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FOW, FU, FOO, _s._ full; drunk.

FOY, _s._ an entertainment given by or to a person before
leaving home, or where he has been some time on a visit.

FOZY, _adj._ spongy; porous.

FRACTIOUS, _adj._ fretful; peevish.

FRAE, _prep._ from.

FREND, FREEN, FREEND, _s._ a relation.

FRESH, _s._ a slight flood after rain.

FREY, _s._ a tumult; a fray.

FUD, _s._ the tail of a hare or rabbit.

FUGIE, _s._ a coward.

To FUNK, _v. a._ to strike or kick behind, like a horse.
_In a funk,_ in a bad humour.

FUR, FURE, _s._ a furrow.

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_To_ GA, GAE, _v. n._ to go.

GAB, _s._ the mouth.

GABBY, _adj._ fluency or speech.

_To_ GAB, _v. n._ to prate; to mock.

GABERLUNGIE, GABERLUNZIE, _s._ a wallet that hangs by the
loins, such as is often used by beggars.

GAED, GAID, _pret_. went.

_To_ GAFFAW, _v. n._ laugh loud.

GAISLINE, _s._ a gosling, a young-goose.

GAIST, _s._ a ghost.

GAIT, GATE, _s._ a way; a street.

GAIT, _s._ a goat.

GANE, _part. pa._ gone.

_To_ GANG, _pret_. to go; to walk, in opposition to
riding.

GANGIN, _v. a._ going.

_To_ GANT, GAUNT, _v. n._ to yawn.

GAPUS, _s._ a fool; a silly fellow.

_To_ GAR, _v. a._ to make; to cause; to force.

GARRIN, _v. a._ making.

GARRON, GERRON, _s._ a small horse.

GART, GERT, _pret. of_ made.

GART, _pret. of_ Gar.

GARTEN, _s._ a garter.

_To_ GASH, _v. n._ to talk much and confidently; pert,
insolent talking.

GASH-GABBIT, _s._ with a projecting under-jaw.

GATE, _s._ road.

GAUCY, GAWSY, _s._ plump; jolly.

GAUCKIT, _adj._ stupid.

GAVEL, GAWL, _s._ the gable of a house.

_To_ GAW, _v. n._ to gall.

GAWD, _s._ a goad.

GAWKIE, GAWKY, _s._ a foolish gaping person.

GAWKIT, _adj._ foolish; giddy.

GAWN, _pret. of_ going.

GEAN, GEEN, _s._ a wild cherry.

GEAR, GERE, GEIR, _s._ goods.

GEAT, GETT, _s._ a child.

GEBBIE, _s._ the crop of a fowl.

GEE, pettish. _To tak the gee_, to become unmanageable.

GEY, GAY, _adj._ tolerable; pretty much. _A gey
wheen_, a considerable number.

GEILY, GEYLIES, _adj._ pretty well.

GENTY, _adj._ neat; genteel-looking; neatly formed.

GEORDIE, _s._ George.

GERS, GYRS, _s._ grass.

GEYEN, GEISIN, GIZZEN, _v. a._ to become leaky for want of
moisture.

GIBBLE-GABBLE, _s._ noisy confused talk among a party.

GIBE, _v. n._ to tease; to taunt.

GIE, _v. a._ to give.

GIEN, _pret. of_ given.

GIF, GYVE, _conj_. if.

GIFF-GAFF, _s._ mutual giving.

GILLIE, _s._ a page or attendant.

GILLIEPAGUS, _s._ a fool; a silly fellow.

GILPY, _s._ a roguish boy or frolicsome girl.

GILSE, _s._ a young salmon.

GIMMER, _s._ a ewe two years old.

GIMP, GYMP, JIMP, _adj._ slim; delicate; scanty.

GIMPLY, JIMPLY, _adv._ scarcely.

GIN, _conj_. if.

GIR, GIRD, GYRD, _s._ a hoop.

GIRDLE, _s._ a circular plate of malleable iron with a
handle, for toasting oaten bread, etc., over a fire.

_To_ GIRN, _s._ to grin.

GIRN, _s._ a snare for catching birds.

GIRNALL, GIRNELL, _s._ a large chest for holding meal.

GITE, _s._ crazy.

GLAIKIT, _adj._ light; giddy.

