Benmost, inmost.

Bent, the open field; to tak the bent, to run away.

Betouch-us-to, Heaven preserve us!
Beuk, baked; also, a book.
Bicker, a drinking-cup; a race.
Bickering, fighting, quarrelling.
Bide, stay, reside, endure.
Big, to build; biggit, built.
Biggin, a house.

Bigonet, a linen cap or coif.
Billie, a brother, a companion.
Bink, a bank of earth, a bench.
Binmost, uppermost.
Binna, be not.

Birk, the birch-tree.

Birkie, a forward, lively fellow.
Birle, to carouse, to drink.
Birn, a burnt mark, a burden.
Birses, bristles.
Birze, to bruise.

Bite and soup, meat and drink.
Bittock, a little bit, short distance.
Blab, blob, a small globe or bubble
of any liquid.

Blae, black and blue, the colour of
the skin when bruised.
Blaeberry, the whortleberry.
Blatum, to beguile.

Blan, caused to cease.

Blashy, deluging, thin, weak.
Blastie, a shrivelled dwarf.
Blastit, blasted.

Bouze, to drink.

Bow, a boll (a dry measure).
Bowie, a small barrel or cask.
Bout, a bolt; bent.
Brae, a hillside.

Bray, vaunt.

Braid, broad.

Brainzel, to break forth violently.

Braken, or brecken, the fern.

Brander, a gridiron.

Brang, brought.

Brangle, to shake, to threaten.
Brankan, prancing.

Branks, wooden curbs for horses.
Brattle, a clattering noise.
Braw, gaily apparelled, handsome;
braus, fine clothes.
Brawly, very well, easily.
Bree, broo, liquor; the eyebrow.
Brent, smooth, clear.
Brig, a bridge.
Briss, to press.
Broad, a board.
Brochin, oatmeal gruel.
Brock, a badger.
Brogues, sheepskin shoes.
Broicher, to perspire.
Brose, a kind of pottage.
Browden, fond.
Browst, a brewing.
Bruik, to enjoy.

Brulzie, a brawl, a quarrel.
Brunstane, brimstone.
Brunt, browned, burned.
Buckie, a shell-fish.
Buckled, married.
Buff, to strike.

Bught, a pen for holding sheep.
Bughted, winding, knotted.
Buirdly, stout-made.
Buller, to bubble.

Bumbazed, confused.

Bummle, to blunder or bungle.
Bunker, chest used for a seat.
Burn, burnie, a stream.
Busk, to dress.

Buss, a shelter, a bush.
Bustine, fustian, cloth.

But an' ben, the country kitchen and parlour.

But, without.
By-himsel', distracted.

Byke, a hive of becs or wasps.
Bunge, to cringe.
Byre, a cow-house.

C

Ca', to call, to name; to drive.
Cadge, to carry.
Cadgie, jovial, happy.
Cadgily, jauntily, cheerfully.
Cadie, a porter, errand-goer.
Caff, cauf, chaff; a calve.
Callan, a boy.

Caller, cool, fresh, sound.
Camstrarie, unmanageable, cross.
Cangle, to wrangle.

Canker'd, angry, snarling.
Canna', cannot.

| Castocks, custocks, cabbage-stalks. Cauk, chalk.

Cauldrife, chilling, wanting cheerfulness.

Causey, causeway, the street.
Chafts, chops, the jaws.
Chancy, lucky, happy.

Chanter, the drone of a bagpipe. Chap, a knock, a blow; a young fellow.

Cheep, to chirp.

Chiel, or chield, a fellow (in a good or bad sense).

Chimlie, fireplace, chimney.
Chirm, to chirp like a bird.
Chitter, to chatter, to shiver.
Chuck, a chicken.

Chuckies, hens or chickens.
Chupie, fat-faced.

Claise, claes, clothes.

Clarty, clatty, dirty, nasty.
Clash, to tell tales.
Clatter, to tell idle stories.

