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- Ailsa Cock n.[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]1822-1885AILSA COCK , n . The puffin. Sc. , Ant. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 220: Ailsa cock W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn. : Ailsa-cock , the puffin., or Ailsa parrot = the puffin. [From its haunt, Ailsa Craig.] Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 157: At a certain season, he takes a voyage to the Craig of Ailsa, bringing home a precious load of sea fowls, which he calls 'Ailsa cocks, Ketty wakes, petties, and Solon geese.' Uls. 1880
- Ailsa Parrot 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]AILSA PARROT , n . The puffin. (See Ailsa cock , n .)
- Pate prop. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1760-1898 Ailsa Craig 55: Thou quaint wee bird of Ailsa Rock, Whom natives call a Peatie Cock, But better known cock , patey wek , id. For -wek cf. kittywake s.v. Kittie , n . 1 , 5 . (10). Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 157: He takes a voyage to the Craig of Ailsa, bringing home a precious load of sea fowls, which, he calls 'Ailsa cocks, Ketty wakes, petties, and Solon geese.' Ayr. 1895 R. Lawson good old home at Ailsa, with its pateyweks, its kittiwakes, its gulls, solan geese, and wild goats
- Ailsa Craig n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1851-1951AILSA CRAIG , n.comb . A curling stone made from granophyre rock from the volcano of Ailsa Craig. Also Ailsa . Sc. 1851 in J. Taylor Curling (1884) 363: The twa 'Ailsa Craigs' on an 'edge—the Blue Hone, the Red Hone, and what is called the Common Ailsa. Sc. 1951 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 303: The dominie's Ailsa Craigs, big, heavy lads.
- Strannie 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]STRANNIE , n . Also strannay . The razorbill, Alca torda (Ayr. 1895 R. Lawson Ailsa Craig 49, Ayr. 1971). [From Stranny Point on Ailsa Craig where it nests.]
- Ailsie [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] as Ailsa (Sc. 1932 O. M. Squair Quest of Ailsa MacRae i.). See also Ellison . [′elze]
- Hone n.2, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1897-stone made from a variety of rock found on Ailsa Craig. See J. Kerr Curling (1900) 384. Slk. 1897 D. W. Purdie Poems 135: Nice Burnocks, Ailsa Craigs, and Hons Were put in trim for curlin
- Ailsyte [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] curling stones (1899 Trans. Edb. Geol. Soc . VII. 265). [Named after Ailsa Craig by M. F. Heddle.]
- Paddy n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1821-2004 , prop. n., a jocular name for the rocky island of Ailsa Craig in the Firth of Clyde, a conspicuous. 6 . Ayr. 1874 J. Taylor Curling (1884) 360: Ailsa Craig's [curling stones] are made of miles away, there rises out of the waters of the Firth of Clyde the rocky islet of Ailsa Craig 40: We looked at Ailsa Craig, 'Paddy's Milestone', through our glasses from the coast road: A bidding war has broken out over the sale of Ailsa Craig, nicknamed Paddy's Milestone, off the Milestone lighthouse on Ailsa Craig has protected shipping between Scotland ... Sc. 2002 Daily Ailsa Craig - also known as Paddy's Milestone - the famous rocky outcrop off the Ayrshire coast Ailsa Craig - commonly known as Paddy's Milestone - but by the 1930s there were barely a few hundred sanctuary, is better known as Ailsa Craig. 9 . Sc. 1821 Blackwood's Mag. (March) 608: Fairly
- Bass Goose 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]1885 that this bird grows by the bill upon the cliffs of the Bass, of Ailsa and of St Kilda.
- Cock n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2002COCK , n . 1 Uses of Eng. cock not found in Mod.Eng. I . 1 . A boys' game (see quot.). Known chosen Cock. The players arrange themselves in a line along one side of the playground. The Cock takes the players. The Cock tries to catch and 'croon' — i.e . put his hand upon the head of — as many of Cock in the rush back. The rush from side to side goes on till all are captured. 2 . The circle at, and about auld Jock Stevenson that was at the cock. Ayr. 1786 Burns Tam Samson's Elegy the cock? — Tam Samson's dead! Ayr. 1879 J. White Jottings 218: A curler rare! he cares for nane When he stands at the Cock, man. II . Phrases: (1) † black cock , a jocular name for a whisky bottle; (2) ¶ cock-a-drule , a very small person; †(3) cock and feather , 'a gill of brandy and a. 1896 A. Cheviot Proverbs 4); †(4) cock and key , 'a stop-cock' (Sc. 1825 Jam. 2 ); †(5) cock and ( a ) pail , spigot and faucet; †(6) cockfair o' Drumaddie , a fictitious fair; (7) cock , hen
- Cock v.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1883-1905COCK , v . 4 To indulge, pamper. Gen. to cock ( up ) wi(th) (something). Also used of any. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl. : Cock him up with a carriage and pair! Per. 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken xiii.: Cock the like o' him wi' the best Glenlivet! [Used in Eng., according to N.E.D from the noun cock , with the meaning 'to make a nestle-cock, chick, darling of.']
- Cock-a-bendy n. comb.[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]1881COCK-A-BENDY , -BENDIE , n. comb . [′kɔkɑ′bɛndi] 1 . “An instrument for twisting ropes being turned round, the rope is twisted” (Ayr. 1825 Jam. 2 , — bendy ). Cf . Thraw-cock , idem . 2 Tae play oorsel's an' rin aboot . . . Tae sail a cock-a-bendie boat We made o' ony penny beuk. [The idea of twisting or bending is implicit in both the above senses. For cock , cf. cock and pail s.v. Cock , n . 1 , II . (5).]
- Rook-a-doo n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1952ROOK-A-DOO , n . The cry of the cock, cock-a-doodledoo. Rare . Abd. 1952 Buchan Observer (26 Feb.): Bold cock-a-lorie, flaps his wings, gapes his beak and lets rook-a-doo. [Imit.]
- Pullie n.1[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]1891-1902). Combs. pullie-cock , pollie- , pillie- , a turkey-cock (Sc. 1808 Jam., pollie- ), pullie-hen , a pillie cock is a common name for a turkey-cock in parts of Banffshire. Cai. 1902 J. Horne Canny Countryside 135: Haud yer tongue, ye bletherin' pulley-cock! [Etym. uncertain. Phs. orig
- Cock n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]COCK , Kokk , n . 3 'A heap or 'kole' of ware (seaweed)' (Ork. 1929 Marw.). A special application of Eng. cock , a heap of hay.
- Bass Cock 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]1885BASS COCK , n . The puffin, Fratercula Arctica . Sc. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 220: Bass Cock , the puffin. So called from its haunt the Bass rock.
- Cockieleerie 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]1880-1881-lay , cock-a-lee-a-law . 1 . “The sound made by a cock in crowing” (Sc. 1808 Jam., cockieleerie . Applied to the cock itself (Bnff. 2 , Fif. 10 1936; Edb. 2 1929, cockie-leerie-law ; Arg. 2 1936, cock-a-lee-a-law ). Ags. 1880 Arbroath Guide (9 Oct.) 4/4: An', lang ere cockieleerie crew
- Hig, Tig, Bizz interj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]HIG, TIG, BIZZ , interj . Found only in a formula used by boys to startle cattle, cock a tailie , cock a tailie ; hig , tig , biz (Abd. 1902 E.D.D. ; Ags. 1957).
- Fitless adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1826-1959 auld wean. 2 . Comb.: † fitless cock , a kind of oatmeal dumpling; 'a cake baked of lard and. 1826 'Meg Dods' Manual i . 55: Oatmeal Dumpling , or a Fitless Cock . — This antique Scotch : fitless cock ...an old Scottish dish of oatmeal, suet and seasoning, bound together with an egg, and bound in a cloth. [For 2 ., cf . Jam. 'the name is supposed to allude to the cock- fighting which then prevails, or [more probably] to intimate the substitution of something instead of a cock , in the broth; q[uasi] a cock without feet .' See quots. s.v. Fastern's Een .]
- 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 . n . 1 . The call of the cock, a cock-crow, cock-a-doodle-doo! Lnk. 1816 G. Muir Cld. 1845 T. C. Latto Minister's Kail-yard 27: The cock was heard in hen-house flaffin, An' crawin' glad his 'leerie la!' 2 . The cock, chanticleer (wm.Sc. 1868 Laird of Logan App. 507, leirie-haw. II . v . To cry like the cock, to crow (Ags., Fif. 1960). Sc. 1928 J. Wilson Hamespun 18
- Cailzie-cock n. comb.[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]1920CAILZIE-COCK , n. comb . The capercailzie, Tetrao urogallus . [′kelji-] m.Sc. 1920 J. Buchan in Outward Bound (Oct.) 25/2: [He] stalked the cailzie-cock with his arrows in the great pine
- Black Cock n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1753-1814BLACK COCK , n . The male of the Black Grouse or Black Game, Tetrao tetrix . Given by N.E.D. , Concise and Un. Eng. Dicts . Note the following Sc. phrase, ' to mak a Black Cock of one, to shoot one mak a black-cock o' ye.
- Pownie n.2[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1714-1829), esp. the female turkey (e.Lth. 1825 Jam., pounie ). Combs. pon(e)y-cock , the male turkey, a turkey cock (Sc. 1808 Jam., pounie- s.v. Pollie-cock ); powny-hen . the female turkey, a turkey hen. Lth, pownie-cock, and a pelican, and swan. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 24: I wad Scott Waverley xxiv.: Pawnies, black-cock, muir-fowl and capercailzies. Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail lxxvii.: I hae been at the cost and outlay o' a jigot o' mutton, a fine young poney cock, and a
- Victor n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1868], and was what we then called victor. 2 . The victorious cock in the Shrovetide cock-fights in Sc. schools. Phr. victor's man , the defeated cock in the final contest. w.Lth. 1868 A. Dawson
- Paidle n.3[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1705-1985 Angus Gl .; Ork. 1929 Marw.; Sh., Cai., Kcd., Fif. 1965); also paidle-cock (Kcd., Ags. 1965), cock . quot.; 2 . cock-paidle , the male lump-fish, see Cock , n . 1 , III . 2 . (14); 3 . hen-paidle , see 1 . above; 4 . hush paidle , see 1 . and 3 . above; 5 . paidle-cock , paddle- (Abd. 1959 . Sc. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes I. 181: Cock- and hen-paidle or red- and blue-paidle, Whiteings, Haddocks, small cods. Sc. 1883 Encycl. Britannica XV. 65: The vernacular name, 'cock lower parts. 4 . Fif. 1803 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife 126: The Lump or Sea Owl . . . the Cock lumpy form and possessing a suctorial disc. Paddle-cock , Scotland, owing to its dorsal ridge enveloped in tubercular skin, resembling the comb of a cock. Wgt. 1926 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. (1926–8) 34: Lump Sucker . It has various names, as Sea Hen, Paidle Cock, etc. 6 Shet. 222: The 'paidle cock' is but half the size of the 'Paidle hen'. ne.Sc. 1903 G. Sim
- Coakser n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]. cock-shy s.v. Cock , n . 1 , III . 2 . (18). 2 . v . 'To put a marble where it can easily be
- Esscock 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. Birds 117: In some districts this bird is known as the 'Water-Cockie,' in others 'Ess-Cock,' but perhaps more frequently 'Water-Craw.' [ Ess , n . 2 , + cock .]
