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  1. Gley v., n., adj., adv.. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) i.: Princie [a horse], as be ca'd him, ga'e a gley roond. Setoun” Sunshine & Haar viii.: The whole kirk ta'en a gley at the old man sittin' wi his e'en up, wi' little gley, The sib folk o' a king. Abd. 1951 Buchan Observer (20 Feb.): If o' gley,” or a “thraw,” when viewed along the top. ‡ 3 . Aim (Abd., Ags. 1954). Bnff. 1866 ne'er car't a prin for him. Abd. 1900 E.D.D. : Ye're a wee bittie aff the gley. III . adj GLEY , v ., n ., adj ., adv . Also glee , glei , gly ; † glie (Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums ii.), † glye ; misreading gleg (see II . 3 .). [I., n. and em.Sc. (a) gləi; ‡wm. and em.Sc . To squint; to cast a sidelong glance, to look askance (Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 249; Sh. 10 laughing when I glee'd round over my shoulder, and saw a glazed leather queue hanging for half an ell down, to see Gif a' were trim an' trig as things should be. Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 30 
  2. Glede n. † GLEDE , n . A sideways look; a squint. Cf . Gledge . Rxb. 1862 in Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. (1868) 41: Aw saw wi' a glede o' the tail o' ma ee that she was conquered noo. [ Cf . n.Cy. dial. glead , to squint, and Sc. glee , id. (see Gley ), Gleyed , gleed , squint-eyed.]  
  3. Cutty Glier n. comb. cast a sidelong glance (see Gley ).] † CUTTY GLIER , -GLIES , n. comb . “A little squat-made female, extremely fond of the male 
  4. Gleek v., n.; Uls. 4 1954), to peep. Abd. 1911 Kenilworth Mag. (Oct.) 86: It hod itsel' in a holie in the 88: He wud run roun' till the back of the crowd an' gleek out. II . n . † 1 . A gibe. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 22: Blasphemin' with a valiant zeal Twa ne'er-do-weels, the Paip and deil, Wi' gleeks at Guise and Mary. 2 . A glance, a peep. Cf . Glaik , n ., 6 . Tyr. 1929 “M. Mulcaghey” Ballymulcaghey 16: I tuck a gleek out av the kitchen windy. [Origin obscure: phs. conn. with Gley and Glaik . For sense 2 . of the v ., cf . Cotgrave (1611) s.v. limer 
  5. Glime v., n. askance, to take a sidelong glance, to squint, to look slyly or shyly (Rxb. 1825 Jam.; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl .; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ); “to view impertinently with a stolen side-look, continued for some sic a squad gathered thegither as e'e never glimed on. Slk. 1820 Hogg Winter Ev. Tales II'. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 319: An' whyles ne'er a word he can find oot to say, For glentin' an' glimin' at Meggie M'Givelry. Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 21–22: A bit beekin callant, . . . eis airm up ti shade eis een, gleimed gleide against the sun's licht as A cam up. II . n . A sidelong look, a sly glance (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ), “an indiscreet look directed: His slee address promotes a laugh, Wi' wink and glime. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 18: But, still an' on, he had the time To gi'e't a skeery passin' glime. [Of obscure origin sly or roguish. Cf . also Gley .]  
