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Brawly, or brawlie, very well Brisket, the breaft, the bo

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Breef, an invulnerable or irresistible spell Brunt, did burn

Brae, a declivity, a precipice, the flope of a hill Brachens, fern Broofe, a race at country weddings who fhall firft reach the bridegroom's houfe on returning from church

Brattle, a fhort race, hurry,

fury

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Breaftic, dimin. of breaft Braik, a kind of harrow Braxie, a morkin sheep, &c. Bruilzie, a broil, a combuftion

Buirdly, ftout-made, broadbuilt Bum-clock,

a humming beetle that flies in the fummer evenings Bummin, humming as bees Burn, water, a rivulet Burnie, dimin. of burn Burnewin, i. e burn the wind, a blacksmith

Bufle, a bustle; to buftle But an' ben, the country kitchen and parlour

Bufkit, dreffed
Bummle, to blunder

Bummler, a blunderer
Buckskin, an inhabitant of
Virginia
But, without
Bure, did bear
Byre, a cow-ftable
By himself, lunatic, distrae-
ted

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с

Braindge, to run rafhly for- CA to call, to name, to

ward

drive

Ca't or ca'd, called, driven

Braind'gt, reeled forward

calved

Ca

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Cannilie, dextrously, gently
Cadie, or caddie, a perfon,
a young fellow
Caller, fresh, found
Cam, did come
Canna, cannot
Carryin, carrying
Cantharidian, made of can-
tharides

Calf-ward, a fmall inclosure
for calves
Cairn, a loose heap of ftones
Caudron, a caldron
Cant aip, a charm, a spell
Cap-ftane, cope ftone, key-
ftone
Caird, a tinker

Caff, chaff

Carcerin, chearfully

Cartes, cards

Cadger, a carrier
Callan, a boy

Chap, a perfon, a fellow, a

blow

Chiel, or cheel, a young fel

low

Chow, to chew; cheek for chow, fide by fide Chuffie, fat-faced

Chantin, chanting
Chanter, a part of a bagpipe
Cheep, a chirp; to chirp
Chockin, choking
Chearfu', chearful

Chimla or chimlie, a fire

grate Chimla-lug, the fire fide Cheekit, checked Chittering, fhivering, trembling

Clash, an idle tale, the ftory of the day Claw, to fcratch

Claife or claes, cloaths Claith,cloth,claithing,cloath

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Clock, to hatch; a beetle Clockin, hatching Collie, a general, and fome times a particular name for country curs Comin, coming Cotter, the inhabitant of a cot house or cottage

Cood, the cud
Cog, a wooden dish
Coggie, dimin. of cog
Cowe, to terrify, to keep un
der, to lop; a fright, a
branch of furze, broom,
&c.

Commaun, command
Cozie, fnug; coziely, fnugly
Cowp, to barter, to tumble

over; a gang

Cowpit, tumbled
Cove, a cave
Cootie, wooden kitchen difh,
aljo thofe fowls, whofe legs
are clad with feathers, are
faid to be cootie
Cooft, did caft
Cowte, a colt
Coof, a blockhead, a ninny
Core, corps, party, clan
Couthie, kind, loving
Cookit, appeared and difap-
peared by fits
Coble, a fishing boat
Corn't, fed with oats
Cowrin, cowering
Coaxin, wheedling

COILA, from Kyle, a diftrict of Ayrshire, fo called, faith tradition, from Coil or Coilus, a Picish monarch

Crack, converfation; to converfe

Crackin, converfing
Crabbit, crabbed, fretful
Croufe, chearfully, courage-

ous

Croufly, chearfully, courageoufly

Crank, the noise of an ungreafed wheel Crankous, fretful, captious Crufhin, crushing, crusht, crushed Crap, a crop, Cronie, crony

the

top

Crowdietime, breakfafitime Crump, hard and brittle, Spoken of bread

Croon, a hollow continued moan; to make a noise like the continued roar of a bull, to hum a tune Crooning, humming Creefhie, greefy

Craft or croft, a field near a houfe, in old husbandry Creel, a basket; to have one's

wit in a creel, to be craz'd, to be fafcinated

Craw, a crow of a cock, a rook Crouchie, crook backed Cranreuch, the hoar frost

Crambo

Crambo clink, or crambojingle, rhymes, doggrel verfes

Crowlin, crawling
Creepin, creeping

Crood or croud, to coo as a

dove

Darklins, darkling
Daur, to dare, daur't, dared
Dappl't, dappled

Daimen, rare, now and then;
daimen-icker, an
car of

corn now and then Daddie, a father

Crunt, a blow on the head Dearies, dimin. of dears

with a cudgel

Cuif, a blockhead, a ninny Curchie, a courtesy Curmurring, murmuring a flight rumbling noise Curling, a well know game

on ice Curler, a player at ice Curpin, the crupper Cummock, a fhort staff with a crooked head Curlie, curled, whofe hair falls naturally in ringlets Cufhat, the dove or wood pigeon

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for all that! Deave, to deafen Devle, a ftunning blow Deleeret, delirious Defervin, deferving Delvin, delving Defcrive, to defcribe Difrefpecket, difrefpected Dizzen, or diz❜n, a dozen Dirl, a flight tremulous ftroke or pain Ding, to worst, to push Dinna, do not Dight, to wipe to clean. corn from chaff; cleaned from chaff Dimpl't, dimpled Dizzie, dizzy, giddy Doited, ftupified, hebetated Dolt, ftupified, crazed Douce or doufe, fober, wife, prudent

Doucely, foberly, prudent

Dawtit or dawtet, fondled, careffed

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moured, agreeable

Dancin, dancing

cannot

Dainty, pleasant, good hu- Dow, am or are able, to can

Downa, am or are not able,

Drought

Dought, was or were able
Dolefu' doleful

Doure, flout, durable, stubborn, fullen

Dowie, worn with grief, fa-
tigue, &c.
Dontie, unlucky
Dowff, pithlefs, wanting
force

Dool, forrow; to fing dool,
to lament, to mourn
Drap, a drop; to drop
Drapping, dropping
Drumbly, muddy
Drucken, drunken

Drouth, thirst, drought

Drinkin, drinking

Dryin, drying

Dreep, to ooze, to drop
Dreeping, oozing, dropping
Drift, a drove

Drunt, pet, four humour
Dreadfu', dreadful
Droop-rumpl't, that droops
at the crupper
Dribble, drizzling, flaver
Drummock, meal and water

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