GLAMER, GLAMOUR, _s._ gipsies were formerly supposed
capable of casting a charm over the eyes of persons, and thus
making them see objects differently from what they really were.
_Cast the glamer o'er her_, caused deception of sight.

GLAR, GLAUR, _s._ mud; mire.

_To_ GLAUM, _v. a._ to grasp anything greedily.

GLAYMORE, _s._ a two-handed sword.

GLED, _s._ the kite, a bird of the hawk kind.

GLEEK, _v. a._ to gibe.

GLEG, _adj._ quick of perception.

_To_ GLEG, GLYE, GLEE, _v. n._ to squint.

GLEN, _s._ a hollow betwixt two hills.

_To_ GLENT, GLINT, _part. pa._ to glance.

GLEYD, _adj._ squint-eyed.

GLIB-GABBIT, _adj._ glib-tongued.

GLIFF, _s._ a sudden fright or alarm.

GLIMMER, _v. n._ to wink; to blink; to twinkle.

GLISK, _s._ a transient view.

GLOAMIN, _s._ twilight.

GLOCK, _s._ a gulp.

_To_ GLOUM, GLOOM, _v. n._ to frown.

_To_ GLOUR, GLOWR, _v. n._ to stare.

GLOUR, _s._ a broad stare.

GLU, _s._ a glove.

_To_ GLUDDER, _v. n._ to work in a dirty manner.

_To_ GLUNSH, _v. n._ to pout.

GOLACH, _s._ a beetle of any kind.

GOLDSPINK, GOUDSPINK, _s._ the goldfinch.

GOLK, GOWK, _s._ the cuckoo; a stupid fellow.

GOMRELL, _s._ a stupid fellow; a numskull.

GOOL, GULE, _adj._ yellow.

GORB, GORBET, GORBIE, _s._ a young bird.

GORMAND, _s._ a glutton.

GOUF, _s._ a stroke; a blow.

GOUD, GOULD, _s._ gold.

GOUPIN, GOWPIN, _s._ the hollow of the hand.

GOWAN, _s._ the wild mountain daisy. _Ewe-gowan_, the
common wild daisy.

GOWANY, _adj._ abounding with daisies.

GOWK, _s._ the cuckoo.

GOWK'S-ERRAND, _s._ a fool's errand.

GOWL, _s._ a hollow between two hills.

_To_ GOWL, _v. n._ to howl; to yell.

GOWP, _s._ a mouthful.

_To_ GOWP, _v. a._ to gulp.

GRAIP, _s._ a dung-fork.

_To_ GREEN, GREIN, _v. n._ to long for anything.

_To_ GREIT, GREET, _v. n._ to weep.

GREETING, _s._ weeping.

GRIEVE, _s._ an overseer.

GRILSE, _s._ a salmon not full grown.

GRIPPY, _adj._ disposed to defraud; to be quick at taking
advantage.

GRIST, _s._ fee paid to a mill for grinding any kind of
grain.

GROATS, _s._ oats with the husks taken off.

GROSET, GROSART, _s._ a gooseberry.

_To_ GROUE, GROWE, _v. n._ to shiver.

GROUSAM, GRUESOME, _adj._ frightful, uncomely.

GRUMPHIE, _s._ a vulgar name for a sow. People are said to
be _Grumphie_ when in a bad humour.

GRUTTEN, _part. pa._ of cried.

GRYCE, _s._ a pig.

GUD, GUDE, GUEED, _adj._ good. Frequently used for the name
of God, as _Gude forgie me_, God forgive me.

GUD-BRODER, GUD-BROTHER, _s._ brother-in-law.

GUD-DOCHTER, _s._ daughter-in-law.

GUD-SISTER, _s._ sister-in-law.

GUD-SYR, GUDSHER, _s._ a grandfather.

GUD-WIFE, _s._ 1. a wife; 2. a landlady.

GUDGIE, _adj._ short and stout.

GUFF, _s._ a vapour; a smell.

GUIDMAN, GUDEMAN, _s._ a proprietor of land; a farmer; a
husband.

_To_ GULLER, _v. n._ to guggle.

GULLY, _s._ a large knife.

GUMPTION, _s._ understanding.

GUSEHORN, GUISSERN, _s._ the gizzard.

GUSTY, _adj._ savoury.

GUTSY, _adj._ gluttonous.