- Cockie-bendie n. comb.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1936COCKIE-BENDIE , -bendy , Cockybendie , Cock-a-bendy(ie) , n. comb . 1 [′kɔkə′bɛndi] 1 . A. 9 , Slg. 3 , Lnl. 1 1936); “a sprightly boy” (Dmf. 1825 Jam. 2 , cock-a-bendy ). Edb. 1882 a clout, Lassie, will ye send 'em? Arg. 1936 Rhyme (per Arg. 2 ): Cock-a-bendie and his
- Cockie-bendie n. comb.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1853-1936COCKIE-BENDIE , Cock-a-bendie , n. comb . 3 A dance tune (Cai. 7 , Abd. 2 , Lnk. 3 , Kcb. 9 1936). [′kɔkɪ̢′bɛndi, ′kɔkə-] Bnff. 2 1930 : The loon wis fun' sittin in th' sta fusslin 'Cock
- Cock-a-lorie n. comb.[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]1881COCK-A-LORIE , n. comb . Used in a counting-out rhyme. Known to Abd. 2 , Abd. 9 1936. [′kɔka, Cock-a-lorie, jinky jye, Staan ye oot by For a bonnie penny pie. [ Cf . the Sussex shepherds
- Jinkie 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]1881-1889 rhymes. Here is one about the face . . . Ee winkie, Broo brinkie, Cock-up jinkie. ne.Sc. 1889 Gregor in Trans. Bch. Field Club I. 183: Eetum, peetum, penny pie, Cock a lory, jinky jye, Staan ye
- Cock v.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1718-1936COCK , v . 1 Meanings of Eng. cock not in Mod.Eng. usage. [kɔk] I . tr . 1 . To raise in. 2 ). † 3 . Used in oath: Deil cock him , devil take him. Perhaps from sense 2 . above, with a. Hogg 1821) II. 202: Deil cock him gin he sit there, My bonnie laddie, Highland laddie. 4 . Phrase: to cock one's wee finger , to drink, tipple. Gen.Sc. Cf . Eng. slang to crook the elbow , idem . To drink. (Prob. a shortened form of the phr. cock one's wee finger ; see 4 above.) Ppl.adj
- Dial n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1871-1940DIAL , n . Sc. usages in combs.: 1 . dial-cock , the style or gnomon of a sun-dial (Sc. 1911 langest dial-cock ever I saw.' 2 . Edb. 1871 T. Logan Poems 125: Ower the dial-stane rude
- Chirle n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1850 arms, and shoulders wide, And double churls below her chin. † 2 . “The wattles or barbs of a cock, The Gamester's Cock, frae some aul' burrel, Proclaims the Morning near. [Phs. met. forms of
- Bougil n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1725-1773, Drawn frae their sheaths glanst in the sun, And loud the bougills sound. fig . crow of a cock. Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 62: Now whan the dawning's near, whan cock maun craw, And wi
- Gor-cock n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1796-1887‡ GOR-COCK , n.comb . The moor-cock or male of the red grouse, Lagopus scoticus (ne.Sc. 1903 G, leagues around, Dwelt but the gor-cock and the deer. Slk. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake 77: Afore we
- Cock-up n. comb.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1728-1980† COCK-UP , n. comb . Also ¶ cocket . Applied to an arrangement of the hair, where a false pad was cock-up ... went out of fashion. ... Cock-up is interesting, partly because its demise in this, Nose nappie, Ee winkie, Broo brinkie, Cock-up jinkie.' Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings
- Cockie Leekie n. comb.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1905COCKIE LEEKIE , Cock-a-leekie , Cockileeky , n. comb . Also cocky-leaky (Sc. 1776 E. Topham.: You began with cock-a-leekie, hotchpotch, or the barley broth of which Dr Johnson declared he cared
- Cockmaleerie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1814-1996COCKMALEERIE , -MALEIRIE , n . A name for the cock (Bnff. 2 , Lnk. 3 1937). [′kɔkmə′li:ri contenter wi your pens, Than cock-maleirie wi' his hens, While he upon the midden craws? [ Cf
- Cocks n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880-1886 amusement indulged in with these plants (see quot. under 1 and cf. cock-fechters s.v. Cock , n . 1
- Barrace n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1773-1898. : We still speak of 'a cock in a barrace ,' in allusion to a cock-pit. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant
- Cock v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]† COCK , v . 3 “To miss; a word used by boys in playing at taw or marbles” (Abd. 1825 Jam. 2
- Forchance adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813 33: A gross o' eggs, forchance a cock-an-hen.
- Gowrag 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]] [Gael. currag , a cock of hay or barley.]
- Stell adj.2[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¶ STELL , adj . 2 Nonce form of Eng. stale , past the age of marriage. Mry. 1824 J. Cock
- Buchlyvie 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]BUCHLYVIE , n . A hay-cock built on the meadow before being taken to the stackyard (Slg. 1947
- Toby n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1896-1964TOBY , n . Also tobie , tobby . A stop-cock or valve in a water- or gas-main, gen. in a roadway toby-cock or -valve , from slang toby , the street or highway, thought to be of Irish Shelta orig
- Cocker n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]¶ COCKER , n . 2 'The sperm of an egg, the substance supposed to be injected by the cock ' (Sc
- Upride v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1899UPRIDE , v . To dandle (a baby) on the knee, to cause to ride-a-cock-horse (Sh. 1973). Sh
- Cockie-law n. comb.[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]1880COCKIE-LAW , n. comb . Also written cock-a-law (Slg. 3 1916), cock-a-lowe (Kcb. 1936 (per their pay, making 'cockie-law' refer to the cock-fights which were once a popular form of Sunday
- Brissel-cock n. comb.[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]1821-1827BRISSEL-COCK , n.comb . Also bristle- . Meaning uncertain, poss. a turkey (see etym. note). It.: The Laird is as blind as a beetle, and as proud as a Brissel cock. [O.Sc. has brissill cok , a
- Flimflae n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1806† FLIMFLAE , n . A wheedling speech, a compliment. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 118
- Chicker v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1818 cock your tail an' chicker, An' lay your eggs. [Imitative. Cf . Eng. dial. chicker , to chirp
- Arse-cockle n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808† ARSE-COCKLE , n . A hot pimple on any part of the body. (Jam. 5 for Abd. s.v . Ess-cock
- Gaalo 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]. with influence from Norw. gale , O.N. gala , to crow (of a cock), cry, scream, from the sharp cry of
- Cockie-eelie 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] hypoleucos (Per. 1975). [′kokɪ′ili] [From dim. form of cock , the second element being imit. of the
- Coddlin Hen n. comb.[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 ): Jock the Cock, the Coddlin hen, Follow't his mother but an ben. (Old Jedburgh taunting rhyme
- Inyaby 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]INYABY , n . “A defeated cock driven away and kept at a distance by the ruler of the dunghill” (Sh
- Top v.2[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]1810. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Strains 126: I've heard an' seen at Wappin', At Billingsgate, and such as
- Wiggie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1804 louns Cock up their bonnets on their crowns, An' dreel their cares to Wiggie, Clean aff that night
- Brissel Stick n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0], from which Brazil takes its name. See Brissel-cock .]
- Callach 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]1966CALLACH , n . Also calach (Cai. 1972 D. Omand Cai. Book 244). A cock, rooster. Gael . Cai
- Fen n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1764FEN , n . Sc. form of Eng. vane , a weather-cock. Rxb. 1764 J. J. Vernon Par. Hawick
- Cockie-dandie n. comb.[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]1900COCKIE-DANDIE , n. comb . “A bantam cock; used . fig . of a pert, forward youngster” (Kcb. 1905
- Defend v.[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]1808-1810 stroke.' Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 114: The best o' claith . . . Defended cauld an
- Pale n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1726-1958 a cask (w.Sc. 1741 A. M'Donald Galick Vocab . 90); comb. cock and pail , spigot and faucet (Ork. 1965). See also Cock , n . 1 Sc. 1726 Rules for propagating . . . Lint and Hemp 22: Let go that Water by the means of a Spigget and Fosset, or Cock and Pail. Sc. 1737 J. Dunbar. Legatees vii.: A tree of yill . . . for their draw and drink, with a cock and pail. Sc. a .1828
- Bestan adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1925BESTAN , adj . Best. Abd. in Greig and Keith Last Leaves ( 1925 ) 147: The bestan cock o
- Camerel-heel'd adj. comb.[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]1733 Louis XIV. Sc. 1733 Cock-Laird iv. in Orpheus Caled. (2nd ed.) I. 54: I man' ha'e Katlets and
- Chicken-cock n. 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]1874CHICKEN-COCK , n. comb . A cockerel. Sc. [1874] A. Hislop Sc. Anecdotes (1888) 70: 'Let
- Capercailzie n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1730-2004 sometimes also called the Great Cock of the Woods, or Mountain Cock. “Formerly indigenous in the Scottish Keily (Cock of the Wood). They are now very rare. I saw the skin of one stuffed, they are about the size are, the Swan, Caperkylie, (called also the Cock of the wood). Abd. 1998 Sheena Blackhall Tales Wars of Montrose II. 3: Here also the king of game, the great cock-of-the-wood, or great cock of the wood (MacLennan), from capull , a horse (for horse as used to indicate largeness
- Cock n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768† COCK , n . 2 “A cap, a head-dress” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). Abd. 1768 A. Ross Rock and the
- Cocker n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1897† COCKER , n . 1 'One who keeps and trains cocks for the sport of cock-fighting' ( E.D.D
- Gaubert 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]† GAUBERT , n . 1 . “A tall, thin man or boy” (Mry. 1916 T.S.D.C . II.); 2 . “a domestic cock
- 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]1806-1867BAT , conj . A Sc. form of Eng. but . [bɑt] Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 99
- Bleater n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1814-1934BLEATER , n . “The cock snipe” (Slk. 1825 Jam. 2 ), Capella gallinago . [′blitər] Kcb. 1814
- Cockach adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1891 stuck on the back o' his head, and heich heelies on his beets. [Eng. cock + Gael. suff. -ach .]
- Festycock 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]” (Ags. 1825 Jam.). The same as fitless cock , s.v. Fitless , and Dry Goose , s.v. Dry . [Jam
- Yonsi n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1938)). Sh. 1938 I. B. S. Holborn Foula 125: Cock and hen are called 'chanticleer and yonsis
- Cockle v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]'' (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). [Variant of Eng. cackle , perhaps with influence from cock , n.]
