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Strappan, tall and hand.

some.

Straught, straight.

Streek, stretched, to stretch;
streekit, stretched.
Strewin, strewing.
Striddle, to straddle.

Stringin, stringing.
Stroan, to spout, to piss.
Stroan't, spouted, pissed.
Strunt, spirituous liquor of any
kind; to walk sturdily.
Studdie, an anvil.

Stuff, corn, or pulse of any
kind.

Stumpie, dimin. of stump.
Sturt, trouble; to molest.
Sturtin, frighted.

Sucker, sugar.
Sud, should,

Sugh, the continued rushing
noise of wind or water.
Suthron, southern; an old
name for the English na
tion.

Swaird, sward.
Swall'd, swelled:
Swank, stately, jolly.
Swankie, or swanker, a tight
strapping young fellow or
girl.
Swap, an exchange; to barter.
Swarf, swoon.
Swat, did sweat.

Swats, liquor.

Swatch, a sample.
Sweaten, sweating.

Szeer, lazy, averse; dead.

sweer, extremely averse.
Swervin, swerving.
Swinge, to beat, to whip.
Singein, beaten, whipping.
Swirl, a curve, an eddying

blast or pool, a knot in
wood.
Swirlie, knaggy, full of knots.
Swith! get away!

Sither, to hesitate in choice;
an irresolute wavering in
choice.

Swoor, swore, did swear.
Syne, since ago, then.

T

TAE, a toe; three-tae'd, hav
ing three prongs.
Tairge, target.

Tak, to take; takin, taking.
Talkin, talking.
Tangle, a sea weed.

Tantallan, the name of a
mountain.
Tap, the top.

Tapetless, headless, foolish.
Tarrow, to murmur at one's
allowance.

Tarrow't, murmured.
Tarry-breeks, a sailor.
Tauld, or tald, told.
Taupie, a foolish thoughtless
young person.
Tauted, or tautie, matted to-
gether,spoken of hairor wool.
Tawie, that allows itself peace-
ably to be handled, spoken
of a horse, cow, &c.
Tearfu', tearful.

Teat, a small quantity.
Tedding, spreading after the

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Thirl, to thrill. .
Thir'd, thrilled, vibrated.
Thole, to suffer, to endure.
Thowe, a thaw, to thaw.
Thowless, slack, lazy.
Thrang, throng, a crowd.
Thraw, to sprain, to twist, to
contradict:
Thrawn, sprained, twisted,
contradicted.

Thrawin, twisting, &c.
Threap, to maintain by dint
of assertion.
Threshin, thrashing.
Threteen, thirteen.
Thristle, thistle.

Through, to go on with, to
make out.

Throuther, pell-mell, confus-
edly.

Thud, to make a loud, inter-
mittent noise.
Thumpin, thumping.
Thumpit, thumped.

Thysel, thyself.
Till't, to it.
Timmer, timber;

timber; timber.
propt, propped with timber.
Tine, to lose; tint, lost; tint
the gate, lost the way.
Tinkler, a tinker.
Tip, a ram.

Tippence, twopence.

Tirl, to make a slight noise,

to uncover.

Tirlin, uncovering.

Tither, the other.
Tittle, to whisper.
Tittlin, whispering.

Tocher, marriage-portion.
Tod, a fox.

Toddle, to totter like the

walk of a child.

Toddlin, tottering.

Toom, empty.
Toop, a ram.

Toun, a hamlet, a farm-house,
Tout, the blast of a horn or
trumpet; to blow a horn, &c.
Tow, a rope.

Towmond, a twelvemonth.
Towzie, rough, shaggy.
Toy, a very old fashion of fe
male head-dress.

Toyte, to totter like old age.
Transmugrify'd, transmigra
ted, metamorphosed.
Trashtrie, trash.
Trews, trowsers.
Trickie, full of tricks.
Trig, spruce, neat.
Trimly, excellently.
Trottin, trotting.
Trow, to believe.

Trowth, truth, a petty oath.
Tryin, trying.

Trysted,appointed; to tryste,

to make an appointment.
Try't, tried,

Tug, raw hide, of which, in
old times, plough - traces
were frequently made.
Tulzie, a quarrel; to quarrel,
to fight.
Tunefu', tuneful.
Twa, two.

Twa three, a few.
'Twad, it would.

Twal, twelve; Twalpennie.
worth, a small quantity, a
penny-worth.
Twin, to part.
Tyke, a dog.

U

UNCO, strange, uncouth, ve-
ry, very great, prodigious.
Uncos, news.

Uncaring, disregarding.
Undoin, undoing.
Unkenn'd, unknown.

Unskaith'd, undamaged, un-
hurt.

Unweeting, unwitting, un.
knowing.

Unsicker, unsure, unsteady.
Urchin, a hedge-hog.
Upo', upon.

V

VAP'RIN, vapouring.
Vera, very.

Virl, a ring round a column,
&c.

W

WA', wall; Wa's, walls.

Wabster, a weaver.

Wad, would; to bet; a bet;
a pledge.

Wadna, would not.

Waeful, woeful.

Waesuck! or waes me! alas!
O the pity!

Waft, the woof.
Waifu', wailing.

Wair, to lay out, to expend.
Wal'd, chose, chosen.
Wale, choice; to choose.
Walie, ample, large, jolly;
also an interjection of dis.

tress.

Wame, the belly; wamefou,
a bellyful.

Wanchancie, unlucky.
Wanrestfu', restless.
Wark, work.

Wark-lume, a tool to work
with.

Warl, or warld, world.
Warlock, a wizzard.
Warly, worldly, eager on a
massing wealth.

Warran, a warrant; to war-

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dlers do cloth.

Waur,
Waurt, worsted.
Wean, or weanie, a child.
Weary or wearie, monie a
weary body, many a diffe-
rent person.
Weason, weasand.
Wee, little; wee things, lit-
tle ones; wee bit, a small
matter.

worse; to worst.

Whitter, a hearty draught of
liquor.
Whun-stane, a whin-stone.
Whyles, whiles, sometimes.
Wi, with,

Wick, to strike a stone in an
oblique direction, a term in
curling.

Wicker, willow (the smaller
sort.)

Wiel, a small whirlpool.

Weel, well; weelfare, wel. Wifie, a diminutive or en-

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We'se, we shall.

Wha, who.

Whaizle, to wheeze.
Whalpit, whelped.

Whang, a leathern string, a
piece of cheese, bread,&c.;
to give the strappado.
Whare, where; whare'er,

wherever.
Whase, whose.
Whatreck, nevertheless.
Wheep, to fly nimbly, to
jerk; penny.wheep, small

beer.
Whid, the motion of a hare
running but not frighted; a
lie.

Whiddin, running as a hare

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dearing term for wife.

Wimple, to meander.

Wimpl't, meandered.

Wimplin, waving, meander-

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Win't, winded, as a bottom of
yarn.

Wintle, a staggering mòtion ;
to stagger, to reel.
Winze, an oath.
Wiss, to wish.
Withoutten, without.
Wizen'd, hide-bound, dryed,
shrunk.

Wonderfu', wonderful, won-
derfully.

Wonner, a wonder, a con-
temptuous appellation.
Wons, dwells.
Woo', wool.

Wooer-lab, the garter knot-
ted below the knee with a

couple of loops.

Wordy, worthy.

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