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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24 · Unknown

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SOBER, _adj._ poor.

SODROUN, SOTHROUN, _s._ an Englishman.

SONSE, SONSY, _adj._ plump in appearance; in good condition of body.

SOOCH, _s._ a copious draught.

SOOTH, _adj._ true; faithful.

SOSS, _s._ a mixture of different qualities of food.

SOUP, SUP, _s._ a spoonful.

SOUR-MILK, _s._ buttermilk.

SOUROCK, SOURACK, _s._ sorrel.

SOUTAR, SOUTER, a shoemaker.

SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ a stack of hay before it is ready to be removed from the field.

SPAE-MAN, _s._ a soothsayer; a fortune-teller.

SPAE-WIFE, _s._ a female fortune-teller.

_To_ SPAIN, SPEAN, _adj._ to wean.

SPAIT, SPATE, _s._ a flood.

SPANG, _s._ the act of spanning.

SPARE, _adj._ lean; meagre.

SPEERE, _s._ a hole in the wall of houses in former times, whereby the family received and answered inquiries from strangers.

_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ to ask.

_To_ SPELDER, _v. a._ to spread open.

_To_ SPELL, _v. n._ to climb.

SPICY, _adj._ proud; testy.

SPLEUCHAN, _s._ a tobacco holder.

SPRAICH, _s._ a shriek.

SPRECKLED, _adj._ speckled.

SPREE, _adj._ trim; gaudy; spruce.

SPRING, _s._ a quick cheerful tune on a musical instrnment.

SPUNK, _s._ a match; spirit; vivacity.

SPUNKIE, _s._ _Ignis Fatuus_, or Will-o'-the-Wisp.

SPUNKIE, _adj._ mettlesome; spirited.

_To_ SPUNK-OUT, _v. n._ to be gradually discovered or brought to light.

STAIG, _s._ a horse not yet broken in.

STALWART, _adj._ brave; strong; powerful.

STAMMACK, _s._ the stomach.

_To_ STAMP, _v. n._ to go about stoutly.

STAMREL, _adj._ half-witted.

STANE, _s._ a stone.

_To_ STANG, _v. a._ to sting.

STANG, _s._ a long pole.

STANK, _s._ a ditch with a slow running stream or stagnant water.

_To_ STAP, _v. a._ to stop; to cram; to fill.

_To_ STAW, _v. n._ to surfeit.

STAY, STEY, _adj._ step.

STEAD, STEADING, _s._ a farm house.

_To_ STEEK, _v. a._ to shut.

_To_ STEER, STIR, _v. a._ to meddle with.

STEEVE, _adj._ firm, relating to a bargain made; sometimes used for obstinate.

_To_ STEIK, _v. a._ to stitch.

STELL-NET, _s._ a net stretching a considerable way into a river, and sometimes across it.

_To_ STEND, _v. n._ to spring; rise to an elevation.

_To_ STERE, STEIR, _v. a._ to stir.

STERE, STEIR, _s._ commotion.

STEY, _adj._ steep.

_To_ STICK, _v. a._ to bungle.

_To_ STILT, _v. n._ to go on crutches.

_To_ STINT, _v. n._ to limit; to act shabbily.

STIRK, _s._ a bullock or heifer between the age of one and two years; a stupid rude fellow.

STOB, _s._ a prickle.

STOCK AN' HORN, _S_. a musical instrument composed of a _stock_, which is the thigh-bone of a sheep, and the _horn_, the smaller end of a cow's horn, and a reed.

STOITER, the act of staggering.

STOLUM, _s._ as much ink as a pen will hold.

STOOK, STOUK, _s._ a rick of corn consisting of twelve sheaves.

STOOP, _s._ a post fastened in the earth; a prop; a support.

STORM-STED, _adj._ stopped on a journey in consequence of a storm.

STOT, _s._ a young bull.

_To_ STOT, _v. n._ to rebound from the ground as a ball.

_To_ STOUND, _v. n._ to ache.

STOUP, _s._ a deep and narrow vessel for holding or measuring liquids.

STOURIE, _adj._ dusty.

_To_ STOVE, _v. a._ to stew.

STOWN, STOWIN, _part pa_. stolen.

