast of cold, heat, wind, etc. (ne.Sc., Ags. 1954), as a gluff o' heat (Jam. 2 ); 'a sudden gust of wind' (Abd. 6 1913 a blast of heat. Sc.(E) 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah xxxi. 9: The Lord wha gied light inGLUFF , n ., v . Also gluf . Cf . Glaff , Gliff , Gloff . [glʌf] I . n . 1 . A sudden fright, a scare (Sc. 1808 Jam. s.v. gliff ; Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .; Ork. 1922 J. Firth Reminisc . 151; I.Sc., Cai., Rs., Inv., m.Lth. 1954), a state of terror, a start; fig . a 'fright', 'sight'. Cai. 1829 J. Hay Poems 25: Her youthful heart got sic a gluff, Its tendons a' were trembling. Ork. 1904 Dennison Sketches 23: Andro heard dem flachterin' i' the lift, like a flock o' swans risin' i' a gluff. Sh. 1915 Old-Lore Misc. VIII. i . 60: I da very middle o' da nicht, Yorl waukened up wi' a gluff, fae da laand a' Nod. Sh. 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Rod 165: 'I saw nae 
  106. Blink v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1706-1956
    . : Blinkit milk is that which is a little turned in consequence of the heat of the weather. Beer is said to heat, as it were, ferments it. Kcb. 1 1935 Kcb. 9 1935 4 . To give a spark (to or. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 47:  Sae when she comes the morn, blink in her eye. Ags. 2 1935 . m.Sc. 1838 A. Rodger Poems, etc. 71: An' oh! that pawkie, rowin' e'e, Sae roguishly it blinks on me. Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 177: Up came a merry gentleman An' he blinked the drink waur than a brute. Comb.: blinking-stone , white quartz, from the sparkle of the mica in it. Sh. 1956 U. Venables Life in Sh. ii.: A huge earth-fast 'blinking stone' of white quartz, a dizzen years back, a crony o' Dauvit Blinkit his scaud o' a wife. Fif. 1825 Jam. 2 : To blink a lass , to play the male jilt with her. 3 . To glance at with the evil eye. (1) To bewitch. Often as pa.p . or ppl.adj . ( a ) Of human beings. Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 : To be blinkit 
  107. Band-string n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1736-1816
    † BAND-STRING , n . 1 . A string or cord used as an ornamental fastening to a garment. Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary ix.: He saw a weel-fa'ard auld gentleman standing by his bed-side, in the moonlight, in a queer-fashioned dress, wi' mony a button, and a band-string about it. 2 . “The designation given to a species of confection, of a long shape” (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Sc. 1736 Mrs, and the Juice of a Lemon, and a Gill of Sack, and set it on the Fire, till it break, and put it Ounce of Cinnamon, take two Pound of fine Sugar, and to every Pound of Sugar for your Syrup, take half a Mutchkin and half a Gill of Water, clarify it well with the White of an Egg; cut your Cinnamon as small as a Pin, and before you cut it, steep it 24 Hours in Water; when the Cinnamon is past cupeling, mind to heat the Syrup to make them purle. 
  108. Ill-hauden adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1760-1952
     ' Taste '. 2 . Kcb. 6 c .1916 : A'm rale ill-hadden wi' the heat. A was gey ill-hadden to get . oppressed, at a loss, in difficulties (Per., Kcb., Dmf. 1958); 3 . ill-haud(d)en in ( aboot ), saved, or . A . 10 . (2) and B . 8 . (3). 1 . Abd. c .1760 J. Skinner Amusements (1809) 98: An' tred and mair folk growing turnips they divna' seem sae ill hauden to get a killin' beast. 3 folk tae bide wi 'im. Abd. 1952 Buchan Observer (6 May): If a higher percentage grade may be 
  109. Aizle n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1931
     . Combs.: Aisle tid (see Tid ), aisle heat . Ayr. 1887 Jam. 6 : Ye man keep the fire in a . Also isil , a live coal (Ags. 1825 J. Ross Sermon 160); ‡ ezle , 'A spark of fire, generally from. The two commoner pronunciations do not show a regular development from the O.E. form, which is represented rather by [ɪzl] Deeside and perhaps by Gregor's isle .] A . n . 1 . A burning coal; a hot ember; a spark. Bnff. 2 1931 : We made a big bonfire an' syne roastit taaties amon' the eyzles, and 'tuik aff th' aise' by first putting aside a few live coals, or 'eizels,' on a peat, to light the' clochrin' whaizle, Till in your cutty pipe you fin' A red-het aizle. Bwk. 1856 A. Henderson them burn to a white aizle lovingly together. Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems I. 242: Amang the essels crouse ye heat Your taes sae lang and sma'. Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems II. 22: Frae : Aizles . Sparks such as a chimney emits at times. s.Sc. 1824 J. Telfer Border Ballads 57 
  110. Wall n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-1995
    . Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 109: We've smiths, to wale you at one heat. Slk. 1875 Border). Rxb. 1808 A. Scott Poems 196: Sae here 'twas like a waalin heat, Exchangin words wi' kisses in a braw waldin heat for courting. Knr. 1832 L. Barclay Poems 124: Love's bellows ne'er puffed up The blazes o' thought To a right wallin' heat. Abd. 1868 W. Shelley Wayside Flowers follow the course of a 'waalin' heat'. (2) fig ., to join, to unite, to put together; specif ., to . [Gen.Sc. wɑ:l, wǫ:l] I . n . 1 . A natural spring of water which forms a pool or stream (Rxb. 1923 107: There is a remarkable fine spring, called Geddes's wall, near the top. ne.Sc. 1786 Edb. Ev. Courant (12 Dec.): The can that gangs aft to the wall Will crack at last. Sc. a .1806 o'er. w.Lth. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 II. 66: A noted well or fountain of water which went by the: Sit by the wallie and dip in your feet. Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 336: A fine 
  111. Plot v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1718-1999
     water if it had a 'spail' in it. (2) in gen., freq. fig ., usages: to expose to great heat, to heat. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr. Duguid 27: Auld Habkin o' the Pethfit . . . scartled a ower your kail-pot in a plot of heat. [O.Sc. plot , = I . 1 . (1) (i), 1695, Mid. Du. (Flem. 1808 Jam.; Mry. 1925; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai). Gen.Sc. Combs. plot-gut , n., a jocular, Rather than plot a tender tongue. Per. 1747 J. Christie Witchcraft in Kenmore (1893) 9: She advised them to wash and plot their milk looms well. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II.: The cheque napkin [from an infected corpse] he gae afterhend to the minister's lass: it was ne'er a (the carcase of a fowl, pig, etc.) in boiling water to facilitate the plucking or scraping process; to). Comb. platting-tub , a tub for scalding a pig in. Gsw. 1718 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 5: No genius seems to give as little pain to vulgar minds as the plotting a bird does to a cook. Slk 
  112. Gloff n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1922
     sudden burst of heat or cold, a “glow, uneasy sensation of heat, producing faintishness” (Ags. 1808 Jam , Gliff , Gluff , n ., v . 1 I . n . 1 . A sudden fright, a shock, a scare (Mry. 1 1925 glowff ). Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 337: There came never such a Gloff to a Daw's Heart. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 37: But ere I wist, I clean was at the float, I sanna tell you, what a gloff I got. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Poems (1865) 321: Till the gloffs o' dread shot to my heart. Kcb. 1897 A. J. Armstrong Robbie Rankine 12: A hare sprang frae a hole in the bucht-dyke and gaed Robbie an unco gloff. w.Dmf. 1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo i.: Nancy's ash-hole was a deep yin . . . and when I saw the sheepheid gaun oot o' sicht, I tell ye, I got a glauf. 2 . A R. Reid Moorland Rhymes 70: Ye come like a glouf o' the winter sun, yin hardly kens ye are here glowffs o' the storm. ¶ 3 . A sudden variation in the density of darkness. Slk. 1813 Hogg 
  113. Smucht v., n.[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]1824-2000
    ,' i.e . burn slowly without almost any flame, it is a sign of death by drowning. Abd. 1916 G. Abel Wylins 107: An' fat wis smuchterin in his hert she blew intil a flame. Abd. 1959 Scotsman (24 Jan.) 17: Nae heat, nae colour noo Bit the yalla sharn-midden's smuchterin fire. Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 32: Mim-moued's a corp, the nerra lanes Lie straucht an trig, the toon's rig-banes, Far starnies glimmer in the glaiss Or smuchter in a plaque of braisse. 2 . Of rain, snow, or the like: to fall in a fine mist, to drizzle down persistently (Bnff. 1866 with difficulty from a thick, stifling atmosphere, a heavy cold, etc., to feel choked; transf . of the voice: to be muffled or thick. Ppl.adj. smughterin . Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas 67: A heat and drought]. 4 . To work slowly and unskilfully, to potter (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 170, smoochter ), to eat slowly and a little at a time, to nibble at food ( Id .). Mry. 1954 Bulletin (9 
  114. Refreshment n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1985-1998
     saying it was him told the Arabs I had a few bottles on me. How they expect a man to work in that heat: refreshment The most popular euphemism for an alcoholic drink is a wee refreshment : 'It's not unknown for Big George to take a wee refreshment of a Saturday night.' m.Sc. 1985 Janette Walkinshaw in without a refreshment beats me. m.Sc. 1987 Dave Brown and Ian Mitchell Mountain Days and Bothy Nights (1992) 89: As his name suggests, Malky [Malky the alky] was fond of a wee refreshment. Edb. 1992 : Yer grandad likes a wee refreshment on Saturday efternuin. Sc. 1994 Daily Record 22 Dec 26: And when I finally settle down on the 25th for a wee refreshment only to discover they've Nell Thomson Spit the First Sook 22: He usually stopped for a refreshment at the Craigdarroch Arms, and he would shout 'Here lass, haud this horse tae a get a pint'. Gsw. 1998 Alan Spence Way to Go (1999) 3: My father must have had a drink or two in the afternoon. Or three. A tipple. A 
  115. Scam v., n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1746-1966
     . Ppl.adj. scaumed , skaummit , having the mark of a burn (Sc. 1808 Jam.), discoloured, faded by heat or heat or red in the sky (Cai. 1939); an application of heat, as by a poultice. Sh. 1898 Shetland, ′skǫ:m] I . v . 1 . To burn slightly, to scorch, singe with dry heat, of cloth, skin, cakes, etc., n.Sc., em.Sc. (a), Uls. 1969), the down off a plucked fowl (Traynor); of nettles: to sting. Also fig: Feard they get a singet crown, Or scamit clais. Dmb. 1817 J. Walker Poems 53: Wha's to blame if he shou'd fever, An' scad his lungs, an' scawm his liver? m.Sc. 1842 A. Rodger Stray Leaves 109: His fause loopy tongue maistly ruined us a', O had it been scaumed to the skinning o't ken what use there is for a deevil ava. Uls. 1901 Northern Whig : In County Armagh milk of Ulster it is applied to a slight burn — i.e ., a woman smoothing clothes on touching by chance scaumin' lowe o' hell. Crm. 1933 D. A. Mackenzie Stroopie Well 5: For fear the nettlies scam 
  116. Gaig n., v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1726-1993
     . n . 1 . A crack or chink, as in dry wood (Lnk. 1825 Jam.; Cai. 7 , Kcb., Dmf., 1953). Ags skimmer o a caunle, the low gien smaa licht. The har on the back o his craig prinkled at the pewlin soon cummin oot o that bleck pit. 2 . A chap in the hands (Lnk. 1825 Jam.; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov ), Kcb. ( gag ), Dmf. 1953). 3 . “A deep, ragged cut, or wound” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 225, gag(ger) ; Bnff. 2 1946), a large, festering sore (Gregor, gagger ). II . v . † 1 . To crack, in consequence of heat or drought (Upp. Cld., Lnk. 1825 Jam., geg ). Sc. 1726 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S). 3 . “To cut or wound deeply, with the idea of a ragged edge” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 225; Bnff. gag , Ir. gag , a cleft, chink, chap.] 
  117. Scrocken adj., v., 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]1866-1952
     dry out, to shrink or shrivel up with heat or drought (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 164; Abd. 1921 ends till they are some 'scraggened'. Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 64: He fuffed a quile alowe, kenelt a scrockled skelb or twa. Abd. 1932 R. L. Cassie Scots Sangs 31: Lairach a leuk, yon kind, ye ken, it sooda skurkened him up. Abd. 1952 Buchan Observer (8 July 
  118. Choffer n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1738-1927
    CHOFFER , n . Also chauffer , chaffer . 1 . A portable grate or stove used in a corn-kiln, as a heater, etc.  Bnff. 1902 J. Grant Agric. in Bnffsh. 150 Years Ago  17:  The kiln was a Andrews Gaz.  (21 Oct.):  Mr Purvis towards evening sent off for a cart with tar and tar barrels and parrot coal, choffers, &c, &c. Edb. 1738 Caled. Mercury  (14 Nov.):  A Choffer burning with small Coal raised such a prodigious Smoke as alarmed the whole Neighbours, who breaking in found fand an auld pail an' dung holes in it ser'd for a chauffer wi' a chimlay made oot o' an iron pipe. 2 . As used in a baker's oven (see quots.).  Sc. 1903 Confectionery & Baking Craft  (March 1947) 119:  A 'chaffer' is the part of a Scotch oven in which the fuel is burnt. Sc. 1927 J. Kirkland Bakers' ABC  50:  The technical name of a movable cast-iron fire grate, used in the old type of right or left hand of the door. 3 . A chafing-dish (Abd. 1773 Weekly Mag . (7 Jan.) 40). See also 
  119. Broostle v., n.[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]1818-1923
    . : Fair bruzzlin' wi' heat. 2 . n . (1) “A very bustling state, impetuosity in coming forward” (Slk, brʌsl, brʌzl, brysl] 1 . v . (1) “To be in a great hurry, to be in a bustle about little” (Slk. 1825 Jam. 2 ); “to rush forward in a fierce and disorderly way” (Ayr. Ib ., brussel , brushel. 1825 Jam. 2 ); a rush, a sally. Slk. 1818 Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 71–72: But dinna ye think that a fitter time may come to mak a push? . . . I like nae desperate broostles. (2) A spell of' the bruistle I was somehow dung overboard. Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : They had a gey brussle ti wun throw. Slk. 1820 Hogg Winter Ev. Tales II. 182: We gat twal fish a' thegither the hastily with a rustling noise (1638) ( N.E.D. ), Mid.Eng. brustlien , to clatter, clash. Meaning (2) of the verb may have arisen from association with Bristle , q.v ., or may even be simply a variant of 
  120. Gamp v., n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1746-1925
     no easy ti heat or fill. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 14: What a different shapes.; ‡1923 Watson W.-B. ); of a dog: to prowl about with open mouth in search of food. Ppl.adj. gampin-large, having many bare, empty spaces. Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : Oors is sic a gampy kirk it's . . . Jethart Casle saw . . . Did the deed-raap soond throwe its gampy ends, A wunder, i the nicht efter guid (sometimes with up or doon ) (Rxb. 1825 Jam., ga(u)mp ; ‡1923 Watson W.-B. ). Rxb. 1805 A. Scott Poems (1811) 105: A wally dish o' them weel champit, In time o' need How glibly up we'll see them gampit, 'As clean's a bead!' Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : Gamp it doon. 3 . intr . To: 'Shut eer gamp!'' (‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). 2 . 'The act of snatching like a dog' (Twd. 1825 Jam 
  121. Clung v., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1925
    , contracted through the action of heat, disease, etc.; lean, thin (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., klung ); “of. [1768] J. Beattie Address ii. in A. Ross Helenore (1778): O mayst thou ne'er gang clung or' a bite o' breakfast wi' us, for after comin' sae lang a gait, ye maun be clung by noo. Edb .1470–80 ( D.O.S.T .), n.Mid.Eng. clung(n) , a .1300, O.E. clungen , pa.p. of clingan , to shrink 
  122. Keest n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1814-1988
     (Rxb. 1825 Jam.), vigour; sexual desire (Dmf. a .1838 Jam. MSS . X. 169). Hence keestless , 1, on heat. Rxb. 1876 W. Brockie Leaderside Leg. 24: Frae that day forrit, he neer was the beast He had been afore; he had lost a' kiest An' wind an' bottom. Edb. 1890 A. H. Dunlop shrivel with over-cooking' (Ayr. 4 1928); gen. as a ppl.adj ., dried up, withered, lacking in substance 
  123. Mou n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1718-1950
     unthreshed grain; to generate heat through being stored in a damp condition, vbl.n. mow-burning ; n., the heat so generated (Rnf. a .1850 Crawfurd MSS . (N.L.S.) M. 69). Sc. 1718 Ramsay Poems (S.T.SMOU , n ., v . Also moue ; moo ; mow(e) . [Sc. mu:, s.Sc. mʌu] I . n . 1 . A large pile or heap of grain, hay, straw or similar dry materials, esp. a pile of unthreshed grain stored in a.) I. 81: But Laurie he took out his Nap Upon a Mow of Pease. Abd. 1768 Aberdeen Jnl. (10 Oct.): Gaitskell made his escape, and got upon a hay mow in the neighbourhood. Ayr. 1788. Robertson Agric. m.Lth. 63: In building the stacks, some draw a large bag, stuffed with straw, up the centre, which leaves a kind of funnel for the vapour to escape, and thus prevents heating , or mow stacking, unless in a very dry state. Slk. 1810 Hogg Forest Minstrel (1874) 276: An' blyther.: From the haymow in the barn, where he had been making a pretence of work. 2 . The recess or 
  124. Tres-ace 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]1764-1825
    -field, is for putting them in heat when the weather is cold. 2 . In phr. in a tres-ace , in an† TRES-ACE , n . 1 . A variety of the game of catch played much like 'Musical chairs' (see 1825-Ace . A game in which generally six are engaged; one taking a station before, two about twelve yards than three; the supernumerary one must always shift and seek a new station. If the catch-pole can get Had ta'en the gie, Lap in a tres-ace on the fang At strike o' thee [a bell]. [A variant of Eng can say trey-ace , 'before you can say Jack Robinson', trey ace being a throw of dice that turns up 
  125. Rent v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1717-1950
     recant his covenant, And rent it at the news, man. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II II. 119: It stood the strongest heat without renting. m.Lth. 1812 P. Forbes Poems 24 sets them pechin', rentin', bockin,. While sickness at their hearts keeps knockin,. II . n . A breach or dissension between persons. Rare and obs. in Eng. Phr. a rent and a rive , id. Sc. 1719 be provoked. Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie lxxxviii.: No to mak' a rent and a rive o't 
  126. Splint n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1707-1937
     new. 2 . A hard, coarse coal which tends to splinter when fractured and burns with great heat, aSPLINT , n . Also splent . [splɪnt, splɛnt] 1 . As in Eng., now dial., a chip, splinter advantagious for the Brewers. m.Lth. 1763 Caled. Mercury (12 Feb.) 71: A Large Quantity of Splint . — Hard coal, with a dull lustre and uneven fracture, which does not cake or break up in a furnace 
  127. Bland n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1763-1993
     Buttermilk separated by heat, is much used as a drink. Sh. 1914 J. M. E. Saxby in Old-Lore MiscBLAND , Blaand , Blaund , n . and v . [blɑ(:)nd] 1 . n . (1) Whey mixed with water, a fermenting, sparkling stage. Beyond that it becomes flat and vinegary. 'Soor blaund' is a delicious and: 'I'm travelin to Levenwick' he said 'and I'm finnin it's a lang wye fae Scalloway. I'd be blyde of a drink of blaand if you had it - an I can pay for all I need.' Ork. 1929 Marw. : ‡ Bland , a mixture of milk and water (or whey and water) used as a drink. (2) 'Mixture; quantity of diff. things of barley and common bear sown in a mixed state. [O.N. blanda , a mixture of two fluids, esp. sour whey mixed with water (Zoega), also blanda , v., to mix. D.O.S.T . gives a quot. from Sh 
  128. Chaff v.1, n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1715-1927
    CHAFF , v . 1 and n . A Sc. form of Eng. chafe . [tʃɑf] 1 . v . (1) To rub, wear (Bnff A. Fergusson Major Fraser's MS. (1889) II. 164: Bathed in cold water; chaffed my throat with Hungary water. Mry. 1849 A. Blackhall Lays of the North 56: Humble the parson's fare' ABC. 50: In a technical sense chaffing is the Scottish equivalent of the English term moulding, but with a difference. The English baker obtains the shapes of dough he requires by a sort of rolling motion, but the Scottish baker accompanies each turn of the wrist with extra pressure of the hand or a to the manipulation of ordinary loaves. Lnk. 1887 A. Wardrop Mid-Cauther Fair 177: Like half-chaffed batches of bad flour. 2 . n . A worn part. Known to Bnff. 2 1939. Bnff.(D) 1847 A. Cumming Tales of the North (1896) 62: Ha! there it is, your ain auld rope . . . He's knoted chauf , to heat (by damp), 1513 ( D.O.S.T .).] 
  129. Gell v.2, n.1[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]1803-1929
     . 1 . Of unseasoned wood: to split or crack in drying, gen. by exposure to the heat of the sun (Sc to split or crack. Sc. 1803 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 639: He e'ed his looms into the brink, A gell'd, Sends oot a flourish green. Abd. 1892 J. Smith Hame-spun Rhymes 68: Wi' nane to brak, nor yet to gale, His auld bit cart. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): De planks is a' geld , the planks are full of cracks. w.Dmf. 7 1929 : Any wooden vessel like a washing tub, dolly tub or calls chapping or gelling. II . n . A crack or chink, gen. in wood (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Gall. 1824 ; ‡ne.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Sh. 10 , Clc. “common esp. among coopers”, Kcb. 10 , Dmf. 1954); “a rent or crack in a rock or plank of wood” (Kcb. 4 1900). Slk. 1820 Hogg Winter Ev. Tales II. 41: I Mosses Buchan 12: [A dry peat bed is] subject to cracks, or “gales” as they are called. [Origin 
  130. Stech v., n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1732-1965
     . tr . and intr . To oppress or be oppressed with heat, from being in a close atmosphere or having too mauchie stauchie simmer heat. Abd. 1900 E.D.D. , s.v. fust : What a lot o' stech an' foosht pack, cram in gen. Vbl.n. stechin , -en , -an , food, a hearty meal. Sc. 1732 Ramsay T.-T fother lafts. Lth. 1813 G. Bruce Poems 165: In hopes that in a jiffy, he Cou'd stechen to his belly gie. Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas 126: Fu, mony a kyte, says she, I've stech'd. Walker Poems 81: But in a hostel beef and kail Now gied our wames a stechan. Sc. 1926 H .: to gorge or stuff oneself with food, to gormandize (Sc. 1825 Jam.; em.Sc. (a), Lth. 1971). Ppl.adj. stechin , gluttonous, gutsy; deriv. stechie , id., also as a n., a glutton (Fif. 1825 Jam.). Ayr ( Ib .). Also in deriv. stoicher . Ppl.adj. stoichert , overpowered with heat, lack of air, excess of clothing, etc. (Cld. 1880 Jam.). Ayr. 1825 Jam. : Overloaded with clothes; as, 'She's a stoichert 
  131. Pauchle v.2, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1880-1958
     see Gaun pauchlin' alang the pave. Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : Pauchlin' on i' the heat of ony mair. wm.Sc. 1937 W. Hutcheson Chota Chants 4: A gey auld gaberlunzie man, Sair. 1965). Ppl.adj. pochlin , awkward, inefficient, bungling; agent n. pauchler , a clumsy, unskilful person, a bungler, “foozler” (Fif. 1949; Gsw. 1965). II . n . 1 . A state of confusion, a flurry, a disorganized state of affairs. Also shortened form pyach (Mry. 1958). Phrs. a pauchle o' trouble , id. (Uls 1965), to be in a pauchle , to be in a chaotic disorganized state, behind with one's work, in a muddle (Mry., Fif., Uls. 1965). 2 . A feeble old creature, a frail, tottering old body (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 376), also pawchlie , id. (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .); a stupid person, a simpleton, “a . 1 , v . 1 , sc. to walk as if with a burden.] 
  132. Butt n.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1935
     Wildflowers 127: Ay, there was some heat in the sun in thae days, when a man, after sawing a butt o' bearBUTT , BUT , n . 1 1 . 'A piece of ground, which in ploughing does not form a proper ridge : When a ploughman finds his rig is losing shape, say, becoming too narrow at one end, he will put in a short fur or two to make it straight. These short furs are called butts . Comb.: butt-rig , a ridge (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ). 2 .†(1) 'A small piece of ground disjoined, in whatever manner, from the adjacent lands. In this sense, a small parcel of land is often called, the butts ' (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Also in Eng. dial. Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 136: His Goucher liv'd a thrivin' man, And till'd some scanty Buts o' Lan', In hodden Grey. Ags. 1830 A. Balfour Weeds and, wad hae lien down to take a sleep at the rig-end. Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife and Kinross 131–132: I have seen a Charter . . . granting Johanni dicto Strang and the Heirs begot 
  133. Laldie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1889-2000
    LALDIE , n . Also laldy and reduplic. form laldy-daldy . A thrashing, punishment, a drubbing: He focht alane for Israel against the Philistine, An' fairly gied them laldie wi' the jaw-bane o' a Jimmy Shand, while Liz Lochhead performs; ... Ayr. 1999 : You'll get laldie [a thrashing, and faw asleep in the heat wi the birds giein it laldy in the bushes. Gsw. 2000 Herald 19 May 19: William Bruce, a staunch Scottish nationalist, took his own piper with him to the Antarctic. There is a famous photograph of Piper Gilbert Kerr, giving it laldy. [Orig. uncertain. Phs. a child's word, mainly imit. But cf . Yks. dial. lalldabber , a blow, maybe connected with O.E. læl , a 
  134. Taibet 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]1768-1925
    . Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 26: The heat sae master'd a' her pith, That she grew tabetless. Lth (Abd., w.Lth., Bwk. 1972); 2 . heedless, foolish, silly (wm.Sc. 1808 Jam.). 1 . Abd. 1768 A winds burst owre us in their ire An' made our fingers tebbitless. Ags. 1896 A. Blair Rantin 181: The scholars would appear in their “Sunday claes” at the opening of the school, and only a few “tibitless craters” were not in a state of excitement. Sc. 1925 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 277: I'm weel: The coof wha believes angel's visits are few Is nocht but a tapetless loon. Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ i . xiii.: So is a man wha is tabetless an' shilly-shally tempit hereawa thereawa. Lnk. 1920 G. A. H. Douglas Further Adventures Rab Hewison 76: I think ye were a 
  135. Hummle adj., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1769-1996
    . usages:  1. To drive (a hen) from broodiness. For the metaphor cf . Eng. proud , in heat. em.Sc) (Per. 1895 I. MacLaren Auld Lang Syne 196; Uls. 1897 A. M'Ilroy Lint in the Bell v.); heum(b)le. 1898 H. Rogers Meggotsbrae 7: There she was doukin' a puir scraichin', poukit-lookin' beast o' a hen i' the Puddly Deidly. 'What's that ye're doin'?' says I. 'Ou', says she, 'it's a hen. It's a fell clocker-I'm hum'lin't.' 2. Ppl.adj. humbling , of grain: having a tendency to lose moisture and. Paxton (8 Dec.) 16: Corn is a humbling grain, and turns less bulked the longer it lies. Phr. to 
  136. Dackle v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1808-2000
    . 2 , Abd. 9 , Ags. 2 1939. Ppl.adj. dacklin(g) , (1) 'slow, dilatory' (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.); (2) 'in a gya a kin o' a skair't glent, an' daccl't, an' says he, 'Na, that's her an' oor Benjie tee.' Abd.(D) 1925 R. L. Cassie Gangrel Muse 12: Wi' dacklin' feet I'll wauner Roon a' the airts mak for hame It wis hardly a nicht tae dauchle I wis sowpit an' sodden an' looked sic a sicht An' ma. It hid left its merk ahin fur aa that, in the slaw dauchlin ower puckles o wirds that gied a savour thoosan poon, A dauchlin guest did say. Bch. 1944 F. M. Garry in Scots Mag. (Feb.) 370: So (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 2 1939). Phr. to dackle the ingle , to draw off the fire in a mill kiln, to cause it to go out (Bnff. a .1838 Jam. MSS . X. 57). L.Bnff. 1934 J. M. Caie in Abd. Univ. Review. Abd.(D) 1915 H. Beaton Back o' Benachie 47: We maun pit a stoot he'rt tull a stey brae, an dachle't 'im a bit comin' up the brae. † 3 . Vbl.n. dacklin , 'a slight shower' (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.), from 
  137. A prep.2[0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1719-1928
     meenit, so it canna be a-heat yet. [The preposition is generally treated as a prefix now and the twoA , prep . 2 O.E. an , on reduced to a through lack of stress. Gen.Sc. 1 . Before the vbl Guy Mannering II. xv.: They hae ta'en Yule before it comes, and are gaun a-guisarding. ne.Sc', Whene'er ye meet wi' ane anither, Hae set my very teeth a-dirlin'. Rxb. 1916 Kelso Chronicle 31 March 4/1: An' the wee lark keeps a singin' far abune the wintry gale. Uls. (D) 1879 W. G. Lyttle Readings by Robin 77: Peggy tuk haud o' the tangs, an' begood a biggin up the peats roon a pot that wuz on the fire. (2) or forming a continuous passive with the verb to be . Sc. 1727 Wodrow Corresp. (1843) III. 296: To-morrow, all day, papers will be a-reading. m.Sc. 1870 Jas. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 77: Her braw bridal dress is a-makin'. 2 . Before a noun. Sc. 1719 Ramsay Poems  (S.T.S.) I. 126:  I'd better been a yont side Kairn-amount. Sc. 1829 J. Wilson 
  138. Brod n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1932
     as in St.Eng. The form brood is illustrated here only in a sense peculiar to Sc. [brɔd, brud Sc., but m.Sc. + bryd; brød Ags., I.Sc.] † 1 . 'A young child, the youngest of a family' (Rxb. 1825 Jam little brude. Rxb. a .1860 J. Younger Autobiog. (1881) 6: Look at that, and say whether you are not ashamed to let a brood like that beat you. 2 . 'A goose that has hatched goslings' (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .; 1914 Angus Gl .). Sh. 1932 J. M. E. Saxby Sh. Trad. Lore 195: 'Brodd,' a mother goose. . . . There was a woman who had ten children and nursed six babies in addition to her own: And there's of potted geese a good supply, Fed on the stubble field, fine sappy 'brods.' Hence brodie , broddy , having a brood; prolific. Bwk. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 81: The auld amaist skunner a brodie soo, let alane readers o' the Kronikle . † 3 . Comb.: brodmother , brodsmother , (1) a hen that has hatched chickens; (2) the mother of a family. (1) Lth. 1825 Jam. 2 
  139. Stamagast n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1768-1996
    (ər)] I . n . 1 . A disgust or nausea at food (n.Sc. 1808 Jam., stammagust ); whatever causes this; more gen. a source of displeasure or repulsion. Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 34: They're a perfect stamagast — a perfect scunner tae me. 2 . A great and sudden disappointment, an unpleasant surprise, a shock (ne.Sc., Ags. 1971). Abd. p .1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 187: The Gleanings 7: As great a stammagast as Jamie Buck got fan he set a girn to tak a hare an' catch't a muckle cat. Kcd. 1932 L. G. Gibbon Sunset Song 36: With one of them he'd met a sore stammygaster. Abd. 1940 C. Gavin Hostile Shore xiii.: They'll fair get a stammygaster this week when the: Then ae simmer day oot o' the blue We got a stammagaster She announced that she wis leavin' Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web iii: Twis a stammygaster fin a wee Scots pedant poetry sud be aa aboot! II . v . 1 . To sicken with a surfeit of food, to nauseate in gen. (Ags 
  140. Leem n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1773-1949
    . Christie Instructions 35: To heat water to wash the liems. Abd. 1867 A. Allardyce Goodwife . P.L.D. § 118 , § 146 , § 157 . [lim] 1 . A tool, implement or instrument of any kind (Bnff. 1866 xviii.: Lat some ane 't's been a wutness to the ootrages o' the ceevil poo'er, as Gushets says, tak. Bnff. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 81: Sic maugersome billies an' sic limmers te fley Teuk a' o' my can an' my ugliest leems. ‡ 2 . A weaving loom (Cai., ne.Sc. 1935). Abd. 1773 Fergusson the fire, the weaver left his leem. 3 . A vessel, basin, or other receptacle, usu. of earthenware. 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 13: Ye've waefu' waukin' dreams fan yer wardle's a' in leems 
  141. Queel v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1910-2000
     ). Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 52: Up stiff braes he'll hae t' plod Wi' mony a heat an' qweel.. senses (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 335, 1867 A. Allardyce Goodwife xxxii., 1881 W. Paul Past and . Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 1: Attie likit a dram in a drap o tarry tea - a parridge wi a jeelip o cream, syne suppit it doon afore stridin ootower the coort tae sort the nowt, the Blaefauld. Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 25: A duntin breeze that shook the. Combs., phrs. and derivs.: 1 . queeler , n., a vessel for cooling milk, a milk cooler; 2 . queelie after a fit of anger, to (leave someone to) “stew in his own juice” (Abd. 1903 E.D.D. , Abd. 1967). 1. 15 1928 : The loonie's brunt's finger, an' he's rowed it in a wee bit soapy cloot for cweelie. (2) Abd. 15 1928 : A drink o' milk is queelie kin', but it disna slocken like a sup caul water. Hiv ye ony cweelie saw for a frostit heel? 3 . Abd. 1910 J. Kerr Sc. Education 204 
  142. Craidle n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1743-1923
     of the heat, which is used in what is called a round-about fireside ; denominated from its. (1886) 378: But he . . . carried the poor infant away in a credill a horseback. Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff 170: Loungin' aboot the room wi' his airm in a creddle. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart resemblance to a cradle ' (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ); (2) craidle-roller , 'a roller, or clod-crusher, with a low. 2 . v . (1) As in Eng.: to rear (a child). Lnk. 1923 G. Rae 'Mang Lowland Hills 37: I build the stone-work of a well shaft. wm.Sc. [1835–37] Laird of Logan (1868) 173: There's no a surface water. Hence cradling , vbl.n., 'stone walling of a shaft' (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 21; Ayr. 1947 (per Edb. 6 )). †(3) To reduce to a childish state. Found only as ppl.adj . Edb. has cradill , cra(i)dle , also credil(l) , credle , etc., a cradle for a child, from a .1400; a framework or support, from 1470; and cradilling , vbl.n., fitting (a shaft) with a surround or lining 
  143. Warm adj., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1828-1990
    . We had forekent it by the heat - mair than waarm, yon smoorin wye. Slg. 1990 Janet Paisley in wantit tae sey 'She's no fur you, she's a cauld stick an she'll bring ye nuthing an ye'll nivir be fu an character, 'a right one', 'a terrible fellow', used either in admiration or disapproval (Gsw. 1937 Partridge., xvii.: 'Gosh, Mr. Gibson,' he cried, 'you're a warmer! Ye deserve your name [Cunning Johnny].' . . . I can tell you he's a warmer! I never saw a man eat so much in all my born days. Kcb. 1911 Crockett Rose of Wilderness xxiii.: He's a fearsome callant, yon — I'm guessin, that the faither o' him maun hae been 'a warmer'! s.Sc. 1933 Border Mag. (March) 37: 'He's a warmer,' said mother I was a 'wee warmer', but he decided I had learnt enough and he couldn't conscientiously take my mother's hard-earned sixpence any longer when I knew how to run up a few scales and pick out carefully the tune of 'The Bluebells of Scotland'. Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 74: warmer A 
  144. Stove n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1728-2004
    STOVE , n ., v . Sc. usages: I . n . † 1 . A steam, a fume, a state of great heat or high Poems 31: On simmer faugh, in scorchin heat, Oft have I drudged in stove o' sweat. 2 . (1) A mist , a shimmer of heat in the atmosphere near the ground. See Startle , v ., 3 .; †(2) a steamy odour temperature. Phr. a stove o' sickness , a bout of feverishness (Abd. 1825 Jam.). Rxb. 1821 A. Scott or atmosphere, an exhalation. (2) Uls. 1897 S. MacManus A Lad of the O'Friels xvi.: A stove of whiskey that would knock ye down. 3 . A stew (in cooking). Also attrib . as in stove tatas (see II . 1 .). Phr. on the stove , of a pot or its contents: stewing, simmering (Slg. 1942). Per. 1737 Ochtertyre Ho. Bk. (S.H.S.) 147: Dinner a stove foulls in it. Sc. 1743 they're pet in the pot wi'out water, wi' a bit shuet, some sibies, an' a pickle saut. Sh. 1869 J. T. Reid Art Rambles 62: A savoury dish of 'stove', made of five or six fat newly-slaughtered 
  145. Faem n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1768-1991
     wis cuttin' ae day, an' got intae sic a faem o' heat 'at his watch meltit in his pooch. Ags. Bnff. 1869 W. Knight Auld Yule 26: I wasna sleepin', Rab was in a faem O' sweat, that drookit's like a burnie stream. Kcb. 1890 A. J. Armstrong Ingleside Musings 19: For my heart is . to boil with rage (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Cai. 9 1939). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 55: What spies she coming, but a furious man, Feaming like onie bear, that ever ran. Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 193: A cog o' yill did on the gantry faem. Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems I. 194: He 67: A roar in my lugs, an' fite, faimin', fa'n' water afore my een. Ork. 1949 “Lex” But 
  146. Ringle n.2[0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1710-1995
    . 1857 J. Stewart Sketches 33: Drawin' a steek wi' nettled heat, Drobb'd Andro's ringle ee, manRINGLE , n . 2 Also ren(n)gle . [rɪŋl] I . n . 1 . A circular stripe of colour round a skirt, stocking, etc. Only in derivs. ringled , ringlit , renglit , ringlie , applied to a skirt.): Dere's my blue an' rid ringl'd socks. Sh. 1956 Shetland News (4 Dec.): She was wearing a red and white striped skirt, or “rennglit kotts”. 2 . A circle of white round the pupil of the eye, a white or pale grey iris, a wall eye, gen. in ppl.adj. ringlit , -ed , and comb. ringle-ee(d) , ringlit-eyed , (having) a wall eye (Gall. 1904 E.D.D. ; Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .; Ork. 1929 Marw.; Ayr., Gall. 1990s). Gen.Sc.; having a ring of white hair round the eye (Sh. 1968). Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis : We call such horses as have a great deal of white in their eye, Ringle-ey'd . Sc. 1712 Sc. Courant (13–16 June): A Gray Horse, a Ringle Eye on the left Side. Sc. 1741 Caled 
  147. Tew v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1927
    . 1972). wm.Sc. 1808 Jam. : Meat is said to be tewed , when roasted with so slow a fire that it becomes tough. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 19: The bruizzin, frizzlin heat turns frush Jam., also of sickness; Bwk., Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 183). Also in n.Eng. dial. Ppl.adj. tued: Nor was A tewd or mauchless, bit limber an lither. 3 . To rumple, tumble, to pull about roughly and touzles me. Kcb. 1904 Crockett Strong Mac xxxix.: Ye were somedeal tewed up wi' a, Ne'er a bit he'd teugh'd sae here. s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws xviii.: To see a lass gae tewin' day and night to put anither lass in his airms. Ayr. 1927 J. Carruthers A Man Beset 82: Ye maun just tew on at the mathematics. II . n . 1 . A laborious job, a piece of hard work or exertion (s.Sc. 1825 Jam., “always conjoined with an adj. as, sair tews”). Also in n.Eng. dial. and U.S.; a state of difficulty, a strait. s.Sc. 1898 E. Hamilton Mawkin xx.: 'Twas in sair tews we was 
  148. Sweet v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1]1796-1996
     great anger or excitement, a perspiring rage; (4) sweet-heap (Ork. 1972), (5) sweet-heat , brewing. 1972); swat(t) (Ags. 1894 A. Reid Songs 38; Uls. 1898 H. MacDonagh Irish Life 293; Sc. 1924 Johnny Gibb xliv.; Uls. 1884 Cruck-a-Leaghan and Slieve Gallion Lays and Leg . 55; Clc. 1885 J., Per. swəit. See P.L.D. § 126.2 .] I . v . A . Forms. Pr.t. as above. Pa.t. reduced swat (Sc; Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 262; Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs 67; Lnk. 1895 A. G. Murdoch Tracks 65: Thir Malebolges gar ye sweit a taet; nestie, frae Circle Yin tae Circle Nine, Ags owner to appear forthwith in the sweating-room. Ayr. 1889 H. Johnston Glenbuckie vii.: A brewing (see quot.) (Ork. 1972); (2) sweat-blab , a drop or blob of sweat; (3) sweet fume , a state of). (1) Ork. 1968 M. A. Scott Island Saga 74: The malt was put in 'sweet bed'; that is, it was shovelled up in a heap again, turning as usual morning and night, outside under, inside over. (2 
  149. Whig n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1754-1881
     quantity of sweet milk is put into a wooden vessel or vat, which is placed in a proper degree of heat, and, and as they cannot help observing that it acquires a most disaggreeable taste, in order to carry off this, they pour into it a quantity of boiled whey; which after it has stood some time, they draw off Perils of Man (1972) xviii.: A pail of thin sour milk, called whig. Gall. 1834 Tait's Mag. I dairy commodities are allowed to settle down. Lnk. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 VI. 385: A certain covered with a linen cloth. In due time the serous or watery part of the milk begins to separate from the the utensil in which the cream was kept a small hole into which was inserted a short tube, stopped by a pin. This tube and pin went by the name of a 'cock and pail' and served to draw off the thin sour 78: A half-pound of butter milk, whigged, and well soured, by a mixture of water, and by boiling. Dmf. 1825 Jam. : Stale churned milk, when it throws off a sediment, is said to whig 
  150. Farl n., v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-1994
    FARL , n ., v . Also † farle , faarl , far(r)el , faurl ; ferle (s.Sc.). I . n . A three-cornered piece of oatcake, the fourth part of a Bannock (Bnff., Edb., Gsw., Ayr. 2000s); Gen.Sc., but , etc. (Gall. 1950). Sc. a .1706 in J. Watson Choice Coll. i . 10: There will be good: Then let his wisdom girn an' snarl O'er a weel-tostit girdle farl. Ayr. 1786 Burns Holy Fair vii.: Wi' sweet-milk cheese, in monie a whang, An farls bak'd wi' butter. Edb. 1822 R Scott Leg. Montrose iii.: I have tasted no food since daybreak but a farl of oat-cake. Sh. 1877 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 98: Heat burstan bread an' faarls. Ayr. 1889 H. Johnston Glenbuckie xix.: They had to patch up a meal of cold sowens with a farl of rye-bread thrown in. Bwk. 1897 R. M. Calder Poems 70: There's a farl o' scones on the girdle . . . When I win to my chimla That wudn't crack in two. Crm. 1933 D. A. Mackenzie Stroopie Well 3: In the old days 
  151. Marrow n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1720-1991
    : ... simmer heat that birsled skin An powkit doon intae the marra o ye. Sc. usage: An abbreviation of the Assembly in 1720 and a prolonged controversy ensued. Those who supported the Marrow point of view became actually no independent body arose from the Marrow . The same controversy in a somewhat different form led. That Holiness is not necessary to Salvation, They have hereby condemned , in cumulo, a Bundle of sweet and pleasant Gospel-Truths . Sc. 1726 Letter from a Parishioner of Cardross (Broadsheet): A Letter from a Parishioner of Cardross concerning the Settlement of a Minister in the said Parish “Twelve Marrow Men” may be said to have formed the nucleus of the dissent which was a few years after nae ministers o' the Kirk o' the Marrow the noo; we're a body without a heid. I thocht that the Kirk 
  152. Moch n.2, adj., v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1786-2002
