GLOSSARY OF THE SCOTISH WORDS CONTAINED IN THE DISSERTATIONS AND PASTORAL, Aboon, above Ae, one Aince, once Blythe, cheerful, merry. Sax. bleithe Bonny, beautiful Book, at the, an expreflion for family worship Airt, point of the compafs, di- Bowt, bolt, dart rection Ait, oat Ane, one Afide, befide Bra, gay, adorned. Teut, brauwe Brae, side of a hill, declivity Brattlin, a cantering noise Afk, newt, an animal of the liz- Brock, badger. Sax. broc Billie, literally brother, alfo a bold Caul', cold bustling fellow Birk, birch. Teut. berck Blate, bashful. Teut, blaet Cauldrif, cold, indifferent Cauler, cool, fresh. Icel. kalldur, frigid Doit, a very fmall piece of money, Get, a contemptuous word for child, Doo!! an exclamation of dole, pain, Gin, if, given, gien, gin. See D. of Gorden, golden Gouf, golf, a blow Graen, groan · L Langsome, tedious. Teut. langfaem Gree, to bear the, to carry off the Laird, landed gentleman, proprietor praise, or be conqueror Laverock, lark. Sax. Greet, to weep. Sax. gretan. Goth. Lilting, finging chearfully Hurkle, to crouch, or fit in a bent Mass, a title given to the clergy Rigging, the top of the roof, Sax. Syke, a little rill, commonly dry in hricg Summer. Sax. fich Ripe, to stir. Teut. reppen, to ripe Syne, afterwards, thereafter the ribs, to open or clear the bars of the grate to admit the air Rowan, mountain ash Routing, lowing of a cow Rung, a cudgel, a rude stick T Taid, toad Tappin, tuft on the crown of a bon net Sin fyne, fince Smoor, fmother Snood, a ribband, or fillet for tying up a young woman's hair. Sax. fnod Wadna, would not Wauk'd, awak'd Wean, a child, quafi, wee and |