LICHTS, _s. pl._ the lungs.
_To_ LICK, _v. a._ to strike; to beat.
LIFT, LYFT, _s._ the atmosphere; the sky.
LIGLAD, _s._ a confused noise of tongues; a deal of idle or noisy talk.
LIKAND, _part_ pleasing.
LIKE-WAKE, _s._ the watching of a dead body.
LILT, _s._ a cheerful air.
_To_ LILT, _v. n._ to sing cheerfully and merrily; lively music.
LILT-PYPE, _s._ a musical instrument, the upper part of which was in the form of a flageolet, terminating below in a kind of trumpet-shaped mouth.
LIMMAR, LIMMER, _s._ a scoundrel; a woman of loose manners.
LIN, LYN, _s._ a cataract; a waterfall,
_To_ LINK, _v. a._ to trot or walk smartly.
LINKS, _s. pl_ sandy barren ground.
LINTIE, _s._ the grey linnet.
_To_ LIPPEN, _v. n._ to expect; to place confidence in.
LIPPIE, _s._ the fourth part of a peck.
LISK, LEESK, _s._ the groin.
LISTER, _s._ a fishing spear.
_To_ LITHE, _v. a._ to thicken; to render mellow; to soften.
LITTLEANE, _s._ a child.
LOAN, LONE, LOANING, _s._ an opening between fields of corn; lane; a narrow enclosed way.
LOCH, LOUCH, _s._ a lake.
LOCK, LOAKE, _s._ a small quantity.
LOGIE, KILLOGIE, _s._ a vacuity in a kiln for producing a draft of air.
LOME, LOOM, (pronounced _Lume_,) _s._ a utensil of any kind.
LOOT, LOUT, LOWT, _v. a._ to bow down the body; to make obeisance.
LOSH! _n. a_. an exclamation of wonder.
_To_ LOUE, LOWE, LUVE, _v. a._ to love.
LOUN, LOWN, LOON, _s._ a tricky, worthless person; a boy.
LOUN'S-PIECE, _s._ the first slice of a loaf of bread.
LOUN, LOWNE, _adj._ sheltered; calm.
_To_ LOUNDER, _v. a._ to beat severely.
LOUNDIT, _part. pa._ beaten.
_To_ LOUP, _v. n._ to leap; to spring.
LOUPIN-AGUE, _s._ St. Vitus' dance.
LOUPIN-ON-STANE, _s._ a large stone, or flight of steps, for assisting a person to leap on a horse easily.
LOW, _s._ a flame.
LOZEN, _s._ a pane of glass.
LUCKEN, _part. pa._ shut up; contracted.
LUCKIE, LUCKY, _s._ an elderly woman; a grandmother; the mistress of an alehouse.
LUCK-PENNY, _s._ a sum given to a person who makes a bargain.
LUESOME, _adj._ lovely; worthy of being loved; attractive in manner or appearance.
LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, _s._ the palm of the hand.
LUG, _s._ the ear.
LUGGIE, _s._ a small wooden dish for holding meat or drink, made of staves in the manner of a tub, with one of them prolonged considerably above the others.
LUM, LUMB, _s._ a chimney.
LUM-HEAD, _s._ the chimney-top.
LUNCH, _s._ a large piece of anything, particularly applied to something eatable.
LURE, _s._ the udder of a cow.
LUSTY, _adj._ beautiful; pleasant; of agreeable manners.
LYART-HAFFETS, _s._ grey hairs on the cheeks.
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MA, MAY, MAE, _adj._ more in number.
MAAD, MAWD, _s._ a shepherd's plaid.
MADGE, _s._ Magdalene.
_To_ MAE, _v. n._ to bleat.
MAGGS, _s._ a perquisite.
MAHOUN, _s._ Mahomet; the devil.
MAIDEN, _s._ an instrument formerly used for beheading state prisoners, similar in its construction to the French guillotine.
MAIK, _s._ a cant word for a halfpenny.
MAIL, _s._ tribute. _Black Mail_, a tax paid to freebooters by heritors and tenants for the security of their property.
MAILAN, MAILING, MALING, _s._ a farm.
MAIL-FREE, _adj._ without paying rent.
MAIN, _s._ moan.
MAINING, _adj._ moaning.
MAINS, _s._ the chief farm of an estate, generally that which is attached to the mansion.
MAIST, _adj._ most.
