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  1. Flow v., n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1726-1972
     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, isFLOW , 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 Dennison, 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.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1703-1988
     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 , II . 1 . (2); (28) moss-flower lobba. Ayr. 1929 Herding a Hill Hirsel 15: A Blackface ewe on a 'moss flow' on a misty day in, and peat-hags. Ayr. 1929 Herding a Hill Hirsel 15: A Blackface ewe on a 'moss-flow' on a: The Solway-flow contains 1300 acres of very deep and tender moss. Sc. 1805 W. Aiton MossMOSS , 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 some parts 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, O'er hill and 
  3. Russie n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1892
    RUSSIE , n . 2 A rush or flow of water, a powerful flow (of the tide). Sh. 1892 Manson's Sh 
  4. Flaw v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1827-1835
    ¶ FLAW , v . 2 A pseudo-Sc. form of flow . See Flow , v ., n . 1 Sc. 1827 Wilson 
  5. Cup Moss n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1812
    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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    MUSSA , n . A white spongy moss, a lichen (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [Norw. mose , mosa , O.N. mosi , moss. ] 
  7. Slunk n.1, v.1[0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1728-1953
    -slunk, in midst of a great flow moss betwixt Clydsdale and Lothian. Ags. 1826 A. Balfour 
  8. Quick adj., adv., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1777-1934
     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 
  9. Flow n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † FLOW , n . 2 A chimney cowl (Lth. 1825 Jam.). [Orig. obscure. Maybe a variant of Eng. flue 
  10. Swicker v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1886
    ¶ SWICKER , v . Of a stream: to ripple, purl, flow briskly. Lth. 1886 Mod. Sc. Poets 
  11. Goldilocks n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1803
     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 
  12. Onlat n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    ONLAT , n . Also onlet . The act of setting machinery in motion, esp. by turning on a flow of 
  13. Owerfleete v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1857
    † OWERFLEETE , v . To flow over. See Fleet , v ., 2 . Arch . s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell 
  14. Yuckfit n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1819
    . 1819 Scots Mag. (June) 526: The yuckfit fell on Fauldhouse flow, The pairtrick on Auldton lea 
  15. Flowie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    . 95). [Appar. from Flow , v . 1 ? Cf . I . 2 . But the word may be a mistake for Florie , adj .] 
  16. Bobbing Well n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1848
    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 hill. 
  17. Spurge v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1921
     was spurgin' thro' me. [O.Sc. spurge , to spurt, gush, flow copiously, 1478, Mid.Eng. spourge 
  18. Floe n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † FLOE , n . A fishermen's tabu-name for the sea (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl .). See Flow , n . 1 , 7 
  19. Steep n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1907
    STEEP , n . 3 A surface peat, one containing the top turf and the underlying moss together (Ork 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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1880
    -shod wi' low water. [From flow , the rising of the tide.] 
  21. Low v.4, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     viii.). [lʌu. Cf . Flow , Grow .] 
  22. Flewach n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     of Feuach . maybe with influence from FLow, n . 1 , 5 .] 
  23. Mascorn n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    , 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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1811
    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. Fill v., adj.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1746-1953
     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 
  26. Fog n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1700-1979
    ); 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-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. Hist. Soc. I. 35: Kean's celebrated moss-house, or, as she calls it, fog-house. . . . It was built-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 brooms from a sort of long fine moss known as 'lang fog.' II . v . 1 . To gather moss, to become 
  27. Sloosh n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1824-1962
     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 
  28. Flaw n.1, v.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1928
    : 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 magnify in narration' (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.). Cf . Flow , v ., n . 1 Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep 
  29. Tintle v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1929
    . (1928)); to totter, to walk unsteadily as if on high heels (Sh. 1962). 2 . To flow, ripple, purl 
  30. Wample v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1815-1925
    . 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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1774-1847
     , 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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908
     blood flow. Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928): Lay on twartree bens! make some incisions on the leg (with 
  33. Roil n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1850-1917
     she's roylach. [Also in Eng. naut. usage, from † roil , v., to roll or flow, of water, cogn. with 
  34. Blega n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     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.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1741
    † RESTAGN , v . To dam up (water), to cause (water) to stagnate or cease to flow. Fif. 1741 
  36. Watt [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     . The unit of electrical power, also used for measuring other kinds of mechanical energy, viz. the flow 
  37. Rove v.3, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1895
     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 
  38. Moss Of Balloch Fair [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † MOSS OF BALLOCH FAIR . At Balloch in Dmb. (Dmb. 1959 Stat. Acc . 3 193). 
  39. Knobbie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1864-1906
     Rannoch, with the great extent of flow-land and gravelly heather-topped “knobbies”. 
  40. Rabbin [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † RABBIN . Sc. form of Robin (Kcb. 1891 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 84). See Rab . 
  41. Da'beattie [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    DA'BEATTIE . Dalbeattie (Kcb. 1891 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 83, Kcb. 1975). [locally də′bete] 
  42. Mod n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    † MOD , n . 4 Moss that has not become peat, used for reinforcing dunghills (e.Rs. 1 1929 
  43. Abye v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1893-1898
     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[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     since the end of last cent. in the fig . sense of a murmurous flow of words ( N.E.D. Suppl .). [bʌrbl 
  45. Jum adj.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1736-1824
    : Since dedicators scantly deserve that name, when they dinna gar the praises of their patrons flow freely 
  46. Hag v.1, n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1999
     the ghost. Dmb. 1868 J. Salmon Gowodean 70: The fec o't thrivin' moss and haggie wood in a moor, e.g . where channels have been made by water or where peats have been cut; 'moss-ground that has formerly been broken up; a pit, or break in a moss' (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1893 W. Laidlaw moss-hag (Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 224, -haug ), peat-hag , etc. Now Gen.Sc. Also found in n.Eng, 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 lay beyond cast, leaving haggs five feet deep, black and dangerous under a cover of moss. Sc. 1953 Scots yet to cross A haggy, benty, splashy moss. (2) A hillock of firmer ground in a moss (Cai., Ags. Melville Tilbury Nogo II. 316: The moss or bog being very soft and treacherous, and the little knolls 
  47. Wa'nit n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     Maggie o' the Moss 14). See Nit , n . 1 
  48. Back-water n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1734-1933
    BACK-WATER , -WATTIR , n . 1 . The back flow from a mill-lade which hinders the revolution of metaphor derived from the back flow of the water on a mill-wheel. Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. 9 
  49. Eskdalia [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    ESKDALIA . Geol . A fossil plant of the Lycopodiales or club-moss group (1903 R. Kidston in 
  50. Oxroadia [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    OXROADIA . Bot . A lycopod or club-moss of the Lower Carboniferous era (1965 K. L. Alvin in 
  51. Bog v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1935
    BOG , v . 1 [bog, bɔg] 1 . Of liquid in gen.: to flow, to spurt out. Sh. 1908 Jak 
  52. Drøri n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1899-1914
    . to draw ( some-one's ) drøri , “to draw blood, to make one's blood flow; to give one a blow on the 
  53. Sag v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1899-1949
    SAG , v . Also saag . Sh. usage, of the tide: to cease to flow, to be at the turn before receding 
  54. Bywhiles adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1895
    BYWHILES , adv . From time to time. Cf . Whiles . Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii 
  55. Dubble n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1838
    DUBBLE , n . Mud, dirt. Kcb. 1838 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss (1891) 74: . . . pray 
  56. Plonk n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824
     is at a loss To tell whan plonks lay down in moss. [Appar. a variant of plank .] 
  57. Gall-flower n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1870
    GALL-FLOWER , n. comb . Bedeguar, a crimson moss-like growth or gall on rose-bushes. Rnf. 1870 
  58. Unled ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1830
    UNLED , ppl.adj . Of peats: not carried home from a moss for fuel. See Lead , v ., 3 . Inv 
  59. Glimro n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    GLIMRO , n . 'A phosphorescent glow, espec. of that kind which is seen in moss, or 'yarpha', if it 
  60. Bake n.5[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1767-1933
     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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1891-1928
     John o' Groat Jnl. (2 June): Boorag — a peat cut out of shallow moss, with its lower half moss 
  62. Ling n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1778-1928
    -hair moss, Scirpus caespitosus ; “a kind of coarse grass, or rather a species of rush which grows on.: Half a dozen mountains, and a few thousand acres of the worst moss and ling in Scotland. Slk. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 III. 63: Eriophorum vaginatum , which in its youngest state is called moss. Aiton Agric. Ayr. 475: Such [sheep] again as are confined to the moss pasture, have early relief I. 133: There is a moss plant with a white cottony head, which is the first spring food of the 
  63. Skovo n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    -bank in order to lay bare the peat-moss underneath (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [Ad. Norw. dial. skova , a 
  64. Moinian [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    . Geol. Soc . XLIV. 378). [From Gael. moine , a peat-moss.] 
