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- Aesome adj. Sheep-head 207: Drinkin' aff a ae-some bicker o' his favourite beverage. [The meaning quoted from .). [′e:səm; for variations see Ae .] Bnff. 2 1931 : Ay, ay, lassie, I see ye're timmerin up the
- Leen-drawn adj. comb. LEEN-DRAWN , adj. comb .? Rxb. 1876 W. Brockie Leaderside Leg. 41: Ae nicht as he gaed wast the gait, To see some bonny lass leen-drawn. [Phs. a misprint,? for luve-drawn .]
- Contermt ppl. adj.. Bruce Cried on Sunday 9: Hairry Wobster's a gye aul' bacheler tee, an' jist some contermt kin' like yersel'. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 13: Ae day, fair contermit, wi ae
- Ae adj. xi. 107: I ken mair than ae advocate that may be said to hae some integrity. Sh.(D) 1931 exac'ly say ae wy wi' 'im a'thegither in some o's views.” Abd. a .1920 in Gleanings from a AE , YAE , adj ., numeral = one; and with other uses developed from the numeral. (Also a'e what will be cheap or dear, needs be a merchant but for ae year. Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian ae ither lassie to make out the dizzen an' a half. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 19: I min' ae nicht, fin straikin ye [i.e. the cat], Yer coat o yalla tortyshell Ceest on the air a, Fa jeels the marra wi ae luik . Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 13: Ae nicht I Scottish Hills 8: But still ae spell, it's trith to tell, Will last until my deith. m.Sc. 1998 For ae sicht o' the tither Asklent burn water rummlin at oor feet! Gsw. 1991 James Alex McCash in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 15: Ae reistless maw, ae neck-chain's clink, ae beist's
- Tengersome adj. W. Blair Aberbrothock 92: He was a tengersome craeter, he was, an' mony ae fecht he had wi' Lord Ethie aboot's farm. [Formed from can-tanker-ous + -Some , suff .]
- Cloo n.: Some fowk wur verra partic'lar aboot their rapes, an' wid 'a' likeit them a' ae thickness an' the cloos a' ae len'th, an' sic like. Phr.: to wine (win(d)) the blue clue , see Blue Clue . 2 . In phr
- Skirdoch adj. young woman, a flighty girl. ne.Sc. 1782 Caled. Mercury (4 Sept.): Nae skirdoch weirs ae worset gown, Bat silk an' satin. [Orig. doubtful. The meanings suggest some connection with Skeer , adj
- Gulliegaw v., n.. with some sharp weapon (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Bnff. 4 1927); “to cut the throat” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 71). Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas 14: Ae ill waled word, atween a son an' father gulligaw'd the posts wi' scars. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 71: Gehn a' hidna hid some
- Sluch n. R. Wanlock Moorland Rhymes 52: But like some moth, attour the slugh I lap at winter's ca best is ae lang slooch o' despon'.
- Cushle-mushle n., v. comb. Helenore 93: An' eathing [ae thing] some and some anither said, . . . But a' their cushel mushel was but
- Deevilock n. did the waefu' devilick neist? Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 13: By some black airt o change frae a grin tae a girn frae ae minute tae the nixt? Hdg. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-Head
- Dichen n. dichens for't some day — that's ae comfort! [The same word as dichting , a drubbing (see Dicht , v
- Earnin vbl. n. milk, which is allowed to stand some time to coagulate. Ags. 1857 A. Douglas Hist. Ferryden' made oot o' ae meal pock, an' a' oot o' ae whey — guid, fresh whey it was too, juist aff this mornin's
- Smirk n.2 mou's Altho', instead o' ae bit smirk, They happened to get twa. ne.Sc. 1888 D. Grant. doubtful. Phs. due orig. to contextual confusion with Smirk , n . 1 , but there may also be some
- Gorbie n. stipend . . . in case, after me, some bare and hungry gorbie of the Lord should be sent upon the parish Duguid 74: There was ae ill-deedy rascal who had snooved in by inches as he saw the gorbies pyking at two “gorbies” regaled themselves with the savoury stake. [The last two quots. suggest some
- Justify v. Legends Gall. 70: Just ae bit wink that our landlord gied me, that let me ken there was help at hand gang . . . to the Grass Market to see some poor wretch justified. [O.Sc. justifie , id., from 1475.]
- Cline v.. Ork. 1 1920 : Clyne some more butter on thee breed. Ork. 1929 Marw. : He was klined a] i twa, plestered ae half api' ae clinoo an da ither half api' da tither, an' wi' da pistils emmed at
- An adv. AN , adv . Heard in some districts for than = then. [ɑn] 1 . Of time. Abd. 1993 gey curn craps o' ae kin' an' anidder sin' an'. Bch.(D) 1930 P. Giles in Abd. Univ. Rev
- Glaff n., v. the yellin, for ae glaff and ae glint; far doun it deadened. Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs ), as from cold water; a surprise (Fif. 17 1954). Mry. 1 1925 : Some of them dooked in the dam
- Glugger n., v. listened to catch but ae glugger or moan — or any thing that tauld o' life — but heard naething but the gulp (something up) noisily. Edb. 1861 J. McLevy Sliding Scale 138: I am not sure if some
- Tuckie adj. Competitions of 1994 and 1995 71: " ... Thain ae day teen tint o es wee sharger o a craitur it wis limpin aroon wi a tucky laig." [Prob. from Eng. tuck , to truss up in some way, to hamper, cramp.]
- Ay interj. AY , AE , int . An exclamation of surprise or wonder. [e:] Sc. 1800 Monthly Mag. IX Douglas in Ballads ed. Child (1904) No. 204 viii.: O wae be unto thee, Blackwood, An ae an ill death may ye dee! Bnff.(D) 1930 E. S. Rae A Waff o' win' fae Benachie 58: Ae, siccan road, I'm
- Borrowin Days n. pl..: I mind o' ae year when it started on the back o' the Martinmas term, an' we never saw the ground March borrowed three days from April in order to destroy (unsuccessfully) some young sheep.]
- Reef n.. Robertson Har'st Rig (1801) 35: 'Tis but ae night, We'll e'en stay, (maybe get the rife). Sc. 1808 Jam. : In some places the itch is, by way of eminence, called the reif . m.Lth. 1812
- Oo n.1, v.1 4): Some folk's oo needs a hantle o creesh. Ags. 1947 : She's gettin oo on her coat = She. Cai. 1930 John o' Groat Jnl. (9 May): If some o' wir fouk hid a 'oo 'ie face lek 'at they wid be at him wi' a baine kaime. Combs. and Phrs.: (1) a(w) ae (w)oo , lit. “all one wool”, usu. in, It's a' ae wou' to John. Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of Lairds xxxviii.: We maun bow before our betters — our betters! the thing mostly sticks in my throat — but it's a' ae woo. Sc. 1859 E. B . Ay, a' oo. Cus . A' ae oo? Shop . Ay, a' ae oo. Sc. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs (1870) 13: A' ae oo', a' ae price. Wgt. 1885 G. Fraser Poems 117: For a' are comeo' ae descent — we're a' ae 'oo. Fif. 1911 P. Smith Voyage o' Life : First, skipper and men were a' ae 'oo. They didna need tae bend and boo Tae some folk, as we maun dae noo. Bnff. 1930 E. S. Rae Waff o' Win' vii.: We're a' ae 'oo, an' a' maist dear As frien' tae frien'. ne.Sc. 1996 Ronald
- Smack v., n., adv.. 1865 W. Tester Poems 133: I kiss'd first the ae cheek, syne smackit the tother. Arg. 1901 . n . 1 . As in Eng. Fig. phrs. at ae smack , in a smack , immediately, “at the first go'” on the a smack. Slk. 1810 Hogg Tales (1874) 157: She had gien hersel up to the deil at ae Practical Planter 300: The method of cutting [woods] also varies, some cut the whole smack-smooth. Sc
- Coorse n. hoose, save some money. Ye had guid results - ye could mebbe apply for a postgraduate coorse. Ye didna by (Abd. 1975). Abd. c .1807 A. Cheviot Proverbs (1896) 186: Some one put to him the tablecloath...Unless, uv coorse, yir plannin tae wire intae that jar ae peanut butter wi a spoon like ye dae
- Selkit adv. A.O.W.B. Fables frae French 81: Ae day, a bonnie Butterflee saw pass; The wing'd ane was bedeckt in a. xi.: Selkit eke dae we discomfish stoup an' roup e'en ae faut. [A variant form of Selcouth
- Book v. session records. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 203: We were born in ae oor, bookit in ae oor, cried in ae oor, and married in ae oor. vbl.n. booking . (1) the giving in of names for the
- Burd n.2 burd. Abd. 1828 P. Buchan Ballads I. 167: O come ye back some misty night. And steal awa o' Shanter (Cent. ed.) ll. 157–158: I wad hae gi'en them off my hurdies For ae blink o' the bonie
- Fuskie n. Glendornie v.: Ye'll see faur ye'll lan' some day wi' that fuskey makin'. Abd. 1886 Banffshire Jnl: Breengin hame frae a tulzie ower a keg o fusky ae nicht bi Tom-na-Fuar, the auld warlord wis catchit in
- Acroass adv. ah wis reddin up the boattom drawer ae your chest-ae-drawers, ah cam acroass a photie ... an auld
- Aix n.! Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 366: [His] hoose wis filled fu' o' cats ae nicht, an' he, Dings doun some grippy carline ... Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 12: Nor be sae
- Tick interj., n.4 forms tick-tick , tick-tickie , tickie , tikkie , tickie-ae , tick-a-lairie , teek, teek, teek. Gibbon Sunset Song 69: Her mother at that moment calling the hens to feed — Tickie-ae ! Tickie-ae
- Toyack n. & Saxby Home of a Naturalist 184: Da Oy's ferdemate in a peerie bjodie ae da wan haund an a taueg o' mell ae da tidder. Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 172: A toyeg containing as much corn as
- Heytie n.(ae) ye . Cf . Shinty .]
- Pickle v.2 quot. used erron., = to go one's own way, “stew in one's juice”; to pickle oot o' ae pock , of a' ae pocke. Sc. a .1800 Young Hunting in Child Ballads No. 68. C. xii.: Come doon Poems 56: Jock had . . . pickl'd up some scrapes o' lair. Frae preachments an' life debonair. Lnk
- Aligaster n. ALIGASTER , n . Disgust. Bnff. 2 1931 : Ae sicht o' the cook's aneuch t' gie a body an
- Aeness n. AENESS , n . Oneness, unity. See Ae , adj . Sc. 1889 W. Allan Northern Lights 123
- Fordersome adj.. Bodkin i.: A curn o' the mair fordersome billies amang them laid their heads thegither, an' set aff ae weather, it'll seen win the stooks. [ Forder + -some , adj. suff. ]
- Knick-knack n. comb. xix.: They behoved to come into Glasgow ae fair morning, to try their hand on purging the High Kirk experience.” Fif. 1824 J. Bissett Poems 142: There's some nicknackity conceits, And many bare
- Royaleese v. Storm'd 24: Heigh at ae end in elbuck-chair He sat, and royalees'd it there.
- Laudry n.: There ae core was hauding a laudry, What neist they wad hae for to drink.
- Clowen v., p.p.. Smith Douglas 72: Douglas an' death's but ae word clowen in twa. [See P.L.D. § 70.1.]
- Firstlins adv.: Firstlins ae cork, than the tither, Hetly they chasit ane anit her. [ First + adv. suff. -lin(g) . s .]
- Bane-weary adj.. (1). w.Lth. 1889 F. Barnard Chirps 75: Ae day by the fire, bane-weary an' sair.
- Flindrikin adj., n., v..: There was mair honest wear in ae pair o' my best wheelin' or fingerin' than there is in sax pair o' yon' things 't hae nae laist. Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 30: It's aye some silly that there has been some conflation with Flanderkin , and Flanders lace or the weaving of cambric and
- Havins n. pl. A. Scott Poems 107: Time has left me yet some pride, An' havens in my pow. Rnf. 1873 D. 1932 Abd. Press and Jnl. (13 April): Fat a sin o' his fa wis some sully hid files te thole for his ill haivins. Ayr. 1952 Scots Mag. (Jan.) 312: Ae thing I'se warrant — he's nae manners. The
- List v.3 Eng.: 1 . tr . To enlist into the army, to recruit (Gen.Sc.); to enrol for some purpose. Vbl.n was a care-defying blade As ever Bacchus listed! Edb. 1788 J. Macaulay Poems 186: Some. 1877 Recent Sc. Poets (Murdoch 1881) 223: On the ae day, wi' grandfaither's bawbee, They're listed
- Scush v., n. lift his feet when he walked, he just skished like. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 7: [Her: Stap yer feet in'o some bits o' auld skushels. 3 . The act of working in a careless unmethodical. with some influence from Scash .]
- Dush n.2 Scots Mag. 559: As gin ye'd drunk out o' ae dush Till ye were kedgy.
- Surveeve v.. (1855) I. 301: When you're dead, Maga will be dead. She'll no surveeve you ae single day.
