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a wee meenit:
a short time
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aback: behind; at
rear of
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able: astute; clever
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ableize:
ablaze
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ablow: below; under
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abstraklous:
bad tempered; obstreperous
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abune:
above; over
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acquant: acquaint
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adae:
difficulty: fuss; ceremony
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aefauldlie:
best wishes
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aff-luif:
extempore
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aff-pit: excuse
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affrontit:
ashamed
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affstaunin:
aloof
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aft/aften:
often
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agate:
abroad; on the road
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agee ( ajee ): askew ; ajar
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agin:
against
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agley:
awry
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agrun:
aground
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aheid:
ahead
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ahin/ahint:
behind
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ahin-haun:
late
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Aiberdeen:
Aberdeen
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aiblins: perhaps
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aik: oak
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ain: own;
private; privilege
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aince: once
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aipple: apple
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airm: arm
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aistlin:
easterly
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aither:
either
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aits: oats
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aix: axe
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alane: alone
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aller: alder tree
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amna: am not
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Andermas:
St Andrew's Day, 30th November
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anerlie: only;
solely
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anither:
another
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Anster:
Anstruther
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antrin: chance ; rare ; occasional
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apairt:
apart
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Aprile: April
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argie-bargie:
dispute
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arles:
payment, of arle-penny, on engagement of service; foretaste
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arra: arrow
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ashet:
large meat plate
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aside: beside
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aspar:
astride
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asteir: abroad; astir; in a
commotion; up and about
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athort: across
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athout: without
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atween: between
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atweill:
assuredly; indeed
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auld:
old
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Auld Cloutie: the devil
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auld-faither:
grandfather
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auld-mither:
grandmother
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aumrie: cabinet; chest; cupboard; pantry
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ava: at all
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awa: away
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awa wi it:
done for
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ay: yes
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aye: always
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ayebydan:
everlasting
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ayont: beyond
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babby:
baby
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back-haun:
overdue
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back-yett:
private gate
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backdoor-trot: diarrhoea
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backjaw:
impudence
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backlins:
backwards
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backspeir:
question; interrogate; cross examine
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baffies: slippers
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bahookie:
posterior; bottom
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bailie / beylie: magistrate,
equivalent of English alderman; farm steward
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baird: beard
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bairn:
make pregnant; child
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bairnskip:
childhood
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bairn's
bairn: grandchild
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baists:
animals (Brock: badger; Cauf: calf; Maukin: hare; Mowie / modiewort:
mole; Pownie: pony; Rattan: rat; Tod : fox)
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baith:
both
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ballant/ballat:
ballad; song
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baloo:
sing a lullaby; lullaby
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bane: bone
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banefire:
bonefire
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bap: roll, small loaf
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bard:
minstrel, poet
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barelies:
hardly; scarcely
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bate: beat
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bauchle:
to shuffle; worn-out shoe; old, feeble person
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baudrons:
cat
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baurley: barley
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baurley:
breathing space; respite; truce
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baurley-bree: whisky
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bawbees:
money
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bawd: hare
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bawsent:
brindled; white-streaked, of animal's face
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baxter: baker
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bedfast:
bedridden
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beglaumer:
bewitch; enchant
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begoud:
begin; start
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begrutten:
stained with tears
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begunk:
betray; deceive; betrayal; deceit
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behauden:
indebted; obliged
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beil:
fester; festering sore
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beild: shelter
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beld: bald
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bellythrawe:
stomach-ache
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belyve: presently; soon; by and by
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ben: mountain
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ben: inner
part of house; in; inside; into; through; within
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benmaist: furthest in; innermost
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besides:
compared with
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besom:
broom; brush
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Bethankit:
grace after meal
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better:
healed; recovered from illness
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bicker:
beaker; drinking bowl; tankard
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bienness: affluence; prosperity
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big: build
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big-coat:
greatcoat
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billie:
brother; companion; fellow
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bing: heap
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binna:
