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dull. _dreich_, tedious. _drumly_, turbid, troubled. _duds_, rags. _dunt_, to knock out by repeated blows. _dwam_, seizure (sickness). _dyke_, boundary wall. _Ellwand_, yard-measure. _erles_, _arles_, an earnest. _ettle_, _v._ aim. _excambio_, exchange ratified by law. _eydent_, zealous, industrious. _Fash_, _v._ vex. _fek_, "_o' ony fek_," of any effect. _fey_, infatuated. _fisle_, _v._ rustle. _flesher_, butcher. _flit_, _v._ word in general use in Scotland for changing residence. _flyte_, _v._ scold. _foregather_, _v._ get into company together. _fornent_, in front of. _fyke_, bustle. _Gait_, _gate_, way. _gar_, compel. _gardevine_, cellaret. _garnel_, granary. _gaud_, a bar of metal. _gauntrees_, _gantrees_, a stand for a barrel. _gawsie_, _gaucy_, jolly. _geizen't_, drought-cracked. _gett_, contemptuous term for progeny. _gif_, if. _gir_, _gird_, hoop. _girn_, a snare. _glaikit_, foolish. _glebe_, land held _ex officio_ by a parish minister. _gled_, hawk. _gleg_, eager. _glower_, _v._ glare. _gludder_, the sound caused by a body falling among mire (Jamieson). _gowk_, fool, _lit._ cuckoo. _greet_, weep. _grew_, _v._ shudder. _grouff_, belly. _gude-mother_, mother-in-law. _gurl_, _n._ growl. _gurly_, surly. _Hack_, a rack for horses or cattle. _haffet_, side-lock. _Hallowe'en_, the eve of All Saints' Day. _hap_, wrap. _harl_, _v._ drag. _hass_, throat. _havers_, foolish or incoherent talk. _hempy_, rogue. _herry_, harry. _hirkos_ (_Lat._ hircus), a he-goat. _hirple_, limp. _hirstle_, to shove oneself along by the hands in a seated posture. _hobbleshow_, a difficulty. _Hogmanae_, the last day of the year. _holm_, _howm_, low-lying level ground on the banks of a river. _hooly_, cautiously. _horse-setter_, job-master. _howdy_, midwife. _howf_, _n._ haunt. _howk_, dig, burrow. _hyte and fykie_, anxious and irritable. _Jawp_, _v._ dash and rebound as water (Jamieson). _jealouse_, suspect. _jelly-flowers_, gilliflowers. _jimp_, scarcely. _jink_, chink (_corruption_). _jo_, sweetheart. _jow_, _v._ toll. _Ka
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