_Tocher_,
marriage
portion; _tocher bands_, marriage bonds.
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_Smytrie_, a numerous collection of small individuals.
_Snapper_, mistake.
_Snash_, abuse, Billingsgate, impertinence.
_Snaw_, snow, to snow.
_Snaw-broo_, melted snow.
_Snawie_, snowy.
_Snap_, to lop, to cut off.
_Sned-besoms_, to cut brooms.
_Sneeshin_, snuff.
_Sneeshin-mill_, a snuff-box.
_Snell_ and _snelly_, bitter, biting; _snellest_, bitterest.
_Snick-drawing_, trick, contriving.
_Snick_, the latchet of a door.
_Snirt, 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.
_Souther_, to solder.
_Souter_, a shoemaker.
_Sowens_, the fine flour remaining among the seeds, of oatmeal made
into an agreeable pudding.
_Sowp_, 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.
_Spaul_, a limb.
_Spairge_, to clash, to soil, as with mire.
_Spates_, sudden floods.
_Spaviet_, having the spavin.
_Speat_, a sweeping torrent after rain or thaw.
_Speel_, to climb.
_Spence_, the parlour of a farmhouse or cottage.
_Spier_, to ask, to inquire; _spiert_, inquired.
_Spinnin-graith_, wheel and roke and lint.
_Splatter_, to splutter, a splutter.
_Spleughan_, a tobacco-pouch.
_Splore_, a frolic, noise, riot.
_Sprachled_, scrambled.
_Sprattle_, to scramble.
_Spreckled_, spotted, speckled.
_Spring_, a quick air in music, a Scottish reel.
_Sprit, spret_, a tough-rooted plant something like rushes, jointed-leaved
rush.
_Sprittie_, full of spirits.
_Spunk_, fire, mettle, wit, spark.
_Spunkie_, mettlesome, fiery; will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus; the devil.
_Spurtle_, a stick used in making oatmeal pudding or porridge, a notable
Scottish dish.
_Squad_, a crew or party, a squadron.
_Squatter_, to flutter in water, as a wild-duck, &c.
_Squattle_, to sprawl in the act of hiding.
_Squeel_, a scream, a screech, to scream.
_Stacher_, to stagger.
_Stack_, a rick of corn, hay, peats.
_Staggie_, a stag.
_Staig_, a two year-old horse.
_Stalwart_, stately, strong.
_Stang_, sting, stung.
_Stan't_, to stand; _stan't_, did stand.
_Stane_, stone.
_Stank_, did stink, a pool of standing water, slow-moving water.
_Stap_, stop, stave.
_Stark_, stout, potent.
_Startle_, to run as cattle stung by the gadfly.
_Staukin_, stalking, walking disdainfully, walking without an aim.
_Staumrel_, a blockhead, half-witted.
_Staw_, did steal, to surfeit.
_Stech_, to cram the belly.
_Stechin_, cramming.
_Steek_, to shut, a stitch.
_Steer_, to molest, to stir.
_Steeve_, firm, compacted.
_Stell_, a still.
_Sten_, to rear as a horse, to leap suddenly.
_Stravagin_, wandering without an aim.
_Stents_, tribute, dues of any kind.
_Stey_, steep; _styest_, steepest.
_Stibble_, stubble; _stubble-rig_, the reaper in harvest who takes
the lead.
_Stick-an'-stow_, totally, altogether.
_Stilt-stilts_, a crutch; to limp, to halt; poles for crossing a river.
_Stimpart_, the eighth part of a Winchester bushel.
_Stirk_, a cow or bullock a year old.
_Stock_, a plant of colewort, cabbages.
_Stockin'_, stocking; _throwing the stockin'_, when the bride and
bridegroom are put into bed, the former throws a stocking
at random among the company, and the person whom it falls
on is the next that will be married.
_Stook, stooked_, a shock of corn, made into shocks.
_Stot_, a young bull or ox.
_Stound_, sudden pang of the heart.
_Stoup_, or _stowp_, a kind of high narrow jug or dish with a handle
for holding liquids.
_Stowre_, dust, more particularly dust in motion; _stowrie_, dusty.
_Stownlins_, by stealth.
_Stown_, stolen.
_Stoyte_, the walking of a drunken man.
_Straek_, did strike.
_Strae_, straw; _to die a fair strae death_, to die in bed.
_Straik_, to stroke; _straiket_, stroked.
