Loan, or Loanin, place of milking.

the

Mak, to make.

Loof, the palm of the

hand. Loot, did let. Looves, plural of loof. Loun, a fellow, a ragmuffin, a woman of easy virtue. Loup, jump, leap. Lowe, a flame. Lowin, flaming. Lowrie, abbreviation of Lawrence. Lowse, to loose. Lows'd, loosed. Lug, the ear, a handle. Luggie, a small wooden dish with handle. Lum, the chimney. Luch, a large piece of cheese, flesh, &c. Lunt, a column of smoke;

to smoke. Luntin, smoking. Lyart, of a mixed color; grey.

Makin, making. Mailen, a farm. Mallie, Molly. ’Mang, among. Manse, the parsonage. house, where the minister lives. Manteele, a mantle. Mark, or Merk, an ancient Scottish silver coin, in value thirteenpence and one-third of a penny sterling. Mark, marks. (This and several other nouns, which in English require an s to form the plural, are in Scotch, like the words sheep, deers the same in both numbers.)

Mar's year, the year

1715.

Mashlum, Meslin, mixed

Maun, must. Mavis, the thrush. Maw, to mow. Mawin, mowing. Meere, a mare. Meickle, or Meikle,much Melancholius, mournful. Melder, corn, or grain of any kind, sent to the mill to be ground. Mell, to meddle; also a mallet for pounding barley in a stone trough Melvie, to soil with meal. Men', to amend, to reform, to change from worse to better. Mense, good manners, decorum.

Menseless, ill bred, rude, impudent. Messin, a small dog. Midden, a dunghill. Midden-creels, baskets for holding dung. Midden-hole, a gutter at the bottom of a dunghill. Mid, prim, affectedly meek.

Min', mind,

brance.

remem

Misca', to abuse, to call

names.

Misca'd, abused.
Mislear'd, mischievous,
unmannerly.
Misteuk, mistook.
Mither, a mother.
Mixtie-maxtie, confused-
ly mixed.
Moil, labor.
Moistify, to moisten.
Monie, or Mony, many.
Moop, to nibble as a
sheep.
Morlan', of or belonging

to moors. Morn, the next day, to

morrow.

Mottie, full of motes, or small particles of mat

ter.

Mou, the mouth. Moudiewort, a mole. Mousie, dimin. of mouse. Muckle, or Mickle,great, big, much.

Musie, dimin. of muse. Muslin-kail, broth composed simply of water, shelled barley, and greens.

Mutchkin, an English pint. Mysel, myself.

N.

Na, no, not, nor.
Nae, no, not any.
Naething, or Naithing,
nothing.
Naig, a horse.
Nane, none.

Nappy, ale; to be tipsy. Natch, to lay hold of violently.

Neebor, a neighbor.
Neglackit, neglected.
Neuk, nook.

Niest, next in order, or
next in time.
Nieve, the fist.
Nievefu, a handful, a
small quantity.
Nieffer, an exchange; to
exchange, to barter.
Niger, a negro.
Nine tailed-cat, a hang-
man's whip.
Nit, a nut.
Norland, of or belonging
to the north.
Notic't, noticed, observ-
ed.

Nowte, black cattle.

0.

O', of.

O haith! O faith! an oath
Onie, or Ony, any.
Or, is often used for ere,
before.

Orra, superfluous, un-
wanted.
O't, of it.

Oughtlins, in the least degree.

Ourie, shivering, drooping.

Oursel, or Oursels, ourselves.

Outlers, cattle not housed. Ower, over, too. Owre-hip, a way of fetching a blow with the hammer over the arm.

P.

Pack, intimate, familiar;
twelve stone of wool.
Paidel, to paddle, to play
in water.
Painch, the paunch.
Paitrick, a partridge.
Pang, to cram.
Parle, speech.

Parritch, oatmeal pudding, a well-known Scotch dish.

Pat, did put; a pot.

tains.

staff.

Paughty, proud, haughty. Pawky, or Pawkie, cunning, sly. Pay't, paid, beat. Pech, to fetch the breath short, as in an asthma. Pechan, the crop, the stomach. Peelin, peeling. Pet, a domesticated sheep; a great favorite. Pettle, to cherish; a ploughstaff.

Philbegs, short petticoats worn by Highlandmen Phraise, fair speeches, flattery; to flatter; to wheedle.

to the

Phraisin, flattery. Pibrock, a Highland war song adapted bagpipe. Pickle, a small quantity. Pine, pain, uneasiness. Pits to put.

Placad, a public proclamation. Plack, an old Scotch coin the third part of a Scotch penny, twelve of which make an English penny. Plackless, pennyless, without money. Plaid, an outer loose gar

ment.

Platie, dimin. of plate.

Pleugh,or Plew,a plough Pliukie, a trick, a mischief.

Pock, a bag; a small sack. Poind, to seize on cattle, or take the goods, as the laws of Scotland allow for rent. Poortith, poverty, indigence. Pou, to pull. Pouch, a pocket. Pouchie, dimin. of pouch Pouk, to pluck. Pouse, to push, to pene

trate.
Poussie, a hare, a cat.
Pout, a poult, a chick.
Pou't, did pull.
Pouther, or Powther,
powder.
Pouthery, like powder.
Pow, the head, the skull.
Pownie, a little horse.
Preen, a pin, a pointed
short piece of wire.
Prent, print.
Prie, to taste.
Prie'd, tasted.
Prief, proof.

Prig, to cheapen, to dis-
pute.
Priggin, cheapening.
Primsie, demure, precise.
Propone, to lay down, to

propose.