_To_ GUTTER, _v. n._ to do anything in a dirty manner.

GUTTERS, _s. pl._ mire; mud; dirt.

GUTTY, _adj._ gross; thick--applied both to persons and
things.

GYISARD, GYSART, _s._ children who go from door to door
singing during the Christmas time. Masks are frequently used on
such occasions.

GYM, _adj._ neat and spruce.

_To_ GYS, _v. a._ to disguise.

GYTE, _adj._ foolish. _To gang gyte_, to act
extravagantly or foolishly.

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HA', _s._ a hall.

HAAFLANG, HAFLIN, _adj._ half-grown.

HAAR, _s._ a fog; a chill easterly wind.

_To_ HABBER, _v. n._ to stutter.

HA-BIBLE, _s._ a large family Bible.

HABBLE, _s._ a scrape; a perplexity.

HACK, _s._ a chop in the hands or feet.

_To_ HAE, _v._ to have.

HAE, _v. n._ to offer anything.

HAEIN, _s._ having.

HAENA, have not.

HALF-MERK-MARRIAGE, a clandestine marriage. From the price paid,
viz. a merk.

HAFFIT, _s._ the side of the head.

_To_ HAG, _v. a._ to hew wood.

HAGABAG, _s._ coarse table-linen.

HAGBUT, _s._ a kind of firearms used soon after the
discovery of gunpowder.

HAGGIES, HAGGIS, _s._ a pudding made of a lamb's maw,
lungs, heart, and liver, mixed with suet, onions, salt, pepper,
and oatmeal, and boiled in the stomach of a sheep.

HAILSOME, _adj._ wholesome; healthful.

_To_ HAIN, HANE, _v. a._ to spare; to save.

HAIR-MOULD, _s._ the mould which appears on bread.
_Hair-ryme_, hoar-frost.

HAIRST, _s._ harvest.

HAIRUMSKARUM, _adj._ harebrained.

_To_ HALD, _v. a._ to hold; to cease.

HALE, HAILL, _adj._ whole; unbroken.

HALF-MARROW, _s._ a husband or wife.

HALLACH'D, HALLAKET, _adj._ crazy, boisterous; extremely
frolicsome.

HALLANSHAKER, _s._ a sturdy beggar; a person of shabby
appearance.

HALLAN, HALLON, HALLOND, HALLIN, _s._ a mud wall in
cottages, extending from the front backwards, to shelter the
interior of the house from the draft of the door when open.

HALLOWE'EN, _s._ the evening before Allhallows.

HALLOKIT, _adj._ giddy; harebrained.

HALLOCK, _s._ a thoughtless, giddy girl.

HALS, HAWSE, _s._ the neck.

HALY, _adj._ holy.

HAME, HAIM, _s._ home.

HAMELY, _adj._ familiar; friendly.

HANDSEL, _s._ the first money received for goods; a gift on
the first Monday after New Year's Day.

HANDSEL-MONDAY, _s._ the first Monday of the new year.

HANK, _s._ a coil.

HANTLE, _s._ a considerable number.

_To_ HAP, _v. a._ to cover; to conceal.

HAP-STEP-AN'-LOUP, _v. a._ to hop, step, and leap.

HARIGALDS, _s._ the pluck of an animal.

HARN, _s._ coarse linen cloth made from the tow-hards.

HARNES, _s._ brains.

HASH, _s._ a sloven.

HASSOCK, HASSICK, _s._ a besom; a large round turf used as
a seat. HATE, HAIT, HAID, _s._ a whit; an atom; the
smallest bit of anything. _Fient a haid hae I i' the
house,_ I have not a particle of anything in the house.

HATHER, HEATHER, _s._ heath.

HAUGH, HAWCH, HAUCH, _s._ low-lying flat ground.

_To_ HAUP, _v. n._ to turn to the right, applied to
horses in the yoke. _He will neither haup nor wind,_ he
will neither turn to the right nor left; a stubborn man.

_To_ HAVERS, _v. n._ to talk foolishly.

HAVERS, _s._. foolish, incoherent talk, or idle talk.

HAVERIL, _s._ one who habitually talks idly.

_To_ HAWGH, _v. n._ to force up phlegm; to hawk.

HAWKIT, _adj._ having a white face--applied to cattle.

