Gaet, gate, way, manner, road.
Gairs, parts of a lady's gown.
Gang, to go, to walk.

Gangrel, a wandering person.

Gar, to make, to force to; gar't, forced to.

Garten, a garter.

Gash, wise, sagacious, talkative, to

converse.

Gatty, failing in body.
Gaucy, jolly, large, plump.
Gaud, gad, a rod or goad.

Gaudsman, one who drives the

horses at the plough.

Gaun, going.

Gaunted, yawned, longed.

Gawkie, a thoughtless person, and something weak.

Gaylies, gylie, pretty well.
Gear, riches, goods of any kind.

Geck, to toss the head in wanton

ness or scorn.

Ged, a pike.

Gentles, great folks.
Genty, elegant.

Geordie, George, a guinea, called
Geordie from the head of King
George.

Get, geat, a child, a young one.
Ghaist, ghaistis, a ghost.

Gie, to give; gied, gave; gien, given.

Giftie, diminutive of gift.
Giglets, laughing maidens.
Gillie, gillock, diminutive of gill.
Gilpey, a half-grown, half-informed

boy or girl, a romping lad, a
hoyden.

Gimmer, an ewe two years old, a contemptuous term for a wo

man.

Gin, if, against.

Gipsey, a young girl.

Girdle, a round iron plate on which oat-cake is fired.

Girn, to grin, to twist the features
in rage, agony, &c.; grin-
ning.
Girran, "a poutherie girran," a
little vigorous animal: a horse
rather old, but yet active when
heated.

Gizz, a periwig, the face.
Glaikit, inattentive, foolish.
Glaive, a sword.

Glaizie, glittering, smooth, like glass.

Glaumed, grasped, snatched at eagerly.

Gled, a hawk.

Gleg, sharp, ready.

Gley, a squint, to squint; a-gley, off at a side, wrong. Gleyde, an old horse. Glib-gabbit, that speaks smoothly and readily.

Glieb o' lan', a portion of ground. The ground belonging to a manse is called "the glieb," or portion.

Glint, glintin', to peep.
Glinted by, went brightly past.
Gloamin, the twilight.

Goul, to howl.

the

Graip, a pronged instrument for cleaning cowhouses.

Graith, accoutrements, furniture, dress.

Grane, grain, a groan, to groan; graining, groaning. Grannie, grandmother.

Grape, to grope; grapet, groped. Great, grit, intimate, familiar. Gree, to agree; to bear the gree, to' be decidedly victor; gree't, agreed.

Green-graff, green grave. Greet, to shed tears, to weep; greetin', weeping.

Grey-neck-quill, a quill unfit for a

pen.

Griens, longs, desires.
Grieves, stewards.
Grippit, seized.

Groanin-maut, drink for the cum-
mers at a lying-in.
Groat, to get the whistle of one's
groat; to play a losing game,
to feel the consequences of
one's folly.

Groset, a gooseberry.
Gruesome, loathsomely, grim.
Grumph, a grunt, to grunt.
Grumphie, grumphin, a sow; the
snorting of an angry pig.
Grun', ground.
Grunstone, a grindstone.
Gruntle, the phiz, the snout, a

grunting noise.

Grunzie, a mouth which pokes out

like that of a pig. Grushie, thick, of thriving growth. Gude, guid, guids, the Supreme Being, good, goods.

Gude auld-has-been, was once ex

cellent.

Guid-mornin', good-morrow.
Guid-e'en, good-evening.
Guidfather and Guidmother, father-
in-law and mother-in-law.
Guidman and guidwife, the master
and mistress of the house;
young guidman, a man newly
married.

Gully, gullie, a large knife.
Gulravage, joyous mischief.

Ha', hall.

H.

Ha' Bible, the great Bible that lies in the hall.

Haddin', house, home, dwellingplace, a possession. Hae, to have, to accept. Haen, had (the participle of hae); haven.

Haet, fient haet, a petty oath of negation; nothing. Haffet, the temple, the side of the head.

Haflins, nearly half, partly, not fully grown.

Hag, a gulf in mosses and moors, moss-ground.