_Strappen_, tall, handsome, vigorous.
_Strath_, low alluvial land, a holm.
_Straught_, straight.
_Streek_, stretched, to stretch.
_Striddle_, to straddle.
_Stroan_, to spout, to piss.
_Stroup_, the spout.
_Studdie_, the anvil.
_Stumpie_, diminutive of stump; a grub pen.
_Strunt_, spirituous liquor of any kind; to walk sturdily, to be affronted.
_Stuff_, corn or pulse of any kind.
_Sturt_, trouble; to molest.
_Startin_, frighted.
_Styme_, a glimmer.
_Sucker_, sugar.
_Sud_, should.
_Sugh_, the continued rushing noise of wind or water.
_Sumph_, a pluckless fellow, with little heart or soul.
_Suthron_, Southern, an old name of the English.
_Swaird_, sword.
_Swall'd_, swelled.
_Swank_, stately, jolly.
_Swankie_, or _swanker_, a tight strapping young fellow or girl.
_Swap_, an exchange, to barter.
_Swarfed_, swooned.
_Swat_, did sweat.
_Swatch_, a sample.
_Swats_, drink, good ale, new ale or wort.
_Sweer_, lazy, averse; _dead-sweer_, extremely averse.
_Swoor_, swore, did swear.
_Swinge_, beat, to whip.
_Swinke_, to labour hard.
_Swirlie_, knaggy, full of knots.
_Swirl_, a curve, an eddying blast or pool, a knot in the wood.
_Swith_, get away.
_Swither_, to hesitate in choice, an irresolute wavering in choice.
_Syebow_, a thick-necked onion.
_Syne_, since, ago, then.
T.
_Tackets_, broad-headed nails for the heels of shoes.
_Tae_, a toe, _three-taed_, having three prongs.
_Tak_, to take; _takin_, taking.
_Tangle_, a sea-weed used as salad.
_Tap_, the top.
_Tapetless_, heedless, foolish.
_Targe, targe them tightly_, cross-question them severely.
_Tarrow_, to murmur at one's allowance.
_Tarry-breeks_, a sailor.
_Tassie_, a small measure for liquor.
_Tauld_, or _tald_, told.
_Taupie_, a foolish, thoughtless young person.
_Tauted_, or _tautie_, matted together (spoken of hair and wool).
_Tawie_, that allows itself peaceably to be handled (spoken of a cow,
horse, &c. )
_Teat_, a small quantity.
_Teethless bawtie_, toothless cur.
_Teethless gab_, a mouth wanting the teeth, an expression of scorn.
_Ten-hours-bite_, a slight feed to the horse while in the yoke in the
forenoon.
_Tent_, a field pulpit, heed, caution; to take heed.
_Tentie_, heedful, cautious.
_Tentless_, heedless, careless.
_Teugh_, tough.
_Thack_, thatch; _thack an' rape_, clothing and necessaries.
_Thae_, these.
_Thairms_, small guts, fiddle-strings.
_Thankit_, thanked.
_Theekit_, thatched.
_Thegither_, together.
_Themsel'_, themselves.
_Thick_, intimate, familiar.
_Thigger_, crowding, make a noise; a seeker of alms.
_Thir_, these.
_Thirl_, to thrill.
_Thirled_, thrilled, vibrated.
_Thole_, to suffer, to endure.
_Thowe_, a thaw, to thaw.
_Thowless_, slack, lazy.
_Thrang_, throng, busy, a crowd.
_Thrapple_, throat, windpipe.
_Thraw_, to sprain, to twist, to contradict.
_Thrawin'_, twisting, &c.
_Thrawn_, sprained, twisted, contradicted, contradiction.
_Threap_, to maintain by dint of assertion.
_Threshin'_, threshing; _threshin'-tree_, a flail.
_Threteen_, thirteen.
_Thristle_, thistle.
_Through_, to go on with, to make out.
_Throuther_, pell-mell, confusedly (through-ither).
_Thrum_, sound of a spinning-wheel in motion, the thread remaining at the
end of a web.
_Thud_, to make a loud intermittent noise.
_Thummart_, foumart, polecat
_Thumpit_, thumped.
_Thysel'_, thyself.
_Till't_, to it.
_Timmer_, timber.
_Tine_, to lose; _tint_, lost.
_Tinkler_, a tinker.
_Tip_, a ram.
_Tippence_, twopence, money.
_Tirl_, to make a slight noise, to uncover.
