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GLOSSARY

_Airt_, direction, point of the compass.

_almous_, alms.

_atwish_, betwixt.

_aught_, possession.

_aumrie_, store-cupboard.

_Bakie_, a large square wooden vessel.

_beek_, _v._ bathe; here, bask.

_bein_, well-to-do, comfortable.

_ben_, within.

_benweed_, ragwort.

_bield_, shelter.

_big_, _v._ build.

_bilf_, a blunt stroke (Jamieson).

_bir_, impetuosity.

_blate_, bashful.

_blether_, _v._ talk foolishly.

_blithemeat gift_, gift made to those present at a child's birth.

_bout-gait_, roundabout.

_bow_, arch, gateway.

_boyne_, tub.

_braird_, the first sprouting of grain.

_brattle_, _v._ clatter.

_brechan_, bracken.

_buirdly_, burly.

_bunker_, bench.

_busk_, adorn.

_but_, _but the house_, toward the outer apartment of a house.

_by ordinare_, out of the common.

_Ca'_, _v._ drive.

_callan_, _callant_, boy.

_camstrarie_, unmanageable, perverse.

_cantrip_, magical device.

_canty_, lively.

_cap_, a wooden bowl.

_carl_, fellow (_fem._) _carlin_.

_carry_, motion of the clouds.

_carse_, low-lying fertile land, generally adjacent to a river.

_causey_, street or paved road;
_crown of the causey_, middle of the street.

_change-house_, a small inn or ale-house.

_chap_, _v._ strike.

_chappin_, a quart measure.

_chimla_, _chumla_, chimney;
_chimla-lug_, fireside.

_churme_, murmur.

_clachan_, hamlet.

_clamper_, to make a noise with the feet in walking.

_claught_, snatched (_pret._ of _v._ _clatch_).

_clishmaclavers_, idle discourse.

_clok_, beetle.

_clout_, ragged cloth.

_Cluty_, _fam._ the "Old One."

_cod_, pillow, cushion.

_couthiness_, kindness.

_cowan-boat_, a fishing-boat.

_cranreuch_, hoar-frost.

_creel_, basket.

_crouse_, confident, _crack crouse_, to "talk big."

_cruisie_, _crusie_, a small iron lamp.

_cuif_ simpleton.

_cushy-doo_, cushat, dove.

_Dark_, _darg_, task.

_dauner_, _daunder_, stroll.

_dauty_, pet.

_dinle_, thrill.

_dirl_, _v._ clatter, thrill.

_doless_, void of energy.

_dominie_, schoolmaster.

_donsie_, unfortunate.

_door-cheek_, door-post.

_doure_, hard, harsh.

_dow_, _v._ can compass.

_dowie_,