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OWST, a brewing. BRUIK, enjoy. BUCKIE, a perverse or refractory person. BULLSEGG, a gelded bull. BURD, bird, a term of familiarity. BURN, a brook. BUSKING, dress, decoration. BUTTOCK-MAIL, a fine for fornication. BYDAND, awaiting. CAILLIACHS, old women on whom devolved the duty of lamenting for the dead, which the Irish call keening. CALLANT, a young lad, a fine fellow. CANNY, prudent, skillful, lucky. CANTER, a canting, whining beggar. CANTRIP, a trick. CARLE, a churl, an old man. CATERAN, a Highland irregular soldier, a freebooter. CHAP, a customer. CLACHAN, a hamlet. CLAW FAVOUR, curry favour. CLAYMORE, a broad sword. CLEEK, a hook. CLEIK the cunzie, steal the silver. COB, beat. COBLE, a small fishing boat. COGS, wooden vessels. COGUE, a round wooden vessel. CONCUSSED, violently shaken, disturbed, forced. CORONACH, a dirge. CORRIE, a mountain hollow. COVE, a cave. CRAME, a booth, a merchant's shop. CREAGH, an incursion for plunder, termed on the Borders a raid. CROUSE, bold, courageous. CRUMMY, a cow with crooked horns. CUITTLE, tickle. CURRAGH, a Highland boat. DAFT, mad, foolish. DEBINDED, bound down. DECREET, an order of decree. DEOCH AN DORUIS, the stirrup-cup or parting drink. DERN, concealed, secret. DINMONTS, wethers in the second year. DOER, an agent, a manager. DOON, doun, down. DOVERING, dozing. DUINHE-WASSEL, dunniewassal, a Highland gentleman, usually the cadet of a family of rank. EANARUICH, the regalia presented by Rob Roy to the Laird of Tullibody. ENEUGH, eneuch, enough. ERGASTULO, in a penitentiary. EXEEMED, exempt. FACTORY, stewardship. FEAL AND DIVOT, turf and thatch. FECK, a quantity. FEIFTEEN, the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. FENDY, good at making a shift. FIRE-RAISING, setting an incendiary fire. FLEMIT, frightened, FRAE, from. FU, full. FULE, fool. GABERLUNZIE, a kind of professional beggar. GANE, gone. GANG, go. GAR, make. GATE, gait, way. GAUN, going. GAY, gey, very. GEAR, goods, property. GILLFLIRT, a flirty girl. GILLIE, a servant, an attendant. GILLIE-WET-FOOT, a barefooted Highland lad. GIMMER, a ewe from one to two years old. GLISKED, glimpsed. GRIPPLE, rapacious, niggardly. GULPIN, a simpleton. HA', hall. HAG, a portion of copse marked off for cutting. HAIL, whole. HALLAN, a partition, a scre
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