HIT, _pron_. It.
HITCH, _s._ a quick motion by a jerk.
HOAM'D, HUMPH'D, _part. adj_. fusty tasted.
HOBBLE, _s._ a scrape, or state of perplexity.
HOBBLEDEHOY, _s._ a stripling.
HOCUS, _s._ a stupid dull fellow.
HODDEN-GREY, _adj._ cloth made of wool in its natural condition, and worn by the peasantry.
HODDIE, HOODIE, _s._ a carrion crow; also applied to the black-headed or royster crow.
HOESHINS, _s._ stockings without feet.
HOG, _s._ a sheep before it has been shorn of its first fleece.
HOGGERS, _s._ coarse stockings without feet, generally worn over the shoes.
HOGMANAY, HOGMENAY, _s._ the last day of the year.
HOGRY-MOGRY, HUGGERY-MUGGERY _adj._ slovenly.
HOIF, HOUFF, _s._ a haunt; a place of concealment; burying-ground.
_To_ HOIST, HOST, HOAST, _v. a._ to cough.
_To_ HOLK, HOUK, HOWK, _v. a._ to dig.
HOLL, HOWE, _s._ a hollow or deep place; concave.
HOLM, HOWN, _s._ the low level ground on the bank of a river.
HOOLIE, _adj._ slowly; moderately.
HOP, HAP, _s._ a dance.
HORSE-COUPER, _s._ a horse-dealer.
HOSTELER, _s._ an innkeeper.
HOSTILAR, HOSTILLARIE, _s._ an inn.
_To_ HOTCH, _v. n._ to move the body by sudden jerks.
HOTCH-POTCH, _s._ broth made of lamb cut into small pieces, accompanied with greens, carrots, turnips, green-peas.
HOW, a hollow.
HOWDY, _s._ a midwife.
HOWSOMEVER, _adv._ howsoever.
HOUP, _s._ hope.
HOWTOWDY, _s._ a hen that has never laid eggs.
HUBBILSCHOW, _s._ a tumult; a hubbub.
HUDGE-MUDGE, _adv._ clandestinely.
HULLION, _s._ a sloven.
HUMMEL-BEE, _s._ a drone bee.
_To_ HUNKER, _v. n._ to squat down upon one's hams.
HURCHEON, _s._ a hedgehog.
HURDIES, _s._ the buttocks.
_To_ HURDLE, _v. n._ to crouch.
_To_ HURKLE, _v. n._ to draw the body together.
HURRY-SCURRY, _s._ an uproar.
HY, _s._ haste.
HYNDER, _s._ hindrance.
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IDLESEST, _s._ the state of being idle.
IER-OE, _s._ a great-grandchild.
ILK, ILKA, ILKE, _adj._ each; every.
ILKA-DAY, _s._ a week-day.
ILL-AFF, _adj._ badly off.
ILL-DEEDY, _adj._ mischievous.
ILL-FARD, _adj._ ill-looking.
ILL-SAR'D, _adj._ ill-served; badly used.
ILL-WILLIE, ILL-WILLIT, _adj._ ill-natured.
IMMICK, _s._ an ant.
_To_ IMPLEMENT, _v. a._ to fulfil.
IN-BY, _adv._ the inner part of the house.
INCH, _s._ an island; a level plain.
INGAN, INGIN, _s._ onion.
INGLE, INGIL, _s._ fire.
INGLE-NOOK, _s._ the corner of the fireside.
INLYING, _s._ childbearing.
INTILL, _pret_. into; denoting entrance.
IRNE, AIRN, _s._ iron.
ISK! ISKIE! _interj_. a word used in calling a dog.
ITHER, _pron_. other.
IZIE, IZBEL, _s._ Isabella.
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_To_ JAG, _v. a._ to job.
JANET, _s._ Jess.
JANTY, _adj._ cheerful.
JAP, JAWP, _s._ a spot of mud.
JAPIT, _adj._ bespattered with mud.
JAW, JAWE, _s._ a wave; coarse raillery.
JEDDART, _s._ Jedburgh, a town of Roxburghshire.
JEDDART-JUSTICE, _s._ a legal trial after punishment has been inflicted on the accused.
_To_ JEE, _v. n._ to move to one side.
_To_ JELOUSE, _v. n._ to suspect.
