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MERLE, _s._ a blackbird.

MERRY-BEGOTTEN, _s._ an illegitimate child.

MERRY-DANCERS, _s._ the Aurora Borealis.

MES. _s._ mass. _Mes_ or _Mass John_, a name of
derision for a parish minister.

MESSAN, _s._ a small mongrel dog.

MET, METT, _s._ measure.

MEVIS, _s._ a thrush.

MICHTIE, _adj._ of high rank; stately; haughty.

MICK, _s._ Michael.

MIDDEN, _s._ a dunghill.

MILK-SYTH, _s._ a milk strainer.

MILL, MULL, _s._ a snuff-box made of a horn.

MILL-LADE, MILL-LEAD, _s._ a mill-course.

MIM, _adj._ prim; demure; prudish.

MIM-MOU'D, _adj._ soft of speech; bashful.

_To_ MIND, _v. n._ to remember; to recollect.

MINNIE, MINNY, _s._ mother.

MIRK, MYUK, MARK, _adj._ dark.

MIRLYGOES, _s. pl._ when persons see indistinctly they are
said to be in the _Mirlygoes_.

MISCALL, MISCA', _v. a._ to call hard uames.

MISCHANTER, _s._ misfortune; mishap.

_To_ MISKEN, _v. n._ not to recognise.

_To_ MISTROW, _v. a._ to suspect; to mistrust.

_To_ MISTRYST, _v. a._ to break an engagement.

MITTENS, _s. pl._ woollen gloves.

MIXTIE-MAXTIE, _adj._ in a state of confusion.

_To_ MODERATE, _v. n._ to preside in an ecclesiastical
court.

MODERATOR, _S_. he who presides in an ecclesiastical court.

MODYWART, MODEWORT, _s._ a mole.

MOLLIGRANT, MOLLIGRUBS, whining, complaining.

MONY, _adj._ many.

_To_ MOOL, _v. a._ to crumble.

MORN, MORNE, _s._ to-morrow. _The morn_, to-morrow.

_To_ MORTIFY, _v. a._ to give in mortmain.

MOSS-TROOPERS, _s._ banditti.

MOTHERWIT, _s._ common sense.

MOW, _s._ the mouth.

_To_ MUCK, _v. a._ to carry out dung.

_To_ MUDDLE, _v. n._ to be busy without making
progress at a trifling work.

_To_ MUDGE, _v. n_, to stir; to budge.

MUIR, _s._ a heath.

MULIN, MULOCK, _s._ a crumb.

MULTURE, MOUTUR, _s._ the fee for grinding corn.

MUNDS, MUNS, _s._ the mouth.

MURRION, MURREON, _s._ a helmet.

MUTCH, _s._ a cap for a female.

MUTCHKIN, _s._ an English pint,

MY-CERTE, by my faith.

MYSCHANCY, _adj._ unlucky.

MYSELL, _s._ myself.


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NA, NAE, _adv._ no; not.

NA, NE, _conj_. neither; nor,

NACHET, NACKET, _s._ an insignificant person. _A little
nacket_, one of very diminutive size,

NAIG, _s._ a stallion; a riding horse,

NAIPRIE, _s._ table linen.

NANCY, NANNIE, _s._ Agnes.

NANE, _adj._ no; none.

NATHING, NAETHING, _s._ nothing.

NAYSAY, _s._ a refusal.

NEAR-GAWN, NEAR-BE-GAWN, _adj._ niggardly.

NEB, _s._ the bill of a fowl.

NEEBORS, _s._ neighbours.

NEER-DO-WEIL, _s._ a never-do-well.

NEFFIT, _s._ a pigmy; a very diminutive thing.

_To_ NEIFFER, NIFFER, _v. a._ to exchange.

NEIPCE, _s._ a granddaughter.

NEIRS, _s. pl._ the kidneys.

NEIST, NIEST, _adj._ next; nearest.

NEIVE, NEIF, _s._ the fist.

NEVEW, NEVO, NEVOW, _s._ a nephew.

NEWFANGLED, fond of new things or persons.

_To_ NICHER, _v. n._ to neigh; a loud coarse laugh.

NICHT, _s._ night. _The nicht_, tonight.

NICHTFA, _s._ twilight.

NICK-NACK, _s._ a gim-crack; small wares.

NIP, _s._ a small bit of anything.

_To_ NIP, _v. a._ to carry off cleverly; to pinch.

NIPPIT, _adj._ niggardly

NO, _adv._ not.

NOB, _s._ a knob.

NOCHT, _s._ nothing.

NOLT, NOUT, _s._ black cattle; a stupid vulgar fellow.

NOO, _s._ now; at the present.