    . 1963); ¶ 3 . as v ., of a sheepskin: to expose to heat and damp so that the wool comes off easily. 1- , meigh- ; moke- . [mox, mǫx; Ayr. + məi; m.Lth. mok] I . n . A warm moist atmosphere, close, misty weather (Uls. 1924 W. Lutton Montiaghisms 29; Wgt. 1958; Abd. 1963). Gall. a .1900 'Mulciber Veritatis' Gallowa' Herds 11: Tho' yer braird was sune shawn, nae doobt it was sawn, In the moch o' a indiscriminately; but to that only which is produced by great heat, or an accompaniment of it, when the air is so' the time o' the Flood the deil gaed sailin' by the Ark on a barn-door, an' said, 'It's a mochy mornin mochiness. Fif. 1954 St. Andrews Citizen (4 Sept.) 5: Tuesday was a real 'mochy' day, with a . Dreich is a cauld, mochy, jeelin, dowie wird - a wird fur weather, character, emotion: an yon's bit scartit the tap o't, fur there's a guid gowpenfu o the eldritch steered inno't anna. Per. 1999 Ben Coutts A Stick, Hill Boots and a Good Collie Dog 64: For me in my young days, August, with 
  153. Simmer n.1, v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2003
     simmer's heat. Per. c .1800 Lady Nairne Songs (1905) 166: 'Twas on a simmer's afternoon, A quivering motion of the air on a hot day, a heat-haze, gen. in pl . (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Cai. ( colts ), Abd summer colts) do in a sun shine day before or after ram in the heat of summer. Sc. 1819 Scots Mag Presence, like a Simmer's Morning Ray. Ayr. 1786 Burns Twa Dogs 192: Thro' winter's cauld, or hairst caas doon the simmers bonnie cloak tae lay a carpet on the forest flair that the maist eident the mune, and as tall, ye shot up like ragweed in simmer, ye'd a neb like a flat-iron and sparse . simmer blink , a momentary gleam of sunshine (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh., Per., 1970); 2 . simmer cloks , the shimmering of sun-beams in the air on a fine summer day (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., Sh. 1970). See Clock , n . 4. dial. phr. 'the summer colt rides' for the same phenomenon; (2) 'the gnats which dance in clusters on a summer evening' (Lnk. 1825 Jam.); fig . a lively little chap ( Ib .); 4 . summer dale , ?; 5 
  154. Blob n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1746-1928
    . Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 82: Wi' faut an' heat I just was like to swelt, An' in a very blobBLOB , Blobe , n . and v . I . n . 1 . A drop of moisture, a bubble. Bnff. 4 1926 : 'Is the corn (crop) dry?' 'No, it's jist a blob o' watter' — meaning hanging full of drops of water. Munro Doom Castle iii.: Andy is like a hogshead — a blob of creesh with a turnip on the top. Rxb. c .1885 W. Laidlaw Poetry and Prose (1908) 68: A sparkling blob o' caller dew Bends-like , rainy-looking. (2) Bch. 1928 (per Abd. 15 ): Some blobby-like, the day, na? 2 . 'A blister on the skin, as by burning' (w.–s.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). 3 . The bag of a honey-bee. Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail xxiii.: 'Father,' said the fool, 'I hae catched a muckle bum-bee; will ye help to haud it till I take out the honey blob!' 4 . A gooseberry. Sometimes applied to the fruit of the bramble. Also in comb. honey-blob . Given by N.E.D. as applied to a soft round fruit, but with 
  155. Scroo n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1747-1957
    . screwie , screwag (Cai.). I . n . A stack of corn, hay or straw (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928); Sh., Ork., Cai., 1969); a stack of corn sheaves, esp. one built in a field to expedite drying (Ork. 1929 Marw.; Ork., Cai., Mry., Bnff., Abd. 1969). Combs. han-scroo , id. (Cai. 1969), screwsteeth , a rick foundation (Ork. 1969). See Steid . Ork. 1747 P. Ork. A.S. XII. 49: The piece of a beam of a ships deck, and 2 pices of another for the Screwsteeths. Ork. 1766 P. Fea MS. Diary (14 Feb.): Got a Screw of Corn in the barn. Sh. 1777 J. Mill Diary (S.H.S.) 52: The hay stack gathered heat which obliged me to cause pull it down forthwith, and put it again in small screws shaken once or twice a day (if the weather be fair) for a week, when it is ready to be packed into small: A screw or stack of hay at Achalone. Sh. 1915 Old-Lore Misc. VIII. 60: Lakely tinkin on his aet skrus. Cai. 1930 John o' Groat Jnl. (25 Oct.): Makin' hame a' they could bicker til 
  156. Powk v.1, n.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1719-1996
     days gaed bleezin by In simmer heat that birsled skin An powkit doon intae the marra o ye. Abd powkit aboot ma desk, an caad the styew frae the blackboord cloot, an drew a pictur o Miss McTavish on the boord wi a mowser that suited her rale weel. Sc. usages: As in Eng. Used fig ., in phr. to powk up , to provoke or annoy (a person), to stir one up, rouse a person to anger, bait. Abd. 1929. 2 . tr . or intr . To dig or excavate in a careless, clumsy way (Bnff., Ags. 1966), to damage by excavation or holing. Bnff. 1719 W. Cramond Ann. Cullen (1888) 79: The magistrates appoint a moss. Bnff. 134: He wiz powkin, an' howkin a big hole, fin a geed in aboot. 3 . To strike, esp. with, chastise. Vbl.n. pookin , a thrashing (Ork. 1958); phr. to get one's pookins , to get 'what's coming to pookins. II . n . 1 . A blow, esp. with the foot, a push, shove (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Dim. pookie , a variety of the game of marbles (Ork. 1923 P. Ork. A.S . 67). Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall 
  157. Spill 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]1708-1928
     opinion is a very pretty young fellow, and who spils good likly if he be not). Gall. 1727 Session Ramsay Proverbs (1776) 36: He that laughs at his ain joke spills the sport o't. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 76: Gin I be mist, as doubtless but I will, Ere we be aff, it a' the sport-wood.' Sc. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 25: Or fash her beard ower sic a dreep Or ower that ye be coothie till her, Yet dinna wi' your kindness spill her. 3 . intr . To be in a fretted state owing to the effect of heat, friction, violent motion on any part (Sc. 1808 Jam.). 4 . intr human consumption (Sc. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 210, 1914 Angus Gl .); (3) specif . leprous (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Combs. spilt-folk , lepers, spilt man or wife , a leper, spilt ( man's ) ( wife's destroyed or spoilt, a botch, a wreck or ruin. Gsw. 1886 Scottish Bakers' Year-Book (1948) 73: Some foremen would make good bread with barm for years, then they would have what was known as a 'spill.' The 
  158. Bleeze n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1795-1999
     fire kindled up by furze, broom, or any brushwood that burns quickly, so as to give a strong heat Hubbard The New Makars 20: Aneath a hap o snaw it derns Deep in a dwam for maist the year To burst throu in a bleeze o starns Syne skail its flourish on the stour. wm.Sc. 1995 Alan Warner Morvern Callar 86: I'd got a fair bleeze going the night before so's to keep the midges at bay . 'A torch, esp. used when spearing fish' (Abd. 2 , Abd. 9 1934). Ags. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XII. 294: The black-fishers . . . wade up and down upon the shallows, preceded by a great torch, or blaze, as it is called. Ayr. 1934 (per Kcb. 1 ) 2 . 'A bonfire, esp. in phr. Halloweven blaze ' (Ags. 2 1934). 3 . †'A signal made by fire. In this sense it is still used at some ferries, where it is customary to kindle a bleise , when a boat is wanted from the opposite side' (Sc. 1808 Jam.). 4 when candles were lighted as a part of the ceremony. Rxb. 1902 Hist. Hawick from 1832 70: In 
  159. Send v., n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1746-2000
     Quern 56: Twa brithers on a Mey moor an no a leevin sowl near cuttin peats withoot a care layin yerds o bink bare. They stapped fir tea an crack, an wan scrieved a not wi a bleckened han an pushed it deep as he could sen it through the moss on a cromack's en. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 11: Zis heat no terrible hen. Sen ye roun the ben so it wid! It plays hell wi ma puir feet, aa. a sent errand , a message or commission entrusted to another to carry out. Sh. 1931 J usually exceeded their own by far. II . n . 1 . A message, a summons or intimation sent, also send — refuse your invitation. Ayr. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 72: He mony a time sent up a sane. Sc. 1825 The Gay Goshawk in Child Ballads No. 96 C. x.: Ye're bidden send your love a send, For he has sent you twa. Ags. 1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 113: Ae nicht there was a send for me to gang to the manse. 2 . A messenger sent ahead of a bridegroom at a wedding to summon the 
  160. Buller n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1820-1985
    . Sands Poet. Effusions 116).  [′bʌl(d)ər, ′byl(d)ər, ′bulər, ′bɔlər] 1 . n . (1) 'A loud gurgling noise' (Sc. 1808 Jam.); 'a loud roar' (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Abd. 19 , Ags. 2 1937). Ags.(D) 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden xi.: Sandy lut a buller o' a roar. (2) Irrelevant or blustering talk; nonsense; 'a blustering lie' (Cai. 1 c .1920). In pl . = 'a nickname for a rough-spoken bully' (Cai. 7 1937, bulders ). Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 16: Noo, a' this bulder o' Paetie's wus doonricht lees. Ork. 1929 Marw. : What a b[ulder] o' nonsense. (3) 'A spasmodic: This new cause o' sorrow increased my paroxysm to a perfect buller. (4) A bubbling circle or whirlpool; a bubble. Sh.(D) 1877 G. Stewart Sh. Fireside Tales (1892) 69: An' guid ower da face o' da stane in a bulder. Rxb. 1923 Kelso Chron. (26 Oct.) 2/8: He [a salmon] made one splendid spurt, and in an instant was through the 'slap' in the cauld and indulged in a glorious revel in 
  161. Hud 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]1793-1957
     their fires, which, they say, does not calcine, or split with the heat. Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit a stone or clay block resembling a seat (Dmf., Slk. 1825 Jam.; Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. & Gall 316: Nae mair we by the biel hud-nook, Sit hale fore-sippers owr a book. Dmf. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 II. 289: There is a species of clay, which the smiths use for fixing their bellows in their Poems 60: Soot in a strait I've made my ink Frae aff the hud. s.Sc. c .1830 Proc. Bwk. Nat. Club (1916) 79: A young man or woman takes the soam by one of the ends and throws it against the. 105: Her cat and cricket, which chirped occasionally from beneath the hudstone. 2 . A small shelf or recess at each side of an old-fashioned fireplace used as a hob for pots and kettles (Dmf. 1825 throat o't. Kcb. 1897 A. J. Armstrong Robbie Rankine 3: The fire was bleezin' cheerily, and and again takin' a blaa o' a short, black cutty pipe, which she keepit at the back o' the hud. ‡ 3 
  162. Tove v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1805-1985
     , touize . [to:v] I . v . 1 . tr . To emit (smoke or flames), of a fire, etc. (Rxb. 1825 Jam., 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai; Bwk., Rxb. 1972); intr . of smoke: to issue in a cloud, to billow out, to rise in the air (Rxb. 1825 Jam., 1942 Zai); also with at , to smoke, puff (a pipe, etc.) (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , Rxb. 1972); of a fire: to burn or blaze up (Watson), hence adj., Slk. 1825 Jam.). Rxb. 1805 A. Scott Poems 35: The luntain cutty toving prime. Slk. 1824 Hogg Shep. Cal. (1874) xii.: The auld Tod toving out tobacco-reek like a moorburn. Edb. 1844 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie iii.: Gudewife, see if ye can mak us a wee drap tovy warm stuff. Fif. 1883 W. D. Latto Bodkin Papers 34: Tovin' awa at a cigar. Kcb. 1897 A. J drone of the bumbee toving to the air wi' its lade o' hinney. 3 . intr . To issue in a dense mass toavd oot leike a fluid. The mill-yins war toavin oot for the mael-oor. Bwk. 1951 : The folk's 
  163. Birsle v.1, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1773-1996
     Wolfe in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 65: Syne frae deep inby the deid volcano A swippert lowe co'ls. Mry.(D) 1922 A. Buchan in Mair Swatches o' Hamespun 71: Gey easy to birsen yersell i' siccan a reevin' sin. Abd. 1931 D. Campbell Uncle Andie 31: Kennack . — Sassage an' stovies simmer heat that birsled skin An powkit doon intae the marra o ye. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 54: A pauchle o bleck steered aside me. 'Ma?' said ma loonie. His face wis that birssled, I, and birslin(g) , scorching, completely dry. Gen.Sc. [′bɪ̢̈rsəlt, ′bɪ̢̈rslɪn] Mry. 1 1925 : A: An' the sun-birsled street, giein' pain to the feet, Is a' that we ken o' the simmer. Fif. 1908. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's o' Solomon xxi. 19: Better hae yer dwallin on a bare, birslet knowe-heid, Than in-ower wi' ony fykie an' yaffin wumman. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 43: He took me a flowff i' the haffet with his loof, and stottit awa like a birsled pea! 2 . n . (1) Specially used 
  164. Grind v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1721-1955
     auld heart-bluids tae heat. B . ‡Sh. usage. Of a cat: to purr. Sh. 1901 Shetland News (19GRIND , v . 1 Sc. forms and usage: A . Forms. 1 . Pr.t. and inf.: grund (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein); grun (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems , Gl.; Cai. 1900 E.D.D. ); grin (see D , 2 .); grinnd)] Dmf. 1810 R. H. Cromek Remains 119: Ye maun kill-dry't wi' ice, ye maun grun't but a quairn was a gathering of orphans and other poor children on “grunnin” days, and the miller took a cog of again, is aboot the same as round a' the way. 2 . Pa.t.: grund (em. and s.Sc. 1955); grun (Rxb A. G. Wilken Peter Laing 25: I ca'd the quern roon an' roon, an' gran' the meal. 3 . Pa.p: A stane o' barley, grind so white an' nice. Dmf. 1810 R. H. Cromek Remains 68: An.: Have the rest grund in a Christian manner. Sc. 1829 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1863) II. 285: No a single bane in your body that's no grund to mash. 4 . Ppl.adj. grun(ded) in comb. grun(ded 
  165. Crine v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1743-2005
     Cai., Bnff., Ags. + krin, Ayr. + krɔin] 1 . intr . (1) To shrink, to shrivel (with age, heat, etc-Growth crines and dries in (when made into Hay) to a small Bulk. Sc. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o crined and croodit street. Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 33: I fand a flooer, dowie, crined, Nae langer scented, in a buik. An syne a fey, ootlandish thocht Tuik root an throve in (shrunk) into a hole like this. Fif. 1991 Tom Hubbard in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 143: Why would yet hope to leeve in my book for a wee while langer. Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott in Trans. Dmf till I'm less buikit than a grain o' sand. [O.Sc. has cryne , to grow smaller, 1501, to make 
  166. Oam n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1864-2000
     , yomm , youm , yowm . [(j)o:m; I.Sc. øm] I . n . 1 . Steam, as from a kettle, vapour (Sc. 1808. 1964), condensation on a cold surface (Abd. 27 1949). Also in Dur. dial. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto volumes frae half-a-dizzen o' tumblers. Per. 1868 R. M. Fergusson Village Poet (1897) 151: Our Strath is noo a' fu' o' yoam Like bilin' saut. Abd. 1940 John o' Groat Jnl. (9 Feb bell. 2 . A warm aroma, as that arising from cooking (Sh., Ork., ne.Sc. 1964). Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 214: Fin a set ma nose in at the kitchy door, a fan the youm o' the dainner. A wiz hungry afore, an' it made ma eye waur. Abd. 1867 A. Allardyce Goodwife iii.: I mask't a gay curn maat the day; I'm sere ye'll fin the yowm. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A øm f'ae de pot or kettle; der'r a øm gaun t'rough de hus. Abd. 1959 People's Jnl. (19 Dec.) 11: The gran' yome o' broth bilin' comin' fae the hooses. 3 . A warm, stuffy atmosphere, a “fug”, a gust of hot air, a 
  167. Guff n.2, v.2[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1711-1996
     ae wee guffie o' win' meev't the air. Bit Allan wusna carin' a hair for the heat. Sc. 1928 J Mry., Bnff., Fif. + gʌuf] I . n . 1 . A smell, an odour, a whiff, gen. applied to a disagreeable smelling. Also fig . Deriv. guffage , a stench (Abd. 1947) [gʌ′fɑdȝ]. Sc. 1808 Jam. : One is said to have an ill guff , or a strong guff , when one's breath savours of something disagreeable Sooter. . . . 'I canna juist be a' thegither certain, but I'm far cheatit if I faund na a slicht guff' tabaca.' 'There's a terrible gouff comin' up oot o' that drain.' Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk Ditties 17: Awa' in caul' Buchan we hae a fu' spleuchan O' aul'-farran words wi' a guff o' the Norseman. Ags. 1952 Forfar Dispatch (17 April): Fowk says the water's stinkin and we did get a guff at: Sae dabbit wi floor and stew, wi guff o yeast, a duntin nieve and sweaty broo, I wroch and wrastle wi). 2 . A savour, taste, after-taste (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1955). Also fig ., taste, 'tone', gentility 
  168. Wan adj., pron., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1894-2001
     ... In broad Glaswegian the word 'of' is often pronounced in such a way that it sounds like a 'y' tacked Liz Lochhead Tartuffe 4: You think wan thing, Ah think anither. You cry him a saint, Ah cry him a Willy Maley From the Calton to Catalonia 2: Listen bawjaws, you fling wan mer bit a oarange peel an then yir mither'll turn oan me wi wan ae her stupit bloody sermons! w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A compared to anes , was to the mind of the town only a due recognition of the might of wealth. Ayr. 1951 : Frae ane tae wan. From one end to the other, round in a circle, back to square one. Gsw . Derivs.: (1) wanny , n., a single 'go', one shot, gulp, mouthful, etc.; (2) wanner , Sc. form of Eng. oner . (1) Gsw. 1958 C. Hanley Dancing in the Streets 176: I was facing a new pint, and I could never drink great quantities of liquid in a gulp. . . . 'I canny drink a pint in a wanny,' I said' i.e. one go: 'He knocked his pint back in a wanner.' To wanner someone is to hit him a single hard 
  169. Sing v.1, adv., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1789-1966
    : Where not a ray Of ardent heat may spoil my whistle-pipe, Or cause my singing-keg to cast a gird. (5 phrs.: (1) singin-cake , a sweet biscuit baked and given to children on New Year's Eve in return for a sing laigh , id.; (10) to sing quiet Maggie , = (8) (Ags. 1970); (11) to sing sma , to adopt a in colloq. or dial. Eng. (1) Fif. 1875 A. Burgess Poute 119: A bun an' a cake o.: About Hansel Monday dining at Oliphants' crowned the joys of singing-cakes. (2) Fif. 1806 A W. Blair Aberbrothock 62: Fan Singineen time cam' roond, she gae a' the little uns a cake o' now when in the yird he lies, A hungry bitin' b — ch he was. (7) Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside laigh. (11) Sc. 1829 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 209: We maun sing sma'. In a' things he's our maister. Per. 1835 R. Nicoll Poems 112: Then I maun sing sma', just to keep a hale skin. Abd. 1895 G. Williams Scarbraes 23: A poem over which the Critics would 'sing 
  170. Whiles adv., conj.[1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-1998
     he can Will whyles do mair. Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality v.: A pain I hae whiles in my ain stamach. Edb. 1844 J. Ballantine Miller xvi.: I took a wee drapie dribble, maybe. Dmf. 1873 A. C. Gibson Folk-Speech Cum. 127: Sweethearts a score I whyles rhyme ow'r — their' whilies for a dram. Slk. 1964 Southern Reporter (16 April) 9: I whiles think it is like cutting sprauchles an' wauchles owre tae the pub door an' sweys a moment an' craiks: 'Mind me noo,' wi near a glowre Toulmin Collected Short Stories 107: Whiles she'd let the milk curdle and make a hangman cheese, hanging it outside on a nail in the wall for nearly a week or it dried and hardened. Edb. 1994: Whyles he'd screive an official letter wi the biro tae the tax fowk wha'd made sic a snorrel o his neglecting prayer. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 66: Whiles slouming, whiles starting wi J. Lumsden Toorle 127: Whyles she 'but to hae me aff-haun,' Whyles 'she wadna wed for a Croun 
  171. Frush adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1930
    , frizzlin heat turns frush things tewd an rizzert. Ork. 1930 Orcadian (13 Feb.): In a wet harvest as a puddock stool; insomuch, that in every blast, some of the pins lost their grip, and the slates branches a' tattery . . . and its wee anes a' frush as saugh-wands. wm.Sc. 1854 Laird of Logan 68.: †(1) as a n ., a kind of tart with short pastry (Sc. 1893 Farmer and Henley III. 79); †(2) in comb be denied. Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail xlv.: Bell Fatherlans is o' oure frush a heart to thole: We're a' unfeiroch, bot ye sud haud nane frusher nor yersel. † 4 . Frank, bold, forward, rash; 'hasty in temper' (Sc. 1818 Sawers). Also adv . Abd. after 1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 187: Sae worth a rush. Bch. 1810 W. Edwards Poems 37: But frush wi' binsome, bleezin' zeal, They think themsels sae right. Sc. 1836 Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (Jun) III. 390a: Though of a frush temper, he had a modicum of honesty about him. Abd. 6 c .1916 : He began ower frush tae 
  172. Fire n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
     wis rubbin ma firet heel wi' zincan saw. 7 . To heat by means of a fire, to warm (a house, etc . n . 1 . A kindling, a light-up (of tobacco), esp. in phr. fire in ( till ) ( one's ) face . Sh house and fire. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 3: It mak's a gey odds fin we hae to buy a' wir fire. Abd. 29 1949 : Pit on some mair fire, it's gettin' awfa caul. Per the eye (Cai., Bnff., Abd., Ags., Fif., Arg., Gsw., Ayr. 1952), such as 'a smithy spark or the like' feet, or fires an' mots frae een. Gall. 1900 E.D.D. : A red hot spark from the anvil is called a fire, if it strikes the eyeball of the smith, and has to be carefully taken off. A blacksmith told me that he had once got a 'fire' in his eye. 4 . A ring opposite the sun indicating a change): Lawn mowing . . . tend to heat too rapidly and much of their value is lost through 'fire.' 7 ; (7) fire-coal , ( a ) soft, bright-burning coal; ( b ) see quot.; (8) fire-dairt , lightning, a 
  173. Pirr n.2, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1824-1994
    PIRR , n . 2 , v . Also † pirrhe . I . n . 1 . A gentle breath of wind, a light breeze (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 175, 1914 Angus Gl .; Sh., ne.Sc. 1966); a ripple on water. 1831 Fife Herald (18 Aug.): And were they [corn fields] to be visited with a pirr of wind sigh . . . in vain for a 'pirrhe' of wind. Sh. 1918 T. Manson Peat Comm. 45: A gentle 'pirr' of wind to keep the heat from becoming oppressive. Abd. 1954 Buchan Observer (23 Nov.): A gey pirrie o' win' an flans o' shooers skilpin roon wir lugs at 'e plooin. Sh. 1994 Laureen Johnson in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 169: I raise an lookit oot da window. Dey wir a pirr o wind apo da voe, makkin a shadow on da sea. 2 . A sudden access of activity, specif . (1) a burst of energy, a vigorous onslaught (on a task, etc.). Hence pirrie , -y , of persons Gregor D. Bnff. 127: He gangs till's wark wee a pirr. Sh. 1924 T. Manson Peat Comm. 178 
  174. Stew n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1804-1996
    , steuch ). Ayr. 1841 J. Paton Songs 1: Nae need ye'll hae tae heat knife blades To raise a . Dims. stewach , steutlach . [stju(x)] I . n . 1 . (1) Dust, specif . dust in motion, a thick dust-laden atmosphere, a cloud or swirl of dust or the like (Mry. 1813 W. Leslie Agric. Mry . 467; Sh (ne.Sc. 1971). Comb. mill-stew , the dust which flies about in a mill (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Abd. 1804 W 61: Gie yer styooie face a sweel. Sh. 1928 Shetland Times (7 Jan.): Scoitin whaar da' the reel are a' ta stew lang seen. Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 100: Till we see him laek a comet In a steuch o spunks an reek. Abd. 1959 People's Jnl. (1 Aug.): Wark on the lan' his been a maist biordinar stuey affair fae start tae finish. Abd. 1993 Aberdeen Evening Express 2 Mar 7: John Major's never lashed oot at naebody. He couldna knock the stew aff a bap, 'at bloke. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 15: Then Ma taks a wee 
  175. Ayont prep., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1750-2000
    . Rxb.(D) 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes an Knowes 10: The heat wasna cannie as A cam ti the main′jont m.Sc. + ə′jɔnt; ə′jɔnd Slk.; ə′junt s.Sc.] A . prep . 1 . Place. (1) On the further side of some mixture of our bluids. Sc. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods 87: A mile an' a bittock, a mile or twa Abune the burn, ayont the law. Ags. 1924 M. Angus The Tinker's Road 9 Noise 59: Ayont the toon, in the bare cauld field, a ribbit birrs up its lugs. m.Sc. 1991 road, ayownt. the Yill, again. (2) Used with lie , esp. of a wife = to be the bedfellow of. Ags. 1820 A. Balfour Contemplation with other Poems 263: A lad like him! who could affront him? In Wood xii.: A faither is a faither though he live ayont the threescore and ten years whilk is our bell Some wee short hour ayont the twal. Kcb. 1912 A. Anderson Surfaceman's Later Poems 271 Farmer's Ha' 13: Wi' birr he bangs his paper out, And thinks his point ayont a doubt. em.Sc. 2000 
  176. Tot n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1725-1997
    TOT , n . 1 Also tote . Dims. tot(t)ie , totty . [tɔt, tot; ′tote] 1 . A small child, a toddler. Gen.Sc. and colloq. Eng. Used freq. as a term of endearment (Sc. 1905 E.D.D. ), and ironically for a Bab is inclin'd, To dandle the tote on her knee. Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie iii: Wee totie, here's a wee hue O' raisins. Ags. 1880 J. E. Watt Poet Sk. 49: Roun' her auld. Dmb. 1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle iii . vii.: I understand what you're up to' my bonnie. 1906 A. McCormick Tinkler Gipsies 89; Cai., m. and s.Sc. 1972). Gsw. 1904 H. Foulis Erchie vii.: A wee totey motor-car a' for your ain sel'. Dmf. 1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 34: A penny book wi' great big letters and wee tottie picters. Arg. 1952 N. Mitchison Lobsters on the Agenda vi.: If I can get a wee tottie place it wouldna need heating. Gsw. 1970 G. M. Fraser General Danced 35: Yer ain, wee totty bottle. wm.Sc. 1965 Alan Sharp A Green Tree 
  177. Upcast v., n.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1705-1972
    UPCAST , v ., n . Also -kast . Ppl.adj. weak upcastit (Gsw. 1873 A. G. Murdoch Doric Lyre 101), strong upcasten (Gsw. 1879 A. G. Murdoch Rhymes 46), thrown up, uplifted. Sc. usages. [ n, allege as a fault (Cld. 1825 Jam.; Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 204; Cai. 1904 E.D.D. ; Uls. 1953. upcasting , a gathering of clouds, a cloud formation (Sh., ne.Sc. 1973). Freq. used coll. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 185: Nae cloud owr-head the lift did dim. But i' the wastern weddir-glim A black up-castin'. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 1: Awyte it his a' the appearance o' a storm. There's been a lot o' up-castin'. Abd. 1950 Huntly Express (17 Feb.): Storm clouds , calculating. Sc. 1705 Dialogue between a County-Man and a Landwart School-Master 16: I cannot think. . . . I'll answer for the up casting of it. Rnf. 1862 A. M'Gilvray Poems 12: To an hour she could upcast How long a ton of coals should last. II . n . 1 . A taunt, reproach, a ground or 
  178. Splairge v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1788-1999
     sae vauntie luved tae lowe, On a bed o fire I'll hae ye lie; An in the scaudin heat ye'll rowe In yer, Wi, a' the stairch out o' him drookit. Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs 143: They splairg'd his bit duddies a' ower wi' coal tar. Edb. 1915 T. W. Paterson Auld Saws 109: To splairgit sheets for aye. ... ' 2 . tr . To scatter, sprinkle, splash, gen. of a liquid (em.Sc. (a), wm., sm.Sc. 1971). Also fig . Vbl.n. splairgin , a large spot or blotch (Mry. 1925). Edb. 1916 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's xix. 26: A callan that splairges an ugsome slaiger on his ain name. Abd.: They scattered like a flock o' wild deuks when a chairge o' shot splairges amang them. m.Lth) To splash, make a splashing of water, mud, etc. (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ); to move clumsily through one's resources or talents in a heedless flighty manner (Kcd., Per. 1971); to make a vain or extravagant show (Abd. 1971). Hence splairger , one who causes trouble and confusion, makes a mess of his affairs 
  179. Tither pron., adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1724-2000
    : The tane to had the grots The tither to had the meal. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S heat o' the taen might cool the tither. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 11: The Shetlander (June–July) 10: Wan settled on a mulde koose, da tiddir on da hill. Abd. 1987 Sheena biddan abuin. m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 6: 'Twixt Ruberslaw an Warbla! em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 64: 'Lauderdale owed me a favour. It's peyed noo: Then on the tither han', allege, God is a strong vindictive judge. Uls. 1879 'Robin' Hum ootower his shoother. Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 183: Aye he cut the tither slice frae aff the kebbuck heel. Ags. 1892 A. Reid Howetoon 95: There sud 'a been munelicht Panes 86: Many a miner was always anxious to get 'anither tither yin,' meaning another hutch of coal to give anything like a living wage. [O.Sc. the tothir , from 1375, Mid.Eng. tother , formed by 
  180. Ram n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1725-1955
     bluid syne in a boilin' heat, Wi' ram-race we'll ha'e at them. Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie made from meal mixed with mutton broth; (2) ram-head , a basket-hilted sword from the fancied resemblance to the head of a horned ram. Cf . Eng. sheep's-head sword ; (3) ram-horn , adj., made from the horn of a ram, specif . applied to a horn spoon; n., a spoon so made (Kcb. 1967); (4) ram-race , † -rais (Jam.), (i) a short burst of speed to gain impetus such as a ram uses in charging, or a jumper before a leap (Cld., Dmf., Slk. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , 1942 Zai; Sh., Lnk., Slk. 1967); (ii) a headlong rush, a heedless, impetuous progression, as of a charging ram (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh., Lnk., Slk. 1967), lit . and fig . Also attrib . = impetuous, headlong; (iii) a term used by schoolboys (see quot.); (5) ram-reel , a reel danced by men only (Cai. 1904 E.D.D. ; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B (1874) 152: They took a short race of about twelve or fourteen paces, which they denominated the 
  181. Erse n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1746-2002
     Edinburgh Evening News 19 Sep 30: 'Aye, nothin' like kindlin' up a fag tae put a heat in ye when the . 1 . n . The fundament, the buttocks, the bottom part or hinder part of a person, animal or thing, as in St.Eng.  Ayr. 1786 Burns The Twa Dogs ll. 43-44: Till tir'd at last wi' mony a farce They set them down upon their arse.    Abd. 9 1932 : The erse of a sheaf is the end placed on the ground when set up in stooks. wm.Sc. 1985 Liz Lochhead Tartuffe 7: Och, as much o' a Neill Making Tracks 53: Syne straucht I duntit doun on my bit airse an no a saicont later on my: Only room for a small selection of splendid entries for the proverbs competition: 'Them that's never seen a coo thinks a calf's a big beast'; 'He should be wise and sit siccar that has a tear in the erse your coo's udder and her erse.' em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 24: 'I've a bit o enjoyed living in such a remote location without the hustle and bustle of the city. 'Och, there's regular 
  182. Grow v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1768-1995
     favourable to vegetable growth, as having both moisture and heat. Abd. 24 1920 : It's a fine grow. Burgess Rasmie's Smaa Murr Aapril 9). Sc. forms and usages: I . v . A . Forms: Pa.t.: weak, growed dreams, Articulatit bi a leid Whase words maun intimately growe em.Sc.(a) 1991 Kate Armstrong in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 111: in the beginnin wis the ward grawed tae a cairdboard kist growe up go efter girls and then anerlie throw - a hunter oot for the kill. m.Sc. 1991 William Alastair Mackie in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 92: The hooses granite; the dyke waas granite Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 194: My six sturdy bairns that we hid raised in the wee hoose at licht, yer sangie warms ma veins Like some aal ballad's liltin strains Or like a love-brew's heidy Watson W.-B. : A gairden grown-up wi' weeds. Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 12: She is a traillie-wallets; hir pantry's fair grown-up wui dirrt. 3 . In building a corn-rick: to push 
  183. Haar n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1777-2000
    HAAR , n . 1 Also har(r) , haur , ¶ charr (Slg. 1795 Stat. Acc . 1 XV. 319, note). 1 . A cold, easterly wind (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh., Cai., m.Lth., Rxb. 1956); “a gentle breeze, which generally blows from the east in a fine spring afternoon” (Fif. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair 28); “a misty wind” (Cai. 8 1934). Gen. in phr. easterly ha(a)r . Slg. 1777 W. Nimmo Hist. Slg. 438: In the) 327: A return of the chilling easterly haar , as it is here styled, has again impeded vegetation. Crm. 1829 H. Miller Herring Fishing 37: The easterly har, a sea breeze so called by fishermen: A haary wind blaws keen an caald Across da voe. 2 . A cold mist or fog, gen. used on the east coast for a sea-mist (Sc. 1802 A. Campbell Journey from Edb . II. 17. 1808 Jam., sea haar ). Gen.Sc. (exc. Gall.); “mist hanging on the grass” (Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc . 28); a mist Andrews 110: The haar, however, does not extend itself a great way into the country, for, by the time 
  184. Gurl v.1, adj., 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]1721-1955
    GURL , v . 1 , adj ., n . Also † gurrl(l) , † gurle . I . v . 1 . To growl as a dog (ne.Rxb Noctes Amb. (1864) IV. 260: I loupt out on my mither the Lioness, and in a mock-fecht we twa gaed., Ayr. 1955). Also in Nhb. dial. Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 61: Weel may ye mind, yon night Merry Men ii.: A fine gaun breeze upon the water, but no steedy; an' . . . anither wund gurlin' owerheid. Ayr. 1955 S. T. Ross Bairnsangs 10: A Wund cam gurlin thro' the toun. 3 . (1) Of, shimmer; (2) of an infant: to crow, to make a gurgling or cooing noise (Abd. 1900 E.D.D. ). (1) Edb kei-stane o the brig; yeh deek at the gurlin Yill: an A hoyed strecht for the 'clachan.' Bnff summer hills gurling in summer heat. 4 . By extension: to flatter. Hence gurly adj., flattering broke a cheeny ornament. III . n . 1 . A growl, a snarl (ne.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; m.Lth., Ayr gave such a gurll as made me jump. Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 102: Poor starvin' dogs 
  185. Killogie n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1718-1986
     was dried by means of artificial heat before it was sent to the mill. . . . It was a stone building in , Logie , Ogie . The word is applied to different parts of a kiln, according to its date and method of to the Kiln logie. Sc. 1746 Lyon in Mourning (S.H.S.) II. 329: Fraser being put in a corn kilnlogie, where he remained for three months. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 35. 1815 Scott Guy M. vi.: The muckle chumlay in the Auld Place reeked like a killogie in his time. 1896 J. Ogilvie J. Cruickshank 132: A kiln called the “logie” or “kiln-logie”, where the corn four or five feet in diameter at the bottom. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 20: A muckle . . . motor-laarie — a perfeet killogie for reek — cam snorkin an dunnerin bye. m.Sc. 1986 Colin climb down inside the kiln-logie (the pit, you ken), which is a dark and dreich enough place at any time, ... ' 2 . The fire or fire-place of a kiln (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 298; Bnff. 1902 J 
  186. Dern adj., n., v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1728-1994
     tung ... yeskin an soomin een an howff-yaird fecht. Edb. 1928 A. D. Mackie Poems 58: Oot' is roosed up again. Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 39: Syne snugly darn aneath the bed, Was Minstr. Sc. Border III. 116: Auld Durie never saw a blink, The lodging was sae dark and dern. Fif . 1 . tr ., intr ., or refl . To hide, conceal; used of a bird among the heather (Ork. 1929 Marw., darn ), or of concealing a fault (Kcb. 1 c .1900). Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 226: With that the haly Letcher fled And darn'd himsell behind a Bed. Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxxix New Makars 65: A routh o greenyerie taks ower the hill An derns the growthe an gurly wark o thorns has derned himsel in cluds, Nor blinks upon the stormy sea. m.Sc. 1986 Ian A. Bowman in Joy secure. m.Sc. 1994 John Burns in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 26: He could juist mak oot the shape o twa, three fish dernin i the shaddas, barely muvin, forbye the odd flick o a tail fin 
  187. Fauch n., adj., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1710-1951
    ., fjɑ:x n.Sc.] I . n . 1 . In the old infield and outfield system of farming, a part of the outfield ground which was tilled and left fallow alternately for four or five years at a time. Now only ploughed at Martinmas in preparation for a green crop next year” (Cai. 1900 E.D.D. ). Hence phr. to brak: But starts to see a field o' faugh On the left side. Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 31: On simmer faugh, in scorchin heat, Oft have I drudged in stove o' sweat. Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B thereof. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xi.: A bit faugh across the rig i' the en' o' the year an' syne a gweed deep fur. Abd. 9 1943 : I gied the roch corner at the eyn o' the loan a gweed fyauch wi' a grubber tae begin wi'. † 3 . Fig .: “the tearing of one's character to pieces, which is the ploughing down of a field, with design to rot the sward, and expose the bottom of the . . . with the Ott land . . . and fauched a part thereof. Edb. 1772 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 7 
  188. Murl 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]1821-1995
     nuintyde murls amang the leafs in the sooch o a saft wuin, whaur aathing cawed tae the hunkers wi heat. 1808, Ayr. 1825 Jam.; n. and em.Sc. 1963). Also in n.Eng. dial. Occas. used fig . Vbl.n. murlin , a crumb, a fragment (Bnff. 1880 Jam.; Per., Fif., Lth. 1915–26 Wilson; n. and em.Sc. 1963). Also murlockin , id. (Per. 1916 Wilson L. Strathearn 259). Comb. murley-in , a dish of toasted oatcakes. Lth. 1897 P. H. Hunter J. Armiger's Revenge ii.: He didna tak' a subjec' an' mirl it a' down to wee crumbs. Bnff. 1920 Banffshire Jnl. (3 Feb.): He maybe dis a lot o' gweed, In murlin) 352: Ne'er a throuch-stane marks out whare they're murling wi' their mither clay. Fif. 1827 fragments of dainty fare, to eat slowly and fastidiously. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 116: She's a . 1 . A crumb, a fragment, esp. of oatcakes (ne.Sc., em.Sc.(a) 1963). Also used fig . Freq. in dim or bit brattie . . . Is smear'd wi' murls o' mony a tattie. Abd. 1865 G. Macdonald Alec 
  189. Yeukie adj.[0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1719-2005
     knot , a heat spot on the skin causing much itching (Abd. 1974); (ii) euky pine , a sheep disease , n . 2 , v . 2 [I. and em.Sc. (a), wm.Sc. ′jʌke; em.Sc. (b), sm. and s.Sc. ′juke, ne.Sc., Fif. ′joke] 1 . (1) Itchy, itching, of a part of the body (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl .; Per J. Young Poorhouse Lays 190: The 'New Lum' tae, . . . Fu' kindly slipp'd withouten din, A note. 152: A 'yeuky loof' or itching palm is regarded as indicative of coming favours. . . . 'A'm surely' affilly yeucky. Sh. 1931 Shetland Times (14 March) 7: Me left luf wis bun affil yukki a' day scart the mair it's yeuckie. Ags. 1947 Forfar Dispatch (10 April): I wiz juist giein my lum a bit sweepie, fin I gies a sneeze — the shuit garred my nose turn uikie. Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne efter bein oot in thae midges. Hence yeukieness , n., an itch, itchiness, also fig . a yearning or hairs get into the neck, a youkiness is the disagreeable consequence. Abd. 1892 J. Cromar 
  190. Huil n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1715-1928
     Edb. Mag. (Dec.) 458: . . . the wearie heat to cool Whilk scouders a' the ucc frae aff his glewin, 6 . [m. and s.Sc. høl, hyl, hɪl, em.Sc.(a) hel] I . n . 1 . The husk, pod, outer rind, skin or shell of a fruit, nut, etc., the hull (Abd. 1825 Jam., hill ; Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., hule ; Ayr. 3 1910. (1876) I. 110: Ilk kind of corn it has its hool. Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs 171: Ilka corn has its shool. Mry. 1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 152: The Barley and Oats are of a smaller body, and a thicker hool. Sc. 1788 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 559: Ye've aiblins sat the cuttie-stool For some bit brat that cust the hule. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 18: To rich he'll roast canna get berries, put up wi' the hools. Per. c .1879 Harp Per. (Ford 1893) 347: A hool o Sin' thy vera first buik was in hool? Lth. 1928 S. A. Robertson With Double Tongue 26: Braird that shot at Beltane shows a new hool in October. 2 . By extension to other forms of covering 
  191. Life n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1994
    LIFE , n . Also leif- . Dims. lifie ; lifeock (Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 52 Scoticisms 52; Sh., m.Lth. 1960), on life , with life , alive; (2) to lay ( a body ) frae da life , to lay a body frae da life. (3) Sh. 1898 Shetland News (1 Oct.): Dey'll shurely nae lass be); lifieness , vivacity, vigour (I.Sc., Fif. 1960); (2) life-knife , a particular make of small pocket knife Jam.; Uls. 1953 Traynor; I.Sc., Abd., Ags., m.Lth., Dmb., Lnk., Uls. 1960); ¶(4) life-safe , a safe-conduct; ¶(5) life-stoup , a support to one's life, a mainstay; (6) life-thinkin , gen. in phr. leevin' and life-thinkin' = (3) (Sh. 1960), used as a n.phr. in 1958 quot.; (7) life-tie , something which binds one to life, a hold on life. (1) s.Sc. 1793 T. Scott Poems 365: Walth o' witty chaps, wha freely can Drink waught about wi' ye o' red lifie port. Fif. 1806 A. Douglas Poems 140' brawlie he kent he'd a lifie bit beast. Slk. 1888 Mod. Sc. Poets (Edwards) XI. 233: Twa spurrin 
  192. Lair n.2, v.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-1996
     D. Grant Lays 118: The heat wad drive a coo to the moss To sink in a watery lair. Abd (Ags., m.Lth., Kcb. 1960); clay, esp. with a sandy admixture, as in a sea bottom (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl nae mair Ye'll ward my pettles frae the lair. Sc. 1849 A. Bell Melodies 33: Tho' soil'd moss-hags. 2 . A wet, muddy or boggy spot, a mire (Abd. 1960). Sc. a .1796 Merry Muses (1959) 150: An' up the glen there rase a knowe, Below the know a lair on't. Lth. 1801 J. Thomson Poems 75: At last they fand her in a lare, An', as they thought, she was a hare. Edb. 1816 J. Aikman Poems 185: Dashin', an' plashin', The causey's just a lair. Slk. 1817 Hogg Tales (1874) 153: Yonder gaes anither down through a lair to the een-holes! ne.Sc. 1884. a .1825 Donald and Flora 19: Did ony [ewe], in a far-fetched winding turn, Come near the lairy. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 20: Their ae beast cow I saw them lately flea, That for plain 
  193. Routh n.1, adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2004
