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GLOSSARY
_Airt_, direction, point of the compa.s.s.
_almous_, alms.
_atwish_, betwixt.
_aught_, possession.
_aumrie_, store-cupboard.
_Bakie_, a large square wooden vessel.
_beek_, _v._ bathe; here, bask.
_bein_, well-to-do, comfortable.
_ben_, within.
_benweed_, ragwort.
_bield_, shelter.
_big_, _v._ build.
_bilf_, a blunt stroke (Jamieson).
_bir_, impetuosity.
_blate_, bashful.
_blether_, _v._ talk foolishly.
_blithemeat gift_, gift made to those present at a child's birth.
_bout-gait_, roundabout.
_bow_, arch, gateway.
_boyne_, tub.
_braird_, the first sprouting of grain.
_brattle_, _v._ clatter.
_brechan_, bracken.
_buirdly_, burly.
_bunker_, bench.
_busk_, adorn.
_but_, _but the house_, toward the outer apartment of a house.
_by ordinare_, out of the common.
_Ca'_, _v._ drive.
_callan_, _callant_, boy.
_camstrarie_, unmanageable, perverse.
_cantrip_, magical device.
_canty_, lively.
_cap_, a wooden bowl.
_carl_, fellow (_fem._) _carlin_.
_carry_, motion of the clouds.
_ca.r.s.e_, low-lying fertile land, generally adjacent to a river.
_causey_, street or paved road; _crown of the causey_, middle of the street.
_change-house_, a small inn or ale-house.
_chap_, _v._ strike.
_chappin_, a quart measure.
_chimla_, _chumla_, chimney; _chimla-lug_, fireside.
_churme_, murmur.
_clachan_, hamlet.
_clamper_, to make a noise with the feet in walking.
_claught_, s.n.a.t.c.hed (_pret._ of _v._ _clatch_).