HAWKEY, _s._ a cow with a white face.

HAWSE, _s._ the throat.

HEARTSOME, _adj._ merry; light-hearted.

HEARTY, _adj._ cheerful; liberal.

HEATHER-BELLS, _s._ heath-bells.

HECH, _s._ an exclamation.

HECK, _s._ a rack for cattle.

_To_ HECKLE, _v. a._ to dress flax; to examine with
severity.

HEGH-HEY, HEIGH-HOW, an interjection expressive of languor or
fatigue.

HEIL, HEYLE, _s._ health; in health.

HEIS, HEESE, _v. a._ to lift up.

HEMPY, _s._ a rogue.

HENDER, _adj._ past; bygone. _Henderend,_ the back
end.

HEREAWAY, _adv._ in this quarter.

HERISON, _s._ a hedgehog.

HERRIE, _v. a._ to rob; to pillage.

HERRIE-WATER, _s._ a net made with meshes of a small size,
such as used by poachers.

HESP, _s._ a clasp; a book.

HET, _adj._ hot.

HETFUL, _adj._ hot; fiery.

HET-PINT, _s._ a hot beverage carried by persons to the
house of their friends early in the morning of New Year's Day,
composed of ale, whisky, and eggs.

HEUCH, HEUGH, _s._ a crag; a rugged steep.

HEUCK-BANE, _s._ the hackle-bone.

HIDDIL, HIDLINS, _adv._ secretly.

HILLIEGELEERIE, _adv._ topsy-turvy.

HILT AND HAIR, _adj._ the whole of anything.

HILTER-SKILTER, _adv._ in rapid succession.

HIMSEL, _part. pa._ of himself.

_To_ HIRD, _v. a._ to tend cattle or sheep.

HIRD, _s._ a shepherd; one who tends cattle.

_To_ HIRE, _v. a._ to let; to engage.

_To_ HIRPLE, _v. a._ to walk in a lame or waddling
manner.

HIRSELL, HIRSLE, _v. n._ to move forward resting on the
hams.

HISSIE, HIZZIE, _s._ a housewife.

HISSIESKIP, HUSSYFSKAP, _s._ the business of housewifery.

HIT, _pron_. It.

HITCH, _s._ a quick motion by a jerk.

HOAM'D, HUMPH'D, _part. adj_. fusty tasted.

HOBBLE, _s._ a scrape, or state of perplexity.

HOBBLEDEHOY, _s._ a stripling.

HOCUS, _s._ a stupid dull fellow.

HODDEN-GREY, _adj._ cloth made of wool in its natural
condition, and worn by the peasantry.

HODDIE, HOODIE, _s._ a carrion crow; also applied to the
black-headed or royster crow.

HOESHINS, _s._ stockings without feet.

HOG, _s._ a sheep before it has been shorn of its first
fleece.

HOGGERS, _s._ coarse stockings without feet, generally
worn over the shoes.

HOGMANAY, HOGMENAY, _s._ the last day of the year.

HOGRY-MOGRY, HUGGERY-MUGGERY _adj._ slovenly.

HOIF, HOUFF, _s._ a haunt; a place of concealment;
burying-ground.

_To_ HOIST, HOST, HOAST, _v. a._ to cough.

_To_ HOLK, HOUK, HOWK, _v. a._ to dig.

HOLL, HOWE, _s._ a hollow or deep place; concave.

HOLM, HOWN, _s._ the low level ground on the bank of a
river.

HOOLIE, _adj._ slowly; moderately.

HOP, HAP, _s._ a dance.

HORSE-COUPER, _s._ a horse-dealer.

HOSTELER, _s._ an innkeeper.

HOSTILAR, HOSTILLARIE, _s._ an inn.

_To_ HOTCH, _v. n._ to move the body by sudden jerks.

HOTCH-POTCH, _s._ broth made of lamb cut into small
pieces, accompanied with greens, carrots, turnips, green-peas.

HOW, a hollow.

HOWDY, _s._ a midwife.

HOWSOMEVER, _adv._ howsoever.

HOUP, _s._ hope.

HOWTOWDY, _s._ a hen that has never laid eggs.

HUBBILSCHOW, _s._ a tumult; a hubbub.

HUDGE-MUDGE, _adv._ clandestinely.

HULLION, _s._ a sloven.

