Mask, to mash, as malt, &c., to infuse.

Maskin-pot, teapot.

Maukin, a hare.

Maun, mauna, must, must not.

Maut, malt.

Mavis, the thrush.

Maw, to mow.

Mawin, mowing; maun, mowed; maw'd, mowed.

Mawn, a small basket, without a handle.

Meere, a mare.

Melancholious, mournful.

Melder, a load of corn, &c., sent to the mill to be ground.

Mell, to be intimate, to meddle, also a mallet for pounding barley in a stone trough.

Melvie, to soil with meal.

Men', to mend.

Mense, good manners, decorum.

Menseless, ill-bred, impudent.

Merle, the blackbird.

Messin, a small dog.

Middin, a dunghill.

Middin-creels, dung-baskets, panniers in which horses carry manure.

Midden-hole, a gutter at the bottom of a dunghill.

Milkin-shiel a place where cows or ewes are brought to be milked.

Mim, prim, affectedly meek.

Mim-mou'd, gentle-mouthed.

Min', to remember.

Minawae, minuet.

Mind't, mind it, resolved, intending, remembered.

Minnie, mother, dam.

Mirk, dark.

Misca', to abuse, to call names; misca'd, abused.

Mischanter, accident.

Misleard, mischievous, unmannerly.

Misteuk, mistook.

Mither, mother.

Mixtie-maxtie, confusedly mixed, mish-mash.

Moistify, moistified, to moisten, to soak; moistened, soaked.

Mons-Meg, a large piece of ordnance, to be seen at the Castle of Edinburgh, composed of iron bars welded together and then hooped.

Mools, earth.

Mony, or monie, many.

Moop, to nibble as a sheep.

Moorlan, of or belonging to moors.

Morn, the next day, to-morrow.

Mou, the mouth.

Moudiwort, a mole.

Mousie, diminutive of mouse.

Muckle, or mickle, great, big, much.

Muses-stank, muses-rill, a stank, slow-flowing water.

Musie, diminutive of muse.

Muslin-kail, broth, composed simply of water, shelled barley, and greens; thin poor broth.

Mutchkin, an English pint.

Mysel, myself.

N.

Na', no, not, nor.

Nae, or na, no, not any.

Naething, or naithing, nothing.

Naig, a horse, a nag.

Nane, none.

Nappy, ale, to be tipsy.

Negleckit, neglected.

Neebor, a neighbour.

Neuk, nook.

Neist, next.

Nieve, neif, the fist

Nievefu', handful.

Niffer, an exchange, to barter.

Niger, a negro.

Nine-tailed cat, a hangman's whip.

Nit, a nut.

Norland, of or belonging to the north.

Notic't, noticed.

Nowte, black cattle.

O.

O', of.

O'ergang, overbearingness, to treat with indignity, literally to tread.

O'erlay, an upper cravat.

Ony, or onie, any.

Or, is often used for ere, before.

Orra-duddies, superfluous rags, old clothes.

O't, of it.

Ourie, drooping, shivering.

Oursel, oursels, ourselves.

Outlers, outliers; cattle unhoused.

Ower, owre, over.

Owre-hip, striking with a forehammer by bringing it with a swing over the hip.

Owsen, oxen.

Oxtered, carried or supported under the arm.

P.

Pack, intimate, familiar: twelve stone of wool.

Paidle, paidlen, to walk with difficulty, as if in water.

Painch, paunch.

Paitrick, partridge.

Pang, to cram.

Parle, courtship.

Parishen, parish.

Parritch, oatmeal pudding, a well-known Scotch drink.

Pat, did put, a pot.

Pattle, or pettle, a small spades to clean the plough.

Paughty, proud, haughty.

Pauky, cunning, sly.

Pay't, paid, beat.

Peat-reek, the smoke of burning turf, a bitter exhalation, whisky.

Pech, to fetch the breath shortly, as in an asthma.

Pechan, the crop, the stomach.

Pechin, respiring with difficulty.

Pennie, riches.

Pet, a domesticated sheep, &c., a favourite.

