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Aefauld adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1796-1988
. [A.V. with a perfect heart.] Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. 1: Ae-fald , simple, not cunning, uprightAEFAULD , AEFALD , AE-FAUL , adj . Onefold, lit. and fig. Gen.Sc. [′e:fɑl + a, I.Sc., n.Sc 'onest aefauld soun' divine. Abd. 1 1930 : Auld Bob is a daecent, ae-faul chap, aye dis as he
Ae adj.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1737-2000
AE , YAE , adj ., numeral = one; and with other uses developed from the numeral. (Also a'e , ee will be cheap or dear, needs be a merchant but for ae year. Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xi. 107: I ken mair than ae advocate that may be said to hae some integrity. Sh. (D) 1931 Saga thing. Abd. 1881 W. Paul Past and Pres. of Aberdeenshire 44: She wished she had just ae min' ae nicht, fin straikin ye [i.e. the cat], Yer coat o yalla tortyshell Ceest on the air a balmy, Fa jeels the marra wi ae luik . Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 13: Ae nicht I Scottish Hills 8: But still ae spell, it's trith to tell, Will last until my deith. m.Sc. 1998 For ae sicht o' the tither Asklent burn water rummlin at oor feet! Gsw. 1991 James Alex McCash in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 15: Ae reistless maw, ae neck-chain's clink, ae beist's. 173: Hey haes eae bairn leevan', only eane. Occas., the ae , this ae (Ork., ne.Sc. 1975
Ay interj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1800-1930
AY , AE , int . An exclamation of surprise or wonder. [e:] Sc. 1800 Monthly Mag. IX. 324 Ballads ed. Child (1904) No. 204 viii.: O wae be unto thee, Blackwood, An ae an ill death may ye dee! Bnff.(D) 1930 E. S. Rae A Waff o' win' fae Benachie 58: Ae, siccan road, I'm clartit owre the
Selkit adv.[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]1912-1913
. Fables frae French 81: Ae day, a bonnie Butterflee saw pass; The wing'd ane was bedeckt in a' its.: Selkit eke dae we discomfish stoup an' roup e'en ae faut. [A variant form of Selcouth , q.v ., with
Book v.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1757-1920
records. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 203: We were born in ae oor, bookit in ae oor, cried in ae oor, and married in ae oor. vbl.n. booking . (1) the giving in of names for the
Acroass adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1994-1995
ah wis reddin up the boattom drawer ae your chest-ae-drawers, ah cam acroass a photie ... an auld
Aesome adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1892-1931
.). [′e:səm; for variations see Ae .] Bnff. 2 1931 : Ay, ay, lassie, I see ye're timmerin up the Sheep-head 207: Drinkin' aff a ae-some bicker o' his favourite beverage. [The meaning quoted from
Contermt ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1936-1999
'. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 13: Ae day, fair contermit, wi ae breenge Curra
Tick interj., n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1830-1993
tick-tick , tick-tickie , tickie , tikkie , tickie-ae , tick-a-lairie , teek, teek, teek , a call. Gibbon Sunset Song 69: Her mother at that moment calling the hens to feed — Tickie-ae ! Tickie-ae
Toyack n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1888-1964
; Saxby Home of a Naturalist 184: Da Oy's ferdemate in a peerie bjodie ae da wan haund an a taueg o' mell ae da tidder. Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 172: A toyeg containing as much corn as
Heytie 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]
† HEYTIE , n . A name for the game of Shinty , q.v . (Lth. 1808 Jam., Add.). [? hey! + t(ae
Aligaster 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]1931
ALIGASTER , n . Disgust. Bnff. 2 1931 : Ae sicht o' the cook's aneuch t' gie a body an
Aeness n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1889
AENESS , n . Oneness, unity. See Ae , adj . Sc. 1889 W. Allan Northern Lights 123
Cloo n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1881-1929
fowk wur verra partic'lar aboot their rapes, an' wid 'a' likeit them a' ae thickness an' the cloos a' ae len'th, an' sic like. Phr.: to wine (win(d)) the blue clue , see Blue Clue . 2 . In phr
Royaleese 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]1827
Storm'd 24: Heigh at ae end in elbuck-chair He sat, and royalees'd it there.
Laudry 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]1835
: There ae core was hauding a laudry, What neist they wad hae for to drink.
Clowen v., p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824
Douglas 72: Douglas an' death's but ae word clowen in twa. [See P.L.D. § 70.1 .]
Paitrick 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]1996-2000
thegither, ae swyte, ae pech, ae rift. Syne, wi a scunnerin dunt, the plane plummeted doon like a shot
Firstlins adv.[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]1827
: Firstlins ae cork, than the tither, Hetly they chasit ane anit her. [ First + adv. suff. -lin(g) . s .]
Bane-weary adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1889
). w.Lth. 1889 F. Barnard Chirps 75: Ae day by the fire, bane-weary an' sair.
Dush n.2[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]1788
Scots Mag. 559: As gin ye'd drunk out o' ae dush Till ye were kedgy.
Leen-drawn adj. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1876
LEEN-DRAWN , adj. comb .? Rxb. 1876 W. Brockie Leaderside Leg. 41: Ae nicht as he gaed
Surveeve 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]1827
. (1855) I. 301: When you're dead, Maga will be dead. She'll no surveeve you ae single day.
Glimp n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1865-1929
Reminisc. 115: Whate'er could fill their herts wi' glee Like ae glimp o' the cruizie? Fif. 1929. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xxx.: 'Do you know what it means, Nicie?' 'No ae glimp, missie,' answered Nicie
Am'unt 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
and Hilly 24: The am'unt geddert for a' the kirks in ae 'ear in the coonty o Aiberdeen.
Pultice 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]
Old Lossiemouth 13; Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 7). Gen.Sc. [′pʌltɪs, as in 18th-c. Eng.]
Isie [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 23; Sh. 1972 New Shetlander No. 100. 24). Gen.Sc. See also Easabel
Ameese v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929
) 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 31: Naething wull they dee bit flee aboot fae ae toon tull
Dillie-daunder n. comb.[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
. Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 182: Twa laavers and ae dillie-daunder. [From Dill , n
Eevery 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]1828
Wauch (1839) xxvi.: By warrant of the Sherry, with an auld chair in ae hand and an eevery hammer in
Tshavah interj.[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]1862
corruption of g(ae)awa , see Gae , v ., III . 4 . (3).]
Mon prep.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1928
. mong . Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15: Hod mon' the peats, an' like tae smore, I harken't
Teet n.2[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
D. Bnff. 191: He sat i' the neuk wee a face as lang's a rehp, an' nae ae teet cam oot o's hehd
Tengersome adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1853
W. Blair Aberbrothock 92: He was a tengersome craeter, he was, an' mony ae fecht he had wi
Tonie 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]1960
, n ., 1 . (3) (iii). Mry. 1960 E. Gilbert Ae Forenicht 16: They buried dead tonies an
Forebree n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1858
Solomon iv. 3: Thy forebroos are like ae piece o'pomgranate within thy lokes. [Sc. 1863 G. Henderson
Asides prep., adv.[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]1912
. 1912 W. Cuthbertson Dykeside Folk 177, 185: Asides, I cam' across a blackamoor ae day at the job
Coast 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]1994
the meat's noo 69 cents a pund instid ae 49; ...
Cantation 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]1790
.). Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 1: Ae sunny morn' for recreation, Twa hats began a slow cantation
Freelins adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1928
lang or I gid intae the bothy ae day. [ Free + -lin(g)s .]
Wabbit 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]1921
. : The stook was jist ae wabbit. [Orig. doubtful, poss. a deriv. of Wab , n ., or Wup , v . (cf
Mislikely v.[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]1899-1900
Veritatis” Gallowa' Herds 6: Ye've ae flaw that mislikelies yer callin'. [ mis- + Likely , 1
Quiff 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]1831
. 1831 J. M. Galloway Poems 27: Thou'st warm'd my nose at mony a speil; Ae quiff o' thee [a pipe
Bat conj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1806-1867
: There's nae ae leaf bat she has torn. Abd.(D) 1867 Mrs Allardyce Goodwife at Home (1918) 16
Clautch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1883
). Lnk. 1883 W. Thomson Leddy May 121: Ae nicht frae ma Leezie pretendin' tae rin, She made
Slacken 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]1835
. Webster Rhymes 20: 'Tween ae wee faught and anither, We scarce hae't to slacken our drouth. [The
Bauldy n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1838-1928
A' Ae 'Oo' 30: Eence mair, aneth the lilac bush I spread my buik — but Bauldie Thrush May read
Rappet adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808
. Cf . Rapture . Lnk. 1808 W. Watson Poems 89: Wha's pleugh ae day had taen the gee, An's
Casual adj.[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]1821
koot, A casual chap ae day did do't. [O.Sc. casuall , -uale , -wall , happening by accident
Owerspang v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1827-1871
. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 75: The Sun . . . Owrspangit at ae single stend The gowden key-stane o' the
Vandavil 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
Gl ., vjandabel ). [′vɑndəvəl, ′vɑindɪbl] Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): No ae vandivel ha'e I
Hooloch 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
clantering reel'd, At ae gude prize . [Imit.]
Latin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1859-1860
ae foot. A coward! ye latin o' ye. [Phs. as Watson suggests a corruption of latheron , Laidron
Bapteese v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1915-1920
. Ork. Par. (1922) 80: To have been “bapteezed oot o' ae water” was looked upon as a permanent bond
Cruse 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]1922
-Myrtle and Peat Reek 62: Is there no' left ae scathin' muse In Scotland yet, to raise the cruse
Girdering 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]1829
' rising out o' ane anither, like ash girderings out o' ae root. [From Gird , v . 1 , 1 . -er
Patter v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866
. Bnff. 122: The sheep pattert a' the grun intil ae puddle o' clay. [Phs. a freq. form of Pawt
Cutty-ful n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1828-1880
Sc. Parish (1889) 133: Of the brose which you call ambrosia . . . not ae cutty-ful did Knockie
Flag n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1840
, my ae foul flag. [O.Sc. flag , an abusive term for a woman, c .1500, of uncertain orig. The Sh
Paur n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880
. 1880 Clydesdale Readings 93: The twa heads were paurs, an' ae stane wuz tae decide the fate o' the
Whan Awhan interj.[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]1907-1908
ae wey or anither. Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii . 324: Dere waas nane tae straik
Cushlock adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1726
Rankly grow till then I'll not ae fancy tine that wamles warmly in my Pow. [Orig. obscure, phs. the
Deevilock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1844-2000
did the waefu' devilick neist? Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 13: By some black airt o change frae a grin tae a girn frae ae minute tae the nixt? Hdg. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-Head
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
examine aul' Doctor Agnew. 2 . Used nearly in its original sense of one (Sc. ae ), but not so emphatic. Gen.Sc. Bnff. 2 1929 : Ae boat's crew o' ye speak at a time. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir pistol.' 3 . Before words of number taken quantitatively, or indefinitely. Cf . use of Ae . Found
Hesp n.1, v.1[0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1734-1896
catch or clasp. See P.L.D. § 48.1 . (1). I . n . 1 . In Sc. phrs.: (1) to be buckled wi' ae hasp ae bit better than the Lords o' Session. They are a' buckled wi' ae hasp. (2) Sc. 1734 J
Exclaim n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1812-1890
H. Ainslie Pilgrimage, etc. and Poems (1892) 190–191: Syne brak' into ae great exclaim: 'As
Badger n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1854-1960
., “badgers”. Mry. 1960 E. Gilbert Ae Forenicht 37: Partan, badger, an' razor shell.