MAISTER, _s._ a landlord; a designation given to the eldest son of a baron.
MALISON, _s._ a curse.
MAMMIE, _s._ a childish term for mother.
MAN, _s._ a vassal; a husband; a male servant.
MAN, MAUN, _aux. v_. must.
MANE, _s._ lamentation.
MANGLE, _s._ a calender.
_To_ MANGLE, _v. a._ to calender linen or other clothes.
MANSE, _s._ a parsonage house, the house of a minister.
_To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v_. to perjure.
_To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._ to stammer.
MARCHE, _s._ a landmark.
MARK, MERK, _s._ a pound of thirty-two ounces.
MARK, MIRK, _adj._ dark.
MARROW, _s._ a companion; a married partner.
MARROWLESS, _adj._ matchless.
MART, MARTE, MAIRT, _s._ a cow or ox killed for winter's use.
_To_ MASK, _v. a._ to catch in a net; to infuse.
MAUK, _s._ a maggot.
MAUKIN, _s._ a hare.
MAUMIE, _adj._ mellow.
MAUCHLESS, MAUCHTLESS, _adj._ feeble; inactive.
MAW, _s._ a sea-gull.
MAWKISH, _adj._ spiritless; actionless; slow.
MAWT, _s._ malt.
MAY, _s._ a maid; a virgin.
MEDE, _s._ a meadow.
MEIKLE, MEKYL, MUCKLE, _adj._ great.
MELL, _s._ a maul.
MELT, _s._ milt.
MENDS, _s._ atonement.
_To_ MENE, MEANE, MEYNE, _v. a._ to bemoan.
MENSK, MENSE, _s._ dignity of demeanour; discretion.
MENSKFUL, _adj._ manly; moderate; discreet; mannerly.
MERE, _s._ a boundary; a limit; the sea.
MERK, _s._ an ancient Scottish silver coin, value thirteen shillings and fourpence Scotch money, or thirteen pence and one-third of a penny sterling.
MERLE, _s._ a blackbird.
MERRY-BEGOTTEN, _s._ an illegitimate child.
MERRY-DANCERS, _s._ the Aurora Borealis.
MES. _s._ mass. _Mes_ or _Mass John_, a name of derision for a parish minister.
MESSAN, _s._ a small mongrel dog.
MET, METT, _s._ measure.
MEVIS, _s._ a thrush.
MICHTIE, _adj._ of high rank; stately; haughty.
MICK, _s._ Michael.
MIDDEN, _s._ a dunghill.
MILK-SYTH, _s._ a milk strainer.
MILL, MULL, _s._ a snuff-box made of a horn.
MILL-LADE, MILL-LEAD, _s._ a mill-course.
MIM, _adj._ prim; demure; prudish.
MIM-MOU'D, _adj._ soft of speech; bashful.
_To_ MIND, _v. n._ to remember; to recollect.
MINNIE, MINNY, _s._ mother.
MIRK, MYUK, MARK, _adj._ dark.
MIRLYGOES, _s. pl._ when persons see indistinctly they are said to be in the _Mirlygoes_.
MISCALL, MISCA', _v. a._ to call hard uames.
MISCHANTER, _s._ misfortune; mishap.
_To_ MISKEN, _v. n._ not to recognise.
_To_ MISTROW, _v. a._ to suspect; to mistrust.
_To_ MISTRYST, _v. a._ to break an engagement.
MITTENS, _s. pl._ woollen gloves.
MIXTIE-MAXTIE, _adj._ in a state of confusion.
_To_ MODERATE, _v. n._ to preside in an ecclesiastical court.
MODERATOR, _S_. he who presides in an ecclesiastical court.
MODYWART, MODEWORT, _s._ a mole.
MOLLIGRANT, MOLLIGRUBS, whining, complaining.
MONY, _adj._ many.
_To_ MOOL, _v. a._ to crumble.
MORN, MORNE, _s._ to-morrow. _The morn_, to-morrow.
_To_ MORTIFY, _v. a._ to give in mortmain.
MOSS-TROOPERS, _s._ banditti.
MOTHERWIT, _s._ common sense.
MOW, _s._ the mouth.
_To_ MUCK, _v. a._ to carry out dung.
_To_ MUDDLE, _v. n._ to be busy without making progress at a trifling work.
_To_ MUDGE, _v. n_, to stir; to budge.