HUMMEL-BEE, _s._ a drone bee.

_To_ HUNKER, _v. n._ to squat down upon one's hams.

HURCHEON, _s._ a hedgehog.

HURDIES, _s._ the buttocks.

_To_ HURDLE, _v. n._ to crouch.

_To_ HURKLE, _v. n._ to draw the body together.

HURRY-SCURRY, _s._ an uproar.

HY, _s._ haste.

HYNDER, _s._ hindrance.

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IDLESEST, _s._ the state of being idle.

IER-OE, _s._ a great-grandchild.

ILK, ILKA, ILKE, _adj._ each; every.

ILKA-DAY, _s._ a week-day.

ILL-AFF, _adj._ badly off.

ILL-DEEDY, _adj._ mischievous.

ILL-FARD, _adj._ ill-looking.

ILL-SAR'D, _adj._ ill-served; badly used.

ILL-WILLIE, ILL-WILLIT, _adj._ ill-natured.

IMMICK, _s._ an ant.

_To_ IMPLEMENT, _v. a._ to fulfil.

IN-BY, _adv._ the inner part of the house.

INCH, _s._ an island; a level plain.

INGAN, INGIN, _s._ onion.

INGLE, INGIL, _s._ fire.

INGLE-NOOK, _s._ the corner of the fireside.

INLYING, _s._ childbearing.

INTILL, _pret_. into; denoting entrance.

IRNE, AIRN, _s._ iron.

ISK! ISKIE! _interj_. a word used in calling a dog.

ITHER, _pron_. other.

IZIE, IZBEL, _s._ Isabella.

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_To_ JAG, _v. a._ to job.

JANET, _s._ Jess.

JANTY, _adj._ cheerful.

JAP, JAWP, _s._ a spot of mud.

JAPIT, _adj._ bespattered with mud.

JAW, JAWE, _s._ a wave; coarse raillery.

JEDDART, _s._ Jedburgh, a town of Roxburghshire.

JEDDART-JUSTICE, _s._ a legal trial after punishment has
been inflicted on the accused.

_To_ JEE, _v. n._ to move to one side.

_To_ JELOUSE, _v. n._ to suspect.

JENNY, _s._ Jess.

JIFFIE, _s._ a moment.

JILLET, _s._ a giddy girl.

JIMP, _s._ neat, slender.

JINK, _v. n._ the act of one eluding another.

JO, JOE, _s._ a sweetheart.

JOCK, JOCKIE, _s._ John.

JOCKTELEG, _s._ a clasp knife; a folding knife.

_To_ JOGILL, _v. n._ to jog; to move from side to
side.

JOG-TROT, _s._. to trot at a slow rate on horseback;
anything done in a slow manner.

_To_ JOUK, _v. n._ to bend down the body with a quick
motion so as either to elude the sight or a blow.

JOUKRY-PAWKRY, _s._ trickery; juggling.

JUGGS, JOUGS, JUGGES, _s. pl._ a kind of pillory, used on
the Borders, whereby criminals were fastened to a post on the
wall, with their necks enveloped in an iron collar.

JUPE, _s._ a kind of short mantle for a female.

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KAIL, KALE, _s._ common colewort.

KAIL-BROSE, _s._ raw meal placed in a basin with boiling
broth poured over it, and then stirred all together.

KAIL-RUNT, _s._ stem of colewort.

KAIM, _s._ a comb.

KAR-HANDED, _adj._ left-handed.

KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ a jack-daw.

KAYME, KAME, _s._ honeycomb.

KEBBUCK, CABBACK, _s._ a cheese.

KEGIE, _adj._ cheerful.

KEEK, KEIK, _v. n._ to look with a prying eye.

KEEK-BO, _s._ bo-peep.

KEEKING-GLASS, _s._ a mirror.

KEELIVINE, _s._ a blacklead pencil.

_To_ KEKKIL, KEKIL, _v. n._ to cackle; to laugh aloud.

KELL, KULL, _s._ a dress for a woman's head. _A caul_,
the hinder-part of a woman's cap.

KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, _s._ the spirit of the waters, who,
as is vulgarly believed, gives warning of those who are to be
drowned within the precincts of his beat. This is indicated by
preternatural noises and lights. He is supposed to appear in the
form of a horse. Many wonderful exploits are attributed to the
kelpie.