Carses n. pl.[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]1772-1822
H. Ainslie Pilgrimage, etc. 229: On ae han', saughs knee deep in rashes, Wi' carses flower'd
Dowter n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1912-1952
haed ae dowter, an' shu was as bonnie a lass as luk tae tha sun. Ork. 1952 R. T. Johnston
Needcessitate v.[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]1700-1837
. s.Sc. 1837 Wilson's Tales of the Borders III. 83: An' when the puir stibbler was prayin . . . ae
Orloge 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
bid the deil claw the clungest for at least ae turn o' the orloge. [O.Sc. orlege , 1453.]
Skirdoch adj., 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]1782
giddy young woman, a flighty girl. ne.Sc. 1782 Caled. Mercury (4 Sept.): Nae skirdoch weirs ae
Troost n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1905
times before being surrendered. The first time lost, the winner has 'ae troost' on the loser, and so on
Earnin vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1743-1864
' made oot o' ae meal pock, an' a' oot o' ae whey — guid, fresh whey it was too, juist aff this mornin's
Gowp n.3, v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1837-1988
. Nicholson Willie Waugh 84: The glass in ae han', water in the ither, He gowp'd it owre, nor lang at it owre young (he gowped doon the nip), ay, but you wait, ae day you'll be unstrung [O.Sc. has gowp
Picter n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1991-1996
James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 54: Wee books ae crime stories fur thruppence Picturs ae important men an a thoosan an wan ither items Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall
Fauld n.1, v.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1725-1997
FAULD , n . 1 , v . 1 Also faul , fald , fa(u)d . Sc. forms of Eng. fold , a bend, to bend . 1 . A strand (of rope) (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), fald ; Sh., Ork., Bnff., Abd., Ags. 1950). Ork
Carrywattle 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]1907
cam tae a curryshang, an' 'fore ye'd kiss'd yir ain — twice, 'ey wir a' in ae carrywattle on ma
Meechie 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]1915
(23 Oct.): Fu' mony a merchant I could name Has gien a splendid scatter, Ae meechy ane 'at should
Punyie v., 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]1827
he punyied wi' his heel. . . . Strange! that ae punyie on the back Should sooner bring that carl to
Rackabimus 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]1820-1823
. Balfour Contemplation 272: For John wi' ae five minutes travail, Play'd rackabimus on the gavel. Felt
Rewayl'd adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1806
Gentleman's Mag . (Sept. 1784) 672, “no re-waly'd draggle”, for “no ae waly draggle” (see Chalmers's edition
Cleeshach 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]
inside wiz jist a' ae cleeshach o' tallow” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 26; Bnff. 1943 (per Abd. 26
Clunk n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1936
1936 : Aff he set for hame, as happy's Laurie, wi' a quarter o' breed in ae han', an' a clunk o
Num n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1869
at ae diet wasna a bad dose. [Phs. from the child's expression of relishing food, num-num . See
Sill 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]1904
wirna ae rint upo' her croopin bit a sill o' linsey coat an a dungaree slugg. [Jak. suggests a
Cline v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1906-1929
] i twa, plestered ae half api' ae clinoo an da ither half api' da tither, an' wi' da pistils emmed at
Batter n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1927
Leaves 168: Ae nicht when on the batter. Rxb.(D) 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 9: 'On the
Bess v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1871-1917
' War (1918) 28: Ae creeshy gurk that led the lave was bessin' lood an' strang, Fan something hat him
Efterwairds adv.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1707-1994
and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 16: 'And you, Manon, you're the livin image ae yir
Grunsie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1929
maist thick, Gart ae gruff grunshy grane. [ Amusements (1809) 45, grunsie .] Abd. 1929 J
Hallet 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]1912-1931
.). Ork. 1912 Old-Lore Misc. V. ii . 69: Shu was no tae ca' hallity, but ae Lammas Market shu was
Neit adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1782-1955
see't, na heir't, Neit speik ae mum. Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vi.: Bit 'ere's nae
Thrieveless adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1844-1923
, negligent, careless, apathetic. Also adv . Uls. 1844 R. Huddleston Poems 72: In ae short hour my
Coach n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880-1930
sleepin in its coachie. A peer dilet craiter wi ae bairn at her tails an' anither in her oxter an' hurlin
Daeinless adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1826-1899
Garland 11: A fell twa'rthree, poor doinless boddies like mysel', wha never had ae saxpence to rub on
Galliceer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1853
Aberbrothock 9: Ae day i' the Simmer o' 1745—that was the time o' the war, ye ken, fan Charlie came ower
Hupp v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1931
floss band waas tied fae ae shackle tae da tither an' made fest ower da back o' da horse. [ Cf . Eng
Evermair adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1991
New Makars 20: Gif I had ae short simmer o sang Wi hauf the beauty o thon flouer In the snaw o eild
One adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1815-1884
ONE , adj ., numeral . For Sc. forms see Ae , Ane , Een , pron ., Yin , pron ., adj . 1 (1953)). See Ae , C. (10). 1 . Peb. 1815 A. Pennecuik Works 56: After across ploughing
Oo n.1, v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2003
kaime. Combs. and Phrs.: (1) a(w) ae (w)oo , lit. 'all one wool', usu. in reference to an imaginary, It's a' ae wou' to John. Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of Lairds xxxviii.: We maun bow before our betters — our betters! the thing mostly sticks in my throat — but it's a' ae woo. Sc. 1859 E. B . Ay, a' oo. Cus . A' ae oo? Shop . Ay, a' ae oo. Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs (1870) 13: A' ae oo', a' ae price. Wgt. 1885 G. Fraser Poems 117: For a' are comeo' ae descent — we're a' ae 'oo. Fif. 1911 P. Smith Voyage o' Life : First, skipper and men were a' ae 'oo o' Win' vii.: We're a' ae 'oo, an' a' maist dear As frien' tae frien'. ne.Sc. 1996 Ronald nae doot we wis aa ae oo. ... ' ne.Sc. 2003 Press and Journal 18 Aug : I got ma ain back billies discussin a sheep's fleece. Ye ken the een, or div ye? Aa ae oo. (4) Peb. 1838 W. Welsh
Buggen v., p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1818-1904
ae daughter in. Slk. 1818 Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. xiii.: An' do thou, moreover
Jimmy adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1899-1959
braw books are in French, and they're a' o' ae size, neat and jemmy, like a French mounseer himself
Sowd v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1880
mercy gie Ae sowden'd moment to your boundless wae. Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl. : Let them soud
Unrest n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1802-1826
far the ae gait as the t'other.' [ Un- + rest . For sense 2 . cf . Du. onrust , pendulum
Uplook v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880-1921
. : Ae trauchle juist comes on the tap o' anither; we never get an uplook.
Brammed Up adj. phr.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0]1962-1988
gear, done up to the nines: 'Whit a dump ae a place he picks tae bring us tae. It's a pure waste a time
Gloam v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-1995
aff an' away. Dmf. 1874 R. Reid Moorland Rhymes 94: Row'd close thegither aneth ae plaid (March) 131: Ae winter aifterneen it cam on snaw . . . an' afore A got ta the kirkyard o' Fetterangus
Smack v., n., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1755-1901
. 1865 W. Tester Poems 133: I kiss'd first the ae cheek, syne smackit the tother. Arg. 1901 . n . 1 . As in Eng. Fig. phrs. at ae smack , in a smack , immediately, 'at the first go'' on the a smack. Slk. 1810 Hogg Tales (1874) 157: She had gien hersel up to the deil at ae
Ait v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1872-1931
. Press and J. (25 Oct.) 6/5: Ae efterneen I was aitin' a scone at tea-time. Comb.: ate-meat , see
Aquavita n.[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1817
AQUAVITA , -E , -AE , n . Also used attrib . Ardent spirits. See Ackwa . [′ɑkwɑ-, ′ɑkwə′vite
Backbane n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1785-1922
. Rnf. 1871 D. Gilmour The “Pen” Folk (1876) 19–20: Noo, ae ither question, an' I'll hae gotten
Byaak v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1867-1928
til Jean Tamson . . . carryin, water, takin' in peats, milkin' the coo, byaken ae day, washen the
'e adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1814-1949
'E , adj . I.Sc. form of Ae , one (Ork. 5 1949). Also ee (Sh. 10 1949). [i(:)] Ork
Flaster n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1822-1830
Blackwood's Mag. (June) 750: Ae flaster o' the pepper mug — and then on wi' him on the trencher. II
Gamaleerie adj., 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]1880-1895
. 23: An' ae big gawkit gammereerie The stroup dang frae the maskin'-pat. [Phs. a corruption of
Oel 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
. 1908 Jak. (1928): To sit i' de øl o' de fire . . . der'r a øl f(r)ae de pot . . . a øl o' mist ut
Plodge v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1875-1958
). Also in n.Eng. dial. Cf . Platch . Slk. 1875 Border Treasury (3 April) 405: Ae march-dyke to
Sluch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1874-1929
best is ae lang slooch o' despon'.