Haggis, a kind of pudding, boiled

in the stomach of a cow or sheep.

Hain, to spare, to save, to lay out at interest.

Hain'd, spared; hain'd gear, hoarded
money.
Hairst, harvest.
Haith, a petty oath.

Haivers, nonsense, speaking without thought.

Hale, haill, whole, tight, healthy.
Hall, hald, an abiding-place.
Hallan, a particular partition-wall

in a cottage, or more pro-
perly a seat of turf at the
outside.

Hallowmass, Hallow-eve, 31st October.

Haly, holy; "haly-pool," holy well with healing qualities. Hame, home.

Hammered, the noise of feet like the din of hammers. Hanks, thread as it comes from the measuring reel, quantities, &c.

Han's breed, hand's breadth. Hansel-throne, throne when first occupied by a king.

Hap, an outer garment, mantle, plaid, &c.; to wrap, to cover, to hap. Hopper, a hopper, the hopper of a mill.

Happing, hopping. Hap-shackled, when a fore and hind foot of a ram are fastened together to prevent leaping, he is said to be hap-shackled. A wife is called "the kirk's hap-shackle."

Hap-step-an-loun, hop-step-and

leap.

Harigals, heart, liver, and lights of
an animal.
Harkit, hearkened.
Harn, a very coarse linen.

lamely, to creep.

Histie, dry, chapt, barren.
Hitcht, a loop, made a knot.
Hizzie, hussy, a young girl.
Hoddin, the motion of a husband-

man riding on a cart-horse,
humble.

Hoddin-gray, woollen cloth of a coarse quality, made by mingling one black fleece with a dozen white ones. Hoggie, a two-year-old sheep. Hog-score, a distance line in curl

ing drawn across the rink. When a stone fails to cross it, a cry is raised of "A hog, a hog!" and it is removed.

Jaw, coarse raillery, to pour out, to shut, to jerk as water. Jillet, a jilt, a giddy girl. Jimp, to jump, slender in the waist, handsome.

Jink, to dodge, to turn a corner; a sudden turning, a corner. Jink an' diddle, moving to music, motion of a fiddler's elbow. Starting here and there with a tremulous movement. Jinker, that turns quickly, a gay sprightly girl.

Jinkin', dodging, the quick motion of the bow on the fiddle. Jirt, a jerk, the emission of water, to squirt.

Jocteleg, a kind of knife.

Jouk, to stoop, to bow the head, to conceal.

Jowl to jou, a verb, which includes both the swinging motion and pealing sound of a large bell; also the undulation of water. Jundie, to justle, a push with the elbow.

Ken, to know; ken'd, ken't, knew.
Kennin, a small matter.
Ket-Ketty, matted, a fleece of wool.
Kiaught, carking, anxiety, to be in
a flutter.

Kilt, to truss up the clothes.
Kimmer, a young girl, a gossip.
Kin, kindred.

Kin', kind.

King's-hood, a certain part of the entrails of an ox.

Kintra, kintrie, country.
Kirn, the harvest supper, a churn.
Kirsen, to christen, to baptize.
Kist, chest, a shop-counter.
Kitchen, anything that eats with
bread, to serve for soup,
gravy.

Kittle, to tickle, ticklish.
Kittling, a young cat.

The ace of

diamonds is called among rustics the kittlin's e'e. Knaggie, like knags, or points of

rocks.

Knappin-hammer, a

hammer for

breaking stones; knap, to

strike or break.

Knowe, a small round hillock, a knoll.

Knurlin, crooked but strong, knotty.

Loot, did let.

Looves, the plural of loof.

Losh man! rustic exclamation
modified from Lord man.
Loun, a fellow, a ragamuffin, a
woman of easy virtue.
Loup, leap, startled with pain.
Louper-like, lan-louper, a stranger
of a suspected character.
Lowe, a flame.

Lowin, flaming; lowin-drouth, burn-
ing desire for drink.
Lowrie, abbreviation of Lawrence.
Louse, to loose.

Lowsed, unbound, loosed.
Lug, the ear.

Lug of the law, at the judgmentseat.