- Bees phr. BEES , phr . Used elliptically in questions for [ wad it no ] be s [ ae ], is or was it not
- Paitrick n. thegither, ae swyte, ae pech, ae rift. Syne, wi a scunnerin dunt, the plane plummeted doon like a shot
- Heidie adj.. Cunningham Lord Roldan II. i.: I hear you call out in your dreams as if you were fording some deep river, or perilling your life in some heady battle. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxiv.: Ou, ay: they war baith owre heidie, ye see. Prenciple's ae thing, but jist to rin yersel' clean syne ma waesome wechty fraacht Growes licht, yer sangie warms ma veins Like some aal ballad's liltin
- Am'unt n. Mains and Hilly 24: The am'unt geddert for a' the kirks in ae 'ear in the coonty o Aiberdeen.
- Pultice n.. Levack Old Lossiemouth 13; Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 7). Gen.Sc. [′pʌltɪs, as in 18th-c. Eng.]
- Isie . 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 23; Sh. 1972 New Shetlander No. 100. 24). Gen.Sc. See also Easabel
- Glimp n., v. in J. Firth Reminisc. 115: Whate'er could fill their herts wi' glee Like ae glimp o' the. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xxx.: “Do you know what it means, Nicie?” “No ae glimp, missie
- Anither adj., pron.. Abd.(D) 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxii.: She has aye some bizziness or anider on han Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 3: Dae us anither two slice ae toast
- Athoot prep., adv., conj. dir face. Bnff. 2 1929 : I dig awa' athoot ae bawbee in my pooch. — I doot that's athoot his that didna mak them Saxons, athoot eatin the Saxons' beass for fower hunner year had some effec that
- Frame n., v.., ‡Cai., Mry., Abd. 1953). Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' , 23: At auchty-three she ran aboot.: She might tell Lisbeth in a friendly way to take the wooden frame and fetch some water. † 2 . A
- Shuir adj., adv. would say, 'that wean's gaun to be a meenister, I'm mair shair o' it than ever,' and for some reason she: Ye'll get yer sairan dinnae fear ye'll no aye gang scart free, but ae think shair I'll no be here ye've Yours, Marie-Lou 11: Ye must be shair ae yirsel tae risk loassin thirty cents! m.Sc. 1994 Competitions of 1994 and 1995 61: "Ae corn!" said the King. "Is aa yir men in, grieve?" "Aa'll jist mak sere," said the grieve, bit afore he gat awa, some-one cried oot, "The Lame Emmet's nae in!" w.Lth. 2000
- Ameese .(D) 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 31: Naething wull they dee bit flee aboot fae ae toon
- Dillie-daunder n. comb.. Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 182: Twa laavers and ae dillie-daunder. [From Dill , n
- Eevery n. Wauch (1839) xxvi.: By warrant of the Sherry, with an auld chair in ae hand and an eevery hammer in
- Tshavah interj. slurring or corruption of g(ae)awa , see Gae , v ., III . 4 . (3).]
- Whan Awhan interj. ae wey or anither.
- Mon prep. . Eng. mong . Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15: Hod mon' the peats, an' like tae smore, I
- Teet n.2 Gregor D. Bnff. 191: He sat i' the neuk wee a face as lang's a rehp, an' nae ae teet cam oot o's
- Tonie n. Slaver , n ., 1 . (3) (iii). Mry. 1960 E. Gilbert Ae Forenicht 16: They buried dead tonies
- Forebree n. Solomon iv. 3: Thy forebroos are like ae piece o'pomgranate within thy lokes. [Sc. 1863 G. Henderson
- Asides prep., adv.. 1912 W. Cuthbertson Dykeside Folk 177, 185: Asides, I cam' across a blackamoor ae day at the job
- Coast v., it's the meat's noo 69 cents a pund instid ae 49; ...
- Aefauld adj. AEFAULD , AEFALD , AE-FAUL , adj . Onefold, lit. and fig. Gen.Sc. [′e:fɑl + a, I.Sc., n.Sc truth ay an' wi' a aefauld heart. [A.V. with a perfect heart.] Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. 1: Ae daecent, ae-faul chap, aye dis as he likes tae be deen be ithers. Hdg. 1796 R. Gall Poems (1819
- Cantation n., obsol.). Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 1: Ae sunny morn' for recreation, Twa hats began a slow
- Freelins adv. lang or I gid intae the bothy ae day. [ Free + -lin(g)s .]
- Wabbit n. T.S.D.C. : The stook was jist ae wabbit. [Orig. doubtful, poss. a deriv. of Wab , n ., or Wup
- Fry n.. IV. 15: Some will not give away a “fry o' herrin,” that is, a few herrings as a dish. The luck of in a fry wi' ae coorse pack aifter anither.
- Worthy adj., n. Richt Noise 74: Gin the ae answer tae dool is wark then here's as muckle ontak as onie could want single grot. Rxb. 1824 Rymour Club Misc. II. 48: A teaspoon o' silver is wordy some brass
- Mislikely v. Veritatis” Gallowa' Herds 6: Ye've ae flaw that mislikelies yer callin'. [ mis- + Likely , 1
- Quiff n.. Ags. 1831 J. M. Galloway Poems 27: Thou'st warm'd my nose at mony a speil; Ae quiff o' thee
- Bat conj.: There's nae ae leaf bat she has torn. Abd.(D) 1867 Mrs Allardyce Goodwife at Home (1918) 16
- Clautch n. 1937). Lnk. 1883 W. Thomson Leddy May 121: Ae nicht frae ma Leezie pretendin' tae rin, She
- Slacken v.. Webster Rhymes 20: 'Tween ae wee faught and anither, We scarce hae't to slacken our drouth. [The
- Stime n., v.. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 175: His een, bein' in the mirligoes, Ae single styme afore his ae stime! Rnf. 1813 E. Picken Poems II. 134: But, O' lackanee! had he kent but a styme O G. MacDonald Heather and Snow iii.: I dinna unerstan ye ae styme. Ayr. 1896 H. Johnston no ae styme of light ever got in. Ags. 1888 Barrie Auld Licht Idylls vii.: Even with sinfu' thing tae blink Ae fleein styme ayon Earth's brink? Sc. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' Ling obscure orig. N.E.D. suggests some connection with Skime but historical evidence is lacking. ]
- Bauldy n.. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 30: Eence mair, aneth the lilac bush I spread my buik — but Bauldie Thrush May
- Futher n.2, v.2. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' , 24: An' ilka post an' ilka tree Wi' futhery mutch is tappit.
- Bent n.1. Jacob More Songs of Angus 20: The Esk ae side, ae side the sea whaur she's set her lane On the bents between. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 259: Nigellus . . . hired some ill-deedy.: Take the bent, Mr Rashleigh. Make ae pair o' legs worth twa pair o' hands. ( b ) Sc. 1725 (31 Aug., 3-4 Sept.): Began to the Bent Links. . . . Done with the Bent-links. Some of my men
- Casual adj. koot, A casual chap ae day did do't. [O.Sc. casuall , -uale , -wall , happening by accident
- Owerspang v. W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 75: The Sun . . . Owrspangit at ae single stend The gowden key
- Rappet adj., forcible. Cf . Rapture below. Lnk. 1808 W. Watson Poems 89: Wha's pleugh ae day had taen the
- Vandavil n. Angus Gl ., vjandabel ). [′vɑndəvəl, ′vɑindɪbl] Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): No ae vandivel ha'e I
- Fell v.1, n.4 Gibb xliii.: I hed to fell some bonny yearocks 't aw wus keepin'. Ags. 1872 E. B. Ramsay) to fell twa dogs wi' ae bane (Sh. 10 , Ork. 5 , Abd. 27 , Ags. 19 1951), wi ae stane (m.Lth. 1 dogs wi' ae bane. Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Poems 14: [He'd] fell twa burds whyles wi' ae
- Hooloch n. hoolochs down ye clantering reel'd, At ae gude prize . [Imit.]
- Latin n. ae foot. A coward! ye latin o' ye. [Phs. as Watson suggests a corruption of latheron , Laidron
- Byous adj., adv. he lent, ae byous day, Till's frien', douce Auchnagyle. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 254: She dreided some herschip in the byous weather to her auld guidman. Gall. 1912 A. Chalmers in
- Deeth n. ae spell, it's trith to tell, Will last until my deith. Edb. 1922 P. Macgillivray Bog-Myrtle and Peat Reek 86: On some she pits the fear o' deith. Kcb. 1911 G. M. Gordon Auld
- Fail adj., n.2, v.2. Abd. 1739 J. Skinner in Caled. Mag. (1788) 505: Some grein'd for ae hawf hour's mair fun
- Unsneck v. Gregor D. Bnff . 203; Cld., Lth. 1880 Jam.). e.Lth. 1796 R. Gall Poems (1819) 28: For some Hubbard Isolde's Luve-Daith 6: I wis left my lane, ontil Ae nicht, a tread on the stair, An the door
- Whiss v.2, n.2 some Trowie corn, Fur ta whiss apo da wye. 3 . To pick the bones of an animal, to eat up entirely E.D.D. : The cats didna leave ae whiss o' flesh upo da tee o da lamb. [Norw. dial. kvista , to
- Bapteese v. Reminisc. Ork. Par. (1922) 80: To have been “bapteezed oot o' ae water” was looked upon as a permanent
- Cruse n.-Myrtle and Peat Reek 62: Is there no' left ae scathin' muse In Scotland yet, to raise the cruse
- Girdering n.' rising out o' ane anither, like ash girderings out o' ae root. [From Gird , v . 1 , 1 . -er
- Patter v.. Bnff. 122: The sheep pattert a' the grun intil ae puddle o' clay. [Phs. a freq. form of Pawt
- Cutty-ful n. comb. Tales Sc. Parish (1889) 133: Of the brose which you call ambrosia . . . not ae cutty-ful did Knockie
- Flag n.2 up, win up, my ae foul flag. [O.Sc. flag , an abusive term for a woman, c .1500, of uncertain
- Maree . 1959 People's Jnl. (28 Nov.) 9: Ae chiel cam' doon by hale maree an' gaed wouf intae the watter
- Paur n.. 1880 Clydesdale Readings 93: The twa heads were paurs, an' ae stane wuz tae decide the fate o' the
- Cushlock adj. Rankly grow till then I'll not ae fancy tine that wamles warmly in my Pow. [Orig. obscure, phs. the
- Gowp n.3, v.3 84: The glass in ae han', water in the ither, He gowp'd it owre, nor lang at it did swither gowped doon the nip), ay, but you wait, ae day you'll be unstrung [O.Sc. has gowp , n., 1603.]
- Sich v., n. moment gane.” Cld. 1880 Jam. : Dinna sit there, as gin ye were some puir, sichin-like body. Sc. 1892 Scots Mag. (May) 450: He was gaun through some emotional passages; sic sabbin' an. 1783 J. Pinkerton Select Ball. II. 132: Without ae sich his dethe to roun. Sc. 1826
- Exclaim n.. a .1878 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage, etc. and Poems (1892) 190–191: Syne brak' into ae great
- Badger n.., “badgers”. Mry. 1960 E. Gilbert Ae Forenicht 37: Partan, badger, an' razor shell.
- A indef. art.' Doctor Agnew. 2 . Used nearly in its original sense of one (Sc. ae ), but not so emphatic. Gen.Sc. Bnff. 2 1929 : Ae boat's crew o' ye speak at a time. Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch.” 3 . Before words of number taken quantitatively, or indefinitely. Cf . use of Ae . Found also in
- Hick v.2, n.2 opinion rather odd To some appear — Yet never hick, till at your nod The devils fear. Sh. 1951 New Shetlander No. 27. 6: A peerie aald kraa wis sittin heegrin an flaachterin apo a crub-daek ae kaald voar
- Mean n.1, adj.2 in Order to some End. Sh. 1744 J. Mill Diary (S.H.S.) 4: However it proved a mean of: He wad ha geen his neck but for ae kiss; But yet that gate he durstna mak a mein. Slk. 1818
- Nibbie n. kills wi' ae nibby. Rxb. 1913 J. Byers Hamely Musings 151: Rax doon his weel-worn hazel beautiful, leaning on her nibby staff (a fine hazel, cut and polished from the Drumlanrig woods, by some
- Under prep., adv., adj. Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 3: A loat ae water's flowed unner the bridge. Stephens Bk. Farm I. 129: Some mares are known to drop their foals under night in the stable. Lth
- Unfriend n. Roy xxvii.: We may fa' in wi' some o' his unfreends. s.Sc. 1837 Wilson's Tales of the hed but ae unfrien' left, that pushionous crittur, Mungo. em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The
- Carses n. pl.? Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage, etc. 229: On ae han', saughs knee deep in rashes, Wi' carses
- Dowter n. haed ae dowter, an' shu was as bonnie a lass as luk tae tha sun. Ork. 1952 R. T. Johnston
- Needcessitate v.. s.Sc. 1837 Wilson's Tales of the Borders III. 83: An' when the puir stibbler was prayin . . . ae
- Orloge n. bid the deil claw the clungest for at least ae turn o' the orloge. [O.Sc. orlege , 1453.]