Squeegee adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1947-2004
. Gen.Sc. Abd. 29 1947 : The cloth's a' squeegee, lass, there's ae corner o't hingin' hine doon
Tartar v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1905-1932
fae ae big fairm till anither. II . n . A disturbance, noise, hubbub (Cai. 1921 T.S.D.C ., Cai
Coaf v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1983-2005
soaft hassle a souns: the rasp a chists, the rattle a coaffs, the groan a kneelers, wee snatches ae
Crib n.3, v.[0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1738-2000
1941). Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 13: Ae day, fair contermit, wi ae
Glaff n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1828-1925
the yellin, for ae glaff and ae glint; far doun it deadened. Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs
Thousand n., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1959-2000
: wm.Sc. 1991 James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 54: Wee books ae crime stories fur thruppence Picturs ae important men an a thoosan an wan ither items m.Sc. 1996 John Murray
Aff-pit n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1931
-off, delay, waste of time. Abd. 2 1931 : Wi ae affpit an' anither naebody can tell fan the wark
Dichen 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]1818
for't some day — that's ae comfort! [The same word as dichting , a drubbing (see Dicht , v ., 7
Immedantly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1833-1914
), immidintly (‡ne.Sc. 1958). Ayr. 1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 228: It needs but ae ee to see
Macnab prop. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1840
Maister Macnabs; but may the auld black laad hae me if there's ony but ae MacNab . [Gael. Mac an aba
Bogshammelt adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1925-1996
o his trousers, fur he aye hunkit them up wi ae haun, whilst the broon, fag-rikkit fingers o his
Bylie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1876-1934
24: What fun was at the Provost's banquet! — Ae worthy Bylie sung a sang. 2 . “A water bailiff
Discomfish v.[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]1885-1916
discomfishes him in ae ack. Hence discomfishment , destruction, disaster. Edb. 1916 T. W. Paterson
Easten n., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1949
.). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A man f(r)ae de esten ( estin ), a man whose home lies east of a
Fendfu adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1821-1988
Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 74: Gin the ae answer tae dool is wark then here's as muckle ontak as
Geeg n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1925-1932
the spittal ae rent day — ye see he never wan the lenth o' a geeg — fan Wastie drives tee on 'im, an
Gulliegaw v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1866
. 71). Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas 14: Ae ill waled word, atween a son an' father, They're up
Puist v.2, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1903-1950
took mair nor ae pyst,” he said, to pitch the sheaves to his hand. [Orig. uncertain. See note to
Smirk n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1888
mou's Altho', instead o' ae bit smirk, They happened to get twa. ne.Sc. 1888 D. Grant
Quat v., n.[0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1714-1956
. Sc. 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah lxvi. 23: Frae ae new mune till anither, an' frae ae quattin day till anither. Lnk. 1880 Clydesdale Readings 99: Ae Tuesday nicht, aboot half-an-hour
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
Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 29: An faar's wir fisher toon? Ae lum, ae gaivel
Ab n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880-1929
tae me, Tae t'ink ae t'ing an' say anither, O' that I'm seur I'm swaran' free. Ork. 1929 Marw
Back-jaw n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1932
1932 : Nae ae ither wird o' yer back-jaw, or I'll gie ye a gweed creeshin'. Lnk. 1 1932
Jass n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1813-1959
. Bnff. 89: The ae loon jasst the ither our on's back. [Variant form of Joss , q.v . Cf . Doss .]
Justify v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1815-1897
Legends Gall. 70: Just ae bit wink that our landlord gied me, that let me ken there was help at hand
Loog v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1908
. 1908 Jak. (1928): Hit luged ut o' my hand. De line luged f(r)ae [of a fishing-line becoming
Rabbit n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1850
. c .1850 R. Peattie MS. : Rabbits'-rest — described as “oot o' ae hole into anither”, when
Splash adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1833-1892
. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 86: I wad clear'd ye at ae whup, And turn'd your ugly splash feet up
Stime n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1718-1993
. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 175: His een, bein' in the mirligoes, Ae single styme afore his nose ae stime! Rnf. 1813 E. Picken Poems II. 134: But, O' lackanee! had he kent but a styme O G. MacDonald Heather and Snow iii.: I dinna unerstan ye ae styme. Ayr. 1896 H. Johnston ae styme of light ever got in. Ags. 1888 Barrie Auld Licht Idylls vii.: Even with three' thing tae blink Ae fleein styme ayon Earth's brink? Sc. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' Ling 60
Eild n., adj.1, v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1721-1996
be ae eild wi' , — eels wi' , to be the same age (as) (Mry. 1 1925). Sc. 1859 C. S. Graham Mystifications 71: I am just ae eild wi' the auld King George III, and I daur say I am as happy as he is' suddenly daft wi virr. Edb. 1991 J. K. Annand in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 20: Gif I had ae
An adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1824-1993
curn craps o' ae kin' an' anidder sin' an'. Bch.(D) 1930 P. Giles in Abd. Univ. Rev. (March
Ben n.7[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1722-1933
. Nicolson Hentilagets 19: Ae moarnin 1 wis geen below da staand Ta pit in steep a peerie koom o bain
Cupple v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1930
: In the mids o' the meantime, the cupplin-tow brook, and een geed ae wye an the ither anither.
Distance n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1827-1973
in ae grave laid, O . . . Wha could distan your mouls frae mine, O? Sc.(E) 1913 H. P. Cameron
Gamfle v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1922
: Ae simmer day, 'mang meadow grass, As I sat gamflin wi' my lass. Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside
Gurthie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1827-1913
. xii.: Gin ye fling awa' ae cross, dootless ye'll fin' anither an' aiblins a gurthier ane. [Eng
Hottle n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1895
a hottle, The Cornal orderin' first ae bottle. [ Ib . 118, hottel.] Ayr. 1887 J. Service
Maw n.7, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1817-1899
. 286). Abd. 1817 J. Christie Instructions 92: A neighbouring Cat ae night maw'd keen
Tortie n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1722-1995
-shell skin. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 19: I min' ae nicht, fin straikin ye, Yer
With adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880-1931
People 133: Ae bony foreneun i' hairst a hale swad o' wives waar layan deir withs leithfilly, shairin
Thort prep., adv., adj., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1803-1955
the floor. Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii . 318: A bit o' twine twart da ha' fae ae laft' da twart-bauks. Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii . 325: Dey bed i' ae end an' the coo an
Virr n.1, v., adv.[0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1738-1996
John McDonald in Joy Hendry Chapman 37 44: tak tent o the ae life threidin frae aiglet tae aiglet, the ae life dirlin in ilka pynt - a pynt whaur stentless virr comes fair saucht, whaur life comes
Dwall n., v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1922
: Ae nicht last ook, I happen'd ta faa upun a dwall. [p. 21, dwaal .] (2) A temporary lull in a
Plicht n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
110; Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15). The form plichen , plight, predicament (Fif. 1825 Jam
Tot n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1800-1854
. . . gin the hale tott o' ye be nae ill for saying ae thing an' thinking another. Ayr. 1838 J
Trill v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1929-1972
. Ork. 1972 : Trill, trill, trill, Twa peerie dogs gaen tae da mill, Tak a lick oot o' ae man's pock
Unbekent ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1864-1933
: Ae nicht I watched him unbekent as he sat in his chair. Ayr. 1913 “Kissock” Sc. Poems 18
Shitey adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1991-1994
dribblin an yir eyes gaun skelly, ah'll be liftin that phone, then ah'll be shot ae you fur good!
Fell v.1, n.4[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1701-1950
) to fell twa dogs wi' ae bane (Sh. 10 , Ork. 5 , Abd. 27 , Ags. 19 1951), wi ae stane (m.Lth. 1 dogs wi' ae bane. Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Poems 14: [He'd] fell twa burds whyles wi' ae
Certain n., adv.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1746-1886
. ne.Sc. 1883–1886 D. Grant Chron. of Keckleton (1888) 147–148: There's ae thing I've remarked in
Crudle v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1928
. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15: An' ream's a' cruddelt, set for fuppin'. Ayr. 1822 Galt Steam-Boat
Cushle-mushle n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1746-1998
: An' eathing [ae thing] some and some anither said, . . . But a' their cushel mushel was but jest
Dumpy adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1843-1885
Wallet Intro. 9: There's ae window shines thro' the darkness sae dun — That's the hame o' auld Dumpie
Falset n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1925
. Arch . Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 5: When yet the leal an' ae fauld shepherd life, Was nae
Fordards adv., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1931
tale waur true, That I ae fordurts month could but see thro'. Latna your forderts spirit wi' disdain
Maze v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1923
, For fient ae face was to be seen. Rnf. 1835 D. Webster Rhymes 29: In midst o' my mazes
Swalla n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1991
millions ae swallaes 1 . Sc. comb.: swallow-hawk , the swift, Apus apus (Ayr. 1929 Paton and Pike
Wig n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1928
† WIG , n . 2 Also wigg , wyg . Only in phr. f(r)ae wig to wa , from wall to wall, back and
Noise n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1990-1994
every right tae be sick. Even supposin ah did make a wee bit ae noaise, aw ye hid tae dae wis turn ower
Chap n.3[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]1700-1998
chap ae day did do't. Hence chappie , 'a name given to a ghost from the frequent knockings which it on nae account ging oot o' the hoose or try to work ae chap. 4 . A roughness in the sea, a choppy
Kith n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1740-1956
. Waddell Psalms x. 6, lxxix. 13: Frae ae kithgettin till anither, sicklike's mysel are ne'er the waur. . . . Frae ae kith-end till anither, thy praises owre-tell sal we. [In O.Sc. from a .1400
Pickle v.2[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1910
quot. used erron., = to go one's own way, “stew in one's juice”; to pickle oot o' ae pock , of a' ae pocke. Sc. a .1800 Young Hunting in Child Ballads No. 68. C. xii.: Come doon, come
Choop n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1820-1877
, d'ye think, — but a hale regiment o' guid aik cudgels, every ane o' them as like my ane as ae choup is
Crummie n.2[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]1806-1894
a muckle crummie-staff in his han', an' at ae time I thocht he was gaun to strike me wi't, he was in
Girtle n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866
' ale oot ae bottle intil anither. 2 . To 'potter' with liquids, to work with them in an ineffectual
Glugger n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1831-1954
catch but ae glugger or moan — or any thing that tauld o' life — but heard naething but the roar of the
Gnapper v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1806-1929
yer ahin yer time nae ae gnipper nor gnapper o' 't 'll een o' ye get! [An intensive or freq. form
Hertless adj.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1753-1957
dwynin' day; Ae hertsome star in hertless blae. Abd. 1957 : It's a gey hertless state o' affairs.
Krug n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1932
shurg, Or waander oot alang, ta croag Under da burg. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): To krog f(r)ae a
Mote v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1775-1895
artfu' rowt. Edb. 1884 Mod. Sc. Poets (Edwards) VIII. 171: There lived ae ancient Dominie As
Tuckie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1913-1996
Competitions of 1994 and 1995 71: ' ... Thain ae day teen tint o es wee sharger o a craitur it wis limpin
Boddam n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1834-1996
boattom drawer ae your chest-ae-drawers, ah cam acroass a photie...an auld photie fae back in the forties
Dit v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1929
ae good thing about the auld Tod's house, — they never ditt up their windows. Ane sees aye what's' the lift. Abd. 1 1929 : That tree dits the sitting-room window. Kcb. 4 c .1900 : Ae
Eenoo adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1773-1998
, enou , een noo , ae noo , yenoo , -ow , a'enoo , i'now . Cf. P.L.D. § 70.1 . See also Evenoo eenoo. Cai. 1909 D. Houston 'E Silkie Man 6: 'E fleed 'll be doon on's ae noo.
