###############################################################################
###                                                                         ###
###  DESCRIPTION: this is a dictionary of Scottish words                    ###
###  KEYWORDS: words, scottish, english, dictionary.                        ###
###                                                                         ###
###  Input format: lines of <word><definition>, where                       ###
###      <word> -->         letters <tab><tab> | "letters*"                 ###
###      <definition> -->   ["[" string "]"](<def>"; ")*<def>"."            ###
###      <def> -->          [^;]*                                           ###
###                                                                         ###
###  Alternate forms of words are in [...]                                  ###
###                                                                         ###
###############################################################################

a'              all
ablach          a dwarf; an insignificant person.
aboon           [abune]; above; over.
abread          abroad; in breadth.
acquent         acquainted.
ae              one.
aff-lufe        off-hand; at once.
afore           before; in front.
aft             often.
agley           aslant; not straight.
ahint           behind.
aiblins         perhaps.
aidle           foul water.
aik             oak.
aiken           made of oak.
ain             own.
aince           once.
airles          earnest-money; a deposit to secure a bargain.
airm            arm.
airn            iron.
airt            direction; point of the compass.
airtit          directed.
aits            oats.
aizle           a red ember.
ajee            half-open; to one side.
a'maist         almost.
ane             one.
aneth           beneath.
aneuch          enough.
antrin          occasional.
atweel          in truth; certainly.
atweel na       by no means.
aucht           eight.
aught           anything.
auld            old.
auld-farrant    old-fashioned.
auld lang syne  long ago
Auld Reekie     Edinburgh; (lit., old smokey)
aumous          alms; a gift to a beggar.
ava             at all; of all.
awee            a little
ay              yes
ayont           beyond; behind.

ba'             ball
bailie          alderman
bairn           child
bairned         pregnant, made pregnant
baith           both
bakes           biscuits
ballants        ballads
ban             to swear
bandster        a binder of sheaves
bane            bone
bannock         falt cake of bread
barkit          dirtied; encrusted with dirt
barley-bree     whiskey; (lit. juice of the barley)
barra           a barrow
baudrons        a generic term for a cat
bauld           bold
bawbee          a half penny
bawds           hares
beet            to feed; to warm
begood          began
ben             in; inner room; inside
benmaist        innermost
bent            coarse grass; open field of rough grass
bere            barley
beuk            a book
bide            stay
bield           shelter
bieldy          sheltered
big             to build
biggs           builds
bike            a nest; (a bummie's bike = a wasp's nest)
bing            a heap
birk            the birch tree
birl            turn
birn            burden
birse           impudence
bizzem          a bad girl; a randy woman
blae            livid
blate           bashful; shy
blaw            to blow; to boast
bleer           to smear
bleeze          flame
blether         to talk idly
blethers        idle talk; nonsense
blicht          blithe; happy
blude           (or bluid); blood
bocht           bought
bock            to gush forth; to vomit; the sickness
bodach          an old man
bogle           a hobgoblin; a ghost
bonnie          beautiful
boo'er          a bower
bool            a marble; to bowl
bools           the game of bowls
boortree        a hole; a nook
boune           to get ready; prepare; till
bour            a bower
brae            slope; upper part of a hill
braid           broad
brander         to grill
braw            handsome; fine; good
brawlie         finely; very well
braxie          a sheep that has died of disease
bree            juice; liquid
breeks          breeches; trousers
breenge         to plunge forward rashly
breist          breast
bricht          bright
brock           a badger
brogue          a shoe
brose           porridge; gruel; oatmeal and water
bucht           a sheep-pen
buirdly         stoutly built; broad-shouldered
buit            a boot
bunemaist       highest
burn            a stream; a brook
busk            to dress
but-an-ben      small cottage; house with only two rooms
but             (or bot); without; outer;

caird           a tinker; a sturdy beggar
cairn           a heaped-up pile of stones
caller          fresh; cool
cam             came
canna           cannot
cannas          canvas
cannie          gentle
cantie          cheerful; lively
cantrip         a spell; a charm
carle           an old man
carlin          a strong old woman
ca's            calves
cauld           cold
cauper          a turner
caur            a calf; a car
chanter         the tune-pipe of bagpipes; a single pipe for practice
chap            to knock; to rap
chapman         a pedlar; a packman
cheek for chow  side by side
cheep           chirp
chiel           a youth
clachan         a small village; a hamlet
claes           clothes
claik           (or clash); gossip
claith          cloth
claut           scrape; a little of anything
claw            to scratch
claymor         a big sword; a broadsword
cled            clothed
cleedin         clothing
cleek           a hook
cleekit         linked or hookd together; strung up
cleekit-shalt   a pony suffering from string-halt
clegs           gadflies
clishmaclaver   idle conversation
cloker          a broody hen
cloot           the hoof
clootie         the devil
clout           a rag
clud            a cloud
coft            bought
cog             (or coggie); a wooden dish; a small basin
connached       abused; wasted; destroyed
cooser          a stallion
corbies         carrion crows; ravens
corrie          a circular hollow on a hill-side
coulter         plough blade
coup            to heel over; to tip up
coup-cairt      a tip cart
couthie         (or couthy); kind; gentle; loving
cowshus         cautious
crack           a chat; a good chat
craft           a small farm; a croft
cranreuch       hore-frost
cratur          creature
creel           a basket; a shallow wicker container for fish, corn, etc.
croun           a crown
crouens         pieces of money
crouse          proud; cocksure
cruives         branches; lattice-work; fish-traps
cuddy           a donkey or small horse
cuif            a ninny; a blockhead
curch           a kercheif worn on the head; a head-dress
cutty           short