JENNY, _s._ Jess.
JIFFIE, _s._ a moment.
JILLET, _s._ a giddy girl.
JIMP, _s._ neat, slender.
JINK, _v. n._ the act of one eluding another.
JO, JOE, _s._ a sweetheart.
JOCK, JOCKIE, _s._ John.
JOCKTELEG, _s._ a clasp knife; a folding knife.
_To_ JOGILL, _v. n._ to jog; to move from side to side.
JOG-TROT, _s._. to trot at a slow rate on horseback; anything done in a slow manner.
_To_ JOUK, _v. n._ to bend down the body with a quick motion so as either to elude the sight or a blow.
JOUKRY-PAWKRY, _s._ trickery; juggling.
JUGGS, JOUGS, JUGGES, _s. pl._ a kind of pillory, used on the Borders, whereby criminals were fastened to a post on the wall, with their necks enveloped in an iron collar.
JUPE, _s._ a kind of short mantle for a female.
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KAIL, KALE, _s._ common colewort.
KAIL-BROSE, _s._ raw meal placed in a basin with boiling broth poured over it, and then stirred all together.
KAIL-RUNT, _s._ stem of colewort.
KAIM, _s._ a comb.
KAR-HANDED, _adj._ left-handed.
KAY, KA, KAE, _s._ a jack-daw.
KAYME, KAME, _s._ honeycomb.
KEBBUCK, CABBACK, _s._ a cheese.
KEGIE, _adj._ cheerful.
KEEK, KEIK, _v. n._ to look with a prying eye.
KEEK-BO, _s._ bo-peep.
KEEKING-GLASS, _s._ a mirror.
KEELIVINE, _s._ a blacklead pencil.
_To_ KEKKIL, KEKIL, _v. n._ to cackle; to laugh aloud.
KELL, KULL, _s._ a dress for a woman's head. _A caul_, the hinder-part of a woman's cap.
KELPIE, WATER-KELPIE, _s._ the spirit of the waters, who, as is vulgarly believed, gives warning of those who are to be drowned within the precincts of his beat. This is indicated by preternatural noises and lights. He is supposed to appear in the form of a horse. Many wonderful exploits are attributed to the kelpie.
KELT, _s._ a salmon that has just spawned; a foul fish that has not been in salt water.
KEMP, _s._ a champion.
KEMPIN, _s._ the act of striving on the harvest field.
_To_ KEN, _v. n._ to know.
KENNED, _part. pa._ of to know.
KENSPECKLE, _adj._ having so remarkable an appearance as to be easily known.
KEP, KEPP, _v. a._ to intercept.
KICK, _s._ a novelty. _Kickshaw_, a new piece of finery.
KILL, _s._ a kiln.
KILT, _s._ a short petticoat extending from the belly to the knee, used by the Highlanders of Scotland instead of breeches.
_To_ KILT, _v. a._ to tuck up.
KIMMER, _s._ a young woman.
KIN, _s._ kindred.
KINK, _s._ a violent fit of coughing, with suspension of breathing.
KINKHOST, KINGCOUGH, _s._ the hooping-cough.
KINSCH, _s._ a loop made on a string or rope.
KIPPER, _s._ a salmon split open, salted, and dried.
KIRK, _s._ church; a body of Presbyterian Christians.
_To_ KIRK, _v. a._ to carry to church as a bride after being married.
KIRN, _s._ a churn.
_To_ KIRN, _v. a._ to make a confused mass of anything.
KIRN-MILK, _s._ butter-milk.
KIST, KYST, _s._ a chest; a coffin.
KISTING, _s._ the act of placing a corpse in a coffin.
KIT, _s._ the whole of a person's property.
KITCHEN, KITCHING, _s._ anything taken to bread, as meat, cheese, or butter.
KITH, _s._ acquaintances, friends.
KITLING, _s._ a kitten.
KITTIE, KITTOCK, _s._ an immodest female.
_To_ KITTLE, _v. a._ to litter; to tickle; to puzzle; to perplex.
KITTLIE, _adj._ itchy.
KITTY-WREN, _s._ the common wren.
KNACKETY, _adj._ self-conceited; small; trifling.
KNACKY, _adj._ quick at a reply or repartee.
KNAPPISH, _adj._ snappish; tart.
KNOCK, _s._ a clock.