KELT, _s._ a salmon that has just spawned; a foul fish that
has not been in salt water.

KEMP, _s._ a champion.

KEMPIN, _s._ the act of striving on the harvest field.

_To_ KEN, _v. n._ to know.

KENNED, _part. pa._ of to know.

KENSPECKLE, _adj._ having so remarkable an appearance as to
be easily known.

KEP, KEPP, _v. a._ to intercept.

KICK, _s._ a novelty. _Kickshaw_, a new piece of
finery.

KILL, _s._ a kiln.

KILT, _s._ a short petticoat extending from the belly to
the knee, used by the Highlanders of Scotland instead of
breeches.

_To_ KILT, _v. a._ to tuck up.

KIMMER, _s._ a young woman.

KIN, _s._ kindred.

KINK, _s._ a violent fit of coughing, with suspension of
breathing.

KINKHOST, KINGCOUGH, _s._ the hooping-cough.

KINSCH, _s._ a loop made on a string or rope.

KIPPER, _s._ a salmon split open, salted, and dried.

KIRK, _s._ church; a body of Presbyterian Christians.

_To_ KIRK, _v. a._ to carry to church as a bride after
being married.

KIRN, _s._ a churn.

_To_ KIRN, _v. a._ to make a confused mass of
anything.

KIRN-MILK, _s._ butter-milk.

KIST, KYST, _s._ a chest; a coffin.

KISTING, _s._ the act of placing a corpse in a coffin.

KIT, _s._ the whole of a person's property.

KITCHEN, KITCHING, _s._ anything taken to bread, as meat,
cheese, or butter.

KITH, _s._ acquaintances, friends.

KITLING, _s._ a kitten.

KITTIE, KITTOCK, _s._ an immodest female.

_To_ KITTLE, _v. a._ to litter; to tickle; to puzzle;
to perplex.

KITTLIE, _adj._ itchy.

KITTY-WREN, _s._ the common wren.

KNACKETY, _adj._ self-conceited; small; trifling.

KNACKY, _adj._ quick at a reply or repartee.

KNAPPISH, _adj._ snappish; tart.

KNOCK, _s._ a clock.

KNOIT, NOYT, _s._ a sharp blow.

KNOW, KNOWE, NOW, _s._ a little hill; a hillock.

KNYFE, _s._ a hanger; a dagger; a cutlass.

KOBIL, _s._ a small boat.

KOWSCHOT, CUSHAT, _s._ the ringdove.

_To_ KRUYN, _v. n._ to murmur.

KY, KYE, _s. pl._ cows.

KYLE, _s._ a strait of the sea; a sound.

KYNRIK, _s._ a kingdom.

KYTE, _s._ the belly.

KYTIE, _s._ fat; big-bellied.

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LAB, _s._ a stroke; a blow; a lump.

_To_ LABOUR, _v. a._ to plough.

LACHTER, _s._ the whole eggs laid successively by a hen.

_To_ LACK, _v. a._ to slight.

LAD, _s._ a sweetheart

LADDIE, _s._ a boy, or young man.

LADE, LAID, _s._ a load.

LADE, LEAD, _s._ a mill course.

LAFE, LAVE, _s._ the rest.

LAIF, LAEF, _s._ a loaf.

LAIGH, LAYCHE, _adj._ low; flat.

LAIRD, LARDE, _s._ a person of superior rank; a landholder,
under the degree of a knight or squire.

LAIRDSHIP, _s._ a landed estate.

LAITH, _adj._ reluctant; unwilling.

LAITHFOW, _adj._ bashful.

_To_ LAMB, to yean.

LAMMER, LAMBER, _s._ amber. _Lammer beads and red
thread_, when together, were supposed to be a charm with
power to repel witchery in former times.

LAMPER, _s._ a tall woman.

LAMPET, LEMPET, _s._ the limpet, a testaceous shellfish
which adheres to rocks.

LAND, _s._ a house consisting of several stories, generally
including separate dwellings.

LAND O' THE LEAL, state of the blessed; heaven.

LAND-LOUPER, _s._ a person who shifts frequently from one
place of the country to another.

LANE, _adj._ alone; lone.

LANELY, _adj._ lonely.

LANESOME, _adj._ lonesome.