Lugget, having a handle. Luggie, a small wooden dish, with a handle.

Mailen, a farm.

Maist, most, almost.

Maistly, mostly, for the greater part.
Mak', to make; makin', making.
Mally, Molly, Mary
Mang, among,

Manse, the house of the parish minister is called "the Manse." Manteele, a mantle.

Mark, marks. This and several

other nouns which in English require an s to form the plural are in Scotch, like the words sheep, deer, the same in both numbers.

Mark, merk, a Scottish coin, value thirteen shillings and fourpence.

Marled, party-coloured. Mar's year, the year 1715. Called Mar's year from the rebellion of Erskine, Earl of Mar. Martial chuck, the soldier's campcomrade, female companion. Mashlum, mixed corn.

Mask, to mash, as malt, &c., to infuse.

Maskin-pat, teapot.
Maukin, a hare.

Maun, mauna, must, must not.
Maut, malt.

Mavis, the thrush.

Maw, to mow.

Mawin, mowing; maun, mowed;

maw'd, mowed.

Mawn, a small basket, without a

handle.

Meere, a mare.

Melancholious, mournful.

Melder, a load of corn, &c., sent to the mill to be ground.

Mell, to be intimate, to meddle;
also a mallet for pounding
barley in a stone trough.
Melvie, to soil with meal.
Men', to mend.

Mense, good manners, decorum.
Menseless, ill-bred, rude, impudent.
Merle, the blackbird.
Messin, a small dog.
Middin, a dunghill.

Middin-creels, dung-baskets, panniers in which horses carry

manure.

Moop, to nibble as a sheep.
Moorlan, of or belonging to moors.
Morn, the next day, to-morrow.
Mou, the mouth.
Moudiwort, a mole.

Mousie, diminutive of mouse.
Muckle, mickle, great, big, much.
Muses-stank, muses-rill, a stank,
slow-flowing water.

Musie, diminutive of muse. Muslin-kail, broth, composed simply of water, shelled barley, and greens; thin poor broth. Mutchkin, an English pint. Mysel, myself.

N.

Na', no, not, nor.
Nae, na, no, not any.
Naething, naithing, nothing.
Naig, a horse, a nag.
Nane, none.

Nappy, ale, to be tipsy.
Neebor, a neighbour.
Negleckit, neglected.

Neuk, nook.

Niest, next.

Nieve, nief, the fist.

Pint-stoup, a two-quart measure.
Plack, an old Scotch coin, the third
part of an English penny.
Plackless, pennyless, without money.
Plaidie, diminutive of plaid.
Platie, diminutive of plate.
Plew, pleugh, a plough.
Pliskie, a trick.

Plumrose, primrose.
Pock, a meal-bag.

Poind, to seize on cattle, or take the
goods as the laws of Scotland
allow, for rent, &c.
Poorteth, poverty.

Posie, a nosegay, a garland.
Pou, poud, to pull, pulled.
Pouk, to pluck.

Pouse, to pluck with the hand.
Poussie, a hare or cat.
Pout, a polt, a chick.
Pou't, did pull.
Poutherey, fiery, active.
Pouthery, like powder.
Pow, the head, the skull.
Pownie, a little horse, a pony.
Powther, pout her, gunpowder.
Preclair, supereminent.
Preen, a pin.

Prent, printing, print.
Prie, to taste; prie'd, tasted.
Prief, proof.

Prig, to cheapen, to dispute; priggin, cheapening.

Primsie, demure, precise.
Propone, to lay down, to propose.
Pund, pund o' tow, pound, pound
weight of the refuse of flax.
Pyet, a magpie.

Pyle, a pyle o' caff, a single grain of chaff.

Rief-randies, men who take the property of others, accompanied by violence and rude words. Rig, a ridge.

Rin, to run, to melt; rinnin', running.

Rink, the course of the stones, a

term in curling on ice. Rip, a handful of unthreshed corn. Ripples, pains in the back and loins, sounds which usher in death. Ripplin-kame, instrument for dressing flax.

Riskit, a noise like the tearing of

roots.

