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  1. Flow v., n.1 the water.” Combs.: (1) flow land , marsh land; (2) flow moss , wet, boggy ground; the spongy stands upon the East side of a great flow moss. Peb. 1802 C. Findlater Agric. Peb. 377: Moss the surface like any fluid substance. Hence, the designation of flow-moss or fluid moss. Sc by moss of various depths, which often break into what are called hags, or flow-moss. m.Sc. Highl. Soc. 10: Flow-peat, or flow-moss. . . . It often forms a stratum from 4 to 8 feet deep, is FLOW , v ., n . 1 Also flowe , flouw ). [flʌu] I . v . 1 . Sc. forms of Eng. flow (Sh., Cai., Abd. 1952); esp. to flow strongly, as a burn in spate (Kcb. 1952). Ork. 1880 age, till they are swoln to great masses of spongy matter; these are called Flows , or Flow-mosses. Sinclair Gen. Report Agric. Scot., App. II. 40: The upper stratum, or flow , is composed of a light, Ye'll stick in some flow, Or, ye'll melt in a thow. Gall. 1843 J. Nicholson Tales 104: I 
  2. Moss n., v. sunk into peaty soil and thus been preserved, gen. used as fuel (Per. 1963). Cf . (3); (27) moss-flow , a wet peat bog, a quagmire, swamp (Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot . 255). Cf. flow moss s.v. Flow Blackface ewe on a “moss flow” on a misty day in company with the mosscrops and the golden plovers. Mry: A Blackface ewe on a “moss-flow” on a misty day. (28) Per. a .1855 P. R. Drummond: The Solway-flow contains 1300 acres of very deep and tender moss. Sc. 1805 W. Aiton Moss MOSS , n ., v . Sc. usages: I . n . 1 . A marsh, bog, a tract of soft wet ground (Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis , 1808 Jam.). Gen.Sc. Freq. in collocation muir and moss . Hence mossy , boggy, swampy, found in a moss. Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife (1803) 150: In speers gin she has aught to say, But scowrs o'er Highs and Hows a' Day, Throw Moss and Moor. s.Sc. a .1784 Hobie Noble in Child Ballads No. 189 xiii.: He's guided them o'er moss and muir 
  3. Russie n.2 RUSSIE , n . 2 A rush or flow of water, a powerful flow (of the tide). Sh. 1892 
  4. Flaw v.2 ¶ FLAW , v . 2 A pseudo-Sc. form of flow . See Flow , v ., n . 1 Sc. 1827 Wilson 
  5. Cup Moss n. comb. CUP MOSS , n. comb . The lichen, Lecanora tartarea . Bnff. 1812 D. Souter Agric. Bnff. 60: It is a species of moss named cud bear or cup moss . [So denominated from its cup-shaped 
  6. Mussa n. MUSSA , n . A white spongy moss, a lichen (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [Norw. mose , mosa , O.N. mosi , moss. ]  
  7. Quick adj., adv., n. moss , see quots. quick may here be a corruption of Quag , q.v .; (3) the quick and the dead , the very efficacious remedy. (2) Abd. 1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 2: In Aberdeenshire, moss in the first state is known by the name of quick -moss. Sc. 1807 R. Rennie Peat Moss 155: In the Scotish dialect there is a similar distinction of quick and dead moss. By quick moss, however, is not meant, as Dr Anderson would insinuate, moss that lives, vegetates or grows, but that which trembles and shakes, or in which a person will sink. Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Moss-Earth 44: The terms quick and dead moss, invented by Dr. Anderson, seem no less exceptionable. He denominates the moss of the greatest depth, which is altogether unconnected with vegetable or animal life, the quick moss, and that on the surface, on which plants grow, he calls dead moss. (3) s.Sc. c .1830 
  8. Flow n.2 † FLOW , n . 2 A chimney cowl (Lth. 1825 Jam.). [Orig. obscure. Maybe a variant of Eng 
  9. Swicker v. ¶ SWICKER , v . Of a stream: to ripple, purl, flow briskly. Lth. 1886 Mod. Sc. Poets 
  10. Goldilocks n. Arch. Soc . (June) 29). 2 . The common hair-moss, Polytrichum commune . Sc. 1803 Trans. Highl moss, especially of the bog-moss, and the common goldilocks intermixed with other plants which grow in 
  11. Onlat n. ONLAT , n . Also onlet . The act of setting machinery in motion, esp. by turning on a flow of 
  12. Owerfleete v. † OWERFLEETE , v . To flow over. See Fleet , v ., 2 . Arch . s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell 
  13. Yuckfit n..). Lnk. 1819 Scots Mag. (June) 526: The yuckfit fell on Fauldhouse flow, The pairtrick on Auldton 
  14. Flowie adj. . X. 95). [Appar. from Flow , v . 1 ? Cf . I . 2 . But the word may be a mistake for Florie 
  15. Bobbing Well n. BOBBING WELL , n . A well or spring overgrown with moss. Cf . Bobbin' Quaw . Hdg. 1848 A. Somerville Autobiog. Working Man 14: A “bobbing well,” or quick moss at the bottom of the 
  16. Slunk n.1, in midst of a great flow moss betwixt Clydsdale and Lothian. Ags. 1826 A. Balfour Highland 
  17. Spurge v. pain was spurgin' thro' me. [O.Sc. spurge , to spurt, gush, flow copiously, 1478, Mid.Eng 
  18. Floe n. † FLOE , n . A fishermen's tabu-name for the sea (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .). See Flow , n . 1 , 7 
  19. Steep n.3 STEEP , n . 3 A surface peat, one containing the top turf and the underlying moss together words, the proper moss was not sufficient depth for tuskar peats and the “flaymeur” was also small, perhaps only three inches, so that it and the moss, or top and bottom were taken together. [Orig 
  20. Outflow n.-shod wi' low water. [From flow , the rising of the tide.]  
  21. Low v.4, n.2 viii.). [lʌu. Cf . Flow , Grow .]  
  22. Flewach n. of Feuach . maybe with influence from FLow, n . 1 , 5 .]  
  23. Mascorn n., 1900 R. Thomson Nat. Hist. Highl. Par . 282). [A reduced form of mars(h) + corn . Cf. moss-corn , id., s.v. Moss .]  
  24. Marsh-fog n. comb. MARSH-FOG , n.comb . A moss of the genus Sphagnum (Uls. 1962). See Fog . Ayr. 1811 W Cumnocks . . . etc. are of the nature of bent moss, covered with a green sward . . . the marsh fog 
  25. Fog n., v.); fug ; fowg (Cai.). [Sc. fɔg, Sh., m.Sc. fʌg, Cai. fʌug] I . n . 1 . Moss, lichen, in gen. (Sc, Held out the air. Lnk. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 X. 335: A strong thick white moss, vulgarly called, and dab a clay, And carry your water clean away. † 2 . Moss, as a material in thatching or in. 3 . Combs.: (1) fog-besom , a broom made of moss (Abd. 13 1910; Abd. 1952). Cf . quot. to (6); (2 turf, gen. used as a garden summer-house (Sc. 1881 N. & Q . III. 90; Abd. 16 1952); (4) fogg-moss , a light spongy, moss-covered kind of peat; (5) fog-theekit , thatched or covered with moss (Abd. 27 1952); (6) lang fog , see quot.; (7) white fog , reindeer moss, Cladonia rangiferina (Ayr. 1811 W. Soc. I. 35: Kean's celebrated moss-house, or, as she calls it, fog-house. . . . It was built of-house means a house built or lined with moss. (4) Sc. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scot. II. 257: Yellowish, or fogg-moss, is much less compact than the former [black moss]. (5) Abd 
  26. Sloosh n., v. flow. 2 . A dash of water, a splashing (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., sloos , 1914 Angus Gl ., slus ). Gen.Sc.; “the flow of water from a sluice” (Cld. 1880 Jam., sloos ). Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Of a 
  27. Fill v., adj. Saturday, as a man was filling peats in the moss of Peterhead. 5 . Of the tide: to flow. Only in ppl.adj. fillin in phr. fillin sea , a flow tide, and vbl.n. fillans , the tide. Abd. c .1890 
  28. Tintle v.. (1928)); to totter, to walk unsteadily as if on high heels (Sh. 1962). 2 . To flow, ripple, purl 
  29. Flaw n.1, v.1: Ye're only taen aff aboot fower inch o flaa. Hence in combs. flaw moss , flaw peat [where flaw has been substituted for the more correct Flow , n . 1 ]. Sc. 1803 Trans. Highl. Soc. 9 from such a barren subject; almost entirely consisting of a deep flaw moss. 2 . The quantity of narration” (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.). Cf . Flow , v ., n . 1 Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. ii . i 
  30. Wample v., n.. 2 . Of a stream: to wander, to meander, to flow gently (Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc wamplin flow, The Minnoch and the Fleet. Ags. 1880 J. E. Watt Poet. Sk. 29: A burnie came 
  31. Crane n. , blackberries , and other moss fruits. Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. (1817) II. vii.: The children gathered nuts in the woods, and crane-berries in the moss. Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 301 
  32. Ben n.6, v. the blood flow. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Lay on twartree bens! make some incisions on the leg 
  33. Roil n. she's roylach. [Also in Eng. naut. usage, from † roil , v., to roll or flow, of water, cogn. with 
  34. Blega n. Gl .). 3 . “A species of pure white rock-moss, scraped off and used in dyeing; it gives a very colour; whitish, clayey or chalky soil; No[rw]. blik , white spot; light-coloured lichen or moss on the 
  35. Restagn v. † RESTAGN , v . To dam up (water), to cause (water) to stagnate or cease to flow. Fif. 1741 
  36. Watt . The unit of electrical power, also used for measuring other kinds of mechanical energy, viz. the flow 
  37. Moss Of Balloch Fair † MOSS OF BALLOCH FAIR . At Balloch in Dmb. (Dmb. 1959 Stat. Acc . 3 193).  
  38. Rove v.3, n.2 Crockett Moss Hags xxx.: Roving the spare coil of well-rope round and round his two prisoners. II . n . A coil, loop (of rope). Gall. 1895 Crockett Moss Hags li.: The women were not tightly 
  39. Rabbin † RABBIN . Sc. form of Robin (Kcb. 1891 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 84). See Rab .  
  40. Da'beattie DA'BEATTIE . Dalbeattie (Kcb. 1891 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 83, Kcb. 1975). [locally də 