_To_ LANG, _v. n._ to long; to weary; to think long.

LANG-NEBIT, _adj._ long-nosed or long-billed.

LANG-RIN, _adv._ at length.

LANGSUM, _adj._ slow; tedious.

LANGSYNE, _adv._ long ago.

LANG-TONGUED, _adj._ babbling; given to tell secrets.

LAP, _pret._ leaped.

LAPPORED, _part. pa._ coagulated.

LARE, LERE, _s._ learning.

_To_ LARE, LERE, _v. a._ to teach; to learn.

LARICK, LAVROCK, _s._ a lark.

LASS, _s._ a sweetheart; a young woman.

_To_ LAT, _v. a._ to permit; to suffer; _to
lat-be_, to let alone.

LAWIN, LAWING, _s._ a tavern bill; money subscribed or paid
for drink.

LAW, _s._ a conical hill.

LEA, _s._ pasture land not ploughed.

LEA-LANG, _adj._ livelong; tedious; long in passing.

_To_ LEATHER, _v. a._ to lash; to flog.

LEDDIE, LEDDY, _s._ lady.

LEE, _adj._ lonely; fallow land.

LEE, _s._ a lie.

LEESOME, _adj._ pleasant.

LEEZE-ME, LEESE-ME, dear is to me--expressive of strong
affection or love.

_To_ LEG, _v. n._ to run.

LEG-BAIL, _s._ to run off.

LEGLIN, LAIGLIN, _s._ a milk-pail.

LEID, LEDE, LUID, _s._ a song; a lay.

LEIF, _adj._ willing.

LEIL, LEELE, LELE, _adj._ lawful; right.

LEISCH, _s._ a lash; a thong.

LEISTER, LISTER, _s._ a pronged instrument for striking
fish, generally used by poachers.

_To_ LEN, _v. a._ to lend.

_To_ LET-BE, _v. n._ to let alone.

LEUCH, LEUGH, _pret_. laughed.

_To_ LEUE, LUVE, _v. n._ to court; to make love.

LEVIN, s. lightning.

LEW-WARME, _adj._ tepid.

LIART, LYART, _adj._ having grey hairs intermixed.

LICHTER, LICHTARE, _part. pa._ delivered of a child.

LICHTS, _s. pl._ the lungs.

_To_ LICK, _v. a._ to strike; to beat.

LIFT, LYFT, _s._ the atmosphere; the sky.

LIGLAD, _s._ a confused noise of tongues; a deal of idle or
noisy talk.

LIKAND, _part_ pleasing.

LIKE-WAKE, _s._ the watching of a dead body.

LILT, _s._ a cheerful air.

_To_ LILT, _v. n._ to sing cheerfully and merrily;
lively music.

LILT-PYPE, _s._ a musical instrument, the upper part of
which was in the form of a flageolet, terminating below in a
kind of trumpet-shaped mouth.

LIMMAR, LIMMER, _s._ a scoundrel; a woman of loose manners.

LIN, LYN, _s._ a cataract; a waterfall,

_To_ LINK, _v. a._ to trot or walk smartly.

LINKS, _s. pl_ sandy barren ground.

LINTIE, _s._ the grey linnet.

_To_ LIPPEN, _v. n._ to expect; to place confidence
in.

LIPPIE, _s._ the fourth part of a peck.

LISK, LEESK, _s._ the groin.

LISTER, _s._ a fishing spear.

_To_ LITHE, _v. a._ to thicken; to render mellow; to
soften.

LITTLEANE, _s._ a child.

LOAN, LONE, LOANING, _s._ an opening between fields of corn;
lane; a narrow enclosed way.

LOCH, LOUCH, _s._ a lake.

LOCK, LOAKE, _s._ a small quantity.

LOGIE, KILLOGIE, _s._ a vacuity in a kiln for producing a
draft of air.

LOME, LOOM, (pronounced _Lume_,) _s._ a utensil of any
kind.

LOOT, LOUT, LOWT, _v. a._ to bow down the body; to make
obeisance.

LOSH! _n. a_. an exclamation of wonder.

_To_ LOUE, LOWE, LUVE, _v. a._ to love.

LOUN, LOWN, LOON, _s._ a tricky, worthless person; a boy.

LOUN'S-PIECE, _s._ the first slice of a loaf of bread.