     each way. Abd. 2004 : We'll get a rowthie crap wi e rain an noo is heat. (2) (ii) Edb King. Sc. 1736 Ramsay Proverbs (1776) 12: A houndless hunter, and a gunless gunner, see ay.: You gentle-folks . . . that hae stouth and routh, and fire and fending. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Tales (1837) III. 276: Won a' to and fill yoursells, sirs; there's routh o' mair where that came frae very sel, let alane a leddy. Bwk. 1863 A. Steel Poems 226: We a' had rowth o' clink. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 146: He that has routh o' butter may butter his bread on baith sides. Sc. 1926 H. M'Diarmid Drunk Man 54: To a' the routh o' shoots that mak' The bygrowth o' the The New Makars 65: A routh o greenyerie taks ower the hill An derns the growthe an gurly wark o 23: Noo he's a name. A book wis Victory's wages. Tint generation, in a rowth o pages. Lnk Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 7: Fegs Chris, there's nae end tae yer teemin bairns An in the moul 
  194. Link n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1700-1960
     heat'; (5) to tak in a link , to restrain oneself, to reduce one's pace, consumption, etc., to go slow suspender by a crook which was linked up or down according to the degree of heat required. Uls. 1929 the loops or rings of a chain; specif . of the chain from which the pot-hook was suspended in an old: The pot … was raised by means of the black crook-shell to a higher link of the kitchen swey. Arg. 1901 N. Munro Shoes of Fortune i.: Had her griddle, say, been higher on the swee-chain by a link fire by a long iron chain or by four folds of straw simmons wound together, with five or six iron links (Ags. 1961). Cf . Lover's links ; the name of a form of harvest-knot (Rxb. 1959 F. M. McNeill Silver Bough II. 129 plate); (4) to let doun a link , to work more energetically, to warm up, 'turn on the. 1821 A. Scott Poems 22: Quo' she, I hate ay to be trail'd Losh, Rab, let down a link. (5 they thoucht o' takin in a link. (6) Rnf. 1813 G. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 49: Sic 
  195. House n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2004
    .), in 1736 quot. one who manages a household; (13) house-heat(ing) , a “house-warming,” a celebration. See Heat , v .; (14) hoose-heid , the roof of a house (Cai., Abd., Rxb. 1957). See Heid , n ., 4 (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .), † huss (Ags. 1712 A. Jervise Land of Lindsays (1853) 342), hooze , hous Barrie W. in Thrums xiv.), housikie (Abd. c .1770 A. Watson Wee Wifeikie (1921) iv.). Arch. pl here, Jamie, in the bad years. It's been a good hoose and we've been comfortable enough. I'm richt fond James Miller A Fine White Stoor 95: 'He's got a good wage. How much did ye spend on that hoose ye: There wis a muckle paper-mashie model o a rig, wi paper divers at its foun an toilet rolls for gas pipes leadin frae the boddom tae a muckle chart on the waa aside Bacon an Eggs' [ sc. a gerbil] hoosie, wi aa different eeses o ile that wid jist bumbaze ye. m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 16 faur frae his neeps Sc. usages: 1 . A set of rooms in a building occupied by one tenant or family 
  196. Burn 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]1701-1988
    , particularly that which is taken from a fountain or well' (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Abd. 22 , Lnl. 1 , Arg. 1 1937. Cock Simple Strains 134: Nae doubt, fan dead and in his urn, She'd gang, fell blyth, and heat her burn, And brew o' ma't a dainty curn, That very night. Abd.(D) 1867 Mrs Allardyce Goodwife at Burns Scotch Drink ix.: An' just a wee drap sp'ritual burn in, An' gusty sucker! 3 . 'Urine. to mak one's burn . Sc. 1720 A. Pennecuik Helicon 79: First she behov'd for to make her Burn. Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems, etc. 118: Auld Harry never thought it wrang To work a Munroe has gane ower the burn langsyne. 5 . Combs.: †(1) burn-bearer , a water-carrier. Both men and (Gall. 1887 Jam. 6 ; Kcb. 9 1937, burnie-becker ); †(3) burnblades , 'a large broad leaved plant vulgaris ; (4) burn-brae , -broo , 'the acclivity at the bottom of which a rivulet runs' (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ; Abd. 22 , Kcb. 9 ( -broo ) 1937). Also attrib .; (5) burn causeway , a river-rounded stone. See 
  197. Chitter v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1755-2000
    CHITTER , v . and n . 1 Prob. a variant of Eng. chatter . Also chitterin' , vbl.n. and ppl.adj Strath no geylies fu Heiven'd whummle an yird'd faa Giean life a chitteran grue. Abd. 1998 Sheena Blackhall The Bonsai Grower 78: A fylie, an the guidfowk o Martullich blew on their neives an him in life, but when I was a bairn he had Scotland chitterin on its knees, and folk fleggin ye wi aff a' his claise. Edb. 1917 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's o' Solomon i. 8: I'll geck at: She had more difficulty with a hall-servant, but she held her ground. Now she stood before the Earl of, their pitiful attempts to retain body heat while where is the blooming bus. Gsw. 1992 Jeff louping some, especially when a coughing spasm seized on the old bronchial tract, the bone-deep pain would Record  (28 Jun.)  13: After you'd been in the sea, though, you always needed a chittery bite — I. 1755 Session Papers , Primrose v. Primrose (24 Nov.) 8: He was seized with a Chittering of his 
  198. Yirn v.1[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1759-1969
     curdle or, of milk, to form curds with rennet and the application of heat (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh. 1914 Angus H. Midlothian xxxix.: It sall be my faut if a better [cheese] was ever yearned in Lowden. Ayr. Mitchell Bydand 23: Birsin' doon the chassel fin ye've got the milk tae yirn. Lth. 1928 S. A : Jean cam' in wi' a face 'at wad yearn milk. Hence 1 . ppl.adj. yirned , yirnt , ye(a)rned , in , the butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris , formerly used as a substitute for rennet (Sh. 1947 Sh. Folk Bk-wort, as a substitute (see (1) above); (3) the maw or stomach of an unweaned calf or occas. other. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ), -puddin , id. (Ork. 1974); disparagingly applied to a stupid person, a 'clot', as in 1880 quot., yowe's yirnin (see Yowe , n ., 1 .) and by itself (Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C .); (4) transf . the human stomach (Bnff., Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C .; Kcd. 1974); (5) as a nickname for a native of Orphir parish in Orkney (Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc . I. viii . 320, Ork. 1974). 1 
  199. Fouter n., v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1714-2005
     ; foo(t)ther (Uls.). [′fu:tər] I . n . 1 . A term, orig. of gross abuse or contempt, for a toned down in force, a tedious, exasperating person. Gen.(mostly n.)Sc. Rarely applied to women (Dmb. 1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle iii . viii.) but not infrequently, in a half-scolding manner, to children. ne.Sc. 1714 R. Smith Poems 19: It seem'd thou was a scurvie Futor. Dmf. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun 67: And, swearing he was better stuff Than sic a fouter, Stripp'd, in a twinkling 1st Bk. of the McFlannels viii.: 'You're a wee footer!' declared Sarah. 'There never was a family like this for grumbling about their food.' 2 . Specif .: a worthless, dissolute person, a slacker, a shirker; now mostly in a modified sense, a muddling, bungling, unmethodical, aimless individual. Gen.Sc. Sometimes applied half-jocularly to an old man or to a childless husband (Fif. 10 1943). Dmf. 1817 W. Caesar Poems 20: [He] had shown himsel' an unco foutor, An' scarcely fit to be a souter 
  200. Lunt n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1786-2000
     117: Else the fierce blaze o' simmer's luntin heat Wad ruin a'. Slk. 1802 Hogg PoemsLUNT , n . 1 , v . 1 [lʌnt] I . n . 1 . (1) A match, a piece of inflammable material used to ignite an explosive or kindle a fire, for one's pipe, etc., a light (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai); an ember, “the flame of a smothered fire which suddenly bursts into a blaze” (Rxb. 1825 Jam., 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Also in n.Eng. dial. Phr. to set ( a ) lunt to , to set fire to. Sc. 1816 Scott B. Dwarf ix.: If ye step a foot nearer it wi' that 202: He aye hoisted a blanket on his yard hedge, gif it was day, and at night, he set a lunt to a firmly twined together. This was called a “lunt”. The “lunt” was used by the miner . . . for the purpose thack. Mry. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 31: A neep and runt for licht and lunt Their nieve a mighty staff in. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 17: A wheen folk oot picnickin at a deike 
  201. Scowder v., n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1746-2005
     , a roasting, singeing; to inflame the skin by abrasion, chafing or heat (Dmf. 1920; Ork. 1969). Also in n.Eng. dial. Sc. p .1746 Jacobite Minstr. (1829) 290: He's in a' Satan's frything pans Confessions (1874) 519: The grass withers as gin it war scoudered wi' a het ern. Fif. 1867 J. 1960 New Shetlander No. 54. 19: Scoodered loff an mermalade. Comb. scowder-doup , a jocular name for a blacksmith. Dmf. 1808 Scots Mag. (Aug.) 608: Whan i' the bleeze the sheep-head Idylls 46: On stookit strae wi' scowther'd taps. Lnl. a .1895 Poets Lnl. (Bisset 1896) 185 Hamespun Lilts 71: He brocht his scoutherin' sermon to a close. Gsw. 1889 A. G. Murdoch Readings iii . 28: Under sic a scoutherin' lash o' knowledge. Abd. 7 1925 : When a man tries some line of action, usually a bad one, and it fails, they say he got a scoudrum , like Eng. 'he burnt., Gall. 1969). Abd. 1832 A. Beattie Poems 138: Nor wad it [a bridle] skaum, — nor wad it 
  202. Reenge v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1778-2003
     . To traverse, wander over (an area), travel through (Sh., ne. and m.Sc. 1968). Gsw. 1877 A. G G. Macdonald Castle Warlock vii.: There was a fowth o' awfu' stories reengin' the cuintry. m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood vii.: I was ryngin' the hoose like a lost yowe. Abd ower the smeeth sea, an skelloched, 'Zeffirino! Far are ye?' 3 . tr . To search (a place) widely for, seek. Sc. 1822 A. Sutherland Cospatrick II. vii.: Maister Jasper left the castle to a saint tae reenge in'd. Sc. 1983 John McDonald in Joy Hendry Chapman 37 45: He gangs clear out the ash from choking the bars of a grate and let air circulate (Cld. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 , v . 2 Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 49: His mither . . . got up when the, an, let the heat Doun to oor tinglin' taes. m.Sc. 1922 O. Douglas Ann and her Mother viii about with a great deal of noise and stir, to pace hither and thither (Sh., Bnff., Abd., wm.Sc. 1968 
  203. Lirk n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1998
    . + lʌrk] I . n . 1 . A crease, rumple or fold, as in cloth or paper (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ayr. 1811 W lurks o' Willy's ire. Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Buddie 96: Wir bits o breeks in mony a lirk. m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick v.: [She] hung them a' afore the fire to tak oot by the heat helped to smooth out the lirks. Sc. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 38: Shewn fast in till a lurk in her coats Was an auld leather bag fu' o' gowd an' notes. Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 188: Everyone has a pair of gyangs and they are shearing from the walls white Hert's Bluid 23: a weirin doun o oniething that daur staun proud, the airnin sklef o ilka lirk that kens itsell, the fell progress that buids ti mell the human race intil a waesum brie o sachlessness foraye. 2 . A crease, fold or puckering of the skin, a wrinkle (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart) 145: The Mare … had no lirk in all her leather. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 197: Horse, kye 
  204. Pushion n., adj., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1806-2000
     heat, even defined Dawvid Hadden as a 'pushion't ted.' Knr. 1891 H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls ; puzen (Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 95), -ion , puzhen (Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize II. xix.), -un (Edb. 1844 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie xii.), puzhon (Ags. 1920 A. Gray Songs from Heine 23 Scots Mag . (Nov.) 98), pisin (s.Sc. 1894 J. Cunningham Broomieburn 113); pizion (Sc. 1875 A-, Lth. + ′pɪ-, ne.Sc., em.Sc.(a), Ayr. ′pu-; Lth., sm. and s.Sc. ′pʌʒ-; + anglicised forms ′pɑeʒ-. See plant. ne.Sc. 1993 Ronald W. McDonald in A. L. Kennedy and Hamish Whyte New Writing Scotland 11: The Ghost of Liberace 69: They haed a gran hidey-hole doon inside th'aul water-mul an nae trap., a very bad-tempered and testy person, a curmudgeon (Crm. 1921 T.S.D.C . 26). See also Pock , n or thing, a 'horror' (Sh., n.Sc. 1967). Hence pooshinous , pusjonous , unpleasant, detestable. 40: 'He's a pusion o' a craitur,' and 'He's a perfit pusion.' Sh. 1898 Shetland News (30 
  205. Gar v.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1709-2000
    , compel, esp. to make (a person) do (something). Gen.Sc. ( rare in Sh.). Common in n.Eng. dial. Lnk: He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. Sc. 1820 Scott us smart. Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 9: Sheu gar'd a' the servants come i' the ha.' 'Oh....' It seemed a foolish thing to relate and he felt a certain disloyalty at the thought of doing the north in search o livin heat sae my words'll gae, vainish i the cauld lift, and gar nae better. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 25: A duntin breeze that shook the leaves Gart aa the. Kelly Proverbs 119: Gar Wood is ill to grow . A return to them that say they will gar, that is, force you to do such a thing. Sc. 1847 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes 280: Gaur gerse is ill to grow. Phrs.: ‡(1) gar-me-true ( trew ), n., a hypocrite, a pretender; a philanderer (Abd. 13 1933); a make-believe (Abd. 4 1929); also used attrib .; †(2) to gar ( somebody ) as gude , to 
  206. Pirl v., n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1736-1998
     emitted a strong, glowing heat. Abd. 1948 Huntly Express (14 May): The pirler was a long flat 43: Nae mutch had she, but a snood of beads Was purl'd in her hair. Edb. 1839 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xxvi.: A bit daigh, half an ounce weight, pirled round wi' the knuckles into a case) in harvesting : to set sheaves at right angles to their neighbours in a stook to assist in the drying process (see quot.). Sc. 1890 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm V. 76: A very common and common half a century ago than now. (3) to roll, cause to rotate, spin, whirl (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Bnff., Abd., Ayr., s.Sc. 1965); to manoeuvre (a small object) by a series of light dabs or pokes with the finger, a stick, etc. (Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc . XIII. 34; ne.Sc. 1965), in 1824 quot. to bring a bird on the wing whirling to the ground. Phr. to pirl dung , 'to spread dung in the drills' (Bnff. 1921 T.S.D.C .). Abd. 1791 A. Shirrefs Poems 131: First, wets the pirn, then 
  207. Het adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1718-1994
    HET , adj . Also hett (Abd. 1739 Monymusk Papers (S.H.S.) 39, 1768 A. Ross Helenore 6; e.Lth John o' Groat Jnl . (28 Oct.), Cai. 1957); hoat . Adv. hetly (Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 52, Kcb wiz a right brah summer, nineteen sixty fehv! Lang het days. Nichts tae.' Sh. 1994 Laureen Johnson in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 171: He axed me what ta hell I wis playin at, haet .; (3) het hands , a children's game in which the participants pile their hands one on top of the other. 1825 Jam., ‡1923 Watson W.-B. ). Cf . Dishaloof , id .; †(4) het pint , a drink made from hot festivities (Sc. 1808 Jam.); (5) het-skinned , fiery, irascible (Sc. 1825 Jam.; n. and em. Sc. (a) 1957); (6 .). Now hist . See Trod , Trade ; (9) het tuik , see Teuk ; †(10) hot-wall , a wall heated by flues butter'd Caiks and Cheese, That held their Hearts aboon. (4) Edb. 1727 A. Pennecuik Poems (1787) 16: I took a rest at Pepper-mill, A het pint and a double gill. Ags. 1790 D. Morison 
  208. Plowt v., n.1, adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2003
     thrust (a thing) into a (liquid), to submerge quickly in (Rnf. a .1850 Crawfurd MSS . (N.L.S.) P. 55, plout ; Cai. 3 1931; wm.Sc. 1966). Combs. plowt-kirn , -churn , a churn operated by raising and lowering a plunger with rapid strokes, a plunge-churn, plump-kirn (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Ork. 1966); plout-net , a type of fishing-net, see 1825 quot., phs. simply an erroneous form of pout-net s.v. Powt ; ploot-staff , the plunger or kirn-staff of a plunge-churn. Sc. 1705 Dialogue between Country-Man and Landwart School-Master 3: I . . . gave the other such a Thwack with my Ploot Staff, that he dropt his Durk and fell down half dead. Fif. 1722 Rothes MSS. : Jun the 20: a neu plout kiren . . . £3. 12s. 0. Ork. 1747 P. Ork. A.S. XII. 52: A Plout Churn . . . 4 butter Kitts. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 148: To plout her hands through Hawkey's caff-cog, is a hateful hardship for Mammy's Pet, and will hack a' her hands. Lnk. 1825 Jam. : Plout-net . A 
  209. Jack n.1[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1730-1959
     on a hot day, a heat haze. See Jock and Stairtle ; (14) Jeck wi' the monie feet , a centipede , q.v . [dʒɑk; dʒek, dʒɛk] 1 . A generic term for a man, a chap, fellow, esp. a countryman, a farm. 1927 per Fif. 1 : Jackstones . . . name applied to a game which consists of throwing up small . Mining : 'a narrow dyke, usually of igneous rock; a whin gaw' (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Mining Terms 39), a large piece of rock in a coal seam (Edb. 6 1959). In n.Eng. dial. = a large crack or loose stone in the roof of a mine. Cf . Jock , n ., 3 . 4 . The jackdaw, Corvus monedula (Sc. 1865 C. jackbit (Cai. 1795 Stat. Acc . 1 VII. 574), jakedaw (Lth. 1924 A. Dodds Poppies in the Corn 35). 6 . Phrs. and combs.: (1) Jeck-a-lum , Jack in the chimney, a children's game (see quot.); (2) Jack beside the middle horse , a star in the constellation of Ursa Major (Uls. 1947). Cf . Eng. dial. Jack and his team , etc. = the Plough; (3) jaik(ie) boot , a kind of strong leather boot, a jackboot 
  210. Pingle v.1, n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1991
     with a pingle. Sc. 1771 Weekly Mag. (24 Oct.) 127: Each having taken one heat, Philips [a. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 382). Phr. to pingle wi' a maister , fig. to contend against overwhelming odds, attempt the impossible (Sc. 1880 Jam.). Vbl.n. pinglin , a thrashing, drubbing (Rxb. 1965 meikle on his side to play. 2 . To struggle at a difficult task, to work in a close, laborious , 'minute and tedious labour of very little importance' (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . X. 243), 'the act of: Baith our thickest claes and skin, Are pingl'd to keep us het within. Abd. 1768 A. Ross.: This is no a pinglin, pains-taking generation. Ayr. 1834 Galt Liter. Life III. 19: [Ye] maun just be a taylor and pingle wi' patience at your needle. Lnk. 1862 D. Wingate Poems 117 money does pingle. Fif. 1885 W. Wilson Echoes 172: To pingle a' nicht at her odds and her pingerin' wark.' Sh. 1964 Norden Lichts 9: A ting o lass sho sat — hit micht a been, Penglin 
  211. Brat n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]<1700-1997
     Toorle, etc. 281: This 'Stan'in Water' a' was drawn, . . . Yet naething fund worth hauling out Mair A. Scott Poems 45: Little girls and boys, Whilk to clead, and eke to feed, Maun hae brats, and' weans, guidwife, Wi' bite an' brattie tae. Bwk. 1863 A. Steel Poems 224: Though we hae little wardly gear, Our bite and brat, and a' that. (2) Edb. 1798 D. Crawford Poems 68: It's a great matter, now-a-days, To get some meat an' brats o' claise. Ayr. 1789 Burns To Dr Blacklock (Cent. ed.) vi.: I hae a wife and twa wee laddies; They maun hae brose and brats o' duddies. 2 . 'A bib, or pin-afore' (n.Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ; Bnff. 2 , Slg. 3 , Lnl. 1 (obsol.), Lnk. 3 1935. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 56–57: 'Brat,' now signifying a child's pinafore. 3 . 'A coarse kind of. Fif. a .1839 G. Gourlay Our Old Neighbours (1887) 71: 'Cast your brat the noo, David. Bwk. 1997 : brat - a heavy hessian over-apron worn by women manual workers when doing particularly 
  212. Beal v., n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2004
     fire, although fiery heat is an accompaniment of a bealing.] doctor says ma mither's thoom's gyan ta beel. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 64: Her heart for heard a hunn'er times the nigh [sic] how it a' startit, an' how it a' finished,' she argued sounding thoom and the sarest thing he ivver pit up wi. 2 . n . A festering sore. Abd. 7 1925 : Beel , a festering sore. [The vbl.n. bealin' is more common.] 3 . ppl.adjs. (1) bealt , beeled). Gen.Sc. and Uls.(ii)  Also bealin . Very angry; in a highly agitated state. (1) Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie I. iii.: The lass is laid up wi' a bealt thoom. Uls. 1898 M. B.-S. in E.D.D. : A beeled finger. (2) (i) Sc. 1893 W. T. Dennison in Scot. Antiq. VII. 174: The youngest lass had to stay at home, for she had a beelan (suppurating) foot. Sc. 1920 D. Rorie The Murr Jone 19: Ye canna sleep soond wi a baelin toom [thumb] tiftin [throbbing]. Ags. 9 1926 
  213. Wit n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1709-2000
    ' her wit. Ags. 1822 A. Balfour Farmers' Three Daughters I. 257: If I hadna somebody to, he gliskit in at the winnock. Abd. 1961 Huntly Express (15 Sept.) 2: He cairries a muckle basket an' fyles he has a gun an' fowk says he hasna wit eneuch. Hence witty , sane, rational. p .1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 182: Shame now wi, Dick's injunctions witly join'd Had pow'r, said the lad. Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 69: But Dyvor Tam, leave him alane o' a' wat. Fif. 1894 J. Menzies Our Town 20: Less siller or mair wit to guide it. Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. 77: Hid was ower weel seen hid wad never kame a grey head, for it was as witty as a' auld body. Ags. 1921 V. Jacob Bonnie Joann 15: Muckle cheenges an' little sense, A bawbee's wut an' a poond's pretence! Ork. 1952 R. T. Johnston Stenwick Days, lukkin' in a hole o' watter. Geud secks, a'm affen thowt yin lass wurno ferly witty, an' noo a'm sheur o 
  214. Window n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1712-2000
    ), wundey (Uls. 1879 'Robin' Readings 20); ¶ wondy (Rnf. 1930 A. M. Stewart Stickleback Club 323 . s.Sc. 1979 Lavinia Derwent A Border Bairn (1986) 100: Or the Janny would knock at the door to announce that a laddie had broke a windy. wm.Sc. 1984 Agnes Owens Gentlemen of the West 44 windae. Dundee 1990 Sheila Stephen in Joy Hendry Chapman 60 51: 'Eh'd jist haen a wee leh to keep the heat in Fif. 1994 Nellie Watson in Joan Watson Memories and Reflections: An East Neuk Anthology 15: I mind the time when first I brocht A LAUD up tae the door, Her head popped and 1995 16: She wis aboot ti gyang oot fin a sma copy o a pintin took her ee. It wis aa in black an fite. Sittin at a table wis twa faceless fowk leukin at an impty beuk. The room wis affa dark an in the backgrun wis a winda. ne.Sc. 1996 W. Gordon McPherson in Sandy Stronach New Wirds. m.Sc. 1997 Liz Niven Past Presents 18: Huv ye ever hid a guid hing? Dae ye ken whit a guid 
  215. Gird n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-1998
    : . . . where not a ray Of ardent heat may spoil my whissle-pipe, Or cause my singing-keg to cast a gird. Sc. gjɪrd] I . n . 1 . A hoop of wood (gen. hazel or osier) or of metal, esp. for a barrel or tub ca'd the girrs out o'er us a'. [ cf . Phr. (4).] Sc. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. xxv.: Scarce a chield that had ever hammered gird upon tub but was applying for it. Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize III. xviii.: Because my resolution was girded as it were with a gir of brass and adamant. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) i.: He followed out his lawful trade of a cooper, making girrs for the herring barrels and so on. Ags. 1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 36: A borrowed washin'-tub aff which a gird had fa'en. Gall. 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 16: The toun at yae time had a verra auncient an curious Punch-Bowl. . . . It wus made o' oak stabs, wi bress girds on't. Comb.: † girr-man , a man who makes girds , a cooper. Lnk. 1728 W. Grossart 
  216. Stang v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1999
    . stang(i)t , stanged ; pa.p. stanged . [stɑŋ] I . v . 1 . tr . To sting, of an insect, a snake, a nettle, etc. (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Cai. 1904 E.D.D. ; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai). Gen. (exc. I.) Sc.; to pierce, jab, as with a sting; to wound, cause sudden harm, Trachinus vipera (Abd. 1878 Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Abd . 89); a jelly-fish, Medusa (e.Lth. 1911); stangie , a jocular nickname for a tailor from the pricking of his needle. Also in Nhb. dial. Sc. 1724 come amang us, . . . Or inflammation, hiddlens, stang us. Sc. a .1834 Sc. Songs (Whitelaw R. Allan Poems 122: It seem'd as if a venomous cleg Had stanged him. Clc. 1885 J Beauties 88: It stang'd some like a thistle burr. Ags. 1891 Brechin Advert. (6 Jan.) 3: Nae nettles grew to stang their feet. Hdg. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 22: Tho' a' the flaes That a stound will laist the langer? em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 23 
  217. Stair n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-2000
    ) A flight or succession of steps leading from one floor of a building to the next, a staircase (Sc, that is three stories high. Sc. 1756 M. Calderwood Journey (M.C.) 221: She flew in such a: The body of a new-born infant was exposed in a stair at the head of the West Bow. Sc. 1812 W Edb. Ev. Courant (3 April) 3: The villains had entered the warehouse by a front window, one stair up. Sc. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xxi.: To gie them a hand down the stair wi' the coffin. Arg. 1914 N. Munro New Road xx.: Up a stair that had been newly washed. Sc an' doon the sterrs, ... (2) Specif . in a tenement: the common staircase giving access to the flats on the first and upper floors, freq. in comb. common stair . Gen.Sc. Phr. to bide in a stair stair or loabby. Edb. 1995 Irvine Welsh Marabou Stork Nightmares (1996) 21: As a kid I did.' w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 61: Ti keep his like fae oot oor hair, train, keepie 
  218. Wauk v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1713-1991
    WAUK , v ., n . Also wauke (Rxb. 1913 Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc . 49), wawk , wa(a)k ; ¶ walk keeps awake, a non-sleeper; wide waukin , wide awake (Ork. 1973). Sc. 1726 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. Sc. c .1770 Herd's MSS. (Hecht 1904) 240: A' the night I wak, A' the day I weary. Ayr. 1794 Burns For the Sake o' Somebody i.: I could wake a winter night For the sake o' Somebody. Sc. 1816 Scott Black Dwarf x.: I ken ye're within doors, and wauking. Rxb. 1821 A whispered. Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick iii.: Ye maan hae time tae sleep an' waak on a put it on the chair. 'I was trying to learn a poem for tomorrow,' Marjie said. 'Well, you can get to sleep. The light's going off when I'm ready.' em.Sc.(a) 1991 Kate Armstrong in Tom Hubbard. (2) To be wakeful and watchful, to be vigilant. Hence phr. to wake and ward , of a citizen of a . Sc. a .1714 New S.C. Misc. II. 367: I shall Scot, Lot, Watch, Wake and Ward with the 
  219. Snell adj., adv., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1713-2000
     snell, You may shaw manly fire. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 16: Fu' o' good nature, sharp an' snell with a', An' kibble grown at shaking of a fa'. Peb. 1817 R. Brown Comic Poems Crossthwaite was a Cumberland man, and spoke with something of the snell vigour of his countrymen. 2 . Of, sarcastic (Sc. 1808 Jam., a snell body; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 430; Sh., ne.Sc., Ags. 1971-gabbit , -tongued , having a sharp tongue, caustic in speech. Abd. 1748 R. Forbes Ajax 13: [Diomede] wi' snell words him sair did snib. Abd. 1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie & Bess i . i. 1881 J. K. Scott Gall. Gleanings 88: I last saw the snell gabbit body Wi' face like a wadge, tho' they should be snell. Hdg. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 174: A mongrel messin was he, An' only snell and saucy Wi' wild stravaigin' men! 3 . Of things: (1) hard, severe; of a blow (Sc. 1808 Jam., a snell straik; wm.Sc. 1971); fig ., of fortune, etc.: harsh, unfeeling, rigorous, grievous 
  220. Weary adj., n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1724-1980
     Frendraught in Child Ballads No. 196 A. vi.: The weary smoke began to rise, Likewise the scorching heat persons. Sc. 1724 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 22: A weary wight am I. Ayr. 1792 Burns story she did close. Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet xi.: I had a weary waking out of a wild. J. Muir Mystery Muncraig 125: It's a weary warl for auld folks. 3 . Used quasi the very trunchers frae my bink. Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 262: Poor Scota now is daz'd. 1808 Jam. : A weary bairn, a child that is declining. Abd. 1844 W. Thom Rhymes 34: O Deeside Tales 57: A wearie heather housie doon near the water side. Sc. 1879 Good Words 405: The minister had christened Nicky Macdonald's bairn in the house, since it was far too weary a thing wearyful woman's tongue. Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan III. i.: Striving heart and hand wi' thae wearyfou French. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxxi.: He was a wee wearifu 
  221. Ware n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1700-1988
    ), waar , waare (Abd. 1925 A. Murison Rosehearty Rhymes 7), waur (Abd. 1943 W. S. Forsyth Guff o Oct.): The neighbouring Tenants in Ratray pay yearly for a Liberty of carrying Ware off the Shore; †(7) ware bear , id. (Abd. 1783 Caled. Mag . (21 March) 64); (8) ware-blade , a frond of seaweed gale (Sh., Ork. 1973); (10) war-brook , a large heap of seaweed cast up on a beach (Cai. 1907 County). Cf. red ware cod s.v. Reid , adj ., 1 . (77); (13) ware-ell , warl , a small marine eel which feeds among seaweed; (14) wairgate , the right of access to a beach to remove seaweed; (15) ware goose., Abd. 1973). Freq. in combs. as waarie bowg , -bug , warrie-boug , a bladder of the yellow tang, Fucus nodosus (Cai. 1905 E.D.D. ), also a nickname for an inhabitant of Huna, a fishing hamlet on the northern coast of Caithness. See Bougwaar , warry codlin , -keelin , a young inshore cod (Mry. 1930 , in comb. warly buoy , a buoy placed by fishermen at the outer side of a bed of seaweed to warn boats 
  222. Gliff v., n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1732-1997
     puff o' heat, that a gliff o' win' . . . catched her by the throat, and sat doun on her lungs, puir a hurried or careless and unheeding manner (Ags. 19 1953). Sometimes used tr . with direct obj. dial. Abd. 1868 W. Shelley Wayside Flowers 181: Now haud ye cheerie, neebors a', And gliff' the snug ingle-neuk, Whiles biggin' braw dreams, and whiles gliffin' a buik. Edb. 1928 A. D the nock. (2) To strike a glancing blow at, to slap, spank (Rxb. 1954). Phr. to gliff someone's eer breeks for ee. † 2 . intr . “To glint, gleam, or glare, like a flush of sunshine or a flash of. Slk. 1817 W. Crozier Cottage Muse (1847) 73: And gin ye meet, amang yere glens, A wreath o Chron. (22 Aug.) 2: A “heid yin” of the harvest field approached the consequential gamekeeper and , -y (Edb. 1839 W. McDowall Poems 117). 1 . A glimpse, a glance (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 233; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot . 245; Sh. 10 ( rare ), em.Sc.(a), wm 
  223. Sun n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1704-1971
     , -in , of eggs: tainted by the heat of the sun (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1971), of aSUN , n ., v . Also sin (Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 67; Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 55; Sc. a .1838 Jam. MSS . X. 287, Uls. 1898 A. McIlroy Meetin' Hoose Green xiii.; Abd. 1959, in the twilight; 2 . sun-birselt , sun-burnt. See Birsle , v . 1 ; 3 . sun-blink , -blenk , a gleam of sunshine. Gen.Sc. See Blink , n . 1 Also attrib . and fig .; 4 . sun-broch , a halo., also in Eng. dial. and U.S.; 9 . sunflaucht , a ray of sunlight, a sunbeam. See Flaucht , n . 1 .; 12 . sunglint , a gleam of sunlight. See Glint ; 13 . sun-glud , id. See Glude ; 14 . sun-kep , a sun-bonnet. See Kep , n . 1 ; 15 . sun-leistering , the catching of salmon by spearing them with a Leister when dazzled by sunlight reflected into the water. See II . and Leister ; 16 . sun; Ags. 1897 Bards Ags . (Reid) 410); 18 . sun side , sin- , the side or aspect of a place facing the 
  224. Raivel v., n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1996
    ). [′revel; s.Sc. ‡rəil; Per. rʌul] I . v . 1 . (1) tr . and intr . To get into a confusion or tangle. ravelment , a confusion, tangle. Vbl.n. pl., raelings , rowlins , ravellings, waste ends of a web of cloth A. Wylie xl.: Mr Mordaunt, an ye put your concerns into my hands, ye maun just let me tak my ain gait, or I'll only ravel them by my meddling. Sc. 1832 A. Henderson Proverbs 22: Fools we had a great ravelment on that occasion. Sc. 1837 Carlyle French Rev. III. ii . ii.: Mischievous deceitful persons cut the rope, and our Queue becomes a ravelment. Per. 1857 J. Stewart Sketches 34: The gudewife reavilt a' her yarn She tint the thread-end o' her pirn. Sh. 1891 J. 1896 Barrie Sentimental Tommy xxix.: Make a clerk of him and he would only ravel the figures.; a raivelled hesp , -pirn , -roast (Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick xxv.), -skein , a knotty J. Kelly Proverbs 375: You have got a revel'd Hesp in Hand. That is, you have engag'd in an 
  225. Wi prep.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1704-2004
    WI , prep . Also we (Sc. 1726 Ramsay T.-T. Misc . (1876) I. 224; Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore represents a coalesced form of wi (th)e , freq. in em.Sc.(a). Cf. weit [ < wi it ] (Sc. a .1719 in: Quick! There's a scramble in Parnie Street! The wee yin there's away wae a hauf-croon. Edb. 1991 - The cancer they could only hinner some Wie radium - the days gaed bleezin by In simmer heat that remember was a doll made from a black stocking leg and stuffed wae sheep oo! [sic] and brightly dressed your face?' and Jimmy will say, 'Aw, naw, man, Ah'm aw right, just a bit doon.' End of story. m.Sc . where Eng. now employs a different prep .: (1) = by, (i) by means of, by the action or instrumentality. Johnston Bo'ness Sea-Box (1890) 44: To a poor seaman taken with the Turks, 14s. Dmf. 1755 Album 134: Wee sanny davishon was sticket wi a made nowt yestreen. Kcd. 1844 W. Jamie Muse. Abd. 1912 A. R. Birnie Pig Charlie 16: A'm gaun tae get measurt wi' the tailor neist. Rxb 
  226. Scaud v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2004
     scaud o' heat , a period of hot sunshine (Cai. 1969). Rnf. 1806 R. Tannahill Poems (1900) 136SCAUD , v ., n . Also sca(a)d , scawd , ska(u)d ; ¶ scade ; scall , scaul . Sc. forms and Scott Redgauntlet Let. xi.: As bad as scauding your fingers with a redhot chanter. Dmf. 1834 Robertson in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 20: Her hands were sair scaddied and for the first) scaddem , a jocular name for an inexpert blacksmith (Rxb. 1825 Jam.). Cf. scowderdoup s.v. Scowder ; †(2) scadding-burn , hot water. See Burn , n . 2 .; †(3) scaddit , -ed ale or beer , a kind of gruel made with oatmeal and hot ale or beer (Rxb. 1825 Jam.); (4) scaddit scone , a scone made gen whey , a dish “made by boiling whey on a slow fire, by which a great part of it coagulates into a curdy substance” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.); (6) scaddit wine , mulled wine; (7) scadlips , “broth containing a very small scaddles . The quots. are derived from Sempill's Blythesome Bridal ( a .1685); (8) scaud-the-beggar 
  227. Scrimp adj., adv., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-1995
    . Now also in colloq. Eng. Edb. 1709 Edb. Courant (25–27 May): A letter of Mark Ship chased W. MacFarlane Geog. Coll. (S.H.S.) I. 60: There is also about a large quarter of a mile, or. Midlothian” (1818) Pref. ix.: Leaving nothing to himself but his scrimp maintenance. Abd. 1768 A, To measure laws. Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan I. viii.: Weighing the butter sharp and the wool scrimp in the scale. Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xxxvi.: A curse upon) scrimply , adv., barely, scarcely, in a scanty, meagre manner; (2) scrimpness , scantiness, deficiency, esp. in wits, simple-mindedness; (3) scrimpy , skrimpy , scanty, inadequate. Also as a n ., short. Ayr. 1786 Burns Vision i . xi.: Down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen, Till half a leg was: Whiles it's but scrimply they fen'. (2) Dmf. 1950 : There is a scrimpness about him. (3.) 351: They're sich wee bit things. Bit ye're a' alike, a scrimpy lot. 2 . Specif . of clothes 
  228. Hause n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2004
    . 1929 Marw., hass ; I.Sc., Ags., Peb., Gall., Dmf. 1956). Now mostly arch . Also fig ., the neck of a drinking vessel. Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 19: She ne'er gae in a Lawin fause, Nor Stoups a Froath aboon the Hause. Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality vii.: To be sent to Heaven wi' a Saint Johnstone's tippit about my hause. Ayr. 1824 A. Crawford Tales Grandmother 91 Watson W.-B. ). Sc. 1697 W. Cleland Poems 22: He got of Beer a full bowl Glass, Which got bad Siller Gun 32: Parch'd up wi' heat, nae caller streams To weet their hasses. Ayr. 1830 C. Lockhart Poems 107: Syne, oil our hauses wi' a gillie O' what ye please. s.Sc. 1857 H. S awest. Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii . 323: Am fared hid'll set doon i' 'is hass an' be a, or a bit kittlin o' the hass. Gsw. 1933 F. Niven Mrs Barry 200: 'Let's see your hause Chapman 23-4 (1985) 37: A barrage o birdsang opens up, Blackies an mavises burstin their haases 
  229. Waff adj., n.2, v.2[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1711-1999
    WAFF , adj ., n . 2 , v . 2 Also wa(a)f , wauf(f) , wawf- ; and altered form (after pa.p Rec. (Stair Soc.) II. 273: There was a waft cow pasturing on their grass. Sc. 1720 Ramsay 81: Like a waffer sheep I wander. Ayr. 1824 A. Crawford Tales Grandmother 7: Putting Child Ballads (1886) II. 72: I took you as a waaf woman, I leave you as the same. Ayr. 1833' eerie. Arg. 1897 N. Munro J. Splendid xxv.: This wauf and empty foreign domicile that is a. Soutar Poems in Sc. 26: The heichest stern, like to a gleed Blawn up, hings waukrifelie and waif. (4) fig ., of a story, report, rumour: floating, general, of unspecified origin. Stevenson's usage is derived from the 1753 source. Sc. 1753 Trial J. Stewart Append. 102: He heard a waif report in the country, that Ardshiel had sent home a message. Sc. 1886 Stevenson Kidnapped xvii.: I have heard a waif word in the country … that you were a hard man to drive. (5) nonce 
  230. Weet adj., n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2004
    . ix.), wiet (Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 90). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. wet (Edb. 1711 W. Mitchel 1st Part Testament 6; Abd. c .1780 A. Watson Wee Wifeikie (1921) 8; Rnf 2000 Ellie McDonald Pathfinder 5: It's a reishlin wind through a stand o birks at the weet back .); (4) wet-shoe , in phr. by wet-shoe ford , by wading; (5) weet thow , a thaw accompanied by rain Perthshire Adv. (29 July): A windy winter, and a weety spring, — A new king, and a bloody ring. Ayr. Express (2 Aug.): There is the classic story, too, of the man clinging to the wreckage of a shed being swept down the Dee who called out to a farmer as he whirled past, 'Aye, min, it's a gey weetie day: Aathing conters ye. Weety weather, the oot lichts, the auld rickle o a hoose yarkit by a blouter o wind and mirl, A mixter-maxter cumulus o pearl, A weety, sulky haar. (3) (ii) Rxb. 1847 H. S. 1923 Banffshire Jnl. (19 June) 7: A 'weet thow' was followed by a night of intense frost. II 
  231. Waff v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1705-1951
     Poems of West 59: A fuff o' blazin' heat Comes waffin' against my face. Bnff. 1927 E. S. Rae . To wave, cause to move to and fro with a regular motion, to wag (Sc. 1808 Jam.; em. and wm.Sc., Dmf. Gossip 24: Betty got wild and waffed her arms about her head. Lnk. 1902 A. Wardrop Hamely Sk. 159: Liftin a scarlet cloth aff the sacramental table, waffin't roon his heid. Bnff. 1924., Wgt. 1973); to wave the hand in salutation, to give a friendly wave of the hand. Slk. 1813 Hogg. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 23: For a' his aches an' waffin' duds. 2 . (1) tr . and absol . To set (air, etc.) in motion; also fig .; to direct a current of air at, to fan (Sc. 1886 J: Though a bird waffed it in my lugs wi' its wings. Ayr. 1855 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage (1892) 190: Waffing her wan face wi' a claith. Lnk. 1862 D. Wingate Poems 63: The cool air in his face pavement …. As I had some distance to go for a fireman, I had it cleared by 'waffin.' Kcb. 1901 R 
  232. Fou adj., adv., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-1995
     . [Sc. fu:; s.Sc. fʌu] I . adj . 1 . As in Eng. Edb. 1720 A. Pennecuik Helicon 78: His Face was big and fair like a fow Moon. Ayr. 1786 Burns To J. Lapraik xv.: Now, Sir, if ye Redgauntlet ii.: It's a sore thing to see a . . . cow kick down the pail when it's reaming fou. Edb Proverbs (1776) 33: He's unko fou in his ain house that canna pike a bane in his neighbour's. Sc. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. xi.: A description of a dinner . . . 'that wad hae made a fu' man hungry.' Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 100: Of a' sorrows, it's confest, A sorrow that is fu's aye best. Dmf. 1831 R. Shennan Tales 155: Bonny wee bairns, a' weel happ'd and fu, are a desperate set for being het and fu'. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 214: It's ill speaking atween a fou' man and a fastin'. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 13: An whan A'd ti haud-sae, A wasna boass, — if the truith be telld, A was riftin-fowe! Edb. 1988 : Ye never get 
  233. Shell n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1998
     remain without application, occasions a great degree of heat, forming a crust over the tallow. Sh talkin noo! Hell's where ye went tae dee, blawn tae smoorach bi a shill in the blinkin o an ee. Sc Gibb v.). Combs. (of n . and adj .): (1) sha(a)lmil(l)ins , -ens , -ons , shell-mellins. 1929 Marw., shell-mellins ; Sh., Cai. 1970); (2) shal-mou'd , having a shell-shaped mouth, with a protruding under-lip, in quot. of a horse; (3) shell-sickness , a disease of sheep (see quots.) (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1970); (4) shell-wherry a small boat used in fishing for cockles and mussels (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 42); (5) shell-wife , a female oyster-seller (Gall. 1904 E.D.D.) ; (6) shelly coat , shellicote , (i) a coat covered with shells, adj. shelly-coated , in allusion to the belief in a mischievous water-sprite, so called from being clad in such a magic. Cf . Spottie ; (ii) transf . a sheriff-officer, bailiff, from the buttons and badges of office 
  234. Furr n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1714-1950
