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GLOSSARY.
Shool, a shovel.
Slioon, shoes.
Sliore, to oflei-, to threaten.
Slior'd, offered.
Sliouther, the shoulder.
Shure, did shear, shore.
Sic, such.
Sicker, sure, steady.
Sidelins, sidelong, slanting.
Siller, silver; money.
Simmer, summer.
Sin, a son.
Sin', since.
Skaith, see Scaith.
Skaithiess, unharmed.
Skeigh, proud, saucy.
Skelp, to strike, to slap.
Skiegii, or skeigh, proud, nice,
hiffh-mettled.
Skirl, to shriek, to cry shrilly.
Skirling, siirieking, crying.
Skirl't, shrieked.
Sklent, slant; to run aslant, to
deviate from truth.
Sklented, ran, or hit, in an oblique
direction.
Skouth, freedom to converse with-
out restraint ; range, scope.
Skriegh, a scream ; to scream.
Skyrin, shining ; making a great
show.
Slae, a sloe.
Slaps, doors, gates.
Slaver, saliva ; to emit saliva.
Slaw, slow.
Slee, sly ; sleest, slyest.
Sleekit, sleek ; sly*
Slidderv, slippery.
Slypet.fell.
Sma', small.
Smiddy, a smithy.
Smoor, to smother.
Smoor'd, smothered.
Snaw, snow; to snow.
Sneck, snick, the latch of a
door.
Sneeshin, snufT.
Snell, sharp, piercing.
Snishin, see Sneeshin.
Snood, a ribbon for binding the
hair.
Sonsie, or sonsy, sweet, engaging ;
lucky, jolly.
Soora, to swim.
Sooth, truth ; a petty oath.
Sough, a heavy sigh, a sound
dying on the ear.
Souk, to driuk, to suck.
Souter, a shoemaker.
Southron, southern ; an old name
for the English nation.
Sowens, a dish made of oatmeal ;
I tlie seeds of oatmeal soured,
&c., flummery.
Sowp, a spoonful, a small quan-
tity of anything liquid.
Soy, material.
Spae, to prophesy, to divine.
Sparena, not hesitate.
Speat, or spate, a sweeping tor-
rent, after rain or thaw.
Speel, to climb.
Spence, the country parlour.
Spier, to ask, to inquire.
Spier' t, inquired.
Spring, a quick tune ; a Scottish
reel.
Spunk, fire, mettle ; wit.
Spunkie, mettlesome, fiery; will-
o'-the-^visp, or ignis Jatuus.
Squad, a crew, a party.
Squeel, a scream, a screech; to
I' scream.
Stane, a stone.
Stark, stout.
Steek, to close.
Steer, stir, commotion.
Stent, tightened.
Stents, tribute ; dues of any kind.
Stey, steep ; steyest, steepest.
Stirk, a cow or bullock a year
■ old.
Stock, a plant or root of cole-
wort, cabbafje, &c.
Stockin, a stocidng.
Stooks, stacks of corn, &c.
Stoor, sounding hollow, strong,
and hoarse.
Stoun, pang.
Stoup, or stowp, a kind of jug or
dish with a handle.
Stoure, dust, more particularly
dust in motion.
Stown, stolen.
Strae, straw.
Straik, did strike.
Straikit, stroked.
Straith, fault.
Straked, clasped.
Strath, district.
Strappan, tall and handsome.
Streek, stretched, tight ; to
stretch.
Sturt, trouble ; to molest.
Sturtin, frightened.
Styme, a whit, a glance.
Sud, should.
Sugh, the continued rushing
noise of wind or water.
Swap, an exchange ; to barter.
Swat, did sweat.
Swats, drink, good ale.
Sweaten, sweating.
Sweer, or sweir, lazy, averse;
dead-sweer, extremely averse.
Swinge, to beat, to whip.
Swirl, a curve; an eddying blast
or pool ; a knot in wood.
Swirlie, knaggie, full of knots.
Smth, getaway.
S\vither, to hesitate in choice;
an irresolute wavering in
choice.
Swoor, swore,'did swear.
Syne, since, ago; then.
Tackets, a kind of nails for driv-
ing ifito the heels of shoes. ■
Tae, a toe; three-taed, having
three prongs.
Tak, to take ; takin, taking.
Tangle, a sea- weed.
Tap, the top.
Tapetless, heedless, foolish.
Tapsalteerie, topsy-turvy.
Tauld, or tald, told.
Teat, a small quantity.
Tedding, spreading after the
mower.
Teen, to provoke ; provocation.
Tent, heed, caution ; to take
heed.
Tentie, heedful, cautious.
Tentless, heedless.
Teugh, tough,
Thack, thatch.
Thae, these.
Thairms, small guts ; fiddle-
strings.
Thankit, thanked.
Theekit, thatched.
Thegither, together.
Themsel, themselves.
Thieveless, a cold demeanour;
spiteful, repelling.
Thir, these.
Thirl, to thrill.
Thirled, trilled, vibrated.
Thole, to suffer, to endure.
Thowless, slack, lazy, spiritless.
Thrang, throng ; a crowd.
Thrapple, throat, \vindpipe.
Thraw, to sprain, to twist ; to
contradict.