NOR, _conj_. than.

NORLAN, NORLAND, _adj._ belonging to the north country.

NORYSS, _s._ nurse.

NOUTHER, NOWTHIR, _conj_. neither.

NUIK, _s._ the corner.


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OE, OYE, _s._ a grandson.

OERCOME, OURCOME, _s._ the overplus.

OHON! _interj_. alas!

OMNE-GATHERUM, _s._ a miscellaneous collection; an
incongruous mass.

ONCOME, _s._ a fall of rain or snow.

ONGOINGS, _s. pl._ procedure.

ONKEND, _part. adj_. unknown.

ONSTEAD, _s._ the building on a farm.

ONY, _adj._ any.

OO, _s._ wool.

OORIE, OURIE, OWRIE, _adj._ chill; bleak; having the
sensation of cold.

OR, _conj_. lest; than.

OR, _adv._ before, as _Or this_, before this time;
rather than, _Or than_, before then.

ORROW, ORA, _adj._ unmatched; not used.

ORROWS, _s. pl._ supernumerary articles.

OSTLEIR, OSTLER, _s._ an innkeeper.

OTHIR, OTHERE, ODYR, _adj._ other.

OUER, _prep._ over.

OULK, OWLK, _s._ a week.

OUR, OURE, OUER, OWRE, _prep_, over, beyond; denoting
excess.

OURGAE, OURGANG, _v. a._ to overrun; exceed; to surpass.

OUR-RAUGHT, _pret_. overtook.

_To_ OURSET, _v. a._ to overcome; to overpower.

OURTILL, _prep_, above; beyond.

OUSEN, _s._ oxen.

OUT-ABOUT, _adv._ out of doors.

OUTBREAKING, OUTBREKIN, _s._ eruption of the skin.

OUT-BY, _adv._ out of doors; abroad.

OUTFALL, _s._ a contention.

OUTGAIT, OUTGATE, _s._ a way of egress; escape from any
kind of hardship.

OUTGANE, _part. pa._ elapsed.

OUTLAY, _s._ expenditure.

OUT-OUR, OUT-OWRE, _adv._ over.

OUTSHOT, _s._ a projection.

OUTSPECKLE, _s._ a laughing-stock.

OUTSPOKEN, _s._ free of speech; undisguised in
conversation or opinion.

OUTSTRIKING, s. an eruption.

OUTWAILE, OUTWYLE, _s._ the refuse.

_To_ OUTWAIR, _v. a._ to expend.

OUTWITH, _prep_, without; on the outer side or exterior;
outwards; out from.

OVERLY, _adj._ careless.

OWKLY, _adj._ weekly.

OXTAR, OXTER, _s._ the armpit.


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PACKMAN, _s._ a pedlar.

PADDOCK-STOOL, _s._ a toad-stool; agaricus in general.

PAFFLE, _s._ a small landed estate.

PAFFLER, _s._ a farmer of a small estate.

_To_ PAIK, _v. a._. to beat; to drub.

PAIKER, _s. a causey-paiker_, a street-walker.

PAILIN, PAILING, _s._ a fence of stakes.

PAINCHES, _s._ tripe.

PALAVER, _s._ idle talk.

_To_ PALE, _v. a._ to make an incision in cheese to
try its quality.

PALLACH, _s._ a porpoise; a lusty person.

PAND, _s._ a pledge.

PAN-KAIL, _s._ broth made of cole-worts, thickened with
oatmeal.

PANNEL, _s._ one brought to the bar of a court for trial.

PAP-O'-THE-HASS, s. uvula.

PAPE, PAIP, _s._ the pope.

PAPEJAY, PAPINGAY, _s._ a parrot.

PARITCH, PARRITCH, _s._ hasty-pudding; oatmeal and water
boiled together.

PARROT-COAL, _s._ cannel coal which burns clearly.

PARTAN, _s._ the common edible crab.

PARTICATE, _s._ a rood of land.

PARTRICK, PATRICK, _s._ a partridge.

PAT, _pret_. of put.

_To_ PATTER, _s._ to mutter uninterruptedly.

PATTLE, PETTLE, _s._ a stick wherewith a ploughman clears
away the earth which adheres to his plough.

PAUK, _s._ art; wile.

PAUKY, _adj._ sly; artful.

PAWMIE, _s._ a stroke on the hand with the ferula.

PAWN, _s._ a narrow curtain fixed to the roof or bottom
part of a bed.

PAY, _s._ a drubbing.

PAYS-EGGS, _s. pl._ eggs boiled in dye of various colours,
and given to children to amuse themselves during Easter.

PEARIE, _s._ a pegtop in the shape of a pear.

