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  1. Keuttikin n. drawers.  
  2. Back Drawer n. back, but shall lead forth such Back drawers, and Turners-aside, with the workers of iniquity.  
  3. Bagie n. and dragged along to the main haulage road by drawers . Obs. Slg. 1842 Children in Mines Report 
  4. Acroass adv. ah wis reddin up the boattom drawer ae your chest-ae-drawers, ah cam acroass a photie ... an auld 
  5. Ball n.4 either end of which was a large ball bottle, and having selected from one of the drawers as good a pair 
  6. Upgaen ppl. adj., vbl. n. Egyt till Canaan. Fif. 1894 J. W. M'Laren Tibbie and Tam 105: The kist o' drawers in the 
  7. Fortnicht n. James Miller A Fine White Stoor 215: Did ye take your boots off, and your drawers that ye used to 
  8. Semmit n. Man Sandy (1899) 127: His seamit an' his drawers werena there. Gsw. 1915 J. J. Bell Wee an' drawers, Professor, are gey the waur o' wear. Gsw. 1980 Christine Marion Fraser Blue 'simmit' and a pair of long drawers, smoking his pipe, ... Sc. 1989 Scotsman (7 Aug) 20: The 
  9. Shottle n.. Mercury (25 April): The Shop-Table containing 64 Shuttles, and two Drawers, one of 20 Shuttles, the of an antique cabinet, with drawers and shottles. [O.Sc. schottill , a small drawer or 
  10. Kirkcaldy prop. n. strippet' shirt, woollen stockings, bed socks, wheeling drawers or the wool to knit them.  
  11. Calshes n. pl.. calzone , id. (Hatz. and Darm.), O.Fr. cauces , Fr. chausses , drawers.]  
  12. Goblet n. set it on my fire. Rnf. 1865 J. Young Homely Pictures 162: Drawers, dresser, jugs, an 
  13. Luppie n.', eggs, — many of the knicknacks now usually put in drawers or boxes. . . . The bairns were seated on 
  14. Linder n.1. 1872 W. Philip It 'ill a' come richt 148: Fower pair o' drawers, a dizzen o' nepkins — acht 
  15. Honesty n. xxviii.: I gave Lilly an advice myself to put it by in her drawers for an honesty, and let them see 
  16. Kist n., v. for keeping money and valuables (Sh., ne.Sc., Ags., Per., Dmb., Ayr., s.Sc. 1960), “two drawers with a (ne.Sc. 1960). See Neuk ; (3) kist o(f) drawers , chest of drawers (Edb. 1872 J. Smith Jenny Blair's Tibbie and Tam 100: The total wreck o' the furniture — except the kist o' drawers — was mair than thae kist-o'-drawers. (4) Fif. 1988 Alistair Lawrie et al. eds Glimmer of Cold Brine 45: A day of a chest of drawers. II . v . 1 . To place or pack in a box or chest, to lay past as a store 
  17. Teer v. (Wallace) 354, teerer ). Sc. 1814 J. Sinclair Agric. Scot. III. 317: Callico-printers, Drawers 
  18. Pirlie-pig n. modelled like a chest of drawers, others like an old man, some like “a clockin' hen”. These were generally 
  19. Boddam n. the boattom drawer ae your chest-ae-drawers, ah cam acroass a photie...an auld photie fae back in the 
  20. Cot n.-house On Kirsty's kist o' drawers. Kcb. 1789 Dmf. Weekly Jnl.  (10 Feb.):  A large new-built 
  21. Intromit v.. xv.: Div ye tell me 'at Jean was intromittin' wi' thae drawers? [O.Sc. intromit , -met , in 
  22. Provide v., n. drawers, “split new”, and ordered for the occasion. 2. Bed and table linen, or naiprie as it is styled 
  23. Range v., n.' the drawers, an' canna find it. 2 . To agitate water in order to drive fish out of their hiding 
