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.

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.
Hobblehew, a confufed racket,
nife.

Hool, hufk. Hool'd, inclofed.
Hooly, flow.

Hoft or whoft, to cough.
How or bu, a cap or roof-tree.
How, low ground, a hollow.
Horu! ho!

Howdered, hidden.
Horody, midwife.
Howk, to dig.

Horms, plains, or river-fides,
Hort, fy!

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
a cart-wheel.
Fimp, fender.
Jip, gypsie.

Ilk, each. Ilka, every.
Ingan, onion.
Ingle, fire.

Jo, fweetheert.
Jowk, 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

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.
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.
Know, a hillock.
Knublock, aknob.

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 disoblige, and
fears.

Ky, kine or cows.

Kyth, to appear. He'll yth in bis ain colours. Kyte, the belly.

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, or belong-
ing to it. Ruftic.
Lane, alone..

Longour, languishing, melanche-
ly. To hold one out of lan-
gour, i. e. divert him.
Lankale, coleworts uncut.
Lap, leaped.

Lapper'd, curdled or clotted.
Loree a place for laying, or that
has been lain in.
Lare, bog.

Lave, the reft or remainder.
Lawin, a tavern reckoning.
Lowland, low country.
Lavrock, the lark.

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.
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.

Lilts, 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.

Lin, a cataract.

Ling, quick career in a straight
line, to gallop.
Lingle, cord, fhoemaker's thread.
Linkan, walking speedily.
Lire, breafts; item, the most
mufcular parts; fometimes
the air or complection of the
face.

Lirk, a wrinkle or fold.
Lifk, the flank.
Lith, a joint.

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.

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Menfe, difcretion, fobriety, good-
breeding, Mensfou, manner-
ly.
Menzie, company of men, army,
affembly, one's followers.
Meffen, a little dog, lap-dog.
Midding, a dunghill.
Midges, gnats, little flies.
Mim, affectedly modeft.
Mint, aim, endeavour.
Mirk, dark.

Mifcaw, to give names.
Mifchance, misfortune.
Mifken, to neglect, or not take
notice of one; alfo, let alone.
Miflufbous, malicious, rough.
Mifters, neceffities, wants.
Mittans, woolen gloves.
Mony, many.

Mools, the earth of the grave.
Mou, mouth.

Moup, to eat, generally ufed of
children, or of old people, who
have but few teeth, and make
their lips move fait, though
they eat but flow.
Mow, a pile or bing, as of feuel,
hay, fheaves of corn, &c.
Mows, jefts.
Muckle, fee Meikle.
Murgullied, mifmanaged, abused.
Mutch, coif.

Mutcbken, an English pint.

Oe, a grandchild.

O'er or ower, too much; as, A
o'ers is vice.
O'ercome, fuperplus.
Ony, any.

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
pant.
Ougbtlens, in the least.
Owk, week.
Owrlay, a cravat.
Owfen, oxen.
Owther, either.
Oxter, the arm-pit.

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.
Raird, a loud found.
Rair, roar.

Rak or rook, a mist or fog.
Rampage, to fpeak and act fo
riouly.
Rafbes, ruches.

Rave, did rive or tear,
Raught, reached.

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.

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

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carried away.

Reif, rapine, robbery.

Reik or rink, a course or race.
Rever, a robber or pirate.
Rewth, pity.

Rice or rife, bulrushes, bramble-
branches, or twigs of trees.
Ryfe or ryfe, plenty.
Rift, to belch.

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