_Tirlin'_, _tirlet_, uncovering.
_Tither_, the other.
_Tittle_, to whisper, to prate idly.
_Tittlin_, whispering.
_Tocher_, marriage portion; _tocher bands_, marriage bonds.
_Tod_, a fox. _"Tod i' the fauld,"_ fox in the fold.
_Toddle_, to totter, like the walk of a child; _todlen-dow_, toddling dove.
_Too-fa'_, "Too fa' o' the nicht," when twilight darkens into night; a
building added, a lean-to.
_Toom_, empty.
_Toomed_, emptied.
_Toop_, a ram.
_Toss_, a toast.
_Tosie_, warm and ruddy with warmth, good-looking, intoxicating.
_Toun_, a hamlet, a farmhouse.
_Tout_, the blast of a horn or trumpet, to blow a horn or trumpet.
_Touzles_, _touzling_, romping, ruffling the clothes.
_Tow_, a rope.
_Towmond_, a twelvemonth.
_Towzie_, rough, shaggy.
_Toy_, a very old fashion of female head-dress.
_Toyte_, to totter like old age.
_Trams_, _barrow-trams_, the handles of a barrow.
_Transmugrified_, transmigrated, metamorphosed.
_Trashtrie_, trash, rubbish.
_Trickie_, full of tricks.
_Trig_, spruce, neat.
_Trimly_, cleverly, excellently, in a seemly manner.
_Trinle_, _trintle_, the wheel of a barrow, to roll.
_Trinklin_, trickling.
_Troggers_, _troggin'_, wandering merchants, goods to truck or dispose of.
_Trow_, to believe, to trust to.
_Trowth_, truth, a petty oath.
_Trysts_, appointments, love meetings, cattle shows.
_Tumbler-wheels_, wheels of a kind of low cart.
_Tug_, raw hide, of which in old time plough-traces were frequently made.
_Tug_ or _tow_, either in leather or rope.
_Tulzie_, a quarrel, to quarrel, to fight.
_Twa_, two; _twa-fald_, twofold.
_Twa-three_, a few.
_Twad_, it would.
_Twal_, twelve; _twalpennie worth_, a small quantity, a pennyworth.
--N. B. One penny English is 12d. Scotch.
_Twa faul_, twofold.
_Twin_, to part.
_Twistle_, twisting, the art of making a rope.
_Tyke_, a dog.
_Tysday_, Tuesday.
U.
_Unback'd filly_, a young mare hitherto unsaddled.
_Unco_, strange, uncouth, very, very great, prodigious.
_Uncos_, news.
_Unfauld_, unfold.
_Unkenn'd_, unknown.
_Unsicker_, uncertain, wavering, insecure.
_Unskaithed_, undamaged, unhurt.
_Upo'_, upon.
V.
_Vap'rin_, vapouring.
_Vauntie_, joyous, delight which cannot contain itself.
_Vera_, very.
_Virl_, a ring round a column, &c.
_Vogie_, vain.
W.
_Wa'_, wall; _wa's_, walls.
_Wabster_, a weaver.
_Wad_, would, to bet, a bet, a pledge.
_Wadna_, would not.
_Wadset_, land on which money is lent, a mortgage.
_Wae_, woe; _waefu'_, sorrowful, wailing.
_Waefu'-woodie_, hangman's rope.
_Waesucks! Wae's me! _, Alas! O the pity!
_Wa' flower_, wall-flower.
_Waft_, woof; the cross thread that goes from the shuttle through the web.
_Waifs an' crocks_, stray sheep and old ewes past breeding.
_Wair_, to lay out, to expend.
_Wale_, choice, to choose.
_Wal'd_, chose, chosen.
_Walie_, ample, large, jolly, also an exclamation of distress.
_Wame_, the belly.
_Wamefu'_, a bellyful.
_Wanchansie_, unlucky.
_Wanrest_, _wanrestfu'_, restless, unrestful.
_Wark_, work.
_Wark-lume_, a tool to work with.
_Warld's-worm_, a miser.
_Warle_, or _warld_, world.
_Warlock_, a wizard; _warlock-knowe_, a knoll where warlocks once held
tryste.
_Warly_, worldly, eager in amassing wealth.
_Warran'_, a warrant, to warrant.
_Warsle_, wrestle.
_Warsl'd_, or _warst'led_, wrestled.
_Wastrie_, prodigality.