PEARLIN, _s._ a species of thread lace.

_To_ PECH, _v. n._. to puff; to pant.

PEEL, PEIL, _s._ a place of strength; a Border tower.

_To_ PEENGE, PINGE, _v. n._ to whine; to complain.

PEESWEIP, PEEWEIP, _s._ the lapwing.

PEG, _s._ a stroke.

_To_ PEG OFF or AWAY, _v. n._ to run off quickly.

PENCH, PENCHE, _s._ the belly. _Penches_, tripe.

PEND, _s._ an archway.

PENDICLE, _s._ a small piece of ground.

PENNIE-BRYDAL, PENNY-WEDDING, _s._ a wedding at which those
who attend pay money for their entertainment.

PENNYSTANE, _s._ a flat stone used as a quoit.

PEPE, PEEP, _s._ the chirp of a bird.

PERJINK, _adj._ precise.

PERNICKITIE, _adj._ precise in trifles.

_To_ PETTLE, _s._ to fondle.

_To_ PEW, PEU, _v. n._ the mournful sound emitted by
birds.

PHILIBEG, _s._ See FILIBEG.

_To_ PHRASE, FRAISE, _v. n._ to boast; to wheedle.

PIBROCH, _s._ a Highland air of a martial character.

PICKLE, PUCKLE, _s._ a grain of seed; a small quantity.

PIG, PYG, _s._ an earthen vessel.

PIGS, PYGS, _s. pi._ earthenware.

PIK, PICK, _s._ pitch.

PILK, _v. a._ to pilfer.

_To_ PINGLE, _v. a._ to labour with assiduity.

_To_ PINK, _v. n._ to glimmer with the eyes half
contracted.

PINNER, _s._ a female head-dress, with long lappets pinned
to the temples and reaching to the bosom, where they were
fastened.

PIRN, _s._ a reed or quill. _To wind him a pirn_, to
make him repent of what he has done.

PIT AND GALLOWS, _s._ an ancient baronial privilege, by
which they had on their ground a pit to drown women and a
gallows to hang men.

PLACK, PLAK, _s._ a small copper coin formerly in use, the
value of the third part of a penny sterling.

PLACKLESS, _adj._ moneyless.

PLAID, _s._ an outer covering, of an oblong square shape,
of different coloured stripes, worn by the Highlanders.

PLAIDEN, PLAIDING, _s._ coarse tweeled woollen cloth.

PLAINSTONES, _s. pl._ the pavement or flags.

_To_ PLASH, _v. n._ to make a noise by the dashing of
water.

_To_ PLAT, PLET, _v. a._ to plait.

PLAYFAIR, _s._ a toy.

PLEY, PLEYE, _s._ a debate; a quarrel.

_To_ PLENISH, PLENYS, _v. a._ to furnish a house.

PLENISHING, _s. pl._ household furniture.

PLEUCH, PLEUGH, _s._ a plough.

PLEUGH-GANG, _s._ as much land as can be tilled by means
of a single plough.

PLISKIE, s. a mischievous trick.

PLOY, _s._ a harmless frolic.

_To_ PLOT, _v. a._ to scald.

PLOUKE, PLOUK, _s._ a pimple.

PLOUKIE-FACED, _adj._ having a pimpled face.

_To_ PLOUTER, _v. a._ to make a noise among water.

PLUFFY, _adj._ flabby; chubby.

PLUMB-DAMES, _s._ a Damascene plum.

PLUMP, _adj._ a heavy shower of rain without wind.

PLUNK, _v. n._ the sound made by a stone or other
substance thrown into water.

PLY, _s._ a plait; a fold.

PODLIE, _s._ the fry of the coal fish.

_To_ POIND, POYND, _v. a._ to distrain.

POLICY, POLLECE, _s._ a demesne.

POORTITH, _s._ poverty.

PORRINGER, _s._ a small round earthenware jug with a
handle.

PORTIONER, _s._ a person who possesses part of a property
which has been divided among co-heirs.

POSE, POIS, POISE, _s._ hidden treasure.

POURIN, _s._ a small quantity of anything liquid.

POUT, _s._ a young fowl.

_To_ POUT, POUTEN, _v. n._ to poke or stir with a
long pole or stick.

POW, _s._ the head.

_To_ PREE, _v. a._ to taste.

PREEN-COD, _s._ a pin-cushion.

PREIN, PRIN, _s._ a pin.

PRESERVES, _s. pl._ spectacles which magnify but little.

PRETTY, _adj._ having a handsome face.

PRICKMADAINTY, _s._ a person who is finical in dress or
carriage, particularly a small person.

