O't, of it.
Ourie, shivering, drooping.
Oursel, or oursels, ourselves.
Outler, not housed.
Owre, over, too.

Owre-hip, a way of fetching a
blow with a hammer over
the arm.

P

PACK, intimate, familiar;

twelve stones of wool.

Painch, paunch.

Patrick, a partridge:
Pang, to cram.
Parle, speech.

Parritch, oatmeal pudding, a
well known Scotch dish.
Pat, did put; a pot.

Pattle, or pettle, a plough.

staff.

Paukie, cunning, sly.
Paughty, proud, haughty.
Pay't, paid, beat.

Pech, to fetch the breath short,

as in an asthma.
Pechan, the crop, the sto.
mach.

Peelin, peeling.
Pensivelie, pensively.

Pettle, to cherish; a plough-

staff.

Pet, a domesticated sheep,

&c.

Philibegs, short petticoats
worn by the Highlandmen.
Phraise, fair speeches, flatte
ry; to flatter.
Phraisin, flattery.
Pickle, a small quantity.
Pine, pain, uneasiness.
Pit, to put.

Placad, a public proclama-
tion.

Plack, an old Scotch coin.
Plackless, pennyless.
Platie, dimin. of plate.
Plew, or pleugh, a plow,
Pliskie, a trick.
Plumpit, did plump.
Poortith, poverty.
Pou, to pull.
Pouk, to pluck.
Poussie, a hare or cat.
Pou't, did pull.

Pout, a poult, a chicken.
Pouthery, like powder.
Pow, the head, the skull.
Pownie, a little horse.
Powther, or pouther, pow.
der.

Prayin, praying.

Preen, a pin.

two years old.

R

Rhymin, rhyming,
Ridin, riding.

Rief-randies,

sturdy beggars.

Rig, a ridge.

Rantin, ranting.

Rarely, excellent, very well,
Rash, a rush; rash buss, a
bush of rashes.
Rattlin, rattling.
Ratton, a rat.

Raucle, rash, stout, fearless.
Raught, reached.
Raw, a row.
Rax, to stretch.
Ream, cream:

Receivin, receiving.
Reck, to heed.

Rede, counsel, to counsel.
Red-wud, stark-mad.
Ree, half-drunk, fuddled.
Reek, smoke; to smoke;
reekin, smoking; reekit,
smoked, smoky.
Reestit, stood restive, stunt.
ed, withered.

Refus't, refused.
Remarkin, remarking.

Remead, remedy.

Requite, requitted.

Rest, to stand restive.

Restricked, restricted.

running.

Rink, the course of the stones,

a term in curling.
Ripp, a handful of unthresh-
ed corn, &c.

Riskit, made a noise like the
tearing of roots.
Rives, tears, breaks.
Roamin, roaming.

Rood stands likewise for the
plural, roods.
Roon, a shred.

Roose, to praise, to com-
mend.

Roun', round, in the circle of
neighbourhood.

Roupet, hoarse as with a cold.
Routhie, plentiful.

Routh o gear, plenty of
goods.

Row, roll, to wrap.
Row't, rolled, wrapped.
Route, to low, to bellow.
Rowth, plenty.
Rowtin, lowing.

Rozet, rosin.

Rung, a cudgel.
Runkl'd, wrinkled,

Runt, the stem of colewort or
cabbage.
Rustlin, rustling.

Seizin, seizing.

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, à
barber.

Shaw, to show; a small wood
in a hollow place.

Sheen, bright, shining.
Sheep-shank, to think one's
self nae sheep-shank, to be
conceited.

Sherra-moor, Sheriff-moor, the
famous battle fought in the
Rebellion A, D. 1715.

Sheugh, a ditch, a trench.
Sheil, a shed.

Shill, shrill.

Shog, a shock.

Shool, a shovel.

Shoon, shoes.

Shootin, shooting.

Shore, to offer, to threaten.
Shor'd, offered.
Shouther, shoulder.
Sic, such.

Sicker, sure, steady.
Sidelins, sidelong, slanting.
Siller, silver, money.
Simmer, summer.
Sin, a son.
Sin', since.

self alone.

Sell't, did sell.

Sen', to send; sen't, send it.
Servan', servant.

Sets, sets off, goes away.
Settlin, settling; to get a set-
tlin, to be frighted into
quietness.
Shaird, a shred, a shard.

Sinkin, sinking.
Sittin, sitting.

Skaith, to damage, to injure,
injury.

Skelp, to strike, to slap; to
walk with a smart tripping
step; a smart stroke.
Skelpin, stappin, walking
smartly.

Spier, to ask, to enquire.
Spier't, inquired.
Spitefu', spiteful.

Splatter, a splutter; to sput-

ter.

Spleuchan, a tobacco-pouch.
Splore, a frolic, a riot, a
noise.
Sportin, sporting.
Sprattle, to scramble.
Spreckl'd, spotted, speckled.
Spring, a quick air in music,

a Scottish reel.

Springin, springing.
Sprit, a tough-rooted plant,
something like rushes.
Sprittie, full of sprits.
Spunk, fire, mettle, wit.
Spunkie, mettlesome, fiery;
will-o'-wisp, or ignus fa.

tuus.

Squad, a crew, a party.
Squatter, to flutter in water,
as a wild duck, &c.
Squattle, to sprawl.
Squeel, a scream, a screech;

to scream.

Stacher, to stagger.

Stack, a rick of corn, hay,
&c.

Staggie, dimin. of stag.
Stalwart, strong, stout.
Stampin, stamping.

Stan', to stand; stan't, did
stand.

Stane, a stone.

Stank, a pool of standing wa

ter,

Stey, steep; steyest, steepest.
Stibble, stubble; stibble-rig,
the reaper, in harvest, who
takes the lead.

Stick an' stow, totally, alto.
gether.

Stilt, a cratch; to halt, to
limp.

Stimpart, the eighth part of a
Winchester bushel.

Stirk, a cow or bullock a year
old,

Stock, a plant of colewort,
cabbage, &c.
Stockin, stocking.

Stoor, sounding hollow, strong
and hoarse.
Stot, an ox.

Stoup, or stop, a kind of

jug or dish with a handle.
Stoure, dust, more particu.
larly dust in motion.
Stowlins, by stealth.

Stown, stolen.

Stoyte, stumble.

Strack, did strike.

Strae, straw; to die a fair
strae death, to die in bed.

Stap, stop.

Stark, stout.

Startin, starting.

by the gadfly.

stroked,