  6. Agley adv., adj., nee'bours, mind ye, the warld's a-gley Or we couldna see what we've seen the day. m.Sc. 1979 William. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods, Lowden Sabb. Morn xx.: Or lads that tak a keek a-glee At sonsie and Journal 15 Nov 7: The unacceptable language of the spokesman for the commission indicates a Molly McKenzie frae Primary Six luikin agley at him, he fuspered insteid. "Ye spakk," quo he, in a sma plooin wuz aa aglee." Gsw. 2003 Sunday Herald 6 Jul 14: But if my plans for a gap decade — Not direct, off at a side; when the target is missed at shootings by a marksman, he is said to have. Abd.(D) 1882 W. Alexander Life Among My Ain Folk 220: A body mith gae farrer agley, aw J. Rae in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 79: It wisna lang ere somethin gaed agley. A muckle. 1991 Robert Alan Jamieson A Day at the Office 79: ''Forget it. What's happening?'' ''Everything, When greed's the ruling passion. Ayr. 1786 Burns To a Mouse vii.: The best laid schemes o 
  7. Gleyed ppl. adj..(b) gli:d] 1 . Of persons: having a cast in the eye, squint-eyed. Gen.Sc.; of the eye: squinting (Ork. 1 c .1928). Also in n.Eng. dial. Sc. a .1685 in J. Watson Choice Coll. (1706) I. 9. 1873 J. Wood Ceres Races 28: He has a lass on every side A bonny lass, and ane fu' glide een. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags i.: Sandy was gleyed and threw stones like a girl. Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 222: The glyed gunner never made a fat pot. m.Sc. 1927 E.D.D. ; Mry. 1 1925; Per. 1954, gleyed o' an ee ). Ags. 1822 A. Balfour Farmers' Three movement, such, for instance, as a lop-sided boat has” (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl ., PS., glyet ). Sometimes fig. Arg. 1896 N. Munro Lost Pibroch 209: The Major's Man came from his loft ganting with a mouth to be a perfect copy of her mother, and then lost heart. Hence gleytness , obliqueness (Sc. 1825), lacking in judgment (m.Lth. 1 1954). Cf . Gley , v ., 4 . (1), adj . Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy 
  8. Gloy n., v. GLOY , n ., v . Mainly I.Sc. Also erroneously gley . [glɔɪ] I . n . 1 . Straw; cleaned against them wi' a muckle stail, An' thrash them a' to gloy! Sh. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 XV. 119 barn], a few feet above the ends of the thrashing floor, a small flagstone was built, projecting about six inches like a shelf. On these stones, when straw was required for making caisies, etc., taetes . Sh. 1948 C. E. Mitchell Up-Helly-Aa 119: Another touch of variety was given by a lone guizer of straw. (1) Sh. 1897 Shet. News (4 Dec.): Dey're lyin' below da gloystane wi' a viskle o extraordinary dress, a little suggestive of the pierrot . . . Instead of the loose breeches of the pierrot, he wore a petticoat of straw, called a “gloy”. † 3 . “A hasty thrashing, so as only to beat out the best grains” (Cld. 1825 Jam.). Lnk. 1853 W. Watson Poems 16: A haun or twa they maun employ To gie 't a sort o' roughsome gloy. † II . v . To give grain in the sheaf a rough threshing, to 
  9. Even adj., adv. a time to gley, and a time to look even. 1 . Esp. in comb. with other advs .: (1) evendoon. 1875 W. Alexander My Ain Folk 67; Ags. 1927 Forfar Dispatch (20 Jan.) 3; em.Sc. (a) 1975). See also, ye can shave my heid an pit a wat clout on't. 3 . Combs.: (1) evendoon , see Evendoon , adj-up , straight, erect; (6) sma' evens , a small allowance of food, “short commons” (Sh. 1905 E.D.D in the shoulder and a fliep in the rumpell. (4) Ayr. 1826 R. Hetrick Poems 79: When twa auld bodies near-han done, Wi' even-out wearing. Per. 1950 : She was aye even oot wi' a' her sayings. (5) Ags. 1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 169: He [a policeman an even-up back on the auchteen shillin's a week allooed him by the authorities. II . adv . In. 10: To plough as ein as a die. Per. 1852 R. S. Fittis Mosstrooper (1906) vi.: There's); (6) even o'er , level, flat, smooth; (7) even on , (a) continuously, without ceasing, straight on 
  10. Jee interj., v., n., adj. didst, whan thou jee'd a-gley. Sc. 1915 The Scot at Hame (July) 6: Hoo we gar things jee Tae . Used like Eng. gee as a word of command to a horse to move forward or faster or to the right. Also, to turn to the left (Sc. 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric . (1869) II. 723). Comb. gee hic , a command-hie , used as a v ., to command a horse to move to the right. Rare in all these meanings. Sc . . . “ jee again ” when the turn is to the right. Sc. 1829 G. Robertson Recollections 163: A, While Rab jee-hied and liftit at a wheel. 2 . Quasi -adv . With a sideways turn, with a swing. Cf. 1778 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 64: She never jeed till he was out o' sight. Lth. 1813 G sure was nae forgat, Our swankies didna jee nane. Slk. a .1835 Hogg Poems (1874) 436 jee-jeeing frae side to side. Bnff. 1856 J. Collie Poems 120: When ance I had gane down a; Till dawning we ne'er jee'd our bun. Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 25: The fient a hough I'll 