  65. Whinge n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1826
    ¶ WHINGE , n . 2 A thrust or stab with a sword. Sc. 1826 Moss-Troopers II. ii.: Didna 
  66. Corse Candle n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1834-1835
     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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1916
    ' Benachie 191). [′glɪbərəl] Abd. 1916 T.S.D.C. II.: Mains is takin' in the moss so he offert me 
  68. Syke n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-1996
    . Sc. 1702 R. Wodrow Early Letters (S.H.S.) 197: Hills and mountains, moss or mure, bank or, to flow in or form a rill or ditch. Also in n.Eng. dial. Mry. 1763 Session Papers, Dunbar v 
  69. Hack n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    HACK , n . 2 A wild rocky stretch of moorland or moss (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl 
  70. Vivda n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1750-1899
     pickled pork, flow after each other into empty space. Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 189 
  71. Galorem adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1813-1838
     aye enough, at ony rate, To fill the stoup gallorum. Kcb. 1838 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 
  72. Yarpha n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1775-1930
     forms yarf(f) , jarf . [′jɑrf(ə)] 1 . Peat moss of a shallow depth, combined with clay and sand: 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 
  73. Peat n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2003
    .: Their mother . . . had gane to set peats in the Moss of Logie. Per. 1894 Ian Maclaren Beside wis cairtin' peyts fae 'e Moss o' Greenland. Cai. 1941 Neil M. Gunn The Silver Darlings 38 taking orders for burning peats. Hence pe(a)t(e)ry , -ary , a peat-moss belonging to a landed estate Placenames 186: A name like Mossgrieve may mean the peatary of the grieve, who allotted shares in the moss. 1930); (37) peat-fog , the moss or sphagnum on a dried peat, 'used as tobacco by tinkers, etc.' (Abd). Forret may be a reduced form of forehead ; (39) peat futherer , one who carts peats from the peat-moss right-of-way leading to a peat-moss . Cf. moss-gate , id., s.v. Moss, and Gate ; (41) peat-grieshoch-moss (I.Sc. 1965); (45) peat-hole , (i) an old peat-working on a moor, often filled with rainwater ; (49) peat laird , a person having a right to cut peat on a certain area of moor. Cf. moss-laird s.v. Moss ; (50) peat-leader , one who carts the dried peats from the moss when they are ready for use 
  74. Eetnoch n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1821
    † EETNOCH , n . “A moss-grown precipitous rock” (Ayr. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Gall. 1821 Edb. Mag 
  75. Hoyden adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1791
     heather's dreary tapit waste, An' gies the moss its hoyden colour'd bloom. Edb. 1791 J. Learmont 
  76. Splartin ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1895
    . Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags 1.: He looked upward to where the crows were chattering. 'Crawin 
  77. Dumbhead n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1895
     Moss-Hags xxxix.: What a dumbhead I was, to bide with an empty belly in a place where at least there 
  78. Glunder n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898
     ). II . v . To sulk, to be in a bad temper. s.Sc. 1898 E. Hamilton Mawkin of the Flow xviii 
  79. Mor n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1893-1908
     . also Norw. dial. mara , to flow heavily, slide slowly forward.] 
  80. Ruff n.2[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1745
    ); moss or incrustation on a stone ( Id .). [ruf] Sh. 1745 J. Mill Diary (S.H.S.) 5: In the 
  81. Tan n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1895-1911
     Crockett. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags ii.: Dirty, low, reeky tans were set here and there 
  82. Greenichtie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1]1940-1995
     Garry Collected Poems 32: ... An the bobbin greenichty lichts I' the moss on winter nichts 
  83. Propine n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1708-1895
     name, when they dinna gar the praises o' their patrons flow freely through their propine. Ayr Crockett Moss-Hags xlix.: Bless God that you have had a husband, if it were only to propine Him with 
  84. Flack v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1879-1932
     wind. II . n . A flap, flapping noise. Abd. 1932 J. White Moss Road i.: The flack of 
  85. Rigglemerie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1826
    ¶ RIGGLEMERIE , n . An intricate design. Sc. 1826 The Moss- Troopers I. ii.: 'That's a 
  86. Scouler [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     Glasgow and Dublin. Derivs. Scouleria , in Bot ., a genus of moss, order Bryalia , found in North 
  87. Scraesbrough prop. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824
    SCRAESBROUGH , prop.n . In phr. Scraesbrough peat , lit., a peat from Scraesbrough Moss near 
  88. Campy adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1838-1923
    . ). †(3) “Elated by a flow of high spirits” (Rxb. 1825 Jam. 2 ). Hence campiness , elation, self 
  89. Hale v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-1992
     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 
  90. Uncassen ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1930
     ., B . I . 13 . Abd. 1930 : I gaed by the moss tae see the peats, but they were uncassen 
  91. Buslin Pin n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1908-1914
     or slackened by turning the pin, thus raising or lowering the 'shoe,' and regulating the flow of the 
  92. Flowin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1935
     Until the flounrie [ sic ] draff like snaw Flew up, and owre, and far awa. [ Vbl.n . of Flow , v 
  93. Trottle v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1821-1882
    ; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ). Also fig . and transf . of liquid: to ripple, flow, glide. w.Lth 
  94. Ush v.1, n.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1887
     etym. note). I . v . 1 . To issue, flow out in large quantities (Cai. 1904 E.D.D. ). 2 . (1) To 
  95. Blart v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1879-1900
     , soft stuff thrown from a trowel against a wall, or peat moss thrown from a spade. [Prob 
  96. Glegness n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1835-1895
     that her mother tell't me about her glegness. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags v.: The Lord 
  97. Duff n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1822-1897
     (Sh. 11 1949, duff ; Per. 1825 Jam. 2 , dufe ); decomposed vegetable matter such as moss, fallen wet stratum is . . . covered with a layer of duffmould , or dry decomposed moss. Sh. 1897 Sh 
  98. Junk n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0]1795-1982
    ). 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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1920-1970
    ' 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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1793
     things, cauld an' blarin', Ayont the moss. 
  101. Gote n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1700-1952
    , 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 
  102. Ket n.2, v., adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1928
     R. Rennie Peat Moss 176: Ket moss is similar to this [red moss]; and that called in Ireland 
  103. Punk n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825
    PUNK , n . 2 Also punck- . In comb. punk-hole , a hole or pit in a peat moss, a peat-pot 
  104. Yondmost adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1716-1928
     seventeen Years ago, he cast Peats in the yonmost burnt Land contiguous to the Minister's Moss. Sc 
  105. Grool n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1847
    , “a mixture of various food” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 243). 2 . Friable moss made ). wm.Sc. 1837 Laird of Logan 309: Peat is prepared in the grule fashion thus: — the moss from 
  106. Blype n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1861
    . [bləip] Ayr. 1786 Burns Halloween xxiii.: He taks a swirlie, auld moss-oak , For some black 
  107. Fox-fit n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1807
    . ; m.Lth. 1 , Bwk. 1953). 2 . The fir club-moss, Lycopodium selago or clavatum (Watson). Also in Cum 
  108. Heidlins adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1907
     o'er into the moss. Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 135: Headlins hurryin' frae 
  109. Lyell [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
     . Deriv. Lyellia , a genus of moss found in India (1819 R. Brown in Trans. Linnaean Soc . XII. 561). 3 
  110. Endways adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1806-1950
     continuous manner, flow, etc. (Bwk. 3 1950). Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. : He talk't even-endways 
  111. Klokk n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1989
     nutrients from the ebb and flow of the sea through the 'klokk'. II . v . To strip the leaves off 
  112. Sweirie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1831-1949
     flow plentifully for a while after rain, but cannot be depended on for a constant stream. Ork 
  113. Quak v., n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1734-1996
     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.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1920
     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. Troddle v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1804-1904
    , Mony a load he troddl't wi' er. 2 . Of water: to flow gently, to ripple (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.). Hence 
  116. Backin'-truff n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1932
     leddie [little load] 'at ye took fae the moss 'll dee fine for backin'-truffs t' the kitchie fire throw 
  117. Cham v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1893-1895
    . ( E.D.D. ). Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxxiv.: Some said that his [a dog's 
  118. Chattery adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1845-1952
    . Acc. 2 III. 141–142: It was a moss soil . . . in which the cattle . . . used often to be bogged 
  119. Glidder n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1799-1909
     base. Rxb. 1909 W. Ogilvie Whaup o' the Rede 14: Wat o' Harden laughed till the moss-hags 
  120. Kerrag n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1834
    -moss and isolation and go at once to London. [The meaning cannot be inferred from the context but 
  121. Rinnal v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1857-1936
     trickle over a stony bed. Also in Eng. dial. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xliv.: The burn 
  122. Undermoor n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1904-1964
     Muir , n ., 4 . [′ʊndərmør] Sh. 1904 E.D.D. : If the moss is deep two persons cut — the one 
  123. Wilder v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1791-1914
    ' past, an' fearfu' left The wildert Mersa there. Per. 1852 R. S. Fittis Moss-trooper 37: He 
  124. Spread v., n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1708-1996
    , freq. an area where surface moss has previously been discarded by peat cutters (Uls. 1953 Traynor. 493: The spread-field, that is, the waste moss, which being unfit for peat, had been cast behind the dried. Per. 1845 Stat. Acc. 2 X. 1274: The spreadfield moss is that from which the peat from 
  125. Mashlum n., v., adj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1700-1960
     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 substance is so loose that 
  126. Lair n.2, v.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-1996
     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.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1747-1933
    ' Chairlie's spring cairt . . . as onybody could be in 'e aeroplane. Abd. 1932 Jean White The Moss 
  128. Flairdie n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1895-1916
     flatter, wheedle, cajole (Kcb. 10 1942). Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxxii.: She 
  129. Gellock n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1862-1901
    . Hislop Proverbs 74: He gangs frae the jilt to the gellock. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags 1 
  130. Sploit v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1789-1895
    , sploiting, strikes the stane his grany hit. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags v.: A man canna spit 
  131. Thewless adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1800-1928
     1905) 213: My sang's o' nae sic thewless themes. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags l.: A 
  132. Cairtle n., v.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1746-1934
     1938). Abd. 1746 private MS (a farmer's diary) 2 Apr : 24 cartle peats from the moss 
  133. Hickery Pickery n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1816-1887
     wat moss-hags for four hours at a yoking, and the leddy cured me wi' some hickery-pickery. Arg 
  134. Infa n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1895-1949
     a tributary with a main river (ne.Sc. 1958). Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xlvii.: It was 
  135. Steg v.2, n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1941
    . 311: His ghaist was seen by many stegging about the estate. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags 
  136. Tusker n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1]1734-1992
    -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 
  137. Auchteen adj.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1793-1914
     moss wards. [O.Sc. auchtand , auchtein , auchen , etc., O.N. * ahtande , later attande , -i 
  138. Outburd n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1903
     E.D.D. : A strip of peat-moss is stripped off the surface turf and smoothed ready for cutting 
  139. Wannis v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1887-1913
     through the winter time on boiled strae and taits o' moss hay, hardly able gin the spring to waunice up 
  140. Hope n.2[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1860
     hope. Ork. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XIX. 397: It [Scalpa Flow] abounds with safe road-steads and 
  141. Strick adj.2, n.2[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1912
     flow, of a river, and stroke .] 
