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DIRD, _s._ a stroke.

DIRDUM, _s._ an uproar.

DIRK, a dagger.

_To_ DIRLE, _v. a._ to tingle.

DIRL, _s._ a vibration.

DIRT, _s._ excrement.

DIRTIN, _adj._ mean; shabby; contemptible.

DISNA, DOESNA, does not.

DISJASKET, _part. pa._ having a dejected or downcast look.

_To_ DISPARAGE, _v. n._ to despise on account of want of rank.

_To_ DISPLENISH, _v. a._ to disfurnish.

DIV, _v. a._ do. _I div_, I do.

DIVET, DIFFAT, DIVOT, _s._ a thin oblong turf used for covering cottages and mud walls.

DIZEN, _s._ dozen.

DOCHTER, DOUGHTYR, _s._ daughter.

DOCKEN, DOKEN, _s._ the dock; an herb.

DODDY, DADDIT, _adj._ destitute of horns; bald.

DOGGIT, _adj._ stubborn.

DOIN, _v. n._ doing.

DOITIT, DOITED, _adj._ stupid lack of mental activity.

DOIT, _s._ a small copper coin, long in disuse.

DOIT, _s._ a fool; a numskull.

DOMINIE, _s._ a schoolmaster; a pedagogue; a contemptuous name for a clergyman.

DONNARD, DONNART, _adj._ stupid.

DOOCK, DUCK, _s._ a strong coarse cloth used for sails, etc.

_To_ DOODLE, _v. a._ to dandle; to fondle.

DOOF, _s._ a stupid silly fellow.

DOOKIT, _s._ a dovecot or pigeon-house.

_To_ DOOK, DOUK, _v. n._ to bathe; to duck.

DOOL, _s._ grief; sorrow.

DOON, DOUN, _s._ down.

DOOT, _s._ doubt.

DORT, _s._ pet.

_To_ DORT, _v. n._ to pet.

DORTY, _adj._ pettish.

DOTTAR, _s._ become stupid from age.

DOUCE, DOUSE, _s._ sedate; quiet.

DOUF, _s._ a stupid fellow.

DOUF, DOLF, _s._ destitute of courage.

DOUKED, _v. n._ bathed; wetted.

DOUNGEOUN, _s._ the strongest or chief tower belonging to a fortress.

DOUP, _s._ the buttocks; the bottom of anything.

DOUR, _adj._ stubborn; inflexible; obstinate.

_To_ DOUSE, _v. a._ to beat; to maltreat.

DOUSE, _adj._ solid; sedate.

DOUSS, _s._ a blow; a stroke.

_To_ DOVER, _v. n._ to slumber.

DOW, DOO, _s._ a dove; a pigeon.

_To_ DOW, _v. n._ to fade; to wither; to lose freshness.

DOWCATE, DUKET, _s._ a dovecot.

DOWNCOME, _adj._ the act of descending.

DOWY, DOWIE, _adj._ dull; downcast; sorrowful.

DOZEND, DOSEND, _s._ stupified; benumbed.

_To_ DRABLE, DRAIBLE, _v. a._ to slabber; to befoul.

DRAFF, _s._ the refuse of grain after being distilled or brewed.

DRAGON, _s._ a paper kite.

_To_ DRAIGLE, _v. a._ to bespatter.

DRAMOCK, _s._ a mixture of meal and water in a raw state.

DRAP, _s._ a drop.

DRAVE, _s._ a drove of cattle.

_To_ DREEL, _v. n._ to move quickly.

DREGY, DERGY, _s._ the compotations after a funeral.

DREICH, DREECH, _adj._ slow; tedious.

DRIBBLE, _s._ a very small drop.

_To_ DROUK, _v. a._ to drench.

DROIC, _s._ a dwarf.

DROUTH, _s._ drought; thirst.

DRUMLY, DRUMLIE, _adj._ troubled.

DRUNT, _s._ to be in a sour, pettish humour.

DUB, _s._ a small pool of water, generally applied to those produced by rain.

DUD, _s._ a rag; a dish-clout.

DUDDY, _adj._ ragged.

DUKE, _s._ a duck.

DULE, _s._ grief.

_To_ DULE, _v. n._ to grieve.

DUMBIE, DUMMIE, _s._ a dumb person.

_To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ to stupify; to confuse; to confound.

DUMPY, _adj._ short and thick.

DUN, _s._ a hill; an eminence.

_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ to jog; to push with the elbow or fist.

DUNDERHEAD, _s._ a blockhead.