- Troost n.1 times before being surrendered. The first time lost, the winner has ‘ae troost' on the loser, and so on
- Ane adj., pron., n. A , An , indef. art ., and Ae , adj .) [en Sc.; ein Abd. (coast), Bl.I., Cai.; e 1 n w.Ags.; in , but Ae ( q.v .) is the usual Sc. form for the adj. before a noun. See, however, A. I. 2 below. A . preceding noun. The N.E.D. says “at the present day in Sc. . . . ae , eae is the attrib. form before anither. 3 . Phrases: (1) A' ane , it's all one (it doesn't matter). (2) Ae and ane , a single; one (and no more). (3) Ae ane , sole, one and only. (4) Ane an' ane , one by one. (5) Ane anither . (6: The final catastroffy whilk teuk him aff this yird body an' sowl at ae an' ane whusk. (3) Hdg. 1896 Id. Battle of Dunbar xv.: O, whare is he, the ae ane man, That ever yet could cope wi). ( D.O.S.T .)] II . Indefinite pronoun: some one (whose identity is not indicated), a certain one, a person. 1 . (Standing alone.) A person, some one. In St.Eng. arch. or obs. Sc. 1816 Scott me to gae up by,” — i.e . some one told me, etc. 2 . (Standing before a personal name.) A man
- Picter n. James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 54: Wee books ae crime stories fur thruppence Picturs ae important men an a thoosan an wan ither items Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall
- Niffnaff v., n. Poems 97: Some toil'd for meal, an' some for maut, While some were just niff-naffin'. Edb. 1828, nor “niffy-naffied” with his tongue. Ayr. 1892 J.C.C.B. A. Boyd's Cracks 28: Ae nicht — a
- Wage n., v. (Spring 1962) 91: Parochial Board paid wages of some of the poorer children who are on the parish. 2 . (1) To pledge. Obs. since 16th c. in Eng. Ayr. 1791 Burns Ae Fond Kiss iii.: Warring sighs. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 18: Winter! A' the chiels ootbye Waugin' graips tae meat the kye
- Carrywattle n. 'ey cam tae a curryshang, an' 'fore ye'd kiss'd yir ain — twice, 'ey wir a' in ae carrywattle on ma
- Meechie adj. Northern Scot (23 Oct.): Fu' mony a merchant I could name Has gien a splendid scatter, Ae meechy ane 'at
- Punyie v., n.: His steed he punyied wi' his heel. . . . Strange! that ae punyie on the back Should sooner bring that
- Rackabimus n. A. Balfour Contemplation 272: For John wi' ae five minutes travail, Play'd rackabimus on the
- Rewayl'd adj. Gentleman's Mag . (Sept. 1784) 672, “no re-waly'd draggle”, for “no ae waly draggle” (see Chalmers's edition
- Hesp n.1, v.1 , a catch or clasp. See P.L.D. § 48. 1. (1). I . n . 1 . In Sc. phrs.: (1) to be buckled wi' ae are no ae bit better than the Lords o' Session. They are a' buckled wi' ae hasp. (2) Sc. 1734
- Cleeshach n., “The coo's inside wiz jist a' ae cleeshach o' tallow” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 26; Bnff. 1943 (per
- Clunk n.3. 2 1936 : Aff he set for hame, as happy's Laurie, wi' a quarter o' breed in ae han', an' a clunk
- Num n.' soor milk at ae diet wasna a bad dose. [Phs. from the child's expression of relishing food, num-num
- Sill n. wirna ae rint upo' her croopin bit a sill o' linsey coat an a dungaree slugg. [Jak. suggests a
- Fernyear n.. 1862 A. Hislop Proverbs 218: Ye'll get as muckle for ae wish this year as for twa fernyear thing'd as my brither Georthie was fernar.” Abd. 7 1925 : If one has committed some act or made some mistake or blunder which is regretted, he will tell you “Gin I live or anidder year, I'se ca' this
- Batter n.2 Leaves 168: Ae nicht when on the batter. Rxb.(D) 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 9: “On the
- Bess v.2' War (1918) 28: Ae creeshy gurk that led the lave was bessin' lood an' strang, Fan something hat him
- Efterwairds adv. and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 16: "And you, Manon, you're the livin image ae yir
- Flither n.. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 23: But firstlins ae cork, than the tither, Hetly they chasit ane
- Grunsie n. maist thick, Gart ae gruff grunshy grane. [ Amusements (1809) 45, grunsie .] Abd. 1929 J
- Hallet n. ( Ib .). Ork. 1912 Old-Lore Misc. V. ii . 69: Shu was no tae ca' hallity, but ae Lammas
- Neit adv. heir't, Neit speik ae mum. Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vi.: Bit 'ere's nae a kirk
- Thrieveless adj., negligent, careless, apathetic. Also adv . Uls. 1844 R. Huddleston Poems 72: In ae short hour my
- Coach n. was sleepin in its coachie. A peer dilet craiter wi ae bairn at her tails an' anither in her oxter an
- Daeinless adj. Garland 11: A fell twa'rthree, poor doinless boddies like mysel', wha never had ae saxpence to rub on
- Galliceer n. Aberbrothock 9: Ae day i' the Simmer o' 1745—that was the time o' the war, ye ken, fan Charlie came ower
- Hupp v.' rope or floss band waas tied fae ae shackle tae da tither an' made fest ower da back o' da horse
- Evermair adv. New Makars 20: Gif I had ae short simmer o sang Wi hauf the beauty o thon flouer In the snaw o eild
- Stotter v., n. .1830 Vagabond Songs (Ford) 140: Stotterin' hameward drunk ae day. Sc. 1892 Stevenson wir heids are fite an' wir feet some stooterin'. Ags. 1920 D. H. Edwards Muirside 271 (1989) 166: Some louts came round the corner. They scooped up the stottering apples and began to pelt Dec.): Scotswoman, describing attempts of a raw rustic at a threesome reel: “At first he was some
- Whisk v., n.. Douglas Poems 71: Ye will be sairly whiskit By them some day. Sc. 1828 Wilson Noctes Amb . Also in n.Eng. dial. Phr. at ae an' ane whusk , ‘at one go,' at one and the same time. Edb. 1828 an' sowl at ae an' ane whusk. Abd. 1916 G. Abel Wylins 42: He need's it, for there's
- One num. adj. ONE , num. adj . For Sc. forms see Ae , Ane , Een , pron ., Yin , pron ., adj . 1 . Sc)). See Ae , C. (10). 1 . Peb. 1815 A. Pennecuik Works 56: After across ploughing before
- Feerich n., v.. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 20: Swift the oor o' feerich passes. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall feerich aboot the expense o' byeuks. Abd. 1926 Abd. Univ. Review (July) 225: Bit A some doot
- Hissel pron.. 1931 Gsw. Herald (14 Feb.): This felly wis able in some way tae score the ba's hissel. wm.Sc Roger's the youngest, the wee-est, the wan cannae stick up fur hissel, the wan's terrified ae you, so it's
- Jotter v., n.. 1885 J. Meikle Yachting Yarns 56: He withoot kennin' ae bit what he was daein', got up wi' a great jotter an' actually fell intae the sea. [Freq. form of Jot . In some of the senses however
- Lear v. ae laigh bink, To leir ilk ither lear. m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 53: I some instances from those of Lair , n . 3 , v . 3 , q.v., with which it has been confused.]
- Placad n., v. like a lot ae parrots It's douce an taen ma fancy this workaeday street 2 . A summons, call. Rare . Appar. orig. in some 18th c. Jacobite song adapted by Burns and Scott. Ayr. 1784 Burns When
- Buggen v., p.p. pit his ae daughter in. Slk. 1818 Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. xiii.: An' do thou
- Jimmy adj. braw books are in French, and they're a' o' ae size, neat and jemmy, like a French mounseer himself
- Shaft n.2. Bwk. a .1859 P. Landreth J. Spindle (1911) 13: Ae lick i' the lug an' anither i' the shaft
- Sowd v. mercy gie Ae sowden'd moment to your boundless wae. Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl. : Let them soud
- Unrest n. aye as far the ae gait as the t'other.” [ Un- + rest . For sense 2 . cf . Du. onrust
- Uplook v., n.. : Ae trauchle juist comes on the tap o' anither; we never get an uplook.
- Brammed Up adj. phr. your best gear, done up to the nines: 'Whit a dump ae a place he picks tae bring us tae. It's a pure
- South adv., adj., v.1. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 87: Some ran ae gate, some anither; Some northlins, southlins. 9 . s.Sc. 1834 Wilson's Tales of the Borders I. 185: They cam frae south owre some way. Sh): Hit wid set some o' da soothtrow folk better, if dea'd cleaned da beach stanes aff o' der rigs. II to the south country, or elsewhere, for employment; where they remain some part of the spring ae a manager ae a midget fitbaw team ah used tae play fur. Wan day we wur playing a team fae the Sou Herald 11 May 11: Certainly in Orkney, where some indigenous communities have been inundated almost
- Stench adj., adv. as some great Dons who fill the Bench. Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 35: Here comes a matron auld guid way, And fand it stench. m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xiv.: We'll need some wippit roon twa aiks that sweyed fin fowks swung abeen the roch sweel o the waves on their wye frae ae
- Gloam v., n. aneth ae plaid When lichts were gloamin' and winds were laid. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid. Review (March) 131: Ae winter aifterneen it cam on snaw . . . an' afore A got ta the kirkyard o
- Dackle v., n.1 ginger for't nor dackelt ower my wark. Bnff. 1929 Bnffsh. Jnl. (1 Oct.) 2/4: I dachelt some at Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 2: "Heilan buggers," ae weel-kent Buchan fairmer chiel caad the Howe fowk haein owercam the bumbazement caused by infinite space, he didna dauchle. Wi ae lowp, he brukk ben this (July) 219: The craturie doesna ken that — I reckon 't's as weel, The thocht wad dachle it some
- Ait v.. Press and J. (25 Oct.) 6/5: Ae efterneen I was aitin' a scone at tea-time. Comb.: ate-meat , see
- Aquavita n. AQUAVITA , -E , -AE , n . Also used attrib . Ardent spirits. See Ackwa . [′ɑkwɑ-, ′ɑkwə
- Backbane n.. Rnf. 1871 D. Gilmour The “Pen” Folk (1876) 19–20: Noo, ae ither question, an' I'll hae gotten
- Byaak v..: See til Jean Tamson . . . carryin, water, takin' in peats, milkin' the coo, byaken ae day, washen the
- 'e adj. 'E , adj . I.Sc. form of Ae , one (Ork. 5 1949). Also ee (Sh. 10 1949). [i(:)] Ork
- Flaster n., v. Blackwood's Mag. (June) 750: Ae flaster o' the pepper mug — and then on wi' him on the trencher. II
- Gamaleerie adj., n. Poet. Sk. 23: An' ae big gawkit gammereerie The stroup dang frae the maskin'-pat. [Phs. a
- Oel n.. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): To sit i' de øl o' de fire . . . der'r a øl f(r)ae de pot . . . a øl o
- Plodge v.. 1966). Also in n.Eng. dial. Cf . Platch . Slk. 1875 Border Treasury (3 April) 405: Ae march
- Squeegee adj.. Gen.Sc. Abd. 29 1947 : The cloth's a' squeegee, lass, there's ae corner o't hingin' hine doon
- Tartar v., n. fae ae big fairm till anither. II . n . A disturbance, noise, hubbub (Cai. 1921 T.S.D.C ., Cai
- Thurst v., n.. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 34: At ae fell thurst ding three streets into four. Dmf. 1863 R. Quinn
- Coaf v., n. soaft hassle a souns: the rasp a chists, the rattle a coaffs, the groan a kneelers, wee snatches ae
- Kittlin n., adj.) 3: Young and auld's rinnin aboot like scaded kitlins, some greetin', some sweerin', and a lot laughin'. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 28: Mistress Puss bade her kitlinie pirl the grey: Some said it was . . . a sheep's young kitlen. 3 . A handful or small quantity of gleanings from
- Rane n., v., insistent desire, e.g . for some particular food (Ags. 1930). Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas' in at diet times, rennyin' aboot first ae thing an' syne anither. Fif. 1899 Colville monotonous manner as some well-known ballad or tale (Arg. 1936 L. McInnes S. Kintyre 15). Ayr. 1808 J to learn the true way that some favourite ballad should be raned from the auld wife ayont the
- Crib n.3, v. (Kcb. 10 1941). Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 13: Ae day, fair contermit, wi ae breenge Curra escaped unnoticed throw the hedge, fas thick growth cribbit in his ain gairden
- Thousand n., adj.. forms. wm.Sc. 1991 James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 54: Wee books ae crime stories fur thruppence Picturs ae important men an a thoosan an wan ither items m.Sc. 1996 John
- Aff-pit n. putting-off, delay, waste of time. Abd. 2 1931 : Wi ae affpit an' anither naebody can tell fan the
- Immedantly adv.), immidintly (‡ne.Sc. 1958). Ayr. 1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 228: It needs but ae ee to see
- Macnab prop. n. Maister Macnabs; but may the auld black laad hae me if there's ony but ae MacNab . [Gael. Mac an aba
- Birn n.2' Hame 141: Meal and water were well stirred with some handy heather “birn,” and partaken of with keen Poems (1728) II.: Fourscore of breeding Ews of my ain Birn, Five Ky that at ae Milkin fills a Kirn
- Curcuddie n. Series 80: What wi' gauze parritch, and muslin kail — ae barley-pile a hale dressing frae the ither-the-cuddie s.v. Mump , the dance being imit. of riding an animal). There has been some interchange
- Derf adj.. Robb MS. : Ye wad hae seen some derff billies in yer time on the saut seas. Bch. 1804 W , boldness. (a) Sc. 1846 Anon. Muckomachy 47: And frae ilk plouk, Thus derfly strook, Ae drap o
- Littlin n. afore their coaties be cuttit. Ags. 1889 Barrie W. in Thrums xi.: They found some queer cutter. A muckle broon rottan wis birslin away in ae corner. Us littleens were nae suppost tae be thair
- Osnaburg n. 190: Ae time I was at Glasgow, wanting some tyking or Osen-brugs, or what the fiend ca' ye them
- Slaw adj., adv.., 1923 Watson W.-B. , Rxb. 1970) (1) Kcb. 1899 Crockett Anna Mark xiv.: Some yarn is alive ae man, I drown twa. Sc. 1887 Stevenson Underwoods ix.: Mair neebours, comin' saft an
- Hership n. Proverbs 109: Dead at the ae door, and herschip at the tither. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 254: She dreided some herschip in the byous weather to her auld guidman. Sc.(E) 1913 H. P Jam. : Even within the last century, some of the Highlanders used to make predatory incursions into
- Bogshammelt adj. o his trousers, fur he aye hunkit them up wi ae haun, whilst the broon, fag-rikkit fingers o his
- Bylie n. Satire 24: What fun was at the Provost's banquet! — Ae worthy Bylie sung a sang. 2 . “A water
- Discomfish v. nose, and discomfishes him in ae ack. Hence discomfishment , destruction, disaster. Edb. 1916
- Easten n., adj., obsol.). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): A man f(r)ae de esten ( estin ), a man whose home lies east of
- Fendfu adj.. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 74: Gin the ae answer tae dool is wark then here's as
- Geeg n. hame fae the spittal ae rent day — ye see he never wan the lenth o' a geeg — fan Wastie drives tee on
- Puist v.2, n.2 took mair nor ae pyst,” he said, to pitch the sheaves to his hand. [Orig. uncertain. See note to
- Wey n.1 some brakfast. Kcb. 1904 Crockett Strong Mac xxvi.: Sandy orders us to throw them in the ony wey , in all directions, all over the place; (ii) wherever; (2) ae wye , one way. Phrs. ae way an a' ways , in every way; aye the ae way , always the same, equable in temper (Ork., Per. 1974); to say ae wye , to agree, concur (Ork., ne.Sc., Per. 1974); (3) naewey , nowhere (Bwk. 1942 , somewhere (Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Sh., ne.Sc. 1974). See also Some , I . 1 . (11) (ii). Some ither wey , somewhere else (ne.Sc. 1974); (6) the wey o , in the direction of (I., n.Sc., em.Sc: She's the best creature, ae way an' a' ways, that ever was about a poor body's house. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 235: He's no an ill kin' o' body, ye get him aye juist the ae way. Ags. 1888 Brechin Advertiser (30 Oct.): John an' me disna aye say ae wye. Abd. 1930 Abd. Univ. Mag. (March) 104: Fin A wiz weel eneuch, we didna aye say ae wy. (3) Ags. 1894 A. Reid
- Quat v., n. quating time draws on. Sc. 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah lxvi. 23: Frae ae new mune till anither, an' frae ae quattin day till anither. Lnk. 1880 Clydesdale Readings 99: Ae Tuesday nicht
- Blinter v., n.' in the vale. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 29: An faar's wir fisher toon? Ae lum, ae gaivel Blinterin throwe blae watter an smore drift. Ags. 1929 J. S. Buist in Scots Mag
- Ab n. th'u may tae me, Tae t'ink ae t'ing an' say anither, O' that I'm seur I'm swaran' free. Ork. 1929
- Back-jaw n., v. 1932 : Nae ae ither wird o' yer back-jaw, or I'll gie ye a gweed creeshin'. Lnk. 1 1932
- Jass n., v.. Bnff. 89: The ae loon jasst the ither our on's back. [Variant form of Joss , q.v . Cf . Doss .]
