Wit & humour > Gentle shepherd

The GENTLE SHEPHERD’S
Ergh, {crapulous
Etle, to aim, defign
Even’d, compared
Eydent, diligent, laborious
Fy/, a trap, for rats, mice
Fecklefs, feeble, weak
Ferlie, wonder*
Fla w, lie or fib
Flitch, to cox or flatter
Flit, to remove
Flite orflyte, to fcold chide
FUt, did fcold
Fouth, abundance, plenty
Frais, to make a noife
Fnrlet, four pecks
G Ab, the mouth
Gar, caufe, or force
Gate, way
Gawky, idle, flaring perfon
Gawn, going
Geek, to mock
Gif, if
Girn, to grin, fnari; a fnarc
or trap, made of hair
Glen, a narrow valley
Glowr, to flare, look ftern
Gowant, daifies
Gvwd, gold
Gowk, the euckow
Greet, to weep. Grat wept
Grotts, mill'd oats
H Ajfet, the cheek, fide
of the head
Hags, hacks, peat-pits
Htther-be!ls, heath bloflbm
Hiddds or hidlings, lurking,
hiding places
Hobblefiew, racket, r.oife'
„ Hool, hulk, bool’d, inclofed
How, low ground, a hollow
Howk, to dig
//owwj, plains, orriver-fides
ICeJhogles, icicles
III, each. Ilka, every
Ingle, fire
Jo, fweethcart_
KAle, or kail, colewort*
Kame, comb
Ken, to know
Kent, a long flaff
Kittle, difficult, myfteriouS
Know, a hillock
Ky, kine or cows
LAk or lack, undervalue
Lane, alone
Z.tfn*/tfrf,thecountry,Ruftic
Lave, the reft or remainder
Leal, true, upright, honeft
Lear, learning, to learn
Leglen, a milking-pail
Lilts, the holes of a wind-
inftrumentof mufic
Lin, a cataraifl
Linkan, walking fpeedily
Loan, common near to vil¬
lages where they milk cow*
Loo, to love
Loof, the hollow oft he hand
Low, flame
Lowan, flaming
Launder, a found blow
Jr.oe/,tobowdown, acourtfy
LugyCdLC, handle of a pot
Lttggie, ahandled wood difli
Lyart , hoary, or grey hair’d
MAik or make, match,
equal
Mailen, a farm
Maun, mult. Mauna, muft
not, may not
■Meikh, much, big, great
Mint, aim, endeavour
Mirk, daik
Mifcaw, to give names
Mools, theearthofthegrave
Mou, mouth
Mows, jells
hk, to bite or cheat
N'
__ Niejl, next
Nips, bits
Nout, cows, kine
Nowthcr, nei.tlxer