  142. Temper-pin n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1866
     . The pin regulating the flow of grain over the hopper in a mill (Kcb. 1 1937). 4 . Fig 
  143. Antisyzygy n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1994-2004
     8: We see the Scottish antisyzygy in full juddering flow, with the juxtaposition of darg and dwaum 
  144. Flae v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1922
    , 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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1932
     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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1929
    . Milne Dreams o' Buchan 44: An' took the east'art road that twines By Lachlan's throwe the moss. 
  147. Flagon n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1826-1992
    . 1932 J. White Moss Road i.: Carrying tea in a bright tin flagon for her father and Andra Crerar 
  148. Eem n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1920-1941
    . (26 Jan.): The frost is eaman doon. 2 . To flow out gently, as smoke from a sluggish vent (Ork 
  149. Clood n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1910-1935
     table or on his breast, they say he's cloodin oot . Abd. 14 c .1915 : When the moss is soft 
  150. Ewest adj.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1900
     nearest the old Moss are most ewest. Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley xlii.: The Baron shall return 
  151. Given ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1882-1946
     ordinarily offensive. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags i.: Maisie Lennox (for that was her proper 
  152. Ill-gab n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1866-1895
     ane anither till a' thocht muckle black shame o' thim. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii 
  153. Minker n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1992-2001
     fine if you're gorgeous, spindly Kate Moss, Marlboro Light in one hand and hunky mechanic type in the 
  154. Month n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1768-1952
     the heather is mixed with “month” or “moss” grasses. . . . The greater portion being covered with grasses — known in some parts of the north of Scotland as “month” or draw moss — constitute the principal 
  155. Belly-timber n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1820-1894
     the moss-haggs and the muirs . . . has need o' some steeve belly-timber. [Occurs in Cotton in 1678 
  156. Burr n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1898-1921
    ” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff . 20). 5 . The club-moss, Lycopodium , in combs. creeping bur 
  157. Creeping ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1809-1829
    )-bur , the club moss, Lycopodium clavatum (Cai. 1812 J. Henderson Agric. Cai ., App. 197; 1886 B 
  158. Skyumpack n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1900-1964
     on the top of a peat moss.] 
  159. Nollie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1992-2001
     flow of canal water. Gsw. 1993 Herald 30 Oct 9: Kids on the way home from the fairground 
  160. Deer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1816-2004
    ) Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality i.: Moss, lichen and deer-hair are fast covering these stones to. 473: There were [in Liddesdale] plots of Eriophorum or “Moss-crops”; Deer's Hair ( Eleocharis 
  161. Reesk n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1932
    . (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.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1723-1963
     layers of peat in a moss (Sh. 1973). See Muir , 4 . (1) Lnk. 1794 J. Naismith Agric. Cld. 36. (4) Sh. 1904 E.D.D. : If the moss is deep, two persons cut — the one below the other. The 
  163. Chingly adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1775-1952
     . . . 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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1926
    : Doachs o' Tongue-land water , the waterfalls of the Dee. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Moss-Hags 
  165. Madder n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1749-1930
     mill nor moss. Uls. 1840 W. Carleton Tales I. 97: The wind ris, and the rain fell as if it 
  166. Moider v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1821-1931
     moidert and winnel-skewed wi' reading fule books. Kcb. 1897 Crockett Moss-Hags xxvii.: The 
  167. Rone n.3[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1759-1958
     favourite recreation of the loons and the girls too. Our rhone was a frozen moss pot. Kcd. 1893 
  168. Trappin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1790-1952
     Moss Road xvii.: The wisp o' crochet that was round the neck o't like a bout o' trappin'. 2 
  169. Underlie v.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1895
     Moss-Hags 1.: He staggered away homeward, there to underlie the ill-tongue of his wife. [O.Sc 
  170. Truff n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1700-1969
    . Abd. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec. Forbes xviii.: A truff , or sod cut from the top of a peat-moss from a common moss (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .). Cf . Moss , n ., 3 . (31); (3) truff-laft , a loft in 
  171. Blood v., n.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1898
    BLOOD , v . and n . 1 . v ., tr . and intr . To bleed, to cause blood to flow from. Given as 
  172. Daimen adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1939
    . * at a dem [dam] in time , i.e. at a place where the flow of time is momentarily held up (see Dem 
  173. Foggie adj., n.1[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1725-1998
    , Cai. ′fʌugi] I . adj . Mossy, covered with moss or lichen. Gen.Sc. Hence of a turnip, soft and with a moss-like covering: its name among the Scotch peasantry is the fogie-bee. Rxb. 1870 J seems to crawl, baby fashion, over the soft, yellow fog or moss. Abd. 1952 L. Starr To Please . The wild or moss bee (Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. ; Lnk. 13 1927 
  174. Trinnle n.1, v.1, adv.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1711-1985
     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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1792-1866
    . 75: But don't be frightened, my purty bloss, I hev now a wee fiel' at the edge of the moss. 2 
  176. Fleed n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1723-1950
    , the end-rig (Abd. 1808 Jam.; ne.Sc. 1951). Also of burnt land in a moss. Abd. 1723 Fintray 
  177. Gor-cock n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1796-1887
    . 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.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1747-1964
    ); solate (Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags iv.; Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit . Christ iii . xxxiii.). Sc 
  179. Stickly adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1812-1992
    . Souter Agric. Bnff. App. 77: The third is called a stickly moss, because it is all mixed with 
  180. Demble v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1891-1949
    –14 J. M. Hutcheson W.-L ., demble ); “to tip over a pail on its side so that the water can flow 
  181. Grue n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1795-1952
     arrived at the river to find it a turgid flow of 'grue.' s.Sc. 1952 Scotsman (6 Dec.): Ice 
  182. Ware n.2, adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1775-1928
     plant a stake into the flow, That ploughmen may tak ware o't. II . adj . Aware, conscious of (Sc 
  183. Trintle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1940
     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.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1901
    . calcareus ), is gathered in harvest. Mry. 1775 L. Shaw Hist. Prov. Moray 156: With a red moss cliffs of Buchan [near Castle-Douglas] were famous for a kind of moss known as “corklit,” used for dyeing 
  185. Breist n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1727-1992
     . 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 
  186. Gairy n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1824-1901
     ancestors. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxix.: As I came to the little gairy above the trees I 
  187. Reeb n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1908-1964
     behint. II . v . 1 . To run in streams, to drip in a continuous flow; of marled woollen material 
  188. Still adj., n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1768-1990
     . The pause in the tide between ebb and flow (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl ., still of the tide; Sh., Wgt. 1971); a 
  189. Teem v.1, n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1766-1973
     bodie. 3 . Of water: to flow or gush copiously; of rain: to pour, come down in torrents, bucket (Dmf 
  190. Bent n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1921
     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 
  191. Bowl n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1807-1994
    . (3) Sc. 1876 S. R. Whitehead Daft Davie, etc. 239: Deep, black moss . . . that Jenny 
  192. Daighie adj.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1735-1999
     Practice of Farmers in Bch. (1811) 77: A mixture of moss, sand and light earth, lying on a clay bottom 
  193. Forritsome adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1826-1952
     Moss-Hags xxxvi.: She was not uncomely, though, like all these shore lassies, a little forritsome 
  194. Idiotry n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1893
     . . . is pure idiotry. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 244: To dauner awa into the moss, far 
  195. Ill-contrived adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1880-1956
    . 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xl.: 'Satisfy me whar ye are gaun sae late,' says the ill-contriving 
  196. Merciment n.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1738-1871
     when you please and what Moss firr Timber is found therein shall be at your mercement. n.Sc. 1825 
  197. Stripe v., n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1776-1914
    , And strip'd it o'er a stane. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags v.: Striping one long gauntlet 
  198. Swither v.4, n.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1895-1985
    , to parch, swelter (Sh., Kcd. 1972). Also in n.Eng. dial. and fig . Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss 
  199. Vanquish v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1905
     feeding on dry barren moss, void of all nourishment, to which the creatures are so attached that they will 
  200. Fend v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1721-1952
     fend weel at the Flow Moss I wist. 3 . To contrive, manage. Rare . Dmf. 1874 'R. Wanlock A. Hislop Sc. Anecdotes 70: A wren's nest's round and theekit wi' moss . . . wi' a hangin' leaf 
  201. Larach n.[1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1705-1979
    ,' … 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 levell 
  202. Aulder adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1777-1996
     howes tae the moss. Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 20: 'Aaler, laddie, aye, gin Man 
  203. Batts n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1717-1923