except, unless
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birk: birch
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birkie:
alert; animated; smart youth
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birl: rotate;
cause to rotate; dance; spin; whirl
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birse:
bristle; fit of bad temper
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bittie/bittock:
little bit; short time/distance
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blashie:
wet and windy
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blate:
diffident; shy; timid
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blaud:
sample; selection of verse
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bleize:
blaze
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bleert:
dim, of eyes; stained with weeping
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blellum: silly talkative person
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blethers:
chatter; nonsense
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bletherskite:
silly talker
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blinn: blind
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bluffart:
blast of wind; squall; a blow
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bock/boke: gush
forth; retch
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bodach: old man
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boddom:
bottom
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bonalie: farewell drink
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bonnie fechter:
douchty/good fighter
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borestane:
flagstaff stone
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bourach: heap; confused heap
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bogshaivelt:
knocked out of shape; distorted
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bonnie:
beautiful; considerable
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boss: devoid; empty; hollow
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bou-backit:
hump-backed
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bowlie-leggit: bandy-legged
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bowster-cup:
nightcap
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box-bed: wall bed
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brae: hill;
river bank; steep road
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braeheid:
hilltop
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brainch:
branch
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braisant:
bold; insolent
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brats:
clothing
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braw:
comely; excellent; considerable; very good; splendid
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braws: best clothes
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breeks: trousers
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breinge: push forward impetuously; a violent rush forward
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brent new: brand new
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bricht:
bright
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brig: bridge
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brisken up:
feshen; stimulate; titillate
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brither:
find an equal; match; brother; equal
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brocht:
brought
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brod/buird-claith: table-cloth
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brose: porridge made with meal, water, salt and butter
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brosie:
coarse in manner; stout
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brosie-faced:
fat faced
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brou: brow; brim; overhanging bank
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broukit:
tear-stained
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broun: brown
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brulzie/ brulyie:
brawl; commotion; fight
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bubbly-jock: turkey ( male )
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bucker:
delay: fuss; move or work aimlessly, yet fussily; hinder
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Buckhyne:
Buckhaven
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buckie: perverse, obstinate person
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bucksturdie:
obstinate
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buik / beuk: book
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bumbaleerie: posterior; bottom
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bumbaze: abash; amaze; bewilder
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bumphlie: rumpled
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bunemaist: highest; topmaist
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bunker:
chest; seat
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burth-brief:
birth certificate
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busk:
dress; adorn
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bygane:
past and gone
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bylins:
by and by; soon
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byne:
washing tub
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byornar:
extraordinary
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byre: cattle-shed; cow-house
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cadger: peddlar; hawker; tinker
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caird:
card; chart
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cairn:
heap of stones; monument
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cairrie-on:
piece of bad behaviour
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cairt:
cart
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caist-out:
disagree
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callan:
boy; lad
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caller:
cool; fresh; refreshing
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camsteerie: giddy ; unruly ; wild
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cankert:
irritable
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canna:
cannot
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cantie:
cheerful; contented; comfortable; bouyant; cordial; merry
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capernoitit:
perverse; sour-tempered
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carline:
old woman
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carlish:
boorish; churlish
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carnaptious:
crabbed; bad-tempered
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carritch: the catechism
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cast up: accuse; recall spitefully
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caudron:
cauldron
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cauf kintra: birth-place; native district
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caurrie-haundit: left handed
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certes: assuredly; certainly
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chaft:
cheek; jaw
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chairge:
charge; cost; expense
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chantie:
chamberpot
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chap:
hammer; knock; stroke of clock or bell
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chicken-hertit:
cowardly; timid
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chitterie /
chitterin piece / bite: food taken after bathing
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chow: chew
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christmas: Christmas present
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clabber:
mud; clay; mire
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clabbiedoo: large mussel
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clachan:
hamlet; village
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claes:
clothes; garb
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claes-raip:
clothes-rope
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claes-screen:
clothes-horse
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claivers:
chatter; tittle-tattle
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clanjamfrie : a crowd ; a rabble
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clappit:
shrunken; thin
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clapshot:
potatoes and turnips mashed together
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clartie:
dirty
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clean:
absolute; complete; completely
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cleck:
babble; talk idly; claptrap; insolence
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cleik: clutch; seize; gaff salmon; walk
arm in arm; crook; hook; salmon gaff
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cless:
class