- 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 in Solomon. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 18: It's wrang to lift worth, wi' a bla , not to be, or incapable of being, learned. Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 13: As the old Cock crows, the young Cock lears. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 51: Frae her I lear't poor
- Cook v.2[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]1810-1822 . Mry.(D) 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 68: I maun cook the lass wi' skill. Ayr. 1822
- Cradden 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] craven, a coward ( D.O.S.T .), and E.M.E. (1571) has craddon , referring to a cock, and craddenly
- Curlie-fuffs n. comb., pl.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1868. Ogilvy Willie Wabster's Wooing (1873) 4: Wi' falderals and crinolines! Curliefuffs! cock-ups
- Peajock 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]1857 invariable name for the turkey-cock is 'bubbly-jock.' [For the second element cf . Jock , n ., 2 . and
- Bended ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1819 young Allan Ravenswood . . . wi' a bended pistol in his hand. [O.Sc. bend , v ., to cock a gun
- Bytimes adv.[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]1816-1824BYTIMES , adv . [′bɑɪ′təimz] 1 . Occasionally. See also Betimes . Mry.(D) 1824 J. Cock
- Gennet n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1807 overrun wi' cursed hares, Which of his kail took two full shares; Left him scarce ane, nor durst he cock
- Hubbley-jock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1932¶ HUBBLEY-JOCK , n . A turkey-cock. Kcd. 1932 L. G. Gibbon Sunset Song (1937) 138: Mrs
- Birsin' ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1912-1931 birs'n cock. Comb.: birsin' skin , over exertion. Abd. 1912–1919 Buchan Proverbs in Rym. Club
- Caikle 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]1913-1928 Re-echo wi' their caiklin'. em.Sc. 1913 J. Black Gloamin' Glints 72: Nae crawin' cock
- Graillyach 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. coileach , a cock.]
- Solan n.[0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1710-1999 the Craig of Ailsa, where he feasted on solan geese. Inv. 1880 Trans. Inv. Scientific Soc. II
- Brookle v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1810. brooklet , 'dirty,' despicable. [bruklt] Mry.(D) 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 137: Syne Wattie
- Build n.2[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† BUILD , n . 2 A shelter. Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 100: Cud she no lodg'd
- Feck n.2[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 D. Bnff . 45). Mry. 1820 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 137: Ye sudna ha'e sae muckle feak Wi
- Bantim n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1819-1990 wis interferin wi her, the dirty auld bantie cock.' Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 38: He . . . struttit aboot like a banty-cock on a new midden. s.Sc. 1979 Lavinia Derwent A
- Throstle n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1789-1920. now only liter . The usual Sc. name for the bird is the Mavis . Comb. throstle-cock , thristle throstle. [O.Sc. thristill , the thrush, 1375, thrissel-cock ,? one of the finches, 1689, -i
- Pat n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1806 71: I' the ha' right lang he sat Amang the servants, wi' bare pat. Mry. 1806 J. Cock
- Broltie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1910 are the Broltie Teeting, and the Thistle Cock. 2 . “A short, thick-set person is dubbed in Orkney
- Gorhawk n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1836-1878, cf . Gor-cock and Gormaw .]
- Knicht 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]1800-1957' stanes. † 2 . Of the school cock-fights at Candlemas: see quot. Abd. a .1897 W. Gregor in M. M. Banks Cal. Customs I. 12: The cock that gained most victories, or that “keepit the fleer
- Cocks n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] are darning [hiding] for Edb. [ Cf . the similar idea in Cock , n . 1 , I . 1 .]
- Cootie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1814 moorcocks, crousely craw. Kcb. 1814 J. Train Strains Mountain Muse 49: The cooty cock ahint the
- Rex 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]1894-1903 ready, the one in front calls out “Cock”, or “Caron”, when all rush across to the other side, and he time the players run from the one side to the other the word “Cock”, or “Caron” is called out, and the
- Cock v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]COCK , v . 2 [kɔk] † 1 . 'To draw back, retract, eat one's words [ i.e . of an aspersion or a
- Cocked adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1796-1896 Proverbs 4: A cocked egg , i.e. the main point. Something of importance. [From Eng. cock .]
- Dock n.2[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1752-1810¶ DOCK , n . 2 The cock or hammer of a gun. Sc. 1810 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 876: The shot
- Forseeth adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1772-1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 133: Quoth Rob to Tam, what hear we now? Forseeth the smith's a' wrang!
- Bawjee n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1870 you have “a cock or a hen”, and according to his choice he got the one who had arranged to take the
- Fabala n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1800-1934; My apron is fringed with a fine fa' bala'. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 135: Foreign
- Flam n.2[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1736-1837-cock . . . a tart — a flam — and some nonsense sweet things. Sc. 1837 Tait's Mag. (June) 373
- Gorble v.2, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1835-1841† GORBLE , v . 2 , n . I . v . To make a noise in the throat like a turkey-cock. Slk. 1835
- Cocker v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1864-1941 an original cock , of which these would be frequentatives — perhaps cock , to be stuck up or set up
- Bilsh n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1835 .). Rnf. 1835 D. Webster Rhymes 110: A bilsher wee red headed cock Just like thysel'. [ Cf
- Cocka-breekie n., adj. comb.[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]1893-1936, cock-a-breekie ); a small boy, esp. one who has just been put into trousers (Abd. 2 , Abd. 9 1936
- Criffins interj.[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]1828-1920 (1839) xix.: 'Eh, crifty!' cried Benjie, coming till his speech, 'they're a' aff — — cock and hens and
- Yachis n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1806-1888. 1950). Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 18: Syn, wi' a yechis, lat it fa'. Bnff. 1825
- 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]1779-2002BUBBLY-JOCK , n . Also bubbly and bublie-cock . Gen.Sc. 1 . A turkey cock. Sc. 1858. Fif. 1909 Colville 130: The former [the turkey-cock] was greeted with the execration, 'Bubbly effect is not unlike that of the 'Bubbly Jock' or turkey cock. ['The name seems to have originated
- Jenkin's Hen n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1938 never knew the cock; hence fig ., an old maid. Gen. in phr. to live the life or dee the death o: 'Jinken's hen, that niver sa' the cock,' is still known on Tarfside and on Deeside. Jinken himself has
- Kirr adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1789-1928 particular point, was as kir as a fighting cock. Kcb. 4 1900 : Kirr — crouse, confident, like a bantam cock. Sc.(E) 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 7: Bang'd to his breeks wi' unco birr
- Fugie n.1, adj., 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]1777-1999 poor fugey of you. 3 . Specif .: a runaway cock from a cock-fight, esp. the one staged in schools cock , id., applied also to cowardly men. Sc. 1777 J. Brand Pop. Antiq. I. 234: The were called 'Fugees.' Sc. 1835 Wilson's Tales of the Borders I. 163: It is a fougie cock cock-throwing, by such of the pupils or of the town's-people as could indulge in the amusement at the him all the carcases. Ags. 1860 A. Whamond James Tacket vii.: When a cock would not fight name for such a bird was a 'fugie cock.' Hence any one whether man or boy who would not stand up for himself when there was need was called a 'fugie cock.' † 4 . Transf .: a light blow, gen. accompanied
- Cockle v.3, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1937-1948 , if they are spun from a vertical and not a horizontal position. [Frequentative or dim. of Cock
- Craw n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] their agility to get a slap at the craw” (Sc. [1826] R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 129). Cf . Cock
- Grosell n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1836-1910 chuckie, such as Jean, wad hae luppen at me, like a cock at a grozel. Lnk. 1910 C. Fraser
- Keck v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1873 have become confused with kick , colloq. = to rebel, to object, and cf . also Cock , v . 2 , note
- Bannock-fluke 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]1811-1816 bannock-fluke and a cock-padle.' Edb. 1811 Wernerian Socy. Trans., List of Fishes found in the
- Camp n.1, v., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1830 ; he is in good spirits. The same term is applied to a cock, a dog, etc. [O.Sc. camp , to exert or
- Cockle v.4, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825]' ( Ib .). [Prob. a dim. of Eng. cock , 'to let the end of (a beam) into a wall plate, or other
- Eum adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880-1908 ., uim ; Ork. 5 1950); “applied to a bull, swine, ram, gander, cock. Never to a horse” (Ork. 1929 Marw
- Fechtie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1853-1918 Durham cock-fighters . Lnk. 1886 A. G. Murdoch Readings I. 128: But 'fechtie,' perceiving
- Fornyaw v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1913 forjesket and forniaw'd as a forfoughten cock. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxxv.: I wad see
- Gig v.2[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]1804-1866 64: Sprush i' their graith, the ploughmen loons To see their joes fu' giggie, Cock up their bonnets
- Sleeth n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1742-1805 couch. . . . Fu' mony a pridefu slieth ye stowe. Mry. 1805 J. Cock Simple Strains 130, 137
- Sot n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1904 Epit. viii.: If onie whiggish, whingin sot, To blame poor Matthew dare. Mry. 1820 J. Cock
- Unkirstened ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1778-1955: For want o' a cock, a cat, or some unkirsen'd creature to gi' him. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir
- Upheeze 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]1827-1916 kleek. Gsw. 1868 J. Young Poems 151: My hat upon my pow upheez't Wi' jaunty cock. Dmf
- Ware n.4[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]1703-1899 Church Life (1885) 335: About Ware last, he fought his cock with the minister's cock on a Sabbath day. Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 113: The blow was ettled at a tall ane, A braw ware cock
- Doup v.2, n.2[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1718-1995 boat rides south o' Ailsa craig In the doupin' o' the light. † 2 . n . In phrs. (1) doup o' day
- Bummeleerie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1893 , the crow of a cock. Cf . also leerie(-leerie)-licht-the-lamps s.v. Leerie , n . 1 , 1.]
- Gormaw n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1705-1722 common gull; cf . Gor-cock , -hawk .]
- Bick n.2, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1825-1992: The cry o' grouse when they're a-stirrin' — 'Quee-beck, quee-beck,' or 'Bick-beck-birrin',' Frae cock
- Coukuddy n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1756-1850COUKUDDY , Coo- , Coucuddie , Cow- , Co-cuddy , Cu- , Cock- , Cokaddy , n . “A ludicrous
- Grit n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1814-1921 Sangs 18: The mou'tin hens keep the shed for bield, And the cock has a roopet craw; Tho' they venture
- Fud n.1, v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1715-1997., Fif., Peb., Ayr., Dmf., Rxb. 1953). Dim. fuddie . Phr. to cock one's fud , lit ., also fig . = to ). Ayr. 1787 Burns T. Samson's Elegy vii.: Ye maukins, cock your fud fu' braw Withouten dread. Sc. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log xvii.: Do you [a duck] cock your fud at me, you tiny' crouse ye cock yer fud, And frae me ower the craigs ye scud. ne.Sc. 1929 Scots Mag. (Dec.) 196. Forgan Maistly 'Muchty 26: Ye rabbits cock your furry fuds, And stamp the grund wi' soondin' thuds
- Cob-worm n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1863COB-WORM , n. comb . “The larva of the Cock-chaffer, Scarabaeus Melolontha . They continue for
- Pie v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1824-1962PIE , v . Also py(e) . To peer closely (Gall., Slk. 1825 Jam.), to cock the head and look with
- Sey n.2[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1704-1899 , duffles . Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 26: Baith sey an' serge, o' double blue. Abd
- Catter n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1881. Cock Simple Strains 130: Mair hartsome days we've seen, my lad, And times far better; Whan routh o
- Niz n., v.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1929 dims. nizzie , nizz(e)y , (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 256, Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 18. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 172: Red ein, wi' plooks owr niz an' mou'. Mry. 1810 J. Cock cock up their niz, they can dee't on-fasht my sleep ony. Combs. and Phrs.: †(1) neese-pike , an
- Cockernony n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1718-1892COCKERNONY , COCKERNONNY , Cockernon(n)ie , cock-a-nanny , n . [′kɔkər′nɔnɪ̢ Sc.; ′kɔkər′nonɪ̢ stack' (Tyrone, Armagh 1929 (per Uls. 2 ), cock-a-nanny ). † 5 . 'Any thing . . . [or] person, small
- Muff n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1742-1875 distinctive throat markings or raised feathers giving a muff-like effect: 1 . muff cock , the woodcock 289: A mufty tufty bantam cock.