Ile n.1, 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]1827-2000
nae danger ae you openin the windae! That wid lit the cauld in an we'd hiv tae turn the heatin up! Oh lubricate with oil. Gen.Sc.; to turn to oil. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 14: An' butter iles
Alangside adv., prep.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1835-1914
honourables amang them, alangside that o' ae hard-heidit, horny-handit pleuchman.
Back-gaen ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1773-1912
like anither back-gane lown. Gall. 1912 N. Lebour in Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 241: Ae
Bardie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1773-1987
Poems 2: Ae night a bardie about witching time, Frae Ardies nae langsyne was saunterin' hame. Ags
Bervie n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1933
. Abd. 13 1933 : There's little best ale in Bervie far ae wifie brews't a' (no choice amongst a
Borrowin Days n. pl.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1918
.: I mind o' ae year when it started on the back o' the Martinmas term, an' we never saw the ground
Dabach n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1832-1939
: He let dabach at the beastie wi' a muckle rung and felled it wi' ae blow. [Deriv. of Dab , v
Farden n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1709-1926
for ae faerden? Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 10: An a he hed noo wus a fardin rig i the
Feery-farry n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1933
. Watson Poems 58: When in this unco firry-farry, I met ae day wi' poet Chirrey. Ayr. 1821
Grabble v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1853-1930
., Uls. 1955). Also in Eng. dial. m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 257: Ae wee deevil o' a bairn, whan
Ill-hyver 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]1900-1931
when he was gey ill-hivered. Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 129: Ae time i' 'is
Jeeger n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1811-1993
the queerest jeeger ever I cam' across. Abd. 1921 Swatches o' Hamespun 16: Ae jigger, Bella
Reef n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1794-1853
. Robertson Har'st Rig (1801) 35: 'Tis but ae night, We'll e'en stay, (maybe get the rife). Sc
Spick n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1916
. Spence Folk-Lore 226: Ye're a' ae swine's spik. Ork. 1904 Dennison Sketches 4: He
Squeal v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1895
: Though ae trout meltit frae a tak, Ye didna often squeel. II . n . 1 . An outcry, uproar, quarrel
Syllab n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1723-1911
aff ding dang, And no ae syllab' o' them wrang? Ags. 1891 Barrie Little Minister xxv.: He
Thrum v.2, n.2[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]1807-1928
bachelor's knee, But negleckit she thrums wi' a tear in her e'e. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 28
Tit n.3[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1705-1932
scutter at the beastie's tits, an' I held on by the goatie's heid. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo
Troosers 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]1986-1997
Blueshirts, fascists of every colour an country came up against the men an women ae no mean city, against
Fusper v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1991-1996
Deeside' cam the repon, bit his wird wis jist a fusper, fur he'd already traivelt a mile wi ae lowp.
Pumphal n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1803-1955
. [Altered form of pund fald , pinfald , see Pund , Poind , an animal enclosure. O.Sc. has pumfell
Doonsit n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1702-1937
they drank out the price at ae downsitting. Sc. 1929 Scots Observer (31 Oct.) 16/4: Could.: It's ower sarious a maitter to be settled aff-hand, at ae doun-sittin. Ayr. 1787 Burns
Tae adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1721-1955
., Lnl., Lnk., Kcb. 1972). Cf. ae ee s.v. Ee , 3 .(6); someone who tries to curry favour by tale. [O.Sc. ta , the one, 1375, Mid.Eng. to , reduced forms of that a(e) , that o(ne) . See Ae , adj .]
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
. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 321: Instead then o' lang Days o' sweet Delyte, Ae Day be dumb, and a' the
Burd n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1791-1991
.) ll. 157–158: I wad hae gi'en them off my hurdies For ae blink o' the bonie burdies! Ayr. 1887
Coronach n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1730-1990
) xxvi.: The coronach was cried in ae day, from the mouth of the Tay to the Buck of the Cabrach
Dictionar n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1746-1996
recollect ae relation, stoppin mid-ben a spikk an wheekin oot a dictionar tae see gin a wird wis richt
Fa'ther adv.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1738-1920
frae the ae window to the ither. Lth. 1920 A. Dodds Songs 25: Tho' the gangrel, when a
Forgie v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1718-1985
. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 19: Fine upo' the farmhoose sill Tae taste forgi'eness and gweedwill. Sh
Fuskie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1806-1998
: Breengin hame frae a tulzie ower a keg o fusky ae nicht bi Tom-na-Fuar, the auld warlord wis catchit in
Gorbie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1821-1892
. Service Dr Duguid 74: There was ae ill-deedy rascal who had snooved in by inches as he saw the
Gurk n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1739-1917
' sits doon on the deas. Abd. 1917 C. Murray Sough o' War 28: Ae creeshy gurk that led the
Myowt 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]1866-1998
] Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 117: He sat i' the neuk, an' nae ae myaut cam oot o's hehd. Uls
Stuckie n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1987-1997
and stookies and craws - and blackies e'en. And waws to sclim to fields for shootin foxes - ae fox
Sustentation n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1815-1908
E.D.D. : Dey har'ly hae ae sistentation i' da yard ta gie da kye.
Shuir adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1786-2000
: Ye'll get yer sairan dinnae fear ye'll no aye gang scart free, but ae think shair I'll no be here ye've Yours, Marie-Lou 11: Ye must be shair ae yirsel tae risk loassin thirty cents! m.Sc. 1994 Competitions of 1994 and 1995 61: 'Ae corn!' said the King. 'Is aa yir men in, grieve?' 'Aa'll jist mak sere
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
) 100: Stane-blind he was; but kent nae doot His ae thoumb frae the tither. Sh. 1947 New Knowe Yince, Christopher we'd meet For ae sicht o' the tither Asklent burn water rummlin at oor feet did na' care to stilp upo' my queets. Ayr. 1784 Burns Epitaph J. Rankine 1–2: Ae day, as
Ca' Canny v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1821-2004
important tae tak tent, first in ae ee, syne in the tither, tae see gin there war ferlies tae ett, or 3: Ye should caw canny oan the breid, no eat sae much ae it ... em.Sc. 2000 James
Ficher 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]1826-1998
doon in ae day. Bch. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 1: Ficherin' wi' a futlie-beelin nivver ficher wi me noo?' Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 61: At ae time
Aix n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1773-2000
. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 366: [His] hoose wis filled fu' o' cats ae nicht, an' he thrashed
Dilp n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1946
mammie's ae dother, Though neither a dilp nor a da. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Rock and Wee Pickle Tow
Ether n.3[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1733-1926
. Philip It 'ill a' Come Richt 128: They teuk a' her milk fae her ae nicht, and turned her ether into
Fauchie adj.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1922-1996
niver ran naewye bit ay bedd in the ae place, growin greener an glaurier an dubbier an cloortier ilkie
Felt n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1866
. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 45: The lan's a' ae felt o' weeds. That steer hiz a richt felt o' hair
Fodgel adj., n., v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1724-1952
. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 154: Ae wee short canon, fat and fodgel. Gsw. 1879 A. G
Gait n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1721-1951
in deceit, Happen't ae day a dowfart Gait to meet. Combs.: † 1 . gait-berry , 'an old name for
Goit n.1[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]1836-1931
guttie afore you. Sh. 1931 Shetland Almanac 193: I hed just got ae fit in ower da goit whin
Nimp n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1901-1948
.: Mind you, it micht be a very wee, wee corner — juist a nimp, as it were. Bch. 1929 : Nae ae
Preserve v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1796-1928
chubby face . . . came fully to the light. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 23: 'Preser's fae
Whirliwha n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1822-1935
appoggiatura. Ayr. 1824 Galt Rothelan viii.: There's mair gold about the whirli-whaw o' that ae
Bent n.[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]1710-1921
. Jacob More Songs of Angus 20: The Esk ae side, ae side the sea whaur she's set her lane On the.: Take the bent, Mr Rashleigh. Make ae pair o' legs worth twa pair o' hands. ( b ) Sc. 1725
Wage n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1711-1995
. (1) To pledge. Obs. since 16th c. in Eng. Ayr. 1791 Burns Ae Fond Kiss iii.: Warring sighs. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 18: Winter! A' the chiels ootbye Waugin' graips tae meat the kye
Cowk v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1787-1995
decorates the closs. Abd. 1798 A. Shirrefs in D. Crawford Poems 90: Ay [ae] couk, I'm sure
Dib n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1899
, . . . Landed ae day in New South Wales. [For interchange of [ʌ] and [ɪ], see P.L.D. § 60.1 .]