Claught, laid hold of.

Claver, to talk idly.

Claw, to scratch.

Cleck, to hatch or breed.

Cled, or cleed, clad, clothed.

Cleek, to catch as with a hook, to

go arm in arm.

Cleg, the gad-fly.
Cleugh, a cliff or cave.
Clink, money.

Clishmaclavers, idle chatter.
Clock, to hatch; a beetle.
Clocksie, vivacious.

Cloit, a stupid fellow; a fall.
Cloot, a cloven hoof.
Clootie, the devil.

Clour, lump caused by a blow.
Clout, to strike; to mend.
Clud, a cloud.

Cluikit, fastened.
Coble, a fishing-boat.

Cockernony, a woman's hair tied
up with a snood or band.
Cockie-leekie, soup made of a cock
boiled with leeks.
Cockstool, a pillory.

Cock-up, a cap turned up in front.
Cod, a pillow.

Coff, to buy, to purchase.
Cog, or coggie, a wooden dish.
Collie, a shepherd's dog.
Collieshangie, an uproar, squal ble
Coof, euif, a fool, a blockh, ad
Cooser, a stoned horse.

Coost, cuist, did cast.

Corbie, a raven.

Corrie, a hollow in a hill.

Cosh, neat, snug.

Cosy, snug.

Cout, a colt, a young horse.
Couthie, kind, loving.

Cowed, clipped short; subdued.
Cower, cour, to stoop, to crouch.
Cowp, to tumble; to barter.
Court, a strong stick.
Crack, to converse kindly.
Craig, a rock; the neck, throat.
Cramasie, crimson.
Cranreuch, hoar-frost.
Cranshach, a distorted person.
Crap, creeped; a crop.
Craw, crow.

Creel, basket.

Creepy, a low stool.

Creeshie, greasy.

Crine, cryn, to shrivel.

Croft, a tenement of land.

Croil, a crooked dwarf.

Croodle, to sing with a low voice.

Croon, to hum a tune.

Crouchie, hunchbacked.

Croud, to coo as a dove.
Crouse, brisk, bold.
Crore, a cottage.

Crowdy, mixture of meal and water.
Crowdy-mowdy, milk and meal
boiled together.
Crummy, term for a cow.
Crunt, a blow on the head.
Crusie, a small iron lamp.

Deas, a turf seat on the outside of | Droning, moving lazily. a cottage.

Deave, to stun the ears with noise.
Dees, dairymaids.

Deid, death, dead, the dead.
Deil, the devil.

Deil-be-liket, the devil a bit!
Deil-ma-care, no matter!
Deray, jollity, disorder.
Dern, hidden, secret.
Diddle, to shake.

Dight, decked; also, to clean.
Dighted, wiped, cleaned.
Din, dun, sallow.

Ding, to push, to drive down.
Dink, prim, precise; to dress neatly.
Dinle, to tremble, to vibrate.
Dinna, do not.

Dour, hard, severe, sullen.

Douse, grave, prudent.

Dow, to wither; to incline, to be able.

Dow'd, dead, withered.
Dorff, mournful, flaccid.
Dowie, sickly, melancholy.
Downa, unable; lacking heart to do
a thing.

Doup, end of an egg-shell or candle.
Dozen, to become torpid.
Draigle, to draggle.

Drammock, meal and water mixed.
Drant, to speak deliberately.
Drappie, a little drop.
Dree, to suffer, to endure.

Drouked, drucket, drenched. Drouth, drought, thirst.

Drule, or dool, the goal in games.
Drumly, muddy, confused.
Dryster, a bleachfield-worker.
Dub, mire, small pool of water.
Duddy, ragged.

Duds, duddies, rags.
Dumpish, short and thick.
Dung, overcome, driven down.
Dunk, damp.

Dunkled, dimpled.

Dunt, to strike, to palpitate.
Durk, a dirk or dagger.