- Air n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1773-1985' wind see Air , n . 2 B . Combs. (1) Air-cock , weathercock. (2) Air-goat , snipe. (3) air purpie-smiles, Kisses the air-cock o' St Giles. (2) Arg. 1898 N. Munro J. Splendid 361
- Blow v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1879-1935 Argyll. 2 . n . in phr.: at full blow , at full cock. Cf . Bow , n . 4 , 1 (3) (b). Abd. 2
- Brewis n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1900. Kcb. 4 c .1900 : A fitless cock is an oatmeal dumplin' which has been drookit and mixed with the
- Crump adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1910) 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 119: An' disna spare her Cheese an' cakes To had our teeth a gnappin
- Gaudy adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1835. Wilson Poems (1876) 105: Tho' her phraizing (far owre gaudie), Gars me cock my tap fu' skeigh
- Knop n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1814 . . . £7 0 0. Gsw. 1740 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 514: To William Tennent for gilding the cock
- Groset 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]1772-1999 in Edinburgh like a cock at a grossart. Gold pieces are not so plenty there, the mair the pity. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 23: Hei glaamed at eet leike a cock at a grozert. Lnk. 1926 cock at a grozet.' 'A grozet?' Fin asked. 'A gooseberry, Fin,' Gus said. Arg. 1992 : Ye look
- Cocky-roosie n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1817-1987COCKY-ROOSIE , -ROSY , -ROSIE , COCKIE-RIDIE-ROOSIE , -reedie-rosie , -ridy-rowsy , Cock-a stridlins we'd sit Hoo we'd cock-a-ride-roozy till aff rowed a stane. [The Lnk. form cocker-ridie-roozie
- Arselins adv.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1742-1828. Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 107: The cat lap arselins o'er the fire, Through fear o
- Caur n. pl.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1934., but m.Sc. + kǫ:r] Mry.(D) 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 120: Nae sporting ca'r upo' the lee
- 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. Cock Simple Strains 134: For mony an awfu browst he took And mony a Fusky Pot he brook. Mry
- Grudge v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1760-1915 of thy lip. Mry. 1820 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 22: I grudge I was sae scant o' mense As in
- Maistly adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1920' discord dinlin thro' his head, Strikes little warbler maistlie dead. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple
- Preceese adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1819-1887 auld steeple's weather cock. Bnff. 1887 W. M. Philip Covedale ii.: She measured oot
- Rout v.3, n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1893. 98: I gave her such a rout over her long snout. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 116
- Snippack n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1867-1949 dunlin, see Ebb ; muckle snippek , the wood-cock, Scolopax rusticola (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)); myre
- Strind n.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1928 chalaza of an egg, which was thought to be the germ cell derived from the cock. Obs. or dial. in Eng. Sc
- Thrissel 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]1708-1992 Scots , I . adj ., 1 . (42); (4) swine-thistle , see Swine , 3 . (18); (5) thistle-cock , the of Cai . 375), also thirstle-cock lairag (Cai. 1905 E.D.D. , Cai. 1972), see Laverock , the bird freq. nesting among thistles. Sometimes confused with throstle-cock s.v. Throstle ; (6) tistle-Lore Misc. III. iii . 135: Other names given to it in Orkney are the Thistle Cock, the latter
- Fiery adj.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1724-1951 Brand ; †(2) fiery cock , St Elmo's fire; (3) fiery cross , a wooden cross, charred at one end and Light is called Fiery Cock, in Crovie. (3) Sc. 1724 Gen. Wade in Hist. Papers Jacobite
- Chat n.2, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1806-1929; sometimes used with up . Known to Bnff. 2 1939. Cf . Chack , v . 2 Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple
- Stith adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1754-1871. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 107: The Laird he bann'd he'd lay him stvth. Bwk. 1862 J. G
- Choller n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1767-1790' break its cholars wi' a reel. ‡ 3 . “The wattles of a cock” (Ayr. 4 1928; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B
- Cran n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1834-1941 enclosing the pipes leading to the taps behind a sink” (Kcb. 10 1940). [Du. kraan , water-tap, cock
- Craw n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1920. Used as in Eng. of the cock (Cai. 7 , Fif. 10 , Kcb. correspondents 1940), but in Sc. also occas. of
- Foredoor n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1806-1923 .1760. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 124: Tho' by the fore-door locket in, The back had
- Neist n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1880-1964-cock , nistikorn , a small suppurating pimple or boil (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., 1908 Jak. (1932)), phs
- Owerturn n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1827-1956, wee man has been lang awa! Sc. c .1828 Johnie Cock in Child Ballads No. 114 H. 21: She
- Sprikkle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1886-1993 whaalp only got da wind o'm, bit an feth yon pat da sprikkl oot o' da cock wance fir a'! Sh. 1952
- Tread v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1860-1899 in Eng. Agent n. treader , (1) a male bird, esp. the domestic cock (Sc. 1887 Jam.); (2) a flounder
- Vaudie adj.[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]1733-1928, ostentatious, showing off (Abd. 1808 Jam.); elated, in high spirits, “cock-a-hoop”, frisky, gay, merry (Mry
- Tappin n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1800-1928 Siller Gun 16: And ev'n the thowless cock their tappin, And craw fu' croose! Gall. 1824.' Uls. 1844 R. Huddleston Poems 65: Peg tae sell her tawpen'd cock. Wgt. 1878 'Saxon
- Coffin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1823-1909 ; † 2 . coffin-clock , a grandfather clock; 3 . coffin cutter , ' Ocypus olens , the cock-tail, an
- Craw v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1718-1991. in Poems (1721): Carles wha heard the Cock had craw'n Begoud to rax and rift. Dundee 1991
- Dooker n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1948 or duckers, and the wood cock live here in winter, but retire in summer. w.Sc. (Skye) 1859 A
- Fae n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1721-1999.: Ye maukins, cock your fud fu' braw . . . Your mortal fae is now awa. Edb. 1816 Scott O
- Fell v.2, n.5[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1766-1871, alake my fell! Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 115: Ah! wae's my fell! My manhood, now
- Jellie adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1914 a flowr but ane, Till by there came a jelly hind greeme. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains
- Pilty-cock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1822-1947PILTY-COCK , n . An early form of curling-stone with grips for the hand instead of a handle (see
- Poutrie n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1722-1826 Amb. (1863) I. 118: A great big pootry fool pursued by a ggem-cock. The pootry keeps quate wi' his
- Tarloch n., adj., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1852-1955.' Lnk. 1881 D. Thomson Musings 44: Tae loup like a cock at a grosset May dae unco weel for some
- Bake-brod n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1725-1932 of her awin: A guse, a gryce, a cock and hen, . . . A bakbread and a bannock-stane. Sc. 1825
- Fleep n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1918 fleeps pretend to skunner, An' tak offence. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 86: Some dowf
- Glyde n.1[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1748-1914” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 66). Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 118: Gin ye bat kent, now
- Heal n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1915 happy new year. Mry. 1820 J. Cock Homespun Lays 102: Believe me, lad, I'm blythe to hear Ye
- Hoit v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1778-1895 that made it cock up its heid an' hoitle awa' yont the road. ¶ 2 . With up : to move upwards
- Purpie n.1, adj.[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]1773-1880 the Air-cock o' St. Giles. Lnk. 1844 J. Lemon St. Mungo 49: An' there we laiggart a' our
- Rooketty interj.[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]1822-1958 iii.: A cock-pigeon strutted round rooketty-cooing in the sun. Ags. 1921 A. S. Neill
- Tutti-taiti interj., n.[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]1788-1903: Clappin' his wee whorl'd hand to his mouth, As if toutin' a trumpet — a trumpet forsooth! The cock turn'd
- Nose n., v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1719-1963 a fishing-line (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .); (2) nose-cock , a bib-cock, a faucet with a turned-down
- Bend v.1, n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1917 was a' after I had bent the biker a gay gude while. Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 135
- Fanner n., v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1735-1951 cock-chaffers of Cockneys fly like very chaff! Dmf. 1839 T. Carlyle Life in London (Froude
- Misguggle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1754-1935' her apron. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 90: Misgrugl'd now, an' torn to thrums
- Shot n.4[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]1822-1950 in the stern was the shott-hole, or, as the Sassenach puts it, the cock-pit. [Jak. assumes the
- Adist prep.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1912 horn, And sic a beast was never born. [A cock.] Lnk. a .1911 From a riddle in T. Frazer's coll
- Grunstane n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1924. Tester Poems 115: Bung to the deil yer grinstane wheel, The auld Cock Bird's awa, laddie. Ayr
- Hallow adj., n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1934 cock is hallow within. Bnff. 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 25: Yer heid hings doon, yer
- Heere n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1902 hesp o' seven heere yarn, for it was as teugh as the grannie of the cock that craw't to Peter. Ags
- Inring n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1789-1869: Wi' inrings , nice an' fair, He struck the winner frae the cock. Ayr. a .1822 A. Boswell
- Rock v., n.2[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1847 beasts, gaun rockie-rowin wi' their cock lugs. Abd. , Peb. 1825 Jam. : Rockety-Row. A play in
- Roost n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1790-1998ROOST , n . 1 , v . 1 ne.Sc. forms reest (Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 94; ne.Sc. 1884 D
- Stilpert n., adj., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1871-1995 xlix.: Half-a-dizzen stilperts o' cock chuckens. Abd. 1888 Bon-Accord (18 Feb.) 9: A
- Wandocht n., adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1913 ken. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 143: Altho' the wandought's sib to me, He's gien's
- Midden n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-2000 cock , a barnyard cock (Sc. a .1838 Jam. MSS . X. 201; Kcb., Uls. 1962); also fig . of a man. Cf or stamping ground of the farmyard cock. Cf . (12) and (43); also fig . of one's familiar mornings for odds and ends. Cf . (6); ¶(31) midden-monarch , a barnyard cock; (32) midden mornin , one-nails like midden clauts. (10) Rnf. 1813 E. Picken Poems I. 120: Our middin cock Craw'd i St. Leonard's had some grand news to tell him, for he was as uplifted as a midden-cock upon pattens to soar like the eagle. Mind that he's a midden-cock, and claps his wings, but canna craw. Ayr midden cock on his heid. (11) Ayr. 1792 Burns Willie Wastle iv.: Her walie nieves like' the skraigh makes a soun' . . . like a great big midden pootry fool purshued by a ggem-cock. Sc Tibbie and Tam 116: Next mornin' , the craw o' the cock, for ye maun ken a wheen o' thae indispensable gies him a vote in his ain coonty?' Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags v.: The young cock could