     gat ony gude by his doctrine, as ye ca't, but a gude fit o' the batts wi' sitting amang the wat moss 
  204. Cabbrach adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1898
     cabbrach knibblack wi his heel And headlins stoited o'er into the moss. (2) Lean, scraggy.  Sc. 1827 
  205. Frame n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1803-1943
     on swippert lassie feet, An' cairriet cogies i' the frame. Abd. 1932 J. White Moss Road ii 
  206. Hame-drauchtit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1879-2004
     J. White Moss Road xvi.: I always thought they were hame-drachtit folk, the fishers. Abd 
  207. Spade n., v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1733-1965
     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 
  208. Trinkle v., adv., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1724-1979
    TRINKLE , v ., adv ., n . Also † trinckle . [trɪŋkl] I . v . 1 . To trickle, flow in small 
  209. Trot n.1, v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1724-1957
    . 2 . Of water: to flow rapidly and noisily, to purl, ripple. Ppl.adj. trottin , babbling. Sc 
  210. Clootie adj.3, n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1795-1991
    . 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 111: The moss is saft on Clootie's craft, And bonny's the sod o 
  211. Flush n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1789-1918
     large floshens, or collections of moss-water. Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums v.: There had 
  212. Hassock n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1754-1920
     large round tuft of peat-moss used as a seat (s.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ork., Bnff. ( hussock ), Abd., Kcd., Per 
  213. Hyke v., n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1836-1933
     convulsive movement. Dmf. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan II. ii.: The moss . . . swalled up like a 
  214. Lameter n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1717-1927
     mannie”. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xliii.: Like a lameter hirplin' on two staves 
  215. Shabble n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1716-1912
     Moss-Hags x.: He would strike them on the face with the basket hilt of his shable. Arg. 1912 
  216. Umquhile adv., adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1714-1912
     Crockett Moss-Hags lii.: William Gordon, son of umquhile William Gordon of Earlstoun. Arg. 1912 
  217. Vole n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1805-1903
     of the vole mouse, is very often found in marshy grounds that are covered with moss and short heath 
  218. Whinger n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]1703-1949
    , and the Bible in the tother. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii.: His whinger in a 
  219. Ruit n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1768-2000
     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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1847-1930
     fig . oppressed, harassed, over-worked (s.Ayr. 1950). Kcb. a .1848 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 
  221. Crummock n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1791-1998
     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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1770-1932
     T.S.D.C. : Magurkie . A head dress made of straw, worn by persons engaged in the moss. It is identical 
  223. Mutton n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1725-1955
    : The kitchen ceiling darkened with a goodly array of mutton-hams. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss 
  224. Swirlie adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1785-1949
     1845 quot. and Maggie , n . 2 Ayr. 1785 Burns Halloween xxiii .: A swirlie, auld moss-oak 
  225. Unfree adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]<1700-1876
    . Prestwick (M.C.) 90: Noe onefrie man have libertie ore previlege of the moss. Sc. 1737 Elchies 
  226. Wilsome adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1768-1965
     tae byde, Throwe gullie-wullie moss. Sh. 1965 New Shetlander No. 74. 30: A man apon a 
  227. Fleet v., n.1[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1738-1997
     fire, by which a great part of it coagulates into a curdy substance. 2 . intr . To flow (Lth., Rxb flow, from 1438, a fleet of nets, 1665; O.E. fleotan , to float, fleot , a fleet. Fleetins may come 
  228. Day-nettle n. comb.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1836-1845
     in the Kirncannie moss instead of carrots. 2 . Now more commonly the dead-nettle, genus Lamium 
  229. Knab n.1[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1739-1998
    ”, resinous fir roots dug out of the moss, were burned. 2 . A large or unevenly shaped stone, a boulder 
  230. Laav v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1879-1956
    , lavøyrd , with long drooping ears, O.N. lafa , to droop; Icel. laf , lap, Norw. lav , hanging moss on 
  231. Maun v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1790-1951
    : But Time and Care fu' brawly ken They haena maunt his back to ben'. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss 
  232. Moze n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1879-1948
    . mos , moss, a swamp, connecting the two inherent notions of damp and fungus; for the I.Sc. forms cf 
  233. Happer n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1720-1920
    ' hurly-gushin' flow, That turned the happer o' his earthly days. em.Sc. 1920 J. Black Airtin 
  234. Pale n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1726-1958
     allowed. 2 . A plug or peg used to control the flow of liquid in a pipe or faucet, a spigot, e.g . of 
  235. Locality n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1930
    . Sc. 1795 Stat. Acc. 1 XIV. 536: He has presently no accommodation of moss; the moss on which 
  236. Fail n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-1997
     doorie-hoose. Kcb. 1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xxiv.: On the edge of the moss was a wall of. 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.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1703-1999
    . 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. Cat n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1721-1994
    , 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'-kitlins: Cat-tails bloom poor folks repose on Spring upo' the mossy flow. II . Bird and fish names: 1 
  239. Conceity adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1719-1934
     the Moss-Hags xxxvi.: Such a brisk, conceity saying was like that spirited lady. 3 . Neat, tidy 
  240. Favour n., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1711-1934
    . 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxv.: She was a comely maid — for one that is black of favour. † 2 
  241. Gorlin n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1936
     moss-cheeper's wi' five wee gapin' gorlin's in't. Sc. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' the Ling 54 
  242. Larick n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1798-2000
    . and em.Sc., Dmf. 1960). Also attrib . Comb. foggy-larrick , moss-grown larch bark, smoked by boys as 
  243. Lyart adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1710-1988
     deed, Brings shame in sackfu's on my lyart head. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of Moss-Hags xxii 
  244. Worricow n. comb.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1711-1908
     Frenchman. Per. 1852 R. S. Fittis Moss-trooper 37: The gude neebors had to gie Tammy his bairn 
  245. Fir n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1736-1946
    ) fir tether , a kind of rope made from strips of moss fir plaited together; (12) firwud , a fir wood gether fir taps, Gin I were a laddie again. (11) Abd. 1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 31: These 
  246. Brave adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1879-1936
    '. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xlvi.: 'Hae you a Bible?' asked the Colonel 
  247. Delve v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1928
    : By encroachments of punds and delvings, the minister is like to be cut out of his privileges of moss 
  248. Fisher n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1726-1974
     J. White Moss Road xvi.: 'Ye come of fisher-folk, then?' said Robbie. 'I always thought they 
  249. Foggie n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1787-1929
     fae Thirsa. [Prob. a subst. use of Foggie , adj ., from the idea of 'moss-grown,' hence 'old 
  250. Nether adj., adv.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1715-1963
     the nethergate wall By Saint Mary's aisle. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags li.: They unrove 
  251. Plype n., v., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1866-1955
    . Sangs 31: Plouterie plype, cloiterie clype, Reeskie moss an' pick-black strype. II . v . 1 
  252. Reeve v.3, n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1808-1968
    ' awa' at the hair o' the Captain's heid. Kcb. 1895 Crocket Moss-Hags xxxii.: Auld Noll [a 
  253. Sconce n., v.1[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1721-2000
    . : The above tenants and Fewers have Covered all the Carnlieth Moss with Peats Casting and Sconces that 
  254. Thruch n.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1701-1937
    . 1875 A. Anderson Two Angels 164: The auld kirk wa's, an' the moss-grown thrughs. Kcb. 1893 
  255. Virtue n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1722-2004
     moss there is a well-known 'verter', i.e . virtue well, which has a strong tincture of iron. Sc 
  256. Lunkart n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1771-1997
     stream to flow under (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 320, lonkor ; Ayr., Slk. 1825 Jam 
  257. Strind n.2, v.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1734-1936
     . intr . To run or flow in a very small stream, to trickle (Mry. 1925). Also strinnle , id. Bnff 
  258. Lip n., v.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1703-1950
     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 
  259. Grieve n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2000
     , field-grieve , moss-grieve , road-grieve , salt-grieve , grieve-master . Ayr. 1701 Dailly Kirk Book (S.C. Misc.) I. 36: John Sinclair is appointed as moss greeve to oversee the same. Sc 
  260. Muir n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1700-1996
     Scotland (1974) 19: The countryside was bare and wild. Most of it was muir if dry and moss if wet (Ayr., Rxb. 1919 T.S.D.C .; Per., wm. Sc. 1963). Cf . Moss , n ., 3 . (11), Heather , n ., 7 Names 346). Cf. moss-crops s.v. Moss, n ., 3 . (13); (12) moor-delf-clod , the turf formed by the Flora Scotica I. 268, 1808 Jam.); (20) muirhag , a water-filled hole in a peat-moss from which peats-hen's foot , club moss, from its appearance (Ant. 1903 E.D.D. ); (22) muir-ill , a disease of cattle clay, upon a bad till bottom; others of a thin surface of peat moss wasted to a kind of black light like a Moorburn. Bnff. 1835 Trans. Highl. Soc. 333: The season then being very dry, the moss thin stratum of moss where the subsoil is gravel or sand, is called Moor. Sh. 1815 Shetland 
  261. Clyde n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1985-2001
     quickly halt a flow she considered ... Gsw. 1988 Michael Munro The Patter Another Blast 14 