Dusht, driven down.
Diam, a swoon.

Dwine, to pine.

Dyke, a wall, hedge, ditch.

Dynles, trembles, shakes.

Dyvour, a bankrupt, an idle fellow.

Eard, the earth.

E

Earn, to curdle, coagulate.

Eastlin, eastward, easterly. E'e, the eye; pl. een.

Eerie, timorous.

Eident, diligent, wary, cautious.

Eild, age, old age.

Fildeens, of the same age.

Eithly, easily.

Elbuck, the elbow.

Elf, a small creature or fairy.
Elf-shot, bewitched.

Elritch, awful, hideous; uninha-
bited except by imaginary ghosts.
Elson, a shoemaker's awl.
Emmock, an ant.

Enbrugh, Edinburgh.

Endlang, along.

Ergh, scrupulous, fearful.

Erls, earnest or hiring money.

Esthler, hewn or cut stone.

Ether, an adder.

Ethercap, ettercap, a venoincus

spiteful creature.

Ettle, to aim, to intend.
Even'd, spoken of, matched.
Evendoun, honest, downright.
Erens, equals, allies.
Erite, to avoid.

Eydent, industrious, diligent.

F

Fa', fall; autumn; a water-fall. Fa'ard, favoured; featured. Facing-tools, drinking-cups. Faddom't, fathomed.

Fadge, a spongy roll of bread. Fae, foe.

Facm, foam.

Faiket, unknown; abated. Fail, thick turf.

Fair fa', well betide!

Fairin, a present at a fair.

Fait, feat, orderly, neat.
Fan, when.

Fand, found.

Fang, talons of a fowl; to grip.
Farder, farther.

Fardin, farthing.

Farer-seen, more knowing.
Farl, an oat-cake.

Fash, to vex or trouble. Never
fash your thumb, be not the least
vexed, be easy.
Fashious, troublesome.
Fasht, troubled, vexed.
Faugh, a colour nearly red.
Faugh-riggs, fallow ground.
Faught, a squabble or broil.
Fauld, a fold; to fold.
Fause, false.

Faut, fault.

Fawn, fallen.

Fawesome or fawsont, decent. Fecht, to fight; life's battle. Feck, the greatest part.

Fecket, a flannel under-shirt. Feckfour, able, active.

Feckless, feeble, weak.

Feckly, mostly.

Feed, fead, feide, feud, quarrel. Feg, a fig.

Feidom, enmity.

Feil, several, numerous.
Fell, hot, biting, clever.
Fells, a chain of hills.

Fend, to defend, to provide for.

Fending, living by one's industry. Fere, entire; a dwarf.

Ferlies, wonderful things.

Fidgin', restless.

Fient a haet, deuce a bit!

Fike, fyke, to be restless; bustle

about what is trifling.

Forby, besides.

Fore (to the), still remaining.
Forebears, ancestors.

Forefairn, distressed, jaded.
Forestam, the forehead.
Forfoughten, fatigued.
Forgainst, opposite to.
Forgather, to meet.
Forhow, to forsake.

Forleet, to forsake or forget.
Forra-cow, one that is not with
calf and gives milk throughout
the winter.
Fother, fodder.
Fou, full, drunk.
Fouk, folk.

Foumart, a pole-cat.

Fouter, to bungle.

Fouth, plenty, abundance.

Foursome, loathsome, falsome.

Fow-weel, full well.

Fozy, soft, spongy.

Frae, from.

Fraise, to make a noise.

Gawd, a goad.

Gawkie, an idle foolish person.
Gear, riches, goods of any kind.

Geck, to mock, to toss the head

with disdain. Ged, a pike.

Gentles, the gentry.

Genty, genteel, handsome.

Gett, a brat, a child (in contempt)
Geyan, pretty, nearly.
Ghaist, a ghost.

Gibe, or jybe, to taunt, to mock.
Gielainger, a delinquent debtor.
Gif, if.