Rockin', a denomination for a

friendly visit. In former times young women met with their distaffs during the winter evenings, to sing and spin, and be merry; these were called "rockings."

Roke, distaff.

Rood, stands likewise for the plural, roods.

Roon, a shred, the selvage of wool

len cloth.

Roose, to praise, to commend.

Roun', round, in the circle of

neighbourhood.

Roupet, hoarse, as with a cold.
Row, to roll, to wrap, to roll as
water.

Row't, rolled, wrapped.
Rowte, to low, to bellow.
Rowth, plenty.
Rowtin', lowing.

Rozet, rosin.

Rumble-gumption, rough common

sense.

Run-deils, downright devils.
Rung, a cudgel.

Runt, the stem of colewort or cabbage.

Servan', servant.

Sets, sets off, goes away.

Settlin', settling; to get a settlin',

to be frightened into quietness. Shachlet-feet, ill-shaped. Shair'd, a shred, a shard. Shangan, a stick cleft at one end

for pulling the tail of a dog, &c., by way of mischief, or to frighten him away. Shank-it, walk it; shanks, legs. Shaul, shallow.

Shaver, a humorous wag, a barber. Shavie, to do an ill turn.

Shaw, to show; a small wood in a

hollow place.

Sheep-shank, to think one's self nae sheep-shank, to be conceited. Sherra-muir, Sheriff-muir, the famous battle of, 1715. Sheugh, a ditch, a trench, a sluice. Shiel-shealing, a shepherd's cottage. Shill, shrill.

Shog, a shock, a push off at one side. VOL. II.

Skelpin, skelpit, striking, walking rapidly, literally striking the ground.

Skinklin, thin, gauzy, scaltery.
Skirl, to cry, to shriek shrilly.
Skirling, shrieking, crying.
Skirl't, shrieked.

Sklent, slant, to run aslant, to deviate from truth.

Sklented, ran, or hit, in an oblique direction.

Skouth, vent, free action.
Skreigh, a scream, to scream, the

first cry uttered by a child. Skyrin, party-coloured, the checks of the tartan.

Skyte, a worthless fellow, to slide rapidly off.

Slade, did slide. Slae, sloe.

Slap, a gate, a breach in a fence.
Slaw, slow.

Slee, sleest, sly, slyest.
Sleekit, sleek, sly.

Sliddery, slippery.
Slip-shod, smooth shod.
Sloken, quench, slake.

Slype, to fall over, as a wet furrow from the plough.

Slypet-o'er, fell over with a slow reluctant motion.

Sma', small.

Smeddum, dust, powder, mettle,

sense, sagacity. Smiddy, smithy.

Smirking, good-natured, winking. Smoor, smoored, to smother, smothered.

Smoutie, smutty, obscene; smoutie phiz, sooty aspect. Smytrie, a numerous collection of small individuals. Snapper, mistake.

Snash, abuse, Billingsgate, impertinence.

Snaw, snow, to snow.

Snaw-broo, melted snow.
Snawie, snowy.

Sned, to lop, to cut off.
Sned-besoms, to cut brooms.
Sneeshin, snuff.

Sneeshin-mill, a snuff-box.

Snell, snelly, bitter, biting; snellest, bitterest.

Snick, the latchet of a door. Snick-drawing, trick, contriving. Shirt, snirtle, concealed laughter, to breathe the nostrils in a displeased manner.

Snool, one whose spirit is broken with oppressive slavery; to submit tamely, to sneak. Snoove, to go smoothly and constantly, to sneak.

Snowk, snowkit, to scent or snuff as a dog, scented, snuffed. Sodger, a soldier.

Sonsie, having sweet engaging looks, lucky, jolly.

Soom, to swim.

Souk, to suck, to drink long and enduringly.

Souple, flexible, swift.
Soupled, suppled.

Souter, a shoemaker.

Souther, to solder.

Sowens, the fine flour remaining

among the seeds of oatmeal made into an agreeable pudding.

Soup, a spoonful, a small quantity of anything liquid.

Sowth, to try over a tune with a low whistle.

Spae, to prophesy, to divine.
Spails, chips, splinters.

Spairge, to clash, to soil, as with