_To_ DUNT, _v. a._ to strike, so as to produce a dull hollow sound.

DURK, DIRK, _s._ a dagger.

DUST, _s._ a tumult.

DWALM, DWAUM, _s._ a swoon; a sudden fit of sickness.

DWINING, _s._ a declining consumption.

_To_ DWYNE, _s._ to pine.

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EARN, _s._ an eagle.

_To_ EARN, YEARN, _v._ to coagulate.

EASING, _s. pl._ the eaves of a house.

EASTLIN, _adj._ easterly.

EBB, _adj._ shallow.

EE, _s._ an eye.

EEN, _s. pl._ the eyes.

EE-SWEET, _adj._ agreeable or pleasing to the sight.

EERIE, _adj._ dull; lonely.

EFTERHEND, _adv._ afterwards.

EIDENT, _adj._ diligent; industrious.

EIK, EKE, _adj._ an addition.

_To_ EIK, _v. n._ to add to anything.

EIZEL, _s._ a hot ember.

ELBECK, ELBUCK, _s._ elbow.

ELD, _adj._ old.

ELEVEN-HOURS, _s._ a luncheon.

ELDERS, _s. pl._ the members of the kirk-session among Presbyterians.

ELS, _adv._ already.

ELSYN, ELSHYN, _s._ an awl.

ELVES, _s. pl._ fairies.

ELWAND, ELNWAND, _s._ a rod for measuring, an ell in length.

EMBRO', _s._ Edinburgh.

EMERANT, _s._ emerald.

ENEUCH, ENEUGH, _s._ enough.

ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, _s._ earth; soil or ground.

_To_ ERD, YERD, _v. a._ to inter.

ERDDIN, YIRDIN, _s._ an earthquake.

ERLIS, EARLES, _s._ earnest.

ERSE, _s._ Gaelic or Celtic, the language of the Highlanders of Scotland.

ERY, EIRY, EERIE, _adj._ affected with fear.

ESK, _s._ a newt or lizard.

_To_ ETTIL, _v. n._ to aim at.

_To_ EVEN, _v. a._ to level.

EVENDOUN, _adj._ perpendicular.

EVIRLY, _adv._ continually; constantly.

EVINLY, _adj._ equally.

_To_ EXCAMB, _v. a._ to exchange.

_To_ EXPONE, _v. n._ to explain.

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FA, FAE, _s._ foe.

FA', _s._ fall.

FAIL, FALE, FEAL, _s._ a grassy turf; a sod.

FAIL-DYKE, _s._ a wall built of sods.

_To_ FAIRLY, FERLEY, _v. n._ to wonder.

FAIRNTICKL'D, _adj._ freckled.

FALD, FAULD, _s._ a sheepfold.

FAME, FAIM, _s._ foam.

FAND, _pret._ found; felt.

FARD, _adj._ _Weel-fard_, well-favoured; well-looking.

FARLE, _s._ the fourth part of a thin cake of oat or other meal.

FARRAND, FARRANT, _adj._ seeming; _Auld-farrand_, sagacious; _Fair-farrand_, _Weel-farrand_, having a goodly appearance.

_To_ FASCH, FASH, _v. a._ to trouble.

FASCHEOUS, _adj._ troublesome; difficult.

FAUCHT, _pret._ fought.

_To_ FAW, FA', _v. a._ to obtain.

FAY, _s._ faith.

FE, FEE, _s._ wages.

FEALE, _adj._ loyal; faithful; true.

_To_ FECHT, _v. a._ 1. to fight; 2. to toil.

FECK, FEK, _s._ 1. quantity; number; 2. the greater part.

FECKLESS, _adj._ weak.

_To_ FEE, _v. a._ to hire.

FEENT, not any; not one.

FEENICHIN, _adj._ triflingly foppish.

FEEZE, _v. a._ to twist.

FEIGH, FEECH, _interj._ fy!

_To_ FEIKLE, FICKLE, _v. a._ to puzzle.

_To_ FELL, _adj._ to kill; to murder.

_To_ FEND, FEN, _v. a._ to shift.

FERLIE, FAIRLIE, _s._ a wonder.

FETTEL, FETTLE, _s._ power; energy.

FEU, FEW, _s._ a possession held on payment of a certain yearly rent, the same as a chief-rent in England.

FEYKIE, _adj._ troublesome.

To FICKE, FYKE, v. n._ to be in a restless state.

FIDDLING, _adj._ trifling, although apparently busy.

FIDGING, _v. n._ itching.

To FILE, FYLE, _v. a._ to dirty or sully.