  11. Glaik n., v. pl ., except in Phrs. (see 7 ). (1) A trick, prank. Mry. 1828 “J. Ruddiman” Tales 71 schule, An' a' its glaiks an' fun. Mry. 1851 D. Paul Poems 64: An' a' their rhymin' sins forgie them, An' funny glakes. Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man iii.: Why should a grown man . . . care about the glaiks and puppet-plays of a lassie of sixteen? (2) A mockery, a deception . . . the wind whistle through our bones as we hang on the gallows-tree. 2 . A derogatory term for a silly, light-headed or thoughtless person, esp. a girl or woman (Per., Fif., Lth. 1915–26 Wilson; Uls perty Bell! Fif. 1875 A. Burgess Poute 81: Set them up wi' the title o' leddies! Flirts Hame 38: But faith! the Captain is nae glaik. † 3 . In pl .: a puzzle toy variously described (Rxb. 1801 Leyden Compl. Scot . 338; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 230, glakes ): “a puzzle-game, consisting in first taking a number of rings off one of a large size, and then replacing them 
  12. Gliff v., n.) in a hurried or careless and unheeding manner (Ags. 19 1953). Sometimes used tr . with direct obj. dial. Abd. 1868 W. Shelley Wayside Flowers 181: Now haud ye cheerie, neebors a', And gliff' the snug ingle-neuk, Whiles biggin' braw dreams, and whiles gliffin' a buik. Edb. 1928 A. D the nock. (2) To strike a glancing blow at, to slap, spank (Rxb. 1954). Phr. to gliff someone's eer breeks for ee. † 2 . intr . “To glint, gleam, or glare, like a flush of sunshine or a flash of. Slk. 1817 W. Crozier Cottage Muse (1847) 73: And gin ye meet, amang yere glens, A wreath o Chron. (22 Aug.) 2: A “heid yin” of the harvest field approached the consequential gamekeeper and , -y (Edb. 1839 W. McDowall Poems 117). 1 . A glimpse, a glance (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 233; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot . 245; Sh. 10 ( rare ), em.Sc.(a), wm. and sm.Sc., Slk. 1954). Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums iv.: I got a gliff o' something 
  13. Fit n.1, v.1 roads, that my fitsteads gang-na a-gley. Slk. 1986 Harvey Holton in Joy Hendry Chapman 43-4 FIT , n . 1 , v . 1 Also fut , ‡ fute , ¶ fuit (Lth. 1920 A. Dodds Songs of the Fields , footing, fitba , fitstap , football, footstep, etc. Pl. feet ; also † foots , esp. when preceded by a feeties in the games of pinner and marbles by a player whose pinner or marble strikes the foot of smirk up yir sleeve, Ah've had mair than enough, it's time to leave! Be a while afore I set fit again in this habitation, Which has taken quite a tummle in my estimation. Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 15: There's a fit a stoor oan yon telly. There's a thick film of dust on scored a hat trick! Wan a flyin heider! Wan wae ma left fit! wm.Sc. 1991 Liz Lochhead Bagpipe James Roberston A Tongue in Yer Heid 9: She spread a clean newspaper on the table an pit oot the knifes and forks, dancin between the livin-room an the kitchen, gien a wee jouk o her legs as she 
  14. Runk n.3 RUNK , n . 3 1 . A descriptive term applied to anything especially large or bulky, a big clumsy animal or person, a large wave or heavy swell at sea (Sh. 1968). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A runk o' a body, a runk o' a baess, a runk o' a sea. Ork. 1929 Marw. : A muckle runk o' a man. 2 . A lump, esp. a lump on the head (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [For 2 ., cf . Faer. runkur , a knob or lump on a bone, Meaning 1 . may be rather an extended use of Runk , n . 1 ]  
  15. Knoost n., v.. 1902 E.D.D .). [(k)nust, knɔist, knuʃ, knʌuʃ (Cai.)] I . n . 1 . A large lump, a chunk, a hunk, as of cheese (Lth. 1808 Jam.; Cld. 1825 Jam.; Mry. 1 1911, knais(h)t ); a heap, a pile, “like a miser's hoard” (Kcb. 4 1900); a hump (Cai. 1 c .1920, knoush ); a swelling on the joint of the big toe, a bunion ( Id ., Cai. 1960, knoush ); a wisp of straw, a tuft of wool (Mry. 1 1928); fig . a. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 46: Syne out he took the heaviest haff [of a cheese], And ate a knoost o't quickly aff. Lnk. a .1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 35: Mak her a guid cogfu' o' brose, an' put a knoist o' butter in them. 2 . A blow, thump (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. . . . Though some wud laudron wi' a rung Weel noostit me. [L.Ger. knuust , knoost , a thick, unshapely mass, a lump, Mid. Du. knoest , a knot in a tree, Flem. knuist brood , a lump of bread.]  
