GLOSSARY

_Airt_, direction, point of the compa.s.s.

_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.

_ca.r.s.e_, 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_, s.n.a.t.c.hed (_pret._ of _v._ _clatch_).