Glossary

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

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• QUAICH, QUEYCH, QUEGH, s. a small shallow drinking cup, made of wood or silver, with two ears.
• QUEET, CUTE, s. the ankle.
• QUEINT, QUENT, adj. curious; wonderful.
• QUENT, AQUENT, adj. acquainted; familiar.
• QUEY, s. a two-year-old cow.
• QUEYN, QUEAN, QUINE, s. a young woman.
• QUHAIP, QUHAUP, WHAAP, s. a curlew.
• To QUHEMLE, WHUMMIL, v. a. to turn upside down.
• To QUHID, WHEED, v. a. move quickly.
• QUHILK, pron. which; who.
• QUHIRR, v. n. to make a sound like the wings of a partridge or grouse in the act of flying.
• QUHITRED, QUHITTRET, s. a weasel.
• QUHYNE, QUHENE, WHEEN, adj. a few.

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• RA, RAE, s. a roe deer.
• RACHE, s. a lurcher, or dog that finds and pursues his prey by the scent.
• RACK, s. a shelved frame fixed to the wall for holding plates.
• RACKLE-HANDED, adj. careless; rash.
• RADE, RAID, s. an invasion; a violent attack.
• RAIK, s. a single carrying of a thing from one place to another.
• To RAIL, v. n. to jest.
• RAIP, s. a rope.
• RAISED, adj. excited; maddened.
• RAIVEL, s. a rail.
• RAMFEEZLED, part. adj. exhausted, fatigued.
• RAMMER, s. a ramrod.
• To RAMPAGE, v. n. to prance about in a furious manner, as exemplified in passion.
• RAM-STAM, adj. forward; rash; thoughtless.
• RANDY, RANDIE-BEGGAR, s. a beggar who endeavours to obtain alms by means of threats; a female scold.
• RANDY, adj. quarrelsome.
• RANTLE-TREE, s. a tall raw-boned person.
• RAPEGYRNE, s. the ancient name given to the little figure made of the last handful of grain in the harvest-field, now called the maiden.
• RAPLACH, RAPLOCH, s. coarse, homespun, undyed woollen cloth.
• RASCH, RASH, s. a rush.
• RASHY, adj. beset with rushes.
• RATH, adj. strange or savage in aspect.
• RATTAN, ROTTEN, s. a rat.
• RAUCHAN, s. a plaid worn by men, formerly made of grey undyed wool.
• RAUN, RAWN, s. roe of a fish.
• RAUCLE, adj. rash.
• To RAVE, v. a. to plunder by violence.
• RAW, adj. damp; chill.
• RAW, s. a row or rank.
• To RAX, v. n. to extend the limbs; to stretch them.
• RAY, REE, adj. mad; wild.
• REAM, REYME, s. cream.
• REAMING-FULL, adj. full to the lip or brim.
• REAVER, s. robber.
• REBALD, s. a low contemptible fellow.
• To REBUT, v. a. to repulse.
• RED, s. riddance.
• To RED, REDE, v. a. to counsel; to disentangle.
• REDDIN-STRAIK, s. the blow which persons frequently receive on attempting to separate those who are fighting.
• To RED-UP, part. adj. to put in order.
• RED-WUD, adj. in a violent passion; furious.
• REEK, REIK, s. smoke.
• REEL, s. a Scottish dance generally performed by two males and two females.
• REEL-RALL, adj. topsy-turvy.
• To REESE, v. a. to extol.
• REIF, REFE, s. the itch.
• REIKIE, adj. smoky.
• To REIK-OUT, v. a. to fit out or dress out.
• To REIST, v. a. to dry by exposure to the heat of the sun, or in a chimney.
• To RENG, RING, v. n. to reign.
• To RESETT, v. a. to harbour; to receive stolen goods.
• To REST, v. n. to be indebted.
• To RETOUR, v. a. to return.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE, adj. disordered.
• RICKLE, RICKILL, s. a heap. A rickle o' banes, a person who is very meagre.
• RIFE, RYFE, adv. plentiful.
• RIFF-RAFF, s. the rabble.
• To RIFT, v. n. to belch.
• RIGGING, s. the ridge of a house.
• RIN, v. n. run.
• To RIND, RYNDE, v. a. to melt fat by the heat of the fire.
• RINGE, s. a whisk made of heath.
• RINGLE-EE'D, RYNGIT, adj. having a great quantity of white seen round the irides of the eves.
• RINO, s. ready money.
• To RIPE, RYPE, v. a. to search a person.
• To RIPPLE, v. a. to separate the seed of flax from the stalks.
• RIPPLIN-CAME, s. a flax-comb.
• RISE, RYSS, s. a small twig.
• RIVE, s. rent; tear.
• ROCKLAY, ROKELY, s. a short cloak worn by females.
• RODEN, ROWEN, s. the fruit of the mountain ash.
• RODEN-TREE, ROWAN-TREE, s. the mountain ash.
• ROID, ROYD, adj. rude; severe.
• ROLLOCHIN, adj. lively: free-spoken.
• To ROOSE, RUSE, v. a. to extol.
• ROSET, s. rosin.
• ROSIE, s. Rose--a Christian name.
• ROSIGNELL, s. a nightingale.
• ROUNG, RUNG, s. a cudgel.
• ROUP, ROOP, s. hoarseness.
• To ROUP, to cry aloud; to shout; to sell by auction.
• ROUSTY, ROOSTY, adj. rusty.
• To ROUT, v. n. to bellow.
• ROUTH, ROWTH, s. plenty.
• To ROW, v. a. to roll.
• ROYED, adj. wild.
• ROYSTER, s. a freebooter.
• RUCK, s. a heap of corn.
• RUDE, adj. strong; stout.
• To RUG, v. a. to tear.
• RULLION, s. a shoe made of untanned leather; a coarse masculine female.
• RUM, adj. excellent.
• RUMGUMPTION, RUMMILGUMPTION, s. common sense.
• To RUMMIL, v. n. to make a noise.
• RUMPLE, RUMPILL, s. the rump; the tail.
• RUND, ROON, s. a border; a selvage.
• RUNT, s. the stalk of colewort or cabbage; term applied to an old disagreeable woman.
• RUSKIE, s. a basket made of twigs.

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