  16. Cloint n. CLOINT , Klont , n . 1 . “A lump; piece of wood, esp.: ( a ) log of wood, a klont o' wood ; a piece of wood, badly hewn; a klont o' a tree ; ( b ) a shapeless stone, a klont o' a sten ” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)). 2 . “A corpulent, clumsy person; an obese, dull person, a klont o' a fellow ” ( Ib .); also used of a clumsy animal (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., cloint ). [Prob., as Jak. suggests, the same as Dan. klunt , a log of wood, clumsy person, which is prob. from M.L.Ger. klunte , lump, mass 
  17. El D n.. Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 23: El D A familiar name for Eldorado, a proprietory brand of fortified wine. Also L. D. Gsw. 1985 James Kelman A Chancer 128: Clatty Mattie! Rab gaped at him. Then he laughed: Hey, we should've brought her with us. Go down a bomb in here man — a couple of glass of eldee inside her and she'd be up on top of the bent shot's bar doing tricks with a guiness bottle. Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 29: 2 boatles a L.D. A boatle a Lanny. A dizzen cans a heavy. Hauf-a-dizzen cans a light. A hauf boatle a voddy. A wee boatle a pep. Edb. 2000 : Aw the winos drank Eldo in my youth.  
  18. Bessie n.1 BESSIE , BESSY , n . 1 1 . “An ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl” ( S.D.D . 1911 for Sc.). Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. : Bessie . A virago. Bessik and bessikie are the diminutives. Abd. 7 1925 : Bessie . A word used to a person when one is angry: as when a mother in a temper says to her girl, “Ma bessie, gin I hid haud o' ye.” Abd. 1930 Nan Shepherd The Weatherhouse (1988) 202: 'No,' said Paradise, 'that's not a pose. Stella has a warm heart. A bold bessy but a warm heart. ...' † 2 . “A kind of squire to a Guizard [ q.v .], dressed like a girl” (Sc. 1826 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 169). 3 . The female genitals. Cf. keek-a-bessy s.v. Keek . Sc. c .1850 A Few Rare Proverbs : A gude Paisley tocher-- a Bible and a bessy. [ Bessie is dim. of Bess , an abbrev. of Elizabeth .]  
  19. Thoog A Poog n. ¶ THOOG A POOG , n . A lie, a hoax, a leg-pull. Prob. a nonce idiosyncrasy. Peb. 1899 J. Grossart Chronicles 50: “A ghost!” derisively snorted the Cooper, “ga' wa' mon, ga' wa', that's jist a thoog a poog, and ye've gane and spoilt a guid nicht's fishin'. But it wis rale shabby o' the scoondril tae fricht ye, Charlie, and sae mony braw fish in the water — that alane proved it a thoog a poog, and no a ghost ava.”  
  20. Rekster n. REKSTER , n . Also rexter ; rakster (Marw.). 1 . A going or proceeding (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .); a pursuit (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)), progress. Jak. : He made a puir rekster, he did not gain much. 2 . A stretch or extent of land (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl .), esp. of poor land (Ork. 1929 Marw.). Sh shuns an dir rexter is immense. 3 . A long journey or drive, esp. when driving sheep (Sh. 1904 E.D.D. ), sometimes implying fruitless effort (Sh. 1968). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): What a rekster I'm had me. . . . He's made him a rekster, he made a journey (without success). 4 . An enclosure into which sheep are driven (Jak.), a walled track along which sheep are driven. Hence rekster-dyke , a wall which helps to control the driving of animals ( Ib .); rekster-goe , a creek used for this rexter dykes. 5 . Speed, pace. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Der wer a guid rekster upon him. 6 . A pulling of the ears as a punishment, a trouncing, a dressing-down. Also as vbl. deriv. rakstering 

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  1. Gley v. Gley , v. [ME . gley ( a 1300). Cf. Glee v .] intr. To squint. — c1590 J 
  2. Glie v. Glie , var. of Gley v. — a1646 Wedderburn Voc. (J). Laborat strabismo , he glieth  