Pettle, to cherish.

Philabeg, the kilt.

Phraise, fair speeches, flattery, to flatter.

Phraisin, flattering.

Pibroch, a martial air.

Pickle, a small quantity, one grain of corn.

Pigmy-scraper, little fiddler; a term of contempt for a bad player.

Pint-stomp, a two-quart measure.

Pine, pain, uneasiness.

Pingle, a small pan for warming children's sops.

Plack, an old Scotch coin, the third part of an English penny.

Plackless, pennyless, without money.

Plaidie, diminutive of plaid.

Platie, diminutive of plate.

Plew, or pleugh, a plough.

Pliskie, a trick.

Plumrose, primrose.

Pock, a meal-bag.

Poind, to seize on cattle, or take the goods as the laws of Scotland allow, for rent, &c.

Poorteth, poverty.

Posie, a nosegay, a garland.

Pou, pou'd, to pull, pulled.

Pouk, to pluck.

Poussie, a hare or cat.

Pouse, to pluck with the hand.

Pout, a polt, a chick.

Pou't, did pull.

Poutherey, fiery, active.

Pouthery, like powder.

Pow, the head, the skull.

Pownie, a little horse, a pony.

Powther, or pouther, gunpowder.

Preclair, supereminent.

Preen, a pin.

Prent, printing, print.

Prie, to taste; prie'd, tasted.

Prief, proof.

Prig, to cheapen, to dispute; priggin, cheapening.

Primsie, demure, precise.

Propone, to lay down, to propose.

Pund, pund o' tow, pound, pound weight of the refuse of flax.

Pyet, a magpie.

Pyle, a pyle, o' caff, a single grain of chaff.

Pystle, epistle.

Q.

Quat, quit

Quak, the cry of a duck.

Quech, a drinking-cup made of wood with two handles.

Quey, a cow from one to two years old, a heifer.

Quines, queans.

Quakin, quaking.

R.

Ragweed, herb-ragwort.

Raible, to rattle, nonsense.

Rair, to roar.

Raize, to madden, to inflame.

Ramfeezled, fatigued, overpowered.

Rampin', raging.

Ramstam, thoughtless, forward.

Randie, a scolding sturdy beggar, a shrew.

Rantin', joyous.

Raploch, properly a coarse cloth, but used for coarse.

Rarely, excellently, very well.

Rash, a rush; rash-buss, a bush of rushes.

Ratton, a rat.

Raucle, rash, stout, fearless, reckless.

Raught, reached.

Raw, a row.

Rax, to stretch.

Ream, cream, to cream.

Reamin', brimful, frothing.

Reave, take by force.

Rebute, to repulse, rebuke.

Reck, to heed.

Rede, counsel, to counsel, to discourse.

Red-peats, burning turfs.

Red-wat-shod, walking in blood over the shoe-tops.

Red-wud, stark mad.

Ree, half drunk, fuddled; a ree yaud, a wild horse.

Reek, smoke.

Reekin', smoking.

Reekit, smoked, smoky.

Reestit, stood restive; stunted, withered.

Remead, remedy.

Requite, requited.

Restricked, restricted.

Rew, to smile, look affectionately, tenderly.

Rickles, shocks of corn, stooks.

Riddle, instrument for purifying corn.

Rief-randies, men who take the property of others, accompanied by violence and rude words.

Rig, a ridge.

Rin, to run, to melt; rinnin', running.

Rink, the course of the stones, a term in curling on ice.

Rip, a handful of unthreshed corn.

Ripples, pains in the back and loins, sounds which usher in death.

Ripplin-kame, instrument for dressing flax.

Riskit, a noise like the tearing of roots.

Rockin', a denomination for a friendly visit. In former times young women met with their distaffs during the winter evenings, to sing, and spin, and be merry; these were called "rockings."

Roke, distaff.

Rood, stands likewise for the plural, roods.

Roon, a shred, the selvage of woollen cloth.

Roose, to praise, to commend.

Roun', round, in the circle of neighbourhood.

Roupet, hoarse, as with a cold.

