Couthie, kind, loving.
Cove, a cave.

Cowe, to terrify, to keep under, to lop; a fright, a branch of furze, broom, &c. Coup, to barter; to tumble

over; a gang.

Cowpit, tumbled.
Cowrin, cowering.
Coute, a colt.

Cozie, snug; cozily, snugly.
Crabbit, crabbed, fretful."
Crack, conversation; to con-

verse.

Crackin, conversing. Craft, or croft, a field near a house, in old husbandry. Craik, name of a bird. Crambo-clink, or crambo. jingle, rhymes, doggrel ver.

ses.

Crank, the noise of an un-
greased wheel.
Crankous, fretful, captious.
Cranreuch, the hoar-frost.
Crap, a crop, to top.

Craw, a crow of a cock, a rook.

Creel, a basket ; to have one's wit in a creel; to be craz❜d,

to be fascinated.

Creepin, creeping.

Creeshie, greasy.

Crouse, cheerful, courageous. Crously, cheerfully, courage. ously.

Crowdie-time, breakfast-time. Crowdie, a dish made of oatmeal.

Crowlin, crawling. Crump, hard and brittle, spoken of bread.

Crunt, a blow on the head with a cudgel.

Crushin, crushing, crushed,

crusht.

Cuif, a blockhead, a ninny. Cummock, a short staff with a crooked head.

Curchie, a courtesy.
Curler, a player on ice.
Curling, a well known game
on ice.

Curlie, curled, whose hair falls
naturally in ringlets.
Curmurring, murmuring, a
slight rumbling noise.
Curpin, the crupper.
Cushat, the dove or wood.
pigeon.
Cutty, short.

D

DADDIE, a father.

Daffin, merriment, foolishness. Daft, merry, giddy, foolish.

tance.

Crood, or croud, to coo as a

cove.

Croon, a hollow continued moan; to make a noise like the continued roar of a bull, to hum a tune.

Crooning, humming.
Crouchie, crook-backed.

daimen.icker, an ear of corn now an then. Dainty, pleasant, good-hu. moured, agreeable. Dancin, dancing. Dappl't, dappled. Darklins, darkling. Daud, to thrash; to abuse. Daur, to dare, daur't, dared.

Daurg, or daurk, a day's la bour. Davoc, David.

Dawd, a large piece.

Dawtit, or dautet, fondled, caressed.

Dearies, dimin. of dears.

Dow, am or are able, can. Dowoff, pithless, wanting spirit. Dowie, worn with grief, fatigue, &c.

Downa, am or are not able,

cannot.

Doylt, stupid.

Drap, a drop, to drop.

Drapping, dropping.

Dearthfu', dear.

Deave, to deafen.

Disrespecket, disrespected.
Dizzen, or diz'n, a dozen.
Dizzie, dizzy, giddy.
Doited, stupified, hebetated.
Dolefu, doleful.

Dolt, crazed, a stupid fellow.
Donsie, unlucky.

Dool, sorrow; to sing dool, to lament, to mourn. Dorty, saucy, nice.

Douce, or douse, sober, wise, prudent.

Doucely, soberly, prudently. Dought, was or were able. Doup, backside.

Dour and din, sullen and sallow.

Doure, stout, durable, stubborn, sullen.

Dreadfu', dreadful.

Dreep, to ooze, to drop.

Dreeping, oozing, dropping.

Dribble, drizzling, slaver.
Driegh, slow.

Drift, a drove.

Drinkin, drinking.

Droddum, the breech.

Droop-rumpl't, that droops at the crupper.

Drone, part of a bagpipe.
Drouket, wet.

Drouth, thirst, drought.

Drucken, drunken.

Drumbly, muddy.

Drummock, meal and water

immediately under the skin;
a field pretty level, on the
side or top of a hill.

Fen, successful struggle; fight.
Fend, to live comfortably.
Ferlie, or ferly, to wonder ; a
wonder, a term of contempt.
Fetch, to pull by fits.
Fetch't, pulled intermittently.
Fidge, to fidget.

Fidgin, fidgeting.
Fiel, soft, smooth.

Fient, fiend, a petty oath. Fier, sound, healthy; a bro ther, a friend.

Fisle, to make a rustling noise, to fidget, to bustle.

Fit, a foot.

Fittie-lan', the near horse of the hindmost pair in the plough.

Fizz, to make a hissing noise,

like fermentation.

Flainen, flannel.
Flatterin', flattering.
Fleech, to supplicate in a flat-
tering manner.
Fleechin, supplicating.
Fleesh, a fleece.

Fleg, a kick, a random blow. Flether, to decoy by fair words.

Fletherin, flattering. Fley, to scare, to frighten. Fley'd, frighted, scared. Flichter, to flutter, as young nestlings when their dam approaches.

Flichterin, fluttering.

Flinders, sherds,

pieces.

broken

Flingin-tree, a piece of tim

ber hung by way of partition between two horses in a stable; a flail. Flisk, to fret at the yoke. Fliskit, fretted. Flitter, to vibrate like the

wings of small birds. Flittering, fluttering, vibrat ing.

Flunkie, a servant in livery.
Flyin, flying.
Foamin, foaming.
Foord, a ford."

Forbears, forefathers.
Forbye, besides.

Forfairn, distressed, wornout, jaded.

Forgether, to meet, to en

counter with.

Forgie, to forgive.

G

GAB, the mouth; to speak boldly or pertly. Gaberlunzie, an old man. Gadsman, plough - boy, the boy that drives the horses in the plough.

Gae, to go, gaed, went, gaen

or gane, gone, gaun, going. Gaet or gate, way, manner, road.

Gang, to go, to walk.
Gar, to make, to force.
Gar't, forced.
Garten, a garter.

Gash, wise, sagacious, talka.

tive; to converse.

Gashin, conversing.
Gate, way, manner.

Gatherin, gathering.

Formin, forming.

Fother, fodder.

Fou', full, drunk.

Foughten, troubled, harrassed.

Fow, a bushel, &c.

Frae, from.

Freath, froth.

Frien', friend.
Fu', full.

Fud, the scut of the hare, coney, &c.

Fuff, to blow intermittently.
Fuff't, did blow.

Funnie, full of merriment.
Fur, a furrow.
Furm, a form, bench.
Fyfteen, fifteen.

Fyke, trifling cares; to piddle, to be in a fuss about trifles,

Fyle, to soil, to dirty.
Fylt, soiled, dirtied.

Gear, riches, goods of any kind.

Geck, to toss the head in

wantonness or scorn.

Ged, a pike.

Gentles, great folks.

Geordie, a guinea.

Get, a child, a young one. Gie, to give, gied, gave, gi'en, given.

Giftie, dimin. of gift.
Giglets, playful girls.
Gillie, dimin. of gill.

Gimmer, a ewe from one to