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ile: oil
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ilie:
oily
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iliecoat:
oilskin
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ilka: each,
every
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ill-trickit:
mischievous
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inby:
indoors; inside; within
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indwaller:
inhabitant; resident
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ingan: onion
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ingate:
access
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ingether:
collect
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ingle: room fire
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inklin:
illusion; hint; rumour
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inpit:
give occupancy to tenant; insert; contribution
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insteid;
instead
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intimmers:
internal organs; stomach and bowels; internal workings; mechanism
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inver: river
mouth
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isna: is not
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ither: other
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jaggie:
prickly
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jaikit:
jacket
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jalouse:
conjecture; imagine; suspect
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Janwar: January
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jaur: jar
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jeelie:
jelly; jam
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jimp: shorter; close fitting; short;
slender; neat
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joco: jovial;
merry; cheerful; pleased with oneself
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johnnie-aw-thing:
small general merchant
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jorum: a generous quantity of liquid, usually alcoholic
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joug: jug; mug
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jouk: to
duck; elude; side step; swerve
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joukerie-pawkerie:
roguery; trickery
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juist: just
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juist that: precisely; quite so
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jundie: jog;
jolt; jostle; push
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jurmummle: mix up
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jyle: jail;
prison
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kail: soup
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kail-pat:
soup pot
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kaim: comb
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kebbuck : cheese
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keckle: cackle; giggle; titter
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keckle-up: perk up
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keek : to glance ; to peep
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keek-o-day:
dawn
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keekin-gless:
mirror
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kelpie: a water demon, usually in the form of a horse which is said to
haunt rivers and fords, and lure the unwary to their deaths
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Kelsae: Kelso
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ken: know; recognise
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kenspeckle:
easily recognizable; conspicuous, familiar
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Killie:
Killmarnock Football Club
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kiltie: wearer of the kilt
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kinch: loop;
noose; problem
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kinrick:
kingdom; realm
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kintra: country; district; region
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kirk: church
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Kirkcaddie:
Kirkcaldy
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kirsten: christen
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kist: box;
coffin; corn bin; the thorax
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kist o
drawers: chest of drawers
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kithend:
generation
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kittlie:
easily tickled
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kittlin: kitten
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knappie: lumpy; bumpy
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kyte: abdomen; stomach
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laddie:
boy
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lae/lat alane:
leave undisturbed
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laft: attic
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laich: low
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lair-stane:
tombstone
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lairge:
large; lavish; numerous; plentiful
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laldie: a
beating; a drubbing; a thrashing; punishment
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Lammas: Term starting on 1st August
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lan: land;
tenement building
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lang: long; tall
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lang-nebbit:
nosy
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lang oor: midnight
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langsyne:
days of long ago; long ago
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lappert:
curdled
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larick:
larch
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lat: let
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lat flee:
hurl
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lat on:
divulge
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lave: rest;
remainder
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lawin:
bill; reckoning; retribution
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lay-aff: hold forth
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lealtie:
loyalty
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learn: instruct; teach
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lee-lang: livelong
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leerie:
lamplighter
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len: loan
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lether: ladder
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licht:
light
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licht-heidit: dizzy
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licks: thrash; defeat; surpass;
corporal punishment; chastisement
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lift: sky
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like as no: probably
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link at: act
energetically towards
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links: sandy,
bent-covered shore; sausages tied together
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linn: cliff over
which water falls; waterfall
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lintie: linnet
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lippen fou:
full to the brim
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loch: lake
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lown: calm; peace
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lowp: leap;
start; throb
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lowpin-on-stane: stone block to assist riders
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lowsin tyme: end of day's work
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lum: chimney
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lunt:
kindle; blaze; smoke a pipe
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lyart:
grizzled; grey
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ma: my
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mae: more; extra
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maik: halfpenny
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mailin: smallholding
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mair:
extra; more
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maist: most
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mait:
meat; food
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makar:
poet
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mask: brew ; infuse
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maskin-pat: teapot
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mauna: may not
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meal ark/girnel/kist:
oatmeal chest
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meedies:
meadow; piece of marshy grassland
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meenit:
minute
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mell:
mallet
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mennen:
minnow
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mense:
commonsence; courtesy; respect; propriety
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mercat:
market; market transaction
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merle:
blackbird
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messages: shop purchases
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micht : might; power
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mim/mim-moud:
prim; affected in speech
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mingin:
having a bad smell; stinking; very drunk
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minnie:
mother
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mirk:
darken; blur; darkness; dark
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mirkness:
darkness
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misert:
miser; miserly
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misgate:
wrong course of action
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mish-mash:
mix-up
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mishanter: accident ; calamity ;
mischance
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misken:
misunderstand; spurn
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mislippen:
mistrust: overlook; betray
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mither: mother