- Butt n.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1935 in Eng. dial. Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 136: His Goucher liv'd a thrivin' man
- Can n.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1929 da man said, dey hae mair cann an less brains. Mry.(D) 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 116
- Deleer v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1786-1995. 1824 Scott St Ronan's W. I. xii.: The woman is delireet. Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun
- Glog v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1806-1950. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 136: They'll hae wasted Lamb or Veal, To stuff their Kyte; The De'il
- Help v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1990 Moodie to Scleat his house as I did to help myne. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 117: I'll
- Micht v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1894-2000 Heather 92); mith (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 40, Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 100, Ags. 1819
- Ripple n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1926 gule fitted cock, to prevent the ripples. Ayr. 1785 Burns Letter to Goudie iv.: Auld
- Scrug v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1746-1976 cock one's bonnet. Sc. 1746 Chrons. Atholl and Tullibardine Families (1908) III. 153: He put
- Stiff adj., v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1895 Duncan Dewar (1926) 22, 44: Stiffer . . . 1s. 2d. To a Stiffer . . . 8d. Mry. 1824 J. Cock
- Swither n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1820-1964. Tales I. 240: A swithering noise like that made by a black-cock on the wing. Abd. 1845 W
- Care n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1938 physical or mental pain). Also used attrib. Arch . Sc. 1904 Johnie Cock in Ballads (ed. Child) No] cared to hae strucken me,' he seemed disposed to have done so. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple
- Bougar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1805-1925 of a house. Knr. 1925 'H. Haliburton' Horace in Homespun 224: Noo the cock o' John
- Fan adv., conj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1706-1998 (1755) 3: Fan anes it was down your wizen, it had an ugly knaggim. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple
- Fastern's Een n. comb.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1700-1980 on the Ridge 58: There was the affair of the dominie's cock-fight on Fastern's Eve. Comb
- Feckless adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1723-1991. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. xxv.: We are peer feckless bodies — here the day, and awa' by cock
- Lochaber prop. n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1902 alike from the cock of his three-cornered hat, and the enormous lochaber axe that graced his shoulder
- Nappie adj., n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1907. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Homespun Lays 119: A ha'f a score, I wat, an' mair, To get themsel's fu
- Nurr v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1815-1949 wad he [cat] cock his tail fu' straught, And nyurr awa wi' glee. Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie
- Sowp v.2, n.2[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1734-1981 ( weet ), sowpit , soaking, drenched (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 176). Mry. 1806 J. Cock
- Wran n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1785-1936 , letter. Dim. forms (w)rannie , vrannie (ne.Sc.), ¶ vranah (see Cock , n . 1 , III . 2 . (21
- Atweel adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1768-1988.: What is that upon your back? . . . Atweel it is my bukes. Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains
- 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 gotten da lamb . . . atweest me knees. Mry.(D) 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 30: Nae doubt ye
- Eneuch adj., adv.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1724-1993: Hamebound at the hinner end o a half-cock hooley, Wi nae Helly tae lee, Loard help up, nor eneuch o the Deil
- Gardy n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1916' the gardy-chair. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 107: I stack my bonnet o' the wa', And
- Kneef adj.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1748-1932 mouse, But Jock was kneef as ony cock. Ags. 1880 Brechin Advertiser (6 April): She grew knief
- Owerlay n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1896 . 1 . To cover over, clothe. Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 22: Wi' braws I seldom cock my
- Tear n.1, v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1722-1972? Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 103: There, I fell in wi' Geordy Brown, And he, poor saul
- King 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]1701-1996. Candlemas king s.v. Can'lemas ; †(2) in cock-fighting: the winning cock; its owner (Slk. 1886 T. Craig-Brown Hist. Slk . II. 175). Also phr. king of the school , the boy who owned the victorious cock at the school cock-fight on Handsel Monday or Shrove Tuesday (Kcd. 1899 A. C. Cameron Fettercairn 219. 12: The cock that gained most victories, or that “keepit the fleer langist” was named “King”, the one next to him “Queen”, and the third one “Knicht”. The owner of “King” cock bore the name of “King cock was rewarded, “dubbed king of the school,” and allowed for a time to do very much as he pleased (1902) over eighty years of age, tells us that Cock-fighting as a school ploy at Shrovetide was well that had the cock that focht best wus “King”. (3) sm.Sc. 1810 Robert Hartley Cromek Remains
- Faut n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-1999 J. Cock Simple Strains 62: Yet they, nae fau't, maun cast a dash. Ne're minds how dear it's., Dmf., Rxb. 2000s). Mostly dial. in Eng. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 91: Now he wha
- Foo adv.[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]1739-2000. 1824 J. Cock Homespun Lays 120: My butter, cheese, an' curns o' woo, Are sell't an' spent, I fucait. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 138: [He] Lads and Lasses disna spare Wha try the
- Skraich v., n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1730-2000 bursts out a-speakin, like a great big midden pootry fool purshued by a ggem-cock. Abd. 1868 G. Gsw. 2000 Donny O'Rourke in Alec Finlay Atoms of Delight 129: Shriek Cock By its skraik
- Queen 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]1785-1988 a Latin speech by the schoolmaster were duly crowned. † 2 . The cock that took second place in the. Candlemas cock-fighting held in schools in various parts of Scotland. Ags. 1860 A. Whamond J. Tacket 37: My cock beat the whole, killed the queen, and bore away the bell. Abd. a .1897 W. Gregor in M. M. Banks Cal. Customs I. 12: The cock that gained most victories, or that
- Browst n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1936 pulled the cock (spigot) out of the 'bowie' to pree the 'browst,' which spouted out with such a force
- Coort n., v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1724-2000 Bird 15: An syne aroon ma feet there lowped A cripple-fittit cooshie, ... An, close ahin, a cock
- Drouthy adj.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1710-2000. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 117: I was as fain as ony there To weet my drouthy throat
- Lentren n.1[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1735-1902 Marquess of Huntly Cock o' the North (1935) 154: At Midlentrin Market, buy George Steel a sute of
- Puist v.1, adj., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1808-1925. Ogilvy Willie Wabster (1873) 15: Will Wabster, poisted as a puddock, And coglie as a weather cock
- Strang n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1790-1993 smelt o' strang Right strong that day. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 137: [He] stapit
- Towmond n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1715-1955. Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 103: This toumans twa, I wat, I'll min? Abd. 1871 W
- Untimeous adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1705-1902 his bed so untimeously. Gsw. 1873 A. G. Murdoch Doric Lyre 15: The gusty cock
- Wissel v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1912 Northern inhabitant cry out, whisle , whasle , or whusle me a guinea . Mry. 1810 J. Cock
- Lap v., n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1722-1949 either end of the stalks. Also in Ir. and n.Eng. dial. Hence lap-cock (Slg. 1912), -cole , a hand-cole-cock has five folds, and when well made, it has the appearance of a round ball, flattened a little
- Goller v., n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1732-1998 , 'the noise made by a turkey cock' (Ant. 1892 Ballymena Obs . ( E.D.D. )). Slk. 1801 Hogg Sc rushing noise from a quantity of water' (Jak.); the noise made by a turkey-cock (s.Sc. 1825 Jam., gulder). Cf . 1826 quot. s.v . 1 ; (2) guldhercock , a turkey-cock. (1) Sc. 1834 Wilson Noctes
- Mart n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1706-1954 Pilgrimage 157: At a certain season, he takes a voyage to the Craig of Ailsa, bringing home a precious
- Birn n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1768-1996 . Mry.(D) 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Days 110: To hear ye sing o' Elgin town, My auld bit heart
- Crowdie n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1936) are also forms of crowdie. Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 81: Faith! yes! get Crowdy
- 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. Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 12: Gien his heid a gey impident cock to the tae
- Tottle v.1[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1739-1928: Ye's get a cock well totled i' the pat. 3 . Of running water: to chatter over stones, to ripple
- Whig n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1754-1881 a pin. This tube and pin went by the name of a 'cock and pail' and served to draw off the thin sour
- North adj., adv., n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1758-1996 . adj . 1 . As in Eng., in Combs. and Phrs.: (1) north cock , the snow-bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis (Abd. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 72). See also Cock , n . 1 , II . (10) (c); (2) Nor' loch , a
- Storm n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1702-1955 suchlike oncost below ground. 2 . Combs. either in the above sense or as in Eng.: (1) storm-cock , the Buchan Observer (10 Jan): Other birds, notably the storm-cock, were induced by the sunshine to try
- Flee v.1, n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-1991 intae him like a baitit bear. II . n . 1 . A flying movement, a rush. Specif . a bout in a cock, I laid the book afore him to see fair hornie. . . . At the next flee mine sent the Dyker's [cock 'cock fights', 'wrus'lin', 'boxin', 'flie', . . . an' other sic games. 4 . The fly of a spinning
- Bowie n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1725-1992. Gen.Sc. Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 133: For, now, he's left time's fleeting stage
- Capernoitie n., adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1887 turn capernoited. Mry.(D) 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 122: O Willie, Willie, ye was misled
- Cole n., v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1934 . n . (1) A hay-cock (Arg. 1990s). Dim. colie . Angus Gl . (1914) gives the form koal for Sh
- Flird v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1938. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 118: They pay us for our goods an' wark Wi' flirds ye mith blaw o'er
- Portioner n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1708-1946, styled variously Cock-lairds, Bonnet-lairds, Portioners, Feuars . . . Our Village is becoming less
- Scroo n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1747-1957 , = I ., 1604, scrow , = II . 1644, Norw. dial. skruv , O.N. skruf , a cornstack, hay-cock.]