PRIDEFOW, _adj._ proud; conceited.

_To_ PRIG, _v. n._ to haggle; to beat down in price.

_To_ PRINK, _v. a._ to deck; to prick.

_To_ PRINKLE, _v. n._ to thrill; to tingle.

PROCURATOR, _s._ a barrister or advocate.

PROG, PROGUE, _s._ a sharp point.

PROP, _s._ an object placed up to be aimed at.

_To_ PROPONE, _v. a._ to propose.

PROSPECT, _s._ a telescope.

PROVOST, _s._ the mayor of a royal burgh.

PUBLIC-HOUSE, _s._ a tavern or inn.

PUDDENFILLER, _s._ a glutton.

PUIR, PURE, _adj._ poor.

PUIRLIE, _adj._ humbly; unwell.

_To_ PUNCH, _v. a._ to jog with the elbow.

PURPOSE-LIKE, _adj._ seemingly well qualified for anything;
well clad.

_To_ PUT-UPON, to impose upon; to take advantage of
another's weakness.

_To_ PUT, _v. n._ to throw a heavy stone with the
hand raised over the head.

PUTTING-STONE, _s._ a heavy stone used in the game of
putting.

PYAT, PYOT, _s._ a magpie.

PYGS, _s. pl._ crockery ware; earthenware.


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QUAICH, QUEYCH, QUEGH, _s._ a small shallow drinking cup,
made of wood or silver, with two ears.

QUEET, CUTE, _s._ the ankle.

QUEINT, QUENT, _adj._ curious; wonderful.

QUENT, AQUENT, _adj._ acquainted; familiar.

QUEY, _s._ a two-year-old cow.

QUEYN, QUEAN, QUINE, _s._ a young woman.

QUHAIP, QUHAUP, WHAAP, _s._ a curlew.

_To_ QUHEMLE, WHUMMIL, _v. a._ to turn upside down.

_To_ QUHID, WHEED, _v. a._ move quickly.

QUHILK, _pron_. which; who.

QUHIRR, _v. n._ to make a sound like the wings of a
partridge or grouse in the act of flying.

QUHITRED, QUHITTRET, _s._ a weasel.

QUHYNE, QUHENE, WHEEN, _adj._ a few.


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RA, RAE, _s._ a roe deer.

RACHE, _s._ a lurcher, or dog that finds and pursues his
prey by the scent.

RACK, _s._ a shelved frame fixed to the wall for holding
plates.

RACKLE-HANDED, _adj._ careless; rash.

RADE, RAID, _s._ an invasion; a violent attack.

RAIK, _s._ a single carrying of a thing from one place to
another.

_To_ RAIL, _v. n._ to jest.

RAIP, _s._ a rope.

RAISED, _adj._ excited; maddened.

RAIVEL, _s._ a rail.

RAMFEEZLED, _part. adj_. exhausted, fatigued.

RAMMER, _s._ a ramrod.

_To_ RAMPAGE, _v. n._ to prance about in a furious
manner, as exemplified in passion.

RAM-STAM, _adj._ forward; rash; thoughtless.

RANDY, RANDIE-BEGGAR, _s._ a beggar who endeavours to
obtain alms by means of threats; a female scold.

RANDY, _adj._ quarrelsome.

RANTLE-TREE, _s._ a tall raw-boned person.

RAPEGYRNE, _s._ the ancient name given to the little
figure made of the last handful of grain in the harvest-field,
now called the maiden.

RAPLACH, RAPLOCH, _s._ coarse, homespun, undyed woollen
cloth.

RASCH, RASH, _s._ a rush.

RASHY, _adj._ beset with rushes.

RATH, _adj._ strange or savage in aspect.

RATTAN, ROTTEN, _s._ a rat.

RAUCHAN, _s._ a plaid worn by men, formerly made of grey
undyed wool.

RAUN, RAWN, _s._ roe of a fish.

RAUCLE, _adj._ rash.

_To_ RAVE, _v. a._ to plunder by violence.

RAW, _adj._ damp; chill.

RAW, _s._ a row or rank.

_To_ RAX, _v. n._ to extend the limbs; to stretch
them.

RAY, REE, _adj._ mad; wild.

REAM, REYME, _s._ cream.

REAMING-FULL, _adj._ full to the lip or brim.

REAVER, _s._ robber.

REBALD, _s._ a low contemptible fellow.

_To_ REBUT, _v. a._ to repulse.

RED, _s._ riddance.

_To_ RED, REDE, _v. a._ to counsel; to disentangle.

REDDIN-STRAIK, _s._ the blow which persons frequently
receive on attempting to separate those who are fighting.

_To_ RED-UP, _part. adj._ to put in order.