     Minister ix.). [fʌr] I . n . 1 . A furrow made by the plough (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial . 1 , II . 7 .; to get a fur , to plough and so produce furrows (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Inv. 1721 Steuart Letter-Bk. (S.H.S.) 168: If he forced your Lordship to that complyance, he was not to expect a, and with more ease, than the other plough with four horses, and set up the furr with a better shoulder, and made a neater and redder furr. Ayr. 1786 Burns Holy Fair i.: The hares were hirplan heat, the vegetation of every grain will be secured. Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality xiv.: I worth a pint but to look at them. Slk. 1823 Hogg Shepherd's Cal. i.: Where are they a' now? Neither him nor his hae a furr in the twa counties. Ags. 1833 J. Sands Poems 82: James thrashin' ilka foot and fur, To mak' the game start up before him. Sc. 1875 A. Hislop Sc. Anecdotes 301: To plough as “e'en as a die” — and put a skin on the “furr” “as sleek as a salmon 
  235. Licht adj.1, n.1, v.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1713-2000
     heat; (ii) licht-hol , the window-opening in an old Ork. house; (iii) licht o' day , ( a ) daylight. 1960); adv., brightly. Obs. in Eng.; ¶ lighty , adj., id. For phr. as licht a blue , see Blue , n Inglismill 32: His coat an' breeks war' o' a lichtly blue. Sc. combs.: licht-avized , -advised , fair . Sh. 1862 Shetland Advert. (29 Sept.): Du maybe hasna a blue een nor yet is du licht-avized. Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 140: He wis a brawly licht advised shield. II . n . 1 . Sc manhood in your bluid, laid a woman on the wavering grass up yonder, and violets all round her, till you Bird 44: An infinity o lichts That ding oor human cantrips intae smachrie - A pucklie smush Ooto. Used fig . in phr. no to see the licht o' day to , to be blind to a person's faults (Sc. 1825 Jam continuous, the simmer-dim ; (v) Red Lichtie , a native of Arbroath. See Red . (i) Rnf. 1782 G-hol, an de cat-hol o the hoose hed a been hard stappid wi Black Jock's ain hands. (iii) ( a 
  236. Lowse adj., adv., n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2000
    : I'll be ower to feed's mull an' gie Annie a heat at lowsin'. Abd. 1920 C. Murray Country. 1718 Steuart Letter Bk. (S.H.S.) 68: He is mostly confined to his bed with a Lousness. Edb stane louse on the wa'. Sc. 1831 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) III. 339: A desperate brattle lowse i' the yard, be aff wi' ye. Gsw. 1879 A. G. Murdoch Rhymes 20: But them wha cleek the dram will aye be lowse upon their feet. Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 52: Sheu was a' lous' i' the heudin's, an' as swack i' the lumpie sea as a auld paet kazie. e.Lth. 1885 S tackled till, an a' the louse strae stackit tidy up. Fif. 1887 S. Tytler Logie Town I. xii. Mackenna Bracken & Thistledown 25: Peter pit a poke on the scales, and was for fillin' the tea weighed the tea lowse. Abd. 1925 A. Murison Rosehearty Rhymes 7: His claes were a marvel o' lowsness an' fit. Sc. 1931 J. Bridie Anatomist iii.: Guid save us! A' the fiends of hell are 
  237. Birl v.1, n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2004
     .  Also fig . Also ppl.adj. birlin . (1) To revolve rapidly, whirl round, dance; to make a rattling or set the dresser dishes birlin'. Sc. 1933 W. Soutar Seeds in the Wind 16: Roun' wi' a thoum, an' roun' wi' a thoum; Here's wee Wullie Wabster birlin' at his loom. Sc. 1991 Scotsman (16 Apr) 10: That a thanksgiving service should be held at all, and in a Scottish church is bad. Bishop Wishart must indeed be birling in his grave. Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor its guitars. Mry. 1865 W. H. L. Tester Poems 156: The kettle birlin' ower the heat. Sh. 4 1934 Abd.(D) 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 20: Hark the skip, 'Soop up! Soop up! Birl, ye beauty! nail the cup!' Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 6: The temper pin she gi'es a tirl Fitt Pure Radge 8: straucht an smert the ba is lowsed sherp as a skelf burlin aa weys a buhlitt playing that gig. Mitchison was a big fan of theirs. Fif. 1991 William Hershaw in Tom Hubbard 
  238. Pig n.2, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1701-1966
     9: For aa A pat a warm pig i the bed, it was midnicht or A cam a-heat. Ags. 1933 W. MuirPIG , n . 2 , v . 1 Also pigg , peg- . Dim. piggie , -y . I . n . 1 . A vessel, usu. of earthenware but occas. extended to one of other material; a pot, jar, pitcher, crock in gen. (Abd. 1790 A, dishes (Abd. 1965),  Gen.Sc. Hence pigfu' , a dishful (ne.Sc. 1835 J. Grant Tales (1869) 158), pig(g)er , a dealer or merchant in earthenware, a seller of crockery (Sc. a .1838 Jam. MSS . X. 243., Kcd. 1965), a pottery (Sc. 1825 Jam.), a crockery or china shop (Cld. 1880 Jam.). Sc. 1706 Just Reflections on a Nonsensical Pasquil 21: [He] reduced all the potters Piggs into potsheards. Gsw. 1711 Uls. Jnl. Archaeol. IV. 117: Pour it on a clean piggie or plate, then scum it, and boill it for your use. Ork. 1717 H. Marwick Merchant Lairds (1936) I. 68: One pynt honney in a earthen pigg. Ags. 1718 R. Finlayson Arbroath Documents (1923) 30: A pigger's stand, 2s 
  239. Grue v.1, n.1, adj.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1732-2001
     repulsion (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Vbl.n. grewin , gruing , grooing , a shivering sensation, as of terror. Gen.Sc. 60: He gart my heart a' grue within me, and dirle as it had been bored wi' reid-het elsins. Per Catriona ii.: Ye're either a Stewart or a Stewart sent ye. A good name it is . . . But I begin to grue at the sound of it. m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick xvi.: It [a sermon] was a nailer Raiders xviii.: We heard the cows tossing their heads and jingling their chains in the byre with a homely and friendly sound. So I took an extraordinary 'grooing' in my inside for a drink of warm milk fleein' things, and Davie began to 'grew.' Sc. 1953 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 306: I saw a couple of hoodie crows feeding on a dead carcase on Mid Craig. The sight of them, I confess, made me grue changes in hormone sensitivities in the brain. It doesn't always produce a yearning to eat a particular food - it can also make you grue at a particular food or smell. Sc. 2000 Scotsman 1 Jan 7 
  240. Cruik n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1708-1941
     Sc. [kruk, krjuk Sc., but Ork. + krøk, em.Sc.(a), wm.Sc. + krʌk. See also P.L.D. § 86 , § 93.1 , § 96.1 , § 100.1 , etc.] I . n . 1 . A hook in gen., esp. the hook from which pots are hung over — a chain about six feet in length, with a hook at one end, and a large ring at the other, . . . hung) 9: The pots were hung from this suspender by a crook which was linked up or down according to the degree of heat required for cooking. ne.Sc. 1874 W. Gregor Echo Olden Time 19: There were two other methods of taking away the luck from a house. The one was for the tenant who was leaving to the door. Mry. 1708 in E. D. Dunbar Social Life (1865) 212: Seven iron scewers, a crook and a pair tongs. Per. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 V. 83: When a child was baptised privately, it was not long since customary, to put the child upon a clean basket, having a cloth previously spread represent  Sell , n . 1 , in the gen. sense of a chain.  Slk. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake  (1819) 79 
  241. Dreep v., n.[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]1756-2004
     slowly, as if real heat was pinning them against its surface. We have a sudden whif of concrete jungle. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 149: Toom as a teapot newly dreepit. e.Dmf. 1912 J. and R. Hyslop Langholm 610: His work is tae dreep the tatties and a' that kind o' thing! Hence (1) dreeper , (i) a vessel for draining whey from curd (Ayr. 4 1928); (ii) a runway in which sheep stand to drip after dipping (Lnk. 1990s); (iii) a wooden framework on which fish are fastened to drip after salting; (iv) a dripping-board used in bleaching cloth; (2) dreepin , (i) Sc. form of Eng. dripping is transferred to the dreeper — a utensil in shape exactly like a cheese-vat, only of a larger diameter and a greater number of holes. (ii) Sh. 1949 New Shetlander No. 16, 25: Twa dipped Fisheries (ed. D. Herbert) 107: A gutting-trough, and a number of dripping-troughs, termed 'dreepers'. (iv) Sc. 1756 F. Home Bleaching 212: The cloth being cleaned, is laid upon a dreeper 
  242. Strae n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
     heat on the lower ends of the straw was to give them a wavering motion, first parting and then coming, Nor care yae strae about the morn. Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. lv.: To rin the beast ower wi' a dry wisp o' strae. Sc. 1823 Lockhart Reg. Dalton III. 318: I am ower auld a cat for sic wood, was always thought to run most freely in a “strae wisp,” which very possibly it really did, as J. White Eppie Gray 6: A bee-skep at the garden tap, Weel buskit roon wi' a strae strap. 1964 Nordern Lichts 9: Athin yon shimley nyook an aald man sat An wand da straen simmits in a baa. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 43: Miss Innes keeps a rubbit caad Fuskers in a run in the neuk - richt bosker o a beast wi lugs as big as bananas. Efter I gaed Fuskers clean strae an a sup carrots an lettuce I tuik him up in ma bosie an we toured the classie. Combs. (see also Straw ): (1) strae-and-dash , the mortar, consisting of a mixture of straw and wet clay, used in old 
  243. Sour adj., v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2003
     affords but a weak heat. Sc. 1826 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 249: No ken the Soor-milks cloth sae fine but moths'll eat it. So it shouldny surprise us when a soor auld biddy Turns her back on Bland , n ., 1 .; (2) sour bread , a kind of oatcake baked of sour leaven at Christmas (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 174); (3) sour cake , -caik , id. (ne.Sc. 1881 W. Gregor Folk-Lore 157); †a similar) soor-cloot , a person of harsh, gloomy or fault-finding disposition (Abd., Slg., Fif., Lth., wm.Sc., Kcb. 1971); †(5) sour cogue , a kind of curds made from sour cream, hatted kit (see Hat , v . 1 Wettstein). Gen.Sc. Also attrib . and fig . of a sour mean person (n.Sc., em.Sc.(a), Lnk., sm.Sc. 1971 sodger , a member of the Yeomanry, freq. recruited from farmers and their workers. See also Dook , n) sour-face , = (4). Also sour-faced , adj.; (10) sour fish , fish kept until it has acquired a game milk ( jock(ey) ), in pl ., the Yeomanry (see (7)). Hist .; (14) sour moued , having a sulky look 
  244. Wrack n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1992
    )rɑk; (w)rek; ne.Sc.†vrɑk] I . n . 1 . A shipwreck, a broken ship (Sh., ‡ne.Sc. 1974). Obs. in Eng blew the winds, and his ship was a wrack. e.Lth. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-Head 32: 'What calmly took a seat and newsed aboot the vrack. Combs. †(1) wreck goods , goods driven ashore from a wreck; (2) wrack-ship , a wrecked ship (Sh. 1974). (1) Sc. 1773 Erskine Institute II. i , material or wordly goods in a contemptuous sense, gear, pelf. Abd. 1769 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 23: Three fallows bauld, like very lions strong, Were a' his wrack, an' wrought him a' his wrang mak' This awfu' drink that gars sic wrack. ne.Sc. 1915 W. S. Bruce Nor' East 5: It's a fair Ca' body, sowl and purse to vrack. 3 . A broken object, something which has been smashed or 263; I., ne., em., sm.Sc. 1974); also of living creatures: a broken-down animal. Obs. or arch. in Eng. 216 A. vii.: O spair me, Claid's water Make me yer wrak as I come back Bat spare me as I gaa! Sc 
  245. Maiden n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-1992
     blacksmith as a sprinkler to temper the heat of his fire (Rxb. 1825 Jam.). 7 . A not-fully mature specimen-chance , a first chance or opportunity; (2) maiden cummer , a young woman who acts as attendant to the mother at a christening. See Cummer , n . 2 , 1 . and (8); (3) maiden egg , the first egg laid by a) and 7 .; (5) maiden flounder , a young flounder, Platichthys flesus (Ags. 1962). Cf . (4) and 7 Traynor; Wgt. 1959). Cf . Gael. maighdea(la)g , id., maighdeag , a maiden; (8) maiden-kimmer , = (2) (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 336); (9) maiden mylies , see Midden ; (10) maiden pie , a dish eaten on the day after a penny wedding (see quot.); (11) maiden ridge , a party of three young unmarried women working together in reaping a ridge of grain; (12) maiden set , a set of dancers composed entirely of unmarried women; (13) maiden skate , a young specimen of the thornback ray, Raja clavata procession of bride and bridesmaids at a wedding, later the pipe tune played as an accompaniment to this (see 
  246. Trauchle v., n.[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]1753-2000
     Kerr A Puckle Poems 11: Zis heat no terrible hen. Sen ye roun the ben so it wid! It plays hell wi niver hae trachled the bluidy claes o' a murdered person miles awa' to howd them in a hedge. Ork together or tied with hair out of a mare's tail that had at least two foals. This soam or rope encircles the trauchle pin; this pin is, or must be, the bone of a sheep's foreleg. e.Lth. 1924 I. Adair carelessness or slovenliness (Sc. 1808 Jam.; ne.Sc., Slg., Fif., sm.Sc. 1973); ¶in 1931 quot., to spoil a shot at golf, to muff a stroke. Hence (1) trachelt , ppl.adj., bedraggled, dishevelled, tangled, knocked. : A person is said to trauchle corn or grass, when he injures it by treading on it. Abd. 1871' trachle my strae. 3 . intr . To trail, draggle, to move in a slovenly way through mud, etc. Abd. 1823 W. Tennant Card. Beaton 171: I'm a wee forjeskit though, wi' trachlin' sae lang. Abd is. Ags. 1894 A. Reid Sangs 120: Helpin trauchlers owre the stanes. Slg. 1902 W 
  247. Plaid n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
    . plaidie , -y , plaithie (Edb. 1821 W. Liddle Poems 197). [pled, ‡plɑed] I . n . 1 . A of a chequered or Tartan pattern, which was formerly worn as a mantle or outer garment, predominantly in the rural areas of Scotland, later also as a shawl by women in towns, and which now survives as . Byron Lachin y Gair ii. note. Also fig . as in 1887 quot., and applied by extension to a similarly only by the Men, is made of fine Wool; . . . it consists of divers Colours, and there is a great deal the Stripes in Breadth, and Colours. Gsw. 1715 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (B.R.S.) 539: A swatch of, consists of twelve or thirteen yards, of a narrow stuff, wrapt round the middle, and reaches to the knees; is often fastened round the middle with a belt, and is then called brechan-feal. Ayr. 1796. 1816 Scott O. Mortality x.: I will put on a plaid and slip down with you to the place where they and all, Scotch plaids, Scotch snoods, the blue hills, and clear streams. Lnk. 1887 A. G 
  248. Girse n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1722-1998
    , see Garse , n ., v . 2 , Gress . [n. and sm.Sc. gɪ̢rs, em.Sc.(a) gɛrs] I . n . 1 . As in Eng A. Ross Helenore 9: Back with the haelsome girss in haste she hy'd, An' tentyly unto the sair. 1894 Crockett Raiders xviii.: There's a handfu' o' girse to brew mair milk. Mry. 1897 J. 1906 T. P. Ollason Spindrift 53: Flag-stanes an' stane wa's on every haand, an' never a blade o Scottish Hills 158: 'Twas a' to poo Some gerse that grew On Ben Mac Dhu That ne'er a coo would care to.' Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 13: ... a chukken hid deed efter foonerin, ferfochen, in the lang girse, ... m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 32: Smoorin' a licht Fae the lamp o' day, Wi her eerie skenklin Ower tree an scaur Ower flauchtrin een o' yowes Stat. Acc. 2 IV. 541: The farms are all what is termed grassy or strong land. 2 . A stalk occas. in pl . Kcd. 1889 Stonehaven Jnl. (14 Feb.) 3: Ye wadna hae seen a girse on the Bervie 
  249. Girn v.1, n.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1718-2000
     teeth in rage, pain, physical effort, etc., to grimace, make a wry face; to snarl. Gen.Sc. Also fig them all safe. Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 45: Then wi' a souple leathern whang He fellows girn an' gape, Wi' chokin dread. Sc. a .1814 J. Ramsay Scot. and Scotsmen (1888) II. 418: In the course of the altercation he twisted his mouth, which made the other say with great heat, 'What, sir! do you girn at me?' Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 130: Mang Russian dales where Sir Robert girned wi' pain, the jack-an-ape girned too, like a sheep's-head between a pair of tangs. Bnff. 1882 W. M. Philip K. MacIntosh's Scholars vi.: If a littlin's girnin' i' the grips, they'll hardly let a grain o' pheesic intil its wime to clear oot the enemy. Gall. 1901 Trotter says da poet? 'Dey're fish i' da sea at's wirt twa i da bush.' Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 108: Every mouthful slid down his throat with a silken smoothness and in his brain all 
  250. Lown adj., adv., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-1998
     Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 118: Skraighin till ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the. 1893 G. Macdonald Songs 64: It's a lown and a starry nicht, Janet. Kcb. 1894 Crockett sharp cold bensles. e.Lth. 1903 J. Lumsden Toorle 3: Nae wund! I only seek a lown hairst, a fair field an' nae favour. m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood x.: Newbiggin will be a caller. Hamilton Poems 81: The mune was down, the win's were lown, But a' the lift wi' stars was bricht. Lnk. 1951 G. Rae Howe o' Braefoot 6: There's peace in the lownness of the wind. (3) Of a; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; em.Sc. 1961); also in fig . contexts. Adv. lownly . Phr. to hae a lown side to , to be kindly disposed towards, to have a soft side for (Ags. 1961). Sc. 1708 M. Bruce Fare. Gsw. 1752 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1911) 356: To raise a wall in the front of eight foot high which will make a good lown harbour. Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 56: His todlan wee anes 
  251. Dreich adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2000
    .: I think you will say yourself it is a dreich business. Edb. 1866 J. Smith Poems 40: Sic his breakfast on account of sic a cause. s.Sc. 1933 Border Mag. (June) 82: It's a dreich expected, we say, 'Tis a dreigh Road . Sc. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxiii.: My life is a bit driegh. . . . I see little company. Sc. 1917 D. G. Mitchell Clachan Kirk 113: Whaur's the man or woman that hasna whyled awa a dreich hour wi' some dream o' this kind? Bnff. 1913 first fell gracious. Kcb. 1890 A. J. Armstrong Musings 49: To me a' things seem dree and. Dickson Kirk Beadle 136: Be as driech as ye can, Doctor, for we hae a' the glasses to pack afore we near the point in view; Now ten miles frae the question. Lnk. a .1832 W. Watt Poems (1860 the thocht, and dour at the delivery. Sc. 1904 J. Gillespie Humours Sc. Life 63: A' Pink Sugar xvii.: This Sunday there was a strange preacher, very long and dreich , and at the end 
  252. Cast 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]1704-1995
    CAST , Kast , v . A . Sc. forms. These forms are employed whether the word is used with St.Eng) , keust , cuissen ; kussen (Rnf. 1791 A. Wilson Poems 216); kiessen (after pa.t.) (Abd. 1940. Hence casting , an article rejected for some defect, a cast-off. Sc. 1775 Weekly Mag. (21 Dec England at a very dear rate; and I am apt to believe that some of those very utensils are (to use a Scots Gibb xxii.: Their enterdick to keep oot Maister Dewar . . . was cas'n by a hunner an' seventy-three. 5 . 'To discharge the fish of a catch, or of a season's catch, at a fishing station' (Sh. 1914 Angus cast a shot , 'to throw back a 'shot' of herring into the sea (when there is a glut)' (Cai. 7 1938). 6 . Of a horse: to throw his rider. Known to Bnff. 2 , Abd. and Ags. correspondents, Fif. 10 , Lnk. 3 1938. Arch . or dial . in Eng. ( N.E.D. ). Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 166: He's a. and Ags. correspondents, Fif. 10 , Lnk. 3 1938). Gen. followed by aff , off , but sometimes with a 
  253. Hen n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2000
    . 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 11: Zis heat no terrible hen. Sen ye roun the ben so it wid chicken , e.g. hen-broth , -hertit . 1 . Sc. Combs.: (1) hen a(i)pple , hennies- , henny- , the. 17, hennies aipple , Mry. 1 1925, henny apple ; Inv. 1957); (2) henbauk , a tie beam of the roof of a country cottage, so called because the hens were accustomed to roost on these (Ork., Cai., Per-broo , chicken broth, broth made with a hen. Also called hen-broth , -bree (Gen.Sc.). See Broo , n , -croft , that portion of a cornfield which has been frequented and damaged by fowls (Per. 1902 E.D.D-pecked (Rnf. a .1850 Crawfurd MSS . (N.L.S.) H. 29); (8) hen-drunks , a name given to rowan berries , = (20) (m.Lth. 1957); (11) hen's gerse , -gress , as much grass or land as would produce food for a hen (Sh. 1957); also fig ., a trifling consideration; (12) hen-hallan , see Hallan , n ., 6 .; (13) hen-heids , small specks of roughness on a painted surface caused by grit adhering while paint 
  254. Shuit v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1993
    . ʃøt, ʃyt, ʃɪt; n.Sc. ʃit. See P.L.D. § 35 .] I . v. A. Forms: Pr.t. shuit (m.Lth. 1870 J. Lauder Warblings 103; Lnk. 1902 A. Wardrop Hamely Sk . 52), etc., as above (Gen.Sc.). Pa.t. weak shot (Gen.Sc. Ags. 1993 Mary McIntosh in Joy Hendry Chapman 74-5 112: Thar wis a spladge o orange i the sky aa shotten through wi a crammasie glowe, an he shiddered as the nicht creepit roon him. B . Usages: 1 . As in Eng., in comb. and phrs.: (1) shootin-brod , a target for shooting at; (2) to shoot a craw , to order drinks without paying for them (Edb. 1957), to abscond without paying one's debts (wm.Sc. 1970). Also in Eng. slang; used of coalmen: to contrive to cheat a customer of a bag of coal (Edb. 1958); (3) to shoot amang the doos , to exaggerate, 'draw the long bow,' talk big (Sc. 1875 A. Hislop-to-dead , shute-a-dead , id., also pass. of cattle: to die suddenly of some obscure, supposedly supernatural, cause. Also used imprecatively as a n.phr. and in ppl. form shot-a-dead , adj., shot to death by 
  255. Saut n., 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]1709-2004
    SAUT , n ., adj ., v . Also sa(a)t , sawt ; saht- . Sc. forms and usages of Eng. salt . See.: like saut in a plate , motionless; saltless luck , see 1838 quot.; to carry sawt to Dysart , to carry the green dewy blade o' the clover. Gall. a .1838 Jam. MSS. X. 273: The phrase saltless tuck , bad luck, is supposed to refer to a very odd supersitition, which still prevails in Galloway, of putting salt clandestinely into the pocket of a person going on any important business, as when a anything happens untowardly, it is ascribed to the want of so powerful a charm. Salt is thrown into the milk-pail as a good omen for procuring butter in consequence of churning. It is also cast upon a cow when going to a new master or farm. w.Sc. 1855 N. and Q. XII. 200: Help me to saut ! Help' was a saying at one time pretty often heard about Whithorn, — employed to signify that the speaker was not financially in a position to indulge in luxuries. Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden 
  256. Peat n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2003
    .). [pit; I.Sc., Bnff., em.Sc.(a) pet] I . n . 1 . A piece, usu. roughly brick-shaped, of the semi Dutchess of Buccleugh (12 July): What Necessity there is for decerning Turf-fuel in a Country where Peats are to be had. Ayr. 1785 Burns To J. Goldie v. : A toom tar barrel An' twa red peats wad bring relief. Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xxix.: I often wish there was a het peat doun their throats. Sc. a .1825 False Knight in Child Ballads No. 3. A. iii.: 'What's neebors waar cairtan hame dere pates. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. : A peat when cut, before it is dried richt boil a potato wi' peat; it's only a smell.' Cai. 1932 John o' Groat Jnl. (4 Nov.): He their Hallowe'en bonfire was, 'Gi'e 's a peat to burn the witches!' Ork. 1967 George Mackay Brown A Calendar of Love (1998) 14: yet when the peats are cut and brought home, then will come the hour of celebration that will necessitate the wearing of a silk shirt! Sh. 1975 Andrina Deyell 
  257. Puir adj., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
    . Burgess Rasmie's Buddie 100), por (Sh. 1898 J. Burgess Tang 30), poer (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs a metter o' principle, thoo sees. Niver let a swindler git awey wi'd. An' come wi' less aboot bein' a peur ould fermer. ... ' Sc. 1979 T. S. Law in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 81: Whan they puit it on tae the paer sowl and he cannae bear it, furst-aff, he'll gar a paerer yowl wi a wean up well When you're scarce mair than a lassie yoursel'? Her pair, deid, mither would turn in her A Tongue in Yer Heid 32: Ah don't mind the polis really. Ah don't mind o thum ever bein oan the spoat whin some pair sod's goat a knife it his throat. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 11: Zis heat no terrible hen. Sen ye roun the ben so it wid! It plays hell wi ma puir feet, aa this phrs.: (1) puir bodie , a beggar (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh., Abd., Per. 1967). Cf . (4) below; (2) puir John , (i) 'a cod [or ling] found in shoal-water in poor condition' (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., Sh. 1967 
  258. In prep., adv., v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
     be gey tiret efter a' yer wark in this heat,' said Allan in coorse. (6) Rs. 1814 E. Bond in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 167: I could hear Annie, harkin tae me ida coarner o da a Fresh Eye 7: A thae gowden lyrics liggin aside ye, Chris Yirdit there i the moul wi yer best-loo'ed thochts ... Sc. usages, where mod. Eng. uses a different preposition: A . 1 . Gen. with Dr Hornbook xiv: Deil mak his King's-hood in a spleuchan! Sc. 1881 A. Mackie Scotticisms Mansie's Rod 161: A lok o' sweeties 'at ane o' da boys shot i' my nev whin dey wir huvin dem in poks i' da lasses' laps. 2 . Usu. after verbs of motion: along (a road), by way of, towards the speaker. 1844 W. Jamie Muse 48: Gudeman, cam ye in the Mearns' Howe? Ags. 1896 A. Blair Rantin Robin 58: Tak a drap warm tea . . . an' that'll help ye in the road again. Abd. 1898 J. R : I was gaein in the road. He bides in the road. Abd. 27 1954 : He was takin in the wid wi a 
  259. Reek n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1709-2003
     ee A vision of the glens. Sc. 1991 Forbes Macgregor in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 17 men. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 52: Syne, there wis a blinnin fire-flaucht. I thocht the sun hid faaen ooto the lift! Fin I luikit ower tae the toun, a great column o rikk raisse up, swyin frae side tae side. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 16: Guid neebor blown down an adjoining chimney into the room below (ne.Sc. 1968); (ii) reek-bouk , a belch of smoke-hol', an' de cat-hol' o' the hoose. (iv) Ags. 1719 A. B. Dalgetty Liff (1940) 16: The going from door to door. Reik-money was a contribution towards the providing of a fire in the school and it might take the form of a peat brought by a scholar in the morning. (v) Dmf. 1894 R. Reid) Phrs.: (i) ( a sour ) reek ( in the house ), fig. of an uncomfortable situation or atmosphere in the home, domestic discord, esp. as caused by a nagging wife (Sc. 1808 Jam.); (ii) the reek o' one's 
  260. Souch n., 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]1706-2000
     . n . 1 . The sound of the wind, esp. when long-drawn out, a breeze (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Rxb. 1942 Zai.; Uls. 1953 Traynor). Gen.Sc.; a draught. Dim. soughie . Edb Noctes Amb. (1856) III. 37: There's nae wund noo — only a sort o' sugh. Sc. 1876 A. Hislop Sir Gibbie 1.: A wee soughie o' win i' my face. Dmf. 1920 D. J. Bell-Irving Tally-Ho 18 47: A waefu' sough i' the caul' nicht win'. Arg. 1949 Mitchison & Macintosh Men &; Herring 29: The wind was back a bit and a strong seuch coming up from the south. Sc. 1991 T. S. Law in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 31: whaur nuintyde murls amang the leafs in the sooch o a saft wuin, whaur aathing cawed tae the hunkers wi heat funds beild tae byde in Sc. 1991 John, whusperin souch o life - biggin an wrackin this mauchtless ghaist. Ayr. 1997 : There's a such ti May) 2: The Deveron's sough comes clear eneuch. 3 . A rustling or whistling sound, as of an 
  261. Tryst n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1998
    . 1911 S.D.D .). [trəist] I . n . 1 . (1) An agreement, a solemn bargain, a covenant, a mutual. 1908 Gsw. Ballad Club III. 177: It wad be a ferly, atweel if the Lord Should fail in His tryst wi' me. em.Sc. 1979 Alan Bold in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 38: Noo lang ago a ghaistie cam' Tae tell whaur it was hid, An' a shepherd laddie made a tryst Tae dae what he was bid. (2) An liter. usage. Per. 1714 R. Smith Poems 1: This made the Lords a Tryst to hold. Sc. 1750. (6 Aug.) 191: He still affirmed that the devil was in the garden, for that he had a tryste with him. Sc. 1803 Broomfield Hill in Child Ballads No. 43.A.i.: There was a knight and a lady bright, Had a true tryste at the broom. Gall. 1825 J. Denniston Legends 58: The wardens hearing o' the out-breaking in the time o' peace, hae summoned a warden tryst. Edb. 1869 J. Smith lover's tryste, an' social hour, Rab sang them a'. Arg. 1898 N. Munro John Splendid xiii.: A 
  262. Wee n.1, adj., adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-2004
    : Once March came round we'd feel a wee bittie heat in the sun, like bees in a hive we'd be wanting out. wəi] I . n . 1 . A small measure, quantity or degree, of any thing or commodity, of time, space, etc., a little while, a short distance, freq. in adv . constructions, as a wee , somewhat, rather, for a little (Sc. 1808 Jam.), nae wee , in no small measure. See also Awee . (1) Of amount or degree: Sc. 1720 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 179: It lulls a wee my Mullygrubs. e.Lth. 1796 R. Gall Poems (1819) 36: Ilk ane ferlied nae a wee. Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality vii.: There's whiles convenience in a body looking a wee stupid. Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie i.: He was great company, . . . though at times a wee fashious. Slk. 1831 Hogg Good Queen Bess (1874) 194: I'm a wee doubtfu' o' the story still. Fif. 1862 St Andrews Gazette (25 July): It leads insensibly on, by littles, an' wees, to a state o' unconscious intoxication 
  263. Fa v., n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2005
     of Eng. fall . See P.L.D. § 78.1 . (1). [Sc. fɑ:, m.Sc. + fǫ:] I . v . A . Sc. forms: pr.t. 2000s); pa.t. fell ; pa.p. fa(a)n , fa'en , faun , fawn ; fawin (Abd. a .1787 J. Skinner he's staunan an chauvan wi a graipful o breers he's warslan awaa. Sic a wunner it is he disnae gang' o'er the dykes noo, watch ye don't fa' aff. Sure fitted ah wisnae, ma pals hid many a laugh. m.Sc. Aa o a sudden there wis a muckle blaff frae the airt o Aiberdeen. Syne, there wis a blinnin fire lands o Wauchton frae a puir laird fawn on hard times. ... ' B . Sc. usages: 1 . tr . To befall fair fa' your honest Heart. Per. 1739 A. Nicol Poems (1766) 17: Fair fa' your Lordship's canny hand. Ayr. 1786 Burns To a Haggis i.: Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face. Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality viii.: A daft auld whig randie, that ne'er was in the house (foul fa, Whatever fate micht fa'. Sh. 1931 Shet. Times (14 March): So, gud faa de fur a' it du's ivir don 
  264. Green adj., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2004
     heat of summer are called Green-Mood . (8) Abd. 1737 in A. Watt Hist. Kintore (1865) 98 Angus Gl .). I . adj . 1 . Covered with grass, e.g . in green gate , a grassy path or track (Ork II . 1 . (13) ( a )), green land , a grassy patch on hill-ground, free of heather (Kcb., Dmf. 1955 green gate. 2 . Of milk: new, fresh, applied to the first milk †of a newly-delivered woman, or of an animal, esp. a cow after calving (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 69; Cai. 1900 E.D.D. ; Rxb. 1923 Watson. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 6: Jean's paps wi' sa't and water washen clean, For fear her milk gat wrang fan it was green. Abd. 1954 Huntly Express (19 Nov.): In a very few days the milk will milk is fresh, who has been recently delivered of a child' (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). 3 . Of a mother: †recently delivered, found in Eng. 16th–17th c.; also used of a recently-calved cow, from the freshness and: She was apprehended and discovered to be a green woman newly delivered of a child. Sc. 1716 D 
  265. Hing v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-2003
     from milk or cream clotted by heat and hung up in a linen bag until all whey has drained away, Crowdie. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 22; Lth. 1819 J. Thomson Poems 34; Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk . 117; Sh Macgregor in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 17: Ay by his side there hings a bell That ca's him frae his crampet cell, But a' the time he's sair hame-seik Sh. 1991 William J. Tait in Tom Hubbard The,' Tammas continued. 'There was mair bluid in the syvers than ye'd see on a mercat day. They werena aw . To lean out of a window idly in order to watch what is going on in the street below. Gen.(exc. I. and s.)Sc. Cf .  II . 1 . Ags. 1889 Barrie Tillyloss Scandal 61: There's a curran women as . usages, gen. in ppl.adj. hingin : (1) of coal: undercut and ready to fall, lying at a high inclination rain (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Abd., Fif., Arg., Ayr., Kcb., Rxb. 1957); (3) of a golf-ball or its position: lying on a downward slope (Sc. 1880 Jam.). Gen.Sc. (3) Sc. 1857 Chambers's Information 
  266. Mill n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1700-1953
     atmosphere produced by so many breathing in a confined place, together with the heat and the exhalations of , the driving belt of a spinning wheel; (3) mill-bannock , a round oatmeal cake (see 1824 quot.), esp. one made at a melder and given to the mill-servants as a perquisite or to a poor person. See Bannock , 2 .; (4) mill-bitch , a bag set by the miller in a position to receive some of the customer's meal which was secretly diverted into it. Cf . Black Bitch ; (5) mill-boy , a lad employed to assist at a mill in loading and unloading customers' corn (Kcb. 1962); (6) mill-budie , see Buddie ; (7) mill-burn , a stream used to drive a mill; (8) mill-cap , the wooden vessel with which a miller measured his dues of meal and husks. See (40) and Cap , n .; †(9) mill-capon , a poor person who sought alms of a handful of meal at a mill; (10) mill-carry , a mill-dam which controls the flow of water into the mill stream. See Carry , n . 2 ; (11) mill-caul , -call , a mill dam (Kcb. 1962). See 
  267. Come v., adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2000
    . 2 . 'Stretch, expand, yield; . . . like a cord under tension, metals under heat, etc.' (Sc. 1887 Jam in Joy Hendry Chapman 37 46: Here, at the crossgates o Aprile, and eternity it cam owre'm as a: (a) c'way , quae , quay , c'wa , co' wa' , come along; Jam. 2 gives also the forms cwaw and Watson W.-B. ). (a) Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 29: 'Co' thee wa' in, boy,' says . (13).] Ags. 1912 A. Reid Forfar Worthies i.: C'wa te station wi's, an' a'll gi'e ye a have a dish o' tea wi' me! Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 : Quay, woman, what needs ye stand haverin' there a' day? Rxb. 1873 Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. 202/1: Now, quae in, an' a'll gie as a thee, for many a time een that geungs aff wioot an errand comes heem wae een, an if thoo comes at a cat, A speerit-craiter athoot faat, To me, a feel, roch human carl? Dundee 1989 W. N. Herbert mindit man. m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 6: 'Twas Esk or Teviot keltered 
  268. Lowp v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2005
    , to become flushed and puffy with a rash, heat, excitement, drink or the like (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Vbl.n. lʌup; I.Sc., (sm.Sc. + ) lup; Rnf. + ‡lop] I . v . A . Forms. Pa.t., pa.p. weak: lowped , -(i)t over, vault, cross at a bound: (1) specif . of persons and animals and of inanimate objects. Gen.Sc. Also fig . Hence, from ppl.adj., loupan wa's , adv., in a bounding manner, by means of leaps or jumps and in, . . . Spak o' lowpin o'er a linn. Sc. 1806 R. Jamieson Ballads II. 141: O Baby. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie xxxviii.: Loup your ways doun, and let me into the chaise. Kcb a mony troots we gruppit, Baith owre and in the linns we luppit. Abd. 1909 J. Tennant Sunset Song (1995) 198: The minister louped on his bicycle without a word, and off he rode. wm.Sc: Orgon bows doon to him in everything Lowps lik' a puppet when Tartuffe pu's the string. ne.Sc Setterday fur a suppie maet, he lowpit at the inveet. em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 
  269. Pit v.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1712-2003
     Putt . [pɪt, pɛt, pʌt. See I , letter.] A . Sc. forms: 1 . Sc. forms of Eng. put . pres.t. pit. forms of Eng. put pa.t. Pa.t. strong: pat (Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 82; Ayr. 1785 Burns No. 280 A. v.); paat (Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 6); † pait (Ork. 1728 H. Marwick. Johnston Stenwick Days (1984) 33: 'Thoo couldno possibly like a lass as thin as yin. Id's a winder they pat her in a picture, for thoo could herdly see her side on. Shae wis cheust like a shedda.' m.Sc. 1994 Billy Kay in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 145: Matha kennt they should o years. 3 . Sc. forms of Eng. put pa.ppl. Pa.ppl. strong: putten (Abd. 1768 A. Ross Works. Johnston Glenbuckie 74; Kcb. 1896 A. J. Armstrong Cobbler Kirkiebrae 285) [pʌtn]; pitten (Rnf. 1858 D. 1945 S. A. Duncan Chron. Mary Ann 12); petten (Kcd. 1880 W. B. Fraser Laurencekirk 360); potten (Bnff. 1887 W. M. Philip Covedale 39; m.Sc. 1893 A. S. Swan Homespun ii.; Fif. 1926 Wilson Cent 
  270. Rin v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1717-1997
     female: to be in heat, to rut (Ork. 1929 Marw., of a pig; Ork., Abd. 1968). The Ork. form however has aRIN , v ., n . Also rinn . Sc. forms and usages of Eng. run . I . v . A . Forms: Pr.t. rin. Beattie Scoticisms 76), † rune (Sc. a .1714 Earls Crm . (Fraser 1876) II. 485). Pa.p. run ; ran sm.Sc. 1979 Alan Temperley Tales of Galloway (1986) 1: 'I lived in a lan' where we saw nae sky, I dwalt in a spot where a burn rins na by; ... ' m.Sc. 1982 Douglas Fraser in Hamish Brown. A Golem rins fae the graveyard An the win is readin quate In the sma synagogue. B . Usages: 1., runabout, roving. Gen.Sc. Also as a n ., a vagabond, rover; a restless gadabout person. Gen.Sc.; (ii) rin apin , -apo , see (xiv) (Sh. 1968); (iv) rin(n) awa , adj., runaway (Ags. 1886 A. Willock Rosetty Ends 31). Gen.Sc. As a n . applied to the third or ring finger in children's rhyme about the fingers (see quot.); (v) rin by , of a bill, etc.: to become overdue (Abd. 1968); (vi) rin doon wi , to pour 
  271. Reid adj., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2003
    : Redearly . Grain that has got a heat on sometime or other. . . . He doubted it wad not grow, as it was a liftit ma heid his e'en to meet a flegsome fear was in ma wame. Sc. 1983 John McDonald in Joy Hendry Chapman 37 44: A reid dawin. Sun and Yirth jurmummelt. A bairn's face taks lowe i the causey. 1987 Sheena Blackhall in Joy Hendry Chapman 49 57: A mirey, dubby, tapsalteerie burn Teirin alang a bank o' reidest thorn Nae tinklin puil, o' tranquil blessed calm Twar better sic a thing war in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 50: Poother tae mak ye whiter, lipstick tae mak ye ridder, a Hubbard The New Makars 127: Ah go rid tae the roots o ma hair. Weel it's no fair, is it? Feel a right twit. m.Sc. 1994 John Burns in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 25: He watcht the fire phrs., where reid has sometimes come to have a merely intensive force, e.g . (37), (39), (53), (55), (63), (80): (1) red-aiten , see (24); (2) red-arsie , -ersie , “the name vulgarly given to a large 
  272. Auld adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2004
     fallow . . . but I am also an auld soldier o' your father's. Ib . xxi.: this auld kirk. Ib .: a expectin' a very auld acquaintance o' mine . . . to come [etc.]. Sc. 1999 Herald 31 Aug 19) 117: A like t' hear ye fin ye get on the aul' fernyurs [= past years]. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 20: 'Foo aal's Bennachie? As aal's a man?' Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt sentiment? wm.Sc. 1980 Anna Blair The Rowan on the Ridge 4: 'I wis jist goin' up a step or twa to it is a yauld cairn, A yauld, yauld, yauld cairn. e.Lth. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 143 Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonie lasses. Rxb. 1924 Hawick Express (22 Aug.) 3/7: Aw've yince or twice risked ma auld banes in a motor-car. m.Sc. 1997 Liz Niven. 2 . A term to indicate degrees of family descent. (1) Auld-auntie , 'the aunt of one's father or mother,' Jam. 2 1825, for Clydesdale. (2) Auld boy , One's father. Edb. 1993 : Ma auld boy's a 
  273. Heid n., 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]1700-2003
     Sandy iii.). [Sc. hid, but em.Sc.(a), mn.Sc.(b) hed, Cai., Rs. (h)eid] I . n . Sc. forms of Eng intae yir ain heid ah waanted ye tae be like me! m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye , see Efter , adv ., IV . 9 .; (2) hale-heid , see Hail , adj ., 6 .; (3) head-band , ( a ) a halter (Sh., Per., Fif., m.Lth., Rxb. 1956); ( b ) and ( c ) see I . 4 . (2) ( a ) and ( c ) below; (4 . Heich , adj ., 6 . Phrs. (2); (5) heid-hing , a drooping of the head, expressive of sorrow; (6) heid-ill , he(e)dal , ( a ) a disease of farm animals, esp. sheep, causing giddiness and swelling of the.); ( b ) fig . a person of a frivolous light-headed disposition, also used adj . in this sense (Ork is appar. orig. the ppl.adj .; †(7) head-lace , “a narrow ribbon for binding the head” (Ags. 1808 Jam.); (8) head-man , a stalk of rib-grass, Plantago lanceolata , used by children in mock duels-maud , headymaud (Slk. 1825 Jam.), a small plaid used to cover the head and shoulders (Slk. 1880 Jam 
  274. Runk n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1929
    RUNK , n . 3 1 . A descriptive term applied to anything especially large or bulky, a big clumsy animal or person, a large wave or heavy swell at sea (Sh. 1968). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A runk o' a body, a runk o' a baess, a runk o' a sea. Ork. 1929 Marw. : A muckle runk o' a man. 2 . A lump, esp. a lump on the head (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [For 2 ., cf . Faer. runkur , a knob or lump on a bone, Meaning 1 . may be rather an extended use of Runk , n . 1 ] 
  275. Knoost n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1805
     E.D.D .). [(k)nust, knɔist, knuʃ, knʌuʃ (Cai.)] I . n . 1 . A large lump, a chunk, a hunk, as of cheese (Lth. 1808 Jam.; Cld. 1825 Jam.; Mry. 1 1911, knais(h)t ); a heap, a pile, “like a miser's hoard” (Kcb. 4 1900); a hump (Cai. 1 c .1920, knoush ); a swelling on the joint of the big toe, a bunion ( Id ., Cai. 1960, knoush ); a wisp of straw, a tuft of wool (Mry. 1 1928); fig . a greedy, ill Poems (S.T.S.) II. 46: Syne out he took the heaviest haff [of a cheese], And ate a knoost o't quickly aff. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 35: Mak her a guid cogfu' o' brose, an' put a knoist o' butter in them. 2 . A blow, thump (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 366 wud laudron wi' a rung Weel noostit me. [L.Ger. knuust , knoost , a thick, unshapely mass, a lump, Mid. Du. knoest , a knot in a tree, Flem. knuist brood , a lump of bread.] 