Gift, a term of reproach.

Giggle, silly laughter.

Gillygapus, a staring gaping fellow,

Gilpie, a frolicsome boy or girl.
Gimmer, a young ewe.

Gimply, scarcely.

Gin, if, against.

Gipsy, a young girl.

Gird, to strike; a moment.

Girn, to grin, to snarl; a trap.

clothes.

Freenge, fringe.

Freik, a coxcomb or fool.
Fremmit, strange, foreign.
Fristed, trusted.

Frumpish, crushed, crumpled.
Frush, brittle.

Fud, a rabbit or hare's tail.
Fuffin', blowing.

Fuish, brought, fetched.
Fulyie, to defile; dung.

Fundling, foundling.

Furder, to prosper.
Furth, forth.

pronounce guilty.

Fireflaught, a flash of lightning.

Firlock or firlot, four pecks--the

fourth part of a boll.

Fixtle, to move or stir.

Fit, the foot.

Fitted, marked by a foot.
Flae, a flea.

Flaf, to flap, to flutter.

Flags, flashes of fire.

Flane, an arrow.

Flate, scolded.

Flauchter, to cut turf.

Flaught, a flash of lightning.
Flaughter, to shine fitfully.
Flaw, a blast, a lie.

Fleech, to supplicate, to coax.
Fleg, a fright; a stroke, a kick.
Flegeries, gew-gaws.
Flewet, a cuff or blow.

Fley, to scare, to frighten.
Flichter, to flutter.

Fling (to tak the), to become unmanageable.

Flit, to remove.

Flite, or flyte, to scold or chide.
Flor, a fragment.

Fluff, to puff, to explode.

Flype, to ruffle the skin; to pull

off anything by turning it inside

out.

Togie, a stupid old person.

G

Gab, the mouth; to prate.
Gabbin, jeering, talking.
Gabbit, a person given to idle talk.
Gabby, having fluency of speech.
Gaberlunzie, a beggar's wallet, a
beggar-man.

Gadge, to talk impertinently.
Gadman, a ploughboy.

Gae, to go; gaed, went; gaen or
gane, gone; gaun, going.
Gafaw, loud coarse laughing.
Gait, a goat.

Gamtrees, a stand for barrels.
Gang, to go.

Ganger, a pedestrian.
Gangrel, a vagrant.

Gar, to compel, to force to.
Gardy, the arm.

Gare, greedy, rapacious.
Gash, sagacious; to talk much.
Gashin, conversing.

Gate, gaet, way, manner.
Gaucie, or gawsy, jolly, plump.
Gaudamous, a feast.

Gauds, trinkets.

Gaunt, to yawn.

Garel, a gable.

Girr, a hoop.

Girse, grass.

Glaikit, foolish, giddy, light.

Glaiks, a good-for-nothing fellow. Glaister, to bark or bawl.

Glamerie, the power of charming.

Glamour, influence of a charm. Glaur, mire, oozy mud.

Glee, to squint.

Gleg, quick, active.

Gleid, a fire, a light.

Glen, a valley between mountains
Glenlirat, whisky.

Glib, smooth, slippery.
Glint, a glance; to peep.

Glisk, a glance, a transient view.
Gloaming, the evening twilight.
Gloom, to frown or scowl
Glower, to tare; a look.
Glum, gloomy.

Glunch, a sour look.

Goan, a wooden dish for meat.
Gorlins, young birds.
Gousty, ghastly, desolate
Gore, to look with a roving eye.
Gowan, the daisy.
Gourd, gold, money.
Gow, golf; a blow.

Gork, the cuckoo; a foolish fellow
Goul, a howl; to threaten.
Grace-drink, drink taken by a com-
pany after the giving of thanks
at the end of a meal.
Graff, a grave; coarse, vulgar
Graip, to grope; a dung-fork.
Graith, household and other gear: