Kail-runt, the stem of cole-
wort.
Kain, fowls, &c. paid as rent
by a farmer.
Kebbuck, a cheese.
Keek, a peep, to peep.
Kelpies, a sort of mischievous
spirits, said to haunt fords
and ferries at night, espe-
cially in storms.
Ken, to know; kend or ken't
knew.
Kennin, a small matter.
Kenspeckle, well known.
Ket, matted, hairy, a fleece of
wool.
Kiaugh, carking, anxiety.
Kilt, to truss up the clothes.
Kimmer, a young girl, a gos-
sip.
Kin', kindred.
Kin', kind.
Kittle, to tickle, ticklish,
likely.
Kittlin, a young cat.
Kiuttle, to cuddle.
Kiuttlin, cuddling.
Knaggie, like knags, or points
of rocks.
Knappin, a hammer, a ham-
mer for breaking stones.
Knowe, a small round hillock.
Knurl, dwarf.
Kye, cows.
Kyle, a district in Ayrshire.
Kyte, the belly.
Kythe, to discover, to shew
oneself.
L.
LADDIE, dimin. of lad.
Laggen, the angle between
the side and bottom of a
wooden dish.
Laigh, low.
Lairing, wading, and sinking
in snow, mud, &c.
Laith, loath.
Laithfu', bashful, sheepish.
Lallans, Scotish dialect.
Lambie, dimin. of lamb.
Lampit, a kind of shell-fish.
Lan', land, estate.
Lane, lone; my lane, thy
lane, &c. myself alone.
Kintra, cooser, country stal-Lanely, lonely. lion.
King's-hood, a certain part of
the entrails of an ox, &c. Kintra, country.
Kirn, the harvest supper, a
churn.
Kirsen, to christen, or bap-
tize.
Kist, chest, a shop counter.
Kitchen, any thing that eats
with bread, to serve for
soup, gravy, &c.
Kith, kindred.
Lang, long; to think lang, to
long, to weary.
Lap, did leap.
Lave, the rest, the remainder,
the others.
Laverock, the lark.
Lawin, shot, reckoning, bill.
Lawlan, lowland.
Lea'e, to leave.
Leal, loyal, true, faithful.
Lea-rig, grassy ridge.
Lear, (pronoun) lare, learn.
ing.
Lee-lang, live-long.
Leesome, pleasant.
Leeze-me, a phraze of congra-
tulatory endearment; I am
happy in thee, or proud of
thee.
Leister, a three-pronged dart
for striking fish.
Leugh, did laugh.
Leuk, a look, to look.
Libbet, gelded.
Lift, sky.
Lightly, sneeringly, to sneer
Lilt, a ballad, a tune, to sing.
Limmer, a kept mistress, a
strumpet.
Limp't, limped, hobbled.
Link, to trip along.
Linkin, tripping.
Linn, a waterfall, precipice.
Lint, flax; lint i the bell,
flax in flower.
Lintwhite, a linnet.
Loan, or loanin, the place of
milking.
Loof, the palm of the hand.
Loot, did let.
Looves, plural of loaf.
Loun, a fellow, a ragamuffin,
a woman of easy virtue.
Loup, jump, leap.
Maist, most, almost.
Maistly, mostly.
Mak, to make.
Makin, making.
Mailen, farm.
Mallie, Molly.
Mang, among.
Manse, the parsonage-house,
where the minister lives.
Manteele, a mantle.
Mark, marks. (This and se-
veral other nouns which in
English require an s, to
form the plural, are in
Scotch, like the words,
sheep, deer, the same in
both numbers.)
Mar's year, the year 1715.
Mashlum,meslin,mixed corn.
Mask, to mash, as malt, &c.
Maskin-pat, a tea-pot.
Maukin, a hare.
Maun, must,
Mavis, the thrush.
Maw, to mow.
Mawin, mowing.
Lowrie, abbreviation of Law- Meere, a mare.
Meickle, much.
Melancholious, mournful. Melder, corn, or grain of any kind, sent to the mill to be ground.
Mell, to meddle. Also a mal-
let for pounding barley in a
stone trough.
Melvie, to soil with meal.
Men', to mend.
Mense, good manners, de
Menseless, ill-bred, rude, im. | Nappy, ale, to be tipsy.
Messin, a small dog.
Midden, a dunghill.
Midden-hole, a gutter at the
bottom of a dunghill.
Mim, prim. affectedly meek.
Min', mind, remembrance.
Mind't, mind it, resolved, in-
tending.
Minnie, mother, dam.
Mirk, mirkest, dark, darkest.
Misca', to abuse, to call
Negleckit, neglected.
Neebor, a neighbour.
Neuk, nook.
Niest, next.
Nieve, the fist.
Nievefu, handful.
Niffer, an exchange; to ex-
change, to barter.
Niger, a negro.
Nine-tailed-cat, a hangman's
whip.
Nit, a nut.
Norland, of or belonging to
the north.
Mislear'd, mischievous, un- Notic't, noticed.
Moistify, to moisten.
Mony, or monie, many.
Moop, to nibble as a sheep.
