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Lunt, a column of smoke; to fmoke

Luntin, fmoking Lunch, a large piece of cheese, flesh, &c.

Lum, the chimney

Lyart, of a mixed colour,

grey

M

A more

Ma Mair, more

Mailt, moft, almost
Maiftly, mostly

Mak, to make, makin, mak-
ing
Maillie, Molly

Mang, among
Manteele, a mantle

Mar's year, the rebellion A.D.
1715
Mark, marks, this and feve-
ral other nouns, which in
English require an s to form
the plural, are in Scotch like
the words fheep, deer, the
fame in both numbers
Mask, to mash, as malt, &c.
Mafkin-pat, a tea pot
Mafhlum, meflin, mixed corn
Maukin, a hare
Maun, must

Mavis, the thrush

Maw, to mow, mawin, mow-
ing
Meere, a mare

Mell, to meddle
Melancholius, mournful
Melvie, to foil with meal
Men, to mend

Menfe, good manners, déco

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Nane, none

Naething or naithing, nothing

Neebor, a neighbour
Needfu', needful

Negleckit, neglected

Neuk, nook

Niest, next

Nieve, the fift
Niefu, handful

Niffer, an exchange to ex-
change, to barter
Niger, a negro

Nine tail'd cat, a hangman's

cat

Nit, a nut

Pang, to cram

Parritch, oatmeal pudding, 2
well known Scotch difh
Parliamentin, at parliament
Pat, did put; a pot

Pattle or Pettle, a plough-
Staff

Paukie, cunning, fly
Paughty, proud, haughty
Pay't, paid, beat

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

Pechan, the crop, the fto-
mach
Peelin, peeling

Norland of or belonging to Penfivelie, pentively

the North

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Pet, a domefticated sheep,
&es

Pettle, to cherish; a plough-
Staff

Phraife, fair fpeeches, flatte

ry; to flatter

Phraifin, flattery

Pickle, a fmall quantity

Pine, pain, uneafiness

Pit, to put

Plack, an old Scotch coin
Plackless, pennyless

Placad, a public proclamation
Platie, dimin. of plate
Plew or pleugh, a plow
Plifkie, a trick
Plumpit, did plump
Poortith, poverty
Pou, to pull
Pou't, did pull

Pouffie, a hare, or cat,
Pouk, to pluck

Powther or pouther, powder
Pouthery, like powder
Pout, a poult, a chicken.
Pow, the head, the full
Pownie, a little horfe
Prayin, praying
Pridefu', proud, faucy
Preen, a pin

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Raught, reached
Raw, a row
Rax, to ftretch
Ream, cream
Reave, to rob

Rede, counfel; to counfel
Red-wud, ftark-mad
Reck, to heed

Receivin, receiving
Ree, half drunk, fuddled
Reek, fmoke; to fmoke, ret
kin, smoking, reekit, smok-
ed, fmoky

Reeft, to ftand rettive
Reeftit, flood reftive, funted, ·
withered

Reft, torn, ragged ·
Refus't, refufe it
Remarkin, remarking -

Remead, remedy

Requit, requital

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Ridin, riding

Rig, a ridge

Rin, to run, to melt; rinnin, running

Rink, the courfe of the ftones,

a term in curling

Rip, a handful of unthreshed corn, &c.

Rifkit, made a noife like the tearing of roots Roamin, roaming Rood, fands likewife for the plural roods

Roon, a fhred, a remnant
Roofe, to praise, to commend
Roun', round, in the circle of
neighbourhood

Roupet, hoarfe, as with a cold
Rowte, to low, bellow
Rowtin, lowing
Rowth, plenty
Rowe, to roll, to wrap
Row't, rolled, wrapped

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Scauld, to fcold, fraulding, Shoon, fhoes

Sax, fix

Scar, to scare

fcolding

Scawl, a fcold

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Shootin, fhooting

Shore, to offer, to threaten

Shor'd, offered

Shouther, the shoulder

Sic, fuch

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Skelp, to frike, to flap; to walk with a imart tripping ftep; a smart stroke Skelpin, Dapping; walking fmartly

Skiegh, proud, nice, highmettled

Skirl, to fhriek, to cry frilly Skirl't, fhrieked, kirling, fhrieking, crying

Sklent, flant; to run afklent, to deviate from truth, sklented, ran, or hit in an ob lique direction, fklentin, flanting

Skriegh, a fcream; to fcream
Slade, did flide.
Slae, foe

Slap, a gate, a breach in a fence
Slaw, dow

Slee, fly, fleeft, Alyest
Sleekit, fleek
Sliddery, flippery

Slype, to fall over as a wet furrow, from the plaugh Slypet, fell

Sma', fmall:

Smeddum, duft, powder, mettle, fenfe Smiddy, fmithy

Smoor, to fmother, Smar'd, fmothered

Smoutie, smutty, obscene, ugly Smytrie, a numerous collection of Small individuals Snath, abufe, Billingsgate Shaw, fnow; to fnow, fnawie, fnowy, fnaw-broo, melted

fnow

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Snick-drawing, trick contriv ing Snool, one whofe Spirit is broken with oppreffive flavery; to fubmit tamely, to Sneak Snoove, to go fmoothly and conftantly, tofneak, fncov't, went smoothly

Snowk, to fcent or fnuff, as a
dog, horfe, &c. fnowkit,
fcented, fouffed
Soddin, fodding

Sonfie, having fweet engaging
looks; lucky, jolly
Soom, to fwim
Sootie, footy

Sooth, truth, a petty cath
Souple, flexible, fwift
Souter, a fhoemaker
Sowther, folder; to folder,

to cement

Sowp, a fpoonful, a small quantity of any thing liquid Sowth, to try over a tune with a low whistle

Spae, to prophefy, to divine Spak, did fpeak

Spunkie, mettlefome, fiery; will o' wifp or ignis fatuus Spairge, to dafh, to foil as with mire

Sparin, sparing

Spaviet, having the spavin
Spaul, a limb

Speakin, fpeaking

Speat, a fweeping torrent af

ter rain or thaw

Speel, to climb

Spence, the country parlour
Spier, to afk, enquire, pier't,
enquired
Spitefu', fpiteful

Splatter, a fplutter; to flutter
Spleuchan, a tobacco pouch

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