  41. Knobbie n..: Moor of Rannoch, with the great extent of flow-land and gravelly heather-topped “knobbies”.  
  42. Mod n.4 † MOD , n . 4 Moss that has not become peat, used for reinforcing dunghills (e.Rs. 1 1929 
  43. Abye v. Ld. E. Hamilton Mawkin o' the Flow 36: I'm no going to be poisoned this gate but I'll gar some 
  44. Burble n.1 been a revival since the end of last cent. in the fig . sense of a murmurous flow of words ( N.E.D 
  45. Jum adj. flow freely through their propine, I should be reckoned ane of little havins to be jum in that article 
  46. Wa'nit n. Maggie o' the Moss 14). See Nit , n . 1  
  47. Eskdalia ESKDALIA . Geol . A fossil plant of the Lycopodiales or club-moss group (1903 R. Kidston in 
  48. Hag v.1, n.1 that hag ,” said the ghost. Dmb. 1868 J. Salmon Gowodean 70: The fec o't thrivin' moss; “moss-ground that has formerly been broken up; a pit, or break in a moss” (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1893 W. as moss-hag (Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 224, -haug ), peat-hag , etc. Now Gen.Sc. Also found in sword, upon wet brae-sides, peat-haggs, and flow-mosses. Slk. 1829 Hogg Cam. Preacher's Tale (1874) 218: I am sure if I gang near Crake's Moss it will lair me amang the hags and quags. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxviii.: We caught a glimpse of the dim country of hag and heather that had been cast, leaving haggs five feet deep, black and dangerous under a cover of moss. Sc had yet to cross A haggy, benty, splashy moss. (2) A hillock of firmer ground in a moss (Cai. W. Melville Tilbury Nogo II. 316: The moss or bog being very soft and treacherous, and the 157: But through the rough moss, and owre the hag pen, Ye drown the ill anes in your watery den 
  49. Oxroadia OXROADIA . Bot . A lycopod or club-moss of the Lower Carboniferous era (1965 K. L. Alvin in 
  50. Back-water n. BACK-WATER , -WATTIR , n . 1 . The back flow from a mill-lade which hinders the revolution eyes, a metaphor derived from the back flow of the water on a mill-wheel. Bnff. 1866 Gregor 
  51. Bywhiles adv. BYWHILES , adv . From time to time. Cf . Whiles . Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags 
  52. Bog v.1 BOG , v . 1 [bog, bɔg] 1 . Of liquid in gen.: to flow, to spurt out. Sh. 1908 Jak 
  53. DrØri n.. to draw ( some-one's ) drøri , “to draw blood, to make one's blood flow; to give one a blow on the 
  54. Sag v. SAG , v . Also saag . Sh. usage, of the tide: to cease to flow, to be at the turn before 
  55. Dubble n. DUBBLE , n . Mud, dirt. Kcb. 1838 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss (1891) 74: . . . pray 
  56. Plonk n. sage is at a loss To tell whan plonks lay down in moss. [Appar. a variant of plank .]  
  57. Gall-flower n. comb. GALL-FLOWER , n. comb . Bedeguar, a crimson moss-like growth or gall on rose-bushes. Rnf 
  58. Unled ppl. adj. UNLED , ppl.adj . Of peats: not carried home from a moss for fuel. See Lead , v ., 3 
  59. Glimro n. GLIMRO , n . “A phosphorescent glow, espec. of that kind which is seen in moss, or ‘yarpha 
  60. Bake n.5 peats and make bakes in Winnington Moss. Rxb. 1768 Session Papers , Buccleugh v. Turnbull etc. (10 March) 12: Winnington-moss , where no Bakes were allowed to be made, either by Hawick People 
  61. Boorag n. John o' Groat Jnl. (2 June): Boorag — a peat cut out of shallow moss, with its lower half moss 
  62. Skovo n. peat-bank in order to lay bare the peat-moss underneath (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [Ad. Norw. dial. skova 
  63. Moinian Quarterly Jnl. Geol. Soc . XLIV. 378). [From Gael. moine , a peat-moss.]  
  64. Ling n.2 deer's-hair moss, Scirpus caespitosus ; “a kind of coarse grass, or rather a species of rush which grows Redgauntlet xi.: Half a dozen mountains, and a few thousand acres of the worst moss and ling in Scotland moss-crops, is greedily pulled up by the sheep; in a farther advanced state it is called ling or. 1811 W. Aiton Agric. Ayr. 475: Such [sheep] again as are confined to the moss pasture, have Stat. Acc. 1 I. 133: There is a moss plant with a white cottony head, which is the first spring 
  65. Whinge n.2 ¶ WHINGE , n . 2 A thrust or stab with a sword. Sc. 1826 Moss-Troopers II. ii.: Didna 
  66. Corse Candle n. comb. Tales (1837) II. 351: There's a corse candle in Crake's Moss, and I'll be a dead man before the 
  67. Gliberal n.' Benachie 191). [′glɪbərəl] Abd. 1916 T.S.D.C. II.: Mains is takin' in the moss so he offert me 
  68. Hack n.2 HACK , n . 2 A wild rocky stretch of moorland or moss (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl 
  69. Hoyden adj. the heather's dreary tapit waste, An' gies the moss its hoyden colour'd bloom. Ib. 119 
  70. Galorem adv. aye enough, at ony rate, To fill the stoup gallorum. Kcb. 1838 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 
  71. Vivda n. pickled pork, flow after each other into empty space. Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 189 
  72. Eetnoch n. † EETNOCH , n . “A moss-grown precipitous rock” (Ayr. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Gall. 1821 Edb. Mag 
  73. Splartin ppl. adj.. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags 1.: He looked upward to where the crows were chattering. “Crawin 
  74. Syke n., v.. dial. Sc. 1702 R. Wodrow Early Letters (S.H.S.) 197: Hills and mountains, moss or mure, bank stream, to flow in or form a rill or ditch. Also in n.Eng. dial. Mry. 1763 Session Papers, Dunbar v 
  75. Yarpha n. reduced forms yarf(f) , jarf . [′jɑrf(ə)] 1 . Peat moss of a shallow depth, combined with clay and: This substance [peat-moss], combined with clay or with sand, forms a soil here as common as any other Jak. (1908), 1914 Angus Gl .), a water-filled hole in a moss; poor damp ground covered with matted 
  76. Dumbhead n.. Crockett Moss-Hags xxxix.: What a dumbhead I was, to bide with an empty belly in a place where at 
  77. Ruff n.2); moss or incrustation on a stone ( Id .). [ruf] Sh. 1745 J. Mill Diary (S.H.S.) 5: In the 
  78. Tan n. Crockett. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags ii.: Dirty, low, reeky tans were set here and there 
  79. Peat n.1, v. viii.: Their mother . . . had gane to set peats in the Moss of Logie. Per. 1894 Ian Maclaren wis cairtin' peyts fae 'e Moss o' Greenland. Cai. 1941 Neil M. Gunn The Silver Darlings 38 Company now taking orders for burning peats. Hence pe(a)t(e)ry , -ary , a peat-moss belonging to a allotted shares in the moss to tenants. 2 . The carbonaceous substance itself (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Orig. Sc fluff , fibrous fragments of peat useful for kindling (Ayr. 1930); (37) peat-fog , the moss or sphagnum forehead ; (39) peat futherer , one who carts peats from the peat-moss for door-to-door sale in towns and villages. See Futher , v .; (40) peat-gate , the track, road or right-of-way leading to a peat-moss . Cf. moss-gate , id., s.v. Moss, and Gate ; (41) peat-grieshoch , a red-hot smouldering peat or. Still found as a place-name. See Hill , n ., 5 .; more gen., a peat-moss (I.Sc. 1965); (45) peat person having a right to cut peat on a certain area of moor. Cf. moss-laird s.v. Moss ; (50) peat 
  80. Glunder n., v. ). II . v . To sulk, to be in a bad temper. s.Sc. 1898 E. Hamilton Mawkin of the Flow xviii 
  81. Mor n., v.. dial. mara , to flow heavily, slide slowly forward.]  
  82. Greenichtie adj. Garry Collected Poems 32: ... An the bobbin greenichty lichts I' the moss on winter nichts 
  83. Flack v., n.1 wind. II . n . A flap, flapping noise. Abd. 1932 J. White Moss Road i.: The flack of 
  84. Rigglemerie n. ¶ RIGGLEMERIE , n . An intricate design. Sc. 1826 The Moss- Troopers I. ii.: “That's a 
  85. Scouler Glasgow and Dublin. Derivs. Scouleria , in Bot ., a genus of moss, order Bryalia , found in North 
  86. Propine n., v. name, when they dinna gar the praises o' their patrons flow freely through their propine. Ayr. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xlix.: Bless God that you have had a husband, if it were only to propine 
  87. Scraesbrough prop. n. SCRAESBROUGH , prop.n . In phr. Scraesbrough peat , lit., a peat from Scraesbrough Moss near 
  88. Campy adj., n.. ). †(3) “Elated by a flow of high spirits” (Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Hence campiness , elation, self 
  89. Uncassen ppl. adj. , v ., B . I . 13 . Abd. 1930 : I gaed by the moss tae see the peats, but they were uncassen 
  90. Hale v., n. flow copiously, run down, pour off (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ork. 1929 Marw.). Gen. used with ref. to heavy rain. 2 . A profusion, copious flow (of sweat). Cf . I . 2 . m.Lth. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 78: Baith a' in a hail o' sweat.   [O.Sc. hale , etc., to drag, from 1400, to flow down in a stream, 1513 
  91. Blart v., n. , soft stuff thrown from a trowel against a wall, or peat moss thrown from a spade. [Prob 
  92. Glegness n. story that her mother tell't me about her glegness. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags v.: The 
  93. Buslin Pin n. comb. lowering the “shoe,” and regulating the flow of the corn. The usual name for this pin is now “turnin'-pin 
  94. Flowin n. Until the flounrie [ sic ] draff like snaw Flew up, and owre, and far awa. [ Vbl.n . of Flow , v 
  95. Trottle v.. 1915; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Also fig . and transf . of liquid: to ripple, flow, glide. w.Lth 
  96. Ush v.1, n. etym. note). I . v . 1 . To issue, flow out in large quantities (Cai. 1904 E.D.D. ). 2 . (1) To 
  97. Duff n.1 spongy peat (Sh. 11 1949, duff ; Per. 1825 Jam. 2 , dufe ); decomposed vegetable matter such as moss wet stratum is . . . covered with a layer of duffmould , or dry decomposed moss. Sh. 1897 Sh 
  98. Junk n.). m.Lth. 1795 G. Robertson Agric. m.Lth. App. 66: This operation of converting moss into ashes . . . large square or oblong junks of moss for this purpose. Sc. 1834 M. Scott T. Cringle's Log i 
  99. Smudder v.' weet moss, a' less a wee holie that wis left for kennlin't wi' a fiery peat. Fan the fire got a guid' the back o' a spad an' left tae smudder for a day or twa. Aifter that the moss wis tae'n aff an' they 