Row, to roll, to rap, to roll as water.

Row't, rolled, wrapped.

Rowte, to low, to bellow.

Rowth, plenty.

Rowtin', lowing.

Rozet, rosin.

Rumble-gumption, rough commonsense.

Run-deils, downright devils.

Rung, a cudgel.

Runt, the stem of colewort or cabbage.

Runkled, wrinkled.

Ruth, a woman's name, the book so called, sorrow.

Ryke, reach.

S.

Sae, so.

Saft, soft.

Sair, to serve, a sore; sairie, sorrowful.

Sairly, sorely.

Sair't, served.

Sark, a shirt.

Sarkit, provided in shirts.

Saugh, willow.

Saugh-woodies, withies, made of willows, now supplanted by ropes and chains.

Saul, soul.

Saumont, salmon.

Saunt, sauntet, saint; to varnish.

Saut, salt.

Saw, to sow.

Sawin', sowing.

Sax, six.

Scaud, to scald.

Scauld, to scold.

Scaur, apt to be scared; a precipitous bank of earth which the stream has washed red.

Scawl, scold.

Scone, a kind of bread.

Sconner, a loathing, to loath.

Scraich and Scriegh, to scream, as a hen or partridge.

Screed, to tear, a rent; screeding, tearing.

Scrieve, scrieven, to glide softly, gleesomely along.

Scrimp, to scant.

Scrimpet, scant, scanty.

Scroggie, covered with underwood, bushy.

Sculdudrey, fornication.

Seizin', seizing.

Sel, self; a body's sel', one's self alone.

Sell't, did sell.

Sen', to send.

Servan', servant.

Settlin', settling; to get a settlin', to be frightened into quietness.

Sets, sets off, goes away.

Shachlet-feet, ill-shaped.

Shair'd, a shred, a shard.

Shangan, a stick cleft at one end for pulling the tail of a dog, &c., by way of mischief, or to frighten him away.

Shank-it, walk it; shanks, legs.

Shaul, shallow.

Shaver, a humorous wag, a barber.

Shavie, to do an ill turn.

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

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

Sherra-muir, Sheriff-Muir, the famous battle of, 1715.

Sheugh, a ditch, a trench, a sluice.

Shiel, shealing, a shepherd's cottage.

Shill, shrill.

Shog, a shock, a push off at one side.

Shoo, ill to please, ill to fit.

Shool, a shovel.

Shoon, shoes.

Shore, to offer, to threaten.

Shor'd, half offered and threatened.

Shouther, the shoulder.

Shot, one traverse of the shuttle from side to side of the web.

Sic, such.

Sicker, sure, steady.

Sidelins, sideling, slanting.

Silken-snood, a fillet of silk, a token of virginity.

Siller, silver, money, white.

Sin, a son.

Sinsyne, since then.

Skaith, to damage, to injure, injury.

Skeigh, proud, nice, saucy, mettled.

Skeigh, shy, maiden coyness.

Skellum, to strike, to slap; to walk with a smart tripping step, a smart stroke.

Skelpi-limmer, a technical term in female scolding.

Skelpin, skelpit, striking, walking rapidly, literally striking the ground.

Skinklin, thin, gauzy, scaltery.

Skirling, shrieking, crying.

Skirl, to cry, to shriek shrilly.

Skirl't, shrieked.

Sklent, slant, to run aslant, to deviate from truth.

Sklented, ran, or hit, in an oblique direction.

Skouth, vent, free action.

Skreigh, a scream, to scream, the first cry uttered by a child.

Skyte, a worthless fellow, to slide rapidly off.

Skyrin, party-coloured, the checks of the tartan.

Slae, sloe.

Slade, did slide.

Slap, a gate, a breach in a fence.

Slaw, slow.

Slee, sleest, sly, slyest.

Sleekit, sleek, sly.

Sliddery, slippery.

Slip-shod, smooth shod.

Sloken, quench, slake.

Slype, to fall over, as a wet furrow from the plough.

Slypet-o'er, fell over with a slow reluctant motion.