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clishmaclaver: gossip ; long discourse
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clocker:
broody hen
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clype: blab; tell tales
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cockabendie /
cockie-dandie: small, lively person
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cockle-heidit: scattered-brained
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coff: buy
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cog/ coggie:
bowl; wooden dish
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collieshangie:
brawl; dispute; uproar; dogfight
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come on:
improve
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confab:
chat
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connach:
mar; spoil
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contermacious: perverse; self willed; obstinate
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contrair: contrary ; diametrically opposed
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convene:
gathering; meeting
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convoy:
accompany; transport; escort
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corbie: raven; rook
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corbie steps: steps on house gable-end
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cornkister:
farmworkers' song
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coronach: dirge; lament
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corp:
corpse
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corp-lifter:
body-snatcher
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corrieneuchin:
chatting intimately
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cou: cow
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cour:
cower; squat; submit; protect
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courie-doun:
snuggle; nestle
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court-hous: court building
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couthy:
congenial; cosy; pleasant
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cowp: capsize; tilt; tumble; upset; rubbish dump
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crabbit: bad-tempered
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cradlie-baa: lullaby
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crambo-clink:
doggeral
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crammasie : crimson
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cranreuch:
hoarfrost
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crap: crop
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craw: crow;
boast
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craw-bogle: scarecrow
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craw-road:
direct road
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crib:
curb; kerb
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croun:
crown; first furrow in ploughing
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cruzie:
oil lamp
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cry: call
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cry doun: disparage
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cry in:
visit in passing
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cryned:
grown small through age; shrivelled
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cundie: conduit; culvert; drain;
sewer
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curfuffle:
disarray; disagreement; disorder; excitement
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curmurrin: murmer; stomach rumble
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curriehunker: squat on hams
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cuttie-stuil:
stool of repentance
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dab-haun:
expert
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dad: bang; beat; drive of wind; hit; slam;
jolt; knock; thud
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daft: foolish
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daicent:
decent
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daimen:
occasional; rare
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daith:
death
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dams:
draughts, the game
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dander:
anger
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dander/dauner:
stroll; wander; leisurely walk
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darg: labour; day's labour
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daur:
abash; dare; intimidate
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daurna:
dare not
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dawtie: pet;
sweetheart
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deid: dead
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deid-hous:
mortuary
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deid mirk:
pitch black
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denner: dinner
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denner-piece:
packed lunch
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deoch-an-dorus: stirrup cup; parting drink
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depairt:
depart; leave
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dern: darn
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deval:
cease; quit; cessation; stop
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dicht: clean; wipe; wash superficially
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dichtin:
drubbing
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dink/dinkie:
neat; dandified
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dirdum:
fuss; uproar; scolding tantrum; squabble
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dirl : clatter; pierce; reverberate; throb;
blow; vibration
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dirl-aff:
reel off
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dirl by:
pass swiftly, of time
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dirlie-bane:
funny bone
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disjaskit: wearied; downcast
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disna:
does not
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divert : diversion; entertainment
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dizzen: dozen
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dochter:
daughter
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dochtie: brave; powerful
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dock:
backside; buttocks
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doitit:
absent-minded; crazed; stupified
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dominie:
schoolmaster
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donnert: stupefied: stupid
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douk : bathe; dip
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doun: down
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dounheid:
dislike
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dour: grim
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dove / dover: doze ; drowze
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dover owre: dose off
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dowie:
ailing; dejected; mournful
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dozent:
bewildered; stupefies; impotent
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dram: glass of spirits ( usually whisky )
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drap: drop
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draw ti:
take a seat at the table
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dreel: drill, in all senses; line; row
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dreich: dull; monotonous; tardy; desolate;
dreary
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dreip : drip; drizzling rain; soft,
spiritless person
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drieshach:
glowing fire
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droukit: drenched ; soaked
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droun: drown
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drucken: drunken
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drummure:
earnest; sad-looking
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dub: bog; pool; stagnant pool
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dub-skelper:
reckless person
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dug-hip:
rose hip
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dule: grief; distress
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dumfouner: amaze; stun
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dumfounert: amazed; stunned
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dunch:
bump; butt; jolt; push (with elbow)
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dunt: blow ; bump ; knock
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durkie:
thick set
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dwall:
dwell
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dwam: faint become
sick