Faik v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1779-1884
Waugh 27: Auld Nature hauds her debtors like a vice An' winna fake ae farden o' the price. 2 . To
Farrach n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1742-1941
. 1820 A. Balfour Contemplation 272: Warslin' frae ae wreath to anither, John tint his farrach a
Fordersome adj.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1900
laid their heads thegither, an' set aff ae bonnie day in purshoot o' a wider an' fatter inheritance
Gain v., adj.[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]1724-1808
. Misc. (1733) 61: Clout the auld, the new are dear, Janet, Janet; Ae pair may gain ye haff a year, My
Guffaw n., v.[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]1816-1916
. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables frae French 48: A Cuddy ae day gied a hairty guffa — Weel-pleas't wi
Hulk n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1892
hulkin' aboot the markets. ne.Sc. 1888 D. Grant Keckleton 65: Ae mornin' Birdie Briggs, frae
Knick-knack n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1789-1875
.: They behoved to come into Glasgow ae fair morning, to try their hand on purging the High Kirk o' popish
Leed n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1877-1952
lied. Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 133: Ae bony foreneun i' hairst a hale swad o
Lichten v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1830-1926
. 26: Ae awfu nicht o' thun'er an' lichnin. Edb. 1915 T. W. Paterson Auld Saws 92: Doon
Mirken v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1790-1990
); ppl.adj. mirkening , darkening, merging into darkness. Ayr. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 102: Ae
Rim n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1807-1930
. 1900 G. Williams Fairmer's Twa Tint Laddies 99: Ae gweed rimraxin', sure as ocht We'll hae to
Sake n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1824-2003
. Per. 1896 I. MacLaren K. Carnegie 168: For ony sake keep ae chair for sittin' on. ne.Sc
Thrist n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1768-1955
glad, Nor want but — when he thristed. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15: Stirkies
Totum n.2[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]1778-1943
call a running wean. Edb. 1856 J. Ballantine Poems 147: Wi' ae wee tottum sleepin' 'neath
Yae adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1721-1965
, single, certain (Lth., Ayr. 1923–6 Wilson; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai; wm., s.Sc. 1974). See Ae
Ane adj., pron., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1701-2000
A , An , indef. art ., and Ae , adj . Cf . Yin .) [en Sc.; ein Abd. (coast), Bl.I., Cai.; e 1 to St.Eng. one , but Ae is the usual Sc. form for the adj. before a noun. See, however, A. I. 2. 2 . adj . preceding noun. The N.E.D. says 'at the present day in Sc. . . . ae , eae is the doesn't matter). (2) Ae and ane , a single; one (and no more). (3) Ae ane , sole, one and only. (4) Ane' sowl at ae an' ane whusk. (3) Hdg. 1896 J. Lumsden Battle of Dunbar xv.: O, whare is he, the ae ane man, That ever yet could cope wi' 'Noll'? (4) Abd.(D) 1871 W. Alexander Johnny should be ane sacrament? [Sc. ane comes from O.E. an , one. A , ae , ane are used in O.Sc. as num. adjs. and ane as a num. substantive as well. In Mod.Sc. the gen. usage is ae . adj. (for
Brig n.1, v.1[0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1737-1988
) Sc. forms. Also fig . Sc. 1737 Ramsay Proverbs 2: Ae good turn may meet anither, if it. Hastings Plumber's Companion 46); (2) brig on a hair , brig o' ae hair , “a very narrow bridge” (n.Sc
Cleuk n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1746-2000
., Sh., etc. VIII. i . 42: Ae day he gaed oot i a boat, an' boy! sheu made ap 'er mind at sheu wad ava, Kitty. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 28: Mistress Puss . . . . . . throom-throom't
Skinkle v.1, n.1, adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1765-1998
. . . Ae night the lift was skinklan a' wi' starns. Ayr. 1791 Burns Pastoral Poet. iv.: Squire joys, like flow'rs, may bloom at mornin'-tide, At nicht, ae skinklin frost may lay their pride. Ayr
Threid n., v.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1709-2004
o the ae life threidin frae aiglet tae aiglet, the ae life dirlin in ilka pynt - a pynt whaur
Whisk v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1916
. dial. Phr. at ae an' ane whusk , 'at one go,' at one and the same time. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir ae an' ane whusk. Abd. 1916 G. Abel Wylins 42: He need's it, for there's mony whisks An
Athoot prep., adv., conj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1886-2000
dir face. Bnff. 2 1929 : I dig awa' athoot ae bawbee in my pooch. — I doot that's athoot his
Awe v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1788-1996
weel in wi the Emmerteens - she hid gaen them maet ae hungry winter ti see them throu, an they waar ya
Bairnheid n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1866-2000
-heidit. wm.Sc. 1991 James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 55: Bairn ae a street
Bandie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1851-2000
: ... far Gillanders the warlock drappit tippence inno the watter frae his hip pooch ae nicht as he flew
Drizzen v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1923
. Knight Auld Yule 119: Ae nicht as I my beasts pat i' the fauld, Ahind my back I heard a drizzenin
Fauter n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1913
, it's lang afore ye wad hae let your dochter put up wi' my auld joe, or hounded yer session on ae
Flude n., v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1724-1999
doon on's ae noo. Lnk. 1919 G. Rae Clyde and Tweed 98: Sangs flude my hairt, the whaups
Forjeskit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1779-1991
-Accord (14 May) 9: I've been awful forjaskit gaun aboot fae ae market till anither. Kcb. 1897
Frame n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1803-1943
., ‡Cai., Mry., Abd. 1953). Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' , 23: At auchty-three she ran aboot
Gavel n.1[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]1739-1996
? Ae lum, ae gaivel Blinterin throwe blae watter an smore drift. ne.Sc. 1996 W. Gordon green. Lnk. 1873 J. Hamilton Poems & Ballads 64: Ae nicht, when stan'in at the door, I
Anither adj., pron.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1819-2000
two slice ae toast. em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 171: 'Power shifts,' he said
Cave n.1[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1720-1904
Dennison Orcad. Sk. 13–14: Sheu hed a shuttle wi' a hidden skelf under hid, i' the ae end; an' i' the
Chucken n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1]1768-2004
, I mean — like a hen efter her ae chucken. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 8
Coorse n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1807-2000
tablecloath...Unless, uv coorse, yir plannin tae wire intae that jar ae peanut butter wi a spoon like ye dae
'ear n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1831-1929
for sale? Ay, Aw hiv ae eeril, a quaick. 3 . Phr.: up in 'ears = Eng. on in years (Bnff. 2
Eemage 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]1828-1924
Fireside Tales 90: Ae morning just i' da first dim-rivin' dey swuped dis eemage oot among da ase, an
Fry n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1768-1998
in a fry wi' ae coorse pack aifter anither.
Hailware n.[0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1737-1974
: Ae chiel cam' doon by hale maree an' gaed wouf intae the watter, maun hae blin't 'imsel for he
Harn v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1810-1944
weel wi' ae blink o' the moon, An withre-shines thrice she whorled it roun'. Gall. 1824
Leerie-la n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1812-1931
brave Leerilaw. Lth. 1813 G. Bruce Poems 164: Ae morn, at leerie's early craw. Ags
Novelle n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1784-1913
ae thing to read aboot love in novells. Abd. 1875 G. Macdonald Malcolm xv.: 'Do you like
Rail n.2[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1702-1873
Gregor D. Bnff. 76: The tinkler wife wee nae a rag on, bit ae bit aul', torn quyttie an' a raillach
Thrain n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1864-1949
. Spence Poems 184: Late and weary, ae nicht leaning Owre deein' embers, Kate sat threening. 2
Unfankle v.[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
Fitt Pure Radge 9: the keeper hurls his bow-hochd banes intil ae lang unfankilt airch m.Sc
Winsome adj.[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]1726-1921
winsomely's ye ride, Wi baith your feet upo ae side. Ayr. 1792 Burns My Wife's a Winsome i.: She
Worthy adj., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1720-1988
Richt Noise 74: Gin the ae answer tae dool is wark then here's as muckle ontak as onie could want
Maw n.2[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1701-1998
Tom Hubbard The New Makars 15: Ae reistless maw, ae neck-chain's clink, ae beist's hiccough
Bubbly-jock 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]1779-2002
heart: — 'Ae, ae, but oh, I'm sair hadden doun wi' the bubbly jock.' [Gen. attributed to Jamie Fleeman
Yestreen n., adv.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1995
'? an' fu's a sin the streen? Ayr. 1785 Burns Halloween xv.: Ae Hairst afore the Sherra-moor, I mindit as weel's yestreen. Sc. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. x.: Ae leaf of the muckle
Belang v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1707-1994
stickin thur noses in where they dinnae belang! Ah'm gaunnae leather thum stupid wan ae thae days
Blash v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1788-1988
. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 18: The linn was blashin' doon afore, But noo it was ae fearsome
Byous adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1936
, exceptional (Ags. 1 , Kcb. 9 (obs.) 1938). Bnff.(D) 1918 M. Symon Wir Roup 2: The ane he lent, ae
Curran n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1942
, Wi' whangs o' curran-buns an' cheese. Lnk. 1866 D. Wingate Annie Weir 58: I got ae
Dacker v.2, n.2[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1920
, an official searcher under a sheriff's warrant. Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. : Ae mannie had
Deeth n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1879-1991
. m.Sc. 1982 Douglas Fraser in Hamish Brown Poems of the Scottish Hills 8: But still ae spell
Fail adj., n.2, v.2[0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1714-1997
. Abd. 1739 J. Skinner in Caled. Mag. (1788) 505: Some grein'd for ae hawf hour's mair fun
Gracie adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1728-1953
Jam.: 'A wife's ae dother's never gracie'; i.e . an only daughter is so much indulged, that she is
Kevel n.1, v.1[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1734-1871
. 3 . A staff, cudgel. Sc. 1839 Wilson's Tales of the Borders (1888) VII. 23: For ae stroke
Mawsie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1790-1959
Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 26: Never set aboon fourteen eggs to ae hen, nor indeed mair than a
Picher n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1898-1993
a half-hearted eater. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 23: Peer Isie picher't i' the room wi
Rascal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1890-1964
life saw sic a crood o' fouk, excep' aince roon two drucken plooghmen ae day at Rascal Fair. 2
Rebut n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1890
Burns O, Steer her up ii.: Ne'er break your heart for ae rebute. 2 . A rebuke, reproach. Arch
Socher v., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1818-1885
neither eechie nor ochie, but jaest a saughrin, doitrified-like scoun'rel wi' ae e'e! Rnf. 1862 A
Spitter n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1793-1954
Lum Hat 15: Ae winter's nicht when flecks o' snaw Cam spitterin' doon the lum. [Dim. or freq
Swire n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1724-1962
. ii.: The first ae guide that they met with Was high up in Hardhaugh swire. Slk. 1824 Hogg
Unsneck v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1796-2000
Luve-Daith 6: I wis left my lane, ontil Ae nicht, a tread on the stair, An the door unsneckt:
Until prep., conj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1721-1998
-Daith 6: I wis left my lane, ontil Ae nicht, a tread on the stair, An the door unsneckt: Sc
Whiss v.2, n.2[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]1892-1952
cats didna leave ae whiss o' flesh upo da tee o da lamb. [Norw. dial. kvista , to lop branches off
Wey n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1704-2005
ony wey , in all directions, all over the place; (ii) wherever; (2) ae wye , one way. Phrs. ae way an a' ways , in every way; aye the ae way , always the same, equable in temper (Ork., Per. 1974); to say ae wye , to agree, concur (Ork., ne.Sc., Per. 1974); (3) naewey , nowhere (Bwk. 1942: She's the best creature, ae way an' a' ways, that ever was about a poor body's house. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 235: He's no an ill kin' o' body, ye get him aye juist the ae way. Ags. 1888 Brechin Advertiser (30 Oct.): John an' me disna aye say ae wye. Abd. 1930 Abd. Univ. Mag. (March) 104: Fin A wiz weel eneuch, we didna aye say ae wy. (3) Ags. 1894 A. Reid on ae thing, whiles on anither. Sc. 1832 Chambers's Jnl. (Nov.) 321: Old, small, permanent
Dwine 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]1701-2000
: Sae never dwine about ae quean, There's plenty yet for a' that! Edb. 1876 J. Smith Archie In Quiet Fields 36: Gie me the hill at dwynin' day; Ae hertsome star in hertless blae . em.Sc. wm.Sc. 1 1951 : She wis nivver a guid daer an' syne she took a dwine an' ae moarnin' when I gaed in
Beck n., v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1724-2003
Meudie a peerie bit aff ae time an' beck'd tae him. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Tales, etc. (1837) II