Sma', small.

Smeddum, dust, powder, mettle, sense, sagacity.

Smiddy, smithy.

Smirking, good-natured, winking.

Smoor, smoored, to smother, smothered.

Smoutie, smutty, obscene; smoutie phiz, sooty aspect.

Smytrie, a numerous collection of small individuals.

Snapper, mistake.

Snash, abuse, Billingsgate, impertinence.

Snaw, snow, to snow.

Snaw-broo, melted snow.

Snawie, snowy.

Snap, to lop, to cut off.

Sned-besoms, to cut brooms.

Sneeshin, snuff.

Sneeshin-mill, a snuff-box.

Snell and snelly, bitter, biting; snellest, bitterest.

Snick-drawing, trick, contriving.

Snick, the latchet of a door.

Snirt, snirtle, concealed laughter, to breathe the nostrils in a displeased manner.

Snool, one whose spirit is broken with oppressive slavery; to submit tamely, to sneak.

Snoove, to go smoothly and constantly, to sneak.

Snowk, snowkit, to scent or snuff as a dog, scented, snuffed.

Sodger, a soldier.

Sonsie, having sweet engaging looks, lucky, jolly.

Soom, to swim.

Souk, to suck, to drink long and enduringly.

Souple, flexible, swift.

Soupled, suppled.

Souther, to solder.

Souter, a shoemaker.

Sowens, the fine flour remaining among the seeds, of oatmeal made into an agreeable pudding.

Sowp, a spoonful, a small quantity of anything liquid.

Sowth, to try over a tune with a low whistle.

Spae, to prophesy, to divine.

Spails, chips, splinters.

Spaul, a limb.

Spairge, to clash, to soil, as with mire.

Spates, sudden floods.

Spaviet, having the spavin.

Speat, a sweeping torrent after rain or thaw.

Speel, to climb.

Spence, the parlour of a farmhouse or cottage.

Spier, to ask, to inquire; spiert, inquired.

Spinnin-graith, wheel and roke and lint.

Splatter, to splutter, a splutter.

Spleughan, a tobacco-pouch.

Splore, a frolic, noise, riot.

Sprachled, scrambled.

Sprattle, to scramble.

Spreckled, spotted, speckled.

Spring, a quick air in music, a Scottish reel.

Sprit, spret, a tough-rooted plant something like rushes, jointed-leaved rush.

Sprittie, full of spirits.

Spunk, fire, mettle, wit, spark.

Spunkie, mettlesome, fiery; will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus; the devil.

Spurtle, a stick used in making oatmeal pudding or porridge, a notable Scottish dish.

Squad, a crew or party, a squadron.

Squatter, to flutter in water, as a wild-duck, &c.

Squattle, to sprawl in the act of hiding.

Squeel, a scream, a screech, to scream.

Stacher, to stagger.

Stack, a rick of corn, hay, peats.

Staggie, a stag.

Staig, a two year-old horse.

Stalwart, stately, strong.

Stang, sting, stung.

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

Stane, stone.

Stank, did stink, a pool of standing water, slow-moving water.

Stap, stop, stave.

Stark, stout, potent.

Startle, to run as cattle stung by the gadfly.

Staukin, stalking, walking disdainfully, walking without an aim.

Staumrel, a blockhead, half-witted.

Staw, did steal, to surfeit.

Stech, to cram the belly.

Stechin, cramming.

Steek, to shut, a stitch.

Steer, to molest, to stir.

Steeve, firm, compacted.

Stell, a still.

Sten, to rear as a horse, to leap suddenly.

Stravagin, wandering without an aim.

Stents, tribute, dues of any kind.

Stey, steep; styest, steepest.

Stibble, stubble; stubble-rig, the reaper in harvest who takes the lead.

Stick-an'-stow, totally, altogether.

Stilt-stilts, a crutch; to limp, to halt; poles for crossing a river.

Stimpart, the eighth part of a Winchester bushel.

Stirk, a cow or bullock a year old.

Stock, a plant of colewort, cabbages.