RED-WUD, _adj._ in a violent passion; furious.

REEK, REIK, _s._ smoke.

REEL, _s._ a Scottish dance generally performed by two
males and two females.

REEL-RALL, _adj._ topsy-turvy.

_To_ REESE, _v. a._ to extol.

REIF, REFE, _s._ the itch.

REIKIE, _adj._ smoky.

_To_ REIK-OUT, _v. a._ to fit out or dress out.

_To_ REIST, _v. a._ to dry by exposure to the heat of
the sun, or in a chimney.

_To_ RENG, RING, _v. n._ to reign.

_To_ RESETT, _v. a._ to harbour; to receive stolen
goods.

_To_ REST, _v. n._ to be indebted.

_To_ RETOUR, _v. a._ to return.

RIBBLE-RABBLE, _adj._ disordered.

RICKLE, RICKILL, _s._ a heap. _A rickle o' banes_, a
person who is very meagre.

RIFE, RYFE, _adv._ plentiful.

RIFF-RAFF, _s._ the rabble.

_To_ RIFT, _v. n._ to belch.

RIGGING, _s._ the ridge of a house.

RIN, _v. n._ run.

_To_ RIND, RYNDE, _v. a._ to melt fat by the heat of
the fire.

RINGE, _s._ a whisk made of heath.

RINGLE-EE'D, RYNGIT, _adj._ having a great quantity of
white seen round the irides of the eves.

RINO, _s._ ready money.

_To_ RIPE, RYPE, _v. a._ to search a person.

_To_ RIPPLE, _v. a._ to separate the seed of flax from
the stalks.

RIPPLIN-CAME, _s._ a flax-comb.

RISE, RYSS, _s._ a small twig.

RIVE, _s._ rent; tear.

ROCKLAY, ROKELY, _s._ a short cloak worn by females.

RODEN, ROWEN, _s._ the fruit of the mountain ash.

RODEN-TREE, ROWAN-TREE, _s._ the mountain ash.

ROID, ROYD, _adj._ rude; severe.

ROLLOCHIN, _adj._ lively: free-spoken.

_To_ ROOSE, RUSE, _v. a._ to extol.

ROSET, _s._ rosin.

ROSIE, _s._ Rose--a Christian name.

ROSIGNELL, _s._ a nightingale.

ROUNG, RUNG, _s._ a cudgel.

ROUP, ROOP, _s._ hoarseness.

_To_ ROUP, to cry aloud; to shout; to sell by auction.

ROUSTY, ROOSTY, _adj._ rusty.

_To_ ROUT, _v. n._ to bellow.

ROUTH, ROWTH, _s._ plenty.

_To_ ROW, _v. a._ to roll.

ROYED, _adj._ wild.

ROYSTER, _s._ a freebooter.

RUCK, _s._ a heap of corn.

RUDE, _adj._ strong; stout.

_To_ RUG, _v. a._ to tear.

RULLION, _s._ a shoe made of untanned leather; a coarse
masculine female.

RUM, _adj._ excellent.

RUMGUMPTION, RUMMILGUMPTION, _s._ common sense.

_To_ RUMMIL, _v. n._ to make a noise.

RUMPLE, RUMPILL, _s._ the rump; the tail.

RUND, ROON, _s._ a border; a selvage.

RUNT, _s._ the stalk of colewort or cabbage; term applied
to an old disagreeable woman.

RUSKIE, _s._ a basket made of twigs.

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SAB, _v. n._ to sob.

SAD, _adj._ grave; heavy.

SAE, _adv._ so.

SAELIKE, SALIKE, _adj._ of the same kind, similar.

SAFT, _adj._ soft.

SAFTLY, _adv._ lightly; softly.

SAILYE, _s._ assault.

SAIP, _s._ soap.

SAIR, _adj._ sore; a sore; a wound.

_To_ SAIR, _v. a._ to satisfy; to serve.

SAIRHEAD, _s._ a headache.

SAIRING, _s._ as much as satisfies one.

SAIRLY, _adv._ sorely.

SAL, _v. defective_, shall.

SAND-BLIND, _adj._ being very short-sighted, as is often
the case with people with very fair hair.

SANDY, _s._ Alexander.

SANG, _s._ a song; also the past of sing.

SAP, _s._ liquid of any kind taken to solids.

SAPS, _s._ bread soaked or boiled in ale, or wine and
water.

SARK, _s._ a shirt, frequently applied to the shift of a
female.

SAUCH, SAUGH, _s._ the willow tree.

_To_ SAUCH, SOAGH, _v. n._ to emit a rustling or
whistling sound, like the wind in a narrow pass.