Burst v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1880
. . . she fell to cleanin' her kirn ae day, and the very first kirnin' after, her butter was bursted, and
Ca' v.2, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1891-1931
)). Cf . Ca' , n . 1 , I. 3 . Sh.(D) 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Rod 26: 'For ae thing,' says
Crunkle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1824-1950
of a volume, crunkling on my knee. Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas 27: Ae cauldriffe night
Cwintry n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1932
ae bleak muir, o' sax miles wide. [O.Sc. has quentre , 1446, Reg. Episc. Aberd ., and cuintrie
Dunk adj., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1773-1927
. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 75: Beck to thy shadow! crazy doiltit dunk, I'd gar ae single frown ding out
Eetch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1932
' ae nicht he wis gaein' hame frae his wark wi' his fit eitch apon his shouder. Ags. 1899 D. W
Gawpus n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1826-1993
. . . I hae observed ae thing . . . that the greatest gawpuses are aye speakin about it. Ork. 1880
Hick v.2, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1850-1951
Shetlander No. 27. 6: A peerie aald kraa wis sittin heegrin an flaachterin apo a crub-daek ae kaald voar
Howdle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1824-1957
' ae shouther agee. Mearns 2 1925 : He cam howdlin' alang the slippery road. 2 . With
Laav v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1879-1956
: Four hingers and four gangers, Twa luckers and twa crookers, Twa laavers and ae dillie-daunder. Sh
Mean n.1, adj.2[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1714-1899
: He wad ha geen his neck but for ae kiss; But yet that gate he durstna mak a mein. Slk. 1818
Nibbie n.[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]1812-1913
kills wi' ae nibby. Rxb. 1913 J. Byers Hamely Musings 151: Rax doon his weel-worn hazel
Prickle n., v.[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]1820-1915
my nobbler and the twa auld pricklers which I took frae the lads o' the Border when they cam ae night
Semple adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1759-1988
bluid Are a' ae colour? m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 72: Bewaur yon Sonnet-Goloch
Stupit adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1900-1995
Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 6: An then yir mither'll turn oan me wi wan ae her stupit bloody
Under prep., adv., adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1725-1994
Bowman and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 3: A loat ae water's flowed unner the bridge since
Unfriend n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1814-1999
no unfriends that I ken of. Sc. 1931 J. Lorimer Red Sergeant xxxi.: Ye hed but ae
Photie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1952-2000
age! You've still goat Mum's photie oan tap ae the tv . . . ah bet ye anythin ye sit starin at it mair
Cairt n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-1991
nicht, ae lang forenicht, Ower the dambrod spent or cairtin'. Phrase: up b(y) cairts , — carts same as one recorded in the work of Munchausen. Being in Aberdeen ae snawy night, he said he tethered
Coggle v.1, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1768-1995
it was to see it cogglin' first up on ae side and then on the other as we gaed alang the burn or the' wye. Abd. after 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd MS. 56: Ae time upon a jaw they're
Gangrel n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1768-1999
might be winnin meat fu' well, And claes an a'. Ayr. 1786 Burns Jolly Beggars Recit. i.: Ae sixteen shillings. m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi.: There was a gangrel body sleepit ae
Worm n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1744-1998
. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web v: Scots, Gaelic, Inglis: three leids. Takk ae wird - a Spindrift 46: Ae wirmit ting cam' pluckin' i' ta da tail o' my jacket wi' a taer 'at wis terrible. 2
Yowe 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]1707-1998
Poems (S.T.S.) II. 209: Ae scabbit yew spills twenty flocks. Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xliv.: They liked mutton well that licket where the yowe lay. Slk. 1967 : There's mair as ae yowe o) Sc. 1925 H. McDiarmid Sangschaw 2: Ae weet forenicht i' the yow-trummle I saw yon antrin
Say v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
say ae wey ( wi ), to agree, be in harmony (with) (ne.Sc., Ags., Per., Ayr. 1969); (5) to say said wird. (4) Ags. 1906 Arbroath Guide (21 April) 3: We hadna been just sayin ae wey. Abd. 1920 : Na, I dinna say ae wey wi' ye there. (5) Fif. 1900 S. Tytler Logan's. 1811 Hogg Poems (1865) 373: Ae wee say that chanced to pass 'Tween his auld wife an' only lass
Hunder n., adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2005
. Sc. usages: 1 . Combs. and Phr.: (1) hundred-fald , a hundredfold, used as a n . = lady's, our common people call the plant A Hundred-fald . (3) ne.Sc. a .1897 M. M. Banks Cal
Braws n. pl.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1790-1997
braas an' ae ting an' anither an' bed the hale rin o'd. Mry. 1830 T. D. Lauder Moray Floods
Brithal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1835
may baith be on ae day. Combs.: (1) bridal bonnet , a cap used by tinkers to collect money from
Cool n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1919
. 3 , Kcb. 1 1937. Sc. 1737 Ramsay Sc. Proverbs 31: He wears twa Faces beneath ae Coul
Devel n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1900
, obsol.); a heavy fall, a thud. Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xxv.: Ae gude downright devel will
Earl O' Hell n. phr.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1817-1999
the warlock drappit tippence inno the watter frae his hip pooch ae nicht as he flew hame frae a tryst
Easy-osy adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1846-1995
James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 56: It's sick ah am ae hearin easy-ozy words The
Enew adj., n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1928
Rob Roy xxv.: Ye hae just enow o' ae man, wad ye bring twa on your head? Abd. 1826 D
Feerich n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1879-1996
. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 20: Swift the oor o' feerich passes. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall
Flindrikin adj., n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880-1929
.: There was mair honest wear in ae pair o' my best wheelin' or fingerin' than there is in sax pair o' yon
Havins n. pl.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1722-1952
ill haivins. Ayr. 1952 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 312: Ae thing I'se warrant — he's nae manners. The
Hilch v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1786-1955
gait (Cai., Dmf. 1957). Cai. 1929 John o' Groat Jnl. (1 March): He hid a bit o' a hilch wi' ae
Hissel pron.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1862-1996
Roger's the youngest, the wee-est, the wan cannae stick up fur hissel, the wan's terrified ae you, so it's
Insteid adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1]1859-2000
coastin mair, it's the meat's noo 69 cents a pund instid ae 49; and if it's no that it's somethin else is
Jotter v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1903
movement. Ayr. 1885 J. Meikle Yachting Yarns 56: He withoot kennin' ae bit what he was daein
Laig v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1828-1960
were sittin' laggin' an' newsin' ae day. II . n . 1 . Talk, speech; idle talk; chatter, gossip
Lear v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1721-1988
kittle phrase he kens. wm.Sc. 1832 Whistle Binkie (1853) 44: 'Twas then we sat on ae laigh
List v.3[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]1716-1920
Recent Sc. Poets (Murdoch 1881) 223: On the ae day, wi' grandfaither's bawbee, They're listed intae
Placad n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1700-1991
like a lot ae parrots It's douce an taen ma fancy this workaeday street 2 . A summons, call. Rare
Rauchan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1774-1983
baith their raughens. wm.Sc. 1854 Laird of Logan 327: But ae stormy night, in a coarse
Ayewis adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1985-2000
Yours, Marie-Lou 7: Ah've every right tae be sick. Even supposin ah did make a wee bit ae noaise, aw
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
Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 2: 'Heilan buggers,' ae weel-kent Buchan fairmer chiel caad the Howe fowk haein owercam the bumbazement caused by infinite space, he didna dauchle. Wi ae lowp, he brukk ben this
Dominie n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1700-2003
ae day. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 21: The Dom sat back in his laich-backit cheir
Gin conj.2[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1700-2000
.' Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web iv: I dinna recollect ae relation, stoppin mid Aberbrothock 46: Ae awfu' shot brook it i' twa gin it had been a bit swine-saem. [O.Sc. has gane , if
Pliskie n., adj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1706-2000
, but for ae thing - I would see James Sharp and his pack damned and defeated in this life as they. Spreull 66: Ae day there wis a terrible pliskie atween them. 4 . An extravagant notion, a wild idea
Tram 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]1722-1958
pairs Cart Trams. Ayr. 1786 Burns Inventory 30: Ae auld wheelbarrow — mair for token, Ae
Whid n.1, v.1, adv.[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]1719-1991
Blackwood's Mag. (Sept.) 662: Ae hare played whid, and anither played whid. e.Lth. 1885 S, right trig and clean, Came ae Day whiding o'er the Green. Sc. 1772 Weekly Mag. (30 Jan.) 140
Sweel v.1, n.1[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]1732-1996
. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 23: She ca'd the churn an' sweel't the fleer. Ags. 1934 o' her cup o' tae aroond to get da shuggar a' meltid. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 5 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 188: Now it [my barrel]'s got a sweel, Ae gird I shanna cast lad. Mry
Aff-hand adv., adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1725-1929
P. H. Hunter James Inwick 46: It's ower sarious a maitter to be settled aff-hand, at ae doun
Affset n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1931
juist jined the fouk for ae field, it wud be an affset tae the day. Kcb. 1 1931 : Thae twa
Behove v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1729-1894
' Concerned : It behooves me to admit that ae nicht . . . it was suggested . . . that I micht wi' propriety
Bystart n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1779-2000
Findlay The Guid Sisters 73: That swine Johnny! He's the work ae the divil! He's the wan tae blame
Camshachle v., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1805-1923
, Sall cross ae threshald o' the town, 'Till ilk lass gets her darlin. s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell
Cheeny n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1894-1999
Grower 20: Ae nicht Nell wis wakkened o a suddenty bi the soun o fitsteps pammerin intae the ben room
Derf adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1768-1988
. (a) Sc. 1846 Anon. Muckomachy 47: And frae ilk plouk, Thus derfly strook, Ae drap o
Driffle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1931
. drifflin' . Abd. 1898 J. R. Imray Sandy Todd 3: I catcht him at the same trick ae day afore, an
Feed n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1725-1952
the frost . Ags. 1873 D. M. Ogilvy Poems 215: She woke ae morn surprised to find The
Flae v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1922
); st. flain (Arg.), flen (Sh.). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 13: Their ae beast cow I saw
Forfairn ppl. adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1913
old age, decrepit. Sc. 1750 Scots Mag. (March) 113: Ae night as I gade peghing up the hill
Hameart adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1788-1928
. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 19: Winter! A' the steadin catties, Sick o' hameart mice an' ratties
Hashie adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1728-1953
238: Ae gay hashy day, I think about the tail o' the tawtie-lifting. Lth. , Bwk. 1825 Jam
Heidie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1836-1995
.: Ou, ay: they war baith owre heidie, ye see. Prenciple's ae thing, but jist to rin yersel' clean
Intimation n.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1704-1932
Collection for the Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund. Sc. 1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 58: Ae Sawbath a
Littlin n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1746-1996
. A muckle broon rottan wis birslin away in ae corner. Us littleens were nae suppost tae be thair but
Mistryst v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1816-1922
Logiealmond (1944) 5: Ae night we mistrysted, and she was prood, and I was prood. Sc. 1893
Mizzle n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1935
: Auld Mizzled-shins was seen descend, Wi' him ae misty morning! Sc. 1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 58
Osnaburg n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1733-1948
190: Ae time I was at Glasgow, wanting some tyking or Osen-brugs, or what the fiend ca' ye them
Pearlin n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1708-2000
- her threid wis snappt Bi Daith, ae sunny efterneen. [Vbl.n. from Pearl , v ., q.v. O.Sc. has
Puil n., v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1712-1995
. form of Eng. pool . Abd. 1995 Sheena Blackhall Lament for the Raj 7: I anely hid ae notion
Slaw adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1804-2000