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mither-leid: native tongue
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moanin-minnie: complainer
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moch: moth
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mochie: clammy; rotting
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moggan:
stocking
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mools: earth; grave
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mou: mouth
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muckle: a
great deal; big; much
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mune : moon
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munelich : moonlight
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musardrie:
poetry
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mutch:
woman's cap
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naither: neither
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nane : none
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near-haun:
close at hand
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neb: beak; nose; tip; prow
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nebbie: inquisitive
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neibour:
to be situated near; neighbour
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neipheid:
stupid person
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neuk: a corner; a recess; an alcove
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nicht:
night
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nickum: scamp; rogue; mischievous boy
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nieve: clench fist; fist
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niffer: bargain;
exchange; trade
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nipscart: miser
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nirlie:
puny
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nirlin: keen;
nipping
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nizzart: sharp-faced person
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no weill:
ill
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nocht:
nothing
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norlan:
northern
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nou: now
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nummer: number
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nurl:
become lumpy
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nurlie:
lumpy; uneven
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nyaff: contemptible person ; trifle
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oncost: outlay
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on-ding: downpour ; onset ( of rain )
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onie: any
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oniething: anything
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oniewhaur:
anywhere
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ontakkin: undertaking
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onwart:
orward
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oo: wool
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oo-mull: tweed mill
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oorlich:
raw, of weather
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ooze: fluff
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ordinar/ornar:
ordinary
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orp:
fret, grumble, complain in a peevish way
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orra:
abnormal; peculiar; occasional; miscellaneous; shabby; vagrant
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orra man:
odd job man
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ouk: week
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out-the-road: remote
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outbrak:
outburst; eruption
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outin:
excursion; jaunt
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outpit:
expenditure
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outstrapalous: obstreperous; rowdy
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owrance:
supremacy
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owre: over
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owrerax:
overreach
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owrerin: overrun
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owreset: translate
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owrethraw:
overthrow
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oxter: take by the arm; elbow;
embrace; armpit
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painch:
paunch; stomach
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Paip: Pope
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pairt:
part; share
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paiter:
chatter; indulge in monologue; chatter on endlessly
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palin: fence
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palin stab: fence post
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parkie: public park attendant
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parritch:
porridge
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partan:
crab
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pat: pot
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pawkie : astute; guileful
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peakit:
gaunt; thin
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pease - brose: porridge of ground pea flour
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pech: gasp;
pant; puff
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Pecht: Pict
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pee-the-bed:
dandelion
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peelie / peelie-wallie: delicate; sickly.
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peenge: whine; complain; whimper
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peenie: pinafore
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peenie-rose: peony
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peerie: spinning top
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peesie/peesweep:
peewit; lapwing
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peevers : hopscotch
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pendicler: the
tennant of a Pendicle; a smallholder
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penny wheep:
weak ale
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pent: paint
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perjink : nicety; fastidious person;
fastidious; precise; prim
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philabeg: kilt
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pickle:
indefinate amount; a little
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piece: a snack
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pig: stone
hot water bottle
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pinkie:
little finger
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pirn:
bobbin; reel; spool; top made with a bobbin; cotton reel
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pirn-taed:
pigeon toed
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pit: put
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pit-by:
hoard; tide-over; expedient; light meal
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pit-on:
pretend; pretence
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plackless:
pennieless
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plaister:
mess; shambles
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plattit:
pleated; woven
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pliskie: prank; trick; wild idea
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plot:
sweat; swelter
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plottin het:
scaulding hot
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plouk:
pimple; postule; blotch
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ploukie:
pimply
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ploy:
escapade; joke; undertaking; social gathering
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plunk: be absent
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plunk the schuil: be absent from
school without leave; play truant
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poke: bag
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polis: police
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pow: head;
scalp
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pownie:
pony
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powter:
work aimlessly
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pouch: pocket
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pouther: powder
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precentor:
conductor of singing
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preen: pin
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preses: chairman ; president
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prig: beg;
bargain contentiously; entreat; insist
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primsie:
demure; priggish; strait-laced
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puggy: monkey
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puggy-nit: peanut
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puir: poor
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puirtith:
poverty
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pynt:
point
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quaich: a drinking
cup
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quakin-quaw:
quagmire
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quall:
quell; be quelled
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quattin-tyme:
end of day's work
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quean:
girl
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raip : rope
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rair: roar
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ramgunshoch:
bluff in manner; boorish
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rammy:
disturbance; free-for-all; violent disturbance; scuffle; uproar
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ramstam: rush headlong; headstrong person; headstrong; rash
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ravel:
tangle; outwit; ramble in speech; confused in speech
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rax: extend;
stretch by pulling; sprain; wrench
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rax for:
reach for
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redd: clean up; set in order;
disentangle.