SAUL, SAWL, _s._ soul.

SAULLESS, _adj._ destitute of soul.

SAULLIE, SAULIE, _s._ a hired mourner, such as go in front
of a hearse.

SAUT, _s._ salt.

SAUT-FOOT, _s._ a salt-cellar.

_To_ SAW, _v. a._ to sow.

SCAIL, _s._ a kind of tub.

SCANT, _s._ scarce.

SCANTY, _s._ scarcity.

SCANTLINGS, _s. pl._ small pieces of wood tying the
rafters together.

SCAMP, _s._ a cheat.

SCAPE, _s._ a bee-hive.

SCAR, SCAIR, SCAUR, _s._ a bare place on the side of a
hill from which the soil has been washed off.

_To_ SCART, _v. a._ to scratch.

SCART, _s._ a scratch.

SCHACHLED, _adj._ crooked; unseemly.

SCHANK, _s._ the leg.

SCHAVE, SHEAVE, SHEEVE, _s._ a slice of anything, such as
bread, etc.

SCHAW, _s._ a grove or thicket; a shadowy place.

SCHEL, _s._ a shed for sheep.

_To_ SCHERE, _v. n._ to divide.

SCHILL, _adj._ shrill.

SCHOAG, SHOG, _v. a._ to move backwards and forwards.

SCHOGGLE, _v. a._ to shake.

SCHONE, SHOONE, _s. pl._ shoes.

SCHULE, SHUIL, SHOOL, _s._ a shovel.

_To_ SCHUTE, _v. a._ to push.

SCLAITE, SKLAIT, _s._ slate.

SCLATCH, _s._ a lubberly lazy fellow.

_To_ SCLENT, SKLENT, _v. n._ to slope.

ASCLENT, _adv._ obliquely.

SCON, _s._ a flat cake, made of barley meal or flour.

SCREED, _s._ a harangue.

_To_ SCREED, SKREED. _v. a._ to rend in pieces.

_To_ SCREIGH, SKREIGH, _v. n._ to shriek.

SCRIMP, _adj._ narrow; scanty.

SCROOFF, SCRUFF, a thin crust.

SCRYMMAGE, _s._ a skirmish.

_To_ SCUG, _v. a._ to shelter.

SCULDUDRY, has an illusion to a breach of chastity.

SCULL, _s._ a shallow basket.

SCUM, _s._ a mean greedy fellow.

_To_ SCUNNER, _v. n._ to loathe; to shudder in
disgust.

_To_ SCUTLE, _v. a._ to spill from carelessness.

SEAM, used in respect to any sort of needlework.

SEATH, SYTHE, _s._ the coal-fish.

SEGG, _s._ the yellow flower-de-luce.

SEKER, SICKER, _adj._ firm.

SEMPILL, SYMPILL, _adj._ low-born.

SEN, _conj_. since; seeing.

SENSYNE, since that time.

SERD, SAIRD, _pret_. served.

SERGE, _s._ a sieve.

SESSION, _s._ the consistory, or parochial eldership in
Scotland.

SESSION-HOUSE, _s._ a vestry.

_To_ SET, _v. a._ to let; to become--as, _He sets
his rank well_.

SHACHLED, _adj._ crooked; unseemly.

SHACKLE-BANE, _s._ the wrist.

SHAFT, _s._ a handle.

_To_ SHAK-A-FA', _v. a._ to wrestle.

SHAKE-DOWN, _s._ a temporary bed made on the floor.

_To_ SHAMBLE, _v. n._ to make a wry mouth.

_To_ SHANK, _v. a._ to travel on foot.

SHARNE, SHERNE, _s._ the dung of cattle.

SHAVER, _s._ a wag.

SHAWS, _s. pl_ the foliage of esculent roots.

SHEAL, SHIELLING, _s._ a hut or residence for shepherds or
fishermen.

_To_ SHEAL, _v. a._ to take the husks off pulse, etc.

SHEELINS, _s. pl_ the husks of grain.

_To_ SHEAR, _v. a._ to reap; to cut down corn.

SHEARER, _s._ one employed in reaping corn.

SHEARIN, _s._ the act of cutting corn.

SHELTIE, _s._ a very small horse.

SHEUCH, _s._ a furrow.

_To_ SHEUCH, _v_. to place plants in the earth before
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_To_ SHEVEL, _v. a._ to distort.

SHILFA, _s._ the chaffinch.

SHILPIE, SHILPIT, _adj._ weak; insipid; sickly looking:
thin.

SHILLINGS, SHEELINS, _s. pl_ the outermost husks of grain.

_To_ SHIMMER, _v. n._ to shine.