  100. Blare n., v. things, cauld an' blarin', Ayont the moss.  
  101. Punk n.2 PUNK , n . 2 Also punck- . In comb. punk-hole , a hole or pit in a peat moss, a peat-pot 
  102. Yondmost adj. seventeen Years ago, he cast Peats in the yonmost burnt Land contiguous to the Minister's Moss. Sc 
  103. Ket n.2, v., adj. R. Rennie Peat Moss 176: Ket moss is similar to this [red moss]; and that called in Ireland 
  104. Grool n.1, v.1 mixture of various food” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 243). 2 . Friable moss made into peats. 1837 Laird of Logan 309: Peat is prepared in the grule fashion thus: — the moss from which it is 
  105. Blype n.2. [bləip] Ayr. 1786 Burns Halloween xxiii.: He taks a swirlie, auld moss-oak , For some black 
  106. Fox-fit n. comb.. ; m.Lth. 1 , Bwk. 1953). 2 . The fir club-moss, Lycopodium selago or clavatum (Watson). Also in Cum 
  107. Heidlins adv. stoited o'er into the moss. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 135: Headlins hurryin' frae 
  108. Lyell . Deriv. Lyellia , a genus of moss found in India (1819 R. Brown in Trans. Linnaean Soc . XII. 561). 3 
  109. Gote n., v.1, Bch. gwəit] I . n . 1 . A drain or ditch, a gutter, a trench in a peat-moss (Lnk. 1909 Colville. (1888) II. 237: The moss-sides were trenched two feet deep, and the deaf stratum on the top put into, from got- , weak root of O.E. geotan , to pour, flow, Mid.Eng. gote , channel, stream = Mid. Du 
  110. Endways adv.. 2 . In a continuous manner, flow, etc. (Bwk. 3 1950). Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : He talk't 
  111. Klokk n., v.. The weed absorbs nutrients from the ebb and flow of the sea through the "klokk". II . v . To 
  112. Sweirie adj.-Wells, which flow plentifully for a while after rain, but cannot be depended on for a constant stream 
  113. Quak v., n.. Gardener's Cal . 391; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl .). Also quack esp ; (4) quakkin moss , = (1) (Cai. 1967); (5 moss of great depth. Sc. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 17: Forbye you ha'e the muir to cross Wi' mony a hagg an' quakkin-moss. (5) Sc. 1736 Mrs. McLintock Receipts 19: For a the “quacking-quaas” or bottomless moss-holes of the bogs beneath. Gall. 1930 Gallovidian 
  114. Carse n. deep. Per. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 486: The moss lies upon a field of: The Lord Rankeilor . . . made good Arable . . . ground of the Moss there, which I know has been done 
  115. Backin'-truff n. : That hin'most leddie [little load] 'at ye took fae the moss 'll dee fine for backin'-truffs t' the 
  116. Cham v.. dial. ( E.D.D. ). Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxxiv.: Some said that his 
  117. Chattery adj. Stat. Acc. 2 III. 141–142: It was a moss soil . . . in which the cattle . . . used often to be 
  118. Glidder n. the moss-hags shook And the stonechat rose from the glidder nook. [Related to Glid , smooth 
  119. Kerrag n.-moss and isolation and go at once to London. [The meaning cannot be inferred from the context but 
  120. Rinnal v., n. or trickle over a stony bed. Also in Eng. dial. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xliv.: The 
  121. Undermoor n.). See Muir , n ., 4 . [′ʊndərmør] Sh. 1904 E.D.D. : If the moss is deep two persons cut 
  122. Wilder v. fleetin' past, an' fearfu' left The wildert Mersa there. Per. 1852 R. S. Fittis Moss-trooper 37 
  123. Troddle v., Mony a load he troddl't wi' er. 2 . Of water: to flow gently, to ripple (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.). Hence 
  124. Spread v., n. where surface moss has previously been discarded by peat cutters (Uls. 1953 Traynor). Also attrib .; 2-field, that is, the waste moss, which being unfit for peat, had been cast behind the peat cutters, and. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 X. 1274: The spreadfield moss is that from which the peat from generation to 
  125. Mashlum n., v., adj. . Broken, crumbling particles of peat. Also mashlie moss , see quot. n.Sc. 1808 Jam. : Mashlie also denotes the broken parts of moss. Mashlie moss , a moss of this description, one in which the 
  126. Lair n.2, v.2' soil'd wi' dub an' lair. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags iii.: He was covered with the lair of the moss-hags. 2 . A wet, muddy or boggy spot, a mire (Abd. 1960). Sc. a .1796 Merry Muses D. Grant Lays 118: The heat wad drive a coo to the moss To sink in a watery lair. Abd marches thro', Whiles in a moss-hole lairin'. Ags. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin ii: The puir: I am sure if I gang near Crake's Moss it will lair me amang the hags and quags. Rxb. 1871 H 
  127. Beat v.' Chairlie's spring cairt . . . as onybody could be in 'e aeroplane. Abd. 1932 Jean White The Moss 
  128. Flairdie n., v. flatter, wheedle, cajole (Kcb. 10 1942). Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxxii.: She 
  129. Gellock n.1 Moss-Hags 1.: While Wat and I with our crowbars or gellecks . . . were to try our best with the 
  130. Sploit v., n.1, sploiting, strikes the stane his grany hit. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags v.: A man canna spit 
  131. Thewless adj. 1905) 213: My sang's o' nae sic thewless themes. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags l.: A 
  132. Cairtle n., v.. 17 1938). Abd. 1746 private MS (a farmer's diary) 2 Apr : 24 cartle peats from the moss 
  133. Hickery Pickery n. amang the wat moss-hags for four hours at a yoking, and the leddy cured me wi' some hickery-pickery 
  134. Infa n., or of a tributary with a main river (ne.Sc. 1958). Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xlvii.: It 
  135. Steg v.2, n.3. Encycl. 311: His ghaist was seen by many stegging about the estate. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss 
  136. Auchteen , the auchteen part lands, and the moss wards. [O.Sc. auchtand , auchtein , auchen , etc., O.N 
  137. Outburd n. E.D.D. : A strip of peat-moss is stripped off the surface turf and smoothed ready for cutting 
  138. Wannis v. through the winter time on boiled strae and taits o' moss hay, hardly able gin the spring to waunice up 
  139. Tusker n.-moss is not more than from one to two feet deep, the peat is cut perpendicularly by a spade called a one push of the right foot drives the spade into the moss so as to cut out a peat, or turf, 12 inches moss (feal) is pared off, and the peats are cast with the tasker [ sic ] and laid to dry. Ork 
  140. Hope n.2 hope. Ork. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XIX. 397: It [Scalpa Flow] abounds with safe road-steads and 
  141. Strick adj.2, n.2 flow, of a river, and stroke .]  
  142. Temper-pin n. . The pin regulating the flow of grain over the hopper in a mill (Kcb. 1 1937). 4 . Fig 
  143. Antisyzygy n. Dec 8: We see the Scottish antisyzygy in full juddering flow, with the juxtaposition of darg and 
  144. Flae v., n.1, wherever there is the smallest mixture of moss in the soil. Dmf. 1822 Scots Mag. (July) 45: Just.” Ork. 1907 Old-Lore Misc. I. iv . 134: The process of removing this turf from the moss is known 
  145. Backagruf n. bottom of a “peat-bank” formed by the surface of the peat-moss, which is pared off and thrown on the 
  146. Eastart adj., adv., n.. Milne Dreams o' Buchan 44: An' took the east'art road that twines By Lachlan's throwe the moss.  
  147. Flagon n.. 1932 J. White Moss Road i.: Carrying tea in a bright tin flagon for her father and Andra Crerar 
  148. Clood n., v. table or on his breast, they say he's cloodin oot . Abd. 14 c .1915 : When the moss is soft 
  149. Ewest adj. nearest the old Moss are most ewest. Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley xlii.: The Baron shall return 
  150. Given ppl. adj. ordinarily offensive. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags i.: Maisie Lennox (for that was her proper 
  151. Ill-gab n., v. ill-gabbit ane anither till a' thocht muckle black shame o' thim. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss 
  152. Minker n. fine if you're gorgeous, spindly Kate Moss, Marlboro Light in one hand and hunky mechanic type in the 
  153. Eem n.1, v.1.): The frost is eaman doon. 2 . To flow out gently, as smoke from a sluggish vent (Ork. c .1920 D 
  154. Month n.2 the heather is mixed with “month” or “moss” grasses. . . . The greater portion being covered with some parts of the north of Scotland as “month” or draw moss — constitute the principal food of hill 
  155. Belly-timber n. the moss-haggs and the muirs . . . has need o' some steeve belly-timber. [Occurs in Cotton in 1678 
  156. Burr n.1 of stubborn temper” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 20). 5 . The club-moss, Lycopodium , in combs 
  157. Creeping ppl. adj.) creepin(g)-bur , the club moss, Lycopodium clavatum (Cai. 1812 J. Henderson Agric. Cai ., App. 197 
  158. Skyumpack n. turf on the top of a peat moss.]  
  159. Nollie n. flow of canal water. Gsw. 1993 Herald 30 Oct 9: Kids on the way home from the fairground 
  160. Deer n. bleak distant mountains; ... 2 . (1) Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality i.: Moss, lichen and “Moss-crops”; Deer's Hair ( Eleocharis caespitosa ) was plentiful.  