FILIBEG, _s._ a kilt or short petticoat, reaching a little way above the knee-cap (_patella_), and worn by the men in the Highlands instead of breeches.

FILL, _s._ full.

FILLAT, FILLET, _s._ the flank of an animal.

FILLER, _s._ a funnel.

To FIND, FIN, _v. a._ to feel.

FIREFLAUCHT, _s._ lightning.

FIRLOT, _s._ the fourth part of a boll.

FIRTH, _s._ an estuary.

To FISSLE, _v. n._ to rustle.

FIXFAX, _s._ the tendon of the neck of cattle or sheep.

To FIZZ, _v. n._ to make a hissing noise.

To FLAF, _v. n._ to flap.

FLAT, _s._ a floor of a house.

FLEE, _s._ a fly.

FLEEIN, _v. a._ flying.

To FLEG, _v. n._ to affright, to frighten.

To FLEISH, FLEITCH, _v. a._ to wheedle.

FRENDRIS, FLINDERS, _s. pl._ splinters.

FLIPE, FLYPE, _v. a._ to turn a stocking or glove inside out.

To FLISK, _v. a._ to skip; to caper.

FLIT, _s._ to transport.

To FLIT, _v. n._ to remove from one house to another.

FLOURISH, _s._ blossom.

FLUNKIE, _s._ a servant in livery.

FLUSTER, _s._ bustle; confusion.

To FLUTHER, _v. n._ to be in a bustle.

FLYTE, _v. n._ to scold.

FOG, _s._ moss.

FOISON, FUSHIOUN, _s._ strength, ability.

FOISIONLESS, _adj._ weak in intellect; weak in body.

FOK, _s. pl._ folk.

FOOL, _s. a._ a fowl.

FOR, _conj._ because.

FORAT, _adv._ forward.

FORBEARIS, _s. pl._ ancestors.

FORBY, _adj._ besides.

FORE, _prep_, priority; to the fore; still remaining.

FOREFOUCHT, FORFOUCHTEN, _adj._ exhausted with fighting.

FORGANE, FOREGAINST, _prep._ opposite.

To FORGATHER, _v. n._ to meet accidentally.

FORGIE, _v. a._ to forgive.

FORJESKET, _p. pa._ jaded; fatigued.

FORNENT, _prep._ opposite.

FORPET, _s._ the fourth part of a peck.

FORRAY, _s._ a predatory excursion.

To FORSTA, _v. a._ to understand.

FOUL, _adj._ wet, rainy.

FOUMARTE, _s._ a polecat.

FOURHOURS, _s._ tea; four o'clock being the old hour at which that meal was taken in early times.

FOUTRE, _s._ a term expressive of the greatest contempt.

FOW, FU, FOO, _s._ full; drunk.

FOY, _s._ an entertainment given by or to a person before leaving home, or where he has been some time on a visit.

FOZY, _adj._ spongy; porous.

FRACTIOUS, _adj._ fretful; peevish.

FRAE, _prep._ from.

FREND, FREEN, FREEND, _s._ a relation.

FRESH, _s._ a slight flood after rain.

FREY, _s._ a tumult; a fray.

FUD, _s._ the tail of a hare or rabbit.

FUGIE, _s._ a coward.

To FUNK, _v. a._ to strike or kick behind, like a horse. _In a funk,_ in a bad humour.

FUR, FURE, _s._ a furrow.

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_To_ GA, GAE, _v. n._ to go.

GAB, _s._ the mouth.

GABBY, _adj._ fluency or speech.

_To_ GAB, _v. n._ to prate; to mock.

GABERLUNGIE, GABERLUNZIE, _s._ a wallet that hangs by the loins, such as is often used by beggars.

GAED, GAID, _pret_. went.

_To_ GAFFAW, _v. n._ laugh loud.

GAISLINE, _s._ a gosling, a young-goose.

GAIST, _s._ a ghost.

GAIT, GATE, _s._ a way; a street.

GAIT, _s._ a goat.

GANE, _part. pa._ gone.

_To_ GANG, _pret_. to go; to walk, in opposition to riding.

GANGIN, _v. a._ going.

_To_ GANT, GAUNT, _v. n._ to yawn.

GAPUS, _s._ a fool; a silly fellow.

_To_ GAR, _v. a._ to make; to cause; to force.

GARRIN, _v. a._ making.

GARRON, GERRON, _s._ a small horse.

GART, GERT, _pret. of_ made.

GART, _pret. of_ Gar.

GARTEN, _s._ a garter.

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