ae man, I drown twa. Sc. 1887 Stevenson Underwoods ix.: Mair neebours, comin' saft an
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
: Then ae simmer day oot o' the blue We got a stammagaster She announced that she wis leavin' Abd
Strip v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1820-1941
. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 19: The strippin's i' the cogies pirlin. Abd. 1941 C. Gavin
Wowff n., v., adv.[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]1788-1959
Nov.) 9: Ae chiel cam' doon by hale maree an' gaed wouf intae the watter. [Imit. Cf . Eng
Wrap v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1788-1955
scudded by with their wrappers over their heads. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 14: The wife
Cruive 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]<1700-1942
a swine in its crive. Cai. 1773 Weekly Mag. (28 Oct.) 146: Ae antran morn I met her at. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 9: Wi' stirkies aye criv't i' the byre. [O.Sc. has cruve , cruive , crive
Dover v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1806-1998
. Ppl.adj. doverin' . Also in n.Eng. dial. Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley xviii.: Ae night when he was Bonsai Grower 51: Ae auld bodach, twa pews ben, dovered ower like a hen on a reest an snored. His wife
Jalouse v.[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
they're a' o' ae hen's dab. Gsw. 1884 H. Johnston Martha Spreull vi.: She wis aye fair to my jaloosins. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 28: She never wis kent for fowks' favours to sue Gin
Wallydrag n., v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1736-2000
: The puir wally-draigle his ae fuit has liftit syne stoppit afore he's onythan duin. Nae stobs has he a' like birds hatched in ae nest . . . By weakness o' my pipe confess'd I'm wally-draggle. Ayr
Atweesh prep., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1768-1982
' atween. Ae day a bittie better, an' the neest nae sae weel.” [ Atweesh is prob. formed on the stem of

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Fald 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]1399-1650
Fald , Fauld , v. 1 Also: falde , fawld . [Northern ME. fald (midland and southern folde the Saints xvi. 955. The Magdelane … Hyr armys in hyre breste cane fald a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2586. Ȝe sal me the basyng hald And my moder the towall fald 1505 Treasurer's Accounts III. 162. To four men … to fald and lay up the arres werk 1533 Bell. Livy I. 61/10 tongue was faldit in her mouth when she wes dumb, answerit, ȝe may fald ȝour tongue if ȝe lyk it b . To fald ( his , etc.) fete , to bend the knees, to kneel. 1536 Lynd. Answ. Flyting 18. Bot I man do as dog dois in his den, Fald baith my feit, or fle fast frome ȝour flyting a1605 fald a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1137. Mycht nocht serf the … My ȝoung body to fald & lose courage. c1420 Wynt. viii . 4990. Bot fortowne, thowcht scho fald fekilly, Will noucht at a1500 Henr. III. 117/60. The feviris fell and eild sall gar the fald a1500 Doug. King Hart
Fald n.2[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1629
Fald , Fauld , n. 2 Also: fawld , fawl . [Northern ME. fald , midl. and southernfold ( a 1250), f. folde Fald v .] A fold of cloth, etc. c1420 Wynt. viii . 4877. Willame off Spens percit a blasowne And throw thre fawld [ v.r. faulde, fald] off awbyrchowne 1500 Acts Lords of Council II. 468. Ane jak with ane fald of mailye 1506–7 Treasurer's Accounts III. 250. For vij quartaris small cammes to the Kingis fald of mailȝe 1513 Doug. viii . viii
Fald-dyk n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1446-1685
Fald-dyk , Fauld-dyke , n. [ Fald n. 1 ] A wall enclosing a fold. 1446 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 247. Fra that wele ascendand vp an ald fald dyk to the hill 1573 Protocol Book of W. Cumming 12 b. Ane fald dyk or ane corne ȝard dyke biggyt apon the common get 1572-5 Diurnal of fled 1595 Bamff Chart. 141. Fra the north end of the last said fald dyk linalie to the. 123. [Payment due] for bigging of fald dyks upon the lands of Old Melrose 1685 Lauder Hist
Hundreth-fauld adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1535-1585
Hundreth-fauld , Hundret-fald , adv . [North. ME. hundreth falde , hundret fald (Cursor M.).] Hundredfold. — 1535 Stewart 40188. Ȝe suld be fanar me to forgaue Ane hundret fald nor ȝe ar me till
Fald 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
Fald , Fauld , n. 1 Also: falde , faulde , fawld(e , faild . [Northern ME. fald , falde (midl. and southern fold , folde ), OE. fald , falod , early falud , falæd .] 1 . An enclosure nocht in fald 1488 Acts Lords Auditors 117/2. The citineris … has erit, and brokin the erde … twa ky … , at was slayn in his fald 1513 Doug. ix . ix. 86. As a ravanus wolf … Hyntis in hys gowl, furth of the fald be nycht, The litill … kyd 1535 Stewart 12392. The deid bodeis that la als deid vntald, As euir did scheip that la intill ane fald a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS cix. 3. Thocht … thevis hes done my rowmis range and teymd my fald 1595–6 Misc fald, … or to agre with thais that walkis the fald, and pay thaim thairfor 1661 Misc. Spald. C. V. 232. Ilk ane … to walk the fald thair nicht about, least the guids, for want of attendance, brak the fald attrib . 1509 Reg. Great S. 725/2. Le fald-yettis et le stilis ( b ) 1407
Fald v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1586-1661
Fald , v. 2 [ME. folde , fooldyn ( c 1440), OE. faldian .] a . intr . To make folds. b, big, fald, cast peittis, … vpone the half landis of Kynknoky 1661 Misc. Spalding C. v. 232. The haill tennents … ar decernit … to fald thair haill guidis … nichtlie
Hunder-fald adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1560
Hunder-fald , adv . [Early ME. hunderfalde ( a 1225). Cf. Hundreth-fauld .] Hundredfold. — 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 4835. Lavde. .nd thankis ane hunder fald To the Doctour
Thik-fald adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1438-1615
Thik-fa(u)ld , adv . [ME thic-fald (Cursor M.), thikke folde ( c 1400), thyck folde ( c . ?1438 Alex. ii 2590. Men hes me tald That thay haue vennisoun thik-fald Takin b . 1513 fald 2 . In large numbers; numerously. a1500 Peblis to Play 38. Hopcalȝo and Cardronow Gaderit out thik fald 1513 Doug. vi viii 104. The Grekis ruschit in the chalmyr thikfald into sa strang ane stour And so thik fald [ sc. his supporters] war fleand than him fra 1513
Nowt-fald n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1537-1693
Nowt-fald , Nout-fauld , Nolt- , Noult-fald , -fauld , n. An enclosure for cattle, a cattle-fold. — 1537–8 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 151. His part of thair nolt fald 1581 Burne Disput
Schepe-fald n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456-1593
Schepe-fald , S(c)heip-fald , -fauld(e , n. Also: sheipe- , seip- and -fawld ; schip-fald enclosure for sheep. b . fig. The church. 1513 Doug. ix ii 61. Wachand the full scheip fald ane schip fald Quhair Cristis folk sall all assemblit be
Stand Fald n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1602-1606
Stand fa(u)ld , n . [? Stand n. or ? Stan(e n. and Fald n. 1 ] ? A permanent fauld vij li. xiij s. iiij d. 1605–6 Montrose Treas. Acc. 1. Stand fald
Thousand-fauld adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1585
Thousand-fauld , Thowsand-fald , -fawd , adv . [ME and e.m.E. þusentfalt ( a 1225), þowsand Micht non him hawd a1568 Scott xxxi 25. A thowsand fald, His purpois salbe heir and thair
Fold Dyk n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1569-1692
Fold dyk(e , Foldyke , n . [e.m.E. fold Fald n . Cf. Fald-dyk n .] The wall of a fold
Pundfald n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]<1375-1672
. (Cumberland) punfaud , late OE or early ME pund-fald, -fold ( a 12th c.), f. OE * pund (see Pound n. 2) and fald Fald n. 1 Cf. also Pind-fauld , Poindfald and Poundfauld .] 1 . A place Howlat 783 (A). The pundar … Had pyndit all his prys hors in a pundfald [ B. poynd fald] For caus thai lie pund fald in Westsete … x s. iiij d. 1520 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. XXXIX 61 (see
Twa Fald adj.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1616
Twa fald , -fawld , -faulde , Tuafold , adj . ( adv .). [ME and e.m.E. twafald ( c 1175. b . adv. Of a person: Doubled up. — a . 1559 Inverness Rec. I 39. Twa fald cortan, ane
Frechure n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1587-1599
frechure of their fald
Forfalded ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1623
Forfalded , ppl. a . [ Fald v .] Repeated. — ? 1623 Bannatyne MS 210 b. Fra ȝe feill
Fekilly adv.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420
. Bot fortowne, thowcht scho fald fekilly, Will noucht at anis myscheffs fall
Fickilly adv.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420
. viii . 4990. Fortowne, thowcht scho fald fekilly [ C . fickylly], Will nocht at anis myscheffis fall
Furz n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1662
. 18. Out of a furz in the mids of the fald ther apeared a spreit
Greasman n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1375-1625
1604 Urie Baron Ct. 9. The haill gressmen within the barrony … saill help to walk the fald, … or to agre with thais that walkis the fald, and pay thaim thairfor 1622 Ib. 45. Ilk husbandman
Fauld Seiknes 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]1643
Fauld seiknes , n. [f. fauld Fald n. 1 ] An ailment of cattle. — 1643 Misc. Abbotsf
Unfed 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
. , Sm. onfed] … Trubland the fald ful of silly schepe
Lamb-rie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0]1674-1682
. MS. 17 Oct. Umquhill John Lowries halfe skair at the old fald with umquhill proveist Fullartouns
Ourfret v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1513
ourfret baith firth and fald
Dublet n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1559-1609
B. Rec. I. 39. Ane twa fald cortan, ane auld fustean dublet 1570 Leslie 39. That nane
Are v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1586
. Licience … to fawch, air, big, fald … vpone the half landis of Kynknoky
Thre-fald adj.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1615
Thre-fald , Thriefald , adj . ( n .). Also: thre faulde , thrifauld , thriefold . [ME and a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi 446. His opyne teching … wes in thre-fald thing: The firste wes
Cortan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1542-1559
and dang me, and spulȝet me of my curche and ane cortane 1559 Ib. 39. Ane twa fald cortan
Faldand ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1554-1685
Faldand , Fauldand , ppl. a. [f. Fald v. 1 Cf. Faldin(g ppl. a .] Capable of being
Monifald adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1621
b . c1400 Troy-bk. ii . 1793. Of all thir … contrar casis mony-fald In-to this nixt buke; aulde a1400 Ib. xl. 413. Mony-fald c1420 Wynt. viii . 6693. How youre worschip airt 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 122. Sinnand rycht mony fald a1578 Pitsc. I. 22
Threttyfald adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1520-1568
); Thret(t)y num. and -fald suffix.] Thirty times as much. — c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xiii 8
Cottary n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1473-1646
cotterie callit Maltis fald 1646 Dunferm. Kirk S. 17. Elders and deacons nominat and chosen … 2d
Flint n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1560
flint to fald and fle 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 9536. Speirs sprang like sparks as fyre dois
Fauch v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1500-1659
1586 Protocol Book of J. Robertsone 32. Licience … to fawch, air, big, fald, cast peittis … vpone
Graseman n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1607-1686
1661 Ib. 232. The haill tennents, cottars, and grasmen within the maynis ar decernit to fald thair
Westerly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1538-1596
westerly to the north neuk of the Hely fald 1596 Dalr. I 41/13. In the westir seyes, in that
Lukkin v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1533-1650
. 153 b. Tending thai suld fald and lukkin about the Romanis 1533 Ib. xv. vi. 584. 1533
Nesche n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456-1618
. Ane passaig … keipand samekle of breid … as is betuix the litill north fald dik and the naiche
Thrinfald adj., adv.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1590
thrinefald , þrinfalde (both Cursor M.); Thre-fald adj. with assimilation of the first element to thrin ( Thrin adj. ).] 1 . adj. Three-fold, tripartite. = Thre-fald adj. 1. ( a ) a1400
Bowcht n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1420-1653
. Wachand the full scheip fald, The wild wolf … Abowt the bowght [ R . boucht] plet all of wandis tyght
Gretely adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456-1578
b. Romanis bett downe the fald & within the dykis gretelie perturbit the Britouns 1535
Dere n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1375-1665
Accounts II. 424. To the man that woke the fald all ȝeir quhair the deir wes tane 1508 Reg , dog , dyke , fald ; cullorit , hunting . 1446 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 245. A lonyng. 171. For bigging of the deir fald in Faukland 1541 Ib. vii . 472. For thre pair of grete
Gane v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1586
Raving 1024. That ganis nocht a king to hald May rich a seruand many fald a1500 Henr. Fab
Spil n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1513-1645
amyd a fald of stakis … With akyn spilis [ Sm. spyllis, Ruddim. spylis] and dikis on sik wys
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 Stirling B. Rec. I. 104. Befoir ae baillie & the clerk
Brak v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1399-1661
happin to brak the fald (2) intr . 1467 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 403. Quhasa euir brakis in
Decisioun n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1456-1664
said debait ... , efter conding tryall tain, fald [etc.]