  262. Abreed adv.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1754-2003
     of D. and P., etc. 7: Athort the Moss, in plaids — or nane — The breekless legions of the North 
  263. Cockernony n.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1718-1892
    .: Forays, moss-troopers, and other cockernony minstrelsy. 6 . A small sweet bun, esp. given as a tit 
  264. Forfault v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1895
     to the King, Forfaulted sall ye never be. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii.: As for 
  265. Keek-bo n. comb., v., interj.[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1735-1991
    . 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xliv.: The burn . . . playing at keek-bogle among the heather and bent 
  266. Peuther v.2[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1931
    . 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxii.: Mony a mewlin' peuterin' body has great success wi' the weemen 
  267. Soss n.2, v.2, adv.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1718-1916
     the breath oot o' him. Uls. 1900 T. Given Poems 150: Tae jump binks in the moss, Whar we 
  268. Subset v., n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1884
     moss, and have no grass men or subsetts in my intrest. Abd. 1753 Abd. Estate (S.C.) 77: 10 
  269. Yauld adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1787-1951
     Chronicle (12 Aug.) 2: Moss, a big, yauld-looking dog. Lnk. 1951 G. Rae Howe o' Braefoot 133 
  270. Slutter v., n., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1826-2000
    , splatter, to plunge, flounder in mire; “to flow through a narrow opening with a sputtering noise” (Bnff 
  271. Spue v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1727-1928
    , liquids, smoke, etc.: to flow, pour, run in a copious stream, billow out. Freq. with out , owre . Gen.Sc 
  272. Blast v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1768-1934
    ” (had a shock of paralysis) while setting her peats in the moss in the summer-time, had been again 
  273. Corp n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1759-2000
    -candle before they were any nigher. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxiii 
  274. Crottle n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1814-1941
     Lewsiana 61: Amongst the dyes still in use is the grey moss called 'crotul,' which covers the surface of 
  275. Drouthy adj.[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1710-2000
    . Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Fife and Knr. 64: Where the Moss is not so soft and waterish, the 
  276. Gill n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1767-1991
     laek lead, bit left hardly a mett Idda boannie green moss at lay tick idda gyill. Combs.: (1) gill 
  277. Glamourie n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1740-1996
     glammery owre the blackberries. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-hags xvi.: He can no longer cast his 
  278. Haw adj.[0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1714-1929
     'marl' got somewhere near Hawick Moss. The housewives used it for cleaning their old-fashioned 
  279. Hoga n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1771-1908
     yearly payment called hogaleave. Sh. 1809 A. Edmonston Zetland I. 149: If there be no moss 
  280. Hope n.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1715-1932
     was lang. s.Sc. a .1784 G. Caw Poet. Museum 195: He's guided them o'er moss and muir 
  281. Johnsmas n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1750-1958
     moss and lasted for an afternoon and evening. Hence (1) Johnsmas(s) flooer , -girs , -pairs , the 
  282. Noust n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1771-2000
     63: Boat-wreck in the nousts, millstones in moss by the burn. [O.Sc. newst , 1690, Norw. dial 
  283. Slash n., v., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1812-1901
     moss. III . adv . With a clash or splash, with violence, with a heavy dashing step (Bnff. 1866 
  284. Bicker n.2, v.2[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1716-1923
     Moss Hags xxvii.: Soldiers are great trenchermen, and can right nobly “claw a bicker” and “toom a 
  285. Brock n.1[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1721-1998
    . Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxxii.: I steek baith the inner and the outer doors to keep awa' the 
  286. Gruesome adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1786-1929
     moss-oak , For some black, grousome Carlin . Slk. 1807 Hogg Mountain Bard 184: Thy 
  287. Gussie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1814-1951
    ”; “a coarse lusty woman” (Sc. 1808 Jam.); as a nickname (Ags. 1955). Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss 
  288. Hoise v., n.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1934
     Crockett Moss-Hags xl.: So we e'en gied him a bit hoise an' ower he gaed intil the water. [An 
  289. Intercommune v.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1702-1911
    , as intercommuners with rebels. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss Hags xvii.: The dragoons 
  290. Knife n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1901-1994
     club-moss; (3) knife box , in weaving , a frame composed of horizontal bars for raising the upright 
  291. Lingel n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1778-1957
     afore't she knit a lingle To swing the roast. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of Moss-Hags xxv.: I had 
  292. Misk n.[1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1932
     consistency, composed of water-worn gravel, moss and blown sand, concocted into one mass. The tract itself is 
  293. Speet n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1833-1956
     spit on which meat is roasted, used fig . in quot. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xix.: A 
  294. Stey adj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1704-1992
     hieest and steighest. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiv.: At the Menick foot, where that 
  295. Taw n.2, v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1850-1969
     moss fir, first peeled off into strands, and then twined into a rope. Cai. 1957 : A root of 
  296. Tottle v.1[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1739-1928
    -dame slowly tottling across the fields. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xi.: Wi' a' my 
  297. Thrissel n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-1992
     MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl . 104); (2) moss-thistle , see Moss , n ., 3 . (60); (3) Scotch thistle , see 
  298. Chanter n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1760-2005
     1750-1950 470: Since the flow of sound from the chanter or melody pipe is continuous and dynamic 
  299. Cheenge n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1818-1999
     Selected Poems 54: The cheyngin flow o the burn, the quait breeze, Gsw. 1991 Maud Devine in Tom 
  300. Glit n., v., adj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1702-1997
    . has glit(t) , glyt , filth, slimy matter, from c .1420; O.Fr. glete , a flow, secretion, mucosity 
  301. Gaw n.1, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]<1700-1954
    . 330: The field of nine acres entirely moss, and in some parts above three feet deep, excepting a few 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[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1702-1988
     part of a peat-moss: (1) allotted to each tenant on an estate from which he may cut fuel (ne.Sc., Uls: 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.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1728-1932
     , an' bowed to. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxxii.: Tam Lindsay gaed aff wi 
  304. Fork n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1807-1953
     and knives , the moss, Lycopodium clavatum ; (2) to stick a fork in the waw , of a midwife, who, by 
  305. Gun n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1768-1954
    . 1838 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss (1891) 193: But we each filled our “gun” with the best Glasgow 
  306. Lazy adj., n.[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1949
     tumbling along over awkward stones, soaking 'lazybeds,' unexpected ditches, and moss holes. Gall 
  307. Meedow n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1809-1898
     soils and circumstances are thus arranged and estimated: “Meadow, moss, and muir of Lammermoor and 
  308. Notour adj.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1702-1962
    . 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxvi.: Her children . . . were well kenned and notour rebels. Sc 
  309. Powk v.1, n.1[0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1719-1996
     excavation or holing. Bnff. 1719 W. Cramond Ann. Cullen (1888) 79: The magistrates appoint a moss 
  310. Shelvin n.[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1705-1956
     moss. [O.Sc. shilwing , 1601, E.M.E. shelvinge , 1641, vbl.n. of shelve ( < shelf ), with 
  311. Skemmel n., adj., v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1720-1951
    -bank, the Hagg or area left in a moss from which peats have been cut, prob. from the similarity to a 
  312. Slim adj., v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1768-1973
     Maggie o' Moss (1891) 84: We will never try to slim Red-land or lea. Sc. 1847 J. W. Carlyle 
  313. Sturdy n.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1718-1930
     nipet Geordie's nose, His tongue had taen the sturdy. Kcb. 1838 R. Kerr Maggie o' Moss (1891 
  314. Thick adj.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1700-1991
     mett Idda boannie green moss at lay tick idda gyill. An I grett. 2 . Sc. usages.  As in colloq. Eng 
  315. Vieve adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1778-1994
     felt laek lead, bit left hardly a mett Idda boannie green moss at lay tick idda gyill. An I grett 
  316. Pou v., n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1994
     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.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1707-2004
     texture of the imperfectly solidified moss. Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 197: I juist drank Trans. Huntly Field Club 3: The genesis of peat moss on this hill I am inclined to ascribe to a 
  318. Tangle n., adj., v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1710-1999
    . (3) Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss Hags lii.: Certain ill-set persons were carrying away sea green wi' moss, And the tangle weeds are plenty. (7) Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 165 
  319. Bank n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1795-1952
     peat-moss whence peats are cut ( S.D.D ., Bnff. 2 , Bnff. 7 ). Gen.Sc. Sh. 1918 T. Manson 
  320. Brecham n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1786-1997
     moss fir roots, intervened between the neck of the ox and the bow, to prevent friction in the draught 
  321. Cruisie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1821-1920
     'cruisie,' an iron basket in which 'knabs,' resinous fir roots dug out of the moss, were burned. † 3 
  322. Cushat n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1790-2000
     twa cats after a cushey-dou or a mealy mouse. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags 
  323. Loss v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2005
    . Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii.: Ye wadna loss ocht lately, did ye, guid wife? Sh 
  324. Slack n.2[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1]1719-2000
    . Cramond Ann. Cullen 79: The common moss or Chamar Slack. Sc. 1723 W. MacFarlane Geog. Coll 
  325. Swatter v., n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1720-1958
     whins, owre bent, owre moss, they swather, Like ducks pursuin' eels amang the water. Sc. 1825 
  326. Tirl v.1[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1708-1905
     (called the tirling of the moss ). Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xxiii.: If your honours are 
  327. Leck n.1, v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1710-1922
     flow started, a storm is believed to be near. These phenomena are vulgarly called Leakies . This 
  328. Tide n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1791-1953
    . 4 . The sea or ocean without reference to ebb or flow. Obs. or poet. in Eng. Abd. 1845 P 
  329. Scruif n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]<1700-1963
     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. Pour v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1786-2003
     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 
  331. Spail n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-2002
     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 
  332. Tongue n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1727-1991
     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 
  333. Buit n.1, v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1870-1996
    ' they're nae jist the thing for gaun in a moss wi'. 4 . Combs.: (1) beet-heid , “the upper of a boot 
  334. Claught v., n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1923
     dyke, and made a claught at him as he passed. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags 
  335. Dass n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1930
     animal had fed along a ledge till it could not turn. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of the Moss 
  336. Elshin n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1721-1909
     ellishin. Kcb. 1895 S. R. Crockett Moss-Hags xxiii.: The elshin that had stottit on to the 
  337. Leet n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1705-1948
     Aberdeenshire a substantial part of the rent was paid in kind, 'in cain hens, leet peats and in days in the moss 
  338. Mortal adj., adv., n.[0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1759-2003
    .: With swollen eyes and looking mortally sheepish. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags iv.: He was 
  339. Pirlicue n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1837-1915
     the sermon, I doubt the pirliecue will please you as little. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags 
  340. Pleasure n., v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1766-2000
     Crockett Moss-Hags xiii.: Walter, will you not pleasure us with your company tonight? Kcd. 1895 
  341. Send v., n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1746-2000
     deep as he could sen it through the moss on a cromack's en. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle 
  342. Shauld adj., n., v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1721-1961
     neebor's collie, Through a moss cam rinnin hame, Skippin lightly on ilk shullie. Sh. 1822 S 
  343. Sleek n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1704-1991
    : It not being practicable to fence his inclosures upon that side of the loch by reasons of moss and 
  344. Thrift n., v.[0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1718-1970
    , perseverance (Ork. 1972). Hence thriftfu' , keen, eager. Kcb. a .1848 R. Kerr Maggie o' the Moss 
  345. Vennel n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-1998
    . Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss Hags lv.: The scaffold looming out down the vennel. Sc. 1928 
  346. Whig n.3, v.4[0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1713-1895
    ' friend. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xi.: [He] caught sight of Clavers' prisoner . . . 'My 
  347. Tike n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
     Crockett Moss-Hags xxxiv.: A great debate concerning this tyke dog. (5) Ags. 1857 A. Douglas Moss-Hags xliii.: He was a weary-lookin' tyke. Fif. 1896 G. Setoun R. Urquhart xxii.: A 
  348. Pirr n.2, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1824-1994
     dancan wae maderam. II . v . 1 . Of a liquid; to ripple; 'to flow with force in a small stream, to 
  349. Creeshie adj.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1721-1998
     . Abd. 1811 G. S. Keith Agric. Abd. 532: Small round pieces of moss, strongly impregnated with 
  350. Flauchter v.1, n.1[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1718-1923
    .: The bit auld moss that young Tam there has drained this year wi' his ain flaughter-spade. wm.Sc 
  351. Garron n.1[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1730-1948
     Conversation No. 7: One of those old peat cadgers from Ballyhay Moss had used an old garran for drawing turf 
  352. Hair adj., v.2[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1740-1955
     mould. Also fig .; 4 . hairstane , a large grey, moss-covered stone, specif ., a conspicuous fixed 
  353. Hinder v., n.2[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1708-1991
    ! Abd. 1920 C. Murray Country Places 2: A' this was a hinner; an' up the moss side He ran noo 
  354. Hodge v., n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1739-1932
     Charlie's nose, whaur it hodg't for a wee, and syne lay still. Bch. 1932 J. White Moss Road xvii 
  355. Loanin n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-1992
     dykes. (2) Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss Hags xxxv.: Every day the old man passed this loaning 
  356. Plump v.2, n.2[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1705-1993
     112: I have heard of milk “saps” being taken to the Moss in a “plump” churn for dinner. 2 . A 
  357. Them pron.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1726-2000
    . Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xi.: It shall never be said that Mardrochat left twa weel-faured 
  358. Darg n.1, v.[0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1715-2000
     to 10 square yards of clay: so that by casting peats, the moss tenants gain yearly about 6 roods of 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[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-1996
    . 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vii.: A naisty yowm comin' aff 'e stanks o' the Moss o' Lenabo money to pay the said stanker. [employed to dig ditches in the Fraserburgh moss] Sh. 1899 
  360. Mail n.1, v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1948
    , 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) 177: A weel-plenished mailin', an' gowd, a' my ain. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xlvi 
  361. Witch n., v.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1702-1970
     sheaves, and in the dry peat rickles in the moss. (2) Abd. 1895 Scotsman (21 Sept.): Whitches tobacco' (Avr. 1825 Jam.). 1 . Abd. 1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 99-100: Though the corn may. This disease is well known in all moss countries; and as it was originally believed to be occasioned by 
  362. Snaw n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-2000
    . 1818 Scott Leg. Montrose xx.: Smothered like a cadger's pony in some flow-moss, or snow-wreath 
  363. Broo n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1768-2000
    .: They lifted poor Dimlick out on the brew. 4 . A (moss) bank. Sh.(D) 1891 J. J. H. Burgess 
  364. Carfuffle v., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1768-1998
    ' rug, that day. Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 244: To dauner awa into the moss, far frae 
  365. Frae prep., conj.[1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
     the moss-gray stane. 3 . Ayr. 1826 Galt Lairds v.: What should he be doing, but 
  366. Fushion n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1721-1994
     destitution. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxxiii.: There's stuff and fushion in ye, and ye micht 
  367. Groset n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1772-1999
     Moss-Hags xxxviii.: I shall let them stay all day in the gardens where the grosarts are. Rxb 
  368. Mell v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1777-1932
    : Complainin' o' ilk triflin' smell, That wi' his steam pretends to mell. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss 
  369. Pile n.1, v.1[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1705-1925
    ' grass on the muir. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xxi.: Every pile of the grass that springs 
  370. Snash v., n., adj., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1786-2004
     pains. Kcb. 1895 Crockett Moss-Hags xl.: I hadna been learned at the Balmaghie to thole 
  371. Hill n., v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1702-1997
    ) hill-moss , brown peaty soil washed down from the hillside, discolouring the water; (13) hill. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 186: The hill-moss in spate defiles our brook. (13) Dmf. 1822 A. 6 . A piece of rough moorland where peats are cut, a peat moss (Cai. 1884–1957; I.Sc., Inv., Abd journey to a moss, hence peat-cutting; hill-kishie , a creel for carrying peat from the hill (Sh. 10 well accommodate for pasture, moss, and hill-fire (if properly managed) inexhaustible. Sh. 1931 

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  1. Flot-mos n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1577-1578
     horse in ane flot mos [1728 flow moss] quhair he could nocht gett out 
  2. Upflaw v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513
    Upflaw , -flow , v . [ Flow v .] intr. To flow up or back. — 1513 Doug. viii ii 46 
  3. Flow v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1438-1650
    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 furious fludis with gritter force ay flowis b . Of the tide: To flow landward; to rise. c1515 wyll I pas and flow in all welthfulenes & delyt a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 263. In craftynes He sall flow in to welthynes 1596 Dalr. I. 40/17. The lochis … that abundantlie flowis in al kynd of fische (2) c1500-c1512 Dunb. vi. 47. My hert … That never mair wald flow nor 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 102. For this the peple dois flow to and fra a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxxi. 12. I flow from houp to feir, from feir till esperance 1585 James VI Ess 
  4. Reflow v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1535
    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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1568
    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. Pest 
  6. Perfluens n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1567-1568
    Perfluens . (Cf. L. perfluens , -entis pres. p. of perflu-ere to flow through, whence e.m.E same root, with suffix -ence , the action of flowing through, copious flow.) — a1568 Mersar 
  7. Blus n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1583
    Blus , n . [Cf. Blusch , v . 1 ] A gush, flow. — 1583 Satirical Poems xlv. 951. He 
  8. Gorging vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1533
    Gorging , vbl. n. [ Gorge v .] Stopping of the flow. — 1533 Boece xv . vii. 586. The 