Stockin', stocking; throwing the stockin', when the bride and bridegroom are put into bed, the former throws a stocking at random among the company, and the person whom it falls on is the next that will be married.

Stook, stooked, a shock of corn, made into shocks.

Stot, a young bull or ox.

Stound, sudden pang of the heart.

Stoup, or stowp, a kind of high narrow jug or dish with a handle for holding liquids.

Stowre, dust, more particularly dust in motion; stowrie, dusty.

Stownlins, by stealth.

Stown, stolen.

Stoyte, the walking of a drunken man.

Straek, did strike.

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

Straik, to stroke; straiket, stroked.

Strappen, tall, handsome, vigorous.

Strath, low alluvial land, a holm.

Straught, straight.

Streek, stretched, to stretch.

Striddle, to straddle.

Stroan, to spout, to piss.

Stroup, the spout.

Studdie, the anvil.

Stumpie, diminutive of stump; a grub pen.

Strunt, spirituous liquor of any kind; to walk sturdily, to be affronted.

Stuff, corn or pulse of any kind.

Sturt, trouble; to molest.

Startin, frighted.

Styme, a glimmer.

Sucker, sugar.

Sud, should.

Sugh, the continued rushing noise of wind or water.

Sumph, a pluckless fellow, with little heart or soul.

Suthron, Southern, an old name of the English.

Swaird, sword.

Swall'd, swelled.

Swank, stately, jolly.

Swankie, or swanker, a tight strapping young fellow or girl.

Swap, an exchange, to barter.

Swarfed, swooned.

Swat, did sweat.

Swatch, a sample.

Swats, drink, good ale, new ale or wort.

Sweer, lazy, averse; dead-sweer, extremely averse.

Swoor, swore, did swear.

Swinge, beat, to whip.

Swinke, to labour hard.

Swirlie, knaggy, full of knots.

Swirl, a curve, an eddying blast or pool, a knot in the wood.

Swith, get away.

Swither, to hesitate in choice, an irresolute wavering in choice.

Syebow, a thick-necked onion.

Syne, since, ago, then.

T.

Tackets, broad-headed nails for the heels of shoes.

Tae, a toe, three-taed, having three prongs.

Tak, to take; takin, taking.

Tangle, a sea-weed used as salad.

Tap, the top.

Tapetless, heedless, foolish.

Targe, targe them tightly, cross-question them severely.

Tarrow, to murmur at one's allowance.

Tarry-breeks, a sailor.

Tassie, a small measure for liquor.

Tauld, or tald, told.

Taupie, a foolish, thoughtless young person.

Tauted, or tautie, matted together (spoken of hair and wool).

Tawie, that allows itself peaceably to be handled (spoken of a cow, horse, &c.)

Teat, a small quantity.

Teethless bawtie, toothless cur.

Teethless gab, a mouth wanting the teeth, an expression of scorn.

Ten-hours-bite, a slight feed to the horse while in the yoke in the forenoon.

Tent, a field pulpit, heed, caution; to take heed.

Tentie, heedful, cautious.

Tentless, heedless, careless.

Teugh, tough.

Thack, thatch; thack an' rape, clothing and necessaries.

Thae, these.

Thairms, small guts, fiddle-strings.

Thankit, thanked.

Theekit, thatched.

Thegither, together.

Themsel', themselves.

Thick, intimate, familiar.

Thigger, crowding, make a noise; a seeker of alms.

Thir, these.

Thirl, to thrill.

Thirled, thrilled, vibrated.

Thole, to suffer, to endure.

Thowe, a thaw, to thaw.

Thowless, slack, lazy.

Thrang, throng, busy, a crowd.

Thrapple, throat, windpipe.

Thraw, to sprain, to twist, to contradict.

Thrawin', twisting, &c.

Thrawn, sprained, twisted, contradicted, contradiction.

Threap, to maintain by dint of assertion.

Threshin', threshing; threshin'-tree, a flail.

Threteen, thirteen.

Thristle, thistle.

Through, to go on with, to make out.

