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Croon, a hollow continued moan; to make a noise like the continued roar of a bull, to hum a tune Crooning, humming Creefhie, greefy Craft or croft, a field near a houfe, in old husbandry Creel, a basket; to bave one's wit in a creel, to be craz'd, to be fascinated Craw, a crow of a cock, a

rook Crouchie, crook backed Cranreuch, the hoar frost Crambo-clink, or crambojingle, rhymes, doggrel

verfes

Crowlin, crawling
Creepin, creeping

Crood or croud, to coo as a dove

Crunt, a blow on the head with a cudgel Cuif, a blockhead, a ninny Curchie, a courtefy Curmurring, murmuring, a flight rumbling noise Curting, a well known game

on ice

Curler, a player at ice Curpin, the crupper Cummock, a fhort staff with a crooked head

Curlie, curled, whofe hair falls naturally in ring. lets

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Daffin, merryment, foolishnefs

Daurg, or daurk, a day's labour

Dawd, a large piece
Daud, to thrash, to abuse
Dawtit or dawtet, fondled,
carrefled

Dainty, pleasant, good hu-
moured, agreeable
Dancin, dancing
Darklins, darkling

Daur, to dare, daur't dared
Dappl't, dappled

Daimen, rare, now and

then; daimen-icker, an ear of corn now an then Daddie, a father Dearies, dimin. of dears Dearthfu', dear

Deil-ma-care! no matter! for all that!

Deave, to deafen
Devle, a stunning blow
Deleeret, delirious
Defervin, deferving
Delvin, delving
Defcrive, to describe
Difrefpecket, difrefpected
Dizzen,

Dizzen, or diz'n, a dozen
Dirl, a flight tremulous
ftroke or pain
Ding, to worst, to push
Diona, do not

Dight, to wipe to clean
corn from chaff; cleaned
from chaff
Dimpl't, dimpled
Dizzie, dizzy, giddy
Doited, ftupified, hebetated
Dolt, ftupified, crazed
Douce or doufe, fober, wife,
prudent

Doucely, foberly, prudently Dorty, faucy, nice

Dow, am or are able, to

can

Downa, am or are not able,

cannot

Dought, was or were able Dolefu' doleful

Doure, ftout, durable, stubborn, fullen

Dowie, worn with grief, fatigue, &c. Donfie, unlucky Dowff, pithlefs, wanting force

Dool, forrow; to fing dool,
to lament, to mourn
Drap, a drop; to drop
Drapping, dropping

Drumbly, muddy
Drucken, drunken

Drouth, thirst, drought

Drinkin, drinking
Dryin, drying
Dreep, to ooze, to drop
Dreeping, oozing, droping
Drift, a drove
Drunt, pet, four humour
Dreadfu', dreadful
Droop-rumpl't, that droops
at the crupper
Dribble, drizzling, flaver
Drummock, meal and wa
ter mixed raw
Droddum, the breech
Dub, a small pond
Duds, rags, clothes
Duddie, ragged

Dung, worited, pushed, dri

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Faut, fault

Faddom't, fathomed
Fac't, faced

Fathrals, ribbon ends, &c.
Fafteren-een, Fatens Even
Fand, did find
Fauld, a fold; to fold
Faulding, folding
Ferlie or ferly, to wonder;
a wonder, a term of con-

tempt Fecht, to fight; fechtin, fighting

Fend, to live comfortably
Feide, feud, enmity

Feat, neat, fpruce

Fear't, frighted

Fearfu', frightful

Fetch, to pull by fits

Fetch't, pulled intermit tently

Feg, a fig

Feckfu', large, brany, flout Fecklefs, puny, weak, filly Fell. keen, bitting: the flesh immediately under the fkin; a field pretty level on the fide or top of a hill

Fient, fiend, a petty oath Fizz, to make a hiffing noife like fermentation Fit, a foot

Fittie-lan', the near horfe of the hindmost pair in the plough

Fier, found, healthy; a bro-
ther, a friend
Fidge, to fidget
Fidgin, fidgeting

Fifle, to make a rufiling
noife, to fidget; a bustle
Flatterin', flattering
Fleg, a kick, a randon
blow
Flunkie, a fervant in livery
Fley, to fcare, to frighten,
Fley'd, frighted, scared
Flyin, flying
Fleefh, a fleece
Flingin-tree, a piece of tim-
ber hung by way of par-
tition between two horfes
in a stable, a flail

Flifk, to fret at the yoke
Fliskit, fretted

Flichter,

Flichter, to flutter as young neflings when their dam approaches

Flichterin, fluttering

Flinders,

pieces

herds, broken

Fleech, to fupplicate in a
flattering manner
Fleechin, fupplicating
Flainen, flannel

Flether, to decoy by fair
words
Fletherin, flattering
Flitter, to vibrate like the
wings of fmall birds
Flittering, fluttering, vibra-
ting

Forgether, to meet, to en-
counter with

Fou', full, drunk

Foughten, troubled,

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Formin, forming

Forbye, befides

Forfairn, diftreffed, worn out, jaded

Foord, a ford

Forbears, forefathers

Fow, a bufhel, &c.

Foamin, foaming

Forgie, to forgive

tigue

Frae, from

Freath, froth

Gang, to go, to walk
Gath, wife, fagacious, tal
kative; to converse
Gashin, converfing
Gaucy, jolly, large

Gae, to go, gaed, went, gaen

or gane, gone, gaun, going

Gaet or gate, way, manner, road

Forjeiket, jaded with fa- Gatheri, gathering

Frien', friend

Fu', full

Gar, to make, to force to

Gar't, forced to

Garten, a garter

Geordie, a guinea

Gear,

Gear, riches, goods of any Gley, a fquint; to squint,

kind

Gentles, great folks

Get, a child, a young one Geck, to tofs the head in wantonnefs or fcorn

Ged, a pike

Gie, to give, Gied, gave,
Gi'en, given

Gimmer, a ewe from one
to two years old
Gin, if, against
Gizz, a periwig

Girn. to grin, to twist the
features in rage, agony,
&c.
Girning, grinning,
Gipfey, a young girl
Gillie, dimin. of gill
Giftie, dimin. of gift
Ghaift, a ghost
Gloamin, the twilight
Glunch, a frown; to frown
Glib-gabbet, that fpeaks
smoothly and readily
Glint, to peep; Glinted,
peeped; Glintin, peep-
ing

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Glowr, to ftare, to look; a
ftare, a look
Glowr'd, looked, stared
Glowring, ftaring

Glaikit, inattentive, foolish
Gleg, fh rp, ready
Glaizie, glittering, fmouth,
like a glafs

Agley, off at a fide,

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daify, dandelion, hawk-
weed, &c.

Gowk, a cuckoo, a term of
contempt
Gowl, to howl
Gowling, howling
Gowd, gold

Gowff, the game of golf;

to frike as the bat does the ball at golf Gowff'd, ftruck Grane or grain, a groan; to groan Grain'd, groaned Graining, groaning Grufhie, thick, of thriving growth

Great, intimate, familiar Grievin, grieving Graith, accoutrements, furniture, drefs Gruntle, the phiz, a grunting noife Gracefu', graceful

Greet, to fhed tears, to

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