Hag, a scar or gulf in mosses and moors; an ugly old

woman.

Haggis, a kind of pudding boiled in the stomach of a

cow or a sheep.

Hean, had, the participle.
Heapit, heaped.
Hearse, hoarse.
Hear't, hear it.
Heather, heath.
Hech! Oh! strange !

hain'd, spared.

Hairst, harvest.
Haith, a petty oath.

Hal' or hald, an abiding place.
Hale, whole, tight, healthy.
Hallan, a particular partition.
wall in a cottage.

Haly, holy. Hame,

home, hameward,

homeward. Hamely, homely, affable. Han', or haun', hand.

Hap, an outer garment, mantle, plaid, &c. to wrap, to cover, to hap.

that is to be got or given; foretold; the thing foretold. Heeze, to elevate, to raise. Helim, the rudder or helm. Herd, to tend flocks; one who tends flocks: Hersel, herself.

Herrin, a herring.

Herry, to plunder, most pro. perly to plunder birds'

nests.

Herryment, plundering, de

vastation.

Het, hot.

Happing, hopping.

and leap.

Himsel, himself.

Hiney, honey.

Hastit, hastened.
Haud, to hold.

Haughs, low-lying rich lands,

vallies.

Haurl, to drag, to peel.
Haurlin, peeling.
Haverel, a half-witted person,
half-witted.

Havins, good manners, de.
corum, good sense.
Hawkie, a cow, properly one
with a white face.
Healsome, healthful, whole-

some.

Hing, to hang.

the shoulder; to justle. Hool, outer-skin or case. Hoolie, slowly, leisurely; Hoolie! take leisure! stop! Hoord, a hoard; to hoard. Hoordit, hoarded.

Horn, a spoon made of horn. Hornie, one of the many

names of the devil. Host, to cough; Hostin, coughing, Houghmagandie, fornication. Housie, dimin. of house. Hove, to heave, swell. Hov'd, heaved, swelled. Howdie, a midwife. Howe, hollow; a hollow or dell.

Howe-backet, sunk in the back, spoken of a horse, &c. Howff, a landlady; a house of

Jinker, that turns quickly ; a
gay sprightly girl; a wag.
Jinkin, dodging.
Jirt, a jerk

Jocteleg, a kind of knife.
Jokin, joking.

Jouk, to stoop, to bow the head.

Jow, to jow, a verb which in. cludes both the swinging motion and pealing sound of a large bell. Joyfu', joyful. Jumpin, jumping. Jumpit, did jump. Jundie, to justle.

Kain, fowls, &c. paid as rent
by a farmer.
Kebbuck, a cheese.
Keek, a peep; to peep.
Keepit, kept.
Kelpies, a sort of mischievous
spirits, said to haunt fords
and ferries at night, especi
ally in storms.

Ken, to know; kend, or ken't,
knew.

Kennin, a small matter.
Kenspeckle, well known.
Ket, a matted, hairy fleece of
wool.

Kiaugh, carking anxiety.
Kilt, to truss up the clothes.
Kith, kindred.

Kimmer, a young girl, a gos-
sip.
Kin, kindred.
Kin', kind.
King's-hood, a certain part
of the entrails of an ox,
&c.
Kintra-cooser, country stal-
lion.

Kirn, the harvest supper, a
churn; to churn.
Kirsen, to christen.
Kist, chest, a shop counter.
Kitchen, any thing that eats
with bread; to serve for
soup, gravy, &c.
Kittle, to tickle; ticklish,
likely.

ticklish,

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, Scottish language.
Lambie, dimin. of lamb
Lampit, a kind of shell-fish.
Lan', land, estate.
Lane, lone, my lane, thy lane,
&c. myself alone, &c. thy-
self alone, &c.
Lanely, lonely.

Lang, long; to think long,
to long, to weary.
Lap, did leap.
Lapfu', lapful.
Laughin, laughing.
Lave, the rest, the remainder,

the others.

Laverock, the lark,
Lawfu', lawful.

Lawin, shot, reckoning, bill.
Lawlan, Lowland; Lallans,
Scottish dialect.
Lea-rig, grassy ridge.
Lea'e, to leave.

Leal, loyal, true, faithful.
Lear, pronounce lare, learn-
ing.
Lee-lang, live-long.
Leesome, pleasant,

Leeze me, a phrase of congra-
tulatory endearment.
Leister, a three-pronged dart
for striking fish.
Leugh, did laugh.
Leuk, a look, to look.
Libbet, gelded.
Lift, sky.

Lightly, sneeringly, to sneer

at.

Lilt, a ballad, a tune; to sing.
Limp't, limp'd, hobbled.
Limmer, a kept mistress; a
strumpet.
Link, to trip along.
Linkin, tripping.
Linn, a waterfall.

Lint, flax ; lint i' the bell, flax
in flower.
Lintwhite, a linnet.
Livin, living.

Loan, the place of milking.
Loof, the palm of the hand.
Looves, plural of loof.
Loot, did let.

Loun, a fellow, a ragamuffin;

a woman of easy virtue.
Loup, jump, leap.

Lowe, a flame.

Lowin, flaming.

Lowse, to loose.

Lows'd, loosed.

Mak, to make; makin, mak-
ing.
Mailen, farm.
Mair, more.
Maist, most, almost.
Mallie, Molly.
*Mang, among.
Manteele, a mantle.
Mark, marks, this and several
other nouns, which, in Eng-
lish, require an s to form the
plural, are in Scots like the
words sheep, deer, the same
in both numbers.

Mar's year, the Rebellion A.
D. 1715.

Mashlum, meslin, mixed corn,
Mask, to mash, as malt, &c.
Maskin-pat, a tea-pot.
Maun, must.

Maukin, a hare.

Mavis, the thrush.

Maw, to mow; mawin, mow.

ing.
Meere, a mare,

Muckle, much, big, great.
Musie, dimin. of muse.
Muslin-kail, broth composed
simply of water, shelled
barley and greens.
Mutchkin, an English pint.
Mysel, myself.

N

NA, no, not, nor.
Nae, no, not, any.

Naething, or naithing, no

thing.
Naig, a horse.

Nane, none.

Neebor, a neighbour,
Needfu', needful.

Negleckit, neglected.

Neuk, nook,

Niest, next.
Nieve, the fist.
Nieveful, handful.
Niger, a negro.

Niffer, an exchange; to ex.
change, to barter.

Nine-tailed cat, a hangman's

whip.

Nit, a nut.

Norland, of or belonging to

the North.

Nor-west, North-west.
Notic't, noticed.

Nowte, black cattle.