- Loog v.. 1908 Jak. (1928): Hit luged ut o' my hand. De line luged f(r)ae [of a fishing-line becoming
- Rabbit n. . Fif. c .1850 R. Peattie MS. : Rabbits'-rest — described as “oot o' ae hole into anither
- Splash adj.. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 86: I wad clear'd ye at ae whup, And turn'd your ugly splash feet up
- Antrin ppl. adj.. Sc. 1925 H. McDiarmid Sangschaw 2: Ae weet forenicht i' the yow-trummle I saw yon antrin solan.” Bnff. 1905 A. I. Shand Days of the Past 7: Ay, it's lettin' in some water . . . but Trotter Gall. Gossip 159: Some cam frae abot Stranraer, an antrin yins wud come frae aboot Glesca or.: Though there war some antrins . . . o' the kin' that naething will saitisfee. Per. 1895 R. Ford
- Drammock n. anything savourless or insipid. Sc. 1746 Lyon in Mourning (S.H.S.) I. 173: Having some meal on clearness of the water. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 154: Ae wee short canon, fat and Works 79: Although your meat should be a maggot, Or some sour dromock. Dmf. 1915 J. M. Corrie
- Sharg n.1, adj.. Sutherland Memories 162: Ae skinny shargin Got aff wi his wamefu, I'm tauld, for a groat. Ags. Bnff. 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 49: Some are shargars, peer an' sma'. Kcd. 1953 shargard cottar's loon. Abd. 1993 : Er's some gey shargars amon at cottar bairns. Abd. 1993
- Cangle v., n. ae Cangler, What d'ye mean ? I'll lay my Lugs on't , that he's Green . 2 . n . (1) Noise we'd some cangle wi nicht and cried oot: Mair licht! Mair licht! [Prob. onomat. like jangle
- Dush v., n.1. 1865 J. Young Homely Pictures 16: Mair than ae dusht starn I saw Twinkle on them askance Burns Vision viii.: I glowr'd as eerie's I'd been dusht In some wild glen. Ayr. 1822 Galt
- Efternuin n. loof whare my luve lies — Some efternune this year — in your strong paw! Rxb. 1921 Hawick wab That micht hae graced a Scottish queen, Sae fine it wis-her threid wis snappt Bi Daith, ae sunny
- Jilp v., n.1 bicker. Ppl.adj., vbl.n. jilpin , gilpin , (what is) being spilt or splashed, freq. applied to some): She garred a big jalp o' this het mixture gang plash on my leg. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae
- Sweel v.2, n.2. Ainslie Pilgrimage 127: Wi' ae arm about my lass sweel'd. Uls. 1899 S. Macmanus In Chimney Corners 208: Their fren's would a'most have to sweel some of them with ropes, for feared they'd bust
- Ben n.7. Nicolson Hentilagets 19: Ae moarnin 1 wis geen below da staand Ta pit in steep a peerie koom o bain
- Cupple v., n. : In the mids o' the meantime, the cupplin-tow brook, and een geed ae wye an the ither anither.
- Distance n., v. in ae grave laid, O . . . Wha could distan your mouls frae mine, O? Sc.(E) 1913 H. P. Cameron
- Dwall n., v.2: Ae nicht last ook, I happen'd ta faa upun a dwall. [p. 21, dwaal .] (2) A temporary lull in a
- Gamfle v. in frolicsome discourse or in romping with them. Fif. 1841 C. Gray Lays & Lyrics 11: Ae
- Gurthie adj. . xii.: Gin ye fling awa' ae cross, dootless ye'll fin' anither an' aiblins a gurthier ane. [Eng
- Hottle n.1 a hottle, The Cornal orderin' first ae bottle. [ Ib . 118, hottel.] Ayr. 1887 J. Service
- Maw n.7, v.2. 286). Abd. 1817 J. Christie Instructions 92: A neighbouring Cat ae night maw'd keen
- Plicht n. Idylls 110; Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15). The form plichen , plight, predicament (Fif. 1825 Jam
- Tortie n.-shell skin. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 19: I min' ae nicht, fin straikin ye
- With adv. Peculiar People 133: Ae bony foreneun i' hairst a hale swad o' wives waar layan deir withs leithfilly
- Eild n., adj.1, v. eild. Phr.: to be ae eild wi' , — eels wi' , to be the same age (as) (Mry. 1 1925). Sc. 1859 C. S. Graham Mystifications 71: I am just ae eild wi' the auld King George III, and I daur 20: Gif I had ae short simmer o sang Wi hauf the beauty o thon flouer In the snaw o eild I'd hap my
- Thort prep., adv., adj., v. the floor. Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii . 318: A bit o' twine twart da ha' fae ae laft' da twart-bauks. Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii . 325: Dey bed i' ae end an' the coo an
- Virr n.1, v., adv. virr. Sc. 1983 John McDonald in Joy Hendry Chapman 37 44: tak tent o the ae life threidin frae aiglet tae aiglet, the ae life dirlin in ilka pynt - a pynt whaur stentless virr comes fair
- Gangrel n. might be winnin meat fu' well, And claes an a'. Ayr. 1786 Burns Jolly Beggars Recit. i.: Ae sixteen shillings. m.Sc. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi.: There was a gangrel body sleepit ae. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 78: Ye needna spread yer gangrels oot to tak' some hameless
- Tot n.2 . . . gin the hale tott o' ye be nae ill for saying ae thing an' thinking another. Ayr. 1838 J
- Trill v.1. Ork. 1972 : Trill, trill, trill, Twa peerie dogs gaen tae da mill, Tak a lick oot o' ae man's pock
- Unbekent ppl. adj.: Ae nicht I watched him unbekent as he sat in his chair. Ayr. 1913 “Kissock” Sc. Poems 18
- Shitey adj. oot dribblin an yir eyes gaun skelly, ah'll be liftin that phone, then ah'll be shot ae you fur good!
- Slidderie adj. some sliddery. Ayr. 1927 J. Carruthers A Man Beset 45: A' they sliddery weeds on the (ne.Sc., Ags. 1970); evasive. Abd. 1893 G. Macdonald Songs 6: The sliddery troot wi' ae soop o. Ainslie Pilgrimage 198: Nor recks the coof some sliddery loof Will soon skail a' abreed. 4 . Of: Unless some slidd'ry means he us'd To lay the de'il. Lnk. 1816 G. Muir Minstrelsy 8: Lawyers fam'd for slidd'ry gabs. Abd. 1868 W. Shelley Flowers 181: Some gleg-gabbit slidderie lier
- Dreid v., n., adj.. Stevenson Catriona xv.: Syne, upon a suddenty, and wi' the ae dreidfu' skelloch. . . . Mry. 1897. (1913) XV. 108: To ill stamp oot, and dreid some waes aff-sklent. 3 . In phr. to dree one's dreed , to accept the possible dire consequences of some action; cf . similar phr. s.v. Dread(d)our . Ags
- Eldritch adj., hideous, esp. of sound; often applied to persons, things and places, usually to denote some connection F. Nigel xxx.: The fallow set up an elritch screech, which made some think his courage was abated Inglis wird alane can convoy the multiplicity o thocht ahin thon ae wird dreich . Dreich is a cauld
- Green v.. Dundee 1991 Ellie McDonald The Gangan Fuit 9: I wis weill contentit til ae day the chiel cam by, i.e . a woman with child that hath an extreme longing for some kind of meat, which, if it be denied no green at lambtime killing. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 280: Some prime recates
- Knurl n., v. cyst, “growing on the head of some persons even to the size of an orange” (Sc. 1825 Jam., norloc ), a Tongue in Yer Heid 96: And it cam to me ae Sunday lang syne, deein my stint at the waatchin, that is in bane and bouk. Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan I. x .: An I havena some fun
- Onding n., v. we'll hae, Or on-ding o' some kind at least. Sc. 1808 Jam. : Onding's better than black weet Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 79: There had been some gey ondings o rain in the weeks afore, and the, ae canty Spring, Tam wauken'd to the birds' onding. Gall. 1932 A. McCormick Galloway 77
- Port n.2 in the plaintive strain, and modulated for the harp. Sc. 1792 Sc. Mus. Museum IV. 358: Ae. Murray Sough o' War 45: Wi' some brisk port upo' the chanter reed. Highl. 1961 I. F. Grant Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 335: While some illfated wandring bird must fa With ruefull cheeps in his
- Quern n.1, v. rectangular recesses, some of which are aumbries, others nests for geese, while two with rounded backs, known tae seiver, onding tae quernstane, sae Scotlaun's fowk, skailt frae ae clood or ither intil a sheuch 1924 : Some aul wifies eest tae mak yirnin wi' the in-skin o' a hen's kweern. 3 . = 1 . (2) (ii
- Sloch v.2, n.2: He's a peer slocherin' bodie. Gehn he be ae day weel, he's twa ill. (2) To work or act carelessly or of Slock , n . 1 , 1 . w.Sc. 1869 A. McDonald Settlement (1877) 239: Some o' them can influence from Slock , v ., Sluch , Slaik , Slag , n . 1 , v . 1 , and some of the forms may in fact
- Certain n., adv.. ne.Sc. 1883–1886 D. Grant Chron. of Keckleton (1888) 147–148: There's ae thing I've remarked in
- Crudle v., n. J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15: An' ream's a' cruddelt, set for fuppin'. Ayr. 1822 Galt
- Dumpy adj., n. Wallet Intro. 9: There's ae window shines thro' the darkness sae dun — That's the hame o' auld Dumpie
- Falset n. . Arch . Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 5: When yet the leal an' ae fauld shepherd life, Was nae
- Fordards adv., adj. tale waur true, That I ae fordurts month could but see thro'. Latna your forderts spirit wi' disdain
- Girtle n., v. father cam in on 'ir, an' got hir girtlin' ale oot ae bottle intil anither. 2 . To “potter” with
- Maze v., n., For fient ae face was to be seen. Rnf. 1835 D. Webster Rhymes 29: In midst o' my mazes
- Swalla n. meenit wi millions ae swallaes 1 . Sc. comb.: swallow-hawk , the swift, Apus apus (Ayr. 1929 Paton
- Wig n.2 † WIG , n . 2 Also wigg , wyg . Only in phr. f(r)ae wig to wa , from wall to wall, back and
- Sweel v.1, n.1. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 23: She ca'd the churn an' sweel't the fleer. Ags. 1934 seekin tae get some ais frae the stounin. (2) to wash away, to carry off on a current of water; to o' her cup o' tae aroond to get da shuggar a' meltid. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 5 o' some big hill He [raven] centers, then around will sweill. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 188: Now it [my barrel]'s got a sweel, Ae gird I shanna cast lad. Mry
- Ocht n., pron., adj., adv.. s.Sc. 1962 Southern Annual 28: Some grand cleckings of Deuks, Yirls, Loords, and nae end o) Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 249: No ae oucht haed we bit twartree gaupins o' kleepie stanes. (5) Uls. 1879 W. G. Lyttle Readings 27: He lauched ower ocht. 2 . A person of some. IV . adv . Somewhat, rather, in some way or degree. Ayr. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 60: An
- Bygane adj., n. pl. kimmer, of some forty, or bygane, making mony speerings about you, my lord. Bnff. 2 1938 : The A. Balfour Foundling of Glenthorn I. iii.: But an' you had seen her ae night this bygane winter
- Glaurie adj., n., v. some extra money for whisky. They enjoyed it, even when the days were wet and the fields were glaury ae place, growin greener an glaurier an dubbier an cloortier ilkie year, till e'en the puddocks tuik
- Kyauve v., n. Noise 74: Gin the ae answer tae dool is wark then here's as muckle ontak as onie could want, fendfu , to plunge, dive. The word may to some extent have been confused in usage with Tyauve .]
