king Mathum, mellin, mixed corn Manteele, a mantle Maw, to mow; mawin, mowing Maukin, a hare Mallie, Molly Mar's year, the Rebellion AD: 1715 Mark marks, this and feverabother nouns, which, in Eglifh, require an 's to for the plural are in Scots like the words theep, deer, the fame in both number's 1 Misca'd, abufed Min', mind, remembrance Mind't, mind it, refolved, intending Middin, a dunghill Middin-hole, a gutter at the bottom of the dung hill Minnie, mother, dai Mifteuk, mistook Morn, the next day, to-mor row Moudiwort, a mole Moop, to nibble as a fheep Moorlan, Niger, a negroe Norland, of or belonging to of "Obfervin, obferving Ony, or onie, any Or, is often used for ere, be fore O't, of it Ourie, fhivering, drooping Ourfel, or ourfels, ourfelves Outler, not houfed Owre, over, too, Owre-hip, a way of fetching a blow with a hammer over the arm P ACK, intimate, fami liar; twelves ftones of wool Nine-tailed cat, a hang- Painch, paunch man's whip Niffer, an exchange; to ex change, to barter Nit, a nut Nowte, black cattle Parritch, oatmeal pudding, a well known Scotch dish Pang, to cram Paukie, cunning, fly Paughty, proud, haughty Pat, Pat, did put; a pot Pech to fetch the breath short, as in an afthma Pechán, the crop, the fto mach Pettle, to cherish; a ploughstaff Pet, a domefticated sheep, &c Peelin, peeling Pownie, a little horse Propone, to lay down, to propofe Primfie, demure, precise Phraife, fair fpeeches, flat- Prie, to taste Penfivelie, penfively tery; to flatter Phraifin, flattery Prie'd, tafted Preen, a pin Pit, to put Pine, pain, unea fine fs Plew or pleugh, a plow Poortith, poverty Powther or pouther, pow. der. Pouthery, like powder Pouk, to pluck Pou, to pull Pou't, did pull Pouffie, a hare or cat Ramblin, rambling Raible, to rattle nonfenfe Rafh, a rush; rash buss, a bush of rushes Ram-ftam, forward,thought- Raught, reached Row, to roll, to wrap Raize, to madden, to in- Row't, rolled, wrapped flame Ree, half-drunk, fuddled Reek, fmoke; to fmoke; Reftit, ftood reftive, ftunt ed, withered Requite, requitted Reftricked, restricted Reck, to heed Rede, counfel, to counfel Refus't, refufed Roamin, roaming Rood ftands likewife for the plural roods Roun', round, in the circle Rung, a cudgel Runt, the stem of colewort or cabbage Rustlin, rustling Rhymin, rhyming Scrieve, to glide swiftly a- Screechin, fcreeching Scauld, to fcold; fcaulding, Scaur, apt to be scared Scrimp, to fcant; fcrimpet, did fcant, scanty Sconner, a lothing; to lothe Sel, felf; a body's fel, one's felf alone Sets, fets off, goes away Settlin, fettling; to get a fettlin, to be frighted into quietness Sell't, did fell Seizin, feizing Sen', to fend; fen't fend it wood in a hollow place Sheugh, a ditch, a trench Shootin, fhooting Shouther, the fhoulder Shoon, fhoes Sheep fhank, to think one's felf nae Sheep Shank, to be conceited Shore, to offer, to threaten Shor'd, offered Shangan, a ftick cleft at one end for putting the tail of a dog, &c. into, by way of mifchief, or to frighten him away Shaver, a humourous wag, a barber |