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 diphthong ae, always, and ea, very often, sound like the French e masculine. The Scottish diphthong ey, sounds like the Latin ei. A. Ʌ', all Aback, away, aloof Abeigh, at a shy distance Aboon, above, up Abread, abroad, in sight Abreed, in breadth Ae, one Aff, off; Aff loof, unpremeditated Afore, before Aft, oft Aften, often Agley, off the right line, wrong Aiblins, perhaps Ain, own Airl-penny, earnest-money VOL. XXXIX. P Aith, an oath Aiver, an old horse Aizle, a hot cinder Alane, alone Akwart, awkward Amaist, almost Amang, among Ane, one, and Anent, over against Asklent, asquint, aslant Asteer, abroad, stirring Athart, athwart Aught, possession; as, in a' my aught, in all my possession Auld lang syne, older times, days of other years Auldfarran, or auld farrant, sagacious, cunning, prudent Ava, at all Awa', away Awfu', awful Awn, the beard of barley, oats, &c. Awnie, bearded Ayont, beyond. Bainie, having large bones, stout Bairntime, a family of children, a brood Baith, both Ban, to swear Bane, bone Bang, to beat, to strive Bardie, diminutive of bard Barefit, barefooted Barmie, of, or like barm Batch, a crew, a gang Baudrons, a cat Bauld, bold Bawk, bank Baws'nt, having a white stripe down the face Bear, barley Beastie, diminutive of beast Beet, to add fuel to fire Beld, bald Belyve, by and by Ben, into the spence or parlour Benlomond, a noted mountain in Dumbartonshire Bethankit, grace after meat Beuk, a book Bicker, a kind of wooden dish, a short race Bie, or Bield, shelter Bien, wealthy, plentiful Big, to build Biggin, building, a house Biggit, built Bill, a bull Billie, a brother, a young fellow Bing, a heap of grain, potatoes, &c. Birk, birch Birken-shaw, Birchen-wood-shaw, a small wood Birring, the noise of partridges, &c. when they spring Bit, crisis, nick of time Bizz, a bustle, to buzz Blastie, a shrivelled dwarf, a term of contempt Blate, bashful, sheepish Blather, bladder 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 Blellum, idle talking fellow Blether, to talk idly, nonsense Bleth'rin, talking idly Blink, a little while, a smiling look, to look kindly, to shine by fits Blinker, a term of contempt Blinkin, smirkin Blue-gown, one of those beggars who get annually, on the king's birth-day, a blue cloak or gown, with a badge Bluid, blood Bluntie, snivelling Blype, a shred, a large piece Bock, to vomit, to gush intermittently Bocked, gushed, vomited Bodle, a small gold coin Bogles, spirits, hobgoblins Bonnie, or bonny, handsome, beautiful Bonnock, a kind of thick cake of bread, a small jannack, or loaf made of oatmeal Boord, a board Boortree, the shrub elder; planted much of old in hedges of barn yards, &c. Boost, behoved, must needs Bore, a hole in the wall Bow-kail, cabbage Brachens, fern Brae, a declivity, a precipice, the slope of a hill Bragin't, reel'd forward Braik, a kind of harrow Brainge, to run rashly forward Brak, broke, made insolvent Branks, a kind of wooden curb for horses Brash, a sudden illness Brats, coarse clothes, rags, &c. Brattle, a short race, hurry, fury Braw, fine, handsome Brawlyt, or brawlie, very well, finely, heartily Braxie, a morbid sheep Breastie, diminutive of breast Breastit, did spring up or forward Breckan, fern Breef, an invulnerable or irresistible spell Breeks, breeches Brent, smooth Brewin, brewing Brie, juice, liquid Brig, a bridge Brunstane, brimstone Brisket, the breast, the bosom Brither, a brother Brock, a badger Brogue, a hum, a trick Broo, broth, liquid, water, Broose, broth; a race at country weddings, who shall first reach the bridegroom's house on returning from church Brugh, a burgh Bruilzie, a broil, a combustion Brunt, did burn, burnt Brust, to burst, burst |