LOUN, LOWNE, _adj._ sheltered; calm.

_To_ LOUNDER, _v. a._ to beat severely.

LOUNDIT, _part. pa._ beaten.

_To_ LOUP, _v. n._ to leap; to spring.

LOUPIN-AGUE, _s._ St. Vitus' dance.

LOUPIN-ON-STANE, _s._ a large stone, or flight of steps,
for assisting a person to leap on a horse easily.

LOW, _s._ a flame.

LOZEN, _s._ a pane of glass.

LUCKEN, _part. pa._ shut up; contracted.

LUCKIE, LUCKY, _s._ an elderly woman; a grandmother; the
mistress of an alehouse.

LUCK-PENNY, _s._ a sum given to a person who makes a
bargain.

LUESOME, _adj._ lovely; worthy of being loved; attractive
in manner or appearance.

LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, _s._ the palm of the hand.

LUG, _s._ the ear.

LUGGIE, _s._ a small wooden dish for holding meat or drink,
made of staves in the manner of a tub, with one of them
prolonged considerably above the others.

LUM, LUMB, _s._ a chimney.

LUM-HEAD, _s._ the chimney-top.

LUNCH, _s._ a large piece of anything, particularly applied
to something eatable.

LURE, _s._ the udder of a cow.

LUSTY, _adj._ beautiful; pleasant; of agreeable manners.

LYART-HAFFETS, _s._ grey hairs on the cheeks.

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MA, MAY, MAE, _adj._ more in number.

MAAD, MAWD, _s._ a shepherd's plaid.

MADGE, _s._ Magdalene.

_To_ MAE, _v. n._ to bleat.

MAGGS, _s._ a perquisite.

MAHOUN, _s._ Mahomet; the devil.

MAIDEN, _s._ an instrument formerly used for beheading
state prisoners, similar in its construction to the French
guillotine.

MAIK, _s._ a cant word for a halfpenny.

MAIL, _s._ tribute. _Black Mail_, a tax paid to
freebooters by heritors and tenants for the security of their
property.

MAILAN, MAILING, MALING, _s._ a farm.

MAIL-FREE, _adj._ without paying rent.

MAIN, _s._ moan.

MAINING, _adj._ moaning.

MAINS, _s._ the chief farm of an estate, generally that
which is attached to the mansion.

MAIST, _adj._ most.

MAISTER, _s._ a landlord; a designation given to the eldest
son of a baron.

MALISON, _s._ a curse.

MAMMIE, _s._ a childish term for mother.

MAN, _s._ a vassal; a husband; a male servant.

MAN, MAUN, _aux. v_. must.

MANE, _s._ lamentation.

MANGLE, _s._ a calender.

_To_ MANGLE, _v. a._ to calender linen or other
clothes.

MANSE, _s._ a parsonage house, the house of a minister.

_To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v_. to perjure.

_To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._ to stammer.

MARCHE, _s._ a landmark.

MARK, MERK, _s._ a pound of thirty-two ounces.

MARK, MIRK, _adj._ dark.

MARROW, _s._ a companion; a married partner.

MARROWLESS, _adj._ matchless.

MART, MARTE, MAIRT, _s._ a cow or ox killed for winter's
use.

_To_ MASK, _v. a._ to catch in a net; to infuse.

MAUK, _s._ a maggot.

MAUKIN, _s._ a hare.

MAUMIE, _adj._ mellow.

MAUCHLESS, MAUCHTLESS, _adj._ feeble; inactive.

MAW, _s._ a sea-gull.

MAWKISH, _adj._ spiritless; actionless; slow.

MAWT, _s._ malt.

MAY, _s._ a maid; a virgin.

MEDE, _s._ a meadow.

MEIKLE, MEKYL, MUCKLE, _adj._ great.

MELL, _s._ a maul.

MELT, _s._ milt.

MENDS, _s._ atonement.

_To_ MENE, MEANE, MEYNE, _v. a._ to bemoan.

MENSK, MENSE, _s._ dignity of demeanour; discretion.

MENSKFUL, _adj._ manly; moderate; discreet; mannerly.

MERE, _s._ a boundary; a limit; the sea.

MERK, _s._ an ancient Scottish silver coin, value thirteen
shillings and fourpence Scotch money, or thirteen pence and
one-third of a penny sterling.

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