[St. Ronan’s Well by Sir Walter Scott]@TWC D-Link bookSt. Ronan’s Well CHAPTER XIX 16/17
Certain kinds were supposed to render invisible those who carried it on their person. Feuar, one who holds lands in feu--_i.e._, on lease. File, foul. Flee, a fly. Fleeching, flattering. Flesher, a butcher. Flichtering, fluttering, fussing. Flight--"hail flight," the whole lot. Flyting, scolding. Follies, ornaments, laces, &c. Forbears, ancestors. Forby, besides. Fou, full. Fouest, fullest. Frae, from. Fu', full. Fule, a fool. Gaed, went. Gaen, gone. Galliard, sprightly. Gane, gone. Gang, go. Ganging, going. Gar, to force, to make. Gate, way, direction. Gaun, going. Geisen'd, leaking. Gie, give. Gill-flirt, a giddy flirt. Girning, crabbed, ill-tempered. Gled, a kite. Gnostic, knowing, sharp. Gomeril, an ass, a fool. Goupin, a double handful. Gowd, gold. Gowk, a fool. Gree, to agree. Grosert, a gooseberry. Gude, good. Gudes, possessions, property. Gully, a large knife. Ha', a hall. Hae, have. Hail, haill, whole. Harns, brains. Haud, hold.
"Neither to haud nor to bind," a proverbial phrase expressive of violent excitement. Haugh, low-lying flat ground, properly on the border of a river, and such as is sometimes overflowed. Haverils, foolish chatterers. Heather-tap, a tuft or bunch of heather. Hellicate, giddy, wild. Hempie, roguish, romping. Het, hot. Holm, the level low ground on the banks of a river. Hooly, softly, slowly. Hotch, to jerk oneself along in a sitting posture. Hottle, an hotel. "Hout fie! hout awa!" expressions of dissatisfaction. Howff, a favourite resort. Howk, to dig. Hurley-hacket, a badly hung carriage. Huzzie, a jade. Ilk, ilka, each, every. I'se, I shall. Jaugs, saddle bags. Jer-falcon, a species of hawk. Jirbling, emptying liquids from vessel to vessel. Kale, broth. Ken, to know. Ken'd, knew. Kitchen-fee, dripping. Kittle, to tickle, to manage. Kittled, were born. Knap, to break in two; also, to speak after the manner of the English. Kouscousou, a Moorish dish of various compounds. Laird, a squire, lord of the manor. Lamer, amber. Landlouper, a charlatan, an adventurer. Lang, long. Lave, the remainder. Lawing, a tavern reckoning. Lea-rig, unploughed land or hill-side. Lee, a lie. Leeving, living. "Let abee," let alone. Lick, to beat, to overcome. Linking, walking arm in arm. Linkit, linked. "Link out," to pay down smartly. Lippen, to trust. Loon, a fellow, a person. Loot, allowed. Loup, leap. Lug, the ear. Mailing, a farm. Mair, more. Maist, most. Mansworn, perjured. Mask, to brew. Maun, must.
Maunna, must not. Mawkin, a hare. Mazareen, mazarin, a deep blue colour. Meith, a mark. Mell, to maul, to meddle with. "Minced collops," meat cut up very fine. Mind, to remember. Muckle, much. Muir, a moor. Multiplepoinding, a method of settling rival claims to the same fund. Multure, the miller's fee for grinding grain. Murgeons, mouths, distorted gestures. Mutch, a woman's cap. Mutchkin, a measure equal to an English pint. Na, nae, no, not. Naig, a nag. Neist, next. Odd-come-shortlies, chance times not far off. Ony, any. Or, before.
"Or they wan hame," before they get home. Ower, over. Owerta'en, overtaken. Palinode, in Scotch libel cases a formal recantation exacted in addition to damages. Parritch, porridge. Pat, put. Pawky, shrewd. Pice, an Indian coin. Plack, a small copper coin = 1/3_d._ Pock, a poke, a bag. Poney, L25. Pootry, poultry. Pow, the head. Pownie, a pony. Prieve, proof, legal probation. Puir, poor. Pyot, a magpie. Quaigh, a whisky measure. Raff, a worthless fellow, a nobody. Rattan, a cane or walking-stick. Rax, to stretch. Redd, to tidy.
"An ill-red-up house," an untidy house. Reekie, smoky. Reise-sac, a travelling-bag. Rin, run. Rouleau, a roll of coined money. Row, roll. Sae, so. Sair, sore. "Salam alicum!" The usual Mohammedan greeting, meaning, Peace be with you! Sall, shall. Sasine, a mode of investiture in lands, according to ancient Scottish law. Saumon, salmon. Sax, six. Scart, scratch. Scate-rumple, skate-tail. "Scauff and raff," tag-rag and bobtail. Sclate, slate. Scouthered, slightly toasted or singed. Seeven, seven. Shave, a slice. Shool, a shovel. Shouther, the shoulder. Sib, related by blood. Sic, such. Siller, money. Skeely, skilful. Skylarked, tricked. Slaister, a mess. Sloan, a rebuff. Smoor, to smother. Snap, a small biscuit. Sneck-drawing, crafty. Snooded, bound up with a snood or fillet for the hair. Sorn, to spunge, to live upon. Sort, to arrange, to manage. Sough, a sigh.
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