  9. Mos-lef n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1590-1628
    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 mun privilege of] fewall and moss leive furth of the mosses of Duncanstoune 1628 Retours II. No. 69 
  10. Ourflete v.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1513
     . and intr . To overflow. a . tr . Of a river etc.: To flow over, inundate. b . P.p . and fig wepyng, duyll and wa Ourfleit sal all the cite 2 . tr . To allow (time) to flow away. Persauis thow 
  11. Trill v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1648-1649
    Trill , v . [ME and e.m.E. trill (14th c.).] intr. To flow, run. — a1649 Drummond II 
  12. Reflowing vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1535
    Reflowing , vbl. n. [e.m.E. and ME refloenge (1387), -flow- , f. Reflow v .] The action 
  13. Sil v.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1500
     to flow.] intr. Of the sun: To go down. — a1500 Golagros and Gawane 524. The seymly sone 
  14. Raill v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513
    ( Raill ,) Rale , v. 2 [e.m.E. and ME rayle ( c 1400), reyle, rail .] Of blood: To flow or 
  15. Out-glyde v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1438-1599
    Out-glyde , v ., intr . To glide or (of blood) to flow, out. — ?1438 Alex. i . 2564 
  16. Pithiness n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1590-1591
     . 3.) — 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 183. It is not possible that all these effects can flow of the 
  17. Flotter v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513
    Flotter , Flottyr , v . 2 [Of obscure formation.] To flow, or wet, copiously. — 1513 Doug 
  18. Mos n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700+
    Mos , n . Also: moss(e , mose , mois , moise , moiss(e , mooss , mowse , moas(s)e Baron Ct. 66. The haill 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 moss of Cairntoune ( b ) 1564–5 Reg. Privy S. V. i . 537/1. Cum communi marresio lie mois lenth thrie mylis … all moss 3 . A bog, marsh, mire; also, a tract of bog or wet moor, a stretch of thair is ane littill moss 1630 Kirkcaldy Presb. 10. For the relief of these who had thair lands overflowed be the moss 1675 Erskine Diary 224. 1683 Butler Leighton 417 dovettis 1628 Ib. 2 Ser. II. 256. Mosse 1627 Rep. Parishes 36. It haith nather moss 1632 Ib. 27 July. That thai sall not beire peittis nor elding out of the hill nor moss 1638 halff moss and moor 1674 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. MS. 4 May. Considdering that the common mosse 
  19. Randon v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1500
    Randon , v. [? OF randonner to fly swiftly, or ? Rando(u)n n. 3.] ? a . intr. To flow 
  20. Stallengit adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1632
     Cullen B. Ct. 27 July. And ordanis ane arestment of new agane to be maid on the stallengit moss that na war wont … as thair proper moss pertening to thame 
  21. Mois-rowm n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0]1525-1678
    Mos- , Mois-rowm(e , Moss-rowm(e , room , n . [ Mos n . 6 b. Appar. only south-western: our 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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1590
     flow over, overspread, cover. — 1513 Doug. xiii . viii. 32. The landwart hynys than … For the 
  23. Steming vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1597-1624
    Stem(m)ing , Steiming , vbl. n . [ Stem v. 1 ] The action or fact of staunching the flow of 
  24. Flete v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1375-1650
     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.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456
    . ventilation- .] A movement of the air, a flow of air. — 1456 Hay II 158/4. He [ sc. man] has his 
  26. Tynnel n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1575-1597
    Tynnel , n . Also: (tinnelius , tinnellus ). [?] The limit of the flow of the sea, the tide 
  27. Mos-trouper n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0]1645-1676
    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. 513. Mostroupers 1666 Select Biographies I. 187. a1676 Guthry Mem. 133. Moss 
  28. Sched ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1513-1628
    : That has been caused to flow. c . Of hair: Cast, fallen. — a . c1550 Rolland Court of Venus 
  29. Roil v.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420
     roll or flow (Chaucer), OF roillier , MF rouiller ( c 1196 and 15th c. in Larousse), related to 
  30. Musk n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1579
    Musk , n. 3 (Appar. nonce, f. L. musc-us moss.) — 1579 Despauter (1579) 88. Muscus 
  31. Flikker v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1475-1513
     Dunb. vi. 43 (B). My hairt that nevir was sicker, … That evir mair wald flow and flicker [1508 flicir 
  32. Trabusch v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1552-1590
     ). b . Of tears: To fall down, flow out . — a . c 1552 Lynd. Mon. 3152. Throcht the 
  33. Blair n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1605
    Blair , n. [Gael. blar .] ? A peat-moss. — c 1605 Elphinstone Mem. 147. The wod and 
  34. Mos-maill n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0]1505-1670
     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; 1649 Ib. 131. Bigert moss maill 1649 
  35. Insoume n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1669
    . II. 247. Ane insoume and tua hill soume and halff moss and moor 
  36. Theandrick adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]1664
    . Theandrick actions, which do flow from, and denominat both the divine and humane nature 1664 
  37. Hale v.4[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1629
     . To move quickly. b . To flow in a stream, to pour. — a . a1500 Henr. Fab. 2407. The tod 
  38. Lair n.3[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1641-1700+
     ilk persone who casts in any pairt of the said moss mack the haill under lair qch is now lyeing in tennant keepe ther owen larache and wnder moss dry and levell 
  39. Ling n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1499-1684
     saw 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 
  40. Ourrin v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1398-1590
     raklesly our-rwn 2 . tr . a . To flow over (a surface), also fig . b . To engulf. a1500 never ȝit … ourrun with rouk or ony rayne c . To flow over the edge of, to overflow. a1568 
  41. In Twyn adv.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1535
    . — 1375 Barb. viii . 175. The moss[is] … war sa fer fra othir, that thai War in twyn [ E . ytwyn] a 
  42. Blede v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1700+
     I gar this wound bleid agane?). 2 . Of blood: To flow. c1400 Troy-bk. ii . 1136 (of . To let (one's own blood) flow. c1450-2 Howlat 536 (for it bled he his blud). c1500-c1512 
  43. Avale v.[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1501
     [ E . awaill] 2 . intr . To descend, come or go down; to drop or flow down. c1420 Wynt. ii 
  44. Strem v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1605
     blood or sweat: To flow copiously. 1375 Barb. xii 560 (C). Quhill throu the byrneis brist the 
  45. Filling vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1456-1591
     inward flow of the sea. 1456 Hay I. 76/11. The fillyng and flowing of the see 1559 (1583 
  46. Habundance n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1575
     . Cf. Haboundance .] A copious flow, a flood; a copious supply; superfluity, wealth, abundance 
  47. Lade n.2[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400
    . Eng. dial. lode , load a track over a moss etc., OE. lad way, course (as in Lade , n . 1  and 
  48. Plod n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1535-1674
     … except heretors … shall have power … to cast in the said moss any peites plods or other fewell 
  49. Under Lair n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1677
     … as also that ilk persone who casts in … the said moss mack the haill under lair … levell 
  50. Wafer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1446-1683
     Fountainhall Decis. I 15. The bread was like wafers, the drink … black moss-water — attrib. 1683 
  51. Trigil v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1460-1699
     later dial.] 1 . intr. To trickle, flow, chiefly of tears. pres. 1460 Hay Alex. 3574 
  52. Hag n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1533-1689
     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 
  53. Hollit ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1531-1661
    . Beginning at the Moss burne … ascending … to the hollit carne 1578 Inv. Q. Mary p. xxiv. Ane 
  54. Occasionally adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0]1662-1680
     him 1680 Cloud of Witnesses 75. That poor party that were occasionally met at Air's Moss 
  55. Titling n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1549-1684
     Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii 22. Titlinga , titling, or moss-cheeper — b . 1612 Bk. Rates 
  56. Under-mos n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1677
    Under-mos , n . [ Mos n .] The moss or peat-bog below the layer cut as fuel, etc. — 1677 
  57. Gras n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1643
     grass, as ȝe callit it, but to his appearance, nothing but ane litle quantitie of quhyt moss or fogge 
  58. Wanderer n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]1596-1700+
     Letter by Mr. John Dickson from the Bass Prison (1717) 13. I see the wanderers lying in the moss-haggs 
  59. Lynstar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1636-1700+
     lyning of the croftis … bewest the moss wynd and the lynsteris of the toun with the provest and thrie 
  60. Trink n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1592-1680
     between coastal rocks; a trench or channel for water to flow along, a watercourse. — 1592–3 Aberd. B 
  61. Fog n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1471-1681
     . a . Grass left in the field during winter. b . Moss. ( a ) a1500 Henr. Fab. 198 (A). It ane grass, as ȝe callit it, but to his appearance, nothing but ane litle quantitie of quhyt moss or 
  62. Sheddin vbl. n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1692
     .] 1 . The action of causing (blood) to flow, or letting it flow in senses 8 a, b and c of S(c)hed v 
  63. Fleur n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1399-1653
     the are 15.. Clariodus v . 1594. All kynd of fleuris in the hall thay flow c 1552 
  64. Sound adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1450-1686
    . Sound thocht I sterue my fauor firm sall flow 
  65. Cundit n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1616
     Ib. iii . x. 79; etc. Ane of the ryveris … Vndir the sey gan thyddir flow … Throu secrete cundytis 
  66. Birkin adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1499-1595
     mane a 1595 Celtic Sc. III. 436. Hwnayis … is … all arable land, moss and birkin wood 
  67. Fuaill n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]<1375-1663
     the smyth tyll byg ane smyde in the moss becaus of his colys and fuell c 1489 Ib. 263 
  68. Ratihabit v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]1678-1680
     1680 Wodrow Hist. (1828) III 227. That he treasonably owned the rebels at Bothwell and Ayrs-moss 
  69. Phiscal n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1629-1700+
     the said moss 1707 Old Ross-shire I. 386. 
