Glossary

The following is taken from Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland:

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• A', adj. all.
• ABAK, adv. behind.
• ABASIT, part. pa. confounded; abashed.
• ABBACY, s. an abbey.
• ABEE--to let abee, to let alone; not to meddle with.
• ABEECH, ABIEGH, adv. aloof; "at a shy distance;" keep aloof.
• ABLE, ABLIS, ABLINS, AIBLINS, adv. perhaps; peradventure.
• ABONE, ABOW, ABOON, ABUNE, prep, above.
• ABOOT, prep, about.
• AE, adj. one; only; single.
• AFF, adv. off; away.
• AFFCAST, s. a castaway.
• AFFCOME, s. the termination of any business. "I gied him his affcome," I gave him a down-setting, or offset.
• AFEIRD, part. pa. afraid.
• AFFHAND, adj. plain; honest; blunt; without premeditation.
• AFFLUFF, adv. extempore.
• AFORE, prep, before.
• AFFPUT, s. pretence for delay.
• AFFPUTTING, adj. trifling; delaying.
• AFFSIDE, s. offside.
• AFT, adv. often.
• AFTEN, adv. often.
• AFTERHEND, adv. afterwards.
• AGAYNE, prep, against.
• AGAIT, adv. on the way or road.
• AGEE, adv. to one side; ajar; a little open.
• AGLEY, A-GLY, adv. off the right line; obliquely; wrong.
• AHIND, AHINT, adv. behind.
• AIK, s. the oak.
• AILEN, part. pa. ailing.
• AIN, adj. own.
• AINS, adv. once.
• AIR, adv. early in the morning.
• AIR, AIRE, AYR, s. an heir.
• AIRMS, s. pl. arms.
• AIRN, s. iron.
• AIRT, AIRTH, s. point of the compass.
• AISLAIR, adj. a polished substance.
• AITS, s. pl. oats.
• AITEN, adj. oaten.
• AITH, s. an oath.
• AIZLE, s. a hot ember.
• ALANE, adj. alone.
• ALANG, adv. along.
• ALD, AULD, adj. old.
• ALMOUS, AUMES, s. pl. alms.
• AMAIST, adv. almost.
• AMANG, prep. among.
• AMBRY, s. a press or closet where victuals are kept for daily use.
• AN', conj. and.
• ANE, adj. one.
• ANENT, prep, over against; opposite.
• ANETH, prep, beneath.
• ANEUCH, adv. enough.
• ANIEST, adv. or prep. on this side of; on the nearest side.
• ANITHER, adj. another.
• ANKERSTOCK, s. a loaf made of rye, sweetened with treacle.
• ANSE, adv. once.
• APERT, adj. brisk; bold; free.
• APERTLY, adv. briskly; readily.
• APON, APOUN, prep. upon.
• APPARELLE, s. equipage; furniture for warfare.
• APPLERINGIE, s. the plant called southernwood.
• ARCH, adj. averse; reluctant.
• To ARGLE-BARGLE, ARGIE-BARGIE, v. a. to contend; to bandy backwards and forwards.
• ARK, s. a large chest used for holding meal or corn.
• ARK of a Mill, s. the place in which the water-wheel moves.
• To ARLE, v. a. to give earnest of any kind.
• ARLES, s. earnest of any kind.
• ARLY, adv. early.
• ARMYN, ARMYNG; s. armour; arms.
• ART and PART, accessory to, or abetting.
• ASCLENT, adv. obliquely.
• ASSE, s. ashes, plural assis and aiss.
• ASSHOLE, s. place for receiving ashes under the grate.
• ASCHET, s. a large plate, on which meat is brought to table.
• ASK, AWSK, s. an eft or water newt; a lizard.
• ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, adv. obliquely; asquint; on one side.
• To ASSAILYIE, v. a. to attack, to assail.
• To ASSOLYIE, v. a. to acquit.
• ASTEER, adv. in confusion; in a bustle.
• A'THEGITHER, adv. altogether.
• ATHORT, prep, through, athwart.
• ATOUR, ATTOURE, prep. over.
• ATTOMIE, s. a skeleton.
• ATTELED, part. pa. aimed.
• ATTER-CAP, ATTIR-COP, s. 1. a spider; 2. an ill-tempered person; one of a malignant or virulent disposition.
• ATWEESH, prep, between; betwixt.
• AUGHT, pret. pa. possessed.
• AUCHT, s. property; possession; that which is exclusively one's own. In aw my aucht, all I am possessed of.
• AUKWART, AWKWART, prep. across; athwart.
• AULD-CLUITY, s. the devil.
• AULDEST, adj. oldest; elder.
• AULD, adj. old; aged.
• AULDFARRANT, AULDFARRAND, adj. sagacious.
• AULD-MOU'D, adj. sagacious in discourse. Sometimes used as crafty.
• AUMUS, s. an alms.
• AVA, adv. at all.
• AWA, adv. away.
• AWFU', adj. awful.
• AWIN, AWYN, adj. own. This is the common pronoun in the south of Scotland; in other parts, ain.
• AWNIE, adj. bearded.
• AWNS, s. pl. the beards of corn or barley.
• AWSK, s. the newt or eft.
• AWSOME, adj. awful; appalling.
• To AX, v. a. to ask.
• AX-TREE, s. an axle-tree.
• AYONT, prep. beyond.
• AY, adv. yes.

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