- Neat adj., v. extravagance of some pennyless puppy who takes it into his head to ape him? Abd. 1930 Abd. Univ. Rev hang, Was nett ae mile three quarters lang. Gsw. 1863 J. Young Ingle Nook 15: Wee gabbie
- Palaver n., v. Aug.) 10: He had a lot o' palaiverin', first upo' ae knee an' syne upo' the ither. Hdg. 1903. (Wilson 1876) I. 383: While some palaver'd wi' the bride, To get things to their likin'. Edb. 1915
- Weel n.1 “Weels”, almost every “Weel” bearing the name of some person who has perished in it. Wgt. 1896 ae weil-heid, And out aye at the other. [O.Sc. weill , c .1500, wele , 1513, O.E. wǣl , a
- Chap n.3 chap ae day did do't. Hence chappie , “a name given to a ghost from the frequent knockings which it on nae account ging oot o' the hoose or try to work ae chap. 4 . A roughness in the sea, a choppy
- Kith n.. Waddell Psalms x. 6, lxxix. 13: Frae ae kithgettin till anither, sicklike's mysel are ne'er the waur. . . . Frae ae kith-end till anither, thy praises owre-tell sal we. [In O.Sc. from a .1400
- Choop n.1 ae choup is like to another! Dmf. 1877 R. W. Thom Poems (1883) 44: An' it stan's oot as
- Crummie n.2 a muckle crummie-staff in his han', an' at ae time I thocht he was gaun to strike me wi't, he was in
- Gnapper v., n. . . . Gin yer ahin yer time nae ae gnipper nor gnapper o' 't 'll een o' ye get! [An intensive or freq
- Hertless adj. dwynin' day; Ae hertsome star in hertless blae. Abd. 1957 : It's a gey hertless state o' affairs.
- Krug n., v. shurg, Or waander oot alang, ta croag Under da burg. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): To krog f(r)ae a
- Mote v.1 artfu' rowt. Edb. 1884 Mod. Sc. Poets (Edwards) VIII. 171: There lived ae ancient Dominie As
- Out Ower prep., adv., adj. comb.. Hornbook vi.: An awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther, . . . A three-tae'd leister on the ither, . . . Lay Hendry Chapman 43-4 168: when, piercit bi some panic, the hoodie's heid ootower the lift crazilly carried on a movean mare o wund Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 20: Ae simmer day, I ower some sonnet as she span. Ayr. 1858 M. Porteous Souter Johnny 11: To crack a joke, wi doorstep, into the open air, esp. of one who has been confined to the house for some time. Gen.Sc. Cf: Or devilish Spunkie, watching, lead Us in some pool out-owre the head. (3) Bwk. 1823 A-owre his lugs pell mell. II . adv . 1 . At a distance, aside, apart, some distance away (Sc. 1808 some ane wi' lousy mange, Was a' out ower crawlin'. Cai. 1872 M. M'Lennan Peasant Life II
- Dab v.1, n.1, Robin ! there's some mair, Beath groats an' barley , dinna spare. Lnk. 1893 J. Crawford Sc . tatties an' dab , “potatoes eaten with some greasy relish into which they are dipped or ‘dabbed'” (Ayr. 1900 E.D.D. ); known to Bnff. 2 , Abd. 9 , Ags. 17 , Fif. 10 1939; 4 . to be a' o' ae hen's dab. Cross Disruption (1846) xxxvii.: I jalouse they're a' o' ae hen's dab. 6 . Slg. 1932 W
- Gin conj.2.' Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web iv: I dinna recollect ae relation, stoppin mid Aberbrothock 46: Ae awfu' shot brook it i' twa gin it had been a bit swine-saem. [O.Sc. has gane , if derived from give ( cf . O.Sc. geve , give , if). Some of the phonetic forms would support this
- Pliskie n., adj. see in coort are meaningless tae me, but for ae thing - I would see James Sharp and his pack damned. 1884 H. Johnston M. Spreull 66: Ae day there wis a terrible pliskie atween them. 4 . An. Shelley Wayside Flowers 97: She took some pliskie in her head, And cowed me wi' a clarty slight
- Whid n.1, v.1 Blackwood's Mag. (Sept.) 662: Ae hare played whid, and anither played whid. e.Lth. 1885 S. Mucklebackit Rhymes 37: Oh, tak' a whid to Scotland bonnie Some canny morn. (2) A slight bodily, right trig and clean, Came ae Day whiding o'er the Green. Sc. 1772 Weekly Mag. (30 Jan.) 140
- Boddam n. the boattom drawer ae your chest-ae-drawers, ah cam acroass a photie...an auld photie fae back in the
- Dit v.1, ye taunting set. Slk. 1829 Hogg Shepherd's Cal. II. 12: But there's ae good thing about. Abd. 1 1929 : That tree dits the sitting-room window. Kcb. 4 c .1900 : Ae woman says to
- Eenoo adv.)noo , enou , een noo , ae noo , yenoo , -ow , a'enoo , i'now . Cf. P.L.D. § 70.1. See also eenoo. Cai. 1909 D. Houston 'E Silkie Man 6: 'E fleed 'll be doon on's ae noo.
- Ile n.1, v. nae danger ae you openin the windae! That wid lit the cauld in an we'd hiv tae turn the heatin up! Oh lubricate with oil. Gen.Sc.; to turn to oil. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 14: An' butter iles
- Alangside adv., prep. honourables amang them, alangside that o' ae hard-heidit, horny-handit pleuchman.
- Back-gaen ppl. adj.. Soc. 241: Ae mornin' a wee body cam' tae the door an' asked me if I could give her a wee drap o
- Bardie n.1 Poems 2: Ae night a bardie about witching time, Frae Ardies nae langsyne was saunterin' hame. Ags
- Bervie n.. Abd. 13 1933 : There's little best ale in Bervie far ae wifie brews't a' (no choice amongst a
- Dabach n., v. 1939 : He let dabach at the beastie wi' a muckle rung and felled it wi' ae blow. [Deriv. of Dab
- Farden n.1 sauld for ae faerden? Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 10: An a he hed noo wus a fardin rig i
- Feery-farry n.. Watson Poems 58: When in this unco firry-farry, I met ae day wi' poet Chirrey. Ayr. 1821
- Grabble v., n.., Uls. 1955). Also in Eng. dial. m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 257: Ae wee deevil o' a bairn, whan
- Ill-hyver n. seen the minister when he was gey ill-hivered. Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 129: Ae
- Jeeger n. man Bowden's the queerest jeeger ever I cam' across. Abd. 1921 Swatches o' Hamespun 16: Ae
- Spick n.1. Spence Folk-Lore 226: Ye're a' ae swine's spik. Ork. 1904 Dennison Sketches 4: He
- Squeal v., n.. Wingate Poems 46: Though ae trout meltit frae a tak, Ye didna often squeel. II . n . 1 . An
- Syllab n., v. verses aff ding dang, And no ae syllab' o' them wrang? Ags. 1891 Barrie Little Minister xxv
- Thrum v.2, n.2 A' Ae 'Oo' 28: Mistress Puss throom-throom't as she clookit his knee. II . n . 1 . A cat's
- Tit n.3 A' Ae 'Oo' 31: The mongrel pup, Fa nott a tit or she could sup! Kcd. 1932 L. G. Gibbon
- Troosers n. Blueshirts, fascists of every colour an country came up against the men an women ae no mean city, against
- Fusper v., n. Deeside" cam the repon, bit his wird wis jist a fusper, fur he'd already traivelt a mile wi ae lowp.
- Noise n., v.: Ah've every right tae be sick. Even supposin ah did make a wee bit ae noaise, aw ye hid tae dae wis turn
- Bawsant adj.. Buchan Poems 36–37: Ilk kirn and fair, Clippin' and spainin', was a cheerier place For ae sicht o). Hdg. 1801 R. Gall Poems and Songs (1819) 31: Till he wad fetch some neighbours roun', Wha wad
- Bumbaze v. Hubbard The New Makars 118: Some ither day, faan I get helpit Fae a hearse, they'll be bumbased At bumbazement caused by infinite space, he didna dauchle. Wi ae lowp, he brukk ben this hedge anna, an fand
- Claver v., n.1.: “Claivers! ” said William Herries. “Ae body's as good as anither body.” Deriv. claveration , id. Peb might. hae been some clavers about the loss o' them. Fif. 1900 “S. Tytler” Jean Keir xi.: I
- Clim v. wa'. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 20: Ae simmer day, I climt yon knowe eence the O.Sc. pa.p . has been transferred in some cases to the pa.t . in Mod. Sc. (the pret. pl. in u
- Hertscaud n.: Some breedin' women gaunts and fidges, The heart scad, and the toothick rages. Sh. 1922 J.” Sc. 1922 P. Macgillivray Bog Myrtle 62: Is there no left ae scathin' muse In Scotland yet
- Lammer n. ein, still believed in by some. Formerly put around the neck of infants, from their birth till they ae coup o' the lammer-wine, An' the tear is nae mair in your e'e . . . An' drink nine coups o' the
- Outgang n., v. steekit. Ork. 1904 Dennison Sketches 9: Hid was ae day i' the oot gang o' Vore. em.Sc. Alexander Johnny Gibb vi.: She expeckit there wud be some ootgang o' the butter forbye't ye sud say't
- Palmer n., v., I'll awa' tae the Kirktoon, an' some fouks wull be pamerin' aboot likely. 2 . To move or walk” pammer't intae Molie's kitchie. Abd. 1998 Sheena Blackhall The Bonsai Grower 20: Ae nicht
- Rippet n., v. ae ruppit we hae thegither, afore he'll gie me siller for a new goon. Ayr. 1913 J. Service Memorables 67: Some dreidfu' nicht rippit there had been amang the cairters. Lth. 1925 C. P
- Birk n.1 northern Eng. ( E.D.D. ). Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 99: Some loo to keep their Skins frae Lirks, Some loo to woo beneath the Birks. Sc. 1832 A. Henderson Sc. Proverbs 74: Birk will burn. 1917 J. Buchan Poems 48: Twae glandered mears, a dwaibly stirk, Hens, ae auld wife, a wauflike
- Hecht v., n. xxiii.: They hoy't out Will, wi' fair advice; They hecht him some fine braw ane. Rxb. 1805 A threaten. Ayr. 1786 Burns To Dr Mackenzie 10–11: If Death, then, wi' skaith then Some mortal spak the erle hight Hamilton. Sc. 1846 Anon. Muckomachy 8: Him followed . . . ae vile
- Hurdie n. 155–8: Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, . . . I wad hae gi'en them aff my hurdies For ae blink o, when some faut he could help Gar't me turn up his hurdies and gie them a skelp. Gsw. 1877 A. G stooping as in the harvest-field (Mearns 1877 Jam.; Abd. 4 1931). Cf . Caik ; 3 . hurdy curpen , some
- Rame v., n. has ay ae rame , when he continues to cry for the same thing, or to repeat the same sound. Slk. I ken he has some rhame about him.” Sc. 1880 Jam. : His rame o' that sang has spoilt it , a scream, a cry. Some spellings have been influenced by Rhyme , q.v ., with which this word has
- Draigle v., n.: 'Aye. I'm seik. I need ma bed. At least let me pit on some claes.' 'Aye, cause look at ye. Ye're like we “draggle” the meal. Abd. 8 (Upp. Deeside) 1917 : Draggle up some meal an' water t' the. Stewart Fireside Tales 14: Da lazy man comes draiglan ashore. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'oo' prayer, A fleeching some dresst draigle To come an' keep his aumry bare. Kcb. 1806 J. Train
- Gair n.1, v., stripes of very fine grass. Slk. 1818 Hogg B. of Bodsbeck I. 286: Some puir dumfoundered soul. Poets (ed. Edwards) I. 36: The martyrs sae buirdly and bauld . . . Forgathered on some green gair through the gare it ran. Abd. 1 1930 : Cut a gair aff ae side o' the breedth o' stuff tae fix on the tither side; it'll gie some width at the hem. 4 . †(1) “Anything resembling a stripe or streak
- Uncannie adj.. 1759 F. Douglas Rural Love 12: Ae day on the muir of Affort He got a maist uncanny sclaffort the passage in some parts, and pu' it down in others, for fear o' some uncanny body getting into it), Lnk. 1973). See Canny , I . 4 . Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 85: For this some Crockett Moss-Hags xlii.: It was an uncanny night, but in some fashion we stumbled along. Ayr
- Doonsit n. they drank out the price at ae downsitting. Sc. 1929 Scots Observer (31 Oct.) 16/4: Could.: It's ower sarious a maitter to be settled aff-hand, at ae doun-sittin. Ayr. 1787 Burns
- Tae adj.., Lnl., Lnk., Kcb. 1972). Cf. ae ee s.v. Ee , 3 .(6); someone who tries to curry favour by tale. [O.Sc. ta , the one, 1375, Mid.Eng. to , reduced forms of that a(e) , that o(ne) . See Ae , adj .]