STRAIK, STRAKE, _s._ a blow.

STRAND, _s._ a rivulet; a gutter.

STRAPPING, STRAPPAN, _part. adj_. tall and handsome.

STRATH, _s._ a valley of considerable extent.

STRATHSPEY, _s._ an air slower than a reel.

STRAVAIG, _v. n._ to stroll about in an idle manner.

STRAUCHT, _adj._ straight.

STREAMERS, _s. pl._ the Aurora Borealis.

_To_ STREIK, STREEK, _v. a._ to stretch; lay out a dead body.

STREIN, STREEN, _s._ evening. _The_ _Strein_, yesternight.

STRIDELEGS, _adv._ astride.

STROUP, STROOP, _s._ the spout of a tea-kettle or pump.

STUDY, STYDDY, _s._ an anvil.

_To_ STUMP, _v. n._ to go about stoutly.

STURDY, _s._ a vertigo; a disease to which black-cattle and sheep are liable when young.

STURE, STOOR, _adj._ strong; robust; rough; hoarse.

SUCH, _s._ a whistling spund.

SUNKETS, _s. pl._ provisions of any description.

SUTHFAST, _adj._ true.

_To_ SWAY, SWEY, _v. n._ to incline to one side; to swing.

_To_ SWEEL, _v. n._ to drink copiously.

SWEETIES, _s. pl._ comfits; sweetmeats.

SWEIR, SWEER, _v. n._ lazy; indolent.

_To_ SWIDDER, SWITHER, _v. n._ to be irresolute.

_To_ SWIRL, _v. n._ to whirl like a vortex.

SYNE, _adv._ afterwards; late as opposed to soon.

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TABETLESS, TAPETLESS, TEBBITLESS, _adj._ benumbed.

TACK, _s._ a slight hold, as a stitch or two; a lease.

TACKET, _s._ a small nail with a head.

TACKSMAN, _s._ the holder of a lease.

TAE, _s._ a toe.

TAID, _s._ a toad.

TAILE, TAILYE, _s._ a covenant; an entail.

TAIS, TASSIE, _s._ a cup.

TAIVERS, TATTERS, _s. pl._ Meat which has been much overboiled is said to be boiled to _taivers_.

TAIVERSUM, _adj._ tiresome.

_To_ TAK THE GATE, _v. n._ to go off on a journey.

_To_ TAK-ON, _v. a._ to buy on credit.

TALE-PIET, _s._ a tale-bearer: a tattler.

TAM, TAMMIE, TAMMAS, _s._ Thomas.

TANGLE, _s._ an icicle; the large _fuci_ or sea plant.

TANGS, TAINGS, _s._ tongs.

TANTRUMS, _s._ high airs; exhibiting a proud and dignified aspect.

_To_ TAPE, _v. a._ to use sparingly.

TAPPIE-TOORIE, _s._ anything erected on a slight, tottering foundation.

TAPPIT-HEN, _s._ a crested hen; a quart measure of ale or beer with a top of foam.

TARRY, _s._ delay.

TARRY-FINGERED, _adj._ light-fingered; a thief.

TARTAN, _s._ cloth chequered of various colours, and originally worn only in the Highlands, every clan adopting its own peculiar tartan.

_To_ TASH, _v. a._ to tuffle; to soil.

TATE, TAIT, _s._ a very small portion of any dry substance.

TATTER-WALLOPS, TAUTER-WALLOPS, _s. pl._ rags fluttering in the wind.

TATTIES, _s. pl_, potatoes.

TAULD, _adj._ told.

TAUPIE, TAWPIE, _s._ an inactive, silly, and slovenly woman.

TAWIS, TAWES, _s._ a whip; a lash; the ferula used by a schoolmaster.

TEAZLE, _s._ a severe brush; an onset.

_To_ TEET, _v. n._ to peer; to look with the eyes half shut.

TEHEE, _s._ a loud laugh.

TEINDS, _s. pl._ tithes.

_To_ TEND, _v_. to guard.

TENEMENT, _s._ a house, sometimes applied to one containing several separate dwellings under one roof.

TENT, _s._ care; attention.

_To_ TENT, _v. n._ to attend.