  70. Republic n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1579-1687
    / Venice] — c . 1687 Cramond Cullen Annals 61. The moss and turf ground … properly belonging 
  71. Buller v.1[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1630
     . To boil or bubble up; to rush or flow impetuously or noisily. a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 
  72. Ourluke v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1459-1610
     predecessoris owrlukyt and tholyt the smyth tull byg ane smyde in the moss becaus of his … fuell that was 
  73. Birst v.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1599
     Maitland Folio MS cxxx. 52. Thairfoir my hart will birst in two b . To burst or flow out . c1475 
  74. Slouse n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1597-1700+
    . ). Also fig. b . The flow of water from a sluice, only fig . 1597 Cal. Sc. P. XIII 47. [He 
  75. Rin n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1581-1681
     source in such overflow; a channel to carry away such a flow. ( a ) 1581 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 557 
  76. Carnit p.p.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1537-1617
     throw the middis of the said littill moss, as the same is kairnit ( c ) 1617 Antiq. Aberd. & 
  77. Bewest prep., adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1446-1684
     burnesyde bevest Calder 1642 Elgin Rec. I. 273. The croftis of Elgin bewest the moss 1684 
  78. Forehed n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1616
    . Ane blak broun hors beld in his foreheid 2 . The line up to which a peat-moss has already been dug 
  79. Thareunto adv.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1577-1688
     apostles … And thairfoir it is said, that all nations sall flow thairunto a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI 
  80. Lech n.3[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]<1375-1682
    . Aberd. & B. IV. 143. Per inferiorem partem le Lechis moss et le Schenocht ad le Boddoms ( b the latch of Glithnoe and moss of Cairntoune ( d ) 1589 Exchequer Rolls XXII. 517. [Half of 
  81. Holl v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1532-1689
     … the moss grownd … that there be no firr nor aik holled therin 2 . To make a hole or holes in. Also 
  82. Defame n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1614
     Desperance … Contempnit me with wordis of defame a1585 Polwart Flyt. 642. His surname doth flow 
  83. Esperance n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1456-1651
     may a1568 Ib. 231 a/31. a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxxi. 12. I flow from houp to feir 
  84. Wattirgang n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1398-1699
     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 
  85. Out-passage n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1400-1579
    . 117. And it [a moss] had na out passage bot at ane part quhilk was maid be thaim with flaikis 
  86. Dusch v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1599
     … confederatis, sloppit with woundis, duschit fordwart apoun thare slaaris c . To flow copiously; to gush 
  87. Hek n.[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1424-1683
     river, to obstruct the passage of fish or other solid bodies, without impeding the flow of the water 
  88. Stremar n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1500-1623
     purpour sprayngis with gold and asure ment 3 . Put for Strem(e n. 4: A copious flow (of blood 
  89. Stallangar n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1400-1700
     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 
  90. Aisiament n.[0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1406-1633
     smyth tyll byg ane smyde in the moss 
  91. Neb n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1699
    . Coll. III. 235. Kittiwaikes … with claws and nebs, carry home mire and moss 2 . transf . a . A 
  92. Rumill v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1500-1699
     wanderers lying in the moss-haggs … with their hearts rumbling out at their eyes in bitter weeping 
  93. Sand-bed n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1500-1682
     called Achenreoch ryn from the staiding dam to a low moss 1682 Peebles B. Rec. II 102. ( b 
  94. Fill v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]1375-1649
     Seven Sages 6629. Thairfoir fill wine, and let vs drink about 4 . Of the sea: To flow landward 
  95. Fla v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1399-1647
     samyn [moss] in ony kynd sort 1593 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 85. Quhairby the saidis Inchis ar sa 
  96. Kart n.1[0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1689
     vse of the moss wynd with horse and kearts b . Attrib. and comb. with geir , graith , hyre 
  97. Portculis n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1420-1637
    . colat-us p.p. of colare strain, filter, (Romanic) (F. couler ) flow. Cf. Portculȝeis . As in Eng 
  98. Confusioun n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1592
     realme b . In the phrases to bring or put , to come , fall , flow or run , to (also in 
  99. Convert v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1626
     the maist deipest of his hart b . intr . To turn and flow. c1590 Fowler I. 56/224. The 
  100. Holk v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1500-1659
     fla the samyn [moss] in ony kynd sort ( c ) 1581-1623 James VI Poems II. 15/37. Lett him 
  101. Lairgnes n.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1]1420-1688
     moss 1685-8 Renwick Serm. (1776) 432. It is a place of marrow and fatness; it is a place 
  102. Strem n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1693
     he shall delyver 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 hyperbolical use: A copious flow of liquid from a particular source. Chiefly, of blood. Also transf. , of fire 
  103. Tory n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1]1651-1689
     known by the name of moss-troopers, residing upon the borders of England and Scotland, or any tories in 
  104. Unfreman n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1445-1688
     stalenger nor onfreman to hawe moss nor mak moss at thair awin hand but consent forsaid attrib 
  105. Pete n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700+
     thair petis, leiding and awaytaking of the same … furth of the moss of Corntoun 1678 Brodie moss 1638 Aboyne Rec. 281. 1653 Banff Ann. I. 137. Unnecessar personis not haveing. Aberd. & B. 103. In the very best of moss grounds which are ever on the tops of hills whose peits the ordinar moss of Wrie and leid the samen to the peithill 1682 Ib. 96. — 1684 Liber Dryburgh 283. Peitt mosses 1578 Aberd. Chart. 338. The peit moss of Dikynschaw 
  106. Spilt ppl. adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1533-1697
     hope of him 4 . Of a liquid: Spilt, that has been allowed to run out or flow over. The 1594 
  107. Thareout adv.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1629
     … signifying, that he will caus all thingis that thay haue neid of thairoutof to flow vnto thame in all 
  108. Rin v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1699
     of other fluids: To flow. Freq. with locative, also other, compl. (1) pres., p.t. 1375 Barb Out of my hand b . To flow as the result of melting. c1420 Wynt. iv 1896. All the metall moltyne hat and in hir mouth it [ran] c . Of wine, etc.: To flow through a tap; to be shared out or thair uombe that louse rinnis euer still e . Of a current or tide: To flow (strongly or swiftly 12 . Of blood: a . To flow or circulate. b . To run (out); to be spilt or shed. a . 1456 30 . To rin (a fluid), to let flow from a container (usu., in order to sell). (1) 1554–5 flow past. b . To rin by (one's) mind , to go out of one's mind. c . To run past, to ignore. a stream or the like: To flow in or into (another water). b . To rin (unpaid) in , to continue into flow away, to escape. a . c1420 Wynt. iv 730. Thare morel Bayard, … flyngand ran away. a . To flow past. b . To run past. c . Of time: To pass or go by. = By-rin v. a . c1420 
  109. Fewale n.[1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1375-1700+
     Misc. Abbotsf. C. 32. It sall not be lesum to the said Willeme … to use the moss … bot to his awne 
  110. Leit n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1552-1690
     … moss of Cairntoune, … to the peat hill of Wrie … , and everie plewch … to furnish three horss till the 
  111. Out-rin v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]1457-1671
    . (1526), to outstrip. ] 1 . intr . and tr . To run out (of), flow (from). c1500 Makculloch MS 
  112. Superfluous adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1499-1695
    Superfluous , adj . ( adv .). Also: -fluus , -fluows , -flow(o)us , -flowis , -fluis , -fl(e 
  113. Wantones n.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1399-1663
     Thewis Gud Women 231. Quhen thai haf nan instruccyoune … Bot lattis thaim flow in wantonnes And fauoris 
  114. Wattir Wark n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1564-1699
     commodities thairof 2 . A structure, bulwark, wall or the like built to control the flow of a river 
  115. Pour v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1499-1695
     flow (out of a vessel) ( into or in a receptacle, on a person, etc.). Also to pour in, on, furth 
  116. Prolixt adj.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1420-1675
    . f. pro- and -lixus , p.p. of liquere to flow. In forms with -it, -ed , the mute -t has been 
  117. Scailing vbl. n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1460-1700+
     . The action of allowing water to flow away in sense 4 c of the verb. c . The action of dispersing 
  118. ȝet v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1399-1626
     out (tears, blood). b . (To cause) to flow out ( furth ) (a body of water). c . transf. Of Despauter (1579). To ȝet or powre furth [ Gj to yeat forth] 3 . intr. To pour forth, flow freely 
  119. Grain n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1]1456-1686
     gait come to the southmost grane of the heid of the moss 1513 Doug. i . Prol. 238. Touyr is 
  120. Sling v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1375-1627
    . Livy I 111/21. 1619 Criminal Trials III 474. Thay thaireftir cayreit him to ane peit moss 
  121. Isch v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1375-1651
    , and to the company who had isheit out thairof 3 . To issue, flow out, pour out. Also fig 
  122. Raik v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1375-1661
     raikit or stowne away 3 . Of things: To move; to go or pass; to flow; to move aimlessly. Also fig 
  123. Wesh v.[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1399-1700+
     and made them white in the blood of the Lamb 8 . a . To wash away, to carry off in the flow of water. b . To flow over, inundate. Also fig. Quot. 1563 may be a further example of a. a: To be washed with (a rock), to wash or flow over. 1531 Bell. Boece I xxxvii. In this crag thairwith becumis … fresche and delicius to the mouth d . Of blood: To flow over (an animal's body . a . tr. Of water, etc.: To wash away, carry away in its flow. Also fig. b . Of a person: To wash 
  124. Undermine v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1500-1699
    . VII 15. If any person in casting of peats, do cutt trouble or under mine the moss bridges he shall 
  125. Redound v.[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0]1420-1678
     la: body 2 . Of non-material things: To flow, come or go back ( agayn(e ); to return ( to ( in, or flow back, after an impact. Cf. Rebound v. 1. Also in fig. context, in sense b. a 
  126. Kep v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1492-1688
    , The tother keppys hym on hys burdon wycht b . To stop the flow of, stanch (blood). 1676 
  127. Sil v.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1498-1635
     Ballatis 178. Thocht thou flow in philosophie, Or graduate in theologie, Ȝit and thow syle [ v.r. syll 
  128. Lair n.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]<1375-1700+
     leads peatts to my lord shall remove from the moss wntill they give satisfaction to the mossgreiwf … for gathrings of lairis of peatis of other persones furth of the moss 
  129. Bete v.1[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]1375-1658
     20/201. Flow as scho vill, ȝitt sall I biet the low b . To make greater or stronger; to increase 

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