TODDY, _s._ whisky, sugar, and hot water.
TODDY-LADLE, _s._ a small ladle of wood or silver used in filling a glass from a tumbler in which toddy is made.
TOFALL, _s._ a building annexed to the wall of a larger one.
TOIT, TOUT, _s._ a fit of illness; a fit of bad humour.
TOKIE, _s._ the head-dress of an old woman, resembling a monk's cowl.
TO-NAME, _s._ a surname.
TOOM, TUME, _adj._ empty.
TOOT, TOUT, _s._ the blast of a horn or bugle.
TOOTHFU', _s._ a moderate quantity of strong drink.
TOSCH, TOSH, TOSHE, _adj._ neat; trim.
TOT, _s._ a term of endearment used to a child.
TOUSIE, TOWSIE, _adj._ disordered; shaggy; rough.
_To_ TOUSLE, _v. a._ to pull at; to put in disorder, as tearing at a girl in sport or rough dalliance.
TOUT, _s._ a copious draught.
TOW, _s._ a rope of any kind.
TOWMONT, TOWMOND, _s._ a year.
TOY, _s._ a woollen or linen headdress worn by women of the lower orders, with the lower part hanging down to the shoulders.
_To_ TOYTE, TOT, _v. n._ to totter as in childhood or old age.
TRAIST, TRYSTE, _s._ an appointed meeting.
TRAM, _s._ the shaft of a cart or carriage.
_To_ TRAMP, _v. a._ to tread with vigour; to walk, as opposed to riding.
TRANCE, _s._ a passage within a house leading from one part to another.
_To_ TRANSMUGRIFY, _v. a._ to transform; to transmute; to change in appearance.
TRAWART, _adj._ perverse.
TREWS, _s. pl._ trowsers.
TRIG, _adj._ neat.
_To_ TRIM, _v. a._ to drub.
_To_ TROKE, _v. a._ to bargain in the way of exchange; to barter.
TROTTERS, _s. pl._ sheep's feet.
_To_ TROW, TREW, _v. a._ to believe.
TROWTH, _s._ truth; belief.
TRUE-BLUE, _s._ an epithet applied to rigid Presbyterians, in allusion to the colour of the cockad worn by the Covenanters.
TRUMPH, _s._ the trump at cards.
TRUNSCHEOUN, _s._ a plate; a trencher.
TRYSTING-PLACE, _s._ a place of meeting previously agreed on.
TUCK, _s. tuck of drum_, beat of drum.
TUILYIE, TOOLYIE, _s._ a quarrel; a broil.
_To_ TUME, _v. a._ to empty.
TUP, _s._ a ram; a foolish, stupid fellow.
TUTTIE-TUTTIE, _interj_. pshaw!
TWAL, _adj._ twelve.
TWA-TIIREE, _s. pl._ a few in number.
_To_ TWIN, TWYNE, _v. n._ to separate.
TWOPENNY, _s._ small beer.
TYDY, TYDIE, _adj._ neat; clean in person or house.
TYRE-CAP, _s. a hat of tyre_; part of the dress of Bruce at Bannockburn.
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UNCANNY, _adj._ unsafe; as having supernatural powers.
UNCHANCY, _adj._ unlucky.
UNCO, _adj._ strange; unknown; very much.
UNCOFT, _adj._ unbought.
ULIE, _s._ oil.
UMAN, _pron_. woman.
UMBRE, _s._ shade.
UNREASON, _adj._ disorder.
UNRYCHT, _s._ injustice; iniquity.
UNSICKKIR, UNSICKER, _adj._ not secure.
UNTILL, _prep._ unto.
UPPISH, _adj._ aspiring; ambitious.
UPTAK, _s._ uptaking; apprehension.
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_To_ VAIG, _v. n._ to wander; to roam.
VALISES, _s. pl_ saddlebags.
VARLOT, VERLOT, _s._ an inferior servant.
VAUNTY, _adj._ boastful.
VENT, _s._ a chimney.
VIRLE, _s._ a ferule.
VOGIE, VOKIE, _adj._ merry; cheerful.
VOUT, _s._ a vault.
VOW, WOU! _interj_. expressive of admiration, somewhat equivalent to Oh!
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WA, WAY, WAE, _s._ wo; grief.
_To_ WACHLE, _v. n._ to move backwards and forwards.
WADDS, _s. pl._ pledges used in youthful amusement.
WADSETTER, _s._ one who holds the property of another.
WAFF, _adj._ worthless in conduct; ill-dressed.
WAFFIE, _s._ a vagabond.
WAFT, WEFT, WOFT, _s._ the woof in a web.
WAGANG, WAYGANG. _s._ a departure.
_To_ WAIGLE, WEIGLE, _v. n._ to waddle; to waggle.