  276. Cloint n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    CLOINT , Klont , n . 1 . 'A lump; piece of wood, esp.: ( a ) log of wood, a klont o' wood ; a piece of wood, badly hewn; a klont o' a tree ; ( b ) a shapeless stone, a klont o' a sten ' (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). 2 . 'A corpulent, clumsy person; an obese, dull person, a klont o' a fellow ' ( Ib .); also used of a clumsy animal (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., cloint ). [Prob., as Jak. suggests, the same as Dan. klunt , a log of wood, clumsy person, which is prob. from M.L.Ger. klunte , lump, mass ( cf 
  277. El D n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1985-2000
    . 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 23: El D A familiar name for Eldorado, a proprietory brand of fortified wine. Also L. D. Gsw. 1985 James Kelman A Chancer 128: Clatty Mattie! Rab gaped at him. Then he laughed: Hey, we should've brought her with us. Go down a bomb in here man — a couple of glass of eldee inside her and she'd be up on top of the bent shot's bar doing tricks with a guiness bottle. Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 29: 2 boatles a L.D. A boatle a Lanny. A dizzen cans a heavy. Hauf-a-dizzen cans a light. A hauf boatle a voddy. A wee boatle a pep 
  278. Blett n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1935
    BLETT , n . 1 . A spot, a blot; a patch of ground, etc., different from its surroundings. Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. : 'A mouldy blett' black muddy soil at the head of a bay, or the mouth of a burn. 1914 Angus Gl. : A muldi blett. Sh. 7 1935 Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Dirty spot on cloth, dirty bletts . Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): 'A green b[lett],' a grass-grown plot on a stretch of heather and . . . 'a steni b[lett],' a stony plot of ground. 1914 Angus Gl. : A piece of ground of a distinct colour, as 'a green blett'. Ork. 1929 Marw. : 'A b[lett] o' oo (wool)' lying on the grass; a 'b[lett] o' ware,' patch of seaweed on grass. 2 . Used derisively. Ork. 1929 Marw. : 'Great bletts o' feet'; a 'great b[lett] o' a plate, boat, etc.' 3 . Of snow: a large flake. Ork. 1929 Marw. : Great bletts o' snaa on the window. ['In Sh. the form for 3 is bladds , which Jak. places along with Swed. dial. bladda , 1, a smudge; 2, big drop 
  279. Bessie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1850-1930
    BESSIE , BESSY , n . 1 1 . 'An ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl' ( S.D.D . 1911 for Sc.). Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. : Bessie . A virago. Bessik and bessikie are the diminutives. Abd. 7 1925 : Bessie . A word used to a person when one is angry: as when a mother in a temper says to her girl, 'Ma bessie, gin I hid haud o' ye.' Abd. 1930 Nan Shepherd The Weatherhouse (1988) 202: 'No,' said Paradise, 'that's not a pose. Stella has a warm heart. A bold bessy but a warm heart. ...' † 2 . 'A kind of squire to a Guizard [ q.v .], dressed like a girl' (Sc. 1826 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 169). 3 . The female genitals. Cf. keek-a-bessy s.v. Keek . Sc. c .1850 A Few Rare Proverbs : A gude Paisley tocher-- a Bible and a bessy. [ Bessie is dim. of Bess , an abbrev. of Elizabeth .] 
  280. Thoog A Poog n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1899
    ¶ THOOG A POOG , n . A lie, a hoax, a leg-pull. Prob. a nonce idiosyncrasy. Peb. 1899 J. Grossart Chronicles 50: 'A ghost!' derisively snorted the Cooper, 'ga' wa' mon, ga' wa', that's jist a thoog a poog, and ye've gane and spoilt a guid nicht's fishin'. But it wis rale shabby o' the scoondril tae fricht ye, Charlie, and sae mony braw fish in the water — that alane proved it a thoog a poog, and no a ghost ava.' 
  281. Rekster n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1899-1948
    REKSTER , n . Also rexter ; rakster (Marw.). 1 . A going or proceeding (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .); a pursuit (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1932)), progress. Sh. 1908 Jak. II. (1932) 689: He made a puir rekster, he did not gain much. 2 . A stretch or extent of land (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .), esp. of poor o' Weisdaal ir full o' ljoags an shuns an dir rexter is immense. 3 . A long journey or drive. 1908 Jak. II. (1932) 689: What a rekster I'm had me. . . . He's made him a rekster, he made a journey (without success). 4 . An enclosure into which sheep are driven (Jak.), a walled track along which sheep are driven. Hence rekster-dyke , a wall which helps to control the driving of animals ( Ib .); rekster-goe , a creek used for this (Sh. 1904 E.D.D. ). See Geo . Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore: Der wer a guid rekster upon him. 6 . A pulling of the ears as a punishment, a trouncing, a dressing-down. Also as vbl. deriv. rakstering . Sh. 1908 Jak. II. (1932) 689: I'll giv dee a 
  282. Frail n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1920
    ‡ FRAIL , n . 1 , v . I . n . A container consisting of a circular wooden frame with a sheepskin bottom, used for winnowing corn, a Wecht (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; m.Lth., Dmf., Rxb. 1953). Rxb. 1920 Kelso Chron. (17 Dec.): The implement for this [ dighting ] being a sieve composed of a wooden frame and a sheepskin bottom which was called a 'frail.' II . v . To winnow corn with a frail (Dmf. 1895–1953). [O.Sc. frael , a rush basket, a .1450, Mid.Eng., O.Fr. frayel , a 
  283. Grawl n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1812-1928
    GRAWL , n . Also graulse . 1 . A young salmon, a grilse (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 240, graulse ; Kcb. 10 1955, graulse ). Ayr. 1812 A. Boswell Poet. Wks. (1871) 100: Many a grawl, and many a trout, By net resistless dragg'd to shore. 2 . Fig . A youth, a growing boy (Ayr. 1916 T.S.D.C . II.). Cf . Grilse , 2 ., Grulsh . Ayr. 4 1928 : A wiz jist a young grawl o' a boy. [ Grawl is a back formation from graulse , a variant of Grilse , q.v . Cf 
  284. Bumph n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1925-1937
    BUMPH , n . Cf . Bumfle . [bʌmf] 1 . A lump, a bundle. Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 19: Her claes were a' in a bumph aboot her. 2 . A stupid fellow. Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 19: A stupid fellow—A muckle bumph. Kcb. 1937 (per Kcb. 1 ): You're a muckle bumph. [Sc. variant of Eng. bump , a swelling. Cf 
  285. Gull n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1929
    GULL , n . 1 , v . 1 [gʌl] I . n . 1 . “A thin, cold mist, accompanied by a slight wind” (Bnff. 1866, Gregor D. Bnff . 71; ne.Sc. 1955). Also attrib . Bnff. 1825 Jam. : A cauld gull nicht , a chill evening, one marked by a cold wind. Abd. 1900 E.D.D. : There's a gull on the hills this forenoon. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 119: Nyod, that's a gey gull comin' doon the nicht; we'll hae a bit dyow aw'm thinkin'. 2 . A chill (Bnff. 2 1940). II . v . To become covered with a thin mist driven by a cold wind. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 71: A think it'll be rain; it's a' beginnin' to gull. [Norw. dial. gul , Icel. gol(a) , a breeze, esp 
  286. Glunimie n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1828
    † GLUNIMIE , n . Also glun(e)amie , glunimae , glunyie-man . 1 . A Lowland name for a Highlander; “a rough unpolished boorish-looking man; a term generally applied to a Highlander” (Bnff. 1825 Jam., glunyie-man ). Abd. 1737 W. Meston Poet. Wks. (1802) 97: Some Glunimies met at a fair, As deft and tight as ever wore A durk, a targe, and a claymore. Sc. 1827 Scott Two Drovers i.: Not a Glunamie of them all cocked his bonnet more briskly, or gartered his tartan hose under knee over a pair of more promising spiogs (legs), than did Robin Oig M'Combich. Sc. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth iii.: He is but half a Highlander neither, and wants a thought of the dour spirit of a Glune-amie. 2 . “A fondling name to a cow” (Mearns 1825 Jam., glunimie , -mae ). [The. 796, gluntoch in Dunbar Flyting (S.T.S.) l. 99, as a contemptuous term of address to a Highlander, = Gael. glun dubh , black (i.e. hairy) knee. The whole may represent Gael. gluineanach , gartered, a 
  287. Pooit n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1934
    POOIT , n . A policeman. Ags. 1934 G. M. Martin Dundee Worthies 28: A policeman was given various names. Among others these names were: “a Peeler”, “a Bobbie”, “a Snout”, “a Poo-it”, or “a Slop”. [? A variant of powit , Powhead , a tadpole, from the policeman's helmet.] 
  288. Bally n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1912
    BALLY , BALLY-COG , n . A milk pail. Bnff. 1825 Jam. 2 : Bally-cog . A milk-pail, synon. Leglin . Bnff. 1898 W.G. in E.D.D. : A ballycog is also called a bally. A cog is not so tall as a pail, and has a handle for carrying it, and not a “bow” as a pail has. Bnff. 4 1912 : Bally cog , a milk pail with a handle formed of an elongated stave. Bnff. 7 1912 [ Cf . Dan. balje , which denotes a tub; the addition of cog must be modern. Cf . also Bala-pat .] 
  289. Kilp v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † KILP , v . 1 To catch sea-fowl on a cliff by means of a rod or pole with a running loop on the end of it (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl .). Comb.: kilpin-stick , ( a ) a rod with a hook at the end, for catching sea-fowl (Jak.); ( b ) a rod to which a rope, with a loop at the end, is fixed, used esp. for hoisting up sheep from awkward ledges ( Ib .). [Norw. kylpa , to fish with a rod, Icel. kilpr , a loop of whalebone fastening the handle to a bucket.] 
  290. Blast n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1746-1963
    BLAST , n . 1 . A smoke, a whiff of a pipe. Gen.Sc. Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 : A blast of) xxxii: Juist as I was sittin' doon at the cheek o' the fire to enjoy a comfortable blast o' my pipe. m.Sc. 1934 (per Slg. 3 ) Rxb. a .1860 J. Younger Autobiog. (1881) 101: Find your pouch an' ye ha'e a bit end o' 'bacco, an' fill the pipe, and we'll ha'e a blast wi' Willie. n.Rxb. , w.Rxb. , s.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : Sit inti the fire an' let's hae a blast. 2 . “A stroke, a chill, a sudden fit of illness” (Bnff. 2 1934). Abd. 1746 W. Forbes Dominie Deposed in John Cheap, Chapman's Library (1877) 11: Poor Maggy took a sudden blast, And o'er did tumble. Abd. 19 1934 Lnk. c .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 61: A dole woman, I took a sudden blast o' the hame gawn. 3 . A loud noise, a hue and cry. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 283: Gude kens how'twill end at the last, But sairly I'm dreading a shiney; I doot it will end in a 
  291. Knolt n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
    KNOLT , n . Also hnolt (Angus). A log of wood, a lump, “a thick, lumpish thing” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl .); fig . a big, well-developed person or animal ( Ib ., Sh. 1960). [knolt, hnolt] Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A knolt o' a codlin. A hnolt o' a chap. [Of Scand. orig. Cf . Norw. knolte , a knoll, Sw. dial. knollt , a lump of earth.] 
  292. Cursour n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1862-1896
    † CURSOUR , n . A stallion. This meaning of courser has been obs. in Eng. since 16th cent. ( N.E.D. ). Cf . Cooser . Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs 5: A fey man and a cursour fears na the deil. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 140: He nickers like a cursour at a caup o' corn. [O.Sc. has cursour , a large powerful riding horse or war-horse; a stallion, from c .1420, variant of coursour , a courser, a steed ( D.O.S.T .); O.Fr. corcier , Mod.Fr. coursier (Hatz. and Darm.).] 
  293. Slag n.3, v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1929
    SLAG , n . 3 , v . 3 Also slaag ; sla . [slɑ:g] I . n . 1 . A slap, swinging blow, “slug”; a beating, drubbing (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Sh. 1898 Shetland News (24 Dec.): I gae her a slaag wi' da eel. 2 . A heavy swell in the sea (Ork. 1970). Ork. 1929 Marw. : The're a filty slag in the sea the day. 3 . A heavy clumsy person or thing, a great hulking object (Sh. 1970). Ork. 1929 Marw. : A great slag o' a wife, a muckle slag o' a boat. 4 . An indefinite number, a crowd, swarm (Sh. 1904 E.D.D. , a slaag o bairns). Also in reduced form sla (Ib.). II . v . To hit with a swinging blow, slap, “swipe”. Vbl.n. slagin , a beating, “thumping” (Sh. 1908 Jak mooth. Sh. 1900 Shetland News (10 March): Doo'd no slaagid Tamy o' da Lees wi' a weet cob. [Norw. O.N. slag , a blow, stroke, battle, with extensions of meaning. Cf. e.g . Dunt .] 
  294. Gabbit n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1782-1900
    † GABBIT , n . Also gabbot , -art , gab(b)er(t) . Sc. forms and usages of Eng. gobbet , a piece, lump. 1 . A morsel, mouthful, 'the mouthful of food which a bird is carrying to its young' (Rxb frae bein' stabbit. 2 . A broken piece, a fragment, often in phr. to be a gabber , used to describe an imperfect or ruined article or beast, a 'goner.' In pl .: 'shivers; applied to what is dashed to pieces' (Per. 1825 Jam.). Sc. 1782 J. Callander Ancient Sc. Poems 79: When a thing is no a hale gabbit o't , it is all to rags. Per. 1900 E.D.D. : If a man lets fall a pane of glass, 'O! it's a gabber,' 'Ye've made a gabber o' that cup.' If a horse or cow dies, 'O! it's a gabber noo.' A boy says he has three marbles in his pocket and a gabber (a broken one). 
  295. Blink n.1[1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1935
    BLINK , n . 1 1 . A bright and cheerful glance. Gen.Sc. N.E.D. says chiefly Sc. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 103: She met my lad, . . . An' gar'd her lips on his gee sick a smack, . . . An' then wi' sick a blythsome blink she took it. Abd. 2 1935 Abd. 9 1935 Edb. 1844 J. Ballantine Miller of Deanhaugh 129: Ye dinna swither to cast down a blythe blink o' your ee on me. Bwk. 1879 W. Chisholm Poems 63: But ne'er a blink o' Fortune's e'e E'er comes my airt ava'. 2 . A glimpse, a hurried view. Gen.Sc. N.E.D. says chiefly Sc. Sc. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 7: There was a view on a bit of empty road, . . . houses . . . and a was scarce a blink o' the wa's For the flower o' the gean. Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie lxxi.: Gang and bring me your books, and when I have ta'en a blink of their contents, I'll gie you an answer. Kcb. 1 1935 : Hursle forrit yer creepie an' get a blink o' the ingle. 3 . A short time, a 
  296. Parrock n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1825-1956
    . usages: I . n . 1 . A small enclosure or pen (Dmf. 1808 Jam., parrok ; s.Sc. 1869 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric . II. 724), esp. one used for familiarising a sheep with a strange or neglected lamb (Rxb. 1825 . a small or poky room in a house (Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc . XIII. 34, a parrack o' a place). Also in Eng. dial. Sc. 1882 Trans. Highl. Soc. 146: Along the north wall are erected a row of twenty houses, 'parricks' or pens, the roofing of which is made by fixing timber from the Chron. (11 Dec.) 4: It very soon puts the milk off a lean ewe if she is to stay in a bare, 'keb' park any length of time, after perhaps a night in a parreck. Dmf. 1925 Scottish Farmer (24 Jan.): In stormy lambing weather, it is a good plan if you have a handy kebhouse or parack. Bwk. 1927 R. S. Gibb Farmer's 50 Years 161: A wild, Cheviot gimmer was in the 'parrack,' and in a second the flake-gate closed. em.Sc. 1947 Scots Mag. (April) 13: A gead through the stable an 
  297. Hunk n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825
    † HUNK , n . 1 A lazy slut. Cf . Hulk , n . 1 , v . Rxb. 1825 Jam. : A sluttish, indolent woman, a drab; as, 'a nasty hunk ,' 'a lazy hunk .' [Prob. a fig . use of hunk , a lump, a 
  298. Kitchal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929
    KITCHAL , n . A pot-belly, “a corporation”, a person with a stout paunch (Ork. 1960). [′kɪtʃəl] Ork. 1929 Marw. : He had a muckle kitchal. He was a great kitchal o' a man. [Etym. uncertain. Phs. a deriv. of Kyte .] 
  299. Chard n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    CHARD , SHARD , n . “A ridge or bank of sand in a links” (Ork. 1887 Jam. 6 ); “a grassy hollow in links — surrounded by sandy sides, place where wind has blown a hollow in sandy links” (Ork. 1929 Marw., shard ). [ Cf . O.N. skarð , a notch, hack; empty space, breach, gap; mountain pass (Zoega); Norw. skard , a dip in the ridge of a hill (Falk and Torp). Cf . also Eng. dial. shard , a gap or broken place in a hedge, wall, etc.; a clearing in a forest ( E.D.D. ).] 
  300. Speld n.[1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1707-1758
    † SPELD , n . A measure of land; a small piece of land, originally one of a series into which a field was divided by ploughing in a special manner. Deriv. spieldo , an angular piece of land, a triangular corner of a field, any odd strip of land (Ork. 1929 Marw.) Ork. 1707 Marw. (1929): 3 rigs laboured by Newark and a little speld by Rob. Sinclair. Sh. 1758 Session Papers, Graham v. Tyrie (18 Jan.) 10: Two Spelds or little Rigs, which he delves with a spade. [O.Sc. speld , id., 1643 (Ork.), appar. ad. Norw. dial. spjell , a strip of ground, poss. from spjeld , a flat piece of wood or the like to cover up an opening, O.N. spjald , speld , a tablet, spilda , a flake, slice (see Speld , v .). But cf . also Norw. dial. spol , pl. spelir , a strip of cloth, of land, narrow ridge of a field.] 
  301. Tillie-pan n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1735-1956
     tillie . A skillet or flat iron cooking pan, a sauce-pan (Mry. 1825 Jam.; Mry., Abd. 1972); a baling scoop (Abd. 1931). Abd. 1735 Abd. Estate (S.C.) 21: To 3 Fish and a Big Tillie . . . 1s 10d. Abd. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 28: A tillie pan O white iron, whilk I made mysel. Abd. Abd. 1930 Tinker's Rhyme : Wull ye no buy a brander, A stander, a tullypander, Or a jouggie tae' a “tanner“bocht a gill, A besom or a tilly pan. [Orig. obscure.? For tiller-pan , one with a long handle, like a tiller. See Tillie , n . 2 ] 
  302. Daw n.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1901
    ‡ DAW , Daa , Da , n . 2 1 . A sluggard, a lazy, idle person (Cai. 1907 D. B. Nicholson in done little work. Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs 29: A working mither maks a daw dochter. Sc. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 20: A morning's sleep is worth a fauld o' sheep to a.hudderin' dudderin' daw. m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 64: I'm cheated, if he doesna aither turn oot a deil or a daw. 2 . A slattern, a drab, an untidy woman; “used in Ayrs. to denote a trull or bad woman” (Jam. 2 ). Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 325: There was never a Slut but had a Slitt, there was never a Daw but had twa. Sc. [1826] R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 388: They that wash on Saturday, Are dirty daws indeed. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Rock and wee pickle Tow xiv.: But I see that but spinning I'll never be bra', But gae by the name of a dilp or a da. Uls. 1901 J. W. Byers in North. Whig Lecture iv.: Every day braw Makes a Sunday daw. [ Fig . extensions of daw 
  303. Slung n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1768-1965
    SLUNG , n . 1 , v . [slʌŋ] I . n . 1 . A sling for hurling stones (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ags., Fif., Slg., Lnl., wm.Sc., Kcb. 1970). Comb. slung-stane , a stone for use in a sling, freq. in phr. like a slung-stane , as if from nowhere, “like a bolt from the blue” (Abd. 1970). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 89: Tho' I'm amo' you cast like a slung stane. Abd. 1895 J. Davidson Old Ministers 104: Ye're nae jist like ane o oorsel's; ye cam' in amon's like a slung stane. Ags. 1897 Bards Ags. (Reid) 221: You ken how David wi' a slung, Did cast a stane. 2 . A gangling simpleton, a “tall, lank booby” (Abd. 1825 Jam.); a disreputable character, a scoundrelly fellow orra slung, hed stown a silver watch. Abd. 1916 G. Abel Wylins 128: His brither wis a slung. Abd. 1965 Huntly Express (25 June) 2: He wis a dour slung onywye. II . v . To hurl as from a sling, to expel forcibly (Ayr. 1880 Jam.). Cf . colloq. Eng. sling . [O.Sc. slonge 
  304. Knibloch n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1716-1915
    KNIBLOCH , n . Also knibblach , -lock , knib(b)lack (Abd. p .1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shep . (S.T.S.) 173), knublack , -ock . [′knɪbləx, -ək] 1 . A small, rounded stone, a boulder, a hard clod of earth, a knot, knob, or lump in gen. (Sc. 1808 Jam.), a small piece, a chunk, as of cheese (Ayr. 1880 Jam.; Mry. 1 1925); a lump, a swelling raised by a knock or blow (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gl.); fig ., a small insignificant person (‡Abd. 1960). Cf. kneeplach s.v. Kneep , n ., 1 . Sc. 1716 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 69: But a thrawn Knublock hit his Heel, And Wives had him to haul up, Haff fell'd that Day. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 61: But as luck was, a kniblack took his tae, An' o'er fa's he, an' tumbl'd down the brae. Sc. 1812 Popular fells, The knublocks rattled like a bag o' shells. Sc. 1827 C. I. Johnstone Eliz. de Bruce I. xii.: Leddy 'Lisbeth is drapping double brandy for him on a knublock o' sugar. Fif. 1827 W 
  305. Powler n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1945
    POWLER , n . Something which is outstanding of its type, a Beezer , Palmer . Cai. 1 1945 : A boy, looking at a big-sized haddock at the quay, says to a companion: 'Boy, 'at's a great powler o' a chiel.' [Phs. a variant of pauler , something which astonishes one, a 'knock-out', a 'floorer 
  306. Boucht n.1, v.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1712-1935
    , bʌxt, bʌuxt] 1 . n . (1) A bend of any kind, a fold; a knot; a coil of rope; a creek or bay in a river. Sc. 1808 Jam. : 'The bought of a blanket,' that part of a blanket where it is doubled. Where the sea forms a sort of bay, it is said to have a bought . Sc. 1899–1901 A Lassie Lives by Yonder Burn in R. Ford Vagab. Songs, etc. (1901) 26: I'll ben the spence and dress a wee, Wi-workers speak about putting a 'bucht' or twist on a rope. (Also Bnff. 2 1935 ) (2) A length of Rev. J. Mill (1889) 121–122: As peace is made with Denmark, will prove a great blessing to this. Nicolson Shet. Incidents and Tales 53: Each sixaern [six-oared Norway skiff] was furnished with a , 'a running knot; one that can easily be loosed, in consequence of the cord being doubled ' (Sc. 1808 , to fold down. Hence bouchting-blanket , boughting blankit , 'a small blanket, spread across a feather bed, the ends being pushed in under the bed at both sides' (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Ags. 1712 A 
  307. Fup v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1929
     . Phrs.: to fup a haud o' , to seize in one's grip, to grab (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 27 1943); † to fup the cat' oot a geyan bare, leensome liveliheed fuppin'-'e-cat, dargin', an' thiggin'. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 118: She wid come ben the kirk wi' a suddenty, an' fup a haud o' 's an' set's doon wi' a doosht a bit farrer ben the seat. II . n . 1 . As in Eng. Also a blow, stroke, lit . and fig . (Abd. 27 1953), a whipping; a moment, a trice. Phrs. and combs.: fupshaft , a whipstock; fup-tow , a whip-lash for a spinning-top (Abd. 1923 A. Shewan Spirat Adhuc Amor 277); in a fup , in an instant (Cai. 1900 E.D.D. ). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 13: How stand poor I, o'er ta'en wi' sick a trick, To look like blunty an' the fupshaft lick. Abd. after 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd MS. 58: His exercise he speedily takes up, Nor e'er for gaing wrang anes got a fup. Abd. 1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess iii . i.: I'm thinking Bessy's pride will dree a fup 
  308. Memorandum n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1720-1933
    MEMORANDUM , n . Sc. usages: ¶ 1 . An epitaph, a memorial inscription on a gravestone. Edb. 1720 A. Pennecuik Helicon 80: The Laird of the Ground . . . Put up a Stain with this Memorandum. ‡ 2 . A memento, a souvenir, a keepsake (Bnff. 12 c .1930; Abd., Per. 1962). Obs. in Eng. Sc. 1865 C. Graham Mystifications 26: He excused himself, saying it [snuff-box] was a keepsake from a deceased . . . friend. She said . . . that very circumstance made her the more desirous to obtain it; it would be a memorandum of them both. Abd. 14 1933 : An old woman once knitted me a pair of socks “for a memorandum”. 
  309. Cammock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1768-1978
    , ′kʌmək Sc., but Abd. + kɑmeg; kɑməg Cai.] 1 . 'A crooked stick' (Sc. 1808 Jam.); 'a short staff with a' (Ayr. 4 1928). Known to our Abd. correspondents (1938). Also attrib . Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs (1870) 84: Early crooks the tree, that good cammock should be. Abd. after 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd MS. 131: A cammock staff, cut after nature's cast He leaned upon. Abd. 1872 J. G. Michie Deeside Tales (1908) xviii.: He . . . proceeded to trace a cross on the path with the point of his camaig. Ayr. publ. 1834 Burns To Major Logan (Cent. ed.) iii.: Until you on a cummock driddle, A grey-hair'd carl. 2 . 'The game otherwise called Shinty ' (n.Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 , camack ; Per. Ib., cammock ). Also attrib . Inv. 1822 Abd. Jnl. N. & Q. I. 144: A very Nonagenarian (1886) 5: On Sabbath forenoon, instead of . . . going to the kirk, a numerous party assembled on the spot known as the bleaching green, and played a game of Cammack. Inv. 1978 Eona 
  310. Keek n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1832-1932
    KEEK , n . 2 Also Keeg , keig , caig . A cunning, sly, or malicious person (Mry. 1925; Abd. 1941); also applied in contempt or opprobriously to a young woman, a jade, a vixen (Abd. 1911 Weekly Jnl . (20 Jan.)); a flirtatious, spirited young person (Abd. 30 1959). [kik, kig] Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 124: Ye rampin' keegs, black be ye're fa', Ye plague a body ane an' a'. Abd. 14 1915 : Ye vile keig, ye! On Deeside a girl may be called a caig o' a quynie, a jade of a lass. Kcd. 1932 L. G. Gibbon Sunset Song 22: One of the queans was Faith, and faith she looked a 
  311. Black-strippit Ba' n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1926-1991
    BLACK-STRIPPIT BA' , n . Also black-strippit ball , black striped ball . Bull's eye, a sweet and black-strippit balls and sugar-elly straps and sherbet bags, all a haipny each. Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day 14: Agnes went round the shelves with the line: a tin of Lyle's Golden Syrup; a tin of Fowler's treacle; a half pound of margarine; a half a dozen eggs; a tea loaf; a packet of Rinso; a bar of Sunlight; a packet of Woodbine; and a quarter of black striped balls. Edb. 1991 : When I wis wee I used tae get a bag o mixed sweeties an ma mither yaised tae pick oot aw the 
  312. Pillion n.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1707-1834
    PILLION , n . Also pullion , peilion . A sack stuffed with rags, a pad, cushion (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 382), specif . one used as a saddle, a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle for a second rider or to carry luggage. Hence mail-pillion , id.; pillion-mail , a valise or portmanteau suitable for carrying on a pillion. Sc. 1707 Ho. Bk. Lady G. Baillie (S.H.S.) 16: To a new male pillion . . . 12s. Rs. 1732 W. MacGill Old Ross-shire (1911) II. 130: A large. 1834 M. Scott Tom Cringle xi.: His portmanteau behind him on a mail-pillion. [O.Sc. pilȝane , a pad, light saddle, 1503, Gael. pillin , -ean , id., from Lat. pellis , a skin, pelt. The word entered Eng. at a later date ( a .1620) from Irish Gael.] 
  313. Cuddie n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    CUDDIE , n . 3 † 1 . “A gutter in a street” (Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 ; 1923 Watson W.-B. , obs.). 2 . “A ditch or cutting to lead the drainage of a district to a river; also, an overflow connection between a canal and a river” (Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 ). [Prob. a later variant of Cundy , a covered drain 
  314. Ever n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1914
    . [′e:vər] Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A ever o' a man, o' a coo . . . etc.; a ever o' a fire, a great, blazing fire. Sh. 1914 Angus Gl. : A graat ever av a ku. [A form of Aiver , n . 1 , q.v 
  315. Staggle n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1958
    ¶ STAGGLE , n . A young stag, a male deer between his third and sixth years. Ags. 1958 C. Gibson Highl. Deer Stalker 107: A deer-calf becomes “a knobber” in his second year, “a staggle” in his third, “a stag” or “a hart” in his sixth. [Formally a dim. form in -le of stag , but prob. a corruption of Eng. staggard , -art , id.] 
  316. Scart n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1869-1950
    SCART , n . 2 1 . A hermaphrodite, an animal of indeterminate sex (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Bwk. 1969). 2 . A puny, shrunken person (m.Sc. 1969); as a more gen. term of abuse, a contemptible, good-for-nothing, scurvy fellow, a mean, niggardly individual (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Uls to a scart O' a think [ sic ] like a buskit-up monkey. Sc. 1874 A. Hislop Bk. Sc. Anecdote 319: I ha'ena buried a leevin' sowl for sax months, an' it bena a scart o' a bairn. Knr. 1895 H. Haliburton Dunbar 17: He's a puir scart wha sets himsel' wi' care To gather gear his sordid lifetime thro'. ne.Sc. 1896 Scots Mag. (Aug.) 224: On you, ye scart o' a Hielantman! m.Sc. 1934 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 40: When do you think a scart like you could pay me? Per. 4 1950 : He's nothin but a drucken scart. [Metathetic form of Scrat , n . 2 ] 
  317. Bloss n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1792-1866
    BLOSS , n . 1 . A term of endearment; a sweetheart. Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 : Bloss , a term applied to a buxom young woman. Lnk. 1792 Airdrie Bards (Knox 1930) 309: Wa here like queens. 75: But don't be frightened, my purty bloss, I hev now a wee fiel' at the edge of the moss. 2 west of Scot. . . . . as denoting a trull. [Prob. a shortened form of blossom , extended to mean a sweetheart, etc., and often in a derogatory sense. Bloss is also found in Yks., Lin., used ironically of a woman' and blossom in w.Yks., Chs., Lin., to mean a hussy, a dirty person or thing ( E.D.D. ). Jam. 2 suggests a connection with obs. or dial. Eng. blowze , a trull, a fat wench, used by Shakespeare in Titus Andr . IV. ii. 72: 'Sweet blowse, you are a beautious blossome sure.' Farmer and Henley give bloss , 'generic for a woman — girl, wife, or mistress.'] 
  318. Bordel n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1801-1935
    BORDEL , n . A brothel. Now obs. in Eng., latest quot. in N.E.D. a .1722. Not given in Concise our daughters' sleeping-chambers, as if they were in a bordel in Paris. Hence bordeller , a.: But this peevish Catharine uses me as if I were a brawler and a bordeller! Comb.: bordel house , a keep a Bordel house. Abd. 22 1935 [O.Sc. bordale ( c .1400), bordel , borthel (1623), a brothel, bordalour , a keeper or frequenter of brothels ( D.O.S.T. ); O.Fr. bordel , orig. a hut, cabin, brothel; dim. of borde , a cabin, from bord , a plank, which was extended to mean a building made of , a lewd person, a base wretch, whence was made brothel-house , a house for vile people, afterwards 
  319. Russie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1908-1958
    RUSSIE , n . 1 Also russi , russy ; russa . 1 . A male horse, a stallion (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. russie-foal , a young stallion (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928)), hence by extension, a foal with a matted shaggy coat (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1968), a slovenly unkempt person (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .); a nickname for a native of Fetlar in Shetland where horses were bred in large numbers (Sh. 1883 J. R. Tudor a more gen. sense = male, in e.g. russa-bairn , a male child, boy (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 155). Sh. 1958 Shetland News (30 Dec.) 4: Mirlin laek a russi-foal. 2 . A shaggy unkempt person (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .). Cf. russie-foal above. 3 . A mare, esp. in sea taboo-speech. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Russa is com inna-dikes. [A dim. form orig. ad. O.N. hross , a horse. Rossa is strictly the fem. form from Norw. dial. rossa , O.N. hryssa , a mare. Cf . Hest .] 
  320. Drowlack n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1840-1924
    DROWLACK , DROWLY , n . “A seat to which a rope is attached to let a man down over a precipice” (Bnff. 1916 T.S.D.C . II.; Bnff. 9 c .1927): a hammock or swing. Nai. 1840 W. Gordon Poet. Traveller 215: To Gibbie's kiln they brought them out To swing them in a drowly. Bnff. 1924 Scots Mag. (June) 188: His wife — the muckle clort — shoudin' in a drowlack! [Gael. drolag , a swing, dim. of drola , a chain, a loop.] 
  321. Lanny n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1983-2002
    LANNY , n. Nickname for Lanliq, a proprietary brand of cheap fortified wine. Gsw. 1983 James Kelman Not not while the giro 30: Didny win much bit enough tae git us a hauf boattle a Lanny. Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 42: Lanny Nickname for Lanliq, a proprietary brand of cheap fortified wine. Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 29: 2 boatles a L.D. A boatle a Lanny. A dizzen cans a heavy. Hauf-a-dizzen cans a light. A hauf boatle a voddy. A wee boatle a pep. Gsw. 1992 Jeff Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! (1993) 16: Kerouacs Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 155: A thocht they'd been skelpin inti the Lanny, but wee Eric says he was the 'The Lannie'. The Lannie is a sort of British sherry that people drank, it was very cheap and Jan 12: Burns probably was, Paddy assures us, a member of the Dumfries branch of the AA. No, not 
  322. Rick v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1877-1958
    RICK , v . 1 , n . 1 Also rik(k) . I . v . 1 . To pierce with a sharp upward jerk as a hook or fish spear pierces a fish, to hook (a fish) (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 186, 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1968). Sh. 1899 Shetland News (25 Feb.): A ting o' a brismik 'at Johnnie. Sh. 1931 Shetland Times (14 March) 7: Laek nawthin' sae much on ert' is a rikkit codlin,. Derivs.: (1) rikker , a spar with a hook attached for use as a fish spear (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1968); a small boat spar (Edm.); (2) rikki , a fish spear (Angus; Sh. 1968). 2 . Of a Lowrie (1949) 14: A vild iron heuk thing stikkin' oot frae da tram, rickit athin wir front wheel. Sh. 1958 New Shetlander No. 47. 9: The ring was found, rikkit in a Shetland scarf she'd been wearing. II . n . A sharp upward jerk, a sudden pull (Sh. 1968). Sh. 1877 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 13: Sae as ye can gie your waand a rick da minnit your bait is oot o' sicht. Sh. 1891 J 
  323. Belch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1767-1924
    BELCH , BILCH , BAILCH , BELGH , n . [bɛlx, belx, bɪlx] 1 . A stout person. n.Sc. 1808 Jam. : A term applied to a very lusty person. ' A bursen belch , or bilch , one who is breathless from corpulence, q[uasi] burst, like a horse that is broken-winded.' Abd.(D) 1767 R. Forbes like a horse i' the strangle, a rigglenth e'er [sic] you came neer them. Abd. 1768 A. Ross. 1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 11: He's as bilchy a beast as in a' the barronry. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 219: I could a' tell't ye a hun'er stories aboot Nanny, for I sat for oors hearkenin' tae Mrs Smith tellin' them, — a bilchy bit lassock, ye ken. 2 . A person or animal . In Selkirks. denoting 'a little, crooked, insignificant person.' Uls. 1924 (2nd ed.) W length and size of its legs. 3 . A term of disrespect for (1) a child, (2) a grown-up person. (1) Ags.(D) 1822 A. Balfour Farmers' Three Daughters 66: The belch winna sleep sae lang as ane 
  324. Sloo n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1866-1951
    SLOO , n ., v . Also slu(e) . [slu:] I . n . 1 . A layer, of something evenly spread over a surface, specif . of dung applied to land, of turf, or of peat-dross spread over the floor of an animal's stall, a layer of compost (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 202, 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1970). Sh. 1898 Shetland News (29 Oct.): I maun gie da aetin' anes [potatoes in a clamp] anidder sloo o' poans. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): He leaved a slu o' hay ahint him. Sh. 1951 Sh. Folk Book II. 3: Tak a divit aff o' de second slue o' Ole's byre and pit him anunder de kirn. 2 . A long, lanky, overgrown person or animal; a sluggish, idle or soft fellow (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1914 Angus Gl: Rise dee wis up, du lazy sloo! Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A great lang slu o' a boy: a soft slu o, being interpreted, signifieth slatterns. II . v . 1 . To spread a thin layer of any substance, esp. of earth, peat-mould, manure or the like on a heap, in a cattle-stall, on land (Sh. a .1838 Jam 
  325. Reemis n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1754-1966
    (a)mish . ne.Sc. forms of Rummiss , q.v . See P.L.D. § 37 . [′rimɪʃ, -ɪs] I . n . 1 . A resounding crash or rumble, as of a falling body, masonry, etc. (Bnff., Abd. 1825 Jam., Bnff., Abd. 1968). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 68: With a loud crack the house fell down at last, The reemish put a knell unto her heart. Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 84: Weel, sorra tak' this warld wi' a reemise. Abd. 1879 G. MacDonald Castle Warlock xiii.: There was no accounting for the reemish they baith h'ard. Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. xi.: He wisna weel doon fan we heard an awfu unearthly roar and seen a great remise. 2 . Of a lighter sound: a scuffle, a noisy upheaval, a din, clatter (Abd. 1968). Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 60: As gin some warlock hid made a reemice amon' the breem busses. Sc. 1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick II. xvii.: The vera.: In sic a whummule an' a rum'le an' a remiss as this Lon'on. Abd. 1895 J. Davidson Ministers 
  326. Sheemach n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1866-2004
    SHEEMACH , n . Also sheim- , shemach , -ich , sheemich . Dim. sheemachan . [′ʃiməx] 1 . A piece of thick matted cloth or dress of any kind (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 154), a tangled or matted mass of hair or any hairy or fibrous substance ( Id .; Mry., Bnff. 1930), a tangled mass of weeds. Also attrib . = shaggy, tousled. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 154: His hair's jist a sheemach; for it hizna seen a reddin-kaim for a month. Bnff. 1916 Banffshire Jnl. (28 March) 2: Dysie's sheemach head. Abd. 1 1929 : Her heidie wis jist a sheemach o' curls. Abd. 1952 Huntly Express (27 June): A shemach o' weeds or ither growth. 2 . A pad or woven covering placed on a horse's back and used instead of a saddle, a kind of pack-saddle (Sc. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron Sc. Poetry Gl.), 'a kind of bass made of straw or sprot -ropes plaited, on which the panniers are hung which are fastened to a pack-saddle' (Kcd. 1808 Jam.). Abd. c .1890 Gregor MSS. : On the animal's 
  327. Toosht n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1866-1996
     . [tuʃt] I . n . 1 . A loose untidy bundle of rags, straw, or the like (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 194; ne.Sc. 1972); a small heap or cock of hay, grass, etc. ( Id .); a small quantity of anything, esp. of a fibrous or granular nature. a bunch, tuft, wisp, truss, pinch (Gregor; Abd. 1897 Trans. Buchan); transf . a diminutive person. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 75: Ilky wee bit tuschlich o' a ruckie it he's thrashin'. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb vi.: A' the toosht aboot oor toon'll mak' little odds. Abd. 1905 E.D.D. : Gie's a tushloch o' yarn. Abd. 1924 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 55: A 'tooshlich' means a small quantity loosely contained, as 'a wee tooshlichie o' sheelicks in a pyock.' Bnff. 1929 Banffshire Jnl. (1 Oct.) 2: Pickin' up a tooshlichie o' saut atween her thoom an' finger. Abd. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 6: Little Jock Pom, a toosht o' a craitur. Bnff. 1956 Banffshire Jnl. (26 Feb.): A roosty-reid fusker that stack oot o's 
  328. Deeal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929
    DEEAL , n . “A wet patch of ground, a little swampy piece in a field” (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [′diəl] Ork. 1929 Marw. : That's a weet deeal o' a piece that we kunno plough yet. [O.N. dili , a spot or mark; Norw. dile , a wet, damp spot, esp. in a field.] 
