Splore, a frolic, a riot, a noise Sprit, a tough rooted plant Stack, a rick of corn, hay, &c. Stane, a ftone Startle, to run as cattle fung Stank, a pool of standing wa. Reaper, in harvest, who takes the lead Stick an ftow, totally, altogether Stilt, a crutch; to halt, to Stirk, a cow, or bullock a year old Stockin, ftocking Stock, a plant of colewort, cabbage, &c. Stoor, founding hollow, ftrong and boarfe Stot, an ox Stoup or ftowp, a kind of jug or difb with a handle Stown, ftolen, stownlins, by ftealth Strapin, tall and handsome Stoure, duft, more particularly Straik, to ftroke, Straiket, Stuff, corn, or pulfe of any kind Stumpie, dimin. of ftump Sturtin, frighted Sugh, the continual rubing noife of wind or water an old Suthron, Southern, Swall'd, fwelled Swap, an exchange; to barter Swank, ftately, jolly blast or pool, a knot in wood Swirlie, knaggy, full of knots Swither, an irrefolute wavering in choice; to hesitate in choice Swith! get away! Tauted or tautie, matted together, Spoken of hair or rocl Tawie, that allows itself peaceably to be handled, Spoken of a horfe, cow, &c, Teat, fmall quantity Tearfu', tearful Tent, a field pulpit, heed, caution; to take heed Tentie, heedful, cautious Tentlefs, heedless Ten hours bite, a flight feed to the horses, while in the yoke in the forenoon Teugh, tough, teughly, toughly Thack, thatch, thack an' rape, cloathing, neceffaries Thae, thefe Thankit, thanked Thairms, fmall guts, fiddleftrings Thegither, together Thirl'd, thrilled, vibrated Thrawn, fprained, twisted, contradicted Thrawin, twisting, &c. Threap, to maintain by dint of affertion Threshin, thrashing Hap-step-an'-lowp, hop, skip, Hiffel, fo many cattle as one and leap Hear't, hear it Hech! Oh! Strange! that is to be got or given Herry, to plunder, most pro- Heugh, a craig, a coalpit Hilch, to hobble, to halt Hirpil, to walk crazily, to creep, birplin, creeping perfon can attend them Hiftie, dry, chapt, barren Hitch, a loop, a knot Hoddin, the motion of a fage countryman riding on a eartho fe Hog-fcore, a kind of distance Hool, outer fkin or cafe Horn, a spoon made of horn Hornie, one of the many names of the Devil Heft, or hoaft, to cough; boafting, coughing Hove, to heave, to swell How back't, funk in the back, Ill-willie, ill-natured, mali Jumpin, jumping cious, niggardly Indentin, indenting K Ingle, fire, fi e-place Ingine, genius, ingenuity I'fe, I thail or will J J A D, jade; alfo a familiar term among country folks for a giddy young girl Jauk, to dally, to trifle Jaukin, trifling, dallying Jaup, a jerk of water; to jerk as agitated water Jaw, coarfe raillery; to pour out, to fpurt, to je k, as water Jillet, a jilt, a giddy girl Jimp, to jump; lender in the wait, handiome Jink, to dodge, to turn a corner, a fudden turning a cor ner Jinkin, dodging Jocteleg, a kind of knife Kain, fowls, &c. paid as rent by a farmer Kebbuck, a cheese Kelpies, a fort of mifchievous fpi.its, faid to haunt folds and ferries at night, elpecially in forms Ken, to know, kend, ken't, knew Kennin, a fmall matter Kilt, to trufs up the cloaths King's-hood, a certain part of the entrails of an ox, &c. Kimmer, a young girl, a goffip Kirn, the harvest supper, as churn to churn Kitchen, any thing that eats with bread; to ferve for foup, gravy, &c. Kittle, to tickle; ticklish, likely Kittlin, a young cat Kiaugh, carking anxiety Kist, cheft, a shop-counter Knaggie, like knags or points of locks Knappin hammer, a hammer for breaking ftones Knowe, a fmall round hillock Kye, cows Kythe, to difcover, to fhew one's felf KYLE; a district of Ayrshire Lapfu', lapful Lave, the reit, the remainder, the others Laverock, the lark Laughin, laughing Leal, loyal, true, faithful Lear, pronounce lare, learn- Leeze me, a phrase of con gratulatory endearment Leifter, a three-pronged dart for ftriking, fish Leugh, did laugh Leuk, a look, to look Lightiy, fneeringly, to sneer at Lirmer, a kept mitrefs, a ftrumpet Limpit, limp'd, hobbled Lilt, a ballad, a tune; to fing Link to trip along Linkin, tripping Linn, a water-fall 1 Lint, fax, lint in the bell, flax |