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Tippence, twopence

GLOSSARY.

Tirl, to make a slight noise; to

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Tittlin, whispering

Tocher, marriage portion
Tod, a fox

Toddle, to totter, like the walk
of a child
Toddlin, tottering
Toom, empty; to empty
Toop, a ram

Toun, a hamlet; a farm-house
Tout, the blast of a horn or
trumpet; to blow a horn, &c.
Tow, a rope

Towmond, a twelvemonth
Towzie, rough, shaggy
Toy, a very old fashion of fe-
male head-dress

Toyte, to totter like old age
Transmugrified, transmigrated,
metamorphosed
Trashtrie, trash
Trews, trowsers
Trickie, full of tricks

Trig, spruce, neat

Trimly, excellently
Trow, to believe

Trowth, truth, a petty oath
Tryste, an appointment; a fair
Trysted, appointed; to tryste,
to make an appointment
Try't, tried

Tug, raw hide, of which in old times plougraces were frequently m

Tulzie, a quarrel; to quarrel, to fight Twa, two Twa-ther, a few "Twould Twal, twelve;

twal-pennieworth, a small quantity, a pennyworth.-N.B. One penny English is 12d. Scotch I win, to part Tyke, a dog

UNCO, strange, uncouth; very,

very great, prodigious Uncos, news Unkenn'd, unknown Unsicker, unsure, unsteady Unskaith'd, undamaged, unhurt

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Unweeting, unwittingly, un knowingly

Upo', upon

Urchin, a hedgehog

VAP'RIN, vapouring
Vera, very

Virl, a ring round a column, &c.

Vittle, corn of all kinds, food

WA', wall; wa's, walls
Wabster, a weaver
Wad, would; to bet; a bet, a
pledge

Wadna, would not
Wae, wo, sorrowful
Waefu', woful, sorrowful, wait
ing

Waesucks! or waes me! alas! O the pity

Waft, the cross thread that goes from the shuttle through the web; woof

Wair, to lay out, to expend
Wale, choice; to choose
Waled, chose, chosen
Walie, ample, large, jolly; also
an interjection of distress
Wame, the belly
Wamefu', a bellyful
Wanchancie, unlucky
Wanrestfu', restless
Wark, work

Wark-lume, a tool to work with
Warl, or warld, world
Warlock, a wizard
Warly, worldly, eager on amass-
ing wealth

Warran, a warrant; to warrant
Warst, worst

Warstl'd or warsl'd, wrestled
Wastrie, prodigality

Wat, wet; I wat, I wot, I know Water-brose, brose made of meal and water simply, without the addition of milk, butter, &c.

Wattle, a twig, a wand
Wauble, to swing, to reel
Waught, a draught

Waukit, thickened as fullers

do cloth

Waukrife, not apt to sleep Waur, worse; to worst Waur't, worsted

Wean, or weanie, a child

Wearle, or weary; many a weary |
body, meny a different person
Weason, weasand
Weaving the stocking. See
Stockin, p. 475

Wee, little; Wee things, little
ones; Wee bit, a small matter
Weel, well; Weelfare, welfare
Weet, rain, wetness
Weird, fate
We'se, we shall
Wha, who

Whaizle, to wheeze
Whalpit, whelped

Whang, a leathern string; a
piece of cheese, bread, &c.;
to give the strappade
Whare, where; Whare'er, wher-

ever

Wheep, to fly nimbly, jerk;
penny-wheep, small beer
Whase, whose
Whatreck, nevertheless
Whid, the motion of a hare
running, but not frighted; a
lie

Whiddin, running as a hare or
cony

Whigmeleeries, whims, fancies,
crotchets

Whingin, crying, complaining,
fretting
Whirligigums, useless

orna

ments, trifling appendages Whissle, a whistle; to whistle Whisht, silence; to hold one's whisht, to be silent Whisk, to sweep, to lash Whiskit, lashed

awkward in it; wild, strange,

timid
Wimple, to meander
Wimpl't, meandered
Wimplin, waving, meandering
Win, to win, to winnow
Win't, winded as a bottom of
yarn

Win', wind; Win's, winds
Winna, will not

Winnock, a window
Winsome, hearty vaunted, gay
Wintle, a staggering motion;
to stagger, to reel
Winze, an oath
Wiss, to wish
Withoutten, without
Wizen'd, hide-bound, dried,
shrunk

Wonner, a wonder; a con-
temptuous appellation
Wons, dwells
Woo', wool

Woo, to court, to make love to
Woodie, a rope, more properly

one made of withes or willows
Wooer bab, the garter knotted
below the knee with a coupl
of loops
Wordy, worthy
Worset, worsted
Wow, an exclamation of pleas-
ure or wonder
Wrack, to teaze, to vex
Wraith, a spirit or ghost; an
apparition exactly like a liv-
ing person, whose appear-
ance is said to forebode the
person's approaching death

Whitter, a hearty draught of Wrang, wrong; to wrong

liquor

Whun-stane, a whin-stone
Whyles, whiles, sometimes
Wi', with

Wicht, wight, powerful, strong;
inventive; of a superior gen-
ius

Wick, to strike a stone in an oblique direction; a term in curling

Wicker, willow (the smaller sort)

Wreeth, a drifted heap of snow
Wud, mad, distracted
Wumble, a wimble
Wyle, to beguile
Wyliecoat, a flannel vest
Wyte, blame; to blame

YAD, an old mare; a worn-out horse

Ye; this pronoun is frequently used for thou Yearns, longs much endear-Yearings, born in the same year, coevals

Wiel, a small whirlpool
Wifle, a diminutive or
ing term for a wife
Wilyart, bashful and reserved,
avoiding society or appearing

Year is used both for singular and plural years

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