Hafs, the throat, or fore part of the neck. 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. Hegbt, promifed; alfo, named. Hempy, a tricky wag, fuch for whom the hemp grows, Hereit, ruined in estate, broke, fpoiled. Help, a clafp or hook, bar, or bolt; alfo, in yarn, a certain number of threads. Hether-bells, the heath-bloffom. Heugh, a rock or steep hill; also, a coal-pit. Hiddils or bidlings, lurking, hiding-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 moffy ground. Hain, to fave, manage narrowly. Halefome, wholefome; as, hale, whole. Hallen, a fcreen. Hameld, domeftic. Hamely, friendly, frank, open, kind. Hanty, convenient, hand fome. Harle, drag. Harns, brains. Harr-pan, the fcull. ly. Hirfle or birdfale, a flock of cat tle. Ho, a fingle stocking. Hool, hufk. Hool'd, inclofed. Hoft or whoft, to cough. Howdered, hidden. Horms, plains, or river-fides, Horutorudy, a young hen. Hurkle, to croutch, or bow together like a cat, hedge-hog, or hare. Jaw, a wave or gush of water. Jawp, the dashing of water. Icefbogles, icicles. Jee, 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 Ilk, each. Ilka, every. Jo, fweetheert. Irie, fearful, terrified, as if afraid Junt, a large joint or piece of Kame, comb. Kanny or canny, fortunate; alfo wary, one who manages his affairs difcreetly. Kebbuck, a cheese. Keckle, to laugh, to be noify. Kedgy, jovial. Keck, to peep. Kelt, cloth with a freeze, commonly made of native black wool. Kemp, to ftrive who fhall perform moft of the fame work in the fame time. Ken, to know; used in England as a noun. A thing within ken, i. e. within view. Kent, a long ftaff, fuch as thep 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 Ky, kine or cows. Kyth, to appear. He'll yth in bis ain colours. Kyte, the belly. Laggert, befpattered, covered Lak or lack, undervalue, con- Longour, languishing, melanche- Lapper'd, curdled or clotted. Lave, the reft or remainder. Lawty or lawith, justice, 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 lick. Lied, ye lied, ye tell a lie. Lilts, the holes of a wind inftru- Lin, a cataract. Ling, quick career in a straight Lirk, a wrinkle or fold. Loan, a little common near to country villages, where they milk their cows, Locb, a lake. Loo, to love. Loof, the hollow of the hand. H Menfe, difcretion, fobriety, good- Mifcaw, to give names. Mools, the earth of the grave. Moup, to eat, generally ufed of Mutcbken, an English pint. Oe, a grandchild. O'er or ower, too much; as, A Or, fometimes ufed for ere, or before. Or day, i. e. before daybreak. Ora, any thing over what's needful. Orp, to weep with a convulfive Paddock, a frog. Paddock-ride, the spawn of frogs. Paiks, chaftifement. To paik, to beat or belabour one foundly. Pang, to fqueeze, prefs, or pack, one thing into another. Paughty, proud, haughty. Pawky, witty, or fly in word or action, without any harm or bad defign. Peer, a key or wharf. Peets, turf for fire. Pegh, to pant. Penfy, finical, foppish, conceit ed. Poortib, poverty. ther they be good or bad, we call him racklefs banded. Rae, roe. Raffan, merry, roving, hearty. Rak or rook, a mist or fog. Rave, did rive or tear, Rax, to ftretch. Raxed, reached. Ream, cream. Whence reaming as, reaming liquor. Redd, to rid, unravel. To fe parate folks that are fighting, It also fignifies clearing of any paffage. Em redd, I'm apprehenfive. Rede, counfel, advice; as, I was na rede ye to do that. Reek, reach; alfo fmoak. Reeft, to tuft, or dry in the finoke. Pony, a little horfe or gallo- Reft, bereft, robbed, forced or way; alfo a turkey. Poufe, to push. Pouch, a pocket. Pratick, practice, art, ftratagem. Priving pratiek, trying ridicu lous experiments. Prets, tricks, rogueries. We fay, He plaid me a pret, i. e. cheated. The callan's fou o prets, i. e. has abundance of waggish tricks. Prig, to cheapen, or importune for a lower price of goods one is buying. Prin, a pin. Prive, to prove or taste. Propine, gift or present. Pryme or prime, to fill or stuff. Putt a fane, throw a big stone. Quey, a young cow. Racklefs, carelefs; one who does things without regarding whe H 2 carried away. Reif, rapine, robbery. Reik or rink, a course or race. Rice or rife, bulrushes, bramble- Rigging, the back or rig-back, the top or ridge of a house. Ripples, a weakness in the back and reins. Rock, a diftaff. Roofe or rufe, to commend, ex tol. Roove, to rivet. Rottan, a rat. Roundel, a witty, and often a fa tyric kind of rhime. Rowan, rolling. Rowt, to roar, especially the low ing of bulls and cows. Rowth, plenty. Rucky |