  161. Reesk n.. (May) 132: The common rush ( Juncus conglomeratus ), and the moss-rush ( Juncus squarrosus ), called. 1912 Buchan Assoc. Mag. (Jan.) 1: A lot of growth and moss aff the reisky bank. Abd. 1929 
  162. Upper adj., adv., n. upper layers of peat in a moss (Sh. 1973). See Muir , 4 . (1) Lnk. 1794 J. Naismith Agric' the upper end. (4) Sh. 1904 E.D.D. : If the moss is deep, two persons cut — the one below 
  163. Chingly adj. . . . in many parts of a mixture of clay and a light kind of moss, and in several parts it is gravellish or 
  164. Doach n.: Doachs o' Tongue-land water , the waterfalls of the Dee. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Moss-Hags 
  165. Madder n. nor moss. Uls. 1840 W. Carleton Tales I. 97: The wind ris, and the rain fell as if it 
  166. Moider v. fairly moidert and winnel-skewed wi' reading fule books. Kcb. 1897 Crockett Moss-Hags xxvii 
  167. Rone n.3 favourite recreation of the loons and the girls too. Our rhone was a frozen moss pot. Kcd. 1893 
  168. Trappin n. Moss Road xvii.: The wisp o' crochet that was round the neck o't like a bout o' trappin'. 2 
  169. Underlie v. Moss-Hags 1.: He staggered away homeward, there to underlie the ill-tongue of his wife. [O.Sc 
  170. Truff n.1. Abd. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes xviii.: A truff , or sod cut from the top of a peat-moss — a from a common moss (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .). Cf . Moss , n ., 3 . (31); (3) truff-laft , a loft in 
  171. Blood v., n. BLOOD , v . and n . 1 . v ., tr . and intr . To bleed, to cause blood to flow from 
  172. Daimen adj. word arose from the phr. * at a dem [dam] in time , i.e. at a place where the flow of time is 
  173. Foggie adj., n.1. ′fʌgɪ, Cai. ′fʌugi] I . adj . Mossy, covered with moss or lichen. Gen.Sc. Hence of a turnip, soft clothed with a moss-like covering: its name among the Scotch peasantry is the fogie-bee. Rxb. 1870 small yellow bee that seems to crawl, baby fashion, over the soft, yellow fog or moss. Abd. 1952' a' that. II . n . 1 . The wild or moss bee (Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Rxb. 1923 
  174. Trinnle n.1, v.1 Eng. † trend , to coil or wind wool. 4 . A slight gentle stream, flow or trickle of a liquid or doun Tae see the Scarlets playin 3 . Of water, fine grains or the like: to flow, ripple along stream or flow. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 198: The corn wiz comin' trinnle, trinnle doon 
  175. Bloss n.. I. 75: But don't be frightened, my purty bloss, I hev now a wee fiel' at the edge of the moss 
  176. Fleed n. turns, the end-rig (Abd. 1808 Jam.; ne.Sc. 1951). Also of burnt land in a moss. Abd. 1723 
  177. Gor-cock n. comb.. Ayr. 1796 Burns My Lord a-hunting iii.: Out o'er yon muir, out o'er yon moss, Whare gor-cocks 
  178. Solid adj., n.); solate (Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags iv.; Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit . Christ iii . xxxiii.). Sc 
  179. Stickly adj.. Souter Agric. Bnff. App. 77: The third is called a stickly moss, because it is all mixed with 
  180. Demble v., n. water can flow into it” (Ork. 1929 Marw.). Vbl.n. demblin' , “pitching of a boat in a heavy sea” (Sh 
  181. Grue n.2, v.2: We arrived at the river to find it a turgid flow of “grue.” s.Sc. 1952 Scotsman (6 Dec 
  182. Ware n.2, adj.: I'll plant a stake into the flow, That ploughmen may tak ware o't. II . adj . Aware, conscious of 
  183. Trintle v., n. roll or spin or flow, to trundle (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Uls. 1953 Traynor; Slg., Fif., Ayr. 1973, e.g . of flow in small drops or streams, to trickle, to ripple onwards (Abd. 1973). m.Lth. 1787 MS. Poem 
  184. Corkir n.: With a red moss growing on stones, and called Korkir, they dye Red. w.Sc. 1703 M. Martin: In old times the rocks and cliffs of Buchan [near Castle-Douglas] were famous for a kind of moss 
  185. Batts n., as ye ca't, but a gude fit o' the batts wi' sitting amang the wat moss-hags for four hours at a 
  186. Gairy n.1. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxix.: As I came to the little gairy above the trees I looked 
  187. Breist n., v. . n . (1) A perpendicular face cut in a moss. Gen.Sc. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl D. Bnff . 218; Bnff. 2 1935); to make a breist in a moss. See 1 . (1). Sc. 1727 A. Steel Records Annan (1933) 69: Ordain the haill proprietors of the abovementioned Skairs of Moss and their Tenants and Possessors thereof, sufficiently to breast their Respective Shares of the said Moss at the face of the moss [is] laid bare, from which the digger, standing on the level of the bottom digs the 
  188. Reeb n., v. fae each behint. II . v . 1 . To run in streams, to drip in a continuous flow; of marled woollen 
  189. Still adj., n., v., motionless (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .). II . n . The pause in the tide between ebb and flow (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl 
  190. Teem v.1, n.1 bodie. 3 . Of water: to flow or gush copiously; of rain: to pour, come down in torrents, bucket (Dmf 
  191. Trinkle v., adj., n. TRINKLE , v ., adj ., n . Also † trinckle . [trɪŋkl] I . v . 1 . To trickle, flow in 
  192. Bent n.1 pletting Bent after Brakefast. (4) Bent-moss , “a soil composed of firm moss covered with a thick Agric. Ayr 35–36: Bent moss , prevails . . . in the county of Ayr. . . . It makes excellent fuel 
  193. Bowl n.. (3) Sc. 1876 S. R. Whitehead Daft Davie, etc. 239: Deep, black moss . . . that Jenny 
  194. Daighie adj. Practice of Farmers in Bch. (1811) 77: A mixture of moss, sand and light earth, lying on a clay bottom 
  195. Forritsome adj. Moss-Hags xxxvi.: She was not uncomely, though, like all these shore lassies, a little forritsome 
  196. Idiotry n. . . . is pure idiotry. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 244: To dauner awa into the moss, far 
  197. Ill-contrived adj.. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xl.: “Satisfy me whar ye are gaun sae late,” says the ill-contriving 
  198. Merciment n. when you please and what Moss firr Timber is found therein shall be at your mercement. n.Sc. 1825 
  199. Stripe v., n.3, And strip'd it o'er a stane. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags v.: Striping one long gauntlet 
  200. Swither v.4, n.4 Moss-Hags xxvi.: On that day of swithering heat. Kcd. 1932 L. G. Gibbon Sunset Song 67 
  201. Vanquish v., n. feeding on dry barren moss, void of all nourishment, to which the creatures are so attached that they will 
  202. Larach n.-lairoch,” … are not now well-known. 4 . A lair in a peat-moss. See Lair , n . 1 , 6 . Kcb. 1705 Urie Court Bk. (S.H.S.) 113: Ilke tennent keep ther owen larache and wnder moss dry and 
  203. Fend v., n. wad fend weel at the Flow Moss I wist. 3 . To contrive, manage. Rare . Dmf. 1874 “R. 1874 A. Hislop Sc. Anecdotes 70: A wren's nest's round and theekit wi' moss . . . wi' a hangin 
  204. Aulder adj. roads Fae the howes tae the moss. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 20: 'Aaler, laddie 
  205. Cabbrach adj., n. cabbrach knibblack wi his heel And headlins stoited o'er into the moss. (2) Lean, scraggy.  Sc. 1827 
  206. Frame n., v. on swippert lassie feet, An' cairriet cogies i' the frame. Abd. 1932 J. White Moss Road ii 
  207. Hame-drauchtit ppl. adj. J. White Moss Road xvi.: I always thought they were hame-drachtit folk, the fishers. Abd 
  208. Spade n., v.. Henderson Banchory-Devenick (1890) 20: 30 “spidarrock” of peats to be cast annually out of the moss of Findon. Abd. 1767 Abd. Journal (1 June): Seven Spadarack of Peats yearly out of the Moss of Pettymuck. (2) Abd. 1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 4: For this purpose it [peat] is cut with 
  209. Trot n.1, v.. 2 . Of water: to flow rapidly and noisily, to purl, ripple. Ppl.adj. trottin , babbling. Sc 
  210. Clootie adj.3, n.2. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 111: The moss is saft on Clootie's craft, And bonny's the sod o 
  211. Flush n. large floshens, or collections of moss-water. Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums v.: There had 
  212. Hassock n. . A large round tuft of peat-moss used as a seat (s.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ork., Bnff. ( hussock ), Abd., Kcd 
  213. Hyke v., n.1 . n . A jerky or convulsive movement. Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan II. ii.: The moss 
  214. Lameter n.”. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xliii.: Like a lameter hirplin' on two staves! m.Sc. 1927 
  215. Shabble n. Moss-Hags x.: He would strike them on the face with the basket hilt of his shable. Arg. 1912 
  216. Umquhile adv., adj. Crockett Moss-Hags lii.: William Gordon, son of umquhile William Gordon of Earlstoun. Arg. 1912 
  217. Vole n. of the vole mouse, is very often found in marshy grounds that are covered with moss and short heath 
  218. Whinger n., and the Bible in the tother. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii.: His whinger in a 
  219. Ruit n.1, v.1 root knot. 2 . A dried tree root used as firewood, gen. one dug up from a moss (ne.Sc., Ags., wm.Sc. Brown Round Table Club 122: Ony o' thae soords wad split a moss reet at a crack. Ags. 1897 
  220. Crowl n., v.2, adj. fig . oppressed, harassed, over-worked (s.Ayr. 1950). Kcb. a .1848 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 
  221. Crummock n.2 wi a bleckened han an pushed it deep as he could sen it through the moss on a cromack's en. Ayr 
  222. Magirkie n.. Abd. 1919 T.S.D.C. : Magurkie . A head dress made of straw, worn by persons engaged in the moss 
  223. Mutton n. Crockett Moss-Hags xlvi.: He rode past, bung full of brandy and good mutton ham. 4 . Fif 
  224. Swirlie adj. swirlie, auld moss-oak. s.Sc. 1809 T. Donaldson Poems 13: I wad come smack amang his louses 
  225. Unfree adj.. Prestwick (M.C.) 90: Noe onefrie man have libertie ore previlege of the moss. Sc. 1737 Elchies 
  226. Wilsome adj.' sair tae byde, Throwe gullie-wullie moss. Sh. 1965 New Shetlander No. 74. 30: A man apon a 
  227. Fleet v., n.1 fire, by which a great part of it coagulates into a curdy substance. 2 . intr . To flow (Lth., Rxb, to flow, from 1438, a fleet of nets, 1665; O.E. fleotan , to float, fleot , a fleet. Fleetins may 
  228. Day-nettle n. comb. Kirncannie moss instead of carrots. 2 . Now more commonly the dead-nettle, genus Lamium (Sc. 1808 Jam 
  229. Knab n.1”, resinous fir roots dug out of the moss, were burned. 2 . A large or unevenly shaped stone, a boulder 
  230. Laav v., n., lavøyrd , with long drooping ears, O.N. lafa , to droop; Icel. laf , lap, Norw. lav , hanging moss on 
  231. Maun v.2: But Time and Care fu' brawly ken They haena maunt his back to ben'. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss 
  232. Moze n., v.. mos , moss, a swamp, connecting the two inherent notions of damp and fungus; for the I.Sc. forms cf 
  233. Locality n.. Sc. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XIV. 536: He has presently no accommodation of moss; the moss on which 
  234. Happer n.' hurly-gushin' flow, That turned the happer o' his earthly days. em.Sc. 1920 J. Black Airtin 
  235. Pale n., v. . A plug or peg used to control the flow of liquid in a pipe or faucet, a spigot, e.g . of a cask 
  236. Fail n.1, v.1. Kcb. 1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xxiv.: On the edge of the moss was a wall of turf, or, as. 1950 Huntly Express (24 Nov.): Honeysuckle in profusion grew over the moss covered fell-dyke the closs, Pat fail-dykes ben the bare brae face An a cairt road tull the moss. (4) Sth. 1845 
  237. Pot n.1, v.. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis ). Cf . Pit , n ., 3 . (3) an excavation in a peat-moss from which). Combs. moss-pot , peat-pot , id.; pot-meat , a peat cut from the bottom of a pot (Bnff. 1866 Gregor conveying a young Girl home, on his Return mistook his Way, and wandering into a Moss, fell into one of the Pots. Abd. 1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 39: The moss is sometimes cut out into little pits. Kcd. 1843 Trans. Highl. Soc. 352: They [bogs] were covered with old “moss pots”, in which stood with diggings; vbl.n. potting , a hole made in the digging of peats, a moss-hole , peat-pot (see I.). Bnff. 1719 W. Cramond Ann. Cullen (1888) 79: The magistrates appoint a moss grieve and appoint that none pouk or pott the mosses or cast up the lairs or cut the briggs of the moss. Abd. 1740 
  238. Conceity adj. the Moss-Hags xxxvi.: Such a brisk, conceity saying was like that spirited lady. 3 . Neat, tidy 
  239. Favour n., v.. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxv.: She was a comely maid — for one that is black of favour 
  240. Gorlin n. moss-cheeper's wi' five wee gapin' gorlin's in't. Sc. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' the Ling 54 
  241. Larick n.. and em.Sc., Dmf. 1960). Also attrib . Comb. foggy-larrick , moss-grown larch bark, smoked by boys as 
  242. Lyart adj. deed, Brings shame in sackfu's on my lyart head. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of Moss-Hags xxii 
  243. Worricow n. comb..: In cam' a worricow o' a Frenchman. Per. 1852 R. S. Fittis Moss-trooper 37: The gude 
  244. Cat n.1-grass, Eriophorum ” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ); given for Cum. only in E.D.D. ; 6 . cat-moss , “a spongy kind of peat comprised of tough fibres of moss, etc.” (ne.Rxb. Ib . s.v. kett ); 7 . cats-an: Cat-tails bloom poor folks repose on Spring upo' the mossy flow. II . Bird and fish names: 1 
  245. Fir n.) fir tether , a kind of rope made from strips of moss fir plaited together; (12) firwud , a fir wood were a laddie again. (11) Abd. 1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 31: These ropes of a proper 
  246. Brave adj. brave an' loos'. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xlvi.: “Hae you a Bible 
  247. Delve v.: By encroachments of punds and delvings, the minister is like to be cut out of his privileges of moss 
  248. Fisher n. J. White Moss Road xvi.: “Ye come of fisher-folk, then?” said Robbie. “I always thought they 
  249. Foggie n.2. [Prob. a subst. use of Foggie , adj ., from the idea of “moss-grown,” hence “old, antiquated, decrepit.”]  