_To_ WAIK, _v. a._ to watch.
WAIR, _v. a._ to spend.
WAKERIFE, _adj._ watchful.
WALD, _v. aux_. would.
_To_ WALE, _v. a._ to select; to pick; to choose.
_To_ WALLOP, _v. n._ to move quickly.
_To_ WALLOW, _v. n._ to be immersed or rolling in anything.
WALY! WALLY! _inter j_. expressive of lamentation.
WAMBE, WAME, _s._ the belly.
_To_ WAMBLE, WAUMBLE, _v. n._ to move in an undulatory manner.
WAN, _adj._ black; gloomy.
WANCOUTH, _adj._ uncouth.
WANTER, _s._ a widower or bachelor.
_To_ WAP, _v. a._ to throw rapidly; to throw.
WAPPIN, WAPPYN, _s._ a weapon.
WAR, WARR, _adj._ worse.
_To_ WAR, _v. a._ to overcome.
WARE, _s._ sea-wced.
WARK, WARKE, _s._ work.
WARKMAN, _s._ a labourer.
WARLD, _s._ the world.
WARLOCK, _s._ a wizard.
_To_ WARSELL, WERSILL, _v. n._ to wrestle; to strive.
WARWOLF, WARWOUF, _s._ a person supposed to be transformed into a wolf.
WASTING, _s._ a consumption.
_To_ WAT, _v. n._ to know.
WATERGANG, _s._ a mill-race.
_To_ WAUBLE, _v. n._ to swing or reel.
WATER-WRAITH, _s._ the spirit of the waters.
_To_ WAUGHT, WACHT-OUT, _v. n._ to quaff; a large draught of any liquid.
_To_ WAUK, _v. a._ to full cloth; to shrink in consequence of being beetled.
_To_ WAW, WAWE, _v. n._ to caterwaul.
WEAN, WEANE, _s._ a child.
_To_ WEAR-IN, _v. a._ to gather in.
WEARY, _adj._ feeble.
WEBSTER, WABSTER, _s._ a weaver.
WEE, _adj._ little.
WEEM, _s._ a natural cavern.
WEET, _s._ rain; wet.
WEFT, _s._ woof.
WEILL-FARAND, WEEL-FARD, _adj._ good-looking.
WEIRD, WEERD, _s._ fate; prediction.
WEIRDLESS, WIERDLESS, _adj._ unprosperous; worthless; not well-doing.
WELCOME-HAME, _s._ repast presented to a bride on entering the door of the bridegroom.
WERSH, _adj._ insipid; tasteless.
WHAAP, _s._ the curlew.
WHANG, _s._ a thong; a large slice.
WHEEN, _s. pl._ a number; a few.
WHID, _s._ a lie.
WHINGE, _v. n._ to whine.
WHISHT! _interj_. hush! be silent.
WHISTLE, WHUSSEL, _s._ the throat.
WHITTLE, _s._ a knife.
WHITTRETS, WHUTTRET, _s._ a weasel.
_To_ WHUMMIL, WHOMEL, _v. a._ to turn upside down.
WHUTTLE, _s._ whitlow, a gathering in the fingers.
WHYLES, _s._ sometimes.
WIDDIE, WUDDY, _s._ the gallows.
WIFE, WYFE, _s._ a woman.
WIFFIE, _s._ a little woman.
_To_ WILE, WYLE, _v. n._ to entice.
_To_ WIMPLE, WYMPEL, WOMPLE, _v. n._ to meander as applied to a stream.
_To_ WIN, WYN, _a. v_. to dry corn.
WINDOCK, WINNOCK, _s._ a window.
WINKERS, _s._ the eye-lashes.
WINSOME, _adj._ merry; gay; cheerful.
_To_ WISEN, WYSSIN, _v. n._ to wither.
WISHY-WASHY, _s. pl._ shuffling; half-and-half.
_To_ WIT, WITT, _v. n._ to know; _I wit na_, I know not.
WITE, WYTE, _s._ blame.
_To_ WITE, WYTE, _v. n._ to blame; to accuse.
WITTENS, _s._ knowledge.
WIZEN, _s._ the throat.
WIZZEN, _adj._ dry; withered
WOB, _s._ a web.
WOD, WODE, _adj._ mad.
_To_ WON, _v. n._ to dwell.
WOO, _s._ wool. _v_. To make love; to court.
WORDY, WEIRDY, _adj._ worthy.
WORLIN, _s._ a feeble puny person.
_To_ WORRY, _v. n._ to choke; to be suffocated.
WORSET, _s._ worsted.
_To_ WOUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
WOW! _interj_. expressive of admiration.
WRAITH, WRAITHE, _s._ the apparition of a person seen before death, or soon after it.