KNOIT, NOYT, _s._ a sharp blow.
KNOW, KNOWE, NOW, _s._ a little hill; a hillock.
KNYFE, _s._ a hanger; a dagger; a cutlass.
KOBIL, _s._ a small boat.
KOWSCHOT, CUSHAT, _s._ the ringdove.
_To_ KRUYN, _v. n._ to murmur.
KY, KYE, _s. pl._ cows.
KYLE, _s._ a strait of the sea; a sound.
KYNRIK, _s._ a kingdom.
KYTE, _s._ the belly.
KYTIE, _s._ fat; big-bellied.
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LAB, _s._ a stroke; a blow; a lump.
_To_ LABOUR, _v. a._ to plough.
LACHTER, _s._ the whole eggs laid successively by a hen.
_To_ LACK, _v. a._ to slight.
LAD, _s._ a sweetheart
LADDIE, _s._ a boy, or young man.
LADE, LAID, _s._ a load.
LADE, LEAD, _s._ a mill course.
LAFE, LAVE, _s._ the rest.
LAIF, LAEF, _s._ a loaf.
LAIGH, LAYCHE, _adj._ low; flat.
LAIRD, LARDE, _s._ a person of superior rank; a landholder, under the degree of a knight or squire.
LAIRDSHIP, _s._ a landed estate.
LAITH, _adj._ reluctant; unwilling.
LAITHFOW, _adj._ bashful.
_To_ LAMB, to yean.
LAMMER, LAMBER, _s._ amber. _Lammer beads and red thread_, when together, were supposed to be a charm with power to repel witchery in former times.
LAMPER, _s._ a tall woman.
LAMPET, LEMPET, _s._ the limpet, a testaceous shellfish which adheres to rocks.
LAND, _s._ a house consisting of several stories, generally including separate dwellings.
LAND O' THE LEAL, state of the blessed; heaven.
LAND-LOUPER, _s._ a person who shifts frequently from one place of the country to another.
LANE, _adj._ alone; lone.
LANELY, _adj._ lonely.
LANESOME, _adj._ lonesome.
_To_ LANG, _v. n._ to long; to weary; to think long.
LANG-NEBIT, _adj._ long-nosed or long-billed.
LANG-RIN, _adv._ at length.
LANGSUM, _adj._ slow; tedious.
LANGSYNE, _adv._ long ago.
LANG-TONGUED, _adj._ babbling; given to tell secrets.
LAP, _pret._ leaped.
LAPPORED, _part. pa._ coagulated.
LARE, LERE, _s._ learning.
_To_ LARE, LERE, _v. a._ to teach; to learn.
LARICK, LAVROCK, _s._ a lark.
LASS, _s._ a sweetheart; a young woman.
_To_ LAT, _v. a._ to permit; to suffer; _to lat-be_, to let alone.
LAWIN, LAWING, _s._ a tavern bill; money subscribed or paid for drink.
LAW, _s._ a conical hill.
LEA, _s._ pasture land not ploughed.
LEA-LANG, _adj._ livelong; tedious; long in passing.
_To_ LEATHER, _v. a._ to lash; to flog.
LEDDIE, LEDDY, _s._ lady.
LEE, _adj._ lonely; fallow land.
LEE, _s._ a lie.
LEESOME, _adj._ pleasant.
LEEZE-ME, LEESE-ME, dear is to me--expressive of strong affection or love.
_To_ LEG, _v. n._ to run.
LEG-BAIL, _s._ to run off.
LEGLIN, LAIGLIN, _s._ a milk-pail.
LEID, LEDE, LUID, _s._ a song; a lay.
LEIF, _adj._ willing.
LEIL, LEELE, LELE, _adj._ lawful; right.
LEISCH, _s._ a lash; a thong.
LEISTER, LISTER, _s._ a pronged instrument for striking fish, generally used by poachers.
_To_ LEN, _v. a._ to lend.
_To_ LET-BE, _v. n._ to let alone.
LEUCH, LEUGH, _pret_. laughed.
_To_ LEUE, LUVE, _v. n._ to court; to make love.
LEVIN, s. lightning.
LEW-WARME, _adj._ tepid.
LIART, LYART, _adj._ having grey hairs intermixed.
LICHTER, LICHTARE, _part. pa._ delivered of a child.