Threap, to maintain by dint of
assertion.
Threshin, threshing.
Threteen, thirteen.
Thrett5% thirty.
Thristle, thistle.
Through, to go on with ; to make
out.
Thud, to make a loud intermit-
tent noise.
Thumpit, thumped.
Thysel, thyself.
Tiirt, to it.
Timmer, timber.
Tine, to lose.
Tinkler, a tinker.
Tint, lost.
Tint the gate, lost the way.
'llppeuce, twopence.
Tirl, to make a slight noise; to
uncover.
Tirl in, uncovering.
Tither, the other.
Tittle, to whisper.
Tocher, marriage portion, dowry.
Tod, a fox.
Toddle, to totter, like the walk
of a child.
Toddlin, tuttering.
Tooly, fight, contend.
Toora, empty, to empty.
Toun, a hamlet.; a farm-house.
Tow, a rope.
Towzie, rough, shagtry.
Toy, a very old fashion of female
headdress.
Trews, trousers.
Trickle, full of tricks.
Trig, spruce, neat.
Trimly, excellently.
Tro\v,'to believe.
Trowth, truth, a petty oath. '
Tryste, an appointment ; a fair.
Trysted, appointed; to tryste, to
make an appointment.
Tulzie, a quarrel, to quarrel, to
tight.
Twa, two.
Twal, twelve.
Twin, to part.
Tyke; a dog.
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Unco, strange, uncouth ; very,
very great, prodigious.
Uncos, news.
Unkenn'd, unknown.
Unsicker, unsure, unsteady.
Unskaith'd, undamaged, unhurt.
Upo', upon.
Vera, very.
Virl, a ring round a column, &c.
Vittle, corn of all kind; food.
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Wa', wall ; wa's, walls.
Wab, web.
Wabster, a weaver.
Wad, would; to bet; a bet, a
pledge.
wadna, would not.
"Wae, wo; sorrowful.
Waefu', woful, sorrowful, wail-
ing.
Waes me ! alas I O the pity.
Wal'd, chose, chosen.
Wale, choice ; to choose.
Walie, or waly, ample, large,
jolly; also an interjection of
distress.
Walloch, a dance.
Wallop, dangle, thrash.
Wame, the belly, womb.
Wamefu', a belly-full.
Wark, work.
Warl, or warld, world.
Warlock, a wizard.
Warly, worldly, eager on amass-
ing wealth.
Warran, a warrant; to warrant.
Wai-st, worst.
Warstl'd, or warsVd, wrestled.
Wat, wet ; I wat, I wot, I know.
AVater-brose, soup made of meal
and water simply, without the
addition of milk, butter, &c.
Wattle, a twig, a wand.
"Wauble, to swing, to reel.
Waught, a drauglit.
AVaukit, thickened, as fullers do-
cloth.
Waukrife, wakeful, sleepless.
Waur, worse ; to worst.
Waur't, worsted.
Wean, or weanie, a child.
Wear, to gather in cautiously.
Wearie, or weary ; many a weary
body, many a different person.
Wee, little ■ wee things, . little
ones; wee bit, a small matter.
Weel, well; weelfare, welfare.
Weet, rain, wetness.
Weir, see Wear.
Weird, fate.
We'se, we shall.
Wha, who.
"Whare, where; whare'er, wher-
ever.
Whase, whose.
Whatreck, nevertheless.
Whilk, which.
Whingin, crying, complainings
fretting.
Whirligigums, useless ornaments,
trifling appendages.
Whisln, silence; to hold one's
whisht, to be silent.
Whisk, to sweep, to lash.
AVhiskit, lashed.
Whissle, a whistle; to whistle.
Wi", with.
Wicker, willow (the smaller sort).
Wiel, a small whirlpool.
AVifie, a diminutive or endearing
term for wife.
Wimple, to meander.
AVimplin, waving, meandering,
AVimpl't, meandered.
AYin, to win, to mnnow.
Winna, will not.
Winnock, a window.
AVinsome, handsome, pleasing,
gay.
AVizen'd, hide - bound, dried,,
shrunk.
Won, dwell.
AVoo', wool.
AVoo, to court, to make love.
Worset, worsted.
Wow, an exclamation of pleasure-
or wonder.
Wrack, to teaze, to vex.
AA'raith, a spirit, or ghost; an
apparition exactly like a living
person, whose appearance is
said to forebode tlie person'^
approaching death.
Wrang, wrong; to wrong.
AA^reeth, a drilled heap of snow-
Wud, mad, distracted.
AVumble, a wimble.
AVyle, to beguile.
Wylie, cunning, artful,
Wyte, blame; to blame
Tad, an old mare; a worn out
horse.
Ye; this pronoun is frequently
used for thou.
Yearlings, born in the same year»
coevals.
Yearn, earn ; an eagle, an ospray;.
to long.
Yerk, to lash, to jerk.
Yerkit, jerked, lashed.
Ye'se, you shall.
Yestreen, yesternight.
Yett, a gate, such as is usually
at the entrance into a farm-
yard or field.
Till, ale.
Yird, earth.
A^ont, beyond.
Yoursel, yourself.
Yowe, a ewe.
Yowie, diminutive of yowe.