_Wat_, wet; _I wat_--_I wot_--I know.
_Wat_, a man's upper dress; a sort of mantle.
_Water-brose_, brose made of meal and water simply, without the addition
of milk, butter, &c.
_Wattle_, a twig, a wand.
_Wauble_, to swing, to reel.
_Waukin_, waking, watching.
_Waukit_, thickened as fullers do cloth.
_Waukrife_, not apt to sleep.
_Waur_, worse, to worst.
_Waur't_, worsted.
_Wean_, a child.
_Weary-widdle_, toilsome contest of life.
_Weason_, weasand, windpipe.
_Weaven' the stocking_, to knit stockings.
_Weeder-clips_, instrument for removing weeds.
_Wee_, little; _wee things_, little ones, _wee bits_, a small matter.
_Weel_, well; _weelfare_, welfare.
_Weet_, rain, wetness; to wet.
_We'se_, we shall.
_Wha_, who.
_Whaizle_, to wheeze.
_Whalpit_, whelped.
_Whang_, a leathorn thing, a piece of cheese, bread, &c.
_Whare_, where; _whare'er_, wherever.
_Wheep_, to fly nimbly, to jerk, penny-wheep, small-beer.
_Whase_, _wha's_, whose--who is.
_What reck_, nevertheless.
_Whid_, the motion of a hare running but not frightened. --a lie.
_Whidden_, running as a hare or coney.
_Whigmeleeries_, whims, fancies, crotchets.
_Whilk_, which.
_Whingin'_, crying, complaining, fretting.
_Whirligigums_, useless ornaments, trifling appendages.
_Whissle_, a whistle, to whistle.
_Whisht_, silence; _to hold one's whisht_, to be silent.
_Whisk_, _whisket_, to sweep, to lash.
_Whiskin' beard_, a beard like the whiskers of a cat.
_Whiskit_, lashed, the motion of a horse's tail removing flies.
_Whitter_, a hearty draught of liquor.
_Whittle_, a knife.
_Whunstane_, a whinstone.
_Wi'_, with.
_Wick_, to strike a stone in an oblique direction, a term in curling.
_Widdifu_, twisted like a withy, one who merits hanging.
_Wiel_, a small whirlpool.
_Wifie-wifikie_, a diminutive or endearing name for wife.
_Wight_, stout, enduring.
_Willyart-glower_, a bewildered dismayed stare.
_Wimple-womplet_, to meander, meandered, to enfold.
_Wimplin_, waving, meandering.
_Win_', to wind, to winnow.
_Winnin'-thread_, putting thread into hanks.
_Win't_, winded as a bottom of yarn.
_Win_', wind.
_Win_, live.
_Winna_, will not.
_Winnock_, a window.
_Winsome_, hearty, vaunted, gay.
_Wintle_, a staggering motion, to stagger, to reel.
_Wiss_, to wish.
_Withouten_, without.
_Wizened_, hide-bound, dried, shrunk.
_Winze_, a curse or imprecation.
_Wonner_, a wonder, a contemptuous appellation.
_Woo_', wool.
_Woo_, to court, to make love to.
_Widdie_, a rope, more properly one of withs or willows.
_Woer-bobs_, the garter knitted below the knee with a couple of loops.
_Wordy_, worthy.
_Worset_, worsted.
_Wrack_, to tease, to vex.
_Wud_, wild, mad; _wud-mad_, distracted.
_Wumble_, a wimble.
_Wraith_, a spirit, a ghost, an apparition exactly like a living person,
whose appearance is said to forbode the person's approaching
death; also wrath.
_Wrang_, wrong, to wrong.
_Wreeth_, a drifted heap of snow.
_Wyliecoat_, a flannel vest.
_Wyte_, blame, to blame.
Y.
_Ye_, this pronoun is frequently used for thou.
_Yearns_, longs much.
_Yealings_, born in the same year, coevals.
_Year_, is used both for singular and plural, years.
_Yell_, barren, that gives no milk.
_Yerk_, to lash, to jerk.
_Yerket_, jerked, lashed.
_Yestreen_, yesternight.
_Yett_, a gate.
_Yeuk's_, itches.
_Yill_, ale.
_Yird, yirded_, earth, earthed, buried.
_Yokin_', yoking.
_Yont_, ayont, beyond.
_Yirr_, lively.
_Yowe_, an ewe.
_Yowie_, diminutive of _yowe. _
_Yule_, Christmas.
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