Throuther, pell-mell, confusedly (through-ither).

Thrum, sound of a spinning-wheel in motion, the thread remaining at the end of a web.

Thud, to make a loud intermittent noise.

Thummart, foumart, polecat

Thumpit, thumped.

Thysel', thyself.

Till't, to it.

Timmer, timber.

Tine, to lose; tint, lost.

Tinkler, a tinker.

Tip, a ram.

Tippence, twopence, money.

Tirl, to make a slight noise, to uncover.

Tirlin', tirlet, uncovering.

Tither, the other.

Tittle, to whisper, to prate idly.

Tittlin, whispering.

Tocher, marriage portion; tocher bands, marriage bonds.

Tod, a fox. "Tod i' the fauld," fox in the fold.

Toddle, to totter, like the walk of a child; todlen-dow, toddling dove.

Too-fa', "Too fa' o' the nicht," when twilight darkens into night; a building added, a lean-to.

Toom, empty.

Toomed, emptied.

Toop, a ram.

Toss, a toast.

Tosie, warm and ruddy with warmth, good-looking, intoxicating.

Toun, a hamlet, a farmhouse.

Tout, the blast of a horn or trumpet, to blow a horn or trumpet.

Touzles, touzling, romping, ruffling the clothes.

Tow, a rope.

Towmond, a twelvemonth.

Towzie, rough, shaggy.

Toy, a very old fashion of female head-dress.

Toyte, to totter like old age.

Trams, barrow-trams, the handles of a barrow.

Transmugrified, transmigrated, metamorphosed.

Trashtrie, trash, rubbish.

Trickie, full of tricks.

Trig, spruce, neat.

Trimly, cleverly, excellently, in a seemly manner.

Trinle, trintle, the wheel of a barrow, to roll.

Trinklin, trickling.

Troggers, troggin', wandering merchants, goods to truck or dispose of.

Trow, to believe, to trust to.

Trowth, truth, a petty oath.

Trysts, appointments, love meetings, cattle shows.

Tumbler-wheels, wheels of a kind of low cart.

Tug, raw hide, of which in old time plough-traces were frequently made.

Tug or tow, either in leather or rope.

Tulzie, a quarrel, to quarrel, to fight.

Twa, two; twa-fald, twofold.

Twa-three, a few.

Twad, it would.

Twal, twelve; twalpennie worth, a small quantity, a pennyworth. —N.B. One penny English is 12d. Scotch.

Twa faul, twofold.

Twin, to part.

Twistle, twisting, the art of making a rope.

Tyke, a dog.

Tysday, Tuesday.

U.

Unback'd filly, a young mare hitherto unsaddled.

Unco, strange, uncouth, very, very great, prodigious.

Uncos, news.

Unfauld, unfold.

Unkenn'd, unknown.

Unsicker, uncertain, wavering, insecure.

Unskaithed, undamaged, unhurt.

Upo', upon.

V.

Vap'rin, vapouring.

Vauntie, joyous, delight which cannot contain itself.

Vera, very.

Virl, a ring round a column, &c.

Vogie, vain.

W.

Wa', wall; wa's, walls.

Wabster, a weaver.

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

Wadna, would not.

Wadset, land on which money is lent, a mortgage.

Wae, woe; waefu', sorrowful, wailing.

Waefu'-woodie, hangman's rope.

Waesucks! Wae's me!, Alas! O the pity!

Wa' flower, wall-flower.

Waft, woof; the cross thread that goes from the shuttle through the web.

Waifs an' crocks, stray sheep and old ewes past breeding.

Wair, to lay out, to expend.

Wale, choice, to choose.

Wal'd, chose, chosen.

Walie, ample, large, jolly, also an exclamation of distress.

Wame, the belly.

Wamefu', a bellyful.

Wanchansie, unlucky.

Wanrest, wanrestfu', restless, unrestful.

Wark, work.

Wark-lume, a tool to work with.

Warld's-worm, a miser.

Warle, or warld, world.

Warlock, a wizard; warlock-knowe, a knoll where warlocks once held tryste.