  3. Gleyar n. Gleyar , -er , Gleir , n . [f. Gley v ., Glee v .] One who squints. — a1585 
  4. Gleyit adj.. gleyd (1535). Cf. Gley v . and Gleed a .] 1 . Squinting, squint-eyed. Hence gleidness. ( a English, to requite the late courtesy we had done them in delivering O'Rourke, sent in exchange] a gleid cruckatt Hum and the glyed Hepburne 1665 Lauder Journal 15. I neuer saw a woman worse glid. a1578 Pitsc. I. 267/24. Ib. 268/7. To ieopardie in the play on ane cast ane roisnobill aganis a 
  5. A indef. art. A , indef. art. [Early ME. a , unstressed form of a : see  A , num . In later use commonly replaced by Ane .] a . Before consonants. (See also Devil , Fende .) 1375 Barb. iii . 195. A man Ib. i . 289. A sone, … a litill page a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii. 863–4. A martyre, … a thousand 1424 Acts II. 4/2. A gait, a gymer or a dynmont c1420 Wynt. viii . 3551. At a fest 1456 Hay I. 234/3. [He] hid him in a busk c1475 Wall. viii . 1736. A warians c1515 Asl. MS. I. 215/6. Scotland was a kinrik 1513 Doug. ix . viii. 114. A clos volt 1562-3 Winȝet I. 4/12. For a tyme 1596 Dalr. I. 138/7. To beir a croune Ib. 138/30. A bald battel 1600-1610 Melvill 18. A ballet sett out in print against ministers b . Before vowels. a1400 Leg. S. ix. 136. A vnwemmyt virgine Ib. xxx. 148. Sic a ydiot 1484 Misc. Bann. C. II. 38. A oracyon 1513 Reg. Privy 
  6. Sautouer n. Sautouer , Sawtry , n. [OF] A saltire or St. Andrew's Cross. — 1494 Loutfut MS (ed.) 12a. A chefe, a bend, a fes, a pole, a cheueron, a wnde, a geron, a croix and a sautouer [F. sautouer ] Ib. 12b. And giff ȝe will wit quhat is a sautouer [F. sautouer ] luk in this buk the is a sawtry Saynt Andrewes crosse  
  7. A num. A , num. Also: ae , ea . [Northern ME. a (Southern o ), reduced form of an Ane num. Nisbet writes aa , after ME. oo . Now ae .] One; a single. See also Gate n. , Part n. , Time n. 1375 Barb. ii . 339. A thing will I to ȝow say Ib. iii . 429; etc. In a nycht and in a day a1400 Leg. S. i. 458. On a day Ib. xli. 294; etc. Of a mylk and of a clath c1420 Wynt. viii . 4261. The grettast a schype off thame all 1424 Acts II. 4/1. Thar salbe rasyt a general ȝelde or ma 1456 Hay I. 298. He has bot a citee in his contree c1460 Wisd. Sol. 623. Sen al gais a gait to the erde 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 288. The harpare with the a hand 1501 Thanes of Cawdor 112. Within twenty a dayis … folowand 1513 Doug. xi . i. 124; etc. Thy a son 1531 Bell. Boece I. 8. Under a mind Ib. 146. Baith of a blude 1551 Hamilton Cat. 211. The sacrament of a breid and a coupe 
  8. Truphane n. Truphane , n . [OF truf(f)ant . Cf. med. L. trufa trifle, trick and Truf(f n .] A deceiver. — a1500 Colk. Sow i 78. A trumpour a trvcour A hangman a hasardour A tyrant a tormentour A truphane a tratlour  
  9. Res n. Res(e , n. Also: reas , reace . [ME ræse (Layamon), res ( a 1250), rese (Cursor M.; also Caxton), resse , rees , reys , also ras ( c 1330), OE rǽs = ON ras Ras(e n. 1 ] a . In a rese at a run, at full speed. = Ras(e n. 1 1. Cf. ME in a res (Cursor M.). b . The course (of a river). c . A (competitive) race; a horse race. & a . a1400 Leg. S. iii 31. & to the pressone in a rese Went Ib. xvi 823. Men says that Hercules … a stage in a rese [: pes reasses wp and doun the publict streitis 1669 Lamont Diary 215. A horse reace for a sadell, … and a foot reace for a bonet, and a paire of shoes  
  10. Labial adj. Labial , -el , a . [e.m.E. (1594).] In phonetics: Labial, made with lip closure. — c1616 Hume Orthog. 18. A labiel symbol can not serve a dental nor a guttural sound; nor a guttural symbol a dental nor a labiel sound Ib. A labial letter  
  11. Pikan n. Pikan(t , Pickand , n. [F. piquant ppl. a., also used as noun, f. piquer to prick, sting. Cf. Piking a .] A prickle; a thorn; a spike. — 1494 Loutfut MS. 19 a. The herichon … is … armyt … with spines thornys or pickandis Ib. 33 a. Pikans — Ib. 37 a. Nan bure the mollet in his spur bot he war noble bot bure a litill pickand [etc.] — Ib. 40 a. The 