  24. Pair n. issued in two volumes; pair of Carritches , the Shorter Catechism; pair o' drawers , a small chest of drawers (Bnff. 1900); pair of grains , a pronged implement, a fork or Leister ; pair o' questions , the 
  25. Shetland prop. n. sheep noted for its fine quality. 2 . Sc. 1896 Fleming Reid & Co. Price List 36: Drawers 
  26. Bun ppl. adj.1 chairs and a table, an eight-day clock, a chest of drawers, a looking-glass, and a bun breest , that is 
  27. Spar n.1, v., and better ranged, the drawers, And damaged sair the auld, dune spars. (6) Gsw. 1813 J 
  28. Them pron. lave o the born leaders o sufferin mankind an gart thaim fecht in nocht but thair drawers an semmits 
  29. Glaum v.1, n. Blackwood's Mag. (Oct.) 586: The reverend carle glammering, graipit to get His drawers and bauchels, to 
  30. Wap v.2, n.2' plaidin' drawers — sicken wappers Will winter vex. 2 . To bind, tie, join, esp. by splicing, whip with 
  31. Press v., n. doors and drawers to have strong hinges and turned knobs. Ags. 1888 Barrie Auld Licht Idylls 
  32. Box n.1 bed which folds up to resemble a chest of drawers. Now gen. known in Eng.; (2) box-cairt , “a cart 
  33. Nicher v., n. win oot”, meaning the money to be taken from the drawers in payment of serving men and maids. Either 
  34. Reenge v.1, n.1 : Will you stop messing up these drawers wi yer reengin. Whit are ye reengin for? 4 . tr . To 
  35. Tea n. those legendary Edinburgh items, the fur coats and the cancelled drawers. The Latin motto is as near 
  36. Wheel n., v.1 Leader (4 June): [He] wis in o's wheelin'-wirsit drawers an' hose afore he wis weel waukent. 3 
  37. Draw v., n. (1) drawers , cart chains (Bwk. 2 1949); (2) draavers , draars , Sc. forms of Eng. drawers 
  38. Marrow n.2, v. hole wi' naething on but his auld marless buits, an' his bathin' drawers. Abd. 1956 Abd. Press 
  39. Side n., v. drawers and locked places, which I left in the disgracefullest confusion.  
  40. Sark n., v., and straiken sarket. Bnff. 1907 Banffshire Jnl. (13 Oct. 1953): Hose an' drawers an 
  41. Sheel v., n. to her new home a chest of drawers, all the hardware, cogs, tubs, and a sheelin coug . Bwk 
  42. Gaither v., n. thum the gither, Cleanin oot the drawers ye micht say. 2 . With oot : of a number of people, to 
  43. Sneck n.1, v.1, adv. sneckdraws. Arg. 1912 N. Munro Ayr. Idylls (1935) 307: There's a lot o' sneck-drawers about 
  44. Shank n., v. so much per cut of worsted, in the form of socks, hose, drawers and “sarkits.” 4 . To fit (a tool 
  45. Skirl v., n. display long pink drawers, oblivious to all but the gaiety of the moment, skirling and hooching while the 
  46. Tume adj., v., n.): I taimed a' the desk drawers. Bnff. 1970 Duftown News (31 Oct.) 2: Teemin' their dustbins 
  47. Lang adj., adv., n., v. settee in farm kitchens, often with a folding table attached and a set of drawers below (s.Sc. 1825 Jam — a bed that folded up during the day, like to a chest of drawers in form. Gall. 1843 J 
  48. Stand v., n.1-needles (I., n., em., sm.Sc., Rxb. 1971), drawers, etc. In Eng. only of weapons. Also used in coll. sing 
  49. Redd v.1, n.1 boattom drawer ae your chest-ae-drawers, ah cam acroass a photie...an auld photie fae back in the forties 
  50. Heid n., adj., v. esp. in combs. e.g. desk-heid , drawers heid , dresser heid (often including the dish-rack above 

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