- Barlickhood n.. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 321: Instead then o' lang Days o' sweet Delyte, Ae Day be dumb, and a' the
- Coronach n. (1818) xxvi.: The coronach was cried in ae day, from the mouth of the Tay to the Buck of the Cabrach
- Dictionar n. recollect ae relation, stoppin mid-ben a spikk an wheekin oot a dictionar tae see gin a wird wis richt
- Fa'ther adv. frae the ae window to the ither. Lth. 1920 A. Dodds Songs 25: Tho' the gangrel, when a
- Felt n.1. : The lan's a' ae felt o' weeds. That steer hiz a richt felt o' hair. 2 . Specif.: (1) worn-out
- Forgie v.. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 19: Fine upo' the farmhoose sill Tae taste forgi'eness and gweedwill. Sh
- Gurk n. stoot gurkie an' sits doon on the deas. Abd. 1917 C. Murray Sough o' War 28: Ae creeshy
- Myowt n.] Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 117: He sat i' the neuk, an' nae ae myaut cam oot o's hehd. Uls
- Stuckie n.1 and stookies and craws - and blackies e'en. And waws to sclim to fields for shootin foxes - ae fox
- Sustentation n. E.D.D. : Dey har'ly hae ae sistentation i' da yard ta gie da kye.
- Jalouse v. ridden bye, but his horse . . . was ower sair travailed. Ayr. 1821 Galt Annals v.: Some they're a' o' ae hen's dab. Gsw. 1884 H. Johnston Martha Spreull vi.: She wis aye fair to my jaloosins. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 28: She never wis kent for fowks' favours to sue Gin
- Hunger n., v. a burst wi' us; for, if I'm sent ae night to my bed wi' my stomach stuffed like a Yule haggis, maybe 410: I'm thinkin' your trade 'ill be some days like the beggar's, as auld Andrew Gemmels used to say intill a wud. 6 . s.Sc. 1789–99 Trans. Highl. Soc. III. 464: Some people have been led to Folk-Lore 198: In some of the villages a white stone would not be used as ballast. In others a stone: Thae hungered louns will hae a haud o' some o' them. Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xlvi engaged from “the screich o' day” on some narrow “hunger 'em” or “dice-aboot,” working for a poor wage on
- Cat v.3: Some barelegged, some wear hosens, Some in clogs and some in shoon; Whiles I've seen unfreely boshens
- Boyne n. bowne, 3 thrie-luged tubes. m.Sc. 1928 “O. Douglas” Eliza for Common xiii.: An' I've some. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 23: She . . . teem't the heavy bine. m.Sc. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o
- Heirship n. .1714 Jacobite Minstrelsy (1829) 131: I'll leave some heirship to my kin. Abd. 1759 F heirskap as Jeames Bodkin's fortune maun be, I'm no gaen awa ae fitstap, till ye tak' a complete suit o
- Lig v.1. m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 9: A wheen o heathen Vikings liggan thare, eftir some licht ay its turnan, doun frae yon smoory hill, the day's aince-erran aa bi wi, ae sang liggan caul i
- Next adj., adv. wuid o't, that would change frae a grin tae a girn frae ae minute tae the nixt? Sc. usages: 1 certain circumstances “next” does not mean “the nearest,” but is short for some such phrase as “not the
- Spill v., n. may spill. Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 209: Ae scabbit yew spills twenty or spoilt, a botch, a wreck or ruin. Gsw. 1886 Scottish Bakers' Year-Book (1948) 73: Some
- Tither pron., adj. was; but kent nae doot His ae thoumb frae the tither. Sh. 1947 New Shetlander (June–July) 10 Yince, Christopher we'd meet For ae sicht o' the tither Asklent burn water rummlin at oor feet did na' care to stilp upo' my queets. Ayr. 1784 Burns Epitaph J. Rankine 1–2: Ae day, as
- Ca' Canny v. phr. important tae tak tent, first in ae ee, syne in the tither, tae see gin there war ferlies tae ett, or 3: Ye should caw canny oan the breid, no eat sae much ae it ... em.Sc. 2000 James
- Ficher v., n. slashes mair doon in ae day. Bch. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 1: Ficherin' wi' a futlie-beelin nivver ficher wi me noo?' Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 61: At ae time
- Say v., n.. Ayr. 1880 J. Tannock Poems 57: The sayaway of Kirsty Gray, About some famous tea, sir say ae wey ( wi ), to agree, be in harmony (with) (ne.Sc., Ags., Per., Ayr. 1969); (5) to say said wird. (4) Ags. 1906 Arbroath Guide (21 April) 3: We hadna been just sayin ae wey. Abd. 1920 : Na, I dinna say ae wey wi' ye there. (5) Fif. 1900 S. Tytler Logan's Hogg Poems (1865) 373: Ae wee say that chanced to pass 'Tween his auld wife an' only lass. Ags
- Bummle v., n. xix. 100: For, gif ye redd him o' ae pliskie the day, He'll be bummlin intil anither by the morn.: Hadst thou taen aff some drowsy bummle, Wha can do nought but fyke an' fumble, 'Twad been nae plea. 3 . A blundering, clumsy person. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 127: Some bubblie. influenced in some of the meanings by Eng. bungle . O.Sc. has bombill , ? blundering efforts, bumlar
- Trews n. , some of them very fine Woven, like Stockings of those made of Cloath; some are coloured, and others. Riddell Poems 19: When I gae the trews a wee bit touch, Out flew goud guineas frae ae pouch. Mry acknowledged that some Members of Parliament have trouble keeping their trousers on. But Gregor Jack was not
- Tyauve v., n. , † teauve ; teave , tauve ; † tiawe , tya(a)w ; ¶ quhauve (Mry. 1960 E. Gilbert Ae Forenicht 11, 41: Wi' ae fauld heart, and honest joy, They teauve and touzle rare. Abd. 1922 Swatches Jnl. (28 March) 2: Some tchyauvin' wi' the “Rule o' Three”, some widin' throw ‘Mensa'. Abd
- Dilp n., v. mammie's ae dother, Though neither a dilp nor a da. Abd. 1768 A. Ross Rock and Wee Pickle Tow
- Ether n.3. Philip It 'ill a' Come Richt 128: They teuk a' her milk fae her ae nicht, and turned her ether into
- Fauchie adj.1 niver ran naewye bit ay bedd in the ae place, growin greener an glaurier an dubbier an cloortier ilkie
- Fodgel adj., n., v.. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 154: Ae wee short canon, fat and fodgel. Gsw. 1879 A. G
- Gait n.1 Maister in deceit, Happen't ae day a dowfart Gait to meet. Combs.: † 1 . gait-berry , “an old name for
- Goit n.1 guttie afore you. Sh. 1931 Shetland Almanac 193: I hed just got ae fit in ower da goit whin
- Nimp n..: Mind you, it micht be a very wee, wee corner — juist a nimp, as it were. Bch. 1929 : Nae ae
- Preserve v., n. chubby face . . . came fully to the light. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 23: “Preser's fae
- Whirliwha n., v. appoggiatura. Ayr. 1824 Galt Rothelan viii.: There's mair gold about the whirli-whaw o' that ae
- Lamb n.1, v.1 its thick, white, underground stems, called “lamb's tongue” in some rural districts. 2 . In dim minnie is here. Bwk. 1801 “Bwk. Sandie” Poems 103: Some say that Fortune is horn-blind, An' some ca' her a witch, Some praise her as a lammie kind. Mry. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains 116 Beatoun's ae bairn . . . Has her faither left naething? Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sk. & Poems 3: Yae
- Gloom v., n. Stevenson M. Ballantrae iii.: There is altogether some excuse if Ballantrae showed something of a. 16: But sick a gloom, on ae brow-head, Grant I ne'er see agane! Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson, n ., from 1596. It is also possible that some instances of the early spelling glowmin(g) may
- Guff n.2, v.2. Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 74: An ony rate the lass began to snuff The thrummie en' o' some table some guff! 3 . A puff, a whiff, a current, e.g . of wind, vapour, smoke, air (Sc. 1818 Sawers ae wee guffie o' win' meev't the air. Bit Allan wusna carin' a hair for the heat. Sc. 1928 J
- Rig n.2, v.2 champaign ye fought wi' her When on the rig. Abd. 1903 W. Watson Auld Lang Syne 18: Ae xlii.: One's fancy may be running its ain riggs in some other world. Lnk. 1873 A. G. Murdoch Castle Gower some fine morning before long! Per. 1904 R. Ford Hum. Sc. Stories (Ser. 2) 26
- Same adj., n.2, adv. 1879) 73: The very sam way we do here At Amond back. Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 70: Some spunkies or some same-like ills. Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xlvii.: That saam John. 1993 : Ae man's e same's ither at e tail o e day. III . adv . Usu. with def. art . and followed
- Thegither adv., they gid oot for a traivel in the wid ae fine hairst nicht, an they waar jokin an lauchin thegidder Moffat had given some consideration to the possibility that the pair of them maybe just might at some
- Whigmaleerie n., v..) xliv.: Some appreciation of dainties and “whigmaleeries” is evident in the form of puddings with, if that day come, I'll wad a boddle, Some fewer whigmaleeries in your noddle. Sc. 1857 H-sae-snod wee back-shop's whigmaleerit into ae great, muckle, black sea o' treckle! [The earliest
- Bangsom adj. Caled. Mag . 505: Some redd their hair, some main'd their banes, Some bann'd the bangsom billies
- Hunker v., n. as I wad hae him. Ags. 1849 Brechin Advertiser (1 May) 4: Some gaed doon ae fitty, some hunkery an some heels owre head. Lnk. 1880 Clydesdale Readings 227: The men . . . sat, lay, an, 178: Doon they gaed, . . . some staunin', some hunkertys. A lang coorse o' sittin' hunkertys, an, hunkerin' on some lanely spot. Rnf. 1840 J. Mitchell Wee Steeple's Ghaist 152: Age may sit Bowman in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 41: they wis sittin' a' thegither, some on their hunkers, some wi' their legs straucht oot. Edb. 1986 Fred Urquhart in Joy Hendry Chapman 46 40. huka , to squat. Cf . Hookers . There may be some formal influence from Du. hunkeren , to hanker.]
- Loss v.' my place some o' thae days. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii.: Ye wadna loss ocht: Ye must be shair ae yirsel tae risk loassin thirty cents! em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The
- Map v.1, n.3: [She] lang'd for some douce decent man, Wi' him to map and mell. Hdg. 1889 J. Lumsden Lays mappy frae his bourie boundit oot. Syne skipt ahint a buss. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 32
- Nineteen n.. . . . W've been here ae nineteen an' vera near anither. Abd. 1933 C. Murray in Abd. Press & Jnl canteen . At some indeterminate time in the past, a long time ago ( nineteen oatcake Ork., Cai., Bnff
- Pass n. skweel aifter 'im. Sanners ran to block the pass, bit some ran by on ae side. [O.Sc. pass , a step
- Rip n.2 Poems 12: She grips some stalks and twists the maiden-rip In triple strands. Then in her walie grip.): Dat's no ae rip, afore doo brings pruf. Ork. 1920 : The field's been clean raked: there's har'ly
- Yaud n. the ‘aul yaud'. Ags. 1897 A. Reid Bards Angus 133: Ae nicht the farm lads Had stabl'd up , a whore, O.N. jalda , a mare. Some forms have been influenced by Eng. jade , of sim. meanings but
- Easedom n.; Bnff. 1927; Sh., Abd. 1949) . [′i:zdəm] Bch. 1832 W. Scott Poems 79: Some wed for easdome when a turn may come, An' some for pleasure wed, an' some for fun. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxx.: They sud be thinkin' o' gi'en owre the place . . . an' themsells gyaun to some C. Murray Hamewith 37: Some wise, or lazy, never quit the glen, But stretched at easedom watch
- Owergae v. . Gen. in vbl.n ., the act of going or working over in some operation, as in brushing or currying. 121: The bere got bit ae ourgaan fin the rain stoppit's. Bnff. c .1900 : The grieve ga the A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 11: When yet the leal an' ae-fauld shepherd life Was nae oergane by
- Bensome adj. v . Sc.(D) [1788] J. Skinner Christmas Ba'ing in Amusements, etc. (1809) 52: Some red their hair, some maen'd their banes, Some bann'd the bensome billies. [See Bense , n . Perhaps
- Trudget n.1 ¶ TRUDGET , n . 1 In phr. to dread trudget of one , to suspect one of some mischief or of playing some trick (Lth. 1808 Jam.). [Orig. obscure. Phs. some corruption of O.Sc. tryget , a .1400
- Cowk v., n. that decorates the closs. Abd. 1798 A. Shirrefs in D. Crawford Poems 90: Ay [ae] couk
- Dib n., . . . Landed ae day in New South Wales. [For interchange of [ʌ] and [ɪ], see P.L.D. § 60.1.]