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eastie-wastie: person of no firm conviction
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ee: eye
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eeran:
errand; shop purchase
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ee-sicht:
eyesight
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efter:
after
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eftername:
surname
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eident:
busy; diligent; industrious
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elba/elbuck:
elbow
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eldritch:
unearthly, of sound; fearful; frightful; hideous
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Embro:
Edinburgh
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emerant:
green; verdant
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emmertins: ants
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emmlinns:
giblets; leftovers
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en: end
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eneuch: enough
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ensenyie:
motto; slogan; watch word-word
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etin: giant
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ettercap: spider
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etterie:
bad-tempered
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ettle:
intend; conjecture; expect; attempt
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ettle at:
aim at
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ettle efter:
hanker for; long for
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eytment:
ointment
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fail:
decline in health
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fain: glad;
fond; willing; gladly
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fair: stop raining; dry, of weather; complete; quite
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fairfurth:
explicit; honest; outspoken
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fairin: gift bought at fair ; deserts
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fairn-yeir: last year
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faither:
father
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fankle:
entanle; ravel; trap; fumble;
muddle; tangle
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fantoosh:
pretentious; showy
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fareweill:
farewell
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farin:
food
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farl:
oatcake; flour scone
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farrach: knack; flaw
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fash: trouble; bother
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fashious: annoying;
fractious
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Fastern's
Een: Shrove Tuesday
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fauchentuilie: squabble
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faur: far
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faur ben:
very friendly
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faur-kent:
famous
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faur-seen:
skilled
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faur-throu:
dangerously ill
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fause:
false
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Fawkirk:
Falkirk
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feart: afraid
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fecht:
battle; fight; struggle
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feckless:
footling; incompetent; spiritless; weakly; worthless
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fell:
extremely; greatly; very
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ferlie:
marvel; novelty; wonderful; strange
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fernie-tickles:
freckles
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fest: fast
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fettle: strenghth ; state of mind
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fidgin-fain:
anxiously eager
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flaunter: blench; waver; veer
erratically; equivocate
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fleer: sneer
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fleg: scare
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flittin: house removal
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flouer:
flower
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flumgummerie: tomfoolery
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flyte: scold
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foggie;
old, out-of-date person
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forder: thrive ; promote
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forefowk: ancestors
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forenent: facing; in front of; opposite
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forenicht: early evening
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forestair:
open outside stair
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forfend:
prevent
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forfochen:
exhausted
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forjeskit:
exhausted
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found: lay
the foundation of; foundation; reserve of money
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fouter: botch; fuss with little
effect; potter about; bungler; muddle
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fouth:
plenty
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fower: four
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fower-weys:
crossroad
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frae:
from
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freestane:
easily worked sandstone
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frien:
friend; relative
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fremmit: alien; foreign; strange
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fudder:
blast of wind
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fulyerie: foliage
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funder:
founder
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furr up:
earth up, potatoes etc
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furth o: beyond the boundaries of
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fush: fish
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fykemaleeries: empty ritual
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fykerie:
fussiness
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fykie:
exacting; fussy; fastidious about trifles
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fyle: befoul; deface; make dirty
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gae: go; walk
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gae thegither:
amalgamate
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gain road:
direct road
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gairden: garden
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gairdener:
gardener
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gallivant:
gad about; flirt
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gallowses: trouser braces
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gallus:
daring; rash; wild
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gangrel body:
vagrant
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gant: yawn
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gar: cause;
compel; constrain
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garron:
sturdy hill horse
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gash-gabbit: glib-tongued
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gate: road;
street; journey
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gauger: an exciseman
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gawp: gape; yawn
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geal:
coagulate; freeze; ice; gelatine
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gemme: game
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gemmie:
gamekeeper
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gemm-leggit: lame
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gether:
gather; save money
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geylies:
rather
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geylike: strange
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ghaist: ghost
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gie: give
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gie nae inklin: give no sign/hint
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gie owre:
abandon; stop; quit
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gin: before; by, of
time; if; whether; by the time that
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girn: complain; fret; snarl; grumbler
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girnie:
peevish
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girse : grass