  329. Tuardelie n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1712
    † TUARDELIE , n . Also turdilue . A drape surrounding the lower part of a bed, a valance. Ags. 1712 A. Jervise Land of Lindsays (1853) 340–1: A bed hung with gold coullered hanggins, a tuardelie, . . . a busting bed shewed with green, with a turdilue. [Fr. tour de lit , id.] 
  330. Haiches n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1927
    ‡ HAICHES , n . Also haichess (Abd. 1825 Jam.), (h)aichus (Mearns Ib .), haechis . A heavy fall, the sound resulting from it, a thud. [′heçəs] Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 25: A mim mou'd maiden jimp an' spare, Mistook a fit for a' her care, An' wi' a haiches fell. Mry. 1927 E. B. Levack Lossiemouth 9: Doon A cam' wi' sic a haechis that A thoucht A wis throw the grun 
  331. Skolabrod n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
    ‡ SKOLABROD , n . Also skolla- , skol(l)i- . A broken piece of wood, a splinter, a stave, most. 1908 Jak. (1928): He has no a skolabrod. Gane i skolibrods. A auld skolabrod o' a boat. [Prob. ad. Norw. skalbrott , a fragment of a (wooden) bowl, a sherd, Norw. dial. skalbrot , a little old 
  332. Blad n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1914
    BLAD , n . 3 1 . “A person who is of a soft constitution; whose strength is not in proportion to his size or looks. It is often applied to a young person, who has become suddenly tall, but is of a relaxed habit” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. : “A blad of a man” — a delicate Jak. (1928); 1914 Angus Gl .). 2 . “A useless thing” (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn .). [Prob. from O.E. blæd , a leaf, a thing of no importance, O.N. blað , a leaf.] 
  333. Burbenk n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    BURBENK , Borbenk , n . and v . 1 . n . “A low, supporting wall of earth and stone, built outside, against the wall of a house or byre” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), borbenk s.v. borbakk ); “a bank built against a failing wall to protect and strengthen it; a fillet of cement around the base of a chimney can; any similar appliance” (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., burbenk ). 2 . v . “To fortify a frail building with a bank of turf or stones” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .). [O.N. barð , brim, edge, + Norw. bænk , a bench, a long narrow terrace on a mountainside (Falk and Torp); cf . Bink , n . 1 ] 
  334. Sprig n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1870-1950
    SPRIG , n . A tune, a snatch of song, a dance tune (Abd. 1904 E.D.D. ; n.Sc., Ags., Fif., Lnk., sm.Sc. 1971). [sprɪg] Edb. 1870 J. Lauder Warblings 95: I shall play Ower a sprig o' the merriest. m.Sc. 1899 J. Buchan Grey Weather 263: Once I heard a tinkler play a sprig of it on the pipes. Per. 1904 E.D.D. : Gie's a bit 'bacco an' I'll gie ye a sprig o' a tune. ne.Sc. 1950 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 330: For thare's nae a bonnier whussler an Ah ken a hantle better 
  335. Vellye n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1904-1931
    VELLYE , n . Also velya . A force, a sudden jerk (Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk . 226); a crash, a heavy fall or thud (Ork. 1973). [′vɛljɪ] Ork. 1904 W. T. Dennison Sketches 6, 22: Some o' de whalls lep' half oot o' de sea, an' dan fell wi' a vellye. . . . Sheu ap wi' a hard paet, an' sookid hid on him wi' a vellye. Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 124: Bit 'e gaed doon wi' sic a velya 'at 'e pat 'is sheuther bane oot o' joint. [Orig. doubtful. Phs. a variant with extended meaning of Failyie , a failure, a collapse.] 
  336. Dram n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1899-1908
    DRAM , Dramm , Draam , n . 2 , v . 2 1 . n . A piece of wool, cloth or thread attached as a distinguishing mark to a hole in the ear of an animal, usu. a sheep or a horse (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .; 1914 Angus Gl .; Sh. 10 1949 (of a sheep only)). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): As a mark on a horse, a dramm is attached also to the mane or to the tail. 2 . v . To mark an animal with a dram (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Sh. 1899 Sh. News (20 May): I wis gotten haud apo' da lamb an' draamd him wi' a rid treed i' da right lug. [ Cf . Norw. dram , show, Mod.Icel. drambr , a lump, knot.] 
  337. Doorie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1850-1880
    DOORIE , n . 1 A pig; the smallest pig of a litter; a sow that has had a litter of pigs, a brood-sow (s.Sc. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 57). Also as int ., a call to a pig. Also durrie (Arg. 1 1931 Gl. Ant. and Dwn. : There's a dyorrie pig in every litter. [Gael. durradh , a pig, sow; also used as a call to a pig; durrag , a little pig.] 
  338. Smiach n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1921-1961
    SMIACH , n ., v . Also smeech . [′smi(ə)x, smjɑx] I . n . A slight sound, a whisper, murmur (Inv. 1948; Per. 4 1950, smeech ); by extension, a trace of any kind, a spark, puff, sign of life (Cai. 1970). Cai. , Rs. 1921 T.S.D.C. : No a smeech fae him. Inv. 1948 : Not a smiach! Not a sound! Hush! He never made a smiach. Per. 4 1950 : Not a smeech oot o you noo, or it'll be the worse for yersel! Cai. 1956 : I canna get a smyach out o 'at fire. Cai. 1961 Edb. John o' Groat Liter. Soc. 4: They could no raise a smiach o' steam. II . v . To utter a. [Gael. smiach , a syllable, sound.] 
  339. Hangrel n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824
    HANGREL(L) , n . Also hangarell , hangerell . † 1 . A stick or arm on which anything is hung, esp. applied to a stout tree-branch with projecting knots erected in a stable for holding bridles, etc. (Rxb. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry , Gl., hang(a)rell , 1923 Watson W.-B. ); a curved wooden bar with hooks on which a sack can be hung and held open for filling (e.Lth. 1960). Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 316: Liggett — A reclining gate . . . they must recline, or they would not close of themselves; they are hung on what is termed a hangrell . 2 . A pole notched at both ends on which a carcass is hung in a butcher's shop (Bwk. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 102; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Wgt. 1956). Cf . Camrell , id . [O.Sc. hangrell , a .1585, a gallows; ? for hang 
  340. Preface n., v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1727-1897
    PREFACE , n ., v . Sc. church usages, now obs.: I . n . A commentary on or introduction to a Life A. Thomson 261: A model preface would be a far nobler help to congregational praise than any choir or organ. II . v . Of a minister: to deliver a paraphrase of or commentary on a psalm to be sung by the congregation of a church (Sc. 1825 Jam.), to deliver a preface , see I . Sc. 1727 P. Walker Remark. Passages 150: He had . . . a singular Gift of Prefacing, which was always practised in that Day. Sc. 1824 P. Landreth Life A. Thomson (1869) 227: This must have appeared strange to a people whose minister “prefaces” the psalm for a full hour. Kcb. 1897 Crockett 
  341. Flisom n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1952
    FLISOM , n . A flake, a particle; a very small amount (Abd. 1900). Also in e.An. dial. [′flɪzəm] Abd. 27 1952 : A flisom o snaa; a flisom o a shower. [A deriv. of Fliss .] 
  342. Lab n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1814-1958
    LAB , n ., v . Also labb ; lob , lub . [lɑb, lǫb] I . n . 1 . A lump, a heavy unwieldy thing, a large piece or area of anything (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Slk. a .1838 Jam. MSS . X. 178; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Dmf. 1825 Jam., lub ; Cld. 1880 Ib ., lob ; Ags. 1961, lob (now dial. in Eng.)); a portion, fragment, bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose (Lth., Dmf., Rxb. 1960). Deriv. lobbach , a lump, chunk (Cld. 1880 Jam.). Bwk. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 57 labs by herte O' the prophit Jerimiah. † 2 . Hence: a pendulous ornament, a projecting drooping part of an object. Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Tales 27: A Roman urn, wi' siller labs. 3 . A blow, a stroke (Ags. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1942 Zai; Bwk., Slk. 1960). Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 65: [I] maun bide the lab o' critics bill Like ither fowk. 4 . A throwing of anything out of the hand, a pitching, tossing movement. Specif .: a game of marbles (Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl .; Ayr. 1960 
  343. Scuip n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1837-2001
     . n . 1 . As in Eng., a vessel for ladling or baling; a wooden scoop for throwing water on bleaching clothes (Fif. 1921 T.S.D.C .); anything hollowed out (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.), esp. a hollowed-out wooden drinking vessel (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 422); a drink from such (Fif. 1825 Jam., a skube o' drink). Hence scuipfu , a scoopful, skup net , scoop net. Ags. 1857 A. Douglas Hist. Ferryden 15: Ye'll get the fu' o' your boats' scupe for a saxpence. Abd. 1881 J. W. Ritchie (13 Aug.): Wid Donald Ertirson sleep soond if he saw ane takkin a skjopfu' o' herrin'? Bwk. 1906 Rymour Club Misc. I. 35: Gae tak' a scuipfu' frae ilk sack. Sh. 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Rod 130: Mind da boy's skup net is i' da boat. † 2 . A kind of tennis bat. Cf . Scuif , 2 . Phr. scupe and maggie , “a game in which a flat piece of wood is used for striking a ball into a hole made in the ground. To lodge the ball in this hole is the object of the player” (Rxb. a .1838 Jam 
  344. Stug v.1, n.1[0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1716-1956
    ] I . v . 1 . To stab, pierce with a sharp-pointed weapon or the like, to prick, jab (Ayr. 1880 Jam is jagged by long stubble is said to be stuggit . Sc. a .1830 Lamkin in Child Ballads heard that ane was stugg'd be the spurtle-blade? 2 . To probe with a stick, 'to push a stick down through the soil to ascertain the distance of the till from the surface; to search a pool or marsh by pushing down a pole at intervals' (Slk. 1825 Jam.). 3 . To dress stone roughly with a pointed chisel (em.Sc., Rxb. 1971). Hence stugged , of a stone (Sc. 1946 Spons' Pract. Builder's Pocket Bk . 442 with a cutting tool into wood, as in turning, planing or adzing (Bwk. 1825 Jam.); sim. of rough, uneven, 'stogging and blonking' (as you once defined Carson's ploughing). II . n . 1 . A prick, stab with some pointed object, e.g . a weapon, a needle, a thorn, prickle, a puncture (Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc . XIII. 40); the object itself, a dart; a rough, hasty stitch in sewing (n.Sc. 1808 Jam 
  345. A' adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1771-2003
    A' , AA , AW , A , Aal , adj ., adv ., all. [ǫ em.Sc., wm.Sc.: ɒ sm.Sc., s.Sc.; ɑ I.Sc., n.Sc.; a I.Sc., Cai.; a:l I.Sc., Cai. The vowel is generally long.] A . adj . 1 . Used in Sc., as in St.Eng., before a few singular collective nouns, before abstracts, names of countries and express the entire number, quantity, or extent: a' Scotlan', a' fowk, a' flesh, a' guidness, a' craeters, a' nicht, a' June, etc. Sc. 1862 Alex. Hislop Proverbs 13: A' cracks maunna be trew'd, ta aal appearance, truly. Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy 93: But a' forenicht I is the po'er o' risin' fame! It meets me at a' turns. 2 . So also when a defining word is used, as in St.Eng.: a' the fowk, a' thae men, a' his tune, a' Jock's frien(d)s. m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 7: A thae gowden lyrics liggin aside ye, Chris Yirdit there i the moul wi yer best-loo'ed thochts. Edb. 1866 Jas. Smith Poems (1869) 46: Oh sad I think on a' thy 
  346. Hulbie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825
    † HULBIE , n . A large unwieldy object, a clumsy person. Lnk. 1825 Jam. : A hulbie of a stane , a large unwieldy stone; a hulbie of a house , man , etc . [Orig. obscure. Prob 
  347. A adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1828-1929
    A , AN , adj . [ə, ən] Unstressed form of the numeral Ane , A.; the indefinite article. An is found as a variant of Ane , B. (Ags. 1728 Trial J. Carnegie (1762) 120, an meeting). Phs. a mistake or misreading. 1 . In modern colloquial usage a occurs before a vowel as well as before a Rod 10: Doo's aye in a aet ta git news, an' as kibbie tae tell hit. Mry.(D) 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sketches 62: 'Hae here's a aipple tae ye 'cause ye're a gweed laddie,' said Betty. m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witchwood 33: It's a unco thing the Wud, Mr Sempill, sir? Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 3: This wus a Insurance Company wantin' him tae gang tae Palnure tae emphatic. Gen.Sc. Bnff. 2 1929 : Ae boat's crew o' ye speak at a time. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) 332–333: 'Keep to a side,' cried Tommy Staytape, 'for . . . Moosey'll maybe hae a also in Older Scots. Gen.Sc. Bnff. 2 1929 : I'll tak a sax or seiven o' them at that price 
  348. Flanders Frost n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1985
    FLANDERS FROST , n.comb. A frost accompanied by a south-east gale. Fif. 1985 Peter Smith Lammas Drave 76: By the middle of January, a Flanders frost (a south-easterly gale with frost)... Fif. 1985 Christopher Rush A Twelvemonth and a Day 46: One year there was a Flanders frost in February. That was the name the old folk gave to a south-east gale that carried a frost as hard as armour — and many of the smaller craft hadn't put to sea for over a week. 
  349. Shine v.1, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1833-1936
    . 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 168); weak shined (Slg. 1804 G. Galloway Luncarty 6; Ags. 1826 A. Balfour Highland Mary III. 82; m.Sc. 1838 A. Rodger Poems 48). Sc. usages: I . v . In comb. shinin-gless , a piece of mirror used as a reflecting toy by children (wm.Sc. 1910; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). II . n . A social gathering, a mild jollification, a party (Abd., Ags., Per., Bwk., Lnk. 1970), freq. in combs. cookie-shine , a 'bun-fight,' tea-shine , a tea-party; a stir, bustle, turmoil, a row (I., n.Sc., Ags. 1970). Phr. to haud or kick up a shine , to create a fuss or disturbance (Sh., Cai. 1970 Clashin' Wives 13: Patie an' me's haen 'a shine'; Oh, dear me! what will I dae? Ayr. 1879 J. White Jottings 234, 268: Her shines I tell her are a pest. . . . Fine cosies an' braws, and gran' cookie shines. wm.Sc. 1880 Jam. : The term is generally applied to a social gathering, especially when of a convivial kind, as a wedding, an assembly, or a merry-making, which is called a grand 
  350. Dame n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1939
    DAME , n . 1 . A wife (esp. the wife of a farmer), the mistress of a household, a housewife (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 9 , Fif. 10 1939). Arch . or dial. in Eng. ( N.E.D. ). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 120: An' a' the beasts in course of time came hame, An' ilka cow was welcom'd by her dame bairns and couthy ain dame. Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 189: Sae Symon, and Janet his dame, . . . Gaed bannin the French again hame. † 2 . A mother. Also used fig . Obs. in Eng. since 16th cent. ( N.E.D. ). Sc. 1796 [A. Jaffray] Elcho Castle 9: This is the picture of thy dame, Her very devotion. 3 . A young unmarried woman; a girl (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 19 1939). Cf . Deem . Dims. damie , dameack(ie) , id. (Crm. 1928 Rymour Club Misc . III. 77, dameack(ie) ); a sweetheart (Abd. 27 1947. 1844 T. Anderson Poems 30: Meg's damies, whether rich or puir, Had a' got men. Ags. 1921 A. S. Neill Carroty Broon 241: So Will Martin played a tune, and then one by one the men 
  351. Stolum n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1922
    . form stollie . [stol(ə)m] 1 . The amount of ink taken up with one dip of a pen, a pen-nibful of). Fif. 1911 Scotsman (26 Dec.): When I was a boy at school, in Fife — more than half a century ago — when a boy wished a dip of ink he asked for a “stolm” of ink. Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 55: I'll wad a richer screed ne'er yet Cam frae yer stollum. 2 . A pinch of snuff, the amount taken up by a snuff-pen (Mry. 1813 W. Leslie Agric. Mry . 467). wm.Sc. 1854 Laird of Logan 512: Taking a powerful stolum of snuff. 3 . A slice or cut, as of bread or cheese, “a large Muse 169: Or does the greed of pelf . . . T' invade my loose-laid stollums make thee [a rat] bold? s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws xvii.: A stolum o' bread and a seip o' milk. e.Lth. 1912 Scotsman (19 Jan.): What a stolm o' brose he put in'im. 4 . A cloud or billow of smoke. Mry. 1921 T.S.D.C. : Stolums o' reek cam' throu the keyhole. 5 . A supply, a store (Slk. 1825 Jam 
  352. Ar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
    AR , n . A small particle; a feeble movement. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): I tink', der'r a ar o' frost i' de air (a slight frost). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Der'r hardly a ar upo de shore (a slight surf). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A ar o' wind (a very light breeze). [Jak. refers the word to Icel. ar , n., minute speck of dust, mote in a sunbeam, but see Ar , v .] 
  353. Trebuck v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1887-1971
     .); terbutche , terbutsme . [†trə′bʌk, tər′bʌtʃi, -smi] I . v . To make a false move in a game. Used exclam. in quasi-imper. form as a call when a player in a game wishes to retrieve a fault and make a second attempt or when someone wishes to correct what he has just said or to change his mind in making a choice (‡Ayr. 1973). An opponent may also anticipate the call by making it first and so exact a forfeit. See etym. note. Sc. 1887 Jam. Suppl. : If a person, on making a false move in a game of, biled wulks, a bawbee a jug [of a street-hawker too drunk to remember what he was selling]. Ayr. 1971 Kilmarnock Standard (23 April): A player who aimed a “dinger” at a particular bool and then changed his mind would receive permission to do so simply by calling out “terbutche”. II . n . A slip, check or false move in a game of skill (Sc. 1887 Jam. Suppl .). [North. Fr. dial. trebuquer , trabuquer , Fr trebucher , to stumble, trip, make a mistake. The grammatical form of the call is somewhat 
  354. Scallag n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1713-1914
    ‡ SCALLAG , n . Also scalag , skallag , scallack ; ¶ skelach ; † scol(l)og . A kind of land-labourer in the Highlands, a farm-servant (see quots.) (Sc. 1825 Jam.); a country bumpkin (Cai. 1972 D. Omand Cai. Book 256). Hist . Sometimes used as a form of address to a boy = my lad, young fellow. [′skɑlək] Sc. a .1714 Earls Crm. (Fraser 1876) II. 480: McLeane of Lochbuy wes kild by Duncane, whether male or female, is a poor being, who, for mere subsistence, becomes a predial slave to another, whether a subtenant, a tacksman, or a laird. The scallag builds his own hut with sods and boughs of trees these, forms a new hut in another place . . . Five days in the week he works for his master; the sixth. 370: A single male servant, (here called scalag ). Arg. 1914 N. Munro New Road ix , id., a bond-servant, Ir. scolog , a tenant of church land, orig. a disciple of a saint, a student in a monastery, a scholar, from scol , school.] 
  355. Slotch v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1830-1936
     . [slotʃ] I . v . 1 . To move or walk in a slouching hang-dog manner, to drag the feet in walking (Rxb (1832) 169: Coming slowly slodging o' the lea. Lth. 1888 D. Carmichael Cosietattle 36: A' Ling 12: Twa billies on the hunt for wark, Gaed sloatchin up a ferm-toon road. 2 . To eat or drink in a messy way, slobber, “to eat like a pig” (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein). II . n . 1 . A lazy, slouching person, a sloven, lay-about, ne'er-do-well (Slk., Rxb. 1825 Jam., slodge , sloatch ; Cld. 1880 Cosietattle 227: A dandy was he ance and gay, A drucken lazy slotch the day. s.Sc. 1898 E. Hamilton Mawkin ii.: You great thowless slotch, wake up, man. 2 . A greedy person, a gourmand, a voracious and messy eater (Bwk. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XI. 169, a greedy slotch). Bwk. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 90: He's a slotch! he's a slotch! He wad slouter up a'. 3 . A slobbering noise, “the sound a calf, makes drinking” (Abd. 1913). [A variant of Slatch , chiefly of imit. orig., poss 
  356. Guest n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1807-1908
     coming of a stranger (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh., Ork. 1955). Slk. 1807 Hogg Mountain Bard 27, Note: If a feather, a straw, or any such thing be observed hanging at a dog's nose, or beard, they call that a guest , and are sure of the approach of a stranger. . . . They judge also from the length of this guest , what will be the size of the real one, and, from its shape, whether it will be a man or a woman. Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 222: 'It's ill ta drook a laughin guest.' A brand standing by itself in the fire was called a guest; a smoking brand betokened an unwelcome guest, while a bright brand meant a friend. The coming of the unwelcome guest might be prevented by pouring water on the brand, but care was needed lest the act should bring misfortune on a friend, who might fall into a mire, without any support, when the fire wastes away; this is considered as a fore-telling of a guest's arrival said: 'dis is gaun to be a welcome gest.' 
  357. Blichan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1935
    BLICHAN , BLICHEN , Blicham , Blichin , Blichim , Blecham , n . 'In general a term of abuse or contempt' (Ags. 2 1934). Lit . and fig . [′blɪçən, ′blɪçəm] 1 . 'A contemptuous designation for a person' (Ags. 2 1934; Per. 1808 Jam., blicham ). Ags. 1891 Brechin Advert. (22 Sept.) 3: Ah, little did the blecham think That he'd be there afore her. Lth. 1825 Jam. 2 : 'He's a puir blichan .' 'You! ye're a bonny blichen indeed to pretend sic a thing!' Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick xvii.: I hae wit eneuch to see through a blichan o' a la'yer, onyway! Peb. 1836 J. Affleck Poet. Wks. 111: There's no sic a blichim 'twixt Ayr and Dundee, As the velveteen hero ca'd Jamie Brownlee. 2 . A lean, worn-out, worthless animal or person. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 75: Blichan . A person useless for any thing. Kcb. 9 1935 , obsol. Dmf. 1825 Jam. 2 : An auld blichen o' a beast. Also, a worthless fellow. 3 . ‡(1) 'A 
  358. Chavie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1914-2004
    CHAVIE , CHAVEY , Chavvie , n .  A boy, a sweetheart (Per., Arg. 1907 A. McCormick Tinkler-Gypsies , App. x., chavey ); also as a term of address to a boy or young man. Also in forms chavo , chauvie (Gall. Ib .). Sc. 2004 http://scottishpool.com 15 Jul : A chavie is like a geeser Scotsman 20 Oct 24: Now, the Diary was never a 'ned' but was addressed as a 'chav' or 'chavvie' as a had in common with Delhi and Ahmadabad was not only a Ruby Murray on a Saturday night, but a shared language. Kerr traced a lineage from the Khyber Pass to Leith Walk, through the gypsies who left northern India a thousand years ago, decamping five centuries later in East Lothian. 'The old Nungate quarter of' slang, such as chavvi (a child), mortie (a girl), chore (to steal) and scran (food). e.Dmf. 2 1914 : Has she gotten a chavie? [ Cf . Romany Sp. chabo , boy, youth, from Skr. śava , the 
  359. Coup n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1794-1888
    † COUP , n . 3 Sc. forms and usages of Eng. coop . The Eng. form is illustrated only in a usage long obs. in St.Eng. [kup, kʌup] 1 . A sort of pannier; one of two on a horse's back, or fixed on a coups , i.e. panniers fixed upon a sledge. 2 . A cart with closed sides or ends, usually used for. Smith Agric. Gall.  40:  When used for conveying dung, ashes, &c. a matting or net-work made of straw ropes was spread upon the bottom. This was termed a coup : probably from the facility with which by means of it the carr was unloaded. [O.Sc. coup , cowp , a basket for catching salmon, 1469; a small close cart used for carrying manure or earth, 1494 ( D.O.S.T .); Mid.Eng. cupe , coupe , a basket, a .1300; cowp , a cart with closed sides, 1582 ( N.E.D. ), prob. from O.E. * cupe , a parallel form to O.E. cýpe . For extension of meaning from a wickerwork basket to a box-cart, cf . Ger. kiepe , a wicker basket, which in Saxony means a box, or box-cart.] 
  360. Puppie n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1705-1926
    PUPPIE , n . 1 Also puppy- ; popp(e)y . In combs. puppie-play , poppy-show , a puppet-show, a- ). Also in Eng. dial.; hence any display or spectacle, esp. a ludicrous one. Phr. to mak a puppy-show o' anesel , to make oneself look a fool, make an exhibition of oneself (em.Sc.(a), wm.Sc. 1967), make the puppie play yisterday . . . 5s. 0d. Edb. 1798 D. Crawford Poems 88: You'd mak a noble poppey-show. Ags. 1826 A. Balfour Highland Mary I. xi.: An' you hae nae a wish to kiss the causey, an' dinna want to make a poppy-show o' yoursel', you'll never offer to take it [horse] that length. m.Lth. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch vii.: They let me in with a grudge for twopence . . . to see a punch and puppie-show business. Hdg. 1886 J. P. Reid Facts & Fancies 43: It was there we used to gather floo'ers to mak' a poppy-show. Abd. 1926 Buchan Observer (April): A preen tae see the poppy show, A preen tae see it a', A preen tae see the little mannie Dancin' on 
  361. Slud n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1886-1947
    , specif . (1) an interval between showers of rain (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 201, 1914 Angus Gl ., Sh. 1970). Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 239: Dis is only a slud atween wadders. (2) an. 1898 Shetland News (23 April): Hit wis wi' a sludd o' dis kind 'at ye kent what Magnie wis. Sh. 1927 Shetland Times (3 March): Waitin' fur a slud ta tak it up. (3) in reference to courtship: a lovers' meeting, a short period in one another's company. Sh. 1947 New Shetlander (Oct.) 12: 'Ir you haevin' a slud, boy!' as spoken to a lad going for a walk wi' a lass, or spaekin' wi' a lass, in a leisurely wye! ‡ 2 . By extension of (3) above: a sweet-heart, lover, boy- or girl-friend Lees? Isna he a slud o' dine, as da youngsters ca' it noo-a-days? [Norw. dial. slot , pause, lull, a break in a storm, O.N. (vind-)slot , a lull in the wind.] 
  362. Kebrock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1837-1838
    KEBROCK , n . Anvthing big and clumsy. Rxb. a .1838 Jam. MSS. X. 165: A kebrock o' a stane, — o' a bairn. [Prob. a dim. form of Caber , 1 ., a heavy pole, 6 ., a big, clumsy man.] 
  363. Peester v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1892-1958
    PEESTER , v ., n . Also peestir , pister . [′pistər] I . v . 1 . To utter a faint cheeping sound, to squeak, whimper (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 172, 1914 Angus Gl .; Ork. 1929 Marw.; Sh. 1965). Vbl.n. peesterin , a squeaking or whimpering noise; n.comb. peester leetie , pisterliti , (1) a querulous, complaining person, a grumbler, “moaner” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). In 1958 quot. the name of a Trow or gnome; (2) a half-grown boy (Jak.). For second element ? cf . Norw. lyde , sound. Sh. 1892 G. Stewart Tales 252: Dere wis a peesterin' an' a neesterin', a pleepin' an' a: Have you never heard a rabbit speak? I, I, no I, bit A'm herd een peesterin whin Rover wis wirryin him Peesterleetie, Terrie Mittens an Trunsher Face. II . n . A faint high-pitched cry, a cheep, squeak, whimper (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., Sh. 1914). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): He never made a pister. [Norw. pist(r)a , to squeak, make a faint sound, whimper.] 
  364. Kneevle n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1750-1957
    KNEEVLE , n . Also kneevil , knevell . A bit, piece, lump, clot, a protruding knot or , -elock , knievlock , a large knot or protuberance (Gregor), a big lump, as of food, esp. cheese (ne.Sc. 1960), fig ., a fair quantity of anything. [′kni:vəl, ′knivlək] Mry. p .1750 Pluscarden MS. : They cuttit aff a kneevil an' ye took it in yer han. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb ii. Beaton Benachie 33: Everybody . . . who visited where there had been a recent birth, had to partake from the 'cryin' kebbock,' a 'kneevlick o' cheese an' breed,' and a drink of home-made whisky or ale. Abd. c .1930 B. R. McIntosh MS. Verses : They'll baith need a kneevlick o' gear. Abd. 1957 Bon-Accord (25 April) 13: Ye eence tauld her ye wis mangin' for a kneevlick o' richt real aul' fashiont green cheese. [Orig. uncertain. Phs. L.Ger. knafel , knevel , a lump, a heavy powerfully-built person or animal, with influence from Nieve , sc . a lump like a fist or a fistful.] 
  365. Maschle n., v., adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866
    . 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 112–3). [mɑʃl] I . n . A mixture; a confusion, a muddle, a mix up; a mess (Bnff., Abd. 1962). Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 112, 113: Sic a maschle 's a' thing's in . . . They've made an unco meeschle o' that maitter. II . v . To mix; to crumble into a mixture; to throw into confusion, to allow things to become confused; with up : to mix up, confuse, make a muddle of (of Gregor D. Bnff. 112, 113: They're a' maschlet up thegither in that place . . . It wiz a' meeschlet up thegither. III . adj . Confused, in a state of muddle; inbred, closely related through intermarriage. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 113: Their money maitters are a' meeschle-maschle. . . . The hail toonie's a' meeschle-maschle freens through ither. IV . adv . In a state of confusion. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 113: The hail thing geed meeschle thegeether. [A formation prob 
  366. Stirrah n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1848
    STIRRAH , n . Also stirra . [′stɪrə] 1 . A stout sturdy boy, a young lad (s.Sc. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gl.; ‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 13: A dainty stirrah twa years out gane. Edb. 1772 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 81: If ony mettl'd stirrah green For favour frae a lady's ein. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 41: She's born a bra wally thumping stirra. Ags. 1823 A. Balfour Foundling II. iii.: In comes a stirrah, a' hechin'. Rxb. 1848 R. Davidson Leaves 45: And then some force; a fellow, a rough, unmannerly youth, a booby (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. , Rxb. 1971). In 1816 quot. in a command to a dog. Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xv., xxi.: Where are ye gaun? . . . Stirra soon begun to a braw trade! [O.Sc. stirrow , id., 1665, variant of Eng. sirrah . For the form see 
  367. Ticket n., v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2004
    (t)ie . Sc. forms and usages: I . n . 1 . A severe drubbing or chastisement, a smart blow or stroke (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Phrs. to gie or get a ticket , one's tickets , to deal or be dealt severely with physically or by stern reproof, to get or give (one) a hammering or drubbing (Fif. 1825 Jam.). Prob. orig. from the meaning of ticket as a legal notice, an order from a court, etc. Cf. a sim. development of Summons . Ags. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 121: I gae the creature sic a ticket, I gard rubbing a pen on the desk and not on the thumb might look out for a ticket. † 2 . A bill, promissory note, a signed obligation. Sc. 1790 Nairne Peerage Evidence (1873) 99: Bond heritable or Lectures Law Scot. I. 45: The first moveable bond consisted of no more than a simple obligement for payment of a principal sum under a penalty. In England they went under the name of bills , and in Scotland of tickets . This technical term in the law is now out of practice. † 3 . A small inscribed 
  368. Cove n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1941
    COVE , n . Sc. usages. [ko:v] 1 . A cave or cavern (Arg. 1990s;  Ags. 17 1941; Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn .); 'a worn-out ledge or hag on a river-bank' (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Also roofs fantastic — stony groves. 2 . A recess (in a wall). Bnff. 2 1941 : He said he fan the boxie in a cove in the wa'. [O.Sc. has cove , coif , etc., a recess in a rock, a .1400, a cave, c .1470 ( D.O.S.T .); Mid.Eng. cove , a cove, a small room, a cell (Stratmann); O.E. cofa , a 
  369. Durk n.2, adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1944
    DURK , n . 2 , adj . Also dork , dorg , durg , dirk . 1 . n . Something big and clumsy; a 1941; Abd. 27 1950; Kcb. 4 1900, durg ); a lump of anything (Sh. 10 1950). Hence durkie , adj., clumsy (Ork. 5 1951). Ork. 1929 Marw. : What a great durk o' a knife to carry about wi' thee! Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 42: 'A durk o' a stick;' 'A durk o' a carrit.' The word is also applied to persons; as, 'He's a stout durk o' a cheel.' 2 . adj . Thick-set, sturdily built, squat), † durgy (Lth. 1808 Jam.). Per. 1944 D. M. Forrester Logiealmond 197: A short 'durky' man, with his big head far sunk between his shoulders. [Norw. dial. dorg , a mass, heap, a heavy, slovenly woman. Cf . Gael. dorc , durc , a lump, shapeless piece.] 
  370. Laega n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1922
    ‡ LAEGA , n . Also lega (Jak.). The act of lying, as in bed; of a fishing-boat: a lying in one place, an anchorage, the catch of fish taken here. Also fig . a resting-place. Freq. in phr. to lie a laega , of a person or boat. Sh. 1898 Shetland News (18 June): An' I'd tought dat wis ta be da end o' siccan pritty livers, dey sood made a better laega. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): He is lyin' him a lega — he is taking a long nap; to mak' a guid or ill lega — to make a good or poor haul of fish. Shu'll no get a laega — sae muckle as da waur. . . . Com' below boys, an' lats get mooth o' suntin' ta aet. I fear we'll no lie a laega. [Norw. dial., Faer. lega , a lying in bed, an anchorage, O.N. lega , a lying.] 
  371. Scarnach n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1927
     . 1 . Heaps or accumulations of loose stones on a hillside, a scree, a bed of detritus. Arg. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 VIII. 415: Rocks and stony parts, without even a mixture of earth. These parts are scarnachs , the haunts of foxes and ravenous birds. 2 . A great number of anything, a multitude, of words (Ayr. 1825 Jam.), “a collection of children, an exhibition of glaring lights” (Rnf. 1837 Crawfurd MSS . XI. 325–9, scarnoch , squarnoch ). Now arch . Ayr. 1927 J. Carruthers A Man Beset i . vii.: A glaikit lass to be carried awa' by a scarnoch o' coo-me-doo words aboot love in a cottage. 3 . A noisy tumult (Lnk. 1825 Jam.). II . v . Only in vbl.n. scarnoghin , a great noise (Ayr. 1825 Jam.). [Gael. sgairneach , = 1 ., the noise of the fall of such stones, a howling, rumbling 
  372. Skrift n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1897-1956
    SKRIFT , n . Also scrift , skriff . A very thin or lean person, animal, or object, a thin piece or slice of a substance such as bread, cheese, wood, etc., a fragile object (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. Sh. 1904 E.D.D. : A por aamis scrift o' a ting. A boat built of thin wood is termed a scrift o' a boat. Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle ,115, 181: He wis wan o' yin peerie skrifty men aboot the colour o' a moth. . . . Yin scrifty, scrunty t'ing; thir's a hantle o' differ atween denty an' scrifty! [Presumably of Scand. orig. ? Cf . Sw. dial. skrift , a skeleton, a lean, emaciated person, skryvla , to wrinkle, shrivel. In em.Sc. prob. rather a variant of Scruif , n ., 4 .] 
  373. Clatch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1937
    CLATCH , Clatsh , Klatsh , Clotch , n . [klɑtʃ, klɔtʃ] 1 . A flat or splashy sound caused by the fall of a soft, heavy object (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., klatsh ; Abd. 2 , Lnk. 3 1937; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Slk. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Phr. to play clatch , to fall with such a sound. Per. 1898 causing it: 'a slap as with the palm of the hand' (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., klatsh ; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). 3 . Extended to denote any object which would cause such a sound: (1) a wet mass, a clot (Bnff. 2 1937), 'anything thrown for the purpose of daubing; as 'a clatch of lime,' as much as is thrown from the trowel on a wall' (Sc. 1808 Jam.); (2) 'a piece of ground in a soft or sloppy condition' (Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 ). (1) Sh. 1900 Shet. News (18 Aug.): Da grices hae a wye o' rotin' ony lom 'at's empty afore dem, fil hits in wan clatsh o' gutter. Sh. 1926–28 J.G. Lowrie buys a Ford in Shet. Times : I got a clatch o' marrow fat apo da leg o' me breeks. (2) Rxb. 1923 
  374. Reird n., v.[0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1713-1935
     .1850 R. Peattie MS .; Bnff., Lth., wm.Sc. 1880 Jam.). [rerd] I . n . 1 . A roar, a loud outcry, a clamorous protest. Sc. 1718 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 80: And sic a Reird ran thro the Rout. ne.Sc. a .1725 Habbyac on A. Ramsay 3: For a the Din, an a the Raird. Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 147: At nine months' end you'll hear the rairds In our Scotch kirks. Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel ii.: The tottering deevil coupit ower amang his ain pigs, and damaged a' than we hear a flist, A reerd wud deeve Van Winkle. 2 . A loud vocal outburst, a scolding tongue, a Proverbs 44: A House with a Reek, and a Wife with a Reerd, will soon make a Man run to the Door. Sc. Sc. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 58: A reekin' lum's ill, but a wife wi' a raird Is fit to gar ony man bite on his baird. 3 . Of sheep or cattle: lowing or bleating (Rxb. 1825 Jam.). 4 . A cracking or crashing noise, a loud report (Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems Gl., 1825 Jam.). Sc. 1806 R 
  375. Sunk n.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1714-2000
    SUNK , n . 1 Also sonk and dim. forms sunkie , sonkie . [sʌŋk] 1 . A seat made of turf, a kind of settle or sofa made of sods laid in layers, freq. constructed at the fireside or against a sunny gable (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc . 155; Uls. 1904 E.D.D. ); a bench or long seat, in gen. Dim. sunkie , a little bench or stool, e.g . a milking-stool (s.Sc. 1825 at the cheek of the little ingle, upon a fail sunk. Abd. p .1768 A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 184: A butt an' ben, Wi' earthen sunks a' round about the wa'. Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems upon the sunk. Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. xxii.: Mony a day hae I sat on my sunkie under that saugh. Ags. 1848 W. Gardiner Flora Frf. 88: A turf-built sofa by the fire, termed a sunk . Mry. 1866 J. Shanks Elgin 172: The old stone, called in Morayshire a sunk , which sat by the old fireplace. 2 . A bank or wall, esp. of earth or turf. Comb. sunk-dyke , a wall built of stone 
  376. Banker n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1832-1931
    BANKER , n . 1 and v . 1 . n . A bench or rough table on which a mason rests the stone he is,' a kind of heavy stool, sometimes of wood, sometimes a mere temporary arrangement of rough blocks of stone, on which a hewer shapes a stone. Dmf. 1832 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 46: The master builder, pleased with his ingenious diligence, once laid a shilling on his 'banker.' 2 . v . To place a stone in position for working on the banker. Lnk. 1890 J. Coghill Poems 84: Banker your stane an' show ye're a mellsman. [ Bank , a bench: perhaps a perversion of It. banco , a 
  377. Infa n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1895-1949
    INFA(A) , n . Also infall . 1 . The junction of two roads, esp. of an upper with a lower, or of a tributary with a main river (ne.Sc. 1958). Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xlvii.: It was near to the infall of the road from Loch Dee that we first gat a sight of those we sought. 2 . A wedge; a piece of wood used to repair a split or gap in the timbers of a boat. Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 38: Baith o' dem wis kind a spleet, an' een o' da mid rooths wis brawly weel schowed, so I pat a aik infaa inta him tu, afore I left. [ In , adv . + FA, v . O.Sc. infall , the inflow of a 
  378. Pairtisay n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1933-1936
    PAIRTISAY , n . Also pairtisie , partisay , -ie (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.). A thing done by or belonging to more than one person, a communal undertaking, a joint venture or possession. Also attrib . in n.combs.: 1 . pairtisie wa' , a common wall erected jointly by two or more persons (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.); 2 . partisie wab , -wob , a web or piece of weaving made in collaboration by a group of weavers ( Ib .); 3 . partisie work , a joint or communal task, a cooperative undertaking ( Ib .). Sc. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' the Ling 5: A fell melee, A pairtisay O' eager eident han's. 2 . Sc. 1933 Sc. N. & Q. (July) 99: A partisay wob an' a lovedarg mak mair faes than friens. [Fr. partise 
  379. Letto n., interj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929-1931
    LETTO , n ., int . Also let(e) (Jak.). [′læt(o)] I . n . A trifle. something insignificant or of little worth. Used attrib . Ork. 1929 Marw. : A letto ting o' a calf. II . int division, o lit! o lit! (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .), lit-a-lit . Used to a small child or animal (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). Ork. 1929 Marw. : Oh letto! what a ting! A letto, a letto! Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 137: Lit-a-lit, alt'o da wather waasna rouch sheu camna back. [Norw. dial. læta , a trifle, an insignificant specimen, lit . a sound.] 