S n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1629
mercat … conform to the stand at Lynlythgow, and to be seillit with ae lettir S on the stouppis at the
Comptabill adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1558-1678
all the bookes therein 1661 Misc. Spald. C. V. 232. The persone appointed for the fald
Untald ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1450-1603
scheip that la intill ane fald a1500 Peblis to Play 46. Thai out threw Out of the townis
Shudder v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1438-1535
scheip intill ane fald Befoir Wallace ( c ) 1460 Hay Alex. 5932. Alexander a thousand
Sift v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1472-1697
in the sand fra the cartis to the fald and syftand and myngand the samyn 1531 Bell. Boece
Unfald v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1614
. (Layamon), unuold(en (Ancr. R.), vnfold (Chaucer), OE unfealdan ; Fald v. 1 ] tr. 1 . To open
Morela 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]1663-1685
Morela , Morallay , -ae . [17th c. Eng. morella (1670, 1702–3), morelly (1681), of uncertain
Mixt v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1490-1682
.) I. 19. To Robin Johnestoune [etc.] … siftand and mixtand the lyme and sand in the fald (2
Dam n.1[1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1695
turnes 2 . Attrib. and comb. with daill ( Dale n . 2 2), dike , fald , grene , redding. Aberd. & B. III. 18. Begynand at the dam fald of the ald mil — 1599 Reg. Great S. 284/2
Stud 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]<1375-1697
Sted(e n. c attrib. ). Stode hors 2 . attrib. With fald , a paddock for breeding horses). 1542 Exchequer Rolls XVII 562. Lie stott fald in Blaknes 1557 Exchequer Rolls XIX 31
Defait p.p., p.t.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1531-1683
defate, Quhen anes he fand them fald 1625 Garden Kings 29. Defate and shamde thame home to
Flitting vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1420-1693
flittings throw a fald 2 . Removal of a thing or person from one place to another. 1525 Stirling B
Flok n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1627
flox into that fald b . A number or crowd of persons. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lv. 3. Thair wyffis
Fog n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1471-1681
fra the staw To fang the fog be firthe and fald 1558 Rentale Dunkeld. 357. To ane man to
Forga v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1599
Stewart 40187. Ȝe suld be fanar me to forgaue Ane hundret fald, nor ȝe ar me till haue b . To lose
Gird n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1513-1697
… vold not fald So that his girddis vas constraind to crak 1608 Criminal Trials III. 46. The
Habergeoun n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1599
persit … throu thre fald a habireione 1533 Bell. Livy II. 271/16. To beire … armour, sic as
Likarstane n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1611
leckarstaines within the bonis off the samin 1578 Aberd. Chart. 341. The haill without the Dene Fald to
Spout v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1449-1667
[L. flammasque vomentem ] thik fald 1531 Bell. Boece I cix. Piping … spoutis swete
Wan v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1609
Henr. Age & Yowth 63. Eild sall gar the fald … Thy wittis fyve sall wane thocht thow nocht wald
Wapynschaw n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1503-1699
, baillies, and counsall convenit hes statute and ordanit that thair be ae wapounschaw of this burgh and territorie … and ordaine ae ansenye to be coft and maid … conform to the act maid the 22 of June 1627
Lime 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]1399-1700+
dozone and twa laid Gilmertoun lyme 1560–1 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 133. For biging of the fald for with the masounis and in the lyme fald 1531–2 Ib. 71. Sand for the poynting of the said plais and lyme tane furth of the lyme fauld 1535–6 Ib. 184. For ane new lok to the lyme fald
Link v.[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
edderis … With grysly bodeis lynkit [ v.r . lynking] mony fald 1513 Ib. v . ii. 87. A gret
Milne-lade n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1434-1697
J. Scott 90 b. The guis fald dyk to be tane doune at the miln led 1599 Reg. Great S. 284
Laging n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1508-1681
be] but ae inche 1681 Acts IV. 586/2. Lagene 1618 Glasgow Chart. II. 576. Laiging
Broun adj.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1697
. The south neuk of the Broune fald a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS cxxx. 71. Ȝe haue bene mony
Debord v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1587-1678
Kings 14. Thou forced for to fald Such as deboird from thy obedience darre 1629 Mure True
Sop n.2[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1513
1513 Doug. v xii 5. The fyre sparkis fleand vp thyk fald In a blak sop of reik 1513 Doug
Decay v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1549-1600
Decay , v . Also: dechay , -ae , deckay , dekay , deycay . [Late ME. decay , dekaye (1483
Bukram n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]<1375-1700+
MS. 42 b. Sex buckromes of sindrie cullouris to fald claithis in 1595 Paisley B. Rec. 169
June v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1409-1596
that land tyll his impyre 1595 Bamff Chart. 141. The eistmest corne fald of the saides landis of Ardomie … quhilk fald is now junit to the saides landis of Schalvallis 5 . a . To join
Inclos v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1456-1669
… To be inclosyt amyd a fald of stakis 1545 Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XIX (J). He, his wif and
Quarterly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1450-1699
that his cattell ait onlie quarterlie in his fald
Rang v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1685
Folio MS 329/2. Thevis hes done my rowmes range and teymd my fald b . With personal obj.: To pass
Guse 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]<1375-1685
. Attrib. with croft , dub , fald , feather , fles(ch ), hauch , heid , lone , teind , wambe. Scott 90 b. Mr James Weilky … ordanis the guis fald dyk to be tane doune at the miln led — 1650
Signator n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1473-1687
parliament 1633 Dumbarton B. Rec. 43. That the laird of Grinok is passing ae signator for erecting Grinok in ae burgh of baronie with ae mercat daye … twa faires … ae frie port [etc.] 1678
Violet n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1420-1699
off the fald of godlie cherite, haill b . 1538 Treasurer's Accounts VII 112. For polder
Quhit Wyn n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1425-1664
seik woman 1634 Dumbarton B. Rec. 44. Nae mair bot ae ventnar to ryn quhyt wyn 1664
Haterent n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1618
, suspecione, and hatran c1590 J. Stewart 28/484. To him … vill scho navayis fald, … hir haittrend
Jak n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1456-1662
… ane jak with ane fald of mailye 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 232. For iij skinnis of
Out-our prep., 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]1375-1605
. atoure] thar aris fald 1513 Ib. x . xiv. 12. And he … Stude lenand with hys wery nek and
Sling v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1627
49. The Troiane fyry blesis, … On Grekis schippis thyk fald he slang 1513 Doug. ii viii
Usury 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]1456-1686
in case the said principale sumes shuld hav fald in userie ( b ) c1590 Fowler I 328/1. I
Fain adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1615
forgaue Ane hundret fald nor ȝe ar me till haue 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 5737. Quhen he is
Splent n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1429-1638
jak with ane fald of mailye [etc.] 1507 Lanark B. Rec. 17. For the dychtyn of sellat and
Shep 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
.] 1535 Stewart 10860. The Pechtis … thair fell … Als thik as scheip that lyis in ane fald 1537 & not with tar or pick 1661 Misc. Spald. C. V 232. Decernit … to fald thair haill guidis n. 1 1 b. See also Schepe-cote , Schepe-fald , Schepe-hous . b . Of persons, animals, or their criff biggit on the Gallowhill — 1550 Protocol Book of Robert Rollok 20. Ane fald quhair the. 1605–6 Montrose Treas. Acc. 1. The scheippes girss and stand fald extendis to ix lib. 1682
Afald adj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1630
, and Efald . [Early ME. and ONhb. anfald (WS. anfeald ), f. an one, fald fold, = OS. and OFris
Fang v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1642
. Mycht nocht serf the … My ȝoung body to fald & fang? c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 66
Praise n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1626
1560 Rolland Seven Sages 4836. Lavde, honour, praise, and thankis ane hunder fald To the doctour
Sellin vbl. 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]1398-1698
… discharge ae Irischman … fra salling grien herring or paking the same (2) 1478–9 Acts Lords

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