_To_ TENT, _v. a._ to observe; to remark; to put a value upon.

TENTLESS, _adj._ inattentive.

TERCER, _s._ a widow living upon a terce.

TEUCH, TEUGH, _adj._ tough.

_To_ TEYME, TEME, TUME, _v. a._ to empty.

THACK, THEIK, _s._ thatch.

THAFTS, _s. pl._ the benches of a boat.

THAIRANENT, _adv._ concerning that.

THAIRATTOUR, _adv._ concerning.

THAIRBEN, _adv._ in an inner apartment of a house.

THAIRM, _s._ the belly.

THAN, _adv._ then; at that time.

THANE, THAYNE, _s._ an ancient Scottish title of honour, denoting presidency in a county or province.

THEE, THEY, _s._ thigh.

THEGITHER, _adv._ together.

_To_ THEIK, _v. a._ to cover with straw; to thatch.

THEIVIL, _s._ a porridge-stick, or stick for stirring broth while boiling.

THEN, _conj_. than.

THEWLESS, THOULESS, THIEVLESS, _adj._ unprofitable; useless; feeble.

THICK, _adj._ intimate; familiar.

THIR, _pron. pl_. these.

THIRL, _s._ to bind; to enslave.

THIRLWALL, _s._ the name given to the wall between England and Scotland thrown up by Severus.

THO, _adv._ at that time.

_To_ THOLE, _v. n._ to bear; to endure; to suffer.

THON, _adv._ yonder; yon.

THOUELL, _s._ the nitch in which the oars of a boat work.

THOUGHT, THOUGHTY, _s._ a moment.

_To_ THOW, _v. n._ to thaw.

THOWLESS, _adj._ inactive.

_To_ THRAPPLE, _v. a._ to throttle.

THRAW, _s._ a pang; an agony.

THRAW-CRUK, _s._ an instrument for twisting straw or hair ropes.

THRAWIN, _part. adj_. distorted.

_To_ THREPE, _v. n._ to aver pertinaciously; to argue; to persist.

THRESUM, _adj._ three together.

THRETTY, _adj._ thirty.

THRIFTY, _adj._ industrious and economical.

THROPILL, THRAPILL, _s._ the windpipe.

THUD, _s._ a dull noise.

THUMBIKINS, _s._ an instrument of torture applied as a screw to the thumbs to force the sufferer to confess or divulge a secret, etc.

THUMBLICKING, _s._ an ancient mode of confirming a bargain by the parties licking their thumbs and then placing them against each other.

TIBBIE, _s._ Elizabeth.

TICK, TICKER, _s._ a dot.

_To_ TICK, _v. n._ to click as a clock or watch.

TID, _s._ humour.

_To_ TID, _v. n._ To choose the proper time.

TIFT, _s._ the act of quarrelling; a hasty fit of ill humour.

_To_ TIG, _v. n._ to touch lightly; a game played by children.

TIKE, TYKE, _s._ a cur; a dog; a rough bad-tempered fellow.

TIL, TIYL, _prep._ to.

TILL, _adv._ while; during the time that.

TIME-ABOUT, _adj._ alternately.

TIMMER, _s._ timber.

TIMMER-TUNED, _adj._ unmusical; destitute of ear.

TINCHELL, TINCHEL, _s._ a circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space, gradually closing, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass.

_To_ TINE, TYNE, _v. a._ to lose.

TINT, _pret_. of To lose.

_To_ TIRL, _s._ to give a stroke.

TIRLESS, TIRLASS, _s._ a lattice; a wicket.

TIRLIEWIRLIE, _s._ a whirligig.

_To_ TIRR, TIRLE, _v. a._ to tear; to uncover.

TIRRIVEE, _s._ a fit of passion.

TIRWIRR, TIRRWIRRING, _adj._ habitually growling.

TITTY, _s._ a sister.

TO, _adv._ shut. The door is _to_, i.e. shut.

TOCHER, _s._ the dowry brought by a wife.

TOCHERLESS, _adj._ destitute of portion.

TOD, _s._ a fox.

TODLE, TODDLE, _v. n._ to walk in a tottering manner, or with short unsteady steps.

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