  380. Moor n., v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1880-1961
    MOOR , n ., v . 1 Also moar ; mur (Jak.); moori(e) , muri , mura . [mur(i, a)] I . n . A dense fall of fine powdery snow liable to pile up into drifts (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl .; Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1963). Hence moorie-blinnd , a blinding snowstorm. Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 127: A moor had fa'n a' the heel day. Sh. 1909 : It's on a moory. There is a fall of heavy, fine snow. Sh. 1931 Shetland Times (14 March) 7: I' da voar whin da snaa is kumin' doon in a blind moorie! Sh. 1961 New Shetlander No. 59. 6: An you heard da soond o da muckle wind As he shook da hoose in a moorie-blinnd. II . v. intr . 1 . Of snow: to fall drifting (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 147; I.Sc. 1963); vbl.n., a dense snowfall (Jak.; I.Sc. 1963 Williamson MSS. (25 Jan.): Sic a night o moorin as he is outside. Ork. 1929 Marw. : It's beginnan tae moor; it's been mooran a' the day. The dikes 'll be a' moored ap. Sh. 1930 Shetland 
  381. Brade n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    BRADE , Braid , Breid , Bred , n . 1 and v . 1 1 . n . (1) 'A spike, a sharp-pointed instrument like an awl, a goad: synon. brog . Also, a splint, a splinter, shred: 'The stick was dung to braids' ' (Sc. 1887 Jam. 6 , Add .). (2) 'A prick, a thrust or job with a sharppointed instrument' ( Ib brod , prick or goad, n . and v .; O.N. brodda , to prick, goad, broddr , a spike (Zoega). Cf . Mod.Eng. brad , earlier brod , a nail, and bradawl .] 

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  1. Yssen v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1698-1699
    Yssen , v . [ON yxna a cow in heat, f. yxni oxen, Norw. dial. yksna to be in heat. Also in the later dial., see SND, s.v. Eisen v .] Of a cow: To come in heat, to be ready to mate. b . p.p. Mated. — a1699 Skene Agric. MS (ed.) 69. The best way to mak a kow to yssen is that shoe be weill wintered and not hungered — b . p.p. a1699 Skene Agric. MS (ed.) 69. A forrow kow is a kow that is yssen'd or gives milk anes in the two year a1699 Skene Agric. MS (ed.) 69. A nuckle kow or a teadie kowe is a kowe that is yssen'd or gives milk everie year 
  2. Reist v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1604-1692
     smoke or heat. b . To expose (a person) to heat or smoke as a punishment. — a . a1605 Montg burn, smoke, Dan. riste to grill or boil, f. ON rist gridiron.] a . tr. To cure by means of 
  3. Glow v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1513
     heat. — 1375 Barb. iv . 113. He tuk a culter hat glowand a1500 Henr. Orph. 122Glow , v. [ME. glow(e , OE. glowan .] intr. To glow, emit heat and light; be red as with on gleid grymly thai ride c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 108. As a glemand gleyd glowis 
  4. Brimming ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1590
    ( Brimming ,) Brymmyng , ppl. a . [ME. and e.m.E. brymme , brim .] Being in heat. — c1590 
  5. Hat 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
     furieouslie and so heat at his marrow 1600-1610 Melvill 259. Ryding … upon a kittle hat ridden horsHat(e , Hait , adv . Also: hayt , heat . [Northern ME. haytt , hate (14th c.), OE. hate .] Hotly; with heat. (Freq. fig .) 1 . Qualifying pres. pples. as birnand , glowand . 1375 Barb. iv . 113. He tuk a culter hat glowand a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 597. The kynge 
  6. Jolying vbl. 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
    Jolying , vbl. n . [See Joly a . 6.] Being in heat. — 15.. Bk. Dean Lismore 77. Richt 
  7. Shat Melle n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1642
    Shat melle . [F. chaud hot and melee Melle n .] A sudden outbreak of violence; a fight started in the heat of the moment. — 1642 Buchan Cl. VIII 182. And I apprehend it onlie to be ane 
  8. Hete v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1624
    . hǽtte ).] tr . To heat. ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 588. The kynge … bad … BryngeHete , Heit , v . Also: het , hett- , hiet . P.t. and p.p. het , hett , heat , hate hete a lynyn clathe 1456 Ib. 140/11. Thai wynis … hetis better the stomak 1560 Dundee sa mekill his will 1584 Satirical Poems xlv. 750. In the fyire when ye have heat it [: sett it] 1597 Criminal Trials II. 26. To gif hir a bath in a pot of wodbind and roset hett 
  9. Bludeles adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456-1568
    Bludeles , Bludelas , a . [e.m.E. bloudles (1552), ME. blodles ( a 1225).] Bloodless. 1456 Hay II. 132/13. Ane ald wyf, bludelas, but naturale heat in hir 1513 Doug. ii . iv 
  10. Caloure n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456
    Caloure , n . [L. calor .] Heat. — 1456 Hay II. 123/27. The remaynis … consumes the 
  11. Ybaik 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
     .] Hardened by exposure to heat. — 1513 Doug. xi xi 47 (see Bake v. 3). Ybaik 
  12. Chaff 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
    Chaff , v . [ME. chaffe , var. of Chauf v .] tr . To heat (by damp). — 1513 Doug. i 
  13. Reparty n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1]1671-1700
     clever) reply. — 1671 Lauder Notices Affairs I 20. This occasioned a great heat betueen themReparty , n. [17th c. Eng. repartie ( a 1668), F. repartie (1611, Cotgrave).] A quick (and 
  14. Hote v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1571
    ( Hote ,) v . 2 P.p. hotte . [e.m.E. hote . p.p. hoted (1561).] tr . To heat. — 1571 
  15. Moisture n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1400-1691
    . moiteur ).] Moisture; also, liquid, more generally. ( a ) c1400 Troy-bk. i . 265. The stryndes Descr. Well 20. Neither is there any moysture in the world except it … can draw a scarlet colour out of a nutgal ( b ) a1500 Henr. Fab. 1684 (Bann.). Flouris … Quhilk … Phebus … Hes … paintit … With heat and mosture still and fra the skye c1515 Asloan MS I. 161/28. Humouris & Secr. Commonw. (1964) 282. Her natural heat and radical moisture seem to be equally balanced 
  16. Pete v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1669
     heat it. — 1669 Aberd. Trades 230. All those who sall enter frieman of the said [ sc. baxter's 
  17. Smeltyn vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1466-1480
    . smeltynge (1531-2).] The process of refining metal by heat. — c1466-80 Letter from Lord Hamilton MS 
  18. Cruciat p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1533-1550
     cruciat with drought and heat intollerabill c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii . 366. Sum said 
  19. Reistit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1500-1689
    , fish, etc.: Cured or dried by means of smoke or heat. b . Of a thing: Dried or warped by heat. cReistit , -ed , ppl. adj. Also: reest- ; reast- ; raist- . [ Reist v .] a . Of meat . Applied dyslogistically to a person: Dried up, shrivelled, shrunken, wizened. a . 1513 Treasurer's 
  20. Scrumpill v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1558-1575
     .] To shrivel (with heat), to wrinkle, crumple. — 1558-66 Knox I 17. A trane of powder was … sett a fyre, quhilk gave to the blessed martyre of God a glaise, skrimpled his left hand, and that syd of 
  21. Hunyt adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1500-1671
     or meal: ? Sweetened by having been allowed to heat and ferment in store. — a . c1500-c1512( Hunyt ,) Hwnyt , Hunied , a . [ME. honyed ( c 1374).] Honeyed. a . fig . b . Of grain 
  22. Quholsome adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1604-1700
    . — a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 56 (Wr.). Through Phœbus wholsome heat 1651 Rec. Kirk Scotl 
  23. Lapper v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1581-1688
    Lapper , -ir , v . [Later Sc. var. of lopper v.: see Loppirit ppl. a .] intr . To lapper or curd 1581-1623 James VI Poems 151/348. With bloode lapperid laiking heat 
  24. Sublime v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1581-1699
    Sublime , v . [ME and e.m.E. sublyme (Chaucer) to convert substances by the action of heat, sublime (1557) to exalt (a person), OF sublimer (early 14th c. in Larousse) ‘elever moralement', f. as Sublimat n .] a . To convert (a solid substance) by the process of subliming. b . To render morally adj. — a . 16.. Alchem. MSS V (see Sublimatorie n. ). — b . 1581-1623 James VI amongst the Romans syne A spreit sublimed, a pillar of thair prayse 
  25. Still v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1499-1690
    Still , v . 2 [ME and e.m.E. stille(n ( a 1300), stylle (Lydgate), stil (1534), still (1610), stile ( a 1660), aphetic f. Distill v .] a . To fall in drops, trickle down. b . To distil, to produce by a process of distillation. Also fig. — a . a1500 Henr. Fab. 1684 (Bann.). With heat and mosture stilland fra the skye 1513 Doug. viii iv 32. Mony dolorus hedis. Fortitude is most power onto man A vertue techt and stillt in equitie 
  26. Rost v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1375-1677
     2 . To expose (a person) to excessive heat in order to torture, consume, or overheat him. Also fig (meat, also other foods) before or at a fire to make them ready for eating. 1375 Barb. vii 153 hadocks … ; the mistres did give four to her servand to roste and bring to us b . To expose to heat for a prolonged period to produce one or more of the secondary effects of cooking, as extraction of ane taid a 1595 Misc. Spald. C. II xxx. Tak ane onyeoun and rost weill [etc.] … or tak baid him get a grene gwise … and put the kitlingis in the guise wambe and roist the samyn and with the . Of witches: To expose an image of wax or the like to heat in order to cause damage or destruction to Ib. III 605. We laid the face of it [ sc. a clay image of a child] to the fyre, till it strakned Ib. 612. It [ supra the pictur] vold be a litle wat with water, and then rosten 1666 Affairs I 143. [Pollock] whom they [ sc. witches] rosted by a lent fyre with images of wax and clay 
  27. Shuning vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1658-1696
     observe (a regulation). — 1658 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 198. [To] sett doune merche stones betuixt them debated … for shuning of heat it was thought fit that it be taken to the presbytrie 1696 Cramond 
  28. Impashe v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1572-1626
    ). Cf. Empasche and Impesch .] tr . a . To hinder, impede, prevent. b . To harass, pester, trouble. a . 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 309. That … all the subjectis … may frielie … traphick ministeris 1626 Garden Worthies 18. Heat, hunger [etc.] … Impasht yow not to pass the partched 
  29. Splente Coall n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1672-1691
     coarse coal which tends to splinter when fractured and burns with a great heat, a bituminous shaleSplente coall , n . Also: splentis- , splentie- , splintie . (Also in the later dial. ‘A hard Sheriffhall Coal Accompt 24 Jan. Given out for thirleing a hard stoan dyck in the splentis coall being four 
  30. Startling vbl. n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1636
    Startling , Stertling , vbl. n . [ME and e.m.E. startelynge (Trevisa), stertlynge ( a 1513. Of cattle: Rushing, as in a frenzy, an instance of this. Also fig. — 1375 Barb. iii 704. A … keeps me … from startling in the heat of my Lord's love 
  31. Startland ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1513-1675
    ), startelinge ( c 1450), startling (1566); Startle v .] Describing a . A horse: Moving with speed and energy, prancing; spirited. b . Cattle, maddened by heat: Rushing. Also transf. , the season of the year when this occurs. c . A stream: Moving quickly and noisily, rippling, chattering. — a 
  32. Reflex n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1500-1649
    Reflex , -flexe , n. [e.m.E. reflexe (1594), late L. reflexus a bending back, return, f. the p.p. stem of reflectere Reflex v .] The action of reflecting light or heat; reflected light of Phebus brycht 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 86/183. A nacked man … Whome Phœbus rosts 401. The sense of this love, borne in upon my heart, hath a reflex, making me love my Saviour, and 
  33. Quench v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1492-1675
    . 222. And I sall quynch [ Ruddim. quench] the lycht 4 . intr. Of fire, heat or a light: To go , queynt . [ME quenche(n ( a 1200), also cwenkenn (Orm), e.m.E. quench , also quence (1581), p.t 5. 1570 Bann. Memor. 23. As the princes … wha hes best meanes … to quenche this heat begone. xxxvii 14. 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 69/3. 2 . To extinguish, cool, (heat). Also fig birning heat ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. I 153. The Commissioner was putt to moderate the to fade ( away ) (a light, or light). 1513 Doug. iv ii 60. Eftir all wes voydyt, and the tharwithall the natural heyt outquent And with a puft of aynd the lyfe furthwent 1513 Ib. xiii betuix vs 5 . tr. To put an end to, destroy, crush, stifle, dispel a . something undesirable 
  34. Stove n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1456-1700+
     on the cart 4 . A state or situation of great heat. Also in the later dial. 1650 Dumfr. & wer still in such a stove of heat as they had bein in a furnace 5 . attrib. With Chimnay n-bæð ), MLG, MDu. stove , ON stofa , stufa , late L. stufa . Also in the later dial.] 1 . A steam-room, a hot air bath; ? a bath or bathroom employing hot water. Also baith stove (= Bathstof thing sulde be maid in a hate place … and that it had a grete fournas gevand the hete inwarde bot the). Thermae , hait stoiffis [ 1617 hotte stoves] 1595 Duncan App. Etym. Vaporarium , a hot stofe ( b ) 1456 Hay II 143/7. To make wele a bathis or a stovis … men sulde ordane four vpspryngand … Moich hailsum stovys ourheldand the slak 3 . An apparatus for producing heat, also ? for use; Galloway Soc. LI (1975) 49. His cattell … took such a sweiting that they … in the coldest day in winter. , a chimney for a stove in sense 3 above; Hous n. 1 2, a building or room containing a stove in 
  35. Hat adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1610
    Hat(e , Hait , a . Also: haite , haitt , hayt , haet , heat . [Northern ME. hate , hat. He tuik the heat fewer 1600-1610 Melvill 139. A deadlie hat fiver 2 . Of persons , OE. hat . Cf. Hote a . and Het a .] Hot, in various physical and transferred senses. 1 . Of material things, solid or liquid. ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxii. 346. Hat irne til his Ib. vii . Prol. 140. With hayt flambe to fleym the fresyng fell 1513 Ib. v . 90. A b . As an epithet of blude (also flesch ), and of a blood-stained hand. c1420 Wynt. v hait hand of slauchter c . As a quality of things, esp. food. 1456 Hay II. 118/31. Gif a man … be fed with hate and dry metis 1456 Ib. 121/23. Bark of a tree that is hate and dry it wes hate 1456 Hay II. 84/7. Thare came … a birnand hate wynd 1456 Ib. 130/3. ii . 8502. Quhar euer thay ga, the fecht was heat c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v 
  36. Quhrine v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1605
     animal in heat), Norw. rina , ENorw. and Swed. dial. vrina .] intr. a . Of animals, espec. pigs: ToQuhrine , Quhryn(e , v. [OScand. * hwrina ; cf. OIcel. hrina to squeal (of a pig, or an squeal; to whine. b . Of a person: To complain or carp. c . Applied to the sound of the wind. a . a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i 117. The pure pig gaif a rore … So soir the silly pig quhrynit [: pynit] Quhill [etc.] c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) xxxviii 87. War I a dog and he a swyne … Bot Montg. Flyt. 486 (T). Thay maid it [ sc. a monster] lyk a scrapit swyne And ay as they pold it … quhryne [ Ruddim. quhrine, Ruthv. quhvin] and plene … brayng with mony a rare 
  37. Liver n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1456-1696
     n . a ( c )]. Luffer 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 136. With ane extraordinar birnand heat at his , ON. lifr : cf. Lever .] The liver of a person or animal. ( a ) 1456 Hay II. 123/18. The stomak … lyis nerest the lyver quhilk haldis in the fyre of the stomak 1456 Ib. 142/13. A A 4. Sic as be of het intemperance of the liuer a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1588. There is no sic dearth that a nolt liver wil give half a mark 1696 Knoop & Jones Sc. Mason 
  38. Fury n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1513-1678
     wodnes 1596 Dalr. II. 20/34. This quhen thay hard thay culd nocht be satisfiet … all war in a they did it throw the heat of furie and madnes 1622-6 Bisset II. 83/10. Næ furious man nor goddace of battell or as a furie 
  39. Fire v.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1425-1663
     . To heat by a fire. c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 238. Thay fyrit gunnis with pulder violent fyre wpe and inflame baith the peples 2 . a . To fire off (a gun). b . To assail with fire. c 1581 Sempill Sat. P. xliii. 171. Out of his dowie den Maist lyke a fox thay fyrit him in his nest. 4 load peits to fyer the cloak [= clock] 3 . intr . a . Of a gun: To go off. b . To catch 
  40. Wilk n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1499-1684
     1347. Ther is a heat in our kitching, the cook is wirried on a wilk c . c1590 Fowler II 192), whelke (15th c.), wilke (1565), whilk (1668), OE wioloc , weoloc , WFlem. willok .] A whelk: The type of something of little value, trivial or amoral. c . attrib. Shaped like a whelk. 1534) 11. Cochlea , a wilk b . a1500 King Hart 687. I compt nocht all ȝour werkis wirth ane 
  41. Fervent adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1590
    Fervent , a. Also: ferwent . [ME. ( a 1400), and OF. fervent , L. fervens .] 1 . Glowing with heat; extremely hot. Also fig . a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 215. The thrid [steed] Peros 
  42. Reflex v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1531-1648
    - , f. as Reflex n .] To reflect. Cf. Reflect v. 1 . tr. To turn or curve (a written symbol 3 . To give back an image, as does a mirror. Also b . absol. or intr. 1633 Drummond (1856 … mirrour bright wher vertues doth reflex! 4 . intr. Of light or heat. To shine, to reflect. See also or against a person, his actions, etc. 1641 Justiciary Cases II 429. Archibald, Erle of Small about maters of witchcraft 6 . To have a bearing ( upon a matter). 1639 Rec. Kirk Scotl 
  43. Wel v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1450-1659
    ), welle(n ( a 1225), well (Cursor M.), wel (1570), OE weallan, wiellan , Angl. wællan, wellan (to plunge, embroil (persons) in wa (woe). c1450-2 Howlat 499 (A). The wyis quhar the wicht went war in wa wellit 2 . tr. To subject (metal) to intense heat, to soften (it) by this means; to weld (metal). Also transf. b . intr. Of metal: To melt, amalgamate (by the process of casting). ( a … Pyracmon The glowand irne to well [ Ruddim. wel] and peyn 1513 Doug. viii vii 174. A hug yron oare is found within halfe a foote of the turfe which will wall togither lyke osement yron c … they can, nor mixe, nor wall 1659 A. Hay Diary 40. Parliament and the protestant partie 
  44. Swelt v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1638
     emotion, a blow, etc.; to be overcome, faint, swoon. There is some ambiguity with prec. pres. 1513 Doug. vii v heading. Juno persavand the Troianys beild a town, For greif and dolour like to swelt and swoun 1513 Doug. viii Prol. 5 (Sm.). A selcouth sege I saw … Swownand as he suelt 3 . To suffer from oppressive heat, or from the excessive sweating caused by such heat; to swelter 
  45. Startle v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1500-1679
    Startle , -ill , -el , Stertle , v . [ME and e.m.E. stertle(n ( a 1300), stertel(l)en swiftly; rush; freq. of cattle maddened by heat. Also transf. 15.. Sym & Bruder 92. The hors startillit and chaisit, Quhilkis rairing ran rid wood, rowtand in a rane 1635 Dickson Wr. 93. b . specif. Of a horse, etc.: To shy. c . specif. Of the eyes: To start from their sockets no more b . 1638 Row Red-Shankes Serm. 2. The angell first met him in a broad way, and 
  46. Scrine n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1575-1674
     ( escrin , -en , -ime ), MDu. scherm . There is some formal confusion with S(c)hrine n. a coffer, q.v. sense 2.] A screen, a piece of furniture usu. consisting of a number of narrow rectangular leaves, freq. covered with cloth or hung with curtains, used to ward off heat, afford privacy, etc. Also, specif. , a wand-screne , ? a pole-screen, a fire-screen mounted on an upright pole or rod. Also attrib pund (2) 1610 Hist. Kinloss A. xi. Ane wand skrene for the fyr 1643 Edinburgh 
  47. Stepe 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]1600-1697
     loadning of victuall … came here in prettie good condition. Only a steep or tuo wes like to heat, and wes), steep (1576); Step(e v .] 1 . a . The process of steeping or soaking barley in beer-making. b . A quantity of barley sufficient for one such soaking. The quot. for 1663 may belong in 2. a., b floore 1688 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 248. She haveing a steep of good and sufficient malt presentlie putt to malting 2 . A place where barley is steeped. 1600 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts XI 159. [Andrew Flemyng, maltman, citizen, resigned in favour of himself and … his spouse … a kiln, with 
  48. Hete n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1614
    Hete , Heit , n . Also: het , hette , heitt , heid , hey(i)t , heet , heat , haet , hait ; hett , hat(t . [ME. ( hette , heite ,) het , hete , OE. hǽte , hǽtu .] 1 . Heat, in physical Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 222. Me think ther haldis ȝow a hete, as ȝe sum harme alyt 1513 Doug 1456 Hay I. 196/14. Quhat … a man dois in hete of brethe of ire 1456 Ib. 285/23. Be kirk 1600-1610 Ib. 137. In the hat of it [ sc . the fever] 2 . A heating. Also fig . c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 77. In dance thay war sa slaw of feit, Thay gaif thame in the fyre a heit 1513 Doug. xiii . Prol. 130. Thus sare me dredis I sal thoill a heit 
  49. Fever n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1626
     maladies, as feveres, fluxis, perleseis a1500 Henr. Fab. 312 (A). As in a fever trymblit fut , cartane ; hait fever . (1) c 1420 Liber Calchou 451. Qwil a man is in the feuer agw he suld et. I. 112/30. He tuik the heat fewer and dieit a1578 Ib. II. 318/2. Thair was no towne 
  50. Bake v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1400-1699
    ). ( a ) 14.. Acts I. 333/2 (thai bak nocht ilk kynd of bred as the law requeris). 1490 bray dry fische and baikis thaim at the fire). 1593 St. A. Baxter Bks. 51 (to baik meat, bread). 1641 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 428 (that the baxters baik no bunes). 1643 St. A. Baxter Bks. 40] maid [a pictur] of clay, lyk the Laird of Parkis eldest sone. . . . Each day we vold water it, and then rost and bek it 1665 Lauder Journal 80 (like a babret on which we bak the cakes). ( b Criminal Trials I. 399 (quha buik the meill in bannokis). 1597 Ib. II. 26 (scho buke a bannok-66 Knox I. 159 (a peice of braid backin upone the aschis). 1603 Rec. Old Aberd. I. 32 49 (he sittis at hame quhen that thay baik). a1540 Freiris Berw. 212 (it held a boll of meil harden by exposure to heat. 1513 Doug. xi . xi. 47 (the schaft was sad and sound and weill ybaik). 
  51. Scarmishing vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1531-1650
    ), skirmishing (1592); Scarmische v. See also Carmus(c)hing vbl. n .] a . The action of skirmishing, in sense 1 of Scarmische v. ; an instance of skirmishing, a skirmish in sense 1 of Scarmis(c)h(e n skirmissing becauis he knew he was bot a cowart 1558-66 Ib. 69. Skyrmissing 1569-73 Bann. II 162/3. Thair was heat skirmishing betuix the congregatioun of Edinburgh and the Frenchemen of fell in the hands of the said capten efter a light scarmeshing pl. 1531 Bell. Boece (M) I 
  52. Dungeoun n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1624
     keep of a castle. Also fig . 1375 Barb. xv . 211. Thai of the dwngeoune [ E . doungeoun] Durst. The Maister of Cassilis … in his heat wald lay fyre to the dungeon a1578 Pitsc. II. 304/17. 364. The great irne yett of the dungeoun of the said castell 2 . A close, dark, and deep place of confinement. ( a ) c1420 Wynt. iii . 442. Sa lang he lay in that dungeowne a1500 Henr ) a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 215. The iuge … dange hym in a dongeone depe a1400 Ib. l. 612. Eftire that scho suld be sone In till a myrk donieone be done c1420 Wynt. vii . 1293 (C). This Donalde in a dongeon Thai kest 1513 Doug. vi . Prol. 166. The dym dongeoun of . 1293. This Downald in a downgeowne Thai kest ( d ) a1500 Henr. Bludy Serk 21. He … kest 
  53. Flam n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1629
     flambis of fire 1570 Bann. Memor. 23. To quenche this heat … befoir it brust fourth into a , OF. flambe , and flawme , flaume , flamme , OF. flamme .] 1 . A flame. The plural flambis , flambys , is freq. used by Douglas. ( a ) 1456 Hay I. 58/27. Efter that was sene a grete flaumbe Rolland Seven Sages 3547. Thou art a furious flam c1590 Fowler I. 49/46. Vnto his second 
  54. Hate v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1630
    Hate , Hait , v . 1 Also: haitt , hayt , heat , het , heyt . [e.m.E. and ME. hate , ME. haten , hatien , OE. hatian .] tr . To hate (a person, practice, or other thing). (1) ( a c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 273. I hatit him like a hund 1513 Doug. iv . vi. 76. For the I haue beyn hatyt this mony a day a1578 Pitsc. I. 182 h. How the lordis hatit the duike) ( a ) c1450-2 Howlat 982. A foule carioun, Hatit and hawles 1490 Irland Mir. I 
  55. Licour n.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1399-1688
     , lykoure ; leco(u)r ; liquor(e , -are , liqwre , lyquour , ? liquere . [ME. licur ( a 1225), -ure , -oure , lyc- , late ME. liquour , OF. licur , -our , likeur , L. liquor .] 1 . A liquid or fluid, in a general sense. ( a ) c1420 Ratis Raving 643. Scho berys with hire lycor the liquore is knawin c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlvi. 10. A revir bricht, Of balmy liquour. 2 . Liquid for drinking; any beverage or drink. Also fig . ( a ) c1420 Bute MS. fol. 172; Slae 1376(Wr.). I know no liquor … To quench his deadly drouth, Except the cherrie help his heat 
  56. Rost n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1450-1699
     . Applied to a person undergoing torture by exposure to heat. 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 64. And that the masc. ( c 1155 in Larousse), or roste fem., roasting, roast meat, f. rostir Rost v .] 1 . A) rost , see Reul(e v. 6 b. c1450-2 Howlat 797 (A). Raike hir a rug of the rost a1500. Convict for … having a rost at his fire the last fasting day 16.. Watson's Coll. i 10/73. And there will be … rosts to rost on a brander — 1602 Reg. Privy C. VI 452. Ane roist of veill or muttoun with a foull or cunyng … or uther siclyk secund rost 1615 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS App. 412/2 with Dunbar. e.m.E. roister n.(1551) a riotous fellow, roist v. (1563) to riot seems possible as a source, however, a sufficient and perhaps more likely explanation lies in the fairly extensive 
  57. Futman 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]1375-1660
    . fote- , fotman ( a 1300).] 1 . plur . Fighting-men on foot; infantry. ( a ) 1375 Barb. Quhair euer thay ga, the fecht was heat, Maid neuer fute-men sik debeat 1533 Bell. Livy I. 68 sherefdomes quhair thai dwell 1570 Leslie 211. The northland men stude at a syd reddy to enforce the fuitmen 1603 Misc. Bann. C. I. *186. A number of the Englisches futemen being lodged … thrittine futemen at ane hundreth merkis a peice ( b ) c1420 Wynt. iv . 993. All his futmen and our fote men scairse dar follow b . sing . A foot-soldier. 1513 Doug. x . xii. 157. Lychaonyus eik, a fut man, he … slew in the melle 1533 Boece x . vi. 360. Kenneth … disagisit bein in ane ȝeir 3 . A footman as an attendant. 1500 Treasurer's Accounts II. 316. To … [a 
  58. Temperat adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1611
     beverage: ? Cool, not inducing heat. a1400 Legends of the Saints xliv 288. A ful gret fyre he gert. Temperit ppl. adj .] A . adj. 1 . Of the weather, etc.: Mild, moderate, not extreme. b . Of a Na it a tempryt bath ware 1460 Hay Alex. 16201. Sa temperit and sa sobir was the are 1490 Irland Mir. I 77/31. Paradice is a richt nobile place of plesaunce, with sueit and temporit efter nane drynk temperit drynkis with calde herbis with vynager 2 . Of a person, his temperament na our wrechit [etc.] 1490 Irland Mir. III 121/18. And a prince be nocht temporat in him cleveth to the trew word of doctrene 1584 Aberd. Journal N. & Q. VI 114. Ther salbe a ouk 
  59. Rek v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1400-1682
     or steam, also a vapour-like cloud, as of dust. b . Of blood: To ‘smoke’ with heat. Also, transf Doug. ii xi 34. Thar followis a streym of fyre … Quhil al enveron rekit lyke bryntstane 1513. Ant. III 133. The loch and river are both seen to smoke and reecke signifing unto us that ther is a myne of brimstone under it proverb. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 990. It wilbe a gude fyre farder then ever b . specif. Of a house: To have a fire burning on a hearth. Seen as a mark of Serm. (1782) ii 36. A man shall ride a summer day's journey within the shire of Ayr, and not see a house reek, or hear a cock crow, ere ye get reformation c . To fill with, or be covered by, smoke emitted from a fire. 1572 Satirical Poems xxxvi 115. And therby garis ȝour kitchingis daylie reik 1649 Grant Chart. 459. [To raise … the side wall chimney of] the great house [to such a height. Thocht I had rycht nocht bot a rok To gar ȝour rumpill reik Behynd 2 . To exhale or give forth vapour 
  60. Warm adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1450-1659
    . warrm (Orm), warm ( a 1250), warme (Manning), OE wearm , MDu. warm , MLG war(e)m , ON varmr .] A . adj. 1 . Of something said. a . Inspiring, uplifting, welcoming. b . Heated, angry. a . c1450-2 Howlat 386 (A). That word is so wonder warme, and euer ȝit was, It synkis sone in all part Of a trewe Scottis hart, Reiosand ws inwart To heire of Dowglas 1535 Stewart 7102. Greit 131/29. Than suld men have gude warme clething and gude fyris a 1568 Sempill in Sat. P. xlviii 41. It is weill walkit, cairdit, and calkit, Als warme a weid as weir the deule a1570-86 Maitland in Maitland Folio MS 329/22. Warme claythis ar bettir for me To keip fra cald 3 . Of a gif him drinkis warme a1500 Sir Eger 294. A lawer they have gotten soon, Warm water into it seeks warme water vnder yce 1659 A. Hay Diary 129. A warme, louring, closse day 5 . Of the body, blood, etc.: Having the degree of heat necessary for survival, of normal temperature. b 
  61. Severe adj.[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]1540-1688
    . c . Of heat: Intense. a . c1590 J. Stewart 62/188. As quhan seuerest thuds of Boreas blaws. sever- serious, grave, strict.] 1 . Of a person in authority: Strict, not given to leniency enormities (2) 1596 Dalr. I 185/10. He was a seueire defender of justice and æquitie 2 . Of a Forbes Rec. 420. Not a little commoved at their rigorous and seveir proceedings against the ministers . Of a mode of life: Austere, self-denying; strict in terms of conduct and habits. 1596 Dalr. I 107/2. That preistes … sulde follow a certane seueir way and maner of leiueng b . Of a way of is a kind of severe way to consider and estimate the value of the tenth sheaffe of all cornes the Drummonds did not well lyke 5 . a . Of the weather: Harsh. b . Of an earthquake: Powerful Germany … the winters are generally more severe b . 1679 Dunferm. Ann. 349. A verie seveer. Stewart 86/215. Quhan fair Phebus vith his heit seueir Did brymlie byrne 6 . Of a disease: Virulent 
  62. Slok v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1399-1655
     extinguish, eliminate, expunge ( out of a person). a . A vice or virtue. b . Bodily heat. Cf. Slak(e. Slak(e v. 6, Slok(k)in v. 1. (1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xvii 164. Thane ruschit a wynd in … & slokyt tha lichtis a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxviii 510. God … a rayne gert fal, Sa wyolent … That the fyr slokit wes c1420 Wynt. i 1275. A stane is thare calde. v xii 59. Al the fors of fyre was slokyt owt b . intr. Of a fire: To go out. 1456 Hay v. 4, Slok(k)in v. 3. a . (1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi 34. Be withdrawine of cuvatise 1456 Hay II 69/24. Quhen a knycht … puttis out of his curage and slokis all the said, suppress, bring to an end (a state of affairs or course of action). Also const. out . Only in Hay . Cf 1655 Lindores A. 238. He wes slokin the lym and mixing it with sand 
  63. Birn v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1599
     c1400 Troy-bk. ii . 1712. It signified the se birnand c1420 Wynt. iii . 775. A bale fyre … byrnand schyre 1456 Hay I. 13/18. A grete hill all birnand a1500 Taill of and Godlie Ballatis 34. To byrne in hell for ay b . To glow with heat or brilliance. ?1438 ardent, eager, angry, etc. c1420 Wynt. viii . 3170. A gredy carle . .wes Byrnand in swylk blithlie birnis a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 320. Our brestis birnand with a hevinlie fyre blaiknit brest c . To burn with a hot iron; to brand. 1507 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 77. For ane 
  64. Scald v.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1699
     ; schald . [ME and e.m.E. schalde(n (Ancr. R.), skalde(n ( a 1300), scalde(n (Rolle), scolde(n … And al the cost belyve of flambys scald 1513 Ib. xii v 199. A byrnand schide … That blesyt vp hys lang berd … Quhilk scaldit thus a strang fleur dyd cast — 1567 Gude and Godlie: To burn (a person) by way of punishment. Also absol. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 4020. Thow (something) in a way comparable to the effect produced by the action of hot water or steam; to damage severely. a . Of words, etc. b . Of a sore. c . Of heavy rain. a . 1513 Doug. i Prol. 258 Belhaven Rudiments 12. For oft-times a sudden spait of rain scalds the tender grain d . Of thoughts or cares: To inflame or irritate (a person, his or her mind). a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii mariage Skaldyng hir breist and mynd half in a rage 3 . To cleanse, wash out or sterilise with boiling. To forge a querrell … and skad your lippes in other men's kaile a1628 Carmichael Prov. No 
  65. Melt v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1399-1647
     liquefy by heat; also, to melt down (metal). Also absol . and fig . (1) ( a ) a1400 Legends of.), molte , mylte , multe (14–15th c.), p.t. malt ( c 1290), moltid (Wyclif), p.p. imelt ( a 1230), melted ( c 1320), molt- , multen ( a 1300), e.m.E. melt(e , p.t. melted , molte (1546), molted (1573), p.p. y)molt ( a 1562), moult , melt , melted (1577–87), OE. meltan intr. str. vb., p.t. mealt , pl. multon , p.p. ᵹemolten (see Moltin ppl. a .), OE. mieltan , myltan , weak vb 1590–1 Criminal Trials I. ii . 240. 2 . transf . and fig . a . Of a person's ‘heart’ (i.e snaw 1644 Baillie II. 167. Waller's armie is molten away c . Of a person: To waste or. Meelte 1494 Treasurer's Accounts I. 249. For a caldron to melt the kechen fe in 1564–5. iv . 1895. All the metall moltynnyd [ C . moltynnyt, W. meltyn] than In tyll a qwerne togydder ran 
  66. Trimbil v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1375-1661
    , bludelas but naturale heat in hir, is calde and dry, nakit and trembland 1567 Gude and Godlie feirfull threitnyngis of God … aganis him, he trymbillitt b . To quiver or shake from the impact of a 299. A ferly sterynge sone feld thai, Rycht as the ȝerde suld tremyl al, & mak all werkis reddy 1918. A nakit swerd abone his hed thair hang Bot with a threid … It trymblit so that it was lyk to fall c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 9/83. The erde did trimmill [ A. trymble], the stanis claif). ( a ) c 1552 Lynd. Mon. 1191. I trymmyll for to tell That infortune, quhow it befell 
  67. Rigour n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1400-1682
     . Excess (of heat); extreme severity. a . c1400 Troy-bk. i 461. Medea … wald … hydwisly wp gathering of an humour, which The rigour of heat hath made To change into a stone 2 . Severity displayed. rigour (Chaucer), OF rigor, -our (late 12th c. in Larousse), L. rigor .] A . noun. 1 . a by a person towards others over whom he has power or authority; excessive strictness; harshness. Also stryf 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1885 (Ch.). [A king should] mix his iustice with mercie But rigour vigourz leur a force doublee ] c1450-2 Howlat 636 (A). How thai come in honoure, Thir fowlis of rigoure, With a gret reire 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 101/10. Gif thai … beis vencust be rigor (the) … rigour, at all rigour . Cf. F. a rigueur, a la rigueur (1458 and 1501 in Larousse). (1 rigor be the kirkmaster 1562 St. A. Kirk S. 151. Tham that [quha] falyeis heirin sall underly rigour 1612 Orkney & Shetl. Ct. Bk. (ed.) 23. The doer thairof sall be punischit as a 
  68. Tys v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1686
     and e.m.E. tyce(n ( a 1275), tyse(n (Manning), tice ( c 1449), OF aticier to provoke, or aphetic f. Entise v .] 1 . tr. To entice, seduce, persuade (a person) ( to (something)) or to do (something). Also const. away . ( a ) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvii 266. Of fals taillis tystit me Aganis iustice to gar my awin sone die 1562 St. A. Kirk S. 145. Andro … dyweris sowmes … awing to me 1567 Satirical Poems vii 102. Gif that a freind … away war led Be, that I cannot gett all things so instantly exped till this heat be ower 
  69. Sponk n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1460-1700
     fire in it, and a spunk that neither has light nor heat with it, but only is smoking 1639 (1647), OIr. spongc , sponc , Gael. spong , ultim. f. spongia a sponge. Also in the later dial.] 1 . fig. A spark, a minute particle, a trace ( of something, chiefly non-material), usu. viewed (if there had beene a sponke thereof within him) c1590 Fowler II 162/2. Albeit that some light 1603 W. Alexander Darius 1219 (A). If any sponkes [ J. sparkes] of that respect 1596 Dalr. II 151/33. Of thir spunkis throuch Scotland kendlet sik a low that [etc.] 1600-1610 Melvill 146. To tak a piece of courage, and hauld in the spunk of lyff in the wark till God [of such] conceipt c1610 Jok Uplandis Newis 1b. If they hade hade a spunk of Gods right fear or a blink of memorie of ther awin dewties to ther soveraine [etc.] 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 118/81. All this is but a spunke, a glance, A shaddow and a trace, Of such a loue as raignd 
  70. Scruf n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1460-1699
     of copper or base-metal coins. c . transf. or fig. Money regarded as debased or from a debased. of a fruit or nut. 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 19. The scrufe of citroun 1579 Despauter (1579). The scrufe of the nute 1658 R. Moray Lett. fol. 286. Take a quill and pierce the skin [ sc. of a pat of dung] … and suck out all the soft so as you leave nothing but the skin … then … she will find nothing but a toom scroof 4 . fig. The outward or superficial aspect of a thing, its appearance as opposed to its substance. ( a ) 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 31. The trew, when the debates about it pass to a scurf outside 5 . A person's skin; also fig. b . An skruffe 6 . The surface of the ground, the topmost layer of soil or vegetation. ( a ) 1683 Coll. Aberd. & B. 104. Some of this kind of earth is found commonly in low marish ground, with a green scroof 1683 Coll. Aberd. & B. 104. We have also a clay soile, which is exceeding ill 
  71. Thunder n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1687
     a destructive force, having the attributes properly belonging to lightning. Also, an instance of this, a thunderbolt. Also fig. For further examples see Fireflaucht n. , Fireslacht n. (1 1525 St. P. Henry VIII IV 418. The thunnour [ St. A. Formulare I 270, thunnyr] and fireflauchtis … Suddanly with a fel bles of thundyr Threw hym to grond, and smayt him al in sondyr c1520-c1535 Nisbet John xii 29. A voce com fra heuen and said, And I haue clarifiit … Tharfore the pepile that first cum, ande walk him out of his sleipe, and with the thwndyr of the law feare him b . A peal of thunder, a thunderclap. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxviii 671. A gret hug thonir [com] but bad 1460 Hay Alex. 1292. The ost maid a reird Lyk till ane thounder or erding quhan it steird 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 13. The heat … occasioned also several tymes great thunders and such , a thunderbolt 1632 Lithgow Trav. ii 69. Men should dread the thunder-bolt, when they 
  72. Exped v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1530-1700+
     occas. expede , expead .] 1 . tr . To carry through or complete (a matter); to deal promptly and effectively with. ( a ) 1530 Reg. Privy S. II. 67/2. To solist and expeid with his heines and his hurried … , that I cannot gett all things so instantly exped till this heat be over ( b ) 1568 1626 Garden Worthies 167. Thow … like a wiseman … Poiz'd what thow purpos'd & expead the same get that expede 2 . tr . To complete and issue (a document) in proper form. ‘ To expede letters , means to write out the principal writ, and get it signeted, sealed, or otherwise completed’ (Bell). ( a John Alexander 1696 Stirling B. Rec. II. 83. They appoint the said call [to a minister] to foot to go to the armie 4 . To assist in, or extricate from, a difficult situation. 1642 
  73. Pouse v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1561-1685
     as the fire dois animat and poussis in the air A weightie & material ball 2 . To cause to incite, impel or drive to a certain course of action or state of mind); to urge or press, also, to same a1651 Calderwood I 590. The Gwisians, intending a conquest of this realme, poussed her the heat of the country, had not vomen … to stanch them (5) 1685 Cromartie Corr. I 39. I, motivate (a temptation). a1658 Durham Subtile Self 86. If we look to the great motive, that pousseth on the tentation, we will find it to be selfiness 4 . a . tr. , also intr. or absol. To press forward, prosecute, press with insistence (some action or operation); to follow up (a victory city of Buda b . To pousse (one's , also a) fortoun , to engage actively in improving one's 
  74. Maling vbl. n., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1390-1699
     a mealline, there a lairdschip 1694 Lanark Presb. 122. An old heat … about the takeing of, letting, leasing. Also the management of the letting of a property. (1) 1390 Slater Early Sc, hauing the mailing and commandement of the house, to haue put her [a gypsy] away 1663 Aberd. B Diary 21. Beginning to that new mailling August 1682 2 . n . a . A lease of land. b . Land let or taken for rent; rented land, tenantry. c . A definite tract of rented land, a tenant-farm. Also fig . See also Mele n . 2 2 d for some further examples. ( a ) c 1442 Coldingham Priory hym na his sed com in that malyn agan 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 165. Ilke man sal kepe his/1. The wrangwis vexation … of thaim in a tak & maling of four husband landis of the landis of thair malingis and cumis heir to duell ( b ) 1479 Reg. Cupar A. I. 228. Efter as tha haf mare requyris 1595 Duncan App. Etym. Fundus , a meeling 1623 Edinburgh Testaments LII 
  75. Rage n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1375-1700+
    . Also in fury rage (for a note on the application of fury in this phr., see Bawcutt Lexical Notes on Douglas ). (1) 1456 Hay I 228/1. All that a woodman dois he dois throu woodnes and rage raige 1595 Duncan App. Etym. Rabies , rage of a dogge (2) 1513 Doug. iv Prol i 14. b . (A) high fever; delirium. — 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 146. Efter scho drank thairof scho tuik the rage c1705 Nimmo Narr. 7. [A young man] fell into a high fever and in the readg thairof dyed 2 . Violent anger, fury; a fit of such anger. Freq. in the phr. in (a) rage . Also comb. (1) 1375 Barb. xiii 138. Thai faucht as thai war in a rage ?1438 him set in till a rage 1490 Irland Mir. II 141/12. That I suld fall in sic a rage and Maitland Folio MS 444/93. This reill this raige this crewiell weir Thocht it a quhyll do the molest [etc ȝon cruell fyre, besekis the, Suffir not to byrn our schippis in a rage 1513 Ib. iii vi 
  76. Joly adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1687
    . Joly Mertene with a mok 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 50. Quhen I was ane ȝoung ioly gentyll man. vii. 31. Joly and glaid thairof 3 . a . High-hearted, gallant, brave. 1375 Barb. xi . 524 Jok & Jynny ( Bann. MS . 138 a) 63. I haif … Fyive hundreth fleis now in a flok: Call ȝe nocht that a joly menȝe? b . Of things: Gay, bright, showy, splendid, fair, fine. c1420 Wynt. ix Bernardus 198. Trast hym nocht, suppose he were thi brudyr, Bot gef a ioly worde ay for ane vdyr a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 297. Of frutfull treis, … Our all the laif a joly pyne 5 . As a more or less vague expression of admiration. a . Applied to ladies, = gay, fair. c1420 Wynt 6 . Of bitches: In heat. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxiv. 8. Quhone the biche is jolie and on rage ar hot and jollie they conveine a great number of dogs [etc.] 