SHINTY, _s._ a stick with a crooked end, used as a club
for playing a game with a ball called Shinty.

_To_ SHOOT, _v. n._ to push.

_To_ SHOWL, _v. n._ to distort the mouth or face.

_To_ SHUE, _v. a._ to drive away any animals by
making a noise.

SIB, _adj._ related by blood: consanguineous.

SIBMAN, _s._ a near relation.

SIBNES, _s._ propinquity; nearness of relationship.

SIC, SICK, SIK, _adj._ such; in the same manner.

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SICKEN, _adj._ such kind of.

SICKERLY, _adv._ firmly.

SICKLIKE, _adj._ of the same kind.

SIDE, SYDE, _adj._ a long low-hanging dress.

SIDLINGS, SIDELINS, _adv._ placed side by side.

SILDER, SILLER, _s._ silver.

SILLY, weak from ill health; weak in mind.

SIMMER, SYMER, _s._ summer.

SIMPELL, SEMPLE, _adj._ low-born; poor in circumstances.

SIND, SEIN, SYND, _v. a._ the last water used in washing
clothes.

_To_ SINDER, _v. a._ to sunder.

SINDRY, _adj._ sundry; in a disjoined state.

SINGIT-LIKE, _adj._ miserable-looking; puny.

SINCESYNE, _adv._ since that time.

_To_ SIPE, SEIP, _v. n._ to ooze.

_To_ SIST, _v. a._ to delay or stop proceedings.

_To_ SKAIL, SKALE, _v. a._ to dismiss; to spill.

SKAITH, _s._ hurt; damage.

_To_ SKAUDE, _v. a._ to scald.

SKEELY, _adj._ skilful.

SKEICH, SKEIGH, _adj._ apt to be startled; proud; shy,
applied to females.

SKEIL, SKEILL, _s._ a small tub for washing, with a single
handle.

SKELB, _s_ a splinter.

SKELF, _s._ a shelf.

SKELLIE, SKELLY, _s._ squint in the eye.

_To_ SKELLIE, _v. n._ to squint.

_To_ SKELLOCH, _v. n._ to utter a shrill cry.

_To_ SKELP, _v. a._ to beat; to strike with the open
hand.

SKELVE, _s._ a thin slice.

SCEP, SCAPE, _s._ a bee-hive.

SKERRY, _s._ a sunken rock in the sea.

SKIFT, _s._ a flying shower.

SKILLY, SKEELY, _adj._ skilful; intelligent.

SKIPPARE, SKIPPER, _s._ a master of a sailing vessel.

_To_ SKIRL, _v. n._ to utter a shrill cry.

_To_ SKITE, _v. a._ to eject any liquid forcibly; to
squirt.

SKLAIT, _s._ slate.

_To_ SKLICE, _v. a._ to slice.

SKRANKY, _adj._ a lean, meagre person.

SKRUNTY, _adj._ raw-boned; meagre.

SKUG, SCUG, _s._ a shade; shelter.

SKULE, SCULE, _s._ a large collection of individuals, as a
flight of crows.

SKULL, _s._ a hollow basket of an oval or semicircular
form.

SKYNK, _v. a._ to pour out liquor.

SLAE, _s._ a sloe.

_To_ SLAISTER, SLOYSTER, _v. n._ to perform anything
in a dirty awkward manner.

SLAP, _s._ a narrow pass between two hills; a breach in a
wall or hedge.

SLEEKIT, _adj._ deceitful; cunning.

SLOGAN, _s._ the war-cry or gathering word of a Highland
clan.

_To_ SLOKEN, _v. a._ to quench thirst.

_To_ SLOUNGE, _v. n._ to walk about in a slovenly
manner.

SLUMP, _by the slump_, altogether, or in unbroken
quantities.

SLUMP, _adj._ taken in gross.

SLUSCH, SLUSH, _s._ soft plashy ground; snow in a state of
thawing.

SMA, _adj._ small.

SMATCHET, _s._ a term of contempt applied to a man, but
more commonly to a child.

SMEDDUM, _s._ quickness of apprehension.

_To_ SMEEK, _v. a._ to smoke.

SMIDDY, _s._ a smithery.

SMIRIKIN, SMEERIKIN, _s._ a hearty kiss.

_To_ SMORE, _v. a_, to smother; to choke.

SMIT, SMYT, _v. a._ to stain.

SNAB, _s._ a shoemaker.

SNACKIE, _adj._ tricky; quirky.

SNAW, _s._ snow.

SNAK, SNICK, _s._ the latch of a door.

SNEESHIN, _s._ snuff.

SNEESHIN-MILL _s._ a snuff-box.

SNEIST, _s._ a taunt.

