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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
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
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
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
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
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. ]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 .]
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.
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
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
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
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.]
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 .]
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 .]
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 .]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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).
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”.
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 .
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 .]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 .]
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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.]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. &
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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