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reglar: regular;
regularly
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reid: red
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reik:
smoke; vapour
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reiver:
robber; cattle raider
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rejyce: rejoyce ; triumph
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remeid:
redress; remedy
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resurrector:
body-snatcher
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reteir:
retire; withdraw
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retour:
return; return journey
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richt:
right
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richtfu:
rightfull
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rigbane:
backbone
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rin: run
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rive: rend; rip; wrench; burst; grapple; tear;
split
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road:
direction; route; method
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roch: rough
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rouser:
watering can
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rowan:
mountain ash
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rowe:
enfold; roll; twine
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rowp: auction
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rowth:
abundance; abundant
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rug: drag; tug; twinge
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rummle-gumption: understanding; common-sense; level-headedness
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rug at the
hert: touch the heart
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rype: ransack; poke; plunder;
search
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sab: sob;
weep; drip; seep
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saft: soft
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saicont:
second
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sair: sore;
dire; severe; grief-stricken
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sair trachle:
laborious work
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sait:
chair; seat
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sang: song
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sangschaw:
music festival
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saum: a psalm
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saumon:
salmon
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saut: salt
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sax: six
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scabbert:
scabbard
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scad: burn;
scauld; scorch
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scaffie:
dustman; road sweeper
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scaur: scar
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scaurie:
young gull with brown speckled feathers
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scheme:
estate ( of housing )
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schuil:
school
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sclim: climb
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scowder:
thin covering of snow
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scowth:
room; scope; freedom
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scrape o the
pen: letter
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scrieve : write
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scrimpit:
frugal; undersized
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scroggie:
gnarled, stunted (of a tree); scrubby
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scug: hide;
lurk; skulk; shelter; shield; protect
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scunner:
cause/ get feeling of aversion; surfeit; aversion; loathing; nausea;
nuisance
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scutter:
work dirtily; dirty, slovenly work; dawdle; waste time
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seck:
dismiss from job; sack
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seelfu: sweet
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seil:
blessing; bliss; happiness
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semmit: vest
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shackle-bane:
wrist-bone
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shae: shoe
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shae-spune:
shoehorn
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shairp: sharp; frosty
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shak: shake
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shalla: shallow
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shammie-leggit:
bandy-legged
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shargar:
a puny, weakly person; the weakest of a brood or litter
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shauchle:
shuffle; shambe; tumbledown object
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shed:
divide; part hair; slice; parting of hair
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sheen:
gleam; glitter; shine
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sheugh:
trench; ditch; gutter
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shewster:
seamstress
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shilfa:
chaffinch
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shooglie:
shaky; unsteady
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shouder/shouther: shoulder
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shouer:
shower
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shilpit:
emaciated; puny; shrunken
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sib: kin;
akin; related
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siccar:
fix firmly; sure; staunch; true; loyal; resolute
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sicht: sight
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siller:
silver; money
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simmer:
summer
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size:
chives
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skail : disperse; scatter; spill
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skailie-pen: slate pencil
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skaillie-brod: writing slate