  250. Nether adj., adv. the nethergate wall By Saint Mary's aisle. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags li.: They unrove 
  251. Plype n., v., adv.. Sangs 31: Plouterie plype, cloiterie clype, Reeskie moss an' pick-black strype. II . v . 1 
  252. Reeve v.3, n.3' awa' at the hair o' the Captain's heid. Kcb. 1895 Crocket Moss-Hags xxxii.: Auld Noll [a 
  253. Sconce n., v.1. : The above tenants and Fewers have Covered all the Carnlieth Moss with Peats Casting and Sconces that 
  254. Thruch n.. Anderson Two Angels 164: The auld kirk wa's, an' the moss-grown thrughs. Kcb. 1893 Crockett 
  255. Virtue n. moss there is a well-known “verter”, i.e . virtue well, which has a strong tincture of iron. Sc 
  256. Lunkart n. stream to flow under (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 320, lonkor ; Ayr., Slk. 1825 Jam 
  257. Strind n.2, v. . 1 . intr . To run or flow in a very small stream, to trickle (Mry. 1925). Also strinnle , id 
  258. Clyde quickly halt a flow she considered ... Gsw. 1988 Michael Munro The Patter Another Blast 14 
  259. Grieve n., v.-grieve , field-grieve , moss-grieve , road-grieve , salt-grieve , grieve-master . Ayr. 1701 Fintray Court Book (S.C. Misc.) I. 36: John Sinclair is appointed as moss greeve to oversee the same 
  260. Lip n., v. seggan waving at the water-lip … A bit mailin' on the lip o' the moss. Abd. 1922 Swatches o. Bnff. 106: The burn wisna our the flow-dyke, bit it wiz jist beginnin' t' lip. Abd. 1868 W 
  261. Muir n. Scotland (1974) 19: The countryside was bare and wild. Most of it was muir if dry and moss if wet., Rxb. 1919 T.S.D.C .; Per., wm. Sc. 1963). Cf . Moss , n ., 3 . (11), Heather , n ., 7 . (3. moss-crops s.v. Moss, n ., 3 . (13); (12) moor-delf-clod , the turf formed by the marsh bent-grass. 268, 1808 Jam.); (20) muirhag , a water-filled hole in a peat-moss from which peats have been dug grouse, Lagopus scoticus . Gen.Sc. Cf . (10); also fig . of a girl. Comb. moor-hen's foot , club moss; others of a thin surface of peat moss wasted to a kind of black light earth, often mixed with sand, upon like a Moorburn. Bnff. 1835 Trans. Highl. Soc. 333: The season then being very dry, the moss moss where the subsoil is gravel or sand, is called Moor. Sh. 1815 Shetland Advert. (6 Jan 
  262. Abreed adv. of D. and P., etc. 7: Athort the Moss, in plaids — or nane — The breekless legions of the North 
  263. Cockernony n..: Forays, moss-troopers, and other cockernony minstrelsy. 6 . A small sweet bun, esp. given as a tit 
  264. Forfault v. not traytour to the King, Forfaulted sall ye never be. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii 
  265. Hope n.1 summer day was lang. s.Sc. a .1784 G. Caw Poet. Museum 195: He's guided them o'er moss and 
  266. Keek-bo n. comb., v., interj.. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xliv.: The burn . . . playing at keek-bogle among the heather and bent 
  267. Peuther v.2. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxii.: Mony a mewlin' peuterin' body has great success wi' the weemen 
  268. Soss n.2, v.2, adv. the breath oot o' him. Uls. 1900 T. Given Poems 150: Tae jump binks in the moss, Whar we 
  269. Subset v., n. intrest is far from the moss, and have no grass men or subsetts in my intrest. Abd. 1753 Abd 
  270. Yauld adj.1 Chronicle (12 Aug.) 2: Moss, a big, yauld-looking dog. Lnk. 1951 G. Rae Howe o' Braefoot 133 
  271. Slutter v., n., adv. . To make a splashing sound, splatter, to plunge, flounder in mire; “to flow through a narrow opening 
  272. Spue v., n. ears; (4) of water, liquids, smoke, etc.: to flow, pour, run in a copious stream, billow out. Freq 
  273. Blast v. a shock of paralysis) while setting her peats in the moss in the summer-time, had been again 
  274. Corp n.-candle before they were any nigher. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxiii 
  275. Crottle n.1 Lewsiana 61: Amongst the dyes still in use is the grey moss called “crotul,” which covers the surface of 
  276. Drouthy adj.. Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Fife and Knr. 64: Where the Moss is not so soft and waterish, the 
  277. Gill n.2 left hardly a mett Idda boannie green moss at lay tick idda gyill. Combs.: (1) gill-ronnie , a glen 
  278. Glamourie n. glammery owre the blackberries. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-hags xvi.: He can no longer cast his 
  279. Haw adj." got somewhere near Hawick Moss. The housewives used it for cleaning their old-fashioned fireplaces and 
  280. Hoga n. yearly payment called hogaleave. Sh. 1809 A. Edmonston Zetland I. 149: If there be no moss 
  281. Johnsmas n. made of moss and lasted for an afternoon and evening. Hence (1) Johnsmas(s) flooer , -girs 
  282. Noust n. Delight 63: Boat-wreck in the nousts, millstones in moss by the burn. [O.Sc. newst , 1690, Norw 
  283. Slash n., v., adv. moss. III . adv . With a clash or splash, with violence, with a heavy dashing step (Bnff. 1866 
  284. Bicker n.2, v.2 Moss Hags xxvii.: Soldiers are great trenchermen, and can right nobly “claw a bicker” and “toom a 
  285. Brock n.1. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxxii.: I steek baith the inner and the outer doors to keep awa' the 
  286. Gruesome adj., auld moss-oak , For some black, grousome Carlin . Slk. 1807 Hogg Mountain Bard 184: Thy 
  287. Gussie n.. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii.: It fell . . . nearly on to the knees o' a great fat gussie o' a 
  288. Hoise v., n. Crockett Moss-Hags xl.: So we e'en gied him a bit hoise an' ower he gaed intil the water. [An 
  289. Intercommune v., as intercommuners with rebels. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss Hags xvii.: The dragoons 
  290. Knife n., the common club-moss; (3) knife box , in weaving , a frame composed of horizontal bars for raising 
  291. Lingel n.2, v.2 afore't she knit a lingle To swing the roast. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of Moss-Hags xxv.: I had 
  292. Misk n. a marshy consistency, composed of water-worn gravel, moss and blown sand, concocted into one mass 
  293. Speet n., v. , a spit on which meat is roasted, used fig . in quot. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xix 
  294. Stey adj. hieest and steighest. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiv.: At the Menick foot, where that 
  295. Taw n.2, v.2 made of bog or moss fir, first peeled off into strands, and then twined into a rope. Cai. 1957 
  296. Tottle v.1-dame slowly tottling across the fields. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xi.: Wi' a' my 
  297. Thrissel n. MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 104); (2) moss-thistle , see Moss , n ., 3 . (60); (3) Scotch thistle , see 
  298. Chanter n. 1750-1950 470: Since the flow of sound from the chanter or melody pipe is continuous and dynamic 
  299. Cheenge n., v. Selected Poems 54: The cheyngin flow o the burn, the quait breeze, Gsw. 1991 Maud Devine in Tom 
  300. Glit n., v., adj.) , glyt , filth, slimy matter, from c .1420; O.Fr. glete , a flow, secretion, mucosity, pus (later 
  301. Gaw n.1, v.: The field of nine acres entirely moss, and in some parts above three feet deep, excepting a few narrow a piece of moss from which peats are dug. It is a break on the continuity of the solid moss, caused 
  302. Lair n.1, v.1 a peat-moss: (1) allotted to each tenant on an estate from which he may cut fuel (ne.Sc., Uls. 1960: Each of whom usually had his croft or piece of land to till and his “lair” in the moss to furnish him' the lair. Sc. 1897 Scots Mag. (Aug.) 193: The “bank,” or open wall of moss, is very low 
  303. Flagarie n., v. , an' bowed to. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxxii.: Tam Lindsay gaed aff wi 
  304. Fork n., v. fork 'o strae to eat, it [a pig] 'll be hungry. † 4 . Phrs.: (1) forks and knives , the moss 
  305. Gun n., v.. 1838 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss (1891) 193: But we each filled our “gun” with the best Glasgow 
  306. Lazy adj., n. tumbling along over awkward stones, soaking “lazybeds,” unexpected ditches, and moss holes. Gall 
  307. Meedow n. soils and circumstances are thus arranged and estimated: “Meadow, moss, and muir of Lammermoor and 
  308. Notour adj.. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxvi.: Her children . . . were well kenned and notour rebels. Sc 
  309. Powk v.1, n.1 excavation or holing. Bnff. 1719 W. Cramond Ann. Cullen (1888) 79: The magistrates appoint a moss 
  310. Shelvin n. moss. [O.Sc. shilwing , 1601, E.M.E. shelvinge , 1641, vbl.n. of shelve ( < shelf ), with 
  311. Skemmel n., adj., v.. 2 . A peat-bank, the Hagg or area left in a moss from which peats have been cut, prob. from the 
  312. Slim adj., v., n. Maggie o' Moss (1891) 84: We will never try to slim Red-land or lea. Sc. 1847 J. W. Carlyle 
  313. Sturdy n.1 nipet Geordie's nose, His tongue had taen the sturdy. Kcb. 1838 R. Kerr Maggie o' Moss (1891 
  314. Thick adj. mett Idda boannie green moss at lay tick idda gyill. An I grett. 2 . Sc. usages.  As in colloq 
  315. Vieve adj. felt laek lead, bit left hardly a mett Idda boannie green moss at lay tick idda gyill. An I grett 
  316. Pou v., n. Botany E. Borders 204), the moss-crop, Eriophorum vaginatum (see 1795 quot.). Bwk. 1794 A. Lowe. Acc. 1 I. 133: There is a moss plant with a white cottony head growing in mosses, which is the 