- Faik v.2 Waugh 27: Auld Nature hauds her debtors like a vice An' winna fake ae farden o' the price. 2 . To
- Farrach n., v.. 1820 A. Balfour Contemplation 272: Warslin' frae ae wreath to anither, John tint his farrach a
- Gain v., adj.. T. Misc. (1733) 61: Clout the auld, the new are dear, Janet, Janet; Ae pair may gain ye haff a
- Guffaw n., v.. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables frae French 48: A Cuddy ae day gied a hairty guffa — Weel-pleas't wi
- Hulk n., v. af'en hulkin' aboot the markets. ne.Sc. 1888 D. Grant Keckleton 65: Ae mornin' Birdie
- Leed n.2 lied. Ork. 1931 J. Leask Peculiar People 133: Ae bony foreneun i' hairst a hale swad o
- Lichten v.1. 26: Ae awfu nicht o' thun'er an' lichnin. Edb. 1915 T. W. Paterson Auld Saws 92: Doon
- Mirken v.); ppl.adj. mirkening , darkening, merging into darkness. Ayr. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 102: Ae
- Rim n.3. 1900 G. Williams Fairmer's Twa Tint Laddies 99: Ae gweed rimraxin', sure as ocht We'll hae to
- Sake n.. Per. 1896 I. MacLaren K. Carnegie 168: For ony sake keep ae chair for sittin' on. ne.Sc
- Thrist n.1, v.1 glad, Nor want but — when he thristed. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 15: Stirkies
- Totum n.2, as we call a running wean. Edb. 1856 J. Ballantine Poems 147: Wi' ae wee tottum sleepin
- Yae adj., single, certain (Lth., Ayr. 1923–6 Wilson; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai; wm., s.Sc. 1974). See Ae
- Fremd adj., n., v. D. Davidson Seasons 51: Ae day Strathfallen took the bent, To hunt the fremmit yowes. Sc The King's Dochter in Child Ballads No. 52 A vii.: I wish I had died on some frem isle And Vettese The Richt Noise 33: Ae nicht he'll skite on crackt bitter causey and freeze in his bluid, his lookit her airt, But drew to some neighbourin' lass. Bch. 1900 Trans. Bch. Field Club V. 217: Some say she's o' the gipsy folk That mairret fremit. Sh. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. vi . 228
- Noo adv.. usages in Combs. and Phrs.: 1 . ae noo , aye nu , see Eenoo and cf . 8 .; 2 . noodays , nowadays Poems 34: An jest aye nu, me an' some mair Were up amo' the heather there. Bnff. 1895 N. Roy Horseman's Word i.: Jean will be wi' us ae noo. 2 . Per. 1893 R. Ford Harp Per. 347: Noo hae keepit it fresh and green. Fif. 1916 G. Blaik Rustic Rhymes 39: Some flaffins o' snaw emulsioned it for the now. Maybe get some tiles for around the sink.' Sth. 1996 Eddie Davies in
- Some adj., adv., pron. SOME , adj ., adv ., pron . Also sum- , som- , sam- ; sun- , son- (Sh.). I . adj (Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Buddie 76; I.Sc. 1971), some idder een , id. (Abd. 1923 Banffshire Wilson; Kcd., em.Sc.(a), Lnk., Slk. 1971). See Gate , n ., 3 . Pl. somegates , in some places (Abd. 1971); (ii) somehow, in some way (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Mry., Bnff., em.Sc.(b), wm.Sc. 1971). Also in Eng., ¶for some time, for a considerable time, used adj . in quot. (1) Dmf. 1875 P. Ponder: Sitting by themselves some deal of late. Edb. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar iii.: Wiping his brow, which was some-deal heated. (ii) Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man x.: You have had some deal. Knr. 1891 H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 17: That some ane some gate has her hert, (God save the baith ran aff some-gate abrod. Ags. 1945 S. A. Duncan Chronicles Mary Ann 25: I thocht I'd of February used to be known “some gates” as the “futticks”. (ii) Sc. 1816 Scott B. Dwarf
- Kennle v. stampin' to get the fire out. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 27: Like a star i' the lift, Her Clerk I. 34: A kindling , or, to use plainer words, a piece of red coal, or peat, or some such . Abd. 31 1958 : Awa an chap some kenlins for the fire. Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The or some such thing at an angle outside one doorway, and placing another outside the other door at
- Brig ) Sc. forms. Also fig . Sc. 1737 Ramsay Proverbs 2: Ae good turn may meet anither, if it. Hastings Plumber's Companion 46); (2) brig on a hair , brig o' ae hair , “a very narrow bridge” (n.Sc
- Cleuk n.1, v.1., Sh., etc. VIII. i . 42: Ae day he gaed oot i a boat, an' boy! sheu made ap 'er mind at sheu wad ava, Kitty. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 28: Mistress Puss . . . . . . throom-throom't
- Skinkle v.1, n.1, adj. plaid . . . Ae night the lift was skinklan a' wi' starns. Ayr. 1791 Burns Pastoral Poet. iv Inglismill 29: Oor joys, like flow'rs, may bloom at mornin'-tide, At nicht, ae skinklin frost may lay
- Threid n., v. Chapman 37 44: tak tent o the ae life threidin frae aiglet tae aiglet, the ae life dirlin in ilka pynt
- Aside prep., adv. speak of. Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' ae oo' 8: In jorums that wid kill a coo, Aside a bairn like. 15 : “I some doot ye're workin' aside yer thoom.” Said when one is found working in semi-darkness
- Bow v.3 A Grain of Truth (1988) 48: ...or some lurid tale of 'yon bow-hyoched buggerick with the hubber-shin'd, Ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter. (4) Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xxxii
- Hoddle v., n.1. Stupart Harp Strila 142: Some are hoddlin' on auld ponies. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic an honest man wad a hoddl'd sae lang on a ae poor hussie an' then gane awa an a married anither for
- Scur n.1, v. G. Smith Douglas 37: Wha can tell but some ill manner'd scur Is jeukin' e' now at the back o Gateway (1918) No. 69. 11: That's nae an ill byre-wa', for twa loons an' ae aul' scurr tae big. 5
- Spence n., v., was called the spense in which were stored the meal chest, sowen tub, some beds, a cask into which Shep. Cal. (1874) xii.: But and ben, ae while i' the spence, ane i' the awmrie. Per. 1835 J
- Tar n., v. D. M'Iver Eyemouth 177: Getting into the loft where some “tarry” (kutch) was found in a liquid. III . v . 1 . In phrs.: (1) a' tarred wi' ae pin , all having the same faults, “all tarred with the
- Voar n. Tour 58: If a man and a dog land upon some of the islands in vor-time, i.e. Spring, almost all the Shetlander No. 27. 6: Flaachterin apo a crub-daek ae kaald voar day. Sh. 1972 New Shetlander No
- Witter n.2, v.2 (1852) 52: Some confounded Tory asses Are in his witters. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb. Abd. c .1860 Hamespun Rhymes (1917) 13: Ae dart o' ingratitude, witter'd and keen. Sh
- Ming n.2, v.2 an mingin wi vinegar, an whan he had a chip he aye passed the pock tae ae side an tither, for his absolute laldy on some of his best-loved big band numbers on his album, Swing When You're Mingin'. He said
- Awe v.2 weel in wi the Emmerteens - she hid gaen them maet ae hungry winter ti see them throu, an they waar ya
- Bairnheid n.-heidit. wm.Sc. 1991 James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 55: Bairn ae a street
- Drizzen v., n.. Knight Auld Yule 119: Ae nicht as I my beasts pat i' the fauld, Ahind my back I heard a drizzenin
- Fauter n., it's lang afore ye wad hae let your dochter put up wi' my auld joe, or hounded yer session on ae
- Flude n., v. doon on's ae noo. Lnk. 1919 G. Rae Clyde and Tweed 98: Sangs flude my hairt, the whaups
- Forjeskit ppl. adj.-Accord (14 May) 9: I've been awful forjaskit gaun aboot fae ae market till anither. Kcb. 1897
- Oor n.. ...' m.Sc. 1979 William J. Tait in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 37: Ye're a sair miss! I mind ae hour , in good time, opportunely. (1) Abd. 1872 J. G. Michie Deeside Tales 119: Some while. : The same mode of expressing time is still used in some counties, through all the numbers commonly
- Perfit adj., adv., v. of the troops was like the tread o' ae giant — sae perfate was their discippleen. Ayr. 1833 J age , mainly in Sc. legal contexts: full age, the age at which one is legally competent for some cries. 2 . Specif . to train or instruct (a person) completely in some trade, skill, or profession
- Stew n., v.). Adj. stewie , as in stewie bap , a floury roll (Abd. 1975). Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo- , dust, is hard to establish phonologically; there may have been some influence from Eng. stew , a heated room, bagnio, to simmer food. The -ch of some of the variants is no doubt echoic, cf . Feuch
- Gavel n.1? Ae lum, ae gaivel Blinterin throwe blae watter an smore drift. ne.Sc. 1996 W. Gordon green. Lnk. 1873 J. Hamilton Poems & Ballads 64: Ae nicht, when stan'in at the door, I saw
- Pash v., n.2 Eng. dial. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 93: Some hit the head [of a statue], and some the showther, Some pash'd at ance the pow to powther. Per. 1912 J. & H. Findlater Sc
- Owtumn n.: So I wis some in the min' o' pittin' in some owtumn cabbage, an' tryin' ma luck. [ Cf . note to
- Brither n., v.: Ae sleeve hangs til't — I've tint its brither. Hdg. 1885 “S. Mucklebackit” Rural Rhymes brothers. Ags. 1823 A. Balfour Foundling of Glenthorn II. iii.: I've now some moyen amo, my some degree given place to brithers ; but in the country it still holds its own. Edb. 1736 Edb: . . . “'ey wir a' in ae carrywattle on my brither-sin's shillin' hillag.” em.Sc.(a) 1991 Kate
- Hogmanay n. HOGMANAY , n . Also .† hogmana(e) ; hogminay , -ae , hogmenay , † -ai , † hogmynae, New Year's Eve. Gen.Sc. Also found in some n.Eng. dials. Sc. 1696 Atholl MSS. (1 Jan.): I feck o' Wilsie's cronies gay Ae nicht convened a splore, Tae celebrate their Hogmanay. 2 . A New. 1790 Gentleman's Mag. (June) 499: In some parts of Scotland, and in the North of England, till
- Starn n.1, v. Christmas (Sh. 1971). Sc. 1725 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 134: Frae 'boon the Starns, some Bard 13: Ae nicht I sat by mysel at the fire and thocht. Nae soond in the street forbyes the wun blawin. and specif . of some granulated substance, meal, sugar, salt, tea, etc., rarely of liquids (Sc. 1721. a .1801 W. Beattie Tales (1871) 32: We hae scarce ae starn O' fardel strae laid by 'gain Yeel
- Glasite n. 3: Some Presbyterian covenanters . . . Some Glassites, some for Presentation. Sc. 1807 J denoaminations. There's some in the McGlashanites, and some in the Glassites. Sc. 1913 Hastings' Encycl
- Creesh n.1, v.1. Slg. 1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 42: A pickle skin, some creesh an' banes — Can these be pretty , Navember 4: Some folk's oo needs a hantle o creesh. Ork. 1913 J. Firth in Old-Lore Misc. VI (1925) 74: Now some for this, wi' satire's leesh, Ha'e gi'en auld Edinburgh a creesh. Uls. 1880 Advertiser (2 Aug.) 3: An' creesh yer bonnie lufe Wi' ae bawbee. Kcb. 1885 A. J. Armstrong Friend and Foe 44: Can ye play hornpipes, strathspeys, or reels, to pit some metal in oor heels? I'll
- Partan n. allowing some of our parten fishers to recover some of their lost creels. Abd. 1871 W. Alexander fresh butter, and some bread-crumbs. A small glass of vinegar, beat and heated up with a little made sall be my wife, lassie! Ags. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 70: Some for Auchmithie, famed for-Accord (27 Nov.) 12: The iniqueety o' men fouk in general, an' ae pike-thank fiteless aul' partan in
- Other adj., pron.. 1923 Watson W.-B. ); (2) other some , some other(s). (1) Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : He's: Some of them roosed their hawks, And other some their hounds. Lth. 1854 M. Oliphant M. Hepburn III. viii.: Rude missionaries, in some cases, but in other some, they were the highest of heart
- Wowl v.. 1832 W. Scott Poems 55: Some were woulin', and some barkin' out.