- Spang n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1859-1925) to gie the nose a spang , to thumb one's nose, to cock a snook (Ayr. 1971). Cf . II . 2 . (1
- Spill v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1708-1928 flocks. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 96: Then til't, my lad, win up the hill, Nor tyn
- Toosht n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1866-1996 . 194; ne.Sc. 1972); a small heap or cock of hay, grass, etc. ( Id .); a small quantity of anything, esp
- Wanrest n., adj., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1768-1952 be 'cause ye canna ly your lane.' Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 62: Good nature
- Bannock n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-1995. (2) Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 (s.v. Fitless-cock ): Fitless cock [footless], a cake baked of
- Crouse adj., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1704-1991. 10 1941. Sc. 1816 Scott B. Dwarf vi.: To cut the comb of a young cock that has been cock in his ain cavie. 4 . Cosy, comfortable (Bnff. 2 , Abd. 2 , Abd. 9 1941). Sc. 1991 T. S
- Kane n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1700-1980 , -butter , -capons , -coal(s) , -cock , -eggs , -fowls , -hens , -labour , -meal , -wedder , etc kane-cock, at the end o' seven years. Dmf. 1822 A. Cunningham Tales (1874) 246, 251: It
- Broo n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1722-1929' that the deevil had come doon her chumley, an' was makin' chicken broo o' her cock canary. Ayr
- Coof n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1724-2002. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 26: An' cock up his neb wi' the lave at the schules. . . . The tae half are
- Cushat n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1790-2000 cock paid coort Breist feathers grey and purpled. Ags. 1820 A. Balfour Poems 324: The
- Habber v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1787-2000). Cf . Hammergaw ; 4 . habberjock , a turkey-cock (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 72; Ags. 1956); also
- Heezie n., adj., v.[0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1719-1993 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 119: I canna say But I may cock my Nose the Day, When Hamilton the bauld
- Mank v., adj., n.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1700-1989 temporal. Sc. 1933 W. Soutar Seeds in the Wind 32: Noo that the cock begins tae craw An
- Millart n.[0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1711-1946 souple fallow, Ran's he had been red wood. Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 130: Quo' cummer
- Beast n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1768-1998 Scots often apply it to birds, insects, and fishes; as, the cock is a noisy beast ; the spider , a
- Birkie n.1, adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0]1725-1987) 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 114: Guid-day, auld birkie, fu gaes a'? Rnf. 1805 R
- Blash n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1790-1934 Societies gets up — cock-a-leekie, haggis and a' that, wi' a guid blash o' the Auld Kirk. Abd. 9 1934
- 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 claw (Ags. 2 , Fif. 1 , Lnl. 1 1937). Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 100: Else she mith
- Fother n., v.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1707-1943 fother lafts. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 120: In came her Dad, in quest o' fother, To
- Freith v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1725-1991 52: A chiel might dread as muckle scaith, Frae turkey cock when in his wrath, Or gossie peckin' in
- Gaff n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1949 Poems (S.T.S.) I. 186: Who gart the Lieges gawff and girn ay, Aft till the Cock proclaim'd the Morn
- Halflins adv., adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1725-1928 out, an wi' him taks his lass. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 114: My hair tied haflins
- Handy adj., n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1709-1998HANDY , adj ., n . Also hany (Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 109); hannie (Gall. 1824
- Priest n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1707-1870. Cock Simple Strains 135: Syne claught the fellow by the breast, An' wi' an awfu' shak, Swore he
- Rumple 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]1703-1935 I will invoke, On Pegasus' lean rumple cock. Abd. 1828 P. Buchan Ballads I. 259: He
- Skate n.1[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1737-1934 Ronan's W. iii.: Some judgment in cock-bree or in scate rumples. Sc. 1844 G. Outram Lyrics
- Smoke n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1795-1998 nicht, steeved wi a sleever, rowlin roon the Cock, her forefut fa'in canny, buffin seas tae smok, Sc
- Witter n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1754-1961 xxiii., xlix.: He wudna haud a word o' me; but up i' my witters like a fechtin' cock. . . . But the
- Halie adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]<1700-2000 . Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 138: Yet, fan he tak's the haily Chair, He gars auld-wives forhow. Lnk. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 7: But sin' I [a weather-cock] guide this
- Tramp v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1710-1970 one (Sh., n.Sc., Per. 1972); (2) tramp-cock , a cock of hay which has been compressed by treading. Cock Simple Strains 123: Dinna tramp the taylor's taes. Sc. 1862 'Shirley' Nugae Crit
- Awfu' adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1788-1996 Braefoot ii.), awfie , affy , aafil ; ‡ yafu , yafa (Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 106; Abd
- Begood v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1718-1994. Kirke in Poems (1721) iii . i.: Carles wha heard the Cock had craw'n, Begoud to rax and rift
- Behaud v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1712-1934) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 89: Behad a wee, Ye'll shortly see Me rax my neck, and craw. Abd
- Cleg n.1[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1732-2000 him, which cut him in the cheek. This instrument is somewhat of the nature of a shuttle-cock, has a
- Dorty adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1716-1949 when first introduced. 5 . Sluggish, slow, laggard. Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 79
- Goo n.1, v.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1713-1954 choicest Fowl The Arran Black-Cock I love with my soul. Kcb. 1797 R. Buchanan Poems 287: Or
- Haudin vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1766-1908 (1819) 73: An' man an' wife, they hecht to hae A haddin o' their ain. Mry. 1806 J. Cock
- Lawin n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1925 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 103: Yet chapman lawin's ay my aim, Fare'er I chance to drink. (2
- Lose v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-2000 about decorum, Who have characters to lose. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 120: But
- Minnie n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1721-1954 Proc. Philos. Soc. Gsw. XXV. 116: Da tullie it da shicken-cock maed wi mam an' minnie. II . v
- Ploom n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1725-1964 course, black-cock . . . plumdamas — a tart — a flam — and some nonsense sweet things. Edb. 1828
- Reak v., n.[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]1739-1922 Halloween xvii., Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 137), raugh'd (Kcb. 1815 J. Gerrond Poems 70). [Sh
- Upon prep.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1706-1930 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 73; Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial . 24; Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple
- Sonsie adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1711-2004 beyond a good comely sonsy lass. Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 26: Blessin's on her sonsie weel-favoured, sonsy, decent periwig. Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 118: Nae yellow, Or sonsier Sacks, or Plaiding. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 137: A sonsie Stipen
- 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, 'Hanging in the weather-cock, like Fleeman's mare,' or, 'Up by carts, like Fleeman's mare,' is nearly the
- Carfuffle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1768-1998: Tell Jenny Cock, an' she jeer onie mair Ye ken where Dick curfuffl'd a' her hair. Abd. 1996
- Clean adj., v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1749-2000 the clerk, 'Cock on our Babylonish kirk; They maun be a' shorn aff and clean'd.' Ayr. 1887 J
- Drift 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]1701-1940. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 106: Ae drifty night, 'bout Crowdy time, Deep lay the driven sna
- Gash n.3, adj.2, v.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1910. Scott Poems 120: Then up spak ane wi' ready gash. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 135
- Guil n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1735-1980 killed the black boul horn'd yeal Ewe . . . three hens and a gule fitted cock. (3) Per. 1795
- Mains n. pl.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1708-1955 their Cottars a good Cock Chicken. Cai. 1774 Weekly Mag. (13 Oct.) 79: We maun . . . till and
- Natch n., v.1[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1743-1944 lock from cock, slipping it gently down until past the standing natch. Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon
- Owerheid adv., 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]1701-2000 (Bnff. 1880 Jam.; I. and ne.Sc. 1964); also owerheids . Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 119
- Ree adj.1, n.2, v.2[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1739-1953. Poetry 133: Grown ree, the tane, tho' but a mouse, Began to cock his neb fu' crouse. Dmf. 1817
- Striddle v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1721-1987 jacket, like a bantam cock. Kcb. a .1902 Gallovidian No. 59. 109: That gushloch like, scarce
- Supper n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1759-2002 partaken of by more than one person. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 106: Just at our sippers
- Ten adj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1944, like “Ten-a-foxy”, are known elsewhere by other names, such as the “Cock-a-roosy”, or “Kings and Queens
- Gird n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-1998. 1802 Scott Minstrelsy II. 109: Has your wine barrels cast the girds? Mry. 1824 J. Cock and conter-tree. Mry. 1806 in J. Cock Simple Strains 93: Fu' mony a canty wordy is ther
- Blate 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]1701-2000, especially afore da lasses. Mry.(D) 1824 (2nd ed.) J. Cock Hamespun Lays 123: Mass John, her
- Blink v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1706-1956 , to be bewitched. Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 121: Meg's heart lap ha'flins till
- Bool n.2[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1721-1966 gule fitted cock, to prevent the ripples. (2) Sc. 1808 Jam. : Bool-horned , perverse
- Clootie adj.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1866-2004. It is preceded by cock-a-leekie soup and the pudding is often a 'clootie dumplin': a dumpling pudding
- Dow v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1936) ix.] Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 116: Maist wi' mysel' now in a pet, Just as I
- Forfecht v.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1754-1997, after seven and forty miles ridin', e'en as forjesket and forniaw'd as a forfoughten cock. Edb
- Glib adj., adv., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1722-2000 cogs o' nappie ale Gaed glibber down! Mry. 1820 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 110: Fu' gleeb
- Goun n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1727-1995' noo cam, toddlin' in his goonie, Cock-rosy Jim, the waukrife loonie. Edb. 1995 : Gie me the
- Hey n.1[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1753-1926-broo , -bree , a decoction or infusion of hay (Cai., Abd. 1957, -bree ); (5) hey-cole , a hay-cock
- Ilk adj.1, n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1710-2002.: Because she was the wife of a cock-laird, she thinks herself grander, I trow, than the bowerwoman of a
- Odds n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1713-1953 Memories 33: The Dyker's [cock] winded mine, if ony odds. Abd. 1921 Swatches o' Hamespun 8: A
- Rap v., n.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1897 weel, the nations o' Europe needna heck muckle langer aboot it. (3) Mry. 1806 J. Cock
- Swith adv., interj., adj., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0]1710-1986 Burns Louis, What reck ii.: Kings and nations — swith, awa! Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple
- Thank n., v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1713-1960. III. iii. 131: Thanks-cock de'ed i' the crib — said to the polite but mean person who gives
- Turse v., n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1720-1934 33: Gif I them [arrows] in my tursin had. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 121: Auld
- Waukrife 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. Train Poet. Reveries 117: The wakryfe cock, ere dawning day Proclaims the morning cheerfully
- Lilt v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1700-1954. 1825 Jam.). Hence lilti-cock , a nickname for one with an uneven hobbling gait. Rnf. 1835 D. Webster Rhymes 62: She was the widow of lilti-cock Lauchlan; He was a body gaed rockin and rowin, For
- Peerie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1868-1993. 1965). See 1884 quot. and cf. bonnet laird , cock laird , pickie- , s.v. Bonnet , n ., 4 . Cock
- Feeze v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1718-1951 Poems 4: Syne fae the cock she feezes roun' the pail, An' fills a bicker o' the starkest ale. Kcd
- 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. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 104: And for our Meg, she'll fell hersel', I'm sure she'll
- Glaum v.1, n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1779-1929 thripny-bit . . . Hei glaamed at eet leike a cock at a grozert. Sc. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart
- Gnap v., n., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1768-1954. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 119: [She] disna spare her cheese an' cakes To had our teeth a
- Hirst 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]1710-1992 hirsts , or hirsills . Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 26: As lang's your coat's besmear'd
- Knab n.2[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1748-1980 , -y , [′(k)nɑbri; Abd. ′knebri] those who lay claim to a certain social position, 'cock-lairds
- Mam n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1704-2000. Sh. 1894 Proc. Philosoph. Soc. Gsw. XXV. 116: Da tullie it da shicken-cock maed wi mam an
- Maucht n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1723-1999 his farm or wark. Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 79: She's maughtless, doited, auld, an
- Maukin 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]1706-1991. Ayr. 1787 Burns T. Samson's Elegy vii.: Ye maukins, cock your fud fu' braw . . . Your mortal
- Rump n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-1993 gentlemen followed the like example, and some putt an H in the cock; so this day all our street caddies were
- Stug n.2, adj., v.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]<1700-1971 to cock Their birse ahind them now, Knee-height this day. Cld. 1880 Jam. : A comb is said
- Neb n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2005 extremity; (13) to cock ( up ) one's neb , to hold one's head high, to look haughtily or contemptuously neb o' the miresnipe now. (13) Rnf. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls 26: An' cock up his neb wi my tail And cock my neb as at green-kail. (14) Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883
- Schule n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-2004. Ayr. 1726 Ailsa Collection MSS. (5 Dec.): Received from John Bowslone in name of Sir John
- Blaud v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1706-1998. Mry.(D) 1806 in J. Cock Simple Strains 127: E'en thae few lines ha'e war'd me sae, That I'm
- Craig n.2, v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1733-1996 or craig-band as it was more commonly called. (3) Sc. 1733 Cock-Laird xxvi. in Orpheus
- Croon v.2, n.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1923. and Gall. Song 88: It [cock broo] dreeped down Sawney's meezled shin . . . The donnort bodie
- Flauchter v.2, n.2[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]1756-1998, wis da flauchters o' da cock ower da fluer. Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 51
- Gentle adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1775-1916-dressed. † 3 . Gentlemanly, genteel (of manners, dress, etc.). Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains
- Gleyed ppl. adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]<1700-1953 e'ed, the result, he tell't my auntie, o' pointin' cannon at French ships. Sh. 1953 : The cock
- Heap n., v.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]<1700-1953: She jaw'd them, misca'd them For clashin' claikin' haips. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains
- Luck n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-1993 Jak. (1928); Sh., n.Sc. 1961). Also in Eng. dial. Abd. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 65: Lat
- Peter prop. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1800-1980 , the redshank, Tringa totanus (Cai. 1972 D. Omand Cai. Bk . 95); 9 . Peter's bird , -cock
- Sappie adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1998. 1820 J. Cock Homespun Lays 135: Wha likes to tak' a moderate drappy It tends to mak ye swak an
- Scum n., v., adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1712-1951. Cock Simple Strains 120: A menseless, gabbin', pridefu' scum. Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet
- Skeich adj., adv., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1707-1935 (far owre gaudie) Gars me cock my tap fu' skeigh. Ayr. 1792 Burns Duncan Gray i.: Maggie
- Thae pron., adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1713-2000.: Thae curst horse-leeches o' th' Excise. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 87: Like thae
- Thirl v.1, n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1725-1999 Glenesk (1894) 159: All my blood with very horror thirled. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains
- Windy adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1717-1964 cock. [O.Sc. windy-walls , a .1640.]