  317. Sype v., n. the looser texture of the imperfectly solidified moss. Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 197). Abd. 1886 Trans. Huntly Field Club 3: The genesis of peat moss on this hill I am inclined to 
  318. Tangle n., adj., v.-wreck , id. (3) Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss Hags lii.: Certain ill-set persons were carrying stanes are green wi' moss, And the tangle weeds are plenty. (7) Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S 
  319. Bank n.2 peat-moss whence peats are cut ( S.D.D ., Bnff. 2 , Bnff. 7 ). Gen.Sc. Sh. 1918 T. Manson 
  320. Brecham n., v.” of moss fir roots, intervened between the neck of the ox and the bow, to prevent friction in the 
  321. Cruisie n. the moss, were burned. † 3 . “A crucible, or hollow piece of iron used for melting metals” (s.Sc 
  322. Cushat n. twa cats after a cushey-dou or a mealy mouse. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags 
  323. Loss v.' my place some o' thae days. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii.: Ye wadna loss ocht 
  324. Slack n.2. 1719 W. Cramond Ann. Cullen 79: The common moss or Chamar Slack. Sc. 1723 W. MacFarlane 
  325. Swatter v., n. whins, owre bent, owre moss, they swather, Like ducks pursuin' eels amang the water. Sc. 1825 
  326. Tirl v.1 (called the tirling of the moss ). Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xxiii.: If your honours are 
  327. Leck n.1, v. flow started, a storm is believed to be near. These phenomena are vulgarly called Leakies . This 
  328. Tide n., v.-ticks on his gills. 4 . The sea or ocean without reference to ebb or flow. Obs. or poet. in Eng 
  329. Scruif n., v. film, crust, rind, hardened surface soil, moss, etc. (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 163. 234: From its [Standing Stone] being clothed in moss or scruf, it has a very venerable majestic the Scriff of the ground of Powsward and Gash moss. Abd. 1817 J. Christie Instructions 39 
  330. Buit n.1, v.1' they're nae jist the thing for gaun in a moss wi'. 4 . Combs.: (1) beet-heid , “the upper of a boot 
  331. Claught v., n. dyke, and made a claught at him as he passed. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags 
  332. Dass n. Men of the Moss-Hags xxxi.: Ye shallna try the unkindly dasses o' the Linn yet awhile. s.Sc 
  333. Elshin n. ellishin. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii.: The elshin that had stottit on to the 
  334. Leet n.1 Aberdeenshire a substantial part of the rent was paid in kind, “in cain hens, leet peats and in days in the moss 
  335. Mortal adj., adv., n..: With swollen eyes and looking mortally sheepish. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags iv.: He was 
  336. Pirlicue n., v. the sermon, I doubt the pirliecue will please you as little. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags 
  337. Pleasure n., v.. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xiii.: Walter, will you not pleasure us with your company 
  338. Send v., n. deep as he could sen it through the moss on a cromack's en. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle 
  339. Shauld adj., n., v. neebor's collie, Through a moss cam rinnin hame, Skippin lightly on ilk shullie. Sh. 1822 S 
  340. Sleek n.2 moss and sleik. Ags. 1737 Medical Essays (2nd. ed.) II. 49: There ouzes clear Water dropping 
  341. Thrift n., v., perseverance (Ork. 1972). Hence thriftfu' , keen, eager. Kcb. a .1848 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 
  342. Vennel n.1. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss Hags lv.: The scaffold looming out down the vennel. Sc. 1928 
  343. Whig n.3, v.4' friend. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xi.: [He] caught sight of Clavers' prisoner . . . “My 
  344. Pour v., n. 1. iii.: Wull put down his oil-pourie. (2) Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xliv.: The : It's gaun to be a pour in a meenute. 3 . A steady flow of any liquid, a stream, cascade. Also fig 
  345. Spail n., v. wood covered with moss in a little oval spale-box. Abd. 1960 Buchan Observer (9 Feb.) 3: In ‘spail' in it. Sc. 1999 Scotsman 13 Apr 19: The flow continues with two [proverbs] which 
  346. Tongue n., v. invective; (12) tongue-raik , -rake , flow of language, volubility (Sc. 1825 Jam.), freq. implying railing Moss Hags xviii.: Keep a calm sough, an' your tongue far ben within your teeth. Sc. 1897 L 
  347. Tike n.1) Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxiv.: A great debate concerning this tyke dog. (5) Ags! Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xliii.: He was a weary-lookin' tyke. Fif. 1896 G. Setoun 
  348. Pirr n.2, v. dancan wae maderam. II . v . 1 . Of a liquid; to ripple; “to flow with force in a small stream, to 
  349. Creeshie adj. creeshy clods . Abd. 1811 G. S. Keith Agric. Abd. 532: Small round pieces of moss, strongly 
  350. Flauchter v.1, n.1.: The bit auld moss that young Tam there has drained this year wi' his ain flaughter-spade. wm.Sc 
  351. Garron n.1. Waifs of Conversation No. 7: One of those old peat cadgers from Ballyhay Moss had used an old garran 
  352. Hair adj., v.2 with mould. Also fig .; 4 . hairstane , a large grey, moss-covered stone, specif ., a conspicuous 
  353. Hinder v., n.2! Abd. 1920 C. Murray Country Places 2: A' this was a hinner; an' up the moss side He ran noo 
  354. Hodge v., n. Charlie's nose, whaur it hodg't for a wee, and syne lay still. Bch. 1932 J. White Moss Road xvii 
  355. Loanin n. dykes. (2) Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss Hags xxxv.: Every day the old man passed this loaning 
  356. Plump v.2, n.2 112: I have heard of milk “saps” being taken to the Moss in a “plump” churn for dinner. 2 . A 
  357. Them pron. fa live them lanes. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xi.: It shall never be said that 
  358. Darg n.1, v. space equal to 10 square yards of clay: so that by casting peats, the moss tenants gain yearly about 6 Decisions Court of Session (1839) I. 859: Letting out the moss in dargues to be worked for sale. II 
  359. Stank n.1, v.1. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vii.: A naisty yowm comin' aff 'e stanks o' the Moss o' Lenabo. [employed to dig ditches in the Fraserburgh moss] Sh. 1899 Shetland News (18 March): Hit wid set 
  360. Mail n.1, v.1, representing rent, to which a parish minister is entitled while a manse is being rebuilt; (22) moss mail , see Moss ; (23) seat mail , the rent paid for the use of a seat in a church; (24) tent-mail , rent paid mailin', an' gowd, a' my ain. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xlvi.: The farm sits four square 
  361. Witch n., v. rickles in the moss. (2) Abd. 1895 Scotsman (21 Sept.): Whitches, 35s to 39s per box, dabs 5 . Abd. 1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 99-100: Though the corn may spring up, and appear healthy all moss countries; and as it was originally believed to be occasioned by witchcraft, the name still 
  362. Snaw n., v.. 1818 Scott Leg. Montrose xx.: Smothered like a cadger's pony in some flow-moss, or snow-wreath 
  363. Broo n.2.: They lifted poor Dimlick out on the brew. 4 . A (moss) bank. Sh.(D) 1891 J. J. H. Burgess 
  364. Carfuffle v., n.' rug, that day. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 244: To dauner awa into the moss, far frae 
  365. Frae prep., conj. the moss-gray stane. 3 . Ayr. 1826 Galt Lairds v.: What should he be doing, but 
  366. Fushion n. destitution. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxiii.: There's stuff and fushion in ye, and ye micht 
  367. Groset n. Moss-Hags xxxviii.: I shall let them stay all day in the gardens where the grosarts are. Rxb 
  368. Mell v.1 Crockett Moss-Hags vii.: Here ten score King's men melled and married would settle the land. Sc 
  369. Pile n.1, v.1' grass on the muir. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxi.: Every pile of the grass that springs 
  370. Snash v., n., adj., adv.. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xl.: I hadna been learned at the Balmaghie to thole snash frae 
  371. Splairge v., n.] did spark an splarge, Like hailstones round his nuckles. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii 

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  1. Flot-mos n. his horse in ane flot mos [1728 flow moss] quhair he could nocht gett out  
  2. Upflaw v. Upflaw , -flow , v . [ Flow v .] intr. To flow up or back. — 1513 Doug. viii ii 
  3. Flow v. Flow , v . Also: flo(u . [ME. flow(e , flowen , OE. flowan .] 1 . intr . Of water or other liquids: To flow. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 32. Youtheid, Of quhome the blude is flowing fludis with gritter force ay flowis b . Of the tide: To flow landward; to rise. c1515 Asl. MS flowand in my weid Ib. 2496. c1460 Wisd. Sol. 395. Now wyll I pas and flow in all Lynd. Mon. 5219. Throuch his falsheid and craftynes He sall flow in to welthynes 1596 Dalr. vi. 47. My hert … That never mair wald flow nor flickir 1562-3 Winȝet II. 48/15. Quhais dois flow to and fra a1585 Maitl. Q. lxxi. 12. I flow from houp to feir, from feir till 
  4. Reflow v. Reflow , v. [e.m.E. and ME reflo- (1387), -flow(e , orig. after L. refluere .] Of the tide: To ebb, flow back. — 1535 Stewart 11704. Syne as the flude begouth for till reflow [etc.]  