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skailin time:
time for closing; shutting time
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skair:
share
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skeilie: capable; shrewd; skilful
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skeldock:
wild mustard
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skelf: a sliver; splinter
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skellum:
rogue; worthless fellow
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skiffie:
give a clue; indication of direction
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skirlie /
skirlie-i-the-pan: oatmeal and onions fried in suet or dripping
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skirps:
splashes or drip marks
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skitie:
slippery
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skoosh:
(cause to) gush in spurts or splashes; squirt; (of solid objects)
dart; glide or move rapidly with a swishing sound; a splash; spurt;
jet (of water); lemonade or other aerated water
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slaister: bedaub; do messy work;
work done dirtily
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slaiver:
dribble; slobber; talk nonsense; saliva
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slap: gap in wall; pass between hills; gate
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slauchter: slaughter
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slocken:
quench
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slorach:
beslobber; behave sentimentally; slopy mess
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smeddum:
pith; vigour; animation; drive; spirit
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smirr: drizzle
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snash:
insult; sneer; speak impertinently; abuse; impertinence
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snaw: snow
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snaw-bree: slush
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sned: chop off; prune; castrate
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snell: cold; biting, of wind; sharp
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snell-gabbit:
sharp-tongued
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snell-nebbit:
astute
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sodger:
soldier
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souk: suck;
dry up; lap; quagmire; whirlpool; sychophant
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sour douk: sour milk
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soutar: cobbler; shoemaker
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spail:
splinter; shaving
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specks: spectacles
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speir: ask; investigate; ask in marriage; inquiry;
investigation
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speldrin: gutted, split and dried
(or smoked) fish
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speug: sparrow
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spital: hospice; hospital
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spleuchan: purse; tobacco pouch
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splore:
frolic; carouse; prank; exploit; outing
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spring: cheerful tune; reel
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spurtle: porridge stick
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stap: stop;
step
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starn:
star; pupil of eye
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staun : stand; last; afford; goods stall
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staw:
dislike; disgust
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steir: stir; disturb; fuss;
disturbance
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stell:
still for distillation
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stell-net:
salmon net on stakes
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stert:
start
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stertle:
startle
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stey: steep
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stick in: persist
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stirup-dram: parting drink
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stoit/stoiter:
reel; stagger
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stop:
dwell; remain; lodge
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stotter: move unsteadily
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stoun:
ache; throb
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stour: dust
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stourie:
dusty; stormy
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stowlins:
secretly; staethily
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strae:
straw
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stramash: smash; fuss; squabble; brawl
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strang:
strong
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streitch:
stretch; distance; extent; spell; turn
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stushie:
squabble; tumult
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styte:
balderdash; nonsence
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subscribent: subscriber
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Suddron/
Suthron: the English language; English; southern
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suithfast:
true; faithful
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swalla/swallie:
swallow, the bird
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swatch: a
glimpse
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swythe : speedy; speedily
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sybie: a spring onion
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syke:
ditch; gutter; stream that drys up in the summer
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syne: rinse ; wash superficially
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syne doun: wash down food with drink
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sypit: soaked
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syver: a drain; a gutter; a sink
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tae: toe;
tine
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tae-sided:
biased
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taigle:
delay; detain; harass; hinder; entangle
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tairt:
tart
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tak: take
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tak lowe:
catch fire
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tap: top
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tappit-hen:
whisky decanter topped with a hen's comb
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tapsalteerie:
topsy-turvey ; chaotic
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tash: soil;
fray; stain
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tassie:
cup; goblet
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tattie:
potato
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tattie-beetil: potato masher
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tawse:
fibrous root; strap
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teet-meet: a low muttered conversation; a whispering together
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tellt: told
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tent:
listen to; notice; care for; attention
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tentless:
careless; inattentive; thoughtless
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teuch: tough
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The Bairns: Falkirk Football Club; the inhabitants
of Falkirk
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The Blue
Brazil: Cowdenbeath Football Club
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The Buddies:
St Mirren Football Club
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The Bully Wee: Clyde Football Club
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the day:
today
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The Dons: Aberdeen Football Club
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The Fife/Fifers: East Fife Football Club
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The Gable Endies:
Montrose Football Club
- The Gers:
Rangers Football Club
- the lenth o:
as far as
- the nou:
just now
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The Pars: Dunfermline Football Club
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The Shire: East Stirlingshire Football Club
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the wale o:
the pick of
- The Well:
Motherwell Football Club
- theevil:
porridge stick
- thesaurer:
treasurer
- thirl:
bind; enslave
- thole: endure; undergo; permit
- thoum:
thumb
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thrawart: adverse; stubborn
- thrawn: stubborn; surly; disobedient;
adverse
- threip:
assert dogmatically; complain; harp; assertion; argument
- thrissle:
thistle
- thunner:
thunder
- thunner-plump:
sudden downpour
- tint: lost
- tirran: tyrant; cantankerous,
awkward, or obstinate person; tearaway
- tirrivee:
bustle; tantrum; rage
- toorie:
woollen bonnet
- toun: town; farm; hamlet
-
tousie
taps-o-tow: shaggy haired children
- tow: hemp fibre;
string; rope
- towmond: year
- tozie: muddles; half-drunk; tipsy; drowsily warm/snug
- trews:
close fitting tartan trousers
- trig: tidy
up; neat; smart; attractive
- trowe:
roll; spin/cause to spin; trundle
- tummle:
tumble
- tung-tackit: tongue-tied
- twa: two
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twae: two
- twa-thrie:
a few
- tyauve: struggle
-
tyauve-throu: survive
- tyke: dog; cur; mongrel; rustic fellow
- tyne: lose;
miss a target; forfeit; perish
- unce: ounce
- unkent:
unfamiliar
- unnerstaun:
understand
- unsiccar: unsafe; undependable
- unsocht:
uninvited
- unwycelike:
indiscreet
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unyirdlie:
unearthly; supernatural
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upby: up
the road; up yonder
- uptak: preoccupy;
understand; intelligence
- usquebae: whisky
- vacancy : holiday
- vauntie:
conceited; jaunty; showy
- veesion: vision
- veesit: visit
- vennel:
passage/ lane between houses
- verra:
very
- virr:
energy; force; industry; vigour
- vizzy-hole:
peep-hole
- vocable:
word
- vogie:
boastful; elated; imposing
- vratch: wretch
- vrocht: worked
hard
- wabbit: exhausted
- wabsteid: website
- wabster:
weaver
- wae: woe
- waefu/
waesome: woeful
- wag-at-the-wa
/ waggettie-wa: wall-clock (with uncased pendulum)
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wal: spa; well; water tap
-
wale:
choose; select
- wallie-dug: china dog
- wanchancie: ill-fated ; risky
- wanhope:
dispair
- wanluck:
misfortune
- wanpeace:
strife
- warld:
world
- warld's gear:
wordly wealth
- warsle throu:
overcome adversity
- watergaw: indistinct rainbow
- wather: weather
- wauchle:
shamble; stagger; tire; perplex; laborious effort
- wauken: arose; awake
- waukrife:
sleepless; vigilent
- waur:
defeat; worst; parry
- wean:
child; infant
- weary on:
desire; long for
- wee: small;
young; mean
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wee-yin:
child
- wee pickle:
small amount
- weem: cave;
tunnel
- weill: well
- weill-hertit:
good hearted; optimistic
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weir: war
-
weir: wear
- weird-fu:
fateful
-
weir-hairness:
armour
- weit: wet, irrigate; moisture
- weive; knit
- Wensday:
Wednesday
- wersh: ( of food and drink ) tasteless; insipid; unpalatable
- wey: way
- wheemer:
mutter
- wheesht:
hush
- whit: what
- whusk: whisk
- whyles: now and then; sometimes
- widdershins: anticlockwise ; backwards
- wik: week
- willie-waucht: large draught of
liquor
-
winna: shall not;
won't
- winnock bunker:
window seat
- wittinsblad : newspaper
-
wrack-wuid:
drift-wood
-
wraith:
wreath
-
wrang:
injure; error; wrong
- wricht : carpenter; joiner
- wunner:
wonder
- wynd: lane
between houses
- wyte:
blame; impute blame or guilt to ( a person or thing ); accuse a (
person ) of responsibility for something
- wyteless:
blameless; innocent
- wyver:
spider
-
yaised tae: inured to
- yak: ache
-
yallochie:
yellowish
- yammer: fret;
complain; outcry; whine; whimper; lamentation; grouse
- yatter:
chatter
- yavil:
second; field under oats for second year
-
yearn-blitter:
common snipe
- yella/yalla: yellow
- yella yite:
yellow hammer
- yersel: yourself
- yestreen: yesterday evening
- yett: gate
-
yeukie-bane:
funny bone
- yill: ale
- yince:
once
- yird/yirth:
earth
- yirk: jerk
- yokie:
itchy
- yondmaist:
furthes
-
yorlin:
yellow hammer
- yowdendrift: snow driven by wind
- yowie: fir
cone
- yow-trummle: cold weather after sheep shearing
- yule: Christmas
- yule E'en: Christmas Eve
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