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gitter: gobble; jabber; silly talker
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glabber: mud; clay; mire
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glaiber: talk incessantly or idly; babble
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glaikerie: silly conduct
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glaikit: foolish
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glamourie:
enchantment
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glaur: mud,
slime
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gledge:
glance; sideways look
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gleg: alert;
nimble; dextorous; intelligent; sharp; smooth
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gleg-luggit:
sharp-eared
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gleg-shair:
positive
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Glesca:
Glasgow
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gless: glass
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glibbie/glib-gabbit: glib-tongued; eloquence
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glisk:
glance; glimpse; flash; peep
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gloamin: dusk
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glowre: frown; stare, darkly; gleam, of
stars
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glunch: frown; sulk; sulky look
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gob/gab/gub: mouth
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gomeril:
stupid person
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gormaw:
cormorant; greedy person
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goun: gown
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gowan : daisy
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gowden: golden
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gowf: golf
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gowk: play the fool; cuckoo; dunce; fool
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gowk-storm:
spring storm
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grannie:
grandmother
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graunfaither:
grandfather
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grauvit: scarf
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greet: weep, sob, cry
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greetin-faced: sour-faced
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greitin sauch:
weeping willow
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grippie:
tight-fisted; avaricious; greedy; mean; miserly
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grozet:
gooseberry
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grue: shiver from aversion; creep of flesh;
grimace; shiver
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guddle: grope with hands for fish ; do
dirty work; meddle
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guid-brither: brother-in-law
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guid-gaun: in good working order
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guid-leevin: pious
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gulliegaw:
gash; deep cut
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gun: briar pipe
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gurly: inclement
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gutties: gym shoes
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gype: stupid
person
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gyte: crazed; mad with desire
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haar: sea fog
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habble: limp; perplex; confusion; difficult
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haddie: haddock
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haddin: abode; estate; property
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hae: have
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hale an fier:
strong and well
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haet: iota:
particle: whit
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haffers:
half-shares
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haffits:
temples
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hairse:
hoarse
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hairst:
harvest
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haivers:
talk nonsense: speak foolishly
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hale: heal; healthy; whole; sound; completely
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halewatter: torrent
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hallirackit:
a frolicking boisterous person esp girls or young women
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hame: home
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hame-drauchtit: home-sick; fond of, or drawn, to home
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hamelie: domestic; simple
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hantle:
great deal; handful; a number/ quantity/ volume of
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hap: cover; wrap; blanket; shawl; screen
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harns:
brains; intelligence
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hashie: rough; untidy; stormy
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haud: hold
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haud at:
persist
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haud awa frae:
go away from
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hauf: half
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haun: hand
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haunle: handle
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haun-clout:
hand towel
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haunless:
handless; incompetent
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hause-bane:
neck bone
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heels-owre
gowdie: topsy-turvey; upside-down
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heid: head
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heidstane:
gravestone
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heid bummer:
boss; manager; prominent or important person
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herbour: harbour ; shelter
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hereawa:
hereabouts; hither
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herrie: harry;
plunder; rob; ruin
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hership: famine; ruin
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hert: heart
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hert-sair:
heart sore
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het: hot
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hicht:
height
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hidie-hole: hiding place
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hing: hang; knack; burden
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hing in:
persevere
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hinmaist: final; hindmost; ultimate.
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hinner:
hinder
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hinner-end:
very end; last few
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hinnie:
honey; darling
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hinniesickle:
honeysuckle
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hird:
herd
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hirple: hobble
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his-sel:
himself
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hither an
yont: backwards and forwards
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hoast: cough
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hochle:
walk clumsily
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hog/hoggie:
lamb; yearling sheep not yet shorn
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hogmanay: New Year's Eve
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hotter:
totter; walk unsteadily; boil steadily; seethe; crowd together; swarm
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hum an hae:
prevaricate
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hummle-doddies: fingerless mittens
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hunder/
hunner: hundred
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hurdies:
haunches; buttocks
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hurl: to bowl along ; to wheel ; a
vehicle ride
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hurl-barra: a wheelbarrow
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hush-mush:
rumour
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hutcheon:
hedgehog
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hyne:
harbour; haven
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hyne-awa: to a distance; away
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hyster: stumble; totter
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hyter: stumble; totter; trip
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