  5. Profluence n. Profluence , n. [17th c. Eng. in this sense ( a 1619), current or flow (1633), L. profluentia a flowing forth f. profluere to flow forth.] Fluency, profusion. — 1568 Skeyne Descr 
  6. Perfluens n. Perfluens . (Cf. L. perfluens , -entis pres. p. of perflu-ere to flow through, whence perfluence , f. the same root, with suffix -ence , the action of flowing through, copious flow.) — a1568 
  7. Blus n. Blus , n . [Cf. Blusch , v . 1 ] A gush, flow. — 1583 Sat. P. xlv. 951. He … brusted 
  8. Gorging vbl. n. Gorging , vbl. n. [ Gorge v .] Stopping of the flow. — 1533 Boece xv . vii. 586 
  9. Mos-lef n. Mos-lef(e , Moiss-leiff , Moss-leive , n . [Also in the later dial. (1709).] Permission to cut peat, turf etc. in a moss ( Mos n . 4). — c 1590 Red Bk. Grandtully II. 135. Quharfor I the privilege of] fewall and moss leive furth of the mosses of Duncanstoune 1628 Retours II 
  10. Trill v. Trill , v . [ME and e.m.E. trill (14th c.).] intr. To flow, run. — a1649 Drummond 
  11. Ourflete v. . and intr . To overflow. a . tr . Of a river etc.: To flow over, inundate. b . P.p . and fig, duyll and wa Ourfleit sal all the cite 2 . tr . To allow (time) to flow away. Persauis thow nocht 
  12. Reflowing vbl. n. Reflowing , vbl. n. [e.m.E. and ME refloenge (1387), -flow- , f. Reflow v .] The 
  13. Sil v.3. sila to flow.] intr. Of the sun: To go down. — a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 524. The seymly sone silit 
  14. Raill v.2 ( Raill ,) Rale , v. 2 [e.m.E. and ME rayle ( c 1400), reyle, rail .] Of blood: To flow 
  15. Flotter v.2 Flotter , Flottyr , v . 2 [Of obscure formation.] To flow, or wet, copiously. — 1513 
  16. Out-glyde v.intr. Out-glyde , v. intr . To glide or (of blood) to flow, out. — ?1438 Alex. i . 2564 
  17. Pithiness n. a . 3.) — 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 183. It is not possible that all these effects can flow of 
  18. Randon v. flow swiftly, or b . tr. To set in line. — a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 248. Apone that riche river 
  19. Mos n. Mos , n . Also: moss(e , mose , mois , moise , moiss(e , mooss , mowse , moas(s)e tennents … to cast and leid thair leitt peitts … in the ordinar moss of Wrie 1677 Stitchill Baron Ct. 79. For not leiding of ten loads of peits from the moss of Home to Stitchell 1682 Urie Baron Ct. 96. To lead … ane leit of peates out of the latch of Glithnoe and moss of Cairntoune ( b this parochin in lenth thrie mylis … all moss 3 . A bog, marsh, mire; also, a tract of bog or wet. II. 324. Quhill it come to the heid of the said blind burne, quhair thair is ane littill moss 1630 Kirkcaldy Presb. 10. For the relief of these who had thair lands overflowed be the moss. Mosse 1627 Rep. Parishes 36. It haith nather moss nor lymestane 1632 Cullen B. Rec peittis nor elding out of the hill nor moss 1638 Aboyne Rec. 287. 1652 Aberd. B. Rec Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 247. Ane insoume and tua hill soume and halff moss and moor 1674 
  20. Stallengit adj. moss that na man cast feall nor wther guiding thairin in tym cuming … except the stallengers of this burghe as thai war wont … as thair proper moss pertening to thame  
  21. Mois-rowm n. Mos- , Mois-rowm(e , Moss-rowm(e , room , n . [ Mos n . 6 b. Appar. only south-western of the mos’ in 1486 Prestwick B. Rec . 31 [see Mos n . 4 (1)]. Also, as moss-room , in the 18th c. dial. of Renfrewshire and Ayrshire.] A fixed portion of a moss ( Mos n . 4) allocated to one for use as a source of peats etc.; the right of cutting peats etc. in a specified portion of a ‘moss 
  22. Ourflow v. . To flow over, overspread, cover. — 1513 Doug. xiii . viii. 32. The landwart hynys than … For 
  23. Steming vbl. n. Stem(m)ing , Steiming , vbl. n . [ Stem v. 1 ] The action or fact of staunching the flow 
  24. Flete v. flow. In later use commonly combined with flow . ?1438 Alex. i . 292. Quhill … my blud into 1587-99 Hume ii. 116. Why the raging Ocean seas dois onely fleit and flow a 1627 Craig v . 10. Let her fleete, let her flow b . To flow with moisture, to be wet. Const. in , of 
  25. Ventilatioun n.. ventilation- .] A movement of the air, a flow of air. — 1456 Hay II 158/4. He [ sc. man] has his 
  26. Tynnel n. Tynnel , n . Also: (tinnelius , tinnellus ). [?] The limit of the flow of the sea, the 
  27. Mos-trouper n. Mos-trouper , -trooper , n. Also: moss(e)- and -truper , -trowper . [The term had a Northumberland concerneing the moss trouperes or brokine men in the borderes 1647 Ib. 763/2. Mostroupers 1666 Sel. Biog. I. 187. a1676 Guthry Mem. 133. Moss-troopers  
  28. Sched ppl. adj. blood: That has been caused to flow. c . Of hair: Cast, fallen. — a . c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus 
  29. Roil v. roll or flow (Chaucer), OF roillier , MF rouiller ( c 1196 and 15th c. in Larousse), related to 
  30. Musk n.3 Musk , n. 3 (Appar. nonce, f. L. musc-us moss.) — 1579, 1617 Despauter (1579) 88 
  31. Blair n. * Blair , n. [Gael. blar .] ? A peat-moss. — c 1605 Elphinstone Mem. 147. The wod 
  32. Flikker v.). My hairt that nevir was sicker, … That evir mair wald flow and flicker [1508 flicir] 1513 
  33. Trabusch v. ( doun ). b . Of tears: To fall down, flow out . — a . c 1552 Lynd. Mon. 3152. Throcht 
  34. Mos-maill n. right of cutting peats, turf etc. in a moss ( Mos n . 4). — 1505 Prestwick B. Rec. 38. John mosmaill de Sewaltoun 1649 Caldwell Fam. P. 132; Ib. 131. Bigert moss maill 1649 given doun 
  35. Fouge n. Fouge , var. of Fog n . (moss). — ?1549 Monro W. Isles 63. Ane ile callit 
  36. Insoume n.. Rec. II. 247. Ane insoume and tua hill soume and halff moss and moor  
  37. Kairnit p.p.. Thairfra lineallie throw the middis of the said littill moss, as the same is kairnit  
  38. Theandrick adj. Sacrifice 37. Theandrick actions, which do flow from, and denominat both the divine and humane nature 
  39. Hale v.4 . a . To move quickly. b . To flow in a stream, to pour. — a . a1500 Henr. Fab. 2407. The 
  40. Ling n.2 neither rich nor poor, But moss and ling and bare wild mor b . 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. 30. Ea [ sc . paludosa terra quæ moss dicitur] breviore gramine ling nostratibus dicto plerumque vestitur 
  41. Lair n.3 also that ilk persone who casts in any pairt of the said moss mack the haill under lair qch is now ilke tennant keepe ther owen larache and wnder moss dry and levell  
  42. Ourrin v. 2 . tr . a . To flow over (a surface), also fig . b . To engulf. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 825 rouk or ony rayne c . To flow over the edge of, to overflow. a1568 Bann. MS. 34a/44. Scherp 
  43. In Twyn adv., asunder. — 1375 Barb. viii . 175. The moss[is] … war sa fer fra othir, that thai War in twyn [ E 
  44. Avale v. . awaill] 2 . intr . To descend, come or go down; to drop or flow down. c1420 Wynt. ii . 1178 
  45. Blede v.?). 1596 Dalr. I. 110/30 (sal I gar this wound bleid agane?). 2 . Of blood: To flow. c1400 Troy my hart). 3 . tr . To let (one's own blood) flow. c1450-2 Howlat 536 (for it bled he his 
  46. Strem v. hyperbolical use, of blood or sweat: To flow copiously. 1375 Barb. xii 560 (C). Quhill throu the 
  47. Habundance n. . Cf. Haboundance .] A copious flow, a flood; a copious supply; superfluity, wealth, abundance 
  48. Filling vbl. n. . The inward flow of the sea. 1456 Hay I. 76/11. The fillyng and flowing of the see 1559 
  49. Lade n.2 midl. Eng. dial. lode , load a track over a moss etc., OE. lad way, course (as in Lade , n . 1 
  50. Plod n. … shall have power … to cast in the said moss any peites plods or other fewell  
  51. Under Lair n. … as also that ilk persone who casts in … the said moss mack the haill under lair … levell  
  52. Wafer n. Decis. I 15. The bread was like wafers, the drink … black moss-water — attrib. 1683 Inv 
  53. Trigil v.)kle , in the later dial.] 1 . intr. To trickle, flow, chiefly of tears. pres. 1460 Hay 
  54. Hag n. notch.] a . A notch. (Also in the mod. dial. in the same context.) b . ‘A pit or break in a moss’ (J). See also moss-hag , s.v. Mos n . 6. a.  c . A portion of a wood marked off for cutting. — a 
  55. Gras n. grass, as ȝe callit it, but to his appearance, nothing but ane litle quantitie of quhyt moss or fogge  
  56. Hollit ppl. adj.. Beginning at the Moss burne … ascending … to the hollit carne 1578 Inv. Q. Mary p. xxiv. Ane 
  57. Occasionally adv. 1680 Cloud of Witnesses 75. That poor party that were occasionally met at Air's Moss only for the 
  58. Titling n.. Illustr. iii 22. Titlinga , titling, or moss-cheeper — b . 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 304 
  59. Under-mos n. Under-mos , n . [ Mos n .] The moss or peat-bog below the layer cut as fuel, etc 
  60. Fog n. . Grass left in the field during winter. b . Moss. ( a ) a1500 Henr. Fab. 198 (A). It was a ȝe callit it, but to his appearance, nothing but ane litle quantitie of quhyt moss or fogge ( b 