  77. Thrif v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1688
     sweiting that they … in the coldest day in winter wer still in such a stove of heat … vntill they waisted . P.p. thryvin , thre(a)ven . [ME and e.m.E. þrifenn (Orm), þriue(n ( a 1300), thrive (Cursor M.), thryve(n (Chaucer), thrive ( c 1400), p.t. þraf (Orm), þrof (Manning), thrafe ( a 1400), throfe (Malory), p.p. thriuen (Cursor M.), threuen ( a 1400), ON þrifask .] intr. 1 . To grow and fosterit was 1650 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. LI 49. All his cattell and beist took such a. A monstir maid be god Mercurius … Evill schryvin, wan thryvin, not clene na curius 1668 Highland P. III 17. Within a fortnight his chamber was brunt and sen thence nothing threave with him. A man cannot thryfe except his wyffe let him a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 822. It is hard to wyve & thryv in on yeir a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 136. A man of manie crafts 
  78. Rifing vbl. n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1496-1699
     , -yne ; raiffing . [Late ME and e.m.E. ryfyng (north., a 1400–50), ryuing ( c 1440), e.m.E. also of ryving with the heat of the sone 1628 Aberd. Council Lett. I 281. Dischairgeing the the ryving of my head) ( b ) c1610 Melville Mem. 19. The Duc Maurice had a gret gruge of ane part of my mure 1577 Reg. Cupar A. II 130. For wrangus and violent occupatioun, and. Riveing 1699 A. Watt Kintore (1865) 30. For riving out three furrs out of the comontie (12 the effusioun of his blude b . To tak a riwing , to be cut about, to be severely wounded. 1665 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. II 34. And his hand taken a riwing [ pr. runing] which can be hardly 
  79. Smuk n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1400-1698
     ( a 1154), ME also smike ( a 1200), smec (Orm), smeke ( c 1250), smeek (Wyclif), smek ( c 1400), smok(k (1422), smyk (Prompt. Parv.), also smooke ( a 1548), smoake (1580), OE smec distinction evident, it is treated as a single entry. 1 . Smoke or fumes given off as a result of burning. Also comb. b . specif. Of incense. ( a ) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) xxvi 120. In the depest. A lum at the back of her wall … that … would fill her house with smoak ( j ) a1597-1617 fillthe smuk [: clok] Quhairwith I am … Coweritt 2 . A volume, cloud, pall, etc. of smoke. Also pl 1456 Hay I 27/25. Thare come out sik a mysty smoke of hidous reik, lyke as it war out of the pitt of hell 1513 Doug. viii iv 154. Furth of his throt … A laithly smok he ȝiskis blak as makis a smuike, and smelling sweet for payment of his vow 1623 Perth Kirk S. MS 14 May. The said fyre ewanisit in ane blak smouk 1650 Brechin Presb. 48. Shee saw lyk a great smoak or a 
  80. Kichin n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1420-1695
    . Ther is a heat in our kitching, the cook is wirried on a wilk ?a1648 Polemo-Middinia 73 ), e.m.E. kitchen , -ing , OE. cycene . Cf. Kechin n ., Kiche n .] 1 . A kitchen. = Kechin n . 1. Also fig. in the wirmis kitching , the grave, see Kechin n . 1. ( a ) c1420 Wynt. For … causing of James Ancrome, masoun, to … cast doun a kiching & a stane wall of a … tenement. Indict. 44. Evin beneth hir chalmer he wes placit in a hous joynit to the kiching 1599 Master Bk. Carlaverock. II. 502. In the chichin … a peare of long raxes 1695 Foulis Acc. Bk. 185 conventuale hall … kytschin, baik house [etc.] 1588 St. A. Kirk S. 628. In the provestis kitschion kitchingis daylie reik 1604-9 Grahame Anat. Hum. 19. [Such men are] a help to furnish his house kitchen. a . An allowance of kitchen-food (as meat, etc.) supplied or stored as one's provisions; provisions of kitchen-food (once applied also to meal). = Kechin n . 2 a. (1) c1420 Bute MS. fol 
  81. Stif adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1460-1690
     , stuiff . [ME and e.m.E. stif ( a 1200), stiue ( c 1200), stijf (Cursor M.), steve ( a 1300 stif . Cf. also SND Stieve , Stiff . A . adj. 1 . Rigid, not pliable or flexible. Also stif berd hyngis 1513 Doug. vii viii 69. A burdon of ane lang stif tre, The poynt scharpit … to resigne ther heritable tytlis unto him; and geve he had a steve purse and no rent, then was sum-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 486. Sum stalwardly steppis ben with a stout curage And a stif standand; hard, powerful, fierce. The Treas. Acc. example may refer to a particular type of sword. Cf. Doug 1649. With a styff suerd to dede he has him dycht a1500 King Hart 959. This brokin speir 1513 Doug. ix ii 24. Wapynnys styfe of steill 2 . Of (a part of) the body: Unable to move in Scotland ?1665 M. Bruce Six Dreadful Alarms 17. A sudden cool upon the back of a great heat, makes folk stiffe bound and sweir to gang b . 1460 Hay Alex. 3860. To the erde 
  82. Valu n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1692
     , valow (Manning), value (Piers Plowman), walew ( c 1460), vallew (1638), OF value .] 1 . a . The monetary or equivalent value or worth of a thing, etc.; the equivalent of a thing in terms of. Convention of Royal Burghs III 502. A jornall (which is the value of fyve thousand pund sterling) of copper value of (something), intyll walu (so much), having the value specified, also, of walew , having a high equivalence in money, etc. = Val(o)ur n. 2 a. (1) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 842 (D). Pryam value of a nut-schel 1610 Criminal Trials III 100. Ane box of jewallis … of grit valew . To the value of (a sum of money, etc.) also, to ( small , etc.) value , to the value which. = Val(o)ur n. 2 c. c1420 Bute MS 141a. The … ref of swylk a thyng … to the valw of swa mykyl valow and profits of ane thousand pundis 1547 Armstrong Hist. Liddesdale cxi. A lytill Edinb. B. Rec. X 347. He had built to a considerable valew which he wes not obleidged to build … he 
  83. Une v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1456-1699
     coniunit and vnite 3 . a . Of bodily heat or a vapour: To come together, concentrate. Also reflex, titles, etc.) to a jurisdiction (the crown, etc.) or in an entity (a barony, etc.). b . Of funds: To combine to a purpose. pres. 1483 Acts II 146/1. Thai sal haue powere to vnet &. 1471 Acts II 99/2 (see Unio(u)n n. 3 a). 1510–11 Reg. Privy S. I 335/2. That the kirk duty of Monedye Roger] may be unitit and annexit to the suppoirt of ane pure student 2 . a . To unite (the soul, etc.) chiefly to , with God in a spiritual union. b . To bind together, unite a craft. c . To unite (a couple) in marriage. a . pres. 1490 Irland Mir. II 57/11 sovnd of the trumpet 1490 Irland Mir. III 20/10. It is necessar that thar be a noble and Renwick Serm. 409. That a knot may be cast to unite you to Him never to be loosed p.t. 1490. b . Of the music of the spheres: To be combined or conjoined in harmony. a . 1456 Hay II 
  84. Marrow n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1456-1690
     perh. Scand.) origin. In the mod. dial. Sc., north. Irish and north. and north midl. Eng.] 1 . A comrade; a companion, fellow-traveller or neighbour; a friend. a1500 Henr. Fab. 2925 (Bann.). Brudir … I rid the fle To mache the with a frawart fenȝeit marrow 1490 Irland Mir. I. 87/32 306. To be a wacheman to his marrow 1531 Treasurer's Accounts VI. 32. To the pure the mynd a meakles marrow c1590 Fowler I. 58/8. c1590 Ib. 113/42. 1581-1623 Scotica I. 110. She demanded of sundry her marrowis quhat they were about all that tyme b . A colleague, fellow-worker, mate; (a criminal's) associate or accomplice. Also attrib . (1) 1488 of his marrow and waiknes of court continuis [etc.] 1550 Reg. Cupar A. II. 241. To vse the my marrow, if I be a leal man (3) attrib . 1623–4 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II. 160 . 268. A bil of complaynt … apone his marrowis of the myln 1495 Liber Aberbr. II. 290. And 
  85. Debate n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1375-1676
    Debate , Debait , Debe(a)t , n . Also: debat , -batte , debaite , -baitt , -bayt , debeate hostility; strife, conflict, fighting. ( a ) 1375 Barb. i . 149. But he thocht weile, throuch thar ane bleis of debate and discorde 1658 Lamont Diary 110. A great sea feght … bot att lenth defence; to maintain a fight or combat; to offer resistance. ( a ) 1375 Barb. viii . 502. Thair oft gais a-bak That he the maire debait may mak ?1438 Alex. i . 1879. Emynedus mekill. Quhair euer thay ga, the fecht was heat, Maid neuer futemen sik debeat c . But , forout(in ), or ring 2 . A case of dissension; a strife or quarrel. ( a ) 1375 Barb. ii . 40. Sum men. Clifford … Began a braill, a bargane and debate ( b ) c1515 Asloan MS I. 202/24. Thair rais ane Garden Worthies 78. His feer in fight … In everie battell, bargane, & debeat 3 . A dispute as to legal rights or other claims; also, a matter of dispute. ( a ) 1385 Red Bk. Grandtully I 
  86. Son n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
    . with beme , blenk . Also without article. (1) c1450-2 Howlat 4 (A). The bemes blythest of ( e ) c1590 Fowler I 345/22. A stormy cloude eclipsed hathe the soone (2) 1375 Barb a caldrown thar … For het of sown the se wyll play c1420 Wynt. vi 803. Thare wes newyre 1456 Wemyss Chart. 78. Apon a day betuix the rising of the soune, the passing too of that ilke, at the Inche … be Monounday at the sone ganging to 1572 Protocol Book of A. Lawson 20. Eftir . specif. , with reference to the sun's brightness, or to its light- or heat-giving qualities. (1 1609 Hilderstoun Silver Mines I 242b. For fear of ryving with the heat of the sone 1581-1623 closit in till a clud obscure 1531 Bell. Boece II 209. Nothir son, mone, nor stern, wer sene had 1456 Hay II 74/10. Within a temple callit the Temple of the Soune, the quhilk the noble sunne of night 2 . fig. a . Of persons. Also sun(ne) of righteousnes , a title of Christ. b 
  87. Rek n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     nor heat with it, but only is smoking and sending out a reek with it 3 . transf. A house with a . Smoke from burning matter; a cloud of smoke. Also fig. or in fig. context (see also 4 below). (1 that thare rais out a reyk … that bath the sonne and the aire was all oure blakenyt and obscurit with the reik 1456 Ib. 27/25. A mysty smoke of hidous reik lyke as it war out of the pitt of hell 1456 Ib. 46/8. And cum furth of the erde a stynkand ayre with a foule reik c1475] untill thare be ane chimnay placit for venting reek & fyer 1667 Highland P. II 31. A great shall be raised thairin 1688 A. Shields Heads of a Preface and of a Lecture Preached in 1403 (Asl.). Thar rysis sic a reike of corrupcoun Ressoun is ourcludit c1520-c1535 Nisbet in the house, sic commes out at the lum b . As a type of what is evanescent or fleeting. a1400 James VI Lusus Reg. 45. His aire it flyes in uanished reike, his earth in cendres fallis 2 . A 
  88. Souk v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1699
     the sun: To extract, draw out ( forth , up ) with its heat. b . Of the sea, or a whirlpool: To drag), OE sucan , also sugan . Cf. ON suga .] 1 . tr. To ingest (a liquid) by sucking. Also const Melvill 282. As the Psylli, a vennemus peiple in Afric, soukes out the vennom of the wounds of sic as ar schame Sic [ sc. a breast] as thu swkyt of thi dame? 1513 Doug. iv vii 10. Thou sowkyt nevir womanis breist, weil I wait 1629 Dumbarton B. Rec. 30. Janet Dod hes a young bairne sukkand hir breist b . With the mother or wet-nurse (also, a female animal) as object. (1) a1400. To hym a servand woman, hayt Pholoa, Was geyf, and, sowkand hyr, hir twynnys twa 1586 St. A soukand wes A wolf 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 180. The sprutlyt calvys sowkand the red hyndis Misc. Spald. C. I 107. Thair came ane hear be tymes, and souckit a milk kow 1597 Misc. Spald wolfs did suck? c . To suck a flower or root, in order to obtain its juice or essence. c1590 
  89. Qualite n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1400-1699
     favouris for my saik as for his qualite I may justly requyir a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvii 57 kyndliest) euerie aage to smell of the auin qualitie 1644 Moray Synod 70. A list of such able men repleit 1598 James VI Basil. Doron 110/3. 1616 in Rollock II 8. c . A characteristic or attribute of a person, considered as qualifying him for an office; hence, ? a qualification, kind or character (of a thing). Also, the goodness or badness, the worth, of a thing. (1) c1400 characteristics of a pronoun:] qualite, gener, nouwmyr [etc.] 1531 Ib. Pronownes of finite qualite, or 1597 Ib. 28/21. I thinke it … contrarie to the qualitie of a naturall bodie 1597 Ib. 36/10. vi 298. A dromidore and camel differ much in quality 1667 Inverness Rec. II 232. The dimuneuis and grouis les and of ane var qualite b . A characteristic, property or attribute (of a thing, 429, 449. The ferd is temperans, I trow, A wertew gretly till alow, And havis gud qualiteis twa … A 
  90. Worth adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1695
     , wurþ , MDu. wert , ON verðr .] A . adj. 1 . a . Of a person: Competent; distinguished; of sufficient merit; able to do something; entitled to something; deserving of. b . Of a thing: Of value ) worth , it is (very, not) worthwhile, fitting, suitable. a . 1375 Barb. viii 276. The a1400 Legends of the Saints x 371. Gyf a seruand now vald ta His kingis wyfe succudrusly, He seruit. xiv 348. Thai … mycht get Na thing that worth war for till ete 1434–5 Reg. St. A. 424 Sevyne Sagis 1357. Thow may him taist Be a tre that he lufis mast Hewe it that it be nevere worth And wreitting 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 64. I saw also a very pretty spatious hall, … Colinton … told me that Colinton hous had not a hall that was worth, whence he would take the pattern of that proverb Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2045. Now may ȝe wit it was nocht worth To trow hir tale 2 . Of a value which can be specified. a . In financial terms. b . According to another material standard. Also 
  91. Weddir n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
    ) weather, atmospheric conditions as regards heat, cold, wind, rain, etc., specif. qualified by a term indicating a particular sort of weather, in attrib. and predic. constructions. Also proverb. and pl Striveling 1535 Stewart 11215. In symmer syne quhen the wadder grew warme a 1568 Sempill. : A period or occasion of a particular sort of weather. a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 97. Sa the violence … of a stormy wether, … to withdraw … to the ley of the saidis woddes pl. 1597 nixt fair wedder 2 . Without qualification. a . Good or bad weather, esp. the atmospheric conditions suitable for travelling, sailing, etc. ( a ) ?14.. Ship Laws c. 20 (B). And he be redy to wit? 1511 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 106. The wedder hes been sua this thre wolkis … that a Fra swne and weddyr thaim to kepe … that a fwt wpe thai streke That it fra thaim the weddyr brek weatther on the lairge flait roff thairof 3 . In collocation with wind. a . Esp. with reference to 
  92. Hede n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     she did only carry out a heat of lint 5 . The top, or principal extremity, of various objects. (1Hede , Heid , n . 1 Also: hed , ed , heide , heyd , heed , haid , head ; heat . Pl de Hertishede ( a 1300). See also Hade and Haid .] 1 . The head, of a man or an animal. ( a ii. 362. This is the hed of sanct Paule a1400 Ib. xxxi. 395. Na serpent has a hed sa fel gret lycht A-beowe that heid [of St. Paul] 14.. Acts I. 375/2. A heid for a heid, a hand for a hand c1420 Wynt. vi . 1456 (W). My heid salbe of gold gletand 1531 Bell . Used in the singular with reference to more than one. c1450-2 Howlat 163. A college of that it have a hede a1500 Prestis of Peblis 105. Ane hed dow nocht on body stand allane dois auance Sa in members I think siclyke suld be a1568 Bannatyne MS 92 a/8. The heid the, etc.) of a flower or plant. 1513 Doug. ix . vii. 150. Or as the chesbo hedis oft we se Bow 
  93. Law adj., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]<1375-1639
    Law , a . and n . 4 Also: lawe , lau . [North. and north midl. ME. law(e , lau (Cursor M), inflected form of lah Laich a . Cf. also Lauch a .] Unlike Laich , Lauch , (and Lach(e ), common saill (i.e. as of a ship), used fig ., = to show oneself less prominently or openly, to proceed more to bear the lawer saill 2 . Occupying a low, or the lower, position; also, far down, deep in situation. (1) 1375 Barb. xiii . 653. For twa contraris … Set agane othir on a quhele; Quhen ane quhair the Quene lay 1585 James VI Ess. 50. Mount heigh vp through the air, To gar thy heat. In the law fos and pyt of syn 1513 Doug. iii . vi. 166. Vndir a roch, law within a cavern felde, outhir lawar or in a myre 1456 Ib. II. 158/24. The erde that is lawast is ay calde. Detect. (1727) 17. Being set in ane law plaice and a verray marische (2) c1460 Wisdom of Solomon (S.T.S.) 201. All elyk … drawis till a law place downwart, quhen thai de c1460 Ib. 485 
  94. Wend v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     wenden .] 1 . intr. Of a person or animal: To go, travel, make one's way, depart. Chiefly with preps. to, fra , etc. (a place, person, event, etc.) ( to do something). Also reflex. and fig. Cf. note 1607 Dalyell Darker Superst. 23. I charge thee [ sc. a disease] … To wend out of flesch and bane a1500 Henr. Orph. 414. A wofull wedow hame-wart is he went c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. Sudaynly in the space of a luke All was hyne went 1535 Stewart 30420. With this ansuer the c1450-2 Howlat 468 (A). Quhat way he couth wend a1500 Henr. Fab. 114. To seik his meit marches 1692 Presbyterian Eloquence (1693) 78. I know no, Lord, they went a gate of their own a 1714 Cromartie Corr. II 488. Nixt day then vent a gait wards Kintaill fig. a1508 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 3906. The well away sall went 3 . Of a period of time: To elapse, pass. Also with adverb. (1) 1375 Barb. x 261. & quhen a litill time wes went Eftre 
  95. Over adv., prep.[0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1400-1700+
     all things … exped till this heat be ower 8 . Modifying a following adj. or adv. a . Beyond what spellings in -u- and -w (as well as -v- ) and in the absence of rhymes indicating a pronunciation with below. A . adv . 1 . Indicating movement or passage across, from one side to another of something] 1596 Dalr. I. 15/30. An ornate brig … be quhilke … is past ouer till … a riche monaster 1596. 1600-1610 Melvill 121. He … wrot ower … to me in his favour 1600-1610 Ib. 139. A sow Diary 73. [They] stayed behind and wold not hazard ouer [ sc. a wall] (3) c1590 Fowler II Bisset II. 243/6. The maister [of a distressed ship] suld cast over samekill as he sall see neid b, without motion. Also in stating a linear measurement. (1) 1587 Acts III. 522/1. Haveing a croce is … to be jested over and made fitt to receave a roofe (2) 1587 Acts III. 522/1. The auchtene insches 2 . a . Indicating a movement from the erect position, as (to throw etc. or fall 
  96. Writ n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     and e.m.E. writ(e ( c 1175), writt ( a 1200), writ ( c 1200), writte , write (both Cursor M senses. 1 . a . Something written; a chronicle or story; poetry or literary composition; a (piece of) writing; a paper (with writing on it). Also pl. (a person's) writings or papers. b . specif. A letter. a . 1375 Barb. i 343. Catone sayis ws in his wryt [etc.] c1450-2 Howlat 395 (A. Sonn. xvii 13. Sen wryt, nor wax, nor word is not a word: I must perforce ga seik my fathers suord.] 1647 Misc. Spald. C. I 21. I am enformed yow receaued a wryte from my neveu ( b ) 1589–1600 . 1488–92 Treasurer's Accounts I 87. Thare was a writ fund in the said box sayand: In hac boxa xij c). Epitafyis … A writt abufe a graif c1420 Wynt. vi 1431. A cerkill was … off bras And all wryttyn off this wryte That [etc.]' 1621-40 Melville Commonpl. Bk. 59. Or lyke a schuttle in weavers hand Or lyke a writting on the sand The shuttles flung the wreit's blot fig. 1645 
  97. Shot n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1697
    . shotte (Piers Plowman), shot (Chaucer), scot (Cursor M.), schoyt ( a 1450), shoote (1534), shote (1545), shute (1578), OE sc(e)ot , gesc(e)ot .] 1 . A swift, or sudden, movement forward; a rush, dash. b . An onset; an attack ( on another person). Cf. Du. schot maaken ‘to make headway, of a ship’ (SND, s.v. Shot n . 1 1)). The Barb. quot. may possibly be, in the E. MS at. 1375 Barb. xii 77 (C). Quhen the kyngis men thame saw Swa in haill battale thame vithdraw A gret on hym a schote [ C. , W. schot], And tyte hym … be the throte, And … steykyd hym quhyll the lyff Dickson Wr. 70. Job has here ado with a merciful father, who took him not at the shoot, or in his passion d . ? A race. Only in after-schot * After-schoot n. , Efter-schot n. and Fore-schot . n. 2 . A sudden sharp pain; a spasm of pain; a shooting pain. ( a ) a1500 Buke of the saire & schame 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 136. With ane extraordiner birnand heat at his hart 
  98. Send v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1685
    . also sendin(g . Imperative also sent . [ME and e.m.E. sende(n ( a 1200), siende ( c 1290), sent), sent (Layamon), sente ( c 1330) (also sendyd ( a 1370), seended (Wyclif)), p.p. sennd (Orm occasion (a person, freq. a messenger, ambassador or delegate) to go; to dispatch or direct a person. a . To ( into ) a destination. b . Fra a source. c . For , in (also, with omission of the preposition) a purpose. d . To do, gar do, and do (something). Also const. in a message , embassat) send Fortune from one, i.e. escape my fate’, but the text is unreliable and may be corrupt. a . pres Barb. xiii 619. The erle Patrik … gert ta A bate and send the king by se To Bawmburgh in his awn Schir William Wallace i 203. Wpon a day to Dunde he was send 1535 Stewart 55860 1649 Lamont Diary 11. Mr. George Wynram … was sent, with a comission to our king, now leyen at … Gernsey 1676 Cunningham Diary 81. Sent into Pasley post with a letter to Edin., 4 s. b 
  99. Wer n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1692
     he it unworthie of his paines to wryte a grammar in the heat of the civil weer b . ?1438 , uar(r . [ME and e.m.E. werre ( a 1200), weorre ( a 1225), worre (1297), wer(e, werr (all v. 3, Mufe v. 2 a and Opin adj. 4 d for further examples. 1 . Warfare. a . A state or (= by means of) were , and const. def. art. a., b . (1) 1375 Barb. xv 444. Gif ik euer his the tym of were evir ilk lawyt man … sal haf … a basnet [etc.] 1456 Hay I 175/18. Gif a man has tane a prisonare in lawfull were c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i 170. Thai wald c1420 Wynt. vi 553. He wan off were all Galluway c1450-2 Howlat 564 (A). He gaif it to hym, for wys wes he And in till weris awysse c1450-2 Howlat 327 (A). Gois halkis war governouris of the gret oist … in charge of weris 1456 Hay I 195/27. A man of grete age war othir a man is our delytabily … governyt in his ȝouthede he may nocht dure langsumly in the travailis of 
  100. Stay v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1543-1699
     (Prompt. Parv.), stay (? a 1500), staye (1539), staie ( a 1548), stey ( a 1550), prob. OF (e)stai- , f. ester (13th c. in Wartburg), L. stare to stand.] I . tr. 1 . To prevent or stop (a person) doing (also const. to do) something; to keep (a person or thing) fra , from , of a course of action, carrying out a process, etc., also, thairour . Also reflex . The 1571 quot. may belong Criminal Trials II 188. This deponar pressand to enter … he wes a litill stayit be thame 1600-1610 Melvill 258. This was a grait vexation … to sie … the best part of my flok ventured upon a pak of 1619 Monimail Reg. Ct. 18 Nov. To stay him fra laiding peitis furth of the myr 1659 A. Hay this lyfe temporall … Stay ȝow to cois with lyfe celestiall 1582–3 St. A. Kirk S. 498 thame using thair religioun and conscience frelie b . To keep (a person or thing) in the state.); to cause to cease, to bring to an end; to check or allay (a state of affairs, situation, etc.). Also 
  101. Scail v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700
     and e.m.E. scail, skail (v.r. a 1375 shail ) (north., all Cursor M.), skayle (Caxton's Trevisa), skaile ( a 1600, Floddan F.), scale (north., 1641), EIr. scailim , Ir. sgaoilim , Gael. sgaoil . Cf to south, perhaps a borrowing from EIr. into Sc. thence into northern Eng. Cf. Slanis n. ] 1 . tr. To scatter (things, or the parts or constituents of a person or thing) abroad or in different of ded the dirk vmbrakill 1596 Dalr. II 453/7. Lyk a certane sone, new risen to skail and belongings, sometimes by selling them (see also Scailing vbl. n. 1 a (2). Also to scail hous and, fig 1588 Comm. Univ. III (St. A.) App. 195. He … schew the dischairge quhilk he had obtenit … or thir newis est, west, north and sowth 1513 Ib. xii v 15. 3 . To cause or allow (heat or body, he … deceissit c1590 Fowler II 33/31. A smal prick of a preine may scail the wind in thame a myrk schour down skaill [ Sm. schaill; L. infundam ] a1568 Bellenden Bannatyne MS 
  102. With prep.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     1175), wiþþ (Orm), with (1290), wit (Cursor M.), withe (14th c.), wyth ( a 1400), wyt (1413 entries for many further examples of verbal complementation. A . prep. There is some overlap between the senses. I . Denoting opposition, passing into motion towards, exchange, contiguity. 1 . a contention. b . Following nouns of conflict, etc. a . 1375 Barb. xiv 196. Quhen thai war armyt 1375 Barb. vii 621 (C) (see Wit(e v. a 3). Vith 1550 Treasurer's Accounts IX 428 1375 Barb. iii 714. It wes gret cunnannes to kep Thar takill in-till sic a thrang And wyth sic further examples. 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 62 (see 14 a below). 4 . For, in exchange for. 1442 Ingland 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1671) 165. We might barter or niffer our lazie ease with a 1, 2 for further examples. 1479–80 Acts Lords of Council I 47/1. The castin of petis in a merches with the landis of Glengardin 6 . With that. a . Thereupon, in consequence of that; at 
  103. Lay v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
    . 62. Alsmony Troianys ded to grund scho laid 2 . To lay in a recumbent position, to lay down (a person, a dead person, etc.); also, to lay (a dead person) in his burial-place etc., to bury. Also to. ( a ) 1375 Barb. ix . 170. In a littar the Kyng thai lay And … held thar way a1400. Willame Frasere hart is layd Betwene tha towmys twa 1513 Doug. xi . i. 124. To se thy a son on may be laide … in a comely, closse, clean, competent kirk-ile or yarde ( b ) a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 779. In that grawe … [I] lad hyme a1400 Ib. xii. 51. A cowyne Tha mad the palace clois b . reflex . To lay oneself down. 1650 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 602. A little fast , 38a) a person in the irnis , stokkis . 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 326. He wes tane out of action (a plough); to lay by, give up (some activity); to still or silence (a person's tongue, one's speech, etc.); to put a stop to, repress (a nuisance); to lay or cause to go down (the Devil); to 
  104. Watir n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700+
     ( c 1175), water ( a 1200), waterr (Orm), wætere (Layamon), watur, watter (both Cursor M . Water, as a substance having particular qualities, esp. as one of the four elements, together with fire. P. v 44. All is not gold that gleitis … Nor water all that weitis b . As a substance which. 271. Foule water slokens fire c . As a source of danger, chiefly in collocation with fyre thoilling fyre and watter within the same d . As a necessity of life, in collocation with fyre forbad him the use of fyre and watter e . As a mechanism of judgment or punishment. Also attrib fire-ordeal, the water-ordeal [etc.] 2 . a . In domestic use, for drinking, cooking, etc. Also pl. b . specif. In washing, also as part of a ritual, cf. sense 3. c . fig. a . 1375 Barb walter … x s. 1562 Knox Ressoning 172. Watter and meal made in maner of a drammock. The watter him gaif schir Floridas, And the touell schir Perdicas c1450-2 Howlat 676 (A 
  105. Resav v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1699
     the distinction between to take and to be given ) is found also in Scots, and here forms a basis for distinguishing between both main senses and, in some instances, subdivisions within a sense. I . tr. With a material thing or animal as object. II . With a person as object. III . With a non a material thing or animal as object. 1 . To accept (in a specified manner) (a thing offered thame [ sc. baillies] … ressave buddis or brybbis 1628 St. A. Baxter Bks. 90. And that he. v ix 93. The wageour hes ressaue He that the lysch and lyam in sondir drave b . To accept (a 2 . To take (a thing) in one's hand. c1420 Wynt. iii 765. As he wes … His yharne sponnyn a loon provost who keeps the king's castle against those who are sent to receive it’ ( b . Of a ruler: To take over, or succeed to, a kingdom or empire. 1533 Bell. Livy II 99/33 articles bought, or awarded or committed to one, ( fra a person, out ( furth ) of a ship). Common in 
  106. Strik v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     or heat: To fall or play ( apone ) (a surface). c1490 Irland Asl. MS 60/10. Gif all the), strak(e (1400-40), strooke (1557), strucke (1627), stroake ( a 1650), also stryked (Chaucer a 1450), stricken (1542), stroken (1560), stroke ( a 1566), strooken ( a 1577), stricke), OE strican , p.t. strac , p.p. stricen .] I . To deal a blow to, hit, beat. 1 . tr. To hit (a person or animal), usually with the hand or with an implement; to kick (also, of a horse). Also Catechism 87. He that strikkis and slais a man or a woman, lat him dee the deed 1560 Rolland 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 68. The larde of Grange … had gewin charge … to stryk the said Henrie with a Donald Ure was sitting on a strull [? = stuill], John Galie wricht did streik the said Donald with his devill uith ane battoun 1641 Misc. Spald. C. II 235. Thay say he had striken a man, whereof he wyfe, being within a month of her tyme 1676 Meikle Old Session Bk. 98. William Barnat 
  107. May v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1699
     , is appar. like that of away , day , lay p.t. of Ly v ., pray , say , etc. ] I . As a verb or can 1 . tr . a . With cognate object: To possess, exert (power, might). Only early. 1375 Thewis Wysmen 296. 1492 Myll Spectakle of Luf 287/3. 1531 Vaus (1531) 2. [A 138 b/27. Gife thow nocht may, ga way, ga way, Than art thow all forhowit 2 . intr . a . Gif. ?1438 Ib. ii . 4089. b . To cope with a circumstance, to prevail over an adversary. c1515 (to do something); can. In a . principal, and b . subordinate clauses (other than those expressing intention or result: cf. senses 7 and 12). a . ( a ) 1375 Barb. ii . 329. God may rycht weill wenym may Lywe or lest atoure a day c1450-2 Howlat 763. Mo than I mene may [:gay, tray, assay] 1456 Hay II. 26/19. A knycht may never be hardy … bot he have wisdome in him 1456 Ib. 165 into sa gret a plyght 1513 Ib. v . ix. 39. The fowle, for al hys wark, Ne mycht he twich 
  108. Set v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700+
     (1584), sit (Shakespeare). P.t. sette ( a 1175), sett , sitt , seit (all Cursor M.), set), sate (15th c.), setten (Caxton), setted ( a 1532), OE settan , MDu., MLG setten , ON setja cause to take place, to appoint, to arrange. 1 . tr. To cause to sit, to seat ( in , on a chair sege [etc.] c1420 Wynt. viii 278. A kyng … noucht oyntyd, bot symply set In till a set be. Doron 154/2. Honoure youre mother, sett Beersheba in a throne on youre richt hande b . To cause (a person) to sit on a deliberative body. a1570-86 Dunb. in Maitland Folio MS 294/42. Grit men 2 . To cause a deliberative or judicial body to sit, in the sense of Sit v. 4., to convene (esp. a particular session of) such a body; to hold a parliament, court, etc. active 1440 Acts Wallace i 275. Thai … in Dunde set ane ayr 1493–4 Reg. Cupar A. I 244. Grantand to … our ground passive 1449 Acts II 38/2. That a generall connsall be set at Perth the ferd day of 
  109. A indef. art.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1375-1682
    A , indef. art. Indefinite article. [Early ME. a , unstressed form of a : see  A , num . In later use commonly replaced by Ane .] a . Before consonants. (See also Devil , Fende .) 1375 Barb. iii . 195. A man 1375 Ib. i . 289. A sone, … a litill page a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiii. 863–4. A martyre, … a thousand 1424 Acts II. 4/2. A gait, a gymer or a dynmont c1420 Wynt. viii . 3551. At a fest 1456 Hay I. 234/3. [He] hid him in a busk c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii . 1736. A warians c1515 Asloan MS I. 215/6. Scotland was a kinrik 1513 Doug. ix . viii. 114. A clos volt 1562-3 Winȝet I. 4/12. For a tyme 1596 Dalr. I. 138/7. To beir a croune 1596 Ib. 138/30. A bald battel 1600-1610 Melvill 18. A ballet sett out in print against ministers b . Before vowels. a1400 Legends of the Saints ix. 136. A vnwemmyt virgine a1400 Ib 
  110. Sautouer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1494
    Sautouer , Sawtry , n. [OF] A saltire or St. Andrew's Cross. — 1494 Loutfut MS (ed.) 12a. A chefe, a bend, a fes, a pole, a cheueron, a wnde, a geron, a croix and a sautouer [F. sautouer ] 1494 Ib. 12b. And giff ȝe will wit quhat is a sautouer [F. sautouer ] luk in this buk the armes of Boudeuille 1494 Ib. MS 61b. There bene in armes callit two pynyons. One is quhen the feild is a 
  111. Truphane n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1500
    Truphane , n . [OF truf(f)ant . Cf. med. L. trufa trifle, trick and Truf(f n .] A deceiver. — a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i 78. A trumpour a trvcour A hangman a hasardour A tyrant a tormentour A truphane a tratlour 
  112. A num.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1610
    A , num. Also: ae , ea . [Northern ME. a (Southern o ), reduced form of an Ane num. Nisbet writes aa , after ME. oo . Now ae .] One; a single. See also Gate n. , Part n. , Time n. 1375 Barb. ii . 339. A thing will I to ȝow say 1375 Ib. iii . 429; etc. In a nycht and in a day a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 458. On a day a1400 Ib. xli. 294; etc. Of a mylk and of a clath c1420 Wynt. viii . 4261. The grettast a schype off thame all 1424 Acts II. 4/1. Thar salbe rasyt a general ȝelde or ma 1456 Hay I. 298. He has bot a citee in his contree c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 623. Sen al gais a gait to the erde 1496 Treasurer's Accounts I. 288. The harpare with the a hand 1501 Thanes of Cawdor 112. Within twenty a dayis … folowand 1513 Doug. xi . i. 124; etc. Thy a son 1531 Bell. Boece I. 8. Under a mind 1531 Ib. 146. Baith of a blude 1551 
  113. Res n.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1399-1669
     (Layamon), res ( a 1250), rese (Cursor M.; also Caxton), resse , rees , reys , also ras ( c 1330), OE rǽs = ON ras Ras(e n. 1 ] a . In a rese at a run, at full speed. = Ras(e n. 1 1. Cf. ME in a res (Cursor M.). b . The course (of a river). c . A (competitive) race; a horse race. & a . a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 31. & to the pressone in a rese Went a1400 Ib. xvi 823. Men says that Hercules … a stage in a rese [: pes] Vald ryne, sa wel anedyt he ves c1500 Makculloch MS iv 54. To Lungius hand thi blud ran one [ Bann. in] a rest — b 1669 Lamont Diary 215. A horse reace for a sadell, … and a foot reace for a bonet, and a paire of 
  114. Labial adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1616
    Labial , -el , a . [e.m.E. (1594).] In phonetics: Labial, made with lip closure. — c1616 Hume Orthog. 18. A labiel symbol can not serve a dental nor a guttural sound; nor a guttural symbol a dental nor a labiel sound c1616 Ib. A labial letter 
  115. Clouter n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1500-1651
     v.: cf. Cloutit ppl. a .] A patcher, cobbler. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvii. 5 (A). A tornament … Betuix a talȝeour & a sowtar, A priklous and a coble clowtare [ B . clowttar, M . cloutter] a1651 Calderwood IV. 448. Colonell Stuart was (as is constantlie reported) first a cloutter of old 
  116. Pikan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1494
    Pikan(t , Pickand , n. [F. piquant ppl. a., also used as noun, f. piquer to prick, sting. Cf. Piking a .] A prickle; a thorn; a spike. — 1494 Loutfut MS. 19 a. The herichon … is … armyt … with spines thornys or pickandis 1494 Ib. 33 a. Pikans — 1494 Ib. 37 a. Nan bure the mollet in his spur bot he war noble bot bure a litill pickand [etc.] — 1494 Ib. 40 a 
  117. Ledge n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1609-1624
    Ledge , n . [e.m.E. ledge , ME. legge ( c 1330) a ledge on a door or the like, a raised edging round a board, a ledge on a wall or cliff.] a . A raised edging or ‘lip’ of a board. b . ? — a 
  118. Quhim-quhame n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1500-1678
    ( Quhim-quhame ,) Quhum-quhame , n. Also: whim- , whum- and -wham . [e.m.E. whymwham ( a 1529), whim- (1580).] a . ? A trifle, trinket, trifling ornament. b . A fantastic notion. — a a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 196. A whum whan to a pair of wakeris sheiris a1598 Ib. No. 198. A whim wham for a goos brydel b . 1678 J. Brown Hist. Indulgence  (1783) 237. This is secundum artem violatilizare [sic] densa et densare volatilia: a pretty whimwham good for nothing. Oh a place of a plain testimony 
  119. Wynd n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1493-1684
     windlass, ON vinda a hank of yarn.] a . The quantity of a commodity which can be wound on to a reel, etc.; a twist of tobacco. b . A twist or turn in movement. — a . 1493 Acts Lords Auditors 176/2. A quarter of beif takin for a penny of custum, a cabok of cheis takin for a halfpenny of custum, a wynd off quhite claith for a penny of custum c 1675 K. Parker My Ladie Dundie 

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