MUIR, _s._ a heath.
MULIN, MULOCK, _s._ a crumb.
MULTURE, MOUTUR, _s._ the fee for grinding corn.
MUNDS, MUNS, _s._ the mouth.
MURRION, MURREON, _s._ a helmet.
MUTCH, _s._ a cap for a female.
MUTCHKIN, _s._ an English pint,
MY-CERTE, by my faith.
MYSCHANCY, _adj._ unlucky.
MYSELL, _s._ myself.
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NA, NAE, _adv._ no; not.
NA, NE, _conj_. neither; nor,
NACHET, NACKET, _s._ an insignificant person. _A little nacket_, one of very diminutive size,
NAIG, _s._ a stallion; a riding horse,
NAIPRIE, _s._ table linen.
NANCY, NANNIE, _s._ Agnes.
NANE, _adj._ no; none.
NATHING, NAETHING, _s._ nothing.
NAYSAY, _s._ a refusal.
NEAR-GAWN, NEAR-BE-GAWN, _adj._ niggardly.
NEB, _s._ the bill of a fowl.
NEEBORS, _s._ neighbours.
NEER-DO-WEIL, _s._ a never-do-well.
NEFFIT, _s._ a pigmy; a very diminutive thing.
_To_ NEIFFER, NIFFER, _v. a._ to exchange.
NEIPCE, _s._ a granddaughter.
NEIRS, _s. pl._ the kidneys.
NEIST, NIEST, _adj._ next; nearest.
NEIVE, NEIF, _s._ the fist.
NEVEW, NEVO, NEVOW, _s._ a nephew.
NEWFANGLED, fond of new things or persons.
_To_ NICHER, _v. n._ to neigh; a loud coarse laugh.
NICHT, _s._ night. _The nicht_, tonight.
NICHTFA, _s._ twilight.
NICK-NACK, _s._ a gim-crack; small wares.
NIP, _s._ a small bit of anything.
_To_ NIP, _v. a._ to carry off cleverly; to pinch.
NIPPIT, _adj._ niggardly
NO, _adv._ not.
NOB, _s._ a knob.
NOCHT, _s._ nothing.
NOLT, NOUT, _s._ black cattle; a stupid vulgar fellow.
NOO, _s._ now; at the present.
NOR, _conj_. than.
NORLAN, NORLAND, _adj._ belonging to the north country.
NORYSS, _s._ nurse.
NOUTHER, NOWTHIR, _conj_. neither.
NUIK, _s._ the corner.
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OE, OYE, _s._ a grandson.
OERCOME, OURCOME, _s._ the overplus.
OHON! _interj_. alas!
OMNE-GATHERUM, _s._ a miscellaneous collection; an incongruous mass.
ONCOME, _s._ a fall of rain or snow.
ONGOINGS, _s. pl._ procedure.
ONKEND, _part. adj_. unknown.
ONSTEAD, _s._ the building on a farm.
ONY, _adj._ any.
OO, _s._ wool.
OORIE, OURIE, OWRIE, _adj._ chill; bleak; having the sensation of cold.
OR, _conj_. lest; than.
OR, _adv._ before, as _Or this_, before this time; rather than, _Or than_, before then.
ORROW, ORA, _adj._ unmatched; not used.
ORROWS, _s. pl._ supernumerary articles.
OSTLEIR, OSTLER, _s._ an innkeeper.
OTHIR, OTHERE, ODYR, _adj._ other.
OUER, _prep._ over.
OULK, OWLK, _s._ a week.
OUR, OURE, OUER, OWRE, _prep_, over, beyond; denoting excess.
OURGAE, OURGANG, _v. a._ to overrun; exceed; to surpass.
OUR-RAUGHT, _pret_. overtook.
_To_ OURSET, _v. a._ to overcome; to overpower.
OURTILL, _prep_, above; beyond.
OUSEN, _s._ oxen.
OUT-ABOUT, _adv._ out of doors.
OUTBREAKING, OUTBREKIN, _s._ eruption of the skin.
OUT-BY, _adv._ out of doors; abroad.
OUTFALL, _s._ a contention.
OUTGAIT, OUTGATE, _s._ a way of egress; escape from any kind of hardship.
OUTGANE, _part. pa._ elapsed.
OUTLAY, _s._ expenditure.
OUT-OUR, OUT-OWRE, _adv._ over.