Even'd, compar'd. Eydent, diligent, laborious. Fa, a trap, fuch as is used for catching rats or mice. Fae, a foe, an enemy. Fadge, a fpungy fort of bread, in fhape of a roll. Fag, to tire, or turn weary. Fail, thick turf, fuch as are used for building dykes for folds, inclofures, &c. Fain, expreffes earnest defire; as Fain would I. Alfo, joyful, tickled with pleasure. Fait, neat, in good order. Fairfaw, when we wish well to one, that a good or fair fate may befal him. Fang, the talons of a fowl. fang, to grip, or hold fast. Fab, vex or trouble. Fafhous, troublesome. To Faugh, a colour between white and red. Faugh riggs, fallow ground. Feck, a part, quantity; as, Maift feck, the greatest number; nae feck, very few. Feckfow, able, active. Fecklefs, feeble, little, and weak. Fernzier, the laft, or fore.run year. File, to defile or dirty. Fireflaught, a flash of lightning. Fifle, to ftir. A ftir. Fitfted, the print of the foot. Flame, an arrow. Flaughter, to pare turf from the ground. Flaw, lie or fib. Fleetch, to cox or flatter. Flewet, a fmart blow. Fley or flie, to affright. Fleyt, a Flite or flyte, to fcold, chide. Foordays, the morning far ad- Fordbearers, forefathers, ancef tors. Forfairn, abufed, befpattered. Frais, to make a noife. We use to fay one maks a frais, when they Fremit, ftrange, not a-kin. Fru, brittle, like bread baken with butter. Fuff, to blow. Fuffin, blowing. Fyk, to be reftlefs, uneasy. Gab, the mouth. To prat, Gab Jae gafb. Gabbing, pratting pertly. To gab again, when fervants give faucy returns when reprimanded. Gabby, one of a ready and eafy expreffion; the fame with auld gabbet. Gadge, to dictate impertinently, talk idly with a ftupid gravity. Gafaw, a hearty loud laughter. To gawf, laugh. Gait, a goat. Gams, gums. Gar, to caufe, make, or force. Gare, greedy, rapacious, earnest to have a thing. Gafe, folid, fagacious. One with a long out chin, we call gabgabbet, gah-beard. Gate, way. Gaunt, yawn. Gillygacus, or gillygapus, a ftar ing gaping tool; a gormandizer. Gilpy, a roguish boy. Gird, to ftrike, pierce. Glaiks, an idle good-for-nothing fellow. Glaiked, foolish, wanton, light. To give the glaiks, to beguile one, by giving him his labour for his pains. Glaifter, to bawl or bark. Glamour, juggling. When devils, wizards, or jugglers, deceive Glar, mire, oozy, mud. Gleg, fharp, quick, active. Gloom, to fcoul or frown. Glowming, the twilight, or evening-gloom. Glowr, to ftare, look fern. Glunfp, to hang the brow, and grumble. Goan, a wooden dish for meat. Goffie, soffip. Gowans, daifies, Gawky, idle, ftaring, idiotical Gove, to look broad and stedfast, holding up the face. Gowf, befides the known game, a racket or found blow on the chops, we call a gowff on the baffet. Gowk, the cuckow, In derifion we call a thoughtless fellow, and one who harps too long en one fubject, a gowk. Gerul, a howling, to bellow and cry. Goufy the neck. Goufty, ghaftly, large, wafte, de- Hafs, the throat, or fore part of folate, and frightful. Grany, grandmother, any old Heal or beel, health, or whole. Heepy, a perfon hypocondriac. Heeyrfteen, the night before yefternight. Heez, to lift up a heavy thing a little. A beezy is a good lift. Heftit, accustomed to live in a place. Heght, promised; alfo, named. Hempy, a tricky wag, fuch for whom the hemp grows, Hereit, ruined in estate, broke, spoiled. Hefp, a clafp or hook, bar, or bolt; alfo, in yarn, a certain number of threads. Hetber-bells, the heath-bloffam. Heugh, a rock or steep hill; alfo, a coal-pit. Hiddils or kidlings, lurking, hid ing places. To do a thing in hidlings, i. e. privately. Haffet, the cheek, fide of the Hirple, to move flowly and lame head. Hagabag, coarfe napery. Haggife, a kind of pudding made of the lungs and liver of a fheep, and boiled in the big bag. Hags, hacks, peat-pits, or breaks in mofly ground. Hain, to fave, manage narrowly. Halefome, wholesome; as, bale, whole. Hallen, a fcreen. Hameld, domeftic. Hamely, friendly, frank, open, kind. Hanty, convenient, handfome. Harle, drag. Harns, brains. Harr-pan, the fcull. Harship, ruin. Hajh, a floven. Haveren or havrel, id. Haughs, valleys, or low grouuds ly. Hirfle or birdfale, a flock of cat tle. Jaw, a wave or gush of water. Jawp, the dashing of water. Icefnogles, icicles. Fee, to incline to one fide. To Ilk, each. Ilka, every. Irie, fearful, terrified, as if afraid Junt, a large joint or piece of meat. Jute, four or dead liquor. Jybe, to mock. Gibe, taunt. Kaber, a rafter. herds ufe for leaping over ditches. Kepp, to catch a thing that moves towards one. Kieft, did caft. Vid. Cooft. Kittle, difficult, mysterious, knot- Knuckles, only used in Scotch for the joints of the fingers next the back of the band. Know, goblin, or any perfon one ftands in awe to difoblige, and fears. Ky, kine or cows. Kale or kail, colewort, and fome- Kyth, to appear. times broth. Kacky, to dung. Kain, a part of a farm-rent paid in fowls. bis ain colours. Kyte, the belly. He'll kyth in Laggert, befpattered, covered Lak or lack, undervalue, con- Langour, languishing, melancho ly. To hold one out of langour, i. e. divert him. Lankale, coleworts uncut. Lap, leaped. Lapper'd, curdled or clotted. Laree a place for laying, or that has been lain in. Lare, bog. 4 Lave, Lave, the reft or remainder. Lawty or lawrith, juftice, fidelity, honefty. Leal, true, upright, honeft, faithful to truft, loyal. beart never lied. Leam, flame. A leal Lear, learning, to learn. Leglen, a milking-pail with one Lick, to whip or beat; item, a wag or cheat, we call a great Lied, ye lied, ye tell a lie. Litts, the holes of a wind inftru- Lis, a cataract. Mask, to mafh, in brewing. Mafking-loom, math-vat. Maun, muft. Mauna, mut not, may not, Meikle, much, big, great, large. Meith, limit, mark, fign. Mends, fatisfaction, revenge, retaliation. To make a mends, to make a grateful return. Mea |