- Muir 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 . (3), Cheepart , n ., 1 ., Cheeper , n ., 1 .; (9) muir-clod , = (12); (10) muir-cock Johnny's nae sma' drink, you'll guess; He's trig as ony muir-cock. Sc. 1786 Burns Twa Dogs 183–4, fishing salmon and shooting moor-fowl and black-cock, in good style. Per. 1851 Scotsman (23 Aug burning, 1424, mur cock , male red grouse, 1427, muir-hen , female, 1512, moor-fowl , 1504, muir-ill
- As conj., pron.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-1993 in Sh. Almanac 193: I wis nae mair able ta keep awa frae da hoose as da shackled cock. Sh
- Hinderend 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]1703-1996. 1991 William J. Tait in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 46: Hamebound at the hinner end o a half-cock
- Lamb n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1800-1957' some ca' her a witch, Some praise her as a lammie kind. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 116
- Miss 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]1705-1994. Nicholson Tales 81: But shou'd he deign the dance to wheel up. Or miss a foot, an' cock his keel up
- Shangie n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1786-1999 tail. Edb. 1821 W. Liddle Poems 228: Their ginger'd docks, which gart them cock, An' braw
- Stend v.1, n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1928 . tr . To stride across, to cover (ground) in long steps or strides. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple
- Tap n.1, v.1, adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1710-1998 Letters (S.H.S.) 85: Has the young Cock a very large top? Sc. 1756 M. Calderwood Journey: Tapped hens likes cock crawing. Sc. 1742 J. Cockburn Letters (S.H.S.) 84: The very finest: There's a brosy bairn wi' a tap o' tow, And the cock at the dawn is crowing. Ags. 1891 Barrie, “narking” ( Id .). Gen.Sc. The metaphor is prob. taken from cock-fighting; (7) tap-ow(e)r-tail , taper
- Burn n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1701-1988. Cock Simple Strains 134: Nae doubt, fan dead and in his urn, She'd gang, fell blyth, and heat her
- Prap n., v.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1733-1965 twa-three year poor Nap. did cock . . . Just like a prap upon a rock. (4) in ploughing : as a
- Sall 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]1718-1996. Cock Hamespun Lays 135: There are birkies here, I sall avow, That ay can mak' auld siller new
- Traicle 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]1801-1997. Graham Writings (1883) II. 14, trykle ; Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 19; Sc. 1823 Scott St
- Laird n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000) cock laird , see Cock , n . 1 , III . 2 . (12); (4) Laird and Lady , a move at draughts (see 1905
- O prep.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1700-1964. Ags. 1899 Barrie W. in Thrums v.: The origin o' cock-fightin' gangs back to the time o' the 67: Whan the gowd cock crew, Janet cam back — Her face was gray o' ble. (v) to, before (an hour
- Wha pron., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1715-2004: Carles wha heard the Cock had craw'n. Sc. 1736 Ramsay Proverbs (1776) 7: A' whase regard is as a n. phr. to denote the non-pareil, the one and only, 'the cock of the walk', of a swaggering self
- Fat pron.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-2000. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 106: Fatrakes o' that, there's naething tint, Tho' ye ware fairly
- Fouter n., v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1714-2005, to the buff, And braved the Souter. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 135: Ye think
- Gizzen v., adj.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1999 the Ross to the Sutherland side. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 82: My Muse is maistly
- Lunt n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1786-2000' fragrant lunt, Set a' their gabs a-steerin. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 123: Tam fuf't
- Never adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1707-2003 onybody? Nevermas? Abd. 4 1929 : At nevermas fin the cock lays. (6) Cai. 1872 M
- Rock n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1795-1967) rock cock , applied to the wrasse in the varieties Ctenolabrus rupestris or Centrolabrus exoletus
- Sin adv., prep., conj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-1996. Ayr. 1793 Burns Logan Braes. 3: Years sinsyne hae o'er us run. Mry. 1806 J. Cock
- Stech v., n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1732-1965, and cock your nose. II . n . 1 . A stuffing or cramming with food, a guzzle, a greedy mouthful
- Stoit v., n.1, adv.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1719-2005 wad be fonder than I am o' cock birds wha wad gie tippence for the stite o' a howlet. Ayr. 1896
- Strait adj., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1703-1961 of certain offences against the church or state. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 85
- Jennie prop. n., 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]1773-2004 Ailsa Craig 50, Ayr. 1959); (7) Jenny-guntick , the fatherlasher, Lophius piscatorius (Bnff. 1900–58
- Heckle n.1, v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1724-1955 hedge unto his friends, A heckle to his foes, ladye. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 19, e.g . the cock, specif . applied to a cockade of such feathers dyed in various colours and worn in
- Yoke n., v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1735-1973 star keeks o'er the yoke. Mry. 1820 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 115: Fu's a' your folk, I hope. Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxx.: By an by a cock yokit to the crawin'. Abd. 1871
- Billy n.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1709-2004 benty , cf. Cock-a-bendy .] (3) Billy blin' , — blynde , Belly Blin , (a) see Belly Blind ; (b) a
- Bog n.3, v.2[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1935 Chalmers 176: They'll snap at a gude bog-worm like a cock at a grosset. [Gael. bog , soft, moist
- Brither 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]1736-1997. Cock Simple Strains 133: I see a storm in Watty's brow Will light on him ere lang: I trow he'll be
- Fecht v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1721-2000 abrupt en'. Knr. 1917 J. L. Robertson Petition 90: But the Cock o' John Tamson had wecht and
- Gust n.1, v.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1714-1938 most sacred palate with our own gusty Scottish dishes. Mry. 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 103
- Habble v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1722-1954); 2 . habble-hobble , id.; 3 . habble-jock , a turkey-cock (Ags. 1956); 4 . habble-tree , a
- Jot v., n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1733-2003 honest wife, her leefu' lane: Nae jot intil her hand, but greeting sair. Mry. 1820 J. Cock
- Mask v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1702-1962. (5) Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 136: Aul' Kate brought ben the maskin rung. (6
- Peace n., interj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1722-1998 iv.: I'm turned a gauger — Peace be here! Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 123: Then
- Peel v.1, n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1722-1960 peal-an'-eat. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 81: Peel an' eat mith maybe please, O' guid
- Phrase n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-1995: I never like to mak a fraise Or yet be lovich o' my praise. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple
- Scud v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1711-2004, as sowr as ony bladoch. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 119: I sall avow, guid scuds
- Second adj., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1707-2002 she was second sichtit! Sc. 1894 A. Lang Cock Lane 227: Second Sight is only a Scotch
- Smore 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]1709-1998 coud she smor'd her care. Mry. 1824 J. Cock Homespun Lays 128: She striv'd a wee to smore
- Starn n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-1999 Elegy Capt. Henderson iii.: Ye hills, near neebors o' the starns, That proudly cock your cresting
- 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. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 219: And fan we chance to meet again, Our throats we's sweel
- Tout v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1706-1971 Tullochgorum . Slk. 1825–31 Hogg Poems (1865) 343, 399: The storm-cock touts on his towering pine
- Wab n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1767-1996. Cock Homespun Lays 80; Ags. 1866 D. Mitchell Hist. Montrose 76; Rxb. 1872 Jethart Worthies 33
- Bonnet n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1710-2005. 1901 N. Munro Doom Castle xxxv.: Clap a bunnet on a tawtie-bogle, wi' a cock to the ae side.: Ane o' your bonnet lairdies, that strut aboot like a buntin' cock. Dundee 1991 Ellie McDonald
- Fyke v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1719-1993. Cock Simple Strains 144: Twa towmons or he ga'ed awa' They had a fyk together: Ye ken fu' well: Kirkyaird Geordie's muckle rid cock A-raxin' his wing for a fyke. 3 . (1) Trouble, bother, worry; petty
- Bow n.4[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1935 . at full cock. 2 . 'The curve of a street, furrow, etc.' (Bnff. 2 1935). Sc. 1825 Jam. 2
- Bude v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1801-1995.] Mry.(D) 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 100: Sae she boot try to find repose, Amang my Buiks
- Cloot n.1[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-2000.: She's a tongue that wad clip cloots. Fif. 1867 J. Morton C. Gray 54: Wad cock her head an
- Crack n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-2004: 'Ye're awfy quiet give us yer crack'. Mry.(D) 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 114: I'm blythe to
- Hech interj., n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]<1700-1999 But I may cock my Nose the Day. Sc. a .1776 D. Herd Sc. Songs II. 216: But to the bridal
- Moggan n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1746-2002. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 131: I wat your moggen ye ha'e wet, And smear'd your duds! Abd
- Rise 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]1703-2000 [cock]'ll rise us i' the morn. Gsw. 1842 Children in Trades Report ii . i. 16: The steam
- Skeel n.1, v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1710-1998' rhyming gear. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 143: Our Wife likes skate, but well I wat, I
- Raik v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1710-1988 coals on father's hill, and return. Ayr. 1888 R. Lawson Ailsa Craig 50: An old Girvan
- Whummle v., n.[0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1715-2000. Ainslie Pilgrimage 192: He had as soon expected to see Ailsa craig whummel'd up like a salmon cobble
- Shuit v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1993. shot(ten) in combs.: (1) shot-cock , a young cockerel not fully fledged, one to be preserved for . Also in Ir. dial. (1) Abd. 15 1930 : He's a lang-leggit stump, like a shot-cock. (2) Abd
- Wind n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-1997-cock , a toy windmill (Cai. 1905 E.D.D. , Cai. 1974); fig . a person of unstable character, a 'weather-cock' ( Ib .); (10) win-contered , of growing grain: twisted this way and that by the wind. See
- Gear 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]1711-1999, they're nae wrang gear To gust a stirrah's mow. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 132: I'm
- Kame n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1998 , bursting buds of primroses. See Cock n . 1 ; (2) kaim-cleaners , tufts of horse-hair inserted in the
