GLOSSARY. THE ch and gh have always the guttural sound. The sound of the English diphthong oo, is commonly spelled ou. The French u, a sound which often occurs in the Scottish language, is marked oo, or ui. The a in genuine Scottish words, except when forming a diphthong, or followed by an e mute, after a single consonant, sounds generally like the broad English a in wall. The Scottish diphthongs, a, always, and ea, very often, sound like the French e masculine. The Scottish diphthong ey sounds like the Latin ei. A. Aften, often, frequently, many times. A', all, every one, the whole. | Agley, off the right line, ob Abread, abroad, in sight, at Airl-penny, earnest-money a diately. Aff, off. Aff-hand, extempore, imme- | Airn, iron. Aff-loof, unpremeditated. Aith, an oath. Aits, oats. Afore, before, sooner than. Aiver, an old horse. Aizle, a hot cinder. session. Auldfarren, or Auldfarrent, sagacious, cunning, prudent. Auld lang syne, olden time, days of other years. Auld, old, ancient, advanced in years. Auntie, an aunt. Ava', at all, of all, of any. Bainie, having large bones, stout. Bairn, a child. Bairntime, a family of chil dren, a brood. Baith, both; likewise. Bake, a small cake or biscuit. Ban, to swear, to make an irreverent exclamation; reproach, censure. Bane, bone. Bang, to beat, to strive, to excel. Bardie, dimin. of bard. Barefit, barefooted, without shoes or stockings. Barmie, of, or like barm. Batch, a crew, a gang. Batts, botts, small worms in the entrails of horses. Baudrons, & cat Bauld, bold, in.repid. Bawk, a strip of land left unploughed, two or three feet in width; a ridge, a bank. Baws'nt having a white stripe down the face. Birk, birch. Birken-shaw, Birchen-wood shaw, a small wood. Birkie, a clever fellow. Birring, the noise of par tridges, &c., when they spring. Bit, crisis, nick of time. Be, to let be, to give over, to Bizz, a bustle; to buzz. cease. Bear, barley. Beastie, dimin. of beast. Beld, bald, without hair on the head. Belyve, by-and-by. Ben, into the spence or parlor. Benmost, innermost. Benlomond, a noted moun tain in Dumbartonshire. Bethankit, grace, or short prayer after the time or act of eating. Beuk, a book. Bicker, a kind of wooden dish, a short race. Bie, or Bield, shelter. Bien, wealthy, plentiful. Biggin, building; a house. Biggit, built. Bill, a bull. Blae, livid. Blastie, a shrivelled dwarf, a term of contempt. Blastit, blasted. Blate, bashful, sheepish. Blaud, a flat piece of any thing; to slap. Blaw, to blow, to boast. Bleerit, bleared, sore with rheum. Bleert and blin', bleared and blind. Bleezing, blazing, flaming. Blellum, an idle, talking fellow. Blether, to talk idly; non sense. Bleth'rin, talking idly. Blink, a little white, a smil ing look; to look kindly, to shine by fits. Blinker, a term of contempt. Blinkin, smirking, ogling. Billie, a brother, a young fel- Blithe, or Blythe, cheerful. low. Birg, a heap of grain, pota toes, &c. Blue-gown, one of those beg gars who get annually, on the king's birth-day, a blue cloak or gown, with | Braid, broad, plain. a badge. Bluid, blood. Bluntie, snivelling. Blype, a shred, a large piece. Bock, to vomit, to gush intermittently. Bocked, gushed, vomited. Bodle, an old copper coin, of the value of pennies Scots, or one-third of an Eng lish penny. Bogles, spirits, hobgoblins. Bragin't, reeled forward. Braik, a kind of harrow, ar instrument used in husbandry. Brainge, to run rashly for- Brak, broke, made insolvent. curb for horses. Bonie, or Bony, handsome, Brattle, a short race, hurry Bonnock, a kind of thick | Braw, fine, handsome. cake of bread, a small jan- Boord, a board. mor. Bouk, body, a person. Brae, a declivity, a precipice, Brawlyt, or Brawlie, very well, finely, heartily. Breef, an invulnerable or ir- som. Brither, a brother. Brose, a kind of pottage, | Bumming, humming, as made by pouring boiling water or broth on oat-meal, which is stirred while the water is poured; a race at country weddings, who shall first reach the bridegroom's house, on returning from church, so called, perhaps, from brose being allotted to the victor. Brownie, a spirit, supposed, till lately, to haunt old houses, particularly those attached to farms, and bees. Bummle, to blunder; a dolt, Busle, a bustle; to bustle. sometimes to do the drudg-Buss, shelter. ery of the servants during But, Bot, with, without. the night. Brugh, a burgh. But an' ben, the country kitchen and parlor. Bruilzie, a broil, a combus- | By himsel', lunatic, distract tion. Brunt, did burn, burnt. of the sea among the rocks collecting the sheep in the pens to be milked. Buirdly, stout made, broad made. Bum-clock, a humming beetle that flies in the sum mer evenings. ed. Byke, a bee-hive, a crowd C. CA', to call, to name, to drive. Ca't, or Ca'd, called, driven, Cadger, a carrier. Caird, a tinker. Cairn, a loose heap of stones. |