Moorlan, of or belonging to
Ochels, name of mountains.
O haith, O faith! an oath.
Ony, or onie, any.
Or, is often used for ere, be.
fore.
O't, of it.
to-mor-Ourie, shivering, drooping.
Oursel, or oursels, ourselves.
Outlers, cattle not ho sed.
Ower, over, too.
Mou, the mouth.
Moudiwort, a mole.
Mousie, dimin. of mouse.
Muckle, or mickle, great, big,
much.
Musie, dimin. of muse.
Muslin-kail, broth, composed
simply of water, shelled
barley, and greens.
Mutchkin, an English pint.
Mysel, myself. -
a well-known Scotch dish.
Naething, or naithing, no- Pat, did put, a pot.
Pauky, or pawkie, sly.
Pay't, paid, beat.
cunning,Priggin, cheapening.
Pech, to fetch the breath
short, as in an asthma.
Pechan,the crop, the stomach.
Peelin, peeling.
Pet, a domesticated sheep, &c.
Pettle, to cherish; a plough-|
Primsie, demure, precise.
Propone, to lay down, to pro-
pose.
Provoses, provosts.
Pund, pound, pounds.
Pyle, a pyle o' caff, a single
grain of chaff.
Philibegs, short petticoats QUAT, to quit. worn by the Highlandmen. Quak, to quake.
Phraise, fair speeches, flat-Quey, a cow from one to two
Pickle, a small quantity.
Pine, pain, uneasiness.
RAGWEED, herb ragwort.
Raible, to rattle nonsense.
Placad, a public proclama-Rair, to roar.
tion.
Plack, an old Scotch coin, the
third part of a Scotch pen-
ny, twelve of which make
an English penny.
Plackless, pennyless, without
money.
Platie, dimin. of plate.
Plew, or pleugh, a plough.
Pliskie, a trick.
Poind, to seize on cattle, or
take the goods, as the laws
of Scotland allow for rent.
Poortith, poverty.
Pou, to pull.
Pouk, to pluck.
Poussie, a hare, or cat.
Pout, a poult, a chick.
Pou't, did pull.
Pouthery, like powder.
Pow, the head, the skull.
Pownie, a little horse.
Powther, or pouther, powder.
Preen, a pin.
Prent, printing.
Prie, to taste.
Prie'd, tasted.
Prief, proof.
Prig, to cheapen, to dispute.
Raize, to madden, to inflame. Ram-feczl'd, fatigued, overspread.
Ram-stam, thoughtless, forward.
Raploch, properly, a coarse
cloth, but used as an ad-
noun for coarse.
Rarely, excellently, very well.
Rash, a rush; rash-buss, a
bush of rushes.
Ratton, a rat.
Raucle, rash, stout, fearless.
Raught, reached.
Raw, a row.
Rax, to stretch.
Ream, cream; to cream.
Reamin, brimful, frothing.
Reave, rove.
Reck, to heed.
Rede, counsel, to counsel.
Red-wat-shod, walking inblood
over the shoe-tops.
Red wud, stark mad.
Ree, half drunk, fuddled.
Reek, smoke.
Keekin, smoking.
Reckit, smoked, smoky.
Remead, remedy.
Riskit, made a noise like the tearing of roots. Rockin, spinning on the rock, or distaff.
Rood, stands likewise for the
plural roods.
Roon, a shed.
Roose, to praise, to commend.
Roun', round, in the circle of
neighbourhood.
Roupet, hoarse,as with a cold.
Routhie, plentiful.
Row, to roll, to wrap.
Row't, rolled, wrapped.
Rowte, to low, to bellow.
Rowth, or routh, plenty.
Rowtin, lowing.
Rozel, rosin.
Rung, a cudgel.
Runkled, wrinkled.
Runt, the stem of colewort or cabbage.
Ruth, a woman's name; the book so called; sorrow.
Saugh, the willow.
Saul, soul.
Saumont, salmon.
Saunt, a saint.
Saut, salt.
Saw, to sow.
Sawin, sowing.
Sax, six.
Scaith, to damage, to injure, injury.
Scar, to scar, a scar.
Scaud, to scald.
Scauld, to scold.
Scaur, apt to be scared.
Scawl, a scold.
Scon, a kind of bread.
Sconner, a loathing, to lothe.
Scraich, to scream, as a hen,
partridge, &c.
Screed, to tear, a rent.
Scrieve, to glide
along.
Scrievin, gleesomely, swiftly.
Scrimp, to scant.
Scrimpet, did scant, scanty.
See'd, did see.
Seizin, seizing.
Sel, self; a body's sel, one's
self alone.
Sell't, did sell.
Sen', to send.
Sen't, I, he, or she sent, or
did send, send it.
Servan', servant.
Settlin, settling; to get a settlin, to be frighted into quietness,
Sets, sets off, goes away. Shaird, a shred, a shard. Shangan, a stick cleft at one
end for putting the tail of a dog, &c. into, by way of mischief, or to frighten him away.
Shaver, a humorous wag, a barber.
Shaw, to shew, a small wood in a hollow place.
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