  61. Wanderer n. Letter by Mr. John Dickson from the Bass Prison (1717) 13. I see the wanderers lying in the moss-haggs 
  62. Lynstar n. lyning of the croftis … bewest the moss wynd and the lynsteris of the toun with the provest and thrie 
  63. Cundit n. . x. 79; etc. Ane of the ryveris … Vndir the sey gan thyddir flow … Throu secrete cundytis 
  64. Trink n. between coastal rocks; a trench or channel for water to flow along, a watercourse. — 1592–3 Aberd. B 
  65. Sheddin vbl. n. v .] 1 . The action of causing (blood) to flow, or letting it flow in senses 8 a, b and c of S(c 
  66. Fleur n. 15.. Clar. v . 1594. All kynd of fleuris in the hall thay flow c 1552 Lynd. Mon 
  67. Sound adv. flow  
  68. Fuaill n. smyde in the moss becaus of his colys and fuell c 1489 Ib. 263. Item, in the celleraris 
  69. Birkin adj. a 1595 Celtic Sc. III. 436. Hwnayis … is … all arable land, moss and birkin wood  
  70. Ratihabit v. Hist. (1828) III 227. That he treasonably owned the rebels at Bothwell and Ayrs-moss, and ratihabited 
  71. Phiscal n. the said moss 1707 Old Ross-shire I. 386.  
  72. Republic n. [ sc/ Venice] — c . 1687 Cramond Cullen Annals 61. The moss and turf ground … properly 
  73. Buller v.1; to rush or flow impetuously or noisily. a1500 Seven S. 2181. Under ȝour bed ar sevyn well 
  74. Ourluke v. predecessoris owrlukyt and tholyt the smyth tull byg ane smyde in the moss becaus of his … fuell that was 
  75. Birst v.. cxxx. 52. Thairfoir my hart will birst in two b . To burst or flow out . c1475 Wall. xi 
  76. Esperance n. suyr traist and esperance is onelie in ȝour grace a1585 Maitl. Q. lxxi. 12. I flow from houp 
  77. Slouse n.. ). Also fig. b . The flow of water from a sluice, only fig . 1597 Cal. Sc. P. XIII 47. [He 
  78. Rin n. its source in such overflow; a channel to carry away such a flow. ( a ) 1581 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 
  79. Forehed n. which a peat-moss has already been dug. 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 174. Tha sal kast thar petis apon a 
  80. Bewest prep., adv. burnesyde bevest Calder 1642 Elgin Rec. I. 273. The croftis of Elgin bewest the moss 1684 
  81. Thareunto adv. preichit be his apostles … And thairfoir it is said, that all nations sall flow thairunto a1597-1617 
  82. Lech n.3 partem le Lechis moss et le Schenocht ad le Boddoms ( b ) 1434 Liber Aberbr. 67. And sua furth.] 1682 Urie Baron Ct. 96. To lead … ane leit of peates out of the latch of Glithnoe and moss of 
  83. Holl v. [to be] hollen [ sic ] and taken away 1676 Forbes Baron Ct. 305. [To] preserve … the moss 
  84. Out-passage n.. 117. And it [a moss] had na out passage bot at ane part quhilk was maid be thaim with flaikis 
  85. Defame n. defame a1585 Polwart Flyt. 642. His surname doth flow fra two termes of diffame, From Mont 
  86. Wattirgang n. watercourse. a . The course taken by a flow of water, a stream, etc. b . A channel leading water to a mill flow of water. a . 1508 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 127. The burn to run … in the water gang next 
  87. Dusch v. . To flow copiously; to gush. ?1438 Alex. i . 2371. At neis and mouth out dushit the blude 
  88. Hek n. passage of fish or other solid bodies, without impeding the flow of the water. 1518 Dunferm. B. Rec 
  89. Stremar n. copious flow (of blood). 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 149/336. [He] uith … his bleade Doth 
  90. Stallangar n. thair proper moss 1681 Whitelaw Sc. Arms Makers 158. [Robert Sivewright, gunsmith] is Michaelmes nixt 1632 Cullen B. Ct. 27 July. And na stalenger nor onfreman to hawe moss nor mak moss at thair awin hand 1650 Elgin Rec. II 271. Everie merchand … quha sall prophane the 
  91. Aisiament n. ane smyde in the moss  
  92. Neb n. nebs, carry home mire and moss 2 . transf . a . A ‘beak’ of a fish. 1684 Erskine Diary 98 
  93. Rumill v.. John Dickson When He Was Prisoner in the Bass (1717) 13. I see the wanderers lying in the moss-haggs 
  94. Sand-bed n. called Achenreoch ryn from the staiding dam to a low moss 1682 Peebles B. Rec. II 102. ( b 
  95. Fill v. the sea: To flow landward. c1420 Wynt. vii . 657 (W). Than the se begouth to fyll 1424 
  96. Fla v.. I. 163. That na persone … hoik or fla the samyn [moss] in ony kynd sort 1593 Aberd. B. Rec 
  97. Kart n.1 grund 1657 Elgin Rec. I. 301. All the inhabitantis … that mak vse of the moss wynd with horse 
  98. Portculis n.. colat-us p.p. of colare strain, filter, (Romanic) (F. couler ) flow. Cf. Portculȝeis . As in Eng 
  99. Convert v. and flow. c1590 Fowler I. 56/224. The blwid … quiklye from his vanes dois rin and in his 
  100. Lairgnes n. in lenth thrie mylis, in bredth two myles all moss 1685-8 Renwick Serm. (1776) 432. It 
  101. Confusioun n. the phrases to bring or put , to come , fall , flow or run , to (also in ) confusioun 
  102. Thareout adv. all thingis that thay haue neid of thairoutof to flow vnto thame in all aboundance 1628 
  103. Holk v. fla the samyn [moss] in ony kynd sort ( c ) 1581-1623 James VI Poems II. 15/37. Lett him 
  104. Tory n. rebel. 1656 Acts VI ii 864/1. Any felon or felons (commonly called or known by the name of moss 
  105. Strem n. the same to the right owner therof 3 . The flow or current of a river or of the sea; the force, volume or direction of the flow. Also fig. (1) 1375 Barb. iii 684. Betuix Kyntyr and Irland gretter force the flud will ryn 4 . In hyperbolical use: A copious flow of liquid from a particular 
  106. Rin v.1: To flow. Freq. with locative, also other, compl. (1) pres., p.t. 1375 Barb. vi 78. He [= pus] rinnes aboundantlie Out of my hand b . To flow as the result of melting. c1420 Wynt. And all the gold & vr Was moltyne hat and in hir mouth it [ran] c . Of wine, etc.: To flow through: To flow (strongly or swiftly). 1375 Barb. iii 684. Quhar als gret stremys ar rynnand And als rune in another channell 12 . Of blood: a . To flow or circulate. b . To run (out); to be spilt gett out 30 . To rin (a fluid), to let flow from a container (usu., in order to sell). (1 ordinar race upon the twentie nynt day of May 35 . To rin by . a . To flow past. b . To rin by . a . Of a stream or the like: To flow in or into (another water). b . To rin (unpaid) in , to and on see 51 below. 39 . To rin away . a . To run, or gallop, away; to flee. b . To flow away . To flow past. b . To run past. c . Of time: To pass or go by. = By-rin v. a . c1420 
  107. Unfreman n. hawe moss nor mak moss at thair awin hand but consent forsaid attrib. 1514 ( c 1580) Edinb 
  108. Pete n.1 the moss of Corntoun 1678 Brodie Diary 400. My pets at the Bankhead wer brunt ( b take peittes and uther feuall in the Laverock moss 1638 Aboyne Rec. 281. 1653 Banff … without leaw askit and gewen 1683 Coll. Aberd. & B. 103. In the very best of moss grounds which haill tennents … to cast and leid thair leitt peitts … in the ordinar moss of Wrie and leid the samen to Aberd. Chart. 338. The peit moss of Dikynschaw 1639 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXI. 130. Withe … mossis 
  109. Spilt ppl. adj. has been allowed to run out or flow over. The 1594 Skipper's Acc. ( Morton ) quot. may be a further 
  110. Fewale n.. It sall not be lesum to the said Willeme … to use the moss … bot to his awne necessare fyre and 
  111. Leit n.1 … moss of Cairntoune, … to the peat hill of Wrie … , and everie plewch … to furnish three horss till the 
  112. Isch v. deponner towardis the castell, and to the company who had isheit out thairof 3 . To issue, flow out 
  113. Out-rin v.. (1526), to outstrip. ] 1 . intr . and tr . To run out (of), flow (from). c1500 Makc. MS. iv 
  114. Superfluous adj. Superfluous , adj . ( adv .). Also: -fluus , -fluows , -flow(o)us , -flowis , -fluis 
  115. Wantones n. thai haf nan instruccyoune … Bot lattis thaim flow in wantonnes And fauoris thaim in thar wykytnes 
  116. Wattir Wark n. and commodities thairof 2 . A structure, bulwark, wall or the like built to control the flow of a 
  117. Pour v.1 substance) to flow (out of a vessel) ( into or in a receptacle, on a person, etc.). Also to pour in 
  118. Prolixt adj.. f. pro- and -lixus , p.p. of liquere to flow. In forms with -it, -ed , the mute -t has been 
  119. Scailing vbl. n. . The action of allowing water to flow away in sense 4 c of the verb. c . The action of dispersing 
  120. Ȝet v. out (tears, blood). b . (To cause) to flow out ( furth ) (a body of water). c . transf. Of (1579). To ȝet or powre furth [ Gj to yeat forth] 3 . intr. To pour forth, flow freely, gush 
  121. Grain n.2 the gait come to the southmost grane of the heid of the moss 1513 Doug. i . Prol. 238 
  122. Sling v.. Trials III 474. Thay thaireftir cayreit him to ane peit moss … quhairin they slang him p.p 
  123. Raik v.. Ane gray naig … being raikit or stowne away 3 . Of things: To move; to go or pass; to flow; to 
  124. Redound v. 2 . Of non-material things: To flow, come or go back ( agayn(e ); to return ( to ( in ) a place or, or flow back, after an impact. Cf. Rebound v. 1. Also in fig. context, in sense b. a 
  125. Wesh v. . a . To wash away, to carry off in the flow of water. b . To flow over, inundate. Also fig. Quot flow over. 1531 Bell. Boece I xxxvii. In this crag [ sc. the Bass Rock] wes sum time ane the mouth d . Of blood: To flow over (an animal's body). 1513 Doug. xii xii 67. Abundans wesche away . a . tr. Of water, etc.: To wash away, carry away in its flow. Also fig. b . Of a 
  126. Undermine v.. Antiq. Soc. VII 15. If any person in casting of peats, do cutt trouble or under mine the moss bridges 
  127. Kep v. burdon wycht b . To stop the flow of, stanch (blood). 1676 Forbes Baron Ct. 308. They saw 
  128. Sil v.1. 178. Thocht thou flow in philosophie, Or graduate in theologie, Ȝit and thow syle [ v.r. syll] the 
  129. Lair n.1. That no persone … quho leads peatts to my lord shall remove from the moss wntill they give satisfaction severall tymes carried away gathrings of lairis of peatis of other persones furth of the moss  

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