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tle, a portmanteau. Pose, deposit. Puir, poor. Putten, put. "Putten up," provided for. Quean, a flirt, a young woman. Rade, rode. Randy, a scold. Raploch, coarse, undyed homespun. Rase, rose. Rax, to stretch, to reach. Redd, to clear up. Reek, smoke. Rin, to run. Ripe, to rake, to search. Rue "to take the rue," to repent of a proposal or bargain. Rugging, pulling roughly. Sae, so. "St. Johnstone's tippet," a halter for execution. Sair, sore. "Sair travailed," worn out, wearied. Sark, a shirt. Sauld, sold. Set, to suit, to become one; also, to beset. Shaw, a wood; flat ground at the foot of a hill. Shune, shoes. Sic, such. Siller, money. Skeily, skilful. Skellie, to squint. Skirl, to scream. Sort, to arrange, to supply. Sort, a term applied to persons or things when the number is small. Sough, a sigh, a breath. "Calm sough," an easy mind, a still tongue. "Sough'd awa," died gently. Soup, "a bite and a soup," slender support, both as to meat and drink. Sowens, a sort of gruel. Spak, spoke. Speer, to inquire, to ask. Spunk, fire, activity, spirit. Stamach, stomach. Steer, to disturb. Stir, sir. Stot, a bullock. Stour, a battle, a fight. Strae, straw. Stressed, distressed, inconvenienced. Stude, hesitated. Sud, suld, should. Sune, soon. "Sune as syne," soon as late. Sybo, an onion or radish. Syke, a streamlet dry in summer. Syne, since, afterwards. Tae, tane, the one. Ta'en, taken. "Tak on," to engage. Tauld, told. Tent, care. Teugh, tough. "Thack and rape," snug and comfortable. Thae, these, those. Thegither, together. Threep, to aver strongly. Till, to. "Till 't," to it. "Tippet, St. Johnstone's," a halter for execution. Tirl, to uncover, to strip. Tittie, a sister. Tother, the other. Toy, a close linen cap. Troth! sure! Trow, to believe, to think, to guess. Trysted, overtaken. Unco, very, particularly, prodigious, terrible; also, strange. Vivers, victuals. Wad, would. Wadna, would not. Wallie, a valet. Walth, plenty, abundance. Wan, got, reached. Waur, worse. Wee, little. Weel, well. We'se, we shall. Wha, whae, who. Whase, whose. "What for," why. Wheen, a few. Whiles, sometimes. Wi', with. Win, to get. "To win by," to escape. "To win ower," to get over. Winna, will not. Winnock, a window. Wotna, know not. Wud, mad. Wull, will. "What's yer wull?" what is your pleasure? Yerl, earl. Yestate, estate. Yokit. yoked. THE END. End of the
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