Warly, worldly, eager in amassing wealth.

Warran', a warrant, to warrant.

Warsle, wrestle.

Warsl'd, or warst'led, wrestled.

Wastrie, prodigality.

Wat, wet; I wat—I wot—I know.

Wat, a man's upper dress; a sort of mantle.

Water-brose, brose made of meal and water simply, without the addition of milk, butter, &c.

Wattle, a twig, a wand.

Wauble, to swing, to reel.

Waukin, waking, watching.

Waukit, thickened as fullers do cloth.

Waukrife, not apt to sleep.

Waur, worse, to worst.

Waur't, worsted.

Wean, a child.

Weary-widdle, toilsome contest of life.

Weason, weasand, windpipe.

Weaven' the stocking, to knit stockings.

Weeder-clips, instrument for removing weeds.

Wee, little; wee things, little ones, wee bits, a small matter.

Weel, well; weelfare, welfare.

Weet, rain, wetness; to wet.

We'se, we shall.

Wha, who.

Whaizle, to wheeze.

Whalpit, whelped.

Whang, a leathorn thing, a piece of cheese, bread, &c.

Whare, where; whare'er, wherever.

Wheep, to fly nimbly, to jerk, penny-wheep, small-beer.

Whase, wha's, whose—who is.

What reck, nevertheless.

Whid, the motion of a hare running but not frightened.—a lie.

Whidden, running as a hare or coney.

Whigmeleeries, whims, fancies, crotchets.

Whilk, which.

Whingin', crying, complaining, fretting.

Whirligigums, useless ornaments, trifling appendages.

Whissle, a whistle, to whistle.

Whisht, silence; to hold one's whisht, to be silent.

Whisk, whisket, to sweep, to lash.

Whiskin' beard, a beard like the whiskers of a cat.

Whiskit, lashed, the motion of a horse's tail removing flies.

Whitter, a hearty draught of liquor.

Whittle, a knife.

Whunstane, a whinstone.

Wi', with.

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

Widdifu, twisted like a withy, one who merits hanging.

Wiel, a small whirlpool.

Wifie-wifikie, a diminutive or endearing name for wife.

Wight, stout, enduring.

Willyart-glower, a bewildered dismayed stare.

Wimple-womplet, to meander, meandered, to enfold.

Wimplin, waving, meandering.

Win', to wind, to winnow.

Winnin'-thread, putting thread into hanks.

Win't, winded as a bottom of yarn.

Win', wind.

Win, live.

Winna, will not.

Winnock, a window.

Winsome, hearty, vaunted, gay.

Wintle, a staggering motion, to stagger, to reel.

Wiss, to wish.

Withouten, without.

Wizened, hide-bound, dried, shrunk.

Winze, a curse or imprecation.

Wonner, a wonder, a contemptuous appellation.

Woo', wool.

Woo, to court, to make love to.

Widdie, a rope, more properly one of withs or willows.

Woer-bobs, the garter knitted below the knee with a couple of loops.

Wordy, worthy.

Worset, worsted.

Wrack, to tease, to vex.

Wud, wild, mad; wud-mad, distracted.

Wumble, a wimble.

Wraith, a spirit, a ghost, an apparition exactly like a living person, whose appearance is said to forbode the person's approaching death; also wrath.

Wrang, wrong, to wrong.

Wreeth, a drifted heap of snow.

Wyliecoat, a flannel vest.

Wyte, blame, to blame.

Y.

Ye, this pronoun is frequently used for thou.

Yearns, longs much.

Yealings, born in the same year, coevals.

Year, is used both for singular and plural, years.

Yell, barren, that gives no milk.

Yerk, to lash, to jerk.

Yerket, jerked, lashed.

Yestreen, yesternight.

Yett, a gate.

Yeuk's, itches.

Yill, ale.

Yird, yirded, earth, earthed, buried.

Yokin', yoking.

Yont, ayont, beyond.

Yirr, lively.

Yowe, an ewe.

Yowie, diminutive of yowe.

Yule, Christmas.

THE END.