dabbit          dabbed; aimed at
dae             do
daffin          merriment
daimen          rare; occasional
daith           death
dander          wander; walk slowly
dang            drove
danton          subdue
darg            work; a measure of work
daur            dare
deasal          sun-wise; from east to west
deid            dead
deil            the Devil; a devil
dicht           to wipe
ding            to push; to excel; to press down
dinna           do not
dochter         (or dother); daughter;
doitit          stupid; bewildered
douce           sober; prudent;
doukit          ducked
doun            down
doup            the buttocks; the behind; a fag-end
dour            stubborn
dowie           sad; sorrowful; melancholy
dree            to suffer; to endure
dreid           dread
drooth          a thirst
drukken         drunken
drumlie         muddy
duddie          ragged
dule            sorrow
dyke            a stone dividing wall
dyvor           a bankrupt

ee              eye
een             eyes
eident          busy; diligent; industrious
eizel           a red ember; hot cinder
eldrich         ghostly; frightful
ell             an old and now obsolete measure
ell-wan         a measuring stick; a yard-stick
ellys           else
elshin          an awl
eneuch          enough; sufficient
ettle           to try; intent

fa'             fall; try
fae             foe
faem            foam
fail-dyke       stone and turf wall.
fan'            found
far             when
farl            an oatcake
farrant         fashioned
fash            trouble; annoyance; (dinna fash yersel)
fasheous        troublesome
faucht          fought
fause           false
fay             (or fey) psychic; other-wordly
fecht           to fight; a fight;
feck            the greater quantity; (the feck o't - most of it).
feckless        puny; senseless;
ferlies         oddities; things to wonder at.
feucht          fought
fiere           man; comrade; friend;
flair           floor
flang           flung; danced wildly
fleer           floor
fley'd          frightened
flit, flittin'  to move; a removal
fl:ure          floor; to floor
forfochen       worn out; done for; wearied
fou, fu'        full; drunk
frae            from
fule            a fool; to fool; to mislead
fur             a furrow
fushion         pith; vigour
fye             an exclamation signifying haste
fye-gar         make haste; hurry to do
fyou            a few

gab             the mouth; talk (haud yer gab! - shut your mouth!)
gabbin          talking; mouthing
gae             go; to go
gaed            went
gait, gate      way; manner of doing a thing
gane            gone
gang            go; to go (gang yer ain gait)
gar             make; force; compel
garr'd          compelled
gat             got; obtained
gaun            going
gear            goods; belongings; wealth
gey, gye        very (gey-dowie - very sorrowful)
gie             give; to give
gied            gave
gie's           give us; give me; (gie's't - give me it).
gin             if
gird            a hoop
girse           grass
glaikit         foolish; thoughtless
glaives         swords.
gleades         glowing embers; remains of a fire kept in from the night before.
gleg            sharp; quick
gloamin         twilight; evening
gouans, gowans  mountain or wild daisies
goud, gowd      gold
grat            wept
grauvit         cravat
greet           to weep
greetin'        weeping; crying
gress           grass
groat           an old coin, worth four pence
guid, gude      good
guidman         husband; master; petty title, as: The Guidman o' Ballengeich
guid-willie-waucht      a good long drink

ha'             hall
hae             have; as a command: Hae! - Here, take this!
hairst          harvest
hale            whole; healthy; well
hansel          a first gift; a gift in token of something special
happed, happit  wrapped; covered
harn            a coarse linen cloth
haud            hold
hert            heart
het             hot
hicht           height
hie             high
hirple          to walk haltingly or lamely
hirplin'        limping
hoast           a cough
hod             hid
hogg            a young castrated sheep
hogmanay        the festival of Old Year's Night
hosen           stockings
hout!           an exclamation of impatience
howes           hollows
humpit          carried
hurdies         the hips
hurl            to roll over; to drive; a drive

ilk, ilka       each; every
ingle           the fire; the fireside
intil           into; unto;

Janiveer        January
jimp            slender
juist           just; only

kail            colewort; broth; Hotchpotch soup
kebars          rafters; tree-trunks when cut; poles
keek            a sly look; a peep
keel            red chalk
kelpie          a water-horse; a demon of the lochs
ken             to know; (ken ye ocht? - do you know anything?)
kerne           a warring man; a fighting peasant
kirk            church
kirkit          churched; married in a kirk; appeared at the kirk for the
		first time after an event
kirn            a churn; to churn
kist            a box; a chest; a coffin
kittle          difficult; awkward; to tickle
knicht          a knight
knowe           a hillock
kye             cows

laigh           low
laird           a landowner; (boonet-laird - a small proprieter)
lane            lone; (ma lane - alone)
lang syne       long since; long ago
lanwart         urban
lapstane        a stone on which a shoemaker beats his leather
lauch           laugh
lave