SNELL, _adj._ keen; severe.

SNELLY, _adv._ sharply; quickly.

SNIPPY, _adj._ tart in speech.

SNISTY, _adj._ given to saucy language.

_To_ SNITE, _v. a._ to snuff, applied to a candle.

SNODDED, _adj._ lopped; pruned.

SNOT, _s._ mucus from the nose.

SNOOD, SNUDE, _s._ a fillet which binds the hair of young
women.

SNAW-FLAKE, _S_. the snow bunting.

SOBER, _adj._ poor.

SODROUN, SOTHROUN, _s._ an Englishman.

SONSE, SONSY, _adj._ plump in appearance; in good
condition of body.

SOOCH, _s._ a copious draught.

SOOTH, _adj._ true; faithful.

SOSS, _s._ a mixture of different qualities of food.

SOUP, SUP, _s._ a spoonful.

SOUR-MILK, _s._ buttermilk.

SOUROCK, SOURACK, _s._ sorrel.

SOUTAR, SOUTER, a shoemaker.

SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ a stack of hay before it is ready to be
removed from the field.

SPAE-MAN, _s._ a soothsayer; a fortune-teller.

SPAE-WIFE, _s._ a female fortune-teller.

_To_ SPAIN, SPEAN, _adj._ to wean.

SPAIT, SPATE, _s._ a flood.

SPANG, _s._ the act of spanning.

SPARE, _adj._ lean; meagre.

SPEERE, _s._ a hole in the wall of houses in former times,
whereby the family received and answered inquiries from
strangers.

_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ to ask.

_To_ SPELDER, _v. a._ to spread open.

_To_ SPELL, _v. n._ to climb.

SPICY, _adj._ proud; testy.

SPLEUCHAN, _s._ a tobacco holder.

SPRAICH, _s._ a shriek.

SPRECKLED, _adj._ speckled.

SPREE, _adj._ trim; gaudy; spruce.

SPRING, _s._ a quick cheerful tune on a musical
instrnment.

SPUNK, _s._ a match; spirit; vivacity.

SPUNKIE, _s._ _Ignis Fatuus_, or Will-o'-the-Wisp.

SPUNKIE, _adj._ mettlesome; spirited.

_To_ SPUNK-OUT, _v. n._ to be gradually discovered or
brought to light.

STAIG, _s._ a horse not yet broken in.

STALWART, _adj._ brave; strong; powerful.

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A Stephen King fan has published an 80-page version of the book which novelist Jack Torrance obsessively writes during King's The Shining, where his descent into madness is revealed when his wife discovers that his work consists of just one phrase, endlessly repeated.

Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson in terrifying form in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, is a frustrated writer who goes with his wife and son to spend the winter in the isolated Overlook Hotel in an attempt to get the novel he has always wanted to write started. But the hotel's grisly past and unquiet ghosts have their way with him, and his wife Wendy eventually finds that the manuscript he has been working on actually only contains the phrase "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", typed over and over again.

Now New York artist Phil Buehler, who describes himself as "a big fan of Stanley Kubrick and Stephen King", has self-published a book credited to Torrance, repeating the phrase throughout but formatting each page differently, using the words to create different shapes from zigzags to spirals.

"The idea has probably been marinating for years, because I loved the movie and the Stephen King book," said Buehler. "I'd just finished my own obsessive art project [and] it was an idea I had over the Christmas holidays."

He said he decided to stick to type and formatting that could have been created on a typewriter, with the first ten pages duplicating shots of Torrance's work from the film. "I thought 'if he continues to get crazier, what would those pages look like?'" he said. "I hit writer's block about 60 pages in, and I had to get to 80 - that went on for about a week." His fiancée, who had neither read the book nor seen the film, became a little concerned about his actions. "I finally showed her the movie, and she realised I wasn't really losing it," said Buehler.

He's included a spoof review from the blog OverThinkingIt.com on the book's back jacket, which compares it to "the best of Beckett" in its "lack of forward momentum", and considers the struggles of the author, "heroically pitting himself against the Sisyphusean sentence". "It's that metatextual struggle of Man vs. Typewriter that gives this book its spellbinding power," the review says. "Some will dismiss it as simplistic; that's like dismissing a Pollack canvas as mere splatters of paint."

So far, Buehler says that around 1,000 people have viewed the book, for sale on Blurb.com for $8.95 in paperback, or $22.95 in hardback, and he's sold "a few" copies, with sales now starting to pick up steam. "A few people have asked me to sign it - they're looking it as a piece of art rather than a funny thing to give to a Kubrick fan," he said. "If you're not a Kubrick or King fan, you might not even get it."

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