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Crack, to converse.
Craig, the neck.

Crawstep, the groundstep.

Creagh, a foray.

Creel, a basket.

Crewels, scrofula.
Crouse, self-confident.
Cuaay, a donkey.
Cuittle, to tickle.
Curlie wurlie, twisting.
Curn, a small quantity.
Curney, round.
Cusser, a stallion.
Cutty, a worthless woman.

Daffing, fun.

Daiker, to saunter.

Dander, a cinder.

Deray, disorder.

Dern, dark, hidden.

Die, a plaything.
Dight, to wipe.
Ding, to beat.

Dink, trim, scornful.
Dirdum, a disturbance.
Dirl, to vibrate.

Dittay, an indictment.
Divot, a turf.

Doch-an-dorrach, a stirrup-cup.
Donnart, stupid.

Dorlach, a valise.
Dottrel, stupid.
Doup, the bottom.
Dour, stubborn.
Dourlach, a quiver.
Dovor, stupor.

Dow, can.

Dowed, worthless.

Downa, don't like.
Dree, to suffer.
Dreigh, dry.
Droghling, puny.
Drouthy, thirsty.
Dub, a dirty pool.
Duds, clothes.

Dule-weeds, mourning.

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Fairstrae, natural. Fallals, gaudy attire. Fard, to embellish. Farl, fourth part. Farrant, shrewd. Fash, trouble.

Fashious, worrying.

Feal, turf.

Feck, part.
Feckless, feeble.

Fend, to provide.
Fere, entire.
Ferlie, wonderful
Fickle, to puzzle.
Fifish, crazy.
Fissell, to bustle.
Fizzenless, tasteless.
Fleech, to wheedle.

Gab, the mouth.

Gaberlunzie, a beggar.
Gaedown, a merry-making.
Galdragon, a sorcerer.

Gallaglass, an armed retainer.
Galligaskins, wide trousers.
Gangrel, vagrant.

Gangthereout, wandering.

Gar, to compel.

Gauger, an exciseman.

Gaunt, to yawn.

Gawsie, plump.

Geck, to jeer.
Gee, the pet.
Geizened, leaky.

Gey, very.

Giff-gaff, tit for tat. Gillravaging, tumultuous. Gilpy, a boisterous person. Gin, if.

Gio, a deep ravine.

Gird, a hoop.

Girdle, round iron plate for

baking cakes.

Girnel, a meal-chest.

Glaiks, deception.

Gledge, sly-looking.

Flemit, scared.

Flesher, a butcher.

Fley, to frighten.

Flisk-ma-hoy, a silly flirt.

Flit, to remove.

Gleed, twisted.

Flowmoss, wet moss.

Gleg, quick.

Fluff-gibs, squibs.

Gliff, immediate.

Flyte, to scold.

Glisk, a glimpse.

Forbye, besides.

Glune-amie, a Highlander.

Forfain, Forfoughten, ex- Glunsh, gloomy-looking.

hausted.

Gomeral, a dunce.

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Kippage, a fit of temper.

Meltith, food.

Kittle, difficult.

Knap, to break.

Kraem, a stall.

Kye, oxen.

Kyloes, Highland cattle.

Kythe, to seem.

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Mense, sense.
Menseful, mindful.
Messan, a cur.

Midden, a dustheap,

Mim, mute.

Minnie, mother.
Mint, to aim.
Mirk, dusk.

Mirligoes, giddiness.
Misca', to malign.
Mischanter, mischief.
Miser, a miserable person.
Misguggled, mangled.
Misleared, misbehaved.
Mistryst, to doubt.

Mittans, fingerless gloves.

Mouls, the earth.

Mousted, scented.

Muckle, much.

Muirpits, young grouse.

Mull, a snuff-box.

Murgeons, mouths.

Mutch, a cap.

My-certie, good gracious.

My-lane, alone.

Napery, table linen.
Nashgabs, insolence.

Neb, the nose.

Neist, next.
Neuk, the corner.
Nicker, a horse-laugh.
Nieve, the fist.
Niffer, to bargain.

Nipperkin, a small morsel.
Noop, the elbow-joint.
Nourice, a nurse.
Nowt, black cattle.

Oe, a grandchild.
Opine, to believe.
Orra, odd.

Out-by, without.
Out-taken, except.
Owerby, over yonder.

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Quern, a handmill.

Raily, an upper dress.
Rampauging, gesticulating.
Ramstam, precipitate.
Randy, disorderly.
Rann, a fish roe.
Rath, quick.

Rax, to stretch.
Redd, to clear up.
Rede, advice, speech.
Red-wud, stark mad.
Reek, smoke.

Reik, a disturbance.
Reird, noise.
Reise, a sapling.
Reisting, gibbing.
Reive, to plunder.
Rickle, a heap.
Rinthereout, wandering.
Ripe, to search.
Rit, a scratch.
Rotten, a rat.
Roughies, torches.
Roup, an auction.

Rouse, commendation.

Routh, plenty.

Row, a roll.

Rudas, a scold.

Rung, a staff.

Sackless, innocent.

Sair, severe.

Sair een, weak eyes.

Sap, a ninny.

Saugh, a willow.

Saulie, a mute.

Scart, a scratch.

Schellum, a worthless fellow.

Scomfished, disgusted.

Scouther, to scorch.

Screed, to tear.

Scunner, to loathe.

Seid suas, strike up.

Seip, to ooze.

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