WRAK, WREK, WRACK, _s._ anything cast upon the sea-shore.
WRAT, _s._ a wort.
WHITER, _s._ an attorney.
WYND, _s._ a narrow lane or alley.
WYSS-LIKE, _adj._ having a decent appearance.
WYTELESS, _adj._ blameless.
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_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ to gabble.
YAD, _s._ an old worn-out mare.
YALD, YAULD, _adj._ sprightly; alert.
_To_ YAMER, YAMMER, _v. n._ to complain; continued whining; to pet.
_To_ YAMPH, YAMF, _v. n._ to bark.
YAP, YAPE, _adj._ having a keen appetite; very hungry.
YARD, _s._ a garden for flowers; pot herbs.
VARE, _s._ a weir for catching fish.
YAUD, _s._ an order given by a shepherd to his dog; _far-yaud_, signifying drive the sheep to a distance.
_To_ YAUP, _v. n._ to yelp.
YEALD, _adj._ barren.
YEARN, YERNE, _adj._ eager; wishful.
YELD, YELL, EILD, _adj._ a cow is said to be _eild_ when she is giving no milk.
YELDRING, YELDRIN, _s._ a yellow-hammer.
YERD, YERTH, YIRD, _s._ earth; soil.
_To_ YERD, _v. a._ to bury.
_To_ YERK, _v. a._ to beat; to strike smartly.
YESTREEN, _s._ last night.
YET, YETT, _s._ a gate.
YHULL, YULE, _s._ Christmas.
YILL, _s._ ale.
_To_ YIRR, _v. n._ to snarl; to growl.
_To_ YOKE, _v. n._ to engage with another in dispute or in a quarrel.
YONT, _prep_, beyond.
YOUDEN-DRIFT, _s._ snow driven by the wind.
_To_ YOUF, YUFF, _v. n._ to bark.
YOUK, YEUK, _s._ the itch.
_To_ YOUK, YUKE, _v. n._ to itch; to be itchy.
YOUKY,_adj._ itchy; metaphorically, eager, anxious.
_To_ YOUL, YOULL, _v. n._ to howl, to yell.
YOW, YOWE, _s._ a ewe.
YULE, _s._ the name given to Christmas.
YULE-E'EN, _s._ the night preceding Christmas.
_To_ YYRNE, _v_. to coagulate; to curdle.
GENERAL INDEX.
Abduction, The, ix. Adopted Son, The, ii. Age and Youth, Ballad of, xxiv. Ailie Faa, Ballad of, xxiv. Allerley Hall, The Legend of, xxiv. Amateur Robbery, The, xxii. Amateur Lawyers, The, vii. Ancient Bureau, The, vii. Angler's Tale, The, xvi. Archy Armstrong, v. Artist, The, vii. Assassin, The, xviii. Avenger; or, Legend of Mary Lee, The, xix.
Ballogie's Daughters, Ballad of, xxiv. Barley Bannock, The, xx. Battle of Dryffe Sands, The, xv. Beggars' Camp, The, viii. Bereaved, The, xvii. Bewildered Student, The, x. Bell Stanley; or, a Sailor's Story, v. Bell White, v. Bonny Mary Gibson, xvi. Bride, The, viii. Bride of Bell's Tower, The, xxi. Bride of Bramblehaugh, The, xviii. Broken Heart, The, vii. Brownie of the West Bow, The, xxiii. Burning of Mrs. Jamphray, Legend of the, xxiv.
Cairny Cave of Gavin Muir, The, xvii. Caldermuir, Legend of, xvii. Caleb Crabbin, x. Case of Evidence, The, xv. Castle of Weir, The Romaunt of the, xxiv. Castle of Crail, The; or, David and Queen Maude, x. Cateran of Lochloy, The, vii. Chance Question, The, xxi. Charles Gordon and Christina Cunningham, Story of, xvii. Chatelard, ix. Chevalier de la Beauté, xxiii. Cherry Stone, The, viii. Christie of the Cleik, ix. Church of Abercromby, Legend of the, x. Clara Douglas, The Story of, iv. Clerical Murderer, The, xv. Condemned, The, xvii. Conscience Stricken, The, v. Contrast of Wives, The, xi. Convict, The, xxii. Convivialists, The, ii. Cottar's Daughter, The, xv. Countess of Cassilis, The, xvi. Countess of Wistonburgh, The, i. Country Quarters, iv. Covenanter's March, The, iv. Covenanting Family, The, xiv. Cradle of Logie, The, xxiii. Craigullan, Legend of, xxiv. Cripple, The; or, Ebenezer the Disowned. ix. Crooked Comyn, The, x. Curate of Govan, The, xv. Cured Ingrate, The, ii. Curlers, The, xviii. Curse of Scotland, The, xix.