Ringan Gilhaize, or, The Covenanters - Part 44
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_jo_, sweetheart.

_jow_, _v._ toll.

_Kail_, cabbage; soup made with the same.

_kell_, scurf on a child's head (Jamieson).

_kep_, catch.

_kist_, chest.

_kithe_, show, appear.

_Laigh_, low.

_lair_, lore.

_lanerly_, _alanerly_, alone, lonely.

_laverock_, lark.

_lawing_, reckoning.

_lift_, firmament.

_limmer_, "baggage" (term of depreciation).

_linn_, waterfall.

_lippy_, a b.u.mper.

_litherly_, lazily.

_lone_, _loaning_, lane.

_loun_, serene.

_lounder_, swinging stroke (Jamieson).

_low_, _n._ flame.

_lum_, chimney.

_lug_, ear.

_luggie_, a small wooden vessel made of staves.

_Mailing_, farm.

_manse_, residence of a minister of the Gospel.

_midden_, refuse-heap.

_morphosings_, metamorphoses.

_moss_, a place where peat may be dug (Jamieson).

_mutchkin_, a measure equal to a pint.

_Napery_, household linen.

_neb_, beak of a bird.

_nieve_, fist.

_notour_, notorious.

_O'ercome_, burden of a song or discourse.

_outstropolous_, obstreperous.

_oxter_, arm-pit, also arm.

_Pawkie_, sly; _pawkrie_, slyness.

_peeseweep_, lapwing.

_pen-gun_, pop-gun; _a pen-gun at a crack_, a "wunner to talk."

_pet-day_, term applied to a fair day when the weather is generally foul.

_pig_, earthenware vessel.

_plack_, small copper coin.

_play-marrow_, playmate.

_prin_, pin.

_puddock_, toad; _puddock-stool bonnet_, toadstool or Tam o' Shanter cap.