- Mazziel n. MAZZIEL , n . ? Some kind of fine cloth. Slg. 1876 A. B. Grosart Wilson's Poems I. xxxiv.: There's a mazziel for a kirk waistcoat. [Poss. some corruption of Eng. mazarine
- Fog n., v. R. Wodrow Early Letters (S.H.S.) 51: I have sent you some petrified or rather incrustated fogg” Gall. Gossip 295: They brewed some awful grand kind of drink they ca't Heather Yill out of Heather and some unknown kind of Fogg. Fif. 1878 “S. Tytler” Scotch Firs II. x.: Roving stones some cases a lot of fog, to make a big smoke. Uls. 1929 J. J. Marshall W.-L. : Pick a fog. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 8: Ae night on yon fog-theekit brae, I streek't my weary spauls o' clay. Scot., App. I. 264: When common tiles have stood some years, and begin to fog, the pores fill up : To save money for some special purpose. “I'll no can get shoon to mysel, till I fog a wee.” Abd
- Alagust n. R. Forbes Journal from London (1767) 12: Fan they saw us a' in a bourich, they had some alagust that some mishanter had befaln us. Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs' Gloss. : Allagust , suspicion
- Bullbater n.. Hawick Arch. Soc. 20: We used to make yin [top] oot o' a pirn wi' a tacket in the bottom. Some had big bullbaters that took some lickin'. [Appar. bull + baiter , used fig .]
- Bandie n.: ... far Gillanders the warlock drappit tippence inno the watter frae his hip pooch ae nicht as he flew
- Cave n.1 Dennison Orcad. Sk. 13–14: Sheu hed a shuttle wi' a hidden skelf under hid, i' the ae end; an' i' the
- Chucken n., I mean — like a hen efter her ae chucken. Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 8
- 'ear for sale? Ay, Aw hiv ae eeril, a quaick. 3 . Phr.: up in 'ears = Eng. on in years (Bnff. 2
- Eemage n. Fireside Tales 90: Ae morning just i' da first dim-rivin' dey swuped dis eemage oot among da ase, an
- Harn v. tr.' ae blink o' the moon, An withre-shines thrice she whorled it roun'. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart
- Leerie-la n., v. brave Leerilaw. Lth. 1813 G. Bruce Poems 164: Ae morn, at leerie's early craw. Ags
- Novelle n.. Bodkin xi.: It is ae thing to read aboot love in novells. Abd. 1875 G. Macdonald Malcolm xv
- Rail n.2 tinkler wife wee nae a rag on, bit ae bit aul', torn quyttie an' a raillach o' a shall. [Mid.Eng
- Thrain n., v.. Spence Poems 184: Late and weary, ae nicht leaning Owre deein' embers, Kate sat threening. 2
- Unfankle v. 1996 Matthew Fitt Pure Radge 9: the keeper hurls his bow-hochd banes intil ae lang unfankilt
- Winsome adj., sae winsomely's ye ride, Wi baith your feet upo ae side. Ayr. 1792 Burns My Wife's a Winsome
- Dinnle v., n.. ). Known to Bnff. 2 , Abd. 9 , Ags. 2 1940. Also fig .: the thrill (of some emotion). Sc. 1818. 90: It's something to succeed in what you attempt, even though you do get a dinnle thereby in some cuits, His stechy stumps an' mendit claes In ae graun' dinnle o' amaze. m.Sc. 1928 “O. Douglas” Pink Sugar 45: “Ay, and it's weel kent that to some folk losing a husband is no worse than a dinnle
- Glaur n.1, v.1! Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Buddie 100: Some says 'at Time is craalin laek a wirm Troo da Reminiscences of the Ferguslie Elderly Forum 35: I loved the Clabber Dancing. On a summer's night, some folk: The thow an' syne the frost's made the rod a' ae sheet o' glaur. II . v . 1 . To dirty, soil glaur Some bardie's wark. Abd. 1946 Scots Mag. (Dec.) 227: Instead o' liftin' tatties in
- Iss interj. Jan.) 3: On a sudden I heard some loons cry, “Iss tak' 'im, Jock, tak' 'im,” an' syne some big tykes
- Dryachty adj. 1928 : “Is't te redd up noo, think ye?” “Weel, it is some dryachty-kin' the day.” Abd. 1993 : It's been some dryachtie kin for a gweed breer. [ Dry , adj. + suff. -achty (= -ish-y ); cf
- Dumple n.1 dumple on his back. Slk. 1829 Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. 165: And some brought dumples o' woo, And some brought flitches o' bacon. [A dim. form of Eng. dump , an object of dumpy shape; cf
- Winnike n. ¶ WINNIKE , n . Appar. some kind of non-alcoholic beverage. Gsw. 1869 E. Johnston Poems and foul. [Orig. not traced. Phs. a corruption of some proprietary brand-name, such as ‘Unique.']
- Buskie adj.' kintra lairds, an buskie cits, A' gather roun' some sumphs, some wits. Ags. 1814 J. Ross Poems
- Hire v., n. “hiring.” Edb. 1895 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick 34: Ae Hirin Friday I met in wi' Durie doun by. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 28: A hirin' o' ream til his tea. Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick i some hire. Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. 62: A'll gi'e you a hirie, 'cause ye're a gweed laddie. Uls. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl. : Some cows will not give their milk freely unless they. Edb. 1821 W. Liddle Poems 126: They little think they some day may, Get a lick o' sulphur
- Sensible adj. adequately in command of one's senses. Abd. 1867 W. Anderson Rhymes 182: Some were sensible drunk, an' their conduct reviewed — Some quarrelled, an' fought, an' each other maul'd. Slg. 1901
- Wiba n. Douglas 64: I've thol'd some wibas frae that tongue this day. Abd. 14 1911 : She's aye lattin' some weebas at them. 2 . A quick turn, a sudden swing. Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C. : She cam roon wi
- Maw n.2 Makars 15: Ae reistless maw, ae neck-chain's clink, ae beist's hiccough, Rising hindquarters-first to
- Clookers n. pl. CLOOKERS , CLOCKERS , n.pl . “Name given to members of the Free Presbyterian Church in some parts of Caithness, probably from the bent head and mournful expression of some of their leaders” (Cai
- Macglashanite prop. n. in most of the denoaminations. There's some in the McGlashanites, and some in the Glassites, and mony
- Slogg n.). [slog] Bnff. 1852 A. Harper Solitary Hours 57: Till in wild dridder, They're sunk in some deep slogg together. [Orig. uncertain. Poss. a variant of Slag , n . 2 , 1 . with some influence
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- 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 me a day … a ballet 1603 Stirling B. Rec. I. 104. Befoir ae baillie & the clerk
- S n.1 the mercat … conform to the stand at Lynlythgow, and to be seillit with ae lettir S on the stouppis at
- Morela n. Morela , Morallay , -ae . [17th c. Eng. morella (1670, 1702–3), morelly (1681), of
- Statu n. the round of a person or animal, in stone, wood, etc. b . transf. A representation in some other, W . figoure, AE 2 stature] 1513 Doug. Comm. i iii 54. The thre granyt ceptour and set up in the Parliament Closse … Some compared it to Nebuchadnezar's image 1694 Red Bk
- Signator n. presented to the king or the barons of Exchequer as the king’s commissioners importing a grant of some Dumbarton B. Rec. 43. That the laird of Grinok is passing ae signator for erecting Grinok in ae burgh of baronie with ae mercat daye … twa faires … ae frie port [etc.] 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. ii
- Wapynschaw n., baillies, and counsall convenit hes statute and ordanit that thair be ae wapounschaw of this burgh and territorie … and ordaine ae ansenye to be coft and maid … conform to the act maid the 22 of June 1627
- Laging n. be] but ae inche 1681 Acts IV. 586/2. Lagene 1618 Glasgow Chart. II. 576. Laiging
- Decay v. Decay , v . Also: dechay , -ae , deckay , dekay , deycay . [Late ME. decay , dekaye
- Papistry n. Papistry , -ie , -e , n. Also: -ae ; -teri , papestre . [e.m.E. papestre (1549 servit some time in the papistrie within the burgh … the kapes … never to serve in papistrie herefter
- Uncircumspectioun n., incautiousness. — c1590 Fowler II 157/38. Some proceideth … with rashnes & vncircumspectioun: some with violence, some with subteltie
- Uniformable adj. Lithgow Trav. x 474. Vniformable no; some of your priests give the sacrament onely in bread … some in wine without bread and some in both
- Slunger n. .] A person armed with a sling. — 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 18. Some had cross-bows, some were slingers; Some had only knives and whingers
- Gloor v. * Gloor , var. of Glowr v. — 1665 Lauder Journal 44. Some glooring, some girning
- Sumquhare adv. ( Sumquhare ,) Somequhair , Some-where , adv . [ME and e.m.E. summwhoer (Orm), somwar Quhare adv .] In or at some unspecified place or places. Also with the correlative other-where … beeing some-where obeyed and other-where suspended
- Quhingar n. MSS I 368. Whingir 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1681) 7. Some had only knives and 1630 Glasgow Trades House 139. He pullit out ae edgit quhinger 1630 Justiciary Cases II
- Hatch v. (Hart, 1629, ed. Cranstoun). Some hobles, some hatches [ v.rr . hichis, hitches; rh. bitches, fetches]
- Benwod n. Montg. ( Flyt . 276) in James VI Ess . 68. Some bucklit on a benwod, and some on a bene
- Sousing ppl. adj.3 ( Sousing ,) Sowsing , ppl. adj . 3 [? Souse v. 1 b.] ? Steeping in dye, or some such process, ? being processed in some way. — 1579 Edinb. Test. VII 224b. I leue … to Dauid Stewart
- Nane n. ( Nane ,) Naine so prettie . [Cf. mod. Eng. none-so-prettie ‘some article of haberdashery’ ( c 1700), ‘the plant London Pride’ (1731).] Some variety of cloth. — 1626 Edinb. Test. LIV
- Pinch-peny n. (1569), pinch(e)- . Cf. Pinsch(e v .] A miser or skinflint. — c1590 Fowler II. 112/6. Some ar reput liberall, some pinch penyeis and niggards
- Midlings adj., n. pl. Garden Garden 53. (Jam.). Some yong, some midlings, … Some in the verie euening of their age
- Stickling vbl. n. making some stickling there 1688 Renwick Testimony Persecuted Presbyterian Ministers 9. Some of the curats … made some stickling against Papists 1691 Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 17
- Sumkin adj. M.), some kynne ( a 1450); Sum(e adj. and Kind n. 7.] Some; some kind of. — 1375
- Ravry n. ] — 1594 Hume To Reader 6/11. To rehearse some fabulos faits of Palmerine, Amadis, or other such like 1672 Sel. Biog. I 323. Thereafter he fell into some ravery, and in some distemper left the place
- Gogy adj., n. dispatched, ȝe may doe with the gogy lairdis what ȝe list Ib. 11. As for the nobilitie, … some ar grit men and puissant; some ar feble and gogeis
- Sum Way adv. some way; ? to some extent. — a1500 Seven S. 1616. Ȝit will I tell & to God pray That it may
- Vulcanalian adj. preists in feisting spent some day's, And pass'd some nichts in Vulcanalian play's
- Werowance n.. (1681) ii 18. Some ask'd … if he came from Spain or France, Or from some Indian Weerowance
- Coulie n. Cleland Poems 77. Some coward coulie of this strain … Ran rampant on a schollar boy Ib. 112. Some cowlies murders more with words Than trowpers do with guns and swords
- Alebery n. with bread, sugar, and spice. — 1628 Reg. Privy C. Ser. 2, II. 260. To seeke some wheate bread to mak thame some ailberrie 1653 1st Rep. Hist. MSS. 277. Living upon butterd sound
- Squallar n. ( Squallar ,) Sqwallar , n . [?] ? Some sort of animal or ? some other product. — 14
- Quhit Wyn n. to the seik woman 1634 Dumbarton B. Rec. 44. Nae mair bot ae ventnar to ryn quhyt wyn
- Sumwise adv.. and Wise n .] In some way, by some means. — 1596 Dalr. II 105/6. Outher to cause his
- Sursurous adj. with herpes and darters sursurous of the which some appear in the soles of the feete, some in the head
- Varing adj. for some small matter send some of my letters back to the army with] varing [lies]
- Waxy adj.. & Slae 65 (Wr.). Laborious busie bees Whereof some sweetest hony sought … And some the waxie vessels
- Schomd ppl. adj. Schomd , ppl. adj. [Cf. ME shome (once, a 1310 in the phr. with shome to-shrude ) ? some kind of adornment for horses, of unknown origin.] Adorned, bedecked (perhaps in some specific manner
- Hary prop. n. almanack? 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 64. Some affirm he is Puck Harry, Some he hath
- Doub n. desired me to ... goe but to the brew house and mak some doubs and lay too some woort to the ffatt
- Hoggar n. coarse stocking without the foot, used as a gaiter. — 1666 Bk. Pasquils 232. Some had hoggars, some straw boots 1677 Renfrewshire Witches 48. The Devil ... had hoggers on his legs without
- Tartle v.. Totter adj. Also in the later dial.] tr. To make out after some difficulty, discern. — a1689 Cleland 86. Some seem two sentences to tartle Contained in this ancient creed, To wit, a Preter
- Scabrously adv.. Albeit that some thingis be obscurly, and some thingis scabruslie [ v.r. doubtfully] spokin
- Thetick adj. sorts: Some of them are thetick, some hypothetick a1634 Forbes Rec. 414. These
- Hawp n. * Hawp , n . (Some part of a corn-mill: ? var. of Hap n. 2 (covering; in the mod. dial. also = screen) in some technical use.) — 1645 Tulliallan Coal Wks. 146 b. For 9 portith dells to