  12. Clouter n.. clout v.: cf. Cloutit ppl. a .] A patcher, cobbler. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvii. 5 (A). A tornament … Betuix a talȝeour & a sowtar, A priklous and a coble clowtare [ B . clowttar, M . cloutter] a1651 Calderwood IV. 448. Colonell Stuart was (as is constantlie reported) first a cloutter of old 
  13. Ledge n. Ledge , n . [e.m.E. ledge , ME. legge ( c 1330) a ledge on a door or the like, a raised edging round a board, a ledge on a wall or cliff.] a . A raised edging or ‘lip’ of a board. b . ? — a 
  14. Quhim-quhame n. ( a 1529), whim- (1580).] a . ? A trifle, trinket, trifling ornament. b . A fantastic notion. — a . 15.. Lord Fergus' Gaist 75. It stall fra peteous Abrahane Ane quhorle and ane quhum quhame a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 196. A whum whan to a pair of wakeris sheiris Ib. No. 198. A whim wham for a goos brydel b . 1678 J. Brown Hist. Indulgence  (1783) 237. This is secundum artem violatilizare [sic] densa et densare volatilia: a pretty whimwham good for nothing. Oh a serious solid zealous minister should have been ashamed to have substituted such whity whaties in the place of a plain testimony  
  15. Wynd n.3 winde windlass, ON vinda a hank of yarn.] a . The quantity of a commodity which can be wound on to a reel, etc.; a twist of tobacco. b . A twist or turn in movement. — a . 1493 Acta Aud. 176/2. A quarter of beif takin for a penny of custum, a cabok of cheis takin for a halfpenny of custum, a wynd off quhite claith for a penny of custum c 1675 K. Parker My Ladie Dundie 
  16. Pitous adj. Pitous , a . Also: pitt- and -ows , -ouse . [ME. pito(u)s (1297), pitus , -ouse (13th c.). Cf. med. L. pietosus , Piteous a ., Pituous a ., Petous a .] a . Deserving pity. = Petuo(u)s a . 1, Piteous a . 1. b . Full of pity. = Petuo(u)s a . 2, Piteous a . 2. c . Either a or b above. — a . a1500 Henr. Orph. 349 (Ch. & M.) (see Petuo(u)s a . 1 (2. 95. With that sche sichit with a rycht pitouse chere  
  17. Quhap n. Quhap , Whap , Whawp , n. (Cf. e.m.E. wap ‘a turn of a string wrapped round something’ (1545), also in the later north. Eng. and north-east Sc. dials. = ‘a splicing or joining made by means of a cord or twine tied round’, etc. (SND, s.v. Wap n . 2 1).) Only in the proverbial expression there is a quhap in the rape , there is a joint (a potentially weak spot) in the rope, ‘there is a hitch somewhere’. — a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1530. There is a quhap in the raip 1657 R. Moray Lett. 72. There would have been a whawp in the rope if you had told me such a theaveless tale 1692 Presb. Eloq. (1692) 106. There is a whap in the rape [ pr. kape: gl. all's not well]  
  18. Frusch n. Frusch , Frusche , n . [ME. frusche (c. 1400), (OF. fruis , frois .] 1 . A crash as of breaking weapons; a crashing noise. 1375 Barb. xii . 545. Quhill men mycht her … A gret frusche of the speres that brast Ib. xvi . 60. Thar wes of speris sic bristing, … That it a veill gret frusche has maid c1420 Wynt. iv . 2389 (W). A sudane thud maid sic a frusch, That all the wyndois at a brusche … Brak vp 2 . A violent rush to attack or escape. 1375 Barb. xiii . 296. He and all his cumpany … In-till a frusche all tuk the flycht Ib. xiv . 542. In a frusche … Thai schot apon thame hardely Ib. xv. 478. Than in a frusche assemblit thai  
  19. Coble Clowtare n. Coble clowtare , n . [Cf. Coble , v .] A cobbler. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvii. 5 (A). Betuix a talȝeour & a sowtar, A priklous and a coble [ B . hobbell] clowtare  
  20. Pilledow n. Pill(i)edow , n. [ Pelit ppl. a . and Dow n .] A plucked dove. also, fig ., a tonsured priest. — a1603 Anc. Prophecies 12. A pilledow with a tode Ib. 33. A proude powne in a preis lordly shal light With piotes and pilliedowes pulled in the crowne  

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