- Plot v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1718-1999 plot, And scorch them sair, it was sae hot. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 136: Now
- Snell adj., adv., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1713-2000 snellest lick That I'll e'er get frae fortune's stick. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 116
- Stang n.2, v.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1709-1960. (B.R.S.) 370: The stang of the tolbooth weather cock was loose. Abd. 1748 A. Watt Hist
- Taw n.1, v.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1714-1998 weel. Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 89: They've tawen't sae till now they've made it An
- Lug n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2002. 1822 J. Goldie Poems 115: Cock yer bonnet hie, An' frae its lug let tartans flee. Sc. 1869 Jam.; n.Sc., Ags., Lnl., Lnk. 1961); (20) to lay one's lugs in one's neck , to cock one's ear in concert action (Sh., Ags., Fif., Lth., Kcb. 1961); (22) to lay up one's lugs , to cock one's ears, to' her Hae parted baith. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 100: I'll lay my lugs! gin she had
- Fuff v., n., interj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1721-1982. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 123: Tam fuf't the pipe wi' awfu' lunt, An' set auld Kate a hostin
- Hallan n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]<1700-1950 hallan stap. (7) Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 72: The cock frae hint the hallen wa' Did clap
- Pey v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1717-2000: Gude faith! ye pay'd him hame, my cock! (7) Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize II xiii.: He did
- Raivel v., n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1996 them clear, And reds them out. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 99: De'il gin her neck
- Cutty adj., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0]1714-1988 Spoon. Mry.(D) 1824 J. Cock Hamespun Lays 129: Her siller cutties glancin' clear, Seem'd
- Gowan n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1701-1988 white horse-gowan, or a blood-red cock-rose . . . then Birkenbarns Kirk-yard was desecrated. Ags
- Leal adj., n., adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1704-2000. Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 167: A leal shot ettled at the cock. n.Sc. 1825 Jam
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- Weddircok n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1499-1699Weddircok , Widdercok , Woddercok , Wether cock , n . Also: weddercok , -cock , widdercock , widdir- , widdyr- , viddercok , woddercock , wethercocke , wather cock , weather cock . [ME and prik 1574 Three Reformers 116. Ay turning with the wedder-cock a1578 Pitsc. II 193 widder cock 15.. Bk. Dean Lismore 94. Viddercok a1605 Montg. Misc. P. iii 39 ) a1500 Sir Eger 1196. The wether-cock stood fair and sheen a1570-86 Arbuthnot in Maitland wethercocke 1633 Lithgow Poet. Remains 91. Like the weather-cock, from airt to airts, Their locall grounds are changd from pairt to pairts 1665 Glasgow B. Rec. III 491. Wather-cock 1699 Boharm Kirk S. 10 April. John Symon, smith … for making the weather cock on the bellhouse
- Cok-craw n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1420-1650Cok-craw , Cock-craw , n . Also: kokcrawe . [Northern ME. cok crawe (15th c.), ME. cokcrow , … , cock craw 1633 Orkney Bishopric Court Book MS. 87. Directit him to goe to the well callit Marie well … betuix midnycht and cokcraw 1650 Maxwell Mem. I. 358. Betwixt cock craw and
- Mur-cok n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1428-1692Mur(e)-cok(e , -cock , Moore-coke , n. [North. ME. murkok (1329–30), e.m.E. moorecock (1567).] The moor-cock, the male of the red grouse. — 1428 Acts II. 16/2. Anent pertrikis and a mure cock
- Cokkit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1650Cokkit , ppl. a . [e.m.E. cocked ( c 1650), f. cock v.] Of a match: Placed in the cock of a
- Thristill-cok n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1499-1684( Thristill-cok ,) Thrissel-cock , Thissell-cok , Throstlecocke , n . [ME and e.m.E. Serinus Gesneri. An qui nostratibus thrissel-cock dicitur?
- Padill n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1525-1684.] The lump-fish. Also cock-paddle , Husche-paddil and paddel-fisch , id. — ( a ) 1525. III. 309. 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii . 24. Lumpus Anglorum , … the cock-paddle
- Cok n.3[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]1513Cok , n . 3 [e.m.E. cokke (1509).] A cock-boat. — 1513 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 479
- Beild v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1500Beild , v . 2 ? — a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow iii . 126. He [a cock] wald win to his
- Horscob 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]1642Horscob , n . ? Var. of, or error for, horscok , horse-cock, ‘a small kind of snipe, Loth.’ (J
- Chanteclere n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1515., OF. chantecler .] A cock. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 410 (B). A cas I fand … Betuix a fox and
- Horscock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1649Horscock , Horse- , n . (See Horscob n . and cf. the later dial. horse-cock (Jam.) and Orkn
- Distract v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1678 was libel'd against Janet Cock, September 7. 1661. that a woman called Spindie being at enmity with
- Spatchcock n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1687Spatchcock , n . [Cf. late 18th c. Eng. spatch cock (1785), appar. of Irish origin.] A
- Taster n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1683-1684).) — 1683 Coll. Aberd. & B. 100. Of all these, except the sea cock, and seldom that, the whap, the
- Cok n.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1399-1674Cok , n . 1 Also: kok , cock , kock , coik , coke , koke . [ME. cocke , cokke , cok , OE. coc ( kok ); also F. coq .] 1 . A cock (the domestic fowl). a1400 Legends of the himselfe … being kock off the north 2 . Cock-crow. c1500 Fyve Bestes 207. At the first cok cok 3 . A weather-cock. 1565–6 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 237. For doun taking of the auld cok of the glob, kok and thanis in the Trongait stiple 1665 Ib. III. 63. For the new cock put
- Cok n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1568Cok , Kok , n . 4 [e.m.E. cock(e , ME. cokke , usually in possessive forms.] Cokkis (etc
- Half-bend n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1673Half-bend , n. [ Half adv ., Bend v. 1 b.] a . Half-cock. b . A half-cocked firearm
- Craw v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1606. crawan .] 1 . intr . To crow, as a cock. a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 58. Ilkane nycht as? 1587-99 Hume iii. 160. The cock his courage shawes, … And twentie times he crawes 1606
- Floring n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1599 gaiff me sexty scor a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow iii . 126. He [a cock] wald win to his
- Hekil n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1493-1661 . 1613 Index Edinb. Test. II. 299. James Mynto, heckilmaker 2 . The hackle of a cock. b . In
- Kittiwake n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1600-1700+. We have also the maw, and the grey maw … the sea cock, the kitiwiack and whap: these five do not dive
- Welspring n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1638 1638 Cant Serm. (1741) 33. Lead them to the fountain and cock-eye. Lead them to the well-spring
- Magnify v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1460-1586 , L. magnificære .] 1 . tr . To extol, glorify, honour; to praise. a1500 Henr. Cock &
- Seson v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1616 § 105. Foull gluttonie … Vas gredie cock to sessoine, rost, and fry fig. c1520-c1535 Nisbet
- Turkie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]1571-1698. Tame foul … the best turkie cock to be sold for £2 2 s. … the best turkie hen £1 10 s. 1690
- Doun-setting vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1]1557-1698 dounseting and uptaking his cock 2 . The setting of the sun. 1582 Inverness B. Rec. I. 293. On ane
- Crous adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1450-1681 thay ar waxin crous? a1598 Fergusson Prov. (1641) 3. A cock is crouse in his own midding
- Perk n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1621 cock] gat 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 1774. The falcon this behalding quhair scho sat Vpon
- Cokstule n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1565-1697 the cock stoole for nailling his lug
- Boull n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1490-1700+. For cullouring of the cock and the boull 1656 Ib. 500. For altering the booll of the
- Madam n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1609 ȝow [etc.] c1500 Fyve Bestes 232. [The cock to the hen.] Madame, Wysest ȝe ar quhen that ȝe
- Pacok n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1375-1597Pacok , n. 1 Also: pay- and -cock , -coke , -koc ; packoke . [ME. (? chiefly or only
- Muir-foul n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1504-1700+ know not moor foul 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. 16 (Jam.). The moor-cock, nostratibus the
- Bannok n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1500-1687 [ sc . a red cock], and scho buke a bannok thairof with floure a1598 Ferg. Prov. 24
- Sheddin vbl. n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1692 the cock had crowed 1655 Dumfries Kirk S. 26 April. [The session appoints] John Corbet &
- Bend v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0]1375-1667 thame for to hurt or wreik b . To cock, or make ready for firing. 1584 Reg. Privy C. III. 710
- Wry v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1400-1686 about the neck o' the cock ( b ) 1630 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. III 558. Seing the peece fyred
- Rek v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1400-1682 house reek, or hear a cock crow, ere ye get reformation c . To fill with, or be covered by, smoke
- Spur 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 . The spur of a cock. a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow iii 126. He [ sc. a cock] wald win to
- Wink v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+. the cock] wald … Baith wink, and craw, and turne him thryis about a1500 Buke of the Sevyne
- Bonet n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+ 1727 Stirling B. Rec. II. 200. A blew bannet with a cock of ribbons on it c . A form of head
- Rax v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1685 Henr. Fab. 539. He [the cock] … traistit ay to rax and sa to rin Quhill [etc.] a1538 Abell
- Buke n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1375-1665 new cock put upon the heigh steiple … , and for gold buikis and guilding therof 5 . Buke almorie
- Hour n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1385-1681 222. Sone come the tyme that he [ sc . the cock] suld say his voce; The houre ȝeid oure c1500
- Midin 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]1399-1699 barkis on the midding a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 75. A cock is crouse in his own midding
- Uptaking vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1460-1699 Foulis Acc. Bk. 225. To Robie for dounseting and uptaking his cock b . 1503 Treasurer's
- North adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1698 livetennand in the north bot thame selffis 1665 Lauder Jrnl. 58. Huntly, the cock of the north
- Worm 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]1399-1697 Worm n . 1 (3)). a1500 Henr. Fab. 94. I [ sc. the cock] had leuer haif scrapit heir with my
- Sclatar 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]1399-1699 Dundee B. Laws 595. William Cock, deacon of the sklaiters of the said burt 2 . A wood-louse. Also


