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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.

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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.

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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.
Fizzing, whizzing.
Flaffing, moving up and down,
raifing wind by motion, as
birds with their wings.
Flags, flashes, as of wind and
fire.

Flame, an arrow.
Flang, flung.

Flaughter, to pare turf from the ground.

Flaw, lie or fib.

Fleetch, to cox or flatter.
Fleg, fright.

Flewet, a fmart blow.

Fley or flie, to affright. Fleyt, a
fraid or terrified.
Flinders, fplinters.
Flit, to remove.

Flite or flyte, to fcold, chide.
Flet, did fcold.
Flushes, floods.
Fog, mofs.

Foordays, the morning far ad-
vanced, fair day light.
Forby, befides.

Fordbearers, forefathers, ancef

tors.

Forfairn, abufed, befpattered.
Forfaughten, weary, faint, and
out of breath with fighting.
Forgainft, oppofite to.
Forgether, to meet, encounter.
Forleet, to forfake or forget.
Foreftam, the forehead.
Fouth, abundance, plenty.
Fozy, fpungy, foft.

Frais, to make a noife. We use to fay one maks a frais, when they

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Fremit, ftrange, not a-kin.
Frifted, trufted.

Fru, brittle, like bread baken with butter.

Fuff, to blow. Fuffin, blowing.
Furder, profper.
Furthy, forward.
Fush, brought.
Furlet, four pecks.

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.
Gimmer, a young theep (ew.)
Gin, if.

Gird, to ftrike, pierce.
Girn, to grin, fnarl.. alfo a fnare
or trap, fuch as boys make of
horfe-hair to catch birds.
Girth, a hoop.

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
the fight, they are faid to caft
glamour over the eyes of the
Spectator.

Glar, mire, oozy, mud.
Glee, to fquint.

Gleg, fharp, quick, active.
Glen, a narrow valley between
mountains.

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.
Goolie, a large knife.
Gorlings or gorblings, young un-
fledged birds.

Goffie, soffip.

Gowans, daifies,

Gawky, idle, ftaring, idiotical Gove, to look broad and stedfast,

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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

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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.

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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
on the fides of rivers.
Havins, good breeding.
Haviour, behaviour.

ly.

Hirfle or birdfale, a flock of cat

tle.

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Jaw, a wave or gush of water. Jawp, the dashing of water. Icefnogles, icicles.

Fee, to incline to one fide. To
jee back and fore, is to move
like a balk up and down, to
this and the other fide.
Fig, to crack, make a noise like
a cart-wheel.
Fimp, fendes.
Jip, gypsie.

Ilk, each. Ilka, every.
Ingan, onion.
Ingle, fire.
Jo, sweetheert,
Howk, a low bow,

Irie, fearful, terrified, as if afraid
of fome ghoft or apparition.
Alfo, melancholy.
I'fe, I fhall; as, I'll, for I will.
Ifles, embers.

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.
Kilted, tucked up.
Kimmer, a female goffip.
Kirn, a churn, to churn.
Kirtle, an upper petticoat.
Kitchen, all fort of eatables ex-
cept bread.

Kittle, difficult, mysterious, knot-
ty (writings.)
Kittle, to tickle, ticklish.
Knacky, witty and facetious.
Knoit, to beat or ftrike sharply.
Knoos'd, buffeted and bruifed.
Knooft or knuift, a lare lump.
Knoru, a hillock.
Knublock, a knob.

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.

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bis ain colours. Kyte, the belly.

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Laggert, befpattered, covered
with clay.
Laigh, low.
Laits, manners.

Lak or lack, undervalue, con-
temn; as, He that laks my mare,
would buy my mare.
Landart, the country, er belong-
ing to it. Ruftic.
Lane, alone.

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.
Lawin, a tavern reckoning.
Lowland, low country.
Lavrock, the lark.

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.
Lee, untilled ground; alfo, an
open graffy plain.

Leglen, a milking-pail with one
lug or handle.
Leman, a kept mifs.
Lends, buttocks, loins.
Leugh, laughed,
Lew-warm, lukewarm.
Libbit, gelded,

Lick, to whip or beat; item, a

wag or cheat, we call a great
lick.

Lied, ye lied, ye tell a lie.
Lift, the fky or firmament.
Liggs, lies.

Litts, the holes of a wind inftru-
ment of mufic; hence, Lilt
up a spring. Lilt it out, take
off your drink merrily.
Limmer, a whore,
Limp, to halt.

Lis, a cataract.

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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

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